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V the tteeklt constthttiok Atlanta, ga., Tuesday jut 25 isse THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. Jtaterodst ths Atlanta FcshOffios as noaod-cM tun eumer, November 11, lilt Weekly OonstitoUoc, Rl.tt per annum. O Ida or ST*, SLOQMCh; daW oT too <L« OTdh RBl«.nw> v tctter-ap of Chib, A WORD WITH YOU. It poa *r* not m subscriber fa lb* OoniU* Ration. im. copy I* seat yea SB a sample, KS7^a?S»yo- •»»!.. «.4dOTj-B whether or not yoa mat to taka It. Ton r„d . good paper for ISM. Wo think The Constitution la tbebest paper yoa csn gst. Bare It with other papers, and send a* your subscription. It will be the best Inreatmcnt yen erer made* Tor It oae year and yoa wm norcr qnlt It. ATLANTA OA, TUESDAY, HAY 23, IMS. When Major Bacon was Interrupted at Entonton, General (Jordon promptly and Interposed in bis behalf. When Gen eral Gordon was jeered and insulted 1>; the crowd in Angusta, Major Bacon is not re ported as saying a word. TDK Fulton ronnly grand jury, HI to 0, for Gordon, over Bacon, beats tbs Jefferson county grand jnry, which stood S3 to 2 for Gordon, over Bacon. The town of Lump kin, in Stewart county, whicb stood 81 to 3 for Gordon over Bacon, beats the town of Tecnille,in Washington county, which stood: Gordon .'lit, Bacon tl. There are many other towns lo hear from that may beat even this record. Those who have charged that General Gordon is the candidate of the "Atlanta ring” will have tronlde in explaining the fact that he is supported by thcHpurtnlshmselite. If any man has been ceaaelevsnnd persistent in fighting the Intlnrnces that are only allu ded to in this connection, His Mnjor Kidney lewis, editor of the Iahmaclite. He re- alires Hint General Gordon ia the candidate of the people, and that Major Bacon is Iho candidate of the Macon ring. The Bacon men at Madison, Morgan county, were wearing o remarkable badge when General Gordon and Mgjor Bacon reached that point yesterday. It Is white satin and stamped with the following let* ten: "Welcome to Beam the Incorruptible. Twelve Yean Against Misrule and Hob* bery.” The sentiments of this badge, which was openly worn, strike with surprise In the /see of all this Mojo the Mends of Governor Hmith, Governor writing private letters all over the state, lory of tlio moves made on the political cb< board at this particular juncture? We will giro the history of it, and we are prepared to pn>Te every word we say. Major McDaniel had written a letter and placed it In the hands of a friend on the com mittee withdrawing from the race, and told his Mend that whenever he found it neces sary for the hsrmony of the convention and the peace oi the party, it mast be read. Thii letter waa unequivocal and meant Just what it said. Ask Judge Albert H. Erwin if this fa not true. How what was Major Bacon doing at that time? Ho forgot all abont this ter rible "ring" he hail been denouncing. He was for any port In a storm. Ha sent for Senator Joseph E. Brown. They met in the comptroller general’s office and had a confer ence. Were there any promises that Senator Brown wanted that were not then made? If so, let them come ont Senator Brown frank ly told Mi\|or Bacon that be had nothing to ask of any candidate bnt to deal fairly with him if elected—that be had had little to do with the campaign—that Renator Boynton voted for General Lawton and against him, for United States senator, hot that he was satisfied he ongbt In have the nomination simply as the legal successor of Governor Stephens-and that as between Mgjor Mc- Dauie), and Major Bacon, be preferred Major Bacon, and wonld not hesi tate to tell any of bis Mends so, bat that he waa not sufficiently familiar with the mm In that convention to he of any ser vice to him. That conference was known to all the leaders in the convention before they separated, and this waa understood to be the cause of Major Bacon’s defeat by Governor McDaniel, whose letter had been read be fore the committee. The fact that he bad worked np a following by ciying ont against the Atlanta ring, and was then almost in the presence the convention trying to get support from parties whom he had been accus ing privately ol lining the head and front of this ring—allowed members of that con vention that there waa nothing in his clatn- It disgusted many of his friends, and made the nomination of Governor McDan iel unanimous. Now ask Hon. W. A. Wright, the comptroller general, if we have not stated the facta about this matter fairly. In the /are of all this Major Bacon has been Colquitt, Governor Stephens and Governor McDaniel, not to speak of the gentlemen who have been associated with them In the various departments ot the state government for the peat twelve yearn. Major nacon and the Atlanta Ring. In Mgjor Bacon’s speech at Sparta wo find the following: General Gordon-"Wlm do you think of Mark Blindfold?" Major 8*eon-''Well, when s man foci about At lanta, there's no tcillns what ho will do. When