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THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY, JULY 24.1885.
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TH* TBLKOBAFU AMD MEHyF.NOER,
Macon, Ga.
Money orders, checks, etc., should bo made
payable to H. C. Hansom, Manager.
“Called b»ck"—It WM a foul ball.
A UYBTiBiQim Marquise al Elberon baa
thrown aoolely into a fever. Where is the
Texas cattle Queen?
Yoca Uecle Bu.lt Mahose ie said lo be
a graceful dancer, but what Billr wants to
perfect bimeelf in le ekaiing on hie eu.
Tbk goed people of Athene muat-be
convinced that for tbeir enlightenment
and advancement, other nnieancel should
be abated, aa well as barrooms.
Auoso the many safeguards which the
averege joong mau can paste in bit hat is
the item about 200 i eople In Roniu having
been poisoned with ice cream.
John Roach's elf irt to strike the public
sympathy by s failure eeetna to have been
not skilfully worked. In the language ol
the hour,” he sawed the air.”
Two or Cornelius Vanderbilt's sons arc
practical printers and newspaper pub
lishers. It ie an expeneivo luxury, bat
rich men'eeona mmthave their fling.
HomtiBtE tnake stor es come (toiling In
from South Georgia towns. Bnt then
Booth Ororgie towns have wells that are
from eight to twelve hundred feet deep,
and truth lies at the bottom of a well.
Tub Republican party has been trying
to make a white man of tbe negro, and
now J. Melton Tarner, tbe negro politi
cian, desires that all the negroes in the Iu-
dian Nation shall be considered red men.
Mr. James Van Bores, of Griawoldville,
brought Into this olllce yesterday several
large ebark’s teeth taken from the bottom
of a well 127 feet deep. Evidently (barke
were plentiful in Georgia before land be
came visible.
John* Roach bes gotten hie pay tor the
three unfinished ernisere, to a larga < xtent,
and tbero was mors money in an assign
ment then in a continuation oi tbe work.
He assigned to make money tod spite the
government. At least, to it appeals.
Osw ol tbs grand mstehali in ths colored
Bremen's parade yesterday sat bis steed In
a very digging style. Been from behind,
or at tx distance sufficient to hide hie color,
ha might have been taken for Chaplain
Beecher, of the Thirteenth New York mi
litia.
Fobtt savas Spanish nuns, engaged in
nnrsing the siok, submitted to be inocu
lated by Dr. Ferran, in order that they
might teat the virtue of bis theory, and
might be enatalned in their duty. It ia
■ad lo lay that every one of those heroic
women died from cholera.
We have never understood wby oar
contemporary, the Tribune, hie hither
to failed to blame tbe Bnnoy South
for the annuel hot spell. Taken
in connection with tbe sunstrick-
on patriots all over the North it
would furnish foundation for a stirring
article. |
Gem. D. H. Hill, tiler a few mouths,
visit to Macon, wlnre he bes met many
irlenda. leaves thle morning tor blenatlre
State, North Geiollna, where he will round
np tbe summer in tbe "Land of the Sky.'
General Hill has recently been elected
President ot the Middle Georgia Military
and Agricultural Collage, but has not been
officially notified.
Tub fight between Ella Wbeelar Wilcox
and John A. Joyce over tbe ownerehlp of
"Langb and the Wcr.d Lingbe With
Yon,” goes brsvsly on but wllb no pros
pact of svsr retching s conclusion. Ells
and John ought to settle tbe metier with
blunderbusses at ten pacer. He or she
laughs beat who langhe last end bee the
world to fall back on.
We submit tbit if negroes are to be ap
pointed to office, they be given positions in
inch Northern 8taie« ee are Republican.
These States have done nothing for the ne
groes in this line, while hundreds of them
in the 89ntbero D-mccralte States have
held office. President Cleveland should
force the Republicans to carry out tbeir
promisee to tbe poor negro.
Fbom present indications, there will car
talnly be ■ strong eflort made et the next
•eeston of Congress to imecd tbe civil
service rtiorm lew. Many members of
Congress sre not pleased with thecomrali-
eionor lte action. Honest civil service
reform, the placing of none bnt good end
competent men in office, is wbst the Dem
ocratic platform ceils for, ted wbat the
country meat noeds.
The Lowell Citlcrn says: "Tbscontract
system of the Stale of Georgia, under
whose operations larga bodies of convlcta
are lcaeed to railroad constructors, and
other enterprliiog men of basinets,
appears to be t dlegrece to tbe civtliseUon
of the ege. Before Georgia can ley any
rightful claim to a place in tbe galaxy ot
enlightened and pioeperooa communities
the mutt rid bettelf of this lest 'relic ol
barbarism.'”
Tbe new premier of Eogland, tbe Mar
quis ol Salisbury, it known to be a prottc-
Uooist and an opponent of fret trade; end
bis aJvent to power bes caused a xeslvsl
of the English protectionists, who are not,
as Is gr-isaallysuppcaed, t„tliely extinct.
Th« protection 1st campaign in England
has opened quite briskly, both In end out
ride of 1'Ailiamcnt. Tbe agricultural ex
changee throughout England bare been
tending in petitions in favor of a protec
tive tariff, and not a few of tbe manofac-
aring htercsA demand this assistance.
jdrE
Some More War Literature,
General Badger, the second in com
mand to General Longstreet in tbe bat
tle of New Orleans, of September the
17,1874, has made a contribution in re
gard to that battle. It will be remem
bered that the people of Louitdana,
whose patience bad been exhausted,
turned upon their oppressors. The'
“White League” defeated General
Longstreet and bis army of whites and
negroes, and aroused the country to
tbe real condition of Louisiana.
