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Volume LXIV.
CHARGE THE SECOND.
We have been interrupted in our
publication of the pleadings in the
case of the People against the Gov*
ernor by other matter that re<jni <d
immediate attention.
It. will • e remembered that the see*
on<l charge made lv, Mr. Norwood,
representing the people, was that
Governor Colquitt, in violation of
law, paid a fee of forty.fi ve-4boufalS»d
doli.tr* to certain lawyers for collect*
ing 8198,000 tor the State from the
EDITORIAL ITEMS-
Colquitt has been in the race for
three years, and Norwood ahead ot
hint in three weeks.
1 hiring tW month ot September
Miss Vanzami. is to get 8200 an eve
ning far singing Jfiynon in Denmark.
It is said that Mrs. Christia .cy will
soon marry a southerner who was in
love with iter before she married the
Senator,
Cot.. P. Wai.sii doesn’t like our
publishing tin- charges in the rate ol
the People against Governor Col
quitt. We rather e\jv cud this The
galled jade will wince.
On: columns are ojien for reliable
information m answer to tl e question
—“ How ought the name of this
county to be spelt ?’’ All answers
must be backed by good authority.
Tin: lines on “ The Capitol at Rich-
iicoid” arc hy Mr. T. R. Gibson, the
biiliiiint oily editor of the Augusta
ICveniiig News, whoso versatile pen
has done so inin li to make tl a! paper
what it is.
Tiie able editor of the Koine Cou-
iier is mad hi cause we published the
news item that Pledger had Heard
appoint) d mail messenger. We are
afraid the able editor’s internal or
ganism is oir of gear—disorgan
ized, as it were.
Cot- Walsh endorses Cox’s ac
tion at LaGrange as “high, manly,
and patriotic,” but can’t see that it
would h ive been equally “high, man
ly, ami patriotic’’ lor Governor Col- I
qnitt to have acted the same way at!
Atlanta. We fear that the Colonel’s
im nla! optics are crosseit.
v Mohican shows a larger t ropor-
tioimte increase of population than
any other ol the older Western States.
In 1870 the State contained 1,184,-
059 persons. According lo tlie new
census, the'population is 1,636,871.
Complete returns lor Illinois gives
the State a population of 3,083 32G
Wk publish tr-dny Major Gnualil’s warrant issm d for it, he admits. To j paid it to them Was this the way
letter to which wc nlludtd a few days decide; then, upon the truth of Mr. for a Governor, properly careful ol
ato. Tho Columbus Knquiier says Norwood’s charge, it remains only to the interest-of the State, to decide a
of it : " Headers will find it hot li | fi . e what the law is. ' question involving the payment of >o
Ileio it is: ! large an amount of money?
: Tn-a-i:- j lint lime comes l! e very material
> l>» by ■pj'W’i'rmtUm ina.ti by law.—1:01.- ( j s3U0 Jatc-V made by Governor Smith
,!««} t rtoiBui■tav'its odwstt. « «d >** ^;.-itiyKu m to noiJthususui o iT
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“ WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION.”
m
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1SS6.
li
if- led
ix-gjB.jwt; jtitj j; oj m* Pern ;>ujoa4 ib'ecn guilty of“a great error, and done
inv^ujrru to TOtmtrog e>lf shlon it joiw ip.# much harm to the-party as have
’ mKiontv by thcirnnwavoroigaod
<»)•«■ afP -)* 1
,d.’ 0C1
, argij*.t Ins
-or.ir
**tA
- rxar r.’vd beflfl hm ad tug
amount, and he declares that he “did
not intend ever to give the lawyers
the right to claim 25 per cent, nuless
it were shown that they had necessa
rily incurred extraordinary expenses
which required it.’’
Now, Governor Colquitt himself
says that “the only question in the
case at. ail was whether the lawyers
were entitled to the full 25 per cent,
.commission.” AnikevdW be sit-
tlenhat que-tion ? Governor Smith
says he intended to settle it by mak
ing the lawyers show “that they had
United Stales government. Govern- | necessarily incurred such extriiordi■
or CVqu’t!, in Ida answer, adinila j nar y excuses" .19 entitled them to it
tl at he paid the li e but doiijps that j yjNorwood says that had he boon
ho violated law in doing it. The
qi.estior whether he did violate law
or net ie very ea-y of solution,
lo t ns si e.
Mr. Norwood said that the viola
tion of law consisted in the fact that
the lawyers’ fee was paid without any
appropriation ever having’bcen made
by law authorizing i’s payment, and
without any warrant ever having In on
issued from the 1 xc-cutive department
for its payment.
1 hat the Governor got the $198,-
000 due the State from the United
in tlie executive chair lie “would have
referred it to the legislature and have
jet it decide the matter.” Hut how
did Governor Colquitt decide it ? He
diil not commit the Attorney-Gener
al, whose opinion the Governor is re-
THE SENA TORIAL NOMJNaI^OLITICA I INTELLIGENCE
7 ION ..
- -•••*>•?, • ' T F Raines is the democratic noint-
We publish to day the official re- nee for representative in Schley
port of the proceedings of tbo’oonv county.
vention that met at. Social Circle the. |Hon /mos T Ackerman made a
28th of August to nominate a caudi-Tgpcch ip Augusta the night of the
date to rep rwjiotthti. twenty-severti. 1 1st inst. -'-^ iiiiifiWi/ifj]]
senatorial district in the ger.cial..asf—vvas ve^numinated tor
Th- prnrvsc::i |; ii! t!u« tiiir i Si^rnTIty' ae-
"etir^'acemsufttto havtTbeen’qi».|^li«ii«iot»7
acciunt. of any difference between the
views of the gentlemen balloted for
on tho political questions of the day,
but was caused by’ differing personal
preferences and opinions on the ro
tation system.
