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is captured l»y diamonds; in-.i.l c «jjc
is conqu. red liy club*, while old am*
is raked in by the insatiable spade.
Tliis is not original, but it is true,
nevertheless.
Norfolk, Virginia, continues rapid
strides as a <s>Uon port. The receipts
of cotton at the principal ports since
September 1st place Norfolk second
on the list, with 727.754 bales, New
Orleans leading with 1,474,887, and
Savannah following with 725,554
Charleston 479,327, Galveston 470,*
219 and .Mobile 352,110 bales. Of
Norfolk's receipts 251,185 bales were
exported direct to Europe, the rest
having gone coastwise on local trane-
nrlions or orders from monnfacur-
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“ WISDOM, JUSTHM, AND MODERATION
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VOL. (it.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST io, 1880.
NO. 41.
OCR NEXT PRESIDENT.
The Comptroller of llte Currency
has just completed a table showing
the looses charged off by national
hanks during the six months ending
March 1, 1880. The total losses by
all these hanks during that period
amounted to %7,5G3,885. The losses
for the corresponding period in 1879
were $20,238,324, and in 1878, 810,-
903,145. Of these losses during the
last six months, 81,208,521.02 was on
account of depreciation in the premi
um upon United Stales bonds held
by the hanks, chiefly bonds which
were about to mature.
Messrs. Chapman & Inghram. of
Washington, Georgia, having* pur
chased Tim Southern Banner, our
association with the same, as editor
and business manager, censes with
this issue of The Daily Banner.
In parting with the readers and pat
rons of this sterling and time-honored
democratic journal, we commend to
them Messrs. Clinpnian & Inghram
as gentlemen in every respect worthy
of their confidence and respect, and
trust that the democracy, not only of
Clarke county and the adjoining coun
ties, but throughout the entire Con
gressional District, will give them a
cordial greeting and their enthusiastic
support. As Mr. Ingrham claims
His Letter of Acceptance, la Which He Rdt-
crates His Order No. 40, “the Civil Law
Governor’s Island, N. Y., July 29.
Gentlemen—I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of July 13tb, 1880, apprising me for*
mally of my nomination to the office
of President of the United States, by
(he National Democratic Convention,
lately assembled in Cincinnati.
Ytrf appreciation ofthe wmffdenfoPro-
l«sed in me. The prindqdes enuncia
ted by the Convention are those I
have cherished in the past and shall
epileavor-to maintain in the future.
The Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments to the
Constitution of the United States,
embodying the results ot the
■R. ENGLISH'S'LETTER OF ACCEPIANfi®
To Hon. Jno. W. Steoengonjpres
ident of the convention, Hon,, Jno.
.of experiments with^the hope of giv
ing durability to her casts. One of
her devices was to mix wheaten flour
| with her pulverized- plaster of Paris
, . i ,, ■ "iin ner puivenzeo piaster or rans
r. Stockton, chairman, and other ^ that tlie g | uten of the fl our might
members of the committee of nofjt- malco lhe te les3 britt |e. On one
[.—Gentlemen : I have no*™ L -
with pride the University of Georgia ^ohibl^B JL to Se Pudency
By the census just taken in Eng
land, it is fornid that the Joneses
carry the day, and are more numer
ous than the Smiths. After the latter
come the septs Williams, Taylor, Da
vis, and Brown. Johnson stands
tenth, Robinson eleventh, Wilson
twelfth. Thompson, with a p, takes
only twenty-fourth place, and Clark,
without an e, twenty-eighth. Clarke,
wjth an e, is thirty-eighth. Among
the strange names are Albertina Re
gina Victoria Gotha Boult, Turnerica
Ilenrica Ulrica du Gloria de Lavinia
Rebecca Turner, and Hostilana Oph*
igenir Maria Hypihile Wadge.
THE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The Superintendent of the Slate
Uuimtic. Asylum announces that the
inxlitulion is crowded to such an ex
tent in every department of the whites
that it cannot receive any new pa
tient. only as a vacancy occurs. Par
ties desiring the admission of a patient
must give timely notice in writing to
the Superintendent, stating the dura
tion of the at tuck and the age of the
patient for whom the application is
made. Cardiff record will lie kept ot
nil such applications, anil they will he
notified as a vacancy occurs.
Il patients are taken there in disre
gard of the above instructions, they
cannot be received.
a model letter.
General IFancock’s letter of ac
ceptance is most admirable in its
brevity. In this respect it compare*
most favorably with that of the Re
publican nominee. The principles by
which men should lie guided, either
as private individuals or in public
life, are few and plain, and we trust
him most who takes the least time
ano space in declaring them.- ■
Your average political slangwhanger
and swash-buckler would Lake the few
simple and forcible enunciations of
General llnncock and utterly emas-^
cnlate them by spinning then? into n^
as liie Alma Mater, we are satisfied
he will devote his head, his heart, and
his hand to the advancement of thi
cherished and venerable institution of
learning in our midst, assisting Chan
cellor Mell, the Faculty, and the Lo-
cal Board of Trustees in every way
in his power.
Its future success and advancement,
wc are satisfied, depends in no small
degree upon the earnest and enthusi-
astic support of its Professors, its
local Trustees, and the enterprise and
energy of the citizens of All ens.
