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THE MACON WEEKLY" TELEGRAPH : TUESDAY,JULY 27, 'W.—TWELVE PAGES. WIIAT PEOPLE EAT. DISHES USfD IN DIFFER. TB E>T parts of tub world. M.mvltinc Food of the Ala.ka Indians ‘•S h.L ... * »qO.W. «U»- " Ar ,| C lM of Food Aluone the Chlorifi Etc, people eat la a subject which would ■uln encyclopedia, but still the great l J vie d'et in different parts of the we ll illustrated in a tew cases of Tibils in what is known as the section of 1 1st the National Museum. The labels rioted one after another would make a nje bill-of-fare that would n«tonish a ° a t a modern hotel. One could order i such a bill a cake of dtied seaweeds irou. Ala»ka,.prairie potatoes or Moot the adipocere was found it retained the shape ot the barrel, although the staves and hoops and barrel heads had rotted away and disappeared. In some cases human bodies, after interment, have been found transformed into this waxy substance. ALL ABOUT THE STATE. Outlying BACON re THE PEOPLE. j as to rrinclplr* and personal preferences. Orow- iusout of ml., iu btretwo factions within the I part., divided on the line of thuee difference:, as to ; principles snd personal preferences; snd pertodl- csliy the b.ttie for sttpreotscT i. fouzht over I— MAJOR BACON WRITES A LETTER TO tween them in theso paAy coutests. Tbeunatoid- TIIE PEOPLE OF GEOROIA. to! . the northwest coast, an edible bird's Jest from -ism, smoked trepang or eea cu- oimher from Chinn and perhaps a soup made of a shark’s fin from Chinn and a por- , ,ise sausage from Philadelphia. He could lL „ loaf of bread made by grinding the nods of Mesquite beaus and baking the touch in a squaw’s hat. He could have deiiciuiis looking bare or rolls of vegetable kin das9 from Japan, and if bia meat was touch he could have cooked with it an in fusion of the leaves snd trnit of the Jamaica Dtpnw tree, which, it is clsimed, makes the toughest Steak tender. He oonld regale hitnself on bread fruit and other delicious uttivc products of the South Sea Islands, and have with his dessert cakes made by Alaska Indians by drying e.nd pressing .u-feherries. Thus he could go on chang ing his older from day to day, nud ouch day finding something new to delight or sur prise his palate. In jnost cases the sur prise would exceed the d. light. The arti- rlesnsed for food by different peoples, and especially the barbarous or semi-civilized Bili ms, among whom caterer* who searoh the markets of the world lor delicacies arc nnknowu, seems to depend more upon the supply than upon the tastes of the people. THE NORTHWEST COAST INDIANS. On the northwest oosst, where nature is not prodigal, the Indians subsist chiefly upon fishing and huntiog. For vegetables tkev have such things ss dried and leathery lookiug seaweeds, lichens, fern roots, which are roasted, cakes of spruce bark and other dry, tough snd uninviting roots and gives. Among the -Neeshenam Indians, crude salt, obtained from brine, is roasted. That on exhibition at tbe museum is in the form of black lumps. Tho Zunia prepare salt which is of a dirty color. The sea weeds prepared by the northwest coast In dians are pressed into cakes and dried in tile sun. The Chinese like the dish and prepare it on the Faciflo coast of America tar shipment home to China. One species of kelp mod by the Indians of St. Paul’s Island, Alaska, is chewed, just ts white men, or a good many of them, use tobacco. Indians ou the Columbia river make bread out of moss gathered from spruce fir trees. Among the Apaches a favorite dish is made of clover seed an i leaf, which are eaten raw or cooked. The Moqnis and Zunis dry peaches, after removing tho stone* and preserve them in that way. Some of the Indiaus make dishes ont of rose pod* and seeds. Berries of dark color, known 01 cloud berries, are dried and pressed into cakes by tbe northwest coast Indian*. The Ner.heuam Indians, of California, like mushrooms, which they prepare by boiling. Thcf also like traffics, which they And un- Artynund or la thicket 1 net 1 ent raw or mt.ttd. (Irap-j roots nr- mg|s Into wine hyhdu.sof Soothern California. Many kisds of seed* arc utilized by Indian* to pre rariety to their (are. The Oregon In duns eat the pond lily seed capsules large water lily seeds, or Vou-kn-pin nut*, *n eaten by Arkansas Indians in the form of mtuh or baked in cake*. Tho Relate, eti cakes made of service berries. The ber ths are sometime* pomded up with GRAXSnOtTE&fl, • which impart additional flavor to th* cake*. These Indian* also eat licorico root, rotated and pounded, and very thorny gooseberries, which have to be softened by scalding. The h'teshenam Indians prepare horaechestnuta ky steaming them in pit*. The manzinita wrrieaand meaqnite beans form a staple article of food among many tribes- of In dians in the southwest The berries and nrans aro ground up into flour and ouoked in cakes or loaves. Many other kind* of man* and seeds are used in the same way. irnong some Indiana of Arizona and Cali fornia gourds aro ground into flour. In -sew Mexico, Arizona and Utah the Indiana eg dried mmons and pump kina. The cac tus fruit and teed enter into many prepare- hens. Black looking cakes, known aa >un* cheeae, and told throughout Mexico, •re made of cactua fruit Prickly pears are med extensively by California Indiana (key are preserved by drying nud their wed are ground into meal The prickly pa's were introduced into California by the Utholic father* and are cultivated by the Indiana. A loaf or cake of bread made by AesPercea Indians from ground kaute root, looks as tongh and inedible aa an oak plank, ouotlower seeds are ground into flour and made into bread by tome California Indians, lowderedaavsafiaa leaves were originally u*td by Choctaws, and were introduced by them as an article of food to the white set tlers of New Orleans. Various kinds of mesta are used by the Indians. In California •*°™»*rs eaten. In seasons of scarcity “• Indian* get the acorns that are stored •way in the trunks of trees by wood-peek The Apache* make bread ont of juni *■*.berries, and tbe Navsjoes eat clay with tmir potatoes. Boms of tbe California In- m»u* eat pine cone*. In China a very fine «ute flour i, made of white baa Freali News-Item* From the