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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION - . ATLANTA. GrA* TUESDAY JULY 20 1880
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HON. W.J. HAMMOND'S SPEECH
fOontlmiad from Eleventh Pag*-!
rou ibe benefit or hU exact tonguAge.
He called every democrat a “Bourbon” and raid
••What ere lilt doctrine*? How la he going to
fluce hit bourbonUm to practice? Ja be going to
run the dial back thirty year* and retire the alar
wart. They are each to the other aa the red bunt
log to the bull. I think It would he wlae to fold
up this bcntlog* We hare no more practical uae
for the democratic and republican parties than
we hare tor the tenet between the hooaea of York
end Uncaster." Then indulging in aome well
worded platftodea be uaed these rc
markable worda: “But If the will
aouth thould omit U« aolidltjr, the solid
norib would no longer bare anr reason for Ji« #o-
lldltjr, and differing a* the north would among
t nenaelves aa to the man for president, new living
and practical lanes would fprlu —
reference to the part, and upon i.
Dixon's line would not mark the division, once
let the aouth decline to orj
conteatsand the lever that
prcaldentall chair every four ycara.wlll no longer
have any prop."
Yet allow ibis district It h mm been publish* d,
and by him repeated last L
reported,that!hadpromi
bnt t<> make way for him for this race. 1 not only
never made any such promire to him, bnt 11
did to any man. 1 never thought of such a i>
lac. Tire office la not mine to deal with. It la
yours to
nlausel.
Jurt about one week before the last election a
dlMlnauiahed politician came to me aud
• You bad better give Colonel Mytialt two
out of tbr four in rultou and combine to defeat
captain Jackson.” I
trade. When I atartis
to apeak tbc rame gen
am) u«ld that 1 had better reconsider my de
claration of e day or two before. I add:
“No, air. I.*t the pcoplo decide which ot us
three 'hall be tbelr representative. I have gotten
no office by trading, and 1 will keep none by
trading.” (Prolonged applause.] It ia due to
fattm-Msnd honeaty toaay that tnat gentleman
u Id me that be waa not authorised by Colonel
Mynatt to make those proportions, ltut the fact
that he thought It neoesury to make such a decla
ration allowed that he thought tbat hit clovcnen
to him required such explanation. A writer here
theoiberday over the signature of "Gomuiwrer
undertook to quote my exact language. I luv.
get It herefomewhere and I want to read it to
you tor-how you how 1 waa treated In that par*
iimiar. 1 fear though that 1 am fatiguing you
grntlemen very much, bid ( will (lotah with tfiia.
tries ol “goon") At any rate be quote*
——- >r und—— “■ —■■ *—
«rtw
the wartbon
way lie put* It. Ho said I spoke
about aa follow*. I am exceeding anxious to return
to the national oongreaa for another term, bouause
1 atu confident that the administration will change
from the liamla of the republicans to the hands of
the d< mocracy. and §*» 1 am acquainted with the
marl-lurry of the government, I cau bo more ef-
feetivn than a new man. if I
put in quotation marks. I..YW men
heard me make that speech, and every manor
them with a beard on hla face. Where ia the wit
f The language 2 did
A
!ng Hidcu. iumV]
ingpublished ini ,
ter had desired, ho could have told the truth.
11.ond applause.) Lrt md read the words them-
wives, Just what I said.
“I will not embroil society by appeals to class
ircjodk-ev but rather aim. in public and private
life, to knit together in perpetual brotherhood
capital and labor, the men of wealth aud the hon
est sons of toll, so that the rich and poor may Joy-
fully hurt together.‘knowing that the Lord Is the
maker of them all. "
“l come, In this presidential year, end a*k to be
returned to aid In (he rehabilitation of tbc govern-
m» tit under tbo expected democratic admTuistra-
Hun. I believe I can make my exi*rlenoo tmoful
to n>y Harriet, state and country. 1 have an am
bition to I* there when the victory comes, helping
to MiMam the grand old democratic flag, cm-
Ma/oticd wlih (he name of Jefferson, the author
of the declaration; of Madison, the father of the
constitution, and of the grand host of worthies
who have illustrated our party down to Cleveland
and Hendrtcka, our locurruptlblo leaders.
“I calm)/ wait your verdict on tomorrow, and
may cod defend the right!'' |Applause.| Those
•to the words, and the only words, I uttered on
the oecaslotCsnything like the garbled quotation.
But they say I am a convert, and that I did not
reply to the mine* of the chamber of comtnerou
to vote for the Cullom cotnmfvJon bill until five
nays, Gentlemen. the letter of the chamber of
commerce waa wrllteu here on the 12th; it re-tolled
me on the Nth. 1 was ill with au 'epidemic soro
throat. f wrote that letter of reply on
hsiurday night, the I-Hh, hut too late for the mall.
