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WEDNESDAY, - AUGUST 29, 1877.
CROP NEWM.
The friends of the Chronicle and
Constitutionalist in Georgia anc
South Carolina will greatly oblige us by
sending, from time to time, brief let
ters showing the condition of the crops.
We would like to have a letter once a ,
week from every locality where the j
Chronicle and Consiitctionalirt c.r
culates.
Lydia’s blondes are pronounced
“plnmptitudinous.”
The Macon Telegraph begs Mr. Kbt.
if lie will grovel, not to burrovr.
If Greece should take a hand in the
melee, Poland may as well join in thf
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Thf. Filth Congressional District of
New York sends a colored cadet to West
Point. ___ ___
A man named Bogus has been awardeo
a bona fide contract for coal, at Wash
ington.
The lauded property and houses be
longing to the French State are valued
at $1,720,000,000.
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Charles Francis Adams’ property ha?
shrunk in value $402,095, since last jeai.
lie has $2,844,545 left.
Thf. latt r-Oce.an thinks “palmy days''
in Ohio are scarce because old Ben
Wade is in retirement.
A Vermont editor’s pocket-book, upon
examination by a thief, contained 20
cults and some railroad passes.
Horny handed lawyers, school teach
ers and editors are said to ho runningth-
Workingman’s party in the West.
Rabbi Wish, editor of the Israelite,
“defies any Christian clergyman or pro
fessor of Hebrew to write a Hebrew let
ter.”
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Bishop Haven admits that the Chris
tian people of Liberia are the only one
who undress when they go to bed.
The mob at Scranton, Penn., was pt
down by a posse headed by “Lieutenant
Brown, an old Confederate soldier.
Blanton Du can claims that ho nar
rowly escaped being apprenticed to a
blacksmith. Hence ho is “horny hand
ed,” hy brevet.
Clara Morris pays her Doctor $25
per day. We know not which to admire
the more, her well-puffed sickness or her
well-paid Doctor.
Col. Peterson Thweatt has tackled
the Convention about his claims. He
■warns members that tho Rubicon has
not been crossed yet.
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The Philadelphia Exhibition has been
opened for Bnnday visitors. It was that
or a collapse, aud Broadbrim pocketed
his principles promptly.
Near Austin, Texas, fine hydraulic
Allay has been discovered, rivaling the
material from which the celebrated
Portland cement is manufactured.
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When the Lord Mayor of London’s
daughter married the other day, thf
cakes weighed ono hundred pounds each
and had to be cut by a silver sword.
Some wicked wag suggests that the
only chance to capture oven Joseph’s
coat ia to supersede General Howard
and put Mrs. PoTirnAi; in command.
The Washington National Republican
continues to prophecy that no man un
favorable to the Texas Pacific Railway
can ever bo elected to the Speakership
of the House.
Senator Cochrane, of South Caro
lina, positively declares that guilty
Democrats, if any, will not be screened
by the Investigating Committee now
sitting at Columbia.
An Intcr-Occan correspondent, writ
ing from Mississippi, says the recent
Democratic Convention developed n
crushing sentiment against Senator La
mar. Tho testimony is doubtful.
According to an Atlanta correspond
ent, General Toombs says that the State
can take SIOO,OOO if the good of tho pub
lic requires it. That his entiro fortune
is at the disposal of tho people of Geor
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An old lady, 80 years old, in Ander
son county, S. C., built a fire in her bed
room the day she was married, about 60
-year* ago, and that fire has been kept
tip tilt this day. She must boa Fin -
Worshipper.
The World thinks Herbert Spencer
referred to the millennium when he said
that the ideal marriage, with affection
as the only tie, must be postponed until
lien and women are good and pure
•enough' for it.
If you want to make General Toombs
mad just show a desire to take your hat
oil aud apologize to Northern opinion.
Henoe tho sago of Washington must
have formed a very emphatic opinion of
P. M. General Key.
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The Indianapolis Herald states that,
-when General Howard kills an Indi n '
he halts the entire command aud holds ;
religious services over the remains of ;
the extinct rod. There has been no ser- j
vice of the kind for several weeks.
TttN President is reported to have
said that he looked upon Senator Mor
ton as “the balanee wheel of the Sen
ate.” What and commotion would occur
if Morton should lose his balance alto
gether aud bo replaced by Dan Voon
hees !
The Krprcss sarcastically alludes to
Secretary Sherman s speech at Mans
field as "a general jail-delivery of ideas
which have evidently suffered from
long and close confinement, and wear a
decidedly convict, if not idiotic appear
ance."
Gambktta predicts an overwhelming j
triumph for the Republicans in the >
French elections, and is trying to pre- j
pare President MacMahox for snbmis
sion or retirement. What MaoMahon
is preparing for Gambktta we acn only
conjecture.
The Athemrum says that no man of
great and commanding genius has ever
been “at the same time" a great player
of chess. Napoleon was easily beaten,
because he insisted upon moving vlie
king to the front aud into perpetual
danger, Charles XU, of Sweden, did
the same thing.
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The Ocmstitution names another can- i
didate for tho Marshalship Judge
Robert Hester. It says he has
been extensively endorsed in his own
section of the State, and that £ petition
to the President asking his appointment
has been signed by a large number of
members of the Convention,
The Maine Democracy are not any
more harmonious than their Republican
brethren. The Bangor Commercial,
noting the brevity of the platform, says
the party has to practice rigid economy,
and great indeed is that poverty which
g C es to St. Louis for a declaration of
and outside the old “war
horse*” lO r a candidate.
Mr. John M. Postgate writes that the
Russian soldier* losing their mis
sionary spirit by that the
-Bulgarian peasantry, bat ore the inva
sion, were much better pff than the
lower classes of Russia ; that Turkish
oppression is no more than the same
article at home ; and that there are, in
all the villages, six Christian churches
for one Mohammedan mosque.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE SOUTH.
It is very evident that when Congress
assembles in October a determined as
smlt will be mule upon the President
by those Republican* who are opposed
to his Southern policy and to the efforts
of his Administration to secure civil
service reform. Snch men as Blaine
and Butler are not pleased with the
present condition of affairs. They do
not wish the country to have peace;
they can thrive only amid discord and
strife, and they will certainly make mis
chief if they can. The Senatorial con
tests from Louisiaua and South Caroli
na will afford these man the opportuni
ty which they so earnestly desire to at
tack the policy which gave law and or
der and local self-government te
those States. The duty of South
ern Congressmen is plain. They
should give a support, not luke
warm and perfunctory, but cordial
aud united to the President. His gen
erous course towards the South deserves
aud should receive as generous a return.
The taunt that they are supporting a
Republican Administration which will
lie uttered by tho “stalwart” leaders,
and, perhaps, by Northern Democrats,
should not deter them from doing what
is right.
President Hayes was the Republican
candidate for the Presidency, and at
that time Republicanism represented
h itred of the South and of the Southern
people. The trinmpb of his party was
to Southern men the triumph of oppres
sion, of corruption and of ignorance. It
meant the rule of the bayonet and the
carpet-bagger. It is small wonder, then,
that they pnt forth every exertion to de
-1 feat a candidate whose election threaten
ed such (lire calamities. As is well known,
the result of that contest was for a long
time involved in doubt. In order to avert
a conflict which might have terminated
■ n civil war, Democrats and Republicans
alike voted for the creation of the Elec
toral Commission. The decision of that
tribunal was a great blow to Democratic
hopes, and Democrats may be par
doned if they yet question the honesty of
the Judges and the justice of their ver
dict. But when Northern Democrats
wished to defeat the counting of tho
lectoral voto and showed a disposition
o sacrifice everything in order to obtain
he spoils of office, the Southern Con
•ressmeD, sustained by the Southern
ipople, determined to abide in good
aith the judgment of the tribunal to
which they had submitted the adjudica
tion of their cause. They defeated the
selfish schemes of tho fillibusters and
allowed the count to be completed. It
was during the memorable debates of
that period that Southern men heard from
Mr. Foster, of Ohio, that Mr. Hayes,
thcngli a Republican, was uot an enomy
to the South, but desired to restore peace
and prosperity to that long and cruelly
wronged section of the Union. When
the end came, when the count was
finished and Mr. Hayes was proclaimed
President of the United States, his first
utterances and acts showed that he had
not been misrepresented by the Ohio
Congressman. His inaugural address
breathed sentiments of gonerosity. of
frater-nal feeling aud of the loftiest
patriotism. He declared his desire to
stifle corruption and purify the public
service, to do away with the rule of the
bayonet and the stranger, to restore lo
cal government, to heal tho gaping
wounds of war, to quench the fire of
sectional hatred, to make North and
South in fact, as well as in name,
ono people. His first official act prov
ed the sincerity of his words. He
selected as Cabinet advisers men
nearly all of whom wore noted fjr
tho conservatism o£ fhoir views, aud
one of whom was a Southern Pem
ocrat aud an ex-offioer of the Con
federate army. His next act was to
terminate tho reign of ignorance and
corruption in the South. Tho bayonets
were withdrawn from Louisiana aud
South Carolina, the fraudulent govern
ments of those States toppled to the
dust and the real governments of the
people arose upon their ruins. To-day,
thuuks to the magnanimity and patriot
ism of the President, South Carolina
and Louisiana are as freo as Maine and
Massachusetts—have been restored to
their true place in the Union, and are
again sovereign States. For the first
time since 1865 the heavy hand of mili
tary power has been removed from the
South, aud this portion of the Union,
enjoying the blossings of peace and
quiet, is rapidly recuperating from
the ravages of war and the blight of re
construction.
