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Paving Poll Tax. Some Idle talk is ailoat about a combi' nation to resist the payment of. poll tax— a thing which wduid ptove to bo not only unavailing, but so'inidc'jsahly mean that few, white or black, would entertain tile idea after reflection. iTbe constitution and laws of Georgia (as we show daily) make an evasion^ of this tax impossi ble by any voter. 'The managers of elec tion most refuse to count the veto of a non-taxpayer, or they are subject to pun ishment, and the voter himself is liable to a heavy penalty. If it were possible to set aside this tax, justice will demand the abolition of the public schools. The property-owner pays poll tax and also the tax on bis property. The whole of the first and a large part of the second tax goto support public schools, in the grpatcr p'art'to educate the children of people who, if they refuse to pay the poll tax, pay nothing at all towards the support of the schools. This is an injustice which will prove fa tal to the system. If the principal bene ficiaries of the schools refuse to contribute so much as one dollar a year to their cost, tar-payers will inevitably combine to de stroy them. m The poll tax is levied not .so much for the revenue it brings as in pursuance of ■a great principle that every Toler shall contribute to the support of government, In the case of a man who is supposed to own nothing but his physical ability to labor, Georgia returns it to him and much more beside In schools for Ids children But she docs not permit any man to as sist in the administration of her govern ment who refuses to take any pecuniary interest in her—aveni so much as one dol lar. Every man can see, not only the pro priety* and justice of this requirement, hat also its extreme liberality. It is hardly possible that, anybody -'frill be mean enough to put himself on the pub lic records as attempting to resist this tax; but if done, they must bear, the shame and defeat. The resolution to col lect this tax is now almost universal in the State, and it will be collected. Brother Blaine’s Apology. The question now is on the acceptance of Brother Blaine’s apology for the at tempt at a false count in Maine, and its subsequent hasty abandonment. It is true that Brother Blaine, as stated, was in a strait. He had telegraphed many glowing prophecies of triumph to alL the ‘political centers, and had added, at the end of them, that the - brethren would be - surprised when they received the figuses— as much as to say, I have kept back half of the story so that you may enjoy the tri umph still more. ... It is admitted that these telegrams lost the brethren a good deal of money. They bet heavily and lost woefully. It is not denied, that when the figures did come the brethren were surprised, disappointed and angry. That bushels of letters came to Blaine, anathematizing him. in all forms of speech customary and unusual. It is admitted that these letters made Blaine feel like another sunstroke, and he forthwith conceived the idea of saving the writers by counting out Plaisted; and worked to that end for several days, when he found that it was.going to hurt pore than it helped. He found that not only would it destroy the last chance for Garfield in the Pine Tree state, nut be nearn rrom xnaians and Ohio that the Greenbackers in those States were getting theft _ backs up and threatening to go bodily over to Hancock. This state of things produced a pause, and Blaine finally compounded the trou ble by telegraphing that some of the re turns were coming unexpectedly rough on Davis, and some that had come in by tel egraph were wrong, and, on the whole, the thing was so close that it would have to lie over for the official canvass wjien the Legislature met. V That was Blaine’s explanation and apology for not counting that last frisky pig in the Maine brood. Tho .question is on its acceptance. It is certain that Re publican affairs not only in Maine, but in the West, are now conceded to demand the most careful treatment. Repairs and reconstruction are urgently demanded. The condition is critical. The patient re quires careful nursing and stimulating treatment. . . - ! gentleman in Tineville who had a brag patch of what he conceived to be the|cele- brated Egyptian dotira, or rice corn. The plant grew, to the height of twelve or more feet and -put forth a magnificent crop of Guinea corn—nothing-more- Still,there was a fair prospect for an immense jyifild of this cereal, which is the best of food for chickens and stock, and he calculated largely upon the results. But the intelli gence was telegraphed, or telephoned (we don’t know which, in the language of the birds,) to their headquarters in the ivy- covered Baptist church, and out they came in serried ranks, by thousands, and went to work. They mounted each head of grain in that quasi “doura” patch, fought and chattered over the kernels, laughed at the attempts to scare them off, and when firearms were brought to bear, opened ranks and deployed right and left like regular guerillas, so that the at tempt to kill them was far more ex pensive to the purchaser of tho necessary ammunition, than damaging to them selves. The proprietor soon discovered this, and left the field to the tiny invader. It is needless to say that when the fdrag- ers disappeared, they did not leave (and there is a grim satisfaction in knowing the fact) enough of that bogus doura horn to sow one sqnare inch of ground pext spring. * ‘L ' *I This sparrow question is far more im portant than who shall be Governor. Neither Colquitt or Norwood, If elected, will eat up the people’s substance and threaten them with famine. But inost assuredly, unless something is done to stay the ravages of these English immi grants, ere long we shall have no grain harvests at all. A neighbor who suc ceeded in bringing down a few, said they were as fat a3 little patties of butter, and perfectly delirious. Pass tlie-word round, then, and let us cany the war into Africa, and devour the sparrows before they Jiave the opportunity of gobbling up our grain crops, Solid Advice. VOTE FOR TOE NOMINEES. The Thomasville Southern Enterprise writes these timely words: . While our people are divided on the Colquitt and Norwood question, let them not forget that we have several candidates about whose nomination there is no ques tion. We mean the attorney-general, sec retary of state, comptroller-general, and treasurer. We have heard ol no opposi tion to any of the gentlemen nominated for these offices except Mr. D. N. Speer, the nominee for treasurer. The present treasurer, Colonel J. W. Reniroe, is run ning against Mr. Speer—at least it would seem from some notices in the Atlanta Constitution— but we have beard nothing of it. We are not among those who con demn Mr. Renfroc so very barslily and charge him witli all sorts of wrong doing, but still, when he withdrew his name from the convention, Mr. Speer became tbe regular nominee of the party, and lias a just claim to its undivided support. We believe he will receive, as he should, every Democratic vote polled in this county on the Cth of October. ' The above remarks are equally appli cable to all of our county nominations. Where the party lias spoken at a fairly- conducted primary, or through tho usual mass meetings, conventions, etc., and ev ery aspirant has bad an equal chance to be nominated, there is no excuse for bolting afterwards. Yet, we regret to note that there will be opposition to the regular nominees for both brance3 of the Legisla ture In quite a number of counties. The . . result will be the election of Independents J??