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WALSH A WRIGHT,
Ohboniclz A CoxunrrnoMiJM.
Angnsta, Ga.
* KUITORIIL NorKS.
Gen. Wol»kley kept hie word.
Kholand's mission is not yet ended.
The Irish and Scotch soldiers did the job.
He will be E irl Wolseley of Tel el-
Kebir.
Editob Disobey, of Maine, leads the
ticket. t
The later Wellinoton, like the former,
is an Irishman.
Gem. Wolseley ma le the scoop when he
■ was ready to do so.
Pbehidemt Abthub will be fifty years old
on the sth of October.
The American newspaper generals will
now change their tnne.
Let the Democrats of Maine reorganize
under their old banners.
The betrayer of John Wilkes Booth has
become a raving maniac.
Adelina Patti is forty years old. Sabah
Bbbnhabdt is thirty-nine.
Oak it be true that Judge Twioob casts
longing eyes on Judge Ebskine's shoes ?
The bayonet played a notable part in
Egypt. It was not so in the war between
the States.
Abthub, in a sickly sort of way, congratu
lates the Maine Republicans who have vin
dicated Blaine.
The slaughter in Egypt was nothing com
pared with thatof American battles. Family
quarrels are the bloodiest.
Jay Hubbell is said to have sent two
hundred thousand dollars to secure "a free
ballot and fair count" in Maine.
The Baltimore Day thinks the New Eng
land Republican majorities are regularly
bought by the Washington machine.
Blaine is now called upon to go to Penn
sylvania to help smash Cameron, who twice
smashed Blaine’s Presidential chances.
The New York Times prefers free-trade
Democrats like Fbank Hubd to Republicans
who favor the present iniquitous tariff.
Dobsbt. whatever be his fate, has proven,
by undoubted testimony, that be was a con
fidential friend of the late President Gab
field.
The Sparta Ishinaelite evidently thinks
that Judge Twiogh is the candidate of "the
Augusta Poet Office Ring." How is this,
Judge?
Georgia Independents give aid and com
fort to the South Carolina mongrel candi
dates who want a return to the era of good
stealing.
South Carolinians do not intend that
there shall be a return to the days of Elli
ott, Whippeb and Moses plus Cash and
Company.
Col. Buck says he U forced against his
will to run for Congress against Mr. N. J.
Hammond. Wall, he will not have any
alarming success.
The new Governor of Maine is a farmer
and made no speeches during the cam
paign. Gen. Plaisted, the defeated candi
date, ia a lawyer.
The prospective opponent of Hon. Geobge
D. Tillman is said to bo favored by the
Washington lobby. Tillman is poor, proud
and incorruptible.
Senator Vest predicts that Blaine or
Awi-hub will be the next Republic in nomi
nee I'W President. They may ent each
other’s political throats.
Hon. E. John Ellis has vindicated his
claims, in a public speech, to be considered
* Democrat of the right sort. He is organ
ised enough for all rational purposes.
The half naked Arab and degraded Egyp
tian cannot stand up against the valor of
English, Irish and Scotch soldiers, backed
by illimitable resources and the civilization
of the 19th century.
H'ebbavteb, in England a wife without a
settle. uent will have full control of the prop
erty, real and personal, which was here be
fore marriiige; also of her wedding gifts, her
warnings »ud her legacies. This is justice.
The Southern Kspress Company always
listaus to and helps genuine appeals for
aid, a* in the case of Pensacola Brother
Dempsey will have a high seat in heaven if
I anybody hear z
The benevolent people of Augusta are
■K oalled upon to contribute whatever they can
[ , in the way money or provisions to the
unhappy and afflicted people of Pensacola.
f The Southern Express Company, a great
corporation with a big soul, will no doubt
forward contributions free. .
Tn "boasted superiority of the North
cverthefioath" consists in the former section
being able, by one skin game or another, to
relieve the latter section of its surplus cash.
Now that the South knows what hurts her.
she should not allow that annual superi
ority of the North to be quite so marked. ’
Til Macon Tetarrapk, in one place, says:
"The election of Mr. Stephens is not assur
ed." £ti another place it says: "General
Gaztezxk. is * better judge of law than he ia
of the voting people of Georgia. He is
- doomed to hopeless defeat His election is
an impossibility, sad some friend should
break the news to him as gently ae poem-
Me.”
Hebbebt SrEnesß i* eureed with chronic
inaomnitk He u not able to sleep, except
by fits and starts. Might after night he
, tosses about and the day comes only to find
him more fatigued than when he retired.
We see no hope for the philosopher except
to be dressed ae a New York policeman and
put on duty near a roomy and eeductivc
drygoods box,
A ooannsrowDEUT of the Springfield Re
jrabluxm thus alludes to Senator Bbown
"The most influential Democratic Senator
the South has at Washington, a man ol
great versatility of intellect of sound judg
ment of wonderful executive ability, it if
mpossible to forecast his future. He maj
be satisfied with the honors already won,
and retire upon his laurels. Some think h<
will, but those Georgians who know "Ole
Joe"— as he ia familiarly called—the'bac
■hake their heads and say: ‘Don’t reckoi
on any sueh thing. If Old Jeu lives, he'l
■top up to the top round of the ladder.' ”
EDWARD ATKINSON’S ADDRESS.
We reproduce this morning, some of the
salient points of Mr. Edward Ateinsow's
address before the Boston Mechanics' In
stitute. It will repay perusal, not only be
cause of general suggestiveness, but also
because this eminent publicist and practi
cal philosopher sees more hope for the in
dustrial progress of the Republic South
ward than anywhere else. The South, Mr.
Ateinbon thinks, ia more bountifully dow
ered by the Almighty than any other sec
tion of country, and needs but thorough
development to surpass all other sections.
The reason why there has been no finan
cial prosperity in the South at all comparing
with her natural advantages Mr. Atkinson at
tributes to the dishonor of labor consequent
upon negro slavery. We doubt not that
our friend Pope, of the Columbia Reg
ister, combats this, and is prepared, to
prove that the old South, under slavery,
was, after all, the greatest wealth-producer
the world ever saw. But we dare say that
ho far as white co m petition was concerned,
Mr. Atkinson is right. Nay more, it is
highly probable that, as Senator Jones de
clared, the mightiest barrier to Southern
advancement in industrial arts is the pres
ence of so many blacks armed with a ballot
that constitutes an enormous and ever-pres
ent menace to local government, immigra
tion and the Republic itself. What dema
gogues at home and abroad will do with this
organized mass of ignorance and simplicity
God only knows. It is the mightiest question
of the time, just as it was the gravest injury,
according to Mr. Atkinson, to the South's
general development of resources. But
in spite of this race problem, the South is
progressing and would have much more
considerably improved had her people
been thriftier and kept more of their money
at home.
It will surprise many persons to learn
that the average daily earning of each
American is only 50 cento, the larger part
of which is paid out for the barest susten
ance. How to make that small amount be
come more valuable in its purchasing power
is the despair of the age. Mr. Atkinson is of
opinion that this can only be done by de
er easing the cost of raising the articles most
needed and consumed, by using improved
machinery and stopping all waste that is
practicable. The South is a long way be
hind other sections of the country in the
♦ichinery that dispenses with surplus
labor, and yet she possesses all the
elements necessary for putting such im
plements in motion. Mr. Atkinson shows
that no crop has been so wasted as cotton.
"We leave one-third of it unpicked in the
field, and lose more in the gins and on the
steamboats. Formerly, we threw away all
the seed as useless. This we have lately
discovered to be a valuable product, but in
stead of converting all of it into meal or oil,
we throw away most of it, waste all the hulls
that would make a fine paper stock; and
count as nothing the cotton plant itself,
from which dyes, paper and a number of
other valuable products can be made. In
other words, we lose half our cotton crop in
handling it, and throw away nearly half of
the remainder as valueless." There has
been much improvement in this respect,
but nothing to what should be done in the
way of utilizing this remarkable material,
which seems to be second only to the palm
tree or bamboo in the number and variety
of the uses it can be pnt to, besides being
much more valuable than either in the
world's commerce. In this connection, the
Planter’s Journal, tor September, publishes
a letter from Mr. W. R. Johnson, embodying
a statement from Prof. Hilyabd, of Mississip
pi, that ought to be known to all planters in
this section. The following details are sug>
gestive of a simple plan whereby a ton of
cotton seed will give all its oil, of sixty gal
lons, for market, and allow the fertilizing
ingredients of potash and phosphoric acid
to be returned to the soil, to make the land
richer for other crops of cotton :
"In a ton of good seed there are sixty gallons
of oil, distributed ae follows: Obtained from
the kernel by mill, thirty-five gallons ; remain
ing in the cake, twenty per cent, of its weight
in oil, eay nineteen gallons; in the hulls, six
gallons. I place thirty-five gallons, what I have
understood the strongest* presses can extract;
if lees, a larger percentage remains in the cake.
