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FRIDAY, AUGUST 20,18S0.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
FOR PRESIDENT,
\YIMFIELD S. HANCOCK.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM H. ENGLISH.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
State At Large.
Hon. J. C. C. Black, of Riehmond.
Hon. R. E. Kennon, of Randolph.
ALTERNATES.
Hon. L. J. Glenn, of Fulton.
Hon. A. Pratt Adams, of Chatham.
District Electors.
First—Samuel D. Brad well, of Lib
erty.
Second—Wm. M. Hammond, of Thomas.
Third—Christopher C. Smith, of Tel
fair.
Fourth—Leander R. Rat, of Coweta.
Fifth—John I. Hall, of Spaulding.
Sixth—Reuben B. Nisbet, of Putnam.
Seventh—Thomas W. Adkins,of Bartow.
Eighth—Seaborn Reese, of Hancock.
Ninth—Wm. E. Simmons, of Gwinnett.
alternates.
First—Josephus Camp, of Emanuel.
Second—Wm. Harrison, of Quitman.
Third—James Bishop, Jr., of Dodge.
Fourth—Henry C. Cameron, of Harris.
Fifth—Daniel P. Hill, of Fulton.
Sixth—Fleming G. DuBignon, of Bald
win.
Seventh—Peter W. Alexander, of
Cobb. .
Eighth—James K. Hines, of Washing
ton.
Ninth—Marion C. Boyd, of White.
STATE HOUSE OFFICERS.
For Attorney General—Clifford An
derson, of Bibb.
For Secretary of Stale—N. C. Barnett,
of Fulton.
For Comptroller—Wm. A. Wright, of
Richmond.
For Treasurer—D. N. Speer, of Troup.
Congressional Nominations to Date.
Hon. H. G. Turner, Second District.
Hon. J. H. Blount, Sixth District.
Hon. H. P. Bell, Ninth District.
Recommended to the support of the De
mocracy of Georgia, by 220 out of 350
delegates to the State convention for
re-election as Governor—
Gen. ALFRED H. COLQUITT.
—The population of New York City as
shown by the census, is 1,203,S23.
—Dan Rice has already retired from
the religious field, and is fitting up a float
ing circus for the Mississippi river and its
tributaries.
—The census taker at Wakefield, N. C.,
found a man 05 years of age, who is the
Father of twenty-nine living children,
twenty-six of whom are by one wife.
—The Viking’s ship, lately discovered
at Sandfiord, in Norway, has been taken
to Christiania, and placed undercover in
the University garden, near the old boat
found at Tunoe some years ago. The
damaged part is to be restored, aud the
colors, which rapidly faded in the sun
light, freshened up.
—The willow which overshadows the
first Bonaparte’s grave is the second plant
ed since the interment of the Emperor,
and is twenty-six years old. Willows at
St. Helena rarely attain a greater longev
ity than thirty yea:*, and shoots are care
fully preserved for planting. The ex-Em-
press Eugenie brought away some youDg
shoots and a few violet and geranium
plants from the tomb, some for presenta
tion to Queen Victoria, and some for her
self and her friends.
Assaulted Again.—John H. Harris,
the colored Democratic orator from Vir
ginia, is having a rough time north ol the
Potomac. Last week he was twice vio
lently assaulted in Delaware by men of
his own race who had no toleration for a
-Colored man who talked Democracy.
Thursday last Harris attended a picnic of
a colored post at South Chester, Pa.; but
as soon as his political antecedents became
known he was knocked down and beaten
and severely injured. The report of the
assault in the Philadelphia Press express
es the hope that “Harris will not again ap
pear there^and thus antagonize his colored
brethren.”
The Flohida Orange Crop.—The
increase in the orange crop of Florida
within the past six years has been most
remarkable. In 1874, says the Baltimore
Sun, the orange plantations were very
few, the larger ones not exceeding four.
Now they are numerous on Indian river,
Orange lake, on the Upper Ocklawalia
Etui Crystal rivers, while the St. John’s
liver is lined for two hundred miles with
valuable groves. In 1874 the entire crop
was represented by 2,000 half barrel cases.
It has risen since then by the following
gradations: In 1675 the crop was 10,000
half-barrel cases; 1870,15,000; 1877, 31,-
000; 1878,75,000; 1879,200,000. The su
perior quality of the Florida oranges make
them in greater demand than any of the
imported oranges. Even those ofHavana
are less sought for by reason of their being
less pulpy and of the inferior flavor.
Hancock’s Chances in Qhio.—A
New York special to the Cincinnati En
quirer says: Judge Hoadly, of Cincin
nati, visited Gen. Hancock to-day, and
also called at the national Democratic
headquarters. There he said:. “J wish
to be understood as saying emphatically
that Gen. Hancock’s prospects in ’the
Buckeye State are bright. I can promise
a certain victory for the Democrats in the
presidential election if they will do their
duty intherordinary work of the cam
paign.”
“So you are of the opinion that Garfield
Will lose his own State?”
“Yes; his friends will have to do some
very hard work if they succeed in turning
the tide that has set in for Hancock every
where. Hancock is very popular among
all classes of men in our section of the
country. The old soldiers are enthusias
tic for him. The farmers and mechanics
can find no fault with his record, and the
politicians of both parties honor him as a
man. When ! t was announced that the
Democratic convention had nominated
him for the presidency, a wave of enthu
siasm rolled from Cincinnati to the re
motest rural section,”
Last Week’s Cotton Figures.
