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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1884.
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H. C. HANSON, Monger,
Macon, Georgia.
John Sherman's suggestion to In
galls that the constitution ami the oath
taken by Senators to support it ought
to outweigh the utterances even of a
party platform was very remarkable,
considering its source. It isn’t often
that what Sherman says about polit
ical matters can be honestly commend
ed, hut li^is right, this time.
V little moTe of the watering-pot
•iness, and the grass will defy the
r 'rtE New York stock market was
uer on yesterday, notwithstanding a
Iare.
tT is about time for Ingalls to he in'
iuced to a specially truculent Jo
>wn pike.
Poelon, France, comes up with the
•t case of cholera. This is getting
comfortably near.
1'he Democrats could make an ef-
tive campaign document out of Steve
kina’s photograph.
3l Maori holds his grip on public
ention with a tenacity unusual in
• history of pretenders.
vkipfer is now known as and is called
mnias in Washington. Speer can
his Sappliira. What a pair to draw
Tiie poace of Europe seems to be
ue the less uncertain because of the
tr approach of the Egyptian confer-
ice.
The movement to nominate Mr. Til
n still struggles feebly. It may lie
•ong enough at Chicago to do great
mage again.
The people that indorse the present
wera of the Railroad Commission
i not enthusiastic investors in new
droads- They know the risks.
People that are wise enough to
.ike money generally know a deadfall
ien they see it—even though it he
hfiled “Railroad Commission.”
.V aasbball nine in Denver, Color
!o, has liecn shattered by a stroke oi
ihtning. The short stop and a com
a of others were knocked out.
one, the idea that was advanced and
acted upon in 1876. It does not neces
sarily follow that New York ia to fur
nish the candidate for first place, and
it is almost settled that the Democrats
cannot expect to win with any
candidate but who can carry that
State.
The outlook Is that any acceptable
man may secure that support. The
late convention did something beyond
the mere killing of the Cleveland
The Atlanta National is authority for
the statement that one P. J. Moran,
night editor of the Constitution, is the j movement. It settled the factional
inventor of the malignant and menda- which have for yearB imperiled
cious dispatches sent to the New York ,] l0 vote ol y ew y or k, '
Times and Louisville Courier-Journal, j The party is not embarrassed |by the
This information is forwarded in this p rom j nence of any one man, and in
way for the benefit of those who may pj ace 0 f making combinations to
hereafter be made victims. j strengthen each other, the friends of
The grab proposed bv Senator Ingalls the different aspirants will have nuspp
was too much for John" Sherman, even, cious opportunity to confer together
Citizen Yoorhees dodged the vote, like I aaJ t0 a S ree »P° U tho 8afe8t and
a skillful, cunning demagogue. Instead strongest man. .
of being merely the "Tall Sycamore ot =*'>>' reliance u !' on deflection in the
the Wabash,” Yoorhees is the Tall Radical ranks will bo delusive and
Seek-for-Morc of the entire country, The sore-heads and disappointed
lie is for all the votes that indiscrimi- one * havo P° intol oat wliat the Democ -
nate pensioning will buy. No other racy must do. Failing to do this, tho
Senator has a more indefensible record door is left ajar for these reformers to
on this line. return to their allegiance, and they
• _ will hasten to do it.
To say that “railroad enterprise in The canvass for Baino and Logan has
Georgia languishes, not because of the opened w i th vi!U and cnerg y. The
arbitrary powers of the Railroad Com- ratiflcation mec ting in Washington
mission, but for want of money,” is City was far ahead of anything ac-
about as sensible as it would be to de- corded t0 Garfield and Arthur for weeks
clare that a given person did not die a(tcr their nom ination.
from fever, but for want of breath. T he financial depression, which is
But for the fever, there would be no more likely to grow than diminish, and
lack of breath; hut for the commission, the daily developments of Republican
there would be no lack of money for rasca lity among high and low officials,
new railroad enterprises. I gj ve m the Democrats the
mcch as Administrative reform Is the coign of advantage,
one great Issue beforj the people, and can advantage will « amount to
only be had by a general weedlng-out ol the not hing, with weak candidates and a
departments, all talk of so-called civil service I . , . ■ .... . „ _
reform upon the part of the Democrats Is I Wishy-washy platform. As Gov. Cleie-
absttrd. The true reform would be a clean I land did not get New York, his name
longer inspiration to establish great
character, either for virtue or ability.
To these we offer no rewards that can
not be had without them. The fault
is largely with the press. The com
mencement reporter is patterned after
by the editor. Men and boys of varying
merit are equally praised, from the
Sophomoric platform to the Senate
chamber.
Tho evil calls for reform. Let us be
just alike to the worthy and the un
worthy. The public should honor the
qualities, and will do it, that commend
the student or tho citizen to just appre
ciation. Otherwise the tendency will
lower men of the highest char
acter and talent to the dejtd level
of mediocrity. The. one can be
pulled down; the other cannot be
raised up. Let the press and the
peoplo begin to draw and maintain the
lines that will give to Georgia in the
future men as distinguished as those
who have made her name illustrious in
the past.
sweep.—Savannah Times.
