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GEOBGIA PRESS.
Dossier (La.) Banner: Georgians
ought to realize that General Gordon is
not their exclusive property, but that his
reputation is dear to all those now surviv
ing who once “wore the grey.” People
that do not live in Georgia will not readi
ly listen to oi credit any charges against
him, and those who assail him will likely
be condemned by the country at large.
To put the point sharply, Georgia ought
to honor her most eminent and, so far as
the world judges, her most deserving citi
zen ; for, if General Gordon cannot be
trusted, people might come to the conclu
sion that there was very little ia the State
worthy of regard by honest men.
Caktebsville Express: Mr. Norwood
heads the “gallant minority” of the Dem-
craiic party, and Mr. Norcross is the
leader of the “unconquerable minority” of
the Republican party. If they decide to
unite in order to make each other respect
able, we suggest that they be known as the
Norwood-N orcross-Crosswood-Woodcross
gallant unconquerable minorities.
Atiiexs Banner'. Rev. J.W. Burke, one
of the best known men in Georgia, learned
his trade in the Banner office, under Mr.
Albion Chase. Mr. Chase was more
considerate than employers are at the
present day. lie taught his apprentices
some of the branches of English educa
tion at night.
And it might be said that the editor of
the Banner learned his trade with Rev. J.
' W. Burke.
• Warrenton Clipper: A colored man
was brought into our city with one side
all bleeding and sickening to look upon.
The wound was made by an axe in the
bands of another colored man. who, it ap
pears, acted in self-defense, as the wound
ed belligerent was rushing upon ids an
tagonist with loaded pistol in hand. Af
ter having his head split open, the unfor
tunate man was arrested muter charge of
assault with intent to kill, and is now
putting up at Sheriff Sliurtey's commodi
ous stone building.
At the Odd Fellows banquet, in Sa
vannah tlic other night, in honor of Grand
Master Askew, several speeches
made, and a good time generally pre
vailed. Among others Mr. A. H. .Mac
donell, a son bf our worthy fellow-citizen.
Rev. G. N. Macdonell. The Aetna says
“the grand master called on Brother A.
U. Macdonell, who responded in an elo
quent mauner in a speech which elicited
much applause. He remarked eloquent
ly npon the duties and obligations im
posed by membership in the noble order,
and urged earnest effort upon the part of
the members to second the efforts of the
grand master to extend its beneficent
sway, and increase its beautiful workings
throughout the land.”
Augusta Chronicle: We saw yester
day, at the store of Mr. E. R. Schneider,
a curiosity in the shape of a flake of rock
on which is a landscape plainly traced on
both sides by the hand of nature. The
objects in tbe picture are trees, a lake and
clouds overhead, all distinctly outlined in
the stone. Tbe reflection of the leaves of
tbe trees can be seen in tbe lake. One
side of the flake has been varnished, thus
bringing out tbe picture very prominently.
This singular piece of rock was blasted in
the quarry at the Sibley mills.
Louisville Courier: As the Central
train passed Bartow Monday morning a
large number of young ladies of the place
were at the depot and presented the Gov
ernor with a handsome bouquet. The
floral tribute was presented for them by
the Hon. M. A. Evans, with a few appro
priate remarks, and accepted by Gov. Col
quitt, who responded in person, express
ing his thanks for their kind remem
brance.
Sumter Republican: We regret to
learn of tbe death of Mr. Isaac Dennard,
at his residence in Webster county on
Monday last. The deceased was about
seventy-five years old. He was an inoffen
sive gentleman, honest, upright, truthful,
and highly esteemed by all who knew
him.
Irwixtox Appeal: We learn that on
Monday morning last the gin house of
Mr. T. M. Freeman was destroyed by fire.
The gin was in operation at the time and
the fire originated from a hot box. If we
understood our informant correctly, the
oil in one of the boxes had become ex
hausted, and when it was opened and
more poured in, it ignited and the fire
communicating instantly with the cottcn,
the gin house and its contents were total-
ly destroyed. About five bales of cotton
aud some loose cotton were bnrned.
Sparta Ishmaelile: We regret to leant
that Col. T. M. Turner had a paralytic
stroke last week, involving Ins whole
right side, and that he is still confined to
his room. It is to be hoped that he iSill
speedily and entirely recover. The Colo
nel is one of the landmarks of our county
and section, and could be ill-spared from
the busy walks of life.
Albaxy News and Advertiser: Misses
Elise and Emma Davis, two popular and
accomplished belles in Albany society,
left this morning for Macon. Mas Emma
goes to complete her collegiate course at
Wesleyan, where tbe fonner graduated
with distinction last spring.
Savannah News: Governor Colquitt
yesterday received a dispatch from Darien
Inviting him to address the “Colquitt
Club” of that city during his visit to this
. section of the State, but was reluctantly
compelled to decline, owing to his pres
ence being imperatively required in At
lanta on Friday.
Savaxxah Recorder: Savannah has
made rapid strides towards becomiiur not
only the great cotton market, but tbe
met ropolis of the South. Her increasing
trade in all branches, as well as her in
creased receipts and exports in cotton, na
val stores, rice, etc., And all tho improve
ments which have been and are still go
ing on all over the city, show conclusively
her increased prosperity and commercial
growth. ;
Rome Tribune: 3fr. R. M. Lockhart
says be is not married, but he would like
very much to be, and if some fair one will
take advantage of the remaining part of
leap year, lie will make the second party
to the contract, and can furnish “forty
acres and a mule” in the bargain. Now
let some brave girl come forward, as the
year Is fast coming to a close.
Sumter Republican: On Saturday
last, a gentleman who wa3 leaving town,
for home, in the afternoon in a buggy,
collided with a negro man that bad been
studying the spiritual mysteries of stagger
juice, and knocking him down, ran over
the colored bacchanal. Cuffee’s bead
was too bard to biirt bat ht3 sliiru cSme
in for a pretty good skinning. The buggy,
we are informed, suffered more than the
darky.
Augusta Chronicle: Whether Prof.
Vennor predicted the cold snap or not it
Is certainly none the less appreciated,
coming after such very hot weather as
immediately preceded it. Folks, however,
who congratulate themselves that all the
heat is over, will probably find tliat they
were mistaken before the end of the
month.
Savaxxah News: Some daring bur
glar effected an entrance into tbe drug
store of Mr. W. W. Lincoln, comer South
Broad and Whittaker streets, on Monday
night, but only succeeded in getting a few
cigars.
Butler Herald: Solomon Terrill, col
ored, has the present year been running a
two-liorse farm 0:1 the plantation of Dr.
J. D. Mitchell, in this county, from which
lie has already picked twenty-five bales of
cotton, and, if no disaster befalls liis crop,
will get fifteen or twenty bales more. In
addition to this be lias made seventy-five
bushels of corn and a large crop of pease
and potatoes. Who can beat it ?
Mb. K. D. Locke, a Republican, speak-
: ”.g iu Columbus to a mixed crowd, mostly
colored, said:
Mr. Norwood was in the Senate six
. -..vs, and never during that time uttered
-ingle libeial sentiment. I told you in
t;,o outset I was in favor of free speech,
. „! he with his great Intellect is pouring
o it the bitterest invective against Repub
licans, and especially white Republicans
^f the South.
