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THE TRUE
Parson Felton claims that his election
over Clements, Democratic nominee for
Congress in the 7th district, is sure.
Mr. Candler, Democratic nominee
for Congress in the 9th district, abso
lutely refuses to cavaBS the district
with Emory Speer.
The Savannah News Trade Issue was
published on the 2d inst., and is a mag
nificent sheet, which makes a complete
expose of the business and business in
terests of Savannah.
Communicated.
Waynesboro, Ga., Sept. 4,1882.
Ed. True Citizen :—As I have al
ways been, and still am a Democrat; as
I am not a candidate for an y office, and
do not know that I ever shall be ; as I
have tried all my life to form my opin
ions without regard to what other peo
ple think ; and, as I believe I am a
patriot, with the best interests, not only
of my own section and people, but of
our whole common country at heart.
I trust that I may be pardoned for giv-
For The Crrisry.
Weav
Out of th<“ sllonco nnd "loom of the Ni/jlit.
Weavf me. a song that’s bonny and bright—
A son, that will ring thro’ tlm cyole of Time,
As sonant and pure as tlm Sabbath chime.
Out of the peace of the crimson Morn,
Weave me a song that will tell of a dawn
More, roseate far than any of earth,
The grander dawn of the second birth.
Out of the glory and glitter of Day,
Weave me a song as pure as the ray
Flushing the soul with haloes of glory,
And whlsp’ring to it the crm-ifled story.
Out of the calm of a starlit gloaming.
Weave me a song of a sou! that's roaming;
A song with magic to soften the breast,
And speak to tiie soul of infinite Rest.
mg pub 1C expression to the Views aud Out of the pallor, the death, and the gloom,
— . . , I Out of the calmness enshrouding the tomb—
nvictions contained in this loiter. | Oh, weave me a song of grand Hosannas,
T . i ~ ! Embalming the Land of Bright Savannas.
I have read with great satisfaction!
1 he Hartwell Bun, one of the best j the admirable resolutions adopted by ! w'Lvt^me a'sbnjcuinmrning with tears;
and most reliable papers in upper Geor-1 the Republican ma,s-meeting of this | H^tKmto fftXSftiejSS:
gia, bits completed its sixth volume.- j connty on the 26th ult,. and which were ] T) „. n froni the sky will r sing my songs.
The citizens of Hart have a Sun to be j in ,Lo lost ioanp nf vmir t.u- Ant ' 1 b y Ktandcst of throngs ;
.. puDu^Dou in inc last issue oi youi PA- Then will T rest in mat sions on High-
proud of and we wish it sucoess. ! nor • so far nt least ns thov annlv to 1 S( ‘fe at Home, ill the dome of the
Col. Seaborn
! per: so far, at least, as they apply to
Reese was nomina'ed ! our local politics. I shall not support
tor Congress for the 8th district last
week. Col Reose is is a 1 good man and
a sound Democrat, Col Black,' of Au
gusta was, however, our preference.
The Egyptian war seems about to close
after two skirmishes This little war
has cost the English peop'e millions
sterling—the Egyptians, poor devils,
had neither property or liber tv to lose.
An entire change, it is reported, will
soon take place in President Arthur’s
cabinet-^-not on account of any disa
greement between the President and his
cabinet, but solely to give the Executive
more strength before the country. The
President has beyond a doubt failed to
rea'ize some ot the principal ends of his
political policy, and wishes to inaugu
rate a new system by which he hopes
to recoyer his lost grouud
_ Hon. George R Black’s health is im
proving so rapidly that all his friends
Gtn. Gartrell because I prefer Mr.
Stephens. He is a grand, In-roic man
“Taken all in all, we ne’er ?hall see his
like again ami I love and honor him
for his great wisdom, the stainless
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COL. It LA CK'd REPL Y TO MAJ. U YA IS. THE NEW SOUTHERN FREIGHT RA TES.
Atlanta, Ga, August 31, 1882. j „ Th . e fol, " win K |' r '™ ,I|C
. ,, ’ r _ , ” , bun in reference to the new schedu'w
i\la). (J. M. Jii/afs, Savannah, (xa.. , of Southern freight rates which went
Dear Sir—There are two points i into operation on the 1st inst, will
in your published response to my j be read with interest:
open letter, which, in justice to iny- . a ^ va, ' ct1 | n freiffbts on the
, . . . / ! lines ot t.hc Southern Railroad ami
self, demand a rejoinder. You com- Stenm8 h ip Association goes into effect
plain that I violated the confidence i on September 1, at pool points. Thw
implied in your letter of August 3d, rates are to be put back to the figures
that from the peculiar relation you j 1881 for class goods, which were
11 . • , . -.11. materially reduced when the Western
had sustained to me in the last cam- 1 , J , ... ‘
roads commenced cutting. The
piiign, I s.hou d ha®e inferred that ] schedule of September rates on At-
your communication was intended ; lanta, Athens and other places has
to be private and confidential. You 1 been received by the Baltimore agents.