> s Ai . fl ll& iS w» nwviivaMi III pcmapS A SC0r6 or monfnrl flnnorjil RAhnrt TTatfnn. assiatef' .DELAYED EDITORIAL VOTES i Of a Trip to Nashville—-Xo. 3. : ‘ THE STATE CATITOL./- • | ' Accompanied by oar whole-eouled friend and cicerone, Mr. S. A. Cunning ham', of the IHzic Farmer, Ibo. writer paid a visit to the magnificent capitol build ing of Tennessee, and made the acquain tance of Governor Marks, who is a- fine specimen of the Southern statesman and courteous gentleman. * . . i * The capitol building of Tennessee, per haps with the single exception of the un finished structure at Albany, New York, is the noblest. State edifice. in tbe Un ion. •It is located in the very heart of the city, 175 feet above the Cumberland river, and can be seen by those approaching Nashville for miles in any direction. As a work of art it is justly regarded as one of the most finished specimens of architec ture in the United States. It is built in the form of a parallelogram, 112 by* 2S9 feet in dimensions, and the altitude to the summit of the tower measures -200 feet above the bed of the Cumberland river. The walls of the building at tbe founda tion are seven feet thick; upper walls four and & half feet thick; inner walls a little less, 'lhe ratters are of wrought iron, joined together -by cast iron plates and cnees. The whole roof is sheathed and covered with copper. i | The material of the edifice is stratified limestone, -very hard, and closely re sembling granite. It is quarried within a half mile of the site. The doors, win dows, frames and sash are of Tennessee oak. The banging stairways are con structed pf stone, save, the spiral steps to the upper departments of tho library, -which are of iron. Most-of tho work was performed by-Tennessee artisans. The Representative Hall fa 97 by GI feet, and fa a magnificent apartment. -The speaker’s stand and screen wall are com posed of red, white, and black Tennessee marble. The Senate chamber also is magnifi cently fitted up, and surmounted on three sides by commodious galieries'sup- ported by Ionic columns of red Tennes see marble, with blacx marble bases, and architrave of red and white ’marble. Splendid chandeliers afford almost the light of day to both houses of the legisla ture. The whole building fa lighted by no loss, than tliirty-four chandeliers, em bracing four hundred and twenty burners. The beautiful tower fa fashioned after the model of the “Lantern of De mosthenes,” which was erected in Athens 325 years B. C-, and still stands. It is 30 feet square and 42 feet high, with a further elevation Of 37 feet, airily built and supported by Corin thian columns. In the interior of the building are located tbe State Library, Museum of tbe Historical Society and State offices. Tills LIBRARY numbers 20,000 volumes and many valua ble MSS. and ancient works, long since out of print. The wails are adorned by full-length portraits of all thegovernorsof Tennessee, and many of her most distin guished citizens. Prominent among these are the likenesses of Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, Andy Johnson, Felix Grundy, Daniel Boone and others. • THE MUSEUM-OF THE HISTORICAL SOCI- which is attached to the library, contains many relics of great interest. Among them are the trusty rifle of Daniel Boone, numerous specimens of the implements and weapons of the aborigines, a perfectly preserved mummy from the catacombs near Cairo, Egypt; idols and relies of tbe peoples of tbe pre-lifatoric age, discovered in Central America and elsewhere; min- eralogical, botanmeal and geological spec imens of great interest; besides coins, portraits, paintings and many tattered lattle-flags of the late war. Tennessee’s library is an honor to the commonwealth, and we could have spent days delightfully among those silent tomes, which, when consulted, are wont to speak so eloquently. The honors of The English Sparrow. What Shall he Done With Them? When this little bird was introduced into America, it was regarded with the greatest favor, and became a universal pet. Cosy habitations, sometimes of . iron, sometimes of fancy wood woik, j were suspended from ten thousand boughs of trees, and the freedom -of ctery town and village was granted to the chattering stranger. Nay, it was made a penal of fense to shoot or molest in any manner onr feathered English imihigrants. The New York authorities, who arc re sponsible for their coming, asserted that tbey would devour the insects which at midsummer stripped the foliage from the trees in the park3 and public TCsOrts of the metropolis, and prove. 4 bonanza to tbe horticulturist, by destroying I tbe_ my riads of worms, which are his greatest en emy. After a while, however, some doubting Thomases arose, who declared that tho sparrows did not prey upon the insects, hut were themselves the veriest comoranJLs . ‘ in tho world, eating the grain crops before they had germinated, and then attacking them again when nearly ripe for tho har vests. Our readers will remember what animated discussions ensued as id the truth of this statement. But gradually as the sparrows multiplied, like the plagues • of Egypt, and not only held their ground, . ,but drove out by superior numbers the other birds of the forest, and It began to be noticed that caterpillars were just as busy as ever in their devastations, ‘a rcactibn,in public opinion took place, and now ourtiny 'European visitors are very senera!!^ ■ re garded as an unmitigated pest. ‘ “ They make their nests, ia .the t eomices of all tbe public and private buildings that afford tbe slightest shelter; take absolute possession of every ivy-djtyl wall, invade the raiiroad depots, church spires, and doorways of citizens knd 1 public institu tions, and make thcrilselve* perfectly^a£ home everywhere. The irrepressible lit tle fellows, having intrenched themselves in Macon, (thanks to Mayor Huff) are even sallying forth beyond its prec|nc ts and evidently intend to jgid oyer and oc- ‘ cupy the whole State and country. The writer saw them, a year ago 1 as tame and noisy in the streets of Forsyth as they are , . r we How much farther north they have J the,. National pemocraric Cc , advanced, he is unable to say. t0 lhe cdll ° r ° f - lbC * ‘ To show how sharp and unanimous the AndtvOIS) ixi pcnwjps more instances, if these malcontents remain in the field. The folly of thus frittering away the strength of the Dem ocracy and laying the foundation for per manent division, cannot be too urgently represented. The benefits of local gov ernment were surely too dearly obtained to be thus recklessly thrown away. Octogenarians.—Tho Pittsburg Post prints the proceedings of a Haucock meeting in Monroe, Hancock county, Pennsylvania, which fa of unusual inter est. Colonel Benjamin Brownfield, a wealthy farmer, who is one hundred and one years old, presided, and on the plat form with him were six Vice-Presidents whose united ages reaeh five hundred and nine years. Their names and ages are a3 follows: John Troutman, 94; Colonel James Gardner, 80; James Snyder, 85; LottM. Clawson, 82; George Morrison, 81; and Thomas Semans, 8L ' . ’/ « Southern Outrages.”—A Northern correspondent of the Lancaster, Pa., In telligencer gives a long report of outrages which he has discovered In and about Rome, Georgia; but as they all refer to the indolence and unreliability, of brother Sambo and bis wife Patsy, they are not likely to interest the Pennsylvanians. The whites and blacks of the South, faulty as they may be, must make thp best of each other; and get along as best they can r When this fa fully felt and acted upon, there will bje daily improvement. Exports for Europe.