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* Liverpool quoted middling at tcrday. - Senator Thurman will stump Ohio, beginning September t. —Stronacb and Potter, the fraudulent Glasgow bank directors, sentenced to eighteen months in prison, have been lib erated, their term having expired. —The mob that went with tar and leathers to Henry Clark’s house, at Cole- brook, Conn., lacked the courage to face Lis pistol, and fled at his first fire. SMALL-rox is epidemic at Camden, New Jersey, just across the river from Philadelphia. One hundred and fifty- seven cases were reported on Friday. —The Washington Post is inquiring around to find out if there is any intimate influential friend of Abraham Lincoln who is not supporting Gen. Hancock at this blessed moment, —A man stood on the bank of a river at Laredo, Texas, and coolly fired with rifle at the human heads which now and then appeared above the water. He was a good shot, and three of the swimmers were killed. He was a sheriff; the others fugitive convicts. —A friend of Clara Bagnal of Toronto, dressed himself to represent a ghost, and presented himself before her. She was of a nervous temperament, and the shock proved too much for her. She fell in a fit, only to wake a raving maniac. For six yea is she was bereft of reason, and and now she is dead. —There can be no late sleeping at Low ell. There is a general ringing of the fac tory bells at 4:45 in the morning. This is for the boarding house keepers, who are expected to arise at this time to prepare the morning meal. One hoar later the bells ring again, this time to call the oper atives to breakfast; and in fifty minutes more the ringing is repeated to summon to work. —Some years ago a British iron-clad put into Vigo and duly saluted, the fort. No return salute was, however, fired, and all on board were discussing this breach of etiquette when a boat was seen approach ing the ship, bearing an officer in a gorge ous uniform. On reaching the deck he explained the object of his mission, which was to request the loan of a little powder to return the salute, as they were out of it on shore. Rhode Island. —The Democrats of Rhode Island held the largest meeting ever known in that little State last Wed nesday, and opened it with' a big clam hake—a substitute for a barbecue in that coast region—and which embraces all kinds of delicacies cooked by steam on a foundation of hot rock. About ten thous and were present, and the assembly was, afterwards addressed by Wm. Beach Lawrence, Robert McLane, John K. Tar- box and others. Rhode Island would go f or Hancock if she could vote. There is a story that the Duke of Ar gyll and the Duke of Sutherland were once traveling together by railway, when a commercial traveler entered the carriage. The now comer took his share in general conversation, till one of the peers got out at an intermediate s tation. The com- i VCS- From th* Anurievs R pv.bUran 1 I Do You Endorse If? I We respectfully ask the Atlanta Con stitution, Savannah Morning Ninos, ila- I con Telegram, and oilier Colquitt pa pers, if they endorse the following sent! ruent of Hon. Patrick Walsh, the primary chairman of the gubernatorial convention, and a Colquitt delegate from the county df Richmond—the Tycoon of the con vention. Give U3 an answer. Says Mr. Walsh “We come here to nominate odr max. We are xot fob AX IlOXEST ADMINISTRATION. We WILL HAVE HIM IF HE WAS AS CORRUPT AS GsAXT, Oak Ames, or axy other of the Credit Mobilier rixg. We care xot FOR THE HABMOXY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OR THE WELFARE OF THE STATE. We ARE XOT FOB THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE. WE BAMBOOZLED THEM IX CUB COUNTY MEETINGS, AND WE ARE HERE TO CONSUMMATE THE ACT RE GARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCES, AND OUR MAX WE WILL HAVE IF WE WERE TO STAY HERE AND CARVE OUR CAEISTMAS TURKEY OX THE TABLES IX THIS HALL.’ A man who will utter such sentiments is unworthy the name of freeman, aDd unfit to be the representative of a free people; Such language was not calcula ted to pour oil on the troubled waves, Do you endorse the sentiment, gentle men ? Let us hear from you, Neither Mr. Walsh, nor any other man, ever used language like this, or anything tantamount to it, unless he were drunk or mad. It is inconceivable where the Re publican found it, or, having found it, how he could have been misled into the supposition that it was ever uttered by a sane or sober man. The Republican asks if we endorse this language. No! nor anything like it in character or spirit, on either side. We have not the smallest sympathy with whatever is intolerant, dictatorial, coer cive, or bull-dozing. By whomsoever displayed, such a temper is fatally at war with a true Democratic spirit, as well as with good manners. A man who sets up to be a Democrat and yet is unreasonable, unjust, overbearing, oppressive, abusive, unwilling to submit to wholesome usages and the will of the majority, has mistaken his calling. He needs a new birth and baptism. His lips may possibly pro nounce the shibboleth, hut the spirit of Democracy is not in him, and he should join the ranks of those who want to gov ern by the club, musket or Gatlin gun; because morally and intellectually that is his true position. It takes more than the simple utterauces of a few dogmas to con stitute a good Democrat. It takes a fair mind—an honest and liberal purpose, and the same reverence and respect for others that it demands for itself. Be it known to all, that we have n< sympathy with any intolerance by any body shown, which has led to this most mortifying and disastrous schism in the Democracy of Georgia, and that onr po sition is taken for the sole reason that it is the Highest point to Democratic har mony- We see in any break that threatens to divide a strong, intelligent party, into warring factions, each bent on the des truction of the other, the prospect of woes unutterable to the great body of the people. The first thing it does is to invite those who canuot read or reason to come in as arbiters of the triumph. This, at one fell blow, transforms our white population in to canvassers among tbe'blacks with drink lucrcial traveler then asked bis compan ion if he knew who the “party” was, and on being enlightened exclaimed, “Dear me! Was that really the Duke of ? Just think of his talking in that there af fable way to a couple of little cads like ou and me!” —Tiavel to Europe this summer shows an excess of 4,000 first-class passengers over that of 1870. The total number car ried so far to Europe by the passenger steamship lines alone, and not including those who went by the minor freight lines, lias been 19,COG. Thus, at least 20,- 000 persons have gbne to. Europe from this country to spend the summer. If we assume that the average expenditure of those persons will be $700 per capita—a low estimate—it will be seen that they will leave$10,000,000 abroad during the season. Alabama Cottox'Crop.