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FRIDAY, JULY 30,18S0.
victs ansi several had been converted to
tlie Baptist faith and were to he baptized.
The place chosen was the immense exca
vation within the stockade, from which
the stone for the walls and building had
been taken. The rocky sides of this
great cavity rise to a height of more than
a hundred feet and present a wild ap
pearance. At the bottom is a pool of wa
ter clear as crystal. In ‘.he afternoon the
sides of the quarry were lined with con
victs. Above them were the guards post
ed as sentinels, while deep down around
the limpid water were the converts await
ing baptism. The ceremony began amid
a most impressive silence. The words of
the minister, the responses of the convict
converts floated to the upper air with a
strange softness and amid a stillness as of
death.
—Philadelphia is to have a thousand
coaches of a pattern somewhat similar to
those used in Central Park, to carry
passengers at ten cents each.
—Junius Edwards, of Galesburg, Illi
nois, saved his plums by kicking a boy
out of the tree, but has had to pay $3,506
for causing paralysis in the lad.
A London firm advertises that it has
for sale one of the identical stomps by
which George III. attempted to impose
the obnoxious tax on teas imported into
British America.
A Tennessee suitor wrote to his
sweetheart as follows: “Your father
kicked me last night, and forbade me the
house. If I whipped him, would it lessen
your love for me.” She replied that it
wouldn’t and the parent was soundly
thrashed.
On her return to England at the end
of this month, the Empress Eugenie will
only stay for a few days at Cbiselhurst,
as she intends to spend the autumn at
Arenenberg, her beautiful place on Lake
Constance. Before going to Switzerland,
the Empress will pay a visit to Queen
Victoria at Osborne.
—Ice in Cincinnati this year is $5.50 a
ton, against $4.25 in 1870, and brewers in
Cincinnati are turning their attention to
artificial ice. At the brewery of Wen-
discb, Mullhauser& Bro., at St. Louis,
there is a machine lately brought from
Germany which is guaranteed to make a
ton of ice for ninety cents.
—Before the recent consecration in
England of Canon Ryle, a protest was
handed in to the archbishop, on the ground
that a bishop must be the husband of one
wife, whereas Dr. Ryle had been married
more tbau once. It will be remembered
that Bishop Whittingliam of Baltimore
refused to assist at the consecration of
Bishop Dudley, who had been twice mar
ried.
—A Swedish colony was located in an
Aroosstook township of Maine ten years
ago. New Sweden is now prosperous,
with 517 souls, who have kept themselves
wonderfully like what they were in the
old country, except that they fare far bet-
Tfu>v are about to celebrate the
tenth amuverear/o?^ eir arrival with a
speech by the Governor and several days
of festivity.
—F. G. Tibbets and J. B. Martin were
suitors for the hand of the same girl
nearly fifty years ago. Martin was the
victor. He went to Milwaukee with his
wife, prospered, and left $2,000,000 when
he died. His dying request was that his
widow should marry Tibbets, who had re
mained a bachelor, and become a banker
in Philadelphia. The wedding is to take
place in September. Tibbets is 70 years
old, and Mrs. Martin CS.
—The majority against the separation
of church and state in Switzerland,
though almost a foregone conclusion, has
surprised everybody by its magnitude.
Of 13,000 ballots cast, out of a possible
17,000, only 4,000 were for the separation.
This result is partly due to the attach
men! of the people of Geneva to their
national Protestant Church, so closely
identified with the ancient glories of he
republic, and partly to a feeling tbat the
suppression of the Budget des Culies
would be regarded as a Roman Catholic
victory.
—The pastor of the Methodist Church
at North Adams, Massachusetts, in ex
plaining to his Sunday school the mean
ing of “original sin,” said that Adam’s
fall did not morally affect anybody now
The superintendent assured the children
that the pastor was mistaken, and en
deavored to prove it by argument. The
discussion lasted two hours, and finally
became heated, the pastor accusing the
superintendent of being “neither a gentle
man nor a Chrietiau.” The children did
not get any veiy clear idea of that day’s
lesson.
—It turns out that some fellow in
■Washington has either willfully deceived
the World or, through ignorance has ta
ken the language of Mr. Doolittle, for an
opinion of the Supreme Court. Judge
Swayne never had the DeGolyer case
before him and no decision was ever ren
dered by the Supreme Court. While this
correction is due front all papers which
have published the alleged opinion, it
does not alter the material fact that Gen
eral Garfield did receive the $5,000, and
that it was paid for the purpose of secur
ing his services as a legislator.
Pennsylvania's Tobacco Crop.—
The Philadelphia Record says that a gen
tleman who returned to this city yester
day from a tour through Lancaster county
stated that the tobacco crop there this
year would bo the largest ever grown in
the county. The acreage planted largely
exceeds that of last year, and the only
circumstance known at this time which
can prevent its full fruition will be a vio
lent hall storm. Three million dollars
were realized from the crop in the county
last year, and Mr. James Duffy, of Ma
rietta, one of the largest growers, states
that it is safe to estimate a realization of
$4,000,000 profit on the crop this year.
Teachers.—Senator Bayard, in an
address to the Wilmington High School,
said: “There is not a nobler or more use
ful profession than that of instructing
young minds and educating their facul
ties. I should be glad to see a higher en
couragement and recognition given those
men and women in our midst who devote
themselves to this lofty calling. Were it
in my power X would make the name of
schoolmaster and schoolmistress terms of
public as well as private honor, and I
would affix such just and proportionate
compensation to their services as would
make their positions not only those of
honor in society, bat profit, so that every
inducement should be offered to embark
in their profession of instruction of the
young.”
A' singular scene at the Raleigh
(North Carolina) penitentiary a few Sun
days ago is tbo« described by a gentleman
who was present: There are two
“churches” so to speak, among tb* con.
Chronicle’s Cotton Figures.
The Chop Situation.
The New York Chronicle, of Saturday
last, reports the cotton receipts of the sev
en days ending the night before, at 13,14S
bales, against 3,272 the corresponding
week of last year. Total to tbat date 4,-
880,043, against 4,443,553 np to the same
point of the last cotton year—showing an
increase of 446,300 bales.
