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HS&eklH anh $9 IHe^jxsngs
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—Honest people ai*3 smugglers alike
are down on custom house gouges, and
that’s what’s the matter with Garfield.
—Charles Francis Adams is one dOfc*
wealthiest summer residents of AToaut
Desert, Me., but his cottage is onodftlra
plainest on tlie .island. Still,* the won
der is that he should need toseekairy at
mosphere cooler than the one created by
bis own personality.
They Won’!Touch Him.—Gen. Gar
field can not expect tbe Irish to support
him. On March 8,1807, a resolution was
offered extending 'the sympathy of. the
Uni ed States to the suffering people of
Ireland. Fourteen members, iucluding
Garfield, votofoagainst the resolution.
The Union Soldiers.—Butler in his
Boston speech-alluding to the Republican
boasts that the South was whipped by Re
publican soldiers, says: “I marched to
the gulf with a New England division
containing 6,000 men, and there could not
have been found 500 inen.tolhat division
who had -ever voted any other than the
Democratic ticket.’' 1
—Mr. B.&yons, member of Parliament
for Dublin, writes to the London Times:
“In a petition which the Irish bankers
lately did me the honor to ask me to pre
sent to the House of Commons they state
’ that they hold about 31,000,009 sterling
on deposit, equivalent to.about two and a
halftimes the valuation of Deland, or, by
a rough calculation, two years’ rental.”
—Tlie Qneen of the Belgians is a fine
whip, and wherever she goes her phaeton
aud four beautiful ponies go witii her.
Driving with her daughter .Stephanie,
lately at Bruges, she was stopped in Brey-
dcl street by .a policeman, as there is not
room for two vehicles fo pass, and traffic
is permitted only in one direction. The
Queen smilingly suggested that no vehicle
was in 6iglit, so mightn’t she go? But the
man was inexorable and the Queen put
back.
—It is customary to mine coal so olosely
as to leave pillars of insufficient size rand
strength as to support the earth which is
left on top. The people of the plains near
Wilkesbarre, are greatly distressed by the
caving in of the earth beneath them from
this cause. The fall goes on piecemeal,
with a succession of petty earthquakes.
These wreck houses and bams, and pro- :
duce general alarm among the residents,
who cannot tell at what moment auy
house may be tipped over aud demolished.
—The Nashville American says a gen
tleman just from a tour through tlie North
says he was careful to keep both ears
open, and it is Lis calm conclusion, from
listening to Bepublicaus, that they have
no confidence in their, canvass. They
have, to begin with, no onfidence in Gar
field; he excites no ent. usiasm, and they
seem everywhere to lee 1 that they arc en
gaged in a cause already hopeless. The
Democrats, on the other hand, he finds ev
erywhere just confident enough to work
like beavers to accomplish what they feel
sure of accomplishing with proper efforts.
—“I feel so confident,” said an exultant
Democrat the other evening, “that Han
cock is going to be elected that I don’t
worry myself about the results auy
longer. Why, Uie other evening I was
in a company of eight gentlemen, every
one of them Republicans, who, when
polled,, said they were going to vote for
nancock.” “That’s no criterion,” said
the Republican to whom the remarks were
addressed. “Eight Republicans can’t
make a President.” “May be so,” was
tlie sharp reply; “but eight Republicans
did make a President three years ago.”
That Republican is still pondering.
Ai.e the Hawaiian sugar, under the re
ciprocity treaty with the Sandwich Islands,
is gobbled up by the San Francisco mer
chants. They receive the article in bags
and mats. The Commercial Reporter
says: Already the California refinery has
closed large contracts with the island
planters for the large sugar crop now be
ing gathered, and this no doubt will be
tlie case until tbe Hawaiian product is in
creased beyond tbe wants of tbe Pacific
slope; and when that period arrives, and
that will be within five years, then, and
not till then, will any considerable quan
tity of the island sugar be sent arouud
Cape Horn to tbe United Stales.
—Tbe Rev. Moses Harris was the
Moody of a colored camp meeting at Sher
wood, Ohio, and his pretty yellow wife
was his Sankey. In tbe midst of one of
his fervid exhortations a tall, gaunt, black
woman pressed her way through the crowd
toward him. He staggered into the arms
of tbe mulatto Mrs. Harris, and a moment
Jater hurried with her beyond tbe euclose-
ure. The advancing woman sixrated,
“Stop dein yer niggers! Dar’s my hus-
man fo' heaven. To’, Moses, come back
yer!” An hour later the fugitive couple
emerged from a thicket at a station five
miles west of the camp, to which point
they had walked through the woods and
took a westward train.
The Astob Library.—The World
learns with pleasure, as welj as with sur
prise, from a French journal tbatihe an
nual’“subvention” of tbe Astor Library
for tbe purchase of books amounts now to
the handsome sum of £400,000, or $2,000-
000—“more than one-half of which is ap
plied to the purchase of new books.” At
this rate New York ought soon to have the
largest library in tbe world. Bat the
blunder, extravagaut as it is, sets one
thinking how much might be done for a
great city library where it is possible to
make tbe rich men of a great city really
believe that everybody pretends to believe
as to the value of a thoroughly and intel
ligently organized public library. There
isuo library now in this country which is
able to expend even tbe Interest on tlie
sum mentioned by our French contempo
rary in the purchase of new books. m
A Fashionable Love Match.—The
recent marriage of Miss Bessie Livingston,
daughter of Marturin Livingston, of New
York, to George Cavendish Bentinck, a
young Englishman, son of the member of
Parliament from Whitehaven, and cousin
of the present Duke of Portland, is still
talked of among the cottagers. It is not
wise, generally, lor American girls to ac
cept European husbands—even English
men, but this union appears to have been
wholly desirable. She is reputed to be a
very sweet and interesting girl, of ample
fortune, and he to be a modest, sensible,
Too Knell Fats.
Georgia appears to be going frantictsi
tbe gubernatorial question; but it is rerfly
one of comparatively little political im
portance. The patronage left by the «new
constitution to the governor is small, and
his strictly official influence is of thesame
dimensions. The result of all this fierce
quarrel, beyond the common unisciiief it
will do the Democratic party, will-amount
to little or nothing practical. Via hope
the whole Hl-begottea awl unlucky con
troversy will be buried in thefsstivities
and splendor of general Democratic
triumph before frost.
Meauwhile, let parties hold their pas
sions and resentments -in reasonable
check while the people settle the Col
quitt and Norwood question their own
way. Whichever is Governor, wo trust
Georgia will be “great end safe.” It
will not vary her course and fate a point
in tlie compass.
