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W IDNEBDAY, - - OCTOBER 8, 1877.
SDMHKR DlE**.
And now awot Summer dies ;
Ah me ! to think of all the golden hours
We paused, when first to life she sprung.
And strewed our pathway with her choicest
flowers.
And lulled as with the magic of her tongue
That wki-pered in tho breeze : or louder stnag
Ah I’hilomel, till erery fibre swung
in rapturous pleasure Known but to the young.
Uncli happy past rememb’ring. who but sighs
i'or Summer, vanishing. Too soon she dies.
But some say. Wherefore weep ?
! Winner returns. True, but not this, not this :
Granted, tho earth may wake again
To life and beauty, neath the ardent kisa
Of vet another, which shall doubtless reign,
Lavish of fruits and flowers and blessed grain.
Jiow nurtured with her smile, now with her
rain ;
Bat for thu Summer we shall grieve in vain.
Once dead, forever dead : the days of yore,
To hearts that aohe with longing, come no
more.
No skies will be so bright;
At least to u~, who gazed on those of June ;
B held the West with light aflame :
Then waited tor the rising of the moon,
That later like a saintly spirit came.
No fairer morns the glowing East will claim,
Nor rouse the lark to spread Aurora s fame :
What fnture Hummer days cau be the same ?
Of all that wait our mortal path to cheer,
What equal to the past, what haif so dear ?
And therefore do we monni
Out of our life the sweetest chapter done;
The very fairest page gone by
There could not he a happier one
Though we are aged ere we come to lie
In Deai.U’a embrace ; be be far or nigh,
We always must rememb r. you and I.
These balcvon days departed, brief as bright—
This Hummer which is dying as I write.
BATING A FOUNDATION MTONK.
At .era harvest dews and harvest moonshine.
Ear the stone beneath this Autumn sunshine.
Ere the Winter frosts the leaves, are thinning,
Ei-t live workmen see the work's beginning,
Bet the slender pillars, rising higher,
t'atcli new glimpses cf the sunset fire.
And tho sheltering walls, fresh beauty show
ing,
•ay by dsv be strengthening and growing;
'I hough fuil many a weary task be meted
Ere tlis perfect fabric is completed.
Work in faith, good neighbor beside neighbor,
Work, and :rut Heaven s smile upon the labor;
Av, though we who in the sunshine stand here,
joining voice to voice, and hand to hand here,
Ere the moss has grown o'er wall and column,
Hhali be sleeping in a silence solemn,
fir m clearer light and purer air.
Busy about Ilis business, Aker where.
Av though in the mystery of mysteries
Eying underneath our strange world-histories,
Midst of labor earnest, wise and fervent,
Tho good Ha riot may call many & servant.
Madden rest may fait on wearied sinews—
Workers drop aiid die—the work continues,
fiod names differently what we name “failing,’
In a glory-mist his purpose veiling-
Om by one Ho move* us. hands anointed
By Ills bauds, to do our task appointed.
But the dimness of our floeii}' prison
Iluies the total splendor of the vision.
Grant ns. l.ord. behind that veil to fool Thee,
In our humble life-work to reveal Thee;
Going what wo can do, and believing
Ono, with ihoo, are giving aud recoivtog.
Mo, this happy sunshine tho act gilding,
Eav the stone,and may God Ideas the building .
|ft /Wo Author of “Mm Halifax, Gentleman.
[For Ike Sunday Chronicle.)
THOUGHT* IN THE tihOHIINU.
by ANNIB BLOUNT BAIUM’K.
In tho hour for quint musing
When the day is wedded to night.
Anil the stars corao out to tho hrnlal,
tMad in their robe* of light.
The moon, as in tender smiling,
Books down on tho solemn scone,
While, to bide day's blushing beauty,
A cloud lends it* fleecy screen.
Now the sunset splendors vanish,
And the gloaming shadows creep,
O’er the darkening valley s silence,
And the hill tops far and steep.
The lowing of distant cattle
.Steals up o'er tho moorlands bare ;
Then a hush—as for benediction,
And all nature seems at prayer.
‘Die south wind with gentle murmur,
Hots the Autumn leavs a-quiver ;
Aisl the stars, growing brighter, mirrer
Their forms in tho silent liver,
liars, with his fiery splendor,
Venus, with modest light,
Hhino like red nuptial torches
tor the bridal of day and uiglit.
1 hoar from my open window,
The cil v's distant hum ;
And tho troops go marching homeward
To tlm sound of fife and drum.
They have been on a gay “excursion,”
And frolic and mirth aro rife.
Tlmir flag is furled ; and their weapons
Are burnished, but not for strifo.
Ah. God! can I ever hoar them,
Or list to band music more,
But 1 think of that fatal cannon,
And the cruel doom it bore.
(sen ! but my heart seems bursting ;
Closo the blinds! hush the mocking souad!
For uiy lost love is sleeping under
A violet covered mound.
'The lights hew thoy twinkle and vanish !
'Tie a typo of my life— jnst so
Have the toy-lamps flashed for a moment
Then left mo to blackest woe.
Through tho sensuous, brilliant beauty
Of tho star-gemmed Southern night,
I sit in my widow’s garni nts
And pine for the lobe of white.
ME 111 HAT IONS OF A IIINOU, PRINCE ANI>
SKEPTIC,
l.
All tho world over, I wonder, in lands that I
never have trod.
Are the people eternally seeking for the signs
and stops of a God ?
Westward across the oeoan, and Northward
ayont tlio snow,
Do they all staid gazing, as over, and what do
the wisest know?
m.
Hone, in.tliis mystical India, the deities hover
and swarm
I/ike tho wild boos heard in tho tree-tops or
the gusts of a gathering storm ;
In the air men hear their voices, their foet on
the rocks aro seen.
Vet we all say. “Wlioneo is the message, and
what may the wonders moan ?"
in.
A million shrines stand opon, and ever the
censor swings,
As they bow to a mysti* symbol, or the figures
of ancient kings;
And the incense rises over, and rises the end
less cry
Of those who aro heavy laden, and of cowards,
loth to die
IV.
For destiny drives us together, like deer in
a pass of the hills.
Above is tho skv, and around us. 'lie sound and
tho shot that kills ;
Pushed hv a Power wo see not, and struck by
a hand unknown,
We pray to the trees for shelter, and press onr
lips to a stone.
V.
i%e trees wsvo a shadowy answer, and the
rook frowns hollow and grim,
And the form and the nod of the demon are
caught in the twilight dim :
Awd ws look to the sunlight falling afar on the
mountain crest,
ts there never a path runs upward to a refuge
thero and a rest 1
Tt.
The path, ah ! who has shown it. and whieh is
the faithful guide ?
The haven, ah 1 who has known it ? for steep is
the mountain side.
For ever the shot strikes surely, and ever the
wasted breath
Of the praying multitude rises, whose answer
is oulv death.
Ttl.
Uni are Hie tomb* of my kinsfolk, the irst of
an ancient name.
Chiefs who were slain on the war-field, and
women who died in dame ;
They are gods, these kings of the foretime.
tliev are spirits who guard our race—
fiver 1 watcli and v. orship ; they sit with a
marble face.
Tin.
And the myriad idols around me. and the le
gions of muttering priests.
The revels and rites unholy, the daik unspeak
able feasts'
What hath they wrung from tlioSilouce ? Hath
even a whisper come
Of the secret —Whence and Whither? Alas!
for the gods are damb.
IV.
tSiall 1 hst to the word of the English, who
come from the uttermost sea ?
'The Secret, hath it lieeti told you. and what is
vour message to me ?"
it is nought but the wide world stoir how the
earth and the heavens began,
flow the gods are glad and angry, and a Petty
onci* \ta** man.
x.
1 had thongu** * Terclianc© in the cities where
tiie nilers of India dwell.
Whose orders dash from the far land, who gir
dle the earth wtfh a spell,
Tliev have fathomed ih/5 depths we float on. or
measured the unknssn main
Sadly they turn from the venv."t>. and say that
the" question is vain.
■at
Is hfs. then, a dream and delusion, and where
shall the dreamer awake ?
Is tlio world tccti i.KC shadows on water, and
what if the miiror break ?
Shall # pass, as a camp that is struck, as a tent
that is gathered and gone i
From the sands that were laiap-ut at eve. and
at morning are level and lone '
xn.
Is Hiere nought in the he.,veil above, whence
the hail and the levin are hurio l.
But the wind that is swept around ns by the
rush of the rolling worid ?
The wind that shall scatter niv ashes, and bear
mo to silence and sleep
With the dirge, and the sounds of lamenting,
and voices of women who weep.
