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TU& WEEKLY 1 ELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MAY 16,
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Returning to First Principles.
It is not unfrequently the case that
one sees in the papers of the State ex
pressions of contempt used with refer
ence to the Legislature. The feeling
that prompts such unfavorable refer
ences is not confined to the press, but
is largely entertained by the people. It
has come to be a settled conviction
with a great many that no honor and
but little responsibility attaches to
those who represent the State in ita
General Assembly.
This has not always been the case.
Although our connection with the po
litical affairs of the State does not ex
tend beyond the war, we can well re
member when high honor was sup
posed to be inseparably connected with
the office of legislator, and when the
first men in the State, in point of learn
ing and intelligence, were not averse to
taking upon themselves the laborious
honors of the position. The station
es without assistance a larger per cent-
than the hen, and knowB how to scratch
aronnd and find worms for the chick
ens, and knock the spots ont of other
busy body incubators when they step
on them, we should say it is a grand
success. But if the time of the man
who has to sit upwith*the inenbator
is worth more than the chickens he
can hatch out in three weeks, then it is
not. Still, if the incubator abolishes
the 5 o'clock a. in. rooster, it is a suc
cess at any price. But go to a hennery
for definite information.
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The Savannah Homing Newt opposes
the return of Hon. John C. Nicholls to
Congress from the first district, on ac
count of his opposition to the Morrison
tariff hill.
The Newt mentions the names of
other candidates for the nomination,
was recognized as one of high trust j but does not vouchsafe any informa-
and of great responsibility; and those tion with regard to their position on
who sought it did so with the con-1 the tariff question. Among the
sciousness that the records made by names given are those of Jndge
total visible supply, as compared with
that period, of 1,145,783 bales.
The imports into continental ports
this week have been 59,000 bales. The
exports have reached a total of 18,201
bales, of which 11,112 were to Great
Britain, 2,314 to France, and 4,835 to
the rest of the continent.
The following from the Chronicle
shows the drift of speculation in fu
tures for the week under review:
A slight decline on Saturday was followed
by a small advance on Monday. On Tuesday,
a sharp pressure to sell was caused by the
announcement of the failure of the Marine
Bank, in which considerable aums held aa
margins on contracts were supposed to be de
posited. Prices fell ofT 7 to 11 points, August
selling down to II 77 cents—the lowest figure
In many weeks. There was a partial recovery,
followed by a slight advance, on Wednesday.
On Thursday, there was an advance for the
day of 9 to 11 points, with a firm closing. To
day the opening was easier and tho.spccula-
tlon much less active. Yesterday there were
rumors of considerable sales of spot cotton for
home consumption, but they were not o'fll-
clally reported until to-day, when there was a
quiet market at 1111-16 cents for middling up
lands.
have repudiated the cause for which
the dead now sleep friendless and for
saken. These will rise up and cry
economy. And from their midst the
“watch dog of the treasury,” the cur
that skulks at the poor man’s heels for
the sake of his crumbs, will be heard
as it has been for a generation, when
ever there was proposed aught to de
fend the interests and care for the hon
or of the people as a people.
If the Legislature cannot, because of
a constitutional provision, appropriate
money to bring home for decent burial
the men who laid down their lives for
the defense of the ■ State, change the
constitution. When the Legislature
meets, let the oldest soldier in the hall
rise with the proposed amendment in
hand. The true men and the women
of Georgia will sustain him. The press
will kick the curs out of hearing.
FROM ATLANTA.
Discussing tne Convict Lease, and the
Transfer of interest by Lessees—
Absent Criminals—The Cen
tral Coal Bur-crs.
Til* devices for making money without
working for it are criminally abundant.
It it really more important to the peo
ple of Georgia to send able men to the Leg
islature than to Congress. The notion
that any man is good enough to be a mem
ber of the General Assembly has prevailed
too long, In practice, in this State.
Old Srooxs would even be willing to
pension worn-out old Confederates, If hap
ly that might give him a Presidential
boom this side of ilio Potomac. The old
Confederates will let the boom and the
pension sleep the sleep of oblivion, side by
aide.
Tux candidates that arc defeated In the
Bepnblican convention at Chicago by
means of the votes of the Southern dele
gates will probably devote a few moments
of contused and anxious thought to the
does and abuses of rottenborough Repub
licanism.
The immense Increase in local legisla
tion In Georgia, since the adoption of the
new constitution, Is either the cause or the
consequence of the mistaken idea that a
given member represents his county in a
jjnich stronger sense than he represents
Tho State, and that county interests are
much superior to 8tate interests. When
the people make another constitution, they
will likely put locke and ban on that species
of legislation.
It is needless to set Grant on his fett
again unless some able-bodied man of
brains la employed to hold bim up. Still,
it la a merciful spirit that prompts bis
wonbippers to make another effort to stay
bis return to the gutter. It is strange that
be Isn’t ashamed of the attitude in which
their efforts place bim. It isn't strange,
however, that be haa never been known to
express any gratitude for their eftorte in
bis behalf.
