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TH* bad times have caused a very seri
ous diminution, la many cases expected
to be permanent; in the income of the Ox
ford and Cambridge Colleges. •
Con. Nicholas Smith, who married
Hiss Ida Greeley, lias a son named Horace
Gfeeley, dropping the Smith entirely.
He has a daughter named Nicholas
Smith.
Denis Kearney, the agitator, has re
turned to his dray, in San Francisco.
He says that he is out of pocket through
politics, and is glad to go to work again
in his old line.
A girl only eight years old was arrest
ed for druukcnness at Lowell. To com
plete the disgraceful picture, the police let
her lie ten hoars insensible in a cell with
out attention.
Amono the candidates for the Pennsyl
vania Senatorship mentioned by the Phil
adelphia Times are ex-Speaker Galnsha
A. Grow, Gov. Hoyt, cx-Gov. Hartranft,
Representative W. D. Kelley and Simon
Cameron.
Mbs. Reed, of Dead wood, is under ar
rest for stealing a house. She hitched
six oxen to it, while the owner was absent,
and drew it away.
A sharper went from town to town
in New England, taking from the public
library in each place the most valuable
book that be was permitted to draw, and
Anally selling the accumulation of rare
volumes in Boston.
It The Campbellite church at Washing
ton is a small and mean structure. In
anticipation Of Garfield’s worship draw
ing a crowd, an enlargement is talked of.
The Foundry Methodist Church, where
Hayes attended, will now lose its chief
attraction for visitors.
According to a table published in the
British Fanner, showing the estimated
wheat deficiencies and surpluses [respec
tively of the various importing and ex
porting countries, the importing countries
require 200,000,000 bushels from abroad,
while the exporting countries have an
available surplus of 300,000,000 bushels
of which the United States holds over
200,000,000 bushels.
Ik France horse flesh, brought into fash
ion at the siege of Paris, is gaining rather
than losing favor. Since 1876 the amount
consumed has risen from 171,500 pounds
to nearly 2,000,000 pounds. In the year
1870 there were consumed at Marseilles
500 horses; In 1875,1,031; in 1878, l,533j
at Nancy, in 1873,165; in 1876,350, and
in 1878, 705. Similarly in Rheims and
Lyons the figures have advanced from
year to year. ,
Garfield’s Inauguration.—Prepar
ations for the inauguration of Gen. Gar
field have already assumed an organized
Iftrm, an executive committee having ar
rangements in charge to extend a cordial
invitation to all the military* and civic
■organizations throughout the country to
take part in the inauguration ceremonies.
All communications and inquiries on the
subject should be addressed to Col. H. C.
Corbin, corresponding secretary,Washing
ton, D. C.
Alabama Solid.—A'hd Hdblgomery
Advertiser says returns sonl6 days since
dispelled all doubts as to the electioll Of
Democratic Representatives from all the
Alabama districts except the eighth. Doubt
there has been removed, the majority for
the gallant General Joseph Wheeler being
forty-four. The majority for Lowe, In
dependent and Greenbacker, two years
ago, was nearly two thousand. We con.
gratulate General Wheeler, the State and
the Democracy upon bis splendid victory.
He will make one of the best Represen
tatives Alabama ever bad in the Federal
capital.
A Washington widow received a let
ter saying that the writer possessed proof
that she Lad murdered her husband, and
would surrender it for $200. She informed
the police, and they arrested two men
who were concerned in the attempt to
blackmail. One was a physician, and the
other a photographer. There was no in
timation that the woman caused her hus
band's death, and the rascals relied
solely on the chance that she would pay
rather than be accused, though they real
ly had neither the means nor the intention
of publicly making such a charge.
There are In the United States, as
nearly as can be estimated, of Sunday-
school teachers 886,328, and of scholars
6,623,124. In the British Dominions,
not including India, 547,557 teachers and
6,007,102 scholars. In Europe 2,000
teachers and 100,000 scholars; in South
America 3,000 teachers and 152,600 schol
ars,in the remaining countries 2,000teach
ers and 100,000 scholars. This gives a total
of 1,460,881 teachers and 12,340,310
scholars, nearly fourteen millions erf peo
ple enlisted in the Sabbath-3cbool cause.
A Boston man besought bis wife, he
having been but three years married, for
the privilege of a night key. “Night key?”
she exclaimed, In tones of amazement,
“what use can yon have for anight key
when the" Woman’s Emancipation League
meets on Monday night, the ‘Ladies’
Domestic Mission’Tuesday, the ‘Sisters
of Jericho’ Wednesday, the ‘Woman’s
Science Circle’ Thursday, the ‘Daughters
Of Nineveh’ Friday, and the ‘Woman’s
Progressive Art Association’ and the ‘Suf
frage Band’ on alternate Saturday nights?
You stay at homo and see that the baby
"doesn't fall out ol the cradle.” He stays.
Mr. gnami Speaks.—The Cleve
land Leader publishes the following let
ter from Mr. John Sherman: « Treasury
Department, Washington, Nov. 5^-To
the lion. J. If. Dalzell, Caldwell, 0~* Your
kind note of the 4th is received, tor which
please except my thanks. I prefer to do
precisely as yon recommend—await the
judgment or the General Assembly of
Ohio, unbiassed by any expression of my
wish in the matter referred to. I do not
know what Is the desire of Gen. Garfield,
but I can see that my election might re
lieve him from embarrassment, and leave
him free to do as he thinks best in the
ormation of his Cabinet. Again thank-
ng you for your kind offer, I am, very
truly yours, John Sherman.
California has some very rich estates.
In San Francisco Leland Stanford is as
sessed at $10,710,000, Charlea. Crocker
$10,187,000; Mark Hopkins’ widow $17,-
211,000, James C. Flood $10,600,000,
Senator Sharon $4,470,000 and James G
Fair $4,220,000. The Nevada Bank ia as
sessed at $7,000,000, and tne Bank of Cal
ifornia $6,000,000. There are a dozen or
so of estates which range between two
and three millions each, and twenty that
are one million and upwards. This ac
cumulation of great wealth in a few hands,
however, is attended with corresponding
great poverty among the laboring classes,
and this Is the secret of the discontent of
the California workingmen and the ill-
xegulated political notions they cherish.
A History of Georgia a Pressing Ne
cessity—Judge Hook’s Views Up
on the Subject
By request, we copy the [following able
communication of Judge Hook, which
has been printed in most of the leading
papers of the State:
Augusta, November 5.
Editors Atlanta Constitution—l will
thank you for a place in your columns to
urge upon the attention of the General
Assembly, to be convened at the capital
this week, the importance of making suit
able provisions for tbe preparation and
publication, at an early day, ot a correct
and complete general history of tbe State
of Georgia. It is felt to be, on every band,
a great need at this time. It is impossi
ble, as the facts now exist, for oar people
to get anylbing like an accurate history of
oiir great State. Such a history is essen
tial to the proper instruction of our chil
dren. A brief reference to the histories
of our State heretofore compiled will suf
fice to prove the present great need in this
regard.
