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zm* =■ . J - • - |3 ' • . ••• . — Terns of theTelcsrrapl* and Messen ger. Postage free to all Editions. , Daily Telegraph and Messenger $10.00peryr «. .. •• •* 5.00 Cmos « “ « « 2.30 Smo*. Daily Telegraph and Messenger and Southern Farmer's Monthly TUSO per yr. IFcclly Telegraph and Messenger 2.00 » .. •• •* •• 1.00 Cmos. Week’y Telegraph ana Messenger and Southern Farmer’s Monthly 3.50 peryr Remit by P. O. Order or Registered Letter, to . H. B. PAYIB, Manager. _ «Ecltgrn])li K Jtotngrr. FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1880. Begins Right.—The first vote of Sena tor Brown, of Georgia, was against the Windom proposition to add $000,000 to the pension deficiency hill to pay United States marshals. The question was de cided in the negative by a strict party vote. _ The Enumerators.—In behalf of the census enumerators we are requested to suggest that heads of families have their answers prepared before hand, and writ ten out, so that the enumerators may not be delayed. This would make their work easy and satisfactory. —Rhode Island has the following stat ute: “All marriages between a white per son and a negro shall be absolutely null and void; and the person joining them in marriage shall be subject to a penalty of $200.” Samuel D. Dorrell, a full-blooded negro, was lately married at Providence to Ellen Carrington, a white girl. The Rev. George B. Smitli, who performed the ceremony, is to be prosecuted, in order to test the law. —At Kernevcl, in Germany, the other day, just as a religious procession was en tering the church, the bell hung in the tower, weighing half a ton, came down with a tremendous force, crashing through _ ^ three floora on its way, and fell at the feet i„dj ano ] a< of the man who headed the procession bearing the banner. A moment later and a fearful catastrophe would have been the result. As it was, no one was hurt. The Unit from New York was, ac cording to the Press telegrams of the 31st, seriously impaired at Chicago by a pledge of twenty-two of the New York delegation to vote for Grant under no circumstances. This is 22 out of a total of 74. The Penn sylvania defection was reported by the Grant men as less serious, while the Blaine men estimated it at 30. If these statements are true, Grant will hardly sweep the prize on the first ballot. —A ton of gold or silver contains 29, 160.60 ounces. A ton of gold is worth $602,875. A ton of silver, at the present rate per ounce, is worth about $12,000. A cubic foot of gold weighs 1,200 pounds, and is worth nearly $300,000. A cubic foot of silver weighs 600 pounds, and is worth about $10,000. The value of gold coin, bars and bullion in circulation In the world is estimated at $3,500,000,000. This would make in a mass a twenty-five foot cube. Vive la Humbug.—Mr. Hayes has ation bill and then complain that the Domocrats have closed the courts for lack of appropriations. It Is not probable that the Democrats will ever vote to pay mar shals for bulldozing at the polls; and so long as Brother Hayes will not accept an appropriation for them which does not comprehend that service, the difficulty seems insurmountable. A Noisy Place.—The New York Mail, in a flight of fancy, says it can al ready hear the roar of the political glad iators at the Chicago convention. In so ber fact, it is a mistake. No crowd of ten thousand, drunk or sober, can roar so loud as to be heard twelve hundred miles. But to-day thby will do their possibles. They will roar as loud as they can. Chi cago will resound with their clamor. If they did not fix up all arrangements be fore sunrise this morning, there will be the loudest and sharpest talk to-day ever' heard before in any national convention. last Week’s Cotton Figures. According to the New York Chronicle the cotton receipts of the seven days end-- Ing last Friday night, were 23,764 bales, against 17,133 the corresponding week of last year, showing the week’s excess to be 6,631 bales.- The total receipts from September 1st to fcst Friday night were 4,739,442 against 4,SS9,721 for the same period of the last cotton year—showing au excess of349,721 bales. The interior port business of last week was as follows: Receipts, 9,318, against 0,850 for the same week of last year. Shipments, 27,532 against 10,031 last year. Stocks, 143,241 against 42,198 last year. The Chronicle’s visible supply table showed on Friday 2,302,766 bales of cot ton in sight, against 1,S07,292 at same date last year—2,078,078 the year before, and 2,792,2f? bales in 1877 at same date. These figures show an increase of 495,- 274 bales on the visible supply of last year at this date—224,688 on that of 1S78, and a’decrease of 489,507 on the visible supply of 1877 at this date. Cotton last Friday in Liverpool was quoted at 6 11-16 for middling upland. At that date one year ago the quotation was 6 13-16, in 1878 the quotation was 6 3-16, and in 1877 at same date the quotation was 5J. The Chronicle appends the following statement to its table of receipts from plantations: The above statement shows: 1. That the total receipts from the plan tations since September 1 in 1SI9-S0 were '4,875,382 bales; in 1878-79 were 4,426,267 bales; in 1S77-78 were 4,218,647 bales. 2. That although the receipts at the out ports the past week were 23,764 bales, the actual movement from plantations was only 5,550 bales, the balance being drawn from stocks at the interior ports. Last year the receipts from the plantatians for the same week were 7,882 bales, and for 1878 they were 10,940 bales. The Chronicle reports generally dry weather in Texas, with a temperature ranging from 90 down. The cotton plant looks strong and healthy, but there are caterpillar reports about Galveston and Heavy rains are reported A New Result of “Fostering.” The World, in the course of some com ments on the tariff controversy in the Sen ate, and Mr. Eaton’s bill to create a com —The following head-linos, displayed with the lurid typographic art that only a Western country paper is capable of, pre ceded the account of the Illinois Republi can convention in the Fargo (Dak.,) Argus: Ho! his comrades, see the signal, wav ing in the sky—votes enough sure in con vention—how is that for high? Tlio’ the frightful tempest rageth, cities laying low —tho’ a powder mill explodetb, dealing death and woe. Notwithstanding Indian outbreaks fill the coast with fears, we’ll take the N. P. and their scalps raise in the next six years. Hold the fort for he is coming, waver, stalwarts shan’t—send the War-cry up to heaven, “No duffer shall wax Grant.” A Panic in Princeton.