Governor Colquitt went into tbe execu- ■ the size of damson plums, but perfect in
tive chair, independent of my vote, with a form and flavor.
majority of 80,000. He went to tbe colored J Savaxxah News: The petition of K.
m an giving good advice. If lie had^ waited g. Nickerson aud others, for permission to
till lie had need of your vote it might have
been said he did it for your vote, but he
did not wait. He only did it to cultivate
friendly relations between the races, and
be did it with 80,000 majority of Demo
crats at his back.
Now, fellow citizens, you must realize
tbe importance of this election. There
seems to be a more liberal spirit among
the Colquitt men. It seems to me there
is being a kindly hand extended to you,
and it you do not reach out and take it
you will not do yonr duty to yourselves.
Pay your taxes and prepare yourselves to
vote on tbe Cth of October.
McDuffie Journal: Susie Marshall,
colored, attempted to kindle a fire on
last Tuesday by the aid of kerosene, and
was pouring it out of the can on the fire,
when it exploded and set her clothes on
fire. There was no one in the house at
the time but herself. The neighbors hear
ing the explosion and her loud cries for
help, ran to her assistance, but by the
time they got to her, her clothes had
burned off of her, burning the body all
over except the face. She died on Tues
day night. Dr. Durham, her attending
physician, states that she might have
lived had she not swallowed the flame.
Athens Banner: Sunday morning a
distressing casuality occurred on the
Georgia road, about three miles below
Winterville. The hat of a negro man on
the train, whose name we could not learn,
blew from his bead. Under the influence
of liquor, and not aware of the folly of
his act, he instantly jumped from the car
alter the hat. The train was going at
about twenty-five miles an honr, and the
poor fellow landed on his head with such
violence that his skull was broken. _ He
is not dead yet, but lies in an unconscious
condition, aud there is little or no hope of
his recovery.
Brunswick Appeal: Miss Rosa Lee
Franklin, one of Brunswick’s most beau
tiful and brilliant misses, left on Tuesday
night last for Macon, where she will enter
the Wesleyan Female College. Quite a
number of her young friends were at the
depot to bid her farewell, some with tear-
dimmed eyes. May her college days be
fraught with happiness and her every as
piration be realized.
Miss Maggie O’Connor left on Tuesday
evening for Mount DeSales Academy, Ma
con, to finish her education. She is a
brilliant young girl, and with proper
trai • ing aud thorough schooling will take
rank with the most intellectual women of
her time.
Hawkixsville Dispatch: Of all the
frauds, miserable failures as laws, grand
humbugs, pernicious measures, high
handed outrages, un-called-for legislation
ever enacted, the law creatingtlie Georgia
Railway commission is the grandest hum
bug or failure ever foisted upon the peo
ple of Georgia. As Sut Luvengood would
say, it is ahead of all the “uat’ral boro
da’rn phoolishness” ever iieard of. Let
the next General Assembly kill the iniqui
tous measure too dead for resurrection.
Prrby Home Journal: We saw on the
street last Monday an exceedingly prolific
stalk of cotton from the plantation of Dr.
M. W. Havis, near Perry. It is cot a very
large stalk, not more than 2$ feet high,
but contained more than sixty grown
bolls, besides almost an equal number of
squares and blooms. On one stem we
counted eleven grown bolls and several
blooms within tbe space of twelve inches,
and on several stems we noticed two bolls
on one joint.
This cotton is the result of an -expert
ment that Dr. Havis has been trying dur
ing the past five years. He first took seeds
of the genuine Hurlong prolific cotton and
mixed with an equal amount of seeds of
the .old fashion Red Stem. He planted
these mixed seed, and each year since
continued to selSct the best proceeds.
Hence came a most prolific “ Havis ” cot
ton. ,
Barxesvili-e Gazette: Last Friday
night while the down freight train was
switching here some cats one of the
train hands was badly hurt while attempt
ing to couple the cars. He had one hand
mashed so badly that it became necessary
to amputate it. His bead also suffered
considerable bruising.
Buexa Vista Argus: If horses could
speak we are sure they would curse the
livery business. We never saw so many
vehicles on the streets as on Sabbath last.
Never did we see horses driven with less
pity than on that day. From about 11
o’clock in the morning to 5 o’clock in the
evening vehicles of pleasure-seekers
crowded the streets—sometimes in dan
gerous proximity. We heard of some
horses having been injured. One of the
drivers, while approaching a crowd of per
sons, drove against a woman and then ran
over her, overturned one buggy and broke
two. When reproved for his course he
exclaimed, “the G—d d—d niggers ought
to have got out of my way when they saw
me coming.”
Perry Home-Journal: We saw the
other day a lot of caterpillars that had
been picked from a cotton field near Per
ry. A much greater quantity of cotton
was gathered from the field that day.
The season Is too far advanced for worms
to injure cotton much now.
Albany Aeics and Advertiser: Col.
Slaughter lias commenced preparations
for his work on the river. For his big
boat, which will be christened the “Al
bany,” be is now arranging a dock, from
which, after being constructed, she can
be launched. The quarter boat will be
named after Montezuma. The honors
are thus to he divided evenly between that
place and Albany.
The Colonel means business, and is
gentleman who never lets bis business
lag, but is full of energy and go-a-lieada-
tiveness. Our people may expect to see
work done under his management
Atlanta Post-Appeal: While pas
sing through the union passenger depot
we saw in condition for shipping a Laud-
some Jersey bull calf, probably a year or
fourteen months of age. Upon inquiry we
learned that the calf bad been shipped by
Judge John L. Hopkins, of Atlanta, to
Mr. Charles K. Pringle, of Sandersvilie.
Judge Hopkins has one of the finest herds
of Jerseys to be found in tbe South, and
the animal shipped to Col. Pringle is a
fair specimen of the herd.
Columbus Enquirer: A few days since
wo made a notice of the fact that Lieut.
Joines, of the police force, had taken the
picture of a negro whom he suspicioned
of being an escaped convict. It was
thought that he escaped from the Alabama
penitentiary, but when Dr. Gamble came
to the city for him he proved not to be the
man. Mr. Howard, of Fort Valley, had
also received his picture and came for
him. This time lie-proved to be the right
man.. His right name is Alex. Austin,
and we were yesterday shown a letter re
ceived by Lieut. Joines from Mr. C. T.
Fox, sheriff of Upson, who slates that he
lias two bench warrants for the negro, one
of them being for an attempt to shoot Mr.
Fox. Tbe negro was turned over to Mr.
Howard, who carried him to his camp.
Hawkixsville Dispatch : The mer
chants and cotton buyers of Hawkins-
vllle held a meeting at the courthouse on
Saturday night last to take some action
relative to the freight tariff on cotton
from this place to Savannah. Order num
ber 10 of the railway commission has ad
vanced Uie rates from 81.SG to $2.55 per
bale, and our merchants do not intend to
submit to the advance as long as there is
water in the Ocmulgee and boats to trans
port tlie cotton to Savannah. Messrs. C.
M. Bozeman, J. B. McDuffie, S. J. Ep
stein, W. S. Holiman and J. S. Willis
were appointed as a committee to secure
boats for the transportation of cotton, and
were authorized to guarantee full loads.
The committee is at work, and it is
thought that one or more boats will come
up at ouce. The river is in a splendid
condition from Abbeville to tbe Altaraaba,
aud boats drawing four feet of water can
pass with perfect safely. Captain Locke,
engineer in charge of tbe government
force at work on the river, is now at Ab
beville aud reports that lie will reach
iiawkiusville in about two weeks.
