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A Garfield Apotheosis.
A. New York letter to the Charleston
i surd Courier says: “ The return of
C«n. Gtvfield to this city, I understand,
is to l« made a much greater occasion
i.'ian a .U'>vv luvlng him preside as a mere
form-‘tj at a mass meeting for GarfieM
and Arthur. Tim zwional Committee,
it hr sa id, will about that time issue an
addrrvs ‘o the country, emphasizing the
wariou? dangers which, as alleged, will
fceset the future if the Democracy are rc-
>re 1 to power, ami to this address they
Trill affix the names cfpiomlnant citizens
fn over- State of the Union. They will
«adfc:v<»r. if possible, to have Gen. Grant’s
oame at the head ol the list. The influ
ence cf that name, they believe, would
t*H immensely in favor of the Republican
<c&ndi' tcs. if tlio General consents, it is
pro'oaV'.c tliat Senator Coukiing will con-
also. By this process, it is expected,
the ica’ or apparent coolness on the part
cf Mr. Conkltng and his friends, since the
Chy-t o coaven, ton, will be superseded
by 40..' line enthusiasm cn every band for
the nominees.”
The coaUaSt between the fussy parades
•edsjweches of GarSeld, and the persist
env reclusion maintained by General Han-
ocr&, will strike tlie country veiy forcibly,
*ad wise the question whether the circus
amd i.iow policy, outside of considerations
cf«jod taste and propriety, is the better
edcttlatsd to win. General Hancock, in
tis private letter to General Sherman,
wriwrii ha» been so extensively copied, in-
Aixx'M his idea of a republican chief
‘magi:?.rate when he cited the example of
Tac.rus Jefferson, v. ho, when the day of
his iViu 0 .K.;lvn came, rode up to tl:e
vxpho) on horseback and, after hitching
las steed, to a swinging limb, went in, took
6«<a'hand assume.! the duties and r
agKwkhUitles of President, without any
hlxrc cf trumpets, roar of cannon and glit-
Qer of? military pageantry.
fa.uce his nomination Hancock has kept
sea-.'y at ids duties, receiving calls on
*'v- <»ys of the week only, that he may
.. > *0 discharge more properly the
•sb; . t. ousof ins position. He Las never
5« • V.a>eu himself the first time, al
to .’3 ss d to be a man of striking phys-
a., ’ making a gallant show on
actijcjack. He is superior to all personal
3»7ic« and flummery. Garfield, on the
ca ■g -,ry. failing into the v aigar usage of
.l*r cl 'splay set by ti.e last three ad-
«z... tons, has been pretty constantly
wmcocldbitiotr, and even seizing religions
fcst-.v-Is on Sunday to show himself.
■Wl-v - the best practice to win votes.
*i*..»gsi;do the question of taste, and
dfc- raunal fondness of weak and vain
avy-. like Garfield, to Load a pageant in
s£*nxowa honor?
to 1
ic>.’
Sh ?
Culy One Lapo*Uut Tinner.
<? only very important tiring iu these
• in Georgia, we can think oi, is
u-. peaceably and on good Lehavior.
sides having, by failure to sett!
own difficulties, virtually invited the
colored brethren to come it; as arbitrators.
i’..d recognize the claims of the latter
#>-, p*->»ec; and the fullest suffrage—so that
wl'i he able to settle this small diffi-
. a. - tween the whites with due regard
r.o n.e rights of all concerned. Any at-
r to storm and bulldoze wiil lie very
si :.7".:orts to the public peace; and since
.jt hr tire present situation how very
«asy it will be to make this arrangement
if a. colored arbitration of Democratic
«ju2>;>dsa permanent institution of the
Sut-r, we ought to set about at onee and
«: rirUce for it, so as to bear it philosophical
ly. We have only tosay Iwill andlwon’t
si.xag enough. and push things “at all
hazards and to the last extremity” always,
ink nie respected children of Ilaut will
ft*. after always settle our disagreements,
.us>% in no great time, will give us the
rbell, while they take the oyster. We arc
.'•t a fine way for white men, and must
iK it; hut the more we rave about it the
it will he.
Hn3s and Elsewhere.—
3?riday was ushered in with a leaden sky
and tearperature of sixty—not a good a ! -
zns.pliere for hurrying cctlon to maturity.
Yfcrc previous day :l see-ms,Lad been signal
led by a violent storm on the Jersey
wets , *«d all Friday threatened a storm
ji Macon, ybe weather prophets are
predicting an early . .ost and a severe
wirre*-, for the inconclusive re a: on that
fieri was no winter at all last year. A
'lead in Colorado, at Lake City, tells of
saev there during the week and ice formed
-every night. On the 1st irsf., the family
■YXiiting froze stiff on the clothes line.
BOCT3E3?y.' NUFACTURED HARNESS
* \j>Saddls.»t.—Happening intbe ware
house o* Be* ml Brothers yesterday, we
fee nd tl:ey had just shipped a second large
grfier for their goods lo a jobbing house
iu ridladeipbia— the same house which
raJ>; the previous purchase mentioned
#w)C weeks ago. So it seems
Macau-made harness and saddlery stand
uni ground against the same goods made
Nfonlr; but whether these goods are like z
-ta-h of wine, improved by a sea trip
Xoi.h aud back again to Southern retail
ers, is at least doubt, al.
These gentlemen claimed that they have
ar much business as the 1 rn attend to,
«at -dill say they are like an omnibus—can
Always take a few more. One thing they
-tsqdain of as vexatious—that, whereas
, <hc> buy no manufactured goods from the
iTvOiiU or elsewhSre, yet Northern d-um-
•an»T«!, wlio trave.se their particular fields of
affect to show orders from them to
She. houses they represent, and want to
i tew why they trade with Bernd Broth
ers i’i Macon, when B. B. bqy of them in
New York. IT's is sharp, but not fair.
JJe :.d Brothers are jobbing exclusively
Jrrir own Macon-made goods against
tbe world, on the scores of prices and
•quality.
Payment of Taxes as a Vcitcxo
<Qc>Ai..f'<:±Tiox.—Surely nothing can
- io e *easonab.e than that a voter
-i.or—. * be required lo hear LU share of
sun j.-.-b' c • burdens and responsibilities
* ' re he assume* to direct the public
•coo ...,els. The Bicbtnorrd DitjoUch says
•**1. ’c itwylvanhi every voter rar“t have
trw.i.1 wbhin two years a county tax or
5»:=te at least one month previous to
.tue election, aad which tax must
< »ve ocen assessed at least two months
e the election. These two last rc-
- a’: menu are good ones, and might well
s ided to our Virginia requirements in
: .x! .natter of voting.”
•Similar statutes are hr force in other
• uoc.n States, based upon the plainest
„ ay. It is not right that those who re-
- tire burdero cf citizenship should
•• ia> privileges. It is important that
wlio intend to vote in tire pending
•• ous si’ouM unders'and that a tax re-
,t o. oilier satisfaction that the tax has
- i -.-.id w;Ii be demanded at the polls.
