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aimer.
T. "W" ATBRMAN,
I. |. PROPRIETOR.
Tuesday, .September 14, 1880.
ron president op the united states,
W. s. HANCOCK,
OP PENNSYLVANIA.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
W. H. ENGLISH,
OF INDIANA. . .
Presidential Electors.
’tob tub state at laboi:
J. C. C. BLACK and K. E. KKN NON.
ALTWAIB
LUTHER J. GLENN »nd|A.p*. ADAMS.
*- DISTRICT ELECTORS:
Tirst Diatiict—Samuel D. Brad well, of Liber
ty. Alternate—Joaephua Camp, ot Emanuel,
Secoua Diatrict—Wr “ ”
' announcement.
Mr. J. T. Waterman having pur-
chasetl the Banner, his name appears
this morning at tho head of the paper
as its proprietor. My editorship of
the Banner ceased on the 10th inst.
Though differing from Mr.
Waterman on the prime political is
sue now dividing the democracy and
lh people of Geoflgiff, anA oaaflp
quainted, personally, with him, my
knowledge of his ability as a journal
ist and his character as a roan war
rants me in venturing the assertion
that his advocacy of any cause will
always be able, dignified and con*
scientious; that he will more than
doubly, repay any encourage*
mentthc citizens of Athens, of Clarke
county, and of Northeast Georgia
may extend to the Banner under bis
management by giviug them one of
tbe very best papers in the Southern
Slates; and that his acquisition as a
citizen and a member of her society is
one upon which Athens may well con*
gratulate herself.
T. K. Oglesby.
secoua uuina—nm. SI. llnmmond, of
Thomas. Altenute-Wm. IUrrilwm, of (jurt- JfFEW WORDS EGOTISTIC.
Third District—' ,
*' it. Alternate, Janies Biahi
Fourth DistrictJ-LarendcrR. Kay, 8*0
A Itoniate—Henry C. Cameron, of Harris.
Filth District—Jno. I. Hall, of Spalding. Al
ternate—Daniel P. Hill, of Fnlton.
Sixth District—Reuben B. Ni»bet,of Putnam,
Alternate—Fleming D. Dubignon, of Baldwin.
Se venth District—Tlos. W. Akin, of Bartow.
jRernatc—Petsr W. Alexander, of Oohb.
“ ‘ ~ efHanoock.
1 Gwin-
Altcrnatc—Marion C. Boyd, of White.
FOB GOVERNOR,
ALFRED H. COLQUITT.
' 4 op DbKaijv
TOR SECRETARY OF STATE:
N. C. BARNErT, of Baldwin.
TOR CMirTROLLKR-OENKRAL:
WM, A. WRIGHT, of Richmond.
' I “ por treasurer:
D. N. 8PEER, of Troup.
TUB attobkbt-oenxbauS ,
CLIFFORD ANDERSON, of Bibb
FOR ONGRESS—NINTH DISTRICT:
HON. EMORY SPEER,
OF CLARK.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
POPE BARROW.
To the Former Patrons of the Banner.
Having sold out the Banner to
Mr. Inghram and learning that he has
sold out to Mr. Waterman, of La
Grange, I take this method of inlormi
ing tho former patrons of the paper as
to the nature and condition of the li<
bilaities and debts of the office. All
Bnbscriptious]due on the Weekly,np to
January 1st, 1880, are mine. From
that date forward the dues arc to go
to Mr. Inghram. All dues on the
Daily up to August 1st, 1880, are
mine, after that date they go to Mr.
Inghram. All dues for advertising
in the Weekly and Daily are mine up
to August 1st, 1880. All contracts
for subscription and advertising which
have been prepaid are to be carried
out by Mr. Inghram. My office is now
with Capt. Pope Barrow, over Drag
Store of Mr. Joe Jacobs, corner of
- College Avenue and Clayton street,
and as I am desirous of closing np tbe
old business os rapidly as possible all
persons in arrears for subscriptions
and advertisements are requested to
call and settle at once as I am deter'
mined to close np my books at the
earliest possible date.
Respectfully, H.H. Carlton.
TO OTHER MELDS.
Our management of the Daily Ban
ner has been biief bnt gratifying,and
we hope satisfactory to oar' patrons.
For the support we hate received we
tender our grateful acknowledge*
meats. . The appreciation our readers
have manifested has been the boon we
most have craved, and thus rewarded
wc lea'te the Banner with regrets.
We,have delighted, in publishing it,
and we hope, our pleasure has not
been without foundation.
7 Journalism has attractions tot
ihet.no j other business could offer,
and we,only leave this field for an
other tike it Ifwejcan serve the peos
pie properly as journalists, and ever
strive for the welfare of the great
masses .as our .own convictions die*
ute, regardless ef momentary ap
plause; w« will feel at the last our
pte h^s been well spent in the great
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE
Hon. J. C. Clements has accepted
the democratic congressional nomina
tion in the seventh.^
Col. J. S. Boynton, of Griffin, is
the democratic nominee for State sen
ator in the 26th district. £
The Maoon Herald, heretofore a
Colquitt paper, has cbanged : proprie
tors yid is now for Norwood* \
J. H. Polhil] and Jnmeff-Stapleton
are the democratic nominees of Jef
ferson oounty for the legislature.
Jas. A. Shivers and Lewis Jones
have withdrawn from the race for
the legislature in Warren couuty.
• Col. John H. Baker, of Pike coun
ty, is the democratic nomhieo for
State senator in the 22nd district.
