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GEORGIA PRESS. Wiregrass Reporter: There is little talk of the whisky issue in this section, Jt seems to have died a natural death and the great majority of both black ant. white people are bitterly opposed to the sale of ardent spirits within the bounds of the county. This is as it should be, and •we trust those that made the issue will say nothing more about it. Fine Sugar Cane—From the same: Mr. J. W. Wamock informs us that he has a patch of sugar-cane the stalks of which will measure over seven feet. Good! Compliment to Mil Weight.—An gnsta New*: The State convention, this morning, nominated \V. A. Wright, Esq. of Richmond, comptroller-general by ac clamation. This is very complimentary to the young gentleman, and an over whelming indorsement of him as an effi cient officer of the State. Mr. Wright is a young gentleman of fine promise, strictly reliable, and assiduous in his attention to every duty pertaining to his office. We congratulate him ou having received the approval of the people of the State. In 1830 Bibb had a population of 7,194; Chatham, 13,117; and Richmond, 11,644. The county with the largest population in the State at time was Monroe, with 36,202. Conyers Weekly: An exceedingly rich gold mine has been discovered on the plantation of Mr. Henry Maddox, of Rockdale county. Already a fabulous price has been spoken of, but the fortu nate owner will probably keep it. Work in the mine will most likely be com menced at once. A wager is made that Savannah will Teceive one thousand bales of new cotton by the 23tli of August. Thomasville Enterprise: The most extraordinary farming that we have heard of is reported from Meriwether county. John T. Alford reported to the census enumerator that he cultivated twenty- four across of laud, and made twenty- three bales of cotton and two hundred and fifty-three bushels of coni. Only three acres were planted in com, but he checked his cotton every twelve or four teen feet, and planted com in the checks, Southerner and Appeal: There will be a heavy cross-firing between the Colquitt and anti-Colquitt newspapers row, and it is real sad to think that the convention was unable to nominate a governor out of all the long list of able and tried Demo crats iu the State. From the same: Eight of the crack shots of Macon arrived here Tuesday night, and, in company with a number of our citizens, will spend Wednesday in shooting doves. Whenever any party suc ceeds iu killing ever 700 birds in one day, as was done here one day last week, they will confer a great favor by writing us a letter. FoDUER-imiling is the order of the day iu Georgia now, and the rains make it up hill work. Georgia has 2,327 whisky dealers. Cartersvslle Express : Nobody re members the poor and needy printer in the way ol watermelons and fruit. Guess we'll tty Tanner’s feat. Marietta Journal: It is now pretty well settled that Hon. A. O. Bacon will antagonize Hun. J. E. Brown for the Sen- •Worship. One hundred and twenty-four shares of Georgia railroad stock were sold in Deca tur on Tuesday. The price rauged from £41 to 100. Mil Joun Lumpkin, of Talbot county, is dead. During the heavy thunder storm on Monday evening, the transmitter ip. the central office of the telephone company was so badly burned as to render it use less. Matt O'Brien, the chief operator, was at the instrument at the time, and he was knocked senseless upon the floor. He was engaged at the time in talkiug with a young lady on the circuit wire, and it is not known whether the girl or the light ning struct him. This is the first time that any instrument has been burned iu the city.—Columbus Times. Dou'tput this sort of thing on the lightning. That girl just pat ber lips down to the wire and shouted: “I am tired of this foolishness. If you don’t see pa, I’ll send liim to sec you, and you can bet your bottom dollar you’ll know him when he calls.” Of course he wa3 knocked senseless. Nine out of ten men would have been split wide open. Waisrenton Clipper: Vic have been told that one day last week the lightning struck a tree near Mr. Bob Ray’s. The tree was iu the centre of a hog pen, and in the pen at the time was a hog. The tree was shivered from top to bottom, but the hog—oh! what of him. He was found staring at the tree in wild astonish ment, while not a hair ou his back was hurt! The same paper says: We learn that on Thnrsday evening last, while returning from a hunt and in attempting to drive through William’s creek, near the church of the same name, Mr. Owen Ricketson, together with his son and ltorse, came very near losing their lives. It seems that the creek was swollen, and was muclt deeper than Mr. B. took it to be, and after driving insome distance, bis wagon was overthrown by the strong current, his horse became en tangled in the harness, and lie and his son fouud themselves in deep water. Mr; R. at last succeeded in getting his son to a tree, where be held firm and fast, and with the assistance of two friends who providentially rode up at the time, his hone was cut loose from the wagon and swam safely to the shore. Mr. R. and his little boy got out all right, aud with the exception of the thorough wetting they received, the necessity of cutting the har ness to save the hone, and the loss of a fine gun, they escaped without further damage. nocsTON county comes to the front with only ten candidates, according to the Home Journal. We never understood exactly what Ed Martin quit the tripod for before. We un derstand it now. No editor Las a fair chance for legislative honors. Occasion ally one slips in, but it is never gracefully accorded them. Ed was wise in retiring and then announcing himself for the leg islature. We will vote for him and en dorse him. He is our candidate. Saxdebsville Herald: Six little dar kies were in limbo Monday afternoon for robbing a watermelon patch belonging to Jack War»hen, colored. They were lodged in jail for the night, but were re leased next morning on giving bail. They were school children, from eight to twelve years old. Eastman Tunes: The town council of Eastman was petitioned by a large num ber of citizens to pass an ordinance pro hibiting caring of green cow hides within '.be incorporate limits. It is alleged in :bc petition that it creates a very offen sive odor aud wil! create sickness. Albany Adcerliser: This year, of al! i>[ iters, dissension in the Democratic ranks Is to be deplored. Could not patriotism havoAriseu paramount to personalism in such an emergency? Whaf has become of the boasted statesmanship of Geoigia? Hon. IIiiiam P. Bell was nominated as the Democratic candidate for Con gress iu the ninth district, at the recent convention at Gainesville. Among the resolutions passed was the following: Besotted, That we return our thanks and the tliatiks of the people of this dis trict to the Hon. Phil Cook, of the third Georgia district, for his very able defense of our people on the floor of Congress, in answering to the charge of ‘•moonshine violence" in this district, during the ab sence of our representative, Mr. Speer, while the House had under consideration a bill to revise the internal revenue laws. Al t.ant v Pod : Last night, as tlie passenger train of the Western and Atlan tic road was hacking into the car shed, it struck a luggage truck standing near the track, aud with such force as to drive a pon.cn ofit tl.’