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TTTE3 ATLANTA WEEKLY 3XJ2ST—N/IA"5T 30, IST’G.
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a Ciais of Radical Is'umaelites wh
cannot keep themselves before the
public without resorting to such
Such was doubtless the ob-
DAVIA V» UttOIT.
\ few days ago we took occasion to | means.
fxpf-' 3 ourselves to the effect that ject of the Times’ Georgia letter
t bp action of t he Legislature of Texas writer,
, n voting down a resolution inviting! TMF
whoever be is.
president Grant to visit that .State,
and the adoption of a similar one in
repaid to Ex-President Davis, was a
matter in which the people of that
«sate had tne right to exercise their
own judgment and taste. The Wash
ington Chronicle, replying to our ar
ticle, savs:
nujorlry of thp mux s of the
id ill* boutbTli t»t*« ar» ». luiu /ut», h-<l
, (1 u.r riiK.n, »«i<l r«Jo« ■« aa hearlily U to* aurxcaa
tb» Union armiaa, und.r tbs UvUrabip of G.n-
Grant, to inAiitainm* it uubrokrii. aa »*y sqasl
t un> r "I paopls in tbs Nontiern HUG a a id ui>*
•uaialb li t'«-rau.e tbsjr iou»l<t»r tlisiua< lv<-» s p&i t
,f it. a- 'I <■!>••* th» iaw. snacti d f'.rtu pnasrvation.
»mi I r llK-ir pr t. ctiou in cminou wall iboir fel-
low ciuxoua *-i i-wb.rs, bsrsuas thsy hs p t maae
,b... laT». aud Ix iauas tbsy ars n«be t hat "Ur
^.U'brru jx-opls" wbo only '• submit to law and
ord'f." and ars o.ily “rciptuf'il to 'the power*
that br.’" ar» largul? in tb-j miuonty, and do not
*J.ipt th# nioat apt mr.aaa l r the rntuiai of "tbs
,.|.»rit>. •iin'-ri'lored by tbs late war" by CeclloniK
ofljaelly. »• l<*Kl*l»Uve b-xllr*, «*b rer r tbsy bap
ji.uad to liavs a majority. to < xu nu a courtray to
lb* Chief of >be ICrpubiic, and imoindi-
,t»iy, aa a part "f tbs aam* irabaacliou, rx'.sndlnv
tin- prop'ix-d <» urlray to ths rrpri-Menutive of tb-
) raa-ri'O'iluji ni' inonea of tbs rebellion Wj*,- men
ouiiltt to l>« aids l > uorsrii their own official a la if
ttiry»«P‘'t 'tlic U'-ailUK procraaca of t'luc to t-xtiu-
gutab tbr aapsrltlsa lUKt-luli-rcd by ths lab. war "
Jlow much of truth there is in the
first sentence quoted above, we leave
the reader to answer in his or her
own mind more emphatically than
we can express in words. We will
say, however, that the Southern peo
ple are “firmly attached to the
Union,” only so far its the Union Gov
ernment protects and preserves their
rights and liberties. They have al
ways been “attached to the Union”
as they understand it, and as it was
understood by the fathers. They are
willing, yea, anxious, to restore “the
Union” to the original purpose and
design of those who formed it—that
of a Union of coequal States in the
full exercise of the “reserved rights”
guaranteed to them in the Federal
Constitution.
As to “ the asperities engendered
by the late war,” we have only to re
mark that those asperities have been
greatly increased and intensified by
the seclionai and oppressive legisla
tion of Congress. There can he
nothing more absurd or unnatural
than that the Southern people should
not regard with some degree of dis
trust those who, in any way, is a rep
resentative of that legislation.
As far as Mr. Davis is a “represen
tative of the heart-rendi'ig memo
ries of the rebellion,” we simply have
to say that there are many prominent
persoas on the opposite side, the
memory of whose deeds are quite as
“ heart-rending” as any thing Mr.
Davis has ever done in connection
with the late war. In that connec
tion Mr. Davis needs no defense so
far as he was a representative man of
the Sou.h.
Let the Chronicle remember the
Southern people will always cherish
the names and memories of those
great men who were allied with them
as leaders in a great struggle for free
government.