- The nominee, Mr. McDaniel, is
well known, not only in the district,
personally, but by reputation through
out the State, in whose councils he
has rendered distinguished service.
We have known him as an able, an
quireil by law to ask in a matter of i honest, a faithful a« d laboriousrepre-
doubt, lie did n«ta-k his nredeees tentative. He has been truly, a
sor, Governor Smith, what was the j representative, which cannot be sai l
contract lie bad made with these law- j of all upon whom the law has com
ers. He did not refer it to the ! ferred that t'lle. Such is the record
Legislature. ! Mr McDaniel has made. Such is
How did he decide it ? : thefrecord and such is the character
lie just asked the lawyers what j his future course must maintain if he
J. II. Woodward, of Dooly, is the
democratic nominee for State Senator,
in the 14'lhdistrict.
General B. P. Butler has an
nounced his intention to act with tie
Democratic party.
DuPont Guerry, of Amcricus, is
the democrat!a nominee for the State
Senate in the loth ilistrict
J antes Blue, who is quite black,
has been nominated for the legislature
by the negroes of Glynn county.
The people of Schley county will
vote “whiskey" or “no whiskey’’
when they elect a representative.
A mass meetiug of colored poop'e
in Savannah endorsed Governor Col
quitt and Congressman Nicliolls.
The republicans of the 1st congres
fcioual district have nominated J. S.
Collins, of Brunswick, for congress
The democracy ot Thomas county
, - 1, THAIT JSIG FEE .msd
,, -fad*. i cr phi. t.;a; fsmuin ■ JlUf.
EX-o YEgfMjpt wjr
Tfoni his CnTuh'bus SpecclV ’ '
The first mattbr '*to which S' cSrtl
your attention is whatsis: known -fts
the .Alston,fee case. Daring .the ,
administration ^1, Gov. Bollock l\e
engaged the services of Messrs. Baugh
tHtd Gaviington (of Atlanta) to prose
cute a clatm in behalf of tho r State
against the United Stales govern.-'
ment on account of tho Western &
Atlantic railroad. When his sue
cesssor came into office h% found that .
claim still pending, mid- that Gov.- .cbpnot be
Bullock bad agreed;* to advance to by an a
the agents iijtmed ^3,000 ij^cash ^nd not preteni
to allow llieni .12^ per cent, of aDy
amount of the claim Irhlch might 13c
recovered by them: At tWwansfance'
of thengeuts the chibh wag-renewed
before congress, but with little pros
pect of recovery, however. Some
time in 1873 (say) at the inalatide of
, Columbus ^Enquirer: —
JMd, the actiotf of 'the mitiortty will
‘ teach future conventions % lesson that
Will be heeded, that the majority ^mnt
.abide the rules they establish, and
concessiqKtBIdWW^IS* l&mQiyjM
r the fees, that personalism cannot ms forced
oit'process ! d6wn the people r^gdrdless of right.
jilt,
Sumter Kepy^mp |
always sink hl^^pjqv j
for the good of bis country,
‘ in thaftSef«nft.S^r “
>y and perform t hC'^nroyisjons
of that,constitution. No\y, I just mk
Col. Baugh, one of the agents he, the simple qixestiog. wlvp.n he ptjid oqt.
true, inter, sting and prophetic. It |
treats the subject in a new light, om
to which i.ot a great deal ol attention
lias boon devoted. Some moil may ho
smart, lutt pn'ilio il disruption attaches
to every pa.-iy with which tlmv arc
connected.’’
Tim Grirtin Nows is consistent. It
supports Itenfroe as well as Colquitt.
It says the tinancinl condition of the.
Suite is due largely to tho former,
hence it supports him. This is con
sistent and manly. We commei d
the example ot the News to all the
supporters of Colquitt. E-pccialiy
do we eommend it lo Colquitt him-
sell, w ho is continually ntliibuiing to
his own able management alone tbe
so ti><! tin: ncinl conduion of the Siate,
i*c* tirnwn
L»i*roi»riutioa matlv by law
Btitntioii of H77, An. 3. S<o. 7, ]>art 11. . .
