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OHiromclg a nfr .Sentinel
WEDNESDAY, - - JUNE 20, 1877.
Ben Butler is “kicking and squirm
ing.” L ,
The cows are still roam-inant as well
as ruminant.
Tilde* is after Conklino’s place.
Hope lie may get it.
Tennessee makes 870,500 a year by
leasing her convicts.
A Miss Happy has married a Mr. Sad.
We dare say Sad is a lively fellow.
m m*
Is one single district of Chicago the
churches arc mortgaged for 8500,000.
Flipper seems to be a legacy to the
Government that it does not know how
to deal with. <
J. F. Qcabi.es, colored, has been ap
pointed Consul at Malaga. He is well
known in Augusta.
Company B, at West Point, was pro
nounced the best drilled and will carry
the battalion flag.
Snakes killed 17,070 Hindoos last
year. They were the snakes of the field
and not serpents of the still.
The Nashville American notes that
not a few young men are in favor of the
dollars of the father-in-law.
The best criticism we have seen of
Alfred De Musset’s intemperance is
that he was very absinthe-minded.
Rochefort once got 814,400 in gold,
in advance, per annum for editing a
Paris paper. He is now bankrupt.
A colored philosopher can not make
out “cibil serbis refo’m” unless it means
•*de white folks gittin on top all de
time.”
Prince Bismarck’s daughter, aged 29
years, is about to marry Count Lehn
dorfp, favorite aid-de-camp to the Em
peror.
Hobart Pasha, son of the Earl of
Buckingham, and Admiral of the Turk
ish fleet, is a direct descendant of John
Hamp den.
Gov. Hendricks says he prefers the
esteem of his fellow-citizens to the pos
session of office. Many men prefer it
the other way. •
A #lo<> silver cup will be presented to
the first baby born to any of the West
Point graduating class. Buppoee Ilip
per should win it ?
, The Missouri Republican hopes if
Mr. Lowell can do nothing else he will
produce a book on Spain, as Washino
ton Ibviii did.
The Albany Evening Journal baa been
sued for libel by a lawyer. The dam
ages are laid at 81,000,000-a mere trifle
to any first class paper.
United Btates Marshal Douglas, of
North Carolina, will most likely retire
to private life. He is a degenerate sou
of Stephen A. Douglas.
The Chicago Times proposes to abol
ish the West Point Academy altogether,
and let commissions be competed for by
young men who have paid for their edu
cation. m
Stanley Matthews’ arrival in Wash
ington has caused a flutter among the
politicians. He only appears, like a
first class god in ancient tragedies, on
great occasions.
The Baltimore Qazettc cannot im
agine why our post offico clerk wanted
to open love letters, since tlioy never
contain anything but “soft” stuff, that
can’t even bo used for currency.
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Flipper stood sixty-fourth in a class
of seventy-six. The “ ex-sovereign,
we believo, stood next to foot, in his
oadet days. Flipper may astonish “the
crowned heads of Europe yet.
The touching obituaries, in verse and
■worse, of the Philadelphia Ledger, writ
ten by G. W. Childs, A. M., are manu
factured to order—C. O. D.—in the
most beautiful editorial rooms in the
country. |
Brcretary SnERMAN’s private check
book cost #IOO. Boveral years of patri
otism in .the service of his country have
made JonN a millionaire. The salary
was small, but the opportunity seems to
have been enormous.
A Philadelphia paper thinks Mr.
Dana will presently haul down the
names of Grant and Pikrrepont, and
substitute therefor Wayne MacVeaoh
and Benjamin F. Butler, for President
and Vice President in 1880.
Some of the papers think Tames Rus
sell Lowell an improvement on Caleb
Cushing as Minister to Spain, but the
New York'Express laughs at the unfit
ness of the thiug and declares that one
would as soon think of making Morton
a bishop, or believing Zach Chandler
under oath.
The New York Sun asserts that Gen
eral Ord, commanding thrfU. S. forces
on the Rio Grande, oaunot, as the N. O.
Democrat says, be the grandson of
George IV and Mrs. Frrz Herbert, for
the verv good reason that that lady had
no children.
Gen. Toombs’ Hot Springs speeoli did
not please “Col.” Wattkrson and raised
the bile of the New York Times and
Albany Argus. The General made a
sensation and galled both extremes of
political opinion. We presume the
General spoke ex abundantia and with
out caring whom he satisfied.
We observe in several of our ex
changes that certain Southern cities
have been warned of a raid in prospect
by the burglars and cracksmen of New
York city. Augusta is a very unhealthy
locality for burglars and cracksmen from
the North. We piously advise them to
give this unterrifled city a very wide
berth. *
* An Arab said to Mahomet after a weary
day’s march, “ I will loose my cam ?1
and commit it to God.” Mahomet
said, “ Friend, tie tby camel, and com
mit it to God.” The Troy Times rec
ommends this as good advioe to church
societies who build expensive edifices
and hope tbe Lord will somehow lift
the mortgagee on them.
Pitkin says Wharton can not get any
fees between this time and the meeting
of Congress, aud bints that the ex-Con
frderate Colonel and friend of War
*moth, Kellogg, Packard and Hayes
rt!l have a hardsr tinie sqnewiDg
through the Senate than the proverbial
rich man has in making rapid transit
through tbe traditional needle s eye.
The Charleston XtU's and Courier
says that E. M. Bratton, who has re
cently been appointed Colle**or of In
ternal Revenue for South Carolina i the
place of L. Cass Carfenteb, will have
to give a bond for 8100,009 before he
can take possession of his office. The
JVVtes and Courier asserts that Braytog
cannot obtain sureties on such a bond
in South Carolina, and urges the people
of Augusta not to render him assistance.
The Columbia Register utters a cry of
the same kwd, and threatens to give un
pleasant promin ewee to any Augusta
Democrat who helps the new appointee
out of his troubles. We ar* not likely
to be accused of partiality for Mr.
Bratton, but we would like to know
wherein he is a worse man than L. Cass
Carpenter whom he displaces. Mr.
Carpenter has been most bitterly de
nounced by the press and people of
Booth Carolina. Why should they ob
ject to a change?
THE democratic idea.
Returning Board Wells has been
“buzzed" by a reporter of tbe New Or
leans Custom House. Hon. J. Madison
thinks the Democrats have a subtle
plan which will “play old Harry” with
the Republicans. Ae thinks the little
game is for the "chivalry” to have
prominent Republicans arrested, and
then go upon their bonds. This, he de
clares, places the carpet-baggers and
scallawags under “eternal obligation.”
The “chivalry” then are to ran for of
fice, and the prominent Republicans,
“under eternal obligation,” must per
force support them. By this process
Mr. Wells believes the 'Republican
party in Louisiana is to be killed off.
This proves, if it prove anything, that
there are more wavs of exterminating a
member of the feline tribe than by
gorging her with the prodnets of the
dairy. *
THE ms>HO-TURKISH WAR.
While Moukhiar Pasha is being
roundly abused in some localities, and,
as is always the case, most bitter.y at
home, he is not wanting in defenders,
happily for the sake of fair play, abroad.
One of our Southern exchanges thinks
the Ottoman general is “ adopting the
Joe Johnston tactics, and the Russians
to be flanking on both flanks, with the
advantage that Moukhtab must fight
soon or lose his head.” From latest
dispatches, the Pasha would appear to
be seriously threatening the Russian
communications while preserving his
inferior main body from an overwhelm
ing attack. The Chicago Inter-Ocean,
crediting him with doiDg the best he
could, under the circumstances, shows
that his army, available for action in the
vicinity of Erzeroum, numbers about
35,000 men. The Russian army in Asia
consists of 212,000 men, and 037 pieces
of artillery. This force has encircled
Kars, besieged Baton m, and the oom
mander is now prepared to send at least
100,000 men against Erzeroum. The
Russians are not mameuvering to drive
Moukhtab Pasha out of Erzeroum, but
having cut him off from Kars and Ba
toum, are manceuvering to cut him off
from Trebizond. The Turkish com
mander understands this, and so we are
told lie has given up the intention of do
fending the heights in front of Erze
roum, but will give battle if lie must on
the western heights covering the road to
Erzeronm. Ho is keeping a sharp look
out for his line of retreat, and at the
same time preparing for resistance.
Meanwhile the French crisis has had
a marked effect upon the great drama.