A Ori ent regard for the Hahbath made me hold It
uni)) Monday morning and date it the 17th. That
l»«by it appears it waa in my hands throe days
l»rloir It waa answered. My rule la to answer cv-
* ry letter I get on the day of its receipt, If it can
1* mi-m-cm u on that day. But I we* annulled to
wait lets than half the time Colonel Mynatt took
to dete rmine bow to reply to that Invitation to be-
nunc a candidate, wheu hla mind had been made
up for seventy-five days.
I tell jou now again that wo can go on for years
sending llte Keagan bill to tbo aouate and they
rending the oommtelou bill baok to us
and play ahuttle-oook forever, or wa can do like
the tovrgJa legislature, accept some compromise
measure. I have generally voted with my friends
t bough 1 could not have my way. When 1 *ahl
In that reply that 1 favored the iTtlloa
rloa tiitl aa the chamber of commerce did, my
opponeula said, ••Oh’ he Is cowardly. He favors it
to keep lu plare.” Have I ever been arrald to et-
pre^mv opinion# about public mo a* a rev’ When
1 was a boy I read with wonder that story about
the god that waa vulnerable oaly tu hla heel. 1
state have thought of the philosophy of the
thing. Did you ever think or ItT There la no
danger ft out any enemy aa long as you can ataud
Hat footed and ace him with your heels upon the
ground- Uwgaonly when he turns d hla aael to
tuu that Achillea was vulnerable, I Applause. | l
make no opinions except upon deliberation and
when 1 make them I Hand to them until they arc
. An opinion Is like ati augur.
r reversal it oau W
with a punch It baa
of t) • rob vei«tion. With the volet of Barko
and Bartovr cc on ties, and probably rhatham,
he will ieitalnly poll a three-fourths vote of
the convention. Burke's fix votes are for
Ifoa. J. J. Jodi g, hot a majority of them are
known to fav^r Gordon next, and under the
circnmst nceg will probably vote for hitn on
the fiist ballot. Bartow's four votes are cm*
tested, with every probability In favor of the
seating of the Gordon do!egatca. Chatham's six
vole* arc uniftitructed, and there Is not the
fclfgLteat rca«on to suppose that they will vote
otherwise than for General Gordon on the
first ballot.
Three tixteen unsettled votes, with the
twenty to hear from, the seventy-eight al
roady recorded for Bacon, and the 23d already
pronounced and Instructed for Gordon, makes
the lift0 votes of the convention, which will
meet in Atlanta on Wednesday, the 2rfth of
Jely, and choose the next governor of
Georgia.
And John B. Uoidon is bis name.
The Gordon Counties.
Ir'ABKi.i.A, Ga., July 13.—(Hpecial.l —The
Worth county democrat*! today selected Gordon
delegates to the .state convention.
Hon. U. G. Turner waa indorsed for congress.
Tp.hkii.lk, Ga., July 1L—[Special, 1—John*
Gordon delegates by a large majority.
Bvkha Vista, Ga.. July 1 l.-fHpecial. ]—The rote
for Kotcinatorlal delegates *
for General (Jordoo to 51 for
my Ukeda we have gut him. _
KftQgMP we have m» uae for the democratic party,
■ml yet wants to be the district leader of the dew-
this continent. ' (Continued app'uVne.l "A *^olui
south stands aa a took wall to the demoorau or the
north who undertake to hold oft from u« the hns-
tlllty ef theoppmtte party; tt ta to us today, amt I
Believe mu« ha for many >«ars to come. the Imw
«>f promise and the man who would break It upon
any fanriftil notion is a ruhtaken man. if no worse.
Nor do 1 like to cultivate that aeuilmcui lu the
young meu of thU country, that the old tomh
should tic Ignored aa a tblnx unworthy of lulls-
»»«»• 1 wlfier look upon the old aouth aa the In-
stltntton which produced Washington. Jefferson.
Madbenand ihe tone Hat of worthies that held
the helm of thl* government prior to the war at-
nrortali the Ume. I Apr lauro. 1 i with no new
aouth that will teach its children to ile-ptoe the
memory of tbelr fathers. I would not bare my
boy believe that hla grandfather waa cither a do
tardwra fool.
