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GEORGIA PRESS. Says the Times of Columbus: Little Gertrude Hood, the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Joseph, died Monday at the Warm Springs in Meriwether county, where Mrs. Joseph had gone to spend the summer. She was one of the orphans of Gen. J. B. Ilood and was given to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph by their earnest so licitation while in New Orleans last winter* The attachment and devotion of the foster parents could not have been greater had the bright little girl been their own offspring. They watched over it with the tenderest care, and their hearts arc made sore by the death of the sweet little baby. And not only the parents but many ol their friends had also formed a strong at tachment for her, and many eyes wens wet with tears yesterday as they placed the little flower in the cold grave. All Columbus sympathizes with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph in their bareavement. A correspondent of the Times gives an account of a terrible cyclone that passed eight miles north of LaGrange, wrecking every building upon the farm of Col. F. A. Frost, and severely wound ing many of the occupants. Hon. A. H. Stephens was met, as he entered Augusta, by a committee and greeted with a salute from the Washing ton Artillery. He expressed himself as having been a Hancock man ever since his great controversy with Pease. He was to have spoken in Augusta yesterday. .The Chronicle and Constitutionalist reporter has just emerged from a col lege commencement. He has it all— “pressure on our columns,” “lateness of the hour,” etc., etc. The Columbus Enquirer says it is pretty well decided that Hilliard Dixon, now confined in jail, is the murderer of | sash and glass, were blown in. The fam- Mr. Gammon. ‘ Conventions between .. t „ 1 l c J.', 0U f. c Dixon and a fellow prisoner have been and a good citizen. It also says a “heavy wind and rain storm struck this locality about 0 p. m., Sunday last, tearing down fences, shaking the fruit from the trees and flattening some fields of corn a3 if a roller had passed over them. Wo fear the damage has been severe farther oft Mr. John A. McKinnon, five miles east, we hear, lost all his Le Conte pears by tne wind.” Thomasvili.e Enterprise: V> e notice that several papers are urging the claims of tHc Hon. A. O. Bacon, of Macon, for the Senatorsliip, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Gordon. We do not know that Mr. Bacon is a can didate for the position, but we know lie would fill it with credit to himself and the State, nc has served the State al ready in several capacities and has been in public life for several years, and we have yet to hear the slightest whisper against his lioror or integrity. He is an honest man and an able one. He is specially and peculiarly fitted for membership in any deliberative body by his thorough knowledge of the laws governing debate. He is, in our judgment, without a superior as a presiding officer. He is strict without harshness, equable and pleasant, but inflexible, and so thoroughly posted that he decides the most vexed questions, apparently, without a moment’s hesitation, and yet his decisions are never reversed. Should he present himself a3 a candidate he ought to and will be a formidable opponent to any one else that may seek the office. Griffin Xetcs: The rain and wind storm on Monday night was one of the severest ever experienced in this section. The violent wind threatened much dam age in the city and men in their stores on Hill street aud people in their homes about the city were in much fear of dam age and danger. We are glad to state that but little damage was done in the city. At the lesidence of Dr. Connally, just out of the city, all the fences were ■ blown down, and many of the windows, overheard, aud there is no doubt of his guilt. We learn from the Savannah News that the regatta at the Isle of Hope was a success. The prize was won by the “Annie” of Brunswick. Several beats were upset by a squall but no lives lost. The Sumter Republican contains an account of a dastardly attempt at mur der on the part of a negro, near Atnericus, named Ike Clarke. Ike wanted another man’s wife to come and ^ive with him, and upon her refusing to do so, shot her with a musket load of bird shot. Ike re poses in jail. The same paper contains the following: An old colored man met an old woman of liis race and talked with her for some time. Zt last the old woman said: “Wharyer born?” “I was born in old Firginnv,” said the old man, “and Mars George' Temple sold me when I was ’bout fifteen years old. 1 had a mammy an’ a twin sister, an’ two brudders, but 1 never beam tell of ’em sense de war.” “What your mammy’s name?” said the woman. “Kate.’’ said the man, “an’ sis ter's name was Betty, and Ben and Dick was my brudders.” The old woman jumped up aud hugged the astonished man saying, “You’s my brudder Phil, what Mars George sold for hittin’ him wid a rotten egg:” and thereupon was a rejoicing with the old couple. They had not met in thirty years, and the old man learned of his mammy’s death, aud that liis brothers, like himself, had been sold South and never heard from. Albany Advertiser: The first peaches of the season were brought in town this morning, from Baker. The peach crop, we believe, is a complete failure this year. A colored man shot and badly wounded a large bear eleven miles from town on the plantation of Mr. George Walker. Bruin made good his escape. The Louisville Courier says: The mass meeting held at the court house Tuesday was largely attended, and great enthusi asm was manifested upon the selection of delegates to the gubernatorial convention which will meet in Atlanta to nominate our next governor. The contest was prin cipally between lire Colquitt and Lester men, in which the latter were ririnriou*. After considerable discussion the follow ing delegates were elected A. E. Tarver, John F. Toole, W. P. Johnson and Ed ward Hunter. The delegates go instructed to vote for “the most available man,” but their pref erence is Lester. Thegentlemeu selected are all men of intelligence and integrity, and will carry out the instructions of the meeting faithfully, and without fear, fa vor or affection. Columbus Enquirer: Mr. W. A. Hud son, the master car builder of the Colum bus and Borne railroad shops, is about completing a first-class passenger coach for that road, that is, in our judgment, a superior job. It is forty feet long and eight feet three inches wide, with double seats on each side, and with a capacity of seating fifty persons. It is wider than the can now in use on that road. Mr. Hudson informs ns the car will be built with a saving of about 23 per cent, over cars ordered at the North, while the road gets better and more substantial work than the Northern. This car will lie fin ished in about ten days when Mr. II. will commence building freight cars for the road. * — . Atlanta Post of the 7th: Four coun ties were represented in Uncle Jonathan's white Republican convention yesterday. Tlia meeting organized witli fourteen members, seven from Fulton county, one from Cobb, one from Campbell, one from Spalding and two from Henry county. Uncle Jonathan had an address, a plat form and resolutions already cut and dried for the occasion. The appearance of J. W. Carter, colored, from Thomas county, •was not on the programme. He made a very pathetic appeal to the white Republicans, asking that his people who did not Indorse the disgrace ful mob known as the Republican con vention be allowed to send representa tives tD the white convention. Uncle Jonathan’s convention declined to affiliate witli Carter and the dissatisfied black Re publicans. Carter felt crushed, and witli tears asked: “Wbar shall we go ? Pled ger’s crowd lias shet us out an’ now you won’t let us in. What are to become of us ? ” W. A. Pledger, colored, chairman of the State central committee was pre sent, and made a lengthy speech, com pletely sitting down upon Uncle Jona