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ovrtt THE KirEB*
further side;
tide;
Mr voices ate lost i:i
^.onewUU^letaol^y
of hcareh^sown blue;
And eyes the
^SfiSSsWo•*“««*
W 4S«Sof th“ city wecould not ace,
®8xMoMItaSwaiting to welcome me.
WBMa*
sorting Minnie! Ieeeberycu
nn in— il on her bosom her dimpled hands,
And fearlessly entered the phantom bark;
Ve fait It glide from the allver aanda.
Where all the ranaomed and angel* be.
Over the river—the mystic river—
Jty childhood'* idol la waiting for me.
Mwaene rettrrn from those quiet shores
* Who crow with the boatman cold and pale.
Wo hear the dip of the golden oaa,
And catch a gleam of the snowy sail;
A»d)o! they have pasted from oar yearning
»j?aKgi?c
gje.apl? Juturosi
Who cio« the ttreraa ud are gone for aye;
of day;
Sea from our rial on
We only know that their barques no
May sail with ns over life a stormy sea;
Met somewhere. I know, on toeunseen shore,
nay watch, and beckon, and wait for me.
A»* i bH and think whentheiunzel’z gold
la Hashing rlrer and bill and shore,
•taSffMSa ^rSSmltVsoar.
I shall know the loved who have gonobefore,
And Joyfully sweet will the meeting be,
— ' hejlver—the peaceful river—
of death shall carry me
"“AjBCy aTWlw
t angel of death i
GEORGIA MESS.
A Ramble Among Exchanges.
Dm. K. B. Jobdin, of Cuthbort, is dead.
If emobiil Dat was oelebrated generally
fbroughout the State.
“I*. yuAD” it in Atlanta getting np the
dale for another battle picture.
linn has been no new oese of email*
gox in Atlanta for three days.
A Nztt Yobk man offers to make the par
ties who pnt np Savannah’s naphtha lamps
his them down.
Tms girls of Falling Creek refuse to os-
aoetate with young men wbosq hands are
net blenched. This is too utter.
W«- “Aston” is worrying Atlanta inor
nate by writing to Northern houses dis
•oaraging accounts of their business.
Gsnrnx, says the News, has instituted
■ait against the Pennsylvania man who
was rash enough to invent a car coupler.
Om at Lexington when a negro shouts
too much in church, they throw him down
and choke some of the enthusiasm out of
BaomxE Sotvess sent out the Clipper
Is week jirmted on bright green paper.
‘ "cs'da:
i missed St. Patricks* day a month and a
* Spabta IthmaeliU: Oats were badly
Mown down by the wind on Saturday night,
•r else they were beat down by the rain,
which fell in torrents. Fields, where the
fond is rolling, were badly washed.
Tax Macon county invention has been
improved on. A man near Newnan has suc
ceeded in producing a chicken with two
bodies, four wings, four legs, two necks
and only one head. Language fails ns.
Hawxixsville Dispatch : A young
man in this county says that
Mare are three things he has resolved
never to do again—never buy any more
guano, drink any more whisky, or wear a
shirt that opens in the back.
A qextlemzn in Athens has a large In-
Can pipe, plowed up at ScnU Shoal and
weighing several pounds. "It is in the ex
act shape of a crow, and shows that this
race possessed great skill in the art of
ecnlptnre, even with the crude implements
at their command,
Rome Courier: From every direction
good news continues to come about the fine
prospect tor wh at and other grain crops.
Mr. N. J. Rhodes, liner of repairs of the
Western Union Telegraph Company on t' o
Rome and Dalton railroad, informs ns
that be has jost returned from a trip on the
load as far down as Taladega, and that the
prospect for an abundant crop hes not
Men so flattering since the war.
Rosa Courier: Yesterday • evening
three men, one whits man and two col
ored, were bringing a boat load of sand
down the river to be used in the building
of the city hall, the boat began to sink jnst
oo it arrived at the Oostananla bridge. The
three men jumped out of the boat, and the
white man and one of the negroes swam
safely to shore. The other negro Jasper
Merritt, gave out before he oontd reach the
Mere, floated back into the current and
■oak opposite the Printnp warehouse.
Banner-Watchman: It is amusing to
ooo the interest manifested by the negroes
in the postoffice since this important
place has been pnt in charge of their own
rose. Blacks who haven’t reoeired a letter
orpnper since emancipation flock to the
office before the arrival of every mail and
crowd the delivery window so that it is of
ten an hour or more before the poor, down
trodden whites can get a showing. We
heard of one gentleman being shoved away
ftogive plaw to a negro who couldn't tell
Bfrom bnll’s-fcot.
Houston Home-Journal: At about 12
o’clock a startling crash -told that light
ning had ^ struck some object in cr near
town. Next morning it was discovered
that the large deodrra, or Alpine cedar, in
fhe front yard of Dr. M. W. Haris, had
Men etrnck by lightning, and a large num
ber of pot flowers beneath it killed. Dr.
Baris was sitting np, and that stroke of
RfiMning came almost simultaneous with
tee dock stroke of If
ti — 12, at which hour ho
woe 54 yean old. The doctor aaye ho was
completely electrified for abont half an
near, but bad no idea that the object
KHick vas sonm
Cabeolwon Times: Mr. John B. Hsnd-
■T. new this place, has a remarkable
*»*> r with a remarkable history. It is
modeliks the ordinary rattler razor, the
tetefc part of the back being solid gold, so
by silversmiths. He has been
"•■red, thirty-five dollars for it, as it is
tbooght that the gold upon it would amount
totally that moon, the party making the
con proposing to return the razor as good
ao before, minus the gold. Mr. Handley,
Y® ww present at the rur render of Gener-
■1 Btoneman near Macon, found this re
markable razor in the road, where General
Meaeuun had passed jnst after the surren-
*», and it is thought by some that ths fa-
aor was the property of the Federal gen-
known, but that a division in the Gate City
Guard baa been created there can bo no
uoubti,
Masuetta Journal: A white man by
the name of Ashland N. Oook, who waa ar
rested recently in DeKalb county for st< a'-
ing some clothing from Mr. ^Glore in this
county, and who was placed in jail at this
place, has made two attempts in the last
few days to commit suicide. When he
made his first attempt, he had a oompan-
ion in his iron cage by the name of Jobn -
son. Cook told Johnson that he intended!
to hang himself. Johnson replied: “All
right, go ahead.” Cook then took his
coat and fastened one Bleeve around his
neck and the other to & bar of the cage,
and swung off. He was in a fair way of
choking himself to death, when, Johnson
concluded it would be best to relieve him
of his perilous position. His second ‘at
tempt was when he was in his cage alone.
He tore a strip from his blanket and fast
ened one end to an iron bar and the other
to his neck and swung off. Ho did con
siderable kicking and this riolont process
[snapped the blankot asunder and he fell to
the floor apparently insensible, with eyes
protruding and a swollen neck. Cook is a
young white man abont twenty-five years
old, and it is said he is of a respectable
family. He is either crazy, a mighty, big
fool, or a regular sharper. It is believed
[that hois playing a part.
HSavanxati News: In dredging out the
Kipat the Ooean 8teamship Company’s
wharf a very largs stump was struck nt a
depth of seventeen feet below tho surface,
which had been tho cause of nm trouble.
Several attempts have been maJMto pnll it
out with the bucket of the dredge boat, but
without success, and other efforts resorted
to haro proved a failnre. Finally a chain
|w*i3 passed around it and two powerful
tugs were hitched to it and their fall power
exerted to draw tt out, but to
no purpose, the largest mid strongest
hawsers parting without budging the old
root. Yesterday Capt. H. J. Dickerson,
who is superintending the dredging, deter
mined to utilize dynamite and see what
effect that would nave on the stubborn
stomp. Accordingly Mr. R. 8. Burnett,
who has charge of the improvements of
the river, had several charges in tin cans
placed under the root by Mr. Brown,
the diver, and exploded them by elec
tricity with splendid effect.. The old
stomp was shattered and riven. The
explosion was tremendous, and was very
sensibly felt on the wharf. One frag
ment of the stomp, whioh must have
been a portion of a regular forest giant,
ten feet long and seven feet in diameter,
washanlednp and other small pieces re
moved. It will be remembered that the
slip is what was formerly the month of
Musgrovo creek, a shallow stream, and how
this immense giant cypress of our swamps
came to be there is a mystery. Centuries
upon centuries have probably passed stnoe
[its green benghshnng oytethe banks of
the Savannah.