WHO HIT FII'IIUH’ I"—AND
WAS HE “HIT” F< K1
It was stated in the papers that
unknown parties assaulted II. P.
Farrow in the night time at Savan
nah, on the 3rd inst. From accounts
of it in the Savannah papers at th#
time, we inferred that the belief pre
vailed there that the assault was a
concoction without foundation, and
for the purpose oii'y of bringing some
body into difficulty. The circum
stance Inis been so often referred to
in the form of an ironical enquiry
“Who hit Farrow?” we had supposed
the whole matter was a hoax for po
litical effect.
The New York Times, through
which Farrow occasionally ventilates
liis mens and opinions, in its issue of
Monday, contained a Georgia letter
in regard to the attempted assassina
tion in Savannah. r ihe writer states
that—
'•'EX AA LROIbLITCRC
SCHOOL BOOK*.
Our attention has been called to
the lollowing resolution,which passed
the Senate by a vote of fourb en to
six, on the 20th ult., and the House
of Representatives, wi^h one dissent
ing vote, on the 28th ult:
V Himm, Wa 'Mm a uniform aaria* of book* for
the uee ul ibe school* I tbebiate a ualur of para-
ruoMbt in, irUtio* in ar educational lyitem, at the
►.ri." time the iuo*t economical ; aud
* Bear.il, We recognize the propriety of intro
ducing h" acbool booka containing xctioual teach-
ingii. auch aa can offend the uatt and prejudice of
eny rl.se or party; and
Wiikkka*. W. de»ir* to are the education of the
youth ol the Hta'r couduc «-d au a broad and national,
not local or sectional baaia; and
Whi.ru. 'Ibe Uuir-reity Heriea of school be .ka
ala to accomplish all these desirable objects, and at
tbe taxua nine are flrat class, and coblormed in tbeir
method te tbe true principles which underlie all
auccea.ful lot. l eciual Talcing ; therefore, be it
Itesolved. That w» recommend the Uulver«ity So.
rlea lor the us l of tbe school* ol this estate.
The preamble and resolution are
quite complimentary to the Univer
sity Series. We take pleasure in
stating that Mr. J. II. Stark, re
cently connected with The Sux, is
now the agent in this city for the sale
ot the books.
Financial Condition of Geor
gia.—We publish this morning a let
ter from Governor Smith to Hon. C.
A. Nutting, of Macon, in regard to
the financial condition of the State
which will he found to be interesting
to the pec pie of Georgia The state
ment is mad# after great care in pre
paring it It will h# seen that our
financial affairs are in much better
condition than is usually supposed.
We ask the careful perusal of Gov
ernor Smith's letter from all our read
ers. The showing he makes is very
encouraging, and it is to be hoped
that our people will lake fresh cour
age in the confident hope that the fis
cal matters ol the State will be care
fully guarded by those in authority.
There will be an eclipse of the Sun in less than Unce months. It will entirely set forever.— Atlanta Herald, Sept. 18,1872
THE FABLE
A cock, whose judgment was not equal to his powers of crowing, seeing one morning the rising Sun, mistook it to be on the
eve of setting, an i imagining that Le could take the place of the luminary, spring upon a toadstool and lustilv began to
crow that f tie Sun was about forever setting, and that he would shine in its stead. Pretty soon he discovered that his'judgment
had been bad, by the toadstool topping. Th** over.timing concern attracted the attention of a kind-hearted farmer passing
by, who dropped his plow, propped his shoulder to tne stem to uphold it. But the musuy thing stuck to the farmer, and he
found that while it was a heavy thtng to tote, yet he could not get from under it
The Her ild deserves a mention at our
hands. We are on piinciple opposed to
petty fliugs, sucu as our chameleon
ueignbor is disposed to indulge in. It
is too small a business, too much of the
schoolboy style. As it suitsonr Alabama
street neighoor, we mak# no complaint
against if. We do not indulge in the
like because we thin a the public will
take interest in the publication of news
of public interest more than in reading
flings daily at other papers.
But the Herald is addicted to some
traits which we do condemn. It is the
verv contemptibly small principle by
hich it would sustaiu itself by the
downfall ot its neighbors. We extract
from the Herald of September 18, 1872:
“There will oe an eclipse of Th* Sun in
less than three months. It will entirely
set forever.”
