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JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. CLISBY & JONES, Proprietors. THE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS—POLITICS- LITE RATURErAGRICULTURE—D OMESTIC NEWS, Etc.—PRICE $2.00 PER ANNUM. GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ESABHSIIED1826. MACOIST, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1880 VOLUME KO—LV Ab, painful-sweet! bow can I take it in Tba. somewhere in the illimitable blue Of God’s pure space, which men call Heaven—we two Again shall find each other, and begin The infinite life of love, a life akin To angels’—only angels never Knew The ecstacy of blessedness that drew Us each to each, even in this world of sin. Yea, find each other! The remotest star Of all the galaxies would hold in vain Our souls apart, that have been heretofore, - As clo.ely interchangeable as aie One mind and spirit: Oh, joy that aches to pain, To be together—we two—forevor more! —[Margaret J. Preston. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Kimbai.1. House, Atlanta, August 4,1880.—The writer joined the crowd yes- erday, which was wending its way to this oustling political and commercial centre, Charged with the grave duty of selecting a chief magistrate to administer the affairs of the commonwealth. From the start at the Macon car-shed, every seat was occupied, and, although other passenger coaches were added, still tho “sovereigns” kept pouring in at each Station until the train was CHOCK FULL OF “WARWICKS,” every man of whom seemed to think that upon him devolved all the weighty inter ests of the State. And this constitutes the charm and strength of a Democratic form of government. Each, unit in the great conglomeration of the whole esteems himself an important factor in .the ad ministration of public affairs, and on these set occasions demeans himself accord ingly. We were not a little amused and edified by the ORACULAR UTTERANCES of some of these Solons, who did not hes itate either to elect one by one tbe sever al aspirants for gubernatorial honors, c* decapitate at pleasure Hardeman, Col quitt or Lester. In fact, the fate of each of these distinguished gentlemen hong continually sus pended in the balances, now vibra ting towards the executive chair, then set tling down into the gloom of private ob scurity, until tbe whole subject became too fatiguing for contemplation. ' Vice la Bcpubligue say we, and may the hon est tillers of tbe soil, artisans and men of every other guild, long feel the same in terest in the selection of their rulers, al beit, without knowing it, they are merely puppets in the hands of others. PASSENGERS. Among those on board were Hon. A. O. Bacon, who, when asked “if he was a delegate,” laughingly replied in the nega tive, saying that having had the misfor tune to preside ever the Bibb primary, and unable, therefore, to appoint himself, he had been the only man in the meet ing left out of the Hardeman delega tion. We had the pleasure also of conversing with MACON’S TALENTED DAUGHTER, Mrs. W. A. Reid, whose versatile and graceful pen has already earned for her a prominent place among Southern authors. This accomplished and vivacious lady is a fitting representative of Ler noble sire, Hon. Eugenins A. Nisbet. The pub lic will be glad to know that ere long Mrs. Reid will issue auother volume from the press which will probably eclipse in merit any that have preceded It. THE REPRESENTATIVES OF LIBERTY COUNTY were also among tbe delegates present. They were Hon. P. Miller, late member of the house, and Messrs. Theodore Winn and Edwards, all strong Lester men They represent the crops on the coast to be excellent, and state that that “Sherman- ized” portion of the State is gradually but surely recovering from the ruin which was wrought by the hordes of this modem Attila. POLITICS of course was the prevailing theme, and we were astonished at the amount of ven om one Democrat can carry for another and still call him “friend” and vote for Lim if nominated. This is all wrong. In {raising the claims of a favorite why au- imidvert upon his antoginist and abuse Lim when it may be your bounden duty to support the identical individual if he becomes the nominee of the party ? JOE BROWN, the great disturbing and irrepressible cause of all the ferment in the present campaign, was discussed pro and con ex tensively. There never was a better abused man, albeit nobody doubted his ability, nor did any one seem to think he could be beaten in tbe pending race for Senator. One bitter opponent declared that he was already virtually elected. There is a wonderful talismauic influence about the man which seems well nigh irresistible. Men curse him and then vote for him. Such is the power of mind when combined with sagacity, it matters not how unpopular may be the person and his acts when viewed in the abstract. THE CROPS. Cotton is looking exceptionally well, though the present dry weatuer has some what retarded the growth of the weed, and it is evidently overfruiting itself. A protracted wet spell, at this stage would induce a second growth, which would be fatal to the maturity of the young squares and blooms. The fields are well culti vated and clean, and we never saw the plant healthier and more free from rust at this season of the year. Com will fall fully one-third short of an average, though we saw some fields that will yield well. But it is sad to note how little of this all-important cereal has been planted. As far as the eye can reach until the horizon blocks the view, one continued vista of cotton is spread forth, the brilliant blossoms affording a pleasing variety in the verdant panorama. We shall undoubtedly bave cotton, world without end, next winter, coupled with low prices, scant com cribs and lean stock. Is this the true pelicy ef Georgia ? We trow not. Bat volumes might be written on the subject without changing the result. Still the writer could not sleep sound, or have an easy conscience without making this deliverance for tho thousandth time. ' ATLANTA. In due time, besmirched with dost and with gritty eyes, our crowd was safely landed at the Gate City, and the writer, as usual, sought refuge at that incompara ble Southern hotel, the Kimball House. Every nook and corner, however, was full, and your correspondent was 1 about to go elsewhere, when the genial proprie tor, Mr. Selden, said he believed he could find a nest for him in the cock-loft of the establishment, far advanced toward the Skies, and with the city lying at his feet, and Stone mountain in all Us grand pro portions looming in the distance. No sooner said than done; and from this lofty pinnacle, with the frowning batteries of the late war in full view, and a sea of foliage, dotted with houses and fa. .ns hounding the landscape, tbe writer in scribes these desultory jottings. The “Kimball.” under its present man agement, is a