Town* and Oountte*. Efforts are being made to organize a company to build water works at Dalton. It is estimated that one thousand sore* of watermelons return a revenue to the rail* roads equal in amount to 25,000 acres in cotton. —There is an old negro woman in Monte zuma who has never touched a drop of arte sian water. She says “God did not intend for people to drink dat deep water from de bowels of de yenrth.” —Rev. Sam W. Small, the Atlanta evan gelist, left Wednesday afternoon for War- rensbnrg, Mo., where he has n long engage ment, together with bis co-I,borer, the Rev. Sam Jones. Mr. Small was at home only one day. —It is reported in Monteznma that a rail road is to he built from Montezuma t . By* ronville, Vienna and on to Pateville in Dooly connty. The same report goes on to say that the scheme is backed up. by the Central Railroad Company. —Fort Gaines Advertiser: An old darky living near town is tbe most independent farmer we know of. He plants fifty acres in com and twenty-five in cotton, lie and a mule work part of the crop, and the “old ooman’’ and four big gals the balance, with hoes. lie Regards the Nomination an Foregone- lie Favor* tho Minority'* Voting for the Principles of the Caingalgu —Able lie-view of the Issue. —Thursday evening, while the Rev. A. B. Mitchell, a Baptist minister wno lived near •Uowdon, was hoeing with his ten-year-old boy in his plantation, he was struck by lightning and instantly killed. His little son was knocked senseless but soon recov ered. Mr. Mitchell leaves a wife and eight children. raon utuee lands. The Japanese mske broad in thin white T cry palatable lookiug. Among tbe eiaibita is a cake or brick of brick tea, auch Thibet and Siberi*. Thisia of fallen tea leaves and stems, which Steamed and pressed into bricks or „ *• There are si* . shown the shells of nw snails eaten in England snd Europe, •na considered s great delioaey, a sample oi a sort of oaviare, made by the ““n the roe of mnllets, shrimps •jriled and dried in the a an by tbe Chineae, yj*I cephtlzpod* imported from China and “J Chinese merchants in Ssn Frea- r~°> *951 preserved in brine by the Cbi- shark tin,shredd .land prepared for r touprr, reindeer meat dried and Whiled by tho Xa-impo Indian*, sun- turtle f r , m J^rnaica, pemmlotn made In,« . 0 “ '“b barnacle sin 1:- gathered Wf-eilby th,, northwest ooeet Indians, SJavaritty 1 f other curious article* of ... 1K ," • *“ d.ff. r- nt part* of the world. Umi? " m "‘t inter- -ting nrticl- ■» ebown ^•teefcea dish, ,, „hieh n--| a lamp material of a dirty white color. I»hahd “i-iesil bntur and dish.” ■■ 1 . ' liaVt; SOI.ie .■ 1„ ' t ■ I - Th- ’ /aidinghouse# whentht.yeee thi*. * i -v ' U L however, did not come from - kn 11 "hut was dug up out of wJJ? ®' 1Ur a Virginian. The bitter . y*^ti th*- 1 ir h was tnna.' l by na- v v* » cb* of u. Virginian, dieh was tun. uto .1 sutsit n kho , .. . . n.hlance L u. . .-.rs ago I. barrel of pork, ■-■r. , ■- .a Ii-lied < .1 —Gordon has now 24G votes and Booon 82. Two connties remain to bear from, Wilkes and Walker. Wilkes will probably go for Gordon, increasing bis vote to 250, and Walker for Bacon, making his vote 83. If Chatham, Burke and Bartow counties vote for Gordon, he will have three-fourths of the convention. —Wrightsvi’.ie Recorder: Monday last Mr. William Pollett, living several miles in tbe country, hung himself with a bridlo to a limb of a peach tree, only a few yards from and in full view of his house. Deceased was a young married man. known to be of very fair mind, and no cause, as we learn, is assigned for the rash aot. —Mrs. Anna Bonner, of Taylor county, now living with her granddanghter, Mrs. 1’. Z. Hill, is one hundred and five years old. She can get about now with much more agility than a great many ladies one-third her age. She was formerly of Jones county, but has been living in Taylor nnd Schley counties for nineteen years. —Montezuma Record: There is some talk of more bar-rooms in Montezuma this fall. There sre enough hero now, and none of them are making mnch money. There is an opening here for a clothing, boot, shoe, hat and furnishing store; also a stationery, music and novelty store. No more bar rooms are needed in Montezuma. —Sudden deaths sre not uncommon these days, but sudden marriages do not occur quite eo often, Mr. Wesley Ivey, of Soow, Dooly county, started ont in a business sort of a way not long since in searoh of a wife. Up proposed to every marriageable lady he met, and was ft aklly ><»i tea. Last week he married Miss Dettie Hooks. Ilia first wife had only keen dead lix weeks. —Warrcnton Clipper: Hon. M. H. 8hnr- ley, who was some time since bitten by s supposed mad dog, woa taken ill a few days ago with wbat bis physician affirms are symptoms of hydrophobia. Tbe symptoms, however, are not peculiar alone to this dis ease and may arise from a variety of causes, which we hopo will be illustrated in this in stance. —The Augusta News states that for the past week or two the lsgoons snd ponds near that city have been filled with some strengo birds for that latitude. The oral thologist of the News office received a epeci men a few days sgo and pionouuced it ■ ;cnuine outlaw. It belongs to the sea coast, >nt was probably blown up that way by the wii.d end storms. They arc in large numbers, and fly in droves with the white cranes. —Ho ninc-yoir-old son, Lester L. Hard man, ot W. E. Hardman, ofJMilton county, was killed in a shocking manner by a cow. The cow was considered perfectly, gentle, anlbad frequently been driven from tho pasture (by a rope attached) by the little fellow and others of the f amily. On this occssion he was discovered by his father with tho rope wrappel twice around bis body, having been araggod for about 5UU yards, his n« k broken, sud he in a dying condition, living only a few moments after being discovered. —Millen Beacon: Mr. William Reeves, of Munneriyn, sent bis littl* ton-year-old son to bia neighbor's to borrow an anger, and no one being at home at the time he was attacked by two dogs, and in IlghtlM tho dogs snd backing off from tbem he foil in an old well twenty-five feet deep with fif teen feet of water. Tho boy coull not swim, bnt when he rose hecangbt hold of the side and scrambled