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DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
kerb nominated.
Lamar's Speech.
Washington, December 4—The cau
cus was called to order by Fernando
Wood, on whose motion L. Q. C.
Lamar was chosen presiding officer :
On motion of Hollmand, of Indiana,
Banning, of Ohio, was made Secretary.
On taking the chair, Col. Lamar ad
dressed tne caucus as follows:
Gentlemen : In calling me to this
position of responsibility and distinc
tion, you have conferred an honor
which I appreciate most highly and
for which I thank you most cordially.
We here are confronted with a crisis
in the history of the Democratic
party and of the country,* which
brings to our party grand opportuni
ties, but is at the same time freighted
for us with solemn responsibilities,
and if we do not improve these oppor- j
tunities and rise to the measure of j
these responsibilities, the fruits of the i
great political revolution which has
brought us here to-day, will be for us
like the fruit which grows upon the
shores of the accursed sea. The peo
ple of this country by overwhelming
majorities of States and majorities in
States, have placed the Democratic
party, after a long period of exclusion
from power, in possession of the most
important department of the Federal
Government. When I say important, I
do not mean that the individual mem
bers are invested with imposing pre
rogatives or great personal distinction.
The departments of patronage, those
which hold and command the glitter
ing prizes of governmental emoluments
and honors are the co-ordinate branches
of the Government, which are
still under the control of our
political opponents. The mem
bers of the House of Representa
tives have no patronage whatever be
yond that of reoppointment of a mili
tary or naval cadet, and their compen
sation is barely adequate to a life of
Republican complicity and prudential
economy. There are many officers in
the gift of the people andof the executi ye
far more profitable, and in the public
esteem, far more distinguished than
that of a seat in the House of Repre
sentatives; but this branch is never
theless, under our matchless system of
Government, tho corner stone at once
of our fabric of liberty, because it is
the only department of the Federal
Government, directly responsible
to the people of the country, and re
ceiving its powers directly from their
hands—all tho other branches of the
Government are two or three degrees
removed from the people in the mode
of their selection or in the nature of
their responsibilities. But while the
House of is thus im
mediately responsible to tho people all
the other branches of the Government
are responsible to this body. The peo
ple of the country have charged us,
have charged the Democratic party in
the House of Representatives with the
duty of bringing these co-ordinate
branches of the Government to their
just responsibility, and thus by an un
erring instinct, or by a keen intelligence,
have blended together onr duty, our
interests and our inclinations. There has
been for some time in' tho public mind a
conviction profound and all pervading,
that the civil service of this country has
not beon directed from considerations
of public good, but from those
of party profit and for corrupt, selfish
and unpatriotic designs. The people de
mand at our hands a sweeping and
thorough reform, which shall be con
ducted in a spirit that will secure the
appointment to places of trust and re
sponsibility the honest, tho experienced
and the capable. There is also an im
perative demand that a vigilant exam
ination be made into the administra
tion of the public revenue of the coun
try, both in its collection and its dis
bursement. That all the public ac
counts shall be scrutinized by us, as it
is the solemn privilege and duty of
tho House to do, and that corruption be
ferreted out and wrong doers, no matter
how high or low, shall bo fearlessly ar
raigned, and fully exposed and punish
ed. There is a growing and irresistible
sentiment in the country that, under
the specious theory of protecting and
fostering particular industries and in
terests, a system of miscalled revenue
laws has boen in operation, detrimental
and blasting to ail the othor great in
terests of the country, and maintained
at the expense of the general revenuo,
and to the injury of the great majority
of the people; and of those classes the
farmers and laborers, who are least
able to bear the burden of oppressive
laws. One of the highest and most
pressing demauds upon us will be, not
only to insist on bringing down the ex
penses of the Governmedt to the needs
only of economical administration,
but to perfect and adopt such
a system of taxation as will bring
in the required revenue with the fewest
restrictions upon commerce and with
the least burden to the people, and
that burden equitably distributed and
skilfully adjusted. Owing to the exi
gencies of one of those great interne
cine conflicts incident to the life of
almoet every country, and also to a
pernicious system of legislation, our
people, our business investments, our
commerco and all the diversified in
terests of the country are suffering
from the evils of an irredeemable cur
rency. In meeting and grappling with