J. C. Freemtn, the republican
nominee for Congress in the 5th dis
trict, declines to make the race.
Hon. James M. Smith, of Ogles I other way. It .never gave a fifty
thorpe couuty, endorses the Hon. A. thousand dollar bond with me as
J. King, candidate lor the legislature surety in any matter of auy charao-
in Floyd county.'
Hon. Columbus Heard, of Greens
boro, accepts tbe Democratic nomina
tion for State Senator.
GOVERNOR BROWN.
Atlanta, Ga., September 6, 1880.
Colonel J. Branham, Rome, Ga—
Dear Sir: I have to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter, and in reply
Ute that I star'yery much
" at the statements jttu ; say
!e by Governor ]3ariih in bis
Rome. Yqp say lj$ stided
[uitt took aVfjfty-'tbouand
dollar boud with me as surety from
the Citizens’ bank on account of the
State deposits which he placed there
without interest,-in preference to a
two hundred and fifty thousand do!
lar bond and three per cent interest
from the Bank of the State of Geor
gia; Yon surely must be'mistaken
in-tbe statement made by Governor
3my.h^ as this statement is untrue,
am not security ' for. tbe Citizens’
bank as state depositor nor in any
In fulfillment of a desire of loflg
i ending, I have come to Athens.
\illicit,is true that pecuniary matters
ha duo weight with me, i£ is also
ti ue that the educational and I social
advantages of Athens were among
the main reasons that moved me to
make my residence here. Tins
being the case, it, will be
readily inferred that while
my best efforts will be exerted to
make tbe Banner a successful busi
ness . enterprise, I shall labor with
equal zeal to maintain and to increase
those influences and characteristics
which have made the city attractive.
In other, words, my aim is not only
to make money out of the Banner, but
also to do all tbe good that lies within
my power as a journalist.
To accomplish this, the tone of the
Banner will be high—above sourrill
ty, above abuse, above violent parti
sanship, above licentiousness, above
equivocation in matters of opinion or
of fact. The character of a newspa
per should as certainly bo honest, true
and above reproach, as that of a man ;
and my aim shall be to give to the
Banner that reliability in its utter
ances, which I hope would attach to
my own character as a man.
I ask the cordial support of the
people—of the people of Athens espe
cially, on the Daily Banner. Athena
needs a daily, and if the people will
stand up to me, she shall have one of
which her best citizens shall not be
ashamed. Give me a hearty support,
and you shall be fully repaid; not
solely in the equivalent which the pa<
per will furnish, bnt in the enhance*
ment of all those interests of Athens
and Northeast Georgia which cannot
be subserved without a liberally sup
ported press.
It is proper to say that to-day’s
paper is not a fair specimen of what
the Banner will be, when, free lrom
the embarrassments that surround
stranger in the community. I shall
be able to work with facility. Bear
with me a few days until I can get
things straightened. It is also proper
to say that the .editorial control of the
Banner has not been in my hands
until to day. J. T. Waterman.
election in Jonekhas
pleted, and the remarkable fact trans
spires that while the.ee'were 818
votes cast, .each candidate—Lester and
Mcftay—Had received 409. This is
one of the most remarkable elections
of wliioh we have yet had notice.
Col. A. J. Lanefhas become a can
didate for the legislature in Bibb own but $3,500 of the stock
county in compliance With a very jgen- °f lbe an d on 'y P a I a P P er
eral and pressing call from a conven-,1 cent P er annura dividend. I am not
tion composed of delegates from every a director.
Yuu state . further that Governor
Smith said I took fifty thousand dol
lars of the Citizens’ bank asselts as
Macon Telegraph: The primary I co,,ateral bcfori > 1 ^uldjign the
action in Jonebhas at last been coin- bond: There » not a Worfrof truth
in this.
Also that my son if a director and
tho bank’s attorney.’ This is also un
true as to ‘ the directoi ship. My son
is attorney for the Citizens’ ijank
but he does not own a dollar of the
stock, and is not a director and -never
(roms oilman: XVSe
district in the'obnnty.
.As te the other point about the
There are three independent cafidi- deposit with the Citizens’ bank when
dates for the legislature in IHbortjthe Rink of the State of Georgia of-
county,—all democrats,
[ fered lo pay interest, I know nothing
Cats have' no fixed political beKef. personally, as I had nothing whatev-
They are usually on the fence. ’ ; ‘ ever to do with any of the tranaac-
Gwinnett Herald: We are glad to tions.: It is said that the solvent
see that Col. John T. Waterman, of I banka generally declined to do so on
the LaGrange Reporter, has pnrehas- [ the ground that the legislature had
ed the Athens Banner and will soon limited the rate of interest tipsy could
take charge. He will support Colquitt M* t° eight per cent; that they
and the Democratic party.
The political harmony in the 8th
congressional district is something
beautiful to behold.
STATE NEWS.
Lawtouville has a telegraph office.
Waynesboro will at last have a fur-
niture store.
Mrs John Steed died near Palmetto
recently.
Rev F M Baggerly died at Scnoia I governor did not think well of it and
could not afford to be limited to that
and pay interest.
I am also informed that no bank
in Atlanta, except Mr, Coker’s, pro
posed to pay any interest and that
he did not make a proposition until
after he was" informed that the Citi-
zenB’ bank was to have the deposits;
that he then said he would pay three
per cent interest but on looking over
the reports made by bis bank, the
recently.
was unwilling to deposit with that
John D Hightower died in Stew- bank on account of what he consid-
art county recently,
Uncle Hill Sandeford died in
Burke couuty recently.
