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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 1880.
Dear Ladt—“Wliat's his name?”
Young lady—“Augustus Tyler.” The
deaf lady—“Bless me, what a name!
‘Bust his Bilerl’ Eliza you must be mak
ing fun of me.”
The Republican papers consider a col
ored Democrat a novelty, but such
thing seould not excite surprise when it
remembered that the negroes lost $3,000,-
000 by the freedmen’s savings bank.
—A Newport woman at a prayer meet
ing turned to her husband and whispered:
“Father is very sick, and we must go
Rome.” Though he was left well, it
was only by the most active exertions that
he was kept from dying of cholera mor
bus.
—The largest pump factory in the
world is said to be that of the Southern
I'ump Company of Nashville, Tennessee,
where a complete pump is turned out
every two minutes. The works cover
fourteen acres, and two hundred and
twenty-five men are employed.
One of the phenomena of the present
time is the frequency with which the
Northern newspaper mail fails to reach
Macon. It failed yesterday, and it has
failed once or twice a week for a month
or more.
—The New Yoik Tribune says that
President Hayes expects to arrive at San
Francisco on September 8th. He will not
roturn to Washington until November 1.
Two months’ absence from the capital on
an electioneering tour for a successor at
$8,000 cost to the treasury.
—When Gambetta delivers a speech he
pronounces two hundred and thirty to
two hundred and forty words a minute,
Au ordinary speaker pronounces .only
about one hundred and eighty words in
the same time. Lord Macauley used to
pronounce three hundred and thirty
words in a minute.
—In Texas the Republicans have a full
ticket in the field, but it is iihderstOod
that all the nominees will be withdrawn
if General J. B. Robertson, who is run
ning as an Independent Democrat for
Governor, should develop strength
toafTord reasonable hope of his election
with the aid of the Republican votes.
Cotton Ties.—If the cotton crop of
1880 should reach 0,000,000 bales, as has
been predicted, it will require 75,000
miles of hoop-iron to tie it. There will be
required 86,000,000 of these bands, 11
feet long and weighing 1,200 tons, and
their cost about $3,000,000.
Lost Time.—A lot of Southern boys,
among them, S. T. Jenkins, of Atlanta,
were relieved of their watches and pocket
money in a single night at the Tremont
House, New York, by a gang of burglars,
who with false keys entered every room
and lightened the sleepers.
Flights.—The new classification of
freights by the Southern railway and
steamship association, adopted at New
York last July, and Aftanta. August 10th
and 12th, 1880, went, into effect on the
1st instant. We have received a pam
phlet copy.
—An astrologist of Kingston, Jamaica,
will find in the hurricane at that place a
confirmation of his theories. About
year ago he made a direful prophecy of
earthquakes, hurricanes, famines, plagues,
and ware, that was to begin in 1880 and
last seven years. Even this prophet,
however, has some good in store for us.
Those who survive 1887 are to live “twice
as long as they ever did.”
New York Exports.—The exports
from New York for the past week fell
short of those of the corresponding period
last year, which were the'heaviest on re
cord. The Bulletin says’ the total this
week is $8,S31,306, against $0,OS2,6O3 the
corresponding week in 1S79. From Jan
uary 1st, the aggregate is $273,820,992,
against $220,551,748 same time in 1879.
Judge Black.—Judge Jerry Black
readied here to-day, as bluff and hearty
-as ever. The Judge expressed his opin
ion quite fully to the newspapers in New
York and Philadelphia on his return from
Europe. Garfield i3 his personal friend,
_but he is red-hot for Hancock. He visited
the Democratic headquarters and told
them everything was going all right. The
Judge will probably make some speeches
for Hancock before the campaign is over.
Tiie War Cry on the Civil Ser
vice—Civil service reform is certainly
beiLg thrown to the winds with a ven
geance. The chief of one o£ the most
important divisions in. the war depart
ment called up the entire force a day or
two ago, and in a set speech notified them
that they were expected to contribute
liberally to the campaign fund for the
•election of Garfield, and intimated very
plainly that those who failed to do do 50
would be marked*
—The Marquis of Anglessy, on whose
account Mrs. Wetmore died in Paris, has
been residing since his marriage in Alber-
marle street, Picadilly. His bride is a
pretty, plump woman, with blue eyes,
blonde hair, and a mild and amiable ex
pression of countenance. As for the
Marquis, he has the sensual look of most
of the Pagels, .and is a type, 1 in appear
ance at least, of the bold bad man of a
society drama.' He is apparently forty
years of age, and is well built, and in
clined to fulness of figure, nis crisp,
glossy black hair is closely cut, but still
•curls over his bullet-shaped head; his
•complexion is a pale olive, and he wears
a moustache and slight side whiskers.
Sinews of War.—The Baltimore Sun
says that a-little excitement - was created
yesterday' among the employes of the
custom-house, post-office and other gov
ernment offices by the receipt of a potice
from Mr. Henry Stockbridge, chairman
•of the Republican State central .commit
tee, assessing every one for campaign
purposes. The notice contains a resolu
tion adopted at a recent meeting of the
“finance committee” that the officeholders
under the Federal government berequest-
•ed to contribute for campaign purposes
the following amounts: On salaries un
der $3,000, three per cent., and on sala
ries over $3,000 five per cent., to be paid
to the treasurer of the State central com-,
mittee in thrqp equal installments on or
before September 1, October 1, or Novem
ber 1. The circular goes on to - say: “In
view of the magnitude of the present
campaign, the principles Involved and the
great issues at stake, it is believed that
you will esteem it a pleasure to contrib
ute the small sum asked,” &c. Mr. Peter
Thompson, treasurer, was at' the custom
house, but failed to make any very exten
sive collections yesterday. Many say
they will not pay anything under the no
tice. As will be seen by the wording ot
the resolution, those
salaries are exempted.
receiving . $3,000
Not a Good Point
In a Democratic meeting held in Jef
fersonville, Twiggs county, a motion was
adopted instructing the delegation from
Twiggs to vote for a candidate from Wilk
inson county, “provided that such candi
date be in favor of Colquitt for Governor. 5 ’
We dare say, upon mature reflection, the
Twiggs Democracy will not insist on this
proviso. The Colquitt men feel veiy cer
tain that this question will not reach the
next legislature, but will be settled be
fore the people, by a large majority for
Colquitt. But, even if it should be de
termined by legislative ballot, they would
be quite willing to trust the issue between
the two candidates having the higher
number of votes, as it would then stand.
The Norwood members would then vote
for Colquitt as against a Republican; for
the contest then being, constitutionally
narrowed down between the two having
the highest number of votes, Norwood
would not be in it.
.But the main point is to prevent this
schism from going any further. Let it he
confined to the single issue of the re-elec
tion of Colquitt, and then when that is
decided, let the divided waters flow back
again and fill up the chasm. We say again,
therefore, select the tickets independently
of this squabble of a mouth. Take good
men, whether they are for Colquitt or for
Norwood, and let all vote for them irre
spective of their views on this single' ques
tion. ___
Not So.
