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WEDNESDAY, APBIL - 18, 1877f
It is Mr. Weblu's own home organ
that asseverates that the Vioe-Presideut
has soured on Louisiana.
Only one more province to become a
BUte. Wave the flag over Louisiana,
Mr. President 1
Bax Butleb is the man who is now
gathering materials for anew hell-brotb.
He is reading np the first act of Mac
beth. m
The Missouri Legislature has passed
a bill offering a bounty of five cents for
every rat that is killed. No man suffer
ing from delirium tremens need apply.
Kleptomania in New York has de
veloped a negro who steals only from
the doctors. There is method in hia
madness since it is declared that he
takes everything bot their prescriptions.
The Philadelphia Times says “the
late Governor Chaiiueblaie seems to
have been the chief mourner at his own
funeral." He certainly did the chief part
of the howling at Columbia, while
“Honest" John made the air blue with
blashphemy at Washington.
The New Orleans Democrat is very
impatient. It says the dilatoriness of
the President and the Commission is
not working favorably for a coalition of
Southern DemocraU with the better ele
ments of the Republican party. Hope
deferred maketh the heart weary.
Men kiss one another in Germany,
and we have heard that the practice is
prevalent in Southwestern Georgia. An
American writes home how he felt when
a Hungarian “bussed” him in the pres
ence ef a party of Englishmen, who
highly enjoyed the fnn.
The New England MethodisU have
passed a resolution of thanks to Mr.
Hayes and his wife for banishing liquor
from the White House. Somebody
wants to know if the representatives of
the “ effete monarchies of Europe” are
to be deluged with milk and tea at
State dinners.
Packabd could stand many things,
but when that Louisiana mass meeting
called his government a “simulacrum”
he wrapped himself in the bloody shirt,
supposing it to be the flag of his coun
try, and prepared to immolate himself
and a few negroes on the altar of his
imaginary rights.
The Boston Globe hopes that Daniel
H. Chamberlain will not carry out the
purpose attributed to him of leaving
South Carolina. Not that he would not
be welcomed in any Northern city, but
auoh men are needed in the South. The
South can spare him. He is not needed.
Indeed, the carpet baggers oould be
spared to Boston in globo.
The Philadelphia Press, which, a few
days ago, would not tolerate a compro
mise with the “traitor Hampton,” is
now praising President Hayes and calls
for a general rally in favor of his policy
of peace and union. There seem to be
a scramble, and a sudden one, lately, of
the bloody-sbirt editors toward the olive
branch department.
Ir one of the supernaturalists could
“materialize” Sumner and Thad Stev
ens and interview them on the present
political situation, something spicy
would be elicited. Those eminent
ghosts, when in the flesh, thought
themselves statesmen, buteven the Rad
ical brethren are inclined to pronouuce
their work the worst sort of quackery.
Some of the religious communities at
the North are now discussing the ulti
mate fate of the poor heathen. At last
advices the heathen aforesaid were
damned pell-mell. Another lecture from
Bom Inqebsoll may be expeoted when
be hears of this. Bob regards himself
as the Great American Heathen, and
will not be damned without a protest.
The Richmond Dispatch, in the light
of recent events, and more particularly
the confessed failure of reconstruction,
is prepared for a decision of the Su
preme Court of the United States de
claring that the 14th and 15th articles of
amendment to the Federal Constitution
have never been ratified in the manner
prescribed in the Constitution itself.
If the story of the South for the last
tea years had been the history of any
country in Europe or the Orient the
“stalwart feeling of New England”
would be ablaze with horror and excite
ment. But as it is the story of the
South, our “stalwart brethren” of New
England are in favor of its indefinite
continuance.
The simon-pure black men are still
indignant because in the distribution of
pap the President has turned the spoon
only in the direction of mnlattoes and
quadroons. There are some very smart
black men in the South, and they may
be remembered. South Carolina can
spare Elliott and Whlppkr.
The Republican journals propose
that the Southern question be dropped,
and that finance, taxation, the debt, etc.,
toe discussed instead. The Southern
question, that is the Louisiana ques
tion, must be settled first and settled
right. It is all nonsense to palaver ex
clusively about debt, taxation and the
like until it is settled—and settled right.
Running a State into a debt of hope
less magnitude; destroying its credit;
impoverishing its people; debauching
its civil service; making a saturnalia of
-orime and robbery—that is what Jut
Blaine calls “civil liberty and constitu
tional government.” Well, what else
eould be expected of the man who ap
propriated hia own damning Utters and
Mulligan’s “eaimorandy ?”
It sometimes cause# mystification that
a Christian country like England should
sympathize so actively with the Turk,
who follows the doctrines of Mamocnd.
It must be remembered that many mil
lions of England’s subjects in the East
are Massulmen, and then Turkey owes
■Great Britain $988,951,225 principal and
$57,117,965 interest on the same. John
Bull does not let his Christianity stand
in the way of that colossal debt.
It is very distinctly stated that Vice-
President Wheeler has become melan
oholy, and, according to some ot the
organs, conscience-stricken. He had no
consultation with the President on Lou
isiana affairs, and has remained at home
nearly all the time. The Franklin Ga
zette very positively asserts that Mr.
Wheeler intends to keep entirely dear
of responsibility in the settlement of the
Louisiana case; and says farther, no
■ten in the country was more eorprised
that Louisiana’s vote was counted for
HiTB than Wm. A. Whtelxb. He ex
pected sod predicted that the Electoral
Commission jvould throw it out entirely
This statement, it adds, will not be dis
puted.
JBmoop Haven has made report of
his '’visitation” to Liberia. Ee says :
*• There are 43 Methodist Eplseof-al
Churches in the colony, 13 of which are
composed of natives, and the valne of
the church property is ©5,000, on which
there is an indebtedness' at only $30.”
The Courier-Journal waxes worth at
this and thus retorts: “ Here is a Bishop
who goes to Liberia, of course with a
pocketful of money, and comes back and
report* that he left the churches there
indebted to the amount of S3O! Ton
couldn’t expect it of a Bishop who regn
larly preaches the halter and bell for all
Southern ‘rebels,’ whether men, women
or children; but any other sort of a
Bishop would have shelled out that SBO
,ml come back with the report that the
■churches of Liberia were entirely out of
.debt." Probably that debt of S3O
represented the effects of the Bishop’s
Visitation.
STILL AT IT.
What Mr. Blaine calls the “stalwart
Republican feeling of New England” is
still engaged in partisan political war
fir*. At the Lynn Conference Rev. I>.
H. Ela, of Boston, offered the foHowiag
preamble and resolutions :
Whebeas. Before the President's policr of
peace could be put in operation in the Booth
one of the venerable minister* of South Cn>-
Una Conference was ehot to death in cold
blood on the Sabbath day and at the door of a
home of worahip: and whereas, we recognize
the unity of the Mothodiet Epiecopal Chnrch,
and feel onnselves and chnrch to be wounded
w the wounding of ooe of its member*; there
fore.
Hr soloed. That we hereby utter anew our
protest against those twin relice of elavery and
rebellion, tbs sieve-whip and shot gn, and
call upon ah Christian people of the South to
suppress this new onlbreak of barbarism
Reso’ved That we desire to express our
sympathy for our brethren, laborers in that
field, amid hardships, poverty and peril of life,
and to assure them that no word nor effort of
ours shall be wanting in their behalf.
Remlred, That we call upon tbe Government
of the Cnittd States, before all questions of
party conciliation, to employ its utmost in
fluence and power in the suppression of vio
lence and the protection of all classes of citi
zens in the exercis* of their civil and religious
rights.
The “venerable minister” said to have
been killed in South Carolina was a col
ored man named Wm. F. Scott. We
know nothing of the particulars of his
alleged murder, but we do know that
negro preachers in the South are some
times translated to the hereafter when
engaged in transactions the reverse of
godly.
Onr South Carolina contemporaries
can probably shed some light on this
subject. We are swift to condemn mur
der, in any case, be the perpetrators
white or black; but it is monstrous for
this New England Conference to draw
np an indictment against a whole peo
ple simply because a colored preacher
has lost his life in some way not clearly
specified. The New England Confer
ence had better look at home and re
form numberless outrages and abuses
in their own midst, before sallying
forth into a political crusade South
ward. This constant ringing of
changes, in a religious meeting, upon
“Slavery," “rebellion,” “slave-whip,”
“shot-gun,” and the patent shibboleth
of the so called blood hounds of ZioD,
is abominable in the sight of God and
man. What business have these reput
ed apostles of the Prince of Pesce to be
calliog upon further military and civic
interference of the Central Power with
the Southern States ? Have they not
brought curses enongh upon this coun
try ? Have they not had enough of war,
wounds, corruption, tyranny and demo
ralization? Are they more cruel than
the grave, more relentless than canni
bals, more insatiable than the daughters
of tbe horse-leech ?