[.l. C. 1. in ConOUU Mnjiuiu*.
We were yesterday shown a letter
front a gentleman in the mountains, in
whieh the yriw offers to prove that
Osman Pasha is iwce other tham the
noted Sitting Ball. We refrain from
publishing the letter, not mailing to
prejudice the cause of either of Oie bel
ligerents in Bulgaria.
A Frenchman says Eve ate the apple
because the gentlemanly devil, Present
ing it to her, remarked that '‘lf Mr.
Adam eat ze appel he will beeome like
our Dieu ; but you, Mme. Iv, cannot
become more of u goddess than you are
now.” The compliment settled the
question.
THIS WAY. MK. PRESIDENT!
11l P TH K PRESIDENT CANNOT
COME THIS WAY.
.Previous Kn*uemcnis I’rrvem Hl* Accept
ing AnsiitH’f Invitation—Our Delegation
Interview Haves anil Postiaa*ter-Grnernl
A.i—Thanh, nnd Kegret. E*preed—The
“Hraatlfel City” Given the Go-by.
f>j>e tl to die Chronicle and ComUttUwnaHeL]
Atlanta, September 22.—The Augus
ta delegation organized with Major Geo.
T. Barnes, Chairman. After breakfast a
committee consisting of the Chairman,
with Gen. M. A. Stovall and H. G.
Wright, Esq , was appointed to ascertain
when the President would see the dele
gation. While the committee were
talking with Postmaster-General Key on
the sabject, the President advanced to
where they stood, and learning the ob
ject of their visit, said he would go at
once to the room of the delegation. Ac
companied by Key he went to the Au
gusta headquarters and was presented
to the Augusta del. gates, exchanging
with each a pleasant word of greeting
and a cordial shake of the hand.
Major liaruM
Said that the delegation, representing
the people of Augnsta had been, ap
ointed by the authorities to repeat to
his Excellency the invitation which had
been extended a short time since by the
City Council to him to visit Angusta.
If his plans could be so modified as to
allow him to accept the invitation, he
con Id assure him of a warm and cordial
welcome. In reply,
The f*r"*ilent
Said that his arrangements were such
as to prevent an acceptance of the invi
tation kindly extended. There were
ladies in his party who were fatigued
from travel, aud it was impossible for
him to extend hia tour. If he went to
Augusta ho would have to break en
gagements at Lynchburg and Char
lottesville, previously made, and he was
compelled to be in Washington on Tues
day. He was gratified by the kindness
shown him by the authorities of Au
gusta, and greatly regretted hia in
ability to avail himself of it at this time.
K>py
Haul he could inform the President that
he knew Augusta well by reputation,
an 1 that it was a beautiful and very
pleasant city.
(lifiiornl Stovall
Said to tho President he had but just
entered the great cotton belt of the
South and would find it pleasant and
interesting to go farther .into the South
ern country.
Major liar nr*
Added that Augusta was a representative
Southern city and the people there would
like to nee him,
nr lift Pr#*<i;]rnl
Said he did not doubt the attractions of
tin place, lint it was impossible for him
to make the visit at this time. After
some other pleasant conversation the
President left tho delegation, H. G. W.
Tin* lirtTpliou in Atlntita—Patriattaaiid Hos
pitable Welcome from Governor Colquitt—
Tin* C*rent National Peacemaker i Intro
duced ami Says—.
Atlanta, September 22, —The Presi
decrial party arrived at seven o’clock
this morning, with headquarters at the
Markham House. After breakfast they
drove through the city. At ten o’clock
Mayor Angier ruadti a formal welcome
for the city and Gov. Colquitt for the
State fromtbe front of the Markham to
to 10,000 assembled citizens.
iovcruor Colquitt Maid.
Ms. President—ln behalf of tho peo
ple of Georgia, l f?id you and your com
panions, gentlemen aud ladies present, a
cordial welcome. [Applause.] We are
in the habit of opening our hearts aud
our gates to strangers who como among
us from beyond our borders, and to us
the virtue of hospitality is its own ex
ceedingly high reward. Under any cir
cumstances, the hospitality of which we
trust. Georgians may justly boast, would
make tbe President of the United States
cordially welcome upon our soil. [Great
cheering.] But yon, sir, come into our
midst not ns a President only. The great,
interest over which you preside, the
stupendous power which you wield, as!
Chief Magistrate, the dignity with
which your name in invested by that
power—these are not tfig s.qie ideas
which move us in this greeting
today. [Applause,] But most prom
inent in our minds, higher, greater
than every other distinction is the char
acter which you illustrate [applause] as
the ptaa<s maker between brothers es
tranged. jlmweiso cheering.] It is
enough to fill the i*eos,ur of the loftiest
ambition to remove fear a**j suspense
from the hearts of twelve millions of
people your fellow-citizans [great
cheering], and restore to them a sense
of repose ami security under your ad
ministration. , Applause.] If tne genus
which brought togethur forty millions
of people in n fearful nnd wulmppy gon
fiict, excited the attention of the
whole world, the moral purpose, the
firm wiil of the fortunate magistrate
who is first to control and galin the
spirit which raised this mighty coniJiet
will attract the admiration and plaudits
of all good men wherever good will
among men is known. [Groat upplause.]
flow strange, how passing strange, that
men, brethren of the same political heri
tage, can differ or doubt as to the hene
fiiuent c-ffoot of so holy an undertaking !
Applause.] tFe invite you, Mr. Presi
dent, to tho closest scrutiny. We are not
mistaken ; we do not deceive ourselves,
aud wedou’tiutond to deceive otfierswhen
wo say wo are for peace and union, We
mean*good government. Wo mean to
give a helpiug hand to auy and to all
who shall aid in the establishment of
constitutional government and in the
restoration of fraternity between the
States. [Applause. I The groat moving
cause of those hearty demonstrations
which have greoted yoti since you
reached Southern soil is to be touml in
tho generous confidence with which you
believe what we say, and your magnani
mous trust, winch will not exact criDging
and servile guarantees. , Applause].
Differ though we may in party, without
thinking of the complications of tile
post or earing for them, we can assure you
of Hie sympathy aud support of this
good old Commonwealth in your every
effort to restore peace and good will
between citizens, people aud tetate?.
Again, sir, let me assure you of the
joy which your preeaure here gives us,
and of our urgent desire** to make your
visit, and that of your emmysnions,
pleasant white you stay with us. In
this spirit, and in the name of this jjeo
ple, I welcome you and your noble wife
applause], and" these gentle ladles and
honored gentlemen, to the hospitality of
the people of Georgia. [Great ap
plause].
i President li ayes was next introduced
and greeted with great cheering, when
he said ;
Fellow citizen* of Georgia : My
friends of Georgia, I regret that by rea-
I son of a slight cold, taken a day br two
ago in a rain storm in East Tennessee,
j my voice is uot in a condition to be
] heard for the few first sentences of my
. address by any considerable portion of
this vast audience, but if you will bear
: with me I suspect I shall make myself
heard. The day before yesterday, at.
Chattanooga, I met a committee of your
citizens who desired me and urged me
to extend, with the party accompanying
me, our trip to your beautiful and pros
perous city. ]Ve were all very desirous
to accept that invitation. We felt that,
extended as it was, it a very great
honor to us individually. We uif that
it would be a very great pleasure to
meet yo At your homes, but our ar
rangements ahi-mi had been made, and
I supposed it was out ot tire question to
extend the trip. Happily oSr ailro*d
friend* insured us that by riding all of
last uigtn ***4 afi of to night, we should
be able to visit and at once
those who were the healthier and strong
er of the party, urged by those of the
other sex, consented to come. And
C ow we are here, I wish to sav
in a single sentence, wo are glad
to be here. [Applause.] Tim very
eloquent address to which we have
listened, end eepcflially the very en
couraging statements we I+9ye heard
from the Governor of Georgia, are Finely
of themselves, greeted as they have been,
aud endorsed by the applause of this
gtoit audience— they are of themselves
so etevv 3 gratification that I would not,
, on anv have missed the plea
sure I have felt this morning. [Cheers. ]
I suppose that here, as everywhere else,
I &ui in the presence of me* Of both
great political parties I am speaXmg,
also in the pyoeence of citizens of both
races. lam quite aur,e that there are
before me very many of tfie k"?ve men
who foagfit in the Confederate ar*_y.
Applause.] doubtless, oi the
Men who fought te 'he Union army.
