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GEORGIA PRESS.
Atlanta Poit: At $500 per vote
Georgia has been the gainer by about SI i,-
000 bv the Chicago convention. How
ever, at least half of this “sugar” will be
spent before the delegates return to tins
State. ' *
Tiie Thomasville "Enterprise says of
Mr. Thomas Grace, who died at his home
near Thomasville recently:
Mr Grace was bom and reared in Hous
ton county. When a ycung man he
moved to Hawkinsville and there lived,
engaged in merchandising, until ISoo,
when he came to Thomasville. Since
that time he has been farming and cotton
bnying. By industry and frugality he
amassed a comfortable competency. He
leaves a wife, but no child, we believe.
He was about 58 years of age.
On the 23d instant the Democratic ex
ecutive committee of the third congres
sional district will meet in Albany to de
liberate upon the condition of affairs in
that section, and arrange for the coming
convention, which shall say who will run
for Congress.
Albany Advertiser: A case came up
before his honor, mayor pro tern., W. T.
Jones, this morning, when a young color
ed lady charged a young colored man with
squeezing her hand. She did not thir.k it
the right thing to do unless he (the
S neezer) should pay for it. The mayor,
ways a tender-hearted personage, and
leaning very much to the side of the fe
male sex, found the audacious fellow
guilty of a grave misdemeanor, and agreed
to let him off if he would pay two dollars
and costs, or spend ten days in the guard
house.
Griffin News: Heretofore Spalding
county has been allowed only one repre
sentative in the legislature, though lately
it has been generally thought that our
population would entitle us to a better
representation. In a consultation with
Supervisor Johnson, who i3 in daily re
ceipt of reports from his enumerators, giv
ing results of each day's progress, we were
informed that the increase in the popula
tion of the country since the census of
1870, is much greater even than had been
estimated, and that, judging from the re
turns already in, the increased population
will entitle the county to another repre
sentative. The wealth and population of
the county has for several years been en
titled to this representative, and we pre
sume that another year will find the coun
ty in the enjoyment of that right.
Sparta Ishmaelite: The river aud
harbor bill embodies, yearly, a gigantic
scheme for plundering the public treasury.
The Democratic party lias deserted the
old landmarks in this particular. It is
absurd to profess to favor economy In
the face of such a gigantic raid on the
treatu-y.
Wiregrass Watchman: The colored
people of this and other towns along the
line of the M. <& B. railroad will excurtto
Macon on the 12th inst.
Savannah News: Last night Mr.
Henry Meinhard, who keeps a store on
the Louisville road, discovered about eight
o’clock the dead body of a man lying in
the road, near Jones’ store, some six miles
from the city. lie immediately came to
town and notified the coroner. In conse
quence of the lateness of the hour, the
coroner decided to wait until this morn
ing before proceeding to the place to hold
an inquest. The coroner was unable to
say whether the man was white or col
ored, Mr. Meinhard having failed to men
tion these points.
Columbus Enquirer: Killed by
Carelessness.—A gentleman who ar
rived on the steamer Holt tells us of the
sudden death of two children in the
neighborhood of Haywood’s lauding, Fla.
One was a small child of Mr. i’arra-
more's. It was ill, and a physician being
called prescribed quinine. Mr. P. had a
small quantity in the house, but it being
insufficient the doctor took asmall portion
from a vial in his pocket. This was given
to the child, and it went to sleep.
Shortly afterwards it was found to be
dead. In the same neighborhood a child
nine years of age was given quinine from
the same physician, aud died shortly af
terwards. It is thought morphine instead
of quinine was given the children.
Butler Herald; From all reports
throughout the county the present grow
ing crop of corn and cotton looks better
and more promising than for several years
past at this season, while the wheat ‘and
oat crops with but few exceptions have
been an almost entire failure.
Sumter Republican: On Sunday Jast,
a negro man named Spencer Daniels was
killed by Joseph Dorman, a white man.
Mr. Dorman, it seems,' had some words
with another negro when Spencer asked
what was the matter, and was told it was
none of his business, whereupon he made
some threatening remarks and advanced
npon Mr. Dorman with a large stick, in a
striking attitude. Dorman fired and
struck the negro, who still advanced until
shot the third time, when he fell. Dr.
Westbrook was called to see the unfortu
nate man, and worked bard to relieve
him of his pain, as he saw at a glance that
it was impossible for him to recover. He
died on Sunday afternoon. Dr. West
brook thinks the prevalent opinion of wit-
ii'':scs is that Mr. Dorman was justifiable
in his proceedings, as the negro was a
powerful man, and of a very desperate
character.
Atlanta Post: The people would like
to know by what means and by what right
tt Victor Newcomb was informed of Sena
tor Gordon’s resignation, while it was yet
in Governor Colquitt’s pocket, aud un
known to the people of Georgia. Did
Governor Colquitt telegraph to Newcomb
* before he made the resignation public?
Savannah Nemo: Fanny Patterson,
the colored damsel who was arrested by
Policeman Taylor on the charge of steal
ing a lot of clothes from Georgia Jones,
colored, in whose house she had been
residing, was yesterday turned over on a
warrant issued by. Magistrate Molina.
After inquiring into the case the magis
trate decided to commit Fanny to jail in
default of bond to' answer the charge of
larceny from the Inuse before the City
Court.
Sparta Ishmaelite: Personally, we
have the very warmest feelings of friend
ship for Governor Colquitt. As a man,
we look upon him as a genial, kindly
gentleman—a tender.fatber, an affection
ate husband, a generous friend ami a
worthy citizen. In these relationships the
Governor is true to his highest concep
tions of duty; and we put our belief of
the fact on record, that our position may
liot be misunderstood. Onr opposition to
his renomination grow3, in part, out of
the consideration that. his candidacy is
an element of distraction within the
party. To those who wish to see the'
people of the State united • and harmo
nious, this is a serious objection to the
governor’s candidacy. So far as the Ish-
maelitc is conpemed' this.pbjectiou is con
clusive. Thera is no needjff partisan
ship in a matter of this sort. 'There is.no
excuse for it.. To favor the nomination of
a candidate from considerations of friend
ship, without reference to the question of
fitness or availability, and in defiance of
tbe protests of thousands of citizens, is to
subordinate judgment to feeling, in a
manner that does not comport with a
faithful discharge oi patriotic duty. If
there is a man in the State as competent
as Governor Colquitt, against whom there
is no serious, much less implacable, oppo
sition, it does seem that no one, who seeks
solely the good of the State, can doubt tiro
propriety of the nomination of that man,
in preference to the governor. That Is
our position on this question, and we com
mend it to the consideration of our read
ers. If the public interests are of prime
importance, and if peace in the party is
conducive to the public good, tlien it is
not even a matter of doubt that the policy
suggested above is demanded by tbe high
est considerations of patriotism. To onr
mind tho logic of this conclusion is unan
swerable. If there is a weak po.nt in it,
we should like to have it pointed out.
A negro woman by the name of Jane
Simmons, supposed to be crazy, drowned
herself in the Ogecchee river eleven miles
from Savannah. When I»er body was
found it was discovered to be greatly mu
tilated by the alligators.
Savannah Eeros: The regular week
ly meeting of the Temperance Hefonn
Club was held at Mozart Hal! last night,
and proved quite an interesting, instruct
ive aud profitable meeting, and resulted
in the addition of a half dozen members
(all young men) to the ranks of the cold
water army. _ . „. .