The interior port receipts for the same
days were 3,454 bales, against 044 the
same week of last year. Shipments 12,-
005, against 2,269. Stocks 50,062,-against
14,410 at same date last year-
The Chronicle's visible supply table
showed 1,700,135 bales of cotton in sight
last Friday against 1,332,785 a year ago;
1,484,642 in 1878 at same date, and 2,111,-
541 in 1S77 at tbe same date. These fig
ures show an increase of 367,550 bales on
tbe supply of last year at this date, au in
crease of 215,493 on the supply of 1578,
and a decrease of411,406 on tbe supply of
1S77 at same date. Middling upland last
Friday in the Liverpool market was
quoted at 6 13-16. Last year at the same
date the quotation was 6 9-16; in 1878 the
same and 1S77 0 5 16.
Tbe Chronicle appends tbe following
to its table of receipts from plantations:
The above statement shows—
1. That the total receipts from the plan
tations since September 1 in 1870-80 were
4.029,404 bales; in 1878-79 were 4,444,-
705 bales; in 1877-78 were 4,252,404
bales.
2. That, although tbe receipts at the
out ports the past week were 13,148 bales,
tbe actual movement from plantations
was only 3,612 bales, the balance being
drawn from stocks at tlie interior ports.
Last year tbe receipts from tbe planta
tions for tlie same week were 2,154 bales,
and for 187S they were 1,119 bales.
The Chronicle’s weather telegrams from
tbe cotton region continue very favora
ble, the only complaint being too much
rainy and cool weather.
In Texas, Galveston reports showers on
three days, with a mercury ranging from
74 to 90 extremes. Average S3. Indian-
ola, bard rains on three days. Rainfall
1.48. Temperature 71 to 92. Corsicana,
showers on four days. Rainfall 0.46.
Temperature 67 to 97. Average 81. Dal
las, rainfall u.oo—same temperature.
Brenham, au inch of rainfall. Tempera
ture 70 to 9S. Average 82. In all these
points of Texas the cotton crop is repre
sented to be as good as it can be. In
lower Texas picking has been interrupted
by wet weather.
New Orleans, during the week, has bad
an average temperature of 84, and a rain
fall of 1.35. Shreveport had five days of
clouds and raiD, with 1.69 of fall; temper
ature 64 to 91, average 77. In Mississippi,
at Vicksburg, rain on five days; weather
quite cool. At Columbus, too much rain;
mercuiy, 79 to 87. Boll worm reported
in the prairie belt and caterpillars at Co
lumbus. At Memphis, Tennessee, rain on
four days and 1.73 of fall; mercury 63 to
86, average 78. Fields clear and well cul
tivated-majority laid by. Weather too
cool. Nashville, mercury 61 to 88. Aver
age 75.
In Alabama, at Mobile, 2.46 of ram
during the week. Mercury 71 to 95. Crop
developing finely. At Montgomery, 0.87
of rain and average mercury 81. At Sel
ma, three days of rain and too much.
Caterpillars are noted at all points in Ala
bama. No damage yet, but much feared.
In Florida, mercury 78—cotton strong
and healthy. In Georgia, at Columbus,
0.68 of rain. Mercury 77 to 96. Average
84. In Macon light rains on three days.
Average mercury 82. In Savannah 0.55
of rain—mercury 73 to 07—average 84.
In Augusta 1.61 of rain. Average mer
cury 03. Crops developing finely. In
Charleston there was 1.19 of rain and a
mercury ranging from 74 to 96. Average
84. The accounts from every part of the
crop, it will be seen, are good.
Comes Nobly to the Rescue.
Let the Example be Followed.
The Conyers Examiner says: Hon. J.
H. Blount has been nominated as a can
didate to represent tbe sixth congress
ional district in tbe 47th Congress. Well
done for tbe Milledgeville convention. It
lias truly represented tlie wishes of this
district, who will see to it tbat tbeir able
representative is returned to tbe post of
honor, where bis services Lave been so
valuable, not only to Georgia, but to the
whole country.
Per contra, during the struggle which
was so long kept up in the convention,
without any practical result, the Eatonton
Messenger printed the following ungra
cious paragraph:
Gentlemen of the sixth district, behold
the “unanimity” and “spontaniety” of
Hon. James H. Blount’s support! If nom-
i.ated at ali, it will truly he ‘-by the skin
of his teeth.” How are the mighty fallen!
Take that back, good brother, and blot
the record if you can. Albeit, all of Col.
Blount’s opponents were clever and hon
orable gentlemen, no one of them
brought into the convention a greater
strength than six votes. The combina
tion of thirteen embraced every opposing
element, while Mr. Blount alone had over
a majority at his back from the first. But
let bygones be bygones. We trust our
Eatonton contemporary and all who stood
so nobly by their favorites at Milledge
ville, will display equal gallantry on tbe
hostings in behalf of the standard-bearer
of the Democracy, who could only have
been unanimously renominated by their
generous aid. Let tbe hatchet be buried
in tbe 6th Congressional district.
The Herald again attacks tbe Demo
cratic executive committee for fussing and
bustling atad boasting around and doing
nothing, while tbe Garfield men are so
busy, working night and day. There is a
stringent necessity on the pert of the
Garfield men to be busy as bees in a tar
bucket; but tbe Hancock men can’t af
ford to be idle.
The Two-Thirds.—It seems now to
be probable tbst Colquitt will fall from
twelve to twenty short of the requisite
two-thirds in the State convention, and
some feel considerable apprehension of
a dead-lock, or some other damaging dis
crepancy.
The State Campaign.
We have scanned with much care and
patience all tbe widely differing esti
mates of our contemporaries, and do not
believe that any of them are absolutely
correct, from our standpoint of informa
tion as to tbe present status of each can
didate in the gubernatorial contest. There
are fourteen counties not heard from, or
which are still to elect delegates, casting
a total of thirty votes. The others have
all held their primaries and been vari
ously reported. Without fully endorsing
but,on tbe contrary, appending several cor
rections^ print the statement of Sunday’s
Constitution as probably approximating
nearest to the true returns. It is as fol
lows :
COLQUITT.