The Southern people voted for Mr.
Tilbrn, and they believe that he was
elected. They were bitterly disappoint
ed when ho failed to obtain the presi
dency. But, as a matter of faet, has
not President Hayes done everything
for the South that Mr. Tilden could
have accomplished ? If Mr. Tilden had
been inaugurated, ho would have re
moved the troops from Southern State
House* and let the legal governments of
the people assert themselves. This is
all that ho could have done j this is
exactly what President Hayes has done.
Hut such an act on the part of a Demo
cratic President would have encounter
ed the opposition .of tho whole Republi
can party of tire Nortti apd solidified
that party iu antagonism to the Soptb.
Mr. llaybs, on the contrary, has given
is relief in such a way as to elicit the
pproval of the better element jn the
Republican organization. He has so
uanaged as to break down the barriers
between the “solid North” and the
•‘solid S.utb,” and to do much to
make us one people in one country. It
s true that with Mr. Tilden as Presi
dent there would have been, perhaps, a
complete change in the distribution of
Federal pat ronage in the South. But this
is a matter which to a great extent affects
individuals only, aud not the body of
the people. If a Government office is
not administered inefficiently or cor
rnptly, it makes a very iittie difference
to the peoplo whether its oecapam, be a
Democrat or a Republican. It cannot
be denied that many of the Federal of
flaicla in tho South are ignorant,
corrupt, highly objectionable to the
people with whom are brought in
contact; but we must consider the diffi
culties which have to be encountered by
Mr. Hates iu this connection. Asa
Republic*!! President, he naturally de
sires to bestow jupou Republicans the
patronage of his admiuiU£digu. As is
well known, the Republican party in the
South, or what is left of it, is composed
of ignorant colored men led by a few
whites—a majority whom arc very in
differently off as to honesty and intelli
gence. .Capable men might be ob
tained at the so;th, but the Pres
ident ia pledged, and rrgiit'ally,
against the perpetuation of carpet-bag
ism. He is, perforce,compelled to let mat
ter* stand as they are for tho present.
We yet iio*>e, however, that he will
make the South an exception to the gen
eral political rule and that appointments
to federal offices here will be made only
with reference no tjie fitness and accep
tability of the appointees.
But laying all these things aeide, the
main point remains: that President
Hates has treated the South justly,
geneirc-iisly and kindly, and that his
good deeds to at have arrayed against
•him in bitter hostility * faction who
are our sworn enemies and who hope to
prosper by fanning into flame the ex
piring ember* of sectional hatred at the
North and fomenting fiiseord and strife
and bloodshed at the South. JF there
forej becomes the duty of hon
orable and patriotic Sonthern men
to give Mr. Hat an warm and unani
mous support. That they trill do
it we Lave not the slightest doubt. Mr. ■
Hayes’ wise, just statesmanlike
course has done much to heat the cruel
wounds of war; much to give peace
to a portion of the country where the
blessings of peace were so greatly need
ed and so earnestly desired, but where,
until his inauguration, they seemed so
unattainable; mach to give good
government to the country; mach
to destroy sectional feeling; much to
restor? to the South a feeling of
love for the Union and respect for
the Constitution ; and much to just
ly earn for him a title as noble as that
of Liberator—tbe name of the Pacifi
cator.
PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO.
Senator Cameron is credited with the
assertion that as Ohio went in October
Pennsylvania wonld go in November. It
is adduced, in proof of the assertion,
that facts and figures are abnndant. In
1862, the Republican majority in Ohio
fell to 5,577, and Pennsylvania respond
ed with a Democratic majority of 3,524
In 1867, the Republican majority in
Ohio being bnt 2,983, the Democratic
majority of Pennsylvania was 922. In
1874 Ohio went Democratic, and Penn
sylvania followed suit with 4,679 ma
jority. The chances at present are that
Ohio, this Fall, will go largely Demo
cratic. If so, look out for a rousing
Democratic victory that may place Penn
sylvania alongside of New York.
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LABOR AT HO.ME AND ABROAD.
Commenting npon the attempt to
make the American workingman like
nnto his European fellow-craftsman,
Col. Donn Piatt paints the following
cheerless picture: “In Europe the laws
of trade have reduced labor to servitude.
It is a worse servitude than that of ne
gro slavery, for in the last the master
was forced to feed and olothe his slave
when well, provide him with medicine
and a doctor when ill,and bnry him when
dead. The white slave can get coarse
clothing and scanty food when at work;
after, ho is left to starve and die. The
very poor rates aro provided by the
poor, for labor pays all, and the slave in
health must carry not only his rich
master, but his sick, old and crippled
comrades.” Evidently, Col. Piatt be
gins to belive that the late nnpleasant
neßß was a huge mistake for poor men
at the North.
nkpotis.il
Tho civil service reform that attempts
to scourge blood-relations from Federal
office has developed some remarkable
incidents. Tho most voracious of the
gang seems to be a Custom House offi
cial at CoviDgton, Ky. He is said to
employ forty persons, and of these
thirty one are members of his own
household. A paper in the neighbor
hood thinks the man must have ad
mired Grant unduly and read St. Paul
too literally, where, In the First Epistle
to Timothy, the Apostle writes :
“Bnt if any provide not for lug own, and es
pecially for those of his own house, he hath
denied tho faith and is worse than an infidel.’
The Covington Collector is certainly
no “infidel," unless rigid moralists in
sist that he should have filled the whole
forty offices subordinated to him with
relations of his own or his wife’s.
Another curious case is recorded where
“infidelity” must have come in play,
unless ignorance of 8t- Paul ean be
pleaded, This case is of a man who ap
pointet five persons not of his house
hold to positions, and then sent his
deorepid and venerable father to a Sol
diers Home, which ia supported by the
Federal Government.
THE EJECT r ON OF PASSENGERS.
A decision relative to the right of
railway authorities to eject passengers
from oars for non-payment of fare has
recently been deoided by the Supreme
Court *f Ohio in a case in which the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Rail
road Company was interested. The
rates of fare fixed by the company, and
which by its established rules it was
made the duty of the conductor to de
mand, were higher than those allowed
by law. The plaintiff tendered what he
claimed to be, and what was ultimately
held to be, the legal rates, and, upon
refusal to pay more, was ejected from
the cars, but without any rudeness or
necessary violence. It also appeared
that the plaintiff, at the time he took
passage, knew the established rates,
aDd expected to be ejected from the
cars, intending to bring an action for
such ejection, jn order to test tbe right
of the company to charge tfie establish
ed rates. It was held that the plaintiff
was only entitled to compensatory dam
ages, and that it was eompptont for the
company, for the purpose of mitigating
damages, or preventing tho reeovory of
exemplary damages, to givo in evidence
subsequent declarations of the plaintiff,
tending to prove that his object iu tak
ing passage pn the cars was to make
money by bringing suits against the
company for demanding or receiving
their established rates of fare. If gen
erally sustained by the Courts of all
States, this decision w>4 teijd to check
the operations of litigous porsons who
seek to derive pecuniary advantages by
bringing actions against railroad com
panies, except in instances where se
rious personal or pecuniary damages
have been sustained.
GEORGIA STATE PfIf.LEjGE OF AGRI
CULTURE AND 3IEPH4NIP ARTS.
