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tee telegraph, THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1886.—TWELVE PAGES, / tUftZJJWCD EVXBY DAY XV TH* TXAB ASTD WEEKLY 1»Y THB Telegraph and Messenger Publishing Co., 97 Mulberry Street, Macon, Oa. The Dally lx delivered by carriers In the city or 3iU.il postage free to euhecribere, for $1 per month, $3.60 for three month., $5 for elz month., « $Wajear. Th. Wimi U milled to eubacribers, postage free, »t $1.3.1 a year end 76 cent, for .lx month.. Tnnil.nt advertisements will be token for the Dolly et $1 per aqaare of 10 line, or lee. for the first tneertlon, end 50 cent, for eeeh subsequent In- certlon.end for the Weekly et $1 for eech lneertlou. Notice, of death., funerals, marriages end birth., $1. Rejected communications will not be returned. Correspondence containing Important new. end ducneeton. of living topic. 1. aollclted, bnt mart be brief end written upon but one .Ido of the paper to kere attention. Remittances .horrid be made by express. postal sole, money order or rogtatered letter. Atlanta Bureau 17 X Peachtree .treat. All communication, should be addrexsed to THE TKLKM1AFH, Macon, Oa. Money orders, check., etc., should be made paya* hie to H. O.Uamton, Manager. Thk New York Journal of Commerce has these courageous words to say about atrikes and strikers: “It is about timo that this contest w.is brought to an issue and settled for the lifetime of this generation. Shall any set of men, by whatever name they are called, be permitted to question the right of other men to engage in any useful employ, ment? May the strikers anywhere say to their late employers: ‘Wo will not work for you, and no one shall take our places except at the immediate risk of a broken head; you shall not run your oars; you shall not store goods in your warehouse; you Bhall not refine your sugar; you shall not pur chase your supplies; yon shall not even cart your empty hogsheads through the streets; you shall discharge all the men yon have hired as substitutes for ns; yon shall recognize us as an organization, and you shall hire only the help we permit you to hire now or hereafter!' There ought to be spirit enough in the community to put down such assumptions without debate or argil meut. If a man is not a slave and has a right to leave his employer when be is dis satisfied with tho offered conditions of ser vice, any other free man has the same right to engage himself for the vacant place; and to allow him to be molestod for tho exercise of that freedom, or to doubt whether he can be protooted in his equal rights, is to ac knowledge n despotism a thousand times more intolerable than that which provoked the American revolution. What a pitiable thing is the fear that has been exhibited! Merchant.! afraid of losing their custom, carriers apprehensive of a diminished pat ronage, Jobbers of all kinds taking counsel of their fears, newspapers afraid to speak out lest the strike should extend to readers or advertisers, everybody holding bis breath for fear of what will happen next! \There is no manlimss in snch oowarJly-fears. All that is nuclei! is an outspoken public opinion and cirt At ponding boldness rin no tion. As long ns there is parleying with wrong. It will not abate one jot of its as sumptions. May tho oars run? May tho minos, tho factories, the workshops, the warehouses, the refineries be opened if hew men are found ready to operate therein? If any man dare say nay to these questions ho is the open foe not only of law and order, 'but of human rights, and he ought to be treated ns such by every friend of that lib erty which is our priceless heritage. A Ricnuoxo Dispatch says: “Oovornor Forakcr of Ohio was chosen delegate to the Oenerol Conference of the Methodist Epis copal Church Sonth, which met in this city tonlay. He was eluded as wbat is known •a a ‘fraternal delegate.' Yesterday, when the delegate* began to assemble, there was a very general desire expressed that he should not oome as a member of the Con ference. Several of the leading members of the body talked the matter over. They thought that ns Governor l’oraker had stood forward for several yean oa a bjjter ftnti-Southerner and exponent of the bloody shirt idea, that his presence at a largo con vention, composed almost entirely of South ern ministers, would bo in bad taste to say the least This view was strengthened by the production of some Ohio newspaper! containing Governor Foraker's recent bitter denunciation of Jefferson Davis and the people who were honoring