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Tilt. WEEKLY 1KLEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MAY 2,
THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER.
Dally and Weekly.
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All communications should be addressed to
H. C. HANSON, Manager,
Macon, Ga.
Ei>itok Johnson, of the Palmetto Blade,
seems to know the “address” of Mr. John
*W. Nelms.
just judge and a fearless and impar- j them, will hear of his death with
Mark Johnston, Esq.
The Atlanta Conttitntion of Sunday
announces the death of Mark Johnston,
Esq., of that city. He died suddenly
and at home, though for years past his
health has been delicate. In his death
me more link is broken that binds the
Georgia of to-day, with the Georgia of
the past. He was in all respects a
grand type of the Georgians of a gene
ration gone before. Of commanding
presence and courtly manners, he
united a genial manner with a bright
wit and perfect scholarship that made
him pleasant in the private circle and
prominent in public. Like men of his
time, he had been met by vicissitudes.
Once he practiced law in this city.
Then he w as editor of the Columbus
Timet. The war found him a prosper
ous planter in Bartow county and left
him stranded at its close.
The day of trial brought out the finer
traits of the man. He turned his tal
ents and learning to the school room,
and there are young men and women
in this and other States, who rcn. .n-
j boring his fatherly care and attention
tial jury are agencies for good of incalcu
lable value to society.
sincere sorrow.
The ret anguttx domi
•ould not curb
Tar. .gricultural future of Bibb county his spirit norliumbleliU knightly court-
eouldn't be in better hands than those of | osy, and lie died as he had lived, a noble
the young men of the Holton Club, which
meet, to-day.
Next to the Atlanta Contiitulion, the
JVtffoiuif Republican and Philadelphia
Prat, two rank Republican organs, are the
noisiest Tilden boomers.
A xaval officer has been ar»ested In
Washington, suffering from the jim-jams.
He had a holy horror of service on water.
And of such is our navy. ,
Truss doesn’t seem to be any necessity
for parties in Atlanta or elsewhere to "fix
u p” the delegation to the Chicago conven
tion in advance of (lie choice of delegates
to the State convention.
Gbaxd juries would seem to be more at
home In ferreting out violations of the
laws than in malting stump speeches in fa-
vor of the Railroad Commission.
A vouchixu incident of memorial day at
Atlanta is reported by the correspondent
of the Savannah Timet. Governor Mc
Daniel was melted into tears by the elo
quence of George Hillyer.
Tn* New York Herald is a stout de
fender of the oleomargarine industry, and
is tempted to look upon genuine butter as
a sham. It likewise favors the Morrison
bill and the candidacy of Arthur.
Tax Holton club Is a credit to Bibb
county, in that its labors arc directed to
the up-building of the county's material
interests. Such organisations furnish in
disputable evidence ot healthful progress.
man in character and action. Many
kindly and sympathetic wishes will
seek his family, in the home but yes
terday brightened by a marriage festi
val and to-day darkened by a funereal
pall.
ment of the executive, and the man
ner in which he discharges the
trust is a legitimate subject of
criticism. To meet such criticism with
angry denunciation and a virtual defi
ance to the field of combat, is to the
last degree reprehensible. The inves
tigation should be prompt, and con
ducted with absolute fairness and hon
esty. If the facts Bhow that the
principal keeper is blameless, then he
should be sodeclared. If, on the other
hand, it should be made to appear that
the charges arc sustained by the proof,
then lie should be retired forthwith
to private life.
As the principal keeper of the peni
tentiary, Captain Nelms' duties are
clearly defined by the code. An exam
ination of tlie law will show that it is
no part ol his duty to supervise the
findings ot juries and the judgments of
courts, nor to participate in efforts to
set them aside. It may be that the
sentence of death pronounced on
Thomas ought to have been commuted
to imprisonment for life, hut it was not
his duty to interfere to that end.
Indeed, it would have been highly
improper il he had done so.
As a responsible officer of the .State,
we feel sufficient interest in him to
hope that his innocence will be clearly
established.
fifty wear 306 badges and belong to the
Old Guard. Isn’t that a good nucleus
fora sweep to the old commander at the
right moment? 01 these fifty there
are 44 supposed to be for Arthur, 3 for
Blaine and three for Logan. Alabama
alone lias 8 of the 30 men in her dele
gation; Arkansas 0, Georgia 5, Illinois
1, Kentucky 1, Louisiana 4, Maryland
1, Mississippi 2, Missouri 4, New York
0, Pennsylvania 3, South Carolina 2,
Tennessee 3 and Virginia 4. The way
they are distributed among the
States make their influence the greater.
More are com'ng from other States.
Look out lor them. The only Illinois
delegate in the convention in 1880 who
has been elected is Mr. J. M. Truitt, of
Hillsboro, and lie is one of the 300.”