the ring seta pushed tt enterics end takes In new one* tosult Its purposes.” (Applause.! This is tbs lint public utterance ws have seen from Major llocon abont the "Atlanta ring.” He baa lieeu frequently quoted aa saying in private that then was a terrible ring in Atlanta against him, and his organ has been frill of these insinuations and other uisrepreoentationa that require no answer from us. The people of Georglr ider- stand what Is ths matter with .: paper, •nd its slanders aro harmless. Major Bacon lias keretoio .,iJ to who talked with him on tin. subject that he ought not to bo blamed for what injudicious friends wonld door aay. no has at last thrown off the cover, and comes to the front * on bis own account. Without the fear of typhoid fever in our family, we propose to answer him, Everybody, it appears, who has been op posed to Major Bacon since he liegan to want to be governor of Georgia, belongs to the "Atlanta ring." Thera is no other Inter- cure to lie drawn frum the insinuation against that incorruptible old hero, Judge Maik Blandfonl, who is to be branded with being in the "Atlanta ring" simply because he prefer* a gallant, eommde who led tho last charge at AppomattoA to a lax-in.kind gatherer, who waa on this duty according to his own admission (a duly that old men, disabled eoldlrr* and boys could perform), limply because typhoid fever was a danger ous disease. Is this gallant nun, Judge Blandloid, who swings an empty sleeve as a tokrn of his daring gallantry in one of the best regiments Hint ever left Georgia, to be stabbed with the insinuation that any "ting? ever formed can coerce hia big head and courageous manhood? Such s charge is made against every mao, high or humble, who refuses to bow tho knee to this new Baal. Now, what has any ring outside of Mgjor Baron’s own personal ring dune to distnrb the politics of this state fur the past flvo years? Name onr thing, one act, except to refuse to support Ilsron? Mr. Stephens was dtnounced ns the tool of this alleged "ring” became Major Baron wanted the office he was running for. This grand old man, who had de voted his life to the people of this state—a nun who bad stood in front of bis own party when he thought it was acting unwisely—who, after years of ar duous doty for the public, with not a single thought lor himself, In the national councils as tbs honored represantative of this state, wanted to lay aside the laborious duties of a congressional Ufa, and wind np kb political career aa the governor of a great stats he had loved as a father does his child, and anid it was the last office be ever ex pected to fill—this great and good man was badgered and berated by this same cry ol being the tool of tho “Atlanta ring.” At hi* death, and before his funeral was over, Major Bacon was in the field, and than be cause it was thought that J udge ltoynton, a gallant confederate soldier, who, In ths Awe of ballets and typhoid fever, had bared his breast to the storm, and fell in the front tanka badly wounded, gallantly leading hia regiment—and who was, ns president Ol the senate, the legitimate sac- Censor of Governor Stephens, should he permitted to serve out his anex- pired term, this was denounced ns the work iff the Atlanta ring, and he waa besmirched all over by Major Baron's friends with every calumny that could be raked np. Have the people forgotten this? There was n short loll in the deadlock that waa on the convention that first nomi nated Governor McDaniel. It occurred just before the committee of conference retired to tiy and nettle the matter. There were then four find (dates before ths convention— Major Bacon, Judge Boynton, Major He- Daniel and General Cook WbaHatb* bu ying be was tricked ont of the nomination before the lost convention. To resume: If Governor Stephens was the tool of a ting, let Major Baron rclcr to one thing in his administration that he attrib- ntea to the influence of any ring. What did Governor Boynton do that did not miet his approval, other than oppose him lor tho nomination? What has Governor McDaniel done that ehows the influence over him of any ring? Now let ns see abont tho sena tors. Is Senator Brown legislating to salt tho ring? Is Senator Colquitt? If so, cer tainly something can be pointed out that is wrong. Wo may differ, and do differ with three representatives on some of their rotes, bnt they are onr representatives and have to stand by the record they make. Wcro’tlicy influenced in the distribution of federal offi ce*? Two important offices have been till ed in this state besides postmasters. The collector of Internal rcrenae, and the Uni ted States marshal. Did ths Atlanta ring have anything to do with tho appointment of either? If ao, why did Major Bacon help Collector Crenshaw make hia bund? Wo have been informed bo did this He ia a solid Baron man now—has appointed Major Ba con'* ft lends almost entirely aa liis deputies. He came from ono Of Major Bacon’s native counties. With but one or two exceptions his