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Registered Letter.
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BACON TELEGRiPB AND KESSENSEi
KKIDAY. JUNE-10, 1882.
Crawford County.
At a meeting of tho Democratic execu
tive committee of Crawford county held
tfcis day, it was ordered that a nomination
tor Senator and representative of Craw
ford ©canty be held by primary election
on the first Saturday in July next: aqd that
a mua meeting of Domocrato of Crawford
county be held at tbe courthouse in Knox
ville, oxx tbe firet Tuesday in July next, for
lho purpose of appointing gubernatorial
and Congroesicual delegates and the ap
pointment of a new executive oommittee.
By order of tha c xecutivo committee,
B. W. Smith, Chm’n.
June 12tb, 18*2.
[Fort Valley Mirror please copy.l
Tnaamall grain crop la a large grain
Tax Stephenoonian Democracy has the
matin this section.
“Tnr e! the ralley
off on a waterifielon hunt.
Arms all, Houston Demounts are solid
and harmonious. Houston county doesn’t
do things by halves.
Tbs average summer resort is a dernier
resaort. At least the latter Is what guests
usually remark on leaving.
Tbs Greenbaekers have broken looso in
Teuncmee. They will be caught and
tamed, and no lives will be lost.
Tbs attention of the Constitution's
“young man’’ ie called to the fact that the
petition of the Tsutasara asd Mssauiau
continues to be “exceedingly unwrong.”
Bkkatob Axmoxx’s Rhode Island rotten-
borough has returnod him to the Senate for
another term. If Rhode island is satisfied
the rest of tbe world need not complain.
Emobt Spexe has enjoined the publica
tion of his political correspondence in the
Banner-Watchman. This is a plea of
“guilty” to all the counts in Gantt's in-
Tbs bosoms of Thornton jnd Remus
have again been lacerated. One of their
owls was recently killed down In Sumter.
We extend our heartfelt sympathies to the
bereaved firm.
Jcdoi Casts'a friends were not willing
to allow him to ran the risks involved in
rising from the dead in Washington city,
ao they have bad his remains removed to
Christian burj lug-ground.
Fob the second time w« will Inform the Ma
con TsLceaarH that Die sun of theanti-Hto*
phono men U about to "alt."—Chronicle,
That is why we are having the guberna
torial diair put in ordor.
Tnxax has been a severe hail-storm on)
West, preceded bv warm and sultry
weather. Uncle Ramus will, nevertheless,
maintain, with his usual stubbornness, that
hail is produced only in cold weather. *
Ws regret exceedingly to learn that Gov-
tenor Colquitt is being grievously troubled
by a Forsyth county female. Why should
the Governor be required to bestow back
sheeah on a Forsyth oounty female ?
Usouc Remus drops into Jeffereonianb
Uks a terrapin falling off a log. The old
man has given Jefltrsonlaniam many a sly
and good-humored dig in the riba; bat he
■track his flag when Thornton attacked
him in the rear.
Wsbave seen the statement in two or three
papers that “the appearance# indicate that
Mr. btepbeqs will be nominated and elect
ed without any of position.” The reckless
ness of mare assertion never bed a mote
forcible illustration.
Not oat of the new coalition organs has
shown any disposition to aoeonnt for the
wonderfully frail character of the memory
of Mr. Stephen*, as illustrated by his pub-
holy admitting to Speer what he publicly
denied to Richardson.
Mon statesmen are anxious to get their
political correspondence in print, but each
ie not the cess with Emory Bpeer. Bat,
then, most stall*men do not carry on ex
tensive and affectionate correspondence]
with negro politicians.
Swans couldn’t get a bed in a Boston
hotel*hot he ecefn* to be able togetTiU-
■eta's seat in Washington. This U easily
ei;laiued. The bed belonged to e Maw-
ac'jaaette Radical, and the aeat belong*
Booth Carolina Democrat
Txv Constitution and the Po*K4j»pral|
attife in intimating that “a political setua-
lion will astoui.h the natives before the
•apiration of the wttk.” Are we to infer
that Mr. Stephens Is going to reconcile the |
Felton and Smith letters ?
Tmx Post-Appal must Ue ia\he lvt
■gonice of death when it has to add
vertisc prospective bogus sensations I I
make sale*. Colonel TooraUm has Uoitne
i associating with his |
I colleague, the Constitution.
TAt. Waycroee Reporter calls Mr. Ste-|
v t .r. “a personage,” in the moot cold-
L.uOiod manner imaginable, and then !■
i for oppooiog hU nomination!
» of Dogborry, tU« ancient
hU is most toUrablo axil
is again on the witness stand m
of the Peruvian Company,
wilt toil the trail, in
.1 it will hurt his political eno-
[ he will t*U lie# in exam *h«re
will loo re to tb.bm.llt Cl u*.
th-'-teek- .Iteo. wtU,««m ortr Hi. yen.
w^urTmtOmIui oni t». «*-. <* <he ami-
Hr. Trammcll'e Two cards.
In our editorial of Sunday there ap
peared the following card: *
Dalton, June 9.—Id your Issue of the 7th In
stant the following is given as a convcrsaUon
between yourself and some one In Atlanta:
"My dear fellow, Noot Trammel told me last
night that Grady was the unanimous choice of
the convention; that tho thing was fixed, and
that the petition would be published on Tues
day.” • • ♦
ask the privilege of staling In your oolutnns
that the stave, so far as It relates to mo, is eu-
Urely and absolutely a fabrication. I hare had
such convcrsaUon with any onv at ary Umo
place. Nor have I aald or dono anything
which would give the shadow of a reason upou
which to fouud such a statement. Most ro-
specUully, I., N. Tkammeix. *
On yesterday we had an interview with
Gen. Yonng, who convinced us Dial wo
misunderstood his language. He says
that “he told ns that be had beard that
Mr. Trammell bad said a month or so
since that Mr. Grady would be tho choice
the convention for Congressman at
large, and that Mr. Grady himself had in
formed him of the petition.
As the conversation between us was
hurried and informal, wo are Leuud to
accept, and do accept bis vcr-^J,.. We
misunderstood bins T/ i fault Is all our
own, and «*o regret It. This should re
lieve Gen. Young and satisfy Mr. Tram
mell.
Iu tbe Atlanta Constitution of Sunday,
Mr. Trammell publishes this card:
Editors Constitution i I notice the following
tho Macon TcLRoiuru of the 7lh Inst.
