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‘ ffHF. Augusta Chronicle, of Sunday,
Scabs Georgia railroad stock strong and
4draodug with sales Saturday at 117}
Xt-docod at 117 bid, and US asked. There
4B “various rumors afloat in regard to it.
>tOj)e of these is that the road is to be
.'iecscd with a guarantee of an 8 per cent.
•Cvldend, and another that a stock divi-
■ Acad will be declared after the meeting
af the stockholders in Hay.” Central
‘^Oway stock was strong at 110 bid, and
111 asked; and Hemphis and Charleston
railway stock was firm at 43J.
TiiE same paper says Governor Colquitt
was asked Saturday, while in Augusta
•**w1ul1 would be done in reference to
*hate county officere who failed to file
tkair official bonds with the ordinary
within thity days, or with the Comp-
• roiler-General within forty days from
.4 ha date of their election. His Excellency
aid that at present ho could give no
definite answer to the question. All the
eoaaUea in the State had cot yet been
VjbI front. The majority of them, how-
ever, had reported, and as soon as all were
•1b, U would be decided what should be
ioae la the matter. If it was possible to
avoid a new election it would be done, as
**ek new election would cause great
trouble and expense to the counties.”
Cbb Barnesvilie Xews is responsible for
the statement that Mr. L. P. Hudson, of
tint place, has fallen lieir to $40,000 by
tbs daatli of his father in one of the North-
on States.
Toe Albany iVetcs says not a bushel of
corn could be bought m that place last
Saturday, and many wagons went back
-eujpty to the neighboring plantations.
'Twenty acres of land in ltockdale
jaunty, were sold last week for $27 per
acre.
‘"Box Abp” has been to Athens lately,
ud was exceedingly warmed up by his vis
it. We don’t wonder at it, and therefore
jttrte him as follows:
Bat of all llie beautiful and hallowed
places in Georgia I can't help loving
Athers the best. Maybe it was because
it was iny adopted homo in the heyday of
mj youth, when everything had a rosy
book and life was gushing and tbe present
was happy and the future hopeful, and
She tweet girls smiled upon me as they
passed us in our evening walks, and I
‘thought angels wero singing as I listened
to theut in the old church choirs of a Sab-
rath morning. Judge Dougherty lived
■ them.then and tbe two Cobbs and Lurap-
v iies and Hillycr and the Hulls and Bax-
ten and Dr. Church and McCoy and Lo-
-Ccwie and many more noble men, and I
reverenced them all. They don’t live
there now. What splendid lawyers we
. used to have in tiiat circuit. Besides
thoae I have named there was Overby
mad Jackson and JIutchins and Peeples.
Wonderful man was Peeples—tbe most
TvouJerfui man that ever came into a so-
*eiaf circle. I have known men to come
da* a jovial circle and their very pres-
-snee seemed to dry it up and wither it.
' Bat Peeples always brought sunshine and
a feast. 1 wish somebody would write
about him, os old father Sparks is writing
about the friends of his youth, for, “take
aim all in all, wc ne’er shall look upon
due like again.” The Lucy Cobb institute
atfil fives and flourishes—the pride of
Athens and an ornament to the State. It
'was christened in team, baptized in blood,
. and long may it stand as tbe love of a
-DaUnr'for his child and the love of your
^people for a patriot.
Tub Blakely Xeics learns that the two
mtore houses of Mr. Sam Dickinson, at his
lauding on the Chattahoochee nver, were
/ ba-oed last Friday night, and tbattbe
. deribwas dangerously burned in making
ilia escape. The same paper also reports
a.fim in DIAkoly which brrned the house
A Mr. H. Ci'Tryer with all its contents.
. , "Walton county-wants a county court,
D. F» Walker adjudge, at a salary of
5Ctt) per year.
■ Poor Babthfii’s last' Washington letter
1 :<0*fce‘Augusta Chronicle: •I asked one of
tOib unWt famous politicians, now in re
tirement, what he thought of the cabinet.
• He- Btid: Blaine represents subsidy to
shjps. Lincoln represents a martyred
■memory of tbe Pullman Car Company.
'-WroJoia represents the glorification of
ASads and the ilamuation of Vanderbilt,
viiocM and Garrett. Kirkwood repre-'
.‘ism the.' cattle MhHM atd .I*J
'dUn . hobby. MacVeagb repre-
■aetits the /Pennsylvania railroad. Hunt
-rrprnoentJHnreli and divorce; and James
witi-iAiiais.'eprCseuted by Edward Mc-
"Vi erson. wbo will control his ‘ patronage
-oTTyner did that of Key. “Taking the
•cabinet as a whole,” I said, “what do you
■'/tUrJkdt means?” He replied with a mon-
otyiiabio or terrible import: “Jobs P
Hi | give you as the extreme unfavora
ble view, though interpreted by a master
mind and expert. As many papers and
- venoms have lauded tlio cabinet to the
*i<s, the reader can pay his money and
n- -tako'Sis choice. In the Senate tills inorn-
/cng exoeutivo business alone w?s consid-
\stud. Prior to its consideration, there t
wmaA'.'vfltermingliug of Senators, irre-.
■pec.ive of politics4 Tbo most prominent
- noup contained John Sherman and Gov.
jir.ma.wno arson excellent terms.
/■. Upriff Mardh 1st $04,000 has been paid
intotbe State treasury as fees fcntiie in-
speeuon' of tertilizers, and the expecla-
■ Uan is that the amount will reach $70,000
for-tho-current year.
- CavTAin Nelms -is •reported by the
ConslitaUon as -just'hack from a visit to
, Um d a( je coal mins-convicts, whom he re
gatta in cxcelleN. condition with 353 of
them at-work. Among them is Cox, the
waderer of 1 ob Alston, who is in good
v osalUi MuTlias gained in weight. Ho Is
xmptasvd in carrying tools eto., from one
ymr the mine to another.
*. SPi^e Griflin Neics calls this quick work:
. Mr. Ben Futrai, who is employed at Has
>*e<ku3-& Patrick's, and who is one of the
>• ojoStskilftihworkmen in the city, did a
. of' work -on Tliursday aiternoon
v-iticli ‘ has probably never been equaled.
Av two hours and a half he half-soled
twenty-one .pairs of shoes, patched one
shoe, arid .put now heels on five of the
jn,\r* And the work throughout was
.'use*' done.
Washington lias shipped 12,700 bales
kt cotton since September 1st up to date,
.islaoo'fbe season opened she has bought
*900 tons of guano.
jGoy. Colquitt has been visiting the
xxmvict camp mar Augusta, and while
voompictely broken down. In connection
with his visit the Netcs makes this state-
'aent: Duriug last year there weie only
right deaths in tbo Georgia penitentiary
-ont of 1500 convicts. One of these was
-xduJt, another died from tlio amputation
.■of his legs, and another from an organic
•-•liacaie of tbe stomach, not touched by
fiKoitb conditions or in care of convicts.
_Mr. JV. W. Williams, one of the best
iknown and most estimable citizens of
Jugusta, is dead.
Mn. Eugene A. Thompson, ofColum
• tiul Mr. Win. C..n, of Marion county,
tied in tlie former place last Saturday,
ihqy filed in the same house, and about
i lie saino hour.
'Four Praam Bit.xed to Death
.'iti Bainlirldg* Democrat quotas from
' io Quir.-y K!r.) Ilerald an account of
burning of the jail at the lattcrplace
.sat Friday m'cuing, which states Until.