Perpliaps there may a trifle of redeem
ing good grow out of this angry contro
versy, according to the old-saw that “it is
an ill wind that blows nobody any good.’
It may teach all Georgia Democrats the
benefit of a little % more toleration. A
fierce intolerance seems to characterize
them now, but experience may teach us
that it is better to cultivate a more ac
commodating spirit. Parties arranged on
the basis of not giving an inch either way
are not well adapted to this world, and
we never heard of but one world where
they could exist and flourish, in harmony
with its general effect and purpose.
Therefore, it seems probable that the
the Georgia Democracy has got to iearn
by experience that everybody can’t have
his own way in this part of creation.
There must of necessity be a very free
spirit of concession, or-otbenvise we shall
never be able to make another Governor
with tbe general consent of tbe people.
What Republicans Will Do.
Tlie Journal of Progress, whose ed
itor Wright is a graduate of the Atlanta
University, and one of the best informed
and most influential colored men in the
State, says:
The Democratic party, so far as the
gubernatorial question is concerned, is
hopelessly and irreparably split. That
this split'will influence the entire elec
tions of this State, is hardly a question.
Upon this issue depend the future .politi
cal reputation and influence of all of the
shrewdest Democratic politicians in the
Slate.
Unless there is hope of electing a ma
jority in the next Legislature, the -con
stitution of Georgia certainly precludes
tbe faintest possibility of electing a Re-
puolican governor. ' According to tbe
constitution, a man must receive a ma
llow They View th« Situation.
A Buffalo me reheat, reluming from a
business tour In the West, fell into the
company of a post-office official, who had
been on a mission, eud was returning to
Washington with a young son of Mr.
Hayes. The party became fcstimate and
confidential, and the official, taking it for
granted that the merchant wa3 all O. K.
on tlie goose question, relieved himself cf
a considerable amount df true inward
ness on the Garfield and Hancock ques
tion. The general purport of what
he said was that da office-hold
ing circles at Washington, the belief
was steadily gaining ground that Hau-
cock is goitu; to be -elected ; that dis
couraging news had teen received from
Indiana, while the hope of carrying New
York had been virtually abandoned; that
Mr. Garfield was not considered as strong in
Ohio now as was Mr. (Kayes in 1870, and
that, in fine, the prospect of electing the
former was conceded, away inside, to be
decidedly slim. The-expectation of Han
cock’s success was *o strong the official
further intimated, that nearly half
the employes in this )(lhe .post-office) de
partment Iiad declined to pay their
party assessment*. A good dost
more • to the came effect was
poifred into our Buffalo friend’s ear,-and
he parted company with his informant
convinced that he bad been afforded &
genuine glimpse of the true inwardneess
of affairs in the enemy’s camp. It may
be that the post-ofiioe man reflected in
too somber a glass tbe views of liis class
at Washington; if so, the new postmaster
general should see to it that no more
demoralized officials are sent oat on the
road from his department.
jority of ail the votes cast, in order to be
governor of Georgia; and in case no one j
receives a majority of all the votes cast, ■ incendiary utterances like these, the spec-
A Monstrous Falsehood—The Moral
Tlie Globe-Democrat is responsible for
the following shameless attempt to revive
the war feeling of tlie North^against their
Southern brethren. It says:
The canvass is merely a struggle be
tween the rebellious State’s rights Democ
racy and law-abiding, national Republi
canism. The Democratic party is to-day
struggling to advance the fortunes of the
Confederacy as it was during the war.
Every vote cast for the Democratic candi
dates is a vote to plunge the eountry into
conflicts, the issue of"which cannot- be
foretold, but which cannot- fail to he dis
astrous. The election of a Democratic
President would hr shooting a political
Niagara, the consequences ot whicli may
be divined by tlie fierce elemental wrangle
which awaits the plunge. Only let the
Northern people become convinced of this,
and they will deal Democracy a blow
more staggering than that which they de
livered it by the war.
Is it at ai! wonderful that in the face of
the gubernatorial election would be car
ried” to tlie legislature; a majority of
whom would decide who is to be gov
ernor.
Under these circumstances the only in
telligent work for the Republican State
convention, which will convene in Atlan
ta, September 7th, is to decide which
wing of the Democratic party it will sup
port. It has long been our opinion that
the best thing for the Republicans to do, is
to put out our entire State ticket, with tbe
exception of being beaded by one of tbe
Democratic independents for governor.
This, we feel, is the only plan to show
the Republican strength in tbe State and
to organize tbe Repuclicans for the No
vember election.
These utterances afford profitable food
for reflection, to both the Norwood and
Colquitt men of the State. We regret to
notice so much acerbity in a contest
which involves no principle and is so
purely personal in its character. Why
not simply express your preference for
one or tlie other candidate at the ballot
box, and then when the resnlt has been
determined by the popular voice, ac
quiesce in the verdict, whatever it may be,
cheerfully, and once more close the ranks,
lock shields, and prepare as one man for
the onslaught upon the common enemy
in November.
From tbe first, we have sincerely depre
cated this controversy as calculated only
to stir up bad blood between those who
ought to be brothers, and to endanger the
future usefulness and unity of the Demo
cratic party. There was really no neces
sity for the antagonisms-which exist, and
both the majority and minority of the
convention, to a certain extent, are respon
sible for tbe present unfortunate, but, wo
trust,- temporary schism in tlie ranks of
the Democracy. It is a happy circum
stance, however, that this contrariety of
opinion is confined to the choice for gov-
The support of either nominee is
purely a matter of taste, and the prudent
and conservative friends of both candi
dates should unite in tbe good work of
allaying all excitement and bitterness in
tlie canvass. This, at least, shall be the
aim and purpose of the Teleobaph,
though we are in full sympathy with the
Colquitt movement. Why not pleasantly
agree to disagree?
The President s.nd Cabinet in Har
ness for Garfield and Arthur.