him. When this speech waa road the opinion that he wonld he ont of place in Virginia became pronounced. The Conference will itself tako no action in the matter, bat many of the members expressed a desire to-day that in some way the impropriety of Governor Foraker's presence as a fraternal delegate among the people he bail recently arraigned so severely would be unpleasant, and that the facts should l>e delloately hinted to him, end this waa dona" Tn* Valdosta Times dryly eays: “An At lanta man asserted in Macon last week that he wonld oppose any man for Governor who was not an Atlanta man. He should be ad mired for his candor. Drown, Colquitt and Gordon have controlled Ocorgia about long enough. If there waa no other objection, it is full time for them to give way for other competent and worthy Georgians. The un written statute of limitation in politics should bar them." Tnw boston Herald thinks it funny thaw New York should want to place forty mil lions of dollars in the hands of ItolUn M Squire to be laid ont In public improve ments, but the Herald does not realize that in New York a real poet is trusted with any thing, especially if he has turned his bsck upon Doston. at Aw oil painting of Thomas Jefferson, sold at auction among the personal effects of the late ex-Congreasinan Hi ester Clymer, Beading, Pa., on Wednesday, brought fifty- five cent*. Where was the great Tom Jef ferson Democratic party on this occasion? Tni Chinaman is * blooming seraph com >nred with the Polish imports. Gen. Gordon'* Candidacy. From a dispatch from Savannah to the Atlanta Constitution, wbioh we publish elsewhere, it appears that Gen. Gordon hns entered the race for Governor of Georgia. While this announcement will not sur prise, it will fill with regret many of his best friends. The stop is both unwise and unfortunate. It may be said with justice to him, that the people of Georgia have neither demanded nor desired that he should run for Governor. On the contrary, they have expressed a decided preference for Major bacon, and against their wishes Gen. Gordon lias thrown himself ss a fire brand intj their ranks for the purpose of provoking a heated and hitter personal contest. Wo uso tho term “for the purpose" ad visedly, because it is admitted on all hands that such a contest is bound to attend Gen eral Gordon's canvass. How far he is responsible for this act we will not attempt to say. Wo are confident, however, that ho has been influenced largely by those who have no higher purpose than the defeat of Major bacon. For weeks certain parties have been writing letters to gentlemen in different portions of the State in tho interest of Gordon's candidacy. They have circulated petitions for signatures, asking him to run, and have manufactured an artificial demand upon him in this wav. This work has boon so transparent that the purposes of those who were engaged iu it have been discovered, and public opinion has settled down to the conclusion that the main object is bacon's defeat. We are loth to believe that General Gor don would lend himself to snch an ignoble scheme. Be this as it may, he will not escape its effects, and should not, in view of the foot that bacon has always been his personal and political friend. If this were not true, Bacon's character and record, ns a public and private citizen, entitle him to better treatment than this at the hands of General Gordon and all other honorable Georgians, beyond this fact the wishes of the people of the State, as expressed in their known preferenco for Bacon for Gov ernor, as well as in their very natural and praiseworthy desire to avoid BUch a contest as General Gordon’s candidacy forces upon them, should have been respected, and it will ho difficult for him to justify his course towards Bacon and the people of Georgia. From the nature of tho caso his canvass will be a defensive oue. This is rendered necessary by the ctosing not of his former official life. It is also contemplated by those who have the matter in hand that the cry of persecution and a demand for vindi cation shall be raised. The truth of this proposition will not bo modified, appreciably, by the fact that Gor- don's opponents do not propose to justify this position before the people by making other than a legitimate and proper opposi tion to him. It is not neoessary in dealing with him to sot front presumption. The record of cold unquestioned facts will he sufficient to show tliht ho has no clniitas upon the people of Georgia, justly eutitlin'g him to preference over Bscou at this time. This