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—Ex-Secretary Bristow, who5s in Now
York, when visited hy a reporter on Mon
day, declined to say anything concerning
Gen. McDonald's recent exposure of the
operations of the St. Louis whisky ring..
—The Presbyterian general assembly
committee,-who hare been at work at
Long Branch reconstructing the forms and
discipline of the Presbyterian Church,
concluded their labors on Tuesday.
—A St. Louis dispatch says Gen. Mc-
. Donald, of whisky ring fame, is finding
great difficulty in getting a publisher for
the hook. The St. Louis printers are
afraid to touch it, as libel suits are threat
ened.
—Trof. Swing, of Chicago, in a dis
course at a recent meeting of Western
farmers, told them that their lank bodies
and sorrowful faces came of too much
work, too little sleep, and too little good
food, and that the same is true as to their
boys. _
—The cotton crops of this country for
1S70 and H9 were the largest ever raised.
The ten crops from 1852 to 1S01, raised
by slave labor, numbered 34,095,440bales;
tbo ten crops from 1870 to 1870, raised by
free labor, numbered 41,454,743 bales.
A Graceful Act.—The anniversary
of the battle of Sedan, September 2d,
will not this year be celebrated in an offi
cial way by the German government.
This is a concession to French sensibility
which will be highly appreciated by that
higli-spirited people.
A Remarkable Increase.—British
trade returns show that during tha first
six months of the present year Groat
Britain sent to America iron valued at
.£0,541,703. This is an Increase of 418
per cent, over 1S70, when for the corres
ponding months .£1,520,142 worth were
exported.
—Gen. Hancock, in order that he may
sec the friends who may desire to call on
him without interrupting his official duties,
has issued a circular stating that he will
be at home from 11 o’clock, a. m., until 2
o'clock, p. m., on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays of each week.
—Joseph Melody, of Independence, Mo.,
was murdered by Lewis Hiltz, and Hiltz
was acquitted on the ground of insanity;
but he was'recently struck dead by sun
stroke, on the same day of the month, at
the same hour of the Jay, and on the very
spot where he committed the deed.
—Philadelphia Record: “No candid
ate for President, except Horace Greeley,
has been able to ‘swing around the circle’
and make good speeches at every place
the trains topped. Gen. Garfield’s talks are
as tame and tepid as stale beer.” The
Now York Herald takes the same view of
these platform efforts of Mr. .Garfield.
—Thanks to the stimulating effect of
the tropical atmosphere of New Orleans,
the assessments of the custom-house
clerk, which up in these cold and inclem
ent regions barely attain to the stunted
dimensions of 2 per cent., tower up and
branch out to the size of 5 per cent. Mr.
Hayes can see of the fruit of his civil-
service-reform order No. 1 and be satis
fied.
The Georgia Convention.—An At
lanta special to the Gazette says the State
convention adjourned sine die without
making a nomination. The Colquitt men
stand by him for the candidate under the
resolution passed yesterday. The anti-
Colquitt men tried Aiex. Stephens, but he
declined, and they are looking for another
man for their candidate. The special says
the campaign will be without parallel in
intensity of bitterness.
—A widow with six children and $300
was induced one day last week to marry
an insinuating stranger in Cincinnati. On
the morning after the wedding they break
fasted in a restaurant, and after the meal
was dispatched the husband said that he
would go out and get shaved. Putting
his arm around his wife’s neck Be kissed
Ler and at the same moment picked her
pocket. He did not return. The pockets
hook which he had stolen contained his
wife’s $300. On the previous afternoon
■shejiad bought a silver watch for him and
had given him $20.
—Captain Eads, who is now in Cali
fornia examining the Yuba, Bear add
Feather rivers, with a view to submitting
a report to the government respecting the
possibility of permanently improving
them, isf quite as willing' to talk about his
proposed ship-railway across the 'isthmus
as he was a year ago. He still believes
that it is preferable to a canal. First, a'
ship-railway can be constructed for one-
fourth the cost of a tide-level canal, and
one-half the ccst of a canal with lodes;
second, it can he constructed in very
much less time; third, wherever a canal
is practicable, a railway is equally practi
cable, and at many points upon the istli-
mus a railway can be built where the
construction of a canal would be out of
the question; fourth, a railway can be
enlarged from time to time to meet the
wants of commerce, at a comparatively
small expense; fifth, vessels can be trans
ported upon the railway much more rapid
ly than through the canal, and with equal
safety; sixth, transportation by rail will
be attended by no delays ;tlie railway will
accommodatecommerce, and not prove-an.
impediment to it, .as in case of the canal
with locks; seventh, as the investment
would be smaller, tbe tolls and charges
would be greatly reduced.
—A visit was paid to the House of
•Commons recently by two giants, Cbanz,
a Chinese, 8| feet in height, and Von
Brnstad, a Norwegian, 8 feet and 4 inches
in height. They were accompanied by
Cbee Mab, a Chinese dwarf, about 2 feet
in height. The three distinguished stran
gers were shown into the Speaker's gal
lery; where they remained for a while
listening to the debate.
—The New York Heu>s hits the nail
squarel'y on the head in this brief para
graph : “One thing is certain, the cam
paign chest of the Bepublican party will
be fallj the last vestige'df the principle
of civil service reform vanishes before the
unscrupulous activity with wliicliilie Fed?
eral' officeholders and employes of ali
grades are being assessed to defray the ex
penses of Garfield’s terrific struggle with,
his'own record. This money ,will flow as
freely as the waves bf Factolus in Maine
and Indiana.”
—A llock of giHs is called a bevy; a
bevy of wolves a pack; a pack of thieves
a gang ; a gan; of augels a. host; a host
of porpoises a shoal ;'ti shoal of buffaloes
a herd; a herd cfchildren&Lroop^a troop
of partridges a covey; a cov&y of beauties
a galaxy; a gahw/m-rtfilans a horde; a
horde of rubbish & bean; a heap of oxen
The Convention.
What is to be Done?
The State convention has adjourned
without making a nomination for gov
ernor. Two hundred and twenty mem
bers of the convention (against 120 dis
senting) agreed to recommend General
Colquitt, the present incumbent, for re-
election; but, as the convention had
decided before hand that two-thirds of the
whole number of delegates should be nec
essary to the choice of a nominee, they did
not pretend that a -nomination had been
made, nor that they had boUnd anybody,
in honor, to adopt their recommendation
and support Genera^Jolquitt. He lacked
fourteen voles out of 350 (less a fraction)
of being presented to the people with all
the prestige and authority of a nominee;
and, therefore, by the rnle3 and usages
of the party, no Democrat can b'e consid
ered in fault who refuses to vote for
him.