For the past six years—as far as
our oilier business engagements would
allow—we have b-. en a eosworker with
Dr. H. H. Carlton (the editor and
proprietor of The Southern Ban
ner), and hove always endeavored to
defend mid sustain the right, in poli
tics, in university and common-school
education, and to aid in the develop*
ment of the material interests of our
section. If, by means of all of our
journalistic cffoits, we have made any
one of onr readers wiser, better or
happier, we then possess the proud
gratification and consolation of not
having labored in vain.
There are still, however, vital in
terests before onr people, in higher
education, in the education of the
masses, in local, State and national
politics, and in the development of
all of our wonde' ful natural resources,
and in yielding our position to Messrs.
Chapman «fc Ingrham, wo are fully
satisfied that they will be true lo
Athens, true to Clarke county, true
to the political interests of the Ninth
Congressional District, and last, but
not least, true to all the great inter
ests of our grand old Commonwealth.
At the head of this article—to the
readers and pations of The Banner—
I should deem it iny duty to resist
with all my power any attempt to im
pair or evade the tull force and effect
of the Constitution which, in every
article, section and amendment, is the
supreme law of the laud. The Con
stitution forms the basis of the Gov
ernment of tne United stales. The
powers granted by it to the legisla
tive, executive and judicial depart
ments define and limit the authority of
the General Government. Powers
not delegated to the United States by
the Constitution nor prohibited by it
to the States belong to the States re
spectively or to the people. The
General and State governments, each
acting in its own sphere without
touching upon the lawful jurisdiction
of the other, constitute the Union.
This Union, comprising the General
Government with general powers, and
the St Ate governments with State
powers, for purposes local to the
States, is a polity, the foundations of
which were laid in the profirandest
wisdom. This is the Union which our
fathers made, and which has been -re*
spected abroad and so beneficent :u
home. Tried by blood and lire, it
stands to-day a model form of free
popular government, a political sys
tem which, rightly administered, has
been and will continue to be, the ad
miration ot the world. May we not
say nearly in the words of Washing*
ton, the unity of the Government
which constitutes us one people is
justly dear. It is the main p liar in
ibe edifice of our real independence.
cation. ___
the honor to reply to yonr letter of
the 13th inst.,“informing me that I
was unanimously nominated !or Vice
President of the U 4 led States by the
late Democratic National Convention
whieh assembled at Cincinnati. As
foreshadowed in the veilial reraai as
made by me at the time of yuqrlux
ter, I have now'to si" :
the high trust with aaists estimaUiso
of its responsibility, a tees and. .Yrmicl-
ly grateful for the hgrnircnnterrcd. I
accept the nomination upop flic plat
form of principles adopted hv the
convention, which I cordially approve,
and I accept it quite as much because
ot ray faith in the wisdom apd jfatii-
otisin of the great statesman and sol*
dier nominated on the same ticket for
President of the United States. His
eminent services to his country, bis
fidelity to the constitute, n, union and
laws, his clear perception of the cor
rect principles of government, as
taught by Jeff en-on, his scrupulous
care to keep the military in Rtrict
subservience to the civil autlidHty, his
high regard tor civil liberty, personal
rights and the rights of property, his
acknowledged ability in civil as well
as military affairs, and his pure blame-
evening she had visitors, who rang
the door-bell just as she was sifting
the mixed plaster and flour* for the
third time by way of mixing them in
timately, as the chemists won d say.
She had already set a dish of water
at hand, intending to make a cast at
£(tce, and wheel lhe door-bell
-lies* ii*El
to Wrf-omo her gne*ts,
would have been idle to have wasted
words. Where is the use of issuing
a letter of acceptance in pamphlet
form ? People don’t want to flounder
about in a whole let of jargon and
twaddle- Tne story has been told in
a few words, and just as well as if an
entire newspaper had been used for
explanation .q( iy host of geometrical
enigma^ •The letter will serve te
cndear'-Gencta! Hancock to every
man, be he sailor, soldier or civilian.”
^.Postma<tpr .Tames: “It is a gem,
v and that is about us much, as need lie
~ Wrtftttfonr;-ft . 5 *
nieriafs opon -tlie kitchen tioijr.
fj)e guests stayed until late bed-time
and then they bade her adieu. Mrs.
Behedict went td bfe'd without return-
% to the IrildlieiV -1 a
What happened in the night was
if-:. A r$t, snjjlinpihe odor of flour,
made up the legs of the table to the
tqn. Yrnere re iraa Ijwedily joiried by
Hth ei° 'fora0Mf>-1ta brethren. 1 The
dish of flour and plaster was easily
reached and -the-rats ate freely and
-hastily of.it, aa it is their custom to
4o> It was rather a dry supper, and
witer being at hand, each rat turned
mint the savory dish of flour and
flatter to slake his thirst with water.
Everybody who has had to do with
plaster of Paris will guess at once
what, happened. The watec drank
first wetted the plaster in the rats’
- . - , Ytritririchs, and then, in technical
less life, all point to linn as a man “set” it—that is to say, the
worthy of the confidence of the peo-.
pie. Not only a brave soldier, a great,
wise man-and pure patriot, but a pru-
Senator Jones, of Florida: “Han
cock’s letter a perhaps the best com
pendium of democratic principles that
could be set forth within' so small a
compass. The Union, the Constitu
tion, liberty, laws and a well defined
lino between the States and General
Government—these embrace all.’*
A SPECULATIVE SCION.
