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GEORGIA PRESS.
f corder: The Colqulttites here anil herea-
I bouts have been read out of the Demo-
. , ‘ cratic party because it was thought all the
The fall lights in Athens have opened people WO uld vote on their side.
1 There now seems to be a mistake about
vigorously. Four fisticufls in one day.
They are practicing for election day nest
week.
Athens wants more small houses suit
able for men of small means.
The Beporter, formerly published at
Quitman, has waked up in Way cross, and
is as sprightly as ever. Colonel Tilman
remains as editor.
Thebe are about sis miles of track
completed on the Jacksonville and Way-
cross railroad, and the pile-driving for the
bridge over the St. Mary’s river is finished.
The cars will be running by the first of
January over the whole length.
Mb. Thos. A. Jonas, of Oconee comity,
had quite an encounter with a mad dog.
Alter considerable trouble ho succeeded
in killing the dog, but he had bitten a
negro by the name of Akins.
Rev. J. J. Wallace, of Green coun
ty, is dead. He was popular and highly
esteemed.
The Library Association of Quitman,
and the editor of the Free Press, are
building conjointly, and both parties will
have excellent rooms.
Miss Matilda Tobeence, of Thom-
aston, is dead. She was the sister of
Mrs. Cobb, the relict of the late Judge
Cobb, of Upson county.
It is said that Coup’s circus carried
away from Milledgeville $4,000. At least
this is the opinion of a Milledgeville mer
chant.
Evebythinq is lovely at Eatonton.
The crops are good, the people are in a
line humor, the merchants are smiling,
and the stores are being filled with
goods.
Thomasville Times: We regret to
learn that the. smoke house of Mrs.
Thomas Grace, three miles from town,
was destroyed by fire on Wednesday
night. The lire occurred about 11 o’clock
and is thought to have been incendiary.
The dwelling house barely escaped. Noth
ing was saved from the building consum
ed. There was no insurance on them.
Savannah News: The tomb to be
■erected over the grave of the late Com
modore Josiah Tattnall, C. S. Navy, by
subscription from a portion of his numer
ous friends in this city, was received from
the marble yards of Messrs. William
Strothers & Son, Philadelphia, yesterday,
and will soon be placed in position at
Bouavcnture Cemetery. The base of the
tomb consists of a slab of granite seven
feet long, four feet wide and one foot in
thickness. Upon this the tomb of white
marble will be placed, of the following
dimensions and design. Six feet four
inches long, two feet eight inches wide
and two feet six inches high. The ends
and sides paunelled with mould.ngs on
the upper corners. On one side appears
the inscription:
Commodore Josiah Tattnall,
Som near this spot, November Otk, 1705.
Died June 14th, 1871.
And on the other—
Ekected By
Admiring friends to the memeory of a
grand manhood and an exalted
character.
The upper surface will be ornamented
by a rcprerentation of the sword present
ed to the Commodore by the State of
Georgia for gullaut and meritorious con
duct in the war with Mexico, and three
laurel wreaths surrounding the dates of
the wars in which he illustrated his pro
fessional excellence.
Waycboss Beporter: We learn from
Dr. Folks, and others who have traveled
over the country a great deal that there is
a large area of the land in cultivation in
ibis section devoted, to upland rice. We
hear the same favorable accounts from all
sections, viz: that the very poorest land
will make, with proper cultivation, from
twenty to thirty bushels per acre without
manure. The price is never lower than
a dollar per bushel. The cost of cultiva
tion aud preparation for market is not
more than twenty per cent or, on an aver
age, about four dollars per acre. This es
timate certainly shows a very line profit to
the farmers for their labor aud will soon
enrich them aud the country. We under
stand that there will be many thousand
bushels shipped from this point. Buyers
are already on the spot and engaging*the
crops before they are gathered. We hope
to see our farmers go largely into the cul
tivation of rice another year. It is the
best paying crop that can be grown on
Georgia soil, and there Is certainly no
portion of the State so well adapted to its
growth as this, for here it is in its native
elements—soil, climate and everything
else suits it.
Columbus Enquirer: B. B. Cofield,
aged 80 years, was stricken with paralysis
a few days ago at the residence of his son-
in-law, Mr. John Cogbill, in Girard. He
was resting comfortably at last accounts.
Mr. Cofield settled in Girard in 1862, and
helped to haul the timber from the streets
when they were cleared up.
E^bly County News: A Norwood
citizen of our town was showing the Con-
-rict Catechism to an old darkey, one day
last week, when the o. d. replied to him,
“Law, Massa , I don’t care anything
about dst; I neber ’spccts to go dar—does
you!”
Eatonton Messenger: A merchant re
marked tLe other day that it was a pleas
ure to see the case with which the people
arc paying their indebtedness. The county
is to be congratulated ou such a state of
affairs.
Rome Courier: The portrait of Rev.
Dr. Axson, of Savannah, the work of his
granddaughter, Miss Ella Lou Axson, of
this city, is a fine portrait of the eminent
preacher, and an occular demonstration
of Miss Ella Lou’s genius as a portrayer
•f each particular line of the human face.
Thomaston Times: Captain A. O.
Bacon, Col. A. J. Lane and Mr. C. A.
Tkarpe have been nominated, by primary
election, for the Legislature. Captain
Bacon received the highest vote of all the
candidates, six in number. Now let the
House elect him Speaker again and the
Legislature send him to the United States
Senate.
Columbus Enquirer: The regular
freight aud an extra freight train coming
from Macon yesterday, met with an acci
dent at Geneva, that came near proving a
very serious allair. The regular train
was standing on the main line. The ex
tra train ran up with .the expectation of
stopping, aud blew on brakes for that pur
pose, but owing to tbe fact that the track
was wet, the brakes would not hold, aud
inn Into the other train. Tbe cab of tbe
first train was badly broken up, and four
cars of tbe rear train bad tins bumpers
knocked oil. Tbe engine was also slight
ly injured. No one was hurt.
Tbe trains were delayed about two
hours by tbe accident, when they came on
So the city.
Waycboss Reporter: We had the
pleasure of a visit from Mr. L. P. Tracy,
of Nassau county, Florida. Ho is con
nected with Uie Waycross and Jackson
ville Railway Company, In procuring the
titles to the right cf way. We learn from
him that work on the Florida side of-tha
St. Mary’s river is progressing finely. Col.
Wm. McLendon, of Thomasville, has re-
oeutly taken a large portion of the con
tract, and is moving things lively in his
asual magic style. The Colonel has bad
(experience in railroad building and knows
exactly how to do it.