Exactly correct. Nothing can he I Flower and Bayard in front, and the
more absurd than the idea that there I great unknown in tho dim future. The
will ever be any genuine administrative I Democrats havo won with great un
reform in this country until there is a knowns twice, but it will take one of
change in office-holders, from top to exceptional strength and character to
bottom. The Democrat who commits [ beat Blaine and Logan,
himself to any other policy is not the
man for the times.
Sustaining internal Revenua Taxation
A specinl Washington dispatch to tho
Louisville Courier-Journal says:
Mr. Randall and his Republican friends
were knocked completely out of time in the
House to-day on the bill to repeal the tax on
fruit, brandy aud tobacco. The Uouso abso
lutely refused to consider the bill by an aye
aud nay vote of 119 to 75, and there Is general
rejoicing among the tariff reform members.
The language displays the animus.
This vote came upon a motion of Mr.
Tucker, of Yirginia, that the House re
solve itself into a committee of tho
whole to consider revenue bills. The
measure which Mr. Tucker desired to
call up was a bill to reduce the tax up
ou tobacco and domestic brandies.
It was in fact a step towards the
abolishment of the Infamous internal
revenue bureau. It was one in which
the South was much interested, for if
may be scratched. This leaves Fiel^l, i (she is solid npon any point it is upon
bales, distributed as follows: 38,549
to Great Britain, 3,237 to France, and
12,451 to the rest of the continent.
Speaking of the fluctuations for the
week, the Chronicle says:
The failures at New Orleans aud the return
of good weather st tho South caused a press
uro to sell, under which prices steadily gave
way from the opening on Saturday last till
near tho close of Wednesday’s business, In
which the decline from the previous Friday
In cotton for future delivery at this market
was 23 to 20 points for June and tho distant
months, Slid 31 to 37 points for the early
mouths other Ilian June. Rolders lost confi
dence and the process ol liquidating “long"
eontraets svas active and general. Ou Wednes
day toward the close, there was some recov
ery from the lowest figures of tho day, and yes
terday a moderate advance took place, ft tmt-
iirnl reaction lifter an important decline. But
the demand was not sustained, and to-day,
with weak advices from both Liverpool and
Manchester, aud good crop reports, there was
renewed pressure to sell, prices giving way
rapidly, closing weak at 10 to 20 points decline
for the day and 33 to 40 points for the week.
Cotton on the spot has been more freely
offered, and, meeting with only a moderate
demand for export and home consumption,
prices have declined. Quotations were
marked down l-16c. ou Tuesday and again on
day. Then came a steadier feeling,
based on the rapid reduction of stocks on
hand. To-day there was a further decline of
16c., middling uplands closing at 1114c.
HERE AND THERE.
The Edmunds boom will be disposed of
in the next “old horse” sale at Chicago.
"Taz Butler boom,” says an exchange,
will be sent to Chicago by express.” And
will, In all probability, be returned as dead
head matter.
Flobence Mahhyat ’asks, excitedly:
What shall we do with our men 7” Well,
if you’ve got more than one, Florie, prob
ably you had better take them to Utah.
“En-Senator Gordon, of Georgia, is
•w taking contracts to build railroads
South America.” Fortunate South
nericaus! Happy South America I
The qpntiuiont in favor of amending
u constitution^ of the State is grow-
f. It is a nickel affair, and could
sily he raised to the dignity of a ten-
nt ahioplnj’or.
Ir the peoplo deliberately prefer the
lilroad Commission, with its present
iltrary powers, to now railroads,
ey will havo only themselves to blamo
r the consequences.
South Georgia now has an opportu-
tyof showing whether tho upper poi
nts of the State have her unquali-
■d permission to carry off all the offi-
-a—as in the post.
’ It is to lie hoped that tho next Leg-
lature will not he hostile to now rail-
ad enterprises in Georgia. It can do
■od by abolishing tho arbitrary, Star-
taniltor features of the Railroad Com-
To communities that want railroad
cilities, tho Railroad Commission,
ith its present powers, is the biggest
■rt of- an unfriendly white elephant.
>t them reflect over the situation and
;ke their choice.
Ir tho melon erdp should prove to be
failure, the growers havo the conso-
tion of knowing that they can sue the
diroads for-damages. There is no
•ed of anybody’s starving ir. the great
-ate of Georgia.
Under the able lead ot Yoorhees and
•galls, peasion swindling threatens
i6 country With bankruptcy. The
emocratic contingent from the Sooth,
this war on the public treasury, la
rge and enthusiastic.
The New York Herald suggests that
’te recent ghostly visitor to Macon
as induced to take the tramp again
y reason of the recent walking
-atebea in this city and Atlanta. The
xplanation is satisfactory.
The Prohibitionists have made them-
4ves stupidly ridiculous by nomlnat-
>g Subsidy Pomeroy, of Kansas, for
te Presidency. Dennis Kearney has
better record than Pomeroy. The
eople will prohibit the Prohibition
mdidate.
It will lie a funny sight to see Logan
Ting to explain his negro-hating rec-
-d, in the few years just preceding the
.te war, in such a way as to win the
•nfidence of “the man and brother.'
