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TIIE WEEKLV TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, APRIL lfl, 1884.
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Macon. Ga.
The boys can't throw dust in anybody’s
ey^to-day.
Cyclones continue to present no-fence
arguments to the Georgia fanners.
The Macon boys may have been beat,
but the Macon girls were victorious.
The Bandersville Mercury has run up to
the masthead the name of Roewell P.
Flower for President.
The boys were warned against betting.
Their money is gone; but bad luck and
lime for repentance are still left them.
The tariff discussion has broken out in
the Honse.lt U the old programme: Demo
crats plant and Republicans gather the in
crease.
It Is somewhat remarkable that the two
most eloquent men in Georgia should be
two doctors. Dr. Felton and Dr. Miller.
A decade ago Mr. Hill and Gen. Toombs
occupied that position.
Tiiksa should bean end to the subter
fugeof ••adjourned” sessions. It is not
proper to seek to remedy the defects of an
ill-considered constitution by violating its
provisions or evading them.
A playful little love tap from Henry
'YYattereon: “The Atlanta Constitution is
the organ of a ring, of which Joe Brown is
the chief, and that ought to be enough to
folly explain the milk it its cocoanut.”
It mnst harrow the soul, not to say the
breeches, of Billy Mahone's President to
see district after district sending up dele
gations for Blaine and Kdmund*. It means
that New York will have two lone tisher-
Wk see it stated that Dr. Felton and Dr.
Miller, two of the fastest friends and most
eloquent speakers In Georgia, will engage
in a public discussion soon in Atlanta on
the tariff question. Dr. Miller is repre
sented to be a free trader, and Dr. Felton
a protectionist. The discussion will he in
teresting, and we doubt not Instructive.
Ore Senator has been found who believes
in the doctrine of instruction. In the
debate on the Blair bill to aid the public
schools of the several Stales, Mr. Ransom,
of North Carolina, said: “As I said before,
I have the instructions of the Legislature
of the State of North Carolina—the very
Legislature that sent me here—to vote for
this bill.”
Cincinnati must be permitted to go
head on freshets and riots. The only
thing that other cities can do is to lag he.
hind In these two particulars, and protest
against the order in which the victorious
city arranges its triumphs. If it had called
on’ its riot first, the flood would have
served the purpose of washing out the
blood stains. There was “growing” and
growling weather on Monday.
One of the most enjoyable features of
the firemen’s meeting was the excellent
bands which enlivened the streets, cheered
the contestants and kept the enthusiasm
at a high pitch. We had the pleasure of
meeting only two of these organizations,
that which wore the uniform of the fa
mous Clinch Rifles, of Augusta, and the
Hawkinsville band, both of which gave
this oflice midday serenades. The selec
tions were fine and neatly- executed. The
Telegraph returns thanks.
We have a political editor for our State
Comptroller-General, also one for our Com
missionerof Agriculture, both of whom
take a lively interest in personal politics.
Ami now Mercer University turns up with
its editor who proposes to take charge of
the politics of this Congressional district.
Perhaps the people may weary of this
thing and conclude to dispense with these
ornamental but novel attachments. In
such an event the public service and
pure methods will suffer no harm.
The Boye In Red. j Ceorgla and the Cotton Exposition.
Macon gathered into her Itosom thin The Savannah .Vn»i some days ago
morning the largest assembly of Are- j ventured to call attention to the fact,
Enound seems disposed to superintend
the settlement of the French anil Chinese
difficulties. It feels called sipon to umpire
all questions of European, Asiatic and Af
rican concern. It acts the part ot J.ldg*
Jocko with great gravity and earnestness.
How dlflerent climate affect, people.
TTie Beaton Star says that the popular ini
prpsslon in that city is that the Harden
cf Ellen fronted on lleach street. All
Atltantese an prepared to make af
fidavit that the "Kyar Shed” la the origi
nal site.
Cyclones will become completely harm,
less when they can be anticipated. Thanks
to the new night editor of the CnmtitutUm,
just graduated from two journalistic col
leges, the discovery has been made. The
following able editorial appears in the issue
of yesterday.
The disaster by the eyclone ot Wednesday
morning becomes appalling a* tbe details are
received. The loss ofllte was much greater
than wus anticipated.
Why were those whose deaths were an
ticipated not informed so that they might
have run in a pit or moved away ? Anil
why should th. Constitution have conceal
ed knowledge of a cyclone that was antici
pated to be death-dealing? It was start
ling enterprise to anticipate a storm, but
cruel to keep the knowledge for a "spe
cial.”
"It la aaid that Senator Beck wilts his
collar with perspiration in making a spMch
more quickly titan any other man in Con
gress." The wilting ol Senator Beck's
collar is an indifferent affair. The way lie
wilts hia party ia the aeriou. part of the
performance.
Tuna is an apparent coolness between
Atlanta and Louisville Jonrnals. A jour
nalistic gulf, so to speak, has dropped in
between. Cyclones and water spouts play
around in the country that separate, them
It ia tad, confusing, crushing. This is why
we weep.