Geokgb Glover, of Augusta, was shot
•trough tbe heart by one J. P. Smith, in
it drunken row, just outside, of the city
' limits, on Sunday last. The coroner’s
jury brought in s verdict of murder in the
degree, against John P. Smith, and
eoe against E. M. Sarber, Rufus Powers
and James W. Coussoy, for marder in
the. second degree. Tbe whole party are
now in Richmond county jail awaiting
trial.
Albany Newtand Advertiser: There
me only three candidates tor the House of
kepresentatives in Dougherty. Captain
Hester, white, Democrat, and Ishmael
Louoo, colored, Republican, willbe elect-
s
this, for a Norwood man tells us that his
champion will divide the vote. He has
two reasons for his belief: one, that tbe
colored people in Americus have found
out that their leaders are “greased”—
paid for their political opinions; another
reason, that he has $250himself to be used
on election day. The poor colored voters,
how sorry we are for them! The old
charge of bribery, bargain and sale Is now
laid at their doors. Colquitt, the 220, the
colored people, all sailing to the devil in
the same ship of infamy.
We undertake to affirm that not a col
ored man in this section has received a
cent for his support of either ^Colquitt or
Norwood, and our above-mentioned friend
will get a large flea in his ear when he
attempts their purchase on election day.
Savannah News: Mr. Andrew Stief-
vater, an old and well known citizen,
died yesterday morning, in his seventy-
third year. The deceased was a native of
Alsace, Germany, but had been a resident
of Savannah for nearly forty yeara, carry
ing on bis business, that of a tailor. He
was a reserved and modest gentleman,
and had many friends, and was highly es
teemed by all who knew him. The re
mains were interred yesterday afternoon
in Lahrel Grove Cemetery, and was fol
lowed to the grave by the German Friend
ly Society and the Savannah Turnverein,
of which organization he was a member,
and of the last named one of the founders.
He left no immediate family, his wife and
children having died years ago.
The Griffin Sun presents a strange con
trast of reading matter between the in
side and the outside. We prefer the lat
ter, because there is more truth in. it,
with none of the spleen and vindictive
ness of the inside. We are glad that the
end is near, when Brother Hanlieter can
commence to mend the breaches he has
nfade.
The following is the Griffin Sun's cir-
cus talk:
The number of people drawn to Griffin
for the purpose of visiting Coup’s circus,
was variously estimated at from six to ten
thousand. Many had to be turned away
from the exhibition on account of lack of
room in tbe tent, and we learn that it
was a perfect jam inside.
Everything passed off quietly on the
circus 'day. Only one disturbance oc
curred at the ground.
Mb. Allen Moody, of Talbot county,
blew his brains out on last Friday with a
shot-gun. No cause was assigned for the
Talbotton Begisler: Two colored
boys working on the railroad between Ge
neva and Columbus were badly poisoned
last week from eating watermelons. The
former home of the boys was in Talbot
ton, and their names are Dink Brown and
Frank Denson. The latter died soon after
the poisoning and was buried, near Tal
botton. The former lies now in a critical
condition. Moral—Don’t eat watermel
ons, especially at unreasonable hours and
from somebody else’s patch.
Col. B. A. Thobnton, of Columbus,
will be a candidate forjudge ol the Chat
tahoochee circuit before the Legislature.
Mbs. Wynn, the mother of Mrs. C. G.
Ogburn, of Butler, died on last Thursday.
She was one of the oldest and most es
teemed citizens of the town.
Mbs. Vibglnia Tbaywick and Miss
Sailie Rogers died last week in Sanders-
ville. Both were excellent ladies.
Bice is only eighty cents a bushel at
Alapaha in Berrien county.
At.t. the hotels in Savannah are under
going more or less improvement. They
expect a large run this winter, and are
preparing for it. All who visit Savannah
tliis winter will be comfortably and pleas
antly cared for.
It is reported that Mr. J. D. Alexan
der, formerly of the Griffin News, will
soon start a paper in Barnesville. . His
capacity and journalistic experience will
doubtless make it a success.
Mb. E. L. Stboheckeb, of this city,
aged thirty, was found the other day in
an unconscious condition in New York,
from inhaling opium of common ciga
rettes. If boys wish to be decently
heathenish, let them goto Chinatown
and inliale the pure drug. The habit
of smoking cigarettes is uncivilized and
uncelestial.
Jesse Wimbebly is an Independent
candidate for the Legislature from Burke
county.
Amekicus Becorder: About 3 o’clock
Friday morning, Miss Durham awoke, and
becoming conscious that a man was inber
room, sprang up and caught him. He
pulled from her, however, and made bis
escape. He bad climbed upon tbe shed
and opened the blinds, entering that way.
He left bis cap and shoes, which, fitting a
negro living on an adjoining lot, caused
Ills arrest. There not being sufficient
proof to convict, be was released.
Milledgeville Becorder: The in
fluential Norwood papers have run com
pletely out of breath. They started at too
SAX W. SMALL
Now, “honest ingin,” don’t yon think
you would have felt better if you had
have kept away from that drunken, vul- j 816 now sitting down m tne sna.ae oi me
rrar circus crowd. sick-ah-more tree, by the cool spring oi re-
WaSOTSOTO-,
^ pltipn • fore the Norwood collapse. The people
SSI I were uever more determined in their
r Ilives t0 sit down on this fragmentary busi-
S 1 ness * a!lJ teach the reckless traducers of
name of Pistol from Pistol creek near , Tf
there, and not for the sake of a warlike Augusta Chronicle. It is v ry y
name ; and hot in Jefferson county. Everything
„ „ „ I needs a good shower except the cotton,
Home Tribune on cotton receipts: The ; which is opening very fast, and the plan-
number of bales of cotton already re- ■ aj-g pushing the picking rapidly and
i ceived this season, is more than Rome sendin" cbe cotton to Louisville. A cor-
received in a whole season, ten years age. i respondent thinks tbe crop will be about
The cotton receipts yesterday amounted ' go per cent, of an average. Up to date
to about five hundred bales. We are ! 1150 bales have been received in Louis-
sure, if there is no disaster to the crop, of v ;n e
one hundred thousand bales. | s ^ mjasvu ^ K Mercury: Upon tlie
. J° urr yrt • The little negro public square are now to be seen several
coild bitten by an old sow last week, died , new anl j beautiful buildings, which are
Saturday from internal injuries. j creditable to the proprietors, to tbe pro-
tv e have in our possession a rock, jectors, to our mechanics and to our city,
found near town, on the place of Mr. i ££ a y tbe hammer anil the saw continue to
McCants, which has traces of gold in it. -. j make music in our city and never cease.