—The Mont gomery Advertiser says up to a few days ago the cotton crop throughout this sec tion of Alabama and Florida gave pros pects of a larger yield than at atiy previ ous time lor years. The recent continued rains have been very disastrous, and now the prospects are decidedly gloomy. In many sections in this State and Florida the worms have appeared, and *in -many places less than one-third ofwbat was ex pected will be the result. A large crop of cotton has been anticipated, numbering up to six million bales. Had there been no disaster the crop planted might have made the yield, hut it does not appear that there is labor enough in the South to pick so much. The crop estimates are perhaps therefore much too high. Prominent Republicans Declar ing for Hancock.—A special, dispatch to the World from North Carolina, says several prominent North Carolina Repub licans have announced themselves for Hancock and English. Among others, ex-Uuited States Senator John Pool, ex- Supreme Court Judge William B. Rod- man and Col. Darnel R. GoodloO. .These are among the ablest Republicans in the State. Colonel '-Goodloe was for many years the editor of the National Republi can, published at Washington, and is a writer of no ordinary, ability. He was an abolitionist before the war, though a na tive North Carolinian, andfyrtjhougli-, bis friends differed from Min, on the slavery question and deplored his cotrrse on that subject, they always respected iiim as a gentleman, knowing'that he was honest in his couvictions. t , , v. . How the Obelisk Will Be Unload ed.—The World 'of the ISth says the preparations for receiving the Dessong on the marine railroad at Staten Island were nearly completed yesterday, and to-day it is expected the steamer will go from the North River to Stapleton. At high water, which occurs about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, chains will be attached to the Dessoug, and by means of a ’powerful engine and the gearing which fyas been arranged she will be drawn.up the incline how first in a manner quite the reverse of that in which she most have been launched originally. It .wiUTequire’ but about two hours to raise die vessel, obe- 1 a)!, cleartmt of the wafer. The' of cutting the rivets, and removing the plates from the side of the Dessoug- will then be begun. Ii is estiqiajted that twenty days will be consumed in discharg ing the stone, which will be slid out at an angle with its present position in the hold; . :i.e steamer Piles are being drlvqn upon which the obelisk avaU-. be rested :..nr the surface of high tfater. At low- tide a scow will be hooted finder these piles, and by the rising Side aft will and bribes—demoralizing them as men and as laborers—debasing both races— putting the issue of all public men and questions on the whisky bottle. The whole scheme is big with misery and degradation to Georgia, and how any sen sible and patriotic man can view it with out horror is a mystery. Don’t like Col quitt? Who or what is Colquitt that you should make him an excuse for put ting Georgia at the mercy of ignorance and Irresponsibility? Colquitt’s two years we can stand.; bnt can Georgia sus tain a fight between factions of her re sponsible, intelligent people, which in all her dark future may be practically deter- minedalone by her negro population? Woe to a people who, with their eyes open, in volve themselves and their all in such a calamity, The State Campaign. The PoUtical Outlook. Furling the Bloody SMrt The committees of both parties are A favorite card of the Radicals for ’ Colquitt and Norwood—Will <he | hearing a great deal of • good news, just years past lias been the alleged interrup- ' Latter Retire? We regret to see that the political cal- I high hopes, but the Garfield talk is hoi dron begins to boil furiously in some Io- i 0 w. When the telegrams brought the calities, and unwarrantable antagonisms nomination of Hancock, we said then, are exhibited between the fsllowers of I what wo repeat with greater confidence Colquitt and Norwood. - I to-day, as our honest conviction, that the This is all wrong, and must act injn- result of the election will confound the riously to. the future welfare of the Dem- politicians. IE will surprise both Demo- ocratic party. Frail human nature is too C rats and Republicans. The former will, prone to nurse and cherish animosities, find all their close pencilling3 about ma- and even the annealing hand of I jorities in the electoral colleges, quite time ofttimes fails to heal a I needless, while the Republicans will see, to heal a breach between friends, however in blank dismay, their following emphati- light the provocation. It is for this rea- cally scattered. Thousands and thou- son that we so much deprecated the candi- I sands of voters who have heretofore dacy of Mr. Norwood, when no salient I thrown Republican ballots, will vole for differences called for any divisions in the Hancock, and the double effect of this Democratic ranks. e Bad hoped that | change will render old election tables the good old Jeffersonian postulate that I useless and ridiculous. “majorities should always rule,” would All information from the field on the obtain after a little reflection-with onr Hancock side, bears the unmistakable im- minority friends, and they would,at least, I press of being written under the restraint as patriotic citizens, acquiesce in the will 0 f a dread of being set down as wild and of the people, which unmistakably pointed I over-sanguine. The writers do not like to Alfred H. Colquitt as their choice for I to express clearly what they hope and ex- govemor. Nor, despite the “flashes in I pect—the conclusions that occurring facts the pan,” on both sides, of exuberant par-1 seem to warrant; bnt, beyond doubt, tisanship, do we cease to cherish that be- general cave in is going on along the ■ whole Republican line. A large part of The iron-ribbed, battle-scarred Democ- the soldier elemenfc-the G-. A. R.—will racy cannot afford, for a mere sentiment vote for Hancock, and this, alone, should or the gratification of personal spleen, to I swell his majority many thousands, sever in twain that grand organization i„ truth, it will not he easy to find _ which lifted the State with the power of I state outside of Vermont and Michigan the lever of Archimedes, from the Radical 1 which the Democracy, who have looked slough into which she had fallen during J into the situation, are willing to give up the carpet-bag regime. There are no vi- ^ utterly hopeless. In all there are tal questions at issue between the sup- I lively indications of a reaction in favor ot porters of Colquitt and Norwood. The I Hancock and a new deal, issue i3 wholly personal. We appeal, I The unsatisfactory condition of the therefore, to our fellow-citizens, even canvass has set the Republican leadeis though not -partial to Gov. Colquitt, to I [q discussing a prospect of reorganizing sustain him at this juncture, for the fol- i their executive committee. They want to lowing reasons : . git rid of Jewell and put in a working man, First Because he is the choice of nearly 1 but afraid to swap horses while crossing two-thirds of the people,as fairly expressed I the stream, nor would it avail