Every day increases the chances of
Grant’s nomination. The Democratic
party, torn and distracted by internal
Judge Simmoss’s charge to the grand
j ury on tbe gambling evil was vigorous to
the extreme limit of the law. Is public
opinion here educated to thepointof hack
ing the Judge and jury in suppressing tills
great and growing evil? The writer can
speak only for himself.
m<
In 11• i
Thus New York acts an example to Ohio,
and Pennsylvania by following the exam
ple of Georgia. Perseverance in this line
will Improve matters in the Empire Stale,
and eventually make human life os safe
there aa it la in Georgia.
Qampuxu U tn industry that adda noth
ing to the peace, aafety or prosperity of
communities, and it ought to be auppress-
ed. Tapping an evil lightly outho back
with tbe rod ot correction merely amounts
to licensing it. Suppression that doesn't
suppress U a frand.
Ir it be the duty ot the government to
educate the children, then it clearly isn’t
the duty of parents to educate them, for
tbe aamo duty can't be discharged by dlt-
erent agents. Just how parents are to rid
themselves of the responsibility ot "train*
ing up tbvir children" is a matter which
the new-Ught philoeopliera do not eluci
date.
Progress In Silk.
Recently the Telegbapii was led to
prepare several articles upon the
growth and manufacture of silk by the
evident interest manifested in the sub
ject by our readers. In the last it was
stated that no filature, or machine for
reeling silk, existed in this country. It
now seems that the statement made
upon the authority of the New York
Silk Exchange’s guide published last
year, was erroneous, the Woman’s Silk
Culture Association, of Philadelphia,
having one at present in course of op
eration.
The reeling of silk is a very difficult
occupation, and one not easily learned;
but once learned it is a very profitable
occupation, skill, of course, command
ing the highest wages. This trade is
now being taught by the association
above-named, and with very flattering
results. Recently, in the presence of
tlie Governor of Pennsylvania and other
prominent officers of tlie State, tlie la
dies gave an exhibition, l-’rom a report
of tho proceedings we clip this;
The Governor then expressed his sympathy
and promised his eo-operatlon ill the effort to
advanec the culture anil manufacture ot allk
auk of a national Industry, In view of
the fact that the ladlci had, by a single steam
reel, Just succeeded In reeling In one day'
work ounces ot raw silk, worth from live
to seven dollars a pound, he saw no reason
why silk reeling should not become
homo Industry, giving profitable employment
to thousands of women and girls in America.
It is safe to prophesy that the growth
and manufacture of silk will in tlie
noxt ten years become important fea
tures in our tailoring world. A series
of accidents and misfortunes have until
now conspired to keep down tho busi
ness. None but artificial difficulties
now interfere with tho native silk cul
ture, nnd these will bo easily overcome.
Perhaps when tho combined jiower
of tlio press and reformers lins wrung
from the Georgia Legislature an indus
trial school, tlio women and children
of Georgia who are dependont upon
manual labor lor support, may bo
trained in this the finest field (or such
labor to be found in the world.
Cotton Statement.
From the Chronicle'a cotton article of
April 25, we gather tlie following facts
relative to the movement of the crop
for the past week:
For the week ending April 25, tlie
total receipts havo reached 20,023 bales,
against 30,284 bales last week, 30,113
bales the pVevions woek, and 37,091
bales three weeks since ;making the to
tal receipts since September 1, 1883,
4,063,206 bales, against 6,811,900 bales
lor the some period of 1882-83, show
ing a decrease since September 1,1883,
ot 018,(M3 bales.
The receipts at all tlie interior towns
lor the past week have been 23,01:
bales; since September 1,2,770,750 bales
Tho receipts for the same week last
year were 33,055 bales- for the season,
2,390,013 bales. These figures Bhow
a decrease for the week of 9,743 bales,
dissensions, cannot beat him witli any am ' for the season a (ailing off of 013,•
man in its ranks. There is nothing 203 bales.
vcilyeTni^’fromthis^
lorizea tlie announce-| F'o™ne? Mark b Johnln rC8peCt ,0 '
tery.
Hon. R. C. Humber.
A letter received
gentleman authorizes
ment to be made that he will be a can-
didate for the nomination for State j 0 j'f 1 *“fi«»a»e! r ut
Treasurer, at tlie approaching Demo- "
cratic convention.
Mr. Humber is well known in Geor
gia as one of our most con
scientious and capable public
men. It is doubtful whether
tlie State possesses a citizen more de
serving of public esteem and confi
dence, or one better equipped lor the
discharge of the responsible duties of
treasurer. Should he be nominated
and elected, the people may retire to
their beds at night, assured that their
ruoney will be vigilantly guarded nnd
honestly applied.
kit*'"'
tlie future Among the interior towns, Macon is
more assured
than that an old, helpless I credited with 50 bales lor the week,
paralytic cannot hope to success- an< l w >lh 59,875 for tlio season. Tlie
fully meet a man in the full possession same receipts last year were 201 balcB
of physical and mental powers, and f° r f*>° week, anil for tho season 57,000
witli tlie halo of military glory about kales.
him undimmed.
The Nopro and Life Insurance.
The total visible supply on tlie even
ing of the 25th, was 5,497,232 bales,
against 0,597,554 bales last year, sliow-
A Cheap Substitute (or an Inebriate
Asylum.
