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w. Is. OLE«iiXER7Edltor.
A VETERAN EDITOR DEAD. I SELECTIONS FROM GATH'S.
Kiiqulrvr **uh. !
After a long and eventful edito* | «<mu.er» interview.
Sr?=~ .7,- 7~7r V ' rM carccr ’ 11,6 WCiiry ° n 'f In mv travels through the Uulf
» °r, ' C V‘. y ° r f mCr ! W,n - T - Thompson, editor ol the j L . ountr y j IU ,. t un interesting man.
uncial yfIMl of Cennty. j Savannah Morniwj News, has found j Albert Lamar, one of the celebrated
TUESDAY, MARCH, tIS, 1HH2. j rest from its toil in the sleep that family to which the senator from
"" ' knows no waking until the arch-
TO POSTMASTERS.
When nnwcnaitcr* nro not called for It l»
duty of i*oetMa*tcrd under I he law to notify
th« proprietor* of tliU fact. C'nrdff, already print
ed, aro furnished on application to the Font master,
whose only duty will !>o to fill out with tho name
f the party not gelling the paper.
>i|o j angel's trumpet shall proclaim the
dawn of eternal day. After bat-
Morgnn eounly has adopted the
“no fenee” system.
Marshall Jewell says ho did not
famish any money to Dorsey for
the Indian campaign in 1880. And
yet Dorsey saved Indiana! Who
did furnish the sinews oi war?
Was it the star-routers? They
did not furnish it ail. John Far-
well, the great Christian merchant
of Chicago, it will lie rcmeinliered,
agitated the raising of a fund for
that purpose, and subscribed lib
erally. It was furnished by some-
body.
Cinmning Clarion: There is a
negro in this county who makes
imitation persimmons out of wood
which he besmears with
moil beer, haying other in;
which he will not tell what they
are. lie takes twenty of these.
tling in life’s fitful fever for seven
ty years, he fell asleep at his resi
dence in Savannah on tho 22d inst.
Ho lias been managing editor of
the AVicx since it was Hist estab
lished thirty-two years ago, and his
writings have been characterized
by the highest type of the scholar,
the patriot and the gentleman. As
a political writer lie was strong
and forcible—always just and libe
ral—his articles were lilled with
logic, ever founded on reason. Ilis
pen Hashed, at every stioko with
a feeling that was worthy of the
man. lie was one of the loading
editors in the State, and in his
death a blow is given to (ieorgia
journalism. Under his charge the
paper he so ably edited advanced
to the front rink of southern news
papers. Those wlio knew him will
persiui-1 cru ,.t, in tlie temple of memory u
•edienl- 1
Mississippi belongs, their homes
being in (ieorgia, and Albert ha-
mar was a stout secessionist and
follower of bis relative Ilowcil
Coiili, and became the seerotaiy of
the secession convention of Geor
gia, am! I think, afterward clerk or
secretary of the confederate con
gress. He is a spare man, grave,
at times absent, affable, but seldom
or ever smiling, and he would
quickly be taken for the typical ar
dent fire-eater any where, as he was
twenty years ago.
1 asked him if the organization
of the confederate civil government
was such as to have produced the
best possible results.
! Howell Cobb. Crowford was a
strong but a coarse man.”
I asked M r. Lamar what had be
come of the ."ontil Carolina leaders
who worked up secession, naming
Dickens, Hammond, Chcsnut and
others.
“There arc hut two of them liv
ing, Wm. Porcber Miles and Kcitt.
Chesnut was a man of little abili
ty; the same may be said of Gov.
Pickens. Wade Hampton was a
good military olllcer, but is a
leather-weight in civil questions.
Hammond was a man of mental
power, with acquirements, will and
force, hut lie had no love of the
multitude and rather despised
them.”
“Is not Senator Butler, of South
Carolina, something of a man ?”