much, in primary assembly. ^ I [s hard to row against wind and tide. Second Because an opposition ticket I The day will be handsomely and easily will galvanize into renewed life audactiv-1 wou i>y Democrats, if they work with ity the Republican party of Georgia. I the ardor and vigor which the situation is Third Because this opposition is likely well calculate(110 inspire. The main dilfi to find expression also in the nomination Clllties in Uieir w ‘ ay are a lack of money of candidates to the legislature, thus ere- to cauipaisn expenses and, on the atmg divisions which will enable many other hand, the abundance of it in the colored Radicals to secure seats in the lia nds of the Garfield men, as well as the general assembly. Garfield’s Part in -the Electoral Fraud. From. James R. Doolittle’s speech at now, and are, apparently, chock full of | tion of political meetings at the South by Democratic speakers, who bully, contra dict and talk down the simple-minded blacks. Failing thus to break up the as- It Fourth—Because these feuds will en danger the solidity of the Georgia delega- j tion in the next Congress. Fifth—Because it is unbecoming the thousands of office-holding speakers and workers for Garfield who are supported out of the public treasury. These are formidable obstacles to success. But.they will vanish before the enthusiasm of the brethren of one faith to fall Out upon , e jf tIie Demoerats do the best questions of minor importance, and U they can with the means at their disposal would be both graceful and proper for the minority to yield their personal j The Crop Prospect, preferences to the good of the party. j "\Ve have conversed with quite a.num- Sixth—Because these divisions will, to I ber of planters from various parts of the no little extent, divert the public mind | State, and the average of theft- testimony The Census. A copy of the Boston Saturday Evening Gazelle comes to us with the following item marked: The partial returns of the censns at the South are just now interesting reading; but many clear-headed men are not dis appointed. now States that have had no immigration for the last ten years, but, on the contrary,a large exodus of colored peo ple, can increase in population thirty or more per cent., is answered by Judge Toui jee when he says: “People that stuff ballot-boxes, and use tissue votes and the shot-gun, will not hesitate to enroll the graveyard among their population.” The duty of General Walker or Congress is clear—a new enumeration must be ordered where there is a reasonable suspicion of fraud. The anxiety of the Southern Democrats to have supervisors appointed who. were friendly to-them awoke the North to a realizing sense of what it might expect the census would show, j We have bnt to reply, as has oftpn been done in the last few weeks, that the cen sus of 1870 was taken by the Republicans with the distinct understanding, and by Instruction, to make the number of popu lation In the South as small as possible, to decrease our representation in Con gress. There were glaring diserepencies between the count of the Republican mar shals, and that of the local authorities. Complaints were made, hut were treated with contempt by the authorities. The count of 1880, under the direction of Gen eral Walker, a Republican, has been an honest one, so far as it was possible, and our increased numbers are attributable more to this fact than to increased immi gration. The only point where there is a reasona ble suspicion of fraud is New England, ,which section has been greatly depleted in population by the tide of emigration west ward. .We have no objection to a new enumeration there. Alas! how the worst side of human nature presents Itself when matters turn out adversely to our expecta tions and our Interest. IIow ready to cry fraud, and to find in vituperation an ex cuse for our disappointment and wounded pride. State Executive! Committee.— The State Democratic executive com mittee which met in Atlan'-a on the 17th, Las settled the question as to the holding of another convention. . The time is too short for such-a move. They appointed a committee consisting of Messrs. Willis A. Hawkins, of Sumter; I. E. Shumate, of Whitfield; Miles W. Lewis, of Green; W. T. Newman, of'Fulton; and John L. Hardeman, of Bibb, to prepare business for a meeting of the committee, to take place on August 26tb,, Hancock and English clubs will be formed in every county in the State, and a vigorous campaign, entered upon. Census enumerators, who are anx ious to receive their pay, arc assured from be 1 Washington that the department is now brought up nearly under the stone and J settling up at the rate of 250 per'day, and the transfer will betben accomplished, * will shortly double that rate of progress. from the more weighty issues involved in | is favorable to the production of a fair the great national struggle for Hancock j cotton crop. On the red lands of middle J <*»■** — ««■. ..-Bibb versy is inexpedient, untimely, danger- I weed is vividly green and covered w:th ous and productive of discord and ill will blooms, though somewhat dwarfed by the in the Democratic wigwam. recent drought. But in all oftliatexten- Germain to the above, we append the 1- . . f, „ . , , .. following from the Columbus- Times: I SIT< * region the prospect for a full crop is It is now clear to every mind that the v ery bright. South of Macon the sandy party is to he barrassed in every part of and gray lands have rusted badly, and the State by the adroeates of Colquitt on [ th e yield, will be greatly diminished. The the one side and those of Norwood on the , . , other. And those who have heretofore heay y rauis cau3ed a P° rtlon of the lower put their shoulders together and marched bolls to ret also, and the caterpillar is be- solidly to the polls and to victory over tC I ginning to put in a general appearance w ,? eS0U S bt in the lower tier of counties, by the followers of the chiefs of these fac- . . 4 A ,. 4 , tious to turn their fire into their own I ^ they have inflicted but little ranks that faction may triumph over fac- I damage, but it is not too late for the en- tion. Xo great principles arc involved in I tire top crop to be eaten up by this vora- the contest, but it is not the less bitter be- . : t d the farmers arc batllv cause purely personal. Both the gentle- cl0,lS . ,nseCt ’ anU Uie tanners arc baU| y men running for gubernatorial honors are I scare “- Democrats of unquestioned orthodoxy, Com, though short, will turn out better and of the highest social positions. than was expected, and .the pea, chufa, *• cp* bare yet they are arrayed against each other beeu vastly benefited by the late rains and are _ threatening to prosecute their and will yield well. The present hot canvass Li a spirit that in other days I SU11S will retard the operations of the cot- characterized their contests against the . , . . corruptions of the Republiran party. 1 1011 ' Tornl > ana greatly hasten the in at un- But, if the party division could be con- ty and opening of the fruit, fined to the two chiefs of the clans, it | On the whole, the agricultural situation would not be so serious, hut it will not ln3y be considered quite satisfactory, and iai s s-.rf!2,s!