Under the law passed at the last ses
sion of the Mississippi Legislature,
chancellors are given great power over
drunkards, of which the following is a
short and good synopsis: Chancellors
are given authority to declare who are
drunkards, appoint guardians for them
and their estates without ordering such
drunkards into confinement, or order
them into confinement without ap
pointing guardians, or both guardians
and asylums may be prescribed by the^
chancellors, and when confinement i*
prescribed it may be in an asylum in
or out of the State.
A law of this kind, wisely and
prompt!; enforced, can be productive
of great good. Men may be estoppped
from wasting their estates, and in coses
of confinement may he afforded oppor
tunity to recover their moral force.
Drunkards have no wills of their own,
save to procure more drink. Their
powers ol resistance have been demor
alized by liquor.
Such a law in Georgia would snvo
many men from ruin, would keep our
jails from being crowded, and
our pauper houses filled witli
criminals and human wrecks.
In (act such a law will be found to be a
cheap nnd convenient substitute (or an
inebriate asylum.
As tlio probabilities that any Legis
lature in Georgia will establish an inc-
briato asylum within the near future
nro mortal dim, the powers conferred
upon tlie chancellors in Mississippi
might be given to tlie ordinaries of
Georgia.
Tho plan is sale, sensible, economi
cal anil in tlie direction of good mor
als, good government nnd ]>cnce(nl so
ciety, and Ib worthy ol a trio).
There arc thousands of women and
children in Georgia who would hall
such a law with joy, and men who had
been brought to their senses would
li&ro cause to thank thj, representative
who will introduce such a measure and
Insure its enactment.
The Massachusetts life insurance I j ng a decrease oi the amount in sight,
Senator Brown.
The Chronicle and Sentinel should
not credit everything it finds iu the
newspapers, certainly not the remark
ascribed to one of the proprietors of
this journal ‘-anent” Senator Brown.
All who arc In anywise connected
with the Telegraph and Messexoer
recognize the ability of the Senator,
and agree with him on the tariff ques
tion ; but for his past course here at
home in Georgia they have no word of
commendation.
C0MUIS8I0XID.
. Anthony F. Mira wax to-dxv I
Adim,?i n sZl°' C0 ^ ta -VSl
of'dcril*at b Chx?fett t |
C., for the Stale of Georgia. Ie, “ n .
men are in trouble, by reason of the ns compared with that period of 1,100,-
passsgc through the State Senate of a 822 bales.
bill to compel the insurance companies The imports into continental ports
to take risks upon members of the ne- this week have been 45,000 bales. Tlie
gro race at the same rates as eliarg- exports have returned a total el 33,036
ed upon the white. bales, ol which 20,422 wero to Great
When it is remembered that the sta- Britain, 3,577 to France, and 9,630 to
tistios upon which tlie life insurance the rest of the continent,
business is done are mode up from tlie As regards the fluctuations of the
records of a race of tiigher morality market for the week under review, the
and better habits, it will be seen how Chronicle sav.
ridiculous is the new proposition, even so mc „,. v , e „ urel h „ e been developed the
aside from the undoubted right of n put wee. m the ipeculation for future dcltv-
company to decline a risk, which it| er y*ttin&market. The most conspicuous of
practically denies. In Macon, a city tb '!? 81 '““ «PProhen.iou of luge deliveries
. . i : , on May . tntractji, severe weather In the South-
notably healthy, the percentage of I west on thc lucreaio of receipts at Bombay,
deaths among the negroes is nearly On Saturday last there was a sharp decline,
twice as large as among the whites, j uoder »-le* to realize, hut iu the course of
shown by tlio report of tlio Board of “-‘l«™d«y there were violent.torn.
tt ul Ti i . , .. . . in the lower Mississippi regiou, and an early
Health. It is not likely that anywhere dcc „ n( . wa! changcd at thc clo , 0 t0 „ „ Ugh ,
else is the difference more favorable to advance, tut not till the docllno from thc
the former. Obviously, therefore, tlie cl «,ing (limit of the previous Friday were u
rate at present charged upon risks, 815 J 01 " 1 ? <0 * 1 • i ’ 1 "°P » nd ,ar ncx( -
. ..t. . . , 1 . ’ On TncaJaythcie wax a further advance over
cannot with safety to thc companies be Monday’s clo.ing figure., owing to froat
applied to the negro race. accounts from Texas, and tho uratln-
Tbo Massachusetts insurance men nance of unseasonable cold over tho entire
Georgia officials should not get into tlie
habit oi denouncing editors for comment
ing on their conduct in public matters,
nor should they conclude auch dcnuncla.
lions by hints at tlie existence of a code
that isn’t Georgia's code. The habit is a
stupidly bad one.