Twiggs 2, Dodge 2, Pike McDuffie
» Towns 2, Coffee 2, Charlton 2, Calhoun
2, Camden 2, Effingham 2 Dougherty 4,
Burke C, Milter 2, Liucolu 1, Spalding 2,
Banks 2, Forsyth 2, Habersham 2, Walton
2, Gwinnett 4, Murray 2, Elbert 2, Lee 2,
Mitchell 2, DeKalb 2, Appling 3, Hall 1,
Baker 2, Franklin 2. Fayette 1, Berrien 1,
White 2, Paulding 1, Douglas 2, Jasper 2,
Walker 2, Thomas 4, Chattooga 2,Faunin
2, Wilcox 2, Warren 2, Putnam 2, Wayne
2, Glynn 2, Dooly 2, TatnaM 1, Decatur 4,
Troup 4, Coweta 4, Floyd 4, Meriwether
4, Jones 3, G.asscock2, Wilkes4, Baldwin
2, Washington 4, Jackson 4, Union 2,
Newton 4, Rockdale- 2, Greene 4, Brooks
2, Oglethorpe 4, Worth 2, Hancock 4, Col
quitt 2, Houston 6, Sumter 3, Cherokee 2,
Butts 2, Johnson 2, Dawson 2, Irwin 1,
Haralson 1, Early 11, Pierce 11, Catoosa
2, Richmond 6, Whitfield 2, Clay 2, Mon
roe 4, Lumpkin 2, Bartow 1, Henry 2,
Pulaski 2, Carroll 4. Total, 203J.
HARDEMAN.
Bibb 6, Talbot 4, Crawford 2, Stewart
4, Paulding 1, Appling 1, Gordon 1, Ma
con 4, Montgomery 1, Harris 4, Dodge 2,
Sumter 1, Telfair 2, Pike 1J, Marion 2,
Quitman 2, Hall 4, Jones 1, Webster 2,
Laurens 1, Randolph 1. Total 44.
LESTER.
Chatham 6, Bryan 2, Liberty 2, Bulloch
2, Emanuel 2. Ware 2, Jefferson 4, Mont
gomery 1, Hall 4, Berrien 1, Screven 2,
Madison 2, Tatnall 1, Lowndes 2, McIn
tosh 2, Echols 2, Terrell 2, Randolph 1,
Laurens 1, Early 4» Pierce 4- Total 38|.
GARTRELL.
Fulton 6, McDuffie 14, Taliaferro 2,
Lincoln 1, Fayette 1, Hart 2, Morgan 2,
Haralson 1. Total 164
iy A BVK»L
Gordon 1, Milton 2. Total 3.
ANTI-COLQUITT. V
Bartow 34, Muscogee 4. Total 7i.
DOUBTFUL.
Wilkinson 2, Irwin 1, Chattahoochee 2,
Clinch 2. Total 7.
SUMMARY.
Colquitt 2034, Hai deman 44, Lester 384,
Gartrell 164, Warner 3, doubtful 7, anti-
Colquitt 74. Whole number chosen 320;
delegates from counties to be heard from
80; whole number of delegates 350.
To the vote of Hardeman should cer
tainly be added Muscogee’s four votes,
which will unquestionably be cast for
him. Then we have the assurance tbat
at least two other delegates, one in Coffee
and one in Twiggs counties, will cast
their ballots for him, and the intimation
that others will do the same. Our Les
ter friends also complain that some of his
supporters have been p'.aced in the wrong
column. So far as the vote of Meriweth
er county is concerned, the Columbus
Sunday Enquirer-Sun publishes a letter
from Mr. Oenrge L. Peavy, chairman of
the executive committee of that county,
which declares that the LaGrange dis
patches giving the Meriwether delegates
to Colquitt are incorrect—on the contrary
that a solid delegation will go to the con
vention for Judge; Warner. Clinch, we
believe to be doubtful, with tbe probabii-
ties in favor of Colquitt.
Fulton county went through the formal
ities of an election on Saturday aud gave
her vote to Gen. Gartrell, not on a fifteenth
of tbe qualified voters going to tbe polls.
Of course, this was one of those “put up'
arrangements Atlanta knows so well how
to effect.
As the count now stands,Governor Col
quitt, we think, has a majority of the
whole convention in his favor. Whether
he can hold his followers together and
gain from the ranks of his opponents*
sufficient number to insure a two-thirds
nomination, which is the only nomination
, at this juncture that the people will sub
mit to, remains to be seen. The Democ
racy will be glad to know, however, that
the Governor is “no bolter” but will abide
the action of tbe convention.
Democracy. Yet some men are pert
enough to say, “Why don’t be say he will
abide by the'action of the convention ?”
Why is this question not asked others who
have been mentioned as candidates? The
very question implies a suspicion. I have
been asked tbe question in Augusta to
day, and I will answer the gentlemen who
put it right here. I suppose that is the
only objection that they have in the way
of giving me tbeir support. 1 will give
the names to some of these citizens, who
can see whether they asked tbe question
honestly, or did it to catch me. Gentle
men, never have I bolted a nomination.
[Applause.] it never entered my
mind the shadow of an imagination that I
ever would. [Great applause.] Now I
want to know of those gentlemen who
have professed to doubt, if this is not a
sufficient answer. Hasn’t the independ
ent press been railing at me? Notone
lias said a word in commendation of me.
On the contrary, these vile sheets have
been filled with mud and filth in deroga
tion of my character. After wliat I Lave
said I have great confidence tbat tbe gen
tlemen who have asked tbe question
whether I will abide tbe nomination, will
say on the streets of Augusta to-morrow
that they are satisfied, tbat their last ob
jection has been removed.