—The steamers sailing from New York for Europe, Satur day, were the Brittanic and England fbr Liverpool, the Alsatia for London, the Ethiopia for Glasgow, tho Otranto for Hall, the Somerset for Bristol, the Suevia for Hamburg, and the Main for Bremen The passenger lists were light, but all car ried liberal cargoes of freight; and it was noticeable that in addition to the usual standard commodities tberd was consider able fresh meat and the new erop apples, while many of the vessels had cattle on the upper deck. Of these latter, there were about 710 head, together with about 250 sfteep, and also about 3,4SQ quarters of fresh beef and600 carcasses of sheep. The 33; bis official conduct, and was being exten- ! Indiana! sively quoted by public speakers andUie ! press, to prdve that he had been guiity-of t - - T,icy appear to fte geitipg up adesper- gross official negligence—not to assail the ,.■1® state of feeling in Indiana, as witness •integrity of the chief justice or his assoc:- . the following finin'the Louisville Courier- ales, but to plead in Ufa own behalf before J <ntrna i of t i je 21sfc * the people, that the farts of the transac tion as they really transpired, and which would exonerate him from blame, were not in tbe evidence or before tbe court, and that the facts that the court acted upon as true did not in reality exist. He, as a recently retired member of the judicial bench, was not restrained from a labored effort to prove the Gov ernor guilty by arguing the same facts when he knew they were denied, and without giving the Governor the benefit of a reference to his denial. He was not restrained, when discharg ing the judicial functions, from the gross est and coarsest imputations of guilt and corruption upon all the departments of the govermuont— not even treating his own with decent respect, when the ma jority of tbe court differed from him to the extent of exciting liis wrath. He con cludes a labored dissenting opinion in December, 1868, in the presence of the chief justice and bis associate, which has been a blur on tbe reports of tbe court from, that time to the present, (vide page 391, 38th vol. Ga. Rep.) in this language: “I am unwilling to embalm myself in my own infamy upon tho records of this court as a debauched judicial officer, in holding that act to be constitutional. I therefore dissent from tbe judgment of the court in this case.” The chief justice (lJrown) bad then re cently been appointed, over hisown appli cation to Gov. Bullock, for a term of twelve years, and the associate justice (McKay) to a te:m of eight years; and he had been reduced from the chief justice ship conferred on him by Gov. Jenkins on the death of Judge Lumpkin, by Governor Bullpck, to a term of four years. From this degradation, in order that he might retire (then being in feeble. health it was expected ho wpuld soon do so) it was one of the early acts of Gov. Smith to raise him. At tho first term of the court, Jan uary 1872,1laving for the first time receiv ed Democratic recognition after recon struction, he turned the vials of bis wrath upon.the governor who made him asso ciate justice, and the senate that confirm ed him in|180S. The one had approved and the other passed tho .act of which he was speaking when dissenting 'from the judgment ofMcKay and Montgomery (4a Ga. Rep.,'page 355) in such gross expres sions as these—those judges having de cided the act constitutional: “This act of 1870 is a part and parcel of a concocted scheme of unconstitutional legislative enactments, calculated Xo debauch and demoralize the people, etc. * * The sooner this putrid carcass of unconstitu tional legislation is buried out of sight,” etc. , In view of his past career, exemplified as above, the people will bo slow In re garding themselves bound by hfa edicts as to what is due from one department to another, or to follow him at this stage of his life as a political prophet. In hfa de crepit judgment, as now printed and widely circulated, it fa proper to review the actions of the' governor, either on the bench or stump, and for tho legislature to review all the departments, and for him to denounce debauchery against the legis lature and his associate judges from the bench; but when he wears the ermine, and a governor on the stump ia self-de fense presumes '■■■' mented General Robert Hatton, assisted by her polite and agreeable daughter, Miss Emma Hatton. THE GROUNDS around the capitol are laid out with ex- quisite taste, having broad approaches paved with granite or composite, while the intervening spaces are covered with a rich carpet of blue grass. Here, at tha principal entrance, has been erected the magnificent equestrian statue of 1 ANDREW JACKSON. It represents a colossal horse of bronze, rampant, and faultless In construction, upon which is seated “Old Hickory” in a 1 his majesty. Tills was the work oi the celebrated sculptor, Clarke Mills, and cost $30,000. Other ornamental statuettes adorn the capitol, hut we cannot pause to describe them. No stranger should visit Nashville with out dovotiDg at least one day to her state ly capital. ’ • H. H. J. Review of Judge Warner’s Resig nation. , • Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Plac ing hfa right to retire upon the same foot ing as that of Judges Trippe, McKay and Bleckley, Senator Gordon, or any other office holder, and not intending here to take any part in’ discussing his opinion from the bench or stump on the payment of the Alston fee, I desire to draw the attention of the leading minds of the State, and of the people specially, to the reasons given by him for resigning the chief jus ticeship—without regard to the effect of the act itself, or the review of it, may have upon the pending gubernatorial election. I regard it as imperative that its fallacy should be shown, because it fa essayed by a part of the State press to set up hfa example as worthy of Imitation—hfa views oi judicial propriety, thus expressed, as a standard for the profession of which I am a member, and this act as a precedent for the guidance of others. I quote from the extensively circulated printed copy of his Greenville speech that part referring to the suit against the securities on the bond of the lamented R. A. Alston as public printer, which was before the Supreme 1 Jourt at the present term: “The Governor thought proper to take an appeal before the people from the Su preme Court of the State, of which I wa3 at the time chief justice. I had no in tention at that time of resigning. I was able and willing to perform the duties of the office as I had been for the ten years, so far as I knew; but when I saw one de partment of the government arraigning another department of the government before the country in a manner calculat ed to weaken public confidence in its ju diciary,! felt that I could nojonger,'with honor to myself and credit to the people, over 800 bales of domestic dry goods for the British markets Times in New York.—The city at this season, says the Bulletin, was rarely so full of visitors and strangers as at present.. The hotels are overrun, and some of them are obliged to turn away applicants for lack of further accommodation. Tl.c great majoritv ‘are merchants and business men, who are making their fall purchases, and the effect of their operations Is seen in the lively aspect of the streets and thoroughfares throughout the entire down town wholesale section. Salesmen, clerks and other employes are on duty in many instances far into the night; while the long lines of trucks and drays along the river front, waiting their turn to transfer their loads to the steamers show that the forwarders and the shipping people are not less on the alert than the merchants sparrows are when there fa work on hand, we have only to give the experience of a Missouri Solid fob Hancock.