Atlaxta, April 29.—There Is no built
improvement in Atlanta now whose a.
pletlon Is of such public interest anda
cern aa the new Kimball House, which 1
at tliis time dragging its slow length slon)
Not only ia a considerable portion ot i
population of Atlanta interested in s
thc new hotel finished, but a great i
people who are attracted here by but
or pleasure. When it was given out tL
the great Kimball bad token charge of tl
work, and (bat many of tlie promineil
citizens and capitalists of Atlanta hsd Ini
vested in it. and the proclamation bad m1
forth that the new hotel would ] *
thrown open to the public Align- 1 t
tlie anniversary of the burning ot ths’olu
credulous people doubted not but that i
would be so. The work on the buildingh«
not progressed in accordance with t
statements, nor has it justified the c
lienee of the public. Ho far from ik, u ..
completed by August 12th, it is very doubt-1
ful. At the present rate of progress, itwinl
be completed at that date next year. Even I
when completed it will be a matter oi re-1
gret that tlie original splendid design vail
not carried out at any cost. Tlie lirsiMe,: m I
as proposed when thc call for stiWrip-l
FROM ATLANTA.
tions was made, was in the higher style of I
architecture and certainly ituiKising. The I
,_j_.— *,y the pho'
new design, judging by tlie photograph oi I
’ vonderful shrinkage and look
Kimball's Failure as n Railroad Mender—
He Makes a Lake With no Outlet-
Transfer ol Convicts—Col.
Johnston's Death.
Frenchy, not to say shoddv.
The general impression 'ia that thc vork I
on the building is lagging, which is very I
inconsistent with Mr. Kimball’s well. I
known energy and push. Common report
is that there is a pinching lack of money
either apparent or real, and that the bond
ing will never be completed under the 1
[special coaaispoxpxxct.]
Atlaxta. April 28.-Has the Western
and Atlantic railroad come to be an ele
phant on the hands of the Ieasees.in the ab
sence of its sagacious president? It has
that appearance.
Less than two weeks ago the authori
ties of the road found it necessary to look
over thc heads of Its own trained and
tried men, and call in H. I. Kimball to re-
never
present arrangement. Of course it is im- I
passible to buiTd a great hotel of tlie ch®.
alter proposed without money. HtiU
there does not exist any doubt that the
new Kimball will be built Just bow it
will be ia not generally understood, but
the scheme will be developed in das
time. It is certainly to be hoped that
the work will he pushed, as the
managers of the enterprise owo it to them
selves, and to the public, to bring it to tn
early completion.
ALMOST A KXOW XOTntXO.
I met a very intelligent business gentle
man from Louisville this morning. He Is
a foreigner by birth, but baa been a rest.
if Kei
dent of Kentucky tor twenty-aix years.
pair the damage of the great storm. He was rejoicing over the news that the
Thl, magician waved his hind over the business men of LoulavUlehadpronounMd
yawning washouts and they forthwith dis-
tontln- appeared—apparently. Recent reports
indicate that lie left tlie road in n much
havo two remedies at hand to avoid the | So, ! t 1 h . ; but dull accounts from M.uche.tcr U°" tC new "break 7, atiiul
. , -. ,. and thc report of Increased receipts at Bombay i , .. Dre ?* 15 *b°ut
disasters threatened by tho now regu- callic< i ,ome decline in the l.ter dealing., i u .» l
lovely
It ia stated on the authority of the cen
sus reports that the land in tlio manufac
turlng countiee of Georgia ia worth twice
am much, pet acre, aa tht land In oounttea
which contain no factoriet. The statement
answers the assertion that farmers are not
perionally Interested in tbe establishment
and succese ot manufacturing enterpriaee
in tbe[8tate. This.' would seem to be, not
the mere suggestion of a theory, hot a con-
elusion from positive facta.
“Shoemaker, Stick to Your Last.
Tlio State road authorities took Hi
Kimball and put him to repairing dam
ages on tbe road. The sequel is thus
told by the Atlanta correspondent oi
the Savannah Times:
"The state road Is In a pickle. When Kim-
hall built his tiettie over the washout ha left
a pond of fifteen acres above It. He attempt
ed to draw off the water last nlsht. This
morning Uw water (ot beyond control and
washed away the treetie and embankmeuL It
Prlnolpal Keeper of the Penitentiary,
Wo print elsewhere in tlio present
issue ol tho Tsleoraph axh Messek-
gkr two articles, which we find in tho
Palmetto Blade, the one from Captain
John W. Nelms, principal keeper of
the penitentiary, and the other from
Mr. II. L. Johnson, editor of tho
Blade.
The controversy between these par
ties, like tlie flash from a lantern on a
dark night, will startle the reader by
its revelations. It is entitled ton care
ful perusal from the people ol Georgia.
As tho reader wilt remember, John
Thomas, a negro, was indicted, tried
and convicted in Campbell county, tho
late residence of Captain Nelms, of the
murder ot one Weaver, also a negro,
Thomas was sentenced to be hanged,
and the Supreme Court, to which the
case was appealed, affirmed the judg
ment ol the court below. As thc day
for his execution approached, a peti
tion was circulated through the county
(or signatures, asking the Gov-
**“ commute
Tho Old Guard
Of tlie Republican party, like that of
Napoleon's army, never surrenders
It may die, and perhaps in the course
of time may do so, but at present thc
notorious 300, with brass medals about
their necks, arc a lively lot.
