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ATLANTA DAILY POST. VOL. II Largest City Circulation. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT, WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK, of Pennsylvania. for vice-preside;.t, WILLIAM H. ENGLISH, of Indiana. It is remarked by a country edi tor that the 6th .District Conven tion had “a Blount way” of express ing itself. The two-thirds rule protect the minority. The majority rule leaves the minority without any remedy or redoes*. Col. Nelson Tift is a dangerous man to interrogate too closely. It is not because he won't answer; it is because he does answer. A man who leans against the southwestern gable end of a mule when he propounds a conundrum, is in a place of absolute safety compared to the man who tackles Col. Nelson Tift with an imper tinent quesiion. A gentleman remarked in oUr hearing, yesterday, that Governor Colquitt must have “the cheek of a government mule” to enable him to stand before an audience and claim the credit for the pros perous condition of our State finances. The short branch railroads now being constructed in Georgia will result in building up and develop ing some of the best sections of the State. The road from Social Cir cle to Monroe, and the one from Norcross to Lawrenceville are cases in point. It is announced that the Rich mond Commonweal 1 h, suspends * for want of support.” This is singu lar. A man wants support, and starts a paper. The same cause leads him to suspend. This is a rule that appears to work both ways. Messrs Frank P. Rice and W. H. Patterson are announced in this issue as Democratic candidates to represent Fulton county in the leg islature. Both gentlemen are de servedly popular, and their fine business abilities are generally re cognized. The many friends of these two candidates will doubtless give them a hearty support. The Columbus Enquirer talks very sensibly in favor of the two thirds rule. It does not agree with the opinion that the minority • ought to go to the majority, but thinks occasions may arise when it is the duty of the majority to concede something. For instance, when the minority hold insuper able objections to the candidate of the majority, why not yield and • unite upon a good and proper man who has not been the candidate of either wing of the Convention. The Covington Star, a very con servative journal, says of Gov. Colquitt: Too much disaffection and dissatisfaction exists, if no other reason could be given, for him ever to harmonize the party, or to popularize his administration. He went into office as the pel of the people of Geor gia, but he has grown to be almost a sore upon the body politic, which is fast de stroying its vitals. But there is a large element in our state who think he ought to be re elected. Perhaps they are right, but we greatly fear the result. The renomina tion of Mr. Colquitt will be the worst blow to the organized democracy that could possibly be struck it. Hence we ask the people of Georgia, in convention assem bled, to reflect a moment before they at tempt to leap the widening chasm. —We don’t want to see our party disintegrated or shattered to pieces, but are afraid such will be the result of the re-nomination of Alfred 11. Colquitt for governor. , . A postal card-baa been received by the Daily Post, asking the fol lowing question : “If two gentle men are walking along the street, and they meet a lady with whom one of the gentlemen is acquaint ed, is it right for both of them to speak to her ?” The question hardly requires a serious answer. We supposed all the world knew that it is the cus tom, under the circumstances men tioned by our correspondent, for the strange gentleman to rush for ward, grasp the lady’s hand, and enquire heartily after her health, and that of her “uncles and her cousins and her aunts.” When several gentlemen are walking to gether, only one of whom is ac quainted with the lady, the others all speak to her, one at a time, the man who parts his hair in the middle taking the lead, of course. THE STATE ROAD. EXPOSURES OF A BIG GRAB GAME. The Railroad Ring Afier the State Prop, er y.