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ggATORIAL OUTLOOK.
. th , c»nip<ICO Caught Up Alone
echo'* o t i,o Telegraph's Cnrres-
“ZZJu *'»’ s, ° r *
1 Kscb One Wbliptn.
, Uav 35.—The days of bluster
Ctff The deeds of Gordon es a
5»'* F!!re firmly fixed in the hearts of tho
•obh« measured tread, the charge,
THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, .JUNE 1,188G.—-TWELVE PAGES.
'U e - ,]„ main, are admired in war; but
c0 . a yrst difference in sweeping down
* nnr friends and capturing the whole
*P°? in . r v of government.
*« the voice of the people were so over-
•*, “r„-iv and irresistibly strong, as the
L hf Sl would have ae belive, why all this
St. r strife? Why attack an imaginary en-
, ,yhy raise the corpses of the dead and
*®-' . hn se upon them, ns Gordon has
.F forced to do in order to explain his
^fanlts nod inconsistencies? Does he
t0 dim the reasoning of others with
^ Ast light? Why bo forced to bring
Sit that great big secret that he hugged so
Sag in th® depth of his inmost soul? *T
, it all to the poor soldiers! The poor
P”i. of Georgia have been abused enough
W 11poor! But Gordon’s is the on-
Modest cut of alt EtluliniM Why. the
“it tiiased mind can but see that Gordon
* srs as it be had nss.-ded at the burial
»traitor instead of layiDg the corner
cue of an illustrious statesman.
Chattahoochee is strong for Bacon!
00RDOX DOST WANT PRIMARIES.
Friends flail Absolute Control In I-eo
and Cnlleil a Convention.
gminviLLE, Ga., May 26.—The people of
re, connty hsvn not been a little surprised
toKebow much General Gordon is harping
„ primaries, when this county was mani-
mited entirely by a Gordon clique not
Jolt into a mass meeting, but into an un-
tmsli.v early convention, at that, and in
fie toe too, of a protest of Bacon men
fist the convention be postponed till the
fnt week in July.
There are five members of the county
tpcotivo committee. Three of these met
co May 3d and called the convention for
May 15th. Of these three the chairman,
J. F. Watson, and E. B. Martin are Gordou
■tn, and J. 51. Hines, a Bacon man. It is
oUin to be seen, then, that the Gordon
am had it absolutely in their power to
aider primaries. Instead of doing that,
le«e«r, they not only called a convention,
tit they took snap judgment on that, and
pre only twelve days notice.
Made of the ltlght Stair.
lIovrizvMA, Ga., May 26—The friends
t! Major Bacon mot at Oglethorpe and ap
pointed delegates and alternates to be hal
ted tor nt the primary to bo held on the
15th of June. Look at the personnel of
the men selected: We find W. H. Willis,
Colonel of tho Fourth Georgia regiment of
nteuns; Jas. D. Frederick, an old veteran,
indH. L. Hill, W. K. Hall and J. N. Eng-
hsh. each having one arm, but willing to
■entice tbat for merit and tho honor of
Georgia. K B. Lewis is banker and mer
chant at Montezuma, .1. W. Harp, J. T.
Gardner and 51. H. Ware arc all farmers.
And they have all gone to work in the in
terest of 5Injor Bacon, and work hard to
■rrj the county for him by on overwhelm
tug majority.
Report from Stewart County.
Intro*. Ga., May 20—Tha Democratic
Eucntin Committeo of Stewart county
wjlmeetin Lumpkin on the eocond Tues
day Inline for the purpose of appointing u
iij ad deciding upon tho manner of
•lecfinj delegates to the State Democratic
•otrenfiett. .
Kotvithitandlng the fact, that s large
timber of Gen. Gordon's old soldiers live
in Sfsnrt, Maj. A. O. Bacon still has •
Urge and influential following in thin conn,
ty. Erery man who served in the Legisla-
tare with Maj. Bacon, remains a staunch
supporter and being men of inflnenco will
ricoro him a good vote.
fiat a Spontaneoua Reception.
Fusnus, May 23.—Ex-Governor Smith
»aa billed for a speech yesterday. Ho came,
hit ho did net apeak. Nobody came to town
nml a portion of the citizenship of tho town
wot away. He could not have gotten a
wren hearers, Tho town looked toooool
for him, and ho remained in his room in
[nt hotel a few hoars and left. His Gordon
5>nrgue at IloganaviUe gained friends for
«ooa. Heard is solid for Bacon.
How It Looks In Scriven.
SnvAxu, Slay 25.—The Democratic Ex
•ontiye Committee for Scriven county met
jn yesterday. On being polled it was one
jorJonee, one for Gordon and eight for
MOOD. Thu Jones and Gordon members
Jeved that the committee order a primary
wrtion at the precincts, but the committee
runted to do so, and called a mass meetii g
»»the 7th of June, to which meeting thoy
rill submit this qnes|i6n.
What Old Army Friends Think.
iDAoevats, May 2G.—Political circle
“• tpiiet here, old army friends of Gordon
**?• “>me to the conclusion that he baa
■Idl'd his gravy in tho use of his war
•"“ra as a medium through which to gain
"'**• Bacon has it here to be anre.
Worth True to Her Flrat Love.
0«rtiu>, Worth Cooxtt, May 25.—
*tjhout some kind of trickery, Worth will
5|, Bacon for Governor. Bacon waa the
“otce of the people of this county before,
“d there U but little change now.
Votib.
Prefer* Joe Itrowis Straightout. *
th?®!“**»''has, May 25.—An ex captain in
j,. ™ B,e derate army said in a crowd to-
e»y. mat if Gordon was nominated he in-
lo vote for Joseph E. Brown for
evernor atraightont, and not do it indi-
ncu ) by voUng for Gordon.
