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Americus Recorder.' THE MI IXHJAN I.KTTKRH' W. t, OI.KHSNKH. Editor. OBelll Organ or Webster County, SI VUAY, AI'tJl'ST 17th, 1NH4, Mr. Blaine—“For the present, i ANNOUNCEMENTS, decline, j r From that day to this no one I numikjccor/.vrr. has seen the letters; but J une nth,} 187fi, Mr. Blaine rose in his seat. J. A: & I). F. Brooklyn, August 5 in t(ie u OIIge f or a personal ex plan-j 'T. “ujrij ‘To tlle Editor ol ’'J*® World; , aiion and real ] a bundle of letters j . , ' . . . , ' p ; to Mulligan, and what is meant by , newspapers, are from tbe steno- j naineof W. H. COllBas » eliminate ior ® the allusions to Blaine 8 sunstroke. , grapher’s notes as Mr Blaine read i Sheriff of Sumter connty. if elected. N. vention to be held at Americus on , J. P. Alcott. , Mulligan denied that the ; H. White, of the 15th District will be his Wednesday the 27fcb o! August, The story of the Mulligan letters | letters were read verbatim or that 1 deputy. t* for tbe purpose of placing in norain- is briefly told. The}' were letters all were read. FOR MAYOR, authorized to Announce the | mndidate for I : j Will you plcnwT explain what is | nT onn J I meant by the Mulligan letters, and . soe> jj e j ltt8 neV er allowed any j one to see them, and the letter* to ( My Dear Fisher/’ quoted # by i SENATORIAL CONTENTION. The Democrats of counties of tbe i who Mulligan was, and w he the Blaine ever wenttlownon his knees : j tion in December next. FOR SHERIFF. fiiigt tf We are Authorized to announce the ' P=t=i FOB HEPRF.3ENr.VriVIC. .tinn • nsndirlatn fnr Hpnninr fnr written by Mr. Blaine to Mr. Fish- in beaming bis explanation to, ... . . . "A u . in,., Th. 1 «r concerning landgranl railroad the House Mr. Blaine said that “at ’";?^ “nonnee « tbe 18th Senatorial District. The gtoc ij, an j bonds, anil they were i every turn of a railroad investi- JI - HAWKE8ns ncandidate for the I«x- Conventlon will convene at tho |,cid, with Fisher s consent, hy Ms i gallon ordered by the House an ,i,utuWt s " hjw ' ,n lllP noln “ Opera House at 2 o'clock p. m. i book keeper, James Mulligan. j effort had been made to direct it j Dnli0D ' In 1878 Morton, Conkling and ; against him personally, until on h. O. Niles, Ohm. Ex. Oom. 13th Ben. Dis, Blaine were candidates for the ; Saturday last, when there were no Republican nomination, with tbe | less than tour subjects upon which , ANNOUNCEMENT ;ire authorized to non name of W. A. WILSON n- t'or the Legialutlire. subject to be- i eratie nnminnliuu. , ~ , - , .. .......... up everywhere! ArKansas, railroad investigations in the > with land-grant bonds or stock of i House, &o pcs Americus, auglTtf Georgia, Only six States hold their local chances three to two in favor ol | |,e was being investigated." - Rln ina arrainkl. fiolri. MflVtllll. I Vf t. LT nntt ronlinrl flint nn NEW ADVERTISEMENT. ... ,. Blaine against the field. Morton,! Mr Knott replied that was election p I to kill Blaine, started a number of j cause he turned up cverywl election. These arc September I; Vermont, September ! (Democratic) FOR HU’JlKSENT.Vm F. iinilerHigneil begs leitvtf i< nf J. H. DAN1KL : which ! land-grant railroads. 2; Maine, September 8; Georgia, brought out damaging charges Mr. Blaine attacked the sub-Ju* , . , OninW i. Ohio and West Vir* against tbe ex Speaker. The i diciarv Committee as composed of j R,,,t,lWe ainaiaaie for the Lfgmlatnre, « r n / u m, n . ,.. nu , j..! Democrats bad nothing to do with ' Confederate brigadiers, defended * ?' l) | e3t the action of the Democratic nom* ginia, Oct. 14. lne interest i i the Republican family quarrel at j his method of getting the letters! ,u ‘ l,on ‘ Jas.Fricker&Bro, centre in Maine, Ohio and West Virginia. first, and permitted the