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ffltft toectitg (tfytwxffit & OLD SERIES—¥OI. ICII MEW SERIES—VOL. U. Cfynmftlr and Sentinel. WEDNESDAY, - OCTOBER 17, 1877. Female suffrage was defeated in Colo rado. ~ Ban Francisco steps forward with a $50,000 forgery. Next! Senator Woodin, with Twp.p.n’a money in his pocket, has been renominated. This is tlir- current Chicago report: “No Savings Bank failed yesterday. It was Sunday.” The country is prepared to hear from the Mrs. R. B. Hates’ Temperance Association concerning mince pies at the White Ifonse. The pious editor of the ITernUl goes to Scripture for a moral of the Oilman crime: “Let him who thiukuth he standelh take heed lest he fall.” Many of Senator Woodin’s Republican friends remain of the opinion that he could not have done anything wrong, because lie sings in the church choir on Sundays. Gen. Early prints a card explaining that lie did not at any time attempt to pre vent the proposed reception of President llArEs, and that he did nothing to mar its success. The New York Time* is of opinion tiiat only one obstruction remains to a revival of trade, and that is the speculative greed which discards the certainties of the pres ent for the mere possibilities of the future. Seven hundred and fifty thousand hu man beings have died of starvation in Brit ish India, and benevolent men and women in London, having already redressed the wrongs of horses and dogs, nre now devot ing themselves to neglected cats. Lieutenant-Governor Dobsheimer says of Conki.ino : “He comes up to you like a man, and he strikes you fair in the face.” Well, from all accounts the Presi dent is like “the slow fighter of Piute,” so Mr. Conklino had better look out. Tiie only objection Col. Armstrong has to the Missouri Senatorship is the necessa ry relinquishment of the Police Commis sioner’s badge—a bauble which lie is sup pused to rank with the planetary system. The wild Sioux now on a visit to Wash ington were taken, last Sunday, to the Foundry Church. They followed the fash ion. That is, like the lamented Greeley at the Mormon Temple among the Twelve Apostles—they went to sleep. Portraits of Washington, Corwin, Benton, Geo. 11. Thomas, Jefferson, Andrew Johnson and Silas Wrioiit now stamp beer barrels. No wonder Grant visited Hrakspkark’S tomb, since “Imperious Camar, dead and turned to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.” Judge Mackey, of South Carolina, says that the condition of the public roads mea sures the civilization of a country. Bon Inoersoli. says it is the condition of the markets. We think it is rather the con dition of morals, but it is hard to be good when the markets are bad. The Winchester (Ky.) Democrat finds heavenly consolation thus: “ When the Master of the Universe permitted Tii.den to lie counted out, He knew wlmt He was doing, although some Democrats thought He hud made a mistake. His ways are not our ways." Rather grim consolation for Mr. Tii.den, though. ——— The New York Express draws a horse sense moral of Gilman’s fall. It says: “The line between legitimate business trans actions and gambling may be hard to draw on paper, but it is plain enough in practice to whoever Ims common sense and common honesty. And the man who begins to gamble dances over a death-trap.” The workingman's candidate in Massa chusetts is worth $.100,000, and his name is Wendell Phillips. Most of his money is said to have come from a grandfather, who worked the slave trade. Wendell abjured the old man’s habits, but kept his money, like a good many other men who married Southern girls, sold their slaves, went North and cursed the “institution.” The Democratic papers in Indiana arc abusing Senator McDonald for pairing with a galvanized corpse. If Morton, un der any pretext., can lie carried into the Dis trict of Columbia, the voice of the Indiana Democracy will be stifled in the Senate. Senator McDonald has made a Balaklava charge—it was beautiful, glorious, but it was not war. An infuriated Virginian, writing of the Virginia State debt and of the new law tax ing drinks, says: “That debt shan’t be saddled over my liquor. No, sir! The property holders are the ones to pay what is to lie paid. If that debt is to he drunk out, it shall not be done at my expense. I won't drink. It, nor any part of it, shall not he adjusted on my shoulders, while the man who never ‘smiles’ does not pay a cent.” Defending Dr.McCosn’s insistence on the importance of Biblical preaching in prefer ence to mere intellectual dissertations, tiie Inter-Ocean says: “There is a run upon intellectual dissertation preachers at pres ent, and the mere plain, simple preacher of gospel sermons is left out in the cold. Peo ple go to admire the man, his cleverness, rhetoric, reading smartness, aud not for the purpose of seeking salvation, or benefiting their immortal souls.” Cassius M. Ci at was perhaps the first white man in Kentucky who, at the hazard of life, favored negro emancipation, and now he h:is done to death a man and broth er of the colored persuasion. The old man followed the precedent of Solon Robin son, a I'ribune abolitionist, who felt com pelled, some veai-s ago, in Florida, to put a lethal bullet into the corpus of a burglari ous black man. These humanitarians are mighty quick on the trigger, when Sambo fools with them. The appointment of Griswold to a Federal office over the heads of Union soldiers goes to prove that Hayes was sincere when he said at Atlanta that a Confederate soldier deserved no censure, nor a Union soldier any credit, for the part 'hey took in the war. Hi* coarse is such that Union soldiers are talking about making application to Congress for a removal of their disabilities, in order that they may be eligible to Federal offices. —lruluvutisWis Senti nel. Mr. Griswold was appointed by Grant, and no charge of cruelty against him has ever been sustained. He has been a turn coat politically, that is aIL But what must Southern men and ex-Confederate soldiers think of an ultra Western Democratic pa lter like the Sentinel, which bates the Presi dent because he respects all the people, and is literally moving mountains,to make peace everywhere among them * Mr. McMaster, of the Freeman's Jour nal, is a hearty admirer of Lord Roscoe. He says: “Roscoe Conk lino rises, on this fog, as a man among men. He is ut terly opposed to us, in politics, as an utter stranger in person. But he shows himself a man among men—a manly man. A man asserting his rights, and ready to challenge whoever dares to oppose him. We are, and expect to be, in hostility with Senator Conkling, politically. But we are glad to recognize in him a bold sidesman, aud not a tricky politician. It is always easy to get along with gentlemen, who own their own souls. It is very hard to get along with the poor Whelps, who do not assert that their souls are their own. We disagree with Senator Conkling on maiiv points, but he has refreshed our eves, after a long looking on, with the figure of a man disposed to make other people follow him.” Mr. Jos. Medill. a Republican, thinks he is a “coward and a bully." We shall reserve our opinion until the “slow fighter of the Piute" has a chance to show his muscle. A NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. ' The deposition of Mehemet Au and the elevation instead of Suleiman Pasha to the command in chief of ‘the Turkish armies is the latest military sensation. The plan of Mehenet was for Suleiman to cross the Balkans, join his forces with those on the Lorn, and, with this combi nation, attack the army of the Czare witch. Instead of doing this, Suleiman dashed thousands of his soldiers to de struction among the Schipka defiles, when he coaid have obeyed Mehemet’h order by crossing the Balkans elsewhere withont the loss of a man in battle. The failure of this scheme of combination compelled Mehbmet to retire behind the Kara Lom, and he has by that retire ment famished a pretext for being re moved, so that Suleiman shall take his place. The chief cause, however, of this change of commanders is said to be the foreign birth of Mehemet, who is half French and German, or French by de scent and German by birth. Now that the “Giaour” is out of the way, we shall see how the fanatical and fighting Mus sulman will behave. It looks like an other Johnston and Hood affair; but perhaps the Porte knows its own busi ness better than anybody else. MORE CRIMINALS OF TOE “RESPECT ABLE” CLASS. Each day adds to the long lists of those