The President is off again on another
journey that is to run over some six
weeks. He has let down the civil service
reform bars; tbe cabinet is on tbe stump;
the heads of departments arc scattered
hither and thither reporting daily to will
ing organs how the party is prospering
everywhere, from Maine to California;
the clerks and tide-waiters have been al
ready assessed the second time for funds
to pay the expenses of the campaign;
scores of useltss aud characterless party
mendicants are on the pay-rolls of tlie
government with no other duties than to
travel around and manufacture campaign
literature to meet every emer
gency, and if there is anybody of promi
nence attending to the public duties of
tlie government, he is unknown to the
country. Evarts is resting at watering
places or wrestling with his law practice;
Slierman lias recovered from his sulks suf
ficient to “put himself at the disposal of
the Republican national committee,” aud
is now in Ohio; Secretaries Schurz and
Thompson opened the campaign in Ohio,
and thence crossed the Rocky Mountains
to appear on the stump in California;
Devens has tried his hand on Indiana;
Postmaster General Key is saved from the
necessity of exhibiting himself by his ju
dicial commission ana his successor has
not yet more than found the way to his
office; General Raum, commissioner of
internal revenue, is stumping Maine, and
sending home daily reports putting up the
party majority about a thousand. a day,
and if there is one leading member of tlie
Bqm(administration who Is not -daily
exhibiting hi9 contempt for tlio p’ain and
emphatic civil service rules pledged to tlie
nation by the President, we cannot recall
bis name.
We tike the abovo from the Philadel
phia Times, and it sbows that in tlie elev
enth hoiir .of his administration, Mr.
Hayes has utterly, abandoned tils pet idea
of “civil reform,” and is now as rabid a
manly well-bred follow, alao well provided i Radical as Don Cameron, or any of bis
for financially. What U more, the mar-1 crew. He lias even, it will be se$n, ta-
riage was one of mutual inclination and ken the back track upon tbe matter otma-
aympathy, not of arrangement or mere ' king assessments for campaign purposes,
pecuniary advantage. I heard a middle- I upon the army of government Repnb-
aged woman say: “Oh, it is perfectly ' lican employes. Twice already have
delicious to see how very, very fond those • they been mulcted to meet tne current
two children are of each other. They J expense.- of the canvass, and the poor fel-
spoon like rustics. I actually found them ' lows are forced to bleed in silence, or rc-
kissing one another behind the library rigu their places. What a miserable
door at 11 o’clock in tbe morning—charm- prostitution of government patronage,
Ing Arcadias they are.” and influence to partisan ends.
lacie is presented of a “solid South ?”
Will not any people' hand together for
protection against tlie evils of corrupt ru
lers? How’otherwise .could she ever
Iiave regained possession of her local gov
ernments? What would be tlie condi
tion of South Carolina, Louisiana, Mis
sissippi, Alabama and our own Georgia,
also, bad not tbe people risen in their might
and cast out the carpet-baggers who had
been foisted upon them by fetbral bayo
nets, and, like vultures, preyed upon tbe
vital^ of each of those commonwealths ?
1: slice, likewise, their concentrated ef
forts to wrest the control of the general
government from the hands of those who
have wielded it for so many years as a
mere party machine, for Radical aggran
disement. It would be well for every
Norwood and Colquitt man in Georgia to
read and give heed to the above language
of tbe Globe-Democrat during tbe present
State canvass. There is tqo much that
is personal and bitter on both sides, where
kindness and toleration ought to obtain.
Surely passion is not argument, and really
the gubernatorial contest is merely tlie
expression of an individual preference for
one or the other of the two candidates.
Vote for whom you plerse, but do not
quarrel about it.
The Washington Ratification.—'
Washington City don’t vote, but they can
“holler”witli right good will. The Republi
cans having made their Garfield demon
stration, which was numerous, imposing
and noisy, the Democrats on Thursday
night turned out en masse and beat it all
to pieces. The only question was where
so many came from. A torch light pro
cession, over two miles long, was one of
the spectacles and a very grand one. The
Hancock men are wanning up amaz
ingly.!
Tiii Southeiin Medical College.—
We caili attention to the advertisement of
this uew and flourishing institution, which
appeals in its proper place. At its first
commencement in February, the degree
of M. D. was conferred upon eight grad
uates, and there are sixty-five students in
attendance upon the first cias3 of 1879-
18S0. ,
The faculty is an able one, and among
the trustees we find tbe names of Rev. A.
J. Battle, L. L. D., Rev. D. E. Bntlcr, D.
D.,and lion. A. H. Stephens. The col
lege, at much expense, has provided a
peculiar method of illustrating anatomy
not fohnd in any other Southern school.
Under, its able management, the sncces3
of the institution is an assured fact.
General toombs speaks.
he INDOBSES COLQUITT FOB THE MOST
FABT.
We learn from the Constitution that
General Toombs was called upon for a
speech after the Norwood serenade was
over at tbe Kimball House, on Tuesday
night. ’ In responding, the general said: -
Colquitt did right to indorse the North
eastern bonds; that he did right to com
promise in the Grant case. The general
said, also, that he didn’t know anything
about the Alston fee, that it was not Ins
business, and he cared nothing about it.
The general said he did not participate in
the charges which were being made
against Colquitt. He said, however, that
he intended to vote for Norwood because
Colquitt bad used the public patronage
for a private end in appointing Governor
Brown av Senator, in order to get him to
help to elect himgovernoiv The general
also said that Colquitt had not reduced
the taxes, but that the convention of ’77
hail done it by cutting down salaries. He
said a raod many brilliant things, as was
perfectly natural, and, to speak tlie unvar
nished truth, there were times when the
old fire of his eloquence burst forth.
This is tantamount to an indorsement
of the whole of Colquitt’s administration,
save upon one point—the making of ex-
Goverhor Brown Senator, vice Gordon,
resigned. For that act alone General
Toombs, will vote for Norwood. Our
contemporary makes the following com-
mari :
It will be observed that this is alto
gether outside the campaign made by" tlie
fragmentary minority. Either Mr. Nor
wood should be switched into tlie round
house for revision and repair, or General
Toombs should be prevented from running
out of time on the same track. Let the
campaigners hold -another consultation.
The distinguished orator should be made
to defer to” the necessities of the distin
guished candidate.
Tb* Augusta Discussion.
Norwood and Colquitt on the
Hustings—Rain Comes to tse Re
lief-of the Minority Chasimon.
In accordance with the published pro
gramme,'the two candidates for governor
encountered each other in debate at Au
gusta, on Thursday night, and Governor
Colquitt got the best of the argument.
Hcu. Robert H. May, mayor of the city,
presided, and introduced both gentle
men. *
We publish the speeches in full, as
reported by the Chronicle and Constitu
tionalist:
Mr. Norwood said:
Fellow-Citizens of Gisobgia—We
are here to-niglit to discuss grave issues
This conedurse means that there is great*
uneasiness in the public mind. The
Democratic party has been restive for
months past. The people have been en
quiring and anxioqs, and a schism in the
party has resulted. We are here because
of that schism, else there would be no
canvass for governor by an otherwise uni
ted Democracy. There is a cause.
Some one is responsible for this division.
