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mxctfsd m THE GEORGIA PRESS. At a meeting of the Augusta bar, on the 20th ijist., the following members paid glowing tributes to the memory of Hon. H. G. Wright, the late editor of the Chronicle and Constitutionalist. Major John B. Cummings, Hon. J. C. C. Black, Solicitor S. B. Butcher, Major George T. Barne-vJudge Hook, Judge W. K. Mo- Laws, and Judge Claiborne Snead. The Savannah Neics gives a lengthy descrintion of the Cincinnati visitors and their enjoyments. The trip to the ocean was greatly enjoyed by these Western people, and they were loud in praise of Savannah and her environs. The Cartersville Free Press only uses the word “Kirkwood” ten times in the leader of this week, which is less than a column in length. Gen friend, Captain Ed L. Wight, of Albany, left on Tuesday last for New York, and anticipates making a trip to Europe before returning home. We wish him a pleasant trip and a safe return. For some cause we failed to get our Savannah News of Wednesday. We clip t’.ie following gout of the Augusta News of the 21st: Tlit Savannah Neics, of yesterday, came out in eight pages of eight columns (C4 columns in all) in honor of the Cin cinnati visitors. We have always looked upon the News as an enterprising paper, hut we think Col. Estill has surpassed himself in this mammoth sheet. The first pace contains a large map of the Cincin nati Southern railroad and its connections, ami prominence given to Savannah as the terminus. Such evidences of newspaper enterprise and exhibits of our industrial and mechanical interests will no doubt impress tlie live men of the great West of the importance of their railway connec tions with our section of country^ and thus make them more anxious than ever to secure our trade. The News is thus do ing us a good service, and we admire its enterprise. Sfabta Ishmaeltte: We are informed that Mr. Ben Harper, last week, lost his mill and gin house. We were not in formed as to the origin of the fire, but suppose it caught from the engine. The loss is in the neighborhood of §1,000. Fires are becoming fearfully frequent in the county. A good look-out is better than a fire engine. 1’het had a mad dog sensation in Ma rietta. The sheriff captured the rabid ca nine with his little pistol. The Sparta Ishmaelite has the follow ing sensible article on superior courts: Our superior court is generally held at the time of the year when the presence of the farmers at home is specially needed. In view of this fact, we submit that the sessions of tlie court ought to be more con tinuous than they were last week. It seems to be a common fault of courts, ever} where, to commence work late, and to knock off soon—without regard to the fact that every hour lost is an expense to the county, and a loss to those who are compelled to leave their business to attend on the sessions of the court. So far as our observation goes, this criticism has an application to all the courts in the State. A little more dispatch would add to their efficiency and usefulness; and we should be glad to chronicle an amend ment in that particular. This is written simply in the interest of economy, and without even a touch of censoriousness, fortlie benefit of all whom it may con cern. Cartersville Free Press: We are informed that the railroad syndicate in Atlanta has gone up to the tune of $150,- 000 in the purchase of the inflated stock of tlie Louisville and Nashville railroad. Within the past month the stock has been up to 162 and over; but the operations in Wall street last Saturday sent it down to 115. We are also informed that Sir. James, the hanker, is the heaviest loser, and that Messrs. Albert Howell, E. P. Howell, N. P. T. Finch, B. H. Hill, Jr., H. W.-Gra dy, Hoke Smith and J. W. Murphy were among the unfortunates. Start a Ishmaelite: We learn that Jefl Hunt’s horse bit'a negro last week, and died almost instantly. The negro is doing well. Savannah Recorder: Ivans, a colored man who lives in Biyan county, about forty miles from this city, was brought to Chatham county jail Monday evening by Bas Ellerby, a constable of Bryan. Ivans is charged with killing a female relation of his with an ax and horribly mutilating her. As there arc no railroad or mail fa cilities in that part of the country, it is impossible to definitely learn all the facts. The prisoner is reticent and will not talk about the matter, hut from a resident of Bryan we learn that the affair has created considerable excitement. Cartersville Free Press: Colonel J. J. Howard, a few days since, purchased the fine plantation of Mr. Campbell Wal lace, Jr., near Allatoona, in this county, for which he paid $12,000. Colonel How ard will cultivate the farm himself. Clippings from the Clipper of War- nnton: A handsome c. t., from Macon, was in our city a day or two since, and two or three of our fair ones were veiy much 5n- Klincd to tender him their hearts, until they were informed that lie had a wife ami nine children. Billy Moore, of the Augusta News, de sires to know if he is the Augusta man we favor for governor. Now, Billy will suit the Christian Index and Christian Advo cate, because they intend to support spirit ually minded men. The only trouble we see, however, is that Billy’s mind runs on the wrong kind of spirits—they are gener ally ardent. 1 The young Israelite who was convicted during the last session of our court for purloining a watch from a freedman, and lodged in jail, bas been paid out by his uds. and lie is now as free as a bird. Sparta Ishmaelite: It will be remem- 1 '-red that >lr. J. T. Laveigne, a few weeks ago, moved his family to Sanders- ville. He rented a house, had it furnished, and was moving along smoothly and pros perously in his business. Last week fire swept away his house and all his house hold goods. Wo learn that the family saved nothing but the clothes they wore. It is a sad calamity. Mr. Laveigne is an honest, liard-working citizen. He was just getting to the point where he could look confidently to the future. We regret to know of this blow to his fortunes; but we are satisfied that he has the pluck and energy to rise superior to it. Marietta Journal: We learn from a reliable gentleman that on last Friday evening Mr. Joseph Coker’s two little hoys, agecl respectively six and eight years, were out playing in the yard at their home, when the eldest caught his young brother around the neck. Thi3 an- geted the little fellow, and he picked up a rock and threw it at his eight-year-old brother, hitting him on the head ahou tlie right temple; the blow fractured tho skull and death resulted in a few hours. Mr. Coker lives about twelve miles from •Marietta, on the Cumming road, in this county. The sad affair overwhelmed the parents in the deepest grief. Cartersville Free Press: Andrew Van Bibber and wife, of the Cincinnati excursion party, who rode through from Chattanooga to Atlanta on horseback, took breakfast in Cartersville Sunday morning, The Talbotton Register crosses swords with Woods, of the Hawkinsville Dis patch, in the followingstyle: A Squash Vine Stoby.—A most re liable gentleman in the county, and one of our most scientific fanners, says that a year or two ago there came up late in the season in his garden, in the middle of a bed sixty feet square, a squash plant that subsequently astonished the natives. It g.ew off very rapidly, and when at matu rity covered the entire bed with its prodig ious dimensions. The squashes it oen- Oub neighbor Atlanta, is not in the the upper end, and left the mule alone habit of doing things by halves; but when with the contrivance, and after the am- does the following mean, taken from the I mal had worked for half a day in a vam report of the committee on fire depart- effort to climb to those oats, every time he We quote from ment of the city council, the Post: “We, the Committee, respectfully re port, in their judgment, a good fire de partment at this time is not advisable, and submit this, our report. E. V. Baldwin, chairman, T. J. Buchanan, S. C.'JONES, Committee. The Albany Advertiser has the follow- •ing description of the storm at Leesburg on last Tuesday: The storm raged for fully half an hour and proceeded on its errand of destruc tion. 