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"srt. h thoaM bo mod* by Zpnm, la») <»> '.or JWjrtrvp<t Irtirr. •33 •;„*mun' aUonj ■'. raid bo sdttremeff to i.fr.KUMJk Uwufor, Macon. Uttoirjrfa. ■i 1C05 1TO MSSKSGS B3V KID AT, AUGUST 18, 1883. A un of (mr coot* $2,500 at Long Branch, and bat little offering at that O 'mum appears to be loneeome daring the absence of bis boss. He ought to tako np with Dorsey, until the man with a flag Abaci Bn ehoold adopt the Georgia Jeffersonian mode of warfare, and his forees under the oommand Seymour. Tomomen should beware I tpors. The Joffersooian coal lius them is not altogether mendablo. _ Tee Italian Antarotio expedii wrecked off Capo Horn. Bo they pie will learn, after a while, that tape not within reaoh. Tuonxros grew sick on the eve H assembling of the‘'Liberal” oonvonti* but he rallied with a mighty effort and stood by its cradle and ita grave. Tn* $220 promised Arab! Bey by the Philadelphia Land League, will be with* drawn. In consequence, the Egyptian complications will soon terminate. Tbs prohibition question has snooeeded in dividing the Spalding Democrats. The matter could have been settled In a quieter «:• 1 better way, without imperiling party unity. Tim Japanese are said to havo degenera ted fearfully slnoo Grant’s visit to their country. They have actually got to down right stealing! Grant ought to he kept at home. Will They? The Jeffersonian*, lu Georgia, hear tlio same relationship to true Democrats that the live ass bore to tho dead lion, in whose skin be went hunting. It will be remembered by those who have read JSsop that the imitation lion was gotten up for the ocaaston with remarkable skill. The whole aspect of the beast was fright fully leonine. The nano was magnifl- oent, the eyeballs were ferocious and the step was king-like / Tbo beasts of the field fled In terror, until the Imitation lion squared himself to give the finishing touch of a roar to his triumph. He roared, such as It was; and the mane ceased to be magnificent, and the flaming eyeballs ceased to terrify. The beasts of the field paused In their flight. They recognized the voice, and returned. They fell upon the mock lion, and there was none to pity—none to save. Will the Jeffersonians roar? The possibility or UiU achievement is within your reach, but what then1_ What something too terrible for the Republican Is the price? That bright purpose first The “rrlbun*" nnfl Its Charge. When the late Congress died in stupor and passed away without a |Pjh«U word to Its attendants,* slgb/^’^i arose from the republic. Its Uf uau been a harmful one, Its coarse i, j\ throughout. The leader of the Kejp».llc*n majority had been a man who m fsr from resent* Ing the chArge^when /|jle<l In public and mind to compreheud. Yet there is noth ing singular about it. Tho slave owner and the slavea have never been euemlos. On the contrary, they have betn for tho most part friends, and knit together by the bondsjpf a common interest. Slavery lu the South, as it dwells In the Northern imagination, Is a myth, and even Mrs. Stowo rises to tell us that Uncle Tom had no original. And not only are they bound together by a common interest, but the colored man is bound to hla wldte friends by a yet stronger tie—necessity. On the Mh ultimo Congressman Moul ton, of Illinois, before the assembled House, almost entirely covered this ground when he said, explaining the domination of the white man in the South: No allowance Is made by gcntlemsu upon the other side for the great disparity between <*heoolorodand white race* in Intelligence TO1 all of the elements which constitute |>owcr end capacity to manage, control and govern In these latter particulars the Anglo Saxon race is preeminently and infinitely thef supe rior of the colored race. There is also the oth er great fact that docs not seem to "hare been taken into consideration by tho Republican party a* a reason why thousands of colored men should voto with tho Democrats or alfilia- ate with tho Demociatlc party, and that is the fact that almost the entire property of the Bouthern States is owned by the white who are Democrats. This is an element of great power and is always used and everywhere for the purpose of advantage and control, in politics as well as lu other matters, against th> weaker class. None of thoso facts are sufficient to account lor the natural growth of tho Demo- cratic party In the South from the ranks of tho •I °volored people. ^ °! Uw7 w,th thci ® * ro * t •d v * nt *S M on lh0 " ll, ° PIW JJ^iwhlto man, fa it strango or unreasonable r ? f o' 1 dorful that, living in the same sceti. !'ista|d‘* ho colored men, who constitute a very ' . J'-erceutago of the votiug population, that i8i Wi tclligcnt whtto man of the South should f for General Warren to dia before his career eonld be vindicated." It is even io in Georgia. There are those who seek "vindication” and will seek till they die. Tuxax is an air of deep and earnest sol emnity about the Boston papers whan they speak about the “lea* enlightened States.' "Lord, we thank tboo that we are notes] other State* axe!” Ebolaxd claims to be "acting with dean I bands and a pare parpoee” over in Egypt. Wboro she obtained the hands and the purpose is not stated. If ns deeoribed, they ware evidently borrowed. It Is somewhat too early to select a Dem ocrntic Presidential candidate for the raoe of 1884, yet some of the editors havo been engaged in that business. A ticket planted now would bo winter-killed before sprout-1 ing time, year after next Mixisra Lowell la apparently the last man io England to hoar of the unlawful arrest and Imprisonment of citizens of tbs United States, traveling through Ireland, for health or ploasure. Lowell's mail fa cilities most be in a had state. Asnnmhas a flag, and Dorsey, also, ought to have ooe. He seems to be the most enterprising citizen of the two, and altogether the most famous. Let great Dorsey have a flag and some striped , as a mark of extra merit It Is stated by a Boston paper that the factory operatives of Massachusetts oou some thirty thousand pounds of snuff joarly. The Boston paper does not esti mate the amount that is used by tbs opera- three In "the lee* enlightened Btales." Civil eervioe reformers are still on e mild and unpromising rampage, up in Sew York. O. William Curtis appears to bo jaded, and somewhat sorrowful. Goi- tean, Grant, Gorham and Arthur wsr* too many for the amiable and honest old gen Gkbkaxt