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POKTKD FROM THE CAPITAL-
*>uc Police Gazette in Court A Teat
* a«t—Matter* in the I,egl»latare—
Kart* and Figarea From State
llouae Ofllcial*—-Georgia Takea
Aaother Step Upward and
Onward Gen. Cook
Appointed Capitol
tonamlMioner.
(Correspondence of the Chronicle.)
Atlanta. Ga., September 15.—Senator
Jbnßignen has just received a telegram
fcroni Dr. W. H. Hall, announcing the fact
lhat Hen. Fetish Furman died last night
Us malarial fever. Mr. Ferman is the
j oung gentleman who has made so much
leputation by his successful experiments
>u intensive farming, and who has revolu
tionized the use of commercial fertilizers.
JHis example is a singular one in itlus
| rat ion of the curious vicissitudes of per-
Hmal celebrity. He was not a young
,'iuan of unusual capacity. He occupied a
'position several years ago as a State Sena-
Itor. ■ Ho was awhile Judge of the County
tCourt of Baldwin, He was unsucceMful
*ly active in endeavoring to induce the peo
t pie of the State to return the capital to
Milledgeville. He was defeated for Solic
itor-General of his Judicial Circuit. His
t« peaking powers were only ordinary. He
(had no special prominence as a lawyer or
'legislator, and did not evince the ability
lor management that would have made
him eminent in either law or politics.
But, and the fact shows that men must
ti<ot despair because they fail to achieve
distinction in certain cherished lines ot
iHPtion, he took hold with energy of a new
hold of labor, in which he demonstrated«
•capacity that has made his name a honse-
Xhold word in the Htate, and given him,
tthough young, a lasting and good repute
etion. There will he a general feeling of
regret at his death. His experiments have
been very usifnl and their results have
directed agriculture for years to come.—
This yoang man had succeeded in estab
lishing himself as an agricultural au
thority in a Htate of remarkably en
terprising farmers and progressive agri
•calturaiists. We have wealthy planters
"in Georgia, successfully working magnifi-
Mient end baronial plantations, and yet this
young lawyer took an old and worn out farm
of small size and achieved results that have
operated a widespread and beneficial revo
lution in the system of farming, not only
in the State, but in the South. He has
been able to awaken scientific inquiry,
incite general discussion, stimulate experi
ment, and start a great fundamental busi
ness upon a new path of activity and use
fulness.
Mr. Furman started npou the simple and
common sense idea of giving to the soil in
manure precisely what an analysis of the
product required. Examining the or
dinary comn erciat manures be found
them deficient in plant food for
cotton. Ha made his combination recog
nizing the absolute need for hnmns in his
fertilizer. Using the proper killagn,
strengthening bis land steadily, increas
ing his crops with mathnmalioai regulari
ty, he worked his plain problem to logical
success, and gave the results to the coun
try. He looked as if the difficult puzzle of
successful farming was discovered. The
young man had struck m>on a process so
simple as to excite wonder that merrfiid
not use it generally before. His experi
ment is being universally followed. Fur
man's name has become famous. He had
made himself a marked man in the State,
known and respected everywhere. Hie
death closes a useful career, and will be
generally regretted.
The committee to examine the Treasury
and Comptroller’s offices make a very fav
orable report, and say that these officers
deserve the gratitude of the people of the
commonwealth for the accurate, plain,
systematic method in which they keep the
business of their office. In a moment’s
time they say that the condition of any
matter can be ascertained, and with the
one a check upon the other, the most per
fee', harmony prevails in matters of facte
and figures.
The receipts are as follovuarox
Sept, nth, 1881, bal. in
Paid in last quarter,
“ in first “ 1882.. 883,202 27
“ in second “ 1882.. 144,869 20
“ in third “ 1882.. 183 699 36
“ in fourth " 1882.. 633,825 22
“ in first “ 1883.. 3*5,217 54
“ in second “ 1883 .. 175,764 70
“ in frc’n 3d“ 1888.. 106,805 95
•3,754 363 49
Paid out last quarter 18815539,490 81
first “ 1882 123,765 08
- second “ 1882 731,417 16
“ third “ 1882 387,804 68
“ fourth “ 1882 117,188 41
<♦ first " 1883 500,916 48
“ second “ 1883 553,505 89
frc’n 3d tl 1883 100,855 50
$3,054 944 52
Bal. in Treo., Sept. 6, 1883 .. 899,410 47
Thia balance consists:
tends and coupons paid and
cancelleds3l7,l2B 77
Advance civil establishment.... 10,260 62
“ Legislature 46,339 05
Deposit in Citizens Bank in At-
lanta 82,218 87
Deposit ia Eagle and Phcenix, in
Columbus 22,645 97
Dacoelt in Ga. R. K. and Bk. Co.,
Augusta 24,028 61
Deposit in Central Bank, Macon. 17,436 98
Deposit in Southern Bank, Sa-
vannah 14,510 15
Depoait in Bank of Rome 22,206 23
Deposit in Irange Bank 19,392 22
Depoait iu Univeraitv Bank,
Athena $.014 44
Deposit in Bank of Americus.... 14,257 70
Deposit in Fourth National Rank,
New Yo-k 36,077 P 9
Cash iu Treasury. 17,602 23
$699,419 47
The expenses of the Legislature will rnn
to over SIOO,OOO. The Treasurer, Major
Speer, informed me yesterday that the
money in the treasury was being very
closely draws upon, and th* funds would
be pretty well cleaned up by the time the
new taxes came in; but there would be
ample to satisfy all demands.