The Rev. Mr. Hewett, a Presbyterian
divine, who bad for many years been a
resident of Charleston, S. C., but who
bad left that city for England upon the
outbreak of tbe revolutionary war, pub
lished in London, In 1770, “An Historical
Account of the Rise and Progress of the
Colonies of South Carolina ana Georgia.”
While ia these small octavo volumes tbe
colonial history ot Georgia is narrated at
some length, the work is chiefly occupied
with a recital of events connected with
the establishment and development of the
colony of South Carolina. Mr. Hewett’s
labors ended prior io the revolution; and
his work, long since ontof print, and
puerile in itsscope, lias for very many years
been inaccessible to the general reader.
Shortly alter the formation of the gen
eral government, Mr. Edward Langwottby
conceived the design of writing a history
of Georgia. After collecting some mate
rial for the accomplishment of his pro
posed task, he removed to Maryland, and
there died. His proposed history was nev
er written, and all efforts to recover such
documents and memoranda as he had ac
cumulated have utterly failed.
McCall’s History of Georgia, in two oc
tavo "volumes, published in Savannah in
1811 and 1816, is chiefly valued on ac
count of the traditions it embodies relat
ing to the revolutionary period of the
State. It concludes with the termination
of the revolution. But few copies of the
work can now be found, and access to
its pages is practically denied to the pub
lic.
Many years ago tbe Legislature of Geor
gia extended aid to Mr. Joseph V. Bevan,
and authorized him to collect, arrange
and publish all documents in the execu
tive office and tbe office of the secretary of
state. He died, however, at the com
mencement of his labors, and no publica
tion was made.
In pursuance of a resolution of the Gen
cral Assembly, the Governor appointed
tbe Rev. Charles Wallace Howard, an
agent on the part of the State, to proceed
to London and there obtain copies of all
records in the colonial departments of
Great Britain relating to the settlement
and early history of Georgia. He brought
back with him, as the fruit of this mission,
twenty-two folio volumes, copied from
original documents in the office of the
board of trade, in the slate paper office,
and in the king’s libiary. This material
lias been but partially utilized, and for
the most part lies dormant to the present
time.
The “Statistics of Georgia” and the
“Historical Collections of Geoigia,” by
the Rev. Mr. White, while possessing no
little interest, cannot be reckoned as his-
lories. They may properly be regarded as
gazetteers. They contain food for the
historian.
Of the two octavo volumas of the Rev.
WlR* Bacon Stevens published, cneof
them in 2f«w York in 1847, and the other
in Philadelphia in J5 39 * il raa T, be
stated that they are faulty, that»-C” ,,ave
never passed into general circulation. In
them tbe history of Georgia is essayed
only down ro the adoption of tbe constitu
tion of 1798.
The history of Georgia for the past
eighty years and more has never been at
tempted, and remains wholly unwritten.
Strange as it may seem, we have literally
no history of Georgia as a State. The
narratives of lier hopes, acts, perils, aspi
rations and achievements during that pe
riod must be sought from newspaper files,
fragmentaiy and occasional publications,
and from the failing -memories of some,
stilt in life, whose recollections of men
and events extend backward perhaps filly
years. These in turn must be supple
mented by a careful and tedious search
amidst the dust-covered records in the de
partments in Atlanta, aud by a recourse
to such documents as may perhaps still
live in in the hands of the descendants of
the illustrious dead.
The preparation of a general history of
Georgia from the settlement of the colony
to tlie present time is an undertaking
which will necessarily involve much ex
pense and exbanst years ot patient toil and
laborious investigation. Year by year the
falBllment of such a task becomes more
and more difficult. Ink fades, moths in
vade, traditions are forgotten, and our
great men grow old and die, leaving no
endnring sign.
Most of the older States of the Union,
and not a lew of the younger, appreciating
the importance of such publications, have
already provided for and borne thechaige
ol their respective State histories
ing hit eminent fitness for the suggested
task. - ,
- In his laige octavo work entitled “An
tiquities of the Southern Indians, Particu
larly of tlie Georgia Tribes,” published in
1873, the aboriginal history of the region
embraced within the present territorial
limits of Georgia is fully considered. In
his “Historical Sketch of Tomo Chi Chi,”
and in his “Dead Towns of Georgia,” the
colonial history of Geoigia is largely con
sidered and revived. In his “Historical
Sketch of tbe Chatham Artillery,” and his
“Narrative of the Siege of Savannah In
December, 1864,” and of the “Confed
erate Operations in Geoigia and tbe Third
Military District of Sonth Carolina, Dur
ing Gen. Sherman’s March from Atlanta to
tlie Sea,” the Confederate war memories
of Georgia have been in a large measure
preserved .These works were Isrgelysupple-
mented by his “Life of Commodore Jo-
siah Tattnall,” the noblest naval hero and
one of the most distinguished sons Geor
gia ever gave to battle and the seas. In
some of his smaller contributions, such as
the “Siege of Savannah in 1773,” the
“Life and Death of Count Pulaski,” and
the “Historical Sketch of Sergeant Jas
per,” some of the Revolutionary annals of
Geoigia have received careful study. No
one who has read these hooks, sketches
and contributions of Colonel Jones could
have failed to be impressed both witb tbe
labor aud research, m well as tbe ability
they display, and tbe great need there is
for a more extended work from his master
hand, developing a complete history of
Geoigia.
Will not our Legislature, recognizing
his vast and important labors and great
outlay in tills direction already, as well as
his unquestioned fitness and preparation
for the task, assign him the duty and give
him the proper aid to accomplish it? It is
impossible he can complete tbe work un
aided. A history of Georgia by Colonel
Charles C. Jones, Jr., thus authorized and
sustained, will be a work of which every
Georgian will be justly proud. It will
abound in facts, events and incidents full
of interest to all our people, while the
style and grace in which it will be written
will rival the grace and perspicuity of
Addison and the fascinating diction and
eloquence of Macauley. Those who have
read after Colonel Jones will agree with
me; the State has never produced a more
elegant or attractive writer.
In every way I can, I desire to serve my
Slate, and I feel that if I can at all aid in
eliciting prompt and favorable action by
the Ceneral Assembly in this matter, I
will to that extent have rendered her a
great service. And now—when there is
much money in the State treasury, obtain
ed from outside sources—is a most oppor
tune time forthe Legislature to give to the
people, by a proper appropriation to that
end, a true, comprehensive and admirably
written general histoty of the State they
love. James S. Hook.
Tlie Horey Letter Perjurer*.
New York, November 11.—The Times
publishes a statement concerning a con
fession alleged to have been made by wit
ness Morey in the Fhilp forgery case
yesterday. The scheme for bringing him
to this city to testify as to the existence of
H. L. Morey originated in the law office
of John Sanborn, in Lawrence, Mass.,
and was the result of a conspiracy be
tween “Al” Clark and Sanborn. Clark
keeps a billiard saloon iii Lawrence and
Sanborn is a lawyer, and was a candidate
for Presidential elector on tbo Democratic
ticket in Massachusetts. Morey was
“crammed” by Clark in Sanborn's office
before coming here, and both Clark and
Sanborn knew that lie was coming to New
York to testify to a lie. Clarke volun
teered to come with him and pay his ex
penses and to take it Hack out of the
money which be was to receive for his
testimony.
