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4* d^SEirgtct Hfeeklg at*& $s ^tlfgrnpjj ntib jHcsamgtt FRIDAY, JULY 9,1SS0. —A delegation of a half dozen promi nent. Republicans of Washington Heights, New York, waited on General Hancock Saturday, congratulated him on his nom ination, and assured him of their cordial support at the election. Bettinq on the Issue.—A Pennsyl vania lawyer, says the Washington cor respondent of the Baltimore Sun, who was here Saturday, made a bet of $500 with a leading treasury official that Han cock would be elected and carry Pennsyl vania. Freedmen’s Bank.—It is understood that sufficient funds are now or very short ly will be on hand to enable the commis sioners of the freedmen’s bank to declare another dividend of ten per cent. A divi dend has been anxiously awaited by the depositors for a long time past, and the commissioners, having become tired of waiting for the government to purchase the bank building in order that they might declare a large dividend, will pay out what they have on hand. —It is pleasing to know that the Obe lisk, Lieutenant Commander Gorringe commanding, has got safely to Gibraltar and is stopping there to coal, preparatory to tackling the voyage across the Atlantic. During the ensuing three weeks her inarch will be o’er the mountain waves, her home upon the deep. Captains of outgoing vessels are warned not to mistake the obelisk for a lighthouse gone adrift—a “tower along the steep” broke from its moorings. —In a report of the London Mendicity Society a conversation is given which was overheard between two of that class of begging women who sit in tbe streets, got up to look as deplorable as possible, witb a child in the lap: “How much (rent) did you give for your baby?” “A shillin'.” ■“Then you’ve been done, or babies is riz. I only gives sixpence for mine, and they feeds ’em and Godfrey’s cordials ’em, and all afore I goes out, into the bargain.” —In conversation with friends in New York Saturday, President Hayes said he felt no anxiety about the success of the Republican presidential ticket in the com ing election. lie believed that the enthu siasm over the nomination of General Hancock by the Democracy was destined to grow cold, if it did not wholly die out, before November. There was in his .judgment no room for doubt as to the ability of General Garfield to carry Ohio, and Republicans need feel no uneasiness on that score, aud he as confidently ex pected that Indiana conld go Republican in the October election.- IIow Rice is Cooked in Japan.—A recent traveler in Japan says: “They do not know how to cook rice here, though, and for the benefit of grocers and con sumers in the United States I have inves tigated the matter. Only just enough cold water is poured on to prevent the rice trom burning to the pot, which has a close-fitting cover and is set on a moderate fire. The rice is steamed, rather than boiled, until it is nearly done; then the cover of the pot is taken off, the surplus steam and moisture are allowed to escape, and the rice turns out a mass of snow- white kernels, each separate from the other, aud as much superior to the soggy mass we usually get in the United States as a fine mealy potato is to the water soaked aiticle. 1 have seen something approaching this in our Southern States, but I do not think even there they do it as skillfully as it is done here, and in the Northern States very few persons under stand how to cook rice properly. I am sure that, if cooked as it is here, the con sumption of this wholesome and delicious cereal would largely increase in America.” A Hobse Over Twenty Hands Higii.—The New York Sun says that there ar: ived in this city last week byway of the Hudson river railway, from Albany, and was conveyed directly to his quarters in Houston street, what is believed to be the largest horse that has ever fallen un der the eye of anatomist or jockey—a ver itable equine monster—beside which ani mals of the ordinary height are as dwarfs. The animal wa3 bred in Ohio, from our native draught stock, and certainly no re gion except one of the limestone bases could have developed such an enormous equine anatomy. His registered height is 20 hands and 1 inch, or 81 inches, being a foot taller than an average man. His weight is stated to be 2,450 pounds; but all these points will probably be verified by competent veterinary surgeons. As standing in the stable the color of the animal appears to be a uniform dark bay without spot or blemish. It should not be judged that this height, although ex traordinary, is altogether unprecedented in horses. At the centennial exhibition in Philadelphia, m 1876, a span of horses was placed on exhibition, each of which was 18 hands and 1 inch high. The ani mals were bred in Canada, and became the property of a Philadelphia brewer when the exhibition closed. A veterinary surgeon in this city formerly owned a horse that was 19 hands and 1 inch high —a giant in anatomical structure—but he found it impossible to correct a certain tendency to emaciation, and the creature was useless for draught or road. The late Pope Pio Nono was the fortunate possessor of one of the largest horses in Europe an animal IS hands and 1 inch high—and the Hanoverian stables formerly contained another of nearly equal height. So far as can be judged, the Ohio monster is in perfect health and physical condition, and may live to a good old.age, .notwithstand ing his abnormal proportions. One of the famous European animals mentioned was living at 30 years of age—a longevity not often attained by horses. Another Blow -at the Almond Eyed Asiatic.?.—Taking advantage of the fact that the bones of every China man are transported back to his far dis tant home tor final interment, the Cali fornians have enacted a law regulating the exhumation of dead persons, ostensi bly in the interests of the public health. It renders any person liable to fine and imprisonment who shall take up a dead body without a permit, which can only bo obtained by paying a fee of ten dollars. This law was regarded as an invasion ■of their rights by the Chinese, and very soon a case was made for the courts by the arrest and imprisonment of a China man who had-dug up the body of a friend for-exportation.to the father-land. The case was taken to the United States Cir cuit Court and went against the defend *nt. The law was claimed to be in viola tion of the constitution and the Burlin game treaty, but the court decided that it violated neither. This is only another attempt to bulldoze the poor Chinese and make the country too hot for them. A President’s Message on Hancock. When Hancock’s general order No.40, is sued November 29,1SC7, on taking com mand of the military district of Louisiana and Texas, wa3 published, as trite and unquestionable as its announcements seem to an old-time Democrat, they were start ling enough in those days of the suspension of law and the substitution of drumhead courts and military domination. That extraordinary episode in American history, when no Southern man’s prem ises were his castle, and the administra tion of the affairs of his kitchen was a fre quent subject of military interference, the proclamation by Hancock of a restored civil liberty was a bold and startling in novation—altogether out of style—wholly unauthorized by the prevailing political ideas at Washington. It is true, President Johnson, in the special message quoted below, compli mented the order and invited Congress to follow suit, but he did it, as it were, in defiance and rebuke of Congress, which was overwhelmingly in favor of military rule. Johnson, during the previous sum mer, had barely