The Herald of late has alluded to The
Sun in similar spirit. It has not of late
set a time for the demise of The Sun,
the error of its judgment in its first pre
diction having perhaps dampened even
its intense egotism.
We would put our neighbor at rest
upon this question. The Sun is in no
danger whatever of setting. If the
Heruld’s existence depends upon tbe set
ting of The Sun, we advise them at once
to shut up shop. We do not make pro
fessions of great financial strength. W
have no desire to know anything of the
Herald’s business affairs as it professes
to know about its neighbors. We trust
it is doing as big things as it says it is
doing. But whether it is, or is not, does
not in tliu least concern us. We know
that we have as much as we can do to at
tend to oor own affairs—pay our printers'
and paper bills, and get enough besides
on which to live and dress well o* Su
days, without wasting time in running
down our neighbors. But we work as
well as we eaL, give as good a newspaper
as Oi.r mental and finauc .al strength per
mits, and tru*ung to :»n appreciative
putiiio. we have not found our task an
uverLardcusoine mic, one under
which we are likely to give way, in spite
jt Uin ill speukitiK ot mo gradiii quent
Herald.
FUSE.
To AU »hc Ladies of Hie Soath.
THE VACANT CHIEF' JUSTICESHIP.
The deitti of Chief justice Chase de
volves upon the President tht responsible
duty of selecting a successor for th< high
position tuns made vacant. With but a
single exception, we believe, Mr. Cash
ing—during the admiuiitrati >n of Presi
dent Washington—vacanc’es in the office
of Chief Justice have always b' en filled
from tho benen and oar at large, and not
iroin the surviving colleagues of the de
ceased. The same has been tne practice
in cases of re*iguation.—Atlanta Consti
tution, 15th of May, 1873.
Is our neighbor not in error in
stating the exception he does in re
gard to Mr. Justice Cushing during
the Administration of President
Washington ? If we are not at fault
ourself, associate Justice Gushing
was never Chief Justice.
This country has had, we think,
^ut five Chief Justices of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
These were, first: John Jay, of
New York, appointed by Washington
in 1789, on the organization of the
Government under the New Consti
tution.
Second. Oliver Ellsworth, of Con
necticut, bv Washington in 1794, on
the resignation of Jay, when he ac
cepted the extraordinary mission to
England.
Third. John Marshall, of Virginia,
by John Adams, on the resignation
of Ellsworth upon his acceptance of
another like extraordinary mission
to France in 1799.
Fourth. Roger B. Taney, of Mary
land, by Andrew Jackson, upon the
death of Marshall in 1835.
Fifth. Salmon P. Chase, by Abra
ham Lincoln, on the death of Taney
in 1864.
In no case in our History, as we
understand it, has any of the asso
ciate Justices ever been appointed to
the Chief Justiceship upon the occur
rence of a vacancy in that office by
death or resignation. A. H. s,
“EverjUilng Uaa been resorted to thit could be in
vented to lesti tbe public into a frenxv, and to bring
preeaure to bear upon tbe Judgea, tbe juries, and
Col. Farrow, wi b tbe evident Intent of deterring all
(hear officials from exposing tbe Crimea that marked
that mamorubia election,'*
would be a grand step in the unitiug
of those elements into the closest
commercial intimacy and do much to
oblittrate the lines of past differences
and strifes.
This great country needs to be
harmonized, which may be accom
plished through the medium of closer
commercial relations—the interests
of the people of both sections being
made mutual and advantageous to
each other. The objects of the ap
proaching Convention is one of the
most important moves in the direc
tion we here indicate. The cordiality
with which the proposition has been
responded to is an indication of a
good feeling which we hope to see
grow stronger and stronger by the
united links of national interests and
the reinstatement of national frater
nity.
In view of the object of the Con
vention and to the end that the most
cordial hospitality of Georgia may be
Thousands of the Southern peeple,
©f all political parties, would be giad
to greet him and ext«nd to him all
the hospitalities he is entitled to by
reason of the position he occupies;
and, if any community, corporation
or State does not choose to extend a
public invitation to him, it is a mat
ter e»tirely their own, in which they
have the right to exercise their own
feelings. We have no doubt but
Gen. Grant understands and fully
appreciates this principle as well as
the feeling that may yet linger in the
bosoms of a portion of our people
that he is not their friend nor the
friend ol our section.
