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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. (JA„ TUESDAY AUGUST 19 1884. TWELVE PAGES
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GOVERNOR M'DANIBL.
Tbe action of the state democratic conven
tion Wednesday in renominating Governor
McDaniel will receive the approbation of
good men throughout the state. There are
but few insUnces In the history of tlio state
where its chief executive bus been chosen
with so little opposition: there was never a
governor of the state who more completely
held the confidence of its people.
Ilis administration lias been characterized
by the prudence which he has at all times
displayed in the discharge of his duties, and
without exception his official actions have
been regarded by all as having been directed
toward the best interest of the state,
address before the convention yesterday,
which he accepted the tender of the party,
lie traced the success of the party in Georgia
since it inaugurated its first democratic
governor after the war, showing tli.
though the state is indeed
n its adherence to democratic principles, yet
under its rule our finances have improve
our floating debt has been paid or funde-
taxation bad decreased; every material int*
est bad been promoted, and that under the
same rule Georgia stands ready to make still
gronder advancements. In this happy changi
of affairs the hand of Governor McDaniel,
a legislator, played a conspicuous part, and
in repaying him os lias been done, the
state compliments a worthy son us well
holds for itself the services of an honest, fear
less and capable executive.
sdiil
THE CONSTITUTION,
Atlanta, Ga.
THE CONSTITUTION IN ITS NEW HOME.
* Elsewhere is printed a description of tho
new home and equipment of Tine Consmu-
tion, occupied and used this morning for tho
Erst time.
Tbe public will be most interested in
knowing that the same labor and same ex
pense will make Tine Constitution a very
much better puper than evtf before, and that
it can be served to the public in much better
alntpc, and more promptly, than was possi
ble in it* old quarters and with its old
presses.
We cannot permit the occasion to pass,
however, without axprasaing our gratitude
to tbe publio for the unstinted and sonorous
patronage that boa made our present hand
f one homo, at once a necessity and iHissiblll-
ty. We find comfort iu tho consciousness that
we have earnestly tried to desorvo this con
fidence, and to repay In some sort, by tho
constant and enthusiastic championship of
Atlanta's cause amt Georgia’s, the favor of
the public. We have felt that in dealing
with practical topics we could best servo our
rcadtra and our section. Ami wo may say
without boosting that of all tho southern
papers, Tii a Constitution has led tho way
in industrial discussion, and still stands the
leader in the fight for agricultural and in-
dust rial progress.
Measuring tho future by tho past. It is
hard to limit tho growth of Tiir Constitu
tion. Only a year or two ago wo celebrated
with some display a a|»cclal Issue of the pa
per that reached the round figure of 10,000,
This morning's edition is 15,000 and it has
frequently been larger. Two stun-
mere ago we congratulated ourselves
that the pressure of business made It neces
sary on Sunday to Increaso the eight-page
po|er to ten pages. It is now
never leas on Buiulny than twaive
pages, and the rule ia oftener aixtuon
page*, and even twenty jmges. In last Jan
uary It waa determined to add certain special
feature* to the Weekly Constitution, and in
crease its circulation. We were printing
then 8,000 weekly papers. In five months
the circulation had run up to 23,000i The
Advertising patronage forced us to add four
pages, making It a twelve-page paper. This
waa the limit of our proem, taking for tach
week's issue nearly two tons of white paper.
We let the dreulation rest there, until we
had larger facilities, and wo shall now push
It to 60,000. Tint Constitution has on its
Salaried list nearly 160 people, besides as
many more local correspondents. It has a
business of nearly $4,000 a week that is con
stantly increasing.
This enlarged business and circulation
brings Increased responsibility and duty,
which we trust we properly appreciate. It ia
perhaps the first business of a newspaper to
carry (o its readers the news. Following
dote upon this is other work that gives the
paper power and influence as tbe newt gives
It circulation. The news service is the body
of jonrnslism. The purpose is to
do good, to build up and to make
happy, is the eoul of journalism.
When enterprise guides the one, and sin
cerity inspires the other, the perfect journal
la the result. It has been the aim of Tua
CoxsmuTioN to be a prompt uewscarrier
and a faithful ard earnest worker. Th« ap
preciation of the public which finds ex pres-
■ on in (be superb building described else
where, encourages us to believe that our
efforts have not been in vain and strengthens
our artu for ilto busy future that lies shell
of ui
ATLANTA'S "HIGH TEA" TUESDAY.
Altogether, wenre inclined to believe that
lust Tuesday was about tho biggest duy At
lanta lias bad, within our memory.