^ , 5,;;n t rE «» * =-»> •*>«*■ *■» other, will want their feelings repre-1 ton fields have been better cultivated and sented in the legislature, and as a conse- are cleaner than at any time since the war. quence we .will see two tickets for the | -yy e regret to learn from the Montgomery Commercial Advertiser that in that State legislature in nearly if not all the coun ties of the State. This tendency will find encouragement, I the recent continued rains have been very too, from the numerous persons in each J disastrous, and now the prospect of a good county who will look to tbe legislature- tton crOD ;» decidediv eloomv The for some of the various offices which are coUoncro P 13 decmedlj gloomy, the there filled. The next legislature will be caterpillars are busily at work in Florida an important one. It will have to elect a and Alabama. senator to Congress to fill the unexpired I Turnips for winter food should now he term of Gen. Gordon. A seat or two on | . _ . the Supreme Court bench must be filled, tho watchword of the farmer, and next superior court judges must he elected, I month he should begin also to sow rye solicitors of superior and county courts-j and oats for provender in the early spring, are ail to be elected—and we do not I Now is the time also to save all the crab ^ may b. „»M. r,.,*,, them interested in dividing the people cured, when the seeds are green, it is into two parties—Colquitt and anti-Col- I equal, if not snperior, to Northern hay. quitt. We see signs of this condition of affairs iD Muscogee county already, and I Eare Blooms no doubt other counties are similiarly So * me - rare flowers have bloomed in our In view of the situation thus graphically I ^ and vicinity during the past few delineated, we call upon the Democracy n *gbts. 1 11 Virieville at the residences of of Georgia to stand by the majority can- IJJT?' Hodgkins and Mrs. D. B. didate, and implore our brethren who are Woodruff s<)me beautiful efflorescences of disposed to follow the Norwood standard j the night blooming cereus have interest- to desist from their puipcse. Nay, will ed gatherings of the neighborhood; and in not-the accomplished ex-Senator himself I l°Wn, as we learn, Mrs. D. R. Rogers has listen to reason, and, by a graceful with- I been able to delight her friends with tho drawal, ere it he too late, once more I rare spectacle of the century plant in restore peace and harmony all along the bloom. The latter we have not seen. Democratic line ? It is never too late to But the ra P id unfolding of that large and retract, when convinced that it is best to j d(d * cate flower the cereus and its tran- do so _ sient existence, are a marvelous perform ance In floral life. In full expanse, the flower is a foot in diameter—perfectly white, and viewed by candlelight is semi- semblages, it was claimed that they, in many instances, resorted to force, and* hence the mounted riflemen of South Carolina, the kuklux clan, vigilance com mittees, etc. Of course these are lie3 as big as Munchausen ever told, but still they served'their purpose well in gulling the fanatical masses oT the North and keeping aglow the fires of sectional hate. Bnt the time has arrived when these sen sational fabrications have lost their effect through repeated and transparent ex posures. The reign of the bloody sMrt is practically over, as the following from the Philadelphia Ledger, a leading Republi can sheet, makes sufficiently evident: It seems to be settled by the evidence of South Carolina papers of both com plexions that there is no bulldozing nor suppression of Republican campaign meet ings this year. These are held without disturbance in.various parts of the State, including one at the capital, although the accounts vary as to the size and import ance of these meetings of the freedinen. The Sea Island Neics, Republican, printed at Beaufort, describes, among several others, a meeting at Blackville, in Barn well county, as drawing over five thousand persons Into that small town; and gather ing around the speakers’ stand between thrqe^.and four thousand persons. The Crescent, another Beaufort paper, that displays Hancock and English at the head of its columns, confirihs this from the ac count of one of the speakers present, anil adds that this, as all the other country meetings, favored the running of a Re publican State ticket from governor down, i This Democratic paper goes on to chal- the account of the Charleston News and Courier, which has also a report of the same meeting in its correspondence de scribing it as an exceedingly tame affair, only about three hundred in attendance at the stand, but which proceeds to make his remarkable admission in regard to it: ‘The Democratic policy was to put up no speakers, and they asked no lime and did not attend.’.’ Taken altogether, these are iretty significant admissions, both for the iresent and the past. The ireedmen are iiow let alone to hold what meetings suit them, and they have large ones unmolest ed; and the scandalous policy of former campaigns, of sending Democratic speak ers to Republicai meetings to “claim ;ime,” and break up these assemblies in a row has been laid aside. If anything more was needed to prove that our colored friends at the South not only enjoy the largest personal and po litical liberty, but very often are useful and valuable auxiliaries to the Democra cy, sometimes even participating in their deliberations, the following ad dress of 1 ELIAS'FOLK, the old body servant Of President Polk, in the late Democratic State convention of Tennessee, should suffice. Elias, "though “black as the ace of spades,” has white hair, and is universally respected for his good sense and pleasant"manners, Before the third ballot for Governor was taken be Was invited to address the conventiorf, and said: Gentlemen: My feelings are very much trammelled to-day by being called to address this intelligent body of Demo crats, While here I have watched with deep anxiety the proceedings of the Con vention, and I have been saddened to see Tennessee in such a financial and political condition. I am a life-long Democrat of the school of Jackson and Polk and Jqfler- son. I see few old men of the better days now around me. We are*now on the eve of a great national fight, such as* we have not witnessed since ’44. I say, on national issues stand together and we are as certain of victory as the sun now sheds its rays on the capitol. I am lor Hancock and English. I expect to bear the party stan dard wherever my physical condition will allow me to go. I believe in the State credit, and, believing in that, I appeal to you to pay Mrs. Polk her bonds. Who could have made a better speech ? But Northern Radicals cannot conjecture how a sensible Southern colored man can vote the Democratic ticket. If some of them would visit a Georgia election they -would sec thousands of the most intelligent the nations former wards do that very thing “without let or hindrance." Just as we