seem to have forgotten that you had * b * ra,< ‘ 8 intermediate territory
, a i .i . T .. J will not go into effect until Septern-
<: ho » en *" ril " tmn of , Her 10. Tbo agents eay the lines for
friend and supporter, and to have j a year or more have teen doing busi-
become the avowed advocate of a | ness, .etc., cheap, but the differences
vi*rv worthy gentleman in his antag- jhave been settled undtr the pooling
onism to me
political riva
IS a competitor and i “rr^gement, and it is expee'ed that
, , „ . rates will be maintained. Ine avet-
lor the Democratic | age advance is twenty per cenl. ou
nomination, thereby placing your-1 freight in general and fifteen to
self, as it were, in loeo host is, with (twenty per cent, on cotton. All tin*,
none of the rights of a confidential Baltimore transportation linos are in
the Southern Association, of which
Mr. Virgil Powers is the pool com
missioner. When it became known
among the cotton trade yesterday
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 9.—Daniel
R. Sherwood, who has since the year
1805 been-route agent on the North J adviser, for the time being at least.
Carolina Railroad from Greensboro to If* however, you had seen fit to ex-
puiity of his character and his exalt* d | Goldsboro, to-day committed suicide by j e rcise the precaution of expressing ^
patriotism. But I have no words of taking laudanum. For .some months the wish that your correspondence | what the rates are to be there w is
unkindness to Gen. Gartrell personally- j numbers of registered packages had | should be regarded by me as a pri-j considerable of ajffir. ^Thejiew r te
He is a Georgian and a gentleman, been received at the Raleigh office rifled. 1 vale or confidential communication,
eminent as a juris*, illustrious as a so!-jj-j e was suspected, but managed to ! I should have taken pleasure in
dier, and once distinguished in the elude detection. He thm began on j scrupulously observing the request,
councils of the nation. Such a man is packages delivered at the Goldsboro but nowhere in the body or upon the
entitled, at any rat*, to be heard. 'post office. Detective Booth was put
But the resolut'ons to which I have on his track, and this morning he was
referred, in treating of local matters, ! arrested at Goldsboro with marked mou- j tain that
impress me as wise, conservative and ev in bis possession. He made a con-1 epistolary
face of your I tier was such an intis
m* ion expressed. I theref -re main-
I have not violated the
etiquette that obtains
patriotic; and as doing honor alike to ; fession that his robberies had exiended • amongst gentlemen, in publishing
the heads and hearts of our colon d over a period often years. He was j my reply to your letter of August 3.
In reference t<» my physical con
dition, you say from what “you saw
fellow-citizens who adopted them, bailed in the sum of .$2,500 and took
almost, as one of their numb, r has in- j the train for GreehesDoro. Before
formed me, by acclamation. .These leaving he purchased a large bottle of i °f me,” I whs in a ‘‘sorrowful” condi
people, who were so loyal throughout laudanum, of which he drank sufficient j tion of “probation.” You will re-
the war, express an earnest and sincere ' cause death and died on the train, on i member that on the occasion of a
n 1 * t v | t t t j . . _
believe that he will regain perfect and i desire tor harmony and friendly feeling ’ reaching Raleigh. He was sixty ye rs
permanent health. All. this tom-fool
ery is merely an excuse to get into his
place. We are eternally fixed upon the
principle that it is detrimental to the
rights and interests of: the people to
change a true and tried officer for a
new and antried one. Be sure to read
Col. Black’s reply to Maj. Ryals to be
found in another column.
Judge H. D. D. Twiggs announces
himself ah independent candidate for
Congress in the 8th disirioi, in opposi
tion to Hon. Seaborn Ilee.-e, the regu
lar Democratic nominee. Judge
Twiggs ij^known to all our people as
a ■...III 1 A«nnt> YtWlllintr 4- tnl.inEn nn/l if
a gentleman of brilliant talents, and if
effected would 'do honor to his district.
But the judge is certainly wrong this
time, and has allowed his ambit,i n to
override his better judgment. There is
not the shadow of a chance for him.