Kepnbli- and justified his refusal to let any cans to fight it out among them- ; one see them. He then read them,, selves. Alter having been for four | with a running fire of comment weeks under tire. Blaine made a , and explanation. " June 10th the Sub-Committee Nkw Twf.nty-Sixth District. ToB BEPBKSEXTA'nVK ! Recognizing his ability ami integrity . luring his term of oitice as Jteprefiecla- , live in the Logiuhtuns from Sumter 1 We*are not only the greatest agricultural nation on earth, but, j personal statement to the House, ^ according to Mulball’s Dictiorary ; which was a general denial, and j made a lormal demand to see the ; „’„um'j" and "believing ids ,'x t , of Statistics an English work, wc for fo ," r w ®® k ‘' mr ' re th ® letters. Mr. Blaine refused to ! w »i,m bn valuable in our people “'a.?.*,J l . ion on ' l » k ' n « ! "ho* them or to produce Mr. Mul- h „, Js of , egi ,laiioo. we wonH urns AMERICUS, GA. lead also In manufactures. Mul- hall places the value of British little or no Interest in it. ] llgan's memoraduui of the contents May .'10th the Sub Judiciary , of each one, which had been given luanulacturca in 1880 at ♦4,015,-1 Committee (instigated thereto by i to him with them. -iOO.UOO, and of the Fnited States i ScD ^? 1 ; M°rl°i , > summoned War- The Republican National Con-; „ iinfino i r ^ n ‘shcr, Jr., of Boston, a con- vention root in Cincinnati June 13.; products of manufacture din g ; tractor for building the Fort Smith . Senator Morton had so timed the! the year at $5,600,000. The big* and Little Itoek Railroad, who sold revelation of ex-Speaker Blaine’s* gest thing in tbe world ought to be j out bis contract to Josiah Caldwell able to protect itself in an open tho j legiMlrttioD. we wouM present the mime of C.U*T. J, L. AnDERTOX as a can- j UiflAto for nomination to tho office of j Representative in the Legislature. Many Democrats. ) FOR REFRESENTAI'IV K. Editor Recorder:—I present to the >ters of .Snrnter county the name of Vbout September first we shall move into i our new store, at the old stand, Barlow Block, I Public Square, where we shall open the most j elegant assortment of* goods in our line ever market. X correspondence of the Savan nah Times, describing some of tbe well known men about Atlanta, thus skutchcs; Joe Brown’s face is bloodless and cold, Colquitt's is frank and sunny, governor Mc Daniels is dark and thoughtful, James M. Smith’s Is stern and scowling, Henry (Iradv’s Is beard orrupt railroad record that the i v,1!er " ,,r '^uiutnr county th« nanin of, r 1 . , o„ .1 / 1 • 4 , (and didn’t get the money), and full shock of the disgrace fell upon ! HON. W. H. MOBI.AN a« n suitsblo per-1 DfOllgnt 10 oOUtllWGSl UCOI’gia. At 0111’ pi’OS- Jnnics Mulligan, of Boston, trea- the country as the delegates were son ,n be nominated for the L-gUIataro —. . 1 " -------- ,, 11,eisotion on die fiotb in- " ‘ 1 louspiouou.ly 11 representativemsD, ihor- rugbly idendlleil ami in sympathy I'arroing interests of the eountry. surer of the Globe Theatre, who had ! assembling. Mr. Blaino’s boldness been Mr. Fisher’s book-keeper. < in seizing the letters which his Re- Fisher and Blaine had had close publican enemies had intended to business relations for many years, use to force a withdrawal, or fail ■» j ent store on Cotton Avenue, we have a largo '"Ic! stock of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, Solid Scott had exchanged for Northern ! iuatiou wns hopeless unless some* Pacific bonds for Mr. Blaine, thing happened to turn popular | - I* svmnulliv ill his favor. This qnrm*. I svni.i:r vovxrr. \ They were very unwilling witnes. sympathy in his favor. This some- less and happy, Horace Bradley's is fl cs. Mulligan admitted the sale of thing came Sunday, June lltli,in ,! Fort Smith bonds