We give the most interesting portion
of General Badger’s narrative, as taken
down by a reporter of the New Orleans
Times-Democrat. He says:
I was called to the headquarters of Gen.
Longstreet, who aaked me if I had my men in
hand. I replied that I had. and he showed
me a diagram of the streets about tbe custom
house, and told me to take a position on Canal
street opposite tbe cuitom house, and cover
ing Peters street I suggested to bl m that the
levee would bo tbe beat position for tho rea
son that I had heard it was the Intention of
tbeeueiny to more down the levee to tho
landing of the steamship Louisiana and take
possession of the arms which that vessel con
tained, and which were prevented from
being delivered br a company of Infantry,
stationed to watch tho veaseL 1
also suggsted to General Longstreet that tbe
mass meeting at Clay statue, on Canal street,
did not amount to anything, aa it was unor
ganized and unarmed to a great extent, but
tbe force to be watched was the companies of
tho White League, which were resting on tbeir
arms at tbe armories. General Longstreet 11s-
teued to what I had to say, and remarked that
If it was necessary the levee would be occu
pled. Later In the day I received an order
from General Longstreet to take the position
which had been shown me on tbe diagram
that morulug, aa tbe eBemy, from iuformation
received, would not move down tbe levee. I
marched from Jackson Equare to the corner
of Canal and Petera streets with my force of
infantry and artillery, the latter consisting
of a Napoleon gun, a Gatling gun and a small
field howitzer. I had hardly taken my poll
tlon when I saw the enemy marching down
the levee, and I realized moro than ever that
there was the proper military position, as
there was room in which to move troops and
handle ariillery to advantage. The enemy,
who were moving along the levee under cover
of piles of freight, opened fire on some of
my mounted meu, and I ordered the squad fn
charge of the Gatling gun to reply with an
(Hading (ire. Couriers who came to me
ported that a great many of tbe enemy wore
massel at tbe head of Polydraa s reet, and
moving down the lov»o. I seut word
to General Longstreet, who was In charge of a
force iu echelon at tho corner of Chartres and
Customhouse streets, that the enemy had oc
cupied the revee and his reply
wu, to move .Out and take poi-
seision. I first sent out Captain McCann’s
company of Infantry and followed with my
force. Tho firing then became very hot, and
1 sent to General Longstreet for reinforce
ments, but before they arrived the battle went
against us, and the reinforcement* did not get
to the front. Barber’s brigade, which was
composed almost entirely of colored men,
were in the State house and were not utilized,
and, as I had beard, were badly frightened."
‘Yes, I’m Inclined to think that way, for the
reason that my men were better armed, better
disciplined than the opposing force, and were
supported bv artillery. Aa soon aa 1 received
information that the enemy were going to
move down the levee, I knew It was correct
for the reason that It was their intention to ae-
cure possession of the arms on the steamship
Loulsltna, and my plan was to move my force
at the head of 8t. Louis street and erect a for
tification. 1 waa so strongly impressed with
the advantage that such a position would
afford that I took Captain Gray and another
officer to tbe spot and showed them how the
heavy timbers plied on tbe levee near by
could be utilized in building breastworks, and
how to lay off the angles, so that tha artillery
could command different approaches. I gave
these instructions to the officers, believing
that we would be ordered to a position on the
levee, and wishing the work to be done right
In case my dalles called me elsewhere. I feel
satisfied that If we had erected the fortifica
tions at the head of St. Louis street that a dis
ciplined and well-armed and equipped force
like the one under my command could have
repulsed every attack made. We may have
been surrounded aud besieged, and la a few
days the Federal troops, and fleet would have
reached here and pot a atop to the row, and
my aide would In consequence have held lta
own. These, I guess, are about all the points
concerning tho fignt that are worth mention
ing,” and Gen. Badger, with a slight limp,
walked to bla desk and commenced signing
official papers.
The re* will bo struck with the
glib way in which he speaks of the
men of Louisiana as the enemy. It
will also be observed that the colored
troops did not fight nobly on that oc
casion.
Our military knowledge and famil
iarity with tho battle ground will not
permit us to pass upon the criticism
levelled at General Longstreet.
Doubtless it was the most trying
situation to him that he had ever met.
His nature must have revolted against
a fight with men of his race and blood,
men, many of whom perhaps, had fol
lowed him in the hard fought, fields of
& civil war.
General Badger's criticism of him
may not be considered worthy of a re
ply. The less said about that tin-
happy occurrence, as to its details,
were perhaps, best st this time.
But the public, particularly the
Southern public, will be glad to hear
from General Longstreet, as to tbe
motives which controlled his a:tion
on that occasion. Time has softened
the feelings of many Southern men
towards him personally, and there are
many of his comrades, who would be
pleased to hear from him, what he
considers his vindication. No act of
his life, has subjected him to censure,
so severe, as this fight in New Orleans.
He is an old man, deserted and ma
ligned by the politicians who once es
teemed Lis name and services as a
tower of strength to them. It may be
that anything he should say in this
connection might not escape criti
cism, but he owes it to
himoelf and his friends to make
public his defense. The real historian
of the war and its political consc
iences has not yet arisen; but the
real facts should be gathered for bis
use in tbe fnture.
We shall be pleased to convey to the
public in these columns, anything that
General Longstreet may write touch
ing this snbject.
The Convict System!