The Sparta Ishmaelite, in reply to
paragraph in the Teleorath and Mes-
siNGERfor harmony, in the choosing of
member of the legislature, by not lugging
in the gubernatorial scramble, says:
We suppose the author of the above
classes himself among “the wise men of
the Democracy,” who are in favor of
sending Joseph E. Brown to the Senate;
while he regards those who oppose this
lamentable possibility as mere partisans
—guilty of wicked “personalism.”
There are two palable errors, Mr. Ish-
maelile, in the above item. We are not
one of the wise men of the Democracy—
we have never arrogated J© ourself such a
position. Nevertheless, there are wise
men in the Democratic party, who are
laboring persistently to prevent all outside
issues entering into the election of mem
bers to the general assembly, and they
represent both wings, Colquitt and Nor
wood, in the gubernatorial race.
Secondly, we are not in favor of send
ing Joseph E. Brown to the Senate. We
prefer Hon. A. O. Bacon. Your method
may look right to a man in a ravine, but
those who are higher, and can see farther,
know that the very means you adopt will
accomplish just what you so earnestly
deprecate. •
Congressional Nominations.
Recent advices announce the unanimous
nomination of lion. Alexander H. Ste
phens, to be his own successor in the
eighth district. It is stated also that there
will be no Republican opposition to him
The grand “old commoner” will probably
die in harness, which seems to be his
greatest desire.
In the third district, likewise, the gal
lant Phil. Cook again carries the standard
of the Democracy by acclamation. There
was no opposition to him in the late con
vention. The general has shown himself,
after many years of trial, to be a faithful
and able representative of the best inter
ests of his constituents.
When a nomination has been made in
the first district, the Democratic congres
sional State ticket will be complete. The
probability is that the present incumbent,
Mr. Nicholls, will be renominated. In
the meantime, the Independents and
Radicals have taken the initiative, the
first by the selection of McDonald as
their candidate for Congress, and the lat
ter, Collector Collins, of Brunswick.
Both are strong men, and it will require
no ordinary effort on the part of the Dem
ocracy, to retain their supremacy iu the
first district.
* Piteous Appeal.
The Sparta Ishmaelite says:
Mr. Hill ought not to keep silence at
this time. This is not a canvass in wliicb
the great men of tho State should hide
their light under a bushel. Will not Mr.
Hill let the people hear from him ? Will
lie not aid in crushing the Kirkwood
ring?
Oh, for a political Moses. The quag
mires are deep, and the night is dark.
The only consolation received is the
following, from the Augusta News:
Senator Hill says the tumor on his
tongue, which has given him so mncli
trouble of late, is gradually disappearing
This will be good news for the friends of
the able Senator all over the country.
He thinks he will be able to make sev
eral Hancock speeches before the elec
tion.
But Dot one for Mr. Norwood. Alas 1
that it should be so. “It i3 ever thus,”
etc.
Elections in September.—Arkansas
votes on the Cth, Vermont on the 7th and
Maine on the 13th. Vermont and Maine
are Republican States, but in both we
hope and believe the Democrats will show
;ain in the popular vote which; if mani
fested in tho other States, will carry all
the so-called doubtful States for Hancock
and Hngltsh and so the Slate of Ohio,
which Hayes carried over Tilden by a
plurality of ,7,510 in 053,SS0 votes and a
change of less than 4,000 woxld have giv
en Tilden the plurality. Tho ptoposition
is that the Democratic gain in both Ver
mont and Maine extended to Ohio, will
lose that State for Garfield. Let us see.
Hurting the Cotton.—The present
protracted spell of showery, warm weath
er is playing havoc with open cotton and
those bojis that are just “cracking.” The
latter with their contents will speedily
rot; and the open cotton, too, where it
does not fall out and prove a total loss,
will be much stained and otherwise dam
aged, should the heat and moisture con
tinue. The seed also will sprout and grow
in tho lint, making it veiy difficult to be
properly ginned. ' ,
Our advices are that all the cotton fields
of middle and southern Georgia are as
white as snow, and in any event the loss
will be heavy. A gale at this juncture
would prove a calamity indeed.
The general outlook of the crop is good.
Seldom have we heard fewer complaints
from our farmers.
Toe Panama Canal Again.—A Lon
don cablegram of the 30 ult. says “the
Panama canal schcihe will probably be
again offered to the public within the
next few weeks, possibly under a syndi
cate which will guarantee sufficient sub
scriptions to ensure its success. The 'pro
jectors of the enterprise announce that
the definite formation of a company is im
minent, and that Messrs. Couvreox and
Herbert, the contractors who made the
Suez Canal, are preparing the ‘plant’ to
begin the work.”
Now Democratic Divisions Operate. Good News From New Orleans.
An Albany telegram says: The Hon. | The last issue of the New Orleans
A. C. Westbrook has announced himself Prices Current remarks: I Millet’s Graphic Description of ship
an independent candidate for the senate j «We have to notice a fair degree of ac-1 wreck on the const,
from this (IOtli) district, and enters the tivity in the markets, much in excess of In the openi sg pages of the life of Jean
race with every assurance of success. He • a usual summer’s business*, generally as- Francais Millet, “Peasant and Painter,”
opposed tbe Hon. Wm. L. Lane, of cribed to our decidedly favorable tani- begun in Scribner for September, occurs
tary condition and tbe assurance that It I the following simple and graphic descrip-
will be maintained throughout the season. I 1 ' 011 ) by Millet himself, of a series of
shipwrecks on the coast of Normandy,
A NORMANDY TEMPEST. | THE GROANS OF THE BRITONS. Election of United States Senator.
Worth, the regular nominee, under the
senseless rotation rele, which was abro
gated by the unanimous- vote of the late
convention. Westbrook was enthusiasti
cally endorsed by the colored conve- tion
of Dougherly, held in this place iastSat-
day. We learn that ail candidates will
be called on to amiour.ee their position on
the Colquitt and Norwood issue. No
nominations for the house, in this couuty,
as yet.
Mr. Westbrook is quite a popular and
clever gentleman, and running as an in
dependent with the endorsement of the
colored and Radical vote, in all probabil
ity will be elected. The announcement
that tho candidates will be required 1 to
take position on the Colquitt and Nor
wood issue we think extremely injudi
cious, and can only tend to widen and
perpetuate breaches which might and
ought to be healed after the October elec
tion.
It matters not who any candidate for
the legislature supports for governor if he
is only an intelligent and reliable Demo
crat. Equally with every other member
of tbe party is be entitled to his choice of
the two candididatcs. The sole issue
before the country is Colquitt or Nor
wood, and to that narrow limit should
this ill-starred controversy between Dem
ocratic brethren be confined. When one
or the other is elected then the only im-
pedirtfent to perfect harmony in the party
will he removed. Upon State and na
tional questions, and tbe support of Han
cock and English the Democracy of Geor
gia is a unit.