Thebe is no small-pox in Columbus. | |
Mbs. A. A. Solomons, of Savannah, is I
dead.
Amebicus has appointed a committee to
get an artesian wril bored.
Poisoned meat seems about to solve the|
question of sheep vs. dog, in Georgia.
I* is estimated that 100,000 watermelons)
| were consumed in Bainbridge last sum-1
mcr. ■ ■
The City of Bridgeton has brought to I
Savannah from Florida a lost boy, said to
be Charlie Ross. He is being sent North
under orders from the Philadelphia Soci
ety for the Prevention of Cruelty toChil-
dren.
Axbjlxt News: As “H. C. H.”hns pnt Col. I
Chan Jones before the readers of the Tele-
obafh amd Mwnon as a rival of Homy
Grady’s we have determined to pursue the
“policy of silence” about anything homay|
write in regard to ns.
DeKalb News: Tho contract for bnild-
ing the cotton seed oil mills at Kirkwood
has been let ont and work will commence.
The company has a paid np capital of $G0,-
000, and will probably increase it to $100,-
000. They will erect four buildings, two
brick and two frame.
Post-Appeal: The friends of Generali
Latins J.Gartrell, the pare and good man
and wise counsellor, wilt press him for at
torney general of Georgia on the ticket
with Mr. Stephens, or else make him run
for the State Senate from this district.
General Gartre'J is with the Liberal party
heart and soul.
John Thompson, colored, made an as
sault on Game Boos, colored, yesterday,
near Tanyard branch, with the alleged pnr-l
pcseof outrage. His victim broke away
from him, when he threw a rock at her and
| struck her in the back of the head, inflict
ing a wound from which the blood flowed|
profusely. The wretch Umb fled. ■■■
Banner-Watchman: Hid among some
vines in the Oconee cemetery, Wednesday I
last, a gentleman fonnd a tittle coffin that
had evidently been washed np from its
grave by high water, and then carelessly
thrown where it was by the person who
fonnd it. There were in it the bones and
decayed abroad of a very young infant, and
from the appearance the remains mart
have been interred very long ago.
Mametta Journal: A tittle son of Mr. I
Parrott, of Gilmer county, while working
to a field about three weeks ago, foam
three or four young rabbits, which ho took
| home and pnt in with an old cat and her
kittens. Instead of eating them, it
■ she is now nursing them as if they
I were her own offspring, and the kits and
rabbits have a gay time together rolling
and tumbling around the mother caL^^ro
Fobt Vallbt Mirror: Near Bullerjonl
Monday night last, Thomas Kcnnie, in
company with S. S. Monk and Jasper El-
I listen, bailiff, was shot at from the woods
ten or fifteen times as they were coming
down the Garsonrille road. The parties
who did the shooting are said to be known,
and will be brought to trial at onoe, charg
ed with assault with intent to mnrdar Ken-I
me, who is a tenant on the place of E. J
| Goa tin.
Columbus Sun: Mr. W. H. Thomas has]
■old his bay mare, Maud T., to Mr. Jack
Odom tor $2,000. He purchased her of
Allen A Renfroe less than twelve months
J*° for $250. At that time ahe was only
five years old and was hardly accustomed!
to the bridle. She has boon Is training
since, and can now trot a mile within 2:’.50.
Mr .Thomas waa oertainly fortunate in ths
selection of an animal when he purchased
her.
Mabibtta Journal: At this seaso^f]
the year the mornings are rendered music-
w *th the dulcet notes of that sweetest of
Southern songsters, the mocking bird. He
peerches himself high upon some swaying
Branch in the bright sunshine, and tho fra-
resonntl with his inn-
Bainbbidoe Democrat: Last week Mr.
Nathan Grace, of the steamer Newton,
while that gallant craft was ploaghing the
wateri of the Flint just above the Factory
landing, stood upon her deck, and killed
with a rifle one of the largest alligators we
ever saw. His ’gatorsaip was towed to the
shore and was found to be exactly nine feet
and nine inches long, and tipped the etoel-
vard beam at 250 pounds. Mr. Charley
i Herrell took possession of the mounter's
head, and is now engaged in extracting the
1 ivory from its mouth. This makes the seo-
oud ’gator Mr. Grace has killed within wo
weeks. The first one w as over six feet and
was no baby.
Columbus is to have an old-fashioned,
ebivalric, ring-punching tournament on
May 1st.
Tub Columbus ladies have raised enough
money to finish paying for the Confederate
monument,
Bsunswick Advertiser and Appeal : St.
Simons Mills turned ont one hundred and
ten thousand feet of lumber last week.
Swawsbobo Herald: There is a lady liv
ing in Bummertown who is the owner of
flro turkeys—four bens and a gobbler.
Sometime ago she set the four turkey hens,
fd jast week they came off with a fine
“ nxxl ***“■?» young tnrkeye.
Animatedby her 'eueom.’and toSt
determined to set the remaining tor-
key--which wasn't a hen turkey—on one
bombed egge. She made -a comfortable
■eM fa» the smoke-house, pnt the one hnn-
m « • -V*’ - ■■■■- i CO IDO Off JCta
*?*«>*» >• confident, and is still waiting the
advent of the liUlo turkeys. We hope her
may not be in vain. 1
SS
tins!
. institution: Wo learn that the huge
SKttSWttSSSMS!
One ton of this
navel yielded as h’gh as seven dollars, and
average will probably reach fifty oenta
•ton. The earnings amount from fifty to
the owners
b ^ nk * “•* Per cent of all the
,-md it will be Men that they have anieo
.-..tlmho. CapuilnNoble, who islnehenre
. ihe !-oat, says that be eannot make s re-
of the average per ton until he has
mouths work. A number of gentle-
from this city will probably vi-it the
\&<s3bJvE& «
^ n i in the sneaee* of the experiment.
Obmstitutiou: Atlanta’s military atmos-
phere da.-s not seem to be entirely clear at
went. The old difucnlty in the Gate
Otfor Guard orwanlaatloo aarmi to fim
:r -ivt ii with more than its original
. t i:u-nce, n .J knowing once cannot, yet
detenu ice what the result will be. Night
Ur. j-.r !r.«t there was a special meeting of
its) org-wizatiaBf during which certain
unember.-i made remarks about Captain
Irurke not of the most complimentary na-
The feciiug which actuated these
members reem< to have spread; finally
tifj’Mt who bclioved in tlit- aueotuyliaitn-
p..-y remarks determined to make an effort
; m ince ths company to request the Cap-
Vim to resign, aft-l a me-ting for that pur-
po-e was held 1-sc night in the company's
armory and was largely attondrd, Capta-'n
Barko liimself be ing pre-ent, but as each
a ■ ui>er was under a pledge of secrecy
nothing that transjured in the armory could
<> ascertained. However, enough leaked
su to warts nt Ihe assert on that th.o meet-
ir. was i ret J y well divided njion the qnes-
tn'.;; of requeatir-g a resignation. Just
a;-, it lurn the matter would taks is liot
grant spring woods
kieal trills and trebles. Owing to the fact
that so many of these tittle singers are
3!&£235& 1b * rn " iibthlsrap -
Hanner-Watchman : Take a country
mule for inborn meanness every time.
One of tiie timber-legged, flopped-eared
sort levied on his owner’s lnnoh bas
ket yesterday on Clayton street, and
after doing away with a peck of fried
ham and eggs, and dried peach pies, was
jo infernally mean that he commenocd on
the basket, aod it was a hard job for a
passer-by to get the remains of tho basket
and a few plates away from the thief.
Ailanta Constitution: Among the nrrU
to AtlMta yesterday via tho Western
and Atlantio nulroad, was Mr. Parke,
v££*l- f £ r JPennsylvania railroad at
Washington, D. G. About this gentleman
252. to_ nothing peculiarly attractive
wbich would mark him in a large crowd,
but when the fact that he is the person
who jumped from his office window in
Washington, and captured Gnitean imme
diately after he fired at President Garfield,
is taken into consideration, he is well
worth seeing.