Profitable Venturas of Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.-
Tile “Old man’s” Election to the Presiden
cy of the San Pedro Compassed by “Buck. 1
r thus made into paste iqsiantly
gram- hard* in each rat’s stomach,
making a cast of its convolutions.
dent painstaking, practical man, Qf«Tflo event proved that, with Mich a
unquestioned honesty, trusted often
with important-, public duties and al
ways faithful to every trust, and in
the full meridian of a ripe and vigor
ous manhood, he is, in my judgment,
suited for the highest position on
earth. Not only is. he the right man
tor the place, hut the time has come
when the best interest of the country
requires that the party which lins mo
nopolized the general government for
the last twenty Years shall yield. It
was a grievous wrong to every voter
and our system of self government,
which should never be forgotten or
forgiven, that many of the men now
in office were put there because of
corrupt partisan services, thus defeat
ing the fairly and legally expressed
will ot the majority ; and the 1iv|k>c-
risy of the professions of th«t party in
favor of civil service reform was shown
by placing such men in office. Ta®
cast in existent* 1 , it is impossible tor a
ratjo retreat even across a kitchen.
The next morning thirteen of them
jay dead in a circle around the writer
dish. ’ Mrs. Benedict,’like a wise wo-
fnan, kept her secret and made profit
of it She undertook, for a consider*
ativuvto clear the premises of her
neighbors ofthe pests, and succeeded.
It was not lcihg before the town was
as fie<* of this sort of vermin as if the
pied piper of Hametin had traveled
that Wav. Then Mrs. Bonedict ad
vertised for agents lo work up tlm
business throughout the country, sell
ing each the secret fur a fair price.—
New York Evening Post.
by a wilderness
words, “full of sound and fury, signi
fying nothing.” Wc rejoice for the
gift of brevity to General Hancock.
“WATCHMAN, WHAT OF TI1E NIGHT?”
the support of onr peace, our safety immey of the people, taken out f
and prosperity, and of that liberty we
so highly prize, and intend at every
hnzard to preserve. But no lorm of
government, however carefully devis
ed, no principles, however sound, will
protect the rights of the people unless
the administration is faithful and effi
cient. It is a vital principle in our
system that neither fraud nor force
must be allowed to subvert the rights
ofthe people. When fraud, violence
or incompetence controls, the noblest
constitutionsjand wisest laws are use
less. The 1/ayonet is not a lit instru
ment for collecting the votes ot free
we have already spoken our word of
11 Adien.” In this last moment of onr
final separation, however, we beg
leave to repeat the same, adding its
literal trauslatinn and its genuine
meaning, which wc feelingly acknows
ledge fully expresses the true emotions
of our heart. “God be with you.”
Edwin D. Newton
In taking charge of the Banner
and asking for it, under its present
management, the support of the jieo-
jffe of Athens and of Northeast Gear-
three or four column article and P^l^ers recognize the ob-
clonffing them by a wilder,.css ot «^n resting upon.~theu.vof ac-
ITon. A. H. Stephens, while stop
ping at the Davenjiort House, in
Tot-coa, on Mcnday night last, was
serenaded by the Toccoa Brass Band
In response to the coimlliment and the
call ol the citizens, Mr. Stephens made
a brief address. Fatigue of travel and
physical weakness did not admit of his
. making an elaborate speech, but he
would respond to the pertinent inqui*
ry: “Watchman, What of the
Night ?” As reported by-tbe Toccoa
Sews lie said the night had been a
long one—extending from 18C1 to
the present time; that it had been a
'^ormy night, wherein the elements of
passion and disaord had reigned ; that
it had been a bloody night in which
much of the bestdffOoii ofthe
had been sacrificed. The
the night was yet dark, but he
thought he could see in the near fu
ture the star of hope arise^ that, in
Noveralier next there would daw
upon this great nation,’lie .hadfnc
doubt, the bright sunshine of ,pence,
prosperity ami good government in
the election of Hancock ai.d English
to the Presidency and Vice President
cy ol the Uni ed Slates. Mr Stephens
men. It is only by a full vote, a free
ballot and a fair count that the people
can rule in fact, as required by the
theory of our government. Take this
foundation away and the whole
8trnclnre falls. Public office is a trust,
not a bounty bestowed upon the hold
Ghosts can now ride a high horse.