The New York Sun sees in it a favorable
turn for Turkey aud says : “ The whole
sentiment of Ultramontane Europe is in
faet warmly enlisted on the side of the
Ottoman, and thus Germany has now
become directly interested iu the East
ern question. How Prince Bismarck
proposes to solve it is probably still kep
a secret from every one bnt himself; but
that the changed attitude of Russia is
caused by pressnre from Germany, and
that this pressure is the consequence of
the recent crisis in Prance, no closo ob
server of passing eveuts in Europe can
entertain any doubt." The truth of the
matter probably is that the loDger Tur
key can hold her own, or even keep up a
bold front and escape serious disasters,
the more complicated the nfiaifs of other
European States will become. A single
spark, not now perceptible, iay fire
the whole magazine and cause a general
explosion. Very likely, Prince Bis
marck has it in his power to light that
spark or suppress it; and it need not be
forgotten that, as Frederick tho Great
declared, “great battles) are fought be
yond the stars.” As we cannot pene
trate tho mystery oi Bismarck's policy,
neither can we unravel tiie web of Prov
idenco. *Just now, Providence WOtfld
seem to be on the aide of the heaviest
battalions; bnt there are still heavier
battalions not yet in th a or ’ n
calculation.
A MINIIULAR CASE IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY.
We obtain from the Sandersville Her
ald information of a very singular case
that is now stirring Washington county
to its profoundest depths. Hon. J. A.
Robson —a promising citizen of the
county, who did gallant service during
tho war and lost a log in the Southern
army—was in 1875-6 the Tax Collector
of Washington, and is now a member of
the lower branch of the General
Assembly. Borne time ago the Comp
troller-General of the State (Hon. W. L.
Goldsmith) issued an execution against
Mr. Robson and his securities for the
sum of 58.900. This amount the Comp
trolier-*General claimed was due the
State on account of taxes collected by
Mr. Robson and not paid into the Treas
ury. Mr. Robson denies that he owes
anything to the State and challenges the
fullest investigation. Major Mark
IJewman, a well known citizen of the
county, says that on the Bth of Decem
ber, 1876, Mr. Robson handed him a
package of money to count. He found
it to contain $14,000, and in his presence
it was sealed up and deposited in the
Express office for transmission to Mr.
Goldsmith in Atlanta. Ho says the
books of the Express Agent at Sanders
ville show the receipt of the money.
Mr. Lawson Kelly, one of the Board of
County Commissioners of the county,
also states that he was in Atlanta at the
assembling of tbe Legislature in Jan
uary last, and was told by Governor
Smith that Mr. Robson was not in ar
rears with the State ; but, on the con
trary, bad paid the uttermost farthing.
Mr. Goldsmith says this money was
not received by him; that he knows
nothing of it, and that money packages
sent to him are always taken by tho State
Treasurer aud opened, and the contents
retained by that official. Two or three
weeka since a man calling himself W. W.
Boyd visited Sandersville, and it was
soon intimated that the stranger was a
detective, who had eouie to the town for
the purpose of working up the tax mys
tery. Boyd al*o made certain confiden
tial statements to some-of the citizens,
which induced them to believe that the
Comptroller General was the party at
fault and would soon be arrested. On
the sth instant Mr. Goldsmith received
a letter dated at Sandersville on tbe day
previous, and sigued W. W. Boyd,
which contained a very clumsy and im
padent attempt *i blackmail. The
writer stated his readiness to show to
any court of justice that the alleged de
fault was the joint work of Messrs.
Robson and’ Goldsmith. Ihe detec
tive ” goes on to say :
I have received some hush money from some
individuals interested in this matter; and I
have the assurance of a bosom friend of yours
that you will •• dance to the tune that needs
assistance, and put sugar on the wrongs that
needs resistance" rather than have yourself
tangled in this matter. It such ia the case
then cause fifty dollars to be eent to ms by
Post Office order to Sandersville, Washington
countv. Oa.: otherwise, if this reque-t does
hoi meet with your approbation, kxA out tpr a
letter in the Atlanta Constitution from Sacders-
Tilie that will tell of some things, to which
some of the most reliable citizens in the State
will testify to. that are extremely dark and
mysterious and will well he calculated to si
lence the battery of any person, let him be the
President of the Cubed States or a humble
shoemaker who works for two meals a a*y. If
I get this consideration, then I will exonerate
tou in my investigation : if I don't, then ae
ceyd t,ie consequences.
Yets .respectfully. W. W. Boyd.
P S- If yef doubt this, correspond with
me and I will convißM yon. No harm in an
inyea-igAlum- W ' B '
Jjpon receipt of this document iff.
Goldsmith enclosed it to the Solicitor-
General of the Middle Circuit, residing
in Sandersvitie, with the that he
would have the writer arrested. Soipe
of Boyd’s manuscript was secured, and
upon comparison with the letter sent to
Mr. G<W*>npTß, the resemblance to the
latter was so great that the arrest was
made. The charge agonist him is not
stated, though it must have been either
libel or on attempt to extort money.
He was committed to jail in
default of bail, after an exami
nation, bet was discharged Wed
nesday under a habeas corpus proceed
ing. It is stated that tbe prisoner was
recognized as a man named Robert L.
Owens. Here thia very singular case
seem* to rest fsr the present. Leaving
aaide the epiaede of the detective,
which has added to the mystery of the
Batter, it* is very, certain that there
Iran issue between Messrs. Bobson,
Goldsmith and the Express Company
by which the State has suffered serious
loss and which, for the sake of all the
parties concerned, should be speedily
determined. We presume the parties
will make statements to the public,
and, in the meantime, we forbear to
make any comment upon tbe matter.
They ore well known and highly esteem
ed, and in the absence of direct proof of
fraud no one should believe either or
any of them to be guilty of an act of
dishonesty.
THE TURKISH FLEET.
If the Turkish fleet is to do anything
of oonsequenoe in this war, we assume
that the Englishman, Hobart, who com
mands it, will be the hero of the occa
sion. It has been telegraphed widely
that the Pasha’s men-of-war were pre
paring to strike the Russians a powerful
blow by the bombardment of Odessa.
Certain it is that the people of that city
expect trouble, for a London Times
correspondent, under date of May 16,
writes as follows: “Odessa is rained.
Be the consequences of the war what
they may, this the best, the most pros
perous town in Russia, will not be able
to recover the position she has lost.
Rain stares her merchants, her trades
people, in the face. Thirty thousand
persons have fled before the bombard
ment, the fear of which has sent her in
habitants wild. The streets are desert
ed, the shops unfrequented.” The same
correspondent gives some additional in
formation, which may be interesting.
He says:
The town, aa is well known, lies close on the
shore of the Black Sea, and the harbor is form
ed by a bay on the eastern side. West of tho
harbor runs a lew cliff immediately in front of
the town. This cliff is protected by seven or
eight earthwork batteries, some revetted with
masonry, and mounting in all sixty-five or sev
enty guns, varying from ton to twenty-five
tons. The batteries are by no means in perfect
condition. In many cases they are very in
complete, and although several hundred men
are employed upon them, some timo must
elapse ere they in a wholly satisfactory
state. These are all the land defenses of
Odessa—sufficient to give the name and to en
tail the consequences of being a fortified town;
insufficient to protect it. Nor are the batteries
able to put any reliance on naval co-operation.
Tho strength of the Russian navy at Odessa is
small indeed- one Popoffka, one Thorneycroft
and two gunboats. The Popoffka has only
two guns. I saw her the other day at practice.
In movement she seemed handy enough, and
to attain a speed of about twolve knots. Clear
ed for action she represents a very small
mark for the enemy’s fire. But so low does
she appear in the water that the intention at
tributed to Hobart Pasha of running over her
scorned to be grounded on rational pqssibility.
The practice was at a target a mile distant.
The starboard gun made excellent shooting.
Shot after shot hit or went close to the left
lowor edge of the mark. Not so with the port
gun In vain was the laying altered. Every
shot fell short, and two at least dropped into
the water before they had accomplished half
the distance. The gun seemed thoroughly de
fective. How the Popoffka will behave in a
sea it is impossible to say. Hitherto she has
been tried only on tbp calmest days. So much
for the land defenses and nv*l strength. But
they are supplemented by powerful agents—
torpedoes. They have been placed from the
extremity of the jetty all along the coast, and
about two miles out to sea. Above the cliffs
are three points, respectively designated as
Great, Middle %nijLittle Fountain. Opposite
M ddle Fountain is guarijship. Every vessel
on approaching this point is now boarded by
a Russian crew, its own being sent below and
not sail red oven to look out of tbe port holes.
But there are eyes on land, aud the course is
by no means intricate. Indeed, I have reason
to suppose that far fewer torpedoes have been
laid down than the Russians would have the
world, and especially the Turks, believe.
