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■ v Rjckln stu&t & i T«rai of tit e Teleg-rnph and Mescu ter. Postage free to all Editions. Daily Tttegraphand Messenger, *10.00 per yr * .. .. •• S.00 G in os „ ii •• •• 3.80 S mas. Daily Telegraph and Messenger and Southern Farmer's Monthly UMOperyr. JTetllff Telegraph and Messenger 2.00 “ .. •• -• •• •* 1.00 Omo*. Week'y Telegraph ana Messenger and Southern Farmer’s ilonthly 3.30 per yr Remit by P. 0* Order or Registered Letter, to H ^ j»AVIS,Manager. buy from nor sell to tbe English in the Pertinent and Worthy of Considera-1 Ktaedt c ;£^5 lo , clotk . Transvaal or South African Republic, bitL to do their utmost to divert the trade of tbe country into other channels, and for this purpose the Africanders are starting j jj a (g a candidate for the legislature. After a company, with a capital of S250.000 to! many ineffectual ballotings, under the I convention on the 11th of July to noml- • Mittn A AnnJ!<lotn frtp tlio lpm?! tlf urp. After <$flfgraplf & Stocitger: commence with, intending to import all goods for consumption from the cheapest and best markets, England expected; and as America has most of the goods in de mand here, American exporters of soft and hard goods are kindly requested to forward their catalogues and price lists to M. XV. Pretorius, chairman of the Nation al Boer Trading Company, (limited) Potchefstroora, Transvaal, South Africa.” FRIDAY, AUGUST 0,18S0. —The Salvation Army has decided to beat a retreat for old England, where its warfare is more successful. —Gen. Hancock has declined the invita tion of the Long Branch hotel-keepers, who offered him free board and lodgings. The anniversary of the battle of Se dan, September 2, will not this year be celebrated in an official way by the Ger man government. This is a concession to French sensibility. —A writer in Le Voltaire says that the late Empress of Russia was so economical in her own private expenses that she used to have her shoes re-soled two or three times before she would replace them. —According to tbe recent census, Savan nah has a population, including suburban towns, of 32,016; Valdosta has a popula tion of 1,601; Brunswick has a population of 2,892; Darien has a population of 1,644. —The British postmaster-general lately, in the House of Commons, said that during the past year there had been an increase in the amount of deposits in savings banks in six out of the eight distressed Irish counties, and a diminution in two. Balloon Trip.—The astronomer Flam- marien, accompanied by his wife snd four servants, started from Paris last Wednes day night, in a balloon, on a lohg aerial trip, which is to last two nights and a day. They proceeded in the direction of Ger many. —The death of Tom Taylor vacates the editorship ol Punch, which is one of the greatest prizes of journalism. Fifteen hundred pounds a year is very good pay for editing a small weekly paper which de pends mpre upon its artistic than its liter ary merits. • —Mrs. Wodehouse, nee King, of Geor gia, who was recently married to the Mar quis of Anglesey, received as a bridal gift from her husband a necklace of diamonds containing thirty-tire stones. It was orig inally owned by the ex-Queen Isabella, of Spain, and is valued at about $20,000. —Ex-Gov. Sprague bought Canonebet, his country seat at Narragansett Pier, for $17,000, and improvements have cost $640,- 000. It would not sell to-day for one- tenth its cos*. The husband lives there alone, and his wife looks over the place from her rooms at the Tower Hill House. —Tho Mowbray Nitre-Glycerine Works at North Adams, Mass., have been blown up three times. Of the ten successive su perintendents, eight have been killed by explosions, one is blind, and the other is now in charge. The utmost care is main tained in tbe establishment, but danger is unavoidable. —Prince Bismarck has caused it to be announced that he will only attend to urg ent public business during the next few months, aud that nobody need write to him, as ther letteis certainly will not be answered. The Prince intends to stop at Kissingen for several weeks, after which he will go to Varzin. —Gambling at the London clubs runs as high now as it did in the days of the . Regent, when estates were risked on the turn of the dice at Brooks’. At the new club, where ready money only can be staked under the club regulations, an offi cer lost $65,000 one night in May, another $20,000, and a “well-known Viscount’ won $40,000 at a sitting. The Fort Yates Fravd.—The latest addition to the catalogue of Indian agen cy frauds docs not lack boldness, though it failed to be rewarded with success. The scene of the roguery was Fort Yates; the de'vice consisted of drilling holes into the iron weights used for weighing cattle to be bought by the government, and then fill ing these holes with eoik. —Returns from forty-seven counties of Georgia show a population of 383,168 as against 2S3,14S in 1S70; an increase of over 30 per cent. If the remaining counties do as well Georgia will show over ten per cent, greater increase than the great State of Pennsylvania, and thus put to rest the statement made some time since, that im migration was bnildlng up all tho North ern States, but that the South showed little or no Increase. —There are two plantation proprietors in Louisiana whose landed possessions ri val those of the proudest estates of the English nobility, and many German princes have fewer subjects than they have employes on their pay rolls. Col. Ed ward Richardson owns 5,000 acres of cot ton plantations, widely scattered, but all managed under his supervision. The <£lfer proprietor is John Burnside, who has eight extensive sughr plantations ami 3,287 acres of cane iu the ground. His last crop produced 6,064,000 pounds of sfigar and 7,290 barrels of molasses, from which $566,000 must have been realized. —Some Parisian ladies have taken to frog shooting. The arm they use is a highly ornate steel Cross-bow, from which a dart may be diseharged with sufficient force to transfix the nictet corpulent and tough-liidcd frogs at a range of twenty feet. By means of a silken cord this mis sile Is attached to the breech of the cross bow, a contrivance enabling the success ful raarhswoman to disuse with the ser vices of a retriever for the collection ot her game. Having sfiot * frog, she can haul her wriggling victim to her very feet, whore tbe duty of “bagging” It devolves upon her keeper. From five to six brace constitute a good average bag; and ftrrnish' a succulent dish of those slender hind legs, delicately fried iu batter, that find such (aror with Faris gourmets. —The opposition of the Boers in the Transvaal to the British has found ex pression iu this singular circular: “We have tried every coastitul local means for recovering the country and independence of which we were robbed by tho English, and as wo are not strong enough in num bers to fight the British nation, wp have determined to take another method of bringing them tq tlieir senses. The peo ple of the country (the Africanders) have [ • Iged tUemseJve# as a ^hole, neither to Hancock’s Letter to Gen. Sherman. For some weeks past the Republican brotherhood have been hinting darkly about a treasonable letter from Hancock, now in the hands of Gen. Sherman, and demanding its production. Suddenly it is produced, and appeared in the New York World of Sunday morning, and was telegraphed to us in advance and appear ed in our edition of the same date. Nothing could harmonize more perfect ly with every official letter and paper which has appeared from the old veteran. Writing in all the unreserve of private, friendly, unofficial correspondence, we find Gen. Hancock the same strenuous advocate of military subordination to law and the constitution. It was and is with him riot a light impression, excited by the exigencies of tbe hour; but a deep and abiding conviction, inwrought by long study of tbe theory of our institutions aud 1 forced into private as well as public ut terance by a clear and profound convic tion of the national peril. How different is this great soldier and statesman from the flippant and careless, as well the selfish and unpatriotic offi cials, who were guiding tbe ship of state by bayonets though shoals and rapids “out side of the constitution,” ignorant of, or indifferent to tlie great peril to present and future generations! No doubt our intelligent readers pored over that letter with tbe greatest care, expecting that in the careless frankness of private correspondence, Gen. Hancock might have dropped some expression which could be tortured into something Inconsistent with his grand record. But no, not a word! Every line is expres sive of the same wholesome, sound and patriotic views. Every line condemns the reckless and wicked assaults upon the principles and usages of free, popular, constitutional and republicangovemment. As a guaranty, from unfriendly liauds, of the perfect sincerity of the views ex pressed in his letter of acceptance, it is invaluable. No man can doubt that bis convictions arc earnest, strong, conscien tious, and that he will cany them out to the last word in his future administra tion of our government. Light Draught and Speed. The celebrated steam catamaran, which was confidently expected to make railway speed on the Hudson river, upon an actual trial last.week made seven miles an hour, and afterwards, upon alteration and second trial, she made ten miles an hour. The difficulty was that the light dip of her screw gave her a correspondingly light propelling power. She had little hold upon the water, and when this was sought to be remedied by increasing the rapidity of the revolutions of tbe screw, it merely produced a vaccuum in tlie water and less speed. Probably tbe same difficulty will be ex perienced with the Czar of Russia’s new steam yacht, now being finished on Urn banks of tbe Clyde. That is of great width compared with its length, and is built on tbe hypothesis that her light draught will leave little resistance toover- come, and her great power will give her rapid speed. But if tbe vessel, by reason of her shallow draught, meets with little resistance to progress through the water, so her paddles or screws for tbe same rea son will have little propulsive power, while her breadth of hull will oflset the advantage derived from the diminished resistance of light draught. So the Czar's yacht, which is built to outrun all that floats, may probably prove but a slow' boat. two-tliirds rule, no choice could be made, and tbe meeting was adjourned until the 17th of August. The difficulty turned upon tbe candidacy of Hon. Joseph E. Brown for re-election to tbe United States Senate, before the next general assembly. In other words tbe issue made was “Brown and anti-Brown.” A dead-lock was the result. Commenting upon this, the Early County A’eics,tlian which no stauncher and more reliable Democratic sheet can bo found in the State, has this to say: We anticipated just such a termination of the labors of tbe convention as resulted last week, and to avoid it, we recommend ed privately to some of the delegates, that instead of tiying to center on any one man, they put before the public a state ment setting forth tlie fact that tlie Dem ocracy of the county were divided in sen timent on a matter which will certainly come before tbe next legislature; and that all might have an opportunity to ex press tlieir opinions and preferences on that matter at tho ballot box, they should place before tbe party two good men rep resenting each side of the matter at issue —tlie election or non-election of Joseph E. Brown to the United States Senate. We still think the above would be a ju dicious course for the convention to pur sue. It is contended by some that it would have a tendency to disrupt the party, but we can’t see bow. There is no test of party fealty in it. It is simply a question on which good Democrats differ, aud that difference can, in no reasonable way, be construed either for or against the genuineness of tlieir Democracy or fealty to tbe party. We think this the most peaceable, quiet way in which the matter could be disposed of. There would be no reasonable chance for a per sonal quarrel in the contest; the cam paign could be conducted with perfect good feeling between tbe candidates. The anti-Brown candidate could abuse Joe to bis heart’s content, and tbe Brown man could defend him with equal zeal, and there still be no reasonable cause for personal feeling towards each other—pro- viced, of course, they were friendly in the outset. Tbe above is good advice, albeit we see no necessity for tbe Brown and anti-Brown men abusing each other. What is sought to be accomplished is tbe will of the peo ple on the senatorial succession. It Gov, Brown's friends are in tbe majority be should be