Predict.d. A correspondent of the Savannah Morning News from Tlioinasville, says I tran sp a rent! To see So stem, a footTn “political _ meetings arc going to be the ] en g tb) vibrate with the effort to develop order of the day among the colored popu- tho flower and then bend upwards t0 di3 . lation. I am fearful it will have a bad effect among the laboring classes.” The negrdes* have what are called religious meetings, night after night, all through that country, and, from what can he gathered, politics is mixed - up with aU that they do. The same correspondent adds: close it more perfectly, while the hud doubles its size by throbs in half an hour,' seems supernatural. How to Conserve- the Democratic Partv. There is ode method which, if honestly and faithfully pursued during the present" canvass, will go very far towards preseiv- ing the integrity of that grand political or ganization which redeemed the State from Radical thraldom; We mean a resort, In every instance, to primary elections in the selection of candidates for legislative and municipal honors and county officers. Let the voice of the Democracy be heard at the ballot-box in every precinct of the county, and the votes be counted with all the formality and precision of an election •conducted by tho sworn officials of the law. Then there will ho no excuse for bolting, and the party can be kept together. Otherwise, the country will be inundated with independent candidates, and there .will bo no.eud to the mischief and confu sion that must ensue. It is not too much to assert that unden such a state of affairs, all the offices of Bibb county may be filled by Radicals. We trust, therefore, that the rumor is true that our county Democratic execu tive committeo will shortly appoint the day for holding a primary election, to determine who shall be tho candidates for the legislature from Bibb, in the October election. This course will align once more the somewhat broken ranks of the Democ racy, and we trust, repair all the quasi breaches occasioned by the unfortunate gubernatorial cmbroglio. If. is our only, way of escape from present divisions .and, 'future destruction, as a party organiza tion. Connecticut. The Democracy of Connecticut put themselves in line of battle on the 10th, I am truly sony tlmf the gubernatorial ** nominating James E- English for gov- convention could not harmonize on some I ern d r > Ay acclamation. Mr., English, for _;ood man. The action of the convention personal reasons, did not desire the nomi- will tend to throw a damper on the State I nation, but waived all personal objections, isi SSSSStfi* B ! I “ « -w I am for Colqaitt, but would have sup-1 ^ ie State, wlio was talked of for the posi- ported any good man that the convention I lion. All felt the importance of the cri- could have brought out. I think Jtbe ml-1 aad placed themselves at the disposal ss tesif&mestsi <*■>» their meD, if for nothing else, for the sake I es k man m the State, and no doubt is cu- of harmony and forAhe good of the party. [ tertained of his election. Would that our minority friends could I The night previous to'the convention, a see the point, and, withdrawing Mr. Nor-1 Hancock and English ratification meeting wood, come back into tho regular Demo- j washeld in New Haven,lyhich exceeded ini. cratic fold. It would save any amount of tho grandeur of its. jjfQportion3, anything had feeling and political excitement, as I ever before seen iu thqt city. The cntliu- well as damage to the fanners 1 siasm was intense, and the 'crowd orer- ft-om the inevitable disturbance whelming. The procession was two i.w I hours in passing any given point. There of their held labor... The negroes I ^ n0 j on „ cr an y doub * about Connecticut. will think more of the hustings and j , free barbecues than they w:ll_ of cotton J —A catamaran, built at Rochester, has picking. Surely it is.no great sacrifice for I three hulls, arranged like the-blades of an small minority to yield to the pro-1 iceboab—two forward end a tjiird at the nonneed wishes of two-thirds rof tip peo- I stem. The cross section of the beam pf pie of Georgia, who desire the re-election I this hull is triangular, wliile the curve of of Gov. Colquitt, 1 tho keel is a segment of a circle. ■ Campaign Slanders.—The heaviest reprobations of Garfield are copied from tho newspapers now engaged in advocat ing his election, only that these papers bear date contemporaneous with his of fences. Many, of these censures ard re produced- The Sun presents the folibw- dng: Speaking of James A. Garfield a3d the other congressmen who with ;him took the Credit Mobificr bribe, the Buffalo Commercial, on March L1S73, used lan-, guago befitting a new spaper of emiiiefice ’“When,” said-the Commercial, respect- ing Gen, GarfielJ-and his • associates iu guilt, “when those who have "betrayed the confidence reposed in them come*up tor trial—if they evertlare- to do it—tlidy will be rejected as wicked rand’unprofita ble public servants.” . , Indianopolis: All tho world knows, for there is not an intelligent man in the United States of any party who does not know that the Tilden electors in Louisi ana -received of the votes cast from 0,000 to 9,000 majority. Mr. Garfield, who was one of those^wlic^went to New Orleans in November, 1870, knew this to be a fact. I quote what Senator Trumbull said up on tliis point as to facts stated upon his personal knowledge: “I was present when tho returns from every parish in that State were brought to New Orleans, and according to those returns, before they were doctored and al tered, made by the instruments of tlie Re publican party themselves, the Tilden elec tors had a majority ranging from 0,000 to 9,000 votes. Gen. Garfield.was at New Orleans. He knew these returns fairly elected Mr. Til den President. He stood by when that infamous returning board, without law and by fraud, rejected the votes of the people. He went to Washington and sat upon the commission of fifteen. After these returns had been fraudently made, and when the question came up before the commission whether the returns being fraudulent they could go behind them, 1 appeared before that commission. We were required to state in writing the rea sons why the vote of Louisiana should not be given to Mr. Hayes, and we put it down in writing that v.e were prepared to prove that a majority of the free votes of Louisiaua were given, for the Tilden electors. , We offered to prove that by a conspira cy entered into between the governor of that Stale, William Pitt Kellogg, who ap pointed every officer that controlled the elections in the State, that by a conspira cy entered into by him and the returning board, it was agreed that whatever the vote might be, they would give the certifi cate of election to the Hayes electors. Garfield sat on that commission. He said: “We won’t let you prove it. You are precluded by tho returns.” As a member of the electoral commission, sworn to try judicially and determine the right of the case, whether Tilden and Hendricks, or Hayes and Wheeler, had the rightful majority, he'refused to exam ine and try the very question, and the on ly question they were appointed by law to try and determine, viz.: Whether a majority of the votes of Louisiaua were cast for the Tilden electors, or for the Hayes electors. Certainly there was not so big^p fool in either house of Congress, as not to know that Well’s returning board certifi cate had been given to the Hayes elec tors. The only question the commission was to try was whether that certificate was true or false. Garfield knew it was false, and because li». knew it was false, refused to try flip question. If he believed it was true, he would have heard the evi dence to prove it true. For in his speech in the bouse upon the electoral commis sion bill, he asserted again aud again that if the bill passed, the commission J would go behind the returns to try the question of fact upon the merits. Gar field, knowing the returns were false, in violation of his public speech, before the bill.passed, v.oted to sustain these false and" fraudulent returns.” 