Executive Committee to Meet Satnr-
day.
CcTuaxar, Slay 26,—The executive com-
thi. ■. °f. Ifendolph county will meet in
l“ “T Saturday afternoon at 3 JO o’clock
t° arrange time and manner to
mefL-i ****** f° r the gubernatorial and
80 ®* r ®**ional convention.
tte.ntt Of Major Hacon’a Vtalt.
a May 26.—Major Bacon made
visit "“fweeion on our people, on hit recent
and gained many more votes. Uta
SOME OLD SOLDIERS,
Who Say Tb^WHt Not Vote for Cordon,
To get an expression from the old soldiers
anenl the candidacy of Gordon and Bacon
aTELEQBAPn man yo-terday, in a hurried
walk ever town, interviewed quite a num
ber of men who fought for the Confederacy
Only one soldier was found who at all
favored Gordon, and this was because of
some personal relationship with the General
Below will be found a list ol a few who were
Been yestorday:
S. B. Price, major, was in the war, and
was under Pat Cleburne: “I formed a dis
like to Gordon when he sold out, and have
no reason why I should support him in the
leest.
D. B. Jones, cotton warehouse merchant.
T.wnf* , Fif ‘ h Oeorgia Regiment:
“Will not vote for Gordon.”
C. E. Campbell, cotton warehouse mer
chant, Macon Volunteers, Second Georgia
Regiment: “Can't vote for Gordon. Would
have been my preference, if he had not sold
out.
W. E. Jenkins, county .commissioner, La
mar Infantry, Fifty-fourth Georgia : “Loved
General Gordou up to the time he sold out.
V ill not vote for him now under any cir
cumstances.”
W. A. Wylie, lieutenant of police, Com
pany B., Forty-seventh Georgia: “Iwould
not vote for General Gordon under any cir
cumstances, though I liked him rp to the
time he sold out.”
J. B. Denton, street overseer, Independent
Volunteers, Second Georgia: “Lost my arm
POLITICS IN GEORGLV.
THROBBING OF A.
PEOPLE’S HEART."
Augrfkta. I Genernl Gordon** C»nrtl(liiPy-IIow North
rj{li» Views It.
lh«* Atl.u.ta v oust tut iou is stilUJrying to I Editor Telegraph: A group of farmers,
* ^ u,< lit till tfil nt .1 Hit .It* ins. (fit in,t out’ of wiioui m H pros},; i*f •
*r*l Gordon didnot consume tho time allot- • seeker, were talking about thecoming gub-
at Franklin, Tenneasee. I have seen the oorrmittae Mav 18th
time when I would have braved any danger I Cw aTto what ™
to vote for Gordon, but I wouldn’t doit L^iatalv nr,™
Echoes of the Gnhernatorlal and Con^res-
tlonal Campaign Caught up Along the
Line by the Telegraph's Corps
of Correspondents.
Moxtxzcma, May 26.
Editor TEUtonArit: In the Daily Con
stitution of the 20th iost. appeared an edi
torial paragraph which unjustly reflected
upon tho executive committee of Macon
county, and which I endeavored to have
corrected by sending to tbo Constitution
the fads that made the record of said com
mittee at their meeting at Oglethorpe
May 18th.
The paragraph alluded to said, in sub
stance: “That tbo committee, - by tho votes
of fonr (4) Gordon men against three 13)
votes of tlie Bacon men, decided on the
primary plan of election, and that it was bj
this action of the Gordon men that tbo
privilege of voting in the election was ac
corded the people of 5tacon county; and
farther, that one of the committee (by in
ference a Bacon man) attempted to foret
the committee to take different action from
what it did."
The Constitution, in Its issue of the 23d,
reiterates its statement of tbe 20th and
ufter I had written them giving the facta as
secretary of tbe meeting of the executive
now, since he sold out
uxm done intbatmeeting:
Immediately upon tbe assembling of the
committee, a motion was offered “that
, . „ W . discussion,pro and con, the chairman asked
So • ,, _ . . . an expression of each member as to what
W F. Pnc^ cotton warehouse merchant; would best suit tbe convenience of the
belonged to Massenberg s battery, Western voters of the several districts,
army: I am not going to vote for Gor- Four of the six districts responded that
don. Ills course since the war has been ,. a primary" wtra ld suit better. Tbe chair
closely widened and sttdicd by me, and 1 u ;„ u expressed tho views of the voters of hi-
wonld„ not vote for him no any consider- district as in favor of a primary, whereupon
„ • . ait. „ all objection wa« withdrawn to a “primary”
L. O Connell, merchant, Albany Guards, and tho motion was acquiesced in and not
Fourth Georgia: “Gordon s course since eyen pnt to „ vote by cbftir .
tho war has not been consistent with my Only two votes were t ikfi], during the
views of right and wrong, and I cannot Luting of tbo committee, to-«fe .“Upon the
vote for hint. day" and “upon tho number iw . gates."