Conkltng led this bcxly at Chicago in
1880, and is privileged to speak ofjtlicin
and (orthem,and ho has recently said:
The 300 still live. At Chicago their
number will be largely augmented.”
It was tho determination ol tho "Old
Guard” to nominate the ‘‘old man,”
w 111 take four daya to repair The road la
Let us hope that Kimball's costly
iacompetcncy will not be charged up
against the people ol Georgia aa better
ments.
Tha Tilden Boomers.
Undiacouragcd by Ida repeated and
emphatic declarations that he will not
b ecotne a Presidential candidate, and
would refuse a nomination on account
■4 his physical incompetency to dis
charge the duties of the office, certain
journals about equally divided as bc-
l veen the Republican and Democratic
partiea, continue to harass tlie public
putrid and to assail the public eye in his
U-half.
Tbe Galveston AVu-a very pointedly
to
Thomas'
correspondence, as far aa it lias gone,
WW.’Vlidra as tb* Democratic candidate I '*' ,ore ‘ h « rea,ler - an ’' U U ,e,t (or hilp
r President, every bill-board in the country ' to pronounce judgment upon it. There
ii»«ldbe Uden with plcturt * of a petrified j {g a suggestion which wo «lesirc to
““•“J; •2.™'**.'** make, however, to Gov. McDaniel, and
rlptfttr 4!ap*teh<*. Mr. Tilden belon*» U> tb«. . ’, A ' , ... . I .
and wbat is left of him should .‘'“t he proceed without delay
If the party should be i
sentence to imprisonment in the pen
itentiary for life. Tlie Governor granted
the petition, and Thomas was accord
ingly sent to Senator Brown's coal
mines.
The charge is thatCapt. Nelms, tak
ing advantage o( his official position as
principal keeper of thc penitentiary,
and of his personal influence in Camp
bell county and with thc Governor,
aided in procuring signatures to the
petition, and In getting up exculpatory
evidence in Thomas’s behalf. This be
denies in a card, in which he evinces
much temper and questionable taste
and judgment.
As to the facts, we have no opinion
to advance at present. We spread tlie
, , | , trestle. A gentleman who visited
races and increase thc rate of general '*»T- the tendency of prices was mainly up- scene described it to ine yesterday,
insurance, or they may deal with ol- on account of th° very smali movement BfffcdgP, qp<"»t .an embankment
, ,. . . : Of tlie crop and the reduced visible supply; probably fifty feet pigh is a huge pond, or
ored applicants in sucli manner as will but ln vlcw o( tho COD9ldcmbIn . ccura „, a ;,„ n lake rather. of water 6 Covering
increase their chances for life. The of supplies atthis market and the appro-hen- In ,
former plan would work a hardship «l»n of free deliveries ou M.y contracts, the water,boMovertheatorm^when U
upon tho white race, nnd should be * or r, ’ , ° wflS conducted quite choked up the culvert, has made a fat
B .L.ntn,in n i..naei n o» «tn«.» Umcly, and uut evening the later montbi were ineal of Kimball's trestle, and yesterday
adopted only as a Inst resort. weaker . To-day there wu a .light advance on preaenteda clear span of daylight he-
\ cars of observation have convinced rtrong account* from Liverpool, but a alow tween its ends. Of course, the road is im-
us that n large number of the colored hualnc**cau»ed a decline with a quiet closing,
people, who under ordinary circum- Thc chttn *ca as compared with last Friday
.<> ii-r hI 11?_. . „ . ,, . , arc Call lower for this crop and -laCforthc
stances would live to a npo old age anti neJt t;otton on |he |pot hu bt . cnvcr) .
prove an honor as well as profit to any quiet throughout tho week at unchanged
insurance company, perish from thc prices; middling npl.mlsquotc<l.tlU4c.
mere fact of possessing an epidermis
not tough enough to rqrist the extraor-
A Colony for Houston.
passable at this point, and the old transfer
schedule has to be worked vigorously.
My information is Jtiiat tlie work of repair
ing thia break Is In charge now of Major
Anderson and R-iadinaster Dooly, and it is
safe to say they will push it through as
rapidly and perfectly as possible.
Tlie obstruction to the road, following
flic disastrous washouts ot two weeks
tho occasion of considerable
dinars- assaults oi life Th« mar (ha I The efforts now being made to colo- among shippers and tlio traveling public"
dinary assaults or ltte. The razor, the Houston countv with “"l 1 u the officials will be
pistol nnd till- pocket-knife are power- “ IK>rllon 01 JloUBlon touniywilli able to bring llie work to completion at an
ful factors in tho death rate among the r >0r,hcrn ' armcn, 18 a niovo ln 1,10 carly datc i was Informed at the Western
—*■— * -* and Atlantic railroad depot this morning
tlmt It waa exjiected trains would be put
against Wattereon and Carlisle on the
tariff question, and said there was no
doubt that tbe sentiment waa strong
against these free trade politicians.
This gentleman seemed unusually fami
liar with public topics, tbe political
issues of tbe day and with public men.