On the other hand, the minority have
made an arrangement by the appoint
ment of a committee of two from the
State at large, and one from each con
gressional district, to call another conven
tion, and put an opposition candidate
in the field. Is there any reasonable
promise of relief from the dilemma in
this proposition ? We think not, for the
simple reason that it emanates from a mi
nority of little more than one-third, and
itself widely discrepant. Minorities have
no power to heal discords except by con
cession. They can only aggravate the
quarrel and make the breach more disas
trous and incurable.
Now, in considering this lamentable
state of affairs, only one question presents
itself to the mind of the senior, as worth
entertaining. It is this: What is the best
course for a good Democrat to pursue? It
is useless and unprofitable to go into a
discussion of a relative blameworthiness
either of tbe majority or minority. If
there were not plenty of it on both sides,
it would be a rare quarrel. We may say
the majority should not have done this or
that, or that tbe minority were badly in
fault; but that does not meet the case
or suggest a remedy. We may mourn
over the folly of the two-thirds rule, but
that does not help us, now the mischief is
done. The simple but serious question
which addresses itself to the mind of ev
ery Democrat is what is the best course to
check discord, and save the State from
failing again into the hands of an unintel
ligent and unscrupulous opposition of non
taxpayers, whose achievements in creating
debt and spending money are already
matters of sad history.
If the people at large would unanimous
ly agree to call another convention, that
might solve the difficulty. But this is
impossible. A very large majority of the
people, as represented in the late conven
tion, have pledged themselves to the sup
port of Colquitt, and cannot be ex-
pected to go back on themselves. It must
be remembered that these preferences
have been expressed after an unusually
warm and active primary contest, and any
new canvass for delegates, if the Colquitt
men should consent to engage in it, would
be bitter as gall.
Tbe approach to party harmony must,
therefore, be made towards the majority
and not towards the minority. The mi
nority are powerless for the work of
consolidation and union. Unless the
majority join in the demand for another
convention, the existing breach will be
badly widened. Every movement of this
character has but one tendency, and that
is, to become chronic and incurable. The
course of patriotism and common sense is
to allow such a breach no time to fester
and gangrene, but to quiet it at once, and
by the speediest methods. .
The senior has no partiality for Col
quitt, and sees, on the contrary, many
faults in his administration. These, how
ever, are not of such a character as to
constitute insuperable objections to Dem
ocratic support, or any sound reason why
opposition to his candidacy should be
pushed to the point of party discord and
ruin. We are sure that Democrats who
insist on bringing out an opposition can
didate will be sadly disappointed in the
result of,their undertaking, whether it
be a defeat of their own man or the elec
tion of Colquitt, or of the so-called Re
publican candidate. Let Democrats who
think they cannot vote for Colquitt avoid
pushing their antagonism to a point which
will destroy the unity of the party.
Such an internecine contest as is now
threatened in Georgia must be one of the
most calamitous to the State and to the
national Democray that can well be im
agined. As to the State, it remits us to the
chapter of accidents and casualties in a
squabble with so-called Republicanism.
It will kindle personal animosities—hard
to he healed. It will distract our
great industrial interests, and cost us
perhaps millions, and result in no good at
all. As to the cause of the national De
mocracy, what can be more discouraging
than to see Georgia, which has won so
much respect and reputation as a progress
ive, intelligent and reliable common
wealth, thrown into such discorJ and dis
organization as these movements portend!
A Puzzle.—How a committee of one
from each congressional district, and two
from the State at large, can be more suc
cessful than a regularly constituted con
vention of 350 Democratic delegates, who
for seven consecutive days strove and
strove, and kept striving without success,
to nominate a candidate for governor who
would be satisfactory to all, is the-wonder
of the hour. Will they claim that it has
been done by a two-thirds vote? .
' —The following group of facts suggests
the extent of modern progress: Since
1850 the hanking of the United Kingdom
has grown to three tiipes its size. ' The
national expenditure of Europe at the end
of the Napoleonic wars can be stated
roundly as 240,000,000 sterling. It no iv
reaches 700,000,000, nearly treble. Down
■to 1859 the United States imported wheat
occasionally; the Central Illinois railway
now conveys daily 80,000 bushels of grain
for exportation. Agriculture has been
more improved in this country than in the
twelve hundred years preceding it.
—The mining company of which Gen
Grant has been made president is the San
Pedro and Canon di Lagua Company of
New Mexico. It Is understood that the
new president will accept. He will enter
upon his duties about September 1st, and
will reside in New York. The stock of
tbft company is held by Boston and New
To* capitalists, of whom E. W. Stough
ton Is one. The company has a nominal-
a drove; a drove of .bkiokjguards a i#ob; al capital of $10,000,000, and paid $1,000,-
mob of-y^aliBS a schr^yijSflJool ojf^ror-': 000 for its property. The mines, which
shippufca saagreg*fc*/ M congregation |1 were Worked many years ago, are some
of engineers a corps; a corjla iftoWeiYa rthirty-five miles south of Santa Fe, and
band; a band of locusts a swarm, and a I comprehend 2,000 acres of gold placer, be-
• warm of people is called a crowd. * sides very valuable copper mines.
A Radical Will Enter the Eield.
Who Should be Elected Governor.
The Republican executive committee,
which held a meeting this week in the
city of Atlanta, have decided to call a
convention of their party, to meet in that
city on the 7th proximo, to nominate a
candidate for governor and State house
officers. This is undoubtedly theout-
blrth of the unfortunate deadlock of the
late Democratic convention. They feel
that it is the long looked for opportunity
of the discomfitted Radicals to re-estab
lish the halcyon days of Bullock and car
pet-hag rule, when the money of the State
was scattered broadcast among the hench
men of that party,' and the white tax pay
ers of Georgia were brought to the very
verge of bankruptcy.
How many of the palatial private
structures that ornament the capital were
built with the people’s money? How
many princely fortunes were dug out of
the vitals of the commonwealth of Geor
gia, for the benefit of the harpies, who,
backed by federal bayonets, had seized
the reins of government ?