At regular intervals the convict sys
tem of Georgia, which does not differ
from that of several Southern States, is
subjected to eloquent and vigorous de
nunciations. The press takes up the
refrain aqd Georgia has to suffer and
long sermons and homilies, from every
quarter. The only real benefit from all
of this is embodied in spasmodic at'
tempts to redress some glaring wrong,
and to make room for more officers ot
the penitentiary.
The convict system of the Stste is
not perfect. It is simply tolerable.
It was established just after the war,
as i make-shift, and no one dreamed
that it was to become a settled institn-
tion. So far as the experiment has
been tried, it is unsatisfactory and there
ia no reason to believe that the system
can be made satisfactory.
It is easy enough to denounce its
shortcomings, but the difficulty of
elaborating a better system is so great
that legislators and reformers have
shrunk from the task.
A committee of the Legislature is
now charged with the duty of suggest
ing some measure to ameliorate the
condition of the younger convicts. This
is good, so far as it goes, hut the sys
tem will be but little benefitted by any
measure that may be proposed and ac
cepted. There is no law in the code
recognizing the convict system, indeed
most of the law of tbe State is outside
of the codo. But the Supreme Court of
tbe State has passed upon the subject,
and has, to some extent, defined the
rights of the lessees. Until the Legis
lature shall make some radical change
the system must stand, and must be
recognized by tbe judicial and execu
tive officers of the State.
Now is tho time to prepare a sys
tem that will meet the better sentiment
of the State and that may promise fair
er treatment to convicts and stronger
hopes of tho reformation of th(j un
happy class.
One Representativebasliad the cour
age to move in the matter. While we
cannot say that we indorse his proposed
plan, yet we hail his effort with pleas-
Others may follow liis example,
anti-silver campaign. The efforts of
these bodies will be largely directed
towards the South and it is though
that since the Atlanta commercial con
vention the Southern States are falling
into line with the North against the
extreme silver men of the West.
This is husinesss. Tbe administra
tion indicates very unmistakably that
it will fight what is known as the sil
ver ring, provided the ring does not
consider discretion the better part of
valor and abandon^he field,
Only the other day, the Southern
Cotton Convention assembled at the
Toe Macon street railway is a conveni
ence appreciated more ind moro each day.
Tbe pabllc patronizes the eut.iprUe libe
rally and there eeema to be little donbt bnt
that it will continue to be a paying invest
ment. Butthe public complains, and just
ly at the long delays at certain meeting
points- It Is no unnsual thing for a car
load of passengera tobedetained for fifteen
minutes. Then again, cars are stopped
while .drivers disembark to purchase to
bacco or drink water at neighboring
■tores. These are faults that can be easily
remedied and attention le called to them
that they may be remedied at once.
JcdoeLyhcii bat held bloody assizes this
White Sulphur Springs, passed almost ye»r. Since January let the number of
unanimously a resolution in favor of persons lynched in verloni peris of the
the stopping of silver coinage. country is 99. of whom 90 were males and
While this is going on,Mr. Manning, * 8 f s wbUe and 41 * n de
secretary of the treasury, has insti- U1 " he St,t '* » re follows:
tuted very wido inquiries as to custom
duties and the valuation of imports,
from which he will be able to make up
tariff recommendations.
and out of the multitude of counsel a
wise conclusion in this matter may bo
reached.
Let others in this and succeeding
Legislatures tackle this question. Let
lawyers and humanitarians outside of
the Legislature give the aid of thought
and suggestion. Mr. Lumpkin, of Dade,
says of his plan:
My object it to correct, u tar as possible, tbe
evils ironing out ot tho convict lease system.
My bill does not purport to Interfere with tbe
prescut lease, but only to provide for ell con
victs berealter sentenced. In estabileblni one
of these prisons, ss contemplated by tbe Ml),
n Southeast, Southwest, Middle and North
Georgia, end confining In each prison snob
numbers aa will bo easily worked, the; can be
made self-sustaining. I think tho State of
Georgia ihould receive eometblng for the hire
of the convicts.
This ia too meagre as to detail to give
room tor criticism beyond, and that it
1b the old system in new hands. The
only good feature of tbe present system
is that convicts working in the open
air retain a better physical and mental
condition, as is exemplified in the small
death rate.
The objections are too numerous for
mention. Tho State parts with
her control over the convicts. They
are placed at tbe mercy of men, whose
chief interest is to make the most
out of the labor of the able
bodied ones, and to get rid of the weak
ones on the cheapest terms. Tbe
puniibmentsare unequal, as the lessees
may favor this or that man, or may he
induced to do so by their friends,
But Georgia has suffered most from the
fact that this convict business has been
intimately .associated .with her poli
tics. Subject to frequent and vio
lent attacks the lessees are banded to
gether by a common interest. They
have naturally formed a league, offen
sive and defensive, and have attempt
ed to defend their rights by combina
tions.
The money made out of tbe convicts
has been used to corrupt men
most powerful combination known to
this State, is the convict ring. No in
telligent man in Georgia can have fail
ed to see its active and successful work
ings for several years past.
This portion of the snbject might be
elaborated far beyond the apace allotted
to a newspaper article, hut we have
said enough for the present.
The probabilities are, that tbe next
Presidential message will be the most
important and interesting for many
years. __
Truck.
From all portions cf South and South
west Georgia come most discouraging
reports of ventures with watermelons in
Northern markets. In many instances
shipments of melons have not sold for
sufficient to- pay freight charges. In
others only a bare pittance has been
sent back as the surplus after all ex
penses had been deducted.
