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Waynesboro, Ga., June 30, 1882.
No. 10.
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Every effort to procure a respite for
Guiteau seems to have tailed, and he
must expiate his crime to-day upon the
gallows.
The Last Resolution.—Whereas
we have “attended to all other matters
of interest to the party,”
Resolved, That we, the Democrats
of Burke county, in mass meeting assem
bled, now proceed to organize the Her
ald.
[Communicated.]
HON. CLAIBOJtNE SNEAD.
For many reasons we should be glad
to see Hon. Claiborne Snead continued
Judge of the Augusta Circuit. And
not the least among them is, that, in
our opinion, an artful, designing and
deliberate conspiracy was formed to re
move him, at the end of his present
term, from his seat on the bench.
The “Protest” of the McDuffie coun
ty committee has, we sincerely believe,
a secret history, of which those gentle-
imen ought to be ashamed ; and in the
We hope the Burke county Democ-1 public letter of Mr. Sturgis, pretending
racy will bear with us a little longer, as i either to apologize for, or explain his
we assure them we are working hard to friendly, and in no sort of sense oonfi-
organize the Herald. If the seasons I dentialepistle to Judge Snead, there is
hold out,and the conns turn'out well we I a transparent special pleading, and want
hope to have it well organized by elec-1 of candor and manly courage thatre-
tion day; but if there comes a drouth fleets no credit either upon a man of high
now, we considder it a hopeless case.
Judge H D. D Twiggs, of Augusta,
has been mentioned for Congressman for
the State at large.—Ex.
spirit or a good Baptist.
With regard to Mr. Roney’s defense
and attempted vindication, it appears
to us extremely feeble, disingenuous
lisle of Beauty, Fare Thee Well.
Shades of ev’ning, close not o’er us,
Leave our lonely bark awhile ;
Morn, alas 1 will not restore us
Yonder dim and distant isle.
Still my fancy can discover
Sunny spots where friends may dwell,
Darker shadows round us hovei^-
Isle of Beauty, fare thee well.
'Tls tie hour when happy faces
Smile around the taper’s light;
Who will fill our vacant places?
Who will sing our songs to-night ?
Through the mist that floats above us,
Faintly sounds the vesper bell,
Like a voice from those who love us,
Breathing fondly, fare thee well!
When the waves are round us breaking,
As I pace the deck alone,
And my eye is vainly seeking
Some green leaf to rest upon ;
When on that dear land I ponder,
Where mv old companions dwell,
Absence makes the heart grow fonder;
Isle of Beauty, fare thee well!
HICHMOND BOJ.ITICB.
STEPHENS AND BLACK DELEGATES
ELECTED.
The Texas wool clip this year, will bring the
flock masters the sum of 87,500,000,
If Jugde Twiggs will announce, we j find full of falacy, Suppose the convei 1 -
will not only take pleasure in nailing his sation referred to had taken p’ace in Mr.
banner to,our masthead,but will obligate I Roney’s office, and not under the shad-
ourself to publish Mrs. Whitson’s ac- j ow of his home, is it true that a private
count of him in her “Book of Sketches” \ remark in such a place should he held
once a month, monthly, till day.
We have lately been written to by
distinguished gentlemen in various
parts of the State to know how the nem
ination of Mr. Stephens was appreciated
by the Democrats of Burke county.—
A ft i r a careful examination of the field,
.we are satisfii d th;it neither the Inde
pendent or Bourbon Democrats d sire
less sacred than elsewhere ? In the
light of all the facts and circumstances,
is it not a begging of the question to say
| that “a lawyer’s office is a place of bus
iness !” A lawyer’s office is a place of
I business only when professional matters
are being discussed ; this remark of
Judge Snead, WHEREVER MADE,
was in the very nature of things, a con-
fHendial communication. And if Mr.
In some parts of Texas this season, 400 to 600
bushels of potatoes per acre has been the crop.
A lady in North Alabama claims to have cured
herself of a virulent cancer by the constant use
of clover tea.
The oil mill at Columbus, Texas, started In
February, has turned out 600 barrels of oil, 350
tons of cake and 35 bales of lint cotton.