—Princeton College, last week, sent her students home to take holiday until the 23d instant, when commencement exercises begin. The reason of this was the prevalence of malarial diseases, which hed been fatal to several students. The New York Daily Mail says that investigation lias already determined enough to give foundation for an opinion is to Princeton’s trouble. The town has no system of sewerage and no water works. Although the college has an excellent supply of pure water from a spring, the lack of sewerage in the town seems to have poisoned the atmosphere of the whole place, and the fierce heat of this extraordinary May has made the soil teem With disease. Prof. Cornwall, the ana lytical chemist of the college, discovered that the water of no less than ten wells from which the students drank contained an excessive amount of ammonA, pre sumably from the proximity of the wells, to cesspools. —The price d paper is not to be re duced. The Printing Paper-makers’ As sociation had their regular monthly meet ing in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, and voted to maintain the present rates firmly. No importations of foreign paper stock are now being made, nor is it possible to make them with the tariff unchanged, the duties being pro hibitory. The manufacturers look for an Immediate advance in the price of domes tic stock, the making of that article being controlled by one or two parties, and hence the cost of paper, they hold, will not go down. To make sure that the sup ply does not exceed the demand, the Eastern manufacturers have voted to shut down their mills for three weeks in July nud the same time in August. It seems probable from this action that both the stock and paper manufacturers have come to the conclusion that the tariff will not bo changed during the present session of Congress. about Breuham, with a fall of three inches in two days. It will be remembered that a tremendous deluge occurred in Texas on Friday last, which none of these re ports allude to, but which was very de structive and disastrous. In Louisiana, at New Orleans 3.62 of rain fell during the week on four days. In Shreveport 1.60 during the week. In Mississippi there were two days of rain. At Columbus 2.09 in three days. In Arkansas, at Little Rock, light rains on three days. At Memphis on four days 3.13 of rain fell. At Nashville only about half an inch. At Mobile, in Alabama, rain on four days and a fall of 4.79. Crops and weeds growing fast. At Montgomery, five days of rain, reaching 4.22. At Selma, four days of rain and a great deal of wet, In Geoigia, at Columbus, too much rain —a fall of 9.92 during the week. In Ma con, only 1.60 of rain on one day, but too much grass in the crops. The cotton acreage increase is reported at six to seven per cent, over last year. Savannah had 1.16 of rain duriug the week. Augusta, rain on three days. The general tenor of the cotton crop re ports is very favorable; but it will not be doubted that the great difference in moist ure between this spring and the last is bound to display surprising results before long. The crop is considerably increased in acreage. The number of hands is di minished, and it will not be doubted that a hand last spring could keep a crop in good condition with forty per cent, less labor than he can this spring. - Ellison & Co.’s Liverpool circular for May closes with the following upon PROSPECTS. • The prospects of supply have not under gone any material change since the issue of our last report, but the entire situation is much sounder now than it was then, owing to the decline which has taken place in prices. At the moment the feeling both here and Manchester is flat and desponding, the reverse, in point of fact, of the excitement which culminated in February. We did not sympathize with the extravagant views and expecta tions current at that time, and we do not sympathize with the gloomy and demoral ized state of things which has come over the market during the past week. _ It is evident from what has occurred since the opening ot the season that, (as we stated at the time,) a very large pro portion of the business done between No vember and February was speculative and anticipatory, and that prices were in con sequence pushed up to an artificially high level from which a sharp reaction was sooner or later inevitable. But, as only a very moderate amount of new business has been done in Manchester during the past two months, a large portion of the “forward” transactions must have been ■closed; and as, simultaneously with the clearance of contracts, prices Lave receded to the rates ruling in November, it is only natural to expect that a revival may be witnessed shortly. Operators of all classes, however, are sure to have a wholesome dread of a repe tition of the inflation which ruled in Feb ruary, and prices will not be allowed to run away, unless some adversity overtakes the American crop, in which case, of course, the entire situation would have to be rggarded from a new standpoint. So rar the crop prospects are verMbilliant, and already there are estimateJFX* to 6J million bales; but very different figures will be current a few montlis hence. Meanwhile, the course of the market will be ruled entirely, by Manchester; every other influence likely to affect prices dur ing the summer has been discounted by the-late decline. Hon. A. O. Bacon Speaks.—We clip the following card of our distinguished townsman from the Atlanta Constitution: Macon, May 29,18S0—Editors Consti tution: In your issue of this date you mention me as a candidate for four differ ent positions. I must beg that you allow me to correct in your columns a state ment calculated to do me au injury, while doubtless not so intended by you. I am duly appreciative of the kindness of friends who have mentioned my name in these connections, but I have never an nounced myself as a candidate for either of the positions named, and to prevent mjsooiis tractions, permit me to add that I an not now, and do not expect to be, a candidate either for governor or for the house of representatives. As to the ap pointment of delegate to Cincinnati, it is a position for which one would not be apt to press himself as a candidate. Tho party, looking solely to the great end to be ac complished, will endeavor to choose those deemed most fit for the position, and those selected for this important duty will doubtless feel honored in serving. Very respectfully, A. O. Bacon, T-he North Macon Grammar School.