Angusta Politics-
The Argument Presented on Both
Sides—Gov. Colquitt Announces
THAT HE WILL NOT BOLT THE AC
TION ob Nomination of the Con-
The Augusta papers are filled with the
proceedings and speeches on Friday last
of the antj^plquitts, and the Colquitt
demonstration at the “Market Hall” on
Thursday evening.
The former took place at the Opera
House, and the Chairman, Maj. Ganahl,
who was introduced to the audience by
Dr. De Sausure Ford, made a strong
presentation of the objections and argu
ments urged against his Excellency by
those who refused to support him, and
was followed by M. P. Foster, Esq., and
Hon. J. C. C. Black on the same side.
While disclaiming any intention to call
in question the integrity and fair name of
the present incumbent, they yet emphati
cally urged the inexpediency of his re
nomination to the chair of State.
The next evening (Thursday), as stated,
Governor Colquitt spoke at great length
to a large gathering at the Market Hall.
The Chronicle and Constitutionalist pub
lishes his speech in full, bat wo only print
a brief extract to put the governor right,
from bis own lips, on the mooted question,
whether he will jau as an independent, or
be willing to abide the action of the con
vention. Under this head he said:
A Southern Emigrant Returned.”
To the Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette’.
Some time ago, being assured by some
of your readers that tbe earnest aim of
your journal was to propagate truth, anil
having bad practical evidence of this, in
the publication therein of certain facts
about the South by myself, and otherwise,
I venture to reply to the communication
of “Republican,” in yesterday’s issue
which does bun so much baun, and re
flects so severely in various directions.
He is doubtless correct in saying, “Five
months ago, I was led, through highly
colored statements, to emigrate South
from New York; then I had good health,
considerable money, and au abundance
of clothing; this week I arrived in the
city penniless, health much shattered, and
almost naked.”
Comment on this statement is unneces
sary; I’m sorry it’s true. But it is not “a
fact that men [italics mine] are sneered
at, persecuted, and ostracized for their Re
publicanism in the South. It is not a fact
that “if you are a Republican you are
shut off from all paid labor, white society,
and considered lit to work and live [only]
with the negroes.” It is not a fact that
“the cruelties and barbarities of slavery
are practiced to-day.” It is not a fact
tbat “tbe hatred cf tlie white masses
against the Yankee is bitter and intense.”
It is not a fact tiiat “secession is not dead,
but is cherished by mauy as among tbe
possibilities of tlie future.” It is not a
fact that “the great ambition of tbe South
is to get control of tbe legislative and exe
cutive departments of tbe general govern
ment for purpose of robbery aud extrava
gance.” No thoughtful person doubts
that among the erratic North or South
these sentiments may occasionally be
found, .but there is not a well in
formed' unbiased fellow citizen in tbe
United States wl>o believes the accu
sations are true of tbe South or any
dcscribable portion thereof. If the gen
tleman will dress himself and meet ine
<at the Gibson House) to-morrow at 12
o’clock, and give me his name, if I do not
condole with him, I will try and lead him
to repentance; or if he will give the
names of his “strappers” and the circum
stances of his woej I will publish in the
Soutkem Enterprise, have the same cop
ied inmost of the Southern papers, and,
if possible, have his fortune and his ward
robe reconstructed.
Life is too short, my friend, to cherish
hate and bitterness for any purpose, and
when one indulges such to tbe extent of
making assertions in public journals lia
ble to injure tbe unsuspecting and inno
cent, don’t you tbiuk bis address should
be given? S.T. Jenkins,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Cincinnati Gazette"is busily try
ing to rekindle the fires of tbe outrage mill
and to raise steam again; and, if it will
help him any, tlie Southern States will
admit tbeir inability to guarantee tbe suc
cess of immigrants. That depends to sp
large an extent upon the character an$
capacities of immigrants that insurance is
too risky. The great West herself is so
full of people who have lost by immigrat
ing there, that tlie cant witicism" used to
be, “I came here without a rag to my
back, and now I am covered with rags.”
The road to Texas is noisy with the
groass of disappointed and returning
emigrants—glad to get back home to Geor
gia, though every cent has been lost in an
unlucky experiment. Emigration is a
crowning test of capacity, fortitude, judg
ment and courage, in which tbe majority
are apt, to fail, no matter where they go;
and be who succeeds, in nine cases out of
ten, would have succeeded better at
home had lie used the same effort and
address which his new circumstances have
compelled him to put forth. The country
wherefortunes are made without persistent
effort is never found. Wherever the emi
grant stops he will always discover that it
lies beyond. Learn to confront and mas
ter the difficulties that lie around you.
Remember, you will find the same, or
others as bad, wherever you go.
Those who have been assaulting die
have adopted all sorts of expedients. Here
is one of the methods (holding up a
pamphlet). These documents base been
sent all over Georgia. I received them
from the mountains, from the seaboard,
and from the interior of tbe State. It is
beaded “Governor Colquitt.” Who issued
it? Was it a Democrat? Many mep are
deceived by it. Many extracts have been
made in the press from it. Who wrote it?
Who printed it? Who distributed it?
Nobody knows.
shameless enough towwtt, and yetTus of them wU1 readi, y «*
all over tbe country. There are
great many people who beliere all
tbey see in print to be true. A plain
man takes this document and says: “I
didn’t want to believe these things about
Gov. Colquitt, bat there must be some
thing true about them for here it is in
print.” But, my .friends, it-is all a patch-
work of lies. Yet I am to be prejudiced by
such a document as that, that nobody U
bold enough or shameless enough to avow.
On every other page it is asked “Does tbe
governor intend to abide by tbe action of
the convention?” And it was -stated that
at Athens I was asked this question three
times and tbat three times I did not an
swer it. Now, that was Just three times
three lies. I have not yet been asked the
question in public. For more than thirty
yean I have been a Democrat in season
and out of season, in peace and in war, in
storm and sunshine, in good repute and
bad repute, always in line, neither looking
to tbe right or the left? There is not one
The Janissaries of the Machine.
