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lamtcr. T. WATICRMAN, . PROPRIETOR. SOUTH CAROLINA'S SON1 A BIT OF < ORRESPONDKJICE. - v-; r. r /' W.vmiisgtoii, jQciohsr 18j—Secre- tarv Sherman t o-day furniiliM, tor 5 ublicalion, the following correspon- ence, consisting of lour letters, which have passed between liiinself and Senator Hampton, of South Carolina: Dagger's Springs, Sept 17, 18S0. Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury : Sir—Some days ago I saw a report of your speech at a conference held by the National Republican Commit* tee, at Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, and yon were quoted as liaving used the following language : ‘ And 1 now.you are asked to surrender tafT you have done into the hands'of \Vade Hampton and the Ku.KInx and the little segment in the North that is failed the democratic party.’ May I ask it you used these woids, and, if you did so, did you mean to connect me, directly or indirectly, with what is known as the Kn-Klux Klan? Requesting an early reply, addressed to mo, in care of August Schell, E-q., New York, I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Wade Hampton. tes asttE k isbseJ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY rn i jifil; '1 “ WISDOM, JUSTICE AJND MODERATION?- Tolume LXIY. ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1880. * * * 1 . : . " * • * i . _ I f * .• • «» Number 51. Washington, September 21. Hon. Hade Hampton, Neic York. Sir—Your note of the 17th instant is received, in which vou inquire whether at a conlerence held by the National Republican Committee at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New 'York, I used the language attributed to me as follows : ‘And now you are asked to surrender all you have done into the bands of Wade Hampton and the Ku-Klux and the little segment in the North that is called the democratic party ?’ In reply, I have to advise you that, while I do not remember the precise language, 1 presume the r< porter correctly stated in a condens ed way his idea of what I said. I, no doubt, spoke of you as a leading rej>- resentalive ol'tbc democratic parlv in the South, and refeped to the ku - Klux Klan as the representative of barbntons agencies by which the dem- . ocrats have subverted the 1 civil and political lights of the republicans 'of the South. I did not connect you personally with the Ku-Klux Klans. indeed, 1 know that you had in one or two important instances resisted and defeated its worst impulses. I appreciate the sense of honor which makes you shrink from being named in connection with it; still, you and your associates, the leading men of the South, do enjoy the benefits of politi cal power derived from the atrocities of the Ku-Klux Klan, in which phrase I include all the numerous aliases by which it has from time to lime been known in the South. Your power in the Southern States rests upon actual crimes of every grade in the code of crimes, from murder to the meanest farm of ballot box stuffing, committed by the Ku-Klux Klan and its kindred associates, and, os you know, some of the worst of them committed since 1877, when you and they gave the most solemn assurances, of protection to the freedmen of the South. These crimes are all aimed at the civil and political rights of republicans in the South and, as I believe, but for these agencies the veiy State yon represent, us well as many oilier Slates in the South, would be represented both in the Senate and House by republicans. But tor these crimes the boast, attrib uted to you, that the 138 solid South ern votes would be cast for the dem ocratio ticket would be bat idle vaporing. But now we believe that it is sober truth. While I have no reason to believe that you mr your Northern associates personally partic- palcd in the ofTenses I have named, yet, while you aud they enjoy the fruits of these crimes, you may in logic and morals be classed—as 1 classed yorf—as joiat copartners with the Ku-Klux Klaus in the policy which thus far has been successful in seizing political power in the South, and which, it is hoped, by the aid of the small segment of .ike • democratic pftrtydirthfcNorth, imj 1 beixt&rttfed to all departments of the government. It is in this sense that I spoke of you, the Ku-Klux Klan and the Northern democratic party. Permit me, in conclusion, while frankly answering your questions, to say that the most fatal policy for the South would bel such ageudosas 1 have mentioned secure again political ascendency in this country ; for, I assure you, that tlte manhood and independence of the North will continue the struggle until »very republican in tbo South shall have free and unrestricted enjoyment and equal civil and political privi leges. including.fair votes, fair count, free speech and a free press, and the agitation to secure such “results may greatly affect, injariouslyjtml interests of the people of the ..South Very respectfully,^our^ofje'dieut servant, Charlottesville, Va., October 1. Sir—Your letter hae been received and, as yon do not disclaim the lan guage to which I called, your atten tion, 1 have only to say that in usiug it you uttered what was absolutely false aud what you kuew to be false. My address will be Columbia, 8. C. 1 am your obedient servant, Wade Hampton. lor Hon. John /Sherman. Washington, D. C. October 18. Hon. Wade Hampton, Columbia, S. C.: . ' I Sir—I.have to acknowledge tbe re ceipt of'yocr note of the 1st inst. handed me, unopened, by Mr. O. Me Kinky ttYew moments