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etre. t He ia a K«pablieaa that ia all '**
Tar <«h*Mre power of public plunder
will not boi i a party together forever. Die
-oed ia aobalde u» reintt from the oj>e rat tone
of aweh a bwi'i of union as to make the ex
wtea.-e ct a party held by it always preca
n*>oa. Is ant the beginning of the end of
Kepablicaa sapreiaacy tn thia country ap
parent ’
T*«v Mr Coaxuxu not only desired bn
Mpeetci to la* returned to the United
Mate* Senate is auffi-.eniiy evidenced by
the ftdtawiac words taken from his letter to
the New V>rt Legislature. He and Platt
wvme •‘Such distrust has been expressed
of the orrectm of our positions that we
think it right and dutiful to submit the
■natter b* the power to which alone we are
bound and are ready to how. The Legisla
ture is tn seeaion.” Clearly that language
was an appeal for roelection.
rtaMAIOB Hill nays that the negroes, when
suddenly elelevated to political influence,
the tools of designing Republicans, ,
and that the white South was compelled to
t.eeow solid as a matter of self-protection
against the Republican party. He says that
the negroes at first regarded the right of
autfrage as a toy with which they played,
nut that now they think of it as a thing of
value, and vote with the Democratic party.
Mr. liiarivxn. says Senator Hill, should
fill Federal aA?e« with men who are Old
Whigs and Unionists, bnt are not obnoxious
to {be people at large, and where he cannot
find them he should appoint conservative
■ Tur amount of Mr. Coxklixo’s wordly
goods is attracting the attention of that
modest retiring, reticent class of produc
tive citiiens. the newspaper correspondents.
-■Gath" says: "Roacok Cotntuno, from the
beet I can hear, ia worth lietween 5‘200,000
and fdiM\OtX). He has always been pru
dent in his expenditures, and his wife is a
oarefnl housekeeper. He owns, perhaps
the best bouse in Utica— a large mansion in
a private park; but intertaining little com
pany, and his wife having respectable
mean* and being in the midst of an excel
lent country of produce, he can probably
live at U:ica for abont SII,OOO a year.—
Wheta er his peccadillos have been costing
him anything is not known, but it seldom
happens that a man Rises hia head without
bleeding at the pocket.'*
I'm rep. rts ot Jewish persecution in
tin asm. continue, and each day adds new
honors to the accounts. The victims are
fleeing from in crowds. Their
houses are burned, their places of business
are plundered, their synago ties are broken
up. and those who are too poor to fly are
horribly maltreated, and in many places are
net c-uly suffering bnt starving. The worst
feuture of this brnuldy is the absence of
any protection. The Russian authorities
appear to be incapable of quelling the popu
lar tumult, and the crazy, ignorant, super
stitious mob is allowed to have its own way
in maltreating a people who are guilty of
no rffense. Their situation not only shows
the rval feebleness of Russian authority in
internal affairs, but is a disgrace to modern
civilization. If Russia cannot do anything
to protect tiie-e unfortunates, then the other
European Powers should make their influ
ence felt.
A fasckl post has just buen established
iu England by Postmaster-General Faw
cett and an international agreement has
recently been completed between France,
Germanv and Relgium and Switzerland for
a parcel post between these countries. In
both instances, the post office proposes to
do a general express business at a fixed
chargs for small packages up to a certain
weight. In France, this charge is to be 22
cents for packages up to six pounds
weight, not over 24 inches square in any
dir.■ction. This is altogether different from
the pvMal charge for carrying merchandise
in this country, which is so arranged as to
give the express companies the profit on
t the short distances, and the Government
the loss on the long one*. The French
charge is only for railroad points; an in
crease of about 50 per cent, is made for
deliveries at a diaunce from railroads
stations; but, however arranged, a parcel
post should be run as a part of every postal
department.
A bxilboap beneath Broadway the whole
length of Manhattan Island, with branches
to the L’udson Hirer Railroad station, and
along the Fest side, is now projected, with
General Mrxh.aixax as President. Each
night a wooden bridge of fifty or sixty feet
will be laid on Broadway. and the earth ex
cavated from beneath it, the contents be
ing carried off by small tunnels through the
streets. Two brick tunnels with arches be
tween them will then be built, rails laid,
and the whole finished without diatwbing
k the traffic of the street The engines ate
• fee propelled by compressed air, thus aroid
lag the smoke and bad air of coal engines;
AB the sir being supplied from stationary ma
china-p at each end of the roatf- The
will be lit by electric light, and ran
telephone at the rate of forty mdes an
&oxir, or deducting the frequent stoppages,
at an average of twenty-five miles an hour.
The trains will be equipped with hydraulic
brakes, the tracks laid tn asphalt, deaden
ing the sound, while the eren temperature
will permit the rails to be placed close end
to and, avoiding the dicky-te-clack of the
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Caaaaelly p* read as an iUogiod Bind.—
That* asrara to be nothing sarn.-st or posi
live in to nature He does not p.w«« the
ebshty or the courage to ievaatigate. therv
fiasw, he caenut <hua the wisdom or the
dasmatiaatK* to deatroy. Hi* antagon
*bb to all religion has resulted from
a vat are which » conetitaUoually at vari
aeca With all above its mfluen.-v and
beyond its ken. and baa not sprung from
ee earnest, hoeaat desire to investigate with
breadth and belief, for the sake of trnth.
Roeaer IsnanaoLL ia a Nihilist, pure and
Simple. Hui narrow mission ia to destroy,
not to build up; and he would rob man
kind of its best boon without supplying an
insatiable and divine element df human
nature with aught to fill its place.
In one of hia dogma, quoted at the head
of this article, Mr. Imokusoll attempts to
put doubt forward as the stimulant to all
int*i!ec*--ai advanceiucuu If* would revei»e
the common belief into a saying of his
own: "Be dies who does not doubt." If
Mr. InoaaaoLL. in the above sentence, has
attempted to be logical, he has succeeded
ia making himself ridiculous; if he has
endeavored to rest his position upon any
auch idea, he has well uncovered his own
weakness. If Robut Ikgkmoll had have
I said that he who does not think for
' himself ends all intellectual advance
ment, he would have come nearer the j
truth. Many of his old ideas upon the
freedom of thought were fine, but he has
not appreciated bis own best sayings, and
does not appear to know in what his '
strength has consisted. It is the glory of
man to explore and find out. In the world |
of science, of material philosophy, of meta- i
physics and in political economy, man’s ,
best victories have been attained by rigid .
speculation and exhaustless experiment. I
Reverence for the old is giving way to
revelation of the new, and antiquated cue
ton and tradition have fallen down before
habits and convictions established in the
present As enlightenment becomes wide
spread man grows into a general thinker;
for mental independence follows physi
cal emancipation. Truly has it been as
serted that "he who cannot think is an
imbecile; he who will not think is a 'bigot,
and he who dare not think is a slave."
Robkbt Ikoerholl, however, makes one of
his masterly mistakes when he intimates
that doubt is the stimulus to intellectual
advancement. We hold that belief is the
mainspring of all development. It is the
desire to improve upon what we already es- .
teem which best fits ns for research
and nerves one for exploit. The man
who sneered at the efficiency of the :
sailing vessel and doubted the expediency
of moving upon the waters was not the one
who invented the compass or expanded the ■
sloop into the steamship. The scientist ■
who railed at the old signal stations for :
flagging news never strong up the electric !
telegraph, nor was it left to him who doubt
| ed the policy of preserving parchment,
which seemed cumbersome and absurd, to
frame the first matrix of type. It is the de
sire to improve upon the old—not to dis
card it entirely—which has worked the
growing good of this world. Bnt few men
can overturn whole systems and revolution- j
ize entire methods. It has been left for few
people to be reformers—and we humbly
submit that Mr. Inobbsoll is not one of the
elect.