—We beg respectfully to express the earnest hope that the Bibb county Academy trustees and the city fathers will be able to harmonize on some plan to furnish this school with healthful ac commodations next year. The case Is a very urgent one. The pupils are poisoned by the bad and unwholesome atmosphere of those crowded and ill-ventilatod rooms. No man can say what and how many lives are dependent on this decision, which may remit 250 children to these conditions for another year. What man is willing to incur such a hazard! duties within any approach to the limits of reason or common sense. It will hardly be believed, but it is gravely contended that twenty years of undisturbed posses sion and enjoyment of enormous tariff bounties have invested many of these protected industries with the claims, char acter and rights of vested industries—on the principle, we suppose, of the jocose interpretation of the maxim that “one good turn deserves another;” that is to say, that the performance oi one gratuitous and voluntary piece of service creates a claim for another. This gives us new light, while it ex plodes the old-time protective tariff argu ment as to the policy of “fostering and cherishing” American industry by boun ties oh its products until it is able to stand alone and endure tbe competition of the cheaper labor of Europe. The plea now is that the numerous bounties paid out of the pockets of the people for twenty years have so entered into the investments and modus operandi of trade as to create an equitable claim for their indefi nite continuance. Congress has no right, by any change of legislation, to destroy or impair the value of these investments, and therefore the bounties may be claimed in perpetuity as a legitimate and necessary part of the business plant. Thus it is admitted that this “fostering and cherishing” has merely called into existence a lot of cripples, who can never stand alone, but must tumble down when ever the crutch of aprotective tariff bounty is withdrawn. Of course, this is practical nonsense, American mechanism, in point of actual fact, now leads the world. It is better than that of any other nation, as a general proposition; and whatever incapacity now exists to meet the competition of the world is merely the outgrowth of the pro tective system, the natural and inevitable effect of which is to develop a feeling of dependence and incapacity—to restrain individual enterprise and to confuse trade exchanges—whereas, if it was abolished, every obstacle to a fearless and successful competition would soon be removed, and our manufactures, in every branch, adapt themselves to a condition of healthful competition. Protection is now the grand obstacle to American trade. The country teems with every crude material for manufactured products, and her mechanics are the most intelligent and enterprising in the world The one great trouble and difficulty is that government confuses all trade opera tions and all values, by undertaking to control and shape that industry by tariff restrictions and bounties. Trade, to be healthful, must be free. Bibb County Sets a Good Example to tbe State, The Democracy of Bibb, in primary as sembly convened, jesterday, to appoint delegates to tbe State convention, to be held in Atlanta on the 9th of June, con fined themselves wisely to the business routine which was properly before them They appointed twenty representatives to cast the vote of the county, passed a reso lution favoring the application of the two- thirds rule in both State and national con ventions, and then adjourned sine die. No fulminations were launched against this or that Democratic candidate whose course might have been displeasing to some; no personal allusions or animadversions were leveled at the head of any individual Democrat, whether in or out of oflice; but, on the contrary, the able chairman, Hon. Samuel nail, said, in his opening address, that the only strife and rivalry that could obtain in this contest would be in the struggle to see who might dare and do the most in defense of constitutional liberty and our dearest rights. This action is eminently discreet. Let it not be forgotten for a moment, we again remark, that just now we have no enemy in front, but are simply organizing onr hosts and setting them in battle array for the terrific conflict with the Radical foe, which is soon to begin. In our late Con federate war, when regiments and battal ions elected their own officers, who hesi tated to draw sword and follow to the death his leader, whether or not elevated by the aid of his individual ballot? The parallel in the present instance is complete. There are a half dozen con testants, more or less, for gubernatorial, senatorial, congressional and legislative honors, all Democrats, and each with an enthusiastic personal following of his own. Why wage a fratricidal warfare against any of them ? How much better rather, to allow each aspirant a fair showing in the primary meetings and conventions of the party, and then, when the voice of the majority has been pronounced, as loyal Democrats, lock shields and fight side by side for the nominee. This is the only method by whifch Independentism can be exor cised, the quasi feuds of a heated prelimi nary canvass composed, the entente cordiale between rival candidates and their followers restored, and victory be made to perch upon the Democratic ban ners. Friends and countrymen, reserve your ammunition for tbe common Radical foe. awakened more spontaneous and genbral approval than that of our distinguished fellow-citizen, whose name heads this ar ticle. It is useless to deny the tact, that there is a widespread sentiment in the Demo cratic party of the State in favor of filling Hon. A. 0. Bacon for United States The Chicago Convention. Senator. Our telegrams this morning report, so The recent, resignation by tbeHon. Jno. j far> a victory of the anti-Grant men in the JH _ t B. Gordon of his seat in the Senate, has ^ temporary organization. Mr. Hoar, .ot mission of experts to mature a new tariff. rendered speculation! rife as to whom the . Massachusetts, has been installed as tern- bill during the congressional recess, gives ! Des ^ legislature will elect as his successor. t porary chairman. The committee on cre- us a vivid idea of new and strange difficul- | - I ^ mon S the names which have been sug- . tjpntials, however, comprises a large ma ttes which beset a modification of tariff | gcsi-cd fer this exalted position none has jority of Grant men, and their reports thfa ' *" " “““ • ujoming at 11 o’clock will bring on the struggle on the unit question. This will probably result in the defeat of the unit. It is very questionable whether anything decisive will take place to-day. The com mittees on organization having been ap pointed, the convention adjourned till 11 offices of trust and responsibility with O . clock tbis morning. men who have grownup with the party! The committee °on credentials met at since the war, who have been ideuti- five last evening and expected a stormy fied with its struggles and its sue- j all-night session. If thev report this cesses, and who have passed through a morning, it is perhaps not improbable that the day may be spent in the discussion. Grant has no nominating majority of the delegates, and his adherents are said to have agreed to rally on Senator Edmunds, if they are foiled on Grant. On the whole, the third