Professor* Bobo and Peek will not
take the Hartwell school next year,
end its weak condition.
I am also informed that one bank
in Augusta proposed to pay interest;
but would offer no security except
E P Speer has returned to Griffin tbei f own stock and that n0 otber
from Washington City.
bank in Georgia did propose to pay
James F Marcrum was married to interest.
Miss Clara Tamer in Columbus the
7tn inst.
Archie Hawell has pone from Ma
rietta to take a position in Savannah.
Mrs G W Webb died,, in DeKalb
county tbe 2d inst.
Little Callie, infant daughter of
As already stated above, I -know
nothing whatever of any of these
transactions of my own knowledge, as
I had no connection whatever with
them.
As to Governor Smith’s statement
Mr and Mrs C W Powell, died in that I atn making eight hundred dol
Decatur the fith inst.
lars a day out of an iron mine, it is
A close calculation, made upon the
basis of a comparison ol tbe census of
1870 with that now being taken, ahows
that tbe young men who have arrived
at twenty-one years of age in the past
four years, and who will consequently
vote for the first time in a Piesidential
election on November 2, will number
just about 1,750,000, or 17 per cent,
of the total vote of the country. To
this are to be added about 800,000
voters who have secured naturaliza
tion in the same interval of time. It
is to this great body of fresh voters
that the canvass which both parties
are now making will be largely if not
chiefly addressed. This phalanx of
yonth much more than holds the bal
ance of power in our, elections; its
members have the ardor, the energy,
the impressibility and susceptibleness
ot their ycara, and are much more
open to persuasion and conviqtion
than the veterans of party. Itistobe
Tor which journalism w» hoped that they will be dealt with by
created. We will always look back * b e means of locidTargument and solid
Mrs John T Morgan, of DeKalb I equally as untrue as the statement
county, died recently while on a visit K mentioned. The Dade coal
to her mother in Gordon county. . _ ...
Dr W A Strother’s kitchen, in Al- ""HW. of wh, . ch } a “
bany, was burned tbe night of the 5tb owns an interest in the Rising Fawn
inst. I iron furnace in Dade- county,.and it
is making a reasonable income. But
as every man acquainted with the
iron business is obliged to' know, no
Below we present the LaGrange
Reporter's account of the scene in the
congressional convention there when
Albert Cox made the patriotic and
eloquent speech to which reference lias
lire than onflflj'hcen' 1
olumns. j
j"Abonttire ninetie
r.e Reporter, jDr. Pii
J*?. §t.°f <Whou
advancing to the Iron!
dent, claimed his attention. His face
had a look of seriousness upon it, be
tokening that it was something of im
portance which he had to commnnis
cate. ‘Mr. President,’said he; ‘Hon.
A. H. Chx atks the privilege'of com
ing before this convention.’ Then
there was a pause, and men turned
around to cast upon each* other looks
that had in them mingled surprise and
'dread. The speaker contfnfled :
may say that he wishes to come here
for the purpose of withdrawing from
the contest.” Here was another pause,
and many friends of the gallant young
statesman, who crowded the hall, again
looked around at each other with
blanched faces, as if they had sudden
ly stumbled upon the worst realization
of half-formed fears, and had been
brought up standing by the shock.
There were men—and numbers of
them - who felt just as they would if
a darling ambition of their own had
suddenly bqen quenched.
Tlie requested leave was 1 ’granted.
A committee wap appointed to. wail
upon Sir. Cox,and uivi^e biq^J>efore
the convention. In a few minutes he
entered, and cheer alter cheer rent
the air, as Troup’s favorite son made
his way through the denjp crowd to
the judge’s stand. ‘Gentlemen of t\»e
convention,’ said Col. Harris, ‘I have
the pleasure of presenting to you the
Hoii. Albert H. Cox, of Troup, the
pride of his friends arid the admiration
of the State.’ More solid shouts
greeted this well deserved compliment,
and they continued as Mr. CoX turned
bis bright handsoine face to the crowd,
What he said we cannot repeat'here.
The company was so carried aWriy by
conflicting emotions—admiration and
regret—that reporting was impossi
ble. We asked Mr. Cox; afterwards
if he could reproduce the speech, so
that it might be published. Tlmt, he
said, womd be impossible, as it was
entirely impromptu.
A report of it got into the Consti
tution, arid was improperly spoken of
as the address itself; whereas it was (
only a synopsis, and a short one at
that. The speech was riot long, but
it was eloquent to the last degree.
The speaker declared—in general
terms—that no man s ambition ought
to stand in the way of harmony in a
party; that sometimes there arises a
contingency, in all parties, when pa
triotism demands the self-sacrifice of
public men; he was there to make a
sacrifice of his own aspirations; he
would not be “a wedge betwe*?n the
brethern,” and so with repeated and
cordial thanks, he released them from
all obligations that they might feel
themselves under to him.
The effect was electric. So car
ried away was the audience that the
very walls seemed to vibrate under
the shouting. But that was not all.
So pathetic was the occasion; so
melting were his words—albeit there
was in them no claim for sympathy
even implied—that not a few listen
ers felt a choking in the throat, and
tears came to the eyes. Indeed there
were some who positively wept.
There was much in the scene that
was sublime, and the better feelings
of men were deeply stirred at the un
selfish surrender of a 'audable ambi
tion which bad probably been cher»
ished from early boyhood. The sac
rifice was great, and men mourned
while they applauded. As much as
they loved him before, Albert Cox
raised himself inestimably in ' the
hearts of the people of Troup.’’