■j succeed, Logan must he a genius
od “the man and brother,” a fool.
Whbsc do even the people get the
gbt to deny to any legitimate proper-
the right of appeal to the courts for
-otection? It ia not found in major
arta, or in bills of rights of constitu-
its, or in any summary of the pow ers
people acting in their sovereign ca-
city. It is the suggestion of irre-
instble despotism. It could not
re originated is the sir of freedom.
Emory Collette.
The writer was fortunate enough to
We predicted a week or so ago that I be in attendance on Junior day of the
the Dutch, while bothering themselves commencement at Emory College,
about possessions in Africa, were in The original speeches of some of the
danger of losing what they havo in | young gentlemen of this class were ex- i
Holland. The position of Germany I ceptionally fine. There was evidence
with reference to the succession to the in abundance of the careful training to
Dutcli throne enforces the point of the which they had been subjected, and
prediction. Germany intends by fair tho mature and vigorous thought evi-
means or foul to absorb Holland, thus denccd in their speeches fully justified
extending her stretch of sea coast, the expectations of those who have
Bismarck intends that the Gorman noted the quality of material of which
fleets shall be at home in the Zuyder the class is composed.
Zee, and who will dare thwart his pur- r College commencements are made
pose? j the occasion, by the Georgia press, for
Behind tho prison Lori stint EJ Chambers, «*«Mting the , llst . of . superlatives and
a colored boy who waa arrested by officer LI- adjective* in describing performances
nanxon a charge ol perjury. Ed forged lev- by students, that aro oftener titan
cral orders and succeeded In getting a snug otherwise commonplace. Under this
sunt ol money. He has been at hla crooked I , „ , ,
work for some tlmc.-Atlanta Journal. *>f tem compliment* havo become the
This is right. The prison bars are rule ' 11 “» therefore, difficult, witli-
good enough for any man who foolishly out a PP® ar i n 8 partial, for one who ob-
and wickedly engages in the risky bus- 8erv ® 8 in the few merit deserving of
iness of forging orders for money, when |*P ec »** mention, to bestow the just
the entirely safe occupation of forging mC ” °* P 1 ^ 8 ® *° which they are
titles to wild land is open to him. The en utled, and without disappointing
people will not sympathize with a fel- the raan - v > wll °, it they have done well
low who does a small, riaky busi-1 U18 because tlioy have dono tho best
ness when a large sale one is at his ser- that th ®y couUl - 'Vo do not begrudge
v j ce> any compliment or indorsement within
our power to liestow, but the indis-
“ Mr. Mono ax said that whenever tho I criminato grouping of boys or men of
people of the North wanted to give pen- widely different capacities and merits
sions to Union soldiers he would favor in tho hackneyed phrase of “where all
it.” Thero yon have tho spirit of genu- did so well,” etc., igawrong and injus-
me, flunky humiliation. Mr. Morgan tico to those who through unceasing
will vote to tax the people of Alabama toil are seeking to ascend the hill that
andof tho other Southern States, to pay rises between all men and success
pensions to the millions of Northern while the laggards aro wasting In idle-
aurvivors of the war, whenever the poo- ttesa tho time that should be devoted to
pie of tho North desire it. The spirit ia unremitting effort,
abject. It is unworthy of a slave. What ia true in the treatment of
There is no excuse (or public feats of speeches and essays by college stu
dirt-eating on the part of Southern Con-1 dents applies with equal force to tho
gresamen, in order to prove their “loy- efforts of those who have gone out in
alty to the old flag.” {the world and aligned themselves
with the professions that teat
this. Further, the motion covered an
attempt to reduce the surplus in tho
treasury, about which so much com’
plaint is made. It was intended to be
a strike at the tax of one hundred and
fifty million dollars a year raised from
the productive industries of the people
by the internal revenue system.
The defeat of the motion is heralded
to the country as knocking Mr. Randall
and his Republican friends out of time
A review of the vote shows that Mr,
Randall was knocked out of time along
with Messrs. Hardeman, Clements
Reese and Candler, while our Mr.
Blount and Mr. Hammond dodged the
vote. Many other Democrats stood by
Sir. Randall in this issue, and yet wc
are told that there is great rejoicing
among the tariff reform members. Sir,
Blackburn also dodged this vote. The
rejoicing is that no rellet is given tho
people, and that the reformers may
point to a surplus to justify them in
their unwise and untimely assaults upon
the tariff. If this is statesmanship, the
South would pray to be relioved from
its further exhibition,
An Interesting point in connection
with this whole matter is connected
with kite contest for the speakership
of the forty-sixth Congress,
Mr. Blackburn, who opposed Mr
Randall, who was then warmly sup
ported by Mr. Blount, received the
Bupport of Mr. Tucker and other South'
ern Representatives, for.the reason'tliat
Mr. Randall.was charged with a slow
ness and indifference towards a hill re
ducing internal revenue taxation in the
latter days of the forty-fifth Congress.
The Chicago, convention will have met
in vain if it does not effectually dispose
of Messrs. Blackburn, Blount and oth
ers who rejoice in knocking Democrats
out on a measure to relieve the peoplo.
FROM ATLANTA.