‘TJjo Russians have no fleet in the
Black Sea meeting the Turk
ish flotilla. Wbat tjip torpedo boats
may accomplish remains to be seep. To
the lialf-staryed, wholly ruined and ut
* r s -wretched people, on both sides of
the lighting the “ hol y the
Czar and Sultan mn 0 4 SQem “
mbekory. The strongest argu ment m
favor of the Darwinian theory, to out
minds, is the fact that, sinco the begin”
ning of the world, men have found no
better way of compassing their ambition
than a resort to cruelties which would
disgrace the brutes themselves.
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OUR HOOK TABLE.
Johnson s New Illustrated Universal Cyclo
pedia. A Scientific and Popular Treasury
of Useful Knowledge. Vol. IV : 8— Ap
pendix.
The fourth and concluding volume of John
son's New Illustrated Universal Cyclopaedia liaß
just made its appearance. The present vol
ume contains 1,760 pages, commencing wiili
topics un 'er the alphabetical head of S, and
concluding with an appendix, embracing sup
plementary articles and articles received too
late for insertion in their order. Such new
terms and subjects as bull-dozing, bonanza,
Electoral Commission, International Exhibi
tion at Philadelphia, drainage of the Zuyder
Zee, etc., are fully elucidated. The work is Il
lustrated with maps, plans and engravings,and
all the articles have been specially contribut
ed, many of them by men most distinguished
in their particular line or profession. Asa
work of reference Johnson’s Cyolopa-dia is the
fullest and freßhest, and nearly indispensable
to such as seek the most complete outlines of
information on any subject, place or thing
known to human wisdom. It is withal very
compact in shape, succinctly arranged, clearly
printed and easily referred to.
Mr. T. K. Oolesby, the agent for this State,
has our thanks for a copy of this valuable
work.
At an auotion sale of autographs, in
New York, Ben Butler’s could not sell
at any price. Jeff Davis’ signature
sold among tbe very highest.
German and French sailors had a
fight at Yokohama. Tbe Germans came
out “first best,” killing one and mortally
wounding two of their adversaries.
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Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes avoids
litigation because he likes the lawyers
so well that he does not care to make
them anxious and pass sleepless nights.
The late John Lothrop Motley’s
grandfather was an Irishman from Bel
fast. That plaoe seems to be a hot-bed
of talent and a good place to emigrate
from.
Delmonico testifies that his waiters
have robbed him of $50,000. Does he
adopt the neat device of raising tbe
price of meals to make up bis losses by
- roguery ?
The offioer crop is too large for the ar
ray. Seventy-seven West Pointers are
to be turned loose, and Gen. Srkrman
does not know what to do with them —|
especially Flipper.
The New York Tribune repeats to
Ben Butler what the Irish judge said
to the garrulous prisoner in tbe dock—
“ All we want of yon is silence, and
plaguy little of that.”
A yoush lady from the Channel Is
lands, daughter of the Dean of St. Hel
iers, is the ligtpye of London. Her beau
ty is cansing as much sensation as
Grant’s Oxford scholarship.
A Cincinnati horse race is
as of “an exceedingly mild and lovely
character— no betting, no speed, no
loud voices and a pash* between the
heats, as soothing as a at sap Keeling.”
The New York Sun nominates, om the
straight Republican ticket for 1880,
Ulysses 8. Grant, of Illinois, for Presi
dent, syjd Edwards Pikrrepont, of New
York, for The Democ
racy woulcl have ao trouble in Bmoshing
that ticket.
A p iwavi'KE of a favorite “bitters” tes
tified under opth that a fifteen-ounce
bottle thereof contains iggrteen ounces
of whisky and one ounce spirit* o£ j<rhi
per. A contemporary thinks he might
have thrown much more light on the
“bitters” question jf he had ben **•
quired to tell "hat ounces
of whisky an made qf.
THE BIG BOMZA.
A SECOND LETTER FROM EX-GOV.
JAB. M. SMITH.
... „
Ex-ixOY.SmiA’fl Reply—lie .Makes Eplnna
tiena #f Certain Matters Referred to by
Gen. Uarliagton.
’ Atlanta, Ga., June 9,1877.
His Excellency, A. H. Colquitt, At
lanta, Oa.:
Sib— lt was stated in my letter of the
29th ult. that I should not reply to any
communication touching the payment of
the $30,000 to Messrs. Alston and Gar
lington, unless the same appeared over
your own signature. I shall depart
.from the line thus prescribed for myself,
however, so far as the communication
published in the Constitution, of the 3d
instant, over the name of A. C. Garliug
ton is concerned. I shall do this be
cause I am informed that said communi
cation was prepared after a full consul
tation between yourself, Gen. Garling
ton and other friends of yonrs. It may
be taken, therefore, as your open reply
to my open letter of tbe 29th ult., and
so considering it, I shall proceed to
give it the attention which such a- com
munication from yonr Excellency seems
to demand at my hands. In pursuing
this course, it may not be aniss to say
that no discourtesy is intended to Gen.
Garlington. With him I have no con
troversy, and no one, so far as I know,
has found serious fault with him for
accepting the large fee which you were
in such a hurry to pay. Indeed, I
should not have opened any corres
pondence with yourself, bnt for yonr
efforts to place the responsibility for
the payment of the fee upon my shoul
ders.
Just in this connection I may be per
mitted to say that, thus far, I have fail
ed to find a single individual or newspa
per that justifies your course in thismat
ter.Now and then a feeble attempt at a de
fense is made, but it is invariably coup
led with an expression of regret that
you manifested such unbecoming haste,
or that you did not oali all the witnesses
—those for as well as those against the
State—or that the matter had not been
referred to the Courts, or to the Legisla
ture. The fact that the only witnesses
called, so far as the public knows, were
the interested parties, personal friends
of yonr own, and one if not both hold
ing positions by your appointment,
seems to have rendered it impossible for
any true friend of yonrs—even Judge
Jackson himself—to approve of your
course. And here, let me remark, that
it is no wonder that the saying of Job
should have occurred to the mind of the
amiable aud peace-loving Judge whan
ho was preparing that “unanimous” let
ter of his in your behalf. Though it
was charitably intended to help yon out
of the ditch, I fear its only effect has
been to hurt both you and himself.
General Garlington gives with great
fullness of statement 3-iis own remem
brance of the circumstances attending
the making of the alleged contract. He
has already given his version of the af
fair, in his sworn affidavit placed on file
in the Executive office. My last letter
contains a full and particular answer
and denial of the main facts set fortli in
that affidavit, and I have nothing to add
here on this particular subject.
The General seems to think that the
conduct of the agents would have been
very absurd if they had made the cop
tract, as I remembered it. Would they
have surrenflered a certain fixed rate of
124 per cent, on the amount collected,
for tbe purpose of obtaining an uncer
tain and unfixed rate, which might be
reduced to little or nothing ? Certain
ly not; nor could such have been tbo ef
fect of the contract as stated by me. It
was not the intention that the rate of
compensation fixed by the Bullock con
tract should be [diminished. That rate
the parties were in auy event to be en
titled to receive. But under tho new
oontraot they might claim that the rate
ought to be increased. Then the
amount of the increase allowed was to
be fixed with reference to the services
rendered and tho eptiro amount collect
ed on the claim. It was the increase
above the rate of tho Bullock contract
only that was to be in any manner ef
fected by the new contract. This ap
pears clearly iu tho very extract from
my letter, which the General presents.
And thus easily is tho reductio ad ab
surdarn, so ponderously stated by bin,
met and disposed of.
Next iu order comes the written in
strument made by Col. Baugh, marked
“No. 1” in General Garlington’s letter.
That instrument, it appears, was exe
cuted in December, 1876, and, as the
General states, only a few days-bofore
Col. Baugh’s death. The General fur
ther thinks that the statements it con
tains are equivalent to “dying declara
tions.” ff so, then the Colonel was in
extremis when the instrument was exe
cuted. Col. Baugh I knew well and es
teemed very highly. For many mopths
before his death fie was a helpless para
lytio, • I visited him some six weeks be
fore he died, and found him gr-atly on
feeb’'”* * n an d mind. Al
though he Cos” 1 * then understand simple
propositions, I thought his mind pre
sented fully as much evidence Of decay
as bis body. Wbat must have been his
mental poadition when he made this
“dying declaration ” Qn the very verge
of dissolution, and with his powers both
of body and of mind ajmoßt .cahte'J
dead already. How desperate must
your condition be when f,ocl forced
to resort to suab an argument to sustain
your official conduct ?
This instrument, it should be remem
bered, was one in which the public had
no interest whatever. The State w?s
not a party to jt, and it was iu all re
spects private in its Col. Al ;
ston says he showed it to and that I
pronounced the recitals it contained cor
rect. This statement was disposed of
in my last letter, and there I am content
to leave it.