prefer* English triumph to Bnsdan triumph in the East The reason | 4a obvious. She ha* less to fear from [ ■ grown England than from overgrown Bus-1 sis, since there is but an imaginary bocal dary line between them. Bismarck dreads thsH Tn Jacobin papers now speak of "Dor- way’s impudent tetter to Garfield.” The Jacobin papers do not kick ooe of thsir patriots until be gets "down." "A live ass la better than a dead lion,” is the Jacobin motto. It is evidently a family matter with (hem. Taa Idea that England is warring against Mohammedanism tn Egypt Is not justified hj the facte in the oase. England would swap off a* dollar’s worth of Christianity for a nickel's worth of Mohammedanism,! on Sunday, and give a hundred pound* of opium to boot. Bctus Is spoken of as the Democratic nominee for Governor of Massachusetts] Ae thlnga are now going in some 1 cratic nominating convention*, it might not be inappropriate. Butler is a JefferJ sonian, but that sort of Democracy doeon’ wash. W* are not going to vote for Ben-1 Jarnin thie year. i— Tn people of Philadelphia are getting up something fresh. They are preparing to ct-fa'jrato, with great pomp, the landing of William Penn at Plymouth. Hannibal If \:aliu, who waa thereabouts at the time, wi.l not be present This will constitute one of the moat attractive features of the Wmd( OeUwajo landed at Plymouth (It vt.. : l can's Plymouth), "a young wen.- nu It...: i him a beautiful told locket,' wt.i'jfa the much-married Afriean King is l to ha vs "talMd." We do not suppose "anile” was of the "Dutch' 1 variety. U ■!-/. tleas of that sweet, matrimonial jppgl i. a, for which old Get is famous. H is on stated that the "young will ■ ’.ome to his ennny home as Mre. cvt.. .*> . M. a ought to cal questions ? Or, lelng owners of tho prop erty, and hiving the capacity to control and govern, It fa entirely natural that he should Induce tho oolered ipan to voto and act with him for his own os well os tho white man’s lu- I ask If there fa anything strange or unnatu ral In such a course as this? I aik If it fa not entirely reaaonablo and proper that such a count- ahould be pursued ? Why, it is the uni versal law that governs everywhere throughout the world: why should It hot operate In 8outh Carolina? The weaker leans upon tiio strong er, tho stronger controls tho weaker, and If It fa for tho Interest of the stronger man to con trol the weaker muu by uMng hfa voto or his murelo, it fa done. It !■ done in Masaaelnuetfa, it fa dono In Illinois, It fa done In South Caro lina. Had Congressman Moulton said in ad dition to this, that the Kepubllcsn party has in tfcat section doluded the negro with fMio promises, and robbed him sys tematically, tho argument would havo been complete. Tot TrAutv thinki yocn, th< lh nwfiepSltfB art- no • in ether words, sacri fice rr.uciplc tor i l ueder. If young Demo- -rat, wre --king plundrr. they know Very WL-U that hAdioafa would ntur tarn Io. . .. n a dbssoo. But they know U'-j, that tin: in.oj 1c arc- lirtd of Re publican looting, that .i change in oat con.< ax-d that among tho Democrat- they can bmorably hold houctfable iKfalliotiA tru-t. '('Ae.! it tied t* i s f K,wor OTC J 11,0 co lore<1 mRn byrrgu- -"Jftmir ^ f V-ent, by persuasion, by position, by*ui»erlor II ml. k"»“‘'W-^.***aaopeiad Uttlo c‘i . ntelUgonee, by appeals t4> hfa sense of good u- % ’ f.* ethers waiting 0 government, to take sides with them Inpoliti- fnnet Oo^.-r^y, j, vVaohington Republican,that tooktiie dote with about the cheerfulness with which a child swallows vermifuge. The otiior is the New York Tribune, which gu^s down the record with ovident gusto. It Is not, however, with tho TVibune’s general and hearty Indorsement of the Congression al course Just complete, so much as with ona particular feature, that wo propose to deal. In the courso of the editorial Indorse ment the Tribune, In it* weak oudesvor to defend the unseating of Democratic Con gressmen, and putting In their placet men who represented only the rabole of smell communities, takes occasion to say: In respeet tu the apportionment bill, and tho decision of contested elections, It was to have been expected that tho Democrats would'stub bornly resist any just thing. They held an al together disproportionate share of power, be cause they were remitted to represent • vast ■umber of oolored citizens. whom they had robbed, by fraud and forco, of all share in tho government Tho Republicans decided tested cases wltli conspicuous Justice. Bo far as the Justness of the forcible unseating of Southern members is corned, there has boon only one opinion expressed among journals and men not paid for the color of their convictions. We have already exhausted argument au this subject. Adhering hiimliy to tho de cision of a party caucus, the Kepubll can majority lu tho late llouso voted obediently to unseat every Democrat whose right to a seat was put on trial. Evidence In most cases was scarcely called for. In the attompt to convict Booth Carolina ?otera of fraud In the elec tions, although the whole power of the government, aided by corrupt witnesses, was Involved, a ridiculous failure wav tho result. In Alabama the failure was even more complete. Those lessons were not lost. Proceeding In the arbitrary and disgraceful work, the party relied only ou the necessities of the occasion, and concluded Us plans without even tho color of right to proceed npon. This Is what the Tribune calls "conspicuous Jus tice.' The Tribune, however, charges thst the Democrats "held an altogether dispropor tionate share of power because they were permitted to represent a vest number of colored cUlsens.” The club prepared for Southern heads has fallen heavily upon the Kepubllcsn party. When the ballot was placed In the hands of the colored man It was confidently expected that he would use it to take possession of tiie Southern States, seize upon property and office, and effect a total ruin of the white poople. History does not present a more hellish conspiracy or horriblo Intent. Complex rulu of the South with its in stitutions and its people wa» the boon asked for by the abolitionists and the whining bigots who framed and built the Republican party. Hate and venom, how ever, overreached itself. In tha calcula tions out of which was to cotno Southern rain, the Uspubllcan party forgot to con sider one element—Intelligence. When the war ended their plans wcut into operation and the colored man was led by thieves into power. The total ruin, however, did not follow, for there came a terrific conflict between Intelligence and Ignorance, and, aa haa been the case since the world began, intelligence conquered. Negro sollrage became a two-edged, Lilt- lees sword, and severed the baud that struck tho blow. The lticreasod repre sentation given to the South, Instead of proving a curse, becama a blessing, sad the dsy Is almost at band when the party that bestowed It shall go down to infamy amid the hoots and jeers of the nations. The complaint of the Tribune issue* forth as a wail that la aoonded In the desert, and finds no rock to repeat Us lament. Out, says this last representative, this sole defender, they hold this power "be cause they were permitted to represent a vast number of colored citizens whom they had robbed by fraud and force of ail share in the government.”