It has been said that discontent is the in
centive to wealth. The meaning of the sen
tence is that wealth depends upon the de
sire of every person to better his financial
condition. It is this working for some
thing higher and be'.ter which adds to indi
vidual prospeiity and builds up the business
world; but how misguiding to say that
discontent is the incentive. Were all capi«
talista and laborers discontented with their
positions, products and prospects, how
unhappiness would increase and fail
ure intensify I In contentment is hap
piness, and there, too, effort may be
best expended. It would be just as dan
gerous to encourage agitation and dis
content in order to add to the skill of labor
and increase the power of capital, as it would
to encourage men to doubt and to sneer, in
order to broaden their faith and better any
of their conditions. Development does not
spring from doubt. He beet acts who thinks
most, feels most, and, we may add, believes
i moat strongly. Belief is not adverse to bet
tering our code of morals or improving our
religions condition, and he can effect that
reform, whenever reform is needed, by hav
ing faith in and reverence for the old sys
tem. lie who wrought the most perfect
work on earth, and "spoke as never man
spake,” talked in parable, not in satire, and
proudly claimed that His mission was not
to “destroy but to build up"—not to doubt
but to perfect.
Mr. IxoKßsoixmust excuse us. His creed
is unsound, his sentiment is misleading, his
policy illogical and inane. Mr. Ingkbsoll,
. in fine, is not a great infidel.
I
OUR MANUFACTORIES.
While the stoek excitement continues our
manufacturing interests have not been suf
fered to languish. It will be seen from a
report in our local columns that all the new
stock of the Enterprise Factory has been
taken and that the work of enlarging the
mill will be commenced at once. This is
cheering news to everybody interested in the
progress of Augusta and the evidence
that not only our own people but capitalists
at a distance have firm faith in our manufac
tories. Despite all the assertions of malig
nant spirits—and, thank Heaven! they have
i grown small and beautifully less—who
woeid fain keep us down to the
end of time, Jhfte are hundreds of intel
ligent practical Bien at the North
who know a goal‘thing when they see it,
who cannot be prevented from investing
their money fchere it will bring them a large
interest, notwithstanding all the political
diatribes about insecurity of life and prop
erty at the South. Figures speak for them
selves, and no mere assertion san blot them
out. Hence it is that men of means in New
fork. Cincinnati, Boston and other North
ern aiUM who have been accustomed all
their lives to business, who think and act
for themselves, Lavs placed large sums in
new manufacturing enterpna«s is Augusta.
They see the success which has atte*d_d
older enterprises of a similar character, in
vestigation convinces them that those more
recently organise* have an equal chance
to do as well, and they do pas stop to ask
what ar* the political opinions of the peo
ple among whom the factories are located.
They know that Georgia is prosperous;
that her. bonds are away above par in the
New York stock market; they are awaye that
Augusta’s advance tn material wealth sad
enterprise have bee" equal to those of *ay
pity in the Union of similar opportunities,
and reasoning from the past, they believe
with our oyn people that her prosperity in
the future is an aapnred fact. A large part
of the capital of ths SMe” Mills and the
Enterprise Factory has bean by
Northern men, and it is very <haar
what about manufacturing
here whan m« willing to invest
se much money in these mills. st are sat
isfied that the future wiU show that they
were correct in thatr judgment Our own
people have also invested largely in both
factories, and they will be amply repaid put
only by the value of the stock to themselves
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Ma Th. tM»• was *o »»L4 n—an why it
ofeoiid hot finwh th* !■—«m tor which it
war —had together, in two wreka. The
Pr»«»i»nt had hia nppouttßaate ready, and
th* only iegitimate bMtae— before tho
s —ate wm the Confirmation ot rejection of
the nomine*-* A* men of wisdom, "grave
and reverend signiora," the country had a
right to expect that the Senator* would dis
charge their proper duties and not descend
to partisan trieka, for the purpo— of aggran
dizing men who were not worthy of atten
tion. A* soon as it was apparent that Ma
■okb was recreant to the trust reposed in
him. the Democrats quietly accepted the
situation, and yielded the organization of
the committees to the Republicans. To all
people of unbiased judgment then, was .
nothing now in the way of a prompt dis
patch of business and the revolution
therefore, of Mr. Dawks for the election of
Senate officers, took the country by sur
prise. It was then that the bargain by
which the Republicans had wrested the
control of the Senate from the Democrats,
who had every right to suppose that they
were in the majority, became too glaring to
be hid behind any masked battery of po
litical sophistry. Gobham and Riddlebeb
oeb were the bosom friends of Mahone,
and the arguments of Republican Senators
why the election should be ueld, lost all
their force, if they would have had any in
any event, in the face of the fact that such
election was to be held solely to advance
these two men, at the behest of the Vir
ginia Readjuster. Such action as this, the
Democrats properly determined to defeat
by every means in their power, and with
what success the sequel showed. For weeks
and weeks the country witnessed the
spectacle of a Republican President
hampered by a Republican Senate, of
unacted upon nominations, simply be
cause Mr. Mahone’s new associates saw fit
to press the claims of two men who had no
claims at all except through the power of
their Virginia backer. The indignation of
the masses was naturally aroused, and it
found expression in no uncertain sounds
until the Republican Senators discovered
that it was no longer safe to combat public
sentiment, and the real business of the ex
tra session was at last entered into. The
Democrats had triumphed, and they had
the approval of the country. It is one of
the remarkable incidents of this struggle
that the Republicans not only failed to con
vince their opponents, but actually satisfied
themselves that they were espousing a bad
cause. Gorham and Riddlebebobr at last
became so nauseating a dose to even the stal
warts, that nobody believes they could have
been elected towards the close of the session
if the Democrats had withdrawn their opposi
tion. They will not be heard of again as
candidates for the Senate positions, or if
they are, it will be seen that some of their
strongest supporters in the recent deadlock
will be the quickest to throw them over
board. The Democratic Secretary and Ser
geant-at-Arms hold over and they will prob
ably continue in office during the greater
part of the regular session, if not to the
end.
Mr. Conkling's theatrical exit, which was
evidently designed to serve as a menace to
the President and startle the country with
the magnitude of the event, created a some
what different impression from what the
New York ring master expected. ’ Instead
of shuddering over the retirement of the
Hyperion-curled statesman and his
man Friday, as a tragedy, the peo
ple have universally looked upon it as the
funniest of farces, the antics of the spoiled
child who failed to get the moon when he
cried for it. Mr. Conkling had so
long been accustomed to dictate
to the Republican party of Now York that
hie vanity and self presumption had become
inordinate. While Mr. Gabfield was to be
the nominal President of the Union, Mr.
Conkling looked upon New York as his in
dividual property and the Federal offices
within its limits as rewards for his political
frie. ids. The constitutional rights of the
Chief Executive were as naught in his eyes
compared to his own prerogatives. Mr.
Gabfield was to be used as the cat’s paw
to draw the fat chestnuts out of the fire. It
was very evident from subsequent events
that Mr. Conkling never dreamed of oppos
ition to his behests. When, therefore. Mr.
Garfield undertook to,act for himself, to
appoint such men in New York as he deem
ed the public interests*demanded, Conk
ling’s rage was unbounded. Judge Rob
ertson was a man endorsed by everybody -
by the New York Legislature itself—
but he had refused to be one of Mr. Conk
ling’s hewers of wood and drawers of wa
ter, and therein his offending. The Presi
dent was given to understand that unless
he withdrew this nomination he must ex
pect war to be made upon him by the New
York Senator. But Mr. Garfield was not
a man of straw. No breath from an angry
man, even though that angry man was so
important a personage as Mr. Conkling
Seemed himself to be, could swerve the
President from his purpose. The caucus
was appealed to, but the caucus which se
often had yielded to the imperious de-
mands of Mr. Conkling declined to
take up arms against the President. It was
now the part*ot wisdom for Conkling to
have yielded, but his rage had blinded him
to every consideration but his wounded self
conceit. His resignation and that of Senator
Platt, his henchman, followed. It was i
plain that this was no actual retirement
from the political arena, in the minds of
either Senator. The New York Legislature
was to be appealed to for vindication, by
their re-election, and such a re-election was
to be understood as a practical condemna
tion of the President's course. Bat now
another Stirprise awaited Mr. Conkling. The
was not so certain as he imagined.