Not merely because it saw perhaps a than
sand of her citizens gathered on tho roof
a seven story building, 1-IN feet above the
pavement, taking a high-tea, that was, as was
casually remarked perhaps a thousand times
on the roof, a high-tca in fact ns well ns
name. Nor because we have practically fin
b-hed the finest hotel yet built south of Gin
cinnnti or Philadelphia.
Yesterday meant more than tills. It meant
that Atlanta can’t be downed. It meant that
whenever you hum down anything in Atlan
In, even if, as was done one year ago yester
day, you burn down the biggest thing in tho
city, there is a moral certainty tb it some
thing bigger and better will promptly bo put
in its place. It means that whenever you
confront Atlanta with an emergency, sho
will rise superior to tho occasion. It means
that whenever you cut out a piece of work for
Atlanta, even if, as in this case, you hike tho
very day of panic as tho time, she will go
straight ut it and put it through without
flinching.
Thcie lessons sunk deep into tho liourts of
the men who stood on tho Kimball liouso
yesterday. They felt proud of this bravo
and goodly city ns it lay stretched out be
neath them. They realized what a great work
had been done in holding to the high pur-
pose of the Kimball ns first outlined, and in
finishing it as dcsigmd in spite of tho panic
and depression which eaught it midway. It
was an earnest crowd and a thoughtful ono
in spite of tho general hilarity, liccauso it war
made up of men who felttlmt tlicre wjugre.it
and manifold work yet to bedotio in making
our rapitul city wlmt It ought to he, and
wbut it must be. Kach man left the Kimball
lauso inspired with now resolution and
kindling witli now aspirations.
Fo tho high-tca will bear fruit for tho fu
ture. Many an enterprise yet untliought of
will be strengthened by the meeting of y
trnlay. And tho future will demonstrato
that the unfurling of the ling from the Kiiu
ball bouse Imttlements yesterday proclaimed
the truth when It proclaimed the uncon
querable resolution mid enterprise of At
lanta. ^
THE HORRORS OP THE ICE REQION.
If any tiling could be more horriblo than
tbe details of tho Greely expedition, it is the
insistent, persistent purpose of the nows
venders of tbe country to uncover all tho
treuble and stick It under tho nose and
piaster it on tho stomach of tho public. Tho
editors of the New York papers dish it out to
their readers with great particularity of de
tail and description, and the news vendors
scire upon the salient features and dish them
out to the provincial journals with surprising
relish.
Fuch a story might well have been left un
told; but if it was inevitable that it should
be given to the public, it should be accom
panied by an adequate description of the
most horrible fact of nil—tho overpowering
necessity that compelled Greely and his men
to feed on the bodies of their dead comrades
in order to sustain life. The ncw*pai«ra
t&ra with naming headlines about "catiibsl-
ism," but the act la ita own excuse. The
necessity that drove them to it it more terri
ble than the act; but there is nothing new iu
tbe necessity. Thousands of tituca in the
history of the world have men, cost away aud
slowly dying of starvation, been compelled
to subaist on the lieah of their more un
fortunate comrades. They have been com
pelled to drink each o'her’a blood; and there
have been occasions where the stronger made
way witli the weaker.
There ia no cause for a)>ecial wonder that
the members of the Greely expedition were
compelled to resort to such means to keep
body and soul together. The only wonder
Is that any of them are left alive to tell the
story. It is a story that weighs heavily
against the contemptible incifi.-iency of the
republican administration. ' With proper
nianayrnirnt food would have been left for
Greely at all the stations on his »rat fieri y re
treat. and there would have been no suffering
among tbe members of the expedition. Hut
• very effort on tbe part of the government
was of a piece with the botch work that char-
•cterint re publican management. Let the
responsibd iy for the sufferings of Grealy's
men fall where it belongs. It belongs in
Washington and nowhere else.
There is another responsibility. Let ft also
fall where it belongs. It is tbe responsibil
ity which men, ordinarily supposed to be
sane, take upon themselves when they go in
eearch of tbe north pole. The so-called scien
tists declare that the discovery of tlia north
pole will be a great achievement. Hut whs:
purpose will it serve? Who will be
happier or better? What addition will bo
made to our stock of useful knowledge?