Paying' War Claims.
The Northern Radical press are raising
howl that if Hancock is elected all
Southern war claims will be paid, even to
the tune of two billions of dollars. This,
of course, stirs the honest indignation of
the ignorant masses who have so long
been the dupes of their leaders.
The fact is carefully ignored that as a
condition precedent to reconstruction ev
ery Southern State was required to repu
diate not only the Confederate debt
amounting to over $200,000,000, but the
private claims of citizens against their
own States for loans made to procure pro
visions, clothing and war material for the
use of the several commonwealths them
selves. AU were formally wiped out by
State authority forever. Then the four
teenth amendment which each State has
been required to ratify before being “re
constructed,” prohibits payment for tbe
property of rebels lost during the war.
All this is fully known to the Radical
politicians of the North, hut the opportu
nity for exciting tho passions of the ig
norant, and appealing to their pockets
by false statements like these, is too great
to be resisted, and it is by such means
that they hope to defeat General Han
cock. But the attempt will prove a mis
erable failure, and even ledound to the
injury of the Republicans. Their old
role of lying is about played out, as was
evinced by the election of Mr. Tilden.
Hancock will be onr next President.
One Thing at a Time.
We print elsewhere a communication
from a prominent source on the conven
tion quarrel, which has been handed over,
as a detestable legacy, to the people,—is
now being squabbled and fought out al
most everywhere in the State, and which,
in the opinion of the writer of tho com
munication, is only the prelude to a woige
fight on the senatorial question. We say
to our correspondent the latter is not our
fight, and wc will have nothing to do with
And besides, if we wanted to “pitch
in” it is out of our jurisdiction. The con
vention turned over their gubernatorial
quarrel to t^e people and Ihe newspapers
with some sort of general propriety, be
cause, although the people had devolved
the fight on these delegates, still it Be
longed to them originally, and had to
come back when the delegates -refused to
settle it. • > -
But as to this senatorial fight, it don’t
belong to the newspapers ortho people.
It is strictly a matter of legislative counsel
or pugnacity, and they can’t put it back
bn the people if they Want to.
At present, the one question devolved
on the people by the late convention, is a
full supply of trouble. A friend said he
was once caught in a big swamp near
sundown, with an overflown road, ip a
wet time, his horses bogged, his wife and
children alarmed ilnd fretful, and he: in
despair. “Wife,” he says, “if we should
get out of this swamp, we are so bela'ted
the wolves will have us before we can
reach shelter.” “Husband,” she replies,
: one thing at a time. Take heart and
get oat of the swamp first, and then look
out for the wolves afterwards.” He fol
lowed this counsel, and escaped both per
ils, by meeting one at a time.
Surely with the light of present experi
ence and what may follow before the next
legislature meets, members should be able
to appreciate a spirit of compromise and
mutual forbearance, without which no
party organization can long exist.
Political par ties, though the slow growth
of generations, are easily destroyed fuid
never reconstructed. Yfrien the Demo
cratic party of Georgia is destroyed, it
will never be reconstructed. A remn’ant
of it may exist to struggle for its old su
premacy, but never can it he like the jold
organization, which, with wise and mod
erate counsels, could have controlled ihe
destinies of the State without comparative
cost or effort. But once remitted to a
conflict of factions, every election will be
come a social convulsion, disorganizing
industry and demoralizing social relations.
Then the-men who brought about this
state of affaire will appreciate''and mouru
tlicir folly.
The question of who" shall be Governor
who shall he Senator, is not of a feath
er’s weight compared with the harmony
and security of r that great political force
which established and maintains a -well
ordered commonwealth out of thehetero-
geneous materials with which all the
Southern States have to deal. The union
of intelligent opinion which constitutes the
so-called Democratic party in these States
the life ot public security, and when, in
foolish quarrel about men, we strangle jt,‘
we become, in respect to *11 aglid public-
interests, mere suicides. 1
Affability,—A great man is affable
his conversation, generous in his tem
per and immovable in What he has nat
urally resolved upcyi. And, as prosperity
does not make him haughty anu imperi
ous, so neither, dees adversity sink him
A Wonderful Change—"In a Horn.'*
“ | Editors TtlegraplF and Messenger: I Mir. Bob Lewis, of Hawkinsville, a
the Foot Government 1 supported the Colquitt delegates in the ! prominent banker of that town, tells ns
late primary election, and I expect to vote j tbat Wilcox county will go for Norwood,
for Colquitt in October, as the best thing ? nd that a wonderful change is going on
>• in sight, but I cannot hurrah for !n Pulaski from Colquitt to Norwood.—
Racking
Clerks.
The Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer makes this i n't cr
eating report:
The Republicans are wringing every
dollar out of the poor government em
ployes that it is possible to get, in order to
obtain tbe cash that is needful in this
The board of health state that only thirty- _
six deaths from all causes had been reg- which formed one of the most striking
istered for the previous five days.” - memories of his childhood. There are ,
Thus it will be seen that the reports of n ° fc many records of calamities, or series j campaign.' They are not stopping with
—... „ of calamities, so extraordinary: the clerks, but are wringing assessments
vessels with yellowy feve. on board going I <ijt wa3 All Saints’ Day. In the morn- I from every person who in any way receives
up the river from New Orleans are desti- | ing we saw that the sea was very rough I money from the government. Secretary
tuie of foundation, and perhaps are even ol j and every one said there would be McPherson’s man was even going around
malicious origin The news from Mem- l rouble ' A11 the parish was iu church, among the soldiers who are stationed
malicious origin, ihe news irom Mem Inthe middle - of masa we saw a man here with his little book, but the officers
pins also continues favorable, the thorough come in dripping wet, an old sailor, well heard of it and very promptly fired him
drainage and cleansing of that city having I known for his bravery. He immediately J out. The clerks are bled mercilessly,
worked wonders in its hygienic condition, j that a3 he came along shore he saw I One of them said to-day that there never
Savannah ton fa rpnrpcpnfpd to ho py- I se . ve J al sh |P s which, driven by a fearful before had been so burbensorae a tax put
savannah, too, is represented to be ex- wind> would certainly sWpwre ck on the on them for political purposes. “Why,”
ceptionally healthy for tbe season, as tbe coast. ‘We must go to their assistance,’ said he, “it amounts to robbery. I
mortuaiy reports show. With the near said he, louder, ‘and I have come to say have only my salary of $1,200 a year, out
approach of cool weather the danger of a a11 , wbo are willing that we have only of which I have to pay rent and keep my
nf tho ,iro»,u,i I J 1191 time to put to sea and try to help j family. I have already paid three assess-
retum of the dreaded epidemic is rapidly them.’ About ‘fifty men offered them- I ments. I was assessed two per cent, early
diminishing,- and the people begin to - selves, and without speaking, followed j in the campaign by McPherson’s cornmit-
breathe easier. May God avert the pes- the old sailor. We got to the shore by tee. Then afterward I-was called on for
tilence. b r ° in g down the cliff and there we soon another two per cent, for the national
1 saw. a terrible sight—several vessels, one committee. Now McPherson sends around
behind the other, driving at i frightful I the hat for another two per cent. That
speed against the rocks. J makes six per cent, of my salary, or £72,
“Our men put their boats to sea, but that I have paid into the political pool,
they had hardly made ten strokes when But that isn’t all. I’m from Maine, and
one boat filled with water and sunk, tho the State committee have sent down here
second was overturned with the breakers, twice to assess us. I’ve paid $50into that
Hap-1 fund. Then, whenever there is a meeting
For Shame.