to Blaine and a “sunstroke,” ns be was nsceud- pale and studious, U. I. Kimball’s ; is ruddy and full of energy, R. B. Bullock's is pleasant and good 1 humored, N. J. Hammond's is dignified and thoughtful. aK®- - introduced into post-ofllcca or made following: route agsnts. As the Presidential T ’"‘ election is near at band, and these FOR KH PRESENT ATI V E. Wh are nnthori/.fui l«» tinnoun< laiufl of O. B. Mrl'lfOltV us ti cuothdutn : for the Legislature, subject to the D< ’ I orotic noioinatiou. j num*' 1 flute for the Senat«>, ociittnominntion. subject can <11- K< >lt RE f* RESENT All VE arc authorized to nnnouoci of Major E. S. BALDWIN an various sales and transfers, but mj/ the steps of Dr. Rankin’s ! didute for RepreseutAtivo, subject t<> jhe j f'llj* llPW knew nothing material. Fisher - church He sat down on the step j Dum.iorniln nomiuntio.,. admitted selling various blocks of' an d said to bis wife: “Mamma, my : stock to Mr. Blaine, but denied bead pains me; I’m afraid I’m sun- 1 giving him ♦l:ll),«00 in bonds with- struck, ('all a carriage. Take me ! out a consideration. Mulligan was homo and send for Dr. Pope.” Tbe There has lately been an uwuk- ordered to appear lieloro the com- news Hashed over the country that enlng by the Republican party to I mi !. l ,® c l*tf next day. lie was dangerously ill, and popular , . the iustioe or the nee.l of irivimr " ilu " tke ® 0 "‘“ 1 V," !W '"" l feeling instantly veered aronml in FOR SENATOR, the justice or the n I g g next mornmg.Mr. Mulligan startled | his favor. Uni-eisal sympathy was ’ tv« uro aathurianl t« ann the negroes a little official pation-j tlur committee and the country expressed. Even grim Senator j nnui.nf Hon. tv. I). MURRAY A number of them have been ! with a story which is outlined in the Morton rcimrkcd sardonically to' the World correspondent that "he sincerely regretted the sad occur- , ' 7 ’ 1, rence. Although uclicate about “James Mulligan said lie wanted expressing any opinion on tbe suit appointments laat for only a short to make a statement before con-. j cc t, lie did not hesitate to say that tinning Ids examination. He said ; j n bis opinion the effect at Cinnin- that when ho arrived here a liote^ nnti WO ii|cI be favorable to Mr. came down from Mr. Blaine reques- Blninc, if by to morrow or Tuesday ting the witness and Mr. Fisher to j t s |,n|| appear that the attack is call at his house; witness deelined no t seriously alarming. ' to go, but Mr. Fisher went. After So rapidly was his recovery that witness testified yesterday Mr. | when General Plaisted, of Maine,! him and asked j called upon him Tuesday ho found n-„„,| s0 ! 11 ® letters which were I him sitting up, surrounded l»y his uopuDiioana | , n hls possession and wanted wit- family, reading dispatches from , all. He was hooted at and threat- ness to give them up to him, hut Cincinnati, and Tuesday night Mr. L„d K T Hvrrl * —both .III, ,i„»Hn„ 1 witness declined to do so. Witness 1 Blaine telegraphed M.\ Hale, his ’ J ‘ , V ’ U,,IU said Mr. Blaine almost, got down adjutant, that iie was “entirely I mmle intoom—mill bofmvmnv on Ins knees and pleaded lor the convalescent.'’ i letters, saying they would ruin him The effect was favorable, but not! ing 1 will sell its miicll of inv for life, and when witness further sufficiently favorable for Blaine to i declined, Mr. Blaine asked him to recover all that he had lost by the ; stock its possible al prices that think of his wife and six children, disclosures. He led from the'start | lie besought witness, and almost: to the seventh ballot, and was a t I Will suit purchasers. This,like contemplated suicide. He offered | ast defeated by Senator Morton! „ , 1 to get him a consulship in return making a combination of all the ! m >' ''Winer oilers, !s