term is in a doubtful way. The Third Term Controversy, Which, it is presumable, will be brought to a close during the present week, has progressed to that point from which its opponents, if unsuccessful, will recede with very ill grace. For illustration, we will cite the following from the New York Tribune of Monday: RETRIEVING A REPUTATION. When General Grant was in Philadel phia last December his intimate friends took pains to explain why he wanted a third term. It was because he was anx ious to retrieve his reputation. He was frank enough to admit that he had made a good many serious mistakes. He had lacked experience in civil administration and had had some bad advisers. The leisure which he enjoyed during his tour around the world had enabled him to re view his administration aud to find out for himself where and why, with the best motives in the world, he had gone amiss. A third term would set him right before the country. He would make no bad appointments, would surround himself with Republicans of the highest standing, would help tbe party to regain tbe ground lost in tbe South during his previous terms, and would retire from office with as good a reputation as President as he had made during the war as a soldier. He would become the most popular man iu IJs party. What is the- prospect now? If General Grant be re-nominated he will be under pressing obligations to tlie whole pack of eyil advisers who brought reproach upon his previous administration. If he be re elected he will be the minority candidate of his own party, nominated under the pressure of machine politics, the unit rule, gag law and the secession doctrine of State rights. Instead of regaining the ground lost in the South, he will weaken, perhaps paralyze, his party at the North by alienating the sympathies of large masses of voters. Who will say that a nomination which is crammed down the throats of his party and an election which will violate the unwritten law of the coun try will help General Grant to retrieve his reputation? Will not a third term make him the most unpopular man of his time? Now, if the third-tenners shoidd tri umph, which at present seems very possi ble, inasmuch as a main topic of dispute is whether he does or does not enter the convention with a nominating majority secured, the Tribune is already pledged to support him—yes, to re-elect a President whose eight years of blundering adminis tration under bad advisers is to be follow ed by many years more of worse adminis tration under still worse influences—a machine andgag-law candidate—crammed down the throats of his party by the des perate arts of a desperate party, against the will of the people and the unwritten law. In other articles the Tribune calls it a Grant conspiracy, and accuses its en gineers of trickery, usurpation and fraud It will be hard work tor the Tribune to ground its advocacy of the third term hereafter upon “high morals” and elevated patriotism, and yet very possibly it will feel called upon to uudertake that job, The Gubernatorial Outlook. Just at present opinions are “muchly mixed” on the question whether Governor Colquitt lias damaged himself by the ap pointment of Senator Brown as Gen. Gordon’s successor. We are constrained, as already stated, to believe that the man tle of Gordon should bare fallen upon the shoulders of seme straightout Dem ocrat, like Col. Hardeman, Judge Jack- son, Gen. A. R. Lawton, Col. H. Fielder, Judge H. V. Johnson, Judge Reese, Hon. Thomas Norwood, or some other tried and approved Georgian. Not that we think Governor Brown will not faithfully represent his State, but he really had no claim to the office, and we trust will be succeeded by our own Bacon. The papers of the State are much divided upon the gubernatorial question. Many sustain Governor Col quitt, and not a few oppose him. Col. Hardeman, also, will have a large following, and may bear away the prize which he would wear so gracefully. Les ter and Gartrell, too, are pulling manfully for the goal, and on the whole it is impos sible to say what will be the final result under the stem imposition of the two-.- thirds rule. Many think a “dark horse” will be brought upon tho track, and sweep the stakes at the eleventh hour. We shall see. In the meantime let good foeling and “brotherly love” continue. practical education in politics as they now stand, which alike redounded to the wel fare of their State and contributed to tbe development of their power and the ripe maturity of their statesmanship. To this sentiment is largely to be attri buted the popularity and, we might even say, the enthusiasm which has greeted the suggestion that the mantle of our late illustrious Senator, who won the hearts of his people in war, should fall upon Hon. A. O. Bacon as one who, while his youth was given to the Service of his country in the field, has con. secrated the riper powers of his manhood to her deliverance from the evils entailed by defeat, to the growth and prosperity of his Stale and the conservation of the official purity of his party. Mr. Bacon made his political dehut in the convention which assembled in this cityinlS67, and which may be said to have created the post-bellum Democratic party of Georgi ; and he, who, even as lie crossed the threshold of the temple, stood forward as one of the sponsors of the newly-christened party, has grown with its growth, strengthened with its strength, assisted in its development, guarded Its iuterest and stands to-day most promi nently identified with its success. In 1868 Mr. Bacon was one of the presidential electors on the Seymour and Blair ticket, and by his energy and elo quence contributed laigely to the first vic tory of the reorganized Democratic party in Geoigia. In 1870 Mr. Bacon was elected to the legislature as one of the three representatives which the Demo crats succeeded, for the first time after the war, in sending from this county; and on the floor of the House won his spurs amid such redoubted knights as Lawton, Speer, Turner, Hammoud, McMillan, and a host of others. Mr. Bacon’s principal reputation, how ever, has been earned as speaker of the house of representatives, a position which far six years lie has filled with an ability unrivaled in the history of the State. No higher tribute could be paid to his ability, and no greater indication of his popularity aud reputation throuughout the State could be given than the fact that he has been elected three separate times as the presiding officer of a body composed of the ablest and best men of Geoigia. No mau is better known in Georgia politics than Speaker Bacon, as he is generally called aud his wide acquaintance and great per sonal popularity throughout the State will render him a most formidable candidate before any legislature that can be elected in Georgia. As a lawyer Mr. Bacon has for years stood