Gen. Garlington says that tha docu
ment was by me “read and filed in the
records of the Executive Department,
without a single accompanying word of
protest, explanation or dissent, express
or implid.” Upon this statement he
builds an argument which he evi
dently considers overwhelming. Bat
if the statement itself is incorrect,
what is the argument worth ? I haye
already stated that J did not read the
paper, or even know of its existence un
til furnished with a copy of it at the
Executive Office, a short time since.
Did I “file it in the records of the Exe
cutive Department,” as Gen. Garlington
charges? If you will tu:n to the affi
davit of Col. Alston, marked “No. 2” in
Gen. Garlington’s letter, yoq will find
that the Colonel in deposing in reference
to this identical paper, swears that he
himself had it filed in the Executive
Office, where it has sinee ramsined. He
does not pretend that any proper author
ity for the filing had been given. Jt is
not my purpose to assail the motives of
any one. I intend merely to let tbe
facts speak for themselves. Bat here
was a paper which belonged to private
parties. The Siot h?d no interest
whatever in its preservation. Jt was not
a record of the Executive Department,
and bad no business to be placed among
the records. One of its owners, how
ever, did have it placed there, but with
out lawful authority. Why this act on
the part of the owner of the paper? Let
the facts anes’e?.
It was sought soon after the doenment
was executed to show that tho Governor
had made a contract to pay or allow to
Col. Alston and others a named rate of
compensation for services to bo render
ed to the State in a certain matter. The
pretended eontract for services was very
fully sot*forth ap*oa£ the recitals con
tained in the private paper iuLUtioned.
If that paper should be found on re
cord, it would be presumed, in the ab
sence of proof to the contrary, that it
had been placed there by authority. It
would become, as Gen. Garlington says,
a standing witness that the Governor
himself bad placed it there to preserve
tha avideuce of the contract mentioned
in the recital. And sure enough, when
the question of the pretended contract
is raised, this .very recital is relied on as
evidence to show that the contract had
been made-; and it is asserted that tbe
Governor himamf had placed the writing
on file, and that he must lw e done 80
as proof of the alleged contract. _
I conclude what I have to say on tips
particular point by stating in terms that
I did not place said paper on file my
self, or order it to be done by any other
person Col. Alston admits, under oath,
that ho had it filed, and says it has
since remained on file in the Executive
office. He knows be? and why it was
placed there; I do not. Jon are very
weloome to all yon take by tue General's
argument, on the subject of the filing
of the Eaugh document. ...
Next in order for consideration is tne
statement the General presents in refer
ence to the “unsigned memorandum
that historic doenment which is, aonot
less as important in yonr estimation as
wos’tbe deceased dustman’s will in the
eyes of Mr. Si> l sh . all . not
follow the General through the unions
history ha relates, of the many attempts
made both before and after I left the
Executive office, to obtain my signature
to that remarkable %aper. If ho nos
done nothing else, he has at least suc
ceeded in convincing the public that ne
becoming diligence in the premises;
and'that pzder his exemplary persis
tence, the moW "f the “nnsigned
memorandum” rias asahe ; T erDetnal
nightmare, from which I coula seoiuMy
find any escape, either in or out of office, j
This paper was handed to me by Gen.
GarKagkfe 8 few days only before I
went on* of office, j did not then read
it, as Mecsrk. Alston and Garlington |
seem to think, but laid it on a table in j
the private office for fntnre examination. 1
The subject to whieh the paper referred
was mentioned when it was handed to
me, but nothing was said which led me
to suspect that the contract was not
therein correctly eet forth. If foned to
be correct, I would have felt not the
least objection to signing it. This much
I gave the General to understand, and,
of course, I regret that, Owing to toe
incessant pressure upon me, I found no
time to give to completing the contract
before I left the Executive office. But
the General is mistaken in thinking that
I ever said or intended to say to him
or to any one else, that the paper was
correct. I could not have so intended,
because I had not in any way acquir
ed a special knowledge of its contents.
Bnt this paper, it is alleged, was also
filed by me. It is stated that there is
an entry on the back of it in the band
writing of my minute clerk. Now, you
know very well that this clerk remained
in tho same capacity with yon forseveral
months after your accessiou to office,
and that the entry oould have been made
after you came in as easily as before I
went out. The entry amounts to nothing,
bnt that it was made under yonr admin
istration is yery clear from the following
facts :
The table on which the paper was laid
was cleared off on the evening before the
day of yonr inauguration, preparatory
to turning the office over to yon. Scores
of papers, some valuable and many
worthless, that had been accumulating
for a great while, were removed from
this to another room. The “menoran
dum” went with the rest, of course.
But few, if any, of these papers could
have been examined and filed before
yon came in. There was little or no
work done in the office on the day of
your inauguration; and it is almost
morally certain, therefore, that the
“memorandum” was filed, if filed at all,
after you took charge of the Executive
office. Be that as it may, however, it
is very certain that the paper was never
completed, was never an office paper,
and ought not, therefore, to have been
placed on file by anybody.
ThefGeneral had interviews with me
on several occasions after I went out of
office on the subject of the “ memoran
dum.” Ho is mistaken in thinking that
I proposed, after I left the Executive
office, to sign it. It was intended that
it should receive the “ official sanction ”
of the Governor ; and it is hardly pro
bable that I proposed to attempt to give
it that sanction after I had ceased to be
legally competent to do so.
I received letters from the General on
the subject of the “memo.andnm,” and
suppose he has given correct copies of
them. I bad a conversation with him
in the corridor at the Capitol, as he
states. I told him that I had, as he
knew, ceased to hold tho office of Gov
ernor, and that it would, therefore, not
bo proper for me to sign any paper in
reference to bis contract for fees. That
it would do him no good aud would
place me in a false position. He said
be was afraid my feelings wore hurt by
his writing to me on the subject. That
he had also been in correspondence
with General H. R. Jackson, and was
apprehensive that the matter might be
come involved in complications. I
suggested to him that Col. Alston and
himself could very easily arrange the
business with yourself. He asked me
if I would given him a written state
ment to lay before you; and in this
connection it was that I said I could
not volunteer to hold any communica
tion with you on the subject; but that
if you desired me to do so, and would
send me a note to that effect, I would
give you any information iu my pos
session iu reference to this or any other
matter. Tho same offer was repeated to
tho General, in a subsequent interview,
held at his instance, after the bill bad
been passed by Congress authorizing
the payment of the claim.
I shall not follow the General through
the long aigumeut he submits for the
purpose of showing that the agents
were entitled to tlieir fees. He makes
the very best case possible under tho
facts presented. But yet how far short
does he come of proving that your
condnct was blameless in this affair.
Admitting for argument’s sake all that
is claimed for you; admit that the con
tract was such as you pretend, and that
it was binding on the State, yet it no
where appears, so far as I have seen,
that the money was collected either by
Alston or Garlington, or that it was col
lected in consequence of any effort od
tbeir part. To show who really collect
ed the claim from Congress, I beg to call
your attention tp the following extract
from a communication whioh appeared
in tlio DoKalb County News, of the
26th ult., over the signature of “Another
Citizen,” and supposed to have been
written by Colonel Alston himself:
“So far as General Gordon’s recent
achievements for tho practical good of
the people are concerned, |‘Citizen’s’
labored effort at detraction cannot
lessen the public appreciation of their
value. It is a fact that Gordon was the
leading instrument in getting the recog
nition of Gpo'rgifUs claim against the
Government, and that ho litvs since been
constantly working and lias oharge of
the movement to get the $200,000 of
money. The contracts made by Gov
ernors Bullock and Smith witn certain
lawyers and agents for the collection of
the claim could not bo revoked so far as
to deprive them of compensation for
their services in preparing and keeping
the case before Congress.”
f‘ Now here is richness,” as Mr.
Squefers would have said. General Gor
don was “ fHe leading in3tfftjftent ” and
had h oharge of the moyemeni' tp get
fhe $200,00(1 in money." It is even
gently hinted that there had been an ef
fort somewhere to revoke “ the con
tracts of Governors Bullock and Smith
withe"’ f ' ,a^n lawyers and agents for the
collection of tne that it
could not be done so far as to deprive
them hf compensation for their services
in f* preparing and peeping the case be
fore Congress.” For aU , e l@P> bywpver,
their contracts had b ee b rPvokea, it
would seem. They “ had prepared and
kept the page before Congress,” and
were entitled to compensation fojr that
only. General .Gordon, it appear ß ; htjd
done all the rest. Ana sjicl? ip tfie tes
timony of one of tbe men, as it is be
lieved, to whom you paid $15,000 out of
the Treasury for collecting the claim.