escaped conviction on ar ticles of impeachment preferred by a fiercely partisan House before a fiercely partisan Senate. His term of seivice would expire in two and a half months, and he paid this compliment to Hancock’s order, because it was in open conflict with the whole recognized policy of the Radi cals and with the military administration in other Southern departments. It was a bold and extraordinary recognition of the right ol the Southern States to civil gov ernment, when the whole policy of the Radical party was to strengthen the mili tary fetters. Grant had been elected the month before that message was issued, and we need not remind the reader of what followed his election—the era of State administrations installed and main tained by bayonets. We append John son’s message: “Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:—An official copy of the order Issued by Major-General WinfieldS. Hancock, commander of the fifth military district, dated headquar ters in New Orleans, Louisiana, on the 29th day of November, has reached me through the regular channels of the war department, and I herewith communicate it to Congress for such action as may seem to be proper in view of all the circum stances. “It will be perceived that Gen. Han cock announces that he will make the law the rule of his conduct; that be will up hold the courts and other civil authorities in the performance of their proper duties, and that he will use his military power only to preserve the peace and enforce the law. He declares very explicitly that the sacred right of trial by jury and the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be crushed out or trodden under foot. He goes further, and, in one comprehen sive sentence, asserts that the principles of American liberty are still the inheri tance of this people, and ever should he. “When a great soldier, with unrestrict ed power in his hands to oppress his fel low men, voluntarily foregoes the chance Of gratifying his selfish ambition, and de votes himself to the duty of building up the liberties and strengthening the laws of his country, he presents an example of the highest public virtue that human na ture is capable of practicing. The strong est claim of Washington to be “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of bis countrymen,” is founded on the great fact that in all his illustrious career lie scrupulously abstained from violating the legal and constitutional rights of his fellow citizens. When he surrendered his commission to Congress, the president of that body spoke his highest praise in say ing that he had ‘always regarded the rights of the civil authorities through all dangers and disasters.’ Whenever power above the law courted his acceptance, he calmly put the temptation aside. By such magnanimous acts of forbearance lie won the universal admiration of mankind, and left a name which has no rival in the his tory of the world. “I am far from saying that Gen. Han cock is the only officer of the American army who is 'influenced by the example of Washington. Doubtless thousands of them are faithfully devoted to the prin ciples for which the men of the Revolu tion laid down their lives. But the dis tinguished honor belongs to him oi being the first officer in high command south of the Potomac, since the close of the civil war, who has given utterance to these noble sentiments in the form of a military order. “I respectfully suggest to Congress that some public recognition of Gen. Hancock’s patriotic conduct is due, if not to him, to the friends of law and justice throughout the country. Of such an act as his at such a time it is but fit that tbe dignity should he vindicated and the virtue pro claimed, so that its value as an example may not be lost to the nation. “Andrew Johnson. “Washington, D. C., Dec. IS, 1867.” Mercer University. free education. The commencement exercises of Mercer University will begin, in accord ance with the published programme, by a public debate conducted by tbe represen tatives of the two literary societies, in Ma sonic Hall to-day, at 8 o’clock p. m. This will he followed by the usual commence ment sermon on Sabbath by Rev. E. T. WinKler, D. D., of Alabama, who is said to be a highly cultivated and eloquent divine,and will continue from day to day, as usual, to the close. The exercises premiss to be of unusual interqgt, and we trust Macon will show her appreciation of the noble institution, which is one of her brightest ornaments, by turning out in large numbers to attend its annual com mencement. The standard of education in Mercer University is placed as high as ia any foundation of learning at the South. The faculty, too, are tbe peers of any cotps of instructors in the country, numbering iu their ranks leanild and popular authors and scholars, and profound divines. The discipline maintained is excellent, and the young men models-<3f good be haviour. Indeed all the influences of the institution are on the side of morality and religion, and the students are welcome visitors in the families of our best citizens. During the past year, President Battle and his able associates have fairly held their givn, amidst the many untoward cir cumstances which have operated against all the pay colleges of the State. The number of matriculates has not decreas ed, and the character and personnel of the young men have never been sur- But there is no disguising the fact that the four branches of the University of Georgia, in which instinct ion is imparted free of cost, have acted disastrously upon our denominational schools and the par ent institution also. All the studies of the Freshman and Sophomore years are taught tuition free in these subordinate schools, and, as a matter of course, parents and guardians prefer to keep their sons and wards at or near I home, if they can save money by doing so, ’ and at the same time interpose no obsta cle to their future educational progress. True, at the end of the Sophomore year the young men have the opportunity of entering the Junior class at Macon, Oxford or Athens, and many will doubtless con nect themselves with one or the other of these institutions. But, already has half of their collegiate course been lost to the above named institutions, and it is a well known fact, that comparatively few stu dents ever join the Junior class in college. One remedy only, therefore, remains, and that is for the State and several de nominations to increase the endowment of of the colleges above named to such an extent as will supersede the necessity of tuition charges, and make them wholly free to all. This step presents greater difficulties at first glance than in reality exist. So numerous are the beneficiary lists of each, that practically the amount of revenue de rived from tuition alone is comparatively but a trifling sum. Surely it would be wise to abolish the charge in toto, and thus ho able to compete fairly and upon equal terms with every institution in the country. This done, the youth of the State would naturally flock to Mercer, Emory, and Athens, whose advantages so far snperior to the lesser colleges, could be then enjoyed at no greater cost. A little effort on the part of the powerful Baptists, and our enterprising Methodist brethren could accomplish thisgreatly- to-be-desired result, and the State Univer sity would doubtless also inaugurate free education in the parent foundation at Athens. We throw out these suggestions in the earnest hope that they will find fa vor, and may return to the subject again. Speech from W. H. English. At the ratification meeting in Indiau- apolis, Mr. English, the candidate for the vice presidency was