.cugn the si !e of a Central road uasseiigcr coach; standing on an a 1- joining track. Tho truck was broken to pieees, and tbe splinters looked like a good sized collision bad occurred. Ws find the following in the Albany Nietos: There being a vacancy at West Point United States Military Academy, I pro pose to fill it by nominating thf cadet myself. Applicant must bo between 17 and 22 years of age, at least five feet high, free from any disease or other cause which may render them unfit for military duty. He should be well versed in read ing, writing, orthography and arithmetic, and have a knowledge of the elements of English grammar,of descriptive geography, particularly of the United States, and of the history of the United States. A cer tificate of such qualifications from some competent persons is desirable. Orphan sons of soldiers will receive first consideration, and if appointed and unable to furnish his own outfit, a citizen of Albany, Ga., will do it for him. Ap plications should be made at once to Wm. E. Smith. Albany, Ga., August 10,1SS0. Atlanta Post: A man got drunk in Griffin some time ago and stole a horse. He was indicted and tbe trial, the other day, resulted in bis acquittal, on tbe ground, as reported by a newspaper cor respondent, that tbe evidence showed “it was the wliisky and not any criminal in tent that took tbe horse.” This is a rath er novel precedent and deserves some con sideration. Cabtebsville Free Press: The up- passenger train Tuesday afternoon ran into some freight cars on a side track at Allatoona station at the rate of about thirty miles an hour. The- passenger train was demolished and several freight cars converted into kindling wood. No body was seriously hurt, and tbe train was delayed but two hours. Augusta Chronicle: Central railroad stock has again advanced. Sales were made yesterday at 63. We quote it this morning at 92 J bid, 93 asked. Geoigia railroad stock is strong at 103 bid, 104 asked. Athens Watchman: Among tbe finest speeches made before tbe State convention were those of Hon. Clifford Anderson, of Bibb, Mr. Watson, of McDuffie, Mr. Pat terson, of Bibb, and Mr. McLendon, of Thomas. Hon. Patrick Walsb, ol Rich mond, lias made a repution as a leader in the convention, but then it was such a reputation as no one envies or will be likely to seek after. Columbus Times: We learn of the death of Mr. James Owens, who died at bis residence near Pleasant Hill, Talbot county, on the 9tli instant, of a congestive chill. He b3d been sick for some time, but not considered dangerously so, when he was taken sick with the chill aud died In a short time. He was buried Tuesday, at tlie old family burying ground, at the old homestead near Bell- view. Mr. Owens was about sixty-five years of age, aud was one of tbe best men in the county. During his life lie has held many offices of trust in liis county, and no man in it was more generally es teemed and respected by tbe people. His death will be felt seriously in bis section by tbe whole people, but more xiarticnlar- ly by his family and the community in which he lived. He was a consistent Christian gentleman, and one of those whose deeds will live after him. He leaves a latge family and many friends who are bereaved in his death. He was truly a good man, whose place will be bard to supply. Cochran Enterprise: A lady friend of ours procured a divorce tbe other day, and upon being asked if tbe cause was that he wasn’t a second Tanner, and couldn’t fast, replied: “He can beat ten Tanners; that’s what’s the matter with me. He’s entirely too fast.” Columbus Enquirer: All will re member during tbe storm Monday afternoon an unusually loud clap of thunder. It seemed as if ligbtniDg bad struck in the neighborhood of tlie bearer. Nothing fortunately was struck, but Mrs. Mack Carpenter, on upper Broad -street, was seriously shocked. After this she went into convulsions, and for some time it was thought she should not recover. Yesterday she was doing very well. Savannah News: At a meeting of the [county commissioners yesterday Commis sioner W. W. Paine submitted a letter re ceived from tbe superintendent of tbe State lunatic asylum at Milledgeville, an swering certain questions in regard to the inmates of that institution. The superin tendent states tiiat there are now eight hundred aud seventy-seven patients in the institution of which number Chatham furnishes,54; Fulton, 34; and Bibb,32. The asylum is now crowded, and hence tbe no tification previously mentioned that no more patients could be received. Wesleyan Female College.—Au gusta Chronicle: This well known insti tution of learning, situated at Macon, will begin its forty-third annual session on Wednesday, September 15tb, Health, economy, thorough teaching and tbe best advantages in literature, science, art and music, at moderate rates, commend it to tbe public. Its corps of professors is com posed of some of tbe ablest educators in the State and tlie advantages offered arc superior Iu every respect. Prof. J. T. Derry, formerly of this city, is professor of languages in Wesleyan.' We advise those of our readers who have daughters to send to college to send for a catalogue of the institution. Savannah News: About half past 2 o’clock last evening a horse attached to a buggy came rattling along Bay street at theliveliest gait, and when in front of the Central railroad bank suddenly jstumbled and fell, being slightly stunned. In a sec ond tlie animal recovered and was again on his feet, and dashed off again, leaving tbe damaged buggy behind him. Sergeant Lee picked up two oil overcoats, which fell out of tlie buggy during tho flight, and carried them to tbe barracks, where the owners may obtain them upon identifica tion. The horse was shortly alter caught. Columbus Enquirer: On Monday, near Union Springs, Ala., a very sad accident occurred. Mr. John Blue, of the firm of Blue & Bro., merchants of that place, was riding out, when his horse became fright ened aud ran away. The vehicle came in contact with some obstacle and Mr. Blue was thrown to the ground and killed almost instantly. Mr. Blue was a clever gentleman, and bis death will be greatly regretted. Athens Watchman: On Thursday last, two young fanners, Buck Seagravc and Ed Royal, were in the city and had a misunderstanding about something, which led to serious results. Both were under the influence of liquor, and attempted to figbi once or twice, but were prevented. Afterward they went offtogethci to Head’s grocery in tbe lower part of the city. They went to tbe counter to get a drink, and while Royal was drinking, Seagrave picked up a piece of tobacco box and struck liim back of the bead, fracturing the skull badly. The blood spouted from the no^e, ears and mouth of the wounded man. He has been lying in a critical condition ever since, and Wo understand will likely die. Seagravc escaped and has not been heard from since the occurrence. Perry Home Journal: One day last week Mr. John Houser, of Hickory grove, brought to our office a curiosity in tbe shape of two watermelons joined together on a single stem. Wo cut through .the segment that joined them, and found t-liat tbe two were entirely distinct melons, save tbe fact that they grow on one stem and were joined as two • in one. Verita ble Siamese twins of the vegetable spe cies. ■’ ’ ' Augusta News: Nearly all tbe Rich mond county delegation have returned. Can’t disguise it, they couldn’t stay until Christmas. There is'something savorv in a good Christmas turkey cooked at home. It is the turkey that brings tho boys back. The Cartersville Free Press says: The following correspondence will explain itself: Atlanta, Ga., August 10,1880.—Hon. W. U. Felton: Probable disruption and recommendation of Colquitt by his fol lowers. Will you make the race against him assured of strong support. Answer. H. H. Carlton. J. L. Warren, Wm. Garrard. Cartersville, Ga., August 10, IStO.