—Mr. » John G. Prather, member for Missouri of * tbe-National Democratic Committee, writes to the editor of tbe World that “Missouri will give Hancock 65,000 ma jority, and will probably send a solid Democratic delegation to Congress.” manufacturing industries were represent- bold that position. * * * * , I ed by quantities of machinery,' and also * Therefore I tendered my resignation so as to give the Governor an opportuni ty to appoint a personal'judge who might be willing to decide upon hfa Official acts in accordance with hfa' own personal wishes, and thereby save him the trouble of appealing to the people to review the judgment pf the Supreme Court.” j ' It is with the reverence due to. a jjubllc servant who entered on hfa career, nei^r the time my father did, who has 1 long since died in advanced old age, tha; I study to find the mildest words that; can sufficiently expose this new departure— this attempt of a retiring jurist to make 1 code fur official protection in this Demo, cratic age and coufatry., His judgment is protected frond severe criticism by the au tobiographic mention fn tbe conclusion of his speech that he was a legislator fifty- two years ago, a judge of the Superior Court forty-seven years ago, and a judge of the Supreme Court thirty-five years ago. This sensitiveness is of recent origin, and wonderfully striking when displayed by Judge Warner, as to the obligations and restraints from and upon the depart ments of governments, as to each other. He was induced to resign'hfa office be cause a candidate for the Democratic r.ointnatio’n for Governor in opposition to him—pot in the discharge or executive functions, although he was governor at the time, but in a public political stump speech, in which he was forwarding his canvass—referred to & decision,, then lately rendered by him, which related to Indianapolis, Sept. IS—The Journal 13 malignant and bloodthirsty this morn ing. It is furious at Governor Hendricks, and wants some ruffian “Co rub his head with a brick.” . The Journal never will forgive Mr. Hendricks for the flogging lie gave it and Fiekl-gar a-jim. It was the crushing speech of the campaign, and, was called out by the Journal’s attack upon Mr. Hendricks. This is what hurts the Journal. The “organ” also howls this mprning about “fraud” and imported voters. This is 80 absmdj rooming as it does, from the representative of a party that has imported five thousand negroes into the State to vote and work against the interests of tbe poor white working classes. The. truth is that Porter is beat en and the Journal is desperate. It is trying to stir up the worst passions .of its party so as to get several hundred negro repeaters killed in Indiana on election day. The Journal should not go too far in its present bloodthirsty course. Dem ocratic meetings are stoned nightly in this town by negroes, and the Journal is responsible for it. Only last night Cbas. Otto, a German bricklayer, was badly in jured at a Democratic meeting by being struck in the head by a stone thrown, by a negro, who ran off, and, • though pursued; was not captured. If ex-Governor Hen dricks fa struck in the head with a brick, as the Journal advises, there will be h—1 to play in Indiana, and by "the time it is all over there will not be half a dozen negroes left ia the State. iT ft»9- stanees do alter cases. New England, which will read and, doubtless admire- the How Big will It ,Be?—Gicinnett , ^ . Herald: The only question now ii, the Senator’s speech, may congratulate her- 1 majority for Colquitt. It is believed that self that lm fa not a Southern or a Wes- ! he will carry from ten to twenty thousand tern man, using all hfa powers to in- ! majority of the white vote, and if we add flame the passions of other sections against' to this anything like the full negro .vote, herself. .... bis majority will run up to from thirty to , There is but one means left of putting • fifty thousand. Colquitt’s race fa some- down sectionalism wherever it lifts Us thing like Hancock’s. It fa a spontane- Conkling AND Hayes.—In hfa oration of last Friday evening, says tho H ew York Sun, Senator Conkllng took especial care to express hfa opinion respecting the, contemptible character which the fraiidur lent President bears in his eyes. -The passage was the most striking of the whole speech: »»—« . candidate,’if he .ho? Ah bonesY, 'gen uine man, will not seek and accept a par ty nomination to the Presidency, Vice- Presidoncy, or Congress, and after he is elected become a law unto himself. (Few tilings are more despicable than first to se- cure elevation at the hands of a party ain'd then, in the hope of winning pretentious non-partisan applause, to affect- superior sauctity and meanly to imply that those whose support and confidence were eager ly and deferentially sought are wanting in purity, patriotism, or some other {title to respect.” .r-u } :* £ J L r f, J Sectionalism—Mr. Conkling’s Speech. From the Xma Fork Journal of Commerce. Senator Conkling is nothing if not sec- * innol TT?o Aoeilomu nf Afiicto enno/>Ti to publish that the court, deciding a case derogatoiy to his' ad ministration, did not have the proper facts before them, his dignity is so offend ed that his honor and that of the people, requires that he sliould resign. No one knows better than Jttdgo War ner, if age or passion had not withdrawn from his memory for the time tho fcorn- monest part of bis country’s history,-that judges everywhere have been reviewed in the fiercest manner by the press, the 1 bar, and each other, as well as by statesmen and politicians. Tbe rulings of the -Fed eral judges have formed the weapons-Of attack and defense between political i par ties from the earliest periods of the i gov ernment. So of legislators, congressmen, presidents, -cabinet officers and governors. And siniply for tbe cause as above sta- reaigns, Sut makes hfa reason for doing so a part of the means of assaulting his suc cessful rival for popular favor. If hfa theory of government were generally adopted; every department would be armed with the power of destruction against the others, by forcing thfeir retire ment, in the face of the constitution, which expressly makes them separate, and ndependent of each other. * Judge Warner was a true Democrat from Ills early manhood, and was suc cessful in his early aspirations before the people to public office; but, with the sin gle exception of an election to Congress over Mr. Hill twenty-five years ago, it has been nearly fifty years since the people ever elected him to any position whatev er. His promotion to the Legislature was by tlie sparse population-of Cranford county from 1828 to 1831, and to Hie con vention of 1832. Since that, ex cept one term m Congress, his appointments have come from the legislature, either by election of joint as sembly or senatorial confirmation On ex ecutive nomination. But such honor have not been the limit of his aspiration, He was an ambitions seeker of tbe honor when jhe venerable Mark A. Cooper was made the' Democratic nominee in 1843, thirty-seven years ago, and seems to have had one eye on the prize at various periods