The attempt made to shield you un
der precedents established in the ease
of A-ttPrpey-General Hammond, in the
last administration, is surpassingly
weak. Thej-e is no ’sipiiiafh/
the cases. Ine Attorney- ( General re
tained th,e compensation allowed' him by
a special lay o&t of the mP ne y collected
by him. You took Ktopey out of the
Treasury and paid it to Messrs, Alpjon
and Garlington. He, as an attorney at
law, had a special lien on the money of
i his client jn his hands, to pay his fees
and costs. " fyessyp. piston and Garling
ton were only lobbyists, o f agents, in
this ease, and had no special lien by law
OU any fund whatever. Then, besides,
no mPP e 7 eyer came into their hands,
but, ri before remarked, you paid them
from the general fyndp qj tjhe State in
the Treasury.
You drew the money to pay them out
of the Treasury without issuing your
warrant therefor. The law requires that,
| except fh cases where it is otherwise pro
vided, money be drawn from the
Treasury op tfic qf the Gover
nor. Tho Coflstjtuijon Htype in
hibits the paying of money from the
Treasury unless by appropriation of i
law. There was no appropriation by
law to pay Messrs. Alston and Garling
ton.
Ail these charges were made in my last
letter, auA notwithstanding the elaborate
defense you UavJ tu>t through Gen.
GarlingtoD, you do not venture to deny
them. They may be considered as es
tablished by your own tacit confession.
It may not be amiss to state here that
i Col. Baugh was employed as an agent
’ for the collection of the claim by ex
! Gov. Bulloch; that subsequently, Gen.
Garlington, Kia law paftnei-, became in
terested in the same, ans iha£ a ftef the
election of Gen. Gordon fq tbe Senate,
Col. Alston was brought into it by Col.
Baugh. It was at a very late period
that Messrs. Jackson, Lawton & Basin
ger were employed also by Col. Bangh.
And now, sir, I take my leave of you,
expressing the hope that you may al
ways hereafter feel that yonr highest
obligation is to tbe Commonwealth, and
not to your personal|friends ana favor
ites; and that by laboring to serve the
State faithfully in your great office, you
may lay a solifi foundation for your
own future prosperity anfl happiness,
in the confidence and affections of the
people. I am, sir, yonrs very respect
fully, James M. Smith.
AN INSURANCE CRASH.
The Cp.Bi,erc i al Fire Insurance Company—
The Roars asjpd Up Financially.
St. Louis, Jane 14.—A dispateb nays
that there is considerable excitement
among stockholders. The Commercial
Fire Insurance Company made an as
signment uu Tuesday. Joseph Bogy,
son of United Staten Senator Bogy, was
President of the Company ana its ac
tive manager. Senator Bogy’was the:
heaviest stockholder. He states' that he
is a loser to the amount of SIOO,OOO i
cash, and that the disaster yfll him
financially if his creditors are not in-;
dulgent, Joseph Bogy loses $60,000,
including a full mortgage on bis resi
dence and all his property. Joseph
Bogy was also President of the Exchange
Bank of this city, and to-day resigned
that position. His friends represent
that hj, }2 completely crashed.
As spiritnoTOltqmfe will injure
so opium or morphia will harmfully
effect the baby. Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup
is tbe remedy for the baby. It is free
from opium. Prioe, 25 oents.
ctops tTGEcmm.
MAY REPORT OP THE AGRICUL
TURAL BUREAU.
The Planting Interrsti vif the State—Condi
tion of the C'ropn—fcSooil t orn Prosper!—
Plenty of Whewf—Cotton Net Mo Good-
Frait Abundant—lncrease in Stork—Neces
alOef a IMS L||.
The State of Agricul
ture has issued a report giving the con
dition of crops in Georgia on the first of
the present month:
Corn.
Owing mainly to the cool, dry weath
er, the condition of this crop is reported
at from 2 to 15 per cent, lower than av
erage, being highest in North Georgia,
98, and lowest in Middle Georgia, 85.
The average of all sections is 94 ; the
average for the State Ist June, 1876,
was 106. Since the Ist June good rains
have fallen in many parts of the State,
and the prospect proportionately im
proved.
Oats.
Average condition of Fall-sown oats,
by sections, was 81—compared to aver
age of the State Ist May, 86. Their con
dition in North and Middle Georgia was
62 and 69 respectively, owing to the fact
of maturing later, and being, therefore,
more injured by the May drouth, and
also to the circumstance of greater in
jury from Winterkilling. In Nrrth and
Middle Georgia the preference is almost
evenly balanced between the Winter
grazing and yellow or red rust proof, as
to hardiness. In the other sections, the
Irwin rust proof has greatly the prefer
ence. All varieties have escaped rust,
the injury from tliis source being less
than 2 per cent, Fpring-sown bear about
the same comparison to an average crop,
being reported at 80.
Wheat
Is reported considerably over an average
in those sections—North and Middle
Georgia—where it is most grown. The
general average of the seotions is 103,
but the correct average, due allowance
being made for the circumstances al
ready alluded to, would be about 107,
or 7 per cent, better than an average
crop. Several reports of comparitatively
extraordinary yields have been received.
One correspondent, in Randolph county,
reports, respectively, of 27 and 22 bush
els per acre, and an average for the coun
ty of fifteen bushels. This is a remark
able result in a section of the State that
has never been considered us adapted to
the production of wheat, and is due
chiefly to the peculiarly favorable con
dition, as to moisture and temperature,
which prevailed during May, and indi
cates the great importance of discover
ing a rust-proof variety which shall
make the crop more independent of
these favorable circumstances. Of the
varieties distributed with the view to
test their rust-proof character, corres
pondents generally report the Dallas as
exempt from rust; one, however, says
“not m; re so than others, and ten days
later than the blue stem.” A small
quantity of anew variety—the Nicaragua
—was sent out, and the reports are
unanimous that it is rust-proof. Tho
season, however, has been very favorable
for wheat, and the test has not been
very severe. The average injury from
rust is reported at 4 per cent.
Cotton.
The stand of cotton in North Georgia
is far below an average, being only 46.
A great part of the crop was planted
just at the beginning of the dry weather.
In tho other sections the stand is 93 per
cent, of an average. The size of the
plant is much below an average, but tlie
fields are free from grass, aud the warm,
growing weather will soon make great
improvement in the prospect. Cutworms
have been very destructive to the young
plants, notably in Lowndes and Macon
counties, necessitating planting over a
large part of the crop in Lowndes.
Sugar Cnue
Is inferior, both as to stand and size!
but it shows a better average in those
sections where it is most grown. Where
the stand is good, propitious seasons will
easily overcome the drawbacks of the
Spring. Sorghum is a little below the
average in stand and condition. Ground
peas and ebufas, each 90; and melons 85.
UrclinnlH;
The pleach prospect is 111—11 per
cent, better than an average. The at
tention of farmers is again directed t)
the importance of providing means for
rapidly drying the surplus fruit. The
reports show that the peach crop, in the
last ten years, has been destroyed by
frost, in North Georgia, five times; in
Middle Georgia, three times; in South
west Georgia, two to three times; in
East Georgia, five times; and in South
east Georgia, three times. Tim apple
and pear prospects are inferior imNorth
and * Middle Georgia, where they are
chiefly grown, and good in tho three
other sectiops.
gptatflCM.
Irish potatoes are a little below an
average. The planting of sweet pota
toes lias been much delayed by dry
weather. This should not be. It is a
good practice to keep the ground intend
ed for draws always mellow, by frequent
plowings, and sot the draws, when large
enough, with or without rain—provided
there is a moderate supply of well or
branch water to be had. To plant, open
holes with a dibble, or stick, insert the
draw, pour in half pint of water and
cover the wet with dry earth. No press
ing is peeked. Jlarpjeys, try j.hjs plan.
Bii-a
Is little below an average in the State at
large, but in the Southeastern seotion,
where much the greater part of the crop
is produced, it is five per cent, better.
Stock—Sliecp—>DogH.
The number of sheep killed by dogs
in the last twelve months was eight and
per cent, of the whole, and de
stroyed by qiscase and colq 1 only flve per
cent/’ 2ae value 'of the sheep annually
destroyed in 'Georgia ’ is not less than
$70,000 I—sufficient to pay the expenses
of a Constitutional pv *
twenty-fiay session ofthe Legislature.