the difficulties of this vital and per
plexing question it will be our duty
to take care that nothing is done which
would impair the good faith of the
country or tarnish the public honor or
lower or disturb the credit of our
Government, but we are to remove
those obstructions which bar the
progress and check the prosperity
of the American Republic. It is our
duty as Democrats. It is the duty and
is to be the glory of tho Democratic
party while it controls the House to see
that the national debt is paid in full,
and that the currency of this Demo
cratic Republic is made equal with that
of any nation on earth. Upon the part
of those who have been invested with
the political power and destiny of our
country during the last ten or fifteen
yoars it has been a frequent remark
that the constitutional politics had
closed; that questions of constitutional
limitations and restrictions were no lon
ger to hinder or delay the legislation
i of the government in its dealings with
financial, economical or social subjects,
which were, it was assumed now, the
only matters worthy of public atten
tion; and, yet, amidst their grand
boastings, the Forty-third Congress
found themselves faced with the
gravest questions of constitutional law,
reaching down to the fundamental sys
tem and involving not only the relations
of the State to the Federal Govern
ment, but that of the people and their
own house government. The grandest
aspiration of the Democratic party is,
and its crowning glory will be, to re
store the Constitution to its pristine
strength and authority, and to make
it the protector or every section and of
every State in the Union and of every
human being of every race, color and
condition in the land. Apprehension
and distrust of one part of the
nation that that portion of the South
ern people who were arrayed against
the authority of the Federal Govern
ment in the late war would be an ele
ment of disturbance to the American
Union has mainly disappeared, and is
| evidenced by your election. In its
stead has grown a more fraternal feel
ing, which regards us of the Southern
States as fellow citizens of the same
great nation, and on the other hand the
people whom I am one, are here to-day
by their chosen representation ready to
honor any draw upon their patriotism,
or their faith in the glory and the ben
ficent destiny of American institutions,
[applause.] ' The experiment which
has been introduced amongst us, i
based upon confidence in the workings
of local self-government, and Intended
to solve the difficulties connected with
recent social and political transforms- j
tions, shall have an open field and fair
play. No hindrance shall be placed in I
the way of its vigorous development i
and its amplest success. [Applause.] j
It has been said that the day of senti- i
mental politics has passed away; but, !
gentlemen, there is one part of this
Union—that part which I know best—
which asks for the great moral nutri
ment to a spirited and noble people.
We want a Government that we can
love and revere, apd serve from the!
motive of reverence and love. Wo
hunger for a patriotism which shall |
knit all the people together in a i
generous, and loving brotherhood, and i
which shall be as broad as tho territory j
over which tho national flag floats. Let
me say here that no government, no
nation can prosper without this vital
fire. It is the sentiment which acting
upon freo institutions, and reaching
through them upon a people, consti
tutes their public spirit and political j
genius.
Gentlemen, we are here as Demo
crats, members of a political party
which has a long and glorious history.
Let us in our duties, this winter, recall
and revive those principles, the aith
ful maintenance of which by the fa
thers of our country secured it for so
long a period, the confidence and sup
port of the people. Let us seek to
renew tho prosperity to advance the
greatness and glory of our country.
Let us resolve to win the confidence,
tho affection of the whole American
people for our party, by showing them
that wo, its present representatives,
havo statesmanship, patriotism and
strength of purpose euough to deserve
that confidence and affection. Let us
not forget that tho great victory of last
Fall, which brought us here and which
gives us these opportunities und great
responsibilities, was uchieved not alone
by Democratic votes, but with the co
operating efforts of patriotic and un
selfish men of ull parties, who, wearied
and alarlned by the unceasing evils
resulting from corruption and mal
administration, choose to call us
to the duty of checking these
evils and clearing away these
corruptions. If we are wise, we
shall so rule ourselves aud so serve
our country as to retain the confidence
of these voters. Reforms are urgently
needed ; let us wisely make them. A
renewed prosperity is everywhere earn
estly desired; let us, by removing un
just discrimination, by imposing a
rigid eoonomy, by restoring a sound
currency, by securing the equal rights
of all States, and all the people make
tho Democratic party the author of a
new prosperity. So we may begin for
our party a now and glorious career in
which its history shall be once more
as formerly the story of the Union’s
greatest grandeur and the people’s
universal happiness and contentment.