Macon vs. Atlanta—Arrangements for
the Walking Match—More Cotton
Cocos for China—Deaths—
A *13,333 Draft, Etc.
ISPECIAL CORRE8POSDZNCZ.1
Atlanta, June 23.—Atlanta will receive
Macon to-morrow with open arms. When
it is understood that between twelve and
fifteen hundred Msconites are expected, it
will be seen that the supply of arms must
needs be considerable. The welcome and
the entertainment will be cordial enough,
but as it is the return walking match, I
hazard nothing In saying that the supply
of arms will be better than the supply of
legs—certainly as far as the walking match
Is concerned. I notice that those who
have no special scruples against wagers,
sud those who are wont to make little pe
cuniary ventures ou such occasions are
not so forward, or so prone, so to speak, as
they erstwhile were when Atlanta in all
her panoply went to the Central City to
scoop In surplus and unemployed
ducats. They do not seem so con
spicuous. They are certaiuly not
so pronounced. Perhaps they are cut of
the city or perhaps they may still be
laboring under the uncanny burden of
sackcloth and ashes. At any rate I ob
serve no undercurrent in sporting circles
that the Macon boys are liable to bear off
the palm and the sWag. Those in charge
of the match are making extraordinary
preparations for the occasion. One of the
managers, who was in my office this morn
ing, informed me that in view of the im
mense crowd expected, the seating ca
pacity of the rink had been arranged to
accommodate fully 5,000 people. \Vhil
this may be slightly exaggerated, there
can be no doubt the seating capacity Is
ample for the large crowd anticipated.
In addition to the excursion from Ma
con, there will be excursion parties from
Forsyth, Bamesrille, Griffin and other in
termediate points.
TO CHIXA.
ALONE.
1 Si”? 0 ’}' “7. darling, my dtfllne-
The embers burn low on the fcr-ri’:..
Aa< * ‘Oiled IS the Btfr of the household
Aud hushed Is the voice of Its mirth 1
Ta ««ln plashes fut ou theteSa“i nl1;
O’" lattices moaa'-
Au“l d sSaloie mC ' ° Ut ,rom th0
J® Iho huuh ox tho happiness nrivpn
1 SS Jro . u ' m r.daritaf, my darling;
My \oice echoes back on my heart-
1 Imfioularms to you In longing ’
An l lo. they fall empty, apart. 8
I whisper the sweet words you taught hip
Sprfi™ known, 116,
iVr I am ^oue. 6 * Umb alr U bltler -
Oldsorrows rise iip^before'meT^ 68
nhUSSJft? ,ua V e £>' V ,rlt tketr own
thodarkne “ ******
—AU the Year Sound.
New Orleans is making an effort to
have cent piece, circulated in that ”
the smallest coin now circulated there ii
the ftve-centcoin piece. oere u
“Oh! see him put his mouth on ton
of hlshead ” was the exclamation ofaUnS
Boston girl, as she saw one of Barnum’l
elephants waving his trunk aloft, ™ 1
Small brother— 1 “Why don’t
her brother’s got a boss bicycfe."-iR u U , t .
linjton Free Prcti.
The story of a North Carolina ntbvia
thus set forth by the Asheville Cfiiiv
"Mr. Daniel Bedford found a ruby in Clav
county, which he sold for *15. It next soli
for 43,000, then for $5,000, and a Upidmy
bought it, aud after working upon It sold
it for $18,000.”
The Tribune says if a man publicly dis
plays money in a New York hotel, the
chances are 99 to 1 that a thief will observe
him. Which goes to show that Wall street
does not monopolize the spirit ol dishon
esty.
Tut Germans oppose Blaine because ^ gtuff of wh[ch men m
of his prohihitirm antecedents. The mado> ThU |, wrong. It places a
tosh do not like hta anU-Cathoiic re- ium up0 n indolence, is aniujus-
conl. Tite Independent Reformers are Uve to merlt and a {raud the J ub .
disgusted with hU corrupt practices lic Thei|e lm [o ^ rmc , 1 from
while c-pcaker of the House. The lov- obtervatlon for t wero but
era of peace are afraid of hta spread- jtfgngthencd by our recent visit to Ox-
eagle tendencies. Democrats are neces-L, and evidence* there
essanly committed to opposition to his
election to the bitter end. With oil
these elements of hostility arrayed
against the Mulligan Man, the Demo
cratic nomination ought to compasa
hta defeat. Blaine cau he elected only
as tho consequence of criminal and mon
umental atupidity at Chicago.
Th. La.t of the Conventions.
Eight Stato Democratic convention*
are to be held this woek, viz: Arkan
sas, Florida, Indiana, Missouri, North
Carolins, Ohio, South Carolina and
Illinois. This will complete the pre
liminary work for Chicago. It is like
ly that at some of these an effort will
he made to inflate a boom, but the
present situation is not likely to he
changed. The sadden and complete
collapse of the Cleveland boom brings
the pnlilic mind to the point towards
which it has been tending for some
time, viz: that the doubtful States
must select the candidates with whom
they can win, and suggest the platform
most favorable to them.