re-elected. If not, some other man will be chosen. It is .only a differ ence of opinion between brother Demo crats, which, as suggested in a recent editorial in this paper, can easily be settled by running one ticket only for tbe legisla ture and merely indorsing upon tbe back of each ballot “Brown,” or “anti-Brown.” If the ex-Govemor gets a majority of the votes in any given county, then let the member to tbe legislature elect, whatever may be his persona! proclivities, consider himself instructed to vote for our present able Senator and rice versa. By adopt ing this plan there need be no antagonisms in tlie coming elections, as there is no other issue that can call for a division. We trust this subject will be carefully weighed and acted upon in the nomina tion of candidates for the next legisla ture. A Noble Endorsement at Home. Under the call of the Democratic exe cutive committee, the citizens of Troup county assembled in mass meeting at La Grange, Ga.. on the first Tuesday in July, when Hon. F. M. Longley offered the fol lowing : Tbe citizens of of Troup county, in mass meeting assembled, under call of tbe Democratic executive committee, hereby present to the Democratic conven tion of Georgia, Hon. D. N. Speer, of the county of Troup, as a candidate for Sla< e treasurer. Mag. Speer was born in this county and bis life has been spent among us. His character is without spot or blemish, bis superior judgment, bis integ rity, his financial ability, his energy and business qualifications, are all of the very highest order; ami we,his fellow-cit izens, who have known him from child hood, do thus publicly commend him to tbe people of Georgia as a gentleman pe culiarly fitted for the office. Should Mgjor Speer be nominated and elected, be will have no trouble in mak ing a bond of undoubted solvency. He is “pledged to the doctrine that the public purse should be used for public purposes only.” The above was enthusiastically carried by a rising vote. We can confidently endorse tbe above flattering mention of Major Speer by his home folks. Modest, capable, honest and industri ous, if elected he will make a model State officer. The State of Georgia. _ What it offers to Immigrants, Capitalists Producers, Manufacturers, Fruit am. Vegetable Growers, and those Desiring to Better their Condition. By Francis Fontaine, Commissioner of Laud and Immigration, with Illustrations. Tbis is a pamphlet of 162 pages, with a map and some pictorial illustrations, lately issued by the commissioner, giving a con cise report of tbe natural wealth and re sources of tbe State and its achievements in agriculture, trade and manufactures. We arc desired to say that he also will issue a land pamphlet or circular as soon as possible. Persons wishing to offer land for sale should not offer large tracts unless at a price below five dollars per acre. Mr. Fontaine’s address is at Atlanta, Ga., or 00 East Tenth street, New York. Dr. Tanner’s forty days’ fast will conclude on Friday next at 12 m. His physicians say be will go through, but his frequent attacks of vomiting and pains of the stomach seem to reader that point very doubtful. tion. [ He says that he fe'und Jonesboro quiet The Democracy of Early county held a when he arrived there, but that the people ! generally deemed the presence of the mil itary advisable. He is sure that there will be no further trouble growing out of tbis unfortunate affair, and wliat has occurred is, he thinks, merely the result of the shock at tho arrest of so many young men on so grave a charge. Gov. Cclquitt says that the unanimous sentiment of the people of Jonesboro, so far as be could learn it, denounces the outrage and de mands the fullest investigation of all its circumstances. As many as ten men have been arrested charged with the outrage upon the Thompson family, and others, still at large, are said to bo implicated. Tho officers of justice are in pursuit of them, however, and it is hoped that none will escape. Now, let law hare full swing, say we, even if It costs the guilty parties their lives. One general outburst of in dignation has followed the perpetration of tbis shocking deed throughout the State. The Mails.—The Northern news paper mail seems to be out of joint. It failed on Saturday mornlgg| July 24tb; on Saturday morning July jprV and on Monday morning August 2d. Wbat is the matter? The Clayton County Assassins. A Call for Troops to Protect Them, and Guard the Town ok Jonesboro—Gov. Colquitt Accom panies the Militarv—Confession and Retraction of a Prisoner. Tbe sheriff and county judge of Clay ton county baring telegraphed to Gov. Colquitt for a military company to protect tbe jail and town of Jonesboro from threat ened mob violence, the governor, after awaiting further and fuller intelligence by wire, in view of tho critical condition of affairs, issued the following order: Executive Department, State of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga., July 30, 18S0.—Ordered, That Captain Joseph F. Burke, commanding the Gate City Guard, proceed with bis company to Jonesboro,. Georgia, by tbe 12 o’clock train, and give such aid as is necessary in preserving the peace, and protecting tbe officers of the law in arresting and bolding parties un der arrest whose violent release is threat ened. Captain Burke will also aid in protects ing the town of Jonesboro from fire and violence. He will report to tbe sheriff, and use every discretion and good judg ment in controlling bis command, only resorting to force iu the last extremity. He will, by a firm, kind course, aid in quelling threatened disorder. By order of Alfred H. Colquitt, Governor and Commander iu Chief. I. W. Avery, Secretary and Acting Ad jutant. His excellency also accompanied Cap tain Burke and hi3 command to Jonesboro, where every necessary precaution was ta ken in the premises, and the town and jail closely.watched and guarded. Hap pily no outbreak took place. The Consti tution says: Friday the authorities of Clayton coun ty continued their activity in trying to get at tbe bottom of tbis shameful affair. Oth er warrants were issued and Sheriff Archer did all in bis power to execute them. He was heartily aided by the citizens gener ally, but in one of his efforts be met with resistance, which is one of the bad features of Ihi3 case. He was going with two or tiiree citizens in search of Baukson, Mc Connell and Henry Spratlin, wno were accused of complicity in tbe murder. When near the place where the persons were, the sheriff and his assistants were met by the father anil brother of McConnell, who hindered tlieir progress and threatened them if they dared to pio- c red. Tbe sheriff acted with cool resolu tion and satisfied tho McConnells that he would execute the processes of tbe law at any cost. He finally arrested them for obstructing him in the discharge of his duty, but while tb's was being done, tl c parties for whom he had come escaped and have not yet been captured. The McConnells were :brought to Jonesboro and requii'd to give bonu for tbo offense with which they stand charged. There has l .