Ilut the mystery of the north pole will
exist long after a hundred other exf>o<litioii*
have suffered and disappeared. The horror*
of the uttempt seem only to add a apico and
relish to the next, and the spirit of
death tlmt has fortified itself In
the ice regions beckons them
on. The bones of hundreds of explorers lie
scattered among the ice-specters. Woody
tracks mark the limit of man's jourheya to
the north. The snow enshrouds all comer.*,
tbe ice surrounds them, the cold sear swallow
them up; hut the mystery that was a mystery
a thousand years ago is a mystery to-day.
A POSSIBLE MEXICAN REVOLUTION.
A revolutionary conspiracy of a dangerous
character has just been discovered in Mexico,
The government has every reason"*to believe
that tho disaffection extends through the
states of Vera Cruz, Pueblo, Morelos and
Qucrctaro.
Fortunately the authorities received t inlffy
warning of the movements of the conspira
tors, and the prompt arrest of several leaders
may nip the a flair in the bud. Among those
already arrested are Media, ex-minister
finance, ex-Judge iiomirez and several law*
yers, editors ami colonels. The object of tho
revolutionists was to assassinate President
Gonzalez and General Diaz, in order to raise
Iglesius to tbe presidency."
Mexico lias enjoyed a comparatively
stable government for teveral year-*,
and the Gonzalez administration
pears to be well calculated to secure the be*
interests of the country. A revolution or
civil war just at tin's time would be pocu
Burly unfortunate. Millions of American
capital have been invested in Mexican -rail
ways, and thousands of our countrymen
have settled in Mexico. In tho event of any
serious trouble American interests would
naturally become involved, and interferem
on the part of the United States would prob
ably follow.
Mexico lias been a land of revolntion.*.
Fhe baa bad ubout one hundred and twenty
during the present century, but her recent
course lias been so peaceful and prosperous
ns to give promise of a brighter future. Fur
ther developments will be wutebed with
gcr interest.
gia at this juncture. The contests for future
preferment will be waged within the party,
on new alignments, and without the bitter
ness and prejudice that lias characterized the
contests of the past few years.
SUNDAY’S EARTHQUAKE.
Our telegraphic columns, this morning, t'
the grapliie story of a remarkable carthquak<
The middle and eastern states received
general shaking up. In some localities the
vibrations were of a violent character, and
throughout the region of country visited the
shock was sufficiently marked to excite a con
sternation nmountidg almost to a panic,
lots of life is reported, and the damngp"to
property is not worth considering, but the
visitation assumes importance because it may
reasonably be regarded as the forerunnttbof
others still to come. /
Bince the earliest times earthquakes lnve
played on important part in making up,
well as breaking up, the surface of the great
globe on which we live. Tho destruction of
JO,000lives in the great Antioch earthquake,
the Lisbon carthqtiuko in 17<Y>, % with it* los
of 00,000 people, aud tho Calabrian convul
sion of 1783, which swept a way 100,000 human
beings, arc events familiar to every reader of
history. Notwithstanding the fact that these
dreadful physical manifestations have been
in the main confined to volcanic countries,
and particularly to southern Italy and Sicily,
the traces of pro-historic earthquakes to bo
found iu almost every quarter of tho world
have convinced reientifle minds that the ox
mption of no locality could be counted upon
witli any degree of confidence. The middle
and eastern states received sovere shocks in
765 and in 1870. In 1811 the Mississippi
valley waa the scene of a succession of violent
earthquakes, and California lias been fre
quently visited, notably in 1852 and in 1872.
With these instances, not to apeak of others,
on record there is no reason why we should
not expect earthquakes in the future, and
when they come U is possihlo that they will
surpass in severity and dcstruotivencss alt of
their predecessors. It is true that we have no
volcanoes In tho Uuited States, but it is well
known tlmt the growtli and formation of vol
canoes are attended by tho vibrations and
shocks to wh ch we have given the namo of
earthquakes, and the appearance of suuh out
lets for the pent-up forces of nature may
occur at any time and piucc.
In the confusion attending the earthquake
of last Sunday it is not likely that any very
extensive notes were taken by our scientists,
but the testimony of cool and clear-beaded
observers will be read with interest. It ia. to
be hoped, however, tlmt the opportunities
afforded for the collection of such data will
be few and far between.
UNITED AND HARMONIOUS PARTY.
Wednesday's convention waa a notable one.
It ir not often tlmt a convention, where nomi
ration is equivalent to an election, can meet
and nominate a governor, a full list of state
house officers and an electoral ticket without
ballot. And yet that is just wlmt was done
by yesterday's convention.