We desire to call the attention of the
public at large, and especially of the
citizons of Richmond county, to the ad
vantages afforded by this institution of
learning to young men desirous of ob
taining a thorough education. With a
faculty of ol.ey.en prof.ess.grs, skilled and,
experienced iu thfiir work; with three
special departments of engineering, ag
riculture and applied chemistry, em
bracing a fall course in pare and applied
mathematics, modern languages(Frencb,
German and Spanish), natural history,
geology, general history, literature,
natural philosophy /fhd book-keep
ing, supplemented by lectgres ojb
commercial law ; with a m a g Q ifi cen t
building, erected at a cost of eighteen
or twenty thousand dollars, fully equip
ped with the latest scientific apparatus,
with the doors of the University and
four ef tensive libraries thrown open to
its pupils, yl* this free of tuition,
prudent parent* and ai*#Li*ip" s J oun ß
men, rich in brains bnt poor itt purse,
would do well to avail themselves of the
golden apportunities. State scholar
ships arc erranted to as many stu
dents, resident* ui State, as there
are members of the General Assembly- .
This entitles Richmond county to three \
and the Eighteenth Senatorial District,
of which Richmond forms a part, to one
additional, goyty-ai yearp ago Rich- i
mond’s pro rata was more than ailed, i
and indeed she has had representatives
there ever since the college opened.
Those who availed themselves of the
privileges extended have been signally
rewarded. Has not Richmond at least
three young gentlemen to represent her ;
in the'state College ? The next session
opens on the 3d of Ootobst. The,
morale and discipline of the University j
and State College are as good as can be
found at any similar institution in the
land. Communications addressed to
President L. Chabboksieb will re
ceive prompt attention.
The “grand banquet” at the White
Sulphur Springs, duriDg the Lee monu
ment entertainmaul, i; described by an
irate Tennesseean as a fraud, and he
was reminded of a train of Confederate
soldiers taking dinner at Opelika, Ala.,
during the war. The White Sulphur is
a famoa* rt, but the fare is exe
crable.
Secretary McCrary, who was present
at Bennington, and who heard Mr.
Key's speazb, does not oonaider it neces
sary for the Southern people to excite
themselves about tfie matter. He says
that the Postmaster-General uttered the
remark “qmj*£ brethren” in jeet, evi
dently, and that it was granted with a
good-humored laugh. We djd not know
Mr. Key was each # funny man. Asa
joker he is not a success.
Only one member of the American
Team at Creedmore has dark eyes. Gray
is the predominant color.
AUGUSTA AND KNOXVILLE.
GREENWOOD. LAURENS AND
SPARTANBURG.
The Andem Relation- of Anxusta and Caro,
lina Redlvivus.
[Correspondence Chronicle ami Constitutionalist. I
Laurens, S. C., August 22.—A com
mon interest between your city and this
section impels me to this communica
tion. In the name of this common in
terest, I would bespeak your attention
and that of your people to the railroad
agitation now in progress in this coun
ty. A large and imposing meeting was
had here the first Monday in this month
(on sales day), which was adjourned over
to next skies day (first Monday in Sep
tember), at ten o’clock, a. m., when the
meeting, as declared by a resolution of
last sales day, will hear anything that
may be suggested from those interested
in the rival projects, i. e. the Greenville
and Spartanburg routes and the pro
posed Narrow Gauge Road by way of
Union Court House to Chester.
To the eye of some of us here Au
gusta has some interest in this subject.
Some of us think that there is no reason
why the old trade channel existing in
our youth, when our fathers carried
their cotton to Augusta, should uot be
reopened in rails of iron. Twenty-five
years ago there were more people in
Laurens who traded to Augusta than to
Columbia. Our people have their share
of Carolina peculiarities, among which
is clannishness; bnt then, you know, the
corner stone of onr political faith is
“free trade.” On this principle some of
ns wonld like to buy onr bacoD, flour,
corn, &c., at Greenville or Spartanburg,
and sell our cotton in Augusta, where
dealers have choice of three seaports,
and where we think we could better our
selves also in buying fertilizers. This
new fangled way of adjusting freights,
so as to compel our people to pay
two and three hundred per cent.
more than other people for the
same article, does not go down
smoothly if it has come from Charleston
—our own seaport. One of our mer
chants informed me the other day that
he could bring his goods from Charles
ton here, by way of Greenville, includ
ing thirty-five miles wagon transporta
tion (from Greeneville to this place), for
one-third less freight than he could by
Clinton over our railroad. Another of
our merchants informs me that lio has
shipped merchandise from Baltimore
here at exactly the same that he has to
pay for the same kind of merchandise
from Newberry here—yes, sir, not from
Charleston, not from Columbia, but
from Newberry—Hl miles. Tims you
see the reason why our people have so
patiently permitted the enterprise called
the “Laurens Railroad” to linger as it
has. But few take any interest in it—
nobody expects any public advantage
from its completion. Whether right or
wrong, they regard the whole railroad
interests centred at Charleston as con
trolled by influences that have no con
ception of the grandeur of industrial de
velopment, but are intent on killing
the goose to get all her golden eggs at
one grab ! And there is a growing sen
timent throughout tho whole of the up
per part of South Carolina, that with all
the book learning and professional
ability and mercantile faith, and the
innumerable good qualities of our
Charleston friends, their forte is not in
building or running railroads or devel
oping the industrial interests of the
country—as shown in undertaking the
old Charleston, Louisville aud Cincin
nati Railroad, and building it from
Charleston to Branchville; in subse
quently undertaking the famous Blue
Ridge (Rabun Gap) project, to connect
Anderson, S. C., with the Tennessee
Boad, and building to Walhalla ; and
now in so operating our own road as to
make it cost our business meu just as
muoh in freight from Newberry here
(thirty-one miles), as from Baltimore
here?
The people in this county are in earn
est, and determined to sell where we can
get most and buy where wo can buy
cheapest; and, as subsidiary to this,
they are determined in making a “new
departure.” The universal cry here is,
‘'On to the Air Line !” either at Green
ville or Spartanburg, or some inter
mediate point.
Has Augusta no interest in this mat
ter ? Could she not safely venture as
far as would be necessary to make the
“On to the Air Line 1” give way to the
better cry of “Augusta and Spartan
burg ?”
If the Augusta and Greenwood Road
be a certainty, how easy to project it
from Greenwood to Laurens Court
House ? The distance is only 251 miles.
This wonld bring back to Augusta a
rich trade that till, some twenty-five
years ago, from time immemorial was
her's—and give Augusta her much
courted connection with East Tennessee.
The Spartanburg and Asheville Road,
that fortunately two years ago was
wrested from Charleston control, is now
beyond all contingencies. The only
difficult part in that whole route for
crossing the Blue Ridge (viz.: the east
ern ascent), has been virtually accom
plished. The cars runjjto about Pace’s
Gap, only eleven miles this side of Hen
dersonville, and will be running to Hen
dersonuille by the first of June next,
and to Asheyille in the Fall of next year.
The work has so far progressed as to
demonstrate that the completing of the
whole road frqrq Spartanburg to Ashe
ville will be completed at an average
cost of only fifteen thousand dollars per
mile. This includes tho ascent from
the east and crossing the crest of the
Ridge, to achieve which, our Charleston
“railroaders" accomplished the wonder
ful Stump House Tunnel monument !
All who ever gave any attention to the
topography of the Blue Ridge and its
passes know that from Ashevillo west
ward there is no difficulty whatever—tho
route being an inclined plane along the
French Broad, with an average grade of
thirteen feet tq the mile.
Hence, the barfiep of tho Rluo Ridge
between the union of the Atlantic slope
and the Tennessee Valley, has been re
moved—a grand highway from tho At
lantic to the Great West is being opened,
though the French Broad Valley and
Spartanburg is Augusta’s gate to that
highway. Why not seize the auspicious
moment, take the “tide” at its “flood,”
and ridg into “fortune !”
Should Augusta tajfe tfiig yiew, and
make it kuowD, I have not a particie of
doubt that this county would come
warmly into the through line move
ment, and do her full part in material
aid. But in order to do this, it will be
necessary for Augusta to move before
Laurens shall have settled upon her
plans and route. It is very probable
that' these will tako shape next sales
day, first Monday in September. Strong
influences will advocate the immediate
adoption of tho route to Greenville, the
same being no further than Spartan
burg, and the route being all the way
along a beautiful ridge road, that crosses
but one small stream between Laurens
and Greenville. Tnis route can un
doubtedly be put in operation for a
great deal less (cost of construction)
than the route tb Spartanburg, which
may influence the people to adopt the
Greenville route, at least unless there
was some satisfactory assurance of being
able to meet the extra cost ou the Spar
tanburg route from sources outside of
our county.
It is to be regretted that the time of
our meeting is on a Monday—as we are
inaccessible by rail except three days
pet t/eek, Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday, and evee then come no nearer
than Clinton, nine miles. But you know
in our State, in the country, we must
do everything on a sales day. But if
you could have a delegation here in per
son i‘ wonld be much preferable to
any written eouiniuuh:ci:ipn and then
such delegates could see lor themselves
the extent of our people’s earnestness in
this matter. Though if it be not pos
sible to have a delegation (the distance
by old market way is seventy-five miles),
a letter would do good. All this is Of
course in the supposition that your city
feels an interest in the subject.