“Very much ofa man. He was
a man of very violent passions,
and of such intense exasperation
when insulted that if he had kill
ed Coukling in the Scnutc when
SPRIK! M
Spring is Here and New Goods Arriving by Every Train!
lasting recollection
work and the noble
fastens a string to one side of character, lint his
of ilis
traits
labors
good
>f his
.'“her the worst results, j they eamc into a collision that
Mr Davis was a man out of health,! r would not have surprised me at
ail. But liis control over himself,
ins amicable, and, indeed, popular
relations with many of the leading
liepublieans, and theextention of
liis influence by both discretion
and candor arc gratifying sur
prises. We are very weak as a
party in leaders, and Butler is qnc
of the men who lias developed into
a thinking, leading mind.”
GO TO
Pi
where vou wir.r, find am. tiie
NOVELTIES
'them and a hoarded hook to the
other and hangs to hushes along
iisfencejust before a big frost and on
wano ol the moon’s lirst quarter.
The .morning after the lirst full
moon lie visits the hushes and linds
that lie lias twenty opossums for
each bush, lie lias been known
to catch as many as four hundred
in one night.
Mr. C. Menelas, of Brookhavcu.
Mississippi, is largely interested
ill the cultivation of silk and jute,
lie says that jute can be success
fully cultivated in any of tho South
ern States, and the only wonder is
that it lias not been extensively
raised. The United Slates now
imports 81,000,0011 wortii of jute
per nnniiiii. This money could be
drawn into tho ,South, and that,
loo, by growing jute on lands that
arc loo wet to raise cotton. Mr.
Mencius Ims grown jute in India,
and lias traveled all over llm world.
Both the Grilllii and the Mil-
ledgeville papers mentioned rather
curious deceptions to lie practiced
on grangers or good farmers. At
Grilllii a lung patch supposed to be
wheat is heading out as rye; and
at Milledgeville a line Held of what
was planted fur oats turns out to
Is- rye. The owners are said to be
indignant, and the Milledgeville
man speaks ol slicing .the party
that sold him the seed. But isn't
it curious that they couldn't tell
tho difference between wheat and
oats and rye before limy planted
the s:od.
The sugar product of tho Uni
ted Status from cane in 187!), as
shown by census of 1880, was 178,.
S72 hogsheads ofsugarand 16,578,-
27.'! gallons of molasses. Of this
not entirely confined to newspaper
writing, and he has given us Im-
nioroiis literature Mini will live for
age upon ages, slid has made I lie
author popular upon two conti
nents. He was the author of “Ma
jor Jones'CAiirtship,” the “Clironi-
cies ol Pinevillr,” a dramatization
of “The Vicar Wakefield” and the
“Live Indian,” a comedy out of
which I lie conic lian, John K.Owcn,
made fame and money without pay
to the author,
lint Ids work is coded and Ins
hands are folded upon liis cold
breast and their labors are done.
That they may find in the beauti
ful abode of the blest, another mis
sion and a higher purpose, is the
wish of all who know him person
ally, and of all w ho are bound to
him by an electric chain oi huiimii
sympathy and brotherhood.
Wind l.ee Declined.
i l'liilailApliln Times,
Tho statement of General Unix rt
K. Lee’s friend that Mr. Lincoln
oiieo die red him the command of
all the armies of the United States
in Hie Held lias been questioned re
peatedly and some writers upon
war history have made positive de
nial of tho claim. Nevertheless,
Mr. Lincoln, through Francis Pres
ton Blair,did oiler General Lee the
chief command, and the fact is es
tablished in tiie current number of
the Weclclij Tinier by Hev. Dr. J.
Will lam Jones, secretary of the
Southern Historical Society. In
liis article, which deals mainly with
tiie friendly relations of General
Scott and Lee before and at tho
outbreak of llie rebellion, Dr. Jones
produces a copy ofa letter written
by General Lee. wherein lie ex
plains how tiie command was offer
ed him. This important letter,
which is in lie
known Imudwritiiij
continued dyspeptic, and
com sc he was inoerosc, prejudiced
and sour with all who crossed him.