They have been recognized by a judge
f in open court, if not as actual fact*,
public treasury by these men. f'/ .at least as affording motives which jus
vice* often poorly performed what would otherwise be a crime-
ptp*foW»f<nUanC'»»^ of the law; and that is
sum*, with the knowledge and pre
sumed sanction of the administration,
to control elections, and even mem
bers of the cabinet are strolling about
the country making paitisan sjiecches,
instead of being in t' eir departments
at Washington discharging the pub
lic duties for which they are paid by
the people. But with all their clev
erness and ability discriminating men
will no doubt read between the lines
of Ihcir speeches that their para
mount hope and aim is to keep them
selves or their satellites four years
longer in office ; that perpetuating the
power of chronic Federal'offiee-hnid-
ers four years longer will jipt benefit
the millions of men and wnme'n -wlio
hold no office but cam i^uyr daily
strong enough recognition to suit the
most fastidious ghost for the rest of
the century. It was in Newburyport,
Mr. ss. Some young men who had
imbibed too much liquid Democratic
No incompetent or dishones bread by honest induttry, The con-
person should ever be entrusted with test is -in fact between the people,
tr y
referring in eloquent "terms
ebrated Order No. 40, and his let'
ter to Gov. Tease, of Texas, in those
trying hours jraihedjntely su^q^Fji^
the late war. He said that the Dem
ocralic Presidential ticket challenged
the support of all good-ciltzen*, with
out regal,d to parly.njfiliation, who are
the lover* of good Government, pi are
And fraternity.
quainting the public with the princi*
pies by which they will be guided in
the conduct of the paper, and will
cheerfully and promptly discharge
this obligation as plainly and briefly
as possible.
The p r esent publishers of the Ban
ner arc practical'newspaper men, and
as such they believe that if they con
duct their paper on systematic busi
ness principles, and.not as the organ
of-any man or set of men, bat devoted
to. the material interests of those
tviiose patronage it asks and upon
whom its existence must depend, and
honestly striving to give quidpro quo
for the money .of its patrons, they will
meet’with the enoonragement neces
sary to make it a success, beneficial
alike to them and to the public.
While it is their chief aim to make
it, in reality as well a* in name, a
netes paper,—a medium for the con-
>f news of interest to Us
deif rnther'lhan for the proclaina-
Kdual opinions or feel
ings of its management, there will be
no delay in declaring and maintaining
these amen a calm judgment shall deem
it neassa^; tinil, poetically, the
Banner will support such measures
as it thinks best calculated to pro
mote the cause of true democracy,
and such men as it deems the nio*t
able to mainlaiu those measures.
Such arc the principles upon which
paid a glowing compliment to Gener- ...
al Hancock, the wo^ii^^-sm*, ’
referring in eloquent Wr.nsfAis J- 1 this brief statement of them,
it • or if appointed they . should lie
promptly ejected. The basis of sub
stantial practical civil service 'reform
must first be established by the people
in filling elective offices. If they fix a
high standard cf qualifications for
office and sternly reject the corrupt
and incompetent, the result will be
decisive in governing the action of the
servants whom they entrust with the
appointing power. The war for the
Union was Successfully closed more
than fifteen years ago. All classes of
onr people must share alike in the
blessings ofthe Ui ion and are equally
concerned in its prosperity and in the
proper administration of public affairs.
We are in a state of profound peace
Henceforth let it be onr purpo*e to
cultivate sentimenta of friendship and
no animosity against our fellow citi
zens. Our material intere-ts, varied
and progressive, demand our constant
and united efforts. A sedulous and
scrupulous care ot the public credit,
together with a wise and economical
management of our governmental ex
jienditnre* should be rannitained, in
order that labor may be lightly' burs
dened and that all. persons may be
protected in their rights to the fruits
of their own industry. The time lias
come to enjoy the sulstamial benefits
of reconciliation. As one people we
have common interests. Let us _ en
courage harmony and generous rival-
ry amoug our languishing merchant
marine, extend our commerce with
foreign countries, assist our mer
chants, manufacturers and producers
to develop our vast national resources
and increase the happiness and pros
perity of our people. If elected, I
shall, with divine tavor, labor with
wbal ability I possess lo discharge my
duties with fidelity according to my
convictions, and shall bike care to
protect and delenff the Uuion, and to
see that the laws lie faithfully execu
ted in all parts of the country alike.
1 trill assume the responsibility, fully
■enable of the fact that to adniini-ler
rig^fly the functions of the govern
ment is to discharge the most sacred
dnty that can devolve upon an Amer
ican citizen.
e people,
endeavoring to re^ffn the political
power whioli-rightfully belongs to
them, and to restore’the pure, simple,
economical government of our fath
ers. on one side, and a hundred thoas
sand Fencral office hffldera.and their
backers, pampered with plage and
power,.and determined to retain theta
at all hazards, on the other.
Hence the constant . assump
tion of new and dangerous
powers by the general government
under the rule of the llefefffiicait par
ty, the effort to build op what they
eall a strong Government,,the inter
ference with home rule and with the
administration of justice in the courts
of several States, the interference with
election, through the medium of par
tisan Federal office holders,' in putting
their party in power. Our success
would bury fieyond resurrection sec
tional jealousies and hatreds which
have so long been-lhe chief stock in
trade of pestiferous demagogues, and
in no other way can this be aq effect
ually accomplished. It would; reas
sure good feeling between nil-sections,
and make them in fact, as well as in
name, one people. uTho only rivalry
then would be in the race for devel
opment, the elevation of labor, the
enlargement ot hninaiV rights, the
promotion of education, taorality, re
ligion, liberty, and all that would tend
to make us foremost in human prog*
ress. I am, with great respect, very
truly vour*; t .