ago, after my return from the Wfflt I had this raorm* ing rand whatLpurported .to be an ex it act Of a speech made by -you, pubs lislicd in the Charleston News and Courier, and, open your general rep- utaliounsa gentleman, had'denied that you had made suck a speech or written such a letter as is Attributed you in that paper. What I stated to you in my letter of September the ,21st 1 beiievo to be true, notwithstand ing yhUT denial, and it tM be sbqrfrja to be true by the public records and a matter of history. * A* you had long before your letter was delivered to me seen fit’to make a' public stateroetit of views of the correspondence, 1 will give it to the press without note or comment and let fhe publie decide be-' tween u*. - Yours truly, John Sherman. I * / AiJoibas again IWcofrdEjpJlaiJl 1 e <i; fort i ta LETTER FRO* ATLANTA. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. .18, 1880. i f Atlanta has been breathing her native breath the past week: Relig iously, socially, politically, and if you know any word ending in “ ly” which means a sort of jnmble of all three of the foregoing, then in that way too we have had our excitements. On Wednesday night there was held at Trinity church, (Methodist,) a meeting for the per pose of formally taking leave of the young men recent ly ap|iointed to mission work in China. Rev. A.G.Haygood, D D.,opened the meeting in a.abort.talk •! introduc tion. Tiien the yoong missionaries made brief speeches, detailing their experiences with reference to this work. They are evidently men of talent and piety. A religion which can induce such men to leave land and home, family and friends, for lives of toil and hartfships in China has in it surely something more thau human power. China is now the centre of the missionary operations of nearly all the American churches. The party, or parties, which in congress or in platforms seek to catch the electoral vote of California by any acts or sen timents likely to defeat the evangeli zation of China wiil lose more than they gain. The churches will repudi ate them and kill them. 1 suppose here is a good point .to make the transti ion from a religious to a political topic. Anyway I will make tt. Mr. Hill and Col. N. J. Hammond made sjieeches in the Hall ol House of Representatives on the night of the .16th. It is thought by some that Mr. llill did not equal his usual power. It was natural that he should not. Mr. llill is not one of your holiday orators. He has to have an occasion. He is not good at pyr otechnics. In this case he doubtless fell that there was nothing at stake. The democratic ticket will cany in this state anyway, and Col. Ham mond’s re-election is well nigh as as sured as the election of Hancock and English. I notice a dispatch to a New Or- leans paper purporting to have been sent from here, and to contain the opinion of Mr. hill as to the cause of the defeat in Indiaua. He lays the blame njion Hampton’s speech at Staunton, and Bayard’s speech in New York. Hampton perhaps was imprudent, but it seems to me that it is time we had ceased the reconcilia tion business. The North is always looking for us to be naughty. If tve peak onr minds, they pervert our ords and call us traitors, and jf we 'j' A CTRL FOR SALE. SPECULATING IN FLESH AND BLOOD. has likewise made an enormous in crease". Indeed this is the case Hartford Times. In 1870 the population of Texas was Philadelphia, Oct. 2. — A carious 816,205. Now it is in round nutn- seherae for raising money by the vir» bers 1.600,000—or double the num— tual sale of a child nearly 14 years of ber ten years ago. And the f age, was unearthed yesterday in this ** prosperous in all directions, city. On Wednesday last the follow. > 3 proper to state this large in *ng advertisement appeared in a New crea *a in the population of Texas has York paper - - T . been made nnder Democratic rule.— . „ , Missouri, also under Democratic rale, ADOPTION.—Amiable, prepossessing American - - - - - ’ orphan girl, 14; cultured, industrious, and excel lent child’s nurse: lull surrender; financial mis fortune requires adopted parents to reside abroad ; respectable persons willing to pay now tor her future services address Mm. Caiuk Ncwton, Philadelphia; references exchanged. Persistent inquiry resulted in dis covering that the advertiser was a woman calling herself Mrs.'Brown, who, until five o’clock yesterday af ternoon, bred at No. 607 South Ninth street. A visit was made to theliouse, ostensibly tor the purpose of -ecuring the girl for adoption, and the following facts were elicited: Mrs. Brown, who hails from the State of Indiana, has been in this city for nearly a year, during which time her husband has been out of em ployment. She brought from her Western home a rosy cheeked HEALTHY-LOOKING CHILD, which she had adopted as her own before coming East. Owing to financial difficulties, and tbe want of any income from her husband, Mrs. Brown stated that it had become an imperative necessity for her to dispose of her foster child for a cash consider ation, which she places at six hundred dollars. ‘I am very sorry to part with hcr.’said she, ‘but as my husband and myself intend to leave this part of the country next week, and as we cannot afford to take the child with us, I want to secure for her a good home before we go. Her name is Frances Leota Morris. She was born in June, 1867, in the State of India, na, from whence her parents remov ed to ’he city of Milwaukee, in Wis consin, taking their daughter with them. Two more