One thing is certain, not only the
people of Laurens but the people of
this whole up country are tired of the
monopoly of the so-called “South Caro
lina Railroad.” The people all know it
was the first railroad in the Sonthern
country, tfip Jopgest when finished of
any continuous fine in theTiJnited States,
and “all that;” bnt these historical facts
are not considered any reason why said
road should be allowed to be converted
into a blighting Upas tree. Newberry,
Anderson and Union counties, not to
name others, all feel its fostering influ
ence, The people feel far more than
finds veut through the pres*.
Free Trade, j
A Pi* With a Human Head. .
[Memphis Ledger.]
Dyersburg, Tenn., is excited over the i
birth of a pig with a human bead. The !
pig was born on the 7th inst. It has a
perfect human face and head, the rest;
of its formation being that of any other j
pig. It has red hair on its head ; its i
teeth, month and eyes are strangely!
human; while one ear is that of a hog,;
the other is that of a little child. This !
new and strange production is the won
der of the neighborhood. Dr. Dnffie,
the druggist at Friendship, has pre
served it in alcohol, and hundreds are
flocking to see it daily. In Memphis
wo have Scores ci human beings who
are pig-headed, and resemble pigs n °
little in manner and disposition.
A young mother ip this city, explain- 1
ing christening to her five year old bov,
told him that when he was ebristesed he
“would be one of God’s little lambs.
“And will I have hind legs and go baa.
eagerly asked the boy.
1 THE CONVENTION.
AN ADJOURNMENT SATURDAY
CONSIDERED CERTAIN.
Tli#; North Georgia Danilin* Protected—
.tanner of Atnendin* the UoostitoUon
Judicial Circuits to Be Reduced —The Con
vict I.eases Left Alone—lnsurance Ke*uin
tions—Wnivin* tbe Homestead.
1 Special to the Chronicle and Constitutionalist ]
Atlanta, August 22.—The Constitu
tional Convention met this morning in
the Capitol, at half past eight o’clock,
the President, Hon. Charles J. J enkins,
in the Chair.
Marietta nnd North Georgia Road.
Mr. Brown, of the Thirty-ninth Dis
trict, offered the following ordinance :
Be it Ordained, That nothing contained in
tbe Constitution adopted by this Convention
shall be so construed as to interfere witli_ the
aid or loan granted to the Marietta and North
Georgia Bailroad by Act of the General As
sembly, approved March, 1877.
The ordinance was adopted.
Constitutional Amendments.
The report of the Committee on Mis
cellaneous Provisions and Constitu
tional Amendments was taken np.
Mr. Hammond, of the Thirty-fifth
District, offered the following as a sub
stitute for paragraph first of the report ;
Any amendment to this Constitution may be
proposed in either the Senate or House of
Itepresentatives and after the same shall be
agreed to by a rote of two-thirds of the mem
bers elected tw each House, such proposed
amendment shah he entered on the Journals,
with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and the
General Assembly shall cause such proposed
amendment to be published in one or more
nowspaper in each Congressional District for
two months prior to the holding of the next
General Election, and shall also provide for
tho submission of such proposed amendment
te the people at said next General Election.
The substitute was adopted.
Mr. Hammond also offered an amend
ment to the second paragraph of the re
port, authorizing the Governor to make
proclamation of the result of the elec
tion on the ratification of constitutional
amendments by publication, as pre
scribed in the nubstitute for tbe first
paragraph, hut should the majority of
the votes cast be against ratification,
then the Governor shall in like manner
proclaim that tho proposed amendment
has been rejected.
The amendment was adopted, the par
agraph, as amended, agreed to, and tho
whole report adopted.
Judicinl Circuits.
The report of the Speeial Committee
on Judicial Circuits, recommending that
the State bo divided into sixteen judi
cial circuits, aud giving the counties of
which each circuit shall be composed,
was read. [This report was published
in full in the Chronicles and Constitu
tionalist some time since.]
Mr. Reese, of the Twenty-ninth Die
trict, offered as a substitute that tho
General Assembly, at its next session,
be required to redistribute the judicial
circuits of the State so as to reduce the
number of the same and equalize the la
bors of the Judges as far as practicable.
Lost.
Mr. Bass, of the Forty-second Dis
trict, offered as an amendment that the
number of judicial districts be fixed at
sixteen. Lost,
The report of the committee was then
put to a vote, aud declared lost.
Mr. Ingram, of the Twenty-fourth
District, offered the following, which
was adopted in lieu of the report of the
committee:
There shall be sixteen judicial circuits in
the Slate, and it shall be the duty of the Gen
eral Assembly to organize and apportion the
same in such manner as to equalize the busi
ness and labor of the Judges in said several
circuits as far as may be practicable; but the
General Assembly shall have power hereafter
to reorganize, increase or diminish the num
ber of circuits: provided, however, that the cir
cuits shall remain as they are now organized
till changed by law.
The Clinin Gang System Undisturbed.
The report of the Committee on Pub
lic Institutions was taken up and read.
Mr. Wofford, of the Forty-second
District, offered the following as an ad
ditional section of the report:"
Convicted criminals in this State shall never
be leased or farmed out to public bidders, and
the next General Assembly shall provide by
law for one or moro permanent penitentiaries,
and for such employment and classification of
convicts As will come least in conflict with the
free laborers of tho State, and tend in the
greatest measure toward the reformation of
the criminals.
The Convention refused to entertain
the proposed section, and adopted the
following report of tho Committee on
Final Revision on the report of the
Committee on Public Institutions in
lien of the original report:
Your committee have considered the report
of the Committee on Public Institutions, and
beg leave to report that in their opinion the
subjects therein contained should not be fixed
by the organic law, but the same aro proper
subjects for legislation by the General Assem
bly.
Insurance Deposits.
The supplemental report of the Com
mittee ou the Legislative Department
in relation to insurance companies doing
business in this State was taken up. It
requires all foreign life insurance com
panies doing business in Georgia to
show that they have deposited a sum not
less than one hundred thousand dollars
with the Comptroller of tho State where
the company was chartered, or with the
Comptroller-General of this State, as a
guaranty fund for the security of policy
holders. Home companies must make
a similar deposit. Fire insurance com
panies must also deposit renewal (?) se
curities. All insurance companies are
required to make a report semi annually
to the Governor, showing tho condition
of their afiairs. The section providing
for tho appointment of a State Commis
sioners of Insurance was stricken out,
and the report, as amended, agreed to.
Moro lloincNtciul
Mr. Brown, of the Tfiirty-ninth Dis
trict, offered an ordinance providing
that should the people at the election
on the ratification of the Constitution
vote in favor of the homestead of 1868
instead of tho homestead provided by
this Constitution, a debtor shall have
tho right to waive exemption in tho
same manner and with tho snme restric
tions as in the present Constitution.
Mr. Toombs, of the Twenty-ninth Dis
trict, opposed the adoption of the ordi
nance. Bo thought that to adopt it
would be treating the people fraudulent
ly by cramming into the new homestead
law the most objectionable feature of
the old.
The ordinance was lost, nnd the Con
vention adjourned until 3:30, p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention lu-assombled at 3;80,
p. m.
Mr. Toombs, of the Twenty-ninth Dis
trict, offered the following: That the
words “coroners, litigation, quarantine
and roads” be added after the word
“jurors” in section six, paragraph sec
ond, line three of the taxation report.
This authorizes counties to them
selves for tho purposes above named as
suggested fly the Chronicle and Con
stitutionalism at the time. The amend
ment was adopted through tbe reiterat
ed exertions of Mr. Harrow, of the Twen
ty-third District, who ohampioned a re
consideration for this purpose at the
time. It is now safely engineered
through and another act of midsummer
madness corrected.
Awaiting the final report of the Revis
ing Committees and the Committee on
Style, the Convention adjourned till
morning, alter u resolution adjourning
sine die Saturday had been twice voted
down.
The Convention will adjourn at that
time. The grand ratification meeting
here has been postponed till to-morrow
-
Mr. Wofford on the Convict System—-Hr.
Barrow Wants Two Representatives for
Clarke County—The Cotton Tax—The C(in
stitution Under Revision—The Convention
to Adjourn TOiDay,
[Special to the Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Atlanta, August 24.—The Constitu
tional Convention met this morning in
the Capitol, at half-past eight o’clock,
the President, Hon. Chas. J. Jenkins, in
the Qhaiu
Final Adjournment.