. Now. 1 know that 1 ought to quit. 2 hare been
talking nearly two hours. It la impo-tlble for me
to teiBi my coottlwettcj In any other way than
JPttWftSM 811 yo« this speech, revise Uand pub
U»h tun the papers. Alight* election* are upon us
piacilcally. Stewart« county acted tolav lu mat*
meeting. 1 made uo eflbtt to carry it. Other
counties will act within a weak or two. Xeannot
nach them otherwise. ! shall tee as many of them
•» 1 with eoavealeucc. I shall speak
the), can U collected, {shall
atand where 1 always have stood with no Cawulug
********* aasao. but like a gentus
10 * he face, say lug
lit™,'**'' far “• because you itko me.
thl, bmtam tt to acriott. for tririn,. Till. ,ntt
" “i' *• 5 Uioimoo. «»a iiio !v
““1® r ■oiUiltM lodttrtriM, .ml tm- pllol lip
»U.>« i.Wut .wl tS«bl,kMt«-
that 1» willing to give up pel-
► public Ufa!* st there ns lo
i tatter tHsa
»♦» from the
GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN-
fltHnl OmSob ntried iwj county which
Ktfd Saturday. Itmuil, hi, trot, of by
Un TON*, u Ml owt: Moryun ■!, BatU S, Ch«r-
kM a, EoctiUio a, Toibot a.
ThU fl-rn him a cltot tws-tlilrdi rote of
the coarenlion with only lia, conn tie. to
bur (Urn, M follow*: W.lker 2, Buhl >, 1U1•
to, 2, wnkot t, Crawford 2,1'jwon 2, Irwia 2,
Berrien P, Cunpbol! 2—• Uul of twenty -rote*
yet to her from. Of three It U roMonebleto
predict that Gordon will c*rry eltht of the
nine, which will mnk, Ue toUl roU SM,
m rery eetr thrao-ftartit of (ho Ohllio rota
jissas_..
your eatlmattoo eue who will serve rou t
ItlllfaNM of your country take m
place and mad him to Wasaingum aa j
here today rexultad i W
_ i* beard from, but the other dis
tricts are probably in lha same proportion.
Mabiktta, Ga., July ir».—[Hpeclal,]-The
convention met at V) o'clock a. m., Thnnday,
July 15, and waa called to order by J. J. Northcutt,
Jr., chairman of the county executive committee.
T he list of delelhitea was called, and all of the dls-
"lets answered to. except Boswell and Post Oak.
on motion, of Mr. K. T. Nesbitt was elected
chairman and T. M. Brumby, secretary.
It waa moved and unanimously carried, that the
delegates to the gubernatorial convention be, and
they are heroby instructed to cast tbelr votes for
ths Hon. John B. Gordon for governor, first, last
and all the time.
1’r.gkY. Ga., July 1.7—[Special.]—The pri
mary election for dolegatca to the gubernatorial
< (invention took rise* today. An uulustnicted
ticket tvas put in the field, but It waa no go, for the
people were determined to vote for Gordon. The
u«ult shotted a majority of 300 for the gallantold
‘ no.
Canton, Ga, July 27.—[Special.] —There
tt as but little iutcrut manifested In the primary
' lertlou ap|«dnUd to be held in this oouutT to-
lay, for governor and congressman. Only three
ihtrleta nave neeti heard rrom and they atand 5
to I for Gordon. Several districts did not vote
stall. Enough baa been learned, however, to
know that Gordon aud Candler have received an
overwhelming majority of the votes ofChoroket.
The executive committee- of the county will meet
at Canton next Monday to consolidate the returns
nd elect delegatee accordingly.
CoKYRte, Ga., July 17.—[Special.]—Book*
tale’s two votes can be added to the Gordon col-
unn. Thereaultof the primary In this dlatrlot
odsy was Gordon 222, Bacon ui; In Honey Creek
onion 06, Baton 4. None of the otter precinct*
avebeen beared from, but they will Increase
onion's majority. The delegates were Instructed
to vote for Jester for attorney general. The
• lection pawed oft very quietly.
Madison. Ga., July 17.—iHpoclal.]—General Gor-
Ion carried Morgan county today by over one
imulred majority. The delegates are \V. 21. Mus
lin aud II. n. Harris.
Taihotton, Ga., July 17,-Jgnecla!.] -Gordon car-
. the twenty-flfth dlatrlot.
Ja* kson, Ga., July 17.—[dpeoiaL]—Butts county
j» bo put among all the other counties which
have Instructed for Gordon. Ilia majority In this
comity la ovcrwbe)mlng~ovor five to one. This,
too,was considered ono ofBacon’s certain counties,
until a ►hort while ago, when the tide turned.
ltaldwln for llwrou.
BVILI.K, Ga , Julyia.-
liactin delegates were chosen hero
Gordon men live In the country. Their crops are
mined by the recent rains, and they can't afljrd
' > Ime a day voting for a man already elected
Ithout their vote. The Bacon men live in town,
and they lose only five minutes In voting for Ba
um. Nad every precinct beon open, Gordon would
has e carried the county. The Gordon men claim
great victory under the circumstances.
Gordon ISO. Bacon 212. The following oottmittee
was appointed to attend the convention: F. B.
Mar'p, chairman, E. 1„ Brown. C. H. Crawford, W.
