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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. m — 1 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. — m 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. w I w 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.