Just now it look, as though the admiral
of the fire fleet would not be compelled to
abont for “ Water! More water f for No, 1."
But damp aa it ia, there will be red ibirta
enough In the city to make it look a» dry
aa a powder born.
Looax, the great Western demagogue,
doc. not find altogether plain (ailing in
Illinois. He would have a higher appre
ciation for tbe memory of Abraham bin
coin If he had left a daughter Instead of an
office-ieeking ion.
Ms. Mousiaox wfiTmake a test of hi.
horizontal strength to-day, and some of
the patriots will appear in the role of art
ful dodgers. It la a poor man that hasn't
thccoursge to stand by h's convictions.
A bold, open man ia respected even by his
strongest opponents.
Vatiocs European powers are demand
ing “satisfaction from Haytb" They will
get it. Haytl always keeps large quanti
ties of “satlsfsction" on hsmf, and deals
it out, on occasion, with an mutinied
hand. Bat it k«p, no money equivalent
for the wounded honor of other peoples.
Tnt outlina sketches ot notorious people
about New York CUy, started by tha New
York World, are not special. They are
cheap, and yet very dear to journals that
have anything of interest to publish. In
fact they are cheaper than “Walk In” Mill
er’s dime novels and about aa promis
cuous.
The relations between the leading con
tinental powers and Great Bra!tain on the
Egyptian question are uncertain. It isn't
likely that France and Russia will consent
to any disturbance of tbe relation which
Egypt bears to Turkey. Whether they
will back their protests by force, remains
to be seen.
A uso angry debate on the tariff ques
tion will leave tbe matter further from set
tlement than before. Even if tbe Morrison
bill should pass the House, it would not
bwami. a law, and would not commit the
Democratic party to that line of policy. It
is a mere exaggerated political "IJnroln
rehearsal."
Th* following from the Atlanta Gmail-
iMtion, ought to reconcile opponents of the
Blair educational bill to its necessity:
L. K. 8., Villa Rica, Os—Why was Henry
CUy called the mill boy of the slashes .'
In boyhood he lived in a wooded country,
relied the "stashes," because the woods hail
been cut and slashed as It were in spots. He
was in the habit of riding to mill, and these
two clrcumeuncea won fur him the name of
'mill boy of the slashes," and in his brilliant
but unsuccessful Presidential candidacy It
aided him greatly with the maaaea.
Henry Clay was bom near the marshes
In the neighborhood ol Hanover junction.
The marshes were anil are still called
“slashes." Home pedagogue has un
doubtedly nrglected to slash the
ablest.’* p
The Bills for Public Buildings.
Congress stopped just short of the
hills providing fur public buildings at
Macon and Augusta. There was not a
full house and much opposition was
manifested.
It would appear that some of the de
feated whisky ringers are playing for
revenge upon this point, and it is by
no means certain that any more bills
will safely run the gauntlet. The
Washington Star, a journal altogether
impartial and unusually well informed
has this to say on the subject: "The
present log-rolling combination in Con
gross is one of the strongest of recent
years, bat tlio opposition is unusually
vigorous, anil it is probable that only
a small portion of the forty-five bills
for new buildings, involving the expen
diture of $7,000,000, will succeed in the
end. Iz>g-rolUng is good, healthy ex-
men ever seen in 11 corgis From
every part oi the State they came, and
for two days the streets will he filled
with engines, reels, trucks, red shirts,
fancy caps ami gaudy badges. Some who
came have been with ua before. Oth
ers are strangers. All we’come.
Macon may lie regarded as the fire
man’s capital. In no place in Georgia
are the boys in red held in higher esti-
mation. No city has as many
engines, hose companies, reels, nor
as many feet of hose. No city has ex
tended to it« firemen as much courtesy,
nor is there in the State a band of pro
tectors who liave worked more faith
fully, more readily, more unselfishly
for the preservation of life and prop
erty, than that which to-day surrounds
and gathers in the visitors. The effi
ciency of Macon’s fire department has
been striking for thirty years. The
recognition of this fact on the part of
the citizens lias never failed. The sue
cessfnl tournaments held here year
after year, the grand meeting of to-day
attest the force and continuance of the
public appreciation. Without reflect
ing upon any sister city, it may
he Bafely said, that nowhere in Georgia,
if in the South, would such a congrega
tion of firemen as that witnessed to-day
have been possible.
The life of a fireman, under the
most favorable circumstances, is haz
ardous. The invigorating excitement
of fierce battles with the flames is not
sufficient compensation for the labor
and the risk. There is the falling wall,
the hidden explosive, the insecure
footing, attd last, but not least, the
terrible exposure to threaten and lie in
wait for him- The paid fireman goes
into conflict prepared. Every safe
guard the law can establish is thrown
about him. He is armed and
equipped with all modern appliances
for extinguishing flames, learns by con
stant practice under men who have
been educated to the business to ac
comptish the greatest possible good, at
the smallest risk; is hardened by con
stant exercise at alt hours, is chosen
for physical aptness and ability.
