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(Lij# 3ER&*lUg iLjcIscicapfe writ Jmamed & CATASTROPHE, fcftuHtbc waltsgg would, me thlriks^ .jte the Mood In llfeleee veins.) J the perfumed sir softly breathed of * i swift-winged and golden seemed the hour*. A f Air-haired youth and dark-eyed maid Wen standing dose together there; He, vowing an that men trill vow, Mbs, listening with that sweet, ahv air. < >, nicer than all things else beside it love’s young dream In the soft spring tide. lie tells her that, with those brown orbs. His heart she has complete!ly won: HU arm glides gently round her waist. And the sweets of m standing wolfs they taste. At last she gives s sudden start, tud breathes a gloon\-pr**luelng sigh; "*■ *—I lips ejaculate j mu sorrowful "O. my !" J Heavens! wlist alls my dearest Mabel?" bustle, Hugh, has slipped Its eable." —“AlMKE." GEORGIA GLEANINGS. NEWS GATHERED DY SPECIAL CORRESPOXDKSTM. paper* expires. We are all very much i>lea*ed with, and highly appreciate your kindness in sending our papeia direct' over the new road. B. known all over the State as the landlord of the Sinithville dinner house from 18fi7, is lying dangerously ill. His logion of lriends throughout tho State willaympn- seleot men of known Kadioal.procllvitires— tho offspring of Union league conclaves— represent a Democratic people. The gallant old hero, Gen. Cook, if ho falls, goes down by a dagger thrust from the hand of a Brutus. Judge Fort, we unoovsr and bow as graeefully as circumstances will admit. Kick. Jonesboro, August 4.—In consequence of tho volun tary retirement of Prof. Oeorge G. Looney and Mrs. E. D. Crawley from the Middle Georgia College, Prof. C. A. Key was yes terdny ele tod president and Miss Louise Cloud was elected to fill the place of Mrs. Crawley. The college loses valuable and diatngnhhed educators in the persons of the former, but the trustees have shewn themselves wide awake to the interests of the Institution and our community in the selection of the latter. Prof. Key was graduate at Athens with honor and dis tinction, and has had considerable expert ence as a teaober. Miss Louise Clark re- Dalton, i people politically, just now, are quiet, except an oooasional ex pression of preference for some aspirant for county honors. CoLT.K. Jones will bo our next Senator from the forty-third district. Col. M. C. Glenn has deoided to make the race for Representative, and| will makothe contest lively for ths^H who beats him. From present in; the race between Dr. Felton O. Clements, promises to bo Wo hear of several changes, j>A, Tho Congressional convention August tub, and of course wi’ Mr. Clements. Tbo cont amounts to a question of pen f-ncs, as Dr. Felton has planted I squarely upon tho State Democrat form. Crops fine—rain every day. and frequent rains of lato, but we learn of no damage dono thereby. Cotton is looking finely, and the planters nro buying up baskets preparatory to tho picking. It is not ofton that we see the farmers looking eo glad as now, in view of the promised crops. The storekeepers are getting ready for the fall trade with large supplies of goods. This town is the centre of a largo country trade, and is having a sure and steady growth. It has grown quit© fast in the last ten years. Tho little breess of excitement that was here in politios has pretty much passed away, ana we have settlod down to the in evitable, and we are saying as tlie man said who slipped on the ioe and fell: “Gall it drunk, and let it go.'* And this is a quint and peaceable town, though the fall schools have began, where they “teach the young idea how to shoot. Lexlnjfon. August 2.—Quite a large crowd of peo ple were In Lexington yesterday, the first Polities is the nil-absorbing theme. The oontest between Black and Reese is becom ing very exciting, and both claim the ooun- ty. Messrs, (tees* and Du Bose were both In Lexington yesterday, but neither of them made suesehes. The Democracy passed a resolution yes terday recommending a primary elsoilon to ba bald in the oountice of Oglethuri>o, Elbert and Madison, comprising the thir tieth Senatorial district on the 3tat day of Angust to determine the choice of the dis trict for s Btato Senator. Mr. Davis, of Elbert, made a speech at this place yesterday in favor of abolish ing rotation in this Senatorial district, lie Is a candidate for the Senate subject to a nomination. It is dUfloult to say who will be nomiunt- ed for the House of Representatives from this county at tbs primary election next Thursday. Ooutbobvb. Washington. August It.—Society has been quite gay for the past two or three weeks, and from the present outlook promises tooontioue so. Among the many social events none hen been so much enjoyed as a compli mentary hop given by tho young men to Misses Camilla and Louise Du Bo* a, who left on Tuesday morning for Clarks ville to spenlawsskortwowith their grandpa rents, Gen. and Mrs. Toombs. Misses Camille and Louise are general favorites here, and justly so, too, for the State does not furnbh too more charming girls. Miss Louise has been home but a few weeks from the North where she has been at school. Bhe Is said to be very much like hor mother, wao was considered the most beautiful woman In middle Georgia. For the next two week* if you should come to Washington and miss anv of tho boys just take the oars for north Georgia, nn-1 If you cannot find them near Clarkes villa look for fragments of handsome, manly forms at tbs foot of Lover’s Leap. Mines Lizzie Morgan and Hattie War ren, two of Kirkwood’s fair ones, are hold ing high carnival at tbs Washington Hotel. Tho boys don’t aak tor sugfr for thetr toe- lea and syrup and honey are at a discount. Misses Morgan and Wsrren are vary popu lar end are hare on a visit to Miss Kalis Foreman. Miss Mamie Irvin makes aobangeof bn-a from Augusta to Washington, aooom- ponied by tho Misses Merritt, of Florida. They are visiting Mn. I. T. Irvine, who lives just across the street from Miss Carrie Dy son’s, and nobody wonders that this is the mast popular street in town. Miss Dora Roseau, of Ksntuaky, left for her h .me on Tuesday last. Miss Russell is a sister of Mrs. Hogue, and has bean bars tines winter. She has many warm friends here, who will be vary glad to know that as she is devoted to her sister, Mrs. Hogue, the probabilities of her returning next win ter are quite flattering. Miss lemma Mims, of Atlanta, has been visiting CapL and Mrs. O. W. Terry. Miss Emma is liked vary much here and will be missed in our ballroom. Mbs LiUy Hill, of Forrest, with Miss Marion Mays, is ex pected her* soon. Miss LUly was here for a -i. :t time last summer, and two of our boys have not entirely recovered yet. George Duncan has severed his connec tion with Hogan, Quinn A Duncan, and will make Macon his borne In the fntnre. * Oeorge was m favorite here and was given an ******* wine supper a few night* before J. 0, C. Black spoke here on Tuesday to a i nods rate crowd. Us cams by invitation and rpoks under difficulties, as General Du Bose carries this county to a man al most. Frequent rains have caused ths crops to smile upon the boruy banded farmer and an abundant com crop as wall as plenty of cotton id booked for next fall. L. JsekNs * Acorn 3.