■Pffce County News: The following item
after our forms were locked
for the last issue: Mr. Thohudy, of Barnea-
tout in jumping from a
5~» at Gpffgineville a few mornings be-
} heg0 orcumEtances: He
nJJIUirJi ^ rain for tho above
V . poa n ® arin 8 the station,
tetlfwto 8°‘ n ? at a rapid rate, he decided
tt^onjd not stop. He, therefore, jumped
8 prions injuries about
for dMns toh lmb *' toarn he will sue
The Snapper Club will
leaveon the steamer Chattahoochee to
morrowmorning at 10 o’olock. Thenum-
ber of the party win not be oatto as large
a retofore.but the quality is os fine,
t ui. ^ Pleasure and they will
It At Apalachicola they
"g*y>aboard the steamer Silvan Dell,
inch has been fitted up for their use and
vJShS2®i I vessel. Tney anticipate
AnjbeWS aad 8t Joseph bays,
J will be abftent from the city two wooka.
A Pardon has been
Swanson, colored, broth-
£“« Swanson,.and son of Burrell
awanron, a blacksumh of this county. In
Kom?»l ry ‘? ft th:s Ptoce and went to
f ® he arre f ted and charged
hmSu2r7 ar ; d ^eaond to Un yrnm
nowser^i in ,he l’ en *teutiary. He has
his uniform ^_°A h, s time and by
( ,®T «' xkI conduct, ami through tho
tea« hoL° na ®her of citizens of this
.'r'j , hc Pnrdooed last Saturday, April
Tax first through train from Augusta to
Greenwood, South ‘Carolina, has been
ran. The distanoe is sixty-nine miles.
The Constitution, as usual, puts in its
tlftiiQ. This time to the honor of having
staged the carp business in Georgia. The
filesof the Telegraph show that the Con
stitution’s claim is absurd.
Ablinoton Advance: Iu Arljpgton, we
have fleas of every nationality—toe Chi
nese, the Russian, the Jew, etc., and they
are getting so thick that the American
fleas are trying to pass n bill to put a stop
to so much immigration. The bill will re
ceive our surport.
Eatonton Messenger: Mr. W. S. Griffin
showed us Tuesday a common reed, or cane
blade, upon tho top of whieh were well de
veloped seed resembling in size and ap
pearance grains of wheat. Mr. Griffin says
an entire canebreik on his pi <ce shows the
growth of these seed. He thinks it some
thing of a cariosity.
Tnx Chat’anoogB, Columbus and Florida
railroad is looking up, and it is thought
will be built within twelve months. This
is the old Bainbridge, Cnthbert and Co
lumbus road, and sixty miles of it was
graded ten or twelve years ago. It begins
at Columbus and terminates in Gadsden
county, Florida. The projectors are hope
ful.
Eastman Times: Mr. William Mnllis,
who lives in tim edge of town, has, joining
his yard, a patch of beautiful corn. On
InBt Saturday night lightning struck a
stump about three feet high, and on one
side the corn was killed for more than one
hundred feet,while on tho other it was just
scorched for a few feet.
Jackson Herald: On last Tuesday a tur
key gobbler belonging to Mr. Ben McCoy,
who lives over on the South Oconee river,
strayed off and commenocd gobbling. It
was answered by a wild turkey, and when
the two got together they commenced
fighting. Mr. McCoy, heating tho noise,
went to them, and shot the wild ono. It
weighed twenty pounds.
Madisonian: We learn from Mr. Crews
that daring the hail etorm last Saturday
evening a valuable buugf horse of Mr.
Gresham, in Walton county, was killed.
The man plowing him had unloosed him
from the plow, bnt the storm batterod him
to death. It riddled the clothes off the
plowman, and was several inchts deep on
the ground, completely destroying vege
tation. _ro
Auqubta Evening News : A well knownl
young lawyer of Augusta is so seriously
set brok by rumors coming over from Ma
con, that he has abandoned a spring trous
seau which CoL Benson was fitting up in
style sssthotio and with a total cUtreirard
of expense. Capt. Bierman had pnt him
self to great trouble in a correspondence
with Oscar Wilde, and bad prepared n
fashion plate exproroly for 1mm gem le
mon of pining propensities and a leaning
towards Macon.
A lb ant News: Col. M. Slaughter was ini
the city yesterday, and we are gratified to
notice that his health is marvelously im
proved. He informs ns that the work at
‘•Hell Gate,” below this point on the Flint,
which has been suspended for some months
on account of high water, will be resumed
on Monday. A new barge will be launchedl
at this work on Wednesday next. The
hands will go to work with renowed energy
after their vacation.
Some of the citizens of McDuffie county
held a meeting and condemned the judicial
administration of Judge Claiborne Sneed,
the cause of the action being his settle
ment of the case of the State vs. Thomas
E. Watson, without permission from the
solicitor-general. The McDuffie people
seem to think that the Judge exceeded his
anthority. In response to the action of
the McDuffie people, tho Augusta bar has I
furnished Judge Sneed with a statement,
setting forth their entire confidence in his
integrity and their belief in the wisdom
and legality of his settlement. Not only is
the commuEication,signed by the bar. bnt
by the counsel for the defendant and the|
iolialon«ianl
Satannah News: The Central Railroad!
Company commenced the construction on
the west side of the canal, of the three large
new brick cotton warehouses, of which
mention has been made, and as tho track
is in proximity to the buildings, cotton re
ceived by tins road can be stored there
without any cost for drayage. The foun
dation is of solid brick work, and is six
teen feet high, so as to avoid the effects of
an inundation, in case one should occur at
anytime. The northern warehouse will
have a front of 100 feet, and will be 200
feet deep, and the distance from the floor
to the ceiling inside will be IS feet. The
othertwo will have a front of 200 feet by a
depth of 200, bnt in other respects will be
similar to the first one, and the oost of the
three will be about $00,000.
Sxlvania Telephone: A nomlcia^was]
committed on too place of T. J. Wells,
Esq., near Scarboro, in this county, on
Saturday last, Henry Wright, a negro
man abont twenty-one years old, being the
victim. It seems that somo words were
Ipas-ed between one Jim Sapp, a negro boy
about seventeen years old, and Henry
Wright, when Wright threatened to get a
razor end out Jim’s throat. Whereupon
Jim procured a piece of fence rail and
struck Wright a heavy blow just above the
lear to the back of the head, fracturing the
skull, from which he died the same night.
Sapp was arrest 2d, the coroner notified and
an inquest held, which resulted in a verdict
of murder against Sapp, who was commit
ted to iati to await trial.
Bbunswick Advertiser and Appeal:
Onr townsman, Rosendo Torres, besides
hisother qualifications, is quite an inven
tive genius. We wore shown by him this
week two drawings from the Patent Office,
tho one descriptive of a new life preserver
or raft, and the other a new pendulum
scales invented by himself. Both are ex
cellent inventions, and, to our mind, Ihe
lifo preserver or raft is especially so. It is
so arranged as to occupy bnt little space
when not in use, bnt when wanted is easily
extended to its full length by tnrning loose
aspiral spring which is coiled in each cylin
der. The raft when extended looks tike
the ordinary lifo ratt whichmoat steamers
carry. Its advantages, however, are that
it can bo compressed into smaller space
when not wanted, and is provided with ves
sels for food and water, one beiDg in (each
of ihe cylinders. We trust Mr. Torres will
realize heavy sales from these new and
useful inventions.
Gmefin News: W. L. Fambro has in his
possession a rifle made at Box Ankle, Mon
roe oonnty, for his father in 1837, and
which is one of the most finoly ornamen
ted pieces cf gunsmith? in Georgia, The
stock is inlaid and overlaid with silver, in
cartons and elegant designs, all the silver
being obtained from half dollars, and in
somo places the eaglo is ent ont in relief
encircled only by the rim. of too coin;
while on the end of tho stock is an ame
thyst. It took a great deal of work to
make it, and was worth $i37 when com
pleted. The gunsmith was n splendid
workman, but got drunk just before tho
gun was completed and scratched his
name, Wiley G. Higgins, in n very rnde
manner on the silver top of the WAd-box,
The gun shoots ns well os ever, and is oc
casionally used in a day’s sport.
Columbus Enquirer: The cause of the
fire alarm this morning, at 1:45 o’clock,
was the discovery of fire in the third story
of the hnilding on tho northeast corner of
Broad and St. Clair streets, and better
known as Hochstrasser’s corner. The fire
originated in a room occupied by Mr. Jo-
fttph Daniel, and caught in a bed on which
he was asleep. He waa awakened by the
UDcomfortablo nearness of ths fire
to his body, and called vigor
ously for aid. ilo whs too much iutoxio. t-
ed by liquor to explain the origin of the
tire, but it is supposed that he went to bed
smoking a cigar. The timely arrival of
several gentleman, who worked nobly with
buckets, doubtless saved the city from a
diastroua fire. They k iccecdeu in exting
uishing the flumes before much damage
was done, and only the bed-clothiug waa
burned. The firemen were out, but the en
gines were not called into service.