'My dear fellow, Noot Trammell told
night that Grady was the utiaulmous choice of
tho convention—that tho thing was fixed, and
that llio petlUou would bo publbihol on Tues
day,"
These wonts are attributed—whether correct-
not I cannot say—to General P. M. IS.
Young. I am constrained to say that they
unqualifiedly false In whole and In part,
never used any such language to anv oni
any time. I did not know of any peUtlon until
the Monday evening before It was published,
and could not have referred to It ou Saturday
evening. The plain Intent of tin* language Is to
prejudice the public mind against Mr. Grady,
who had declined to make the race, before It
published. 1 therefore feel called upon to
make this explicit denial. L. N. Tiiaxuzll.
To a portion of this tbestatemont above
will apply. r
In this last card Mr. Trammell under
takes to ascribe to us a motive In writing
the article uuder the caption of “A mule’s
tall,” viz: to prejudice tbe public mind
against Mr. Grady. The article was really
written In a spirit of raillery to ridicule
the peculiar methods of Atlanta politics,
aud was written at the suggestion of oil-
era. It was written to cheer up the faint
and wearjr candidates, aud to exhibit to
them, as we had exhibited to Geueral
Young, that the by-play In Atlauta
tbe Congressmen at large business was
but racket and dust. Only this and
nothing more. We then sup
posed Mr. Trammell bad used
language attributed to him. It now seems
that he had net regarded the movement
of sufficient importance to talk about It at
all.
Tbe attempt upon tho part of Mr. Tram
mell to ascribe to us an nuworthy motive
la gratuitous and impertinent. Mr. Grady
If Injured, is able to take care of himaolf,
aud has the columns of a public Journal
at bis command. It la difficult to Imagine
how one can be prejudiced In the public
mind who carries in hit pocket the auto
graphs of over one thousaud Atlanttans,
who are the public mtnd. Facts would
seem to Warrant that lie was not preju
diced In the public mind,
only on tbe day succeeding Colonel
MarceHtis £. Thornton, with fire and
smoke freeli on his garments from a con
filet with Col. Pledger and a syndicate
over a Federal office, embalmed the eelf-
abnegation, of Mr. Grady, by publishing
that be would abjure the pomp and vani
ties of official life, and woo no mistress
but his pen henceforth forever.
dan and the pot-bouse bully. A very
discernible purpose to bring to tbe front
again, all through tho South, tbe carpet
bag and scalawag elements speak out
In all of bis political schemes, as
they have been, and are being, unfolded
to the disgusted gaze of this Grant-ridden
people. Devotion to Grentum, with all
which that implies, has become the ofifi
great test of qualification for cfflce-hold-
The aeutiment uttered* by John
Sherman in the Senate—that anything la
right that tends to the defeat ol the Demo
crats, la expected to find a lodgment In the
creed, and be Illustrated In tho lives, of
all those who bold Federal offices through-
the South. An ability to appreciate
Dorsey’s humorous tribute to “soap”
\ means of “saving tbe coun-
from the calamity of Democratic
rule,” is thought to be a very
strong Indication of lKnetis for
ttsponslblllttes of exalted atstlon. A
willingness to Africanize the South, a de
sire to bring every Southern State ouce
wlthiu tho coutrolof beastly aud
ignorant mobs, and a purpose to exclude
virtue and Intelligence of the South
from active participation In the affairs of
the States and the Federal government,
seem to constitute the highest testa of
patriotic usefulness under the dispensa
tion of C. A. Arthur. There la something
frightful in the character of the office-
•eeklng mob* that congregate In Wash
ington. Conslderidg the teat for office-
hclding in the South, nothing better could
expected. Where tbe good of the coun
try in not sought in making appointments
office, It need not be expected that of
fice-holders, aa a rule, will be above the
taint of baseness. Where the appointing
power is actuated by the single purpose to
perpetusto Itself, it would be singular If
mere tools were not preferred m men
who would bo actuated by high and uoble
purposes. Where shameless men hold
high carnival In the most exalted stations
of poeror is open only to men of question
able methods. Under such circumstances,
not strange that offices of respon
sibility and trust, Involving the
rights an4 honor and interests of tbe
p«»pt*, are put Into the keeping of semi-
civilised negroes. Under such a state of
aflain, It Is not strange that the better
class of people, all through tbe South,
look with aversion upon a Radical ad
ministration of the affaire of government,
and lose no opportunity to resist It to the
bitter end. No Democrat can he expected
to have any influence with the appointing
power at Washington. The highest in
dorsement that can be given to the char
acter of a Senator or a Representative is
involved hi tbe statement of his having
no iulluctice whatever at the other end of
the avenue.
, Bbut.MOMtiMI lot W'.JaMdV
*;>. -nl ttUiW w«dlr tor od»ta
Tli. natural Uoara Grade.
Tbe blitoiy of lb. Radical put, atne.
1881 la a aerlea of monatroui and ibane-
leaa political Inlqultln. No twenty year*
of tbe biatory of any party tbat erer cuncd
any country under tbe tun can ciblbll
aucb an uuraryln, record of abameleaa-
corruption and niiarule. Durln, all
tbla period there la abaolotely not a bright
or rMpKtabt. page In IU biatory. The
eight year, of alolld and rengoful itupid*
ity—Of drunken ajd lawlcai Indecency,
that go to make up Urant'a contribution
to Uila Infamous biatory—yean of aarag.
political proatltutlon and protcrlpllon—
yeara of unconatltutlonal and unrelenting
aayagrryjbat bar. net«r found respectable
defeueo except at tbe lundi of an and aud
rlalonary and uuneleaa Democratic ata'.ca
men—time yean are the biltereat of them
Tbe four yean of the Great Fraud
eouatitute tbe period of bypocriay and
bribery, and all manner of tncakiug
righteous net. It tu eaaentially Peck-
aniOan. It arm braien and oily,
crawled. It came in at tbe window and
went out through tbe cellar, cowering un
der the cooaciouaneea of iu utter and Ir
redeemable meauneei. It pat a premium
ou treachery, by aeeklng to buy Dcmo-
crata with Federal offlcea,and would bare
freely bartered Iu character, If It had poa
anything deceut In tbat Hue,
bare captured a aolilary Judas. Of coune
the method* by which tbe Federal office*
were farmed out gained nothing In aha'
oily meanntm of Uayn aa compand
i of Grant,
hi tbat other and
r at least cow-
come In under
w new adm I nit
on ol lu dero-
immediate pre-
on a Una of poll
perpetuation
:y and all mei
m. It put a pre-
I took Mai tone
Federal patrvo-
hopc that a auf-
irala, to control
bought for a faw
UarSehl leaned
*—tbe method*
ot crttlciu Nvere
—rather than
Ir. Stephen* also
irely upon on
C. J. Guiu-au
and Grant
id to the happy
then Chat went
tiling to do. Gal'
i tor be tu Chet's
■m ot the limes
rat taatnna d
rations, u nearly
blended Into
A whole. Ills
i aniie Into a
nntiam waa anon
Dr.T. J. Dodd. J opment of tbe plant. Otherwise crop ac-
The commencement sermon of Wu- j counts are quite ealUfactory, and thoao
leyau Female College, preached by 1 f r9m Teiu especially so.