It is well understood tiuit the democracy of
Georgia 1ms been threatened with serious and
permanent divisions. In the earnest contests
of tbe past few years tlicre has been bitterness,
that in greater or less degree, outlived the
campaign in which it was engendered. It
was feared tlmt the lines drawn within the
party might finally divide the party, and
leave us with two sections of white demo-
rats, lighting each other and bidding for the
colored vote, which would then hold the bal
ance of power.
Fuch a danger, which would have disband-
our politics and threatened the peace aud
prosperity of our state, is lmppily averted by
the convention of yesterday. There is not the
■lightest doubt tlmt tbe nomination byaccla-
ation of Governor McDaniel and the state
house officers will be followed by the re-elec
tion, without opposition, of Senator Joseph
Hrown, which is no less deserved than cer
tain.
We shall also have the democracy
united in every congressional district. An I
tbe president cl year will pan without the
dlsltitbercew of ttos h-trraony so necessary in
prct.uibtUi yta^aLu so opportune in Geor-
THE END OF MAHONSISM.
Mahone, who lias been trying in various
ways during the past several yean* to sad llo
the Old Dominion with republican corrup
tion, is said to he in deep trouble. Ho was
Arthur's chief reliance at Chicago, hut as
Arthur was not nominated, he im* litth
no use for Mahone, consequently the fidgety
little politician has about come to the end of
his row ns a person of influence. Lately, lie
1ms almost dropped out of public notice, but
he is still engaged, by every trick and dovico
known to the politician, to regain his hold
on the white voters of Virginia.
1 hat he will fail goes without saying, for
while there are many honest men in that
state who can be deceived by Mahone as to
the propriety of.paying a debt, there is no
honest Virgii>ian who can be deceived a* to
tbe difference between a democrat aud a re
publican. When Mahone went into the re
publican camp with the expectation of cur
rying with him any important part of the
white vote that had acted with him in the
readjustcr campaigns, he made u mistake
that is often made by the over-confident
mptionief. The white voters of Virginia,
no matter how furiously they opposed
the democratic party on questions of state
finance have never had the remotest idea nor
intention of turning their state government
over to the republican party. The diQlculty
with Virginia is that it has never had to pus*
through the throes of reconstruction. Its
liDle experience with Mahone, however, has
kfcn a tolerably dear lesson, and tlicre is no
danger tlmt republican ism will over obtain a
foothold there again, even by proxy.
Mahone, however, as might ho supposed, is
not happy. He is frisking urournl like a stray
flee, smelling of every min’s broechcs-leg*,
and running hither and you like ono dis
tracted. lie has just addressed a circular
letter marked "private and confidential" to
a number of those who acted with him in
the readjustcr campaigns. Tho circular,
which is quoted in the Norfolk Virginian,
states that Muhonc has been deserted by
Cameron, Riddlebergcr, Sims, Muyo and
Haul, in.cl hence the necessity of a closer al
liance between old members of the readjus
tcr party, os otherwise*, says Mahone, "wo
shall lose the pitroiuigc which wc have en
joyed during the past several years, all of
which would slip tkrough our hand* into
there of the republicans."
Certainly Ibis is sad. Tho "pateenaafe”
Is Hie thing. It was for the ‘‘patronage" that
Mahone appeared as a remljuster; it was for
the "patronage” that he sold out to the re
publicans in the senate; and it was for tho
"patronage" that ho attempted to sell Vir
ginia out to the republicans. Always the
"patronage." This may ho regarded as tho
conclurion and end of Muhoneism in Vir
ginia.
it bringupout reform in the administration?
Will it give us an honest, economical govern
ment?
Wc tnk tl»*se questions iu all seriousness,
for when Mr. I>,ma betrays a disposition to
trifle with the important issues there must
1 <• trouble in the- air. Taking it for granted
ibat Mr. Cleveland is as weal; and as inetlij
cimt th the Fun would have its readers be
lieve, is it not true that he would make a
Letter president than Mr. Blaine? Is it not
true ti nt be would give us a cleaner and a
mere wholesome administration? It may be
a fact that his e lection would destroy tho
democratic party; but it is also a fact that tho
imie is between Cleveland and Blaine.
For our part, wc are extremely sorry to see
a i a per as strong as the Bun dealing in such
triviaitifs, and we are sorrier still to see it
leaning in the direction of Butler, the prince
of political shysters. Mr. IHina*does himself
injustice in pitching the d'seussion on so Iov
i plane. A party is a small affair indeed
c mpared to the importance of honest govern
ment.
The
PARTIES AND THE PEOPLE.