Applause. ] And here w *re. Republi
cans, Democrats, colored people, ycute
people, Confederate soldiers and Union
soldiers, all of one aaied and one heart
to-dav 1 flmmense cheering.] And why
should we not be? What is there to
separate us longer ? Without any fanlt
of vonrs or any fault of mine, or of any
oueofthis great aaiteu#*, slavery ex
] isted ia this country. It was in tnaCon
i stitution of the country. The colored
; man was here, not by his own voluntary
cation. It was the misfortune of his
fathers that he was here. I think it is
safe to skv thst it was by the crime of
our fathers that he was here. He was here,
however, and we of the two sections dif
fered about what should be done with
j him. As Mr. Lincoln told us in the
war, there were prayers on both sides for
I him Both sides found in the Bible
| confirmation of their opinions, and both
sides finally undertook to settle the
question by that last final means of ar
bitration—force of arms. You here
mainly joined the Confederate side and
fought bravely, risked your lives heroic
ally, in behalf of your convictions, and
can I, can any true mau anywhere, fail
to respect the man who risks his life for
his convictions? [Prolonged cheers.]
ADd as I accord that respect to von, and
believe you to be equally liberal and
generous and jnst, I feel that as I stand
before you as one who fought in the
Union army for his convictions, I am
entitled to your respect. [Cheers.] Now
that conflict is over, my triends, Gover
nor Hampton repeated to you last night
the way I have been in the habit of put
ting it since I came to the South. There
were a larger proportion of trained sol
diers in your army at first than in ours;
in a much larger proportion yon were
good marksmen and good horsemen (and
that is two-thirds of a good soldier.)
[Laughter.] But gradually we learned
to ride, too [laughter], and, as some
of yon know, gradually we learned
to shoot. [Renewed laughter.] I
happen to know how well yon shoot.
[Cheers.] Well, having learned how to
ride and shoot, then it was a case of
fight between Greek and Greek, and
when Greek meets Greek von know
what the conflict is; [cheers] and, more
than that, you know exactly how it will
terminate. That party*in that fight will
always conqner that has the most
Greeks. [Laughter and cheers.] So,
with no discredit to you aud no special
credit to us, the war turned out as it
did. [Cheers.] Now shall we quit fighting?
[Cries of “Yes,yes ?”J I have been in the
nabit of telling an anecdote of General
Scott and a statesman at Washington,in
which the statesman said that as soon as
the war was overjand the combatants laid
down their arms, wo would have com
plete peace. “No,” said General Scott,
“it will take several years in which all
the powers of the General Government
will be employed in keeping peace be
tween the belligerent non-combatants.”
[Laughter.] Now, I think we have got
ten through with that [cheers], and hav
ing peace between the soldiers and the
non-combatants, that it is an end of the
war. Is there any reason, then, why
we should not be at peace forevermore ?
We are embarked upon the same voy
age, upon the same ship, under the
same old flag. Good fortune or ill for
tune affects you and your children as
well as my people and my children.
[Cheers.]
Every interest you possess is to be
promoted by peace. Here is this great
city of Atlanta gathering to itself from
all parts of the conntry its wealth and
business by its railroads, and I say to
you that every description of industry
and legitimate business needs peace.
That is what capital wants. Discord,
discontent and dissatisfaction are the
enemies of these enterprises. Then all
onr interests are for peace. Aro we not
agreed about that ? What do we want
for the future ? I believe it is the duty
of tho General Government to regard
equally and alike the interests and
rights of all sections of this country.
[Cheers. ] I am glad that you agree with
me about that. I believe, further, that it
is the duty of the Government to regard
alike aud equally the rights aud inter
ests of all classes of citizens. [Cheers.]
That covers the whole matter. That
wipes ont in the future in our politics
the section line forever. [Cheers.] And
let me say a word upon what has been
done. Ido not undertake to discuss or
defend particular measures. I leave the
people, with their knowledge of the
facts, to examine,[discuss and decide for
themselves as to them. I speak of gen
eral considerations and notions. What
troubles our people at the North, What
has troubled them was that they feared
that these colored people, who had been
made freemen by the war, would not be
safe in their rights and interests in the
South unless it was by the interference
of the General Government. Many good
people had that I had given that
matter some consideration, and now, my
colored friends, who have thought, or
who have been told that I was turning
my back upon the men whom I fought
for, npw ljsten I 4fter thinking over it,
I believed that your fights and interests
would be safer if this great mans of in
telligent white men were let alone by
the General Government. [lmmense
enthusiasm and cheering for several
minutes.] And now, my colored friends,
let mo say another thing. We have b ’en
trying it for these six months, and, in
my opinion, no six months since the war
have there been so few outrages and in
vasions of your rights, nor you so secure
in vour rights, persons and homes, as in
the last six months. [Great cheering.]
Then, my friends, we sve all together
upon one proposition. Wo believe,
and in this ail those who arp here agree,
in the Union of our fathers, in the old
flag of our fathers, the Constitution
as it is with all its amendments, aud are
prepared to see it fully aud fairly obey
ed knd enforced. [Cheers.] Now, my
friends, 1 see it cfated occasionally that
President Hayes has taken £b, a course
lie lias because he was compelled to it.
[Voices—“Wo don’t believe it ! ”] Now
1 was compelled to it. [Applause.] I
was compelled to it by my sense of duty
under my oath of! ofilce. [lntense en
thusiasm and cheers. ) What was done
by us done, not merely by force of
special circumstances, but was just and
right to do it. [Cheers, j Now, let us
come together. Lot each man make up
his mind to be a patriot in bis owd
home place. You may quarrel about
the tariff, got up a sharp contest about
the purrency, about* tho removal ot State
capitate anji where they sdfi.. ?° i0
[laughter], but upon tlje great question
of tho Union of States aud the fights of
nil tho citizens, we shall agree forever j
more. [Great cheers.] I shall not for
get this reception and greeting. Every
good purpose I have will be strengthened
by what X have seen and heard here to
day. I thank you for thP help it will
give me hereafter during my term of of
fice. I bid you good morning. ( Cheers, j
Air. Evans.
At the conclusion of tho President’s
speech, he introduced Mr, Evarts, the
famous Secretary of the State, who said:
Mr. Mayor, Ooii. Colquitt, Fclloiu- Citi
zens of Georgia :
I am afraid that this north winj will
carry my words too far south to be
heard by n uv of yon. [Laughter,] I
have no doubt fast you recoguize the
north wind as a very Voioome yisitor to
you in tho parching heat of Summer, ,
aud wo like to have the south wind iD
the bitter turns of onr long Winter, Our
fit one another very well, and
there waeii'i any use fighting in order
that we might be ail cold and you all
hot in this country. (Laughter.] You
raize a great deal of cotton aud wo wear
a great deal pf cotton [laughter], and
there is no reason wi,y we should have
fought in order that you might go naked
for waut of labor, and we go naked for
waut of shirts. [Laughter.] Now, our
nucc-stors, your anoestors, with their
great souls and their great intellects,
framed a government that was adt quate
for their descendants, however nume
rous and however widely dispersed,
provided only that their descendants
had something of that largeness of
heart aud that soundness of sense that
their ancestors had. IJo ancestry can
make institutions or frame a government
for a degenerate nation of their descend
ants. We have shown that among
differences discords in our politics,
finally exceeding the qognds of debate,
and launching us into scenes of yaf, we
have learned after all that at the bottom
of the polities aud of the war there was
unexhausted the patriotism and intelli
gence of the American people. [Ap
plause.] That, having by our birthright
equality and liberty, we have also learn
ed that"neither equality nor liberty cau
long be preserved unless we add to
them fraternity ( applause], and that we
propose to do. While the great nations
of Europe, with whose condition it was
our pjride and boast to contrast our su
periority, nftp srming and fighting, and
arming again anu fighting again, be
cause Ifeey are not oue : uatioq,'t :t
folly that'we should arm nnff Hunt ne
capse we wer* one nation? We have
learned that it was folly. We have
learned that wisdom ia better than wea
pons of war, and neodipg no longer any
experiments to prove our courage, our
endurance and our resources, we have
decided that' henceforth we will unite
them all, and teach the mucous of Eu
rope that the way to avoid wars jfn the
future fa to enlarge the boundaries of
nationality aud peace. But lye aye more
fortunate tbaa they. Inheriting sepa
rate nationalities, the dream of Europe
has been to make a republic of nations,
while we, by fortune or circumstances,
are a nation of republics. [Great
cheers. ]
THEJPKBSIDjSNTIN NASHVILLE.
The Dinner at Col. E.’W. Cole’s—The te*ts
—The Reception.
[A 7 ajtot£6 jLir.erican.]