The two came to this city on the Satur
day before the election. Morey was quar
tered for the first two nights in the rooms
of the National Democratic Committee.
On the day after his arrival he was taken
to the office of tbe newspaper which pub
lished the ,'wC 7 ’
he could rertignlzo tne handwriting of H.
L. Morey, his reputed undo. P , r
ed that he could. He wai then ashed
wlist it was like. He said it wa-. ar »°
and bold. He was shown no hotel regis
ter at this time, but next day was taken
to the newspaper office again, and shown
the name of H. L. Morey in tbe Lynn
Hotel register aud asked if lie recognized
it. He said that he did, and was taken
away again. Every word of his testi
mony on the stand in tbe
Pbilp case was a He, and lie had
been educated to tell it. When he left
New York to return to Lawrence, after
giving Ills testimony, he received $150
from the National Democratic Committee
in tlie form of a cheek drawn to liis own
order on a national bank of this city.
This check was cashed in Lynn, and Cla-k
took for his share of it $50, leaving $100
for Morey. IIo was to receive $200 for
coming to New York the second time.
Morey had been out of employment a
long time, and had been hanging aroitud
Clark’s billiard saloon in Lawrence until
he was considerably in debt to its proprie
tor. He was asked by Clark to come to
New York and testify falsely tbat be once
had an uncle named H. L. Morey, and re
fused twice. Finally Clark told liim tbat
he must either pay the debt at onco or
come. As he could not pay, he consented
to perjure himself.
Robt. Lindsey, or James O’Brien, as he
coufesses his real name to be, is a native
of Washington, D. C., where he has lived
•*.»«-m•>“ is
moving by hef proper RepresenU-Aes In rou gh men about the city, and has been
reliabTe? comprehenaive hismry of her penitentiary twice for disorferly
own times, acts and children will not be
disputed. It appears eminently proper
tbat she should facilitate tbe consumma
tion ot a labor which will have for its ob
ject the intelligent consolidation of lier
illustrious memories, the exhibition of the
true philosophy of events which have dig
nified her annals, the portrayal of the
characters which have shed lustre upon
their day, and the certification to tbe pre
sent generation, and to those which will
come after, of the reasons why they should
love and cherish this noble common
wealth.
As a Georgian, proud of the record of
my noble State, I most earnestly desire to
see a truthful, accurate general history
(which docs not now exist) placed in our
libraries, and made accessible to our peo
ple. The same pride animates me also
in wishing, as I do, to see tbe work con
signed to able bands. It wa3, therefore,
Willi singular pleasure I noticed a fen-
days ago a public suggestion of the name
of Col. Charles C. Jones, Jr., as the prop*
er man to undertake and perform the Im
portant work.
Who is better or even half so well pre
pared as he, for tlie efficient and success
ful performance of the great task ? His
fame as a historian of immense research
and resources,and of high scholarly attain
ments, is not limited to the State of Geor
gia, or tbo United States. His eminence
In letters, classic lore, history and science,
have won for him houorablo dis.inctiou
in other lands. It Is the pride of Geor
gians to know that such is his fame in
historical and arcbxologlcal research that
his works and writings are often cited as
high authority by other literary aud sci
entific authors and writers.
l .knon that it lias been the aim and
worthy ambition of Colonel Jones for
many years to prepare a history of Geor
gia tbat would be accurate, full and sat
isfactory; and that, with this object in
view, he has, during the past twenty years
and more, with much cost and labor, ac
quired all original tracts descriptive of tlie
settlement and early life of the colony,
and all natter, printed or written, which
be could procure bearing upon the history
of the State. To gentlemen who have en
joyed Lie privilege of access to Colonel
Jones’ library it is well known that the
collection is more extensive and valua
ble than any other outside of the British
Museum.
As already stated the proper composi
tion of such a history has been the ruling
ambition of his life, and if the Legislature
will only offer suitable encouragement to
conduct. He was sent for to go to Cum.
berland, Md., just before the election, by
Win. M. Price, a candidate for presiden
tial elector on the Democratic ticket, and
when he arrived there Price and a police
officer, named Birmingham, instructed
him in the role which lie' was to play in
this city regarding the Morey letter. Bir
mingham taught him the story ho was to
tell, and took him to promincut mines in
the neighborhood and tried to drill
him into an exact knowledge of
their locality and features, but, as
subsequent events proved, tlie time was too
short or the man was too stupid to gain a
sufficient knowledge of this kind to make
a successful peijurer. Then, when the
man was supposed to bo thoroughly in
formed, Birtningh.m bought Ills ticket
and sent him to this city, consigned to the
paper whose purposes lie was designed t>
serve. In the office of this paper bo was
questioned and given ten dollars with the
promise of one hundred more when his
work was completed. His testimony,
from beginning to end, was a fabrication.
When he arrived here, he was registered
at French’s Hotel as Welch and in Cum
berland as Murray, ho tbat he had five
names within a week. O’Brien says that
Hart gave him ten dollars when he arrived
here last Saturday, and promised bim one
hundred dollars when his work was done,
and he started for heme. In his confes
sion he admits he never saw the affidavits
signed Robert Lindsey.
The lawyers for the defense, all and
severally, profess to wash their hands of
any responsibility for the inculpated wit
nesses, Morey and O’Brien. Geneial
Roger A. Pryor, on being asked wbat he
knew of tbe matter, said he had never
seen either of the men before or held any
direct or indirect communication with
them until they were put on tbe stand.
He did not even then examino them, but
left that to the Tombs lawyer in the case
to which he belonged.
New York, November 11.—Tbs case
of James O’Brieu, alias Lindsey, and S.
S. Morey, charged with peijury in the
Morey letter case, was before the grand
jury of the General Sessions to-day. An
indictment wasordered for perjury against
O’Brien, and Morey was used as State’s
evidence and sent to the house of deten
tion as a witness. Tbe confessions of Jas.
O'Brien and S. 8. Morey were banded to
the press by Coi. Bliss this evening, and
are very long and detailed, making to
gether five or six thousand words. The
following is a summary cf the confession
of S.S. Morey:
Is forty-nine years of age; was bom In
Lowell, and lives in Lawrence, Mass. Is
enable him to devote his whole time to
the work, he would doubtless bring to.its ] . ■ _ ■
accomplishment a zeal of real love that by occupation a laborer; has liesn for
would result in a history of our grand old j some time very poor, and last winter suf- I
Emnire State of the South alike worthy fered severely, having neither overcoat j
of his high reputation and gratifying to | nor shoes, and many times nothing in the
our people. Hobos already done much house to eat, (here witness wept); was
excellent work in his time, fully indicat- f subject to epileptic fits,and on that account ;
was unable to get work. Was helped
now and then by a man named. A. Y.