How many bogus bonds of the State
did they foist upon the market as genu
ine? The sum total would amount to
millions. And can any one wonder,
therefore, that the Radical leaders and
carpet-bag “runagees,” still sighing for
the flesh pots of Egypt, are resolved to
take advantage of the present dissensions
in the Democratic party to run in their
own candidate ? Could we expect less of
them ? Hence the attempt to sow the
dragon’s teeth of discord on the part of a
slender minority, divided into four dis
tinct factions in tnc late convention, (al
beit wo should have been rejoiced to sup
port Col. Hardeman had he been the
choice of tbe convention, or even present
ed by a majority of it), is sadly to he dep
recated and deplored.
This action of the Republican execu
tive committee may inaugurate a ti angu
lar fight, which, under the spur of private
feuds and animosities in the Democratic
oamp, may lead to ignominious defeat
Vox populi, vox del. And where in the
annals of any convention, State or nation
al, has it ever been recorded that the will
of a majority so large and commanding
has ever been set aside?
The writer, who was present at the
convention, labored long and faithfully in
behalf of peace and harmony. He urged
the selection of an outside candidate, who
could unite the discordant elements.
Nay, be even earnestly counseled tbe
withdrawal of Governor Colquitt,
as his administration had been
time and again endorsed by an overwhelm
ing majority of the convention, and that
was what he most desired. But when the
friends of the governor objected, and he,
himself, was not disposed to retire “under
fire,” and that strong array of friends still
adhered to him, wliat remained to be
done by all disinterested outsiders who
sought to preserve the integrity of the
Democratic organization, hut to follow
tbe lead of a vast and outspoken majority
of the Democracy in their recommenda
tion of the re-nomlnation of Alfred H.
Colquitt?
An honest attempt, protracted through
many days, was made to effect a nomina
tion for governor under the two-thirds
rule, and the eflortwas not abandoned
until both sides had repeatedly declared
there was not the least chance of such a
consummation. .
And even then, mindful of the rule they
had voluntarily imposed upon the conven
tion, the majority refused to rescind it,
and merely passed a resolution rccom
mending the present incumbent of
the gubernatorial chair to the con
tinued support of the people for the
same office. This is not equivalent tb a
strict party nomination, and is not
claimed to be so. But it was the best
that could be done in the emergency. The
minority refused to receive the extended
olive branch of peace, and demanded the
majority to surrender. This they would
not do, hut resolved in the last extremity,
when argument, expostulation and en
treaty had utterly failed, to refer the mat
ter back to their constituents, who mim
her nearly two-thirds of the voters of
Georgia. That the people will sustain
this action triumphantly at the ballot box,
we do not in the least doubt.
Southwest Georgia Agricultural Col
lege.
We have before us a copy of tlic first
catalogue of the branch school of the State
University, which is located at Cutlibert,
Randolph county. The pupils are all
males, and already number 187. Those
over fourteen years of age are required to
be uniformed, and are drilled in military
tactics. The success of the institution
has been most wonderful.
Chancellor Mell, by virtue of his office,
Is the head of the establisliment, and pre
scribes the curriculum of study for the
more advanced classes, which is made to
conform to that of the Freshmen and
Sophomores of the present foundation at
Athens. ‘
Students may he prepared there for the
Junior class of the University, Mercer, or
apy other college, but cart progress no fur
ther. This is done in order that these
branches may prove nurseries to tbe Uni
versity.
Professor V. T. Sanford 4 is the local
president, assisted by Professors Jame3 T.
Newton and William W. Seals, all of them
accomplished and capable instructors.
Miss Sallie A. Reynolds Is the principal
of tbo primary department.
Ths tuition is free, save an incidental
fee of five dollars per term, payable in
advance. Applicants of good character
are admitted without regard to age or
preparation. These branches of tbe uni
versity are doing much for popular educa
tion, and daily growing in public favor.
The Tennessee Convention.
•The Tennessee Democratic State con
vention split, and one hundred and fifty
out of the tliirteen hundred and odd ‘
members bolted on the State debt ques- j
tion. The majority report, signed hy j
twenty-one out of the twenty-nine mem
bers of the convention, demanded an early
settlement of the State debt on the best
terms obtainable. Two minority reports
were also presented, signed each by four
committeemen. One of these was a gen
eral deli verauce in favor of maintaining
tbe public faith, and the other demanded
a sweeping repudiation. The majority
report was finally adopted by a vote of
825 to 455.
Gov. Marks declined a renomination
on the majority platform, and John V.
Wright was subsequently nominated by
the majority. The seceders held a> con
vention in which seventy delegates were
in attendance, and nominated Samuel F.
Wilson for governor. So Tennessee will
have a triangular fight, with apparently a
pretty fair chance of electing a so-called
Republican governor. Tbe convention
was as stormy as some others. The Chat
tanooga Times, who was there, says - the
excitement beggared description, and the
noise and confusion rivaled Bedlam.
One would suppose that thirteen hundred
delegates, with good lungs and in a high
state of inflammation, might make con
siderable noise if they tried.
A Bid for the Independent Vote.
The correspondence published else
where between the leaders oi the minority,
(Messrs. H. H. Carlton, J. L. Warren, and
Wm. Garrard,)and Dr. Felton, the Magnus
Apollo of Georgia Independents, is, to say
the least, not a little significant. It there
appears that as early as the 10th instant,
in view of the probable “disruption” of
the convention without a nomination, the
Doctor was pointedly asked the question:
“Will yon makefile race against him,
(Colquitt) assured of strong support?”
Ho declined to do so for the reason that
he was already in the field for Con
gress.
This is exactly what we predicted would
be the result if the minority continued its
factious opposition to the pronounced will
of the people. But happily for the con
sistency of the truly organized Democracy
of the State, they have not offered to take
to their bosom and promote to the posi
tion of chief magistrate of Georgia any in
dependent, hut fall back,in the absence of
a two-thirds nomination,upon Hon. A. H
Colquitt, the representative of nearly
that number of the iron ribbed Democ
racy of the commonwealth. It was tbe
next best thing they could do in tbe prem
ises, and so numerous were tbe defections
from tbe minority in tbe last moments
of tbe convention, that could its sessions
have been protracted a few hours longer
there is little reason to doubt that Gov
ernor Colquitt would have been tbe nomi
nee by a two-thirds vote.
Democrats of Georgia ponder the above
proposition to Dr. Felton and decide be
tween a coalition of Independents and
sore heads and the true representatives of
your principles and party.