About tite best thing Southern poll
ticians could do in the interim, be
tween now and the 8th day of July, is
to cease partisan efforts in behalf
of any particular favorite, and to en
deavor to convince their followers that
this contest if won at nil, must be won
at tite coat of the sacrifice of ail person
al predelietien and opinion. Tite South
lias really little else to do than to re
main a* quiet as possible, and do the
necessary voting at tho proper time.
Tite conditions have not materially
changec sic-e the opening of the cam
paign, The prominence given to the
action of New York would indicate that
that State ia expected to be the pivotal
developed in some of the students of
capacity and purpose to succeed.
The feature of tho occasion in ques
tion waa the address of the Hon. F.
G. Dulliguon before the Sopho
more and Junior classes, prepara
tory to awarding the medals for
which they had contested. Hta el-
fort proved the power of eloquence,
as with classic mind and imagination,
exquisite diction and a delivery sus-.
tabling a smooth and delightful oratory,
he laid down the principles and pic
tured alike, the price and raptures of
■access. We love the man, who, in
tlila day, maintains that great convic
tion most bottom great purposes, great
actions and great careen. Would that
the young men of Georgia were im
pressed with this fact as strongly as it
was presented to the large audience
who listened but yesterday to tho elo
quent utterances of this young Geor
gian.
There were men in hi* audience
whose minds reverted to other fields in
which be should illustrate and honor
his State. The emergencies that arise
in all States calling for superior effort
to maintain the rights and liliertiea of
the people, funtUIt, as lie instanced in
the cose of Demosthenes, the opportu
allies that make for men reputations
that are immortal. These will come to
Georgia and to the country soon
enough. We Ore poor in men of that
high order of character, genins and ac
complishment, of which this State
was once prolific. One of the main
causy for thta ia in the fact that we
have cessed to discriminate between
men of character and ability, or the re
verse, as we once did. Thera b no
Th* Cleveland Boom.
Tite New York Utrald is struggling
to resuscitate the Cleveland boom, and
some wild Western genius has suggest
ed that Cleveland and Uoadly embrace
the "manifest destiny" ticket. This is
moat manifest nonsense. If Governor
Cleveland had a majority at Saratoga,
there was tho time and place to settle
tite fact, ami not by spurious interviews
in the columns of the Herald, a journal
that does not desire the success of tho
Democratic party.
Forty-one of the seventy votes of the
New York delegation are known to be
hostile to Governor Cleveland. It is
hardly in the probabilities that he can
be nominated. It Is absolutely certain
that he cannot be elected. let us lay
this littlo boom of one day oaido and
address ounelrea to a candidate and
platform that can win.
Cotton Statement.
From the Chronicle’it cotton article
of Jane 20th we learn the following
facta relative to the movement of the
crop for the week under review:
Tot the week tndlns June 20th the tout re
ceipt* here reached 1,725 balet, agalnat 8,40#
hale* last week, 12AM teles the previous week
end S.12S teles three weeks since; making the
total receipts since the 1st ol September, 1963,
4,777,390 bsles, against 5,911,5)1 bales (or the
tame period ot 1*82-93, showing e decrease
since September 1,1983, ol 1,101,171 bales.
The receipts at ail the interior towns
for the week have been 2,668 bales;
since September 1st, 2,839,623 bales
These receipts are 4,715 hales lets than
the same week last year, and a falling-
off for tite season of 702,474 bales.
Among the interior towns Macon is
credited with 4 bales for the week, and
with 59,906 bales for the season. Last
year the receipts for the week were 9
bales and for the season 57,418 bales,
These figures show a decrease for the
week, os compared wit's last year, of 5
hales, and an increase for the season
of 2,490 bales.
Taking the receipt* from plantations,
the net overland movement to June 1,
and the takings by Southern spinners
to the same date, the amount of cotton
in sight becomes 5,616,258 hales, a fall'
in| off, at compared with last year, of
7,264,385 ttales.
The imports into continental port*
this week have been 36,909 bales. The
exports bare reached a total of 54,237
Th* Irish dynamiter now proposes to
attack the British by means of bombs
dropped from balloons. As long as it is
merely a question of methods, that one
which will remove the dynamiter from the
face of the earth, even temporarily, secures
the indorsement of the TELgoEAra.
Jack Barrett's Case.
Buzzard Roost, Jane 25.—Editors
Telegraph and Messenger: In view of
the feet that certain parties are attempt
ing to defeat the ends of justice, by solicit
ing executive interference in the case of
Jack Barrett, the murderer, and in ac
cordance with the expressed desire of
many ot the best citizens of the immediate
vicinity where the murder was com,
mltted, I solicit for them a hearing
through the columns of your caper.
I am at a loss to know how the signers
of the petition discovered that "in com
mitting homicide Jack Barrett defended
the honor ol his wife and was convicted on
a Ue." Is not the above statement rather
a severe reflection on the intelligence ol
the twelve jurymen who pronounced Jack
“guilty of murder?" Il I mistake not,
Jack's attorney was present during the
time, and is be not sufficiently versed in
the law m show that where it can be estab-
Uihed that a men lias been "convicted on
a lie," he is entitled to a new trial? Wes
any such motion made at the time? II the
attorney recognized and could establish the
fact that an injustice had been done hie
client, wity this fetal delay? and why was
motion for new trial not made before sen
tence was pronounced? Perhaps the cir
cumstance# ol the tnnrder were too fresh
in the minds of the public.