About fourteen hundred colored chil
dren neatly dressed passed this office yea.
tenlay. What a change in twenty yean
These children, under tlie old regime,
-would have represented two million eight
hundred thousand dollar* of private prop
erty. But though free, and no one wonld
i*gx have it otherwise, they still represent
an equal amount of wealth to the State it
self, since the wealth of the State is lta la
bor. They have become an Irredeemable
currency, but have not lost value.
them would be inquired into, and that
they would be compelled to give an ac
count of their stewardship.
Since the war matters have under
gone a change in those particulars for
the worse. A number of reasons could
be given in explanation of this degen
eracy. The standard of citizenship and
the qualifications for office, attendant
on it, have all been lowered since the
devil began to control the destinies of
the country through the Republican
party, enthroned at Washington.
This, in itself, would be sufficient to
account for the manifest degeneracy in
all that pertains to the legislative of
fice, without any reference to the fact
of there being only one white party in
the State—a fact growing out of the in
famies and oppressions of Republi
canism, and a necessary consequence
of them.
To these two evils—the one being
the consequence of the other—may
be ascribed the lowly estate
into which the station in ques
tion has descended, during the
past two decades. It has been neces
sary to lose sight of much that was pos
itively good, and to close the eyes to
much that was not specially creditable
—even if not positively bad, in order
to save the State from the hands of a
set of Vandals, worse than those that
pillaged the provinces of ancient Rome.
The dangers ot the situation nre not
yet overpast; but it is not too soon for
the people of tlio State to be casting
about in their minds for a return to the
methods of other days. It is not too
soon for them to see to it that the stand
ard of membership in the Legislature
is elevated above mere considerations
of availability and reward for party
services. It will not do to longer under
estimate the duties and responsibilities
of the Legislative office.
It is really more important to the
peoplo of Georgia to send able men to
the Legislature than to send them to
Congress, for reasons that must bo ap
parent at a glance. If there must be
inefficient men in eltherof these bodies,
let them go to Washington and bo
swallowed up in the rabble of Jack
Cades from other States. Here, at
home, where the enactments must
bear directly upon the pdople and their
varied and increasingly varying inter
ests, let the law-making power be vest
ed in wise, pure and truo men—
men who aro wise enough to know the
demand of duty in the changed rela
tionships of the present time, and bravo
enough to discharge it.
The notion that any man is good
enough to he a member ot the General
Assembly has prevailed too long and
wrought too much mischief to be fur
ther tolerated. Let the people clothe
that body with something of the digni
ty and honor that once characterized it,
for the sake of the glory of the State
and ita progress in all that is true and
elevating.
There is an epidemic of maudlin sen
timentalism in' some portions of this
country. It affects to look upon the most
deleaved criminals as the mere helpless
victims of untoward circumstances, while
society, as the avenger, ie viewed as a
heartless monster. The tendency of all
such manifestations of eympathy with
outlaws fa to dignify crima and to increase
it, while it weakens the ability of society
to successfully deal with the children of
violence.
Exoura judicial methods are, in many
reepccta, superior to our own. As a rule,
justice is more uniformly dispensed In that
country than in this. There are fewer es
capes from Jail, and fewer defeats of jus
tice through the quibbles and technicali
ties of the law. English scaffolds are not
allowed to be turned into palpi! rostrums,
from which Incorrigible scoundrels preach
their speedy translation to the realms of
eternal bliss. It would not be amlas for
oar court authorities to learn something,
in these particulars, from their brethren
across the water.-
A* to Incubators.
A valued correspondent writes to ask
us if we can give him “the address ot
the party who manufactures tho most
successful incubator;” also, “is tho
incubator now admitted to lie a success
in a financial point of view?
It must be admitted that our corres
pondent has wounded us in a tender
place. To tho first question wo must
reply, no. The party who manufac
tures tho best incubator is at present
an unknown quantity in manufacturing
circles, if the hen lie excepted. Tiie
truth is, we are not thoroughly im
pressed with the idea that the best in
cubator haa yet been produced. Coni
plaints of inefficiency seem to flow into
the poultry journals from all quarters
M. L. Merslion, of Glynn coun
ty, and Captain B. D. Brad-
well, of Liberty. If is presumed that
both of those gentlemen, along with
the Newt and Mr. Nicholls, favor the
existing tariff on rice, a product largely
grown in the first Congressional dis
trict. If we are mistaken in this sup
position, we should bo obliged to our
respected contemporary for the infor
mation.
But the Newt intimates that Savan
nah may have a candidate to present
lor the nomination, “whose ability and
other qualifications are such as not
only to command respect but to arrest
attention.” Assuming that this Sh-
known candidate is also the advocate
of the protective duty on rice, but the
opponent of similar duties on other im
portations, we would respectfully in
quire of our contemporary, where he
intends to draw the line. If it is right
for tho Newt, and for Judge Mcrshon,
Captain Bradweli, and the unan
nounced candidate of command
ing abilities from Savannah
to favor a protective tariff
on rice, because it is raised in that
Congressional district, in wliat respect
is it wrong for Democrats in all other
Congressional districts in tho United
States to maintain tiie existing tariff
on such articles as the people of their
respective localities are interested in re
training? If it is proper in tho Netct
and its candidates, in what respect is
it wrong in Mr. Nicholls and other
Democratic supporters of protection?