- :~x < an not be paid at the polls. It
1 i paid to the Toz Collector, and he
he at or near ‘all the voting pre-
. Therefore, payment of the tax
id be made before election day, *0
r,ij£ . 1 he voter's name may be entered on j
Oao lists of taxes paid.
State Taxation.
The bond question, now in course of
very earnest discussion in Tennessee, has
drawn from a correspondent of the Nash
ville American a statement of rates of
taxation and amonnts raised in- all the
States of the Union. Tennessee shows
the lowest rate of all the States—ten cen<s
on the hundred dollars, which raises the
sum of $626,529. Nevada collects the
heaviest tax—90 cents on the S100. Ala
bama, Oregon and Florida levy 70 cents;
Arkansas, 65; Louisiana and Nebraska,
60; California and Kansas, 55; Delaware,
Georgia, Texas and Virginia, 50; South
Carolina, 45; Missouri, Maine and Ken
tucky, 40; Colorado, 36; Mississippi, 35;
North Carolina arid Illinois, S3; Indiana,
Pennsylvania, Vermont and West Vir
ginia, 30; Ohio and New York, 29; New
Jersey) 25; New Hampshire, Minnesota,
and Iowa, 20; Michigan and Maryland,
17; Wisconsin, 16J; Connecticnt, 15;
Rhode Island, 12; and Tennessee, 10.
Tennessee, two years ago, could have
compromised her debt at 40 cents on the
dollar and five per cent, interest, hut, un
accountably, she refused to do it. The fail
ure will involve the concession of higher
terms; but it is probable she cau easily
make terms with her creditor-3, which will
not demand so high a tax as is levied in
Gzorg’a.
The Hancock and Garfield Canvass-
Mac-wit -is returning fivm tire North
and West speak of great interest in the
president 3! election, but report that the
enthusiasm is pretty much ail or. the side
of Hancock. Trains are al! jialied upon
the question, and show almost uniformly a
large majority for Hancock. The current
out-door gossip, in all circles, indicates a
settled public opinion that Hancock is go
ing to be elected. Mr. I. C. Plant, of this
city, who reached home a day or two ago,
gives such information as leads to the be
lief that for the first time since the war, a
very large proport ion of the bankers and
capitalists of the country will throw their
influence for Hancock. He saw two for
one pnblicly offered on Hancock’s election
without takers, aud says that, as a quiet-
observer who looked on and said nothing,
it seemed to him that the idea of Han
cock’s succession to the presidency is
firmly fixed in tiro Northern and Eastern
mind os a thing about as certain as any
future event cau be.
Not Inconsistent.
The Athens limner publishes the fol
lowing paragraph from the convention
“Editorial Corespondence” of the Tei.e-
OBArri:
E. H. Jones, editor Macon Teleoeaph
“A« matters stand, by the solemn act of
the Governor’s own friends, ns lost his
majority rights, and has no claim to a
nomination until the requisite number of
votes have been obtained.”
Tliat was wiiat we wrote and still
maintain. By the adoption of the two-
thirds rule Governor Colquitt lost bis
right to a nomination in the convention
by a majority vote. It would have ruined
his cause had the friends of the Governor
gone hack on their action and proceeded
to make a majority nomination. But
they attempted nothing of the kind,
though possessing the power to do so at
any moment during a session of seven
days’ duration. They kept their word to
the last, and when it was demonstrated
that the requisite umber of votes under
the rule could not secured for their
favorite, actually adjourned, a. csr passing
a resolution merely recommending him
to the peoplo and without making a nomi
nation. Gen. Lawton was wrong there
fore in the statement that by going be
fore the people under this “recommenda
tion” Governor Colquitt had “broken his
word.”
The truth is he made no formal
promise of any kind in the premises.
His friends would have been gHilty of a
breach of faith had they made any nomi
nation save under the two-thirds rule.
But this, the record shows, they did not
do. Neither the Governor nor his fol
lowers pretend to assert that he was
nominated. They only claim that as the
choice ot a majority both of the conven
tion and the primaries held by the people,
he is better entitled to popular support
than euy other candidate in the field.
A W6rd to the Public.
In reference to a communication pub
lished in our evening -paper, signed
“Norwood man,” we have only tlris to
say: The writer, from Lrs position, could
recognize no one in the compact crowd
7-om whence proceeded the larger portion
of the noise and interruptions which dis
turbed the Governor’s address. He has
no means,, therefore, of ascertaining
whether or not it embraced the “best citi
zens of Macon.” Certainly Ire has not
heard any respectable Norwood man de
fend the conduct of those who were so
discourteous to the Governor, but, on the
contrary, like Captain Bacon, they depre
cate it.
If any one called Senator Norwood a
liar, he was guilty of a gross act of dis-
courtesywb'ch car rot admit of justifica
tion. Very many of the Senator’s state
ments, based upon rumor and anonymous
authority, have been shown to be false,
and the Gove. . *or, as far as he was per
mitted to go, clearly established
that fact. That falzshcods have
been uttered against Sir. Norwood
aiso, will not he denied, and they cannot
be too severely condemned. No fair man
would call such gentlemen as either of the
gubernatorial candidates liars, albeit many
untrue statements have been made against
both of them. It is the fate of the politi
cian and office-seeker to oc traduced.
If Mr. Norwood was bnJid«-z»<Ai Grif
fin last Saturday, and Rev. Dr. Butler
was treated in a “mean aud contempt ible”
manner at Mllledgevilie (of which we
Lave no evidence), it wasa difgraco to
those guilty of auch conduct. But “two
wrongs do not make a right,” anJ even if
these assertions a:e trite, they do not jus
tify the shameful and unkind treatment
which the Governor of Georg's received
on tko Macon hustings. For once w* de
part from our uuifoitn cuv.oiii of never
noticing the attacks of anonymous corre
spondents.
The next elections come in the follow
ing order: Maine, State and Congression
al, Monday, September 13th; Colorado,
State and Congressional, Tuesday, Octo
ber 8th; Georgia, State, Wednesday, Oc
tober 6th; Indiana and Ohio, State and
Congressional, Tuesday, October I2th;
West Virginia, State, Tuesday, October
12th.
Newspaper Changes.—The “fourth
estate” seems to be agitate - ot now,
and newspaper changes are n ' as rap
idly as many of them aie Unexpected.
We have chronicled several in the past
few days, and now we announce the con
solidation of the Albany JVerrsand Adver
tiser. The retirement of Lot Warren,
E-q., from the tripod of the News, and
Messrs. Welsh & Mitchell, as publishers
of the Adterliser, is announced. The new
paper, the Neios-Advertiser, is to be pub
lished and edited by Henry M. McIntosh,
of the Adeerfiser, and Frank V. Evans,
of the News. The paper is to be daily
and weekly. The first issue comes out
to-day.
As a business transaction this consoli
dation will commend itself to the wisdom
of every business man. The editors are
both young men of energy and. ability and
with the combined patronage they will be
able to give Albany the best paper it
has ever had.
Tie Republican State Convention.