It is the favorite declaration of many
of the pulpits that the world is a godless
world; but how can it be otherwise
when the very men who should teach
charity foment discord, and, instead of
pouring oil upon troubled waters, scat
ter broadcast tbe incendiarism of the
burning lake? „
IIAYEX AND THE MOUTH,
We print thia morniDg a letter from
Hon. H. P. Bell, of Camming—tbe
gentleman who succeeds Mr. Hill as
the Representative in Congress of the
Ninth Georgia District. Mr. Bell, like
all the gentlemen who have answered
the inquiries of the Chboniclb and Con
stitutionalist, does not believe that
Governor Hayes was legally inaugurated
President. He thinks his title is taint
ed by fraud, and that the work of the
partisan Electoral Commission made
him President de facto and not de jure.
He recites the faot that Governor Hayes
was nominated by a party and on a plat
form which sustained and endorsed all
the infamies practised upon the South
and the Southern people since the sur
render at Appomattox. He believes that
the President is under the control of the
leaders of the bloody shirt faction, and
that it is folly to expeot him to act con
trary to their wishes. The just senti
ments and kind words of the inaugural
address are, to Mr. Bell, fair words
only, and he puts no faith in the Presi
dent's friendly professions. He still ex
pects proscription and outrage for the
South at the hands of the National Ad
ministration. He understands that
Hayes’ Southern polioy means the build
ing up of the Republican party in the
South —therefore he condemns it. He
does not regard Mr. Key au a Southern
Democrat in the Cabinet, but as a Dem
ocrat who deserted his psrty and
turned Republican in order to get
an office. If Southern Democrats op
posed the flllibusters and assented to the
completion of the electoral count be
cause of promises from friends of
Hayes that Southern men should obtain
office they committed an act of political
harlotry deserving “the condemnation
if not the exeoration of tbe American
people." Mr. Bell classes all Demo
crats who apply for or take office under
the Administration in the same category
with Postmaster-General Key. It is
hardly necessary to say that in some of
the statements made by Mr, Bell there
are serious mistakes. For instance,
after the nomination made at Cincinnati,
Hates, in his letter of acceptance, spoke
kindly of the South, aDd intimated that
in the event of his election there would
be a change in the Southern policy of
the Republican psrty. In fate inaugural
similar sentiments were pronounced in
a still more emphatio manner, and his
words were supplemented by the ap
pointment of a conservative Cabinet
four member# of which voted for the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency
in 1872, and one of whom w#s repog.-
nized member of the Democratic patty
at the time of bis appointment. The
removal of the troops from the State
House in Columbia, #nd the establish
ment of the Hampton government in
South Carolina are higher evidences of
his intention to aot as well as speak.
We beitey.e, also, that the day of deliv
erance for Lwuiaiana is near at hand.
The President is not aoptrolled by the
extremists of the Republican ywfjff SB
Mr. Bell suggests. On the contrary,
the leaders of the opposition to the
President's Southern policy are Garri
son, Wendell Pujllips, Bctlef,
Blaine, Cragin, Boutwei*,, Chandler,
Morton, Spencer and Pattbeson. p- 1
the South treat the President as we de
sire the Preeident to tfe t the South —
justly and fairly; support when
right, oppose him when wrong.
A conference between Evarts, Schtbz
and ‘*t a £D an aging editor of the New
York Time* m JWtid to have caused
Chamberlain’s change gf front and re
tirement. If that be true, bis ;tab at
the Administration has an ugly look,-,
Bat pR that to Evakts is aliunde.
The age of mipvyclea has not quite
passed. A dsy or so ago, two gentlemen
from Virginia, who “neither wanted mi!
office for .tjboaa&slves nor to recommend
anybody for office,” caUod upon the
President. Ui. asrxs] got*a to
lunch and did nos them. Ever .afnoe
that Georgia tramp <oo4qi him ant of a
$o bill, he could not he hp >'tf
gidia chaff.
Th* Charles ton Newt and Courier
editorially endorses the suggestion that
the ladies ot &flgtb Carolina give a silver
service to Senator 4*sMX as a testimo
nial to the assistance he ku .rendered
the cause of honest government la that.
State. The Newt and Courier lays;
“ We are sore that, if Senator Gordon
“ were consulted, h® would answer at
“ once that the love of the people of
“ Sooth Carolina is all the reward he
“ craves. Bat be should have a viable
“ and tangible evidence of that love. It
“needs mo extravagant or coetly testi
-41 menial, and if the ladies were to take
“ the matter in charge tjbare would be
“ no farther difficulty, r
A Constitutional Convention and at
grasshopper plague are among the cer
tainties.
BAYES AND THE SOUTH.
the views op the successor
OF MB. HILL IN CONGRESS.
Bn 0. r. Bell M the SMesHee-The
New ( eerrs*ws’
a Fraadalent FresWeat— Any TrwSe WIW
the Heath Repudiated— Difflcsltlee la Tak
ia UScrs Under the AdmloUtratlon-
Beethers Me* Shenld Net Take These.
Gumming, Ga. , April 5,1877.
Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
Dear Sirs— Your recent favor has
been received. Professional engage
ments have prevented an earlier reply.
Yon state that, >n view of the tnangnra--
tion of President Hayes, and of the
policy, it is said, he will pursue towards
the South, it becomes important t 0
know wbat the attitude of the Southern
Democracy should be toward President
Hayes—whether Southern men should
applv for or take office under him, Ac.,
and you do me the honor to invoke my
views upon these questions, for pnbhcs
tion. Mr. Hayes was inaugurated Pre
sident of the United States without
having been elected, and without having
succeeded to the Presidency by any
other mode, or upon any other con
tingency than an election, prescribed
by the* Constitution. But he was in
augurated after having submitted his
claims to this high office as a party can
didate to the arbitrament of tho Ameri
can people at tbe ballot box, and after
having been rejected by them, and after
21Ir. 'lilden ha<J been elected. The Con
stitution provides that “ the person hav
ing the greatest number of votes for
President shall be tbe President, if such
number be a majority of the whole num
ber of electors appointed.” Mr. Bayes
did not receive a majority of the whole
number of electors appointed; and was
not, therefore, elected. Mr. Tilden did
receive snch majority, and was duly
elected, and his majority in the Electoral
College was emphasized by a popular
majority of nearly three hundred thous
and votes. Mr. Hayes was “counted
in ” by • partisan commission, unknown
to the Constitution, while that instru
ment devolves the doty of counting the
vote upon Congress. The elective feature
is the leading element and vital principle
in our system of government. The only
power of the people in controlling pub
lic affairs is found in the ballot. It is
by that instrument that men are put into
office and put out of office, that laws are
made and repealed. The inauguration
of Mr. Hayes after his defeat, and the
exclusion of Mr. Tilden sfter his elec
tion, means the destruction of the elec
tive franchise, the subversion of the
Constitution and the overthrow of popu
lar liberty. All that is due to Mr. Hayes
from Southern men, national Democrats,
or the American people, is his recogni
tion as tbe de facto President. The
nomination of Hayes was made, and his
inauguration secured, by a party that
has controlled the administration of the
Government for sixteen years consecu
tively. During the last eight years, af
ter the war, in a time of peace, and after
the Southern people, with bleed
ing lips pressed to an unconstitu
tional oath of allegiance, had repledged
their fidelity to the Constitution and
the Union, that administration im
posed and collected burdensome
taxes from them, while it denied to
them representation in Congress. It
suspended the writ of habeas corpus,
when there was no rebellion nor inva
sion, and when the public safety did not
require it. It substituted trial. by mili
tary commission for trial by jury. It
has arrested and imprisoned citizens
without warraut supported by affidavit.
Its armed military has invaded the legis
lative halls of sovereign States, and
driven out representatives freely and
legally chosen by the people, and put
into their plaoes men who were not thus
oiiosen. It has forced upon the people
of the Southern States against their will,
by armed Federal power, State govern
ments utterly incapable of protecting
their rights, and destructive of their
peace and prosperity. Its legislation
has been controlled by lobby rings, and
embalmed in historic infamy by subsidy
schemes and plundering combinations,
followed by corruption committees and
impeachment trials. These continued
infraetions of the Constitution have cul
minated in the most stupendous fraud of
history, in the elevation of Mr. Hayes
to the Presidency over the ruins of the
grandest fabric of civil government
ever devised by wisdom or maintained
by valor. This Administration was en
dorsed by the party that nominated Mr.
Hayes, of whose organisation he is the
head, and whoso principles and policy
he is now the representative and expo
nent, and the question is raised, what
should be the attitude of the Southern
Democracy towards President Hayes.
