Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-07

ury.
In all the interviews with Southern
Congressman which have been published
lately no particular preference for any of
the candidates for the Democratic Presi-
Dental nomination has been expressed.
Perhaps an exception might be made in
the case of Senator Wade Hampton, who
expressed personal preference for Bay
ard. 1t would perhaps, be better for
Southern men to adopt an aggressive rath-
CT than passive course in this matter.
The South will have to furnish the
greater part of the votes to
elect a Democratic President, and there
is no good reason why she should not
either have candidate of her own, or
have a choice Of the candidates who are
now in the field. The South has qui-
etIv submitted to the dictatiOn of
the North in the selection
of a Presidential candidate long enough.
If the Northern Democrats had always
made wise selections there would, per-
haps, be no occasion 70 take the reins out
Of their hands in the approaching national
contest. 4 little OF that political sagacity
IOE WHICH lLt lUNlh mas DN~H
noted would perhaps assist amazingly in
selecting the right'candidate and in the
proper management of the campaign.
c. Leventhorpe, living in North Caro-
lima, cOrrects a correspondent of the New
York Sun. who stated that no diamonds
had been discovered in North Carolina. Mr..
LeventhOrpe says that several years ago,
a labOrer found diamond on his property
in Rutherford county. ID. J. Twitty, Of
Spartanburg, had diamond which was
found i'm Rutherford county. 1t weighed
about carat, and was slightly yellow in
color. The same Mr.. Twitty above men
toned. had diamond worth S400, which
was found IN South Carolina. Mr.. Leven-
thorpe SAYS that numerous diamonds
have been discovered in Georgia. After
the war. during the prevalence of min
ing fever a company was formed for eX-
plOring the diamond washings. | heard
nothing further Of this enterprise, and II
dividends were declared the announce
ment escaped my notice. / have IN my
possession a rough diamond from White
county. Georgia. 1t is Of very perfect
water and capitalization, and weighs eX-
actly three grains" 1t is not at all prob
able that diamonds exist in any one of
the three States in sufficient quantities to
justify mining for them.
Mr.. W. ID. Chipley, Vice President of
the Pensacola and AtlanticRailway Com
pany, has written a strong letter to Gen.
Barnes, Comptroller of Florida, protest
ing against the high assessment placed on
his road. Mr.. Chipley says that the as
sessment placed By the State for the cur
rent year on its railroads amounts to ST.
7O5, 2O9 -, and that last year the assess
ment amounted to only "a, 726,942 80. He
emphatically declares that the difference
IN the assessment is not caused by the
building of new railways, but is due to
the fact that the State has increased the
assessed value of railway property. He
proceeds to say that Florida would
amount to nothing without railways, be-
cause her prosperity depends on getting
her products to market quickly. As the
railways are making the State wealthy,
he thinks the State should deal leniently
with them. He advises General Barnes
mot to kill the goose that lays the golden
egg while it is gosliRg."