is the issue, and Bacon and his friends do not propose to obscure it or permit it to be done by others by raising false or ont- sido issues. If General Gonlon feels aggrieved because of criticisms passed upon bis last and un. fortunate official act, ho should remouber that tho people of Georgia are in nowise re sponsible for it This was his own act. He has no right to force the people of the State, whether they are willing to it or not, to re-open and rediseuss the resignation of his seat in the United States Senate, We mistake public sontiment if ho will be per- mitted to do so in snch manner oa to grati fy the enomics of Major Bacon by the de feat of this gentleman. Appreciating Geuornl Gordon’* splendid career as a soldier, Georgia sought to honor, and did honor him above her most favored sons. One term as United States Senator was followedby an almost unanimous elec tion for a aaeond. The latter had. scarcely begun when, without notice or warning, and when the session of tho Senate wa within a few week* of its olose, he resigned bis office for the purpoee of entering into bnsiness on his private account This is Us own statement He further said that he was tired of pnblio life and that the pay of Senator was inadequate to the financial necessities of himself and family. Perhaps it has never occurred to him that the people of Georgia should have been considered, It they were not consulted, touching this important matter. They had always treated him generously, and were entitled to his fullest confidence. If his necessities were snch that he could not af ford to servo the State aa a£enator, because the pay waa inadequate, why did he not make this tact known to them? Why did he not inform the Legislature, at whose hands he sought re-election, that he conld not afford to serve ont the term he was ask ing because of the poor pay attached to the office of Senator? Did ha not know when bo asked a re-election what the office paid? Was his salary reduced after ho was re elected and before he resigned? Will he not admit that he possessed at the time he waa n-electod all the information touching salaries and expenses which he had at the time of his resignation? If a sudden change in his financial affaire surrounded him with embarrass ments when ho resigned, which did not exist when he was re-elected, why did he not hold on to bis commission for the few remaining weeks of the session of the Senate and then return his trait to the people who had honored him with it? These are legitimate questions growing ont of General Gordon's own act, in tam ing his back upon the highest position the Stats conld confer. They bear directly upon his claims upon the people at present by reason of tb* manner in which he dis charged the duties of his last high commis sion. In their discussion be will find it necessary to explain to the people of Geor gia how and why it was that he did not put them upon notico that he conld not serve them, when through the Legislature ho was receiving their most generous support. They will also want to know how ho can live on threo thousand dollars a year when six thousand waa insufficient to meet his expenses. Another phase of this question will pre sent itself to Gen. Gordon, or at any rate to tlie people of tho State. So long ns he found it to his interest to stay in the Sen ate be remained. When he concluded he could best serve himself outside,he rosignod his seat and went into private bnsiness. Now that Ids business, either by reason of large success or the reverse, does not In terest him further, he finds it convenient, or imagines that it will amuse him to he placed in the office of Governor of Georgia. Whom did he consult when he left the Senate, tho people of Georgia, to find out if it would suit them for him to retire at the time and in the manner that he did? No. He consulted his own wishes, interests and inclinations, and the people who had hon ored him knew nothing of his plans and purposes until they were consummated. Why has ho entered the race for Governor, at a time when his best friends have urged him to keep out of it? Is it on account of public demand for his servioes in connec tion with this high office? Has he been in fluenced in taking this step by regard far the wishes and interests of the people? We imagine not. Every fact of the situa tion is in conflict with snch theory. It seems, rather, that he regards the people of Georgia as pup pets, who have no broader policy nor higher purpose in bestowing tho honors of the Htuto than to consult his wishes, whims