The Legislature, which so short a time before
had given its approval tb Judge Robert
son, was not prepared to reverse its action
and condemn the President for appointing
him to office. Hence it is that it is ex
tremely doubtful whether either of. the re
tiring Senators will be returned. The
anti-CoNKUXG element in the New York
Legislature is very determined, and it is
hardly probable that the Democrats will
unite with the Conkungites to re-elect
a map who has always been their bit
ter and unoom promising foe. Such a
man as Mr. Conkling should be kept in re
tirement for all time to come. He is not an
honor to America, and his bitterness and
malignity have done more to keep up sec
tional feeling than anything else. He has
: never been willing to accept the situation,
to let well enough alone, and permit the
country to work out its great destiny free
from political agitation, for which there was
not the remotest necessity. When the
: South was striving hardest to keep pace in
: the progress of the age, when it was invit- i
ing Northern capital and Northern immi- \
1 gration, Mr. Coxkusg was loudest in his
' demands for a political crusade against her. ;
’ He ha? been the unrelenting enemy of
! this section, and, so fay as we know, with
• out any cause. The counsels bf the Nation
I are well rid of such a haughty and malig
nant spirit The country will prosper bet
ter without him. Like many others who
have aimed higher than they could reach,
he will go down unwept and unsup g.
It is our duty as it is ths duty of the
whole country, Without regard to partisan
ship, to support Mr. Giarauo’s adminis
tration so long as it is apparent that he is
deing his duty as President of the Bepub
-1 lie and for the best interests of the
country. Updo this his actions have
| been in keeping with his patriotic declara
tions in his inaugural address. We at the
. Soutn haye po longer any thing to fear from
ad verse legislation. The day for tech has
j long since passed. Nor have we any reason
I Io Relieve that our prosperity will be re-
AUGUSTA. GA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE -Y iBBI.
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ttaa.*ry Maxton, ta eaaatAMly tat a
traa* tpry aaJ nncartiua rjeditta*. it ta
waana taa* folly to eoalaavor ta ratord b- (
viatnat by practical ia*a ta tba Roathara
Mate* of tba ABericaa tapabite. Naittar
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amplMh it. aa 1 tb« peoaprroa* fatara of
tb* Mouth ia ’ aa rartata a* that tba *ua
■biaaa in tba bnwiu <Jur cropa will <ro*.
our iimmi will torn our la-tonH. «*bd our
reaoaroea will ba developed drapite all the
malignant attack* made upon u«. and we
will not lack Northern capital to aid as ta
our undertaking*.
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[(ler«)ond»*n»'ZninW»<ind G>n*titutumniuil.)
Washington, Ga.. May 23. On Wednes
day night lent an incendiary attempted tb
fire the store now occupied by Mr. M. V.
Moore, situated near tho depot." The door
> and atepu were sat urated with kesosine oil;
fortunately the flames were discovered be
fore any serious injury was sustained and
were soon extinguished by the ignipotenj
fluid. Had the fiendish purposes of the
demon been accomplished not leas than
$25,000 worth of real estate would have'
been destroyed, including the engina house
belonging to the Georgia Railroad, besides
a large amount of merchandise, as thery
are a number of residences and business
houses contiguous. This is the second at
tempt to burn this portion of our town—
familiarly known* as “Dublin” - recently.
The previous attempt was on a warehouse,
which is in close proximity to the one just
fired. An effort to fire the public square
was also attempted, and as yet no person is
even suspected. Wilkes county iff justly
indignant over the escape of Albert Smith
from jail on last Thursday night, who ran
ran over the jailer while entering the
jail with his supper. Sheriff Crafton
at once swore out a warrant against Mr.
Hackney,’the jailer, charging him with
collusion and bribery, and lodged him in
jail, and when interviewed about the escape
speaks reservedly and gives no gratuitous
information. The public is under the im
pression that his "knock down" was a
sham, and that money did ■ the. work. His
case is to have a preliminary investigation
to-day. Smith will doubtless make good*
use of his liberty and seek other climes. A
reward for his apprehension will be offered
by the prosecution and Gov. Colquitt. Calla
way, whom Smith slew, was his brother-in
law, and the killing was thohght to be the
result of too much whisky. At any rate it
was extremely intense —thirteen balls
pierced his body, either of which would
have proven fatal. Tho unfortunate young
man was shot after he was dead, and another
bloody tragedy was scored for Wilkes. The
“dry drouth” is upon us; Spring oats a
failure, and the average farmer with an
ominous shake of the head complaibs of
hard soil, “hard times and wuss a comin.”
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HARTWELL VOTES.
*
i Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist]
Hartwell, May 1,6.—0ur county is about
to be afflicted again with an election in July
next, on the “fence” question. The peti
tion as required by law has been signed,
and the requisite notices published. As we
adjoin Anderson county, South Carolina,
where the practical workings of the Bystem
have proved in a measure successful, a num
ber of our people lire in favor of it, especial
ly those living in the part of the county
next to Anderson. The opposite part of the
county, and the largest portion, consisting
mostly of small farms, in which there are
good fences and large areas ot forest land,
are opposed to it; this part of the county
having the largest voting population. It is
not likely, therefore, that it will carry,
judging from that and also the election held
here two years ago, whidh resulted in about
125 votes in favor of the new law, and 1,-
050 votes against it, or for the
fences to remain as they are
On Saturday evening last, the larger stu
dents of Prof. M. H. Looney’s High School
held a public debate in the Court House.
There was a large crowd present, and the
young men acquitted themselves very
creditably. Prof. Looney is one of the best
teachers in the South, and the advancement
of the larger students, since the beginning
of the session in January last, has been
wonderful. He has two assistant teachers
and abdut one hundred and fifty scholars
in attendance, amongst which there are
forty large boys, as students boarding in
town, and who come here from adjoining
counties and a distance The sensation
in last week’s Elberton Gazette on Henry
Hill (the murderer hung here last month)
not being dead, amused our people very
much. It is not probable that the editor of
that paper, or any of his assistants or
“devils,” could have been at the hanging,
or they would never have written such an
article. The negro hung twenty-seven min
tues, and was ministered to by five phy
sicians and two preachers, who pronounced
him dead, long before he was cut down. —
After he was taken down his body was given
to the negroes, and whilst they were dig
ging his grave, lay in the -coffin in the hot
sun for several hours. The action of the
sun may have produced some moisture on
his skin, but it was just the same as that ex
uding from any vessel exposed to tlie sun.
in the same way, and was no sign of life.
We was buried, and well buried.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
Chief Jaatiiie Waite’* Ok-der—The Result
of the Appeal and the Sale of the Road.
[News and Courier.]
Col J. E. Hagood, the Clerk of the United
States Circuit Court‘for the District of South
Carolina, received yesterday morning from
the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States the official copy of the following
order, which has been regularly filed as re
quired by law :
Supreme Court of the United States, No.
I,o9s—October Term, 1880. George W.
Williams, F. J. Pelzer, James S. Gibbes,
et al., appellants, vs. Calvin Claflin, et
al.—Appeal from'the Circuit Court of the
United States for the District of South
Carolina.
On motion, Mr. Chief Justice Waite de
livered the opinion of the Court:
In Jerome vs. McCarter, 21 Wall, 31, we
said that if, after security on an appeal,
which operated as a supersedeas, had been
apcepted, the circumstances of the case, or
of the parties, or of the sureties on the bond
had changed, so that security which at the
time it was taken was sufficient, did no,t
continue, to be so, we might, on proper ap
plication, so adjudge and order as justice
should require. The present appellants are
interested only in preserving their security
for a debt of the railroad company amount
ing, when the decree was rendered, to about
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.—
When they took their appeal, execution of
the whole decree had been stayed by an
other appeal, of the present apprileetff’wllo
were the complainants below. Conse uent
ly, the amount of security to be given fhen
by these appellants was a matter of but little
importance
The appeal has been "ismissed, and in
this way the circumstances of the case are
materially changed. It is easy to sec that
what was sufficient security on this appeal
when taken is probably not so now. These
bonds, secured by the mortgage according
to the decree, amount millions of
dollars, and the value of the security is
necessarily subject tp the fluctuations of
trade. The appellants a*e to a considerable
extent interested in the same bonds, but if
their debt u paid in full they cannot com
plain at the execution of the decree.
It is, therefore, ordered that the superse
deas herein be so far modified as to allow a
sale of the mortgaged property to be made
under but that the Court b&ow
retain in its registry, subject to the order'of
this Court until the final determination of
the present appeal, so much of the proceeds
as shall be sufficient to satisfy and discharge
any balance that may remain of tha. debt
due these appellants, after the proportion
ate share they receive under the decree
upon the bonds and coupons they bold as
collateral shall been applied thereon.