'When the affriglitened citizens came out of their homes and places of business they found that the Terry House, the ho tel kept by Mrs. Julia Terry, had been struck by lightning. The electric fluid came down the chimney of Mrs. Terry’s private room tearing up tlie floor, shaking the plastering from the walls and tum bling the furniture in great confusion. The room was occupied at the time by Miss Amanda Smith, a hoarder of the house, who had one of her hands serious ly burned by the lightning besides being most terribly shocked. Mr. Elder’s work shop was blown down, which was the only damage done to the buildings. Many shade trees were uprooted, thousands of pannels of fencingwere scattered pell-mell, and these gentlemen inform us that the course of the storm was fully four miles wide. We may expect to hear of great damage to property, if not loss of life, as the details come in. Augusta Chronicle: Yesterday af ternoon an accident occurred on the Ath ens branch of the Georgia railroad. As the train was running up to Athens, con taining the Augusta delegation of Knights of Honor, one of the cars leaped from the track, occasioning a short delay. No one, however, was hurt, and the damages were soon bridged over. Savannah Neics : Yesterday morn ing as a lady visitor, who is stopping at tlie Pulaski House, was passing the corner of St. Julian and Bull streets, her atten tion was attracted to the cruel manner in which two colored men were handling a calf, and her sympathy being aroused, she stopped and mildly rebuked them for their unnecessary harshness. A number of people collected at the comer, and the darkies became somewhat frightened, and placing the calf in the wagon drove off. Rome Tribune: George Washington Lotlieridge, a gentleman of color—char coal color—on Saturday last, was admit ted to the bar at Dalton, passing such a fine examination that the Judge compli mented him. He is the only negro law yer in these parts. We understand that this sable legal light intends to move to Kansas City in a short time, where he will continue in the practice of his profes sion. . Buena Vista Argus: Mr. W. D. Matthews lias brought us a bunch of. headed oats which measure three and a half feet average height, the extreme be ing four and a half feet. Mr. Matthews says it is a fair sample of fifteen acres. He is a thriving young man. Sumpter Republican: The top of an Irish potato was laid on our table by a friend who was moved with astonishment at the evidence of his senses. The sprout was about fifteen or eighteen inches long; at every joint of the stem, where a leaf or another branch issued, there were forma tions of tubers to the number of fifteen, the largest being about an inch in diame ter, ranging down to the size of a chinqua pin. This patch was planted very early, of the Rose variety, by Mr. I. N. Hart, of tlus place, in the rear of his store. The piece of ground was about ninety by sixty feet, and he has been selling and eating po tatoes from it a month; has taken out po tatoes all over it four times, to the amount of about eight barrels, and it still is in re markable freshness and vigor, yielding astonishingly. One of the potatoes taken from a lot grabbled on Monday weighed thirteen ounces. The potatoes are very fine and much sought after in this market. Augusta Chronicle has these Jeffer son county items: Mr. M. D. Cason, one of the best and most successful planters in tlie county, died at his home, near Louisville, on Sat urday night. Major Denny, brother of Judge Denny, who died about a month ago, died on last Saturday morning, very suddenly. He was attending to his business as a planter up to Friday night. A Fine Steamer for the Tybee Route.—Savannah News of the 21st: Yesterday arrangements were perfected by which the new and fast steamer H. B. Plant, Captain J. W. Fitzgerald, will be placed on the route between this city and Tybee for the entire season, commencing May 1st. In addition to running the regu lar trips to the island, the steamer will take all excursions offering, and, having a capacity for eight hundrea passengers, she will he able to accommodate the largest crowds. The railway from the wharf to the hotel is being put in first-rate Order, and under the new arrangement there is every reason to believe that the public will find satisfaction, comfort and pleasure in visiting our seaside resort. The steamer H. B. Plant was finished this year, and has only been out for about two months. She is constructed of iron and steel, of unusual strength, and was built by Pusey, Jones & Co., Wilmington, Delaware; is 145 feet in length, 24 feet beam. Her engines are of the most im proved make and are below deck on an iron frame, and she has patent revolving wheels and patent balance rubber. She has finely fitted up upper and lower sa loons, with all modem conveniences, and plenty of open deck room, and was con structed under the personal supervision of Captain J. W. Fitzgerald, her commander and owner. Those who look forward to a good time on the beach at Tybee will be glad to hear of the engagement of this fine steamer. Thomasville Enterprise: Reports from several of our fruit growers confirm the fear expressed last week that nearly all the pears had shedded, and that the fruit crop generally would be very short. The older LeConte trees will have a small crop, but tlie young trees will have very few. This is the case with many other varieties. A few, however, promise a fair yield. The peach and apple crop also promises to be very small. Some of the former are tolerably full, but the late cold injured them some and much of the young fruit will fall off. Taken alto gether the fruit crop will certainly be short. Irwixton Appeal: The psospect for a good fruit crop is pronounced to he good yet, notwitnstanding tlie fact that a great many people insisted that it would all be killed. Hr. Ed Walker has an orchard of just a fraction over 20 acres, and says he would dislike to take §500 now for the fruit he expects to get from it this sea son. Sumter Republican: On Sunday last, while.tbe family of Mr. E. H. Brown was at supper, a lamp that had been left on the bureau in another room, in some manner ignited its surroundings and the bureau was burned up with the clothing contained in the drawers, the window curtains, papers, books, etc. The side of the house, which was ceiled, was bnming briskly when discovered, and the lamp had rolled under the bed, hut did not set it on fire. Mr. Brown and two colored men in his employ, with a few buckets of water, soon extinjj^iished the spreading flames. He lives about seven or eight miles southeast of Americas. Columbus Enquirer : Last Sunday another being came to the conclusion, af ter sad experience, that he, as others were too careless in using fire arms. Folk Smith, colored, a drayman of our city,had a little pistol, and a friend sent to borrow it. He thought he would see if the weap on was all right before sending it to the friend. He cocked it; his thumb slipped, and the ball went through the fore finger of the left hand. There is no doubt rest ing in his mind now as to whether it will fire. The argument was conclusive. For a mule story, we should commend tained—well, we don’t recollect, but they the Columbus Times: -vere carried, out by the bushels and fed to | A gentleman states that a friend of his mules boas, and to everything about the got Into a little difficulty with a mule in lot tlnU would eat them. The gentleman Kentucky, In which he was the worst for 5™?!? 