“AH i>fiynie»»tH m»m tho TYeasurv, nnlet-B Wi *|, (.iOV«MI!Or Coiquitt :
otherwUe i^.vKUul, aball be mntle ujk»u tho | r t
w ,rrant of tbo fbiwn <»r, mul ho m.iy withhold i (_i»>V<.rm»r ub{U.lv
In, sptToval on »ny trooimt mniin-.l i.n.l coni- , , he the check
a.-.l bv tliC , will troll. r tieneral. JU mtrraui , " “CU 1,0
•killallfay tptofj/ <•» vial ap/mpriatien or f rom the treasurer ol the united
>'«. drav,,. ’-Cuilo m O:i., see. vo. j Sla ,„ s f()r ^198,000 due the State of
i With llie facts and tbe law a- they j Georgia, payable to his order, he
are. it—doubtless—seems strange to i just paid to the lawyers the amouiu
. i i . /v r* i •*. Lwltirh they ku<1 bcloii^eu to tlK*nt,
,l,e reader that Governor Co^qmtt e lm!auce i!„ 0 the treas-
sliould deny the truth ot the charge j ul . y ol - t | |e Stale, and argi.es that he
him. He excuses himself for ; has not violated the law w* 1 have ah
by saving ! ready quoted in ibis qitich* (to which
we would here again call the :;T 1
“yea” or “nay,” lie establishes, lies
yoml the p< wer i.t overthrow, or
overthrows, beyond the possibility of
rebuilding, such a reputation as it
has boon our pleasure to accord to Mr.
McDaniel.
That tan- has now co tie to him.
The is-ue ol Colquitt or anti-Co!»
i -------- - | ton’s) did not nominate
that 1 quilt, Brown or anti-Brown, s ‘ f emu'l'ess.
was allowed to associate the,.late Col.i
R. A, Alston with himself and Gen
Garlingion in the prosecution of the
claim. ' Nothihg further was heard
from the matter until just before 1 the
expiration • of the term oh the then
governor • of the Statq. lie visited
Col. Baugh at the instance of the Jat-
ter and gave his consent that Messrs.
Jackson, Lawton & Bassitfger, ot
Savannah,' should takq,chargo of the
interest of Col. Baugh in collecting
the claim. The governor endorsed
upon tiic letter of attorney, given by
Baugh to that, firm, his otlicial con-
have nominated W. M. Hammond Jent to the arrangement, and as these
additional law) ers were to be let m
to the agency lie saw fit to restrict
their claim tor compensation by in
serting in the indorsement what ho
umlersUlbd lo be the substance of
the bargain between himself and Cob
BaugU, when Alston became an
agent viz: that in no event should
■tile compensation of the agents exceed
25per cent, of thfi’nmount collected. It
was not the understanding of .the
\9
■the amount ot the Alston, feep without
^n appropriaiiomby, jpw ttid he oi)
serve tbe constitution? Ileave von ti<
aifiwcr the question.
OLD **0^4
RACY,.* a
asutlar was; charged opion the books
the comptroller general tbe
ouut otthe same less tbe sum
atMibWGoVSVnorldr
: 8d y#k perfteive by this'-adroit
tho treasurer is made chargeable
only 152,000 and o^d hspiljed- dol
lars—the proceeds o.f tlig draft,
whereas in ffiiiK'tio rtcmved <198,-
085 isiiSfltfh iJroceeflfc* ofstfch-^dTaf#*
liftsss
uty ol the Staittf If you wtU tu
the constifajif^ ot 1868^. (and. .the
sertne provision Is inouy present qqn-
lutiojt) jgn thst. "“JJWfll'
of these fcej^iaa been ^pj^ropriatcq
other proyisi^i or the constjtuuon you
rtliefy'
iund in
wJmSsfBjg!,, , t
should be kept in the ba
slRep'ublicah^qveipiisdht,, -
'g.WaySesborifirierald^ \Vc don’t
think the State of Georgia is under,
luch obligation to any man with her
>prder»aado gWe hi\u any, pres^ript-
‘ ye rightito ihe*posttion of Grovernor,
npr do we think any'man’s merit so
CQnspicuous that the Democratic party ‘
of Georgia should be disrupteil on lua
account.
and II. M. Sapp for tbe legislature.
John Gotham, of Taliaferro, is the
republican elector for the eighth dis
trict. They call him “uncle Jack” nt
home.
The republican congressional con
vention in the seventh di tricl (Fel-
n candidate
nt ule in I he" convention. A rc<o:u- I
tion in*tt uctlng the noioiuec to vote, j
il elected, fu Joseph E. Brown
for United States Senator,
was intcoduc-d and passed— |
the Clark county delegates
voting again-t it.. This is-ue was not
made in and did not en’er into the
election of the delegates to the eon-
THEY PKE8ESTI THE ciKBjlS ArNUT-
“• ’sheel:* 5 ^ ■ *r
’ . a.. - ft: ; „d ip
The following pfWmble : tttid resos
httions wefe adopted at an immense
mass-meeting jOf the iron-ribbed de
mocracy of Savannah anl Chatham
ominty: ' <■ . .i
WHEHEAS.The recent Democratic
Convention, held in Atlanta tor the
pur|fose of nombiatim} candidates for
the several-elective offices of the State,
failed to agree upon the nomination
of a candidate for Governo*.