children—a boy and a girl—were born there. Four years ago the mother died, and short ly after this event the father, who had never exhibited any remarkable love for his offspring, placed them in au orphan asylum shortly after their mother’s death. It is supposed that he then went further West. I saw the girl in the asylum and TOOK QUITE A FANCY TO HER. As we had no children of our own my husband and I agreed to adopt Frances, and we took her from the refuse to'talk they accuse us of dark designs and politic silence. Making love to a querulous girl is thankless and unremunerative job. If the North is too pious and patriotic to like up, why just let the testy old maid flounce around to her satisfac tion, and be her own beau awhile. Meanwhile let the South enjoy onoe again freedom from that constraint which makes one afraid to speak for fear of being misunderstood. We have little to gain or to lose. If we should succeed in electing a demo cratic president wc will have to con cede so much that he would be little better than a republican. I ain sure our best interests are not involved in national politics, nor our most com fortable feeling in a vain effort to speak prudently before the North. I am led to these reflections by the contents of the New Orleans tele gram, and by Capt. Joe Buyke’s big reconciliation at heme through the Gate City Guards. In deference to that scheme this place is the worse beflagged town just now, on the con tinent. I do not own a house to dec orate in these patriotic colors but I have been Bcriously meditating having the caudal appendage of certain under- garments pointed up in “ red. white and blue.” This would be patriotism on the “ half shell.’’ Following upon all this perform ance will be the exhibition of the North Georgia Stock and Fair Asso ciation. The city council has sus pended the ordinance forbidding sa- oons keeping open all night, tor this occasion. The council perhaps in tends to hold night sessions. This explains why it is when the periphery of S' man's rotundity becomes dis tended, he issapl to be “aldermanic.” /J /■; f i j J* c - institution. No legal form was gone through to secure her. We merely promised to give the child a good home, and that was sufficient to satisfy the officials having her in charge. Now that we need money, and as there are no doubt many people who would be glad-to have such a nice- looking child, we.have concluded to snrrenderdier to any one who will guarantee a good, moral home and pay a reasonable sum for her services in advance. 8ix hundied doliars,you know, is less than 81.75 a week from now until she is twenty-one years old. Frances Leota was called op from the cellar-kitchen. She came aliyly up the steps, with a baby in her arms, which, Mrs. Brown said was her owin ' The gjrl’s face w»u rosy ^nd dimpled, her features regular and in clined to ronndnesS, and a pair of dark hazel eyes completed 4 rather a pretty lace. She was very bashful nnd’answered only in monosyllables when questioned. Last night Mrs. Brown removed from No. 607 South Ninth street to a house on South Eleventh street, where she proposes to remain for a week probably, or uni, til her charge is disposed of at t remunerative figure. She claims to have received a number of good offers for the child, all possessing pecuniary advantages for herself. A LITTLE ADVICE. I want to give you three' or foor rules. One is, always to look at the per son yon speak to. When you are addressed, look straight at the person who speaks to you. Do not forget this. Another is, speak your words plain ly. Do not mutter or mumble. If words are worth saying they are worth pronouncing distinctly and clearly. Another is do not say disagreea ble things. It you have nothing pleasant to say, keep silent. A fourth Is—and oh! children re member it all your lives—think three times before yon speak once! Have you something to do that yon find hard and. would prefer sot to do? Then listen. Do the hard thing first and get it over with. If you have done wrong, go and confess it. If ybnr lesson is tough master iL If the garden is to be weeded, weed it first and -play afterward. Do. the RIOT IS OGLETHORPE. THREE NEGROES SERIOUSLY ‘ STABBED. [Oglethopc Echo.] On Monday night last a riot occur i ed in Oglethope county that for time threatened to be a serious affair. It appears that late in the night aj] hands got pretty well inflated, when the conversation turned upon wrest ling. Mr. Bray, with a view to bring out a champion wrestler named John, on his place, said he-could dirty the back of any man on tbe ground. Willis Howard colored threw open his arms and said any man who thought he could throw him might wade in. Mr. Bray then stepped aside ■ ahd got his nigger John and turned liim loose on Howard. At the first pats John measured his length on the ground, being kisted about ten feet. Undismayed, he sailed in again and was this time thrown almost sense less The friends of Howaid, both black and while, then took him up' .and carried Turnaround 'In triumph. This enraged -the friend* ol the de feated gladiator, and in less than no tune an nidiscritaTmile fight com menced, the white paired off and tak- rest.