Mr. Edge, of the Twenty-first District,
offered a resolution that the Convention
adjourn at noon to-morrow. Adopted.
Judicial Circuits*
Mr. Harrell, of the Twelfth District,
moved to reconsider the subject of Ju
dicial Circuits. Tabled by title.
The Couvict System.
Mr. Wofford, of the Forty-second Dis
trict. moved to reconsider the vote dis
posing of the oonviot amendment. He
said as matters now stand there is no
limit or restriction by law in working
convicts. This convict labor comes in
conflict with all the free labor of the
country. The two great objections are
that the system does not reform the con
vict, and lowers the prioe of nearly all
sorts of labor. We should fi 0 * <* e '
grade laborers and ruin living prioes.
An overwhelming majority in the State
is opposed to the system of leasing con
victs. I propose, in my amendment, to
classify convicts in penitentiaries, so as
to conflict the least possible witn out
side labor and in the greatest meas
ure reform tbe convicts. We can adopt
a system of delivering criminals nnto
the State improved and good citizens,
instead of the one, which
commits more crimes than it seeks
to pnnish. 1 have an interest in
this but as an humble Georgian. As
individuals, each one of us is chargable
with the crime which the present sys
tem entails upon the population. I pro
pose to increase and not lighten the
hardens of the convicted. Nothing is
so potent to punish and prevent crime as
solitary confinement. You send young
people'to labor on the chain gang with
the oldest and vilest criminals, and with
them to associate. It is nothing but a
school to train up and harden criminals,
but I see from the indisposition of the
members around me that these matters
are distateful to them. They have no
interest in the punishment of criminals
and the reformation of society, and I
bow to that will, bat I will appeal from
the decision of this body to the ballot
boxes ; to the officials and the good
women of Georgia. I will ask Miss
King, of Augusta, and Miss Peters, of
Atlanta, to head a great movement for
humanity. We are in earnest in this
matter. Wa never intend to cease this
appeal till the foal blot is wiped from
the State of Georgia; and now I give
notice that the friends of this movement
are going out and call to our aid the
good of all parties, conscious that God
smiles upon our efforts, and right and
humanity will ultimately triumph.
Mr. Reese, of the Twenty-ninth Dis
trict, said we cannot thus tear up the
present contracts running for twenty
years.
Mr. Wofford answered that he expect
ed to convince the keepers and coutrac
ters of the justice and humanity of the
cause, so that they themselves would
voluntarily surrender the right.
Mr. Reese said this is all nonsense
and amounts to nothing. Men didn’t
relinquish contracts for nothing. At
present the State has the protecting of
the convicts. The Keeper of the Peni
tentiary has the care over them all. The
act of 1876 provides for the comfort,
health and protection of the convicts by
the State. This impoverished Common
wealth could not build penitentiaries.
The present system is an economical
one. This is a proper subject for legis
lation anyhow; hence he moved to table
the motion, which wns overwhelmingly
carried.
C’larhe County Representation.
Mr. Barrow, of the Twenty seventh
District, arose to discuss the rights of
Clarke county to rank among the twenty
six counties entitled to two Representa
tives. This was postponed till his re
turn. He moved, therefore, to amend
section third, paragraph one, of the
Legislative Department, by inserting
Clarke instead of Maeon as entitled to
two Representatives.
Mr. Reese, of tlio Twenty-ninth Dis
trict, said when Oconeo county was cut
off from Clarke it was with the distinct
understanding that Clarke should sur
render one Representative to Oconee,
and thus the latter was formed.
Mr. Ellinton, of the Thirteenth Dis
trict, said both Hancock and Jackson
were smaller than Macon, hence one of
them should be stricken out.
Mr. Barrow’s motion was tabled.
Tlic t'oltou Tax illt'iiioriiil.
The cotton tax memorial was taken
up. Mr. Hill, of the Twenty-eight Dis
trict, arose to say that though a member
of this committee he did not thiDk there
was any probability of collecting such
vast sums of money. They are general
ly considered as one of tlie disasters of
the war, and I am rather adverse to con
sidering any such Utopian theme. If the
theme is just and the Government de
cided to pay ft, let it go to those to
whom it is directly due and not to form
a public fund, as the committee recom
mend. It would afford me great
pleasure to agree with the committee
and I certainly would be the last man to
throw any impediment in their path.
The report provides that the twelve
million dollars collected by the Internal
Revenue Department, kuown as the cot
ton tax, unjustly required of people illy
able to pay it, be turned over by the
General Government to the Treasurer of
Georgia in legal tender bonds or land,
one-third to be appropriated to educate
the colored children and the remainder
the whites. The report was tabled.
The entire Constitution was now read
and the work of revision is going on.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr. Wofford, of the Forty-second Dis
trict, Chairman of the Committee on
Payment of the Public Debt, reports
that the property of the State should be
pledged to the payment of the existing
debt, and to that end the Macon and
Brunswick, North and South Railroads,
the stock of the State in the Albany and
Gulf Road and Georgia Road, and in the
Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Com
pany and personal property, be sold as
soon as practicable, and on the best
possible terms, and the proceeds thereof
used in payment of said debt as it be
comes due ; also, that the Western and
Atlantic Railroad be sold upon the ex
piration of the present lease and the
proceeds donated to the same purpose,
save such as are reserved for the school
fund, and to this end a commission be
appointed. The report was tabled. Re
vising the Constitution is still going on.
Ratification Electing:.
There was a grand ratification meet
ing to-night.'•}. Hon. Ben. H. Hill made
an eloquent speech, asserting that this
is the host Constitution Georgia ever
had, and as good as any in the entire
thirty-eight States. He believed it was
bound to be ratified, and that the dele
gates returning home would reoeiveweli
earned plaudits from their constituency.
Senator Gordon applaudad the handi
work of the Convention and pronounced
it well. He believed wo would ring out
the old and ring in the new with shouts
of triumph. After the speaking, D. P.
Hill offered a resolution that Atlanta
take the initiatory step in the ratifies
tion, and here, in primary meeting,
pledge itself to the support of the Cou
stftutiqn. Geo, Fry, legislator, moved
to table the resolution, which was over
whelmiuglv lost. Amid wild cheers the
motion of D. P. Hill was adopted.
Tli© New C'onHtitiition Adopted-- I The Rleelion
Ordinance—An Acknowledgement to CJod—
The President’s Pathetic Pare well— An Af
fecting Scene —Ailjourninent Sine IMc.
[Special to the Chronicle and Constitutionclis' 1
Atlanta, August 25. —The Constitu
tional Convention met this gioyging in
the Capitol, at half-past eight o’clock,
the President, Hon. Cbas. J. Jenkins, in
the Chair,
The Constitution Adopted.
The work of revising the Constitution
was resumed and finished, and on mo
tion of Sir. of the Thirty
first District, was adopted as a whole,
by a unanimous vote and amid great ap
plause.
The Ratification Election.
Mr. Hammond, of the Thirty-fifth
District, offered the following ordinance,
which was adopted •
“Be it ordained by the people of
Georgia in Convention assembled:First,
That the Constitution as adopted and
revised Ipe enrolled a,id signed by the
officers and members of this Oenvention.
Second, That the Governor shall issue
his proclamation ordering an election
for members of the General Assembly
and a vote upon the ratification or re
jection of the Constitution as therein
provided, and a vote upon the capital
and homestead questions as provided by
the ordinances p* tiji3 Convention.
Mr. Reese, of ‘the Twenty-ninth Dis
trict, ndw moved that the Convention
adjourn sine die.
An Affectionate Scene.
Pending this, Rev. Dr. Thorpe, a
delegate from Dougherty; py unanimous
| request, oubreid ffp a feeling and elo
quent prayer upon the work of the Con
vention, the delegates standing with
bowed heads, and the densely packed
galleries hushed. The scene was a most
solemn and impressive one.
Thanks to Governor Jenkins.
A resolution was unanimously adopt
ed thankiDg Governor Jenkins for the
able and courteous manner in which he
had discharged the dqtieS of President
of the-Convention,
Governor Jenkins arose and said:
Gentlemen of the Convention: It af
fords me unspeakable gratitude to hear
the resolution of thanks just read re
garding the satisfactory manner, as you
assert, in which I have presided over
your proceedings. God knows my
and that I have tried tp Beas all mem
bers of the Convention courteously and
impartially. If at any time I have seem
ed to have departed from such rules, I
beg leave to state that such departure
was unintentional. In a great Conven
tion like this, where such important
matters aro considered, where each
member his been so bent upon his own
views because he considered them for
the best interests of the State, it is not
remarkable that there shonld have en
sued some excitement. But it has done
me good, gentlemen, to behold the
unanimous good feeling and uniform
courtesy which has existed between the
different members. I sincerely trust,
gentlemen, that the people will ratify
your Constitution, and that all experi
ence will prove yon have done the work
wisely and well, and have faithfully
discharged- your important duties, i
beg leave, in conclusion, to testify that
my own life is drawing rapidly to a
close, A gracious Providence ha3 vouch
safed unto ma more than three
score ’-years ,! and ten, the aU6t
ted" time to man, and He only
knows how much longer it will
last. It baa been my pleasure to meet
here some old friends, with whom I was
associated long years ago in the halls of
legislation. They will testify that very
many of onr compeers, whom we have
seen doing good service for the State,
have been called to their long homes.