splendid success, and de servedly ranks among tbe best hotels North or South. The pioprietofs and their gentlemanly assistants are devoted to the interests of their patrons, leaving nothing undone for tbeir comfort; and the cuisine, in quality and quantity, cannot We found the city in a blaze of excite ment and thronged with delegates and visiting politicians. Thousands of spectators who have taken advantage of the railway cheap fares, bent upon seeing the fun. are here also, and Georgia’s capital is a miniature picture of the Philadelpeia centennial. One of the first acqaintances we encountered was COL. LIVINGSTON, of Newton county,who has been persistent ly and repeatedly announced as an inde pendent candidate against Blount in the sixth district. It affords ns unqualified pleasure to declare that there is not the slightest foundation for this report. The colonel not only acquiesces in the decis ion of the people, but has the highest per sonal appreciation of Mr. Blount, and if necessary will take the stump for him. As a perfect gentleman, and enlightened agriculturist and pure patriot, Col. Liv- inston has no superior in the State. We hope to have the honor and privilege in the near future of aiding in his political promotion. THE GUBERNATORIAL STRUGGLE. The arcades of the hotels and street comers are filled with a crowd of elec tioneers,all working like beavers for their favorite candidates. So far as we can learn up to this writ ing, the situation remains unchanged. The anti-Colquitt men are calm but stern ly resolved, and claim 152 votes in oppo sition. Whether or not they will com bine upon any one candidate, has not transpired. There is a rumor which can not as yet be traced to any authentic source, that it has been decided to unite upon Judge Warner. We place no confi dence in the report, but, on the contrary, judging from the tone of the Hardeman caucus'last night, the friends of our able fellow citizen are more determined than ever to put him through, if within the bounds of possibility. Lester’s following seem equally resolved, and there is every prospect of a stubborn fight in tbe con vention. It is openly announced that Governor Colquitt’s friends will not insist that the nomination shall be made by a mere ma jority of the convention, but on the con trary, the motion to adopt the two-thirds rule will be offered by one of his support ers. This is some of Governor Brown’s astute management, and will go very far towards placating the members of tbe convention. Tbe Colquitt men seem confident of suc cess, and are well organized. No one ap pears to know, however, what will be the result of tbe first ballot, and every caucus shows that nardeman is gaining strength, and he will probably go into the conven tion with 60 votes at his back. FAILS TO GET TO WORK. At 11 o’clock the convention made an attempt to assemble at the Cap itol in the ball of the House of Representatives, but there was not room enough. The sovereign electors filled every seat and vacant space, and Still many were forced to remain, outside In tins dilemma Coi. Lester, of Cobb, the chairman of the State executive committee, assumed the responsibility of adjourning the body until 2:30 p. m. to allow time for tbe removal of tbe desks of tbe legislators. This has created some dissatisfaction, and many urge that a temporary organization at least should have been effected. Others claim that it was a jfut-up job in the in terest of Colquitt, as Colonel Lester is known to favor his nomination. After diligent inquiry we find that there was not the slightest political significance con nected with the adjournment. The fact was patent, that there was not sufficient room to seat the delegates and there wa« danger that some of them would be exclu ded ; hence the very proper course pur sued by Colonel Lester. At least, ONE THOUSAND representatives of the estates of the realm have come hither to nominate a ruler for the commonwealth, and the voice of the bnmblest of them all should be heard and noted. The removal of the desks will al most double the capacity of the apart ment, and there will be room for all whan the convention re-assembles. GEORGIA’S “GREAT COMMONER.” In company with Judge James Jackson and ex-Govemor Smith, the writer called a few minutes ago upon Hon. A. H. Steph ens at bis rooms in the Kimball House. The “old man eloquent” was in fine health and spirits and does not seem to age one particle. Indeed, he said he nad never weighed more (93 pounds) in all his life, had a capital appetite and slept well. When animated, Mr. Stephens GESTICULATES WITH HIS CHAIR, causing the rotary machine to advance or retreat, according to the force of his ar gument, with more or less emphasis and rapidity. ’ He conversed freely upon national pol itics, and delivered himself thus, con cerning Hancock: Said this eminent stateman, “For the first time since the war I see tho silver lining and rifts in the cloud which has cast its opaque- shadows over the South. And now, if our people will be prudent— treat the freedmen right, and bring to con dign punishment such men as the perpe trators of the Clayton county outrage, victory will undoubtedly crown the efforts of the Democracy at the November elec tion, and we shall enter upon a new era of prosperity.” There is something very pronounced and impressive about Mr. Stephens, and a magnetic attraction which is felt by all who approach him. Long may he live to fill the place which he has graced in our national councils for more than a quarter of a century. The convention will assemble and pro ceed to organize at 2:30p.m. It is doubt ful, however, whether a ballot will be reached to-day, as there are four counties, Chattahoochee, Meriwether, Wilkinson and Washington, that have contesting delegations, whose claims must be passed upon. Col. Trammell will probably be elected permanent president of the con vention and Mr. Walsh, of Augusta, tem porary chairman. Your correspondent will endeavor to keep the readers of the Telegraph duly informed as to the progress of events. We close for the mail. H. H. J. Pre-Eminent As an elegant hair dressing stands Par ker’s Hair Balsam, deservedly popular fur the beautiful hair it produces, and its cleansing and healing properties. Com mencing at the roots, it promotes a luxu riant growth of young hair, and unfail ingly restores gray or faded hair to its original yontbful color, giving a sofr, rich ana lustrous appearance of great beauty. It is pleasantly cooling to the scalp, cleans ing it from dandruff, cure3 itching and humors, and stops falling of the hair. It is perfectly harmless, exquisitely perfum ed, never soils the skin or gams the hair, and pleases everybody by its many excel lent and attractive qualities. A patron assures us that be has used twelve differ ent hair preparations and that Parker’s Hair Balsam surpaufo them all. Sold in large bottles at only 50 cents and $1, by all first-class druggists. For sale by Ro land B. Hall, druggist. augl-3m —A sure way to save life is to run all of the old excursion boats ashore. JUDGE BLACK ON HANCOCK. hie. He is not a doctrinaire like Jeffer- son, for his busy life lias left him no time Hancock’s Louisiana Orders the 1 to study abstract philosophy of politira, <«»„#» „r „ hamia. ; hut his practical good sense knows the “Spoken Act” or a Soldier who rfght int £; tive , y a ° n d always catches the Saved Civil Liberty—“ir Wasliing- tou had been In Hancock’s Place He Would have done What Hancock Sid.” Paris, July 18.