Forney, in bis Progress, opens fire on
machine politics in Pennsylvania, which
he says are most disgraceful aud disas
trous—working to enrich the corrupt and
honor the mediocre—to prostrate the good
and elevate the evil. A mere job—noth
ing more. “Tlie slaves of the king” who
boss the machine, control a hundred thou
sand office-holders, each claiming to
control at least two votes, and so making
a force of 300,000 Janissaries, working for
pay and to keep themselves in offico, and
this is the army that has to be crushed.
Now. there is no man in the United
States who knows more about this army
than John H. Forney. He used to com
mand it, and when he proposes to “crush
it out with 100,000 union veterans, black
and white,” he talks conscious nonsense,
Possibly they may help to doit; but if
the Pennsylvania farmers do not take
hold of the work and overthrow these
“Janissaries of the machine,” the case is
hopeless.
The Eastern Question.
A Paris dispatch says stocks on the
Bourse yesterday suffered a heavy decline
owing to the threatening aspect of the
Eastern question. This may well be,
No man can foresee wbat ulterior conse
quences may flow from that “Eastern ques
tion.” There may be little trouble insubdu-
ing Turkey by tbe combined military and
naval strength of the five powers, and all
tent. But when it comes to dividing the
spoils the five will become at once bitter
and unyielding competitors, and a gener
al squabble will arise, the event and dura
tion of which cannot be foreseen. The
next ten years may not see the general
turmoil quieted in’ Europe. Certainly
unless these powers manifest more gener
osity and forbearance than they have
heretofore displayed, the return of tran
quillity may be long delayed. And when
they emerge from this struggle how will,
their securities stand ? That is a serious
question for holders!
A Corner in Opium.—It is encouragj
ing to read that the “capitalists” are de
voting their particular attention, just
now, not to bread and meat, but to opium,
mania Georgia who can say tbat I devia- Perhaps they may also include calomel
ted one ineh from the straight path of and Brandreth’s pills.
Out Great Grain Crop.
At this time, when favorable and unfa
vorable reports regarding tbe crops are
manufactured for effect in Wall street, and
when so much interest is felt in wbat are
known as tbe Granger stocks, careful cal
culations a3 to our probable yield of
grain in 1880 are more than usually im
portant.
For three years we have prodneed re
markable crops, and during tbe same
period Jthe European crops have been de
ficient to an exceptional degree. Tbe
consequence has been, that our exports of
wheat and flour have run up to an average
more than twice as great as that for the
four years from 1873 to 1S77.
Are we likely to have as great a surplus
for export this year? And will tbe foreign
demand for it be as large as it was from
1877 up to and including the crop of 1879?
In answer to these questions tbe Daily
Commercial Bulletin presents statistics
and estimates of the wheat product which
are worth careful consideration.
The yield of 1S79 was 449,000,000 bush
els, the largest crop ever gathered in the
United States; the average crop for the
four years next preceding having been
293,000,000 bushels. The product ot this
year is likely to exceed that of 1879, all
reports to the contrary notwithstanding.
There is an increased acreage under culti
vation, the weather has been favorable on
the average, and disasters to tbe growing
crops have so far been confined to a few
localities. The wheat was never in a bet
ter condition.
Tlie Bulletin, therefore, estimates the
wheat crop for 1880 at 494,000,000 bush
els, ten per cent, more than the yield of
last year. Deducting from this total
250,000,000 bushels for home consumption
Rnd for seed, which is 30,000,000 bushels
more than the average from 1873 to 1876,
there remains a surplus for exportation ol
244.000,000 bushels.
Wbat are tbe chances of our making
profitable disposition of such an enor
mous surplus? If our exports of wheat
aud flour equal those of last year, there
will still remain a large supply on band,
according to this estimate. Tbe estima
ted exports for 1879-SO amount to a total
of 175,000,000 bushels, and tbe averi.ge of
tbe three years from 1877 to 1S80 Is 149,■
000,000 bushels.
But these exports took place during
years when the European crops were suc
cessively deficient, during exceptional
years, and it would not be safe to assume
that they will be equalled in 1880-81.
Tbe European wheat harvest promises
well this season, though bad reports come
from Russia. We must base our calcula
tions on tbat probability. Our average
exports of wheat and flour during the
four years next preceding the three short
crops of Europe were 72,675,000 bushels,
aud the highest amount, that in 1873-4,
was 91,400,000 bushels. If our exports
for this year do not exceed the average
for those years, we shall therefore have a
remainder of over 170,000,000 bushels,
according to the Bulletin’s estimate of the
crop, even after deducting the quantity
required for seed aud for home consump
tion.
But the stocks of wheat in Europe are
now greatly depleted, and to fill them up
a large quantity must be taken from tbe
United States. Allowing liberally for that,
there would still remain in our granaries
a surplus of 100,000,000 bushels. Even if
tlie average exports of the past three
years, the years of bad crops in Europe,
were kept up, there would be a large sur
plus.
These estimates go to confirm the opin
ion we have repeatedly expressed, that
prices for grain are likely to fall to extra
ordinarily low figures before tbe year is
out. The crop may not be quite so large
as the Bulletin anticipates, and tbe exports
may be greater; blit the probabilities are
tbat our"fanners will have to suffer from
the consequences of markets overloaded
With grain.—A". Y. Sun.
Hon. John B. Gordon.
Albany, Ga., July 23, 1880.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: In
your paper of the 20tli instant you print a
special concerning a speech made by Gen
eral Gordon at Perry, Ga., on the 19th,
from which I quote the following ex
tract :
“He said that Nelson Tift was the only
man who had made charges against Col
quitt over his own name. He asked,
who was Tift, and where was he from 1S01
to 1865.”
Before I was personally acquainted with
General Gordon 1 bad learned to admire
lum as a soldier and as a man. When 1
made his personal acquaintance my former
impressions of bis exalted character were
confirmed. Aud even now, with a cloud
of circumstances which seems to involve
him in some understanding with Govern
or Colquitt and ex-Governor Brown, as to
tlie use of public office for personal ends,
it seems to me impossible that he should
be guilty of any intentional wrong.