1 To further show Garfield’s guilty knowledge, and his moral weakness to re sist the behests of Lis party, I state an other fact upon the authority of the Hon. Carter H. Harrison, then a member of Congress, and now mayor of the city ot Chicago. After the decision, Harrison asked Garfield how it was possible for him, after his speech in the House, to re- fuse to go behind the returns, and to de cide the question of fact upon merits. Garfield replied: “Carter, if you had the cards, wouldn’t you play them?” He know the certificate of the i eturning board was false. He knew Tilden was elected aud Hayes was defeated. . 9 He knew that if the Democratic party would agree upon the electoral commis sion for the sake of peace, the merits of the case should be tried. Yet because, including the judges, there was a majority of one Republican upon the commission, in violation of truth, justice, fair dealing, and pligbted faith by a partisan majority, Garfield refused to try the only question they were authorized to try, and which he at least was to try. For tie part he took in this outrageous and damaging fraud, if for no other reason, Garfield is unworthy of the high office of President. The Kniehts at Chicago. As the column moved south on Wabash avenue, says a correspondence of the Eultimore Sun, the sight was a grand and imposing one. Marching at a steady pace of about two miles an hour, the sol- dier-like bearing and the beautiful and starred uniforms of the different comman- deries elicited cheer upon cheer from the living walls between which they passed, and the sight which greeted the Knights themselves was a fraternal acknowledge ment of the esteem in which they were held* The city of CMcago paused from work while her streets were crowded with visitors from all sections of the Union to do them honor. Nearly every house they passed was gaily decorated in honor of their presence. Every possible place that afforded a view of the march was occu pied. Eaves of houses, window sills and cross arms of telegraph poles were all forced into sendee if from them the Knightly spectacle could- be seen. The miles of temporary seats along the routei at 50 cents “a seat,” were filled. As the column passed under the funeral arch at Adams street the martial musie was changed to a dirge,and the commamleries reversed swords. The Graud Comrilan- deries’ review arch at Wabash avenue and twelfth streets was saluted by draw ing swords and a salute -bv officers and standards. The column, after moving through the principal streets, marched down Clark street to the Graud Pacific, where it was dismissed. SPECIAL FEATURES. New York State made a brilliant dis play and marched with a soldierly tread. The Knights of Washington City and Vir ginia were much admired, the costume of the latter being elaborately trimmed with silver fringe about their aprons and sil ver embroidery upon black instead of white cross belts. * The Baltimore Cora- xnanderies were loudly cheered and went through the evolutions with much pre cisions. Maryland Commandery, No. 1,' came first, moving like a solid wall, and was followed by Baltimore, No. 2. Beau- sant, No. 8, and commandcries from West SURPRISED TO DEATH. The Maine State Election. The State election in Maine takes place on the Cth day of next September, say •fifteen days from date, and, as the first of the fall series, ii regarded with special in terest. According to the Herald cf Thursday, things are touch mixed in Maine. There is not only a full coalition of the Democrats and Greeubackers, but the Republicans will be embarrassed by a separate Prohibition ticket, nominated with feli intent against Davis, the regular Republican nominee. The Prohibitionists charge that although the Republicans stand ready to give any kind of temperance legislation they ask, yet it is with a distinct purpose not to en force it. They charge that w’ith stringent, laws against the sale of liquor, it is openly sold, in every toWn in the State. That tlieir most prominent Republican allies go Lot from the grog shops and drinking as semblies in their o,wn rooms, and pass the most stringent prohibitory laws merely to delude the teetotalers with a statute of promise, which they afterwards wholly defeat in the execution. J The'Prohibition ists have started a newspaper which they call The True Republican, and which treads on Republican toc3 all round the circle, after this and many other remorse less fashions: A prominent member of tlie last legis lature kept open bar in his hotel room, as was the custom in Augusta forty years ago. Liquors were openly and freely given to all- comers and pressed upon the reluctant ones! Intoxication and disorders were the resdlt ;In the night a drunken squad rushed from •that room to that of a - grave and reverend Senator, and dragged him out of bed and paraded him by force, in night costume, up aud down through the corridors of the house. The prime author of:these orgies did not consider them any bar>to the real ization of his aspirations for a high of fice. • .... • ' ;l t Maine Is a so-called Republican State, but how the votes will count out next month, it is impossible to say. if afi —The failure of Keene's attempted “corner” in wheats with the loss of thou sands of dollars to all the parties interest- !