Her. T. J. Dodd, D.D., of Vandorbllt TM following are the telegraphic re-
Unlvorsity, In Mulberry Street Methodist J port* f rom Georgia:
•Church, on Sunday lut, will long be re- n^.- Wo htTC hu ram un. wuk. but not
inemhered by the largo congregation who rawl3h do much good. The thermometer
listened to the learned divine with rapt' has ranged from uve^;,,# 71,
attention for one hour and a quarter. j Cofe*»ii»s.-The early part cf ‘.he least week
We have seldom known a deeper or clearb . ut . rtur,Dg lhe laltcr
• . . - 1 portion It has been raining. The rainfall
more pleasant impreuion made upon »» t,c,tr :l* lnmdmdu.' ol.n Inch. The
audience generally—we may aay univer- Tho thermometer luu ranged from ec to no. ar-
•ally. The whole dlacourae wu replete I eragicgrt.
with beautiful thought* and wu Inlendod «oot««o» —w« here hid rain on two day* o(
to illu.tr.te the T.lue ol both pby.lcal and >**' we ?*- * n ? ' ho , f tho week
, , , , . ,, . r \ ) has been pleasant but partially cloudy, Tho
metaphysical agenclea which underproper MlntlU reac hd „ lu , ea hundmdth.ol an Inch,
conditions ot understanding and appred-1 Average thermometer 76, highest 67 and lowest
allow evolvti the true philosophy of reveal-1 <2.
ed religion and an unseen exlstonoc. * I Aegasfe.—W© have had light rain on orfb day
U was thoroughly MMm, mtd » ^hirLTw^TSSSm - K
Ireab, bright, hopeful and happy doctrines I count* are not as good aa they ahould he: the
were made to span, like a rainbow of I >und la only (elr.and In aomo aecuona IU* re-
beauty, tbe horizon of human life. We I ported that grass is becoming troublesome,
cannot consent to mar Its bappy effect., a , n ; 1 " >» derelopiug well end promise, a l.rgo
airwo.* yield. The tliermomeler bu ranged from 57to
upon those who heard It, with any lm- 8g< averag i ug n> and tho re i Q f a n reached two
perfect outline, tbat at best would cou- I hundredths ol an Inch,
vey but a feeble Idea of Its scope and char-1 Atlanta.-It has rained on ono day of the pant
session, by the suspension of rule number
sixty-tlx. Rule sixty-elx ought to be
abolished. It never «bould have been
adopted. We do not see the necessity of sus
pending it iu the case of the tariff commie^
sion, except that a suspension may he tbe
first great step towards abrogation,
There was never any senso or reasod dktoic lore, but taugbt them manners,
1 week, end tho rainfall reached nine bun-
i dredths of aa inch. The weather is too cool
for cotton. Avcrago thermometer CO, highest
Wand lowest M.
vigorous tnanbood, can look back without j potatoes. North Georgia bears off the
aay feeling save that of regret, honors as to wheat, and southwest Gcor-
to their schoolboy 4*7*1 Wb«h J gla as to cotton. Rice we have not coq-
near the hospitable village of s sidered. tn fruit die advantage is yet
Sparta. “DIckJJobnston,” ax be wu fa- more marked. While tbe peach crop
tniliarly welcomed lu every household In I lacks fifteen per cent, of being an average
j middle Georgia, not only drilled them in one, Iu middle Georgia it Is twelve
acter.
The Doctor is a gentleman of the broadest
culture, a fine specitncu of physical man
hood, an orator of high grade, combining
with the happiest command of language I Upon the Deatr^ «r^ nru. lease win*
a richness, variety and consummate per-1 „ , *
fectlon and grace of carriage and gratlc I ^“ 1 ^ “Up wu lb. daughter
ulatlon, that glee, aucb a ebarm to pub- of M ‘l or l hlli P Coo < » n ‘> »•» bo™ *“b-
he speakers cf the Bouthem ubool, of « Fort U.wkina, In 1813,
which the Tenoranle Bishop Pierce, and w , b f“ ** P°* 1 ro “ ll « of
Georgia’, great lawyer, .talesman and on - *“ d ,' ,h ' w “ ‘
orator, Senator II111, are prominent ex
amples.
first white child born in tbo vicinity of
Macon, bbe waa the sister of Gen. Philip
Cook, Dr. John Cook and Mrs. Woodson,
the latter of Texas. Her descendants are
irtlonof| uuineiou> » * od wel1 known as staunch
A Western Romance.
The telegrams a few days since brought
us intelligence of the death of Lieutenant
A. F. Hewitt, of the Twenty-second In
fantry, at ban Antonio, on the 3rd Inst.
Later advices give facta which make up a
romance of melaucholy interest. The
young roan wu a graduate of West Point
and bat tweuty-feur year* old, and gave
every promise of an honorable career.
Ue wav engaged to be married to Mlu
Catherine, daughter of Col. Blanton Dun
can, and tire ceremony was to have taken
place on the Cth lust. Lieut. Hewitt,
who wu Buffering from an attack of
malarial fever, had been taken to tbe resi
dence of Col. Duncan, where everything
that science and affection* could accom
plish wav done In bit behalf. AU lu vain.
Tbe physicians Informed him (bat there
waa no hope, and be began to prepare for
death. At tbe Intlauco of Col. Duncan,
it was arranged tbat tbe marriage cere
ruouy should take place, and so, three
days before that date toward which they
had looked forward so hopefully, with the
groom at the point of death aud tbe bride
still weak from her own sickness, tbe cer
emony was performed. Lieutenant ll«w-
Itt almost Immediately expired. Tbo
remainder or the story la better told in
the ban Antonio Express;
The funeral took place this mornlnf at 10
■’clock, from 8t. Mary’s Church, which sacred
edifice was crowded with frUnds and relatives.