The signers of the petition to bis Excel'
lency, must be men of wonderful power of
penetration, to discover that Jack waa
"convicted on a Ue,” when all ol the evi
dence before the coroner'a Inquest ami the
Superior Court, coupled with all ot the
searching Inquiry ot tine legal talent on
both sides, fallen to elicit this important
fact.
It was never established that the woman
was his wife, and all know In this com
munity where the murder was committed,
that Jack had sometime previous to the
murder thrown her and her |>osseasfone
out of hta house, with orders never to re
turn. As to her honor. It is a notorious
fact that she bes as little virtue or honor
as any depraved wretch on earth. I have
endeavored In vain to discover some of
the "indignant husbands and fathers.”
There Is much more indignation expressed
at this interference with the majesty ol
the law, and the attempt to ameliorate the
crime perpetrated by thie dastard mur
derer.
While the good citizens of this commu
nity de^ore the fact that even a negro
should become so depraved as to commit
such an act, that the law should be execu
ted, end that justice shall prevail. He
should be made an example for our sable
'‘hrnthar* In " *hn im nrar tnn
The president of the Exposition Cotton
mills informed me that he had just com
pleted the sale ot 400 hales ol goods with a
louse in Shanghai, China, and they will
he shipped daring the present week. This
is the third shipment to China by these
mills, the other shipments being of
200 bales each, and all sold at very fair
prices. When the Celestial Empire be
gins to look to Georgia for her cotton goods
it Indicates that civilization in that remote
region is on the advance. There is no rea
son why the Georgia cotton mills should
not build up a large aud profitable foreign
trade.
OAKLAND.
The funeral services of Mrs.
J. H. Seals occurred at the Second Baptist
Church on Washington street. The ser-
vices were conducted by Rev. Dr. McDon
ald, assisted by Dr. Hornady, Rev. Dr.
8tricklor and o&erniiiristcrs^^hechy!|
The funeral and burial were very largely
attended. The deceased was the wife of
Col. J. H. Seals, of the Sunny South.
Mrs. James H. Anderson, formerly of
Macon, died yesterday and was buried in
Oakland cemetery this afternoon.
A Philadelphia delegation headed by the
mayor of the Quaker City, which arrived
here In a special car, took in the city to
day.
The lunatic asylum at Miliedgevlllel
drew on the State treasury to-day fori
$13,333, the monthly approplatlon.^H
another Rtrr.
A recent development brings the "cus
tom-house ring" to the front again. It
appears that District Attorney Speer has
caused to be removed from office the as
sistant district attorney, Mr. C. J. Jen
kins, for political reasons. In an inter
view this afternoon with a Journal reporter
as to the causes o( bis removal,
Mr. Jenkins says they were "political
reasons mainly,’ to-wit, that he had all
along been anri-Ariliur.and in antagonism
to the methods employed to secure an Ar
thur delegation to Chicago by the “custom
house ring,” of which he alleges Mr. Speer
te the leader. Referring to the political
principles of the district attorney, he
says: “What those principles arcl
no one knows. In the presence
of Republicans, be Is a Repuallcan; to
Democrats, he is a Democrat. Ho haa
proven himself a traitor to every political i
A medical paper warns young doc-
ors against prescribing "ahot-gun mix
tures" too freely during the summer
months, as certain combinations ol drum
are apt to decompose each other ih hot
weather. A shot-gun prescription is mal.
up of many difierent drugs, Intheeipecii.
tion that one of them may hit tke mark
and cure the patient
The number of shocks in an earth
quake varies Indefinitely, as does the
length ol intervals between them. Some
times the whole earthquake only huts •
few seconds. Thus, the city of Caracas
was destroyed In about half a minute, to.
000 lives being lost in that time. Lisboa
was overthrown in five or six minutes,
while a succession of shocks may continue
for bours, days, weeks or months. Tbs
Calabrian earthquake, which btgan in
February, 1783, lasted through a continual
series of shocks for nearly four years until
the end ol 1780. The twea shaken by an.
earthquake varies with the Intensity of tin
shock from a mere local tract, when a
slight trembling is experienced, upto such
catastrophes as that ol Lisbon, which con
vulsed not only the Portugese coasts, bnt
extended into Iceland on the one bud
and into Africa on the other, agitated
lakes, rivers and springs in Great Britain,
and caused Loch Lomond to rise and sub
side with startling auddennets.