This tody, arier a stormy session, has
concluded its labors. They adopted a
platform endorsing Garfield and Arthur;
recommended a system of general educr
tion to be forever free to all the children
of the State, and declared it unwise for
Republicans to endorse or support any
candidate for the legislature who does not
espres3 himself publicly in favor of more
money for educational purposes and a mod
ification of the chaiu-^ang system, so as
to reform as weir as punish the criminals;
favors immigration irrespective cf color
or party; condemns in strong terms the
present chair.-gang system and demands
that the right to serve on the jury shall be
extended to all who are not excluded by
the express terms of the law.
Mr. Freeman, the Republican candi
date for Congress in the fifth district, by
courtesy was permitted to announce that
he could not “accept the nomination of
any party without a head.”
W. A. Pledger offered the followingpre-
amble and resolution.
access to. the ballot box teaches us that au
eflort to elect a Republican gubernatorial
candidate will prove futile, with probably
a reiteration of the same false counts and
outrages that have occurred in past elec
tions; therefore be it
liesolted, That _wc do not nominate,
and reeoinmenu that the Republicans
make in the different counties such terms
will redound lo the interests of the
Republican Soldiers for Hancock.
The following circular has been, sent
out by order ot the club from the head
quarters of the “Hancock Hepnblicnn
soldiers and sailors of the late war,” in
Philadelphia:
Comrades: The debauchery of the par
ty with which we have been affiliating for
the past twenty years has become so man
ifest to all good and true soldiers, with
out regard to party; to such an extent have
the office-holders trampled upon the
rights of the people; the stench of impu
rity which pervades all departments of
the national, State and city government,
that a change in the administration of af
fairs is demanded and must he had to
clean these Augean stables of the filth
that has surrounded them. The cry ol
halt must he heeded. Men who were
contractors, men who were sutlers, men
who were the hangers-on of the army,
men who did nothing but make money
while we were fighting for the perpetuity
of the Utiidn, are the men who to-day, as
in the days of the war, are holding the
honors and emoluments of office.
This should he stopped. It is onr rights
that are trampled upon, and it is the
privilege of the soldiers and sailors of the
late war to standby their colors as iu days
of yore, and compel these cormorants at
the public crib to cease feasting off the
carcass of tire nation and endeavor to
bring about a healthy condition-of af
fairs.
- There are thousands of soldiers and
seamen who believe as we believe; whose
rights have been sapped away, and who
stand to-day as they never stood before,
in dread of the office-holder and his mas
ter. To these men, comrades-in-aiins of
the past, we say come with us. Too long
has the “bloody shirt” been the cry of
politician and place-hunter. Too long
have these men been permitted touse the
fair fame won on the battle-field by the
soldier, to foist themselves into power.
Too long have we been passive spectators
of men winning honor and renown which
.shouhl-belong to us. The time has come
to halt.
Commence the cleaning out of the poli
ticians that have ruled us, by voting for
Whereas, Experience in the count of ....
Republican votes and in the efi'ort to gaiir the man who lias ever been known among
us Republicans as a true patriot and hou-
est mar., and a superb soldier, Winfield
S. Hancock.
Republicans, not only in State politics,
but also in national politics.'
On the committee’s platform and report
the vote stood 8! yeas, nays none. On
Pledger’s resolution the vote was 53§ ayes,
nays 15|, so it was adopted. The conven
tion then adjourned sine die.
At the request of that committee he
consented to become such candidate, and
such he now is, having no authority to
support him nor, common io independent
or bolting candidates; and this declara-
'’01 is with the grcaiest deference and
respect to him as a distinguished Geor
gia- and to the leading men, who, like
himself, erred iu the step which was so
hastily taken.
It would bo barely respectful to the in
telligence of the gifted editors of the
Tei.egrath and Messenger to argue
that Mr. Norwood, with all his brilliant
past career to forbid it, is now the candi
date aud leader of a disorganizing move
ment in .the party that has honored him,
and that would honor itself in honoring
him now, within the party lines, at any*
time. Truly your friend,
Herbert Fielder.
An Impromptu Meetirur and Speech.
Mr. Henhkicks.
At Indianapolis on Monday evening
there was an impromptu gathering of
thousands of Democrats to hear Mr. Hen
dricks’ reply to a paragraph in the Jou?
nal of Sunday, as follows:
Proceeding to specify, Mr. Hendricks
asserts that General Garfield went to New
Orleans as a partisan, “without authority
of law,” as if any law were necessary to
a man to go to New Orleans, and that
while there he took charge of the returns
from West Feliciana pariah,.-ttrd “in one
of the inner rooms of Packard’s custom
house,” manipulated the returns and pre
pared affidavits and interrogatories to
make out a case. If this could be sub
stantiated General Garfield would be
J’sgraced. ne offered no proof of- the
charge in his Marion speech, aud has of
fered none since. lie cannot produce
any.- The charge is unsupported by any
evidence worthy of belief.
This put the great’ludianian on his
mettle, and the whole city gathered to hear
what they felt was going to bo a speech of
remarkable power. The reporter of the
Courier-Journal says:
Mr. Hendricks then in strong and forci
ble language, aud in the most earnest and
eloquent mannerarraignedGarfleld as the
chief (OnspTratorin the electoral eommis-
>sion villainy. He read from Garfield’s
sworn testimony, and proved out of Gar
field’s own%routli all the charges that ho
(Hendricks) had made against him. He
proved amidst enthusiasm bordering *on
to excitement that Garfield went- to New
Orleans on the 14th of November, that he
took charge of the returns from West Fe
liciana parish; that in one of the inner
rooms of Packard’s custom house, he held
secret communication with the witnesses;
that he prepared interrogatories for these
witnesses, rad that he remained in New
Orleans eighteen days; that l;e prepared
the brief coming tip on the train from that
city; tliat he expressed great anxiety
of mind as to the result;
tliat he admitted that on the
face of the returns Tihlen and Hendricks
had carried Louisiana; that he made a
speech in Congress, taking the position
that if the electoral bill should pass the
commission would have the right to go
behind the returns; that he was placed 011
the commission and in the face ot his bold
utterances in tbe House he voted against
a fair count; that Amy Mitchell swore
that she never told Garfield the matter in
the affidavit purporting to come from her,
which was prepared by Garfield, and that
Garfield had, long before he was selected
to go on the Electoral Commission, which
he t rok an oath to faithfully and impar
tially decide, not only formed and cx-
E ressed an opinion, but was an attorney
1 the ca-e on tl.e side ot the office-hold
ers.
When Mr. H&dricks concluded read
ing the testimony cf. Garfield ho said: “I
ask you, fellow-citizens, is not Garfield a
disgraced man?” A thousand voices shout
ed “Yes!” Mr. Hendricks, in a ringing
voice, exclaimed, “or am I the disgracec
man?” The mauneft the earnest, thrill-
irg way in mlrdi he asked tho question
brought the great audience to its feet, ani
a spontaneous “No!” rang out through
the build* ng and out in tho night air,
w.Jch con k have been heard for squares.