—To the Editor of the World—Sin: A cable dispatch reached me at London, whence I answered more briefly perhaps than you expected but I thought intelligibly enough. Your later dispatch, which came to me here yesterday, 1 now reply to by mail. I inferred from your interrogatory that some evil-disposed persons had been at tributing to me the authorship of the or ders and letters issued by General Han cock while he commanded in Louisiana and Texas. My denial by telegraph was intended to cover the whole ground, neither wrote those papers nor suggested a word of them; I had no precognition of his views on the subject to which they relate, and heard nothing from him about it until he had taken the pub lic into his confidence. Indeed, my personal acquaintance with him was then very slight, and our relations not at all intimate. The opinion that I would offer or that he would require my aid in pro ducing such an order as his No. 40 is ab surd. His determination to stand by the constitution and the laws needed no ex pression but what he could give it better than any man alive. It was not an argu ment, not an exposition of the law, not an essay on the rights of man that was want ed at that critical time., The spoken act of a patriot soldier in high command alone could save civil liberty from the destruc tion with which it was threatened. That was what Hancock did, aud it was the timeliest lift that the great cause ever got from any hand except that of Washing ton. I hope my admiration of the order in question and the gratitude I have fel*. to him for issuing it can be reasonably ac counted for without supposing that framed or had auy share in framing it. The belief was general among the friends of constitutional liberty, and expressed by many others as strongly as by me, that General Hancock bad done much, and done it bravely, to rescue the nation and save it alive, first from secessionists, and afterwards from the more dangerous and more unprincipled oligarchy into whose bands it fell after the war. At the date of his service in Louisiana the beau ideal of a “strong government” was in full operation at Washington, conducted by men who claimed to be absolute mas ters of tbe country. State rights, aud, as necessary consequence, individual lib erty, were violently trodden down, and the constitution which should have made free was habitually over-ridden and insulted. What those men called “the government” was not only wondrous strong, but corrupt be yond all example in modem times. Be tween its force and its fraud the people were powerless, and their despair was ag gravated by an indefinable dread that the whole army might at auy moment be used to sink the nation to still further degradation— if below that lowest depth, a lower deep could be reached. It was in these circumstances that Hancock spoke out those words of truth and soberness which reassured the friends of free gov ernment and inspired them with new hopes. All who were near enough to watch the current of that unequal contest between absolutism and law can remem ber bow the enemies of the constitution were startled and scared when they found that the most brilliant general of the Union had officially declared himself op posed to their “savage policy.” They could not go upon him, nor send upon him, for not only was the law of the land on his side, but the army was found to be full of sympathy with its conspicuously gallant and faithful leader. So they were fain to con tent themselves with harmless sneers and letty persecutions. But they removed lim from the place where his devotion to the constitution was specially interfering with their schemes to subvert it. When they made up their minds to strangle the liberties of a State, to disperse a legal leg islature by brute force, to inaugurate for governor a shameless adventurer known to have been defeated at tbe polls, or to pin the people down with bayonets while they were plundered by alien thieves who claimed to be tbeir representatives and officers, somebody else was employed to do the infamous work. Still more care fully did they avoid his preseuce when the whole nation was to be swindled at a presidential election. It was for such rea sons that the heart of the country warmed to General Hancock as its predestined de liverer. It has often happened that the best things of the greatest men are attributed to others who are wholly incapable of them. The opinion was industriously propagated and accepted by a great many as true that Hamilton wrote the farewell address of Washington, but the evidence is conclusive which shows that every word of that immortal production came from Washington himself, and Hamilton ceoid not have written it any more than he could have made a world. Borne of Jack son’s most characteristic papers, bearing the full impress of his own mind, were habitually credited to persons of far infe rior ability. When it was charged against Jefferson that lie wrote Logan’s speech, ho solemnly declared that he was unequal to such a composition. I am not affecting modesty when I claim credence of my present denial for a similar reason. could not have written Hancock’s No. 40—not because I pretend to be dumb or altogether unskilled in the use of English nearest way to doit. If he be'elected; the ability of his administration will in spire universal respect, and his modera tion and magnanimity will conciliate even his enemies. I have the fullest faith that he will not only keep his oath to preserve, protect and defend the constitution, hut will so carry ont its provisions that the great objects of its fra mers expressed in the preamble will bo fully accomplished—“To form a more per fect Union, to establish justice, )o insure domestic tranquillity, to provide for the common defense, to promoto the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” J. E. Black. No Bank«r. Messrs. Editors: You have recently published an article from the “Critic,” and also from an anonymous correspondent in which they are much troubled in mind, charging that I am a banker, and again they are greatly troubled lest, in the event of my election, I put the State funds in “Speer’s bank.” I presume the public have little interest in my private affairs: contrary to my own inclination, but in deference to tho wishes of friends, I ask space to state that I