Clarke, who kept a pool room in Law
rence. When the Mm-ey letter case came
to trial, this Clarke and others came to
witness and asked if he knew any man
named H. L. Morey. Witness- said that
he thought he did, that he thought
H„L. Morey was an uncle of bis. Auer
that these men, as he says, kept
bothering liim, and finally they received a
telegram from New York and wanted
him to go on there and testify. Clarke
came to a wood yard where witness was
splitting wood and persuaded him to go
with him (Clarke) to the office of a law
yer named Sanborn. There he met Mr.
Sanborn, a man named Murphy, and an
other man whom the witness did not
know. They all tried to persuade him to
go to New York and testify. The witness
for a long time refused and said be did
not want to get into & scrape. They re
plied that “This was only a political case
and would all be settled after the elec
tion.” The witness said: “If we go on
there we will be lodged in jail—the whole
ofu3.” Clarke said: “You need not be
afraid; we will stand by yon and see you
well paid.” Witness still declined to
accompany them. Finally, Clarke
reproached him with wearing clothes
which be (Clarke) bad given him, and
still refusing to grant him (Clarke) the
first favor which tlio latter bad asked of
him. Witness then agreed to go, but
said, “It will bring me into a scrape, and
you will get iuto a scrape yourself.”
Witness then came to Now York, his ex
penses being paid. Witness said his testi
mony In the Fhilp trial was true except
that part of it about H. L. Morey and the
statement tbat a Republican had offered
him $100 not to come to New York; those
parts ot his testimony were false, and he
knew at the time that they
were false. He does not know
and never knew any such man -as H. L.
Morey. Witness then gave a detailed ac
count of his service lathe army during the
late war. Witness reached Now York on
the Saturday night preceding the election,
and went directly to the headquarters of
the National Democratic Committee, and
finding nobody there ho and Clarke
went to the Continental Hotel for
the night. On Sunday morning they
went again to the headquarters of the
National Democratic Committee, where
they met a man by the name of Moore,
sergeant-at-arms of the committee, and
several other headquarters men. Witners
did not see Bsruum, who was absent, but
saw a man whom he supposed to be his
secretary, who wrote and gavo bim a
check for $150. The secretary did not say
what the money was to pay for.
Witness and Clarke spent that night
at the national Democratic headquarters.
The men there said they could not 1st
them go out of sight “for fear little Dav
enport would get hold of them.” Next
morning-witness and Clark went to the
Truth office and from there to the court
house. At the office of Truth witness
met a lawyer whose name I think was
Hummel, and James H. Hart,
proprietor of the paper. Wit
ness told Hart what he afterwards
testified in court about H. L. Morey.
Witness then related the substance bfsev
eral conversations which ho had at differ
ent times with Hart, but which contained
nothing of especial importance. Clarke
never told witness who sent the telegram
from New York asking to have him (wit
ness) sent on. Clarke spoke to him
about a letter from Mr. Goodell,
and afterwards Mr. Hart showed liim
(witness) tbe Goodell letter, and told him
Morey had gone to Florida for his health,
but that he (Hart) was going to Florida
after him and would have him back in
time. Witness then related more in detail
the circumstance? of the payment to him
of $150 at the national Democratic head
quarters. He thought the name of the
man who wrote and gave him
the check was Smalley. Fifty dol
lars of the money was for Mr.
Clarke’s expenses and the remainder for
himself. Smalley made out a receipt and
witness signed it.* Upon their return to
Lawrence, Clarke and witness went to the
Pacific National Bank and got the check
cashed, Clarko saying to witness "You
need not say anything about where you
got it;” witness replied tbat ho would not.
"“•leas then Uesenbed in detail all bis
movements I-*** 0 * during the next
two or three days.
On Thursday, a man named Warner,
from New York, came after him to go to
New York again. Witness thought War
ner bad come to arrest him, and the ex
citement threw bim into an epiletic fit.
As soon as witness recovered, on Saturday
he, Clarke and Wrmer started for New
York, slopping all night at Boston, and
registering under fictitious names at the
hotel. Upon arriving in New York they
went to the Truth office, where Bart said
to Warner, “take him to the hotel and
have tbe bills charged to me.” Warner
then took witness to the Belmont hotel,
•where Warner registered under the name
ofGillmsn and witness under the name of
A. Clements. Next morning they went
to the Truth office and afterwards to the
court room. On the way from Boston to
New York Warner said to witness: “We
must keep dark until we get iuto
court.” In reply to a question, the wit
ness said the check which he re
ceived at the National Democratic commit
tee’s headquarters was drawn on the Na
tional Park bank. He could not
remember what name was signed to tho
check. Witness received no other money
except $10 from Warner. Warner said,
however, tbat they would pay witness
well for coming on the second time. No
amount was specified. Witness never bad
seen Warner until the latter came after
him, but thought from bis talk that he
was connected with the Truth office.
In reply to questions, witness said
Clarke was the first person who suggested
to him that he should say he knew ll. L.
Morey. Hart was the man who showed
him the name of H. L. Morey on the ro
ister, and suggested that bo (witness)
should swear It was H. L. Morey’s signa
ture. As a matter of fact tbe signature
was not In the handwriting of H. L. Mo
rey, or anybody else whom witness ever
knew.
Witness then said: “I remember anoth
er remark Clarke made when I met my
uncle .John yesterday. He shook hands
with me and Clarke [said ‘who’s that?’ I
said ‘that’s my uncle John.’ Clarke said,
‘he will testify there is noH. L. Morey.’
I said ‘yes, he would—they will all testify
there is no H. L. Morey.” He said ‘well, I
dont’t Jcare if you go to hell; I’ll go
with you.’”
Sleep at Nioht.—Sunshine is given
us for use, that we may require little arti
ficial light. Gas, oil and candles alike
vitiate the air. Tbe fewer hours that are
spent in artificial light tbe better; and this
suggests, ot itsolf, that within reasonable
limits the sooner we go to rest after dark
the better. We require In the cold sea
son of winter, when the nights are long,
much more of sleep than we do in the
summer. On the ldngest day in the year
seven hours of sleop are sufficient for
most men and women who are not in the
prime of life. On the shortest day nine
hours of sleep are not considered too
much, aud for those who are
weak, tenor twelve hours may be taken
with real advantage. In winter, children
should always have ten or twelve hours
sleep. It is not idleness to Indulge to
tbat extent, but an actual saving, a stor
ing up of invigorated existence for the fu
ture. Such rest can only be obtained by
going to bed very early, say at lialf-psst
eight or nine o’clock. It is as wrong as
ever It can be that our legislators should
often be sitting np, as we know they do
time after time, in the dead of nfght, try
ing against Ufa to legislate for life., Iti is
most foolish that public writers, who hold
so many responsibilities in their
hands, should be called upon
to exercise their craft at a time when all
their nature is calling out to them, “Rest,
rest, rest!” There are many who will
disagree with me in saying these things;
but nature Is on my side. In every man,
woman and child there is, at about the
early time I. have named, a.persistent
periodical desire for sleep, which steals on
determinately, which taken at the flood
leads to a good sound night’s rest,and which
resisted never duly returns, but is replaced
by a surreptitious sleep, broken by weary
dreams, restless limbs, and but partial res
toration of vital power. Work with the
snn as far as possible.