The scene here was indescribable. The
greatest excitement prevailed, and hun
dreds of men in tho audience leaped upon
the stage where Hendricks was standing,
surrounded by Gen. Steel, Gen. Manson
r id other distinguished gentlemen. The
est atidienefe was on its feet, tho men
waving their tats, and the ladies their
bonnets and handkerchiefs ;■ cheer upon
cheer, resembling more the mighty roar
in Music Hall, Cincinnati, when Hancock
was nominated, roiled and ■ swelled
through tbe hail, lasting for fully ten
urinates. Quiet was finally restored, only
to be broken by another wild outburst of
applause; when Hendricks said: “Can til's
disgraced nian, this James A. Garfield,
ever take the chair occupied by General
George Washington? Nc, gentlemen, lie
never can.” Ife closed his remarkable
speech tn a'potveii.il and eloquent appeal
to the Democracy of Indiana to stand by
the suns an-l sweep from the land tho last
vestige of Radicalism, aad retired amidst
thunders Of applause.
The cotton crop of 1879-80 is returned
to-day by the National Cotton Exchange
at 5,760,lOf’balcSj'and that is only. 24(1,000
bales short of six million, which is the
brag figure of the incoming crop, and is an
increase of 086,630 bales on the crop Of
lS't-79. The true figures wiil probably
be about thirty thousand bales short of
this estimate. - - Y . -i r >'
—The World says that Mr. .-Washing
ton Mb -I :an is imr.'oving so fast from his
severe illness a* Long Branch that the at
tending niiy.-.icians announce tliat he will
be aVc to !-arc for his home at Cincln-
or before Saturday.
nail
r E:.e .-tion. — The figures
given sl.olv ' a tuucc. larger Republican
than. Democratic gaiii in Vermont, but it
wiil be well to wait a little time for the
truth.
letter from Col. Fielder.
CUTHREKT, Gi., Sept. 1, 1380.
Editors Telegraph and (Messenger: Par
don me for expressing my hearty approval
of tho course of the Telegraph and
Messenger, after the -failure of your fa
vorite iu the convention, with one excep
tion. It has been by you ami other party
papers improperly, as I think, conceded
that the members of the party are not
bound by tbe action of the convention, in
petting Gov. Colquitt forward as tire
partycandidate; aud, by permission, I will
state in this the reasons which, to my
mind, should be conclusive, to all who
after the passions of the o tension shal
have subsided, look back to what was in
fact done, and recall to mind that it was
done by themselves, through their owu
regularly accredited delegates to act for
them. But before doing so, I would re
mind yon that even if it is not techni
cally binding as a party nomination, we
cannot safely throw off the obligations of
patriotism and philanthropy involved in
our relations to society and government
for tha preservation of ' -e Democratic
organization as ti e conservator of peace,
order aad public happiness.
As to Governor Colquitt, the objections]
to him and his administration were made.
Some of them were ueuied, some ex-
piained'and greatly modified. But, ‘just
or unjust, they were considered and over
ruled l:-y the people by an overwhelming
majority, in appointing delegates to rejire-
seat them.
The movement that divides our people,
and is sadiy ominous of a permanent
breach, is in fact a second appeal to the
people upon matters once decided by them
with the initiating events and issues of
the convention added to pre-existing com
plaints. Putting aside the unimportant
minor history of that body the material
matters fairly stated are about these
Upon the invitation of the Executive
Committee, the party was imeonvention by
delegates appointed in the usual propor
tion aud modes for the specified purpose
of nominating candidates for Presidential
electors, Slate house officers, Attomej
General and Governor; and proceeded
regularly to dispose of all matters or mo
tions that required a vote by the majority
usage, except as to the prime matter of
nominating candidates, in which, as usual,
the rule requiring two-thirds was re-
adopted, being favored by the friends of
ail the candidates. In all the instances
but the two last named there was no con.
test; the rule was dispensed with, and
the nominations made by acclamation. The
Attorney-General was nominated under
the lule; and there being a contest, there
was a final failure to obtain two-thirds of
the ballots by any candidate tor Gove$por.
Colquitt, in round numbers, began with
210, eighty more than all his competitors
combined, and bis vote finally reached
220. Tbe remaining 140 votes, finally re
duced to 130, were divided between four
other cvndidates—Col. Lester, Col. Hard
eman, Gen. Gartrell, and. Judge Warner.
Mr. Norwood, whose name had not been
before the people as a candidate, was not
before tbe convention as a candidate, but
he was there as a delegate to support Mr.
Lester. By rule, the balloting was con
fined to candidates announced by their
authority. All the four announced
candidates, competing with Colquitt,
or the delegates supporting them, after a
fair and persistent effort lost hope of a
nomination, and became willing to reti: r
from the contest, not singly, so as to allow
their fr iends to vote for Colquitt, if he
wore their second choice, but in a body
and that alone on the condition that lie
too would retire—with eighty votes more
than ail combined. And because no one
of them could be nominated and he, under
tlie circumstances, was rot acceptable to
the majority of this minority, he was ask
ed to be withdrawn by, the delegates sent
there to vote for him as the choico of the
people, who, by this large majority, after
hearing and reading the criticisms and
charges upon him and his administration,
overruled them and sent the delegates to
renominate him.
Tho friends of these competitors, al
though they each had lost hope, were hot
willing to retire separately and leave the
convention, according to usage, to settle
on some other man—but in a body, so as
to defeat tbe people’s choice, as there
manifest. The r were willing to be de
feated, as they saw was inevitable,
but demanded to retire with the
laurels of having defeated their com
mon competitor. H3s supporters refused,
and they continued to stand, each as a
candidate for a nomination known to be
hopeless, until despair of a nomination
under the adopted rule led the majority,
in this novel and unexpected situation, to
take an unprecedented step. This was to
abandon the rule, and to recom
mend (a word of less au
thoritative and binding import, but for the
purposes In hand, virtually and.morally
the same ag nominate) a camlida’e. This
result was reached by irregularity. But
this was what our contention did for vs.
It notified Him cf tlie candidacy and re
quested him to accept aud become tbe
candidate of the party, and he accepted.
By a vote of tho convention, it finally ad
journed, and was functus officio. The
members all became private citizens, as
members of. tbe Legislature do on ad
journment. We then bad a candi
date presented to ns, b> our own conven
tion, in tbe mode-described above.
There was no other convention called;
the people did not appoint delegates to
any other for the purpose of .the nomina
tion; But the gentlemen who had op
posed the nomination of Colquitt, and
prevented it under tlie rule, and had op
posed that action which terminated the
matter in a recommendation, and had op-
posed.the final adjournment, which was
carried legally 3nd according to ti.e mia
against thsii votes, without having been
appointed by their people at home for
such purpose, and of their own motion,
held a n.eetir.g iu Atlanta, presided over
by Mr. Norwood, a citizen of Chatham
county, who had been a delegate in the
then finally, adjourned convention. At
their request he appointed a committee to
bring out another candidate in opposition
to tbe one brought out by the convention. (
Campaign Notes.
Mr. Norwood’s Death Blow.—Con
stitution : The candidacy of Mr. Nor
wood—condemned to overwhelming defeat
from its inception—received its death
blow iu the failure of tbe attempt to se
cure for it the indorsement of the Repub
lican convention.