After the reception at the Folk man
sion, the distinguished party took their
departure, with many regrets that their
stsy had necessarily to be so brief. The
resident visitors remained for some time
after and then departed. From Mrs.
Fresident Polk’s residence the President
and friends went to
Terrace K’lacc,
Col. E. W. Cole’s residence on Church
street. Here a very pretty ceremony
took place. The Presidential party ar
riving in the vestibule Master Randall
Cole presented Mrs. Hayes with a hand
some bonquet, while at the same time
Miss Lou Cole presented President
Hayes with another elegant bouquet.
The party were then conducted from the
vestibule into the hall. John F. Whe
less, Esq., introduced the President, to
Col. Cole and wife, and Dr. W. P. Jones
presented Mrs. Hayes. They were then
conducted into the drawing room atid
the entire party introduced to other
guests, who had" been especially invited
to dinner.
The front of the residence and
grounds were profusely and beautifully
docorated with evergreens, sea-moss and
flags, and hung with numerous Chinese
lanterns, which at night were reinforced
by the dazzling light from three loco
motive headlights, which gave to the
scene the brilliancy of noonday. With
in the ornamentations were more elabo
rate, consisting of festoons of flowers
huDg in beautiful profusion from the
chandaliers, and garlands of evergreens
and flowers extended from one to an
other. Large vases of flowers orna
mented numerous stands, floral baskets
and bouquets were here and there, and
rare ferns completed the decoration.
Tbe large double dining room was or
namented in the same manner as were
the halls and drawing rooms, with every
gem of the florists’ art. In the folding
doors between the two rooms, pendant,
was the letter “H.,” composed of hand
some crimson flowers, relieved by white
on the borders. The tables, which met
each other somewhat in the form of a
Z, were provided with covers-for thirty
two guests. At the place for each guest
was a vase with a bonquet, and an ele
gant engraved card, bearing the name of
the guest expected to occupy that seat.
At the head of the table, Mrs. Cole
gracefully presided, with the President
seated to her right. Opposite was Col.
Cole, and to his right Mrs. Hayes.
Around the table were President Hayes,
Mrs. Cole, Hon. E. H. East, Miss Mary
Evarts, Mrs. Gen. J. 'B. Palmer, Mr.
Jenny, Rev. Dr. T. O. Summers, Hon.
E. D. Standeford, Gen. Maury, Mr. S.
W. Edwards, Hon. James Whitworth,
Mrs. Porter, Hon. W. M. Evarts, Mr.
Burchard Hayes, Capt. J. F. Wheless,
Governor Wade Hampton, Mrs. Hayes,
Col. E, W. Cole, Governor James D.
Porter, Miss Platt, Mr. Prescott Evartp,
Hoe. J. D. Richardson, Mr. L. F. Ben
son, Col. Marsh T. Polk, Mr. Chas. H.
Russell, Col. Y. K. Stevenson, Gen. B.
F. Cheatham, Miss Bettie Evarts, Hon.
D. M. Key, Mr. Webb C. Hayes. Dr. W.
P. Jones, Gen. G. P. Thruston. The
dinner was a marvel of the enisinier’s
art, and comprised all the delicacies,
native and foreign, procurable. During
the entire repast a splendid baud re
galed the gnests with melodious music.
When the hour for the reoeption—6,
p. m.—arrived, guests from the city be
gan to pour in. Over 2,000 persons were
invited. These passed from the vesti
bule into the hall and thence into the
drawing room, where they were met by
ushers and introduced to host and host
ess and to the Presidential party. A
few words having been spoken to each,
the visitors passed into the spacious
dining room, where were served fruits,
cakes and creams. From thence all
passed out to tho eastern sidewalk aud
homeward. For two hours a steady
stream of people passed in and out.
While the guests were thus entertained
a string band discoursed music in the
library room, while a brass band played
on the grounds outside. The reception
over a hop followed, which was kept up
until the small hours of the night.
At 6 o’clock, p. m., Ward’s school
called on tho President and party, by
the kind invitation of Col. E. W. Cole,
at his residence, where each was intro
duced and shook hands with the Presi
dent and Mrs. Hayes, and, passing out,
returned to the seminary.
TWENTY-NINTH SENATORIAL DIS
TRICT.
lion. W. I). Tull.
Editora Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
We believe that the senseless system
of “rotation” in the office of Senator
among the counties composing the
Twenty-ninth Senatorial District ended
with the re-election of Judge Wm. M.
Reese to that office in 1874. What was
done then we propose to adhere to for
the future. Judge Reese having, as we
are informed on good authority, declined
to serve any longer, we propose as his
successor the Hon. AVilliam D. Tutt,
well known to the people of the entire
District. Upon the next General As
sembly will devolve the important duty
of organising tho State government
under the Constitution recently
framed by Georgia’s own sons, to
take the place of the black and tan
fraud of 1868, and therefore that
General Assembly ought to bo com
posed of men capable and qualified for
the duties that will be imposed on them.
Mr. Tutt being fully qualified for the
great work that awaits the Legislature
in 1878, we liope that the people of the
Twenty-ninth District will, op the first
Wednesday in Decepiber next, make
him their Senator, the choice of not
ono but of all the four counties com
posing the District.
29th Senatohiae District.
September 22d, 1877.
MCDUFFIE SUPERIOR COURT.
IntrrcMting Jjetter from Thomson—The
Cases Decided—An Important Criminal
Cose—Able Speeches—Col. W. D.. Tntt for
the Senate.
[CorrespondenceChronicle cindConstitutionalist ]
Tuoimox, MpDuFt'iE County, Sep
tember 21.—The Superior Court of this
county adjourned to-day, after disposing
of as much business as could possibly
have been done in so short a time. There
have been many visiting attorneys in
attendance ; among them were General
Lucius J. Gartrell, of Atlanta; Wm. M.
Reese aud his son and partner, M. P.
Reese, Frank H. Colly and General
Dudley M. Dußose, of the Washington
Bar; Hon. C. Q. Dußose, of Warrenton;
Davenport Jackfeoh 1 , M. if. Carroll.
Samuel F. Webb, Frank H. Miller and
Fred T. Lockhart, of the Augusta Bar.
Everything seemed to glide on smooth
ly and rapidly under the guidance of
Judge Gibson, who was looking fresh
and pleasing, and raja the machinery of
the Court with ’ satisfaction tp the ba*.'
aud people general})*. A case was being
tried upon the foreclosure of a laborer’s
lieu, iu which a man named Arthur Gunn
W ag plaintiff; Mr. Paul 0. Hudson
represented [daintifl, jmd Mr. Wm.
D. Tutt the defendant, me “ An ‘
tlemau, slth his usual legal precision,
contended that the plaintiijf had not
complied with the requirements of the
statute, as lie had not completed his
contract-, Mr. Hudson, on the contrary,
made a very pathetic speech upon the
justice of the case, and urged the jury
to carefully guard the sacred rights of
laborers, etc. Judge Gibson, in his
charge to the jnry, became Scriptural
and told them, that under the law of
Moses, the sun was never allowed to set
upop a laborer’s wages, and that since
the star of Bethlehem appeared all gov
ernment had studiously protected those
who earned their bread by the sweat of
their brow, whereupon p. gentleman of
the bar wrote the following verses s
“Tutt contends for statute right,
Hudson fights for justice;
Judge Gibson puts them both to flight
With Bethlehem’s Star ami Israel’s sun.
And ’cides the case for Arthur Gunn.”
We will suppress the name of the
poet, because he might imagine himself
a horn one, and waste time in boring
editors with effusions of rhyme.
The caifsc eelelre of the terra was the
State against Wm. H. Howard, charged
with murder. The State was repre
sented by Salem Duteher, Esq., Solici
tor-General, H. G. Roney and F. H.
Colly, Esqs. The defense by Genera!
Lucius J. Gartrell, tl)e great criminal
lawyer of Georgia, Wm. D. Tutt, Paul
C. Hudson and Jnriab Casey, Esqs.
The arguments on both sides were in
dicative of fine professional training
and the highest order of forensic elo
quence. The conduct of the ease re
flected the most studious and delicate
adherence to legal ethics and not a harsh
word was indulged in by counsel who
contested iu the most earnest manner
every salient point in the case. Gen. Gar
trell displayed the usual zeal, energy and
acumen he is accustomed to throw into
all his bar efforts, and wrenched con
viction of innocence from the mind of
the accuser himself. Mr. Tutt made
the very finest speech of his life, and
many thought he excelled his senior in
tho psasterly manner in which he han
dled the facts. Jt has seldom been the
writer’s fortune to hear a better speech.