The esteemed New York Sun,always frank,
was never franker nor more outspoken than
in the present campaign. We do not under
stand its position, nor is it likely that any of
its renders are more fortunate In this respect.
Wo understand, of course, that tho Bun Is op
posed to both Cleveland and Blaine, but fur
ther Ilian this it would be a difficult matter
to give a correct report of the disposition of
Kditor Dons. There aro symptoms cropping
out hero and there to tho effect tint
he is for Butler, blit it is hnr.lly conceivable
that a mun of such practical sense as Editor
Dona could tolerate, much loss support, sufii
an aiiant humbug and demagogue us Butler
has proven himself to be. Still,we have fallen
on ilrorgc timer,and what never lias been Is
more than likely to be. We have rumblings
in the bowels of the earth and explosions of
various kinds In men’s minds.
Thus, Iu n recent Jssuopf tho esteemed
Fun, we find an cdltorinl article which pre
sents tbe narrowest views of tho situation we
have ever seen in print outsido tho columns
of an accredited party organ. In tho article
to which wc refer, the following remarks oc
cur:
The prerent presidential campaign lias one pe
culiar hnturc that is without precedent. Ro tarns
knowledge extends, the like never happened
before.
The republicans have nominated Mr. Blaine,
uml It would be better for the republican party
that ho should be defeated.
The democrats have nominated Mr. Cleveland,
and it would bo totter for tho democratic party
that he should be defeated.
Of course, when we state these truths we are not
looking at the temporary Interests of the parties or
at the r.cal of politicians stimulated by tho deslro
This desire is the first consideration
wt'h all men, and whatever stands in the way of
It they regard with aversion; but when the com
bat is over and when the defeat has toco endured,
the sober second thought is often nblo to appre
ciate the reality and to admit that what seems a
misfortune has really been a blessing, and that
defeat is more wholesome nn-l more beneficial for
tbe future than victory would have been.
Now, this Is very peculiar, whether we re
gard it as a statement of fact or as an argu-
mint, and we confess that we do not clearly
follow Editor Dana's meaning. Are we to
understand that the patriotic editor of the
Bun believes all that his words would imply
—that the two great parties are greater and
more Important than the country? That tbe
welfare of a party is worthier of considera
tion by tho people than the welfare of tbe
government?
Let us take it for granted that the state
ment which we lmvc quoted is abs dutely
comet, so faros the candidates of the two
parties are concerned. Let us take it for
granted that it Is especially correct so far as
tbe democratic nominee is concerned.
What Is to be tbe result of tho election?
The esteemed Bun will bear in mind that
presidents are elected not for the benefit of
parties, but for the benefit of tbe whols coun
try—for the benefit of all the people. Parties
are mere incidents of government, and are
not essential, save indirectly, to the happi
ness and well-being of the peopls.
This being the ease, the important question
not the benefit of a party, but the benefit
tbe whole people. Wc should inquire,
not which candidate will forward the inter
ests of a particular party, but which candi
date will restore honest government and re
form the abuses e-tablishcd by the corrupt
republican party. One of the candidates of
the two great parties will be elected and the
other will he debated. Possibly it may de
feat the republican party, as tbe esteemed
Bun r-redicts. for Mr. Blaine to be elected;
but will tt help the country? Will it im
prove the condition of the taxpayers? Will
THE MORMON KILLINO
killing of the Mormon elders in Ten-
Lessee, a report of which was embodied in
the dispatches of today’s Cos-
►tuition, is in every respect a terri
ble affair. Tho shedding of blood is al ways
terrible, and it is no less terrible when it is tho
bleed of n Mormon elder than when it is tho
blood of some one engaged in a more whole
some business than the prostitution of men,
women and young girls to the doctrines of
polygamy.
The killing was a terrible affair—a deplora
ble affair; but was it unexpected? Was it
uninvited? It was neither unexpected nor
uninvited. For a year or more Tub Consti
tution ami other public journals have been
naming these Mormon emissaries of tho
dangefof pushing their lecherous enterpris
es too far. They have been put on notico iu
season niul out of season—if timely warnings
may be considered unseasonable—that
the people would not submit to tlicir vilo
teachings.
The pretence under which they have been
carrying on their work is that they belong to
that branch ot the Morman church,so-called,
which abjures polygamy, but their state
menls to this effect are notoriously untrue.
Polygamy, which society, in defense of tho
family altar, has been compelled to recognize -
n crime, is t(jc basis of Mormoulsm. Upon
this groundwork of lechery and prostitution
the entire Mr.rmon estahlshment is built.