It is doubtless true that the rail
roads are partly to blame for this state
of affairs. From an outside standpoint
it would seem that goad policy ought to
suggest the lowest rates at this, the
dull season, thereby encouraging a
business that might possibly become
profitable. But Georgia railroads have
to make such rates as will compensate
connecting lines, and the matter is not
within their control.
There is, however, a deeper reason
at the root of the matter. The old idea
that this Southern section and this only
could produce good watermelons, has
been exploded. They can be grown
almost anywhere. Missouri, Kansas,
Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Indiana, can
and do produce excellent melons. And
ail sections of the South grow them.
The short margin obtained by reason of
latitude in this section is soon exhaust
ed, and the market becomes over
stocked in a few days.
As with watermelons so with all
kind of truck. Acres of glass cover-
ered gardens North and West supply
centres that otherwise must depend
upon us. Gardens worked skillfully
and enormously enriched also compete
with our climate, and behind all is
Florida. This one State ships from its
almost eternal summer-lands vegeta
bles and fruits by the hundred of thou
sand crates. It takes tho edge off the
public appetite and is done shipping
to a large extent before Georgia comes
into the market.
This matter the Teleokapb has
watched and discussed under heavy
fire for threo years. The results ob
tained justify oar first position. It
will not pay to raise truck for distant
markets. Individuals, by skillful man
agement, may occasionally obtain fair
prices, hut communities and sections
will lose money. We regret it, but
many of our readers have bad to learn
this by actual teat.
Farmers who have surplus vegeta
bles and watermelons can, by feeding
them to cattle and hogs get more bene
fit from the truck than by shipping,
Georgia Bonds,
Some one, perhaps Judge Lochrane,
has sent us a copy of the New York
Herald with a blue pencil mark around
an editorial, from which we tako this
extract:
The efforts tint arc being Beds to place
Georgia eecuntlee In the erring binki ot New
York ought to he resisted for two very good
reasons. First, irich Investment would be con-
trerr to the law ol the State; second, even U
it were legal It wou d be Imprudent end nn-
Bitfalo Bill lays: “I d show you a
good deal ol money to be lccket np
alone In s rcom with that man Carver for
awhile.” II Buffalo Bill will come down
bare end will Indace Dr. Carver lo come
aloof irith him, we will eee that he le ac-
cvuiuuuAied mod ft eball not coat him a
The Administrative Poller.
There are not wanting indications
that the administration ie beginning to
hew oat the timber for its policy. It
may be remembered that Mr. Cleve
land, on the eve of bis inauguration,
very boldly gave to the House of Rep-
reeentatives his views upon the stop
page of sliver coinage. The House re
jected his advice by a very decisive
vote, but in the face ot this he has
quietly but firmly proceeded to make
way for carrying out his views.
Tbe recent arrangement with the
New York banka will, it is thought,
assure the influx of gold into the treas
ury in amounts sufficient to prevent the
depletion ot the reserve. The Treasury
Department will do everything poasible
to prevent the forcible circulation of
the standard silver dollar until Con
gress meets.
By that time tliegc will be an attempt
made to Induce Congress to take some
radical steps toward suspending silver
coinage. If tbe silver men are strong
enougli to prevent this, new tactics
will be adopted. There will no longer
be an attempt to keep np gold pay
ments, bnt silver dollars will be paid
out for ail demands while Congress ia
in session. It ia believed that such a
plan, if adopted, will be certain tobring
about some legislation upon the silver
question.
In tho meantime, the New York
board of trade and transportation, and
other commercial organizations are
making arrangements for >a active
Ae to the eu horltr ot our savings banks to
Invert In theta eeourlUei, it le understood that
the onlnton of the Attornev-Genenl hai bean
asked. On this point then te not much room
forqueetton. Stvingt banks are prohibited
br law from Investing In the Mocks or bonds
ol anr state tbit bee, within ten jean, de
faulted In the pejment of any pert of
tb# principal or lnlereet of its debt
Bj a constitutional amendment adopted In
1ST? Georgia ratified prevlout ecu ol the LegU-
lature repudiating more than eight millions
of Its obligations. Tbe excuse given for tbta
proceeding wae that the Stale’s obligation!
had not bean tawlnllj contracted, and there
fore wen not binding. On this ground it to
claimed that Georgia secnrlUei do not (all
within the prohibition put by the law upon
the saving* banks of Sew York. There would
be some force In this view If Georgia were sus-
mined by any Judicial dectolon bolding the
bonds invalid. But It took advantage of that
principle which protects a State against inlt
by a citizen. It decided lb* question by lta
own arbitrary edict. It give Its victimized
creditors no vote# In the matter. In tha ab
sence ol judicial support or warrant - -.- on
can be regarded only as a repudiation.
Georgia haa issued no bonda for the
purpose of haring them laid away in
the saving banks ol New York. Her
bonds are good, she Mi ample assets
to meet them at maturity, and they tie
eagerly sought afterby men withmoney
to invest safely. It is a misfortune for
the saving banks of New York that they
have not such good securities as Georgia
bonds. The Herald undertakes to pat
the stain of repudiation upon the State.
This is nothing new. It has been re
peatedly tried by others, but does not
and cannot affect rite credit of the
State.
Tho people are not going to be wor
ried into paying a lot of worthless
bonds in the hands of a few ttntcnipn-
Ioot sharpers, epeculators and adven
turers, even if they have sufficient good
money to purchase the editorial aid of
the Herald.