B. Finn, Wm. Carakcr, U Covington, L. II. Corap-
day deted at G o clock this evening, and re
sulted iu a victory for Carlton, which injures
hu uomisatlou for congrea from the eighth
ccngref alonal diatxict. Both the Beeae and the
Carlton teen have worked the county for all It
was worth. This morning about 7 o'clock a
ctieemof wagons and buggies began to pour
into town. At 12 o'clock a tap from tha coart*
fccuee bell announced the eonventien about to
fistf-ntble. The echo of the couithouso bell had
i.ot died a way before fi r hundred men fairly
swarmed into the building.
William Slate, chairman, called the meeting
together, and B. T. DuBoee introduced a reeo-
lution instiacting whatsoever delegation that
might be elected today to be pledged to vote
against the new apportionment recently in
augurated by the executive committee of the
eighth congressional district.
A motion to proceed at once to balloting,
commencing at 12:30 and closing
hfx. was cat tied by a about.
Two or three hundred men surrounded the
* curthouie yard during the balloting and yel
led for their respective candidates. The gath*
f ting was one of the most enthusiastic seen In
this place aince ante-bellum days. Tha best of
fe< ling was observed and not a single sign of
disturbance showed itself. The eagerness of
the crowd is shown from the fact that 400
votes were polled during tha first hour the
ballot box was open. The Beeae men seemed
to get backed early In the ballot. By five
o clock the vote was virtually over with. Six
bundled and twenty-two voteg wero polled—
for Carlton 368; for Beeae, 254; Carlton's ma
jority 114.
Carlton Carries Elbert and Franklin.
BuuntTON.Ga., July 17.—f8peciai.]—Carl-
ten carried Elbert today by 207 majority oat
of a vote of 589.
Franklin also went for Carlton, which gives
him a majority of the votes In the district.
Bon. George T. Barnes Renominated.
At'GL’BTA, Ga, July 15.—Hon. G.T. Bamea
wa# unanimously renominated for congroas from
the tenth district by the democratic convention
which met in Atjhrta today.
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN-
convention of tho Ant congi
of (icorgln oaKinblod boro today, and <vai
called to order at 12 m. by Captain Kibert Pal
llgont, chairman of tho rongraaional oxoju-
tlvr committor.
On motion of J, L. Sweat, of Clinch, Cap
tain William Hughoa waa elected temporary
< liainnin. and K a. (fraham, of Appling, and
T. I’. Uoorr. werotanr. Mr, Hughoa made a
capital ipeecu on taking tho chair.
K. 11. liloharda, of Chatham, offered aa a
eubitltuto that tbo majority rule he adopted.
A lively dlrrnaolon onaued, in trhloh tho
daik hone received lively llcka. After a vote
waa taken tbo tubotltute to adopt tho majority
to Hi. Tho two-
d by acclamation,
on re-Maembllng a ballot waa taken, which
•bowed HU for
and M for Bradwoll. The oountloa voted at
followa:
Stewart (lota Spalding.
ftnirrm. Oa„ July 17.—[Special ]—Tho
lateral and moat enthualaMlo maw meeting ever
held In Spalding county met at tha courthouae to
day to wtret delegatcatocoogiraaionalconrontlno.
7 he lam crowd and tho oothotlaamwaacatuol by
thorandldMyof Judge John D. Stewart for oongrcaa,
who carried the county without oppooltlon.
[ACHES OF FIRB.
St. Loola Sunera From an Katanalvo Cnnlla-
gratlon,
St. Iaruia, July 18.—A In which proved to
bo the Jaryrat and mart dertractfve of III kind
that ever vial tod (hla city waa diacoverod about
two o’clock thia afternoon, In tho lumber yards
of Knapp, Stoat A Co., eomcr of Angelica atroet
and Bremen avenue. The alarm wat Immedi
ately turned In, and (wo engine, wore ooon at
tho acene. Thoy wort, however, owing
to tho poor water tupply, unable to
repo with the flamer, which were
driven by a atroug wind, and aoon communi
cated to (he nearcat lumber pile, and wore
making rapid headway around the union
•tech yarde, tbo destruction of which ooemod
inevitable. Tbo wind ooon rhifted, however,
and they were raved, bnl the lumber yards
were doomed. In tbo meantime more alarms
bad been cent in, and twenty
cnglnea wen called out. Tbs
water supply wat entirely inanffletent for tha
emergency, and the flamra leaped from pile
lo pile ofjdry lumber with incredible awlft-
nres. The lire waa not cenflned to any ono
portion of the ynrdo, for tbo apnrka and burn
ing spllnton wero blown in every direction,
and tho whole territory of tho yards, cover
ing thlrty-flvo acres, was one maw of
hissing lumber. The efforts of tbo fire
men, which would evidently hare
been frnltleaa if - drected towards
tnbdning the flames, wero from this time em
ployed In keeping them from spreading, aud
In this thsy wero tnecaaaful. The fire was al
lowed to burn, and at the end of font hours
23,000,000 feet of lumber wat a total loss. The
contenta of the yarda were mostly lumbar of
superior grade, and tha lost on this account it
very heavy—8100,000. The company's stable
*»» also conraned, but tbe hones were saved.