After this development, the thinking
voter will be puzzled to comprehend how
the retiring faction can have the presump
tion to usurp tbe name of the “organized
Democracy of Georgia.” Now, to point
the moral, and show that the only chance
of the minority to beat Colquitt, is in fra
ternization with the Radicals and Inde
pendents, we have but to print a para
graph or two from an interview of a Con
stitution reporter with Norcross, the
head centre of the Georgia Republicans.
Says that doughty champion of Buliock
and the Radical element:
“I am in favor of fighting the organiza
tion represented by Governor Colquitt,
and believe that nine-tenths of the Repub
lican vote will be cast for the opposition
candidate for governor.”
Reporter—What do yon think of the
prospect ?
Norcross—“I believe that Governor
Colquitt can be defeated by the combined
vote of the Republicans and Indepen
dents. The Republicans have little inter
est in this matter except to widen, as far
as they can, the. breach in the Democratic
party. I shall do ali I can toward such a
result. We are thoroughly organized on
national questions, for we know that both
wings of the Democracy are going to sup
port Hancock and English. We shall try
to make a united, good fight on this issue,
but in the State canvass we are interested
only to the extent of making the Demo
cratic dissensions more serious.”
Will Take the Stump for Colquitt.
A paragraph in the Constitution says
Mr. H. West, of Lee county, declares that
Colquitt will sweep his section: “I hepril'
Col. Sam Hall, of Bibb, say that he would
take the stump for Colquitt* if necessary.!
He was eno of the Bibb delegates i that-
voted/or Colquitt on the last ballot, add
he says he did right and will maintain his
taction.” - . ; • < --.-i ■ 1
' Georgia does not contain ' a citizen-of.
.more' profound erudition, better judgment,
or greater sagacity than Hon. Samuel
Hall. His desertion of ike minority in
the interests of harmony and the integrity
of the Democratic petty,’ v, as thercsult of
calm deliberation and a due regard for
the welfare’ of the country. Should he
consent to address the people on the mo-
!imot>tons-quest ions of the hour, his calm!
*and logical deliverances will carry Wivrto- 1
* tion wherever his voice is uplifted in be
half of the organized Democracy.
. Colonel James H. Blount.—We are
advised that the standard bearer of the
Democracy of the sixth congressional dis
trict, Colonel Blount, will give }iis earnest
support to Governor Colquitt in the pend
ing campaign, who comes endorsed by
nearly, if not quite, two-thirds of his con
stituents.
Our immediate representative is exceed
ingly popular with the people, and they
have an abiding faith in his honesty and
sagacity. He will do yeoman’s service for
the governor.
Typoorapaical Error Corrected.
In the article published by our agricul
tural editor, Gen. Wm. K. Browne, on
Wednesday, tbe 11th inst., alluding to
the steeping of seed wheat just before
planting, he was made to recommend
“strong lime.” It should have been
“strong brine.” The intelligent reader,
however, would have readily supplied the
omission. ..i
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Hr. Norwood’s Candidacy.
Special to the Telegraph and Messenger.
Americus, Ga., August 14.—E. G.
Simmons, Esq., has been put forward to
stump the the third congressional district
for T..M. Norwood. There is great en
thusiasm for Norwood. C. W. H.
The acceptance of this so-called nomi
nation by es-Senator Norwood is a matter
of equal surprise and regret by his friends,
who fail to see what else but urimlxea
evil to himself and the ’Democracy of the
State can possibly .flow; from It. iff he
presses thjs proposed canvass, he must find
himself in stern opposition to tho gloat
bulk of those persoual anil political friends
,who placed'him in the Senate of the
United States through the instrumentality
■of the party whose cohesion h6 will be
attempting to destroy, aud which will not
fail to meet him at the,pplls with a rebuke
equally uuwelc’ome for him to’ receive or
liis friends to inflict. , . .
‘ /Men who are starting out on this roa^l
should take a good look and see the end
of it. That end will be extremely small.
If 220 to 223 delegates out of a total of
J3^6 cannot nominate, what can the chair
man of ahundred'dissenters nominating
himself for the office do ? With what
pretense can he claim to represent the
.Democratic party? The “enthusiaSBi”
will speedily ooze oat before the stern re
buke ofthe people.. ..,
—Potato beetles took entire possession
of a church *t Sandoval, II)., on a recent
Sunday evening.. Whidors, doors, and
'seats w£re swarming with* tbem. Ladies
screamed, and the service came to a sud
den end.
Tbe Sherman Letters.
There is a lively call by the Northern
Democratic papers for the publication of
the letters of General W. T. Sherman to
General Hancock, to which General Han
cock’s lately printed letter is a reply. It
was in response to the persistent clamor of
the Radical papers that Hancock’s letter
was given to the public. It was believed
that there was something in this private
letter which could be used to Hancock’s
prejudice; but, when the letter appeared
in answer-to their own demands, few or
none of the Republican' papers would
print it.
Very naturally, therefore,the Democrat
ic press desire to see the other side of the
coirespondence. They desire to know
what was the character ofthe propositions
which drew from Hancock so firm and
clear an argument upon the right of the
people and the constitutional sphere of
the army in the election and inauguration
of a President. They want to • know
what made Hancock say that the Presi
dent’s term expired March 3d, and he had
nothing to do, legally or constitutionally,
with the inauguration of his successor.
Why Hancock said he liked Jefferson’s
inauguration, who hitched his horse to a
tree, went into the office, was sworn and
then assumed the government, without
artillery or troops to back him.
If we could only see what propositions,
plans or ideas of Grant and the Stalwarts,
communicated by Sherman to Hancock,
drew from the latter this strong consti
tutional talk, it would be a very interest
ing contribution-to national history.
But Hancock cannot surrender these
letters to the press without instructions
from Sherman to do so. We only know
that about that time Grant was marshall
ing cannon and troops in and about
Washington, and was reported as declar
ing in what events lie would inaugurate
Hayes “at the cannon’s mouth.” We
Only know that at that time it was be
lieved to he the serious intention to hold
on to power by force, no matter who was
elected, and that everything was ready for
a military coup d'etat, if needful for the
purpose.
nancock’s letter to Sherman did him
great honor, and has filled the thinking
mind of the country with reverence for his
courage, independence, sagacity and thor
ough knowledge of the constitution. Even
Bayard says this letter gave him new
light on the distribution of powers and
responsibilities made by that great instru
ment.