The services were conducted at tho church by
Very lUtv. Father Johnston, and were beeutlful
and solemn. Tho funeral cortege numbered
thirty carriages, and was headed by the de
ceased omet-r’s regiment aud regimental band
llhe Twenty second Infantry), marching, the
>oMlers with guns at reverse, to the solemn
►trains of the march of the dost!. At the grave-
•Id# the m »ldier’s escort. In charge of Ltcah
Gclty, formed around the grave, end the low,
rutMiaed command ol "reverse arms" given.
Father Johnston then spoke the last words of
the Catholic fuucral service, and ere thg ie*
mains wire lowered Into the tomb the sobbing
1 moaning wife was led to the coffin, sup
ported by re la: 1-mi, for a last look at her be
fore-! deported. The scene wo* very offbeting,
and brave soldiers, men unused to Icon* felt
their eye* rooUtrn i»he was finally token
away by gentle force, and while the coffin woe
lowered itoo*l. supported by her father, holding
her hushand's swor l and belt After this a de
tachment of troope fired a salute of three vol
leys over the grave a&d U.c bugle of the bond
sounded the last tope for the departed officer.
Unitermim a Foci
If we may credit the eolemn i
thu Washington Star, Charles J. Guiieau I citizens, and many soldo with us In Ma-
has developed into a genulno spring poet. I con * Yesterday, in Rose II111 cemetery,
R is not our custom U• make much com-1 l**t sad rites which the living pay to
ruent upou the anonymous sweet singers 1 11,0 dead wer ® performed over her re-
who perch about tbe editor’* waste basket ra * lni - ¥nm lb « »tandpo!nt of Journal-
as a general thine, but we hold tbat a 1 18m lbo occasion was one whhh demands
mau who writes over his own signature, more lbw » • P*Ml»*g notlco. It la not
whether iu poetry or rhyme, inviUs and “orely that a good womfu lias passed
deaerve* notice of somo kind. On this Ih" eternal rest; a woman whose home
prluciplo we review a few lines of Mr. I llfe crowned a happy family with a
Guiteau’a poems; and wo do this all the 18°^ en circlet of love, and left a halo
more willingly from the fact that clrcum- of memories to cling about It—an eternal
stances have forced us to the conclusion I benediction. Were It this and this only,
that tbe time lu which we cau do Justice I w0 * b °uld draw the veil, uor disturb tbe
tbe uew debutant is Indeed short. ■* cred ot those who have received
Mr. Guiieau has chosen a singular time Ipreclou* legacy. H-*r» waa a dual
begin a poetical career. It would I which we shall consider, is
seem that a man who is to be hung with-1 lbe iahontauce of her countrymen, and
in two or thtoe weeks should be more I Unked with a cauio about which the af-
anxious about his physical than his I lection and reverence of the peoplo are
literary remains; but not io In tills case. I *Hcutly gathered. This is before us, and
Mr. Guiteau had figured as an editor, pol- J we are at liberty to touch upon the labor
itlcian, lawyer, prose author, a reformer, I th ® love which were expended upon
an office-seeker and an assassin. The on-1 cause, and pay a trlbulo to tho heart
thiug left him wu to bo a poet, and I which yielded tbe one and stimulated the
poet he determined to be. We ascribe I otb ® r *
this determination to tho fact tbatbta Mra * Winshipi public ministry began
aplrltuel eJvl«r h„ of late been Rer. »^th.c.llforM.l.t.u« cne from the
Watkins Hicks. We ell know tbo in-1 broken blooding ranks of the Con-
ttlocta, the cranny the Teraatlllt, of the f“ w V c F- T ® 0,l, ‘Ft** 1 “?“« ° r »'* lh "
Doctor, whohae been almost OYerjlhinq1 hortof 1 s " ulbem women, who responded
but a poet, himself. That tho Doctor liu wIlh more Promptitude, nor brought
noticed the only flaw In tho career 0 f * *****, , P ,rlt of »elf-*»crlflco and devo-
Mr. Guiteau, and suggested a remedy. If I regard to section, ahe lent
erident. That Mr. Guiteau la doing hU h,r 4ld 10 llfl U P the f * llen . » ntl ch « er
letelest la alao ealdeut. I dUcourajed men rrho came within
True to hi. instinct., bowerer, tbe new We flod h * r - ln lho ho, ? lul3 of
pbet write, with a’vlew. Ue hu tried I ? riffln ' All ‘ I ‘t». M*con, erar engaged In
ererjthlng that could poealbljr loothe or 1 !' ,r ^ “If-appolnted task. Whatc/er
terrllj the Amerlcau people Into a concur- h " •“ d * fou,ld ,0 <l0 * »'** 11 with her
rence with his pecnllar views of tbe Ind- 7“°“ #nJ hur ‘ Jrod * of sollll « ra ‘o-
dent which hu brought him to dlsutor. I d,y rUe np top,y lb * t,lbut * of *H«ctlon-
lnrectlre, eloquence, appeals, rouon, lu-1 **? rem<!tl ^ r * Ilc o to her zeal and gentle
nacy, have all Tailed. All that wu’left ^ nl,Uy> .^ ordid ber 1 * bor » ceue with
him wutoaootbcor terrify In rhjtno. To w,r> The MUM which .he upheld
this end he hu written:
Mona killed e men (Kiodua It: 13).
Tbl. made I’tiaraoh mad.
And Mi w, he would alar.
Ood k.ot Moaca:
lit. will mo.
Hear no man!
Foot, and devils
benjamin B. Hill
The return of Senator Uhl to Georgia,
wan,eorrowlhl and dqjeeted, leone of
tbe very saddeet events that wa have ever
bran railed upon to chronicle. That tbe
remotmleu destroyer should ever lay Its
bauds upon oat ao Italy gnat and grandly
true u sad enough; but language
falW fully !• palut
urea of the tboifchl tbu > *ot>U Iky bold
upon him while In tbe vigor at manhood
and at only the mid-day of bis Incalcula
ble uaefulneea. The glut man, the un-
•urpaiaed atatuman, the unequalled on-
tor, urn peerless Jurist, the unsullied pa
triot, tbe true and homt-lovlng Georgian,
hu returned to breathe the pun air,
look out upon the'bills .and
valley, or his native .State, and view
more the forme and the fscee of thou that
hart long bun dear to him, hefan be hu
down to net. Benjamin U. Hill hu
euwo bourn, ao alee, tu the honon efa
stale that ha loved with a patriotic tan-
dernem that koaw, “netthar varlahlenau
or shadow of turning.”
