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AXU0 p T-arii* A ppp mav lie found on file at (j K ;, P koweu.& Gov Newspaper Street), Advertising Bureau (10 Spruce where advertising contracts may be made for it in New York. The Recorder is Registered at the Post OlHee in YYrightsrille as Second ’lass Matter. a HANCOCK AND ENGLISH. Patriotic* Letters Accepting tl»e Nomination. tiKX. haxcock’s letter. Governor’s Island, N. Y., July 80.— Gentlemen: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of July 13, 1880, apprising me formally of my nomination to the offioc of President of the United States, by the National Democratic Convention, lately assembled in (’in cinnati. I accept the nomination with grateful appreciation of the confidence reposed in me. The prin eiples of the Convention are those I am authorized to maintain in the future. The thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend aents to the Constitution of the United States, cmlrndying the results of the war for the Union, are inviolable. If called to the Presidency 1 should deem it my duty to resist with all of my power any attempt to impair the full force and effect of the Constitution, which in every article, section and amendment is the supreme law of the land. The Constitution forms the basis of the Government of the United States. The powers granted by it to the legislative, executive and judicial departments define and limit the authority of tlie General Govern¬ ment. The j towers not delegated to th«‘ United States by the Constitu¬ tion nor prohibited by it to the States belong to the States respectively or to the people in general and the State Governments, each acting in its own sphere, without trenching on the lawful jurisdiction of the General Government, constitute this Union. This Union, equiping the General Government with general powers and the State Governments with State powers for purposes local to the States, is a policy the founda¬ tions of which were laid in the pro fouudest wisdom. This is the Union our fathers made, and which has been respected abroad and so bene fieient at home. Tried by blood and fire, it stands to-day a model form of free popular government—a practi¬ cal system which, rightly adininis tered, has been and will continue to be the admiration of the world—may we not say the woiyder of the world. The unity of government which constitutes us one people is justly dear to us. It is the main pillar in the edifice of our real independence —the support of our peace, safety and prosperity, and of that liberty we so highly prize, and intend, at every hazard, to preserve. But no form of government, however care¬ fully devised—no principles, however sound—will protect the rights of the people unless their administration is faithful and efficient. It is a vital principle in our system that neither force nor fraud must be allowed to subvert the rights of the people. The bayonet is not a fit instrument for collecting the votes of freemen. It is only by a free vote, free ballot, 4 c 4 JM. 4 4 WRIG-HTSVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1880. and fair count, that the people can rule in fact, as required by the theory of our Government. Take this foundation away and the whole structure falls. Public office is a trust and not a bounty bestowed upon the holder. No incompetent or dishonest person should ever be intrusted with it; or, if appointed, he should be promptly ejected. The basis of a substantial, practical civil service reform must first be established by the people in filling the elective offices. If they fix a high standard of qualification for office, and sternly reject corrupt and incompetent men, the result will be decisive in governing the action of the servants whom they intrust with the appointing power. The war for the Union was suc¬ cessfully closed moro than fifteen years ago. All classes of our people must share alike in the blessings of the Union, and are equally concerned in its perpetuity and in a proper ad¬ ministration of public affairs. We are in a state of profound peace. Henceforth, let it be our purpose to elevate friendship, and bear no ani¬ mosity against our fellow citizens. Our material interests, varied and progressive, demand our constant and united efforts. A sedulous and scrupulous care of the public credit, together with a wise management of our government expenditures, should be maintained in order that the latter may be lightly burdened and that persons may be protected in their fight to the fruits of their own in dustry. The time lias eonu* to enjoy the substantial benefits of reconcilia tion—as one people, we have their i interests at heart. I If elected, I shall, with divine fa j vor, labor with wliat ability 1 possess, to discharge my duties. I am, most respectfully, WinfieldS. Haxcodk. To John \V. Stevenson, President of the Convention; Hon. John P. j Stockton, Chairman, and others of ; the Committee of the National : Democratic Convention, mr. English’s letter. Indianapolis, July 30. ; To Hon. John W. Stevenson, Presi , dent of the Convention, Hon. John ( P. Stockton, Chairman, and other I members of the Committee of No tification. Gentlemen: I have now the honor to reply to your letter of the 13th instant, informing me that I was unanimously nominated for Vice President of the United States by the late