I find from the Comptroller-General
that the increase in the States’ wealth this
veer will run to somewhere about twenty-
Iwo millions of dollars. The increase last
year was $16,255,(XML
I R‘ T * y nw BOni ® of the details of in- i
crease:
Fatten countys3,6o9,ooo i
Richmond county 1,640,000
Marcogee county 829,006 !
Bibb eountv 616,000 |
Flovd county 581,000
DeKalb county 370,<M)0
Decatur eount’y 352,0T0
Coweta ceuntv’ 321,000
Greene county ’145,000
Sumter county 257.000
Clarke county. 227,000
Wilkes county 121,000
Washington county 134,600
Jackson county IHB.OGO
Fmaneel county 50,000
Putnam county 97,000
Elbert county. ’ 64,000
Burke county 34.000
Jefferson county. 26,000
Tai iaferre county 19,000
Rockdale county 14,000
Baldwin county 9,000
Columbia county 28,000
Hart county 93,090
Morgan county 6,000
Warren county 3,060
There is a lorn in the following counties
or rather a diminished return of property:
Chatham county loss $600,000
McDuffie •• •• 27,000
Walton •• " 92,000
Glascock •• •• 8.000
Hancock “ “ 3.000
The aggregate property last year was io
round numbers $268,000,000. It will
be fully three hundred million dollars
this year. Had we a system of proper 1
aascMmcnt of property like we have in
Atlants, the taxable property of the State
would be fully four hundred millions.
The conviction of Montrose, agent of the
Fohcc o«*efte. yesterday, and the imposi
tion of SI,OOO fine, meets a universal ap
proval In ths community. Judge Clarke
UHBONIOLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST, AUGUSTA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 19. 1883.
nude an impartial and lengthy charge,
covering the ground fully and ably. Mr.
R. K. Fox, the proprietor of the paper,
*as in force, 'apparelled in grey suit
And white beaver, with diamond ring,
diamond cuff buttons and breast pin
io hie bright necktie, and a large
zold chain and locket. His attire was
of a fleshy sort, suited to the owner ot
« police gazette. Mr. Howell Glenn and
Mr. Charlie Hill defended the case very
cleverly. They sought to put in some
Mher literature for comparison. The
Judge forced an issue upon the intrinsic
obscenity of this particular Gazette Mr.
W. D. Ellis, the City Solicitor, prosecuted
the case vigorous!v. Short work was made
of the case by the jury. A verdict of guilty
was promptly rendered. Judge Clarke
gave a hearty endorsement to the law ex
cluding such papers from circulation in
Atlmta. It ought to be rigidly enforced.
If the New York people wanted the Gazette
let them have it, but Georgians did not
want it and would not have it. He
should treat this as no ordinary
offense. He fined the offender one
thousand dollars or twelve months in
the chain gang, and did it knowingly
and wilfully that it is the extreme penalty
of the law. He felt it a duty that he owed
to the people of Georgia and especially to
the women and children. The case will
be taken by Mr. Fox to the Supreme Court,
where it will be affirmed. Montross gave
bond in SI,OOO. Ed Mercer signed the
bond.
The Governor has appointed General
Phil Cook Capitol Commissioner in place
of Colonel Scriven.
The bill to establish a technological
school failed in the House, though it re
ceived 64 votes—Bß being a constitutional
majority. The bill was reconsidered this
morning.
In the Senate this morning a breeze was
made when Mr. Jones off >red a resolution
to adjonrn sine die at 12 o’clock to-night.
Mr. Baker said he should support the
resolution. He thought it would be bet
ter for the country not to pass the legis
tion to be acted on. They had already
voted enough money to bankrupt the
Treasury. They had created enough new
crimes under section 4310 of the Code to
make him afraid to go ont of his county
for fear that he should be snapped up for
some unknown misdemeanor. 'They had
made war on the poor negro and the poor
white laborer. And it was time to quit
their mischief and go home, and let the
country recuperate. He had fortunately
been in the minority and was not respon
sible for the damage.