I Imd an interesting talk witli hint,
and regret that I am unable to give yon
Iris views to a greater length.
One tiling he said, however, that im
pressed me. He said: "When 1 first went
Into builncss in this country, I could not
understand, and opposed the old "know-
lathing,' doctrine hut now I am almost
one myself. I am for America agalnit the
world, and I never want to see her in the
hands ot filibusters or politicians fir spoil.”
RUITI AX HOKOa.
Chancellor Mall, ol the State University,
and licr. Dr. McDonald, of thia city, hon
ored thc office ot tbe TcuoKAru here this
morning. Dr. Mell is a staunch friend
nnd subscriber of thcTaLEuasrit, and says
he reads tlie paper with "profound inter
est.” There will always be a warm wel
come for thc Chancellor whenever be visits
this office.
negroes. Could tho dsrky be I ri K ht <>'rcction. Tito plan of the gett-
secured os against these death- tlcmcn h » vln « the m8tter in char ise Is
dealing weapons of his race, mi . to settlo some forty or fifty families up
on a tract of land embracing forty-five
J3^S , JsnEZSt!l‘w*-H-.-wwws-i«
, .... . . .1 lard’s station on tho Ocmulgco river.
!r_ n L fit Ul ®I"™"' I This land is well known as fertile, ami
figures. How to obtain for him this.. . „ .
security is a problem. I. it a problem " part heavl1 ti “ bere ^’ ., S ?,‘ tlc , d up
without «solution•> P numerous families of tlinfty farm-
without a solution? . .. . , ,
. .. . . ..I ductive and tho nucleus for an exten-
Tiro situation is good.
and inefficient. It is not in the power , , , . „ . .
, . , , , ,, . A (erry brings tho settlers into
of the insurance compan es to abolish .
woftoonu J. h ° Ur 8 nJ ° ° f M “®" b X
rZZjTn , y T , C ,T to - hC nation by water with Hawkinsvilic,
negro thro^h pretactlon to hi. epider- »», (ew milcg diltflnt( , alld
nda. How shall this protection be th / contomplatedroad wlu a „^ rob .
through by Wednesday.
I TKAXsrSR or COXVICrrROTEETvi^B
It waa reported In tlie Orrulilution yex-l
Itcrday that CapL W. D. Grant had effected
a sale of Ids Interest in Penitentiary Com
pany No. 3 at Old Town and other prop
erty at that point to Henator Brown and
others. I understand to-day from good
authority that the sale has not yet been
made. A negotiation of that cliuracter
between the parties mentioned is pending
and the trade may be consummated,
but has not been up to thia writing.
I DEATH or COL MAKE JOIIXSTOX.
The announcement of the death of this
gentleman, which occurred at bis residence
|at West End about 1 o'clock Saturday
night, has been received witli genulno re-
•HAar.
1 understand rival railroads havo had
photographs taken of the new break on
tlie \\ estem and Atlantic railroad abort
Marietta and are using them true tract the
traveling public to their lines. Tlie indnt-
trious Yankee could hardly baradaken ad
vantage of an advertising scheme more
shrewdly or promptly.
An Agricultural Department Poem,
New York Sun.
Senator Plum ia mnch infatuated with
tbe Conimtaeloner of Agriculture, and
lately offered a resolution admitting tha
Commissioner to the fioorof the Senate.
He also wants a part ot tlie 1,100 acres of
mis.
0b u"u obviously true that insurance | ab “‘, ty ^ Withl " amne0f U,B “ U1 -
companies cannot put their colored
policy holders into armor. In tlio first I
ment.
letters from some of the Northern
, ,- .men interested in tho matter were
thereby referring to Grant in ISM, snd profits. In the second it must be ap- Z
ttxttstzzfcLr: sd? rj=t
... ., „ . . . \ means, is dwelt upon. A committee
pistol would necessarily be of 8 »ch from the latter wilHeaveMruMacburetU
proportion, as to interfere with »ny onthe7lU in , tant (or a , 0 pu 0 ,
° r, marya ^ h ti ° n ’ ( T h T. W T r ,r d Siting Macon and tbe site of thVpro-
not plow with that degree of ski 1 re- ^ ‘ nttlement . Upon „ lcIr re p 0r t
q b ur.r ur ° “ , Pl " 0r ** n8 a probably reals the auceea. of the ten-
a hoe with the grace and accuracy nee-1 ... ...
scandals of his political life. It is essary to insure him employment. In- . V. J \ , * qualities which make up the true geitUc-
. i . ,... . .. f, , public-spirited men, extend a warm man—nlincd. courteous, cultured. With
deed, it is not likely that in any sphere we i com ; the Evervthimr highest sense, gentle ot spirit aa the
of life would a sail ol armor add to a that tends to settie up the surrounding J ror^ V Sf“fHr*
man’s facilities for doing bnsiness. It country will be ol benefit to Macon, thoaewbo knew him besL ^lle 'wm
would interfere with everything, from There is no richer county in Georgia, a brother of tbe distinguished
—‘— — ”—*— — 1 — *— Richard M. Johnston, ot Ilaltlmore, and
signs are not wanting that this deter
mination has not abated.