* It is a novel charge, coming from a paper the head of whose party drew hLi seat la the court of death, and received it from tn zuassm. •i» * arty that has sheltered Colfax, EeL- kuap, Robeson and Char-Iter; a party whose necessities brought lorth Gui- teau; whose highest par,/ etTtrr-^Ht chairman of its national executive com mittee, is Dorsey, now brtng prosecuted in tlu press ice of tho ustioa for theft sol robbery; whose very existence Lieges cn the infamous rape of the republic In lift}, when the rights of million* we e bandied about and subverted by party hirelings. We ssy, when the representative of such a party and the definder of such a record charges any one with robbery and fraud, the action is novel, nay, even picturesque. And why is it the charge was made? Simply because the Southern people have woo the confidence of enough of the col ored rare to control the elections tn the | Southern States. must die. Tho whole intent of your re solve must perish. There must be an end. The two paths, the one you have chosen lie before you. Along one you may bear your lyre in peace, singing to the world’s peasants for blessings and for nature’s gifts. Along the other you may bear it, but the world’s dust and the world', mud will gather upon it, and when you stand before the gates of heaven and surrender it Into the hand ol the angel who gave it to yon, what will your word* be ?” And as she paused at the beginning of tho diverging paths, men came and said, the gift is for the world. Do not bury U” But the girl's fancy saw the mud and tho dust and she gave her answer. When the people gathered for the last time to hear her abo stood before them and struck upon her lyre. Her eyes were lifted heavenward, and a grand old hymn of hope grew into form and being within the understanding of those who listened. It wav her answer and she passed away into tho bosom of her church. A generation has perished, and another has risen. But through the years that flod, the music ot the girl and the woman, as she labored amid the convent sisters, has floated out and made the world b/igbter for its being. * Thousands, among them the grandest of earth’s musicians, have flocked to hear her and receive the lesson which her life was teaching. To rich and to poor alike she gave her music. To the world she gave her example. But those who beard first shook off from tbeir feet the mud and the dust, and the lyre was not defiled, few days since, with feeble strength she struck upon it for the last time. It waa worn and failing, but bright as upon the day nearly half a century ago it f rst tremblod in her grasp. Those who were present wept when they beheld the ruin tlmo had wroughti Still she touched it as of old, and gradually, amid the unbroken strings thst yet remained, the spirit of melody return ed, and dwelt for a moment. "I know that my redeemer livetb,” was the strair, and when the silence returned to awe the hearts of those who with tear-wet eyes had watched tho musician, it came to dwell eternally upon the lyre, whose broken strings had ceased at last to vi brate. And now, she wboee soul so well liad loarued its numbers, has laid down life’s burden*-also; the silver chord loocened. Earth’s sweetest singer dead, and the soul of Sister Agnes stands at tho golden gates. Who can doubt but that the hand which receives back the marvelous gift it had given, worn and shattered though it bo, worn through uar yet all untarnished, will bestow another whose strings shall pnlse forever the songs that angels sing? Cotten Nfateineut. According to the New York Financial C/tronicle of the 12th Instant the total receipts of cotton from September 1,1681, to last Friday night, August 11, were 4,605,835 bales, against 5,738,585 bales in 1881, and against 4.1)08,575 in 1880, show ing a falling off in receipts as compared with 1881 of 1,122,750 bales, and aa com pared with 1880 of 242,740 bales. The total receipts for the week ending Friday night last were 4,811 bales, against 13,062 bales in 1881, and against 8,601 In 1880 of the corresponding date. The stocks luthe interior towns on Friday night were 21,003 bales, against 48,273 bales at same date in 1881. The stock at Macon cn last Friday was re ported to be 777 bales, against 2,262 bales same date in 1881. Tho total visible supply of cotton on last Friday night Was 1,518,893 bales, against 1,811,035 bales in 1881, and against 1,445,063 bales In 1880. These figures show a decrease lu supply com pared with tho same date in 1881 of 203,- 342 bales, and an Increase of 63,530 bales compared with the corresponding date of 1880. Middling cotton was quoted in Liver pool on last Friday at 7 1-10, and at samo date last year it was quoted 6J. Too much rain has fallen in many sec tions during the past week, although the crop progresses satisfactorily at mo*t points. Th« Contest In the ninth. Tbo Democratic Congressional conven tion for tho uinth district meets In Gaines ville to-day. Thera seem* to be some doubt in tho minds of tho public as to what will be tbo outcome of tho conven tion in the way of a nomiuee. Several names have been mentloued as possibili ties in this connection, but the weight of opluion leans to the probable nomination of Judge Erwin, a wise and Incorruptible citizen. Oplnioni differ as to bis accept ance or rejection of the tender of the nom'.nation. It is a matter which can be sottled only by Judge Erwin himself, In com the nomination Is tendered him. Tho public will not long bo In the dark as to who will bear the fearfully handi capped Democratic standard In the ninth. Ono thing la sure: No ordinary