Gen. Sherman is said to contemplate the trial
by court-marshal of three or four army officers,
"who have heen applying for military details
through members of Congress, instead of
through their common superiors.
the nomination cf Mr. Stephens as their
. , ‘ , ... , . • , Roney did not so regard it, why did h9
.standard bearer in the gubernatorial 1 J l
wj , >. attempt to hide his conscious sense of
race. We, uowever, be leve that the / .......
convention or mass meeting to assemble
here next Tuesday, and which wi 1 be
^n'ro.led the' Bourbon element, as * bl » man '” undcr » soleran P led 8 e of “
.we apprehend the Independents will croc ^‘
ave little to do with
why should he have
treachery and bad faith by communica
ting it to Col. Tutt, who “is an honor
it, wi'l appoint
tephen,s.delega es to so to the guber-
atorial convention to meet i i At'autaon
t he
19th of July. Theie are a few, a
yfcry few, who will give Mr. Stephens
’ ah enthusiastic support, while the parly
' will support him if he is
If he regarded it an open
statement, and supposed Judge Snead
so considered it, why should
communicated it to Col. Tu t in ‘confi
dence.” But Mr. Roney s ys, this re
mark was made to him by Judge Snead
while lie was on the, Bench.and during the
New York, June 24.—Rev. R Moffat Neil, act
ing pastor of the First Presbyterian church,
Brooklyn, is accused of having forged his cer
tificate of ordination and his credentials. He is
very p< pular with the congregation, which has
largely increased.
Utica. New York, June 24.—Charles O. Liver
more, while repairing his store in Nortli Brook
field, found a pocketbook under the steps con
taining several thousand dollars. The matter is
supposed to bo connected with Colonel Porteur
Miles, who died from exposure in November last,
near Schenectady, with $20,000 on his person.
Wm. Deveer, aged 17 years, a young athlete of
Brooklyn, on Tuesday last, to amuse his com
panions, placed both his feet at the back of bis J gates, and they were elected :
Chronicle & Constitutionalist 25th Inst.
Pursuant to call a mass meeting of
the Richmond county Democracy
was held at the City Hall yesterday,
at 12 o’clock. There was quite a
large attendance and with few ex-
ceptions perfect unanimity prevailed.
Maj. J. V. H. Allen, Chairman of
the County Democratic Executive
Committee, called the meeting to
order and stated that its object was
to select delegates to the Gubernato
rial, Congressional and Senatorial
Conventions and to appoint a new
Executive Committee.
On motion, Maj Allen was elected
permanent Chairman and J. L. Max
well and T. R. Gibson were request
ed to act as Secretaries.
J. H. Neibling offered the follow
ing resolution :
Resolved, That this meeting do
now adjourn until Saturday evening
next, at 8, p. m., and that a primary
election be held at that time to select
the delegatee, to the different conven
tions suggested by the Executive
Committee of this, county, and for
any other business that may be regu
larly brought before the meeting.
Mr. Jno. F. Armstrong moved that
the resolution be laid on the table.—
Carried almost unanimously.
Mr. Mullarky moved that a com
mittee of five be appointed to nomi
nate delegates to the various conven
tions.
W. H. Fleming, Esq., said he
thought it would be better to nomi
nate delegates in the meeting, with
out appointing a committee.
Mr. Mullarky withdrew his motion.
Mr. Fleming taid he understood
that there was perfect unanimity
among the Democracy of Richmond
county in supporting Mr. Stephens
for Governor. [Applause.] He
thought men should he selected re
presenting all classes and sects. He
| presented the following list of dele.-,
neck. He was taken ill afterwards and went to
a physician. He, however, died Thursday last,
cerebro spinal meninngitis having set in. In ac
complishing the athletic feat he had ruptured
his abdomen and otherwise injured himself.