— U. II. Carlton and others: My friends want me to continue tbe race for Con gress. So I most decline tho race for governor. W. H. Felton. We have only this to say: This flatter ing proposal sqts at rest forever the cry that Felton is a “Radical-disoiganizer,” “negro sympathizer,” etc. Gainesville Eagle: On Tuesday morning last, during a heavy thunder storm, a small dwelling house, tlie proper ty of Mr. R. H. Watkins, of this city, was shocked by tho lightning. Tbe chimney was struck by tbe electric bolt, and lorn down, while a bed, on wliich slept two negroes, was so violently jarred as to tum ble it down without arousing the slum bering darkies. Savannah Neves: Tlie Rev. R. J. Corley has been removed to Atlanta, where he is now under the charge of Dr. Westmoreland, tli% well-known surgeon and physician, through whose skillful treatment he expects soon to recover suf ficiently to return to this .city. Dabien Gazette: Our genial friend, Capt. Smith Barnwell, wishes us to in form the public that rice-birds will soon be ripe. Dr. Tanner’s brother who was over there on a visit the other day, was very anxious to pull some of them before they were ripe. He wanted to send them to the doctor. Fort Gaines Tribune: We hear con flicting reports as to the cotton crop. Some say ’tis better than at this time last year- others, that it is not so good. Bust is gen eral aud the cateipillar is doing unmistak able work. Dajilonega Signal: We are pained to chronicle tbe death of Mrs. Margarctte Lawhon, aged 59 years, wife of Judge James R. Lawhon, which occurred in this place on Sunday last, after a protracted illness. Mrs. Lawhon was an exemplary wife and Christian, a good neighbor, and was beloved by all who knew her. She was a native of Greenville, S. C., but has resided in this county for tbe last thirty years. Amenites of the Convention.—Au gusta Chronicle: In some respects the recent Democratic convention was tbe most remarkable one ever held in Geor- hopc people will understand this. Of course they will, and give Colquitt about 50,000 majority. Savannah Neic3: The disappearar.ee of two young ladies, intimate friends, fe- sidingin the eastern portion of the city, created considerable sensation yesterday in tho circles where they are known. They were missed on Wednesday eve ning, and it was learned that they had left on tbe Central railroad, and it was sup posed bad gone to Atlanta. Yesterday we heard that two young girls bad purchased tickets to Augusta by the Central road on Wednesday morning, and tbe supposition is that they are. the one3 who have thus foolishly left tlieir comfortable homes. We understand that measures have been taken to secure their apprehension and return to the city. Neither of the young ladies, we are informed, is over seventeen years of age. Tbe cause of their running off is not known, and, so far as we can as certain, there was none. That Napkin Oglethorpe Echo: Uncle Charlie Broach acknowledges put ting a batter-cake on his napkin, but de nies the fried chicken part. Well, as he isono of our best friends, a giltredgeil citizen and a leetle nigh-sighted, we won’t quarrel about it. Ho has been associa ting with Col. Smith and Capt. Whit Johnson, who use their coat-sleeves not only for a napkin, but for a pocket-hand kerchief, too. Quitman Beporler: It is a matter for congratulation, and to us very pleasing, to learn that considerable more attention has been paid this year to the cultivation of Rice in South Georgia and Florida than in former years. In Brooks county its cultivation has been increased 1000 per cent. It is also pleasant to know that there is a good demand and that it com- ,inands a fair price. From a young gentleman who is assist ing in tlie erection of a rice mill at Bell- ville, Florida, we learn that tbe farmers in that vicinity are planting it even more largely than iu our county. Some of the farmers in that neighborhood, he says, have planted as much as thirty acres, aud that the yield will be very fine—be thinks gia,and in no particular was it more re- thirty bushels per acre a fair average. He markable than tho excellent spirit pro- • gives us the farther information, that the vailing throughout, in spite of the wide owners of the mill will pay one dollar per difference of opinion as to the candidate bushel for it in the field. If this estimate of the majority. Tlie miuority and ma jority were firm and determined, but there was no personal ill-feeling between tbe members. In this matter all was har mony and order, in striking contrast to many similar assemblages in other States. The opposition to Governor Colquitt was very persistent and sometimes bitter, but no animosity was engendered elsewhere, and no band of brothers could have agreed to disagree with more gentility and fraternity. This speaks well for Georgia and her representative men. The discussion was conducted with enthusiasm, eloquence, emphasis and point, but no insulting personalities cropped out, and no mem ber’s feelings got the better of his reason, in an offensive way. It is with pleasure and pride that we make record of this. It is a proof of the lofty character of the people of our grand old commonwealth, and demonstrates that, even in a heated political contest, they know how to be true to themselves and faithful to tbe motto that illustrates tbe State. Columbus Times, of the 33th : Last night the news reached tbe city of a most bloody deed which liad been committed at Clapp’s Factory, about three miles north of the city. Tlie particulars as ob tained by our reporter are as follows: Mr. James M. Naswortby was overseer of tbe card room and Mr. John D. Ad kins is foreman of the picker room at the factory. Last night, after tbe day’s work was finished, tlie two met in the street of the village near the factory. In a conver sation about their work they became au- gry, and one word brought on another un til Adkins, becoming desperate, drew a knife and plunged into tbe breast of Nas- worthy, from tbe effect of which he died in five minutes. Up to this writing no medical examination lias been made, but it is thought that the knife entered the heart of the unfortunate man. TI13 bloody deed was committed about eight o’clock last night, and Adkins fled as soon as he drew the bloody knife from his victim’s breast. About eleven o’clock Coroner S. O. Lloyd went out to bold an inquest. Oglethorpe Echo: A lew years since, when every man you met was in volved in debt, our people thought noth ing of seeing parties avail themselves, of relief laws. But a great change has taken place. Our farmers are beginning to see their way clear, and it has been over a year since an application for a homestead was filed in this county. Credit and confidence are restored, and tbe wheels of commerce again revolve. Quitman Beporter: Mr. W. W. Groo ver called in to see us last Tuesday. We gleaned from him tlie following facts in relation to tlie present cotton crop. He said the crop would not near come up to tlie expectations of a few weeks ago; that he does not recollect to have seen a crop S "ve way faster tban.it has in the past ten tys, and while August has been the month upon which the farmers mostly re lied for making cotton, lie did not think that any more than was made safe in July could be counted on. Mr. Groover is not only one of our very best and most ob servant planters, but is wholly reliable. What he says Is in keeping with what all others have seen and know to be true. Then, after all, the prospects are that we are not to have a big crop, to say the least ofit. Greensboro Home-Journal: The se nior has just returned from a pleasant visit to north and northwest Georgia. Ho rep resents the cotton crop as very promising in both these sections of the State, though rust is appearing In some fields. The late rains have added thousands of bushels to the corn crop, wliich will be abundant, and given assurance of a good yield of po tatoes and peas. Tbe farmers are in fine spirits in upper Georgia. . Ameuicus Recorder: As an evidence of ibo ruinous eflect ot last year's arouglit upon, the corn crop, we give the sales of corn by one firm alone—Messrs. A. J. Buchanan & Bro.