'fha aun hu never Ughted up n grander
way than that be traveled, and the atan
will never shine apon a nobler grave.
Tha monument that be hu Unlit
lot himself will be “more enduring
then braaa.” Through all tha vlcls-
aitudrn of triumph and dalasi, that
have marked hi* brilliant career,B hu
bnaae hluuelf like a knight of tb» olden
time. Ue bp- navu ridden down the week.
Ue hu never turnedMebeck upon the
strong. Ue hu never forgotten or foraaken
tbe defeueleu. Why be eboold net live yet
for yean to bleu hie people with
kindly counsel and untlria| service,
God knows; bat aate U la tha sorrowing
bewilderment that paseaaau n million
Georgia hearia at the men meollea of hip
! departun asu tbe teal of popular appro-
Uraiu’e m-il.jda, .tatlon upon hit glenoue career.
for lu adoption. In article 2 section 2 of
the constitution, the President hu power
by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate to make treetlu, and to appoint
Curtain foreign ministers, Judges and other
officers.
There la no suggestion of necrosy about
this. Thu power fairly construed means
that tbe President may, in person, go to
the Senate and confer and advise with
tbat body in relation to the exercise of
lu power*. And this would be Uie
most proper and becoming way to do it.
Tho constitution lias also conferred upon
the Senate tho power to make
rules for its own government, end
under this grant it hu made rule
number sixty-six, whereby, when the
Senate goes Into executive cession the
floors snd galleries are cleared, the doors
locked, and llse solemn old pump, or
ganize themselves into a scamUl monger-
lug party, where private character Is be
smirched, where grouly false and Hbollous
charges are freely made egainst gentle
men whose names are proposed for polfti-
prefenuent. Where Senators rise in
their places and give circulation to the
slanders, insinuations snd innuendoes,
thoy liavo received from anonymous and
irresponsible sources.
No opportunity is glren to meet these
attacks, for they come without notice or
warning, aud lho party wronged has no
remedy or rad roes. The. lujuncllon of
secrecy amounts to nothing, for tho news
mongers always get hold of everything
done snd said lu azecutire session, and
tend it to ah quarters of tbe country.
Many a character hu teen crushed in this
way, and men have had their own names
and characters, and thorn of their wives
and families besmirched by this abomin
able practice. Tbe closing of tho doors
the secret conclave, does not beget a bet-
ter list of officials. It subserves no
good purpose and Is made the con
venient covor of tho coward
slanderer aud blackguard. Abrogate the
jute and maka cxecutlvo sessions open,
'and the public service will at once be bene-
fitted for beyond the nice sounding phrases
of a civil service bill. Put tbe President
notice that tho record, character, an
tecedents and quallflcatlons of bis ap
pointees aro to bo examined Into be
fore crowded galleries and In the open
light of day, and he will send no names
which cannot stand the test ot tho scru
tiny and cotno out unscathed from the
ordeal. Mere partisanship and personal
favoritism will have lost at once and for
ever their power and Influence,
Open the doors and the lying, akn'.klng
vagabonds at home and about tho lobbies
who deal In lies and scurrility will Snd
their occupation gone. When character
I* assailed, It must he supported by feels
from a responsible source.
Secret sessions, save in time of war
on questions of International diplomacy,
are frauds and outrages that cannot be de
fended. If Senator Van Wjck shnll start
a movement that will eventuate In the
stoppage of the national slauder mill,
will not have served his couutry In vain.
The people want a plenty of healthy light
and fresh air.
Crucified our Lord.
■'•Palber, forgive rioter I' 1
r Altislul.tr
Ilut the t
never wu a lost causo to her. Patiently,
and with what aaelstanco she could com
mand, she began the labor of bringing
within the reach of their friends the bodies
those who had pcrlabsd In the
struggle for Southern Independence. In
person she visited the baUlefleld
Joneeboro, and superintended the removal
of the dtadConfedenteatolbeGriffineeme
tery, never pausing In her labors until
their Anal resting places were marked with
enduring monuments. When this section
become the scene of her labor, she becamo
president of the Ladies Memorial Aseocla-
tlou.aud pushed her Intentions to a crown
ing succua. The story or her wurk here,
aided u sue wu by friends u enthusaitic,
We have not nt hand tha book referred | Ie an old one to oar people. Year
to, qnd mutt take It for granted tbat Ja-1 after year saw the graves of the Coo-
ruaalem via shelled. lie, however, ap-1 federate Midlers pat In order
Dues not
Do bmines*
That wajr!
Tbe retribution
cam*
quirk an<l sharp,
In fire and blood,
In stmt amt shell,
In endless pain,
When Jerusalem
piles tbe lesson tigorooely:
Beware ye Americans
Axemen of power.
U»t the Almlshty
follow you
Bom# think me a devil.
Borne e lunatic.
and decorated with spring flowers; year
after year brought tho little band, of
which abr. wu the leader, nearer the con-
•nmtnation of their ambition, nutll in
1818 tha general mc-niiment, which Is to
perpetuate tbe memoiy of our dead, wu
unveiled In the heart cf the city. Nor
wu this ail done through the agency of
othera. With her own hands, even to the
hut few weeks ol her lift, she labored. It
Following this cams another poem, Ini wu hot yesterday, it seems, that we bc-
whlch, having deeland his conviction that] held her bemllngwlth loving tenderueeo
he would he safe In tha after world and I to lay a flower upon a grave whoso only
portortly happy, bo closes with tbOM [leeeriptlou wu “Unknown."
“By common eouoent," says at author,
"than Is nothing hotter for man and
'■ms yen I woman then a perfect and noble life,
In this wurll I morally without» flew, happily balanced
Ie not yet done. | in aetiylty, sound and pure, giving IU due
And I want to Its I proportion and no-more to tho aympa-
snY-l-iU-’ caiojw OmnatJ. I tbeU * * nd hnman emctlonal element—a
BJfi. Jan. June 9, two. ' I life In all these, unheotlng, unresting, un-
Thera Is little to soothe in these lines, j thing to lho end." Looking beik over
They do not workout evenly,and the j the reoord, It seem* to us that sock a life
fngltMmisting. Bottfcerolemueblotor-Jim, Justtwmfolded owayInto eternity,
b 1 th° fleet price he deduce that hoi i; .y , nobto life, whose morality hod
tesworkyritodo, usd is anaUmstoget fllW(h . ppllyU1 ^ Mj ln uUvtty.MUhd
•booth. Whether bo rates to work uokag pan, , D a lf l: g „ 4 men,
"remover" or u o poet. Is immaterial. Be | ig, D . d M proportion to the
" d4B »«™“•'*« I rymjathotlc uni hiZ emulonal olo-
ment. It wu an error for which we raver-
According lo the New York financial *“* Ur “ d “fl* 1 * ml * ht
Chronicle, of Juno KXh, the total reedpu *** *
of cotton np lo lut Friday, the 8th InaL, l wh,n ***' ubo ” bh * >“ d
were 4A12JS13 balsa against 5A84.41I I ""huMng. umeattof, naming through It
bales IuTUT, and “M” 10 ^ “ y «- “ U »"
In 1880. Showing a falling off u com- »•“•““« “> d *•»• masnory aha up.