That amount of’money wonld be wisely
expended if it should result in the pass
age of an effectual 3hoep-prpte,fiiy6 do
law. Jt costs no wore to produce
pound of wool than a pound of cotton,
and the wool sells for three times
the price of cotton. Again, the one
hundred thousand dogs in Georgia
eopsnjne aud destroy food, either
already fit (or human jft.ii, pa li
able for feeding t 6 'productive animals,
an amount which, estimated in bacon,
would supply, perhaps, fifty thousand
laboring men l Perhaps one-fourth, or
even one-half of the.e more or
less valuable and profitable, The re
mainder are a curse and a burden. Cer
tainly these considerations merit the
careful attention of our legislators.—
There w a.l issrpase in the pork pros
pect compared with last: year of six per
cent. Cholera has prevailed to but lim
ited extent, destroying five per cent, of
the stock.
I.nlior .Supplies, Etc.
Labor is very gnpral}y reported as
equal to the demand and more ( ificient,
Supplies good and farmers generally in
bettej condition than at any time since
the war. On the whole, the general
condition of the farming interest in
Georgia is encouraging, and fanners are
gradually surely attaining indepen
dence and prosperity.
m ■ ■
THE BULLOCK CASES.
Tlieir Trial Postponed Until August.
[Atlanta Constitution.]
A great deal of curiosity lias been
manifested aa io tfie status of the cases
against Bullock now on the docket of
the Superior Court of this county. We
discover that the hearing that was to
have been had on Wednesday evening
was postponed under the following cir- j
cumstances: The Judge had set3 o’clock
i on Wednesday for tha bearing of testi
mony a4 to vuj Mr. Bullock shpujtj not i
be allowed to put a written ''demtfcid for |
a hearing upon the minutes of the Court.
At 10 o’clock in the morning, Attorney-
General Ely arose in Court and said he
was in receipt of a telegram that wonld
call him to Gainesville in the afternoon,
and that, consequently, he would not be
able to appear and argue the question,
set for three o’clock. He thereupon
asked that tfie argument be indefinitely
postponed. At this Mr. T. P West
moreland, of counsel for deferlse, arose
and objected, and begged the Cogrt to
set a day at which a nearing could be
had. The Judge thereupon appointed
Saturday as the day. It has been erro
neously assumed by some that the At- j
torney-General had gone off on personal j
business. Such is not the ease. He ;
was called to Gainesville on important |
business for the State touching the!
Northeastern Railroad. Mr. Bullock I
says ttrex as fetends to press for a speedy I
trial in every respect*td legitimate,
manner. He complains that this is the
second trip he has made to Georgia for j
a trial, and he hopes to get one. He ;
avers that the trial of the case would not j
I Consume d a T B °* time °f the j
I Court. harauy ‘KWbfbl? that the)
i case will'be reached before next August. j
; The decision of Judge Hillyer was,
i doubtless made after due deliberation,
and will hajnjtly be reyofceg,
show yonr Gnthnjt
To nature, if she has bestowed upon yog
a good set of teeth, by keeping them in
good order. To this end brush them
daily with SOZODONT, which will
impart to them the whiteness of ivory,
ami *re~ept them from decaying.
Nathan L. Gober will be hnng at Eli
jay on the23d. •
THE TBT.FATIi TRl.tt
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOh
LARS AT STAKE.
A Great Will Case—Savannah’* Sensation—
The Will of Alary Teljalr in Coart—The
Argument and the Verdict—First Blood
For tlie Caveator.
ISararinah News.]
On the third of June, 1875, Miss Ma
ry Telfair, ®ly surviving daughter of
Governor Telfair, who was Georgia’s
Chief Magistrate from 1786 to 1790, de
parted this life at the family mansion in
this city, aged eighty-six years. Her
sister, Mrs. Margaret Telfair Hodgson,
died in March, 1874, at the age of seven
ty-nine years. These two ladies, after
the death of Mr: Hodgson, had lived
alone, aud were somewhat noted for their
peculiar exclusiveness. They enjoyed an
immense estate, and prior to the death
of Mrs. Hodgson a scheme had been de
vised to erect a memorial building to
Mr. W. B. Hodgson and present the
same to the Georgia Historical Society,
and also to make other liberal bequests.
Before these projects could be carried
out Mrs. Hodgson died. Miss Telfair,
knowing her sister’s wishes, prooeeded
to carry out the original designs, and
before her death in June last had the
satisfaction of seeing the Hodgson
building completed. On the 7th July
the will of Miss Telfair was filed in the
Court of Ordinary. It was a lengthy
document, and under its provisions mu
nificent bequests were made to several
prominent societies and institutions,
among them the Independent Presbyte
rian Church, the Union Society, the
Widows’ Society, Georgia Historical So
ciety, Presbyterian Church of Augusta,
the first Christian church erected in Tel
fairville, Burke eonnty, and an endow
ment of tlie “Telfair Hospital for Fe
males.” In addition to these bequests
there were a number of personal leg
acies. The bequests to the several in
stitutions named were all accompanied
with certain restrictions and conditions
of a peculiar character, which, if not
complied with in every particular, the
property so devised was to be repos
sessed by the trustees, and otherwise
disposed of in a manner pointed out.
The publication of tho will in the
Morning News created quite a sensa
tion at the time, and in a lew days there
were rumors that it would be contested
by certain heirs of the estate. These
rumors proved correct, and in a few
months thereafter the will was caveated
in the Court of Ordinary by A. P. Wet
ter, guardian ad litem, et al. After a
bearing the Ordiuary sustained the will,
and admitted the same to probate. The
cause was then appealed to the Superior
Court. It came up for trial on Wednes
day, the 6th of June, under the title of
Wm. Neyle Habersham and Wm. Hun
ter, executors, etc., propounders, vs.
Augustus P. Wetter,guardian, et at , ad
litem caveators, ami a vast amount of
testimony for propounders and cavea
tors was elicited. The taking of testi
mony occupied tho Court Wednesday,
Thursday aud until late Friday after
noon, when further hearing was post
poned until Monday morniug at 9:30
o’clock.
After the conclusion of the testimony
a motion was made by tho counsel for
the propounders to dismiss the oaveat
on the ground that three ohildren of A.
P. Wetter we.e not heirs-at-law, etc.
Argument on this motion waw, made
when the Court rendered a decision, re
fusing to dismiss. The case went to the
jury ou the following questions :
First. At the time of the execution of
the will in dispute, by Miss Mary Tel
fair, on Ist June, 1875, was she of sound
and disposing mind and memory, and
entirely free from any kind of insanity ?
Second. At the time of the execution of
the paper purporting to be the will of
Mary Telfair, was she a ’monomaniac
upon any subject, which in any degree
affected the fairness aud validity of said
will ? Third. If Miss Mary Telfair, at
the time of executing the will, was a
monomaniac, was the will in any way
the result of or connected with that
monomania ? Fourth. Was the will of
Mary Telfair procured or executed by
reasoD of misrepresentations of any
kind to the injury of the heirs at law?
Fifth. Do you find in favor of the pro
pounded aud executors of the will, or
in favor of the caveators? Sixth. If
you find in favor of the caveators, do
you find in favor of the caveat of A. P.
Wetter, as guardian, etc., of his chil
dren; or in favor of the oaveat of Jones
and others—one or both ?
The jury retired about half-past ten
o’clock, and at ten o’clock last evening
announced that they had agreed upon a
verdict, returning the following answers
to the six facts given them to find (which
will be found enumerated in the charge
above), to-wit : To the first - She was
not. To the second—She was a mono
maniac uj on tlie subject of Alberta Wet
ter and her children. To the third—lt
wag. To the fourth—Jt was not pro
cured by misrepresentation. To the
fifth —ln fayor of the caveators. To the
sixth—ln favor of the caveat of A. P.
Wetter, guardian, etc., of his ohildren.
Tho following is the general verdict:
“We, the jury, lird in favor of the ca
veat of A. P. Wetter, guardian, etc., and
against the caveat of Jones and
others; and we further find that at the
time of the execution of the will the tes
tatrix, Mary Telfair, was a monomaniac
upon the subject of Alberta Wetter and
the children of Alberta fetter, who
were her gregt grand nephews aud
nieces,
■ The general impression Was not that
there would be a mistrial, and the an
nouncement of agreement took many by
surprise. The end is not yet, ‘ however,
as it is known that no matter what the
deoision of the jury, the causa ; would be
carried to the bupreme Court,
AUGUSTA \\l) tilt KEN WOOD RAILROAD.
The following law passed the South
Carolina Legislature before adjourn
ment. The friends pi the Augusta,
smd Greenwood Railroad will
feel more sanguine of the completion
of the road than ever :
A Bill To Alter and Amend an Act en
titled "A ll A?t to Charter the Green
wood and Augusta Railroad Com
pany.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen
eral Assembly, aud by the authority o$
the same:
tpjciTioN if. That Section 4 of said Act
be altered and amended by striking out
the words “Greenwood and Augusta”
and inserting in lieu thereof the words
“Augusta, Knoxville and Greenwood.”