My opinion is that this schism is due to
our present governor. [Applause.} It
lies at his door, [applause] and I will en
deavor to demonstrate so to you. The
debate is now limited to three hours,
hence I will proceed at once, with no ex
ordium, to the discussion of these sub
jects. First, there came division; then
disruption. Gov. Colquitt is responsible
for the division. He went into office with
80,000 majority, a thing unheard of.
Many of these triends are to-day arrayed
in hostility against him. Is it because lie
is persecuted for conscience or religion?
[Cries of “no no.” He was as religious
in 1&7G as now [laughter] and those op
posed just as nngodly as now. [Laugh
ter.} No, gentlemen, I say in all candor,
he has raised a false issue. He knew lira
Democratic party was divided upon issues
in his adnpnstration, and that he must
depend upon other resources than acts of
his term of office. [Applause.] He tells
his people he is persecuted, and calls his
church to rally to his support. Of all of
fenses against the church of Christ,
whether committed by clcigytnen or lay
men, the dragging of the sacred robes of
tlie ehurcli into the mires of politics is the
greatest. [Great applause.] Not for the
church, but for personal aggrandizement
is this done. I deplore this issue as much
as any man in Georgia. It is with sorrow
I hear this appeal to the chnrcli, and I call
upon Gov. Colquitt to name the time, the
place and the men who have ever perse
cuted him for his religion. [Sensation.]
If he has been, to that extent I defend
him. But if not, he has raised a fatal
issue for his own benefit, and he must suf
fer the consequences. Gov. Colquitt
went into office witii the plaudits of all
Georgia, but within a year there was a
division growing out of one of his official
acts.
THE exdorsemf.nt of the nobthwes-
TEBN RAILROAD BONDS
created the first schism. I Simply refer
to the act, tlie facts and tlie manner the
endorsement was made. It was peculiar
ly unmethodical aud unbusiness-like, and
it led to an official investigation and a
State scandal. Senator Norwood then al-
Indnd*to Governor Colquitt’s written reply
to his'Atlanta speech. He quoted Gov
ernor Colquitt’s reply that it was his im
perative duty to sign these bonds. Now
this matter was pending before Governor
Colquitt for twelve months. Eminent
legal authorities were against the endorse
ment, and from January, 1877,to January,
1878, lie delayed,. halted and faltered,
aud it wa3 only after a clerk told him he
would he interested, that this endorse
ment commenced and the scandal swept
over the State. [Applause.]
THE ALSTON FEE.
Another act widened this breach.
Governor Colquitt paid Col. Alston $15-,
000 for liis part of compensation in col
lecting $198,000 for the State. Governor
Colquitt paid twenty-five per cent., in
full, the entire 815,000, aud at tlie time
he was suing Alston and your townsman,
Mr. Walsh, as surety on liis bond. The
suit was for $8,000. My lriend, Mr.
Walsh, asked the governor to retain
enough of the fee to pay the security. But
the governor paid the full fiiteen thou
sand dollars, whereupon the Supreme
Court decided that the surely was re
leased, an'd the State lost thereby $8,000.
The Supreme Court has fastened upon
the governor in such a way that he can
not dodge it, that lie did not do his duty
in allowing the S15,'000 to pass away from
his hands.
CONDITION OF THE CONVICTS.
Governor Colquitt was installed in Jan
uary, 1877, and in November, 1878, the
legislature raised a committee to examine
the condition of the convicts. The convict
system went into operation years before
Governor Colquitt's administration, I
know; but Governor Smith had no dis
turbance about tliis in his administration.
This report of tlie legislative committee
shows that cruelties were perpetrated in
Governor Colquitt’s administration which
had not obtained had he exercised pru
dence, caution and circumspection. Now,
Governor Colquitt has been coquetting for
the colored vote for a long tune, and he is
probably looking to that support as a bal
ance of power (a voice—“that’s what you
are trying to do now”—laughter). Now
what was done witii this committee's re
port of the legislature ot 1878? A bill
was drawn requesting a law for the regu
lation of the penitentiary, or in. other
words the abuses examined by the Alston
committee were legislated upon to be cor
rected. .11 was held that 525 convicts had
escaped, that penalties of $200 were then
due, and not one dollar had been collect
ed. The mortality prevailing was greater
than ever before.
Mr. Watson then read some ext racts
from the report. The death rate in Tex
as, where the same system prevailed, was
Jj, per cent, less per annum. Men and
women were chained together, said the
report, and small children had grown up
in the shackles. Now who was responsi
ble? The law savs the governor shall
have the sexes kept apart. John W.
Nelms was the penitentiary superintend
ent, the governor’s appointee, and yet
here were these outrages on decency and
on civilization, and not a high degree of
civilization at that. Tlie governor should
have known those things; he is expected
to perform the high duties of his office; to
see that' human nature 13 not outraged.
[Applause.] He is not elected to”run
about over the State. lie is responsible
for their abuses. [A voice—“He is!”]
The penitentiary keeper is the governor’s
own appointee. The rights of the poor
colored convict have not been respected un
der bis administration. The amelioration
of their condition grew out of the act of
October, 1879, developed by those abuses
which obtained before. Nebns wrote a let
ter in reply to my Atlanta speech. The
grand jury reports, he contended, were
against me. He is trying to perpetrate a
fraud. These grand Jury reports have
been made under the act of 1879. They
did not report until a year after their
charges were made. The comptroller-
general was investigated, impeached and
lumed'out, the State treasurer was im-
jeacheH—a large majority of the senators
voting for the articles which only failed
because two-thirds vote was required to
impeach; the agricultural commissioner
resigned to cot out of a scrape, and
Neluisjwas also investigated. Now ? the
convict, camps were divided into sections,
and Nifiins went to Superintendent Simp
son and told hirn fie must pay $8 per
head for moving convicts—distributing
them around; but if the money was paid
ho would let them remain and not dis-
tributethem about as the '• law directed.
Mb contractors objected, as they snould
have done, but finally under protest paid
the money. Gov. Brown objected and
said it was not right, and Mr. Simpson
went to see Gov. Colquitt about it.
[Mr. Norwood then road an interview
from Simpson, in whicli Governor Col
quitt had said that the arrangement was
a private contract of Nelms and Alexan
der and he bad no right to interfere.]
■Well, if any appointee of mine was en
deavoring to extort money from auy citi
zen, high or low, I would teach him a les
son he would not forget. [Applause.]
But the interests of the State and the
lessees are opposite in matters of dollars
and cents. Nelms acts as the State’s
, guardian in this matter. Now, Nelms
; told the lessees that he wanted an interest
with them in the business. He sent for
Superintendent Simpson aud told him so.