THE CROP SITUATION.
The New York Chronicle of last Satur
day reports the cotton receipts of the sev
en days, ending last Friday night, at
8,G91 bales, against 3,462 bales for the cor
responding week of last year. Total from
first of September, 1879, to last Friday
night. 4,90S,575, against 4,443,563 for' the
corresponding period of the previous cot
ton .year-showing an increase, of 465,012
bales. The cotton exchange report for
same dates is: Recipts, 4,814,612, against
4,430,692 last year. Showing an increase
of 4S4.120 bales.
The Chronicle's table of interior port
receipts shows receipts of the week, 2,li?J,
against 555 the same week of last year.
Shipments 8,185, against 2,137 last year,
Stocks, 35,473, against 11,477 last year.
The Chronicle's visible supply table
shows 1,455,063 bales of cotton In sight
last Friday, against 1,179,442 at the same
date last year—1,236,798 at same date in
187S, and 1,882,464 at same date iri 1877.
These figures show an increase of
275,621 bales on the visible supply
of last year—218,265 on the visi
ble supply of 1878, and a decrease of 427,-
400on the visible supply of 1877, at the
same dates. Cotton in the Liverpool
market last Friday was quoted at 6 13-
16 for middling upland. One year ago,
at that date, the quotation was 6 3-8. In
1878, at that date, the quotation was
6 9-16, aud in 1877,61-16.
The Chronicle appends the following
to its weekly table of receipts from plan
tations:
The above statement shows—
1. That the total receipts from the plan
tations since Sept. 1, in 1879-80 were
4,936,747 bales; in 1S7S-79 were 4,451,-
742 hales; in 1877-7S were4,257,572bales.
2. That, although the receipts at the
out ports the past week were S,C91 bales
the actual movement from plantations
was only 2,657 bales, the balance being
drawn from stocks at the interior ports.
Last year the receipts from the planta
tions for the same week were 1,890 bales,
and for 1878 they were 2,549 bales.
The Chronicle's weather telegrams of
Friday, from the cotton-growing region,
report better weather than the week be
fore, but diy and hot weather much
needed. The caterpillars were not be
lieved to have done serious damage np to
last Friday.
In Texas, Galveston reported showers
on three days of the week, an average
temperature of 80; 344 bales of new cot-
con received to date; too wet and worms
operating, but not to much damage.
Prospect continues promising. jndianola
reports 2.37 of rain in the week, average
mercury 79; a severe storm on Friday,
with a maximum velocity of 75 miles an
hour and serious damage on coast and in
terior. Corsicana had very little rain,
crops magnificent. Dallas had very little
rain, mercury from 65 to 93, complaints
of boll worms, but believes that the crop
will be the best gathered for thirty years.
Brenham had showers on three dayss
mercury from 68 to 92, average 81. Cater
pillars are doing harm in the bottoms and
black lands.
As to Louisiana, in New Orleans, there
were showers on five days of the week,
and an average temperature of 81. In
Shreveport the average was 7S; rainfall,
0.60. First bale received lastFriday.
In Mississippi, at Columbus, rainfall,
2.51; temperature, 80. Mach injury from
boll worms and caterpillars. In Arkansas,
a clear week and a temperature of 77. No
complaints.
In Tennessee, at Memphis, rain on five
days, but only 0.64 of fall. Weather too
humid. Mach damage done on the bot
toms by overgrowth and dropping. Up
lands fine. At Nashville, rain on two
days, and average mercury 77.
In Alabama, at Mobile, 1.30 of rain on
one day. Average mercury 79. Cater
pillars increasing and much damage
feared, but little done as yet. In Mont
gomery, showers on four days, with 0.60
of fall. Too wet. Caterpillars doing
considerable damage, aud rust develop
ing badly. At Selma, crop accounts less
favorable. Too much rain. Rust devel
oping badly. Caterpillars everywhere.
In Madison, Florida, rust, shedding and
caterpillars reported.
In Georgia, at Columbus,l.lOof rain on
one day, mercury 70 to 87. Average, 76.
Macon, 2.45 of rain ’during the week.
Mercury 67 to 87, average 75. Too much
rain for cotton, but crop accounts con
tinue excellent. Savannah, rain on six
days—fall 1.19. Average mercury 81.
Augusta, rain on six days—rainfall 1.74.
Crop promising.
The Choice for Governor as Present
ed to the People.
A small committee, from a small minori
ty, split into four factions, and when
combined representing less than a third
of the voters of Georgia, have had the bad
taste, not to say temerity, of seeking to
foist upon the people their candidate for
governor, Hon. Thomas Norwood. Yet
the same disgruntled politicians were out
raged because two hundred and twenty,
out of a total of 350 delegates to the
late State convention, ventured not
to nominate hut simply recommend Gov.
Colquitt for ye-election. In their
wrath they retired and did the identical
thing, only in afar more objectiona
ble form.
Mr. Norwood cannot claim to he the
representative of two-thirils, or cyen one-
third of the minority of the late conven
tion, by any formal vote or act of theirs.
He is simply the nominee of a committee
of nine who were clothed with
power to act in the premises.