In 1874, acting as the agent of tlie Cen
tral Railroad and Banking Company of
Georgia, without compensation, I formed
a combination of about five thousand
miles of railroad, extending from Savan
nah to points on and beyond the Missis
sippi river, with the Empire and the White
Star lines of steamships from Savannah
via New York to Liverpool, with an ar
rangement for direct trade, with through
bills of lading and low rates of freight,
between Liverpool and all important
points in the South and West. Whilst pre
paring to go to Europe on this business, 1
met Senator Gordon in Washington,
when he kindly and materially assisted
ine in procuring necessary statistical infor
mation from tlie government aud gave me
the following general letter, which I feel
authorized to use for the purpose of re
freshing his memory as to who I am:
United States Senate Chamber,
Washington, D. C.,
June 22, 1S74.
This will introduce the Hon. Nelson
Tift, of Georgia, former member of Con
gress from tbat State. 1 cannot too highly
commend him as a gentleman of the
highest character and enterprise. The
fact of his selection by tho people of Geor
gia to represent the important interests
which carry him to England is a sufficient
introduction. I earnestly commend him
and liis enterprise to business men c-f
Europe. John B. Gordon,
U. S. Senator from State of Georgia.
Senator Gordon also gave me an equal
ly strong letter to Hon. J. P. Benjamin
who bad been a member of President Da
vis’ cabinet, and was then a prominent
counselor in London, England, on which,
Mr. Benjamin, with whom I had beon ac
quainted in Richmond during the war,
gave me an equally strong endorsement
from bis qjvn personal knowledge of my
character.
Since that time I have tried to main
tain this good character which Senator
Gordon then vouched for me.
As to where I was from 1861 to 1865 the
records of the navy department of the
Confederate government will show that
my brother, Mr. A. F. Tift, and myself in
1801, tendered our services to the govern
ment upon the express condition tbat we
would not receive any pecuniary compen
sation whatever for our services. Our
proposition was accepted. We were ap
pointed agents of the navy department
and served according to the best of our
ability and to the entire satisfaction of the
government during the war. First, in the
construction of the ironclad Mississippi,
at New Orleans. Second, the conversion
of the British ship “Fingal” into the iron
clad “Atlanta.” Third, in the erection
and management of important establish
ments in Albany for the supply of pro
visions—beef, bread, flour End meal—-to
tbe navy, and sometimes supplementing
needed supplies for the army or for its
prisoners.
In the investigation which was made by
the Confederate Congress, through a com
mittee of which Hon. C. C. Ciay, of Ala
bama, was chairman, into the manage-,
ment of tlie Navy Department, in which
bur conduct in the-building of tbe iron
clad Mississippi formed a prominent,part,
tlie committee, in tbeir report, paid us a
high compliment for the faithful discharge I
of our duties as* agents of the govern
ment.
I regret the seeming necessity for this
communication, and my apology for it is
that tbe above quoted questions, delivered
under the circumstances, by Gen. Gordon,
who holds so high a position in the esti
mation of bis fellow-cilizens, would seem
to infer that I was capable of knowingly
perverting facts, and of infidelity to my
State in time of her need.
Nelson Tift.
Another Branch
Of the Agricultural College of
the State University Wanted.
The Rome Courier, in a strong article
in favor of increased educational facilities
for tbat thriving city, says:
We learn there is yet an annual income
of about three thousand dollars awaiting
appropriation. This section of the State
is entitled to it. Middle Georgia has hers
at Milledgeville, Southern Georgia at
Thomasville, southwest Georgia at Cuth-
bert and northeast Georgia at Dahionega.
Now let northwest Georgia locate hers at
Rome. It is evident Rome is the place.
But some steps must he taken by the citi
zens or the city before it can he secured.
A suitable house must he provided. This
fund can be used only for the salary of
teachers and the reduction of tuition. We
call the attention of our city fathers to
this most important interest. To-day
Rome needs educational advantages for
her boys worse than she needs anything
else. She can boast as good colleges for
girls as any place in the land, and pays as
little regard to schools for her boys as any
town in the State.
We believe, from direct information re
ceived from the treasurer, Dr. W. L.
Mitchell, during the sittings of the board
of visitors a-few weeks since, tbat our con
temporary is mistaken as to there being
$3,000, or, indeed, any other amount of
superfluous income on hand for the pur
pose of planting additional branches to the
State University. •
On the contrary, the writer was assured
that it was very doubtful whether the
board of trustees would be able to contin
ue to donate as much as $3,500 to tbe
Dahionega branch.
Rome is one of the salient and growing
centres of population and trade in Geor
gia, and inasmuch as this system of branch
schools, improperly yclept colleges, has
been inaugurated by the trustees of the
State University, wc think her claims to a
similar foundation are just, and should be
duly considered by the powers that be.
But without additional subsidies from the
general assembly, to be dispensed, under
tlie ruling of the new constitution, by the
trustees of tbe State university, we cannot
see bow, under tbe free tuition regulation,
even those “branches” tbat have been
started can exist and flourish. The pro
fessors and teachers receive but the^mer-
est pittance for their labors.
“Neutral in Nothing.”—This is the
motto of the Albany Advertiser, and tbe
editor even carries his passion for strife
so far as to be discourteous to a contem
porary who never harmed him in thought,
-word or deed. We are perfectly willing
to lie still under all bis insinuations and
unkind flings, because it is a fatiguing and
bootless task to fight tbe wind, and our
brother’s balloon is always distended to
tbe utmost. Of wbat avail would it be
to reason with a man who could have the
heart to pen such a paragraph as the fol
lowing against one of tbe noblest patriots,
gallant soldiers and glorious statesmen
tbe South has ever produced. Even
“General Lee’s right bower,” our own
Gordon. Hear him:
“Gen. Gordon don’t believe there can
.exist any patriotism without a war record
to back it. If any of the young men of
Albany want to attain places of honor and
distinction in this country, tbey must
know how to handle the battle ax. Brains
are not necessary to success.”