—Ex. y.:r) The Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company is being sued by Mr. Pul- man’s concern, because that railway proposes to run its own sleepers, as it is doing its own express and tele graph business. Couusel for the prisouen * Did you see the prisoner at thn bar knock Itnpeked down,’ nos'd ing sides with their respective favor- *<• from betraying itself,, displays ites. Fence nuts, stones, kniv-f and itself in nervous energy and, enables pistol* into J rcquisition <r lunatic to exercise immense infla but happily no shots were bred, or enoe over luk fcllow-creatfrfes else there would have been a bloody battle. Asit is three negroes—Willis It took 84,349,461 to run the govern thing yon (don’t like to do firsthand ’Jtoward.RiuhLuflg and Feed Wil- ment of Sonth Carolina for toe three then with a clear conscience do tl.a jiamq.—wrrp /cat, l.earn^uunie qf years preceding 1#77 under carpet- rest.— Ex. ‘ ftha wounds being serious. Others bag rule, and only 81,908,512 dun$g were bruised and beat np. None of the three years just passed nnder home the whites, we believe, were Imrt. rale. The school attendance has ins creased from an average of 75,473 llo,! when did you jwturw?,^^Srinf^ 122,463 TEXAS AND YERSOXT. HE STUCK TO THE PR OM ISE MADE HIS MOTHER. ' Charlie Owen, express messenger Oil the train that w,as wrecked just west of this town las Friday evening, was struck between the shoulders by a box, temporarily paralizing his arms, but when offered a glass oj whisky by the physicians :he refused, and when the doctor urged him be again refused. Insisting, the medical __ _____ _ gentleman and several others stand- thronghont”th'e* * solid South!*’” And >"ft near told him he must take it to the republican editors, remember^ 31 savc W ,:fi * ,TIn of this section, and lo< to admit the truth, have been trying to charge the increase to fraudulent census taking! This is absurd, tor any considerable fraud, in any State, would present its own means of ex posure. Gen. Walker is not disposed to believe such stuff about the work done by his subordinates of the Cen sus Bureau; but to satisfy the clamor about one State, he has taken meas ures to ascertain the truth in the case that has been chiefly disputed—South Carolina. Meantime we have the significant fact that all the Southern States show a great increase in popu lation. It is apparent, also, that they are enjoying a greater degree of pros perity than they have had. In tact tlie South, relieved of both its old slavery system and of carpetbag and bayouet rule, seems to be entering upon an era of prosperity greater than anything it has ever known. Its mild- climate and productive soil will soon begin to attract emigrants from Europe. The South is peaceable, in dustrious and prosperous. Now let us take tbe situation ot a State which is always under republi can rule. The Rutland (Vt.) In quirer has to say of Vermont: ‘Col. Worthington, who has been employed to gather statistics relating to labor and wages in the various States of the Union, reports that the ernge wages paid for labor in the State of Vermont, is considerably less than in any State north of Mason and Dixon’s line. ‘ Gov. Proctor, in a recent speech this town, stated that a large in crease of the number of convicted criminals in this case was a cause of the greUly 'ncreased cost of its gov ernment. He reported the number of criminals to be nearly three times as great as it was a few years ago. ' Judge Dunton stated in his charge to the grand jury last September that the amount paid tor intoxicating li quor? consumed in this State in the year 1870 was $6,700,000, and it had increased in amount since that- time. Now, this would furnish to every voter in the State forty-five gallons of rum at 82 a gallon, a quantity suffi cient to keep every one of them drank 300 days in the year. * Vermont has always been under republican rule ‘ Thus it would appear that the State of Vermont is remarkable for five things, viz: ‘ It has the largest per centum of crime. ‘The lowest wages. ‘ The least gain in population. * It,drinksthe most rum. ' ‘ Aud has the largest republican majority.’ save bis life. 4 No, sir !* said the Young nkan, firmly refusing. 4 When ’ I went to railroading I promised my mother that I would never touch whisky, and I’ll die here in my tracks, gentlemen, before I’ll touch it.’ Aud -be sat down on bis safe dod a box t»f silver until relieved from duty. Few such examples ot heroic fortitude are mat with.’ The above is from the Roanoke News of the 29th ulL The Knoxville Tribane commenting on it has the following to say: , ‘The young man mentioned it a brother of the agent at KnoxvillerHe is but nineteen years of age, and has been in the employ of the Southern express company for a few months only. He has been tried on several roads, and on account of his integrity, intelligence and close application to duly, has beeu promoted by his route agent to the position of • first-class’ messenger. He left Lynchburg Sep tember 24th with a heavy 4 run’ of freight and valuables. The entire train left the track near Big Lick, and the express car and contents were crushed and torn to splinters. Old railroad men say that it war the most complete wreck they have ever seen. Charlie was dragged from under the wreck, crushed and bruised, and was evidently suffering greatly. His first words were to call for his safe and two boxes ot silver. When brought to him he exteuded his bruised body over them and watched his valuable ‘run’ through the long hooraof the night. He re fused opiates, fearing they might put him to sleep and render him unfit to watch. ! Sqch examples of faithful ness and-fortitude are rare indeed and deserving-of the highest commenda- NEW VIEW OF INSANITY. The latest theory announced is that ot a German physician, who claims that insanity