He grouped and applied the facts with
so much insight into the human charac
ter that, before ue had half finished, tne
faces of the jury clearly indicated per
fect satisfaction as to the innocence of
tho accused. Bv the way, I heard that
the people of the 2Bth Senatorial Dis
trict are talking cf bringing Mr. Tutt
out for the Senate. If so they will find
him a man fully capable of filling the
honored position, and will, if elected,
come up to the expectations of the most
sanguine of his constituency. Howard
wag acquitted, and justly so. He was
clearlv justified, esd the young man
will I hope, engrave the solemn mszon
upon his heart, and that to kill a hu
man being, under the most urgent cir
cumstances, is s terrible responsibility.
The crops are not good in McDuffie,
and nearly every farmer with whom 1
talked asserts that he will not make
more than half a cotton crop and about
one-third of a corn crop; still with all
the casnalties they seem cheerful and
happv, and their ‘hospitality is as un
bounded as if they were making mil
lions. Tho Court will meet again on
the second Monday in October and finish
up the criminal business. Maecenas.
Chattooga oouuty had the State Sena
tor from the 42d District last year, and
the Rome Tribune insists that "if
Chattooga was entitled to it last year,
she is entitled to it until the expiration
of the constitutional term under which
it was awarded her.”
JOE SYLVESTER.
A ROMANCE THAT WILL BE READ
WITH INTEREST HERE.
A Former Augo-ita Man Arrested in Chicago
—What He Is Charged With Doing—Ben
Briscoe’s Still Hunt for Him—A Chicago
Reporter’s Account of the Case.
When B. Briscoe, of Atlanta, a mem
ber of the firm of West, Edwards & Cos.,
was in New York about a year or more
ago, he was arrested on some charge and
put in Ludlow Street Jail. While there
he says he was swindled out of $2 500 by
Jos. Sylvester, at one time a resident of
Angusta, and a member while here of
the clothing firm of Pope, Mack & Cos.
The rest of the story is told as follows
by the Chicago limes:
Sylvester was arrested on State street,
near Madison, in the afternoon, about 2
o’clock, by Capt. Bull, the head of Tur
tle’s detective agency. The young man,
dressed in the latest Fall style, and
wearing glasses, was engaged in the idle
but highly entertaining art of flirting
with the fashionable throng that was
ont in full force. As Capt. Bull laid his
hand on Sylvester’s shoulders, the latter
sought to brush it off, and was very
much affronted at Bull’s familiarity.
But the detective soothed the wounded
honor of tbe perfumed young gent, and
asked him to take a walk. Sylvester
said he had some friends at the Palmer
House, with whom he had an engage
ment, and he hoped (this very gracious)
that he would be permitted to call on
them first, and excuse himself, as he
didn’t like to keep his friends waiting.
The officer was sorry for his inability to
accommodate him, and added that the
young mau
Had Kept a Friend Waiting
For him for some months, and hadn’t
exercised much solicitude about the
affair either. Sylvester waked up in as
tonishment, and then, regaining his
more cautious footing, he said, with a
sycophantic smile:
“Oh, yes, I see. Avery clever joke,
by Jove.”
‘•Yes, d—d clever,” said a voice that
hadn’t any deception in it, aud Sylves
ter started at it like a man out of his
slumber at midnight. The man who
said it was a true typo of the section
whence ho came. B. Briscoo, of Atlanta,
Ga., is tho man who laid his hand on
Sylvester and told him in very strong
laugnage that the joke was ‘d—d
clever.’ ”
Briscoe is a man who indulges in no
nonsense. His face is one of those
which takes the place of a passport, and
what he has to say is said, and that
ends it. He had been deceived, as he
said, by this man Sylvester, aud wrong
ed to a degree that lias kept him upon
the deceiver’s track for nearly twelve
months. And yesterday, when he found
him arrayed like a street dandy, per
fumed and exquisite, upon the most
fashionable business thoroughfare, og
ling silly young women who noticed
him, it wasn’t much wonder that Briscoe
was unable to check his Southern fire
and forget his religion for the time
being.
Two years ago Sylvester went from
Chicago to New York city, the former
metropolis, notwithstanding its dash
and growth, being entirely too small for
the young swell. At one time he held a
responsible place in a wholesale cloth
ing house of that island town; at an
other, it is said he was the bosom com
panion of a brace of police shysters who
needed him for a straw-bailer, and later
still it is alleged that ho
Hung Ilis Own Shingle in the Wind
As au “attorney and counsellor.” There
is no doubt but be had some peculiar
influence somewhere in his new home.
Ho was upon the promenades, a dashing
Beau Brummel. He went out for his
drives, and loitered upon the beach in
the Summer. During this revel of plea
sure he met Mr. Briscoe, of Georgia. It’s
a little singular how a man like Briscoe,
from his appearance accustomed to the
mannerisms of his section, should ever
permit himself to bo led into the con
fidence of this incomparable snob and
swell, whose only aim in life seemed to
be to wear tube-roso and sprinkle his
clothes with rose water. But he did,
and there grew up between them some
kind of an intimacy which is still cover
ed wp in mystery Briscoe got into
trouble, not on his own account it seems,
but through the rascality of some par
ties with whom he was associated in
business. He did not seek, however, to
screen himself behind their deeds, but
came out and assumed the responsibility
himself. Precisely what this transac
tion was the detective doesn’t want to
state without Briscoe’s permission, and
Briscoe has concluded to bo provoking
by refusing to giye it away qntil the
whole thing is developed in Ooqrt. To
extricate himself fronj the trouble, he
Coniiiieti tlie Secret tn Sylvester,
And the young fop at once rubbed his
hands in ecstaoy. He agreed to lead
Brißcoe out of the wilderness for $2,500.
Or, rather, if Briscoe would leave him
that amount he would remove every ob
stacle iu his way by using the funds ju
dicially, and where they would do the
most good. For his own service, Syl
vester didn’t ask pmch —didn’t want
much. Briscoe gayp Sylyestey the
money in SIOO bills, “all fresh from the
bank,” saifl Brispoe, an 4 shaking the
hands of Sylypstey. lift passed opt pf the
rumble of the great jgasteru city to the
quietude of his own Southern home. A
few weeks elapsed, and Briscoe began
to grow restless over the failure of Syl
vester to communicate with him, and he
again started for Gotham. He arrived
in the city about the 20th of October,
1876, and went to Sylvester’s place of
business, but ho was not there. The
now occupants of the nlace knew noth
ing o l him, oy if they (fid they wouldn’t
give it way. Brishoe 'remained in New
York for several weeks, using his money
and time to get upon the track of
The Mysteriously Missing: Man.
At length, wearied ape] hoppjese, he
left the v asp in the hands of the Detec
tive Department there and went home.
But ho still chafed over the deception
that had been practiced upon him. He
visited other cities and was in communi
cation with different detective agencies
t.hmnehout the country. Last Spring,
in the month of March or April, he
stumbled upon the first clue as to the
hiding placfe of tbe deceiver. Efe > ,,aß * n
Europe I Briscoe concluded to 1 let the
young man waste his funds in the riot of
luxury for a season, feel jug wpl] assured
that he would come back again, as it is
said all great rascals do who leave here.
Briscoe further ascertained that Sylves
ter’s peoplo lived in Chicago, and he ac
cordingly dropped a hint to Captain
Turtle, of Turtle’s Detective Bureau, of
this city. A weeks gjppg it wfts as
certained that yylyester had sailed from
Europe. He skipped New York, and
Briscoe came in haste to Chicago, where
he has beep ever since in consultation
with Captain Bull. They have seen Syl
vester several times on the street, but so
much at ease did he seem, and so en
grossed was he with the butterfly life,
that they concluded to let him play the
daisy for a little while longer. The ar
rest was finally made, as has been de
tailed above. After the trio had walked
a few blocks, Briscoe turned to Sylves
ter and told him
If He Would Give Him SI,OOO
To pay his gctual expenses for looking
after him he would let him go. Sylves
ter accepted the proposition, and said
he would go and get the amount. But
he didn’t want anybody to go with him.
This wouldn’t do and he was taken to
Justice Haines’ office, much against his
will. A warrant was gotten out imme
diately (the first warrant having been
dismissed), charging Sylvester with lar
ceny and with beitig a fugitive from jus
tice from the State of New York. Syl
vester was a prisoner iu- the full sense
of the word, and he sank back on the
bench where there have been criminals
before, and pulled his mustache more
nervously than ever. Then he would
walk to and fro about [he room. He
exhibited an agitation that was painful,
and at last wanted to know what they
proposed to do with him.