-en no other resistance to the offi cers, and It is believed there will be none. The coronor's jury lias made up a ver dict on the c; se, but it has not yet been divulged for the reason that it reveals some facts which it is judicious now to keep quiet. It is said that Bam Cook, one of tbe prisoners nowin jail, turned State’s evidence before the Conner’s jury. He said' tlat the parly had been to a dance, and when ready to go home some one suggested that they go by old man Thompson’s house and give bins a good thrashing. Cook denied that there was any intention to kill any one but says that .he negroes fired on the party when it ap proached, and they returned the fire which killed Willie Johnson and wounded Bob Thompson. In this statement Cook gave the names of ail the parties now in cus tody and several others for whom there are now warrants. Subsequently, in the presence of several parties, Cook retracted the whole of this confession and swore that he was frightened Irio it. He then made an affidavit that he knew nothing about tbe matter, and that every word he had uttered before w as false. Bob Thompson, tlie sen of the old man, who was shot in the side, is very low, and In the opinion of his physician, cannot live. Tbe old man and his wife are re covering from tlie fearftti beating they re ceived. At the request of their friends they have been moved into Jonesboro, where they are kindly cared for by thecitr- laens. A Beautiful and Touching Trib ute to the Late Mbs. Mary Ann Bates.—This lady, tbe beloved consort of our respected fellow-citizen, S. Bates, Esq., who is so widely known as a skilled and veteran educator in Georgia, it will be remembered, departed tbis life a few weeks ago in tbis city. Mrs. Bates, for many long years, had been unable to walk from tbe effects of rheumatism, and was, at times, a great sufferer. Her cheerful ness, iesignation and Christian fortitude, however, under this trying affliction, were the wonder and admiration of tho com munity. The following most truthful notice of the deceased we extract from the South ern Presbyterian: How softly sweet there falls upon the tired ear of pain, the assurance from the divine lips of the Comforter, “Ha givetli His beloved sleep 1” Blessed sleep! ‘Asleep in Jesm 1” Such was tbe solace to a weeping household-band, who had gathered at the dying-bed in Macon, Ga., Monday a. m., July 12tli, 1880, as tbe Deloved wife and mother, Mrs. Mary Ann Bates, passed quietly away. Wearisome days and sleepless nights bad been lier inseparable companio: since 1865. Rheumatism held lier as a victim on tbe rack, with few alleviations but change from the couch of pain to tlie “invalid’s cLair,” in which she passed the last fifteen years of her life. To the dull eye of sense, such a long pathway to the grave seems an arid desert destitute of all joy, end where the cypress and tbe yew casting their dark shadows only permit a few wild flowers as by chance to grow. But to Mrs. Bates it was far otherwise—illumined by faith in “Him whom her soul loved,” her pathway was no dreary waste, for “the river of the water of life,” cool and fresh, sparkling in its fullness, made a perpetual verdure around, and the choice fruits of the Spirit regaled and refreshed her. The reflected joy of close companionship with her Sav iour, on whose arm she lov ingly leaned, made all bright and beautiful. So con spicuous was the beauty of holiness, the result of sanctified affliction in her, we could not question tbe love of her Heaven ly Father, even though he removed her from the society she was fitted to adorn—gifted by nature, cultured by education, refined by grace in the heart, as she was when iu tbe dew ot youth (1832) she listened to the voice, “Go tcork in my vineyard.” She 'joined the Presbyterian church and for nearly fifty years gave it lier warm affec tions, “doing all she could.” When, in 1S65, she received from the same hand the painful mission, “Suffer all my right eous will,” she as lovingly obeyed. Her work was well done—her sufferings ended. Let us not mourn at our loss, but be comforted that she is now repos ing “in tbe green pastures and beside tbe still waters,” in perfect, peace, con tent and satisfaction, “where tficre is ful ness of joy forever wore.” “After the cross—the crown; After the conflict—rest.” One Who Loved Her. The Credit Mobilier. The Union Pacific and the Credit Mo- bilier corporations, says the Sun, were controlled by the same men. The fran chise of the latter was purchased in 1864, with a view of operating in the construction of the road, and to evade the clause in the charter which forbade directors from liav ing any profit or interest arising from con tracts. The Credit Mobilier managers got hold of the two first contracts, and in ono of them juggled the road out of $1,004,000, on fifty-eight miles already completed. The Oakes Ames contract for 667 miles, at a cost of $47,925,000, was entered into ipu August 16,1867. It was signed on be half of the railroad by Oliver Ames, as president pro tempore, the brother aud partner of Oakes Ames, the contractor, and was approved by Oliver Ames, C. S. Bushnell, S. Harbaugband T. C. Durant, as executive committee of the road, all; excepting Harbaugh interested iu the Credit Mobilier. Pursuant to a previous understanding, this contract was assigned on October 15, 1S07, to seven trustees, viz.,T. C. Durant, Oliver Ames, John B. Alley, S. DilloD, C. 8. Bushnell, U. S. McCornb and B. E. Bates, for the use aud benefit of tlie stock holders of tbo Credit Mobilier. In order to secure any of tbe proceeds of tbis con tract, the stockholders of the Credit Mo bilier who owned shares in tlie Union Pa cific company were compelled to give an irrevocable proxy to these seven trustees to vote in all cases six-tenths of their stock. The shareholders in tlie two cor porations thus became substantially iden tical, though operating In different Lames. Tbe trustees, by their proxies, represented a majority of the stock; and by this con trivance the entire control of tbe railroad passed out of tbe bauds of tbe stockhold ers into those of the seven trustees, who exercised it for two years. What was tho object of this combina tion and chicanery ? The Wilson report answers that question in tho following figures: The Ames contract cost the railroad . , . .