is not an unmitigated evil. In fact, he claims that there is much good in it, and that in many cases it is a boon rattier than the re verse to tbe person immediately affected, lie reasons thus: The loss of reason lands the sufferer from a sea of trouble into one of comparative calm, and often ii.to one of decided happiness, and all attempts to restore such an one arc cruel iu the extreme. This a novel idea ot insanity, and robs it of its most repulsive features. The world, however, will be slow to accept this pleasant theory. All past experience teaches that it is the most fearful calamity that befalls the human family. It is the most dreaded ol all affiio ions, and produces in the hearts of the friends of the afflicted the keen est pangs of sorrow. We are glad, nevertheless, that somebody has found good, even inoqr extremes! sufferings, and can bring comfort out of our mo t dreaded mis fortunes. He says all emiuent men are more or less mad. Many of teem are dangerous monomaniacs, whom it to shut up, but who, nevertheless, achieve grand career* and are credited with doing a vast amount of good. Th'a false notion he attributes to the tact that the greater mass of mankind are also insane and quite unable to distinguish between good and evD. Whole nations are, he says, occasion ally seized, like individual persons, with attacks of madness, and led by eminent madmen, either destroy them selves or their neighbors. These par oxysms are, he admits, undoubtedly dangerous, but when madness is Mended-wHhr just sufficienteeltcontrol to keep it within bounds and prevent tion. May he live (png to exemplify the teachings of his gdod mother.’ ‘ THE FOGS OF LONDON. The London correspondent' of the Manchester Examiner writes: 4 Loir- doners who are stow arriving home aAer' theirJidlidi^s sill be disma'ly reminded.BJr tbe yellow fog which has for several days hung over the town of the horrors which will but too soon efface the reco lections of the sunny skies of Italy aud France, aud even Margate and BroadsUirs. Tbe fog plague has come upon us unusually early this year, and one cannot but feel depressed when he tuts to fight the gas on what ought to be a bright September mornidg, and recollects at the same time that when fogs oome so early it is almost a sure sign that they will stay long. There is no donbt that the London fogs are getting worse every year. Lost winter the clouds scarcely lifted from November to February, and now we are threat ened with even a worse prospect- Surely it is time that both science and art turned their attention to the amel ioration of what may be fairly des scribed as a pestilence. Much might be done if the legislature rigidly in sisted on the homesconsuraption of all the smoke which hundreds of thou- sadds of chimneys belch forth from from early morn till late at night, and for the rest of the evil it ought to be within the power of science Undevise a remedy. The fog may never by any possibility, become so dense as to asphyxiate tbe whole population in one night, as Mr. J. D. Hay has lug ubriously predicted, but that it has a terrible effect on the public health the weekly bills of mortality in the winter abundantly prove, the increase in the death-rate from fog being, as a rale, not less than from eight to ten per thousand, and frequently more, A SINGULAR LOSS. , Mrs. Emma Simms, residing at No. 1325 Fifth street Northwest, Washington city, but stopping in Baltimore, dropped a package of notes, amounting to'#l,390, from her pocket on North Gay street, near Dallas street, about ten o’clock yesterday morning. The money, somewhat scattered about, was picked up by Mr. John Mye-a. He remembered that it was the day of the grand proces sion, and looked upon. the shower -of greenbacks ns a sham, of some adver tising delusion* and at once .resolved to make fe,a complete give ajvav and handed the money around to all who desired it, with an abandon beautiful to behold. Scenes that were ludicrous in the extreme ensued, although their ending was serious. The idea of Mr. Myers took readily, and five-cent ci gars were coolly lighted with twenty- dollar notes, nearly all. the meney being in notes of that denomination Street gamins pasted a few around on awning posts to deceive unsuspecting strangers. A boy sold one 820 note for 25 cents, ard it is said 8500 addi tional were sold for the same amount. A lady, residing not far away, got a S20 note, which she said she would keep in memory of the great celebra tion. A friend begged her tor it that she might frame and keep it, and the lady gave it to her. Mrs. Simms meanwhile informed officer Gibson of her loss. He hastened to the spot and managed to recover 8450 of the amount, among it the 820 note gotten by the lady mentioned above. The discovery of the facts caused conster nation among, those who liad so freely made away With what they believed to be bogus treasure, and much re* gret was expressed for the loss suss tained by Mrs. Simms. The case is decidedly one of the most singular on record.