All the oil (six gallons) in the Jiulls by presses
is lost; that of the cake is sold, at present date,
for $27 50 per ton.
“Now, if by benzine, sixty gallons of pure oil
can be obtained, and all the ‘soil ingredients”
of potash and phosphoric acid returned to the
soil, it certainly presents a subject of much in
terest to the planters. That it will do this, any
person can determine with little instruction or
trouble. Let the party wishing to examine the
matter take any given weight of good seed,
having the weight exact; and then record, to
prevent mistake, crush the seed, say through a
coffee-mill, if a small quantity, break the bot
tom out of a bottle, place the seed in the bot
tle, a cork in its mouth, the bottle inverted,
pour benzine on the seed until it
covers them; next morning remove the cork
and allow the fluid to drip, then add again ben
zine as tong as the fluid comes away oolored.
Now separate the benzine from the dissolved
oil and weigh the resultant oil; it will be found
to be in ratio sixty gallons to a ton of seed; also,
if the reed from the bottle be perfectly dried
and weighed, the loss of weight will ehow the
quantity of oil extracted, and will be in ratio of
sixty gallons to a ton of seed.
“The apparatus required would not be e»
pensive, nor require extraordinary ability to
operate. A crusher to break the seed, tanks to
leach them, and a still to recover the benzine,
would complete the requirements. The whole
cost of expenses to extract the oil would not ex
ceed the value of the oil now thrown away in
the bulls, six gallons to each ton, and also pay
for the loss of benzine in the manipulation.
“I may conclude by saying that the process
would be similar to what has long been in
vogue in Europe, to extract fate from old bones
before making them into bone-black, they using
bi- sulphuret of carbon. As benzine is cheaper
than bi-sulphnret carbon, I would use it,
though the carbon sulphuret would also extract
all the oil from kernels and bulla.”
Another startling statement made by Mr.
Atkinson is that the world is always within
one year of partial starvation and within
two or three years of becoming naked; in
other words, some solar phenomenon could
revolutionize the season so as to cause the
world to die of hunger or nakedness
within a comparatively brief period. There
is no tremendous abundance of either food,
raiment or capital, and anything that de
ranged labor radically would plunge us into
destitution.
We have not space to indicate further
the scope of this thoughtful and interest
ing address. It must indeed be read, in its
logical procession of ideas, to be thoroughly
appreciated. ,
DUR CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS.
The Democratic party of Georgia has
nominated its entire Congressional ticket,
as follows r
First District—Hon. John C. Nicholls.
Second District—Hon. Hexey G. Tubnbb.
m Third District—Hon. C. F. Cnisr.
Fourth District—Hon. Hugh Buchanan.
Fifth District—Hon. Nathaniel J. Hammond.
Sixth District—Hon. James H. Blount.
Seventh District— H<nl Judson CL Clements.
Eighth District—Hon. Seaborn Reese.
Ninth District—Hon. Allen A. Candler
At Large-Hon. Thomas Habdbmax.
Mr. Nicholls is a skilful and populai
politician, devoted to hie constituents and
experienced in public affairs. He is an
out-and-out Democrat. His nomination
was hotly contested, but has been unani
mously acquiesced in. Mr. Tueseb is con
ceded to be the intellectual equal of any
man of his age in Georgia. W-aVnow of nc
man in the State who has mofopoaitivf
promise of the* highest 'plaafae in the
gift of the ’people. Hu tsldkta art
eminently profound and bis oommand.
He will be heard from in Congress when
his presence is already felt inftientially.
With some of Mr. Tueneb's viqws upot
public policy weato mot wholly agree; bu
there is no laet of unison with him on al
easentiala as to principle. Mr. Omsr ia i
new man. He will hare to remain in abey
i ance for a year or two, unlem he poeeeeaea i
genina like that of Mr. Hill or a prodig
ous talent like Aat X Goy. Beowm. Al
> things yield to such supremacy and al
1 rules are inapplkftble to the nature that aa
t sertcjtotif everywhere and at aU seasons
i Mr. Canr has brilliant qualities and they wil
1 stand him in good stead, but he mask no
presume upon them. Nothing injures
new man more than a haste to take the lead
of veterans in legislation. Mr. Cbibp's
constituents must be patient with their
Representative, just as the constituents of
Hon. Gbobge D. Tillman, in South Caro
lina were. Tillman has won a national
fame by biding his time. Mr. Buchanan
is now beyond his novitiate and will be
able to display his sound judgment
and sturdy common sense. Mr. Hammond
stands in the front rank of Representatives.
He is a consummate Committee man. The
House always listens attentively to a states
man who is qualified to instruct and who
knows what to say and how to say it.
Hammond always has an audience and is
sure to make an impression in debate or in
counsel. No State has a better or safer
man at the Federal Capital. Mr. Blount is
a veteran who, like Mr. Hammond, has the
ear of the House. He has experience and
tact beyond the ordinary. His enmity to
all forms of extravagance has made him un
popular with certain classes; but in these
days of wastefulness such a policy is per
haps the better one. Mr. Clements is very
much liked at Washington. He has much
quiet force of character and devoted to
duty. His eminent abilities are hidden
partially by a demeanor that is placidity
itself. He is a good and true man to his
party and people, and one of those men who
have large margins of growth in usefulness.
Mr. Reese has the exceptional honor of be
ing chosen to succeed the illustrious Alex
ander H. Stephens. Great is his respon
sibility and much will be expected of him.
He is to fill a large space in the public eye
and must be careful of himself. Com) arisons
may be made in his case with noted men
that other candidates will luckily escape.
We trust that he has the talents and charac
ter to more than make good the exalted
opinions of his friends. Still, his constit
uents must be patient with him as with
other untried men. Mr. Candles seems to
be an original person, full of brains and
progress. He is a man of affairs as well as
a professional expert. Should he succeed
Mr. Steeb, his position will be a phen
omenal one, and worth his best efforts
to maintain, when well warmed in his
seat. Mr. Speeb’s oratory in Congress
has been of a florid kind and
seldom profound or worth preserving.
Mr. Candles, if elected, may make a rep
utation as a solid, practical legislator. That
kind of a man is needed at Washington al
ways. Mr. Habdeman has the heart and
mind to represent the whole of Georgia,
which he loves and would embrace physical
ly, if sueh a thing were possible. He is racy
of the soil, and touches its interests and ver
satility at all points. Besides, he is a vet
eran in political life and sure to have im
mediate welcome with all classes at Wash
ington.
Such, in a hurried aud imperfect outline,
are the men presented by the Democratic
party to the people as their Representa
tives. We feel confident of the election of
all but two. If the white men of the State
are worthy of the Georgia of old days,
there will be no doubt in any case of
a solid Democratic delegation. Inde
pendent candidates can only succeed
by mongrel alliances and Radical aid
and comfort. Already the negroes are
being stirred up to activity by hopes of
Africanizing the State. We endorse most
heartily the words of our Columbus contem
porary, the Enquirer-Sun : “When respect
" ability comes to the ballot box. the names
" of the gentlemen above will be voted, and
" every man in Georgia who votes for any
“ other will be aiding the Radical ticket.
“ There is no need of mincing matters in
" the present Congressional campaign; it is
" a question of respectability and good gov
" ernment%n the one hand, and a wild hunt
“ for office to the sacrifice of country, and
" placing it in the hands of the Radical par
"ty on the other. The people of Georgia
" are free, and can vote for whorfi they
" please. The issue is squarely made, and
" they must make their own choice.”
IIOS. J. V. C. BL.AVK.
We venture to say that the appearance of
Hon. J. C. 0. Black upon the stump, any
where in Georgia, would be the signal for
immense enthusiasm. That pleasure we
are now promised. Invitations to speak at
different places are pouring in upon him,
and it will be impossible to fill them all.
But wherever Mr. Black shall raise his elo
quent voice we predict that there will be an
end of the "apathy” about which so much
has been eaid. Our people are eager to
hear him and his clarion notes will be
like an order from Gen, Wolseley to
attack along the whole line of the enemy,
and carry the opposition obstructions with
a rush. His services will not be forgotten
nor go unrewarded. Georgia is famous for
vindicating men and according them exact
and generous justice. Mr. Black has a
glorious prospect ahead of him, its no sense
clouded by recent events, but rather made
more certainly and permanently bright.
The fact of his early appearance onr the
stump for the nominees of the Democratic
party will give an interest and enthusiasm
to the campaign not easily describable.
MAINR—THK PRRBRNT AND TUR
FVTCRB.