in the front rank of the Georgia bar, and he unites to this high profession al attainment a literary culture no less conspicuous. His graceful bearing and polished address would render him dis tinguished even in the brilliant social cir cles of the national capital. -In short, the varied attainments necessary to consti tute a United States Senator—the ambas sador of his State iu the national councils —are nowhere more conspicuously united than in our distinguished fellow citizen As the brilliant exponent of a party that has redeemed and revivified Georgia, as one who has for years been the recognized leader ofa legislative body whose wise and patriotic acts have placed our State far in advance of her Southern sisters, as a type of the culture aud talent of post-bellum Democracy we proudly place Hon. A. O. Bacon before the people of the State as one well worthy to represent them in the most august council of the land. We have no intention to depreciate the qualifica tions or claims of any other gentlemen who have been or may be suggested for this position, but so general is the senti ment in favor of Mr. Bacon in this sec tion of the State, that we regard it both as a duty aud a privilege to bring before the press and people of Geoigia the name of a fellow citizen who is at least the peer of any man in the State. Another Word of Advice. The gubernatorial contest begins to wax warm, and many of the newspapers of the State are urging the claims of their individual favorites before the people, Tills they have a perfect right to do, but one thing they should not lose sight of. All the candidates are Democrats, and each has his personal following of good and true men. The discussion at present turns simply upon the claims and qualifi cations of the several aspirants, and there is no mannor of necessity while upholding the cause of any one of them that words of disparagement should he uttered against rival antagonists. Let it be re membered that but cue man can be chosen for governor or representative in Congress, or to fill tbe vacancy in tbe United States Senate. The other candidates, with their adherents, must fall into line again and do battle valiantly for the nominee, or the victory will be lost. Hence in the pri mary elections, and during the preliminary canvass inside of the party, the importance of abstaining from all personalities aud vituperation in discussing the charac ter and qualifications of the vaii-bus Dem ocrats whoso friends seek their preferment. To pursue any other course is to engen der heartburnings and strife within the camp, which may lead to lukewarmness- and defections at tlie ballot box. Wo cannot impress this matter too im portunately and strongly upon the Dem ocracy of the State. Our political salra-. tion .depends upon harmony andcoucert of action among the leaders, and rank and file also, of tho opponents of radicalism, and unnecessary acerbities and feuds should be sedulously avoided. Let all go into the friendly preliminary contest for the nomination of standard bearers, resolved that everything shall be conducted with the strictest fairness and determined to support the nominees even though not personal favorites. For Senator.—It is said that Atlanta will present the name of Hon. Martin J, Crawford to the next legislature as a suit able successor to Governor Brown. Judge Crawford is first-class in every particu lar. Bruce for Vice President Browbeating the “Man and Broth er.” The Bruce boom at Chicago seems to languish, though it is stated that over six ty delegates to the convention favor giving him tbe second place on the national Republican ticket. Tho Southern colored element strongly favor the claims of their brother, but alas, they meet with no re sponse from their beloved Northern allies, who are so fond of using them as cat’s- paws for their own purposes and aggrand izement. Where can it be shown that a solitary negro was ever elected to any office of honor or trust north of Mason and Dixon’s line ? And in the face of the civil rights bill, the cry for social equality, the indus trious grinding of the slander mill, the waving of the bloody shirt, the kukiux stories, and all the diablerie that has been brought to bear against the South, what is the spectacle now presented at the headquarters of Radicalism in Chi cago ? Even the Grant men, in their anx iety to compass the triumph of their chief, have thrown off the mask, and ate seeking to coerce their dusky allies into submis sion. Hear what the intelligent corre spondent of the Baltimore Sun telegraphs to that paper: . Some of the more indiscreet Grant men have taken it upon themselves to endeavor to browbeat the colored Sherman dele gates into the support of Grant. One of these, a gentleman who had a very profit able federal office during Grant’s adminis tration, stood up in the Sherman house to-night and said in a loud voice to a knot of colored delegates who surrounded liim- “I will organize a band after the adjourn, ment of this convention to hang every nigger who does not vote fin-Grant.” Now, we call upon our colored friends to make a special note of the treatment they are receiving at the hands of those white Northern delegates who intend to run and rule the convention just as they please, aud without tlie slightest refer ence to the rights or party claims of the members who represent the mass of the Republicans of the South. Let them point the inoral, and resolve hereafter to cast iu their lot with the people among whom they were bom and reared, and who are unquestionably their best friends. DUNGENESS. Rainfall in May.—Mr. Boardman, in his statement printed yesterday, re ports 3.22 of rain in May, against 3.26 last May, and the month just terminated was characterized by a spring moisture, while May of last year will he remembered ps dry. It is not the amount of rain, but the manner of its delivery, that ordina rily makes the great difference between good and poor growing weather. A sin gle shower may give three inches or more by the rain gauge, and coming suddenly may be lost in drainage, and do little to temper the atmosphere or moisten the soil; while the same amount in many gen tle, dewy showers, may keep the atmos phere moist, and growing crops in fine older. Iu Columbus, according to a telegram sent to the New York Chronicle, there were 9.92 of rain during the week euding Friday, 28th ult., the most of which prob ably fell on the Thursday previous, aud occasioned that mclaucholy railway acci dent, in which four young lives were lost. That rain was of little or no use to vege tation—probably did it much more harm than good, as it must have badly washed and impacted the soil. With us the rain of last month came, for the most part, in moderate and gentle showers, which were absorbed nearly as fast as they fell, and thus, with less rainfall than in