crimes peculiarly calculated to weaken one’s faith in human natare and destroy that public and private confi dence which isthe mainspring of busi ness, if not the real foundation of civi lized society. The latest criminals are Wm. C. Gilman, of New York, and Geo. R. Waterman, of Lawrence, Mass. The former—a devout member of the church and an earnest Sabbath School teacher, heretofore enjoying an unblemished re putation—has been detected in the for gery of certificates of insnrance stock to the amount of over $200,000. The lat ter—for twenty years a trusted employe of a large corporation—is charged with being a defaulter in the sum of 8150,000. The St. Louis Republican says that in neither instance was there anything in the character or conduct of the man to excite the slightest suspicion of wrong doing, and in both instances previons good character and conduct have been used as a covering for systematic sconn drelism of the basest kind, whioh ac cident only revealed. We natural ly expect low moral instincts and depraved moral action in those whose education and surroundings contain more vice than virtue, but when these instincts and this action appear in persons whose education and surround ings would seem to be altogether on the side of virtne, it is impossible to assign a cause for the evil, and apparently im possible to provide an adequate remedy. But the alarming magnitude and rapid growth of the evil demand that every effort be made to cheek, if we cannot cure it. A murder or a highway robbery is of small consequence compared with snch offenses as those mentioned above. The one is a blow at the peace and good order of the community, which does not inflict irreparable injury. The other is an undermining of those principles on which the community itself may be said to rest. Oilman and Waterman have not only hurt those who trusted them, bat they have hurt a host of people whom they never saw, by contri bating to that already too heavy stock of sus picion accumulated in the last ten years. A PLEASANT RECOLLECTION. The late Archbishop of Baltimore was a man who won the esteem and confi dence of all men, irrespective of creed or condition. He was a strict churchman, but not a bigot in any sense. He was, by birth and nature, a true gentleman as well as a holy ecclesiastic. By forsaking conscientiously one form of worship he lost more than a million of dollars, but gained eminence whioh may uot have been accorded him otherwise. But there is one trait in the character of the dead Prelate which commends itself to all classes of people, and that was bis tolera tion and charity. The best evidence of this is famished under his own signa ture. We read that in October, 1872, Bishop Odenheimer, of the Episcopal Churoh, in a letter to Colonel R. 9. Swords, aoknowledgiDg the receipt of a pamphlet concerning Newark, made ref erence to the removal of Bishop Baylby to Baltimore, which had then just oc curred, and spoke in high terms of the Catholio Bishop’s zealous administra tion of the affairs of his diocese, saying that in going up and down the State he had seen the fruits of Bishop Baxley’s la bors. Colonel Swords sent the letter to Archbishop Bayley, and soon received the following reply : Baltimore, October 24, 1872. My Dear Colonel— l thank you for yonr kind, good letter. * * * It was with sin cere regret that I left Newark. If I had had my own way I would not have done so, and if it was in my power would go back to-morrow. There is more respectability and dignity here, but 1 like my old, simple, poor people best. Bat my likes and dislikes have nothing to do with the matter, and I will submit cheerfully to what I believe is God's will. I was very much touched by Bishop Odenheimer's kind refrence to me in his letter to yon as President of the Newark Board of Trade. It shows him to be a high-minded and generons man ; for poor human nature is very weak, and it re quires an elTort to say anything good of those we differ from. Though I never compromised my religions oonviction, I certainly did all I could “to insure peaoe with all men," and to make onr people good Christians, consequently good citizens. It was a great happiness to me to have my good intention, at least, recognized by each a man as Bishop Odknheimer. I wish that when you have an opportunity of seeing him yon would oonvey to him the expression of my kindest regards and sincere thanks. I feel proud also of my old Episcopal city. She has not only made great progress in material prosperity and a great variety of useful indus tries. but what is of more importance, and alas ! mire rare in onr days, she has estab lished and preserves a high name for commer cial integrity and honor. I cannot feel too grateful for the kindness which was extended towards me by all classes of her people from the time I came amongst them. May peace and happiness be always with them. What a pity it ia that the same fra ternity should not exist among all as it existed between Bishops Odenhkimer and Batlby. Nothing so conduces to the welfare of mankind and the good of the chnrch itself as a grand charity, a liberal allowance for the opinions of others, a wise toleration and an affection that embraces humanity itself. Gen. Boynton sums np Conkling as “a highly cultivated and exceedingly intellectual rowdy.” Gkn. Garfield aod Mr. Pendleton tike each other personally, but have no respect for each other’s opinions. Yalr College admits colored students, bnt the Abolition boys let them severely alone. Rev. Mr. Robinson says Christians are “rocked to hell in the chair of indo lence,” and sinners in that of presump tion. Times change. The policy of Andrew Johnson was like nnto that of Mr. Hayes, and the stalwart Repnblicans know it. If Honest John Pattebson wants to escape an investigation he can either die or ran away. At least these are the two chances presented him by a “free and enlightened press.” AN ENULI4H CRISIS. In 1863 the balance of trade against England was about $300,000,000 annual ly. It is now $940,000,000. This great gap is filled, with more and more diffi culty, by interest upon oapital loaned to foreign countries. When the limit shall have been reached beyond which the bullion current must be permanently outward, a crisis will come unequalled in the world’s history. That limit is not far off apparently, and how British statesmen propose to meet the emergency remains to be seen. PITTSBURGH'S PUNISHMENT. Pittsburgh seems destined to pay pretty dearly for the apathy with which ■be stood by and witnessed the destruc tion of railroad and other property dur ing the recent strike. In the first place she will be called upon to pay the actnal loss, nnless the Courts hold that Alle ghany County is the responsible party, and even then Pittsburgh will have to pay the greater portion of the damages. It has been insinuated that a Pittsburgh jury will look out for Pittsburgh in terests ; bnt it is nseless to connt on snch protection. If the railroad com pany brings suit in earnest, as it un doubtedly will, its counsel will be far too shrewd to submit their case to a local jury. They will ask, of conise, for a change of venue; and unless the Pennsylvania judges are more partisan than they have ever been accused of being, the change will be granted, and Pittsburgh will have to pay. But pay ment for property actually destroyed will by no means measure Pittsburgh’s punishment. The unsavory reputation acquired is likely to injure her quite as much, if not more. Capitalists have already manifested an uneasiness in re gard to making or renewing loans upon property in a city where the citizens stand quietly by to see property destroy ed. Fire insurance companies will un doubtedly follow suit, and either raise their rates or decline to insure ; and the life insurance companies may very pro perly add their remonstrances and refuse to take life risks where the risk is so great. Pittsburgh is in a bad way ; and the citizens who rejoiced so much at the punishment of the Pennsylvania Rail road are beginning to see’.that there was not much to rejoice at, after all. A CARPET-BAGGER’S CONFESSION. The wittiest and, in some respects, the frankest, speech made during the Ohio campaign was that of General George H. Sheridan, a Louisiana carpet-bagger. He gives a racy account of his applica tion for office and what came of it thus : I wanted to be Collector of the Port at New Orleans. I could not see how we conld make a success unless I was appointed. HAYEs asked me if I knew who would be a good man. That was a delicate question to ask, aud I asked for time for refl >ction. He gave me time for reflec tion, and that is the only thing he did give me. I knew that tho Collector should be a man with an interest in the business of the city, a man of integrity, of good moral character, ability above tho average and a Republican. 