We presume that the official count will
show that Maine, by tremendous exertions
oratorically and pecuniarily, has been re
stored to the Republican column. The
change of one in twenty of Plaibted's
former followers was sufficient to accom
plish this, and in a State where there are so
many venal voters confessedly, it is not sur
prising that the Republicans who had the
money and machinery succeeded in accom
plishing their purpose. The Fusion victory
in Maine, at- the last campaign, did the
Democracy of the Union more harm than
good. The present Republican triumph
may do the Democracy at least no harm, if
we except the loss of two Congressmen who,
though not Democrats, ordinarily voted
against the Republicans. The defeat of
Plaistbd, outside of the money used, is at
tributed to Mr. Blaine’s personal efforts in
the canvass. It is, at all events, being
worked up as a Blaine triumph, and, as
such, not at all pleasant for Abthub or Ma
hone. With Maine to back Blaine in the next
Presidential convention, Abthub’ s pros
pects wane. With Blaine’s hostility, Ma
hons cannot be the Bose in Virginia that
he dearly wishes to be. Mr. Blaine comes
forward again as a king-maker and slate
breaker. He may not be able to win the
Presidency for himself, but he can poison
the chalices of Abthub, Conkling, Cameron,
Logan and all other enemies who have ob
structed his path to absolute domination.
Personally, the success of the Maine Re
publicans is something to boast of. Mr.
Feys is no* sure of succeeding himself in
the Senate, Mr. Hale becomes more im
portant than of yore as a public man, and,
aa we said, the "Plumed Knight” becomes
the terror of the Stalwarts and the darling
of the Gabtield Republicans. No calcula
tion for the Presidential succession can now
omit Mr. Blaine’s name and prominenc e.
The Fusion party may not be able to rally
again under the same leaders with the same
slogans. The Democrats may return to their
own party standard and organization, await
ing events, which promise many wonderful
ahanges in this country. Th* Democratic
party is the party of the people. Though
Mr. PlaiiTed has probably retired from
the championship of the masses against the
bosses, his war-cry will remain for acme
other leader. That war-cry ia formulated
by him in a single tremendous paragraph :
"We have in thia country five thousand
" parsons who own and possess five billion
" dollars worth of property, mostly, aoon
“ muUted within the last fifteen years, and
r “ that, too, through unequal laws. Twenty
"yeaas ago a zaiUsonaire i» this country
" was as rare aa a Prinoe, and so was a
** tramp '*
The Philadelphia 2%nes says: ?The
simple truth about the matter da-that the
successful inauguration of specie payments
and the consequent general prosperity of
the country left the Greenbackers a
leg to stand on, as a matter of principle,
and it is very hard to glue together sueh a
diacordant mass ofpolitioal odds and ends
as the Maine Furionista on a mere question
of OflhNS.”
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1882.
AN Y PORT IN A STORM.
THE RKPVBI.ICANS IN SOUTH CARO
LIMA JOIN TDK UREEMBACKERB.
Th. Tail Wags the Dog—A ftweer Reeo
latta* —‘We Vote For Ton Beennee Ton
May Help Us Into Power, Bnt We Re
pudiate Tour Doctrines*’—A Fusion that
Will Rud la Confusion.
(Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.)
Columbia, S. C., September 13.—The com
mittee appointed by the Radical Conven
tion, on yesterday, to confer with the Exec
utive Committee of the Greenback party,
reported, in secret seesion to-day, that they
had performed the duty assigned them, and
after their report was submitted the follow
ing resolution was unanimously adopted:
Eesolved, That the Convention of the
Union Republican party of*Bouth Carolina,
while repudiating the financial principles
advocated by the Greenback Labor party
and reaffirming the principles of the Union
Republican party, do recommend that at
the next geuerifi election the Republican
voters of the State, in the interest of a free
ballot and a fair count and as Republicans,
cast their ballots for the State ticket nomi
nated by the Greenback Labor Convention.
A resolution was also adopted recom
mending that the Republican voters in the
Sixth Congressional District support Col.
E. B. C. Cash,* the Independent candidate
for Congress. E. W. M. Mackey defeated
Brayton for Chairmanship of the State Ex
ecutive Committee.
After the election of Congressional and
county Chairmen the Convention adjourn
ed «ine die.
This Convention was no improvement
over former ones; it was made up of the
same old party hacks, and the same land
pirates who by their actftn in the past gave
South Carolina the name of the "Prostrate
State.” They have the same eager desire for
good stealing, and if they ever come into
power again, by the aid of the Greenback
ers and Independents, a new era of misrule
well be inaugurated, only equalled in his
tory by the former administrations of this
party in South Carolina. L. A. R.
Associated Press Arconnt.
Columbia, 8. 0., September 13.—1 n the
Republican State Convention, to-day, the
committee appointed to confer with the
Greenback committee as to the terms upon
which they could unite on the support of a
State ticket, reported that they had held a
conference, and recommended that the Con
vention endorse the State ticket of the
Greenback party, and stated that the
committee of that party had given the assur
ance that they would secure a free ballot
and a fair count. The proposition provoked
a lonfwand bitter discussion, and the fol
lowing substitute, by Congressman Mackey,
was adopted:
Resolved, That the Convention of the Un
ion Republican party, of South Carolina,
while repudiating the financial principles
advocated by the Greenback party, and re
affirming the principles of the Union Re
publican party do recommend that at the
next general election the voters of the State,
in the interest of a free ballot and a fair
count, cast their ballots as Republicans for
the State ticket nominated by the Green
back Labor Convention on the 6th inst.”
A resolution was adopted recommending
that the Republicans support E. B. O. Cash,
the Independent candidate for Congress in
the Fifth District. E. W. M. Mackey was re
elected Chairman of the State Committee.
Adjourned.
SWIFT PUNISHMHNT.
A Negro Lynched At Williston, S. C., For
An Attempted Outrage.
(Oor. Chronicle and Constitutionalist.)
Williston, S. 0., September 13.—This
has been a memorable day in the history of
our town. Her citizens were thrown in a
fever of excitement by the announcement
this morning, of the capture of the would
be perpetrator, of one of the foulest crimes
which stain our calendar. They have arisen
in their just judgment and meted out the
righteous vindication of the common law,
the law of nature, to protect the virtue and
chastity of our females. Exactly one week
ago to-day, (Wednesday the 6th, inst.)
the members of the family of a highly
respected gentleman in town were
aroused by screams at 12 o’clock at
night, coming from the chamber of
a daughter, aged fifteen years. She awak
ened suddenly, to find a black negro fiend
standing over her, with a drawn knife, in
the act of cutting off her garments, having
partially succeeded in doing so. Siva
screamed, and the wretch turned and fled,
leaving behind him the knife. It seems
that the negro had visited one or more
rooms, demolishing several articles of ap
parel and ornament before going into the
lady's chamber. The knife was secured
and turned over to town officer W. E. Mc-
Michael, who, with this as his only
clue, has certainly evinced a remarkable
degree of sagacity and expertness in follow
ing it up to such a successful termination.
By means of the knife, which bad been bor
rowed by the negro, from his brother, Mr.
McMichael, succeeded in establishing the
identity of the negro beyond all question,
in the person of Nathan Bennett, a boy of
17 or 18 years. He was brought to town
this morning and lodged in the town guard
house. He underwent a preliminary ex
amination before Trial Justice Johnson, and
freely confessed everything. It seems that
the boy was old in crime, a number of
minor offences of larceny, etc., having been
proved against him. The case had been
managed so quietly and discreetly by Mr.
McMichael that no one at all, com
paratively, had even been aware of the
circumstances, until the negro had been
safely lodged. As soon as the facts were
made known the excitement became in
tense, but subdued, and threats of lynching
immediately were freely indulged in. The
news spread rapidly, and one could see by
the ominous look on the faces of the crowd
that their determination was desperate.
Efforts on behalf of the prisqner were made
by a number of citizens and the town
officials, to let the law take its course, they
promising to take the negro and pnt him in
jail to-morrow at Barnwell, 0. H. At about
o’clock, p. m., the street lamps were put
out, a rush was made for the guard house,
the town officials thrust aside, and the
wretch seized and dragged about 200 yards
to within fifty yards of the scene of the
crime. The preliminaries were few and
hurried, and the body was soon dangling in
the air, shortly to be riddled by at least five
hundred bullets. The crowd at the closing
ceremonies consisted of about fifty, while
fully 300 men, many from neighboring
places, were in town. Not a negro, except
the victim, was to be seen in the place since
8 o’clock. On the negro’s neck was tied a
card bearing this inscription : "Our moth
ers, wives, daughters and sisters shall be
protected/ 1
WAS IT PSTCHIC FORCBI
A SingnlAr Manifestation of a Glass of
Milk.