•»e broke u u about 4 o'clock inlhemoru-
. .ig, ill. of which is a mystery, and
k flu! “four n-gro-.'s were confined in the
Ik ;i room, two of whom were
■ bain. ■! :he “h-.ilising” in the middle of
W th.-ir imminent peril of a
. ' ■ ;.t:, mealed theatmost coniter-
1 1 ->■ outside the building,
i.oi.-ible moment, was
he found. Mr. A. W. Snider
had in his possession tbe keys to the lower
door, which lie opened .immediately—lie
being among the very first to arrive. The
door of the cell containing the prisoners
was still locked, and no person, save the
jailer, could open it. Every effort was
made to find h.m, but failed. The door was
of iron, and resisted tbe efforts made to
batter it down. At last it became evi
dent that nothing Could be done to aid the
sufferers. No one outside could aid them;
those inside were powerless. As tbo flames
gradually spread to the room containing
the prisoners, their prayers, groans and
cries of agony were heartrenuing in the
extreme. Appearing at the window, in
plain view of the crowd, they implored
wildly lor help, but none could give
them aid. The clanking of their chains
was plainly beard, and at last the cries and
moans were hushed, and with a crash, as
the floor gave way, they sank into the rac
ing and horrible bell beneath. Up to this
time no tiace of them has been found.
The names of the unhappy victims of
this terrible disaster are*: Cain Bone,
Mose Johnson, Geoige Thomas and John
Coklin.
Tin: Augusta Xexcs states that u.000
shares of Georgia railway stock have been
sold to Northern parties since the 1st of
December, and that there is less of the
stock on the market now, than there has
been in ten years.
The row in Washington in which
Messrs. Colquitt, McBee, and Martin
were engaged, mention of which was
made by us yesterdeay on the authority
of the Baltimore Sun, is explained by a
telegram in the Atlanta Constitution, as
follows:
Wellborn Colquitt, of Georgia, was
talking with E. A McBee, of Greenville,
S. C., clerk of Senator Butler’s commit
tee, John Martin, formerly of Alabama,
and other friends. All wero in tbe best of
must go naked and starve for one .year, let
him commence in 1S31, and at the end of
tlio year perhaps lie will be as independ
ent as the man who lived on half rations
and made the crop with one little mule.
There must be a change. The fanner can
not coutiuuc to pay from iorty to seventy-
five per cent, interest for supplies for his
farm. Wo can see no way for the fanner
to make money as long as he buys his pro
visions at credit prices. It is better to run
a one-horse fann and keep out of debt
than to ruu six plows and fall behind at
tbe end of tbe year. It is belter to sow all
extra land in oats, rent it out, turn it out,
sell it—anything to avoid buying provis
ions on time at credit prices.
Bahnum, the showman, was in Sa
vannah on Tuesday, on his way to
Florida for the benefit of his health.
Judge Wm. Schley, formerly of Savan
nah, now of New York,is also visiting his
old home.
Dk. George B. Heard, of LaGrauge,
is dead from cancer of the face. He was
a prominent physician of that section.
We learn from the Montezuma Weekly
that a few days since Mr. Joel Oliver, of
that county, was attempting to bridle a
mule, when it turned and kicked him in
the breast, over the region of the heart,
and killed him almost instantly.
The Hincsviile (Liberty county) Ga
zette, says: “There is a great deal of com
being shipped to this part of tbe world
now. The borne supply in this and some
of the adjoining counties is exhausted.
Every train and every boat has western
corn for part of her cargo at least. In the
timber region especially, there Is a con
tinual drain upon tho finances of tlio
country for corn to feed the stock and
bands.”
Mrs. A. B. Reagan, of Decatur, was
badly burned last Monday by her dress
THE SOL I If SOUTH
humor, when Colquitt made some state- • fj r „
ment which Martin denounced a lie. la _ °
The Gnflln A’eics announces with re
gret the removal to Alabama from that
lie. |
Colquitt struck him. Martin returned
tbe blow and they were separated. Other
words passed when Colquitt started for
Martin again, and McBeo interfered, it is
said, to provent the difficulty. But Col
quitt misunderstood bis intention, and a
fisticuff ensued between him and McBee
in which Colquitt was knocked down.
As ho rose, and seeing the two men be
fore him, he drew his pocket knife and
cut both. Martin. was cut from the left
ear several inches down the neck, laying
bare tbe jugular vein. McBeo received a
cut in tbe head and neck. Martin’s
wound was supposed to be very danger
ous, hut the arteiy was not severed, and
lie will soon recover. McBee’s injuries
are alight- None of tlio party wure in
toxicated. . The affair resulted from a
misunderstanding and is sincerely regret
ted by all. Colquitt escaped arrest, and
tbo desire of all parties concerned is to
drop tbe matter, which Las been amica
bly adjusted. F. H. R.
Rev. W. E. Boggs, of tho Central
Presbyterian receives next to the highest
salary of any minister in the city, being
paid $3,000 a year and the use of a par
sonage, rent free, which would readily
bring $000 per annum. Bishop Beckwith
receives $4,000 per year; Rev. W. C.
Foute, rector of SL Phillip’s Episcopal
church, receives $2,500 per annum and a
icctory which would rent for SS00; Rev.
D. W. Gwiu, pastor of tho First Baptist
church, receives a salary' of $2,500; Rev.
A. T. Spalding, pastor of the Second Bap
tist church, is paid $2,000; Rev. J. H. Mar
tin, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, has a salary of $2,500; Rev. John
D. Heidt, of Trinity, enjoys a salary of
$2,300; Rev. H. C. Hornady, pastor of the
Third Baptist, receives $1,000 per annum;
Rev. W. C. Dunlap, of St. Paul’s M.E.
church, is paid from SS00 to $1,000; Rev.
D. B. Clayton, pastor of the Universalist
church, receives a salary equal to $S00
per annum; Rev. Clement A. Evans, of
tbe Flit Methodist, receives $2,000 and a
parsonage; Rev. V. C. Norcross, pastor of
the Fifth Baptist church, is paid only $300
peranuum.
The Monroe Advertiser announces the
death, last Thursday morning, at his home
in that county, of Mr. Robert McGougb,
aged nearly ninety-six years. He was a
brother-in-law of tbe late Judge E. G.
Cabaniss, and had lived in Monroe county
since 1824. His wife, to whom he had
been married sixty-nine years, survives
him, being more than ninety ytam old.
We learn from the same paper that
the “State Department of Agriculture,
under the sound management of Judge J.
Henderson, tho Commissior er, is doing
splendid service for the farmers of the
State. He has published recently a valu
able manual on cattle, wliicb is a thor
ough treatise on this subject, compiled
Irani standard works on cattle, supple
mented by much original information by
the oommissioner himself. The depart
ment has an income of about fifty thous
and-dollars from tbe inspectisnof fertil
izers, and Commissioner Henderson is
wisely spending a large portion of this
money iu buying tbe best seeds for gratui
tous distribution among the farmers ot
Georgia. Last fall wheat and oat seeds
were supplied to quite a number of our
farmers, and last week some of tbe finest
varieties of cotton seed and com were
tributed.”
Ckd abtown, Polk county, brags of a
negro girl aged sixteen, who is aix feet
high and wears a No. 11 shoe.
Atlanta had a $3,500 fire Sunday
night, caused by the burning of Capt. C.
W. Powell’s house, at No. 9, Garnett
street.
Atlanta Church Statistics.—We
find In tbe ALlanta Constitution some fig
ures on this subject that seem readable
enough for reproductiou in this column,
It appears there are in that city seven
“white Baptist, and eleven colored Bap
tist, one Christian, one colored Congrega-
tionalbt, three Episcopal, one Jewish,
one Lutheran, one Northern Methodist,
seven white Methodist and six colored
Methodist, one Methodist Protestant,
three white Presbyterian and two colored
Presbyterian, two Roman Catholic and
one Universalist.”