Alabama 3, Arkansas 1, Florida 2, Georgia
2, Iowa 5, Kansas 3. Kentucky 3, Mary
land 1, Mississippi 8, Missouri 6, North
Carolina 2, Nebraska 2, Ohio 3, Oregon 2,
Tennessee 7, Texas 31, Virginia 2, West
Virginia 2. In tbe territories: New Mex
ico 2, Indian Territory 7, Dakota 1, Mon
tana 3, Washington 1. It may also be ol
interest to know that ot these 99 departed
citizens 44 were lynched lor murder, 31 for
horse and other stealing, 14 for rape, 3 for
incendiariam, 2 for train wrecking, 2 for
n.urderoni assault, 2 for nnknown reasons
and 1 for burglary,
Mr. Cleveland is reported to have used
bad language again. A Washington spe
cial says
“Yon trestnsd—d shamefully," is tho war
In which the President opened conversation
with a distinguished Missourian of high posi
tion. There wee no doubt that Mr. Cleveland
waa thoroughly out of temper, end the caller,
who had come In with a matter of patronage-
felt a chill go down hls backbone. With e red
face he begged to know what was up. Then
the President entered into an Indignant
explauaUon about a candidate who
hid been recommended for office by
some members of congress and tho
party leaders of a State. Information had
just reached the White House, not through
any ot the eponiors, however, that the offioo-
■eeker bed a blemish In hls record-he had
been sentenced to jail lor a crime, The new*
had been given to Mr. Cleveland just before
the Mluourian entered, and the visitor had
come while the flush of auger waa still on.
"But what have I to do with this case?'’ the
Missourian aaked. “I challenge you, Mr.
President, to show any recommendation from
mo.”
“Iam i peaking generally,” the president
went on. “My remark applies to Senators,
members of Congress and representatives of
the party who come here end put la endorse
menu for thle end that man, and leave us to
find out alter appointments are announced
that we hive made trusted officials of
vlcts end bed men. It Is wrong.”
For ten minutes the President continued In
thle strain. It seemed to relieve hie mind.
He was evidently thoroughly aroused, and
•poke sail not caring how much publicity
was given hls expressions.
As the President claims to have spoken
generally, be no doubt has a feeling recol
lection aa to how he was deceived and im
posed upon as to the Georgia appoint
ment!.
Anythino relating to General Grant wit!
be read with Interest at this time. A cor
respondent ot the New York World is re
sponsible tor this gossip:
It was arranged that the bill retiring him
should be introduced in the Uouae by Alex
ander U. Stephens, and that the apeech sec
onding the seme should be made by General
Joe Johnrton. Other Southern leaden had
promleedlo gtv« the bill their hearty sup
port. There was no trouble about It among
the Southern men. Bnt when the third term
light became hot, so much bltterneii grew out
of It among tho Republican! and Northern
Democrats that the project fell through. Sin.
Urantwaitho moat earnest member In the
family In favor of the third term. Tbe Gen
eral atweys ehowd Indifference end expressed
no disappointment when Garflcld was nomi
nated.
Gen. Grant believed that Tllden waa elected.
He never had any eympathy with the move
ment to put Hayes In, although he would
have maintained order In Washington against
any attempt In the direction of anarchy upon
the part of the disappointed end outraged
Democrats. Ho favored the electoral commis
sion because he bolteved that inch a commis
sion would result in eitabllihlng officially tha
(act of Mr. TUden's election. He haa often
•aid In private conversation that he wondered
how any man could afford to accept the office
as Hayes did with the taint ol fraud
attached to the manner of hta acquir
ing IL It wu Gen. Grant who brought
the stalwarts around to the support of Gar
field. If It had not been for the individual
action of Grant, Garfltld could not hava been
elected. It wu through hta personal persua
sion alone that Mr. Conklins wu brought Into
line. KoneoftheRepnbllcenleaderiedmlred
Garfield or even had any respect for him.
Gerfleld'a betrayal of the stalwarts In New
York wu e great dtaappolatment to Grant
That portion abont the retiring bill may
be credited, but ibere wu nothing in his
conduct In regard to tbe iteaUog of the
Presidency to alter the eelUed conviction
of the country, that bnt tor the fact that
be wu the President hie puty could not
have accomplished and would not have
attempted it,
There has been more ecUvtty to the specula
tion in cotton ior futuro delivery at th'a mar
ket for the week under review, with prices
taking a wider range then for eomo time put
On Saturday there was greet depression ctuied
by the favorable bureau report, and thcro wu
a further decline on Monday from the same
cause. On Tuesday this crop opened depressed,
but the next crop showed some degree of
steadiness, end later in the day, when the ap
pearance of a cotton worm In Texas was re
ported, there was a general improvement, this
crop recovering most of the early deellno, and
the next crop closing 3 to 4 points dearer. On
Wednesday there wu a brisk opening with
Liverpool better, but there came almost imme
diately the newi ol a Russian advance In Af-
ghantotan. a decline In coneols end other dis
turbing Intelligence, nnder which prices gave
way rapidly, closing 6 to 11 points lower. The
greatest depreulon wu In September con-
tracts under tbe impression that the new crop
will mature early and be marketed ae rapidly
as possible. Yesterday the market wu quite
unsettled, but the close wu at a alight lm<
provement, except for thle crop. To-day a va
riable market closed at an irregular decline,
making a reduction for the week of 20 to 35
potato. Cotton on tho spot hu been only mod
erately active. The demand haa not been ur
gent, either for export or home consumption,
and although stocks are light, quotations were
reduced 1-160, on Batnrdey, Monday and
Thursday, and 14c. on Tuesday. The etoppage
of several cotton mills In this Btate wu an
nounced yesterday. To-day tho market wu
quiet and unchanged, middling nplende clos
ing st 10 3-16C.