R. J. Anderson, tax receiver, Company A, Each motion was a “tio" and the clear cast
Twentieth Georgia: • tost my arm at Get- the deciding vote, fixing the day the 15th of
tysburg; loved General Gordon until he j„ ne an( j the number of delegates six.
sold out, and now I wonldn t vote for him The political status of the committee
for any office. was not known to a member when the res-
Private Wm. Hodnett, coroner of Bibb olntion was offered, but the movant did
county: “Dost my arm at Gettysburg; was acknowledge during the delivery of his re-
a member of Company C, Twenty-second marka that he waa for Gordon, when a
Georgia Regiment; was an admirer of Gen. member of tbe committee reminded him
Gordon before he hoIu out, and now I that the committee was not nsRembled in
wonldn t vote for him for any office. the interest of Gordon or Bacon, but to
1 nvftto James 1 Chapman, stationhouse I auggest for tho people of the county the
keeper: “I lostjny legFrederick City, best course to pursue in the coming elec-
Md.; was amemberof the Thomson Guards, ti on . Whatever suited a majority of the
Sixty-fourth Georgia, Gordon’s Brigade; I voters of the county was the thing to
have Been the time when I would have I recommend and nothing should have been
swam the river for Gordon; he did much I done in interest of either General
for me duiiqg the war, but under no cir- Gordon or M».jor Bacon, and this member
cumstances would I vote for him now, not I waH a Bacon man.
even if he is nominnted.” I Tho adherents of Major Bacon on tho
Captain T. L. Massenberg, druggist; I committee and outside of it, are members
commanded Jackson Artillery, Army ot I Q f no court house clique,as the-X oustitution
Tennessee: “Wquld vote for Gordon in | would leave the impression, but stand on
twenty minutes past eight, and the joint tricksteri;. moat unfortunate reoeive many vote* in the northern cox
discussion did not terminate until half-past *> r Rnd f <* the Pf 100 of of Georgia.
eleven o’clock. At that late hour, after tkj whoto Uaton. Innooentof any treason
General Gordon bad consumed Uia closing hta heart full of love and peace to hie „ Slav 'll Tlie 18th August
time there were inlnmintinna annrt nf thi. people,’ hi* ovation wss (bverted into most UAIXKSVU.L*, stay ii. iue lain Augun
mS5d2ShS^“GoiSSd 1 ’’ Ud a»“t»nable channela for local effect In i. Uio time and 0ato«vfllalath 6
other. <^o/“Bmou ’’ ••Ilacon'" Geaew G™rgia and Alabama. Capital la shrinktng P 1 *™ for holding tb. convention of the 9th
Gordob atlhi. noint renlUd “brav on " “ d » n<1 “>• North will now with- Congreaaional district. Tbia was .'etermm-
uoruon at tuts point reptiea, oray °, n i , it. nmnev for a m t.to neonle hecanxe ed by the Exoontivo Committee Jcstcrday
and used other expressions whi h tended I „ w *F• 1011100001 people, because ... , . . .. .
to Incite iaterruptions. Major Black arose General Gordon jumped aalnde a popular lor that purpose,
and insisted that the interruptions should I {jJ®* - lashed it w ithout mercy, to help j
preference to anybody if bo bad not sold I M broad n plain as* the Constitntion "does buTGeneral Gor'chm h iving nlrilidv token I Brown can’t afford to entangle bis national j 1 1 ” . • . , ,.
out to Joe Brown." 0 r the friends of General Gordon. Very M. aea^dJctood to’arn-^ torlher reputation for falrneasand conservatism by . Politic** «?«>"» «” B® 00 ? 1 ** ^
Colonel T. L. Holt, County Assessor; respectfully. W. P. Maxwell. ^ mounting any such hobby, oven if h & Minted down in Georj;i. . ““ Gordon an
imm.nj.t ThtoHeth Gonroio- "ilmv.l 1 '’ " Tlie meeting turned out to be an ovation | “V ° x " R( , rion _i.. I Bacon, who aro quarreling over tho Rem
t—l to him in his opening address. He waa ernatorlal canvass, Ip my hearing, on Inst •
disconnected and dispirited from the start. I Monday. All deplored Gen. Gordon’s ac-
Hu had one hour and a quarter in the open- tion in precipitating himself upon tho pub-
mg. but took his seat about ten minutes be- h 0 a* he has done and, although ono of
fore his time waa up, when the audience them was in Gordon’s brigailo through the
vtts h* toning to him attentively with- war, not a person was more emphatic in
out interruption. Major Bacon followed his dissent than tho old soldier. Said he:
in ono hour and three-quarters. General *qt j K preposterous to engage the whole
Gordon hud a quarter of an hour m reply, state i u a hitter, heated contest, aimply .to
I he impartial reader is referred to the gratify his own vanity. He says ho is not
concluding speech of General Gordon at seeking vindication, but what else can it be
Augusta, hv published in the Constitution, when he is upon record as having volnnta-
l nt synopns or report occupies just one rily retired from tho Senate, because he was
column. We ask the intelligent and fair tired of public life and could not support
nuntled reader how much more couW Gon- his family on the Senatorial salary. His
oral Gordon speak in a quarter of an hour J family expenses must be greater now, as he
than the column reported in the Constitu- hag two daughters in society; bo we are to
_ _ .. , „ , believe he is able to live on $3,000 a year,
Gen. Gordon Is not blameless himself for when $0,000 a year was too little for him
the interruptions. He badgered and guyed B i x years ago.”
and seemed to enjoy indulging in repartee Said anothor: “I have been into Ala-
with some of bis heareis. bama along the route of railway which, by
We have it upon the word of a one armed gome queer contrivances, was cajoled out of
Confederate soldier that Gen. Gordon had I the owners, and if the General should hear
spoken over fifteen minutes when he took what those people say of hi» methods over
k**?®^* .... I there he would pray the mountains and hills
w 0 regret that any interruptions should to fall on him before ho asked those farm-
have occurred during the speeches, but ere to support him for anything. Grant and
deny that they were of such a nature as to Ward were heavy losers by the General’s
prevent G .n. Gordon from speaking as long Belmont scheme, but tbe muttered curses
desire*!. of those fleeced citizens who gave the right
There was no preconcerted effort to of way to the Gordons under n mUapprc-
eitlier keep Gen. Gordon from speaking as hension of the extent of the gift, entirely
long us he wanted or even to offend him in overshadows Grant’s losses and indignation. . .