And whereas, the minority:’ of that'
convention representing the- different*
sections of the' State, prompted by
again
his course in the matter by sayin
that; when he got the 8198,000 ' )n ] jj rin 0 f the reader),because the 145 000 j vi-ntion. It so happoue>l that- a tua-
tlie check that the Tri astWr vd the WM not pn id with money drawn trom [j orit t> f the twelve turned out to be
United States had made payable to j U|e lreastlT y If the facts are j V* f^ ol able totbeded: ion of Governor
bis (the Governor’s) order, Im did j as h «'\Z Jo" erw no Brown, but when they were voted tor
not lint the whole amount into the j o( du au j i ac f of vigilance, as it was with no thought on the part of the
I treasury,—that lie *1111 not put any of; already shown ; but Gnver-
An c-tecmed correspomlent pro- j ; t j nto ,| a . State’s Treasury till after 1 nor steps in just here and says
he '<ad take 1 ! tl e 845,000 out of it i that the Governor brought the draft
and paid It to the lawyers; that he | to Atlanta (he had gone toWashiug
didn’t put the whole nmoimt into the
the
pounds to the Now York Suit
subjoined important question :
“Wliirli online two .outeneos i- comet:
•The I'ourt ol'St. .Itimcs,’or *. lie Court of St.
.IiiiimwV f II the hitler is correct, i-h-iwc ex-
plnill how il io c.ill-i-lent will) the rsliw o<
(tnumntr.”
To which the Sun answers that tin-
only correct jihrase is the Court of
St. James’s. This does not im an
that it is a cetiri with which Si James,
the apostle, has anything to do, but
that it is a court held at St. James’s
palace, in the city ol London. The
grammar of the phrase is faultless.
Tennyson attained his “1st birth
day on Ang. G. A few of the inti
mate friends the laureate allows him
self, including Browning,' Matthew
Arnold, and James IL Lowell, called
on him nt his London residence in
King street, Mayfair. Browning re
cited a congratu'atorv ode. An in-
c tl nt of the day was the receipt of
a te'.egiain from Victor lingo, con
sisting of thirty words divided into
four epigrams, the substance of which
was that great poets lived forever,
that Tennyson was the next greatest
poet to Hugo, and that Tennyson
therefore was booked through lo im
morality.
Cot- WaI-SH docs ns the honor to
intimate that, had Richmond county
been tbe place of onr abode, he might
have supported us for Governor. Of
ionise tie are gr<ally abliged to the
Colonel lor his kindly mention of
but judging from the way in which
he is rad Is have shown
his loyalty to a much ijjfler
friend of his than we have tho honor
of being, we fear that wc rhould have
been leaning on a broken reed bad we
relied on his Iriondly aid. Still, we
are the Colonel’s most obedient, nev
ertheless ; and will always bo phased
to boar from bi n.
Is Get many, plates, dishes, etc.,
are being made Irom wood shavings
and paper in the following manner:
Selected piano shavings are bound
into bundles, and steeped in a ball) of
weak gelatine solution about twenty-
four hours, then dried and cut of
strong ] in per or thin pasteboard, o!
the objects to 1ms produced. These
a o moistened with a liquid consisting
of weak gelatine solution with sodium
water, glass, and pressed in heated
metalio molds. After drying, tbe
pressed paper objeuts aro coato 1 on
both sides with an adhesive material
made of five parts Uns ian gelatine
and one part thick of turpentine, the
ihavii'gs are applied to them, and the
who'e is subjected to pressure.
(Wood-shaving alone would, because
of their unequal thickness,_ praeut
uneven ant-faces.! The objects arc
now cut, if necessary, dried nnd ,t ar-
aikhed.
ton lor it) and turned it over to John
\V. Reriroc, State treasurer, who
sent il to New York ami received
the mono through the Fourth Na
tional Bunk of that city, and that
. , . -i.r i everu dollar of it was, through that
he therefore violated no law ^/paid out on the bonds mul cou-
ofihe Slate. Governor Smith
treasury because tln-re was no law
requiring him to do it, ami that as it
was not in tbe treasury when lie paid
tbe I
in paying it without an appropriation
by law for the payment and without
an executive warrant; and that he
paid the lawyers first because the law
gave them a lien upon the money col
lected until their fees were paid.
The Governor’s position as to the
lien would be correct if the lawyers
had had the money in their own
hands. Jlad that been the case they
could, of course, have retained what
ever fee they were entitled to hy the
contract. But we have tho Govern
or’s own statement that he himself
collected and had in his own posses
sion the whole $198,000 which Mr.
Norwood says it was his duty la have
turned into the State’s treasury, ami
to have drawn therefrom, by execu-
warmnt, whatever amount was due
any person for any service.
It will be observed that the issue,
on the second charge, bet wen the
Governor and M r - Norwood, is one
ol law. But just here a third party
steps into the controversy,—one who
is really more familiar wi’li the facts
ol the whole transaction, from begin
ning to end, than anybody else, and
raises an i-suc of fact with tbe Gov
ernor. This third party is no less a
per; onage than ex-Governor Smi-.h,
Governor Colquitt’s immediate pre
decessor, with whom the attorneys
made the contract about their fee.
As Governor Smith is so very luute-
rial a witness, and such high authori
ty in the care, we havo published
elsewhere what he has to ssy about
this lie anil tho manner ol its pay
ment. lie corrofiorates Mr. Nor
wood’s statement that Messrs Baugh
and Garlington were the first lawyers
engaged in prosecuting the claim,and
that the contract with them was that
they should have a cash advance of
88,000 and 121 per cent, of the
amount they might recover# and that
afterwards, when Alston and othe«f
became associated with Baugh and
Garlington in prosecuting tbe claim
the‘contract_was changed so as to
read that “in no event should the
compensation of the ageitis exceed
25 per cent, of the amount collected.”