present and respon ded to the plaudits of the crowd in a speech of considerable length, from which we take the following: The day that General Hancock is elect ed the gospel of sectional hate and ieal- ousy so long preached by the demagogues of the Republican party will be forerer closed, the hateful bloody shirt will be buried beyond the power of resurrection and the bright and glorious banner of peace and good will . throughout all the land will float on every breeze. General Hancock not only ought to be elected, but lie will be elected. Greater harmony ex ists in the Democratic party now than has before for a quarter of a century. We were badly couraged and disheartened here in 1876. Yet we carried this State and that election by over a quarter of a million votes, although we were cheated out of the fruits of our victory. Yes, his tory records the truth; it will go into history and down the stream of time to future ages, that two Democrats, the peers of any statesmen in any land, were fairly elected President and Vice President by the people; that they were cheated out of their high offices and the places were held for four years by men who were not the choice of the peo ple; that the men who perpetrated this great fraud were in vast numbers reward ed for their corrupt and disgraceful acts with offices which of right belonged to other aud to better men. This is the worst political crime of the age; this smirch upon the fair lame of our consti tution must forever rest upon the Repub lican party, and it is the business which the 5,000,000 Democrats of the United Slates have ih hand to rebuke the authors of this great fraud, and to make its repeti tion at the next election impossible. You need have no fears that the men elected next time will not laKe their seats. When they do, you will have a pure, constitu tional government, and 1 trust, a prosper ous and happy people.^ An Attempt to Save New York. The New York city papers of Tuesday and Wednesday, and their Albany corre spondents, foreshadow a very possible attempt of the Republicans to save New York by an extra session of the legislature to revive and pass the so-called “Porter district bill,” which provided for the elec tion of the district electors of President and Vice President of the United States by the separate votes of the congressional districts. This scheme was strongly agi tated last winter during the regular ses sion, hut the party failed to agree upon it, aud it was dropped. The nomination of Hancock, however, and the consolidation of the Democratic votes, as well as heavy accessions of heretofore Republican voters to his support, leaves such small chance of defeating the Democratic electoral ticket by general ballot in the State, that the scheme of changing the mode of election has revived in more than original force, and is now in active agitation by the party leaders throughout the State. If, alter ex changing views, they find they can carry it through in a peremptory maimer, they are liksly to attempt it. If successftilly oxecuted the practical effect would he to substitute for the thir ty-five electoral votes for Hancock which New York would cast, ten electoral votes for Hancock fittit twonly-tliree for Gar field—that is to say, taking the districts as they now stand politically iu Congress, hut conceding that the two electors at large would be elected by the Democracy on general ballot. It is not disputed that this change in the mode of election would he legal. The constitution of the United States, (second clause of section 1, article 2), merely pro vides that “each State shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof shall direct, a number of electors,” etc., etc. The legislature of New York, there fore, in extra session called for that pur pose may direct that the electors repre senting the congressional districts shall be elected exclusively by the voters in those districts, and such a direction, reasoning wholly on existing aspects, would infalli bly give a preponderance of the electoral votes of New York to Mr. Garfield, and lose General Hancock the thirty-five elec toral votes of that State which all admit he will certainly receive under the exist ing mode of election. And this, reason ing on the same premises, would be fatal to Hancock and give Garfield an electoral majority. Yet, although perfectly legal, we sec befe a case where a sudden change of mode in New'York would work a fraud on the people more extensive than that which drove Tilden from the presidential chair. A quarter of a million voles were set aside in the one case, and more than half a million would be set aside in the other. • • The States having virtually covenanted to elect by general ticket, under which large minorities in all are not counted, they stand on a level of practical justice of results in the general computation. The great Republican minority lost in New York is more than compensated by the Democratic minorities lost in Penn sylvania, Ohio, Illinois and other States. But in this case, New York stealsaraarch on the country, and by special legislation makos her minority effective, while those of the other States are lost. This would, give her a half to a million votes the ad vantage, and work a national wrong as positive and heinous as was done in 1876 by a false and fraudulent computation of votes. As to what will be the actual effect on the election, if this piece of chicane can be carried out, this may problematical. The honest voters of the country, incensed by the fraud, may bury it deep under in dignant suffrages for Hancoc*. It may so bum the conviction of Republican dis honesty into the popular heart, as to work that party great loss instead of gain; or it may possibly produce the fruits of another usurpation. There Is no telling. Of one thing alone we are sure, that honesty, in the long run, is the best policy in politics, as in every thing else. We append some speculations on the subject by the Herald: We are confident that this audacious and reckless experiment will not be at tempted. It is within the constitutional competency of the legislature to change the mode of appointing presidential elect ors, but it would be a scandalous outrage to make such a change now. We have no great faith in the virtue of politi cal parties, but we may credit them with common sense. Governor Cornell and the Republican leaders of this State would he quite bereft of reason if they should seek to gain electoral votes in New York by a discreditable trick. We do not believe that anything of the kind will be attempted. In the first place, if Gov. Cornell and his advisers could be supposed unscrupu lous enough to resort to this desperate ex pedient, they could have no assurance that a majority of the legislature would support them. Fair-minded Republicans might revolt against the proposed grab, and besides the disgrace of the attempt there would be the damage of failure. It is too hazardous and desperate an experi ment to be tried. Even if it were certain to succeed it would be likely to prove a boomerang. It might accomplish its purpose of divid ing the electoral vote of this State and se curing a part of it for the Republicans, but the effect of such a measure would not be confined to New York. It would cause a moral revolt against the Republican party throughout the Union. It would be a potent weapon in the hands of the Demo crats for carrying the two October States, and if both Indiana and Ohio should go Democratic in October the presidential election would be virtually decided in spile of any division that could be effected in the electoral vote of New York. Indiana is naturally a