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Atlanta Post: From our telegraphic
columns it will be seen tliat Senator
Brown made liis maiden speech in the
Senate yesterday. It was in support ot
his own amendment to increase the appro
priation tor the improvement of the Sa
vannah river from $6u,000 to $100,000.
Mr. Blaine followed, and remarked that
the Senator from Georgia had convinced
him This is more than Ben Hill has suc
ceeded in doing after several years of war
fare.
Griffin News: Pike county will
have an election on the first Monday in
July next, to determine whether or not
fences shall he kept up in that county.
FitOM the Savannah News we learn
that the “Temperance Reform Club” is in
a most prosperous condition. From the
secretary’s report we quote the following:
These meetings have had a good aver
age attendance, but your secretary regrets
to say not so large an attendance as the
roll of membership of the club, and the
importance of the work in which the club
is engaged, would warrant it to expect.
As the result of these meetings 280 hare
signed the pledge, making the total sign
ers of the pledge 2,521, since the first Drew
meeting in December, 1879.
The following are the officers elect for
the present year :
President—C. O. Lamotte.
Vice Presidents—E. Heidt, W. H. Stark
and II. C. Bannon.
Secretary—J. B. G. O’Neill.
Treasurer—R. R. Booz. ....
Griffin Neics: Dr. Gatchell has
been very much complimented because in
his district he appointed one lady enu
merator. Supervisor Johnson, of this
district, has appointed no less than six
lady enumerators.
The Columbus Times, speaking of the
Columbus female college, says:
The annual commencement sermon will
be preached in Trinity Episcopal Church
on the 13th inst., at 10:30 o'clock a. m.,
by Rev. Dr. A. O. Glazebrook, of Macor.
The junior exhibition and literary ad
dress will be at the college chapel Tues
day morning, the 15th inst.—the address
to be delivered by W. B. Hill, Esq., of
Macon. Wednesday the 16th will be
commencement day, the baccalaureate
address to be delivered by Rev. W. C.
Hunter, D. D., of this city.
Augusta News: Hon. Heniy W.
Hilliard, United States minister to Bra
zil, has returned to Washington on a
visit, and his family, after an extended
visit to Europe, are now in Augusta,
guests of Mr. John T. Miller, on Greene
street.
Sumtek llepublican: A rare sight
may now be seen in some of the orchards
of this county. A gentleman informs us
that he has apple trees with apples upon
them from one to two inches in diameter,
and upou the same trees may be found
blooms and young buds. He accounts
for this in the abnormal winter which we
Lave had; and m this respect the summer
is proving as irregular as the winter.
A dividend of $3.5(1 has been declared
to the stockholders of the Augusta and
Savannah railroad.
Savannah News says: The registra
tion for Chatham county, which has just
been closed, shows a smaller voting list
than for several years past. The total
number is only 1,858, of which 1,422 are
whites and 436 colored. In consequence
of this the candidates for the various coun
ty offices will doubtless have a lively cam
paign.
Warkentox Clipper: A friend in
formed us last week that the handsome
A. M. Massengale, of Norwood, the Nim
rod of our county, carries in his pocket,
while on a “still hunt,” a small harmoni
ca, with which he is always successful in
charming from his nest the unwaiy squir
rel, thus pflording him a clear shot, of
which he is sure to take advantage of and
profit by. This is a new and novel idea,
but it is one that friend M. has employed
of late with great success.
Griffin News: The Macon Tele-
GRAi’ll of yesterday contained a long ar
ticle pressing the claims of A. O. Bacon
for United States Senator.
Bacou, of Macon, and Cumroing, of Au
gusta, are spoken of as candidates for
United States Senator before the legisla
ture in November.
Savannah News: Letters received in
"the city give information that the attend
ance at the convention of military officers
at Rome, on the 13tli of July, will be very
large, as the greatest interest has been
aroused among the volunteer soldiery.
Savannah will be well represented; also
Augusta, Atlanta and Macon. It is
thought that some action will be taken
that will materially improve the system in
this State.
Atlanta Post: Ex-Senator Gordon
has decided not to stump the State. This
was a wise conclusion and his friends will
like him all the better for declining to
take any more stock in Colquitt and
Brown. Any attempt on Gordon's part to
clear these two gentlemen would only in
volve himself, at least in suspicion,
and do them no good either. The people
are only waiting to hear a more explicit
explanation from the ex-Senator himself
and they will be satisfied.
Columdus Enquirer, June 20th: The
through freight train from Macon, due
here at twelve o’clock Monday night, did
not arrive until 9:40 yesterday morning.
It was delayed near Jones’ crossing,
where the engine-and car run off, in con
sequence of the track spreading.. No
damage.
The Montezuma Weekly says: Tal-
mage’s sermon o npolitics expresses our
sentiments precisely. The people are tired
of being whipped into ranks by the few
self appointed leaders of the party.
Marietta Journal: Quite a number
of our citizens have united in sending to
New York for twenty-five white female
servants. The unreliability of negro ser
vants has rendered this step necessary.
There are thousands of emigrants arriv
ing in New York every week who are
auxious for good homes, and can be pro
cured by a little eflort.
Sparta IshmaelUe: Quite a number
of gentlemen up in the neighborhood of
Covington imagine that they are called to
succeed Mr. Blount. These willing pa
triots ought to remember that “many aie
called, but few are chosen.”
Rome Tribune: A certain young lady
in Rome is anxious to know if the season
is too far gone for her to marry. Of
course it is. The months to marry in are
those with an “r.” Matrimony, like . oys
ters, should uever'be deferred later than
April.
Lee Reinhart, a lail of thirteen, who
lives in Butler, went to the public well
for water, and by an accident he fell into
the well, which was'abpiit forty-seven
feet deep. The only damage was a scalp
wound which didn’t amount to much. In
the frenzied attempt to-get the boy out of
the well the rope, broke when he had as
cended, several feet, and he went to, the
bottom ageln. But he is all right now. i
Sparta Ishmaclite: The nekt legisla
ture will elect a United ! States Senator.
Tn view of this fact, it would be a. good
idea iorthe people to find, out the prefer
ence of the candidates, before elocting
them to the legislature. The only -way in
which the people can bxpress'tlleir wishes
in the matter, effectually, is'in the. ‘choice
of legislators. - > •
Butler Herald: Mre. H; H, Long,
of Reynolds, while endeavoring to kindle
a fire with powder, on Saturday morning
last, was severely burned in the face and
on her bands and arms.’ 'It is ,a danger
ous experiment to kindle a fire with pow
der. She is, however, improving at- this
tiino. :
Augusta Chronicle: Yesterday, about
half-past one o’clock, considerable excite
ment was created on Broad street, by the
firing of a pistol at llr. G. Volger’a store,
corner of Broad and 4|ptnt'osh streets. In- '
vestigation showed the. pistol bad
been tired by Geoiga Volger, a young
man about nineteen, at his cider brefhtjr,
Gustave. A short time afterwards George
tired a second time at Gustave,.at Ur.'