Not so with the volunteer firemen.
They go into the conflict relying upon
courage, numbers and sheer force for
victory. Without pay or hope of re
ward, they leave the warmth and com
forts of Itome, and contribute their ef
forts at all hours and in any weather.
Never in the history of Macon
has the volunteer firemen
been found a laggard in the hour of
noeil,
Upon this, their annual holiday,
therefore, the city joins them in a
frolic, which yet is bent on practical
ends. With them, the people welcome
tlie guests, joining in their triumphs, if
triumphs are secured, cheering them
even in defeat, if defeat he met.
that Atlanta would not join the Riate
in getting up a general exhibit of our
minerals, products and manufactures
at New Orleans, but was “making ar
rangements to erect a building to be
devoted exclusively to the display of
articles from Atlanta, and which are
to be known os the Atlanta exhibit.”
We ventured to reprint the remarks of
the Newt as a matter of interest to
the people ef Georgia. The Atlanta
Corutltution is pleased to characterize
the article of the -Vries as, "ill-advised
and ill-natured,” and to justify the
course which Atlanta has determined
to pursue.
We refer to the subject again
simply to express our dissent from
the view taken of the matter by
the Constitution. We do not think the
remarks of the Newt were “ill-advised
and ill-natured,” nor that they can be
juBtly regarded os “foolish utter
ances.”
As to the course which Atlanta 1ms
marked out for herself, we have no
wish to express anti no suggestions to
offer. If she prefers to separate her
self from the State, and instead of
joining in a collective exhibit, to go off
into a corner and have her exposition
all alone, site has a right to do as she
likes. We shall not object. Tlte
ground set apart for Georgia is believed
to be sufficient for all the cities of the
State, including Atlanta.
Tlte exhibits made by the several
cities, towns, railway companies and
corporations might be classed and
arranged separately on the ground
assigned to Georgia, and yet be made
distinct as the most exclusive could
desire. The collective exhibit would
be known as the Georgia qxhibit, and
Byet each particular city would receive
full credit for what it had done. This
course would stimulate the different
cities and corporations to make the best
possible showing, anil each one would
receive due credit therefor, whilst the
combined exhibit would be credited to
Georgia, of whom none of her people
and cities will ever have cause to feel
ashamed.
We trust, therefore, that the cities of
the State, including Savannah, Augus
ta, Athens, Rome, Griffin, Columbus,
Albany, Atnericus, Thomnsville, Mil-
ledgevillc and Macon, and the several
railway lines anti manufacturing com
panies,as well as tlte differentcounties,
will each have its own special exhibit,
if it so desires, and that these exhibits,
whilst properly credited, will all be
might together and known as Geor
gia’s contribution to tile great Exposi
tion. Tltis contribution will reflect
Itunor upon the State, without detract
ing from the merits of the parties who
assist in making it a success.
We are not disposed to conclude that
a debate will do tlte Democratic party
further harm. Tlte unwise agitation
of thia subject lias already alarmed the
capital and business interests of tlte
country. Discussion may convince Mr.
Morrison and hia followers of their
errors of judgment and temper.
It may do more. It may soothe and
assure the country that this faction is
powerless to make good its threats. Tlte
clash of opinion may engender a spirit
of wise compromise, and this together
witli tlte healing proces of time, may
bring the two wings of the party to
gether in an earnest and united effort
to lay a campaign at Chicago and to
select a leader that may yet snatch vic
tory from the jaws of defeat. Tlte
country will watch the movement with
an anxiety and interest far beyond
anything within the range of Congres
sional legislation fur years past.
mingle? bitter aed sweet.
It was, or is, certainly a rare scene I
for Georgia. It may become common: ■ , . .
wo trust it will. If Mr. Salter’s favor- ** Oeo,ln "« ,, »" it j
able testimony is well based—and with
results as already obtained before him
Viewed,
Katontou Messenger.
Jwtsre Simmon* will not he a
T 5 ™ A. be r lhCre iB , eV “ ry ^ l^X‘ve Kobnbly ^'
~ ~ “ * Darien Gazette.
JutlKe Thomas J. Simmons, of Macon I
»a- eouie out in h letter in which I
state- that lie i« not a eamliiiate for Gov.
reafton to believe that a new and prof
itable business may, under certain t ir*
cumstances take the place of cotton a candid.u, for w
growing. It will he a happy day for er>i"r. Jniijzv Bliutuuns 1ms done a wise
Georgia when her horses, mules, Jer- w ,M! »candidate sgsioil
scyg, hogs, Bheepand beeves are raised 1
within her borders—when not only iter
smokehouses hut her stables, dairies
Tat Carter family—to which ail who
l» of that name are supposed to belong—
will hares national reunion, with epeecbee,
poem-, mask, and plenty hr eat and to
drink, oa June It, at Woburn, Mass. It is
expected that each member of tlie family
will be folly equipped with tbe proverbial
(f:. ll/oats.