2* *ny of the Sm*. Mg*. ^Jthe^n^ well enough had stepped forward on the mill it having rolled hack with him, that mule was the most fatigued and ugliest, maddest, most disgusted creature in Kentucky, and the avenger felt as tickled as though he had won §48 at poker." Athens Banner: How kind and neigh borly it is when you find out your friend or neighbor has a good nurse or cook, to go to work and try and persuade them to leave that they may serve you. This kind of neighborly conduct is becoming quite too frequent in our city, and we are de cidedly of the opinion that a law should be made to prevent such intermeddling.- Columbus Enquirer: The rainstorm on Monday extended along the line of the Mobile & Girard railroad. In many places it was quite severe. The principal damage, however, was blowing down of fences. At Union Springs, a negro labor er and the agent of the Mobile & Girard railroad 'were considerably shocked by lightning. In our city there is no damage reported. The wharf, by this and other recent rains ,has suffered considerably by washing. The river was rising slowly last after noon, but is not over the wharf. The total rain-fall is 1.10 inches. The rain has ceased to fall, but the clouds seem to indi cate more for to-day. We see by the last Brunswick Appeal that editors are somewhat popular in that ■section. At the Catholic fair the other night, a copy of Bums’ poetical works was to be voted to the most popular edi tor. Tho poll panned out $34 in clean cash, and Colonel C. W. Styles got the book, with 167 votes. The canvass for the most popular lawyer cleared §84.46, and the honor conferred on. G. W. Ma bry, Esq. Miss Maggie Russell was the most popular young lady, and turned in to the treasury $117.40. The most popu lar engineer was decided in favor oflt. H. Creamer, this canvass yielding $233. The fair was quite a success. From the Appeal we clip the following: On dit, that we are to have a large broom factory In our midst, engineered by Northern capitalists. The hotel movement is beginning to take definite shape. The want is one long felt by the community. The Macon Stiung Band.—Kess ler’s—has been engaged by Mr. Dunn,and the very best music that Georgia_ can make is guaranteed. Their music is in spiring and compels tlie light fantastic toe to twirl in harmony With its sweet ness. At the election for ordinary in Gaines ville on Friday last, W. S. Pickrell was elected. The Rome Tribune gives an account of the incarceration of Mrs. Elmira Hamp ton in tho insane asylum. It says: It will be remembered that this is the case wherein Mr. Brice Morris, the brother of Mrs. Hampton, is accused oi having un duly precured [[her commitment to the asylum. The lady was placed in the asylum about one month ago on the'testi mony of Morris and others given before the ordinary. The grand jury will investigate the case and some interesting developments may be expected. The following is a copy of the document received from the asylum: Milledgeville, Ga. At a Meeting Boabd Trustees. April 6,1880. The superintendent having reported to the board of trustees the particulars of the case of Mrs. Elmira Hampton, who has lately been sent to this asylum as a luna tic, under a commitment from the Ordin ary of Floyd county, Ga., and that al though she has been in the asylum as a patient since March 6th, I860, during which time both lie and assistant physi cians bad critically examined her and her symptoms, but without ascertaining any evidence of insanity, and the superintend ent having brought Mrs. Hampton before the hoard of trustees, who, after examin ing and conversing freely with her, ad opted the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That inasmuch as the super intendent of this institution has fully sat isfied himself that Mrs. Elmira Hampton is not insane, and is not a fit subject to he retained in the asylum, and that he return Mrs. Hampton to the ordinary of Floyd county, with a copy of these proceedings, and also a letter of explanation of the case. [Signed] L. N. Whittle, President Board Trustees. True extract from minutes. Dawson Journal; Jesse West, a gen tleman of color, was brought before Justice Simmons the other day, arrested by virtue of a possessory warrant issued at the instance of Mary Adams, who claimed that Jesse had in his possession a pair of cotton cards of the value of .fifty cents, and that ha refused to restore them to her. The court, after hearing the. evi dence and the lengthy arguments of two of our able lawyers, awarded the property to Mary. We understand that the court costs and counsel fees amounted to $14.50. Valuable pair of cards these must he surely. Mbs. S. S. Pannington died at the residence of her husband near Boling- broke, in Monroe county, last week. A certain north Georgia baldheaded man had a large spider painted on the top of his head in fly-time, and the first day .it. scared his wife into a fit, and he was knocked out of his chair three times by people who wanted to kill the poisonous insect without alarming the old gentleman by telling him it was' there. Sandersville Herald: Captain G. W. Peacock has about completed a large planing mill and variety works establish ment on Smith street. The engine is al ready in position, and everything being got m readiness for active operation. It' is the purpose of Captain Peacock to sup ply the demand for dresred lumber of all kinds, as well a# to keep a lumber yard for the accommodation of the'dty. This- is an enteiprise greatly needed, and heart ily welcomed to our community. Eastman Times: From Mr. Charlton O. Burch, oi this county, wfc learn'that’ there is a chicken at Mr. D. A. Burch’s which has three legs. He says the extra leg is well developed and perfect, except that instead of the usual quantity it has but one toe. We did not think to ask Charlton if the chicken could stand on one foot and scratch with the other two at the same time. Columbus Enquirer: Yfcsterdaymorn ing an accident happened to a hoy, James Kilgire, at the Southwestern railroad, that may terminate seriously. He was standing on the shafts of a wagon belong ing to Mr. Tobe Newman, with his hand resting on the horse. The animal started off suddenly, throwing him to the ground with great force. The wheels passed over his body just below the shoulders. The wagon is * very heavy one; and at the time had several blocks of ice in it. He lay in an insensible state for about thirty, minutes. He was carried home in a wag on shortly after the accident, and received medical attention. No bones were bro ken, hut it is feared he received internal injuries. Athens Banner: The directors of the Northeastern railroad met on yesterday and elected Mr. Bostwick of Atlanta, as superintendent of their road. Mr. Bost wick is a railroad man of considerable ex perience, and wo learn comes highly rec- ommendsd. No doubt the directors have made a wise selection, and we wish for Mr. Bostwick abundant success in his new position. We also learn that the directors determined to commence at once, the survey upon the extension of their road. Good lock to the enterprise. Tn* Albany Advertiser of the 21st says: The case of the State vs. Jack L. Acre, murder, was reached yesterday. The jury was nnder the charge of a bailiff last night. This forenoon argument of coun cil waa heard, the court delivered the charge and the jmy retired to make up a verdict, which they rendered this -evening, and the prisoner was pronounoed not guilty and set at liberty. A» Old Church—Sandersville Herr aid: Bethlehem Baptist church #as con stituted in 1700, we presume one ot the oldest churches in Middle Georgia. It soon be able to celebrate its centennial. Greensboro Herald: , We bad the haavieat rain of the season last Tuesday morning. It came in perfect torrents, that the whole place} to be out he fixed the treadmill of a saw- flooding the whole face of the earth, to the squash ^ * ing machine so that it would roll, put a 1 There was a severe wind with It, blowing J 0U J d ha ' e 10 M tae #qa ” * t tempting measure of oats in the manger at down houses, fences, and upsetting