1 thonght it over carefully, and came t,o the con clusion that I could come nearer filling the bill than any man I knew in the State. I had an interest in business, because I had paper out at that time. I knew I was a man of integrity —my moral character was as good as a some what tropical man might develop in a some what tropical country. I waß sure I had the ability. I was a Republican—was once a Rep resentative in Congress from Louisiana; it was but a short time. I was elected for two years. I was in for four hours before the gress to which I was elected was adjourned ; didn't have time to make a record, voted on both sides of every question, called out re peatedly “ Mr, Speaker,” told one member he was a thief aud another that he was a liar, looked at the ladies in tho gallery, spit tobac co, went in the committee room to look at some documents, borrowed some money aud went home. I considered at the time that I made a pretty good average record. For these rea sons I thought I ought to bo Collector. Presi dent Hayes was very cordial—he is a very oor dial man. When X spoke to him he said : “ Sheridan, I will make out the commission at oncebut he made a mistake and got a name I had not thought of. I thought at that time is this what I made 127 speeches for, or the same speech 127 times. I told Mr. Hayes how I felt. I moved him very much—moved him to advise me to pull down my vest or to go West, or somothing of the kind. Well, he went West and made speech es for the Republican candidate in Ohio, and good naturedly endorsed the “ poli cy.” In other parts of his speech he acknowledged that the whole Recon struction programme was an organ ized raid upon the defenseless peo ple of the South, and that he helped make it so. The President no doubt thought he had made enough mischief and would ornament a private station at the North. We think so, too. • Ml ■ M ■ POSTAL CURIOSITIES. The records of the Dead Letter Office of the United States Post Office Depart ment are often pointed to as showing the surprising carelessness frequently exhibited by the senders of letters con taining valuables. Sometimes, perhaps, the moral has been drawn that the hnr ry, which is a natural characteristic of Americans, is responsible for most of the omissions or blunders which canse letters to bring up at the Dead Letter Office instead of at the addresses which were in the minds of the writers, if not on the envelopes, when the letters were posted. If there has ever been a sense of national humiliation over this, it will be experienced the less keenly with the knowledge that the United States by no means stands alone in the vexations it imposes upon the Post Offioe Depart ment, and in the annoyances which writ ers are subjected to through their own carelessness. The British Post Office Department unfolds a tale quite as in teresting, and detailing qnite as many blnnders and attempted frauds, as any ohronicled in the United States in con nection with the Post Offioe Department here. Last year nearly six million letters found their way the Dead Letter De partment of the British Post Offioe, in the large majority of cases the canse having been insufficient addresses. — There were no less than three thonsind letters which were not addressed at all, and of these 830 contained money in cash or ohecks, the amonnt being $27,- 000. Thousands of insufficiently ad dressed letters also contained money, bnt in nine-tenths of the cases the De partment fonnd it possible to reissne the letters or retnrn them to the writers. One case of carelessness mentioned in Lord John Mannkbs’ report is that of a man who sent a registered letter con taining $15,000 in bank notes and had not taken the trouble to fasten the seal. All sorts of devices are need to de fraud the British Post Office Depart ment. In one instance gold coins to the amonnt of abont $7 were fonnd im bedded in the wax of a letter seal. The sender of a newspaper secreted four sovereigns in it, and another attempted to make the half-penny postage carry a gold locket with the newspaper. In both cases the property was confiscated. Among the other articles which have been found in newspapers, cigars, to bacco, collars, sea weed, ferns, flowers, gloves, handkerchiefs, mnsic, patterns, stockings, lace, postage stamps and ser mons are mentioned. The report aleo notes that a live snake escaped from a postal packet at Kingston, and was not claimed for a fortnight. The United States contributed a live homed frog which fpassed [safely through the mails, and lizards and leeches innumerable AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1877. found safe and speedy transit in Ike mail bags. THEN AND NOW. “ The old Sag and an appropriation ” seems destined to infinite rehearsals from the erring brethren of the South in this Congress.— Springfield Republican. Well, why not? Yon fellows have abont $400,000,000 the start of ns, and we hope to get even with yon some day. In old days, when we let yon have the entire grab and stood npon oar dignity, yon laughed in yonr sleeves and called ns “chivalry” and “fools” of the Don Quixotte order. We are poor now, bnt powerful. We do not stand so mooh now on dignity as of yore. Gan yon blame ns, then, for being snob apt scholars and combining loyalty with business ? RAISE YOUR OWN SUPPLIES. A Liverpool paper says the harvest in Yorkshire is one of the worst that has been known for years, as there are farms after farms where the crops will not pay the rent. The French harvest is poor also, and Russia's wheat-growing pro vinces are closed by the Turks, thus catting off millions of bushels from European markets. The effect of this must be to stimulate prices of American grain, and hence it follows that the planters of the Sonth should endeavor to raise their own bread. Not only this, but they shonld prodace their meat also, for the prioe of bacon promises to be increased by two causes : the East ern war and a fatal disease among the swine and horned cattle of the North west. With these facts before them, every Southern man who tills the soil should strive to raise his own supplies. THE AUGUSTA AND GREENWOOD RAILROAD. Work on the Greenwood branch of the proposed Augusta and Knoxville Railroad is progressing satisfactorily. Gen. P. H. Bradley writes that he has graded in length about 450 feet per day since be oommenoed on the 24th nit. The question, “What is Augusta do ing ?” is put to him daily, and he in variably and confidently answers, “Au gusta will meet us at the river.” Major W. K. Bradley spent two weeks reoently among the people on the line of the valley branch, from Dobn’s Mine to Anderson. Subscriptions to the amount of $60,000 were obtained in aid of the road between the points last mentioned. This valley branch will doubtless be built; it will prove an ex cellent feeder to the Augusta and Green wood Road. The projectors of the line are satisfied that they will be able to raise $60,000 additional—enough to grade the route, buy the cross-ties and build the bridges. This information shonld reassure our citizens and prompt a substantial response to the inquiries which come so naturally from our friends in Sonth Carolina, touching what we propose to do. Indeed, we should no longerspeak of what we “propose to do,” but give an earnest of onr pnrpose by do ing something at once. Let ns raise President Wheless’ hands and hold them up by authorizing him to inaugu rate the work on this side of the Savan nah. This action would enthuse our friends across the river and bring to the support of the enterprise here those who are inclined to doubt and are indis posed to subscribe to a road which must inevitably benefit our city largely. Every citizen of Augusta is interested in this work, and we believe that they are only waiting for the opportunity to manifest the interest they feel. As soon as SIOO,OOO shall have been subscribed, President Wheless will order dirt bro ken and tbe work will go steadily for ward. TIIE TREASURY REPORT. The comparative statement of the condition*of the U. S. Treasury accounts has been issued up to October Ist and one year ago, whioh