Tho remarkablo strength exhibited
by Blaine so far in the canvass has
astonished his friends and astounded
his enemies. Tho latter havo opened
a hot fire upon him, and are repro
ducing in an intensified form ail of the
about settled that he can only be de
feated by a combination, and it is
known that he will have power enough
to crash all ol the constituents ol the
combination, in turn.
It is given oat just now, that he will
be sent to Chicago, as a delegate at
large from the State of Maine. Upon
the floor and in command o( his cohorts,
he wonld not hesitate to cut down
Arthur, Logan, Edmunds and Sher-
to investigate thechargea made against
foolish aa {tlie principal keeper. These charges
i dragooned into this movement, I are too serious, and, if true, will affect
at Mr. Tilden should prove weak , too deeply bis administration, to lie
In view ol such a contingency, Grant
is being quietly bat jndicionsiy posted
in reserve, as it were. A prominent
Illinois Republican delivered himself
in Chicago a few nights since aftcr.this
fashion:
“I think the majority of the Logan
men are Grant men at heart and many
of the Arthur men in tbe South. Tom
Platt, of New York, Is for Grant. Jer
ome B. Chaffee, supposed to he the
Logan general Western manager,
secretly (or Grant; and so is Jim Bel
lord, of Colorado. Kx-Scnator Jones
and Bonanza Mackey will head thc
Nevada delegation, and they are for
Grant. Cameron will lie back from
Europe in time to take a hand in the
same line.
"Grant ha* been quiet lately, and
lias outlived to a great extent tlie an
tagonisms of isso. Many Blaine men
nigni, lisa neon rvcetvetl with genuine re
gret. He was at tho Capitol Natiinlay
morning, and Major Warren and others
with whom be talked tell me he apiieareil
in apparently excellent health, and war
even sprightly in his conver
sation. lie called up a number
of interesting remlniscencies of tlie men of
another generation which lie told in a
pleasant view and to the delight of those
who heard him. Later in the day, how
ever, and just be tor* be waa leaving for
home,. be suffered a severe attack In his
office, accompanied with vlolentcoughing,
which, be said shortly afterwards, was
nearly fatal. Had be been spared until
July he would have been 07 years of age.
There are those upon the
staff of the TsLXoSAru who con better
speak o( bis life and character; but during
my own short acquaintance with him 1
was impressed with the genuine, unaffect
ed nobleness of the man. In him were
blended in rare perfection tbe admirable
tbe Arlington mate set aside as a pity-
ground for the Airicttitural Departin' nL
When Dr. Loring can read bit title clear
of tills "experimental farm," as he cells it,
he wiU .hen acknowledge tlie authorship
of the following heeutiuil lines which will
be published in tbs North American Rerlea:
We'll graft tbe lobster on the hop.
Tbe oyster bed we’U (tyly weed.
The cranberry Jelly trees we’U Hop,
Aud save the macaroni seed.
The beet root sugar we will i
rtwstnu
U*nce. It would b© fatal to thc negro, valuable land and timber lying therein, ▼Ilk. If 1 am not misinformed, he was for
ville. If I am not misinformed, he was »u»
who would aoon perish like a worm in 1 thousands will follow upon "the foot-
his cocoon, and put his relatives in | ^ps of .tlipw now^coiijng in, and 011 theColumbns n^s, and later, in the
possession of the company’s funds. **~ U *
practice of law, with Col. Abda Johnson at
much material wealth bo added to our Carteraville, and several times served his
section. state in the Georgia Senate. He wss
a warm personal friend of the late
The Principal Keeper'* Replr. Governor Stephens, and Intimate
We reprint tills morning the reply of “bllc‘me^o? th^Sd r^mr.^To"^
It muBt be put through such a process 1 Captain Nelms, principal keeper ol *’ ‘
Tlie defense must come in another
way, and there is but one other. The |
negro’s epidermis must be toughened.
os will render it proof against any or- the penitentiary, to the charges pre-
ream __
younger generation ot men ne wss notably
kind, and the writer cherishes now, with
Horse rhentnuts In the spring well set,
That in the autumn colts will be.
We’U prune tbe climbing sorghum vine,
We’fi dig thc rutabaga peer.
The clam shall with the vva entwine.
And both shall, mingling, blossom there
The Berkshire goal IU wool shall shed,
The Ilanum cow shall ft-cd on hay,
We ll milk ihe ducks, all thoroughbred,
That steal tbe eggs the squirrels lay.
L’KNVOI—TO SKNATOE FLU MB.
Think of tha boost Iir*ve you In
The Kansas foot and mouth disease.
Then hump yourself, and you will win
The thanks of all the Boatonese.
O— Bumcokbk L—
In the State's Interest.
Madi«o!ilan.