The resolution was taken by up large ma
jority. Mr. Harris offered an amendment
to adjonrn the 22d.
Mr. Jones supported his resolution.
There seemed to be an end to everything
but a Georgia Legislature. They bad been
over 70days in session. Georgia had
more interest in the individual business
nf the Senators than In the passage of the
local measures to be acted on. He want
ed to put the Senate right, and pnt the
responsibility of delay where it belonged,
on the House.
Mr. Harris thought it would be an im
position on the people to leave so much
important matter unacted on. He himself
hud some valuable matters to be attended
to, and he knew others had.
Mr. Livingston—The Senate had orig
inated 70 bills, mostly of general interest.
The House had only acted on one of
them. The House had obstinately re
fused to consider Senate matters of gener
al interest and ho favored adjourning and
let the lonsl bills go
Mr. Tntt—We had been here 75 days
legislating about somebody’s mill pond
and taking drinks. He should vote for
the resolution.
Mr. Dußignon was willing to stay two
weeks and attend to the business proper
ly. Eut not one general bill of the Senate
would reeeive proper consideration at the
hands of the House, which had given pre
ference to its local matter. He should
vote to go home.
Mr. Meldrim opposed the resolution.
The Senate should do its own duty and
not reflect on the House. They should
not adjourn and leave the business un
attended to. It was not expected that the
House should sanction the resolution. If
he were in the House and such|a resolution
came from the Senate he would vote for
it, and throw the responsibility on the
Senate.
Mr. Tutt wished the Senate would pass
the resolution.
Mr. Peeples was opposed to the adjourn
ed session. But, ss it had been held, and
the work inaugurated, he was for complet
ing it. The Legislature had wasted much
time at the start. But he favored doing
the business that it had taken so much
time and labor to prepare. He should op
pose the resolution as a duty.
Mr. Parks said they had taken too much
time discussing this resolution. They
could have done much business in that
time. There were very important local
matters that should be passed. He was
anxious to go home. Many were sacrific
ing their interests by remaining, but they
could not go and leave the legislation in
chaos and confusion.
Mr. Walker would oppose the resolu
tion. The Senate is not the whole of the
Legislature. He accepted an election with
all its responsibilities He was sorry the
lawyers were not more liberal. He made
a humorous allusion to the four dollars a
day.
Mr. Beall had voted against taking up
the resolution because he knew it would
consume time and amount to nothing.
Mr. Parks moved to lay the resolution
on the table. Yeas, 10; nays, 20. Lost.
Mr. Baker reiterated his reasons for ad
journment.
Mr Walker offered a substitute for the
whole to adjourn on the 22d, if the public
business had been completed.
Mr. Dußignon—“Does public business
include local bills ?”
The President—“ The Chair can’t sav-”
Mr. Walker’s substitute was lost. The
amendment of Mr. Harris was lost.
On the resolution to adjourn to-night
the vote stood: yeas, 13; nays, 19; so it
was lost. Richmond.
———
THE A , G. AND S. R. R.
Meeting of the Board Yesterday—A Har
monious Session and the Ball Pnt
in Motion.
The Board of Directors of the Augusta,
Gibson and Sandersville Railroad Com
pany met yesterday in this city, for the
purpose of organization. Capt. W. J. Pol
lard was called to the Chair, and nomina
tions for President of the Board being de
clared in order. Major W. I'. Gary nomi
nated, and Mr. Jas. J. Davis seconded the
nomination, of Mr. R. M. Mitchell, who
was unanimously elected.
On taking the Chair Mr. Mitchell said:
‘•Gentlemen—l thank yon for the honor
you have conferred, although the position
devolves npow me great responsibility
and, perhaps, ceaseless labor and anxiety.
Depending, however, onyonr cordial sup
port. squarely given, I feel confident we
can build, equip and operate the Augusta.
Gibson and Bendersville Railroad. I
speak thus confidently because I have as
surances of liberal subscriptions from
every section interested in the building of
this railway.
“Again asking your sincere support,
and assuring each of yon that I shall al
ways be pleased to receive suggestions
from ssy member of the Board, I accept
the position to which you have elected me,
and am now ready to assume its duties.”
On motion. Captain W. B. Young was,
by a unanimous vote, made Secretary and
Treasurer.
By unanimous consent, a contract was
then entered into with Mr. R. M. Mitchell
for a thorough canvass for subscriptions
of the connties of Richmond, Jefferson,
Glascock and Washington, and he was re
quested to take the fieW as early as prac
ticable.
On motion, the Board adjourned, sub
ject to the call of the President.
Fa Ilsur*.