than Norcross and his 30,000 white Re publicans. Savannah News: Our Atlanta con temporary, in its issue of Sunday, says: “Our esteemed contemporary, the Savan nah News, attributes the falling off iu the census returns of Georgia L» the law cre ating the railroad commission.” Will our contemporary be so kind as to state when and where any such opinion has ever been expressed in the Newst We have never seen it. The only opinion we have ex pressed at all on the subject, in the slight est degree approaching to that charged on ns by the Constitution, is that unless the . railway commission law is repealed immi gration to the State will be seriously re tarded in the future. No prudent and ambitious farmer is going to settle in any State where he is. debarred facili ties for transporting his produce to market, and no capitalist is going to in vest his means to famish such facilities when he knows thaj, after his money is expended and the' work is completed, three disinterested partita will step in, teil him to stand aside, and inform him that they intend to take entire charge of liis affairs for him. This op’nion we maintain to be strictly correct, and al though we Lave said nothiug about the census returns being affected by a law passed in the tenth year of tl:c present i . ;istis deen:bs wo will venture one pre- d: -tion. to-wit: That unless the railway sr is repealed, the census of • that in the inat'.erof popu- i is talk behind tier sister c 'innnsMon 1 will sill la'.Ion Geer. States. Thomas , dentil of C;r o! Talbot Co aO* 1 announces the t. (r. W. Gammage, formerly inrv. A w«whv gentleman would tumble down and vacated it, There was no further damage. Through this county and Butts the storm did con siderable damage to fencing, but nothing more than that has been reported. St. Louis Republican: Gov. Col quitt, the late Senator Gordon, and the new Senator Joseph E. Brown, of Georgia, have recently organized, a strong and wealthy company, of which Senator Gor don is president,"to construct a railroad from Rome, Ga., to Aberdeen, Miss. This road will pass through the counties of Cherokee, Etowah, Blount, Fayette mid Walker, of Alabama, the richest coal, iron and copper region of the world. This road will gather up the rich material in the territory of Alabama and carry it to Atlanta, or some other Georgia town, upon which the mechanics and trades' people of that State will grow rich. Brunswick Appeal: Hon. Jacob E. Dart is repairing his beautiful residence. Mr. Charlie Moore, who is universally popular as a boarding house keeper, is making considerable additions to his res: deuce. Mr. Leaner continues, work on his new store house. Hon. J. F. Nelson is pushing the new hotel right up. Dr. Madden will put a laige addition to his drug store soon. Messrs. Littlefield & Tison are enlarging their wharf facilities. The ladies will soon commence the im provement of the city park. Col. Collins is repairing part of the custom house, and rumor has it that several new buildings will scon he erected. There is life in Brunswick. Rome is all astir this week over the mili tary encampment,which is now in full blast They are proud of this enterprise, and they should be. We arc always glad to note the prosperity of other localities as well as our own. This week will be worth thousands of dollars to the “city upon the hills.” There are now in camp the Chatham Artillery’, of Savannah, Ga., Abbeville Rifles, from Abbeville, South Carolina, Spaulding Greys, of Griffin, Griffin Light Guards, and a detachment of the Republican Blues, of Savannah, The population of Savannah is 30.717 Total increase over the census of 1870 is 2,5X2. The increase is entirely among the colored inhabitants, they outnumbering the whites 753. Jesup Sentinel: For some time past, Mr. L. G. Clark, railroad ticket agent, has been missing money from liis oliice. lie suspected Frank Flagg, a colored em ploye, and set a trap for him. A few dax« •jrrQ ||£ market f> iivo dollar billy winch was soon afterward stolen. Monday morn ing be left a two dollar bill hanging over the lop of the drawer anil left the office, but got a friend outside to keep a lookout. Oil liis return, the party who was on watcli told him that Fmuk Flagg had been inside. The two dollar bill was missing. Frank was arrested and the money found in his possession. A search, warrant was taken out and the marked five dollar bill was found in a trunk at his house. Flagg was taken before Jus tice Rumph yesterday. lie waived an ex amination and was committed to jail in default of $400 bail. Savannah News: Yesterdry morning a colored man named Adam Bellinger, living about seventy miles front the city, on the Savannah, Florida and Western railway, arrived here on tiie passenger train. He had a pistol ball in his head and was anxious to have it removed. The services of Dr. T. B. Chisholm were ob tained and the bullet was extracted with out much difficulty, the wound not being serious. Adain stated that he been acci dentally shot by a comrade whilst hilari ously celebrating tlie “fourth” ou Mon- day. Albanv New*: Reports received at this office from the country bring the grat ifying intelligence that the rain on l ues- day was pretty general in all directions. The corn crop, however, has been cut down considerably by the continued drouth, and hardly more than a half crop is expected. Colton is in splendid condi tion, and an abundant crop will be made in southwest Ucoigia, if the caterpillar doesn’t take hold soon. The BamesvilJe Gazette is filled with the closing exercises of Gordon Institute. The people are proud of their institution, and they have a right to be. Among other things they bad an address by one of our townsmen, and the Gazette has this to say about it: Prof. Woodall, in the most graceful manner, introduced to the audience the orator of tlie day. Colonel J. L. Harde man, of Macon. He spoke more than a half hour, aud held the audience, all tlie time, in tho closest and most respectful attention. While lie announced no sub ject, tlie gennain idea permeating tlie whole speech was the husbanding of t.uie. Appropriate examples were adduced to siiow wliat had been accomplished by utilizing the previous moments. The speaker iu referring to the ladies, their dress aud their husbands, struck a most liappy coni. The presentation of this fea ture was close to tiuth and liappy in its effect. The ladies unanimously vote the speech “simply splendid.” The speaker was richly applauded, as lie made happy hits, and the societies fed they made a success iu tlie selection of an orator. Savannah News: Yesterday a negro man, giving his name as Henry Allen, ap peared at the city dispensary to have his bead dressed, having been shot tlie niglit previous while standing in front of an ice house near the corner of Montgomery and Gaston streets. The wound was in the scalp, aud was not serious. He stated that the shot was fired at him through a window by some unknown part}’. "Dr. Lewis Cass dressed tlie wound and dis patched tlie relieved iudividualon his way rejoicing. Waynesboro Herald: Henry Ryan, the negro sentenced to be hung here on the Otli, seems determined to disappoint the public if possible. On several occa sions he has managed, to pick the locks around his feet. A few days since 31 r. Hainill, tlie jailor, found concealed in Ryan’s hair a small wire with which lie hail been making these attempts to es cape. IIinesville Gazette: We had tlie pleasure of a short visit from Prof. B. T. Hunter, of Macon, who is in our village to-day on business. Ibof. Hunter is a distinguished educator of youth, haring bet>n connocted with several of the best institutions of learning in the State. To I lie writer it was more than a pleasure to reiie.w tbelrieudsliip of ante bellum days. by meeting with an old college mate. We hope Prof.'Hunter will again visit our lit tle town. Perry Home Journal: During tho rain last Saturday night a kind of cyclone struck the Smith place, on which Mr. J. H. Houser now lives, about a mile and a half from town. Several