man can have any hope of success the contort against Emory Speer, weakened as the party been by the foolish and unaccountable action of the late convention tn Atlanta. By nominating au Independent for gov ernor, and refusing to express *auyopiu ion against Indopendentism, the organ ized Democrats in tha ninth are estopped from pleading Speer’s Indcpendentism as an objection to supporting him. Wben this fact is still farther strengthened by the consideration that Speer and his friends are supporting the Jeffersonian candidate for governor more strenuously than most organized Democrats, it it conclusive that something more than the ordinary organized appeals will be need ed to effect that young demagogue’s de feat. The nominee most have about him personal aud montal qualifications suffi cient to more than neutralize all the dis advantages of which we have spoken, or the campaign will result In an over whelming Democratic defeat. In our Judgment, the weight ot Mr. Stephens's Influence, If felt at all, will not be on the side of the nominee of the convention. The silence of Mr. Stephens so far has been an Indorsement of tbo preferences of his best friends, the Inde pendents ; and from oar knowledge of his views, os set forth in his record, we do not believe that ellenco will be broken in the way desired by the constituencies ol tbo Gainesville convention. As a poli tician, he Is not of so Mlf-aacriBeing a character aa to hazard bis own chances in tho ninth district merely to defeat Emory Speer—a man for whom b« has always expressed admiration. But we shall soon see the outcome of it all. Hitter Agnes. Thirty years ago, there appeared In one of the great cUiee of the North, a young girl .* hv Instantly attracted public atten tion. It was not that sbo was beautiful, or that wealth and petition were hers. On the contrary, though comely, she bad not the-beauty which comas of classic fea- lures,nor had she wealth or high position. But sho h*.d more. Within the depths of her modest eye, shone a pure and saintly resolution, and with her she bore a lyre such as never before bad thrilled with melody the great heart of the world. Once or twice within the heering of the people, she touched her instrument. The city wee at her feet. Wealth wu offered har; prelects, flowers, position and trib utes without number were showered upon her. Men cane* and painted for her pictures of a future such as woman never before bad dreamed, tier way waa po<- traysd through a maze of pleasures, the path a goldto ooe, the surroundings wealth, beauty, hope* realized, ambitions crovned, success achieved, herself a queen, the world at her command. At miT bo Imagined, the heart of the gfcl thrilled. Still, It was not •hskea. The high purpose dwelt within bright as of old, and she clasped all the doMrto her, that lyre whose voice she knew was the Midas to guild the path pointed out to her and buy a world for a plaything. Something roa* within her and •aid, "All the things told unto yon are true; all that has Mas promked /cmis 1'ntUi t'ur... Tha chronlda. of the filth cure, m re corded m the Journal, ot the day, are al- mott at marroloui at the record of the acta ot the ApoMlea. According to the Tribunt, it the Orchard Beach camp- nieeUng but recently held, we are told that nearly ono hundred people afflicted wltli direr, dlieaaee, were healed. To read that the lame walk, the deaf hear and the bllndaee, carries ua back elgh teen hundred yean ago, to the lime when the Apoitlee .poke with tongue, of fire, and dorila, alckueu and diaeaae, obeyed their rolcet. We are at a loee to understand why them ahould be thl. auddon inamfeit. tlon of power; and at a still greator loan to understand why It ahould be manifested in that particular section of country. Tbe church has for centuries taught that the necessity lor miracles no longer existed, as nur faith no longer needed physical strengthening. With tho neeeeslty miracles passed away the ability to per form them. This sudden outbreak would seem to Indicate that New England has retrograded and that hearen Is making special effort. We trust It may be But then New England people, from the day of their landing at Plymouth Rock hare been developing their Puritanical religious hernias. Smother them u they will, they will crop out. They have often led the oeopie to the very verge fanaticism that now, at this great distance from the scene or action, we are com pelled to be half way skeptical about the "recent wonderful developments. The faith cure people bad best look well to their laumle. Tha ingenuity the New Englander la proverbial, and there should b. any ran on miracles, will not be long before some one will have Invested a miracle-working appa ratus and all future miracles will be the expens, ol a ruyaltv, or the risk of law-suit. Dp to this Ume all cure# have hem wrought by the simple process of having the congregation fix their thoughts on subject In question, and unite In prayer. It la evident that this must lead to a revo lution In ritualistic churches. Par where that wo remember la there any provialpn In the prayer-book for aucb emergency. New forma must he devleed or hopes of miraculous cures abandoned. Physicians and materialists claim that the results produced are due to the Imagt- There la no doubt that slcknsia or Insanity may be produced by pure force of imagination. But whether causa that produces a given result la paw- erful enough to removo the result is open question. They support their theory by Instancing the cage that wu developed In Philadelphia. A young girl asked physician to request nil bee friends pray for her at a given hour. At the pointed hour the role from what wu lleved to bo her death-bed. Bnt wicked doctor had not told her friends, and no aflbrt had been in her behalf. But If Imagination la ao powerful an agent, then it behooves physicians to tom their attention to It, sod etudy the ways of appealing to It moat powerfully. For It hu wrought cures beyond the power of the most skilled physician. But we do not see why Chris tian people ahould be euking lor a mate rial explanation of a spiritual phenome non. Believing u they do tbe declara tions ol the Bible, we cannot see where the room for doubt cornea in. The asser tions are plain and explicit. Then why look fsr any explanation save that the “prayers cf the righteous availetb much.” Wlmt Georgia •'JefTersonlanism” niw Dene# Tho mu Jefferson hu onljr one surviving grandchild. A bill