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l£f?& dteucijifo Jmimitt $s M****ttg*tr,. Terms of iheTtlotrnrb and Setun C«r. Postage free to all Editions. Daily Telegraph and Messenger. $10.00 per yr m “ “ “ 5.00 Ohio* “ •* " “ 2.50 Smos. Daily Telegraph and Messenger anil Southern I'ormi r's Mo-thhi 11.50 pertir. Weekly Telegraph and Messenger 2.00 •• •• •• •« “ 1.00 Chios, Weei’y Telegraph ana Messenger and Southern Farmer’s Monthly 3.00per yr Remit by P. O. Order or Begistered Letter, to II. It. DAVIS,Manager. Ctlegtapli K -ffitsscttfr. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,1SS0. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, WINFIELD S. HANCOCK. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, WILLIAM H. ENGLISH. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. State At large. Hon. James C. C. Black, of Richmond. Hon. Richabd E. Kennon, of Randolph District Electors. First—Samuel D. Bradwell, of Lib erty. Second—Wm. M. Hammond, of Thomas, Third—Chbistopiieb C. Smith, of Tel fair. Fourth—Leander R. Rat, of Coweta, Fifth—JonN I. Hall, of Spaulding. Sixth—Reuben B. Nisbet, of Putnam. Seventh—TnoMAS W. Akin,of Bartow. Eighth—Seaborn Reese, of Hancock. Ninth—Wm. E. Simmons, of Gwinnett. STATE HOUSE OFFICERS. For Attorney General—Clifford An derson, of Bibb. For Secretary of State—N. C. Barnett, of Fulton. For Comptroller—Wm. A. Weight, of Richmond. For Treasurer—D.*N. Speer, of Troup. FOR THE LEGISLATURE. For State Senator—John H. Baker, of Pike county. For Representatives—Augustus O. Ba con, Andrew J. Lane, Cicero A. Thabpe. Congressional Nominations to Date. Hon. H. G. Turner, Second District. Hon. Phil Cook, Third District. Hon. Hugh hi. Buchanan, Fourth District. . Hon. N. J. Hammond, Fifth District.' Hon. J. H. Blount, Sixth District. Hon. J. C. Clements, Seventh District. Hon. A. H. Stephens, Eighth District. Hon. H. P. Bell, Ninth District. Recommended to the support of the De mocracy of Georgia, by 220 out of 350 delegates to tbc State convention for re-election as Governor— Gen. ALFRED H. COLQUITT. Appointments. Macon, Ga., August 21, I860. I will address the people of the sixth congressional district as follows: Conyers, Saturday, September 18th. Covington, Tuesday, September 21st. Monroe, Saturday Sept. 25tli. Macon, Friday evening, October 1st. Irwinton, Tuesday, October 5th. Dublin, Tuesday, October 12th. Clinton, Monday, October IStb. Milledgeville, Saturday, October 23rd. Monticello, Tuesday, October 20th. Eatonton, Saturday, October 30th. Hon. R. B. Nesbit, Presidential elector, is expected to speak at the same times and places. J. H. Blount. District papers will please copy until the day of the election. Joint Discussion. Sam H. Jemison, Esq., of Macon, for Norwood; Gen. O. C. Horne, of Haw- kinsvillc, for Colquitt. The discussion Will be at the following times and places: Cochran, Friday, September 17tb, at 11 o'clock, a. m. Hajvkinsville, Saturday .September IStb, at 11 o’clock a.tn. EastmaD, Monday, September 20th, at 11 a-m. McRae, at 10 o'clock a.m., and atHazle- hnrst at 3 p.m., Tuesday,'"September 21st. Baxley, at 11 a.m., and at Jesup at S$ p.m., on Wednesday, September 22J. Brunswick, Thursday, September 23d, at 11 o’clock a.m.j Darien, Friday, September 24tb, at 11 o’clock a.m. Abbeville, Thursday, September 30th, at lli o’clock a.m. CANNOT VOTE WITHOUT PAY ING TAXES. Tbc Attempt to do It Certain to be Ex posed—The Act a Misdemeanor Pun ishable by Flue and Imprisonment— let tbe People Bead this Exposition of tbe law from a Distinguished Source. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I see from tbe notice, given by your Senior that the School Board will provide a chal lenger at every precinct in the county on the day of tbe next election, whose duty it will be to challenge the vote of every man who attempts to vote without hav ing paid his taxes for the years 1878 and 1819. The good people of the county ■will sustain you in this effort to collect the poll tax for the benefit of our" free schools. One dollar a yeer is a small sum for a man to pay to send all his children to school for a year, yet how many in our county refuse to pay it. The Tax Re ceiver’s digest of last year shows 5,800 polls. If all had paid, the School Board could have raised the salaries of the teachers, built more rooms and employed more teachers and taught more children. I am informed that out of the 6,800 only about 1,000 paid their poll tax, leaving 4,200 defaulters. I presume all of these expect to vote at the coming election. Before they can cast a legal vote each must pay his taxes. If they vote witliont paying taxes the man agers of the election are bound,under their oath, not to coant their votes. Besides, every man’s name who votes is written on three lists. One of these lists tbe mana gers must return to the clerk of the Supe rior Court, within three days after the election. If they fail or refuse to do this, they are liable to be indicted and fined $500. (Code, 1289.) It is, then, the clerk’s duty to deliver said list to the next grand Jury, on the first day of court. If be fails to do this, be is subject to a fine of $100. It is then made the duty of the “grand jury to examine said list, and if any v.oter is found thereon who was not entitled to vote, they shall present said illegal vo ter.” (Code, 1,290.) Voting without the payment of taxes is a misdemeanor under lie act of 1S70, and on conviction sub- ects the offender to a fine not exceeding 1,000, or twelve months on the chain ing, or both, In the discretion of the udge. I have been thus particular in L iying the law upon this subject, in order ,Jiat no one will be deceived. I am in formed that a great many wbite men ve not paid. The law applies to them well as the colored men, and I have >o doybt tbe next grand Jury, wbich eets two weeks after the election, will ipply it to all. Tbe taxes for tbe years "8 and ’fTO have to be paid. Tbe law is different now from wbat it as before the adoption of tbe new con- itution. 1: now requires all taxes to paid since its adoption...