genuine and '■ IF' OIMII for the letters. Witness allowed opposing elements in favor of U. -ii 1 • , , . Mr. Blaine to take them under a I R. Hayes, who received 884 votes'' w,l > n,n '" ; ' 1 out “» l, '» or pledge that he would return them. 1 (tour over a majority) to Blaine He looked them over and did re-1 351 1 a nd Bristow 's 21. turn them. This was in the pres m ' ANOTHER VETERAN. kept in a Jewelry and Music Store, that must bo reduced to save moving and make room goods. Therefore, for the nexl 'Twenty Days, or until we move, will sell any "| thing we have in stock at prices lower than -! have ever been reached before FOR C-A.SH I Come and examine our stock, gel our Jj prices, and we will guarantee that you will — be convinced that we mean what we sav in n very short time i will' Remember we have great bargains to offer for ed by the other officials of the «•! ?fi m ! ' ' ' j CASH and the tune in which to secure them time, the policy of the step is quite ap|>areut. But we see that a negro appointed as assistant weigher in the custom house at Philadelphia, aa a bait to catch tho colored vote tabllshment—white i occupied by Messrs. .1, B. Dltnil sued with ducking. SOUTH ERjT'POSTOmrES. In another column we publish au article from the,8cdalia(Mo.) Daily Democrat on Southern postotllces, which sustains the position wo have alwaya held, that the South ern mail service was the most de tective of any in the eountry. The authorities at Washington seem to look upou the people of the South ss having no rights which they were bound to respect, and con tractors are allowed to make their is limited. Como one, come all, and don’t J fail to come early. J AS. Americus, lia., Aug. FRICK Eli & BRO. H. 188-t. once of Mr. F’ishct and Mr Adkins. Witness then retired to Iris room . , , . , , . and Mr. Blaine followed him anil schedules to suit themselves. What | .anted to look at the letters again. between ignorant negro route agents and careless postmasters, there is little hope for the imme diate delivery of mail matter. One .eaeon tor the inefficiency ol tUe i interview Witness allowed Air. Blaine to take them, and Mr. Blaine refused to re turn them and still retains them, i There were about 18 letters." AMI STILL TIIE OMl CKlNVKKs 10ML TO TtIK VKONI. A’,/ilar Mnrnitit/ AVirs: In your sketch of the “Old Printers," pub- Come and he convinced. S. M. COHEN. Bargain Store, Cotton Avenue. Jills Liu DRIED FRUIT WANTED! .1. .1. vviLi.iFoim COUNCIL & WILLIFORD, PROPRIETORS OF GEORGIA WAREHOUSE, Opera HoiiNt* Block, Americus, Go. W« v Mr. Blaine, sworn in rcpattal, j iislieil in your issue of Aug. 10. admitted ; || 14> l>nmA \I„ I/ I ...... lo a«ldiliou to my former arrmiKfiiit nts to hoy find xlup Dried Fruit. 1 lwv« lor inning feiiAou tho advnntagt to save inmussii.riH nwnaliy paitl to New lioinws lor hnntlling them. 1 will .. ... . , . i 14, and has been at tbe printing ;l«w ftw New York on or Jiboiu tbe 1st of ship. His motive for keeping them Ltuiness 52 years, having eutered Aurusi and remain there .Inring the Dried j “ vn it in his lt>th year. He has passed Frnit season. Bring in your Frnit early i iidtlition to paying Fruit, to allow you all the Attention «»f Cotton Planters that we ure aghtn prepared t 1 lb* and ntoro their cotton on tho most favorable terms. Our warehouse is ue«. -putx>f, and separate from any Other buildings, thus insuring low rates of insurant**’- to give our customers lair weights, and •ecure for them tho highest mat ri. . n i-r..i <-- •».- is* j pHt r on,\gp bestowed upon us last year, we ask ■- angbhu- Wo prop, ket price. Thankful for thf lil>« cjutiunauce of the same. mail vervlce In the South i» that j taking the letters, admitted that ,|o“ht° inadvertently’'‘emitter there are barely enough Kepubli- he had them in Ins possess,on: but Mr p llr8e onc am „- Uie oMest the offices, sod they j denied liaviug gone oil his knees | printers in the State. He eele- lb ‘‘ of , w»,y r-v arnuSJts. rts , - m *‘ *» ^ .