parad with Udtol IMtdfli bales, and as 1 « llb * »<**“ *«»*• « d “•
ZpLmfl.dhuatSMtuSw U-wwja** ‘fr b "“r
The total recelpta for the wssk coding *T. *? Ud * r . d ff- tb «.
Jane 8th, wen uA« hale, against roWUr 1 . friend. Thera let ter reel, but
432 bales at same dale lam veer .nd I forgotton. Her memory Is with us a
■phu. 18,660 halea In 1880. I bta " lD ® has fused "aero* Um
The Mock at Interior town on lut
rtrar” onto the land where our dead te-
Pridey night wu wc.eM balsa I *” *“tered; and If It ba that friend
108,380 In 1881et same date, showing a [ m * 1 W *“ d iter*, Ibaman In
falling off of 2if82baleu .. I gray will greet her faming with uncovered
Macon on last Friday wu 1,363 bales |
agalnat 4JI61 balm In 1881 at
The total vWblo supply of cotton on
Tl»« Cunetllntlon’e YoaorMan.
Tbe Atlanta Constitution Las a young
man. Ou Monday last be wrote tbla
A representative of tho V/ustltntion met
Ocnural I*. M. B. Young on yesterday and
asked him If ho had seen Colonel Trammell'
cord.
"X have," he sold. "I did not use any such
Unfuago as U attributed to me. and Colonel
Lamar, editor of the Tsloibxi’ii and Mcwr*
oka. agreed to-day to make a proper correction
In his {Hiper, which he will doubtless do.
to tho tono of Col. Trammell's card I havo noth*
ig to say at presont"
Aud this:
We have no objeetlon to make because the
Macon Tri-Miurii am* Mcsazxorji fills its edi
torial columns dally with matter from aud
about the CoftiMfaf<ois,Tbut we
why It should resort to mean, little persona!
tllnin like the following; "Did 'll. W. O.'
Dully introduce tbat famous petition to
public, an<l solicit signatures to U? The
{H>n come* to our can,ba<we arc^oth to believe
Mr. tiredy had no knowledge of the peti
tion until It was han<kd to him by his friends.
Th*editor of the Macon Tklzhraph and Mu
zb <jvotod language from Geueral Young
and Colonel % Tmmm«tl about Mr. Grady that
thoy both bav* pronounced false. ThU addl*
tloual {dec* of malicious misrepresentation
tho part of the editor of the Ttisunxm am*
MKMk.toxu may bo very gratifying to
spleen, but It far unmanly to resort to such
asurus toward* a young man who has given
ceuse for euch conduct. If the editor of tbs
TxLXOR.vm am* Mknhcxcra U Inspired to such
a course because ho la envious ar.d Jealous of
the Constitution, let him confine hie flfmm to
the paper. Wo promise to give him something
to foc-1 on, and be shall not grumble fur food.
And this:
In the Sunday's Issue of the Constitution we
published a cant irom Col. Trammell, which
had been changed after Col. Trainaell wrote U
by one who felt authorized to doao, but with
no object except to make U more intelligible,
by Inserting ti\p language: "These- word* are
attributed, whether correctly or not I cannot
say, to General 1*. B. M. Young." The card m>
thus changed might be construed as a teller tiw
Gcaeral Young. General.Youeg has as *m>
pkatlcally denied the um of the language tm»
to kirn to has Cai. TrommaM, and we feel
sure that ih've wse uo fixtenUoa eu fh* part of
UM. TiamttLSll to reflect fn any way on General
Young, lfe simply wished to make an eOp
photic deulal of (he language attributed to him.
Tbe item In relation to the signing of
tbe petition found iu way Into tbe eol*
nmus of ibis Journal upon tbe authority
of a gentleman resident of Atlanta, whose
character for veracity cannot suffer bj a
comparison with that of the young man
of tbe CunjtUution. There is no reason
for tbe Tbabobath to be envious or
Jealous of the t’oasffftttfon. Tbo Tbls-
obafr cannot afford to be envious or
Jeatoua of a journal that has a young man
who deliberately alters a communication
that is bow to behave at home and abroad,
bow to be mindful of tbo feelings and
charitable of the frailties of others, and
polished them off with the pollto arte of
drawing-room, and tbe Important lea*
•on of knowing bow to preside at tbe bead
a table and carve a turkey without
scattering tbe Joints on tbe floor and
splashing tbe dressing upon tbe clothes
of the guests.
In the better days before tbe great
trouble came upou Southern society, Dick
Johnston wu tho favored guest at all
dinnerparties and tbe central figure about
which gathered lawyers, Jurors, litigants
and visitors at the country taverns, when
tho labors of tho former were over for the
day, and the night Was given to social
converse and story-telling. In tbe ridings
cf two of tbe Judicial circuits of Georgia
tbero wu not sr.ch a raconteur to be
fouud, and Ibis is saying much, when It
remembered tbat in the dgys of which
we write tbe bench and bar of tbe State
were noted for men of great culture and
Intellectuality, who flavored tbe dry read
ings of tbo lew with plentiful pinches of At
tic salt. Tbe young barrister with bis sheep
skin and saddlebags, looking for courts
and clients, during a tour of the circuit
wu made to feel by the presence an d ex
ample of the men with whom he wu
thrown, that though the way to fortune
and eminence wu rugged aud far, tbat in
tbe night'y symposiums of wit and humor,
the tolls, the straggles aud disappoint
ments of the day might be drowned. The
necessity which swept away the old home
steads, tho land marlu of a noble rase,
tho atruggle for existence which scattered
many happy bouaeholds, carried “Dick
Johnston” to Maryland. Georgia had
reason to bo uhamed of her contribution
and Maryland gained not only an honored
citizen, hut ac ornament to her already
cultivated society. Near Baltimore be fixed
bis home, and hu devoted hinuelf with
quiet success to the cultivation and educa
tion of youth, variedby an occulonal tour
abroad for recreation and health. Always
ouy, open and affable, there Is nothing
shout tbe man to denote the student and
worker beyond a slight stoop of the shoul
ders. Yet his life hu been a busy one.'