. Thousands will join us in the hope that
Gordon’s Senatoiial record is eternally
between themselves and their white of age, and leaves a wife and family,
fellow-citizens. They ask that the }Je was for many years one of the most
‘‘color line’ no 1. nger have a place in j t rusted 'men in the service,
our political contests, ind that we work
together for the common good. They 1
come witli the ‘’olive branch of peace,”
j A HUNDRED AND SIXTY MILLION DOL
LAR MORTGAGE.
and appeal to us that stormy and tur-
bulantfpassions be hushed forever.-—
Surely such sentiments should find an
Philadelphia, Aug. 31.—A mort
gage fo~ one hundred and sixty million
dollars wa3 recorded to day in the of
echo in every manly heart, and be fos- 1 fice o^ the Recorder of Deeds in this
tered and cherished by the wise and - city. It was executed on last 8atur-
patriotic among our people. .day jointly by the Philadelphia and
What they ask for themselves in this! Pealing Railroad and Philadelphia and
short visit, with the pleasure of
which you were kind enough to
honor me, on or about the 19th of
July, you saw me as I sat in my chair
on the verandah. The duration of
your visit did not, I think, exceed
ten minutes. You saw me in no at
titude of prostration, and at the time
you were suffering from an attack
of billiousness, which made you in
deed much the greater object of solic
itude. As I do not propose to run a
foot race into Congress, my powers
of pedestrainism were not brought
instance I believe to be emi ently fair, Reading Coal and Iron Companies, and into issue.
equitab’e and just. Burke is entitled , covers the entire property of every kind,
to three Representatives in the Legisla-! real and personal, together with all their
ture. The authors of these resolutions j rights and privileges, and franchises)
have a large numerical majority within j including ttie lease hold interests be-
her limits, and yet they ask to name ^ loni g to those corporations This is
only one of the mem! ers from their, tbc mortgage under which the 5 per
own party, pledging their united sup- ! cent, consols are issued, the proceeds
port to any tico liberal minded Demo- ' which are intended to redt eru all the
closed.- God forbid that it shou'd ever 1 crats who may go upon the ticket with j other outstanding obligations of the
be gain reopened—even for repairs.
Macon Telegraph.
Thousands will join us in the hope
that Colquitt’s Senatorial eareer will
never begin. God forbid thft it should
begh—even for the melancholly sake
of Gubernatorial vindication.—Savan-
na'n Times.
Gentlemen, we desire to take large
stock in both the above sentiments.
This is fiie way sensible men think of
the miserable rotation system. The
Darien Timber Gazet e says:
We are opposed to '.ho rotation sys
him. Will just and impartial men deny j company.
them this? Can they c nsistently do j
so under existing circumstances ? Who
is Mr. Jesse Wimberly their nominee ?
, f ,, , , .- Gibbs, Robert George, Robert Be»r,
A native or Burke, a member ot the _ ... _ A.
Eastman, Ga., Sept. 1.—In the case
of the State vs. Daniel Bryant, Gus.
Bar, of large family connections, a man
Frank Adams, James Oliver. Copeland
of intelligence,* an upright citizen, and am ^ ^ ni - McKea, charged with the
for four years a soldier marching and mur< ^ er f fJas. Q. Harvaid during the
fighting under the Confederate flag; riot here on A ugu-t 6th, last, which has
yea, while fuany a “last, ditch” fellow ' een on trial for the lasL five d ^ 8 > - the
of these modern times had never seen j ur >’ beiu S out three four hours >
the first one. That he and his colleagues ! brou S ht in a verd,ct last m « ht a £ ain8t
will represent the county honestly,! ttl1 defendants,finding them gufity of
tern, and hope that in the future all l f ai .hfulh and conscientbusly, no rea - 1 murdbr in the second degree and recoin-
Hhlr 1 w V Tr , W,II J gn0r ° ltal r‘enable maiT can doubt; nor do I be - mending them to life imprisonment in
getner. V^ e have many reasons tor | 1 - — -
our oppostii'U to this system, but the! ^ cve an y sensible man does doubt.
Main and principal reasou is that it ot- j Believing that wisdom and the pub-
Gn rola.f* „ c „od man out of the Sen-; lic good that the eemimeats
wt, snd puts in bis«filttje a man tota’lv ; , . . , . . , ,
unfit to represent his county, let alone | ooutained in tbese resolutions should j frial to . d
his Senatorial district. Hereafter wo i recognition and encouragement, |
shall oppose this rotation system, be-; and accepting them as an omen of I ( Jon. Gordon left Paris tho other day
cause wc honestly believe itffs an iwpo- another “ora of good feeling,” and a.s , for a v'sit to the Karl of Sutherl nd at
ut on on the people cf a district. LeG • • ., . •, ...
i i. i • . ,. . • promising that prosperity which sp ings
tho people by ihoir representatives, in * , 11 J t
con ention assembled, select and muni- ’ r om good order and con entment, I, at
na o a good man for ho Senate, it mat- | least, shall support Mr. W imberly, and
tors not whether lie hails from Liberty, any two Dem crats who may be can-
Tatnal, or McIntosh, just so long as he j didates wlth him.
is honest and capable nnd fully compe-i T . , , , vr
tent to repreunt the wliulc diatriot. Io ! D®»g'»njand Newton counl.ee
short, the rotation system is a farce, aud have ,on K sin oe recognized the justness
•hould be done away with. of this course. Jno. D. Ashton.
the penitentiary This makes seven.-
teon in all convicted, eleven of which
have been recommended- to life im
prisonment. Five more will be put on
hi* home, Dunrobin Castle, in the north
of Scotland.