Reiman’s, where they are resRtih'g.’ The 1
shooting, we understand, asarcansed.by' a
previous piarrei betwMUjftiL pwtliersi
Geoigs was arrested to the
City liall.
The children of < Columbus play with
snakes, while their,ifttrses look qu : wfth *
complacency as if there was no danger.
And other children are tossed about by
the vicious cow. But Charlie Meyer
came off all right, after going up into the
air two or three times.
Mr. George Bbadly severed his left
thumb nearly off, instead of sawing a
block of ice that was before him.
The officials of the Columbus and
Borne railroad settled up with the con
tractors satisfactorily. The road for the
present will terminate at Belmont.
The death of Mis. T. W. Grimes, of
Columbus, is announced. She was a most
excellent and exemplary lady. The
death, also, of Mr. Martin E. Costen, is
announced.
The accidents attendant upon building
fires with kerosene and powder are
becoming monotonous, there being no less
than six recorded in our exchanges during
the last week. The last case was tliat of
Alfred Caney, in Columbus, on Thursday.
The Times sagely remarks: “This should
be another lesson against tbe careless use
of kerosene oil.” The lessons are frequent,
but unavailing.
Sanders ville Herald: _ Whisky
seems to he giving the civil rights bill
quite a boom in Sandersville. A few
weeks ago a white man and a negro had
a street light, and on last Saturday there
were two fights on our streets, in each
of which a colored warrior and a white
man were pitted against each oilier.
What a spectacle for a refined and intelli
gent community / But if the mania for
whisky among the colored people should
continue to increase in the ratio that has
marked its growth for three years past,
the day will soon come when their brawls
and drunken rows will deihrone peace
and order, and cause a blight and mildew
upon our social fabric.
The Augusta News don’t think that
175 persons make “the largest and most
respectable assemblage of citizens we
have -ever seen in Richmond county”—
And that Dr. DeSaussnre Ford, who
was elected a member of tbe Democratic
executive committee, declines tlie honor.
The Star, another new evening paper,
has just been issued in Charleston. It
makes no rash promises, but starts out
under the usual encouraging prospects.
The copy before us is very creditable, and
we wish it the heartiest success.
The Bamesville Gazette says that con
siderable excitement prevailed at the re
port that Airs. Albert Jones had killed her
husband in a family quarrel. She ad
mitted that she threw a board at him, but
the coroner’s jury, after investigation, de
cided that he came to his death by some
functional derangement of the heart. /
A rabbit was strangled to death by
the wheat straws in which it had become
entangled in Monroe county recently.
So says the Bamesville Gazette.
Hawkinsvtlle Dispatch: Mr. Rob
ert C. Smith, *f this county, has saved ten
pounds of- well cured tobacco from his
patch this year. The plants were trans
planted in January, and a sample of the
tobacco exhibited in our office is as good
as any we ever saw from North Carolina.
Hawkixsville is bound to be a com
peting point, and has raised a committee
to oiganize a boat company to transport
cotton down the river. It seems the rail
road commission don’t recognize their
claim as a competing point, and they are
determined that they shall have practical
demonstration of the fact. The Dispatch
says:
We are Informed by Mr. Laidler that
arrangements were made with Willcox <&
Cliurchwell, and that tbe steamer Cum
berland will arrive in Hawkinsville by
tlie latter part of the week for the pur
pose of taking a load of cotton to Savan
nah.
The citizens ofHawkinsvill^will have
an excursion to some point down the
river, and will have a fine dinner and a
band of music on board.
Barxesville Gazette: We regret to
learn that cholera is destroying the hogs in
some section of the county at an enormous
rate. Some farmers have lost a number
of their hogs.
Griffin News: Hon. Clinton Duncan,
of Houston, is a proper man to send to
the Cincinnati convention from the lower
end of the fifth congressional district.
Hon. Patrick Walsli, of Augusta, has
been suggested as a proper delegate at
large from the eighth district to the Cin
cinnati convention.
Hon. Henry Persons announces his in
tention to stand for Congress again in the
fonrth district.
Swainsboro Herald: Last Thursday
Dr. M. N. Odom was brought before the
Ordinary to be tried for lunacy, and a jury
was sworn and the case turned over to
them for investigation. After a thorough
consideration they adjudged him- a iuna-
tic, and was turned over to Messrs. Wm.
Canady and W. R. Kemp, who were dep
utized to take him to the asylum, and
they left for Milledgevillc with him
Thursday afternoon.
Athens Danner: The passenger earn
ings on the Northeastern road for May,
18S0, are nearly double those of May, 1879.
This shows an increase of travel to and
from Athens.
Dalton Citizen: Farmers in the
neighborhood of Tunnel Hill say that the
wheat crop lias Improved wonderfully
witliin the past two weeks. Cotton and
com look fine since the late rains.
Peaches and apples are plentiful in that
section.
Gwinnett Herald: We are indebted
to Col. P. Thweat for a copy of his open
letter announcing his candidacy for the
office of comptroller general in the fall
election. It is too lengthy for us to pub
lish.
Atlanta Post: We are in favor of
the State convention sending to Cincin
nati an uninstructed aud unbiased dele
gation. Tlie time has not yet come when
Southern Democrats can name their own
candidates. However much we may dis
like it, we must at present follow the
leadership of our Northern brethren. We
must first beat Radicalism before South
erners can expect to receive their rights,
even at the hands of their own party.
Should the Democracy be successful in
the coming Presidential election, tlisSouth
in 1881 will have the privilege of at least
naming the second man on the ticket.
Too much impatience now may defer our
recognition several years.
Cartebsville Free Press: A gentle
man named Enright stepped out of a
second, story window at Mis. Stephens’
boarding bouse the other night while in
dulging in a go-as-you-please somnambu
listic walking match witli some night
mares. Mr. Enright lit on the right end
and a slightly sprained foot is the only
damage.
Dawson Journal: The farm labor of
this section is too expensive for onr plant
ers. We understand that from SO.cents to
$1 per day is beingpaid ordinary cotton
choppers, and some of the farmers art
begging for help even at those prices. If
this thing is to continue much longer we
cannot see how our fanners arc to realize
any profit on their crops. The present la?
bor system is a “bad egg” in this section.
Perry Home Journal: The next legis
lature of Geoigiawill prove to be a band
of true patriots and wise men, should
Hon. J. H. Blount be elected to tbe Unit
ed States Senate to fill tbe seat now occu
pied by Joe Brown. The people would
be well pleased.
Atlanta Post: Aaron Alpeoria Brad
ley, the colored Radical ringtailed roarer,
lawyer and politician, who was expelled
from the Savannah bar in 1864 for unbe
coming conduct, carried his case to the
Supreme Court, and it has been decided
against him,- Alpeoria will have to seek
other fields and pastures new or content
himself with being a common citizen.