am not now and nev er have been a banker. I never in my life made a financial transaction for any bank. I am a lawyer by profession—have never followed any other business. I am the attorney for the LaGrange Banking and Trust Company, and hold by courte sy the complimentary title of vicc-presi ident without pay, past, present or fu ture. It is not true that 1 am a large stockholder in said bank, on the contrary I am one of the smallest stockholders, have never in my life owned bat $3,500 of any bank stock. I regret that I do not own more, If elected treasurer of the State of Georgia, I will endeavor to understand the laiv, and follow it in letter and sjiirit, No man has the right to presume that I would violate the law and divert the public funds from the public treasury, I recognize the great principle that “pub lic office is trust; not a bounty bestowed, on the holder. No incompetent and dis honest person should ever he entrusted with it, or if appointed, they should be promptly ejected.” I am pledged to the doctrine that “the public purse should he used for public purposes only.” Very respectfully, D. N. Speer. LaGrange, Ga., Aug. 2, I860.—Consti tution. aiectine and Action of the Democrat- tic Executive Committee of Dooly County. At a meeting of tlia Democratic execu tive committee of Dooly county, held on July 31st, 1SS0, the resignation of S. B. Stovall as one of this committee was re ceived and accepted, aud G. I. Lasseter was appointed in bis stead. Solomon Wilkes was also elected a member of the committee, in place oi ,t*enry S. Wilkes, from the First'district, .n On motion, the following delegates were appointed to the Senatorial conven tion, tb be held-in Haw’.>VsviIle, and said delegates are instructed to cast thelrYatev in accordance with the direction given by the result of tbe primary nomination for senator, held on the 30th inst., as espres- sive of the choice of this county for senator—L. W. Mobley, G. I. Lasseter, James Carlisb, Pleasant Morgan and Hi ram Williams, Sr. On motion, these proceedings were or dered published in the Hawkinsville Dis patch and other papers of the fourteenth senatorial district. On motion, the committee then ad journed, to meet at the court house, on the first Tuesday in October. W. B. Conn Sr., Chairman. T. J. Ray, Secretaiy pro tem. The vote, as officially declared by the manager, of the nomination for the sever al precincts, who have met and consoli dated the returns this day in Vienna is: For Senator—Dr. S. B. Stovall, 471; Jno. II. Woodward, 14. Grape Trade in Chattanooga.- The Times, of Sunday, says nearly one- half of the grape crop raised in Hamilton county this year has been shipped. Near ly 100,000 pounds were shipped last week. Stanley & Rickey shipped about 30,000 pounds; Bennett about 12,000; Carell a great number, and other dealers propor tionate amounts. The bulk was shipped by express, but a quantity was shipped by freight. Nearly five-sixths of the grapes shipped were sent to Cincinnati. Several thou sand pounds were shipped to Chicago by Stanley & Rickey. The grapes were readily purchased at both markets. The average price obtain ed was five cents per pound. This is less than our grapes brought last year, but the difference is accounted for by the large crop of peaches and other fruits in the North. The shipments daring the present week promise to be considerable. loget words, but because if I had undertaken to write it the chances are ninety-nine in a hundred that my argumentation would have marred its majestic simplicity and greatly diminished its power. When a public man, especially a military man, meets a grave responsibility, saying no more nor less than just the tiling he ought, but saving that with unequivocal clear ness, you may he sure he is the interpreter of his own thoughts. At any rate, the at tempt is unjust to bastardize No. 40 by assigning to it an origin totally different from the true one. Why should my opinion be asked or volunteered on General Hancock as a civilian? Anybody else who has watched his life is as good a judge as I, and there are thousands who know him ^nuch bet ter. But since the question is propound ed I will answer, subject to fair correction, that he has in him the highest and best qualities of& republican ruler. I think, his fidelity to sound principles, coupled with his sound judgment, will entitle him to rank well with the great Presidents of former times. I do not compare him with Washington, for the grandeur of that character is and will remain forever un approachable, but I do jay that Washing ton, if placed in his situation, would have acted precisely as he did. His Gen. Garfield and the Credit Mobilieb.—Gen. Wm. L. Burt, who was postmaster of Boston, under General Grant, was intimately acquainted with the late Oakes Ames, diming the consinie- tionofthe Union Pacific railroad, and gained an insight into the secrets of the Credit Mobilier. Gen. Burt, iu conversa tion recently upon the subject of Gen. Garfield’s connection with the Credit Mobilier, said: “If tho election of Gon. Garfield depended on tbe establishment of tbe fact that Oakes Ames prevaricated in the Credit Mobilier matter, or uttered in his testimony aught but the truth, Gen. Garfield would never occupy the presidential chair. I have no hesitancy pronouncing that the statements of Oakes Ames were true in every particular, and whatever he may have said about another’s connection with the matter was absolute verity, and absolutely reliable.” A Jew, named Jacob Adaban, residing in the small town of Entifa, had, during the last year’s famine, afforded shelter to poor Moorish woman, and she was treated as a servant of his household. The governor of that town, Sid Abdallah Zuaggi, had only a few months entered on his public functions, and hearing that a Jew ventured to employ a Moorish wo man, he determined to set an Intimida ting example. He cansed Jacob Adahau to be fastened to tbe ground with two iron spikes, and to be lashed until portions of the poor man’s flesh fell oil’ from the body. Adalian died after having been subjected to a torture lasting six hoars. The dead body was then thrown into a stable, and was only delivered up to the Jews, who wished to bury it, after they had paid the governor a bribe of $80. He also confiscated tbe property of the martyred Jew. These Raleigh cows, says the Observer, what can they not devour? Not long since a party here set up a stand on the street for the sale of melons, lemonade, etc. One day his vigilance was relaxed, and the in evitable cow came as an emblem of de struction. In thirty seconds tbe beast bad devoured thirteen cantaloupes, rolled off and broken eleven watermelons, pa- j and then swallowed all the lemonade lniotism has not the impulsive ardor of. in a pitcher. She wound up by eating Jackson's; hut his fidelity to the J eight lemons and two pounds of sugar, truth, his love Uc *— 11 — ——» ’ -— ■* - - • 1 A SPECULATIVE SCION, Profitable Ventures of Ulysses 8 Grant, Jr.