until he got up in the steps ou the sides sod stood in a straddled posi tion for two honre. When his cries wen- heard he was rescued unhurt. -Cuthbrrt Liberal: A partridge made nest in a fenoo comer on Mr. E. B. Speigb' place in the flth district in this connty and a chicken ben layedtwo eggs in the nest. Tbe old partridge made ont the litter with eighteen of herowo eggs and sat upon tbem. After patiently sitting, sixteen of her own eggs and the two egg* of the chicken batched. Tbe two chickens wore taken from her and placed under the care of at old n other beu in the yard She was al lowed to lake care of her own legitimate offspring nadistorbe-L What kin are the two young chicken* to tbe partridge that had the t ouble of batching them? —Fort Gaines Tribnne: An old mao came into town last Saturday morning, about tbe time the crowds were rushing n to see Hudson executed, and ou being told that the hanging had been postponed, got real angry and remarked: “I think ite a d shams. Here it Is, I have rid thirty- six miles since midnight to get to see that aF feller hung, and now they ain’t gwine ter hang him. K’s just a sin and a shame that what it is, and be stuck his spun about half an inch deep into his poor old mule's flanks ard struck * gallop for the nearest barroom, where he .ocuredla quart bottle ot ••bustheed,” and soon afterwards he was seen in one of the wsgon yard* fast asleep with his bottle about empty. A I.-viy rn 1,11 IleaHer *8 Vear* Old. 3«w Ofkua TlttM'Dtttoc*** Bn., i, Jrly 23.—Mr*. Flora Iiyrne, Utiv of mnch nocul ftoJ literary dUtinciu on ‘mi invitation cf •» - - ! 7 ' delivered ft pabUc tiding Mt Attracted A v* ry thnirf , tfcongl . . •' - *• r - • •.r, Mr- ! To my friend* In the Democratic party in Geor- gia: The contest for the Kabernatorial nomination la no louger In doubt. The remit will not be ofll* daily aacertaiued until tbe convention aMemblea on the 28th lmUnt, but what it will be baa been al ready practically decided, am active operations have ceased. I avail myself of tbe o portunlty to retain my sincere thank a to my friends cbrouKhont the Htate for tbelr earnest support and the confi dence expreaaed thereby. I have lelt in thia con flict that I waa representing tbem. and I have por- aonally faced our opponent* to the laat moment in which here waa the alighteat possibility of defeat ing them. I have been nerved throughout the struggle by the aunreme conviction that I was en gaged in a battle for the right I ouly regret that there ia no longer anything to be done in contin uing the struggle save for our gallant minority to aasert by tbe vote in the approaching convention it>* loyalty to the principles for which we have eo earnestly contended- In the result of the coutest, my principal regret is in tbe failure of a cause, and in tbe temporary overthrow ot principles which I consider of vital Importance to the State. Person ally, 1 aboul(U)ave moat highly prized and app.eci- ated the honor of the ottioa of Governor had it been conferred upon me. It waa perhaps a par donable ambition In which I have indulged, that a •orvlce of twelve years to tbe Htate might be closed with this distinction. This, however, has been de nied to me. and I shall waste no regrets upon it. In considering my defeat I may be excused for referring to three things which afford me gratifica tion: First There is something of pride in the knowl edge of tbe fact that the powr-ful enlmoeitlee which th.-ough seven year* have relentleH»]y punned me to this result, were created by my having fully dl«- charued my duty aa an olhaer of tho Uunee of Rep resentatives, when some ot tnoae now iiigu m place ahd power were the defenders of those acta which that llouae and a majority of the Senate ad judged to be high crimes and misdemeanors against Htate. I would prefer to snffor for having done . duty rather than to l e rewarded for having been untrue to my uflk-lal obligation. Second. In the most heated campaign which has been known to the Htate since the war, there haa not ccme from any reputable source a single criti cism upon any act of mine during thoee twelve years of official life. And yet, tboae twelve year* date back to tbe rnoet eventful period in the civil history of Georgia, when her enemies hail leagued themselves together for her utter destruction. Third. Of the many pe.aonaland political friends i the Htate upon whom I eapeclatly relied, the number of those who in this contest abandoned me and lent theinaelvea to my enemies In their effort to destroy me, can be counted on leae than three fingers. In making thi* fight I have had to contend with odds auch aa never before confronted one in a po litical contest in thia Htate. The victory haa been won by my opponents by the active exertion of the largest official Influence and patronage, by the command of pecuniary resources which far exceed ed any which could be furnished by me, and also by eklllful management in the use of meana, some of which waa legitimate, and much of which was neilhor legitimate nor flxcuaable. The stake fur which my adversaries played waa tho conirol of tho Bute road, and of the clalip of $2,u>a»,u0u for betterment* on the name; also, for the control of the convict lease, and of tho i*«u< (4,fioO.UOO of Htate bonds, ae well aa that of the nual revi nuca of the Htate. It waa an immense stake, and they played for it dojperately and skill fully. The conflict was practically decided In a succes sion of preliminary aklrmtahen, in watch, unfor tunately, the largo body of the countiee took no pvrt. By the p >atponement of the dates upon which they would select deleg »tM. at least dialf of the counties have been practically el minated from the contest, and have exerted no influence whatever upon the result of the fight. It could not be ex pected that the action of counties in which the se lection of delegatee waa postponed nntil after the fight wan recognised aa loat In the Htate, would be the name m U they had participated In the conflict, when auch action would have affected tbe result. For thia reaeon It baa naturally occurred that in a very large number of the oountiea there hae been no contest, and the matter haa gouo bj default. The consequence haa been, that with very eveuly bal