-Before, it Was rtheyoar preceding rfie electlBB- It prohibits any man from voting out<ff county, even for governor. Last Week’s Cotton Fieures. The New York Chronicle reports the cotton receipts of tbe seven days ending last Friday night, at 01,117 bales, against 30,054 bales for the corresponding week of last year. Totals since 1st instant 82,335, against 43,974 last year. The interior port receipts of tbe week were 22,314, against 20,315 tbe correspond ing week of last year. Shipments 18,534, against 15,350. Stocks 25,550, against 14,- 503. The Chronicle's visible supply table showed, on Friday last, 1,230,202 bales of cotton insight, against S0G,S44 at same date last year, 1,098,510 the year before, and 1,500,542 in 1877, at same dates. This shows an increase in tbe visible supply 339,300 on 1879, and 137,092 on tbe sup ply of 1878, and a decrease of330,340 bales on tbe visible supply of 1877- Cotton in the Liverpool market last Friday was quoted at 7§ for middling upland. Last year at that date the quotation was 13-16; In 1878 it was 01, and 1S77, OJ. The Chronicle's telegrams of Friday from the cotton growing region have been anticipated by the telegrams of Saturday, which gave a generally unfavorable re port. As to Texas, 4.51 of rain is ebroni cled daring the week on the coast. The caterpillars have stripped the plant of leaves, but still they say as much cotton will be raised as can be saved. At In- dianola there were six days of rain in the week and caterpillars in plenty, but tbe crop would be fair. At Dallas the worms were said to be disappearing. The crop would be good but not overwhelming, No rainfall. At Corsicana, the report was that as much would be made as could be gathered, and at Brenbam it was said that, although the black and bottom lands had been stripped, the sandy lands would make a full crop. There were six days of rain in New Orleans,and four in Shreveport,with a fall of 2.55. Cotton was coming in slowly, Vicksburg five days of rain inthe week, At Columbus,Mississippi,four days of rain, The cotton plant was stripped of foliage, there would be no top crop, and planters had reduced estimate fully a third. Little Rock only three days of rain. Memphis five days. Estimates of Au gust reduced fifteen per cent., and nine -per cent, under last year. At Nashville four days of rain. In Alabama, at Mobile, 2.80 of rain rnst developing badly and picking inter fered with. At Montgomery, too much rain; cotton .plant stripped by worms and quality damaged. At Selma, tbe same. Georgia escaped excessive rain, and re ports picking progressing well. Tbe Chronicle, in its remarks on the crop return, shows the increase in the overland movement as follows: Crop of— 1879-S0 1575- 79 , 1877-78 , 1576- 77 . 1S75-70 . 1874-75 . 1873-74 . Total Yield. Bales. 5,757,397 5,073,531 4,811,205 4,4S5,423 4,009,288 3,832,991 4,170,388 Gross Overland, Bales. 1,181,147 891,019 093,640 038,8S6 703,780 401,751 497,0S3 And as to American manufacturers’ profits, the same paper prints the follow ing table: Standard Sheetings Print Cloths. Cents Cents Cotton say eost .... 12.50 12.00 Waste manufacture . Cost manufacture and 2.20 2.12 selling per pound . 0.30 12.70 Total cost per pound 21.00 20.88 Cost per yard Selling price of (roods 7-37 3.84 per yard, say .... 0.00 4.84 Profit pdr yard .... 1.03 1.00 Profit per pound, say . 4| 7.00 Cotton Crop of 1879-80. The New York Commercial and Finan cial Chronicle of Saturday, gives tbe following report of tbe last year’s cotton crop, as compared with that of 1878-79 1879-80. 1878-70. Receipts at the shipping ports, bales 5,001,072 4,447,270 Add shipments from Tennes see, &c., direct to manufact’rs 670,725 474,255 Total.. . . 5,578,307 4,021,531 Man’ft’rd south, not included in above. . . 179,000 152,000 Total cotton crop for tbe year, bales. . 6,757,397 5,073,531 According to tbe report of tbe National Cotton Exchange of America, the total crop of 1879-SO was 5,700,101. The dif ference is only 2,764 bales, which is Im material ; but the figures of the Chronicle will stand as the regular statistical return of the cotton crop, and there is little doubt that it Is the largest showing up to the years 1881-S2 -that is to say, it overtops the probable yield of 1880-81. The crop telegrams, to the 11th instant, printed on Sunday, show a very unpromising condi tion of cotton in the field. J Elector. I A report fijifltlfiinois. Daniel Ward, Naples £Sy S : “Tutt’s Pills are even kterU-ju represented. As ananti-bil- L ’Vmedieine they have no equal. They eel to art on the mind as well as on the 1 was continually morose and jmvwuli foreoodings of evil—I aux another man; have good appetite and es w .ioi], a*id feel cheerful and happy.” Bad for Georgia. The Eufaula daily Bulletin says there never was such a complete political Babel as now exists in Georgia. Scarcely a county convention is held that is not characterized by tbe greatest confusion and disorder, and generally euds in bitter personal feelings, dissensions and crimina tions. Yet all are good and true Demo crats. It really seems that the State con vention, which assembled last month in Atlanta, sowed tbe seeds of discord and dissension broadcast over the State, and that they are coming np and poisoning the whole political and social atmosphere of Georgia. It is, indeed, a most lamentable state of affairs, the like of which we most heartily hope never to see again. It will be a relief to the good people of Georgia and of the whole South, when the present race for Governor shall have ended. Such a race should never have been. made, and its mischievous results will long be felt. The question of tbe duration of this slight misunderstanding was in debate tho other day. One thought it would terminate on tbe Gth day of October, at sundown. Tbe other said it would be a piece of rare good luck If it ended within ten years. A third said it would I«st his lifetime and be cursed by bis children af ter him. He said old Deacon Peter Smith was tbe first man be ever beard of wbo fixed the duration of a family