Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-01

In the Bibb County Convention. which met
at Macon on Friday last, for the purpose Of
selecting delegates 70 the convention TO nomi-
nate candidate for Congressman from ihe
Sixth Congressional district, t b held in Mil
ledgeville on August 9Th, and for other busi-
ness, there was a consi- cradle fight between
the Stephens and an;i-Stephens men composing
the meeting. Mr.. Washington Dessau intro
duced the following: Whereas, at the Demo
cratic State Convention lately held in the city
OK Atlanta, the following nominations were
made: For Governor, Hon :. II. stephens; Tor
OngreSsman-at-large, Hen. Ihos. HArdeman,
.lr.; for Secretary OF State, Hon. N. Z. Barnett;
for Comptroller General. Hon. W. A. Wright;
Tor Treasurer, Hon L. y Speer; for Attorney
General, Hen. Clifford Anderson. Resolved,
That we, the Democratic party of Bibb county,
in convention assembled, do hereby ratify said
nominations, and pledge our support to the
same IN the ensuing elections" This was the
signal for general fusilade along the whole
line, the stephens men insisting on
the passage and the antiStephens men
opposing. After the big guns had fired of,
and the little crackers had phizzed and poppedi
and the anti-Stephens men, disgusted at the
turn the political complexion had taken, had
vacated the hall, the resolutions as above
were passed by a vote of 55 to ), so that il is
now of record that the Democrats Of Bibb
have fully accepted the results Of the late
GubernatOrial Convention.
The county Of Richmond, bY the returns
made by the Receiver Of Tax Returns for the
year 1852, makes the following respectable
showing; hoad hands, 1870; polls, 6,446; da-
guerrean or other artists, 4; lawyers, "a; doc
tors. s.; dentists, g; total number acres Of
land, 1S7, 1854 aggregate value 81 6l3 500; city
o. town property. sd, COO; shares in any State
or national bank, p, $50; value of shares
3l,2O5,200i building and loan associations,
Sl65, 100; money, notes. open accounts etc.
Sl.713. 400; merchandise ana stock in trade : :
lO9, $50; capital invested in shipping and ton
mage, S150O; stocks and bonds. 81, ,753, 200; cot
tOn manufactures 81, AS, $50 iron works found
rin hold uFrA1
ture. S430. $50; watches, silver plate, jewelry,
etc, SS5,15O; horses, mules, o. other stock. .176
$50: plantation and mechanical tools. etc,
Sl51 l5O; cotton, corn, provisions, etc, 1850;
aggregate value of who'e property,
Sl4,sss,O5O; amount of tax on polls, SO, ,446
amount Of tax on professions, Sl,lS0;
The aggregate value OF the whole property last
year was $16,s4l 500, showing the large in.
crease this year OF 81, AS. $50. There is an in
crease IN city property OF $3.50, 100; in laod of
SlH, ,l5O; in stocks and bonds Of SS2 $50; in cot
ton manufactures Of S93S. $50; in plantation
items on the tax list nearly all show an in
crease In 1881 there was an increase over
1850 OF S1,275, ,639. and in 1880 over 1879 of
S4O1,1b1. The aggregate incr ease in the three
years was S3,125,s56 The increase this year
would have been much larger but for the de-
cline in values of bank stocks as compared
with the same date of last year.
Mr.. J. o. Robinson, Superintendent of the
the
Constitution reporter the following facts in
ret erence to the mining interests Of that sec
ton OF the State: There are LIS stamps al
DshlOnega. and don't think there is anything
being done that is not paying in most salts
factory manner. The Singleton company
has . stamps and is putting in 10 more; the
'F1ndlaY has 90; the Consolidated has 40, with
40 more to be put in; the Fish Trap has 10
with 10 more to be put in; the Barlow and
Hand have 90 and the Pigeon ROOst
has 10. These stamps are immediately
at DahiOnega. About six miles from the place
at Auraria are about one hundred stamps
| The Consolidated mine is payiug dividend of
$4,000 a month, ani in fifteen dividends has
paid its owners SO. 900. The Calhoun mine is
about to be reOpened II was at one time
owned By John c. Calhoun, and was worked
with great profit but at the time Of his death
work was discontinued and the mine has been
idle now about fifty years. At one time the
mine was considered the richest in the State.
1t was discovered by accident, and the discOv-
erers got a lease or thirty days, and in that
| time took out 81 ,O0O- The agent of the mine
notified Mr.. Calhoun. who was then in Con
| gress, and he came home and took charge of
| she mine The amount that has been taken
| from $4,000 TO $3.50 900. The mine has been
taken hold Of by Northern capital sts, who will
| lay out about S75 100 in improvements, and
/ viii renew operations. The average yield of
the ore in Lumpkin county cannot be far from
81 per ton. Lumpkin county produces
| from &25O,OO0 to S300,O0O worth of
/ gold annually. transportation facilities
is the great drawback at Dahonega. A rail
road has been projected, and as soon as it is
built iG will give an impetus to mining that viii
more than double what we are doing at pre-
| sent. The depot at Gainesville is half full OF
| machinery for DahlOnega, some single pieces
| weighing five thousand pounds. 1t is twenty
five miles cut to DahlOnega Mr. Price has
| secured arrangements with the Rich nond anC
| Danville Road. and has placed the bonds OF
/ the market and is already making disposition
Of them some Of the friends Or the road eX
/ pect that il will be finished by December. 1
will run through a fine agricultural section
| and will be a great developer of one of the bes
4 portions of the State"