What Constitutes a Business
Tkainino.—By a business training we
’ do not mean an education, which merely
fits you for bookkeeping, which makes
only machines of you for adding up col
umns and keeping accounts; but a train
ing which will lit you for all departments
of business and trade, which will give you
an insight into human nature and teach
you te act with confidence in your own
powers and abilities. An education such
as this is not a matter of a few weeks of
superficial study, bat tbe earnest work of
months. It cannot be obtained without
effort, but will tax your energies to the ut
most. It will not merely amuse you with
the idea of playing business, but will bring
out all your latent resources and instruct
you how to make them serviceable in the
coming struggle for supremacy.
If you are able, obtain a business educa
tion at once. It is not safe to neglect li.
An opportunity lost may never be re
gained. Many are obliged to look back
on lost opportunities with regret. Do not
be discouraged, however, if you have not
the means for obtaining a practical educa
tion immediately at your command. It is
of tbe greatest Importance Jo have an aim
in view. Take tuts for your aim; keep it
constantly in view—think of .it, dream of
it, work for it—you will then certainly
accomplish it. Whenever you have tbe
means at your disposal enter upon it with
spirit and use your money wisely.
For a reliable business training go only
to a targe commercial city. The experi
ence which you will thus obtain will be
of tlie greatest value to you in your future
career. It is not by isqladon that we gain
wisdom, but by intercourse with our fel-
low-men. Where men most do congre
gate is the place to acquire valuable
knowledge. In tbe very atmosphere of
laige cities there is an activity which is
contagious. One unconsciously becomes
inspired witb tbe energy and enterprise of
commerce. This is a n>*uor of the great
est importance toyoungmenwho are am
bitious to enter business; besides, tbe op
portunities in a large city are always more
numerous than In a small town.
The Eaton Tariff Commission.
Tlie following, from tlie Philadelphia
Ledger, is opportune and to tbe point:
“Whatever may be the result of the elec
tion as to members of Congress, the Eaton
tariff commission bill ought to receive the
earnest support of protectionists and free
trader:. Neither can afford to leave such
abroad question in political economy to
be tbe football of politicians at tbe polls
and in Congress. Every item in tlie tariff
of duties ougbt to be deliberately revised
by a commission of broad-minded experts,
whether customs are to be laid for revenue
purposes only or for tho protection of
American industries. Congress ought to
and, undoubtedly, will decide
the principle upon which tar
iff duties shall be laid; as to
the details for affecting this purpose the
deliberate judgment of experts is required;
Any one who will take the trouble to look
over the list of duties now assessed, and
reflect for a moment upon the intimate
relation existing between some of tbe ar
ticles as they enter together into recog
nized American manufactures, will see
that a very broad knowledge of arts and
manufactures, trade aud commerce, is re
quired to prepare a tariff that will be ben
eficial in its effects. It is a revision of
this kind tbat Is wanted, and a commis
sion such as Senator Eaton proposes is
needed to combine' data for the guidance
of Congress, uo matter what policy that
body may choose to adopt.”
A Knotty Question.—ARaleigb law
yer was interviewed lately by an agricul
turalist living a score of miles from the
city, who said he wanted to SOC-ure 9 di
vorce from bis wife.
‘•You don’t!!« Sappily with her, eh ?”
inquired the lawyer.
“No; we don’t seem to hitch worth a
cent,” was tho quiet reply. • '
' “Does she scold and fret and make your
home a hell upon earth, so to speak?”
continued the lawyer.
“That’s her, exactly.”
“And you are prepared to prove that you
have a peaceful disposition, and that you
liavo done everything you could *- v-
home pleasant.”
“You bet I am! Anybody as knows
me will awear tbat I wouldn’t hurt a
flea, and tbat I move around home like an
angel!”
“Well. I guess wo can mako out a case,”
said tlie lawyer, as he took up his pen and
began to jot down tlie points. After a
moment he inquired:
“Do you think your wife will contest
the case ? Has she any defense ?”
“Waal, now, I never thought of that,”
slowly replied the farmer, “I didn’t know
as sho had anything to say about it.”
“She may have. Has she any grounds
for complaint against you ?”
“I don’t know much about law,” an
swered the client in a hesitating way. “I
know I’se got a hankering after her sister
Manar, and her sister Mariar has a hank
ering after me, but whether them is good
grounds for complaint I don’t know!’’
The lawyer hasn’t filed a bill yet.
A Nantucket Whaler’s Story.w
Hcro I met Capt. Wood, who has been in
a whale’s mouth. After edelng carefully
towards tbe matter; a friend' induced him
to tell about it, probably forthe teu thous
andth time.
“ Yes, I was standing in the boat, with
the iron in my ham!,” said he, “looking
around for liis majesty, for I thought we
liad given liim his death blow. Suddenly
up he came right ahead of tie, and he
struck the boat right underneath with his
prolonged under jaw, knocking itontfrom
under ine, and I fell straight over into his
mouth.”
“What did you think then?” asked a
listener, as the captain panted.
“Thought I was a goner,” answered the
captain, “especially when he shut his
mouth on me. But be was fortunately in
tlie egonles of death, too worried to think
of me, and after giving me one savage
crunch lie blowed me out of his mouth,
covered with blood. I at once struck out
for tbe boat.”
' “And when they picked him np they
thought lie was killed,” said another ob
tain, “though after a good while he recov
ered.” There were ugly wounds on
Captain Wood's scale, and 8 great lump
on his side was Visible under his coat, i
“What did you think when you were In
his month, and knew where you were ? ”
asked another bystander.
“Thought he’d yield about eighty bar
rels,” said Captain Wood, turning over
his quid and firing at tbe sawdust.—
Nantucket Correspondence of the Indi
anapolis Journal.
Faqanini and the Blind Fiddler.
One cold Christmas day a poor blind
man was playing ou a violin and trying
to earn a crust in' one of tbe Londou
streets, bnt somehow his tunes lacked the
power to bring him any pence. There
stood the blind man, cold and hungry,
alone in his misery. Two gentlemen
were passing, and stopped opposite the
player, convening for a few minutes.
One'of them approached the player, and
gently patting his back, said: “Won’t
tlie people give you auy money ?”
“No,” was the reply; “they won’t
open tlieir windows; it is too
cold.” “Well, lend me your fiddle, and
I wll! see if they will open for me.”
Tlie speaker took tlie violin and played a
tune, the like of which was never before
heard in a street. The windows opened'
as if by magic, and money was thrown
out of them plentifully enough. The
charmer accomplished liis purpose, gather
ed up the money, and, handing It to the
blind player, said; “There, you can go
home now; you have got sufficient to
keep you for day at least.” It was Paga
nini* ^ ^ . y , . JM
Kidney Dtacase n-n a i,..