Raines informed his attorney, who
asked for a continuation until Monday,
that the bail would be fixed at $4,000.
The attorney said it could be given very
readily, but up to the hour of the Jus
tice’s departure it was not forthcoming,
and Sylvester was placed in the custody
of Captain Ball.
Sylvester said that his father would
go his bail, but he didn’t want to let the
old man ' know anything about the
trouble. Beyond this he had no story
to tell, refusing to open his month until
he was in Court.
Briscoe telegraphed for extradition
papers last night.
ADJUSTING A WHEAT CORNER.
How a Speculative Deadlock in Baltimore
Was Arranged by a Committee.
Baltimoee, September 25. —A corner
in No. 2 Winter red wheat of September
delivery commenced on Thursday last,
was amicably adjusted this morning by
both parties settling on $1 53 as the
price for to-day, and two gentlemen
were appointed to name the price each
day Jor the balance of the month. The
adjustment was brought about by an ar
bitration committee which was appoint
ed yesterday afternoon by tbe shorts.
The announcement by the committee of
settlement was received ' with pleasure,
and the committee was repeatedly cheer
ed and unanimously voted the thaoke of
the Com and Flour Exchange.
A negro who attempted rape in Miller
county was taken ont of jail last week
and hnng to a joist of an unfinished col
ored ehnreb.
WONDERFUL. RAILROADING.
How One Train Passed Another on u Single
Track on the Union Pacific.
[From the Beloit Free Press.]
Dr. H. P. Strong, brother of the general
superintendent of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy lfailroad, who has recently re
turned from Colorado tells the following
exciting story:
Last Saturday our train was running
from Denver to Cheyenne to connect with
the Union Pacific at Cheyenne. When
within eighteen miles of Cheyenne and
about thirty-five miles of Greeley, and
while running up a ten mile grade, one of
the axles of the tender broke, and the
whole train with the exception of our car
was thrown from the track and badlv jam
med up. The assistant superintendent of
the road happened to be on board, and, as
wc surveyed the ruins, he told us that there
was no engine at Cheyenne that could be
sent to our assistance, and we must l<x)k to
Greeley, and that we were probably booked
for an eighteen-mile walk to Cheyenne,
where we would have to remain over Sat
urday. This was decidedly disagreeable to
all of us, as we had been informed that
during the Summer the Cheyenne preachers
are all off on vacation, and consequently
there are no religious services to atiend.
While thinking of our hard luck I hap
pened to look back over the road, and ob
served that we had been running on an up
grade for a long distance, and at the same
time, I remembered that about fifteen min
utes before we had jumped the track we
met a train on a side track going to Denver.
A thought struck me that there was a way
out of the dilemma. I turned to the engineer
and asked him if there was any up-grade
toward Greeley. He said that there was only
one—a heavy one about eight miles back.
After that it was all down grade. I called
for crowbars instantly, and two or three
train-men ran out thirty or forty rods on to
the prairie and dug up the bars. You see
the railroad company have coupling-irons,
crowbars, and'sueh things “catchtxl” in the
ground all along the road, so as to have
them ready for use at any time. They have
to keep them under the ground, because
the air is so rarified that iron and all the
coarser metals, when exposed to its action,
very soon lose their destiny, becoming like
so much sand, without strength, and ,per
fectly worthless. While the boys were after
the crowbars I explained to our party that 1
belivod we could pry our car loose from the
coupling with the train, and, having a
down-grade, we could catch the train we
had met. We soon had the car uncoupled
witli the aid of crowbars, and a dozen or
more of us started on the car. She glided
along faster and faster, gathering speed
every second.
Not being familiar with the grades, the
only fear I had was that our car would not
gain sufficient momentum to overcome the
up-grade, though, of couse, I hoped it
would. We very soon struck it, and, lassure
you, I watched the progress of the car with
a good deal of interest. And it just made
it and that was all. We jumped otf and
pushed her a little, and down-we started
again on a twenty-five mile down-grade. I
looked ahead, and several miles off could
easily see the train we were after, but it
was almost instantly shut out from sight by
our suddenly running into a dense mass of
flying grasshoppers, evidently seeking to
alight on the ground. We hail all been
standing on the platform up to this time,
but when we met these grasshoppers we
were driven into the car, as they struck
our faces with the force of hail-stones.
Looking through the windows we could see
nothing but grasshoppers, so thick were
they, and only now and then could we get
a glimpse of the ground even. After a
minute or two I became a little anxious, as
I knew we were going very fast, and, as I
had engineered the brake, 1 started up from
my seat, and tying a heavy handkerchief
about my face, went out to the platform
and siezed the brake. Fora minute it wasn’t
clear in my mind whether I could hold out
against the pelting of the ‘hoppers or not;
but suddenly, when I was about 'whipped,
our car emerged from the swarm, and as
soon as I realized it, I tore the handkerchief
from my face and looked out for the train,
with my hands on the brake, ready to avoid
running into it. I felt queer when, in look
ing, I couldn’t sec that train, and when I
took one look around and saw that our car
was running on hare ground, with the
track about twenty-five rods to my left, I
tel) you the cold shiver ran up and down
my back to a very considerable extent. If
a man ever put “ down brakes,” it was me.
I laid right back and tightened that brake
wheel three more cogs than had ever been
done by the strongest man on the road. She
stopped, and as I turned to open the car
door to call out to the crowd, I heard an
engine whistle “ down brakes.” I jumped
off to the ground, and looking backward
toward the sound, saw that engine slowing
up behind us on the track.
I hadn’t a word to say. I began to think
that I would like to get out of that country
right away, and be tucked up in my little
bed at home until I got well. The other
fellows were soon jumping out on the
ground, and they were as astonished as I
was. We started for the train, which had
now come to a standstill, the conductor
shouting as we came up, “ 'VY'ell, boys, you
did tljat pretty vyell.” Says I, “ See here
mister, we’re strangers in this country, and
though we’ve had some experience in the
East, we’ll be blamed if we know what you
mean when you say that we did that pretty
well." ‘‘Why, taking your car past us, of
course, we w'ere afraid some green-horn was
managing your oar when we saw it coining
down the grade before the ‘hoppers’ struck
us. We "knew, however, that we were
leaving you a hard hopper lied to do the
trick on.” Well, to come to the point, the
train ahead of us had mashed so many
dead ‘hoppers on the road lied that it was
filled up full, even with the rails, so that
when our car got along it slid right sff the
rails, and the ground was so hard and eyen
that it run close oh fopr miles before I put
on the brakes apd siopppd per,’ and IW
she jyas yuntiirig'jifosp fftpr iiivlps wn passed
the tnjifi we wcj'e trying to" overtake, the
devtsp mass of hying hoppers preventing us
from seeing it as we went by.
In conversation with the conductor after
wards I learned it was quite a regular Irick
of the engineers on the Union Pacific Bond
to pass another train. They will pull their
trains off the track, go by undiscovered by
reason of the destiny of the ‘hoppers, pull
back on the track, and when ‘life uaSaea
train fetches up at the next stapon ltd engi
neer has to “.sip \em up” for all hands. As
it is sppper time, and to got down to results,
wn got our ear back on the track, and
hitched a 'hopper plrny on tr. j. ear car '
and the engine ah<i *- a j n l h Uw
"TGcit, from which we jiaij bp£p gogc just
nineteen miuqU)&, pi wiped; pipe we pad
travelled eighteen’ miles twice.
A -Modern Dvauiu.
The Hartford Timex gives a synopsis of a
domestic drama, the scenes of which are
laid in that city and New York. The time
is 1877; dramatis persona: a young married
couple, Mrs. and Mrs. Blank; a sharp law
yer; a bogus Mr. Blank, and a female detec
tive. The curtain rings up:
Act 1. Scene I.—Brilliant wp.dtliqg of
Air. and Mrs. flfank. "HttfUgs ficli; lady
hits a Stiiall tprtyihe." AH happy. Scene £
[a littlp late, j—Husband frequently called
to A’pw Vmk on business of great import
ance; doesn't stop at the Fifth avenue or
Gilsey house; goes to a fashionable board
ing-house; detained several days at a time.
Scene 3.-— this time Air. Blank’s
vistis to New York become more frequent.
Airs. Blank doesn’t like the qppeardnees;
becqmes suspipioqs that there is something
wrahg! Her suspicious increase from hear
say reports. Husband draws liberally from
her funds; speaks highly of the New Yoik
boarding-house. Airs. Blank takes advice
of a lawyer.