depntles are for Bacon, or neutral. Major Bacon was in favor of tho appointment of Maiebal Nelms, and lias told him so, and b*s asked and said he especta his support for governor. Did lie ever file any charges or objection against his appointment as marshal? It so, when and where? U the ring had anything to do with making this appointment, why did he not come to tho frout and pat the people on notice of the ihet, and stamp it ont? The truth is, we never hear of tho "At lanta ring ” until Mqjor Baron is pressing his undefined claim fur governor. Then wo bear of It everywhere. If any " ring ’’ hail worked as he and hia Mends have worked in all the counties of this state, trying to poll down some worthy man by e drr and abnie, that he might rise on his downfall—if any ring in the stale had called packed conven tions in counties that had been flxed mouths and weeks before the execuUve committee of the party had assembled to call a conven tion, for tho purpose of booming their candi date for governor, and were doing all they could to prevent a fair anil inll expression ot thrdreiretof the people as to who should be their candidate, it would be a ring that ought to lie condemned by every good till- iten of tho state. And It will be. It has come to a sod past in Georgia if it requires the work of any kind of n "ring" to elect Gtnenl John B. Gordon, who made the most splendid record made by u confederate soldier outside of Virgiuis, in tho days of typhoid fever, blood and carnage, if aha will elect over him for any office he wants a man who held a tat office of tax-gatherer In those days, and since then bos been the leading attorney ol the richest railroad corporations in Georgia and Chicago. It is a slander ou the propl* of this elate to charge that thsy bad to bo led by any ring to honor Mr. Ste phens, the great statesmsn of Georgia, whom the people always honored, and whose memory they love to honor now, or to hooor Governor McDaniel. Give the peopl* a chance to vote, and let the verdict be nude on the tartiinouy. Let n* have no ex parte trials before picked men in the ronnly towns, who have received favors se members of the legislature that makes it necessary to repeat the slanders of their bones, and wear their rotors year in and year out to the state conventions to compensate for those Gtvon ; who era willing lo deny anybody Ibc right, even their own local candidate*, to rnn fur governor, so gleet is the buttlen of thsir obligations. " hat ring is it that ha* been working as siduously around the rapitol here promising to retain certain men in office, and cajoling and pewuading these officers that Major Ba ron * as dead sure to be the next governor, and that it area all fixed months before the execotive committee meet* to call a conven tion, *o the people could express seme prefer ence. "'as it the "Atlanta ring?" If so, let the people stamp it oat. What ring is it that baa bean arguing and persuading end badgering members or this executive committee to have the convention held in Aognsta, on one tide of the state, so that men in the northern, western and southwestern parts of the state will he pnt to the trouble and expense of traveling twice the distance, merely to serve the par- pose of this ring ? If it is the Atlanta ring, we say, stamp it ont. What ring fa opposed to the people meet ing fairly and quietly in their counties— holding primaries, ao every man, whether be baa made a promise or not, can express hia choice fora candidate? If itia the "Atlanta ring," stamp it ont. If there fa any ring Dying to perpetrate these wrongs, merely to serve an individual, in the name of the dem ocratic party, and lor the sake of harmony in the fritnre, let it be denoanced and de feated. The Former Bears the Barden. The May report o/ Commissioner Dodge is an interesting document. In this report the southern state agents present very clearly tlio status of onr plant er*, their indebtedness, the interest they are compelled to jiay, and the per cent over cash prices paid for their supplies when they buy on credit. It is impossible to glance over these facts and figures without coming to tire conclusion that southern farming pays better than any other industry. IVcrc this not the case onr farmera would soon be crushed to earth under their heavy burdens. The rejiort from Georgia presents this showing: Ass general rule the Indebtedness of fanneta if to the merchant, m the banka do not advance to tbcmltoany considerable extent The supplies chiefly bought on credit are bacon, lard, flour, corn and bay, and fertilizers. The averase cash and credit prices of corn and bacon during the laat growing season (average or the state) were about as fellows: Cash. Credit. iao Tho average length of credit ia about four months, buying commencing abont May 1, and ex- tending tbouxbout July, payable November 1. This would Indicate a rate per cent per annum for com, H, and bacon, «2, over the cash prices. I think It wonld be safe tossy that tba average rate per cent added to the e.