Democratic National Con¬ vention assembled at Cincinnati. As foreshadowed in the verbal remarks made by me at the time of your letter, I have now to say that I accept the high trust with a realizing sense of its responsibility, and am profoundly grateful for the honor conferred. I accept the nomination upon the plat¬ form of principles adopted by the convention,which I cordially approve and I accept it quite as much because of my faith in the wisdom and patri¬ otism of the great statesman • and soldier nominated on the same ticket for President of the United States. His eminent services to his country, his fidelity to the Constitution, Union and laws, his clear perception of the correct principles of government, as taught by Jefferson, his scrupulous care to keep the military in strict subservience to civil authority, his high regard to civil liberty, personal rights and the rights of property, his acknowledged ability in civil as well as military affairs, and his pure and blameless life, all point to him as a man worthy of the confidence of the people. Not only a brave soldier, a great wise man and pure patriot, but a prudent, painstaking, practical man, of unquestioned honesty,trusted often with important public duties, and always faithful to every trust, and in the full meridian of a ripe and vigorous manhood, he is, in my judgment, suited for the highest po¬ sition on earth. Not only is he the right man for the place, but the time has come when the best interest of the country requires that the party SCIENCE AND 11ELIGI0X; TIIE GUARDIANS OF LIBERTY:' which has monopolized the General Government for the last twenty years shall yield. It was a grievous wrong to every voter, and our system of self-government, which should never be forgotten or forgiven, that many of the men now in office were put there because of corrupt partisan services, thus defeating the fairly and legally expressed will of the majority; and the hypocrisy of the professions of that party in favor of civil service reform was shown by placing such men in office. The money of the people, taken out of the public trea¬ sury by these men, for services often poorly performed or not performed at all, is being used in vast sums, with the knowledge and presumed sanction of the administration, to control elections, and even members of the Cabinet are strolling about the country making partizan speeches instead of being in their departments at Washington discharging the public duties for which they are paid by the people. But with all their clev¬ erness and ability, discriminating men will no doubt read between the lines of their speeches that their para¬ mount hope and aim is to keep them¬ selves or their satellites four years longer in office; that perpetuating the power of chronic Federal office¬ holders four years longer hill not l>enefit the millions of men and wo¬ men who hold no office, but earn their daily 7 bread by honest industry. This contest is in fact between the people, endeavoring to retain the political power which rightfully belongs to them, and to restore the pure, simple, economical government of our fa¬ thers, on one side, and a hundred thousand Federal office-holders and their backers, pampered with place , uul JM)Wcrj ail(l determined to retain t j K . IM at , ;i || hazards, on the other, Hence the constant assumption of 1u . w . lll( i dangerous powers il,’,. by the „n.W ml,. ,he Republican party, the to },„i| ( l w ],at they call a strong i government, the interference with home rule and wit h the adiniriistra tion of justice in the courts of the several States, the interference with elections, through the medium of partizan Federal office holders, in putting their party in power. Our success would bury beyond resume tion sectional jealousies and hatreds which have so long been the chief stock in trade of pestiferous dema¬ gogues, and in no other way can this be so effectually accomplished. It would reassure good feeling between all sections, and make them in fact, as well as name, one people. The only rivalry, then, would be in the race for development, the elevation of labor, the enlargement of human rights, the promotion of education, morality, religion, liberty, and all that would tend to make us foremost in human progress. I am, with great respect, very truly yours, Wm. II. English. They Wanted to Live in the Stars. Very near us sat two young people. He wore the face of a man who shaves three times a day, and that white necktie had never seen the starlight before. There was pearl powder on the shoulder of his coat, and a tender, dreamy look in her lovely eyes. They sat aad looked up at the stars, and they didn’t care for any solitary thing any nearer to this earth. “Mortimer,” she mur¬ mured softly—“Mortimer,” his name appeared to be Mortimer, though I couldn’t learn whether it was his front name or his after name—“Mor¬ timer, dear,” she said, “if we could only live apart from this busy and sordid, unsympathetic world, in one of yon glittering orbs of golden ra¬ diance, living apart from all else, only for each other, forgetting the base things of earthly life, the coarse greed of the world and its animal instincts, that would be our heaven, would it not, dear?” And Mortimer, he said that would. “There, heart of my own,” he said, and his voice trembled with earnest¬ ness, “my own darling