Democratic State, and the present Republican Governor of Ohio was elected last year by a majority of only 3,352. The confession that Mr. Gar field cannot be elected by honora ble means that would be implied in an attempt to gerrymander New York, and the general outburst of indignation that would follow, would suffice, ten times over, to wipe out that slender majority. The Democrats carried Ohio three years ago, and elected Governor Bishop by a plurality of22,250. Ohio is by no means au assured Republican State, and if the suggested disgraceful game should he played by the Republican legislature of New York, its political effect in Ohio and Indiana would make those States secure ly Democratic both in October and No vember, and would enable General Han cock, aided by the October victories, easi ly to cany his own State of Pennsylvania. There is probably no danger that Gov. Cornell will perpetrate so stupendous a blunder as that of calling an extra session of the legislature for the purpose alleged. Letter from Cuthbert Cuthuert, June 29,1S80. Editors Telegraph and Messenger:— Grand preparations are being perfected for the approaching fair, and the prospect is that it will be first-class for a town of this size. It is in charge of men of energy, public spirit, aud pecuniary ability to make it a success. W<* are to Uavo, withitr tlw umitnds, two gubernatorial speeches from popular aspirants—Colquitt and Hardeman—the latter regularly invited by the committee j of Randolph Agricultural Society under whose auspices the fair is held—the former, against the consent of the com mittee, by individual friends of the gov ernor, who seek to carry this county for him. Both however, are billed to speak, one Thursday and the other Friday; and when they get here the people will hear both, and care but little as to how they came to he here. gubernatorial contest. There is no telling as to who is the strongest. Colquitt is supported by the influence of Judge Hood and Col. Flew- ellen, judge and solicitior respectively of this circuit, and other influential men. Hardeman has a large support as second choice among them, and a strong following as first choice. But there are many men whose choice lies not between either of these two for a nomination. The opposi tion to Colquitt is of a different kind, with many, from that to any prominent name mentioned. Nothing is more common than the public avowal of goodDemocra’s that they will not vote for him if he is nominated. I do not stop to express my own, or to argue the preferences of others. I only undertake to give information to tho public as to how matters stand. CONGRESSIONAL OUTLOOK. This end of the second district has for several years been pronounced in favor of a change iu the representation of the dis trict, upon the xmnciple of rotation in of fice. There is a decided opposition—not so much toMr.Srnith,toward whom all express kind feelings—as to the indefinite contin uation of Albany as the place from which a representative shall be chosen. It results, as in the case of Governor Colquitt, in rebellions expressions by individuals in case it again transpires that the candidate is selected from that city. We have often heard similar expressions from other parts of the district—aud the feeling is so ex tensive as to command the respectful at tention of the nominating convention. Our public men know the gentlemen speken of in the counties beyond Albany. The people know them by reputation, and that reputation is in several instances favorable. Turner, of Brooks, is most frequently spoken of and commended. Hammond, of Thomas, has a fine reputa tion, and the hoys who served in the war with Byron Bower, of Bainbridge, all es teem him highly. Col. Harris, of Worth, is often spoken of, but those who know him well predict that ho will be a vic tim of a life-long generosity, which forbids him to antagonize men he esteems as friends, and, that, although popular he is likely to withdraw and leave the field open to them; but if lie pursue a different course the people have a high appre ciation of his character for ability aud fi delity. On this side of Albany, several are spoken of as seeking or desiring the posi tion. Those most often mentioned are Maj. C. B. Wooten, lately removed from Albany to his farm in Calhoun county, who openly avows ids candidacy for the nomination, and Judge Clarke, who does not avow his candidacy, hut is known by his friends to be willing to accept, and to whom a nomination properly made would be agreeable. In this county the matter is mixed. The public men do not love each other well enough to harmonize on any individual. Uiarke has strong and influential friends and enemies. It Is often said without his public avowal, that Judge Hood is watching it with a half open eye—willing to exchange the ardu ous duties of the bench with $2,000 for the 'easy berth of a Congressman with $5,000 a year. Wooten is represented by his supporters here to be the favorite of Terrell, Calhoun, Dougherty, Baker and Mitchell. But talk brings on talk, and they comment on him as they do on others—speak of his Senatorial record in the Bullock legislature from July, 1868, to Oct., 1S70, some iu high commendation, in general, as one of-the few Democrats of t’iat memorable body. But others note his action toward the close on several fraudulent measures—the purchase of the James mansion, the settlement of the Mitchell claim, aud that grand fraud, be fore which Yazoo aud Credit Mobilier grow pale, tho second Brunswick and Al bany railroad swindle, reported by him as chairman of a conference committee, and leaving his seat to attend a Senatorial convention here to urge the nomination of Captain Tuinlin as his successor. No doubt he can vindicate, and should, do so before the nomination is made, as in case of strong opposition he would have to do so afterw ards. He is regarded as an able man and honorable gentleman, and should not suffer by any misunderstand ing in such grave matters. , , , coEEEGEs. Farm and Household. Andrew had a brilliant commencement, K unl W okk fob jui y with a fine attendance of scholars. The } T he bulk of the corn crop Baring been i prospect for an increase is good, and the laid by, the fanner begins now to feel future of the institution bngbt. * assured of the safety of nis cotton crop, A PATRIOTIC PAUSE. Why East Wacom Didn’t Ratify tbe • Nomination. The Southwest Georgia" Agricultural so far ^ctrtih-aUon gceVand''ma7- , S ome- I . n 'S e ,J* her when - the P atriotic wlifit rplnv lii< Inlwtrs ami miinv mnro ^ . college is an experiment in which its , what relax liis labora anil eniov move nf 1 F 11150 “ eat With violent vehemence, and friends have strong hope of success. The the social pleasures of country life—re oft I ? !le wild Jel ‘rious wave of spontaneous system of free tuition, the most popular ten neglected The drv weather of the Joy s " cpt prer the c!t y> antl tlie embryo feature, seems to engender great iSstabil- greater* part of Juno horded a toe bu, S»'S «dor, under- ifrw in momKniwLtn nml owl *■■■■■ *L" • ® - - - — - tOOk tO WSJ lt3 UHtftlTififtfl t8.ll IP over the Cincinnati ticket, the able-bodied East Macon patriots determined to knock the socks out of the jubilee of the West Maconites. And you know, albeit a very peaceful river calmly and unpretentiously divides the two semi-cities, yet there lurks around the corners of the" hearts of the East Maconites a cobweb of rivalry, that even the clean-sweeping broom of broth erly love will not brush away. Hence, when on the other night the sun of glory began to set in the west there were des perate efforts cleaving the air for a still more gorgeous