—I have waited long and vainly for some abler pen than mine to chronicle ths ectinga and doings of our little city; but tbs people of Jackson are “rile at ail," and rather than ass her neglsetsd, I will endeavor to speak a word in her behalf mvi 1st ths world know that she still live-*. Each train that rolianp to our little town w« ke* tbs echoes far and near with tbs • .i-t inudo of its whistle, and brings m :se wbo wish to make their homed with r.». b. .nt«a lots are ooastantly chiuig. iu hands, and real estate u n :•>!.' .rg steadily. The re art now in pro- «* m of construction sight brick stores and u * large, commodious warehouses. Sev eral other buildings will go «p us soon as the parties can perfect their amnementa. A tin shop and buggy factory will scon be in ... r .tioa. Miners. Mallet, Land A Co. b»v. asd a lumber yard and can supply bin:. • >.;!» any kind of lumber desired. The - v. o enterprising firm will soon erect a i: lumg mill in connection with tbsir yard. Hhglenow in Jeckeoo the finest lug lor .i. ■ tments in tb* State, can b«. tit now that i_ JS9 <,r three year# will bring double tb* price- p.ii-1 r r t! :a. ttehaveone of the tfrt lorau J t- * - ;n the State. Itiasitu- Ht< d ju-t I. lif %»u> between Macoaand At- lauts. .a a hlghrfdge itbeair l* cnUreiy fnc from malaria, an - i* M pur* and bracing a- that of higher latitude#. A dri v of four u.il*-s over a beautiful road a* level K> >11 takeono totbe Mr eele- brafoti Indian Bpr*r£. the fwtiri- » of it** r -aeon ran be SSfjfBd as well . energetic fruit man, is leading in this matter, lie owns, proba bly. more i**ar tree* than any man in tho United States. One thonsand and seven hundred trees aro planted outiniclentillo style in fall viow of the passing trains as they enter the town. He also owns two- thirds of the Hanford groto at Thonma- ville and nearly 10,000 trees at his orange grove on Lake Jeesup, Fla. We have now over 4,000 ttees in threo miles of loan, and some 2,COO more will bo set out this fall. It is not generally known how s- *■«* twelve yean old, $300 was netted, and probably not half of the fruit was sold. We are also cultivating the Japf-persimmon, the “Keifer” pear, aud oth£i we ' mmm We are the friends of ' are gratified that tho neks him to give way man and jurist, Hon. O. * E. N. K. any County. ■ August 3.—Have n absent for a few days on a tour Ihro'i.JMlenry, Dale, Coffee and Geneva.Southeastern Ala- fruit. tk, but die people rising states- Crisp. (tard in behalf of - Oeorgia fills up '•1 recommend wish to emi- ^unties be Looney and Mn. Crawley, and is one among the very brightest, best aud most qppnbTe yohng ladies of the whole country. l’rof. 0. A. Key had the misfortune to lose bis little baby boy, Xittlo Guafiie, a few days since, which is the last of his onco bright and interesting family. A brilliant and loving wife and three most intonating children now lie beneath the sod, and he, the onoe fond husband and father, only left to tnonra. It is needless to say that he has the sympathy of our entire community. Lei us hope and pray that while a reunion of mother and children has taken placo in the realms of eternnl bliss, that He who tempereth the v. in J to the shorn lamb will soften tho blow tj the afflicted busb »ud and father. We are all ablaze with gladness nomination of Colonel Thomas Hnrdemnu for Congressman at large. The writer has been a Hardeman man for more than twenty-five years, oast his first vote for Hardeman for Congress and Ins never re gretted U in the ieswt. He stands iwxdy to repeat it anti if need he enter tho ranks to make it as warm as possible for hi nents. Albeus ' llHoppc J. L. D. *°ESu lthe health If men of ea rn a-l/antsg* -roiitihle in- — signs of th«ju my retarn home. Two^nhWSdr.vtaA opened up, and one or two others waiting the arrival of goods, and two new buildings in t-rooess of construction—one a brick nnd the other ~ respcctablo wood bnilding. Hope ou town may yet grow to be n oity. It is n pretty place for one, and only needs a few more people aud a little mme utnoy. Politics quiet, health of the town nnd >e, peas and .nuttuni •».—id uij uuiu ui iiw in innaui, referring to the CApturo of James linker. 1 statod that he was charged with tho mur-i der of John I. Alford. This was a mistake. It should have been for the murder of Jno. H. Owens. The fall term of R. E. Lee Institute has opened with ICO scholars, and still they oorne. Day before yesterday our oiti/ous voted to authorize the town council to issue five thousand dollars' worth of bonds for the improvement of the Institoto build-1 ings, and when the** improvements completed we will have one of tho most attractive school boildings and one of tho best schools in the Btate. The tuition be ing only $fi, $7.60 nnd $10 per term of five months, for the three gradee of study, is I attracting the attention of parents in vari ous parts of tho Btate, and the consequence i is that real estate has odvanoed about 33 per cent, in three years, and onrtown is still on a boom. A. J. it. Daw<on. August 3.—Dawson reoeived its first bsls of new ootton yesterday. It was grown by Mr. Thos. Turner, near Chickasawhstehee. It weighed 333 pounds, classed middling, and was sold at seventeen cents. Showery every day moro or loss, to the injury of fodder and rerhaps cotton, and bonefioial to corn, peas and potatoes. Borne rust iu place* among cotton. The revival in Dawson continues. The •ervioee have been transferred from the Methodist to the Uapt st church. Every Christian in the oominunity participates in the oxeroiae*. Near one hundroi ui all have joined the two ohorchos. L. Cutlibert. August a—Dr. Moore, a respected citi- cen of our oounty, died at his roddsnos near llardmoney, on Tuesday last. Prof. E. 1L Stevens, of Ga*sville» Geor gia, has been elected professor of nnoiont Ellavlll*. Auoust2.—Oor nomination for Repre sentative oomos off on the first Saturday in | September. Charles Rainey and Newton Glover were I elected delegates to the Senatorial con vention. They will vote for any man the Democracy of Macon oounty may nomi nate. J. D. Frederick Is favorably spoken of. 1 hope he will receive the nomination. ■ R. E. F. Hampton. ■ August3.—I*a«tevening was indeed a' Ifeative occasion with tho young people of our dty. A fruit festival was given by Mrs. W. P. Adair and Mrs. Dr. Folsom at the rssidenoe of the latter, in honor of their niece, Miss Jessie Campbell, of lltome, a young lady of engaging manners, I brilliant talenta.and lovable in every sense of the word. The honored guest* were I Mrs. Grant nnd her sweet utile Nollie, *" ee Williamson, Lnoy White, mm* Bock, of Griffin; Miss Mattie Lowe, Hour/; Miss Carrie Lowo. Hapevills; Hattie /aohry, Conyete; Misses Rosser and Reed, city. Quite a number of gentlvmen from Griffin aud the oity acted asesoorte for tho occasion. Among tho gentlemen was the Inimitable J. E. Brown, editor of the UTcMi/, full of fun, enliven ing the party with sparkling hnmor nnd brilliant repartee. Prof. Noble, of Griffin, who will soon mske your city his home, did honor u»> himself and guests by his pe culiar, sedate, steid and modest demeanor. He was tho admiration of tho party, and I fear that more than one of tbs fair damsels felt the wound inflict ed by Cupid’s dart In mentioning the two gentlemen, ws hope not to bo consid ered invidious as all played their parte wall. Swiftly ths hours flew by and mosio had charms that soothed tb* appetite until eleven o’clock, when supper was an nounced and we were ns ho red into the speoiooe dining hall, to be entranced Your upright!), *»«*-> P-‘I“ welcomed vl»'tor and i** ryidly becoming the popular paper. M«j**t ot our prominent cituons declare their intention of taking it as soon m their suU>cnpUoo to other ■pwvtuue uuisuK unii, to uo en> by tb* luc:ions fruit which piledjupon silver baskets to profnsion, like Or'- upon Felton, with grapes pendant, in terspersed with cakes aud confectioneries tastefully arranged. But tbo di-play was ohly to teraiit tb* appetite—only vandal hands could have touched, t >n sale table* the bill of fare that feasted our delighted ejee was duplicated, and soon the attentive, active and trained waiters had supplied our every wish. Wit and chicken snlad flowed freely for more than an hour. At 2 a. m. melons were handed around to appease the thirst engendered by ths sweets of the table. At three the guests departed, show ering compliments and enoomiurr.s upon the host and hostess for their mote excel lent entertainment. Col. Began, a fins young lawyer of this oity, wiii run for the Legislature as a pro hibition candidate. Wear* solid for him hare. Gartrell can carry Henry eoonty without trouble, as most of the Bourbons can’t tote Stephen* and his skillet too. Oar fruit crop is immense. Corn, ootton and peas the finost I aver saw. 4u recoir, Marr. Anderaenvllle. Adouot 3.