wan introduced to pension (or the balance of her natural life, but the Republicans killed the bill. The numer- ona Jeffenonian revivals throughout the rcapouilble lor ti\e Republican venom against the bill. There haa been enough Jcf* fertonianlam In Georgia alone to kill a dozen auch bill*. The above paragrapli should be credited, we believe, to the Montgomery Advertiser. We do not copy it for the purpose of de nouncing the Jacobins for failing to pen sion the surviving grandchild of Thomas Jefferson. Many things are now done in tho name of that Illustrious Virginian which would not receive any countenance from him were be still living. Among other things, of which he would disapprove, wo doubt not the effort to pension his surviv ing grandchild would be one. At the present unblushing rate of Increase it will not be long before the people of this coun try who labor to support themselves will be impoverished by annual appropriations of huudreds of millions of dollars, to sup port in idleness people who have no great er claims for public support than them selves. Tbe whole pension system Is an out rage on the people of the country. It la peculiarly unfair In Its bearings on the people of the South, and it ought to be abolished. Tho peoplo of tbe dominant sections of the United States used to rob the treasury by means of appropriations for their rivers, harbors and public build ings, and through bounties to thoir fish ing and other Interests. Xow, through the agency of this pension buslneM, thp robberies of the past will sink Into com parative -Insignificance. Almost every family In thoee sections will liavo a pen sioner; some will have two or more; and Southern Senators and Congressmen will continue to "prove” tbeir fawning "loy alty” by voting for every addition to the villainous grab. They Joyously vote to impose those heavy and unexcusable bur dens on their constituents, in order to show their "devotion to tbo union,” and their great love for tbeir "Northorn breth ren.” This Is ono of the phases of modern Jeffersonlanism which affronts and out rages tbe memory of that great man, Thomas Jeffersou was not a flunky, wu not In tbe habit of professing bis ‘‘loyalty” to tbe Northorn Idea of th« Union. He did not consider It u a mere convenience for the aystemetie enriching of New England and the Middle States at the expense of tbe South. It Is true that "there ft as been enough JeffersoutanUm in Georgia alone to kill dozen auch bills,” but not by opposing them. The favor with which that ism looks upon pensions' for the South may have excited Jacobin opposition, and thus defeated the bill in question; but tbe Georgia Jeffersonians didn't go to do it. They merely want to get everybody pen sioned, so that all ea* live without work, without Hopping to consider whence the money will come for the support of fifty millions of tramp* and loafers. Tbe Georgia Jeffersonians have done eomethlog else, for which the Advertiser does not give them credit. They hare •truek the Democratic party of this State a blow from whleh it will not soon re cover. They bare placed It in an atti tude of mendicancy before tho good peo ple of Georgia. They have shorn it Its strencth by compromising its princi ples. They have dishonored it, of set purpose, In the presence of It* enemies. They have made It a prey to factions by studiously avoiding what would contrib ute to Us prosperity, and by fastening on to a body of Jeffsrsonlan death. Tbe Georgia Jeffersonians have done this, and In so dolug they Lave not arous ed tbe venom of the Jacobins; for genu ine Democracy is as bitter a foe to Radi calism u it is to the somewhat tamer de lusion of Jeffersonlanism. But Georgia Democracy will survive tbe temporary triumph of Us enemies. tho int&ference of tbe Legislature. It is not tho part either of wisdom or of patri otism to divide tho Democratic party in effort to accomplish something which could be more surely effected In a way that would leave the Democratic organi zation intact. If the Democratic party, in addition to the Jeffenonian ilia under which it is uow staggering, shall be rent and distracted by questions o! this charac ter, it is plain that it will soon cease to present a united trout of opposition to Radicalism- Let this prohibition question be settled as a social, rather than as a po litical, issue. Such a settlement of it would be speedier aud more effective than could be accomplished by making it an issue in tho election of members of the Legislature^ The spirit of the Age. Tho Boston Journal declares that "Democ racy fa at war with the spirit of the age.” It fa It is also true that the spirit -of the ago suffering to any great extent from that sort of warfare*—Phllad*lphla Prtti. We confess to some surprise at seeing this candid eoufession is so ultra a Ja cobin paper as the Philadelphia Press, This la more to be wondered at wheu we come to consider the feet that it is a Cam eron paper, that indoraes to the full ex tent all of the Iniquities of Camnronlsm. The fierce and unrelenting opposition of TaUlaon and his followers to the peculiar and indescribable wickedness of the Pennsylvania Jacobins is surely entitled to recognition, but we did not expect it to come from auch a source. It must have been an accident. Jacobin papers are neither honest nor candM, on purpose. The Prohibition question The prohibition spectre threatens to con found the Georgia Democracy. Governor Col quitt, who Is Senator Hill's presumptive ctaor, delivered a speech the other day. taking strong temperance ground and declaring him self in favor o? prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors.—Vkiladtlpki* It le raid that "Jftoraoa* Dili* made an hysterical appeal to Gladstone to restore a tewajo to Me throne.” We like Miss Florence, because she is named "Dixie," aud w# trust Mr. Gladstone will restore bar old friasML OeUwajo, everything ot which he has been robbed by the British. We cannot beer the African hysterias of Mias Florence, sow* treat old Billy will do the honest thing by Get. Yet, "tbe prohibition spectre threatens to confound tbe Georgia Democracy' already about as badly confounded by tbe mysteries and miseries of Jefferso- nlanlsrn as its bitterest enemies eonld wish U to be. If there were any neeMsity far forcing the prohibition issue upon the Democratic party, as a party, In Its nomi nating conventions, we should be able lool| with more equaoimity upon the di visions whleh must necessarily result from sueb a course. But no such necessity exists. The question of prohibition Is not a political question, and ehoold not be uade an Issue In tbe election ' of Leg iflators, Governors, Representative* Senators. TL (got option law placet within the reacl^f any county in Ibis State the means of putting ac end to the tale of liquor within Us limits. It is power which may be easily used, without trenching on tbe domain ef polities at all, and without interfering with tbe organl- action of parties. If a majority of the people of any county In Georgia is opposed I hfa seat March 5, 1877, and bis term of service will expire March 3, 1 ^W.