Tho total intnnncc is estimated at $273,000.
V.llnw Fever at Boston.
Borrow, July IB.—Two cases of yellow fever
were removed to the iiuarantlne hospital this
morning from the torecuile or the brig, Curie
Porenten. The vowel had vlilted the puts of
DURING THE WEEK,
I’once, Itorto Rico, Mlragoane. Tbe Urn case made
... iranoe when the veaael waa three day* out,
ght d
IIS SplM
rule was deftated by 28S .
thirds rule was then adopted by acclamation,
ig a ballot was taken, which
Norwood, 18', fur Menhon,
ell. The oountloa voted us
Blows: Appling, Merahou 3; Bryan, Brad-
•vtil 2i Bulloch, Norwood 2: Camden, Uerahon
Chatham, Norwood 8; Charlton, Mention 2;
• finch, Merahou 2: KfPnshain, Norwood 2;
limannel, Norwood 2; Kehole. Menhon 2;
Ulynn. Mention 2; Liberty, Bradwoll 2: Mcln-
•cob, Norwood 1; Menhon t; Bradwoll II;
fierce, Menhon 2: Sereren, Norwood 2; Tat-
nail. -Norwood 2; IVare, Menhon 2; Wayne,
Metshon 2.
Bayaxnah, (la, July 13.—[speclal.l—'Tbo
convention re.i-otnbled this morning, and
balloting was resumed. On the elorvuth bal
lot Echols county gave another one third vote
to Norwood, and McIntosh, which was divid
ed. cut her full vote, making tho ballot stand
Norwood 1M. Herohen Id, llradwoll (I. On
the 37th ballot, no change being effected, n
motion to take a recess until twelve o'clock
was carried. On reassembling tho balloting
wes continued to the Both ballot. With no
change whatever. The convention then nd-
iourued until four o'clock. Balloting was
sgtln resumed, and eight ballots were taken,
with no change, whoa n motion waa made to
adjourn until nine o'clock tomorrow, end car
ried.
Havankau, fit., July IS.—[8peela1.1—Tho
nominatinsconirnuou of the dost coogresktoaal
dlstnct is still at .Ucsdlock. It mot tots morning
at 10 o'clock, suit after much talking to little p tr-
tose, succeeded in taking fifteen beltoik, from the
Hi to tbc r:rd ircliutve. The first of there
ocod: Norwood, IP*.: Mcrshon, Id: firsdwell, t' 3 .
Tats lontlnurd with monotonous regutartir
to the ,'ntb ballot, wheu Norwood
on thtl and four subsequent ballots
tereived t- rotes, requiring only S’ „ to capture the
prlre. Alter Ur. slxty-nluth ballot, bowerer, the
•Uuatkiu icsumod lu normal coodluon. end from
that time on the convenUou >1003: Norwood, M;
Menhon. IS; Bradr - —
dwell. 1. ail o'
)llr
bun died to resulted ... ...
llradwcll i. and the oouventton adlourned.
Savannah, (la,, July 17.—(Special.)—Tha
ntndusting convention of too first
.‘•Ggnasloaal district brought its
labirs to a close this evening by
uctataating Hon. Thomas M. Norwood. Tho
morning's session wee spent In the old routine
of colling tho roll of counties end announc
ing tbs vots with nosotoeousaanaoaara. Frees
the 73d te tbo 1!UM ballot tho result was the
sami: Norwood 20. Menhon 1C. Bradwoll 4.
This centinwd, varied only by speecbw of the
usual style nntil shoot 12 o'clock, wken n re
cess woo token until 4 o'clock.
tin re assembling tbe seme old pragmaame
was repeated for a time, but It eras evident
that the country wemben wore getting
tired and determined to bring manors to on
issue. This was still men cltarly shnra when
on the l.*3d ballot Norsrood received 22 votes.
This created quite a amaatlow. Wh.a the
133d ballot was ended excitement van high.
On this ballot it stood about tho oamo, bat tho
133th ballot showed Nonrood to have 2d votes.
Menhon 21, Bradwoll 11).
Tha one reel tion then adj named Mae die
Carlton's Victory la tvilkea.
Wasu i 8 u TON, Ha., Joly 17.—[Special.]—Tha
flMisii'—-' campa4n whch opened ia
cnnteit in Wilkra coaniy jnai. Bg week age te-
suft the second alien eight dsys; out. J'ho brig
*■■ dctslncd at guanintlno for fumigation.
A Bit of Hews About a lllg Msn.
From tho Richmond, (Ya.) Dispatch.