(Great applause).
Balloting; for Speaker and Clerk—Ran
dall’s Remarks.
The balloting did not commence until
I o’clock; at half-past five adjourned to
seven.
Mr. Kerr was nominated Speaker by
the caucus.
First ballot—Kerr, 71; Randall, 59;
Cox, 31.
Second ballot—Kerr, 77; Randall, 63;
Cox, 21; Saylor, 1.
Third ballot—Kerr, 90; Randall, 63;
Cox, 7; Saylor, 1.
During the morning Mr. Wqod an
nounced himself in favor of Kerr, and
on the third Mr. Cox asked his friends
to support the successful candidate.
There were four ballots for Clerk:
Adams, 47; Crittenden, 40; Saylor, 7;
Shober, 10; Banks, 22; Dußose, 16;
Archer, 7; Whitehead, 7.
Mr. Randall said, “ Mr. Chairman, let
the wish of tho majority be the voice
of all. From this moment the differ
ences among ourselves must be at an
end, and thus present a united front to
our adversaries. Our mission on this
floor must be, as far as we all are able,
to restore the Government to its con
stitutional purposes and to expose the
corruptions of the administration. A
word more of personal character to
those around who have so steadily sup
ported me. They have lost their choice
but have gained a long life friend. I
now move that the nomination of
Michael C. Kerr be made unanimous.”
Minor Officers Nominated.
James Stuart, of Virginia, was nomi
nated for Postmaster; Rev. J. L. Town
send (Episcopalian), of Washington, for
Chaplain; Thompson, of Ohio, for Ser
geant-at-Arms; C. H. Fitzbugh, of
Texas, for Door-Keeper.
The best’thiog out—an aching tooth.
A name for tight boots—a corn crib.
A bad habit to get into—a coat that
is not paid for.
LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
Another Excitement —The Yousr Men’s
Library Embroglio—Charlie Herbst
—The Treasury Matter—The Brink
ley Case—The Serio-Comico View of
Okeefenoi.ee—Dots.
[From Our Regular Correspondent.]
Atlanta, December 3d, 1875.
The election being over and the
Democratic ticket for Aldermen splen
-1 didly elected, another whirl of excite
ment is in order. We have it. The
Board of Directors of the Young
Men’s Library held a meeting yester
day, and discharged the Librarian.
, This action has incurred great displeas
ure among frequenters of the Library
and members of the Association.
Charlie Herbst was a faithful and
competent officer. From its iocepllou
. to its now spleudid condition, he took
the liveliest interest la its welfare. In
. deed I might say tu ail truth that his
whole heart was iu the work. Early
and late he labored to keep the rooms
in best of order. He is well educated,
a connoisseur of art, and a lover
,of literature. There is Just
euough of the Frenchman iu him
to make him polite without over- j
doing the thing. In fine, he was all j
that could have been required for such !
,an office. But this Board, or rather j
this half-board—for all the members ,
were not present—forgetting bis valu
able services in the past, has dis
charged him. And why? No charges
were preferred, and their only reason
was "learning the boys to hate the i
Yankees.” Now, that’s the kind of a
reason these men give for chopping off j
the head of the most efficient man they
could And for the position. The conse- ,
queuce was that Herbst felt so hurt |
that he quietly left the rooms made j
beautiful by his excellent taste and
skillful hands, and left the city. In the
meantime, this Board of wise men
ordered uu election for the vacancy
this afternoon, but at the meeting the
matter was. postponed until next
month. It is said that strenuous efforts
will be made to get Charlie Herbst
back. There are numerous candidates,
for the position. It pays a salary of
fifteen hundred dollars a year, and the
duties are not heavy. Among the
more promising candidates are Messrs.