May, 1879. the past month will be remembered as unusually moist aud seasonable. The Democratic Meeting To-day. We trust our merchants and citizens gen erally, including a large attendance from the country, will put in an appearance at the court house this morning, to partici pate in tho deliberations of the first cam paign meeting of this eventful year. Del egates will be elected to represent Bibb county in the approaching convention at Atlanta, which assembles shortly, for the purpose of naming the men who will speak for Geoigia in the national Democratic convention at Cincinnati.. There is always power aud enthusiasm in numbers, aud a rousing gathering of the iron-ribbad Dee mocracy to-day will do good. Come one, come all then, say we, and from the rising of tlie political curtain in June, until it falls with the ides of November, let every patriotic citizen resolve to do his whole duly for tlie success of our grand old par ty, the conservation of local government, and the liberties so dear to us all. A Soft Place.—The heir apparent, Colonel Fred Grant, has had leave of ab sence seven out of the ten years of his military career, and received $16,531 extra pay and allowances. What a good thing it is to be an ex-President’s son. But is this Republicanism, or justice to the less fortunate officers of the same grade who have boon kept inarms against the Indi ans in tlie far West? . For Lester.—The Democrats of.Wasli- ington county have met and elected dele gates to the approaching convention. They will support Col. Lester, of Chatham, unanimously for governor. Fraying for the Radical Convention. All the Republican parsons of Phila delphia made their pulpits resound on Sunday with their prayers in behalf of the Chicago convention. And never from all accounts did a body stand in a greater need of moral and spiritual help. The correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says: Rum lias been flowing like water. The crowds around the bars are sometimes in files of three deep, and I do not remem ber, in a rather diversified experience, to have seen a more noisy or a rougher as semblage than that which throngs all the public places of Chicago. Moreover, the hotel 'lobbies have been one swarming mass of excited and loudly- disputing men the entire day. Personal collisions between the adherents of Grant and of Blaine have been frequent, and the bitterness which has prevailed for several days has become so intensified that the situation looks decidedly ugly. Threats are constantly made by the' Blaine men that they do not intend to permit any bulldozing by the Grant managers, or any half justice through which they may be defrauded of their rights, and they will resist any such attempts by force, if ne cessary. Friends of both Grant and Blaine openly proclaim that in case of the nomination of one or the oilier they will not support him, and that au independent candidate is inevitable. Under the above showing, those patri otic pastors ought not only to pray, hut fast in the premises. Chicago is just now a Sodom where every manner of wicked ness runs riot, and all the villainy of the most corrupt party the world ever saw is in full blast. Aud the end is not yet. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. ' The ladies of Macon, deeply impressed with the necessity of inculcating temper ance principles upon their husbands, brothers, sons and acquaintances, have formed an oiganization under the title of “The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union.” They held their first meeting on Tues day night, in the First Baptist Church, aud from the vast crowd in attendance, and the interesting character of tho exer cises, have certainly made a good begin ning. The following i3 the pledge signed by each member: “We, temperance women of Macon, hereby pledge ourselves to discourage, in all possible ways, the use of anything which can intoxicate; and in order to strengthen our influence in this regard, we promise not to use any intoxicating liquors as a beverage, and not to furnish them for social entertain ments.” This movement is in striking contrast with the ill-judged attempts of the women of Tennessee, several years since, to drive out the bar-keepers and retail liquor deal ers from their business places by extempo rized prayer meetings held on their prem ises. In doing so they unsexed themselves and brought down the contempt of the community upon tlie undertaking. In tho present instance moral suasion, the ear nest appeals of the pastor and laity of the various churches, and the gentle yet all- powerful influence of the ladies, will be brought to bear upon the young men in a way vhicli cannot fail to do good. The manly and straightforward address of Rev. Mr. Jackson, the touching recitation of Dufi'us Clancy, and the sturdy and sa lient remarks of Rev. Dr. Joseph Key iu advocacy of the movement on Tuesday night, produced a profound impression, and many, when invited, came forward and enlisted under the temperance ban-” ner. We are no Wind advocate of temper ance societies, holding that tho matter is often run into the ground, and the re-ac tionary wave more than swallows up all the good that has been achieved. But the present undertaking is simply an effort on the part of our mothers, wives and sisters to check in social circles the injurious practice of offering wine and other stimu lants to visiting guests, aud to promote the cause of temperance generally. Surely all can unite upon this platform, and we trust that the movement will secure the cordial sanction and co-operation of all who feel an interest in the moral and spiritual welfare of the community. VE6ETIHE L-v/gorates the Wh la Svstem- O—— READER. HAVE YOU GOrsCEOFU- LA, SCBOFULOU3 HUMOR, CAN CEROUS HU HOB, CANCER? Ton Can Pfiitiitly Bs Cmei, THOUSANDS OF 7E3TIMONIALS PROVE IT. Vegetiae Cures When Phy sicians Fail. The Farmer’s Monthly for June, published by J.