It is not, and cannot be known,
whether his nomination would have
been acceptable, though the proba
bilities are in his favor. Bat see the dif
ference in the attitude of the two gentle
men before the public. One is the enthu
siastic and unquestionable choice of very
nearly, if not quite, two-thirds of the
largest convention of the counties ever
held in the State. The other is put for
ward by a committee of the minority on
ly, which, upon tbs very last ballot of the
convention, was divided among four can
didates, having never deviated from their
support but twice, when complimentary
ballots were cast for Lester and Harde
man respectively.
The friends of Governor Colquitt claim
to be Simon pure Democrats desirous of
carrying out the will of the majority of
the people. The friends of Mr. Norwood
also claim to be Democrats, hut still were
willing to take Col. Felton as their nomi
nee, who is the embodiment of the Inde
pendent opposition in Georgia. Whose
record therefore is the best?
The wholo embroglio is greatly to be
deprecated,'and gladly would we hail any
measure by which this breach among
friends and compatriots could be healed.
For our part, if the contest is to be con
tinued, we shall sot fail to remember that
this is a division upon the merits of men
only, and that all should, and We tiust
will, unite upon the broad national Demo
cratic platform and in the support of Han
cock and English. We have no harsh
words of invective for those who differ
with us in this State campaign or their
nominee, who has been a life-long person
al friend. There are no political principles
involved.
The Silver Controversy A?ain.
A Berlin dispatch of the 16th inst.,
pdblished in the Telegraph of yester
day, says it is expected that at the next
session of the Reichstag the entire ques
tion of currency will be reopened. In
government circles it is .said Prince Bis
marck favors the readoption of silver as a
legal tender. The president of the Im
perial hank has, in a remarkable treatise,
exposed the mistakes made in abolishing
the silver standard.
Now, this follows immediately upon
the action of the national convention of
bankers in Saratoga on the 12tli, and sub
sequently, wherein much evil was antici
pated from the persistent attempts in the
United States to reintroduce silver. It
was declared that the United States
would exclude herself from the curren
cy circle of advanced commercial na
tions, and find correspondence alone with
India, China and Japan as practically
exclusive silver standard countries. Thus,
while such pronnneiamentos are made in
the United States, the German govern
ment, which should be a government of
some intelligence, and has long tried the
anti-silver policy and the single gold
I standard, announces its consciousness of
having made a grand mistake, and its
purpose to retrace its steps. Bismarck
favors the readoption of silver as a legal
tender. Sorely, we can say with confi
dence, that Bismarck usually knows what
he is about. “The president of the Im
perial hank has, in a remarkable treatise,
exposed the mistakes made in abolishing
the silver standard.” Well, surely the
president of the Imperial bank of Berlin,
should he presumed to understand pretty
thoroughly all financial questions.
Now, in view of these facts, while the
product of gold continues largely in excess
of that of silver, and a leading power of
Europe proposes to return to the double
standard, shall we demonetize that metal
and so perpetuate the suicidal policy which
has reduced its relative value about 12 per
cent., while wc just so far diminish the
value of one of our great products and cut
down the volume of our specie basis cor
respondingly ? Surely this will he un
wise. The country should insist on the
double standard; but not, in oar opinion,
on pressing an undue amount of silver
coinage. It should be ready to agree with
the commercial powers, or any of them,
upon a reasonable basis of comparative
valuation; and as to the so much com
plained of bulk of silver, why may it not
lie in hank vaults in ingots, just as con-
conveniently as double eagles ?
The Minority Address,
The minority address to the people of
Georgia, printed yesterday, is a record of
grievances, some of which, we have no
doubt, have foundation. A statement of
grievances from the other side might also
possess some force. Bat it is a very un
satisfactory and unprofitable issue pre
sented to the people. The people sent
these delegates to agree upon a nomi
nee for governor, and they failed to do it.
The next point for rational men to
consider, is how shall the lapse be reme
died? The people have already elected
Colquitt to one term. A large majority
of the late convention have declared that
he has not abased or forfeited public con
fidence; and his enemies, while they find
fault with his administration, can hardly
set np that he has been guilty of any
crime or inalconduct which ought to
work a forfeiture of the right to candi
dacy.
The question then presents itself to
every candid man, “Is there such insur
mountable objection to Governor Col
quitt that, rather than submit to two
more years of his administration, we will
break up the great Democratic party
of Georgia, and plunge into an interne
cine war.
This is the question that presents it
self to all candid men, and we are per
suaded that there is too much practical
good sense and conservatism in the peo
ple of Georgia to admit of a doubt about
the answer. We are sorry that the minor
ity feel themselves personally aggrieved,
but the remedy they propose is too costly.
There is nothing demanding such a sacri
fice. The majority insisting that they
would not take anybody but Colquitt,
were iniault. The minority trying to rule
out Colquitt at all hazards, wcie in fault.
Neither showed the spirit which should
actuate Democrats. But we are not go
ing into a party civil war, because they
sank below the demands of the occasion.
We are going to take the position most
approximate to union, and appeal to the
people from it. Come up and harmonize,
if not perfectly, at least as near as you
can. To vote for Colquitt is to vote for
harmony and victory. To vote for Nor
wood is to vote for .discord and defeat.
Senator Conkling.—A Washington
special to the Cincinnati Commercial says:
It is learned here on excellent authority
that Senator Conkling will make three
speeches in Indiana, ne w ill go there
early next month and make his first speech
at Richmond, the second at Indianapolis,
and the third at some point not selected.