has been condensed as follows: The total public debt, less cash in the Treasury, is decreased over $40,000,000, bnt the result is more an in crease of cash than a decrease of out standing liabilities. Tbe coin balance now on hand is $119,152,043, against $64,591,124 last year. This balance is offset by $37,997,500 coin certificates, $18,786,642 held for the redemption of called bonds and about $10,000,000 due for interest. This leaves the amount of ooin owned by the Treasury something over $52,000,000, of which about $2,000,- 000 is silver. This is near $20,000,000 more than it possessed one year ago. The currency balance on hand is over $23,000,000, of whioh nearly $9,000,000 is held as a special fund for the redemp tion of fractional enrreney. The amount of fractional currency now outstanding is $18,786,642 27, against $29,852,415 62 one year ago, while the amonnt of sil ver coin has increased from $19,706,053 to $35,591,276 74. The legal tender notes now oatstanding amonnt to $856,- 914,932; October 1, 1876, there were $368,494,740. Daring the same year the premium on gold fell from 10J to 3J, and the balanoe of trade in our favor was largely increased. The volume of onr imports for the twelve months end ing August 31, 1876, was $441,186,100; exports, $472,169,273; balance in onr favor, $30,985,173. For the twelve months endiDg August 31, this year, the imports were $465,521,645; exports, $523,998,948; balance, $58,477,303. Women vote in Wyoming Territory and that is the only place where they pretend to be older than they really are —that is some of them do, wko are not yet of age. _ In England collections are being taken np for the oppressed Israelites of Rus sia. There the persecutions of the Jews is continued with nearly all its ancient cruelty. They are not permitted to re side in many of the greatest districts, Kief snd Novgorod, as well as Moscow, are forbidden to them, and even in the raral districts they are burdened with multiform exactions. Dr. John Hall, the eminent preacher, has returned from Europe. He draws from the Pan-Presbyterian Council an argnment in favor of greater toleration and brotherly sympathy between differ ent denominations, and said that in the Convention that is to assemble in Phila delphia in 1880 be expected to witness an increase in the modern spirit and ways of judging and acting that would be widely felt. This is the way the Virginia saloon is done into rhyme: Whene'er he sells a drink the barkeepers Will punch in the presence of the customers A half-cent hole for a glass of beer, A one-cant hole for a big sohoonere, A three-cent hole for each snifters — All in the presence of the customers. Chorus —Then, punch, boys, with the bell punch clear, All in the presence of the customer*, etc., etc. President Hayes disapproves of the Union League attack upon Senator Conkling, and recommends the “South ern policy ” treatment, which has Scrip ture for anthority. We fear that sort of poliey wonld make Conkling cavort worse than ever, as he parades around with a long tail coat snd pines for the President to tread on it. ATLANTA’S OFFER EXPLAINED. Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist: I see in the Constitution of the 2d inst, that a “fast and firn friend of Atlanta,” as an evidence of his friend ship haa asked her the following perti nent questions: 1. When does Atlanta propose to bnild tbe Capitol ? 2. Who is to jndge whether the Capi tol erected comes up to Atlanta’s agree ment ? 3. Is it true that any of the citizens of Atlanta can enjoin tbe Mayor and Coun cil, and thus prevent the fnlfillment of tiie contract ? Very many who have read “Altanta’s Proposition” as conspicuously set forth every day in the leading column of the Constitution , have asked the same ques tions, but until that jonrnal undertook the task nobody ventnred to try to answer them. I am glad that' the Constitution has done so, becanse it is now authoritatively confessed by tbe fastest and firmest friend Atlanta has, that her “offer” has no binding effect on her whatever either in law or morals ; that it is pnrely volun tary ; that she is quite free to fulfill or repudiate it as she pleases, and that she does not consider that either the State or the people of Georgia in any degree a party to her “proposition.” Now let ns examine the Constitution’s answers: 1. It says that Atlanta will bnild the Capitol “when the Legislature of Geor gia directs it.” How, Messrs. Editors, can the Legislature of Georgia “direct it?” Can the Senate and Honse of Representatives, in General Assembly met, pass a bill requiring the city of Atlanta to bnild a Capitol ? Can they pass a joint resolution reciting Atlanta’s proposition, and declaring that they expect Atlanta to bnild a Capitol ? or must they frame an humble petition, begging Atlanta to bnild a Capitol. As the General Assembly has not a shadow of a right to compel or require Atlanta to do anything of the kind, as Atlanta has made no contract with the State, the only chance left is to beg Atlanta for pity’s sake to fnlfill the vague promise of her adventurous Mayor and Council. 2. The Constitution says that the General Assembly (in case their mendi cant appeal is heard and answerd) is to be the judge whether “ the Capitol erected comes up to Atlanta’s agree ment,” is to look the gift horse in the mouth and,after critical examination,de termine whether orjnot the Capitol built by Atlanta’s charity is “as good as that at Milledgeville.” Fancy, after the Senate and House of Representatives have inspected the old Capitol at Milledgeville “as well as the Capitol erected,” returning to their re spective halls, and the question being put to them respectively, “The question is, is the Capitol erected as good as that at Milledgeville ?” Those who are of that opinion will signify it by saying “aye;” those of a contrary opinion, “no.” Sup pose the noes have it. What then? What course is open to the General As sembly ? By wliat process can they compel Atlanta to accept and adopt their idea of what is “as good a Capitol as that at Milledgeville ?” 3. The Constitution declares that it is not true that any citizen of Atlanta can enjoin the Mayor and thus prevent the fulfillment of the contract, becanse “the citizens stand silently by and allow the proposition to be made to and accepted by the people.” Surely the Constitu tion, even though it is not “a lawyer with any knowledge of law,” knows that the “proposition” unless it is reduced to an ordinance passed by the corporate authorities and adopted by tbe requisite number of the legal voters of Atlanta, cannot bind the citizens any more than any other proposition that the editors of the Constitution may think proper to make, and that, whether they stand silently or talkatively by and allow the proposition to be made, does not even remotely impair their legal right to in voke the aid of the Courts to prevent an unlawful expenditure of their money, in the very improbable case that any such shonld be attempted by the Mayor and Conncil. The Constitution, after expressing the hope that its answers will be satisfacto ry to the “ fast and film friend ” who elicited them, states, with a view to clinch the nail it thinks it has driven home, “ at any rate they (the answers) are true, and that is more to the pur pose.” I cannot imagine a less appro priate adjective to apply to the Constitu tion’s answers than the adjective “true.” For I cannot find a scintilla of truth in any one of them. I can find nothing but a palpable desire to hoodwink and deceive the people by pretenses so man ifestly false that the bare attempt to of fer them as real is an insalt to the in telligence of Georgia. I will tell Atlanta, however, how she can make her proposition so that the people may give her credit at least for good faith. Lather Mayor and Council pass an ordi nance agreeing to donate to the State a site and to pay a definite sum to build a Capitol, according to certain specifica tions as to size, material, etc., etc. Let her show that she has the “property” on hand which she proposes to donate, and can do so without increasing her debt, or if she most add to her debt that that already existing does not ex ceed seven per centum of the assessed value of her taxable property, and that, with tbe increase, it would not exceed ten per oentnm of tbe assessed value. Then let her convey the site and the ne cessary funds to erect the building to trustees for the above purposes, with the understanding