It has been known for some time that
a desperate attempt would he made to
have the Republican convention indorse
Mr. Norwood, and that prominent men
have been working to that end. All in
telligent observers have known from the
first’ that without this indorsement Mr.
Norwood's candidacy was a'dismal farce.
Governor Colquitt had already demon
strated tliat lie was tho overwhelming
oliorcc of the white people iu the Demo
cratic primaries. He carried nearly two-
thirds of the primaries against the com
bined strength of four men, either one of
whom is stronger and mote available than
Mr. Norwood. It was not to be hoped,
therefore, that Mr. Norwood, weaker than
either of the four, could reverse an over
whelming verdict of the Democrats, al
ready recorded iu favor of Governor Col
quitt against the four combined—especial
ly since Governor Colquitt has been
greatly strengthened by tbe remarkable
occurrences since that race.
Clearly, then, the only hope for Mr.
Norwood was that tlie solid Republican
vote rnigjit be secured to him. The plan
to capture this vote culminated in an open
attempt before tbe Republican convention,
led by tbe venerable Mr. Norcross, who,
remembering his own fate when opposing
Governor Colquitt four years ago, felt a
sympathy for Mr. Norwodd. The result
of that attempt to bolster the failing
cause has been written in these columns.
It was received with shouts of indignation
and laughter — was opposed by every
speaker who followed, finding not a single
advocate, and was finally tabled by a vote
of 72 to 9.
How Mb. Norwood Got HisNomina-
tion Constitution: Tbe other day, af
ter Norwood had made a speech’ at New-
nan, and made, it is said, a few converts
(to Colquitt) the irrepressible Jim Car
michael, of Coweta, was called on for a
speech. Among other good things, he
told how Norwood got his nomination.
He said some good colored folks were
talking about special providence, when
one said, “I don’t believe in it.” For,
said be, “I’se been praying dese many
years, and axing de good Lord to send
me one ob ole massa’s fat gobblers, an
aldo I prayed and looked for de good
Lo d to send him on, he neber comes.
Den I jes conclude I quit praying an’go
for dat gobbler myself and deu you bet he
comes in.”
So Mr. Norwood has been praying for
many years for the nonvuation and it no
comes, then he goes after it, and then it
comes. ^ J.
Discussion in Bullock County.—
A correspondent of the Savannah News
says; It was agreed that the minority
speakers should open and conclude. Mr.
Garrard was the first speaker and ably
advocated the claims of tlie minority. He
argued the case fairly and was greeted
with hearty applause. After the conclu
sion of his speech, the loud cheers and
the name of Colquitt, which resounded
throughout the courthouse, told plainly
the strength of Georgia’s governor. Mr.
W. H. Cone responded to the call of the
Colquitt men, and made a strong speech
ill favor of Democratic principles and
Democratic government. He was con
tinuously applauded during his speech
and cheers for Colquitt went up from the
vast audience. At the conclusion of his
speech, and when the applause for “ Hur
rah for Colquitt” had subsided, Dr. M.
S. Boyd was called lor and made a ring
ing speech for Hon. A. H. Colquitt aud
genuine Democracy. He was equal to
tbe occasion, and tlie enthusiasm that
prevailed thronehout the house’ showed
its effects aud the determination of the
people to let the will of the majority,
fairly expressed, prevail and adhere to the
organized Democracy of Georgia.
When he had finished, Hon. Rufus E,
Lester, one of Bullock’s favorites, arose
in behalf of Mr. Norwood. He was oft
ten applauded by the vast crowd, and
made one of the best efforts of liis life.
But despite the position of the able men
of the minority, their eloquence and their
purity as Democrats, the “hurrahs for
Colqnitf' told plainly the feeling of tho
people. The county is divided, but at
present it seems that tlie people are wil
ling to trust the ship of state again in the
hands of our nobie Governor, despite the
vituperations hurled at him by the minor
ity.
A Card From Mb. Nelms.—The fol
lowing testimony of the principal keeper
of the penitentiary, Mr. John Nelms, ef
fectually disposes of all that Mr. Norwood
charged against Gov. Colquitt in his Ma
con speech in reference to the improper
treatment of the convicts, at least so far
as relates to the administration of our
present executive. It will be read with
interest: •
Atlanta, Sept. T.—Editors Constitu
tion: My attention having beer, called to
the Alston report on the penitentiary,
by Major R. J. Moses, about which Mr.
Norwood aud his friends have had so
much to say, and finding t^at this por-
of the report has been left out that does
Governor Colquitt’s administration justice,
I feel it my duty to give it to the public.
It can be found on page 3S8, part first, of
the House journal forlS7S and 1879.
On the first day of April, 1879, the new
lease went into effect, and this report
was made December tlie 10th, 1878.
“It will be the duty of the Governor to
turn them (the convicts) over to the three
penitentiary companies. This will enable
the Jaw which requires a physician and
chaplain to he appointed fur their medical
attention and moral improvement to he
enforced. At present there is neither
physician nor chaplain, as the camps are
so numerous and so widely separated that
it would require one month of steady
traveling for the principal keeper to spend
two hours in each camp;-therefore the
Governor has not found it practicable to
appoint either physician or chaplain.
Neitlrerbas the principal keeper been able
to comply with section 8 of the law which
requires that he should make a monthly
inspection.” The committee recommend
ed tho discontinuance of tlie camp on
Champney Island, at the end of the lease,
which was done, and the convicts distrib
uted as the law directed. Physicians and
chaplains have been appointed at every
camp. Prior to the new lease the law re
quired the lessees to furnish medical atten
tion, which was strictly enforced.
I, as principal keeper, found on my first
visit to the various camps twenty-two (22)
of the twenty-five (25) illegitimate chil
dren, leaving only three of the twenty-
live horn since Governor Colquitt was in
augurated, the mother of one of these be
ing in a stale ot pregnancy when convict
ed and sent to tho penitentiary. It is
proper to state in this connection that'
every camp has a separate building, in
which tho women are locked overy night.
I call Mr. Norwood’s attention to my re
port made October 20, 187S, aud the re
commendations therein made.
John MY. Nelms.
No One Claims It.—Savannah News;
The ‘convict ca • • ’sm’ is issued nnnny-
uously and circulated secretiv. No one
claims or dare3 to own its paternity.
None of the Norwood organs print or in
dorse it. It is too permc’ous in design,
too foul aud slanderous, for the columns
of the vilest sheet in Georgia. If it could
be placed in the bands of every voter,
every honest and intelligent colored man
m Geo. gia, it would effectually defeat
the object of its authors, and add thous
ands of votes to Gov. Colquitt’s majority
in October.
Discussion at Dupont.—During a
recess yesterday of Clinch Superior Court,
the Hon. Pratt Adams, of Savannah, ad
dressed the largest meeting ever assem
bled in tho.county in favor of Hon. T. M.