Sparta Ishmaelite: The two-tlurds
rule seems to ba violative of the principle
that majorities should rule. It will not
be abolished at Cincinnati. Rigid, or
wrong, one good thing may he said in its
favor. It promises to rid the party of the
candidacy of Samuel J. Tilden. If it
should accomplish that riddance, we shall
look upon it with gratitude for the bal
ance of our days.
Irwinton Appeal: There is no use to
disguise the fact, our merchants are hav
ing an easy time now. One of them went
to Macon Tuesday and left his store doors
wide open, and nobody to look after the
store, and still it was not found out before
dinner time.
Wiregrass Watchman: Day by.day
does the cleaning out and improving our
rivers become more and more a necessity.
In so far as concerns the Ocmulgee, es
pecially is this remark applicable. _ The
business now done along its course in the
way of manufacturing naval stores and
transporting thereof, the transportation of
timber and lumber to market, and the
consequent return transportation of ne
cessary supplies of all kinds, Las grown
already to immense proportions, and daily
increasing. In connection with these
pressing demands few appropriations for
the Ocimiigee, wo note that the business
men of Hawkinsville have consummated
arrangements on account of the enormous
and unjust freight tariff of the. railroad
commissioners, to ■ transport their cotton
to market by way of the Ocmulgee’s
placid waters. We trust our members of
Congress will exert their utmost strength
to secure an appropriation that will at
once put our streams in good condition.
Brunswick Appeal: Cumberland Island
is now one of the most popular summer
resorts on the South Atlantic coast.' Mr.
Bunkley has been crowded for a month
past, and is still feeding aboutninety visi
tors. Macon has had a large delegation
down there for some weeks, among them
Mr. Edwards, the brilliant young local
editor of the Telegrami and Messen
ger, and he attends to business as well as
pleasure. His letters to his paper are ad
mirable.
Albany Advertiser: We regret to
learn of the death, after a short illness,
yesterday, of Mr. Eugene Smith, one of
the firm of Finn, Smith <& Co., of Thom
asville. Mr. Smith was universally es
teemed, and leaves a wife and several
small children to mourn his loss.
Albany News: On last Sunday morn
ing Nancy Warren, an old colored ped
dler, was found dead in her bed. The de
ceased occupied one of the out houses be
longing to Judge Jackson, and was for
many years well known on tlie streets as
a peddler of old clothes. Upon investiga
tion of the body by several friends and
relatives, it was generally believed tliat
the deceased came to her end by natural
causes—general debility and old age.
Sandrrsville Herald: Mr. William
O’Connor, son of Mr. John O’Connor, of
this county, was taken prisoner during the
war, and after being given up for dead for
many long years, returned home on Satur
day, the 30th ult. He enlisted in the
service of the Confederacy when about
fifteen years of age, was captured near
Oconee in this county, was carried North,
and, after the war closed, engaged in bus
iness ; and now, after seventeen, years of
absence, the lad of fifteen visits . his
parents, a man in middle life, 32 years of
age.
Jug Breaking.—Savannah News: On
next Tuesday evening, June loth, at the
Masonic Temple, Trinity Sunday-school
will break the jugs in which they have
been collecting missionary money for some
time. An attractive programme has been
carefully prepared., embracing music and
singing, with 'scriptural and allegorical
representations, at once novel, chaste and
beautiful. The entertainment is distinc
tively religious in its character, and its
lessons will prove alike profitable to the
young aud to fie old. Doors open at
7:45 p. m. Trouble begins at 9:15 p. m.
Albany Nevis: The Atlanta Consti
tution would do its patrons in Southwest
Georgia appreciative service if it would
send us down its regular morning issue,
even if takes a day longer. We do not
like the half-shell pre-dating arrange
ment. They say Atlanta’s Daily Consti
tution is far ahead of the issue sent down
this way. How is that, Colonel?
Perry Home Journal; Don. James n.
Blount has at last agreed, after being im
portuned by resolutions from nearly every
county in the district, to accept the con
gressional nomination of the sixth district
if it should be offered him. The nomi
nation will be ottered, Blount will be re
elected, and the sixth district will con
tinue to be as well represented in con
gress as any State district in the Union.
Dawson Journal: Mr. Nathan Cook,
an old and highly respected citizen of this
county, died at his home in the twelfth
district on la3t Friday. Deceased was,
we believe, about tbe oldest man in the
county, being about ninety-five yeais old.
Augusta Chronicle: It 13 a matter of
gratification to see that our banking insti
tutions and railroads continue to pay good
dividends.
It Is whispered that, two more factories
will soon be under way on the Augusta
Canal. “The more the merrier.”
The Eutaw excursion to New York con
tinues to be the subject of general conver
sation ip Augusta. Tbe train leaves on
July 1st, at G:50 a. m. • j
Cartersyille Free Press: There are
only six bar-rooms in town now. Once
there were twelve. We could give a
reason for this downfall of king aichohoi,
but modesty is a coronet we expect to
wear the longest day we live.
Did they break by selling to editors on
tick?
Atlanta Post: The Georgia State
Democratic convention was a model con
vention. It was the most'harmonious
political meeting of ' its size ever assem
bled in Atlanta. Meeting a few minutes
after 11 o’clock In the ’morning, it trans
acted all the business before half past five
in the afternoon, and had a recess of an
hour and a half in the meantime. We
challenge any political meeting in the
United States, composed of S50 members,
for a better showing than that. The late
Republican pow-wow in Atlanta required
four days to accomplish the same amount
of work. The convention yesterday was
a representative body, though many of
the members did wdartbe' marks of tlie
rings. The delegates did what they come
to do, and no more. There was no slouch
ing of the work. We hope, that the unity
of this convention is an earnest of the
unity of the party during the coming con
test.*
THE Savannah News gives a sketch of
a faithless deacon, one John XL Hollins-
worth, colored. Feeling kindly disposed
toward the “sistem,” and learning that
one Nora Rogers and her friends desired
to go to New York on the steamer City of
Columbus, lie - volunteered to purchase
their tickets and check their baggage, pi
ously believing that the Bay was not tiie
proper place for innocent women. He
chocked their baggage, gave them; the
checks but forgot to bring their tickets to
them, and tlie'steamer left without them.
Nora Rogers says she gave him $15. The
good deacon is now in jail awaitlnjj a:i in
vestigation before the proper authorities.
He claims to have had his schooling in
Atlanta, but is well khowu about‘Athens,
Griffin and Forsyth. ; [-<•
Athens Danner: Wc arc pained to
announce tbe death of this gentleman
which occurred on yesterday at 7 o’clock,
at tire residence of Iris brother, Mr. Jesse
Allen. The deceased was a native of Au
gusta, and has been a resident of Athens
for the past ten montiis. His disease was
consumption of tiie lungs. He was highly
esteemed for his manly virtues and his
warm, social temperament. His funeral
will take place to-day at 4:30 o’clock at
the residence of his brother, Mr. J; M.
Allen. His remains \\M be interred in
Oconee cemeteiy.
The Augusta'News speaks thus of our
female college:
We have received from our friends at
tire Wesleyan the annual eataloguo for
’1879-80. in addition to the valoable and
splendidly arranged ■ information con
tained, the catalogue is handsomely gotten
up, the clecant type work being assisted
by two cuts of the college building. The I
Wesleyan Female college is not only tbe
eldest female college in tbe world, but j
one of the leading institutions of the kind, *
its curriculum being well established’a::d
complete, and its advantages unsurpassed.