—Audacious Attempt to Gob ble up the Road at Deas than One-Third its Value. The most humble citizen by taking note of current events and coupling them with the signs of the times, may with some de g eee of accuracy foretell that which is to come. In my article written several days ago, appearing in the Post on the 25th inst., I referred to the people’s property —the State Road. I was surprised that an arti cle referring to this “valuable property’’ should have appeared in the Constitution the day before my article was published. But I was uot surprised atthe position taken in reference to the people’s very valuable property! Everybody kmws, or they should know, that the Constitution is the organ of what is known as “The Railroad Ring.” There fore I was prepared for such an article as that referred to. In proof of such fact I would call your at tention to the purchase recently made through Mr. Henry Grady of one-fourth in terest in the Constitution. Quite a large sum was pail for this interest in the Con stitution 1 It is generally believed that the money was furnished by Mr. Newcombe, the president of the railroad combination, which controlls neatly the entire traffic throughout the State of Georgia, and it is said he has the management of a controling in terest in the State Road. There is a ques tion in my mind as to who controls the Grady interest in the Constitution —but Newcombe may have furnished a part of the money. I am of the opinion that at least a part was suppliet from a source much nearer home. You all know that a trust ed servant of Georgia holdsan influential position with the Louisville & Nashville railroad —let him be designated as the ex- Senator. —This gentleman is receiving a large salary—if reports be true, a very large salary from the Louisville <fc Nash ville railroad. Have you ever observed what a lively interest he is taking in the present gubernatorial canvass throughout the State, all the time drawing a very large salary from his employers ? • Does it occur to you-that the Louisville & Nashville rail road could, under the circumstances, have any interest in the election that is now engaging the people of Georgia? I designate the Constitution as the organ of the “Railroad Ring.” Is it not believed to be a characteristic of human nature, that when a thing is wanted, the party or parties wanting, adopt a course of apparent indif ference or that they will underrate the cov eted prize? Do you see anything of this kind in the article of the Constitution of the 24th inst ? That paper is disposed to make much of the fact that the State road has brought to the State treasury $300,000 per annum, or $3,000,000 in ten years. But does it occur to the people of Georgia that their road should bring to the State an annual revenue of $600,000 each year or $6,000,000 in ten years ? The Constitution tells the dear people that this grand property if sold would “most probably not bring over $3,000,000." “Be not deceived my countrymen I" Do not allow yourselves to be gulled with any such ideas as would be forced down you by this article of the Constitution. Well does the "railroad ring" know that some of the citizens of Georgia are aware that tbey want that “golden egg” of yours— but fellow countrymen the ring would make you believe it was at least half brass. Be not deceived I The Western & Atlantic Railroad with all its attachments is worth 10,000,000 of dol lars as well as one dollar is worth another. But the Constitution in conclusion says if any “serious attempt will ever be made to sell this valuable property” that it, the Consti tution, “will oppose such a plan with all its soul and strength.” Think before you vote. If the road is sold it will be sold subject to the lease, and therefore what is “writ in the bond" will then guard the people’s interest as well as now. The people would, no doubt, be enlight ened by a few figures regarding the earnings of their railroad — During the year last past the gross earn ings of the State road exceeded the enormous sum of one million four hundred and ninety thousand dollars. Os this the expenditures including all costs of running and equipping the road, the building of iron bridges, the purchase of stetl rails, consumed 52 per cent, of the earnings, say seven hundred and seventy four thousand eight hundred dollars which left a balance ot seven hundred and fifteen thousand two hundred dollars. Take front this three hundred thousand dol lars paid to the State for rent and the les sees have a net profit of four hundred and fifteen thousand two hundred dollars and yet the organ of the Railroad Ring tells you thaj this grand property, if sold, would “most