Ethel, through all the softened radiance of the day and all the shimmering tenderness of night, our lives would pass away in an exalted atmosphere above the base-born wants of earthly mortals, and far beyond the chattering crowd that lives but for to-day, our lives, refined beyond the common ken—” ■And just then the man with the gong came out. Mortimer, he made a grab at Ethel’s hand and a plunge for the cabin door. Ethel just gath¬ ered her skirts with the other hand, jumped- clear over the back of her chair and otter him, and away they went clattering down the cabin, up¬ set a chair, ran into a good, sweet old Quaker lady and banged a bad word out of her before she had time to stop it; down the stairs they rushed, collared a couple of chairs at the nearest table, feed a waiter, and opened the action without skirmish¬ ing. I am a man of coarse mould and an earthen-bound appetite my¬ self, and I wouldn’t live in a star so long as I could find a good hotel in America; but long, long before I could get seats at the table for my family, Mortimer and Ethel had eaten two bluefish, a little rare beef¬ steak, some corn bread, a plate of hot cakes, two boiled eggs, and a bunch of onions, and the waiter had gone out to toast them some cheese. MORAL. I have, during my wanderings, met several people who wanted to live in a star, where the earthborn people with animal appetites could not trou¬ ble them, and 1 always found the saftest place for an earthborn man, when the starborn soul started for the dinner table, was behind a large rook. Distrust the aspiring mortal who lives in a plane so elevated that he requires the use of a telescope when he wants to look down ht the rest of us. And if lie ever wants to board at your humble table, charge ,! ' m ^ 1 ' ) 3 week, and feed him lots of so,, |h <>r you’ll lose money on him. Jlterk^e. ____ To Girls, Now that you arc being courted, you think, of course, it is all very well, and it will be nicer when von get married. But it won’t. He lie’s going to keep on this high pitch of love all the time. But he won’t. He doesn’t know himself and you don’t know him. It must cool down. When lie sees you as many times a day as he wants to, and maybe more; when he secs your head done up regularly every morn¬ ing in curl papers and the bloom is all off the rye; when your home con¬ tains a good deal of wash tub, cradle and cook stove, he won’t stand in front of the house for one hour, out in the cold, watching your light in your window. He’ll be thinking rather of getting out of the house. Young woman protract courtship as long as you can. Let well enough alone. A courtship in the hand is worth two marriages in the bush. Don’t marry till Christmas after next. - He came into the editorial rooms, with a face of long primer, solid, and a nose, i lie redness of which was set in small pica. He wanted to nego¬ tiate a loan in order to make an in¬ vestment in huckleberry pie stock, preferred, with a few shares of milk on margin, stock watered. “Genlura,” said he, with a very confidential air, addressing the staff in general, “to tell yon the honest truth, I”—“The honest truth,” roared the managing editor; “do you know where you are, my friend? This is a newspaper office, this is no place for the honest truth, you had better git!” With a look of woe upon his rubicund countenance tlie would-be investor departed. Two boys and two girls, the eldest of whom was under 10, planned to elope from Ottawa and get married this side of the line. One of the boys obtained $80 for expenses, but the other’s financial calculation failed and at the last moment he was com¬ pelled to withdraw from the enter¬ prise. His sweetheart, however, did not give up the idea of eloping, and so accompanied the more prosperous couple in their flight. \ W. A. TOMPKINS, A GLASS OF MILK AND A GEORGIA WATERMELON Combine to Restore the Fasting Doctor to the Land of the Gour¬ mand—An Enthusiastic Crowd Sees the Old Man Through His Forty Days of Trouble. New York, August 7.—Dr. Tan¬ ner is in a good condition, and will undoubtedly complete his fast at noon. A large crowd is in atten¬ dance. At 11 o’clock lie stood at a window on Thirteenth street looking at the crowd in the streets. A few minutes previously he walked one lap around the hall. His brother-in-law, W. M. Gardener, called on him this morn¬ ing. His visit seemed to make the faster nervous, and he complained of “goneness” in his stomach. At seven o’clock this morning he had a fit of vomiting. He then got up and dressed. At 7:30 he was much exhausted and laid down on his cot. lie remained in this posi¬ tion until 10:15, when he went into the lower hall. After a walk he again laid down and was covered with a blanket. At 10:50 he arose and walked into the front room. A large table of watermelons, fruits, bread, etc., is spread in the hall. Dr. Tanner completed his forty days fast at noon to-day. As soon as time was up the crowd cheered Tanner enthusiastically. About one thousand persons were in the hall and an immense crojvd on the side¬ walk. He at once drank a glass of milk and called for the Georgia wa¬ termelon. This he tapped, dug his hand into and ate heartily of. When remonstrated with be asked to be left alone, saying: “No, my Lord, I am running this now.” When he placed a glass of milk to his mouth, he remarked : “ Gentlemen, you don’t