His friends here say that this means busi
ness, and that he will sail into the cam
paign at so lively and spirited a rate as to
pat to shame the Republicans who pre
dicted that he was soured and would take
no part. An effort is also being made to
m him to make three or four speeches in
Ohio, and probably with success.
Population of St. Louis.—The
official retnrns of the census enumerators
show the total population of St. Louis to
be 333,577, which is an increase of only
22,713 over the census of 1870. This is a
surprising exhibit, and tells how effectu
ally Chicago has pushed her rivalry with
flie Queen City of the Mississippi and its
tributaries. The Globe-Democrat is in
the sulks, and says if the present census
is right that, of 1870 was a “gigantic lie.”
—In 1631 St. Faul’s Cathedral, London,
was commenced, subject to the most ex
traordinary profanation. It appears from
documents lately printed illustrating its
history, that “upon Sundays and all fes
tival days the hoys and maydes and. chil
dren of the two neighboring parishes after
EDITORIAL GLIMPSES-
The study of ancient history is edify
ing, and a review of the past brings out
some strange contrasts. The following is
taken from a politico-religious paper of
New York, of July 20,1878:
“The President has suspended General
Arthur and Mr. A. B. Cornell, and ap
pointed Colonel Merritt collector, aud S.
W. Burt naval officer of this port. The
appointments are promotions, and are
generally commended. The custom
house was, by the rejection of the nomina
tion of Mr. Roosevelt in the Senate, with
drawn from the control of the President,
and presented the "demoralized spectacle
of the largest business under the govern
ment being conducted on account of an
irresponsible citizen.
“The wish being father to the thought,”
the Albany Advertiser joyfully exclaims:
“There is no telling how the present
gubernatorial wrangle will terminate.
We believe, though, that it will result in
the birth 'of another political party in
Georgia.”
Gen. Toombs admired and indorsed
the minority, because they had honor,
integrity, and right sentiments, while the
majority were manipulatedan.i controlled
by the railroad syndicate.—Atlanta Pho
nograph. .
Alas! for the minority, they have nom
inated a man, who is the paid attorney
of one of the grandest railroad monopo
lies in the country, and who goes about
to lobby legislatures and the United
States Congress.
TALMAGEsays: “Death never takes a
bribe.” So the Indianapolis Sentinel sug
gests, on the score of peace and harmony,
that the Republicans change their ticket
and make it “Death and Arthur.”
Some of the “fragments” are going into
ecstasy over Tom Norwood and his good
looks. There is no doubting the question,
Tom would make an elegant political
corpse.
Garfield’s recent trip to New York
and Chantauqna cost, it is said, on close
calculation, just $329.
Gen. Banks, in 1873, branded Garfield
as a perjurer; but will support him in
1880.
The responsibility for the present state
of affairs will he placed where it belongs,
The majority would sacrifice nothing,
while the minority was willing to sacri
fice everything for the good ofthe State.—
Atlanta Phonograph.
Yes, so we observe, they were willing
to sacrifice even poor Norwood. They
led him forth as a lamb for the slaughter.
The Atlanta Post throws off its mask,
and comes squarely out for the inde
pendents. Democrats need not be de
ceived any longer. The division of the
Democratic party is what the Independ
ents have labored hard for during the
past few years, and the Post has done its
part in the consummation of this unfortu
nate affair. Here is a specimen from its
columns as evidence:
When the people of Georgia make np
their minds,the newspapers and politicians
may as well submit gracefully and join
the popular procession. When Stephens,
Speer and Felton entered the last con
gressional race they were bitterly opposed
by every morning daily in the State, and
assailed on every stump by the ablest
champions of the organized Democracy.
Yet Stephens, Speer and Felton whipped
the fight in spite of the powerful opposi
tion. They won because the people of
their districts understood them, and were
in thorough sympathy with them.
The representative men of the Repub
lican party, such as Orth, the notorious
Venezuelajobber,was at the Fifth Aveime
conference. So was Bullock, the equally
notorious ex-carpet-bag governor oi Geor
gia. And there were Belknap, War-
mouth, Syplier, Pinchback, Robeson, Con
over, Filley, Williams, of Landauiet ill-
fame; Marshall Jewell, whom the Su
preme Court rebuked for robbing a half-
demented woman in Detroit of her Lands,
and Dorsey, whose operations in the dis
trict ring were too scandalous for belief.
And then In room 30 was James A. Gar
field of $329 aud $5,000 memory. Really
it was a truly representative Republican
gathering.
The Ocmitlgee Farmers’ Club did not
make their recent fair a financial success,
although it was no fault of the officers
and members, for they gave an excellent
exhibition, and no men worked harder
than the secretary and executive commit
tee to make the occasion a success. The
threatening weather kept the crowd away.
We regret to chronicle the fact.
The Census.
A strong illustration ot sectionalism
and party bigotry run mad may be found
in the attacks upon the Southern census
enumeration, as a deeply planned South
ern Democratic fraud to cheat the North
and the country into the concession of an
undue representation from the South in
Congress. The idea is perfectly wild
and can have no possible foundation, ex
cept in the spirit of hatred and exaspera
tion against the Southern States, which it
is the aim of the Republican prints to en
courage. Such a scheme would he im
practicable, if attempted, and.it is wholly
improbable that the conception ever
entered the mind of a single enumerator.
But it is alarming that men should make
such a charge, because it is itself the sug
gestion of the most desperate sectionalism.