Sensible Talk from Brother
Woods of the Hawkinsville Dis
patch.—We came across a long article
in one of our exchanges yesterday which
was credited to the Hawkinsville Dis
patch. Of course, It attracted our atten
tion, and tho upshot of the matter was a
grab for the scissors and the following ex-
tract:
A lew years agowc saw a very little
mule being driven through one of our
streets. Nothavingmnch horse sense in
those days (we have swapped horses a few
times since and learned a little sense
every time), we asked some man if he
supposed that little mule could make a
crop. “Yes,” said a healthy looking
countryman, whom we didn’t know.
“Yes, that critter could tend thirty acres
easy. I know, for that was the year I
plowed on half rations. You see, I came
to Hawkinsville and tried to get some
body to run me, but nobody would do me
the favor. Well, I just went back
home and. did the best I could. I worked
on balf rations—ploughed ban
bad meat not moro’n half tbe lime. But
I made a crop with that little mule, and
at tbe end of tlie year I was not in debt,
and blamed if 1 have asked anybody for
credit since that day, either.” And the
man looked Independent, and had his hat
turned back, as much as to say that lie
had com to sell and meat In bis smoke
house. Now, we don’t mean to indorse the
advice of that crude philosopher, Josh
Billings, wbo says, if you want to get rich
get all you can, keep all you got, and eat
what you can’t sell. Neither should we
advise a man to stint bis stomach or go
naked to put money in his pocket, *or neg
lect tbe education of bis children
may accumulate property and
place, of Col. J. Q. A. Alford, one of her
oldest and most respected citizens.
How the Matter Stands Now.—
Wc quote as follow from the Atlanta
Constitution: Several weeks ago the
Constitution published a list of the coun
ties in the State whose tax collectors and
tax receivers had fulled to send in bonds
to be filed in tlie office of the comptroller
general. Tho list comprised about seveu-
ty-five counties and its’publication created
quite a stir. About the same time tbe
Governor sent out a loiter to the ordina
ries of the tardy counties calling attention
!o tlie matter. The response lias been
like a flash almost, only a few counties
remaining to bo beard from. In most in
stances tbo bonds were filed within tbe
time prescribed by law, and tbe failure to
tile with the comptroller general was the
carelessness of the ordinaries and not of
the tax collectors or receivers. The ques
tion has been submitted by tbe governor
to tbe attorney general, whether tlio
Ixuiils which were made after tlie 14th of
February—wherein the bondsmen have
agreed not to take any advantage of that
fact—arc statutory. A decision will be
rendered in a few days, but it is hardly
likely that the bouds made after the 14th
of February will bo accepted.
Bonds of the tax collectors and tax
receivets of tlie following named counties
have been received and will be accepted
as statutory:
Baldwin, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay,
Cowela, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Fay
ette, Floyd, Fullou, Glynn, Habersham,
Hall, Heard, Marion, Miller, Milton,
Miiche l, Murray, Monroe, Pickens, Scre
ven. Sumter, Tattnall, Upson, Webster.
In addition to tbe above tbe following
good bonds have been received: Tax re
ceiver ol Berrien, tax collector of Butts,
collector of Camden, receiver of Colum
bia, collector of Crawford, collector of
Dade, collector of Douglas, receiver of
Etnanuel, receiver of Glascock, collector
of Harris, collector of Heard, receiver of
Johnson, collector of Madison, collector of
McIntosh, collector of Meriwether, col
lector of Paulding, receiver of Putnam, re
ceiver of Rabun, receiver of Richmond,
receiver of Schley, collector of Stewart,
collector of Worth.
Tbe bnnds which Lave been sent up by
the officers of the following named couu-
ties were not filed according to law, and
arc therefore not statutory bonds, ami the
question involved therein is the one wbish
has been submitted to tbe attorney gen
eral for an opinion: Tax collector and
receiver of Appling, tax collector and re
ceiver of Baker, lax receiver of Bibb, tats
receiver of Butts, tax receiver of Cam>-
den, tax collector of Columbia, tax receiv
er of Crawford, tax collector of Chatta
hoochee, tax receiver of Douglas, tax col
lector and tax receiver ol Echols, tax col
lector of Glasscock, tax receiver of Greene,,
tax receiver and tax collector of Gwinnett,
tax collector of Jackson, tax receiver of
Madison, tax receiver of McIntosh, tax.
receiver of Merrlwether, tax receiver and
tax collector of Newton, tax receiver an*
tax collector of Ogelthorpe, tax receiver
of Paulding, tax collector of Pike, tax
collector of Polk, tax collector of Rich
mond, tax collector of Schley, tax re
ceiver of Stewart, tax receiver and
tax collector of Taliaferro, tax re
ceiver of Taylor, tax receiver and tax col
lector of Walker, tax receiver and tax
collector of Walton, tax collector of War
ren, tax receiver of Worth. The follow
ing have not been beard from: Tax col
lector of Bemcn, tax collector of Bibb,
tax collector and tax receiver of Bryan,
tax collector and tax receiver of Chariton,
tax collector and tax receiver of Coffee,
tax collector and tax receiver of Effing
ham, tax collector of Emanuel, tax col
lector of Fannin, tax collector of Greene,
tax collector of Henry, tax collector of
Jackson, tax receiver of Johnson, tax re
ceiver of Lumpkin, tax collector of Put
nam, tax collector of Rabun, tax collector
and tax receiver of Spalding, tax collector
of Taylor, tax collector and tax receiver
of towns, tax collector of Warren, tax col
lector and tax receiver of Wayne, tax col
lector and tax receiver of Wilkes, tax re
ceiver of Chattahoochee, and tax teceiver
of Early. The Attorney General is not in
the city, but a decision is expected in a
very short time, perhaps to-day. In the
meantime the bonds continue to arrive.
Ahericus has a cow who suckles three
pigs. She lies down for them, and they
help themselves.
From Randall’s last letter to the Au
gusta Chronicle: Mr. Stephens was at
the Whlto House to-day. He had a very
pleasant social interview with President
Garfield’s wire, mother and guests. Mrs.
Garfield, tbe younger, seemed to take an
interest in Mr. Stephens’ body servant,
Aleck Kent, having seen bis photograph in
company with that of our Representative.
Mr. Howard Carroll who, for some
years, has been a paid anil systematic
libeller ef tbo South, had a banquet given
him the other pielit. I noticed that two
well known Southern men honored him
with their presence. They probably drew
the fine at gastronomy, tlie more so, as
Mr. Carrotlis announced to be engaged
to marry tlie daughter of a Congressman
wbo is reported to be a rolllionaife.
The Milicdgeville Union notes an off
color marriage in that place the other day
which, ended in the newly made husband,
instead of kissing his bride, telling her
“now you go long home and git supper
ready, I’ll bo tbar arter a while,”
Aa Presented to Republican Readers
at tbe North bp Speaker Baeon—A
Comprehensive Treatment of tbe
Elements that Rake Up Oar Solid
arity.
Macon, Ga., January 18th, 1881.—To
the Editor of the American—Sib: I am
in receipt of your letter of inquiry upon a
number of points concerning the situation
in the South, and particularly as to some
matters affecting tbe relations, social and
political, of tbe people of the North and
South. Ordinarily I would decline to
intrude upon a field which more properly
belongs to those whose position lays upon
them the duty of dealing with the subject
of Federal politics; but you have ad
dressed me officially, as the Speaker of
the House of Representatives of this
State, with the statement that it b tlie
desire of the conservative Republicans of
tbe North to hear tho views of meu hold
ing public positional the South. Under
these circumstances I am induced to
respond to your letter, in the hope that I
may give some information of the feelings
and motives of the people of the South,
and thus contribute, in some slight degree,
to tlie promotion of that better under
standing between tbe two sections—a
desire for which you represent as sincerely
auimating tho conservative members of
tho Republican party.