rising of the glorious sun in the East. There are some very talented patriots in East Macon. They vary according to size and age, but they stick to the princi ples of the great Democracy all the same; and when the Hancock star shot athwart the sky, they shouted as lustily, and hip, hip, lioorayed with as much genuine old-fashioned heart-brewed enthusiasm as the stalwart Democrats across the river. And when it became noised about among the easy chairs that embellish the side walk in front of Flanders’ store, that the West Maconites were to celebrate the nomination with cannonading and other patriotic explosions, the East Macon Dem ocracy resolved then and there to do a lib- celebrating on its own hook. Consequently, a committee was instantly appointed to pro vide powder, while tbe chairman of the Easy Chairs promised to have the canuon ready lor action. Said cannon had a his tory, and if the smooth-bored mouth could speak, could a talc unfold 'of warriors bold who had sought the bubble reputa tion amid war’s alarms. It had volleyed and thundered when Lo looked upon Fort Hawkins as the biggest thing In Georgia. It had belched shot, grape and cannister in the war of 1812, aud bore a conspicuous part whenStoncman swooped down upon East Macon, and finally par ticipated in all the Fourth of Julys and Christmases since the surrender. The pa triots kept it elegantly buried in the rear of Henry Jones’ store, and on jubilant oc casions dug it up, polished its knob, and placed it tenderly upon “the green,” where it seemed to almost catch the in fectious spirit of the time. Well, the glorious night came along, and when the light from the West Macon bonfire lit up the horizon like a powerful aurora borealis, the East Macon boys reared their monument of old boxes and touched it off. The flames shot upward, and, like some hungry cobra capeila, wound around and around until its forked tongue licked the very summit. Then the Eastern Democracy shot up from their holes like so many prairie dogs, and hastened to tbe fray. The green was alive with people; and tangled up among the thrills that warmed the bosoms of the young Democracy was the unctuous satis faction of having as big a thing of it as the West Maconites. - * Then the rumbling, muttering reverb eration from the '’West Macon gun rolled along the track of the Ocmulgee and the iron hero of East Macon’s past glories was brought once more to tho fore. A. charge of powder was rammed home, a space cleared among the un'errified and thejamateur cannoneer gracefully stretched his good right arm in the direction of the touch-hole. As he did so the female un terrified loaded tlieirshell-tintedears with the tips of their pink fingers and gj^gjted f tardy in coming. De lays are dangerous, they say, particularly when waiting for the spark to get in its little work in the touch-hole of a cannon. Then arose some ■ dissatis faction among the patriots. The hitch in tho proceedings was something not down on the bills or incorporated in the jubilee exercise. But the amateur artil leryman was satisfied that the spark was ity in membership, aud to embarrass the j opportunity to bring the farm into good government _ and derange the order of condition, which has been improved by business by inequality in the attendance every industrious farmer. In the days ot pupils. ... ■ I of long ago, it was customary (tradition- iears are entertained for the future of a n y) ? 0 f ay by cotton by the fourth of the branch college on account of such causes. Notwitlistaudlng the brilliant opening last fall, and great increase of pupils in the early part of this year, and the ability and popularity of the faculty, and thorough system of teaching, there were no graduates at the end of tlie year. The number m attendance at the time of the examinations had been reduced from HO to about 65. All were delighted with the proficiency of those who stood the test. The development of oratory in the boys and young men was a subject of general admiration. Their contents lasted three days, at the end of which Judge Clarke, as the annual orator, deliv ered with too effect to an appreciative audience, his address on “Character.” It had been heard several times before by straDgers, but was greatly admired and appreciated by his neighbors and fellow- townsmen. One of the ablest and most popular members of the faculty, Prof. McNulty, declines to accept his re-election on ac count of alleged fraud and wrong commit ted on him by the board of trustees, iu regard to his salary, and is preparing to erect a new building in which to open his school for the fall session. He was iu charge of the Grange Institute at the time he was elected iu this college last fall— taught in tho same building what was a very popular school, and which, by his act, was merged into this new college. CROPS. 1 A long, early drouth greatly injured the com crop of this part of the State, and coming after a short crop of wheat and oats, will be a great disaster to the people. But information from tho surrounding country is uniform, that there is as fine a cotton prospect as has ever been seen this early in the season. The stand is good, the weed vigorous and healthy, and gen erally well advanced. The hope of a good cotton crop and a grand Democratic vic tory in the State and Union next fall makes the people comparatively Sheerful. Subscriber. HANCOCK AND AEPHBLICANS. Mr. Leonard IV. Jerome Points Oat Why Alt Conservative Republicans Must Support the Hero of Gettys burg. The following letter has been handed to the World by Mr. Jerome with a request for its publication: 25 West Twenty- Sixth Street, June 2S, 1880. Major General Hancock—My Deab Genek ,l: I take the earliest opportuni ty to congratulate you upon your nomina tion and to assure you, life-long Whig and Republican that 1 am, of my most hearty support. I belong to a very numerous and very staunch old silver-gray Republi can family. With one solitary exception, there never was one of them known to vote tlie Democratic ticket, but I venture to say they will to a man vote for you. They cannot consistently do otherwise. You, sir, embody the views and senti ments in regard to the great questions of the day that we have entertained since the war closed. They are the same that actuated Gen. Grant when he laid dowD those liberal terms of surrender to Gen, r.ee. iruoy ma mo same mat actnatea my poor friend Raymond, when he bat tled so manfully in the committee of Con gress against the savage policy of Thad Stevens. I believe Gen. Grant would support you to-day, did not the exigencies of his sit uation forbid it. And Henry J. Raymond, were he alive, would support you too, unless the exigencies of the New York Times restrained him. He was compelled at au early day to smother the sentiments he had expressed iu the address of the Philadelphia con vention, to abandon his career in legislative halls, and to change the tone of the Times, or, as Mr. Jones, our business manager and partner, insisted, the paper would be ruined. (I believe I oflered to pay the damages at the time, but that was considered imprac ticable.) It was a bitter pill, but it had to he swallowed. Thad Stevens had suc ceeded through a Congress which misrep resented the country in engrafting his policy upon the Republican party. And though a majori'y of the party, as I firmly believe, were disgusted, it was fastened upon them and there was no way of get ting rid of it. Thus for years avast num ber of us, good Republicans, have been compelled to he helpless supporters of a policy we believe to be the very worst that could be devised. An opportunity is presented us now for tlie first time