The pleasures of the table cease,
Wlitneler the teeth begin to tall;
The beauties of the mouth decrease;
The breath's no more a spicy gale;
And all must soon in ruin lie,
Unless to SOZGDONT we fly,
A Rnnesdoa to the democratic Ex
ecutive Committee.
Louis Oorrard in the Constitution.
The basis of representation in conven
tions now is two delegates for every mem
ber of the House of Representatives to
which a county is entitled by law. Now,
no ooauty can have less than one represen
tative, however small said county may be,
and none over three, however large they
may be. Therefore, the small county is
now entitled to two delegates, tbjugh it
may not poll over four hundred (tomo-
oratio votes, while the largest ooauty is en
titled to six delegates, tnough it may poll
four thousand Democratic vote? and it
may on the other baud happen that the
large ooauty may be largely Republican,
and the small county may be largely Dem
ocratic; therefore I say the true basis of
representation in a Democratic convention
should be the number of Democratic votes
in each county.
When a convention is assembled we may
see toe spectacle of a delegate representing
two hundred votes, canceling by bis vote
the vote of a delegate representing six hun
dred and sixty-six votes; thus it might hap
pen that a minority in a convention might
be so constituted as to represent a large
majority of the Democratic voters.
This is wrong, and if possible ought to
be remedied. The old antidote for this
evil was the two-thirds rule,but the inclina
tion seems to be to abolish this rule, and
if it is to be done away with, the basis of
representation shonld certainly be
changed.
One great advantage io be gained by
making the number of Democratic voters
toe basis of representation, is that, even in
an election where there was no opposing
oandidate, the strength of the party would
be polled, for every Democrat would feel
that it waa his doty to maintain or iuorease
toe representation of his county, and this
would prevent the danger of an opposing
candidate being quietly brought out a few
days before an election with a view of sur
prising the party.
Another alleged grievance is the im
proper use of * ’proxies." Now, if the ballot
is for a particular man, or set of men, no
one of them has a right to assign, as he
would an old stock of goods, his right to
represent freemen to some other person
who may, or who may not carry ont their
wishes, and perhaps may not even live in
the same county or feel any accountability
to the people ou represented.
If more than one delegate is selected by
a oonnty, let those who are actually present
in the convention cast the votes of tne
county. The counties coaid select alter
nates, and in this way insure being repte-
sented by some one that they actually se
lected.
I would farther suggest that tho execu
tive committes name a day for the Demo
crats of eaoh county to select delegates in
order that each county might act without
outside influence, and the general result
would be known at once, and not have an
agitation kept up through tho State for a
mouth or six weeks.
The question of whether the counties
wonld nominate by a mass-meeting or by
a primary ballot. I wonld leave to the wis
dom of toe people of each oonnty to de
termine for themselves, for my observation
has been that the people are pretty well
able to take core of themselves.
If public sentiment in a county desired a
primary election for delegates, tho Demo
crats or that county oould easily have a
meeting before the day named by the ex
ecutive committee and determine the modo
and manner of bolding the same.
By having tho delegates all selected on
ihe same day it will prevent the charge be
ing made that political tramps go from
county to comity to fir up the primarie-j,
and as it may now happen when nearly all
of the counties have acted, it will not be
possible for toe charge to bs made that the
"visiting statesmen” were “swarmed in” to
carry the few remaining counties that
may hold the balancing power.
TBECOLOHED CA VC VS.
A Towns Etoniance
O. O. O., in Bainbridge Democrat.
Gently, boatman, gently. Let the drip
ping oars tightly tonch the water. Under
that wide-spreading oak, overshadowing
toe water, lurk monster bass, over whom
the silent waters have swept for many
summers. Yesterday, while fishing for
gold perch, I saw two of them sweep be
neath, in a style that showed even fishe3
felt a conscious power. As the largest of
gold perch fled, affrighted from the mon
sters they excitingly seemed to say, “fee
how they flee before us I mouatchs of the
deep ;” and they shook their broad tails in
evident merriment.
I am impatient, boatman, to try the
skill of man and toe strength of steel
with one of these cunning old fellows. Let
yonr oar strokes so gently movo toe waters
that toe boat will glide ovor it without a
ripple.
Onr troll Is acting finely. Never was ar
tificial bait more ounningly devised to de
ceive. The spot is reached.' With a quiet
movement I send the bait swiftly to the
shore. It has passed half the breadth of
toe great oak’a shade, when tike the rush
of a startled deer one glorions fellow
strikes with all his power and the good
hooks strike home. Every ono is fast in
huge jaws. Now oomes the “tug of
war,” and the tug of man and fish, too.
Onr pole is bent almost double as he rush
es, maddened with pain down into the
depths of the water, and we have to let him
go to toe end of tine and pole. Then,
checked in his beidlong career by the
strong tine and unyielding hooks, be comes
as swift as shooting stare across the blue
bend of heaven to the top, and springs his
fall length into tho air—endeavors to break
the tine by a stroke from his powerfnl tail
as head down ho plunges again into toe
water. After fierce five minutes straggle,
he yields to fate, and floats broadsii
thing of beauty” upon toe water. Care
fully, warily I lead him up to the boat,
hoist in, and bind the captive fast, and
shout for joy. Boatman, head for home.
Glory enough for on j day. It is reached,
he is weighod, and tips the scales at four
teen pounds.
Revitalizing the blood is absolutely
necessary for the cure of general debility,
weakness, lassitude, etc. Ths best tn-
richer of tho blood is Brown’s Iron Bit
ters.
Waa it a Griiila Man Incog.T
Washington Republican.
When the hour came for opening the
Patent Office doors yesterday morning, the
officials fonnd a wayfaring man waiting
npon the steps to get in. He was from
Maryland. He had a very large box or
valise with him, which he seemed to watch
with partionlar care. Once inside he want
ed to know if that was the place to get
patents. He was told that ft was, and
then he said he would tike to look over the
car-coupling patents. An official informed
him that there were abont 2,800 of these on
hAnd at present, end it would take him
three days to go over them. He gave a
long whistlo and said: “Well, how many
ol them are worth anything?” “About
four,” replied the examiner. “Well, let’s
look at those,” said he, and he was taken
to look them over. He took good care not
to lose sight of his box in toe meantime,
and when he had concluded his search he
said, confidentially, to tho gentleman iu
Charge that he h‘ d something in his box
that laid way ovor any of ihoeo, and he
wanted a patent for it.
“Will yon permit me to see it ? ” said
the gentleman.
“I should say not. I’m not going to give
it away as easy as that; not much 1 ain’t. I
tell yon I know all about the way they steal
patents away from inventors, and you don’t
fool me.”
By this timo curiosity was oxcited, and
the clerks were all laughing over the unu
sual customer. Ho was told thatif he ever
wanted to get out a patent he would have to
show up his model, and after much persua
sion he ppened his box. Going down into
the inside he produced a machine about
three inches square, which comparod to the
box was bo ludicrously small that everybody
shouted with laughter. But this was only
increased wen ho began to work it. It was
a moss of intricate fingers and cogs and
slides and clamps. The examiner stood
looking nt it in amazement, which seemed
to alarm the visitor.
“You don’t mean to say you ha vo a pat
ent* like that, do you ? ” he inquired.
“No, I don’t- I don’t think I ever saw
anything tike it nndsr the sun before.”
The visitor was reassured and Ids applica
tion was put on file.
A patent will no doubt be granted him
for novelty of design nt least.
Full Aeeonal of lb* Proceedings—
Two Day’s ol Stormy Debate; and
Bnt Little Done— Resolutions Cos -
eerntng the Bonntree natter. Etc.
Pursuant to a widely circulated call from
J. F. Long, three hundred and forty-six
d elegates assembled in the hall of the Uni
ted States Court building at ten o’olock
yesterday morning.
The ball had been festooned and orna
mented with flags, and on the walls hung
the mottoes, which we have deviously pub
lished. The stage was decorated, and
presented quite A hsndeOme appearance.
From toe general drift of conversation,
snatches of whioh , our reporter caught
while on the street, it waa evident that but
few of the delegatee fully understood the
object of the call. Some regarded it as a
political meeting in which independentism
was to reoeive its death blow: others
thought the liberal movement waa to re*
ceive an impetus, and some thought it was
to discuss the Rountree difficulty.