A correspondent of the Atlanta Post
says: - “Tbe battle of Olustee was fought
by Col. Harrison, of the Thirty-second
Georgia, and won by the ingenuity and . .
bravery of that officer alone. The colo- a ? d the third thrown up on shore, .
nel is now a resident of Opelika, Ala. no one was drowned, and all reached or anything of the sort here, we have to
Governor Colquitt was rot within three tbe shore. It was easy to see that our I pay for it.” The ratification meeting the
miles of the conflict, from the first shot boats would be no use to the poor people other night wa3 paid for by the clerks. I
until the last one.” And still Colquitt- on tbe ships.” * had to shell oul’SlO for that. Then there
ites claim that there never was but one “Meantime the vessels came nearer and are other calls on us almost constantly,
battle in the world, and that was the bat- " ere only a few fathoms from our black Altogether I’ve paid at least $150 for cam-
tie of Olustee. which Governor Colquitt which ,were covered with comio- paign purposes so far; and it is a good
alone whipped.—Augusta News. rants. The first, whose mast3 were Igone, ways to the election yet, and the howl for
This is earnin'- nereonal and nolitieal c , arae Ilke a S reat mass. Every one on more' money is louder thau ever every
.ss carrj ^personal ana political j sbore saw it com ing; no one dared day.”
spite to a deplorable length. That para- speak. It seemed to me, a child, as if I- “What becomes of the money ?”
graph will win hundreds of votes to the death was playing with a handful of men, “O, I don’t know. It goes to pay cam-
support of Colquitt. It is too late in ihe whom it intended to crush and drown, paign expenses, I suppose. That is, the
r „„ „ , , . An Immense wave lifted itself like an most of it does. It sticks to the pockets
y 0 e e p rtisan spleen and jmsrep- I angry mountain and wrapping the vessel I of a good many people that have the
resentation to tarnish the war record of I brought her near, and a still higher one I handling of it, too. There’s a good jndny
Georgia’s brave governor. Fortunately, threw her upon a rock level with tho politicians who make a good living out of
that record is already inscribed and bla- water \ A frightful cracking sound-the campaigns.”
imnn next instant the vessel was filled with ‘-Wliy are the assessments so heavy this
zoned upon the pages of history, and there water . T he 3 ea was covered with wreck- year ?”
are thousands of living witnesses to attest age—planks, masts and poor drowning “More money is needed. • There are
its accuracy. What will the gallant sol- creatures. Many swam aud then disap-I more places to put it. There is a bigger
diers who followed the standard of Colquitt P, eared : 0u ^ men threw themselves into list of doubtful States, and tbe emergency
- ... 1 I the water and, with the old sailor at their is greeter. 5. ou see this is the first time
ana. shared with him the dangers and head, made tremendous efforts to save I the Republicans have bad to tight fortheir
glories of Olustee, and other battle fields, them. Several were brought back, but lives in Maine, as well as Indiana.”
say to this palpable insult to their loved riiey were either drowned or broken on I “Do any of the clerks suffer by these
chief? Verily, nothing has been left un- th f^ e ks ' ea threw up several hundred> ^“ny of Item do.” It’s shameful, too.
done to undermine the character of our I and with them merchandise and food. I I know men who can’t pay their rent,
pure and worthy executive. But likp all “A second ship approached. The masts and are in actual need for food and cloth-
good men who are slandered and lied I wcrt! S onc - Every one was on deck, which I ing. It’s a terrible hard thing for a man
against lie will trinmnlianrlv live ,w n was full; we saw them all on their knees with a family to take money that ought
against, lie wilt triumphantly live don n and a , nan in b , ack scemed to bless tbeul . to he used in providing for them, aud pay
the attacks of his traducers and come a wave as big as our cliff carried her to- it into a campaign fund.”
forth from tbe furnace as pure gold thrice ward 11s. We thought we had a shock I “But you are not oblig
refined. like the first, but she held staunch and know!”
did not move. The waves beat against “Well, if you were a clerk you’d mighty
. , p . . . her, but sbe did not budge. She seemed soon find out. We all understand that it
Declares Ior Lolqmtt. I petrified. In an instant every one put to is a contribution, of course, but we un
obliged to pay, you
We have had occasion several times to sea, for it was only two gun-shots from deretand well enough, too, that we’ve got
notice and admire the thoughtful and con- store ‘ ' Aboat ?,f ™ ade alongside; to pay it. The man who refuses to
.. ,1 our boat was filled instantly,* one of tlie I come down with his assessment will get
servative editorials which have appeared boats of the ship put off, threw out planks j his walking papers before he knows what
in the Columbus Times upon the present and boxes, and in half an hJur every one he is about. We’ve got to grin and bear
unfortunate gubernatorial canvass. That I was shores Tlie ship had been saved | it, and that's all there is about it.”
sterling journal, though occupying no par- ^ between Wo ^ _ _
tisan attitude, has not failed to deprecate roc ks. Tlie wave which had thrown her Property Stolen DunnSf the 'War
the strife and bitterness which a mere on the reefs had preserved her as if by a from the Home Of Jeff Davis
personal contest has evoked on both sides. jgg&'S. 11 ? “^rview is published iu the Chi'ca-
Its voice has been constantly uplifted in They were taken to the village and S° Times with a certain ex-soldier, hith-
behaif of peace and harmony. While soon after to Cherbourg,
there was any hope.of reconciling the dis-. ‘‘•We all went back again to the shore
cordant elements in the Democratic party | The third ship was thrown on the break-
- . I ers, hashed into little bits and no one
and preventing them from culminating at ^ be saved . The bodies of tbe un _
the ballot box, the Times labored indus- I happy brew were thrown up on the sand,
triously to that end. But seeing that the “A fourth, fifth and sixtli were lost-
split, at least upon the election of a gov- sb ’P and cargo—on the rocks.