since, ne wa3 defeated in 1857 when Brown was selected; was extensively ad vertised in.1871 when Smith was put for ward, by whose executive favor he re ceived the bright judicial prize just tlikown aside, in anger at tlie failure, after months, of advertising, to step with eight votes out of three hundred and fifty fronr Hie position of chief justice to that of chief magistrate of tbe State. Tlie weakness that retired him from that office will excite .the sympathies of the old men who have known him so long. But tbe present generation will not be willing to fellow him as a politician and party leader. It is pleasant to contemplate that he lias, ample means, derjved from tlie public treasury and otherwise, upon which he can live in ease, and make room for some other of Georgia’s -worthy .sons in public office, while the consciousness of having labored for the pnblic good-, 43 ho understood it, will boa reward and solace whenever, forgetting his passionate e: he opens up the treasures of nerr.orj the field of honest and faithful p service, it will be rich for its vast extent and fraught with the vivid presence of thousands of the long since dead. ! tional. His Academy of Music speech is saturated with sectionalism. From begin ning to end it fa an effort to embitter the North against the South by burning ap peals to old sectional jealousies and hates. Why does the Senator hate the Soiitli? The civil warwa3 ended fifteen years, ago. The Senator is not a weak sentimentalist. He doesqiot cherish an unmanly; impla cable hatred of a vanquished foe. He'does not hate the South on account.of slavery. For slavery is as dead as the lost cause. He lias but one reason - for hating the South, and this he does not state, lor it .would be tlie instant antidote of all tbat fa baneful in Ills speech. .He bates the South because her-people, by a veryjeon- siderable majority, are opposed to Mr. Conkling’s party. Mr. Conkling chooses to regard this opposition as personal to himself, as in some, sense it is. HC i 1 the bright and shining lfgbt of Republican ism. He fa the exponent and oraeije of Republican methods and aims. He 'is a standing Republican candidate for- the Presidency. To-day ho fa, by* all odds, the leading Republican of the country. Tho South fa politically hostile to him. Therefore he hates the South with all the intensity of Lfa.nature. How different it w f ould all be if the South were Republican to the ’ dkeiit of its present Democratic majority. Then Kr«GftlfrH0? l Y8H. M JS*e the South. Then population, with poverty and with igno rance. Then lie would not fling Inj her face lief misfortunes such as they are. Then he would make the “3olid South” a term of praise. Then he would point to her Republican unanimity as a model for the doubtful North. Then he could not commend too warmly thp political enthusiasm of all Southerners. Y'ords would fail even him in flattering the de votion of the South to politics—if, its va riety were only Republican. We cad im agine the eloquent Senator contrasting the profound interest taken by the Sputh in polities—the profoundest of all by her ablest men—with the languor and indif ference of the North, where our most capable citizens too often shun politics as a pestilence. But, alas, circumstances alter cases. The South is overwhelmingly Demo cratic. Therefore Mr. Conkling bates her, and tries to make everybody else hate her, too. Cold-blooded polity har monizes wither personal feelings.* In ponriugouthfariateof hatred upon the South, he runs no risk of losing electoral votes down there. Tho Republicans ex pect no vote3 from tlie South. They are making no contest in that field. • T -f J only battle-ground is the N orth. And they hope to win here by arraying a ma jority of Northern people against tvliat they call a solid South. Their wdi,. are those brandished by Mr. Conkling m his great speech—misrepresentaoons, taunts,' sarcasms. This fa sectionalism; The white girl who married a negro at Galesburg, Ill., was Nellie Chase. Her grandfather was the first Episcopal Bishop of the West, and her father was a candi date for -Bishop of tho diocese at Chicago at the time the present incumbent Was elected. Miss Chase’s brother is Horace Cha3e,a well-known lawyer of Peoria,and her sister is the wife of tbe Ilev. G. H. Higgins, rector of the most lashioiiable Episcopal church in Galcsberg. > Sam Monroe, whom riie married, is a coach man and-uneducated. On the evening of the elopement Sam took the girl ani her a marriage ceremony. On the follower day the bride was captured by her relatives and started for California. The bride- .groom, was arrested, the pretext bein] that he had stolen the satchel. The .Northern C|il Field.—The September .issue of Stowelus Petroleum Beporter says: “The ,draft of nearly 8,900 producing wells on the 60,(XX) acres embraced in the great Northern field is be- einning to be felt, and signs of weakness gre becoming more and more apparent each month, which fa especially noticea ble in the failure of many of the wells to flow as formerly, and now have to be pumped in order to obtain their yield of oil.” | - <[| The clothing ot a workman was caught between cogwheels' in ■ a mill at Davenport, Iowa, and he was bein£ slow ly drawn in, when two comrades grasped hi* arms, and a desperate “tag of war” ensued. ' The wheels would not let go, and the men braced and*pullrf8'"with all their might. The workman was- finally rescued, but without a particle of clothing about him. as cruel and unjust in its way as any! that preceded the late war on either side. And it is full of dangers, - as sectionalism ever fa. Southern slavery has ceased to exist.' But, if Northern sectional! to take its place a3 a disturbing clement, the peace of the country fa again threat; Cued. | IVe repeat that Senator _Cpnkling is nothing if not sectional. He is no more natipnal than he is-a stAtesman. ' HA fa a brilliant politician -with narrow sectional view s. If he were a Southerner he would make to Southern audiences red-hot speeches full of hatred of the North.! He would juggle with facts and figures and be a3 voluble In deprecation * and sneers at the expense of the North as he npwfa with the South as the target of big elo quence. Mr. Conkling now pretends to fear that the South may obtain entire control of the gdyerniAeut. But if he were a Southerner, he could lay tre mendous stress on the fact.that the North hag had complete possession of the govern ment for nearly twenty years. He iould aud would demand tbat this sectional monopoly be overthrown. He would ap- peal in glowing sentences to tlie pride and am self-interest ot the South, and summon her to resist the continued domination of an other section. As a Southerner, the] Sen ator, with hfa peculiar qualificationa, would shine more lustrously than 1 as a Northerner. The fiery nature of the Southrons would respond to his Invectives more readily than that pf the qooler Northmen. He.fa the right man t in cth* W Suppose an accident of birth had made Mr. Conkling a Westerner. , He ;Wimla then have hated .tlie. East as thouptigtaly as he now batcs.the South. He would satchel out of the house through a window. They lias cned to a justice, who performed^ the very man to plead that head. That means can only be supplied by a UnioB.party. There ■ fa but one Un ion party in this country. That fa tbe Democratic party.. It is the only party which Is alive and strong in ail sections of the land. It has its faults, bqt'lhe greatest fault of all—sectionalism—can not be imputed to it. Its strength fa