Be that as it may, we have no
quarrel to make with our Northern
neighbors, nor any isolated portion of
them, if they continue to refrain from
extending any public expression ot
respect to any of the prominent or
distinguished men of ^he South. It
sa thing they do not do, and would
extended to those distinguished vis-j not do if the proposition were ever
itors, we are glad to chronicle the j to be made.
promptness with which the authori
ties of the cities named have respond
ed in this matter.
referring to the election riot, in Mu
con, last fall; that Farrow
with Tihair.oua
—“bad b- el» tried
on tbe op»u field. The newspapers have in
»*in dona iheir worst oo him Horn t.rne to time.
Fuule attempts i.aae been made to bribe him irom
bis purpose, .soiniug but tbe popular art of iim«
mnation could mffi.-c in bis caati. Then be mud be j patrons,
assassinated Accordingly, to-night a das-.ardly at j . .
tempt was aiide to asaassinstw bun a few slips from 1 lit'Ver t'XOel CtL
his b jardm^ Uoiise, aa be was returning lioin bis
supper to his office.”
all. it
The Domestic S. M. Co., of Atlanta,
Ga., will be pleased to send yon, free of
cnarge, a beautiful Magazine of Fashion
and Useful Information upon the receipt
of mane and Post Office address.
ALSO,
Hialtpetrc Will ‘ *0 pie-;v. 1 to n.ive you call and ex
am’ue “77ie Peerless” Paper Patterns
THE Ol'BEKNATIONAL. EXCURSION
The Mayor's of Savannah,Augusta,
Macon, Brunswick and Columbus
have all given official notice to Col
James R. Sneed, Chairman of the
sub-committee of invitation in this
citv, that the municipal authorities
and the people extend to Governor
Smith and the members of the Con
vention of Governors, a cordial invi
tation to visit those cities. The idea
is that the Convention, the Govern
ors specially, are to take an excursion
of observation In our State, that they
mav see for themselves what the
“Empire State of the SoiPh” is in all
the material elements of prosperity,
which only need to be developed to
make ours one ol the greatest of the
Southern States in all that pertains to
material prosperity and advancement.
Coming among us as representa
tive men of various States, the Gov
ernors who will assemble here next
week will have the opportunity given
them by the proposed excursion, ol
THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
We have received a letter from
Washington City Iroin a private in
dividual taking exception to an edito
rial in The Sun a few days ago in
regard to the Texas Legislature in
the adoption of a resolution refusing
to extend an invitation to President
Grant and the adoption of another
i oviting Ex-President Jefferson Da
vis to visit that State. In that article
we simply took the position that the
people of Texas had a right to invite
whom they pleased to visit them.
Our great offense is the remark that
“it is not expected that the Southern
people shall have the same regard for
General Grant as they do for Mr.
Davis, with whom they may be in
more perfect sympathy.” This is
what the writer of the letter referred
1 In what we have written on this
subject no intention was had to in
sult any body. Our main idea
was to defend tne right of the people
of Texas to exercise the right of in
viting whom they please to visit
them.
to, says:
The article in qu wtion is an insult to
th.- t-ntir* Ni>rtiifr« people, with prubs-
biy nr re ami iboie au exception, and I and good order prevailed
mve no doubt but i'»h majority of the
CORONATION Or A KING.
The coronation of Oscar II. as
King of Sweden took place on Mon
day last at Stockholm. We are in
formed that the ceremonial was eon-
ducted with charaeteristic pomp. A
procession of four hundred persons,
including the members of the royal
family, tha Cabinet Ministers, mem
bers of the Legislative Diet, a deputa
tion from the Norweigan Congress
and the Storthing, was formed and
proceeded, on foot, out from the east
side of the palace, and thence trav
ersed through the great market
square of the capital to the church.
The pageant was witnessed by thou
sands of people. The boys attending
thepnbli# schools and a force ot mili
tary were paraded along the route,
l Itr PiiUrU aiul • lie Dnth ofCapl. Hull*
Tbe IDrald, in an arri^J-j t milled
•'New-' irooo the P 'ia.ii—Djathot Gapk.