—For tbs pest week Rev. Mr. Cbeeves, of Spalding, and Rev. Mr. Par rot, of byroo, have been conducting an interesting revival meeting here. Mach interest is being manifested in the cause, and from indications great good will re sult from their labors. Quite a number of our young people have been baptized into the church, and others are expected to take this sensible and important step daring the meeting. Rev. Fsrtot is quite • young men, not yet arrived to man’s es tate, but bx his earn as mesa and seal hat creeled a decided and unmistakable feel ing for good her*. We predict for this yenngdivine nbrilliant and useful career Oar people are very cheerful and happy over crop prospect*. We have never seen the agricultural outlook eo flattering. Not a few (rue old Democrats of riwnter refsse to so| ‘ knowledges without doubt or'cxift the authority of every Democratic convention. State or national, since the rlrrss of oar for Independence, believing this “““ ins consistent with do- oor section; but we have •, nor do we now, recognize Democrat!* content!/ n to iiis name to bt* umhI. 1 tlunk. how ever, there is no doubt bat that he will l nominated anyway. After tho nominn- tiou hecaunot decline. 'J here is not the slightest doubt about hU election in thu event he runs nnd his refusal to carry the Democratic stvmlu: circumstance* would so injuro him with oar people tint ho could never recover from it. I think you may sot down tho ninth a* one of tho redeemed. Hpoer is wonker than lie has ever been, h wonld have taken a much longer hoaJ llun Ids to have steered his bark clear of tlm Demo cratic Scylla and at the same time nvuitl the Republican Charbdis. Even BtepheiH lias piotuisud to lend his aid for bptoi ' defeat. Speer is trying the persecatiuu wall for all it is worth. He has now dragged hi lather into it by claiming that his resigna tion ws* asked ou ins, Emory’s, account. 1 understand the facts of the caso to1>o * tint utufcublcd iucompetenoy on Dr. Speer’s part bad much moro to do with liia removal titan pcrscoulicn of ’’our Emoty.” It is sad that he has never de- livoml a lectnro to hi* clas* sinro lia has filled tlio chair. J.n«t commencement, m gross violation of tho Igws of the univor- sity, lie excaseJ a unmber of the spankers without even consulting tho faculty on tho subject, when the faculty alone had tint power. Tbestaudard of oratory Inn no- toriomdy never* bcou so low ns during his term of office. His desire to make him self popular with tho buys led h m to grant oue an exensa from any exer cise or recitation whenever linked. One of his ex students rays that ho believes he could have gone through his wiiolo time with a perfect mark and without attend ing half a dozen recitations. Tuis conduct on his part made it ten times more diffi cult for tho other protocol* to oxact a full quota o! stuffy in their departments. Tho feather which |hroke the camel’s back is supposed to hats been the jnnlor oolloqoy. Tiiis was prepnred under Ids supervision if not by him, nnd inntoad ot tho rt-Huemeut aud cultivation to be expected m an nd* dress before a university nnJionco and at a university commencement, it contained matter grossly vulgar if not indecent. Guo example will snffloo to illastrnte. One of the colloqaists is made to allude to his roommate’s “using a fino-tooth comb on hi* head nnd not without succesq’’ How is that for a professor of belles leltres? In the face of hundreds of each facts ns tho nbovu tho persecution cry will hardly i. Mr. Hill’s support of his old friend, Dr.Hpeor. is iu marked contrast to the cracl neglect with which he has been treat ed by the son. Even the monoy to pay Emory's tuition and board at tbi* name University wss furnished by Mr. Hill, to say nothing of a thousand other obliga tions now. alas, forgotten. Tim field crops In this and adjoining counties are wonderful. The like has never been known. There is some little exoitoraent in socie ty circle* over the demand from the Chron icle ot the name of the author of a com munication signed “Society Girl.’’ Tin author is said not to bo a girl at all, bat hss only assumed pettlooats to make n few cut* which seem in a fair way to bo re sented. How It may turn out I do not know. On tho other hand, nn articlo signed “One of the Boys," in the Daily thinner, roused eomo little iro nutil it was ascer tained that tho striker hud never worn pants or polled a cigarette. Meanwhile tho business of the city booms along. Preparations for the fall trade were never larger, and tho faoe* of the farmers and merchants are as bright as silver dri- lars. 1 have not heard a “oroak" this Ham mer. There are on* hundred new cottages and larger dwellings in preoeee of erection. telephone exchange is noarly com. pb ted. Terms hrve been agreed on be tween the city oommittee and the water works man, and the contract for erection only awniU the ratification of council. The contract for the grain elevator nnd mill of the AthinsCompress and Mill Company has been let—nud other improvements without number. Tukxih. cDonoash. Auocst .'.—Oor little oity is not Tory “flush” with locals, still perchance your readers may desire to know that no slab marks the site where once old McDono’ stood. Tb* railroad has given us quite a boom. Several brick buildings are being constructed, and business is rapidly in creasing. Oar merchants now carry twico their nsnai amount of stock, and on account of oor natural advan tage#, McDono’ is destined to become one of the leadiug towis in middle Georgia, if social qualities, hen- pitable people nnd energetic bniineM men can acquire such a summit. Some of the most iuilmnttal men in the Sta e of Geor gia were onoe reeidoots of our little city. Since tho issue between btcpliens and Bacon has oulmiuated, our citizAs are once more engaged with their usn >1 rou tine. I have heard several auti-Bacon men (that is they were before the convention) assert that Major llaeon, by his derira for harrco.iy and display of such annual magnanimity, can enroll them under bis patriotic banner as henchmen staunch and true. The noble of mind and gener ous of ep.rit find reward! And the fates have ordained that Col. Bacon shall reap n reward that will not only reflect inatre on hi*-native State, hot will illanrina the councils of our grand old Union—a lustre pure and bright as tho lamp of Delphi. 1 see that one of your correspondents, under tub.” In the first place bis opponents say that be has borne Congressional honors long enough. If a good horse become* accustomed to the hero ess, are you going to role ia* him and try a new oue—under go the same trouble again * The state, ment, impotent in iU conception, is ad vanced that the Southern part of the dis trict should be represented. If that be true, why dU these counties that consti tute that part elect delegates to vote tor Hammond? But the.most absurd aud contemptible idea yet promulgated is that Mr. Uamnxffid imagined that “ha soon high above the populace." I will not attempt to refute suck* childish whimper, end will oely say that each disciples are either born ~ you know, appointed anti -Hammond gates; the why* and how that occurred I will not stale, bet if a primary election was held in Henry county to-day. Ham* Aa it is, xur delegates will cast a grain of sand in the tqmrkling stream, and soora two for Goorgu Washington Bryan. 1 have noth ing derogatory to say concerning Mr. Bry- nn-far from it. But in the name of all that's holy, why waste powder on the jaokai when the lion is in the field ? The intel lect of Col. Hammond, like the tower of Pisa, inclines earthwards, but it points to wards those realms of msjeetio power! Jusrrru. Albany. August 4.