-n prices ot all good! sold to farmera is 50 pc r cci. t per annum. The past-due I ndebtedneis la carried over el very varying rates, there bclug no general role, butat not leas thin to per ceut per annum. (The legal ret* Is s per cent. If stated In writing; otherwise 7 per cent) 1 will remark here that probably one reason for the high percentage charged for supplies •old on credit la the Improbability of the mer chants being able to collect more than 7 per cent (or s et moat) In ease of suit at taw to enforco pay ment. The average rate per cent on loans by banks to fotmere ia not leaa than U per cent pec annum, ranging from 10 to 23 per cent. It ia Impossible to arrive at any confident esti mate, even a near approximation, of tho gross In debtedness of farmer*. Ilia probable that the total la not leas than 110,000,000, or more than <30,000,000, The total of tndabtednem baa certainly not in creased during the last three or four years, and It la probably less now than at any time In tho last five years, and about the same as It waa ono year •go. Well may the statistician remark that this record for Georgia and the other southern states "makes a harden of interest that is unendurable.” For Georgia it is fifty per cent in the prices of advances, and ton per cent interest on past-due Indebtedness. In North Carolina it Is twenty-live per cent, in cluding tlie advanced price of supplies far. nished; in Konth Carolina it is fifteen per cent; in Florida it is sixteen per cent; in Alshsnut it is fifty percent increase in price of goods, and twenty per cent on mortgages; in Missiaeippi it is fifteen per rent on ad vances, withont reference to increnso of pricis, and ten per cent on general indebted ness; in I/OUliiana it is fifteen per cent, be sides higher prices of goods and advances by country merchants; in Texas it is tweivo per cent nominal interest forenppllcscburged at an excess of trout twenty-five to fifty per cent, and in Arkansas it is ten per cent by contract, on supplies charged nt an extra profit ot forty per cent. Everywhere we find that the great major ity of cotton planters in debt for enrrent supplies. Tills absorbs the profitsof produc tion, and in mot o than on* state the farmers suffer a loss of 000,000 yearly, a sum liter ally ground ont bf them by the commercial classt*. What Commissioner Dodge says of the mortgage system is worth quoting, as it ia line of debt in general: It la a hletrtnit when It ensues a poor but Indus trious young man to recurs a home and a prolltabta buslnrrs and to pay for It In lure and easy Install ments; it Is a withering cures when tt makes pro duction dear and difficult, consume! a cron before It I* made, and render! Indebtedness hopali A Slanderer Denounced. One of the most miserable features of tlie present campaign is the deliberately plan ned slnndois upon General Goidon. The first notable instance of this kind happened in Americns. It was pnbltahed by certain sensationalists that General Gor don bad cast aspersions upon the memory of Mr. Hill, the intention being to prejudice tlie Mentis of Mr. Hill. In another column will bo found a refuta tion of this foal report, signed by a large number of respectable citizens. The word of any single one ol these citisens is worth that of s hundred such men ns could boldly forge nn expression which General Gordon never used. General Gordon and Senator Hill. The most stnpid and senseless trick of the campaign is the attempt to array the friends of the lata Senator Hill against General Gor don, by insinuating that General Gordon made e deprecatory all niton to Mr. Hill In his Americns speech, In regard to Mr. Hill's attitude in the State road lease. This insinuation wee promptly and fully corrected by a correspondent In Sunday’* Constitution, who heard tbeipcech, and wrote to tebnke the attempt that was being made to misquote General Gordon’* words— to distort his meaning. General Gordon, himself, allnding to this matter on Snnday morning, said: “A non shameless and ont- ngtohs wrong was nsver committed on the living and the dead, than the misrepresenta tion of what I said about Mr. Hill. I in troduced hia name with the most aedeot and glowing eulogy, and spoke of him from lint to laat in the tenderest terms, and with the highett admiration. I stated in terms that I rejoiced that a men ol his high integrity and bis aplrudid character bad taken an in terest in the lease. That it was a guarantee to the state. The most devoted friend of Mr. Hill wonld have bean gratified at every word that I uttered, every aeutiment that I expreaeed, and every thought that I suggested in regard to him, or his life. I understand, perfectly, the attempt that i* being mad* by my enemies, and by tboee who were bis enemies, while be lived, to injure me by pretending to defend him. Bnt I cannot understand the malignity that wonld suggest or sustain sach a coarse.” General Gordon has repeated to the closest friends of Mr. Hill what