Seo. 2. It shall bp lawful for the
townships of fjreefiwood, Smithvillo,
White’ Hall, Ninety-Six, Cedar Springs,
Indian Hill and Bordeaux, in Abbeville
County; and the townships of Ryan,
Washington, Hibler, Tolbert, Collier
and Merriwether, in Rdgefield county,
ami they, aud patffi oi ijte hereby
authorized to subscribe a sum of money,
in aggregate not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars, in such manner as a
majority of the laud holders of Baid
tawna!:ip may deem bpst,
Seu. i. It "shall 'be tpe duty of the
Commissioners of Election of each of
the counties aforesaid, and they are
hereby required, upon the petition of
75 land holders, legal voters of each of
said townships, to submit tho
of Bubspriptiou ox no sqbsorjptibn to the
capital stock of sail} railroad company
to the qualified voters of the said town
ships; and to that end public notice
shall be given, for thirty days previous
to tho time and place of making such
submission, when and where tho vote
shall be taken upon the said question of
subscription or no subscription : Pro
vided, Such subscription as may be
voted shall bo expended in grading said
railroad from Walton’s Island, in Havau
’ nail river, to Greenwood, Houth Carolina,
i along the survey already made.
Sec. 4. That the election to be or
| dered under the provisions of this Act
I shall be held by managers to be appoint
j ed by Goiumisaiciuefs oi iilectien of the
counties of Abbeville and Edgefield,
respectively, in accordance with the
laws and regulations of general elections
in this State : Provided, The returns
of the polls shall be made to the County
Commissioners, who shall declare the
result.
Bfec. 5. Should any part of tho one
hundred thousand dollars be voted for
by two-thirds of the land holders of any
of the said townships, {jie sajH town-1
ships ghajl only be responsible fqr the
amount thus voted to be subscribed.
Seo. 6. That should an aggregate sum
of ope hundred thousand dollars be
voted to be assessed by the several
townships mentioned in this bill, the
Commissioners of Election shall have
all the powers to assess and collect the
amounts voted for by each township pro
rata on the real estate of said town
ships, as now are provided by law for
the collection of taxes.
Sec. 7 . That the President and Direc
tors of said railroad shall isine certifi
cates of stock for the amount assessed
and paid by each of the said townships,
to three persons from each township,
selected by a majority of the land hol
ders therein; and the said three persons
may hoflcT said amount o! stock for the
benefit’of said townships, or dispose o|
and convey jt to other parties for tfip
benefit qf sjjid Pjilroad, as they may
fieem best.
Sec. 8. That all the powers ana privi
leges vested in and granted to said
townships by this bill shall remain in
force for two years from the passage of
this
Trains on the Memphis and Louisville
Railroad will run through this morning.
The damage to the Paducah Railroad
has not been repaired. 1
TM* CDNVBN'MON.
Takulnted Alßjoritipn.
The following ar < the official majori
ties* reported, One hundred and six
obuntiea have, so far, been heard from :
BLL no
Convention Conv. ution
Coup io9 Majorities Majorities
Appling 336
Baker.. * 232
Baldwin 519
Banks 116
Bartow 109
Berrien 132
Bibb &34
Brooks 80
Bryan 22
Bulloeh 22
Burke 122
Butts 67
Calhoun
Camden... n *i> 36
Campbell 213
Carroll 206
Catoosa 257
Charlton
Chatham. 1167 ‘
Chattahoochee 69
Chattooga.... ~.., 427
Cherokee 124
Clarke “ 21
Clay 234
Clayton 206
Clinch.. 42
Cobb 256
Coffee
Columbia
Colquitt .■
Coweta 894
Crawford
Dade 292
Dawson
Decatur 1500
DeKalb 52
Dodge
Doolry 400
Dougherty 45
Douglass 68
Early
Echols
Effingham
Elbert , 311
Emanuel 236
Fannin
Fayette ’ 117
Floyd 442
Forsyth 214
Franklin 371
Fulton 236
Gilmer
Glascock
Glynn 50
Gordon 8
Greene 234
Gwinnett 545
Habersham 258
Hall 179
Hancock 1 373
Haralsou •
Harris 521
Hart 71
Heard 70
Henry 137
Houston 408
Irwin.. .;
Jackson 650
Jasper 114
Jefferson 179
Johnson 127
Jones
Laurens
Lee 451
Liberty. 198
Lincoln 130
Lowndes 50
Lumpkin
Macon 80
Madison 144
Marion 14
McDuffie 225
Mclntosh 120
Merriwether 86
Miller
Milton 57
Mitchell 100
Monroe * 601
Montgomery 400
Morgan 570
Murray 5
Muscogee 499
Newtou 297
Oconee ...
Oglethorpe 288
Paulding
Pickens t
Pierce 34
Pike 478
Polk 43
Pulaski 254
Putnam 230
Quittman
Rabun
Randolph ... 487
Richmond 314
Rockdale 164
Schley 20
Scriven * 300
Spalding 618
Stewart 159
Sumter 55
Talbot 356
Taliaferro 86
Tatnell
Taylor 250
Telfair.
Terrell 91
Thomas 145
Towns
Troup 122
Twiggs 203
Union
Upson 8
Walker 710
Walton 502
Ware 59
Warreu 61
Washington 345
Wayne 215
Webster.
White
Whitfield 376
Wilcox
Wilkes ... 286
Wilkinson 439
Worth . 1
Majorities for Convention.,,. .17,.332
Majorities against Convention... 8,984
Total maibrity for Convention 8,348
A TRAGEDY IN THE MOUNTAINS.
A Sqnail of Tramps FishlinK Aflet NUlit’s
Carousii j—Two Killed.
FAinvrafw, Pa., June 13.—Fora long
time the squads of tramps through this
region have made the mountains near
here a resort. Yesterday afternoon four
or five of these outcasts stopped there.
In the evening they were joined by
i quite a number of others. Some of the
party were well supplied with liquor.
The whole gang indulged pretty freely,
the carousal being kept up until a late
hour. At about midnight two c 4 the
tramps quarrelled about a woman, one
of tho party. The quarrel terminated in
a general fight, nearly all of the tramps
participating in it. Two of them, known
as “ The Stranger ” and Bill Carr, were
so severely stabbed that they died short
ly after the end of the fight. The rest
of the party scattered in various direc
tions, and as qo olew has been discover
ed of their whereabouts, it is thought
they have managed to escape. One of
the tramps told the story of the tragedy,
but ho was not detained. The affair is
being investigated. This is Ifie second
tragedy of the kind that has occurred in
this neighborhood.
INTO ETERNITY.
Brinkley, the Wife Murderer, llus at New
ami—Seven Trlal-*>E*tipiordiimry Efforts
fp Hiq Betutif.
Atlanta, Jnne 15 —Stephen Brinkley
has been banged at Newnan for the mur
der of his wife, nearly four years ago.
The case has h@en Hied seven terms,
egch time going against the prisoner.
Several times ho has been examined by
physicians, who were sent to prop,ounce
upon the condition of his mind, and
once by a medioal commission. For
the past two weeks most extraor
dinary efforts have been made to secure
executive interference. Tbreo Governors
Gov. Stone, of Mississippi, Gov, Por
ter and Gov. N. S. Browm of Tennessee,
have each sept papers to Gov. Colquitt I
asking for eleraency for Brinkley. Gen. ,
N. B. Forrest and Gen. W. H. Jackson,
with whom Brinkley served during the
war, wrote to Gov. Colquitt, saying that
they believed the condemned was of un
sound mind and that he bore the reputa
tion of being during tho war and
was discharged from, the army on that
account. The G-vornor, however, re
fnsed to commute the sentence.
THE END OF AN EVENTFUL LU’k-
General C. If. HtlildtKA Deu^—A Brief
Hketrli of IIIh Career.
Washington, June 14^—General C. F.
Henningsep dis 4 here this mpming.
The General was born ip England, in
f
pouse the cause of Don GarJoa. He af
terwards took part an the national side
in the Hungarian war of 1848 and 1849.
He subsequently came to the United
Htates in company with Kossuth. In
1856 he commanded a filibustering ex
pedition to Nicaragua, where he joined
Walker. During the late civil war he
served in the Confederate army as Colo
nel, aud frequently had command of the
defences of Richmond. Since the war
he has been a Caban sympathiser. He
was quite a linguist, and the author of
several works o| merit. :
A POISOSWg' PARHON-
The Rev. H. H. McGhee Found Gnfflif ot
Foisouiug llii Wife
Dixon, 111., June 13-—The jury in the
case of the Hey. S. H. MeGhee, who for
the past ten days basjheen on trial on the
charge of poisoning his wife, brought in
a verdict this morning of guilty, but
fixed tbe penalty at the lowest period of
imprisonment allowed by law, fourteen
years. McGhee was pastor of the Chris
tian Church in Ashton. His motive for
the crime was supposed to be a desire to
marry a young lady parishioner.