How unjust. We forgive our young
contemporary for the selfish and time
serving motives he imputes to us without
a shadow of reason, but beg him to hold
bis hand when animadverting upon tbe
battle-scarred hero of a hundred conflicts,
who lias been equally great and meritori
ous also in tbe councils of tbe nation, and
as the eloquent advocate of constitutional
liberty.
Mother Shipton’s Prophecies
The New York Journal of Commerce
gives the following true account of the
humbug known as “Mother Shipton”:
Mother Sbipton was a veritable charac
ter, who lived more than three hundred
years ago, and uttered a number of so-
called prophecies. They were, for the
most part, a vague, unmeaning jumble
of seeming predictions applicable to no
special event, and without point or gener
al interest.
In 1641, a pamphlet containing a med
ley of this sort, chiefly in baiting verse,
was printed 111 London, and her “Life
aud Curious Prophecies,”/ were given to
the public in 1677.
In 1SC2, Mr. Charles Bindley, of Brigh
ton, England, issued wbat purported to be
an exact reprint of “A Chap-book Version
of Mother Shipton’s Prophecies, from tbe
Edition of 1448.” In this, for the first
time, there were pith and point, and spe
cial application. All modem discoveries
were plainly described, and one propheev
wnich began,
“Carriages without horses shall go,”
and set forth the railroads, telegraphs,
steamers and other modem inventions,
wound up with:
“The world unto an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.”
This, of course, quite startled the pub-
I If all other, important events of the
lie.
nineteenth century had been so aptly de
scribed, why should not the last predic
tion be fulfilled? We copied the prophecy
and, without knowing anything of the
source, denounced it as a forgery. An
English paper replied that it was an exact
reprint of the old edition for nearly two
hundred aud fifty years on file in the
British Museum. We sent our correspon
dent to the Museum, and learned that
there was a chap-book of that title bear
ing date 1641, another of 1642, containing
what purported to he Mother Shipton’s
portrait; other curious prophecies dated
1648,1667; and “Mother Shipton’s Life
and Curious Prophecies,” complete
in an octave edition of
1797. We then purchased tbe re
print; and sent to have them compared.
This proved tbat a fraud had been com
mitted. The old prophecies were a vague
jumble of local predictions that might
have been fulfilled at any and every de
cade since their date. All the pointed
and interesting predictions in the new
issue were not in the old book, and were'
either interlineations, interpolated, or en
tire new fragments, evidently written after
the events they were supposed to predict.
We then pressed the point, and then the
secret came out. In the spring of 1873
Mr. Hiudley wrote a letter, confessing
that he had fabricated the prophecy above
quoted and ten others, in order to render
his little book salable.
Wheat.—Foreign telegrams still give
lively accounts of the forthcoming crops
in the United Kingdom, while on this side
of the ocean it is new certain that the
wheat product will be unprecedented,
Wliat is to be the outcome of an immensely
increased American surplus, on the back
of a European demand, diminished by
fifty per cent, or more, is easy to be an
ticipated. Tlie opportunity for corners
this year will be small, and brcadstulls
will be comparatively cheap.
The Porte is to be notified tbat be
must come to terms in three weeks, or re
ceive a naval visit from the “powers;”
each one ot them contributing two iron
clads for tbe purpose. Let tbe Porte send
his regrets that he is not now receiving
calls, or prepared to entertain the distin
guished visitors.
Negro emigrants from the border coun
ties of Kentucky are pouring over into In
diana under stimulus of an offer of em
ployment at eighteen dollars a month
and found, until the November election.
They are expected to carry that State for
Garther and Arfield.
The Crops.—There never was a more
general promise of abundant crops than
is just now apparent. As to cotton, the
promise is remarkably bright, but we are
thinking tbat tbe next three or four weeks
will put a different face on matters.
A Novel Idea.—Prof. Tice, in a recent
article, explains at length that electricity
rules the weather, and the surprising
changes in the meteorology of this conti
nent, by which violent wind storms havo
become much more frequent and disas
trous than formerly, are due to the exten
sion and multiplication of railways, which
serve as great and rajjid conductors of elec
tricity across and throughout the conti
nent, and have produced such changes
in the general meteorology, that the dry
sands of the American desert are becom
ing well watered and fertile, and the en
tire character of our seasons is changing.
Electricity found a slow pathway over the
sands, but has a rapid thoroughfare., over
the iron railway tracks.
The North American Review for
August contains tho following articles:
“The Ruined Gities of Central America.”
“The Law of Newspaper Libel.” “Nul
lity of tbe Emancipation Edict.” “The
Ceiisus Laws.” “Principles of Taxation.”
“Prince Bismarck as a Friend of America
and m a Statesman.” Part 2d.—Recent
Literature. Edited by Allen Thorndike
Rice. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Five
dollars a year.
The Rice Cbop,—We regret to learn
A Political IhIL—The Two-Thirds
Rule.
The preliminary State campaign has
about collapsed, as very few connties re
main to be beard from—not enough to
materially change the present outlook of
tlie gubernatorial situation. In no event
can Governor Colquitt, under the present
count of elected delegates, receive a -two-
thirds vote of tbe convention on its first bal
lot. This has to some extent diminished
tbe interest taken in the returns from coun
ties which have not yet voted. There is
some disposition, however, to discuss the
propriety of the enactmait by the conven
tion of the majority rule m lieu of a two-
thirds vote in the nomination of candi
dates.
In State, county and district selections
of candidates, this paper has always held
that a majority of all the delegates enti
tled to a vote, ought to be regarded as a
fair expression of the voice of the people.
But the present contest is exceptional in
its character, and the nearest possible ap
proach to unanimity is in tbe last degree
essential to tbe harmony aDd success of
the Democracy. The canvass for dele
gates has been conducted with such per
sonal bitterness, and so many antago
nisms have arisen, that' nothing save an
overpowering demonstration of the popu
lar will as manifested in the choice of our
standard bearers, can effectually reconcile
these serious differences. Therefore, we
trust the first act of the convention will
be? to adopt tbe two-thirds rule, and
pass a resolution binding all who partici
pate in its deliberations to support tbe
nominee.