Ia addition to the dally duties of bis
classes, he hu found time to prepare and
deliver a series of lectures upon thean-
ciout and modern classics and upon uv-
eral themes of art and poetry.
And more than once he hu given play
for the beueflt of the public to his won
derful powers of humor. Now and then
in the periodical# of the day, we find a
sketch from hu pen that deserves a place
alongside of anything In the uma vein ln
our mother tongue. Nover approaching
tho limit of coarseness of thought or ex
pression, Dick Johnston can broaden the
lines to u to explode laughter and by a
delicate touch can fill the eyea with tears,at
what one cannot tell. One of tbe Piaddea
accustomed tolllustratothis power ln
playing “Grandfather Whitehead,” one cf
the veterans of Napoleon. Tbe audience
would almost rite at the entbuslum of
the old soldier u he reccuuted tbe glories
of hie commander, who rapidly roes from
corporal to lieuteitant, major, colonel,
general, l’emperenr, and in a moment
would be stifling sobs, as be duped hla
darling Melanie, and ponred out his love
In broken English.
In the June number of JIarper, Dick
Johnston hu contributed “King William
aud Ills Annies,” a Georgia story, rich and
Juicy with the finest flavor of humor, veil
ing the yearning and struggles of simple,
honest hearts. It is essentially Georgian,
and the author hu produced nothing
which does more credit to hie power end
his style.
It recalls the best efforts of Judge
Longftreet, and Dick Johnston resembles
tbe illustrious Georgian in more respects
than tbat of telling a vtory with seat and
per cent, aoove tho average; In
applet, while there is but two-
thirds of an average crop, middle
Georgia stands first at 70, and the pear
crop, which ranks at 73.6 u to the whole
State, shows 78 in middle aud north
Georgia. The grapes are reported at 00.0
for the State; 101 for middle and 102 for
eut Georgia. Saya the report: “A fail
ure of the grape crop is unheard of In tbe
State.” There is no finer fanning coun
try in the world than the middle third of
Georgia, reaching from Bouth Carolina 11>
Alabama; no finer wheat country aouth
than north Georgia, and no finer cotton
land than Is found in southwest Georgia.
The weather report shows u to tem
perature for the month of May a mean
of 04.2 degrees in north Georgia, 08 0
in middle, 72.7 in southwest, 08.5 in
eut and 74.8 la eoutheut Georgia. The
mean temperature for tbe State wu 07.8
degrees. Tho mcan temperature for Ma
con, 70.0.
Hpser Claims Proteeiloa.
Our readers are already tuformed tbat
Emory Bpcer hu invoked the law to cover
up the deception he hu practiced upon
hla constituents. When we heard the
young man make hts first harangue to a
negro mob in the streets cf Athens, we
knew tbe law would be sooner or later
invoked u to him, but wo were scarcely
prepared for the shape lu which it comes.
Judge Erwin, from the peculiar posi
tion in which he wu placed, could not do
less than grant the temporary injunc
tion prayed fori ThH la a matter entirely
within the discretion of the chancellor,
and in this case hu been wisely exercised.
As to the cause of quarrel between Speer
and hla former ’clerk, Mr. Christy, the
public is not interested. ThU will be
fully ventilated in due season.
But the relations between a representa
tive and hu eonstltuenU should be free
from concealment and deception. They
should be u open m the day. Tbe peo
ple have a right to demand j? know What
the man who proposes to represent them
hu been saying, writing and doing about
thodUposal of the public offices, in which
they are Interested. The representative
who refuses this information ln full U a
dUgrace to the position he 1>olds.
Speer hu availed himself of the cover
convenient to the criminal of every grade.
He Invokes the court to protect him from
making answer,when a true answer would
criminate him. In the minds of all honest
men, tbU U tantamount to a confession
of guilt. He aud h's peculiar friends have
beretoforeclaimedthathe hu been mis
represented. Hehai developed tbe fact
that human Ingenuity U impotent to in
vent anything concerning him equal to
the truth. *
Georgia ahould be proud of this man.
Bat Georgia U sometimes given to neg
lect of her own. Dnty to himself aud
others made him turn bU face from home
and friends. It wu felly too great for
words, that permitted tbs trustees of our
State University to part with
eminently calculated to train y
giant to become
sent by a gentleman, for publication. Ws
may foci sorry for people who are
pel led to wear striped uniforms, but wa
are not envious ov Jealous of them.
Tbs confession of the young men of ths
Constitution weald Indicate that ths one
thousand petlHooers of Atlanta had good
reason to wish to retire him from a posi
tion In which a tampering with the reo>
ords might work Incalculable Iqjory to
A aeutfble RassNUsa
on onl Our diepatdws of Tuesday mornlnal W T..T*T
lut Frills/ night wu 2,<01,8K teri* I erefllttU triiwstcr Van Wjek with x t,atlIc bmlM ** «terarter.
•gain* 2,312,012 biles lo 1881, u.1 Sfsiiut | tinsel/an! sensible suggestion, M far u It
2^08*814 boles In I860. These figure. In- gnu, Mr. Yu W/ck I* unknown to fune,
d Irate e deenueof cotton tn sigh! of 140,-1 be iepoeseeeed of nhUUIra Altogether to
180 belts u corapered with the suns dm I rasegrs, ttet sfter his turn tfScnUorUI
la 1881, end lncreue of 183,012 Mu I service, be It meet like!/ to drop buck in-
contend with 1880. I to tte otecurit/ Iron wtenra be cue.
cotter* wu qnoud la Liter-1 Dot he hu ettacted hie uu to.nsset
pool on lut Pride/ U«lul« mstj eroslbl. soggeerim. Ue moved that tte
dole lut yeu 0 2-18. 1 Serrate oleoma tte terifl contmClocers
In general tte ninths! daring tte peat} with open doors, la tte presence end tte
... lwsrsi»ii.aWW. I .ptj ,„J ih. ttupielt, cf tte j bow to the great mu ttel all. now ami* week Us teen emxh. Tte It feral ore : Luting ot the public. In pUlaEngLah,
in I wretched eU teuosao. Henewed thing, ih. gathering itedowri »w»Ui<i« hri earn- hu bma Ink rnq sutlou, vhlcti hu Mr. Y»a W/ck propose t. it* »wn/for
AOHntriUuwsrni.