Norwood for Governor. The time was
ditlded with Hon. Spencer R. Atkinson,
of Brunswick, who defended Governor
Colquitt in a masterly effort, clearly van
quishing Mr. Adams in a Water
loo defeat. The immense audience
.com the first was with Mr. Atkinson, at
times rising to their feet with cheer upon
cheer for the hero of Olustee. The oppo
sition was surprised from the first at the
tameness with which Mr. Adams’ speech
was received, though his effort was a fiue
one and worthy of a better cause. The
enthusiasm was so great for Governor
Colquitt that the'opposition concede three
to one for Colquitt. Mr. Atkinson’s eflort
was stamped being one of the finest
stump orators in Georgia. Put Clinch
county down overwhelmingly for Alfred
H. Colquitt. Olustee.
Good News from the Seventh.—
Dalton Citizen: News from every part
of north Georgia is cheering for. Colquitt.
He will carry the seventh Congressional
district at from five to eight thousand.
Mark the prediction! Ex-Governor
Smith’s speechifying tour in the moun
tains has made Colquitt votes, in our
opinion—it at least has not benefited Mi
nority Norwood.
A Slander Refuted.—Constitution:
Dahloneoa, September 7.—In this sec
tion of tho State the enemies of Governor
Colquitt are spreading the report that
he is to blame for tbe non-insurance of
our college, and right in tbe very teeth of
truth and facts have the brazen eflrontery
to assert that he (Colquitt) used the
money appropriated by the Legislature
for the insurance of tho college on the ex
ecutive mansion. The whole thing is
false from the premises to the conclusion,
and those who originated it ought to
have known it was a slander when they
started it. For proof of this look on page
8 of acts of 1877, and you will see an ap
propriation made for the Governor’s man
sion. In the same book, on page 368, you
will see a resolution only appointing a com
mittee ol two from the senate and three
from the house “to take into considera
tion the propriety of having the public
buildings insured • against fire, etc.,
and report the result to the geueral as
sembly.” It appears, from these records
that the legislative will of the people did
not intend to add any further duties to
tlie executive, but appoint a committee of
their own body to perform that duty, and
that they, (not Colquitt) failed in their
duty. Sliallow-pated slanderers make
a lilliputian effort to cast the blame on
Governor Colquitt. Shame upon such
cowards! This is not the first time that
Colquitt performed his duty, and others
tried to claim the credit. I distinctly re
member his fightiug about 15,000 with
only between 4,000 and 5,000 brave
Georgians and Floridians, when his su
perior officer in command was scared.
His gallantry on that field of duty, Ocean
Fond, saved Florida, and whilst Colquitt
was listening to the music of bullets,
most of bis slanderers were sheltering
behind bomb-proofs. As one having
never seen the moment when I blushed
for having worn the gray, I dislike to see
a man who did his duty thrown down by
falsehood and slander, when his very
record proves his purity.
Mountaineer.
Gen. Lawton Wrong.— Chronicle
and Constitutionalist: General Lawton
insists that Governor Colquitt broke his
pledged word because he is a candidate
after declaring that he would not accept
the nomination unless tendered him by
two-thirds of the convention. Gen. Law-
ton then goes on to say that “a recom
mendation of a majority of the convention
did not nominate.” By the General’s
own reasoning, then, Gov. Colquitt did
not receive, and consequently did not ac
cept a nomination; hence, cannot have
broken his pledged word.
Columbus Times: Judge Warner was
the lowest man in the balloting at the State
convention—even the real Democracy
couldn’t concentrate on him. Now that
he has written a letter against Colquitt he
is “that grand old man.”
How the Matter Stands Chron
icle and Constitutionalist: Governor Col
quitt prescribed the two-thirds rule for
the government of the late convention,
and announced through his mouthpiece
that ho would not be a canuidate for Gov
ernor unless nominated by two-thirds of
the delegates.—McDuffie Journal. Gen.
Young was not Governor Colquitt’s
mouthpiece, and the latter did not say
that “he would not be a candidate unless
nominated by a two-thirds vote.” He said
that he did not want the nomination with
out a two-thirds vote. Governor Colquitt
prefers the recommendation of true Dem
ocrats to the lukewarm support of bolters
and disorganizes.
WhoareBolteijs.—Columbus Times:
They say Colquitt and his firiends are
bolters. We are not disposed to be cap
tious, but who and what did they bolt
from? A bolter is a fragment that flies
off f rom a larger body; such a fragment
for instanco, as 770,000 is to 9. By the
by, suppose Hardeman or some other
good Democrat had come down. What
would the result have been? We pause
for a reply.
How is This—Chronicle and Con
stitutionalist: If the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad is-figbting this canvass for
Gov. Colquitt, how happens it that some
prominent railroad officials in Augusta—
allies of Messrs. Victor Newcomb and
E. P. Alexander—are Nortvood men?
A Truth.—Columbus Times: In a
late speech Mr. Norwood truthfully said
that governments are established to pro
tect minorities—majorities need no pro
tection.
That is a plain Democratic truth, and
if Mr. Norwood had said that “majorities
establish governments for the protection
of the minorities” he would have stated
the trutn in a fuller form. He might
have said that, but could he with truth
hare said that the minorities establish
governments for the protection of majori
ties ? And is that not just exactly what
he and his associate delegates in the late
convention are trying to? They want to
protect or to govern the majority.
Why Not a White Convict.—Co
lumbus Times: That convict catechism is
not*a3 extravagantly - extolled by the fol
lowers of Judge Warner’s friend- “Tom”
Norwood in this neighborhood as some
other “appliances” of the faithful. It was
asked In the Republican- convention the
other day by some delegate whose eyes
did not catch all the dust that was railed
about him, “Why the author did not put a
ichite man in chains, instead of a black
one, on the catechism ?” No answer was
given, but tbe question gave rise to an
amount of applause that showed the
“point was well taken.”
A Failure.—-Chronicle qhd Constitu
tionalist : The joint discussion between
the two candidates closed yesterday at
Columbus. Tbe charges substantiated by
Mr. Norwood against his opponent practi
cally amount to zero.
How Baldwin Stands.—Milledge-
villo (Recorder: The business men of
MiHedgeviiie are about equally divided
betjveeu Colquitt and Norwood. Taking
tbe whole vote of the city, we think Col
quitt has the majority. The country vote
is largely in favor of Colquitt. We put
Colquitt’s majority of the white vote at
200. The colored voters are almost unan
imous for Colquitt so he will probably re
ceive a majority iu tbe county of 700 or
800 votes.
We learn that Dr. J. E. Carter, of
Stewart county, Was nominated for the
State Senate on Tuesday last. At the
same time T. D. Hightower and Dr. 2.
S. Coffin were nominated for the Legisla
ture.
Ben Hill’s Flings REntED.—Co
lumbus Times: Tbe old quids ejected by
Ben Hill two years ago,and which he threw
aside after they had served bis purpose in
the Murphy matter, have been gathered
up and warmed over by some of the Nor
wood paper?, and are b-.hu- served out
again as sweet fresh morsels for their
readers.
Governor Colquitt at Talbotton.
—The correspondent of the Times, at Tal
botton, writes that in the late joint dis
cussion atjhat point the Governor fairly
used np the minority candidate. We quote
as follows:
Governor Colquitt, who was very grace
fully introduced to the audience by Col.