, . * ,. . . • * . pest was terrific. The wind v
erto unknown to fame, who claims to
have effected an entrance to the country
seat of Jefferson Davis during the war,
aud to have robbed the same of a number
of.private papers belonging to the owner
of tlie - house. Inasmuch as the reporter
has been shown several of the documents
The* tem- I captured, (including ‘-Jeffs” commission
was so vio- i ?? secretary of war, signed by Franklin
It
Pierce and bearing tbe date March 7,
carried off tlie reefs and thatch. It whirled I ?* j3 > a “ d an autograph letter irom Dan- ; s i aturP a bitter contest^ crimination and
killed—even the | ?„ a I^„“. klp -%l>*riminatiotn.are some of thaicertain re
sults of such ajwlicy. It is quite likely
that the Brown party will be in tbe ma
jority I11 the legislature, but why should
emor, has widened to such an extent that j ent tliat it was useless to oppose it,
it cannot possibly he bridged, and believ- I carried off the reefs anc' ' - * -■
ing that General Colquitt comes nearest to so that the birds were — -— 1
renresentin" thp wlmlp nennlp of Gpnr<rin gulls, which are accustomed, one. would tbat employment mi B ht be given to a
representing the whole people of Georg a, f hink to storm3 . Tbe uight was pas3ed young Mr. Newcomb, or the ground that
it now has tbe manhood to espouse the defendin'* the houses. Some covered I bo was a descendant ot General Joseph
cause of the governor, and will hereafter | the roofs with heavy stones, some carried I Warren who fell at Bunker Hill,) there
render him good service.
In announcing this decision, after allu-1 an (j crac ked and split. .
ding to the numerous and malignant covered with branches and leaves. It ‘‘ig lias recently been in communication
attacks that had been made upon Cokluitt, was a fearful scourge. The next day— tbe ^-Confederate president and
. „ , „ F ^ Aii Sn„i’a Tiav the men returned tn Hip has offered to return some of the papers
the Times thus defines its position: * b jt was £ 0v . ered w ith dead bodies he captured, an offer which he now, how-
At this time it is neither expedient nor I and wreckage. They were taken up and | evel v seems disposed to back out of.
necessary that we should discuss these I placed in rows aloim tlie foot of the cliffs, i The reporter of the Times, having been
several charges. Short as tbe contest has Several other vessels came in sight; every- shown a letter from JeflersQn Davis,
been, its asperity has reproduced them so one was lost on our coast. It was a des- written last February, in which he thanks
frequently that they are familiar to tlie olation like the end of tiie world. Not Mr - Spaulding for the offer to return the
public eye. Arguing Irom them wo admit 0 nd could be saved. The rocks' smashed tW ngs, and encloses his address, asking
angularities iu Colquitt’s administration, them like glass and threw them in attifas tbat th , e y be sont C ‘ °* P” mter -
butwefailto detect improper motive or I to the cliffs. I viewed the latter, and obtained the lol-
fraudulent design. And so far as impolicy “Passin" a hollow nlace I saw a <weat lowing stoiy: “I was in McPherson’s
? - - - 1 - •’■■■ -- -1 ” said Mr. Spaulding, “and on
we were near Jack-
| g ready for the bat-
with which he is assailed, and of which I ed thatTran"alTthe'way^"home,"where*11 t,e tba t followed later. Just at the mo
llis friends complain, that we are led to f 0U nd mother and grandmother praying ment ‘hi 11 ? 3 were sort of quiet, and I had
prefer his re-election. With his religious I for the drowned men. The third day an- | t ' vo comrades—Joe Little and Chris
practices and professions, we have nothing other vessel came Of this'they found I Kecgle b J’ name—started off for a scout,
to do. These are matters of taste which - possible to save part of the crew, about I 0 ' lco awa y from the lines and on the
we shall not question, and of personal ten men, whom they got off the rocks. I P ,k . e ’ we met a bl S darkey. He tried to
concern which we shall not attempt to They were all torn and bruised, “
paliate or deny. For the “argumeutum we re taken to Gruchy, cared for a
ad honiinem” we have little taste and an d sent to Cherbourg. But the poor I be ‘ ‘What’s that, a town?’ was my
with it we are done. wretches were not rid of the sea. They question. 0,0,’’he answered, it’s apian-
It is more than all, perhaps solely, be- embarked on a vessel going to Havre; a tatl0n - wb( ? owns it?’ ‘Massa Davis.’
cause, above the angry and useless con- storm took them and they were all lost* 1 ben > sa > s m a J°fc‘ a 3 sort of way, and
fusion which results from the disruption As for the dead, all the horses were em- ? e "f drea “ ln S, tba ‘I ^ so Rear the
of the Atlanta convention we recognize I ployed for a week in carrying them to the* I t ™ tb > ^ ot I resuknt Jeff Davis, is it ?
more party loyalty, more Democratic con- cemetery. They were buried in uuconse- ,‘ Yes >’ lie acknowledged, and then, you
sistency and more future harmony in tho crated ground; people said they were not bet > "f e ' vere boumTto go there.’
surrender of personal antipathies, to such I CO od Christians/’ I “We found it only five miles away, and
an expression of the will of the people of
Georgia as Colquitt’s vote clearly indi
cates. We are familiar with the rejoinder
that having adopted the two-thirds rule
that party should have been governed by
it, and to a certain extent this Is true.
I so we started at once, making the African
| lead the way. It turned out to be a tine,
roomy old mansion,' tenanted by only
two women—a young lady and one of
middle age. We walked in without both-
Sennlorlal District Convention-
Forsyth, Ga., September 1st, 1SS0.
The delegates to the nominating con-1 ^
—-—-— r - —- — * vention of tho tn’otitF^pcond ^en^iforfa! I ^ ^9 knock 1 tlie (loOFj Etui Lord.
But it must he remembered that Sf Fourth r* "'hat a tongue-lashing those females gave
at tlie primary elections for that Wednesday ^ptemhe"lst, atU o’cfock t u , s ‘ f ^ ri eJ to explain something about
'•CO’ I a. m. J. L. HArdeman. Of thn Rihh I tbe fortunesof war, and soon, hue it was
primary elections ior uiat i Wednesday, September 1st, at 11 o’clock
convention tlie- issuo was very I „ *„ t t nihv. I lul; mmmes oi war, anu so on, uiit it was
distinctly made between Governor Col- delegation was elected chairman and A of no use ! for wbile 1 talked the Other
quitt and certain other candidates for his A . j| U r pb ey 0 f the Pike delegation secrc- . b , oys t ? re U P ? lot °/ 8 rea 5 P ain ri u S s with
place—not between Governor Colquitt and I tary f-- a . _ _ ~
every citizen of the State of Georgia, and I Hanson
by an overwhelming majority tho decision jj 1
was tor Colquitt. Was it Democratic in Hardeman'proxy* f« Thom“as U Hardeman; I } ot of ? a P ers he ’ dfou " d P acked in , a 'S? n '
a body thus constituted to experiment « r \rmirwu-ns»nwwnii>,i hr T n To I box - The man was-German and ignor-
with this indorsement, and.sacrifice party J C( * bs j. M , Home and J.H* Sutton. , aut > anddidif tknow the. valueof what
harmony upon the altar of personal pre- pike was renresented bv John V Madden lie wa3 destroying. I stopped lnm just as
judice? We think not. No feature iu I T E ShnS j G Bioodworth oroxv I Il0 ’ d ri M>« d in two tbe ordinal articfcs’lbr
our whole conventional system has- been f or Garland Head and A A Mnndiev tbe capitulation of.the City of Mex co.