_ Nearly all the prominent Georgia poli
ticians were present, including Belcher,
White and Wright, of Augusta; Pledger,
Jackson McHenry and John Brown, of At
lanta; Dexeaux and Toomtr, of Savannah;
Elbert Head, of Americas: J. F. Long,
Tilman Lowe, Joe Trippe, Frank Disroon,
H. A. Rucker, J. N. Blockshear, M. U*
Clarke, Bailey Clark, Pulaski O. Holt, and
others, from Mscon.
At ten o’clock J. F. Long mounted the
stand and called the meeting to order.
The doore were dosed, and none but dele
gates hRving a ticket of admittance wore
allowed to enter. On taking the chair, J.
F. long delivered the following address.
He thanked the convention for their at
tendance, and after the customary apolo
getic prelude, 6aid:
The moving caunc ol our assembling is not
generally understood and there has, therefore,
been some very wild speculation In curious
minds with respect to It. This fact will doubt
less invest our deliberations with more than
ordinary Interest, and It therefore becomes us
to sec to it that no trivial subjects be permitted
to engage any portion of our timo and atten
tion: but that on tho contrary all we may do or
say as touching tho~imr.oriant subjects wlfloh
will come up for consideration may be of a
character which will command tho serious at
tention of reflecting minds.
The call for this convention was tho out.
growth of much careful thought and delibera
tion. It has been wisely s&ld that "we see
farthest Into the future when wo carefully con
sider the facts of the present” It seemed to
me that the disturbed and unsatisfactory con
dition of our State politics, toe deplorable ab
sence of any methodical or systematic effort to
promote our educational Interests and obtain
toe redress ol local grievances, all-demanded a
council of thinking, active minds of our race.
It Is for this express purpose that you have been
celled together, and these arc toe chief sub
jects which are to claim your attention, and I
feel confident each in their turn will receive at
your bands the consideration to which its im
portance entitles It. Concerning them I will
say, with Lowell:
“What's best to think mayn’t puzzle mo nor
you;
a nation ol
ore our
American who atyst ,
ing to do with politics Is a fit subject of distrust
and suspicion.
Our highest and dearest Interests--the enjoy
ment of our civil and religious liberty and the
peace and security of our families—ore so vi
tally interwoven with our politics that no citi
zen. however humble or exalted, can with
safety Ignore this obligation. For It Is by ami
through our local and national politics, and la
this way only, that wo are enabled to correct
error, obtain redress of local grievances and se
cure that wholesome legislation which Is lndli-
pcnsablo to onr prosperity and happiness.
The careful consideration, then, of grave po
litical questions is quite naturally expected to
form no small part of our proceedings, and I
sincerely hope that nothing will be said or
done In this connection except those things
which will reflect toe highest credit upon toe
intelligence and discretion of our race, com
mend us to our Republican associate j, and do
substantial good In toe great causes for too
promotion ol which we arc assembled.
We, more than any other race of people on
American soil, hare felt and still feel the de
vastating and liberty-destroying effects cf Bour-
bonlsm, and we are, therefore, most deeply In
terested in toe destruction ol Its power. Kev-
erthelcs.% let us strive to deal with this mon
ster evil in the righteous spirit of our illus
trious Lincoln, “With charity for ell and mal
ice toward none.”
It will be most wholesome to observe, in this
connection, tho admonition of Shal
•Tleatnotafurnace-foryoarfoesohot that It
do singe yourself.”
A question prominent before ns on this occS'
slon will be the consideration of the claims of
prospective independents to onr favor and
suffrages. • We will bi> advised tost the inde
pendent movement now being organized differs
materially from anything heretofore existing
under that name; that Its claims to our careful
consideration rest mainly unon tho favor It has
received at the hands of no less a
thsn onr worthy President, and that iu princi
pal aim is to disenthrall tho voters of this Stale
and the South generally.
While our past experiences with this class of
politicians has not been as satisfactory in all
respects as we could have wished, I for one—
and I think ‘
I voice the sentiments of a very
largo majority of our people—have toe most
unbounded confidence In this method of de-
throning Bourbonlsm. Whenever and wherever
Hof heroism
men of heroism and brain will come out from
opposing ranks os the exponents of our politi
cal faith on questions affecting the life of the
nation and rights of its citizens, they con al
ways be assured of my hearty support.
The priceless boon to every American citizen
of fair, untramraeled elections, where freemen
will be permitted to approach the polls unmo
lested and vote their convictions, and bavo at
the same time the full assurance that such vote
will be honestly counted as east, is a prize rich-
.. .. . . . movement
to such
, are toe
active, earnest and cordial support of every true
Republican.
There Is doubtless great diversity of opinion
concerning how wc can render such move
ments toe most effective aid. I am clearly con
vinced that we can In no way give such effect
ual supj)ort as by compact, through party or
ganization. The srholo Republican party,
thinking, acting and moving os one man, will
compose a power which, under competent
leadership, could successfully antagonize De
mocracy. I trust, therefore, that such steps will
be hero taken as will insure this grand result
beyond a peradventure.
Regarding our educational Interests, wlillo
I have given the subject much careful thought
1 confess I have no matured views as to what is
the proper thing to be done. But since “iu the
multitude of counsel there Is safety,” I appre
hend that tho brilliant minds here assembled
can, during our conferences, readily determine
that question.
When I look out over tho magnificent repre
sentatives of our race before mo and think over
the few short years which have elapsed since
H. II. P. KJG
Mr. W. H. Barrett, of Augusta, advertises
Hill’s Hepatia Panacea elsewhere this
morning. The mojicine has acquired q
splendid reputation as one of the best
agents "for tho removal of bile from
the system, correcting the irregularities of
the stomach, and purifying the blood.” It
is put up in large bottles and is sold at fifty
cents. Give it a trial. dAw
the few short years which have elapsed since
the fetters of slavery were struck from off our
bodies, and our benighted souls lifted from the
gloom and degradation of bondago into too
pure atmosphere of freedom, my heart rejoices
lin the Intellectual prospects before us.
Grand as have been the achievements of lib
eral education among us In the very brief post,
grander and more brilliant is tho future pros
pect. Tho higher and better education of our
children, therefore. Is a work which must en-
gage for Its accomplishment toe brightest anil
most gifted minds among us, and oue which
calls forth onr best and noblest efforts. I think,
therefore, that during our conference some
well-defined plans for concert of action will bo
devised and put In shape for Immediate execu
tion, looking to the attainment of too highest
possible tv-nits in educational work.
It is expected that differences of opinion will
exist among us upon these vital questions; but
appeared in the Defiance, arose and moved
that the reporters vacate the room. After
this extraordinary exhibition of brains,
Brown was crashed and the reporters' pen
cils moved over the pages of their note
books as before.
belcher began to feel as if he was not
wanted in the choir, and for want of better
excuse said that as he had argent business
in Augusta to-day, and as he should make
preparations for his departure, be would
resign the chair to W. A. Piedg r until the
permanent chairman was elected. Pledger
took the chair and hammered with his
let tho white man have the vote.
The poor white man and tho
poor nigger had been slaves
of the ring masters long enough, ana now
the nigger wanted some of the sugir' [A
-uiw about u ew movement.”]
If tho new movement will do anything for
the colored man, go into it. 1 o° many
new movements in Georgia- Itt eocae
plan to get the nigger votes, and I gae»s
we had better soo a little more of it before
we take stock.
McHenry's remarks waro given m a
good humored way, and were witty at
gavel to secure attention. The chairman i times. He got in some good licks, and
£ iL JS 1 I.i . I « < ... t * . I 1 TKp - mil VA ft -
of the dual committee had beets endeavor
ing for twenty minutes to deliver his re
port, blit Could not find an opportunity.
At last he slipped in his report edgeways,
nominating White as the chairman. The
report of the committee waa not reooived.
Speeches were made by several delegates
and coDfurion worse confounded ruled the
rooet. Tilman Lowe was anxious to be
heard and he was so persistent that a dele
gate moved that a committee be appoint
ed to take Tilman out cf the hall. Wright,
of Augusta, arose and walking np and
down the aisle, delivered himself of the
opinion that Pledger was working his
tricks, and that oue of the tricks was to
make White ohairman. Daring the deliv
ery of bis remarks. Pledger's gavel was
working like a trip-hammer. This served to
add fuel to the flame, and Wright went for
Pledger, calling him a puppy, etc. Pledger
tried hard to restore order, and foiling,
let us not resort' to any coercive measures.