IIow can the Representative from tho
First Georgia district have the check
to aek that the duty on rice
be retained and the duty-
on the products and manufactures
ot other districts in the Union be re
moved ? Tho Representative who
could be guilty of such folly and incon
sistency is unworthy to occupy a seat
In any deliberative body, since self-in
terest and not principle would be his
guiding star.
But we have another inquiry to make
of the Newt and other journals in
Georgia that sympathize with it in its
opjxisition to protection. It is this; If it
is right to set aside Mr. Nicholls on ac
count ot his opposition to the Morrison
bill, what do they propose to do with
Senator Brown, who is also a candidate
for re-election, and who was
also opposed to tho passage of the hill ?
The bill did not reach the Senate, and
tho Senator had no opportunity to re
cord his vote against it, but we under
take to say that he was and is opposed
to the bill.
Now, what are the Newt and Its free
trado contemporaries going to do witli
Senator Brown? Will they oppose his
re-election? If not, with what show of
consistency can they oppose tho return
of Sir. Nicliolla? If they are unwise
enough to mnko the position of South
ern candidates on the tariff tho test,
why apply it to one and not to all?
It is well known that the Telegraph
axd Messenger agrees witli Repre
sentative Nicholls and Senator Brown
on the tariff question; hut it is also
well known that we have no candidate
for any office. There are Democrats in
the first district and in tiie State whom
wo would prefer to cither of them, and
whom we would gladly support if their
names were presented to the people.
But we do not consider it proper to
make a test of the tariff question. It
it should be done, however, then it
shonld he applied to the Senator as
well aa to the Representative.
Wall Street Panic.
Our dispatches this morning show an
unfortunate condition of business in
New York. The recent iailures of the
Marine Bank and Ward & Giant set in
motioh a circle of transactions which
culminated yesterday in the overthrow
of several firms and more than one
bank, the effect of which yet remains
to be seen. To-day will be a critical
one upon the street.
It is theopinioDof some of our busi
ness men that no general disaster is
impending. The failures of yesterday
marked a speculative crisis, which,
wrliile it may tighten business capital,
will probably not continue long. The
volume of currency is large, stocks and
bonds have not recently ruled at in
flated prices, and gold is at par;
these conditions, it is hoped,
will render a general disaster im
possible. Moreover, the action of tho
United States Treasurer, in calling the
bonds which fall due the 27tli of June
—thereby throwing into the Street a
large volume of money, however doubt
ful may be the policy which permits
the government to take part in a spec
ulative flurry—will undoubtedly go far
to case the market. The worst feature
is the sudden withdrawal of private
deposits from the banks, which destroys
the demand for even gilt edge securi
ties, and leaves banking houses to sus-,
pend with full hands.
In 1873 the great panic came when
inflation and wild speculation was tho
order of the day, and gold was held at
40 per cent.* premium. The fall to a
basis of real values was sufficient to
wreck and ruin thousands. But even
in that panic, the storm was finally
weathered by a combination of the
strong banks and a pooling ot securities
and funds. During last night, it is al
together likely that such action was
taken by the bonks as will in like man
ner allay the fears of the timid and re
store confidence.
It is not likely that the South will be
hurt by the panic, beyond tho incon
venience of a temporary tight money
market. The last crops have all been
sold, and the new are now promising in
every section. Even should a general
depression 1 occur, the force of it will
be felt here less keenly than else
where.
Mr. Williams, of Wetumpka.
It will be remembered that recently
the Telegraph published an extract
from the speech of Mr. Williams, an
Alabama Representative, delivered
upon the occasion of the memorial ex
ercises of Mr. Herndon in the House.
The speech was one of the most lurid
compilations of descriptive adjectives
ever seen outside of the report of a fe
male college commencement. So re
markable a venture has never before
entered into the dreary columns of the
Congrettional Record.
Mr. Williams has been mercilessly
quizzed and ridiculed Bince the ap
pearance of his obituary effort, both by
liis associates and by the press. He
has finally made an eflort to clear him
self by an explanation to the effect that
the speech was sent him by a woman,
and that he read only a few lines and
then obtained permission to print the
piece in the Accord; that he had in fact
never read the production.
Those who know Mr. Williams will
readily accept this explanation. He is
said to be a straightforward, practical,
business man, and utterly incapable of
the effort which stands accredited to
biin in the Record. At tho same time
he lias not relieved himself of annoy
ance, since the confession places him
at the mercy of unfriendly critics, and
will doubtless array against him the
Herndon clement. It is not unlikely
that Mr. Williams read his own obitu
ary along with Mr. Herndon’s.