■the slightest degree. | An ex-sheriff of an Alabama county told mo rft d® were ‘fainting almost with heat
It is not true that the Opera Houso was I he was approached and offered money to I and thirst,
lacked with a crowd to veil down General talk up the scheme in behalf of the syndi- “Doable-quick them again, John,” ca;
lortlnn, Tho Clam Hall mooting waa com-1 cate and ho refused, givii f as a reaion th. I froo* i>«f Bps, in the hearing o£ tho hr
posed of onr beet citizens, a list of thoae in I injustice he would inflict on a conuiiini; I * h ®y w, r '' anything but pleased at
tv tendance appearing in The Chronicle of I people.” I command, which General Gordon was :
Thursdsjr. It will In seen that the purpose c„i,i .„„(t,n.. nwi.i i. iim.., mini, I cnon 8fi n0 * to enforce. When my old nmn
of the Clara Hull meeting was to organize *„ ^0 llsmUt ? ‘ ts'i.n Ain It? s° oFt^Gn r* I hcr0 8<Jt home > BDd 10,11 mo t*>o
a Bacon club for tho^campaign. Judge ^J. 0 ,^"Uia.hiao«? P »’°P‘ Qor ’ honrtlesa order, I have been ready to
Soead in hia speech aa published declares . I‘double-quick’ the whole •shebang' to
the object. About two hundred of our I «u*tharea level-headed man spoke up: I private life over since. M That is correct,
leading oitizens, merchants, mechanics and I he will not. He can t afford to do it. j honey!” remarked tho good womian to the
professional men assembled on one day’s I Brown has all to lose and nothing to I speaker we first reported. “Exactly true,”
notice to join the Bacon f^lnb. Wo pro- j such a course. If he should lose his I replied the soldier, “and ! shall not ‘donblo-
nounce it a vile slander upon these citizens P°itiicai power to put Gordon into the Gov- quick’ in this latest drill, any to h
of Augusta to charge them with insulting ernor 8 ,b® “confirmation The speaker was sore, even now, over it.
General Gordon, or with any organized or *■ Holy Wnt, that he had made a 0 faithful reporter, I givo yon tho s'eol-
preconccrted effort to prevent him from re- ?°j[rupt bargain with Gordon in 18b0. His ing that prevails in non-official
ceiving a full, fair and respectable hearing. JBdgpwd J} nd w ? n . 1 General Gordon's
The tmtli lirif*flv Riimnuxl nn iutVmt Hah. touch it. I don t blame Joe Brown for tak-1 suncrserviccnbli
Hffthon’ muchly. Senators BrownandOol-
quitt nro and have been lessees wit.liin ten
or more years post, Gordon ditto. Nelms
and Renfro an* and have beoD iriRide the
syndicate, ami to ask us to forge our
3 and tlien^sU n them on forever is
jiibt a little tof Inmvy. We are united in
favor of free laM^ffnd we intend to work it
for all it is wortj$ricre in Hits race.”
“What ore yotf going to do,” ssid a re
maining granger, “.f the ring forces his
nomination?”
“Make another,” was the quick reply.
“If Dcmoeraoy is unable to fight its fogs
inside ono camp because of con net ‘boodle)'
w« will dear th** ground for a tussle on a
broader piano. Wo have had about as many
packed conventions as aro tolerable to a
tree people. We Intend to have a conven
tion big enough and strong enough to
squelch out tho insurgents.”
A lady sitting by asked if she might add
a word. “Certainly,” was tho response.
“Well, I am against tho ‘double-quick’
E rogrnmme that is started with tho Gordon
ocin. A\v;i\ t f] y.>ii.it - r in Virginia, just
after tho battle of Gettysburg, when my
husband was broken down with fatigue and
exposure from tbat fight, < J neral Gordon
had a brigade drill in the old camp on tho
red hills. Erch soldier had on his knap
sack, toted his musket and accoutrements
on one of the hottest days that ever enfee
bled a poor Confederate. Having dooblc-
quicked the troops about a halt a mile, lo
show his skill, General Gordon rested a few
minutes in the evolutions. Mrs. Gordon
stood on a littlo emincnc s»cnr by, inter
ested in observing tho wheeling men on pa-
c&ndidaey.
The truth briefly summed up is that Gen-1 f° ucl1 lt> 1 ^ou t blame Joe lirown ior tax-1 f ow supereervicenble friends of bis who aro
eral Gordon’s friends and he himself were in B t 1 he 8e8t m Senate. If such a thing flattering him to his ruin, nml it is quott-
disappointed in the impression made by I ^ an K^ n B around lop*®, to be baa for tho I tionable whether he will not bo obliged to
hia apeecb. The majority, while not in fa- tabng, anybody would have tokonit But withdraw alter ho geta well nlons i., II..
vor of General Gordon, gave him a respect- “ Joe fl bou!d now the field to defeat roco. Plain Taijl
fut hearing, and at time? he rec.ired Toci- B“° n .“ d *> Gordon, and re-elect
ferons and long continued applauae and *° H 1 ? ^ cnutc . Ibo State of Georgia
Cheers I wnnm utmur him mil nf llummilh **F.nnnon I
There
pet, during the «pMOheaof"bothapeake‘ift I do “, ottochment to th. Jeff DarU I judge, what the othe r ootmtiei will do. by
The apeaking commenced about 8 o’clock. ® x ® ltement „ *®T' I ® 1 F „ “«»* It the demonatmtion given him at Oi.rt. n.viB. s
General Gordon began speaking about waH “ . P u y that Mr- Da ™ J® u it »a foregone concluaion that ho will not
r ^ Gordon's Fseble Hacking la llartow.