ETERNAL DINQ-DONO.
The Ouestlon of Temnernnoe
anting.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Mr.
Bartlett's main object In opposing the local
option bill (presuming that he reserved
hts best point for a climax) wu to prevent
“lanaffctam” from "eternally ding-donging
this demoralizing question abont the doon
of Macon.”
The inspired word of God began to ding-
dong this demoralizing question of prohi
bition centuries ago when it denounced
“woe” not only against the drunkard, bnt
against him “that pntteth his bittle to bis
neighbor, that maketh him drunken also.”
A long line of prophets and saints and
sages hu kept np the dinging and donglng
ot this divine utterance.
In 1830 Macon had a temperance society,
officered bv its leading citizens—the firet
“organized” - temperance society In tbe
world. How many people it ‘ demoral
ized" the record does not tell. The record
does tell of many noble men whom it
resened from lives of degradation. In
1883 there was a meeting of citizens of
Macon called for the .purpose ot taking
meuures to olose the saloons. Hon. Eu
genios A. Nisbet, from whose "demoral
ized" Intellect Mr. Bartlett has learned
much of bis law, presided. A memorial
wu presented signed by the women ot
Macon, who then, u now, were eternally
ding-donging this demoralizing question.
A few ol tbe names are here given:
Mrs. 8. S. Foe, Mrs. 0. Campbell,
Mrs. I. G. Plant, Mrs. David Blount,
Mrs. E. Klrtland, Mrs. A. Lockett,
Mrs. W. A. Ross, Mrs. A. Mir,
Mrs. 8. A. Weed, Mrs. John L Jones,
Mrs. J. Armstrong, Mrs. M. A.Thompson,
Mrs. W. it. Rogers, Mrs. Asher Ayres,
Mrs. Wm. Taylor, Mrs. G. T. Rogers,
" “ Mrs. Boardman,
Mrs. Virgil Powers,
Mrs. Whittle,
Mrs. Onitman,
Mrs. James Dean,
Mrs. G. A. Smith,
Mrs. Hardemtn, Sr., Mrs. J. P. Lamar,
Mrs. 0. A. Ells, Mri. 0. Blscksbssr,
Mrs. H. Horne, Mrs. O. G. Bpsrks.
The whole list contains 244 names. I
regret it ie too long for publication. It
contains the sacred names of the dead,
who are ot“bleued memory" and nt ths
living u well, whose names are synonyms
of all that to "pare end lovely and of good
report.” If they helped to demoralise our
city they did It most innocently and un
consciously.
Cooing to a later period—1882, this iden
tical demoralizing quarter of local option
was presented to the people of Macon In a
punko address to oar cttlxrns In which
they were urged to sign tbe petition then
ciiculattng for the very act which
bu recently pused the Legislature.
The address wu signed by leading men
in every Hoe of pursuit, notably by Judge
Samuel Hall, whose demoralization hu
neen condoned, and who hu been elected
to tbe Supreme bench. Hebrew and Gen
tile, Catnollc end Proteetent, business
men, lawyers end mechanics united in re
commending to the General Assembly tbe
Identical measure which to now «tjled ''de
moralizing.”
Metsra. Editors, when did the nebie
women and the good men whose namet
have been mentioned and referred to, ever
demoralize a a home in Macon? Whole
fathers, whoee brothers, whose sons did
they ever tempt end share and drag down
to moral ruin? How do their memories
and their fives compare with the memo
ries and lives of those whose month-piece
bu pronounced their efiorta “detuorallz-
the lawa both ol w|
Of kindness. Tho license Ml
the bai-rcora a lawiul ln«tltution Sle iL tt **ti I
“unity which creates end selli to’iaau c .°*-1
citizens tho right to malntAlu I
•ponelble for mem, not the t lilzJi^'j,'' '* I
ustowed? fl-1
i not unfriend I
11 harei-c.*, 1
“OW wrltjjjj I
■Jlrs 14 looUih to deny the truth m, I
Barite# » position in reference to the “hAl
ol the sa-oous In controlling p-.ibllc - I
Everybody In Macon will edStfthattoeSS 1 -1
5“ been almost impossiblero/72l
“*® to t» Chosen lor anypubllc offici or I
J’fihout the “help" ol the ulooni; and°ih2» I
1* altogether lmpouslble for any rain ii U v!
elected to any public office wlihout tbe°J?
“‘“ton of the saloons. There to no doulPo l
t° the facto of the cue; Ihe only question a
whether theta facta prove to tbe‘public ^ I
To the eternal honor of the saloonlit. .
must he raid that they have never used th'i I
P°r« to Ihe fullest extent. This to most err.?
liable; lor the natural tendency ot unlln'S
jrowetisto the abuse ol that power Th!
liquor boalaesa bu been content with slncS
SriSf 1 e .*. “th fl municipaloeuoclto,wbmb
BSSLHP* “ easily have bad uoanlmou
boards. It hu left one local option man ament
the county commtzelonera, when It mtoht,k’,
cdMuerviee*? 00 ’ h * Ted * p ' lT * d 160 'oentj
But IhequcsUon remalm, Ii It conducive to
tbe public welfare that any one latere,!
should dominate the city and county, should
have absolute veto power over every man and
meaiure? A few yean ago the public mind
bad been turned to a prominent man forth!
olllce of Senator from this dlitrlct. Hewn,
stainlCM gentleman, a popular citizen, a mi!
of lino Intellectual power. The Tzi.zqr,,,
AND Messsenozb Indorsed him inastroM
editorial. Not ovoi the tongu!
of ilander could nay aught imm,;,;
him. nor could detraction deny bis eminest
qiialldcatioiis. But the day beiore the nom'-
uatlon he wu called upon “y » committee o-
vlilllug statesmen" from tbe I.lqnor Dealer!