[irzciAL coRREsroxnzxcx.l
Atlanta, May 13.—The recent revival of
the discussion of matters pertaining to the
convict lease brought about by tho litiga
tion between the lessees and the Marietta
and North Georgia railroad, and the later
reported transfer of Captain W. D. Grant’s
Interest in Penitentiary Company No. 3
has suggested the very peruneut question
as to whether Captain Grant, under
the contract entered into with the
State, has any right to transfer
his interest in the convicts, and
whether such transfer does not jeopardize
the lease, under the terms of the contract.
The contract of Penitentiary Company No.
3. entered into between the State and W.
D. Grant and others binds the lessees not
to “snb-let, lease or hire the convicts, or
any of them, to others,” upon penalty of a
cancellation of the contract, if the Gov*
ernor shall so determine. If Capt. Grant,
one of the lessees, and a member of Peni
tentiary Company No. 3. can dispose of
hit interest in the lease, so may eveiy other
member of Penitentiary Company No. 3,
and thus leave the large body of convicts
More Walking Matches.
It will bo seen by reference to our
in the hands and under the 'control of a m l , ler na “ e i iJncSr'theS
set of men with whom the. State has no XheLTeSdim
JUDCE HOLTON’S CASE,
A Statement from One In a p 01 ,„„
Know About I,. 1
to much has been published in «,
tion with the arrest of Judge v S ir ■
of Crawford county, and the ,i° k
thereto.* l " atemcn, facts iSS®*
Judge Holton was arrested on \i. „ I
Deputy Marshal Cash Span ,“fill
charging him with withholding H
money and fraudulently converKa
same to his own use. erung d
The fact* as set forth in the affld,»i,. J
which the warrant was Issued arethlJ
The pension was allowed to an old ii
named Elizabeth Shirley, widow of .7
dier of the war of 1812, under act of *r- j
Kress passed in 1878. The tir-t 2L U 1
was made in March, 1882. and amo^SSfl
over 4400. The treasury dra 1 'o"' 6 ? 1
the amount was indorsed by Jud.-»
and the entire amount convened £ i 'l
own use. Three other checks a,™' 0 , 1 !
m the aggregate to 472, rXS U I
subsequent times, were treated „ nr
manner. The vouchers, which J?
1 S 1 I'fecede the lsmln?°i
checks by the Treasury DeparXi ■,
payment of pension money, areIll
as forgeries. Tiie last one was
by Judge Holton on March 5ih,i*S ifi
d u y ’w r ‘.g® P e " sioner had died, and (El
h«*f°r the amount issued March JoT
1883, three weeks after the old Udv ul
been burled, bore her name, iilaced 5i
contract whatever, and while ilie liability
of the original lessees and their bondsmen
may conUnue to the State, the new con
vict masters will be under no pledge, obli
gation or bond for the treatment and use
of the convicts as required by law, except
and*trawler be approved at.the ezecu- u.m°forS’taSg tlm^hunotTil
able to. walk without crutches for tan
Atlanta letter, that it is proposed to
get up further walking contests in At
lanta. The three hundred pounds
men, tho cx-jtulges and others seem
desirous of trying their speed and en
durance. Is it for the premiums or for
the fun of the thing, that the fat men
wish to waddlo and the judges spin
around the track?
Should another match be made, we
trust the telegraphic wires will be able
to transmit tbe result from Atlanta to
Macon in due season. They failed
miserably when the contest of Satur
day had ended. Our correspondent
filed his account of the match on Sat
urday night, and it was received with
other matters of interest, hut it did
not reach us until Sunday forenoon.
The walkers might have brought it al
most as soon.
tive office and done according to the
forms ot law. Upon inquiry
at the executive office, I find there has
been no entry upon -the contract or bond
of the transaction referred to, and no
notice of it to the State,
If the negotiation has,been consummated
as reported, and Captain Grant is no
longer a lessee, or member of Penitentiary
Company No. 3, it is held by some who
have discussed it, that there should be
some record of the transaction upon the
records of the State, and some approval of
it by the executive.
Of course such an important
transaction would not be entered into by
a lessee, or by the purchaser or purchasers
of his interest, without taking legal advice,
and if the reported sale has been made, as
given out, I presume it was made upon
the technical idea that the contract of lease
was between the State and the company
and not between the State and the indi
vidual lessees. On that idea, as already-
suggested above, the other members of the
company may likewise transfer their in
terest to third parties and leave the com
pany composed entirely of men who were
not originally lessees and who have no
contract w hatever with the State.
It is not likely that the people of Geor
gia would readily approve of such a trans
action, br submit to having the convicts
bandied about, bargained and sold to and
among parties not responsible to the State,
and not originally or now entering into the
contract of lease or bound by the bond.
The indicatlnns nre that the convict
lease will liereaf ter be a very important is
sue in the State, and this will ho among
tbe questions to be met by the lessees.
ASSERT CRIM1XALS.