Augusta Chronicle: Testerday we
beard of a peach tree, near this city, which
has borne two crops this season. The
first product, early in tlie summer, con-
siste I tf flue large fruit, and the second,
build a street railroad to the Central rail
road wharves, was reported upon by the
street and lane committee lastnigbt,rather
favorably, but, on motion, final action
was postponed, in order that more consid
eration could be given the matter.
Brunswick Appeal: Colonel Edwards,
superintendent of the Macon and Bruns
wick railroad, was in the city on Saturday
last looking out for a steamer for the
Cumberland route. The contract with
the Florence expires on October 1st, and
Mr. Edwards came down to renew the
charter-party, or procure another vessel.
He says the route will not be abandoned.
Gainesville Eagle: “Uncle” Phil
Clements fixed him a ballot box and took
tbe vote on Monday of tbe business men
around tbe square and those occupying
offices in the immediate vicinity, with
this result: Colquitt, 58; Norwood, 31;
Bell, 49; Speer, 28. He says there were
some twelve or fifteen who did not vote,
but if they had done so, the proportion
would have been about the same.
Columbus Times: Tbe “howl and
hiss” argument is like the “Convict Cate
chism,” being repudiated and abandoned
by tbe Norwood folks. They find such
“appliances” are found to make votes for
the other man.
Savannah News: In the military
honors so gracefully paid to the Governor
and Commander-in-chief of tho State, by
our colored battalion on Tuesday night,
we recognize a progress in civil and po
litical education that augurs well for the
future of the State of Georgia. Universal
testimony bears witness to the faithful
ness with which the colored people ad
hered to their kindly nature, and to
the Christianity they had been trained in,
resisting every temptation—even the
proffered boon of emancipation—to be
lalse to the trust reposed in them by their
male proprietors gone to the wars. This
patient endurance received reward in due
time, and tho colored people are now
freemen, in full membership of the grandest
government on earth. With surprising ra
pidity they have developed, in fifteen years,
from the low estate of slavery into free,
intelligent, industrious citizens. Their
demonstration of respect to tlieir Govern
or on Tuesday night is an indication that
they are feeling now their own strength,
and will hereafter walk by their own
judgment in the exercise of their civil and
political rights. Arrived at this point of
managing its own affairs, without Radical
or any other external dictation, the col
ored race has taken its true position of
freedom and disarmed timid apprehen
sion of a war of races. Conscious at last
of bis own strength and independence,
the colored man begins to realize that his
civil, political and social influences must,
to be worth anything, be the products of
his own mind and will, and not the dicta
tion of an exterior controlling power.
The American Union Telegraph Com
pany have opened an office in Columbus,
with George W. Roland manager. Rates
to the principal Western cities, sixty cents;
to Eastern cities, seventy-five cents.
Mbs. John Wooball, of Pleasant
Hill, in Talbot county, died on last Fri
day.
There are twenty-five paupers in Ma
rion county. Some of these are over
100 years old. The county gives them
Sll per month
The Hawkinsville boys have received
1,000 feet of new hose for their new fire
engine
Mil Robert G. Lewis, the banker of
Hawkinsville, says he lias made arrange
ments in New York for all the money
needed to move the cotton crop of that
section. He has telegraphed for 85,000
n silver change, to pay cotton.pickers.
Mrs. J. O. MATHEWSox,of Augusta, is
dead.
Greensboro Herald: Buying cotton is
about as risky as - riding an unbroken
young mule without a blind bridle; a fel
low never knows whether he is going over
before or off behind. From the prices
our buyers are paying, we will not be sur
prised if some of them go off at the tail
end. However, it’s an ill wind that blows
no good; tbe producers are beifig bene
fited, and we are glad of it,
Albany News and Advertiser: In Ca
milla, September 15tb, B. M. Briinberry t
of Randolph county, was nominated by
the Republican convention for Congress
on tbe first ballot. His opponents were
F. F. Putney, of Dougherty, and J. C.
Few, colored, of Thomas. He will make
an aggressive race.
The Albany News and Advertiser starts
out with a lively tilt at B. F. Erimberry,
Radical candidate for Congress in the sec
ond district. “Camilla riot” is the watch
word.
The Augusta News says that the Athens
Banner Is conducted in the interests of
Colquitt’s le-election. Whereupon Wa
terman denies tbe charge, but says that
he prefers Colquitt’s election, hut tbe pa
per is not conducted in his interest.
Cochran Las a Norwood club of sev
enty, and a Colquitt club of one hundred
and seventy-five.
Mr. R. L. Bass, one of tbe oldest and
most respected citizens of Columbus, died
on Friday nighty
Mil W. T. Lambert, near Columbus,
got his Land tangled with the saws of a
gin, and in consequence has one finger
less, but a good deal of pain
Rev. J. T. McBrtde, the pastor of the
Presbyterian church in Bainbridge, has
accepted a call elsewhere, and prays to
have his pastoral relations with'tho Bain-
bridge church dissolved.
TnE Walker County Messenger, pub
lished at LaFavette, Ua., is offered for
sale. It is a capital paper, and in a good
oounti;,
Rev. Wm. Hauser, M. D., of Wadley,
Jefferson county, a prominent physician
and musical author, died on last Wednes
day, aged sixty-eight years. He was a
good man, and highly respected.
The engine which propels the press in
the Augusta News office got out of order
the other day, and we have missed two or
three papers. William Moore says it will
all bo right soon. -
Rates on cotton from Fort Gaines to
Savannah, 45 cents; to Columbus $1 per
bale.
Mrs. Savannah Barrett and Miss
Sallie M. Broome, both of Augusta, are
dead. „ ■ . >
Brunswick Advertiser: A party of
three colored men were fishing this week
near Long Island when the boat upset.
Two of the party succeeded in reaching
shore, but the third was drowned. We
have not been able to learn his name.
Albany News and Advertiser: Half
a dozen young meri passed to-day en
route for the State University at Athens.
Three or four young ladies, bound for
the Wesleyan, went up on the same train.
Athens Banner: Major D. N. Speer
and Treasurer Renfroe met for the first
time in a discussion at Lawrcnceville
Tuesday. If the people of Georgia could
know Maj. Speer as we know him, there
would not be a corporal’s guaid to vote
for Renfroe.
Swainsboro Herald: Bill Close, ,a
negio living at Garbutt’s Mill, was ar
rested by tho sheriff, on Wednesday of
last week, for entering the dwelling of
Mr. Marshall Hays, who also lives at the
mill, a few nights before the arrest was
made. The sheriff started to jail with
Bill and night overtook them on the way,
and just as they entered the Canoncbee
! swamp tlie officer was baited by a crowd
of masked men, who demanded the pris
oner. Mr. Canady refused to give him
up, whereupon guns were leveled atr'hlm
and several discharged, no damage result
ing from the shooting, however. . The ne
gro was then taken from tho officer,' and __
we have been unable to hear anything
more or him. The inference of some if
that tl.® negro was killed, while others ^
tiiinV fiiflnroniip ~ ft &n>so uctu 66)1 them wbicu ended in &
Meriwether Vindicator: How did . ™W*” W 0 *
it happen that Judgo Warner was “driv-
JacksoiTand Urawford^who he'sl^fn’ and cau £ ht fire > but neither would let go
do£ed‘to .is fcSfinZwere not dS*- hi . 3 t , h, ?‘ <1 ’ i s, “ d , t . he - v continued the struggle
turbecT? • I with their bodies enveloped in flame, im-
„ ‘ n . til both were disabled by burning. One
Rome Tribune: A most distressing died immediately, and the other lived only
death occurred in the city yesterday. It ] a few hours,
seems that Mr. James A. Thomas a mer- 1 . .
chant of Cincinnati, baa been suffering | Tbe habit of running over boots
brother, Col. W. J. M. Thomas, a cotton
merchant of Rome. He arrived in the ci
ty at 11:30 o’clock yesterday and in an hour
he breathed Ids last. This sad news will
be received with regret by the many
friends of the family in this section of
Georgia.