Demor- Auoclatlou who proposed to "IU" him in r-,
Vance. He declined to be “Hred.'- Anotht-
mi dly Informed him that be must stay tt
home, it to useleu to add that ho neyed. h
Savannah a lew years ego Mr. J. H. Ea.111 wu
nominated for the lA-gi.iaturo by a cl'.!-,5
meeting. But Mr. mull lmd lent hls l 0 J;
ence to a movement for closing tno sew,
on the Babbath; and so Mr. Bum, althours
lit to preil e over the l're-s A>s relation olth.
State, had to bo token off tho ticket.
If anyone Interest to entitled toa snpremin
It ought to deserve t by some greataedcoo.
mandtng contribution to tho prosperity
happiness aud wcltore of tho people. Cnjii.
liquor traffic, lalm It on these p round*! in!
could would It not >1111 bo nudcmocrai'e i»
that Interest to urert 11s cupremicrtotu
point ol dictation to public men- ii
auch dictation bo ncquicaeed ■
Mrs. Damonr,
Mrs. J. Clisby,
Mrs. B. B. Lewis,
Mrs. W. H. Ross.
Mrs. 7.. T. Conner,
Mrs. Bernard Hill,
A senses ot tbs Legislators bas Intro
duced a MU to prevent the sale of second
band clothes. Does tbe honorable gentle
man desire most of tbe Legislature and
the male population of Atlanta; to go
naked?
Cotton Statement.
From the Cbronidee's cotton erlicle ot
July 17, tbo following facts are gathered
reletlve to tbe movement of tbe crop for
tbe pest week:
For tbe week ending July 17 tbe total re
ceipts have reached 1,072 bales, against 1,
282 bales last week, 1,012 bales the previona
week and 2155 bales three weeks lines;
making tbe total receipts since tbe 1st of
September, 1884,4 719,131 bales, against 4,-
798,684 ba'ea for the same period of 1883-84,
showing e decrease since September 1,1881,
Of 79,553 bslee.
Ths receipts et ill tbe Interior towns for
tbs week have been 1,477 bales, since Sep
tember 1,2,615,382 bales. Tbs receipts at
ths same towns have been 1,894 bales less
than the same week lut year, and lines
September 1, the receipts at all Ihe towns
are 237,685 bales less than for tbe eame
time in 1883-84.
Among the Interior towne.the receipts at
Macon for tbs week have been — bales, and
for the eeuon 48,255 bales. Last year the
receipts for the week were 1 bale, and tor
tbe season 50.922 bales. These figures show
e decrease (or the week, ss compared with
last year, of 1 bale, and a falling oil (or tbe
season of 1,487 bales.
Taking the receipts from plantations, tbs
net overland movement to July 1, and alio
tbe takings by Southern epinners to the
■erne date, tbs total visible supply be
comes 5,502,073 balsa, a decrease in tbe
amount in sight az compared with last year
ot 51,381 bales.
Tbe imports into continental porta du
ring the pelt week wen 68,000 bales. Tbe
exports for tbe week reach a total of 18,004
bales, of which 12,563 wen to Great Britain,
1,018 to France, und 6,035 to tbe net of
the continent.
The Chronicle bu the following to say
of tbe market flactuttons tor tbe week
ender review:
Let the Macon people ask themselves
whether tbe tnfinence of Dr. Warren In
this community is demoralising? Yet, he
bu been “ding-donging this demoralizing
question about tbe doors ot Macon."
I will not be nniasb I do not claim that
Mr. Bartlett means thus thing!, although
they ere the direct and legitimate come-
qnencea ot hie utterances. I simply vvl*h
mat tbe Macon public mav see that fanat
icism Is not oocfined to the temperance
people; that fanaticism may tempt tbe
other tide Into threats of “enfranchlsinir
an Ignorant and vleloue clue of people"
so as lo carry elections; Into a bold decla
ration and defsnte of tbe mtUasoeof the
saloons In pnbllo affairs, and finally Into
tbs preposterous assertion that tbe agita
tion of loeal option to isnstlcil end demor-
llltlog |
Tbe only trouble I have ever net with
as a temperance man to the fanaticism of
•tub people is Mr. Bartlett, who ere not
satisfied with toy moderate views, bat In.
•1st on extreme measures. In the cam-
pilgn (or coanty oommtotioner several
ysais ago there were enough penona who
■aid, “Pat liquor oat ot the whole county
and I'll vote for Burke” to have reversed
the majority ol tbat flection.
So Mr. Bartlett is not satisfied with Ute
coosetvaUve plan of local option, har
monising lay end pnbllo opinion, bat de
clared that be wu too etrons e temperance
man (God save tbe mare) for tbet, bnt
would vote lor a law submitting th# ques
tion to tbe whole State at once. I sincerely
bone that Mr. Bartlett msy be able to cam
this wild temperance fanaticism and go
along with those of us who think it to best
to be moderate and go alow.
