Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-28


Records Shown Up-Famous Criminals
Soon to be Tried-SOme Views on Truck
Farming.
Correspondence Of the Morning Neaos.
GRAYsoN, KY, July PA refreshing
rain is not more gratefully received by
the parched earth than the MORNING
NEWS by me. 1t comes to me regularly,
and | greet its appearance as cheertully
and cordially as that of lifelong friend.
When at home it is one of my most valued
exchanges, and here, away from grand
old Georgia, it is doubly priced.
The Democratic party has seemingly
aroused from its apathy as the state cleo
ton approaches, and are alive to
the result. The bestspeakers heretofore
apparently Indifferent have entered Ylgor-
Ously into the canvass, and are making
heavy and successful ticks in the interest
of the party. A few weeks ago L feared
that the Democratic. majority would faIl
considerably below that obtained In the
last State election. Now, | feel certain
that it will not only be as large, but per-
haps larger, since the party rank and fle
are exciting itself for a decisive blow to
Republicanism in Kentucky: Proctor
Knott, Democratic candidate Tor
Governor, as well as his asso-
ciates on the State ticket, has
from the very beginning OF the can
vass been fighting manfully for the sue
cess of the party, but other prominent
speakers up to the middle of this month
seemed to thinkThat there was no work
for them to do. Since learning that their
apathy was taken advantage of by Re-
publican speakers who were never more
active, they have buckled on their armOr
and are doing noble work. The Repub-
lican ticket is headed by a renegade
Democrat, who a few years ago i'll
the State Senate made an effort to
withhold the right of suffrage from the
negro. and went so far as to introduce a
bill to that effect, supporting which, he
declared that while Congress might have
the constitutional power to grant this
right to the negro in national elections, it
had no right to give him the right to vote
in State elections. His Democratic OppO-
nent is using that assertion of his with
tremendous effect in Middle and Southern
Kentucky, where the cOlored vote is
large. The principal Republican speak
er outside its nominee is Hon. w. o..
Bradley, who is brother-ln-law
to Colonel Morrow, his party nominee for
Governor. He, in public speech in 1872,
declared that If he had drop of Republi-
can blood in his veins he would let it out.
What a flood of corruption would now
issue from his veins were he to attempt
this minor operation in surgery. General
Wal. Hardin. Democratic candidate for
Attorney General is daily meeting Brad
lev whenever he can find out his appoint
ments, having called in his published list
of appointments hitherto made. and is abb
solutely playing the Celtic gentlemen also
Hons. Carlisle, Ousley, TOulbee, Joe
Blackburn, Carpenter, Beckham
and other able speakers are arousing
the party to action, and full vote with
glorious victory may be expected. As
bury, the negro Republican, candidate
Tor Land Register, spoke here one night
last week. Although he is bitter pill for
the more respectable element of the par
ty to swallow, yet quite number OF them
met him cordially, and not only sought an
introduction to this imported Ohio
him to their wives and daughters. 1t
made my Bourbon blood fairly curdle
when l heard of this in Kentucky, "the
dark and bloody grOund' of the past. AS
bury, | remarked, was bitter pill for
white voters to swallow. but they will
have to gulp him down. | hope that vo-
ting for him may, like Rush's old "ten
and ten," purge them of Republican bile,
and hereafter they will not affiliate with
a party that is compelled to nominate a
negro to secure the cOlOred vote, albeit in
doing so they disgust the better element
of the party ad nausea. The nomination
of Asbury was, however, merely tub
thrown to the whale, and will prove
equally as unsuccessful.
On the It'll of August Neal, one of the
actors in the Ashland tragedy, in which
the Gibbons girls were raped and muir
dered, will be tried here IN the Circuit
Court, Judge Brown presiding. The evil
dence Of his guilt is overwhelmingly,
crushingly strong, much stronger than
that which convicted his associate, Graft,
at this place last February, and who will
soon be executed. This case has created
such intense excitement in this State and
Ohio that the most prominent news
papers in each will have re-
porters here to write up and
report the proceedings of the case.
l will report the same for the MORNING
News, if physically able to attend the
trial.
l see that the redistricting of our
State is giving some trouble to the Legis-
lature. | feared this, because there are
so many wOuld~be Congressman in that
body, who each wish to be properly loca-
ted,
If some of our truck farmers had
been in Cincinnati last week they had
concluded with me that truck farming
has been Over-done in Georgia this year.
Melons may pay, but vegetables scarcely
ever. Such is the opinion of, yours re-
spectfully, j. G. c. BLACKBURN.