J. B. Gorman, proceeded in a masterly
ar J conclusive manner to discuss and
ontrovert the position of Mr. Norwood.
The entire subject matter of his speech
was_ enthusiastically received by tbe large
audience. _ He completely vindicated him
self and his administration from the weak
and flimsy assaults of Mr. Norwood,
proving by evidence taken from the re-
cords that Mr* Norwood’s charges are nn-
founded in real facts, and are distortions
of the public acts of his administration.
The day proved a Waterloo defeat for
Norwood and his followers. The meet
ing was composed largely of the friends of
Governor Colquitt, while many of the op
position confessed themselves as con
vinced that Colquitt is right. The Gov
ernor made many warm friends among
our people. His old comrades in arms
rally to a man to his support. They do
not forget that Colquitt was every inch a
man in the time that tried men’s souls,
and that in civil life he has proven true to
every trust imposed in him. The people
realize these facts and will act upon them
at the proper time.
Judge Warner Forgets the Law
Constitution: The speech of Judge War
ner to his home people last Tuesday ap
pears to have been a combination of par
tisan malice and intentional mystification
of the law. Among other things, he re
peated what he had already said in his
letter, that the Governor cannot make a
contract to give a lawyer a lien on the
State’s money. The code of Georgia—
section 10S9—sets forth that such a lien
does not depend on contract, bnt upon the
relation of client and attorney. If this
relation is established, tbe lawyer shall
have a lien for his services. It is to be
borne in mind however, that Judge War
ner does not speak as a judge, nor even as
a lawyer, but as a blindly bitter partisan.
The Colquitt majority in in Meriwether is
solid?
Independent Candidates.—An ex
change says: Independent candidates for
Congress have appeared in the second,
fifth, seventh, and ninth districts. Two
years ago there were also four Independ
ent contestants. There are hut two Re
publicans in tbe race—those in tbe first
and seventh districts.
The first district, where McDonald is
running Independent, should be added to
the list the present year.
How Norwoodism Works. — The
Quitman correspondent of the Outlrbert
Appeal says there are three candidates in
the field—two Norwood and one Colquitt.
We understand that the Norwood men
will hold a meeting next Saturday to
consult which is the proper course to
pursue. They have two candidates in tbe
Arid, aud unless they unite on one man
there will be no need in entering the race.
It is also currently reported that the col
ored citizens will put out a candidate,
and as the Democrats are divided and
already have their standard bearers in the
field, we have no doubt but that tire col
ored people will lead one into the field
too.
The Joint Discussion at Columhus.
Our sister city Columbus has redeemed
her reputation for courtesy and good or
der,.by the respectful reception accorded
Governor Colquitt, during the joint dis
cussion between Mr. Norwood and him
self, on Thursday last. The Times says
Colquitt’s triumph was complete, and the
minority candidate sustained a Waterloo
defeat. Norwood was answered and
beaten at every point. We give the con
cluding paragraphs of the Governor’s
speech: -
After referring to the salary grab, the
fraudulent bonds and the Presidential
salary, he said : “Some cry Norwood and
reform! Norwood and reform! but the
people are inditing inscriptions for trans
parencies: Norwood and the salary grab!
Norwood and the repudiated bonds! Nor
wood and $50,000 Presidential salary!
Norwood and tbe disruption of tbe Dem
ocratic party! Norwood and defeat?’
He said he learned that there was a polit
ical undertaker setting up the coffin bus
iness in Columbus. “He was making a
coffin for me. Let him complete the job;
tbe coffin will be needed. Let the grave
be dug, and when it is ready I will turn*
toMnNorwood and repeat the solemn
line of the good old hymn:
“Ye living man come view the ground
Where you must shortly lie.”
“Who will be the pallbearers? The
committee of nine? They will be followed
by a long procession of disappointed ap
plicants foroffice. They will not bear
flowers, bright flowers for tbe new made
grave, but they will bring passions and
prejudices and scandals to be laid on the
coffin aud to be buried from sight with
the political corpse. Then will ring oui
from the Democratic hosts, the song of
the angels, ‘Peace on earth and good will
to man.’
The Times says: Senator Norwood
squirmed under the severe excoriations of
the Goverrfor, and several times interrupt
ed him. The audience was a little turbu
lent during the latter part of the Govern
or’s speech, which closed amid the wild
est enthusiasm. His speech had a telling
effect, and completely whipped the leader
of the forlorn hope. Many converts were
made, and leading Norwoodites acknowl
edge the complete rout of their man, in
whom the masses were very much disap
pointed. The speeches of both gentlemen
were listened to with marked attention,
and the air was not disturbed by a hiss
during the evening, though frequent calls
were “made for information concerning
Joe Brown.
The belief is now general that Colquitt
will carry Muscogee by a fair majority.
Among the many Heidelberg traditions
of duelling is the folFbwing:. Two stu
dents fought, and each sliced off the
other’s nose. The noses fell to the
ground, and, being picked up by the sec
onds, were plastered again on the faces of
the duellists. The operation succeeded,
but in the hurry the noses had been cliang-’-
cd. The aquiline man henceforward had
a snub, and tee snub man had an aquiline.
George Mitchell, an Ohio wife mur
derer, declared that his condemnation
to death was just, and that he would not
have it charged if he could. He spent
the night before the day appointed for the
hanging in loud rejoicings that he was
about to go to heaven, but when a reprieve
came, be shouted: “Blessed be God;
didn’t I always tell you that tbe Lord was
on tbe side of a Christian man!”
—The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, who
lias set her heart on marrying Mr. Ash-
mead Bartlett, is ill inconsequence of her
friends’ remonstrances. The alien clause
in the Duchess of St. Alban’s will cannot,
it is said, apply in tbe case of Mr. Bart
lett, who, liis lriifnds urge, is in Effect an
Englishman. There is a prospect of a’
run on Coults’ bank, in consequence of
the expected withdrawal of the Baroness
from that concern.
The Trade of Mobile.
t The annual trade review of tbe Mobile
Ala., Register shows an encouraging con
dition of the trade and commerce of that
city. The cotton handled was about 25,-
000 bales more than last year, the total re
ceipts amounting to 302,134 hales. The
total sales of real estate were valued a'
$707,903.
The firsts steamship of the Mobile and
Liverpool line made three trips during the
year. A new river steamboat with a ca
pacity of 1,000 bales of cotton has heeu
builft More than $00,000 has been paid
out in wage? to the shipbuilders during
the year.
Two cotton mills with 2,400 spindles
and a capacity of 1,400 bales a year hare
paid 10 per cent, on the capital invested.
total imports of coffee amounted to 2,-
Sou,752 pounds. The total estimated value
of the vegetable crop was $174,433. The
receipts of wool were 225,786 pounds,
valued at S6S,295.S0.
A wool mill with a capital of $50,009
has been built. It is estimated that the
mill will consume from 100,000 to 150,00
pounds of wool annually. The imports
of salt amounted to 42,500 sacks. The
total shipments of lumber, foreign and
coastwise, amounted to 10,572,228 feet.