—tliia year and last: 1S79, less than 400 bushels; 18S0, over 25,000 bushels. The sales of other .firms in the city are proportionately as large, and some even larger. ,It would be In teresting to know bow much of the pres ent cotton crop will go for corn and guano. Oglethorpe Echo: A majority of tho houses fired by unknown causes can be traced to matches ami rats. The rodents scein partial to parlor matches, and begin to nibble them wlierever found. If you keep your matches iu a tin safe there is no danger. By thejvay, match-heads mixed with meal will slay every rat on your place. The Memphis and Nashville papers favor Governor Colquitt. The Nashville Banner says: Governor Colquitt will fail probably of a nomination; but when lie goes before the people of Geoigia he will not fail of a hearty and complete indorse ment before tlie people. Sparta Times and Planter: Tlie health of tlie community Las been re ntal kably good ail the year, which is per haps due in part to the healthy locality ami the frequent visits to the fashionable watering place so favorably known Beall Spring. There wc get “free waters,” fried chicken and croquej, which is nice enough to cure most any ailment, to say nothing of the numerous soft talk that is carried on behind the fans and parasols. Atlanta Post: By a private letter from Macon wc learn that the minority will have a solid and substantial follow ing in that city and Bibb county. Alia with thu name of a strong and foremost Georgian to bear the standard for honest and competent government, it is believed that the county will give him a rousing majority. , Atlanta Post: Under the heading “State Democratic IkhMtfB Augusta Chronicle, and perhaps a few other pa pers, prints “For Governor, Alfred U. Cyl- quitt.” Now this is. worse than thin—it is too transparently gauzy for anything. Colquitt is no more a part of,tho State Democratic ticket thaii a black cat is a part of midnight. Colquitt js simply a candidate for office, recommended by a faction in defiance of their own rules, and contrary to their solemn agreement. We be correct, and we are not at all credu lous in regard to it, the farmer who has thirty acres planted in rice can tend it with the force of a one-horse farm, will receive for it nine hundred dollars, and be saved the expense of harvesting his crop. Savannah News: The unfortunate de positors of tbe late freedman’s savings bank have received notice of another divi dend out of the effects of the institution. Tbe new dividend amounts to ten per cent., which aggregates several thousand dollars, to be paid to the depositors in this city. The depositors have previously re ceived thirty per cent, of the amounts of their deposits, which leaves sixty per cent, yet to be accounted for. The Drift of the Press on the Work of the State tJonvention. Chronicle and Constitutionalist: After a prolonged and at times bitter contest, the members of tlie Democratic State convention have agreed to disagree upon the nomination of governor, but united upon the Presidential ticket and ail other officers. We regret tiiat there should have been any division of this kind, but the minority would have it so, and they must take tbe consequences of their stubborn resolve. It was a mistake, we think, that the majority rule was not insisted upon in tbe beginning. Of course, there would have been a vociferous outcry upon the part of Colquitt’s opponents, but even that would not have been as bad as what has really happened. Having, however, adopted the two-tliirds rule it liad to be adhered to, and tlie mi nority were sufficiently powerful to create a dead-lock that continued to the end, and left the majority no other alternative but to propose to the people of the State the name of Gov. Colquitt for re-election, and ask their suffrages in October next. This was the best and wisest course left them, and we have no doubt that the masses of Georgians will respond in such a way as to cariy Alfred H. Colquitt into the governorship, for the second time, enthusiastically and triumphantly. The rump of the convention, tlie irreconcil able element, the unyielding fragment, may place iu the field against him an other candidate, but he will lead a for lorn hope aud be beaten disastrously. At tbe bead of our columns, this morn ing, we place tbe ticket that meets with our approval and that will be ratified in October by majorities of thousands. Gov ernor Colquitt will be vindicated by the people whom lie has faithfully served and never betrayed, and tbe action of the ma jority of tbe convention will be sustained victoriously. We are glad that on all other matters, save that of tlie governorship, the Democ racy. of tlio State are in unison. The presidential electors, headed by the hon ored name of J. C. C. Black, of this citv, are all men of sterling worth, command ing intellect and popular manners. They will make the old commonwealth ring with the praises of Hancock and English. We heartily indorse the unanimous nomi nation of the faithful Barnett for secreta ry of State, and the gallant and dutiful Wright for comptroller general. Equally acceptable are the nominations of Messrs. Speer and Anderson, able, trustworthy and learned men, for treasurer and attor ney uencral. Savannah News: We have all our likes and dislikes, our loves and our hates, but if we permit them to override the will of the people, we abandon, for that time, Democratic rule forRadiral tyranny. Conventions are direct repre sentatives of tbe people, to carry out their intention; and when there shall be a marked inclination in-the convention for any man or measure, it may safely be assumed a3 tlie exponent of tbe will ofthe people. It is useless to urge against it, that the convention Las been packed. This is true sometimes, but it generally turns out that the samo packing in con ventions is found afterwards at the polls. The two-thirds rule is a protection of the minority againit a despotic majority, but it was never intended to give a factious minority tho power to control the majori ty and defeat the will of the people. With the two-thirds rule, the rest of tbe machinery belonging to it should be ta ken, too otherwise coillusion and anarchy will, follow. We think our gubernatorial convention erred in adopting tbe two-thirds rule with out its gearing, to-wit: the closing the doors against new nominations, after a certain time, and dropping the lowest on each ballot until the candidates were re duced to two—one of whom would rep- sent the favor and the other tbe opposi tion of tbe people to tbe leading candi date. If it is evident, tbe votes for the two candidates being nearly tlie same, that no definite choice of either can be made, then a compromise on one or tlie other or upon a third party is in order. By such proceedings .we attain tbe object of the convention, the ascertainment of tbe people’s desire, and if tbe voting be so nearly divided that a result cannot be reached,‘the people have tbe satisfaction of securing a nominee the mutual choice of their representatives, and a good man entitled to tlieir confidence, avoiding the insult and injury, of having a scrubby “dark horse” foisted upon them—a scrub by “dark horse,’? tlie modern invention of political trickery and corruption! When, however, the exponent of the convention in favor of one candidate is al most two-tliirds of tlie convention, and steadily held, the opposing one-third split among three or four, if unreasonably con tinued, ceases to be Democratic and.be comes “personally" factious. For there is one thing certain; “that the people' who give .a man near two-tliirds of a conven tion.will give bun the same vote at tho polls.'