This special crime has been woven into a
religious belief, so-called, and has thus rain-
aged to escape the penalties that society has
ted against it. On the same theory any
crime rctihl bo provided with the same
convenient cloak. * A company of people
might band themselves together and invent
a religion that would provide for robbery
and assassination. Mormonism has
grown and thrived on theground tiiat the con
stitution affords protection to every man's re
ligious belief; but it may safely be said that
tlie framers of that instrument never for an
instant contemplated such a contingency as
that which has elevated an infamous crime
against society and tho family relation to tho
dignity and solemnity of a "religious bo
lief."
Tlio affair in Tennessee, while It may bo
described as a sequel of one plmso^f Mormon
ndfrienpry work, is but the begilining of the
fierce protest that the people of this country
ere prepared to make in defense of their fam
ily altars. Mo lmonitm in Utah Is one tldu
—tho attempt to introduce Mormonism
among decent people and in respectable com
munities is quite another. The effort* of the
Mormon emissaries will be resented when
ever and wherever tho people have an oppor
tunity to resent it.
Mormonism in Georgia mid the south must
.Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina.
Tex.ncreec, Texas and'West Virginia—tot ti, 25.
There ora to but thirteen having repub
lican governor?, viz: Illinois, IalUna,
Iowa, Maine, Maamcbasetts. Minnesota.
Kcl:cslta, New Hampshire, Oregon, ithodo
Dined, Vermont. Virginia and Wisconsin. Tho
territories had iu In : a population of 733,281,
Mid rs nil their governor* are appointed by the
president we will not r ikon them. The prpnla-
tlcn of the thirty-eight states Is 49.309,60* (Tensas
18R!j. Republican governors govern U.•105,798.
Diii.ociatic govern* r.-® govern g 85.083, C U7 The
area of the thirty-eight states is 2.054,C71
square miles. Republican governors govern 554,-
2:r.iquare miles. Democratic governors govern
l,tC0,4S5 square miles.
Tojfcum up (leaving out the territories), tho
democrats has two-thirds Af the states, three-
fourths of the Area and seven-tenths of the
population.
Ii If. 11.. Carthago, Miss.: Please giveashortbi
ographical sketch of Father Kyau, the poet. IshO
temj crate or Intemperate?
Father A. J. Ryan is « Virginian by birth. Ho
v us educated for the Catholic priesthood and was
a Chaplain in tl.o confederate army. After tho
war he woslocatud ut Nashville, Chattanooga and
Aupusta, editing in the hitter place the Banner of
the South. As a ptet, Father Ryan b deservedly
fc metis. He ik now ronneeted with the diocese pf
Mobile, aud that fact alone is suiliclent gutf' mi
of his urn pi rate habits. He is about fifty years
old.
Ful-seritor, Atlanta.Ga.: 1. Do.you know of
Anything that will aid the growth or produce
whhlers? 2. When a friend in a letter requests
y* u to remember him to another, does
iL: t mean that you are to do that which ho says,
erwhut?
1. fc'Lave frequently. 2. simply state to tho
party referred to that your friend desired to be re
numbered, that he sent ids regards, tost wishes,
etc.
Render. RarncsviJlc. On.: How would letters
l.i.ve to be midword to return Rev. Heury W.
IStcchcr and Samuel J. Tilden?-
Address Rev. Henry Ward needier, Brooklyn, N .
Y., nnd lion. Banrael J. Tilden, New York city.
If they should be nt their country residences the
letters will to forwarded.
W. J. It., Montoc, Ga.: A man in this connty
rver fiftv years <>r ••*•#» i»<r..ni tn hot iva timt ha
will walk tram ....
In t* n consecutive hour*. Can he get h
In Atlanta?
IIccj n not.
IN CHARLESTON HARBOR.
go.
ECHOES FROM THE PEOPLE.
Fnrrons Constitution: Can you furnish your
readers with u scientific account of the enu-c*
which produce the strange light* ►c m, m related
<n tin. rnti'k nf tho "Jllili.'n II/lit"
in the* canes of the "Jude's lljlit'
"haunted hollow." In Franklin c unity. The usual
Account of phosphorescent light issueinj
* a grave, lx not sustained In tho
[htlsni
of I
and of th'
'he usual
from the
tig from
ilatter c
bones of
as the light is not seen in the neighborhood of the
grave, but of the place of the murder.
Ixquirer.
J. B. T.. Forsyth, Oa.: Which is the largest
church building In America?
The French cathedral at Montreal. It will ac
commodate 15,000 people.