The venerable Philip Slaughter. 1). O.. on
Sunday delivered at old Dohlck church, in Fair
fax county, a most interesting discourse on tho
"Religious Character ef General Washington,
fore a large audience, among whom wero tho re-
xcntoof ( Motiut Vernon association, tho nhlian-
** *" *” " ** * id otter
Tocfduy.eJuly 13.—Thereto do abatement of
the rholcrs lu Italy It to announced thatbeuoe*
fot i b Russia n ill not confer Russian orders or deco*
rstlor.s on BritUh, American or 8«rLa subjects, be
route their rave dire countries do not decorate
I’.ufsian subjects The Orangemen of Chicago
hsd a street parade to commemorate the ^battle of
Dojnc Several ptopie Mere injured In a riot at
Annentterenl, France.
in 7uk Citv.—Bev. Alberti Dias, of Havansi
Cuba, aud Rev. Dr. Woods, of Key West, FIs., ad
drethed a large audience at the Second Baptist
chinch on (he subject of establishing Baptist
churches in Cubs Hon. James M. Smith, pro*
Mietor of penitentiary camp No. a, has applied to
Governor McDaniel for permlnlon to establish a
camp near J.umpkln, in Stewart county.
Wednesday, Jnly 14.—One hundred houses
were destroyed by fire in tbe town of Kolen
province of Seidilx. Poland, and three hundred
families out of a total population of 2,500, have
been rendered homeless by the conflagration A
dtoeaie resembling glanders has made Itn appear
ance among the bones at Lilly, 111 Three boys
were drowned in Highland Lake, Maine....The
Dally News, of Birmingham, Ala-, has suspended.
lx tup. City.—Jamea Findley, the man who was
convicted of firing a barn la one of the mountain
counties of tbe state, has been pardoned The
propped# are good for Atlanta to have a first class
artillery company....Thomas M. Dilj, a train
hand on tbe East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad, was crushed to death while coupling
ears.
Thursday, July 18,—In consequence of the de
precistlon of silver currency in circulation in Peru,
it has been proposed to use the American gold dol
lar st a basis of all money transactions, urlng tbe
rilver dollar at a value of eighty cento The Due
d‘ Amnale received the decree expelling him from
France, and hu left for England.
Ix the City.—The executive committee of the
# flfih congressional district held a raeetiogat the
ocrtbouie to arrange for theooming congressional
crmralgn....yJnce January first 207 houses have
been begun and completed in Atlanta, an Increase
of 27over same time last year. Street# and side-
i siks are being paved and the painter'# brush to
sed extensively.
Friday, July 10.—The mercury at Fort Keough.
Montana, reached the maximum of 120 degrees in
the shade, and there hu been no rain lor a month
A virulent loxm of hog cholera is raging In the
neishkorhood of Hillsboro, III Four hundred
bricklayers and masons are ou a strike in Milwau
kee, Wi> J. He Rivera & Co., sugar merchants ef
Re* York, have failed.
In thf. City.-The revenue men are having an
easy time A press club to to be organized In this
H y at an early day.... An Atlanta man, who hu
Uon visiting aouth Georgia, says the pe»r crop lu
that section will be heavy.
Nntnrdar# July 17.—Five men were severely
binned by a lamp explosion in New York Ex
tensive preparations are being made to receive the
delegates from the national league of Ireland on
tbelr arrival in New York.... Buituoss failures for
tbe part wock In the United States number 183 and
for Canada 20.. The state board of health of Iowa
has been advised that smallpox in a malignant
form hu broken out near Dolan.
lx the City.—The artesian well machinery will
1 c put in operation Monday morniog and water
Mill be distributed through the city by pipes for
Hut purpotc... .The “summer camp" for the United
H sus soldios hu been completed A largo
inukewu killed on Forsyth street....Governor
McDaniel ba# granted a full| pardon to George
Drown, tbo convict who rendered such valuable
nid to the authorities during the recent mutiny at
the Dade coal mines.
Numlay, July 18.—The architectural terra cotta
works in Long laland City were destroyed by Are
The English steamship, St. Andrew, from Blue-
Helds for Philadelphia, sunk at sea; all the crew
werdsaved Tt to reported that tbe sown of Van
couver, British Columbia, hu again been destroyed
... Tho South Carolina press association to on a
visit to Washington city Vicksburg, Miss., went
against prohibition by about 1,200 majority Tho
Alabama state Baptist association to in session in
Birmingham.
lx tbe city.—The Atlanta gun club hu been re
organized... .The Young Men's library association
will picnic at Tallulah Falls next Saturday The
Atlanta artillery will probably be organized with
in tbc next ten deya
OUR KNOWLEDGE BOX.
and valuable contribution to tho literature m the
subject yet made." The recant discovery lof Uae
old vealry-book of Truro pariah set# at rest any
(I nest km aa to Wublngton haring been a cooramu-
«• leant of tbe Protestant^ Episcopal church, as It to
of record that be wu for years a warden or Pohtek
church.