Day:soy Journal: Our young frieni
O. I. Chambers and family, left on last
Monday for theirTiew home in Macon!
Air. C. is gemg to- merchandise m that
city, and we wish him unbounded suo
cess, lie is a deserving young gentleman
—one that we regret very. much to lose
from our city; and more especially do wfe
regret to lose his good wife ■ from our
midst. Ira requested tis. to say “good
bye” to bis numerous. friends in Daw-
son.
. J.. M. .Sergent died very .suddenly
on yesterday morning, at: the: Screven
House, Savannah.
Columbus Enquirer: Yesterday-Mr.
Joe Ross, an employe of the Southwestern
railroad, narrowly escaped death at the
shops of the enmpany in this ertv. He was
in it, and the arm badly wrenched. For
tunately the belt broke, releasing him.
Had it been stronger, he would have
doubtless been killed.
Henry County Weekly: Hon. W. A.
Huff has been proposed as a candidate for
mayor of Atlanta. He performs the func
tions of that office for Macon at present,
but is equally a resident of both places,
and therefore eligible for the first men
tioned office.
Conyers Weekly: The women are
boiling over with indignation because a
woman has beeu appointed census taker
in the town district. Not because they
do not like her, for a nicer one we have
not, but because they don’t want a woman
prying into their affairs. Several have de
clared in favor of paying the $10 fine aud
going without a new bonnet.
Oglethorpe Echo: A few years since
a gentleman of this county, together with
his sick wife, embarked on the train at
Union Point, which proved to be so
crowded that a seat could not be had. In
passing up the aisle a gentleman and lady
arose and made the husband *and sick
lady accept tlieir seats saying they had as
soon stand. Our friend asked a passenger
the name of the couple who so generously
yielded up their scats, and was told they
were Gen. John B. Gordon and wife.
Fort Valley Mirror: The Methodist
church of this place, at its last quarterly
conference, was notified by the Perry
church that they were making arrange
ments to build a parsonage of their own,
and after this year did not expect to di
vide the charge with Fort Valley. This
will necessitate the entire support of I
preacher hoe. We have no doubt this
can be done with very little trouble, under
proper management, and that the arrange
ment will work advantageously. It is
well that tbe church members consider
tbe matter.
Henry County Weekly: Tlie widow of
Colonel McCollum will get $2,000 from
the Kniglits of Honor, of which he was a
member in good standing at the time of
his death.
Oglethorpe Echo: A professional
farmer says he has discovered a sure and
never-failing plan to bring about rain,
even in the dryest season. You have but
to cut down a field of wheat or oats, care
lessly shock them np, and before they are
cured a flooding rain descends. This, our
informant says, is a certain rain-producer.
Sparta Times and Planter: The good
people of Georgia are interested in the
characters of its good men, and they do'
not intend to believe them guilty of in
famous conduct upou the bare suspicions
of any number of people. They demand
the proofs of guilt, or they will say that
all these charges are false, aud all this in
dignation a sham.
Cuthbebt Appeal: Mr. John Slierer
brought to our office yesterday a stalk of
cotton over two feet high, having several
branches on it over a foot long, and well
filled with squares. This was no volun
teer or pet stalk but pulled from tbe field
Mr. Slierer planted liis cotton in tbe hill,
and cultivates it entirely with the plow.
Brunswick Appeal: General Mana
ger Schlatter and Superintendent Meador
are making things lively on the' Bruns
wick and Albany railroad. Their trains
are continually in motion, and thirty car
loads of lumber to tbe engine is one of
tbeir daily feats.
From tbe Quitman Deporter we learn
that there is need of. improvement in the
management of conventions, and to se
cure this end publishes tbe following)
A meeting of gentlemen will be held in
the office of Messrs. Bennett & Allbritton
this afternoon for the purpose of organ
izing a society for the study of parliamen
tary law. All gentlemen interested m
the study of parliamentary law are invit
ed and requested to attend. The meet
ing will be held at four o’clock sharp.
Americus Dccorder. As Mr. Thomas
Sanders, an industrious young fanner Of
Webster county, was riding on horseback
on Sunday morning, May 30tli, his horse
stumbled and fell. His right leg was
caught under the horse and broken above
tbe knee.
McVille South Georgian: Tbe negro
Charles Powell, now in jail for the killing
of Sam Statem (colored), in our town a
few months ago, will not be hanged on
the eleventh of June as the sentence justi
fied. His case will be carried to tbe Su
preme Court.
We have received intelligence of tbe ar
rest ot one Anderson, a white man, who
killed a negro in Dodge county in 1872
aud fled the State. He was arrested in
St. Louis, this week, and the sheriff, Mr.
Sapp, has gone after him. The governor
offered a reward for the apprehension of
Anderson at that time, but has since with
drawn it.
LaGrange Deporter: The LaGrange
Light Guards, who disbanded last fall,
reorganized last Monday night with about
fourteen members. The citizens Should
feel a deep interest in this.
• Meriwether Vindicator: In accordance
with a suggestion of a sensible friend, we
announce tbe name of William Arp fer
governor. He is our first choice, and we
shall stand by him first, last and all the
time. Let the press all through the State
aid us in giving William such a boom as
will land him in the executive chair.'
Mrs. Arp and the girls would grate the
executive mansion, while Bill would skill
fully guide the ship of
Columbus Enquirer: On Thursday
night a few gentlemen were with Col. R.
L. Mott sitting on the western porch of his
residence, in the upper portion of the city,
when some person on the Alabama side of
the river began firing a pistol. The balls
were striking disagreeably near and the
party quickly sought indoors for protection
Five shots were fired, each ball striking
the house. The one doing the shooting
doubtless had no intention of injuring any
one, (although there is a suspicion the in
tention was to strike Col. Mott), but there
should be some way of putting a stop to
such proceedings. No one is safe in-walk
ing along the shore of onr river, if across
the river (in another State) parties fire
their pistols with such recklessness. Some
legislation on this is very necessary to our
safety. Had Col. Mott, or others in the
party been killed, the criminal would
probably never have been known, aud
with the blood of a fellow creature on bis
hands gone scot free. This is not riglit,as
all law abiding citizens oh the other side
will acknowledge. Let it be stopped.
Thomasville Post: By circular of
the war department to Col. Wright, it ap
pears that tbe retired military officer, to
which Georgia and Florida would be en
titled under tbe law, has been and is em
ployed in the college at Dahlonega,
'la., and the South Georgia College at
Thomasville must look elsewhere for a
military man than to the war depart
ment.
Darien Gazette: What has become of
“Bill Arp” since the recent amazing oc
currences in Georgia? William is by far
too sweet a soilgster of the wild woods of
“the Cheerokee nation,” to be permanenfa-
lyrbuslied by these stunning events. Wb
hope soon to hear his plaintive voice on
the Situation again. 1? Tie 3s no longet
permitted to sing his songs in tbe Atlanta
Constitution with the unrestrained free-
deni of a wild bird, our columns are open
to him.