more in the North than .in tbe South. It has nearly twice as many voters here as there. In these populous Northern States ft di- vidcs the votes so evenly with the Repub licans that a few thousands, in many States even a few hundreds, tiirh the scale at every election. This is the party which, literally and truly; knowa*no North, po South, no East and no Westt and consents to no sectional injustice i, lias tbe power to prevent. ■ub Campaign Notes. The -venerable Mark A. Cooper, ope of the fathers of the States’ Rights party in Georgia, in his remarks introducing Got. Colquitt to the people of Cartersville re cently, said: “This fa Walter T. - Colquitt’s soil. I knew , Alfred when he was a baby and often.rocked his cradle, and I know' I did not rock the Cradle of a bad boy. "Alfred was a good boy and he fa a good man and a good governor,” He further said: “Gov. Colquitt fa a native Georgian, and that if he fa corrupt he-had gotten hfa corruption in Georgia; that corruption came from blood, training or association, and that through neither source could Colquitt be corrupt. Tbat hfa Wood was good, his training was good, and. that his associa tion was good-; arid -that the insinuation tbat Alfred H. Colquitt is 1 corrupt cannot be true—fa false.”— Carlermille Exjiress. Where ;The Shoe Pinches.—Athens Banner: TJhpre 13 nothing that, galls the Norwood papers so much as the fact thal they can’t get the colored vote.' They are actually beginning to: abuse the colored men who are speaking for Colquitt. ! Per haps they want- all such “cut down” as “cumberers of the ground.” 1 j How the Case Stands.—Cartersville ■Express:. The charges that were brought against : Gov. Colquitt—slanders which were meant to blast hfa public reputation and to .stigmatize hi* private character— have been met by the righteous.judgment of the'people and made to recoil uponthe men who originated-tliem for the purpose of destroying a good man and building up themselves upon his downfall. Yet it seems to be a foregone conclusion that, notwithstanding the many charges that have been - -brought against Colquitt, he will;be elected: by .an overwhelming majority. ASmall Business.—*Albany Eiewi and Advertiser:. Tlie “organs” are npw quar reling over the Brown-Westmoreland affair, the .Colquitt papers claiming that “Brown got the best of it,” and the Nor wood papers that Dr: Westmoreland came out first-best. And just so it is in this whole campaign, aud with everything growing out of it. The organs of one side say after every joint discussion that their man “got the best of it,” and those of tlie other side claim the same tiling for'theirs. It all reads - like twcedle-de and tweedle dum, he did -and be didn’t. The News from Elbert Phacks,” the correspondent of the Augusta Chron icle and Constitutionalist, says: I find Elbert county, almost solid for Colquitt. It has been my habit to (con sult both sides in this campaign before re porting the status and, after obtaining 10th opinions, to strike a medium be tween, hut here it has been difficult to discover *a Norwood man of whom to get figures. Elbert has a voting population of 2,000, and will doubtless cast fully 1,800 votes in the October election., ; Tho one of two Norwoodites I have been able to. discover don’t claim more than 300 votes, and tliis to-d, Colquitt ‘ wifi Vuen carry "the'’ c’oufify “By 1,200 majority. .Colquitt supporters, say ho will get 1,000 of the 1,800 votes. Say that the Norwoodites cast three hundred votes, and you have more than a quintu ple vote for Colquitt. As with Elbert, so with Hart* Several citizens of that j fine little county said to-day. that tjiere were not one hundred Norwood men in it. Taking the reports from both sides as criterion in tha counties recently visited, and Norwood will be exceedingly fortunate if he receives Jonathan Norcross’ (vote over the State. Shameful, dut Harmless.—Brutus, “blood and thunder” correspondent of the Thomasville Enterprise, arraigns! and Impeaches GovuColquitt for almost every crime known to the calendar. It is the most sophomoric production we have seen for.a long time; and will prove a capital document for the Governor during the campaign. It is just such persecution and abuse that reacts upon tho pates of those who utter them. The Enterprise says: 1 Our correspondent,. .“Brutus,” writes a good letter, but we think he makes a-mis take in publishing so strong and bitter an article.. When we make very heavy charges against an opponent we .hurt onr own cause if we do not sustain them. ous uprising of the people, setting aside old political leaders and rallying tbe masses to bis support." Mr. Norwood re lied on the influence of men like Gover nor Smith, General Lawton and other leaders, to control the vote of tlie'paople, but they are finding out that the people think for themselves.’ So -mote it be! A Discordant* Firm—Alliens Ban ner : Gen. Lawlou lias two partners— General Jackson, and Mr. Bassinger— both of whom are far Colquitt. This is about the way.it will be on the 6th' of Oc tober—two to one. Information Wanted.—Constitu tion: We have never heard from Mr. Norwood or any of his organs in regard to tbe extension of tbe Macon and Bruns wick railroad. Mr. Norwood, it fa well- known, represents interests that are op posed to tbe completion of this enter prise, and the people would like to know how he stands upon tbe question. .. The Senatorial Nominee in the First District.—Mr. JP. W. Meldrim, of Chatham, was nominated for the Sen ate in the Democratic Convention oif the first’district, which was held at Edcp on the ,22d instant. The name of Senator R. E. Lester was presented, but it was known that he did not desire the position, though several delegates persisted in vot ing for him. |j, •• There were five ballots as follows (we clip from the News): First' ballot—Smith 3, Lester 1, Mel- driiaO. . Second ballot—Smith 4, Brewer -Les ter 1, Mc-ldrira 2. : . .1 ... Third ballot—Smith 4, Burroughs 2, Lester 2, Meldrini 2. '“ - Fourth ballot—Smith 4, Keller 2,. Les ter 1, Meldnm 1, Burroughs 2. Fifth ballot—Smith 2, Lester 1, Mel drim 7. , -1 Bryan changed her two votes from Smith to Meldrim, giving him nine, two mor^ than the requisite two4hlrds. ; ' jun. Mr. Raven'el said in explanation of the action of the Cb'alham delegation, that they were guided 1 by the knowledge that Mr- Lester .would .only take the nom ination if it was artualiy necessary, but it, would be at a great personal sacrifice. There were personal reasons why he did not.desire it, and the Chatham delegation did not think they had the right to force i:m against hfa inclination. Mr. IMel- drim had been nominated by the delegate from Effingham, and believing that he would satisfactorily represent the interests of the district, they supported him. THE nomination unanimous. Mr. Williams moved that tbe nomina tion of Mr. Meldrim be made unanimous, which was carried with, enthusiasm, j Oil motion, the chair was requested to appoint a committee of three to dotify Mr. Meldrim of his nomination. The chair appointed Messrs'. James H. Biitch, of Bryan,vT. P. Ravenel of Chat ham, and Dr. C. J v Burroughs of Effing ham, as the committee. ' ( > Mr. Meldrim 13 a brilliant and rising young lawyer. «- r Norwood in Jefferson.—Athens Banner: Colonel Reuben Arnold, of At lanta, spoke in .Jefferson, Monday! for Norwood. Hfa audience, we a:'e inform ed, did not number thirty men, of whom: all except tyvo were Colquitt men. po,it may be imagined tbat he got cold com fort. What the Convict Catechism Has Accomplished.