The faculty is one of the ablest in the
country and is composed of such men &3
President W. C. Bass and Professor
Joseph T. Derry, formerly of Augusta,
Professors Cosby Smith and Harri
son, and competent and talented
assistants, numbering a dozen in the
corps of instructors, Wesleyan is to be
congratulated. Founded in 1836, through
the agency of Dr. Lovick Pierce, it began
work in 1830, trader its first President, the
distinguished son of that great old leader
in Methodism, Bishop George F. Pierce,
and tbe catalogue contains a full list of
graduates from 1840 to 1870 inclusive.
Tbe approaching commencement for the
session of 18S0 will open on Sunday, the
13tli of June. The commencement sermon
will be preached by Rev. A. W. Wilson,
of Baltimore, who will also deliver the
annual address on the 15th instant. This
address was delivered at the last com
mencement by our distinguished and elo
quent townsman, Judge James S. Hook.
DaltoN . Citizeh: ‘ We Jeam that oh
Sunday last, at Captain A. K. Ramsey’s,
a difficulty occurred between Frank Bow
man and a man named Randolph, in
which the former was fatally stabbed by
the latter. The difficulty started from
some remark being made about Bow
man’s wife, from Whom he had been.sepr
arated. for some time. , . .,
The Savannah News: The announce
ment of the death of Mr. Wm. Edward
White, son of 1 James W. White, Esq.,
which occurred at tiie residence of his
father, on Tatnall street, shortly before 2
o’clock a. m., Thursday, from congestion
of the brain, occasioned sincere regret to a
large circle of friends who knew him in
timately and esteemed him well. Prior
to the late war the deceased was a clerk
in the Central railroad, and was an effi
cient and trustworthy employe. Afterthe
first battle of Manassas he left the Re
publican Blues (of which he was a mem
ber,) then stationed around Savannah, and
proceeded to Virginia, where he joined
the Oglethorpe Light Infantry (Eighth
Georgia regiment,) remaining with tiie
company throughout the entire struggle
except for a brief period, when he was a
prisoner of war, having been captured at
Gettysburg. He was a faithful and gal
lant soldier and stood high in tho estima
tion of his comrades. He was at several
different periods marine reporter on the
Homing Netcs, and occupied that position
during the epidemic of 1876, standing
manfully at his post during those trou
blous times aud until stricken by the fe
ver. After his recovery he sought.otber
employment, and at the time of his last
sickness was in the employ of Mr. George
W. Parish as bookkeeper. He wa3 aged
thirty-seven years and nine months, and
leaves a wife and several children, be
sides other relatives and friends, to mourn
his demise. : ”
Mr. White had many friends in Macon
who will he saddened by this announce
ment. Ills wife is a daughter of Mr. J.
O. Davis, of East Macon, He leaves only
two children. We sympathize deeply
with the bereaved family. :
A uorrespondevt in the Gainesville
Eagle gives the following history of the
Lumsden gold mine in White county: ’
One evening last winter, sitting around
tiie fire at the old homestead, the Lums
den boys and their old grandfather, Cap
tain John L. Richardson, an old miner,
and one of White’s best citizens, were
engaged in conversation, and the topic was
gold and mining, when the old miner
remarked that all the work that had been
done in digging gold on the place, had
been done away from the residence and
that no test had been made for gold near
tbe house, and that there might be gold
above a place where work had been done
years ago, mentioning a little valley or
(train west of the dwelling house and
near bv. A short time after this, and on
the 2Siii of February, John Lumsden dug
a test pit in this drain and got as the re
ward of a day’s labor one pennyweight
and twenty-two grains of gold. On Monday,
1st day of Mafcli,operations were resumed,
and continued with some success until the
22d of March, when the operators found
on that day 135 pennyweights and 12
grains, one piece weighing 50 penny
weights. On March 26th, 163 penny
weights were picked up; on April 9th, 108
pennyweights; on the 10th, 089; on the
12tbi 948; on the 13th, 225; on the 14tli,
100; on May 26th, 115; on May 31st, 40
pennyweights. The above only shows the
days of large success in finding gold. Up
to this date, aud since February 28th, Mr.
J. R. Lumsden informs me that they hare
taken out about 3,700 pennyweights of
gold, with the aid of only three hands, and
at very little expense. , - , ui -
Waynesboro Expositor: Oar young
townsman, Julien S. Rodgers, lias been
elected by the faculty as one of the" junior
orators at tho approaching commence
ment ot Mercer University. This dis
tinction is awarded for excellence in com
position and declamation’. We foam that
the class is remarkable for its general pro
ficiency, and tho appointment on that ac
count is an additional honor. .!■’-«
The Fort Valley brass band, in order
to keep from blowing themselves away,
have chosen the following gentlemen as
guardians: Mcssis. S. B: Burr, A. W.
Murray and W. E. Brown.
Columbus Enquirer: The appropria
tion of $20,000 for the Improvement of the
Chattahoochee river is secured. This
amount is not large, but much good can
be done with it. There remains $10,000
of an unexpended balance, giving an
available sum ot $30,000. The Flint riv
er gets $20,000 and Apalachicola bay $10,.
000. The river and harbor hill has been
passed by both houses. .
Mr. Akciiey McMillan,; of Telfair
comity, is reported dead. He' wa3 one of
the oldest and best citizens of that county.
McVille South Georgian: Last'Mon
day was a good day for the purchase of
wool, if we may judge from the amount
brought in. Mr. Gay and Judge McRae
bought the bulk of it, near two thousand
pounds,-paying 84 to 35 cents per pound.
We consider the merchants are paying the
full market price for all they buy.
From tho Constitution wo' learn that
Messrs. F. M. Richardson, E. B. Thomas
and J. H. Jones think that the population
of Atlanta will foot up 45,000, while
Mr. J. O, Harris and Judge.Newsom, giv
ing wider range to their imagination, put
the number of population down at 50,000.
The Smith Vise department of the
Americus Bcborder puts the name - of
Tom Hardeman at the head of its column;
then it has this to say :
Hardeman is popular in our district,
but Colquitt lias a cosiderable following,
and his recent appointment of Joe Brown
lias increased his popularity very much in
this county. We all can see no objection,
to Brown. We are satisfied that Georgia
is now better represented in the United
States Senate than any State in tbe union.
Joe Brown heat anybody being judge
when he was judge, and beat all the gov
ernors before and'since him, and as a rail
road man ho has no equal; so we are sat
isfied that lie will make as good success at
being a Senator. t jq,
Our Americus brethren, over, the head
ing of “Rearing Fruit,” are getting rather
personal. It is bearing the wroug-kind of
fruit, brethren.
Amujucus Hectrder: Some days ago
a colored man at Hay’s mill, near Lees
burg, while removing the saw dnst placed
ids arm against the running saw, and in
a mqmont it was .put off. Drs. -Love and
Coleman amputated it above tiie elbow,
and at last accounts the unfortunate man
was doing well.
A few days since Master Charley Chap
man, son.ofour townsman, J. P. Chap
man, wa3 but hunting, when some grace
less chap, a colored boy, fired at him, the
ball hitting a tree against which Charley
was standing. • The boy, whose name is
unknown, then ran off.
The Columbus papers are filled with
accounts of tiie closing exercises of the
ptiblic schools.
Meriwether Vindicator: Mon. A. O.
Bapon, so often Speaker of tbe House in
the Georgia Legislature, will bo supported
by his friends as a candidate "for United
States Senator before the next- legislature.
Major Bacon’s acquaintance with leading
men throughout the State, andhis tgletit*
and excellent character, will render, him
a strong candidate. But few have served
with Speaker Bacon In the legislature
without forming a strong attachment for
iiim. llis great familiarity with parlia
mentary law and his experience in pub
lic life have fitted hitn for filling with
honor and distinction any position to
which he may be called by the people of
his State.