Again, the preliminary campaign has
been conducted by general consent upon
the implied understanding that the two-
thirds rule would be enforced in the con
vention. Not one voice in opposition has
been beard until recently. It is now,
then, too late after the primary elections
have been held for the friends of any can
didate, when the fact is . ascertained that
he has not the control -ot two-thirds of
that body to insist upon the majority rule.
Such an attempt would be equivalent to
casting a fire-brand into tbe convention,
and be productive of the worst results.
We trust, therefore, that the delegates
will counsel kindly with each other and
make a harmonious nomination ere they
adjourn. Afterwards all loyal Democrats
will certainly stand by tbeir colors and
make a strong fight for the victory.
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LIFE OF
BY REV. D. X. JUNKIN, D. D.,
FBANK H. NORTON.
Illustrated with Portrait and Bat
tle Scenes.
that the protracted drought on the sea
board is operating very injuriously to the
upland rice crop. The Hiuesville Gazette
says in some places near the coast the
rioo crop is about to head out. Of course,
Keeping Sunday.
Sunday in ail our great cities, like those
of continental Europe, is assuming the
character of a holiday and nothing more.
.The Monday morning papers are filled
with records of the day’s doings and
amusements at the popular resorts, and
also, to a great extent, with the day’s
quarrels and bloodshed. A favorite in
vestment in New York is in enormous
seaside hotels and landings, and in the
means of transportation of the hundreds
of thousands who throng them on Sun
day. These have absorbed investments
to the amount of ten to twenty millions
and are crowded on Sunday to their ut
most capacity.
To give them a less irreligious aspect,
popular preachers are transferred from
the city with the crowds, and preach a
sermon from the hotel piazzas, relieved
by sacred musical performances from
military bands.
It is generally claimed that a fair de
gree of good order and no great amount of
drunkenness characterize these assem
blages; and that, on the whole, there is no
marked increase of crime on Sunday in
consequence of the introduction of these
sports. Bat the churches are deserted.
The attendance has diminished about one-
half and is grtiwing less, and “the Sunday
question,” so-called, is becoming the great
moral question of the hour. .
The doubts raised by some of the
preachers aud papers about the general
demoralizing effect! of Sunday frolics
must soon resolve themselves by figures.
One day in seven has been set apart by
Divine wisdom for rest and reflection on
man’s great immaterial interests and du
ties, and no people can make a business
of disregarding it with impunity. It will
revolutionize the whole character of the
people—social, moral and religious. The
rush after trifling amusements will dis-
This is the only suthentio edition author
ized by General Hancock. Address tbe pub*
Ushers,
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Indian Springs.
A Brilliant and Lively Assemblage.
Indian Springs, July 27, I860.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:
I arrived at this "long famed summer re
sort, I have found, “just in the nick of
time.” On my arrival I found all pre
paring for the first fancy dress ball of the
season, and I will not pretend that I did
not soon become as much interested as
anybody else.
The affair was given by the proprietor
of the McIntosh House, in honor of hi3
numerous guests. As usual the arrange
ments were perfect, and the crowd one of
the largest that has assembled for years on
a similar occasion, the weather delightful,
and tlie large assemblage of “youth and
beauty” fully determined to make pleas
ure rule the hour. Kessler’s famed corps
of musicians furnished the strains that
called life to the predisposed “light fan
tastic toes” present; hence a gay and:
pleasant time was enjoyed.
If yon have space be kind enough to al
low me to allude to some of the active
participants in the festivities of the even
ing. Macon contributed a goodly share,
but numerous other points were well rep
resented. Of the first, Miss Pauline H.,
as “Silver Bells,” was by no means the
least admired. The role was carried oat
to perfection. Miss Carrie S., as “Rose of
Castile,” attracted general attention, and
her every movement was followed by ap
proving smiles. Miss Wilena L., “Bride
of ,” regal in pearl silk, matchless
overdress, diamonds, laces and plumes.
. Alberta L., “Fishing for a beau,” capti
vating in dress and acting, led many to-
the conclusion that her hours ot angling
in that line would soon end.
Augusta was represented by Miss Alice-
S., as “Angel;” dress exquisite, and in.
character. Also by Misses Mamie S. and
Mamie H., as “Fairies.” These were
found giving kind words and bright prom
ises to all.
Albany was represented by one of the-
fairest daughters of that city, Miss Annie-
M.; Perry by Miss Florence C.; Opeliki
by Miss Mollie M.; and Savannah by Miss
Gertie B. Other distant points also had
fair delegates present. The toilettes of
all these were charming and appropriate.
Forsyth sent over Misses Dosla II.' and
Laura C. Jackson contributed a number
of bright particular stars, while tlie young,
ladies of Indian Spring and vicinity, and:
“their name is legion,” were out in full
strength. The array was a formidable
one I assure you.
I will not presume to trespass on your
space or patience by particularizing the
sterner sex present. Quite a number of
well known Macon beaux were on hand-
Nor will I name the “lookers-on” from all
the points named.
I am really gratified to find that Indian
Spring has this year attracted so large and
genial a crowd of visitors. Ample arrange
ments had boen made to pleasantly accom
modate a large number, anti tbe reward is-
being reaped.
If any of my friends desire to enjoy a.
little rational recreation fortime during,
the hot term, let them “come up hither.” "
Absentee-.
A Fool Once More.
“For ten years my wife was confined to>
her bed with such a complication of ail
ments that no doctor could tell what was
tbe matter or cure her, and I used up *
small fortune in humbug stuff. Six months .
... .. , ago I saw a United States flag with non
qualify them for tbe sober pursuits and printed on it> an j j thought I
enjoyments of life. Mental and moral
improvement will be lost sight of. Li
cense will strengthen with every conces
sion, and all sober and earnest ambition
without rain these heads must be very j be drowned in a flood of constantly is- ,
igbt. creasing frivolity.
would be a fool once more. I tried it, but
my folly proved to be wisdom. Two bot
tles cured her, she is now as well and
strong as any man’s wife, and it cost me
only two dollars. Such folly pays.—II.
W., Detriot, Mich.—Free Press.
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