Titoroa the. press convention resolved
> favor cf tbe newspaper copyright bill, it
ereiac, but fatiguing if kept up too
long.’’ _
Dr. Felton.
A rumor reaches us that this gentle
man will be a candidate for the Legis
lature from Bartow county. As the
Doctor resides in Bartow, and line al
ways carried it by heavy majorities in
Ilia Congressional races, it is safe to
say that lie will be elected, if lie should
consent to make the race. He is still a
great power in the seventh district,
and especially in Bartow.
Dr. Felton's appearance in the Legis
lature would create a sensation in po
litical circles. His remarkable powers,
his engaging manners^ and his uni
form courtesy will attract atteu:i"n on
all aides. Should there be any jobs in
process of incubstion, they will hardly
escape tlie astute Docvur’s scrutiny,
if their authors should venture to bring
them before the Legislature.
It may be safely predicted that Dr.
Felton will be the most notable figure
in the Legislature.
Press Visitors.
We are indebted to the firemen's
parade for the presence in Macon of
several gentlemen of the editorial fra
ternity.
Among those who called upon the
Tcliobaph and Messknoxs, and whom
we met in the city, were Messrs. Gantt
of the Athens Hanner-lYatehman, Poa-
tell of the Savannah Timet, Woods
ot the Hawkinsville DispoteA,
Jelka of the Hawkinsville Next,
Do Wolf of the Columbus Timet, Car
Cotton Statement,
Tlte following facts, relative to tlie
movement ol the crop for tlte past
week, are compiled from tlie Chronicle't
cotton article of April 11:
For the week ending April 11. the total re
ceipt! have rearhe-i IMMM baler, exelnrt: 17,0.-1
baler last week, 52.SS4 bslee the prevloui week
and tit'-To haler three week! ilnce; making
the total receipt" rtuee the lit of September,
1XH.1, 4,640.774 betel, egelnit ft, WO* held for
the eeme peri-el of tasc-Kl, showing a ileereaie
line. September 1, Keel, of tcxctoi held,
The total receipts at all the interior
towns for the past week have liecn 28,-
1181) hales, since Siqrtembcr 1, 2,724,088
bales, showing an increase of 3,000
bales over tlie same receipts last year,
anti for tlie season a decrease of 004,
720 hales, as compared with the season
of 1882-83.
Among the interior towns, Macon is
credited with 38 bales for tlie week
and with 50,825 bales for tlie season
Tlte receipts for tlie same week last
year were 188 hules, and for the sea
son 50,570 bales. These figures show
a decrease for the week, as compared
with last year, ot 150 bales, and for
tlie season an increase of 3,240 hales.
Taking the receipts from plantations,
tlie net overland movement to April
1, anil also the takings by Southern
spinners to the same date, tlie total
visible supply becomes 5,473,014 hales,
against 0,521,438 hules last year, show
ing a decrease of the amount in sight,
os compared with that period, of l ,048,-
424 bales.
Tlie imimhs into Continental ports
this week hare been 42,000 hales. The
exports have reached a total of 51,500
bales, of which 18,530 were to Great
Britain, 10,0(01 to France, and 10,180
to the rest of tlte continent.
Tlie following, relative to spends
tionsin cotton for future delivery du
ring the'week under review is clip]ied
from the Chronicle’e cotton article.
The speculation in cuuua tor future deliv
ery at Ihl* market for the week under review
has not been so arrive es last week, aud there
have been wide fluctuation! with nome Irreg
ularity In the coups' of prlrei, but In the ag
gregate an Important further advance miet he
rec< Med. Foreign advice! have been decidedly
better, the movement of the crop ha! been
quite imail and itocki have become much re
duced, It l! trie that export! have been ma
terially curtailed, and the weather at the
South ia (airly favorable for the work of
planting, the latter fart preventing theneit
crop from tally charing In the ad
vance for thU crop; hut confidence In higher
prices baa been very general, leading to active
speculation for the rise, on Saturday a varia
ble market closed at a alight advance, and the
same was true of Monday; but on Tuesday an
active speculation caused an advance of Veil
points. On Wednesday morning a slight fur
ther advance was followed by some selling to
realise profits, under which the close wee at a
slight decline. Yesteplay there was again a
brlss speculation at admiring prices, elo-tng
with a gain for the day of tas points, while as
Flrjemn n's Day.
There were several features of yes
terday’s display which must have im
pressed every one who witnessed it.
Tlie large numbers present, tlie excel
lent humor that prevailed, the fine ap
pearance of the contestants, the splen
did galaxy of ladies on hand,
an<l tho glorious weather fol
lowing so swiftly upon the
footsteps of the storm, were facts of the
occasion, conspicuous and pleasing.