*H. Estill, Savannah, has for frontispiece an illustration of Guern sey and Jersey • cattle and Hampshire Down sheep. It is also illustrated by nu merous other cuts exemplifying farm con trivances, and by fashion plates. It is the most complete of Southern agricultural ournals. A 'Visit to light Horse Harry lice’s Grave. On Friday last the writer accompanied apartyof Maconites on au excursion ParifisS the Blocdj EsilOVatefi and from Bunkley’s to Dungeness, on the ' lower end of Cumberland Island. Early in the morning, before our fellow-board ers were stirring, drawn by the talented marsh tackies, our procession moved eff to the boat landing about two miles distant. Arriving at the landing, but a few minutes elapsed before the “Florence,” en route from Brunswick to Fernandina, hove in sight and took us on board, where, under the care of Cap tain _ Brock, Purser Denson and Clay Williams, the pilot, the party were made to feel perfectly at home and comfortable. The three gentlemen did their utmost to entertain and amuse the party, and it was the unanimous verdict that the reputation of steamboat officers, for courtesy and kindness, suffered nothing at the hands of those we have named. The day was a beautiful one; the gal lant little steamer ploughed her way through the smooth water of tlie sound beneath a cloudless sky; a way down the left the green woods of Cumberland stretched before us, on the right the marshes of the mainland. A white sail here and there dotted the waters, and an occasional gull wafted his white plumed form above us as we sped along. It must surely have been amid such scenes as this that Byron wrote his “Isles of Greece,” but not, however, with a side wheel steamer before him. Having aboard ship the United States mails for Florida, we ran past Dungeness on the way down, landed our cargo at Fernandina, and hoisting onr holiday flags, steamed hack for the scene of ruins. Owing to the shallowness of the water, the boat could 1 not approach the pier, so anchored two hundred yards off shore, lowered her boat and landed the party by detachments. The first feeling experienced at Dungeness is one of oppression. It be gins when you leave the pier and enter be neath that long avenue of moss-fringed oats, continues through every scene you view and ends only when you strike back into the sound and leave all behind you. This is caused probably by the evidence of a magnificence that exists uo more ex cept in ruins, by the historical associa tions and melancholy aspect of the place. Emerging from the broad avenue, the mansion, as it is, rises grandly to view, its walls perfect in their preser vation, but every vestige of the original wood-work gone. Across the left comer of this building, and sweeping clear to the ground, is a mautle of ivy, which, seen from a distance, reminds you of the pall draped irom a bier. The walls we found to be four stories high and three feet thick; they are formed ofshells united with cement, and are as sound apparently, as upon tlie day they were finished. The grounds around the house arc beautiful, and though neglected of course, abound in flowers and fruit trees; among the lat ter we saw splendid specimens of the or- ange and olive trees. The graves at Dungeness, of which much has been spoken and written, lie to the northeast of the house, about a quarter of a mile distant, and are not more than a half dozen iu number. Among them we noticed two mausoleums,beneath which are buried members of the iamilies of Shaw and Miller. Upon one tomb stone is carved the inscription, “Martha Gresn Nightengale, horn Dec. 13th, 1S43, died March 10, 1844.” Upon another, “Chas. Jackson, Newton, Mass. Bom April 23rd, 1767, died 25th March, ISOO, at tlie residence of Phineas Miller, Esq., Cumberland.” The grave of Lee is marked by a marble slab, upon which is engraved: “Sacred to the Memory of “GEN. HENRY LEE, OF VIRGINIA, “Obiit, 25th March, ISIS. AEtat 63.” The history of Lee is familiar to all. After the revolution his property dimin ished and faded away. His last retreat was Cumberland, where he found a home at the residence of his old companion-in- arms, General Nathaniel Greene, who, however, long before passed away. Lee had lived in constant expectation that the government would in some way recognize l»is services, and grant him pecuniary aid. It did not, however, and he, too, died, and was laid away beneath the mossy oaks to sleep in sound of the surf until the sol dier’s last reveille shall sound. Speaking of hi3 death, a correspondent of the Sa vannah Republican, ot April, 1818, says: “I yesterday witnessed the interment’of another of those patriots that our coun try,” in Congress assembled, so frequently speak of, but so little assist. • • • • He was buried from Dungeness house, the property of- one of our revolutionary heroes, General Greene. Whether to meet in fancy his old companion in arms, in the house that he had inhabited, or to call hack scenes of better times led him there, I did not in quire, but heard that he became an inva lid—that Mr. Shaw and family strove all in their power to keep the lamp of life burning, and although the oil was expend ed, they still blew the gentle breath of af fection and attention to preserve the spark alive. Commodore Henly superintended the last sad duties. “Captains Elton, Finch, Madison, Lieu tenants Fitzhugh and Riche, of the navy, and Lyman, of the array, were pall-bear ers. As the procession moved the swords of the two first crossed the old man’s breast—they were sheathed, for his heart beat no more, and I thought they said ‘rest in peace.’ The officers of ihe navy, inow what jour medicine. VEGLT1NE, C done la ray daughter. Abcnl /cur year* t go >ho was so .dieted with Scxofu'aas to be drawn to one tide as she walked, after trying several ot the beat phjticiacs at home and at Louisville, without relief, she was induced to try Vegetine. Alter taking 20 oott.'ea I consider her perfectly cured. fhe ha» now a beautiful, clear complex* ion. without blotch cr blemish, and I have no hesitation inittributing har cure to your valua ble medicii e. and in recommending it to the uie- ot iheafnictcd. There are many of the inhabi tantsi of th-a ounty who can acd wilt testily to the above. Yours, t . „ , Mis. S. E. BROOK'S. I can testify to the above. J. E. OARSON, Firm o Carson Bma . Druggist! W. t. KENNEDY. Proprietor Crab Orcha; d Hotel. VEGETINE. SLEEPS WELL. APPEniE RESTORED AM NOW HAPPY. „ . t ALII MOB*. MD., Union Protestant Infirmary, t pril 17. 1879. Mr H. R. atevens Bear Sir: I have been suffering wi.h mv KidnevaLr number of years, and several other complaints. 1 have taken your Vegetine since last September, mid have foatti such a relief. I could not sleep, and had no ap petite. I cmi now sleep well and can cat any thing. and I can honestly say that I owe it to your Vegetine, and am moat happy to recom mend it. Yours truly, BiEAH CHAMBERLIN. T am personally acquainted with Miss Sarah Chambeilin andkrow tbe al-ove statement to bo tiue. I have sold large quantities of Vegetine- and fiud it gives a-iis action. H. MITTFACHT. Druggist. Vegetine. TBE JUDGE’S CHARGE Verdiet^Cured” P-XXRiY. O , April 24. 