It has also been my pleasure to have
met many yoauger members, evincing
unmistakably high powers of patriotism.
It will not be long, then, before the re
sponsibility of this Commonwealth will
be funud resting upon their shoulders.
For them I wish unbounded success.
To those who, like myself, are superan- j
uated, and must soon depart to that j
‘' Country from whose bourne no travel i
er returns.” I would say they have the !
consciousness of having acted" well their !
part, and not only their constituents of !
this State, but the great “I Am,” when
the last change has swept over their
bodies, will bestow the well earned
plaudit, “ Well done, thou good and
faithful servant.”' But I must not de
tain you longer. Each of you carries
with you my lasting friendship, and my
prayer is that you may have a safe re
turn to yonr homes and happily remain
with your families from whom you have
been so long separated. To all of you,
gentlemen, I bid a respectful and friend
ly'farewell. [Great applause.]
An Aflerting Scene.
The sceue now was most affecting.
Generals Warren and Toombs were visi
bly moved, and not a dry eye was in the
hail. For several seconds no sound
could be detected, everything seeming
to bo covered and overcome by the wave
of deep emotion which welled np on all
sides, and which did not subside until
long after the speaker’s voice had ceased.
Mr. Reese’s motion new, at twenty
vme minutes past 11, a. m., to adjourn
sine die, was renewed and carried.
Governor Jenkins, after making his
bow, retained his position in the aisle,
where hundreds of delegates and visi
tors lingered around to press the nobl-
Roman’s trembling hand. It wns a grand
consummating hour—if suoh ’twould
prove to bo—to a life well spent indeed.
The work of enrolling lias just been
finished, and most of the delegates de
part this afternoon.
Toombs anil I lie Capital.
General Toombs was serenaded to
night and spoke at great length. He
was emphatically for the ratification of
the Constitution, and thought Atlanta
deserved to remain the capital of the
State.
A Defense ot ilio Convention—Wiint One of
tlie Delegates Says—Let the People .Imlfte
tlie Work Wlieo Finished—l.etter from
lion. 11. 11. Perry, ofßurke.
f Waynesboro Expositor.]
Tlio Attorney-General has elaborately
argued that no money can be drawn
from the Treasury over the $25,000 ap
propriated by the General Assembly,
and the Convention has not said one
word against the Treasurer’s refusal to
pay more. For one, your correspond
ent regrets as much as you do the delay,
but tell me who is being injured but.
the members. There is some talk of
borrowing money. Suppose this body
does (it is hardly possible it will), who
is bound by it ? Certainly not the State
of Georgia, because any legal debt of
that kind will no sooner meet recogni
tion than the bogus bonds of Bullock.
Then, for one, I complain that you
should not begin to shape public opin
ion until you know what has been done.
The Constitution has not been sent,
forth yet on the whole, and no part of it
is yet fully passed upon. Then I ask,
in all candor, that you will not influence
public opinion too soon. The poor tax
payers of our distressed State will, as
surj as there is a heaven above us,
learn that there is relief in this Con
stitution now being made, and will not
regret the time spent in fighting for
their existence almost, in this body. The
members, many of them, opposed re
duction of the Judges’ salaries, but
since the adoption of the provisions,
some of the Judges have said it was
right in these oppressive times. Judge
Warner says $2,500 would have been
ample salaries for the Justices, who
ought to meet the demands of the peo
ple promptly. I say to you now that
the great objections urged against the
reduction come from the departments
where brains are scarcest. They are
moving the press of Atlanta to find
fault with the Convention in the hope
of influencing the press at large. Every
thing is being done to bring the Con
vention into ridicule. The country pa
pers are taking up the cry without ac
tually knowing they are furthering the
designs of the enemy of the pocple.
It was supposed that the Constitution
might bo made in fifteen or twenty
days, but if any thinking person will
take the trouble to run over the diffi
culties in the way of changing the or
ganic law, to meet the necessities of
the people, they will soon discover it
is no small job. There is scarcely a
feature in the old Constitution that
does not need some important change.
This does not appear so at first sight
but it docs when the whole people are
together in Convention assembled. You
can here form some idea of how Geor
gia is reduced to poverty, how she is
burdened with taxation, what and where
the mismanagement is, and that her
remedy is alone in Convention. A day
or two is riot enough to consider these
things. Yet the press is anathematiz
ing this body for not going home when
the $25,000 was expended, forgetting
that the Legislature at its last session
spent $60,000 for its per diem alone,
saying nothing of printing, clerks’ hire
and other incidental expenses. It is un
fair, illiberal and unjust. The truth is,
and will come out if I’m not mistaken,
the outcry begins among those who can
rob the people no longer if they accept
the Constitution to be offered to them.
The delegates are going to dp their
whole duty if they have to pay their
own expenses. The Constitution will be
submitted and the people can judge for
themselves.
Onp Tliotisitnil Kfglit Hundred Sewing Girls
in il|<: Surf.
Lunch of chowder and sandwiches,
and then bathing. Each sewing girl was
ushered into a dressing room, and fur
nished with a costume such as the sea
caunot spoil—though the sequel showed
that an able surf could take many liber
ties with it—a costume consisting of a
flannel sack ans a pair of ftanpel trous
ers. Theoretical!y the trousers and
sack meet, and in point of fact they
meet if the sewing girl is quiet and does
not venture into the water. Tho trous
ers all stop at the knees, and the jackets
at the elbows. In this simple but at
tractive costume the sewing gipis yester
day, emerging ftom the dressing room,
went glancing down over tho white
sandg, apd, shrieking all together, put
one foot into the water. The surf was
very strong and high, but there were
numbers ef valiant young men already
in and waiting loshow the sewing girls
how to breast it. Tho got in
only gradually, Tiny caught hold of
the b£e lines ’ and were forced out
as others came and pushed behind
them. But once thoroughly wet and the
question of preserving eri©psi intact j
having been set forever at rest by an
able aim, tney steadily thrust compunc
tious aside and went in bathing. Jt was
an inspiriting sight, and all Roekaway
came down to the shore to see. The
sword-swallower ceased his offices and
Punch and Jndy stood still. The Ame
rican savages at Roekaway sat upon the
humps of their African camels and
roiled their eyes from ope boundary of
the acre of s?ying girls to the other
with even a civilized enthusiasm. The
Georgia darky who mimics fifteen ani
mals and a steamboat whistle followed
his audience, who had forsaken him,
and looked, too. Every eye at Roekaway
was upon the sewing girls, and the sew
ing girls, tumbled by surf and twisted
by undertow, filled tfiat manifold eye as
it probably had never been filled before.
The girls had their own manner of
battling, which is probably that prevail
ing among woman as a rale. Being wet
and bold they went out unhesitatingly
until they were up to their knees, when
they sat down, keeping f"t hoid'of the
life ropes. Looking seaward, and see
ing no smv approaching, gradually they
fell to talking and laughing, when all of
a sudden the surf came right up, with
out approaching ai all, and dropped
down on their heads. Ceased at once
ail talk and laughter, and the sewing
girls themselves for a brief instant dis
appeared, but immediately the water
spread ont and they came into view
again, each one of the t.'Sjq in a dif-
ferent position.
There -was a flash of a white foot there,
; and here was a whole specimen under
going violent and involuntary gymnas
tics, surrounded meanwhile with a thick
halo of clam-shells and sand. With
every surf that swept o ?er the sewing
girls vesteriay sqipe mischief was done
and huff a dozen out of the 1,800 at least
I experienced the awful knowledge that
their gown* were being unbuttoned or
that their sacks were going up too far,
while they were being rolled aronnd a
hundred times, and couldn’t for the life
of them tell which was back and which
was front. Bat these things were only
trifles to the sewing-girls, who had as
much fan as can weU he crowded into
one f ork World.