he said abont him in Americas, and stated that he would repeat the same thing whenever occasion offered, and that it had nothing which could, by in- direction, deprecate Mr. Hill’s glory, throw a shadow on bis character ; bat that on the contrary the words that be spolce would, if inch a thing were possible, pro mote his fame among his people. A Public Enemy. For some years past we have tolerated tbe weather prophets. We have borne patiently with their vagaries, dealt gently with their mistakes, and thrown the mantle of charity over their nnmeroo* shortcomings. Bnt it ia time to change onr policy. Un less we stand on the defensive, tbe weather prophets will rnn over ns and ruin what lit tle cliniale we have left. Mr. DeVoe, of New Jency, is a case in point. He calls himself a meteorologist. He ranks well among bis brother scientists, and his predic tions have heretofore commanded respect. Instead of growing more discreet muter this encouragement, Mr. DeVoe has recently shown a disposition to “go it blind.” Take his bulletin issued on tbe 11th instant. In that document he said: From tho lflth to tbe 23d, we shall have genu ine summer westher, snd your readers should make tho most of It, for we shall not hare much weather this year tin September. "Genuine summer weather!" Think of that, ye miserable! wbo, for the '-past four days, have been getting back into winter flannels and overcoats! Evidently Mr. DeVoe’s idea of summer weather is borrowed from the Icelanders. It does not suit the dwellers along onr At lantic coast. Even if we felt disposed to overlook this bad break on the part of the Jersey scien tist, the latter part of his bulletin wonld November,. I provoke onr resentment. Here is his ill] prediction for the next few weeks: Alter the 20th, It will grow decidedly cool. The prevailing wind will blow from east northeast, with cloudy weather shout four days out of five, and June will enter cold and cloudy, followed by {hinder showers on the fllh, and a very cold northeast itorm on the 8th. And men who em bark In sea shore enteiprises during the month of Jnne nill tie very likely to be out and Injured, for It will be a cold, Wet mouth, with strong east erly winds, and Icebergs will drift manually near the New England cosat, snd overcosta will feel comfortable for the Fourth of July. This is too much. And the aggravating pert of it is the fact that the weather of the poet few days inspires ns with a lurking dread that there is something in this chilly forecast. The outlook is gloomy for the summer reporters. And it is worse for the Payable. In the midst of onr doubts and perplexi ties the oldest inhabitant looms np. He joins hands with DeVoe and babbles abont the famous yenr withont a summer, and the big enow storm in Tennessee on the 31st of May. IVe must shake the oldest inhabi tant. He has gone over to the enemy, The subject fa frill of fascination, jbut it is unprofitable. Its study leads only to wild conjectures. All that can bo done fa to lay in aUcsh supply of coal and patience. An Outrage In August*. The outrage committed on General Gordon in Augusta, where he was so hissed and jeered that he could not oonclndehb speech, will show the good peoplo of Georgia the spirit that animate* the opposition to him, and the legitimate result to which it fa boing driven by those who have determined to de stroy General Gordon. Let ns be exact abont the extent of this outrage. It is already indirectly hinted by the Bscon men that the reporta of it are overdrawn. The tacts do not show this. It was so indecent and so flagrant that Mr. J. C. C. Black lelt called npon to protest, al though he is a Bacon man, and in'tebnking its perpetrator*, to aay that "no cause de served to succeed” that had to reeort to •neb means. The indications are that this ontnge was not only flagrant bnt deliberate. Tbe Bacon men organized at Clara Hall be fore tbe speaking, and tlie reports say “they had a lively meeting there." It is reasonable to suppose that the programme for the night wsS arranged at that pre liminary meeting. The scene was a disgraceful one. Tbe tnrbnlent and intolerant spirit that is luck of it, is worse. The ecar on Gordon’s cheek, won in honorable hettle, most have rebuked who were not crazed with excitement, as a Georgia crowd in Georgia city denied him the right ot tree speech. We era much mis taken if his old comrades in arms—if every man in Georgia wbo love* fair play—if every conservative and right-minded citizen— doe* not make this tebnke in the most em phatic manner. General Goidon has done nothing to deserve snch treatment at the hands of GcorgWM- No living man has done more todeserve better treatment. And the people will see that he has it, and that those who pnt this crowning Indignity on him are mod* to understand that snch methods will not win in Georgia. The People Against the Politicians, Let it not be forgotten that General Gor don and his friends favor primaries, and that Major Bacon end hia friends do not