1879. Mr. H. R. Stevens—Dear Sir: My wifeha-ing been a sufferer trim Tetter or bait Rheum for several years (so much so a* to iau,a eruptions oiali pans of her body), has fund great relief from tne use of your mtdicine. Vegetine. , . , tv. H.HaSIiRY. Judge Laslej wss faimerly a Judge of Probate- for .Ui-iga County. O.. ai d is ior> leading law yer in southern ihio.ard a man of a good deal of influence. VEGETINE PREPAiED fcY II. IS. STEVENS, Boston, Miss. Vegetine is sold bv all DrnggislSt appfhtusthrsat daw and Captain Payne of the army followed. The marines of the United States ship ‘ John Adams and brig Saranac followed the guard, and a band from our army as sisted. A Mr. Taylor performed the last ceremonial duties. • * • • A volley of musketry over the grave of Gen. Lee aroused me, and with folded arms I re traced my steps, while the howling of the minute guns from the John Adams, echoed through the woods.” The last grave at Dungeness is that ol little George Denson Davis, who was ac cidentally killed by his father with a shot gun, a few weeks since. The gun, a breech-loader, was being charged, when the closing of the breech exploded the cartridge. Seeing blood upon the hoy’s lip, the father asked, “Did it strike your mouth, my child ?” “No,” was the reply, “it struck me here, but you didn’t go to do it.” Placing his hand on his side as he spoke, he fell dead. The entire charge had entered his body. Having taken all notes possible at Dungenes?, our little party boarded the Florence again, and after another flying visit to Fernandina, steamed swiftly homeward. As we passed the ruins again, we bade farewell in silent glances to the spot crowned by nature with so mudi beauty, and hallowed by memories sad and swe’et. H. S. E —A worthy banker has separated from his wife, who is recklessly extravagant. Presently lie falls ill and she sends to in quire after his health. The maid is ush.ered_ into the dying man’s chamber and begins her message: “My mistress has sent me to ask”-— “For how much?” says the dying man with a sigh. —At the Madison Square Theatre the all 1 is colled by passing it over two tons of ice. During the present week a new mechanism will be introduced which will still further reduce the temperature. Mr. Mackaye says that lie can make the audi torium cool enough to keep butter solid. —Mr. Thurlow Weed, who heads the anti-Grant delegation from New York City, started for Chicago on Tuesday. Mr. Weed will head a delegation which will present to the convention resolutions against the nomination of General Grant, and warn the convention that the nomi nation wilLgive New York to the Demo crats. South Carolina’s Next Governor. The Charleston Netcs states that General Johnson Hagood has already secured a majority of delegates favorable to his nomination as the Democratic candidate for governor of South Carolina. General Ilagood, who is an able man, was a Con federate brigadier, and is now the auditor general of the State. A Chapter from English Life. Rev. Canon Duckworth, who has re cently fallen under the royal displeasure for some cause unknown, was tutor to Queen Victoria’s children several years ago. He is handsome, with a strong English clerical face, has dark liair and clear complexion, is polished iu his man ner and sings admirably. He is tlie pat tern curate. At the time he had the good fortune to be numbered in the royal household he had under liis charge the Princess Louise, the best looking of her Majesty’s children. The Princess took a strong liking to the young priest; in fact, she was devoted to him so pointedly that it became for him a serious question of what he was to do. He took the wisest course possible, aud wrote to the Queen that she had bet- to get another tutor. Acting as he did he was of course sure of the smile from the throne, which, iu England, means a for tune. Her Majesty was naturally very much disturbed by the communication of the reverend Canon, and hardly knew how to act. At first she thought of placing the Princess in one of the High Church con vents for a term. For this purpose she visited Clewer to inspect one located in that hotbed of ritualism. Strict orders were given the Mother Superior that no one was to know of the Queen’s visit. While passing along a corridor, one of the Sisters passed and made a very deep reverence. Her Majesty, turning sharply to the Mother Superior, said: •‘I thought I commanded that no one should know of my presence?” “Your Majesty’s order has been obeyed. The reverence made by the Sister was made not to your Majesty, but to myself as Mother Superior.” This reply so incensed the Queen’s dig- dity that she retired in disgust, and the idea of placing the Princess in a sisterhood was abandoned. Then it wa3 that in con sultation with the prime minister she carried out tlie plan to marry her daughter to the Marquis of Lome. The marquis was not the one originally intended, but happened to be the only one available. The Marquis of Hamilton, on learning the Queen’s proba ble intention, started at once for Ireland and proposed to the lady who is now his wife. The other sons of dukes who happened to be in the metropolis, fled-tbe royal command. Lome happened to be in London on his yrsy home from Berlin. He had become too’devoted to Margaret B , a fascinating and fair American— a girl whose face suggested Tennyson’s “Margaret,” and his father, fearing an alliance, recalled his sandy-haired son by telegraph. In London he was gobbled for a banter and less palatable fate than he had himself selected. The Queen’s command reached him, and he was- obliged to obey. His marriage settled the difficulty so innocently started by tlie handsome canon, who became a canon of Westminster, aud was presented by the- Qneen with tlie living in St. John’s Wood, with a round $5,000. He was selected as chaplain to accompany the Prince of Wales in his trip to India, and in time would, no donbt, have succeeded to greater dignities and more generous emol uments. Beer Still on the Rlse.—The Phila delphia brewers announce their purpose to raise the price of their product one dol lar a barrel in a few days, making the price ten dollars per barrel. This will make the second advance within tbe pres ent year, the price having been raised from eight dollars to nine dollars a barrel, a little more than a month ago. The brewers base their action upon the present high prices of ice, malt, feed, labor and other commodities which are necessary to- their business, and contend tb.it unless the advance is conceded by the trade their business will cease to be a profitable one Too Much Iron?—Work Must Stop- or Wages be Cut.—Work in the princi pal Philadelphia iron mills has ceased, and about 1,400 men heretofore employed in * this branch of labor are idle. The trouble has been brought about by a noti fication of the manufactured that on and after Monday last they would be com pelled to reduce tho wages of puddlers from $5.25 to $4.25 per ton, with a propor tionate reduction in the wages of all other employes. The manufacturers claim that this reduction was made necessary by the- present low price of iron, which in the last month has declined fromfourcents to two tnd a half cents per pound. They say that even if tlie men consent to work at the reduced wages there will be little or no profit in the manufacture of iron. This large falling off in the price of iron has been occasioned by large importations of English iron.