Wsl. H. English.
patriotism on the Fourth, and ffetor*
mined not. to go home till the morn
ing of the 5lh, didn’t go straight
homo even then, but conspired to
throw a stone into the chamber win
dow of a venerable citizen. Tlicir
little arrangement was overheard by
some one, who to'd the old min ail
about it just in timo. He jumped out
of bed in bis night clothes and ran
down stairs without putting on any
thing elsd. -There he hid behind the
’front doof'Wid when the Fourth of
July party came along.he rqslied out.'
tqKMi them , They were seared badly
and all ran but one,'a youth' , named
Isaac Hibbs. He stood his ground
’and knocked his assailant down twice.
He was arrested for assault aud bat-
tqrv, was held t ir trial, ,anil when hts
ciiyi came up in court he pleaded that,
‘he thought it waR a ghost, and wasn’t
going to ‘run from it.* • The judge
ruled that; if the young men thought'
it wp|8 ‘a ghost,’ and .was.struck .with
that idea, he committed ‘ no assault,
and', consequently- nhonld be dis
charged. •
we proceed to the performai.ee of the
task assumed, entertaining no doubt
of meeting with a success coininnnsu.
rate ivmi the offoit to achieve it.
General Hancock lias declined
the invitation of the Long Branch
hotel-keepers, who offered him
board and lodging*,
remarkable and valuable piscov-
Eity.
I am, very respectfully,
” eld S Ha:
Winfield a. Hancock,
To John W. Stevenson, President
ofthe Convention, Hon. John P.
Stockton, Chairman, aud others of
the OMnmittee of the National
Democratic Convention.
., , ..IiANCOCK’S LETTEi'.
Opinions 41 Some of the Prominent Men.
It has always been easy for house
wiv 8, who are troubled wjtji rat*, to,
poison them, but tho problem has
been to induce them to die upon the
field of honor, so lo sppakj towit, the
kitchen floor. They have ..usually
preferred to retire to .their .iuaccessi-
h'e retreats in the wall as soon as
they have felt the symptoms ot arsen
ical poisoning, and the low state of
sani ary s-ienco prevailing in their
communities is ‘suai that poisoned
rats are never bilried of. incinerated
by th«;ir associates. The problem ha*
been how to ’kill the rats without
bringing unpleasant odors into- the
house. " *’ ...
Mrs. Benedict lias solved the diffi
culty and is entitled to the honor we
give to ah inventor Rod benefactor.
Mi*s Dovio Burns, of ;Lumpktn
county, was bitten by a horned snake
recently. It made her very sick for
. .a while, but she soon reoovered,
Mayor Cooper, of Neiv York: For
boldness, clearness, manliness, and
yet discreetness, the letter Ls all that
the Democratic ]«arty desires. We
art not catering for the Republicans,
and if the riqhnes* of onr dietary dot*
not suit their palates, then let them
decline. It suits our purpose in every
fespect, and we- are satisfied: General
Hancock aaya he accepts the platform,
and that ta as much .19 he could say if;
it took hitta a yekr to wri eif. Wh<;i:e
is the use of bejjig verbose? General
Hancock has expressed his views ni
dear, concise,well understood words—
words th^t-tlue most humble, as well
as exall«sL,.ian $tisily comprehend.
Tho fact that it, i* jo clear and simple,
and does no^-deal in intricacies of any
kind which might possibly lie miscon
strued, is the simple reason , why our
Republican friends use every device
to attack it; but it is iuvulnerable.
Hon. ‘Abrata S. Hewitt: We are
willing that'^ the letter cf acceptance
should be attacked, because the a.n'«
munition of the besieging party w ! ll
Iks exhausted before they succeed in
making any breach in the battlements.
Let them analyze it until they grow
tired; let them trans|>ose it as they
will, the meaning ot it is there first
and last, and cannot be, by cither de
vice or legerdemain, changed in any
way. There is a good deal of conso
lation even in this, for they will have
to throw it away in disgust through
their niter inability to goal with any
part ot it- Jt is comprehensive and
high-minded to a degree. Any man
wlib makes the constitution of. tbe
cduntty Us platform, and who pledges
himself to be guided, by its precept*,
is tlie head we want, anil any man
who denies tlie right of the use of
bayonets at the polk* is the one .jve
have bueu looking for -these many
long years. « .
Mr. Henry Tilden, speaking in be
General Grant’s election to the
presidency of a mining company is
the outcome of a long-planned scheme
upon the part of Ulysses Grant, Jr.,
or '‘Buck” Grant, as ho is generally
called. Buck Grant is now twenty-
e’ght years old, and one of the most
successful financiers of his age in thi*
country. His talent in that direction
has bean fully brought out during the
past two years. During the closing
days of his father’s presidency lie act
ed as his private secretary. Grant
doubted every one about him when
Babcock tell, arid would not allow
any one but Buck to have access to
hi* private papers. Buck was at this
time modest, smooth-faced, medium-
sized, slim in figure and very boyish
looking, his modesty and real abili
ty. however, made him many friend*.