The Radicals insist that they shall have
exclusive party supervision of the Ameri
can ballot. We may judge how they will
do the work from the spirit and temper
they display. Let every good man, inter
ested in a fair, just and impartial govern
ment, tremble at the thought that such
men should wield in perpetuity the des
tinies of this great nation.
There are various explanations of the
unexpected increase of population, indi
cated by the partial returns which have
been made. A reasonable one, made by
some of the Republican papers, is that
while there has undoubtedly been much
actual increase in the South, it is exag
gerated by the imperfection of the census
returns of 1870. At that time, the enu
merators were selected from such so-
called Republican material a3 was found
at hand, and this was often exceptiona
lly had and made very unreliable returns.
This is doubtless true, and tbe more cor
rect figures of 1SS0, therefore, necessarily
exaggerate the gain. Bat the spirit which
fires up in umbrage at any exhibition of
growth in the Southern States, and
charges the return^ ot sworn officers un
der it, though acting under Republican
appointments and supervision, as fraudu
lent and false, is ofie which should make
all fair men shudder.
Garfield, when in New York, was
heard to say, “Will my troubles never
end?” He was willing to barter"
anything iu the future to the stal
warts for present support, but they de
manded something tangible now. They
sought the overthrow of Sherman.
“Bat!” exclaimed the excited Garfield,
“what good wil^ New York do me, if I
lose Ohio ?” The reply was, “What good
will Ohio do yon, if you lose New York?”
Last week J. W. Hoeninger was fined Wining the sweat trom his classic brew,
$250 and ordered to be imprisoned for - he loaned with great agitation, “will my
dinner come into the church; then they | ten days for refusing to be sworn on a J troubles never end ?”
play in such a manner as children used to jury m a horse stealing case in tbe Hen- ( '•**■ —
do till dark, and hence cometh principally rico county, court, Richmond, Ya., be- | riders should remember that the
that Inordinate noise which many times ; cause there was a negro on the jury. He oth« Column, wuf'ww “as the'
•uffersth not the preacher to be beard in - yielded afterwards and the punishment metal tip, while at the same time adding
the choir.” i was remitted. to the beauty of the shoe. aug!8-wlt
Too Late for Compromise.
Tho heavy arraignment of: Governor
Colquitt and the majority of the conven
tion, by the address of the committee of
the minority which nominated Senator
Norwood, aud the unsatisfactory termina
tion of the correspondence between the
two contestants for gubernatorial honors,
would seem to dash the last hope for
reconciliation between the conflicting ele
ments of the Democracy. No one can
possibly regret this more than the writer.
During the entire sessions of the conven-
tion; both by his personal efforts and daily
communications to this paper, he labored
earnestly for Democratic harmony, even
going so far as to counsel, in the last ex
tremity, the voluntary withdrawal of
Governor Colquitt, on the ground that he
had been triumphantly ^‘vindicated,” not
only by the people in their primaries, but
in many successive ballotings by tbe con
vention.
Moreover, be criticised and deprecated
tbe animus displayed alike by the Col
quitt and anti-Colquitt delegates, and
gave his voice unreservedly for peace and
Democratic unity. It was with a pang
of real sorrow thaJ. wo beheld the con
vention ndjoum without a two-thirds
nomination.
But it could not he helped, and both
sides were unquestionably to blame.
Subsequently, we still hoped that the
differences might- yet be healed by tho
magnanimity of the minority in forbear
ing to make a nomination in the teeth pf
so outspoken a majority of tho people,
and at the risk of disrupting the Demo
cratic party.
But when the committee ofthe minority
put Governor Colquitt formally on the
defence by the charge In their address of
incompetency and comiption, and even
likened his administration to that of
Bullock’s, we felt they had broken down
their bridges and burnt their ships, and
that there was no neutral ground upon
which both parties could meet and treat.
We are not surprised, therefore, that
the governor refuses to retire under such
circumstances, aud prefers the arbitra
meat of the ballot box, especially as in
his case the people had already given their
verdict.
He was willing, however, to meet his
antagonist in the opening meeting of the
campaign and answer every charge that
might be brought against him. This
was refused on the ground that it was to
be a ratification gathering and'not for dis
cussion.
In that meeting Senator Norwood de
livered, it is said, an aggressive phillipic
against his antagonist. We fear, there
fore, the breach is too wide to be healed
this side of the ballot box. After the re
sult has been announced, however, and
this personal conflict has been decided
one way or the other by the people, we
trust the two “elements” will come to
gether and fusing once more into a har
monious unit, work with increased ardor
for the common standard bearer of the
Democracy, Hancock and English. In
the meanwhile, we shall give an earnest
support to the people’s choice for governor,
though sedulously abstaining from all
acrimcny and bitterness in the discussion
of such questions or events as may de
serve notice during the progress of the
campaign, especially eschewing personal
defamation. It should never he forgotten
that this is a family quarrel, and “blood
is thicker than water.”
Em#ry College.
This noble old institution still moves
on in its glorious work of contributing its
quota of cultivated young men to society,
and to the various professions and voca
tions of life. It has a splendid record,
and is doing more now than ever before
for the elevation of the race aud the good
of the world.
We have received a catalogue for the past
year, and it exhibits gratifying prosper
ity. Dr. Haygood, with an able corps of
teachers, is fully prepared to furnish the
very highest and best facilities for a thor
ough education. The next term opens on
the first Wednesday in October. To show
the liberality of this hard-worked faculty,
we copy the following from the catalogue,
on free sclioolships:
The sons of itinerent preachers are not
charged tuition in the college classes.