things' generally. It was the nearest a cyclone we have ever had, and we hope we may be spared from ever seeing one, of those terrible and destructive commingling of the elements that have visited other sec tions of the country. . Dawson Journal: Judge C. L. Lynch, of this county, is a model fanner. Instead of coming in with an empty wagon, sign ing a “crap mortgage” and carrying a load of supplies, he brings in a load .of home- raised bacon, lard, honey, chickens, eggs, butter, etc., etc., and goes home with an empty wagon, and a full purse. His ex ample is worthy of imitation. Columbus Enquirer: Yesterday the telephone exchange was open for business for tho first time, and those in the office were kept busy as bees. Early in the morning the subscribers began to utilize the telephone, and we are told of a con siderable amount of goods that were sold over the wires. Few thoroughly under stand as yet how to work it, hut in the course of a few days all will go on more smoothly. Yesterday there were but few .complaints to the central office, notwith standing the fact of its being the first day. During the day there were about six hun dred communications made, which is an average of forty-six per hour, or an aver age of nineteen for each subscriber. The list now numbers thirty-three, which no donbt will he doubled in the course of a month or so. Those who use it once can not see how they ever did without it. Savannah News: Pilot boat No. 6 hoarded the Spanish steam corvette San chez Barcoztegan, Captain Jose Mazzan, when forty-five miles off Edisto, and brought her into this port yesterday. She is from New York, and has been four or five days out. The corvette carries five guns, three very large ones and two small er ones, and a crew of one hundred and fifty men, and is now lying in the river off Fort Jackson. She came into port for coal, obtaining which she will resume her voyage. Rome Courier: We are glad to learn that the Rome companies are preparing to have a grand encampment here next July. Several companies from a distance have already signified their desire to partici pate. The local battalion should lead off in this matter with a full programme at an early date. dernic. 1 tempting Sandebsytlle Herald: A Praise worthy Act.—The distressed wife with four children spoke of moving near her relatives, hut the neighbors persuaded her to remain, and on last Thursday sent in thirteen plows, prepared and planted twelve acres of her land in corn, and pre pared five or six acres for cotton. These generous neighbors will work her crop for her, and by co-operation will do it so ea sily that they will never notice any in convenience, and the blessings of the “friend of the widow” will surely rest up on them. Perry Home Journal: Mr. D. "W. Holland brought into our office yesterday the stub of an Irish potato hush grown in his garden. He had taken from it thir teen potatoes that were large enough to eat, and twenty small potatoes were left clinging to the parent stem. This is the most prolific yield we ever saw from one potato. Savannah News: Mr. Nathan K. Platsliek yesterday received a five hun dred dollar bond left as a legacy to tlie Louise King Association-of this city by the lamented Miss Louise King, after whom the association was named. Augusta Chronicle: Athens, Ga., April 12.—There is a very full attendance on the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Honor. Fifty lodges are represented. The following are the officers elected for the ensuing year: P. G. Dictator, S. H. Shepard, of Augus ta; G. Dictator, R. S. Powell, of Barnes- ville; G. Y. Dictator, Dr. Wm. King, of Atlanta; G. A. Dictator, G. E. Thomas, of Columbus; G. Chaplain, Rev. C. C. Williams, of Augusta; G. Reporter, S. K. Cook, of Bamesville; G. Treasurer, R. H. Jones, of Cartersville; G. Guide, A. W. Hill, of Washington; G. Guardian, H. M. Reid, of Fairburn; G. Sentinel, L. S. Led better, of Cedartown; Representative to Supremo Lodge, S. H. Shepard. Alternate, E. F. Lawson; G. Trustees, E. F. Law- son, of Waynesboro; Wm. Hill, of Augusta; G. A. Cabaniss, of Forsyth. W. Tiie Hawkinsville Dispatch has this to say about wool: The buyers of Hawkins ville are offering forty cents per pound for wool this (Wednesday) morning, and one of. our most extensive dealers thinks the price will advance to forty-five cents within the next ten or fifteen days. Wc understand that a firm of prominent wool buyers in Albany are circulating a report in the lower counties that they have an agent in Hawkinsville • to buy wool for them, and that they are insisting on the wool grow ers to carry their wool direct to -Albany and save the commis sion allowed the agent employed by them in Hawkinsville. There is no one in this place employed to act as an agent for a wool buyer in Albany, and the report is nothing more than “a-trick in trade.” Our merchants deal directly with the largest manufacturers in the United States ana can afford to pay as much for wool as any buyers in Southern Georgia. They have heretofore paid better prices for wool than could be obtained in any other market in the State, and we believe they will do so again during the present sea son. '. Barnesville Gazette: Rev. J. H. Weaver who-has been' called to serve the Baptist church (Sardis), in Barnesville, arrived last Friday afternoon from Texas. He began his work with-the sermon Sun day. morning. He' bas the reputation of being an able preacher and the church feel much gratified in securing his ser vices.- Cedabtown - Advertiser: J. B.' Mor row was arrested at Mtria iron works last. Sunday and brought to this place on a charge of bigamy. Morrow has lately married a Miss Crow at Amberson, Ala., and it has since been ascertained that lie has a wife in Fannin county, in this State. He was yesterday tried before J. D. En dow, J. PI, at this place, and bound’ Over to the Superior Court. His bond was made $200, which he failed to make and ,was committed to jail. So much for Mr. M.’s extraordinary matrimonial proclivi ties. ~ f ■ Louisville Courier: During the heavy showers about 12 o’clock yesterday the lightning struck the chimney ofasmall house on Mr. Harrell's lot. It completely demolished the funnel of the chimney and a small fire which was burning in the fire-place was scattered over the floor around the hearth. As the chimney was struck tlie concussion was so great that the windows of the house were ' forced open, and the staples by which they were fastened were drawn out. Savannah • News: The protracted meeting at Trinity M. E. Church still at tracts the religiously inclined to the pleas ant and Instructive services which nightly take place. The weather, which has been delightfully propitious since the meetings commenced, nearly two. months since, was on Tuesday night inclement, and but few gathered themselves together, and the service consisted of songs • and prayer. Last night, however, the usual congrega tion met at the appointed time, the sweet singers promptly at their posts made the •song service delightfully pleasant. To say there was music in the hundreds of well attuned voices which blended to gether in sweet harmony, rendering praise to the Most High and softcning’the feelings preparatory to hearing the Word, would but tamely express the effect which this part of the divine worship produced. Columbus Times; A gentleman, who has just returned from an extended trip through Talbot county, during which he visited various sections of it, brings very flattering reports of the prosperty of the citizens and the condition of the crops. The corn is up very nicely with a good stand, and was not Injured by the late frosts. The most of the farmers will get through planting cotton this week, and in many Instances those who planted early have already obtained good stands, and Will soon be ready to begin chopping out. The oat crop, as & general thing, is good, bat wheat, in Some sections, has been in- inred by thereist. The wheat In the