To reply satisfactorily to all your in
quiries would require a series of letters,
rather than one, and a response to even a
few of the more important will, I fear, re
quire more space than you will find it
convenient to yield to it.
The first four questions propounded by
you relative to the “carpet-baggers” iu
this State, their history and influence post
and present, lead mo to remark qt the
outset that they furnish an illustration of
tbe fact that heretofore the North lias not
thought it important to bo correctly in
formed as to tbe condition of the South.
The government of this State lias been lor
ten years past under the unchallenged and
undisputed coutrol of the Democratic
party. Not only has there been no “car
pet-bag” influence, but during this time
there lias been no serious effort by the Re
publicans to recover a party ascendency
which was lost to them iu 1870. The Re
publican party bad but three years of rule
in Georgia, and even during that time it
was not a rule of “carpet-baggers.” Tho
Republican Governor was not a carpet
bagger. Although a raau of Northern
birth and education, ho had resided in
Georgia prior to the war, and still resides
here, then and now engaged in active and
industrial enteiprises. And while there
was much that Democrats fouud objec
tionable in his administration, I do not
now recall a single man appointed by him
to any high and responsible office to
whom the term “carpet-bagger” could be
legitimately applied. < The govern
ment has, therefore, never been entirely
under carpet-bag control, notwith
standing the fact that during the
short Republican rule, there wero
many of this class who were active in tlie
politics of tbe State and exercised some
influence upon its government. There is,
therefore, little to be said in reply to your
several inquiries as to their influence for
good or for evil in this State; although
it may furnish an indirect reply to the
spirit of your inquiries, to point, in this
State, to the growing prosperity, the
peaceful relations between tlie races, the
progress of impartial public education,
and the general contentment which lias
marked our history duriug tho past teu
years, as well as the present unprece
dented public credit of the Stale, which,
without effort, sustains a four pur cent,
boud at par. These are some of tlio many
striking evidences of the wholesome influ
ences of a people upon their own govern
ment, sustained aud controlled by them
selves, and they are in marked contrast
with tbe decay of material interests, the-
social disorder and strife, and the public
bankruptcy, which have been tbe dis
tinguishing features of some othe? less
fortiuiate States, which for years have
been rul d, not by tbeir own citizens, but
by those whom you call “carpet-baggers.”
Before dismissing this subject, I wish
to remove one misapprehension which,
doubtless, rests in the minds of many of
your readers. Tbe term- “carpet-bagger”
is not a complimentary one. It was not
designed as such when originally applied, _
and tbe person who is properly entitled to- :solidly, as a political power, by the Re-
A Now York special says: “This after
noon, just after the steamship Montreal,
of the Inman Line, had put out f.om
Pier 37, and was about ton yards out in
tlio stream, two men were seen making
their way hastily through bales arid boxes
and dodging band-carts and cabs. .'.A mo
ment later they reached the end of their
pier, plunged into tho river ami struck
out for the ship. A rope was thrown t6
them from the stern or the steamer. One
of the meu caught it aud hauled himself
aboard. The other managed to get hold
of tho rope, but tbe rapid motion of the
boat, and tlie eddies made by the propel
ler, drew him under water. For a time
it seemed as though be would be drown
ed, but just at the critical moment two
that l7e sai| ors slid down the rope, which was taut
ealhor ‘ from the stiain, and held him above
rlcbee to leave them, but we do say ir— i l0 * until the steamer was stopped and
aud we don’t mean any ofT-nseTv the | [aken aboard. It was supposed that
farmer or any injury to the inert i an; who ' R dated men were iiremau belonging,
aells on time—we do eay if the fanner the steamer.”
it does not enjoy any large share of the
esteem of tbe people of tbe South; and
when be is clearly identified in tho minds
of the North, be will be equally far from,
exciting citlier their atiiairatiou or their
sympathy. Tbe person thus designated i»
not a bona fide settler, but simply an ad
venturer, without desire for legitimate
business, and with no love for the locality
where he temporarily sojourns—a political
tramp, with all of his worldly effects con
tained in the convenient receptacle front,
which he takes his name—here to-day and
gone to-morrow; but wherevei tho spoil
a rich and continuous, as tenacious of. his
hold as was the old man of the sea. He
is sow a thing of the jast, and. L should
not endeavor to revive Die unpleasant
recollect ions of bis career, but that your
inquiries indicate that you believe bostiU
survives among us at some shape, iiis
occupation is gone, and lie lias lied with it.
There have remained behind him,.how-
ever, the evils which bo inflicted
upon tlie material intereet3 of
tlio communities upon which he
fastened himself, 3od which wiKi not all
disappear iu a generation to come. To con
trol public opinion in his itvor at the
North, tbe effort has been industriously
made to produce tbo Impressiou that tho
term “carpet bagger,” thus made odious,
was applied Vy Southern*c$ indiscrimi
nately to ail Northern men wbo sought
to make tbeir homes in tho South, and
that all such were met with ostracism and
personal disrespect. Tho “carpetbagger”
aud his apologists have thus sought to el
evate hiorauk aud oxcite sympathy in his
behalf, by confusing him with a very dif
ferent class of men, with whom ho has, in
reality, neither identity nor connection.
If this charge mado against tho South
were true, it would properly excite tho
resentment of the people of tho North.
That it is largely credited, is indicated by
the number of those who, after a short
residence among us, opeuly express their
surprise to find It otherwise, and as you
have called on me for my testimony,I will
say most emphatically that it Is without
foundation. In fact, thecomingofNortii-
cru men as bona fide settlers is cordially
desired by us, and it makes comparatively
little difference whether they ho Republi
cans or Democrats. The most distin
guished illustration of tills truth will be
found in the case of Judge Woods, lately
appointed to the Supremo Court,
bench. During the entire tlmo of his res
idence in this State, ho has met at tbe
hands of oUr people tlio most marked con
sideration ana tue sincercst hospitality,
Upon tho announcement through tho
press of his nomination by tho President,
the lawyers throughout tho Stato prompt
ly aud voluntarily united in the publi
expression of their desire for his confirma
tion by the Senate, and in this I am sure
they reflected the wish of tho people at
large. What ha3 been verified in his
case, is also truo of thousands of others
less prominent iu position. It may seem
a little extravagant to those not well in
formed, but I will venture the assertion
that there is not a community of two
thousand persons in this State where there
will not be found Northern men among
its most honored and trusted citizens. I
recognize that it will be a great point iu
the direction of the perfect reconciliation
which yon seek, when it Is known among
the people of the North that their coming
will not only be welcomed, but Is desired.
In this day of telegraphs and railroads
and newspapers, their ignorance of tbo
fact can ouly be accounted for on tho sup
position that a largo portion of the North
ern press has failed to seek thorough in
formation and of t_e feelings and condi
tion of the’South, and that it lias not been
heretofore to the Interest of the partisau
press to give such Information correctly to
its readers. And now, when, at this late
day, the conviction is beg’lining to dawn
that injustice is beiug douo to the opin
ions and motives, of this section, state
ments concerning tbe Southern people are
being published as wonderful discoveries,
which ceuId,upon slight investigation,have
been ascertained to m true ten years ago.
it while this immigration of Northern
is desired, we do not want ourcondi-
or motives ’ misunderstood. We are
In distress, calling for help. We
North as we welcome 'them from any
other sourco; and we know that they will
seek us or not, from any source, according
as it may be to their interest to do so. All
we ask is that the facts coneerniug the
South which will decide this question of
interest may not continuo to bo misrepre
sented, either carelessly or will ady, to the
civilized world.. This energy and this
capital, if they come, will hasten our pro
gress ; but our future is assured, even if
left to ourselves. Our climate (another
Southern feature very much misunderstood
at tho North) is both healthful and pleas
ant, subject to neither l lie extremes of
heat or cold experienced in more northern
latitudes;, while our opportunities for
mining, manufacturing aud agricultural
industries are practically unlimited. Our
people are not idlers, as tlio typical South
erner is so frequently represented in con
trast with his more industrious Northern
brother. Cities rebuilt, railroads rccon-
sliucted, factories set in motion, mines
developed, commercial activity and an im
mense agricultural product—all dony this.