trees, some fencing and a stable were blown down, the latter falling on and killing a valuable mule belonging to Mr. Houser. We have not heard that the cyclone yisited any other place in the county. Columbus Times: Another instance of boyish folly was illustrated yesterday afternoon about 0 o’clock. Eugene Ste phens, a lad of about sixteen years of age, accidentally shot himself in the left arm while handling a pistol. The pistol was one of those little cheap concerns which are hardly large enough to be dangerously fatal, but large enough to cause much pain and a doctor’s hill. At a meeting of the board of 'directors of the 3Iobile' and Girard railroad, in Girard, Ala.,,on Wednesday last, the fol lowing officers were elected for the ensu ing year: R. L. Mott, president,pro tern; J. M. Frazier, secretary and treas urer, and IV. L. Clarke, superintendent. Savannah Recorder: Mary Jane Mc Clellan, an unfortunate white woman, was arrested last night at a quarter past eight o’clock, by oflicer Anglin, and taken to the barracks. She was under the in fluence of liquor and acting in a boisterous and unbecoming manner. She has been before the mayor for the same offense several times, and many who knew the woman’s fondness for liquor were satisfied she was not in a right state of mind. In stead, therefore, of bringing her before the mayor’s court and fining her a few dol lars, she was turned over to the ordinaiy, so that her alleged insanity might be in quired into. Perky Home Journal: The fanners of Houston county generally are in good spirits concerning the crop prospect. In some sections the com has been very much injured by drouth, while in others the rain has been plenteous during the en tire season. In almost every section of the county the prospect for au excellent c'itton crop is very good. Peas have been planted in large quantities, potatoes are doing finely, and where planted sugar cane promises a bountiful yield. All in all, our fasmers have very little to com plain of. Columbus Enquirer: Mr. Elijah Wiggins, aged sixty, died at the plank boarding house on Tuesday afternoon, from lung disease. lie had resided in Columbus many years, and had been in poor health lor several months. lie was buried last afternoon. Barnesville Gazette: Last Satur day night the inmates of Upson county jail bored through the roof and made their escape. Young Lumpkin, who stole the horses, and Leonard Daniel, a colored man, charged with cattle stealing, were the only occupants. They both escaped aud have not been heard from up to this writing. Atlanta Constitution: Yesterday morning Mr. C. H. Swift, tlie undertaker, was requested to visit the Baptist Home, comer of Pulliam and Jones streets, for the purpose of making the necessary ar rangements for a double burial. When 3Ir. Swift arrived at the Home lie found tlie bodies of Mrs. Ortagusaud her daugh ter awaiting burial. The necessary arrangements were per fected and the funerals took place in tlie afternoon at the same hour, tlie caskets being in separate hearses. Tlie remains of Mrs.Ortagus and her daughter were fol lowed to the grave by a large number of the very best citizens of Atlanta. We learn that Mis. Ortagus died from a can cer, and that her daughter died of con sumption. The two deatlis, we are in formed, took place within a couple of hours. The death of 3Irs. Ortagus left motherless a twelve year old boy, and an eight year old girl who will be taken care of by tlie friends of the Baptist noiue. A number of ladies showed every atten tion to ills. Ortagi.s and her daughter during their last hours of sickness, Augusta News: A sad death occurred at Clark’s Globe 3Ii!is this morniug from tlie accidental falling of an elevator. The ropes of the elevator breaking, it fell to the floor and struck a young girl, Eugenia Mitcham, who happened to be in tlie mill, though she was not in the employ of Messrs. Clark, causiLg her death in a few minutes. _ The accident i»*ppc«cii early this mom- ins, about 7 o’clock. An inquest was held over the body, aud the above facts substan tially stated, according to which a verdict was "formed. A physician, summoned at tlie time of the accident, could not be of any assistance, as death was almost in stantaneous. The city of Rome is all agog with mil itary enthusiasm and visitors. Yester day Governor Colquitt reviewed the troops, and “Camp Lee” was formally put under military orders. There are seven companies in camp, all under com mand of Col. Clifford W. Anderson, of Savannah. The artillery is commanded by Captain Wheaton, of the Chatliains. To-day will be celebrated as the Fourth of July, a grand military display will take place, a salute of one hundred guns be fired, and General Robert Toombs will deliver the address. Killed by Lightning.—Rome Tri bune: Yesterday the news reached the city tliat on Wednesday afternoon, just over the Floyd county line in Bartow, 3Iiss Lizzie Watson, a lady of about forty-eight years of acre, while hoeing com in the field was killed by lightning. It seems that she started for the house just as the storm clouds began to gather, when there caiue a terrific crash of thunder and a flash of lightning, and a companion on turning around discovered that the electric bolt had thrown Miss Watson to the ground, and on going to her found that she was quite dead, the shock having taken effect almost instantaneously. If the country has got to be bored by daily reports of Dr. Tanner’s fast, it is perhaps better that he should collapse at au early day. There is a pathetic appeal ascending from various disappointed cities of Geor gia, addressed to such citizens .as were omitted by the census bosses. It is as follows, “If you love the city, baud in ycur names immediately.” Columbus complains that the men who sprinkle the street, sprinkle^ passer by also. We are not troubled iu that way here. Talbot county is suffering for rain. Lexington has had a mad dog sensa tion. The Oglethorpe Echo says the cou“ victs at tlie various camps in this county, knowing their letters are read before de livered, hare established a secret corres pondence by marks, and can thus impart news of their treatment without the guard deciphering the secret. It is adopted and understood at every camp in the State. Also, that the Supremo Court has de cided that a renter has no right to dispose of any part of a crop until the landlord is paid; and that where a tenant attempts to dispose of a crop with a view of evading payment of rent, he coinm.ts a crime pun ishable with imprisonment in the chain- gang. The land-owners of the country bear the burden of taxation and it is but right that the law should throw around them every protection. We learn from the Reporter that Drl B. B. Alfred, one of the oldest citizens of LaGrange, died last Saturday., lie was a native of Connecticut, and went to La- Grange from Greensboro, Ga., iu 1857. He hail accumulated considerable proper- tv, and when his relatives in Connecticut said to him, as they did a number of times, “Why don’t you give up your busi ness and come back to your old home ?” liis reply would be: “Well, I like these people down iu Georgia, and I’d better stay where I am.” He was unmarried and lived alone. Americus Recorder: We regret to learn that ty-two years, the fifth congressional district it is easy to see wliat is before us. If Colonel Ham mond receives the nomination for Con gress, a very laige body of Democrats will urge one of their strong men to take the field as an Independent, and measure lances with the nominee of the organized. From present indications the contest bids fair to be hot and lively. The editor of the Albany Advertiser is getting his “Irish up,” judging from the following editorial: There are some men in Albany who have had their own way, and given direc tion to all matters of a public or political character, so long, that they seum to think they have a right to do it, and that it is not only presumptuous but impudent In anybody else to bring their acts into ques tion or even refuse to how in humble sub mission