I would spew him out of its mouth. “Enough I Caiiteiisville, May 27.—General Gordou
were iuterrupliona and nnaecmly of * 8 ood * h,n 8 ia cuou 8 U- " J’? 89 * 11 tl . Jt0 V K . h C “ r,cr “’ i;U ’ th . iK ®,V" in ? '
on the part of a few which we ri ht» not loat hta aenaea, ho will let the Gor- Li* wey to Atlanta. If one is allowed
commanded Thirtieth Georgia: "Always
believed Gordon made a bargain and Bale, 1 A Good Tim. to stop the Howl
and wouldn't vote for him now even if he | Dalton, Ga., May 25.
could explain that transaction.” I F.Drron Macon Tzlrobapii: As evidenee
J. R. Rice, book-keeper: “Went to the j of Acts Gordon and his foHoweva want pri-
war with the First Georgia regiment, and 11 mary elections waa demonstrated here*on
am aa good a Confederate as Jeff Davie, but I last Saturday, 5Iay 22nd, at the meeting ol
I won't vote for Gordon. Any reatonable, I tbe executive committee of Whitfield coun-
thinkiu > man knows that he sold out to the | ty. By removal from the State the cxeca-
worat of Georgia's enemies, and he may I live committee hae been rednoed to three—
wriggle and twist and lie jnataa mneh aa ho I J. B. Maynard and Joseph Bogle, Gordon
wllL but I won’t .KiUoya otherwbio." | men, and J. II. Hamilton, a Bacon
In the mooting, Hamilton voted fur and eti-
SAID Tit r.i: A MATt 'ti. | deavored to get a primary election tobe
held in June. He waa overruled by May'
nro ui'rauK iiuuo. ... w uu.muT.iuuui . “ -„ _I nacon, woo an quarreling over 1110 IIMO-
for Major Bacon, but it waa, on the whole, I P’ d ?*****J ra 1 J 8M °“ "V “L“ , cratie nomlnotioi. fi r Governor, arc making
respectful and even enthusiastic at time. I * nd “*«, rfd ,^ a y adv ?^ tt0y things fairly hum. Thfi partUana of ILcoS
fur General Gordon, many Bacon men l^j! fdontl ?. t ^* Qtt^vPro^biP. ^ltundoubt-1 finger of aonm at Gordoii’a miaer-
eheering loudly for him at bis reto^to I g .onUgoniMyBaoou or j ^"^l-t'Tto
hi. war record. anybody riw, In the intercat of Gohtom^ | Ma ^. jQ tho ^il- tho Gordon
If General Gordon’s friends aeo fit to pose | I faction tndignantiy n»k wheU.a, honor is so
dead that tbo people of Georgia oau b«* per
iled to placo a pn iainm upon lit* rury
’ *_* tho
\*ho pre tends t<» have writtou the hu-
»rtal works fd Shakf*sj»eurA. At last uo-
■ •.t- \»otl» *• *rtto this Miiper-heab'd
ore anxiously pausing for a
Renewed Rumor, that (tocretary Lamar t. I ^ ud who Toled for '
to Marry n Macon Lady. meeting and carried it It waa only tho
Anent the recent visit of Secretory Lamar peniatonce of Hamilton and ont-ide friends
to klocon the following special from Wash- that prevented Muyu.rd and Bogle from
ington to the New York World may prove appointing next Saturday, the 12th,
of interest to the Tt:t,roturn's readers: aa the time for tho maos meeting.
“Tbe engagement of Secretory Lamar to Eiadlu one utelfc from tie meeting
Mrs. Holt, widow of General Holt, ot 51a- of the executive committee. When it is
con, Ga., which waa hinted at when Mr. known that Maynard and Bogle are right-
Lamar vuited the South lost month, is hand bowers of L. N. Trammell the canai-
now believed to be true. The date for the 1 f 0 r a hurried mass-meeting can well be un
ceremony is aa yet unknown, bnt that the derstood.
wedding will be celebrated some time dur- It is an open secret that Trammell and
log the summer, while the Secretory la en-1 hia “gang” have always controlled “the lit-
. oying hia vacation, ia the beliuf of all who I tie court house meetings’’ of this tonnty,
snow him- Mrs. Holt is described ns a fine-1 and they are afraid of a primary-flection,
looking, well-preserved woman of the blonde knowing full well that Major Bacon would
type, about 55 years of age. She was a Miss curry Whitfield county.
Dtnn, a descendant of an old and wealthy The above are facta and can bo snbetan-
Georgia family. Trior to her marriage to listed by affidavits.
General Holt there la believed to have been 1 H u good time that the primary election
a romantic attachment between her and howl of Gordon’s be stopped. *,*
5Ir. Lamar, who at that time was qnite a
young man. Events did not shape them-1 Chattahoochee tor Raeon.