favor primaries. General Goidon instate on elec* tions in every militia district, ao that every man can vote at bonie without going to the county seat It is a busy time with formers and many men are obliged to lose their votes, because thsy are unable to ride twelve or fifteen milee to the ctranty town, in order to participate in the little court house meeting. General Goidon doe* not want to be gover nor unless the people want him, and he favors primary elections by which svery man can vote at his home precinct withont incon venience or loss of time. If tho “court house meeting" is sustained in this campaign aa the proper method, it will be*a long time before primary elections are held in Geor gia. Tbd people abonld protest for their own sake* against little cliques iu the county town* taking control of the county and ear- tying its vote in their pocket. Abont tho easiest thing to do is to beat out the little politicians if tbe people will only make np their minds to take bold of the matter in earnest. One of the most important issues in this campaign ia whether tho people shall he heard and shall select their delegate* or whether it shall be done for them by a few politicians who live around the county towns. General Gordon favor* a frill, popular vote, and if tbe people will sustain him there will be an end of the little cut end dried programme that has brought the 'demeciatie party into disrepute and encouraged revolt in its ranks. Let the people in every connty make np their minds to take this election into their own hands, and select delegates by their own votes,{and whether they are for General Gordon or hia opponent, he will be satisfied when the the people have spoken. In the Intereet of Temperance. Senator Btair’a bill, which has just passed both house* of congress, will do more to ad vance the cause of genuine temperance than can be expected from'snch prohibitory legis lation as we are familiar with in this ooontry, The bill provides that tbe papils in tlio military and naval academies, the poblic schools of the Dietrict of Colombia, tbe schools in the territories, snd all schools sup ported by the government, shall be instruct ed in tbe nature of alcoholic drinks and nar cotics, and their effects npon the human sys tem. It fa more than probable that the vari ous states will, in a short time, extend this instruction to other schools not embraced in Senator Blair’s bill, and the next generation will be educated to take a practical, rather than a sentimental view of tho liquor evil. Reasonable advocates of temperance will readily tea the natnral consequences of a course of sensible and systematic InitrucUon in physiology and hygiene. Education forms the common mind. The man will not forget the lessons learned in boyhood. We cannot educate onr young people np to a high tern, peronce standard simply by staffing them with sentimental gush, silly falsehoods and lying statistics. IVe mast teach the truth and nothing else. As an illustration of the kind of teaching that will form a healthy temperance sentitaent, wc qnote the follow ing from a recent 'scientific article: Alcohol, In amafi doaez, stimulates both the heart and the nervdui syitem, making the circu lation more brisk and inceaalng the activity of tho brain: In large doaea, It paralyzta both brain and heart. Toaccrlaln- limited extent It la a food; that la, it may be burnt In the sjntem like food, keeping np the vital action when nothing elae la available. Thai It ia a precious Ufo-savlng agent in blood-poisoning,, aa by the biles of venomous reptiles, by the microbes of putrid fever*, and when the citadel of life la about to capitulate to pneumonia, etc. Uqllke other foods, however.lt cannot build up waited tisanes; It rather retards waata, and, by long-continued uzo. permits worn- outlmatcriala to her stored up and prevents the formstlon of healthy structures In their place, "'ben taken undiluted Into tbe empty stomach It goes at once to the liver, almost w concentrated as when taken Into tpe mouth, end by lta Irritating action lets np acbroglc Inflammation. TMveralng Ute fort Mage or lta i Journey, U travels along tho blood veeieta, always In contact with their coata, which become Irritated In their turn and undergo degeneration, whlch-enda In making them brittle and dliposed to break down. Thus aneurisms of or the targe arteries *ro produced, end those of the brain are disposed to.rupture and pcrtnlt bleeding —apoplexy—to occur, If Utto does not cause death very shortly, It leaves softening of the brain, par alysis end weakneaa of the mental power* to tes tify to the power of Bug alcohol. Impress these troths npon the popular mind, and the results will be satisfactory. Prohibition may not prohibit, bat when men are taught from childhood that alcohol is a medicine, and a very dangerous one; and that it can never bo used to excess with out had and perhaps fatal effects, they will voluntarily let it alone. Pooslbly some of onr reformers will object to