Some potverfnl men in New York
took up Buck when his father set
out for Europe. Young Ulysses, who
is a graduate of Harvard, thought
that hi* future was to he developed in
the legal profession. He was after
admission to tlie bar, assigned to duty
in the United Slates District Attor
ney’* office in New York. There Sec*
retary J. Sherman has thrown special
business iu Li* way. Buck Grant, af
ter accumulating a.small capital under
influential ami powerful auspices,-be
gan making ventures in Wall street
Ho succeeded sn well that he aband
oned tho~ law for more profitable
fields of speculation. Becoming
im crested, finally, in mining
stocks lie paid a visit to
the Pacific coast, where the
great bonanza firm of Flood *fc O'Brien
took him umler it* wing. Mr. Flood
tossed young Buck a few points, and
he made such good use of them that
the great speculator* backed the young
Ulysses in his cruise around the world
of speculation, acting as his mentor
at every point.
The docile pupil so made use of his
skillful training that at the end of two
years he had $300,000 placed to liis
credit. It was only when this sum
wits reached that the young man pro*
posed a matrimonial alliance with the
great firm. Buck has now associated
with him as jwirtner his brother, Jesse
D. Grant. Buck himself promises to
become one of tho most brilliant op
erators in the country. Besides the
fortune he has made for himself he
. has made several special speculation
for hi* father. Just before Gen.
Grant went to Mexico he intrusted to
Buck Grant 825,000 for the purpose
of seeing what could he done with it.
Buck Grant, during the absence of his
father, cleared for him from the capi
tal ? line $40,000 ; so Gen. Grant upon
hi* return found a dispatch placing
$65’C09 at his disposal by his thrifty
son.
With this profitable speculation
added to his credit, General Grant is
worth to-day in the neighborhood of
S150.000. Tins latest raining scheme
of Buck Grant’s, in placing hi* father
tlie head of the San Pedro Com
pany, is ba*ed upon a plan of the
youthful Ulysses, to realize the wild
est dreams of a Monte Cristo.' The
union of the Grant and Flood families
is to he followed by an’aggregntioii ol
wealth that will make the families
among the most formidable, in point
of influence, in this country. In 1884,
if General Grant should again be a
candidate, it is intended that there
shall be no money lacking for tlie
management of a suec s-ful cam
paign.— Chicago Times.
fair chance of carrying the State.
Mr. Thompson will give considerable
of his time to the Congressional Com
mittee this summer, when not engag
ed with the Ohio campaign.
Hon. A B. Noltner, proprietor of
the Standard, of Portland, Oregon,
writes : “Our prospects tor carrying
Oregon are good, and I feel that >ve
will carry it.”
T. J. ’Smith, of Dover, N. H.,
writes to the Congressional Committee
as follows: “Never in the memory of
our active men were our prospects so
■good-ariat-present, and rtftjfer hot' the
party been so harmonious IsnJ confi
dent of success. There is evriry indi
cation of a vigorous campaign,' which
will plaoe New Hampshire among the
Democratic States.” . . . ,
H. K. 8. Melvern, of Los Angelos,
Cal., writes as follows: ‘*Tho ‘Re
publicans here are depressed, and
many of the rank and file express the
intention of votiug for Hanqoek. We
are going to work, and think we can
harmonize and carry the State with
out doubt.’’ *' 1 ! -
Samuel C. Ilyde, President of the
Hancock and English club, Emfaori-
um, Pa., writes as follows: “We have
just started a Hancock club, with a
number of old Republicans in its
membership. We are going to carry
the county for Hancock, and believe
we can carry the State for him.’’
Mr. John Laush, of Cojton, Sail
Bernardino county, Cal., writes as
follows: “There i* absolutely no en
thusiasm for Garfield. The southern
part ofthe State will come up nobly
tor Hancock, and if tlie northern part
will do ss well we shall carry the State
for him.’’
Mr. R. T. Bennett, one of the
Democratic Presidential electors, of
Wadesboro, N. C., wrote to the Con
gressional Committee: “We are Rtire
to carry North Carolina for Hancock,
'and I have a conviction that he will
beat his opponent by at least 20,900
vote* in thi* State.’’
lion. C. P. Berry, M. C. from Cal
ifornia, writes that “Hancock is boom
ing in California, and tho outlook
now i* that he will be able to carry
California.”
HORACE GREELEY'S DAUGHTER.
One of the prettiest pictures to be
seen in Saratoga, and one frequently
met at the musical matinees of the
hotels, or the afternoon entertainments,
is Mr*. Ida Greeley Smith, the dangh'
ter of Horace Greeley and the wife of
Colonel Nicholas Smith, whom all the
men abuse because he is handsome.
He is, perhaps too handsome for <a
man, for the women ‘make eyes'
him, while the men look after liis
pretty wife. Mis. Smith, as Ida Gree
ley, wa* a very sweet-looking girl, but
she had grown into one of the love-:
lie*t of women. She lias adopted the
modern esthetic style of dress, and it
suits her. In her soft, clinging dress
of white or black or stone gray, with
a large hat and good deal of lace
about her neck, she looks like a med
ieval picture. She ha, two children
now, one a beautiful boy of three
years—Horace Smith Greeley, as he
is called—the other Nicholasa, a baby,
girl of three months, sweet as A clie>
rub. ' I •
Gwinnett Herald: We understand
that a young man. by the name of,
Alexander bad the misfortune to get
blown up while blasting rock io Mr.