Simpson sard lie would have nothing, to
do with it, and advised Nelms to have
nothin'" to do with it either. Nelms imd
applied to three lessees for interests. He
was trying to break into the penitentiary
hfenself, [laughter], for it was a peniten
tiary oflense for an officer to do this. .Gov
ernor Colquitt was requested by the leg
islature to take some action in this mat
ter, but John W. Nelms is still peniten
tiary keeper, though lie tried to sell out
the State. [Applause.] What reason Gov.
Colquitt has I don’t know. Nelms
should not have been keeping the pen!-*
tentiary any longer tlian I could sign a
warrant putting him out. [Cheers.]” He
was unworthy even the notice of the ex
ecutive. [Applause.] But Nelms now
attacks me, and tells a falsehood iu mak
ing the attack.
FINANCES.
Governor Colquitt, continued the speak
er, has levied ou tlie people of Georgia
over $230,000 that he was not entitled to
levy by law. He admits it, hut says
Smith did the same thing. [Laughter.]
The sum, he says, was levied to pay tlie
Nutting.bsnds, principal aud interest. In
1877 he levied $117,000 more than neces
sary, and 1878 $113,00 > more. But he
says there is no harm done; no one lia3
stolen it. [Laughter.] But there is, fel
low-citizens, a riglit way and a wrong way
to levy taxes. Charles the First levied
taxes in such way that cost him his head.
Ido not say that Governor Colquitt had
any designs on this money. Bat I mere
ly allude to the slack-twisted way this
administration has been carried on.
[Applause.] He took out $21,000 to pay
the bonds of the constitutional conven
tion, without any warrant, so Gov. Smith
says. Gov. Colquitt says he has reduced
taxation. Why, tlie legislature does this,
and 1 challenge him 'to-niglit to show
where by financial skill and ability he
lufe ever saved the State one dollar. [Ap
plause.] In 1870 and 1879 the levies
were different, because in the first case
the State was in debt, in tlie second case
it was not. Every dollar of tbe , $1,000,-
000 collected during liis (Colquitt’s) ad
ministration ensued from suits before he
was governor. The fruits happened to
full into liis lap, and he claims to have
planted the tree. [Applause aud laugh-
ter.}
MACON AND BRUNSWICK RAILROAD
SALE.
When the Macon and Brunswick rail
road was sold, purchasers were required
by law to pay the sum in State bonds, so
that the State might save interest on some
of her issues. Now the story goes—I do
not say I believe it—I hope it is a slander
—that Gov. Colquit went down into the
treasury, woke up some new Laby Bonds
that had been sleeping there ever since
their birth, took them out of the cradle,
as it were [laughter,] sold the railroad
purchasers some ot these so that they
could technically comply with the con
tract. Now I hope this is not so, I do not
contend that it is, for it is too brilliant a
financial transaction for Governor Col
quitt to he guilty of. [Cheers.]
Mr. Norwood's lime being up, lie re
tired atnid applause.
GOVERNOR COLQUITT,
lion. Robert H. May then arose, aud
amidst prolonged cheering and bugle
blasts from the band, introduced lion,
Alfred II. Colquitt.
Gov. Colquitt commenced by saying
that he regretted having had no confer
ence or conversation with Mr. Norwood
before the latter had committed himself
in his Atlanta speech. For there was no
reason why Mr. Norwood should he hos
tile to him, or should try to misrepresent
him; and had lie have seen him before he
had committed himself, or had worked up
his passion or developed certain little in
dignations, Mr. Norwood wonld to-night
confess that these assaults upon him
(Gov. Colquitt) were not just. [Ap
plause.] But, fellow citizens, I stand
here to-night to say that I have no fears
of the judgment of those men whose pri
vate interests are not at stake or whose
political passions are not aroused. I
have appealed to the people of Georgia,
and to them I entrust the verdict.- It is
tme that Mr. Norwood lia3 allowed his
mind probably to become imbued with pre
judices, and yet, if without appearing to af
fect too much religion, I might repeat the
lines of that old hymn, [applause and
laughter] I would say to my l'rieud here :
“While the lamp holds out to bum,
The vilest sinner may return.”
Mr! Norwood declares before you to
night in tlie most sententious style that
religion aud politics should not be mixed
np. But for ail the effect this declaration
can have upon me his invective is an ar
row passing through the air, aimed at no
one at all. [Applause.] No one ever
heal'd me introduce religion iuto politics
for personal uses; and I tell you I have
neve'r appealed to the members of the
Mettodist church or any other church for
political vindication, and I never will.
[Great applause.] Mr. Norwood has been
misled; he has not been in the State for
the past few years, and has not kept up
with tlie history of events here. He does
not know that when fun was wildly made
of me for visiting Sunday-schools and
“nigger” meetings, as some called them;
when these men' found that the indigna
tion of,the people became aroused for me,
that it was then they turned about and
said I was mixing up religion and polities
foresee*. [Cheers and derisive demon
strations.]
THE NORTHEASTERN BONDS.
‘low, Senator Norwood acknowledges
that he knows of nothing wrong in my
signing the Northeastern railroad bonds.
Then what is the trouble on this point?
If there is no objection as to the point of
law or of motives, what is the matter?
He says that there was an investigation,
and what is the inference he draws?
Why, that this investigation was institu
ted to see whether I had done any wrong
or not. Now, all this time I knew"perfect
ly well that. I had enemies, and I could
account for their hostility, although I had
never, that I knew of, done any man in
Georgia a personal injury. But yon all
know well that before I had been in ot-
fiee thirty days, there were men hostile to
me because they did not obtain the offices
they had sought. [Great applause.]
These men began to say significantly
that there was something mysterious
about the signature of those bonds. It
wa3 then that I, myself, demanded that
the legislature investigate the mattei,so
that I, the executive' of Georgia, might
irotect the honor of the State and my own
integrity. For no matter how much I
might deny it, men would go about whis
pering tiie tale in every cross-road. What
was tlie result? The legislature appoint
ed a committee—some of them not on
speaking terms with me. This was no
whitewashing crowd. And yet there was
not a man who did not, after thirty days
investigation of every rumor connected
with the signing of these bonds, sign the
report of tho committee.
[The report of the committee was then
read by Mr. Watson, of McDuffie, by re
quest. This report, as our readers all re
member, completely exonerated Governor
Colquitt from all chaiges of illegal con
duct or corrupt practices, and denounced
such rdports as “vile and malignant slan
ders.” The l eading of this report was at
tended with loud cheers.]