Last Wednesday tbe revenue officers t Savannah Neies: The trade along the
made a raid on the eastern part of our river continues to boom, and the steamers
county and captured several negroes, who Katie and Carrie are taxed to their ut-
are changed with illicit distilling. W. D. : most. The Katie arrived yesterday after-
Trammell, Esq., has been employed in noon from Augusta and way landings with
their defense, and leaves tor Atlanta to- a large cargo of cotton and other freight,
night to attend their trial. j gj, e was delayed in consequence of her
Washington Gazette: A negro named heavy cargo, and did not reach the wharf
Wiley Fanning, aged about sixteen, was on time. As soon as she was discharged,
killed in the gin gearing at Mr. James she departed .for Hudson ferry for another
Armstrong’s in this county,on Wednesday load, and it is expected she will -arrive
morning. He was driving the mules to here this morning.
the gin, and it is supposed was standing j The Carrie arrived shortly after twelve
011 the lever, when bis head was caught o’clock last night, heavily laden with cot-
between the shaft on which the band ton and general freight-
wheel is and an arm of the kingpost. He j Amebicus Becorder: On the 23d inst.
died instantly. j in Schley county, Polly Walker, aged 69,
Athens Chronicle: Bob Jones, col- passed away in the triumph of Christian
ored, is again in trouble. A colored man . faith. She leaves four children. Her
named George W. Aker, of Jackson coun- ’ disease was dropsy, from which she had
ty, came to town Thursday, and sold his ' suffered many months,
cotton for $S3. Jones ascertained the j Milledgeville Becorder: Ourself
lal on a charge of robbery. | in-coming train. Suddenly, though the
Atlanta Constitution: Hon. A. H. [ moon was shining brightly, ablaze of fire
Stephens, who has been visiting Colonel shot across tbe eastern heavens, passing
O. P.Fitzimmons for several days, will go- ift a* south-easterly direction; and when
up to Marietta the first of this week, inear the liorrison burst into fragments
where he will spend awhile with Colonel • of bine, white and red sparkles. It was
P. W. Alexander. Mr. Stephens’ health ; visible fully a minute in its course, and
is not as good as might be desired, and was beautiful exceedingly. It probably
one of bis objects in visiting Atlanta was
to consult Dr. Logan and to test the mer
its of Ponce de Leon spring water.
Savannaii News: The mortuary re
port for tbe past week, as furnished by
Dr. J. T. McFarland, health officer, which
will be found elsewhere, is a gratifying
and remarkable exhibit of the good health
of this city, especially at this season of
the year. Of the twenty-one deaths re
ported, there is not one from fever of any
kind, and only two are of whites, one
from apoplexy and one from paralysis of
tbe heart.
Becoming Mixed.—Americus Bo- killed.
We do not believe there is another city
in the country of tbe same population
that can return an equal showing for this
period of the year, confessedly, in the
South at least, tbe most sickly. Although
there are quite a number of cases of
broken bone fever, yet they are of brief
duration, lasting scarcely over four days,
and from all other diseases usual at this
season the city is peculiarly freel We
would direct the especial attention of onr
friends abroad to this mortuary report.
Augusta News: A few more egre
gious political blunders like that made
last week by the Hon. Ben. C. Yancey,
and the Norwood men will have their
pains for all tlieir trouble and devotion.
That it has furnished a powerful weapon
in the bands of the Colquittitcs cannot be
doubted. What led Col. Yancey, in his
exalted position, to make such a blander,
just at this time, is a question on the lips
of every Norwood man in the State. It i3
inexplicable and a serious blow to tbe
man and cause he was attempting to as
sist. Notwithstanding, Col. Yancey has
the manhood and honor to do justice to
the injured party, and for this prompt re
traction much of the Injury done has been
atoned. If we cannot whip the fight
alons on the principles involved, then,
for tbe sake of all that is honest and de
cent in politics, let us not resort to slan
der and vilification in order to boost into
office the man of onr choice.
Death of Mbs. D. H. Johnson.—
Griffin News: Tliis good lady, the wife
of Mr. Dave H. Join Aon, after a long and
lingering Illness, died at her home in this
city on Friday night. She was an estima
ble lady, and highly esteemed in our
community. The bereaved family have
tbe sympathies of our people. The bur
ial service will take place from the house
at 10 o’clock this morning.
Savann ah News: Mr. Moses Meyer
who was seriously hurt a few eveuines
since by falling backwards down a stair
way in the . establishment of Messrs.
Guckenheimer, Schwarz & Co., died Sat
urday morning from the effects'of the
the injuries received. The deceased was
about sixty years of age, and was* a broth
er of County Commissioner M. II. Meyer.
He was well esteemed and bis sad death
is greatly lamented by those wlii5 knew
him. His funeral took place yesterday
morning from bis late residence on Bar-'
Hard street, and was largely attended.
The Mouroe Advertiser says that Mr.
Orren Woodard, of that county, has made
a bale of cotton to tbe acre, and then
asks, “Ought not th:s to entitle a man to
a seat in tlie Legislature ?” We answer
it ought, but we regret to see that Mr.
Woodard declines to make tbe race.
Athens is oh tbe improve. Tbe Ban
ner says the other day Mr. B. HcGinty
bail seventeen houses under contract, but
did not know how many be has now.
A six-yeak-old son of Mr. Ira King,
. of Gordon, fell into a well seventy ieet
I deep on last Saturday, and instantly
was intended for a parting salute—saying,
we meet you again.
Augusta Chronicle: Maj.G.A.WIiite
head, the popular and energetic general
passenger and freight agent of tbe Central
railroad, was in the city yesterday, on bis
way to Savannah from New York, where
he has been in attendance on tbe meeting
of general passenger agents. Maj. White
head took' bis family to Savannah last
evening, and they will permanently reside
in Savannah. Tlie citizens of Augusta
take leave of Maj. Whitehead with regret
and bid him all prosperity and happiness
in bis new borne.
n rler.
—It is thought many people will attend
onr races.
—The river is somewhat swollen, from
rains above us.
—The juicy sugar cane now delighteth
the young boy.
—Cotton is still blooming, aud tbe cot
ton picker is still happy.
—The weather suggests the proximity
of tbe fall overcoat season.
—The Hebrew young men bad a pleas
ant brp in Huff’s Hall Monday night.
—Katie Putnam will visit Macon about
January. Of course the hooso will be
crowded.
■^-The grand combination show of the
country will enter Macon this season. It
includes the ballet, aud many nobby nov
elties. .