Shows itself m feverishness, dry skin,
quick pulse, pallor of the skin, frequent
evacuations, pain in tbe loins, irritation of
the urinary organs and, if neglected, drop
sy. Avoid internal medicines and insure
a cure by using Dr. Flagg’s Improved
Liver and Stomach Pad. Iw
THE SESATO&IAL CONTEST. As it Should Be.
aim* r.n iTm" The Constitution says: Yesterday the
Abstract ol Cen. A. iMUtinmH Speech new treasurer or Georgia, nor. D. N.
** •‘•sjatartRl *’*'•*"• Speer, entered upon the duties of liis office,
tbe «le.ensl Assembly 1 Ue«r*Uu jj^ Ken(roe) lho former treisur er, turned
We copy from tlie Constitution the fol- j over to him tlie books and money. It only
lowing synopsis of Gen. Lawton’s address required a few minutes to make tlie transfer
‘ Everything was in order, and there were
$595,396.81, balanced by proper receipts
as if the transfer was for a small sutu. Tbe
treasurer complimented the former treasur-
It is not the quantity eaten that gives
strength, life, blood and health.' It U tbe
thorough digestion of the food taken, let
it be much or little. Therefore, do not
stimulate up tho stomach to crave food,
bnt rather assist digestion after eating,
by taking Simmons’ Liver Regulator, lw
to tbe members of tbe Legislature, deliv
ered in the ball of tlie House of llepre
sentatives on Wednesday night;
General I.awton was cheered as he en
tered the ball and ascended the speaker’s
•land, . :
He was introduced by Hon, A- J- Lane,
of Bibb.
General Lawton was heartily applauded
as be began his speech. He staled that it
was generally known that his name bad
been associated with tbe high office of
United States Senator, and it has been
tbe custom for citizens aspiring to such an
office to address the General Assembly.
Whether this custom would be. more hon
ored in tbe breach than the observance,
he would not stop to inquire, but be ap
peared at tbe kind request of quite a num
ber Of tbe members of the General As
sembly.
He spoke of the greve responsibility
resting on tbe Legislature in this matter.
He did not proclaim his special fitness for
the office. No man has the right to claim
this office. He would not make this a
personal discussion, though it might ap
pear so rince lie would speak of the polit
ical record of tbe very distinguished gen
tleman who Is also a candidate for this
honor, If he is deemed a true representa
tive of the political sentiment of Georgia,
I frankly say to you that he is mentally
capable of filling this high position. But
when he appears as the representative
man of the State of Georgia he chal
lenges criticism upon liis political record.
[Applause.] You know well what offices
he lias filled. He was ardently, earnestly
and zealously in flavor of tbe war. He
urged secession in his message to the
Legislators.. It is a matter or nistorj
tbat while he exhibited great energy in
the early years of the war, he soon be
came. involved In a perpetual war of
words and paper with the general author
ities ot tbe Confederacy.
Soon after the war began that system of
oppression under which we groaned so
long, that schema of reconstruction which
had no foundation in tbe constitution, In
the law or nations or in the practice of
nations from the time ofthe Roman em
pire down. [Applause.] It has been said
by Gov. Brown tbat the conqueror had
the right to do with us as he pleased. I
demur to any such sentiment; I do not
say that power is always right. One con
solation in our sorrow was that we were
prepared for endurance in peace as well
as for heroism in war. [Applause.] Our
young men and our old men declined to
bow the knee to Baal, and refused to as
sist m the work of degradation. [Ap
plause.] Did Gov.Brown, when he disa
greed with us, stand aside and say, “I will
await other times,” or did he adopt an
other couise, that thrift might follow
fawning, and throw himself in the arms
of tlie conqueror? [Applause.] He
planted himself with all bis ability on
the side ol our oppressors. [Applause.]
Did he staud by us in our sorest needs or
did he find out where power was and at
its behest pursue the citizens of this
State? [Applause.] He went to Chica
go and stood for General Grant there,
who he says was a lifedong Democrat. If
this is true, Governor Brown is the only
man who lias found it out. [Applause. I
He helped to keep the chains upon n>
to pnt under tho ban £’,i who had done
us noblest service, Ho tried to put the
best men in Ine State underneath and the
Ignorant masses on top. jApplauso,] I
speak for Georgia, and I will show you
that I am uot speaking for uryielf. [An-
piause.j Governor Brown toid the white
people at a dangerous time that their
homes were pledged to peace, and he told
the colored people that no two millions of
people ever lost the power of tiie ballot
without bloodshed. Hero was the warm
ing to the one and the suggestion to the
other. [Applause.] What was tho re
sult? He was donouncod from llabun
Gap to Tybeo Halit by tho men who bad
* * • n*.
spent ineir uioou anu treasure ...
Howell Cobb, of blessed memory, said
such language about bim as I shall not re
peat here. Beniamin Hill, whom Gov.
Brown has pronounced tbe grandest orator
in the Senate, nearly exhausted that ora
tory in denouncing the political sins of
Governor Brown. [Applause.] It is said
tbatJGovemor Brown declared that Bul
lock, if elected would bankrupt the State,
and yet he pressed his claims in preference
to those of a gallant Confederate general.
He appeared before tbe Legislature as a
candidate for tbe Senate, and though be
put them iu power they rejected him.
[Cheers.] But his services to the party of
oppression were not to be unrewarded.
His creature, tlie Governor, made him
chief justice of the State. [Applause.]
But a transformation came and the people
of Geoigia got possession of their own
State. The office of chief justice was
abandoned and a valuable position in pri
vate life was accepted with that sagacity
which sees coming events cast their shad
ows before. [Applause.]
The speaker alluded sharply to Gov
ernor Brown’* prosecution of the Columbus
prisoners. All this was explained after
the only other man who knew tbe troth of
it was dead (General Meade). Not long
afterwards, liis conversion to Democracy,
lie deserted the Republicans in their
trouble as be had left us in oars. [Ap
plause.] :
General Lawton severely criticised Gov
ernor Brown’s conduct in advisiug the
people of the South to sustain' the recon
struction laws, aud declared tbat bis prin
ciples, if generally adopted, would destroy
ail patriotism—all tbat Is noble in history
and grand in life.
Even if we had seen, as this sagacious
man says be did,that Kve must tamely sub
mit at last, I honor tbe people who, over
the fresh graves of their dead heroes, said
“not now, not now!" [Cheers.] Georgia
was tbe first Southern State on her feet,
and it was because she' refused Governor
Brown's advice. [Cheers.]
The sneaker then argued that the sup
port of Greeley was not the support of
such principles as those of Governor
Brown In 1863. Speaking to tbe members
of tbe Legislature, be said: You should
honor tbe men who have never been false
to you. I do not proclaim myself fit for
it. Others must find my qualifications if
I have any. If you can find a man in
Georgia who-, really represents the
principles of this people, put him in the
Senate. If you have no such man, God
save the people of Georgia. [Cheers.]