val ley and ln the northeast part of the coun ty is very fine. He reports the hands as working well, and the farmers close at home attending to their farming interests. It was seldom tjiat be met one of them in the road dur ing his travels. Guano has been used ex tensively, and, preparations have been made for •a hig"crop. As an evidence of prosperity the farm ers are investing in improved farming implements, and are purchasing labor saving machines. We are glad to learn oi the prosperity of our neighborhood. Gainesville Eagle: There was quite a heavy wind-storm last Sunday after noon. Fences were blown down in various parts of the city, and part of the roof of the jail was blown off. The dam age was slight, however, and was easily repaired on Monday morning. Indian Springs Argus: On Jast Sat urday morning, a negro infant was found buried in the comer of a fence on Mr. Thomas Baily’s place in thi3 county, in an old sack with a string tied around its neck and a large gash in its forehead'. We do not know the particulars yet, hut will publish details of the affair and inquest by our next issue. Later—Inquest held and the verdict is that the child came to its death by its mother murdering it. < Barnesville Gazette: William Brown who was charged with murder was found by the jury guilty of manslaughter. The court ordered that the prisoner betaken to Fulton county jail, until turned over to a proper guard, who will carry him to the penitentiary where he shall be con fined at hard labor for fifteen years. Brunswick Appetd: Vegetation in this locality is In - a mo3t unpromising condition. It remained green through the winter, but fails to flourish with the spring season. The soil has been dry and remains so so long that the grass refuses to grow, and vegetables are dying prema turely. We hear serious complaints from gardeners and truck fanners, and the uni versal opinion is that the fruit crop is en tirely destroyed. This may seem a little incredible, but the fact stares us in the face, that warm, dry winters are more dis astrous to vegetation in this climate, than the severest seasons remembered by .the oldest inhabitant. Albany News: The Albany post-of fice does more business than any third class office in the State. It- has recently been authorized to issue money orders on any part of Europe, Algiers, and other for eign countries. Giuffin News: There is a considera ble amount of petty thieving going on about in the city. People should keep a careful watch about their premises. One of the best preventatives of small thieves is a healthy hull dog. Somehow when a hull dog finds it convenient to be in easy distance of the front gate, the number of people who are fond of going in is re markably few. Gainesville Eagle: The mines in Georgia are attracting the attention of the whole country. If our mines were located in some remote, inaccessible region, such for instance as the Black Hills, there would be fifty or one hundred thousand men digging and delving in them before mid summer. Indian Springs Argus: Mr. S. F. Smith has purchased two more farms in Jasper county, one from Dr. King, at Concord, and the other from Mr. Jack Burney, near Smith’s Mills. The State Medical Association has been in session in Augusta during this week, and from the reports in the News we judge that they have had a good time. The next annual session will be held-in Thomasville next April. Dr. H. F. Scott, of Atlanta, was electedjis orator. Thomasville Post: Thomasville has -received up to this time 9,003 bales of cot ton the present season. Several thousand bales produced in tlie connty are usually shipped to other points on the railroad. Waynesboro Expositor: All corn purchased by our fanners last year was at a low price, and the cotton grown sold for higher prices than any of us expected. Our fanners are purchasing a great deal more this yea? than last and at much higher prices, hut notwithstanding this, the price of cotton it steadily declining, and in all probability will go much lower. We are very apprehensive that we will have a repetition next fall and winter of the disastrous expenence of years 1871 and 1875, and sincerely hope that our farmers will economize as much as possi ble, and thus, he able to stand up against disaster if it comes. The heavy bills al ready contracted for com, bacon, mules, guano, etc., will require for tlieir payment a large portion of a poor crop at a low price. If farming doei not pay in the South nothing else will, for it is almost the only industry of the country. Augusta News of the 23rd instant says: From a gentleman just from Edge- field, we leam that tfiie condition of Dr. Bland is a little mire hopeful to-day. Dr. Taylor, of Columbia, who is in atten dance, expresses the belief that the crisis has now passed, though his recorery will be necessarily slow. . i . The following reverie of a disappointed candidate we' take from the Augusta News: * Politics is humbugs. Dcy told me all I had to do vas to hay oud some moneys und I vould git elected shust like a nod inks. But'ven I vent to de bolls, vat you tinkdatmanatdehollshetoldme? He shust told me, “don’t you got oxcited;’ und I vosn’t to do nodinks, but shust talk ing to my frients dat I thought was going to vote for me. Und den he. said again, “Ye don’t vant no excitement rount here to-day;” but vat I care for him. Nod inks. I shust talked und talked mit efery- hody, und tings vas giftin' on bully. How many votes you tink I got? Dree, shust dree, one in A instinct und two in B in stinct, und Ton of dem ves scratched. You shust vait; if eicr I find de man who scratched my name'off Uat (ticket I scratch lum you bet. Oh, yes, I vas peat.” Revill, pfthe Meriwether Vindicator, turns the feline controversy over to the Columbus Times and Americus Recorder, hut comes to time on the cow question, as follows: ■ Remarkable ' Story.—Tills story comes to us from the third district: A shrewd cow is in the "habit of going to the center of tho bridge, over! Mountain creek, near Mrs. MeGeliee’s plantation, and roll ing from the briage fall3 upon the soft sand in the .creek below. She follows the large ditch, some fifteen feet wide here, until she finds a place in the bank low enough to allow her to leave the ditch and go out In. the wheat field that lies adjacent to the creek. In this way she enjoys a feast of green wheat every day. There is.a. cow at the Sulphur Springs thatcanpulldownanyfen.ee whoso top rail her horn can reach. She lowers the fence by taking off the rails with her horns, one by one, and throwing them over her back. This stoiy i3 Vouched for by her owner. raccoon, a genuine Girnea pig and Spitz dog, passed through our town on Thurs day last, encamping just beyond. One of the men succeeded in effecting an en trance into the calaboose, at which select hoarding house he contracted a bill of $25. Charge: wife-heating. Rome Tribune: Miss Fannie Martin, one of the young lady pupils of Shorter College, who has been in delicate health for some time past, died yesterday at half past one o’clock. Her father, Mr. Charles Martin, of Martin’s Cross Roads, Ala bama, was summoned, and arrived yester day. She was an interesting young lady, of some fifteen summers, and beloved by her instructors and schoolmates for her kindly disposition and manners. We de plore the sad occurrence. Savannah News: It is almost a dal ly occurrence in every business house to pick up a paper and read of some party or firm being swindled out of a large amount Oi money by the skillful altering of hank checks or drafts. Yesterday in our pres ence a gentleman altered sereral. One drawn for $120 was changed to $1,020, and another from $50 to $1,500, and again to $15,000, leaving the paper as perfect in appearance as if no change had been made. One was also changed from $20 to $70 dollars by "a single stroke of the pen. In fact he showed us how any amount could be eaisily raised by an expert. One reason for taking an