$57,l'40,102 94 The Ames contract cost tho contractors ~ . . . 27,285,14199 Last Week’s Cotton Figures. Crop Situation. The New York Financial and Com mercial Chronicle, of Saturday, reports the cotton receipts of tho seven days ending with July 30th, at 10,589 bales, against 2,503 for the corresponding week of last year. Total since September 1st ,890,002 against 4,436,156 for the same period of tbe cotton year 1878-79—show ing an increase of 454,740 bales. The Chronicle’s interior port table shows tbo receipts of tbe same week to have been 3,471 bales, against 712 tbe same week of last year. The shipments, 10,502 against 1,890 last year and the stocks 49,631 against 13,906 last year. The Chronicle’s visible supply table shows 1,5S4,36S bales of cotton insight last Friday night, against 1,281,724 in sight at that date last year, l,354,0S3at the same date in 1878, and 2,028,892 in 1877, at same date. These figures show an increase of 302,644 hales on the visible supply of last year—an increase of 230,2S5 on the visible supply of 1S78, and a decrease of 444,524 bales on the visible supply of 1S77, at tbe same date. Cotton, in tbe Liverpool market last Friday was quoted at 6 13-16 for middling upland. It was G| at tbe same date last year, and 6f at same date in 1878. In 1S77, at tbe same data, the quotation was 6J. The Chronicle appends the following to its weekly table of receipts from plant ations : The above statement shows— 1. That the total receipts from the plantations since September 1 in 1879-80 were 4,933,232 bales; in 1S7S-9 were 4,- 440,S24 bales; in 1877-8 were 4,254,613 bales. 2. That, although the receipts at the out ports the past week were 10,859 bales, the actual movement from plantations was only 3,828 bales, the balance being drawn from stocks at the interior ports. Last year the receipts from the planta tions for the same week were, 2,059 bales, and'for 1878 they were 2,149 bales. Tbe Chronicle’s summary of its Fri day’s telegrams from tbe growing crop, reports too much rain and cool weather for tbe best development of the crop; yet it is in very good and promising condition. The ^caterpillar reports at a few points are more pronounced, but no considerable harm lias been, or is likely to be, done, if tbe weather turns hot and dry. In Texas, Galveston had 1.22 of rain in the week. Seven bales had come in. Picking had been retarded by wet. The coast regions were active poisoning cater pillars. Indianola had 1.46 of rain. Mer cury averaged 79. Much apprehension of the worm, but crop looking well. Corsi cana had 2.75 of rain during the week. Average mercury 77. Crop doing as well as possible. Dallas, 1.85 of rain. Average mercury 77. There will be more cotton than can be picked. Brenham, five inch es of rainfall. Wet weather every day. Much apprehension of caterpillar. Dry weather wanted. Average mercury 80. In Louisiana, at New Orleans, rain on five days. Total fall, 3.19. Average mer cury, 19. At Shreveport, 6.1C of rain had fallen in the week, doing a great deal of damage to cotton. Roads m bad condi tion. Mercury 06 to 85—average 75. In Mississippi, at Vicksburg, rain on three days. At Columbus, 1.52 of rain and too much of it. Severe hail at Crawford. Range of mercury from 77 to 87. Noth ing from Arkansas. In Tennessee, at Memphis, no rainfall and crop fine. No complaint except excessive growth on the river bottoms. At Nashville, warm days and cool nights—no rainfall. Mercury from 59 to 89—average, 15. As to Alabama, there were light rains oil five days at Mobile. Crop accounts less favorable. No damage, as yet, from caterpillars, but much feared. Too mnch rain, but crop developing well. Mercury from JO to 92—average 7S. Montgomery, warm, sultry aud wet. Rain on six days of the week, and fall 1.69. Caterpillar increasing rapidly, but no serious damage yet. Poisons are freely used. Rainfall for tbe month of July, S.17. Selma, rain on five days. Much damage from cater pillar feared and poisoning general. In Georgia, at Columbus, rain on three days, aud 1.54 of fall. Average mercury 80. In Macon, light showers on two days. Mercury from 60 to 100—average 79. In Augusta, two heavy general rains, and a fall of 2.20. Average mercury 79. Crop accounts flattering. Savannah, rain every day. Fall 4.30. Mercury 70 to 91 —average 78. Profit ot contractors . . $29,851,96095 The dividends.from the proceeds of the Ames contract were $20,471,668. Be tween tho actual profits and the dividends there was a large margin to bo accounted for, which the honorable trustees never deigned to explain. It is seen from these few facts that Mr. Alley is eminently qualified to testify to the integrity of Mr. Garfield, aud hie certificate ought to be printed side by sldo with that of Schuyler Colfax. Health of New Orleans.—The New York Bulletin says: Tho health of the Southern cities this season, on the Missis sippi as well as on the sea coast, is thus far unexceptionable, and there it reason' now to expect that the summer will pass without a recurrence of epidemic ot any kind. The president of the New Orleans board of health makes tbe gratifying an nouncement, that “after a careful inspec tion of the Charity Hospital, Hotel Dieu, and other charitable institutions, not a case offerer could be found amongst tbe seamen.” He, moreover, emphatically asserts, that “New Orleans is absolutely free from epidemic, and has as low a death rate as any city of tbe same or smaller or larger size within the bounds of tbo Uqited States..” In new of these facts, he declares that the “quarantines against New Orleans and Louisiana by tbe physicians of Tennessee and Memphis must be re- BuUdozinff in Washington. A special to tbe Baltimore Sun says tbe few Republicans who remain to give Mr. McPherson's committee tho benefit of their advice manage to find time to worry members of the cabinet