Brunswick Advertiser: We were
pleased to greet this week our young
friend Dick Hams, one of the popular
conductors of the Macon and Brunswick
railroad, after his month’s vacation. He
has been having a pleasant time up
North, and looks like a new man.
Cuthbert Appeal: Andrew College
opened yesterday with over eighty pupils.
This is a grand victory for Dr. Hamilton
and his able faculty. We are sure the
number will exceed one hundred before
the end of the month. No town in this
or aDy adjoining State can compete with
Cuthbert in educational interests. Let
the good work go on.
Athens Banner: When Norwood first
came out, the Norwood papers announced
with a great flourish: “Ben Hill is going
to take the stump for Norwood.” - But he
didn’t. Then they said: “Ben Hill is go
ing to make a speech for Norwood.” But
still he didn’t. Then they said: “Ben Hill
is writing a letter for Norwood.” The let
ter lias never appeared. Suppose they
compromise now on the statement. that
Ben Hill is going to blow his nose for
Norwood.
Walker county Messenger: A couple
of Norwood orators—one of whom will
oppose Hon. Joseph E. Brown for the
Senate before the next Legislature of
Georgia—left this place recently with a
jug of whisky under the seat of their
buggy. Does any one want any stronger
evidence of tbe moral and political degen
eracy of the times ?
The North Georgia Citizen was shown
a day or so go, at the jeweiry store of El
E. Brown, in that place, a small double
case gold watch, which was recently
ploughed up on the battlefield of Chicka-
mauga. The watch was in an excellent
state of preservation, but little rusted,
and when repaired wilfbc as good a time
keeper',as it evifr was. It originally cost
about one hundred dollars.
“Citizen” Retracts.—Editors Athens
Watchman: In the last issue of your
paper appeared an article written by my
self and signed “Citizen,” which I deeply
regret. The article was written iu the
heat of the political campaign, and is en
tirely unfair and ungenerous to Mr. Haw
kins. Of my own motive and in pursu
ance of what I know to be right, I regret
the piece, and withdraw it so far as I can
do so. Citizen.
Disgraceful. — Greensboro Home
Journal: The sentiment, language and
tone of some of the Georgia speakers and
papers, are personally scurrilous and
abusive beyond anything we have ever
known or witnessed 4n this State in any
political canvass. It is enough-to drive
all respectable men from politics and
public life.
What must people abroad think of
Georgia civilization, as exhibited and
illustrated by Georgia journalism, in
which tbe most opprobrious epithets are
applied to men whom Georgians have
delighted to honor. We beg our contem
poraries and public'speakers to pause and
reflect upon the very sad consequences
which must inevitably follow this lavish
indulgence in personal abuse and detrac
tion, if persisted in during tlie pending
canvass. The lapse of a few weeks only
will terminate the gubernatorial straggle
and the canvass for legislators aud State
house officers. Let the people- abstain
from undue excitement, in the meantime,
and all will be well..
Darien Gazette: At a large and en
thusiastic meeting of the Chatham Dem
ocracy held in Savannah on the 9th, Gen.
A. R. Lawton was unanimously indorsed
for the United States Senate. Maj. W. S
Bassingur, D. C. Bacon and George N
Nicholls, Esqs., were nominated for tho
Legislature; and Hon. Rufus' E. Lester
was endorsed for State Senator. A reso
lution indorsing Hon. Thomas M. Nor
wood for Governor was unanimously
adopted. Old Chatham seems to be in
earnest.
Brunswick Advertiser: According to
the “oldest inhabitants,” we may. expect
an early fall. Birds in whole droves are
daily seen and heard going south. Sever
al species have already entirely disap
peared for the season from St. Simon’s
Island.
Governor Plaisted’s Record.—An
exchange says: Maine ceased to be a Re
publican State on Monday last, and the
exhaustive battle then made to prevent its
positive departure from the Republican
ranks, cannot be renewed at any time in
tlie near future. Blaine’s battle of
Monday wastheNey charge of Water
loo repeated, and when it was repulsed
tlie question of mastery was settled. Tho
defeated party loses its many stragglers,
while tbe new domination, with every
thing in prospect, gathers the hesitatiug
and camp-followers and grows as it ad
vances under a victorious banner.
The revolution in Mains has created an
antagonist for Blaine who is the most ca
pable of all tlie opposition leaders. He is
one of Blaine’s political pupils and equals
his master in pluck and sagacity. Gov
ernor-elect Plaisted is a trained politician
of tbe Blaine school; has a blameless.re
cord as a gallant soldier; has been a Re
publican Congressman, aud he i3 now, by
the irresistible logic of eveuts, tbe anti-
RepUblican leader of tbe State tliat has
just been wrested from a political domi
nation that was impregnable for a quarter
of a century. True, be lias incongruous
elements to crystallize, but not more than
the Republicans had to handle when they
Anally gained the State from the Demo
crats in 1850 by a harmonious and thor
oughly crystallized Republican organiza
tion.
—The London Economist comments on
tho advantages which the American ban
kers enjoy through tbe uniformity of tbe
banking system of the United States, be
ing able to meet to concert joint action,
whereas in England harmonious banking
is an impossibility. “Our law,” the
writer says, “has split up the banking
profession into separate and, in some re
spects, antagonistic sections. We have
in London tbe private and the joint stock
banks, and in tbe provinces tbe same two
classes are further subdivided into issu
ing and lion-issuing banks, while the
Scotch and Irish banks differ it), constitu
tion among themselves and from those of
England. Each part of the United King'
doin Is. under separate laws, a state of
things which, in the best, jnterestf of all,
cannot be too soon brought to a close.”
—Judge Thatcher, who succeeded Mr.
Quincy on the municipal bench of Boston,
was a man of stern and unbending tem
per. One of his prisoners, in addressing
the court previous to sentence, used the
words “also” and “likewise” in a way
which implied a difference of meaning.
“Do you know of any difference between
the words ‘also’ and ‘likewise’?” asked
the Judge. “Yes, Your Honor,” replied
the prisoner. “Judge Quincy was patient,
kind, courteous and gentlemanly.' You
are judge also, but.not likewise.”
—A Tribune special, dated Septem
ber 15, from Galesburg, Illinois, says so
ciety there is greatly agitated ovfer tlm
marriage of one of Galesburg’s most re
fined yotmg ladies to a colored man wbo
was a servant in tlie family. She is high
ly connected, her fatliei* having been an
eminent divine at tlie time of his death,
and well known* in Episcopal circles
throughout the Northwest. The couple
ran away last evening and were married.
To-day they were found several miles
from this city, at *a colored man’s-resi
dence.