interest in the matter is that we noticed a decision made by the Supreme Court of the United States, exempting hanks from standing the loss of a raised check and placing it entirely on the drawer,which really makes it important that every business house should protect itself. Some business men labor nnder the im pression that because they have been in business for a great number of years, and never had any tronble of the kind, they never will. For instance, Hatch & Foot, of New York, an old hanking firm doing business in Wall street for the last forty years, gave on the 23d day of February, a check for $34, which was raised to $3,400 and paid by the Long Island Bank of Brooklyn; Gordon & Bro., warehouse men, of Nashville, $123 to $923; Payne, Kennedy & Co., cotton factors of New Or leans, $8 to $8,000 and paid by the Canal Bank. Inquiry develops no more fertile and common course of fraud than the al tering of checks and drafts. To prevent such alterations C. A. Randall & Co.,, of New York, have successfully introduced the “Bankers’ and Depositors’ Check Pro tector.” Parties, wishing to examine it, address C. A. Randall & Co., Savannah Post Office. Sparta Times and Planter: Mr. B. A. Alfriend, a well known citizen, is serious ly ill. Mr. David Dixon will rebuild the dam broken by the late heavy rains. Bishop Pierce is apparently enjoying better health than for several years. Quitman Reporter: Western corn is being imported by our merchants by the hundreds of bushels, and they are selling it at ninety and ninety-five cents per bushel. Cuthcert Appeal: Rabbi Benson, of Macon, lectured last Sunday night in the Presbyterian church to the largest congre gation we ever saw there assembled. The house was literally packed long before the hour, and many were, for want of standing room, in the aisles. We shall attempt no report of the discourse, as it has been repeatedly discussed upon the streets the past week, but merely say that we were well pleased with a major por tion of the speaker’s remarks. He is a pleasant speaker, and told many truths endorsed by both. Jew and Gentile. We learn he will visit this place again in a few weeks. Savannah News: The steamship George Appold, Captain[Loveland, of the Baltimore and Savannah line, left this port on Tuesday 18th instant, arrived at Baltimore on Thursday, 15th iustant, in the short time of forty-nine hours. Re- turni'ne, she sailed from Baltimore on the night of the 19th and arrived at Tybee on the night of the 21st, in fifty-one hours. Thus tho time occupied in sailing‘the round trip was four days and lour hours, and the iron horse 'on steel rails could scarcely do better. We do not recollect at tlii3 time of a faster trip being made. Cuthbebt Appeal: Dr. Palmer has oats now ready for harvesting. They are the earliest we knew of, and are entirely rust proof. To have this important crop mature at this season certain'y would he a great advantage to farmers, and save many the expense of buying corn so early. South Georgian: We were shown a beautiful single case, gold watch the other day, owned by Miss Fanny Baker, of Montgomery county, that had Been in the family over one hundred years. Her great grandfather brought it from Ireland' with him when he came to this country in 17S3. . Griffin Neics: The other afternoon a man performed the feat of climbing to the top of the Baptist church steeple, a distance of 135 feet. The spectacle of a man hanging on top of the spire attracted a great deal of attention. Cuthbert Appeal: Mr. Sam Ogletree has corn in his crib that he made year before last. His last .year’s crop he has on hand with the exception of some he has sold. He thinks he has enough of the crop of year before last to do him until about the middle of Jane. LaGbange Reporter: There are four partridges which stay in Mr. Andrew .Boyd’s front yard nearly all the time. Their dear and distinct whistle can be heard every day. It is quite unusual to find birds of their habits in the middle' of ’a town. Fort Valley Mirror: Reunion.— On Tuesday the Houser family, of this section, had a reunion and fish-fry at the residence of Mr. Dave Houser, near this place. There were about one hundred present, and they had a pleasant time of it. Immense Collard.—Dr. Jones in forms us that himself and Mr. Hardison measured on the plantation of Mr. Joseph Dasher, a collard stalk which was nine .feet and eight inches high. This is the tallest one we ever heard of. Greensboro Journal: The freaks of the weather this year have been peculiar, and in many respects disastrous and dis couraging to the fanner and gardener. In spite of this, we are glad to see landlords and tenants courageously moving forward, and with commendable industry and spirit, preparing for another crop. Even the horses and mules take tho hit with a stiff upper lip, and with ears erect move with a quicker pace, in anticipation of a better day when lull cribs and full rations shall take the place of empty hams and gamers. Let all march cheerily and hopefully forward, singing or whistling as they go, in Chorus with the music of wood and field. Rev. Atticcs G. Haygooe, D. D„ president of EmorjvCollege, has been cho sen to preach the commencement sennon of that institute. Augusta Ifews: Augusta is just now favored with a visit irom Dr. J. It. Boyce, the distinguished president of the great Baptist Theological Institute at Louis ville, Ky. The doctor is prominently connected as director with some of our largest manufacturing enterprises, and his business interests often bring Ilim among us. The doctor has, however, a happy way of turning business to pleasure, that charms a company. Yesterday at Gran- iteville was no exception in Ida pleasant habit. In C&tooca county a man heard the Sat urday night cyclone coming, and hurried ly got himself and family in a small cel lar nnder his floor, covered by a trap door. Fire minutes after, when looking out, there was not a sill of his house left. Americus Recorder: K band of Gypsies, consisting of ton men, fifteen women and children, several horses, a pet Cuthbebt Appeal: .The time for the meeting of the Press of Georgia is fast ap proaching, and our citizens are making arrangements for their entertainment in their accustomed hospitable manner. We extend a cordial invitation to every editor in the State to come and meet their co-laborers here, talk with our people, see our beautiful town, become acquainted with our lovely ladies, and enjoy the hos pitalities of our community. To enable the committee to properly arrange for the entertainment of every guest, and prevent any delay or confusion upon their arrival in our midst, we request every editor in the State who expects to be with us, to drop-a postal to the Appeal, giving us tlieir name and paper represented. With such information ample accommodations will lie provided, and every editor made to feel weloome. Drop us a postal, and .then be sure and come. Columbus Enquirer:. Yesterday a pris oner on the Alabama side hastily gave leg bail, and landed safe on Georgia soil. He was arrested near the western abutment of the upper foot bridge by a bailiff from Lee and another from Russell county. Ho says he was charged with creating a dis turbance on Sunday last. He also told our informant that the officers were both armed, and one had a pistol in each hand. He suddenly sprang from between them, and ran across the bridge, telling them to shoot, which they very wisely did not do. do the subject justice, the fellow that per suaded us to grab our grip-sack and join the excursion to Cumberland Island last Monday, might get it by the hatful, and that, too, with the double back-action and spring movement combined. Calloway, of the Americus Recorder, will have to come to the front again. The Columbus Times goes him “one better.” A gentleman in this city assures us of the truth of the following: A gentleman who lives in Meriwether county found a nest of young rats and took them to his house Qor the purpose of feeding the cat. He gave them to the cat, and instead of her killing them as he expected, she seem ed very fond of the little rats, and carried them to her bed, where she suckled them just as she did her kittens. The gentleman from whom we got the information did not know whether the cat raised them for eating purposes or not, as he “left about that time.” ^ Americus Recorder: W. A. Ponder and T. E. 