(Washington Post)
A singular natural phenomenon, which
occurred yesterday afternoon at a house on
Fourteenth street near the boundary, was
brought to the attention of a Post reporter
last night Three persons were sitting at a
dinner table, two of whom, a lady ana her
daughter, who were sitting opposite, pos
sess considerable animal magnetism. The
third person was a little girl, and there was
also a glass of milk on the table. The posi
tions of each are shown by the following
diagram: •
A
B: D ;
•' c
A. —The mother.
B. The little girl.
C. —The daughter.
D. —The glass of milk.
During the course of the meal the mother
took hold of the little girl's hand to look at
a ring on her finger, when suddenly the
glass of milk rose, remained suspended in
the air a moment, inclined itself slightly,
threw its contents in the direction of the
daughter, and then resumed its original
position. The milk did not fall in • body
but spattered and no less than 120 drops
were coanted on the lady’s dress. The ex
planation bf the matter would seem to be
that the little girl’s foot ms, unknown to
her, in contact with the daughter’s. This
.made • circuit, which was ooffipleted by
the force, either natural, psychic or electric,
jumping aerdss the table and encountering
the glass in its progress. Whatever the
cause, the effect was plainly visible and
can be vouched for by the persons present.
OEOBOIA RRPUBLICANS.
Split Ii tha C*» tha First Caw
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Savannah, September 13.—The Republi
can Convention of the First Congressional
District mat to-day in thia city with a large
attendance. A split occurred on the admis
sion of certain delegates and considerable
bitterness was shown. CoL James Atkina
was nominated it is claimed by 36 bona
fide voters. The bolters adjourned to a
neighboring hall and nominated Tomlin
aon.F. Johnson, Collector of thia port. The
aominatiotui are to be left to the National
Executive Committee
RRDUCING THE RATRS.
The Pool Lriui Ttiiir Frat<ht Tariff
Upon Rmtern Cotton Tita Present
Rates.
The action of the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association, in Atlanta, Wednes
day, was telegraphed to the Ohbonicle.
The meeting reduced rates on cotton from
Southern markets to Baltimore and points
NortJh and East, and the new schedule is
much more satisfactory to planters arfd ship
pers. By the schedule pnt into operation
September Ist high rates were established.
The following will show the improvements:
From Augusta to Baltimore, old rate,
71 cents; new rate, 51; to Philadelphia and
New York, 76 cents; new rate, 57; to Bos
ton, Providence and Fall River, 82 cents;
new rate, 67.
From Macon to Baltimore, old rate, 84
cents: new rate, 67; to Philadelphia and
New York, 76 cent*: new rate, 57; to Bos
ton, Providence and Fall River, 82 cents;
new rate, 67.
From Atlanta to Baltimore, old rate, 89
cents; new rate, 67; to Philadelphia and
New York. 94 cents; new rate, 75; to Bos
ton, <fcc., $1; new rate,"Bs.
This makes the amounts, notwithstand
ing the change from bale rates to 100
pound rate, and the heaviness of the bales
this year, nearly the same figures as last
year. The rates to Southern ports, Savan
nah, Port Royal, Ohu-lestoL and Wilming
ton are 27 cents per 100 pounds; to Nor
folk, Portsmouth and Petersburg 38 cents
about the same as last year. The rates to
New England manufacturing towns from
Augusta show a reduction of about 19 cents
—thus restoring the Eastern buyers and
shippers to nearly their former footing.
The fact that the interests of the com
munity and of the railroads are identical
will generally be found to work itself out,
and such differences as these will, if left to
business adjustment, gradually right them
selves. The new rates went into effect yes
terday and will be im:-nediately worked by
all lines in the association. The following
gentlemen were in attendance upon the
Atlanta meeting: Virgil Powers, General
Commissioner; Sol Haas, consolidated lines
of Virginia; G. A. Whitehead, Central Rail
road; E. P. Wilson, Cincinnati Southern; 8.
P. Pickens, South Carolina Road; J. R,
Ogden, East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia Road; Joseph M. Brown, Western and
Atlantic Railroad; J. M. Colp, represented
by Theodore Welch, Louisville and Nash
ville Railroad; Milo 8. Freeman, E. R. Dor
sey, Georgia Railroad; Rsy Knight, Selma,
Rome and Dalton Rend; J. H. Drake, Rich
mond and Danville; R. D. Osrpenter, Rich
mond and Danville; D. Cardwell, Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta; J. S. Davant. Port
Royal Road; T. 8. Davant, Memphis and
Charleston; 8. O. Boylston, Mr. Barnum,
Atlanta and Charlotte; T. A. Walker, Green
Line; Wallace McPherson, Nashville and
Chattanooga; J. W. Brown, Western and
Atlantic; D. W. Appier, Central Railroad.
The meeting adjourned without doing any
thing further.
MR. B. H. HILL AND THE SENATOR
SHIP.
The following letter has been furnished
for publication :
Bis Excellency Got). A. H. Colquitt:
Deab Sib -On last Saturday, about noon
I received a note from an intimate friend of
yours that yon bad decided to appoint me
to the vacancy in the United States Senate
caused by the death of my father. During
the afternoon of the same day I was visited
by a distinguished gentleman, who told me
that yon were considering the # appointment
very favorably, aad he called to say to me
that such an appointment would meet his
approbitiun. On fast Monday I saw in the
press, and was also informed by friends,
that a petition was being circulated in the
city asking you to make the appointment.
It is useless to say that I was deeply touched
at the unexpected news that you would
most probably, as the official head of tte
people of Georgia, pay this tribute to the
memory of my father. It is unnecessary to
say, also, that I never for an instant took to
myself any of the honor involved in your
alleged purpose. I realized fully that un
der our republican institutions, and the
healthy Democratic sentiment that is the
life of these institutions, I had no right to
expect even a consideration on the score of
inheritance. I realized even more fully
that young and inexperienced as I am there
was nothing in my reputation or ability
that would have drawn your attention to me
as an original choice. I gratefully accepted
the suggestion as another evidence of the love
of the people of Georgia for my father —a
love that honored him in his life, sustained
him in his days of suffering, comforted him
in his death and brings consolation to the
sad hearts of his bereaved family. Without
a spark of personal ambition I hoped that the
sentiment moving you would find no dis
sent in other quarters. Since then, how
ever, opposition has been developed to the
proposed appointment. I do not mean to
intimate that this opposition grows out of
any want of respect for my father’s memory.
Oh ! no. Those who oppose it have doubt
less good and sufficient reasons. But the
opposition exists, and I now, therefore, anx
iously awaited your return to the city to
urge that yon take no steps whatever in the
matter, but that you make answer to the pe
tition of my friends, if such a petition be
presented to you, with this letter. Had the
appointment been tendered me, backed by
a unanimous sentiment and I had gained
my consent to have accepted for even a frag
ment of three months, a position so far be
yond my aspirations or my deserts, I should
have done so humbly and with a sense
of consecration. Under the circumstances
I could not accept it at all. To make it the
honor that I should have cherished above
all things else in life, and the tribute that
would Eave filled my dear father’s last
moments with joy and gratitude it must be
spontaneous and without exciting the
slightest hostility of any one. I should
disturb his sacred membry and violate
every honorable sentiment of my nature if I
consented to encourage a wrangle over his
mantle, much less if I entered into that
wrangle myself, and sacrificed his name in
my own promotion. I thank you, sir, for
your reported inclination to make this ap
pointment. I thank the friends who have
interested themselves in my behalf. You
and they can add te my gratitude by ac
cepting this letter in the spirit in which it
is written. I have not the slighest criti
cism for those who have felt called upon to
oppose the purpose of my friends. My
father had too much of kindness and honor
from the people of Georgia while living, and
too much devotion to his memory now for
my love for them to be shaken by any
course they may adopt towards his son.
Very respectfully, yours,
Benz. H. Hill, Jb.
KING COTTON.
Yearly Statiment ot the National Cotton
Exchange.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
New Obleans, September 14.- The year
ly statement of the National Cotton Ex
change of the United States for the season
ending August 31st, 1882, shows that the
total crop of the United States was 5,456,-
048 bales, a falling off from the previous
season of 1,149,702 bales. The receipts at
outports were 4,688,139 bales, againsts,-
878,1(X’> bales last year. The exports were
3,551,075, against 4,565,316. The to
tal quantity shipped overland by rail
direct to Northern mills amounted to
1,086,217 bales. Os this 510,902 bales
went direct to Eastern delivery ports,
489,170 to mills and 86,145 from
Southern outports to Eastern mills. Can
ada took overland 31,547 bales or thirty
one per cent, more than last year. The
exports to foreign ports agggregated 3,551,
075 bales, showing a falling off of 1,014,-
241 bales. Northern spinners have taken
of this crop 1,677,581 bales, against 1,-
713,626 bales year.
The remarkable feature of this statement
is the large increase in the Southern con
sumption. These mills have taken from
the outports and plantations, 286,954
against 225,311 bales last year. The stock
carried from the year’s crop amounts to
125,582 bales, against 217,031 last year.
Cold CoasArt for One Congressman •
(Bradford (Penn) Star.)