about small appointments for some of their favorites. Occasionally a clerk is found who admits freely that he has Democratic tendencies, and a vacancy generally occurs shortly afterwards. Numbers of clerks who have held their positions for upwards of ten years have been removed merely because they have expressed the hope that General Hancock would be elected over General Garfield at tbe approaching election. As yet the thumb-screw has not been applied to tho clerks who refuse to con tribute to tbo Republican committee, but It is certain that it will be before tbe campaign comes to an end. Republican mauagers here say that all clerks who are* entitled to vote must either contribute to the State committees or tlie congressional committee here, or they will be made to suffer for their delinquency. It is claimed that tfceib are hundreds cf clerks who have lost their residence in tbe States from which they originally came; and as they have no vote they will be expected id contribute to the congressional com mittee. No decisive action will be taken iu regard to enforcing tbo call for contri butions for a month or two yet, but it is understood that employes who fail to re spond before the first of October will have their cases investioated, to see why they do not “come down” with the cash. Hon. Clifford Anderson. The announcement of our popular and distinguished fellow citizen, Hon. Clif ford Anderson, by various correspondents of the press, as a proper successor of Gen eral Gordon in the United States Senate, is hailed with enthusiasm in this section, and will, we doubt not, receive a cordial response from the people throughout the State. His fine native endowments, im proved and developed by broad and liber al culture, not only m his profession but in the higher walks of political philoso phy and statesmanship; his well matured and conservative opinions on all ques tions touching State and national poli tics, the purity of his private character, and an unblemished record from his first appearance in public life to the present moment, have won for him a reputation as high as it is deserved, not only as a ju rist, but as a statesman of rare sagacity and wisdom. His election to the position for which he is proposed, honorable and exalted as it is, would be an appropriate recognition of his admitted ability, and a fitting re turn for tbe patriotic service he rendered the State in the days of her deepest dis tress and humiliation. Without recuning for the present to other incidents in his career in the legis lature of Georgia and as a member of the Confederate congress,in both of which bod ies he held a commanding and influential position, there is one period in the politi cal history of the State in which he played so prominent a part os a public man as to give him a claim at least to the confidence and gratitude of the people of Georgia, and which they should not soon forget, We refer to his skillful and judicious or ganization of the Democratic party for the memorable campaign oy 1S70, and the splendid victory which followed un der his leadership. This reference, we trust, will not be construed as a violation of the strict neutrality which, as public journalists, we are often constrained to observe in contests in which our friends and neighbors are engaged, but simply as a deserved tribute to a faithful,honest and capable public man. Whilst it is true, and is well known of Judge Anderson that he has not figured in politics as an office-seeker, but on the contrary has rather shrunk "from “even the appearance” of engaging in the “wild hunt,” yet on all occasions, when public exigencies demanded his services, they were rendered not only promptly but cheerfully and for the good of the country. What citizen of Georgia has forgotten the dark and troublous days which preceded the election of December, 1S70, and tbe unexpected, but glorious triumph of the Democratic party, which followed its or ganization by Judge Anderson, as chair man of the State executive committee? He had just succeeded Hon. Linton Stephens, who resigned, in conse quence of having entertained opin tons, which many' of his political friends, if not a large majority of the Democratic party, considered impolitic and injudicious. Notwithstanding these differences in our own ranks, we had to confront the united opposition of the Re publican party, sustained by the power of the Federal government, and encouraged by the presence of the military to acts of lawlessness and the utter disregard State authority. It will be chronicled in the Iliad of our political woes, as a great and fearful crisis, and one which required “stout hearts and strong arms to meet” it Gloominess and depression were written on every face, for with the divisions and diflersnees in our own ranks, and the formidableness of our opponents, there seemed but little in tbe political outlook which was cheering or hopeful. But in the midst of what seemed inevi table disaster and defeat, hope came in the first ringing notes from the gallant leader of the Democracy, who issued an address soon after his installation as chairman of the executive committee, which seemed to inspire our crest-fallen and dispirited people with new life and energy. The Democracy were urged by him to perfect at once the county organi zations; reminded of tbe importance of selecting as their standard bearers men of prudence aud patriotism, integrity and judgment; assured that, if true to them selves, success was within their grasp, and that they “had but to will and victory was theirs.” He called upon Democrats to be united, and admonished independent can didates, by every consideration of magna nimity and patriotism, to withdraw, and entreated all alike to surrender “petty jealousies and personal ambitions and dis likes, and give a cordial support to the selected candidates of tbe party.” Finally be said: “Conform strictly to the law in all respects, and, above all things, pre serve the peace. And may God defend tbe right and save tbe State.” This stirring and well-directed appeal fell not unheeded. It rang out like an alarm bell upon the ears of the people, aud realizing at once the perils of the hour, they entered the contest with re doubled activity and zeal, and Georgia was redeemed. The Letters of Acceptance.