But we apprehend that no persuasion
can bring to light the propositions to
which Hancock’s letter was an answer!
Those letters of Sherman’s, dated Decem
ber Cth and December 17th, 1870, to
which Hancock’s letter of December 2Stli
was a response, are said to be only two
of a number addressed to all leading
army officers to ascertain how far they
could be relied on to back the Hayes
usurpation by arms against the law end
the ballot. We can only conjecture what
resources of military force and terrorism
they suggested or mentioned as in con
templation by the haughty tyrants who
had been laid low by tbe ballot.
The American Rubber Plant
Readers wifi remember an account
among general news items some weeks
ago of a public experiment made in New
York to test a material which, it was
claimed, rendered articles water-proof.
It bow appears that tbe substance is a
preparation ofthe outer peel of the milk
weed. The inventor, reflecting on the
expensiveness of iubber and the adulter
ation to which it is subject, had bethought
himself of-the milkweed as capable of
furnishing a substitute. A description of
the varied uses of the plant is given in
the subjoined “interview” between the,
discoverer and a reporter which appeared'
in the Graphic:
“The more I thought of this vast indus
try, the more convinced I became that a
substitute might be found among the
trees or plants indigenous to America,
which could then supply tbfe market of
the world. One plant suggested itself to
me repeatedly, that was the. common
milkweed, (of the genus Asclepias) which
I firmly believe to be the India rubber
tree of'North America, and the source of
supply in the future.”
“flow did you carry out your experi
ments?”
“I planted twelve acres in a farm out
West, and before I got through with my
experiments I made up my mind that the
plant would he to the West what the
palm has been for the East. To begin
with, I found that by such slight cultiva
tion as a single top dressing, the plant
grew to the height of six and seven feet
and an inch and a half in diameter. I
had a mistaken idea that the rubber lay
in the sap or juice, and it was difficult to
convince myself at first that the gum was
stored in the cells on the outside of the
stalk, plainly to be seen through a magni
fying glass, and as regular and even as the
honeycomb of a beehive. When I discov
ered this natural laboratory it did uot
take long to find a process to separate it
from the plant. This done, with my ex
perience in the gaseous treatment of hy- |
Uro carbons, I succeeded in converting it | Twenty thousand!”
into a substance, which is similar to rub- 1 “Then,” said the reporter, “you don’t
ber in appearance, of superior lightness think that Gen. Gordon, as the dispatch
Nailed to the Counter.
We had cause recently to publish a
denial from the lips of General Gordon of
the infamous slander that he had been
entrusted with large sums of money by
Justice Field, to be expended in winning
over to liis interests tbe Georgia delegates
in the Cincinnati convention. Mr. Cyrus
Field, the brother of the judge, has this
to say of the alleged transaction, which
effectually exposes the falsehood of Senator
Gordon’s traducers:
“I felt very much flattered,” said Mr.
Cyrus W. Field, yesterday, “when I
learned that I had been credited with
flinging around loose so large a sum as
$20,000.” Mr. Field was alluding to the
report that he had sent that sum to Gen.
Gordon, of Georgia, to help carry the del
egation from that State for Judge Field at
the Cincinnati convention. “I was obliged
to contradict the report,” he continued,
“but I assure you that I did so reluctantly,
yielding to wljat appeared to be an inevit
able necessity. Twenty thousand dollars
—that is a'large sum of money; that rep
resents many days of hard labor, many
nights of-hard thought,”
“And with regard to the Georgia mat
ter,” asked the reporter “will you kindly
tell me how much you”—
“Twenty thousand dollars,” Mr. Field
mused.
“No more and no less?” asked the re
porter.
“Good gracious !” said Mr. Field, “you
don’t supposo that I ever gave a cent to
secure the nomination or election of any
man. No sir; what I. was thinking ol is
the easy way in which reporters and—and
others—who never had 20,000 cents, can
bandy about such sums. Twenty thou
sand dollars—$1,400 a year at 7 per cent.,
and in certain stocks only $3,0(H) a year.
I’ll show you a telegram that I sent to
GeB. Gordon in reply to one received from
him calling my attention to this matter.
THE BURIAL OF UNKNOWN'.
I
X. I. E.
Level-Headed Merchants.
The telegram of the Macon merchants
to Atlanta, dated the 13tb inst., embodies
a correct view of the calamitous results of
a party disiuption and a heated controver
sy, on the industrial interests of the coun
try. With an harmonious State nominat ion
this year, ike should have gone through
almost without party excitement, and the
crops would have been gathered in peace
and quiet. What may come npw depends
mainly on the persistence and energy with
which this-nccdlcss and unprofitable con
troversy may be pressed. We should be
delighted to hope that, after a calm re
view of all of the facts and consequences,
the minority will conclude not to press
these issues and disagreements to a popu
lar decision.
It is in the nature of such an appeal
that it cannot get a hearing on its original
merits! Let us illustrate: The moment
the nomination by two-thirds failed, the
question of Colquitt took an entirely new
shape before the people. Ho became the
only possible point of Democratic concen
tration, and drew thousands of Democratic
votes which he did not have before. Every
man who realizes tho .importance ofthe
Democratic party to the prosperity of
Georgia, is going to vote for him, although
he may not be ready to do it just now.
His is necessarily tho only standard of
Democratic unity and will gain every
hour.
On the other hand, however much the
minority may deprecate and disclaim the
fact, their’s is by an equal necessity, the
standard of Democratic discord and ruin.
They can no longer choose their position.
They have remitted themselves to the in
evitable logic of events. They may label
themselves on the forehead, “We are
Democrats and desire Democratic suc
cess,” but every blow they strike will be
for Democratic discord and ruin. The
measure of their success is the measure of
Democratic injury, and as things stand,
they cannot help it. Consequently, as tho
people see this fact, so they will array,
themselves against this minority move
ment, aud it will sink to very small di
mensions at last.
This is the inexorable logic of events,
and knowing, therefore, that many of these
gentlemen of the minority are sincere
Democrats, and wholly unwilling to de
stroy the party, we trust they will aban
don thi3 enterprise before election day,
when'tbe votes will show that it is sub
stantially without popular strength. 1 - ’’
Gov. Colquitt’s Letter of Acceptance.