The careful reader, who is desirous of
learning the truth of,this whole mat
ter, will note that’ Governor Smith
says that it was not his. understand
ing that tk« compensation should be,
in anf event, 25 per cent., but it was
that in no event should it exceed (hat
pans
states most positively that not one
cent of tbe proceeds of that draft
ever went to the hands of any agent
who collected or pretended to collect
the claim, and that the extravagant
lawyers’ lee teas paid with money tak
en by the governor, without appro
priation and without warrant, out of
the treasury of Georgia.
Here is a direct issue that Gover
nor Colquitt and l.is partisans cannot
whistle ofl’ nor put aside with a
jeer. It is ’ too prave
charge, and too susceptible of proof
or disproof, lor them to attempt to
get rid of it i»y giving extracts from
Mr. Norwood’s civil rights and Ox
ford t-peccht s, or l>y repeating that
he voted for the salary grab that
General Gordon advised him to vote
for, or by shouting of the “hero of
Olustce,” or by pioclaiming that the
Governor “floats the Banner ot the
King ol Kings.” The people’s hard-
earned money has been loosely han
dled and trifled w th, and they have
people generally as lo whitkar they
were for or against Colquitt or Brown,
lienee the ccnipkxion and action of
the convention on that question
should not lie accepted as a reflex of
the will of the people, and hence Mr.
McDaniel, when n-ked to accent a
nomination made by ten nun
on an is-ue upon which the
will of the people has not
ascertained nor consulted,
should promptly and firmly say—
“nay.”
lie should say—“I cannot accept a
nomination made under such citcum*
stances. My re-pect for the penp’e
I am asked to represent—my alb-
gianee to democratic principles—my
character and the honorable reputa
tion I have striven for and won, for
bid that I should accept this nominr-
tion. Go hack to the peip'e with
this question. Give them a chance to
say whether or not it is their will for
their representative to vote for or
against any lenticular man, and then,
if I am called upon to represent them,
I will accept the trust anil faithfully
observe it.’’
This should be the language of
Senator McDaniel when the connnit-
Thc democracy of the 8tli Sot:a-
tqj-.a! district of Georgia have nomi
nated Col. Baggs, of Mitchell county,
fjr the Senate.
lion. A C. Westbrook, of Albany
is an independent candidate for the
State Senate in the 10th district.
Win L. Lane, of Worth county is
the regular nominee. ^ '* _ *•*”
^ 'l'i\e Uonyhticam-of the 7th con-
grj-fKiotei! district of Georgia are to
m*l ir. K a-.ston yesterday, the 31st
August. They were expected to noin-
iualujC D Forsyth, ol Floyd county.
lion J M Wilson, of Gahipbell
county, is the democratic nominee
f ir state senator in the 36th district.
E Pinkney, of Mon we county, is
the republican elector for th* 5th
district.
The Republicans of the 5th district
have nominated lion. James C. Free
man for congress. That settles' Mr.
Dismuke’g congressional hash. 'Mr.
Freeman has once been in ccpgrcss
irom that district.
...... ..... -r, - ., conscientious ami honest motivestcXhedked by the v6ioe*of)tiie)-(>eopie at
governor that tbe,compensatiou should lookin , r „ >the welfa^vof **
be in any event 25 per cent., but
that in no gvent should it exceed that
antdiTlII
A*ffw»3ays before the eipiratfthvofi-
the tertn ot the- then governor, Gen-;
eral ti.u liugtou presented to hmuaj
papgr, stating that it contained what
he (Garlington) remembered *hsf ‘ the
understanding when Col. Alston 1 was
employed. The governor could not
then look to tbe paper; lie djd not
eveitafead ft- JdefnntHj flo tnyo-w
do so betore be turned over the' office
to Gov. Colquitt. He'* did nbt ’lh-
struct that the memorandum uliandc-d
hipi by General Garlington should be
tiled, and its contents were unknown
to hint until long after he Went out of
office. > - ‘ sui >. h-
Sometime after "Governor CWquitt
came into office the Garlingtoni paper
was fo.und in a heap Of wa^fe papeiy
and Cojonel Alstqp iu an affidavit,
on file in the executive office, ‘swore
that "lie, himsClf? filed it. I now
state before you fibre 'that uhevqn-
do*ein*ut ou ihe Baugh letter
Columbus Times’: •Itbeginsdo look
soon he among the obsolete institu
tions of the past. It. ia. becoming
more and ntojte apparent os ery day
that they aye. becoming machines
more tiasttucljve to (he parties that
run them than"to those they were or
ganized to ciusb.' . J * <
Rome Court®;. The adoption by
the StatCjDerqpcratic conyepf-ion of
‘Mr. Walsh’s resolution to adjourn
‘vilthout making a nomination, simply
"because neither Gov. Colquitt nor
any othej tg^p.in nqnpnatfpn had or
cqul 1 get .a two-thirds v Jte of the
ronveution, deserves* in our opinion
the condemnation of all conservative
Democrats. ‘ ''-c’-u:. ’■ ■
and -thh^Democratifc party, father*
thatr-to-VUe - promotion’ Of' individual
inerts dtd srsffce to-cast their votes for-
ihyt Suitable- candidate other than the
present incumbent.'- ' adlet **
o' And wh«Mas;. the majority, alter
introducing-and adopting the “two-
thirds rutc.ma tithe 'honored canon
of thi Democratic partyy-per-istently,
refused after fii'tting to nomii-ato tlieii
Terr Ion GWntjfSafcfe IWafisk, is
it tvffe'patrlotlsnrto seck to farce a -
candidate uppn the people .whom a ■
least a respectable minority, if" not
in.ajority» ' v 'll noj; support?;..,,, D it not
the reverse of patriotism ? It is. It
evinces a spirit that will finally, it not
•yond retlmnpupn, jit ih the spirit of
iTyligiousSipaiicism, adroitly worked
up, in this*citSd by Colqflltt? Gordon
and -others; • Itafore tbh convention
met, hnd Hint spu-it;ja now manifest-
ifiit dlfiejf in tM adhesion ^herwiso
.sensible nten to him, wlio of right is
,pot tv irtby 'hf ’thetir anpport.