probably not bring over $3,000,000." I would call the-people’s attention to an other fact; In the 52 per cent, of disburse ments is tiicluded the sum of SOO,OOO paid to the Ifessees as interest on their income bonds. Add io their profit as stated above and you have a profit to the lessees after all expenses are paid ; after the iron bridges are paid for : after the steel rails are paid for; after the small rental is hand ed over to the State, you have, I say, a profit to the lesse.eS of more than five hun dred and five thousand dollars and with all these facts before them the “organ of the Railroad Ring” tells the dear people that this their property, if sold, would “most probably not bring over $3,000,000.” It is the opinion of the present managers of the State road that the expenditures this year will not exceed 37 per cent, of the gross earnings—this decrease in the dis bursements, which is probable, because iron bridges and steel rails 'tis said, will last from twenty to forty years —would increase the profits of the lessees of the State road to about six hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Let the people form their own estimate of the opinions expressed by the organ of the “ railroad ring.” Add $300,000 to $650,000 and you have a sum almost equal to a nett income of 10 per cent, on $10,000,000 —and yet the “rail road ring” organ says that if the State ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 28. 1880. Road is sold it would “ most probably not bring over $3,000,000.” Let the people draw their own conclu sions as to the intent of the article of the Constitution's referred to, which is present ed herewith. With the results of Governor Colquitt’s manipulation of the State’s finan ces before the people, can they be willing to trust his judgment in the management of any disposition that may be made of their property, the State Road ? Keiv. THE STATE ROAD. Atlanta Constitution. Ten years ago the legislature leased the Western and Atlantic Road for the term of twenty years. One half of that time has ex pired and the State has received $3,000,000 in Cash from the lessees. The lease has ten years yet to run, and in that time the State will receive $3,000,000 in cash. In the term of the lease it will have paid the enormous sum of $6,000,000. • It is an essential part of this lease that the road shall be run with absolute impar tiality, and the humblest citizen has the right to test the impartiality of its manage ment in the courts. It is also “writ in the bond” that the road sTall be returned at the end of the lien in as good condition as it was when first leased —the State being put under no expense for repairs. It will be seen, therefore, that we have a square in come of $300,000 a year, without a dollar of outlay subject to no contingency and with out any depreciation of the property. A safer investment no State ever made —a bet ter investment Georgia cannot make. Aside from the fact that the State should control in the interest of all sections and all classes, this most important railroad within her borders —the key, as it were, to its en tire system of roads —as a purely financial matter, the road should never be sold. It could never bring, at any sale, more than $5,000,000, and most probably not bring over $3,000,000. The chances are that the few men rich enough to make a serious bid for the road would pool their b.ds, and carry it off for less than $3,000,000. But if it were to bring $5,000,000, we should be throwing up what now pays 6 per cent, on that sum. The State is floating 4 per cents, now, and to change an investment that is paying 6 per ' cent., and not impairing the property and fully protecting the public rights, would be a criminal blunder. We have no idea that any serious attempt will ever be made to sell this valuable property. If such an at tempt is ever made the Constitution will op pose such a plan with all its soul and strength, and before every tribunal. tIBERNATOHIAL DELEGATES. The following table embraces the returns from all the counties heard from up to this date : For A. H. Colquitt-. For R. E. Lester : Appling 1 Bulloch 2 Baker 2 Bryan . 