? Andqts every man who goes into a convention .and takes part in it to influ ence iu proceeding, is bound iu-honor to stand, by the result of, the convention, even though it may be against bis person al views, the success of tbe party will be secured if in the ascendancy. At any- rate, its fm|(Strength will bo nearly devel oped. We have notified, throujh pur po litical lift: that whenever the plain, hon est rules ofthe Democracy, lor ascertain ing and carrying out the will of the peo ple, have been abandoned for the legerde main of political juggling, just so surely has the party fallen into trouble. Its union and unity were destroyed by discords, and distrust banished confidence. As we are now trying to reorganize the national Democratic party on General Hancock, why should wc not also reintroduce into its government the good old honest rules that govern the able patriot statesmen of tbe old Democratic school? Dalton Citizen (anti-Colquitt): As a good Democrat, iron-ribbed and true to the time-honored principles of that grand old party, we think for the sake of har mony that the minority should have yield ed to the majority, and given the Demo cratic banner, with a unanimous, rising vote into the hands of that Christian pa triot, Alfred H. Colquitt. Griffin News: The convention has ad journed and it remains for the people to settle tho rest. The recommendation of Gov. Colquitt by the convention is equiva lent to a nomination and will be so re ceived. There can be no question that Colquitt at the polls will be elected Jjy an overwhelming majority over any and all opponents. It must be said that the mi nority of the convention, or tbe anti-Col- quitt delegates, have placed themselves in a very damaging attitude before the De mocracy of tlie State. They created the deadlock in the convention, and are de serving of rebuke, not simply or merely for bolding out against tbe majority, but in refusing to yield to tho emphatically expressed wish ofthe people that Colquitt should be the aext governor. We do not know how those delegates will be received by tho people who sent them to Atlanta, but we should not be surprised if some of them at least were treated to very plain words. Where were those delegates, the second choice of whose countie.' was for Colquitt? Did they even in the last moment discharge their trust by voting for Colquitt? It is not so recorded? Americus Recorder:—The long agony is over. The Atlanta convention has ad journed without nominating a governor. The majority recommended our present chief magistrate for re-election, while the minority, through its campaign committee, will also present a candidate. Thus the wliols question is once more remitted. to the voters of the State who must now make their own choice. That convention of 350 good men found itself surrounded by questions of difficulty, To us at home it seemed but an easy mat ter for a nomination to be made. For ourself we felt that it was the first duty of tbe opposition, scattered as it was, to center upon Governor Colquitt whose majority was so overwhelming. Fearing the consequence of ultimate failure to nominate, we liad been willing tiiat the majority yield its strength to quench tbe spirit of opposition exhibited. Neither side has acted in accordance with our personal conviction of duty in the premises, and yet we do not write to pass judgment upon the acts of others, or to doubt their motives. The advocates of Gov. Colquitt are true men, who felt their plain and only duty was to give efficacy to the judgment of the people already made, and that to listen to the cry of harmony from the minority, would only shift the present discontent to another and lat-ger class. We can say truly and candidly that in the-present exigency we see no hope ex cept through the advocacy of Governor Colquitt. He is assuredly the choice of a very latge majority of tlie people, and with him alone can we win tlie race, in the absence oi a nominee. The selection of the minority candidate will be the signal for another. Walker or Akerroan, or some other representative of Radicalism will soon be in the field. In this hour of dark uncertainty let Dem ocrats be calm, only committing them selves to a prudent liusbaudry of every resource, which may be wanted indeed bifore the end comes. Sparta Times and Planter: We have barely time to say tiiat tbe convention adjourned without making a nomination for governor, an event which must be shouldered upon a stubborn and unyield ing minority. The vote for Governor Colquitt stood 224 2-3 at tbe adjourn ment ofthe body, and the announcement in tlie meeting of tbe irreconcilables on Wednesday niglit of the portion of the Screven delegation for him, virtually gave him two more votes, and left liim lacking only six and two-tliirds votes of a nomi nation by two thirds. It was all the time apparent to the Colquitt men that they liad two-thirds, and more of the conven tion upon a straighout issue between the governor and their strongest man. It was a confession of weakness that they were unwilling the issue should be made. It was unquestionably the will of the Democrats of Georgia that the nomi nation should be bestowedon the gov ernor—aud the entire purpose of the op position or anti-Colquitt faction was to prevent that result. They would have folt perfectly triumphant if they could "have defeated him, so that he could not get before tlie people. By tbe resolution ot tbe convention lie is put before them for what he is worth, and it remains to be seen whether or not they will abandon him. Wc predict for liim an overwhelm ing victory in October. Gwinnett Herald: As the readers of the Herald are aware, we have been un compromisingly opposed to the two-tliirds rule in party conventions. It is an arbi trary, unjust aud undemocratic rule, which results in nine cases out of ten in defeat ing tbe will of tlie people and putting it in tbe hands of a small minority to defeat the will of the majontj. Tho result of last week's ballotting in tbe State conven tion demonstrates tbe correctness of our position. Here was a clear majority of delegates elected by tlie people, in mar.y instances by popular vote, in favor of tbe renomina- tiou of Governor Colquitt. He held 230 votes in tlie convention. Tlie minority casting only 140 votes, divided into four factions, stood out squarely and refused to withdraw men who had no chance for a nomination, and tho result will probably be to defeat a nomination entirely and precipitate a scrub race for tho highest of fice in tbe State. In all public assemblies, from tbe jury box up to tho great political conventions, somebody must, yield his personal prefer ence and convictions. Without this dis cord would reign in cliurcb and State, and there would be no end to strife and bit terness. In tbe State convention the majority yielded to the demand of the minority in the interest of.peace and harmony, but unfortunately it has resulted, as it docs in nine cases out of ten, in producing that very discord it was adopted to avoid. Governor Colquitt Accepts the Nom ination of the Majority of the Con vention in the Mode and Manner Tendered. OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE. The committee address the governor as follows: ' Atlanta, Ga., August 12,1880. Governor A. II. Colquitt, Atlanta, Ga.: DeajiSib— 1 The Democratic convention of the State of Georgia, which assembled in this city on tlio 4tli instant, by a latge majority selected you as tho Democratic candidate for governor at tlieensuing elec tion in October next, and the undersigned were appointed by tbe convention as a committee to notify yon of its action and request your acceptance of the trust. In tlie performance of this pleasant duty, permit us to congratulate you and the State of Georgia on tho happy result, and to say that tbe action of the conven tion in your selection as the standard bearer is but the reiteration of tbe pro nounced voice of tlie Democracy of Geor gia lawfully expressed’at tlio ballot box, • in the fullest primary elections ever held, in the Sta'te. Your administration; embracing a pe riod of four years, and complicated with great financial questions, and tlie forma tion of a new constitution, and dealing with economy, reform and nationality, has demonstrated your ability, integrity and devotion to Georgia and evoked an overwhelming.indorscment irom tbe grate ful people of our great commonwealth, we feel confident that tlie action 6f the convention in.giving: you a majority; of 224J votes out of the 349J present is a clear expression of tbe wishes of tlie peo ple and will be affirmed. Hoping that you'Will, at an cariy date, signify your acceptance, and with high personal consideration, we remain, Philip L. Cohen, Randolph Ridgely, R. Jones, Willis A. Hawkins, F. M. Longley, - Geo. M. Nolan, Samuel Hall, David Buckofzer, Tyler H. Peeples, Committee THE GOVERNOR’S RESPONSE. Atlanta, Ga., August 12, 1880.