Rather let us be kind and tractable. Debate Is
wholesome If conducted in a proper spirit. Kn-
dcavor to sllenco your opponent with
your opponent with reason
ruilu-r than noise.
Remember “the thing done avails: not what
Is said about It.” In attestation of this I com
mend you to the cxamplo of our illustrious
dead and living citizens whose likenesses grace
these walls.
LeU no unkind reflections nor harsh criti
cisms characterize our proceedings, but let us
strive to imitate the higher and holler example
of Uim who said: "Servants, beobedient unto
your masters,” and "Love your neighbor as
yourself.”
Thanking you Again heartily for the honor
you have conferred upop me, and for your
kind attention to my Imperfect but well-
meaning utterances, 1 will announce that the
completion of our organization, by the election
of secretaries. Is now In order.
lost his temper and called Wright another
-puppy. Pledger then got a chance to say
that he had put the motion to make White
chairman, but as there was so much con
fusion be would put the motion again,
which would allow debate.
It was plaiq that White was going fast,
and the convention was not many miles
behind him. This state of affairs caused
J. F. Long to arise, and as soon as it be
came known that ho was on the floor, com
parative silence was secured, and he deliv
ered a fine speech, urging harmony
and peace, and paying a flattering tribute
to White. He rotated why He had
been nominated, bow he had served the
Republican party, and how lie wns his
friend. At the conclusion of this speech,
the motion was put and carried, earing
White, and going a long way towards bring
ing the convention down to business. „
Whan White was escorted to the chair,
Wright, of Augusta, again rose to the sur
face and continued to ventilate the trick
ery in placing White as chairman. The
chairman had great difficulty in getting
Wright to succumb, and it was not until
he told him that a committee wonld be ap
pointed to sit down on him that Wright
considered it wrong to proceed, and took
his seat, overpowered bnt not conquered.
Joe Trippe was the next to get in a
speech, but as several arose to points of
order and cot him short, winding up with
a motion to have a committee appointed
to report business for the convention. The
motion was carried, and the committee ad
journed. In their absence, A. B. Fortune
delivered an address on the origin of the
negro race. After this came adjournment
until this morning.
Last night addresses were delivered by
several of the delegates.
John Mario and Willie Hightower were
the secretaries.
- A nnmber of the delegates went homo on
the early trains, and hence there were ma
ny vacant chairs in the hall yesterday
morning on the assembling of the conven
tion.
Too meeting was called to order by Chair,
man White, who announced that the day’s
labors would bo opened with mnsio by
John H. Ballou, and prayer by Rev Calvin
McCnrdy.
The secretary road the minutes. Objec
tion was made to the words “during mnoh
confusion,” by J. N. Blackshear, who
thought it unwise for the minutes to go to
tho world so worded. He therefore moved
that the objectionable words be exi _
J. F. Long said he was in favor of the min
utes as read being adopted. There was
noihing to hide, and nothing for any mem
ber to be ashamed of. Jackson McHenry,
of Atlanta, arose and made a speech in fa
vor of tho minutes. He said that their
action was no worse than that
of the white conventions, and conld’nt
hold a candle to somo meetings be had at
tended. He didn’t think the minutes read
rough—not near as rough as the Constitu
tion would have made it. The Teleobaph
and Messenoeb man wasn’t rough on
them. That Constitution is the wont pa
per in tho State on the colored man. When
Colquitt w;n elected tho pap-era suid he was
elected by the niggera. The Constitution
turned right round and said, “Yon lie; he
was elrcted by the white men 1 ”
Tilman Lowe thought that it was not
right that the minutes should be published
with the comments of the secretary, whose
duty it was to report the minutes, and not
to comment on any action.
The chair pnt the motion to confirm the
minutes with correction, and the motion
prevailed.
The chair stated that the expense of the
convention was larger than there were
funds, and in order that the members
conld leave free from debt, more money
was neces.-ary. On motion, a committee
of five was appointed to devise means by
which the necessary funds could be raised.
Rev. S. B. Jones was then announced
and introduced for an addi ess. Before be
began. Elder Harris, who occupied a seat
near the rear of the hall, and who was
sleeping off the effects of liberal potations,
fell from his chair and the convention
went into ecstasies.
Order being restored, Rev. S. B. Jones
delivered his address, taking “self-pride”
for his subject. He was particularly bitter
on railroad corporations of Georgia be
cause of recent action on the part of con
ductors who held the opinion that the sec
ond class car was the place for a colored
man. He said that on going on a jourac-y,
he went to the ticket office, bought a first-
class ticket and was compelled by forco of
threatening revolvers to take seats in the
second-class car. Ho said that the officers
of bi3 conference had written demands to
the presidents of the several roads in the
State, to sell first and second-class tickets
so that every man, white or black, could
exercise his prerogative and nde where he
^filhode
At the conclusion of his speech, whi*h
was. a mere ordinary affair, Pledger was
totlea Futures
Re not aliured by wild speculation.
Risk not your money to cotton futures,
but seek a safe investment in Neuralgtne.
It always relieves neuralgia and head
ache. Give it a trial. Jw
The election of Long as temporary chair
man was the signal for thoso who had gone
into tho caucus for tho purpose of ruling it
to get in their little'work. A committee
was appointed on permanent organization,
aud Eugene Belcher, of Augusta, was the
ohoice. Here it bocame evident that
Belcher was not tho man wanted, and John
H. Deveaux, of Savannah, was elected.
Deveaux declined, and then tho house di
vided against itself. Tho result was that
the convention split, ono faction remain
ing in the hall, the other half going into
the opposite hall.
Committees wore appointed from ench
of the factions to confer with each other
and iiit upon a man. Pending the delib.
orations of this dual committee, the split
convention adjourned for dinner, to mo9t
again at 3:30.
In tho afternoon session there was more
wrangling, and tho gavel was used freely.
The report of tho committeo was road, ft
brought out the name of Wm. J. White, of
Augusta. This report wot unsatisfactory,
and here more trouble was experienced, in
the inid.-t of the session the doors were
opened and the correspondent of Ihe Chi
cago Tribune And our reporter took seats.
John H. Ballon delivered an address, fol
lowed by others. Thoso speeches had no
reference to the object of the meeting,
Belcher occupied tho chair, but could
not maintain order. There were twenty
calls for Mr. Chairman, and euch of the
twenty men seemed anxious to be heard.
One delegate arose to a point of order and
said that J. F. Ijongwss the chairman, and
he wanted to address the right matt.
At this juncture an Atlanta mulatto
named John Brown, author of the incen-
Will U uiau uiuiuaij ouuuj aicu^oi was
anxious to lead the report of the commit
tee on resolutions. A slight discussion fol
lowed, whethor to hear the repot! or allow
Jackson McHenry to mtke his speech, as
programmed tho night before. The latter
was finally decided upon, and Jackson
gave one of bis characteristic humorous
talks, in whioh he dovetailed so many good
things, illustrated by anecdote, that the
convention wa3 loth to stop him. He want
ed the colored men to nse their votes well.
In counties where there were three legis
lators, there shoold bo one colored msn;
and where -fire, at least two should be
elected. The white man had very 1-ttie use
for- tho nigger except to vote' for him.
There are ring-masters in tho Republican
party as well as in the Democracy. The
colored man had the power to elect a gov
ernor, and conld have controlled the entire
State government since the war ended if
they bad stuok to themselves aud not fol
lowed the -white man who wanted his vote.
When tho Constitution wanted to elect Col
quitt, Grady sent for him. Before that, he
was fearfully abused by the Constitution.
He couldn’t tumaoorner but that paper
didn't fire into him. Now, when it wanted
to olect Colquitt, they sent for him and
then he and Grady walked down the street
locked arm in arm. He worked with the
Democrats then, learned all their tricks
and he was going to use thorn against tho
Democrats this fall. The people of tho
North were as far above tie people of the
South in loro for the colored man os the
white man thinks himself above the nigger.