That he is a very clever gentleman, per
sonally, I have no doubt; that he will
be controlled, in his effioial conduct, by
the leaders to whom he is indebted for
his position, is equally clear- I attach
no importance whatever to the cautious
ly guarded expressions of his inaugural,
which may mean one thing or another,
as the exigencies of his situation, or the
behests of his mentors, may require. I
look alone to hi® official acts for his
policy. These acts, Ido not question,
will be dictated by the leaders
of his party. But it is said
he has or will have a Southern
policy. That polioy is said to oonsist in
justice to the South, and the appoint
ment of Demoorats to office where Re
publicans cannot be found to accept
Federal patronage. If he really desires
to do justioe to the South, to Louisiana
and South parplina for instance, all he
has to do is to let thg® alone; to stop
the armed intervention and intermed
dliLgof the Federal Government with
the local affairs of these States. The
solution of the trouble in these States is
found in the exercise of the constitution
al right of self-government. The peo
ple, if left to themselves, could settle
the claims to 'supremacy of the rival
governments in each of these States
speedily and peacefully in many ways
and much more wisely than they can be
settled by partisan commissions em
powered to negotiate a bargain between
the opposing claimants. I confess that
with the history of a Republican ad
ministration in the South before my
eyes, I can see no visions of Uto
pian felicity for he? jp the vague
promise of Mr. Hayes tpSouthern Dem
ocrats, made pending the oonnt of the
electoral vote, or repeated in an inoffi
cial way, to visitors, at the White House.
I understand, from what has been said
of Mr. Hayes’ Southern policy, that its
design is to build up a Republican par
ty in the South by uniting with the
colored people, by the cohesive power of
publip plunder, the independent Demo
crats, who ate eyer ready to abandon
principle and betray 'p#fty for the sake
of office. This is indicated in the ap
pointment of Mr. Key to the Post Office
Department, and Fred Douglass to the
Marshalship of the District of Colum
bia, and the nomination of Langston to
the Dpp&rtment of Agriculture. The ac
ceptance of $ CgJJinet appointment by
Mr. Key simply aaaopngeg t£at he has
united with the Republican party, ffo
declared as much when be said that
among applicants for offioes within his
gift Republicans would be preferred.
I apprehend that the same will be true
of ail Democrats, certainly of all
independent Demuorate, Who accept of
fice under Mr. Hayes. Ungr*to/#J as
men are, they do not often smite the
hand that feeds them. Antagonism to a
nartv or an Administration that honors a
withoffioeor gratifies his
avarice wife fg anomalous. Party
fealty and service are aTwayo psgewted,
and usually rendered in consideration
of office, and neither Mr. Hayes nor
Southern Democrats would constitute
an exception to this rule. Acceptance
of office up.der him is a tacit admission
of the legality of of* tiile to th) Presi
dency And if, as ha*
there was a bargain between the Repub
lican party and a few self-constituted
Deniryjrs*i£ leaders, to the effect that if
Hayes should should be “counted in”
Democrats should IWa offioe, it would
be a condonation of this
ry that merits the condemnation, if not
the execration, of the American people.
The Southern Democracy can never en
dorse a usurper of the Presidency nor
hold tiyjco under him. Nor can they
endorse a policy to build up a
party to sustain him Hi to batata or
palliate usurpation.
The mission of the Democratic party
is to recover lost liberty and restore a
broke* Constitution, and when these
are tp Redeem and purify
the Government byja-retiu* to primi
tive methods of administration. r £o t*iis
end it is of the first importance to pre
serve ffv prganixation of the party,
maintain ft?‘ and enforoe its
discipline.
f/P support Mr. Hayes’ policy and ac
cept hi* ie to dissolve its organ
xation, ' P l** •?& **■
tray liberty, ' . i
Very reapeetfetty, you? obe£i(^ter
A C'Mtly Male.
Jn a “fi. fa. levy and claim” case in
tbe'Gooftty Court yesterday, the proper
ty in dispute Iwg • ““I®.was de
veloped that said Mtuoal which was
worth about thirty dollars, bad already
eat its bead off nearly five times, the ex
pense of keeping it until the ownership
could be ascertained having mounted
up to oe hundred and forty dollars.
If you are to many ft delicate, pale
and sickly lady, make her Dr- *■
H. McLean’s Strengthening Cordial and.
Blood Purifier; it vitalise* and purifies
the blood, strengthen* and invigorates
and causes the rich blood to come to the
cheek again. Dr. J. H. McLean, 314
Chestnut street, St. Louis. w
THE STROKE OF TWELVE.
SOUTH CAROLINA AGAI** FREE
AND INDEPENDENT.
Withdrawing the Baranets— Hnw It Wns
Hone—The Death Knell af Corrsptlos and
Oppress!**— Hnw tke Troops Were With
draws— Graphic Pen Plcisre of a Sceae that
Will be Historic.
I Special Dispatch to the A r ews and Courier .l
Columbia, Tuesday, April 10. —Tbe
removal of the troops from tho State
House to-day was accomplished so quiet
ly and quickly as to deprive the occa
sion of its purely dramatic interest. In
*ll save the one essential particular that
they were going out never to return, the
evacuation differed very little from the
usually supercession of the guard which
might have been witnessed any time
during these four months. Governor
Hampton’s published request, iu fur
therance of his promise to Hayes, that
no Democrat should go near the State
House unless authorized by him to do
so, was carried out to the letter. Not
one was present at the ceremony, and I
saw none on the Capitol grounds, either
before or after the performance. Twen
ty minntes before 12 o'clock your cor
respondent, with two other members of
the press, presented themselves at the
frontdoor, and entered unchallenged, al
though a score of the colored special
constables were banging about the en
trance watching onr movements with
sullen, unfriendly glances. Within doors
was a confused crowd of perhaps one
hundred and fifty persons, mostly ne
groes, who were moving about aimlessly,
or standing in groups of threes and
fours engaged in low and dispirited con
versation. Here and there were to be
seen one or two smaller groups of white
Republicans of the better sort similarly
occupied, and all looking badly demor
alized, or, to use a homely phrase, “de-
cidedly down in the month.”
The guard on duty to-day was a de
taohment of twenty men of Company B,
Second Regiment, under command of
Lieutenant Haynes. All necessary pre
parations for the evacuation had been
completed before onr arrival on the
scene, and the men fully accoutred were
resting in two racks, with guns
stacked before the door of the Comptrol
ler-General’s office, which has been used
as officers’ quarters during the siege. A
solitary sentry paced up and down on
his old beat before the Executive office.
Colonel Black and Adjutant Potter stood
under an arch, a few paces distant, fre
quently referring to their watches.
General Ruger’s aide had arrived with
the order during the morning, and Col.
Black was nervously intent upon com
plying with its precise instructions as to
the hoar of departure, to-wit: precisely
twelvo. His nervousness affeoted his
subordinate officers, from these it spread
to the crowd, and no second was permit
ted to pass altogether unobserved in its
flight. At ten minutes before 12 Lieut.
Haynes suddenly sounded the order,
“Attention!” which was gene-ally ob
served by the crowd throughout the
bnildiug, as well as by the handful of
men to whom it was more particularly
addressed. Then eame in rapid suc
cession, “Take arms,” “unfixbayonets,”
“carry arms,” “count fours,” “twos
right,” “ march !” The last order
brought the squad sharply down on the
crowd, which gave way to allow a free
passage to the door. But tke time was
not yet up, and a sadden halt was made
as’the leading file reached the south en
trance. The sentry on duty before the
Executive office now relieved for the
last time resumed his place in the
ranks, and the command “Order arms ”
being given, the men stood at ease in
their plaoes. The few .remaining min
utes of the ten seemed to loiter as they
passed. Presently the sergeant, who
had timed his watch with the City Hall
bell, which iu turn was set with the
clock in tho telegraph office, which in
turn was regulated from Washington by
telegraph, whispers to the lieutenant,
“One minute more, sir, ’and is directed
to take his stand at the south door, next to
the City Hall, and to give notice of the
first tap of the clock bell by a wave of his
hand. Colonel Black, seeing the ina
nesuvre, reoalled the sergeant and sent
Lieutenant Briggs, of the same com
pany, to take tho post of warning. The
seconds are minutes now, and everybody
is listening for the sound or watching
for the signal. There it goes ! Lieuten
ant Briggs waves his hand to indicate
the first tap, which was not heard in the
recesses of the hall, and advances rapid
ly to Colonel Black to report the fact.
The Colonel* says, “ Don’t run, sir.”—
The lieutenant joins the squad. Then
is heard, “ Attention, guard !” “Carry
arms “Right shoulder arms !” “Twos
right, march I” The sound of heavy and
hurried footfalls resounds along the cor
ridors, and before the bell has reached
the fifth stroke of the twelve the last file
has crossed tho threshhold. A number
of the negro constables, evidently acting
under peremptory and urgent orders,
sprang to the heavy doors and slammed
them to with a bang, in the face of the
crowd within, and in the immediate rear
of the last file of soldiers without, who are
hardly out of the way of the olosing pan
els. A heavy bar dropped into its brack
eta", and the military occupation of the
State is ended, much to the relief of the
citizens and the military as well.