Tbe Cotton Stntes Life Insurance Company*
To Policy* Holden of Said Company:
Our attention hu been called to a paper address
ed to tbe stockholders of said company by Gbloucl
Wm. B. Johnston. Its president. It is withoutHate,
but wu published In tbe Maooo Telegraph of July
i*<h. By this paper Ooione! Johnston Informs tha
flock holders, and. by Its publication, tbe public,
that the company wu chartered In 1869; that it
irsctioaJly suspended business In l«77 by
dismissing its agents, because U was
then ascertained that Us busineu
was unnroMabU; that a deficiency in tbc treunr-
er r > cash of over 840.000 was discovered iu 1885;
that the company then attempted to sell its bud-
nsaa, but failed to find a purchaser; and that it
Htrn determinod to ''purchase'' Its liabilities;
iliat It wu proceeding "comfortably,” purchasing
paliclcs, until the 90th of last June, when U waa
wit by a lion in its path, a till tiled by “Harrison
A resales and J. H. Lumpkin, attorneys at law. of
Atlanta, for Harrison, Oirardy fit Winn, policy*
holders; ” and that, under this bill, thecoupany
had been enjoined from purchasing lu llabilitiei.
He tbeu appeals to the ^tockbolder* for their oo*
i peratlon to "rrmh oot thl# attempt to wreck the
company and rob us of our rights.
In reply to this charge ot a purpose to wreck
sttd rob. we submit for your consideration the fol
low ing tacts. #nbstsmislly alleged in iboblll tiled
by ns In behalf of our clients and other t*oUoy-
hoiders who may become parties thereto The his
tory of this company, the }«cullar character of ita
rolicic#, its singular methods of business, and its
loefettureof the right to transact sujr business of
inrursnee, ibow that Ifreilbrt to purchase its lia
bilities 1# In pursuance of a scheme to wind up
and wreck the company, to "crush out” the policy*
hollers and to divide toe a-ret* of tbc company
sumo* these who control lu affairs. Tbe
"dbgraee” of a failure was not to be lu
currcd. Uttcn disgrace was to be avoided by de
preciating the value of Its policies until they
could be bought at a nominal price, leaving a
large amount of asset# to be divided among the
low who had conceived and succeasfuliy executed
t be scheme. 8uch was the scheme deemed by
those in control of tbe aflalrt of the company as
worthy of approval, but who would eourider a
failure of the company as diagiaocfiil to the state
of Georgia, the city of Macou and tothe company.
The bill allege*, among other things, that tbe
trompany has mllcd. since mi. to file the reporta
inquired by law, and that, l»y that failure. It for*
frltcd.foy express provision of law, til right to
carry on any bu»in«m of insurance, that co in*
fttantf, when said forfeiture occurred, the assets
of said company became trust fund* for the benefit
of policy bolder*, and that there was no legally
amborised trustee or said fhnds; and prayed for
‘he appointment or a receiver to take charge of
he time and make distribution thereof to those
ntltled thereto.
It will be teen, therefore, that tbe object of tbe
•ill was not to wreck the oomreay—that ha* been
already accomplished by those controlling its af-
was filed for all policy boMet* who might oome
in and Join with them who had tegma tettB
Subscriber, Joneaboro, Ga.: What ia the inb-
stance of tbe Mexican pension bill, and what to
Ita status?
The house bill pensioning every man now living
who reived sixty days in the Mexlccn war and
tho widows of those who aro dead received the
approval of the majority or the senate Monday.
A single amendment sends it back to tho house,
but it may safely be predicted that within a few
days it will bo in tbe president's hands. Just how
much the bill will cost tbe government no one oan
tell, as tbe number oi surviving Mexican veterans
aud widows of veterans I# not known. The bill
gives 18 a month to every Mexican veteran or hto
widow, without any regard to the fact whether
they need any such bounty or not. Tbe govern
ment long ago provided for the disabled soldiers
of tbc Mexican war,
C, C.. EHjay, Ga.: Please toll me something
about the origin aud history of the goat.
The common or domestic goat was originally
a native of the highlands of Asia. Naturalists
generally regard it ui having defended from an
animal found in the Caucasus mountains and the
hill country of Denis, called in the Persian lan
guage tho paseng. Its legs are
longer than thore of the common
goat, and its horns are very much larger.