—Baltimore Sun. THREATENING ASPECT OF AFFAIRS IN IRE-, LAND. Raleigh Near* end Observer. Ireland is again in an appalling condition. The wave of sympathy which swept over America !a*t fell for the suffering people ot that ill-fated island has ecarcely'subsided, when we are called on to view qnrte a differ ent spectacle. The people have be come, from one cause or another, ex tremely disaffected towards the gov ernment, and a political crisis is im pending. The Fenians are again busy. The Land Leaguers are tern TELEPHONES IN THUNDER SHOWERS. ' -' The following, from a Northern.ex change, will be ot interest to our readers: ' , People having telephones in their houses were rather' alarmed . during the recent heavy thunder »tortri, J tmd a general impression prevails that the instruments are dangerous. . The,feet is, a house is safer with than without a telephone. The following from the Rutland Herald should be read by everybody interested in the subject: 4 It is of much importance to onddr- suod the relations which tfifl tele phone wires and the instruments attached bear to the electric current in the atmosphere during a thunder storm. ■ The telephone, hung upon the hook, should be left there until the shower is over. The crack and the flash will do no damage, and the lightning arrester, which is the wire leading the current to the ground, will cause it to hop off without harm. Every house with a telephone is real ly much safer than one without, siuce the wire acts as a lightning rod, and is as efficient for that purpose as most rods in use. While there is uo cause for alarm in a thunder shower on account of the presence of wires and instruments, it is very unwise to use them while a shower is near. The sharp crack which is observed in the telephone with each flash of lightning, is liable to injure the ear of a person who may be operating at that time, or rosnlt in a severe shock to the nerv ous system. Every house having an instrument, aud the entire communi ty, is safer from harm during an elec tric storm than without that protec tion. The intelligent and proper use of the telephhone, as herein suggested, all that is necessary. This instruc tion should be strictly observed.’ HO W DRY IT WAS. An honest old farmer from the country gave his recollection of the hot spell as follows : Tt was so dry we couldn’t spare water to put in- our whiskey. The grass was so dry that every time the wind blew it flew around like so much ashes. There wasn’t a tear shed at a funeral for a month. The sun dried up all the cattle,..and burned off the hair till they looked -like Mexican dogs; and .the sheep looked like .pood.le Duppies, they slirank up so. We lad to soak all our hogs to makeftheiu hold swill, and if any cattle died in the morning, they-would be dried beef bly inflamed, ^re presaipg th^r, darJf ^ wood)rdried up8olhat views with unheard of energy. Great the fiU . mer9 chof)ped Ma80ned f timber demonstrations, attended by fifty thousand people, have been held .at different points in honor of Mr. Par nell, who has verlually assumed the role of a Fenian leader. The 'blood of MoDtmorres has bunted the air and added lrenzy to the excitement of the people. An attempted revolution is irami- ment. Heretofore the Irishtenants have had much eympa’hy from all parts of England, but the poa-ibiKty of an attempt to separate has not been considered. It will meet with no favor fropn the balance of the king dom.. It would operate to unite .all elasses against Ireland, and, jrithoujgh it might begiu under favoratjle ipir- cumstances, yet' it x would * pfove, in the end* a great disaster and augu- ment the distresses of the people. Al ready military preparaiions are in progress. Suoh troops as can ,be spared will qniipkly be thrown into the arsenals and fortifications of Ire land. , Imprudent counsels may pre vail* and those who sow the wind may Let the biithday of each' member of the family be always remembered when it comes. Let there be-a little JP . _ ipt.oi the ordinary routine^in the ar- reap the whirlwind. But we caono'tlrangement of the table; cookies fash- loaeour sympathy for theactunl suffer- loned as Jennie tikes them best; one ings of the tenants, nor for their of Frank’s favorite plain puddings, or dreary yoke, being linked for all time Julia’s special-liking, a loaf of ginger ton foreign people wbo are indeed cake,_ or a wonderful lemon pie, aimb their political rulers. THE SENATE OF GEORGIA. Union and Recorder. Looking oyer the names of the Senators elect we are struck with the absence of many who are familiar to the people in the past as members of that body. With one or two excep tions they are new mm. Mr. McDun- would be desirable oo puhlia growujp rite e event asked Snopsoh of~hi»~’Jriend" Bihna, whom he met on the street. ‘Why, I haven’t been away,’ replied the latter. ‘Too haven’t?’ incredulously asked Snopeon. ‘You look so worn out and n«t r dead that I positively thought you had been away to one of the watering places for the benefit of . your health. Governor, be tbe most suitable man to act in that capacity, temporarily. Bat" an impediment in his speech would seem to incapacitate him for the duties ol the chair. There may be other Senators of as much ability and fitness for tbe position as Judge McDauie', but they have never been tried, and are therefore wholly un known to the people of the Slate St large. The larger cities have gener ally furnished a presiding officer of the Senate, bat in the late electiou Sav annah was the only city that had a Senator, and he is quite a young tnan, with talents, but no experience as a legislator. - Duggan, of Fannin.—Duggar, the well kown copperas breeches leg- i*lator of Fannin county, was elect ed Wednesday to the Senate from the Forty-first District. He has t en in the Legislature, so Jong that the body -wbiald Vt be itself wiUfont bhn. ' It ttesid-Uint every session, be piles bit family op in an ox cart, moves out to Atlanta, The Springfield Republican states that ‘among personal influences which contributed to tbe result must be reckoned also the 10,000 CampbeUite voters in Indiana, very donnish, many of them Demccrst8 heretofore, but a Unit for Elder Garfield.’ all through August, there ain’t a match through alb the country—in feet, no wedding since the Widow Glen married old Baker, three months ago. What few grass-hoppers are left are all skin and legs, and I didn’t hear a tea-kettle sing tor six weeks. We eat onr potatoes baked, they being all ready, and wecoqldu’t spate water to boil them. All the red-haired girls w ere afraid to stir out ot the house in daylight; and I tell yon truth, 1 was afeard the old fellow :with tie cloven foot had moved out of. bis flld home, and settled down with us for life. Why, we had to h&ul water all summer to keep the ferry-boat running, and —say, it’s getting dry; lei’s take sulhin’, all,around.’’ ,y THE DIFFERENCE A woman will take .the smallest drawer in the bureau fop her own pri vate use, and will store in it dainty fragments of ribbon ai:d scraps ollace, foamy ruffles, velvet things, for the neck, bundles of old love letters, pieces of jewelry, handkerchiefs, fens, things that no man knows the name of, all sorts of fresh-looking, bright little ar ticles that you couldn’t catalogue in a them she wants withont Disturbing ~else. Whereas a man havs ing tbe biggest, deepest and widest assigned to him will put in it ? coup le of socks, a collar bor, an old necktie, two handkerchiefs, a pipe and a pair of braces, and to.save bis life he can’t shut the drawer without leaving more nda sticking out than there are pieces in it. The Demopol.is News tell the fol lowing story: Our census enumerator reports, a colored woman oh Martin Rice’s place one hundred and fourteen years old. Seeing that the old woman was prond of hrr age apd ot her rec ollections of antiquity, he aak^l , her 1 ‘Is Heaven a tranquil state, do yeu think?’ inquired > Atlanta, rents a little bopra one ofl _ . , _ the suburbs, and lives at home all Mr. • Toplofty. ‘Afr,T,*eaity di daring the session. : He also carries W»He6t. Mv llopweaddh frf'tliai bis pine knots a long with him.— * * ■■ ■”"'" **' Hartwell Sun. George Bancroft, the historian, will probably bead the .list of Han cock electors In Rhode u|acd. . tend. J. Yr. 'WA.'xrHiiiMA.iiT, PROPRIETOR. MARRIED BY-TELEGRAM! THE CEREMONY PERFORMED O.VER 550 MILES OF WIRE. St. Louis Republican. a, ; The first telegraphic wedding for tha ‘ American .Union Telegraph-Cow. y was solemnized over that com- OBSERVE THE BIRTHDAY. as only mamiqa can make. Then there must, be presents; some times people may think they cannot be afforded; but reflect, the little ones needs shoes, dresses, aprons and many other articles. Purchase one or more for the birth day. It will seem jast as much a pres ent to her as though sho - was not obliged to have iL , ■ , . . Next comes school books and story books, a set of furs and a pair of skates (should the birth-day come in winter), a pretty little dinner basket, column, atid at any time sbe can^ go or if the parent can afford it, a little to that'drawer and pick up any one pf gold band for one of the white fingers, a necklace, a watch with a shining chain, or a pory that has been' wished for so long, t i ' f » ■< - • Encourage the little ones jo giving to each other, aud remember father’s and mother’s birthday too, | and, be lieve me, it will V>e bread cast upon the'waters; the" day will only bo a few ere some returns, and there will be a never-failing supply as long. as yon and your children live —Memphis Baptist. 1 .K’i.lriP *' During the late campaign one can didate for legislative honors.in Dong* lets county .twitted bis opponent with, being a lawyer. The latter'was : great ly incensed at this mode ol warfare some questions touching^Uen. Wpsb— until he met a friend who consoled ington’s horse and the, revolutionary him wi.h the remark; “Well, never war, yll of which being satkifactorily, mind ; if it will do you any good I answered,he said: 4 Old lady, you will give you a certificate to the effect pnost have beard tfie Roman Empire that you are not enough Of a lawyer to when it fell V ‘Idon’t xac’ly”.nember ' ' " de circumstance you spoke of now ; but I heard the mighty rumblin’ noise de year de stars fell, and I spec’ lit mu-ta been dat Things' was con stant failin’ dat year.' and il it fell in old' North Carolina yon bet your bot tom r^g, honey, I tyas dar !* hurt,’’ Aftei that no farther objec tions was made by .the gentleman at' being dubbed a lawyer. , . , , , pany pany£. wyes^-yesvtydayj afternoon under the following' cirDumstanr.es: A telegraph operator of that com pany stationed at Albany, Mo., near St. Joseph end about 15Q miles morth- west of St,-Louis, had arranged for his wedding to Lake place this week, but owing to the business necessities of the company^’ he Could not gel a leave v of absence to go to Portland, Ind., about 390 miles east of 8-. Louis and near Fort Wayne, to get his bride, and rather than postpone the wedding and dtsappeint the young lady, arrangements were made by Mr. Chas. W. Hammond, of St Louis, the superintendent of the American Union Telegraph company, to have the marriige ceremony given by tele graphic communication, and with the consent of the bride and groom, fixed the time at 1 p. m. Sunday. Sept; 26, St. Lonis time. The Ameri can Uuion line had no direct com munication with Portland, and contd In^napofis^an with .he Western Union Telegraph ' Conjpauyfo awiat in, the wedding by communicating'with' Portland,' the dispatches having to be carried by messengers Trom one lelegraplTdHice to the other Vff Indianapolis. The groom consentecTtb have the wedding recorded by' telegraph in Mr. Ham- mond’s office in St. Lonis, and to be given to a reporter of the Republican, invited to hear the ceremony. Tlie bride was Miss Sarah J. Faria, whose parents live in Portland, Ind. The grooht was" Mr. Albert H. Latham, telegraph, operator .at,Al bany, Mo., and a son of. ex-Senator Latham, of California. The groom is about twenty-five years old, and the bride about five'years younger. Yes terday during the ttredding ceremony the bride and groom were nearly 550 miles from each other, The ceremony as received at the St. Louis office of the American Un ion line by Messrs.' C.