All was done so suddenly that the
clock oould be heard striking after the
doors were closed. The bell strikes
slowly at best, and it required little
suggestion to evolve the comparison of
a funeral knell. Twelve strokes sound
ed, and the twelve long, weary, wretched
years of carpet-bag misrule were tolled
off one by one, and consigned to the
tomb of the past forever, never to know
a resurrection. The crowd quietly dis
persed, almost in silence, t>qd in a few
minutes the wires were flashing the tid
ings to every town and village in the
whole land. The detachment of soldiers
were marched direct to their quarters
and dismissed, and so ended the first
lesson of the eventful day.
Chamberlain's Death Nang—lndependents
Viewing R with a Critic’s Eye—Effect of
the Death Straggle—The Herald Severe—
The Tribune Satisfied.
[By Te'egraph to the Journal of Commerce ]
New For*, April Jl.—Tbe Hprqld,
speaking of the withdrawal of the Fed
eral troops from South Carolina and ex-
Governor Chamberlain's retiring ad
dress, shows how the latter demon
strates by his own confession the fact
that his government was a failure. Upon
this the editor oomments ;
“Be Governor Cham
berlain’s own description of what took
place under his government. It was a
government that he did not govern. Even
with Federal troops to back it, it was
powerless to preserve order; powerless
to repress violence, protect life, or
punish crime; and a government of
which this is a true piotnre, painted by a
friendly hand, ‘ passes ag irreversible
sentence of condemnation upon itself;
and when it is added that during this
condition of anarchy and violence, this
government which had not govern, ate
up the substance of the people by exhor
bitant and ruinous taxes, and was a hot
bed of reeking corruption, Mr. Cham
berlain’s protest jjeem? absurd to the
degree of being an insult to the common
sense and moral feeling of the oountry.
There is every reason to expect that this
hideous pioture will be reversed under
the wise, just and adminis
tration of Governor Hampton.”
The lyibutH, comes to the rescue of
Chamberlain so far” as to say: He has
spared the country and the State the
affliction of a legal contest for the pos
session of a shadow, and for this, as
well as other things, the State, at least,
owes tuu a debt of gratitude. The let
ter of protest iff which jje announces his
withdrawal is no more fervent than was
to be expected under the circumstances,
and so far from indulging in the cheap
sneers at the Administration, to which
Mr. Paokard lately treated us, expresses
au unselfish and patriotic hope that the
President’s polioy may be vindicated by
events in South oArolfta i es
ter day he was angry, but to-day lie is
willing to accept tbe sithation.
Chamberlain's Heme RarraJUsg lor ffamp
rra.'Tfc-IpiSkWjWtf Cat V $•
{By Telegraph to the Journal of COTip.ierce.]
Worcester, Mass , April 11. One
hundred guns were fired to-day, on the
Common, and flags are flying, in hpnor
of Governor Hampton’s recent behavior
rh the South Carolina political question
and the present status Pr that State.
AnetfcerCemmleelen-WklidHrßin# WooieDf
cy—lras Clad Fleet in SaTannah-Reeep-
Urn ss the Mississippi—The New Csngrera.
Washington, April 12. —The Secreta
ry’of tHe determined to ap
point a coffimtmtta to the
New York Custom' House. „
Sherman will reject all demands
fo clemency in certain civil and whisky
suits, fhea tierij Uno evidence on rec
to
Wf rden b* 9 ssiswi
AmericairShiiWlJopea "9**%
to assemble at Nice, wtjeaee
sail for waters in the vicinity of Turney,
to protect American interests.
Captain Barrett, of the steamer Ply
—reports an excellent reception
from the berate 02 ho passed up the
Ms vessel. They had
balls on iSnrd and aahore. Ttartraat
meat while at anchor at DonnMsville,
Captain Barrett reports to the Secreta
ry, was moat hoepitable.
i vied yith each other to make -
ftgree&ut#.
Tbs Ssstbers
Home
The President made lo promises
whatevei to Chamberlain as a condition
of his abdication.
Senator PatteraoD, in an interview
with the President yesterday, thought
he had made a mistake in his eonrsete
wards South Carolina. The President
replied tbigt it *as an experiment, but
from the feprecentations received end
pledges made % Hampton and . subse
quent developments, there was reason to
believe it wonld be successful.
Senator Patterson is quoted that be
believes in the right of tbe Legislature
to instruct and under instructions should
vote for the admission of Butler, and
besides be would vote for the admission
of Southern Senators from Louisiana.
This would interfere with his Republi
canism, but his action would be based
on the ground that a State ought to be
represented according to the wishes of
tbe people as represented in their State
government.
The Cominc ( ®nres—The Roll Nat Com
pleted—The Speakership Randall and
Garfield.
Washington, April 11. -The Presi
dent has apparently abandoned all in
tention, though at one time seriously
entertained, of changing the time for
the meeting of the extra session of Con
gress. The extra session will be called
to meet npon the first Monday in Jnne;
it is proposed, however, by the Presi
dent in a few days to take the matter in
to consideration in oonsnltation with the
heads of the different executive depart
ments. It is said, though not npon any
evident authority, that the 20th of May
will be tbe time appointed, should there
be a change.
There is no question of the fact that,
so far as the Speakership is concerned,
t-x-Speoker Randall carrieß the greatest
strength for that position, and is con
stantly gaining. It appears, however,
that the Southern members are holding
off, and will not pledge themselves to
any candidate until they understand
fully tbe purposes of the President.—
Judging from the views expressed by
those of prominence now in the city,
there will be a considerable Southern
vote in support of the Administration
candidate. General Garfield, notwith
standing the hostility shown by some in
the Republican rafflfcs towards him, will
carry nearly, if not quite all, a full Re
publican vote. It is the opinion of the
Southern members in the oity that he
will be able to carry more votes of the
Democratic members who are favorable
to Mr. Hayes than ho will lose Repub
licans who do not if ally sympathise with
the President’s policy in the South, and
therefore antagonize the Administration
candidate. The contest has evidently
narrowed down to Randall and Garfield
Should there be a compromise candidate
determined upon, there is no doubt the
choice will fall upon Gen. N. P. Banks.
A SKELETON FACTORY IN OHIO.
A OLastly Trade—Snyder’s Skeleton Manu
factory-Seven Corpses Rollins About in
n Boiling Caldron.
Columbus, 0., March 30. —For tome
time past tliere have been rumors in cir
culation in regard to what business a
certain farmer by tho name of Snyder,
living about five miles from this city on
the Grovesport pike, was carrying on.
Suspicious wagons of something which
it was impossible to disoover have been
seen to enter the premises at all hours
of the night. A rank odor filled the air
aud caused considerable comment, but
the true character of the establishment
did not become known until yesterday,
The first information of the trae charac
ter of the place was learned through a
pumpmaker, who had been engaged by
Snyder to put iu a pump on his place.
Smelling a strong stench issuing from
the rear portion of the building, he pro
ceeded thither and entered an apart
ment, where he discovered a large kettle
over a furnace. Wondering what use
Soyder could be making of so large a
kettle, be removed the cover and was
struck with horror on finding that it
contained the remains of human bodies.
These facts were made known to a re
porter of the Statesman. After some
inquiry, the reporter became satisfied
there mast be some truth in the state
ment, and yesterday, in company with
another gentleman, visited Snyder’s
place, where he found a boy at work
chopr ing wood. Inquiry was made for
Snyder. The boy replied that Snyder
was away from home, and asked the re
porter’s business. The reporter replied,
“My name is Wright. I am a medical
student, and a certain physician in Co
lumbus requested me to call on Snyder
and see what a fine lot of skeletons he
had.” “All righ ,” the boy answered;
“Mr. Snyder is sick in bed, but I will
get the keys and show them to you, and
you will own up you never saw a finer
batch of skeletons in your life.”—
The boy, after getting the keys,
escorted his visitors to a log
cabin adjoiniDg tho dwelling house. The
scene presented to the reporter’s view
on entering is told in his own words : A
strange sight met our eyes. To the left
of the door were 6even white, ghastly
skeletons standing in a row, braced
against the wall of the building. We
followed our guide up stairs, and there
was another ghastly, horrible sight
awaiting us. The “up stairs ”of the
cabin was all in one large room, and on
the floor were piled up in little heaps
the bones of human beiDgs. There
must have been the remains of twenty
bodies scattered over that floor. We did
not care to see any more. We had evi
dence enough, so we retraced our steps
and left the cabin. But before I left I
wanted to see one more thing, and that
was that “ hennery.” We informed the
hired man of the same, and he led us
over to the place, opened the door of
the shanty, and then we stood by the
side of a iOO gallon kettle used for the
purpose of boiling human bodies. The
hired man took off the cover of this
large kettle, and, good heavens ! There
before ns were the bodies of seven hu
man beings wrapped up in coffee sacks,
going through the process of being boil
ed until the flesh would leave the body
and the limbs would be clean enough to
be worked up properly. It was too
much. We were glad to say “Good
by,” and beat a quick retreat. Snyder
claims that the business is perfectly le
gitimate. an 4 ‘it js doubtful if the law
can reach trip?, but the peighbofs will
see that the locality is rid of sucb a crea
ture. The lyhole neighbqrhppfl is
aroused, apd women fpd are
frightened oyer the disclosures which
have come t° light, Jt appears that
SDyder, in order to guard against sur
prise, had an electrical apparatus run
ning from hi® “ befluery" to his rP 9 i
denoe. The flesh obtained from the
bodies has been fed to his poultry, which
has been sold in this market.