He was coming down on tho train the other
day and took a seat in the white man’s
smoking oar. Mind you, it was a
smoking ear. The conductor came
along and told him to move out He had
paid first-class fare, was a free mau aud
a tax-payer, was entitled to the seal and
wouldn’t move. The conductor said if he
didn’t movo there’d be tronble. He told
the conductor to bring on bis tronble, he
was ready for it Now, on the other hand,
he went to Garfield's inaugural. Just as
soon as he stepjted off Joe Brown’s road at
Chattanooga he went into a iirat-olass car
where there were white 1 ;.diea and not a
word was Baid. In Washington he wa3
waited on by white men, and was
treated like a white man. In
Atlanta he rode in tho street car with white
Indies, the Governor’s wife or anybody
elsu's wife; bnt these railroads don't seem
to want litis sort of thing. He
wouldn't vote for any man
for the Legislature who woold'nt pledge
himself to compel railroads to give colored
men the white man’s privileges. He would
like to be in the Legislature just to tear
those railroad charters to pieces. He said
wo were soon to elect a Governor. The
election of a Governor lay with tiie ooiored
man just as safe as tho 'foliar in his pock
et. After all, money was the thing to car
ry nu election, or Accomplish any object.
The newspaper men would shoot you, and
shoot you hard, but a little money would
temper down any Article. The white man
told some good anecdotes. The. conven
tion were kept roaring with laughter dur
ing its delivery, especially when he wou'd
hit the newspaper men, which he did fre
quently.
After his spesch, Pledger read the report
of the committee, which was a eet of reso
lutions as follows:
“Whbbeas, the present condition of af
fairs in Georgia demand that there should
be two well developed political parties, one
a chock u;>on the other, to the end that we
may have good local government, and give
aid to the disrapption of tho intolerant
Bourbon Democracy, and
"Whebbab, the present attitude of cer
tain political elements in the State that
have heretofore been neutral or opposed to
any movement that indicated a desire and
a determination for a fair ballot, public
sohooi on an advanced basis, a humane
system of the penitentiary, aad justice be
fore the courts, and ready to movo in the
direction of Liberalism, therefore be it
“Besotted (1), That we heartily approve
of every honorable effort that is being
made to inaugurate a movement, whose
object is the overthrow of the Boorbon
Demooracy and the substitution of govern
ment for a partisan and corrupt adminis-
tration of the law, and will encourage the
leaders of what is termed the new move
ment, wherever their actions shall be
deemed heroio and patriotio, and this we
shall do without encroachment upon our
devotion to honored principles.
"Resolved (2), That we urgently recom
mend complete union of colored men
throngbont the State, in order that their
political actions may be characterized
with harmony and prodaoe results that
are directly traceable to their energy and
worth..
‘‘Resolved (3), That wa condemn the pres
ent chain-gang system, and earnestly urge
npon the people the necessity of support
ing candidates for the Legislature
who are pledged to its modification, anti
where there is a probability of success, a
man of their own nnmber.
“Resolved (4), That we rejoice in the
Kit Warren at the Baptist Conven
tion.
progress made by onr people in the acqui
sition of property, and recommend a more
rigid practice of economy and frugality,
and that more attention be given to the
intellectual training of tho youth, sinoe
eduoation and wealth are tho most potent
means by which respect and justice can be
secured.
“Resolved (5), That we recognize the in
sufficiency of the public school fund for
Georgia, end will not support any candi
date for office who is not pledged to more
liberal appropriations for educational pur
poses.
“Resolved (0), That in the preparation of
siceuictu v<v, imu m xna preparmioa us wsourage, out stilt ne insist* mat ever}' con-
dctails for directing us in the forthcoming vartea Christian ought to take water, and
campaign, we recognize the regularly con
stituted organization of the Republican
party, and will be bound by no other, and
to it we refer the arrangement of plans
and conditions.
“Resolved (7), That while we regard the
payment of one dolhr poll tax as just and
proper, yet we oppose the making the poll
tax a prerequisite to voting, and urge the
support of such men for the Legislature as
will seek tho repeal of the present unjust
Iaw which disfranchises the poor and
makes toe government one for the aris-
tocracy. “P. H. Lno>
“W. A. Pledgee,
“Jno. H. Deveaux,
“A.B. Fobtune,
“E. R. Belcseb,
“Eldest Head,
“ISHMAEt, LONON,
“J. H. Bbown,
“G. P. Lewis,
“Committee.”
Jackson McHenry, of Fallon, indorsed
tho resolutions, followed by others, who
wanted to adopt as a whole, and others to
adopt seiiatim.
White, of Augusta, called Pledger, of At
lanta, to the chair, and spoke warmly in
favor of the resolutions. At the close of
his speech the .convention adjourned to
meet at 3-20.
m The afternoon session opened with bright
prospects for a storm of words. Stewart,
of Bainbridge, was first io speak, and he
sailed into the new movement. Jordan, of
Washington, said his county had rocked in-
dependentiam in the cradles and had al
ways elected an independent. This year
his county would elect all colored mon, and
he wanted to know more of this new move
ment everybody was talking about before
he cut loose from his party. He was getting
sort of scared of these independents any
how.
J. F.-Long said it was part of the pro
gramme that Rev. W. N. Travers shonld
speak first on the resolutions. Here the
air bristled with points of order, and con-
siderabe dispuite followed as the right of
Travers to have the fioor in preference and
advance of others. The disenssion was
indulged in by McHenry, Bailey Clarke,
Tilman Lowe and others. Bailey, Clarke
called for the previous question—that of
adopting the resolutions.
Before the motion was pnt some dele
gate asked if ail present were numbers of
the convention. He was answered from
on unknown source in the negative. Piod-
I er said: “We are all members. We are
ere as representative colored men, and
every man’s face in this room in his cre
dential.” Turning to the chairman, Bailey
Clarke shouted: “If that be the case, Mr
Chairman, you are not a member of this
convention, for your fqee is os white as
anybody’s.”
The vote to takeup the previous question
was lost. Pledger, daring all this time,
had been trying to get in an amendment to
the resolutions offered by the committeo.
The amendment read as follows:
“Resolved, That we regret the d’ssen-
sions growing out of the factitious fight in
the Republican party, and therefore urge
the State Central Committee and all good
Republicans to join in an effort to bring
about reconciliiation.”
A motion to lay it on the table prevailed.
John Brown, of Atlanta, then got the floor
and delivered himself of a five minutes
speech, in which he raid the Republican
party had brains enough to carry it through
any camp&ign, aud approved Pledger’s
resolution.
J. F. Long opposed Pledgor’s resolution
in a good speech, which was spoiled by a
heated discussion on the part of the mem
bers on a parliamentary ruling of the
chair.
The resolutions embodying the platform
of the convention now came up, and
White, seeing that if discussion was al
lowed they would be squelched, cut off all
debate, and would lirteu to no member
until the vote was put and carried.
Just ah the last echo of the applause died
away, Pledger’s resolution popped up
again. There was a motion to lay it on
the table, and during the hubbub the
chairman saw his chnnce and put the mo
tion. The members scarcely knew what
was up, and the vote stood four to seven,
and the motion was lost.
The resolution was then put and lost.
Brown, of Atlanta, then offered the fol
lowing resolution:
“Resolved, That we, the colored repre
sentatives of Georgia, here assembled ex
press our regrets at the Johnson-Rountree
affair, end pray that the State at large will
not participate in a general discussion
either for or against.
"Resolved further. That we as citizens of
Georgia feel the loss of a citizen, nnd will
in ourjefforts do everything posiole to atln>
the strife now existing between the races."
Brown supported his resolution in a very
„ood speech, in which ho ea ; d he preferred
that the law should tako its course,
atisflod that Johnson would be given jus
tice. He asked for a suspension of discus
sion of the matter until the matter was
properly brought up.
Resolutions of thinks to J. F. Long
were then passed unanimously. After
some auimportant business the convention
adjourned sine die.
At the close of tho convention, a tele
gram was received from W;rsbiugton, ad
dressed to the president of the-oonvention,
from Sam I,ee, a colored politician from
South Carolina, who is contesting Richard
son’s seat in the House. The dispatch
stated that iipcer was thou concluding fits
speech against Lynch, who is contesting
( haliuer’s sent. The exact wording of the
dispatch could not be learned by our re-
“ 'BBet
Lbssbubo, April 2S,
Well, I went to the Baptist convention la
Americas. I got there soon and stayed
late. I saw ihe grand ingathering of tho
water company ard hoard the voices there
of. X waded through from the salutatory
to the valedictory, aud i ata well satisfied
the proceedings will result in a great deal
more good thin they won’t result in; bat
I’m not goiu; to recite those proceedings.