—A few days ago severs.! young gentlemen of the city presented Neil Wil lingham with a handsome amt of clothes nnd a beautiful uew hat, in token of their friendship and high appreciation of bis un tiring energies and efforta os a journalist, since his connection with oar local paper, to advince nnd “whoop ap" every local en terprise, not only by lending his personal aid, but the colum n of the journal he so ably represent*. Neil wa* so proud of his suit that his wife entruited him with a trunk (for the first time sinoe his mar riage) to ttansport it to the springs. He hired tWb darkies to guard it and arrivod there with it rnfely, but on his way home the darkies went to sleep and tho baggage smasher tbrowed it over behind a Saratoga, and it couldn't be found. Niel rollod up his sleeves, hung his coat on the back of the seat nud abused tho nmnngement of the Central from Mr. Wadlcy down to the switchman. On his arrival in Albany he found his trunk but had left bis coat in tho Montgomery oar. Straddling it hn rode home to Mrs. W. on a diay with the two negroes as body guards, and told her they tried to get bis trunk but only got away with an old coat he had on. He non entered suit for $150. Quito a nice little pariy leave to-night forthe Indian Spring. Col. McIntosh, of N. A A., and Gen. Theodore de Horn io Du pont heads the list. It rains hero every day, nnd the farmers are complaining about rust in some localities and too much rnin. Four* of n serious nature are enter tained that tho crop will bo injured con siderably. No reports of caterpillar from any section, and all considor that their prospect* aro the finest at present they over had. Politics arc doad; never hear oven a street loafer mention it. Oor artesian well fountain ia qaita an or nament to tho dty, and we are going to have a now tiro engine of tho latest pattern and a telephone communication. Guam Jomkm. I.lncolnton. August 3.—Lincoln oounty to-day sent forth her whole people to the railroad bar becue at Lincolntou. Never before was thero assembled within tho limits of this couutry village so large a concourse of peo ple. They were there from all along the lino, from Augusta to Elherton. A splen did address was delivered by Hon. Patrick Walsh. Ho Hs^ured the people that noth ing was nearer the interests of tho citizens of Augusta than tho building of thin road, and he read a most encouraging letter to tho convention from the Hou. Robert 11. May. ()theivrailroad speeches wore made by Mr. Johu P. Sherman, Mr. Fred Lock hart nnd Mr. Verdery. There can bn no doubt about the success of this road, and a grand future is certainly before the people of the upper Savannah. Hon. J. C. C# Black, Judge E. 11. Putt to and Oen. A. M. ^ J. Lnraar'OH. August 4.—There will be a baskot pic- nio nt Gray’s Ferry on Biturdsy, August 12. i verpbody is invited to uome with well filled baskets. Col. Carson, ot But ler, will deliver nn address. Cols. Tisin- gcr, of Thcmaston, nnd Smith, of Knox ville, have also been solicited to speak, and will probably be on hand. Our fanners havo not been able to do any work in the fluids for ths past two weeks, owing to the froquent showers of rain. In fact it has rained every dny for tho past eight or ten, and much anxiety is felt for tho safety of the cotton, lest the bills rot. Some damage has already re sulted, as tho vonng forms and bolls are beginning to fall off. Bore eyes are prevailing in our commun ity. L. Kllnvlllc. August 4.—Wo aro having too much, rain. A great deal of the fodder is in jured and some ruined. Wo have better corn crops than any county in tbo State, without any exception. Tho prospect for ootton is very encouraging. J. N. Scarborough. v>. D. Morrow and Thomas F. Rainey are candidaies for rep resentative. All of them nro good men. Schley, Sumter and Maom get along finely on the rotation system in regard to a Sen ator. Hon. J. D. Frederick wiU be oar next Senator, Charles F. Crisp oar next Congressman nnd Allen Fort ou jrndge of the Superior Court. This ticket soils ns Miss Flora Smith, of Macon, is visltiug the family of Dr. C. H. Smith. A. J.Clsqhorn,of Oglethorpe, is spending a few days with his parents. Me. a run i». August A—Two political conventions met hers this morning, though their work was virtually dono before they met. The seleotion of Colonel Jamee S. Boynton by Fayette county, as their ohotoe for Senator made his nomination a foregone ooneln- sion, and tho suooom of thedr/tloket in the primary election of last Saturday nom* inated Mr. W. K. H. Searcy for ths Legis lature. Our new railroad haa reoeived a tempo rary setback by the new proposition made by Freeident Brown on lad Saturday ask- log for a subscription of $100,000, to be paid as caliod for. Oar people are willing to sabscribo tbo above amount to be paid on the completion of ths road, bnt not ns above. It is thought that the now propo siti cn will be withdrawn. Spalding Superior Court oonvenes next Monday. The most important trial will be against young Lytle, charged with the shooting of Fred Hammond, who has sinoe died from the effects of the wound. Tbo fruit evaporating firm has ceased operations, the machine not doing the work claimed for it. It was sold with « guarantee of 000 pounds of evaporated fruit per day. but 3U) to 350 pounds was all that could tie turned out. There was a mistake made ia tt* shippingof the same, the manufacturers sending a No. 3 heater for n Nu. 4 machine, which w is the cause of the trouble. Another attempt is to bo made next season. Messrs. G. W. Clark A Son, one of onr most enterprising grocery firm*, made a shipment of 1,'JU0 melons to Ginoinnati a few days ago. of which one farmer of thh o ran*)’ contributed 760. None weighed lees than 20 pounds. The Felrbara base ball dob has accept ed the chalieuge of the Light foots, of onr city, and ih* game will be played here tin next Friday. liTb* Muskrats, a dab composed ct younger material, defeated the Ores*well* here yesterday, by a score of 27 to 13. It dose *eeui an though wo have to defeat everything we encounter. J. L. M. Eafania, Ala. August In keeping with reports from other sections, an a*.oxidant harvest will ble-a tno farmers this season. We have had plenty of rein the entire season, and in each a manner as to best benefit the grow ing crops. It is estimated that at least SO per cent, ices cotton and 30 per cent, more corn was planted than for several year*. Merchants are smiling, end contemplate luring in large stocks to meet the demand tho farmers' snocess will certainly bring. .With a flouring mill of two hundred barrels opacity per day, a ootton seed oil mill whose business would be a surprise to many, an ice faotory to fornish the cool ing and various other enterprises, Eufault will compare most favorably with much larger cities. X. E. O. Tel button. ret A—Last Tuesday, a party ooo. siviiug of Mr. and Mrs. II. O. Brown, Col- T. IL LnmsJcn, Misses Canning and Belli* Gorman left on a tonr to Tallulah, Na- ooochce valley and other points by private conveyance. The party is well equipped with buggies, tadde horse*, tents, guns and fishing taekle, acd will be gone till about September. It is a gay party and they anticipate a splendid time. The ball of the season was at the Thorn ton lloass last night Antonio Cuto’e band of Columbus, for the at Warm Springs, furnished music. Among the vis iting yoang ladies wbo attended the bell were Misses Willie Miller, Buena Vista* Belli* GoodalL Macon; Lilia Coley, Mon- tezntna; Mol lie Gardner. Columbus; Miss Can then. Bulls r; Willie Smith, Box Spring; Mrs. Katie Uirt, Amcricu* Mn. Clara Jo ey, America#; Mrs, Ben Hateher, C olumbus. A number of visiting young men were present. Tbs picnic at the fair ground# yesterday wasacraadMceet*. Major G.W. Maxsoo, l Alburn Agricultural and Meettaiiteal College, was the orator of the day. Dr. Willi* Bert, of Amedeos, in visiting While onr people would have beengUd for lion, IL Persons to bare been nomina ted for Congress from the Fourth distriot, yJt they acoept his defeat resignedly and will heartily support Hon. Hugh Buch- The nomination for representative‘takes plaee next Wednesday. A lively oontest is anticipated. J. \V. H. isiatare in Telfair oounty are Col. 8am Eason, ram Fletcher, Fsq., aud Edmund Ryals, colored. It is believed generally that the solioitor general will be oleelcd, bnt an election may be Ukenod to tbo ver dict of a petit jury, very uncertain. Ed