'He then declared that he had not push
ed himself forward in this matter, and
that he would rejoice in the election of
any good man who, really represents the
State. General Lawton argued that the
claim that the recent State election settled
the Senatorial race in favor of Governor
Brown Was uot good, for some of tbe
strongest supporters of Colquitt were op
posed to Governor Brown’s election. In
noticing a card In the Constitution he de
clared that its insinua'.ious were unjuit,
but he believed fn the geographical prin
ciple. There is no State in tbe uniop
which lias the governor and both Senators
from the same city. He had ever , been
the warm friend si Atlanta, and some
times when.it was not very convenient to
be so. The State outside of Atlanta
must admit Its inferiority if this state of
things continnes. • n "
General Lawton ipoke of the claim tbat
Governor Brown should be elected since
Garfield had been elected, and inquired
what Governor Brown could do with such
an administration. He quoted freely from
the Constitution, which he called “the
leading j^rown organ.” *
The Idea of sending Governor Brown to
influence the administration is at least
suggestive. [Applause.]
General Lawton’s concluding remarks
were highly applauded. He declared tbat
if the legislature could find any man wor
thy to represent the true sentiment of
Georgia lie hoped he would be elected to
the high office of Senator, and it would
meet his hearty approbation.
Tia autumn, ana tne leaves are dry
and rustle on tlie ground, and chi fly
winds come whistling by with low rx.d
pensive sound. To guard against coi ghs
and colds you should go to Lamar, Uan-
kin A Lamar’s drug store and get a b /tie
of Coussen’s Honey of Tar. Price A)c.
White’s Cream White Vermifuge the
best worm killer. . _ octl2tf
er for the neatness and accuracy found in
the' offioe. Mr. Renfroe and his clerk gave
all the assistance and information requir
ed about the routine work of the office,
and the two parted as friends. Mr. Ren
froe has been a faithful officer,and has dis
charged the duties of Ids office with scrup
ulous care. He has been always careful
with the trust he held, and lias made one
efthe best treasurers Georgia bas ever
bad.
The Georgia Election.
Tbo vote of tbe 8tate for Presideut and
members of Congress November 2, 1880:
•o
FIRST DISTRICT.
g
*5
3
3
B
9
8
«
o
O
AppUng,
205
122
201
127
Bryan,
223
111
221
123
Bulloch,
992
15
1000
15
Burke,
Camden,
983
1214
1011
2105
331
635
321
634
Charlton,
141
40
141
46
Chatham,
3413
2130 3413
2139
Clinch, ■
368
P4
367
04
Echols,
185
40
184
40
Effingham,
373
192
378
102
Emanuel, -
768
18-5
777
190
Glynn,
292
308
287
374
Liberty,
419
720
410
710
McIntosh,
200
598
105
602
Pierce,
275
195
276
105
Screven,
1131
318
1194
250
Tatnall,
582
US
550
113
909
122
MB
853
Wayne,
353
120
Total,
11632
7433
11712
8265
Black’s majority,
. .
\ •
. .
2,670
SECOND DISTRICT
O
2
s
s
s
a
B
•a
B
o
H
«
Baker,
654
341
570
207
Berrien,
845
50
847
35
Brooks, *
084
730
1145
658
Calhoun,
378
398
422
350
Clay,
515
381
652
246
Colquitt,
170
43
183
44
Decatur,
1099
1000
1221
1020
Dougherty,
367
1031
505
802
Early,
737
239
745
241
Lowndes,
740
600
801
574
Miller,
• 241
18
2481
16
Quitman,
Randolph,
241
18
'311
187
343
100
343
100
Terrell,
736
320
700
207
Thomas,
1316
1213
1517
755
Worth, Weaver 5
401
132
402
131
Mitchell,
097
000
635
6S3
Total,
102091 7643111400
6417
Turner’s majority
4,615
ft ...
THIRD DISTRICT.
j
•d
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p
•g;
' - 'J'- - ‘ b
r*H’
o
f-J
Coffee,
Dp.dge,
Daftly,
235
363
05
m
300
•
12
835
251
837
240
Irwin,
235
230
18
Lee,
203
715
240
613
Macon,
703
748
093
291
m
! r£
‘1
©
£5
240
QtXJ
72
241
1*
1 u.tUal)
t
- 448
8011 445
Schley,
370
144
208
44
Stewart,
640
2S1
751
152
Sumter,
080
1107
1052
768
Taylor,
572
324
563
277
Telfair,
208
03
261
54
Webster,
301
161
270
173
Wilcox,
18
280
17
Total,
7140l 44581 7122
32*5
Cook’s majority,
• *
• •
» .
3,777
NINTH DISTRICT.
1
l
1
‘o
I
i
Banks,
64
120
444
353
Clarke,
800
765
1334
196
Dawson,
42C
128
287
282
Fannin,
34.7
302
347
298
Forsyth,
1159
120
599
6S5
Franklin,
1173
151
825
503
Gilmer,
404
225
350
385
Gwinnett,
1812
244
1237
852
Habersham,
1745
269
914
287
Hall,
1745
269
1056
940
Jackson-W’vV 93
1270
430
1040
730
Lumpkin,
550
62
465
225
Madison,
592
104
410
273
Morgan, it
R-JS
1105
1172
762
Oconeo. r- .
458
329
440
338
Pickens,
326
316
440 21&
Rabuu,
532
2
S.77 228
Towns,
354
178
238
m.
Union,
574
87
374 470
White,
644
56
329
363
Total,
15983
5272
12653
8580
Speer’s majority,
• •
• •
- ‘
1664
Hancoch’s vote,
* %
192,522
Garfield’s vote, •
sr.-
It'S
52,652
Hancock’s majority,
*■
49,870
1 4?
FOURTH DISTBI’T.* 8
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I-ai
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ll
}
1'
Campbell,
Carroll,
Chattahoochee,
Coweta,
Douglas, WVr 62
Harris,
Heard,
Marion, ■ •
Meriwether,
Muscogee,
Talbot,
Troup,
576
1240
322
1381
1036
017
407
1028
1511
710
1139
345
320
309
1285
124
893
204
238
888
930
713
798
' 472
1324
215
1513
490
071
537
‘ 443
1021
1002
825
1095
4S9
479
406
1026
m
949
332
249
423
1323
596
831
Total, '10548
Buchanan’s majority, .
7114’ 0908
7224
2,774
FIFTH DISTRICT.
8
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eS
H
2
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c:
£
O
•O
a
0
a
i
a
i
•5
Crawford;
388' 175
382 148
440
84
Clayton,
374
55
DeKalb,
870
333
870
279
Fayette,
Fulton, Weav’rlO
400
183
511
140
3045
2231
3071
2139
Henry,
000
500
090
503
Houston,
1382
S09
1478
809
Milton,
Monroe,
400
40
440
44
1312
1023
1408
1009
Pike,
Spalding,
Upson, Weaver 4
1070
7:33
1100
050
749
803
759
810
780
597
701
584
l Total,
11636
7647 11947
7132
Hammond's majority, .
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4,814
SIXTH DISTRICT.
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•E
0
S
1
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Baldwin,
Bibb, * '
860
317
847
— !