Hall -Xmefeen W’aifs Rescued Iron an
Iceberg,” sijs:
Tbe saffenoja which men of fixed
ideas l.dure on''ehalf of their favorite
projec's cam have no better il uscration
tbau in the reoords of Aritio explora
tion. Tbe aream of reaching far Cathay,
that sent tne great Gmoese navigator
from coart to court of Europe, was
founded first on the idea that by sailing
toward tbe setting sun, could the Indies
be gaiued. S nee bis time, as
the unbroken coast hue of the
northern and southern continents of
America was traced from nrrth to
south, the dreamer# tamed their visions
to the northw.urC. Tue»e tne passage
was to be found. It was tried oy Hc-nry
Hu ls*>n, the JjjC-v i-.rof tbe Island of
Manhattan and the Hudson river, and
also Hudson's sir.ills an 1 Hudson's o-»y,
•ha* hs ar his n.rne iu ibe cold regions of
the North. The .vo y <.t wi.at Hudson
surt-re 1 in ah th.-ee explo'auona amid
tue froZ'u seas is Liimliia 1 ', and nis tragio
dea'h in the open o a', alter tbe mutiny
on his ship, ia the Ls. ■! bis t xp^diuona,
16BM2, li-i- furaotied a 'U-- V»ug ilieoiQ
for poets and .in rs since. Toe melar*>
ovo v 'li ilk of B u jT. i t Ki.-.ian uav-
tg.ro.■, in his .. .i u. n of 1741, to at-
teu.o', from th >t, Le urn. p ot tin of
tne Polar oo-a , i •• l>- s i >i er name
in tie graveyaul of Arctic heroes His
vessels Wore w.’"i -c.» a-.d a r c-uaut of
the crew return".! i - anil i< ■- . I con
structed by themselves. Shalaroff,another
Russian, with bis who:# or , ptnsbud
of s'arvatioa iu 17GJ, wuue atumpting
the same routo. X i E.giis navigator,
Captain Cook, who "ailed iu 1776 through
Behring strains, nearly perished, too, in
tne ice that closed around his ship. Re
lief was attempted to be sent him, bufc
the ice barrier prevented it from reach
ing him. Iu what is almost our own
times the fate of Sir John Franklin is too
fresh in the minds of the pnblio to need
much comment. It will be remembered
ia the great trait of womaa’s love that it
evoked in the efforts mado by L*dj
Franklin to reach and rescue her long-
missing husband. How, after many vain
searches for the lost explorer, the oairn
witu the scroll detailing his sad death
was found by Captain McClintock of
the Fox, will long be remembered. Con
nected intimately with this long, fruit
less search for Franklin is the life story
of the brave-hearted man, C. F. Hall,
whose passum for Arctic exploration was
first awakened in the desire to rescue tho
missing mariuer. Tbe stout-hearted
Ohio blacksmith, without any training
iu navigation, aud, uidoeu, without any
scientific knowledge whatever, abcorn-
l fished wouderiul rrsults in traversing
the barren, ice-bound wastes of the
North. Although he did eot ►uceeed in
accomplishing tue o' je ;i ot ms daring
search, the fascination of pee'iug into
the wonderful, untrodden places of tho
boreal world remained us strong as ever.
The Open Polar sea of Kane li .uutt-u him
with visions of fume. Th« gieai, ragged,
energetic nature of the uiau taught
him to langh at obstacles. He hud trav
eled and lived iu tuo wild whi^e regions,
aud he trusted iu hiuiselt to find tue ob
ject ot his dreams as the rough trapper
of tho plains travels by the light of his
experience, and not v 'y tha‘ of so cnee.
He was certa.uiy a mau well tilted to
manage all tue details of an arctic voy
age, except tnose in which science was
an absolute necessity. His idea was to
associate with him men of science to
manage scientific part, aud to do the
real dowmight hard work o* the expedi
tion himself. Congress placed fifty thou
sand dollar# at his disposal, and ho waa
to reaoh the north pole. Everything
was accomplished in fitting out the Po
laris which experience could suggest, and
in August, 1871, having all his stores on
board, he sailed in good health and spir
its from the most northwesterly settle
ment on the west coast of Greenland to
accomplish his self-sought task.