SEPTEMBER
ENS.
UEAV-
JUMTBR IN HIS GLOKY—ltttlU.IANT
ASTRONOMICAL FEATURE—THE
HARVEST MOON.
ng star accorJin
calendar, thong]
his early advent
e the horizSR will naturally class
as cvcoiuwitarA But scientists v
their and one of these 2 w
the outer planets are ranked as
morning stars from conjunction to
opposition, and evening stars from
opposition to conjunction. September
records an event of noteworthy iuter--
est on its planetary annals, for on tbe
25th occurs the long anticipated and
much dreaded epoch, the perihelion
of Jupiter. Our giant brother then
reaches his neartPt point to the sun,
and is also within a few days of his
Jesse Boynton, has gone from Grif
fin to take a position under S M In
man & Co., in Gainesville.
Harry BpUmaa,^ of» Marietta^ wm i j an)aoe is making a heavy income at
- — “ ' the present price of iron; ■ I
And you say Govcrnbr Smith adds
“and a large profit from the Dade
coal mines with convict labor.’’_ We
are making some' profit at the Dade
coal mines, and there we use convict
labor,, but we are not working a con
vict within fifteen miles of the iron
furnace in which we have an interest
The Dade company also has an in
married tne 3d
Gaylord, in Omaha City.
John F Bagwell was married to'
Miss Mary Lon Bradford in Bartow
county lecently.
Prof. Charles A Dozier has gone
from LaGrangb to Columbus to be
a^professor in the public schools there.
George A Bradford has gone from
Columbus to Selma, Ala., where he
becomes chief clerk on a steamboat.
TwomoleaofDr J W Stokes, of
drowned
Stewart oonntv, were drowned ^ m 1 verea t, i tt iron ore in Barlow county
Colochee creek recently. Careless |
driving.
The Augusta cow '.is on tbe ram*
With gratification to oar brief stay
among tjm excellent people of Athens.
■ ,Our sfipcesaor is a maq whom we
know as we know few others. As a
journalist and n gentleman bo is, in
thi timu lensd jDf Ue 1 word; eminent.
a ja'^rd, 1 thoBANNx* oourf noV/all
into better hands. We feel sore that
« short while* wilk verity onramertion.
J. W. CirirxfAN,
J. L Inghram.
mu
tlniil >v>l,‘ <i
hue
V
•;il
- at WuriwwtiHfcS&ur tay*: ''the
-deraMd)"Ter'standard* ailsnr follow
“keeps'up.. During this fall it is cer
tain th'tt tie mteflatibtf of the bob
^cannot be otherwise. Last year wh«n
the demand for small 'voles was < on,
•jttiS‘ffteasiufjr Department issued
‘thirty-five million dollars in fiyes, teqs
wditwintiae, ia oxchaagsfotrpotasof
. tbe larger, denominations. This .year
lia exchange cannot be as large. The
^ la all,the
^^fivwd^bur'wait
those banks whieh have beid out
‘ngiinst it wftliiirvo to' cotrio down
'They will havb to accommodate their
omers.” ‘ *'
fact, and not by the means of frantic
appeals to passion and prejudice.
The steamship City of Vera Cruz,
according to the New York Sun, had
thirty-ojae passengers aboard, seven of
whom were ladies. Her officers and
crew numbered forty-nine, making a
total of eighty persons, of whom nine
are reported saved. She was a wood
en screw propeller of 1,800 tons, built
at Green Point in 1874, 287 feet long,
37 feet beam, 28 deep and 10 feet
draught, with three decks, and her
molivp power consisted of two. com
pound cylinder engines. She
pronouncod a very strong ship, and
Was elegantly fitted out. Her cap
tain, EdWard Van Sice, was a' man of
fiftyraix, bom in Weetcbeoter couql/.
New York, residing in Yonkera, had
been a sea captain thirty-five years,
liid
mm
in which no seamanship codd . avail.
r i-.if. - i' i"■ i i iimiiij
' • Ir the cot!
crop of 1880 ahbtfld
predicted, U will require .75,000 miles
of hoop iron to tie it. Tliero will be
required 86,000,000 of these bands,
lj/eot long a»d weighing 1,200 to
tea.; Their total weight wUl be JO,-
000 tool, and their cost about 13,000s
000.
and has built a railroad out to tbeir
mines three miles, which is nearly
pJT STS: MroSSI—^ J. ~5
GS”,. ' „ money on tliat. Is it a enme lor a
Heindel, an old gentleman of_more j dliu ^ put h5a mone7 into the de .
velopment of the mineral interests,
espeoally if he should succeed in ma
king money by his energy and en
terprise? If so'I haVe been acting
than fourscore, and broke his leg.
Mr Charles A Halley, a graduate
of the Tennessee Normal College,
takes Miss Otts’s place as first asms*
tant in the Waynesboro Academy.
A POLITICIAN'S CAREER.
New-York Graphic.
CIIAFTER I.
I was not brought up to any trade or
profession. At eighteen I voted for
the first time. It was then I chose
m. I.entered politics
e, stout and
TWO SAB WASHINGTON
XMl WRECKS*
opposition or nearest point to the
earth. But while the earth at pel is
helion is only 3,0(10,000 miles nearer
the sun than at aphelion, Jupiter conies
at that epoch'46,000,006 miles nearer
the great' central orb. He is then,
however, more than 450,000,000 miles
from the sun—fortunately tar enough
awqyrto counteract and mollify the
increased force of attraction, between
two'such mighty masses. Observers
have not tailed to note during the last
rrionth renewed proofs ot elementary
disturbance, though there has been
little increase in the. severity or con
tinuance ot atmospherical phenomena.