In another column will be found Gov
ernor Colquitt’s response to the commit
tee ofthe convention notifying him of ibis
recommendation hy a majority of that
body to the Democracy of Georgia, as
their standard bearer,, in the ensuing cam
paign, for governor, It will he san that
lie accepts the tendered trust in graceful
terms, anfi takes the, opportunity afforded,
of presenting succinctly his views upon
several questions of interest before the
people. .. i■i'.iI-..-. • v r! i.
In all of these we cordially concur, and
believe they will be generally endorsed.
The letter breathes a conciliatory and pa
triotic spirit throughout, aud will be well
received by the masses. ,
Hancock Union Ssircb and a Cam
paign Fin for onjjf 36 Cents.
For the campaign we otter bur popular
Hancock and English Union March (price
forty cents) for twenty-five cents, .and will
present with each copy a Hancock cam
paign pin of novel design, to be worn on
vest lappel. Price of pin alone tin cents.
Millions sold, A dopted by Hancock clubs
throughout tbe Union. The n)® 0 *
pin mailed post paid on receipt of twenty-
five cents. Adaress Ludden & Bates, Sa
vannah, Ga. It
and possessing the same qualities. I also
found that it could be vulcanized or hard
ened ; or used in its pliable state for den
tal purposes it is the best thing I have
seen.”
“What would be the C03t of manufac
turing this new rubber?”
“The outside cost, including labor, etc.,
would make it twenty cents a pound, and
the expense of importation saved. It
needs little care, only one top dressing,
and can be gathered at tbe owner’s will.
It would pay better in proportion to the
time and labor consumed than any other
farm product. One acre of land will yield
three tons of milkweed, or 300 pounds of
gum. An interesting fact I noticed was
the great similarity of the plant in fibre,
leaf, etc. 1 to the india rubber tree proper.”
“How long have yon been experiment
ing with the milkweed?”
“Since 1805, and during that period I
have discovered a use for every portion of
it. As I said, in the course of my exper
iments I hit upon this water repellant,
which I stopped to perfect, seeing its value
aud knowing that thousands of dollars had
been spent by rubber firms in endeavors
to procure an invisible, ‘unsmellable,’
water-repellant. In tbe course of tests I
found, that by gathering the pods before
they opened 1 had two treasures—the
seeds, from which can be extracted a
lubricatiug oil finer than linseed, besides
acting as a liniment, being an excellent
cathartic; while from the floss inside a
material very mueh like Irish poplin could
be woven. The experiment with the floss
was tried in Europe during our civil war
when, a substitute for cottou was needed;
but as the milkweed had to he exported
and the war came to a dose, the experi
ment did not end in practical results.
“And what can be done with the refuse
of the plant?” was asked, but hardly in
earnest.
“Why, use it for fuel; it gives outexact.
ly the same heat a3 wood, and makes a
pleasant grate fire, while the root has
long been utilized for medicinal pur
poses,” concluded the inventor, who has
already taken out eight patents on
this plant, which henceforth demands
more than common respect from the lov
ers of the useful.
Where are the Boys?
“A Sad Observer” .writes of the multi
tudes of idle boys, many of them sons of
worthy parents, wlio are seen loafing
about the country towns—boys who are
out at night, and who prefer the street . to
the attractions of tbe most pleasaut homes.
There is a great deal about this subject
that is difficult. The serious difficulty is
found at the beginning, that the training
of children is always an experiment made
without experience. One must live a life
to know how to live. After sous and
daughters arc grown, character formed,
and destiny foreshadowed, it is easy for
the parents to look back and discover
where they have erred in their training—
but it is very difficult, nay, impossible to
human wisdom, to foresee and avoid those
errors. Sometimes a boy who is carefully
and strictly trained will fly oil as soon as
that restraint is withdrawn, as it sooncror
later must be, into ways ot dissipation;
and hence parents lose faith.in vigorous
control. These cases aie, however, excep
tional. There are a lew general rules aud
principles which should be enforced at
whatever cost—of these, first, obedience.
Let commands be given only when they
are necessary, and let them'be wisely giv
en, but enforce them. Second—let it be
remembered that habit is the chief force
in character. Boys learn to like those
things to which they are habituated. Com
pel them to remaiu at home in the even
ings. They will find it irksome at times,
ami yet. if never permitted to be i out at
night, except in company and .circum
stances selected by tho parent, they will
iiud amusement in reading, music, and in
other refining home pleasures, apd by the
time they are eighteen to twenty will have
formed habits and tastes which will lead
them from choice, to exclude evil courses
and companions. Do not let a hoy' run in
the streets, and be out at night, and yet
hope to save him for anything useful. It
can not be done. He may be lost in spite
of all your efforts, but without restraint
he is sure to be lost.- Let the touch of
affection he soft and gentle, but the hand
of restraint must be as inflexible as iron.'
Let him know by continual and consistent
kindness that you love him, and yet that
you are immovably firm in all questions
of principle and right conduct.—Interior.
says, diverted your money from the pur
poses for which it was sent ?”
“Scut!” said Mr. Field. “Do you
really think, that I sent any money to
Georgia or any other place to influence
the action of a political convention?”
“Mr. Field,’’saidthe reporter, seriously,
“that is just what I want to know!” «.
“When I received the intimation from
General Gordon,” said Mr. Field, “that
it had been reported that I had given him
S20,000 to be used at Cincinnati to carry
the Georgia delegation in favor of my
brother, Judge Field, of California, I felt
a thrill of satisfaction, as I have said.
’Tis only your very wealthy men who can
maKe contributions of that amount for
any purpose, and although the contribu
tion in this case meant, if it meant any
thing—well, to put it mildly, it had a
flavor of bribery and corruption about it—
yet no one can be accused of subscribing
$20,000 for any purpose without a thrill
of pride.”
“What had General Gordon really done
with the money ?” said the reporter.
“It seems to me,” said Mr. Field, “that
there is a misunderstanding, let us begin
over again. It is charged”
“That you sent $20,000 to General John
B. Gordon, of Georgia.”
“Exactly,” said Mr. Field.
“To be used witli the Georgia delega
tion to the Cinciuuatti convention.”
“Certainly,” said Mr. Field.
“In the interest- of your brother, Judge
Field, of California.
“Yes,” said Mr. Field.
“As the Democratic nominee for the
presidency.”
“This” said Mr. Field, “is what 1
learned from General Gordon, and-1 as
sure you I was never more astonished in
my life, and I at once telegraphed an em
phatic denial; I’ll show you a copy ot it;”
aud, reaching for his telegraph boob, Mr.