Advices from Sherbro, an Island near Sierra
Lecne, dated May 21st, state that the natives of
Martio, having plundered a boat belonging to
1 Bunt.he Island, where the British Government
• 1 f progress of the trial. In the name of ev- Officersar*stationed, and having fired on the
nominal,eu lor | . . . . ..... t police who went tc arrest them, the Governor of
,i • i • o • iii» puuctj wau w«ni» u cirresL liiwiii, me
that reason, and - not because he is their | er - nn S sacre m professional e hies, ^ S | erra L eone prooeeded to Martio with a force
choice. A popular Independent candi-)
date, in our judgment, would ma eriaiy
lessen Mr. Stephens’ majority in Burke
cminty. '
momg tin candidates for office
would not any thorough—bred lawyer of Blue Jackets and inflicted a loss of two hun-
! understand that such a remark was con-1 dred kiUed 011 inhabitants.
1 fidential. No Judge could possibly say
| such a thing otherwise than in a eonfi-
Eastman Cor. Hawkinsville News: The white
wonnn who has been in jail here for some time
... xt i ,, , for stealing a pair of pants from an old colored
amt'al way. No honorable, educated mar., was taken out a few.days ago by Mr.
member of the bar could possibly Ulider- j Cooper, who paid the costs, etc., and lip?. t.ak,en
. ..i „ Tf • . i her home as a servant In his family Her hus-
stanu it otherwise. He is not only an . , u . „ , ...
J band, who was in all probability the most guilty
officer of eburt, but all imaginable of the two, left her as soon as. she got into
rjtp. It is stated by his friends tint j amenities, if lie be a gentleman, should [™ ble ‘ K is 1,oped that 8he ' has ,oatned
;e isnead declined some time ago to subsist between him and his presiding
H Ihe number offering, or proposed by
llieir friends, for the Judgeship'of the
fei'ugusta Circuit Superior Cour, is very
Snead declined some time ago to •
them lo press his name for re elec- 1
^/tehikand that he is n t in the race.—
^ct increases the nuinber -of can-
f Vhdutes, and one of two counties are
I '. yet to hear from.
; T he above panagruph, from the Au-
News„ of Monday evening, is not
syi she will not soon forget.
but will be staff ling
Judge; arid, the dimest‘shadow of bad
faith is a bar-minister on his escutcheon
that neither future achievments nor lofti
est charity can wipe out.
We say this, too* for Judge Snead :
He is brave, faithful, truthlul, honor
able— sublimely just—and fearlessly
many friends of Judge impartial. If he has made mistakes.
A mysterious murder was per Ctrated in
Macon on Friday night last. At .the hour of
midnight, a pistol shot was heard in the vicinity
of Third street, betweon Oak and Arch streets '
Early Saturday morning an old man. named
Boisier James, was found mortally wounded'
b'lng in the weeds near the sidewalk In that lo
cality. He stated that, lie had been shot by a
white man. He died at two o’clock Saturday
morning.
St. Paiti,, June 25.—On the Manitoba Railroad
. tlnead in Burke county. Indeed so un- they have never,, for,a single moment, bno, near Atwater, Minn., a work train, eon-
looktd for was such information, that j by his lhtlest enemies, been supposed j entfne ’ and tweh ^' tw
was running eighteen iyjles per
. although, we have learned to place im-] to be the result either of cowardice, i hour, when without any visible muse the engine.
r> ‘p,licit confidence in statements made by favoritism, want of courage, or fear 0 f j caboose and five flat oars Jumped the track on
J i ’ b ’ an embankment twelve feet high, landing in a
tjje News, we cannot believe that Judge ! anybody’s influence. But his mistakes, ten foot pool of water. The engineer and six
rtnend would do the wishes of his friends (in the judgment of the Supreme Court,
jf Burke as well as oilier comities in I hayo heen wonderfully few : and we
juit, the violence to so summa- | challenge his record, in support ot this
ithdraw his name for re-ele.Ciion. [ statement, compared with his brethren
^if,", however, the report is true, and on and off the Bench, in Georgia.
*t£,udgeSnead persists in staying out of
Swedish and Norwegian workmen were killed
and the fireman and five others injured. More
are supposed to be under the water with the
wreck.
