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(JiuocQra 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.