It is not always easy to distinguish between the
■1 ecles and varieties of goats. The common goat
ha» existed as s domestic animal in oriental
countries from tbe very earliest times. From
there tt spread all over the world, mauirest-
ing a remarkable adaptability to climate and cir
cumstances. lu this diversity of sur
roundings a great diversity of breeds
has spi eared, such as the Angora
goat, the Syrian goat, the cashmere goat, the
Guinea goat of Africa ami many others. No quad
ruped, except the dog, has shown such susceptibil
ity of variation. These differences show most
markedly in the qualllty and quantity of the hair,
and in tho relative abundance of the two coets,
the long, silky outer covering aud tho softer
wcolly hair beneath it. Goat# are found wild iu
mountainous countries only; they are very aure-
footed on narrow ledge* or rocks, and show great
Mtength and ability in leaping. They also prefer
as food tbe leaves and tranche* of shrubs and tho
herbs found on mountains to the herbage of the
richest lowlaud pasture*. Among the Greeks and
Romans the goat was sacrificed to Bacchus because
of iu tendency to injure grapevines by eating its
young tendrils and leaves. The goat to not found
wild in extreme northern countries, but when
under domestication thrive* a# well within a shed
in the northern districts of Scandinavia as In the
bothst part* of Asia sad Africa. All the species of
tbe goat aro natives of the Old world. The Rocky,
mountain goat, so called, of North America, really
belongs to the antelope family.
Dayton, Ala.. July 10.—Editor* Constitu
tion: In reply to "Student,” Senega, 8. C., I
will #ay that when I was a lad. living lu Hanry
county, Alabama, there waa a pilot on one of the
ihattkhoocbee river steamers by the name of
Peter, a slave belonging to Mr. Fred Porter, who It
was claimed turned white or partially white. 1
was quite small at the Ume, but I remember quite
well bearing Peter Porter say : "I waa alsray* white
at bean and the Lord to making my skin white '*
He then had whitish looking solotchea on his
flux and arms. I have no doubt some or your
reader* who lived on tbe Chattahoochee river in
•Kj-'fiO remember toe case and give all the facts.
C. Hairm askew.
8. ti. I.. Atlanta. Ga.: Which to the oldest fe
male college in the world? Tbe oldest In the
rnitod State*? When were they established, and
by wheat?
Tbe Wesleyan Female college at Macon, lu this
state. It was chartered in 1836. Dr. Lovick Tierce
was the flirt general agent. The drat trustee* were
lames O. Andrew, Jno. \Y. Talley, Samuel K.
Hxiaee, loviek Pierce, Ignatius A. Few, Alex.
Sgesr. William Arnold, Tbo*. Sanford, Wm. J.
Parka, Geo. F. Flares, Elijah Sinclair. Henry Ci. La*
mar. Jam Csolos. Cation Gregory, Robert t ollin*,
K. Hsml'ton. Gaorga Jewett, Haary Solomon, A.
B. Lcngstre.t, Walter T. Colquitt, Jas. a. Ntobet
aod Robert 4. Beall.
If *U ao-c tiled rantediaa have failed, Dr.
fiUrt Ofoan* R-mkdy cant.
fiAKIKfiJPflWDER.
Why the “Boyal” Is the Best.
Royal ia tie best baking powder because it is absolutely
ptlje and wholesome, of the highest strength, and maintains
its fall leavening power until used.
ifbere is no other pure baking powder offered to the
public; all others contain either lime or alnm,—deleto-
rions subat©cee,—sometimes both. lime presence results
from impure cream of tartar; alnm is added to giro
strength; the object of the manufacturers ia both cases
is to produce a cheap powder. <
The Royal Baking Powder is exclusively made from
cream of tartar specially refined and prepared for its
use by patent processes by which the tartrate of lime
stud all other impurities are' totally removed, t Its
absolute parity is guaranteed by ita manufacturers
and certified by all prominent chemists and scientists
who have made it the subject of investigation.:
The cream of tartar of the market from which
other baking powders are made has been tested by
Profs. Chandler and Lore, for the New York State
Board of Health, and found to contain impurities from
three to ninety-three per cent of its weight It is, there
fore, absolutely impossible that these powders should
be pure, while it is equally as impossible for the Royal,
being made as it is from chemically pure materials,
to be otherwise than absolutely pure.
There being no inert matter in the ingredients of tho
Royal Baking Powder, higher strength is, of course;
attained; and, the exact value of the materials being
ascertainable to an atom, a compound is possible that will
maintain its full strength until used, leave no residuum in
the bread, and which all chemical tests and practical ex*
perience have proved to he tho perfection of leavening
agencies. This combination in the “ Royal ” makes it
the best, and the only perfect baking powder attainable.
Prof. Mott, late Government Chemist, saya: “Because
of the facilities that company have for obtaining pen
fectly pure cream of tartar, and for other reasons de
pendent upon the constituents used in its inanufaeture,
the proper proportion of the same, aud the method of
its preparation, tho Royal Baking Powder is undoubtedly
the purest and most reliable baking powder offered* to
the Dublia H. A. MOTT. Pu.D.,« etc.
REASONS WHY
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