-.8. Kirtland and Chas. P. Higgins, operators who were specially detailed for that pur pose .by Superintendent Hammond, was as follows: Tfie time given was that ot tbe St. Louis office, which was twenty minutes slower than where the bride was and fifteen minutes faster than where, .the groom was at the same instant. At 1 >. m. Mr. Latham telegraphed to Indianapolis. asking the Western Union line to get Portland etatipn for him, and in abqut two. or three minutes the announcement Was made that the telegraph colurrrunicatioh was open'for the electric marriage. 1:05 p. it.—The groom telegraphed io thy operator;at Portland 4 Are you ready?’ , 1:45 P. M.—Mr. Ji O. Potter, the Portland operator, telegraphed'to the groom: ‘They arehere; will:be ready inn few minutes.’; j About two jnin- ,utes after,,Mr. Potter telegraphically exclaimed : ‘Here they come.’ Before Mr.'L.athaui could afore than receive the message an operator at Kansas City broke in on the circuit to send several hundred words of a commer cial dispatch and delayed tlie wedding about twenty minutes. 2:06 p. M.—The groom telegraph ed : 4 Rev. David ■ Mills, Portland: Am ready for the,marriage; go ahead witl| i ypur questions.’ The Kansas City operator, who discovered by this what iyas' being done, telegraphed : Pass.cake arwrod.rr "s.ih : ; . 2:25 K:M.-mThe following dispatch was sent from Portland to . AJbany: 4 Albert, Latham, you do take Sarah J. Fariatobe jrcfo'r lawful and w&ded wife, to live together until 1 death :yoo do part, i Doiyou promise so ta ; .do? R. J. Parrett, minister.’ 2:30 p, v.—‘From Albany to Rev. R. J. Parrett, Portland: Yes, sir, I do. Albert Latham. 1 Immediately after this message , was wired the bridegroom received tbe following greetipgs; From Indianapolis opera tors : 4 Shake! You’ffe gone.’’ From St. Louis : * Yoii do not care who is President now.’:’iFiom Kansas City: 4 Send a bottle of wine and piece of cake this way.’ 2:65 F. M.—From Portland to Al bany : 4 Albert Latham, by the au thority invested in me,I now pro nounce you husband tmd wife. Amen. Rev. II. J. Parrett.’ Before the message was complete a young lady operator at St. : Joe broke into tlie circuit and asked the bridegroom to 4 Accept onr congratulations ’ . s 3p. m.—From Albany to Port land : 4 Mrs. A H. Latham—When do you slart ? Will I meet you m St. Joseph or at Isadora? A. H. Latham.’ About twenty operators in. different arts of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana iroke into' the circuit and sent their respective congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. A.iHj Latham, and delayed Mrs. Latham’s answer to. her hus band’s ipquiry fur the rest of the afternoon. , ' The style of the congratulations sent by the telegraphers was as fol lows: r. ; ■ , a il-titf ,1.. , JTrora Atobiwn, Kna,,: , 4 We con- gratulatc you, and hope your future days may te pleasantly' and profitably spent.* From Helena, Mo.: ‘May you live ever bjtppy the remainder of your Life, is the, wish of your friends for yourstll andybur Wife* ’ *’ J From St. liodlst ,: May yohr ‘cur rent’through fife ; he unbroken .by crosses,’,,may jour ‘cup’ of bliss. be full, majLyoi'Jiaxfl no Jground’ to re gret, your .elqetrical step taken to day, and" when you’get 4 30,’ may it be peacefittl*”**' * > rVt ' Mr:'Lalhdmreplied ‘Thanks.’ K«. >(] ti >'l ' ii ,’*mm—L...n--' <1,;, The St.' Augnstine Press says; “People should bp particular a^ what time they are baptized. Last Satur days party of church people went to a baptizing, and on theiv 'Way home they oy ofigOt into a general fight; causing qev>I|. n’t eral, swelled bead* and severe,threats., ; ft -Two of thp participants lire speuding. is onto a tewwitowy. ’'‘ M ' ‘ ‘a short vacation'in 1 the city ’prison.” sTifima -;tl —nt. -j ,„i »mj ni santfiu^ <\ti m? -rtiAH A A preacher, it' Chicago advocates The New Your World thinks the introduction of fady u*kcr|i in tfie Brooklyn rwttf-give 25#60 democratic chhroh to raakb the )ipnito',meit ntr .majority end New. York city 65,000 ! TafeWnh Iknf .•!<> • 1 wMBWSM w p Governor. Kinkeadv of; Nevada, Mas issued, 1 (proclaim*tiRn . calling upon all deetflW.of that, 8t$te to sig nify at< the general electipn their will ■as, to ’he continuance, or prohibition flf.chmefa .immigration , by, placing ppcafheir halUrt^;< 4 jF ! or t Cl*jnese Im- migration,’.if in fe»orioftU>r ^gainst Chinese Immigration)' «> opposed- tnlu hl.- ' •'•o The manner oi newspaper reporting in a provincial .tillage.; fAn {accident Which might have resulted fetqUy, hap- pened yTStednrto'Minerla Marquis de Bohbeck.aged eighty •yifcfrs.r ! ‘Editor- Tnchtef,’‘maHa# cmrtiairiu*- •'We n<oA put her doWn at thirty-fire or Vhe Will '««(> her subserplion.’ -v , iiguri* Ua vd bwi