quarrel by tbe watch. Tbe boys and girls got Into a Tearful wrangle about the property and the old man at last hung up his watch and says, “now I will give ybu two hours to settle this matter and never let me hear of it - again.” Tbe deacon died twenty-years after and the quarrel beset Ids death bed, and it continued twenty years after thill and never was hushed till the last one of them got “a new heart and a right spirit,” at'v*_ camp meeting, and so struck at the root iff the trouble, which was their own litigious, quarrel some and exacting tempers. Nothing has hurt Georgia so much abroad as this fool ish and unjustifiable schism, and no one event has thrown so much cold water on the national canvass. The Opening- As this week is the beginning of the scholastic year we had intended to present a few thoughts connected therewith on Sunday morning. The columns were crowded, and hence their appearance this morning; Past experience has demonstrated that it avails but little to talk to parents about education. If there is any one subject upon which the average citizen has made up his mind, it is that ofthe education his children. And if there is any one tiling with which he claims tho absolute right to experiment it is the education his ofispring. All systems receive his commendation. He believes it is right engage the lad’s mind incessantly, cram it, drill it, never leave it to mature, or relax it for one hour. And anon he thinks it wise only to In dicate the direction' and aim of the hu man growth, as he would a vegetable, be assisted by the instructor. Whatever the hobby, it will be duly manifested during the next ten days, and the teacher to whom the young hopeful will be in trusted will have ample notice of all these idiosyncrasies. Our main object was to talk to the children. Upon you depends the success of the coming year. The mistake of the parent, is not irrevocable; time and proper application upon your part may overcome the evil, and outgrow the bad effect. But if you fail, and instead of appreciating the facilities afforded for the development of heart'and mind, and there is a disposi tion to shirk study, and to engage in all manner of disobedience, Inevitable ruin is the result. It will matter but little fifty years hence, whether you studied Homer in the original or from a translation, but it will matter much liow you studied. It will not make any difference in a half century whether you studied Swinton’s word book or Webster’s spelling book, but will make a great difference in the man ner which either of them were studied. The persistence, tho sincere anxiety to reach the bottom of each new thought, and to understand the nrlimental princi ples of an education, will manifest them selves in all after life. The books in your satchel to-day may perish, and their names even be forgotten, but the educa ted, the trained brain, will remain as blessed heritage. A grave mistake is often made, and will doubtless be made again this week, by many children who enter tbe school room, and that is in exhibiting too much self- conceit and too little self-respect. Many will claim to know more and be more pro ficient in their studies than tlieir examina tions will warrant. And woe be to tbe teacher wbo will dispute their claim Many a faint hearted teacher has, tremb ling, consented to allow this claim, when their better judgment decided otherwise, and have thus done the scholar a perma nent injury—a grievous wrong. Self-cou- ceit exaggerates your importance the world, but self-respect exhibits your importance to yourself. It lifts you above defects and defeats. The great question on entering school this week is not how this teacher or that conducts himself or herself to you, whether they are impartial, incapable or unjust. The main point for you to consider is how to conduct yourself toward them, whether you are truthful Honest and mauly. Twenty years hence, what will their incapacity ot honesty matter to you? They will be no more than tbe puff of smoke in the air to-day. But tbc lie you tell and tbe dishonorable act will live with you and mar your hap piness through life; you will carry the marks with you to the grave, for tbe char acter that yon are forming now, for truth fulness, honesty and industry will cling to you through all your meanderings. For it is not Swinton or Webster that the world will see alive in you in middle age, but the trifling actions of your daily life now, tbe little vices and acts of unclean- ncss, or the manly exhibition of courage and honesy of your school days. Once there was a bright boy at school at Chapel Hill, N. C. He was accused of stealing a four-shilling note, and whether true or false, the disgrace clung to him, even though he reached to almost the highest position in the gift ofthe Ameri can people. It is still hurled at his memo ry, while he lies sleeping in tho grave. Remember, children, that the indiscretion of our school days will always remaiu with us. Then it is not parents, nor teach ers, nor the books we study that makes men out of us. The work is within our own reach, and consists of honesty, perse verance and hard study. Plenty of Applet. The Baltimore Sun says the apple crop of the present fall will exceed anything in the previous history of the country, notwithstanding there are localities where the crop is an utter failure. It is esti mated that the crop this season will reach 200,000,000 barrels, the orchards of the country having not less than 125,000,000 trees in bearing. Iu New York State it is said that the orchards are laden to the very ground with fruit, and tbe soil un derneath tbe trees is knee deep with fallen fruit, for which there is no market, i In 1876 the apple crop was about 112,- 000,000 barrels, and valued at .