The recent communication addressed to
the State authorities from Texas, making
inquiries as to rewards offered for fugitive
murderers from this State, is still held un
der consideration. Upon looking
over the records in the executive depart
ment for information of the parties
snd crimes referred to, your correspond
ent stumbled uikiu a great deal of Inter
esting matter, which will be given yon
more in detail heicafter. How many
crimes have been committed in Georgia,
brought to the notice of the authorities,
that are still unpunished? How many
criminals of all degree* have fled from
juaticeand are still at large? In my cur
sory examination this morning, I found
among other Items, that there are twelve
or thirteen men of the same name, fugi
tives from justice, and the greater number
of them charged with the grave crime of
murder, and one or two of them already
convicted who succeeded in breaking jail
CXXTOAL KA1LROAH COAL BURXRRS.
The defendant is also charged with I
ry. He waived peliminary ciamin
and gave a bond in the sum of lino ,
“PPcarance at the preseut term ot t
I n liis statement. Col. Smith says: J U( 1„|
Holton has been suffering Iron. H.LS2PI
able to walk without crutches for two yean
One of his legs was badly swollen
drawn "ooked and shorter thanS 1
other. He became so bad off that at»n
the first of April he went to CbartestanJ
C„ to consu t some of the physician, inths
medical college there. They put bS
under a course of treating
prescribing among other things sbso'-"‘,
rest. He started back, got off tho Mai!
Byron and came up to Mr. James Taylor,'
in this county, about twelve miles
here, and was so bad off he was unable tn
get home. He lay in this fix at Ttvtaq
for three weeks. By advice of liis phnL
cians in Charleston, he tied to his ii ,
weight, about twenty pounds, in order
try to expand the muscles and airsick-
tiie leg preparatory to having a surri
operation tierformed on him. While „
this condition and hardly ablo to tor-
over in bed, E. E. Cash camo out and a-,
rested him. Holton explained his comli.
tion and tendered bim bail, but he refused
and despite the prayers of his family ai3
the protest of hfs physician, draemibini
from his bed and carried him to Macon at
night, arriving thereabout 2 o'clock at
night.
Whip
le Holton was at Taylor's sick and I
before tbe arrest lie heard threats of prose I
cutlon and sent a friend to Macon to say to I
the United States officials that lie was on-1
pared to defend biihself, but was sick anil I
unable to get out and that if any warraa; P
was sued out he desired to give bond
whir'll lin totulorocl hnt i asm.
which he tendered, but Cash cam* as.i
and refused to take it. The result of Hob I
ton being dragged out of bed and canto
off at night as lie was, is that all the swel
ing in his leg, whicli was reduced, has r
turned, Ills leg is all drawn and crooku-
again, and all his work has to be done over I
wain. He caught cold and has now high I
levers and the rheimatism baa attacked!
his other leg; he is much worse tbanhsl
ever was and la now absolutely unable tar
turn himself in bed.
As to the facta of UsaMBt X wfllMVtafl
Ii- tin- <!■. \ i ,• I
tiie pensioner; find a poM of attorney!
• col ■ -> 11 :i-i!i>■ i, I
forced her name; never drew a cant U!.|
gaily and accounted for and paid over tr-T
ary dollar that came into his hands. I
for the charge that Holton forg.-fl
names of vritnaaaea to the papers, t
say that the gentlemen whose nan - I
signed as witnesses to the papers are lit-1
in -. ore .e -■ -■ I. : ■ ai;,l will In- i:i ... :rl I
• ' |- T lllile 1. -life the I; ,
neasof their signatures. Judge Botha hi
ready to meet the charges at every p nnh I
Well Dona 1
New York Sun.
Off nt Last.
Tho Thetis, Bear and Alert, the ves
sels equipped to rescue the Greely par
ty from its Arctic prison, have oil
sailed, the last named on Saturday.
They not upon a voyage of discovery,
Their one object and common intent is
to bring back Greely and his devoted
band, who have now been absent three
years. If the lost party has made no
effort to escape southward, it is {ios-
Bible that a rescue of at least some ot
its members will lie effected. If, how
over, disheartened and desperate over
the non-appearance of the long prayed
for assistance an escape southward has
been attempted, it is not likely that
many of the party will bo heard from
Greely carried with him provisions
for three years. With care and pru
dence he could easily sustain himself,
But with all the chances for disaster
which exist in the Arctic region, this
supply tnay have been cut off. A redo
memorial and the frozen bodies of the
dead explorers are more apt to he dis
covered than a living party.
Cotton Statsmont.
From the Chronicle’t cotton article of
May 9 we gather the following facts
and the favorite brands appear to suffer | relative to the movement of the crop
with all the rest. The principal trouble
with the average incubator seems to
be that it requires some one
to sit up with it, and os an
incubator rarely ever lieata tiie beat
time of a common yellow-legged domi-
nicker lien, tbe person in charge gen
erally has a three week’s job. If he it
working the substitute to supply a mar
ket, and pushing it for ail it is worth,
ho might as well close out his claim*
upon the sleepy god at once.