The wail over the growing grags wifi
soon go.up.
Till: STATE.
THE PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS.
Romo is howling with inebriates.
Butts county wants a baby show.
The Newnan Blade has suspended.
The Non-Oon-Cons are getting riled.
Talbotton surveys her street railroad.
Old Lincoln'takes Convention straight.
Newnan organizes a military company.
SlayiDg snakes is the pastime in Hart.
Mrs. Jane B. Holmes, of Burke coun
ty, is dead.
More inoendiarism has been detected
in Atlanta.
The gurdeners may now be slipping
up on potatoes.
Worms and grasshoppers are prowling
around in Brooks oouuty.
Bartow went for the Con-Con, and now
talks of a big peach crop.
Two Bnrke county ebony coves had a
sharp but bloodless duel the other'day.
Col. ,Tuke A. Baker has returned to
Oartersville, from Lebanon Law School.
A home for indigent and crippled col
ored people is being agitated near At
lanta.
The Y. M. L. A. Committee are can
vassing Atlanta far one thousand new
books.
Up to the present time eighty-nine
homesteads have been taken in I’albot
county.
Mr. Henry W. Grady, of Atlanta, be
gins to loom up as a lecturer as well as
benefactor.
A negro in Savannah recently made a
daring attempt to rob a young lady on
the streets in open day.
In Hart county the horses are dying
from eolio, brought on from eating
Western corn, much of which is damag
ed.
The bell of Geneva weighs 275 pounds.
She is a -member of the Methodist
church and spends most of her time in
the cupola.
ElijahTTueker, a youth sixteen years
old, and son of a widow, was killed in
Terrell county recently by being thrown
from a mule.
Dr. H. H. Tucker, the able Chancel
lor of the University, will deliver the
commencement sermon of Gordon In
stitute, July Ist.
Macon talks of cantering into the can
ning business. Maoou thinks she can
can as well as any city. This, however,
may turn out mere can cant.
Exoursious from Atlanta to Macon are
made with wagon trains. Tho “ Ureat
Central” soouts all half faro oourtesies,
says the Telegraph and Messenger.
Morris Grady, oolored, cut Ike Tuck
er, colored, at 134, Central Railroad, re
cently. The wounds will prove mortal.
He is out iu five or six different plaoes.
Ella McCloud, negress, died on St.
Catherine’s Island last Sunday, aged 12(1
years. She had buried seven husbands,
but was never blessed with small pox or
twins.
House burglars are getting mighty
sociable in Burke. They lie dowu, take
a friendly snooze with a fellow, then get
up, make a elean, gentlemanly rob and
decamp.
The pay of a Russian Colonel is said
to be only S4OO a year. There are at
least one hundred thousand Colonels
in Georgia, who wonld bo glad to get
half of that amount.— Hartwell Sun.
The rainy weather and closed bar
rooms didn’t work well in conjunction
last Tuesday, hence the light vote. No
patriotic Georgian, “ rebel or no rebel,”
will brave a thunderstorm before back
ing up his umbrella with a mint julep.
Miss Della Rentz, a young lady about
sixteen years old, in Baker county, was
recently run over by an ox cart and
killed. Two days prior to this accident
her little brother swallowed a pieoe of
potash, from the effects of whioh he
died,
m i ■ .
PALMETTO NEWS LEAVES.
Spartanburg is laying new pavements.
The Spartan asks for a Board of
Health.
Charleston detectives patrol the oity
at night.
Mad dogs occasionally earrol around
Abbeville.
Greenville is bordering npon a muni
cipal election.
Anderson is whitewashing aud enforc
ing her dog law.
The church door loafers in Columbia
have been banished.
Thieves in Sumter have commenced
to grapple bee hives.
A prayer for rain is now altogether
foreign to our wishes.
The Abbeville Marshal is loading up
his blunderbuss for dogs.
A thief iu Sumter recently rifled the
sheriff’s pockets of $lO 90.
Five dollars a day is to bo the pay of
the future South Carolina legislators.
A large fire has been burning in Crook
ed Creek, below Bonnettsville, for the
past week.
The entire tax in Fairfield will be ten
mills—seven for State purposes and
three for county.
The banking house of E. J. Scott &
Son, of Columbia, suspended payment
on Saturday last.
The oouuty appointments by Gov
ernor Hampton seem to meet with un
qualified approval.
It has been suggested that the new
oountv should be called “ Cambridge ”
and not Ninety-Six.
One or two hogs, one cow and a half
dozen dogs were killed last week in An
derson county. Mad dog.
Colonel L. P. Sadler, a prominent
citizen of York, died in that county on
the 2d instant; aged, 59 years.
Charles W. Buttz, the Solicitor, mem
ber of Congress, etc., brings his suit
against Mary E. Buttz for divorce.
Commencement of Furman University
next week and at Wofford the week fol
lowing are in pleasant anticipation.
James Habersham Elliott, D.D., died
Monday in Charleston. He was a broth
er of the late Bishop Elliott, of Georgia.
The Columbia Register predicts that
Judge Kershaw will “wear the ermine as
efficiently as he has carried the sword.”'
The Abbeville Medium says that the
yield of wheat will be larger than for
years and the grain free from smut and
rust.
An eleetion for members of the House
of Representatives is to be held in
Charleston county on Tuesday, 26th in
stant.
The Abbeville Banner thinks that Au
gusta would prefer to have the Knox
ville Road built up the Carolina side of
the river.
Mr. Butler Raines, a worthy and in
dustrious eDgiDeer on the W. C. & A.
Railroad, was rnn over and killed last
Monday night.
Mr. C. B. Glover, Democrat, was re
cently elected Judge of Probate for
Orangeburg county by a majority of
about 1,200 votes.
Some hungry vagabonds entered Mr,
S. A. Evans’ smoke house, near Marion,
last week, and carried off about 400
pounds of good home mude bacon.
GovernorTlanapton has made the fol
lowing appointments for York county:
County Treasurer, Dr. T. O. Robertson;
County Auditor, W. Adolphus Moore ;
Jury Commissioner, D. O. McKinney.
The Spartan sings out: “General J.
B. Kershaw baa been elected a Circuit
Judge. It is proposed by this step to
plaoe him ou the shelf, that he muy be
out of the way when Wright’s place is
filled.”
The Summer 00-nmeneement of Wil
liamtfion Female College will take place
ox the 20th and 21st of June next. Ad
dresses will be delivered by Rev. A.
Coke Smith, of Greenville, Hon. S.
Dibble, of Orangeburg, and Rev. W.
W. Duncan, of Spartanburg.
Til* GENTLEMAN OK GALENA
(Jenerarant IJ la Hnuft in ffoirea—
The hard flfffh (.'hamtorlaiu Foruially
Present* Him. Witfc the Freedom o! f-mi
don.
London, June 15i —Ex-President
Grant was presented with the honorary
freedom of the city of London at Guild
Hall to day. The vesolutionof the Court
was read by the Town Clerk, and Gen.
Grant, after an address made bj tbe
Chamberlain, was admitted to tbe free
dom of the city, the Chamberlain ex
tending the right band of fellowship aa
a citizen of London, whioh was cordially
grasped amidst renewed applause. Gen.
Grant replied in suitable terms, aud
then subscribed his name to tbe roll of
honorary freemen, which concluded the
business of the Special Court.
SITTING BULL.
He Settles In Canada and Boaern of Doogbly
Deed* et Yore.
Winnepeg Manitoba, June 15.—Sit
ting Bull is now between Wood Moun
tains and Fort Walsh, with three hun
dred and fifty lodges. He intends to
settle quietly in Canadian territory. He
shows many trophies, inoluding arms
and wagons, the oomplete outfit of Cas
ter’s party. He justifies his hostilities
on the ground of Violation of the treaty
respecting the Black Hills. 1 111 • >
The Enterprise Factory.
We understand that it is probable the
oapacity of this factory will be increased
to fifteen thousand spindles aud the
capital stock to $250,000. The addi
tional SIOO,OOO will be subscribed by
three prominent Northern capitalists
who were in Angusta a few days since.
That familiar quotation, “The glas
of fashion and the mould of form,”
might well be applied to a journal like
“Andrews’ Bazar.” No lady who has
hesitated at the high price of fashion
monthlies need hesitate longer. The
“Bazar," oomplete as it is, costs bnt
one dollar a year. W. R. Andrews, Cin
cinnati, publisher.