to their every wish. The Adver tiser is no respecter of persons, however, and these celebrities will have to permit it to exercise the right of free speech. Fellow-citizens, we have come to stay. Coffee County Gazette: We again wit nessed last Tuesday a combat between a mocking bird and a black snake, the same one we suppose of which mention was made two weeks ago. The bird stays near our office and the snake is frequently seen near an old stump some twenty-five steps distant. Last Tuesday the bird found tlie snake away from its hiding place, and at once made a bold attack upon it. Soon after the attack began the snake stopped running and placed itself in an attitude for defense, but tlie bird’s attack became so furious that the snake was forced to seek shelter utder Mr. Par ker’s store. When the snake found that its defense was weak, and concluded to make its retreat, the bird caught it several times, and no doubt, would have killed it had it not found a place of concealment. The combat was in plain view of our win dow, and was witnessed by others. The Atlanta Post is swinging around into the independent vein It is now certain that a strong indepen dent candidate for the State Sen ate will take the field in this Sena torial district. The gentleman alluded to resides in Clayton county, aud is an able and popular lawyer. He will be an nounced in a few days, and the ring men will have warm work before them if they try to defeat him. Amekicus Recorder: Injunction Granted :—The railroad filed a bill to enjoin Mr. Beverly Mitchell from rebuild ing his mill-dam. Judge Crisp has sus- taiued the bill and granted the injunction. As matters now stand, Mr. Mitchell has only the mill by a dam site; w hat he wants is a dam by the mill site. Columbus Times: Mr. James Nowlan, an old citizen of Chattahoochee county, died at his residence a few miles below Cusseta, Ga., Tuesday, and was buried in the Cusseta cemetery yesterday. His age was about 70 years. His remains were followed to their last restiug place by a large number of friends. Mr. John M. Deason, an aged and re spected citizen of Stewart county, died last Monday at his residence near Hanna- liatchee. Mr. Deason was a most estima ble citizen and a man of influence and highly respected in his community. Bainbeidge Democrat: Hon. A. O. Bacon will make things lively for Joe Brown before the next Georgia legislature. Joe, with his bar’l, is strong, but we think the patriotism of the people will be stronger. But we shall see. LaGrange Reporter: Hon. Henry Persons and Hon. J. F. Pou are brothers- in-law. Nevertheless Capt. Persons is “dead against” Judge Pou’s candidacy, and expects, if nominated, to beat him out of his boots. Oglethorpe Echo: A gentleman who had run a bar-room for twenty years says for tlie last decade whisky drinking has beendiniinishing in this county, and that the books of any bar-room will show that the business is each year growing beautifully less. The class of customers is also changing. The class of men who would now consider it a disgrace to be seen drunk, a few years ago prided them selves on their whisky guzzling qualities' Atlanta.—Darien Gazette: The writer worked hard ai •.* voted for Atlanta to be come the capital of the State. Witli only tlie same lights before us which we then had We would do it over auain- Dut ir Atlanta io determined that all political influence is to be concentrated in or nortli of that city, aud if the best class of men, when advanced by their friends for office, are to be repudiated by the great bulk of Atlanta people only because they come from south Georgia, we shall regret to our dying day that we did uot vote to put the capital at Milledgeville, or, for that matter, in tlie heart of Bull Town Swamp, rather than in the Gate City. Oi-r faith has been shaken, but not destroyed, in the liberality and patriotism of Atlanta towards all sections of the State. We still believe that she will exhibit no nar row-minded anil prejudiced spirit in the coming nomination for governor. In the meantime, many like us are waiting to see whether our noble and enterprising city can be controlled by an old rotten ring, and south Georgia has woke up to the fact that wc have recovered our polit ical power in tlie State by the enfran chisement of the colored people, and that of late wc have been mere successful in sustaining the Democratic party than our friends of north Georgia. Cutiirert Appeal: On Tuesday eve ning during the storm a laige tree stand ing in Mr. A. F. Hall’s yard was struck by lightning and shivered, tlie hark being thrown over a space of nearly au acre iu width. The electric current passed from the tree to a small ou’liouse, tearing off the weatlierboarding and passing down through the floor, set the building on fire. The fire was extinguished before making much headway. No one was hurt, although several boys were playing in tlie yard within ten feet of the tree when struck. Mrs. Ilall and the small children were badly frightened, they being in the house alone. When the lightning passed through the small house it killed a ben and some small chickens that were under there for safety. Augusta News: Mrs. Thomas Arm strong, one of the oldest residents in Augusta, and the wife of Mr. Thomas Armstrong, who lives on upper Broad street, died this morning after a very sud' den illness. She was not seriously ill till last night. Hancock’s Crimes. •The thing is becoming interesting, says the Philadelphia Chronicle. Tlie enor mity of Gen. Hancock’s crimes against his country is being discovered and unfolded at a great rate. A New York letter in the Chicago Tribune recites that Gen Hancock occupies on Governor’s Island sixty-four acres of land worth $15,000,000 if sold for city residences; that Governor’s Island has ceased (presumably since the Cincinnati nomination) to be of any value as a defense, being only used as the resi dence of some pet commanding general (Hancock has always’becn a pet with the Republican party (rom Grant down; that a guu fired from the island at enemy’s ship would go crashing through the heart of Brooklyn; that tho taxpayers of America support General Hancock in lazy luxury on this $15,000,000 island; that General Hancock is waited upon as it he were a king; that there is a.steam yacht there to take him to Delmonico’s to din ner, or to Coney Island for a flirtation with the ladies; that an armed sentinel is on guard there day and night, in all sorts of; weather (always the same sentinel brutally kept at his post); and that if General Hancock were not a major-gen eral he would bo a country tavern-keeper. This, it must be confessed, is a terrible arraignment of General Hancock, and shows what a botch the Cincinnati con vention made of its work. Crescent spnog Water. For several years .had. been affected j with gravel of the kidneys. My urine Mr. Berry Wijljams, ageu twen- j wds carefully analyzed and found to con- _ is, the son cf \Y. C. \\ illiams, ] t a f n nearly half an ounce of uric acid, of the fifteenth district of Sumter, has ’ I had not taken the water three days nnti! been adjudged a lunatic. The young the quantity was reduced fifty per cent., man’s health has been bail for over a J an( j three weeks after, a last analysis year, and tho hope is that the eliange of ! slewed the urine free from gravel, air and water and proper treatment will j ; Solomon Stein, soon restore him. Of:S. Stein & Co., 4-13 and 448 Broadway, Atlanta Post: The masses appear to 1 New York, regard the county primaries witli apa- J September Stli, 1879. thetic indifference. In many instances' For. information apply at Hall's Drug there is something.back of all this,.and in Store. ADDRESS Or Robert Weston Patterson, Esq., on the Occasion of the Presentation of Medals to Members of tho Sopho more Class, Mereer University. Below wo reproduce in full the address of our talented young townsman of the Macon bar, on Tuesday evening last. It has been pronounced, by competent judges, the most classically beautiful speech ever heard at a Mercer