Augusta News: }Vo learn,from the
Lumpkin Independent that on Thursday
night the two story dwelling of Mr. Ed.
Bradly (formerly the Robert Toombs’
place) near Florence,was totally destroyed
by»lire. It is supposed that tlie file origi
nated from tbe stove In the cook r*om;
though this is uncertain. The cook as
sisted in getting the furniture out of the
house, and then returned to remove her
own effects from the second story. After
she got up stairs site was cut off from the
lower story by the rapidly increasing
flames. - "Two or three times she was seen
atone of tlie windows, add was called upl
ou to jump out, but she refused, saying
that she would be down in a few. mo
ments. Finally the roof fell in, anil the
unfortunate woman was burned to death.
We learn that on yesterday morning por
tions of her bones could be. seen in the
ruins of the dwvlling. This is indeed a
most horrible occurrence.
The - juicy watermelon has made its
appeantaoe in Augusta:
Cuthdkbt Appeal: '€61. Hardeman!
of Bibb, is a man whose every impulse is
in accord with the people of the State
ddubts, feafs and a long night of despon
dency hung over our people, Col. Harde
man was upon the watebtower, and with
words of eloquence and true patriotism
sought to guide his fellow- countrymen
through the wilderness of shattered hopes
aud financial despondency, and hid them
hope and look for a brighter future, which
he knew would come if we but prove true
to our God, our country and self. To
Col. Hardeman is tbe Democracy of this
Congressional district indebted more
tbau any one man in tbe State for tbe
defeat of Whitely and tbe restoration of
Democratic principles.
■When -wo were helpless -and - de
spondent, his voice rang out upon the
hustings, and seizing the old flag, so long
trailing in the dust, bore it to victory and
to honor. All over Geoigiahas he labored
for the good of our State, and wherever
help was needed, none appeared more
promptly and did more service, and with
greater individual sacrifice than did Col.
Hardeman. He is a friend of Georgia in
eveiy time or need, and our every inter
est would be sacredly guarded in his
keeping. He knows no section, clique or
ring, but the people whose every interest
is guarded with jealous pride.
Render unto Csesar the things that are
his—and make Hardeman oar next Gov
ernor.
Darien Gazette: The grand-jury has
recommended a tax of five-tenths of one
per cent, ior county purposes for the pres
ent year. The financial condition of both
the city and county was never better.
The Public High School of Macon.
The reader will find elsewhere
a report of the examinations and
other exercises of the Macon High
School, which, since the illness of
the late principal, Mr. Barfield, has been
conducted in person by Superintendent B.
M. Zcttler, with the popular Miss Bessie
Merrill to assist him. The system of in
struction is very thorough, as was evinced
by the facility with which the pupils
translated and parsed Latin sentences,
giving rules with their exceptions, the
derivations and conjugation of verbs, etc.,
and their quickness and accuracy at the
blackboard in solving algebraic problems
and equations.
Mr. Zettler said be considered the old-
fashioned way of teaching Latin by be
ginning with the grammar and covering
the ground as you advanced the best. The
language could only be mastered by dili
gent study, and tbe pupil was able to de
rive but little advantage from translations
and interlineations made by others. Ifhe
would succeed, he must go to work him
self, just as when employed in a garden
task that required individual musdc and
labor to accomplish. He could say truth
fully there had been no special prepara
tion for the exercises of this particular
day. It was but a reproduction of what
was continually going on from week to
week in tlie school. A single rehearsal
the day previous was all that had been
done in the premises. It was commonly
believed that in all public examinations a
process of stuffing was resorted to before
hand, so that the pupils might he made to
appear to the greatest advantage. If he
was asked whether these youths had been
stuffed for this occasion he would answer
yes. The stuffing Lad been going on eve
ry day since the opening of the scholastic
year. He always endeavored to impart
to them as much knowledge as they would
receive in all the hours of school time.
It was a noteworthy fact, however, that
when the two sexes were taught togethar,
and their ages ranged from 13 to 17 years,
the girls invariably were quicker than the
boys, and had to he held back to enable
tlie latter to keep up.' Th ! s was fortunate
for our daughters, for if pressed to the ex
tent of their capacity and ambition, two
out of eveiy three of their number would
be broken down in health. As the boys
grew older and their more plodding
minds matured, the disparity diminished,
until at length they not only became the
equals of the girls, but surpassed them in
the abstruser fields of study.
This High School is a blessing to our
city, and the fruitful nursery of Wesleyan
College and Mercer University. Long
may it continue to survive and increase
iu usefulness.
repairing a belt when his hand was causjit ’ In the dark days-of reconstruction, when
Tilden Will Not Be a Candidate.
A special dispatch to the Philadelphia
Times, of as recent a date as May' 31st,
states an what seems to be reliable au
thority that Mr. Tilden will not submit
his namo to the Cincinnati convention.
It affirms that a leading Democrat in
Congress, who takes a great interest in
all party matters, said to-day: “Tilden
will not be a candidate for the nomina
tion at Cincinnati. That is settled and
you may rest assured of it.”
■ “Then why does not he relieve his party
of the embarrassment he is causing it and
at once announce that he will not be
candidate ? ” asked the reporter.
“For this reason,there are candidates for
the nomination whom Tilden is anxious
to defeat. He feels very bitterly to .Yards
Hendricks, who has certainly done very
wrong and has been very indiscreet in
abusing Tilden. Now, first of all, Tilden
wants to prevent Hendricks from getting
the nomination, and he thinks. he can ac
complish this by keeping his friends to
gether and having them organized and in
harmony with his wishes In the conven
tion. Ho is also opposed t9 Bayard and
Thurman, and will prevent them from
winning the nomination if bo can. This
is the true secret of Tilden’s silence on
the subject of his candidacy. Ho will not
be a candidate, though; that is as true as
that I am now talking to you.”
What, a pity that the old gentleman
could not see that he - is just now the fly
in tlie Democratic' apothecary’s ointment
which causeth it to stink.. If practically
shelved himself, why seek to strike the
other great leaders of the party? The
country is heartily tired of New York’s
politicians and dictation. My.' Tilden
should remain at home, and for once tlie
delegates from the Empire State' ought to
be content to take back scats at Cincin
nati.