Conyers Examiner: The delegates
,-of th'e'CdiqufttTsfctJbii frdm thiscouo-'
candklste, 1 fto-accept- the .proppsUibn. rfduMed home on Wednesday
* ‘ " ' ' ‘ nlgbtilast, looking rather -discomfited
of the iittaorityyaadSrafnsecL to ;dgi
cept or consider agy-Othcr.person bub >
.the one of their etanotitofily, thereby
soekingrtO forea a. large number of
tliescouverition to abandon their con*
viclVoftsaf dHty. and what they.., con-
ceived-was for the»besfcinterest oi the.
State j’dherofiireibe-it a*’ 1
Yf«h)f»ed, That lhis meetmg cob*:
diariy endorses the firmness ami. ad-
hereOCe to duty-which ware manifest
ed by the minority iof that aaougern,
tion, and >deplore- the action ofc. tile
majority iiutefusing to agreo* to'Abe
aver their failure to nominate Mr.
Colquitt under the two-tfiirds rule.
They did the best they could, how
ever, and inaugurated a new. depart•
ure ion Democratic .usage by reeora-
adending th.-ir favorite to the people ot
.Georgia.' It remains to be' seen
whether or liatthe-people of Georgia
will’austhin this resommeruled candi
date who prefers his own nomination
tpllq} mtpregtp of Georgia, pr‘the
unity of tli'c Democratic party.
*»■ 't; »iVf ,
jje expressions of Honest, Intel-
t ana Independent'Jonrnftls:
-noihin«.ton j>of-«ny w»di*ite ather . Hgent and Independent journals:
.tjian’the oncof ,their*u*wiBseleokwu,, -r^^m^THUbneT^The’Atlartta Con*
only ev —
ments bf Messrs; Alstopjrad Gartitig-s .uhoiaejM.#
right to respectful and serious |,tenders him the nomination. The
The democratic congressional con
vention for ti e Eighth district met in
Augusta the 1st inst.,’and nominated
Mr. Stephens by acclamation, ilia del
egates standing as they voted- The
republican convention of .the' district
met there tbe same day, and declined
to make a nomination for congress.
The Greenback-Labor party bad a
c invention in Jefferson, Go., the oth
er day. They talked of having^
State convention, of putting ont-’an’ 1
elcc'.oraljYicket, and .candidates, Yor
emgres* and the State sedate. hY.
J. Ilaynio and Gris Maddox wdre*|
nominated for representatives in the
legislature. f »- ; .
^ a . J T party! *B left.-.‘h’ftbwjt
by Govefnor BullocK‘c6uW- p«ss>tily,«^a6mwee .wbjktevw fqa,.itUet: ofiipg 19fy —“
y^te-unde
many event, be increased to’26: pard^bw»i»*V4l>att Deraporatp. arsVMe ^fbe^mpl^^^Vaft^mfroll'dls-
ctnt..- n^volfcfor atJrsuitAb e Deraociat^ e ^ry ft A Wadminislrt-
I hpvfi sfatsi positively that when I jppbewvsBh* sjiay IWi.-blpu^^t W' (lines'‘POWtein'Order mid tba* too
left ibe office of governor of'the *wa«nt»pitiietr*a»UntgM..s ,f * ’ :4,-Lboufcfeat,.fawr, or]iartuilitj. The
State I did not know that 'VCsSrs-: ** -Resolved, That this mee’-ingsxoiio fpe^ulo, are.the jury and they should
Aisttonfold GSrlingtO»-pre|pnded.tiiat .diallyApproves-artd tnderse* the pal i,i v * the foil evidence placed’ Iwfora'
tbey«werw'tA have aa mvtflMMaWi trfdrti actWm oR the Hon. Tlforaa* *i{ cn ,' • '•*» •«» *
cent, of the amoqnt pf the fi\ai|u <^)b M. «6r£tWd, mul plcdg^iith-pndm-. J
lected. I did not intend oyer to give’ dedaWffjmrR trtwbim for. tixe.i'Chiei
them the right it'6' tttAkfil stich ^I ptfsttfacy ofehehlfcita kt the hoUok-
unlcss it could be shown that they hoi iirOi-to'bf r'next;; < - -*« Ui
treatmetit when they cell for an ex
planation Irom those whom they have
employed to guard the public treas
ury.