commencement. It was delivered with grace and ease, and reveals not only Intellect of the highest order, but deep thought, and an analytical mind. We commend it as good reading. We regret that tho happy personal ad dresses which followed the speech when the medals were presented, cannot also be produced: Ladies and Gentlemen, and Young Gen tlemen of the Sophomore Class of Mercer University: As I have listened to the diversified and sparkling speeches of the young gentlemen of the Junior class who have preceded me, I have felt that mine to-night must be the humble task of Ruth —to gather up the scattered sheaves of the harvest which these diligent reapers have garnered from the broad and fertile fields of oratory. Yet am I glad that I follow them, for these young gentlemen have but illustrated before you that art of oratory which it is my purpose to discuss. Art is the exponent of labor, for labor is the basis of art. The results of intellectual work out rank the achievements of physical exer tion. The perfection of art must, there fore, be found in the grandest creation of mental labor. The prime object of the labor of the mind is to impress its force on other minds. The highest test of art then, is the effec tiveness with which it enables mind to communicate with mind. Modern history knows no Delphi save human thought. Intellect is the only Pythoness now in voked, and there are many who tell us that the -press is the groaning priest through whom alone the oracle cau speak. Yet it is my hope to-night, young gentle men, to increase the interest you have al ready shown in another exponent of hu man thought more circumscribed than the press yet no less potential, an art through which mind spoke to mind for fifty cen turies before Guttenberg and Faust dis puted the paternity of their marvelous in vention, an art through which intellect shaped the doctrines of nations, ere yet Cadmus stole an alphabet from the sages of the Nile. As oratory is'an art,so like all other arts, it finds labor necessary to its perfection, lie whom history ranks as its most ac complished oiator has testified that the art of oratory requires more labor than all the other arts combined, for its per fection-implies a previous perfection in the knowledge of all the other arts. Life is too short for the realization of the lofty ideal for whose attainment even this prince of orators strove in vain. Yet the necessities of oratory invariably de mand a profound knowledge of books and men wbicb years of arduous study can alone afford, a pewer of reasoning which only trained logic and patient thought can furnish, the possession of a vocabulary so various in its necessities that a life time seems too .ihort for its ac quisition, and a memory whose treasure vaults are so well stored with poetic con ceits and classic lore that it will prove the banker on whom the imagination in its utmost extravagance can draw without fear for tho dishonor of its draft. These necessities of orator}’ labor—pa tient, persistent labor—cau alone supply. Tlie same amount of intellectual force is always necessary to the execution of a required mental labor. The force requir ed is always the same, though the power which applies that force differs in differ ent minds. Artistic perfection always re quires the same amount of labor. The unvarying quantity of force necessary to the performance of a required labor must be supplied by all, and tlie difference be tween different intellects lies in the power they can furnish for the creation of this essential force. In oratory, as in ether arts, the standard of excellence remains tlie same to all its votaries, though nature has ordaiuod tn»t to tins summit some may soar, while others can only climb. That which men call genius lias been well defined to be that absorbing love for an art which makes mental labor in itsprose- ecution afford rest to the mind. This pe culiar adaptability of certain minds for certain arts renders their achievements in them far beyond the efforts of other intel lects, which, though their equal in strength, lack thaUabnornial constitution which concentrates the whole power of tlie mind upon the exertion of a single force. Talent can only approximate by persistent effort and ceaseless practice, that faculty of concentration wherein the force of genius lies. The works of the former are but dim copies of the creations of the latter. Yet, let not talent be, on tliis account, depreciated, for, if art is in debted to genius for its advancement, it owes to talent its perpetuity. The sun wbicli lit tlie world to-day has sunk from our sight, but to-night, ten thousand glit tering stars—those diamonds sparkling in tlie azure robe of God—are radiant witli the reflected light of his vanished beams. Genius is the sun which lights the world of art, and when its splendor is quenched in the shoreless ocean of physical death, dark, indeed, would be the night through which that world must pass, ere its glori ous beams again appeared, did not the stars of talent shed the light they reflect from a sun that has set. As the requirements of orator}' are more numerous and diversified than those of any other art, so in it of all the arts there exists in the least degree that advantage oi natural concentration which wo have seen to be the prime distinction between genius and talent. In this, then, of all the arts, does labor lift talent most nearly to the plane of genius. You have shown us, gentlemen, that to oratory, either genius or talent has thus early directed your effort—to genius and to talent alike would I say that only un remitting toil can attain perfection in this art. He who would drink the wine of el oquence must with the foot*of labor tredK the wiue press, though nature heaped her purple clusters at his feet. You will find many to whisper in your ears the fond delusion that you are natural orators. Ileed not the empty pla tdits of this sense less praise, lest, Atalanta-iike, you lose the race to gather the golden apples in your path. Nature may have designed you for otators, but nature has doue for many a man what tho Democratic party did for Mr. Tilden, elected him to an of fice which he has never filled. Do not imagine that because a man is a good declaiiner he is necessarily an ora tor. Those speakers who derive their only title to oratory from accomplished decla mation are like the mocking bird who warbles right dulcetly when he echoes the strains of other songsters, hut whoso rotes are harsh and discordant when he would sing a song of Ids own. Do not be misled by the too popular delusion that eloquence, the highest style of oratory, is merely tho art of making a pretty speech. Well rounded periods which lack the sym metry and strength of logic, graceful fan cies clothed in the mellifluous words of musical sentences, but founded not on deep and earnest thought, may for tho moment please a careless car, but you might as well accept the flimsy finery of a figure in a milliner’s shop for the warmth and beauty of the woman whose dress it wears, as to mistake this pretty prattle for the passion and the power of eloquence. Those who are popularly term ed pretty speakers often present a fancy bright as the radiant shape of Tita- nia, but a thought ungainly as tho clown ish form of Bottom; and the fairer the wreaths which the fairy weaves to crown. oneso unworthy of her care, tlie longer and more unsightly protrude through the leaves of the garland the care of the ass. Avoid, I charge you, that oratorical menin- getis, that intellect-dwarfing, eloquence- deforming practice which is known as ex temporaneous speaking. It may give you the ready glibness of tlie jackdaw, but it were better like tho fabled swan to sing once before you die; yes, better like the real one to die before you sing at all, than to become one of these impromptu speak ers who, like Damocles of old, assumes for a day the prerogatives of power, but What tree is sacred from the liglitnine finds no charm in tho mighty realm of flame? 