—A recently deceased Frenchman
kept a l ecord. Twenty years ago he mar
ried, and on his wedding day took the
original resolution to keep a yearly ac
count ot the number of kisses exchanged
with his wife until their union became sev
ered by the death of one or the other. Just
before he died he confided this account to
a friend for publication. During the first
year of wedded life the kisses exchanged
reached the colossal figure of 30.500, or 100
a day on an average, but in the following
twelve monthi there was a notable de
crease, not more than 18,000 being lncribed
on hit register, while rite third year shows
a still greater (ailing off. the average num
ber of kisaee being bnt ten a day. And
alter the bipee of live yean a further re
duction ia recorded, and tho account-
keeper's task wu simplified, for only two
kisses were exchanged during each twen
ty-four hours—"one on rising, one on retir
ing to rest.'' Later on, during the last tea
years of bis married life, they “only kissed
each other on leaving for. or returning
from a journey." and he had very little
G rinclple lie ltu advocated—untrue to from a journey," anti’ he had very little
Imscil and unfaithful to the party with trouble in making tip his annual domestic
which he was once in alliance, and, mark statistics,
me. when it suits his convenience, tie will
desert the very men that are now in alii- personal clippings.
ance with him. Thus yon will see
I am not surprised at the out
come. When I took the peti
tion under him, I knew hut little'of
themnn; consequently was (ed upon prom
ises until he wae regularly appointed and
brother! in black,” who are ever too
reedy with the razor and shot-gun. They
have watched closely this matter, and
have become more insolent since Jack'e
reprieve, and I heard the remark frequent
ly since, that you "can't bang a man in dis
here country/’
We of this community do cer
tainly object to this black salnt'e
being paraded before the public, as a
lady of virtue and elegance, and
raised to a social position equal to that of
our most refined ladles.
I have made diligent inquiry, and
only Indignant "husband# and fathers'
have been able to find, are the signers ol
the telegram to the Governor, asking the
reprieve. Ia there any justification—divine
or human, for a man under any circum
stance, way-laying, and shooting down
a fellow-nun! It Is a noteworthy fact,
that the signers of the telegram praying
executive clemency, are intimate friends
of the attorney who defended Jack.
This is not the first time this
virtuous damsel baa brought the Rev. Bar
rett to trouble, and more than once bes
Rev. Jack's cranium been cracked by ri
val sweint on account of this self-same
concubine.
Now, in (nil cognizanc* of all of these
■facts, the chief executive of the law-abid
ing State of Georgia is petitioned to set
aside the verdict of a jury composed of
twelve of Houston's citizens and ahow
mercy to a villain who showed no mercy
to his victim.
Let os hope that the husbands and fatta
era who signed the petition, did so without
a thorough knowledge of the reeponilbiUty
involved and in ignorance ot th* bottom
facts of the cue.
confirmed by the Senate, and then his true
character asserted itself.”
Concluding.Mr. Jenkins says: “In taking
leave of Mr. Speer, I will advise him to
read the speech of bis distinguished pre
ceptor on ‘Fidelity to Trust' and lay to
him, 'continue your course for the
next four months and on the
day ot election In November
manage to be absent from the State on le-
;»1 business and bold yourself in readlneu
o drop down on either side of the fence
when the result of the election is declared,
since whether a Republican or Democrat
la elected President, the district attorney's
office will not cease to exist.”
Mr. Jenklne Is a young man of excellent
character, so far as I have observed and u
t am informed, and his intimate official
relatione with the district attorney cer
taiuly qualify him lo apeak by the card.
Atlaxta, June 25.—Aside from the very
Inclement weather yesterday, which wu
somewhat a bar to pleuure, the Maconites
enjoyed their visit without any perceptible
drawback, except in the cue of the party
of gentlemen who missed their train lut
night. These, numbering e score, came
into Atlanta in the morning on the second
section and supposed the trains woald
leave in the ume order. Thus lulled Into
confidence, they stood under the car-shed
smoking, chatting, laughing and watched
what they supposed the first section, but
In reality the lut car leave the depot.
When they discovered they were left an
hour, they accepted the inevitable with
wbat might be termed a grim au 1 expres
sive humor. The accident that left them
over wu gratifying to their Atlanta
friends, who endeavored to make the dttay
u pleasant u possible.
wno is PRATER?
This question often uked yesterday end
lut night does not yet seem to be very
letitfectorily answered. He presents every
2 ueer appearance, whom Dickens would
eve delighted to picture. The only thing
which seeme I to have any special interest
for him in hta six boon run around the
track, wu the plucky looking figure "9"
which went around bun time and again.
There ta so little enthuatum In Atlanta
today over Prater, so little talk uf him,
that one ta lead on to the conviction that
he ta either very little of an Atlanta man,
or that Atlanta is not overly pleased with
the result of yesterday's match. Any
Enat Tennessee, Virginia amt Georgia well known Atlanta boy winning the
last night over the Macon teem*
Railroad.
Oath.
Since Mr. Seney's failure, General Brice,
General Thomu and othera who control
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad with Us leasee, hare provided for
their interest for July, for January next
and for July next following. This shows
the buoyancy of the money market here.
These gentlemen arc not financier! hut
cntutructora. They bad ulweys looked to
Mr. Seney to provide for Interest General
Brice uid to me that the only portion of
the l nited States undeveloped at present
wu the southern statu. The pie-
tent line of rail controlled by
thta combination begins at Wuhlagton
City and at Wut Point on the Chesapeake
and owns the Danville line to Atlanta, and
by the new rente across the North Caro
lina mountains connect* with the other
route which begins at Bristol on th* bor
der of \ irafni*, and runs through to Cin
cinnati, Memphis, Macon and Brunswick,
Georgia, and to New Orleans. From Brie-
<ol nod Koxville it bu connection! with
New York and Cincinnati direct, and from
Memphis with Kansu City direct by tbs
_ m)g
have bad an ovation, and hta victory
woald have produced an excitement rarely
seen here.