A man in sncit a business might save
trouble and gain time by straddling a
feather duster and starting in upon the
eggs in person. He would save oil and
gain sleep after a short training. And
Convict Lease.
Special attention is called to the
statements in our Atlanta letter witli
regard to the convict lease and the
recent transfer of convicts.
Our correspondent was requested to 1 in the matter of mite- he would have
examine into tiie natter, ami sec what j a broad advantage over the lien, since
record, if any, had been made of the he could occasionally change dusters,
transaction in the executive office. j Demons leading sedentary lives, judges,
The whole convict system, as well aa' professional jurors, tailors, or even edi-! decrease for the week of 102 hales as
the lease made in 1870, arsl tiie recent j tors, might, with a couple of dusters compared with last year, and an in-
transfer, will come up for discussion and a setting of eggs, pick up many an creaie for the season of 2,678 hales,
by the pres* and before the next Legit- j honest penny in this way. - Taking tiie receipts trorn plantations,
latnre, sad for this reason we have j It is not within our power to to say! the net overland movement to May 1
i j -- n pains to g : up the facts, which j whether or not the incubator, as now and al
s-i- -in.. .c-1 t-- the public in due J used, is a financial success. N - - opt* r-. -
The Morrison bill ought to have been
beaten. It was utterly impracticable.
There was no ho|w of carrying It through
Congress. Even it it couid have been got
through the House, it was doomed to de
feat in the Senate. Aa a measure of legis
lation it was of no consequence, because it
could not l-'come a law. It was a mistake
from tiie beginning, and it was right and
proper to put an etid to it at the first op
portunity.
Politically, however, (lie consequences of
this bill are important, and we have re
peatedly had occasion to point them out.
Tiie first of them is the division of the
Democratic party into two opposing Indies.
Where there should he harmony and unity,
discord and conflict are introduced. Ills
not a conflict on a practical question, hut
on an abstraction, on u theory of public
ccononiv. Hitherto the widest differences
of opinion respecting tariffs and import
duties have been tolerated In the Democ
racy. Protectionists like Jefferson and
J action and free trader* Ilk* Ho'rert J.
Walker have stood together in its ranks
fighting for Democratic principles and nd-
mlnistrative reform. In such co-operation
lies the promise of Democratic success;
but in the organization of the present
House of Representatives it was decreed
that co-operation should lie abollsh&d. Mr.
Morrison, Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Waterson
proclaimed that in place of toleration we
roust have intolerance; that, instead of
Democracy and reform, free trade must be
set up as the only end of politics. It was
lietter, they told us, that the Democracy
should be beaten in following after free
trade than that the coantry should lie re
lieved front Republican mlsgorerniuent
under the old Democratic flag.
Of course such a change In the policy
and character of tbe Democracy cannot
now be consummated with the full assent
and intelligent determination of the
masses. The question will come up for
decision in tbe National Democratic Con
vention. If the majority of the party wish
to make free trade its one predominant
Tha Central railroad is now running
coal burner* on all of ita fast trains, and
It ts not only a decided revolution but a
decided Improvement in the road. The
fast trains will no doubt arrive here on
time as soon as the engineers and firemen
become accustomed to the change and to
the management of coal burners. This
cannot yet be said. The fait train from
Sfvanrmh.due here at 7 o’clock this morn
ing, and carrying ita load of Teliorapiu
for Atlanta and point* north, reached here
a few minutes before 10 o'clock, missed
the early delivery in the city and failed on
all connections. If tbe Central engineers
knew bow people grumble here when there
is any delay in getting tbe Tsuratuni, I
verily believe they would manage to pull
tu on Ume.
300-rocsnaas.
A walking match la being talked of be
tween 300-pounders and over. The en
tries, so far, are Col. Fatty Harris, Col.
Acton and Col. Pat Lynch, all of whom
come dangerously and heavily near 400
pounds. Efforts are being made to per
mit the entry of those weighing 250 pounds
and upwards, and if successful, it will
bring in a largo squad of heavy weights,
and add Interest to the match.
J udge Lester, who believes hlnuelf a val-
A lady in Virginia, ntii-rusiiigtheTm'.-
ment for two weeks, writes:
“I am a great dealslronger than when I
immencea it* use. • • One thing I mat l
tell you. Utloppcd the ncurnl'ii". I took I
cold and feared that I would have it for I
two or three weeks, as I generally stoat I
tbe pain for that Img before I would take
chloral, the only thing that ever atoppl
It bsfore, and I dialfkaa to taka it so mock l
that I would put It oil'until / thought 11
could not lire for the agonu. But this tin#
it only lotted two daut. when I began tl
Compound Oxygen I could scarcely tit i,
on tour; now I can sit up most of IM
Ume."