The total coinage at the mints during
the month <>f August was 9,047,725
pieoe^ valued at #9,310,672,50.
In 1885 the Augusta Chronicle will
be just one hundred years old.
Occupying the position that I do,
my physical condition has been a
matter of public, interest and'of no
toriety from tii!* first hour of my
attack, every stage in the progress
ol my illness having been heralded
to the world by telegraph and news
paper correspondence. I therefore
am not unwilling to assume the re
sponsibility of the exposure of my
physical infirmities which you seem
t» think has been shifted upon me.
Under all the circumstances of my
case, i cannot be considered in tho
attitude of one emerging from the
privacy of retirement and indelicately
thrusting before the puh ic gaze mut
ters of purely tiers uml concern which
hail previously been shielded by the
sanctity of domestic retirement. As
to the evidence of my physical con
dition,! shall leave that to the tes
timony of others well qualified to
form an opinion.
Vyry respectfully and truly yours,
Gko, R. Black.
“Bob” Ford, the slayer of Jesse
James, was arrested in v hio.igo recent
ly for disorderly conduct aud carrying
concealed deadly weapons. The two
Fords have been lend ug a last file in
Chicago for the past two works, “play
ing for a cheap theatre and seeking no
toriety on the sireets.”
Cholera at Manilla is killing 300
people a day. At Ilforio 4,550 persons
have died from tho same disease during
tho last fortnight.
om cotton from Atlanta, which is a
pivotal local point to Savannah,
Charleston and Wilmington, N. C., is
45 cents per one hundred pounds;
from Atlanta to Norfolk it is 56 c^ms,
and to Baltimore 89 cents. In ' other
words, the cost on cotton from Nor
folk to Baltimore is to be 38 cents »
hundred pounds, or #1 48 a bale.—
This is looked upon by th"se inter
ested in the cotton trade here as so
great a discrimination against Balti
more that it will almost be prohibi
tory. Last year the rate per bale
from Norfolk was 50 cents and. this
was almo-t too heavy for the trade.'
A leading corcern in the cotton inter-
e t said tliat the rate looks as if it was
made for the development of the
cut’on trade of Norfolk at the ex
pense • f Baltimore. Norfolk la't
year handled six. hundred thousand
b.les of cotton, and that item no
doubt had an influence in shaping
the di-crimirating tariff. The rate
from Norfolk to New York i> 94 cent-,
or 5 cents p^-r 100 pound* more than
the Baltimore figures, but New York
will get the cotton anyhow. If tho
regular pool lines do not carry it
other water transportation will b«
secured at rates that will be satis-
fact ry as regards B«Limore. It has
been intimated that the new schedule
opens a field for rivalry that will not
be under pool control. Baltimore
ferti'izer houses control about 200,000
bales of cotton per year, which seeks
the most favorable ports for shipment,
and much < f it w< uld come here un
der a fair deal as to rates. Last year
the cotton trade of Baltimore grew
rapidly, notwithstanding obstacles in
the way of tariffs, «rtd the cotton ex
port was a huge item. The new sche
dule advances the rate on fertilizers,
but on this item the Baltimore deal
ers do not complain. Of the 460,000
ton- of fertilizers used last year by tin;
Soufii, this city furnished over 300,-
000 tons, or 75 percent, of the whole.
The po'ff lines have taken car- to
look out for this trade in the nqw
schedule.”
Subscriptions arc positively cash.
Salt Lake City, Sept. 2.— The
Utah Commissioners have concluded
the work necessary to sfectire a though
revision of the registration lists. Of
ficers are being appointed iu every
county with deputies in each precinct,
amounting to over three hundred and
fifty in all, with power to pur^e the
list of every voter disfranchised by the
Edmunds act. To this end it became
necessary to direct that every person,
male or female, who, since the passage
of the law of 1862, has at any time liv
ed in violation of paid Lw be refused
the right, of franchise! ’ This very
sweeping order is conceded to be with
in the intention of the Edmunds act,
and is endorsed by the legal fraternity,
the press and all anti-Mormons go: e-
rally.
Livingston, the colored cadet appoint
ed from Florida, failed to pass his ex
amination at^Wost Point and was ia-
jeoted.