—The mosquito breathes through his
sides.' Thus, while the cool weather does
not effect his throat, It increases his
chances for pleurisy.
—In ten days people will look back and
wonder what all tbe Colquitt-Norwood
disturbance was About. American inci
dents, once past, grow old very rapidly,
—Anyone wishing to increase the force
of organ grinders in this country, will do
well to remember that tbe facilities for
making payments upon transportations
are much increased. We have
money order connection with
that country now.
-When Jeff Long told the darkies last
night that Mr. Norwood said they had no
souls, there was a shout of indignation;
but when be said there was some consola
tion In knowing that the devil couldn’t
catch them, a stentorian voice proclaimed
“that’s good enough flir ine.” Lots' of
people would compromise on that.
—It always sounds pretty to say: “The',
sun had sunk beneath the western hori
zon,” but a moment’s reflection shows
that that Is about the only horizon he
could'sink beneath, under the circum
stances. When be feels like sinking he
always selects the Western^ horizon iu
this section.—Bochester Democrat.
As the geutlcraan feels fastidious and
seeks for exactness in this thing, would it
not be well to say the Western horizon
rose above the pendant sun. We throw
this out merely as a suggestion. Let ns
do nothing to interfere with the innocent
sports of poesy.
He Interests and Arouse* a Macon Au
dience for Two Hour*. >
Last night Mr. Sam W. Small, who had
a few days since been announced to speak
In behalf of Mr. Norwood’s candidacy,
but whose coming had been rendered
doubtful by later telegrams, arrived in
Macon and was at once taken in charge by
tbe Norwood boys and, after a supper at
the Brown House, escorted to tbe speak
ers’ stand in front of the court house.
Mr. Small was introduced by Mr. S. H.
Jemison. Plunging at once into' his sub
ject, the speaker-said the people of Geor
gia would assemble in one week and set
the seal of condemnation on Colquitt’s
administration. On that day they would
assemble and write his epitaph: “He is
not dead, but sleepeth; not here, but ab
sent—as usual; and, the places that knew
him once shall know him no more for
ever.”
He said it was not necessary to recount
facts. The convention and its work was
known to everybody. Two men are now
in the'balance. Jt is for the people to de
cide which had been found wanting in all
of tbe elements which go to make np a
good public servant. »
He would not discuss Colquitt’s private
character or religion, nor his honor; they
belonged to himself, his family and his
God. But his public acts were the prop
erty of tho people of the State, and he
would deal with them alone.
The first proposition (and It was one,
he thought, that no man could deny) was,
that a public official shall not use bis
office for private gain. He did not accuse
Colquitt of having done this; lie charged,
though, that, in fivo instances, be bad
allowed those under him to do so.
Among these be cited tlie Murphy case
and tbe Northeastern bonds. He took it
for granted that the bonds should have
been signed, but asserted that Colquitt
knew of Murphy’s extortion, and told Sen
ator Hill that it “didn't matter.” Then
followed the Comptroller General’s case,
He put tbe whole blame upon Colquijtt
and eulogized Goldsmith. The Nelms
case followed, and for all of Nelms’ al
leged misdemeanors Colquitt also came
in for blame. In the State agricultural
division the speaker forsook argument and
ridiculed Janes in a merciless manner.
He referred to certain bills paid by Janes
and approved by Colquitt, aud claimed
that where tbe State only allowed the
department $13,500 a year, it bad spent
$63,000.
The Convict Catechism was finally
produced and Mr. Small acknowledged
that be assisted in getting it np, and knew
who did get it up. (This we suppose sets
at rest tbe charge that Colquitt’s friends
did it.) He claimed, however, that not
charge in there bad been met or an at
tempt made to answer one. About this
time he gave some of onr colored orators
a few side wipes and passed on to Olustee,
where be made Colquitt responsible foi
the death of 7,000 colored men. Then
he devoted his attention to Norwood'
civil-rights speech, and charged that at
one time Governor Colquitt advocated
system of tenantry, to prevent the negro
from owning land.
From this be journeyed to the kuklux
and made Gordon and Colquitt tbe beads
of that organization.
His finest exbibiton of that peculiar hu
mor and irony for which be is noted, was
reached when he took up Colquitt’s
speech and referred to the portion which
said that the opposition to him came from
the young men who loafed around bar
rooms, and wore silk bats and yellow and
blue neckties. He pictured among the
young men Hiram Warner with his jaunty
silk hat, Eli Warren, Judge Lyon, Alex
Lawton, Bob Toombs “loafing around tbe
bar rooms,” and Alex Stephens.
This was received with shouts of laugh
ter. “These young men,” exclaimed tbe
speaker, “made all tbe Colquilts there are
in Geoigia.” In referring to the young
men Colquitt bad spoken off, be said they
were of that class that had followed him
through tbe war, who slept now
“winding sheets of perforated blankets,
and graves of swamp damp.” Tbe speech
was one of great eloquence and power.
Full to tbe brim with humor, mimicry,
anecdote and wit, it pleased tbe people
present better than any speech which has
preceded it. Indeed, it is doubtful if ever
within this city there. Tias been enjoyed
such an hour of wit and liumor. There
were Colquitt men present, and they ap
preciated the effort as much as any one.
Genius is not bounded by the narrow
limits of a political campaign; it com
mands respect wherever it Is found; and
those present who could not agree with
Sam Small, either in his political faith or
conclusions, saw in “Old Si” a friend over
whose fancies and philosophy many a
pleasant hour bad been spent. Small
has found in this campaign a field for tbe
exercise of that talent which Is liis delight,
and he occupies tbe whole field when he
exercises. Ills speeches differ from most
that have been beard in this campaign.
It attacks not Colquitt’s private character,
his faith, nor even his private acts; nor
does it abase or reflect upon any man’s
It is a speech that might be delivered in
the presence of tbe man attacked with the
greatest propriety. But upon the public
life and acts of Colqnitt it was severe, and
was interrupted by bursts of applause and
continuous laughter.
There is but one more thing to be said
in this connection. We presume it will
be said among tbe most violent partisans
of Mr. Norwood, that desperate attempts
were made to break down tbe speaker by
Interruptions, etc. The following Is as
correct an account of all that occurred as
can be given. Occasionally during tbe
evening, some one at a distance, np or
down the street, would cheer for Colquitt.
Once a man riding by in a buggy did this,
and twice tbe speaker was inter
rupted by questions or remarks
from two men in tlie audience. This
was all; but the questions and cheers were
readily and wittily answered by the speak
er, and nothing would have occurred to
interrupt him further had the matter been
let alodq. The chivalric zeal of some of
the Norwooditcs, however, created a dis
turbance and loud talk, daring which tbe
speaker paused. Afterwards be went in
to heroics over bis “rights, which be dared
maintain’ r in front of armies, and any
where else, etc.