—Tbe “Old Man’s” Elec tion to tbe Presidency of tbe 8an Pe dro Compassed by “Back.” General Grant’s election to the presi dency of a mining company is the out come of a long-planned sch3me upon the part of Ulysses Grant, Jr., or “Buck” Grant, as he is generally called. Buck Grant is now twenty-eight years old, and one of the most successful financiers of his age in this country. His talent in that direction has been fully -brought out dnriDg the past two years. During the closing days of his father’s presidency he acted as his private secretary. Grant doubted every one about him when Bab cock fell, and would not allow any one but Buck to have access to his private pa pers. Buck was at this time modest, smooth-faced, medium-sized, slim in fig ure and very boyish looking. His modes- ty and real ability, however, made him many friends. Some powerful men in New York took up Buck when Iris father set out for Eu rope. Young Ulysses, who is a graduate of Harvard, thought that his future was to be developed in the legal profession. He was, after admission to the bar, as signed to duty in the United States Dis- ; Attorney’s office, in New York. There Secretary John Sherman has thrown special business in his way, Buck Grant, after accumulating a small capital wider influential and powerful auspices, began making ventures in Wall street. He succeeded so well that he abandoned the law for more profitable fields of speculation. Becoming interes ted, finally, in mining stocks, he paid visit to the Pacific coast, where the great bonanza firm of Flood & O’Brien took him under its wing. Mr. Flood tossed young Buck a few points, and he made such good use cf them that the great speculators backed the young Ulysses in his cruise around the world of specu lation, acting as his mentor at every point. The docile pupil so made use of his skillful training that at the end of two years he had $300,000 placed to bis credit. It was only when sliis sum was reached that the young man proposed a matrimo nial alliance with the great firm. Buck has now associated with him "as partner his brother, Jesse D. Grant. Buck him self promises to become one of the most brilliant operators in tbe country. Be sides the fortune he has made for himself he has made several special speculations for his father. Just before Gen. Grant went to Mexico he intrusted to Buck Grant $25,000 for the purpose of seeing what could be done with it. Buck Grant, during the absence of his father, cleared for him from the capital some $40,000; so Gen. Grant upon his return found a dis- >atch placing $65,000 at his disposal by lis thrifty son. With this profitable speculation added to his credit, Gen. Grant is worth to-day in the neighborhood of $150,000. This latest mining scheme of Buck Grant’s, in ilacing his father at the head of the San ’edro company, is based upon a plan of the youthful Ulysses, to realize the wildest dreams of a Monte Cristo. The union oi the Grant and Flood families is to be fol lowed by an aggregation of wealth that will make the families among tho most formidable in point of influence in this country. In 18S4, if Gen. Grant should again be a candidate, it is intcnded < that there shall be no money lacking for the management of a successful campaign.— Chicago Times. Experiments in Setting Posts. A New England farmer who cut some yellow oak timber in winter split each log into two box posts, and set them the following spring. Determined to settle the question of the durability of posts, he made the following experiments: First pair were placed butt end down, one charred. Both rotted off the third year; the upper ends were then put in the ground, and they lasted seven years more. Second pair were put butt end down, one salted by boring and plugging. The salted post gave out the second year, the unsalted the fourth year. The ends were then reversed, and each lasted about eight years longer. Third pair—One was placed butt end down, the other butt up. The butt rot- tened by the third year, the other the fourth. The ends were reversed, and the new butt rotted one year before tho other, although the latter was set one year sooner. Fourth pair—These were set small end down and one salted. Both rotted off the fourth year, and on being reversed lasted four years more. In drawing conclusions from these i periments, tbe farmer decided that char ring did no good and salting a green post is useless if not injurious. All the ex- wriments indicated that posts set reversed ast longest, and it appeared that seasoned posts last longer than green ones, the sea soned and small ends in the first experiment lasting about twice as long as the green small ends in the fourth one. Frogs fob the Sandwich Islands. new industry has sprung up in the Sandwich Islands, and that it may thrive and prosper is tho wish and prayer of every honest and virtuous citizen of San Francisco who docs not wish to be croaked to death. It seems that this city was recently visited by Col. H. J. Hart, an eminent royalist of Honolulu, and while taking in the sights of the suburbs his ears were thrilled with the sweetest music lie had ever heard on earth. At first he thought the angelic world of song was opened unto him, but after a lnomeut’s-re- flection ho discovered that the music was bullfrog music. Now, it seems that there are no frogs in the Sandwich Islands, and for this very reason there is a perfect passion for them among the islanders, white and brown. They are looked upon there as canary birds are with us. The colonel, having an eye for business, was seized with a brilliant eye-dea, so he coralled 7,777 frogs of both genders aud shipped them to Honolulu. He has dis tributed the creatures among the mis sionaries, newspaper men,-diplomats, na tive chiefs and other musical aristocrats. They are delighted with the presents, and, being well paid for, Colonel Hart has a od thing in his enterprise. By this time onolulu must be a ravishing place for a deaf man. • Horace Gbeei.ey’3 Daughter.— One of the prettiest pictures to be seen in Saratoga, and one frequently met at the musical matinees of the hotels, or the af ternoon entertainments, is Mrs. Ida Gree ley Smith, the daughter cf Horace Greeley and the wife ot Colonel Nicholas Smith, whom all the men abuse because he is handsome. He is, perhaps, too handsome for a man, for the women “make eyes” at him, while the men. look after his pretty wife. Mrs. Smith, as Ida Greeley, was a very sweet-looking girl, but she has grown into one of the loveliest of women. She has adopted the modern esthetic style of dress, aud it suits her. In her soft, cling ing dress of white or black or stone gray, with a large hat and a good deal of lace about her neck, she looks like a mediaeval picture. She has two children now, one beautiful boy of three years—Horace mifli • n Via to aaIIaJ ILa * Smaller than Tom Thumb.