The board of trustees, in July 1874, in
order to extend the benefactions of the
institution, granted “two free scholar
ships in the college classes, to each pre
siding elder’s district in the’three patron
izing conferences.” The scholarships are
not to be confounded with the free tuition
? iven to the sons of itinerent preachers.
'hey are given tothe sons of laymen and
local preachers.
Appointments to these scholarships is
made by a committee of three judicious
men, appointed by the presiding elder. It
is not contemplated that persons will be
appointed who have either bad moral
character, or ample means to pay their
way.
The contributions annually made by
Emory College to the worthy poor among
our young men, should commend the
institution to patriots as well as Chris
tians. The college deserves to be re
membered, in substantial contributions
to its endowment, by good people who ap
preciate the blessings of sanctified learn
ing.
Our friends ofthe minority talk a great
deal about “conscientious convictions,”
just as if they were new-born and hereto
fore unknown to the world. The majori
ty had as many “conscientious convic
tions,” and even a few more, as their
number was greater and tiiey were enti
tled to as much consideration from the
minority as they claim they should re
ceive at the hands of .the majority. A
man might be just as conscientiously con
vinced that it was his duty to vote for
Colquitt as the minority were to vote
against him, and his convictions are enti
tled to just as much respect. If it were
only a conscientious difference between
the parties, the breach vtould soon be
healed, not by violating conscience, but
by bringing conscience into harmony with
the truth and with the facts. “Alas! for
the rarity of human charity.”
NO STEPS BACKWARD.
The Two Candidates Exchange juei
to in, but' Fail to Come to Any Agree
meat In the Premises.
THE CORRESPONDENCE.
Atlanta, Ga., August 16,1880.
Governor A. II.’Colquitt, Atlanta, Ga.—
Dear Sir: Impelled by an earnest de
sire to see the Democratic party in Geor
gia again united in feeling and action, I,
the candidate for governor, at the request
of the minority of the late convention and
of numerous other citizens of the State,
approach you, the candidate on the recom
mendation of the majority of the conven
tion, to see if we cannot by our joint act,
effect that result.
I propose that you and I unite in a re
quest to the State Democratic executive
committee to issue a call to the Democrats
to meet again in convention to nominate
a candidate- for governor. Should you
unite with me In this last effort to pre
serve the party, and to prevent much ac
rimony and unchristian feeling, which
will, no doubt, grow out of this contest, I
will promise, without asking that or any
other condition of yon, that my name
shall not go before the convention.
I be" to assure you, in conclusion, that
I acted in the convention, and am acting
now, without any unkind feeling to you per
sonally. My opposition is and was based
on your administration. My candidacy
is not of my seeking, but, with my views, it
will be my unpleasant duty to make the
race, unless you will unite with me to do
something to avert the evils to our State
aud party which such a division in our
ranks will inevitably produce. 1
I hope you will give me a reply by one
o’clock p. m., to-day, for should your an
swer he responsive to my desire expressed
above, I can leave for home at two o’clock
p. m., and no preparations need then bo
made at representative hall for the meet
ing to-night.
I remain, very truly yours,
T. M. Norwood.
GOVERNOR COLQUITT’S RESPONSE.
Atlanta, Ga., August 16.1880.—Hon.
Thos. M. Norwood, Atlanta, Ga.—Dear
Sir : Your letter of this date i3 before me,
and I hasten to reply, iu accordance with
the request contained therein. Uniting
with you in deploring the existing state of
afiairs, and reciprocating the kind person
al sentiments you are pleased to express,
I must beg your attention to a somewhat
detailed reply to the suggestions your let
ter contains.
In the first place, I remark that I can
not view the matter before us from the
stand-point assumed by you. You allude
to it as if it were purely a personal issue!
that coaid be adjusted by the dispositions
of two private gentlemen. Admitting ycur
right to consider yourself a candidate,
representing no party or principle, and
acting purely on your own motion, I can
not forget that 1 represent the will of the
majority of the Democratic party of Geor
gia, expressed deliberately through the
primaries, and that in my candidacy is
involved the sacred principle that, in all
repesentative governments, the will of the
majority must be respected. It would be
clearly out of my power, therefore, to
regard the issue before us as if it were
mainly a matter between two private citi
zens, and involves nothing more nor less
than their personal convenience or incli
nation.
"Were this different, however—if I felt
there was no general principle involved—
I fail to see the propriety oi the justice
of your suggestion. The canvass has al
ready been made before the people, and
the people have spoken. As the canvass
was unprecedented in its bitterness and
thoroughness, so was the verdict unpre
cedented in emphasis and distinctness.
No objection has ever been made to the
fairness of this verdict, and no disparage
ment can effect its positiveness. It is im
possible to hope that any subsequent ver
dict could be expressed more clearly or
made more overwhelming. If I were to
receive the unanimous vote, the verdict
would not be stronger, ar.d I cannot see
how the gentlemen you represent could
harmonize them, as they say in the pub
lished address: “We accepted the defi
ant declaration and inflexibly resolved to
a man,that we would never submit to his
(my)nomination.” I see nothing left but
for the people to confirm or disapprove
their opinion, already expressed, at the
ballot-box in October.
I cannot but regret that you did not
seek earlier the harmony you invoke now.