— Messrs. Phillip L. Cohen, Randolph Ridgeley, R. Jones, Willis A. Hawkins, F. M. Longley, George M. Nolan, Samuel Hull, David Buckofzer, Tyler M. Peeples, Committee—Gentlemen : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, notifying me that tlie State Demo cratic convention of Geoigia lias selected me by a large majority as the Democratic candidate for governor in tbe coming State election, and I hereby signify my acceptance of tbe trust. For tbe kind terms in which you have couched your letter, I beg to assure you of my apprecia tion. Entering upon the duties of tlie execu tive oflice nearly lour years ago, in a pe riod of general depression, I was conscious of the unusual burden that I assumed, and I brought to the discharge of duty an earnest desire that my administration might bring material results of benefit to our beloved State. In every act I have performed as a public servant since I have filled tbe post 1 occupy 1 , the interest and honor of Geoigia have been my inspira tion, and not to the extent of “one poor scruple” have I betrayed or slept over my trust. It has been gratifying to me to see a steady improvement in individual welfare and in every phase of the public condi tion, and I am not insensible to the com pliment conveyed in your letter that you accord to me credit for these results to tbe full extent that an executive may properly claim in our scheme of public polity. Among the valuable results wrought in these years are, an elevated State credit, a diminished public debt, a decreased rate of taxation,enlarged sources of income, exaltation of the State’s dignity abroad, and an abatement of sectional strife through Geoigia’s influence. To these may be added kindlier relations be tween the white and colored races, due to a liberal spirit in tlie encouragement of popular education and equal justice in the protection of all races in every right of citizenship to tbe fullest extent of exe cutive authority. I consider it tho duty of all the pa triotic people belonging to either race, to encourage cordiality and kindness be tween the races. It is especially the duty of tbe white race having tbe advantage wliicb they now possess in education and in tbe possession of property, to see that full and impartial justice is done to the colored race by every department of the government. I will say further that tbe State govern ment should do all that can reasonably be done to promote popular education, and that each race should participate equally and fairly in tho distribution of all public moneys raised for that purpose, in proportion to the number of children belonging to each, within the ages which entitle them to the benefits of education at public expense, as provided by law. I may mention as an evidence of in creased prosperity that if tbe returns from tlie one hundred counties heard from by the comptroller general afford a basis forjudging, tbe wealth of Georgia will show an increase of fully ten millions of dollars this single year. It may not be inappropriate in this con nection for me to say something on the subject of our system of transportation, as it is one that very materially affects the interests ol our fellow-citizens. Much complaint having been made in reference to the inequalities and discriminations in our railroad system, the last general as sembly took up that question, and after great deliberation passed the act now upon our statute book, a leading feature of which was the establishment of a railroad commission. It was not to be expected that the commissioners could in a short time so adjust the whole railroad system in Georgia as to prevent all discrimina tions, and do justice alike to all the people and to the railroad companies. I am gratified to learn, however, that very great progress has been made toward a satisfactory solution of this whole ques tion. I cannot doubt that the able and intelligent gentlemen who Lave the mat ter in charge as commissioners, will, du ring tbe coming year, be able to harmon ize tbe different conflicting elements, and to so systemize tbe whole business of transportation by rail in the State as to place it upon a just and equitable basis. I trust that both the trasportation compa nies and tbe people will be content to await developments for a reasonable time until tbe problem has been fairly solved. The people of the State have the right to demand that their freights be car ried at the lowest figure that will secure to the stockholders who have invested their money in railroad enterprises, rea sonable and just dividends upon the in vestment. While on this point I desire to remark further that I am aware that considerable disquietude has been manifested by our people in reference to our great State property, the Western and Atlantic rail road, growing out of the extensive combi, nations and consolidations of the railroad interests, and the rapid changes which have been made in tbe ownership of the different lines connecting with our State system, and especially with the Western and Atlantic railroad. I have looked carefully into the lease and to the act providing for the lease of tlie Western and Atlantic railroad, and I find that all discriminations against per sons or corporations in this State, are pos itively forbidden by that act. It will be my purpose to see that this act is faithful ly carried out in letter and spirit. The Western and Atlantic railroad is a great public highway, connecting the transportation lines between the coast and the West, and it should be perpetually used as an open highway, over which evory person and every railroad company should have an equal right to pass upon terms of perfect equality. To carry out this object it will he very important that the State should retain at all times the control of this great highway in her own hands. I am, therefore,' opposed to the sale of the Western and Atlantic railroad, and should not hesitate to withhold my signature, as the executive of Geoigia, from any act providing for tlie sale of tbe road, or of any disposition of it that puts it beyond tbe power of tbe State to keep it open alike to the use of all corporations upon terms of perfect equality. While these remarks are probably not elicited bv your communication, they re late to subjects of public Interest so mo mentous in their character that I feel I am dub no apology for having made this public statement In reference to my po sition and policy on these vital issues. Feeling grateful for tbe continued man ifestation of the respect and confidence of the people of Georgia, as shown by their indorsement- In primary “ifleetings, and the action ofthe Democratic* conven tion, I take fresh, bourage for the work that is before mo, and as I feel that I have been true to the interest of Georgia in the past, I will not falter in the dischatge of duly In the future. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Alfred H. Colquitt. THE CONVENTION. A late number of The Religious Herald, a Baptist paper, published at Richmond, Va., contains the following: Mrs: Tribble, of Caroline county, Ya., asks us: “What is Gen. W. S. Hancock’s postofficc ?” and adds: “I wish to write him my congratulations, especially as I am in debted to him for three beds. When the Federal army encamped on us, they car ried off everything we had. I went to the officer in command, and he refused to aid me. I then appealed to General Hancock himself, and lie ordered three men to be detailed to take back my three feather beds, and I have them now.?’ Farmers ought to give Foutz’s Cele brated Horse and Cattle powders to tlieir stock during tlie changeable weather of winter and spring. They will prevent disease. 2w Last Day's Proceedings. ecial Cor. Tclegrai h and Messeager. ..Atlanta, August 11. The convention met at 2:30 p. m. Mr. Warren, of Chatham, offered a resolution complimenting Hon. L. N. Trammel, chairman, and Hon. Patrick Walsh, for tbe manner in which they Lave presided over the proceedings of the convention. Adopted. Mr. Harris, of Worth, moved that the convention adjourn sine die. On this motion the call of counties was demanded and obtained. The vote stood to adjourn, yeas 205 5-6, not to adjourn, nays 131 J. ’ Before the vote was announced, several anti-Colquitt gentlemen rose and said that they voted against adjournment be cause tbe convention had not made a nom ination, and that they considered it the duty of the convention to remain in ses sion till a nomination is arrived at. A delegate from Harris rose, and said lie would change his four Hardeman votes to Colquitt. [Applause ] Mr. Norwood made the point that this was out of order, as the convention was acting under a call of counties on a mo tion to adjourn, and that no chance of vote on any other question could be en tertained. The chair overruled the point of order. Mr. Carlton asked the chair if it meant to say that the gentleman had the right to change his vote at this stage of the pro ceedings, under a motion to adjourn. The chair replied that any man could change his vote if it did not affect the re sult. The chair then adjourned the con vention after the usual form of speech. After adjournment an announcement was made that the anti-Colquitt men would remain iu their seats. The Col quitt men then retired amid shouts of “farewell, bolters; farewell, erring broth ers,” etc., and waving of hats aud hand kerchiefs. A motion was made inviting Hon. Thomas Norwood, of Chatham to take the chair. Mr. Norwood ascended to the speaker’s place amid great applause As soon as the noise subsided, he said: “I appre ciate tbe honor conferred upon me. Five minutes ago we were a part of a conven tion of the people of tlie State of Geoigia, we are now an assembly of tbe citizens of the State. Tbe duties of the conveution have all been ably performed but one, that is the nomination of a governor, the most important. There has been no nomination. There has been a recom mendation. Dr. Felton is recommended by his people, but not by a convention. Is Colquitt at.y better oft ? [Cries of no! no!] He is recommended, but not nomi nated by a convention of the people. We have seen the lines of party integrity bro ken down by personal partisanisin. Can tbe organized Democracy endure this ? Tbe assembly may consider itself in session and ready for business.” Mr. Warren—Mr- chairman, we should deliberate well before we enter on' this momentous state of affairs, therefore, move that a committee of nine be appoint ed to draft an address, to be sent to the people of Geoigia, and to devise a pro gramme for our action, tbe chairman of the meeting to be chairman of the com mittee. Tlie motion prevailed and the chair ap pointed the following gentlemen: Nor wood of Chatham, (chairman); Carlton of Clark, Lyons of Bibb, Warren of Chat ham, Imboden of Lumpkin, Harrell of Webster, Hollis of Marion, Alexander of Cobb, Brown of Fulton, McDowell of Pike, Staten of Echols, and Wilkins of Muscogee. Tlie meeting then adjourned to meet at 8:30 iu the hall. Messisi Sam Small and Howard Williams were elected secretaries of the meeting. .Atlanta, August 11, 1880, “ASSEMBLY OF FREE CITIZENS” AT S2J0 P. M. The assembly met at 8:30 p. m. Long before the above hour was reached, tbe ball of representatives, galleries and pas sages were crowded with an eager and excited throng. U was almost impossible to effect an entrance to tbe hall. There was a burst of applause as tbe committee entered tbe chamber. Hon. Mr. Norwood assumed tbe chair and re quested the delegates to sit in front, all together, while other parties not delegates, were requested to take the back seats. Hon. Mr. Norwood said: “We are here in performance of a solemn duty. We are here to save the Democratic party. The other wing of the Democratic party is sbout to cast themselves in the ranks of the Independents by refusing to nominate a candidate, and are about to put a man out with only a recommen dation, net a nomination. We are in a critical position, aud must act for tbe good of tbe country as well as tbe party. The majority have refused to adhere to the rules laid down by themselves, and have adjourned the convention.” Judge Lyons, of Bibb, then submitted the report of tbe committee appointed in the meeting this evening. The preamble and resolutions are as follows: Tbe committee appointed by a meeting of tbe delegates of tlie late gubernatorial convention, who constitute the minority of said convention, have bad under con sideration tlie question as to wbat action tbe people of Geoigia should take to pre vent tbe evils which must befall the State and tlie Democratic party, and the refusal ofthe majority of said convention to con sent to nominate a candidate for governor of Geoigia. That majority blindly cling ing to one man and refusing to accept any other of the hundreds of good, true, in telligent and upright men in tho State, whom tlie minority, day after day and Lour after hour, agreed unanimously to nominate, lias left the Democratic party in Georgia without a standard bearer for the high office of governor. [Applause.] The Democracy ofthe State witnesses, with indignation, tins persistent refusal, this personalism, tills subordination of tlie highest rights of tbe Democracy of Geor gia to one man, and your committee is profoundly convinced that the true- De mocracy of the State earnestly desires a standard bearer, around whom they can rally in advancement of party and of good government. [Loud aud continued ap plause:] Tbe committee therefore respect- lully suggest the adoption of the follow ing: Resolved, (1), That in the opinion of this meeting of your delegates tbe action of tlie majority oftlie convention in recom mending Allred H. Colquitt as candidate for governor, without his nomination un der the rules of the convention, is not binding on tbe people of Geoigia as tbe action of tbe majority of tlie delegates of the convention, is revolutionary aud dis- orcanizing. Resolved, (2), Tiiat itjis the sense of the meeting that the people should have a candidate for governor, who shall repre sent the principles advocated and main tained by tbe minority in the late con vention. [Applause.] - • Resolved, (3): That a committee of-one. from each congressional district and two from tlie State at large be appointed for the purpose of taking suitable action for carrying tbe foregoing ’resolutions into effect, and that tlie result of tlieir labors be published without delay. Resolved (4), That said committee of eleven shall be authorized to name an ex ecutive committee, a central committee, and otherwise do what is needful to inau gurate and conduct the campaign. (Offered by Lyon, of Bibb, and adopted). Resolved (5), That we do hereby de clare our intention to support the candi dates nominated by'the convention under its rules, for State officers. Mr. Elder, of Screven, opposed the adop tion of the resolution, on the ground that it_would disiupt tbe party and establish two parties in Georgia. The resolutions were amended by a fifth resolution, offered by Mr. Imboden, ot Lumpkin, and tbe first resolution was made tbe second. The resolutions were then taken up se riatim and adopted in order, unanimous ly, aud with great and