—Ger many now lays claim to the smallest mar ried couple that ever stood before an al tar, in the persons of a miniature “Mar quis” and “Marchioness,” who have for some time past been exhibited on the Place du Theatre at Odessa. The “Mar quis,” a native of Kiel, is thirty years old, and weighs only nineteen pounds, while his fairy-like consort, a young lady bom in Neumunster some twenty-two years ago, turns the scale at thirteen pounds. Although they are both German-bom wonders leased by their parents to trav eling showmen at an early age, they never happened to meet at the fairs and Kermessen of their native land; but year ago, the “Marquis” being on exhibi tion at Moscow while Fraulein Lilli was starring at St. Petersburg, they became aware of one another’s existence through reading the newspaper notices, and enter ed into a correspondence, which soon led to a rendezvous and ultimately to the contraction of a matrimonial engagement. Now they take their professional rounds together and are saving their earnings with the object of retiring into private life in tbe Fatherland. The South American War. Panama, July 24.—The Chilian trans port Loa, purchased at the commence ment of the present war, is the steamer which was blown up by a torpedo in Cal- loa bay on the third instant. The affair caused great excitement in Lima, and much glorification among the Peruvians. The plan adopted was the following, as related by a correspondent of the Star and Herald: A Peruvian officer took an ordinaiy fruit boat, put a torpedo in the bottom, aud over this placed a false bottom rest ing on springs, kept down by the weight of the cargo. He then loaded it with a very choice assortment ot camotes, yucas, cherimoyas, granadillas, fowls, turkeys, green vegetables, etc., and towing it oat towards the blockading squadron before daylight, set it adrift. All day long that launch floated about, but the Chilians could not [sec it, nnti about 5 o’clock in the evening. Fearful it would fall into neutral hands, a boat was sent out to bring it back. Tbe Loa was doing duty, and seeing tbe boat fremf the shore making towards neutral vessels, caught sight of. the launch and at once turned towards it. Seeing this, the boat from the shore beat a hasty retreat. Tbe Loa lowered two boats to letch in the prize, which was brought alongside and its discharge at once commenced. As the weight in the launch was diminished the machinery in connection with the torpe do was set free, and in a moment 300 pounds of dynamite were exploded, and the Loa was almost lifted out of the! water. The effect, as described, by those watching the operation with breathless interest from the shore, was awful in the extreme. Every house in Callao was shaken to its foundation, and every ship on the bay shivered as though a fearful earthquake had spent its fury beneath them. The fated ship appeared as if en veloped in one mass of flame, which re solved itself into dense clouds of black smoke. When this cleared away she seemed not to have suffered, but suddenly she was observed to sink at tbe stern while her bows went high in the air and the Loa disappeared forever. While all this was going on the Blanco Encalada and Huascar were in their ac customed positions, some eight miles dis tant, too far oil' to render auy assistance to their unhappy comrades, or such of them as were left struggling in the water. Boats of the Thetis, Penguin, Alaska, De* cre3 and Garibaldi were quickly lowered and proceeded to the scene of tbe terrible event. The two first named ships suc ceeded in picking up thirty, Alaska one, Deeres three or four, and the Garibaldi six, making about forty in all, of whom it is probable many will die. At least 150 men perished. The only officers saved are the second commander (wounded), doctor and one engineer. The explosion occurred very close to the anchorage of the neutral squadron, and disaster might veiy easily have han- iened to one of them. The boat resem- iled an ordinary fruiter, which might ac cidentally have broken adrift and got out to sea. Tho condition of things in Lima daily becoming worse. One decree fol lows another in rapid succession, and the purpose of more than nine-tenths of them appears to be to divert the attention of the people from the actual condition of affairs. In the meantime the Chilians are recruiting actively, and by the first of Oc tober expect to begin the siege of Lima. By that time the foreign element remain ing will he reduced and hut few left as spectators of the final struggle. The Uni ted States steamers Thetis aud Penguin, the Italian steamers Garibaldi and Ar- chimede, and the French steamer Deeres, were in the harbor of Callao July 6th. Piracies. Although not the first in market the peach is the fuzz fruit of summer. The real lucky fisherman is the one who doesn’t catch the rheumatism. There is considerable latent heat in ice cream. After eating it the girls warm up considerably. Young man, in a walking match you “go-fts-you-please,” but in % courting match you please-as-you-go. The Czar escaped being blown up by being late to dinner. Most' married men meet with a different fate. Fishing is a very exhilarating sport in the summer time. If the finny creatures don’t bite the mosquitoes will. Dr. Tanner may be perfectly honest, but if he sleeps with his mouth open and swallows flies he is not acting fair. The mosquito has six legs and only one mouth. Let us therefore be thankful that if it does bite it doesn’t kick. Yet it must have been the Cannibal Islands to which Hamlet alluded as “that undish-covered country from whose bum no traveler returns.” “Poor fellow 1 he died in poverty 1” said a man of a person.lately deceased. “That isn’t anything,” exclaimed a seedy bystander. “Dying in poverty is no hard ship. It’s living i,i poverty that puts the thumbscrews on a fellow.” It is said that a Georgian who recently went all the way from Cassvillo to Atlan ta looked unusually solemn on his return, and on being asked what was the matter, gravely said: “If the world's as big t’ oth er way as it is that, it’s a whopper.” A lawyer, entering the office of his fam ily physician, said in hoarse whisper: “Doctor, I’ve got such a cold this morning that I can’t speak the truth.” “I’m glad it isn’t anything that will interfere with your business,” resjionded the doctor in a tone of sympathy. An old judge of the New York Supreme Court, meeting a friend in a neighboring village, exclaimed : “Why, what are yen doing here ?” “I’m at work, 'tiftng to make an honest living,” was (be reply. “Then you’ll succeed,” said (gw judge, “for VOll’ll hftYA no ftOinnpfiMnn ” “for you’ll have no competition. “Thrashing by steam,” murmured a fond mother, as she glanced at an article in an agricultural paper. • “What get-ups thoy have nowadays. If I’d had one of those steam thrashers for my four boys my arms wouldn’t have been so achy and Smith