The opinions *of some to tho contra;-y
notwithstanding, the people of Georgia
are out of debt and on tlie highroad to
riches; and iu tlie past decade even the
great States of New Fork and Pennsylva
nia have laded to keep pace with this
Staio in the raiio of increased population.
In the list of all the States, Georgia stauds
eighth iu the mauufactare of cotton goods;
and the percentage of her increase in this
industry, during the last ten years, is very
little less than twice as great as the per
centage ol increase in Massachusetts, the
largest colioii manufacturing State in tho
Union. No peop'e could, iu fifteen years,
have risen from the very ashes of disas
trous war to such a pitch of
social and material recuperation, unless
they had been orderly, intelligent, bravo
aud imluslrious. To theso undeniable re
sults, we point as unimpeachable wit
nesses.
Our domestic, social and political re-
la; ions are none tho less satisfac
tory. Tlie most difficult questions of
this class grow out of tbe presence, in
nearly equal numbers, of tho two races.
Thu negro docs not ask or dcsiro social
('•i.ialn y with tbo whites, and thus there
is no t-lash on this poiut. Politically, ho
lias before the law, not only theoretically
bn pmcueally, fwrfect equality with the
whites. Iu tlie courts, equal justice is
tueied out to him. In this county, ho has
sal upon tho juries for more than teu
years: and during tbe past year, in the
e'eineuiary public free schools of tho
couoiy while there were but sixteen buu-
i> ed and fifty white children enrolled,
I nero wero sixteen hundred and ninety-
nine colored children in attendance.
in politics, tlie negroes were, twelve
yea. s ago, solidly Republican, with here
ami i here an individual exception. From
a-ueiatlon and habit, I believe, tho large’
majority of them are still fa sentiment
I'epubiican. Practically, however, ox-
repi in Presidential elections, this party
ah.-ument is lost sight of, for the reasou
that, in consequence of the 25,000 white
majority iu tbe Stato, almost all contests
lb: office are now botwoea Democrats, and
the negro votes for whichever one lie pre
fers, and is as enthusiastic in support of
his Democratic favorite as if be were a
Republican. Tlie great political war-
cry* of “a free ballot aud a lair count” lias
now no justification in Georgia. The
negro votes as freely and liis ballot is
counted as fairly in Georgia as if he were
white. To say that there has never in (lie
last ten years been an election fraud oi
any kind in tbe State, would be to deny
those things which have occurred, and
which will continue at tirn-'s to occur, un
der any govermnent (that of Pennsylvania,
not excepted), where political office is so-
cured by a popular vote. Aud while L
have no doubt there liave been, during
tiiat period, instances of election frauds by
both Democrats and Republicans iu this
Slate,I bcliovo that elections are conducted
hero as fairly as they are at tbo North;
and as every ballot is required by law to
be numb red before it is placed in the
hallot-box, we know nothing of tbe tissue
ballots which scem-so-much to affect tbo
Northern elections.
Your question as to the future of the
“negro party” in this State, opens too
wide a field of speculation to be entered
upon, generally, at this time. Of one
tiling, however, 1 fool perfectly assured.
The negroes will never again be wielded
.1.
publican or any other party. Their fears
of a return to slavery,, and their hopes of
material rewards tc .result item party suc
cess, under which.they were such ardent
politicians twelve years ago ( liave ail been
dissipated. They have learned that their
political and material lights are safe in
tbe bands of the native whites; and as few
of them have any- personal political aspi
rations, a very huge proportion of them
are indifierent to. the exercise of their
right to vote andicanonly begotten to the selves-in nil probability* but still not
polls by diligent canvassing. As a party,
they will neve3 again .MM to the polls
in solid ranks, as of yors, Whether the
division ot tha colored veto between two [by the-North as they were regarded by the
parties of a divided white vote, will be of
public benefit* is a very grave question
which the uaar. future- will determine.
But, at all eveuts, it the-Republican party
ever bad a laission to secure to tbe negro
His full right of citiaeushlp, that mission
is ended so far. as Georgia is concerned
We would not re-enslave him it we could,,
and wo would not. take away from kinti
the right to. vote if we bad the power
so to do^ for,, aside from auy other rea
son, in his exercise of this right the
South has. a power in Congpess
and in the electoral college, which, she
does nflt propose* voluutariiy to surren
der. In truth, there is sometimes antici
pated Lho coming of the day when tho
North-will seek to disfranchise tlio-negro,
and the South will be his chief protector
in the. contest which will ensue; aud all
right thinking meu among us recognize
that it ou; section is to be profited, by tbe
possession of the ballot by the nogro, the
principles of Justice and of beuor dictate
that bo should cujoy perfect freedom in
litsusoofit. One word more as to the
condition aud privileges of the negro. I
noticed a short time since an excerpt from
from the American containing a state
ment to the effect that a negro could not
buy land readily in the South. There has
not been a day in twelve years wlion be
could not have bought as much land iu
Georgia as he could pay for; and duriugthis
time, good land has been so cjieap, that
lie could by industry and economy have
saved enough out of one year’s wages to
purchase a decent sized farm. Mauy of
them have bought lauds, and taxes are
now paid by colored meu in Georgia on
nearly $0,000,000 worth of property. At a
full valuation this property is doubtless
worth more tbau $10,000,000. Tlio pre
dictions that tho negroes would die
out after emancipation have been
already falsified. They are a prolific
race, and the recent census of children
within the school ages shows tbattbey'are
increasing by birth much more rapidly
than tho whites. This material prosperi
ty aud this rapid increase in their num
bers would not bo seen if they were mal
treated and oppressed by tho people ol
tlio South, as is so generally believed at
tlie North. Whilo here, as elsewhere
among all other people, there are individ
ual instances of injustice,such tilings have
neither sympathy nor countenance from
tho general community. On tlie contra
ry, it is both tlie inclination and the in
terest of tho. whites to sec that tlio ne
groes are protected In all their rights.
The latter, as a class, well understand
this; their relations with the whites are
most kindly; they are contented; they feel
identified both with our people and with
our section, and, in spite of all efforts to
entice them away, I have ’ no doubt the
great bulk of them are in tho South to re
main.
You'ask: “What have been tho errors
in the treatment of tlio South by the
Northern power?” It is a very pointed
question, aud oue to which a full answer
from my standpoint would necessarily be
very voluminous. In giving to it a sorne-
whkt gepciyl response f BmJ 'bc able to
inclifrio in some reply to sacral otb?r
inquiries made by you as to tho political
conditimi'at the South, etc. Pasaiug by
details, then, I would say that tlie funda
mental error by tlio “Northern power”
has been the legislation hostile to the
South aud tlie continued political ostra
cism oi her people, carried to the point
not ouly of denying them official position,
but of withholding it ft-om any one whom
they supported. By this error tlie North
lias created aud perpetuated to this timo
‘ South—a» finally settled. and~fixed beyond
tlie possibility of successful question*—aud
that with) all tbeir irritating and prejudi
cial: influences they should not have been
selected as tbe basis.of future political
alignments, but tbst such alignments
should, have been made upon the practical
questions of governmental policy and ad
ministration. With the difi’eringopinions
which would certainly have beendevcloped
upon such questisos, the people of tbe
South would bava necessarily divided into
opposing political parties tu .the- sarna
manner as they existed before the- war.
which may be said to embrace all tlie administration of the government in form,
whites. I do not know what would have but a rigid denial of it to such participa-
been tbe political alignments of our peo- tion iu tact; aud no calm thinking Be-
—.t-n-j r .u!- pelican caa ^ pereqjyg that the
natural consequence most be that the
people of tbe outlawed section will also
forget their individual differences of po
litical opinion, and unite to iqake a com
raou cause in tbe sympathies born of
common proscription.