productive of so much disaffection as the prox v for E v Drawee Murphey But , vasAt j mad wbe ^ r saw wbaJ he
abu _ se ?“&_.?*** I The two-thirds rule'was unanimously bad &§£ W x£ y !. ’ sir >
men who have fairly taken ~ the
chancesand in regard to whom tho
voice of the public has been fully beard.
adorned.
was nothing less than -jail
On the sixty-second ballot- Col. John f n ‘°£ a P h
voice oi me puonc lias oeen iauyueara, i it 1^1™ pii~ im9n i nm w c i r had the naine^of all the bis: men-lie’d met
have ‘been defeated by what are called nominated, receiviug’on said ballot twelve j?
dark horses most aptly, since the motives votes tbe e ’ ntire vot ° of the convention.. ‘‘me to ‘cry over "Spilt ‘milk.so'I dived
governing such nominations are usually i A MM rantin' T tt thd T r mt0 tbe g«n-box myself. There were
dark, designing and disastrous. ■ A bare Bloodworth were appointed a committee; Packages oflettersby the; liundrqd, $ch
majority, it is true may not always do, be- to no tifv Col Bakpr of hu nomination tied U P and labelled with the name oi the
cause frequently-obtained by fraud, and and Mk his accentance nolmnRt !on * rite £ rpick ed out one bunch'that had
the original intention- »of the two-thirds Tbe chairman was requested by resolu-1 Miss Taylor’s name on it, grabbed that com
mie was to prevent just such abuses. tioa to iut at bis lei ^ urearl executive m‘ssion you-saw sl>oved a -book m my
But an overwhelming majority, such as committee fn r -*lip dutvifi - pocket and tucked a gold-headed cangthat
that at: Atlanta, was an expression of A motion was carried requesting the Franklb } pi f. c ? had S ive - n Jefl', under my
popular sentiment which no convention j , e ,. re t arv *o hm-p nuhlkheii tho nrneeed ann - A ou know, I was a sort of relic-
might safely disregard. The nomination - n „ 3 of ^ bi3 Jotfvenrton m tho Macon For bunter in tb °se days, and liked to get
of any other citizen than one of those in- suhWBatnelrille’Da^rt’^»^ ’ such things to ship home. Well, all this
eluded in the original appeal to the peo- : At 4 0 » cl ; ck p . m . the convention ad- " a3a ’. t half Y loa , d > but \ 3 1 P a35ed a w , in ' be generous, and tbe c'lectiou of Brown
pie, would have been supposed torepre- j jour-n e d sijie die. a. i.irnm. | dow to make for another gun-box thatrf EpvSK*? .
It would have been and always is-'sucli
violation of the established doctrine,
that the agent may not exceed the pow
ers andriimitations of his agency, or if he
A. A. Murphy,
- ,, -Lt _!a Secretary.
J. L. Hardeman, chairman,.
hadn’t been touched, I looked out aud
one of our boys streaking it up the road
on a mule. He hdd thereins in his.teeth
and his gnn'-in his left hand,’’wliile ddwn
his useless right arm streamed a little
either faction of tlie Democratic party as
it is now divided. Tbe failure of the
convention to nominate a governor was a
great misfortune. ; No doubt tbe
great body of the delegates were
patriotic men and did what they
thought was right, but tbe truth is, each
party got mad at what they considered
the stubbornness of the other, and they fi
nally allowed personal feeling to control
the action of the convention. There was,
in my judgment, nothing in Governor
Colquitt or in his administration which
ought io have prevented the opposition
from going to him, especially after the
flattering vote he received in the choice of
delegates. While some may object to the-
Governor’s method of electioneering, yet
his majority was obtained as fairly as ma
jorities are usually obtained In such elec
tions.
Perhaps the minority were justified in
not going over at once to the majority, but
they ought finally to have yielded their
preferences rather than fail to make a
nomination; and it may be that they
would have done this if the majority had
not prevented it by an adjournment sine
die. And right here I think the majority
were to blame. They should either have
accepted the offers of the minority to
unite on some unobjectionable man, or
else have remained in session. The op
position would not have held out always.
This wearing-out policy would have been
a severe one, but the burden of it would
have fallen ou those who created the ne
cessity for it.
It is not fair to say the responsibility of
the break-up is on the opposition because
they were notified beforebaud of the
course the majority would putsuc if no
nomination was made by a certain rime.
I have already admitted the fault of the
minority in not yielding before this point
was reached; but tlie majority could not
shift their own responsibility in this way,
Two wrongs do not make a right. The
delegates were sent to the conven
tion to make a nomination. ■ It
was not so important who the
particular nominee might he. Happily
for the party, there is plenty of material
outside of the professed candidates for
good governor. It would have been
much better for tho majority to give up
their favorite, erdorsed though he was by
such a large vote, than to sacrifice tlie in
tegrity of the party. And this would have
been no new thing in party tactics. The
history of all political parties is lull of
such examples
The foregoing is designed as prelimi
nary to what I consider the main point in
flifa nGinmnniojitinn Tho Punrlm-o’e Kov
Atlanta Phonograph.
We don’t know how the people of Wit*
cox may vote as between Gciquitt and
Norwood, but we do know that there
is not a “wonderful change going on in
Pulaski from Colquitt to Norwood,” and
it is quite likely that the editor of the
Phonograph misunderstood Mr. Lewis.
All the changes that have taken place
in Pulaski county, so far as we know,
have been from Hardeman and Lester to
•Colquitt. Capt. Geo. W. Holmes was &
Lester man, but is now a Colquitt man,
and says he doesn’t know where else to
go. Says he was for Lester as long as
there was any chance, but now he is for
Colquitt, because ho is not willing to fol
low a faction.
Joe Jelks was a Hardeman man, and
ran as a Hardeman delegate, but he now
says he is the strongest Colquitt man in
town.
Shine Lawson was on the same line
with Joe Jelks, but Shine is a straight-out
Colquitt man to-day.
Col. Wyly, the lawyer at Cochran, waa
Lester mail, but is now for Colquitt.