THE GEORGIA RAILROAD.
A Reply to the Letter of “ Vindex.”
Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
When your correspondent “Vindex”
atttempts to enlighten the community
“npon important issues” and desires to
bring facts before the stockholders of
the Georgia Railroad Company in rela
tion to important matters, he should
first become well informed bimself up
on such “matters” before attempting to
govern others by his hidden wisdom
which no one but himself can under
stand from first to last. - Storting out be
says :
“First and foremost tho position of
the company. This is indeed a most
critical time for her; she hangs suspend
ed by a very small cord. It may be that
it possesses enough strength to sustain
ite weight.” And on be wanders ip that
mysterious and : bewildered strain like a
man suddenly startled up out of an un
pleasant dream, the substance of
which reminds us very much of a
Fourth of July oration we once
heard of from a young fledged lawyer
whose entire spdech from 1 beginning to
end was: “Fellow-citizens, our fore
fathers fought and bled and died.” This
he repeated three times in rapid succes
sion, and sat down, when the crowd dis
persed fully satisfied that there was
nothing ifi the mail, or Jf there was, it
failed ’’to cbfne out'on that occasion.
There seems tb be' As Httld'fai “Vindex
to interest Georgia Railroad stobkhold
ers, or he keleps it to himself, save that
he has kiiidly suggested the names of
several estimable gentlemen for Direc
tors whom he desires ui to vote tor at
the coining election, one of whom, how
ever,could scarcely be expected to serve,
as he has been in his grave nearly two
years; hence it may be justly inferred
that “Vindex” is hardly competent to
eive ns Any advice in the “important
matter” of election of owoera from re
mote regibns, unless it can be shown
that one ia required fro a the spint land
to see that tbe machine is run in the in
terest of shareholders, according to
“Yisdex’s” spiritual ideas. •’
V ft ■ OT,n Stockholder.
—-eitb ■ L '
Accident tTKIISie D *^j trl JJ*
The Columbia Register , of yesterday,
Bays: Ydsterdayafternoon, while Mine.
Dockrifl was fengaged In
horses At <srie tiffin, ffier f*vffrfte Mnlmal
one' Upon Which she chiefly relies
in performing the perilous feAt-stom
bldd ieirant threw the fair nder over
his bead. TU Ai reatl J r
excited, tat wpen tbe brave tana
mounted bis baek
of the andience for her plnek waa un
bounded —the entire audience applaud
ing her vociferously. The applause hid
hardly died away when the horse again
stumbled, and threw her a second time.
The admiration of the aad'ence coast'd
at Grig point, and they became alarmed
for her safety. She, however, mounted
his back a third time, and acoompuaoea
the (for a woman) difficult feat.
Black kids make the hands look
smaller.
THE BOMB-SHELL TRAGEDY.
LATER ACCOUNTS O# TpK KILL
ING OF TUB JEWBTTB.
A Complicated and Mrsteriftns Crime in New
York.
£since the explosion of the infernal
machine intended for shipment on the
steamer Moeel at Bremerhaven, and the
loss of life which it entailed, there has
been no more remarkable case of its
kind than that which occurred in New
York, on last Thursday morning, result
ing in the death of two well-known mer
chants of that city, and the serious
isjaring-of a third.
The firm of John Jewett & Sons,
inanufaotnrers of white lead and linseed
oils, is composed of four members, two
of them brothers, one their nephew,
and the remaining partner holding no
family relationship. From what can be
ascertained at present, it would appear
that a dissolution in the partnership, so
far as the nephew (Orville D. Jewett)
was concerned, had been contemplated
for several weeks, and that the purchase
of his interest in the business by the
other partners was about to be consum
mated. The firm was a very substantial
one, transacting an immense business,
and being considered thoroughly re
liable by the commercial world. And
although some dissatisfaction was said
to have been felt by the nephew at his
suggested retirement, the sum he
was to receive was of the most
liberal nature, one report placing it
at $150,000, and another at $200,000 in
cash. On Thursday all arrangements
were to have been completed, ami early
in the morning the four partners were
seated in the office. What transpired
between them is not yet and probably
never will be fully known. Suddenly
i the clerks were startled by a loud ex
plosion which seemed to shake the
building to its foundation, followed by
several less distinct reports. For some
few moments the smoke was thick and
stifling, but when the room was at last
, entered Mr. Joseph A. Dean was found
to be severely wounded, Mr. George W.
Jewett, the senior partner, died in a few
moments, while his nephew, Orville D.
Jewitt, after lingoring for several hours
lin a semi-unconscious condition, also
expired.' The other partner, Charles H.
Jewitt, had fortunately left the office
prior to the explosion, and thus escaped
injury. All the surroundings point
ed to the fact of murder and sui
cide. An exploded hand grenade was
sufficient evidence of the primary cause
of the casualty. The finding of two
pistols, one a Sharp’s revolver, the four
chambers of which appeared to have
been recently discharged, and the other
a Colt’s army revolver, one of the cham
bers of which was empty, as also a dirk
knife on the floor, and a holster and belt
around the dead nephew’s waist, show
ed the deliberate manner in whioh he
had prepared himself for the work. The
burnt clothing around the region of his
heart and the evident agony which he
suffered from the wounded organ seem
all to lead to the conclusion that, after
throwing the gienade on the floor, he, in
order to make assurances doubly sure,
discharged the first pistol into the blind
ing smoke, then turned the muzzle of
the other weapon against himself, fired,
and fell amongst the ruin which he had
caused.
With the death of two of the principal
actors in the tragedy, one of whom had
no opportunity and the other refused to
make any statement, and the shock un
der which the survivor is suffering, there
are but slight hopes that the mystery
will be cleared up at present, or that we
will ever gain a correct account of the
conversation which led to the terrible
affair. So much can be gleaned, how
ever, as to lead us to believe that the
conduct of the nephew, his inattention
to business, his sporting proclivities and
morose and churlish disposition, were a
source of annoyance to his partners, and
that, after vainly inducing him to change
his course, they had come to the de
termination of dissolving their con
nection with him. How far the brood
ing over fanoied wrongs may have had
its effect on a naturally morbid nature
and have led to a complete unhinging
of both his moral and mental feelings
we leave to physiologists to determine.
It has been said, and truthfully, that a
man oan have no greater enemy than he
who has injured him, and there is noth
ing in the history of the firm to warrant
the belief that any of the other mem
bers had acted wrongfully towards this
man, but rather to show that all the
troubles which they had experienced
were brought about by his individual
acts. The theory that he was tempora
rily insane has, of course, been brought
forward as an argument for his conduct.
In one light we may consider it tenable.
He was about to receive a large sum of
money; his business connection and
ability coupled with this were sufficient
to place him beyond the reach of having
to occ py a minor sooial position, and
so it may be held no man unless afflicted
with insanity would have acted as he
did. On the other hand, there was
nothing in his previous demeanor to
show that he was either an ungovernable
maniac or a wild beast, and certainly no
one but either of these could have de
vised or carried out the destruction
which he did. It must have been de
liberately planned, however. The fren
zy which seized him was not momentary.
His arming himself with pistols anl a
band grenade shows that he had fully
determined upon the course that he
would take, and that while outwardly
agreeing to the proposed business
ohaoge, he was quietly arranging his
plans and waiting a favorable time for
their execution.
The post mortem examination on the
body of Qrville D. Jewett sustained the
theory that hi3 death resulted from pis
tol wounds. Five balls were found in
the body corresponding with the size of
the empty chambers of the two revolvers
found on the office floor. These weapons
were said to be those generally carried
by the deceased, while the empty hol
ster round his waist was another argu
ment that they had been in his posses
sion at the time of the explosiou. B,ut
the mystery is intensified by the asser
tion qf ope of the medical meq that,
from the direction taken hy the bullets,
he djd not think it passible they eould
have been fired by the deceased himself.
The mind of Mr. Dean, the only survi
vor of the tragedy, seems, from all ac
counts, to be at present unhinged, apd
his impressions of the circumstances at
tending it are sq vague as to be ataso
lntely worthless, so far as fixing the
responsibility qf tho pistol firing is con
cerned.
The Verdict From the Inquest Over the Bo
dies of George W. and Orville D. Jewett.
New Yobk, April 12.—The inquest in
the Jewett tragedy resulted in the ver
dict : “We find that Geo. W. Jewett
came to his death by the explosion of
an hand grenade, at 182 Front street,
on Thursday, April bth, 18*7, brought
to the office by Orville D. Jewett, and
that said Orville D. Jewett came to his
death by pistol shot wounds, caused by
the firing of a pistol by said Orville D.