New Obleans, September 15.—Jones ±
Co., a prominent cotton firm, have failed.
THE GREELEYEXPEDITION
AND COMMENT ON FAILURE OF
SUCCESS.
Somebody to Blame For Placing the
Dives of Greeley And Ills Men in
.leapord y— 1 he Discussion of the
Action cf Lieutenant Gar
lington.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
Washington, September 15. The fol
lowing dispatch from Lieut. Garling
ton was received at the Signal Office, to
day:
Bt. Johns, N. F., Sent ember 15.
Io the Chief Signal Officer U.S. A. Wash
ington D. V -Stores were not left at Littleton
Island because it was not in my pro
gramme to do so. It was my intention to
establish a depot at or near Cape Prescott
and to northward, as recommended by
Lieutenant Greeley and to fill the gaps
caused by the Neptunes* failure to get
about Cape Sabine. (See Greeley’s letter, the
Beebe report and my instructions.) Five
hundred and fifty-five rations were left at
Upernavik, by the Yantic, for my party.
The ultimate result of any undertaking to
go North at this time is extremely prob
lematical. The chances are against its
success, owing to the dark nights now
beginning in these regions, making ice
navigation extremely critioal work.
There is no safe winter anchorage
on the west shore of Greenland,
between Disco and Pandora Harbor, ex
cept, perhaps, North Star Bay, winter
quarters of Saunders. However, there is
a bare chance of saccess and if my recom
mendations are approved I am ready and
anxious to make the effort. My plan is
to buy a suitable steamer, take a crew from
volunteers from the crews of the Yantic
and Powhatan now in this hatbor, paying
them extra compensation, Lieutenant J.
0. Colwell to command the ship; I would
also employ a competent ice pilot. The
ship mnst be under the United States
laws and subject to military discipline. I
-believe nothing can be done with foreign
civilian officers and crew. In event of not
enough seaman volunteering, the remain
der can be enlisted here. Commander
Wildes will communicate with the Navy
Department. If anything is to be done
it must be done at once.
G. A. Gablingtcn.
Garlington has been advised that the
Secretary of War will not authorize the
proposed expedition this fall, but will
order one next year.
Washington, September 15.—The dis
patches received to-day by the Acting
Chief Signal Officer of the Army and the
Acting Secretary of the Navy, from Lieut.
Garlington, of the Greeley relief expe
dition, and Commander Wildes, of the
United States steamer Yantic, have ex
cited much comment and discussion h« re.
The telegram from Lieut. Garlington, it is
said, seems to be a reply to the categorical
questions, “Why did you not land your
stores at Littleton Island, or Life Boat
Cove, on your way north?” The reply is:
“Because it was not in my programme to
do so. See my instructions.’’ 'This reply,
it is argued, seems to indicate either that
Lient. Garlington never received the so
called “supplemental orders” to land
his stores at Little Island on his way
north, or that if he received such supple
mental orders he did not regard them as
imperative and did not suppose that they
were intended to supercede his earlier in
structions not to leave his stores at Little
ton Inland on his way north. It seems to
be generally admitted here by those who
discuss the subject that the lauding of the
Proteus’ stores at the month of Smith's
Sound before the ship herself encountered
the perils of the heavy pack north of Cape
Sabine was of utmost importance. Pru
dent Arctic navigators, under similar cir
cumstances, bave always endeavored to se
cure the safety of their food supply by
getting a bulk of it on solid land as
soon as possible alter reaching their
base of operations, and before run
ning »the extreme risk which is
necessarily involved in an attempt to
penetrate any part of the great polar pack.
The experienced Arctic navigator Leigh
Smith, on his last voyage to Franz Josef
land, two years ago, took the precaution
to pnt a large part of his provisions ashore’
at the very earliest possible moment, so as
not to be entirely at the mercy of the ice.
The wisdom of this course was demon
strated only a few days later by the crush
ing and sinking of his ship. If the bulk
of the Proteus’ stores and the ready-made
house which she had on board had been
landed in this way on Littleton Is
land or Cape Sabine as soon as the
ship reached either of those points, it
would not have been necessary for Lieut.
Garlington Ito seek safety at Upernavik,
800 miles away, and the lives of Lieut.