Louisville News and Planter: We
regret to learn of "the serious illness of
Mrs. H. Y. Johnson, of this county. She
is certainly one of the most cultivated and
and best informed ladies in the State.
Added to an unusually brilliant mind, she
possesses rare gift of language, which
makes her conversational powers wonder
fully effective and charming.: She is a la
dy also of a deep sense of piety. We trust
she will he ‘spared to her husband, to
whose life—^whether in its glory or great
ness—reverses or disappointments, she
has been a bright and guiding star.
Savannah News: Yesterday morning,
while a number of workmen were’engaged
in digging on'Broughton street, between
Bull and Drayton streets, for the purpose
of making connection from one of the
houses with the sewer, the embankment
caved in and one of the workmen, a dar
key, named Robert. Reid, was almost
buried beneath the dirt. He was covered
up to his thighs, and, being greatly debili
tated by the extreme heat, was utterly
unable to move. He wm taken out by
some of the men and laid npon the pave
ment, where, after a little care and atten
tion, he revived. !
Oglethorpe Echo: When you see
persons talking in church during preach
ing, don’t think hard of them. They
haven’t any better sense. *
Augusta Chronicle: Yesterday after
noon a small box was seen floating in tho
river,, opposite Wilde street. It was picked
up by a fisherman, and when opened was
found to contain the body of a White fe
male infant. As Coroner Jones was sick,
Justice Leon summoned a jury and Jield
an inquest. The jury found that the de
ceased came to its death from being
thrown into the river, and that they be
lieve it to be infanticide.
Atlanta Post: Died yesterday after
noon, Mrs. Powell, wife of Dr. T. S. Pow-.
ell, at liis residence on Pryor street. Her
remains left; last night for Sparta, her bid
home. She died of heart disease.
Albany Advertiser: Ever since the
new management took charge, the busi
ness on the Macon and Brunswick rail
road has been steadily on the increase.
Between $12,000 and $15,000 have .been
collected at this end of the road during
the month of May. The last three montiis
foot up five per cent, more than the eight
montiis previous. This has been mostly
lumber and merchandise. Just here we
would like to stick a peg. The piiblished
statement of receipts of naval stores lor
the month of May is .5,000 barrels or
thereabouts. , Of this only about 430
came by tbe Macon and Brunswick rail
road, and we learn that there are more
stills on this road than the Brunswick and
Albany. ,
Queries—Where has tiie rest gone to?
Is it held for higher figures, or has it
been switched oil at Jesup for Savannalf?
If so, how is it? It is sixty miles to Sa
vannah and forty to Brunswick. How can
the Gulf road carry it a greater distance
for less money ? Are there any rebates ?
This seems to smack of discrimination.
Let the railroad, commission hurry up and
put a stop to it, or else let the Macon and
Brunswick authorities allow no transfer
of care at Jesup, and thus bring to Bruns
wick what is legitimately hers. The Gulf
road is a Savannah institution and she is
entitled to the freights. The Macon and
Brunswick is.a Brunswick road aud we
ought to have the benefits therefrom.
LaGrange Beporter: The people
throughout the country seem to be pros
pering. They are taking more pride in
their homes, and are liaving their houses
painted and otherwise adorned. It is
really a treat to go through the country
and see everything looking so fresh and
nice.
The narrow gauge railroad is completed
eight miles this side of Hamilton, and tiie
track seems to he in splendid condition.
It is now within eighteen miles of La-
Grange, hut work on it has been sus
pended for the present.
Sudden Death.—Oglethorpe Echo:
Dr. D. Y. Aderhold, while sitting at his
breakfast table Monday morning, got a
piece of beefsteak down bis throat, and
before relief could be given expired. Tiie
doctor had been for some time partially
prostrated with a paralytic stroke, and so
was in very feeble health at the time of his
death.. He was an honorable, reliable
citizen, respected by every one. We ten
der our sympathy to liis bereaved family.
Atlanta Post: “Our Georgia Moun
taineers,” says one who knows them well,
“are the most independent, self-reliant,
impudent individuality people on earth.
And, while they may be willing to vote
for Senator Brown, they caunotbc made to
vote for Brown’s next friend.”
Brunswick Advertiser: Mr. Hardy
Pitts, of Dooly county, was in Albany tbo
past week with his wool crop, 8,000
pounds. It only brought him in .$2,500,
all made while he was asleep or at other
employment. Sheep raising does pay,
and there is no better place for it than
Glynn county, either. '
Some of the Georgia pross are temper
ing their “blows” “to a shorn Lamb” who
is wandering over tho State.
The death of Mrs. A. A. Gamble is'
announced by the Cuthbcrt Appeal. She
was about seventy years of age.
Quitman Beporter: We are much
pleased to learn from our much esteemed
friend, Judge Isaac Johnson, that most ot
his neighbore have planted this year froin
THE FIRST GUN FROM GEORGIA. ! republic. To prepare for a mighty contest
: 0 : . ■ . I in its defense we have met here to-day.
Proceedings of the State Consent!*. I Nor " U1 we Stand alone. The American
for tbe Appointment of Delegates to ' are awaking to the necessity
Cincinnati —— Perfect Hannon? in ' tb V r A
tion. Wo have had, but yesterday,, an
Council—Oar Representatives ITn
instructed.
Tiie convention which met in Atlanta
for the purpose of appointing delegates to
to represent'the Democracy of Georgia at
the national convention which assembles
on the 22d inst. in Cincinnati, was one oT
the largest gatherings of the kind ever
known in the State. The entire proceed
ings were also characterized by the utmost
harmony and good feeling, the delegates
wisely abstaining from the adoption of any
platform of principles 'in advance of the
action of the national convention. This
following is a.'resume of the proceedings:
The convention was called to order at
11:30 a. m. by the chairman of the execu
tive committee, Judge Lester, who said:
Gentlemen of the Convention: Accord
ing to usage, it becomes my duty as chair
man of your executive committee to call
this body to order. In doing so I shall
not inflict upon you a speech, but, as a
life-long Democrat, devoted to tiie princi
ples arid to the success of the candidates
of the party, 1 ask permission to make
one' or two suggestions. The government
of these United States, under the lead of
the Republican party, has assumed and
exercised powers not delegated to it by
the constitution of our ; fathers, arid even
now the government, under the adminis
tration of that party, is moving toward
centralization with a step as steady | as
time and an appetite keener than ‘death.
The hope of this country is in the sucoess
of the Democratic party, whose represent
atives you are to-day. [Applause.] Let
;is have unity, let us have oneness of pur.
pose, let us look alone to the success of
the great party which we represent in this
hall. i
The State of Georgia has not indicated
its wishes or preferences as to. who shall
be tiie standard-bearer of the party in the
coming contest, and therefore the- delega
tion we select here will go to the conven
tion uninstrueled. They, will go relying
on their pwn judgment and discretion,
and hence’ you will see tile 'importance of
selecting the best men Georgia has to
represent her in the convention at; Cincin
nati., .We ought not to.send men to Cin
cinnati to go simply on a frolic, or, an ex
cursion; not to compliment their friends,
nor to gather local importance ’ about
them. Wc ought to have twenty-two of
Georgia’s best citizens there, who. will go,
•and survey the field, consult with their
Democratic brethren from all parts of tiie
country, and then make a wise selec
tion of two candidates—one. for
president and one for vice-president—
worthy to lead this great people' and to
carry their banner to victory rind success;
men under whose leadership the Demo
cratic hosts can move forward and dis
place tho Republican party and its admin
istration; men under whose captaincy; we
can cross the Red sea dry-shod, and from
the further bank look back and see the
Republican party, with all its sin and
corruptions, its centralism and crimes, its
Garfield and its Arthur, overwhelmed in
defeat aud min. [Cheers.] Animated
by this spirit, we should select twenty-two
of our best men to. represent us, and
when this is done and tiie convention has
taken steps to organize the party, as sug
gested by the national committee, we
shall have done our appointed work. I
now declare the convention in order and
ready for business.