selves as the young people wished, and Lchfun, May 20.— E. T. Hickey, Esq.,
after a time 51iss Dean married Mr. Holt | a well-known lawyer here and, by the way,
and Mr. Lamar married some one else, a staunch supporter of Genend Gordon,
51ra. Holt became the mother of two dangh -1 boa juat returned from Cbattahoocheeconn-
tors, both of whom are married—one to I ty and reports that connty aa almost solid
5tr. Virgin, tho representative of an old I for Bacon. Mr. H. waa attending a justice
Macon family; tho other to Capt. Robert E. I court in thatcouniy and, being accompa-
Park, formerly of LaGrange. med by a Colnmbna lawyer, they decided
“Whon Gen. Holt died, some three years 1 to take a teat vote of the eighteen persona
ago, he left hia wife an estate valued at present to see how they stood for Govern-
$150,900. Sha had also inherited some or. The reanlt waa as follows: For Ba-
money from her father, so that she became eon, 10; Gordon 4; non-committal, 4. The
one of the richest women in Georgia. Most I last named were all candidates themselves,
of her property is invested in local and and, while refraining from making an. ex-
railroad securities. She hae a large interest premion of their preference for Governor,
in the Southwestern Railroad, of which her are known to be Bacon men. In order to
brother-in law, Col. Jones, is president I secure the four votes for General Gordon,
Cot Jones and his wife, who live at Macon, it required the votes of the Lumpkia and
are all that is left of the immediate family Columbus lawyers present which really
of Mrs. Holt aside from her children. Her left tbe relative strength of the two oandi-
■on-in-law and daughter, Capt and Mrs. I dates in Chattahoochee 14 for Bacon and 2
Park, live with her in the family mansion, for Gordon. Mr. Hickey informs me that
which is one of the handsomest in klacon. I Chattahoochee will nnd jnbltdly elect Ba
lt (toniia in the centre of a handsome bit of I con delegates.
propertvin the most fashionable part of the Another Protest.
«*?•. ™* “‘h® 001 ? fi 1 ®** 01 «•*» ** Ut * MaanftTA, May 20.-The exaggerated re-
wbloh Mrs. Holt owns. p oft j n ^ constitution this morning of the
- w 1--n „r,.i i _tt#r reception tendered General Gordon here
^ * * *«.. ^ i • I yesterday created considerable nnoompli-
n. foiiowlna U the latter of SHm Dari* aeknowl- ““
*5? g m?reS5pio?tha watch pwtH bj th. mentary Ungnage toward the author of it.
oU eoliUera of Macon and the le Ur that accom-1 Gor.lon s friends were SB indignant as Ba-
Hy noiiuu i», K«uuem«n,” said another,
before the peoplavof Gcorgi‘,1. 'nfb-7 ‘ibis I “this -Governor s racket’ is only to be used
plain stotement of the meeting at the opeta I Jf/(S25iS^wo«S»if nt "totoea to pine- a picminm npi
bonso, they are entirely welcomo to all the piracy by conferring a liigli offic
good they can do theft cause. . tention maybe the lettrw 11 e< ml the greet | * Lei ..
f We d«lara once for all that wc know no “‘■j »'***>•'{ or . P a ‘ >“ f J***“%“
dftiren of Augusta mean enough to int.n-1 liosiiion. o is after HomcthmR. B. n 1111
tionally offer an intuit oren affront to Gen- ? a,<1 SfAfv® ? ,rund : Poor Gordon, OIltrQT ray
..hI w. *h.i th... ... nn I he ia Ilka Bill Arp a man, always trying to do J
’ Tbnt’a it, yon may be sure. He "W*
eral Gordon. Wo declare that there was no • ... , .. • -
premeditated design or organized effort to * om etimg. That a it, yon may
ntorrnpt or offend Generel Gordon. We ‘« raising n smoko hero to hide a scheme
i *.a *._a$„ii_ al.a at overvomler. Whv. bless tout soul, n peli-
deny most emphaUcally that there was a "« r towifo?a Mupb- Tl1 ® Prc.M.nt W»... Prl.ac, and Will (i.
preconcerted effort on the part of *ny i# S.wJ’nsJi h**?inJ to the AlUr by wpecUlTraie.
>rters of Major Bacon to H^ d *J 8 j. 1 ^® ‘J®one I WAsniNOToN.Mav21.-Col. Isvmout has
TS rt £Sert t to 'lKner h only, Hud he put hie Dime down, to found tho weight of the President's matri-
ul nearing. lo aaaert to h* . . > , ,. . iiUWdar monial confidences too much for lnm. Ho
a slander upon th. good Hato
considered nn hero aa a fire-brand 1° ‘ h * mon » 1 ?,* - A
d by a RapabUeaa. nalional palitfcs." =‘° L Dr ’
No, yonIreemhtakm,” eaid a fourth. I Mr- Hendricks’* brotlur-in-law when ho
■Poor Gordou is under a cloud, and halylg** man ?.® < ? ™ P ,T * n °»* jwteriay.
: riends or supporters ot Major Bacon to
>rovent General Gordon fro
sir nnd respectful hearing,
the contrary is n hI
namo of our citizens.
Introduced I
Aowobtu, Cob* Countt, May 26.— |
General Gordon passed through this A uui v.u*uuu $» utmr. « «w.m, ...*«««. r $ .. r
place this evening for Atlanta. They had knows the State of Georgia will always rt*- 1 lcrc ® t J ft n T0 p , “? 1
;< legrapheil from above to this place to get gard that Senatorial transfer, or trade ® u "J 1 ' nt ’ f rjaled
all the Gordon men they oould to meet him ‘sell out,' or whatever it won, with snspic- " 1,110 {o . r Hpo "
at the train, and they got up about 15 vo- ion. Like the bloody hand in Macbeth, ol ont •®ont the uujr-
ters, and some 8 or 10 smallfry. He was in- the “d-<l spot” haunts him. He has seen ^ 116
trodneedtot e few that were at tho train Mr. Itenfroe made postmaster, and he I ndent with tho happiest kind °f trnim
by a straight ont Republican who is depot thinks this i* the appointed time for him-1 PfJJj ho made tho onnonnoemenk
agent under Joe Brown, and he voted for self—that he may appear with somo sort of 7 ssontbig.