II the live political issues of the day
grew out of unsettled questions surviving
the war, there might he justification for
this sectional proscription by the North
But this is not true in any seuse. Even il
the reconstruction measures and the last
three amendments to the constitution an
thorized such alignment by the Republi
can party, those issues are now, and have
been for years, settled beyond the power
of disturbance. And yet the political
alignment is still upon the passions and
prejudices of the war, to the utter ignor
ing of every practical question’of legislative
or administrative policy. For illustra
tion, the Republican party is generally
recognized as being favorable to high tar
iff', while the Democratic party favors i
tariff for revenue only. But, neverthe
less, low tariff and tree trade men without
number at the North range themselves
under the Republican banner, while at
the South protective tariff men are equally
earnest in support of the Democratic
cause. And the same is true as to every
other political question which now con
tains a live practical iss^. A man’s po
sition on either or all Of them fails to
identify him as belonging to either one
political party or the other, no may be
in favor of free trade or fiat money, and
be may bo opposed to internal improve
ments aud to subsidies by the general gov
ernment, and still he may be a most ar
dent Republican; on the other hand
lie may be on the otiier extreme on ail of
these questions, and still give his most
earnest support to tho Democratic party.
This is astrange condition ot affairs, anl
is due to the fact that while these are
among the real questions which now con
cern tlie material interests of the country
and are those upon which political par
ties would naturally be divided, they are
all'ignored and subordinated to tbe senti
ment of the political proscription of tho
South. Upon all of these live, practical
questions the people of tbe South are as
much divided as they are at tbe North;
and whenever the “Northern power”
shall cease to insist that tlie South shall
wear the badge of political inferiority,and
shall present the opportunity for political
alignments upon these practical ques
tions, the people of tlie South will divide
upon them, and tho “solid South” will no
longer exist as the spectral phantom ot
American politics. But so long as these
practical questions are ignored as the tests
of party fealty, aud so long as the domi
nant party has for its sole shibboleth po
litical outlawry and ostracism for the
South, then so long, I believe, will the
great mass of our people cling together in
their proscription, even if it be iu the dis
couragement of continued defeat.
In speaking of tlie contigencies under
which the “Solid South” woiild ; cease to-
exist, I do not intend to convey tlie idea-
of tbe disbandment of tlie Democratic
party. Bock of tiie sectional issues which
liarve thus caused it tojinciude-with'.n its
ranks almost the entire white population
of tlie South, this party represents
school of politics which has exisiedsir.ee
the formation of the government; and
whilo the- result of the war has very
much modified some of its more extreme
tenets and has utterly destroyed otheis of
them, there still -survive to it principles
of construction and administration which
will always command the support of a
very large number of the people,, both at
the North aod the South, and cause it to
continue te be, either with its present or
some oilier name, one of the national
political parties of the country.
Should the present proscriptive policy of
the Republican party be continued, f am
net prepared to predict its influence- upon
political results in the South; for the con
viction isflist settling upon the minds of
ourpeople that tbe North will never favor
''any man i»upported by tbe South,, and
that their votci, so far from being an as
sistance, are a clog to any candidate- for
office. Thus the feeling is growing that
in their awn land they arc political stran
gers, without opportunity or responsibility
for tho exercise of any influence as citi-
.zeiis in tho maintenance of good govern
ment ; and, as a consequence, a lajgo pro
portion of the best class of our citizens
are beesming extremely indifferent as to
tlie matter of voting and an increasing
number of them do not go to the- pnlls.
The effect of thfo is seen in the decreased
vote at each recurring election. Wheth
er a condition of affairs whish tends
to make tho best citizens voluntarily, dis
franchise themselves, conduces to the
publk: weal, let every intelligent, mau
judge. The possibility that tbiaapalhy
may decrease tlie Democratic veto to such
an extent as to jeopardize the ascendancy
of tbo Democratic party in the South, is
an anticipation which should be gratify
ing, to no patriot of any political party;
tor the security of Republieau restitutions
rests mainly in the support and love of.
good citizens, and the ovortluow of. u po
litical opponent is dearly bought, if it be
at the expense of tlie loss by a large por
tion of the community of the feeling of)
patriotic identity with the government.
Secession, every sane man knows, is
forever (Dad, and in consequence, so far aa
human knowledge can determine, this.gov
ernment is to be perpetual. With thecon-
victiou of this fact, Southern men natu
rally wish that alienations shall cease, and
pie; but I am satisfied that but for this
grave error they would not have been
fouud in any one political party, for on all
general questions of governmental policy
they liave differed among themselves, just
as they did before the war, but in resist
ance to a policy and to measures hostile
to their whole section, they have
necessarily igcored other differences,
and have stood together as one
man. With these differences exist
ing among themselves, it is a most re
markable fact that for thirteen years,
there has been practically but one politi
cal party among the whites of tbe whole
South. It is a fact tbe significance of
which must challenge serious in
quiry and ouc which cannot be ac
counted for on trivial grounds. Such
unanimity and such persistence can
not bo attributed to prejudice or passion,
for they are evanescent, but can only bo
the result of a strong aud general convic
tion of self interest. Nothiug less tbau
this could have been so general and so
lasting in its controlling influence; and if
the time has come when the North is
ready to stop and reason as to the cause of
tbe political solidarity of tho South, which
is such a ground of oilense, it will be
well to inquire whether it is not due to the
fundamental political error committed by
the dominant section, which hss, in prac
tical effect, politically outlawed the peo
ple of the weaker section, and compelled
them to stand together for their general
defense.
The people of the South did not yield
tho struggle of arms until their power of
resistance wa3 completely broken.
Emerging from a contest in which the
exertion of their stiprcmest strength had
failed, they recognized the fuct that no
subsequent trial would avail or could be
had; secession, slavery and extreme
doctrines of State’s rights were forever
gone with defeat, aud they laid down
tbeir arms with tiffs full conviction, and
intending to faithfully abide aucli decis
ion aud to resume all their obligations
under a restored Union. In responso to
such intentions tbe first act of tbe North
was to shut the doors of Congress in the
faces of the Representatives of the South;
and from that day to this, the political
rallying cry at the North has been that no
one who had the support of^the South
could be trusted to administer the gov
ernment. It may be replied that this has
beeu but a mild penalty for lho oilense of
“rebellion.” Into that question I do not
propose to go, as I am discussing simply
wbat would havo been a wise policy on
the part of tlie North in its treatment of
the South, if the desire was, at the close
of the war, to restoro tho Union in fact as
well as in form. Pending the war, with
its passions and its miseries, there were
few complimentary words for Mr.