• Tobacco in the Northern Confer
ence.—The Methodist annual confft-ence
has ordered that one of the questions to be
asked of candidates for-the ministry shall
be: “Will you wholly refrain from tlie use
of tobacco?” What will happen if the
young man answers in the negative is not
stated; but we take it for granted that he
Will not receive his papers. Dr. Laualiay
made some awkward remarks. He said
that delegates - on the floor used tobacco^
“and what would young men think of
such peisons asking such questions?” It
does not require, says the Tribune, any
enormous perspicacity to make a good
guess at what they would think.. Eighty?
three reverend gentlemen .rallied to the
cause of tlie weed, but 125 sat down upon
it, so to speak, and crashed k. Dr. Carry!
who Is perhaps a votar^oflfie great plant
made a light skirmishing effort in Its bet-
half by asking if candidates in China wer^
to be questioned in China about opium,
or in India about betel nut.- But it was
of no use. Tobacco was placed among
tbe prohibited pleasures of clergymen—i
who are young. _
-Twenty-eight rattlesnakes have been
killed on St. Simon’s- Island - in three,
month; this season.
TALBOT DEMOCRATS.
Proceedings of the Talbot Democrat^
Convention.
June 1st, 1880. \
In pursuance of a call cf the Chairman
of the Democratic executive committee,
the Democracy of Talbot met at the court
house to-day. On motion, J. M. Mathews
was elected chairman, and J. W. Hall,
secretary. On motion of W. E. Mum-
ford, the chair appointed a committee of
five to report the names of delegates to
the State convention, apd the convention
to elect delegates to the national conven
tion. The following delegates were
elected to the State convention:
J. T. Willis, T. R. Lumsden, J. M.
Mathews and J. D. Hough.
Delegates elected to the national con
vention—W. E. Ragland. S. B. Baldwin
Jr., M. W. Hollis, and T. L. Patrick.
The committee further reported the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions:
In consideration of the long public ser
vice and great ability which have
marked the career of Hon. Thomas
Hardeman, Jr., the unselfish devotion he
has ever manifested in the interests of
every section of the State, the high stan
dard of integrity which lias characterized
him through life; therefore,
Desolved, That while we are opposed in
principle to sending an instructed delega
tion to anv convention, yet we advise Jour
delegation to cast their votes for this tried
statesman and to use all honorable means
to secure his nomination.
Desolved, That each delegate shall
have power to appoint his alternates.
The above resolutions were unanimous
ly adopted.
As to the national convention the fol
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Desolved, That while we repose entire
confidence in the wisdom and discretion of
gentlemen who will represent as delegates
the people of Georgia in the Democratic
national convention and believe it to be
best that those delegates should go unin
structed as to their actions, get we never-
the less deem it fit and proper to express
our belief that Democratic success in the
coming contest cannot be assured if Sam
uel J. Tilden is the nominee of that con
vention.
Desolved, That in onr opinion such a
nomination would result inevitably in tbe
defeat and disintegration of the party.
Desolved, That we recommend the Dem
ocratic national convention to-adopt the
two-thirds rule in nominating candidates.
Dcsslved, That delegates from this
county to the convention which assem
bles in Atlanta on the 9th instant shall
have power to appoint their alternates.
The chair appointed the following ex
ecutive committee for the ensuing year:
J. J. Bull, chairman; Henry Casby, Sea
born DeLoache, S. B. Baldwin, Jr., and
S. P. Bickley.
A resolution was adopted to have a
mass meeting of the Democratic party at
the court house on tho first Tuesday in
August to say when and how the nomina
tion of candidates for the legislature and
senate shall be held and conducted. There
being no further business before the con
vention it adjourned sine die.
Your agent, L. L. B.
Blount in Laurens.
At a public meeting held in Laurens
county, on June 2d, the following pream
ble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, we have looked with unfal
tering interest upon the course of the Hon.
James H. Blount during his eight years
term of service in the Congress of the Uni
ted States; and whereas, that tenn of ser
vice has been characterized by marked
ability, industry, integrity and devotion to
the wants of the sixth Congressional dis
trict, as well as to the wants of the State
and the nation; and, whereas, by his able
and upright demeanor as a Congressman
he has endeared himself to the hearts of
his constituency as well as placed himself
as the peer of the strongest and most use
ful statesman iu the council of the na
tions ; and, whereas, we feel tliat it would
be a great national calamity to dispense
with the services of a statesman of his
ability, experience and uprightness in the
Congress of -tbo United States, at a time
when the services of tbe best and most in
fluential men of the Democracy are indis
pensable to tbe dearest rights of the people
and interests of the country; and, whereas,
we have noted with pain and regret tlie
intention of tl.is noted and useful gentle
man to retire from public to private life,
as he expresses in his card of a recent
date, published in the newspapers of the
State, at the end of his present term of
service; therefore, be it
Desolved, by the people of Lautens
county, in convention this day assembled,
that we not only heartily endorse the
course and action of our very efficient rep
resentative during his eight years of ser
vice in the United States Congress, but
that we realize inexpressible feelings of
pride ind pleasure in being represented
by a gentleman so high toned and promi
nently devoted to our interests as well as
of unsurpassed developments in point of
statesmanship.
Desolved, That we domost feelinglyand
earnestly appeal to' him to reconsider his
intention to retire from the public service
and again allow tlie use of bis name for re-
election that his invaluable services may
not be lost at a ' time when they are so
much needed by liis constituency and the
people of the entire country. .
Desolved, That this preamble and
resolutions be published in the newspa
pers of Laurens county and that the pi
pers of the Sixth Congressional district be
requested to copy them.
Desolved, That copies of the papers in
which this preamble and resolutions ap
pear be, by tbe secretary of this meeting,
forwarded to the non. James H. Blount.
D. H. Coombs, Chairman.
J. J. Conner, Secretary.
Graduating Class, Mercer.
The senior class at Mercer having passed
tbe Ordeal, are now preparing themselves
for commencement, and tlie closing exer
cises of tlie year. Yesterday the class
held a meeting to decide what action they
should take regarding the planting of a
tree or the erection of a slab, as has been
the custom of preceding clashes. P. M.
Atkinson was called to the chair, and C.
A. Carson was made secretary. After dis
cussing the matter thoroughly, it was de
cided to erect an iron tree box, on which
tho names of the membdrs will be in
scribed. In addition to tbe planting of
tbe tree box, several medals will bo pre
sented.
These exercises are to tako place on the
third of July in the afternoon, at the col
lege. A medal is to be presented to tbe
first member of the class who becomes a
father. It is to be presented in 1S84 at
the class reunion. The following officers
were elected: W. F. Cheney,prophet; C.
IV; Smith, historiau; P. M. Atkinson,
alumni orator; C. L. Anderson, medal
deliverer; W. M. Wimberly, secretary.
The speakers of the graduating class
this year are C. L. Anderson, Jr., Macon;
J. K. Battle, Eufaula, Ala.; C. J. Blalock,
Fayetteville; F. C. Camp, Swainsboro; C.
A. Carson (1st honor), Reynolds; F. W.
Cheney (2d hondr), Rome; S. S. Marsh,
Atlanta; C. W. Smith, Macou; W. S.
West, Statenville; M. Wimberly, Twiggs
county.
Tho faculty paid the class a high com
pliment upon its standing, and stated that
had it not been for the fact tliat Mr. C.