K. .11. islanlon Insane.
Washington, August 23. —1 tis re
ported that E. M. Stanton, son of the
famous War Secretary, has Ijeea taken
to the Government Insane Asylum for
temporary treatment. Stantoa has for
some time been suffering from the f erious
effeots of overwork, and, if the report is
trne, any injury te his mind is due to
that cause, and, it is believed, will be
cured by rest. For a yonng m&u he aas
had a very extensive practice, and has
for some years not paid sufficient atten
tion to his physical health.
THE INDIANA SENATOR. "
Srnnlor .Morion llrowinn Wornc llia
I'rllicnl Cotulif ion Hi* Friend* Alnrincil.
Indianapolis, Ind. , August *2s.—Dr.
Bliss reports, at nine o’clock this morn
ing, that Senator Morton passed a rath
er uncomfortable night, and his condi
tion at this hour is much worse than it
was at nine o’clock last night, wheu he
authorized the statement that the Sena
tor was out of danger.
10:30, a. m.—Senator Morton is grad
ually growing worse.
11, a. m —The pains are extending
upwards. He is in a critical condition.
1, p. m.—Senator Morton is very low
now and the result cannot be predicted,
though the worse may come.
Washington, August 25, 0:30, p. m
Great anxiety is manifested in this city
to-night, as to the condition of Senator
Morton, No telegraph advices have
been received later than those reported
at 1, p. m., to day.
Richmond, Ind., August 25, 11, p. in.
—Senator Morton slept quietly from
three to five o’clock this afternoon, woke
refreshed and had the papers read to
him. His physicians say his system is
entirely free from the opiatts which had
previously been administered, and his
condition is more equable. The alarming
symptoms last night and this morning
were from thoracic effusion, which the
physicians claim have been checked. At
this hour physicians, family and friends
are again remarkably sanguine of his re
covery, in which opinion the Senator
himself now joiu3. Yet people not so
well informed as to the Senator’s condi
tion entertain fears of alarming symp
toms during the night.
Speculations iin to Wliat Would Happen in
Certain Event*.
Washington, August 23.— Private ad
vices received here are to the effect that
Senator Morton’s condition is exceed
ingly precarious, and that, while his
friends are hopeful, it is au even cliuneo
with him for life or death. His alarm
ing illness has suggested a canvass of
the Senate politically in case the misfor
tune of his death should give Governor
Williams au opportunity to appoint a
Democrat as his successor. The Senate,
ao now made np, is composed of seven
ty-three members, there being three va
cancies, two from Loui-iana and one
from South Caroliua, over which there
will be contests, with chances over
whelmingly favoring tho admission of
the Democrats. Of tlio seventy-three
members thirty-nine are Republicans,
in which are includod Ohristiancy and
Cameron, of Wisconsin, who were elect
ed by a coalition of Democrats and Re
publican voters, but who usually vote
with the Republicans. There are thirty
three straight-out Democrats, and one
Independent, Judge Davis, of Illinois,
Now, if tho Democrats secure the ad
mission of their members to fill the
three vacaueies, and counting Judge
Davis as a Republican pure aud simple,
the Senate will stand thirty-six Demo
crats and forty Republicans. Should
Morton die, the Senate would stand
thirty-nine Republicans anil thirty
seven Democrats—a Republican majori
ty of two. If, however. Judge Davis
should affiliate with the Democrats, the
body would be made up of tliirty-eight
Republicans and thirty-eight Demo
crats. and it would require the vote of
tho Vice-President to turn the soale
when the Senate divided on political is
sues. It should be borne iu mind, how
ever, that Edmunds, Booth and Cliris
t-iaucy frequently veto with the Demo
crats.
Ex-Governor Wells and General An
derson, of the Louisiana Returning
Board, arrived here this evening. They
say their visit has no conneotiou with
tho information filed against them in
New Orleans, and that the attorneys to
defend them have boon already engaged
in that city, and their object, in coming
hither is altogether different from that
above mentioned.
HGRDER OUTRAGES.
Texas Reported Arming to Repel Invasion
Tlio Greasers Getting Frightened.
Washington, August 25,—The follow
ing dispatch was received at the War
Department this afternoon :
San Antonio, Texas, August 24.
The following has been received from
Captain Brown. “General Bonovides
handed me yesterday the following mes
sage for transmission to you. Colonel
Gomez, commanding at Camargo, to
day communicates the following tele
gram: ‘ln an interview I had with the
commanding officer of State volunteers
who have arrived at Rio Grande City he
informed me that he had received orders
from the Governor of Texas to pursue
and arrest criminals wherever they may
be found, even though it be on Mexican
soil, in case they are not promptly de
livered np by the authorities. I have
answered him, that I have orders to pur*
sue and arrest all persons who. may com*
mit depredations on United States ter
ritory and afterwards take refuge on
Mexican soil, that relative to delivering
them up I shall confine myself strictly
to the orders I received from headquart
ers. I also notified headquarters that
there are at present organizing in Tesas,
according to the statement of said com
mander, twenty-ift'o thousand volun
teers for the campaign against Mexico.
General Escobedo, his sous nnd San
Monoy are still in Davis.’ I beg, Gen
eral, to call your attention to tho afore
said assertions of the commanding offi
cers of the State volunteers in hie’ con
versation with Colonel Qomez.”
[Signed] Gknjsral Benevjdes.
I telegraphed at once to Governor
Hubbard: “Your letter, with Captain
Hall’s, have been received. My advieea
do not agree with the latter's." My or
ders prohibit the mossing on trails after
any se.rt ai raiders where there are Mex
iean troops to arrest or pusuo such.
Benevides telegraphs that Hall pro
poses t.o eross at Camargo, and says he
is authorized by orders from you to pur
sue and arrest all criminals wherever
they may be found, even on Mexican
soil. If this is so, and lie crosses, un
less my orders are changed, lio will
cross without Rid from the regulars.
Hall according to my advices,
stated to Colonel Gomez that there were
25,000 volunteers organized in Texas
for the campaign against Mexico. Such
talk, if reported correctly, fa likely to
stop efforts on tho part, ivf the Mexican
authorities to capture and return tlie
rescued prisoners imdor tho extradition
treaty.'' E. O. C. Ord,
Brigadier-General.
General Sheridan, in liis telegram of
transmittal, says he is of the opinion
that, tho conversation reported is of but
little importance.
A WATEftVvt* FI.AUK BURNED OUT.
THe Hotel nt Yellow Sulphur Spring* (Fa.)
Destroyed.
Richmond, Va., August 2a—A fire in
tho main building of the hotel at Yellow
Sulphur Springs, last night, destroyed
.it entirely, together with a part of the
outbuilding?. Its origin is unknown.
The furniture in the office and in one
bed room was all that was saved. Sev
eral guests lost their baggage. The
loss on furniture is ss,ooiL—no insur
ance. Loss on buildings, 1518,000—in
sured for SI2,QjOG in the Richmond and
Farmvillo Company. A colored boy,
aged eleven years, was killed.
Warmolli IMcaHfd With the ijVHcy.
John Cockerill, who writes letters to
the Cincinnati Enquirer, has met ex-
Goyernoi' Warmoth in Paris, and finds
him in a very beatific frame of mind. He
has anew wife with him and anew
mother-in-law, and likewise anew fath
er-in-law. In fact, he may be said to be
at the head of a family already. His
wife is a black-eyed, charming fitile per
son, in every way prepared to uphold
the wondrous byniity of American
women, The Governor is highly pleased
wris the policy of Hayes, and i espe
cially charmed with the beatific state of
Louisiana polities. He is very hope
ful, and, standing at the threshold of a
Dew life, sees nothing but prosperity
-and red roses for the South.
Trouble Abroad.
“And I must say, Ulyssos,” remarked
Mrs. G&ni, as she put on her night cap,
whrie the General swallowed his at
Windsor Castle t’other night, “I must
say it was very rude of yon to ask ‘if
tho meter was frozen’ when they lit the
candles at dinner. You know how hard
times are, how high gas is, and what a
large family Victoria hax I dare say
she, poor thing, has to economize ail
she can. Yon know we had to when yon
were King—l meant President,” and the
good soul dropped off to sleep, leaving :
bis Ex-ress to wonder whether J,X ieu, (ft j
rnon Droit, over the fire place, was a j
Latin motto, and if so, whether if meant
“No smoking in bed"
There is only one unpardonable sin
;in the criminal code of Binghamton,
N. Y. You may elope with a Bingham
ton man’s wife, or step on his pet corn,,
or throw clubs at his dog, cur get tho
better of him in a horse trade, or count
him ont of the City Council, and expect
to be bat if you, forget that his
town v?as rounded by Mr. Bingham, and
; spell it with a “p,” there is no hope for
you, no mercy for yon. The only son of
a prominent resident of Binghamton
married a beautiful and affectionate.