all this. They will object, then, to what fa reasonable and practicable. Unfortunately this line of policy seems to he characteristic of most re formers. The Result of the Joint Discussion. There can be noidivided opinion as to the result of the joist discussion for the put week. It boa frilly borne ont the promise of Lee connty, where, in the first tilt between the candidates, General Gordon reversed a county that wu literally solid against him. General Gordon deliberately chose for the week’s campaign the strongholds of Mr. Bacon. He selected the comities that were considered “solid'j for that gentleman. Ho has, therefore, been fighting all the week ou Major Baron’s territory, assailing him in po sitions that had been considered intrenched beyond the possibility of capture. No man of observation doalited a week ago that the conntivaof l'ntnnrp, Hancock, Richmond, Greene, Oglcthorpo and Morgan wore uni red btyond reasonable doubt to lUcon. They wtraTiia strongholds, just as mochas Leu wa* ten days ago. Throw who have read the admirable re port* of The Constitution, models in their fairness and impartiality, eanuot doubt that tbe situation in those counties is reversed. The people who live in thorn counties hare •till leas room for donbt. In every connty in which Grneral Gordon was allowed to speak he rallied a following that will prove imiistible in tho primaries. Withonlyone connty on tbe ronte—Rockdale—even par tially favorable to him, he will now carry every connty in which he wu heard. Rich mond county refused to bear him through bnt his friends will carry that county if the opposition will allow them a primary, which It will not dare to do. In every other county his reception was cordial—in some casts it was phenomenal. In every connty it wu enthnsiastic to a de gree that wu convincing to every impartial observer. The Constitution’s accuracy in election matters has passed into a pro verb. Leins make a prediction which wo uk onr Minds, and all others who are so inclined, to clip ont and save anttl the dele gate* are elected—viir: in the counties of lfatnam, Hancock, j Greene, Oglethorpe, Morgan and Rockdale, of which n week ago General Gordon wonld have carried bnt one connty, he will now lose not mors than one. Now, cut this ont and paste it in yonr hat! Calling (M Convention. If Aognsta had ever had a chance of se curing the state convention, the treatment received by General Gordon on Wednesday night wonld have effectually disposed ot it The only possible reason urged for Augusta’s having the convention wu the ihet that it wonld offer a more Impartial field for its proceedings. The fact that it had declined to allow one of the candidates to finith tbe speech he had been invited there to deliver, left little room to hope for impartiality. The proposition to carry the conventim there wu vety prefer! y voted down. The date of holding the convention is fixed for the tint time prior to August. Tne date fixed is a compromise, an attempt having been made to call it on July 14. The effect of the date on tlie campaign is about this: Major Baron's ft lends, feeling that he bad things pretty well lixrd np, wanted the convention called before they coaid be changed. General Gordon’s friends, noting the overwhelming revelation being effected in hit favor, wanted time for that revelation to do its perfect work, end the people to be folly informed u to the .fames of the cam paign. The friend* of Bacon were anxious to hurry the convention up and cut off /br iber debate. The friends of Gordon wanted the convention called at the nsntl time, whicb wonld afford time for fall discussion. The result wan a compromise, which won better than wu expected. The Four New Bishops. The new bishops wbo were ordained at Richmond yesterday have long been re garded ** bright and shining lightsin south- era Methodism. 1 The Rev. Dr. William Wallace.Dnncan is a native of Virginia, and is now forty-seren years old. He fa president of Wofford col lege, at Spartanburg, S. C., and fa con sidered one of the ablest ministers in the church. The Rev. Dr. Eugene. Hassell Hendrix wu born in Missouri in 1817. He accompan ied the late Bishop Marvin in his tour around tbe world. For several years he ban been president of Central oollege, Missouri. Tbe Rev. Dr.j Charles B. Galloway is n native of Mississippi, and for the past fonc yean hu been editor of the New Orleans Christian Advocate. He is a yoang min of abont thirty-seven. The Rev. Dr. Joseph S. Key fa a Georgian. He graduated at Emory college in 1848, and hu been engaged in pastorial work since that time, being now stationed at tbe First Methodist chnrch in Coiambus. He is a man of distinguished learning and piety, and his elevation to tbe College of bishops fa highly gratifying to the methodists of Georgia. From every quarter cornu expressions of tbe strongest approval, showing that tho choice of the general conference gives com plete .satisfaction, Don't Mind the Abase. General Gordon’s friends, and