3 thought, because the exigency of the mo- Learn now it is the laurel, even fate ment bungs like the threatening sword Scathes not one leaf upon the brows of fame.” study has made famUUr wTthto lubjeS ttot n fhirmorraiymXTs n ’«,b f 1 i ambi * he discusses, without preparation for' khidlevn^ a particular occasion mayf when inspired I “ Sv on t by lofty sentiment or thrilled with sudden vou ’ r i lcal t / there wm w n of passion, electrify an audience by what * J a °“ d ^ UlC they may term an impromptu effort. But 1 slcerilV v«» a ? ^£5?’ v 1 pure the contrast between such an orator as 1 trv morwthan i Scalds. E 0 GO®®* tr y more than yours hath ever needed the patriotism ofher sons, no patriotism more than theirs could ever find its grandest exponent in eloquence. Though the monumental marble has long replaced the red carnage of civil war, though the issues for which rival factions fought have long been buried ia the tomb of valor still is your native land tom by the brazen claws of that Medusa sectional strife, and round its horrid head shall wind the snaky locks of discord, and its Gorgon eyes shall transform a nation’s progress into stone, till among tho statesmen of America, some Perseus shall rise, who, . with the magic sword of eloquence, shall forever rid his country of this monster dread. Be this the lofty destiny for which the coming orators of the South shall strive? The willow weeps where we had hoped the bay would bloom; but remem ber, oh, Southern youth, that the olive yet stands unbroken, the laurel yet waves unreached, and he, who with the hand of eloquence shall pluck for his brethren the branch of peace from the one, shall weave for himself the wreath of fame from the other. Recognizing these great needs for ora tory, Mercer University, with that broad wisdom which has ever characterized her course, has fostered with peculiar care this noble art among her sons. At her bidding I am here to present these glitter ing medals to those among you whom the committee selected for that purpose have adjudged most accomplished in declamma- tion, that gyinnasim which trains for the broad university of oratory. [Here followed in a humorous strain the pretended report of the committee supposed to be com posed of ladies, and the presen tation cf the medals.] But jesting aside, young ’gentlemen, a bright futnre awaits you all, medaled and unmedaled alike, and the best dflvice I can give you is, that in your future oratorical contests you beware of each other. And now my task is ended, and I commend you, each and all,to the future favors of eloquence— the bright divinity whom you worship. O Eloquence! Thou voice through whom the Son of God did not disdain to speak; thou mysterious power worshipped in every land, and loved by every people; thou star of human destiny, whose ascen sion sages watcli and tyrants dread, I bow to thee, I kneel to thee, and, in behalf of these thy votaries here, I invoke from thy bright astrology an omen aud a smile. A HORRIBLE FATE. this, and the raw, young fledgling, who, trusting only to the inspiration of desire, attempted an extemporaneous speech, would be as pitiable as that presented on the one hand by Richard Occur de Lion, who, lance in hand, came unheralded to the lists, and on the other, by a Digger Indian, whose feeble and defense less form writhed in the sudden grip of an unexpected foe. Remember, gentlemen, that the oft in verted stylus is a more reliable weapon than the treacherous wand of inspiration; and the lamp that bums the midnight oil is the only one wherewith the youthful Aladdin cm summon tho genius of eloquence to his aid. Pegasus is at best a tricky "horse to ride, and he who rashly pricks him with the spur of the moment is apt to realize the tmth of the proverb, “Pride goetli beforo a fall.” Young orators would do well to recall the story of Jonah’s gourd and learn there from that what is grown in a single night will wither in a single day. Horace has wisely told you that no glowing chariot wheel will ever touch the palm conferring goal unsoiled by the dust of the hard contested course. Heed not the dust if you would wear the palm which waits on those it ho reach that goal of oratory which men call eloquence. When I bid you strive for eloquence I mean not that oratory whose glaring im agery butmake3 conspicuous the lean and scraggy limbs of thought which in such flaunting finery it has tricked out. I mean not that oratory whose dwarfed and feeble reason seeks to add some cubits to its stunted statue by mounting on the bor rowed stilts of the high sounding truisms of logic. I mean not the efforts of those oratorical sybarites who pause in the la bor of thought to smooth the ruffled rose leaves of verbiage wherewith they would deck imagination’s luxurious couch. But when I speak of eloquence I mean that oratory which Minerva hath clad in that impregnable armor of wisdom she wove when she stepped, full panoplied, from the head of Jove; that oratory in whose hand Apollo hath placed the silver bow of wit; that oratory which borrows the winged shoes of Mercury, the messenger of the gods, wherewith to tireless tread the loftiest empyrean of fancy; that oratory which snatched from the hand of Jupiter, the king of gods, the thunderbolts of truth. This is the eloquence which in the forum proves the Midas whose simple touch commands the ready gold; which, in the affairs of state, is the Warwick who rives and shatters thrones at will, and when it dons the livery of God, holds the golden key which ^unlocks to sin itself, the jas per mansions Of the skies. Idle would be the attempt to analyze and enumerate the varied powers of eloquence, and when I now invite you to the contemplation of its achievements I do not ask you to count the million drop3 which compose the cataract of Niagara,but only to admire the rainbow that is formed by the match less torrent of its rushing waters. Who hath wandered amid tin- mysteries of the far famed Mammoth Cave, with its moun tain, its lake, its river, its vineyard, its diamond grotto, its star chamber, and hath not felt that nature, fearful of the depredations and convulsions which mar her beauty in the upper world, had here, amid the’stalactites and stalagmites, form ed by the slow accretions of centuries, stamped upon eternal rock an unfading miniature of her grandest works. History is the Mammoth'Cave of the past. Race after race has sprung up and flourished on the face of the globe till the scythe of time hath mowed them down for the vast har vest of eternity. Thrones have risen high er aud higher yet till weakened by their weight they have tottered, fallen and been forgotten. Religions have reared their temples but to find in Hu»n n»ai» tomtey jet on tiie walls of this eternal cavern a shifting world stands photographed for ever. Here might w r e wander for hours, yea, for years, and contemplate in admir ing awe the marvelous achievements of eloquence. Here, behold 3Xoliammed rise and preach, anil yonder ten centuries later see the sinking beams of an eastern suu gild ing the spires on half a million mosques and a hundred million worshippers bend in adoration toward Mecca, the home of the eloquent prophet. Lo, see yon ban nered host, their helmets gleaming in the Syrian sun? Mark you the chieftain, who leads these marshaled myri ads on to a glorious battle? There he stands, that half-starred, half naked monk, Peter the hermit, who lifts the cross of Christ and electrifies the chivalry cf Christendom by the resistless power of eloquence. Wander yet further ia this mighty cavern, and you will see the vast throne of Charles V. cast over half the world the bleak shadow of its supersti tion; then beneath its protecting shade see priestcraft discount ing for the hard earned gold of ignorance those drafts upon di vine forgiveness to which it has forged tlie name of God Himself. See there Protestantism marshaling her hosts to at tack corruption entrenched by power. Look! she chooses not the learning of theology, she chooses not pastoral zeal, but it is to the rugged eloquence of Lu ther that religion