$G,053.57. ed iu the scheme will, probably, have the qjl’ect, at least for .a, while, of detcri^g others from engaging iu such enterprises. Tfyere tits capital plenty to support this attempt qnd still It failed. Thi3 ,country is getting almost too big tpr “corners” in agricultural products to succeed. EuMio Schools of Americas- -A pamphlet-report of the board of pub lic education of the city of Americas, shows that the number of pupils enrolled in that city is 682, and the average daily ’attendance ha3 been 500. ■ There aie’six' white and six colored schools, with one tpaclier to each, and these schools have been carried on for six months at a cost of $4,4S3.S6, or affaverage cost per pupil-of ,$0.57. The board complains ot the want of properly arranged school buildings, .which isadiecessity,time aud money are heeded-tb supply. The schools are divi ded into High School, Grammar, Interme- diate, and Primary, and have given great satisfaction to the people. The receipts of the board have been as follows . - ; From city taxes, $4,278.20; from State taxes, $2,041.30; from tuition, S533JJ5—in all The superintendent, of the schools is John Neely. The board of ed ucation consists of Dr. George F. Cooper, A. S. Outts, M! Speer, P. F. Brown, W. T. Davenport, M. Callaway, James Friek- 'er, P.'B. Hollis, E. J. Eldridge, W. B. Harold, S. H. Hawkins, and John B. i,Felder. from Kentucky and Iowa were loudly cheered. They towered high above all others, “bearded like the pard,” and marched like battie-scaried veterans. Tehnessee and Louisiana both sent picked men, and there was a perfect sea of wav ing handerchiefs and shouts from 10,000 throats as they swept past erect and solid. Philadelphia commauderies bore banners that were- really works of art, with Knights on-horseback, embroidered by hand in colored satins. The Grand Master rode in a carriage drawn by thirteen horses, seven white and six black, the odd white one in front. Mounted knights, iliree hundred in num ber, each with a iance, from which floated a beauseant, rode like centaurs, and ended a display which "those who saw it will long remember. Next to the knights the gay uniforms of the bauds were noticeable. Huge drum-majors, as tall as Gog or Ma gog, and as radiant as butterflies, marched in front, the musicians following, having pearly new costumes and being really soldierly-looking men. Several knights were overcome by heat and had to leave the ranks, but no case is serious. From first to last there has not been the slightestdisorder, and there could not have been more mirth or heartfelt pleasure enjoyed at the most brilliant fete in Paris, though it must be admitted that there were many disappointed people, who failed to see the procession in all its glory. Being at the wrong end ot the route, they did not get their money’s worth. A DISAPPOINTING FINALE. There are now about 100,000 persons in Chicago denouncing the Knights Tem plar parade as a sham aud an outrage. There are citizens aud visitors who se cured seats along the latter pait of the line of march, and who, after sitting. pa tiently from 8:30 a. m. to 1 p. in., were re warded by seeing the three local and two smail commamleries file past. For a mil itary body tbe procession dwindled away with.strange unanimity. The Templars accounted for their failure to carry out the programme by saying that many of the commanderies went into line’this morning without a mouthful of breakfast, aud between waiting and marching they .were overcome by faintness aud fatigue, and so began deserting ail along the line at sight of a restaurant or lunch counter. This caused such a serious defection from the ranks that some commanderies had hardly enough Knights left to cany their standards, and determined to abandon all appearances or maintaining a position m the column. In the matter of providing food and.lodging for a multitude Chicago acknowledges that this time she has taken more than she can accommodate. The Grand Encampment of the United States met in conclave during the after noon, but transacted no business beyond listening to formal reports. Officers "will be elected to-morrow. A MONSTROUS FAILURE. The grand ball at the exposition, build ing tc-night is a monster affair, but owing to tbe management that kept the com- manderies standing, broiling in the sun, without their breakfasts this morning, it is not the complete success which the elaborate.-and maguificent preparations and decorations of the building promised. Invitations were issued for over one hun dred thousand people, and the building is not capable of holding over twenty-five thousand. Scenes resembling those of an infuriated mob were enacted at the single entrance to the exposition'building where ticket holders sought admittance to an overcrowded building, where the only ,exit was into a lumber yard and over a picket fence. Several women fainted. At S:30 it was impossible io get within three squares of the building, and still tho people and carriages kept coming until soon both were mixed up in inextricable confusion. .The programme consisted of addresses by prominent Templars, music by an orchestra of 150 pieces,- and (lanc ing by four thousand couples on the floor. 'The heat was intense, and many were compelled to leave who had succeeded in squeezing in. SpofTord Dead. Richmond, August 21.—A special an nounces the death, at Red Sulphur Springs, West-Virginia, ot Judge Henry M. Spof- ford, olj Louisiaua He was,taken sick with a congestive chill Monday and lay insensible unill yesterdaf, whfen he died. Rev. D; S. Doggett, D. D., bishop of the ijetbodist Church, lies critically ill at his residence in this city. New Orleans, "August 21.—Hon. II. M. SpofTord,-whose death is announced to-day, was. formerly on tho Supreme Court bench ot this State, and his name has been prominently before the country - during the past four years, in connection with-a contest for the seat of Hon. W. P. Kellogg in the United States Senate! Febi&ndin'a Naussna Co., Fla.," March 29th, 1880. J. H. Zeilix & Co., Philadelphia—- Gentlemen : J have been using Dr. Sim mons Liver Regulator for ten years, and always found it to do tbe work it claimed. The last bettlsfof medicine I bought did me no good; I also tried two*-packages, and-find them worse than nothing. I en close a sample find wrapper which is not; put up by you, and must he a fraud, aud any one throws away money-to buy it. I want the Jenuine Simmons Liver Regula- jtor. I sutler for tbe want of just such a medicine, when it is tirade pure and by you. Send me a bottle aud package from honest hands, with your red Z and- signa ture on the wrapper. The fictitious stufl' sold will injure some one yet, badly. But iycu must keep up the modicine’in defiance of all counterfeiters aud pirates, for to al low this medicine to go down would be a great;loss aud the public would be ruined, I, myself, especially. Your obedient servant,‘ Bexj. T. Rich. 'I0w Hakd Times and Economy.