Earthquake*, waterspouts, tornadoes,
hurricanes, cyclones, falling .meteors of
unusual size, waves of heat exhaust-,
ing to human endurance, waves of
cold close in thd'wake of the beat\
frost and ice iw—the lowlands, and
snow storms and winter winds ia ele
vated localities, have all been recorded
on the weather reports, and may as
well be ascribed - to'tbe bariefnl influ
ence of Jupiter, as accounted 'for on
any other yet unproved theory. Na-
ture.hns,. however, beautifully alters
uated her sunshine and storm, giving
a preponderance to the days when
peaceful irifitierices "reigned, and the
perfection of summer- weather ofown-
ed the sea-on with its choicest gifts.
It is safe, then, to feel that the Uubl
cun of Jupiter’s perihelion is passed,
for the ' twenty-five, .days yet to l»e
completed .count as nothing in a rev
olution requiring nearly .11,000 of our
days, or twelve of our years. Jupiter’s
movements will therefore be fill of
interest during tbe present month for
all lovers of the stars- ,
Nearly twelve years must pass be
fore tiie condition will again "be ns
favorable for observation.* It is a’
lare pleasure-* to watch 'this euperb
planet at its present near approach as
he comes beaming above the. eastern
horizon about 8 o’clock, magnificent
in size and radiant' in golden' light,
the fairest of all tbe stars among the
myriads that glitter in the firmament,
bright enough t,o cast, a shadow and
afford a glimpse of his moony through
;ood opera glass. It is a still more
[di
belligerent, and had good lungs. At
the polls I challenged the votes of
quiet citizens. I joined a faction of
our own political party and yelled and
stamped out adverse speakers.
CHATTER HI.
At twenty-four I was rewarded for
my services by becomiag “assistant’’
in one of our courts at 1 S3 per - jdiepi-
The duties of “assistant’’ are simply to
assist the patty. My TCgular presence
in court was never insisted upon.
That’s not at all essential. But punct
uality at ward meetings, primaries,
etc., is indispensable. It is here that
a politician earns his salary.
CHATTER IV.
From an “ assistant” I was promot
ed to a clerkship at 82,000 per an
num. This position giving me more
means gave me also in
fluence. I was active and diligent in
politics, .and found little
time to attend!* to any office duties.
But,. as I have {yaid before, au office
holder'is not paid so much for what
he does in tbe dffise as for what he
does out of it. Assiduous as ever a*
all political gatherines, I commenced
approaching socially some of the less
ser great men of the party. I might
call them our political gentlemen’s
gentlemen. I commenced being rec
ognized as a person of influence by
them. 1 • 1 * - ; -
CHAPTER V.
I ran for the Legislature and was
elected. My election was largely due
to the Sunday piccic I gave the resi
dents of my ward in one of our sub
urban beer-parks. It was at my ex
pense, and cost half a year’s salary.
But tha Legislature was a fortunate
coup. That was an eventful session,
AN KX—DELEGATE WHO KEEPS A LOW
bfv-k,” and AN EX
SENATOR 'WHO IS A
v ;e <br. ,;. . r !.<-•
GAMBLING TRAMP.
YtiW . B., io Philapclpbia Times.)
Qne name among the list of Terri
torial Delegates I will not mention.
He was in the House for four year.*,
and from the time he entered it until
the expiration of his second term he
was greatly respected. He was an
exceptionally able man, a thinker, a
logician and a brilliant speaker. He
was college-bred, had spent years in
foreign travel, was a lawyer and had
been in many responsible official posi
tions. He had been . in the Legisla
ture of one of the Western States,
had been Receiver of Public Moneys
and Surveyor-General. While in
Congress he lectured before church
and scientific, societies here, and no
man in Congress was more generally
respected. Would the reader like to
kuow where this man is now ? lie is
still in Washington and about as low
in the human scale ns it is possible liiV
a man to be. He first became the
victim of a gambler, who was himself
at one time a distinguished member of
Congress from a great Western State.
Together they carried on what they
callod private club rooms, nnd there
ti ey fleeced their victims as they
could catch them. They were t fre
quently raided by the police, but they
.managed to get off; but they sunk
lower and lower each year, until final
ly they got to the l"we»t game of
“policy.” The ex-Congressman from
a Western State died a few years ago.
The ex-Delegate u now keeping one
of the lowest dives in the city. His
placets ostensibly a cigar store, but a
thin partition separates it from a bag
nio of the lowest character. The man
flaunts his shame in tho broad glare
of day and may be seen at almost any
time silting in front of his disgraceful
abode in his shirt-sleeves, brazenly
facing people who knew him in his
better day8.
i Here is another ease that almost
makes one lose faith in human nature.
and I came back to my constituency I" 1844 there, graduated from Har
GENERAL . LONGSIREE1
AND THE TURKISH ■
MISSION.
ternr
under a delusion.
ctmq
I thonghtour citi-
Mr John J David died in Musco-|za» desired that kind of develop-
gee oonnty recently, suddenly, of | mwtC
apoplexy. Ho was a native of Elbert
county, and nearly 63 years old.