. with consumption Ibr several vears, ana shoes corrected with Lyon’s Pa'ent Heel
which Las just ripeued, of peaches about l several days ago be left home to visit his Stiffeners.
Campaign Notes.
The friends of Judge George N. Lester
are urging his name as a candidate for tho
Supreme Court judgeship.
Dr. W. C. Smith, of Coweta county,
has announced himself an independent
Republican candidate for Congress from
the fourth district. He lias issued circu
lars declaring his candidacy and soliciting
the votes of the district.
A correspondent of tho Irwinton Ap
peal says:
From what we can gather among the
people in this section, we believe that the
manner in which the Norwood campaign
is. conducted will make vote3 for Col
quitt.
Col. L. N. Trammell was in Atlanta
yesterday, and says that after a careful
survey of the seventh district, he is con
vinced that Colqnitt will come out of that
district with a handsome majority. Col.
Trammell is one of the shrewdest and
most accurate observers and judges of po
litical matters in the State, and critically
cautions in his statements.
Dade County Gazette: We think we
are competent to write of the political
situation in Georgia to-day. We havo
watched the developments daily from the
incipiency of the campaigu to the present
time. .We have had the advantages of the
best papers in the State; Lave read care
fully both sides, and nothing has escaped
our eyes pertaining to the present cam
paign. And we say conscientiously that
Colquitt is as sure of tlie election as the
rising and seltingof the sun. There i3 no
question about that. It is settled. He
will receive nearly two-thirds of the,votes
cast. Instead of losing ground, lie Is
gaining daily; lie is gaining in Dade and
in every other county in which he has op
position. The people are beginning to
arrive at tho true inwardness of the Nor
wood campaign—thus the reaction.
Oglethorpe Echo: The present gu
bernatorial campaign in Georgia is a clear
ly defined issue oetween curbstone politi
cians and professionals and the horny-
handed sons of toil. Go to any town or
city aud you will find a large majority of
the former class ardent supporters of Mr.
Norwood. From “early morn to dewy
eve” their tongues are wagging the praises
of the committee’s candidate. But take a
jaunt into the country and encounter the
wool-hat boys, then what a change you
find! They have not that gift of gab pos^
sessed by their city friends, but they know
wliat. is right and intend to vote for CoK
quitt. The yeomanrv don’t bavo much to
say, but they are as fixed in their purpose
as tbe rock of Gibraltar. When October
comes they will-rise in their might and
prove to tlie world that the State of Geor
gia is not yet turned over to tbe'“fuss aud
featheis” element. The farmers of Geor
gia hold the balance of power, and tliey
will always exercise it for the right. Re
member this, boys, and don’t let some
tenth-rate Demosthenes convert you
against what your own sense tells you is
right.
Willing to Serve—Constitution:
It is rumored that Judge Hiram Warner
will be a candidate for chief justice at
the approaching session of the Legisla
ture.
TnE Columbus Times says: It is
charged that Gov. Colquitt has married
twice and both times wealthy, and that
he is now a poor man, whereas Mr. Nor
wood started life poor and has made him
self rich. This is all very well, but is
money grabbing and money brooding ob
jects of an honorable ambition ?
Lumpkin and Stewart County Sol
id For Colquitt.—Columbus Times:
We find from the reports that Norwood
has but six votes in Lumpkin,and no hope
whatever in the county. Will there be
enough of the minority left by the Cth of
October to tel! the tale of their defeat?
Norwood at Greensboro.—Consti
tution : Mr. Norwood spoke on Monday,
aud Judge Augustus Reese on Tuesday.
Both were heard attentively and treated
with the utmost respect, but neither took
a vote from Colqutt or added one to Nor
wood. From information from every dis
trict in tlie county, and through sources
considered most reliable, it is thought
that two-thirds, at least, of the whites are
for Colquitt, while the colored people are
practically solid for him. Col. J. C. C.
Black, of Augusta, Democratic elector
for the State at large, made a strong and
eloqueut speech here Wednesday. He
made no allusion to the election for gov
epior.', . B.
How Taylor Stands. — Columbus
Times: 31 r. Benns, editor and proprietor
of the Butler Herald, is in the city, and
chancing to meet him, we put the all ab
sorbing question, “How’s politics iu the
good old county of Taylor?”
3Ir. B.—Somewhat exciting.
Reporter.—How do the people stand as
to the two candidates for governor ?
Mr. B.—For Colquitt, of course.
Reporter.—Will you give the Governor
much of a majority in October?
Mr. B.—I hardly know’ what you call
“much of a majority.” Three-fourths of
the white people and four-fifths of the
colored people will vote for him.
Reporter—Then we will put Taylor
dowu in the unbroken line.
Too Much Bitterness “A jacks,”
the Atlanta correspondent of the Greens
boro Herald writes: I heard a prominent
advotate of Mr. Norwood declare in a
crowd the other day that he had rather
see Norwood elected than Hancock.
There are thousands on either side of
this bitter contest who feel the same way
so far have tlieir passions carried them. I
shall be heartily glad when tbe election
is over and all the miserable business is
done. It lias done our State no good. It
has sown dissension which will be years
in healing. It has caused us to neglect
interests far more important than the
election of either Candidate for Governor,
and it ba3 made us appear to the outside
world 03 a mass of idiots, abusing cacli
other for nothing, and sawing the air in
our impotent rage at imaginary outrages.
DuBose in Franklin.—Constitution:
Ah appointment was made by Gen. Du
Bose to address the citizens of Franklin
county at Carnesville to-day. The ap
pointment was • pretty extensively circu
lated over the county, but the assembly
was not large, and as it was a Norwood
meeting, it would be reasonable to pre
sume that tbe meeting. fully represented
the relative strength of Norwood .in the
county. General DuBose, for cause un
explained, did not fill his appoiutiuent.
nor did he fill his appointment at Hart
well yesterday.
General P. M. B. Young being apprised
of the appointment of Gen. DuBose,
came to Carnesville for the purpose of
joining in tlie discussion ih the interest of
Governor Colquitt. At the solicitation of
Governor Colquitt’s supporters, General
Young addressed the people in an earn
est and eloquent speech of one hour aud
quarter, which carried conviction to the
hearts of ail L who were not steeled against
conviction. His speech was a complete
vindication of Colquitt against all the
charges and calumnies that have been so
lavishly heaped upon him. It would be
hard to say enough in praise of tlie manly
and eloquent defense of Governor Col
quitt made to-day by General Young,
and I regret that my time is so limited
that I cannot give the speech jl more ex
tended notice. It may be safely said that
the audience was three-fourths for Col
quitt. J. S. D.
A correspondent writes to tho Constitu
tion from Forsyth that 3Ionroo county
will give Governor Colquitt a majority of
from one thousand to fifteen hundred
votes. At least, these figures constitute
the correct basis of reckoning from the
piesent outlook; in what manner aud to
what extent they will be affected by the
action of tbe Democratic convention,
which meets here to-morrow in adjourned
session for the propose of nominating
candidates for the Legislature, it is difficult
to say. It is thought by some that tho
convention’s action will materially mix
things, its members having already spent
one day (last Tuesday) in an effort to
nominate and no result having been
reached. But, let come what will, the
friends of Governor Colquitt are deter
mined to do their whole duty when tho
proper time anives. ’ tho other the crops opening rapidly, and
The Cry is “Still They Come. ■— > two days earlier than last year. The
Constitution: Dr. J. G. White, from change is general in northern Georgia.