$50,000,- 000. In 1878 the crop was estimated at 150,000,000 barrels. This year’s crop ought to be worth $00,000,000 or $70,000,- 000, and probably will fetch that when we take into the account, besides the ap ples sold, the large quantities of cider, vinegar and “apple-butter” that will be made. When farmers’ ceilars are well filled with apple-butter, cider, pickles, marmalade, etc., as always happens in good apple years, they are able Jo sell their dairy butter, lard, and even pork and bacon, much more closely, and every ]K>und of these products thus released from home consumption and put on sale In the market ought to be set over to the profits of the apple crop. Another Man in the Field.—The Eatonton. Messenger announces the fact that henceforth Mr.; A. L Branham will take" part In controlling the editorial department of that excel lent paper. We welcome him Into the fraternity, and promise him hard work, coarse faro and poof pay. If he do- sires to proceed any farther let him buckle dowh to business, and he will arouse the dissatisfaction of his friends and excite the anger of his enemies. We gladly call the attention of ail who buy children’s shoes, to the advertisement of the American Shoe Tip Co. In another aolumn. As a black tip that is a perfect protection to the toes of costly shoes, while adding to tlieir beauty, Is of the first importance. Such the A ( S. T. Co. Tip has proved to be. The Maine Election. A Gbeat Vote and a Signal Defeat for Garfield & Co. The returns received yesterday before sunset make it sure that the Republicans have received aprostrating blow in Maine. An unprecedented vote has been polled; and the Republican State ticket, instead of rejoicing in fifteen or twenty thousand majority (which was claimed) is defeated by over a thousand; and the legislature by last accounts is still in doubt. Two Fu sion candidates for Congress are also re elected and a third scat is in donbt. This is, in our opinion, a ruinous blow to the Garfield campaign, and there will be no reaction till the coup de grace in November. It was essential to tbe Radi cal campaign that these elections in tbe East should show not only undiminislied ; but increased party strength—a harbinger of victory to lift up the distrustful souls and inspire new hope of triumph over the popularity and prestige ofthe Hancock ticket. But Maine, a strong-hold, has substantially declared for Hancock, and this verdict will give new and strong con fidence to the Democrats of the West. The prestige of victory which has attend ed the Hancock ticket from the day of its nomination, now rises to certain assurance. The so-called Republican brethren will now struggle and flounder along under certain conviction that defeat awaits them in November. It is even so. The Democracy of America had an ex ; ultant time of it yesterday, and Brother Blaine was sad. But Blaine told the truth. He assured the Republican National Executive Committee that the figures from Maine wonld surprise them— and it “was even so.” These figures have surprised everybody. The Moral Uses of Opposition. It is not a good thing for a man to have bis own way too much. He becomes im patient, dogmatic, intolerant, dictatorial; tyrannical. These moral distempers grow on him from year to year, and as old age creeps on, he gets to be oppres sive and hateful. It is not a good thing, morally speaking, for a political party to be without effec tive opposition. By the same process the party becomes intolerant and tyrannical and often corrupt. Let a man walk about now and hear the Cclquitt men maledicting the Norwood men, and the Norwood men maledicting the Colquitt men—[P. S. Some people call it “cuss ing.”]—old friends abusing each other— and be forthwith begins to study. He sees that none of these men who talk in that way are iu fit mood to be in trusted with the administration of a gov ernment of tho people. Their whole temper must be changed or the govern ment in their hands would be an awful tyranny. It would become all that we have charged of the so-called Republican administrations—a knock-down and drag- out affair—in which differences of opin ion would be.'crimes. Nothing is more certain than that a so-called popular gov ernment, without the largest toleration, is practically the most oppressive and un just of all governments. Therefore, perhaps, the providence of God has permitted this foolish schism in the Georgia Democracy, in order to show every man “what manner of spirit he is oP’—whether he is really a Democrat, willing to allow a broad and generous lat itude to private opinion, or a Bashaw- Bazook—a grand Turk in miniature, wbo would bow-string everybody wbo does not agree with him. There’s many a man calling himself a Democrat in Georgia wbo Is not half so mueh a Democrat to day as the Czar of Russia. Now, we are all going to Vote for Gen eral Hancock, after this quarrel is over; and General Hancock is going to be elect ed. But listen to us when we say that, while General Hancock will give the country an administration of rare ability and virtue, yet in a few months after his inauguration many of these men will be cursing him as badly as they now curse Colquitt or Norwood; for Hancock’s ad ministration will be guided solely by pa triotic considerations of tlic public good. Tbe poor clerks in Washington are now bleeding to their last copper on tbe plea that Hancock, if elected, will turn out the last one of them, good and evil, with a general swoop, and the whole city of Washington quakes with apprehension of a Sleeping proscription which will drive the women and cbildreu to despair. But Hancock’s administration will be like himself—mild, tolerant, humane, prudent, self-poised, a thing of his own head, and guided by considerations of lofty'devotion to the common country. Large reforms be must make; but they will not respond at all to tbe demands of tlie violent. They will in no manner en dorse the bitter proscription ot the Radi cal party. They will be, like himself, phtient, wise and good. Hancock, as a violent partisan, wonld not know him self. He is a firm, moderate, careful, self-contained mail—proud to excess of his country, and bent on signalizing his administration by restoring her ancient purity. He will be ready to combat any body or anything to the death, who stands lathe wiy of an administration defensible on tho highest and broadest grounds of an exalted patriotism. Now, intolerant men cau’t stomach such an administration as that, and, therefore, we say that they will be male- dieting Hancock in less than three months after he is inaugurated. Mark .this pre diction. A German Boom for Hancock.