with any show of success to vote in accordance with our convictions, and I am sure we shall do it most joyfully. With great re spect and esteem, believe me yours faith fully, Legnabd W. Jerome. General Slocum on Tuesday, at an important meeting of Brooklyn Demo crats, made a stirring speech, in the course of which he paid his respects to the Re publicans, who after filling four-fifths of tne administrative and executive offices of the country with soldiers, real or reputed, now object to Hancock that lie is “only a soldier,” General Slocum said: I notice that Republican papers say General Hancock is nothing hut a soldier. Well, there are 100,000 soldiers in the State of New York who will vote at the next election, and there arc 75,000 in Pennsylvania. The Republicans have pre sented soldiers over aud over again on the ground that they saved tho coun try, but when the Democrats bring up one as a candidate— and he one of tho most gallant men who ever wore an American uniform—they say he i3 only a soldier. No soldier states man of either party has given to the coun try more able state papers than General Hancock. Take his State papers issued at New Orleans. He is proud of them; every Democrat in the land is proud of them. His career is without a single blemish. I have known him twenty years, and the more his character is investigated, tlie better will it he for him and the brighter will his lustre shine. General Slocum might have added that in throwing down such a challenge the Republican party not only stultifies itself, but makes it the work of every true sol dier in the country to take tlie stump to promote General Hancock’s election. A Puerile Charge. The Indianapolis Journal says: Major General Hancock is the person ification and quintessence of military fop pery. He is the delight of the ladies and' the excruciating, inimitable model of am bitious beaux. Tin American people will never elect such a military oxquisite over the robust, manly volunteer soldier and experienced statesman, James A. Garfield. „ . _ • To this ill-natured sally the Couner- Journal makes the following conclusive and timely reply: The “manly volupteer soldier” re mained barely two years in tlie army, and during that period was pulling the little political wires to be elected congressman. He was elected; left his men to fight the Confederates and plumped himself down in the House, where he proceeded to take bribes and cast his vote for dishonest cor porations. A sweet record this; .an."ex perienced statesman” is Garfield, who never heard of the Cob- den Club, and who says he was entirely ignorant of the make-up and object of Credit Mobilier, a subject which was prominently discussed by all public men. Does Dr. Luse know Gen. Hancock to be “the personification and quintessence of military foppery?” Does hp know that Gen. Hancock has been thirty-seven years in the army, and that his manliness was constantly exhibited in his active partici pation in the most bloody battles of two wars, ajid that in the thickest of the fight? Where is Garfield’s military record be side that? Where is Garfield’s “experi enced statesmanship?” Is it found in his utter ignorance of the ways oi men, as he confesses in his public statement. • • ■ - '■' - t t-> 1K«1/. U'iAi^jMi July—at least in lower middle Georgia where we lived our boyhood days. In the days of our grandfathers, the land was fresh and vigorous, and the crop reached the size at which it could be sately laid by earlier than now-a-days; besides those were the days of scooters and narrow shovels, which mean deep cultivation and many furrows. Our worli soils require more thorough and long-continued culti vation, and the sweeps and cultivators en able us to protract the period of cultiva tion with benefit to the crop. While we do not think it pays to con tinue to plow cotton when the ground is perfectly loose, still the teams should be kept in readiness to run over the crop every ten or twelve days, provided a rain intervenes between plowings. The shal low stirring of the soil may be profitably continued up to the period at which the squares forming will not have time to ma ture into full grown bolls before frost. The shallow stirring may he done very rapidly by using a wide sweep or heel scrape—as wide as the row will permit— and putting only one furrow to the row. —Christian Index. forage crops. Cat-tail millet may be sown on rich lots that have been relieved of other crops; and German millet, for hay, will havo time to mature for this purpose if sown at once on good land. We have made fine crops of cat-tail sown even in Augustin southwest Georgia. Of course the success of these quick ’growing coops depends upon the seasons; if dry, the returns will be scant; but the expense of planting and cultivation is but little more than nominal, and if rain is abundant in August the yield will be satisfactory, and the tender, succu lent food will be very timely and accepta ble during the usually dry months of Sep tember and October. DEEP PLOWING in the preparation of land for crops that are to be planted in mid-summer, and mature in tbe fall, is indispensable. It is the great secret of success in raising tur nips, fall cabbage, and second crop Irish potatoes. These last mentioned should be planted of well seasoned, whole pota toes, and the ground mulched. Mr. New man, editor of the Southern Enterprise, is successful in getting a stand of Irish po tatoes for a second crop by bedding the seed—as sweet potatoes are bedded—and transplanting the young plants, potatoes and all, to the prepared ground. cow’s MILK. Demorest's Monthly Magazine tells us in its excellent issue for July, that the av erage , composition of good cow’s milk is about 87 per cent, of water and 13 per cent, of solid residue. Tho milk of some cows gives as much as 16g per cent., but this is an unusual amount, and the yield is not great. Out of the average 13 parts per cent, of solid residue only four parts are flesh-formers. It is however impor tant to remember, ih regarding milk as au article of diet, that the ash or “mineral matter” is rich in phosphates. There are four phosphates at least, and probably more. Iu addition to the phosphates of lime and magnesia, there is phosphate of iron, which supplies a large part of iron i£j> lp S&e -iFWraw solid residue is the recognized amount that should be present, salt or sugar is sometimes added by those wlo adulterate milk to make up the amount, but this is uot often done. PREVENTING RUST. To keep a gun from rusting, a con temporary recommends to clean the barrel occasionally, and cover the exposed portion of the metal with a film of linseed oil. For lubricating the lock, purified olive oil or sperm oil is the best. We recommend, as better than linseed or any other oil for the barrel, and all larger parts of the gun, or any other steel or iron, the lightest possi ble coating of melted paratoe put on with a rag. WHEN TO SELL CHICKENS. Mr. G. W. Pleasants, of Missouri, says young chickens should be carried to mar ket and sold just so soon as they are large enough to sell. A chicken ten weeks old has consumed comparatively little food if it has had the range of the farm, but from that time on the cost of keeping ii well supplied increases rapidly. .Three bushels of meal will keep eight hens and one hun dred young chicks the first month; four bushels of meal will keep them the second month, and five bushels will keep them the third month, or until the chickens arc of good large, frying size, and are in good condi tion for the table, and will self at almost any railroad town for $1.50 per dozen at any time during the summer or fall, and during