Congressman Walker, of the Sixteenth
Pennsylvania District, Republican, appears
to be fairly up to the average of representa
tives from Pennsylvania in the present Con
gress. The Erie Observer says he has se
cured SIOO,OOO for a public building in
his district, and he strenuously endeavored to
secure the reimposition of the duty on
quinine. It is somewhat saddening,
therefore, to note that his efforts are appa
rently unappreciated by its constituents,
in one county at least. The McKean county
convention, held the other day. not only
did not tender him the compliment of -a
renomination, but it fairly hooted and
jeered Itself hoarse when some rash dele
gate mentioned his name. This may be
merely a local insurrection against the
chamgion/>L j>rq|scted quinine, but it may
also contain the potentialities of a general
insurrection in the district, which swallow
ed Mr. Walker with, great difficulty two
years ago. t
nfaming Oyer Hla Fregeity.
(.By Telegraph*to the Chronicle.)
Richmond, Va., September 14.—John B.
Daria, President c< the recently suspended
Richmond Banking and Com
pany, to-day made a deed "of conveyance of
hie property in tt>e countiee of King, Wil
liams, New Kent, Hanover, Henrico, and
the city of Richmond, for the benefit of the
bank. The deedgigned is jointly by Mr.
Davis and his wffe, and the property thus
relinquished is valued at Over two hundred
thousand dollars.
Dmd.
Geneva, September 14.—Enute Planta
moun. the Swiss astronomer, is dead, at the
age of 67.
THE HON VICTORIOUS.
ARABI'SOFFICER- NEGOTIATING FOR
A SURRENDER.
They Offer To U nr nndl< tonally Submit To
the Will ofthc Khedive—Military Move»
■name—Conjectures and *upposlilone.
(By Cable to the Chronicle.)
Alexandria. September 14. Arabi Pasha’s
officer commanding at Kafx-El-Dwsr has
written to Oherif Pasha, offering to surren
der. A correspondent at Alexandria con
firms the statement that the rebels have
offered to surrender. The British are pre
paring to occupy their works. A later dis
patch from the same correspondent says a
rebel officer has arrived at Bamleh with a
letter offering to surrender Arabi’s troops.
Gen. Wood telegraphs to the War Office
from Alexandria, to-day, as follows : ** An
officer from Kafr-Ej-Dwar has brought a let
ter saying all the military chiefs wish to
submit to the Khedive. They have given
orders to open the canal dam and ask me to
reopen the telegraph. They state that their
army has stopped all hostilities.”
Alexandria, September 14. Toulba
Pasha has sent a flag of truce, offering to
surrender. Gen. Wood has telegraphed to
Gen. Wolseley for instructions. A deputa
tion from Cairo is at Kafr-El-Dwar, waiting
to come in.
A correspondent of the Exchange Tele
graph Company sends the following.
Alexandria, September 14.—The condi
tions of the surrender are not yet known.
The general opinion here is that the natives
will deliver up Arabi Pasha to the British.
Alexandria, September 14.—The British
troops have been ordered to hold themselves
in readiness to take possession of Kafr-El-
Dwar.
Alexandria, September 14. —Negotiations
for the surrender are proceeding satisfac
torily. The British will probably occupy
Kafr-El-Dwar to-morrow. It is stated that
the surrender will be unconditional.
London, September 14.-Gen. Wolseley
telegraphs that the cavalry will push on to
Cairo to-day by forced marches along the
desert route.
Alexandria, September 14, 5:20, p. m.—
Arabi Pasha and Toulba Pasha arrived at
Cairo last night. They are both virtually
prisoners.
London, September 14.—Gen. Wolseley
telegraphs that about sixty guns were cap
tured at Tel-el-Kebir. He says Arabi has
gone to Cairo. Gen. Wolseley hopes that
the cavalry will occupy Belbeis to-day and
that the infantry will arrive there to-mor
row, He expects to take possession of
Benha to-day, and if all is well to advance
to Galioulb, if not, to Cairo, with the Guards.
The Daily Telegraph, in its second edi
tion, has the following:
TelEl-Kebib, September 14.—Our loss
is one hundred and fifty, including thirty
killed. Eight officers are among the dead.
Gen. Lowe, with a cavalry brigade of the
Highlanders, marched towards Zagazig and
is now in possession of the railway to
Cairo. All of Arabi’s papers were seized
here. Hundreds of fugatives, including
many officers, are surrendering.
Port Said, September 14.—The English
ordnance guard have arrived at Cairo by
rail. They were received enthusiastically.
All personages of rank who are concerned
in the rebellion, have surrendered.
Constantinople, September 14.—Lord
Granville, British Foreign Secretary, has
instructed Lord Dufferin, British Ambassa
dor, to sign the military convention with
Turkey.
London, September 14.—The limes, in a
leading article on the attack on Tel-el-
Kebir, says: “It is impossible to conceive
of an operation more successful and exe
cuted in a more masterly manner. The
whole plan of the campaign was settled by
Gen. Wolseley, with the concurrence of
his superiors and the hearty acquiescence
of his chief advisers, before he left
England. There was never any ques
tion about the canal being the basis
of operations. Before he left England he
put his finger upon Tel-El-Kebir, saying :
■There Arabi will stand, and we shall at
tack him on the sth September.’ We men
tion the circumstance to show that a great
deal which to an outside observer seems a
chance, is really a foreseen plan or allowed
for. Gen. Wolseley has achieved a s access
which renders all apology for his methods
supeifluous.”
■London, September 14.—A dispatch from
Alexandria says : Butras Pasha has arrived
at Kafr-El Dwar, en route to Alexandria, as
the delegate of the inhabitants of Cairo,
charged to declare their loyalty to the Rhe
dive.
London, September 14.—An official dis
spatoh from Kassassin save there are 13
wounded officers and 245 wounded privates
there from Tel-EI-Kebir. Ice is plentiful.
The patients are all treated antiseptically
and are doing as well as could be expected.
London, September 14.—A dispatch to
the Times, from Paris, says M. Duclerc, the
French Minister of Foreign Affairs, hao sent
a telegram to M. Tissot, French Ambassador
to London, instructing him to convey to
Lord Granville the congratulations of the
French Government, and to assure Lord
Granville of the cordial satisfaction he feels
at the news of the splendid English triumph
in Egypt.
Political Points.
Representative Carlisle is convinced that
no Southerner will be President during this
generation.
The Dutch have taken Holland, and some
of Mr. Blaine’s friends claim a great victory
for him because Maine went Republican.
Portland, Me., September 12. The
Daily Advertiser makes a careful estimate of
the Legislature as follows : Senate—Repub
licans, 28; Fusion, 3; total, 31. House-
Republicans, 87; Fusion, 64; total, 151.
Governor Plaisted refused to call a special
session of the Legislature to re-district the
State of Maine, because he thought his
strength would be increased by having the
Congressmen elected on a general ticket.
Wonder what he thinks of it now ?
On Tuesday, the Senatorial Con
vention, composed of the counties of Web
ster, Quitman and Stewart, met in Lumpkin
and nominated Mr. James P. Walker, of
Webster, to represent the Twelfth District
in the next session of the Legislature.
Mr. Stephens’ health is much better than
it has been for years. He weighs about
105 pounds—three pounds heavier than he
has ever been before. Hr has the eye of a
boy of 18—black, sparkling and brilliant.
They, notwithstanding his bodily infirmi
ties, show signs of a wonderful brain.
. Congressman E. John Ellis, of the Second
Louisiana District, it has been rumored,
would run as an Independent candidate for
re-election, if he failed to get the Democratic
nomination. He says, however, that if he
has fair play at the primaries and in the
Convention he will abide by the result.
Governor Plaisted deserved better of the
Democrats of Maine. He has shown him
self to be a man of sound judgment, cool
ness, pluck and courage. He fought for a
principle which underlies the structure of
popular government, and the people whose
flag he carried and for whose rights he was
battling deserted him.
The latest effort to harmonize the Repub
lican factions in Pennsylvania will probahfy
end, as all previous attempts of a similar
nature have, in a failure. This will doubt
less be the last trial, as the campaign is too
far advanced and the lines too closely drawn
to admit of any change hereafter. As one
Republican paper remarks, if there is to be
a settlement of the difficulty it must be set
tled now and settled thoroughly.
Marietta Journal: “Hon. Judson O. Clem
ents, Democratic candidate for Congress,
spoke at the Court House in this place on
last Saturday. It was a rainy day, but the
people poured into town from the country,
and the Court House was crowded to its ut
most capacity, quite a number having to
stand up. The distinguished speaker for
two hours spoke with power, fluency and
eloquence. His speech, for ability, clear
ness and sound reasoning, surpassed our
expectations. It was a capital speech in
every particular, and will make him votes
wherever delivered.” *
Summing Up After the Vacation.
(H. W- Grady in the Atlanta Constitution.)