James L. Walker was for Hardeman,* but
is now for Colquitt. Wm. R. Sapp waa
for Hardeman, but is now for Colquitt.—,
StUBtHaeOte Dispatch.
this communication. The Pandora’s box
of no nomination is open in our midst,
and it is unprofitable now to discuss re
sponsibilities except so far as they may
furnish a moral lor future use. Some
body will be elected governor, and there
the present d issensions ought to end- But
I see another difficulty arising which
threatens to widen and continue the
breach between the contending wings of
tbe party. I allude to tbe election of a
United States Senator. In some of the
counties the issue of Brown rs. anti-Brown
is already made iu the selection of mem
hers of tbeneneral assembly. The effect
of this will be to get members without
reference to any qualifications except
their views on the’ Joe Brown question,
But in addition to this, it will keep u
the separation between parties,
have no doubt that Governor Colquitt
will be re-elected by the people, but it will
leave tbe old party with many a rent it,
These can be repaired in a great measure
by forbearauce and conciliation. Noth
ing should be precipitated upon the party
which is calculated to interfere with the
process of restoration.
It cannot be deuied that in the main
tho Colquitt party is also the Brown party;
aud if the friends of GovernorBrown insist
oil electing him Senator, it will be anoth
er fire-brand in the party. A divided leg-
they ■ follow up their • victory over
an exasperated minority by put
ting in the*Senate the real—though
it may be the innocent—cause of nearly
all this mischief. There are thousands
of people whobelieve that Gov. Brown is
the mist suitable man for the place, but
there are many others who do not believe
this, and to whom his ejection would be
grievous offense.
When in the late war the cartel for the
exchange of prisoners was suspended, it
was deemed necessary for the federal
government to appoint a new commis
sioner of exchange lor the purpose of re
newing negotiations for a resumption of
the cartel. Thera was but one man iii
tlie United States whose appointment to
tbe office of commissioner was sure to re
sult in failure. Yet that man was hunted
lip and appointed. He was none other
than Benjamin F. Butler, a man whose
ability, experience and skill, eminently
qualified him tor the place. But, right
fully or wrongfully, he had been formally
outlawed by the Confederate authorities,
and the President’s proclamation to this
effect, had been published to the worid.
Of C9urse DaVis’ self-respect would not
allow him to treat with General Butler;
and the consequence was, as every
thoughtful man foresaw, an abandonment
of all attempts to resume tlie exchange.
1 do not compare Crown’s conduct with
Butler’s, but in one respect'they are alike.
There is no man in the party whose elec
tion to the Senate would offend any con
siderable portion of the people of" Geor
gia. Then why'should his friends,
though.in the majority, insist on giving
this offense ? We are all members' of the
same political family; we have been
friends hitherto and ought to be friends
agaiq. l’aul said he would eat no more
meat whilq the. world stood if it' caused
his brother to offend. Everybody admits
that there are plenty of other good men
for the Senate, the election of any one. of
whom would tend to conciliate the party
and to heal the wounds -that have been
made among friends. There is no crisis
in the country demanding tlie services of
any one man, and Governor Brown was
not thought of for the Senate until his re
cent appointmei^ticalled attention to him.
Surely tie does not want the’place for his
personal gratification. He has been gov
ernor four times,'has been chief justice of
the State, and ba3 already walked the
Senatorialhails in full fellowship with
the other members. He is now well
advanced iu yeats, and ft Jg k'nowii that
the climate of Washington does not agree
with him. Besides all this, be has great
pecuniary interests in,Georgia, which re
quire his presence anti attention, aiid he
admits. that, he did not want the place,
when tendered to him by Colqpitt.»^T
Governor Brown is, by nature, com
bative, and how, that a tight his been
made cm him, it would likely suit him to
triumph over ins enemies; but the Dem
ocratic party should not participate in any
such feeling. Its policy should be to har
monize. ,A victorious party can afford to
will"only serve to further imbitter the
minority" and cause them to commit still
greater errors. The material of whichlln:
opposition's composed is too >;ahiahle to
be iost without aR effort, and a sacrifice,
if necessary, to reclaim it'. It is not the
part of wisdom‘to dike light of these
does the principal, who in ihis instance is l-the substances subject to spontaneous I rivulet ofljldod. ‘Git,’ he yelled, when
the people, is not bonnd by the contract, combustion, pulverized charcoal is one of life canghtsigM of me;“Jie guerrillas
Minorities, befdffd question, have their the most remarkable... “A load of char-1 half a dife <?own tlrfe road. 1 ’ Of cbn%e|we
*-* 1 - " k 1 1 —•—-»-! ‘ *• 1 — stuck tolny
yet?”- I*
_ . . . ____ . un Davistra-
it is most usually remedied at the ballot dent was left open, when the wind -blew j cently. , Were you negotiating for s, Jre-
box, to the detriment of party discipline I sprinklings of show on the charcoal. The J turn of his property?” said the reported
and at fhc expense of party pow^t For the I rapid absorption of oxygen from the melt- j. “Yes; I did think of sending him bad
present we have said' enough to justify fiffg snow caused the ’ Ifr.-..-!—_.r_>
the course we shall pureue intliis contest. I and as the day was
To this course we are mainly impelled f range of buildings s^ere burned to ashes.” I wife—and perhaps I wilL Bull h
by the reasons assigned—reasons which In this connection a fruitful and nnsus- i part with them, Tbew brmg back ©Id
lift ns above its atmosphere of rancor and pected source of fire suggests Itself to I memories to me of the fights - ? baife car-
malice to a position in which we'propose j those of Our American housekeepers'if ho {tied'them through and the trouble it Wits
tj> be' governed by what we conceive j burn wood as fuel - and who stbre the to get them North.” { *
most consistent, most politic and most ashesrin boxes or barrels. The aeridep-1 “Have you Davis’s 9ane and letfess
patriotic. Onr first wish is that what- tal disturbing of such ashes, even aftgr here in the cpty?”
. • . - - ever the result it may redound to the years, will cause them to ignite* provided “No; they are at my home in Roidkftrd
„^ annCSS and Rejection; lor if be I good of Georgia and the harmony of the the air is damp or foggy. The phosphu- —or, rather, the - letters are. Ex-Makor
fo ^i ^ . 8 - i i I pint , tha ? ° rdina 7: * ‘ Democratic party. ret of potash from decayed wood renders Tinker, of that-eky, borrowed the cine
w” r“ “£ «_...... I~»»4Is,
equally removed from the extremes of
servility and pride, and scorns to trample
a worm oricringe to a emperor.
■ After Senator Nor wood’s classical dress- terious cellar fires in the rural districts ( as-well as Mbs Taylor’s missives, I-will
ing down-of Mr. Hill three years ago that are, no doubt, in some cases caused by send lor them. But I must co now.'
gentleman could - scarcely stump for-him 1 —* —*■— -*■ ' ..... - -
now.
■pMiNMppnAiHHHpBHIHB
Theftoregoing ’- 3 submitted in no spirit
of hostility to'tjovernor Blown, but with
the siiftfere desire of restoring peace and
union to the Democratic party, though it
is but fair to-say that Governor Brou n is
not personally my choice for Senator.