With your formal indictment of myself
and my administration already in print, I
should be wanting in self-respect if I
plead guilty to that indictment by acqui
escing in your suggestion. What does
thatjndictment affirm ? To be special, I
quote one sentence from tho address
which you, presumably, endorse. The
sentence reads: “The incompetency of
the administration does not admit of a
doubt. The division of opinion is not on
the incompetency of the present adminis
tration, but relates to still graver matters,
and when criticism on the administration
made by a large portion ofthe Democrat
ic party, is as severe as was made on Bul
lock’s administration, it is time for the
Democracy to move for reform and puri
fication.”
No, sir, you have made the indictment
and affirm the truth of its charges. I de
ny that they are true. This,” it strikes
me, is not the stage of the proceedings for
you to invoke harmony by a withdrawal
from the canvass. Rather so, let us both
go before the people of Georgia and ap
peal to them, you presenting your claims
to their support and preference—I for a
confirmation of the will of the people al
ready expressed.
You will pardon me for the suggestion.
You allude in your letter to a meeting to
be held in the representative hall to-night,
whiclpl understand is to he the formal
opening of the campaign. I respectfully
ask you to allow me a division ot time at
said meeting, and to join me in a discus
sion of the issues involved. If this he ac
ceptable, please notify me by 4 o’clock
this afternoon. If it is is not convenient
for you to accord the division suggested
to night, this invitation is open for our
consideration, as to future meetings. I
take pleasure in assuring you that I shall
always be glad to divide time with you at
any meetings appointed by myTriends.
I am sure that such a discussion as I pro
pose will be fair and courteous, and must
result in the enlightenment of the people
as to the real issues involved in this cam
paign. I am, with great respect, your
obedient servant,
Alfred H. Colquitl.
MR. NORWOOD WRITES BACK.
Atlanta,Ga., August 16, lSSO.-Goo-
emor A. H. Colquitt—Dear Sib: Your
reply to my note of to-day is received.
Without stopping to notice your reasons
for declining my olfer to request the State
executive committee to call another con
vention, I proceed to the latter part of
your letter, which requires immediate at
tention.
You request me to divide the time with
you to-night in the ratification meeting of
my friends, to bo held in representative
ball. So fqr as my memory goes, it is the
first time an opposing candidate ever
made the request seriously to go into a
ratification meeting to divide time with
the speakers of the other party. Still, I
have expressed my willingness to change
the meeting into one of discussion,'and to
accept your offer; but as other gentlemen
have been invited to speak beside myself,
the committee who arranged for this rati
fication meeting decline to convert it into
meeting for discussion.
I bee to say, however, that I accept your
invitation to meet you in joint debate at
any time and place after this week—I say
after this week, because I must go home
before entering on the campaign^
I remain your obedient servant,
T. M. Norwood.
P. S.—Your reply was not received at 3
j. m. and I could not reply by 4 p. m., as
you requested, because I had no right as
an invited speaker to accede to your invi
tation, and I bad to look up the committee
and submit the matter to them. It is now
just 4 p. m.
Qbeerfulness is natural to the
healthy; despoudency and gloom to the
unhealthy or dyspeptic. Now is your
chance to be made happy. Go to L. W.
Hunt’s aud get a bottle of Dyspeptic
Drops, and be cured.
Ex-Gov. Herschel V. Johnson.
The public were wholly unprepared
for the sudden taking off of Gov. Johnson,
though it was known that he had recently
been very ill. ■ He was pre-eminently one
of the greatest men and profoundest
Statesmen that Georgia has ever produced.
Noiujvcre his moral worth and incorrupti
ble integrity inferior te his mental pow
ers. In the chair of State, on the ju
dicial bench and in the halls of Congress,
he shone alike, and when in the Senate
of the United ^States dared cross swords
in argument with Clay,Webster,Calhoun,
or any other of the mighty intellects of
the country, and always held his own.
In the death of this distinguished citizen
Geoigia has lost one o»her noblest sons.
“A prince in Israel ha3 fallen.”
The following succinct sketch of Judge
Johnson is from the pen of Hon. Alexan
der H. Stephens, and was a contribution
to Jonson’s Cyclopaedia:
. Herschel V. Johnson was born in Burke
county, Georgia, September 18, 1812;
graduated at the State University in 1834;
adopted the profession of law, and in
1840 entered tbe political arena as the
advocate of- the principles of Jeffersonian
Democracy; was a presidential elector on
the State Democratic ticket in 1844, and
was appointed in 1848 to fill a vacancy in
the United States Senate; was elected to
the bench in his judicial circuit in 1849;
in 1853 was elected governor ofthe State,
and re-elected to the same office in 1S55.
In 1860 he was run for Vice President
of the United States, on the ticket which
was headed by Stephen a Douglas for the
presidency; he was in the State secession
convention of 1861, and,took an active and
prominent part againsttlie policy adopted
by that body; he voted against the ordi
nance of secession, but afterwards when
it was passed by a majority of the conven
tion, he resolved to go with his State and
sustain her in the course she had, in her
sovereign character, adopted. Brought
up in the State rights school in politics, he
believed his ultimate allegiance was due
to his State. In 1S63 he was elected to
the Confederate States Senate, where he
took and held a high position until the
close of the war. He was president of
the constitutional convention of the State
in 1865.