that the deed is to be re garded as an escrow, until the State of Georgia, by its Legislature, accepts the donation, in which event the title shall pass and the work be executed. Then let the ordinance be approved by a vote of the oitizens of Atlanta, and, finally, let the necessary deeds be signed, sealed and delivered. Until tben, however satisfied the Constitution may be with its answers, it must excuse me if I treat them as the reverse of “trap.” They were evidently penned as a practical ex pression of the very low estimate of the intelligence of the people of Georgia to which the Constitution gave expression in the subjoined extract from its edito rial eolnmn of the 14th of July, publish ed when it was nrgiDg the Convention to fix the capital at Atlanta by the new Constitution. The italics are my own : “On this capital question, thousands of people would vote who never saw At lanta or Milledgeville—many thousands would vote who would be governed en tirely by sentiment, prejudices or self interest. ft can not be settled wisely, and for the good o f the people, except by a Convention —for they can examine all these reasons carefully and properly, and vote intelligently on tbe snbject.” The Constitution, in the foregoing ex tract, evidently thought at that time that the people had not mnch sense or intelligence. Its answers to its friend’s questions prove that it is still of the same opinion. One of the People. THE NEW CONSTITUTION AND >lll.- I.KDCKVII.I.IL Poinpty’H Reasons. Fompey: Hello, Sambo, how yon gwine to vote—Milledgeville or Atlan ta ? Sambo; Atlanta, in course; I is ag gressive spirits, I is. Pompey; You wrong dar—dat “'gres sive spirit”, costs too much money, Sam bo. Sambo: T’won’t cost a cent—Atlanta’s gwine to build de Capitol herself. Pompey:Sambo,dat’s “too thin” —At lanta ain’t got the money. Sambo: Ain’t got the money ? Didn’t dey say Mass James alone was willing to give $25,000 to be Governor of Georgia ? Pompey: Dat’s true; but dey say he didn’t send bnt $lO to each weekly pa per. Dat’s dc trouble—dey promises, bnt dey don’t pay. How yon gwine to vote on de Constitution ? Sambo: I ain’t ’cided dat question; bnt dey say de old Constitution’s de colored folks’ Constitution. Pompey: I is gwine to vote the new Constitution and old Milledgeville. Sambo: How’s dat, Pompey ? Pompey: Why, Sambo, de new Con stitution makes the Legislature ’propri ate money for our ’versity—de college. Edication’s what I want. Dis Consti tution makes de Legislature educate oolored folks and de old didn’t. Sambo; What’s dat to do with de capital question ? Pompey: Lots. Why dat’s too plain to splain, Sambo; de Convention men who say dat de oolored folks shall be edicated were nearly all for Milledge ville ! Sambo: Why didn’t dey say so den ? Pompey: Some was too polite to say so in Atlanta—and, jnst ’twixt ns two and de gate-post, some of dem Conven tion men was skeered to say so in At lanta ; dey knew Atlanta’s ’gressive spirit, and dey didn’t want to come up missing. But, Sambo, dey was for Mil ledgeville, and de edication of de col ored folks; and I is grateful to them and am gwin to vote for Miiledgeville; de edication of the oolored race demands it. GEORGIA CAMPAIGN. Oglethorpe county endorsed Senator Gordon for re-election. Coffee county is grinding her mills for the halls of our fathers. Hon. James F. Reid is now mentioned for the Senate from the 19th. Elbert voted against the Convention, but she will ratify with a will. Colnmbus is troubled abont enforcing her commutation tax of $2 at the time of registering voters. The Sunny South fails to see how At lanta will be injured materially in re moving the capital. Captain J. O. Maxwell and Dr. W. W. Davenport are suggested for the Legislature from Elbert. Talbot county proposes to re-elect her true and tried representatives, Hons. J. M. Matthews and John C. Mound. “ S c a r 1 e t-scalp-who-blows-the-fog horn” of the Atlanta paper is still strad dling the buoys of the City Council’s proposition. The Gainesville Eagle says that can didates secretly pledged to vote against Gordon are to be rnn in each county for the Legislature. The Elbertou Gazette seems to gaze npon the capital contest as a sort of bear fight, enthusiastically betting npon the one that whips. Hon. Geo. F. Pierce, Jr., of Hanoock is eloquently and appropriately snggest ed by a writer in the Sparta Times as Senator from the 20th. The Crawfordville Democrat fails to place the economical column on Mil ledgeville’s side. It considers it best to leave things where they are. General Toombs has more ridicnlons opinions and sayings wrongfully attri buted to him than any man in the two hemispheres, not excepting Geo. Francis Train. A correspondent of the Crawfordville Democrat insists that Mr. B. F. Moore is not the man whom the Democracy of Taliaferro county shonld delight to honor. The number of first class legal minds contesting for the seat of the late Jndge Hill in the Macon Circuit seems to show that the salary redaction will not scare away good men. The model State politician now regis tere at tbe Markham, visits the reading room and after declaring his county unanimously for Atlanta goes home with a great h arden damped from his massive shoulders. Probable candidates for the House, from Lumpkin county are: Hons. Wier Boyd, W. P. Price, W. H. McAfee, B. H. Corbin, and Messrs. J. W. Burnside, B. F. Sitton, James J. Evans, Wm. Abercrombie, and others. The Elberton Gazette sensibly re marks that tbe appointment of Hon. Herscliel V. Johnson to the United States Supreme Bench “would do more to usher in the era of peaee than all the bancombe harangues of a century.” Hon. Samuel Lumpkin has been unan imously endorsed by a large mass meet ing in Oglethorpe county for the State Senate from the Thirtieth District. Madison and Elbert, it is said, will ap prove of this action, and thus honor the District. Hon. Jos. B. Cumming, of Augusta, an ex-speaker of the House of Represen tatives iu the Qeneral Assembly, is strongly endorsed for the Senate from the Seventeenth District, There are few abler men in the State than Maj. Gum ming.— Atlanta Constitution. The Milledgeville Union and Recor der gets off this good one : “The car pet-baggers bribed Coffee with the prom ise of forty acres and a mule; Atlanta attempts to bribe the whole State of Georgia with five acres; but, as Captain Oettle would say, ‘where’s the mule ?’ ” The Sparta Times and Planter, one of the most influential papers in Middle Georgia, thus rears its platform: Gor don, Senator; Johnson, U. S. Supreme bench; ratification; new homestead as lesser of two evils; Milledgeville, and 0. W. Dußose, Esq., as Senator from the 20th. The Washington Gazette advises all preachers to stay in their pulpits and to let polities alone. Preaching and poli tics don’t mix well any way, and it feels confident that they will do far more good, or at least less harm in the pulpit than in the Legislature. Oglethorpe county holds a primary election for Representative candidates next Saturday, the 13th. Messrs. J. M. Smith, A. F. Pope, and Dr. W. M. Wil lingham are the aspirants. There seems to prevail some objections to Mr. A. F. Pope on account of his State aid sup port in the last Legislature, but he has many friends in the county. Why is it that people will flaunt glit tering temptations before an editor’s eyes and then scoff when weak humanity falls ? See this : An Atlanta merchant sent the editor of the Jonesboro News one dollar and a half, and wants him to “come out from this time on ’till after the election in full force and strong terms for Atlanta.” Governor Colquitt’s appointment of Judge Grice in the Macon Circuit seems to give satisfaction down there. The Telegraph and Messenger says : The appointment is but due to Houston county, as Bibb has for nearly forty years enjoyed the honor of furnishing the Circuit with Judges, and Governor Colquitt has also paid a debt of grati tude, as it will be remembered that Houston rolled up the largest majority of any county in the State in his recent election. The Atlanta Constitution says : Col. H. Gregg Wright, the able editor of the Augusta ChbonioijE, is enthusiastically presented by his friends for a seat in the Lower House of the General Assembly. Col. Wright is as fit a man as there is in Richmond county, and his herculean la bors for the party entitled him to any honors it can confer upon him. We would be delighted to see him in the Legislature. Fifteen candidates in