anced forces, there baa not been the evenly fought battle which there would have been under otuer direr stances. In tho content many of the method* need by . opponent* to comps** my defeat have been tncon ftUtent with thoee which are anywhere or in any po lities! party recognized av legitimate under similar circumstance*. Not content with the mesne used in contests for nominations, all ths arts and achnmsa and devices known to the blttereet con- teits between opposing political parties have been utilized bv th so who have sought my overthrow. The people of this Htate have not been been* left to the rormatl'.n of their own conclusions upon a “calm arraignment of facta" and a legitimate appeal to their reason. Emissaries have gone through almoet every conn ty endeavoring by every possible means topreju dice the popular mind against me. Hlandare against ms. the most infamous that tie K vcd and uopri'icipled minds could Invent, have n lndUfitrlondy circulated throughout th* length and breadth of the State. Criticism founded upon admitted faefeor upon thoee clearly proveo, is legitimate in a political campaign; but wholesale mendacity Is not legitimate aud not excusable. The able consequence is, to at tbe real c-nteste, both to men and measure*, are in the informal an l Ir regular party nomtnatlous, and that the regular Bute election* are the mere lonnal ratification of the decMonscf the same. It 1* readily seen that in such a pxrty c» nt**t, a h le the d rctsion la flual as to the sol ction of tho pe »on to be nominated. It doea not Buttle question* of differences of political oplulon or principle*. Huch diffur-nct* survive thepartv i ouuwt; and if iheya'e of vital charac ter, it 1( tbe duty ot tho*e a )hwing to the reapeo ttye principles upon wuicb tuene ditfeience* are aligned, ;o uiainUln aud asxert their loyalty and fidelity to such principles, aud to refuse to abandon or ig tore the same uecanirt of defeat. lu tbe l>4iuucrailo orgau xation in Georgia, held together with all its auta*,oul*ilc elements by tUe corral jcratiou of the very grave aud important pub lic lutereat to which I havealmded. the difference* which unfortunately exist are tm»*e which relate to the vital principle* of guvernuu-nt. A« to tre political method* which should be uaed; As to the purposes for whleh the government is Intended, auu to which it should be uevoteu; to personall»tu in the control of the State government; Aa to tue measure and character of the responsi bility of official* aud official obligation; Aa to the impropriety of official pltoe being used directly or ludlrectly for personal gain; As to tbe utter wroug of the domination of the party and 8tate by the combination of a handful of ten lu close and personal political alliance- Aa to these, aud to many other matters relating to the purity of tbe Htate g overnment and the lu- tegrity and asncttty of official obligation, there are wide differancea of opinion.- between tbe two wing* of the party lu this Bute. Aud uot ouly as to the principles and measur-es, bnt also sa to men. the dutructiou and opposition are equally marked. Any on« who is uot a member of the dominant faction 1* fought a* bitterly and a* relentlessly aa If he were tbe moat ultra and uncom promising political euerny In tbe ranks of an oppoe tog polithal party. To utterly crush out all those who care to aspire to the favor of the party wittiout their peimission aud support, is practically the or der and decree of the rutars of the domlnaut fac tion. To this end, all the power of official Influence natmmuv* ta actively exerted. The lUaatra.ion of this fact la found in the expe rience of the present cnnipaign. In It, Federal offi cials who have supported hiy opponeut could per form no higher or more meritorious dutj; wntle those who favored me • r er* given very distinctly to nndurstand that active rtld to me would coat them their official heads. From the servants of th'ie same rultra the prom lee weut to many counths In this Htate that offices to bs filled by the Legislature shall be given to those who support. heir candidate, and lu *uch promise la the implied warning that they will destroy those who oppose him. Th^e proinlie* and warning* are made ruore,influential by the authoratlvo uu nouuceu jut that this will be a Legislature Identi fied with ai d peculiarly in the luterestof the repre sentative of the dominant faction. Uuder auch circumstances of wide difference* of political opinion and purpoae, aud of )K>r>onal po litical autagonUtn, In tbe conflict* which occur within the party organizitlon, one aide is the c u querur, and the other aide is tho vanquished—*<»1 tue ouly feature in whl :h the members of tho de feated branch of tho party are recognized by tho ctorious branch aa other than political euemlee, that upon the former is laid the duty of approv ing aud voting for tne man selected by the Utter in tbe party contests. The reeQlt of anch party con test is final as a personal performance In the cboico of a caudldete. Tboae ot the party who are de feated. submit and support the choice of those who have prevailed. It ia not the end, however, of the Stale, there l. power with \» rest the e«r . resent dorulnac above, also ha* •f the State therefrom. Lipeneuce th with tho kingly i w* that so far fr they grow Htreng They add power to p appr>; :Ubl«> NETS GORDON. tbelr overtbri seeding aiming those who have log thilr works and th. Ir methods, are foum who have fln.illy kneeled in nibudeH.oa .1 kuowle jgc a* !i..ister* th -t whom they hi euntly dunouu . d. With luereeaintf pover come Increasing demand*, uu il now of ttiia election wo will have a mosl situation in this Htate, which It la •*•*!«• to has Lever be u approx mated in auy Mate t:i union since tho foundation of the government, Thrso men in lntimato p ireonal and p •in . il u elation and altla ee, all living pni.-ticalty in town, all with an iduMtity of p rpcM* ;md actio perfect a* if tbe mind aud wid of one of thom trolled all three; aud at the same tiuv* two of t 1 U u I ted Htates Hen*tora. and the other the Gove of the Htate. When the well-known transfoi tion* and tran*po*ltlona which thuae three have undergone are coml.U t.