W, Smith entered the class too late in the
year, to come within the college rules, he
would have .been allowed to share tbo Is!
honor.
By tbe Strewn.
Sweet tangled banks where ox-eyed dais
ies grow,
And scarlet poppies gleam;
Sweet changing lights that ever come and
go
Upon the quiet stream!
Once more I see the flash of splendid
wings,
As dragon flies flit by;
Once more for me the small sedge-warbler
sings
Beneath a sapphire sky.
Once more I feel the simple, fresh con
tent
I found in stream and soil,
When golden summer slowly came and
went .
And mine was all their spoil.
I find amid the honeysuckle flowers
And shy foiget-me-not,
Old boyish memories of lonely hours
Passed in the silent spot.
Oh, God of nature, how thy kindness
keeps
Some changeless things on earth!
And he who roams far off and and toils
and weeps
Comes home to learn their worth.
Gay visions vanish, worldly schemes may
fail
Hope proves an idle dream,
Bat still the blossoms flourish, red and
pale,
Beside my native stream;
—Sunday Magazine.
Letter from Ty bee.
Tybee Island, June 3d, I860.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger;
Foremost among tbe requirements of a
prosperous and growing city are conven
ient arrangements for recreation, health
and pleasure. The denizens of your city
have heretofore bad to seek these necessi
ties under difficulties and drawbacks that
pretty well neutralize any benefits usually
derived therefrom.
Five years ago this place was unknown
save as a geographical fact, a. beautiful
island lying south of the mouth of the Sa
vannah river, containing about twenty
square miles, it was considered of little
value; $10,000 would then have purchased
the entire island. Within a few days lots
100 and 200 feet have changed hands at
$500 each, but there is no probability of
engineering a corner on building lots
here.
Leaving your city at 7 a. m., with a
six dollar Central railroad ticket in your
pocket, you are transported to Savannah,
omnibused through the city, floated on a
palace steamer down the beautiful Savaa-
nah river, and tramwayed to tbe hotel, all
within the space of twelve hours. Re
turning, the same ticket is good for the
reversed order of the route. Our party is
ensconced at the Ocean House, kept by
Angel Gabriel Ybanez, a Spaniard, a3 tbo
name indicates. The house is commodious,
comfortable, creditably furnished, baying
attentive servauts, and setting a luxurious
table. Sufficient accessories of pleasure
are at hand in the way of dancing, bil
liards, flying horses, fishing, driving and
riding on the beach, but the acme of the
whole combination of pleasure, fan, frolic
and health, is the fine, unequalled surf-
bathing which is within fifty yards of the
hotel. The water is warm aud the beach
safe.
There are other hotels, restaurants and
private boarding houses, and there is now
a move on foot to erect another mam
moth hotel a trifle furthei down the
beach.
Other features are daily mails and tele
phone and telegraph communication with
the outer world. The party here at pres
ent from your city consists of some twen
ty, all of 'whom are delighted with every
feature of the trip, and are already plan
ning another excursion here in the early
future.
Yesterday the younger portion of our
party visited a wreck half a mile up the
creek to catch crabs. The stranded ves
sel is high and dry at low tide, barring a
narrow strip of water on the seaside. Tlie
crabs follow the flooa tide to feed, and on
its ebb are caught in the trap or narrow
sheet of water. Over a bushel were ta
ken within thirty minutes. A noted Ma
con fisherman, who has been sojourning
here the past month, says the adjacent
waters are the best fishing grounds he has
ever fished in.
Combining ease of access, economy in
expenses, pleasure In all reasonable va
riety, we predict that ere long Tybee Is
land will become the most celebrated sea
side watering-place in the Southern States
In Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania,
Judge Pershing gave judgment against one
John H. Basbore for profane swearing,
under an old statute of 1794, which im
posed a fine of sixty-sevon cents per curse,
and the-whole bill-amounted to $16.08-?
Basbore being guilty of “twenty-three sep
arate and distinct oaths.” Tbe impres
sion exists that such a court would break
the Republicans at Chicago.
Personal.—We had a pleasant call
from Mr. John G. Coldwell, the repre
sentative of that lively sheet the Atlanta
Post. Mr. Coldwell will call upon our
merchants to-day in the interests of his
paper, and we bespeak for him a courte
ous reception.
Cool Weather fob the Season.—
Reports of the temperature on Friday
morning, before sunrise, varied from 65 to
67. Cool nights have been the order of
the spring, but their prevalence as we
advance towards midsummer is extraordi
nary.
A Word of Warning.—Tho Cincin
nati Commercial says: We suppose the
average Congressman will be able to Un
derstand that if he does not reduce the
duty on paper and type, and make wood-
pulp and bleaching powder free, he will
be slaughtered. There are no iine-spnu
theories of protection to cover the case.
The press doesn’t propose to stand the
perpetuation of the swindle and the ring-
sters must give away on this point, or the
whole protective system will be smashed.”
Cheap Ice Machine.—We thought
an ice failure in the North one year
would not fail to develop vast improve
ments in the manufacture'of artificial ice.
Apparently that has-been the result. The
New York papers tell of a “Low Pressure
Binary Absorption Machine,” which, with
a small engine, turns out 50 tons of ice
per day, at a cost for labor and fuel of
78 cents per ton. The ice is delivered in
blocks of 12x20x60 inches. What should
be the retail price of ice made at that
cost? I
'«■» ■
Senator Cameron’s Back Down.—
A special dispatch from Chicago to the
New York Herald gives a graphic but
doubtless overdrawn description of what
is termed Senator Don Cameron’s 1
conditional” surrender to the Republican
national committee in yielding the point
in regard to the unit rule. It represents
Cameron as meeting the anti-Grant mem
bers of the committee with-a flag of truce,
and as saying to Mr. Frye, of Maine, the
spokesman of the party, that he was ready
to surrender, all he wanted being to have
the privilege of terminating his career as
a member of tbe committee honorably,
and not in tbe disgrace and humiliation
of decapitation proposed by tbe majority.
Mr. Cameron is further represented
saying that he wa3 never so thorougldy
disgusted with politics as he had been
during the-last few days.
The New York'i^obld’s Fair.—It
is now tolerably certain that by the'year
1883, when tho New York world’s fair is
to open, the Brooklyn bridge and the Hud-
son river tunnel will both be finished aud
in constant use, so-that New York city
will on that- occasion hare considerably
more to show in tbe way of really great
public works than - Philadelphia had in
the year 1876.
—The much-talked-of bill to prevent
Ihe railroads of New York from making
discriminations in freights was finally per
mitted to die from neglect In the Senate
of that State, so the whole thing now
stands as if there had been no agitstion
whatever on the subject.
WARNER FOR GOVERNOR!