J am iofermpd from otber quarters
_ I that my opponents are making the
and gone to Philadelphia where he J .Y.,7..,.,7Ti . w, l
i» O.IMM 0*
V ^ *U.k«r ty vrM1e’ r loHar
had bis leg broken by being thrown of interest in that enterprise, I have
from hit horse. Me waa intoxicated L v *y considerable interest in real
at the time* .<•; 11 I estate in Atlanta, and I have an in-
Joe Lumpkin cut a negro badly at terest in the Western and Atlantic
iWpabrirg. Near the same place I railroad; and tbe more connecting
Sesb McCombs shot and -is thoegfct roads wehave to Atlanta, tho more
to mrirtailj Wotfnded a oegiro I vahraUe triy real estate is and the bet-
named.Alf Ectof. Iterthe tiadnera over the State road.
Mr J W Wright, of Colombo*,,»rad th * en ‘ CT P rise *»®.
iia left hand telribly mangled m a hherefore. togo'against ray own ms
putated and 4 is fe^Uw third me J 801 " 0 ^^“'“^u d have
will hare to hi,’ ^ ; in opposing^ as he signed the Kw
. . 'v. '■ ' ' .. ■"". Which provided fonts construction,
A newasboyra fifaoowwho attempt* itwHhihe express oondi-
^t^ponto.mo^tTOo ww ^ thatawadfe to b^ built oon-
kn 9^«d 0 . 0 ^ necting with AtfcmU upon one of the
and bad Ine Uw. above the knee three rodtes mentioned in the statute,
wide open to the bone. I However, I do not pretend to speak
Cornelius Willingham annoancas [for Governor Colquitt who is'corape-
thathe has wsverod-dria ecmnection 'tdnt to speak for Mmselfr ft sifnply
Arid I could see no' possible
A Washington special to tbe Bal
timore Sun says: “General Long-
street arrived in Washington to-day
to make the necessary arrangements
and receive his instructions before
leaving to take charge of tho United
States Embassy at. Constantinople.
He had an interview with Secretary
Evarls, who has just returned from
the East. It did not take very long
to make the General acquainted with
the duties of hie new position, and he
was soon satisfied that he would be
abundantly able to manage any dip*
lomatio questions which are likely to
arise between our government and
that of Turkey. The Secretary corns
municated to him, however,, the fact
that the United States only allows
the salary attached for the positive,
and that the iucumbent must pay. his
own expenses in going to and re
turning from bis post. Formerly the
government allowed an outfit ; this
has been done away with. ' 1 After
wards General Longstreet saw Post
master General Maynard. Mr. May
nard, who held the position five years,
told h : m that he would be certain 'to
like it; that the climate of Constan
tinople ‘was delightful; that it was' a
Very interesting city; that. ‘ nil
thd foreign ministers, except
the One sent by the United States,
were rich and got good pay; that
they all gave big entertainments, and
the* representative of the Uuited.
8tates' Was invited, and knbwing the
meagre salary which ho received he
was not expected to return any of the
hospitalities. In conversation with
your correspondenV to-night. General
Longstroel said that be bad turned
over tbe post office at Gainesville,
Ga., to bis successor ten days ago,
.but he was to go back to settle up his
accounts. His date of departure for
Turkey bus not yet been fixed, but it
will be within the next thirty days.
with the Cartemille Free: Press, and
has become '’ the business agent .of
Charles H &mRh (BM Ajp>:forra
lectorb tear the latter'irto-makdU
“JS
with nime saw
DOOM* of Mai
he ngreein;
eerif
Imen'to aW'”200,-
■ asuLm l.j f A-.rutOi
ron ms i*na xor mru,
■ the
i my Connection with the matter
r own position. I ; anvin -favor
r all the ridltoads in Geor-
s peoplri have themoney
'Ifmen having
't such enterpriser they
. ti’HO'fott, and‘they
. . Tftri not likely to’WiHiltO trot " their
He far- 'moneyinto'tfietn finiess they think
the tinfoer and fhhy tmt. haffl-' tirtj rtrids“W«l»‘fot,“' We '«ir4mly
edaridf sawed the trefo.O’When’be WautWlf'that-’Win pay
came to settle, it is said he gave the and aid in developing the country,
-wr-. —'arieal Kberty to use tiffs ritnte-
.1# yoti think properf Yery
ily.vourtriend, 1 ^ dJ*
Joseph E FroIvn.
mill tiien .
land and an — ,
wties to release him from his 'agree
ment.
satisfactory ■ pleasure to watch the
phases of the grandest member of the
system through a telescope. No
earthly tints can compare in clearness
and delicacy with the golden hue of
his disc,' With the purple, pink and
bine of his many belts, and with the
ruddy glow of his great spot, while
nothing can be more interesting than
to study the phases of the four. dia
mond points of light that bear ' wit
ness to the presence of his moons,
and picture a solar system in minia
ture. Astronomers have made care
ful observations of the great spot to
determine more accurately the time
of the planet’s revolution on its axis.
It almost takes one’s breath away to
think that Jnpiter tarns on his axis in
about ten hours; so that an observer
on his equator, would be carried
around at the rate of nearly five bun
dred miles a minute instead of the
seventeen miles that mark the com-,
parati vely moderate progress made
by,an inhabitant at the earth’s equa
tor. Jupiter rises now about 8, at
the end of the month about 6. ' 1
Saturn is morning star, and follows
closely in the steps of his brilliant ri
val during the mouth,. He will not
reach his perhelion till 1884, but he is
approaching bis opposition, and this
most favorable position for observa
tion is increased by the wide open pre
sentation, of tho rings, giving the
planet greater apparent dimensions
and much clearer lint. The planets
are both moving south. Saturn id
now about two degrees and a half
north of Jupiter; but as Jupiter
mpves the faster the distance between
them will increase at' the end of the
month to about three degrees and a
quarter. Saturn is also a little more
thamhalf a degree.west of bis brilliant
neighbor. Therefore he will rise
about a halt'hour later, and may lie
found making his appearanoe above
tbe eastern horizon at 8:30, at the' end
ot the month at 6:80. > , . r
The September moon lulls on the
18tb, It is thq loveliest moon of al
the year-^the glorious harvest moon
The full moon ot the 18th is in con
junction With'Jupiter on the 20. h oiid
with Saturn on ; the 21st. , -
The sky, unrolls a charming page
on September nights for those" who
lov^togAze upon the twinkling rec
ords ana interpret the mysterious
eymbok engraved In golden text. The
greatest epoch is the mqch-talked-of
perihelion of Jupiter, occurring about
7* o’clock off the eVcning'of the 25itW.