Subscriber. Washington. Ga.: "What is the
Dublin scandal?"
Our telegraphic columns have given enough of
the story. The details are not fit fur publication.
Editors Constitution: "Subscriber,” Forsyth
arks in Sunday’s Constitution the origin of tho
expression "tote hi* own skillet." If he nad heard
an address of tbe late Governor Stephens to fore
early days of the state, an Imliau acting a* cook
““ ~ ‘ ' ytheuten
i complain
the latter oidtredthat iu that camp there ifter
evtiy man should "tote hit own skillet." Thu or
der was observe*!, and the expression im* been in
f« miliar use ever ►luce, probably, however, only
in Georg!*, witli Georgians.
P«rtttn>an. Qa., Augmtx,
T. Feneea City, 8. C.: 1. Was General H im Hout-
t< n a t-.mperunce lecturer? 2. What did the «lect
ci mmitUedo w ith him after he fin! hed reading
bin letler, as related in The Constitution of Sun
day ?
1. If he ever delivered tcmpenu.ce^ectu ■’« t e
fact is not generally known. 2. It is not report® l
A. M. I r ., Tnlulah, Oa: 1. Ix ft like’y th»t tho
CMthquake oi Sunday will to follows I by similar
shocks? 2. What cuu»tn curiuquake*?
f. Nobody can tell. Z Expansion of steam, ex-
plot ion of gas and tire action of el .nuric currents
are feme of explanations advanced,
subscriber. Marietta, Ga: Please give rae the
_ and birthplace of "Christian Reid," the
i-OVt lot. What is her present address?
She Is a Mis* Fisher. If w e were not mistaken
»bewn*bom in Salisbury, North Ca olina, a ul
still midis there.
E.C. B.,Athenx.Gn.: Wherecanaoupyof "Galt’s
Et port*’ to obtoined ?
The pamphlet is out of priut.aud probably eoul I
not to bad at any book store. An advertisement
n. 4 lit secure a copy.
J. M. B.. Atlanta: How arc the fang* of a ser
pent extrai ted? How is tbe snake secureiduring
the ope rath
The >uuke literature in our library throw* no
light upon the above question.
8. T., Elbcrtou. Ga.: When can the August me-
tcois to sceu ut their tost?
About the ICth or 11th of the month
lest time to *ee them. They can to seei
er, alm.-t any night during the mouth.
T. M. B.. Hone Valley, R. I.—1. Has there ever
* mjk publisher
, howev-
uy book publisl
uvc-rLBunt.
iving
outb
I get
. . - -ft*
I his work *.
account of
Stephen*.
He* JetTarj
tout
ly A
Davfrever
1. General Dick Taylor’s hook. "Destruction an 1
Reconstruction;" "The Frustrate State," by Pike,
come under the head you mention. 2. At any
Atlanta Uh lucre. 3. Y*aiu-
Fir, Atlanta, Go.: What .-dates cf the union arc
under democratic rule?
The states row having democratic govern ir* xrs
Alabama. Arl&n*a.*.C*li'oru!a, Colorado, Connect
icut. Delaware. Florida, Georgia. K*nai*. Ken
tucky, Louisiana, Maryland. Michigan. Mi** its ippi,
M.ecuri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North
1 lie First Grorg!.* nml Thofr Friends nt Sal*
llviin's Island.
The excursion under invitation of tho survivors
of the First Georgia regiment wasn complete suo- .
The excursionist* returned yesterday, and
nil speak in great probe of the toautieiof Charloa-
ornl its surroundings. The new hotel on SuD
n'o bland isu delightful place to speud tho
Miinmer. The breezes are as fre»*h as from tho
iitains, and 4he splendid touch
jmt in front of the hold la
a source of pleasure every hour of the day for
young and old. There Is no better surf bathing on
the Atlantic const. Tho proprietor of the hotel,
Mr. G. T. Alford, is attentive and polito, and gives
perfect sitisfactlon to excursionists, who are gen
erally the hardest people with which
hotel men have to contend. Mr. Burn-
hnni who owns tho hotel, is s
Boston capitalist, and has spent on the grounds
and buildings where his hotel, the New Brighton,
is situated, eighty-five thoiwuul dollars since tho
1st of lest February. He intends to continue hla
imp rovon.cn tx from year to year until he makes it
what the location dcservts—one of the boat sum
mer retorts on the cottt. In contieqtiou with tho
hotel there Is a sphndld hull for music an 1 dau-
clnp. Mr. Buruhem has engaged an elegant
bund that gives concert* *«»r the inhabitants of the
isDr.d end to visitors from Charleston, throj times
c week. During the prut week tho band playod a
splendid march, dedicated tu Tiik .Vri,ANre Con
stitution bylhc leader *>f the band, whr com
pered the piece. It was admirably rendered and
highly appreciated.