early summer, before there are many spring chickens in the market, good ones often svll for a much higher price. Chickens generally sell for as much at three months old, during the spring and summer, as they do during the next win ter, at six to eight months old, as during the latter season the large city markets are generally overstocked with spare- ribs, backbones and the like, from the pork-packing establishments. The pullets may be sold with the cockerels or the earliest aud most thrifty kept to lay while the old hens are moulting during the fall, at which time eggs are always high. There are also other great advan tages in selling as soon as possible after they become of marketable size, one of which is you run no risk of their dying on you as you do if you hold them until the following winter or spring. Even if there was no risk of their dying, there is much more profit in selling at two and a half or three months old at $1 per dozen, than there is in keeping them until they are eight or ten months old and selling at $3 per dozen. SUCCESS IN FARMING. The man who can begin a life at farm ing and succeed, must be strong to labor, industrious, of. good health, economical, and have plenty of that invaluable quali ty, “pluck” and energy, with sufficient means to insure a fair "start, not only to buy and stock his farm, hut also a work ing capital equaling at least one-fifth the investment in land, with surplus means for maintenance during the transition state. Critically inspect, personally, the farm and locality toward which your thoughts and inclination are turned; act only from your own good judgment, and advice of expert friends, put little value upon recommendations of’interested par ties. Spend time and money, if neces sary, iu obtaining personal informa tion as to the advantages and disadvan tages of the proposed locality and farm; then you will have no one else to blame. But, above all; when a decision is made resolve to win; let your motto be, when oncc.your.lot is cast: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” not twice, or thrice, but many times, for undoubtedly you will find that there are disastrous sea sons as well as good ones. This is the farmer’s lot, locate where he .may; but good judgment and Industry go far toward overcoming all disasters of the season. As a rule, it will be found economy to buy good, not extravagant, improvements, rather than land run down, with few or no improvements, and then be' compelled to make them. A Heroic Boy.—Tbe rooms of Henry Lieb, on tho top floor of the five-story tenement house at No. 963 Third avenue, caught fire on Saturday, and the flames spread rapidly to the adjoining rooms of Jeremiah Morrissey. Both families es caped, but in their haste the Morrisseys forgot the baby. It was left behind, lying on the floor of the burning room. The child’s brother Oswald, twelve years old, remembered her, however, when half way down the stairs. He ran back at once, and sprang unhesitatingly into the room now entirely on fire. He brought out the baby unhurt, but was badly burned him self. The police took the lad to the Fifty- ninth street dispensary, where his wounds were dressed. properly applied, though he nursed a very large hesitation before making an inspec tion. One rf the old veterans, however, who may have been Uncle Ned Graves, ventured up and sarv the cause of the de lay. Some mischievous boy, not having arrived at years of discretion, had plugged up the touch-hole with an old nail. The patriotic orator chosen for the oc casion, who had built him a column and a half speech on very short notice, was re quested to wait until the nail, or what ever it was, fcould be withdrawn. The unterrified hurriedly asked if there was a machinist in the crowd, and Dane West promptly responded. A supreme effort was made to draw out the nail, but the nail held its grip like a little man. The patriotic orator chafed under the delay and was compelleu to cork up his mouth to keep his patriotic utterance from oozing away. In the meantime the West Macon cannon was keeping tip a healthy discharge, and no bly getting through with its hundred guns. By ten o’clock the nniefrified were worked up to such a pitch of exaspera tion that the crowd of spectators began to thin out. The patriotic orator became more restless than ever, and was on the verge of thinking that his practicing all day in a hack room with a pair of asth matic lungs and one of Horace Greeley’s old speeches was about to be lost. He fid geted around considerably and begged to bo allowed to make a speech without the explosive attachment, but Uncle Ned Graves swore roundly that no speech was to be made that night unless one hundred guns could be fired. This completely squelched the patriotic orator, and he went home. At 12 o’clock the crowd had narrowed down to two men, who had worked and tugged at that old nail harder than if they had worked in the shop, and yet the old nail was safe. By this time the West Macon boom was over, and the two perse vering patriots concluded to let the East Macon grand ratification go by default. Yesterday the old nail was extracted, and East Macon is ready for war. The boys swear they will make Rome howl when their cannon lets loose, and the patriotic orator is building biin anoth er oration. Tom Arteb. Middle Georgia Teachers’ Associa tion. Norwood, Ga., July 1st, 1SS0. Editors Telegraph and Messenger:— The next convention of this body will be held in Sandersville, Ga., on the 29th aud 30th days of July, 1880. All teachers, school officers, aud friends of education are entitled to membership. An interest ing programme has been prepared for the occasion. Supt. B. M. Zettler, of Macoa, Ga., will read a paper on “Improved meth ods in teaching—actual and so-called.” Hon. Wm. J. Nortlien, of Hancock, will deliver an address on “School Govern ment.” Other papers on practical sub jects will be read, and time will be allowed for the free discussion of every paper. On Friday evening, July 30tb, the convention will be enter tained with declamation by pupils from the various schools within the association each school invited to elect and send ono speaker, speeches not to exceed ten min utes. A valuable prize will be awarded to the best declaiiner. The convention will be entertained free of charge by the good people of Sandersville. Those ex pecting to attend should notify, as soon as possible, the chairman of the local com mittee on arrangements, Professor Ivy W. Duggan, Sandersville, Ga,. The teachers of Middle Georgia owe it to themselves and to their profession to attend this -convention and assist in for warding the grept end»,for which the asso ciation was organized. For further information and programme of exercises, address Gustavus J. Orb, President, Atlanta, Ga., Sterling G. Brinkley, Norwood, Ga., or Virgil E. Okr, Louisville, Ga.. * Secretaries. Press of middle Georgia please copy. The Narbagansett Raised.—The Narragansett was raised at 3 o’clock last Monday morning, and while beiDg towed toward Cow Bay, grounded on Six-Mile Reef, off Clinton. —Carl I’eierson, the celebrated Danish explorer of the Arctic'regions, is dead. Besides making other voyages to the Arc tic regions, lie was a companion of Dr. Kane and of McClintock in the memor able expedition that settled the question of Franklin’s fate. —The Paris municipality last week took a very momentous step. It decided, on imposing a tax of two francs per thousand on the purchase value of all houses and buildings of whatever descrip tion in Paris. The proceeds of the new tax are to be employed in reducing differ-, ent items of the octroi. The measure will have to be sanctioned by the govern ment. —A drag, driven by an elegantly attired lady, with a trim and neatly-dressed colored boy perched on the footman’s seat behind, was passing through the street, when it was espied by an old ne gro woman. “Brass de Lord!” she ex claimed, raising her hands as she spoke, “Bress de Lord! I never ’spected to see dat. Wonder what dat young cullud geminan pays dat young white ’oman for driving dat kerridge? 