The specially favorable conditions for
the Study of Jupiter and Satnm must
be botoe-in mind as wail as the eq-
joymen^of watching these planets as
they rjso above the eastern horizon
transcepdent iff beauty, pursue their
stately course to the zenith, anil
slowly descehi ,tbo west,' heir “
with a pocket foil of bank checks.
' •' CHATTER VI.
After this, promotion was compar
atively easy. I was known, and in
the regular line ot succession. This I.
had; earped by seven consecutive years
of hard work and party fealty. I was
made a Park Commissioner. I be
came a Park * Commissioner because
that office fell to me iu the deal and,
not because I have any partiality for
larks. If I had my way parks should
ie abolished. They occupy vast areas
of valuable building ground to tittle
purpose. I served also a season on
the Board of .Health. An officious
doctor made liimseif particularly disa-
greeable to me there, by insisting on
various “ reforms” in tho crowded
portion'of the city. He wanted a
general tearing up of drains, waste
pipes, etc and worse ‘than all, when
we attempted it, 1 he wanted it done on
terms which would have ruined any
lolitical contractor or plumber. We
jounced him. _
Note.—If people are not healthy
they should take medicime. That is
what medicine is for. There mieht
be a greater number of free dispensa
riea held by efficient party workers on
decent salaries. Tfte drudgery of
vard University a young man of won
derful promise. He was twenty-two
years old and the world opened bright
ar.d promising before him. lie was,
I believe, for a time a teacher in Har
vard and subsequently he founded a
very successful school in Massachu
setts. Some time aftewards he went
South as principal ot a Slate normal
school. Tiie war coming on he was
driven from the Stato and came
North. At the close of the war he
went back to tbe Southern State as
Collector of Internal Revenue. When
the State wes reconstructed he was
elected to the United States Senate
and served with distinction for six
years. He was Chairman of tho
Committee on Education and Libor
and a member of tbe Appropriations
and other important committees. lie
was a very strong and pleasing speak;
er and stood high among his col
leagues. After his term expired lie
was appointed Assistant Secretary of
tbe Treasury and was at times Acting
Secretary. It was here that he fell.
He was courted and flattered and
used. Wine, cards and women did
their part to accomplish his fall.
There were some very crooked trans
actions while he was iu office, and
prescribing and compounding could 80m . e or ,? the I th ^
F . . ° ■ «*-/» _*r_ 1- Assistant Secretary lost his office and
lauded in jaiL He was speedily got
out, however, but he became wretched
THE FLORENCES IN LON-
$ , .Dofr
Mr. and Mrs. Florence appeared for
the first time in T'lie Mighty Dollir*
at the Gayety Theatre, London, not
long since, and achieved an un
qualified success. The audience was
a brillinrrit oni, and the Floreneeswvere
recalled after • the first,"*second J»nd
lari flirts. J l*lr: Ptottnori’fl portfiaie of
Hot*. Bardweil ' Slote’ evoked "raueh
applause and laughter,-‘ and Mris.
Florehce, as Mrs. Gebt 'Gilflory, who
lias tirted so long abroad;! was at her
beat,' riidltigltif attrafletPtiie flridfonixi.
Bardwill‘°S!ote. has evidently struck
the English faffey‘toere*fha» did'Gol-
bnel'Setleffli^ We flrUgfad to be able
-to state that the cHizenrCf Athens are
promised’tbe pleasnrq of^seeing ■ Mr.
and Mra. Florence daring the 1 coming
season. "> - ! 1 H '
je done by assistants at 810 per week.
CHAPTER VII.