Our "Trrathe on Compound Oxygen
containing a history ot the discovery axid
mode ot action of this remarkable cura
tive agent, and a largo record of auniris-
ing cures In Consumption, Catarrh, Sea-
rnlL-ia, Bronchitis, Asthma, etc., and > I
wide range of chronic diseases, will b« I
sent free. Address, lira. Markev A IV I
leu UOU and 1111 Girard street, Phil
phla.
it pedestrian, proposes a tua'rh between
Judges of the 6ui*rlor Court, Judgt
llillyer, Judge Hopkins, Judge Tompkins,
ami other*. This match would drnw, but
if Judge Lester does not overestimate his
own powers, he wonld rapidly walk away
with all comers.
Col. James E. Brown, of the Jlenrji
* *. ’ " * * na
Bring Them Home.
The following was received yester
day by a member of the Telegrai'Ii'h
staff:
Lane Park, Fla., May 11, WW.—Allow me to
heartily thank you for your admirable Con*
federate soldier article In the laiue of the ‘26th
of April. I do wi»h you coul 1 arouae patriot-
Lm sufficient in the people of Oeorgla to get | doctrine, they will elect delegates pledged
for the past week:
For the week ending May t, the total re
ceipts have reached 15,657 bale*, against 20,.
053 bales laat week, 20,923 bales the previous
week and 30,271 bales three week since
making the total receipts since the lul of Sep
tember, IM), 4,7A,07$ bales, against 5,711,245
bale* for the tame period of 1582 83, showing a
decrease ftlnce September 1, 1883, of ( *2,'2W
bales.
The total receipts at all the interior
towns for the past week have reached
11,240bales; since September, 2,800,-
434 bales, showing a decrease of 20,333
bales, as compared with the receipts
of the same week last year, and for the
season a falling off of 043,17H bales.
Among the interior townt*, Macon is
credited with si* bales for the week,
and with 50,ft#4 bales for the season.
For the same week last year, the re
ceipts were 108 bales, and •”>7,200 bales
for the season. These figures show a
them to imitate the old Tar Heel State'i
ble example ami gather up the bone* of
all our heroes mouldering into duit in Yan
kee land*, and to bring them back to Georgia.
If to, and we everTiave another war,volunteer*
will know even after death th*t their grave
will be kept green and memoi es hallowed.
Poor incentive to defend one's oantry as now
*hown in her attitude.
At a private citizen, I will contribute 950 »o
bring the heroes back to the Kate; but it
ahould be done by Georgia herself, and wiil
to that end ; tut U the majority prefer to
stand In the »l I ways their decision will lie
given to that effect in their choice of dele
gate#.
In any event tbe Democracy will endure.
Its principles are immortal, and no follies
can obscure them forever. In a Republi
can government there must be an opposi
tion, and in the United States, so long aa
the Republicans hold the helm of power,
tLat opposition can only stand on Dcnto*
era* 1 ? ideas.
On the second Tuesday in April the
Drawing of
If weean ever get a Legislature of anything I Ie7th Granil Monthly Drawing of The
but donkeys. \ ours truly, L. M. P. j ixmisiana btatc Lottery took place In New
Orleans. Ticket No. H6.800 drew First
The communication is published a. a ; $o “fj? WM **,
voice from the military element, the)fifths at »1 each; one sraa.held by Elbert
writer ol
S ra Thc main sentiment expressed I vijiSSTLSSSTt by, and »;«» rather distinguUhed him-
u ill 1*. in.lnnuwl Locke. The S«ond Capital of 125.090 was self by hia lack of sagacity and ex-
wttt t>c imiorsea , dr twn by No. 58,298, into sold in fifths at pertnesa in all undertakings in civil
By every woman tn Georgia. Their 41 each; one to isailore Isaac's a clothing life. His name has lieen in extensive
labor, which sustained the «piriU of! • lor f, k «J» r ln Modeato. Cal. The Third : demand os nn advertising medium,
the struggling soldier .luring the war,' ^ £
and envied in tiie sight of all men the g; Norman^uundant. His'son, and th^arinere
marble memorials to the heroic dead, ,, me ,.;(y The p oa rth Capital Prize, i have drawn upon it freely, in their
was the result of a devotion that is os two of o.ujo each, went to Nos. 33,147 and brokerage business and other enter-
pure and strong as twenty years ago. i wld'nfifthsabo.at^l «cb; one prises, finally overtrading on this sa
lly every young man grown linto
County Weekly, was in the city to-day, an
report* tiie people of Henry badly mixed
in the matter of Congreeeional politics, aa
between Hammond and Jackeon. Colonel
Brown it a candidate for the Senate in that
Senatorial district, and ia quite confident
of his election. His friends are also san
guine of bis success, and are anxious to
see bim in tbe Senate. Colonel Brown is
a gentleman of intelligence and integrity,
conscientious and fearless in the discharge
of duty, and withal clever and genial. His
election would be a valued addition to the
public service, and reflect credit upon bis
district.
A Fearful Mistake.
Columbus Tims*.
Somebody about lloganaville hat I
been doing n great wrong to onr W.