Act 2. Scene I.—New York boarding
house. Arrival of anew lady boarder. She
is very much liked by the other ladies. Gets
into their confidence. Scene 2. -Finds a
lady who passes as the wife of Air. Blank,
who comes often to see her; treats her as
his wife.
Act 3.’ Scene I.—lawyer’s office in Hart
ford. Air. Blank receives a note requesting
him to call at a particular hour. Scene 2.
He comes looking surprised. Questions
asked and answered. Husband indignantly
denies everything. Scene 3.—ls introduced
to llie female detective. Recognizes the
new boarder of the New fori; bonding
house. Startling revelations. Scene 4.
Guilty husbaml confesses all, and is repen
tant. Wife indignant. Lawyer demands
restitution of wife's money. Husband pays
up. Wife fees the lawyer and the female
detective liberally.
Curtain falls.—Play to be continued Ire
fore select audience in Superior Court
room. Judge—on the bench—“No cards’’—
quiet hearing application for divorce
granted—all parties satisfied. Tableau.
Two Dnrios Leaps for Life.
[Charlotte Observer.]
A correspondent at Davidson College
writrs ns of an incident which occurred two
dr three days ago near that village, and
which feeds something like the deeds of
daring of the days of Ivanhoe, when men
eared not to face deatli itself to win the
smiles of “women fair.” A young gentle
man, a son of one ef our well known public
men, was out horseback riding in company
witli a lady friend, when the lrorse ridden
by tfie young lady became frightened and
ran at iqll speed dqwn a long, steep Hill.
Our hero immediately spurred after her.
When the horse of the lady was about en
tering a thick wood, with the self-possession
of a Joan of Arc, she slipped her foot from
the sturrup and threw herself from the
flying animal. Her gallant escort was im
mediately behind, and his horse coming
suddenly upon the prostrated lady, sprang
over her and dashed into the wood. His
rider finding him unmanageable, and being
solicitous for the welfare of his companion,
sprang from the horse while he was going
at full speed, unmindful of the consequences
of so dangerous a leap, and landing upon
the ground unhurt. He then ran back und
had the pleasure of finding the lady wreath
ed in her usual bright smiles, and unhurt.
The Carious Coin.
[Charlotte Observer.]
Some time ago vve noticed the fact that a
coin of the denomination of a half dollar,
altogether different from the one in use,
having the figure i on one side and the
goddess of liberty on the other, had beea
received by Messrs Sample $ fyelmoiei
The ass<tyer of the pJut'i'n this v city had no,
knowledge that ihe United Slates had ever
authorized the issue of such a coin, and
wrote Vo the Supermtendant of the United
States Mint for information. He replied
that the design of a half dollar of 1859 was
from a series of experimental pieces made
in that year, none of which were adopted
or issued. A number of the pieces were,
however, sold to numismatists. How it
came’ into this part of the country is the
unsolved portion of the mystery.
IN ew Advertisements.
VECETINE
Purifies the Blood, Renovates and
Invigorates the Whole System.
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARE
Alterative. Tonic, Solvent and Diuretic.
Veoetixe is made exclusively from the
juices of carefully selected barks, roets and
herbs, and so strougly concentrated, that it
will effectually eradicate from the system
every taint of Scrofula, Scrofulous' Uu
mor, Tumors, Cancer, Cancerous Hu
mor, Erysipelas, Salt Rheum, Syphi
litic Diseases, Canker, Faintness at
the Stomach, and all diseases that arise
from impuru blood. Scintica, Inflamma
tory and Chronic Rheumatism, Neu
ralgia, Gout and Spinal Complaints,
can only be effectually cured through the
blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptive Diseases if
the Skin, Pustules, Pimples, Blotches,
Boils, Tetter, Scald-head and Ring
worm, Veoetixe tias never failed to effect a
permanent cure.
For Pains in the Back, Kidney Com
plaints, Dropsy, Female Weakness,
Leucorrhcea, arising from internal ulcera
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the secretive organs, allays inflsmmation,
cures ulceration and regulates the bowels.
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Headache, Piles, Nervousness and
General Prostration of the Nervous
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satisfaction as the Veoetine. It purifies the
blood.cleauees all of the organs,and porsesses
a controlling power over the nervous system.
The re marks hie cures effected bv Yegetixe
havo induced many physicians anil apotheca
ries whom we know to prescribe and use it in
their own families.
In fact. Veoetine is the best remedy yet
discovered for the above diseases, and is the
only reliable BLOOD PURIFIER yet plac
ed before the public.
Prepared by
H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS.
WHAT IS VEGETINE f
It is a compound extracted from barks, roots
anil herbs. It is Nature’s Remedy. It is per
fectly harmless from any bad effect upon the
s>stem. It is nourishing and strengthening.
It acts upon the blood. It quiets the nervous
system. It gives you good, sweet sleep at
night. It is a great panacea for our aged
fathers and mothers, for it gives them
strength, quiets their nerves and givos them
Nature’s sweet sleep, as has been proved by
many an aged person. It is the groat Blood
Purifier. It is a soothing remedy for our child
ren. It has relieved an l cured thousands. It
is very pleasant to take; every child likes it.
It relieves and cures all diseases originating
from impure blood. Try the Veoetine. Give
it a fair trial for your oomplaints; then you
wdl say to your friend, neighbor and acquain
tance : "Try it; it has curod me.”
Veoetine for the complaints for which it is
recommended, is having a larger sale through
out the United States than any other ono med
icine. Why? Vejgtstiue wilt euro these
Complaints.
CANNOT BE EXCELLED.
Cu.uir.ESTOWN, Mass., March 19, 18C9.
Mu. H. It. Stevens :
Deab Sib —This is to certify that I have used
your “Blood Preparation” in my family for
several years, and think that, lor Scrofula or
Cankerous Humors, or Rheumatic Affections,
it cannot be excelled; aud, as a blood pnrifier
and Spring medicine, it is the best thing I
have ever used; aud I have used almost every
thing. I can cheerfully recommend it to atiy
one in need of snch a medicine.
Yours respectfully, MRS. A. A. DINSMOItE,
19 Russell street.
GIVES HEALTH, STRENGTH AND
APPETITE.
My daughter lias received great benefit from
the use of the Veoetine. Her doclining health
was a source of groat anxiety to all of her
friends. A few bottles of the Veoetine re
stored her health, strength and appetite.
N. H. TILDEN,
Insurance and Beal Estate Agent,
No. 49 Sears Building, Boston, Mass.
Prepared by
H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS.
Vegi’tlne is Sold by all Druggists.
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COTTON MACHINERY.
LOWELL MACHINE SHOP,
LOWELL, MASS.,
Manufacturers of evory description of
COTTON MACHINERY,
Of most approved pattern'.- and with all recent
improvements.
PAPER MACHINERY,
—ALSO—
Mine W&eels, Shafting and Gearing,
Hydraulic Presses aud Pumps,
ELEVATORS, &c., &c.
VP" Plant* lor Cotton anil Paper Mills.
Geo. Richardson, Supt.,
LOWELL, MASS.
Wm. A. Burke, Treas.,
8 I’EMBEHTON SQUAKJi, BOSTON.
jy!2-tf J
1.1 <1 ttNNKItY, JOHX h. JOHNSOxtI
partner late fivm +
i; L. J. Guilmartin & Cos.,
± 1866 to 1877. I
I JOflV FLANNERY & CO., j
100 TTGN FACTORSj
-AND— j
j COMMISSION MERCHANTS, j
| No. 3 Kelly’s Block, Bay Street, i
J Savannah, Georgia.!
I Agents for Jewell’s Mills X a . r ft H Wifi Do-i
fmestics. etc , etc. j
i BAGGING; ANP, }P,GN TIES for sale ati
|lowest pis,rket ratcu. I’rompt attention given!
|to ail business entrusted to us. Liberal oashj
fadvances wade on consignments, j
| (BF Our Mil FLANNERY having purchased j
jtbe entire assets and assumed the liabilities!
jof the late firm of L. J. GUILMAKTIN & j
ICO., we will attend to all outstanding burn-1 |
iness of that je2o-dt," !
VirUrvee+l
*\c will send, free by mall, and guarantee their
Safe arrival In good condition:
or 20 Fine Tulip Bulbs for - - -i l.Gii
or |Q Fine Tulip and 4 Hyacinth Bulbs fujri LOO
or SKosea, Fine Winter-blooming, for. - l 1.00
or 3 Koses, 3 Carnations & 3 for i 1.00
or 8 Fine Geraniums, B aorta, tor - - I V.OC
or 3 Camellia JapLuidfir, afiorti. for - 1.00
—B ™^sSyd l S^T , thins6 P cl^<SpT ,, * , ™**
Satisfaction guaranteed. Remit foyFVO. or er,
draft ou'New York, of In registered letter. Cata
logue free. Address.