-d, It la certainly most remarkable political *i>< c tar is ever t nacted on ti • •; :• t •• t.A • • .... '• •!.. 1 n.it Mich things cau be ia sufficient evidence of a power dan- geroua to the pvople. to the party and to the State. If it cannot be overthrown it will soon be absolute iu lu dominiou over the people and property ot tne Stxte. Such a domi n ion is death to all honorable aspi rations for preferment, because, uuder it, prefer ment can only be obtained at the coat of aervlle ►ubtuUidon, aud the tine will not be far dlataut wt.-u within the bo.ders of the State three cannot be found a man lu tbe party who will offer, himself up to the sacrifice which awaits thoee wno aaro dis pute lu power. It is lncouaWtent with pure government, becauas wh re power i* absolute there is no re-p uaibllity to the popul r will, and where th re 1* no such re- sponsioillty there la inevitably tdU.iat corruption. It Is utteily debasing to the mai.hoodof this state, for under lu methods it l* miu seen that the ave nue to aucce-e is not through honorable, individual effort, but by bargaining aud trading with thoae who have power to give. Thu absolute po*or, eo dangerous to every im- S ortant Interest, haa been grasped aud is now held y a few men who have nut only po*aeasio», to a large extent, of the valuable property interests of tne mum, but wuumLo Lvdd sstcsg tfrerr.■*•»!»•• * e Important office* aud claim the right and power dlapenae the lesser ooe«. Tney have reached a point where they can defy 1 e b.*at public tentlmen . and do witn Impunity while in office, things, which In former days would have consigned any offi'dal to awlft and never end- lug political dra D. With increasing power, tbe time will come when tlu»y can safely defy 1 »w, or whmbyaword they cau practically control the legislation of the Htate. It cannot be doubted that an essential require- UK IS DKLIftKllATKIsY (’HANGED AVim SWINDLING HIS EMPLOYES. TI10 True Inwardr.s-x of Ilia Florida Helix*me— How he Tried to Get Rail road Property Away From Where It Con'd Ire Attached. 4taU Is unanswerable proof that it was not suit of the enterprise cf an occasional amateur fab ricator, but that the whole nefarious business was dt vUed and directed by a consummate master of tbe art. These slander*, widely scattered, reached many points where the denial could not overtake them. That my opponent baa reaped th* full ben efit of tbe same cannot be questioned. On* of the candidates, without precedent without excuse, has in a number of instances personally present In communities on tbe day whan ths primary meetings were there assembled for the selection of delegates. Whilst pretending to favor primary elections and the fullest expression of the popular mind, ray op ponsnta have eagerly embraced every opportunity to secure delegates favorable to their candidate without regard to that popular will, where It waa known or feared to be adverse to him. The moet active measures, inaugurated and car ried through hr Influence from without the coun ties, were used to pack primary meetings by which delegates were secured. In one county, where there ia no doubt that the regular bona fide citizens are In my favor by a large majority, I am informed that a railroad tr*in waa loaded with ove* one hundred person*, mainly the employee and laborer* and dependant! around eome eonvi.t works, who were thus sent without expense to them to control the primary meeting of the county. By such means, aa wall aa every other known political warfare, in many counties tba popular voice haa been stifled. In tbe moet critical moment of tba campaign, when a g eat many counties were on the eve of selecting de legit-*, tbe chief organ of my opponent r »ve moet extensive circulation to the report that bad retired, or waa about to retire, from the race. For the circulation of thin report which in the very hour of conflict could not fail to exert the moet waa trueorfalae^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H After near a quarter of a century of peace, the wing of the party supporting my opponsat has, during ths entire campaign, carried on the conflict, not upon any legitimate issue, but under the ind ■oiration of n war-whoon. I Tom*, and oltetlte.li. of life. llWffltlom. eh»r set T. .boon, 8- «:X ..t.r.judU'.J mwtetetee jlliaud .Dll e >nJrararil«to>> dt..rvr, la vtew if lb. tcqa'ri,. wh ck htnlmariil [U t. rwrhAp. peop.r tL.t I .hoaW d.amt.lj .uul Iih.t it U not m, uujKwto prahiMt te* w. of nr n.ia. m a eaadwal, baton, 16. con.mtlo. wklcii tea. wwblt oath. 26 lb Initial. Is paraotei Inn.-oanr, lnteflueoced bptb. btti.Mh.tnj I lot D.:* ton with th. r*:np.tcn U dot paralrspw- aoi a OM. which <6d!d whin ta j d«f«l l. waond. Ib.«MUoa of mj pamil Mccn. or (AUera I* rot tho mat Irapor .nt nso la tbu contnt. On I tb. coBtnnr, I nootBtzo that laa oeljthonpn- •n littr. of tkoM who hat. ..ppnrtel to. tae. h th.] aoMd with mo ——-i— ‘--i “t ta.ch.t la «acb cow tort. If wo bad •acmedeo, tbe trtampb of tbo pnociplc. for which wreo,. tended would bar. time tbo moat rriwod fro-1 tuio of tbo Tlctorj. As we hero f.tiod. tt I. .tilt a dntT to do nothin* which eoold b. eoartnod Into na nhnadonmrnt of thnnn p-tnilntno. ln.communUlr. whom Hmto nra two opponiaf I poUtk-nl t nnlM, tbo aoeteat for n aomtuuloe nj rttter pnri j la ou pomt} of poruart pr.r.nnnl . .i _ -p. tb.ro i. nj I ended, there U a n pa ty thee eouetUnted we other matter at ieree between the member* of the party. With ua. it I* different. a We are ps.ni har I j situated. liy reason cf di stancoe not n^c-nrarr h»r* to be r». oanfctJ. Im tb*y are fsitlU- to Ul. Ulsdseatti the public g« *».l that the L r* Hells* the' sincerity of Its mt*reuce» during the campaign. The imp >rt\uce of pat ty uul y causa* tha tuinority to submit to the r<.