M.ARAUOIBG
Kldmap ■ Woma* In Texas The Citi-
Bea* ladigaaaL
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Galveston, - May 22.—A dispatch from
Eagle Pass says: “Several days ago three
aimed Mexicans crossed the river at Shel
don's ranche, 35 miles below here, during
the absence of Sheldon, and kidnapped a
young woman in his employ, forcibly drag
ging her across the river to Mexico. The
reason given for the outrage is that the
woman's husband i$ indebted to the Mexi
cans, and the woman was a peon to the lat
‘ tyr, in consequence of her husband's unpaid
debt The parties reside in a little village
on the Rio Grande, in Mexico, opposite the
ranche. ' she citizens are highly indignant
at the invasjop and tlje kidnapping on
American soil of a defenseless woman."
Talbottow (G*.) .Wearly Destroyed by Fire,
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Columscb, Ga. , May 21.—A fire in the
town of Talbotton, Talbot county, Ga, , de
stroyed all that portion of the town west of
public square last night laying in ashes ten
stores find three offices. The lose ie esti
mated at $12,000.
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old, judging from the “rings.” _,
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and a hundred yerra ago was tta tawy >a«
grdnn J of ail the region aroaafi tta Soar
i«bing trading po«I of that hardy Iriabman.
George Galpbin. He, with General Wil
liamaoe, Cbarlea Grxrflwiu. and others of
note in the locality* .and •ome three
hundred of the aettla«*-o< ttat day lie
barter! in thia apace, but no headstone aor
mound marks they renting phaM, and the 1
. exact location of any grave known
For fifty year* the place has bn? neglect
i ed, and' the grave* of some of Month Caro-
I line's eons of- whom she ia justly proud
I cannot be designated. But nature bna been
more mindful of the presence of the bon-1
■ ored dead, and the sturdy oak* and stately
• elms, fitly draped in their mourning veil*
of trailing uioaa, stretch out their arms to
shelter them in their last sleep, and every
breeze murmurs its sad Requiem over their- 1
nameless graves. It is, indeed, a lovely
spot, and sweet must be the sleep of those
who rest in this hallowed place. Besting ,
in.the deep shade of these giant trees that '
for a century have stood as nature’s monu
ments above the sleeping dead, listening to ,
the solemn dirge of the sighing breeze and
soft murmur of the restlese river, tbe mind
steals back to the contemplation of long
ago, and phantom forms of the heroes of
old seem to start up on every side. It is a ,
place of sacred memories-and properly was
it selected for the memorial services.
At 11 o’clock the ceremonies began with
music from the band, followed by Major
E. S. Hammond, the President of the Cen- |
tennial Committee, as follows: “It de- ■
volves upon me in behalf of the Galphin
Centennial Committee, to introduce to you |
the Chairman of the meeting to-day, and I -
give to you the name of one whose great-
* grandfather, a century and a quarter ago,
erected the Fort whose ruins are here.
Within the sound of my voice the mortal
remains of this great man lie beneath the
shade of these noble trees. I introduce to
you Dr. George M. Galphin.” Dr. Galphin
then said 1
" Ladies and Gentlemen—Vs e have met to
day to commemorate the noble action of
our ancestors a hundred years ago, which
terminated in a few months in the conquer*
ing of their foes and the liberty of our
country. It becomes us to do."honor to
those men, whoso noble patriotism, heroic
devotion and indomitable courage gained fl
victory hare whose results have been so
momentous. And great indeed have been
those results. The thirteen colonies of
those days have now grown into a vast em
pire extending from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and second to none on the globe.
In to-day reviving these hallowed memories,
we deem fitting and proper to return
thanks and invoke the blessing of Al
mighty God. I therefore introduce the
Reverend Mr. Bradford.”
The assemblage rose to their-feet and
listened to the following eloquent prayer :
“Oh ! thou eternal Jehovah, who reigns from
everlasting to everlasting, who Ifras before
the mountains were brought forth or the
world was formed—to whom a thousand
years are but as yesterday—thou art worthy
to receive honor and praise not only from
tho hosts of Heaven, but also from all as
semblies on, earth. And to-day we acknow
ledge Thee as 'Makerand Ruler of all things
in time and eternity. We pray that proper
thoughts may fill our minds on this occa
sion, and that we may fix-our affections
upon eternal, and not upon things that pass
away. One hundred years ago there were
animated scenes enacted here, but those
who mingled in those scenes aje in the
dust. Look down on and blegs, we pray,
the services of this day. GraKt that they
may be ruled by peace, harmony and quiet.
Accept our thanks for all-favors and bless
ings on our land, for our goodly heritage
and that our lives have fallen in pleasant
places. We ask all in the name of <jur
great Redeemer, Jesus Christ!”
After a fine selection by the baud the
Chairman gracefully introduced our dis
tinguished townsman*, Col. O. C. Japes, Jr.,
as orator of the day, who
following eloquent and address’*,
Pleasant and profitable js it at epochal
moments to stay the engulphing waves of
time, which are ever hurrying into the
dark sea of oblivion the memories of form
er days, and bearing into the realm of
shadows the tradifipps of persons and of
events which rendered them remarkable!
Especially agreeable is the vision when the
uplifted curtain reveals the images of per
sonages and the ifebulous outlines of trans
actions intimately associated with our own
homes and illustrative of our peculiar
annals. The'conservation of these inheri.
tanees bequeathed by a distant past en
riches the present and dignifies tho future.
In this new country, whose legacies are so
meagre in all that appertains to voiceful
antiquity, it is meet When opportunity
occurs and the lapse of the century gives
pause that we assemble together Upon his
toric ground and for eur own edification
and the instruction of the coming genera
tions call to remembrance the deeds of the
olden time.
Three hundred and forty-one years agone,
within full view of the spot where we are
now congregated, occurred a memorable
meeting betweeh theCacicaof Cutifachiq.ui,
and the adventurous Adelantado, Hernando
de Soto." ' ’ ' ‘
Then followed a careful and interesting
presentation of all that transpired durihg
the sojourn- of the Spanish army at Silver
Bluff', in which the speaker, in his own
powerful style, drew a beautiful pen picture
of,the Iqpely Indian Queen, her.'generoqs
reception of De Soto and' royal. Entertain
ment of his troops; of their search for the
queen mother, in order to secure many
valuable pearls, which they had heard were
in her possession; of the melancholy death
of the young Indian guide ; De Soto’s dis
affjioin'tnaent at not finding gold and silver,
and his final cruel return for the kind treat
ment* he had received from the beautiful
Queen.
The next picture presented by the orator
of this historic spot was when it had long
since ceased to exist as .the mulberry
shaded house of the Queen of- Cutifachiqui;
and*had become the trading-post of George
Galphin, an intelligent and enterprising
Irishman, enjoying the .full confidence of
the Colonial authorities,- and conducting an
extensive and lucrative traffic with the na
tives.
These prior memories having been dwelt
upon in graphic delineation, Colonel
Jones proceeded in the contemplation of
the special event in. centennial celebration
of which we were this day convened, and
that was-the capture of Fort Galphin on the
21st of May, 1781, by Lieutenant-Colonel
Henry Lee nnd his brave followers. The
leading events in the narrative have passed
into history. “Compared with many other
engagements which occurred within the
confines of the Carolinas and ot Georgia
during our eight years struggle for inde-.
pendehce,” said Colonel Jones, “this cap
ture of Fort Galphin will perhaps be reck
oned as the small dust of the balance, and
yet it. was not devoid of significance
or lacking ;n important consequences.
It supplied our needy army with stores
which it sadly craved. It weakened the
royal forces in Augusta and conduced most
materially to the capitulation of that town.
It inspired the Revolutionists with flesh
courage and nerved their arms for farther
exhibitions of valorous emprise. It gave to
this spot its bravest and most triumphant
tnemory which to-day we hail with grateful
hearts and revive with loyal lips.”
Alluding to the changes which have
transpired in later years. Colonel Jones con
cluded :
‘■The stockade fort at Silver Bluff—Gal
phin, as we know it, or Dreadnaught, as the
King's soldiers called it—crumbles into
nothingness, and the brick house, with its
dependent structures, which Galphin built,
lapses into decay. This post, bereft of its
importance/ passes into possession of the
agriculturalist, and is esteemed simply as a
fertile plantation. On every side are the
graves of the later generations who here in
habited and who- have been gathered to
their fathers. , General Williamson, George
Galphin, Judge Ephraim Ramsay, Charles
Goodwin, and others whose virtues are
cherished in grateful remembrance, peace
fully sleep beneath the protecting shadows
of these beautiful trees. At a remove of
only a' few miles rises a mortuary shaft
marking the last resting place of the Hon.