Smyth Clayton and Charlie Hubner.
Mr. Hubner is a well-known Southern
poet, a lover of pure literature, and
being a newspaper man, would, no
doubt, fill the position satisfactorily. '
Added to these qualities, he is a per- |
feet gentleman, polite and of an ac- |
commodatiug turn, which has made I
him scores of friends, who would re- j
joice at his election. Many other can- j
didates will be presented at the next j
meeting, and if Mr. Herbst cannot be |
induced to again take tho position,
there will be a hot race.
The Board of Directors merit severe
censure for their hasty and unwarrant
able action, and should be required to
apologize to Mr. Herbst or to send in
their own resignations.
THE TREASURY.
Jones having been ousted at last, the
filling of the vacant chair is a question
inviting discussion in all points of the
State. The Governor who always looks
before leaping and who stretches every
move on the Executivo checkerboard
with a wonderful care, has pot hit upon
the person as yet. Rumor, that incor
rigible old dame, says that Hon. J. W.
Renfroe, of Washington county, is the
coming man, and that he has already
secured his bond. It is quite likely
that Renfroe will get it. He is said to
be in every way qualified for the posi
tion. Col. Jones is preparing a heavy
document for tho public. In this paper
he proposes to make things livelj’. Iu
the interim, the money rolls from
Tax Collectors and other sources into
the hands of the Comptroller.
Col. Jones bears his oustment coolly.
He gave a private reception at his cu
riously built house, to Dr. Dimitry, the
lecturer, the other night, and you could
not have detected that the poor fellow
had just recently lost the big office of
Treasurer of Georgia. But that’s the
way to take misfortunes after all!
BRINKLEY.
This man, who brutally murdered his !
wife iu Newuau some time ago, is the j
most fortunate of criminals. He has j
been sentenced to be hanged, but has I
been respited so often that his funeral
is delayed as much as poor Guibord’s. \
His counsel claim that he is, and has !
been for twenty-five years, an insane j
man. The State’s counsel say he is as
sane as anybody and as responsible for j
his acts. He manages to keep his neck |
out of the halter any way, even if he j
was through tho whole category of re- j
spites, mandamus, etc., etc. His is a
peculiar case—a life hanging as it were
on the slenderest thread—only a step
from life to death—friends eager to
save him even though his hands are
dyed in the blood of his wife. The
people, anxious to have justice in the
premises, are satisfied to wait for the
hanging if it takes all summer. His
last release is to the 31st of March, ’76, j
when ho will launch—or be again re
spited.
DRAMATIC.
Hall’s Dramatic Combination are |
playing here to fine houses. They give I
a performance as is a performance,
and every member of the company is a
star.
On the 20tii Ben De Bar appears here
in the Shakspearian character of “Fal
staff,” that fat, boastful and mendacious
knight, who was the boon companion of
Henry. Prince of Wales.
On the sixth, the incomparable Hav
erly’s Minstrels give one performance.
This troupe is a great favorite here.
THE OKEEFEENOKEE.
The exploration through this famous
swamp by the Constitution’s party is
the occasion of much mirth here by
those who treat the affair lightly. Now
aud then the large show window of the
Constitution bears a large sketch drawn
by Hyde the artist, of some swamp
The Herald follows with well drawn
cartoons caricaturing Hyde’s faithful
pictures. One of these cartoons rep
sent Billy’s Island as a bit of mud
floating on the Water, a persimmonless
persimmon tree, astraddle of the bare
branches is Colonel Clarke, who has
thus far escaped the dangerous fangs
of a murderous ’possum who is seen
rushing vehemently up the tree. The
gallant Colonel is pictured with frenzy
in every lineament, and a note book in
hie hand. The famous Hegeman boat
is seen folded up and sticking out of
the pocket of his linen duster. Hemp
hill can be observed in the distance
bringing up reinforcements which con
sist of a sprinkling pot and a paper
collar. A few strokes of a mischievous
pencil make the swamp an uninviting
j locality.
i Notwithstanding, however, all this
| fuss, theie are many who feel great
and genuine interest in the exploration,
regarding it as a great aid to the State
in thus fully showing the real condition
of the well-known but almost impen
etrable swamps.