and caprices. Ho seems to take it for granted that they will thrnst the highest honors npon him for the asking, and that whon thoy cease to please and interest him he can cast them aside as a spoilt child would discard the toy of which it had tired. What assurance have the people of Geor gia that General Gordon s»nld not grow restless and resign the office of Governor should ho be elected to it? His resignation of bis seat in the Senate and the oiroum- stances under which ho enters this race, make the inferonoe reasonable that he has been and is influenced by personal consid orations. He did not consult the interest of the publio in his retirement from tho Senate. Upon his own statement he re garded only himself. May he not under similu/circumstances abandon tho Govern or's office after ho has been elected? We submit this line of argument os fatal to the claims of General Gordon upon the people of Georgia in the pending canvass, and furthermore call attention to the fa6t that Major Ifeeon has fully and faithfully executed every trust confided to him by tho people of the State. Hot by Wire. Tiir. NnnbviUs |Uniou pnhU^Vea ikis spe cial from Atlanta; Tbs contest for tbe Governorship of Georgia m Intensified by the formal announcement of the candidacy of Gen. John B. Gordon. Ex-Speaker Bacon haa been a defeated candidate before the lest helf dozen convention*. On one oeeaslon he wee defeated by tbe entrance of Hon. Atez. H. 8tepbena tn the field. TTp to a month ego It seemed to he admitted that ha-wonld have n clear field for the nomination. The azndldeey of Gen. Gordon, however, makes Bacon's chances uncertain, as all the old aoldleis will rally to tko support of Oordon. Every intelligent man in Georgia will understand who sent it and why it was sent. Tho only wonder i» that so olean and respectable a (journal as the Union should have giveu it place. The name and chums of Maj. Bacon have been presented to hut two gubernatorial conventions of Georgia. In the first his name was withdrawn when representatives wore induced to dis regard the instructions of their constitu ents in relation to the two-thirds rule. In tho second convention Major bacon went in backed by nnlear majority of votes, in the hands of men. from the very best constituencies of the State. How and why he was defeated it a part ot the history of tb* State, and of which it is nnuooozasry to say more at this Urns. It is neither dear that tb* old soldiers will or should rally to General Gordon. Iiocent demonstrations have failed to nuke this statement bold good. Thoro htve been great gatherings of old sad young soldiers very recently in this Stats. They gathered to do honor to JoffenonDavis, to the mem ory of Nathanid Grew to, a revolutionary soldier and patriot, and to participate iu on honorable oentcnnial. Major Bacon was soldier, not so high in rank as General Gordon. There were less honors and emoluments sttaohed to hi* position, but not less danger. The humbleet private who faced the ene mies of his people, musket in band, is as much entitled to the gratitude and support ot his com cades as any officer who covered his person with gold lace and toe bottle huV letins with his deeds. The Visit of .Tefftiraon Itavls. To-day Mr. Jefferson Davis leaves Geor gia soil and returns to his home in Missis sippi. He has received iu the Euipite State, and indeed in each State he has honored with his presence, such a reception as no man in this conntry has before enjoyed. Generally his reception was unattended by formalities, the peoplo pressing close np beside him and surrounding him with the fervor and enthusiasm that springs direct from the heart. Mr. 'Davis has been a hermit for twenty years. We do not remember a man in histo ry who so long and while charged with such vast thought and stirred by sucli sentijpents that have swayed him, hns refrained from public speech. He has been the butt of political abuse from the enemies of his sec tion. Straggling newspaper correspondents have invaded his home and slandered him. Men of his own section seeking office hav/ cursed him and the cause upon which ids best years were spent in order to gain f gVor with parties in power. / By what seemed apparently universal consent, Mr. Davis became the living per sonification of “the lost causo.” The South was praised for its new life and progress, and only that stern old man'at'Beauvoir, separated by publio judgment from hi*'peo ple and linked to principles called dead, re mained to represent the Southern Confed eracy. This division, this accumnlatcd re sponsibility, together with tho utterances of a new and unscrupulous race of politi cians iu the South, who claimed to repre sent a “regenerated” and a “repentant’’ people, and tho constant din of hostile journals must have made a deep impression upon M*. Davis. 