*uU of the party coo'ot: tut fidelity to the principle contended for in auch party contest require* th a they should be adhered to. and that ths intention for their anccensful assertion In future cont«»t* •hould not be ab*i loned Inothir wiMs, pm.ty unity requires aciulesoence In the result ot the party couteet for tiiH eel* ctlou of a candidate; if does hot require the abandonment of auy prlncl pie lavolvea In sui-h contest, either na to the mat ter and method* of the adiuiuLtratton of the Bute government, or a* to the right of a lactl n to abao* lutely dominate the party in Osurgia. Ou the com trary, it i* the duty of th* mluori'.y, white it *ul>> mlta to tbe decision of the majority lu the choice of a candidate, to testify by lta adherence to principles the sincerity ot tba conviction* which *“ fluanced it* »:t :m In th* campaign. If tt eta w- re principle* worthy of earteal contention in t/e oauipaign Jnst pant, thoee princi ples are worthy of reamer lion in t.e hour of defeat, nnd are worthy to be ag.io inscribed on banners to be born* in fatnre conflict*. Now is nut th* tim> for supine surrender. Un the ccutrary, ncquirt cence by the minority In the decision ot the ma jority In ths choice of n candidate i« entirely con sistent with ths declared purpose to maintain the principles o which it it committed, aud that there shall be no abandonment of the effort to wrest tbe control of the party In Georgia from the faction which as fumes to absolutely dominate It, to the entire exclnaion of all participation by those who refuse to acknowledge th«ir supremacy. There U no alternative between this nud toe moat abject subjection to the power of th A a« who have en trenched themielns 11 the principal offices, Htate and Federal and who by official power rM com mercial methods aud machine politics, a.XS’ol the Htate by dominating the Democratic parf,, mthin it To appreciate tbe work required to Icoonl this in future contests in ths party, It ts to properly estimate that by which we 'are to be . posed. Tdsm party sou teats must M determined by the results in tbe primary tueetffiga. The fact cannot be Ignored that in such primary meetings, whether they are m*as meetings or primary e • » ttona. there is a great advantage to those who make a business of politics; who have lar^e moneyed In terests Involved in the result of election* and who for the protection of tho«e interests are ready expend large sums of money to work In a comm cial way the political machine of each county. I illustration, taka the facts as they exist in this State. Tbe State retires I lease sad ths convict lease fur ul h the largest opportunities for the making of gi gantic fortunes; and this Is true where there is no corruption, but where parties are in a position make advantageous bargains with the Htate i lease of the Htate road expire* within a short time, and a new disposition ts soon to lie made ot it. and la the new disposition there la an opportunity for the making of such bargains. la the eeltisment with the present leai the expiration of tba present lease, there are ques tion* of large amount; among others one for sever- oral hundred thousand dollars aa to the valuation of the equipment of tbe read to be returned by the lessees to the Htate; and another question aa to the payment of IXOOO.OuO.OO by tbe State to the leasee* on account of money claimed by the leeeees to have been expended by them In Improving the condition of the road. Ho that in tba expiration of the pres ent lease, and in the making ot a new. lease, there are matters involving several million* of dollar* to thoee who will be strong enough to control the Democratic nartv of the Htate. In addition to th* millions involve 1 In the State road question, it Is safe to sey that th* eonvh t lease to wotth itrectly and Indirectly a clear profit of half a million dollars a year to the leasees. Tb*rs is a very genet*! and growing feeling ta tbe Htate that so soon aa it can be tegl'liua-ly don* this convict leas* should be broken up, so that the convicts - hould no longer be need to enrich a few individuals, who tue them In a ruinous at*! dagr-ading compa nion with free labor, and at th* seme Hue ee a moat powerful weapon with which they largely control ant dominate tne Deis cratio o ganizations or the Hur# bat that he con victs should be put to building permanent public roads tor th* benefit aqua'Iy of all the people. To protect tbe continuance of thia lease tL»n through e loug term ot yean Is aims question of many mil lions of dollars. It ia a known fact that then are partis* la this Htate who, with tbelr eonftdsr* seend associates, both in and out of tbe State, a • lirrctl) concerned in the questions connected siih ths Htate road Whs* and th* convict leas*, fxey are interested to the amount of many millions of dollars la retaining tbe political control or those interests. W* have heard and seen very iit*J* of ell thi* matter, so im portent to the Htate, ia this dramatic cam paign. Tbe effort to tell tt to the peo ple has been drowned to a deceptive war whoop. Can any on* doubt that with ty by any particular faction in it, to the exclusion of any cousiuorablo element In if, is inconsistent with that cqualit); and thia is true however good and pure may bo the rneu « ho compose that dominant faction. 1 he recognitl u of the importance ot pre serving tho unity of t*e Democratic organization in this State, furnishes the strongest argument that thorn i* no hluhnr duty to tha party than to cou- tilbute by all legitimate means within the party to the ‘ overturew ot any faction which ass urues tuns to dominate accomplish it will rtquire in future «ontests tbe concerted action ot tno*e who are opposed to this continued control of the party. With the powe- which the leaders of that Ujtlon have acquired, it will be beyond the Individual strength ot any one man to cope with, even though a iu*J »rl.y of two thirds of the party should be at bl. oaj*. Unless there l! on the part ul it* opponent* In the future the moet determined and coucotto i effort to rvleaie tue party from the grasp of this dcuiuiut fertlon th- re Is no a teiuativo nut auhnunite:* to a pr - acknowledged as abtoluto aud un« liallrugt‘abii< auch a situation, to tbo»e who aro true to prti dpi*, and who are Incapable «-f boiug time-servers and changelings, tm-re. ia no presp^-t save to be tbe rnbmtsvive m tuber* of n party whoar only victories are those In which th.7 are themselves recognized and treated aa the vai qnUli ed oneiuie*. The cry for “peacei" “iteocai" which the victor* always about al »h* cnticluainu of their relentlee* w.»r, is not the peace of |»»it; equality aud fraternity; but U Is the peace ol the emptr-*— the peace where one side rule* supremely, aud