— Dispatches from New York state that the German mass-meeting at Cooper Institute Friday evening was the largest ofthe campaign in that city, with the exception of the great mass-meeting of July 28 at the Academy of Music. Hon. Augustus Belmont presided in the Institute, and there were large overflow meetings out side. The speakers included many promi nent Germans who have heretofore >acted with the Republican party. Did not Care to qo into the Mat ter.—Say* the World: General Banks, who is stumping New Jersey for General Garfield, was a member of the House committee which reported that Gatfleld was a knowing and wiljftil participant in tbe operations of the Credit Mobilier. He signed the report of that committee. The other night in New Jersey General Banks bad the audacity to use this language about General Garfield: “I do not hesitate to say to you that of tbe 60,000,000 of people of our country there is not a man wbo is more entitled to the confidence of the people—who is more circumspect in all his relations with men —who is more careful in the performance of hit duties, private and public—wbo is regarded as more free from shame or dis honor—than this, same Republican candi-. date for the office of President of the United States.” An ingenuous correspondent of the Bos ton Herald seeing-Shis went in quest of General Banks, found him and plumply asked him to explain why he regarded iu 1880 as “free from shame and dishonor” the man whom in 1873 he had officially helped to brand with shame and dishonor. No explanation could be got from Gener al Banks, excepting that he “did not care to go Into the matter.” The Maine Election. No event of such absorbing interest has taken place for a long time, as the State election in Maine, which occurred on Monday. The intense desire to know the result was indicated by the extraordi nary fact that a large part of the State was reported by telegram throughout tbe country long before the polls were closed or a single vote had been counted. This wa3 done by outside talesmen, who record ed the votes as cast, so that by two o’clock, at noon, on Monday, it was known in Ma con that the election was very close and all Republican expectations of jm in creased majority were disappointed. At present writing it is uncertain who has won the day in Maine; but whether the State has been carried by the Repub licans or the Democrats, is immaterial to the main point wbich interests our readers —that is to say, tbe indications which the vote offers as to the popular drift on the presidential question. The Republicans bad prepared for and expected a grand demonstration of party strength. They had spent large amounts EDITORIAL GLIMPSES. "Was Mr. Norwood a bona fide resident of the State of Georgia or was he prepar ing to move to another State when he went to Atlanta to aid in preventing nomination? The above question was asked by the Columbus Times some weeks ago, but lias never been answered. Mr. Norwood can have his carpet bag packed, for there will be no further use for liis services after the 6th of October. He can carry out his original intention. Number three seems to be a popular number politically. There were Gordon, Colquitt and Brown. Then comes War ner, Jackson and Hawkips, to say nothing of Warren, Carlton and Garrard, who went on a governor hunt. None of the Bourbon papers have asked the question, why did not Judge Warner hold the trust confided to him just a few weeks longer, until the Legislature meets ? Why did he place it in the hands of a man he professes to despise? If the Supreme Court has been disgraced,Hiram Warner is responsible for it. If he was the man of iron will we have always be lieved him to be, he could better have stood tlie opposition offered than have disgraced the Supreme Court by his petu lant resignation. As a movement in polite society, we may mention that the long cashiered spiketail coat is to be reintroduced. They have been lying on the shelf a long time, and the ancient clothing men will begin to get them out and brush them np. As the number of society men far exceeds the supply of spiketails, an increase in price of money on Maine. Blaine, in one re- i , mittance from the Republican National I ma y be anticipated. No man will bo re- Committee, received a hundred thousand dollars, and bad written very mysterious assurances of surprising results. “Our friends,” says he, “will be surprised when they read the figures.” And no doubt they were very much surprised yesterday. The telegram which we copy elsewhere from tho Boston Herald, the leading paper of New England, gives beyond doubt the general expectations of cool observers of both parties. All expected a Republican majority in Maine of at least 10,000; and when we re membered the Herculean efforts of the Radical party—tlie sagacity and industry of Blaine—the numerous corps of leading Bepublican stump orators sent there— backed by dny amount of money; and on tlie other band tlie poverty of tbe Demo crats, wlio were like a poor boy at a frolic, we were prepared to be more than con tented with an addition of 5,000 more to tbe tan. That would have been a loss on the general average. We may be assured, therefore, that whichever way the small majority in Maine may go, the result is a moral defeat to the Garfield party of almost overwhelm ing significance, and one from, which they are not likely to recover. It is the hand writing on the wail, from which they may read their inevitable doom. Beginning with sunrise in tbc East, that doom will be written still more luminously as tbe movement proceeds westward. All re ports from Maine concede that Hancock is stronger than the Fusion candidate iu that State ; and, if this be true, although tlie State ticket may be defeated by a small majority, tlie electoral vote of Maine ought to be carried for the Democratic nominee for President. Convict Catechism.