8tror.g ns was his faith in the great mass of his people, in his mind must have crept at times a doubt. Twenty years reflection and isolation in not healthy treatment for any mind, hut with the weight of a great sorrow upon it end tho gloom of changeless future in front, it must indeed have tho attributes, the breadth and scopo and the elements of a superhuman strength to resist disturbing doubts. Wo think it more than reasonably certain that whon Mr. Davis left Beauvoir he did not realize in what respect and veneration the Southern people held him. The bursts of enthusiasm that greeted him at every sta tion, tho tear-dimmed eyes turned- up to his, the hand shakes, the embraces, tbe flow- era, the old-time Southern cheers, and the boundless hospitality he encountered at every pause in his long journey, swept away the gloom, the sorrow and tho doubt of twenty years and ponred precious oint ment upon his open wounds. Instead of finding himself separated from his people, he saw them about him and felt tho glow of their-honesty and love. This was why he trembled and broke down so often; this was the stimulus that caUed him to his feet score of times, and caused him to yield his hand to be pressed until it was raw and swollen. It won Indeed a bhloyon semen foz Jet- forson Davis, In it he received the bene distion and tears of his countrymen. Every hand that clasped his lifted Its own share of responsibility for the South’s misfortune from his shoulders. Every voice that rang out in cheers recorded an avowal that gave him company. He found himself again nnited to his people, not os a leuder of arm ies, but as a guest whose hosts loosed bis sandals, bathed his woary feet, spread the board and ponred the wine for his com fort and honor. It hod been a long jour- noy, a journey of twenty years; and the path had been over burning sands and •tony pfitlis, with no resting places npon the way. But rod came at lost; rest in the midst and by the hearthstones of his peo ple. He hm seen the flowers bloom upon his own grave, and felt upon its sod tho tears of his friends, the gentlest dew that heaven sends to sparkle here. We regard it os providential that Mr. Da vis's visit was permitted and at this time. It showed and shows the strength of the whole country; it is a pledge for the future, It revealed, too, the feet that no fatal blow had been-dealt the spirit of this people, for howevor vast tho rain war may inflict upon person and property, that country only wreckod whoa* spirit Is crushed. We have seen nogromlcv sight since Uto armies moved on Manassas than this people honoring the head of the late Confederacy, and white abiding by th* terms of their pledge at Ap pomattox, straining nerve and resource to lift from his shoulders to thoir own in tbe presence of the whole country the load he has been carrying. Henceforth no man may say. that Mr. Davis is the embodiment of tho “lost cause." Its responsibility rests npon tho Southern people. They can bear it proudly and be none tbe leas friends of the Uni an which lives to-day. General Gordon's Hotter, Formally announcing hinsolfos a candi dato for Governor appearedbn our issue yesterday. The late ho*? at wbioh it was received Saturday nylt prevepted ap propriate comment aimiB*neonsly with its publication. After carefully ny&yzing his letter, we think it is fair v sum up his position l riefly by saying mat he consents to run in response to wlAt he considers an almost universal anijccrtainly a spontaneous de mand uponXim by the people of all sec tions of tfid State to enter the race. While/e does not say so in terms he evi dently Vesirea to make the impression that he recorded the wishes of the publio in the matter as clear and his duty thus indicated as-imperative. ' General Gordon may have been deceived with reference to both the uniformity and spontaneity of the call to whioh be appears ipond in a spirit of commendable duty. We believe this is true. Whether it is or not, it is certainly true that for many weeks an industrious correspondence has been going on in his interest between certain parties in Atlanta who have been urging him to enter the race and influential men in nil ports of the State. One of the inqui ries made in some of these letters, and no doubt all of them, was, “How will