Ranks. Pike county has no candidate in her’s. Candidates in Franklin and Haber sham sing low. Hon. Farish Furman is oapitolizing in Newton county. Ben. Hill has written a long letter favoring Atlanta. The Washington Gazette earnestly op poses the rotation system. Nominations are getting unpopular in some sections of the State. Col. W. J. Houston will he elected Representative from Dekalb. Candidates and coon dogs aw begin ning to have strong following#, Mr. W- M. Rampley is a legislative candidate from Franklin oonnty. Putnam county is afflicted with two Democratic Executive Committees. Hampton and Toombs have been invit ed to speak at the Sandersville Fair. Hon. Hiram P. Bell thinks northeast Georgia will go ratification and Atlanta. Jackson county raises a local issue relating to the rearing of anew Court House. And now a Newton county man wants the National capital moved to Saint Louis. The Darien Gazette longs for the “restoration,” not “removal” of the capital. A Nominating Convention is called in Stewart on the second Saturday in No vember, Or. Carlton, in the Athens Georgian, ably endorses Senator Gordon tor a re election. Negro minstrels will perform in the Senate Chamber at Milled geville next Saturday. Col. J. W. Robertson, of Cobb, is spoken of for Senator from the Thirty fifth Distriot. Enoch Anderson and Rev. D. C. Oli ver are announced in Banks oounty for the Legislature. J. Clanton Clements, Sr., announces that he is a candidate for Senator from the Fifteenth District. The Monroe Advertiser believes that Middle Georgia will favor Gen. Gordon’s re-election, no matter who opposes. ‘Sidney Herbert says: “Gen. Toombs is not a candidate for United States Sena tor. He will be the next Governor of Georgia.” The editorial staff of the Lumpkin In dependent, the Albany News, and Athens Watchman are divided on the capital question. The Athens Watchman does not be lieve the question of accessibility, as between the two capital cities, has any wsight whatever. Judge Green Brantly is a candidate to represent Washington county in the General Assembly. Probabilities, how ever, point to a scrub race. A prominent citizen of Monroe oonnty says: “If the capital is returned to Mii ledgeville, it will remain there about ten years and then be located in Macon.” The Forrest, (Jackson County) News, while favoring Atlanta as the capital, does not think that her proposition should have any weight in the campaign. Why can’t Georgia have two capital cities, like Connecticut ? Rise up, yon pacificators and oompromisists, and act generously and handsomely in this mat ter. The Eatonton Messenger calls npon the Twenty-eight Senatorial District to abolish the rotation system and bien nially award the prize “to the most worthy. ” The Savannah News notes that ex- Governor Joseph E. Brown has no Sena torial aspirations like Thurlow Weed;he simply desires to “have a hand” in se lecting the man. The Covington Star says: It rather gets away with those who want to return to the “halls their fathers bnilt” to re mind them that those same halls were bnilt by oonviot labor. We are glad to note that Hon. James M. Smith, of Oglethorpe, will be most unanimously returned to the Legisla ture. Mr. Smith is destined to be one of Georgia's most nsefnl men. Tho Old Capital has this : Retrench ment and reform is the base, the Consti tution of 1877 the body, and the “old Capital” the apex. Pat these parts to gether and the pyramid is perfect. See here now, if the Capitol is allow ed to remain in Atlanta this agitation will not cease. Conyers and Covington, eaoh outrivaling the other, will fight for it and to one of tiiem4he halls eventual ly must go. Hon. George F. Pierce, Jr., of Han oook, is spoken of as State Senator from his district. Mr. Pierce is certainly one of tbe ablest young statesmen of Geor gia and is destined to render his people muoh service. The LaGrange Reporter thinks that the penitentiary question is a big sub ject to engage the attention of fntnre legislators. The man who oan devise a better way to manage the oonviot will be a patriot and a philanthropist. Upon the score of economy vs. gran dear, a correspondent of the Athens Watchman argues the claims of Mil ledgeville and Atlanta. We forget npon which side the grandeur was fastened; probably ’twas in the argument itself. The Early County Convention was composed of delegates- 9 white and 6 oolored—most of the districts Bending an eqnal number of white and colored delegates. Robert A. Lanier was nomi nated for Representative on the first ballot. An Atlanta Constitution correspondent is gratified to see that old Richmond, whose renown has been illustrated by such men as John P. King, Geo. W. Crawford, Longstreet, Jenkins, Miller and a host of other noble Georgians, fully appreciates, and intends to oall into requisition Maj. Jos. B. Camming for the Senate. In honoring such a man the famous old county will be true to her distinguished history, and honor herself. THE HASTY SFJPIONsi, ttuddeu Death of the Late Win. Hope Hull’s Contemporaries. lAthens Watchman.] In reading your paper of September 25th, I notice a letter from Jndge J. W. H. Underwood to Hons. C. J. Jenkins and W. W. Montgomery, in reference to the death of Hon. W. H. Hull and other members of ths bar of Athens years ago. Has it ever occurred to your minds how many of them died suddenly? I have notioed that all, or nearly all, the dis tinguished men of Athens died sud denly. First. If I mistake not Hon. Charles Dougherty, one of the purest and best men who ever lived in Athens, fell dead from a fence while out bird bunting. Second. Hon. Asbury Hull, whose heart was so full of Christian graces, and who was sqch a bright ornament in the Methodist obnroh, died suddenly while reading his Bible. Third. Col. John Billups, whose gen erous heart knew no bounds, and at whose honse the poor, as well as the riob, always found a hearty weloome, died suddenly in his bed, some time during the night. Fourth. Hon. Howell Cobb, whose name will eyer he cherished by all Georgians, for the manner in which he filled places of honor and distinction, died suddenly in the oity of New York. Fifth. Hon. Joseph H. Lumpkin, whose legal attainments were unsurpass ed by any, lived but a few hours, if I mistake not, after taken sick. Sixth. Hon. W. H. Hall, who though not a oitizen of Athens at the time of his death, bad been until since the war, and was one of the greatest legal minds in the State, died suddenly in New York, and was lodging, I suppose, at the same hotel where Howell Cobb died. And what is still very strange, there are others belonging to the list who did not die of any particular disease—their liveß were brought to a speedy close in other ways i First The lamented Gen. Thomas F. R. Opbp, who lent all the energies of his soul in promoting the interests of Athens in the way of education, was killed in stantly with a cannon ball, at Fredericks burg, Va. Second. Col. W. G. Delony, whose career in Athens, though brief, was marked with ability and success, was wounded and liyed but a short time. Third. Hon. John H. Christy, one whose plaoe at the editorial desk would be hard to fill, and whose talent wield ed snch an influence oyer this section of Georgia, lived but a short time after re ceiving what seemed not to be a danger ous wound, FIGURES. Ought Atlanta to Retain the Capital f Editor Columbus Enquirer-Sun : Below is given a comparative state ment of the expenses of the State for nine years, while the capital was in Mil ledgeville, and what they have been in Atlanta for the last nine years. The figures are substantiated by official records. Expenses in Milledgeville from 1861 to 1860, inclusive : For civil establishment, contingent fund, printing fund, special appro priations (except the pnblio debt, Legislature, and $668,340 to finish W. and A. Railroad), common school fund and over payment of taxes. Total amonnt $2,326,048 Pay of legislators wi'h Senator from every oounty, and their olerks, in, eluding biennial sessions of the body, from 1851 to 1853 806,728 Paid on public debt and to finish W. and A. Railroad, and subscriptions to Atlantic and Gulf Railroad 3,261,640 Total, ~,, $6,2#3,305 In Atlanta from July 81st, 1868, to the aißt of December last; For the civil establishment, includ ing the salaries of the Executive, State House officers and Judioiary, contingent fund, printing fund, legislative exreuses, special ap propriations (except in payment of the public debt), common school fund, overpayment of taxes, and debts contracted by the West ern and Atlantic Railroad $ 5,049,633 Pay of legislators and olerks 1,712,694 Paid on public debt and debt of Western and Atlantio Railroad.... 