NOTES.
Bridges W. Smith, Esq., has been
tendered the position of city editor of
the Herald, and will enter at once upon
his duties.
•• I unlive,” Miss Augusta Evans’ new
novel, is having a tremendous sale
here. Dictionaries, the Talmud, Sans
crit, thunder and lightning, are also in
demand.
The burglarious gentry have vam
osed. They are waiting for precaution
ary measures to cool off.
The weather is cold, with occasional
slight spriukles. Martha.
LETTER FROM ATHENS.
The Ked Clay Formation—Municipal
Affairs —Issues of the Canvass—
Northeastern Railway Bonds—Bold
Soldier Boys—The Japs.
[From our Regular Correspondent.]
Athens, Ga., December 4th, 1875.
Athens, like Atlanta, is rich in having
a sanguinary substance of that great
natural deposit of Georgia, ailuminium
silicate. This substance technically
yclept red clay, during a certain season
of the year, necessarily assumes a most
humid form, and is known to all man
kind by the name of “mud.” Though
certainly a very commonplace topic,
this is nevertheless an impor
tant Item in moderen times and
we are glad to see that “ Martha ,”
though troubled about many things
of graver import, is not above treating
of this matter in her spicy letters ; in
deed we trust that in that “Sunday
Atlanta paper,” she’ll devote a chapter
in each issue to this great obstacle in
pedestrian economy. With us, how
ever, it is the slick, slimy, sticky
species of red mud, smoothly spread
out everywhere, polished off by suc
cessive tramping, cemented by the
“continual drippings of very drizzly
days,” ahd which would tax an Alpine
chamois to take care of his centre of
gravity were lie to attempt to travel
over our hills.
By the way the C. of G. of the
Athenian public, which the other day
moved about a jot or so in honor of the
MUNICIPAL ELECTION,
has just returned to its former position
of very stable equilibrium. You see,
there were nominally two candidates,
though really but one. The present
Mayor, Dr. Wm. King, is a worthy gen
tleman, high-toned and intelligent, and
for two years has graced the municipal
chair of Athens, to the entire satisfac
tion of the public generally. Last year,
as the story goes, Mr. C. G. Talmadge,
a prominent young citizen, himself in
tending to be a candidate, hearing that
King also would stand, withdrew in
that gentleman’s favor. The Doctor
consequently informed Talmadge at
the beginning of this last campaign
that he (King) would not be in
his way for the offico this year.
Notwithstanding this, however, there
was an effort made on the part of
King’s friends to run him anyhow. And
the knowing ones say that he stood a
good chance for a “third term,” had he
allowed his name to be used, but of
course he didu’t, under the circum
stances, and Talmadge is Mayor of
Athens. He is an exceedingly popular
young man, goaheadative and business
like in disposition and is in all respects
a fine fellow. He is quitejpublic-spirited
and will handle the ribbons of the city
government in handsome style. Such
enterprising young men are institutions
j in this land. ” Give us a few more of
the same sort.
And so there was no excitement with
us ? No, not a bit of it. The mana
gers in the respective wards sat around
the ballot boxes, whittled sticks and
told j'dtcs, while every once in awhile
someone passing by would deposit a
ticket and go on his way re
joicing. No “twist” nor corn juice
was sold, and when at night the newly
elected Mayor handed around segars,
some of the “boys” with a few patriotic
sons of Ham whiffed their Havanas
’neath the silvery stars and didn’t care
a copper whether the Northeastern
Road was built in ten years or all the
bonds in the world were exempted
from taxation. With appropriate music
by the band, the municipal curtain fell.
Os course that little idea about re
pudiating the city bonds, though it was
sprung, turned out to be “gush.” These
were bona fide bonds issued by the city
of Athens as subscribed stock tb the
Northeastern Railroad, amounting to
SIOO,OOO, payable one-quarter in five
years and the remaining three-fourths
likewise falling due in ten, fifteen and
twenty years, bearing 8 per cent,
interest, payable semi-annually.