—This incendi ary publication has at last found, if not an author, at least an indorser in the person of the editor of the Griffin Sun. Other Norwood editors have dodged the point; they wouldn’t exactly say that they indorsed it, but did not deny that their party were circulating it. To the honor of Mr. Norwood, he pointedly denounced The editor of the Sun is the first Georgian that has had the effrontery to indorse it. He says: “We are ready, now, to pronounce it, from the best of our knowledge and belief, in tlie m^n, tbe truth.” This publication is an attack upon the intelligence of tho people of Georgia and of the South. It is an attack upon the Legislature of Georgia. It is an attack upon the Democracy of Georgia. It is reflection upon the common sense of every community in tlie State of Georgia. It is a libel upon tbe civilization of tbe South. If tbe editor of tbe Sun will acknowl- edge himself the author oftlie publication, he will bo the most eagerly sought mail in tho State ot Georgia iu the next ten days. The Great Eastern in New Or leans—The New York Bulletin says it seems to be settled now that the mam moth steamer Great Eastern is going to New Orleans, tho merchants of that city guaranteeing her a cargo of Mississippi valley products. The New Orleans Dem ocrat of tho Ctb, with reference to the matter, says: “We learn that one siugle cattle owner on tlie line of railway Irom New Orleans to Houston has offered to freight the great ship himself. This gen tleman’s herds number over three hun dred thousand head, and there are estates equally largo farther toward the Rio Grande.” The expectation is that the Great Eastern can also be utilized for pro moting British and Irish emigration to Louisiana and Texas. There would seem to be no question as to the feasibility of bringing the big ship thraigh the jetties at any state ofthe tide. The Solid South.—The South, says the Buffalo Courier, constitutes the lead ing or sole issue of Republicans in North ern political contests. The white people of the South aro denounced as rascals and “banditti”—though the latter term is no longer used—by almost eveiy Republi can stump speaker. They are abused and made odious as if they were pnbllc enemies, if not enemies of the human race. An electoral contest Is represented virtually as a war of the North against the South. Having done all this tlie Re publicans affect surprise or Indignation at tho “solidity” of the South. If they should win by these methods tbe South is likely to become more “solid” than ever and the same contest will have to be fought over four years hence. Fortunate ly the signs of the times point to a differ ent resale, namely, the defeat of section alism by tbe defeat of tbe Republican P*rty. The Irish correspondent of the London Times: “The potato crop Is simply mag nificent. But few men can recollect aoeing what Is now aoen on all hands—fields beginning to wither naturally, without a sign of disease. This is chiefly owing to tbe change of seed, tbe ‘Champions’ be ing planted on all bauds from east to west, and fully bearing oat the - good things spoken of them. The price of oats and cattle has doubled since last year, that of pigs more than doubled. Oats aro a good crop, and turnips and mangolds never looked better.” garded as properly attired for the even ing’s entertainment, whether it be of a German or social character, unless he is provided with the prescribed uniform. The last attack upon the rights of the people, is that of Henry Befrgli, Esq., up on the canal boat mules. They arc now trying to prove that Garfield was cruel to the “racers of the tow-path.” How tlie indiscretions of youth cling to a man. John Sherman is represented as standing by the Louisianna returning board thieves. He has never forsaken them. The New York Herald says he remarked to a very eminent citizen of Washington, “Sir, the members of the re turning board are gentlemen; they are gentlemen; they are honorable men; they are as hones); as I am; as honest as you arc ” “Hold on, hold on,” cried the gentleman he was addressing, “hold on, Sherman; you may compare them with yourself, but you must not compare them with me. I can’t let you do that.” The Globe-Democrat finds great com fort in the election of Col. W. S. Oliver as sheriff of Pulaski county, Arkansas, at the recent election. He was of the faith ful three hundred that stood by Grant at Chicago, and a stalwart Republican. The editor says, pathetically: “It wouldn’t take many men like Oliver to make a Re publican State out of Arkansas.” NO; not many; not more than 00,000 of them. It is a good thing to have a foreign ap pointment. Mr. J. A. Kasson, who is sup posed to be in Austria, but is in Iowa running for Congress, and is draw ing $1,000 per month for services sup posed to be rendered in Vienna. Happy Hasson. Mr. Hendricks’ late speech has shiv ered the Garfield timbers, and tbe Repub lican craft is in a leaky condition, The Pan-Presbyterian Council will meet at Philadelphia on the 22d inst. The Presbyterian churches of all shades of Presbyterianism throughout the world will be represented, and tlie spirit of John Calvin will look down upon the polyglot assembly with a smile. The Talbotton Begisler says that a man in Talbotton, after he got one good square look at Norwood’s face, was instantly im pelled to vote for Colquitt. He observed a great difference in tbe appearance of the candidates for Governor. We heard similar expression from an intelligent gentleman in Macon, alter the recent joint discussion. The latest calamity, threatening our State is the announcement that Blodgett, tlie son of his father, that is Bill Blodgett, the son of the late Gov. Blodgett, accord ing to the New York Times, a Norwood paper, Is going to stump the State for Nor wood, and that his little tin box will be opened and that Ben Hill and Joe Brown will be the sufferers. What greater ca lamity could befall a State ? Redfield, tbe correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, says he can sec no probability of Garfield carrying Vir ginia by the disruption of the Democratic party in that Slate. The Savannah Harbor.