General Gordon's candidacy be received by tbe peo ple of your county and section?” (We quote substance, not language of inquiry.) It is within our knowledge that some of the best men in Georgia, and in same instances friends personally nud politically General Gordon, have respond- that the people did not favor his re-entering political life, and wonld not support him if he made the race for Governor. Petitions have been circu lated for signatures asking him to ran, which it is said were prepared in Atlanta and sent to different parts of tbe State to trusted agents of tbe cabal whioh has had tbe construction of this universal and “ab solutely spontaneous” demand in charge. General Gordon has probably been kept in ignorance of the unfavorable responses to mauy of these letters which hnvc been received in Atlanta, by those who have probably deceived him, and who are cer tainly attempting, through false impressions mode upon him, to deceive the peoplo of Goorgia. To those lea* sanguine, emotional and impressible than General Gordon, it of ed does not desire vindiotion he, or at least hi. friend., ,'^7 drag this hideous skeleton front th in whioh the people of Georgia had ? P mon consent oonsigned it to dish sepulture. It was at beBt the last refuge failing of any defense for ind e[ public acts, appealed to charity to ^ their private motives from public cm” and publio judgment. It ig t, est „ . should sleep well and soundly Jj know a waking in the political camnzi^l the State. However well it served the purposes of those who in, v it as a shield and defence, the timt°v passed when it can be successfully drj out and made to do effective duty Will General Gordon adhere to hi s JJ mondablo though only implied puiposTl confining the campaign to a discussion ] his claims upon the people of i ' We hope so, nud we shall see." goith' itslJ ag‘ »Ue® e | She l .. Teal i»BZV 1 1 Jot hitjof' [I tier SHREDS AND PATCHES. The fifth too of we*rtng*bttetlee wilt make It very ' difficult for girla to climb fenceedurtug the picnic a.-Philo. Herald. Boyle, the Philadelphia sculptor, has art adiaa group in the Paris Salon in Indian, group in the Paris Salon in similar conception to tbe group he exhibited two years ago in this city. A strong limbed a uaw stands with one foot on a recently lied grizzly bear. She brandishes a stone tomahawk. The work is powerful, and thoroughly artistic. The man who wants to to to Cougnos moat haa not jet been mentioned tn connection with tho office. If bo done not eommonoo hitting la bio eUU soon tbe Haem will overtook tbe met that be . dark bore* K. O. Pteejnno. William Anderson of Cincinnati refused to pay hack hire unless the hackm-m proved himself the better man. The bookman drove Mr. Anderson to a retired spot and there wiped the ground with him. Thun, to his disgust, he found that Mr. Anderson had not a red cent and could not pay, though he bed been well thrashed. ■Wee your Tin it tn Chicago a incceae r aeked a friend of "Rev.'' Sear Jones, upon, tbe 1st tec's ra- tara to the Sonth. “Oh, yee: a grand success, 1 replied, proudly. “I left tbe rity with $3,000 oe my abafc of tho raeolpte."—Morristown Herald. City men looktac for s country hootc—"It seems to ms that your rent Is rather high, cons uterine that yon an to fuswsy from tbe principal betels asd tbe mala road.” Country landlord—"Bnt yon won’t hear the brass bend—that is worth so ms thing—and yon won’t be disturbed by picnic procceslonletn— that Is worth more,”—Pncb. W. C. Pitman of Bangor was a conductor >n the first Maine rail read forty yean ago. fVv rainy morning he eta rid from Watsr- villc and, on arriving at Soith Belgrade, a dag station, not seeing any Hug, ran by the station. Just as th* u*m had pasted the red flag wea ran ont for some passengers to getoa. Mr. Pitman stopped hie tram and aeked Stephen Richard eon, the station agent, why he did not display the flag before. Ur. KichanlaoD replied: “Be you a-goin' to run your train in rainy weather? I didn't think yon wonld." General Crook hex won the robtut, old-fashioned leeearhnietta dislike of Secretary tadicott by bis rather loo frank talk nbont the utter geo tic dish's cosbpnkeaelva Igaonsee of the Indian question. tey bestnlc-l. howe'er, that Jndge Esdleott is folly convinced that the Indians coald be aubisga- lad and Intimidated torn perfect ohodleacw to lew by simply enabblag them socially and refer log to rsrogatie say of them ears thorn who css show by documentary evtdeace that they am descendants of members of tbe reception comm It toe that greeted the emeel of the excursion party of Pilgrims who 1st. D.1 et Plymouth Keck.