Dodge count®, states that the vote of. Florida.
speak, and that a prominent banker who
bad not attended the speaking, said to
to him: “General, if you ever come here
to speak ou your own account, we wiT
give you a crowd—but I’ll be hanged if
we arc coming out to hear anybody abuse
Colquitt.”.
An old farmer said yesterday: “The
Lord is on Colquitt’s side. If he makes
a little mistake that might hurt him, the
Norwood men abuse him so unreasonably
that.a reaction is made in his favor.”
Mr. Goodloe H._ Yancy writes from
Athens that Clarke will give Colquitt a
good majority, possibly as much as 500.
Others write in the same spirit from the
classic city.
Straws.—In one Atlanta house that
polls fifty votes, forty-eight are for Col
quitt; another polls sixty, and only seven
ar&Jor Norwood; another, a dry goods
house, out of forty gives Colquitt thirty-
e>ght. And yet there are people who
claim Fulton county for Norwood.
The Constitution says there are not fif
ty Norwood men in Fulton county outside
of Atlanta and the county polls 1,500
votes or more. Yet there are men who
claim Fulton for Norwood!
Ex-Senator Norwood.—The Nor
wood Club of Cochran, has made ar
rangements to have their favorite, ex-
Senator Thomas M. Norwood, address the
people of Cochran and vicinity, on Wed
nesday, September 22nd, at an appropri
ate time and place. He will, no doubt,
be treated during hi3 stay here, with all
the respect due an ex-Senator, a candi
date for Governor and a guest of our
town.
A Sanguine Sovereign.—Americus
Recorder: Yesterday in passing along
the street we overheard the following con
versation between a darky and a white
man:
“Well, Joe, how goes the election? I
see you colored people had a political
meeting the other night.”
“Well, Boss, I think it go very well.”
“But who do you think will be elected
Governor—Norwood or Colquitt?”
“Well sir, I tell you, I’se been lookifi’
’round, an’ I reckon Norwood will git
’bout sLx votes.”
“Six votes! Why, you are a long ways
off the track.”
“No, sir, I ain’t. Norwood may git
mor’n six votes, but I tell you Colquitt is
goin’ to be ’lected by about four hundred
thousand majority.”
The newspapers of the State, on both
sides of the political fence, are extremely
sanguine. Indeed this canvass, judging
from our exchanges, will be productive of
most remarkable results. Heretofore the
people have only been able to elect one
Governor. This time they are just cer
tain to elect two. We read in one paper
that the election of Norwood is already
assured. In another, that the election of
Colquitt is beyond all doubt. We fear
our brethren are too enthusiastic. It be-
§ ins to look to us as if somebody is to be
isappointed on tbe Cth of October; and it
does not yet appear that the present occu
pant will have to vacate the Executive
Mansion for at least two years.
Poor Gordon! How have the mighty
fallen! Once the idol of the State, but
now hissed and condemned by tbe people
wbo once honored him.
That is the way our contemporary, the
Augusta News, speaks oi tbe man who
was the trusted friend and favorite cap
tain of the great and good Robert E. Lee,
and is still probably the most beloved and
popular son of Dixie.
On the Stump.—Cuthbert Appeal:
Hon. Sam Hall, of Macon, will speak in
Cuthbert this morning in the interest of
Governor Colquitt. He is said to be an
eloquent orator, and will probably make
things lively. Give him a patient hear
ing.
The Crops.
Washington, Sept. 10.—The Depart
ment of Agriculture report, made up from
the returns of September 1st, regarding
tbe condition of the wheat crop at harvest,
gives a preliminary estimate of the crop,
but there are a few investigations to be
made before a filial estimate will be is
sued. The September estimate gives a
condition of 90 against 92 in 1879 and 87
in 1878. This estimate relates to quan
tity and quality, aud does not take into
consideration the increase of acreage.
The condition of potatoes ou September
1st, shows a decline within the month of
8 per cent., and compared with the report
of September 1, 1879, there is a loss of 5
per cent. On the Atlantic coast, Maine
reports the lowest average, viz: 78; Penn
sylvania the highest, 95. In the West
and Northwest, Michigan, Wisconsin aud
Minnesota each report over 100, while
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and
Kansas are below an average of 90,
and the latter State is only 09. The
decline is caused by drouth -during
August. The buckwheat average for the
whole country is 4 per cent. less than last
year at same date. Of the New Eugiand
States, Maine and Vermont report a
lower condition than last year, being this
year 85 against 94. New York and Penn
sylvania, the two States that raise two-
tliirds of the whole crop of the country,
report an average ot 93, against 98 last
year. Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio, the
two States that grow the largest portion
of the crop grown west of the Allegha-
nies, report an average of 98 against S9
in 1879.
The Cotton Crop.
New Obleans, September 18.—The
Democrat publishes to-day telegraphic re
ports from fifty-two central points in the
cotton districts" of Alabama, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia,
Tennessee and Texas, giving the condi
tion of the cotton crop up to September 17.
LOUISIANA.
Returns from twelve parishes report un
favorable weather in all but one; six re
port rotting of bolls and decreased yield
in consequence; lour report labor suffi
cient for the cotton likely to opeu and one
reports it deficient; two estimate the yield
at half a bale per acre and one reports
half as much as last year—one no change
since last year. The boll worm had made
Us • appearance iu four—caterpillars in
one. In several places the weather has
improved during the last two or three
days.'
ARKANSAS.
Returns from four districts received
show the crop lias been damaged by rain;
in three, half a crop is estimated; in one,
labor is scarce; iu two, plenty; in one,
the crop is opening well; in one, picking
going ahead well; In one, yield half a bale
to the acre; in one county two-thirds; in one
three-quarters of a crop, and in one, one-
third of a crop.
MISSISSIPPI. . •
Returns from seven points report fine
weather since the last report, and five re
port unfavorable. Some reports complain
of losses from rain, equal to from 20 to
30 per cent. One estimates the yield at 500
pounds to the acre; one at 1,000, and one
at a bale to four acres. Picking progress
ing well in two, and is retarded in two
by rain. Labor is in demand. Two
report forms shedding.
ALABAMA.
Returns received from nine districts.
Three report the condition of the crop nn-
chauged since last report. Five report
unfavorable weather early in the week,
but improved since. One estimates one-
third of a crop, one two-thirds, one ttree-
fourths, and one one-half. Worms have
appeared at three points, in one of which
they have inflicted little or no damage.
One reports labor scarce, four labor suffi
cient, five picking good, four .damaged by
storm. Iu one cotton'is opening well.
. TEXAS.
Returns were received from six dis
tricts. Excessive rains are reported in five
aud fair .weather in one. Disasters by
worms are reported from three counties.
No worms in one. The prospects are not
so good in one, and about the same in
one as last week, and one reports mo
change.
GEORGIA.
Reports from two districts were receiv
ed, in both of which worms have inflicted
serious damage. The loss of half the crop
in one and 10 per cent, in the other is ex
pected. One reports too much rain and
Copeland, inPondtown precinct, of Dodge,
stands Colquitt 70, Norwood 11.
We learn that at LaGrange only 73 peo
ple assembled to hear General Lawton
Returns from two points show no change
in one and more favorable weather in the
other section. The incoming cotton gen
erally shows the effects of the late storm.'