It does seem that this enterprise is
rather slow in completion, but Rail
roads like Rome can’t be built in a day,
and the Directors are said to be doing
all in their power to raise the “spons”
and hurry up matters. This road then,
may be confidently looked upon as one
of the institutions of ’76, and we may
go to the Centennial on it; who knows?
Stranger things have happend.
Just now the absorbing topic and
moving element in the University of
Georgia, is the
MILITANT.
The University Battalion has been
reorganized, officers appointed and
privates assigned to their respective
companies. Os course the first thing
in order is the adjusting of uniforms
apd the outward display of “the
pride and circumstances of glori
ous war.” The raw recruit longs to
handle a “shure enough gun,” and
play with the bristling bayonet. Ye
newly fledged sergeant, Zebra as to
his immaculate sleeve with the flashing
chevron, is conscious of his impor
tance, and is as eager for the fray as
the “war horse rushing to the battle.”
The commissioned officers, rearing
back upon their dignity, bear upon
their carefully poised shoulders {be
unmistakable insignia of rank and
anxiously await the day when the great
seal of State shall stereotype the
Govenor’s approbation of their “patri
otism, valor and fidelity.”
The Japs came and went, and not a
bad thing is related in this connection.
A certain printing office in town, as re
port has it, were to attend as “dead
heads” per agreement of agent; but as
they filed up to that august person
age, two and two, the number seemed
altogether too formidable to the ticket
man, and he suggested a shrinkage in
the crowd. This idea was of course,
scouted by the typos, and they were fin
ally forced to beat a retreat in deep
chagrin without seeing the show either.
How true it is that, “Man’s inhumanity
to man makes countless thousands
mourn.” Piociola.
NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
Second Day’s Proceedings.
Thursday, Dec. 2d, 9 a. m.
Conference was opened with religious
service by T. S. Harwell.
A report was read from the Secre
tary of the Board of Foreign Missions,
showing the condition of missionary
work in foreign fields.
WESLEY FEMALE COLLEGE.
The report of the President, Rev. Dr.
Bass, shows this Mother of Female
Colleges in a most flourishing condition.
There are now in attendance upon
college proper, one hundred and ninety
five students. Rev. W. F. Cook has
resigned, and his placed filled by Rev.
Howard W. Key, of the South Georgia
Conference. Rev. J. W. Burke & Cos.,
publishers of the Southern Christian
Advocate, exhibited the account of the
Advocate, showing a profit of over
seventeen hundred dollars.
TRACT SOCIETY.
A communication from R. C. Oliver
was read by the Secretary, concerning
the Tract Society. Referred to the
Committee on Periodicals.
examination oe character.
M. L, Underwood, W. P. Smith, C. C.
Carey, J. T. Richardson.
Deacons were examined and passed.
T. J. Adams passed and discontinued.
Admitted iuto full connection—W. T.
Lane.G. W. Thomas, J. W. G. Watkins,
J. D. Grey, (elected to deacons’ orders)
W. L. Wooten, W. H. Speer, W. L. Yar
brough. J. H. Bentley, W. R. Fort, Jr.,
G. E. Bonner and W. W. Lampkin were
admitted into full connection. J. R.
Smith transferred from Baltimore to
this Conference. The Bishop delivered
an address to the class received into
full connection full of thought, setting
forth special duties of a Methodist
preacher, “he is to be the servant of
all.”
Admitted on trial:
• G. W. Duval, Augusta District.
D. Parish, Elberton.
Henry M. Quillian, Gainesville.
J. W. Quillian, Gainesville.
W. D. Anderson, Rome.
J. L. Perryman, Rome.
Pending the above question, the hour
of adjournment arrived, and Conference
adjourned to 9 o’clock to-morrow.
There are several other applicants.
Dr. Harrison, of Atlanta, preached to
a crowded house last night. His ser
mon was one of the best of the Doctor’s
efforts. Those of your readers who
have heard him will understand what
this means, and it would be a fruitless
undertaking to try to explain to those
who have never heard him.