Never before fn Macon, nor in sny
other city in Georgia, have bo many
happy conditions united to produce so
splendid an effect. Tlte parade nnd
contest of 1884 stand at the head of the
list. There must have been ten thou
sand spectators of the contest.
Tlte welcome extended by tho
Tgi.guaani to the city’s guests
was fully justified. Every
commodation and courtesy that
could (toHsibly contribute to the visit
ors’ pleasure, have been freely extend
ed. It a failure to please has occurred
in any instance, we have not heard of it
Too mtiL'Ii stress cannot he laid upon
the importance ol, and the good that
arises from these annual contests
of skill. Not only is the efficiency of
tlie department kept up by tho prac
tice required, hut there are brought to
gether from all sections of tlie State
tlie active, muscular elements, and de
spite the temporary rivalry, a closer
union is effected. If we were called up
on to name the most conspicuous fact
in the present contests, we should say
that it is the physical developcment of
the competing squatls. In tlie swift
race ami rapid connections it is very
apparent. In the wonderful ladder
contest—a novel and pleasing feature
of the occasion—it was conspicious. In
deed on ail sides it was recognized und
commented upon.
To-day ends the meeting. Success
hovers over Numbers 2 of Angusta, and
5 anti 3 of Macon, but several gallant
squads atop forth this morning to wrest,
if possible, the victory from their grasp.
The Peril of the States.
The late legal tender decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States
has seriously alarmed the business
men and financiers of tlte country. Tlte
New York Joumalof Commerce heralds
the warning and the remedy so briefly
and forcibly that we cannot better sub
serve tlie interests of our readers titan
by adopting its language ns our own,
which we proceed to do as follows:
Tito blow dealt by tho Supreme Court
is aimed at the dignity, tlie interests
and the very existence of the sovereign
States of this Union. Tito question
whether gold and silver shall he the
only legal tender for debts, important
as it is, is but a small part of the
weighty issues involved. As Congress
is the sole beneficiary of tho extraor
dinary doctrines laid down by tlie Su
preme Court in thus tamely and basely
surrendering tlte judicial to the legis
lative power, and tbereb.- destroying
the constitutional balance of our sys
tem, Congress will of course do
nothing, save on compulsion, to
rectify the great wrong. Tito talk
at Washington about proposing an
iron-clad hard-money amendment to
the constitution is all for effect, and
will amount to nothing. Congress will
not hamper itBeif or its successors by
any such declaration. Least of all
conld the needed two-thirds vote pro
posing such an amendment be obtained
in the presidential year. Inaction in
tltis and all other important affairs is
the policy of tho politicians at this
time. It therefore remains for the
people of the States, through their re
spective Legislatures, to assert their
constitutional prerogative and npply to
Congress in due form for the calling of
convention. Tltis requires the con
certed action ot tlio Legislatures of two-
thirds of all the States. The amend
ments proposed by such a convention
would become a part of tlte constitution
when ratified by tlie legislatures or by
conventions of three-fourths of tlte
States, Congress having the power to
designate to which class of representa
tive bodies tlie ratifying power shall be
given. All this involves difficulty and
delay. Congressmen and every politi
cian desirous ot destroying what is left
of the original powers of the 8tates,
will resist tho movement by every
means at their command. But if the
people are united and determined in
the greatest reform of our time, they
will triumph. If they are weak and
indifferent they will deserve all that
fate lias in store for tiicm, if future
Congresses push to the legitimate con
clusions the amazing dogmaa of tlte
legal tender decision.
It Is proper that the greatest State in
tho Union should head the column
which is now mussing (or tlie defense
of all the States against the usurpa
tions of power of which we have only
yet seen tite beginning. Senator Kler-
nan’s concurrent resolution on tills
highly important subject—calling fur a
convention of the Htutos—should ho
adopted without delay. No time
should hedost in defining tlie position
of New York, whoso action, if boldly
taken, will be promptly followed, we
hope, North, South, East and West
Every State is vitally interested in
in wanting off a danger which cannot
be exaggerated.
and butcher-pens have been established
inside tlie State’s boundary.
Mr. Salter is a practical stock breed
er, a native Kentuckian. His theory
is that if stock-raising will pay in Ken
tucky upon land valued at $100 per
acre, where stock has to be fed eight
months in the year, it should pay in
Georgia, where lands are worth $10 per
acre, and tliero are only ttvo months in
tlie year when stock will not fatten upon
what it finds growing in the open air.
The Clashing Choirs.
An Atlanta special to the New York
Timet says:
For years a rivalry has existed In this city
between the Roman Catholle aud Protestant
Episcopal churches over the Easter mnJIcnl
attractions tor their worshipers. To-day
great effort was made by both churches' to
capture tho attendance of evangelicals, with
the result in favor of tha Catholic church,
which secured the attendanco of Governor
McDaniel, an ardent Rapt 1st, State Treasurer
Speer, and many other high dignitaries ol the
State. Tho action of the Governor excites
gossip among tho Episcopalians.