James H. Hammond, late owner of this his
toric spot, and one of South Carolina’s most
gifted and honored sons.
‘ Thisjlocahty, my friends, is emphatically
i the home of departed memories, the abode
of traditions, and the dwelling place of
the phantoms of things that were. The
same bold river with restless tide hastening
onward to mingle its Waters wjth the heav
■ing billows of th? broad the same
over-arching skies, the same potent sun,
kindred forests -find voices of nature, but
all else how changed I Robbed of that
utility and importance which _jt once en
joyed in the esteem of the primitive peo
ples of this region; no longer useful for pur
poses which" gave ityjonsequence in Colonial
days, and marred is to its fortunes by .the
results of the late war between the States,
Silver Bluff exists amply as a name and, but
tor the recffllections which cluster about it,
would be jjnpotent and voiceless in the
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ofTrfreatnaraia wwroa hand to gratify tba
inner maafand too much aaaaot ba MM ia
commend** ion of those ia charge of tbe
celebration. It a** a grand *acc*a* and
ever* one present will bold the occasion io
plaaaant remem br race. After dinner most of
the yonag people devoted them*elve* to the
dancing platform, but aome atrolled along
the romantic bank* of the river to tell the
old, old story, which alone ia ever new
The occasion waa thoroughly enjoyable, and
every one went home convinced that ceu •
tenniai celebrations were a grand thing.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Brunswick ia soon to have a big fair.
Mr*. Susan Whitehead, of Milledgeville, ia
dead.
Eatonton wants an archery club and a
livery stable. .
Milledgeville wants a Woman's Christian
' Temperance (Inion. *
The beef, as a general thing, obtained in
i Macon is miserable.
The Darien Gcuette continues its interest
ing sketches of Georgia journalists.
Rev. Thos. A. Griffith, a well known
young Episcopal minister of Georgia, has
; gone to California.
Gen. Lnwtdn, Gen. Phil Cook, Gen.
Toombs and Mr. Wadley were all in Macon
on Monday. That was a proud day for
Macon.
Macon proposes a coach line, to run
through the town. To do this, Macqn may
extend her corporate limits. Is this a threat
to the Central Road f *
The Harlem Columbian says: "We are«or-,
ry to learn that Hon. S. C. Lampkin was
quite sick last week, being afflicted witt
several carbunkies.”
The Georgia Legislature will assemble
July 13. AH local bills will have to be ad
vertised thirty days before their introduc
tion into either House.
The examinations of the Senior Class of
Mercer University are ended for the Spring
term, 1831. Speakers' places and honors
will be awarded to-day.
Says the Eatonton Messenger : "Rev.
Robert Adams, left on Tuesday for Rich
mond, Va. Mr. Adams is one of the repre
sentatives of the Augusta Presbytery tb the
General Assembly in Richmond.”
Gen. W. M. Browne, of the State Univer
sity, will delivers lecture before the" Facul
ty and students of the M. G. M. Jc A. Col
lege, in Millegeville, early in June.
The Atlanta Phonograph says: "Malignant
scarlet fever, which spreads and kills every
time, is just as bad as yellow fever. Will
our dear city fathers give us a clean town.”
A resolution was adopted by the recent
Press Convention at Rome, that a copy of
each paper belonging,to the Association be
sent to the Lunatic Asylum for the benefit
of the patients.
A difficulty occurred recently in Webster
county, in which Joseph W. Harrell was
seriously wounded! It appears that a
young man nameu Smith han been keep
ing bar for Hardfil at Smithville, and was
accused by the latter of misappropriating
the money he collected.
A well known'capitalist of Macon, and
who generally knows whereof he sneaks,
predicts that the cotton receipts of' Macon
will reach 000 bales within the next
two years, through the railroad, combina
tions-rece'ntly formed and still being con
solidated by amalgamation of other lines.
Oxford will .soon enjoy'a grand society
sensation.
Hon. A. 0. Bacon has been invited to.
deliver the Masonic oration at' Rome, June
24th. . ■
The Rome Hook and Ladder men are
still practicing to see how they would have
beaten the Athens boys. ‘ ’
.Says the Atlanta Constitution: ‘‘Captain
Nelms has gone to the. Dade coal mine to
inspect the convict camp there.”
'■ The indications now are that the Macon
and Brunswick Road will build straight to
Atlanta, leaving Social Circle and Covington
some twenty miles to the left.'
Several members of the committee ap
pointed by the last General Assembly tc
inspect the convict camps were in Atlanta,'
Wednesday,.en, route to the camp of £lOl.
B. G. Lockett, where their labors will be
gin. .'
CROP KKWS.
Rice is promising around Darien.
Gardens in-all Georgia,need rain.
Cotton is chopping out, th Stewart countyi
.Blackberries are scarce in South Georgia.
Rust is reported' in Franklin county
wheat. z
Oats are suffering from drouth in Hart
county..
Why are chickens and eggs so scarce in
the country?
Timber trade in the lower counties was
never heavier.
Oats' are' being cut and hauled by many
Columbia county planters, and hands are
in demand.
If a dry May insures a good crop year,
some of the planters will produce more
than they can harvest.
The Eatonton Messenger says: “ With
more cotton than usual planted, how will
the farmers feel next Fall, if a drouth
should blight the crop ?” ,
The Swainsboro Herald says: “Shearing
sheep is the order of the day, and sheep
owners say that their sheep are turning out
better than they expected.”
The Meriwether County Vindicator says :
“Cotton looks . well. Corn not enough
planted—the quantity planted suffering for
lack of proper work. Oats needing rain.
Wheat very good. Irish potatoes sorry.
Gardens very poor.”
[Walton Ominty News.]
We hear many complaints from farmers
that their hands have left them just in the
busiest season of the year.
[McDuffie Journal.]
We are assured by persons from different
parts ot the county that fully a half crop of
fruit will be on hand this year. A consid
erable amount of cotton land in this county
remains to be planted.
[Covington Enterprise.]
The oat crop In this section is thought to
be cut off fully one-half by the continued
dry weather. So far as we have been able
to learn, the stand of cotton in this section,
is -very good. Appearances indicate the
peach crop will be a fair one in this county.
Preparation is being made for wheat har
vesting.
M’CtLLOlGtl’j FAREWKbL.
Last Appearance of the American Trage
dian at Drury Lent Theatre—Criticism
or the Weekly Press— Speech on the Suc
cess of the Engagement.
[By Cable/a the Herald.]
London, May 21.—Mr. John McCullqugh
concluded his engagement at Drury Lane
to-night. Financially he has obtained a
greater success than any American actor
•Who has appeared in London scr far. Both
as Virginius and Othello, he was severely
criticised by first night critics, and very un
justly, but the size of the houses and the
enthusiasm among the audiences grew till
in the end the calmer judgment of the week
ly and society papers gave expression to
what will unquestionably be the decision
of London on his appearance. Society says:
“One of the highest compliments that can
be paid himj at a time when the person
ality of actors and actrqpsqs generally figures
more prominently than anything else on
the stage is that he completely merges
himself in his character and that we do not
see so much.of Mr. McCollough as of the
Othello of Shakspeare.” The Era says:
“The good impression made by Mr Mc-
Cullough in Virginius has beefi strengthened
not a little by his really splendid perform
ance in Othello at Drury Lane, and we have
no hesitation in saying that in our opinion
no finer representative of the Moor has
-been seen upon the English stage for many
years. His commanding stage presence, his
clear and resonant voice, his superb elocu
tion and his power of pathos on tfee first
night’s representation laid firm hold on the
interest, sympathy and admiration of a
great audience, in answer to whose tumul
tuous cheers and repeated demands tor his
appearance before the curtain he was sum
moned no fewer than three times at the
end of the third act. It must have sent a
glow of gratification to the heart of the
actor, and must have convinced him of the
appreciation of the English playgoers.”
—
A Womaw the Cbbk.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle. 1
StnoEßsnr, Ks., May 25.—Wm. Durban
was shot dead yesterday morning by Jas.
Mulaney. They had quarrelled about a
woman.