Greeley’s party would not bave been im
perilled as they now are, by an insuffi
cient supply of provisions at the point
where they had reason to expect abun
dance. The responsibility for this fatal
omission must, it is said, rest either upon
the Department which planned the
campaign or upon the officer to
whom was entrusted the execution
of it. The Department refers to its
supplemental erders as evidence that it
had foreseen and guarded against such a
misfortune as that which befel the Proteus
by directingthat her stores belauded before
she entered Smith’s Sound. Lieut. Gar
lington, on the other hand, seems, it is
said, to have had no knowledge of the
supplemental orders and to have acted
upon his original instructions, which
were to land his stores on his retreat, after
he had tried to get through Smith’s Sound
and had failed, This apparent misunder
standing between Lient. Garlington and the
Department as to the most important step
of the summer’s Artic campaign will
doubtless be cleared up when further in
formation shall have been received from
Lieutenant Garlington by mail. As the
situation now stands, Lieutenant Garling
ton seems to have been acting strictly in
accordance with his original instrucions,
and his telegram of to-day bears, it is said,
no evidence of any knowledge of a modi
fication of those instructions by the later
supplemental orders.
Some surprise is expressed here, to-day,
that Lhut. Garlington, after the loss of
hisship, did not wait at Cape Sabine or
Littleton Island for the arrival of the Yantic
instead of undertaking a long and hazard
ous journey in open boats to Upernavik.
July 23J, when the Proteus was crushed,
was near the beginning of the best season
for Arctic navigation and was the height
of the Arctic summer. The shipwrecked
crew would have had to wait for the Yan
tic, as events proved, only eleven days,
and if the latter ship had not been obliged
to search for Garlington and his men,
she might have remained two or three
weeks nt the month of Smith’s Sound and
have given Lieutenant Greeley that much
more time to reach there if be were on his
way in boats. After the receipt, to-day,of the
telegrams from Lieutenant Garlington and
Commander Wildes, the Secretary of Wsr
held n consultation with the Acting Secre
tary of the Navy and the Acting Chief'
Signal Officer, and it was finally decided
that the sending out of another expedition
this fall was impracticable and would only
put more lives in imminent peril.
Mere About lhe Relief Party.
Washington, September 15 Commo
dore English, Acting Secretary of the i
Navy, has received the following dis- :
patch :
St. Johns, N. F., September 15.
Commodore HjegUsh, Acting Secretary of the
Navy;
To charter another foreign ship with a
foreign crew for this duty, to go north at
thia Into season, would simply invite a
fresh disaster. The Proteus was handled
very unskilfully and the crew behaved
shamefully at the wreck. The ship must
be American manned and officered by the
navy, and thoroughly equipped. Unless
winter quarters can be reached north of
Cape Apnal, the attempt would be useless.
This cannot be done. Melville Bay will
be impassible by October Ist. at the latest.
The ship cannot winter at Upernavik and
cannot sledge north from there.
[Signed] F. Wildes,
Commanding U. 8. 3. Yantic.
taking control.
The Port Roy»l and Augusta Railway
and the Augusta and Knox
ville Division.
The following official circular was issued
yesterday, and contains important matter
for public information:
President’s Office, )
Avgusta and Knoxville R, R. Co., >
Augusta, Ga , Sept. 15, 1883. '
Notice—This company having leased its
railroad and appurtenances to the Port
Royal and Augusta Railway Company on
the 29th of August last, the president of
the said company will, from this date, as
sume the control and management of the
leased property. Employes of this com
pany will respect his authority. Other
roads having business relations with us
are requested to conduct their transactions
through the lessees after October Ist next.
E. F. Vebdeey, President.
President’s Office, )
Port Royal & Augusta Railway Co., >
Auouita, Ga , Sept. 15, 1883. )
Assuming the management of the Au
gusta and Knoxville Railroad, as represen
tative of the lessees, the following notices
are hereby given: The Augusta and Knox
ville Railroad will be operated as a divis
ion of this company’s road. The jurisdic
tion of all the officers of this company is
extended to include the management by
them from this date, of the Augusta and
' Knoxville Railroad, to wit:
J. N. Bass, Superintendent.
Edward Mclntyre, Treasurer.
W. F. Shellman, Traffic Manager.
J. S. Davant, General Freight and Pas
senger Agent.
Station agents will continue to report
and remit to Mr. Frank H. Schofield,
of Augusta, as heretofore, until otherwise
directed by Mr. Mclntyre. All debit and
credit balances accruing with other roads
after October Ist, will be settled by the
Treasurer of this company.
W. G. Raoul, President.
The management and operation of the
new road will now come under the control
of Mr. J. N. Bass, who is familiarizing
himself with the general working of the
company. He is an apt, tireless and faith
ful official; has been thoroughly trained
in his work under the old Wadley regime,
and is a trusted lieutenant of President
Raoul. He will conduct the affairs of the
new division with conspicuous ability and
success.
REPUBLIC OF MEXICO.
How Our Sister Republic is Making It
—The President's Message to Con
gress.
(By Telegraph to the Chronicle.)