\Vith the evidence before
are obliged to say that charge the
second, in the case of tin- People
against the Governor, stands nine
lilted. '
T’.ie Milledgcvillc Union and Re
corder pays the following true and
beautiful tribute to tbe hue cx-Gov-
ernor Johnson:
“But politics were not the element
in which Judge Johnson could sne-
ca«I’ He was too pure a nan lo eu-
ter such an Irena. Ho could
rights o’, tiie people require it; duty
to himself demands it; ho has nothing
to lose and much to make l>y it. He
us we has an opportunity for setting a glo
rious example. iyill lie prove equal
to the occasion ? Will he say ••yea’’
or “nay ? ’’ Much may depend upon
his answer.
* Twit. • '*majorito. J 1 there will.bp no juggling
nominate the anan t0 thc people.” TThat is
-fob 4*0 il A rimiolKrtSrtm a'esaSTgSe Art un-’ J
— ,,w ” ”iMeHed Pf^Sioifl^ diSedfc the
tj(iftf6i»8 , *fteely-«nd -fnlly ffat tiw si
meet.ng ears
aW**toP tlie
Williams, a negro member of the
Ohio legislature—the only uegro in
that thoroughly republican body—
was sent by the Garfield managers
over to Crawfordsviile, Indiana, a few
days ago, lo make a speech. When
not h e got off the train, there was no one
“bend tho pregnant lunges uf the
knee, that thrift might follow fawus ;
ing.” He loved his homo, his wile
aud children and the swees of private
life far above any mere human aspi
ration beyond it. He was modest as
a maiden, nnd tender-hearted as a
child. Noble, direct, generous, for
giving, sensitire, kind, sympathetic
and religious, all that knew i|iu> here
will ever hold ltis memory in affec
tionate remembrance.
In the humble hut honorable and
respoLsiblo position ol Judge of the
Superior Court he died. His death
comes touchingly home lo us. An
other of our great men has passed
into eternity. We shall miss his
cheerful and melodious voice, and the
kindly pressure of his hand, for he
was indeed the soul of honor and
truth, and tho polished aj>ex of Geor
gia’s intellectual pyramid.”
to meet him as a distinguished stran
ger, no one to toll hi iv whore to go,
no one lo lake him in and give him
meat and drink. Presently he found
shelter in the house of one of his col
on d Iriemb, and, after refreshments,
set out to hunt up the republican
nominee in that county, for the legis
lature, to complain of his treatment,
and to make arrangements' for the
meeting to be held at night. He found
hi* man, ami was not welcomed" with
open arms to Hoosicr hospitality. The
republican nominee told him that “no
d d nigger” was wauled there,
and that he had better gel back home
as soon as }>osgiblu if he knew, what
was good for him. Williams did.not
go out and hang himself, but he went
home sorrowing.
ThkATi.ical busincs.4 throughput
tho country show* signs of revival.
Only three stationary companies will
be maintained outside of New *5 oik.
The IfitvcHeg organizations of, the
aemi-varietj’ type will bq Vcry btW*
mcrou-', ami hot half of thorn can
list, Lotta, Ada Cavendish, Mary
Anderson, Maggie Mitchell, and 1
Clara Morris will play''
in the larger cjties," wi
any new pieces M». their repertfiiiec-
Fanny Davenport wiH us* t “An
American Girl,’’- by Anita DickifisfiB.
Boudenuk will probably sta) inTj&ts
don, Sothern is not likely to be#w!e
to act, even if-he recovers at ail.
Lawrence Barrett may bring out)- a
new play by Itoft-ells. T5ura“*Wilf
be made by John T. R-'.yruoud, By-
mud Macaulyi Rob-ton, ami, CfilHS*
Chanfrau, John McCullough, andt
Joseph Emmtt, in ^heir famflllhr
parts. Frank Mayo will jtppcaf
“The Virginian." Joseph Jeffersqp,
will drop “Rip Van Winkl*” and
act in “The Rivals.” •
had neccssafiTfinbtlfred-jBXTraordi- ,
nary expenses w bichartqaitesl.it*\A
begtjnstIrene, ?* e {i
U rtated i^ap rem-rt oCa speech
made by a gentleman, nr this lionsc „ uniinr .»’
receStiy.XhZtWrtriorColquitt avas
claims wbeie extraordihavy-costsiand ■/ “ , r ^loA*-»«■*.