Bullock agoinat General Gordon. A nice authorized credentials hereafter. But he is LMer inthe wy ho rcpentetl the of
gentltman on the rear end of the train mistaken in the time nnd opportunity. It I ir? v.i » n
walked ont and said to several Bacon men won't do. If he is rich (nml he left the I ^ r *. Washiogton for New \«»rk
that Gordon bsd telegraphed ahead to all Senate to make money) then his wealth > ,,8 ^ rdft y* .. . ., t> -i .
tho towns on the W. & A. R. It. to get out should content him. u ho is poor, ho is J* Relieved here that the I roHulent will
all they could to meet him, alao that this unfit for any office, for he will throw op tho I publicly commit himself eotioern-
waa the largest crowd that had tamed out. I beet of places to improve bis finances. ‘Xv* ld ^f. reatlD 8 topic up to tho very flay
Confederate Soldier. I Timber for Governor is not so scarce the wedding ceremony. If tins P r ' )V “®
■■ ■ I in Georgia as to confine us to such I trno, tlisi marring© will take place in secret
A Home Hun on a Foul. a tciU-o’-ihewlsp as this. Gordon has 81d a ‘ l tho f iCt8 W*t*nR to it ever afU;r
West Ponrr, May 27.—Editors Tele- been paid long ago for bis scrvico as a sol- 1,0 ■0PP r ®s*ed- A ^Mdlfmsn who i
PL. .. _ “ w.r . ° - v _»1aa*. I - .. IlPfl llfLl It f • 11 11 li t L». I * 111 t MIL VM til
ponied it. Il U doted BoanroU, Mlae..May M, I triends were jubilant. We have not
■deotlemen: The cMtet containing areco Rcen but one man i a town who places an es-
the eiattieU? xleorgla^made ^rltch/ bae ’been timate on the crowd in attendance at more
* 1 than three hundred,_ while the majoritv
. 0 _. .ras an
average, after asking the opinion of several
**^5 »at miroly onej
Pane »ifl g 0 f or n aeon ,
H Oordon*. Apiiutntmrnt.
q^Winwiix*, May 26. -General J. B.
J». t ‘“pected lo .(le^ here Tbnreday,
y * **•«.. ciab Organized.
Ma r 26.-A Bacon club iriu
her. to-day with filty-tight mern-
. MmZ lroiMfot.
kcp«to!*7° 8 'W. y Ix-Bncoo’. friend, are
2**" 1 of carrying Cpaon connty.
the^exy
"Vrm TOO permit m. to ehoom brtwmn yonr rlih I it at two hundred an l flfty. The eel
route 1 mrfe in mv report Uat night w»
SS •bJto.at chut tala' and eiprw. ^Ikltod. for average, after liking the opinion of »eve._
hi. noornr. Toarmaolfeetatton. of loro toward „f Gordon', friends. Fifteen hundred peo-
■Tfatlwrtomatob»vjUalodU>o opoawMBdjof ^ „y,® Coftotitnlion it, could not
Dl "r Sil nav. got within hearing of Gorilon at tbat
U “oaGpvefal ud imd.rnob.wUI be to jnoa | place, on aoconnt ofthepeculiir .nrronnd-
» » place,
r—; I uiga Tbe report in the Greet and Good
aj^brotow* TxmiiArn hi conaidered by everyone who
JXh*Wm.»7triwh. moat iml ud nur’ I aaw tbe crowd and heard tbe epeech to be a.
mn Whm »:i .oau have dlmmwl mj ejee and the near right aa poaaible.
la "raUof U (irouud*. eoMrloo. Ibat word. ar. in- OfCoane. Ha Carried the Co.aty.
Joqaato toexprmew* 1 ^"^^*^ HooiK>TiuJt, May 27.—Ex-Govern.. -.
—L£uocele coaUmeo. »• 51. dmith, who i. now working tor Gordon,
JJJ Lid admlrattoa with which I am yvar | a (ter being completelv vanqni.hed hern on
(Ho.«. Joaoo.'
BHIDAL PREt’AltATIOKri.
onarit: The "blatherakltor." aro continnally .ier. Wo are going to do a littlo something acquainted with tho hnUnt »»jh that Mr.
barling tbe threat at the Hon. A. O. Bacon, I for Bacon now—a good soldier, if be wa* Cleveland is not us goori-nutnreri about tho
that not n.lngU member of th.9th Georgia I only a ootoanL Th* 8Wn (aOownd lb* fife oy.-rtl.iH matt.-raa nnm« uf hmfnoudH
regiment will vote for him. I would bke I ^ drum and made Gordon Senator over I Ihlnk. He turns off the cosiihI rumarkh tlmt
for you to say tbat Mr. J. J. Crawford, a the heads of both Stephens and Ilill. In 1878 ® ft ‘ 10 flbout it from Umo to tun*, in a
dirty letter to the contrary, notwith.tond- vj awgi puhliahed nt tho timo of the noted ‘A® PtHubilRy ot the marriage in a tpoo'ula-
ing. oocnrroace, he will he mortified to see In I Uv ® l ^f r ' 1 ®*' - — ■■ ■ , . ,
A man prominent in baseball circles here, print some very nnpaltohle disclosures." I 10 this utter tbs Freemen t complaint .1 In
says thst James M. Bmithktrnck a tonl and A fifth farmer took tho floor here. “Oen-1 »®»®r« terms ot the trying and penietont
made a home ran yesterday. I tlemen,” said he, "I am after no office— Impcrtinenco of th* newspapers, ffo
:—. .. „ . never asked one. and do not expect to *o° n B bt th * < l a e*t‘ 0 n of hi.imnrn.ige pun !y
Old Moatsomerr Join. In the Hurrah. I L my coarse In life, but nt sure tw R privato one which did not connm tl...