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tba dabata Tba taut a*wa eT tba dbaMer
wbkA twMtad tbe tay waa beeawbi by tbe
•urvivota, wlta «rugcUd ttawucb tba
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Tba news Ml Mte a ibur 4Mi ah. and a
4» pads task ptauw fse tbe spot. Arrivmy
tbaa* a htarible -igbi ate* lba«r ataa. Fifty
at «rty tmdtea bad already ‘been rtaai ir*.
and were lytncn tbe bank. Tbeae arriving
fran tha city and from every Jireeiaon
r crowded around.'antteos to see if any rela
tivaa ware on board. About one tbounaad
families were represented on tbe excursion.
, and the rail of asgutela that arose at U>*
■of the victim* was heartrending.
, Father*, mother*, bronier* an<l aiMers
ruabed about, panic utricken. endeavoring
to identify friends. By seven o’clock about
i eighty bodies were recovered from under
, the wreck. Almost every minute some
, victim wav brought to the surface and con
; veyed to the bank. The steamer Princraa
Louise was early brought to the spot and the
victims placed on the upper deck.
Fires were lighted on tbe bank overlook
ing the river, petroleum torches were
brought and search waa continued until
■ bight.
About 15u corpses have been secured.
Among the dead are Jamee Robertson, man
ager of tbe Rank of British North America;
J. C. Meredith, clerk of tbe Dividend Court;
Wm. Mcßride. Asseaaor and Sec retary of
the Western Fair Association; Mr*. Wm.
Ashbury, Wm. Millman, of Montreal, com
mercial agent, and two sone, and J. Rogers,
plumber. . All is confusion at the present
moment. The landing at the foot of Dun
das street is now crowded with people, all
waiting inlireathlsss expectation for the ar
rival of the steamer Princess Louise with
• the bodies. The total loss will aggregate
| 175. Mr. Matthews, night editor of the
: Advertiser, lost his wife and two children;
Harry Smart, of the M-ee Press, lost his wife,
two children and sister-in-law; J. Siddone,
' of ths. custom service, lost one boy; Dr.
j Oronhyatekna lost a boy aged ten, and Miss
Bayiey. Among the missing are also Alice
Dradman, of New Brighton; Miss Griffiths,
i of Buck’s street, and Alfred Trimbell, prob
abip Test. A full list cannot yet be obtain
’ efl.- AH is the deepest confusion. The
newsjiHper staffs, like all else, are sadly de
moralized, all having friends involved in
the calamity. The whole city seems almost
demented to-night.
The accident was certainly due to gross
carelessness. The boat was over crowded
to a disgraceful extent. Manager Geo.
Parish was expostulated with by several at
Spring Bank, and urged not to let the boat
go out in that overcrowded condition, but
he is reported to have'replied : “All right;'
I know my business,” or something of that
sort. Sam’) Stewart, a stove merchant, one
of those who protested, left the boat at
Spring Bank with Several hun
dred remained there, unable to get passage
and had to walk home -a distance of four
miles—to-night, no conveyance of any. kind
being available. A telephone was in con
stant use between the water works and the
city by friendly inquirers. *
This disaster will put an end to the
pleasure steamer business, as, hereafter,
people will not venture on them. The
river, which has been the subject of many
jokes and puns, on aftcount of its supposed
shallowness, is, in reality, in many places
twenty or thirty feet deep.
London, Ont, May 25, 3:20, a. m. - The
work of recovering bodies at the scene of
yesterday’s disaster is still going on actively.
Up to this time 170 have been found, and
most of them were, brought to Uh is city.'
All undertakers’ shops are besieged and
coffins are going out by the» score. The
crowds at the river bank and at the steamer
landing here are not diminished. Among
the bodies identified are those of the two
daughters of James Burns. The excitement
seems to increase as the night advances. A
large. number of bodies remain on the
grounds at Sulphur Spring baths, awaiting
claimants.
Farther Details ot the Calamity.
London, Ont., May 25, p. m.—Further
details of the scenes at the time of the. oc
currence of the terrible calamity of yester
day have been received. The v< ssbl was so
heavily laden that she shipped water in
small quantities occasionally when the
crowd would happen to surge' to either side
of the boat. On the return trip, when more
than half way home, a slight commotion on
the boat—said by some to have been caused
by the playful pranks of a number of
youths on the lower deck, and by others as
cribed to the boat Striking on a imag—caused
the crowd, out of curiosity, to rush to
one side, and as the side of the boat sank
with the additional weight, a volume of
water, a foot or two indepth, poured in up
op the Tower deck, which was crowded with
passengers. Instantly the crowd on both
sides rushed to the opposite side, and their
weight, together with, that of the water
shipped by the boat, caused a lurch in the
opposite direction. Then it was that the
disaster occurred. The sides of. the boat
sunk in the water to the depth of
one or two feet, and while the
crowd on the lower deck were struggling
to save themselves from slipping down in
to the river, the stancheons supporting the
upper deck suddenly gave way and the
whole structure, with the load of human
beings, came down on those who were be
low. The scene that followed cannot be
described. The boat continued to settle on
its side deeper into the water, the water
taking with it many of the (iassengers, who
were stunned by the fall of the upper deck
and were therefore unable to help them
selves, while many, who were precipitated
into the river unhurt, rent the air with
vain appeals for succor, which those of the
passengers who were safe' were powerless to
extend to all in a moment.
THE LONE STAR STATE.
Jay Gould’* Latest—Railway Matters—
Criminal News—Crops Destroyed.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Galvzston, May 24. —lt is reported' here
that Jay Gould has obtained possession of
the Galveston, Houston and Henderson
Railroad.
A special to the News, irorn Houston,
says: “In the County Court, to-day, in the
case of Henry Deepenbrook vs. the Interna
tional and Great Northern Railroad Com
pany, the jury rendered a verdict for the
plaintiff for $20,602.” A special* from
Plano, in this State, says) “A severe hail
storm, two miles in width, passed over the
western portion of this county, completely
destroying, all growing crops, also fruit's
and vegetables.”
A special from Eagle Pass, dated May
23, says: “A party of six citizens of Eagle
Pass crossed the river yesterday evening to
attend a circus in Piedras Negras. Hardly
had they entered the town when Captain
Villareal, commanding the Mexican garri
son, with a force of fifteen soldiers, sur
rounded them and matched them to jail,
where they remained all night in ignorance
of the catfse of their arrest. This morning
a party of their friends crossed the river
to investigate the cause of their' stay,
and an alcade had tbe prisoners brought be
fore him. No charge was preferred against
them and they were released.”
TEXAS ITEMS.
Mail Robber* On Trial and Mardasora at
Large—Railroad to Brazos River.
(By Telegraph to the. Chronicle.)
Galveston, May 25.—The News has the
following specials, dated May 21: Ban
Antonio—the preliminary trial of Cogan,
Rowley and Humphreys, for robbing the
United States mail between here and Oak
ville, last March, ended to-day, each being
held over for action of the grand jury in tbe
sum of fifteen thousand dollars.. J. H.
Tinnin, as accessory, was held in the sum
of five thousand dollars. The case of Adar
■lrwin (colored), as accessory, will come up
to-morrow. Patrick Lyons was found dead
in the western outskirts of the city on
Thursday last. Parties arrested on
picion of murder have been discharged,
leaving no clue to the case. DdUas —lt is
stated that the Missouri Pacific Railroad
will be built to the mouth-of the Brazos
river. _
EXCITEMENT IN.THE WHEAT
KET.
Chicago Exchange |n A* Cproar—The
“ Ball* ” •“<* To**ing
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Chicago, May 25.—The wheat market was
excited and higher thia morning, advancing
over two cents, amidst great uproar, con
fusion and irregularity in rates. Other ar
ticles on ‘Change were weak and lower, ex
cept oats, which were a trifle firmer for de
ferred options. Continued dry and sunny
weather was considered unfavorable to the
wheat crop, and there was considerable
manipulation and tossing about by the
"bulls,” who had command of the situation.
The market closed with considerable anima
tion and somewhat lower prices.
The question has often been raised wheth
er the electric light could not be'used for
lecomotive headlights; -*• P P ’ ” ’
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, Vtotab Bn*»4 Valley Road is alfwady *l*4-
I j ed. a».l tato rilrawanll*' cowaty ba* already
r | rated • lat<e sabaaripUea to build a mad
> from her* to l*a*r*a>
i AtOoinmbtetta aew Im* would etnta
tta Mouth Oaroliaa Railrna.l aad rxt to
i Augusta. It fa proposed, also, to bnihi •
II ooonectKß from tare to Belum, maaectia*
' with tb* Saraanab Valley and Grraawood
j aad Auguste Railroad*. Thi* wealthy eitj
i and county aad people are tboeoaghh
■ aroarad oa tta subject of having a through
line from the West to Augusta. The die
i tance from hero to A ago ata. by Belton, i.