7,006,H7 TotalsTa>67~444 It will be observed that there is a dif ference of seven million five hundred and twenty-four thousand five hundred und six dollars, in favor of Milledge. ville. Now let ns examine (he compara tive expenses of the State government as they stood in Atlanta and Millegeville, Tube sny given year—say 18(57 for Mil legeville and 1869 for Atlanta: 1867 IS MILt.EDGEVII.LE 1869 IN ATLANLA, For lights.so 00 For lights. .9 1,157 63 “ fuel 360 00 “fuel,,,. 1,586 40 “ stat i on- For station ery. 282 51 ery 5,382 49 For incident- For inoiden al— tal— Ex. Dept.... 248 80 Ei. Dep't., 11,450 00 Advert ia i n g Advertising ia newapa- in new*- pers by gov- papers by eminent...#9 339 84 gov’ment. 27,19159 Some Atlanta enthusiasts may say that this great difference is due to Radi cal That argument will not do, for during five years out of the nine above taken for Atlanta the State was under Democratic government. With such figures as the above we don’t see bow tax payers will long hesitate how to cast their ballot. Sentiment, perhaps, will move many to vote for Milledgeville in the coming election, but when yon add to that argument the one educed from the above estimate, where is the voter who can resist Ibis appeal to his pockets ? G. THE niNeiU AT WOUK. They Receive Tes Per Cent. Advance Id Wages. Wilkefbarbe, Pa., October 9.—Yes terday, at a meeting cf miners employed by the Susquehanna Coal Company, at Nanticoke, the men, by a unanimous vote, decided to resnme work. They will receive ten per cent, advance. Op erations begin as soon as the mines can be put in order. Wives and children of wealthy plant ers in Lowndes connty go into the fields and pick cotton for pocket money. $2 A YEAR—POSTAGE PAID THE STATE, THB PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS. Albany is to have a library. Some soarlet fever in Elbert. LaGrange wishes a bell punch, A Savannah man has a pet bear. Game promises well this season. Wo missed the Hartwell Sun this week. Griffin has completed her new post offioe. Elberton organizes a silver cornet band. Wild geese will soon be taking time by the f’lock. Hall county longs to get rid of her pauper farm. Autumn is now ohewing off the ear of Summer, as ’twere. Baldwin and Wilkes are vigorously proseeating vagrants. Two young ladies have suicided in Macon within the past year. Possums and potatoes aeem to be having their annual rennions. The venerable Dr. Lovick Pierce is said to be perceptibly failing. Bishop Gross attended Archbishop Rayley’s funeral in Baltimore. There has been bnt one bale of cotton sold in Carnesville this season. The State School Commissioner speaks to-day in Frppklin county. Ex-Governor James M. Smith will re turn to Colnmbns and practice law. Elberton boasts of being a better cot ton market than Augusta. So it goes. There are seventy-five students now on the roll at the University of Georgia. Johnson and Shaw, escaped murder ers, have been returned to the Atlanta jail, Tbe extension beyond Colnmbus of the North and Sonth Railroad has been secured. Rev. W. Wat-kin Hicks, formerly of Georgia, is said to be preaohing in Chicago. The Troup county Methodists, 1,600 in number, have bad two County Con ventions this year. Elbertou is said to be rapidly mould ing into shape a plan to complete the Air Line Railroad. Mrs. Robert Hester, of Elberton, was thrown from her carriage reoently and had her elbow fraotured. Thomas county gets up more enthu siasm over her fairs than any other pro vince in the commonwealth. A bogus contractor has been adver tising from Atlanta for workmen of all sorts, and offering high wages, Mr. Oliver Jones, a highly respeoted citizen of Glascock county, died very suddenly of apoplexy last Wednesday. J. Cooper Nisbet, Esq., late Con. Con. Sec., publishes an interesting let ter in the Georgia Grange upon milk oftttle, It now transpires that Hon. M. J. Crawford, of Barton, died of heart dis ease, and not from the fall from his buggy. It is said that Mrs, John T. Ray mond, one of the brightest and wittiest women on the stage, is a Georgian and a Roman Catholic. Bishop John W. Beckwith and Rev. 0. C. Williams, of Macon, were in at tendance on the Triennial Bpisoopal Convention in Boston, The lawsuit in relation to the Chero kee Railroad has been adjusted, and the road will be completed from Car tersville to Cedartown. The Greensboro Tier aid says; Bishop Pierce is beginning to show his age, but he has lost none of the earnestness and eloquence of his palmier days. Henry Grady is writing up the battle of Gettysburg from General Longstreet’s notes. How can we expect this thing ever to be straightened now ? Rev. Zaohariah Stearns, of Taylor county, belongs to a remarkable family- There are five brothers—the oldest 86 and the youngest 71 years of age. The diffloulty hetween Messrs. E. P. Howell, of the Constitution, and E. ,P. Speer, of the Old Capital, has been ad justed by a Board of Arbitration, The man who pitohed a one-sided crop last Spring, of oourse, finds his shoulder out of joint. Better hold the hog and hominy end up next time. A Macon and Western train ran over a negro near Goggin’s station, Friday, and did but little damage, butting his head and slightly gashing his arms. The Gartersville Express says: That was an unique idea a preacher expressed from a pulpit hero Sunday; “My be loved, you oan’t homestead on Jesus Christ.” Judge Felix McCarthy, of the Glynn county Court, is reported to have vam osed, dodging five indictments hanging over him, and carrying SB3O of the pub lic fund. The railroad pool meeting, in Atlanta, did not change the rates of freight in the State, nor alter through rates. Its aotion in the changes made was confined to ooeau shipments. The Warrenton Clipper says ; A ma lignant type of bilious fever is prevail ing in the country. One neighborhood has forty-four oases. The viotims are yellow as pumpkins. Mrs. William Dillard, of Gwinnett county, in a fit of jealousy, knocked Emily Gleason in the head with a pine knot, in the lower part of Gwinnett county, last week, from the effects of which the unfortunate woman died. The following delegates from Georgia attended the Amerioan Pharmaceutist Convention at Toronto : Homer P. Tar rant, Augusta; John Ingalls, A. A. Me nard and John H. Zeilin, Macon, Mr. John Ingalls, of Macon, was elected seoond Vice-President of the Associa tion. Q. P, Tarrant, of Augusta, is a member of the executive oommittee for the ensuing year. Soarlet fever is leaving Maoon, Brunswick enjoys good 'health. Social Circle has two Marshals. Monroe county has a drouth belt. Some diphtheria in Monroe county. Mr. Riohard A. Benson, of Macon, is dead. The ohicken thief is parading around in Macon. Mrs. Susan E. Bell, of Baldwin coun ty, is dead. The Brunswick Seaport Appeal again comes to light. Maoon is taking steps to forward aid for Fernandina. Union Point girl# tend their beaux home at ten o'clock. Meroer University opened with about seventy-five stndents. Mr, Thos. B, Wright, an aged citizen of Milledgeville, is dead. Dr. Lovick Pierce has been in Athens, the guest of Dr. Henry Hull. Governor Colquitt was yesterday at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Cave Spring, Ga. Bibb and Hamilton counties will build anew iron bridge on the Macon and Perry Railroad. Mr. Asa Deadwyler, who lives near Paoli, Madison county, was gored by his fine bull last Thursday. A man named Brown, in Gwinnett, who attempted to whip his wife, was stabbed last week by his step-son. The Watchman trusts that there will be no effort to exclude the Dahlonega Cadets from the State Fair prize drill. An old farmer, Eberhart by name, was robbed of a considerable sum of money by Richard Clomer, in Athens, last week. Mr. John Deloaoh, 8r„ of Bulloch county, an old gentleman in his eighty second year, killed two deer the other Jhe seventh annual meeting of the stockholders of the Northeastern Rail road will be held in Athens next Wed nesday. A shooting affray occurred Sunday night at the Brown House, in MacoD, between Mr. Dave Conner and Mr. L. B. Pike. Col. C. D. Hammond, Secretary of State for eight years under the adminis tration of Govs. McDonald and Cobb, died in Baker county. Mr. W. Rioh, of Emanuel county, was severely shot three times by a party