Bishop J. C. Keener, the presiding
officer of the Conference, is a Mary
lander by birth, and is now in his fifty
fourth year. He visited the Alabama
Conference in 1844. He was elected
Bishop at the General Conference of
the M. E. Church, South, at Memphis,
Teunessee, May, 1870, at which time he
was on double duty, filling the office of
Presiding Elder and the editorial chair
of the New Orleans Christian Advocate.
The Bishop is a man of both mental
! and phvsical strength; dispatches busi
ness thoroughly but promptly. His
i administration so far gives general sat
' isfaction.
Third Day’s Proceedings.
December 3d, 9 a. m.
Rev. John Jones opened Conference
with religious service.
Admitted on trial—John D. Ham
mond, Atlanta; D. A. Thrower, Atlanta.
E. H. Wood, Griffin; Elam Christian,
Sparta.
W. A. Shackelford was continued on
trial.
Examination of Character—Under
this call, the following names passed :
J. S. Embrey, J. R. Pate, H. C. Chris
tian, R. P. Martyn and G. W. Harda
way.
The Board on Conference Claimants
made a report showing the amount
raised and how appropriated. The
items will be furnished to-morrow.
The following local preachers were
recommended and elected to Deacon’s
orders:
N. C. Glenn, A. C. Davidson, L. Q.
Reid, J. J. Mithven, W. J. C Timmons,
O. H. Smith, W. D. Payne, D. L. Par
rish, G. W. Moore, W. S. Foster, J. H.
Callahan, J. T. Crowell.
The following local preachers were
recommended and elected to Elder’s
orders:
J. A. Baugh, W. M. Chapman, J. T.
Whitaker, E. J. Clarke, G. K. Quillian,
J. M. Moore, Prof. Profit, H. L. Har
vey, H. C. Christian, W. C. Farriss, J.
Fletcher Mixon, J. R. Smith, passed
and approved examination before the
Committee on the fourth year’s study.
LEGAL CONFERENCE.
This body met at twelve m., Rev. W.
H. Potter, D. D., in the chair, and J. W.
Heidt, acting Secretary. The report of
the Treasurer shows a balance in his
hands of $144.35. The report was re
ferred to a special committee consist
ing of W. F. Cook, J. L. Mattox, C. D.
McCutchens.
Emory College.
The Trustees of the above college
met in this city last night. Dr. O. L.
Smith tendered his resignation as
President of the college. It was ac
cepted and Rev. A. G. Haygood, D. D„
elected to fill the vacancy. Dr. Smith
will be retained in the faculty, Profes
sor of Latin; in fact, his services could
not be dispensed with at this time. He
j retires from the Presidency of Emory
while the college is in a most flourish
ing condition, and carries with him the
unlimited confidence of the Trustees,
the patronizing conferences, the pupils
of the college, the citizens of Oxford,
and everybody who knows the Doctor.
Dr. Haygood is known as a determined
systematic and an accomplished worker,
and under his administration, the
friends of Emory College expect great
success.
PERSONAL.
We notice in attendance Mr. Morgan
Calaway, of Emory College; Dr. C. W.
Smith, of Wesley Female College; Rev.
J. W. Hinton, D. D.; Rev. A. Wright,
Rev. J. V. M. Morris, Rev. G. C. Clark
and Rev. J. W. Simmons, of the South
Georgia Conference; Dr. Wm. King,
of Athens; W. A. Rawson and E. E.
Rawson, of Atlanta; Judge E. H. Pot
tle, of Warrenton; Hon. J. J. Jones, of
Burke; Judge James Jackson, of At
lanta, and Gen. Colquitt, were in at
tendance upon the meeting of the
Trustees of Emory College last night.
Dr. F. M. Kennedy, editor of the South
ern Christian Advocate, is among the
noted personages at the Conference.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
Craws. >rd is to have a tournament on
Christmas day.
Conyers is moving for an addition to
her cemetery.
Palmetto has organized a Young
Mens Christian Association.
The Georgia State Grange will con
vene in Atlanta on the Bth inst.
C. Herbst, the late Librarian of the
Young Men’s Library in Atlanta, is vis
iting friends in Macon.
Savannah, contributed eleven candi
dates to the penitentiary on Friday.