Jewett.”
The Duelling Case.
The following decision was rendered
by the State Supreme Court at Atlanta
fast Tuesday:
James W. Harris vs. The State. Con
senting to be a second in a duel, from
Richmond.
Jackson, J.
J, If the indictment alleges that con
sent tio act as second tog duel was given
in this State, it is immaterial where the
duel was fought. The gravamen of this
offense, under section 4517 of the Code,
is the consent; if that took place in this
State, this offense is complete.
2. If the indictment alleges that the
offense was committed on a day subse
quent to the finding of the grand jury,
whilst after the defendant has plead to
the merits, it would be held good in
substance, yet being bad in form, it will
be so held if exoeptton be taken to it by
special demurrer in writing before the
trial. ‘ Code, 4528, 4629, 4630. Judg
ment reversed. Jt. GWnahl, for plaintiff
in error. Salem Datcher, Solicitor-
General, for the State,
A M Brotker.
We publish the following letter writ
ten to Mr. Mat O’Brien, of the Southern
Express Company, who handed it to us,
with the hope that the lost brother may
be found. We trust that all of the Tex
aa and Western papers will oopy ;
Worcester, Mass., March 27, 1877.
Dear Sib— l see by a Worcester paper
that a mats by the name of Wm. O’Brien
was waylaid and murdered, by a negro
Edward Wells, near Bnckhead,
Burke county, Georgia, recently. I had
A brother by the name of Wm. O’-Brien,
who left here folr _the SOuth two Vears
ifod-a-nalf ago. I htve not heard from
him for two years this present metoth,
and then he was in Galveston, Texas,
and he wrote fcu that be *as l?oing to
leave there for Brownsville. He was a
mah about 40 years old, but yon would
take him to’be much older, as he was
very griff haired. I would thank you
ve 4 much indeed if you would make
spine ihduirf £xmt him, and how
long bp'haetemfi *b#w, al*o truat kind
of a looking man be was. By answer
ing tha above as soon as possible, you
will confer a lasting favor on yonr obedi
ent servant, Michabl H. O Brien.
Direct to Michael O’Bried, Worces
ter, Mass., Box 705.— Columbus Jin
quirer.
A Talbotton hen, after layingflveeggs
in one day, the first rivalling a tarkey s
in size, folded her wings and passed
away.
THE CRISIS IN COTTON.
DARKENING EFFECT OF THE WAR
CLOUD ON THE MARKET.
Supply afld CtiwnWlivn—Tt View* t
ti refit Liverpool House uu to tile Pro*,
pec t. I .v,.
We publish below very interesting ex
tracts from Messrs. Smith, Edwards &
Co.’s review of the ootton market during
the month of March ; and although the
market has been fraught with gloom
particularly with reference to failures in
arrival cotton, heavy stock and large de
liveries on contract —a .somewhat hope
fnl view is entertained. The redaction
in the estimates of the American crop
have lost weight, occurring as they do,
when other depressing influences have
cheeked business in Manchester, and
demolished all relatione with the East.
A revival of the demand is confidently
expeoted when spinners’ stocks become
less cumbersome, thus forcing them
from their present position of indepen
dence; and as the effects of war have been
fully discounted, the positive assurance
of peace would make a great difference
in the future course of prices.
Trade nt Manchester.
The Manchester market has been like
our own, extremely depressed during
the last month. Goods and yarns have
been almost unsaleable, and the fall in
prices has been greater than here.
About two-thirds of the rise from the
lowest point of last July has now been
lost, stocks are accumulating, and the
anxiety and despondency that prevailed
daring the first half of la9t year have
returned in full force. The main cause
of all this is the heavy decline in the
Indian and China Exchange, amounting
to nearly ten per cent, since the begin
ning of the year. It has oaught mer
chants severely, and turned profits into
losses, and had besides revived all the
dread caused by the experience of last
year. People feel that the movements
of silver and exohange are now govern
ed by no known or intelligible laws, and
that it is little more than a case of hap
hazard how they go. The late heavy
fall was partly owing to the German
Government placing a large amount of
sjlver on the Loudon market ; but for
this, all the statistics of the article
seemed to point the other way. About
half the trade of Manchester is with
countries using a silver currency, hence
the importance of this questiou can be
readily perceived. There is little doubt
that if Eastern exchange was now to ad
vance materially we would see a large
business set in motion. Prices are low,
and the long stoppage of demand must
be preparing the way for revival ; but
so long as exchange looks weak and un
certain we fear no improvement of
moment will show itself.
The past month has been one of ex
treme depression in our cotton market,
with a general decline of Jd. per lb.—
The money market remains almost un
changed, the bank rate still 2 per cent.,
and the market rate quite up to it.—
There is a slight hardening tendency
at tko moment, which may, perhaps,
cause a rise in the bank rate before
long.
Future Prospects.
Everything this year has run counter
to expectation, and in consequence a
dull and spiritless feeling prevails. At
the openiug of the year so sanguine
was public feeling that perhaps a ma
jority of the trade here and in Man
chester expected 81. per lb. to be reach
ed by this time ; in place of that the
price is practically 6d. for middling
uplands, and such a revulsion implies
both a heavy pecuniary loss and a great
shook to confidence. We never remem
ber to have seen a more unexpected
development, and this applies to Man
chester with even greater force than to
Liverpool. Yarns have declined fully
2d. per lb. from the best point of Jan
uary, against Id. in cotton, consequent
ly the margin to the spinner is very
poor. At such a time as this the ten
dency is to go into the extreme de
spair, but there are some hopeful fea
tures about the situation that should
not be overlooked.
The American crop is running out
faster than was expected a month or two
ago, and it seems probable now that
four and a-half millions will not be
reached—indeed, many believe the to
tal count will not exceed 4,400,000. At
the time the most sanguine view of the
market prevailed, the favorite estimate
was four and a-quarter millions, so the
moderate addition of 150,000 to 200,000
bales is of itself insufficient to account
for so heavy a fall in price. We think
the drop in Eastern Exchange has been
a more weighty influence; and we ven
ture to predict that, as soon as a decid
ed upward turn shows itself, an entire
change will come over the situation. At
present it is impossible to say how ex
change will go; it vacillates daily at
about Is. Bfd. to Is. 9d. for six mouths’
bills in Calcutta and Bombay. We do
not think the Eastern markets are over
supplied with goods, and as soon as
merchants see some stability in exchange
business will re-commence.
The present exoessivo stock of cotton
in Liverpool is entirely owing to the
very rapid forwarding of the crop. Our
maximum stock, a few years ago, used
to be reached in July; we would not be
surprised if it was reached this year in
April—certainly it will be reached much
earlier than in any previous year, and
the amount of cotton to arrive here from
Jane to November will be unusually
small. The present plethora of outton
will rapidly disappear in the autumn,
and we fully expect that after July our
stock will run decidedly lower than last
year. There is little doubt but that the
consumption of cotton this seasoa will
he larger than the supply, and we may
reaoh October with the lightest stock
held for some years. In the face of this
it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that
a decided improvement will set in sooner
or later. Whether we are now ripe for
that improvement may be questioned.
The crushing losses in onr present stock
cause great financial weakness; business
is not fairly started in Manchester, and
snipnera are not compelled to buy from
bareness of staok, consequently it is an
open question whether the time for a
honajwe turn hasyet arrived; but we do
not think it will be long deferred, andoir
cumstanoea might occur which would
entirely change the face of the market.
The political situation is still a cause
of anxiety. Russian pofiqy is so vascil
lating that it is impossible to tell, from
day to day, what steps she will take, but
at the moment it looks rather like a inp
tnre with Turkey when the season suit
able for warlike operations arrives. We
do not think any worse consequences
will follow from war itself than now
arise from the fear of it. In fact, we
incline to think that soon after war is
declared, we shall see a revival of trade
There is little chance that any of the
great Powers vfil| intervene, and a war
between Russia and Turkey can hardly
be of long duration. The barbarous
misgovernment of Turkey, and her cyn
ical defiance of European opinion, have
left her entirely without friends, and
many will look upon a war as the only
possible remedy for evils that have be
come perfectly intolerable,
THE CONYERS TRAGEDY.
Burnins of the Jail ol Rockdale County—Two
Prisoner* Roasted to Death in the Presence
of the Multitude.
(At/Wnw Constitution ,|
About fonr o’clock on yesterday morn
ing a great vivid flame poured into the
windows of the sleeping town of Con
yers and awakened the inhabitants, The
jail was on fire. The affrighted people
hurried to the scene of the fire, and
i found that the flames had gone beyond
their power to check them. The en
trance to the jail was from the second
story, and the steps had burned away.
The roof had nearly fallen in, and the
flames were licking downward over the
solid impenetrable flrst story, which
made the dungeon. About this time the
crowd began to inquire whether or not
there were any prisoners confined in the
dnngeon. It transpired that there
were (90 men locked UP ky the flre in
this fatal cage—both negroes.