With them the press of Georgia has been
so completely instinct-.d that a repetition
from ma would bo like ploughing a shallow
farroe in the wake of s sharp pointed and
deep-digging sub-soilet. No, I am only
g'Cifig ,n «ive a few scraps of mv observa
tion of men aud things during the time I
sojourned with the Baptidzo* in that Athens
of southwest Georgia.
Woli, in the first place, firstly, I have
never before dreamed that such a vast
number of galinaceous bipeds coaid sur
vive the perils of the ehioken-lifters in
Americas.’ Friday morning, just before
day, “the cook’s shrill clarion” pealed
in swelling sntnems and deliaious mono-
tones from one end of ths city to tho
other. It appeared a» if the air was peo
pled by an army of living sounds and the
city a forest of bristling chanticleers. Tho
scene was thrilling. After breakfast, I
hurried to see Berry Lingo chief of police—
I always liked Lingo—and thank him in
behalf of the chickens for the uninterrupt
ed security and prosperity they enjoyed,
I congratulated him with both hands and
many earnest words. I then invited him
to "le's walk in and take something"-die
thanked mo, he didn’t drink ; I asked him
to take a cigar, that also ho declined. I
then urged him to tako something if it
waa only a spool of thread or a bar of
soap, but he said it was against city regu
lations tor a policeman to take anything
except a bad cold.
The two editors are as fond ot each oth
er as a pair of sucking doves, and the pub
lic generally are fond of both their spark
ling, sprightly, newsv pipers. The frosty
beaded veteran of the Republican is old
only on the outside. Time makes no fur
rows on his facile pen and “writes no
wrinkles” on his “light fantastic” tongue.
Major Gleasner—he’s not been South long
ecougb to be oolonel—is in command of
the Recorder offioe, and he wields tho scep
tre ofpower with gracefnlce s and majes
ty. He’s a writer worth writing about.
I visited the library, bnt can give no
opinion of its merits, for birds of 1 aradise
were there, and during the few moments I
tarried “my only books were woman's
looks,” and I am willing to invest my bot
tom dollar m a library of jast such as they
wore. I would like to present your readers
with a compte rendu of Americas, but as
no gentleman hod the leisure to show me
round, I am unable tc do so. 1*1 it suf
fice to say, the men are full of push, vim,
energy, enterprise, public spirit and hospi
tality, and the Indies of intelligence, beau
ty, gracefulness, glitter, gush and charm.
Dr. Tucker’s Sunday sermon contained a
square meal of rich gospel salmagundi.
The Doctor is a man of great personal
urage, but still be insist* that every con-
he thinks the water ought to bo just as wet
aspoc Bible.
The agricultural outlook in tins section
is good. Grass is under subjection, oom
flourishing, oats splendid, and cotton “able
fn n,»y' A imuif Hra in kn.'GRRliG is
to be Vu A great rise in kerosene is
anticipated this summer, as it is thought
the farmers of southwest Georgia will
have to carry lamps when walking through
their corn fields about the time of the
approaching solstice. One of onr citizens
has some oow-pen corn he thinks will beat
Egypt. He expects it to produce seven
ears along the sides of the stalk aud a
gourd filled with shelled corn on top. I
see Tom Acter has swooped down oc Hawk-
insville. I was jnst packing my carpet beg
for a jaunt to the same place, but i’ll wait
now until‘the weary barkeepers can rest
their limbs, and replenish their exhausted
stock, for I know Tom drank tli6 town
dry, and even licked up tne “residuary
moisture.” His felicitous and scinlillant
letter has the sparkle of the vivid vina, and
I smell his breath in every odorous sen-
tence.
Wl»t Csa be Hongtit for a Pemnjr.
London Standard.
The lessees of the Alexandra I’alace
have provided an exhibition ofthe multitu
dinous articles which are sold for a penny.
Few people are aware o! the variety aad
excellence of the productions that can be
sold for a penny. Perhaps the most mar
vellous is that which nowadays excites the
least attention—namely, a penny newspa
per. One of the ataads contains a plenti
fully varied example of the penny periodi
cal literature of the age, daily, w eekly and
monthly. In tba literary way perhaps
the roost remarkable pennyworth is an
illustrated revised New Testament. The
fine arts are represented by prints color
ed and plain, some of them mounted iu
moulded carbon mounts, forming a taste
ful frame. A considerable proportion of
the exhibits arc ordinary penny packages
of tilings iu general nse, such as soap,
pins, seeds, starch, cosmetics, dye in pow
der or liquids, and toys in endless profu
sion. Fancy stationery is in great force,
aud specialties for the season like Easter
cards form a principal feature.
One of the wonders ot the show are the
cutlery exhibits, which demonstrate tho
possibility of furnishing very respectable
knives and scissors, wilh sundry useful
tools, all for one penny. One of the most
charming departments of the show is
what may be termed In the iloriculiural
stand, where button-hole bouquets aud
bouquet holders are dispensed. Pipes,
walking-sticks, kites, fans, jewelry, jugs,
microscopes, sweets, sauce, photographs,
and a long list of things crowd the stand
on every hand.
Canali on ttie Planet Mara.
London. .Vaiijf Telegraph.
A curious discovery, made by Signor
Schiaparelli, director of the royal observ
atory at Milan, seems to start again that
old aud unanswerable questiou: "Are
tho planets inhabited?” This Italian as
tronomer is one of the most assiduous
watchers of the planet Mars. It was he
who, in 1877-8, first detected the many
dusky bands which traverse and sub-di
vide the ruddy perilous of the martial orh.
Again, in 3879-80,wben the positina ofthe
planet was favorable, he re-identified these
strange lines; but during last January and
February he hat been able to observe and
map out iu more than twenty instances
duplications of the dark streaks “cover
ing the equatorial region of Mars with a
mysterious net-work, to which there is
nothing remotely analogous on the earth.”
The Italian astronomer has s’.yied them
canals,” tor they bear the appeafkuee of
iong sea-ways, dug through the martial ■
continent*, as if a miuia for short, cuts
had seized tbe inhabitants of the pianot
and everybody residing there had become
an aclivo M. de Lesseps.
Fear Not.
All kidney and urinary complaints, oe-
pecially Bright’s Disease, Diabetes and
iiver troubles Hop Biuers will surely and
lastingly cure. Cases exactly like your
own have been cured in your own neigh
borhood, and you can find reliable proof
at iiome of what Hop Bitters has and can
do.
porter, bat from tho chairman's
explanation of it was that Speer bad gone
back on the Republicans in the speech, and
that the Macon convention should repudi
ate him nid his movement.
The dispatch dampened tho ardor of tho
members and threw a wet blanket over the
entire 'convention. A prominent member
said to our reporter last night that had the
dispatch been received yesterday morning,
the platform would not have been adopted,
and instead, resolutions condemnatory of
Speer aud Independentism.
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had the money, aud the nigger the vote, home working for E. G. Rideout <te Co.,
I‘h getting about lime that the nigger 10 Barclay street, New York, Send for
diary o itoriai on the Rountree affair wh eh should be getting some of the money and their catalogue and fnii purticulsft. ly
The Narrowest Narrow Gauge
in the World.—One of the roost curi
ous railroads in the world is a ten-iuch
gauge road running from North Biliorica,
Mass., to Bedford. It was first hooted at
by the people, but was completed, making
a" length of about eight and one-hail’
miles. There are eleven bridges. The
rails weigh twenty-five pounds to the
yard. One grade is oue. hundred and
twenty-five feet. The cars and engines
are constructed so as to be vc ry near tha
ground, giving them greater safely. Tha
cars have an aisle, with one seat oil each
side, in the same manner as ordinary cars
have two seals. The cars weigh but four
and a half tons, ordinary cars weighing;
on an aveeage, eighteen tons. Trains run
at the rale of twenty miles su botu with
perfect safety. The engine it placed be
hind tac tender, giving !t greater adhesion
to the track. They weigh eight ton*, and
draw two passenger and two freight cats,
Tha cost of the road was about §±,500 nm
mile.
A IlUknaln.
“AH tho health I enjoy, and even my
lire, I may say, i*ia coosMsquence ot Sim*
?,°™,™ <i r Ke8u! ¥ or - 1 wov,d aot Ufe
?1,000,000 for my interest ia that imii,
cine. ’ W, H.
Lecturer Florida State Gnmk,
Millions of as ere bilious. We Ire w-
bllioas race- HaH of as era bona biSioua,
with a creiisonsitirm 11
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