1588
90S
1540
Batts,
672
403
607
Jasper,
524
207
520
Jones, . y
504
520
504
Laurens,
534
355
572
Newton,
743
581
038
Putnam, •
Rockdale,
027
1
610
404
243
405
Twiggs,
100
302
105
Walton,
855
270
851
Wilkerson,
ril .••
Total, i
557
72
054
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8124
4104
8373'
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•3
3
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SEVENTH DIST.
1 1
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a
2
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O
5
l
Bartow,
1918
827
752
1973
Catoosa, WVr 09
488
05
44j
100
Cbattoojpq
1100
200
1010
400
Cherokee, r
1813
>125
775
1192
Cobb, Weaver 28
1080
559
1404
1108
Dade,
450
83
403
105
Floyd,
2251
892
1803
1300
Gordon,WVr 133
1248
104
730
850
Haralson,
Murray, WVr 77
399
82
328
233
0:53
05
082
427
Paulding,
952
258
653
611
Tolk,
1000
508
651
050
Walker,
1104
341
1070
550
Whltfieid,
907
'172
810
703
Total,
16774
4377 11572
10727
Clements’ majority, .
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815
u,
•3
CD
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EIGHTH DISTRICT
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0
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zo
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Columbia,
244
232
Elbert,
827
28
793
Glascock,
212
8
208
Greene,
Hancock,
755
202
724
583
383
000
Hart,
401
164
482
Jefferson,
625
308
614
Johnson,
250
4
218
Lincoln,
McDuffie,
277
351
00
260
f08
j
Oglethorpe,
037
158
Richmond,
2430
1497
2930
Taliaferro,
390
715
Warren,
572
206
770
Washington,
1071
030
008
Wilkes,
727
193
610
Total,
10386
4000|11341
16
Serious Work in Ireland.
The Herald of the 10th says news from
Ireland is serious. Mr. Gladstone has
drawn tbe sword. Troops are moving
from Dublin to Mayo. The government
has information tbat an armed volunteer
movement of Orangemen from tbe Notth
proposes to visit Mayo. The fear is that
such a body, on a hostile errand, would
invoke hostilities. To prevent this troops
have been been moved from Dublin. Mr.
P»Ntor eaye tho rortvumonf tiUUjAs U
to keep the peace.
The general unrest continues. We hear
of troubles expected, of midnight drill
ings, ol sales ot arms, of signs of trouble.
As the Irish Times remarks, while there
is violence or dread of it, there cannot
be reform. “ Society,” it says, “ is less
concerned with the amendment of tbe
laws than with tbe defense of them, and
it will task the government as greatly to
protect liberty as to devise measures.”
Mr. Gladstone, in bis speech at tbe Lord
Mayor’s dinner last night, declares war
upon the Parnell agitation. He attributes
much of it to mischievous persons, per
sonally Parnell. The government recog
nizes the right of tbe landlord to evict the
tenant and proposes to- protect any occu
pier of an evicted property. 1 First, before
reform—before a nioJitication of tbe land
laws—are “law and order.”
Mr. Gladstone’s declaration in favor of
“law and order” will please the English
people and help bis government. The
trouble is that while tho Premier is talk
ing about “law and order” over a Lord
Mayor's turtle soup, Irish peasants do not
have meat twice a year. And thus we
present tbe Alpha aud Oraegq of tho Irish
question. ;
Hot a Tramp Printer.
A few days ago we gave In our news
column the intelligence of the death of a
printer by thp name of Caldwell, who was
killed by the up Atlanta passenger train
just above Forsyth. It turns out that bta
real name was not Caldwell, and that he
had seen better and happier days than hja
latter days proved tft be.
The Graanviil*•»» '■
. 4.. w.) News, under tho
head of “Whisky,” copies the dispatch to
the Griffin News, and says :'
Tbe man referred to was not named
“Caldwell,” and was not a tramp printer.
Seventeen years ago he occupied a place
of some importance under the Confederate
government, having been incapacitated
from active service by honorable wounds.
Of the best Virginia blood, Inheriting a
brilliant intellect, tbe possessor of unusual
acquirements, handsome iu feature and
courtly m address, be was a social favorite,
and seemed"deatined for success In life.
Zr*’** a for Junmalismf
lie entered upon _ ^*r.
Then he disappeared from g. r ‘C(H.
public view. About two months agq
he entered tbo Daily News office an un
kempt, abject, shiveiiug tramp, sunk far
below and away from bis refined home-
circle and old friends. Ambition lost,
hope gone, and respectability only a bit
ter memory, be “moved on” upon bis
weary, aimless journey, ss very a wreck
as ever drifted lonely and forgotten on the
cold waves of a silent and desolate sea.
An outcast, having no fellowship with
those like him, and only a maudlin env7
oftbo3efrom among whom he fell, he
went on and on to now scorns and rebuffs,
seeking nothing, and with never a hope of
comfort or rest.
His long tramp is over, A soon-to-be
forgotten heap of earth somewhere hides
whs. is left from prying eyes. Friends
and family will fbrget him except to won
der of his fate, and think ofhimasthey
knew him, in his strength and beauty, in
the past that seems already so misty and
strange. Few will know tbat tbe mass of
uncleanly rags and bloated flesh that lay
beside tbe railroad track and found a
stranger's grave in Georgia was tbs rem
nant of the accomplished gentleman and
e brilliant journalist.
Let it go. One life ruined docs not
count for much among so many, and
twenty years hence there will be no rec
ord that he ever lived or flourished, except
chance vague recollections. Had it not
been for whisky, however, tbe man might
have been strong and great and his name
handed down with honor.
Death in a Strange Land.
Wo copy the following touching para
graph from the Dawson Journal:
Last Friday, while the employes of
Coup’s circus were busily engaged ar
ranging for tbe show, Mr. Charles P.
Haskins, of Providence, K. L, suddenly
fell dead. Coroner Daniel was imme-
diately summoned, and an inquest was
held over bis remains. The verdict was
“Death from heart disease.” His body
was carried to tbe city hall, where Ids
friends robed him and placed bim in a
uetalic casket. He lay uutil 4 o’clock, p.
m., at which time the members ofthe cir
cus gathered at the hall and followed the
remains to their resting place in our cem
etery. The hearse was drawn by six fine
black horses, and followed by nearly the
entire circus compauy. Two brass bands
were in tbe funeral procession, and
alternately furnished music appro
priate to the occasion. Arriving at the
grave, Mr. Harry Evarts, the “Little Giant
Orator,” occupied a few moments in de
livering a eulogy over the body ol his de
ceased friend, and after an earnest prayer
by Rev. W. M. Hayes, of this place, tbe
body of Charles P. Haskins was lowered
iuto the grave, while Prof. Mentor's band
played a “Trio from Dead March of Saul.”
It has been our privilege to witness many
impressive scenes, but until then, when
the body ot' Mr. Haskins, a strange.- in a
we never knew and never felt the awful
who had been his companions and friends
Deceased was, we learn, about twenty-
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