—By the 1st of October some very important improve ments will be made in the river at Savan nah. Tlie Bern says: “The openings between tbe islands from Elba to Cock- spur will be closed and a solid south shore to the main or northern channel will bo made, and a north shore to the south channel will be constructed by the same operation. This, with a partial closing of the south ch&unel at the “ob structions,” will, it is believed, give stronger currents in the north channel, and thereby maiutain any depth of wa ter that It may be deemed necessary to give that channel by dredging. The cross tides dam is throwing a large volume of water from Back River into the Savan nah, and when the harbor of this city is properly widened by cutting off portions of Fig Island and Kinsey’s Point and vi cinity, it is boped that ships drawing more than twenty feet of water can come to our wharves with the tide.” The New York Hotel Gazette is one of the most valuable publications in the country. Every thing that a mau wants to know about botcl life and hotel keepiu can be found in its coluuius. It is a large eight page weekly, published at $2 per an num. Address Hotel Gazette and Travel ers' Monitor, Broadway. N. Y. “A handsaw is a good thing, but not to shave with.” A cateclnsiu is a good thing, but not for a campaign document. The negroes are not all candidates for the chain gang. Census Figures Pending an offi cial promulgation of the population of the country according t6 the census of 1880, which will not be made for some time yet, we have a table, partly official, which Is near enough to exact accuracy to answer all practical purposes. These fig ures do not Include Alaska, New Mexico, Wyomlug- and Washington territories. Without these the aggregate population of the States and Territories is 49,S05,142, and when that of tbe unretumed Terri tories is added, we will have a total of just about50,000,000. This is an increase for the decade of 11,700,000, ora little more than 30 per cent., against 23 per cent, for the preceding decennial period. Campaign Notes. Mb. Samuel Sellers is running on the “No Whisky” ticket for the legisla ture in Appling county. The Wiregrass Watchman is “toting the skillet” for Tom Norwood. Jesse Wimberlt, of Burke county, speaking of the colored vote on the^guber- natorial question, says that “nine out of ten will vote for Governor Colquitt. The colored people read more than some peo ple think. They are well posted about everything that they are interested in, anil they know their friends and their en emies.” “How are the colored people getting on in your county?” 6 . “Very well. They are prospering just as fast as any race could with the start they had.” Is a foreign railroad to own Georgia? The Louisville and Nashville railroad docs not operate a foot of railroad in Geor gia.—Columbus Enquirer. And how many miles does Huntington’s Pacific monopoly own in Georgia? We will answer the Columbus Enquirer. While Governor Colquitt and the Democracy control tlie government, neither foreign railroad corporations nor the holders of fraudulent Jbonds shall ever control the State of Georgia.—Augusta Chronicle. The colored people in Savannah have a political organization they call the “Colquitt Thunder Club.’’ Mr. Norwood will hear it thunder on the Cth of October. E. G. Simmons responds to a call from tbe patriots of Andersonville and will no rate on tbe 17th for them. Our friend Charley Hancock has under taken abig job. He is trying to carry Sum ter county, but he can’t get it on his shoulder. The Thomasville Times says: Mr. Norwood’s indiscreet supporters overshot the mark when they published the con vict catechism. It is too late to apologize, gentlemen. You have circulated the in famous document among the people and you will have to bear the odium of it. It was a dirty,dastardly piece of work. The Jonesboro Hews says wisely; “The truth is it does not take stump speaking, with its attendant evils, long to become a nuisance, and, as tbe minds of tbe people are already made up as to tbe issues before the people, or at least since this kind of canvassing only confirms each party in its opinions, w'e could dispense with it; with decided advantage to both parties.” The commercial traveler who asserted in Madison the other day that nine out of every ten white men in Augusta were for Mr. Norwood, belongs to the Munchau sen school. In this case ho permitted his imagination to run away with his judg ment. Governor Colquitt will carry the white box in Richmond county by from five hundred to eight hundred majority. He will get nine-tenths of the colored vote in this county.—Augusta Chronicle. General Toombs” manly defense of Governor Colquitt against the anonymous slanders that form the basis of tbe minor ity campaign, .must have astonished tbe supporters of Mr. Norwood. — Indian Sjjrings Argus. The Columbus Enquirer says: “Ex- Chief Justice Warner, iu his speech at Greenville, in his anxiety to make a case against Governor Colquitt, makes it ap pear that the lawyers are a terrible set of rascals—all of them ready to give any sort of advice that they are paid to give, and willing to mike out any sort of an extor tionate bill for it. Perhaps his knowledge of his craft is as thorough as his knowl edge of the law, and he is as apt to he right in his estimate of the lawyers as in his interpretation of the law, so we will raise no question with him on that score.” The Athens Banner lias spiked the Norwood gun, and placed instead the name of the next Governor, A. H. Col quitt. The Atlanta Phonograph says the Re publican party in Georgia is dead, and this cruel charge" is made because said party would not endorse Mr. Norwood. If the convention had only endorsed Minori ty Norwood, it would have been a lovely institution, and os lively as lovely, tn the Phonograph's way of thinking. Started too far Back.