To tte aider men, usd women, loo, of
tbl. generation, Um uom aad tte fuse of
Richard M. Johaotoo ie well-known. Wo
au/ odd, Ie cherished la kindly aad
gnufal recollection o! hi. nun/ ud ad
mirable ncUl qualities. Some of tte
tlnmnl of tte flute University, who wen
fortnnal. enough to ill (urn while at hie
•ret, oo doubt retell with pUaaare tbe
always gtaflcuuilj, grtul usd omool
pushed Fndsteor cf Rtllu Ultras.
M»nyotbinwtoar«saillcaapr.«n of' s* to Irish
Agricultural Ullm
We have Just received tte report for
Ms/, Issued from tho Daputment of Ag
riculture, Jane 121k,from which western,
many Item, of lra.net concerning the
present crop. The report Is comparative
arid Uku u lu basis 100 to represent an
average crop. We 2nd that tha*
pared tte condition of the corn crop In
Georgia Ie cine per cent tetter .than the
average, or 100. In north Georgia Is Ie
101, mlddla Georgia 198, and soalbweri
Georgia and out Georgia, etch 110, aad
•oatteaM Georgia 101. A. compand with
tte average, tte geooral oat crop la 1*2,
and tte prospective yield not liarvutad
113. As compved with tte sections, mid
dle Georgia stands first with 1*3
u te harvested ora. aad 121 prospective
yield. Tte yield of wheat la tte Stats Is
121, u compand with ao avcrago crop.
North Georgia heads tte list or
with 120 aa to harvested wheat and UTu
to prospective yield. Mlddla Georgia
si soda second. Tha crop to tte ikalahu
teoa Injured 13 per cent. The report
Irom the cotton crop lanotao favorable.
It hu teoa retarded aad damaged by the
cool weather to each aa extent that la
mUdU and north Georgia replanting has
teen necemary ln many sections. Tte
condition of tide yeorS crop Is hot 88
poitJ with the image crap. In
southwest Georgia it la 102, no
mlddla Gmirgla, which stands uooad, It is
92. Tte coalition of sorghum ia 88.
Mlddla Georgia stands lint, at 181. huger
cau U ou par cent, below tte average.
The prospective yield of Irish potatoes la
lor tte fltata, compared to an avaraga,
110.4. Mlddla Georgia leads tbl list at
111. Tte report ot tte commissioner
strongly urges upon the oeools ol north
Georgia the ncceuily of planting a huge
crop of this article cf (ood, and says (Lot
anoagb could ba produced la that section
lo supply Um Stale all winter. Tte eon.
ditloo of tte sweet potato crop la 110,
compared to an average, and middle
Georgia stands at tte head, Um eoadbioa
than being 111.
From tUa report It will te man that
8TMBB'S LKTTtnz.
Will they Tally with hla Fast (Uale-
nratJ #i Preteaxloua
Special to TeUfcraph and Messenger.
Atlauta, Jane 13—Emory Speer has been
granted a temporary injunction by Judge
Erwin restraining Ynncy, Cranfoid and
Gantt from publishing letters from Speer
to President Arthur and Madison Davis,tho
negro postmaster at Athene, which were
placed in their hands by Chriftle, former
private secretary to Speer. I have boon In
formed by a responsible gentleman, who
has seen the letters, that they will, if given
to tbe publio, forever fix npon Bpeer
the fact that he la ln foil sympathy
the Republicans; that be
has been scheming with them to bnild np
the Republican party ln Georgia, and that
he la responsible for Davis* appointment
as postmaster at Athens. The negro Da
vis la addressed as "Dear Mat,” and he is
told that he has been recommended by
Bpeer to Arthur for the poeitijn, because
bis appointment would do more than any
thing else to bnild np the Republican party
in that section, and tbat be had represent
ed hla county tn the Legislature with dis
tinction and honor. Relying upon this,
Arthur sent his name to thf Senate. AU
through the letter* Speer represents him-
■elf as being In foil sympathy with the Re
publican party, and as seeking to baildit
up. Details to-morrow. 1L C. H.
A vlasita, Jane 14,1H82.
The Bpeer letters, which ths Athens
Banner- irafeAma* bee been enjoined from
publishing, furnish ths sensation of the
hour, here. Their contents will be eagerly
looked tor by the public and when they are
published; aa they certainly will be, they
will prove Mr. Speer’s political death war
rant. In a conversation with a prominent
gentleman from North Georgia, who has
all the letters in question, I obtained
their general drift, aa telegraphed you last
night, and I copy one of the most sig
nificant ones, from memory, which I pre
sent below. I understand that Mr. Bpeer
has denied that he waa responsible
for the appointment of a negro as
postmaster at Athens, or that lie had
recommended a negro for the place. The
letter given below contradicts, squarely,
both ol thee# propositions. It will be seen
from ths letter that Mr. Bpeer . had at first
mom mended Eugene Brrdie, another ne-
Oeorjla, for varioJ fanning pro-
Mate claim, aaperior to any oStZSoo,
iattefluM. It steads leroadoalo eon, " “
fint as la oats, serood aa la wheat, set
atsd as te cAttea, (at aa U> agrjhuw, first
him. si
to give
total
gentleman above
“building np of the Republican party” lea
constant theme ia the letters, and they
abound in suggestions to President -Ar
thur of measures which will mourn that
Bd.
I give the letter from Mr. Bpeer to the ne
_ro postmaster at Athene, Davie, copied,
as before stated, from memory t
"Mu Door Mat: You will doubUeai be
surprised to see Umt the President has sent
your name to the Senate for coulnnuffoa
thin place, but the feet that lion, a &
Hill axpreeeid u willingness to go on Bra.
die’s bond tor aay amount mads Rrydie
distaste fnl to the President Ho I had to
act, and act quickly, and did not have time
to consult wish you about proposing your
Duvte, without
and then wrote Davie asklug hlm
> Brydlu the beet clerkship in the ol
orJcr to heep him from thftJriag
Ir.biter had been false to him.
In new of present denJoprotb* Ma.
seated to the President that yoo had rep
resented Clarke county in tto Legislature
with honor, and your appointment to be
postmaster at Athene would be of the at-
most advantage towards budding np the
Kei-ablican party la our district. Retying
nronthK behsssenttayaurname. lam
UA. oaS? 1 * i " ““ “ lBpwto0 *
I will obtain lhe eobeUan of Ml the let.
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