mund, although a very snrewd negro, will stand no chance, as a good many influen tial men of bis own oolor are against him. In Montgomery county there are ouly four candidates in the field, all willing to serv the dear people. They are Judge* Johu McRae, Jesse M. Wall, Mathew Sharp and Charles Bell, colored. The first three obtained their sobrieqnots by being judges of tho Inferior Court. They die men of intelligence and ex-members of the L'-vMature. Charles Ball is an industri al)! energtli j man, and his election is not improbable if the three judges remain in the raoe. 4(emo. Tnlbetloa. Auouht A —I reached this thriving vll lags yesterday. It was once my homo ond I yet have a tender placo in my heart for many of the good peop © who dwell on the red hills and in the fertile valleys of old Talbot. W hon last here, the railroad whioh now connect* Talbotton with the balanoe of tho world* had not been projected. The changes are wonderful. Massive piles of brick and mortar now stand where was then bnt “vacant space.” Thrift, not that whioh follows fawning, but tho thrift which come# of enterprise nnd energy, is visible on every han j. If the hopes of her peoploare realized, and their enterprise properly rewarded, Talbotton will soon drop tho appellation of “village” and bear tho well earned title of "oity." I attended a very peasant hop ft tho Thornton House last night. An elegant string band from theaWrm Springs furnhhed tho music. “Soft eye i looked love lo eyes whioh spoko again, and all wont merry as a marriage bell." And there were aome wbo kept pace with the “racket.” The eyes of fire of tho most elegant ladies in tho hall sparkled with ths fjlook of recognition when addressed as “Billie," “Jimmie" or “VYil- lie." Besides those who danced there were many “silent lookers-on,” aome of them church membors, yoa know; and this pots us to thinking if it is not as woll “to laugh a# to cry,” ond to dance m to mope. Wo think the follow who said he “naver look more trouble to hi* heart than ha could danco off at his heels," was somewhat of a philosopher, after all. Alton Chappell is in town, and seems as much ot home aa he does in Americas. W. Non roc. Thomas Au*t«n and Charlie Cheatham lasted four days and resulted in the bind ing over of tho two former fo.- in voluntary manslaughter and tho releasing of tho throe latter. Crops in this seotion wece never better, nounced thomsolvee. The Senatorial convention meets at So cial Circle on the 17th. August 6.—Two hoys were out hunting yesterday evening, in tho neighborhood of Gordon, and one thoughtlessly aimed his gun at a bird between him nnd his com panion, and brought him down instead of tho bird. Dr. Bridge* was called in, and an examination of the wounds proved that thoy wore not dangerous. Mr. Wm. Veal, a citizen of Twiggs conn ty, lost his wife last week, making tho third wife in less than foartoou mouths. The flr»t died May 11,1881; the aocond July 21 1881, tho third July 21), 1882. Tho third quarterly ooeferenoe of the Gordon cirouit will meet at Libert# Hill next 8 turday. Fodder-pulling has begun. Ootton forms are multiplying rapidly. Fort Vnllpy, Auoust A—At a very enthusiaatio meet ing of tho citizens here on tho 3d inst, it was determined to put it to too vote of the people, on the ICth instant, Htbey will be taxed to build an artoaian well. Prof. J. W. Dozier, formerly of Ha tier, will open a mixed aohoot here on tho 21st instant. He is a splendid teacher, and the outlook for a very flourishing school boro is enoouraging. The candidates are still abroad in the lend. We aro glad to have ro many good men willing to serve their country. R. Romp. Auoust A—A baseball game, played on the 2d instant by tho Atlanta and Romo dabs, resalted in a triumph for the form er. A great deal of friendly excitemont prevailed. A negro woman attempted to drown her self the other day. She was mad with the “gndo man o’ tb* house," and thos sought revenge. She was rescued by a neighbor ing workman. It waa the seoond attempt. The first ootton factory of Borne, whioh wae lately organiz'd with a oapital of $40,000, will have 2,000 spindles in operation by the 1st of September. Tho stockholders consist of tome of onr most •nocesifol Potter, Brewer, _. .. Hardin and T. F. ifowcll. No place in the South hotter adapted to this industry. The staple is here in abundance. Two systems of railroads and two navigable rivers give it eonvsnieut aoeosa to every part of the world. A eompsn v has been organized for noiaors consist or some or oar mosi esfal and enterprising citizona. J. H, ir, president; Wriy Patten. J. H. er, H. G. Hardy, J. II. Reynolds, P. A. The Rome Otl and Fertilizer Works begin operation this season, two car loads of ootton seed will pe consumed daily In tb* produotion of oil. The “cake” will be oonverted into fertilizer nnd slock food. Rain still prevails. The oorn erop will romlring. be abundant. Cotton is not so pn II. TIIE GEORGIA P/HEM. Wbat ci»« Peovlo riiinU end Do. Tun Atlrertiser and Appeal invitee die- cuss ion of a qaestion that deeply concern* the people of Georgia, in the following paragraph: “There ha* been much written npouthia subject at the South sinoe the war. Tnere have been' spasmodic efforts to institute it. The time i* now ripe for iUsaooe**ful iuaaguration. The Booth is growing richer and better able to bring in the old world’s markets. Her ootton, lum ber, timber and naval stone are shipped to foreign ports. Can any good reason bo offered why a healthy system of oxohtnge r hou Id not be effected of those commodi ties for articles needed for consumption in the South? Can any good rcaaon be of fered why the vessel* sailing from our South Atlantic port* with o .r ;oui of lum ber or timber should not bring retarn oar- goo# of coffee, sugar and other prodnots? tthy w* should not exchange onr lumber and timber to the Cubans for their sugprs, molssessand other product*? Why onr ootton should not be exchanged in Liver pool for English goods need by ns? Why most of the veseeli which call at oor ports for cargoes should com* in bsllest when heavy cargoes could be readily sold in the interior? We invite communications on this subject, of such deep intercet to our peoplo of the South and to Brnaswhk." Tnn.NVtrsanJ Farmer makes a favor able report of the orops in Jefferson. Tin Mxcox TcLUGuara, having acted ths bully before tin State convention, i« now noting the baby after it has been whipped in the fight.—Urtjffa New*, Wei you ought not to bother about it It wiU never seek to interfere with yoor specialty of majcimuM atlnua, on aU oueations. Tn« Mxooa Tuunaara criticise* oor Latin of test week. Well, the truth i« Sidney, we were thinking jo*t then about applying for a public sehooL—BlinkriJje Democrat. We knew the mistake was ty- K graphical, and were jnst after having a U* fun. BxnrafDOu Democrat: Uon. A. O. Ba con caght to be elected to filF the firs’, vacancy in the United States Senate. No honor or trust maid be moro worthily be stowed upon him. He te our candidate forthU.Mll«I portion. Ui th. «r, ••Buna lot lh« monad through oattUUnd. Bon to ifijorfair ootto. in mom portito. of OmmU, and caUrpUtari arodo>Uo,iDg it in tube re. In r»r,ly to th. oft-rap»'.d .UUmeat that "madid Um for th. Uftola'ar. an loonier ap,” all <n> h»n to •«, Is tot -.at loom. W. oaa .ttad aa, po-.ihto aatonai cf looming on thalr p-rL Ugtototon utv loom, hot tho, mua't loot. Tan Fort Gunn mhnn. n^atWectr Hderabi* talk of eater pillar* ia cotton. It farther says. “The ootton in this section to loohlmiUdH^thatoamindnrMroan ,*i:o» and ni-erwaosl !uann predict a short crop." ••tottutDoa.uxn Mat a deleiratior of fifty.; to tb. hollnw. roofirtno. atOriBn lut Monday.”