J. R. Teaglt’s well las’ week. The
young man had taken the contract to-
blast the rock in the welj and was
busily at work, when by sotnp acci
dent the' charge exploded prematbrefy?
blowing lioth liis eyes out and break
ing his jaw bone. We understand,
that both eye balls were bur*ted, and
we saw a part of the jaw 'Bone that
h id been taken out by Dr. Mitchell.
While he is ruined for lite the physis
dans think he will recover. T 1 ^ fltr
lure will bo a dreary waste for this
unfortunate young man. '•’* :
BLASTED HOPES.
Camming Clarion:—James C—
went to Dawsonvillu and procured li
cense for himself and Miss La lira
H— without consulting her or her
father—never having smd one! word
to her about marrying. He showed
her the license and told her tbqt h?”
father had given her up arid lie das
ready lo marry her. She rialS: “I
don’t want to marry, and it I do, I
won’t have you.” He - told her she 1
would have to take him thpn- or for
ever be debarred from the pfivTegp
of marrying, for there could' nev^
beany more license granted for lier
until he died, and if sue did not mar*
ry him he would bum the licence aud
leave the country.
(Cor. Chronicle »twi OoiwtitMionaJisL]
Au .afternoon’* jaunt over the cozy
Northeastern Railroad from Allien*
brings /one *vii hiu almost bailing
distance of the' Oconee White.
The. h^jiflsonie' new car* of this
route,are ino*t iffvilirig Co traveleis,
and it ' Is not strange that the
cheap rates over the Georgia aftd
Northeastern Railroads from Augusta
are ao generally taken advantage ot.
Under the excellent management of
Lyman Weils, Esq., recently ebeted
Superintendent, and of Mr. II. R.
Bernard, auditor, this plncky pioneer
road is doing fine business and is stead
ily fighting its way to Rabun Gap.
-One cannot bnt.'wish as he watches its
extension through the mountain*, that
Augusta had first taken this route to
Knoxville. It was our shortest road
and onr most available right of way.
.Quickly flung along seven miles of Air
Line, White : Sulphur Station is reach,
ed. A two mile drive over a picture
sque road finally winds up at the top
of a hill, where Major Frank Warren
smilingly opens the hotel register be- .
fore you. Lest there be pome mistake,
it may be well to state that this last
act iR actually performed within a
hand sons* hotel—the cMtrnl spot and v jh
csownlri^ =%rieco r -of SprinjpjK^7i.-i'*£i;
Bright, spacious and airy, the well
Ytmdahed rooms iwri filleli with happy
gtoBtri, -while the spacious verandah*
kesonrid jwith (bright children and
. 0<K>nee White Sul.
phur Spnngs is empaatically a home
place, and wlhe meat complete farm- .
ly resort iff this part of the country.
Apart,frog) the hotel are the fifteen
cottages, more comfortable and far
better ’furnished than those of the
Grbenbrifcr in Virginia, travelers say:
in fact, the Oconee YVhite Sulphur
Springs ranks in improvements along
with inn Jordan Alum—indisputably
the best'fitfed up place in Virginia.
These cottages boast of spring lied*,
bureaux, matting, well ceiled wall*
and ample ventilation, renderinglhem
indeed minature homesteads on the
hill sides. They hear eanhtlie nanu s
of/Mr. Phinizy’s personal and ol two
States friends—Cobh, Toombs, Glass,
cock, Clark, Ilill, Jackson, Bowdre,
itiVrfb, Thoriiis, : Branham, Stewart,
Fierce, Georgia and Mississippi. Wav
down jp the glqn jthe white qidphur
paters flow in inviting coolness, wall
ed uji and covered 'over, while the
btith honrts, provided with every con.
venienoq ofiphliigo and showers, vie
with the Augusta Water Work* in
pump pressure and far exceed them
of course in clearness and colness.
Thrae conveniences are inestimable—
and. by t^e means of tank*, pipes and
dressing rooms, the bath priviliges
may bo rated first'el as* in every par
ticular. -Billiards, pool and bowling
alley round oil' the lira of tho place—
drives are fine, livery accommoda
tions fair and companions walling and
able. There are said to be more
children at tlie Qconcce White than
at any other place in Georgia,
and yet so complete and har
monious are the arrangements at the
table and on the lawn, that an ample
corps of bachelors and stately gentle
men prefer “the White” to .all other
places. Major Robert Thomas, of
Athens, is one cf the most agreeable
of the guests, with old and young.
Mr. Stevens Thomas, of Athens, full
of ability and dignity; Mr. Samuel
Barnett, of Washington, courtly ami
classic; Colonel M. P. Stovall, of
Augusta, genial and reininiscentinl;
Colonel Clifford W. Anderson, of
Savannah, chivalric arid commanding
til his person and polished in manner,
and R. M. Nelson, Esq., of Selina, a
deserved favorite, arc here notv.
Among the visiting statesmen nre
Senator'Hill, seemingly as thoughtful
and passive as ever, and Hon. N- J.