They were all darkies, and bad been
sentenced to terms from one to five
years.
We regret to learn of the demise of
Judge Spencer Marsh, one of the oldest
citizens of North Georgia, who died at
bis residence at LaFayette Tuesday
night at 9 o’clock.
Newnan Star : There will be no hang
ing to-day, owing to the inclemency of
the weather. Due notice will be given
through the papers when the entertain
ment will come off.
Now that Brinkley’s has been respi
ted until the 31st of next March, it is
supposed that the case will bs presen
ted before the Legislature at its meet
ing in January for the purpose of ask
ing a pardon of that body.
The Gin House and Mill belonging to
Messrs. Robert M. Smith, Burton
Brand and Hammond, of Logans
viile, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday
night. 83 bales of cotton were bnrned.
Loss estimated at over SIO,OOO.
Enquirer-Sun: Hon. Henry W. Hil
liard, with his family, has removed to
Columbus, and now occupies the resi
dence of the late Judge G. E. Thomas,
on Rose Hill. His beautiful step
daughter, Miss Mays, whose superb
voice is noted throughout the State, is
with the family. Coi. H. has engaged
in the practice of law with Capt. J. M.
Russell.
The Gainseville Eagle is after after a
newspaper correspondent sharply, say
ing that “A donkey that will stand be
hind a non deplume and spit venom at
us through thecolumnsof a newspaper,
we consider as innocent as the animal
spoken of in Holy Writ as the proper
ty of Baalam. Now won’t you come
out and let us see your ears, Mr. ‘Voter
and Tax-Payer.”
An old negro living in Columbus,
swears he is one hundred and eighty
two years old. He says he was boru in
Africa, and when a mere child, while
out in the woods eating bannas, Gen.
Washington came over in a sailing ves
sel and captured him. After his arrival
in the United States, he waited upon
the General, until one clay he got mad
and sold him to a gentleman in this
city.
On Friday afternoon, Simon Mirault,
a well known colored man, fell dead on
board the steamship Leo at Savaunah,
where he was engaged at work. Dr.
Knorr was notified, and held an inquest,
which resulted in a verdict of death
from providential causes. The de
-1 ceased had been suffering from heart
disease for some time. He was nearly
J seventy years old.
Atlanta Herald: The Augusta Chron
j icle and Sentinel, a day or two ago, con-
I tained the following in a letter to that
| paper from Atlanta: “Some time ago
j t::e Commonwealth —an evening paper
j of Atlanta, at that time published by
Col. Sawyer—contained some very se
vere attacks upon Gen. Gordon, one of
them peculiarly caustic and severe,
i The authorship of these articles has
J been attributed to Col. P. W. Alexan
der, Gov. Smith’s private secretary, and
to Mr. F. H. Allfriend, who, it is said,
is the friend and biographer of Hon. B.
H. Hill. Both of these gentlemen and
the editor of the Commonwealth denied
the truth of the charges, but the Col
quitt-Gordon party are still very sore
concerning the pieces, and think they
were designed to injure their leaders.”
The Chronicle and Sentinel surely is
mistaken in stating that the authorship
] of these articles on Gordon were de
nied by Colonel Sawyer, Mr. Alexander,
or. Mr. Allfriend. We have the highest
authority for stating that they were
written by them. That authority is
Mr. Allfriend, who acknowledges to
have written the editorials on the elec
tions in which Gen. Gordon was refer
red to as the “adolescent politician who
had usurped the place of a statesman.”
And the article referring to the “Kirk
wood Congregation,” with other ele
gant phrases of the same sort, and
containing the slander about Governor
Seymour’s visit to Washington, was,
according to the statement of Mr. All
friend. written by Colonel P. W. Alex
ander.
It is said there are more lies told in
the sentence, “I am glad to see you,”
than in any other six words in the
English language.
A woman is composed of two hun
dred and forty-three bones, one hun
dred and sixty-nine muscles, and three
hundred and sixty-nine pins.
A fool in a high station is like a man
on the top of a high mountain—every
thing appears small to him, and he ap
pears small to everybody.