fees had’ bectf- incorfed. Tkw is • » > THE-h GRAND A [lb RE 1 RE
mistakeffte case*#* nevl#-before • .sma-js -uSENTBi-, ,U
the^cduit of*claitfff; add no extraor • i* ' -w—,i y ’d
diSilrjr expens* could have bt<rti4n-» .i.-.ns».,JMlsait Ut^iffoljlB's
curred ’bn fhat account. ■ * • Tbe Constitution had eertajulv ftc-
•-* — v*&' - — — - -a. 1 • - - • 1 — * -* *
? lf rlie , Hftie»>enden#,
bltf^ioketf ptlporS»t>t - the. State (oi
couab *te OonViaeaq.the firqr $ lead-
Wiaiite
Indopendent of clinacw ana rmgs t witn
unanirmtT tBai w nil
evitfy'- Mbit putting the J^al of condom
on tbe. recent action of the
l approi' riafRfl' ftfo ‘smu of :qui»«l RjTropn^dr^a u
on the ; claim reforred; to. ijiiarepf.femitoffi-oC Last
Gort'^lqtfltt considefed the^tnaUer *e.k wu;notice»b»da»ftgiitjj article
th
of sufficient: jnjportat.ee. to warrant th regard to one of our .list ngn’sbe 1
wt.smi-n,*atid askvd ;tJ afc paper, to
rreot .-uiiich it failed-to do,, as
ifot'8*p*Hst better-of these dailies,
when it it well known that three of
them, leas), had candidates from
their cities and they either refused to
ley et
advocate their claitlis, or did it in aUch
a Wa/fis to^ehve' a doubtupon tbe
minds of thfipeopl« who was their:
choice.. Is there a cat in the meal tub ?
ftbpiG RiGtfr.
A man who londly calls attention to
the feet. tii« hqjwanwojved to “tura
over a new leal’’ in his life, is not al«
.t^e
The jGroveruot;,
Suilre in.Ncw York. —; -i* i
baft 'to Atlanta. aridT 1 !
Ultra in^Nc
brought the
tinned it bVt*r ts> 'Jblin'W, Ronfroe,
M»t tanas Us»sin statements iu
the pel twali sea-’intents - of
opUewhcoiii«Hbiiii«s
State Treasuier,’-whosent it to N«;v ibi^ti^»afi«»cbDtM«H>^S, npd, jfl,
which was, tlirougte l^itataiiks jwj
out on the laiiidfaTid suupuus ot tl
tbeStafWj- inowsa*tiwia^t,A ot W e . - .
femd to^ever^m*^tLo^lmVs panaidXt is"^l(3fl4ed^|pr^
Aisfon, (xafltfigton oP irtt/’othSr 8g*A JfopMt re*'---' - —
whw colli’cted or-' prttehdcdHo coined ‘ ‘ nna,:
Our population is now 45,000^000.
Our church edifices are estimated as
affording a seating capacity of 25,000,
000. used on an average SundayKby
lewtlian 15,000,000.
> The official figures show, that dur
ing the year ending Jan# 30, 1880,
no fewer than 457,243 i fit migrants
arrived in the Uriitdd States. Tim
previous year the arrivals liad iAfn-
bered only 177,820, tbps pionijj^tjug
aa astonishing increase, r- When188ft
is 1 ended, its - record of ifofllijmtihn
wfij very likely be gr iper than of tiifj
Other year in the history of tpo ppiin
tr,y. • -n* fs-i -i'
: W .:k
jftlat
orgiq
i*
.hiitinf 4
OBstiUnian ihiou! tbfod'sdMSfL'
»*.: BoivatBtjo n»* Oifoq.ia 1
sure'tb brehb theni.‘ P«^i!«
! refQnnpitivJW!nMMWJ,;fo. < te.. 8<> «jftJ's
wofk silently,- and'
itnatitm to carry :
!)o_w .trying 3f. hard it
- vjflmnM deswne .
ivi'cessHfv "lor their
hould n'rtif Ibok for*
i .ilKnffiimMtof foolisli lMsdsth
i! n*i\lkigM'»*i»^l|! Mi 1
applause from*the world ; the* high
est reward wiH) in d|if> tiiumcpme for
ibfitgood tlmy b^y? HWjMLlte :
selves or otheri-; invanwlulf.they will
ehjf^ that i»Mch -sweet J
knd‘' , 4>fecious ' possession—th*'. <<»»•*
sgjwfcn«sstiiat.U«raBJ! worthy, fol-
f^ljugitjje qljjigj, for Avhicl), the^r were
emu* getpn[^pas^o;^^‘^ ebjnShititlfenthiifohlg-!
d, dbfi’t'fiyl?oniia n»ld^Wai9fturt s«f-rcfofm doss stilt tuaat,
‘ “ andsfo etfBrt*lBmti4ike spMfol.M»
. .^t ti.ofC.tW
tUealaim. !* 'I i ** . ..»* ■ .*
But you **k -haw «*s- thf- *VWty)qp,,
Garlington fcp pstid,? .It m
fellow citizen*, with tnoncy' talcen-liv
tire Governor out of thfftreasury ? if
Georgia, no co5t‘of5vInfill' WSim-d auy
part of the-proceetl8 *t the draturc- p«fishrt|x*»-; -r.x«Tr.-B» '-t Mji
taken oht dt the trSBdrjr iWtthtiU* «tAe^sirewWifiaMtentiiJNir
pat you ask howflrtsthretifebnafo^ atitadt aepet UogindAfijplOfldb tot nfolH&a.t
®1 ^1 famwm Wlfti>i*fa nob the'groom
to bo higlffy leprehehsiblo. ^iaupi.4duotions ta£laJjSj_
te?.] i #tA#bne-'»fter thattrefc i .. _V
fst>edtiO)Wns8ent to^NYJVsY.ork, (hq)B§-r3i
•. 4nii
maa btodtiierf tWl'bt k*#>’ b» rewl>; f!
i. TXliJ Jk|-.
■*n.»o »df T‘.*i»t<*4f-