confides her banner when she would see it wave iu triumph above the conquered battlements of error. Deeper, deeper yet press on into the won ders of this wizard cave, and see yon em erald isle, like another Venus, rise in beauty from the foam of tlie sea; but alas! Liberty, lies cold and coffined in tlie hearts ofher people, patriotism and pros perity, like Mary and Martlua, bend iu grief above their brother’s bier till, through tlio clarion voice of O’Conneli, eloquence bids the slumbering Lazarus arise, and prove to an admiring world that freedom was dot dead, but only sleeping in the breasts of her sons. Lo! from these walls of living rock see the mighty conqueror whom Destiny conceived upon tlie isle of Corsica, and in the English Senate figured yonder, see that child of reason, whom fame calls William Pitt, wearing the re sistless spell of eloquence, which wraps the “lion who ravaged all Europe in liis wrath,” till at length he lies bound and helpless upon the ocean-girded rocks of St. Helena. Sea yut another picture on the magic walls—this is the dread forum which is figured here. A human life hangs trembling in the scales of jus tice. See there the surging populace, frenzied with the wound the red kuife of murder dealt; here in the jury box behold the stem countenances of men whose relentless purpose but echoes the clamor ous curses of the crowd without. What advocate hath despairing guilt in this awful moment summoned to its aid? Futile now the learning of the lawyer; worthless the technicalities of tho trickster; vain the astuteness of the attorney; but mark that halting stripling enteriug now; ’tis Prentiss, tho darling child of eloquence. He speaks aud his honeyed words fall like the balm of Gilead upon the yet smarting wounds of that frenzied throng; he turns to the jurors, those dread arbiters of life, whose hearts prejudice aud passion have turned to stone, and sweeping the Or pheus lyre of eloquence, he bids them fol low him at will; higher and higher yet he rises, grander and grander yet ho grows,till at length he stands as the Prospero who can control at will the storm which crime,that reckless Calliban, has roused. But wo will wander no longer here. Inspired by the glowing beauties of the past, turn you, young gentlemen, with lofty purpose, to the thrilling aspirations of the present. Enough have you seen to show that he who is eloquent is great, and he who i3 great can make of fame the august herald, who shall recount his honor to “slates un- Tlie Skeleton of a Missing Child Fonml in the Den of a Black Snake. Ginger ridge, a nigged, sterile upland, about six miles northwest from West Union, Ohio, says a correspondent of the New York Sun, is much excited over the killing of an enormous black snake which for several years has played havoc with farmers’ flocks. Hogs, poultry, calves, sheep, etc., have mysteriously disappeared, always at night. Two years ago a band of gypsies were camped in the neighbor hood, and they were accused of stealing the missing property. John Rainforth, a farmer, who greatly suffered from these depredations, swore out a warrant before ’Squire Peter Anns, and had several of them arrested. They had a preliminary examination, but nothing was proved against them, and they were discliaiged. They went away muttering threats of vengeance. Mr. Rainforth had a golden-haired little daughter four years old, whose beauty and sunny temper were the pride of her parents. On the day after the arrest of the gypsies, little Nellie Rainforth was missed. She was last seen playing with a pet lamb on the edge of a rocky ridge, a short distance from the house. Search was made for her, but neither her nor the lamb were -found- - niioto- ncigiroor- liootl .vas aroused, and men searched the fields and woods for miles around, 3Ir. Rainforth suspected the gypsies of abducting her out of rev nge for their ar rest, aiid followed the party across the Ohio rivei into Lewis county, Kentucky. When he came up with them they indig nantly denied all kuowledge of the child’s whereabouts, and a search of their camp failed to discover his little daughter. He returned to his home broken-hearted. One day last week Mr. Rainforth was planting a field of about twenty-five acres, situated near his house. He had not been at work long when he discovered what first seemed to be a fresh furrow across the middle of the field. He stopped work aud followed the track to a fence which separated the field from a deuse thicket of underbrush. Ou the fence he found blood and some sheep’s wool, which at once convinced him that the body of a sheep had been dragged across the fence. He went to his pasture and found that a laige Cctswold ram was missing. Accompanied by four or five of his neighbors, Mr. Rainforth made search for the missing sheep. The track through the brush was marked by drops of blood and tufts of wool. About sixty rods from the fence they came to a ledge of rocks, forming one side of a steep hill. The trai-k led directly to this ledge, in which was found an opening of sufficient size to admit the body of a large man. A laige charge of giant power was ex ploded in the opening, and the rocks were thrown asunder by the blast. When the smoke cleared away the farmers drew near and peered down the opening, and there, among at least a wagon-load of bones, lay a huge black snake, quivering from his hurt. Tiie farmers waited ustil the snake was dead and then attached a chain to his body and dragged the monster out of the hole. He measured fifteen feet seven inches iu length, and the biggest part of his body was two feet in circumference. He had an ugly-looking head and enor mous fangs, sharp as needles. The miss ing ram lay beside him, crushed out of shape, and covered with a sticky, glutinous substance. I visited the spot to-day, and saw the monster snake. While 1 was there men were at work clearing the den of the bones. In the corner one of them picked up a human skull. It was small, like a child’s, and he brought it forward to the light. Mr. Rainforth was standing by my side when the man came toward us with the skull in his hand. He glanced at it, and, staggering against a tree, buried his face in liis hands and burst into tears. “Poor little Nellie,” he cried through his sobs. “My God, it is horrible 1” After a time he controlled his feel ings and told me the story of his little daughter’s mysterious disappearance two years ago. The bone3 oi the little one were gathered, together and buried in the family plot in the cemetery at West Union. The discovery was kept from Mrs. Rainforth, for the poor woman has never ceased to mourn for her Inst child, and her husband feared that. this intellir gence would seriously affect her, she being, in delicate health. There can be no doubt of the identity of the skeleton, for a gold chain which she wore around her neck was found among the bleach ing bones. Ups and Downs or Cities and Towns. The changes of commerce that destroy and build up cities rapidly, almost like the visions of Aladdin’s golden lamp, find, another exemplar in the seeming great prosperity of New Orleans, not only pres ent, but still greater in the near future. War-worn, poverty-crushed, plague-strick en, she, like a Phoenix, revives and pre sents a busy scene of wealth-producing industry. But amid it all' stands, the Charity Hospital, which depends for its existence and ever ready means of dbin^ '* good on the revenue it derives from the l ' sale of the tickets of the Louisiana State - - nKnow.i." \v oe, | Lottery Company, whose drawings month- thrice woe to him who,.in the dreamy ., affo £ d . an ^portunity to win a fortune, time of youth hath never sighed ; ^ furtbe , in ^ omlation app i y t0 M. A. for fame, that wondrous elixir Dauplnn Ncw Orleans, La., or same per- plulosopby has sought, which can defy ’ ^ 319 Broa d W ay, New York •the ills the flesh is heir to,” can van quish time and conquer immortality. Would you know, O youth— “What spell can thrust affliction from the gate ? • . ii. lw city. Correct your habit of