During the past six weeks of sun-burn I
have blistered and peeled four times, and
come on deck this morning in my fifth set
of new skin. Daring that time I have
covered the Atlantic coast pretty thoroughly,
and have made frequent incursions to the
interior for a change of fare. I have caught
everything from Spanish mackerel to ma
larial fever—killed everything from time to
willit— everything from corn-cake to
truffles - seen everything from a pretty girl
in the surf toan ugly one, which covers the
whole visual range—heard everything from
the song a a mosquitto to the roar of an
ocean storm—closed my vacation with ten
Mays offerer, and, exhausted flhd droopy,
have come to seek rest tn my work. After
all there’s no place like home, and no play
like work, if your work is to your mind.
•* _' a Fraud.
(liy Telegraph to the Chronicle:).
San Francisco, September 14. A Los
Angelos dispawh says: “The report of the
assignees of Btabert’s Santa Ana Bank shows
that ft was Mi rotten concern. Siebert has
fraudulently converted at least >15,000
since last November.”
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Durum, September 14.—One of the but
tresses-of St. Patrick’s Cathedral fell to
day, killing four women. They were com
pletely decapitated.
CHEATING THE LAW-
A Mob Murders Two Ofllcera and Frees a
Prisoner—Detailed Account of the Af
fair. |
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Chattanooga, September 14.—The Sherifl
and his deputy, of this county, were shot
and killed to-day while en route to Knox
ville with a prisoner, named John Taylor,
who, two years ago, killed Oapt. Fletcher
on the Tennessee river. He escaped, but
was finally captured and brought here.
He had several trials, and at the
last term of Court was sentenced to
ten years at hard labor in the penitentiary.
He appealed to the Supreme Court, which
is in session at Knoxville, and the case was
to come up to day. At noen Sheriff Cate
and Deputy Conway took the East Tennes
see train, with Taylor, who was Handcuffed.
Several men boarded the train at Sweet
water or Philadelphia, about seventy-five
miles from here, and while the train was
between there and Loudon deliberately shot
Cate and Conway dead and wounded an
other man. They then released the
prisoner and took charge of the
train, running it through to Lou
don. At Lenoirf station, John Taylor
and his brothers. Bob and Andy, got off
and, forcibly taking some horses, left for
the mountains. John Taylor was wounded
in the arm. This city is in intense excite
ment. A posse of thirty men, with Spring
field rifles, left on a special train on the
Cincinnati Southern for Kingston. Another
posse will leave here overland. A posse
has already left Kingston and another
from Loudon. Cate was Sheriff only
about two weeks. He was one of the
most popular men in the city, was
about 50 years of age and leaves a large
family. Conway was about 30 and was
prominent in local politics. Such excitement
has not been seen in Chattanooga since the
war. A special train will bring the bodies
of the victims here to-night. The shooting
took place about 4 o’clock.
A dispatch from Knoxville, Tenn., gives
the following account of the murder of
Sheriff Cate and his dainty; The officers
had in custody three prisoners. Two of
the prisoners—John Taylor and Sam Carter
—were under sentence for murder and were
chained together. The other prisoner—
Wells, a negro—was chained to the seat.
When the train stopped at Sweetwater,
three men entered the car. One was a
brother of Taylor, and entered the oar from
the rear while the other two entered from the
front. Taylor’s brother approached Deputy
Conway from behind, placed a pistol to
the back of his head, and blew Conway’s
brains out. He then took the keys from
Conway’s pocket and unlocked the fetters
of Taylor, and the latter secured the depu
ty's pistols. At this instant Sheriff Cate
rushed at the men, firing at them
and the prisoners. As he fired the
Prisoner Taylor shot him through the
owels and the other two men shot
him through the heart. The sheriff fell
dead. Taylor was slightly wounded in the
arm. Carter was slightly wounded in the
leg. The three rescuers were not hurt and
with Taylor they jumped on the engine and
with a pistol at the engineer’s head, com
pelled him to pull out immediately and to
put on more steam. He ran 20 miles up
to Lenoir, running through three towns
without stopping. At Lenoir the four
men jumped from the engine and
secured horses, which were waiting for
them, and all escaped. The prisoner Carter,
and the negro came to Knoxville with
out a guard and surrendered to the Sheriff
of Knox county. Conway’s dead body was
brought to Knoxville. Cates’ body was
thrown from the car platform at Sweet
water, by the rescuers.
A FAMOUS ENGLISH INFIDEL.
(Detroit Free Press.)
There has come to this country for the
second time a man of wonderfully eventful
but not notorious career, sent by Mr. Glad
stone to investigate in this country the la
bor problems, with which he has been most
prominently and eloquently identified in
England. At a dinner given to him before
setting out on his journey hither, one of
the speakers said that in France he would
have been an ex-Prime Minister ere this,
but born in the lowest station, and making
himself obnoxious by his atheism in early
life, he has had to take a lower seat in the
ranks of the Liberal party, to which he be
longs.
George Holyoake disbelieves in religion as
Colonel “Bob.” Ingersoll disbelieves in it,
and as Charles Bradlaugb disbelieves in it.
But, unlike Ingersoll, he has been a martyr
to his faith instead of peddling it nut for
fifty cents per head; and, unlike Bradlaugh,
he has not used it for his political advance
ment nor to enhance his notoriety.
His infidelity was originally due to a pa
thetic incident which happened in his
childhood. His parents were very poor
citizens of smoky Birmingham. At that
time he was a Sunday school scholar, but
one time, when his sister was very ill, the
rector of the parish in which they lived
sent fdr his Easter dues of eight cents. In
spite of the smallness of this Bum," tile
family, owing to the cost of the sickness
and other causes, were unable to pay it. So
hard upon this came a summons with fifty
cents additional costs. A warrant would
have followed taking their furniture from
them, including the bed on which the
little girl lay dying. Every possible penny
was raked and scraped together, including
a small sum with which they were going to
buy a little wine for the invalid. The
mother carried it to the rector, who kept
her waiting six hours before be would con
descend to receive her two shillings and six
pence. When she reached home again her
little daughter was dead. Henceforward
young Holyoake became an enemy of all
churches and all dogmatic forms of religion.
He established a periodical called The Rea
soner, and devoted the time he could spare
from labor to denouncing religion and
church establishments. Forty years ago he
anticipated Ingersoll’s principal arguments,
but instead of deriving a handsome income
therefrom, and defending, for a heavy fee,
the thieves of the public treasury, he was
arrested, tried and convicted of blasphemy.
In spite of his own eloquent and learned de
fense, this common laborer, as he was de
scribed in the indictment, was found guilty
and sentenced to six months’ imprison
ment in jail, the magistrate at the same
time expressing his regret that he could not
send him to the stake instead. After his
release from imprisonment, during which
he 1< st his daughter, embittering him still
more against Christianity, be resumed his
assaults upon the church, arguing in favor
of a strictly secular education, in the pro
motion of which he has published several
school books. Among other works having
a wide circulation was one published in
1848, during the prevalence of the cholera
in Landon, entitled "The Logic of Death,
or Why should the Atheist Fear to Die?”
His present visit, undertaken at Mr.
Gladstone’s request, is for the purpose of
promoting English immigration to this
country.
MRS. FLEMING’S DEATH.
One ot the Snddest Accidents That Ever
Happened In Athene.
(Athens Banner.)
In our last issue we briefly mentioned the
death of Mrs. Thomas Fleming, but we
have since learned full particulars of the
sad affair. It seems this lady had carried
Mrs. Asbury Hodgson home in her buggy,
and was seturning alone. When passing
the new Methodist Church the animal she
was driving shied at something, but did
not seem badly frightened, only breaking
into a trot. Mrs. Fleming then attempted
to rein him in, but she had not sufficient
strength, when the horse broke into a
gallon. This very naturally frightened
the lady, who began screaming fir assis
tance. At this the horse took fright in
earnest and began to run. It passed down
Hancock Avenue, between Messrs. Thomas
and Nobles, and in attempting to turn the
sharp corner at Conrtney Beal's stables, to
go home, threw Mrs. Fleming from the
buggy, that lady striking upon her head.
She was instantly surrounded by friends
who carried her into the house. She
breathed her last about 7 o’clock,siirronndaA
by her stricken family.
Mrs. Fleming was a daughter of Hon.
Hamilton McWhorter, of Oglethorpe, and
was one of the noblest ladies we ever knew.
She was beloved by all, and her death is a
calamity to our city. To the honored
family we tender our deepest sympathy,
A WklUwMk That Will Stick and
Waih.
(Scientific American.)
We find in a German paper formula for a
wash which can be applied to lime walls,
and afterwards become water-proof so as to
bear washing. Resenchek, of Munich,
mixes together the powder from three parts
silidous rock (quartz), three parts broken
marble and sandstone, also two parts burn
ed porcelain clay, with two parts freshly
slaked lime, still warm. In this way a wash
is made which forms a silicate if often
wetted, and becomes after a time almost
like stone. The four constituents mixed
together give the ground oolor, to which
any pigment thahean be used with lime is
added. Xfc—iff applied quite thickly to the
wall or other sufape, let dry one day, and
the next day frequently covered with
water, which makes it water-proof.