of disguised men, who claimed he had slandered some ladies. Someone sent Bill Arp (Maj. Smith), who is farming in Bartow connty, a good sized needle and a lot of thread to be used in sowing hiß wheat. Col. J. R. Hart, of Butts county, was recently severely beaten in Cedartown, by a step-son of Thos. Gibson, Esq., the village editor. Trouble between Hart and Gibson led to the affair. A Columbus oompany, in purchasing the North and South Road, pay SIO,OOO of the purchase money as a bonus, and give their obligation to pay the balance by the first of January, 1879. Newton county has an one-armed fid dler and a left-handed fiddler, while the editor of the Covington Star holds his instrument with his great toe and saws with his teeth. And yet his music smells as sweet. The steamer City of Austin, fresh from the yellow fumes of Port Royal, slipped by Brunswick’s qnarantine sta tion, and sidled square up to the city’s wharf. She was promptly reversed when the citizens found it out. SOUTH CAROLINA. PALMETTO NEWS LEAVES. Columbia has had frost. Nine deaths last week iu Columbia. Darlington talks of anew artillery company. e *® .i® *° be a big ball during the State Fair. f ten-year-old Columbia girl weighs 120 pounds. A row is brewing in the Charleston Custom House. The Sandy Springs Factory will soon commence work. Female Institute opens with fifty pupils. The Greenville National Bank is build ing a brick vault. Major Earle resigns the Assistant Dis trict Attorneyship. Greenville sold 312 bales of cotton on her streets Friday. Mr. Reese Bowen, of Pickens, had his corn cribs burned last week. Major W. W. Sale is also mentioned for the Charleston Mayoralty. “Honest Man’s Club” has been or ganized in Darlington county. Oscar Moore, of Anderson, had his hand recently cut in a cotton gin. Some musical young men of Columbia are forming a negro minstrel troupe An old Georgetown fisherman diet! of apoplexy while angling in the creek. .It is suggested that military compa nies to the State Fair be passed free. The Phoenix says that, there is a dan gerouß cattle disorder iu Richland coun ty. Farmers say there has been an extra ordinary yield of sweet potatoes this year. . Uast year’s officials seem to bo meet ing their fate with singular “resigna tion. Thomas J. Lipscomb has been elected m°* °f the Newberry infantry regi- A ootton bale fell upon a Charleston car driver Saturday, inflicting serious injury. ° Mr. David Geer, one of the oldest oitizens of Anderson, is ill from pa ralysis. r There is to be a small number of sol cners stationed in Columbia all the Winter. The old flag carried by the Palmetto Regiment in Mexico is stored away in Columbia. Judge Northrop’s appointment to the District-Attorneyship gives universal satisfaction. The Savannah Valley Railroad intend to make some effort to control the Blue Ridge Road. . be Haskell Troop is the name of au independent company just established m Bishopville. The Ninety- Six Rifles, Captain Lim beoker. have entered for the competitive drill at the Fair. A2 ODe arme d man in Anderson, Mr. J. F. Callahan, picked 160 pounds of oottou tho other day. appears that the poisoning of the Charleston family did not result from the fowls eaten. Mr. Jno. R. Miot, of Columbia, a vet eran of the Mexioan and of the civil war, died last Friday. The excursion to Charleston has been very well patronized from different points in the up-country. GeD, B. H. Bntledge, of Charleston, m spoken of as Speaker of the State House of Representatives. Governor Hampton has been invited to deliver an address before the Agri cultural Society at Abbeville. The yacht race Friday in Charleston is said to have been the most beautiful regatta ever seen in the harbor. Mr. Horaoe Rabb, of Fairfield county, has entered the Associate Reformed The ological Seminary at Due West. The Orangeburg grand jury has found true bills against almost all the old and the new Radical county officials. The Charleston Irish Volunteers pro pose to lay the corner stone to their monument some time next month. An Anderson dramatic club will give some entertainments for the purpose of aiding to erect an Episcopal rectory. A man bought a nickel watermelon in Columbia, and on opening it found a. new silver dollar buried with the seed. The handsome residence of Dr. J. Hunter, near Laurensville, oocupiod by Col. James Farrow, was destroyed by fire last week. The Carolina Presbyteay will meet in Columbia at the call of the Moderator during the approaching meeting of synod, Ootober 17th. The Governor offers a reward of $lO9 for John Henry Vermillion, the mur derer of Robert Holliday, in Greenville, county, in December, 1873. Colonel A. C. Haskell will deliver nr* address before a mnss meeting of the Labor Reform Associations, in Laurens oounty, on Saturday, 20th instant. John Patterson, who was arrested in Colleton, charged with the murder of Lee Perry, in Lancaster county, about nine years ago, has been brought to the latter place. The Monticello Rifles have completed their organization, and the officers have reoeived their commissions. The roll now numbers over one hundred men, rank and file. The New York Tribune thinks that the appearanoe of a United States Sen ator, or even an ex-Senator, in tho Courts, is not calculated to awaken na tional pride. Judge Cooke, at the last term of Or angeburg Court, adjudged an attorney in contempt, and was compelled, from certain irregularities, to order a revision of the jury box. A bell has been found by a diver out side the Charleston bar with the nnmber “ 1377 ” inscribed upon it. Whether it is the year of its manufacture or the nnmber of its make is a mystery. The matter seems to stand about as the Winnsboro News has it: “Tho Liberia fever is raging, and is especially fatal to corn, hogs, chickens, potatoes, etc. Bnt it has as yet carried oft no darkeys.” The New York Commercial Adver tiser, Republican, says: “Even the most prejudiced bloody shirtist must admit that the annnal crop of negro shoo ings is remarkably backward in South Caro lina this season,” A correspondent of the Columbia Register, discussing State finances, says : “ The opponents of the consoli dated debt have arrayed themselves against Governor Hampton and the sol emn pledges given by the State Demo cratic party at the last election. Which will the people support ?” THE TENURE OF OFFICE ACT. It May Prove a SrriouN Injury to tlie Public IntereMtM. Washington, October 7.--The impres sion has heretofore obtained that the extra session would run on continuously until the regular session in December next, but the Administration is now con sidering the contingency that the extra session may be soon brought to a close. In such a case all the appointments to office which have been made during the recess, and which shall be still uncon firmed, will fall to the ground. This will involve the necessity of sending in all these nominations promptly to the Henate and of early action upon them. Among the appointments it is deemed certain that the nominations to the va cancy in the United States Supreme Court and for the vacant circuit judge ship in the Kentucky District will he transmitted to the Senate in a few days. In the event of a rejection of any nomi nations of the President the present tenure of office act will prove a serious injury to the public interests, and th> re is ground for the belief that the Presi dent would be very happy to have it re pealed. The difficulties growing out of this mischievous act and the filling of the appointments will alone suffice to keep Congress in session up to Decem ber next. Early Helm Illingelf Uiglit. Whatever may have been Jubal Ear ly’s errors, he is justified in demanding that he shall not bo misrepresented. In a note to the editor of the Richmond Whig he thus denies that; he attempted to prevent a cordial reception of the President in Lynchburg “The state ment made by the Tribune's correspond ent has no foundation whatever in fact so far as lam concerned. I was absent from Lynchburg, as I have been for sev eral weeks, when the programme for the reception of the Presidential party was agreed upon and arranged. After my return I made no effort to break down, impede or interfere with the reception. In taking no part in it I acted according to the promptings of my own judgment and feelings, leaving others to do as they thought proper.” “ They All Do It,” the name of the Danbury News man’s new book, is also the title of Mozart’s comic opera “ Cosi Fan Tutti.”