THE L’PRADE MURDER,
Which Was followed by Lynching?
Two of the Murderers.
Living all alone, near Springfield, Ky.,
says the Nashville American, half a mile
from any other habitation, was L. S. La-
Prade, an old bachelor of eccentric habits,
but generally esteemed by his neighbors,
although hi3 recluse ways prevented any
thing like social or even friendly relations.
- ’He seemed determined to bury himself
away from the world, only coming forth
to procure tho necessaries of life. His
house was a single room cabiD, a protec
tion only from tbe weather. A peculiarity
of LaPrade was bis aversion to taking life,
and on this account be made no effort to
raise hogs or poultry. On his farm he
produced, with his own labor, sufficient to
support himself, and, as was developed,
also enough to save by a little and pay
for the property. Days would go by
without a visitor, but such a life pleased
him, and his neighbors grew to avoid the
place.
. Among the negroes in the community
there existed a belief that LaPrade pos
sessed money. A report was current tliat
he and his two brothers had fallen heir to
89,000 a few days before the murder.
This, it is supposed, led to the crime.
Monday piglit, a week ago, a party of nine
negroes went to LaPrade's house. He
had retired and fastened the doors. Going
round to the rear, they knocked, and one
of them, imitating to perfection the voice
of LaPrade’s brother, requested him to
open, "which he did without a thought of
harm. The black demons, for such their
actions proved them, rushed in, bore him
to the floor, and then demanded his
money. He declared ho had nothing
but five dollars. This was true, for he
had the day before sold his tobacco for
S300 or $400, and paid his brother the
balance due on the farm, at the same time
borrowing five dollars, on another note.
But his protestations were of no avail.
Threats did no better. Then followed a
series of diabolical tortures too sickening
almost for description. They first singed
off the hair of his head and
body, but after that he declared he
had spoken the truth. Then they hanged
him until almost unconscious. After
slightly recovering, his money was again
demanded, but still to his tormentors he
appeared obstinate. Repeatedly he was
hauled up, let down and the question pro
pounded to him, hut always with the
same answer. All the while the negroes
almost equaled in language the brutality
of their actions. Baffled and angry, they
proceeded to tortures only equaled by tbe
Indians and tbe horrors of the dark ages.
With the rope he was dragged about tbe
yard. Nameless outrages'"followed each
other — too fearful for print or even
thought. At last, with the fury of fiends,
they perpetrated the last act. His legs
were cut and hacked, and. the tendons
torn from tlieir places from the knee
down and then his skull crushed with an
axe. Such was the crime that carried
two men to Judge Lynch’s court, and will,
in all probability, carry similar retribu
tion to six others.
The body they hastily concealed in
some brush near by, but becoming
alarmed, two of them, the next night, car
ried it to a deep sink-hole directly in
front of his sister’s house and threw it in.
Tuesday, LaPrade’s brother went to the
cabin with some shirts. Finding no one
there and everything quiet, he pushed the
door open and went in. He staid three-
quarters of an hour or more waiting, and
then departed, leaving the shirts. He re
turned the next day, and finding every
thing as he had left it, was convinced that
foul work had been done. The neighbors
were alarmed and several small parties
started on tlie hunt. From Saturday to
Wednesday the country was scoured, and
finally on the last day LaPrade's de
composed remains rewarded the
search. Suspicion fell upon the negroes
now under arrest. Two or three were ar
rested, but iu the absence of proof their
release soon followed. The suspicions of
their guilt were greatly strengthened by
their departure soon after for Kentucky.
In' the meantime others have b-en arrest
ed, among them Bell and Jamison, who
were placed in the Springfield jail. Men
were sent for and returned to Sadlers-
ville with the escaped negroes, placing
them in the insecure lock-up. Three or
four nights ago one of them, Jim Higgins,
an old darkey, was taken out by pe:sons
unknown, and his feet burned, until in
his agony he confessed everything, giving
full details, fastening the guilt on the ne
groes in custody. This settled the ques
tion, aud sealed the fate of at least Bell
and Jamison.
United States Senators whose
Terms will Expire in March.—The
following is a list of the United States
Senators whose terms will expire on the
third of next March:
Newton Booth, of California, Eep.
William W. Eaton, of Connecticut,
Dem.
Thomas Francis Bayard, of Delaware,
Dem.
Charles W. Jones, of Florida, Dem.
Jos. E. McDonald, of Indiana, Dem.
Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, Rep.
W. Pinkney Whyte, of Maryland,
Dem.
Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts,
Rep.
Henry P. Baldwin, of Michigan, Rep.
Samuel J. R. McMillan, oi Minnesota,
Rep.
..Blanche K. Brace, of 3lississippi, Rep.
France Marion Cockrell, of Missouri,
Demi
I Algernon S. Paddock, of Nebraska,
Rep.
William Sharon, of Nevada, Rep.
Theodore F. Randolph, of New Jersey,
Dem.
Francis Kernan, of New York, Dem.
Alien G. Thurman, of Ohio, Dem.
William A. Wallace, of Pennsylvania,
Dem.
Ambrose E. Burnside, of Rhode Is
land, Rep.
James E. Bailey, of Tennessee, Dem.
Samuel Bell Maxey, of Texas, Dem.
George F. Edmonds, of Vermont, Rep,
Robert E. Withers, of Virginia, Dem.
Frank Hereford, of West Virginia,
Dem.
Angus Cameron, of Wisconsin, Rep.
CoL Hoses vs. Post-Appeal
Editor Post-Appeal: I had,my atten
tion directed to an article In your paper
of tbe Kith inst., headed—'“Insult to the
Israelites,” and in which article you
place my name very conspicuously. I at
first thought I would not notice tlie arti
cle, but if I do not I may be charged
with ingratitude. Yours is the first Nor
wood paper that had the magnanimity to
do partial justice to my. Columbus speech.
I suppose you refer to that when you say
I “unmuzzled ' the Times.” £ do not
know what effect the speech had upon the
Times, hut I am very sure it “unmuz
zled’ - a good many others in Columbus
and elsewhere. .
As to the article from the Times that
seems to irritate you, I agree with you in
thinking it bad taste, but you, as au edi
tor, must know that if the proprietors of
a newspaper were held responsible for
tlie eccentricities or vulgarities of its cor
respondents, oven tbe Post-Appeal would
long sinco bavo lost its respectability and
influence, but I suppose it is impossible to
supervise every article with critical accu
racy.
I feel very grateful to you for defend
ing tbe causo of the Israelites, but we are
a generous people. We have taken care
ot ourselves for 3,000 years, and burdened
as you'are with tho defense of Norwood,
we will not impose any additional duties
on yoh at this time. After the funeral
ceremonies are over on the first Wednes
day in October, and the minority are de
cently buried with the honors of war due
to a desperate and hopeless battle, I may,
perhaps, ask you to wield a lance in de
fense of the Israelites, should some new
provocation be offered.
Yours gratefully, R. J. Moses.
-The Republican Hancock-English
Campaign Club of this city, says tbe New
York World, which now Las a member
ship of about 650, is oiganized in seven
assembly districts and is still organizing.
Tbe executive headquarters are at tlie
Westminster Hotel and are open daily
from 5 to 6 p. m. An open club meeting
will be held at the headquarters Tuesday
evening and on every succeeding Tuesd »y
evening during the canvass.