—The Constitution says: Mr. Fairbanks, father of the well-ktiown engraver, called at the Constitution office on yesterday, and stated that his son had been applied to by prominent Republi cans, to famish a fac-sunile of the cut of the sliackled negro on the first page of the Convict Catechism, “that fa printed' and circulated by Mr. Norwood’s friends.” These Republicans stated that they want ed to print the “catechism” by the thou sand and circulate them through Indiana, New York and Ohio as Republican cam- mi mat ^Taking this view of the mhtte?, and being and Montgomery wuuucs, am* say that - 1 am inord tbib'pleased'wijh the Western movement which is fast gaining £££?• jjyjg®frwin pretensions. The whole strain 01 ms ar „ 0 foi . x,- orW00 d. The colored vot „ gumenton Frid^r, n^ht would apply ad-, 89 Colquitt. * Judge Neil MiLeed tittery people and the Savannah Recorder limA wweJl totUe New England btates c i aintS ftr t ootquitt 40,000 majorly at most not get mad because peeple will ro es to the South,- New Er^land makes as BalWchcountywill give. Colquitt member that Mr. Norwood was a member little’progrew 1 ^from 400 to 600 majority. Tatn.all rtmnty pf that company, and was not at Olustee. Compared with -lhe. mighty West pne is „j be near]y so pJ f 0 Yh;in. Then wete Two weeks Bence none of us will care for weakm number* of. 'jweaebora at oAHfe district afiy efthese little facts. So we must “■T‘ _ “ W J **■ keep cool. Tha Artillery people were clever, and did not like to turn Mr. Nor- 4g..bP LwooaoutouR -- _ _ 1 „ Taiy^ Yourii very tHify, ’ • • 1’oor Alston again. — Columbus aXhtoAftKRt h.” Tones: The ease fbr which Alston got bis flow rr Leaked Qut—- Constitution: fee, of evhich you ha>« heard, »o much Politicians sometimes overdo the’ busi ness. But for the fact that the navies of three Colqfiltt men while unadvisedly used by the Ndrwood club fn Blackshear, and not tlie East fa the great fentrfe of material wealth. And yet tuej England States will not reliqqafah their desire and purpose to-• •Control, as far as they can, the policies and, destinies of the nation. ; In this resolve New England acts up to a noble ambition. Though she may be over shadowed by tbe rising power of the West, she iSTSttlf the prolific mother of political Ideas, and she- his sons with themJblves upon tue ■ national character. So hairt.be South. Why (should - one sec tion be denounced ft* ambitiously Stri?: ing t6 make her Influence fett,* While an other sectionfts pnfisetfto- the skies (by Eastern men like Senator Conkling) nor doing the same thing? Truly, circum- Georgia—except securing that extra $5,- 000 of back pay for himself ? Where was “Tom?” "Oh, Tam, oh Tam, you’ll get your fear’n.” We refer to Bums , for the balanee of the poetry. Wanted at the Helm of State Bhmswick Advertiser: Gov. Colquitt will go into office with an overwhelming majority, and our people are to be con gratulated especially upon the certainty of his election, for it is all important that the man who sold the Macon and Bruns wick railroad should be at the helm of Stdte'tfi’scc fo ft -flftt ttift puipojss for (vbich It was so)d are. not defeated by railroad combination of any kind, howev er powerful. Con. Yancey’s Hoisting by His Own J’utakd.—It will be seen by our Atlanta special that Governor Colquitt has been under tlie necessity of refuting another vile slander. If ail tbe lies and slanders that have been uttered against Governor Colquitt by hfa enemies could be turned into votes for Norwood, our dis tinguished fellow citizen would be*lected “by a large majority.” But it ia. more likely-that thasmeampaign lies will count pn the other side on election day—that, like chickens, they “will tome home to roost.—Savannah News. Norwood Rally at Waynesboro.— Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Tho Norwood rally yesterday at Waynesboro wasascompl4te,a failure', as ever was known—as to numbers and enthusiasm. About 1 o’clock yesterday the friends of Gov. Colquitt were nocified that we would be allowed a division pf time, and that Gen. Wofford would speak at 2 o'clock, giving us just one hour for preparation, for up to 1 o'clock we had thought from the numerous pi acards at the street corners and cross roads that Norwood, Lawton and Wofford would be present and ex haust not only the time,hut the patience of any meeting, so we intended to give them the entire day, add had no idea of a division of timewmtil-notified’ as before mentioned. Upon tbe notification, the friends of Colquitt, reposing the utmost confidence in Hou. J: . J. Jones, even though called upon without hardly, a mo ment’s preparation, accepted the challenge and at the appointed time met. • General Wofford opened in great labor, and con tinued without; one single demonstration of applause for one’and a half hours. The entire audience numbered 76 by ac- tual count. Dr. J. A. Polbill will verify this statement, as well as others present, and three-fout ths of the’ meeting were Colquitt men. Ge!n.' Wofford attacked Gov. Colquitt on the convict system, and directed most of his remarks to a few col- ored men in flip^audience.' _ The General was on the wrong side, and he looked like lie felt it. s "r Col. Jones’ answer was a complete refu tation of all the charges made. M Information Wanted.—Columbus Times: Ben Hill docs not seem to be doing what the Norwood wbippers-in ex pected of him, and hence we see “Bill Arp” making, the inquiry in the Atlanta Pent “whether he has been retained in the case vs. Brown ,?” And “it Ben’s tongue has got well yet,” etc. We wisli Mr. Hill could please everybody. Ben Yancey Surrenders.—Special dispatch to the Constitution: Athens, Sept. 24.—Gov. Colquitt satisfactorily ex plains liis disposition of the seventy-five tmndred dollars of agricultural money. I promptly render hitn justice. m m Yancey. ■■ tEey i’erTdgmgifiajgiSW 11 uSffi as prov ing the inhuman treatment of negroes in Georgia.' Comment is unnecessary. Norwood in the Towns.—Gainesville Eagle: Some of Mr. Norwood’s most ar dent supporters claim that he will at least carry the citie3 and towns. We grant that the minority’s strongest support and loud- est-noise-wiU-be.found in the towns, but then there ,fa a. loog ujiy* more country than fowns'ill Georgia. ’ We Hoks So.—Seaport Appeal: The neighbors and personal friends of Colonel AVm. A. McDonald, are quite confident he will not poll a , thousand Democratic votes fbr Congress in this district. Black will get the Democracy nearly solid. : Mr. Stephens and the Jacksons.— Constitution: A subscriber writes to ask us if Mr. Stephens, Mr. Hill, Judge Jack- son and’General Henry R. Jackson are loi Norwood—staling that the - - .Norwood men claun them. 1 • i i J •' W> do not know as to Mr. Stephens, but hq distinctly stated that Governor Colquitt was entitled to the nomination of the conveatlbn and said that if he had been in the -convention he would have voted for him, after he found that be had so large a majority. We have certainly not seen a word from him In favor of Mr. Norwood. • 1 ’ I ’ . Mr. Hill has not said anything for Nor- wood and wet do not believe that he ; will vote for him. General Konry R. Jackson is for .Col quitt and so fa Judge James Jackson. The Norwood men claim a good deal that they ain’t entitled to. , . I How Houston County Stands.— Home Journal: In reference to the re sult of the gubemational contest in Hous ton county, we believe the white vote will he nearly equally. divided between Colquitt and Norwood, but tbe negro vote will go almost solid for Colquitt. The negro leaders are all for Colquitt. > 1 • Col. Blount Booming—Griffin News: Hon. Jame3 H. Blount has been cam paigning in Butts coynty. Buttscounty : s solid for Bibunt. • Not so Sure.