Mr. Stephens never was anything
but an invalid. I remember say
ing in my disgust at their selection
that the only thing which prevent
ed a revolution at Montgomery
was the want of having stones in
the streets. Howell Cobii should
have been tiie president of the con
federacy, and lie expected to bo
selected, but liis experience as
speaker of congress at Washington
led the Kont.li Carolina delegation,
headed by Lawrence M. Keitt, to
choose hi in for president of the
convention at Opelika, where they
met Mr. Cobh, both delegations
Doing there, cm route to the op
ening of the convention at Mont
gomery. Mr. Cobb said to me at
the time: ‘This unfortunate choice
will prevent me being the execu
tive magistrate ofthcconfedeiacy.’
So lie presided over tiie conven
tion, and Davis was elected to be
the president, ehiefey because lie
had been n union man.”
•‘Why were union men at a pre
mium ?”
“Because of the fierce resistance
to secession in ail parts ol the con-
federcy, but especially in Georgia,
Tennessee, North Carolina and
Virginia. Some of the large -Stales
were so reluctant to leave the
Union that after they hail been
crowded into seceding they sent I
their old Union Conservative men!
to the Provisional Convention at |
.Montgomery. Fortiiat reason two .
Union men, Davis and Stephens, ;
were made two chief executives j
over the two other expectants, ]
Cobii and Toombs, Davis, during I
the Presidential campaign of 1880,1
had made a speech at Portland.!
Maine, and another on the way,
warmly praising the Union. This
was remembered in liis favor as
against tho aggressive record of
Toombs for secession. But Ste
phens and Davis were not to agree
in any event. Stephens never had
the least interest or confidence in
the Confederate cause. He began
by objecting and the breach be
tween him and Davis widened ev
ery day. Vet lie continues to be
in.many respects, the most popu
lar man in Georgia.”
“Suppose Toombs had been the
Confederate President, would lie
have been a failure ?”
“It would have been a six
months’ war. lit would have been
either smashed all to pieces in a
lew months or would have invaded
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WITH THE SPRING
MILLINERY AND
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OCR MEDICINES AllE Ml.
is dated at
Louisiana produced 171,708 hogs- I Lexington, February 25, ISON, and
beads of sugar and 11,806,248 gal- 1 '“hbesacd to Bcvcrdy Johnson.
Ions ol molasses. Georgia stood I United'Jbi'les Senate,
seeond and lexas third in the list i |,. u | stated that Lee had sought to
ofcane-growiiig States. In 1870 the
product of the country of the same
article was 87,08!! hogsheads of so
gar 6,5!>;l.S2:l gallons of molasses.
The increase in the decade
obtain the chief command, ail i
that being disappointed, Ink bad
;one to Bieliiiiond and joined the
well- : tiie North after llte first shock of
arms at Bull Bun. 1 said to Mr.
Toombs once that lie ought to have
died at the battle of Sliarpsburg,
where ne held the heights of Anlie-
tnm against Burnside with such
gallantry that Lee complimented
him in tiie military orders. Since
that day Toombs has shattered Ids
spiel did mind by dissipation and
Confederates.” Mr. Johnson, who asperity till lie survives
irdeiit Union man, had re- ! clioly wreck ofa once noble gal-
wus | pelled the charge, and General jaxy.”
letter was one of thanks as;
II as of explaniitioi
something over 100 per rent. Con- j
sidering tiie' deplete and ruined
condition in which the sugar region i T/mmoslon^Tiiiirr: Messrs.'W.
of Louisiana was left by war and ; u, Hamblctoii, 15. A. Alexander,
by Hie carpet-baggers, the allowing (;; ms . Vami, Kenneth McKinnon,
is encouraging. , !UU ; (l m i m |„> r others, have en-
... , ” *' tereii into u contest over the best
Nicodcmus colony in Kansas is ,, .. .
a prosperous place, although the j aore * ° f T". S' 0 *" l '" S ' V0!,r '
residents thereof get along without 1 11,0 one pwHueing the largest crop
gold, silver or greenbacks. It con-1 is to receive one bushel of corn
{ from each of, tiie other. Open a
| list somewhere in town, gentleman,
i and gi\'4! every farmer a chance.
tains .’165 homes, and is located in
Graham county, the district being
known as Solomon's Valley. Two
ell ill:: lies are there, one public ,
school, one subscription school, a 11 "'•» resnlt in some line cropping
post olllccnml several stores. Th
people raise corn, pumpkins and
tills year.