ItornAis, 5Iay 25.-Living as wado n . „ iwu . nl £aJd!o mJ nag and go all P. Qbli o ,a th® remotest degree. It it said
wiregran Georgia, ws are remoto from rail-1 0 , #r m y eon nt y to pnt the people on notice I t ba * '? ll ?P Buwell waa her., he corn-
road advantage*, but our mail facilities are o( thia conspiracy against the people 0 f I P 1 ’ 1 ' '* a11 C 1 ® arrangement* for rnrrjim; tha
good, coneequently we hsv. long since 0eoIgU . I ned HnnUngdon's kttera as }!'“ id * nti tJ P* rt T ( rom 'foshington to
learned that the great dvil war ended lust nnbk»hed in the New York Sun, and I shall Buffalo. He engaged a special car from tho
twenty-one year* ago, and there to not just £ nly waDt K , lba man wbo claima Gor . 1 ennsylvanm Company. m» w ill loavo
at this time any need for fighting men. d ' — a cbamu i on of Georeto’s Itoilrcml “oahington and pick np thoFolnom f.cuily
Therefore w. join you In . hearty hurrah gSmmtorfcm >uch an^dvocate with a t BalUmoro.
for Major Bacon as our next Governor. I some of tbe coldest facta tbat ever paral* zed I Thence on, tho car will bo run up ov. r
may put old Montgomery down for Baoon. ei. # mind of mortal man. It that’s tbe'beet I ^ ort ^ er H Central road anil uo to Buffalo
Fohtuahtkb. j champion the commission can mnster thol T1A ^V 1 ^ 18m8 P or ^ It is probable that this
Smith’s Magnanimity In IRUO. I thing is ‘busted’ sore. General Gordon I °** *!“* have a commisHaty Atbu-hi-d to it,
TnoMAsroN May 27.—If ex-Gorernor will he&r the thunder roll in these moui> 8Dl * m “ u0 .yP 4 f i R 8 R^* ai
Smith speaks' bere^ as annonneed, it wUl, Uins before long, if thai's hto Popj" npon the'UnHtlJthADttmT"" X "^
in my hUle jndgm.nL msk. BAConmany Thera ws. Hr. In Eto ey. and danger in hto wa
h 1H^anetrh"made at thia place in the Col- "B« iteady, old man,” said another; ,d **“• mercy of any enrions people
(iuitt and Norwood campaign, in which h< “Bsc~n will whip this fitbL If the ring wickol report«re who wonld H. ck to toko
2Sd! “Triton wu ^c:n y dtud, and are trying to pnnilh B.coiJ became he wtjS m® open the train if ,t were ,t a
he was too msgnsnimoos to kick a corpse. " Speaker at the time theiimpeschment trials *P*f^
The thinking people can’t under.land this were in progress, thsra are soma wool-hat All that ac mr* an<l ikill
present sdviStocy. boy. to this radon Umtosn do sonu, good U.mt to to n»k. h™*. Oatoto. nwSa fltf
' work to snch a fight Ws see convict las-1 tostpotwo. etHUn. ia4 to. J
“ " ..... u-rail iwnraj Ir " ‘ ■ ‘
uid aJmirMlea with .tick I u> you a (tcr being completely vanqoi.hed here on
“ the 21th iuet, went over toVrAnklin, Heard
' county, and bad a large crowd of Gordon
men to bear him. Tbe people were so en
thnsed for Gordon over there that three
men constituted the crowd tbat saecmblsd
- ““l ■ T. • inniversary of hto wed-1 to hear him. W# guess be carried tbe ccnn-
bis bag ofrilver—40,000 ty for Gordon, to uaa the language thst the
ding With , good R political Constitution would probably use under
"""*• the aft ol tnenoa aw* l_” ...„,„l,|„ rircnmit. nct..
... nrr , the Danish Democrat, now in thnsed for Gonton over then t
„ * ii j, to be honored at the men constituted the crowd thst
snniversary of hto wed- to he« him. W. gnero ba came.
crowns, the giB
1 sympathizers.
I snch fa
Webster fur ttseoa.
r in tk. world, ks
l**e* in tbe great offices from the Donate!
■LcwrxiN, May 26.—From tha moat tinib I down, and .very fellow that baa been be-1 ' “ “ l * duos i,.«
worthy ad rices that yonr correspondent can I bind the scenes takes a poll at the public I credoKisbat to rOT.!!!. j- li HoULmi','. J 1 . 1 ..*
get from Webster connty that connty will I teat periodically. Pray God it may not cm* kas smeared tor them tk® volnnury in<i -r>.
go ovcrwb.lDiiDcly for Bacon. The leading come in Georgia, bnt the workingmen have •* »JS» jAyAclai.., iiLsrmsci-u ...i , )ru
politicians of the eonnty favor Major Bacon I had about as modi convict 610001.' to poll-1 pmmwtngnnns.ac eanat»T t ■stoMMi
and three appears to bn nn question a* to tics as will bs healthy for tbs .en.11a.tc to I . y-—I^S* -
tka Ar..1 . -It ncViir.lv will tin ill* ALbdirin I oitAnd in tllf-ipnwn h-Jiftlf The lltinff hug I where Itn nlhrrr Uil' . •. r. r.ll... ..
qnea< , I ■ | _
tbs final ri suit, which will be tbe election spend m their own behalf The thing has I where ao otbm will <
of Bacon dslegates either by primary eite- got to stop, and it will stop by fair means MyssQtod ’<H»jSc“
linn nr at a mass meeting of the votere of or foul. To aak workin^uen to pot in of- I A®*!*” tr*t mart
the county. | fice only conviel iemses is ‘crowding the | “Capcin®“ cut t
” “Capak