The Venality ef the Maine Voter.
Tlie extent to which money was to play
? P M rt ^. tbe electi °n was not magnified
in the Tunes correspondence oi a week
ago. There is not a county in tbe State
fi om which there are not reports of the
bribery of yoters by the payment oi money
m some fonn, and the Fusionists ofAu.
guata, Portland, Bangor, and other places
have fortified tuemselvcs with affidavits
■which will be forthcoming if necessary’
showing how a great deal was exST'
Inasang’little towns it has becometto
Sny vote's ft? “c an t0 if 00 t0 deli '' ers °
many yous j°r so jjjuch money. Thia
j ear these ballot-brokers did a "thriving
hJaulv?’ and • ?. ither sold themselves to
both sides, wiUi the necessary result of
betraying either one purchaser or the
otliei^ or boldly held auction and quietly
Knocked themselves down to the hteli-
est bidder. The way they announce
their being mthe market is to vote against
their party at the spring election.' It is
then a question of whether they and their
followers, which sometimes consists of as
many as a hundred, hut oftener of forty or
fifty votes, must then be placated by one
side or other, on the most available terms.
Then there are in every community those
notoriously ready to dispose of their own
votes, although they may not be able to
control others. A fellow in this town
was taunted yesterday with selliug his
vote for three barrels of flour. He said
he did nothing of the kind, but he only
got one barrel and one went to his uncle
and the other to his brother-in-law. A
country doctor told me that he liad secured
two votes for his candidate for Governor
by giving two of his debtors receipted bills
for the amount due him for medi
cal attendance. Said the venera
ble Ex-Senator Bradbury, the last
of Maine’s Democratic Senators: “Certain
things havo grown appallingly of late
years. Men who ten years ago would
have knocked you down for suggesting
that they could be bought will now stand
and dicker about tbe price.” I mention
these little things to show the venality of
a large class of voters in this State, and to
sustain the broad charge could quote the
testimony that I had within a week from
a dozen leading men in both parties. All
agree, moreover, that there has been more
vote-buying this time than ever before. It
sounds queer to hear the Republicans
bringing the charge that Democratic
money carried tire State, for the Fusionists
have been notoriously poverty-stricken,
and heretofore it lias been tlie Republi
cans wbo did nearly all tbe buying, and
they expected to do it this time.—Phila
delphia Times.
The Great News from Maine.
It is not too much to say, says the Char
leston News and Courier, that the result
of the election in Maine gives an entirely
new.aspect to the national canvass. Dur
ing the last few weeks tbe confidence of
tlie Republicans in Garfield’s election lias
undeniably been growing stronger, while
the Democrat^, on the other hand, showed
signs of depression. This was attributa
ble, we think, mainly to the wonderful
ability, ingenuity and'vigei—not to say
venom—which the Republican press of tlie
North has brought to bear ia behalf of
a cause which had little else to recommend
it. The Democracy have had arrayed
against them in the fight fully four-fifths
of the brains and energy which are enlist
ed in the work of partisan journalism. It
wo.uld be difficult to overestimate the ad
vantage of so overwhelming a preponder
ance of journalistic artillery in a political
battle. Its effect could be seen even in tbe
columns of the so-called “ independent ”
press, which at first showed a strong lean
ing to Hancock, but lias latterly given
him the cold shoulder, volunteering in the
most dispassionate and disinterested man
ner to demonstrate the slimness of his
chance.
But Maine will open tlie eyes of stal
warts and independents alike to the fact
that there is a controlling element of the
American people who are going to do their
ownthiukingin this campaign, and whose
votes are not the property of any party
“machine.” It is this element that has
dealt the Republicanssostaggering a blow
in Maine; and it is this element that is
going to elect Hancock by a majority that
will astonish the politicians of both parties.
The Republicans were beaten in Maine
after a canvass in which, under the per
sonal direction of tlieir ablest and -most
popular leader, they had exhausted every
effort to win. The money wrung from re
luctant officeholders throughout the coun
try. was poured out there without stint,
and Senator Blaitie’s canvass of the State
that has made him her favorite son has
had no parallel in warmth, brilliancy and
desperation since tbe famous canvass of
Henry A. Wise, which killed Know-Noth-
ingism in Virginia. Blaine knew, as
everybody knew, that tho Republicans
could not afford to lose Maine; and so
herculean were their exertions to save it
that the Democrats throughoutthe Union
had given up the State as lost to them.
That Maine, under such circumstances,
has so completely revolted against stal
wart rule is an event of extraordinary
significance.
The moral effect of this stunning de
feat of the Republicans will be tremen
dous. A dozen Northern Stales, hitherto
regarded as safe for Garfield, at once ■ be
come doubtful. New York, Indiana,
Connecticut and New Jersey must now
be counted for Hancock beyond perad-
venture, and he has an even chance, to
say tho least, of carrying Ohio and Penn
sylvania. The Republicans may as well
cease harping upon the “solid South.” If
3Iaine be a fair index, they are likely to
hear their political doom from a “Solid
Union.”
The Eevised Bible.
The 'Wilmington Every Evening prints
a card from Bishop Lee of the American
Committee, which reads as follows:
“The article upon the new revision of
tho Bible, copied from the Chicago
Times, contains, with some correct state
ments and interesting facts, so many er
rors that your readers are cautioned
against putting implicit faith in its asser
tions. 1 ca.inot specify all the misstate
ments which it contains, bnt will allude
to a few. The work is not in the state of
forwardness which is mentioned. It will
be issued, not by “the Queen’s printer,”
but by the University Presses of Oxford
and Cambridge. The expenses of revis
ers in this country are not paid by Mc-
Millan, or from any English source. In
stead of there being but one member of
the Protestant Episcopal Church of the
United States on the committee, there are
five. “Tlie Matthew Tyndale Bible” did
not “have its origin in an English trans
lation from the German.” Tyndale trans
lated from tbe original languages; neither
was “tlie Latin Vulgate the staff upon
which the forty, by which I presume the
revisers .of the. authorized iversion are
meant) leaned.” They were the best
Greek and Hebrew scholars of their age.
So far as the article professes to give in
formation respecting the corrections that
will be made in the forthcoming revision
it is wholly conjectural. No one is au
thorized to say positively what will or
will not be doue. It will be wise for
those who are interested in the subject to
suspend tlieir opinion until the work ap
pears.” A. L.
The Depth of Meanness.—It seems
to be so well known that tbe Republican
campaign treasury is empty that no at
tempts are made to conceal it. A large
amount ot money has been spent in Maine
and no inconsiderable amount in Ver
mont. Frequent remittances have also
been made to Ohio and Indiana. So far
as the two States last named are con
cerned it is now discovered that the mon
ey has been poured through a sieve, and
the cry is extremely urgent, for more and
plenty of it. So much has been contri
buted by the department employes here
that tbe managers have not the face to call
on them again, at least until after the
October elections, when another grand
rally will be made. But, casting tbeir
eyes around, it was discovered that the
employes of the Government Insane Hos-
lital bad not been called upon, and circu-
ars asking for “voluntary’’ contributions
were sent to every one of them, even in
cluding the poor scrub-women. The next
thing will be to ask tbe patients for a con
tribution.—Washington Letter.
—Silver Spray Cologne is sold at wbole-
. sale by Hall & Ruckel, 218 Greenwich
I street, N. Y.