Tho rivalries and jealousies of profes
sional and amateur musicians are pro
verbial. The Easter festival which is
celebrated by tlie Catholic and Episco
pal churches, may and perhaps often
does start an active competition be
tween tho singers in the choirs of both
in Atlanta as to the most effective ren
dering of the bright mass music
appropriate to tho occasion,
But we are at a loss to see how the
matter is to be decided by the atten
dance of distinguished people of other
denominations to hear the music in
one church or the other.
It is safe to say that priests and com
municants. just passed through tlie
penance of Lent, jlo not share in this
rivalry between tlie Atlanta choirs.
It is highly probable that tlie singers
in tlte Catholic church outsung those
in tlie Episcopal, for the simple reason
that they are more familiar with the
music of the mass.
To Protestants who rarely attend a
Catholic Church, tlte ceremonies at
Easter are curious on account of their
novelty.
Governor McDaniel was impelled to
go to the Catholic Church to see what
he had never before seen, and like
wise the distinguished gentle
men who composed his staff
on that occasion, lie certainly could
not have meant to becomo a partisan
of tlie Catholic tenor or the Episcopal
soprano. Wo trust the little incident
may nut add had feeling to gcnqyous
rivalry, and that no provincial brother
will lie alarmed lest the chief magis
trate of tlio State be leaning to tho
"Fopeof Home.”
Meriwether Vlhflleator
Judge Siluiuons declines to make the
race (nr Governor and it now looks at if
Gov. McDaniel will be nominated without
a dissenting voice. We have heard noth*
log urged against the Governor’s adminis.
Ir Alton of public allairs.
Morning News.
Hon. Thomas J. .Simmons, of Bibb, who
has been spoken of as a probable candid
ate for the nomination for Governor, has
declined to enter the contest. Tlie indica
tions are that Governor McDaniel will
have a walkover. It is said that even Ca
toosa county, for the first time since the
ante-bellum days, is satisfied with the
Governor,
Monroe Advertiser.
The letter of Judge Simmons, which we
publish to-day, ia a model one. The Judge
although assured of a strong following,no-
ogmzes the propriety of the re-election of
Governor McDaniel, and bus the manliness
to say so. It goes without saying that
Judge Simmons possesses exceptional
ilific-"— ‘— - 1 -- - --
Tim Storm.
Our special telegrams give such da
ta as could tw gathered of tlio storm
that raged throughout Georgia and
other 8outhem States on yesterday
morning.
Valuable lives have lieen lost, much
property destroyed and great damage
indicted upon growing crops. This is
the third infliction of the kind that has
marked tlie breaking up of winter, and
Georgia has had a full participation iu
the destruction.
April ao far haa been fretful. As we
write, the sun shines brightly ami a
soft wind blows, hut the temperature
is too warm after such an electrical
ilisplay ami atmospherical disturb-
nnces us was witnessed in tlie early
hours of yesterday. All tho weather
prophets prognosticate further dis
turbances alsmt tlio close of tho month.
Human agencies ure |iowerless to fore*
fend against them. We can only trust ***
that tlie prophets are at fault, and that
wo have had our quota of cyclones and
floods.
j Mtimford of tii« Talbotton Era, 1’on-
hast. A yet becomt a law. Oar srening'' 1 " »f the Rome Courier, and Wilson
edition wUl be stofm ami marked speH-tl of tlie Augusts Evening Nevt.
by tbs Urns It get* an hundred miles sway j A bright and newsy band of workers
bom tu, and we will be powerless to; n Georgia journalism, fol whom, per-
i sontllyand professionally, wc cherish
every good wish and hope.
ter of the Atlanta Conttilnlion, I compared wtta last Friday the latent figures
Graham ot the Sumter Repuhliran, showed en adroit.■» ot JDaZI points for this
Waterman ef the Monroe Advertiser, l 9 *»*' mher «••* »*“ c-duts for the
Ur XL Cotton on the spot has been more active
for export, with a fair demand for borne con
sumption. On Tuesday vioutlous were ad
sauced S Ik. Yesterday there was a further
advance of 1-TCe., middling uplands el,Mins at
II I»l(e.
Tug water coo race are again boon)-
inj in portion* of the State.
The Morrison Bill.
By a very close vote the House has
proceeded to the consideration of the
Morrison borixontal tariff bill.
Any feelings of triumph that Mr,
Morrison and bis followers may see fit
to indulge in over this result will be
short lived, for it has been definitely
settled that some of the Representa
tives who voted fn favor of considera
tion will vote against the final passage
of the bill.
It is probable that another trial of
strength may speedily follow on a mo
tion to strike out the enacting clause of
tlie bill. Should this fail, a prolonged
and exciting debate will result. In this
the free traders will be badly worstesl,
for the bill itself is crude undigested,
anil attempts to do by a single forcible
Mow, wbat should have been done by
skillful and delicate manipulation.
Judicious tariff reforn cannot fie ac
complished by a horizontal lopping off.