Field read as follows:
; New York, August 2,18S0.—To Gen.
J. B. Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.: Yours re
ceived. The rumor that I gave or lent
you $20,000, or any sum of money, on
condition that you would carry the Geor
gia delegation for Judge Field, or upon
any condition whatever, is infamously
false in every respect aud in all its parts
Cyhs uW. Field.
“Then, of course,” said the reporter, “he
could not have diverted your money to
any other purpose?”
! “He could not have spent my money
for anybody for the reason "that he never
had any of my money to spend. What
ever small pittance I • may have, young
man,” said Mr. Field, in conclusion, “I
can find a use for much nearer home than
the State of Georgia, and I want you to
state that distinctly.”
A Sermon on Push-Foi’ Boys.
• When Cousin Will is at home for vaca
tion, tbe boys always expeqt- plenty of
fun. The last frolic before he went back
to his studies was a long tramp after ha-
zlenuts. AS they were hurrying along in
great glee, they came upon a’ diseouraged-
looking man, and a discouraged-looking
cart. The cart was standing before an
orchard: The man was trying to pull it
u)> hill to his hou£d. 1 “ • r ’ r> i
The boys did not wait to be invited, but
ran to help with,a good will. “Rash!
push! was theay I.
The man brightened up: the cart.trun-
d.ed along, and in five minutes they all
stoo'd panting at the top of the bill.'
1 ^Obliged to ye," said the tiafi; “you
just wait a minute;’.’and he hurried into
the house, while .two or tjiree pink-
aproned children pooped out of the door.
.“Now, bbysj” said Cousin 1 ; wHI/ “this
is a small thing; liut I wish we could all
take a motto out of it for lifts, ‘push!’ It
is just the worddnr agrand, clear is u ru
ing. If anybody js in trouble, and you
see itj don’t stand backj’piish! L ’ 1
“If there is anything good-doiifg In any
place where yon happen to be; pnsh!
“Whenever thehifs a kind > tbidg, a
Christ ian thing! a pleasant thing,-whether
it is at home, or in toprn, o*$t school* just
help with ajl your might; push!”
At that moment the farmer 1 canid up
with nuts and apples; and that Was the
bhd of this little sermon.
In the old days there were angels who
came and took men by the hand and letl
them away from the city ot destruction.
We see no white-winded angels now. But”
yet men are led away from threatening ri „«. -; n a iMTcured,
destruction; a bettdifciwf iatbeira whidk i r-ntt-P’fo m w ><•>«»
leads them forth toward a calm and bright *“ ”
land, so that they look no more baft!
Bad for the Bar—The New York
lawyers are in a ferment of apprehension
over the baleiul effects of the new code,
which goes into operation on the 1st of
September next; baleful to the lawyers,
but the source of happiness and self-grat-
ulation to heirs. One of the provisions of
the instrument declares the counsels’ fees
shall not be paid to unsuccessful contest?
ants out oi the contested estates, a scan
dalous provision of law which lias hereto
fore prevailed in that State. Surrogate
Calvin, with the majority of the legal pro
fession in the State, believes that a law
yer’s interest in disappointed expectants,
cut off without sP shilling, will suddenly
cease, thereby avoiding. a deal of public
scandal and expense. After the 1st of
September the "great number of insane
testators may be expected to undergo a
radical diminution, ltbebooves the rapa;
cions sharks of tlic law to bleed all' the
willing' victims they possibly can during
the next four orfive weeks—a suggestion
which it is hardly necessary to make, how
ever. ■
London Life says that the old nobility
has begun to “recognize that a coronet
on a carriage savors of snobbishness,” and
to leave'it off accordingly. It would he
well if the nobility in the United States
would recognize the same thing; particu
larly as the emblem is apt to emblazon
some coat on its panels to which it lia3
not the smallest right. Sir Frederick
Bruce, an old story runs, while minister at
Washington, ordered his arms put on a
carriage he hail bought, anil was surprised
to find that the cOachmakcr had repeated
the same arms for the benefit-of his cusi-
tomers on a number of,other carriages.
. TpCE Words—Tho contest for tho
nomination, ih the sixth district conven
tion, was protracted : to the 174tli bailot, on
which Mr. J. H. Blount was unanimously
nominated. /He is, in pur opinion, one of
our very best Congressmen. The people
have nothing to gain by throwing overboard
good, true 1 and’ experienced representa
tives, and placing untried men in their
places .—Sparta lshmaelite.
■ l A Just RebukE’,—A Universalist 'min
ister; incensed at Ingersoti, gives him
these home thrusts :.“He believes in the
home anil sacreiluess of the marriage tie,
vet a majority of liis followers are free
lovers. How unjust to accuse him of free
love..lie can blaspheme to his heart’s
toefeiu in a great city,-and yet he says it
is a greater crime blaspheme than it is
io murder. If it were so, he would have
been' hanged long ago. He scoffs at men
who'kntel before God, yet he says nothing
of,fibe man who crawls before, the crowd
in search of notoriety.” .It was the fifty
ceiris admission as much as the,notoriety.
Uofo'Ingertoll'ii no missionary or blas
phemer for the mem- notoriety of it. It is
sheptpqr 3flent. ■ . |
“All the health I enjoy, and even my
life I may sayj is k» consequence offsim-
pjpons’;,liUer Emulator. I would, not
take pne million dollars for my interest
in that medicine. W-‘ H. Wilson,
j -1W ' • ’ : Welborn, Florida.”
.Was were not nominated, but we’ve got
tbe best lot of fresh turnip andgarden seed
In the citjr, at the o'ld wooden corner—L.
W. Hunt’s.
Only a rebel—a rebel unknown—
In tbe charge he came down in the van
With a cheer on his lips and a flash in
his eye,
And the Bright sable grasped in his
hand.
Not a chance lie had; the shotted guns
Frowned over the guarded wall;
But his proud lips smiled as on them be
rode,
Obeying the bugle call.
Ah! I turned my bead with a whia
pered prayer,
As our fire leaped out to his breast,
Anil the long line broke like a wave on
the rocks,
Leaving him here to his lest.
Only a rebel. . But I saw him dje,
And tho blood leaped up to my face,
For I dreamed at the moment, a hero’s
soul,/—
Sprang up from this horrible place.
Only a rebel. But write o’er his head,
“A brother sleeps here in the gray,
Who lies as he fell, in a hopeless charge,
With bis life and his name shot away,”
Ah! when the last reveille shall sound,
From the foot of God’s spotless throne,
Full many a gallant name and deed
Will rise from the grave of Unknown.