After Mr. Small ceased, Mr. S. H. Jem
ison was called upon aud addressed tbe
crowd briefly.
CESTKU CITY JOCKEY CLUB.
Preparing; for the Pall Meeting.
Preparations are being made by tho
above club for the grand meeting in this
city on the 26th inst. Early next week,
probably, tbe work of clearing the track
will bo began, either by tlie chain gang or
a special force employed'by the club,
The chain gang, which numbers twenty-
five members, could go over and pnt tbe
track in thorough order in less than two
days,'and It is hoped that tbe superinten
dent will find time to devote to the work,
The gang is now at work on the Colum
bus road, however, and at this time the
roads need every boor of work possible,
tbe constant bauling of cotton catting
them up badly.
Tbe track will be in good order, though,
when tbe day arrives, and the races will
be made as attractive a3 possible. Re
member there is no fair this year, and
this meeting is arranged for tbe amuse
ment of the people. By reference to the
committee’s advertisement, it will be seen
that all visitors can come to Macon upon
cheap excursion tickets, thus placing it in
tbe power of ladies and others to make
their fall purchases, besides enjoying the
8ports of tbe occasion. And tbe managers
desire us to say that tho races will be so
conducted, and tbe seats so arranged that
any lady in the land can with propriety
be present. It is earnestly desired that
they grace the occasion with their pres
ence. Fifteen officials will have charge
of tbe grand stand, and preserve order,
and tbe entire upper floor ha3 been re
served for tbe ladies and attendants. The
high character of the gentlemen who
have this enterprise in charge, is sufficient
guarantee of its success.
quick Work.
Officer Henderson yesterday arrested
suspicious character—a darky carrying
two carpet-sacks. He was searched, and
pistol was found upon Ills person;
was carried before tbe County CourfJ
tried, and sentenced to lour months on
tbe chain gang, all in the space of a few
sweet hours. One of the carpet-bags
contained a blue silk drees.
Grit to tbe Backbone, bat too Drank.
It was at a barbacue in Jones county that
be first made bis appearance, a short,
stiff, busby-beaded stranger, with a bright
eye, and a long, linen coat on. He was
a little under the weather from too much
whisky, and was spoiling for a figlit,
First be could whip any man of his size
present, then it was any man on the
ground, and finally any man in Jones
county. Now, there is a peculiarity about
this particular county, and that is that
upon land which will not raise a bu3hel of
com to the acre, yon can raise a difficulty
without the aid of lertilizers. The stran
ger had not announced himself long, be
fore ho was approached by a loose-jointed
individual, Who drawled out:
“Wall, stranger, here’s one man yer
can’t lick; but yer can try.”
The man in tbe linen coat was for sail
ing in at once, but the crowd carried them
off to a neighboring dell and formed
ring. They sailed in; tbe duster looked
like a gown on a clothes line in a wind
storm; but it was no go. Down it went, and
presently a voice exclaimed: “Hold up!”
When the man in tbe duster arose be had
the appearance of having been dragged
under a freight car from Griffin, but be
didn’t complain. While they were help
ing him wash off the blood he was scan
ning his opponent from head to foot, and
muttering:
“Well, I wouldn’t haven’t thought it—
I wouldn’t, by Gol.”
When they got him straight, he deliber
ately took off his coat and, as be tossed it
on a bush and straightened up slowly, ex
claimed :
“And danged if I do believe it 1”
Seeing these formal preparations going
on, the gentleman from Jones was ready.
The bushy-beaded man sailed again. Ilis
efforts were wide-spread and terrible. He
looked like a threshing machine in con
vulsions, and lookers-on, as the/ drew
back, thought he was attacking tlie sun,
moon and stars and tbe waters urn
der the earth. His opponent stood
out of tbe way a moment, and
when tbe arms and legs subsided
closed in again and downed him. There
were a few ineffectual struggles and then
they dragged them apart again. It took
about a quarter of an hour this time to
stop liis noso bleeding, but through it all
be kept an eye on bis man. Then they
set him under a tree, braced him up with
a drink, for bis pluck won every heart,
and drew bis stoiy from him. After ev
erything had quieted down and all were
friends be got up and felt all over tbe
Jones county man, and said sadly:
“But to think that tbe Wild Cat of tbe
Tombigbee should bo cleaned out by a
child like that; it’s too much, too much
Stranger, would yer mind gining a man
just one more showin’ ? I can’t believe it:
I can’t. The Wild Cat of the Tombigbee
Stranger, look out for yerself; I’m goin’
to jump.”
He jumped, and tbe crowd looked on in
awe. He was a car-wheel broke loose,
a mill stone on an excursion, a hurricane,
for five minutes, but no mortal frame
could stand tbe strain long, and when be
weakened, Jones county closed in aud
downed him again. When they got
him up and led him off to tho spring, he
mattered sadly, “too drunk, too drank;
just to think. Tho Wildcat of tho Tom-
bigbeo cleaned up by a mere boy, a mere
child! But gimme a pistoi and I’ll fight
tbe whole crowd.”
Intelligence Office.
Nearly every housekeeper in the city
has been inconvenienced during the last
year by the large number of trifling ne
groes who pretend to fill the places of ser
vants. They come for employment bring
ing no evidence of good character 6r certi
ficate of ability in the various professions,
are engaged through sheer necessity, and
leave without a moment’s warning, often
stealing more than double the amount of
their wages, The work they attempt to
perform is hut half done, and they gener
ally evince a total ignorance of the duties
of any branch of the serving profession.
At this season of the year there is i
perfect hegira from tho city into the cot
ton fields. Tho temptation to forsake
places paying five, six and seven dollars
per month, to pick cotton at sixty cents
per hundred leads off many good servants
even, and the consequence is, half-cooked
dinners and
Recognizing all this as daily expen
se, tho public will doubtless note with
satisfaction that a plan to obviate all this
has been suggested and -will be carried
into operation. Mr. L. Ripley has estab
lished at his office a general Intelligence
Bureau for the purpose of furnishing em
ployers with servants and employes with
situations.
It will, of course, be impossible at the
start to furnish servants and guarantee
good characters, bnt by means of a record
and the growth of his business, it will not
be long before every employe furnished
from tbe office will bear a certificate of
good character and of his ability to per
form certain labor. When people become
independent enough to require these cer
tificates, servants will become dependent
upon their certificates for positions, and
consequently better behaved. Mr. Ripley’s
plan certainly deserves encouragement
and success. Other cities find intelligence
offices absolutely necessary, and Macon
bas reached tbe point where she begins to
feel it so.