—One of our young sprigs of the bar, noted for his eru dition, and who is also a Norwood mis sionary, a few days ago participated in a joint discussion in a neighboring village, being assigned the opening speech. Tbe time allowed was only two hours, so our young friend began his speech in the gar den of Eden, after the creation, in a review of the origin of the government, and com ing along down gradually, gave a history of all the contests for the supremacy of power till he redchad Georgia and the great race of Troup and Clark, some fifty years ago. when time was called upon him by the chairman, and he tack his seat amid a perfect storm of enthusiasm. It was a splendid speech, and just about as near as any of the Norwood orators come te a solid reason why Governor Colquitt should not be re-elected. Fifty years is a short time—only half a cen tury. Significant, Vert.—Mr. Turner, of Talbotton, was present at the political meeting in Greenville on last Saturday. Governor Colquitt addressed the meet ing. In the coutse of his speech he invi ted all who wanted him for governor to stand up, whereupon the entire assembly rose to their feet. The same proposition was made by bini for Mr. Norwood, aud not one arose. All this in tbe face of Judge Warner’s misrepresentations of Governor Colquitt. So wc put down old Meriwether solid for Georgia’s model governor.—Talbotton Begister. Milledgeville Recorder says: Gov. Colquitt’s administration ha3 reduced tbe taxes iu Georgia from 50 cents on tbe $100 to 35 cents. It saves tlie State an nually over $200,000. Lot the Norwood party put that in their pipes and smoke it. We suggest as a fine Colquitt campaign document that the names of all the disap pointed applicants to Gov. Colquitt for office be published. That would show who’s who, wliat’s what, and why’s why. Genebal Gordon made a speech at Zebulon on Friday night, and from a gen tleman who was present we learn that he made a glorious speech. The court hoqse was crowded with ladies aud the people from the country surrounding, aud the General never made a more effective ad dress. At its close a vote was taken and only three anti-Colquitt men made their appearance.—Griffin Hews. Thursday we met our quondam friend Col. Jack Brown, after an internal of years, looking as genial aud as well fed as ever. He did not say that he would make the race for Congress in opposition to Gen. Cook. He did not receive the nomination of the Republican convention held iu Americus, and if ho runs he will occupy tbe position of double independent —independent of Radicalism and Democ racy;-—Americus Recorder. Some flf our Norwood friends say the Democratic party in Georgia is too large and unwieldy, that another party is need ed. And now they are trying to form the other. Exactly what we have charged upon them, that they have slabbed from the regular party.—Columbus Times. If tlie people are satisfied with the of ficial conduct of Gov. Colquitt, it really matters very little what the politicians think about it. The people will say what they think in October.—Grffin Hews. A Wave of the Hand.—General Lawton, in his Macon speech, said: “Brown controlled the majority of the last convention by a wave of his hand. He was chief iu all movements.” This is saying a good deal for Brown, but is a bad start for tbe General on bis journey to the national Senate. In tbe Savannah meeting the other day be threw down tbe gauntlet to Bacon, Brown and the other aspirants, but he will drop by tbe wayside uuless lie bridles hi3 tongue. 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Special dispatch to the Boston Herald, (Independent, ■with strong Republican leanings): New York, September 10—Politicians at the national headquarters are now turning their attention to Maiue, whoso election occurs on Monday next. The- Democrats concede a Republican majority,, and, curiously enough, place the figures at just about the same by which the^ Repub licans claim it. The Republicans estimate that their minority will touch at least 10,- 000. The Democrats admit that It will' probably be run up to 10,000. It is true that sanguine Democratefromi that State claim that Plaisted, the Fusion- candidate for Governor,- will be elected, and that enthusiastic Republicans talk of 15,000 and 20,000 majority, but the con servative men of both parties agree upon 10,000. It Is somewhat difficult to make- a comparison with any immediately pre vious elections, for tbe growth of the- Greenback party In that State lias cut into tbe party lines badly. Naturally,, tbe Greenback party is weaken^dbi Maine, as elsewhere iu the country, anU it is hardly to be supposed, though a fu sion of the two parties has been made, that a majority cau be wrested from the Republicans. Those who, for a time, ac cepted the Greenback doctrine, and have- seceded from it, probably do In Maine* as- they do In other States—return to the party with which they previously affiliated. Those, then, who were Republicans be fore, anA Lave subsequently accepted the Greenback theories to leave them again, have undoubtedly returned to the Repub licans. The Vermont election has about ceased to be of interest to the politicians. To-day It was said by tbe Democrats that there was a very neat game played by tbe Re publicans wbo bad control of the returns, in holding them back for a day or two. By tbl» delay they were enabled to esttmate- a majority of from 27,000 to 30,000 fcr the Republicans. This news was then tele graphed to every part of Maine as a grand, sweeping Republican majority In Ver mont, showing large gains for tbe Repub licans, and Indicating that the drift of public sentiment was In favor of Garfield. The delay in sending tbe true figures pre- veuted the Democrats from crenbating this statement at once, and now, on Fri day morning, but two working days be fore the Maine election, the true figures, which show no real gain, are allowed to come ouk The purpose of this delay Is said to hare been simply to influent* the wavering voters or that portion of them who prefer to tfiout with tbs biggest crowd* ,