On motion of Mr. Walsh, of Richmond,
Hon. L. N. Trammell, of the county of
Whitfield, was elected temporary chair
man by acclamation. The colonel then
addressedjbe convention as follows:
Gentlemen of the Convention: Permit
me to extend to you my thanks for this
unexpepted and unsolicited honor in call
ing me to preside over the deliberations
of your honorable body until the perma
nent organization shall have been reached,
and to congratulate you, gentlemen, upon
your large and full representation of th6
Democracy of our grand old common
wealth. But, gentlemen, your kindness
admonishes me of the fact that I should
not he unmindful of your time or your
comfort by imposing upon you what is
customary on occasions like this, but what
I deem unnecessary, on this occasion, a
speech. Again thanking you for the
honor you have done me, I declare that
the 7 -'chair fa now ready to proceed with
business. •
On motion, Hon. Mark A. Harden, of
Bartow, was chosen secretary.
A resolution offered by Mr. C. D. Phil
lips, 6f Cobb, suggesting the appointment
of a committee of two from each con
gressional district for tho nominatipn of
permanent officers was temporarily with
drawn, pending a call of tho roll of the
connties, which Judge D. B. Howell
suggested.
The following gentlemen, on motion of
Ho::. G. N. -Lester, were named assistant
secretaries; Henry H. Cabauiis, of Mon
toe, Sam W. Small; of Fulton, and JI. R.
Goetchius, of Fulton, who also acted in a
permanent capacity.
The roll of counties was then called,
aitfcr which several resolutions and sub
stitutes looking to tiie appointment ;6f a
committee .on permanent organization fell
through, when Gen. P. M. B. Young rose
to a point of order and contended that the
convention had much to db arid little time
evidence of the fact that the k>ve
for the traditions and principles of the
republic have not altogether died out in
the American heart, and-even the dream-
era and plotters for empire have cried
“halt” before , an indignant public; and
from the clouds which lowered over our
future there has suddenly vanished the
dread apparition of “the man on horse
back.” [Applause.] Reason is beginning
to dominate passion, and we will not des
pair of the future.
We speak in no uncertain sound. We
send greeting to sister States to-day. The
t promise which we here make we will per
form, and that promise is: When the
great battle shall be joined in November,
from every hill-top in Georgia the stand
ards of our party shall float in undisputed
victory. [Cheers.]
I again thank you, gentlemen, for the
distinguished honor yon have done me,
and declare that the business next in or
der is the selection of a permanent secre
tary for this convention. [Applause.]
On motion of Gen. DuBose, of Wilkes,
the rules of the .last house of representa
tives of Georgia were adopted for the gov
ernment of the convention.
By Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett,
Besotted, That this.convention do now
proceed by ballot to select four delegates
and four alternates from the State at
large, to represent the> Democracy of
Georgia in the national Democratic con
vention at Cincinnati. ,
Judge Harrell, of Webster, moved to
amend by adding:
The four receiving tiie highest vote-
provided that the same is a majority of tiie
convention—being declared elected. The
ballot fo proceed immediately after'; the
simple announcement of names of candi
dates without debate. J.. ' ! Vi.
Mr. Simmons accepted the amendment.
Gen. Young thought a, plurality should
elect. ‘
Mr. Jemison, of Bibb, favored a ma
jority vote to determine the action of the
convention.
A motion to lav the substitute on the
table was voted down.
Mr. Davis, of Houston, moved to strike
out all of the; resolution referring to alter
nates, and that the convention, after the
election of the delegates at large, proceed
to the election of their alternates.
The motion was agreed to.
The original resolution as amended
was then agreed to as the order of the con
vention; the word “convention” ' being
stricken in favor of the words “of the
vote cast,” so that a majority oi the votes
cast would elect.
Nominations were next in order for
delegates at iprge. Hon. H. H. Charlton,
of Clark, presented the name of Hon,
George T; Barnes, of Houston county.
Mr. Smith, of Fulton, nominated Capt,
Evan P. Howell.
Mr. Trammell, of Whitfield, tne gallant
Gen. P. M. B. Young, of Bartow.
Mr. Jemison, of Bibb, placed the name
of Gen. A. B. Lawton before the conven
tion. . .*.
Mr. Clay, of Cobb, nominated Hon.
James R. Brown, of Canton. That gen
tleman lose and withdrew his name, say
ing, “we have dissentions enough in the
seventh district now, and cannot afford
any more; so I withdraw iny name.”
A delegate from • Hancock nominated
Hon. Miles W.’Lewis, of Greene.
Judge YasoD, of the second district,
nominated Hon. A. T. McIntyre, of the
county of Thomas.
Mr. Jordan, of Pulaski, Hon. Charles
C. Kibbee.
Mr. Clay, of Cobb, Hon. George N.
Lester, of Cobb.
The name ofB. H. Hill was withdrawn
by a delegate from Troup.
Mr. Womack, of Newton, nominated
Hon. L. F. Livingston, of Newton. Mr.
Livingston declined the nomination, with
thanks to the mover. Col. Herbert
Fielder, of Randolph, was nominated by a
delegate from Lee county. A motion to
adjourn having been lost, Mr. Chandler,
of Elbert, moved that a committee to
consist of two delegates from each .con
gressional district be appointed to . draft
resolution^, expressive of the sentiments
of the Georgia Democracy,
' Ex-Governor Smith objected, and the
resolution could not. he considered.
• The name of Mr. C. C. Kibbee was
withdrawn from the list of candidates for
delegates at large.
A vote by counties was then taken vfith
the following result: '
Gen, A. R. Lawton, 271; Hon. George
T. Barnes, 2562-3; Hon.' E. P. Howell,
2141^3;'Gen. P. M. B. Young; 189; Hon.
George N.! ’Lester, .135; Hon. M. W.
Lewis, 57; Hoy. A.T. McIntyre, 55; Hon.
Herbert Fielder, 21; Hon. H. G. Turner,
2; Hon. B. B- Hill, 1; Hon. J. E. Brbwn,
The vote for Senator Brown was given
by the delegation from Campbell county,,
and was greeted with hisses from a part
of the delegates!' '’’.V ( '
The president announced that the
whole number of votes cast was 350, re
quiring 176 to elect. In consequence he
announced that Messrs. Lawton, Barnes',
Howell arid Young were the duly selected
delegates from the State at large to’the
Cincinnati convention. [Applause.]
THE ALTERNATES CHOSEN.
one to ten acres, to the farm, in upland to do it in. This convention,'he said, can
rice,-and that their prospects are very organize itself into .a committee of the
flattering for a large and satisfactory whole and choose its own officers. [Apt
yield. The judge will, in due time, have platise.] In afewbricfandeloquenteu-
in operation a rice mill for tbe benefit of logistic remarks he placed in nomination
the public, which-will clean all the rice 5 for permanent president of the conven-
jhey.wiji make. Rice is as saleable, either
cleaned or in the rough, as cotton, and
certainly pays much better; then why not
go more extensively into the cultivation of
it.
Tra Griffin Netcs announces the death
of Mrs. Mary Bellamy, of that city, at the
advanced age of 85 years.