Lincoln at tho South; aud even
at this distance of time his name
is associated with the memories of
a suffering aud a humiliation which it has
beeu the lot of few people in modern
times to endure. But judging by tbo
weight of responsibility wbiclt bo as
sumed, aud by the magnitude of the work
which he guided to successful accomplish
ment every thinking man, whatever be
his political bias, must know that iu- his
tory her wilt stand as one of the colossal
figures of all time. And I doubt not that
in the impai tial future—which will surely
come—when the merits of the great men
of either section will be recognized
throughout the whole land, the highest
evidence-of Mr. Lincoln’s claim to true
greatness, will be found in the record of
the fact that in the heat of the struggle
and in tho very flush of victory, his
thoughts turned chiefly to the question of
the paciflcatfon and complete reconcilia'
itton of tliose he then sought to vanquish
fin arms. Such is tlie testimony of tliose
‘of’liis political family who stood nearest
to him. Hhd lie survived tbe closing act
of the tragedy, the error which I have en
deavored to point out would never have
been committed by him or by the party- of
which lie was tlie leader.
Never dkl'a- whole people stand In so
fevorabfo a position to be guiditl by new
political influences away from tbeir former
political leaders, and to bo easier moulded
into new political associations, ns did those
of tbe Southiattbe dose of the war. They
fouud tbemeelves in tbe midst of a wreck
and ruin which they were prepared to
recognize ae-.the culmination of the politi
cal teachiugs-of two generations; and with
the- disposition which is ever manifest,
whether rightfully or wrongfully, in tbo
•vent of. failure, to fasten tbe responsi
bility for the-die&ster upon those who nad
been trusted as leaders, it would bane
been-a comparatively easy task by con
ciliatory measures to have- enlisted their
support foe other political organizations,
diverse and antagonistic among thorn-
aligned, upon, the issues of the unfortunate
put. Ail.that was neccasaiy was that
those is*sea should have beeu recognized
Tho Mach mad Mmmjr Kortcated w_,
WrittmfartU Telegraph and
Wo hear his hoof upon the hilL '
We hoar his bray down in the val«
The lonely fields, the brakes andeL.
Give echo to Inn mournful tale *
He ia comiutf, lie is coniine: the'inn „ ,
pectod and much-mortgaged
every highway aud by-path is
slow and measured tread, his wearv 8 Im lh
noy to*the city of Macon. V ary J° u r-
True, he died last fall, just
lien upon his lean frame fell due ^ 7? e
His f railed flesh was borne by those w
snatchers-the vultures of the
ethereal refoons thathauR above the cfc£v
Hog creek, which glides roS
fally thnxiSh thepnmoval forests of second
S'dJoX 63 71116 9leepins
Ho went to rest for the first time
those far off dreamy dnys of cokhoo<M^
the glades that skirt the dark waters of fcp 1
Sandy in Twiggs and Wilkinson.
He gave up the ghost without a nei-h hv
tho flowery banks of Tobosofkeo, audii
thoracoof life and for life he kicked W
last kick and pawed his last pmr~wh2
the sainted stream of the beautifai Tnm
hga unites its comely waters with the an
cient Ocmulgee. a
He left this hay less and comless region
to unite his destiny with the hungry
that had feebly trotted on before, by t h «
turbid currents of Big Indian, that rolls iu
sluggish burden through tho sandy piaim
of old Houston. ^
He turned his sightless eyes for the last
time toward the glorious sun in the heavens
and took up the solemn tramp to the bright
Whore the grass is ever green
And the skies ore ever blue,
Whore no mortgages are seen,
And no drafts are ever due,
on the sunny banks of Abahatchip, whose
laughing waters pleasantly hail and cheeri
ly bid adieu to- the happy denizens of Craw
ford, who livo in its smiling valleys.
The winds of spring blow upon the graves
of the dead tlowevs and call them from under
the sod to bud and bloom again, to charm
our eyes with thoir rich and variod hues and
to gladden our senses with their sweet per
fume.
Tho son of Ham, with tho voice of a Sten-
tor, speaks to the sleeping form of thedoad
mule, and shouts in lue oar “dat do timo ob
de shun’ ob mortgages is cum and do smell
obguanner is all obee de laud.” In re
sponse to this mighty summons ho
wakes from his long repose, mores
by degrees his stiffened limbs, rises
from his well-worn couch, shakes
the dust from his bristling, coat, and from
sheer habit and by harsh coercion adminis
tered by his cruel taskmaster, he “passes
under the rod” and slowly takes up tho line
of march to the Mecca of his annual pil
grimage. There he receives his usual valu
ation, with on assumed name, and under
the weight of accumulated mortgages turns
bi3 feet to tbo country onco more, there to
spend a weary, hungry summer and to die
again in autumn. Moet-oa-uee.
Conference at Railroad Presidents*.
1 be Georgia Railroad Lcsaed by the
Central.
Macon was rife with rumors yesterday
to the effect that the Georgia railroad had
been leased by tho Central, witfoa guaran
tee of eight per cent, dividend. Wo in
quired tho truth of tho report of
several railroad officials,and the only answer
we received was that indications pointed
that way- Tho Savannah News of yester
day contains the following in record to the
matter:
COiouel a H- Phinizy, president of the
Georgia railroad, arrived in the city yester
day, morning, and it was whispered around
that his visit had some connection with the
reports in reference to tho alleged lease of
the Georgia rood by the Central, with a
rautee of eight per cent dividend. To
i rumored movement, which has been
the- subject off discussion for some- days
past, was attributed the demand for Geor
gia stock aud. tho rapid advanoe in-price.
Daring tho forenoon Col. Phinizy called
at the Central Rail rood Bank to see. Col.
IVadtey, and shortly after H. 2-. Plant,
E^q,, President of tbo Savannah,. Florida
Western Railway Company, was seen, to en
ter the banking house. Immediately there
after -rumors were current that an important
conference woe being held, and that tho
arrangements in regard tome Georgia rail
road .were to bo completed. All these spec
ulations' and rumors were, however, uu-
fomuted, as, during the consultation, wo
can.positively stato nothing in relation to
tho lease of tho Georgia railroad, and any
guarantee was mentioned. In fact, no such
movement has been, or is contemplated,
aud. the rumor is not only unfoiaidod, but
aboard. The presence of Mr.Planb.was acci
dental, and had nothing whatevo jto do with
the. visit, ot Col, Phinizy.
We learn that Colonel Phinizy came to
Savannah to. consult with Colonel .Wadley
in regard io.tho Western railroad of Ala
bama, in which both corporations cro
jointly inteeeted. This road runs from
West Point and Columbus to 0(>eUka and:
Montgomery, tlience to Selma,, and is.
owned by the Central and Georgia.. The,
management of this line, and cartain other
matters connected with it, were the only,
subjects of discussion. Whilst this consul-
tntion was in progress between .'Col. Wad-
ley andCoJ. Phinizy, Mr. Plant- called in
toeceCoh Wadtey iu regard to-the best
V^lnn to be pursued to enable the ■ railroads
to increase their earnings under the cc*n-
missionars' rates. This was, R. subject of
great, interest to all three corporations,
aud was principally discussed throughout
■tho remainder of the conference. Cap
tain W. G. Raoul and CoL. H.’ S. Haines
were a!so present and participated ib tho
discussion, which, as previously stated, was
confined to the two sulvecta alx>v» men
tioned.
But when the North passed by all such i that their condition at home, and their
practical questions and ignored, all differ
ences as to them among tliomselves, and
made their alignments sharply upon the
issue of the proscription mid political out
lawry of tlio people ot this section, and
enacted laws which threatened the de
struction of what remained of their social
and political fabric, overy instinct of self-
respect and self-interest forced tbo men of
the ISoMth to forget their individual differ
ences of opinion upon practical govern
mental questions, and to make common
cause in defensqof that which to them all
was most valnod and most sacred. The
organization of tlie whites of tho South
into one political party was not due to
any controlling feeliug ot sectionalism.