1 know’d it’d come, hut never ’spected to lib to see it. Dia nigga’s ready to go ’way now.” —A total abstinence lecturer, tho Re tailer says, wai pressing the point that the Bible forbade the use of strong beverages, when a man arose in the audience and said: “As I understand it, you have proved out of the Bible that it is wrong to drink liquor. Now, how do you reconcile that with the fact that at the marriage feast of Cana, our Saviour turned water into wine, and they all drank of it?” The speaker replied, after a moment’s perplex ity: “It is true, my brother, that tho incident, as you narrate it, is recorded, and we have no reason to doubt the truth of the statement, but still, I will say, my brethren and sisters, that I do regard that as the most ill-advised thing that ever Christ did. —The vulnerable - point in the late Empress of Russia’s moral being was her proneness to nurse grief. Her first great sorrow was the death of her eldest son, for whom she resolved to wear perpetual mourning. Aiuemia deepened gloom. Religion ran into superstition. A pleurisy grew to be chronic, and necessitated a warm climate. In the Empress’ absence, a favorite, lively, adroit, and healthy, arose at court. Alexander wanted a little cheerfulness in his life, and the Empress was of a sunless disposition, and conversed as if upon her oath. While he basked in the lady’s smiles, the Czarina mourned with priests anil a devout maid of honor over the falsity of tlie male heart and the murderous spirit which Nihilism had let loose in Russia. —Don Cameron in a lettei dated at the White Sulphur Springs last Monday, says: “I will do all lean to keep in power the Republican party, but as to taking the chairmanship of tlie national committee, that I cannot do, for the rea son that I am physically unable to under go the labors which necessarily belong to the position. 1 found myself, after the adjournment of Congress, very much broken down, and I was, therefore, com pelled to abandon all my business affairs, although they had been neglected during the entire session of Congress, and came here with the hope of having my health restored. I am obliged, under the advice of my physician, to remain here for seve ral weeks. Therefore, you see it is im possible for me to do as you, as well as many other friends, think 1 ought durirur , Grant and Hancock—A dispatch from Galena contradicts a late telegram that General Grant had said General Hancock would be elected and he would vote for him. General Grant has been a deadly enemy of Hancock for many years. While he was general of tho army and afterwards when President he never per mitted an opportunity to pass in which he could annoy or mortify Uaucock, and in arranging the commands of the different military departments he twice ignored the just claims of Hancock and assigned other officcis. As there never was a bet ter hater than General Grant, it is not likely he would vote for Hancock, even with his own bitter disappointment at his failure to receive the Republican nomina tion at Chicago. But, shrewd and practi cal man that he is, it is highly probable that he foresees the election of the Demo- .cratlc nominee. An Enthusiastic Pennsylvanian. We had the pleasure of talking yesterday with one of cur most estimable citizens, formerly from Norristown, Pennsylvania, who gave the names of many ‘ of the first Republicans in that city and vicinity who had openly come out for Hancock and English. Our friend, who has always' been a staunch Democrat, is now so completely enthused that he concedes but two States only to the unfortunate De Golyer Garfield ticket. In fact, there is such a general ground swell rising all over the laud in favor of Hancock, that no one can predict how deep his unfortu nate antagonist will be buried beneath the popular wave. The political skies are certainly very bright, and if local and persona! dissections in State and county contests cau be eschewed, a grand Demo cratic victory will revolutionize the whole country, and effectually cleanse the Au gean stables of Radicalism. “So mote it be.” —Anthony Murphy departed mysteri ously from his home in Philadelphia. He. had been a sober, industrious,' kindly man, and few would believe that he bad deserted his family. His wife was sure that he had been murdered. Two months afterward she was summoned to the morgue to see whether a body from the river was that of her husband. She said yes at once, and, to make the identifica tion positive, pointed out a malformed linger, a mole ou the arm, two teeth gone, and a" new suit of broadcloth. A wake was held and the remains were buried. Four months more passed, and one day Anthony Murphy walked coolly into his home. Sirs. Murphy exclaimed, “It’s an angel from heaven,” and fainted away. She immediately came to the conclusion that he had risen from the dead, and noth ing can shake her firm belief that such was the fact. Her friends who attended the wake take the same view of the mat ter, and Murphy himself is in doubt, for his brain has been affected since his re turn—probably since his departure. He has a very aim recollection of a Western trip, but is not prepared to say whether he was in or out of tlie flesh. General Hancock’s Letter of Ac ceptance.—The New York correspon dent of the Philadelphia Ledger writes: “General Hancock's letter of acceptance, I hear, will be a more elaborate paper than such utterances usually are, aud his. friends say it will be of a character to satisfy the country that he is a statesman as well as a soldier, and a man who can talk to the point, as well as fight to a pur pose. The genera!, it may be remarked here, is one of the most urbane aud ac cessible of men, and it will be well for him if he does not permit these and other excellent qualities of head and heart to be taken advantage of by the crowds of New York politicians of all sorts that are now anxious to take him in hand. The unfortunate experiences of General Har rison, anil General Taylor and General Scott, under not dissimilar circumstances, are valuable admonitions, which, if he will heed now, will save him a deal of trouble of one kind and another hereaf ter.” Our Weekly.—The Weekly Tele graph and Messenger is out for this week, and briiurfull of interesting read ing. It contains 64 columns, and is one of the largest papers published in the South. It is equal to the best, and su perior to the mass of publications. It contains original and selected stories, the magnificent address of N. E. Harris, Esq., before the Masonic fraternity, the final reports from Cincinnati, the address of the visiting board of the State University, the finest collection of Georgia news, and a variety of political and miscellaneous articles. The local department is filled with matters of interest, and the general make-up is first-class ia every respect. Now is a good time to subscribe for it. —If the Garfield boom, says the Herald, cannot be held together except by assess ing the poorly paid women clerks in the —- - — 0 — departments-in Washington, and hinting j The most interesting political canvass of at dismissal in case of non-payment the j the age .is upon us. .terms, $2 per an- said boom is not worth saving. i num, or $1 for six months.