W. B. Hill.
nets man, a representative profrazlcual eu-'
a representative mcctianlc nuu negro t»i£
kteper can exert moro “tnflaoent" in
election than all of them combined. 1, n
the elate of thingi which Mr. Bartlett's trzu-
ment (If followed out to lu comie-menccl. and
I know he would refuse to follow II iberai
would cryeiallze into perpetuity. Ittoaitite
ol thing! which every community which
wlzbee to be governed by lu In'clllgcnceenJ
worth will make hzete to cart off. “
When liquor to token onto! politics, the beet
element! in every community wifi take hold
of “politic!" and control them ai taey bow
control pnblla opinion.
In the next and lait of these short dlieni-
slons, I propose to consider Mr. B.'s conclud*
lug argnmeot-egltatfon of temperance -'de
moralizing ” I shall mention some of the
names of tbe peoplo in Macon who In tbe ten
hare tills ted to demoralize our communltr!la
tbit way. \y. b. 11.
A Ferocious Dog.
PlTTSBoao, July 22.—A ferotlons bulldog
attieked a three months old child of Mn.
Boning, of Allentown, yesterday, biting oil
tbe right foot ar.d otherwise mntilatiog ths
body. It wifi die.
HE YEARJF JUBILEE,
All Crea'.ion Happy, and Buying Pi
anos and Organs.
Unosailly Ewy lnstnllmeht Term* Now
Ottered by Lndden \ Dates'
Southern Music House,
tiavannah, Qa.
Squire Talk with Purchaser!, QIt*
lug Special Information About
Our New and Easv Methods
of belling rim os
and Organs.
"It’s a Long Time Between Drinks.”
Ho remarked the Governor of South Car*
-11h t»>lli** (JjNernor of .North Curuiua
many years n>*o, be( >re th« temperance
wave had swept over the South. He prob*
ably spoke hi* honest convictions, and 10
co we when we Ray.
IT’ti ALOMi TIME DKTWKEN GOOFS.
And to this the thousand* of family
bread wieners" in the South who are
waiting until the next crop if garnered be-
foro they buv Pliaoa and Organs will say
amen. But wo lay why wnit, when you
can buy now on such very eaay termj?
Only think of it,
l’lANOrffctf GASH AND $10 MONTHLY.
ORGANS.$10 UA8H AND $;> MONTHLY.
Why, It’a almost a sin to deprive yoar-
self aud family of an instrument when one
ran be had to easily. And to those who
cannot meet monthly instilments, we of*
lfor thMOBpecml summer terms:
PIANO*.$5ilOAHU AND UAL NOV.L
ORGANS, $20 CASH AND BaL. NOV. L
And if crope turn out poor, so that whtn
November lit cornea the entire balance
cannot be paid, we will accent oue*halfof
U, and waft until November, 1, IS?*}, for
the other half.
Nuw, come up, buyers. Our instruments
lead the world Our pricea are the lowrst,
our terras the eaaifat, and we oiler every
inducement tbat can be honestly lived up
to*
MORE DtNC-DOMC.
Something About th* Control of Public
Affair*.
Mr. Bartlett U * prohibitionist: & prohi
bitionist of election* by the people, and the
aecond argument In mipport of hta amend
ment to prohibit th* peopl* of Bltb county
from voting on local option wu that the
loonlats had helped tb* IntclUtent ciai* to
control th* aflhlrs and h* did not want to dis
tort them.” This way ol pitting th* argn
ment will b* at once rucoenbod u tbat forci
ble method of speech celled th* nndeinti
ment. It I* a candid recognition of th* lnfic
ence of th* “aaloonlst.” (lo os* Mr. Bartlstt'i
words,) in our municipal and
coanty government. To Mr. Bartlett
this control (seem* dutrable, praiseworthy
end elevating, while on th*
hand the p*oplt who think that th* control ot
election* by liquor Is demoralising ar* the
selves -demoralized fanatic*.” Hitherto th*
saloonlita have notbouted of their power.
They have been content to tu* it without say
tng much abont It; botwh«non*whoi
to b* their advoent* herald* It to th* pobUc, It
become* a fair topic for public conversation.
I have never uttered an unfriendly or dls-
S P U^^to!?*lS!vtreipectK^*o. „
I have the right eaedtlzen to discnia a public Z
qaeiuon, bu; iu th* exertite of that irig
Only $210 for an elegant Rosewood Pi
ano; large size; all improvements; sweet
tone; guaranteed a superior ami durable
Piano. Thousands eoUl. IL*n l'iauo sold
to America at th* price.
A new Upright Piano for only $150, on
very easy terms.
The dUver-iouedMathuehek l’iano,$3CD,
$325, $350,
Tue magnificent Chlckering Piano, the
beat in the wor.d, $100, $125, $500 to $L W0
Ouly $05for a beautiful Parlor or Cbarch
Organ; solid walnut cave, with high lop
of rich design; 4 lets Reeds, 10 genuine
iy». Greatest bargain ever offered.
The Incomparable Minn A Hamlin Or
gan*, from l up to $753. Rented until
paid fur. Nearly thiee years given for
payment.
Fine 8tool t Embroidered Cover, Initrac-
tor, nod Book of Music with Pianos, and
Stool, Instructor and Muilc Boot wttn
Orgaui. All freight paid on both. Fifteen
days’ trial, and we pay freight both way*
If instrument don't suit.
AND JUdT ONE LAST WORD.
If you are thinking of buying an instru
ment, write u*, and we wilt make terms to
suit your convenient# Afk f r Summer
Terms, lfc85. Mention thi* advertisement
and paper.
LTJDDEN & BATES’
SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Highest Honor
tt orhl'.i lli-position
j* \V A u 1.1 f. U T O
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