113 mile*, tnfiueniial and wealthy par
‘ ties are interested and bare been maturing
: tbe scheme quietly for *otu» month* Chief
1 1 Engineer Kirk, of the Atlantic and French
, Broad went to Columbia to-day to attend a
. meeting. _ ‘ a. B. W,
i
WAVyvtBORO NOTRS.
Watkebboro. May 24.—Superior Court ia
, i still in session here. Yesterday t-a»l L-w
--son was tried for the killing of Lncitida
Miller. The defendant was represented by
Messrs. J. J. Jones, H. H. Perry and E. F.
Lawson, and the State by Solicitor-General
. Wright, unaided and alone. ’ The case was
one of purely circumstantial evidence. Mr.
: Wright’s speech was an able and eloquent
one and told*on the jury, who, after being
out for about twenty minutes, returned a
| verdict of guilty of murder in the first de
gree, bnt recommen led the criminal’s ini
priaonment in the penitentiary for life.
• More anon. H.
TBK BIRGE OF NEW PALLAS.
Troop* Inxeet the Castle Where the Evict*,
ed Tenant* Have Fortlfled Thynwrlvr*
■ —How th* Fira* Attack Wa* Mad* anil
How IheConstnbalary Were Hepulaed
Exciting Beene*.
[By Cable to the Herald. ]
Limerick. May 22.-LThe state of affairs in
New Pallas District remains much the
same. The Sheriff is still unable to execute
his writs of eviction. The military force,
consisting of one hundred picked men of the
Ninth Regiment, and a similar number of
the Fifty-Seventh, returned to headquar
ters early this morning without attacking,
as any assault on the castle in which the
occupiers of the land hifve fortified them
selves could not but have- resisted in most
serious consequences: During the course
of the day a eonncil was held between the
resident magistrate, the [sheriff and the mil
itary and police officers. It was resolved to
invest the'catffle and starve out' the >oert
pants. ' With Ahis object a number of the
soldiers and police formed a cordon around
the castle to prevent the besieged from ob
taining provisions. It is plain that all who
are in the castle are determined
as ever to hold out. They seem, to be in
the highest ajjirita, and to be amply
supplied with creature comforts of al"l
. kinds. The holders of the castle are loud
ly cheered by those w*o are outside. The.
bridges had been-ibroken down,'as the idea"
got abroacUthat artillery wfa to be sent to
. storm the castle. The destruction of the
bridges were intended to obstruct the
passage of the cKfiflon. It seems that the
disturbances began after the sheriff's visit
to the farms of the two tenants. Neither
stock nor property of .any kind was'to be
found, nor was any resistance offered unrtl
the castle was ’Here they sought a
, certain Timothy Quinland. As soon as the
sheriff and his party approached a shower
of stones came on the police from this
stronghold and the resident magistrate
states that a bullet struck the wall along
side of the agent. The police wish swords,
batons and rifles, beat back the crowd, bnt
could do nothing against the castle garri
son, which was armed with scythes, forks
and other implements. Three priests ar
rived on the scene, and effectually exerted
themselves to secure order. But for their
interference there wotild have been blood
shed.
The Retreat.
When the expedition faced for home they
found another broken bridge before them,
.ahd while they were making the passage the
crowd, who had broken away from the
priests, opened fire with stones. Imme
diately the police we(e given the • order to
load. Father O’Donnell sprang forward in
front of the levelled rifles and shouted out
that he _wou[d be responsible for order.
Meanwhile a bpfly of police rushed on the
crowd of men and. women in the rear.
Swords and batons were flourished. A re-'
porter was roughly handled, and the police
struck out excitedly, right and left. This
was the last collision, and tho.police then
safely crossed '.the bridge. Half an hour
later two Land League bands, with banners,
and accompanied by thousands of people,
arrived on the townland,., from Tipperary,
■and being too late for the disturbances pro-,
ceeded to celebrate the defeat of the lind
lords. It watf intended to evict John Ander
son, of Castletown, but the bailiff, through
fear, refused to net with the sheriff, and
the eviction had to be abandoned. As the
troops were filing past Anderson's house a
mob assembled along the road and behind
the hedges on the east' side, and began to •
pour in a shower of stones. Several of the
troops were struck and wounded. The dis
trict is in a most turbulent state. The local
priests declare that if any further attempt
is made to carry out the decrees- by force
they cannot restrain the people, and a most
disastrous collision will be the result. The
civil power, backed by military’ force, is
powerless, and the next steps are .awaited
with the greatest anxiety by the authorities,
who have ordered the troops in Dublin to’
be in readiness to proceed to the south at
an hour’s notice. The arrest of the Rev.
Eugene Sheehy has greatly intensified the
excitement which prevails in the copnty
Limerick,-and if is now next to impossible
to put the law in operation without resort
ing to violent measures.
TESNESsEE’S DfcßT.
Tile Comptroller Served yVlth .An En
joining Bill on the Funding-Act. F"
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Nashville, May 25.—A bill wan served
on the . Comptroller yesterday, by the
Sheriff of this coupty, enjoining the Fund
ing Board from <»rrying out the require
ments of the par and'three per cent. Fund
ing act. ‘ The bill alleges that the Mineral
Home Bailroad bonds of, and the bonds
issued for war interest aid war purposes,
were illegally issued ; that the Funding act
was procured by bribery ; that members o£
the Legislature were speculating in Ten
nessee bonds when the act passed, and that
one member received ten thousand dollars
and another fifteen thousand for voting for
.the act. The bill further charges that the
acr is unconstitutional, because it appro
priates the revenue for ninety-nine years,
while the Constitution prohibits appropria
tioifs for longer than two years ; also, be
cause it confers judicial powers on exe
cutive officers to pass upon the legality
of bonds; that, by the coupon feature,
the school fund is diverted from its
legitimate purpose.; that it provides for
funding bonds held by certain bondholders,
but excepts bonds held by charitable and
, educational institutions; that the act fails
to recite in its caption or otherwise the title
or. substance of the law repealed, reviewed
or amended; that it repeals the section of
the act of March, 1873, prohibiting the
exception of anything but Treasury war
rants, gold and silver, United States bank
notes and old issue of the Bank of "Tennes
see, for taxes, by making the coupons re
ceivable for taxes. The bill further alleges
that the act is ambiguous, and asks for a
construction of the act by the Court. The
bill of injunction was presented to Judge
Williams, at Winchester, and fioi granted
on the 20th of May. The Comptroller—
Nolan, one of the members of the Funding
Board—says no action will be taken to dis
solve the injunction until the return of State
Treasurer Polk, ahd the Secretary of State,
Nunn.
GEORGIA MOONSHINERS
Destroy * County Jnl| Release Their
CggfMterstea.
(By Telegraph to the Chronjple. 1
Washington, May 24. Commissioner
Baum to-day received a telegram from Col
lector Clark, at Atlanta, Qa. k stating that
thirty men have broken down the walls of
the jail in Fannin county, in this State, and
rescued a number of persons charged witji
violations of the revenue laws.’ Commis
sioner Baum directed Collector Clark to
take out warrants, collect a posse and arrest
the offenders if possible.
FATAL EXPLOSION.
A Youthful Engineer Kills Two Men
and Injures Others.
, (By Telegraph to the Chronicle-1
Mrunn, May 25.—Xesfcrdgy Afternoon
the boiler in the foundry of T. L. Bisk A
Co. killing w. H. Holden' and
Edward Hopkins, and seriously injured
Frank Gunbins and Jehu Adams. John
Hoyle, the engineer in charge atlhe time
the accident, was a youth of 15 years.
j A GREATSuCTHI KN MSTEX
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(M. Octa. I tar* taM taw taw la tta
k tat tw»* three weeta to frta to tta
tap.—Bare yww any e«*eettaw to gttaag
, to tta pwtaie wtat aeewrtwd Itow T ta.