A Man Meeting of tbe Democracy in
Meriwether County Presents His
Name! An Address to the People «r
Georgia I
Greenville, Ga., June 1st, 1880.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—At
a mass meeting of the Democratic party
held in Greenville to-day, the following
address to the people of Georgia, present
ing the name of Chief Justice Warner
for governor, was adopted. The meeting
was largely attended, and much enthusi
asm prevailed. You will oblige by pub
lishing the address iu both your daily and
weekly editions.
John L. Dixon, Chairman.
T. A. Atkinson, Secretary.
The Democracy of Meriwether, in con
vention assembled, would respectfully
recommend the Hon. Hiram Warner as
emphatically the man for ournext govern
or.
The honored chief justice of the State
needs no introduction to the people of
Georgia. His name is a household word
from the mountains to the sea.
He has been tlieir public servant for
almost half a century; and every trust
coufided to his care has been discharged
with ability and fidelity. His genius is
stamped upon every page of our jurispru
dence, aud liis name will live as long as
our laws. It is fitting that Georgia, the
State that has honored him so often and
so well, and which he has so faithfully
served, should add the crowning glory to his
long, useful aqd illustriousdife, by placing
him in the executive chair as chief magis
trate of the Slate.
Do the people of Geoigia desire re
trenchment in the public expenditures?
His whole life has been a lesson of
economy.
Do they wish an honest administration?
The tongue of calumny has never charged
him with corruption.
Do they want a governor dissociated
from rings and cliques, and a stranger to
the arts of a politician ? He has worn
unspotted the ermine of a judge for
nearly thirty years. Da they admire
ability of thn highest order ? His career
at the bar, in the forum, on the. bcuch,
even in the management ofhis private af
fairs, displays a judgment that rarely errs.
Let no'one think we magnify our fa
vorite; we speak the words of simple, so
ber truth. But we gladly admit our par
tiality. We live at his home. He has
gone in and out before us almost all his
life. We have been taught by his exam
ple, counselled by his wisdom, and lout
ago learned to revere and love him. Tn~
deed, our love for him prompts this ad
dress. Though he is now in the enjoy
ment of vigorous health, we fear that the
duties of his present laborious position
are too wearing for his years, and that he
needs repose. We want him to find it in
the discharge of the °asy, but august du
ties of the executive chair—an office
that will be at once grateful to his feelings
and honorable to his ambition, and which
his more than Roman virtue will illus
trate and adorn.
We would not depreciate the merits,
nor pluck one laurel from the brows of
those worthy gentlemen, whose names
have been mentioned in connection with
the place. Gartrell, Lawton, Underwood,
Lester, Reese, Bacon and Hardeman, are
Georgians all, and Georgians of a noble
breed 1 Eacli lias done good service to
tbe State, and we bope that each will one
day enjoy her highest rewards. But in
tbe course of nature, many years are be
fore them, and they can safely await tbe
future. Either one of them would now
make a good governor; still they would
all, doubtless, most cheerfully admit that
they could discharge the duties far better
if they had before their eyes for imitatiou
that perfect model of an administration
which the great chief justice, when he fills
the chair, will leave behind him.
We have not named among the aspi
rants for the position, our present execu
tive, His Excellency Alfred H. Colquitt.
We desire to state, distinctly, that vre
have no sympathy for the assaults that
Lave been made upon his administration,
and still less for the cliaiges preferred
against his character.
His administration, upon the whole,
has been prosperous and creditable
to tbe State; and we have the
most profound respect for tbe.gran
deur of tbe name he bears, tbe
purity of liis private life, bis patriotic
services in tlie'past and bis lofty Christian
character.' But his election to another
term now would violate, not the letter,
but tbe spirit of our- new constitution.
He has already held the office four years—
the full period of two terms—and every
one hereafter, after holding the office for
four years, will be disqualified to a re-
election for four years. Did the framers
of that instrument intend that he* alone
should be an exception to tbe general op-
erationof the fundamenlallaw? 'The
indignant mutterings occasionally heard,
against his admipistration are, in a meas-.
ure, doubtless owing to the unwise zeal
of his friends in attempting to force an
other term upon him against the spirit of
the constitution. Let them cease their
clamors for Colquitt until after the lapse
of four years, (when he will again be
come eligible), aud the murmurs against
liis administration will be heard no more.
It will be better for. his fame, better for
the unity of the Democratic party, arid
better for the peace arid happiness of the
people.
We close this necessarily short address
with the request that the papers of the
State will publish it; and that the people
will instruct their delegates to vote for.
Warner in the approaching gubernatorial
convention; and with the hearty wish that
the grand old comtrionwealth of Geoigia
may for the next two years experience the
felicity of an administration under the
guidiug hand and intellect of the great
chief justice.
John L. Dixon, Chrn’n.
T. A. Atkinson, Sec’y.
Early Peaches.
The first crate of Georgia peaches from
S. H. Rumpb, Willow Lake nursery at
Marshallville, passed through the express
office in tills city last night consigned’' to
H. B. Plant, Esq., president Southern Ex
press Company, New York. The peaches
are the “Early Alexanders” and the
“Early Beatrices.” It has been the cus
tom of Mr. Rumph for several years to
forward to tlie president of the express
company the first peaches of the season.
The shipment of peaches from Georgia
to Northern markets has within a few
years grown to be a large and remunera-
-tire business. From this time forward
the express office will be crowded with
this class of freight.
New York has hitherto been dependent
upon Maryland, Delaware and New Jer
sey for her peaches. Immense loads of
the fruit are weekly shipped into the city
to be distributed throughout the New
England and central States. Now, since
the adoption of the octagon slat-box for
shipping, and tbe completion of lightning
express lines, peaches from Georgia can be
delivered in New York in as short a time
as from the rural districts of the States
named, a few years since. Among the most
successful of our Georgia growers is Mr.
S. H.' Rumph, of Marshallville, whose
beautiful exhibitions of fine fruits at our
horticultural fairs will long be remem
bered here.
ZmbJIt* ' Hut
and improper food at this season of the
year may speedily carry you to the grave.
Packer's Ginger Tonic should always be
kept in the house, as it is unequalled for
nursing mothers with teething children,
and not only cures diarrhoea, dysentery,
cholera, cholera infantum, colic, crainpa,
etc., but prevents these dangerous at
tacks. By its corrective action ou the di
gestive apparatus it cures headache, indi
gestion, nervousness, palpitation of the
ieait, wakefulness, neuralgic pains, liver
disorders, low spirits, sour stomach and
all other symptoms and forms of dyspep
sia, regulates the bowels, and enables you
to eqjoy the fruits and vegetables of the
season. Buy a 50 ct or $1 bottle and tiy
it. For sale by Boland B. Hall, druggist.
apr20 3m.
Another Awwnltb, m Npffro.
On Thursday or Friday, Mrs. Wash
Huff was assaulted, choked and beaten by
a negro woman in the absence of her bus",
band, who was at school. The woman
made her escape. She is a very bright
mulatto. Mr. Huff lives in Houston, a in
the neighborhood of York, and tbe crim
inal is doubtless still lurking among her
friends in that vicinity. Pick her up.