The minority report, continued Got.
Colquitt, concurs with the majority on
this point. If this action of signing the
bonds was right then, why dispute about
it now? But Mr. Norwood insists
that tbe manner of signing them was
faulty. Well, if my manner is not os
agreeable as Mr. Norwood’s, its my mis
fortune and not my fault. [Laughter.]
I am even convinced, that il Mr. Nor
wood, in his cool moments, will read this
report: over, even he will. be satisfied.
[Applause.]
THK ALSTON FEE.
Mr. Norwood says Col. Alston wss in
debted to the State when I paid him his
fee. Now, I say to you that at the time
this money w as paid, there was no debt
established between Col, Alston and the
State. Why, it I1&3 always been custom-
ike State printing thereby need not he
confined to the large establishments. Col.
Alston contended at the time I paid him
liis fees for collecting money that lie
owed no money to the State. The work
for which money had been advanced wa3
provided for by contract. Finally, when
it was not known whether his accounts
balanced or- not, suit was commenced to
see if he was indebted any to the State.
Two years after the foe was paid it was
found in DeKalb court that he was in
debted tqthe State. The money I paid to
Colonel Alston was Colonel Alston’*
rnonej ; the money I paid Mr. Fain was
Mr. Fain’s money; and the money I paid
Jackson, Lawton & Bassinger, all inter
ested in tills case—was theirs. I did not
put their fees into the treasury, because
tlie foes belonged to them for work per
formed upon contract. I held their
affidavit. Yet it was said they had
received money not belonging to
them. But why is this called
“the Alston fee?” Why not tho
Henry R. Jackson fee? These were all
paid out of this tee." But Alston lived in
the county with me, hence it was inti
mated that there was some hocus-pocus
between us. [Laughter and hisses.] An
attorney always has a lien upon claims in
liis hands;- and all these claims were put
into ono draft, and the money these gen
tlemen were entitled to was paid out of it,
Of course, men misinformed and preju
diced may find objection to the payment
of this fee; but every fair-minded man
will say ’twas right. [Applause.]
TUS CONVICTS.
In Mr. Norwood's speech when he first
appeared as a candidate from tlie com
mittee of nine, [laughter,] I understand
lie said that 523 convicts escaped during
my administration. But now lie main
tains that he said that there were 523 es
caped in all; that 120 escaped during my
administration, aud that 1 failed to collect
the $200 per head forfeit ou them. From
this it is interred that there was a pen
alty on every escape, which is false.
On over a hundred of them there was
no penalty. All these escapes save nine
teen, occurred before the law fixing auy
penalty at all was passed. [Qreat ap
plause.] In discussing the charge of
cruelty to convicts, Mr. Norwood says I
have been coquetting for colored votes.
This is hardly necessary, for the colored
people know that I have never performed
an act towards the in inconsistent with a
gentleman, a Christian and a humane
man. They have seen fit to express con
fidence in-me; for, as God is my judge,
aud I use no irrevent phrase, I have
known, in my administration, no distinc
tion between black and white.' [Great
applause.] And no man is fit to be chief
executive, who will go into the office witii
any discrimination against either race in
his heart. [Loud cheers.]
Now, I have been referred to derisively
as “the Christian Governor,” and in this
very crowd to-night, too. And yet I say
that no man lias known me for the past
forty years, who does not know that from
my boyhood it has been my custom to
read the Scripture in negro cabins to my
father’s hands. [Cheers.] Long before
.the war, when residing in Southwest
Georgia, I did this, before I ever dreamed
I would one .day be worthy of running for
governor. [Cheers.] Am I to sit back
and put on dignified airs now that I am
governor. [Applause.]
At this point, the rain which had been
dripping in minority particles, was pelting
the crowd in earnest, forcing the candi
dates under umbrellas, and bringing the
boys to their feet. Standing in the storm,
however, they seemed willing to stand by
Gov. Colquitt, who awaited a few mo
ments the cessation of the shower. As
the rain increased, however, Gov. Col
quitt, warned by his own hoarseness, and
considerate of tlie exposure by his friends,
bared his head, advanced to the edge of
tlie platform and concluded:
“Just be quiet a moment, my friends, I
want to say in conclusion, for I will not
detain you, that I had intended to bring
up Mr. Norwood’s record; but cannot do
so now. I want to say that with all her
detractors, the State stands better to-day
than ever before, her credit is brighter,
her resources more abundant-and her peo
ple less'taxed than for twenty-five years.
And this is all that a people should ask
of an Executive.”
Cheers were then repeated for each of
tlie candidates by their friends, scores
of people flocked to the platform, includ
ing neatly colored men, and Governor
Colquitt soon left with his friends, follow
ed by Mr. Norwood and his friends.' The
meeting was enthusiastic, earnest, hut
not bitter, and the order, generally, was
good. The speaking lasted but one hour
and three-quarters.
The candidates were' afterwards sere
naded at their headquarters. They leave
this morning for Madison.
Rats in India.
A captain iu the army, holding an ap
pointment iu the Bengal Staff Corps, was
staying with his wife and young child in
the same station. The father, a right
brave man lie was, who had been wound
ed not a great while before by some hill
savages, wanted to bring up his son to be
hardy and fearless, like himself I should
add, so the parents put their little one in
a room to sleep by itself. * But they soon
noticed scratches and strange marks on
the young child’s hands, whicli, getting
worse, made them cali in a doctor. This
gentleman’s advice was encouraging: “If
you don’t want your child to loose liis
hands you liad better keep him away
from the rats, for they have been biting
him.”
Travelling at one time in an out-of-the-
way district, I had to put up for the night
at a “d’ak bungalow,” i. e., travellers’
rest bouse. I asked the native in charge
whether an sahibs bad been there lately,
and he laid no, not for a long time. Be
fore lying down to rest I took off my rid
ing brats and flung them on one side.
When I came to put them on in tlie
the morning I found I should travel with
much less leather than I had the previ
ous day, for tlie rats had made a complete
wreck of tho upper parts of the boots. I
hadn’t another pair with me or I certainly
should have worn them, for my appear
ance was soniEwhat novel, as I was wear
ing white trousers at the time, and the
holes in the boot uppers were painfully
manliest in consequence.
An old planter in India, whose word I
readily believe, assured me that tho zinc
lining of some grain bins were eaten
through and mended, and the perform
ance was quite skillful, in that the bins
were built on brick pillars, and great care
was taken never to leave anything be
neath for tiie rats to stand upon. But,
nevertheless, they managed repeatedly, in
some way, aud gnawed through ihe wood
and then through tlie zinc until the grain
foil out.