do- mauds that the other »ide shall submit *bjtctly. Tbe maintenance of our principle*, and tbe con tinned efforts for Dene result*, ar» coualatuut wlUi the recognition ot tne imp rtame of party unity. In this belief, I shall abide the nomination to bs made by tbe c'H’veuU'm on the anti instant. As ‘ liavcaUUdon the slump during tne campaign, sball do so solely aa a matter cf obligation to tb« party »t bugs. I do not regard tbe result of the action of that convention, a > rar as it relates to me personally, at the chief pacers t» the same, either tf myself or of my friend*. W»re this purely a personal mu ter, I might not continre my name before the convvu- tlou when tire mult Is not dopbifaL Bui II Is Ml a personal matter, bat a c*u«e in which I am ■Imply the exponent of thoee who believe In Its ; ustice—a cans# more Important than the persouat fortunes of any on* tu*n, and therefore a cause not to be abandoned. For this reason, eu lor g as there will be one member of mat c-.invention who be ll ves In that c«use, and who conaideis me wnrhy S b < its present repre»eiitaUve, I am not at lhsrty any art of mine to deprive him of the opportn- I iy to give txpreeeiott y hi* vote to bis cenvlo- tloas. My Ar«t utterance* In this campaign shall be tu> last, lu the first speech made by me In the atty/-f Auguste, in the opening of the cam algo, D Id: '•-Shall a dotulnailng indusuce draw to IteclHdl power lu this Mate, aud concentrate In one etty an absolute dii-t»tar*hipov*r tbe politics of the Htate 1 * ~ lv;! * i.)t;/.“iis, this Uen attempted tyr- Tampa, Fin , July23. Editor Tkt.koraph: A few yeur-i h^*o the jicoplo of FloiMa were startled nt tho nnn<mncem< tit of n t<i^autio railroad Bcbemc, which was intoudr-d to open up the resources oithc State from north to s-nith, anil cull to her hhorrs thc^n .t trade of S >uth America, Mexico and Culm. Lines of bicAiitehipa worfi to be tmtablislicd con- nacting this road with F.utopo and tho vari- oua ports in tbo countries mentioned, and he State of Florida was to be m ide by thia nterpri.se the great commercial center of tin* western World. Influenced by the high Mounding atate- ments of the c mpany uho undertook to carry thiw Bchemo to it j com pit ti-»n and the bomlmatic utterances of its |.r*-si«’ent (the bo called “Hero or Aopomatoi.) tlel,eg- ifiUture grunted a charter giving privilegea and land grants grouter than have « v» r be fore or i-ince bc« n conferred up«m a syn- dic-it" by .*itv \r gi*-lntarc in the Eniou, act ually going ho far, that,should this corn pa uy fullill thin contr.i 't, tho St ito would have to pav them iu caab. if not able to do bo in I t* d. Thus did “Tho International Railroad and SteamHilip Company" come with a great flourish of trumpets before tho people. Pamphlets by tho thousand were circulated, advertising tho nch» me, asserting itu aoliility, and offer- lug wonderful inducement? oumhagaw of str'i’k. I:s Mippi.il* rs w..i 11<I express surprise if anyone ghonld doubt tbe miccobh of tho company, for wtki not General John 13. Gordon (whose name alone was en mgh to iunke the “world turn pale") at the head, center and foot of the enterprise. Thin lat ter fact waa prominently put before tho , public, and every advantage sought to lie obtained from it. Tho Gemral’a picfaiiru wag iftV-i), representing him with tho proud beanng and fiugle eye, as wlu n ho faced tho Yankees at Appomntox. It ap- peared In a fall page illu tration upon many ot tho advert;si-i;; paper*. It win Gordon first, loat and all ti.r time, und the people cheered and wore happy. Out, bow are the mighty fallen? A splurge wriR made nud then thf enterpriRO ended. The ft A thonsa 1 dollara r.UHO to begin on (magnified t.» millUna in the cyea of the General) were thrown into a Hand bed, much to ilic grh f of >-« me prominent citizen* connected with the line. Tho work done wo* worse than umI <h, and ro- m&in* fistanding mo .iiu.< :.L (f the Gen eral’* nnfitu- as a ruilroid in xnnger or a buhincHB man. On the iiictur-nquo bank* of log* anny whl. h . • •• etidurcil. Itt aUisoce will continue to .']' tt Is overthrown. Clrcum- staareehavsM#«l|rii«Hl to me the teafiereblp In this contest ll.it U fit on* which involves a >reat d«al mere than mypfreoual fortnues. If I sneered, it .will be the success cf the propi , and of a greet and impoi teat principle. If i fall, tbe standard will be caught uv 0) »ttong«tr hands and born* to Anal vte O" Veftr respectfully. A. O.Racox. Macon. Ua, July 23, lWfi. DRINKING IN ATLANTA. and Straight U»w to Oet euek an Immense amount at stake I I parties tntareated would without kae.tetlon furnish I all the money com t iered neeresary to pay all the expense* required to peck primary meeting* in the I several counties? Comparatively few men will at li primary meeting*. Even in tbla heated can 1 there are not a flow Bounties In the state In which half tbe Democratic vote waa cart In the pri-L I mart**. Many men have so *treeg or fixed convic tion*, and are eeatlr Influenced: others do not feel I abte to leave their work, nod ethers have aot the means of easily going to the place of voting. That faction of the party haa a c rntreling advantage in the patty contacts which has the meana to flood every mliltla district to the flute with the laaocsl a ( artisan nawapaper; to a*nd 1- rsonal caav*»* everywhere to Interview and talk wiu peop»e;L.. supply laborers to the piers of voters who will not otherwise leave their work; and to furnish nnlimit- edtnelHMmMMmlte Cuckutil* Whisky. From the Cincinnati Commernial-Gazette. Oeneral Thomas L. Young gives the following neraUve of his experience with the AtlanU prohi bition law; It waa eajftr in th* morning, and as I had a bard day of U tha day before and waa not feeling per fectly happy after tbe night's rest, I thought of a cocktail aa a remedy. Cocktails 1 had found •greed with me sometime* in the early morning. Ho 1 aald to myself: ‘Tom we'll go down to tbe bar and try acoeataiL" Turn aoeepted uy Invitation, and away we went 1 didn't call a boy to lead us, Wall, we found the bar and walked straight up ta tbe counter, and 1 sail to the young man on the other side of the polished board, “1 want a cock •aiL" "We don’t sell eocktalls." said the barkeeier. "What! yon don't sell 'war aald L "No, air," said he; **we don’t sell any cocktails kere.