—Seaport Appeal: 1 Col, Collins will not ‘s get quite a number of Democratic votes in Brunswick.” There might have been a ragged contingency, but the nomination of Col. Black smooth ed the situation, and the lines will be sharply drawn and iinperfahably carved. There can be no excuse for voting against the nominee, and the Democrat who does it will be the author of hfa own damna- era. .Best;.posted persons say concerning the ninth district Congressional face, that it will be very close between Bell and Speer, with chances’ decidedly f in favor of Bell Ti&ZCbnitihttlon-ltfss; A very ob servant and.dfapassioaate young man- strong supporter, of Norwood—has just reached Atlanta from a three weeks’ tour of the"ninth district. He has been study- Willing to g*ve both ’sides a hearing through our columns, we yield space to our correspondent with the distinct un derstanding that we do not indorse the sentiments. ; ' : e ■ Ahead of the Music.—Unto? and Recorder i The gubernatorial campaign, in Georgia, now progressing, is one in which the people arc far in advance of the politicians. Indeed, they have takea the leadership entirely out of the hands of the politicians. To be thoroughly con vinced of this fact one lias, only to look over, the State, and see who are the promi nent followers of Mr. Norwood, and lie will find every one of them,' to a man, a partisan—the great majority being broken down political hacks, andL the balance prospective place-hunters. This is no po etical license—it fa' solldirath. " j. 11 Not less -than 25,006.—Thomasville 25.0C0 majoritv for Governor C. on Octo ber fitb. * Anybody who wants to take him up on this can flqd him. In his own languor, “My money fa not a fool if I Corti'uiTT 1N THE WlBEORASS.-j Cojl- stitulion:- ''The IbUowing fa .from one of the best judges of political titers in Georgia. His . op'nionj are ighty hear Correct, as a gqneral ing, and the following is hod «far wrong, in our opinion : Hu Writ®, “I, ,t Colquitt will carry the ninth district a good majority. He attributes this state of affairs to tbe fact that the Meth odists and Republicans of that district are almost without exception Colquitt men. It is a combination he says which never fails to'sweep the district, Columbus "Times: The Chatham Ar- iftt T&tnall, Appling, Liberty, Dodge, Tplfair • and Montgomery counties, and I j must brains and e’nergy enc^U te linpnhf ««™>uld probably irayer have-heard of tbe system of, affida vits by Which it u proposed ’ to bind the ffiore Ignorant of ttfe Norwood voters. It remiWis to be seen whether even a vee- 1 portable minority o( the conservative people of the, State will indorse such prac tices the polls. lately, was being prosecuted during Mr, Norwood’s term as Senator. Now, will it "be properttef inquire why that model statesman did not rush to the aid bf hfa State, end get the meney due from the United States government, and save, to Did Mr. Norwood ever do a thing to se- oAe that tlflOjOOO to hfa State ? If he did, why not let us know it ? We would ask Judge Warner what “Tom” was do ing all hfa six years in the Senate for Mr.’Yancey can "With the same proprie ty “render him justice” in the matter of every charge that has been brought against the Governor during the canvass. All have been as signally refuted. But he won’t. A Good Move.—Columbus Times: The managers of the election 1 to be held in this county on the 6fti of October at the Nance precinct, have given notice that the sale of intoxicating liquors will not be allowed within two -miles of- that place , on the day of the election. That is right. The occasion will he exciting enough it self without adding the fire, of alcoholic drinks to the heated blood of voters and permitub uujiag-wum—cr That’s right! i ■ rt .? • ■ .1 { Constitution: A Norwood organ rather boasts of the fact that no personal attack has beemnade.upon the minority candi date. It is a fact that is creditable to the suppo: ters of Governor Colquitt. Chaiges as reckless as those that have been made upon the Governor by the Norwood party can be made against anybody under the ann... t r.. Col. B. D. Evans, of Washington county, writes that, though a rejected ap plicant for tbe Middle Ctrcuitjudgeshiplie will still afford Gov, Colquitt hearty sup port. This fa magnanimous and right. Burke County Solid—Mr. J. D. Munnerlyn, of Waynesboro, says: ■ In the recent primary election, the gu bernatorial question was entirely left out. Mr. Heath snd Mr. Bates are known Col quitt men, and- Dr. Perkins lias written several letters showing that he fa certainly for Colquitt. Now, where fa the Norwood victory claimed? '* f ‘ . Dougherty Nomination.—An Alba ny dispatch says : The Democrats of. Dougherty to-day nominated Capt. John T. Hester for the House. Captain Hester accepted, and in a speech announced himself publicly for Colquitt. The Republicans nominated Ishmaei' Leiion, colored, and the two parties fUso with Hester and Lenon'. The people of Girard are well nigh unanimous for Colquttt. They have or ganized a Colquitt club with over two hundred members. .-1.1 ■ wausttat. Fitzsimmons and; His Bondsmen.—A special dispatch to the Wor(d, dated September 19, says th,at the department of justice has been infoimed of the practical workings of the Demo cratic split in Georgia through an applica tion for relief from further service from the bondsmen of Marshal Fitzsimmons, a well known Democrat. The bondsmen were aiso Democrats, but all supporters of Colquitt for Governor. Fitzsimmons supports Norwood, and out of theip pref erences grew the trouble which resulted In the application of the bondsmen. They were relieved as requested and Norwood men took theirplaces. Fitzsimmons has retaliated on liis bomfamenby discharging two Colquitt ltifeu who were under him. and reducing the salaries of several oth- —Sir Frederick Roberts’, great march across Afghanistan, and crushing victory on the banks or the Argandab, have rather dimmed the exploits of Sir Garnet Wolseley. The Continental military critics regard Roberts’ work as superior to anything done in refcent years by a Brit ish General, and, all told, his military ex ploit has more military merit than any thing since Lord Napier, of Magdala’s overthrow of the King of Abyssinia—and, in certain obvious respects, it fa superior even to that, for the Afghans are much better soldiers than the Abyssinians. Talbotton Fair.—We have been fur nished with a copy of the premium list of the second annual fair of the “Talbot County Fair and - Stock Association,” which fa to commence at Talbotton on October 26, and continue four days. A large crowd and a good time are expected. Talbot county fa one of the best counties in Georgia, and tbe people are enterpris ing and wide awake on agricultural Hit ters, and they will do their level best ia making their fair a success. The pamph let was published at tbe Register, office, and as a job fa well done. —The latest begging letter fataied by that sturdy beggar, Mr. Jay A. Hubbelf, of th« Republican Congressional Com mittee, begins, “To.the business interest* of this country the success of tbd Repub- lfcan party lYmdispeusable.” The clerks, x-'y-r Q A1 ,, nn , n(1 others' watchmen and charwomen^o whom the Georgia t_e p_ , circular fa addressed will woe* - sadly why, in that case, the bogiuejAjnen of the country don’t. suhstf/bfflo’Jjbe cam paign fund and sxW*th«Ii WroTCfe hoc leech.