[ tta extewt <rf parrtaw. aimuiy ekada. and
made aoow to ta taflt*
Col. (Me- None at all. 1 ‘-arsed free*
my friend* wta held a anatro,;tag tetata
ia tta Kml Ttaaeaeer. Virgtote aodGeorgta-
Railroad »y«te«n that they were wilhm te
•*ll ttair stock. I also tam*d itai *to«
tiattaul were being prnaeewtod -by auottar . a
party for its purehaae. Haring detemmeJ
to control thi* line. I formed tta «yMi wto
which purchaaed tta four fifttaof Di. i oek
in tbe East Tenneeaee. Virginia and Gr vgai
Railroad system; the syndicate
a willingneea to take the other onr-fifth at
the same price, if deaired by those h<ddta*
it. About the same time the pnrehaea of
the Mncon and Brnnawi-k Railroad wag
effected, and capital sufficient to extend
that road to Atlanta, and from Atlanta to .
Rome, wm subscribed, which connect th*
Georgia system with the Eaat Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia system, and Chatta
nooga with the Georgia system hv a abort
ent-off of eleven miles between Ooltewah,
on the Chattanooga division of the E T.,
Va. A Ga. Railroad, and th» State line, on
the Dalton division of the same road By
3, p. m , on Monday the amount required
to accomplish all that the syndicate have at
present in hand - $16.000.(K1D waa sub
scribed. From the applications made sub
sequently, doubtless tbe subscription
ccnld have been doubled if it had been
wanted. Maj, Wilson. Col. M'-Ghse and
Mr. Walters, among the genthm-n wbw
sold out, retained an interest in tbe new
syndicate, and will cooperate in the
ftifnee, and the mors extended develop
ment of this very important property. Tbe
new combination hta great strength, which
will necessarily biTof Advantage to tta ter
ritory Ahrongh which tta system* will run.
m it is onr purpose to finish petting all
our lines, in'all about 1,400 mile* when
completed, in first-class order, and speedi
ly finish the road from Knoxville to tbe
State line, connecting with tta L uisrilie
and Nashville Railroad to Ixinisrille, as
well as to complete the road from Morris
town to Paint Rock, on the North Carolina
line, there connecting with North and '
South Carolina's system*of railroad*, which
will give the shortest line from th* Nor<h
west to the targe terri(orv lying east of and
between the mountains and the *ea>«ard.
Tbir. will open up for all East Tennessee a
targe local business into tbyt territory.
The formations of a new line from Chatta
nooga to Atlanta, and the Atlantis* Bruns
wick and Savannah roust be of grant ad
vantage to tKe commercial prosperity of th*
whole country aa well a« of Georgia.
It will be our policy not to unnecessarily
antagonize any existing internets, while de
veloping what we believe to ta the best in
terest of the whole country. Our aim will
be to harmonize.wjlh onr connexions and
riyal interests. We believe that the con
struction of our new roads will add to'lhe
business over our Eastern lines and the
Norfolk and Western, through tba impor
tant port of Norfolk, as well aa from th*
Memphis line, the natural outlet 'of which
is believed to be Norfolk.
Rep.—ls not Senator Jos. E Brown. Pres
ident of the Western and Atlantis Railroad
and pecnniarly infested in the road 7 Ho*
will Ml' feel towards your new enterpria*
and the cementing of your systems I
Col. Col'es-Senator Brown it President of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and pe
cuniarily interested in that property. lam
<|tao Vice-President of that road and o#n
about tha same amount o(«tock in the lea**
company as Senator Brdwn. I have not had
the pleasure of meeting with the Senator
nines my plans have been matured; bnt I
know enough of that gentleman's broad
and liberal views, and his devotion to th*
best interests of the State of Georgia and •
the whole.South, to Warrant me in believ
ing that he will not oppose whpt I am pro
posing to do for his State. On the con
trary, I hqve-strong hopes of receiving hi*
co-operation.» Senator Brown is one of th*
most able, conservative, fair dealing and
far-seeing men in the whole country, anti
his desire for the promotion of the State of
Georgia is not surpassed by any of her
sons. Besides, I do not think a new line
Will materially affect the income of the •
Western and Atlantic Road. Daring th*
laitt season it had more business than it
was possible for it to do with prom pines*, .•
and the new line I have arranged for rut.*
for a great part of the way some distano*
from the Western and Atlantic Railroad,
and will secure a very large amount of new
business that the Western and Atltyitio
Road does not now get. In very many ways I
shall add business to the new line which
the Western and Atlantic could never se
cure. I shall not part .with my interest in
the lease of the Western*and Atlantic Road.
Rep.—How.Jo you think Gov. Colquftt
will feel towards yonr new enterprise ?
Col. Cole.—l not as yet had an In- •
terview with Gov. Colquitt on this subject,
but expect to see him in Atlanta on next
Wednesday. The Governor is an able man
and a representative of this progressive age,
and I am sure that what wo propose to do
for Geqrgia will meet with his hearty ap
proval and cd-operation.
Rep.—There are several very large New
York capitalists in your ayn licate, are there
not, and among them Mr. George I. Seney ?
How long have you been acquainted with
Mr. Seney, and what are his general char
acteristics ? .
Col. Cole.—Yes, there are several of the
most prominent capitalists in New York in
the syndicate. I. have known Mr. Seney
for several years, and my acquaintance with
him has been-of the most pleasant charac
ter. iniinense wealth, Mr.
Seney it a,Christian gentleman, and most
liberal und broad in bis views. He is also
a philanthropist, having lately given away v
several hundred thousands of dollars to
public institutions. He gave SIOO 000 “
some months ago to two colleges in Georgia.
He is a very able financier, and has the en
tire confidence of feVery person who know*
him, or comes in contact with hiip. His
heart is greatly enlisted in the enterprise I
haye in hand. He believes that the South
has a great future, and he proposes next
Winter to visit the South and look for him-
into the interests of Geor
gia and Tennessee.
Rep.—Most of the miles of the road pro
posed to be constructed at once lie in th*
State of Georgia, do they not ? Don’t you
think that capital could be secured to de
velop the important agricultural and min
eral interests of Tennessee as well as of
Georgia ?
Col. Cole-Yes, the roads to be at onep
built are almost entirely in Georgia. We
expect to have the road from Macon to
Atlanta running by January,- 18S2, and
from Atlanta to Rome by the same time, if
possible, but there is some work be
tween Atlanta and Rime, which may delay
us a little, but all will be built as quicklv as
men and money can accomplish it. Yes,,
now that our own Tennessee has stepped
upon the high plane of public credit, I have
no doubt that capital will be readily se
cured to develop her immense resources,
and make her one of the greatest States of
the Federal Union.
Col. Cole left last evening-at 4:45, p. m.,
for Atlanta, for the purpose of immediately
putting under contract the new road front
Macon to Atlanta, being the Northwestern
extension of the Macon and Brunswick. As
soon as ta reaches Atlanta a corps of engi
neers will be organized and an office estab
lished at Atlanta.
LOUISVILLE JOCKEY CLUB.
Summary of the Seventh Day’-s Race*.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Louisville, May 25.—The following are
summaries of the seventh day’s races of
the Louisville Jockey Club Spring meeting
. Association purse, $350, mile heats, Boule
vard, 1,2, 1; Una, 2,3, 0; Frank Cheat
ham, 3,1, 2-time. 1:46, 1:45%, 1:46X.
Merchants’ stakes, mile and an eighth:
Lelex won, Gabrielle, second; Bancroft,
the favorite, third—time, 1:56. Purse.
S2OO. .
Mile dash': Jack Haverly won; Duke of
Kent, second;Mary Anderson, third—time,
Purse, s£oo.
Two mile dash: The race waA won by
Gtetaway; Surge, second; Cash Clay, third—
time, 3:38. A foul was claimed in this ,
race. Callao was the first under the wire
and was distanced by the judges.
La*t Day’s Summary.
Louisville, Kx., May 25. - This was the
last day of thetSpring meeting of the Louis- ■
ville Jockey Club. The first event, a dash of
five-eighths of a mile, was a walk over for
Cottrell’s entries.
The second race was a dash of one mile,
which was won by Duke of Kent, Gen. Pike
second; Wumpee, third—time, 1:44.
The third race, three-quarters of a-mile,
was won by Knight Templar, with Duke of
Kent second and Alarmist third—time,
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The fourth race, one mile and a quarter
was taken.by Übert, Belle of the Highland*,’
second; Valeria third—time, 1:5844
The last race, onomile aad one-sixteenth,
was won by Gabrie;, Pope Leo, second, and
Vici, third—time, 1:51. *
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