crooked by using Lyon's Patent’Hetaiic...) Stiffeners. jul}’7-i The Meeting In Jaspcr-Fnll Partlca- . Monticello, July 8,1880 Editors Telegraph and Messenger:— The Democracy of Jasper met on Tues- day last, the 5th instant, in this place, for the purpose of selecting delegates to the governors and congressional conventions. There was very little opposition to Gov. Colquitt, and he easily secured the delegates, who were instructed for him. .The only other matter of interest wa3 the selection of delegates to the convention at Milledgeville on the 22d instant, to nomi nate a congressman for this district. As is knots n, J. W. Preston, Esq., a native and citizen of this county, is a candidate for Congress; and, as a matter of course, twas but reasonable to expect he would secure delegates from this county, favorable to his nomination. Nevertheless, our present able and popular representation, the Hon. James H. Blount lias a host of friends in Jasper, who openly claimed that a ina- jouty of the people preferred Col. Blount; and for the purpose of establishing this, the Blount men were anxious to have the expression of the people’s choice made by ballot, to which there certainly should have been no objection, since it was both fair and Democratic; and the method that the counties of the State—during the present year—seem to have adopted. It was thought that this method of choosing by ballot would be adopted, and objection to it was not looked for from Mr. Preston’s friends, who were claiming tli&t they would carry the county lour to one. A thorough and active canvass of the county had been made by Mr. Preston’3 friends, and cveiy effort used by them to secure a full attendance of his friends. Col. Blount had not been to the county, and no active canvass had been made for him. Nevertheless, when the meeting was called to order it was found that both gentlemen had friends present, their be ing in all 100 or 150 people present. A chairman, who has since proved to be a friend of Mr. Preston, was selected with out opposition. Col. F. Jordan, who was known to be in the interest of Col. Blount, moved that it be determined by ballot who was the choice of the convention, Blount or Pres ton ; that the polls be opened, and who ever should receive the highest number of votes, should be declared the choice of Jasper, and delegates selected and in structed to vote for him. Certainly this was fair. Mr. John C. Key, the law part ner and friend of Mr. Preston, at first said that this was a fair and proper way; that he was willing to it, and requested 3Ir. Jordan to reduce his resolution to writing; and while Mr. Jordan was proceeding to reduce his resolution to proper shape, Key got up and proposed as a substitute for Jordan’s motion, that certain men, whose names he read from a paper, (doubtless prepared before hand), including the chairman, be selected as delegates, and that they be instructed to vote for Pres ton. This was at once hurriedly put, and upon the yeas and nays being called, about thirty in all voting, (so I am in formed by those who noticed it), the yeas apparently, from tlie sound, carried, and so it was announced. There is some complaint and dissatis faction at the course pursued by Major Key, Preston’s friend and partner, in re fusing to submit to a ballot, especially after agreeing to it, and many construe it to mean, that he feared Blount was the stronger, and that the result of a fair and free expression of the people’s choice would defeat his friend Preston. In this day when there is so much complaint against conventions, and so many eliarges of improperly selecting delegates, it seems it would have been a fair, just and unob jectionable way of obtaining an expression of tbe popular will, to submit to a ballot; it certainly is an ancient and highly Dem ocratic rule and recognized as such, al most without exception. There Certainly was no good reason to urge against taking a ballot, by a candi date or liis friends, in selecting delegates from his own county, when his opponent, who was a non-resident, had thrown down the gauntlet and challenged him to an ex hibition of his strength. Doubtless Mr. Key and Mr. Preston’s friends have rea sons satisfactory, to,themselves <w--tiie -emirsvrpursued ; but T doubt whether they can satisfy the people, many of whom, I learn, are open in their exptessions of dis approbation of the manner in which the delegates were chosen, and what they call a “fixed up job.” Jasper. Mr.D. N. Speer. Macon, Ga., July 10th, 1SS0. Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—I see from extracts from tlie public press that the name of Mr. D. N. Speer, of the county of TroHp, will be put in nomina tion for the position of State treasurer be fore the Democratic convention that meets in Atlanta on the 4th of August next. I feel assured that every citizen of this State is interested in knowing something ofamauwho makes application to them for a place of such importance. Mr. Speer having never been before people in any public capacity and living in tbe ex treme western portion of the State, it is probable that his acquaintance with his fellow citizens of this section is very lim ited. Having known him for many years, I hope that it will not be deemed obtrusive or inappropriate for me to write a short letter in relation to the gentleman who asks of our people the position of custo dian of their money. I was at college with Mr. Speer aud roomed near him for four years. His standing and character among his fellows was above reproach. The white fame of his youth has never been darkened by any act of his man hood. If entrusted with the public treas ure, the people of Georgia can feel as sured that the office will be conducted with an energy, capacity ard integrity that will reflect lustre upon our State government. Whether it be true that my advocacy avails anythiug or not, I trust that no over zealous feeling for any one would influence mo to advocate that which I do not believe will add to the credit and in- _ terest of our great commonwealth. Jno. P. Fort. Hew Honey Order Offices. Washington, July 10.—The post- office department has issued orders for the establishment of a large number of money order offices on Monday, August 2, next. Among them are the following: Ken tucky—BlandviUe, Berckville, Grayson, Hawesville, Monticello. Tennessee—Al amo, “Decatur, Dyer’s Station, Falcon, Greenfield, Lexington, Newbern, Spencer, Saulsbury. West. Virginia—Clanbeny, Jackson Cotut House, Milton, Wirt Court House. Virginia—Dayton, Es- telleville, Hamilton, Rockymount, South Roston depot, West Point, Williamson. North Carolina—Laurensburg, Shoo Heel, Whitakers. Whiterille, Winton. South Carolina—Barnettsville, Central, Gaffney City, Johnson depot, Society Hill, Winnsboro.” Georgia—Canton, Eastman, Hartwell, Rising Fawn, Summerville. Florida—Apopka, Manatee, Orange City, Titusville. Alabama—Northport,Rutledge, Tallahassee, York. Mississippi—Black Hawk. .Louisiana — Bonnett (Jarre,' Greensborough, Homer, Marksville. Texas—Albany, Brecketiridge, Brown- wood, Center, Coleman, Dexter, Eagle Pass, Fairfield, Floresville, Fort Griffin, FranklyD, Grand View, Hamilton, Hills borough, Ladonia, Mansfield, 3IiUican, Matagorda, 3Iontgomery, Pleasanton, Rio Grande City, Landrigo, Taylorsville, Wimishorough. An honest Quaker writes from Floy, Ala: “Dr. Tutt: Respected Sir: Having taken thy pills I find they have done me good. I am induced to write this card to kiiow how they can be obtained. I don’t think I can do without them. They are a great blessing to the sick, aud thou will surely have thy reward.” : W H.-Elrod. No Hospital Needed. Yo palatial hospital needed for Hop Bitters patients, nor large-salaried talent ed puffers to tell what Hop Bitters "Will do or cure, as they tell their own story fly their certain and absolute cures at home. —Neio York Independent. je29.2w. Farmers ought to give Foutz’s Cele brated Horse aud Cattle powders' to their I stock during the changeable weather of winter and spring. They ’will prevent 1 disease. 2w