'Turner, of the 17th district, brought to this office last Wednesday, 21st inst., a watermelon twelve inches in cir cumference, well matured. They informed us that it had just been pulled from a vine which grew the present winter and spring in open air.' The Columbus Enquirer says that in the Marion Superior Court this week, a new trial was refused in the case of the Southwestern railroad vs. Singleton—ac tion for damages and motion for a new trial in Talbot Superior Court. This case was argued at chambers before Colonel Tim Willis, judge pro hoc vice, and the new trial refused. Tliis case will he car ried to the supreme court.. It is the case in which $14,830 damages were given by the jury in Talbot Superior Court in March to plaintiff' against defendant for. causing the plaintifl lo break his leg. COLONEL HARDEMAN CALTft, TO THEFR0NT. Interesting Appeal from Uve Citizens of Asking Him to be a Governor—(Stirring Kortlv r#r onel Hardeman. ®°1 - Houston County Colonel Tliomaa Hardeman L *1 con. Ga.—Dear Sir: The time h„ a " rived when the people should take consideration the gubernatorial The office of governor is one of H 0, The Chattanooga and Rome Rail road a Certainty at Last Yesterday morning tho stockholders of the Lookout Mountain railroad, the con templated line between Chattanooga and Rome, Ga., the stockholders of the Mem phis branch,a proposed line between Mem phis and Rome, via Chattanooga, and the stockholders of the Rome and Summer ville railroad, another proposed line be tween Chattanooga and Rome, met in conference, when all conflicting interests were consolidated into the Lookout Moun tain Railroad Company, and all differen ces harmoniously adjusted. By this con solidation the Lookout Mountain Railroad Company receives $150,000 paid in stock of the Rome and Summerville railroad, 24 miles of graded road on the line in excellent order, and ready for the cross ties, also a two-span bridge at Rome, Georgia, crossing the Oostauaula river, besides $20,000 donations subscribed by property owners along the/line of the road. The contract for building the road lias been transferred to R. G. Huston & Co., the contractors who built 136 miles of the Cincinnati Southern railroad. They will at once proceed to organize their force, and begin work without any further delay. They intend to have the road completed and trains running seven months from date. All differences between Stanton and Samuels have been settled, and all who are interested in the building of the road, have joined hands and are working in harmony. There is no question about the building of the road. Tl# contractors who have undertaken tho work-are well known all over the country, and in financial standing and in the extent of contracts are surpassed by no railroad contractors in tlie South. They have undertaken this work with the avowed intention of completing the road in seven months^ as Mr. R. G. Huston said he could do in "an inverview held at Cincinnati a few days ago, and with the same firm determination of purpose, the same exact fulfillment of tne details of their conduct and of their promises which characterized their course in building the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, so they will connect Rome and Chattanooga with hands ot iron, m the' time agreed.—Chat tanooga Times. A Strange Story. Catharine.Hill, a colored woman, who says she fought three years on the Union side in the late war, under the name of Henry Williams, keeping her sex all the while a secret, applied the other day at the office of William B. Mann, to procure bis assistance in getting her a pension. Colonel Mann, not a little astounded, questioned her closely. She said she en listed in Baltimore, in the Fifth Maryland Regiment, on the '9th of June, in a year which she could not remember, except that it was at the breaking out of the war, and that she had not only served three years in the ranks, hut seven months in the hospital, having bten wounded lour times. It was while in the hospital that her sex was discovered by the attending phy sician, who kept it secret. Prior to enter ing the army she .had passed a medical examination at the hands of Drs. Creek’ and Perry, of Baltimore. Captain Wood- vine commanded her company, while Colonel Frish commanded the regiment. She was mustered in at Camp Belger, re mained there six weeks, when with others she was mustered out and sent to Fortress Monroe, where she stayed five months, asd then was mustered out again and sent to Halifax, Ya., and from there, after fighting a battle, went to Rtleigh, N. C.! Dr. Wood,' of Twentieth and’‘Wood streets, she says, has her discharge. She named many of her old comrades, among them Captain West, of Baker street, and Reddy, Clark, Johnston, Grif fin and Joyce, all of Baltimore. She was wouuded three times—once in the face, once in the side and once in the thigh. Her age, she says, is thirty-two. Colonel Mann asked her to.bring her discharge to liim and tlie men who composed her mess before he could take tlie decisive steps. This she promised to do, and took her leave. Those who heard her story are strongly impressed as to its truthfulness.— Philadelphia Times. necessary that it should be filled hro tU ' that is honest and fully capable & the undersigned, have our ' e ’ and forgetting not and remembering great services you have rendered our ty and country, as chairman of the Demi' cratic executive committee of the St t as legislator for a' number of tim« f* Speaker of the House of Represent^ and president of our State agricuW so . c * et y ; filing each and all of those offl^ with distinguished ability, and riv>nj , good andkrue account of your stewardsMn wherever we have placed you, we deem it of the greatest ingratitude not to sav vnn are our choice.for that responsible and ex alted position; and we desire to W whether or not you will consent to be our standard bearer in the approachin" con test. An early reply is respectfully W ited. Respectfully youre, B. M._Bateman, D. G. Dunbar, J. L. Holt, J. N. Bateman, P. W. Stubbs, J. M. McIntosh, R. L. Smith, Fred.-A. Toomer, W. Brunson, Robert J. Smith, MJH.'Thomson, J. H. Hose, - W. H. Johnson, T. D. Warren, J. B. Etherage, W. C. Wingleu, Edwin Martin, John Smith, P. C. Smith, W. S. Wallace, B. A. Walton, L. P. Warren, W. W. Wagnon, Sr., O. C. Bateman, Ira Akins, T. B. Goff, J. W. Mathews, C. D. Anderson, Sr., C. A. Gantt, W. G. Mills, T. M. Butner, J. B. Barrett, Sherifl'Houston Co., G. C. Nunn, D. W. Laurens, J. E. Jones, G. P. Pattershall, Luther J. Thomas, * P -ITT C! 1-a. 1 J. Pierce, M. M. Minchcn, E. L. Felder, G. W. Singleton, D. H. Riley, John F. Harper. Fort Gaines Tribune. The grand jury, in their bills of presentments, published in another column, recommend that the State Agricultural and Geological Bureau be continued. The last named bureau was abolished,or.left without an appropria tion, long since and ’ Capt. Freeman, fore man, informs us that the grand jury in tended to recommend the re-establish ment of the Geological and continuance of the Agricultural Bureau. Athens Banner : We thought we had seen and heard of nearly every kind of peddler in the world, but we were mista ken, for we had never seen any one ped dling on bees until last night, when we saw a negro with a hive of bees on his shoulder trying to peddle them out. He proposed to sell them at fifty cents per quart. Nolan, in the Henry county Weekly, says if “bossin’ round andcussin’ ” would —A matter of neckties has caused an immense amount of trouble in a