; 4, ■ FoaMUaca.
They carried pie to the parson’s house
And scattered the floor with crumbs.
And marked the leaves of bis choicest
books
With the prints of their greasy thumbs.
They piled his dishes high and thick
With a lot of unhealthy cake,
While they gobbled the buttered toast and
rolls.
Which the parson’s wife did make.
They hung round Cly tie’s classic neck
Their apple pearings for sport,
And every one laughed when a clumsy
lout •
Spilt his tea on tbe piano-forte.
Next day the parson went down on
knees,
With his wife, but not to pray;
Ob, no; ’twas to scrape the grease and
dirt , -
From the carpet and stairs away!
—Exchange,
One swallow may not make a spring,
but too many swallows, in one direction,
will cause a fall.
“Never mistake perspiration for inspir
ation^’ said an old minister in his charge
to a young pastor just being ordained.
Philadelphia can boast of a circus with
the smallest elephant in the conntry, and
a fat woman with the biggest calf on rec
ord.
Charity beginneth at borne—therefore,
never give a tramp boiled chicken and
feed your world-worn husband on last
year’s corned beef.
An Iowa man, who got hurt by a fall,
refused to take brandy to stimulate him.
and the doctor sat down on a bundle of
wheat and saw him die.
In an Arkansas town one Sunday, one
clergymen prayed for rain, and another
for fair weather, and Providence got out
of the dilemma by sending them an earth
quake.
There are 5,000 more words in the En
glish language than in the French, and yet
more unclean things can be said in tbe
French language, than in all others put
together.
Even a deacon won’t say grace when he
steps into a railway eating house. He
knows that iTwould be asking too much
to request that he be made thankful for
anything he will get there:
“Why, Frankyl” exclaimed a mother
at the summer boarding bouse, '‘I never
knew you to ask for a second piece of
pie at home.” “I knew ’twant any use, !
said Franky, as be proceeded with hie pie
eating.
Rats have become so bold in Boston
that they bide themselves in the street
cars and nibble at women’s heels, and it
is in Boston that mosquitoes hang on un
til the ice will hold up a man in au ul
ster.
Old families at Newport are learning
with regret that money bas more influ
ence than pedigree. The fact that a man
ha3 a pedigree extending back to William
the Conqueror has no power to satisfy
bartender.
Seventeen obelisks have been removed
from the banks of the Nile and set up in
various parts of the country. If our poor
people can get bread to eat and clothes to
wear this winter, they will try to worry
along without an obelisk.
Dramatic Dots.
Mr? Maurice Barrymore has retired
from tne stage.
Lanra Claneey is playing with Mary
Anderson’s troupe.
Marion Booth falls into Manager Wal
laces hands this season.
Gus Williams’ troupe, “Our German
Senator,” has been having a successful
week at Saratoga. They will come to
Macon.
Bessie Darling commences her starring
tour on the 1st of November.
Boston has her five theatres open and
all in full blast.
After finishing London, Booth goes up
on tlie Berlin stage. He speaks German.
Helen Tracy is the great attraction of
New York. Everybody is infatuated.
It is said that Mrs. Joe Emmett bas be
come heartsick so repeatedly over her hus
bands broken vows, that she will not live
with him. unless be abandons tlie cup for
ever.
Salvini has been struggling with the
English languago for six years in order to
interpret Shakespeare before Anglo-Saxon
audiences, but be says ho despairs of
ever succeeding.
Miss Davenport, in “American Girl,”
requires six complete costumes. Of
course; no American girl is a success
without that many.
Poor Joe Emmett! He bad reformed,
and was carrying New York by storm,
when one night be came upon tbe stage
drunk. The immense theatre was packed
and jammed with ladies and children
He struggled to jo on, weakened and
failed. He is now “under tbe back.’”
We find the following additional refer
ence to Belle Mackenzie in a Northern
paper: “Miss Belle Mingles bas become a
bride. She was known in tbe profession
as Bello Mackenzie. Last Sunday in Nor
folk, Va,, she became Mrs. R. H. Archer,
and was married by the Rev. Otis 'A.
Glazebrook, formerly of the Church of
the Holy Trinity, Baltimore.. Mr. John
T. Ford was present, and gave the bride
away. Mr. Archer is irom California;
the bride from Philadelphia. The bride
is a beautiful blonde, sad has had offers
by the score, bat her youthful shyness
caused her to give all suitors the cut di
rect, until the Archer drew his bow and
the arrow proved fatalr .
What a Clenrjnaaa (nji ihoat the
Vitalizing Power of Compoand O*y.
gen. r i V
A clergyman, Rer. W. B. Hines, of
Waynesboro, Miss., writing to the New
Orleans Ckristian Advocate, says, refer
ring to-an advertisement of Compound
Oxygen in that paper; “Please allow
me a few words of commendation. My
wife being in feeble health, and having
been so for many years, I' persuaded ber
to use it, which ahe did. She began very
soon to improve in strength, and continued
to improve, and passed through the un
usually hot summer of 1878 and the fall,
attending to all her. domestic duties with
more strength and less fatigue than she
had done for ten years preceding; then
during the winter nursed the sick day and
night, with more than usual loss of sleep
and exposure and effort, and all without
breaking down, which she could not have
done ’at any period during ten years past
up to that time. In order to hare some
experimental knowledge ol the effect of
this treatment, I used it several times my
self. In all my life I never used anything
that produced so soon such a pleasant,
healthfulness of condition. Gave a glow
of youthful buoyancy by increasing tbe
vital forces of the mind and body. It
gave a compass and power to my voice that
it never had before." Drs. Stabkey &
Palen, of Nos. 1*109 and 1111 Girard
street, Philadelphia, Pa., send their Treat
ise on Compound Oxygen free to all who
send for It. • lw
Csmeroa Sentenced.
It will be gratifying’ to the lovers of
justice to know that Cameron, the safe
robber of Eatonton, has been found guilty
and sentenced to eleven yeara in the peni
tentiary.
NOTES ON THE CAMPAIGN.
Tke Hoyle Bond.
“This charge is that the grand jury of
Fulton county brought to Governor Col
quitt’s knowledge the insufficiency
of the bond of Sam Hoyle,
the tax collector of that county,
and that by bis failure to require it
strengthened, the State lost that portion
of the State and county taxes collected by
Hoyle foie.the State.
the pacts and pigubes.