A surgeon might as well attempt to
cure a diseased limb by chopping it
off with a beef cleaver, without regard
to where the diseased portion stopped
and tbe healthy flesh commenced.
Mr. flsltsr's Experiment*
At Mud Creek plantation near Duck
er’s Station in Southwest Georgia, an
experiment is bcinjf mule which is of
the utmost importance to Georgia, and
is watched with the greatest interest by
owners of large bodies of land in that
section.
Mud Creek plantation is the name of
tlie place upon which Senator llill sunk
so much money. It was prior to the
wsr the property of tlie late Joseph
Bond, Esq., and sold once at $21) per
acre. The tract embraces 3,000 acres
of the beat land in that section, and
lias been for years cultivated in cotton.
Tlie settlement is occupied by abont
one hundred and fifty negroes and one
of its proprietors. It is in fact a small
town.
Tlte owners of this magnificent prop
erty are Messrs. Eugene Morehead
of North Carolina, and 8. P. Salter of
Dougherty county, Georgia. At the
instance of the latter, the place has
been turned into a Kentucky farm, and
the growing of cotton practically aband
oned. Mr. Halter has already demon
strated that everything necessary for
use upon such a farm can easily be
raised in Southwest Georgia. In ad
dition to this, he has demonstrates! it
to lie as fine a hog country aa can be
found in tlie west. Ills stock of brood
mares numbers sixteen, and it is to the
raising of fine horses that he Is mainly
devoting himself, using at present the
“Bonny Wilkes” strain. A member
of the TaLxoaarii's force, who lately
visited the spot, describes enthusiasti
cally tbe scene presented to the
stranger—the fine race course, gaudy
blankets, splendid mares and all the
trappings ansi paraphernalia of a firxt-
class breeder's farm.
LIfv Poller Holders.
W.shmgt'm t-'orr. Chronicle and Sentinel.
WasilINovog. April 14.—A decision was
rendered by the United States Supreme
Court to-day. in the insurance case of Em-
lilie Moulor, plaintiff in error, against the
American Life Insurance Company, in
error, to fits Circuit Court of flic United
Slates for the Eastern district of Pennsyl
vania. This was a suit upon a policy ■>(
life insurance which contained ns n part of
the contract the stipulation Hint "if tlie
representations nnd nnswers made to tlie
euiMpxny in the a|iplicatlon for a policy
should be lountl to he untrue in any rr-
sis-ct the |Kilicy should lie null and void."
When tlie insurance was obtained the as
sured was asked among other questions if
he hsd ever hail asthma, scrofula or con
sumption. His answer was no. In the
trial of the case in tbe court below there
was evidence to show that the deceased
had had these diseases in an incipient form
prior to Ids application for insurance, but
there was also evidence going to show
that he was entirely unaware of it. The
court instructed the jury that it made no
difference whether tfie assured was aware
of it or not if as a matter of tsc'. he bail
these diseases Ids answers to the company,
although made honestly and ing-xjd faith,
were none the less untrue and the com
pany was not bound by the policy.
This ruling is here assigned for error.
This court holds: I. That what the com
pany requires of the assured and what the
latter agreed to as a condition precedent
was that he should make a full and honest
answer to all questions without evasion,
fraud or concealment. 2. That the fact
that he hail certain diseases ami aaid he
had not hail them did not necessarily in
validate the policy when there was eri.
deuce to show that the diseases
were so latent (list the assured was
not conscious of them. 3. That it
was an erroneous construction of the
contract to hold, as the court below did,
that the company was relieved from lisbil-
hy if it appeared that tbe assured hail been
in fact afflicted with the disease mention-
'A The janr should have been instructed
that the plaintiff was not precluded from
recovery on the |»liey, unless it appeared
that he knew or had reason to beltere at
(lie time of lib application that lie was or
.had been ao InfiktedT Tbs judgment of
the court below therefore reversed, with , r
DOS!
qualifications (or the office of Governor
und there can be little doubt that someday
the people will call him to till It. His letteV
of declension wUl strengthen the hold he
baa on tlie people.
Mouth Georgia Cltrton.
Judge Sitnn on*, of the Macon circuit ia
out in a letter to the Tbi f.ukapii and Mn»
8KNGKR asking hi* friends not to press bit
name before the State convention for Got.
ernor, In which he stiNtuhis the wisdom
unci party patriotism his friend* have
always claimed for him. Several candi
dates liave been menfioned, doubtless
without their knowledge or ronscnt, by
country editor* who have nothin* else to
write about, and to save themselves from
Ignominy it is to be l»o|»cd they will adopt
the course of Judge 8iiiunons‘hi refusing
to be a party in nw attempt to net aside tht
precedent of giving a Governor, whu>P
course has met the approval of the people,
a second term, which H a custom that hue
not been ignored in thirty yean*.
Atlanta tatter to Auguiit* Evening News.