City of Mexico, September 15.—Presi
dent Gonzalez, in his message to Congress,
which will be read at the opening of that
body to-morrow evening, will say: The
foreign relations of the country becomes
every day more satisfactory. The con
dition of the country is generally
good, although there exist some
financial troubles which will be speedily
overcome. The progress of internal im
provements is highly satisfactory and vis
ible to everybody. The Central Riilroad
Company ban constructed more than
I, kilometres of road ; the National
Construction Company more than 1,000
and the Huntington Road 117 kilometres.
There have been constructed in the Re
public in all 4,800 kilometres. It was
found necessary to modify the agreement
with the British bondholders and negotia
tions in that regard are progressing.
The negotiations for a $20,000,000 loan
abroad, the President hopes, will soon ter
minate sati'factorily. The revenues of the
fiscal year, ending June 30, 1883, amount
to $33,500.000—an increase of $1,500,.
000 over previous year. The revenues
of the present year bid fair to exceed the
sum mentioned. The modifications in the
customs tariff are nearly completed. The
new postal code will soon go into effect.
The overland mail communications with
the United States will then be improved.
Public instruction is in a flourishing con
dition. Every effort is being made to at
tract a good class ot immigrants to the
country, and large contracts to this end
have been made. The army is in good
condition. Peace reigns throughout the
Republic.
Home Industry.
It is to us a source of genuine pleasure
to know that the Augusta people appre
ciate and encourage home industry. The
rapid growth of the Chronicle Box Factory
demonstrates without any doubt that, with
the proper amount of push and energy,
a variety of manufactories can be run
right here as successfully as in the North
or anywhere else. The Chronicle Box
and Paper Bag Factory is equipped with
the latest improved machinery, together
with one of the largest stocks in the
South, notwithstanding statements made
to the contrary by travelling peddlers. We
herewith annex something that speaks for
itself: -
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 15, 1883.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist’.
Gentlemen-I am pleased to say that
the several lots ot boxes made for me at
your factory give me better satisfaction
than any I have had from other houses.
Very J. T. Denning.
Why Judge Mayo Committed Suicide*
Nobfolk, September 15.—Judge Mayo,
who committed suicide aboard a Baltimore
steamer, this morning, related his trouble
to an Episoopal clergyman of Norfolk, who
came from Baltimore with him. He said
when elected Judge he did not agree po
litically with his sons, who were prominent
Readj asters. He was told that politics
would not interfere with his duties on the
bench. Recently he had been urged to
make a removal and appointment which
afterwards appeared in his opinion in vio
lation of the law, His political situation
irritated him and he said he felt like end
ing his troubles by blowing out his brains.
He ia widely connected and an uncle of
Commodore Mayo, U. S. N.
The Funeral of Hugh Hastings.
New York, September 15.—The funeral
of Hugh J. Hastings, late editor and pro
prietor of the Commercial Advertiser, took
place this morning, from St. Leos Church,
in this city, and was largely attended by
many of the most prominent citizens. The
attaches of the Commercial were present in
a body. A low mass ot requiem was cele
brated by Rev. Fathers Dncey and Tale
and the former delivered a brief but im
pressive address, eulogizing the memory
of the deceased. The pall-bearers were
President Arthur, Roscoe Conkling, Hugh
J. Jewett, Jay Gould, Sam’l Sloan, Gen.
Eckert, Jenkins Van Schenck, Wm. L,
Weed, of Albany, Isaac W. England, J.
Nelson Tappan and John Hoey. The re
mains were taken to Albany for interment.
Financial Facts From Far Off Lands.
London, September 15. The Economist,
of this week, says: The rate of discount
for hank bills, sixty days to three months,
is 2%a2% per cent., and for trade bills
sixty days to three months, 3a3i>{. The
market for foreign securities has improved.
Canadian railway stocks and bonds are
lower. American railway securities ara
irregular. Norfolk and Western prefer
red and Union Pacific have advanced 3 per
cent., Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel 2
per cent., and Cleveland and Pittsburg,
Denver and Bio Grande common and
Oregon and California preferred, 1 per
cent. Central Pa *ific has declined % per
cent.. Like Shore 1% per cent, Louisville
and Nashville 1 per cent.
Arrested For Robbery.
Washington, September 15.—The post
office inspector, to-day, arrested Wm. L.
Lacey, a clerk in the pension office, for
robbing the post office at Saintleud, Md.,
last January.
The Peanut Crop a Failure.
Petersburg, Va., September 15.—Re
ports have been received to the effect that
the peanut crop it a failure throughout
the State,
BOOM AT THE_EXPOSITION
A GREAT CROWD AND THE BANNER
DRILL OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Louisville Commandery of Knight
Templars Home From the West—
-Ihe Gentlemen Draw Better
Tt han the Circus—A Fine Car
riage and Wagon Exhibit
—The Boy Velocipedist.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
Louisville, September 10.—The tele
graph has already wired you the informa
tion that the De Molay Commandery, K.