-Cougrtteioual Di rectors. To the abovo epitome of personal his tory, a telegram from Atlanta, on yester day morning, adds the mournful post script—Benjamin H. Hill is doad. Tbe ■ad Intelligence was not unexpected. For weeks,«the people of Georgia have been conscious of tbe fact that tbeir great Sen ator lied received his summons, and that he waa hastening out in obedience to it. At first they clung to the hope that the magnificent physique otthe great Geor gian would euable him to rally, and put the Destroyer, at least temporarily, under his feet. But it was one of thoM soft Illu sions of hope that leave one only the more desolate for having entertained them. The Destroyer had come to stay, and there was no relenting from his pur pose to strike at the great man, and lay him low. Death haa never found a more "shining mark,” nor struck a more fate ful blow. The death of Mr. Hill, while yet in the vigor of manhood and scarcely, at the prime of hla mental powers, la an irreparable lots. Georgia could ill have afforded to giro him up, had he been an old man, tottering on hla staff and tram bllng on the boundary of the border land; for none like him has gone forth from her mldrt into the shadow land, and there la no present promise that hla mantle shall be worthily worn by any one who will come after him. it would be something worse than use less to murmur at this sad dispensation There is nothing of future gain or of present contentment In a spirit that does Any record which they may make for not bend under tho blow of bercarexicnt, honesty or opennees may be safely »et | J„pe nM a by the AUwlso One. The down to the score of pure accident. It is true that "Democracy Is at war with tbe spirit of the age” in tho State of Pennsylvania. There, "the’ spirit of the is tbo spirit of Cameronlsm; and no man need hope to be finally saved, unless he can find it in hit heart to freely oppose such a spirit as that. There is much unadulterated dltbollim in tbe spirit of Cameronlsm. So true Is this, that even the more decent of tbe Pennsyl- vsnia Jacobins have declared war upon it, and are determined to put It down, even if that result has to be accomplished by tho Indirection of a Democratic tri umph. The Press is right. The Democ racy is opposed to the spirit of the Came ron i an age. We might Illustrate this truth still further, thus giving a paper, that does not often tell the truth, credit for having done so’at least in tho instance under consider ation. Take Now Jersey, where tbe spirit of Robesonlsm prevails. It Is no discredit to the Democratic party to be opposed to such a spirit as that. It bas been bappily termed "Robberaonlsm Tbo Press knows what it means. It 11- luatrates the money-makiog phase of Ja cobinism, and is a dear ralatlvo of Came- ronitm. They are the complements of each other. In life they are together, and in death they will not be divided. It is truo that there is no one word that pan give anything liko acomplote Idea of "tho •plrll of the age,” In this country, as that spirit Is Illustrated in tbe record and pur poses of the Jacobin party; word Robesonlsm, or Robber- sonism, if the Press prefers it, comcj m near to a complete answering of the purpose as any word poulbiy could Thera Is about it a sort of universality of diabolical application known to no ether word. It doesn’t lack much of covering the range of what is possible in the politi cal depravity of tba Jacobins. Cameron- Ism is simply one of the belovsd subdi visions. Dorseylsm constitutes another one of its minor details. The star route thieves are among tLo lesser lights of this great system of Robesonlsm. R Includes Grantism, Gulteauism, Artburtsm, Cam eronltm and Kuiferlsm, with Hubbellism thrown in as a sort of necessary and loath some fiingui. These combined isms, act ing In concert, make up "the spirit of tbo age” in the United States, as exemplified in the professions and practices of tlie Jacobin party~*o dear to tbe Philadelphia Press. it Is alio true that the (Jacobin) spirit of the age is not suffering to any great ex tent from that sort of warfare” whleh the Democrats have been waging against It. Tbe spirit of the sge,” though support ed by a minority of the people, eontiunea lu power simply because ail tbe thieves In the country seem to be ranged in Its do- fenaa. It Is well known that a thief can maka more In one night than two fconrat men can make In four days; and the ap plication of this tame principle to politics enables tbe follower* of Robeson to per petuate their bold on power In the United States. Tho Press joyfully contributes Us mite to this end. This is not a matter of surprlso. Noth ing good can be hoped for from a Jacobin organ of the elan Cameron. It will con tribute Us all to swell tbe might of Robesonlsm, and to maka "tbe spirit of the age” snch as will bring the blush ot shame to the cheek of decency. Still, we are not oblivious to the fact that the Press acknowledges Democratic effort to put that spirit Jown. This admission haa something of a squint towards honesty in it, of such sort that we are con vinced could the Press but be "born again” two or threv times, U would pos sibly become virtuous enough to join tbe Democracy in its" war with tba spirit of the age.” Me shall continue to give Came ron’s organ credit for telling tbe troth whenever it eccidentally stumbles upon a performance of that character. Mean time, we shall continue our warfare upon Robesonlsm, the spirit of the age-con scious that there is honor in opposing it even in the midst of defeat. Tho thieves are having tbeir day nqw; maybe honest men will get a showing after a while. TbeTrlnnpkaal Close of a Ofartsm 14 re. Dcnjamtn Ilsrvey nut. of Atlanta, was born In Jasper county, Geonti*. September |», urfl; reverted a cUusiotl education, graduating at the UnrtersUyof Georg!