—Many a doctor’s bill would be saved Lv having Pond's Extract always at band. It is cheap and efficacious—never harmful. The more it is used the more it is liked. Specially recommejidcd as a reliever of all pains and'subdiief of inflammations of all kinds. No family should be without, it. Try it once, and you will always use it. Pond’s Extract is sold by druggists all qtsi tie "svorW. tS-lt Old John, Tanner’s Agent, Tickles a Woman into Eternity. Old Jolm Morris, tbe obi colored tnan who used to bring shuck collars and twist tobacco to the city, has been arrested on a very serious charge. From the first he took a deep iuterest in Dr. Tanner’s chil dren of Israel experiment, and on one oc casion was heard to remark that Dr. Tan ner would be the best advertised man in America, and that any medicine made by him would have a ready sale. Yesterday he came to the city and exhibited a paper showing that he was the so\e agent for the Tanner anti-bilious cordial. He went around to a colored tenement house and read his certificate and produced his medicine. The col ored people can fight against mala rial influences with much more success than a white man can ever hope to at tain—yet they arc always ready to take anti- billious medicines, some think, be cause it places them more nearly upon an equality with white people. With a slight digression, it can be proved that this theoiy has more than a shadow 6f foundation, for once when there was a union ball' given-in the sixth ward, the colored man who could produce a certificate that he had been bilious, no matter how remotely, was entitled to a seat among the white people, while the sable gentleman who had no such testi monial was compelled to sit among the “niggers,” and eat at the second table. Well, old John, exhibited his anti-bil ious cordial, and as an inducement to colored purchasers, he proposed to give a certificate of biliousness. “Leuimy see yer.tongue,” said the Tan ner agent to a woman. “Bilious ’fore do Lord. Heah,” and he poured out a spoonful of his cordial". The woman swallowed it, but by the time old John . made out the certificate of biliousness he found that the woman was dead. The woman’s husband called in a policeman and had John arrested* He was taken be fore a magistrate for examination. “Did you egpr study medicine ?” asked the justice. “Yes, sah.” “What books have you read ?” “I’so studied do signs of de moon mos’iy. I’se read books, too, hut 1 fotget dar names. Some folks forget do contents ob a book an’ recollects de name. I forgets de name but recollects de insides.” “Where did you get the medicine you gave the woman?” “I made hit frurn d’rections sent ter mo by Dr. Tanner.” “What are its component parts ?” ‘•Hits made outeu roots frurn de groun’ and leaves frum de trees. Does yer wanter a bottle, jedge ?” "‘No sir; I don’t. The charge against you is a serious one. What made your medicine kill the woman ?” “Why, jedge, de medicine didn’t kill do ’oman.” “What killed her?” “Why, jedge, de’oman died ob de sur prise. Yer see she had been takin’ ebery- thing in de medical market, an’ hit didn’ do her no good. She didn’ Lab much confidence in my medicine, and when she tuk,bit an’ foun’ dat hit went right ter wurk tearin’ at de corners ob de bilious ness, hit snipriseq de ’oman ter death. Yer can’t hole a man lur surprisin’ any body ter death. Ef I coine3 an’ tells you a good piece ob news, an’ you falb dead, de law can’t hole me sponsible. An’ ’cordin’ to tlie same ’stron- omy, ef I gins a ’omon a dose ob medicine and hit surprises her ter death, de law can’t put de clamps on me. Why, dat ’oman was so ’stonished and tickled dat she laughed herself to death. Ef yer wants ter hang a man for tickling enybody,jesgo ahead; but cfyer doan ketch hit when Abraham gits yer under his arm, den I’se willin’ to take desitewa- tion as boss fireman on de debil’s railroad. I’so got more reason about me dan any man in deEnglish lan’wage, but wen yer gits mo stirred up I’se wussun a pole cat ter a Listed umbrella.” The justice is considering the points of John’s powerful argument, but John is in jail.—Little Rock Gazelle. TERRIBLE TORNADO. Great Destruction of Property. New Orleans, August 21.—A special to the Times from Corpus Chiisti gives an account of the storm on the lower Texas coast and in Mexico. Matamoras looks as if it had been bombarded, brick buildiugs being torn out of long blocks. It is estimated that three huudred houses were wrecked, demolished or unroofed and whole stocks of goods were destroyed. The loss is estimated at S500.000. Brownsville is iu but little better con dition. At Point Isabcll and Brazos the storm was most disastrous. In Browns ville, Latimer’s machine shop and adjoin ing building are in ruins. Our streets are full of debris. Houses are wrecked, trees aud fences blown down, infantry bar racks badly shattered, and considerable damage was done to.the officers’ quarters. Twenty-eight horses and seven mules, be longing to the government, were killed. The artillery barracks were unroofed and the cavalry stables blown flat. The con vent was unroofed and the fence blown down. The tug Ethel ami the steamboats John Scott and George Brown were sunk at Point Isabell. The Pctate was wreck ed and tlie schooner Julia Willitt blown ashore. Tlie Brava went to pieces, and the pilot boat Ada is miss ing. The quarantincstation, and. the old light house at Brazos, are gone. The French bark Maria Theresa, went to pie ces, and the schooner Laura Lewis was beached.. The steamer 1 ' Sellers was sunk at her wharf, and three of her crew re ported lost. A number of small boats were sunk. It is reported that several Mexicans were drowned. The wharf at Brazos was demolished, and the railroad badly damaged. The total damage by the storm in this section is estimated at more than a million dollars. "Many fam ilies lost everything, and a subscription for their relief has been started. Later dispatches to the Galveston News estimate the damage by' tbe recent storm, as follows: At Matamoras, $50,000; at Brownsville, $250,000; at the garrison c $50,000; at Point Isabel and to shipping, S200.000. An Eye-Opener. The Philadelphia Times says: The most startling and impressive iesson of the census is given in the marvelous growth of the South, and it will do more to pacificate the sectional strife of the country tl an all the eloquence or patriot ism of statesmanship. It will open the eyes Of the North to the fact that, while demagogues and partisan organs have been persistently misrcpi'esenting tlie South as utterly idle and lawless, the peo ple of the South have been quietly attend ing to tlieir own affairs, struggling against the terrible desolation of war, fostering capital and emigration as best they could, regardless of disturbers at home and abroad. It awakens .Pennsylvania and New York and Massachusetts and Mary land to the fact that Southern industry, commerce and political power are not the. [ myths that partisan disclaimers have stu diously represented them to he; and tbe commercial, industrial aud financial interests of Philadelphia, New York, Bal timore and Boston will discard the sense less falsifiers who make politics a trade, and view sectional issues from the propel standpoint of general tranquility and prosperity. ■ Desperate Cases. Many of the cases which come to us for treatment by Compound Oxygen are of a class which no phvsician of any school would undertake to cure. They are, in fact, such as have run the gauntlet of experiment witli the regular schools of medicine, and of quackery without, until between disease and drugs the patient is reduced to the saddest and most deplora ble condition, and one for which relief seems impossible. No curative treat ment can be subjected to a severer test thau is off--red by these cases. Aud yet, many of these the most brilliant re sults have followed the use ot Compound Oxygen. A record of some of these ca ses will be found in our Treatise on Com pound Oxygen, which is. mailed £ree, Dbs. Starkey & Palen, 1109 and Ul Girard street, Philadelphia, Pa. 18-lw