1st. The law puts upon the ordinary of
each county the duty of approving the
bond of the tax'collector (code, §161) for
the obvious reason that the Governor
could not have any personal knowledge as.
to the solvency of the securities residing
in one hundred and thirty-seven counties.
This approval was tlie highest and best
evidence of tbe solvency of this bond.
2nd. The law also provides that tbe
Governor may require a new bond and
surety, when any surety shall, in his opin
ion, “formed on satisfactory-evidence, be
come insufficient”—code, §170. The ques
tion then is,
WHAT EVIDENCE
was before tbe Governor which would
have warranted his rction in this matter.
(а) The grand jury made no present
ment on the subject. It is claimed they
passed a resolution, but on inquiring at
the clerk’s office, it did not appear that
such a resolution was passed, and there
was absolutely no legal evidence, much
loss any satisfactory evidence—to form the
basis of a proceeding by tho Governor.
Such a proceeding is quasi judicial.
The tax collector would be entitled to no
tice thereof; and in this notice it would
be necessary to state in substance the
ground of the proceeding, i. e. tbe evi
dence on which it was founded. Govern
or Colquitt could no more call on Hoyle
to strengthen bis bond unless its in
sufficiency was brought before him in
a proper way than Judge Simmons could'
settle a controversy between two Macon
merchants until one of them brought it as
a case in court, under the .form* of law.
If tbe grand jury of Fulton county coaid
have saved tbe State and county from a
loss, it is a pity that they did not make a
presentment or put a resolution in some
form by which it would become a record,
and thus furnish “evidence” to the Gov
ernor. * • iu
SUSPICION DISABLED.
(б) Even If merely informal and un
proved action by the grand jury was ev
idence, the Governor saw that tbe ordi
nary of Fulton county, who* still retained
control over the bond for county taxes,
took no action. Now, Governor Colquitt
knew that Judge Pittman was acquainted
with tbe securities and he was, not. He
knew that tbe interests of, the county in
the tax were nearly twice as great as
those of the State'.
He knew that the people of Fulton
county bad, by electing Judge Pittman to
office for several successive terms, indorsed
him as a faithful custodian of tbe county’s
interests. Therefore his inaction might
well disarm any suspicion that might
have been aroused in his mind, even if
suspicion had warranted his issuing a rule
nisi against Hoyle.
NO LOSS.
Even if the Governor had acted, the re
sult would have been tbe same. Tbe al
leged action of tbe grand jury was in.No-
vember, 1879. Hoyle, as it afterwards
appeared, bad been behind in tbe taxes of
1877 and 1S78, and be applied the taxes
collected in 1879 to tbe amounts due for
those years. The loss, therefore, of the
taxes for 1879 bad already occurred. If
new sureties bad been given they would
only have been liable from date, not for
past default.
A QUESTION.
If Governor Colquitt bad received the
few additional votes required for the two-
thirds majority, and if the Republicans
had put out a cauJidate, what would tbe
now Noiwood Democrats have said of
such charges? No-Axe.
1 Our Swamp Hoad.
The road through the swamp planned
by the county commissioners, and advo
cated for a year by the Telegbaph and
Messengeb, seems again upon tbe point
of being .constructed. The line of this
road was surveyed early in the spring, we
believe, by Captain J. C. Wheeler, and
the commissioners passed a resolution to
build it, bat afterwards reconsidered, and
suspended action. A petition bas lately
been gotten up by a gentleman who con
ducts a large farming interest in tbe
swamp, and laid before tbe commission
ers, asking that the road be built? The
petition bears upon its face the nainc3 of
some of tbe wealthiest men in the, coun
ty, and will be passed upon next Tues-
day. . ..
It seems about useless now to recount
tlie advantages of such a road; we have
so often named them that tbe argument is
familiar to everyone. In the first place,
however, tbe road will, If properly run
and a ferry established, cut off six or eight
miles of bauling in favor of our Twiggs
connty friends. Then it will open up and
place in easy communication with the
city an immense acreage of market land
that will in a few years be of inestimable
value to us. The road will be so con
structed and protected as in a great moas
ore to drain the land on tbe left, and
almost wholly prevent overflow upon the
right. But the greatest advantage to tbe
county will lie in the advanced taxable
value of these lands in years to come.
By all means build the road. It will
be a step toward tbe drainage of the
swamp, and that means health and
wealth.
Moatc Notes.
Mr. Julian Price still continues to im
prove his fine voice in Boston.
Tbe last number of tbe New York Mu
sical Critic publishes a portrait and sketch
of Mr* Louis Blumenberg, the celebrated
young Baltimore violoncellist.
A line from Geneva, Angust 20, says:
Miss Minnie Hauck and ber mother, who
have been spending tbe summer at tbeir
cottage in the Rigi district, are now at
Ouchy on tbe lake.
Mrs. Marie Gaul, Miss Emma Gaul,
Fritz Gaul and Minnie Gaul, of Baltimore,
who have been pursuing their musical
studies at the conservatories of Gcrmahy,
were passengers by the steamship Her
mann at that port on Wednesday.'
Clara Louisa Kellogg is singing in con
certs at Vienna. The Viennoise are
greatly elated when she warbles, and ap
plaud most enthusiastically. “II Trova-
tore” has been her greatest achievement,
as rendered at the Imperial Opera House.
It is said that Adelina Patti is certainly
coming to the United States in 1SS1; she
has bought off Maurice Stakosch, who had
her under contract, and will make the
tour of tbe States on her own account.
She is to be accompanied by the Adonis
like Nicoliui.
Great complaint is made by the attend
ants at political meetings, that the cam
paign' songs are not nearly so effective as
they were in 1840,1844 and 1848. It oc
curs to us, and to many others, that there
are comparatively few now living who re
member how effective the campaigners
sang 40 yeara ago.
Among the passengers now on the
ocean blue, aboard the ship City of Rich
mond, oi the Inman line, and bound for
the United States, are Col. Mapleson, the
much-worked impressario] Mad. Etelka
Gerater, tbe siren-voiced queen of the op
era; Mad. Marie Boze, who Is to essay
English opera in America for the first
time; M’lle Belocca the charming con
tralto; and Signor Ardltl, the prince of
conductor*.
OIJB PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
Report of the Superintendent.