T., of Louisville, was in competition at
the Grand Encampment of the United
States in San Francisco, and would drill
for the banner and the championship of
the United States in fancy drilling. That
they took the prize and bore home the
banner, is a fact of which all Kentucky,
and especially Louisville, is deservedly
proud. To-day they came home, and ar
rived on the 2, p. m., train. A large and
select crowd met them, while the
semi-military reception was accorded by
the visiting and city Knight Templarr,
some hundreds of whom were in line.
Arrangements had been made for a repeti
tion of the prize banner drill on the park
grounds, near the Exposition, and the
hour fixed was 5, p. m. This gave them
no time to change their clothing or go
home. More than half a score nf cars were
in waiting, while the State (ffisers of the
Grand Commandery were present in car
riages, with a committee of ladies. These
last were in an open carriage, drawn by
four Kentucky thoroughbreds, with the
great silver prize vase, and a wreath at
fresh flowers for the tired victors Even
in this day of sleeping cars, the journey
from the Pacific Ocean to the Ohio river is
no jest, and it seemed an incredible thing
that the chosen twenty-eight would drill
on the day of their return. With do stim
ulation save the cheers of their admirers
and the smiles of fair women, and
with onlv a slight repast, provided
on the Exposition grounds, they came
at once to the field, like true sol
diers, who win tbe battle first and rest after
wards The chief visiting Commanderies are
the New Albany and Jeffersonvi’le, from
Indiana. Col. Northrop was the drill mas
ter, the only one in the South who is said
to be better than Gen. Anderson, of Savan
nah. The interval from arrival in the city
was taken up mainly in reaching the Ex
position on special street cars, and in be
ing photographed, standing at attention, on
the ampitheatre-like platform of the or
chestra, under the grand organ. Os course
the usual lady with a fan in ceaseless mo.
tion was near the centre, as unconscious of
tbe necessity to keep still as tbe dear
creatures usually are. However, as she is
pretty and will only appear in the picture
as a blur, she has her punishment. It was
5:15 before the scattered Sir Knights ap
peared in the small roped enclosure un
der some fine trees, and the three
thousand or more who had been
at the afternoon open air concert
adjourned to the drill as well as a thou
sand or so more from the exhibition.
But for a misunderstanding as to the hour,
probably ten thousand would have seen
or tried to see the drill. I’o say that it
was magnificent is faint praise. These
travel-tired, men who are just from the
last westward shore of America, in three
hours after arrival in the city, without
rest or proper refreshment, or both, moved
like the parts of the big Corliss engine,
without friction, and as only iron and
steel are expected to move. Stars, single
crosses, the Latin cross, the double cross
of the Christian patriarchs, the symbolic
triangles, hollow squares, wheeling in line
or in sections, divisions from the moving
circle to re-unite which require perfect time
and an exactitude only measurable in
inches—sudden changes and quick revers
als of order-all were executed without a
man losing step or distance, and
the movements in line might have
been tested at any moment by a tense line
and found exact. While I am aK. T , or
so declared by the set of the Augusta Com
mandery in 1864, I never drilled and am
not familiar with the beautiful evolutions
of the Sir Knights. But I can admire
what I cannot give in technical language,
and having begun my Confederate career
in company “G,” Georgia regulars, at the
Augusta Arsenal, and been later a regi
mental instructor, I think I know what
drill is. Our old drill was the ponderous
one of Gen. Scott, changed to tbe light
infantry tactics of Gen. Hardee, while this
of tbe Knignts seems based on Upton,
only the basis of formation is three not
four. When I say that I never knew the
Clinch Rifles, of which I am an honorary
member by election of 1861, nor the
Clarke Light Infantry, to do better, not
even in our famous drill against United
States regulars and the Palmetto Regiment
of South Carolina before the war, lam
saying all I can of De Molav Commandery
of Louisville, the banner K. T. organiza
tion of the United States for the present
year.
It is a notable fact, that while Jumbo
and tne Barnum circus did compete with
the exhibition on yesterday, that to
day, the gentlemen von the audi
ence, at least all of the respectable part,
and the Exposition has been almost un
comfortable, from the crowd, all day.
When you think of thirteen acres of floor?,
the eighteen acres in the park, the courts
of the fountains,and all the annexes; it will
be seen that a few people cannot be a
crowd in such a place.
Speaking of annexes, I went through the
fine building set apart for carriages,
wagons, etc., and this counl ry of
fine hickory and oak timber, has certainly
surpassed the North at least. Better
Southern made wagons and carriages and
buggies are shown here, to-day, then any
at Philadelphia in 1876, or any the North
can show. I am not one of the
judges, but I know a wagon as I know a
horse, and these are first class and no mis
take. The velocipede exhibit is fine, and
a boy velocipedist, in the main building,
can do more things on this horse of steel
wires than I have seen attempted at the
velocipede tournament. He is probably
employed to show what can be done, but
may be son to the maker, for all I know.