The Agricultural State Convention.
From some unexplained cause the re
port of our special correspondent at the
State agricultural convention, which met
this week in Hartwell, Hart county, has
not come to hand. Wo are glad to hear,
however, from tho Constitution, that our
townsman, Colonel Hardeman, was re
elected president of the State Agricultural
Society for the ensuing year. We quote a
portion of the proceedings, as follows:
A resolution wa3 offered reciting, that,
whereas the farmers of Georgia pay into
the treasuiy $50,000 net in inspection fees
on fertilizers, that the legislature be peti
tioned to appropriate this sum annually
for the benefit of the productive interests
of the State, to-wit: The completion of
the geological and agricultural survey of
the State, the support of agricultural and
mechanical education, and the balance to
the establishment of experimental stations
and agricultural colleges.
After full discussion the resolution was
laid on the table.
The report of the executive committee
was made announcing that there would
be no State fair held this year; also an
nouncing with regret the prospective resig
nation of Malcolm Johnston as secretary,
and expressing appropriate resolutions on
the death of James Davison, one of their
members.
Bainbridgc was unanimously selected
as the next place of meeting in February
next.
The election ot president for the ensu
ing year then took place and was attended
with much more than usual interest and
excitement. Four candidates were nomi
nated, namely: Thomas Hardeman, of
Bibb; J. H. Fannin, of Troup, D. E.
Butler, of Morgan; and James M. Mobley,
of Harris. Mr. Mobley and Mr. Butler
withdrew, and tbe race was then confined
to Messrs. Hardeman and Fannin. Out •
of 129 votes cast Colonel Hardeman re
ceived 73, Fannin 52, aud Butler 4. The -
election of Colonel Hardeman was then
made unanimous.
Mr. S. M. H. Bird, of Polk county, was
re-elected a trustee of the State Univer
sity.
The Virtues of Buttermilk.
Few people know, says a writer in the
Country. Gentleman, the value of butter
milk. A proper and constant use of but
termilk will entirely cure the constant
craving for stimulants to which many per
sons, from long use, have habituated
themseives. Have it handy, and when
the appetite says whisky or other stimu
lant drink half a tumbler of buttermilk;
the craving desire will be satisfied, and
the stomach will be much benefited and
strengthened, instead of weakened.
There aie very many good effects from a
free use of butter.uilk. It alone will
often cure sour stomach, and permanent
ly. The lactic acid needed by many per
sons is supplied by buttermilk much more
largely than by any other known food or
beverage.
One vital and important use of butter
milk is the prevention of valvular ossifi
cation of the valves of the heart, from
which, in this country, so maDy persons
die, especially old persons. There are
many other peculiar so-called heart dis
eases which lactic acid, if partaken of
freely, prevents. The so-called fluttering
or palpitation of the heart, consequent
upon a disordered, dyspepticstomach, can
be entirely removed by a free use of but
termilk. There are many other unpleas
ant feelings thus cured, ail of which have
their seat in the stomach—melancholy,
the blues, etc.
A Lajje Defense.—It used to be sa'.d,
“would that my enemy would write a
book,” but now it is almost as dangerous
to have a friend to do this little job. Gar
field’s life has lately been written by Col.
Russell H. Connell, of Massachusetts, m
which is given General Garfield’s defense
of the Credit Mobiller business. The ex
planation is plausible, but not satisfactory,
insomuch that it omits the two most vital
features of the charge he assumes to ex
plain. He is silent on the documentary
evidence produced by Mr. Ames, aud
sworn to by him, as being in General Gar
field's handwriting. As he never appeared
before tbe committee after this testimony
was produced by Ames,it stands uncontra
dicted. *
An equally unfortunate omission in bis
defense is his failure to make any nete of
the unanimous report of the Poland c>m-
luittee, which found him guilty of sub
scribing for the stock-and, receiving the
dividends upon it. In the attempt to ex
plain the DeGolyer fee, no allusion la
made to the judgment of the Cook county
circuit court of Ulinois, which con
demned the fee as corrupt and illegal.
A Wonderful Spring—A Long
Branch' letter says: “A prominent St.
Louis gentleman here says that they have
in Arkansas a new and wonderful eureka
spring, which is thought to contain the
fountain of youth for which Ponce de
Leon sought It is situated in the Arkosh
mountains, White county, Arkansas, and
though discovered but a year or two since,
a town of 10,000 inhabitants nas sprung
up, and many wonderful cures of rheu
matism aud paralysis have been made by
the healing waters. The veuerabie Judge
James, of St. Louis, who is as bald as &
badger, went to this spring for his hair,
and returned with a fine growth over an
inch ih length. At last accounts a thou
sand bald-headed bachelors were out there,
who thought they were eternally bald on
account of their early piety, but found
each a baby growth of new hair by the
enelfkntment of these waters.”
. CjebaR had his Brutus, Charles the
Fiist his Cromwell, .and every cough and
cold in thi$ country will find a conquerer
in Cousscns’ Honev of Tar, the unrivalled
cough' hiCdicine.' Price 50c. For sale by
Lamar, Rankin <fe Lamar. juylft
' •*’* ' T -7 "
When a young man has learned to wait,
be has mastered the hardest lesson in life.
Few truly learn it, but he who does has
gained knowledge of tbe fundamental
principles of all success, and need not fear
that all other things necessary will bo
added unto him.
A Cheap Country Excursion.'
• Three industrious young New Yorkers^
Messrs. N. lsrail, H. Oppeuheim aud B.
Roseublum, who board at No. 01 Chryati®
street, desiring a country excursion, 1 pre
paratory thereto clubbed and spent ode
dollar in the purchase from M. A. Dxn-
Cheerfulness is natural to the
healthy; despondency and gloom to tho No. S19 Broadway, New York City,
unhealthy or dyspeptic. Xo* is voar ^ £ f half of Ucket No 35.939 ia ^ Ju fy
chance to he made happy. Go to L. W. ' - ■ *
Hum’s am) get.a finite of Dyspeptic
and the hand may be a little child’s. • FduU’s Celebrated Horse and Cattle Pow-
George Eliot. .den. a4.2w
* drawing ofthe Louisiana State'Lottery,
; and honorably earned by their: enterptia-
j ing venture $5,000. which was fiwureUt'
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