[‘the race, the public will consider it a
jt’sfc in which a conscientious and sensi-
Ive gentl smun, an honsest officer and a
just judge has been driven off by the
machinations of scheming office seekers,
whose .'lonesty, to say the least of it, is
doubtful. In our opinion, if Judge
Sseftd I ah refused “to stand” for re-
Afiotityb he will ehango his mini after
^poniKts hisVriends in Burke county
[.( week, when he comes to Waynes-
ro to hold his appointed adjourned
No, no , the friends of J udge
head who appreciate,-him at his true
>rth, cannot permit him to retire in
or*
Another thing : We hold this to bo
true—that a man who is ever loyal and
oonstant to his people in time oi war,
oan never, under any circumstances,
wilfully throw a shadow on their judici
ary in time of peace. And one word
more : the author of this article can be
found by applying to the Editor of The
Citizen, with the certificate of Mr.
Tutt that the man who inquires for his
name means business. Burke.
Columbia, S. C., June 23.—About five o’clock
Thursday afternoon, during a short thunder
storm, the beautiful Confederate monument on
the State House grounds was struck by lightning
and the life size white marble figure of the sol
dier surmounting it was dashed to the ground
and demolished. The bolt strpek the rim of the
hat and glanced off, entering the base and
shivering It. The head of the soldelr was out
off, and a mass of what was one of the hand
somest pieces of monumental sculpture in the
country lies at the basa an utter wreok.
The seasons oontinue good to this
date, and from every portion of thaainnn-
ty comes the most ( glowii
the orops. said 1
■proa
The Berrien county Newt says: We are In
formed that an election for Sheriff was held at
IrvrlnviUo at the appointed tiino, but at, no
other precinct. Nine votes only were cast,
which elected Mr. Dun Molnnis. The fact that
he had no opposition caused lie people to take
but little gjiterest in the election. The polls
would probably have been opened in the 5th
district, but that was the day set apart by
"Uncle'’ Jake Paulk for his sheep sheering,
whioh Is usually a more Important event to his
Geo. T. Barnes, Joseph Ganahl,
Solomon Marcus, Charles C. Jones.
Jr., A. C. Walker, John F. Arm
strong, John S. Cook, M. J. Carswell,
P. Walsh, Jas. L. Gow, P. J. Berck-
mans, Charles Spaeth, J, V. H. Allen,
L. A. Dugas, Jr., Adam Johnston, C.
H. Cohen, J. M. Seag<\ W. T. Gary,
James Tobin, M. P. Carroll, Joseph
E. Burch, M. V. Calvin, S Warren
Mays, Edward Perrin.
Mr. Wm. M. Dunbar said Mr.
Fleming stated that the Democracy
of Richmond county were almost
unanimously in favor of Hon. A. H.
Stephens for Governor. He denied
that such was the fact and thought
that those opposed to him should be
allowed to put themselves on record.
He moved that the delegates appoint
ed go to the convention uniostructed.
Maj. Ganahl offered the following
as a substitute to Mr. Dunbar’s
motion: . . : ,
Resolved, That the Democracy of
Richmond hear with pleasure and
gratification that the distinguished
Representative in Congress of the
Eigth Congressional District, Hon.
Alexander H. Stephens will be pre«
sented in the Convention on the 19th
of July for nomination as the Demo
cratic candidate for the Chief Magis
tracy of the State.
Resolved, That while some of us
may have differed with Mr. Stephens
as to questions of minor policy, no
son of the land has served his country
with more conspicuous purity, use
fulness, abiljjy, fidelity and patriot
ism, none has been longer tried, none
found more faithful to the principles
of Democracy, not one has more en
deared himself to our party and peo
ple ; that we, therefore, congratulate
that party, and that people upon the
event of his nomination, and pledge
ourselves to use every honorable
method to secure so auspicious a
result.
Resolved, That we see in the
nomination and election of Mr. Ste
phens to the office of Governor the
oblivion of bitterness and strife which
shall grow from that rule of Wisdom
and Moderation and Justice which
characterize the man and form the
three pillars which have been set as
the seal of our noble State.
Major Ganahl’s resolutions were
put and carried almost unanimously.