continued ap plause, loud and ringing. Mr. Warren, of Chatham, then moved that the committee be allowed further time to draft the circular address to the people of the State, determined on this evening. Agreed to. Loud calls of Carlton brought the doc tor to Ills feet, and to the front. His ^eech was not long, but it was to tho Speeches were delivered by Mr Ad ssr* scaL-raK: The galleries responded with loud an- plause to the bold and patriotic senril ments uttered by the speakers, in which no element of personal abuse ofthe Chri's- leredTn the V Ct haraCtCr ° f Co]quitt eu ' The New Deep Sea Exploration. Under a recent provision of Congress, says the New York Herald, the Coast Survey will shortly begin a new explo ration cf the Gulf Stream from “its en trance into the gulf, its course through the Caribbean sea, and into and around the Saragasso sea.” The announcement ofthis magnificent scheme will revive the intense popular and scientific interest pn awakened by the'laborsof the National Observatefty from 1850 to 1S61, in the field of ocean physics, especially as the new investigation extends far beyond the Gulf Stream proper into that vast circuit of Atlantic waters, of which the Sargasso sea forms the central area.- “The Siuga3- so sea ofthe Atlantic,” said Lieutenant Maury,” embraces an area of several hundred thousand square miles, and though the weeds (lying so thick as to completely hide the water in many pla ces, and give the sea the appearance of a drowned meadow; are all afloat, yet they remain now where they were when Col umbus passed through it on his first voy age to America.” Rich in wonders as this immense marine prairie must be, its survey is demanded from higher reasons than those of laudable curiosity. The vortex of all oceanic circulation, it is also the great nursery of ail marine ani mal and vegetable life, and on its still grassy bosom float myriads of fish, crabs, sea shells and animalculie, which, as an observer who skirted it in the Challenger suggests, furnish abundant food for the keen-eyed birds that hover over its sur face. It is the receptacle for all the drift matter borne from the tropics, and doubt less exploration will show that it annual ly receives similar accretion transported thither across the equator from the far off bounds of the South seas and the antar- tic continent. These specimens may have uo mercautile value, but they will serve as the tallies for tracing connectedly the arterial movements ofthe sea, not on ly within tlie narrow bed of the North At lantic, but throughout tbe limitless ex panse of ocean from pole to pole. But apart from the light that may thus be shed on the large question of ocean cir culation, tbe practical problems of ocean meteorology, which are now looming up, will come in for solution from the “sound ings and deep sea temperatures” to be garnered in the new research. As the matured result of the Challenger's deep sea Atlantic soundings, Professor Wyville Thomson found that “all the facts of tem perature distributiou in the Atlantic appear to favor the view that the entire mass of Atlantic water is supplied by an indraught from the Southern sea moving slowly northward—a vast body of water constantly flowing into a cut de sac from which there is no exit,” which is returned to the Antarctic ocean by evaporation and wind agency. The bottom temperature of tlie Atlantic east of Fernando Noronha,almost under the equa tor, is 32.36 degrees, close upon the freez ing point, and over sixty-nine degrees at the surface, while the glacial flow at the bottom of tbe North Atlantic is considera bly above the freezing point, leaving no- loom for doubt that’from tbe southern hemisphere an immense volume of cold antarctic water is ceaselessly pressed over the ocean floor under the equator far northward into our hemisphere, ultimate ly to well up south of the Saragasso sea. This frigid volume must be a grand fac tor in North Atlantic meteorology, and consequently in that of the United States and Western Europe. To gauge its depth as it creeps over the sea floor, and to determine its northerly extension, as also its thermal effect on the tropical at mosphere, are investigations of the high est moment, the success of which would soon be appreciated and the results greatly inure to tlie solution of the now obscure but intensely practical questions of marine meteorology and economic navigation. A Bachelor and a Napkin. Among the guests at Mr. Martin’s were Hon. James M. Smith and Mr. Charley Broach, both of this county; and we do hope it will not be considered a violation of tbe laws of hospitality when we tell the following joke at the expense of the latter. Now Mr. Broach is a tough old bachelor, living beneath his own vine and fig tree, and it is not presumed that he is initiated into the pillow shams, finger bowls, table napkins and such female fan cies. Well, at supper Mr. Broach occu pied a seat at our elbow, and in each plate was spread a snowy napkin. Whether our neighbors were near sighted or thought tbe cloth was puttberc to preserve bis plate, we cannot say, but we bad to chew off near two indies of our tongue to restrain from laughing, as we saw our friend pile upon his napkin fried chicken, cold slough, hot batter- cakes, etc. At length the mistake dawned upon him, and nothing but the brush of an Angelo could picture our old friend’s face as ho cautiously drew the greasy napkin out and hid it in his pocket. No eyes but our’s detected the trick, and we would be dismembered before he should be exposed to a giggling world. It shall ever remain locked within our breast. Letter Writing. We are constantly hearing complaints that the art of letter writing has been lost, and that postal cards have completed tbe revolution which cheap postage be gan. So photography was said to have killed portrait painting, but it turns out that it only made havoc among the indif ferent painters; tlie best portrait painters have no rivals in the photograper. Letter writing, in the same way, remains, and is capable of being highly cultivated; it can give as much delight as it ever did, and it certainly is one of tbe most enjoyable forms of literature. There are scores of cultivated women who might take up letter-writing as their companions take tip water-color paint ing or visiting among the poor; it is the natural expression of their powers, and we can think of no wiser kindness that such could do than to take, here and there, a younger friend or relative, less fortunate in resources, and make her the recipient of her long, leisurely, helpful letters. Such a correspondence exacting no equal response, but only the attention and heed of the receiver, might well be a priceless opportunity to both. From bow many a retired home there might go out thus in fluences for good not to be measured! Into such work the mind could throw it- , self with an ardor unkuown to many even wlio write year after year for a listless public.—The Churchman. The Movement of Grain.—ThoNew Orleans Democrat; admits that for many years at least tbe bulk of the shipments of grain must be made by railroad or canal to tlie Atlantic seaboard. But it thinks the foreign shipments by river must in crease very rapidly. The exports of wheat from New Orleans this year are fourfold what they were for the same pe riod of last year. Allowing for the differ ence due to the unusual high water, there is still evidence in the figures of a rapid and healthy increase. Wheat oan now be taken from St. Louis to New Orleans for 71 cents a bushel, and the Democrat be lieves there will soon be a reduction of five cents. Kidney Disease shows itself in feverishness, dry skin, quick pulse, pallor of tbe skin, frequent evacuations, pain in the loins, irritation in the urinary organs, and, if neglected, dropsy. Avoid internal medicines and insure a cure by using Dr. Flagg’s Im proved Liver and Stomach Pad.