A Lump op Gold.—Oglethorpe Echo:
Dr. R. J. Willingham, who lives at the
Sims lot, last week einploycd a negro to
hoe in his garden. Tho darkey uug up
some heavy substance, which he split open
with an axe, and carried tiie pieces to
Mr. Clem Boggs, who recognized it to be
pure gold, and paid the boy one dollar
for both pieces. Mr. Boggs then carried
them to Athens and sold them to a jewel
er tor $22. Tins is thought to be the fa
mous Sims nugget, found oh tiie Cox
pjace, that Caused Such a big lawsuit and
was supposed to have been lost by. agangof
counterfeiter who once flourished in our
county. If this be true, the nugget was
worth$86. . i. . -H : ' ;,
Albany Advertiser:. Dining a rain
and thunder storm in tbe western portion
of this county yesterday afternoon, Emily
Rawls, a colored woman employed on the
Dick Walker place, near Walker’s Sta
tion, jvbs struck by lightning and instant
ly killed.- She was standing under a tree
at the time the fatal bolt came, and it
se«ri3 that it first struck tho tree arid then
passed to her. j it > . < I ...J
—Louise, Princess of England anj
Marchioness of Lo(ne, is quotedassaying
to a reporter of the Milwaukee Sentinel
that she and her brother were very much
entertained and delighted by the Chicago
convention. “We were glad ol an oppor
tunity,”'she. said, “to see the primary
gathering of gentlemen who select jovtr
ruler.; L can hardly describe ih a few
words the feelings I experienced.! To
think that right there in Chicago business
was going on as usual, no undue excite
ment, ana that in the large building a few
men (for they are but a few of your vast
population) were having a debating so
ciety that was making your ruler. You
know it* Is so different from what we have
been accustomed to,” exclaimed the lady,
speaking In an interested and vivacious
in aimer. “My QenMtions,” g j lc added,
“were conflicting, arid I have thought
much and will think long upon what I
saw. This republic is certainly a remark
able institution. No man has any right
to the throne or the chair. It is open to
everybody. And yet I am told that all
the feeling subsides and every member of
tbe party' works to elect the nominee.”
Garfield and Arthur.—Tho ticket,
like some other tilings, was spoiled in the
finishing.. It is like a kite that has not
tail enough to fly it'.—Philadelphia Times.
tion" “a roan whose name will bring to
any position nothing but honor to the
Dcmocra'icparty and .to the State -of
Georgia—Hon. A. 0; Bacoh, of the comi
ty of Bibb.” [Great applatrseiji; , i
General Ypupg mov;ed Iris election by
acclamation, which.motjon was ratified.
General Youligj'SamUel H. Jemison, of
Bibb,’and Josephus Camp were appoint
ed to conduct the president-elect to the
chair, w ,,| ».. <, it i
Upon taking the chair Mr. Bacon deliv
ered the following heat addrfcss i j'
Gentlemen of the Convention: I am sure
you will credit me when' I say that it is
without affectation that I thank you for
the distinguished honor which you have
conferred upon me. I shall certainly en
deavor to manifest my appreciation of..it
by discharging to the best of my abilities
the duties of the positiou to which
you have assigned me—with impartial
ity, Without fear, faror or affection.
Four years have passed since tho Dem
ocratic party of.the State of Georgia last
assembled in general convention. Since
that date there have occurred startling po
litical events.' Since that time the two
great parties of this country have met in a
fierce conflict for political supremacy. As
the indisputable result of that conflict,
the Democratic party was tbe legitimate
victor, buf, by undisguiaable. frauds; by
violations of law, by menaces of violence,
the vanquished party retained possession
of the government. [Applause.] '
Tiie time for the periodic contest has
comb again. ’ITie 1 essential principle of
republican government, the right of the
majority to rule,uiust,-in the contest upon
w.hich we are about to. cuter, be vindica
ted. It is a great cause—one riot to be
dwarfed into the dimensions of a contest
over the vindication of the personal right
or the redress of the personal grievance
of any one inan. [Applause.] It is, not
only the right ana the grievance of one
but more than threo millions Of
Democratic voters, and whoever may be
selected to bear our banner in this con
test, from him, not for himself, but as the
representative of this great Democratic
host, we will demand the vindication of
this right and the redress of this griev
ance! [Cheers.]
But the scope of our purpose is yet
broader. It : iS to relieve the people of the
innumerable and unnecessary burdens
which oppress them; to administer the
government for the good of the people,
and not for the good of official^; *nd ;
aboVe all,' it is to~ maintain and preserve
those great principles to secure and perpet
uate which this’government was founded.
Step by step the party to which we are
opposed is marching to the overthrow of
these principles, and, unless ’they can be
arrested in their fatal progress, the time is ,
not far distant which will witness the de-
The above were announced as the duly
ehasea delegates and alternates from, their
respective districts.
The convention then adopted the two-
thirds rale by a vote almost unanimous.
Resolutions of thanks were proposed to
the Atlanta Constitution for printing, free
of charge, certificates for return of dele
gates to their homes, on the railroads;
and to the several railroad companies who
had extended courtesies to the numbers
of the convention.
Mr. Beauchamp, of Pike, offered tbe
following, which was unanimously agreed
to: . i
Resolved: That the thanks of the con
vention are due, aud hereby tendered to the
Hon. A. O. Bacon, for the able • and im
partial manner in which he lias presided
over the deliberations of the body; also,
to the secretaries for the efficient service
which they bare rendered on this oc
casion.
Hon. George T. Barnes, a member of
the national executive committee, with a
view to proper organization, introduced
the following:
Besolved, In accordance with the re
commendation of tbe national executive
committee, that the congressional, dis
trict and county conventions be requested
to organize tne executive committees
of tiie congressional districts and
counties, so that tbe member
■ pf. the congressional' district com
mittee shall be ex officio a mem
ber of the executive committee of the
county which he represents, on the district
committee. ' . . .
, .The resolution was adopted unanimous^
ly,' The convention then adjourned sine
die. ft- ■■ »* \&m
Mr, Redding, of Pike, moved that Hons.
George N. Lester, Mr. W. Lewis,. A. T.
McIntyre aud Herbert Fielder, haviiig re
ceived the next highest votes, be declared
by acclamation the' alternate delegated
from the State at large. ; -
i The motion was adopted without dis
sent. ‘
‘•'On motion of Mr: Reese, of Carroll, the
selection of tiie delegates at large was
made unanimous.
On motion the convention then ad
journed until 4:30 p. m.
afternoon session.
The president-called the convention to
order at 4:40 p. m. , a r» , i ■
Mr. Sandwich, of Upson, offered the fol
lowing: r
Resolved, That the delegates of the sev
eral congressional districts, beginning
with the first, proceed to nominate two
persons for delegates and. two for alter
nates to. the Cincinnati convention, and
that on presentation of the names of such
persons that this convention shall confirm
the same by acclamation, and they be de
clared elected delegates and alternates to
the Cincinnati convention.
Mi 1 .' Smith,- of Crawford, moved that
the delegates he chosen by acclamation.
Adopted.
The following are the names of the dis
trict delegates as presented:
-Col. W. T. Thompson, of Chatham, pro
sentedfor the first district: Delegates—
W. A. Wilkins, of Burke, J. M. C’otiper,
of Glynn. Alternates—J. C. Dell, of
Screven, Josephus Camp, of Emanuel.
Judge Vason, of Dougherty, presented
for the second district: Delegates— J. R.