Tim Chartestrth \«ws and Courier Is ono oTfthft V.
leading institution^ of the city, and up bettor
praise could to given than that of Mr. Burnham, *
who rays: "I wax induced tj make
this investment, iu n great measure, by tbo Nows
and Courier, and it bus been, faithful to every
pr* mir e made me." One e*u see the imprint of a
good newspaper all ever u city, aud it is always a
fine sign that a newspaper is a good oue when you
lscr.r the lending and progressive men, without ox-
ceptlon, spiak well of it. -
Major John B. Peck Im* also been of mue]j ser
vice to Charleston in recent years. Ho took tho
St utli Cuiollua road when it was in the hand* of a
receiver and has made it ono of tho best In tho
south. It is marvelous to see how he has built up
tills road and it* buxines*. He lose* no chanco to
further tlic commercial interest of Charleston and
1* t* not the smallest opportunity pass to bring out
cltnrly to the outside world its surroundings. To
Major Peek more than anyone else are tho excur- '
sionists indebted for the cheap rates to Charleston,
and he wax so modest, nml so busy that ho did not
•hew himself to one of them, but he had every
thing in apple pic order on his road, and his offi
cials were n* polite and attentive as If every man
who occupied a scat wax a stockholder and had A
right to Inspect tho roid. Major Peck certainly
hr* sustained the fine record he mada In Gejrgt*
os a railroad man, since he took charge of ths
rood.
Fort Fumtcr is now a very insignificant place
compared to whatlt once was. It has been rased
to one story, and looU quite delnpidatcd. It has
on it a few guns, not more thau half dozen, and
the foundation of the traverses of tho belt guns
arc rotten and unfit for even ten minutes of sere
vice. The government |>ays about two hundred '
dollar* per month to a man and h(s assistants to
l* cp the lights on this fort, and to watch it.
Tho channel la-tween the fort and Storris island .
has almost filled up and ut low water the sand ia
visible almost across.
Fort Moultrie is iu n better shape and looks
more warlike. There Im uo trace to be seen of Bat
tery Brauregard and immense piles of dirt and
sand Indicate where Battery Wagner was located.
The immense moat*, ditches and parallel ap
proach* s that surrounded this spot hare been
almost completely obliterated by water and sand.
You aro forcibly reminded In looking on
the site now of pictures of the
views of some ancient ruin. Nothing In sight.
I ut«!«o!at!on, waste and water. The only living
thing to be seen is the bittern, as it moves stealth
ily about. Scarcely twenty yean ago there was
more tumult, strife, bravery and courage displayed
by Americans on that spot than on almoit any o
the same size since the creation of the world.
Etcry groin of saud on the blaud shook with the
clash of arms, au«l not a square foot of It was free
ficm the blood of as brave men as ever went to
buttle. It makes one feel sail now to look at it,
and to recall how It looked when it waa
almost death to see it. and to think how many
of the bra* e men who fought on each Mde, havo
gone never to return, but there is consolation la
the fact that there , D pence at last, aipl that tbo
men who were then so eager to kill one!'another,
•re friends nn*l ready to rebuild together the
west*.*! places Around those old battle grounds,
whenever a foreign foe attempts to disturb oar
peace. K. P. IL
Forty-Third Georgia Regiment,
Gainesville, Augu-t 14.—A reunion of the sur
vivor* of the Forty-third Georgia regiment wilt be
htId et Gainesville in the Findley grove on Tues
day lltli Inst. The citizen* of the city, am ity and
ether rotintlc* hare nil !>een cordially Invited
attend and br!u» well filial baskets. ' .*p4echee
fr« m the cfficvrs of the gallant regiment will be
ueln
The Co!i! Weather Flag.
WisniNirroN, August li.—General H *zen, chief ■
gi.h! cGtcr, lies stowed the consent of fie po«t-
irsst* r-jctcral to fcc Irt the coll wave flag oa tbe '
|cst« ffiivbuildli thr<-ti:rhcut the country to sig- ■
' ‘or the tout fit of the fanners and olh»f* th>
*trreach of cc!d wave?. Th? flog is of white with,
a block centre. It will remain in position 21 boon
alter tolug hoisted.