After the removal of the disabilities im
posed by tbe fourteenth amendment to the
constitution of the United States, he was
again, in 1873, placed on the circuit bench
for a term of eight years. In the mean
time (that is from the close of the war to
the removal of the disabilities referred to)
he had resumed the practice of law, which
he prosecuted with great success. In Jan
uary, 1866, on the restoration of the State
to the Union, under the proclamation of
President Johnson, he was chosen as one
of the two United States Senators to
which Georgia was entitled uuderthe con
stitution. The duties of this office, how
ever, he was not permitted to enter upon;
his seat was denied him by the reconstruc
tion acts of Congress. As an orator, con
stitutional lawyer and jurist, Mr. John
son has few superiors in the United
States.
Interesting Letter from Colonel
Herbert Fielder.
Cuthbert, Ga., August 14,18S0.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I
write in hope that the action of the com
mittee of eleven, who represent the mi
nority of the late convention, may delay
any decisive action looking to the separa
tion of the Democratic party of this State,
by presenting a second candidate for gov
ernor, until they shall mix with and learn
the wishes and temper of the people of
the State, who were conscientiously op
posed to tliercuominationof Gov. Colquitt
aud preferred other aspirants. Without
printing the reasons, satisfactoiy then and
now, which for the last two or three
years caused me, as a private citizen, to
desire a change of executive, I was de
cisively of the class above mentioned up
to the time the balloting ceased, and
would be again if the matter were open
and before a convention of the party—a
thing now morally impossible. The pub
lic misfortune is a thing foolishly fallen
into and deeply to be regretted, but to be
recovered from in the quickest and easiest
method that common sense can devise in
the emergency. A retrospect of a few
months only will reveal the cause of the
public malady—a condition absolutely
necessary to be understood in order to be
gin wisely to apply the remedy.
Bad passions, springing out of aspira
tion aud opposition, nurtured rather than
checked aud restrained by good men,
have done the work which good temper,
charity, forgiveness and kindness of heart
alone can undo or cure.
The antagonism was strong enough be
fore the hosts met face to face in the con
vention to discuss the causes, and by ill-
timed and unwise speeches to intensify it
and to widen the breach. Bat the dele
gates made more rapid progress than the
people in the process of destruction. Aud
it will be found that, much as the situa
tion is deplored by the people represented
by the minority, they are not generally
prepared in mind for the proposed move
ment that looks to a separation.
The opposing hosts having united in
the electoral college, all enthusiastically
supporting Hancock and English,aud on all
the officers elective by the whole people,
except the governor alone; and the opposi
tion to Colquitt not being to his soundness
and fidelity as a Democrat; and based on
grounds not irreconcilable with his past
and future fidelity to the party, there does
not seem to be such a presentation of tan
gible aud permanent issues as are needed
to support the movement—not timbers of
suitable quantity and quality to build a
new party, or frame two self-sustaining
wings to the one we have. Especially is
this true when the present incumbent,
according to the usages of the party, is
indicated as the choice of the majority.
It is to be hoped that wise and moderate
counsels will cause the movers of the
minority to reconsider and unite the party
again.
Truly, your obedient servant,
Herbert Fielder.
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FOR S ftcXtE-
I propose to .ell one cr bjtb of tbs p’antations.
Would prefer to feU the ote ad] jiitiux lands
of Line A Evan, at d Dr. R]M, Pa<t rsoo, con*
slsting of 550 acres, beings portion of the original'
John B. Lamar place. Mulatto or .ray land,
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G EORGIA. BIBB COLNTf.-Wheress,
Char le. Moore has applied to me for tbo set
ting apart a homestead ol r«»l ana p. rsonat
property and the valuation ot the ka no. L will
pass upon said arplica’ion oh Mirulay. the 8'h:
day of September, 1080, at 10 o’clock a. m.
Witnoaa my hand officially.
August 16.1830.
aual7 td J. A. McMANVt Ordinary.
G BORGIA—BIBB COUNTY.—Whereas Ja-
oob Dinkier, guardian ot Edward Reread,
has made applieatieu for letters of diamii.ioo:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
persons cotrerned, to be snd appear at thar
Court ot Ordinary of said county, on tbe first
Mondsv i t August next.tn sbowcaus-.if any they*
have, why letters ol dismissiou should not
be granted to applicant.
Witness my olBual .igisture May S, 1881
J. A. Me RAN US. Ordinary.
ma9-law w4*
Nones LEAVE TO 8ELL LAND.
riBOSGIA, JON18 COUNTY.—Pour weti*
VJ alter data I will apply to the Court olOrdi-
SVT of Jones eiuuty for leave to sell at private’
sale all the w ill lands belonging to estate Of Le
roy Sia.leton deepened.
ELLIN SINGLETON, Executrix.
Jul yd. 1*00 7m*
O RDINARY'*.OO.e Joue* County, Georgia,.
June 16, 1660.—whereas John A Johnson
executor estate' f Martha M. Beat)rook, deoseaed
applies ford ism issten.
These •» to cite and admonish all persona
concerned to show cease at this offloe eu or by
the lint Monday us October, if saiy they bare to
he contrary.
Witness my hand oOciallv.
JjOLABDT. BOSS. Ordinary,
jfOTXGE
O.EOEGI4, BIBB OOUNTY -On the first
VI Monday m September, (the 6tb.) application
will he made to Oourt of Ordinary of said nousty
for leave te mil all the real estate of Thor,
thinheiter, Meat eett eeen»y
, w A B. SWEET, i
July M. ltW-td