—On comparing these letters, as printed from telegrams to this paper with those which were printed from original copy, we find that our telegrams were very defective. We therefore repeat them in this issue. garded as unnecessary, unwise, ungener- 1 immediately ous and unconstitutional.” ’ dieriy bearing. —Tbe Emperor William is now in ex cellent health, and instead of declining appears to be gaining strength and vigor. He has been maintaining as strict an in cognito as possible atEms, where be drank the water and took a walk regularly at half past eight o’clock every morning. During his institutional he graciously acknowledged the'salutations of the crowd and had a ready word for any whom he personally recognized. His memory for faces is astounding. He recalls m an in stant even persons whom he has but rare- •Jy met in bis eventful life. During his visits at Ems the Emperor is rarely seen in uuiform. His civilian dress, not in the latest style, nevertheless becomes him ~ I well, although tbe “old martinet” may be * 1 immediately noticed in bis erect and sol- Hegroes as a Political Element. The late election in Alabama, wherein little effective opposition to the Demo cratic party was presented, and the ma jority for the Democrats is anywhere be tween fifty aud a hundred thousand, will, as usual, be claimed as a result of the de nial of the right of suffrage. But not a colored vote was refused. It is only an other evidence that an efficient political party cannot be constructed of a few white leaders and a great colored follow-' ing. Were it possible to largely divide the whites, so as to make the negroes a balance of power in both factions, the colored vote might be occasionally wielded in force. But we can conceive of no practicable plan by which a permanent and reliable organization could be effec ted. Race jealousies would, in that event, make the colored force a stum bling block, equally demoralizing and dis appointing to the whites, who sought to divide and enlist it. It needs no prophet to predict that the colored vote in the United States is surely destined to be a great embarrassment leading political parties on both sides. It cannot be counted on by either, as friend or foe, and will be safer as an unfriendly organization than an ally. It will cost more that it will come to. It was a great blunder of the Radicals when we emerged from the condition of civil war, that, after a deliberate view of the situation, they chose to turn their backs on thewhite population of the South and stake all their future upon a new peo ple and party organization which they de termined to create for that purpose out of the negroes, and put it in the hands of Northern drill sergeants in order to sup plant and extinguish the moral and politi cal force of the Southern white population If, at that time, when they were hesita ting which course to adopt, they had ap pealed to the Southern whites as friends, misled, betrayed and ruined by tbe South ern State rights and secession politicians, no doubt they could have organized an in telligent controlling political force which would have given them these States for generations. But no party taking /counsel of its chronic prejudices and hatreds can be wise or practical. They hated the Southern whites and determined to crush out the race—morally, materially and politically. It should cease to he as a leading political force in this section. It should be sup planted by the liberated slaves who, ow ing their freedom to the war under the direction of the Republican p^rty, and led by skilled fuglemen from the Northern States, could not fail to hold an unwaver ing allegiauce to them and move in a solid phalanx to carry out their behests. But the controlling force of a country is its intelligence and capital. The carpet bag leaders, however cunning and adroit, could not long avail against the drift of public opinion. In a few years the so- called Republican party saw that their great party of black3, scallawags aud im ported leaders was a failure, and now the only use they can make of it is as a scare crow. It is used as a standing martyr to Southern violence and lawlessness, and in that shape has done fair service in pro voking Northern indignation at a large ex pense in printing for the outrage mill, is still doing a little feeble service in this line, but the delusion is nearly played out. The Northern people are comprehend ing the situation. They are beginning to see the impossibility of organizing a victo rious party of ex-slaves to keep men in of fice against public opinion and public in terests. And because this cannot done—because it is proved impossible in the nature of things, the last resort of tbe cry of “a solid South” is raised to stimu late Northern jealousy. If the Northern Republicans bad controlled their hatred in the interest of justice and common sense, they could have achieved and main tained a solid South ever since the war— solid Republican. 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Witness my hand and official signature August 5,1SS0. aagS-wtw J. A. McUANUS. Ordinary. G EORGIA, BIBB COUNTI.—Whereas Lou ise W. Kennedy has msds application tor let- t-ric! administration on thees'ate *.f Jdary Jt. Kennedy, late of said county decease f. Tbit Is to cit t all -rd singular the c:e liters sad next ot kin ot Mary L. Kennedy to be and ap pear at the Court of Ordinary of said cour.ty, on the fir*. Monday in Septum-er rext. acd thow cause l’any they can. *hy permanent sin inis- trater should no* be granted to Louise WVKen- nedy on Mary L. Kenne’y estate. Witness my hand and official signature August 3 1830. atigi-wiw . J. A. If c if ANUS. Ordinary. The Alabama Election. The Montgomery Advertiser, of the 3J, heralds the Democratic triumph in that State with a crowing rooster at the head of every inside column. We would respectfully intimate that the number is short. If he means it only for a State crow then one rooster will do. But if he means it for a crow in chorus of all the Democratic States, then sixteen are in sufficient to represent the actual force, and ho must bring up rcinforcemeute. The Advertiser says: Our returns from the State are meagre, but highly gratifying and indicate a ma jority of not less than fifty thousand, with the probability of one much larger. This is a result not at all astonblriug to those who have watched the cauvass and wit nessed the enthusiasm and interest ^ ol tbe people throughout tbe State. The De nocratic rule in Alabama has brou.'ht incalculable benefit to tbe