If such had been the motive power, it
would have manifested itself promptly at
the close of the war. So far from this
having beeu the case, for nearly three
years after the surrender of the south
there wa3 no political organlzati > in this
State. Prior to the war pedUkti parties
were nearly evenly balanced iu Georgia.
At tho Frcsldential election in 1S00 tho
Democrats,while securing a plurality vote,
liAd failed to secure a majority vote in the
Stato; and the differences in political
opinions which then existed, while
they wero in abcjauce during the war,
had doubtless survived its close and were
ready to take shape if permitted to do so.
But the unfriendly and threatening legis
lation of Congress in 1807 buried all such
differences out of sigh*, iu the South, and
drove all men of all political shades of
of tlielr common interests; and in the clos
ing days of 1867, in a convention of the
people of the-State held in the city of Ma*
con,for the first timo they organized under
the name of the Democratic party. This
was not a reorganization of the old Dem
ocratic party or former days, for no one
could say whether the convention contain
ed a greater number of old Democrats or
of old Whigs, and the president of tho
convention and its moving spirit, the pres
ent Senator Hill, had won all his ante
bellum political reputation in fighting the
Democratic party.
This was the policy on the part of tho
“Northern power” which organized the
white people of tbe State solidly in one po-
lit'cal party, and it is the unvarying con
tinuation of the same policy which has
continued to the present time the political
solidarity of tbe South. With rare excep
tions, no Southern mau is deemed fit for
high office under the government, aud,
what is infinitely worse, no man who has
the support of the South will be indorsed
by tbe North, it matters not what may bo
his abilities or character, or what may
havo been his devotion to and sacrifice for
the Union. In every Presidential election
every other consideration is forgotten, and
the Northern vote is rallied solely upon
tlie Inflaming issue that no man shall be
elected wbo, by reason of Southern aup-
port, may be in any degree subject to
Southern Influences.' This is nothing Ian
than the political outlawry of a section—
political associations with other sections,
way be such as will enable them, to feel
and to realize that it is indeed their own
government, under the protection, and in
the support of which they stand as equals,
entitled to every right and privilege- of
citizenship. To accomplish this, it is
necessary tiiat there should be removed
that ban of political outlawry which exists
in tbe practical denial of their rights to
participate in the choice of those who shall
administer the gbvernmeut, and in plac
ing in their midst, as tho representative
officials of the government, those wbo,
with rare exceptions, are foreign to their
people. Sectionalism in political align
ment is necessarily disastrous to the
weaker section. The peopfo of the South
fully appreciate this truth, and relieved
from tbe proscriptive action of tbe “North
ern power” which now necessarily bands
them together, they would be distinguish
ed by no other sectionalism than that
which is proper,and finds its expression iu
the expansion of the sentiment that “all
patriotism centers at the hearthstone.”
Augustus O. Bacon.
Tbe Great Flrcnuui'a rarade»A Grand
Entertainment and Gala Bajr.
Wears safo in saying that the parade
next month will be the most elaborate and
excellent ever oxperier.oed in tho history of
the Macon fire department. Our citizons
continue to liborully subscribe to tlie fire-
manie entertainment fund, and one of the
ophifon intoone*common camp in defense {"grandest receptions will be held ever wit-
lcome the energy and capital of the tbo present democratic party at the South, tbo admission of It to participation in the
nessed in Georgia.
Hundreds and hundreds of visitors will
bo in Macon to attend the parade. Five
companies from Albany, Americas, Haw
kinsville, Griffin, Barnesvilie, Atlanta and
Rome are expected to be prasont.
We do not yet know if tho parade will be
postponed from April 15th, owing to that
day boing Good Friday. Opinions on the
subject are many and various. The ques
tion will possibly bo determined at -the
meeting of the officers of tho department
to-morrow night.
.a Married.
The Rev. Jesse Boring, D. P.. presiding
elder of the Atlanta district of the North
Georgia Conference, an eminent divine
who is well known throughout Georgia,
was united by Bishop George F. Pierce,
Wednesday, the 16th, in marriage with Mrs.
Harriet M. Colquitt, the widow of Horn
Walter T. Colquitt, and stepmother of tho
Governor. The marriage took place at the
Executive Mansion in the presence of a
few friends, and the married party went in
afternoon train to Oxford, where they will
reside. They have our cordial congratula
tions and best wishes.
No scBOFULA can he so deep seated, no
a wue,
R-rlttHaat Wedding, Is*. WUdt Macon*
lies Encwte.
Tho Eufaula Daily Bulletin contains tho
below account of a marriage, ha which sev
eral Maoonites assisted, and which will bo
read with double interest,tbe groom is
gentleman well acquainted in Macon,
while the bride, a. most beautiful young
lady, has also visited onr duty:
The social event of tho season transpired
on Tuesday evening, loth instant, at tho
Methodist church in this. city. It was the
marriage of Mr. P. Pena Watson, of Penn’s
Store, Virginia, and Miss Addie Martin,
eldest daughter of Mrs. and Capt. John O,
Martin, of Enfauln. Rev. Dr. R. H. Rivers
officiating. The following named were tlie
attendants ;
Mr. P. C, Penn,of Penn’s Store, Vn., and
Miss Era Martin: M.G. L. Rhodes dndMisa
Emma Hyatt; Mr. C. R. Ross and Miss
Lucie Flewelten,of Cuthbert, Georgia; Mr.
W. A. Davis and Miss Lanra Sylvesser : Mr.
G.O. Shorter and Miss Lucia Ethridge, of
Macon, Georgia; Mr. R. Y. GarrstLof Co
lumbus, Georgia, and Miss SeRie Toney;
Mr. C. A. Caldwell, of Macon, Georgia, and
Miss Emmie Goode, of Georgetown, Geor
gia: Mr. A. D. B. McKenzie, and Miss Car
rie Mahone; Mr. J. L Mcares, of New
York, and Miss Minnie Bray; Mr. E. O.
Estes, of Columbus, Georgia, and Miss
Alice Shorter; Mr. J. K. Battle, and Miss
Katie Bray; Mr. J. W. Bra t and Miss Cor
neille Barnett.
The church imd been tastefully decorated
for the oocasion, and the venerable officiat
ing minister stood beneath an evergreen
and floral arch, with the pendant emblem
of good luck—the horseshoe—overhead, ana
performed the ceremony in a most impres
sive and eloquent manner; and never, be
fore any minister or magistrate, did a more
handsomo couple appear to be mado man
and wife. The bride is one of Eufaula s
fairest, brightest and most popular and fas
cinating young Indies, and the groom isouo
of tlie Old Dominion's nuttiest and most
worthy young men. . .
We join tho host of the fair bride’s frienus
in this community in wishing her and the
lord of her bourt all the joys and happmes*
which they now so fondly anticipate.
We might go on and describe the toiU't.
and costumes, which were the most elegant
and costly that have been seen hero m
years, but suffioe to say, that notwithstand
ing the extremely inclement evoning, t“®
church was well filled to witness the hapfo
event, and tiiat after the oeremony a bru-
liant reception took plnce at the residence
of tho bride’s parents.
Smash Up.
The Columbus passenger train due in
this city at dark last evening, had not M*
rived at 11 o’clock, being blocked four mil* 3
beyond Fort Valley by an accident to tve
freight trains. The first section ol the
freight train lost six or eight cars by to*
track spreading, and the second section fo
lowing suffered in the same maimer. ^ 11
the promptness which characterizes the gov
ernment of the Central railroad in suca
cases, a force wns at onoeput to work moat
ing away tho wreck. .
No injuries to life or limb were reported
A young Macon attorney was aboard ®
passenger train, and succeeded inreach;«
Maaou by walking four miles.,to Fort »
ley in forty-five minutes and oonnecun#
with the traiu from Eufaula. \