*, at Athens, In iqi, with tbe highest honors of hfaebus; studied law, was admitted lo th* bar In l*tf, and com menced to practice at LaGrangs. Os.: was a member of the Stats House t fUpremntatrtrs In Wi, and of the Stst* Senate In 1M9 and lfttt; eras defeated as the American candidate fer Congress in 1S5&, receiving SM2 votes against •AW voles for U. Warner, Democrat; was de feated as th* American candidate for governor of Georgia la 1*7, receiving 4M8D votes again* VtMl vote* for J. E Brown, Democrat; Vas a Presidential elector on th? Fillmore and Don- elson ticket In IMS, and on tbs Bell and Ere?- an ticket In 180; was adelegate to the State convention of Mil, and advocated the Union until ascraaton had been irrevocably resolved on; was a delegate from Georgia to the Confed erate proristooal Congress and «>frequently a Senator from Georgia !a the Confederate Ci shadow of this 1ms may in some unseen way embody the promiso of some tnlure life of sunshine, like that of tbo eicepln^ patriot. There aro lessons in the life of Mr. Hill, -and there is a lesson In his death, which should not be lost on tho people of this State. He was an orator, a statesman, patriot, a Christian. He illustrated in his remarkable career tbe great truth that courage—true courage—constitutes tbe foundation of every virtue. Tbe courage of conviction marked all that ho said and did. A life less earnest than his could not have won snen triumphs as make up his record. Aa an orator be waa without a peer. Tho eloquenco that fell from his lips was of the purest, sweetest character, some of his graudast flights, it would have been easy to imagine the words In which he clothed his thoughts to be little less than inspired. Mr Hill’s stateroanship bas been olten decried by his political antagonists; but it will stand the test of a comparison with that of Clay, Calhoun and Webster—his equals, perhaps, but not hla superiors, in purity of purpose, clearness of;iDslgtit, and breadth of view he has never bad a superior among all the public men who have, at any time, adorned the civic rec ords of the country. As a jurist, he had no superior, per haps no equal, in the United States. His legal arguments at various times In the Senate were worthy of tbe greatest men of the Republic, in the day wheu thnre were giants in tbe land. Georgia will be better able now to appreciate bit match- lsse gilts In this department of useful ness. “Joys brighten as they take their flight.” No man ever loved Georgia with truer, more coustant, more unquestioning devo tion than Ben Hill. He was always ready to fight her battles, and io spend and be spent in her cause. Ills record from hoy hood down to 1801 was one nnuiarrod by tbe shadow even ofeelflsb disregard of the high duties of citizenship. From 1801 to the day of his death, thero was not moment In which he claimed for self what he denied to duty. Ills war record will be the pride of his chl'dren'a chil dren, and «v*ry true Georgian will couol them blessed lu such an inheritance. In the fearful days that followed the clo*u n. onr borotc though unavailing a/.ru-;i;lr, he towered above the mean bord tliat trembled anff cowered and skulked— a king among men, and a very eagle srnld the Inacsesslble erags. Ben nill was a hero then—a hero for tbe sako of Georgia* not for fame. Personal ease, personal se curity, persons 1 popularity wore to him but meaningless considerations “in the comparison with the claims that Georgia had npon him for f he labor of his hand and mind and th* devotion of his heart. There is still another phsso in the char actex of thl* wonderful man whleh is wor thy of mention In this brief oatline. Bo far as concerns the fame and honors of this world, no ono will deny that the life of Mr. Illll was one of morn than ordinary success. Tfce highest offices in the gift of Oeorgta ifrre bis for tha uktog ; and he discharged every doty growing oat of his official relations to the people with unsnrpassed skill, wisdom and fidelity. But there Is another Ilfs beyond tbe hopes, fears, ambition* and strifes of the present—a lire often lost to tho view of the great of earth. Ur. Hill began public life an bnmble follower of tbe lowly Naxarine. How far the wander ings of a long and eventful life may have carried him to the right or to tlie left of “the straight and narrow path” of Christian duty, we do not know. Bure It Is, the wandering great .man returned again in tbe deepening shadows of Itfa’j twilight; and ended a glorious career, as lie had begun It, leaning npon the arm of Omnipotence. Thus sustained, bo bore the frightAtl sidfaringx that fell to hie lot without a murmur; and went out iuto the sunshine of tbe great Beyond, as an Infant sink* to sluicb-r m its mother** arms. Benjamin H. Hill** lart victory wi greatest victory. Let tho young men cf the State remember this vn«n, In laying their plans for a life of public endeavor, they seek a model in the glorfoqs man, now silent in death Jn Georgia's capital The great as well ae (be jowly have need of rest wben tbe straggle of Ufa la coded. The place has lost none of its a Ur: cl ions, as is shown by the attendance, Alabama aud Georgia furnishing tho bu'k of tho guests. Everything is neat and homelike, the fare exoelient, the service good, nrnl tbe attention of tbo hosts all (hat could bo desired. Notwithstanding the daily rales sinco the latter part of July, thero is no dampness. Bitoatrd on the slope of Pine Mountain water rolls away to swell Flint river, and the nights are cool enough to require all tho coverings about the Cbtublishmrut for»(he guests. THE UATHS are cf ooorae the great attraction, and nature has not provided anything superior to them In this or any other country. Be yond being pleasant, they furnish great re lief to invalids, especially those afflicted with rheomatio, paralytic and dyspeptic * affections. The waters are heavily charged with gas and possess medicinal and cura tive properties in a high degree. In these latter days time and convenience aro in dispensable comforts. People shun the stage coaches that were onoe the pride of the elder Mr. Weller, and desire to be trans ported everywhere by rail,, with dispatch and all of the approved adjuncts of travel. But still oxe can get here at a small cost and trouble, either by stage from Talbot- ton or by wyy of Colombo*. From the 1st- ' ter point a narrow gauge road runs to within twelve miles of tbe springs, where a lino of oomfortabln