Buffalo girl, and just io, a
letter to her fathet-in-law, spoke of how
happy die had been under his “hospita
ble tool in dear old BinghamPton" he
cut off his son with a nickel, left his.
vast fortune to found an orphan asjlum,
and died immediately, to make matters
sure.
THE STATE.
THE PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS.
Robbers are on the rampage iu New
nan.
The new jail of Hart county is fin
ished.
A drunken negro fell in a well in
Griffin.
Macon had a mysterious fire Tuesday
morning.
Messrs. Rogers and Twilley, of Sparta,
have each lost a fine cow by "snake bites.
Anderson's Mag, a new paper just
started in Covington, has made its ap
pearance.
John M. Mann, a well known citizen
of Newnan, has been canglit selling
forged jury soript.
Tho burglar is infesting Monroe, Wal
ton county. Five business houses were
bored out in one nigiit last week.
A large quantity of German millet has
been planted in Newton county, and at
present the crop promises to be abund
ant.
The Tax Receiver of Monroe county
informs the Advertiser that there are
fifty thousand acres of land in tho coun
ty, of which he has no return.
" Turnip seed have found it difficnlt to
germinate aud put np an appearance
this season. Dry and hot weather
operated against the July planting.
We learn that Elbert Taylor, a color
ed man on Mr. T. D. Dewberry’s place
iu Monroe county, was killed last Fri
day, by Joe Hightower, another colored
citizeu.
Miss Lula Cox, of Alabama, died at
the Indian Spring last Saturday. She
was a guest of the Molutosh House,
where she had gone for tho benefit of
her health.
VVarrenton Clipper: Misses Mary and
Katie Gordon, two Augusta belles, are
spending a few days iu town, tho guests
of onr esteemed follow townsman, Maj.
C. E. McGregor.
The negro Jack, who killed another
negro for 75 cents, at or near Mt. Zion,
iu Hancock county, was captured u few
days since, eonernlod in one of the nu
merous swamps that abound iu that
neighborhood.
A negro man by the uamo of Bill Tay
lor was killed on the Southwestern Rail
road by tho fast train from Columbus
Wednesday evening, a few hundred
yards beyond tlio junction, which is
about one mile aud a half from tlio car
slied.
Warrenton Clipper: The train from
Augusta to Macon rolled up to tho de
pot Tuesday morning without a mail
agent. Wonder what’s the matter now ?
These are days of lightning, telephones
and bullphones, and it behooves men to
sleep, eat and net accordingly. Don’t
let it happen again.
Wash Brown, colored, wns attacked
on his way home, near Newnan, Tues
day evening. 14th instant, and badly
beaten by Jonas Price and Andy Hol
land, both colored. They wants and to
kill him they said because ho persisted
in working for Col. Strozier, who had
employed him to drive a wagon and
haul wood to town to sell.
At a social party at the residence of a
widow lady named Kelly, in Jasper
county, on Thursday night last, a diffi
culty arose between Mr. B. F. MoCul
lers and Mr. Allen Smith, iu the course
of which MoCullers shot Smith in the
abdomen—tho ball passing through the
spinal column. Dnriug tho moleo sev
eral shots were fired, ouo of which paiu
fully wounded Mr. Clias. A. Bailey iu
tho foot. Auother stray bullet also
struck and painfully wounded a lady,
Mrs. Crawford.
PALMETTO NEWS LEAVES.
There has been quite a revival in the
Baptist Church at Pendleton, 8. 0.,
over fifty|mombers having boon added to
tho church.
It turns out that the killing said to
have taken place iu the mountains was
only a fraoas, in which Durham got cut
with a knife, and Harrison shot in the
face.
Railroads produce wonderful effects.
For instance, Johnston already has street
lamps—and good ones. Of course they
are all on one side. Edgefield is a hun
dred years old and has never had a
street lamp !
As was expected, the now fence law
was rejoctod iu every township iu Abbe
villo county, excopt Ninoty-six. In
Laurens county the law was rejected by
a large majority—the negroes voting
solidly against it. Iu Chester tho law
has been adopted by tho whole county.
In Fairfield county several of the town
ships, including Winnsboro, adopted
the law.
The negro, Cush Harris, is to be
hanged near Edgefield on the 31st iust.
The execution is to tako placo ono mile
west of the town, in au old field by the
road side. At tho request of Sheriff
Gaston, Adjutant-General Moiso has or
dered the Edgefield liittes, Capt. James
Bonham, and the Edgefield Hussars,
Captain M. A. Markert, to turn out as a
guard on this occasion.
J. H. Ellison, who was arrested many
months sines on a charge of robbing the
United States mail, was tried and ac
quitted in tho United States Court at
Greenville, but because tho grand jury
failed to find a true bill on one of the
counts in tho indictment, although tho
evidence under it was given on the trial,
tlio detectives have hail him rearrostod!
under that eonut and committed to jail,
to await trial at some future term of the
Court,
HOCUS QUININE.
How Ill*U<tii( k *t HniKKist* ('nil I'yfceivo the
Public With an Inferior Rriitf.
Tho Memphis Avalunchc has the fol
lowing expose, whir.h will be read with
interest by quinine eaters in this city:
As all buyers of the drug have very good
reason to know, the price of quinine has
been advancing in an enormous degree
recently. It now sells for $4 50 an
miuee in this city. The drug is made
from a bark found in Upper ami Cen
tral South America. There the gather
ing nnd preparation for shipment of the
bark is quite an industry. In the dis
tricts whore this industry thrives most,
civil war is raging, and the strifes which
have troubled the United States of Co
lombia, Venezuela, etc., have sent the
prieo of tho drug up. Tho scarcity of
quinine has given riso to tmffic in
an inferior drug, which is dis
honestly palmed off on the public
as quinine. The house of Powers
& Weightmnn, Philadelphia, have
almost a monopoly of the quinine trade
in the United States. From tho refuse
matter after the quinine is made, a
weaker drug, callod einclionidia, is pre
pared. This drug occnpies about the
same relationship to quinine as bran
does, to flour, and while quinino is sold
for $4 50 an ounce, einclionidia can be
! sold for 75 cents per ounce. Dishonest
j druggists can easily mix the two and
sell the mixture as quinine. The dif
ference cannot be discovered except by
the chemist, A physician has detected
a druggist of Memphis selling this mix
tnre. if such sales are discovered here
after some sensational revelations may
be expected. The fraud touches not
only the pocket, but the life of man.
This is given as a warning both to buy
ers and any druggists who may be at
tempting to make money by substitut
ing oiwehonidia for the stronger and
I letter drug. It is a matter of import
[. auee in a city where so much quinine is
sold.
Kvnrts ConNlruelinK a Sentence.
The hour was nearly 10, p. ru., when
Mr. Evarts, our erudite Secretary of
State, sealed himself in his bed cham
ber to construct a single sentence which
be proposed incorporating in a forth
| coming speech. He had devoted an
hour to the work when Mrs. Ewarts rais-
I ed her head from her pillow, shaded her
l eyes with her hand and shrilly sung out:
“William ! are you never coming to
bed ?” The Secretary, without lifting
his eyes from his manuscript, sharply
responded : “It is absolutely impera
tive, my dear, that the brief sentence,
upon which i am now engaged, the na
ture which is a matter of no moment
io.you, shonld be brought to a conclu
sion while my mind is in sympathy with
the subject. It shall detain me not
longer than a minute or two.” When,
the clock struck twelve a night-capped
head again called : “Do come to lied,
Mr. E., it is getting very late.” “The
sentence is nearing completion,” return
ed the New York statesman, “and it
shall not monopolize my time another
minute.” It was half-past two when
Mrs. Evarts agsin awoke, and seeing
her husband Mill writing rapidly, she
impatiently cried : “Husband, do come
to bed ! Or are you going to sit up alt
night V” Mr. Evarts dropped his pen,
kicked off his slippers, and testily re
plied, in Richard Grant White’s “Every
day English “O, yes, I’ll come right
away. I suppose I can get up a couple
of hours before breakfast and finish
this sentence.” And in less than fifteen
minutes the Secretary of State was in
bed, dreaming of tie facto aDd de jure
things, and snoring in five languages.—
Norristown Herald.
The following brief epistle lately
passed between Boston and Mount
Desert:
she ro HIM.
Mount Desekt, July —, 1877.
Beak John— Lots of pretty girls here.
Do come down. Salle.
HE TO HER.
Boston, Jnly —, 1877.
Dear Salle—Lots of pretty girls
here, too. Can’t get away from busi
ness. John.
Sally came back to Boston the next
day .—Boston Transcript.