Alexander, of Thomas, B. E. Russell, of
Decatur. Alternates—J. P. Sawtell, of
Randolph, B. P* 'Jones, of Lowndes.
Mr. Jordan, , rf Pulaski, presented for
the Giird district: Delegates—L. M. Fel-
tor., of Macon, D. M. Roberts, of Dodge.
Alternates—F. H. West, of Lee, D. B.
Harrell, of Webster. > it. '
Mr. Peavey, of Meriwether, presented
for tiie fourth district: Delegates—T.W-
Grimes, of Muscogee; P. H;- Brewster, of
Coweta. Alternates—F. H. Longly, of
Trodp; R. A. Massey, of Douglass.
Col. W. M. Lowry, of Fulton, pre
sented for the fifth district: Delegates—J.
D. Stewart, of Spalding; C; C. Duncan,
of Houston. Alternates—R. D. Smith, of
G-'awford; 2. D. Harrison, ol DeKalb.
Col. L- F» Livingston, of Newton, pre
sented for the! sixth district: Delegates—
James G. Ockington, of Wilkinson; A. C.
McCalla, Of Rockdale. Alternates—J. P.
Reeae, of Putnam; Emmett Womack, of
Newton.
Judge Underwood, of Floyd, presented,
for the seventh district: Delegates—Joel
C. Fain, of Gordon; Arthur H. Gray, of
Catoosa. Alternates—M. Dwinnell, of
Fioyd; Thomas J. Lyon, of Bartow.
Hoh. M. W. Lewis, of Greene, present
ed for the eighth district: Delegates—D.
M. Dubose, of Wilkes; Patrick Walsh, of
Richmond. Alternates—T. O. Wicker, of
Washington; W. H. Maddox, of Elbert.
Colonel J. A. Billups, of Morgan, pre
sented for the ninth district: Delegates—
1 W. P. Price, of Lumpkin; T. M. Peeples,
of Gwinnett. Alternates—A. L. Mitchell,
struction of this fair structure of a federal. of Claike; D. E. Banks, of Hall.
The Bepublican Nominee.
From the Nashville American:
Gen. Garfield’s biographer, not aware
that he was in danger of being struck by
lightning, bas negfectid to prepare a life
of tbe distinguished nominee with those
beautiful traits of character portrayed
which are always found in nominees, or
at least in their biographies. The omis
sion will soon be supplied, as there were
fiye hundred persons engaged yesterday
evening in looking up .facts and making
them, and in writing to Gen. Garfield for
such early evidences of genius and Suc
cess as would prove gratifying to the Re
publican tO;find his party leader possessed
of. In so far as we know the history of
Gen. Garfield back of 1S60, lie was a
school teacher, a lawyer and preacher.
He was born in Cuyahoga county, Oliio,
in 1831, and graduated rt Williams Col
lege, Massachusetts, , in 1857- He was
president of a literary institution for sev
eral years,'studied and practiced law, and
was a member of the Ohio State senate in
1859-60. :.T-';
lie entered the army in 1861 as! colpnel
of the Forty-second Ohio, was promoted
to brigadier January 10,1862, made chief
of staff of.the Army of the Cumberland in
September, 1863. He has served in the
House from the Thirty-eighth to the Forty-
fifth ' Congress, inclusive,' and' was re
elected to the Forty-sixth Congress, and
-chosen Senator by the last Legislature in
the place of Allen G: Thurman. General
Garfield is a man of great ability and clear
perception of subjects in the abstract, and
has a very clear and striking way of pre
senting them; but of poor management of
men and in party leadership.
By a lack of moral courage he falls just
short of the statesman, and by a percep
tion of the broader view, he is unfitted for
complete success as a politician. Ho niara
his party leadership by being liberal oc
casionally, and mends it by being narrow
in tho wrong place; blunders into breadth
of view and then shrinks back under the
lash. He can see a good ways down the
path of statesmanship, hut lacks moral
courage to cany him any distance bn the
way. As President he would put some
excellent sentiments into his messages
and tarn out more thoroughly under tbe
domination of his party than ever Hayes
has been—continually seeing the right
way and going the other way.
From the Chattanooga Times:
General James A. Garfield is of western
ized Now- England stock. He is;, de
scended from the famous Ballou family,
Bdston, on the. mother’s side. His pa
rents were poor. He was bom on a farm
and toiled as a farmer’s lad in the town
of Orange,-Cuyahoga county, Ohio, going
to the . district school' in! winter. Tins
employment he varied, when a well grown
lad, t>y driving'canal teams on the Ohio
and Erie canal. -His conversion ■ to the
Disciples faith under, the preaching of
Elder Isaac Errett, now editor of the
Chfislivh' Standard, Cincinnat*, led to
his securing a term-Or two at ah academy
at Chester, Portage • county. Then he
taught school,rfind studied alternately
at Hiram,' in the same county, until
1854, when he entered the junior class in
Williams college, and graduated in 1856
with high honors; He read law and be
gau practice; but between his literary
work as president of Hiram, which was
chartered as a college meantime, and his
natural bent for politics, lie probably
never got mueb beyond a firm grasp of the
text-books. He was elected to the-Ohio
Senate of 1859-60, and at once took high
rank as a debater and general legislator.
His interest was mostly centered upon ed
ucational and scientific matters that come
up in legislative bodies. He labored for
the improvement of the public school ad
ministration and did ; much to promote a
thorough geological survey of his State.
In 1861 he raised.the forty-second Ohio
infantry* and went to the field with it late
in the fall of that year.^ General Buell
gave him a brigade at Louisville, and’sent
him into eastern Kentucky to figlit the ir
regulars, which fairly swarmed over that
part of the State. He made a success,
arid was promoted to brigadier. He did
staff and various duties from the- spring
of 1802 till March 1863,When he was
made chief of staff to General Iiose-
crans and promoted to majcr-general, af
ter the death of General Garesche in the
battle of Murfreesboro. He served with
his chief through the campaign from Mur
freesboro to Chattanooga, and during the
siege of this city was on Thomas’staff.
Jn 1864 lie was Elected' to Congress from
the old-Giddings district, and through all
vicissitudes lias represented that Republi
can stronghold ever since. Last winter
he was chosen to the United States Senate
to succeed Allen G. Tlmrman.
General Garfield will be forty-nine
years old the 19th of next November.
He is a self-made man, entirely so, and is
too genial, too human to exactly “worship
his maker.” His frame, as well as his
brain, Is gigantic. He stands six feet two
inches in his hoots, weighs .about two
hundred and forty with no surplus flesh,
and .is a blue-eyed blonde, liis hair, when
he was twenty years old, being decidedly
of the Greeley shade. He.is possessed of
what William Wirt called the “genius of
labor.” There are few men living, or
who ever lived, that can or could endure
more mental work than he and do good
work. As s collegian, twenty boors with
out sleep was common with liim, and not
one of tbe twenty hut had i<« stated task
of work or recreation.
On the whole the nomination is one of
the strongest tiie Republican party could
have made. Some pretty hard things can *
be said of the nominee, hut not worse
than can be said with truth of every man
in politics, except perhaps a number that
can be counted on tbe fingers of a single
hand. He has been consistent on the
fiuaucial questions and Is sound on nearly
all the issues touching the genius of
American political economy. He is strong
with the soldier element. He will hold
his party organization in solid line, and
with all the tide that can be made against
him be will carry the Northwest, and
make Indiana debatable ground. In short
it is a nomination not to be whistled down
tbe wind. Let Cincinnati give us Jewett
or Bayard and we can enter tbe canvass
with the hope and belief that our labor
will not be wasted.