This wash can be cleansed with water
without losing any of its color; on the con
trary, each timei its gets harder, so that it
while its porosity makes it
The,) wash 'or calcimine can be used for
ordinary purposes as well as for the finest
painting. A so-called fresco surface can be
prepsqpd with it in the dry way.
HaaoaaUy JpiscHarg«L
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Danthul September 14.—John H.
Johnston, Mayor of this city, who had been
on trial in the examining Court since the
morning of the 12th inst, for the murder
of Jno. £. Hatcher, late Chief of Police, was
honorably discharged this morning.
$2 A YEAR—POSTAGE PAID
PENCILED PARAGRAPHS,
r- selected from yesterday’s
TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.
That Which Was Done Regarding the
Star Routers Y<at«nlay Fixing the
“ Bonds—The Motion for a New Trial to
’*■ be Argued To-Morrow,
’• (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
J Washington, September 13.—The Crimi
>. nal Court met this morning (Judge Wylie
e presiding), for the purpose of hearing argu
-0 meats on the motions entered upon Mon
j day last for an arrest of judgment in regard
s to Miner and Rerdell, and to increase the
e bonds of the defendants as to whom the
'• jury failed to agree. The Court held that
’ the existing bonds as to the four defend
e ants upon whom no agreement of the jury
s was reached, were valid, and would continue
*■ in force. In this viey the prosecution
B concurred, but asked that Vaile's bond be
a increased from >I,OOO to >IO,OOO. The
. Court so ordered and the increased bonds
r were promptly given. Mr. Merrick said he
f had instructions from the Attorney-General
r to bring on the case for retrial at as early a
1 day as practical. After the motion for a
. new trial was disposed of, he would ask the
. Court to fix the 6th of November or the Ist
b -of December as the date when the trial
r would be begun.
a The Court—“l shall on Friday take up
r the motion for a new trial, with any affida
r vits presented and shall decide it on that
s day.” ,
i The Court was then adjourned until Fri
j day at 10 o’clock. ’
i Assistant District Attorney Moore has in
t his possession a sworn statement of tne fore-
> man and will draw up informations based
i upon it as soon as corroborating evidence
> can be obtained.
' Shot Down In Cold. Blood.
Lynchburg, Va., September 13.—Fuller
. particulars of the tragedy at Wytheville,
yesterday, show that Wm. Crockett, who
’ killed Joseph Hurt and mortally wounded
a boy named Robert Clemens, pursued his
victims several miles out of town and shot
them down in cold blood. There had been
’ an old grudge between Crockett and Hurt,
but the immediate cause of the murder was
a heavy loss sustained by the former in a
, game of ten pins. It is thought Crockett
, shot the boy to avoid discovery. After rob
ing Hurt of all his money, the murderer
escaped, and, at last accounts, was still at
‘ large.
’ About the Suspended Bank.
’ Richmond, Va., September 13.-Inquiry
, to-day elicited the fact that Mr. Davis, late
President of the suspended bank, was in
. debted to it over 8375,000. The deed of
J trust was made this afternoon conveying
to E. 0, Whitlock, Trustee, the entire prop
( erty of the Banking and Insurance Com
pany, to be used in the liquidation of the
company’s liabilities. It is estimated that
Davis holds property which will realize
about two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars. j t
The Same Old Trick.
New York, September 13.—A Boston
special to an evening paper says, on au
thority of a private dispatch from Pough
keepsie, that ex-Governor Samuel J. Tilden
is dangerously ill with softening of the
brain.
New York, September 13.—The report
that Samuel J. Tilden is seriously ill was the
same one that always turns up on the eve
of a political campaign. There is no truth
in it. He was riding about the streets of
Yonkers to-day as well as usual.
Crimes In Texne,
Galveston, September 13.—A News special
from Houston says : At Patterson, last Sun
day, a white man named Frank Harkins,
while gambling with some negroes, became
involved in a quarrel and shot, three of
them, killing one and seriously injuring the
others. Harkins escaped.
In the same neighborhood the body of a
white man named Moas was found hanging
to a tree. Moas had the reputation of being
a cattle thief. There is no clno to the per
petrators.
Western Union Telegraph Company.
New York, September 13.—At the quar
terly meeting of the Western Union Tele
graph Company, to-day, a dividend of
per cent, was declared for the current quar
ter, payable October 16th. Dr. Norvin
Green announced his retirement from the
Presidency at the end of his present term
of office. Newspaper reports assign Gen.
Thomas T. Eckert to the vacancy thus
created.
Trying Danville’s Mayor For Marder.
Danville, Va., September 13.—The ex
amination of witnesst s in the case of John
H. Johnston, Mayor of the city, charged
with the murder of John E. Hatcher, late
Chief of Police, was concluded this evening
and pleading will begin to-morrow. John
ston has been admitted to bail, from day to
day, since Monday, in SIO,OOO.
Outside Speculations the Cause.
Richmond, Va., September 13.—Baldwin
& Jenkins, wholesale shoe dealers, have as
signed. No statement of the assets or lia
bilities can be obtained, but its claimed
that the debts will be paid in full. The
failure is attributed to outside speculations
by the junior member of the firm.
What Columbia, s. c., Has on Hand.
Columbia, 8. C.. September 13.—The
Maybury, Pullman A Hamilton circus pro
- perty was attached here last night by the
employes, for $6,000, and local attachments
for unpaid bills were also served upon the
proprietors of the show. Judgment for >6,-
462 existsin New York against the property.
Shaking Up the Tilled Ones.
San Francisco, September 13. —The train
carrying Lord Lome and Princess Louise
and party came in collision with a switching
engine at Port Casta to-day.* No one was
seriously hurt, but several members of the
British party were shaken up. Princess
Louise was thrown from her ieet and bruis
ed slightly.
Kennedy and Riley.
Portland, Me., September 13.—Riley
and Kennedy rowed a mile and a half and
return race to-day on Lake Maranacook for
>2,000. Kennedy took the lead at the
start and was never headed. He won by
four lengths. Time Kennedy, 19:35;
Riley,
The School Q,u«atlon in St. Louis.
St. Louis, September 13.—The excite
ment which has existed among the negroes
of East St. Louis during the past three days,
upon the school question, subsided to-day,
the negroes agreeing to send their children
to the separate schools provided for them
by the School Board.
Democratic Nomination For Governor.
Washington, September 13.—The New
Hampshire Democratic State Convention, to
day, nominated V. B. Edgerley as their
i candidate for Governor.
i
THE GAIETY ENDED.
Closing of the Oriole Under the Happiest
Auspices.
f
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Baltimore, September 14.—The three
days festival of the mystic order of the
Oriole closed to-night with a grand spectac
ular procession, witnessed by many thou
sand visitors and an innumerable throng of
citizens. All along the route—a distance
of four miles—were hundreds of stands
and platforms, which had been erect
ed for the occasion. The streets and
, sidewalks and the windows of every
, building were filled with spectators some
time before the hour of march. The streets
, were brilliantly illuminated, and handsome
decorations surmounted many of the
buildings. The display and gaudy ban
ners in the flash of the electric lights
presented a most beautiful scene. The
costly and handsome decorations of the
Sun, American and Evening News and other
newspaper buildings attracted general at
tention and admiration. Besides the Order
of the Oriole, the Mystic Societies of
Oomus and his Krewe, Momus and his
Knights, Rex and his Court and Knights
1 of of New Orleans, the Veiled
Prophets of St. Louis, the Memphis of
Memphis, the Oowbellians, the Infant Mys
tics, Strikers and the Orders of Myths of
‘ Mobile and Momus of Galveston took
part in the procession. The line was form
-1 ed in ’Madison avenue, at Druid Hill Park
gate and moved from Boundary avenue
i down to Madison avenue to Eutaw, street to
Baltimore, to Holiday, to Lexington, to
North, to Fayette, to Calvert, to'Read to
’ Charles, to Madison on to Howard, passing
the Academy of Music, to Franklyn street
after which it was dismissed.
A NEW COMET.
Discovery of Prof. Barnard Yesterday.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Rochester, N. Y., September 14.—Infor
mation has been received by H. H. Warner,
of the Warner Observatory, that Prof. E. E.
Barnard, of Nashville, discovered a comet
this morning located near the star Lanilda,
in the oonsellation of the Twins. It is re
ported as being bright in appearance, but
the direction of its motion has not been ob
tained.
The Tariff Commlealon.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Washingtow, September 14.—Sessions of
the Tariff Commission will be held at Nash
ville, September 20th; Chattanooga, Sep
tember 21st; Atlanta. September 22d and
23d; Savannah, September 25th; Charles
ton, September 26th; Wilmington, Sep
tember 27th,-and Richmond, September
28th.