Greeley, as he is called—the other! rheumaticky as they are to-day,” and she truth, his love of justice and his and retired from the wreck she had -.Nicbolasa, a baby girl of three months, 1 dreamily thought of the past as’ it might scorn of wrong, are quite as unmistaka- made. • sweet as a cherub. have been. 8 F b THE DARK HORSE. Stow Sown was Deceived—A Bojns ^Census Taker.] Probably the meanest piece of cold blooded deception ever practiced on woman occurred out in Western Addition the other day. It seems that the belle of that important suburb of onr municipality is a Miss Susan Smiffey, and whom a vig orous rumor, kept in circulation by her less favored sisterhood, credited with being a desperate little |flirt—in fact wbat Billy Rice, the minstrel used to call a “falsehearted crokay.” At all events her affections were of sufficiently indefinite a quality to cause her two most favored visitors to look upon each other with the most vindictive feelings common to hated rivals. These gentlemen—who were re spectively a city hall clerk, with eye glasses aud freckles, named PlifT, and a red-headed/drygoods manipulator called Diggs—occupied the intervals devoted to gloomily sitting each other out three evenings a week to fruitless attempts to discover which of the two was really the coming man in the matrimonial race, so to speak. “Last Thursday morning Miss Smiffey, in response to a business-like ring, admit ted a middle-aged party with a black beard, and wearing blue goggles and a long-tailed ulster. “I am taking the census, mum,” he said, opening the flat book on the piano, and getting out some blanks; “just look sharp, please, and answer the necessary ques tions.” “Miss Smiffey trembles a little, as wo man always do for some reason when talking to a government officer, and said she’d try. “Lem’me see—your name’s Smiffey, I believe—first name?” “Susan.” “Middle name?” “Haven’t got any, sir.” “Come now, young woman, no prevari cation. Are you sure you haven’t got a middle name somewhere, and are trying to conceal it?” “No, sir; indeed I haven’t,” said the young lady, turning veiy pale. I wouldn’t deceive you.” “You’d better not, mum. The pen- j alty is twenty-five years at hard labor - or both.” “Gracious me!” “Fact, mum. Now then, let’s see what’s the next. Ah! Yes—how often married? “Not once yet.” “Ahum. Going to be, Is’pose? Been asked, eh?” “Oh! yes, sir; several times!” “Call it sis times,” said the census man, making an entry. “What’s next? Ah yes—is your back hair false ?” “M—m—must I answer that ?” “Of course you must, Don’t trifle with the United States government, mum, Come now—” “Well, it’s sorter; that is, kinder—” “That’ll do; we’ll call it mixed. Teeth sound ?” “Yes, sir!” with much emphasis. “Don’t get excited. Let’s see—I’ll put your age down as twenty-five. The 'United States never allows us to take a woman’s age on oath. They will lie; can’t help it I guess.” “I’m just eighteen. I don’t care whether the government likes it or not,” said the citizeness snappishly. “Of course, of course; they all say that. Pay attention, please. Wbat size corset ?” “Eh ?” “Must answer, mum. Remember the penalty. How many inches around the waist?” “Well, if you must know, sixteen. But think it’s just shame—” “No remarks, if you please. Ahem! We’ll call it nineteen. They generally throw off about three inches, I find. Size of shoe?” “Two—but I can wear one and a—” “I’ll return you as a No. 4. That’s about what a ‘threer’ always says. Any beaux?” “W-w-wh-at?” “I say any beaux?—and be very careful about your answer, mum. The Washing ton authorities are very particular on this point. Has everything to do with the next census, you see. Now, how many sweethearts?” Well—of coarse—there are some gen tlemen coming here—and—” “Of course there are; I’ve got you down in the ‘Good Looks’ space as ‘A.AJJ., handsome.’ So, of course, you have plen ty of admirers. All the government re quires, however, is the principal ones.” “Well,” said the young lady, somewhat mollified, “there’s Jimmy Pliff, and Tom Diggs, and—” ‘Hold up, right there! Which of’em do you intend to marry?” said the enu merator of population earnestly. “Oh, neither of them.' There’s—ahem!— there’s a splendid gentleman named Scudberry—Charlie Scudberry—perhaps you know him ? He has big brown whis kers and beautiful curly hair, aud—” “And do these—these other gentlemen— Pliff and Diggs—know of the existence— of this—this follow, Scudberry ?” “Ob, no! I’m too smart fogthat.. I just tag them along to buy ice-cream and cara- mels, and take me to the theatre. -It’s the biggest fun! Charlie knows all about it, you see, and he calls himself the—the —oil, yes, the dark horse!” “Oh, he does, does he!” roared the cen sus man, jerking off the wig and goggles and revealing the enraged features ofMr. Thomas Diggs. “I wish him joy of his bargain, andl’ll give bim just six-months to get a divorce from the most two-faced little cat on the Pacific Coast!” And he banged the door like a pile-driver behind time 03 he stalked out.—San Francisco Post. ' Alabama Election—A Sweep. Mobile, Ala., August 4.—A special from Montgomery to the Beglster, says Madison county gives 800 majority for the Democratic county and State tickets, St. Clair 1,600 majority, Etowah 2,000, Au tauga 550, Lowndes 1,200. Lee county gives 500 majority for the Democratic State ticket, but is mixed on county aud legislative tickets between Democrats and Independents; Shelby gives 1,000 majority for the State and county Democratic tick ets; Limestone county largely Democratic on all the tickets; Elmore county gives 350 Democratic majority; Marengo gives Democratic ticket 2,800 majority; Jeffer son gives the Democratic ticket 500 ma jority, but is doubtful in tbe legislative and county tickets—Morrow, Indepen dent, beats Phiian, Democratic, for judge in this county; Bullock county gives the Democratic ticket 600 majority, Perry county 1,400, Macon county 1,800, Blount county 1,590, Chilton county 1,800; Con ecuh county Democratic State ticket 1,000 majority, and county ticket 300 ma jority; Butler county elects Powell, Dem ocrat, by 767 majority, and gives the rest of the Democratic ticket an over whelming majority. “Something Wonderful In It” “Lungs feel easier and better by fifty ir cent. I am better than I have' been r six months. My cough is nothing to wliat it used to be: scarcely notice it. Go to bed at night, and scarcely cough once before I am asleep, and scarcely wake un til broad daylight. Surely there is some thing wonderful in Compound Oxygen!” So writes one of our pa' >nts. Our Treat ise on Compound Oxygen, containing a record of many remarkable cures, sent free. Drs. Starkey & Paijen, 1100 and 1111 Girard street, Philadelphia. a4.1w A Letter from the «Swltxerlma4 ot America.” Asheville, N. O., August 3,1880. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: On our route hitlier, we invested in a copy of Harpers' 1 Monthly for August. Bunnlrsg over its pages, an account of a tourist passing through this region attracted our attention. Expecting to find a fair, un biased description of this Switzerland of America delineated—but to our surprise, even the mountains were caricaturea, the ravines deformed, being unfavorably com pared with the came range in Pennsylva nia. It is well known that the beauty and grandeur of the whole Blue Ridge culmi nates in the Black Mountains—a little north, but in full view of this place. The peaks are densely covered with a dark blu ish green spntce or fir, and at a few miles distanco have a sombre, mournful appear ance, Harpers? writer, not content with belittling, nature in one of her loveliest views, happens to come across a convict camp, where the force were grading the Westem railroad through the mountain; he makes no complaint that they arc not well fed and clothed, aud in healthy and pleas ant employment, but dips his pen in. Harpers' gall and exclaims, “There were no criminals among them.” Probably Chastine Cox was an earthly saint in his eyes. Not content from a mere glimpse of this camp with pronouncing conclusions knowingly and maliciously false, he leaps at a bound into the Empire State of the South, and says “that recently a negro in Georgia was sentencedto the peniten tiary for the term of of twenty years for stealing a mackerel.” Now can words be framed strong enough to express in suita ble language the wanton lying, inexcusa ble defamation, studied infamy and un patriotic, sectional hatred continually ex-, pressed in this publication. In pleasant contrast, and emphatically, although indirectly, exposing Harpers' falsehoods, is a small pamphlet by the Appletons, called “The Land of the Sky.’ 1 The writer, passing over the same ground, sees nothing but to admire; commences with nature in her wildest and merriest moods, dwells upon the scenery in its mountains, gorges, ravines, cascades, green hills and fascinating forest, with an enthusiasm commensurate with tho sur roundings, and tbe unprejudiced heart of the writer. (Pardon this digression.) Let us come to Asheville. Htttory makes the record that Rome was built upon seven hills. This town can quadruple the number and their size; and if there is a favorable omen in this fundamental prin ciple of founding a city, Ashville prom ises great magnificence and renown in the future. It is the knobbiest village we ever saw; the ground swell is continuous, one billow rolling into another until lost in the French Broad river. One mile and a half distant this stream serpent ines among the hills and mountains, over a rocky ana pebb.’y bed, until lost to view among the western peals, wending its way onward until merged with thellolstonto form the Tennessee. Two miles east is the lovely Swanna- noa, (the beautiful) circling among moun tains and hills, now in a raging torrent and anon placid and silvery, gliding in a low murmer into rocky rapids, sparkling and boisterously leaping over precipices, emerging again from its mystic confine ment, to assume for a short distance a stately, dignified mien, preparatory to an other plunge. Ashville contains 2,60) inhabitants, its elevation 2,350 feet, water and air as pure as ever came from nature’s laboratory,and' we predict, ere long, it will be one of Ay. famous resorts for summer recreatiojn of The place is now full, evqmld its • boarding, and private residenetter from from cellar to attic. ,nstant, des- Boston, Philadelphia, Vir ginia, South Carolina, Alabama, Missis sippi, Louisiana and' Texas are all repre sented. Georgia has a large delegation— Savannah, Macon Augusta and Atlanta are here in force. The hotels are not up to the requirements, are unfavorably lo cated in tbe principal business street^ There is now a scheme brewing whereby to erect a mammoth hotel on a beautiful knoll, called Battery Porter. It will have pleasant surroundings with large roomy grounds, isolated from the noise and con- iision ot the mercantile portion of the town. Should this idea be consummated, Ashville will bound at once into position as among the most attractive of summer resorts. We have an abundance of all kinds of fruit; peaches are plenty and of fine qual ity; delicious grapes in great profusion; apples go begging; watermelons are off color, compared with more southern pro duction. Taking all in all, a person can go further and fare much worse than in his mountain retreat. C. A. N. The Past and Prospective Supply of Cotton. New York, July 29, 1880, To the Editor of the Commercial Bul letin: I fully endorse your criticism in thi3 morning’s paper of Prof. Riley’s re port to the Mobile Cotton Exchange, aa it is evident from the most reliable infor mation that the damage so far is not im portant; but I would like to call the at tention of your readers to CejiUo facts that cannot be disputed in regard to the production and consumption of cotton for the last ten years. I will give, for the sake of comparison at a glaree, the crop in actual bales since 1870 and the visible Tear. Crop. Hal a Visible supply cloee of jteor. Bau$. 1S70-71 . . 4,352,317 1,715,891 1S71-72 . . 2,974,351 2,155,555 1S72-73 . . 3,930,608 . 4,170,388 . 3,832,991 - 2,052,098 1873-74 . 2,105,007 1874-75 . 1,915,469 1S75-76 . .4,632,313 1,844,705 187C-77 . . 4,473,159 1,709,667 1S77-78 . . 4,773,865 1,136,652 1878-79 . . 5,074,155 1,024,781 1S79-S0 5,000 . . . •Estimated; fajnl above figures. Apparently the consump tion has been a great deal more than the production, if we consider the paralyzed state of trade during these years. I would like to know what has become of the enormous supplies in 1872 of 2,166,- 555 bales, and of the large crops since made, and if we did not consume mom cotton last year than was produced, aa tbe supply at tbe end of tbe cotton year was less than before? At this /ate, how long before ten million bales yill not sup ply tbe demand? The stock of cotton in the world to-day is not mueh over 367,350 bales more than last year, and it is 411,406 bales less than in 1877- Tbe stock in America is fast, being reduced, and but for the custom of selling others’ property before it is made, this surplus would not now be visible, aa spinners have kept out of the- market— only buying fr»m hand-to-mouth—in view of the low offers of the fall months and many most unreasonable estimates of the probable production. Cotton is now iieai ly 4{ cents below the average for ten years, and nearly 4 cents lower than August contracts sold in February of this year, yet great efforts are teing made to further depress the fall months. When- the truth is at last known in regard to tho. crop, the large short interest now being created will be squeesed until the mice* of last fall will not look so high. Bvon should the phenomenal weather ef laat fall recur, the Srtith has not labor ratt- cient to gather 500,000 bales more than last year. J- C. K.