the public generally, are warned that In the next lbw weeks they will see all sorts of charges against General John B. Gordon printed and circulated. They will see these abusive missives brought into their very doors, with the purpose of poisoning their minds. The hatred and malice that hu panned General Gordon for six years will, stop at nothing to destroy hia good name and poison hfa reputation among the people. It fol lowed him into private life, and when he wu engaged In work that looked to the.de- velopment of eon them resources, it attempted to injure hie private bnsines* while it black ened hfa public character. It hu attempted ridicule and denunciation in torn. He hoe borne it oil with dignity and the forbear ance of a brave and decorous gentleman. Now that he hu announced himself ft candidate, this abase will be redoubled. The stronger he shows himself to he with the people, the more flagrant will be the rage of his enemies. As he knocks down the little tricks that have been fixed np in county after county, the breeder will grow tbe volome of sbtise. The people will not bo misled by this sort of stuff. All the printing pressu in Georgia can’t print enough papers to con vince the peoplo of Georgia that John B. Gordon, the knightliest of the knightly, ever did a dishonest thing. Let General Gordon’s friends, let every fair minded man, whether he be for Goidon or Bacon, rebuke the slanderers of General Gordon. A braver, a cleverer, and n more honest man nevet lived—and the men who know him best— the men who knew him In the days that tried men’s sonls—know that this is trnc. look ont for tbe abase, and stamp it ont when tt comes. Let tho Records flhonr. The Macon Telegraph, putting aside the railroad commission issue, uya the most important issue involved in this campaign fa * the securing of purer method* in poli tics. Agreed. Now, which side in this cam paign is standing for purer methods? Gor don’s fricudsdidnotget up the little court house meeting in Clarke. Bacon’s friends arc responsible for that remarkable stop in the direction of “purifying our political methods.” Guidon’s Mends Insist on primaries, so that tbe jieople may apeak. There is noth ing that jmrifles politics like popular elec tions; nothing that corrupts them like little ‘ring” meetings. The Gordon men pro pose to purify by tbe ballot box. The Bacon men, by the caucus—which fa really the pu rifying methods? The Gordon men are opposed to snap j adg- ment, and ia favor of primaries; the Bacon men hurry everything forward and oppose primaries. And yet the Bacon organs claim that they want purer methods tn politics. Tbe public will not be deceived. Tho Southern Presbyterians. • The southern Presbyterian general assem bly is now in session in Angusta, where it was foimally organized a quarter of a cen tury ago. This organization grew ont of the necessities of the civil war, bat the re tain of peace has not convinced the sonthera churches np to this time that it ia either neceamry or desirable to rc-nnito with the northern churches. The sonthera branch of the Presbyterians has grown steadily. It has now 2,100 churches, more than 1,000 ministers and 135,000 communicants. Its territory in cludes the Ute confederate states, and Ken tucky, besides numerous mission stations. Among the questions of intereet coming before the present assembly may be men tioned the following: An amendment de fining and limiting the method of altering the doctrinal symbols of the chnrob; the original jurisdiction of presbyteriOT, when sessions cannot set; the power of the foreign evangelist; the right of ruling elders to pre side a* moderators over chnrch courts; the revised Directory of Worship, and the ques tion of the teaching of tbe standard of the chnrch npon the (abject of the origin of Adam’s body. The hist of these will reopen the famous Colombia Seminary controversy over the evolntion theory of the Rev. Dr. Woodrow. Tbe session will last abont ten days, and will be one of mors than usual in terest. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Chicazo Ilcrsld: Mr. B-echer's idea that "our air, our public lentlmem snd oorlastUutlons" will »oon cure the antrchlstt is reassuring. I'hic*- go om an institution which it trust* will prove equal to the task of curiug some of then. It him two upright porta, a crow bar, and a neat, but not gaudy, pttdatia. ChicagoTribune: The prince of Wales, who is OTsrwhelmcd with debts, u yet sbls la wllto his roj si mother Isnd which she wsats to mid to bee Bslmorsl estsie, and tor which ths qnesn nan Wales <123.(00. By sad. by ths people wbo are rtnifsltns (or cottaess snd potato patches, will he- (la to ssk where these royaltfolks fatal! theta Isnd snd plenty of mooey tobuy store? Louisville Coerisr-Jonrnsl: The Hon. John A. Lease is snsonaced to tasks * speech is Rhode Island sow. Ws may, indeed, expect a mate? Ion on that occasion. Bunding oaths lorstioU or Rheds blsod th* Bee. Johnean spesk ud nit Into five Mates andene octaa.