—\y,, wo turn urea-ion to remerubor it. Wo were Ii'lfen »>>oolh. mre got to MUodgMIto,bat wo didn't long roinmn in (hot bltoofnl and much needed otato. Brom tho racket tho deli getlou u»de, we thought tho nnmbor wa. nt least seventy-five. They might have beta in a Kate of great “peace,” but it didn't eonnd that way to ns. Wo conies, to hove felt not altogether "wholly’’ on tho ocoasiun. Dhmaellte: There is no nee in disputing the fact, the Democratic party in Georgia has gone over body and soul to the Inde pendent*. The last platfor tx settle* it u 1 Sfw rb,> i* baT ® klllfd twenty-five sheep-killing dogs within the s^ace ot a weok, and still the good work goes on. I hoy kill more dogs and briug finer P&ncho* to town than any boy* we know of in the county. Mr. K. A. Graves put a few email carp, about threo inches long, in his pond in last Uecembor.and a little girl h*hing there caught two about ten inches m length last Friday. This indicates their growth for six months. .It la a beautiful nth. “Tnu Macon Teleobxpii is authority for the statement that Goa. Gartrell will com mence his campaign by a spee h at Thom as ville. Well, wo will bs glnd to sto him, and we don’t think he could begin at % bet ter place. Th - ro is a wide field for opera tions here, as there are at present no Gar- troll men here that we know of.’’—South- cm Enterprise. Thomaston, aot Thomas- ville, is the way we wrote it. But it is a small matter where Pledger’s Uncle Lucias begins or end*. He will go where the woodbine twineth—all the same. It la thought that oom will be worth fifty cent* a bushel in Thomas oonnty. We have a high admiration for the good sense of tho Thomas oonnty farmers. Tnu Southern Enterprise prints tho fol- lowing extract from a private letter written by Mr. Stephen to a man in Tbomaaville: “It is still uncertain when Congress will adjourn, and I shall have to remain here sight or ten days to wind ap my business. I think, howevor, I shall bo able to reach Georgia about tho Pith or 20th of August. Will then remain at home a week at least, to give some attention to private matters, nnd be present at onr court in eession about that lime; after tiffs I will arrange for my sabstguont movements. Yoa may be sure I will take Thomasville In my coarse. I also want to visit Americas, Al bany, Qaitmsn and Valdosta, if possible. This is all l can now say in tbo hurry and pressure of business upon me." » An hone<t editor will write what ho be lieves to be right, regardless pf the opin ions of his re ■aon.—Ishmaelite. Bight, young man. Stick to that sentiment. Some newspaper renders tmagine that it is a per sona! affront to them when an editor dif fers with them in opinion. To the credit of the State, however, it mast be said this class is *nydl, both in point of numbers and inflaenoe. Th* Fort Valley small boy, emulating tho example of the Atlanta urchin, has fallen frojn a fence and broken his arm. Enquirer-Sun: Yesterday afternoon n rncMt horrible accident ooo»ir»J st tlw» Engle end Fhonix Mills. A negro who ws# nt work in the dye department, stepped too near a tab of boiling water and fall backwards into it. Several employes of the mill* witnessed the shocking accident and rushed at onoe to rescue the unfortu nate man. He wa* taken from the water almost ns quick ns thought, but no I nntil be htfd been fatally scalded. Mb. Jack Passaxiouk, an old dlixen of Harris county, is dead. It is ntnted that the Wiregrass Watch man will bo moved to Cochran. Ishmaelite: Wo have not heard ot Gov. Colquitt making n Sunday-school spoech sinoe 1880, bnt mark tho prediction, if he is indeed a candidate to succeed Senator Hill, ho will bo hernl from on this line be fore the meeting of tho next Legislature. A wmrx man, while at a sate m Savan nah, bad his pocket picked of forty dollar#, nnd wept piteoudy. Tne Recorder st j “It created some diversion from the proceedings of the sale.” Such divetsion would bt considered wicked in soae placo*. We are inclined to think that Savannah is going to the devil, units* the “salvation army" should arrest her in her headlong “carare." Mont ru. cm a Weekly: Dooly connty couldn't etand to vote for Stephen*.—Onr seotion is now supplied with the “hominy" but where is tho hog. Dooly county i« one of the largest iu the State. Some day It trill b« wmIiIi;.—Cuvud Iu out vicinity are quite numerous and vexatious. Thoy aro in the habit of nightly visiting the premises of J. M. Duke, of our oity, and rating tbs peaches from a tree that stand# in his yard. the dwelling house of Mrs. Rodgers, on ths plantation of Geo. A*. Williams, near Oglethorpe, waa con sumed by fire one night last week. Only wearing apparel sarod. Furniture and provisions an entire loea. Tuzac is a pr spec) of a long and exoit c 1 contest for tho nomination in ths fourth distriot. It would be better to make the nomination* by primary elections in ths various counties, and let the eoavolidated vote eettle the question—only Democrats being allowed to vote. Th* short-staple convention at Atlanta had a howling time of it Bach animals have no bnsinese voting, much lees bolding office. The white Africans were rather badly hustled by the black Africans. Ths short-staple Africans aro evidently aaham* ed to associate with their long-staph ohnms. Th* badge, button, ribbon, bolt, H whatever else may tie used to mark the championship, should go to Calhoon. It is with feelings of deep solemnity—not to any apiiolliag terror, that w* record the following from the Calhoun Times: “About two weeks ago, Mr. Smith, Itving within a fow miles ot Cslhooa, on the Oottannala river, lost a yearling heifer about three years old, and os it was fine stock, made diligent search hot could nut find it. A few days ago a party of young men fishing on the river vs re attracted by the smell of a dsad oarosss, nnd upon examin ing the muse, lo, nnd benolff t they foand a monster catfish, which had swallowed theoelf, and the horns of ths calf becom ing entangled ia the fish’s gills had drown ed the fish. Tbefish measured exactly 23 feet 7 inches, aud was A feet inches aero** the head, and, from the length of its make more than enough bread to Uo h«r thij ye*r. Her corn crop was never moro promt ring. Aecordiug to the lax rccoiv- era report in auotber column, the taxable property vi Cobb onnty ha* increased $201,825 since List ye.tr. Do lastSanday wo noticed that Mr. Chuck Andora-m’s patch of mil'et was literally stripped by innumerable caterpillar*. After th*y had devoured everything bnt the stalks and head#, the eeterp liars began to move off, Their errand of destruction. Th* Savannah Recorder advises people to keep eooi. If bile it calls no names, we are satisfied that special reference i« had to brother McIntosh, of Albany. fVe unqual ifiedly indorse ths philosophic opinions of the Recorder, and hope oor llbany friend will keep severely and desperately cooL We know it is the best a taau can do nmler ths circumstances. * Mb. A. Metric, of Smithville, ae widely and favorably known, is dangemasly siofe. It is said that there is little hops of his re covery. Tan editor of tho Sumter Republican haa beea preacted wi.h a sample of water- melon syrup. The editor pronouacot it “exceedingly good." Tub Athens Banner. lt*a/<*Amaa teem* to bo severely eschewing politios. It is suspect ed that Gantt U drip,eased in aome way with the outlook. The Democratic party of Georgia wa* never before in such aa nnsativfaetery po sition. It does not know anything at all discontent even in the more tamest c! tha I papers that supported Mr. Stephens. Hare is wbat the Waynesboro Herald says: “Wei give oar readers in this issue Mr. 8tc- pbeas's letter of acceptance. No fault can be found with the principles ho announce*, | for they are eminently correct. At the tjr.' Th* Waynesboro Herald haaa’t * very high opinion of the beekbon* of th* average Georgia legislator. The average G. L. baa been somewhat of * toady to Alfred Pasha. This exp’afns ths grab- worm formation of hit backbone. Sow* of Ike d*le{4'*« to th* late Jeffer sonian c invention are jist getting home. Don’t you know they h* I a ba l attack I There wss no child's pUy in the tumble they took with Ponce deLeon ep»»-g water. Ou* attested neighbor, William Moore of the Angara Keening .V*<ri,h<« lost hi* mooring* and is rapidly drifting taro polities. It oely cost* five dollars, ia Savannah, for a fellow to try to shoH his wife, raise a row ia the street#, aud disturb the peeee of * whole neighborhood. That is wbat John Barrett was flow! lor mnking that score of crimes. Savannah justice neo Is n tonic. It is too feeble to bo out. Tua baM-bnll lunatics are on the flv. the catch and thn howl, all over the htate. „ A ;,•“*> desperado, named Henry Knisht, charged, with murder in Wayne oonnty. and imt.ri-oncd at Wayoroa, came “J boring through tho sido « lth *? .