Leonard Phinizy, Esq., said he
believed the next business in order
tion. He believed that there was nor.
a living soul in Richmond county
who would not support the gentle
man whom the delegates would sup
port for Congress. JJe alluded t<»
Hon. James C. C. Black. [Applause.]
He nominated the Following dele
gates, who were unanimously elect
ed :
J. B. Cumming, Joseph Ganahl,
Z. McCord, T. B. Phicizyy W. II.
Howard, James A. Loflin, J. H,
Alexander, Edward O’Donnel, Joseph
Myers, C. H. Oetjen, Samuel W.
Mays, J. A. Carswell.
Mr. H. H. Hickman said he never
held an office; neither was a military
man. He once belonged to the Sil
ver Greys, who proposed to fight,
bleed and die on the borders of tbjfc
town [laughter.] Neither was he a
politician, but he had come to this
meeting as a citizen and a Democrat.
He offered the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the Democracy cf
Richmond, having every love for the
person, pride in the ability, aqd con
fidence in the judgment, temper and
exalted moral worth of their fellow-
citizen, Hon. Jas. C. C. Black—
coupled as these qualities are with a
rare gift of logical and persuasive
eloquence qualified in every particu
lar to represent this District in Iho
Congress of the United States.
Resolved, That animated'with this
conviction, and in ’ the "'confident as-_
surance that the Democracy of the
Eighth District would be served by
no one with more eminent ability, in
tegrity, usefulness and honor, this
meeting unanimously presents the
Hon. James C ; C. Black, of Rich
mond, for the 1 suffrages of ‘he Con
version which shall assemble to
nominate the Democratic candidate *
to the high trust of Representative in
the 48th Congress.
Calls were made for Mr. Black, who
was not present.
C. H. Cohen, Esq.; norriinated tho
following delegates to the Senatorial
Convention, who were unanimously
elected : W. M. Jordan, M. J. Verd-
erv, R. L. Pierce, (T. H. Howard, J.
T. Bothwell and J. T Fleming.
The following resolution, offered
by Mr. John F. Armstrong, was
adopted :
Resolved, That the deb gates to the
several conventions be authorizrd to
fid any vacancies that may occur in
their respective delegations.
Mr. Walsh said he desired to offer
a resolution for a more thorough
organization of the Democratic party.
He presented the following which
was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That we respectfully
suggest to the State Democratic Con
vention soon to assemble in Atlanta
the adoption Qf t‘q<?, system of organ
ization recommended by the National
Democratic Committee at their
meeting held in February, 1880.
L- A. Dugas, Esq., offered tbc fol
lowing which was unanimously adopt
ed :
Resolved, That we, the Democratic
party of Richmond county, in mass
meeting assemble'!, look with pride
on the able and efficient manner with
which our esteemed fellow-citizen,
the Hon, Wm. A. Wright, has dis
charged the duties of the office of
Comptroller-General, and earnestly
recommend him for renomination
to that office.
On motion of C. H. Cohen, Esq.,
the chairman was instructed to
appoint an Executive Committee for
the next two years at his leisure.
A motiou by Mr. John F. Arm
strong that seven members of the
Committe constitute a quorum, was
adopted and the meeting adjourned.
A dispatch from Danville, 111., dated
June 22d, says that Allie Mills, aged
fourteen years, Mary Oglie, agsd seven
teen. and Mary Jones, aged twelve,
committed suicide this morning, by ta
king arsenic. Allie Millls gave as a rea
son for her act, that her sister lived
with a shameless woman, Mary Oglie’s
reason was that she was an orphan, and
Mary Jones took the drug beoause the
others did.
neighbors than the election of a county offloer. ,, ,
They never lose an opportunity for expressing the selection of ^delegates^to the
i their regards for this venerable old man.
The barn of J. H. Shopp, near Shire-
manstown, Penn., was fired by tTamps
and destroyed a fevt nights ago, with
four Aldorney cows and four thousand
pounds of tobdftco. The tramps, who
were captured, fired the barn because
they had been refused fooi. * *" 1
The busU
„ ness of the laboring men
8th Congressional District Conyen- se ems
.be ti
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