** "You don't aell eoektatla" ► »!d I. "Bow's that?* “Wall, you see," aald he, "the law hers don’t al- >w tt.” "Th* deuce!" said L "Well, than, giva me some plain whisky." i l*h t whisky bare except by the quart,' "Weli, what is It by the quart?!* I asked. "One dollar sad a quarter," he said. I w 14 puzzled. I didn't want a quart for myself, and 1 didn’t know whether the citizens alttiog in a row along tha wall could gat away with whxt t didn’t want Bevldee, I didn't know them, and didn't owe them anything, and 1 couldn't see bow I waa to be profited by paying $1.23 for a drink for myself. I ■tarted to walk away, when I noticed a rail look on th* faces of the fellows along the wall, but my hsart waa hard, and I reared out. I went to my room to meditate. I felt that there must be some way of getting a cocktail In Georgia. A bright idea ■truck me. I touched the electric button for a tne*- Meger, and waen he cam* I aald: "Wring me a cockiaU." He manifested no surprise, bat turned at once and went out. Us aoon team* back with a cocktail and I handed him a quarter, and he went hie way. leaving th* cocktail alone with me. The n» xt day three of ua sad th* softener went out on buaiaaea, and after k nocking about tha streets in the hot auu for eome time, returned to the hotel I wait to my room, and thia king *0 rejoin my frteoda, naturally I went to th* bar, but they were not there. As I was tuning to go a citizen entered and asked th* bartender t :* Mae Question I had asked la tbe morning. Curious to know' would succeed I waited. "I want some whisky," aald the citizen. •We don't sell lees than a quart," waa tha reply, 1 a quart," Til taka a quart,” said the he was banded on* ot the cutest pitchers I ever saw. I felt in love with It, and 1 wished I could bring one like it away with me. but tha/ were not for sale. The etraoger said; * < Oive me gliaaee for each of thee men here." "We don't fmniftb bat ou* glees with each quart 1 Mid the harkreper. Is* then I *ili:ei*eld.« for.r.fMl H>|n« ta<k« an, *r took up tbe glare tb« barkeeper elevated* py of saewspeper, turned his back to the coeu- ) tb< rmldl). wed in aj cho* of tho Hillabcrough riv. r. a il was c instructed that should In down lo p.-stf rity it* a aped gineering never Burpn.-.xl in t: the country. This wot intend**' 1 lie ninny ship loads of iron th . s.iid to ho om tin ir way; bn* Fo x hern phnntmu fiblpi the :: flying Datibin-m, uad tin > -n-*’ np in Tamp 1 Uay, where Mr tl have gone. Having shah on tha confiilvn v of th** peo ple of Tuinp't find Qillihorough county, the n»xt move wag to Sum ten i lie. Thera hnotbrr dash wan mridi-. ^unit»*rviih’ wan vo be * tbo junction" of tho va of tho lino, and consequently a yriiii dty. T* • j- upl« thire h.cauie ex- citffd, their Mlhum.^in tori to fever her.t. L’ 0 cttdlt oi th- v v,' !it un, R.ippUfcrt worn liberally faminl 1 by tho various merchanU for ptovialnniog tin* corpn; hut olaa, for their ho|KR, a few miloH of grading wore conip!*’tcd aud tho extonaive work came again to a itaudhtlll; but it would uot do to giop altog tin r tho charter muet be »aved i»t all hazirda, so some of tho «*ngi- nefirs were retain: 1 in tho *•< rvico of tho oompany, and a few ced rid lmudu wore employoit to grade. 80 month afttt ' went by, with no proapuet of rtwaid, Tho pay of thsoor|M wa* uot forthcoming, and all bands, merchants include 1, livod on tho atniigthof tehgrunH. letter*, promiHCH, etc., from the Central and thoae at headquartora, that heavy woik would aeon begin und every thing paid up. At fabt tho General ant. un. .-1 hiti.mdf ready. Arrange me nt* h.i been completed "iih «■ • t.Al'* Oil 11-il.-1*1 ! • 1 . ui.i .id with tho lion. Engiawm war* aunt ont to ttt flldffi tracks, eta, for cat ioadn of r.n. «nd hopoa rote again: hut from information ri<-«ived theae capUaliMta rofu-i l to *ubmit*to the « xurhit.mt cl lims of «i- 11 r.d < Imdon iu regard to managainont, etc. Tbg motto with him has alwaya been / it Qordoii, nut nullu*—cither Gordon or nobody, ami ud went that prospect for tho completion of tha road. Tbiaga now looked aeriotuh Gordon ntill anaoiiii.-' I bia inYincibility, but faith iu him had departed. Tha mer< hanti began to refuse credit. It wag a com- <f ncmi- fitarvatir.n in the engineer/ <*.»mp, nnd no money e«ma to their relief. To make mutton* worse, this “honorable man” (for dot h ho not claim to bo an honouahlt* man, who now • -IL ri l.iins* If t<-r th*- riiorsl.ip i.t (ieor- gia?) wrote to the oh^intent enmneer and t-mli avored to get tbe best of the railroad property shipped to him at Atlanta, tvidint- ly to lay bin hands upon it and avoid an utmriiiMi i.t. Hi* dl.l m-t u rit*- and n»k I" rn.i-. -ior, oi th- chi. I .-i mm • r, who waa in I - k*'*m\ 111«*. land who--, .i-1v. in r-gard to tho c:-!.gtrnction of the road it would have been well to h*Te followed hog ngov) % evidently did not want hi in to know anything of this dodging, but the merchant a of* Sum- terville foun t it out, and were a little too quick for him. Th# property was utu.dmd for tho debU of tho company, ami gom»- of the money duo wa« by thia action iv-omr- •d I it ('i.-m-ial (lord -n l.-ft hin ongiut-er « ' tl •->.* m ho stoc.d h) him arid hi . h.»r- ter,) without tbe money for which tin y hon- 1 ' »r»-d, and • .- . ; ... n •' men " ith taimlw Mh<» coni i iii r«l to h.M; it. Ills o.ssuraneeo and promts, ri amounted to nothing. He has not even psid up some of tho colored hand-*, who did what colored men very zeldom do, viz- work .,u th« Btn-Dgth of a roan’s word. Gone fill Gordon ujq ».'•» to-day a .1 man in whom no confidence can be placed not withstanding the lOnoQDc ii.'r.t that he haa gold ont his railroad inter*Mn in Plotida and r* i\< 1 .• i-h in h .mi Tin*peo ple of Florida would jm»t lik*- t > know w hat inter-ts he ban bore t<>g*-il <--i*. II. L;*m broken his word to tho puhli feited every pledge ho ii.hm* and yet in the face he has the an-iurr/nce to a-h th < '• • r. in t* 1 *1* i i km . th.-ir • ..»>•» 1 because ho in or w ne, G.-n* r il Gcr.l fought in th*: Southern c -aae. bach • men U no < r> :it t* ar*\ . or any people. lie lit* bulldoi ; for- .imply Hr. -Ii th- p. or rather