It was apparent at once that nothing
less than a miracle eould save them from
a horrible death. The steps to the en
trance were burned away. The door
way and the whole top of the house was
a mass of flames. The heat was so in
tense that no one eonld approach the
building. Somehow or another an
was thrown into the dungeon and the
negroes began to try to cut their way out
of the stifling den in which they were
caged. Only a few moments were left,
as the fire was already beginning to
barn through the solid upper floor, when
it would pour a shower of blazing logs
and embers down on the poor wretches.
The dnneeou, as is usual with country
jails, was made of a layer of huge logs,
heavily'weatfierboarded on each §ide.
The negroes speedily cut through the
first wiatherbdarding 4nd had poshed
several pieces of the outer plunk off, —
They could now be plainly teen by (he
crowd, wh® encouraged' them with
shout's and adyice. It Remained for
th&m to cut through (wo or three of the
heavy logs, that they might force them
selves through. , . . ,
Tfiey recammeiified WorV> and
flew at it with desperation. The inex
orable flames drew nearer and the poor
wretches, frantio with panic and fear,
shrieked, and prayed, and cursed as
they tagged like madmen at the stub
born and unyielding logs. It looked at
one time as if they might escape, bnt
the flames suddenly burst downward
through the upper floor and swept down
the outside of the walls, literally envel
oping the fated men in a net of flames.
The horrid illumination rendered their
parching bodies intensely conspicuous.
They capered fod sprang up and down,
and fluuflthejaselves against the walls.
'Pie blistering fltmes maddened them,
and thdr efforts to cut tbroughthe walls
lost all direction or intelligence.
They hacked and pulled incoherently
at tha log bars, and seemed literally
crazed. Most of the spectators, unable
to look upon the sickening scene longer,
turned off and ran beyond the reach of
the piercing soreems of the imprisoned
mou. But the end was very near. The
dungeou was now filled with biaziDg
fire, and the very logs that held them
prisoners began to burn. One of the
negroes seemed to give up the struggle
at this point. Leaping off the floor he
clutched the bars and wound his hands
about them, aud was soon, let us hope,
put out of his pain. The other one,
holding the axe, continued to struggle
in an aimless way, but finally dropped
the axe and clutching the burning bars,
as his fellow-viotim had done, was al
most instantly lost in a gnst of flame.
And then the hnDgry blaze covered the
whole dungeon, and the tortured
wretches were seen no more.
A HEAVY VERDICT.
Ai Interesting Life Insurance Case.
[Savannah Sews.]
There was yesterday concluded a case
whioh has been on trial the last two days
before the United States Circuit Court,
Judge John Erskine presiding, which is
destined to settle an exceedingly import
ant question for both the insured and
those for whose benefit policies are taken
ont, and also to the life insurance com
panies. We allude to the case of Eliza
Drewry vs. tho Pboeaix Life Insurance
Company of Hartford, Connecticut. In
this case a verdict has been returned,
after two days’ contest, for the plaintiff
for SIO,OOO, with interest from the 26th
of August, 1867, which amounts, princi
pal and interest, to $17,000.
The faots in this case are of unusual
interest. It seems Lebaron Drewry,
Jr., was one of the partners of a firm
doing business in Galveston, Texas, in
1867, consisting of himself and Leßaron
Drewry, Sr. His father went to Eng
land in February, 1867, and was written
to by his son, Leßaron Drewry,'.Jr., in
forming him of some trouble in regard
to certain duties due the Government on
iron, and that he would go to Washing
ton and meet him there on his return
homewards. His father reaohed Wash
ington in May, 1867, and his son did
not appear. The father wrote to Gal
veston aud to New Orleans, and received
letters announcing that his son had left
Gal -OBton on the 22d of May aud reach
ed New Orleans on the 24th of May,
and remained there until the 26th, when
he had left his hotel for tho bout, and
that he had never been heard of since.
The father, after waiting a long time in
suspense and being kept away by advice
of his friends some time, to allow the
yellow fever, then raging in New Or
leans, to subsido, went to New Orleans
and Galveston in the Fall and made
every possible effort through detectives
and otherwise to learu the fate of his
sou, but to no purpose. The facts as
proven on the trial showed that young
Drewry left Galveston by steamer on
the 22d of May, 1867; that Mr. Corley,
a banker at Galveston, handed him a
package of six thousand dollars in
greenbacks to be delivered to a bank at
New Orleans; that he reaohed New Or
leans safely on the 26th of May, de
livered the money and started to take
the steamer then on her way up the
river, UDd never has been heard from
since. The parents and friends believe
he w s murdered by someone who
watched him leave the boat.
The family of Mr. Leßaron Drewry,
Sr., is beyond all suspicion of fraud.
He is the present British Consul at
Bruuswick, Georgia. He was for eigh
teen years High Sheriff of St. John’s
county, New Brunswick. His father
was Postmaster-General of that prov
ince. He has three brothers in high
office in Canada now, and a sou a com
mandant in the British navy, stationed
as instructor of gunnery at Plymouth,
England.
When Mr. Drewry, Sr., went to Gal
veston, in 1867, he found that his son
had insured his life, a short time before
leaving for New Orleans, for SIO,OOO, in
the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, of Hartford, for the benefit and
use of bis mother, and this suit was
brought in May, 1873, to recover the
amount of the policy. The defendant
resists because no legal proofs of death,
as they think, have been made and fur
nished them.
The Phoenix Mutual is a young com
pany comparatively; but has so far been
as successful as any company in the
United (States—having many millions of
dollars assets and a good reserve.
It will be perceived, by onr Court pro
ceedings, that a motion for anew trial
will be made, and the case will go to the
Supreme Court of the United States, on
a question of law.
THE SPARTA TRAGEDY.
The Town Marshal Convicted of tlie Murder
of Rozler.
[Special to the Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Spabta, April 13.— 1 t will be re
membered that some time since Mr.
Rozier, a merchant c f this place,
while on his way home from bis store,
was murdered and robbed. Among the
parties arrested ou suspicion was the
Town Marshal, Griggs. Griggs was put
on trial for the offense and was con
victed to-day. The jury acoompanied
their verdio't of guilty with a recom
mendation of the prisoner to the mercy
of the Court. X.
MR. HAYES AND THE SOUTH.
Murmur*, of Repnbllcan Indignation Rising
Over the President’s Policy.
Washington, April 11.—The Presi
dent is represented by his friends to be
very indignant over the tone of Cham
berlain’s letter and looks upon the con
cluding paragraph, which assumes not
to doubt the patriotic and honorable pur
pose of the Executive in removing the
troops, as a quiet bit of sarcasm added
as au afterthought several days subse
quent to the writing of the letter. The
evidence of the coming revolt in the Re
publican party against the Administra
tion, ho-vevxr, continnes to multiply,
and will doubtless continue to increase
the President’s indignation. A noted
Republican who arrived here to day
from Boston, where he had an interview
with Wendell Phillips, says be told him
that he had a bushel-basketful of letters
from Republicans applaudiug his recent
speeob denouncing the President and
his Cabinet. Many of the writers are
publicly known as supporters r f the Ad
ministration. A distinguished Republi
can es-Senator from Ohio, Bea Wade,
has also written a letter here severely
abusing Hayes and his so-called policy,
and predicting disaster as the result of
it. On tho other hand, Governor Hart
ranft, of Pennsylvania, hud a two hours’
interview with the President to-night
and assured him of his warm approval
of all that the Administration had done,
and ex< reseed the opinion that it would
contribute to the welfare of the Repub
lican party and the best interests of the
country. The President return
thanked him for bis support and said he
believed his ppUuy was right, and that
he intended to fully carry it out.
KING IN THE NEW.
Chamberlain’* Chum* Ordered Over
Their Offices to Tk&r Successors.
QULurbu, April 14 Governor Hamp
: ton to-day addressed a note to tho Cham-,
berlain officials requesting them to. turn
over their offices to their successors, sub
ject to the decision of tne Supreme
Court, when the Court shall be filled
by the eleetion of a Chief Justice, whioh
takes place immediately after the con
vening of the Legislature on tbs 94th
inet. This step was taken ao as to en
able the Hampton government to obtain
the records and information necessary
for the proper administration of affairs,
Ear Hale.
1 Hoe three-ifevolntion small cylinder
newspaper press, in fair order—bed, 32x
|4ft
1 Hoe large cylinder news and job
press, in good order—bed, 35x51.
1 Taylor cylinder (medium) job press.
1 Gordon half medium, new style,
with double diso, in fair order.
1 Gordon quarter medium, in good
order.
1 Gordon eighth medium, in good or
der.
Large fonts of newspaper material—
nonpariel, minion, brevier and bour
geois.
Display type, leads, rnle v slogs,
stones, cabinets, racks, stands, sticks,
cases and everything complete for a
: large newspaper.