2 Banks 2 Berrien 2 Brooks 2 Chatham 6 Burke Coffee ...t Butts..... ~.2 Calhoun 2 Cher0kee......... 2 Camden 2 Coweta 4 Clinch 2 Colquitt 2 Charlton 2 Chattahoocnee........2 Echols 2 Dawson 2 Emanuel 2 Dougherty 4 Effingham 2 Douglass 2 Hart 1 DeKalb 2 Hall 2 Dodge 2 Irwin 2 Decatur ...4 Jackson 4 Elbert 2 Jefferson 4 Fayette 1 Lowndes 2 Forsyth 2 Liberty 2 Greene 4 Madison 2 Gwinnett 2 Marion 2 Glynn 2 McDuffie 2 Glascock 2 Montgomery 1 Houston 6 Mclntosh 2 Habersham 2 Pickens 2 Hancock 4 Randolph 1 Jasper 2 Screven 2 Johnson .2 Tatnall I Lincoln 1 Terrell 2 Lee ..... 2 Webster .2 Lumpkin .2 Ware 2 Miller 2 Washington 4 Mitchell 2 Wilkinson 2 Murray 2 Wilcox 1 Newt0n........ 4 Early ..J Oglethorpe 4 Putnam 2 Total 72J Rockdale 2 Sumter 3 p jf Hardeman Spalding 2 Twiggs 2 Appling 1 Tatnall Bibb. 6 Uniota. 2 8a1dwin:...............2 White 2i Crawford ; 2 Walton 2; Coffee 1 Walker.. 2| Dodge.. 2 Warren 2i Dade 2 Wayne 2i Gordon 1 Wilcox 1 Harris 4 Wayne ..2. Lincoln ...1 Worth.. v 2J Maeon .4 Richmond ..?6j Montgomery 1 Floyd >4! Paulding.... .....1 Whitfield...... ...21 Randolph 1 Clay 2 Sumter 1 Pulaski 2 Stewart 4 Early IJ Talbot 4 Schley...s.,■■■>■■■ .2.Telfair..: .>.....,,2 Gilmer Up50niA.'.......:.i...52 Monroe 4 Troup 4 T0ta1..... 42 Carroll 4 Anti-Colquitt, Total 155 J Bartow 4 For L. J. Gartrell : Chattahoochee, 2 Laurens 2 Chattooga 2 Muscogee 4 Fayette 2 Pierce.... .....4 Gordon 1 Cat005a.............,-..2 Gwinnett 1 Hart 1 Total 18 Lincoln 1 Morgan 2 Hiram Warner : Pike 2 Meriwether 4 Rabun ....2 Milton 2 Taliaferro 2 Paulding 1 Wilkes 4 Fulton 6; Total 7 Haralson. ........,»...2| . - Total 29 wood. ' Fannin 2 Returns ,from 135 counties as above given ....320 Colquitt has received of that number... 155 J Anti-Colquitt “ “ “ _ " 164 J Whole number of delegates in Conven- tion v 352 Two-thirds of Convention 235 Majority of Convention 177 TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Richmond Commonwealth suspended. Ole Bull is very ill and cancels his en gagements. P>of. Riley recommends London purple for the cotton worm. The Princess Beatrice will meet Empress Eugenie off Osborn to-day. Edward Hogan, of Brooklyn, fa'ally cut his wife with a razor Monday night. Geo. Washington was lynched in Stewart county, Tenn., by a mob last Thursday. Bismarck is taking a summer trip, and will not return to Berlin before Christmas. Mrs. Lumden, living on Fond, N, C., was killed by lightning yester day. Three or four men robbed the Middle town, Conn., Savings Bank yisterday at ifcon. ’ There will be a judicial investigation of Mrs. Annie Wetmore's alleged suicide in raris- Thos. Delana, of Chicago, has a fractured skull His wife confesses that she gave it to him. Mrs. Edward Grayson wife of a promi nent citizen of Dayton, 0., has suicided by poison. Capt. George D. Wise is the democratic nominee for congress in the 3rd Virginia district. Dr. Tanner slept a good deal on his 29th day. There is not much change in his condition. ’’Varnbrock’s extensive furniture factory in St. Louis was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning, John Diggs, near Darnestown, Md., has been hung by a mob for outraging Mrs. Tschiffely. 'Three men cut off by black damp in a mine at the Keeley Run colliery, Penn., died before they could be relieved. Horace Shoemaker murdered Win. Tig gert in Montgomery county, Tenn., last Saturday. Shoemaker defies arrest. In Oakland, Cal., Edward Schroder, tel ler of a bank, shot and killed Dr. Alfred Lefevre. Schroder’s wife is mixed up with it. Milton Story, living 25 miles south of Nashville, died the other day from hydro phobia. He was bitten by a mad dog last March. In addition to his present command, Gen, Hancock has been assigned the department of the South during the absence of Gen. C. C. Augur. Maj. R. F. Fouche is a democratic candi date for the slate senate in the 42d district. Messrs. A. A. Marshall and John W. Tur ner are candidates for the house. MORE FAVORITISM. Side oI the Memphis Branch Railroad. ' Hons e Courier. The Memphis Branch Railroad was sold I by Gov. Colquitt in Rome on the first Tues day in August 1877. According to the advertisement it was to be sold for cash, and it was then supposed that cash or its equivalent in bonds of the State or bonds of the road endorsed by the State, would be required, as stated in the ad vertisement. The city of Rome had contrib uted to the building of the road SIOO,OOO of her bonds, and the citizens of Floyd county had contributed several thou sand of their private funds to the same purpose. General Philips acting as agent for the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad company became the purchaser for $9,000 of all the cars, the engine and the cross ties, together with five miles of rails— and without paying the money be was al lowed to remove them all. The Governor in his message to the Legislature of 1878 says: “ This last named company being unable to pay the amount of said bid in cash, I consented in behalf of the State that payment of said sum be deferred until the first day of January, 1881, the company in the meantime paying interest thereon an nually at the rate of seven per cent." Almost any citizen of Rome or of Floyd county, would have been glad to buy this property on the same terms. It is singular that the Governor allowed the property to be removed under the circumstances. He ought to have known before he permitted the removal that the purchaser could not pay, and he ought not to have permitted the removal until the cash was paid. General Phillips is presumed to have known that he could not pay the cash when he bid for the property, and it is hardly probable that he would have made the purchase without some previous under standing with the governor. Was it fair to this city and community that this advan tage should have been taken of them— ought not the governor in justice to our people have given them the same opportu nity? Roman. After Senator Hill's Place. • Columbus Enquirer. The term of Hon. B. H. Hill, as senator, expires March 4th, 1883. The legislature that assembles preceding that date elects his successor. The design of the Kirkwood crowd is to defeat him with Gov. Colquitt. The peculiar electioheering of Gov. Col quitt, a nd his pressed-for-time iriend, Gen. Gordon,is not solely for the purpose of win ning the executive salary or vindication. Gov. Colquitt has been hungering for some time for that pay of at least $6,000 on which Gen. Gordon could not live. Col quitt and Gordon are opposed to Mr. Hill, and the first is very anxious to get his place. If he secures the governorship a second time, which we don’t believe he will, he will put in his work to beat Mr. Hill before the legislature. It would have been better for this last gentleman to have commenced the fight by running as a dele gate before the convention. He will have to make it some day, and the sooner he takes his stand the better, for the struggle will come. It was intimated in Atlanta that if Mr. Hill remained on the ticket for anti-Colquitt delegates, it would be opposed by work and money; therefore Mr. Hill withdrew and wrote a letter to Georgians cautioning them against personalism. It has ( been stated and reiterated for several years that Gov. Colquitt had senatorial as pirations. He cannot oppose his own ap pointed nenator, and hence he will claim to be further vindicated cf the Murphy mat ter, he should be elected in the place’of Mr. Hill. Yindication ishis strongest move. TIFT'S TALL TALK. Two of Grn. Gordon’s QneMioiiN An swered in an Unexpected Shope. In his speech at Perry, Gen. Gordon said that Nelson Tift was the only man who had made charges against Colquitt over his own name. “Who is Tift ?” said Gen. Gordon. “And whete was he from 1861 to 1865 ?" Replying to these questions in the Ma con Telegraph, Col. Tift said that in 1874, when he was preparing to go to Europe to make arrangements for through bills of lading and low rates of freight between Liverpool and all important points South and West, he met Senator Gordon in Wash ington who gave him the following letter: United States Senate Chamber, Washington, D. C., June 22, 1874. This will introduce the Hon, Nelson Tift, of Gt orgia, former member of Con gress from that Sta’e. I cannot too highly commend him as a gentleman of the high est character and enterprise. The fact of his selection by the people of Georgia to represent the important interests which carry him to England is a sufficient intro duction. I earnestly commend him and his enterprise to business men of Europe. John B. Gordon, U. S. Senator from State of Georgia. Col. Tift says Gordon also gave h’m an equally strong letter to Hon. J. P. Benja min, on which Benjamin, who had known Tift in Richmond, gave him a strong en dorsement from his personal knowledge. Col. Tift dryly remarks. “Since that time 1 have tried to maintain this good charac ter which Senator Gordon then vouched for me.” In answer to Gordon's second question Col. Tift says: As to where I was from 1861 to 1865 the records of the navy