•burrs, Harrison # Cos. , Paine, vllle, Lake C0.,0,
WHEAT! WHEAT!
ALL who desire the best variety of HEED
WHEAT now known, waited to this
climate, will do weh to oail upon the under
signed soqu. 4 have the Purple Stem, Im
proved Bust proof, the Improved Pulls and
the Senaca. These varieties, from past expe
rience, will make more per acre iu our climate
than any other known.
Either of the above varieties will bo ship
ped promptly, and in good order, to applicants,
at $2 25 per bushel.
I also have a few bushels of the Finest Bust
Proof Oats known in this climate, of which X
will dispose at $2 per bushel, shipped in good
order. No applicant caw get more than two
bushels, as I wish as many planters as possible
to get the seed. In every case the money
mu ,t accompany the order Try them
NOAH SMITH.
Jefferson the, Ga.,
Post Ofhcis, hteilavilie, Ga.
August 23d, YiJ7. aug24-w2*
THE HANNAH MORE ACADEMY
FOB GIBLS, 15 miles from Baltimore; 1,000
feat above trde: accessible from every di
rection by turnpike and rail; best advantages
for health, comfort, training and instruction.
The 434 year will begin HF.PTEMBEB 19.
BEY J- KICH. M. D.. Bector,
aug23—w4 Beisterstown. Md.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY
rr\o Win ft Fortune. Fourth Grand Dollar Draw-
X intf. 1877. At New Orleans, Tuesday, October
2d. Louisiana State Lottery Company.
This Institution was regularly incorporated by the
Legislature of the State for Educational and Chari
table purpose, iu ISGB, with a Capital of $1,000,000,
to which it has since a reserved fund of
$350,0 0. Its nr ami Siaiile Number Drawingii
will take place monthly. It never scales or post
pones. Look at the following schemes:
CAPITAL PRIZE, 920,000.
100,000 Tickets at One Dollar eac^..
LIST OF PRIZES.
1 CAPITAL PRIZE 7.. $20,000
1 do. do/ 10,000
1 djo. do 5,(00
2 PRIZED OF 2,000
3 do. 5 {X) 2,500
fi# do. AOO 5,000
100 do. y*) 5,000
500. SO. Id 5,000
I,UOO do. 3 5,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
9 Approximation Prizes of S2OO 1,800
9 do. do. 100 900
9 do. do. 50 450
1,687 Prizes, amounting to ~,,. .$q?,650
W'rite lor circulari or send orders to
Al, A. DAUPHIN,
P. O. 6*2, New Orleans, La.
VATS GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING,
Tuesday, November 6.
Capital Prize, sdo,<ioo. Tickets, $2 each,
seps—wesaaiwlm
TIJJANHOOD
lf| RESTORED.
I Victims of youthful imprudence, who
■ ■ ■ have tried in vain every known remedy.
I I H will learn of a simplo prescription, FREfc;
I ■ ■ for the speedy cure of nervous debility.
■ ■ ■premature decay, lost manhood, and ail
Hi ■ ■■disorders brought on by excesses. Any
druggist has the ingredients. Address
DAVIDSON A CO., 86 Nawau St.,
New Advertise mou t .
NEW PROCESS FLOUR.
CRESCENT MILLS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
J. F. & L. J. MILLER, Proprietors.
OUR FANCY FAMILY FLOUR MADE BY NEW PROCESS HAS NO
mh4—tl&wly
To Wholesale Buyers
DRY GO OPS.
We have now open and ready
for your inspection :
40 Cases Kentucky Jeans, all
prices.
40 Cases Bleached Shirtings, all
grades.
100 Bales Brown Shirtings, Drills,
Checks, Stripes, &c.
40 Cases Prints, Hosiery, No
tions, &c., &c.
The above goods have been bought from the Manufacturers direct,
thereby saving Agents’ Ooramissious, &c,, and are now offered to the
Trade at less than New York Jobbers’ Prices.
JAS. A. CRAY & COJ
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IMPORTANT TO ALL
$50,000 WORTH (I BOOTS, SHOES AND HATH
TO BE SOLD (HEAP FOR (ASH !
The New SI oc Store of Augnsta, WM. MITLIIERIIV, Proprietor, is now
supplied Milh a large aid complete stock of BUOTS, SHOES and HATS
for the Fall and Miner trade. The entire stock having beeu selected
with much care from RELItBLE MAAUEACTIfRERS at bottom figures, will
he sold at the LOWEST PRICES, aud every article WARRANTED STOUT
LY AS REPRESENTED.
Miles & Son., Zcigler Bros., Durban’s and a large stock of all grades
will be kept constantly on hand. Parties wanting goods very low for
PASH will do well to call.
A liberal discount to the wholesale trade. Durable Boots aud Shoes
a speciality.
WM. MULHERIN,
193 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
sept2snt,linlm£wlm
TO CASH BUYERS.
CHRISTOPHER GRAY I CO.
Have received a very large stock for the Fall.
In purchasing the present stock we have kept especially in
view the wants of the jobbing trade.
We feel confident that we can now offer to retailers stronger
indues limits than ever before.
VI e will sell all Domestic Hoods at manufacturers’ prices.
He will sell at close figures:
Kentucky Jeans, Fine and Low-Priced fassimeres,
White and Red Flannels, Georgia Plaids,
Dennims and Hickory Stripes,
Low-Priced Hosiery,
Lents’ Undershirts.
O. GRAY & 00.
toi)l9—tf
UST SHOPPING AROUND,
BE SURE AND CALL AT
THE NEW STORE.
H. W. T.ANTIRAM,
268 Broad Street, Augusta, <1 a.
Look out on Monday morning, Septembers, and on.
I liavo just returned from Now York with a beautiful stock of DRY GOODS, selected for the
retail trade, and suoh goods as will pleaso
Both in duality and Price.
Lots of Now Goods to arrive on Monday morning, and whioh early callers may profit by.
It would be useless for me to begin to name goods aud prices.
I:i Sunday morning’s paper and on through tho eoason you will see millions of not eo’s.
NONE OF THEM ARE MINE.
I have always found that it PAID BETTER TO DEAL SQUARE.
208 is tho place to do your shopping in a quiot and satisfactory way. NO GOODS MISREP
RESENTED.
Country Merchants buying goods for cash can save money by calling at 268.
H. W. LANDRAM.
MpSS-tf
1877. Fall Opening 1877.
- OF—
ANDERSON’S
Popular Dry Goods Store.
This house that ii \s grown in favor so rapidly continues in the polka
ADOPTED ATILS FIRST OPENING. SEPTEMBER, 1876—EVERY ONE THEIR DUES
Our customers are now numbered by the THOUSANDS, and (lie numbers, wo are proud to Hay,
continue to increase. Those who come once continue to visit us. This alone prims tho pop
ularity of onr business place, and satisfies us that all are served properly. Many look and price
elsewhere, but BUY OF US. They find where goods aro the cheapest, aud polite salesmen,
serve them.
Our stock of DRY GOODS is now o .rnplote and ready for inspection. Our Alpacas are un
surpassed. Black and Colored Silks the moat wonderful in this country. Lot every laily calti
and hoc them.
Novelties of Every Description.
LarlieH at & distance will send to us for samples. Reject fully submitted by the PIONEERS*
OF THE LOW PRICE CASH SYSTEM. Address, W. T. ANDERSON & CO., Augusta, Oa.
SPPJCIAL !
Wo have introduced a SHOE DEPARTMENT in connection with our Dry Oooils bminess.
Let evory one call and examine what we havo. sep!6 If
The Augusta Shoe House !
233 Broad Street, Opposite the Masonic Hall,
Will continue until the FIRST
OF OCTOBER. I would say to
parties who wish to buy cheap,
fine goods : Call early in the
month, before all the bargains are
gone. This month is positively
the last. Don’t forget it !
JOSIAH MILLER,
PItOPRIETOK.
Incomparable in Workmanship
A^IECKER
-THEN 1 1
Parties desihng a First Class Piano on very
afmpyjjjMljflP reasonable terms will find it to their interest
TaipjSjalir uF '.& above Celebrated Manufacturers. One Stern
ly ®>Sg “■ 25ft- Stri-Ny ■ way, 7} Octave, in good order, at $225, and
ono Soebbler <k Schmidt, 6} Octave, at $l5O,
Residence Richmond Academy.
MATCHLESS IFT TONE. *
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