believe that’s good.” The sig¬ nal for the expitation of the fast was the whistle from a factory in the vicinity. When it blew 7 Tanner had a peach in his hand, but before he could put it into his mouth, some¬ body snatched it away from him. In response to the plaudits of the as¬ semblage, Dr. Tanner, who was sit¬ ting upon a chair placed on a table, raised his handkerchief over his head. At a quarter past twelve Dr. Tanner got down from the table and left the hall in a coach in charge of Dr. Gunn, who took him to his residence where he will undergo careful medi¬ cal treatment. During the morn¬ ing about two thousand persons visited the hall. Just before noon his temperature was found to be 99, pulse 92 and respiration 17. Tanner’s weight at the end of his fast was 1214 pounds, showing a loss of 3G during the forty days. — <o» » — In connection with Arthur’s deliv¬ erance on the subject of civil service, read the following extract from a letter addressed to him by President Hayes: “With a deep sense of my obligations under the Constitution, I regard it as my plain duty to sus¬ pend you, in order that the office may be honestly administered.” Senator McDonald says he has got to find or hear of a single Democrat in Indiana who is not for Hancock and English. The Democracy of India have come off victorious on too many hard fought battles to leave any room for doubt of their complete success in October. Brown had been in love with a young lady and asked permission to call her by the expressive name of some animal, which was granted on condition that she should have the same privilege. On leaving, Brown said, “Good night, dear!” “Good night, hore!”said she. “Buy a trunk, Pat,” said a dealer. “And what for should I buy a trunk?” demanded Pat. “To put your clothes in,” was the reply. “And go nakid?” exclaimed Pat; “not a bit iv it!” NO. 13. IN A NEST OF WATER SNAKES. A Lively Adventure Had by an Auburnian Sportsman. A sportsman, whose word in every respect can be vouched for, was spending a few days at Cayuga in hunting and fishing on Seneca river. One morning he pulled his boat into the rushes which line the stream on both sides for miles to wait for wa¬ ter hens to make their appearance on the clear water, which they always do in large numbers at early dawn. He fell into a doze from which he did not awake until the sun began to burn his face. Upon opening his eyes the first object that met his gaze was a monstrous black water snake coiled up in the stern of the skiff. The sight of this slimy visitant sur¬ prised him not a little. The gentle¬ man slowly reached around for his gun, which lay in the bow of the boat, keeping his eyes at the same time on the snake. The first thing that his hand came in contact with wasthe cold,’clammy body of another visitor of the same species. Like a flash he jerked back that useful member, and looking over his shoul¬ der espied three snakes apparently taking “solid comfort,” either of which would measure seven feet in length. He quickly grasped an oar and 1 sprang upon the seat. By this time the one which occupied the stern not liking these warlike preparations glided off into the water, but the other three gave evidence of “hold¬ ing the fort.” They coiled and un¬ coiled themselves and ran out their forked tongues at him in no friendly manner. Mr. opened the at tack by knocking the nearest one completely out of time with the oar. The other crawled up on the seat and tried to encompass itself around his pedal extremities. The gentle¬ man, who was now thoroughly alarm¬ ed, began a series of violent man¬ oeuvres,kicking and striking, until finally he threw his foes into the wa¬ ter. On examining the spot he dis¬ covered that he had hauled up his boat into the place where they had hvbemated during the past winter. An old muskrat house near by was literally alive with their hideous forms basking in the sunshine. Mr. -said that he soon got into position and pulled to more congen¬ ial locality to watch for game. Cox on Garfield. —In his sledge¬ hammer speech in Pennsylvania, the other evening, Hou. S. S. Cox wed¬ ded the credit moilicr to the DeGol ycr contract after a fashion that sent peals of laughter echoing up the hills of Pike county. Said he: “It said that the congressmen who were on Oakes Ames’s memorandum book had good intentions. Hell is paved with thein-and DeGolyer had the contract!” The entire speech was s > incisive that the synopsis furnish¬ ed by our correspondent this morn¬ ing will be deemed all too brief. Sardines. —A large portion of the sardines consumed in this country come from Eastport, near thh jump¬ ing off place in the State of Maine. There are no less than five compan¬ ies engaged the packing of sardines, which are caught near by in the greatest quantities. They are pack¬ ed both in French mustard and oil, aud an extensive business is done in what is known as Russian packing. The shipments foot up nearly six hundred cargoes per day. Mr. C. H. Colt, a young milion aire of Hartford, has come out with a splendid four-in-hand at Newport. He is a son of the late Mr. Colt, the revolver manufacturer. An Indiana woman gave birth to four children the other day. If the little darlings live they might have a spanking good time before long. A turtle caught off Block Island weighs nine hundred pounds, and is on exhibition at Newport.