department of the Confederate government will show that tny brother, Mr. A. F. Tift, and myself in 1861, tendered our services to the government upon the express condition that we would not receive any pecuniary compensation whatever for our services. Our proposi tion was accepted. We were appointed agents of the navy department and served according to the best of our ability and to the entire satisfaction of the government during the war. First, in the construction of the ironclad Mississippi, at New Orleans. Se . ond, the conversion of the British ship “Fingajl” into the ironclad, "Atlanta. Third, in the erection and management of important establishments in Albany for the supply of provisions—beef, bread, flour and meal—to the navy, and sometimes supple menting needed supplies for the army or for its prisoners. In the investigation which was made by the Confederate Congress, through a com mittee of which Hon. C. C. Clay, of Ala bama, whs chairman, into the management of the Navy Department, in which our conduct in the building of the ironclad Mississippi formed a prominent part, the committee, in their report, paid us a high compliment for the faithful discharge of our duties as agents of the government.” These answers will doubtless fully inform Gen. Gordon as to who Col. Tift is and where he was between 1861 and 1865. GEORGIA GOSSIP. A brass band is contemplated in Monroe. Capt. Cates Carrington, aged 84, died in Coweta county last Friday. Asbestos and corundum have recently been discovered near Monroe. Mrs. Hussey, of Forsyth, has written a se rial story for the Savannah News. A Covington man has a blanket that, has been in constant use for 64 years. Rev. G. A. Nunnally has been elected financial agent of Mercer University. John Carter, colored, fell dead in Colum bus Monday, while eating a watermelon. Old father Cheatham, of Madison county, aged 94, works 12 hou s a day in open air. It is said that a Cincinnati man will start a cotton tie manufactory in Rome, this fall. The peach crop is a greater failure in Georgia than has been known for many years. The branch railroad from Social Circle to Monroe will be completed in about six weeks. Many of the caterpillers discovered in Dougherty and Baker counties turn out to be silk worms. Ed Musgrove was mashed between the cars at Columbus, the other day, but was not seriously injured, It is thought that Mr. Frank Halleck, of Rome, has skipped, jumped or vamoosed, having bis creditors in the lurch. Wesley Knowlton, confined in Butler jail for outraging an 80 year old lady, was killed by unknown parties Monday night. The Newnan Herald thinks that Rev. W. A. Candler’s tirade against the press at Barnesville has not curtailed the circulation of any Georgia paper. W. H. Waldrop, a married man, whose wife and two children live near Griffin, ran away last Sunday with the 14 year old daughter of a poor widow woman. He is being pursued. A goat walked into the office of a Savan nah Justice of the peace, last Monday, stole a warrant that had just been written and proceeded to chew it up. Another warrant had to be procured. —me Awaliliiv an Investigation. Last night a street hack belonging to Mr. Charley Wells and in charge of Joe Stephens was wrecked badly. Stephens had left the team standing near the Kimball House, when the horses becime frightened and started up Whitehall street at a rapid gate towards Mr. Wells’ stable on Broad, but when they arrived at the stable only a small portion of the hack was with them, the greater part being scattered along the street. Stephens is now in the calabose awaiting an investigation. DOVE, undying, solid love, whose root is virtue, can no more die than vir tue itself. —Erasmus. STATE POLITICAL NOTES. Col. Jack Brown will probably run for congress against Gen. Phil Cook. Persons, Smith, Cox and Pou are making an active canvass for congress in the 4th. Gov. Colquitt was expected to speak to day at an agricultural festbal in Rockdale. The Augusta News says: "A dark horse will probably win in the gubernatorial con test.’ 1 It is rumored that a Weaver and Cham ber’s greenback ticket will be put out in Georgia. An Augusta lawyer predicts that Hon. J. C. C. Black’s speech against the Colquitt administration will yet send him to Con gress. The Raine Tribune says the gubernatorial delegates should vote fur uo ' cat in a bag." This will please the govenor He is down on “yellow eyed cate.” Bill Moore says in the Augusta News: “Jim Yanks, of Atlanta, is only 33. We don’t know why, but we always had the im pression that he was about 415 ” The Columbus Enquirer of Tuesday gives Colquitt 164, Lester 62, Hardeman 52, Gar trell 19, Warner 7, Underwood 2, unin structed 20. The Macon Telegraph does not believe that any of the gubernatorial estimates are cor rect. The Telegraph also fays: It seems now to be prooable that Colquitt will fall from twelve to twenty short of the requisite two-thirds in the state convention, and some feel considerable apprehension of a dead lock, or some other damaging discrepancy. The Walton county Vidette says : Dr. Stewart, of Rockdale county, candidate for the Senate, was at the Loganville barbecue on Thursday last, and made a "speech.” We learn from several gentlemen who were in attendance that he advised the laboring classes and farmers that the time had come for them to come to the front and take hold and revolutionize the legislation of the country. He wanted to sec all the laws of Georgia—including the fifty-seven volumes of Supreme Court reports —brought into a compass no larger than an old-fashioned spelling book- The doctor is evidently a demagogue, pure and simple, and will be elected to remain at home. Does the doc tor belong to the laboring class ? ►-<•>< itte Moon Not a Dead Star. Dr. H. J. Klein, who years ago an nounced a new crater in that world of extinct volcanoes, the moon, has a brief article in La Nature, in which he gives reasons for believing that the moon is not dead. He has recently examined drawings of the neighborhood of the new crater by Gruithuisen, which strongly confirm the theory of recent changes on the lunar surface, and cites also the drawings of Messi’s. Neb on and Green in further proof thereof. Prof. Klein adds that he anuourcid the new depress ion near Hygihns as a crater from anal ogy. It is a crater funnel, and even one of the largest. Toward the south there s a shallow spOon-shaped hollow, which terminates in a second small crater. Di full sunlight, when the interior of the large hollow of the crater is no longer in shadow, the spoon-shaped hollow may still be seen as a gray spot. By the use of high powers it is remarked that the environs of the new crater appear’ to be fissured in a bewildering manner. Two fine furrows, like clefts in the soil, which extend from N. toward the Snail mount ain, are the finest objects on the mown. It is impossible as yet to decide whether this formation is really volcanic. There is one curious fact, however, which would seem to indicate that a mountain of smoke has at one time been seen on the moon. On July 2, 1797, Schroter and Orbers examined a mountain situ ated in the Sea of Vapors. This mount ain, which was ascertained to be 3,450 feet high, has been seen neither before nor since, and was probably merely a mass of vapor. The formation measured by Schroter has disappeared from the moon, and nearly in the same spot there is now a crater. There sometimes occur, too, on the surface of the moon, nebulous strata of very long duration, which have uo analogues o:>. the earth. He who ex amines carefully the materials furnished by the numerous observations made on lunar formations from the time of Gruithuisen up to our own day, says Prof. Klein, will arrive at the conclusion that t.liiugs arc going on upon the surface of this neighboring world which we as yet can know nothing about. An Illinois gentleman counts among liis treasures, and very rightly, too, a quaint old ambrotype of Abraham Lin coln. It shows a gaunt and awkward man of 37 seated in an old rush-bottomed chair, and dressed in well-worn dark clothes, with an old-fashioned stock, and his uncombed hiur standing out in al I directions. An Administration that Will Vindicate Itself. Hinesville Gazette. It is the fault of the people now that it is not oftener the case that men are elevated to office for intrinsic merit and not because they are asking and begging for it. When the people throw overboard all candidates, and make their own selections from the en tire party, then will we have a good and pure administration that will vindicate it self. Common meter—One that register! more gas than is consumed. Ladies’ & Gents’ Watches, Go’d Cuard and OperaGhains Plain ’Bk Gold Rings, Seals, etc-, just received at J. P. Stevens & Co’s 3-X WHITEHA-Ur. ST. NO. 255