Also, a large variety of job material,,
including hand bill, poster and book
type.
Also, rnling machine, paper cutters,
binders' tools, standing press, etc.
The whole in good order, and a large
amount new.
Correspondence invited,
Will sell in boy quantity desired.
The material • >at recently used by
the CqpstiM/iqnajiist. Address,
Walsh & Wbioht,
Managers Chronicle and Constitutional
ist, Augusta, Ga.
A clerk was summarily discharged
from the Treasury Department the other
day, because it appeared from records
that he had held his position nearly
three yean, and hadn’t been shot at by
a woman. There wan no precedent for
such a record and he had to arise and
dost.
THE STATE.
THE PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS.
Rome wants anew jail.
Macon has new barber shop.
Lincoln county is cultivating Luoerne
grass.
Only eleven colored voters in Fannin
county.
Gainesville has a pair of tame cata
mounts.
Barnesville sold more guano this year
than last.
Douglaaville merchants have gone to
flying kites.
The temperance cause is gaining
ground in Rome.
Robbers, male and female, have full
control of Savannah.
A four-legged chicken is scratching
around in Talbotton.
Pike county Court House has been
thoroughly repaired.
Americus has had a shower of grass
hoppers and sea birds.
Fish ponnds in Randolph oounty were
destroyed by recent rains.
The Germania Building Association of
Atlanta is doing good work.
A Talbot county lady caught ten
hawks in a steel trap recently.
An organized gang of cattle stealers
have been caught in Savannah.
The annual parade of the Macon Fire
Department comes off April 14th.
Strange water fowls have been wafted
over the State by the late breezes.
Great distress prevails in Worth ooun
ty on account of the reoent cyclone,
Essex Cobb shot Shelton Ship in the
breast, uear Social Circle, last week.
Mr. G. W. Smith, of Thomson, lost
his dwelling house by fire last week.
General Toombs will shortly deliver
au address in Macon on the Con.-Con.
Mrs. Jethro Thomas, of Waynesboro,
is recovering from an attaok of illness.
A Savannah female cut a barkeeper’s
throat for selling liquor to her husband.
An effort is being made to save Meeks,
tho Polk county murderer, from the gal
lows.
Mr. Paul C. Hudson is being pressed
for Convention delegate from McDuffie
county.
A colored woman died in Atlanta Sa
turday night, “scared to death by the
storm.”
A large quantity of the machinery for
the new cotton mill, of Columbus, has
arrived.
Miss Davis, of Griffin, has been elect
ed Matron of the Orphan’s Home in Sa
vannah.
The Order of Odd Fellows, of Atlanta,
will celebrate their anniversary on the
26th instant.
The Dew Masonio Temple, which is to
be erected in Romo, will oost forty thou
sand dollars.
The Savannah Jockey Club think of
changing their anmial races from Jan
uary to April.
Col. Wm. A. Harris, Secretary of the
Senate, is raising a cavalry oompany in
Worth oounty.
A. P. Wall, Tax Collector of Butts
county, is behind eight hundred and
forty-eight, dollars.
A young man named Smith, in Griffin,
was fired upon and wonnded while going
home the other night.
Mr. Ferdinand Phinizy has resigned,
not resumed, the Directorship of the
Northeastern Railroad.
It is estimated that it will require
$50,000 to put the publio buildings at
Miliedgeville in repair.
Bishop Pieree will dedicate Berlin
church, in Richmond Circuit, on the 4th
Sunday of this month.
Meeks of Polk county, sentenced to
be hung next Friday, has been granted
a three weeks’ respite.
A Georgian in Texas, writing to Haw
kinsville Dispatch, calls that delightful
country a “Hell Dorado.”
Bridges Smith's Paper has been re
moved to Macon, and Herbert C. Hill
has become its local editor.
The Walton oounty Vidette would to
God that Georgia’s leaders would act up
to Gen. Gary’s Hayes sentiments.
The fine dwelling house of Dr. J.
F. Brown, of Bulloch county, was acci
dentally destroyed by fire recently.
The day train on the Atlantio and
Gulf Railroad from Jacksonville to Sa
vannah is discontinued after to-day.
G. W. Adair’s creditors have relieved
him from all further obligation upon
surrendering his property UDto them.
Mr. J. J. Spires, of Lincoln county, a
few days since, killed two large wild
turkeys at one shot. They were fight
ing.
Mrs. Dosoher, who was severely burn
ed by the explosion of a kerosme lamp
in Savannah recently, died Tuesday of
her burns.
The steamer Rosa left Savannah Wed
nesday for Augusta. She carries 300
barrels and 60hhds. of molasses, bosides
other freight.
A speeial dispatch to the Griffin News
states that Sitting Bull has had his tail
dislocated, and is obliged to fight the
flies with his heels.
A marooning party of boys and girls,
in Jonesboro, came near being drowned
by the sinking of a battean Tuesday
evening of last week.
Terrifio hurricanes passed through
Schley and Marion counties Saturday
night, nnroofing houses and killing the
occupants in several instances.
Negotiations are in progress for a
traot of land in Deoatnr oounty, Ga., on
whioh to settle a colony of Frenoh im
migrants from Gormandized Alsace.
Spreading of the rails on the Gnlf
Railroad, near Savannah, killed the en
gineer and injured two firemen of the
through freight train Tuesday night.
Messrs. W. B. Lowe and J. R. Sneed
are spoken of as candidates for the Mar
shalship of Georgia, and efforts are
being made to have Gol. Alston with
draw.
Col. G. W. Adair tendered his resig
nation as President of the Atlanta Cot
ton Factory. The Directors, by unani
mous vote, refused to receive the resig
nation.
The Georgia ceusus shows an appre
ciation of land values during five years
past in the oorn growing section of the
State, and a deoline of values in the oot
ton regions.
Comptroller Goldsmith says in a
circular of instructions issued to the
tax receivers, that tho real estate of
Georgia is not returned at more than
half of its real value.
Mr. T. R. Bnrnside, of McDuffie coun
ty, has some wheat thirty inches
long. It headed on the 2d day of April,
and the seed from which it grew was ob
tained, year before last, ont of his oats.
In speaking of the Louisiana Com
mission, which consists of four Rads
and one Democrat, Bob Toombs remark
ed that Hayes had dealt Packard a
strong poker hand—four aces and a
jack.
The gypsies are in Marietta.
The Acworth Advocate is no more.
Rome organizes a P. C. A. Lodge.
Marietta, too, has a fine mineral spring.
Cedar town is to have a telegraph of
fice.
Thomas villa is now called Ihe “Fair
City.”
Mr. Benj, Gann, of Warrenton, is
dead.
Col. J. J. Hickman will locate in At
lanta,
Emanuel county has a gourd two hun
dred years old.
Tornado holes and ripe strawberries
are still in demand.
A Marietta young man’s ode to his
Washerwoman : $2 50.
The Episcopal Convocation oonvenes
in Dalton on the 18th instant.
Georgia has framed and adopted six
constitutions, and needs another.
A Marietta man offers one hundred
dollars per bushel for grasshoppers.
Several wild ducks were blown down
into Albany daring the gale on Sunday.
Chickens are selling at 25 cents and
canary birds at $3 50 in the Athens mar
kst*
The Y. M. C. A. issues a daily paper
during the session of the Convention in
Newnan.
The Ladies’ Memorial Association, of
Warrenton, netted $35 from a public
dinner,
Alonzo Street, a Newnan negro, looked
i down a pistol barrel to see if it wm
loaded. It was.
Papers generally in the “cotton belt"
report the prospect of the peach and
other fruit crops still fair.
Sinoe the gale, Clinard, of the Athens
Newton House, has been enabled to serve
np “ storm petrels’* on toast.
Maj. Monday, of Newnan, while cat
ting wood last week, was severely injur
ed bv the rebound of an axe-handle.
Warrenton girls invariably swpply
lamps for midnight loitering beaux to
rata n home by. Sensible virgins, they.
Thomas R Huff of the Colnntbns
Enquirer , was Wednesday evening maw.
ties to Miss Lon Salisbury, of that city.
A rusty sabre and a blue coat were
last week fonnd in a field near Newßan,
the relics of a cavalry fight daring the
war.
The Commercial Reporter-states that
Edwin D. Newton is coming to Athene
to spend the Summer, and display hie
wares.
M. Eugenios Thornton can digest
thirty oodes in thirty days, and accord
ingly announces himself for the Con
©ou.
Rev. Johnny Shover, ef the Warren
ton Clipper, submits that Solicitor-Gen
eral Reese ia a “ screamer on crimi
nals,”
The new Atlanta daily, backed by
“brains and money” has not yet appeared.
Whioh commodity is lacking does not
appear.
A few more valuable bints from Dr.
Janes to yonng men would now be as
valuable as tracts from the Howard As
sociation.
Col. Lockett, of Donsrherty county,
has about one hundred convicts em
ployed upon his plantation. He is well
pleased with them.