C. T. U. friend Revill, of the Meri-1
wether Vindicator. They slipped
on him “unbeknownst to him"
left a little “home made”, brown jug, I
filled with "home made” or some oth-1
erklnd “fluid” and so npset his usu-
ally steady hand and level head that „
he, in trying to tell aliout it, forgot all;
about the order of the lnws of jug- >
glory, and just thought bo iwalfos-
ed the wltolo earthenware. Better 5
hurry up the railroad, good brother,
and ship all that kind of home “con- j
sumption” down this way.
Tiie Southron says that ‘'Gainesville j
lias added over five hundred pernu-
nent residents to her population since
last fall.”
No otoer preparation to concentrates
and combines blood-purifying, vitalizing,
enriching and invigorating qualities as
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. (Quality ahould b*
considered when making comparisons.
Fall of Can. Crant and Sons.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The financial collapse of tho Grants,
who appear to have carried down with
them “their sisters and thoir cousins
and their aunts,” was seemingly as
complete as that of a child’s card cas
tle. They will have the sympathy of
the public, especially the old soldier,
whose proverbial luck has gone back
on him while at an advanced age and
in a crippled physical condition. Gen.
A Lady’s Lite
May depend upon the medical tn atmen
receive* for the n moral of thote trouble* \
liar to her *x. 'll. at these at!<<tlun* •*»:. •,
cored is dearly Ufconstzati t > y tt... *'
of testimonial* on file at the outre of I»r*. Ja •
•on A Barnett, N. r . Iiru r Kin * HI -1 .V
vtreets. Cincinnati. Ohio.
| Our a<lvice to our lady readers Is to com*
pond with them. They are skillful and learr.e!
andolwajra meet with succers in tbelrrmcth*-
Tbe appended letter from the wlfcofRev.8.
I.. Binkley, which 1* tmM!*hed by permlxtioc.
shows the efficacy of their mat menu
Martinsville. ltd., Jane It. lift.
Dr*. Jackson A Burnett, Cor. Race and Ml
Cincinnati, Ohio.:
Dear Hire 1 have been an tnvalM for sev« a
year*. YourM.U.HvtlllesnirerecommenM
to me by a physician. When 1 comer
their use, I had teen unab!c P> walk for near 1
two years without the use M
an Ins’ruwect. After u*!n* leM thoi
one box of the Pastille*. I laid tbe lnstnuu*|
|a»!<le, never ar»m to take it up. and in t«j
month* waicrt mly cured of Retroversion a^-
ITolapsus of mi • • terns. Hare also been c" *-
of Leuorrh-ia. From my own «xpa*i/>4|
and that of some half dozen other* that hat-
used th'm, I consider the Poj lilies the umw
valuable medicine ever *lven to the |«f
suffering woman, ss they have never teUetfM
iS'SjaS* .’sts.P'M
used. Ladles too smsIUt. and ttiaL
on a physician lor tdtbw su l mats
here a soluble sudkluelu tbor o'
Yours respectfully.
power and action since the war ended,
whose father, brother, or kindred cut
tbe takings by Southern spin-1 bis fortunes with tiie Confederacy.
date, tiie amount of! By every man who were tha gray,
dally ini
igbt becomes
,717,504 bales
or iajr ita own egg* ani Latch- loot year,
and saw tbe dead exiles hastily covert
with foreign soil.
*1.0 | L
to B. T. Holmes, one to Ju. Fox, coal
deafer, both of Fort Wayne, IrnL; anoth
er to C. T. Deahields. Sherman. Texas,
through The Merchant.' and Planters
Bank there. Toe Uran.l Extraordinary
Semi-Annual (the l>Mh Monthly»Drawing
will occur on Tnoeday. tbe 17th day a4
Jnnr, when 5722AOO will be scOttereif, in
HlutaullfMMIelMk Tkkets ere 910;
tenth* It »r.d any further mformatiou
* Lad or. .qy.'. at.on to M. A.
set, and the old gentleman hu found,
u tiie final result, that hia name, be
aides a certain treat fund, ia all tha
ia left him. His sons, who appear b
be peculiarly sanguine and advento
root men, have been in financia
trouble before, tad thfir ■AnOl
ii» !.t has nothing in it of put.'iic inter
l BINKLEY.
Die. Lit. show their 1*1 ih In toetr r.wr'
by reading a sample boa free spoorecert*
sir Zc stamps, to pay toaUce,eSe. Try * 1
Notice of Dissolution.
[*HB
est.
•partnership baret« f. :•* • *
L.between P. B. UlAWKOtt an l K.lney Id-
raham, wider the firm name of fiUwwa
; Ingranm, vu dbsolrtdbf mutual tt*"
ml on April l*t, 1 — 4. S. B Maw- * r-
r;:ipr. > Ifi/rahaiu has ojk- iV^
ith him hi- brother ami will rontiue tt'
■i-incs* un.l* r tne firm name of Ingral.**
: Brother, oasumin»r all liabilities of tt<
r 0.’leads La.
Give vour boy month’s Worn. 0*1.
M f.rr
hnten Ga.. May 4, l**t.—lcwtw