A noted divine says: “J have been
using Dr. Tutt’s pills the past tljree
months, for dyspepsia, weak stomach and,
nervousness. : I never had anything to
do me so mhch good in tiie way of medi
cine. They are as good as you represent
them. I recommend them as the best
pill in existence, aud do all I can to ac
quaint others with their greet merits.
They are. a special blessing.”
Ret. F. R. Osgood,
New York.
STBASBOUsatdoes OUTDONE.
The naee at Meehan!lean Which K*
<tnired a jUfetiuiete Perfect
A wonderful clock, said to be superior
in mechanism and the variety of itsr» *
fomianees to the famed Strasbourg Jtm*
mimical and apostolical clock, has' beon
placed on exhibition in Tammany Hall
and for a considerable time will remaS
there for the inspection of the pnbiu
This Clock was constructed at Detroit w
Prof. Felix Meiera, a ^ntlemau whi?/,
devoted his entire life to the study of.**
tronomy and mechanics. It is called ttm
American national astronomical cWv
and it is probably tho most complex arnt
ingenious borological work that the liaml
of man has ever, produced. The clock h
« igh £!L n Mg J*’ fe et wide and
five feet deep, and weighs 4,000 pouiX
It is wound once in twelve days ami i.'
mn by weights of 700 pounds. Tt shows
the local tune is hours, minutes, and sec!
onds, and the time of thirteen other cit
les of the world, among which are Wash
mgton, San Francisco, Melbourne Pe*
kin, CamvConstantinople, St. PetereW*
London, Berta, Pans. It also denote
tbe movements of the planets, and meas-
ures their movements by seasons, years
and cycles for 200 years, including lean
years. Concealed in its interior is amu-;e
box, which plays when Death strikes each
hour. At the same moment the figure of
Washington, seated in a chair beneath a
canopy,'rises to his feet, holding the dec
laration of independence in his right hand.
A liveried servant sitting at the right
hand also rises and opens a door, through
which come all the Presidents of
the United States, who march in review
before the effigy of Washington, saluting
him as they pass. The procession disap
pears through a door on the opposite side
oif; tbe platform, which is opened and
closed by a servant in gorgeous livery.
The likenesses of these figures, includin'’
President Hayes, who is in th& rear, are
said to be excellent. As soon as the door
is closed, the figure of Washington re
sumes its chair, of state when all is quiet
until the hammer of Death again sounds
the hour on the gong, when the extraor
dinary scene is repeated. The quarter-
hours are strdek by an infant, tbe half-
hours by a youth, and the three-quarters
by a man. The South church, Boston,
has offered $45,000 for the clock, the price
of which is $50,000/
Truthful Word* from a Colored Pas
tor.
We trust our friends of African descent
will give heed to . the following excellent
advice from one of their race, which we
clip from the Americus Recorder:
Rev. W- Gaines, the pastor of the A
M. E. Church, in this city, who has re
cently returned from St. Louis, Mo.,
where he has been in attendance upon
the general conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal church, requests
us to say to the colored people of the
South to stay at home. That the
homes and big pay held out to allure
them West are a snare and a delusion.
He saw numbers of those colored peo
ple who went to Kansas, and they are in
a most deplorable and wretched condition,
naked and half-starved, without work,
money or friends, and in a land where
they can get no assistance from those
around them. He says thatmany appealed
to him. for assistance to return South
where they knew that they-would find
friends in the white people who would
give them, employment, and there
by save -them from starvation,
or worse from being forced to
thieve and murder. He assisted in the
burial of several while iu St. Louis. He
says the poor dupes, after being enticed
from their homes in the South are thrust
out on the wharf at St. Louis and left to
shift for themselves. Those having
a little money feed themselves until it is
exhausted, then they go the had fast, as
there is no work for them to do. Mr.
Gaines says that. the agents
are preparing to come South
on another crusade next fall to entice the
colored people away, and he wants the as
sistance of the press and the good people,
to warn them against the folly of leaving
the South, for he says it is sure suffering
and death to most who go. He will
preach from liis pulpit and warn his race
to the best of his ability, against those who
are coining to lead them to destruction.
The Florida Volcano.
The Tallahassee Floridian of the Sth
says: Mr. John McDougail, who was one
of a party that’ recently went marooning
down the gulf coast to Cedar Key, gave
us a brief account of the trip the other
day. Among other things he mentioned
having distinctly seen the smoke which
for years has been visible just inland from
the mouth of the- Pinhook river, and is
generally supposed to be a volcano. It
seems strange that for so long a time this
mysterious column of smoke or vapor
should have attracted the attention of ail
who have been within sight of it, and
that notwithstanding many attempts no
exploring party has yet been able to reach
it., j ,V\' ,*
Judge P. W: White is reported to have
penetrated the swamp on ode occasion,
and within an estimated fire miles of the
place, but no one has ever actually accom
plished the feat of reaching it aud finding
out what it is. There are those who ■ say
that they have seen a; strong light in the
direction of the smoke-column, by. night,
from points eighteen or twenty miles dis
tant, in the interior of Jefferson county.
The column is reported as being of a
density and color too deep for vapor, and
every account indicates that it is smoke and
not the heated vapor or steam from, hot
springs. Several gentlemen of tins place
have expressed their willingness to aid in
person, and in bearing tbe expense of an
expedition to penetrate the swamp, and
reach the mysterious spot.
It is to he hoped that the matter may
not be allowed to die out, but that some
steps may be taken at an early day to or
ganize a thorough aud effective explora
tion of the locality, and discover the cause
of the smoke.
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Carious Human Belies.
Not very long ago a portion of hard dry
skin was found underneath the bossed
head of a huge iron nail that was fixed
mto tbe door of the Chapter House, at
Westminster. Upon this skin were found
several hairs. Mr. Quekett, curator of
the museum of the college of surgeons,
recognized the hair to be human, and as
serted that it belonged to a lair-haired
person. In former times the Dane3 used
th come up the ntoutlts of the English riv
ers to pillage the churches. When
they were caught they were skinned,
and their skins nailed to the door of the
church they attacked. In the course ot
time all the exposed portion would peel
off, and that covered by the nail would
remain protected and thus bear testimony
to tbe cruelty -of our ancestors. In the
College of Surgeons may be seen three
specimens of human skin presented to
Mr. Albert Way, viz: a “portion of hu
man skin, said'to be that of a Dane, from
the door of a church at HadstovK, m
Essex;” a second specimen is from top-
ford, in Essex, and a third from the nerta
door of Worcester Cathedral.
Just Give Him a Match Out of Mr
Box.—A day or two ago as a coiore
bootblack was passing a down town Da-
room and fruit store he picked up i
stump of a cigar from the gutter and we
into the store' and asked for a match-, d
was met with the reply, “We don t s J
matches to give away.” The boy
out but stopped at the door, tamed
and asked the proprietor, “Doyen 3 *
’em ?” He purchased a box, paid his two
cents, and lit his stump, after which
closed the box and asked the prtq>rieto
pot It on the shelf and “next time a
gem’an asks you for a match just give
one out’a my box.” There were se '® ,
merchants in the store at the time »
have sinee given the proprietor little res.
—The Charleston News mentions the
diath lately Of William Jones, who is Be
lieved to bsve been the original * nveI .
of lucifers (so called after tiie morn-ng
star, not the prince of darkness),
pasted a composition ef chlorate of i
ash and sulphate of antimony on the e _
of split blocks by means of starch, r
phorus was added a few years later. **
Ingenuity brought him in a small W^P:'
twee, on which be retired to Chdicothe,
Ohio, where be died at the age of w>-
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