*"*“• baa been taken to Savannah foi eafe keeping. la m «t to advancing in tho marketa ot the Stale. * A Mrib » »°n A™ dollars on n wa^ertlmf'hoMoid not wr.te ao .legibly Unit they conld bo retd by any person ot ordinary intelligence, flvo hundred words on a postal card.” Oa tho first of Boptember tho Georgia railroad inlands to pot afssttraln on ths tMd between \ognd» anil Atlanta. It will make the retrod trip In ten honre. I* the primary election for a Congres sional candidate In MoUnffla oonnty: tho rots shrodt Keaia, WUj Black, 73;W tie, 211 Du Bose, 20. The nomination of Reese is almost a certainty. In the opin ion of the writer of this paragroph-ono for which this paper cannot bo held re- tponsible—Mr. Black ought to bo nomina ted for United Bta’.oa Senator. Hum* and Schley ooantiee having gone for Judge Crisp, the defeat ot General Cook is a foregone conclusion, as ia tho nomination of the former, if the majority role prevail* in the convention. Amothek negro has been drowned at tho w4*rf in Savannah. ..A n . LL re r * ou " S**aonah negro, called “Chacky, made an axsanlt on a deaf and damb negro in Savannah, on Wednesday, and tried to rob him. The mate resitted, awl waa cut in the faoe, by the assailant, who fled. Conatable Blmmona otteapted to arrest the |would-be highwayman. In the fraow Chucky waa shot and mortally wounded. Tn* city council of 8nvannah has decided jainst tho building of any more etreot railroads. Much damage is reported to have been recently done by reins in Stewart comity. E V*'? r ‘ s ** reports tbo shooting oMVm. Welchl yT.D.Mil er, in Lump- kinjnnd a fight between two negroes in Webster county, in which both of them were killed. Tnn SandersviUe Herald says: “The ar- tea inn well at Toombs boro has reached the depth of WXl feet, and now a fine stream of wate' flows freoly from its mouth. Mr. J. J. Palmer and Miss Emma L. Murphrco were married at the residence of Mr. C. A. McCnllers. the bride's brother-in-law. at half pxst nine o’clock a. m. to-day, Rev. Geo.O. Clark officiatinf. Meal is selling in thi* market nt $1216 per bushel-higher than it has been for ten yoars before. Ba con hn* been selling at 15c per pound. Tbe.«e fancy price* will, we hope, teach our farmers a valuable lesson." Tn* following from the De Kalb News is the right sort of dootrine: “From prw- ent appearance - it seems that the people of De Kalb should not wait for nrocl»*»« tion# nrdeH»»« «i..« v.^i.iug. ineir crop* are flue nnd thoy are being weekly blessed with good seasons. Thanksgiving should be universal and spontaneous.” Paorr.* that aend massages over the tel ephone wires ought not to need to be ean- tioned to speak decently, but it rosy not he amise to reprodace ths following from the Ranncr.Watchmam “Bo carefnl whal message* you send over tho telephone wires, as many of them connect withpri- ▼ate houses.” Banner •Watchman: A farmer came into town yesterday for the purpose of hiring some bands. Tackling a crowd of loafing darkios on the street, he propoaod to employ thorn at good wages for a month. “Look here, Mister,” explained the spokesman of the squad, “do yert*ka ut fer flsld haodi. We'so edleated callad don’t propose to work in ths son. They were doubtless expect ing nn appointment from Mr. B,*er. Tar pat term is dahwater nnd Ur. Ste- phoas's letter i* no better. Will some of th# experta'tell us how th* Democratio platform and Mr.9teph*n*’s letter nr J going to help ths Democracy in th# muth dl* triot ?-—Th# platform of the oonveutiun jot of stale PlsUtode* and sntiquat- ed balderdadi. If Mr. Stephens’s letter has improved tho matter muoh, there most he something the matter with oar spect-t- cies, for we cannot ses it. We shall sup port Mr. Stephens as the nominee of th* Democratic party. Huw enthusiastic that ••noort maybe tho future must deter- into#.—erufc«..<j|« Jimgh. Tnt AVirs and Signal makes the follow ing creditable statement with reference to tb* Ulaokshsar boys: "A matrimonial ia- imranoe agent has been iniorviewisg om yoang m»n for several days, but they doa’i take hold of tb# business any to hurt.” Tn* NVtrs and Signal contains an ohl»o ary notlroof tn# Democratic part* of Oeor- gia. It Is said to have “died in ths ciiy of Atlanta on the lHlh dar of Jsty lost, af »#r s protracted nnd rsintel illees*." It Js prob ably oniy a ease of so.vsndod animation. Wssr Ponrr Enterprise: Oq To«si*y last, al Hooker’s fish Pond, in n#rri» county,* while the ft*?. Mr. Ilo#h 0ar*ni- cbasl was baptizing a cat I1811-, hs tell into a dsptn cf water over hts h»ad an eank three timre. The ihres eandidtta. for baptism u#ed evsry effort to reeorer him. bat were ansneceatful, whereapoa s negro man standing on th* bank jam?H into the pond and snawoded In rescuing him. The negro displayed maali cool ronrage, and is highly commended for Ms Lind conduct. Mr. C. was soon rottored to perfect vitality, bat ran a great risk of losing Ins lifo. Bam*wrox Arlrertlser and Appeal: Crude turpentine has advanced n lilt!# ainoe oar last isene. We quote it to-day nt $3.00(g«L26. There were two cases ot sunstroke on hoard the btrk flaow Queen test ftalarday. Th* mate and «n* seaman. The »micm died from the effects. Th* Colombo* Timet eery tmthfeily and pointedly aaje: “The stock law has been in operation in Rockdale county #lho# Jan uary, and it ia eald the fanners are wrii pleasad with the experiment, s-s far. Noi a single dlalarbance ha* gr-wn out of it. r et oilier eonntiea m*k* a not* of this. It ia only necserary to tr? H for oae year, nnl then no ordinary tadaaemnii coaid bo offered to rebuild (he cosily fences.” Mm. and Mrs. D. L, Docker, of Colom bo*, celebrated thttr golden wedding on laetTacsJay, u we Kara from the Co-am bus Times. Mb. Berjauik Uassr.nv/an ot J and ploas citizen of Coloutbas, i* dead. Wm do not know anything of mnteors, mod ws don’t w\nt to lie aces#etl lying if none *ro even on the nights of tho 0th, 10th and 11th inst. It is eaid there will be a regular boom amone the meteor# during iV»t night#. W* don't believe it *?roug erough to til up to tail the matter. Young folk* that are courting alwayi have strong faith. They w U #it op to tat the raetr.ir*. Later in life some of them will be able to “so# stars" without any trouble. Tn« yoang Democracy” of Chatham county have pledged tbsmaelvet to support Mr. Uex ft. filaok fur re-election to Gan- grota. Physical qualifications for nffic* seem to bs matter# of no moment with Georgia Democrat*, wbo *eem to be down with n hopeleas attack of most ridieulom sectimettAlisra. Ws have no doubt An drew Jrxke»n could poll a heavy vote for the Presidency ia tbisSmio. Tita boys that run the Augusta Setts art not deacons tn the church, but they aro rr lattU to George Waebingtuo. They are especially reliable on all subject# ha vim r#terc::re to Atlanta aid Atlanta men. It is needless to say that the following from the boys, with referenee to that rare * r.tsl, “an Atlanta man," is too share is tic not to be trae: “Aa Atlanta men who was sleeping with a brace of revolt or* and married a woman wbo snores.' Keening Setct: The mousy drawer of s Georgia paper was robbsdth* othsr day. A tramp ws* seen in this town shortly thereafter with a nlckle, and it ia thought be was ths robber. William Moons, of (hs Keening Setts smiles fsotly, rubs his portliness aud re marks t “The persimmon erop is urn cm- monly large, and there will be plenty of persimmon beer aud fat 'possum l«iI winter." Want we read an advertisement calling for the return of a borrowed umbrella, me are reminded that aome men are dwelling in a state of Drimmval and nn*cf bitti**tcd simplicity. Cain and Abel, ws do b! not C rotnpUy returned all ths umbrella* thrj .trowed: but that waa sameUme ago. Tb- “b ack si,* umbrella with white ham’lV advertised in the Tooeoa Sews, has proba- b y goes on aa excursion to Talln'ai Valla. The ptares that once know it w.l knew it no more forever. Wuls a Georgia former was hoeing hi* potatoes a few iUj# ago barefooted hi# big toe worked np through tb he's bra told before the war. It takes the Chronicle a fearfully long time to get hold of a joke. Judoi Nicholson wont to school with Aleo Stephens’s grandmother.