The third anil decisive match ta consid-
irably discussed here to-day, end opinion
ta divided whether it should bo held in
Griffin or in Augusta.
GEORGIA AT CHICAGO.
It ta understood that an active move ta
being made by the Georgia delegation,
which IS ntMilnir onn.itreoamonr ftAM
which is meetlng r encouragement from
wher S' ttet, to pteicnt th* name ol Major
a. *x. Bacon, oi Bibb, one of the delegates
at Urge, u permanent president of the na
tional convention. This honor might well
be given to the Sontb end there wUi be no
memlier of that great convention who
would more gracefully or more ably fill the
chtir titan Major Bacon.
THE Al'GCirTA MATCH—THE ATLANTA POO-
luenwii
The greatest interest b manifested ben
by Atlanta men in the result of the walk
ing match in Augusta. It b openly talked
that the Atlanta eports rang In On, a New
Y ork professional, ami Irishman, to win
—It was Editor Whitelsw Reid, ot
the New York TW&ime, who first called
Logan a "trick mule."
—It is now stated that Kellogg went
before the Attorney-General and confessed
hta guilt, aud on hit bonded knees begged
for mercy on account of hta wife and chil
dren.
—It was not Mr. McComas, ot Mary
land, but Mr. Mnldrow, ot Mississippi,
whom the district committee instructed to
report favorably the bill to prevent mis
cegenation In the District ot Colombia.
—Mr. Gladstone’s followers are to
sar on hta next birthday e bunch ol Ifitas,
with oak and ivy vines, tnp|>o*ed to repre
sent purity, strength and tenacity, which
are considered by them the three most
prominent chartcrtatics of Uteir leader.
—Edward Atkinson, of Massachu
setts, favosa one stogy notaries became I
they lessen the risk of fire, de< rteee tit*
rate ot insurance, reduce the numher oi
overseers, cut down the ga* bills, end an
cheaper end more convenient In every
wsy.
—A Boston lady is making a presid
ing officer’s gavel of rare wood and stout
of historical value. It wilt contain a frag
ment from Washington's tomb, marble
from Cwiar't palace in Rome, and a piece
of torch found in the wolfs den occupied
by General Putnam at Pomfret, Conn. Tht i
gavel b to be used at the national Demo
cratic convention, and is to be presented to
the successful Presidential candidate.
—Cicsar had bow legs. Napoleon
was bow-legged. Lord Palmerston bil
caricature legs, and so did Dliraell. Alex
ander Pope was bnmp-bscked anil had a
cripple's leg; so did Cow ter. Plutarch
tells that Alexander's left lea was badly
oat of plumb. Hannibal had notoriously
big heeis, and was kn<xk-knccd. Cicero
was very spindle-shanked, ami Demow
titenes ta said to have bad a shuttling, stum
bling gait, ss'klch meant that hta legs wen
not wholly in gut..
—Dr. Sturgo, a medical missionary
toSiam, relates how a native doctor ad-
ministered an emetic to a love-tick lady
who had swallowed a quantity of opium
trith suicidal intent. Tbe Kientht of
Slam took a live eel, clipped off a part m
bis tall to make him squirm in a Uve*y
manner, and then pushed him. taii Lot,
down the romantic damsel’s throaL When
the eel returned to the stream of running
water near which the girl was mad# to
recline, the opium quickly followed.
—Senator Thomas F. Bayard is the
fourth member of the family of Bayards to
serve to the United States Senate. Jemta
Asheton Bayard, grandfather of Thoms*
F., wuj elected from Delaware to the sen
ate to ISO) as a Federalist, ami served ontil
1814. The son and namesake of this man
—th* father of Thontai F.—wa» «ect«
Senator in 1861, ami served nntU 1WL
Richard II. Bayard, th* uncle oi Thomu
F..servednincye*rato tins Senate—p*n
1836 to 1815. Thomas F. Bayard haa but
a Senator continuously tine* 1868.
—The .fryonattf, ol San Francisco,
hits off on* phaieof moJern Journ*Uim 1*
thizway: “If» barn should blow downu
It says, “there will be ■ diagram of tM
premises; view of th* harnbefora blown
It was going to blow down;. totarvtaw with
tho owner, with hta and othy tbroriel OO
bams blowing down; totarvtaw with Pm-
re*tor Mugwump, the dtatingutahed Chi
cago savant, with hta views a* to the ret-
son why barns blow down rather than no.
comparative table of bam mottatoy ta thta
and other State* for tost forty y**». show-
a **r a {i*»7. which taking np the produce i th* match. 11 true, aud the™ ta very uttia
brings it to th* *otir* i douHt of It It ought to be p.-ourly e".
cotton fl*ld for consumption by tho hand*, (posed. »«-*“**« oeiropertyw
tti# I compand with the Illiterate_
er- of km from U>* earltest times to th* peer
| cot; i ‘ “ *