Honora in the High School.
The following are the names of pupils
in the High School who received annual
certificates:
Fitzallen Wright, Laura Boykin, Bertha
Davidson, Anna Dure, Tillie Freeman
Hannah Hines, Courvoisie Hill, Carrie*
Bell Johnson, Alice Lawrence, Maud Lip-
ford, Linton Lundy, Mollie McGolrick,
Gussie Peyser, Sallie Van Houten, Jose
phine Waxelbaum, Adeline Waxelbaum.
A Beautiful Font;
The following testimonial was splen
didly written, out and placed in an ele
gant frame and presented to Mr. Artope on
yesterday evening. It speaks for itself:
Macon, Ga., May 18, 1886.
To Thos. B. •Artope: The rector and
consulting committee of St. John’s Chap
el, Macon, Ga., heartily wish to express,
for themselves and congregation, through
this medium, their grateful acknowledge
ment of your beautiful gift of a font. Be
assured that it is highly prized, and ever
associated with its sacred uses will he
memories of the generous donor. It is at
once usciul and ornamental. May a faith-
ful fulfillment of its blessed mission attest
the former, and may the latter typify, in
those whom it graciously serves, lives as
unblemished as its unsullied marble.
May it in truth dispense the cleansing in
fluence which it symbolizes, and may
every name from thence sent forth bo at
last written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Thus will be secured tbe truest reward
which we can invoke for you.
Otis A. Glazebrook, Rector.
Tnos. A. Griffiths, Asst. Rector.
W. C. Turpin, Treasurer.
D. W.'.Shaffer,
Jas. J. Churchill,
Julius C. Mayb,"
For the Consulting Committee.
Meeting; of Democratic Executive
Committee.
Milledgeyille, June 4, 1880.
At a meeting of the Democratic execu
tive committee of the sixth congressional
district it was unanimously agreed that a
convention he held iu Milledgevillc, July
22,1880, for the purpose of nominating a
candidate to represent this district in the
47th Congress. The several counties of
the district are requested to take notice
and send delegates to said convention.
R. V. Habdeman,
Ch'mii Dcm. Ex. Com. 6th Cong. dis.
The Democratic papers of the district
are requested to copy the above call.
The Executive Committee to the Democ
racy of the 0th Congressional District:
Profoundly impressed with the duties
we owe to our State and countiy aud de
sirous that harmony shall continue in the
District and throughout the State among
the friends of Democracy we invite tbe co
operation of all true Democrats in main
taining the principles of our party during
the ensuing campaign, and to this end
would impress upon all the necessity of lay
ing aside personal preferences when
in conflict with the expressed will of the
majority; to give to the nominees of the
party a hearty, unanimous and un
divided support, if -they would see
our grand old State rise in her majes
ty and become as grand in ber career of
prosperity and happiness as Georgia in
her palmier days. Let those who may
stoop to dishonor her fair name receive
your condemnation, and in your patriot
ism and love of State and country, declare
to the world your unalterable allegiance
to a party who, through tbe past ten years
Of ber history (wliile many of her sister
States trailed tlieir proud banners^ in the
dust under illegal and corrupt administra
tions), by tbe prudence of her counsels
and the unity of the Democratic party
has freed-herself from the domination of
those who wasted her energies, paralyzed
her industries and destroyed her credit in
the commercial world; by such a course
we predict for Geoigia a bright and glo
rious future, inviting by her very gran
deur thousands from distant climes, un
til every mountain and valley,hill and dale
will be filled with a happy and contented
people, and unborn years will send back
from our children’s children an honored
tribute to those who stood true to tho
principles of the Democratic party in the
hour of danger. R. V. Hardeman,
Chairmau.
• THE DARK SIDE.
Five Thousand People in Xeadvillc
“Dead Broke”-Work Hard to Get.
I must confess that I have been much
disappointed. Denver is a busy town,
but outside this place there is not much
of Colorado. You may believe as much
as you please about Utica people doing
well, and set the rest down as all talk—
nothing-more. For instance: I met a
caipenter here who is well known to
you on Gennessee street. He was glad
to see one from Utica. He received
$2.25 per day in Utica; here he
gets S2.50 per day. It cost him
$4.00 per day to live in Utica; in
Denver, $7.50 per week at the lowest,
and not as good as you can live in Utica
for $3. AH whom I have heard of from
Utica as doirg well, with one except ! on,
would gladly be hack in Utica if it were
not for pride or fear that they could not
get tlieir old jobs. I met a young man
the other day driving a dirt cart at thirty
dollars per month.. I remember Mm in
Utica, a proud, nobby young chap, who
would hardly recognize a common person.
TTig parents are well-to-do, but he is
ashamed to go home again. After living
here for a short time, young fellows do
not care to leave, as they frequently get
into exceedinglv loose habits. Gambling
seems to be the most profitable
business, and leads everything else, from
the newsboy up to the 'merchant. There
are five thousand people in Leadvillc
“dead broke,” and they are dying by the
dozens. The road from here to Leadville
is lined with prospectors, gamblers, bunko
steerers, cut-throats and thieves. ■ Along
the way are dead horses, mules apd bron
chos, and the stench is fearful. Nearly
all that have money start back after stay
ing there a day ot two, but the majority
“go broke,” and fly to tlie drinking and
gambling shops to see if they cannot pick
up' enough to get away with. Poor devils
come here from Leadville on every train,
and present sorry sights.—Utlica Herald.
SAiipo in Clover.—An item in the
CMcago Times reads: Another grade of
toWn-tolk have taken advantage of the
jatherit.g to leap into favor. The Chicago
smart darkies, having noticed that even
General Sheridan and Potter Palmer were
willingto be sociable with men of. color,
slipped in on yesterday, dressed in that
peculiar exaggeration of last year’s styles
which darkies most affect,-and introduc
ing themselves its delegates from the
South rolled at onee into luxury.
One of the chief engineers of the Grant
boom is Mrs. John A. Logan, the hand
some wife of the “bos3” - : of Illinois. She
and her husband occupy a suite of rooms
at the Palmer House, close to the head
quarters of tbe national Republican com
mittee. Mrs. Logan is a lady of distin
guished presence, with an off-hand West
ern sort of cordiality. She welcomes hun
dreds of delegate callers daily, and there
is not a politician or cross-roads postmas
ter in Illinois whom she does not know.
The veteran politicians give Mrs. Log* 11
credit for great sagacity, and it is certain
that few of the masculine political in,
triguers in Chicago surpass her in knowl
edge of men. Beside helping on the boom
for Grant, she keeps the Senator, her hus-
band, np to the observance of the laws of
health, sending him to bed for an occa
sional nap.
—The Republican convention of 1876
was in session three days before Blaine
was killed off. Blaine revived, and thought
he would like to be knocked down again
at Chicago.