John Chastain sav*
lie would
In what was Howell Cobb
| superior to Jcllersoii Davis?”
I “in health, tciiiperiuciit, temper
mid brain Mr. Davis was a master
of details only, and wore himself
out superintending trilbs, fretting
with passing enemies and elabor
ating theoretical messages and
papers. He never had tho large,
solid brain to resolve tiie wants of
a broad nation which had with re
luctance passed out ofa larger one
—to lake a critical view of the
leaders who hail led it out. Mr.
Davis (made no foreign friends by
liis bearing; at the end of the war
lie possessed no influence in tiie
North, while Cobb had made the
friendship in oilier days of Andrew
Johnson ami of many of our in-
llueiitial enemies. Cobb was a
broad-sighted man; he would have
instantly preccived tiie fiscal re
quirements of the Confederacy, the
need ofa foreign credit, of interest
ed friends in other lands, a com-
■niseriat and niniiufacturies. He
saw these things neglected and the
vegetables, and meet every Satnr- j ellU , r ,- ()r tlle , )ri/ . e 1,'nt fears that
• lay iii«£iit and exchange conn noth- ... . . .. , , .
lies. They give vegetables and i hc wollld l,avc to ,m - v 11,0 ll,ls! “' 1
other productions for drugs, cloth* j () I corn, when the settling time ar*
ing ami so on. ami actually live ! rived.
without money. For three years . ♦ •
after the colony started there was i Under the head of “An Editors
not a team in it, and the men work- uiflieulties,” tho Quitman Free
ed entirely with pick* and spades. „ . , , „, —
The colonists were of the worst ! 1 narrates how several of j young Mate drifting into a narrow
class ol negroes from Kentucky. ,lis Ii'iomls took advantage over champ;!, and he went oil into tho
Many of them went in order to live : his defenceless condition and pro- :mu N' I*ke a private volunteer,
easily off the community. Now i sented him with a new hat, a ten ? CV ? r ralain 8 “. ,ectiou * * or ‘L >'“t |
they arc said to be transformed in- i-ou. ,i,,i„i„ii rearing the worst. 11c was the
to hard working farmers. Niesdc- ; ^ . *’ a cabbages, best beloved public man Georgia
mus has a regular township gov* 1 a book, and several other . ever had. not excepting William
crnmenl, the principal ollicer being j useful articles. The poor follow |U. Crawford, who lacked the re-
a township truitce, who is a negro, j is surely in good hands. I fincment of mind and feeling of
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COMBS, HAIR BRUSHES,
COMBS, HAIR BRUSHES,
COSMETICS, COSMETICS,
TOILET ARTICLES, Ele. Etc.
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A SPECIALTY.
300 PIECES NEW PRINTS OPENED THIS MORNING,
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NEW DRESS GOODS ! NEW TRIMMINGS !
An Immense Lot of Bleaching*. 3-4, 4-4, U- l, 10-4.
All nest DrandM at Popular Prices.
Liiccs and Embroideries by the Cart Load!
Pans, Parasols and Umbrollaa,
Ladies’, Gents’ and Childrens’ Shoes, Sandals and Slippers!
CiiNtnm Made anil Every Pair Warranted. Prices Lower
than Elsewhere.
TIIK LA HU GST STOCK OF—
Hood Skins and Corsets!
AMONG THE LATTER THE
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Double Bone,
Madame Strong’s,
long;
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AND OTHERS.
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Also a large assoilinnnt of Piece Goods for men anil boys’ wear. Blue
Flannel, Cassimore, Tweeds, Cottonades, etc., etc. Agent for
J. Si P. Coats’ celebrated Spool Cotton. The trade
supplied at New York wholesale prices.
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-HAVING LATELY PURCHASED THE—
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