,, . G.
Dr. P. (3. ’’fViikin, of Colquitt, on 'Wed
nesday, last informed ’ us that he never
had been in favor of General Colquitt for
Governor—did not vote at ali when ho
was first elected—but tlie outrageous
(that’s Ills word) conduct of tlie minority
had made a Colquitt man of him, purely
in defense of genuine Democratic princi
ples.”
A gentleman says nearly every coun
tryman in this county is for Colquitt.
fHe 'says if all the State is like Meri-
What We Remember.
_ In the following paragraph from an ar
ticle in Chambers’ Journal on “Memory,”
the reader will find some very sensible
bints as to the use of au essential faculty:
Every one has memory, but every one
bas not tbe same natural affinities, and
therefore every one does net retain with
equal facility the same sort of thing. One
man, from taking a glance at an object,
wftl sketch it correctly; another could not
give a correct representation were he to
labor for a mouth. The mind of another
is more for living objects, and like Cuvier
or Knox, he carries in his memory the
names and forms of hundreds of plants
and animals. A third lias a propensity
lor the faces of his fellow creatures,
and like Themistocles, he can name
each of the twenty thousand of his
rellow-eitizens; or like Cyrus, he
could remember tbe name of every soldier
in the qnuy; the like being related of
L. Scipio and the Romans. • The day fol
lowing the arrival of Cineas, ambassador
of King Pyrrhus, in Rome, he saluted by
name ail the Senate and the gentlemen of
the city. Our own George III. had an ex
traordinary power of recollecting faces.
The taste of a fourth is for languages, and
likeMezzoIanti or Alexander Murray, ev
ery word he hears of or reads in a foreign
tongue becomes a lifelong heritage. An
other retains mathematics, the symbols of
wbicb require a peculiar cast of memory.
Such a mind is generally destitute of love
of color, music, etc.; it wrestles with the
artificial symbols that express the most
extensively important truths of tlie world.
The natural history, memory has to do
with artificial symbols, but with these it
mixes'the consideration of actual appear
ances to the senses. Tlie taste of another
is for choice, emphatic aud sublime dic
tion ; like Wakefield, he can repeat thn
whole of Virgil and Horace, Homer and
Pindar.
The faculty of recollecting places is
very large in some of the inferior animals;
pigeons and some,sorts of dogs have it
very prominently. Tlie falcon of Ice
land returns to its native spot from a dis
tance of several thousands of miles. And
it seems likely tliat this has at least some
thing to do with reference to those birds
which migrate from one country to. an
other. It seems indispensable to a'suc
cessful traveler. Columbus, Cook Park,
and Livingstone must have been largely
endowed with this faculty. These diver
sities have not been sufficiently kept in
view in the important business of educa
tion, aud the principle of cramming the
same things into every sort of memory
still too extensively prevails.
Th8 Terrible Experience Which
Changed the Color of a Kan’s Hair
in a Night.
Mr. Slocum, of Siocumville, lately at
tracted the attention of a Gazette man.
Mr. Slocum seemed to be a gentleman.
He was a young man, aud only one thing
Uistiuguished him in any special manner
from numerous other young men on the
street. His hair was white as the driven
snow. Vivacious and intelligent in ap
pearance, the contrast between bis youth-
I’ul looks and snowy locks was startling.
Feeling that some story of a terrible strain
ou Mr. Solcom’s nervous system was'par-
tially revealed in. this manner, tbe Ga
zette man inquired tlie cause of. the
change of color in his hair. A strange
expression flitted across his features at
the question, as if no very pleasant re
collections were awakened, but forcing a
smile, he said:
“A terrible experience caused my hair
to change its color, and 1 cannot yet speak
of it without shuddering. However, I
have no objection to relating the circum
stances.”
“What was the original color of your
hair, Mr. Slocum ?”
“Jet black. -I-will give you my experi
ence. I have been a revenue collector for
several years. Eight years ago, in the
summer of 1872,1 was obliged to take a •
trip through Western Kansas. There
were rough characters out there—men
who would steal the shoes off your horse’s
feet when they could got nothing else—
outlaws who were steeped in crime and
hesitated at nothing. In the course of my
trip I readied a district in which were
several characters wha for doing deeds of
crime had attracted the attention of the
whole State, but the authorities were un
able to apprehend them. I had quite a
large sum of money with me. I feared
nothing in those days. After being one
morning iu a small village near Little
river j and receiving $150,1 started out on
horseback north towards Fort Smith. I
had about $1,700 in my saddle-bags, and
was a little bit nervous to get safe to that
place. I bad seen nothing to make me
suspect that I was not safe. The sun
shone brightly and the heat .was some
what oppressive.
As it grew later in the day it became so
warm that I thought I should rest.
Coming to tlie banks of Little river, I
fordecQt rand clambered up tbe steep
northern bank.^ Jumping oil'my horse I
tied him under a clump of trees and
sought tne grateful shade of an elm that
grew near the river bank. 1 had carried
my saddle bags with me, and making &
piliow of them lay down. Two revolvers
were in the holster. I fell asleep, and do
not know liow long I slept, but suddenly
awoke to find three men standing near me.
Regardless of consequences, I seized one
of my revolvers and pegged away, hitting
one of them in the shoulder aud disabling
him. The other two grappled me.. One
of them made a pass at me with a knife,
but I dodged it amt hit him in the head
with my pistol, knocking him senseless.
The other closed with me and we had a
of a struggle. Biting, scratching and
kicking, we tried iu vain to throw
each, other down. I bad dropped my
pistol. My horse whinnied from,
fright, and it began to grow dark. To my
'dying day I’ll not forget that night. It
as death to one or the other. I had
recognized in my assailant Bill Buckle, a
notorious character. Desperately wa
fought, edging nearer the river. Tho
bank crumbled suddenly behind me, and
“ toppled over backwards, dragging Buckle
with me. His head hit a root iu the fail,
and he was stunned for a moment.
Scrambling as well as I couid to my horse,
got my saddle-bags and rode away, the
disabled rascal shaking his fist at me as I
ent. I ran across a negro hut before it
jOt dark, and remained all night, expect
ing an attack. None came. Iu the morn
ing the darky woman living^ in the cabia
said: “Massa, your hair is white.” And
sure enough it was, and has been ever
‘ucc. The shock to my nervous system
ad been more than I imagined. I never
heard of the men afterwards, and waa
more than glad that I escaped as luckily
as I did.”—Little llock Gazette.
Mr. A. (J. Westbrook, of Albany? an
nounces himself as an Independent scan-
s - » J I * re • , i xic 11 an tuc oi dit* is
this extraordinary form of spontaneous 1 And the stalwart ex-infantryman lit his wether, Governor Colquitt will a?ain be 1 ilidate tor State Senat-or io the tenth dis-
combustion. j cigar and strolled out into the street. * * elected by SO,000 majority. w trict. *