He looks like a little gentleman.
Now comes the fire-works display, and
“sky rockets,” as a Georgia friend calls
them; blue blazes, red blazes, set pieces; in
fact all that the rival pyrotechnic competi
tive companies can do to make beautiful
things in colored fire, is being done as I
write. From the Press room gallery it is
all in sight. I want to see tbe crowd and
the dear children, and so will let you off
with a short letter, and—good night.
H. W. C.
ANOTHER ATLANTA FIRE.
Conflicting Statements as to the Loss-
Origin of the Conflagration.
(Special to the Chronicle.)
Atlanta, September 15.—A fire occur
red, to-day, in the brick building at the ■
head of the bridge on Broad street, north
east side, occupied by Simons &, Drum- j
mond, produce merchants. The fire
caught in the cellar, where hay is stored.
Dickey, Fain & Co. occupy the corner. The
mein loss was to these firms and the
owner of the building. The fire did
not get above the second floo.*, but was put
out before the building was destroyed.
The stocks of both firms were destroyed,
except some tobacco. Their papers are un
hurt. The damage has not been esti
mated, but will reach, probably, $lO, OCX).
There is some insurance, but the full
amount is not accurately known yet. Tbe
firemen did quick and good work and put
out the fire remarkably quick.
[The Associated Press puts the losses by
tbe above mentioned fire thus : On build
ing, $5,000; on stock of Simons and
Drummond, $16,000; and other losses ag
gregating $30,000.]
Burned.
London, September 15. —Cortaohy Cag>
tie, near Forfar, Scotland, hss burned.
Lose, £6O, GOO,
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IHM MH
OF
UNPARALLELE I>
BARGAINS!
The Northern Market Glutted
and—
SHOE MANUFACTURERS DESPONDENT. FAILURES
REPORTED ON ALL SIDES I
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THE COMMERCIAI. “HEAJR,”
IN THE MIDST OF THE DIN, AND WITH AN EYE
TO BUSINESS AND AW IRON GRASP ON
THE MARKET,
Has Rescued Several Prominent
Manufacturers from the Jaws
of Bankruptcy!
AUGUSTA THE RECIPIENT
OF HIS
(ARGO OF BARGAINS
SUMMER SHOES and SLIPPERS
GIVEN AWAY TO MAKE ROOM FOR
FALLGOODS
Ladies* Opera Slippers 35c Misses’ Kid Fox Polish 00c
Children’s Slippers 25c Ladieg - Bo f. Bals 90c
Ladies H. Bd. Opera Slippers 70c T „ ... TJ ~ . ~-
Ladies’N. P. Ties f. 750 Ladies Pebble Polish 950
Ladies’ N. P. Button *”'’’” ’’ ’' 900 Ladies’ Serge Gipsey Polish 75c
Ladies* Kid Fox Palish 750 Misses’Serge Gipsey Polish 60c
$75,000 Sale Os Men’s Shoes I
Scooped in by the Leaders. ‘‘Good-bye” to the “Early
Birds,” who bought some time since. We fire the
Second Shot in Men’s Shoes. Hold your
breath and read these Prices.
Men’s Os Ties 85 cents
Men’s Prince Alberts 95 cents
Men’s Oxford Ties 90 cental
Men's Oongiess Gaiters 97!-£ cents
Men’s Strap Ties $1 2?»
Men’s Os. English Bals I 25
Men’s Congress 8. S I 15
Men’s Congress Hand Sewed 4 50
Men’s Os. Button Shoes 4 25
Our immense Shoe Emporium, entirely 100 small for the vast
Stock bought by our Buyers this season, Messrs* Van Buren and
Barnard, Agents Piedmont Air Line and Palmetto Line, have
kindly consented to let a large portion of our Goods stay in the
Freight Depots until we can get a Warehouse to stow I him in.
724 to 74:0 Broad St M An usta* Ga,
_ THU[LEADING SEWING MACHINES
B 5 \ — ARE iTHE —
HOME AND HOUSEHOLD
THEY EXOELL
ISwiSlMUii Rinplioity, Dirability, Li’ht Rminj a,nd Raagg of Work
OLD MACHINES TAKEN IN PART PAYMENT. ff§Sg||
OIL AND NEEDLES FOR ALL MACHINES AT ?
Wholesale and Retail at Low Prices.
AGENTS WAN TED. W YjJK
barton & McClusky, JKjg
1014 and 1016 Broad SL, Augusta, Ca,
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