Macon is justly proud of her public
schools, and anything in reference to them
will be of interest. We append the fol
lowing extract from tho report of the
President of the Beard of Educa
tion of Bibb countv. It is suggestive,
and furnishes food for thought;
The eighth annual report of the opera
tion of the public schools of the county
herewith submitted, is so brief, lucid and
satisfactory, that nothing need be added
to it. It shows 3,349 pupils taught in
thirty-nine schools by sixty teachers, at
an expense of $20,033.60, of which $18,-
8o6.48 was incurred in tbe single item of
teachers’ salaries, and $1,180.14 paid in
rent, school furniture, fuel, repairs, and
other incidentals. It shows an average
monthly cost of seventy-eight cents per
pupil, and an aggregate gain of four hun
dred pupils—sixty per centum of the
white school population is instructed,
which is a full average, and thirty-three
per centum of tbe colored population,
which is low, but an advance on previous
years.
Of the funds used in tbe school admin
istration the county contributed $15,700
out of her revenue from taxes, and it is a
noble fact that Bibb county spends a
great deal more to educate ber children
than she does for any other public object.
A fact which ought to attract your at
tention and will receive the energetic ac
tion of the Board, is the almost complete
failure of ourirevenue from the poll tax.
The State constitution makes tlie payment
a condition precedent to suffrage, and
wisely devotes the poll tax of one dollar
to the uses of the public schools. The an
nual revenue from this source in Bibb
connty should be from four to five thou
sand dollars; but it was last year only
$394.29. This is a grievous wrong to
property tax payers, which tbe Board feel
must be remedied, aud propose to use ev
ery effort and influence to effect a cure.
Prof. Zettler, tbe connty superinten
dent, makes an elaborate report, showing
the condition of the schools to be emi
nently satisfactory. He shows that there
are 7,909 persons in tlie county between
C and 8 years of age. Out of this num
ber 3,349 are enrolled in tbe schools. We
make tbe following extract from Mr. Zet-
tler’s report:
COMPABATIVE ESTIMATES.
YEAR OF SYS-
1 TEM.
Pupils Admit
ted
ft
;?
Total Expen
diture'. . ...,
3 s
o T3
a?
f|
1872-73 . .
1,510
43
$1 23
1S73-74 . .
2,651
45 $25,144 SO
1 05
1874-75 . .
3,153
53
33,891 26
1 13
1875-76 . .
3,144
56
25,821 79
1 02
1876-77 . .
2,432
50
13,923 33
95
1S77-7S . .
2,852
53
18^297 05
92
1878-79 . .
2,939
55
18,COO 25
84
1879-80 . .
3,349
69
20,036 CO
78
SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS.
Considerable difficulty was experienced
in finding accommodations for all the ap
plicants for admission to the schools <m
the opening in September, and for the first
time since the system was adopted, it be
came necessary for me to name the par
ticular school which applicants should at
tend. Owing to the fact that the differ
ent portions of the city were not provided
with adequate facilities, it has not been
considered best heretofore to define the
district lines in the city, and restrict pa
trons to the schools of their respective
districts, but each one was allowed to pat-
coniza tho school of hjs choice. So great,
however, was the demand for seats this
year at the North Macon Grammar
School, that I decided to send away from
that school those pupils who lived within
a reasonable distance from other schools in
which vacanies existed, and admit in their
places applicants in the immediate vicini
ty of this school. This step, of course,
created considerable murmuring, but it
seemed to me to be in accordance with
the spirit of the rule, and tbe most reason
able course to be pursued under tbe cir
cumstances. It will be more satisfactory,
however, for tlie board to regulate this
matter by defining the limits of school
districts m tbe city, and I recommend
that this be done to-day.
I respectfully urge upon tbe attention
of the board tbe importance of increasing
our accommodations before the opening
of the next term, especially in the eastern
part of the city. The three-room school-
house erected by the Roman Catholic de
nomination on Fourth street, and the
small building put up on the Academy
lot by a few public-spirited citizens in that
part of the city, relieved somewhat the
pressure at other points. But these are
inadequate, and unless- further provision
is made for the accommodations of appli
cants, we shall have much well-grounded
complaint against us when the schools
are reopened. The public schools may
truthfully be said to have been accepted
by all classes of the people as a satisfacto
ry means of educating their children, and
as this is a consummation steadily aimed
at and desired by the board, we cannot
consistently turn away any wlio desire to
patronize them. To say that onr rooms
are full, and the board has no means to
provide others, does not satisfy those
whose children are rejected.
I urge this matter of increasing our fa
cilities with earnestness, because I be
lieve tbe demand for accommodations
will come upon us next fall with a force
that we have not heretofore experienced,
and we must be prepared, at least, to
show that we have done all tbatwe could
,to provide for all who wish to avail them
selves of the benefits of the schools.
DEATH OF LADY GAY.
A Beene that Kraaght Tear* to tbe
Eye*.
We find the following account of tbe
death of a noted racer in tbe Columbus
Enquirer-Sun;
On Saturday afternoon, when the fine
race horse, Lady Gay, fell on the track
and. threw her rider, a most affecting
scene was presented. The animal ran as
if she knew tbe work she had to do. She
sprang off like a streak of lightning, and
at tbe time of tbe fall she was three
lengths ahead. After falling she ran
across to the starting point, and against
tbe tongue of a carriage. Sbe shortly
fell and was thought to be in a djingcon
dition. Tbe plucky little rider, Bob May
nard, although bis arm was injured, was
soon beside bis horse, and kneeling spoke
to her in a manner with as much feeling
as if the animal was human. Trembling
with emotion, be said;
“Poor Gay! poor.Gay! Ob,pet, get
up, get up!” — ...
Until this time she bad never tamed
her bead, but when Bob spoke, sbe,
though suffering greatly, turned her head
and looked at him as affectionately as a
human could. The'scena was one calculat
ed to bring tears to the eyes of the by
standers. The heart-rending moans of
tlie poor animal and the affecting meeting
of ber and the rider was such as to throw
great sadness on those present. Yesterday
morning Lady Gay, after the greatest suf
fering, breathed her last. She will be
buried under tbe trees where tbe race
started, and a monument will no doubt
be erected there. A horse with more
pluck never ran, and her death is a source
of great regret.
Blaine Raves in New Jersey.
The Maine election does not appear to
have had a sobering effect upon Senator
Blaine. On tbe contrary, quite the re
verse. He told the people of Newark,
N. J., on Thursday, that, if Hancock is
elected, in the space of a twelvemonth—
and he was not certain that within nine
days—the Supreme Court would be
“banded over to the South,” and in that
event “the Union would be dissolved.”
He also declared that there has been “in
tentionally put into the census of tbe
Southern States 2,000,000 of people who
are not there.” If the reporters have not
done him justice, Mr. Blaine has evident
ly lost his bead, and Is better fitted for
retirement at some quiet and cooling
springs than for further service on tM
Stamp.