THE DEMOCRAT "n’tHE INDEPEND
ENT.
8 History Rapcatlag Itself—Principles and
Men—Judging a Man By Hie Company
—A Reminiscence of Thad Stevens* Heil
* —A Just Comparison—Something For
e White Men To Read.
•
(Marietta Journal.)
Editors Journal—A maxim of George I
- was, “Never abandon a friend; do justice to
s all men, and fear no man." Yet in six
- months after his coronation he was the king
-of only half his subjects—not a sovereign,
1 but a party leader. History repeats itself.
3 The footlights on the Human stage reveal
3 human conduct the same in every age and
t under every form of government. The oon
. servatorof to day is the radical of to-mor
r tost; the stickler for precedent to-day is the
> independent of yesterday. So the world
i goes, and at last one is led to believe that
, man at least is but a bundle of
, contradictions. Now the sum of the
i whole matter is, not what a man was
' one month, six months, or five years
k in the past, what is he to-day, and
1 what will he be in the future. Men do not
) live for the past but the future. Then why
; all this fuss about Stephens’ record, or Gar-
[ trelis record? What do the people oare
about the difference between Stephens and
, Davis, or whether Gartrell was an original
. secessionist, and then made a good, bad or
■ indifferent soldier? Let the dead bury the
dead. The question that should engage
. every patriot's attention is the living issues
of to-day. Who that is aspiring to office is
best calculated to conserve tire peace and
, advance the interest of the people—they
care nothing for political abstractions, a
sober, sensible administration of government
is all they demand or request. Now from
this standpoint let ns see which of the two
(as they now present themselves) comes near
er meeting these demands, First, then, I
' award Mr. Gartrell honesty of purpose, for
he is a Georgian and would hardly stab the
mother that gave him birth, but his appli
cations are such that however honest he
may be his official action would be con
trolled by the irresponsible party who put
him in nomination. No man, however
prejudiced he may be, no map, however
chafed by political disappointment he may
be, can doubt one moment that he is the
head and representative of the Republican
party in Georgia, both wings of that party,
white and black, indorse him, and to-day
his name floats at the mast head of that par
ty’s press. He is in no sense of the word
the exponent of Democratic Ideas or Demo
cratic principles. Dr. Franklin said we judge
of a man by the company he keeps, and this
is as true in politics as in morals.—
Yes. Gartrell, Forsyth, Darnell, Pledger,
Wilson, id omne genus, are the mongrel, in
congruous ticket I They are the men who
run with, advise with, and expect to shape
Gartrell’s Administration, should he be
elected. Have the white men, the property
holders of Georgia, so soon forgot what
Republican rule brought them ? Do they
remember the sweat box and the prison ?
Do they remember the squandered millions
and bankrupt treasury they inherited after
Bullock’s flight? If you do, then bear in
mind the same crew is aboard the Gartrell
ship, and, alas 1 with Pledger at the helm.
Disguise it as we may, the Republican
forces are being mustered in, the oolor
line is being formed, and at its head
stands Lucius J. Gartrell. Now, let us
see who the other candidate is, and
whether he enjoys the confidence of
the people. For forty long years Mr.
Stephens has served the people. Those
who know him best love him most. So
thoroughly trusted in his own district that
the office of Congressman was never ten
dered another. A man whose histories and
writings have endeared him to every South
ern heart and say what we will, his pen,
though guided by feeble hand, has placed
on history’s imperishable page truths of the
grandest struggle of all time in behalf of
political liberty and personal freedom. The
manly and impartial vindication of the
South is his crowning achievement, and
the man or men who would discredit
its author, forget the glorious memories
of the past, unwittingly discredit the
heroic deeds of departed heroes.
Now let us approach the present.
Stephens is the representative of a
conservative Democracy ; fairly and
honestly put in nomination, so over
whelmingly the choice of the people, that his
bitterest opponent recognized" the fact and
withdrew from the contest. Then it can be
truthfully said, he stands for the wealth,
intelligence and good government of the
State. I beg you compare the State tickets
and see for yourself how this matter stands,
and just here let me say as an humble citi
zen not in office, or wanting office, that it is
the part of wisdom for every man to array
himself on the side of intelligence and good
government. < If the Republican party of
Georgia, backed by a corrupt Federal Ad
ministration, see fit to draw the oolor line
and force the equality issues’ upon us, then
for one I will be found fighting under that
flag that guarantees Anglo Saxon supremacy
in this land, and that is the standard thrown
to the breeze by the organized Democracy
of Georgia. Choose ye which banner you
shall follow. D.
ALL SORTS.
Stalks of wheat six feet high, with heads
six inches long, are the pride of California.
"Free, yet highly proper, manners of
American girlhood,” is what a Frenchman
says. >
Belgian lawyers are not allowed to wear
mustaches. The truth might become en
tangled.
The latest composition by the author of
“See that My Grave is Kept Green” is a pe
tition to be pardoned out of the Indiana
State prison, where he is sftving a term of
two years for forgery.
Cheap traveling now-a-days. A line of
steamboats advertises that they will carry
passengers from New York to Albany for
ten cents. The experiment will not be
tried long before there will be a pooling of
issues.
Philadelphia Press: "There is a hand
some prize awaiting the genius who can tell
why it is that a year of bountiful crops is
invariably attended by a resurrection of the
Greenback party. The man who guesses
this will get a philopena.”
The following is contributed and given
for what it is worth. We paid nothing for
it: “There need be no fear that Arabi
Pacha’s army will starve in the desert, be
cause of the sand which is there." This
alleged joke has a smell of the pyrami da
about it.
"Yes,” he said, “I'll have the plumber
come up to the house to-day. Not that
there is any trouble with our drainage, but
our cook is sort of discontented and we
don’t want her to leave, and maybe being
courted four hours will make her less
restless.”
There is a brewery near Berlin that man
ufactures every year about <©2,000 barrels
of beer. All the buildings are connected
with electric wires, and the head brewer can
sit in his room and there control the whole
of the operations of malting, kiln drying,
mashing, cooling, fermenting, etc.
"I shall be so glad when summer is ovffL”
said Violet Templeton, passing her hand
kerchief across her brow, as she emerged
from an ice-cream saloon with Viviantlray.
"And so shall I,” added Vivian, with ter
rible emphasis. They are still drifting
toward the future, but in different boats.
The Australian museum of natural science
in New South Wales is kept open on Sun
days, when the attendance is very large.
Out of the total number of visitors during
the last year, 115,600, the number who at
tended on Sunday was 41,660. The aver
age daily attendance on week days was 281,
and on Sundays 801.
When a young boiled beet is not long
from the pot ana not too cold it is, when
thinly sliced, tender, delicate, limber and
deliciously sweet. While in this condition,
if it is eaten the moment after it has had
only one or two drops of wine vinegar, it is
as superior to a hard, brittle, pickled beat as
as a fresh, Blue Point oyster is to a pickled
clam.
A whisper comes that birds* heads, wings,
tails, breasts and birds entire, of various
sizes and sorts, are to be worn a great deal
this Winter on dresses, as well as bonnets
and hats. They will be found as compo
nent parts of the toilets of those ladies who
shivered and cried, “Oh, you cruel, cruel
thing i” this Summer, when the young
sportsman displayed his quarry. .
A New York undertaker has inaugurated
a system of cheap funerals. For >3O he of
fers to furnish a large coffin, plate, hearse,
one carriage and opening the grave. When
asked how he could afford to do it so much
less than the others he answered : “By put
ting my prices down to the lowest passible
notch on a business basis, instead of trying
to reap an extraordinary profit out of afflic
tion.”
A confirmed vegetarian once invited a
friend to dine with him. “You know,”
said he, "that you can have your favorite
bill of fare, while I can remain true to my
vegetables. We could both dine from kid
ney beans, oyster plants, egg plants, cow
peas, crab apples, beefsteak tomatoes and
ox-heart cherries, and then, you know, wa
could have the table decorated with fish ge
raniums."
A ladies' fashion paper says that scissors
are held with the broad blade uppermost.
This information at last settles a point
which has long puzzled a good many Amer
ican editors, who at midnight have fre
quently lost a good item by their inability
to decide which blade should take prece
dence. What they now require are direc
tions for keeping the mucilage brush out of
the ink bottle.
Last Saturday morning the Briggs shaft ■
colliery, at Scranton, Penn., hoisted 612
mine cars in five hours. During that time
it was stopped fifteen min Mes, but tor
which delay thirty-two more cars would
have bden raised. Each oar was lifted 450
feet, emptied and lowered again. During
the same time the colliery prepared ana
shipped 1,200 tons of coal. This record,
it is claimed, is unprecedented, either ip
Europe or America.
.. *>■ . ———