Hammond, Congressman from the
Fifth,, reserved, contemplative and
gxact in private life as he is deliber
ate, sagacious arid accurate in public
affairs. His company is sought here
by‘he'converses hoppfully upon
Fitters, applauds Hancock’s
sound‘WieSrletter; seems to be sat-
Isffea With liis own prospects in tho
and presides over the most in
teresting table at the Springs
Thq rising generation is well jier-
sopated here. Billups Phinizy handles
the’theodolite by day and bosses the
hfcnfl by/night; Tliod Hammond and
Ifj|rcy Phinjzy,write poetry “by the
bright light,” discount the girls at
bilUariteTh the riiorning and get. eu
chred in ‘ the rocking chairs every
evening: about half-past eight; Bob
Taylor i^ pherry and melancholy—
according to trumps; Tooinhs Du-
Bose, A! Lhwton “and the rest of the
girls” preside at the pianos and in the
apple orchards by turns, while the
'ever genial' Prank- Warren, major,
and for forty ’years hotel kce|>er, is
one of the cleverest of them Jail, and
Mr. Jyl^n Calvin Johnson, the able
apd venerable co-manager, keeps the
crowd bright happy and free. Alto-
ffffier “OcofU'e White’’ is a place to
sec Mildred Lorino.
Special to the Coarier-Jouriwl.
Washington, July 31 —Gen.
Hancock’s letter of acceptance is a
severe disappointment to the Repub
licans here. They had hoped that he
would sav something whieh they
could use to hi* detriment-. Its brev
ity, liberality and patriotic spirit
•fo’f- ‘ 1 BRUTAL AFFAIR.
Antoine Weber’s wife went away
from his Pittsburgh _ home, and he
could not learn where' or why she hafl
gone. The pair had lived happily a.nd
contentedly together, and the husband
would not believe that she had will
fully deserted him. Eight years pass
ed without tiding ol the missing wo
commend the letter, strongly to the I man. Then be accidentally found her
favor of the people. Tlie sentiments | in an almshouse. She had been
She was engaged, it 'appcars, in" the
domestic hinmifacture Of plaster -crisis _ ^
of various kinds. Complaint having half of (iis brother, Samuel jrTijffeq,
been made ofthe fragility of these i said; “We are proud of it Mybrotli-
mref, Mr*, peuedlct began a oourre'.tr nays that it is a mastefpioce. It.
contained in the document inspire
confidence in the writer.
Many letters are received daily at
the headquarters of the Democratic
Congressional Committee in this city.
lion. Geo. G. Vest, United States
Seuutor, writes from Colorado, that
the Hancock and English electoral
ticket has every prospect ot carrying
the Slate. ■
Robert Miller. Secretary, of the
Stale Executive Committee of Min
nesota, reports as follows: “ Our can
vass shows wonderful gains, in some
counties trom ten to thirty per cent.
Hancock, is a very popular man.”
Hon. John G. Thompson, Chair
man ofthe Democratic State Central
Committco Of Ohio, anil Treasurer of
the Congressional Democratic Cora*
mittee, via* at iheheadquarters ofthe
latter committee this morning in
Washington He represents the party
to be in excellent onndition in Ohio,
and believes the Democracy have a
crazy until recently, and on recover*
ing her reason coul.1 not clearly re
member who she was; but tb.e sight
ot her husband restored- her completely.
Gainesville Southron, 3<1
Wetearn of a shocking murder
which'occurred near Flowery Branch
yesterdoypoi> i which the particulars
seeruto-be about these: An Irishman
who, has l^een working about tho
tewri some clays,' yesterday evening
fell in with a negro who was a strang
er in tjie place, and after drinking to*
gether some while they started to
w-Olk up the railroad. Some one pass
ing a short while afterward discover
ed the Irishman lying insensible at
the bottom of a trestle ; the alarm
was given and a physician called, but
the inan (fled before the doctor arriv
ed. The negro was pursued anil
caught, who stated, that the white
man fall from the trestle; but the ne
gro, when overtaken, was wearing t ho
white man’s coat;
An eccentric Englishman lately
went up to the top ot Mt. Blanc Ipr
the purpose ol building a fire -when
none had ever been kindled. He sue
needed in doing so, anil, on , getting
back to the inn at the foot 'of the
mountain, recoided his triumph in
English upon the hotel register. It
was achievements liko this that orig
inally made the Englishman the;
laughing stock ini French compdy that
be is to-day. .
- , i ilj l!
An anxicus father was consulting one
6f Will street magnates as to what
business he .should put his gnu to.
‘My hoy, sir,’ said he, has a first- rate
education, and is remarknbly trutli-
Iui,* 'I don’t see much good in that-,’
said the Wall street ulnn, jingling the
double eagles iu his brecche* pockets;
‘rone of the successful men I know are
tfrillifnl. Better' mtfke your boy an
opolhecMy; that’s the only- business l
•know of where deceit does not pay in
th? long rqn.’ ,;.
State a party for Colquitt, a party %.
Brown, a party for Gordon and eve ~
a party for Renlroe. It soirie ’patri 11
will suggest the idea of n party fbr» >whlte
Georgia the Democrats
take stock in it.
»1U
qo
Atlanta Post; We now have in this' .! Some young negroes joined a free
mg
out of Boston
'for titeir itnpi
’ thrimri-Ivcs
folks n When
and were
among
will
ittrieft lawless Yankees
^Fi'U'igbte raws?
learn to res
.*1*.
’tw
ill too
.ate >
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