—Banner. Watchman. How old did you eay the Judge is ? Tu* bay and grain itores of J. P. Bond «t Uo., of Savannah, were burned on Fri day morning. Tho building Hnd stock were insured. There were three fires in Savannah within twenty-lour hours, none of them very serious, It seems singular that intelligent Geor gia editors can give utturanco to so much nonsene* alout “abolishing" tho two-thirds rule. Beforo a rule can bo abolished it must have an existence. An oxUtenoe tho two thirds ralo has never hnd, except tem porarily, as adopted by each convention. What the late convention did was to refuse to adopt tho undemocratic two-thirds rule. —Early County Sews. If the two-third* rule were not tho Democratio rnle, why wxs it considered necessary by the Col quitt convention of 1880, and by the pre sent executive committee, that there ahonld be a special reference of the matter to tho peoplo for Instruction ? The “nonsense" of throe bodies seems to be wiser than the wisdom of the Sews. Womb an Atlanta nogro Btoata a water melon he lakca to bis heels, nnd on Atlan ta policeman rone after him, and does not catch him. Mxm Mollis Vomit, of Atlanta, took morphine, by mistake, for quinino. She found out h«r mistake in time to have nn antidote administered and her life saved. CoNDUoroa Mats, of the Western nnd Itiantio railroad, arrested a Polk connty dangaationitt, by the name of Campbell, on hii train, on last Friday, rn l t- mod him over to tha Msrietm officers uijas- tics. This is said to be tho first on#e un der the law olotkmg conductor* vn»n y.* lire powers. We hope tho dangn uio«. is will have a hard tl— - -- sto# railroad* in the St bo I real nuisance. Tun steam launch Tybsc, the forerantu t of Itobcnon’s tub#, sank iu tbo Bavinu»« river on Thursday morning. A truck ran over a fie* in 8avaannh on Thursday, killing it instantly. “Btarii favors thankfully received.” It looks queer, but it is true, thatita- vnnnnh pteaehers go over into Dulloeh county ou missionary work. A fellow oonldn’t go a quarter etrclch in Bavannah without colliding with at least a dozen heathen. But thero seems.to be a peculiar glitter and attractiveness about tho needs of far-away heathen. A nATTLzsxAJuc was seen by a tmmbfgflv^ ;ople in Madison square, Savannah, oa hursday morning, No effort was made to kill it It Is said that some adventurous soul intends to start another literary paper In the seaport town of Atlanta. Bbown and Pledgor were not found guilty before Recorder Glenn for having raised a row at tho Radical pow-wow, and for trying to effaoe P. Farrow’s color line. x Would I Werei» ISIrtI Peek's Sun. An Iowa girl poet sends us a poem, the firet lino ot which Is ss follows: • would I were a bird." That settled her htrh. No bird# need apply. What la tho wide world a decent loot mg. healthy girl wants to be a bird for, la more th*u we c*u Imagine. (Jrenting that an Iowa girl IK>ct Is a# handsome a# a statue, how like thun- derttie would look as a bird, sitting on a rail fence on ono leg, scratchlnx her feather# with one claw, or hopping down under a gooseberry bush scratching lor angleworms with her bare toenails. If the girl poet bird should find an angleworm she would run away and scream. hut maybe it ia not that kind of bird she want# to he. There 1# no kind of a bird that ean have so much as a girl. Asa gtrl sh« langotoall place* of amusement, daucu and flirt and get maahod, but as a bird, with nothing ou but bathers, ths would catch cold. Imagine a girl poet flying around lu tho trees, hopping from limb to limb. Bbe would hare tho wholo town watching her and;m*Llng remarks. Think how a girl poet would feel If she was a brid and should t>* moulting. 8ho would watch every feather that dropped off, and wonder how long III* leathers were going to hold out. And then if thu girl poet was a bird she would have to w t. If she was that kind of a poet, or a bird, aud the sotting would commence Just when there wa* the most going on In society, aud she would hare to lUyatsht by regardless, so t af ter the poet bird gffiiir of the neat she would look sick and It would take her six weeks to recruit up so a* to make a decent appuoraace In bird society. If a girl poet dwires to be a bird la order to get out of the duties of life, n- • as to nave a high old time chirruping around, stealing cherries, and singing tho livelong day, *ht make* a mistake. Hires may scum to bo fret- from care, and to hav* a soft thing, but is among human beings, and a guod-ht/dug, well dressed bird, wb©>U any slrte m«,ui h«r, and 1# a trine ludependent and jolly, will find that she will g«t her feather# ruuitdsd, and be called names, and she will wish some boy with a he ad snapper would fire a load of beans right through her. Our lows poet duet not say w hat kind of a Mid she would 111# to be. but we can’t think of any kind of a bird that would bo a# good as a girl, of i ir^* .«ho wouldn't want to be a cauary bird, or a mock ing bird lua cage and have toBing tor hemp ac«d and mocking bird food, aud look out for cat*. She would probably want to !- a wild, out door, go as-you pirn* sort of Mr 1. Well, there Is uone of that kind that L pctt> ctly safe, aud who Aiwa)# have a good Ume. If our gtrl poet bird was a duck or wild r.-w -o, might bellying along someday when there would a puff of smoke tinder h« r. aud she >rou!d feel a< though she had a hot box, and would gooff and #U on a muskrat bouse all night rucking No. dahotout of her nirat. or the aocond Joint or elsewhere as the ca« i... s ht be. Weather Prediction# for August. Baltimore Sun. Ta the Editor e/the Sun—His: With nil hi* prophetic splendor F. J. De Voeshin?* In jf torday'adws. lie appear# lu * h-. •..,< *, nut of prediction# for the month of August. A wteo prophet la always cautious. De Vne told u* that In July “there would bo danger of s in strokes’’—a pretty safe prediction. And It wat verified 1 1 hereby challenge Mr. D# Vo* to a predict nc mti'ii for a leather medal. I don l kuonr vhalkind of weather w# are going 1? have, out 1 reckon 1 can gntas. I'll eiu^eio knock Mm out of Ume in four predictions. . By jrayofafrteadtrvt lo, I’ll bogia with him. 1 •• r’ho luimUt of August will be close, mu^y. ;; It will be warm and fair, brigh beautiful. I claim the flm knockdown i along the New England coast" Jhey won't; they will be west of New Tn*- •Ths dryest weather will occur over tbo State# of Itlluoli and Iowa " fall No; In those Bute# the heaviest rains will Cold northeast storms will occur over the south Atlantic and east Uull Htate*." He knows nothing about them. Th»y won't come there at all. “Very heavy thunder showers will In Ohio aud the Middle Htate*." There will be only one very heavy thun I. r ■bower In Ohio, anda few ot ordinary ?iat. * m the Middle Htates. "The thunder #bow*»J will reach tt.lv vlriul- tv ah.'Ut the i-t, th,7ta,i:th, i:th, :x\, ..;h, ink." In thla he Is as cautious as th* boy who hit each eud of the norm to make aura of hitting the bead. But U is easy to beat these prophets. Didn't they til tell ua that w* were to have an 'ex- oj»ctonally cool summerT" My figum for ih ut. ter ttiowcr# ar* the 2d, 4th, Sth, Mb, 11th, nth. lTthand lath. "There will be a coot spell from th* flat to the 27th." Here again he is on the safe ttde. i'll go Mm oue better: There will be a ooolU lu Jana- It Will not It will hardly be up to Um aver* Tg«. ^•Ttor^prevalllnf wind# will be south and Isi.ES&rHs? 1 This vi.1 ui,t do, old gcLLrwaa. We o#c*l to hear that joke Bki mm