—Philadelphia Prase. very dear that the builders of his boom could easily havo brought a “pressure" to bear upon him by appoals or instructions to their correspondents to write to him directly, advising and demanding his can didacy. It will be seen how easily he could have been impressed in this way, and i'ne truth of his statement verified, that “I (General Gordon) have not written one letter npon the subject, except in answer to those which have reached me, and I have solicited the aid of no one, nor conversed with,any who have not introduced 1 the subject.” - *> Wa believe this statement is true, and in view of tho manipulations whiclt wo'have suggested, can readily understand why it was not necessary for General Gordon to havo brought his candidacy to tbe attention of his friends through personal correspon dence with them. We also account in this way for the fact that ho refused to heed the advice and appeals ot ids life-long friends to keep out of the present contest. Gen. Gordon's sensitive regard for tho wishes of the people, ns expressed in tho “absolutely spontaneous” demand tor him to run for Gov or nor, is in striking contrast with his utter disregard of their wishes, at tbe timo he voluntarily and without notice to them gave up the high position to which tbsy last elected him, When he loft the Senate li» did not stop to consult the wishes of the people with retorcnco to this importsut change in the publio servants to whom they had com mitted the interest end honor of tho State. What change has come over ‘be spirit of tho Genoral’s dreams? But a few years ago ho turned, his hack upon the highest position within tho gift of tho people. Without notice of his intention to abandon the honorable post assigned him, oml with an announcement that he was consulting his personal interest, he quietly and secretly armDged to vacate hia seat iu the Senate and to eachange their service and their love tor the tordid cumulations of Mnmmon, Has his gold turned to dust, und haa he, like tho prodigal son, who would “fain have filled his belly npon the husks upon which the swine fed,” concluded to return to his first love, his father's house once so firmly, grandly and bountifully built in tho affee tions of tho people of Georgia? If this surmise is accepted, hie position now is not consistent with forgiveness, because he is not rep-ntanL Us says •ska no vindication at the bands of tha peoplo of Georgia. Why? because if wss ever worthy of their confidence is worthy of it now. Then, it not wrong to abandon his high office with out consulting them. If it was not, why is he so obedient to the wishes of the pub lic at this time? Are public demands any more obligatory npon Gen. Gordon now than when he left the Senate without con sulting the wishes of the people? If he has been so carofnl ax his letter indicates to certain what is desired of him with refer ence to hia candidacy, and consents to run simply because the people demand it, why did he not exercise the same patience, dili (fence and caution before he left the Senate? Is the expression of a public demand him to enter the canvass for Governor more forcible or clearly defined than was an moat unanimous re-election to the Senate? - There is inconsistency between his THE GUBERNATORIAL OUThOoJ Seme Significant Pointers from thel Press, From the Ft Oolnea Advertiser. The Advertiser in this issue runs nn ti Bacon flag. Georgia has no trueror «■' son, nor one whose distinguished set and ability render him mor» worthv an honors. ’ ‘ From tho Dalton Citizen. Bacon stock in the gubernatorial seems tn be on the advance all the u, ond this too in the face of the fact that tn horses are being groomed and trottedinJ every station oa the line. ’ From the Americas Recorder. Gen. Gordon has just as good a riAt J run for Governor ns any other aa;, t . the peoplo have just as good a right to. down upon his aspirations aa any c,.v_ man. They have paid him all they oil him, and honors are easy. 1 From the Rome Courier. The earnest people of Georgia are tired j •vindicutiona" that never sufficiently rj dicato. If the triumvirate must each Q turn he vindicated, and the vindication | to be repeated whenever an official trim J one of them expiree, when may we hoi see tbe end of this vindication and < business? From tho Milton Democrat Unless we be greatly mistnken, Oeort, next chief magistrate will he Hon. A( Bacon of the county of Bibb Oar peopl as far as we can loarn, will be abranlat