It is a part of my political creed
that a politician is fit for any sort of
office. The practical duties of the
office can always be performed by
subordinates. But the political round
of duties which, may give one the
open sesame to any office, requires
;tears of toil and experience. When
I was appointed Inspector of • Steams
boats I didn’t know what part ot a
boat to iuspoct.; Relying on tliat for*
innate destiny which has never de
serted me in my political' career, ]
went calm and collected on my first
official tour ret inspection, on boat d
the old Bustnp, Said I, ‘‘Captain,
I’ve come to inspect your bp.it; show
me her defects.” He waited me to'
his private cabin, where a reeherth*
collation was prepared. Wo drank
to the defects of the Bustup ; and "at
the close of the entertainment' the
agent- of the bo'mpany presented me
witba neat little testimonial of-re
spect ; which I took to a bank for safe
keeping; A. month . afterward the
Bustup blew up, yet' the inspection
had'been satisfactory to every one
who took part in it. n--
‘ CHAPTER vni; , i
* A thorough political trainiug. rc-
qttires.tiiat one should hold.alternately,
offices under the city, the State and
the federal governments, betides
carrying one’s oonnty majority in one’s
pocket. In such manner within three
years I was Deputy United States
Collector, afterward a State Commis
sioner for something and finally a Po
lice Commissioner. From then I flew
to a seat in congress. It’s all easy after
you know the ropes.. The offices them
selves are mertely holes into which the
political roulette Kali foils This is
the crowning beauty of our system of
government-. It’s a regular, row of
stepping. stpnea from Deputy United
Spates Marshal up to the highest office
111 the gift of toe people—il mean the
politicians;' '' : *■' ’ '
poor and got to borrowing fifty cent
piece-of his old ..friends. It was a
pitiful sight to see him about and
know wiiat he had been. Finally
somebody had him appointed to a 81,
200 clerkship (he wrote a beautiful
hand),' and it was ihought that he
might pick up and recover; but he
didn’t. He had got a passion for
gambling, and whenever he could ob
tain any money he sought tho tiger
and of course lost it, and soon he lost
his little clerkship. I understand he
now borrows a dollar or two when
ever he can and goes into ti e lowest
place and plays until it is gone. If
he has no money, which is nearly al
ways tha case, he w>‘l tit where the
game is going on and keep the score
for the low wretches that infest ■ tho
dives he visits. He once had a
charming family ot boys and girls, but
the Lord only knows where they are
now. If there is anything stranger or
liiore revolting than this in fiction I
have never come across it. ' -
■Judge Loohrane,' who hasjustv re-
tamed to Atlanta 1'rpm a.Northern
trip, is reported as raying that it “!s
a question beyond dispute that Han
cock’s nomination was opposed by
the great mass of old. party leaders
object of beauty, rising night after,
night almost as soon as tho sun has
jer and
the
more ‘ progressive
emocraiie qififty.
se't;andseeming to prolong thfe short- Ben *
ening autumnal day> With her flood of ^?„ P h S*J 81 ?“•
S nd ?rV* ht -r Provid r» b -S ite to
OMma - ' 11 " ‘ '' the dhthusiasm and oatnest work of
. . . ... the young south; inspired with a
the , /Marquis, ot,. Apglesey, , on .broader view of the national ‘interest
whose accountMrs„$yetipore died jn 4 an^ a wider scope ^f friee and loyal
Paris, .bgs, been /residing since hfe Gpmion^pmpBttyeq J>y the cIogs| Of
marriage jn Albemarle street, PiccL
d«Uy,, His bridc ;is „a pretty, piunyj
.wpmaii, withblne eyes, ^Ipnjle hjur;
and a mild.and amfeVftSfpriepsion of
toflnt^#pee. ,fo for'tiie^erqpu k >e
hBaJhe.nsual.iloo* Iftff
Prtgeta,, oflfljs^ type,’.in, qppearance
at leapt oftthe bqld hftd mfO.of a jp-
.efelyndraavK
years.of agp,l.a«d„ilp
* Wgffl
bis comple
r heWeafoafo
tide whiskers.
jiast prejudices and passions.” ’
WHEN : Gambetta delivers a apOech
he prononnees two: hundred and thir-
TIIE ART OF NOT HEARING
The art of not hearing should be
taught in every well-regulated fam
ily. It is fully as important to do*
mestic happiness as a cultivated ear,
for whitili so much tnoney and time
arc expended. There are so many
things which it is painful to hear—
very many which, if hear!, will dis
turb the 'temper, corrupt simplicity
and modesty, detract from Content-
ment and happiness—that every one
shbnld be educated to take in or shut
ont sounds, aooording to their pleas-
hre; ''•■'•■
If a man falls into a violent pas
sion and calls ns all manner of names,
at the first word we should shut our
ears and hear no more. Il in our
qaiet voyage of life we find ourselves
caught ■ in one ot those domestic
whirlwinds of scolding, we should
shut our ears as a sailor would un
furl his sails, and, making al! tight,
scud before the gale. If a hot and
restless man begins to inflame our
feelings, 1 vre should consider what
mischief these fiery sparks may do
in our magazine below, where onr
temper is kept, and instantly close
the door. '
If, as baa been remarked, all the
petty, things said of. one by heedie*s
or ill-natured idlers were to be
brought home to him, ho would be-
icome ‘a mere walking pin cushion,
stupkfullof sharp remarks. If we
when among good
open our ears, when
An oriiinary speaker pro,
ucunces about one huiHlred abd' eisrh-
'tyJ woWFs 1 hr the rtaiie timeJ 'Lord
Macauley used to pronounce three
hundred- and thirty words .in a . min*
*1 t0, .N ■ lou • I ■ J,.,,
‘ It wiFf Dfffiglas-Jerrold who showed
tUatithfrEnglish language isquitttable
to cxpfe83 the most intense leniotion.
He tilys of a man who .bad proved
himself a thorough
'would; sharpen
‘tberfe tombatono to kill his mother.”
would be I
men wo shoo'd
ty,to twp hnndred. and forty, words a atnobg badmen shut them. It is no-
wortli while to hear what our neig‘-.-
■bora say about our children, or what
our rivals say about our business, our
drees or our, affairs.
>• -Thiitiirt of not bearing, tliougli un-
laughi iu tha school, is by no means
unpiractioed in society. We have no
ticed that a well-bred woman never
hears- a. vujgafc or impertinent re
mark. A kind of discreet deafness
saves one from many insults, from
muoh blame, from not a little oonni-
mwirei- . —-*'■■ umiuc, uvui ■ not a mue oonni*
*^_ **., * 8r * van pain dishonorable conversation,—
United Presbyterian.