hank* era ready to take passengers over a good it-*.!. The railway referred to ran* over % .mrof Pine ^Mountain at »n aver»«* * of . ninety feet to the mile, tnd afford, • • »w of some charming bits of sceasry. tux caors In western Georgia ate fine. The la already made, and notwithstanding ao rains cotton is healthy and vigorous, li .a little woody, and early frost mu,- cut it off short, but ilio cotton crop tardy, if over, fails. Tbo country presents ihs ap pearance cf thrif*, IH6 houses, bares, fonc*s and stocK of the planters all giving evidence of a prosoerons searon. In th<o immediate section the peach crop is un usually fine. By sunrise in the mornings, the farmers may be seen offering this frnit to the inmates of the numerous cabins. I have seon bushels that would have taken prominms at the late pomologioal fair, and they came frQm orobards that have been bearing for a great many years. The short-lived grafted trees are rarely seen in this seotion. Now that tho golden orange has lost ita charm to the Northern tourist, and the alli gator has ceased to be a cariosity, this , pinco should attract Northern visitors in search of a charming winter elimate. These baths are aaid to be better In tho wiaf^r than in summer, and might bo so arranged that in oold weather one might enjoy the comfort and novelty of a vapor bath, fornighod directly from nature’s lab oratory. People amuse themselves here aa oiee- where. The young ones ride aud danoo and flirt and indulgo in tho amusemente offered, whilo the eldors bathe and talk politics, for a Georgian who oculd not talk politics would bo miserable indeed. From gentlemen of all shades of opinion, from every portion of the Btate, I gather that the nomination of Mr. Btepbena has created no enthusiasm. Many re gard it as a grand mistake, the ill effects of which will develop thsmselvts in * the not distant future. It will be simply imi>os9ible to inject any enthaslaem into the campaign. From the late^>grlcultural convention there came somewlmors, that “jour undo Tom Hardeman” woald, at the proper timo and in the most approved way, tackle tbe great Independent leader, Parson Fel ton. If that oiath should come, there will be fun and etcitement, if not enthusiasm. By the by, this enthusiasm is tho thing that wins in popular oontests. I cun re call from childhood tbe memory of a no torious old floater, who lived nob^ly knew how, but who voted early, hto and-oftea ht all elections. My father was something of*a local politician and treated this ge nius with due respect, at oortain periods, with heavy doses of whisky. .1low!y stirring the sugar io a loag glass of toddy, be would gently clou om eye and observe: "I tell you, George, that party slier* wins whst haa the most enthusiasms »the tiny of the election.’’ I hate serious doubt* to this dsy, if he hsd. not mixed his words and ideas—he never mixed his whisky much. In this.die- _ triet it is not now considered thst Judao' Buchanan is in muoh danger. Hla Inde pendent opponent, Col. Foe, late of the coalition, hu disregarded the advice of vVlilism Shakespeare, and has unwisely “staled hie presence to tbe vulgar crowd.” TOB DEATH OT MB. WADLET * creates the profoundest regret. Georgia is greatly afflicted in that her great Senator is slowly descending into tha shadow of the valley of death, and that her great rail- road king hu preceded him by a few days. No Btate can afford to loso two tuuh men, both of them yet In tbe midst of a life of usefalnets and honor. The desire is nnasiroous with those posted u to railroad affairs in Georgia, and with whom I havo conversed, thst W. G. Itaoul ehoold succeed Mr. Wadley. Mr. lUool hu been thoroughly train ed to the position. In addition, he is a gentleman of the same courage and energy which so distinguished Mr. Wad- ley. No man In the railroad baainesa of tbe country hu grown so strong with those competent to judge u Mr. Raoal, though some may have ri-en more rapidly to offi cial distinction. The temptation to linger here is very strong, but as a daily newspaper resembles a cotton crop, tn that it takes thirteen months in the year to do the work on ir, I shall try to get away before this Utter reaches here, for it hu been silent as to tbe belles and beaux. Tbe Utter might stand it, but the women and their frills and tucks, their frailties and thsir virtues are day by day fighting their way to the front columns of the newspaper*. I go to answer a call from tbe dinner bell, Iw Kdfterta! Correspeanlence. Wax* Hraixos, Mmmrtnm Oocmr, Ga., August 12.—But for tbe war and the depression coeseqaent from it, this favo rite resort would have become to Georgia what tbe G rose briar White (Sulphur is to Virginia. I can recall the season* in whleh were gathered here goodly companies from the neighboring cotton Btetee, aad when not Co have been here during the was to hive disregarded ooe or the mao fates of fashion. As I write, !*dir* an 1 children are wending thrir way to the' famed b.-.ths, and now and then us the groups I eateb a face aad form, groan eomewLat utlroniy, to this traffic, they can outlaw it without! UaUcdsuMa ■ 4 in UI0 ud luwireoM Io wkwt OWMr , « Jm „ .jo, , ,or« UUifJc; n. .U««! * IteKoreurfw I ud (ami i (.bHon ta tfc. Th. Ereoch h>» “UUu» at (Urt, * urea own to dtac^- French, Ixltbo <nd I hxT. Mcreolljr k*[t th. io Jane iro. UwtsJ. ill th. rerener cued h, th. rtuih ot Cmm McKUhn), Hid n reckcttd Io lb. toft, »tl» hMtnf Tint Tr-ihunc uy* yonnj DunocreU tr. rating th. Bcoablicnn ticket, on ixvount of the trfamph of that [.r:j in the lu. war. Yonng Dernoeniti mmi be grant ig- norimnm, or th. Trilntv it cra-aijr mU- rarremtiog them. A irotu, Dciuoornt «o ignorxnt Knot to know that Jb. moUra.- coMfol (rtnerxU nnd bnnrt roldier, wet, aum-* ho «n honor to either port,. Tan «ewY".^ Ti’m«r.;ctka ct “Jij- hxwkerUobb.IL 1 ' Now.i:. * l.cnh .lxi. I to woand tU fralisso o! I>orre»'« triond Oorhnm, editor of the tTuhinsto. Lcpah- IteaH. Hu Editor done, Grant Sank, of tho Tima, no rested too th. fuim.-* of Editor Oorhnm, Arthur flunky of tho Ee- p-Mfcunf AnwitoUeomuxUi pointd by erfcknstnof bUtrrnera hetwrrn Uum two patriot.. TnwKcw York p»|«r» dr ■ :rlfc. n court is thxt city which, we think, would Ir. popn- Urhm. It u the Court of Arbitration, tnd to eondoeted wfiboxt Jury.rberUt or brulit Thmfoaonppmd front thedoet- •ton of th. Jadg., bet ho ramotiraot tu x I tetrad bwrfng. Tho fudge, how.nr, any. b. rarely r-ramnra himMlf." ton grandSuUUUou.