satisfied with him. Tbe honor could . upon Bhouldbrs for less worthy to weuij but upon few more worthy than he is From tho Etborton Gazette. It seems from present indication* thattt city of Atlanta wonts Genorral Gordon I Governor, while the peoplo of the b I the Stato would prefer Hon. A. 0.1 some other good matt. The qn«_ arises as to which shall prevail—shall i lantn control the State, or will the : control Atlanta? I Ass*' ktrson lioat on the two points end occasions question, and in discussing his claims npon the people of Georgia now, which is real issne in this contest, this incontistency is fatal to his professions of loyalty obedience to the popular will. Vft thank General Gordon for saying . *\ 1 Lues tin LA. < ♦ felt tbe mi with tt count' ■the a IcAdi . ill ■the o l>; ■you. i lia'U 1 ■ fore From the Athena Banner-^Watchman. Dr. Lyndon has just returned fnm| visit to Newnan, his old home. He i, that Coweta county is considered ; Gordon's strougholds. but he saw e t of ten counted audit the race narrows a between Gordon and Bacon that eight 1 the latter and only two the former { roan. From tha Greensboro Homo Journal. At Atlanta, tho other day, it wee ; that certain parties were endeavoring U turn the Jefferson Davis ovation to at in favor of Gordon for Governor, one asked Bacon if he wouldroakeaip His answer was worthy of the next t nor of Georgia: “I will not, sir; fort is not tbe occasion'." This answer wad fine con trust with Gordon, who mounted q chair and began a harangue. From the Mootezams Record. The press stands almost a unit Gordon. While at the convention wea it a point to approach a largo number* them on the subject, and they all og him. Among tbe number of iuflnei dailies are tho Macon Tkmuikapu, Aui Chronicle, Savannah Times, News, Athens Banner, Albany Nere, 1 Iuinbus Enquirer, and til thepesdiag w« lies. h» Many old soldiers say that General Gord has been honored by the people nt no ot Georgian has been, anil that he should u he a candidate. They will not rapport h Because he made a good soldier is no rat that he should have a mortgage on the p pie forever. The triumvirate have commenced old tricks again, nnd tho people ere del mined to bust them higher then a kite. From, tbe Ksstrosn Times. The boom, originated by the Atlanta ri in the interest of General Gordon for geh tutorial honors did not pan cut in Atlubl hut Saturday as was expected, but, up-tl the contrary, ooems to have collapsed. “I wss intended by those grooming him for tal racu to enter him for the contest at the ti»*| of tho excitement over ex-Fresidsnt and the unveiling of the Util monument, h their efforLs were futile, its the peopl'd ■ npt enthuse on the anbject, Tbe peopleh*JI assembled there to do honor to their di* tingnished statesman, Ben Hilt, and to ■ Davis. It is evident that the people of G* 018 *! for oue time at least are determined toB**! their own selection of a Uoternor wiUioo| dictation from anyone. If the P*°P; e «l Georgia mean what they say, Hon. AJA| Bacon will be tbenextGovernoroi G* cr w‘| The people desire a man in whom they c * 3 1 repose confidence, and who cannot be P*l trolled by the political ring in Georgia trary to the wishes and interest of “Jl people. Hon. A. O. Bacon has ever pro"* I himself true to the interest of Georgia, ttmi spective of and contrary to the wizha*■ the ring, andf or thin reason strong are being made to defeat his aouun*h*l He has ever stood by Georgia, both in **l ia hours of conflict »»l and in peace, both iu uuui» os . oppression, and os it is the desire cft»l people to call him to the Gubernatorial chtur, wo trust that their wishes gratified. THE CAUSE OF NKUIIALUIA. is I Why the Fair S»z Is so Ultra Altsd With It. . , The London Lancot says that the pain neuralgic headache experienced by is generally located in one ormorebranes" of the cervical nerve, very commonly tt terminating in the scalp attheoccipat- nerves of the scalp are irritated by th* *** being drawn too tightly beck and p nl tha strain, not as a whole, in which c tho strain would he spread over a of tbe surface, but by small bundles ot ir- which ore pulled hack and held in P**” ' hairpins. Relief is often consUo*' 1 ?. pcrienced a» n result of removing : pins, bnt this lias only s ti mnorsi? partial effect. Tee infojydone D iu iucon-qui nc *. The present «J“, dressing hair should be discontinued, probably, in pari, accounts tor th* prevalence of neuralgic headache. Pasteur haa look. .1 tureugii in; r ""’.ri ■omnch that his ejes cr- .enoitzl} and biz f. curiously wrinkled shout