The shipments to foreign ports were val
ued at $149,306. The“timber shipments
to foreign ports amounted to 745,270cubic
feet, valued at $90,2S5. The foreign ship
ments of shingles amounted to 4,689,200,
valued at $18,394, and the shipments
coastwise to 200,000, valued at $121,460.
Staves valued at $13,351.12 were shipped
to foreign ports.
There was a marked increase in the
coal trade. The total receipts of rosin
were 158,4S2 barrels, and of turpentine
25,109 barrels, valued at $739,841. The
foreign shipments ware 18,705 barrels,
valued at $45,960.
Storms of Flies and Bugs.
According to a telegram from Halifax,
Nova Scotia, a “storm of flies” passed
over Guysboro, near that place, coming
from the east and in such numbers as to
form a vast cloud. That cloud was traced
westward and crossed the Hudson river on
Saturday last between New Hamburgh
and Newburgh. The storm was encoun
tered by the steamer Martin. There were
millions npon millions of the flies, and
they hurried northward as thick as snow
flakes driven by a strong wind. They
ledged upon the clothing of the passen
gers on tire steamer, and were minutely
examined. They were long and black
and had light wings, and the cloud must
have been miles in length. The Hudson
river steamer Mary Powell ran into the
fly storm off narerstraw, and First Mate
Bishop S3ys that in all his steamboating
experience lie never saw sucb a sight.
A similar phenomenon, says the Phila
delphia Times, was witnessed recently
near Havre, France. During a fine after
noon at that place an immense crowd of
long black flies descended upon the pilots
and sailors at that port, driving everybody
before them in panic. Those who could
not take refuge in the cabins of their ships
were forced to flee ashore, and so terrible
was the onrush of the dreaded insects that
their flight is described as being like that
of “a great drift of black snow.” At
length the storm passed by, and it was
then found that the sails of the ships were
simply hidden under the masses of flies
winch had crowded upon them. Far out
at sea pilots were covered with straggler
from the mass, which, it was remarked,
fell dead the moment they were touched.
In Christian county, Kentucky, on the
6th inst., a shower of bugs fell in myii-
iads. The bugs, according to a corres
pondent of the Courier-Journal, were of
a dark brown color, with a dullish yellow
edge to their wing, oval-shaped, about
one aud a quarter inches in length by
about a half an inch in breadth, but not
very thick through, having the appear
ance somewhat of a turtle, with a pair of
long hind legs, so fixed with feather-like
appendages to them as to enable them to
swim rapidly, and they are very lively,
diving under the water when touched.
From a close, thorough and professional
examination, they prove to be of the class
insecta; order, coleoptera or sheath-wing
family; water beetle, genus dytiseus; spe
cies, raesclius; and are commonly
known by the name of water bee
tle, taking their name from the fam
ily to which they belong. They are placed
in the order coleoptera or sheath-wing be
cause their wings are sheathed in a very
hard, oval shaped shield, giving them the
appearance of having two sets of wings,
although they really have hut one; and
the species] to which they belong was firs,
discovered ’ by Raesclius, and from their
discoverer take their name. Those which
fell here are in tlie larvre state, and when
in this state are very voracious, devouring
myriads of small minnows, flies, water
spiders, etc., while the chrysalis or infan
tile slate is spent in banks and muddy
margins of bodies of stagnant water, suen
as pools, ponds, etc., and in the imago
state, or perfect state, show all the gener
al draracter of coleopterous insects.
Many of them were saved, and some are
now being kept alive, feeding readily on
flies.
Col. Baker Accepts.
Barncsville Gazette.
Forsyth, Ga.; Sept. 1,1SS0.
Colonel John H. Baker: Dear Sir—Ic
becon es our pleasant duty to inform you
tliat you were unanimously nominated as
the Democratic candidate for Senator of
the twenty-second district by the conven
tion here to-day, and to ask yotlr accept
ance. Very truly,
J. L. Hardeman,
J. A. McManus,
J. H. Sutton,
J. G. Blood worth,
Committee.
Zebuxon, Ga., Sept. 4th, 1SS0.
Messrs. J. L. Hardeman, J. A. Mc
Manus, J. H. Sutton, J. G. Bloodworth,
Commit tee—Gentlemen: Yours of the
1st inst.. informing me of my unanimous
nomination as the Democratic candidate
tor Senator of the 22nd senatorial district
by the convention in Forsyth, and asking
my acceptance, is at hand. The action of
the convention in nominating one so lium-
bleas I was, wholly unexpected as the
place was unsolicited by myself, but as a
Democrat, I feel it my duty to accept the
nomination so flatteringly tendered, and
am thankfully sensible of tbe trust im
posed. Very truly yours,
Jno. H. Baker.
Gen. Longstreet, who is in Wash
ington, fitting out for hi3 mission to Con
stantinople, reports as follows about the
colored vote In Georgia: “If they decided
to put no candidate for governor in the
field the colored' vote would be divided
between Colquitt or Norwood, but he
thought Norwood would get the larger
share. Both the wings of the Democratic
party are assiduously cultivating the col
ored" vote. The material condition of
Georgia was prosperous. Gen. Lone-
street is looking in fine health, and h s
massive frame seems capable of as much
endurance as ever. Like most all brave
soldiers, lie is modest In demeanor aad
conversation.”
Shetland women are noted for their
ability in managing a boat, and Admiral
Thomas, who was in Lerwick recently,
offered to act as coxswain in (o three strap
ping Shetland damsels in a contest be
tween them and a crew of men from the
revenue cutter Eagle. The match was
keenly contested, but was easily won by
the Shetland women, who used two oars
each, and pulled gracefully.
Jack Everman, a bank burglar, left
$5,000 at his death, in Philadelphia. H»
made ho will, and his natural heirs refuse
to touch the money, because it is the pro
ceeds of robberies. The legal question
arises whether, there being heirs, the State
can take the property.
A pilgrimage is to be made thi f
month from England to Lourdes to beg
the intercession of the Virgin for the res
toration of England to the Homan Catho
lic faith. It will be headed by Cardinal
Manning, and the Duke of Norfolk will
carry the standard of St. George.
General Hancock Satisfied.—A
special dispatch to the Philadelphia Times,
dated New York, -September 6, says:
“Among the callers upon General Hancock
to-day was Senator Wallace, who told the
candidate that things looked very encour
aging in Pennsylvania. With Indiana
safe in October, he said, the Democrats
will surely sweep.the Keystone State.
Senator Kemau accompanied Senator
Wallace. He will make campaign speeches
in several States this fall. General Han
cock expressed himself more freely than
usual to-day with reference to the cam
paign. He talks very' little on political
topics to his visitors, but to-day lie ex
pressed satisfaction with the condition of
the canvass, particularly commending the
practice of holding joint discussions be
tween political orators of both parties. He
was in excellent health and spirits.”
—Mias Flora Sharon, daughter of Sen
ator Sharon, is betrothed to Sir The unt*
Hesketb, a wealthy Englishman, who, iu
the course of a tour around the world in
hU steam yacht, has been making a stop
at San Francisco.