I was living a few months in an isola
ted, swampy district, and, a3 a natural se
quence, the place being excessively un
healthy, I was frequently attacked by the
constant companions of Indian jungle life,
fever and ague. The bungalow was a very
rough building, and had been put up iu a
hurry, and every limethe wind blew with
any violence I anticipated it coming down
in a space of time even less thau that In
which it was put up. When laid up with
fever aud unable to read, I used to watch
the rats running about the beams and
rafters of the roof. Their performances
would hare pul Blondin altogether to
Shame.
I amused myseif by waiting until the
rats got into difficult parts of the roof,
and then clapped my hands to- startle
them. But endeavoring to cause t hem to
lose their balance was utterly futile.
They always got out of sight in safety. I
sometimes bad something eatable left on
tlie table, and then watched tbe manoeu
vres of the rats to carry it away. I was
sorry afterward, because they got impu
dent and courageous, and frequently stole
things intended for my owu consump
tion.—Bradford Observer.
—Workmen are now replacing with
iron the vast wooden span of the Phila
delphia, Wilmington aud Baltimore rail
road bridge over the Susquehanna river at
Havre de Grace, and when this is com-
. „ pleted tbe whole bridge will be of iron.
ary to advance five thousand dollar* to The change from wood to iron has been
the public printer; had been done from | - . J. . „ , r . . .. .
time immemorial; the legislature had 8° “S oa fur six} ears. Tlie bridge is one
made this advance and Gov, Smith had of the greatest structures in the country.
aprroved it. This custom had obtained
so that any poor printer might be
come a public printer and the State
would advance money to help him; so
With ite approaches it is a mile and
quarter long, and tlie water to the chan
nel is seventy-five feet deep. The total
cost of tbe bridge has been $2,000,000.
A Terrible Kidniffht Visitor,
Among the many old settlers of the
Pike comity hills and glea3 is an old sun
burned man, who has a little cabin "a few
rods hack from the regular path to Mount
Union. Visitors Imre are told that he can
tell many a strange tale about the pioneers
and their history, and here is one that he
gave a day or two ago:
“You want a yarn about myself in ray
younger days, do you, stranger? .Weil
there’s many a one, and tough, too,
might tell you. But seem’ you come from
the city, and are eager for somethin’ rather
excitin’, I will give you an account of tin
trouble we had witii the bears when w
built tlie first note! up here. That was
good while ago; I couldn’t think of saying
just how long. 1 was a young, strong
chap then, and could lift ss heavy a load
as any of ’em. Some speculative fellow
from Philadelphy bad seen this place
around here, aud made up his mind to
build a tavern and see if he couldn’t get a
lot of men here to fish. The fishin’ was
wonderful in them days.
“The beam were terrible plenty in this
neighborhoood, although we had driven
them away on tlie Jersey side. You sec.
there was no one livin’ ever here then but
two old trappers. They had a hut right
over the hill yonder, aud not far from
where the Gap House is now. The lum
her for the tavern was brought down on
rafts, and the first thing we aid was to put
up some shanties for us to Jive in, while wo
were bulldin’. The man was in a tre
mendous hurry about the thing, and
wanted us to work day and night, if we
could. So we put up some rough huts
aud made ourselves as comfortable as pos
sible. The trappers were hired, too, and
they came down from their- qabin every
mornin’. Nights, they used to go huntin’,
aud we had all the bear meat we wanted.
Things went on smooth for some days,
and besides a bear growl now and then,
or a rattlesnake’s call, we didn’t hear
anything unusual. We soon got used to
the awful quiet and didn’t think of
harm.
“One night—’twas Saturday—we went
to sleep very tired. We had worked hard
until about 10 o’clock because we had the
next day to rest in. Ten of us slept in
one shanty and five in another. I was
with the five. Just who left tlie door wide
open none of us ever found out. We were
all so plaguy sleepy we didn’t know what
was goto’ on. It must have been soon
after midnight, that I woke up reelin’ as
though some one had stuck me with a
knife. I was sittin’ straight up oa my
bunk (we had straw ticks ou the floor),
and there by my side, with one claw dug
into my arm, was a big black bear. For
a minute X was all broken "to pieces?
Havin’ been so sound asleep and all I
Vpose my wits were kinder scattered.
While I was so confused I heard some
one hollerin’ for help. 1 turned, and by
the light of the moon, which was shinin’
I saw Bill Stivers, who had a bunk
next to mine, clasped in the arms of anoth
er big bear. Then I was wide awake, and
gave my hand a twist. It came so sud
den that the cuss hadn’t time to think,
and I got my arm loose. With that I
jumped to my feet and put for iny gun.
The varmint was too quick for me and
grabbed me round the waist-. I tell you,
stranger, I thought the jig" was up. I
gave a glance ’round the room. Bill was
on the floor and the bear on top of him.
Tlie other fellers were awake, and in
came another bear. We all yelled at tbe
top of our voices. Bill was nearly smoth
ered, but he managed to scream for a
knife. I did the same, aud then Vied to
trip the cuss. He begao squeezing and I
fought like the mischief. I tell you, it’s
tough. Those critters will just take the
breath out of you in no.time at all. I
tripped the cuss somehow and I fell on
top. As I fell I hit with all my might
between his eyes. This seemed to stag
ger him for an instant, and he let up a
little on liis hold. Quicker’n I’ve been
talking I had squirmed out and was
kinder tumblin’ towards the wall. The
varmint was after me right off, and I
couldn’t reach my gun. All I could get
was my jack-knife, which was lying on- a
box. Before I could get my arm up iWtli
it I was in the chap’s claws.
“I knew tlie time would be over mighty
quick if something desperate warn’t done
for the critter was madder’n fury. I just
stuck the knife into his heart and again
and again. Of course, he had my arms
pressed against my side, and all I could
use was my hand. That alone didn’t
deal very hard blows, but it was life or
eternity with me, 30 I did the best. I
was weakning fast, but I kept it up. Pret
ty quick everything .began to swim and
my power was goiu’ fast. I knew that
my jack was doin’ some good, for I could
feel tlie blood runin’ from tbe bear. His
terrible grip continued though, and I
could- tell that - the last of my foolin’ had
come. I must have hollered as loud as I
could, for I remember hearin’ a sound
and \yords of some kind. I was stokin',
when I heard like a noise ’way off, the
report of a gun. On a second I tumbled
ou tiie floor, all in a heap, and the cuss,
lettin’ go of me; rolled over dead. It was
one of them trappers saved my life.—
Philadelphia Ledger.