The letter of Judge 8itn.lions declining
to allow the use of his name in the guber
natorial runva** has been widely and va
riously commented uihui here to-day. I
heard a largo group of lawyers disease the
subject at the court house, and the pre
vailing feeling was that the Ju<?go
was a victim of stage fright, and that tue
industrious campaigning which is being
done in the interest of McDaniel haa
caused him to reverse his telescope and see
hi* chance* thu* absurdly diminWied. Of
course Judge .Simmons baa all tlie right*
of a free born white North American, and
can decline to run for office if he want* to,
hut there is an idea that he seems
to have forgotten. That i», he
Ought not, in declining, to antagonize
tne views of hi* friends who had thus sig
nally singled him out as one abler and
more acceptable for Governor than the
present incumbent. Furthermore, it it
absurd to talk about the unbroken prece
dent” of re-electing men to public oflice
for the sake of ‘endorsement.” That en-
dor*ement theory ha* been the mean* of
*addiinir more ln«)fBpete8t nincompoops
U|iod tlie nubile of America tlmn any other
datnphoof idea extant in our politic*. I
mu not writing from the present occasion,
for I am not (losing as an oracle or |>oHti.
cal ref niter. Ho far a* I am concerned I
would a* soon McDaniel be made Governor
a* most any other man who can be acared
up out the sacred circle of “tlie ring” or
the wild woods of Arcadia. All I care
about is to itlck my pencil point Into the
wind-inttated boom* that float about us.
Field and Flower, tho Ticket.
Washington Letter of J. K. R. to Augusta
Chronicle. *
Mr. Gillman, the veteran and accom
plished correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch, having announced In hit paper
that I was of opiniou that Field and Flow
er ought to be the Democratic nominee* ior
President and Vice-President, the editor of
that influential journal heartily Indorsee
this suggestion. Th? tuore I think of it
the better It pleeees me. It ic said that
Judge Field cannat get the indorsement of
the managing politicians of California. Be
cause he, as a sworn Supreme Judge, made
a righteous decision on the Chiutse question
the disciples of Kearney and Henry
George condmn him. Judge Field does
not desire the Chinese to euter California $
or abide there; but as a Supreme Justice,
he was bound to recognise and legally en
force the obligations of a solemn treaty.
Thehoodlumi damn the treaty and
would welcome a judicial infamy; hut
Judge Field woukl not sully hia ermine for
the universe, much leas for the Presidency,
so far ae California's wont element could
help him to obtain It. Nor would he com
mend himself to Uie rest of I he country by
winning the approval of the Commune.
It is (»artly because he incarnate* the
force* at war with American Hoclalbtn
that I admire him. He I* the cmt>odi-
tueiit of law, justice, property right*, local
*«U government, honest uumey, adminis
trative reform ami the Hnal. complete
and generous reconcilement of North ami
South. If he cannot get Califoria's hack
ing iu convention, so much the worse for
California, where every homestead
secured by bis powerful
aid and beneficent legislation.
J .line* K. Polk was not supported for •
nomin ition by Tennessee, and yet be was
triumphantly elected to the Presidency.
With such a man a* Field for President
and Flower for Vice President, I see some
strong reasons to believe that nil our party
blunders can he retrieved «ml that a grand
victory at the polls may lie won. Against
Blaine or Logan, Judge Field would be the
choice of many tho iraud* of conservative
ttcpublleans, who would resent the dicta
tion that affronted them wi'h the Maine or
lliiimis alternative. I atu coiiddent that
the Republican* of alUhadeof opinion ore
to $|*v more in dread of such a Democratic
nomination than they care to admit.
If they give their apprehension expres
sion it is always with tho saving consola
tion that the Democracy have plunged too
far on the road to destruction to become
■uildenly sane and sagacious. Tbe Re-
K blicans who thus argue may, I sincerely
ne, find themselves most egregiously
mistaken.
directions to set aside tbe verdict,
by Justice Harlan.
CR1EF OF A FAITHFUL DOC'
Refusing to Eat After His Mistress Was
Burled.
New York Times.
A singular exhibition of fidelity on
part of a house dog was shown In Staple-
ton, Staten Island, during the past wrek.
Last Tuesday morning Mrs. Walter Odell,
wife of a tinware dealer In that village,
died. A Scotch terrier, named FUIo, had
been a pet of Mrs. Odell for the past twelve
years. During the two months that
Mrs. OdeU was sick Fido remained con
tinually by her bed. After her death tbw
dog persisted in lying beside her coffin,
and he followed It to the hearse, trying
to jump inside. When tbe funeral pro
cession reached the grave Fido was
there, and he watched tbe interment.
Then he returned home and took up hi*
IH 1 **** b«We the bed lately occo-
pled by Mrs Odell. The dog from that
time refused to eat, and be grew angry at
any efforts to disturb or feed him. At
times he moaned in a low tone.
pairedbren thrownoSSws..Jhre.U
If laid bfa*^ '
■•BE®?*
a. it :b attach, d to tb« ’
took up In 1,1. mouth and
; interest is tn i>rugre
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