The Macon Tblkgpaimi Is always
.1!. -■ • ■ < ""'I'/ui'- wli.tr.', j.«'litu nify,
Intellectually, • Dimiifr. i.illy and
daily, has zealously advocated a thor
ough equipment of our militia by the
Htute. Its views on this vital question
so plainly and boldly expressed from
Mu.- tint.' in.-.-! "’ii approval. W»*
' ■ xt l..vM.it'ir<‘\dll pininptU
enact such laws uh will secure tho
State the aid of an ctlicient soldiery.
266TH EDITION. PRICE ONLY $1
By Mail Postpaid.
dinary razor slash, knife thrust or pis-1 ferred by Mr. H. L. Johnson, editor of wordfuf "encouragement”rlvrivcd * from
him.
A VEXEEAPLX DIVIXE.
tol shot. In other words, the negro’s thc Palmetto Blade.
cuticle, before lie becomes a policjr- We still abstain from thc expression An r mMtinK wu held ^
humor, must be put on terms of equal-1 of any opinion of our own upon tlio afternoon in the city hall square, under
ity witli the alligator. Until this is merits Jof the controversy. We be-
done, life insurance companies cannot lieve it is the duty ol the Governor, as
afford to touch him at present we suggested yesterday, to take up the
rates. And it can be done. A charges against tho principal keeper
process (or tanning the African hide and investigate them. Without eon- enty-eight year* old, a'ndlias been preocli-
into leather was invented at Tcwka- sidoring tire rights ot Mr. Johnson at lug nil of sixty-two years.
bury, in tlie State of Massachusetts,
and while it is to be regretted that only
dead darkies were experimented upon,
the fact is conspicuous that tlie hide it
tannable to an extraordinary degree of
toughness. Yankee ingenuity may lie
relied upon to apply the process to liv
ing subjects. Indeed, Uisa well-known
fact that thc darky’s heel rued to lie
proof against any weapon. Unlike
Achilles, it was his only safe spot, head
ted.
now speak very well of him. The Grant
men think that he will be nominated ' e *\ C })S aw adopted by Massachusetts
to participate in it by consent, j put aside with a shrug of tlie shoulder alter a long fight over tlie leading can- j insurance companies requiring that all
' a wave ol tlie hand. didates wears out the patten- c of the negroes before taking oat policies Ire
It seem* ton* there cannot Ire two I convention. Let me give you some | thoroughly tanned at Tewk*luiry must,
opinion. « to the couree he should j pointer* in this care. Of the j ^SSSTS".’ w n <SdSuUe^^
pursue. Capt. Nelms hold* an tm- delegates who have already beer. | pent*. Tlie suggestion is thrown out
portent official position by appoint- j elected to the national convention (or what it is worth.
and disaster await. | or a wave of tlie hand,
i hast will insure the Republi-
i candidate an ea*y race Mr. Tilden
eill be beaten by one man with a pen-
caricature and cartoons.
all, it is due to Captain Nelms, as well
as his own administration, tliat the in
vestigation siionld he made, not in a
perfunctory manner, hut fairiv and
honestly.
Certain specific charges have been
made by a responsible citizen against a
public officer, wiio bohla his appoint'
ment by executive favor. We under
stand Captain Nelms's denial to cover
all these charge*. If tlie charges are
true, then tlie course of the Governor
is plain. If they are not tree, then tlie
principal keeper should be exonerated.
To make a charge is not to prove It,
nor does a denial amount to a refutation
To charge and deny raises an issue—-
the suspires of the Bsptist convention. It
attracted a Urge congregation. Tlie ser
vices were conducted by Rev. Jesse Camp
bell, ot Columbus. HU discourse was very
Interesting, snd seemed a voire out of the
pasL Tbe reverend preacher is now ter-
KNOW THYSELF,-
k Great Medical Work
■ N. rv<• > hi 1 I*! -
line In M»n,TKrri>n
Youth/aml ihs nntoUl miseries raolUKlfl
i «•» A I--
. . . . ai 1 a du..1
lAprtaeiiplioosf'T ail acute an<ll ■
^Bmio ot which lntsIusU^M
rli n«
XATIOXAL COXVE5TIOS FOR THE “BROTHS*
ix ■lack.” rasw. ripti one ot which It Invaluable,
In pursuance of a resolution pasted by jSSS.i.'iiS!
the "Colored Men s National Executive P* ?*.. 7“!* .** ’ Si probably nersi
Cnumittee" held in the city of Washil
ton, DecenilH-r 19, l-vt, \y. A. Pledger, me
chairman of that committee, to-day blued
a call for a "Colored National Convention"
to aseemble in the city of Richmond, Va.,
on Tuesday, July Slh, lfvM, at 10 o'clock,
for the purpose of considering tlie mate
rial, educational and Jioliticol it ter-
ests of the race. At this conven
tion each (date and Territory will be
entitled to one delegate for every 25,000
colond population and fractional part
tbereoi, nod »i,eic there i» not 25,000 col
ored population in any .State or Territory,
it shall lie entitled to ' '——
AWocasiD.
Tlie Bapti-t State Convention adjourned
to-day, and will hold It* session next year
at Newnan.
MAU or RSSTMT. , ed
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