Rust in Cotton.
A South Carolina correspondent, says
“Cotton,” commends what we had to say
a few weeks ago ou this subject, and
makes some new and interesting sugges
tions. He relates his own experience as
follows:
Last season we planted a field of about
thirty acres, all of which had been
ploughed to the depth of nine inches in
February. The rows were ran north and
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TO TBE LUCKY T.CKBT HOLDER.
A IL CITIZENS Cf"*GEOSMS!A. Formers,
‘ Merchants. Prvfe.»icnal i' en.se. at" re-
que.ted to call at our rtSceaid Retia'cr their
nam. a and Post Office a-idrevi and set a ticket
a hi, h entitles them to one chance :n ICO
Finest & Best Wagon
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This to t.e ditpo ed f b$ Lottery in
January, J8Si 9
and the Man that h.td. thn lucky Number,
gets tb, WAGON, free ol
aay Charge.
NO CHARGE FORTICKRT3 1
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And r1>o soa tho F n-tr Stock of
Cl&.IAGEa, BUGGIES. SPRING and
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pr.r e* o-< -n
COLLINS & WINN,
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WEST BEOS
63 BAY ST., SAVANNAH, GA.,
Colton Factors,
February. The rows were ran north and , pa
sou'll, (as cotton rows should always be COfflmiSSjOfl mcTCl J SfitS
run if practicable), and the entire held.
with the exception of six rows, about tbe
middle of it, was manured with one hun
dred pounds of phosphate, and three
bushels of cotton seed per acre.
The. north cud of tiie field covered six
acres of poor laud that had not been plant
ed in cotton for some years, because the
rust was there always fatal. These six
acres had been left fallow in l$7S,andthe
growth of crab grass thereon was ploughed
under in November of that year. At the
south end were three acres that had been
planted in cow peas the same year, the
peas were picked ofl, but the vines plough
ed under. By the middle of July the rust
appeared in the middle section of twenty-
one acres, over which it spread in the
course of the rest of the mouth and August,
only very slightly touching the six rows
that had received no phosphate, and en
tirely stopping as soon as the two sections
of six and three acres at opposite ends of
the field were reached. The middle sec
tion of twenty-one acres produced a yield
of one hundred and eighty-five pounds
lint per acre, while those at the two ends
averaged two hundred and seventy
pound*. The six rows that had no phos
phate produced more cotton ar.d remained
green longer in the twenty-one acre sec
tion than those on either side of them.
These results demonstrate that humus in
the soil will prevent rust, and also that
unless there is snch humus, the applica
tion bf one hundred pounds of phosphate
per acre will not repay its high cost.
The problem to be solved, therefore, is
how to put humus Into a cotton field of
one hundred acres or more. Anything
can be done with one acre, and from such
a small patch enormous results may be
obtained, clearly demonstrating the possi
ble-results very interesting to agri
cultural chemists, and those intelligent
planters who may have ample cash capi
tal, hut not of much practical value to
the average farmers of the South, who do
not understand chemistry, and have no
cash capital whatever. It appeals to us
that the-ouly practical solution 13 the ap
plication of cow peas. This is a means
within the reach of all farmers. At tbe
time of the last working of tlie crop, a
furrow should bo run between the
rows with a bull tongue plow, iu which
the peas should be sown at the rate ol a
half bushel per acre. T'.icy should be
covered with a sweep, whicli w ill aiso.gjve
the last ploughing to lira cotton. The
staple crop will, by this time, be so ad
vanced that lira peavines cannot injure it,
and a* cotton cannot grow sufficiently
large in land In which it rus.s to shade
the middles, the peas will make good vine?-.,
which will supply to tlie soil the needed
humns it allowed to die on the land.
Salt is considered by some ai preventive
of rust, but, li've lime, it is efficacious only
when the soil contains humus or vegeta
ble matter not yet decayed.
—And d alrr.i ti.—
FEKTIL3ZSRS,
General Agents for the
Delta Cotton, Tie.
LIBERAL ADVANCES ON CONSIGNMENTS
W. Mr. Carnes, MACON, AGENT
DELTA O »rTON TIE.
isjpD cUwtilln.Tl
G eorgia. Houston county.-wm to
' told before ;he>ourt -Jeor in Perry,
Houston cxnn y, on lha fir,: in October
Leit, tue fr-llow-.nirdescribed props.-tyro rrit:!
All that tract or parcel of i«ud a-.tuated on Hoa
Crawl creek,in the lower- .-irto cthdistr rt of
raid c-unty and known as lira Ever, tv Hog Crawl
place, ccnuintr.g 1 4 J.',* urn* i.n re or lew. Said
ianui »o:d as the proprrt; ot An edicts of V’. H.
Brown, atoned, by virtue Ola d.croe citdein
the aupsricr court of B:b'j c-nc.tr in sboesaeof
W. It, drown, executor, ra. Air -iJa C. Sroira ot
al. Sold for the purpose o. earn io» onflhi: pro
visions ot sa-.d decree, flaati: i-n.d > will be ic!d us
a « hole or m aucb parcel* &j m.m in- deemed ad-
viiaoio. Termj tm-third -rfh. one-third in
three mcnlbi end one-toivd nc cw^'.vs worth*,
with S per teut. i’.terts*. I'ur. uv-ra receiving
0-rtifica.tenf puichsi.6 or bi.S'l t r title. Fosse*-,
lion given tie fir* dxyol January, 1SS1.
W. R. BHtltVJf. Executor
of W. B. Brown, dec.ired. sod commissioner in
equity. »»«S1 - law i w *
Tie Son'ta Meeiesl Cite,
ATLINTA. GSOftftri.
rpHK*wn>l sebsim of tbi*’ns*::utioa
1 OCTOuKniaih.
tbeCurrealnm of Stu-f v u «Lis school cctcts
a slider range **bon mo-: issiit lions in ihb
country.
Fecal or and tap rior idTsr.tssref, r.ct meo-
tios e«l m e at r.u*i nr u.. r. n -v- been pro** .;» ; 4
for ihu«trmt mr the rom impo teat bru-.ch?-?,
undid tbe faw! ties exiit for l r iirou»;U iustrea-
lion in erer.v deportment.
The»ui*u*lfcm o«nceme:>t «i'l be furnished on
Appiioedon to tbe D so.
As there are sxo other aohools in Atlanta and
xIm:tree.ion sre liable occur, co-respondents
«ill pit** sdiiPhS E G. WOKi). DU
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her next, and »hv* < su«e if any ihyj nave wfc
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