«• i cans to bold are generally Republicans only tlie sake of office. They know that there is little ehauce of being he explained: removed, and run their offices to | ‘ Mulligan said lie did not know |i,' f ongh ‘evl'rv'branch of'^the'Tusi- i and 1 pram tuit their own convenience. In the !*'' l * exam ’ ness from ‘‘cellar to garret, ’is halo fall vnluo for WESLEYAN FEMALE INSTITUTE, asvv. au sue , , " « 1 « 1. “* sa»»sas viiiiil tv North, where there are huudreds of j J”* to n iiold Vlioso' letters* ibr" h?s aml • 1111,1 B * ll ® sa J k - >» nf" » P»n ■>! the ssvinu of the tug to nom tnoso letters for his *»y OU |jg yet. He is still working* sions. Ke^poetfully fl ec-seekers, to one offtee, they protection and vindication. a t the case, and bids fair to do so act as spies upon the officials, • I said to him: “Under these efr- i for Kevcral vears to oome . Mr . reporting every dereliction of duty , cinwtances 1 wnl not give these , p llr80 was one of lhe most fl ,i cce ,_ in the hope of procuring the re- i [ e |J er ® 1 Wl ” rctur " the f e ful printers in the South, and con- inoval o, the officer and their own ! »‘is^gl^m^' “ ^^ l!^v appointment. 8° far as tbe South | and I have no idea that any man others who riskcd'all in ^he -o- is concerned, we w..b to make an j Aall take my pm«e cor«spo». : cl „ed “Lost Cause ” went down xceptiou of the Americus post- ,len ^ e a “' 1 h ? w lta9a menace over wilh the Confederacy. He is i(Bm. for v« hniiaua Mat Rianir i my head to he use«t at his option. Marimr #.« tho pm M. COHEN, Foot of Cotton Aveuue. JOHN N. MI Kit's. taunton. VlrginlA. '•pen* Peptfin*j«r «<!, JM4. Oi.o of the FlK**! i*ClIOOFaS FOR YOUXU I.AD1ES IX THE UNITED STATES. Surroumllnr* ^ autifl “’ Climate nn«nrpa«ce<l. One hundred mid f rtrt >* tlirc«> iMxirdinz pupits* fn*m »inht«eh TERMS AMONG THE BEST IN THE I'M'* Board, Wnablnw, Ensrli»li Couff- 1 , I-.nin. t'WB’- 1 (•ermnii, Instrumental for Schoe !t ‘ year, from September tt June, SS-iS. K“ r * '' WM. A. HAKIMS, I). V., PrwW'HJ- 5 Staunton, \ irtria**-*• office, for we believe Msj. Black tries to do bis duty and accommo date the public as far as possible; hut if we are not mistaken there are a number of crosa-mails which are carried in direct violation of contract, to serve the convenience •f the carriers. now "R A TT T? T? Ti.nPh.Un.. ... located at Marlow, on the Central '**' ’**' “ ^ ^ 9 ii 1 a r ., J ?'l r Kailroad, where he stilt continues Cotton Yvenue hands the production of these let- pcck awav at tbe types. His toUoit Atenue. r.l , , C rt f , ,hC 8 enl!l1 *»®® l‘« seen in tbe citv once M Blaine S? wHI „.e ° r twi ®® a «®® k . ‘n* 1 " 11 pl®»«- . wM1 take . oe<, »’ ure for bis friends to meet b m. sion to consult my counsel in re gard to it." ' ‘ j The Chairman—“Vou decline, I then, to prodace them ?” t TOOLE, McGARRAH & T0NDEE, Warebonse and Commission Mercbants, The latest—Broom Pins. James Fuckeb ii Bbo. Wf s’ltii lie at lent ton <>i' th«* publl<- the fret H»a* w«‘ we Drcpaml to till ail orders for Freeh Bread, C»ko, C.tndy, Etc., of our awn «uko— f-Kkiand pun*. We Lfrp n'wj Conf«rti®n« ami slroctrke, whkh it n.-U at rl.e ruiln« prfre- Bny and sell Ommtrjr Krodnic. flfre us n eall, IK. J. PHILLIPS & CO. jiirMtf Iht- past and -Ollr »their friends. t a < otnlruaiK • l Sumter and ud joir.iiiK e a fcr their very U»*em o take ple*.ur. m f COI.. T. M. FTTRLOW, that b<* w!ll Up with us the coming af-swa in the enpur-ity uj Scale*m.nu lli* elperiene* *n -h. new, couped with bU well known tnteg rit7. In taro #>rrtp» weight* *nd fair dealing in «« r J • Jnirll.IIM. taS