Phila delphia church. It seems that the parish ioners of the Rev. Mr. Tucker, of the Re formed Episcopal Church of the Redeem er, desired to hold what is known as a necktie party. The chief feature of this form of entertainment is that each lady who attends wears a calico apron from which a necktie has been previously made. These neckties are placed in sealed en velopes and sold to young men, and the individual- purchasing becomes the at tendant for the evening of that young lady who wears the apron which matches his tie. The pastor objected to this fea ture of the entertainment, - and serious trouble ensued. Strenuous efforts to oust the pastor were made, and, f* ilinj in these, a portion af the congregation seceded. At last accounts the clergyman, who de clares the affair to he “a contest between worldliness and godliness,” was holding the fort. Memphis Avalanche thus states why mal college will not be permitted in in Tennessee: “Dr. Sears has given about $200,000 to support the schools in Tennessee in the past ten years. To tho normal school in Nashville he has given $12,000 annually. He holds $400,- 000 in Tennessee State bonds. The State refuses to pay interest on this sum.” We are not informed as to the truth of all the allegations, but we suppose they are sub stantially correct. The Avalanche adds: “Disgusted with Tennessee’s dishonesty, Dr. Sears has de cided to remove the Peabody Normal School from Nashville to Atlanta. The Doctor’s desire to remove his school away from the demoralizing influences of a ras cally non-debt-paving community is com mendable. It will be quite useless to teach morality from text-books to young men, when the whole State stands before them a conspicuous example of respecta ble and pious dtohtShSst” —“What pretty children, and how much they look alike,” says C during a vislt.at a friend’s house. “They are twins,” his friend explains. “What, both of ’em?” exclaimed C, greatly interested. COL. HARDEMAN’S RESPONSE. Macon, Ga. April 24,1SS0. Messrs.B. M. Bateman, Gen. G. D. An derson, W. TY. Wagnsn, Dr. R. II. Bas kin, Wm. Brunson, T. M. Butner and oth ers—Gentle men*: Your letter askin'/ if “I will consent to be your standard bearer” in the next gubernatorial canvass has been received, and it would be unbe coming affectation in me to withhold the expression of the gratification it afforded me. I am no stranger to you, gentlemen; you are residents of an adjoining county, and many of you-have known me from my boyhood, and it would be unnatural, were £ not gratified at this manifestation of your appreciation and confidence. I am the more sensible of your good will, because I recognize among your signatures many who in days past gave this same generous confidence to another. Speaking of the office of presi dent; the great and gifted Webster said “while the office is quite too high to be sought by personal solicitation, it is not to be declined if proffered by the voluntary desire of a free people.” I most heartily reiterate the sentiment. The office of governor is one of honorable distinction and great responsibility, and while it is worthy of tlie ambition of the highest and ablest' of Georgia’s sons, it should be reaclied by the voluntary offering of the people, and not through private solicita tion ar political combinations. I shall re sort to neither of these means in carrying out-your wishes, ’believing as I do that the people, if left to select lor themselves, will make such a choice as will redound to the harmony of the party you represent, and the welfare and honor of the State. Tlie success of the Democratic party is es sential to our peace and prosperity. A di vision in its ranks will engender strife, disorganize labor and biing disaster to our agricultural interest. We need for our prosperity quiet, quiet in our homes, quiet in our industries—quiet in our coun cils; and nothing will so conduce to this peace and quiet as unity and harmony in that party, which has' rescued the State from- bankruptcy rand misrule and estab lished her upon a foundation of honor and prosperity. Tin's quiet, this harmony,can be, will be secured if the people are per mitted to select lor themselves their stan dard bearers without the dictation of “leaders,’ or the combination of rings. ' You have been pleased, gentlemen, to refer in complimentary terms to my ser vices as chairman of the State “Demo cratic executive committee” in a trying hour of the State and party’s history. At that lime patrio’s were alarmed for free government. We were endeavoring to free ourselves from ‘ Republican misrule. Division in oar ranks alarmed ourpeopie, but that division, by prudence and concili ation, worked no- detriment to the party and the ‘State was secured art administration of her government that gave peace in her borders and confi dence in her future. In that canvass, at a great personal inconvenience and expense (fbr I ■ made a personal canvass in fifty- two counties), I endeavored to discharge my duty to the full measure of my ability; and I am glad to know you think those labors contributed to tlie success of the party and the establishment of good gov ernment. I fear, however, your allusion to my services at that crisis, is an unfor tunate one for your purposes, for inaction thbn, is the plea of availability now, and silence is endorsjd and commended, be cause it bas no political record. The days that tried man’s fealty to his party and to his State’s best interests, were the dark and trying ones, when Federal sol diers guarded our polls, and Federal bay onets glistened in our legislative halls. I had been a Whig-—a Henry Clay Whig—from boyhood, but, I saw then, the hour had come when patriots all should unite to save the State and her liberties; and I did not hesitate to es pouse the cause of the only party that gave us a hope of hoihe rule and constitutional government, and from that time until noW, I have endeavored to discharge my whole duty in maintaining its cause ana fighting its battles. As a' legislator, I sought only the ad vancement and development of the whole State. I only regret my inability to have discharged the duties of the trust reposed in me in such a manner as to have re dounded more to the public prosperity and the State’s welfare. In my present position as President of the State Agriou.- tural Society,"(to which you allude, ana which I prize higher than any ever con ferred upon me by the people of my m- tive State), I have labored to cheer toe spirits of our farmers, tc elevate their in dustry and to encourage them in t«ei commendable efforts to rebuild their tor- tunes and restore the State to _ her onco elevated and honorable position. * these labors, I shall never weary, re@ta- less of party preferment or political Do ors. The permanent prosperity of t State depends upon successful and rem nerative industry, and this can only secured by a wise, just and w " - - ”• H of cu servative administration the government. This much labor of the State demands of hsr rui - ■ and to the Democratic party we look for this administration, which o* best secured by forgetting past uis»e sions and renouncing all personal pre sions. The interests of the people ari . welfare of the State demand this from political aspirants. I wou.u, U<-' fore,counsel harmony, and forego P^ 5 ”^ preferences if they are incompatible** the great interests of the State. My e° in the past in this respect is aS 11 ."■ i of what it will be in the future, therefore say to my friends that una f ^ circumstances will I consent to the my name for the honorable posita ■“ ^ which, in their preference, they , call me if it will endanger in the j& j gree that harmony which is w esse to the success of that party, which promises ns the benefits of home g® ment and the blessings of ’ I am, gentlemen, with grateful rega* your obedient sorvani^ HAB pgMA2L —The increase of values mLynch^’ Virginia, in the past five years has nearly $1,C00,000. ■UhI .W-AjatMieflU