State, and those vitally interested iu good gov ernment were not slow to perceive it, and bat e no desire to make a change. The people of tbis State, we are sure, will rejoice with us that Montgomery is fully redeemed aud* will have a full set of Democratic officials. This is now tlie most populous county in the State, and pays an immense revenue to the treasury, second only in amount to that of Mobile, and with good governmert in State, city, and county, her prospects will continue to grow brighter aud brighte \ Tbe dispatebes show that the Demo crats are sweeping the • State, aad are making heavy gains in the counties com posing the SUi district, now represented by Mr. Lowe and the Greenback' strong- bold. This great victory, State and county, is worth rejoicing over, and tlie Advertiser's roosters are again brought to the top of ourcclanms. —“The oppressed negroes of Kentucky” is tho latest cry of our distressed RepubliJ can contemporaries as they bribe them to go over to Indiana and illegalty vote for Porter. Editorial Glimpses. The census is revealing many queer things. Massachusetts has 150,000 more women tban men. No wonder that Col. Susan Anthony is demanding woman’s rights. Each one, is entitled to a man and they ought to have one. The »ensus shows that twenty-four Southern caies, not including Louisville, St. Louis, Galveston, Atlanta and other large and growing centres of population, have au increase Over the returns of 1870 of 537,641 souls. This don’t look much like the South is standing still. Jerry Black and Henry Watterson are engaged in a difficult problem. They are endeavoring to demonstrate that DeGol- yer Garfield is a good man personally, but a very bad politician. There are no mathematical rules by which such a con clusion can be reached. Little Alex, by standing on tiptoe, thinks be can see light approaching from the east. ^ The dawn appears—sunrise about November, and on tbe 4th of March, 1SS1, tbe sunshine of prosperity will en velop the whole land, under tbe combined wisdom of Gen. Hancock and English. In New England country district* then are more consumers than produceiv. The factory operatives far exceed the farming population in number. This preponderance would be disastrous in the extreme, if it were not for the increased facilities for bringing in from more fortu nate sections ample supplies. We were in Boetou tbe other week, and some young negroes joined in a free excursion out of the city. They were as saulted for their impudence in thrusting themselves ameng white folks. But tnu was in Massachusetts, not Georgia. The peculiar silence of both political parties as to the existence of the present national administration seems to indicate that Mr. Hayes has only filled up a space of time which will be of no consequent to the historian. Future generations will only know that Mr. Hayes lived and occu pied a position to which he was never elected for four years.' - ' The Chicago Times says: General Hancock is no statesman, therefore knows nothing about taking in jobbing contracts, and sharing in the profits of a whisky riug. Being only a soldier, he knows nothing of the aits of a salary gsabber, and must therefore be at great disadvan tage before his accomplished competitor— accomplished in all the arts that are mean and tricks that are dark. Gray’s Specific Medicine. THE xreatTRADE MAR If. Bhsli rera* j. An un failing ire for heminai eak* ne*'. Spermat orrhea. iropo- trncjr. sad nil diseases tkst^ _ ,, fol SO- ^ 'BefbreTahngquonce of»eif_^ er TaWag abase; as a loos of memory-universal lassitude pain in the hack, diraa « xf vision, preasiiara old age, ard m»ny otht. ei-. esses that lead loIn stil it j and consumption and a premature grave. Fall particular* in ear psmrhlet, urtirh we de sire to neno frsc by tru.1 to ever? ta' The Spe cific Medicine i* sold ty all druKgiiieatfl per package, cr six paetage* tor $5 wiP be sent in s by mail on receipt c f thn money hy aidressiajr tke GXvT VEDIOINB CO. No ’0 Mechaidca Block, Detroit. Mich, tfola in Macun and every whereby all dre*iri*ts. ocsi* dawly. For sale by HUNT RANKIN A LAMAS. ootlS-dawlv Macon. Ga Old Mrs. Skittleworth don't know why people will make counterfeit money. She says, “I tried to pass a bad half dollar a dozen times the other day, but nobody would have it,” and she thinks it a waste of time to make such. —The Richmond Ccmmonveallh news paper announces its permanent suspen sion. Cause, want of support. The Dem ocratic party, as well as the debt payers lose an able advocate. —The wicked rebels in Missouri nomi nated Crittenden, a Union general, for governor although Marmadnke, a Con federate general, was* candidate. An other plot to destroy the C-nitcd States Gover-ment. —Generals Meide, Reynolds and Han cock, three conytcnoos officers in the bat tle of Gettysburg, Gen. Reynolds falling from a death-yound on tbe second day, were all PanasyIranians and members of the Democratic party. —Mr. Georre Bancroft began fifty-fiva years ago this month hi3 “History of tha United States,’ 1 and in a few weeks ha. expects to celebrate ils comp’etion at hia Newport summer home. He will be eighty years old if he lives until the 3d of next October. —The census office says that the total population of the United States will be a little over 49,000,000. The official count will be needed to determine whether Ohio or Illinois is the third State of the Union in population. —A member of the Duchess of Marl borough’s Irish relief committee says that there is in Ireland a class of persona who have traded on the sufferings of their fellow-couktrymen, and that by them any signs of returning prosperity arc looked upon with dismay. —Tho wneat crop m **** is esti mated at 15,000,000 bushels, h ^ low last year’s yield. The yield *. Towa will be twenty per cent higher than year, and that of Minnesota is put at 4k, 900,000 bushels. Reports from Dakota say there never was such a crop there. —Senator Wallace, of Pennsylvania, expresses entire confidence not only is Gen. Hancock’s election, but also of an other Democratic Congress. On the other hand, Hon. John Cessna, chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican State Central committee, claims that Gen. Garfield’s majority in that State may reach 00,000. Thomas F. Crittenden, the Demo* cratic candidate for governor of Missouri, ia the nephew cf the late John J. Critten den. He has served two terms in Ce«**