If Farrow was attacked at
was the work of personal enemies of (
his, and not that of any concocted or 1 Mb. Stephens and Gen. Gka.nt.-Mr.
... . . , • . f l Stepbenoia a foe to radicalism uponpriw-
orgatuzed scheme to put him out ol £. ^ H policy arges ados# am-
the way for political effect. The as
winch we are now introducing among our eccUig the people of Georgia at their
Caeap price and perfect fit— | hollies, aud mingling with them
around the social board, entering
into free discussion as to public
affairs aud interchanging views as to
what may constitute the best policy
to restore that national fraternity
which shoul-t exist between the twe
sections of this country.
I The proposed internal iinprove-
ufitrs houin, especially in my native
bin-, North Carolina, would repudiate
a.y aud all such doctrines if left to them
to decide. Wnile au irreparable injury
.6 done the Conservative cause by pro-
aiiilenfing such doctrines, there is not,
t u:t’ I am able to discover, auy goo 1 sub
served thereby. Tuere art, doubtless,
muny people in the 8onrh“rn States who
would pielef u-e company of Jeff. Davis,
with his “accept notuiug” speeches, to
that of Qen. Grant. This is a right, a
privilege to wnicli they are entitled.
But when publication is given these doc
trines they have a tendency to act preju
dicially against the entire Southern peo
ple, even those who entertain no such
doctrines, and to that extent are objec
tionable.
If a plain, simple and candid state
ment of a truth “is an insult to the
whole Northern people,” then, we
Can not help it. If they are not will
ing that the Southern peopL
Address, Domestic S. M. Co.,
jio. 4, DeGives Opera House,
d&wlt. Marietta St., Atlanta, G*.
dole; _
I ence, offensive and defensive, with Qju
robbers or Grant. Is he WIM- ? Yea, if Grant is not
Oscar II. is the grand-sou of the
Frenchman Bernadotte, the able, in
triguing man who was afterward
Charles XIV. of Sweden, best known
as King of the entire Scandinavian
peninsula. He succeeded his brother,
Charles XV., who died in last Octo
ber, but, in addition to the ceremo
nial, the new King has yet to
submit to a similar process in Norway
next July.
>m ■
DEATH OF AN AGED MATRON.
In our State news yesterday there
appeared an item which stated that
“Mrs. Susan Moore died near Mul
berry Grove, in Harris county, Gsl,
on the 11th in3t, aged 104 years, be
ing boru in 1769. She had been in
hall: perfect health for some time until a
not exercise the right of choice in the ; * ew days before her death.”
selection of their company or visitors, At the time of clipping the above
as they do themselves, we are not'^ tem from an exchange we did not
disposed to conform to their ideas of i ^ now . tll ^t this aged lady was the
, . r . T » ,, j grand-mother of Mr. William H.
propriety or of hospitality. If tney j | Ioorej one of the editor3 of The
are not willing to aceord to us the Srx. We understand that up to tne
same privileges they enjoy themselves time of her death she maintained her
in extending complimentary public faculties of seeing, hearing and con-
mvittlioiis to wliom theT chocs, to i U> 1
one of her protracted years, bhe has
The Georgia Railroad.
The late session of the Convention of
Stockholders of the Georgia Railroad
was, perhaps, one of the shortest ever
held. The affairs of the company are in
snch a prosperous oondition, and exhibit
so mnoh energy and good management
on the part of the officers, that the stock
holders felt that a long session was alto
gether uncalled for, and therefore very
wisely adjourned after transacting the
necessary annual business. The election
of all the old officers is a deserved mark
of the appreciation of their efficiency by
the stooknolders, and of their ability to
carry on the basin ess of the road in the
future as successfully as they have in tha
past The road has done a larger busi
ness daring ihe past year than probaoly
any other in the South. Mach of this
increased business is owing, in a great
measure, to the energy ol Mr. J. K.
Johnson, the able Superintendent, and
we congratulate the stockuoiders and tha
directory that they have so efficient and
worthy an officer in charge ot tbe man
agement of the road.—Augusta Consti
tutionalist.
worthless political capital. There is j 0 u
Convention
cousuiumatiou tiou of Ihe South wero he to visit us. 1 the State.
Port Royal Railroad.
Yesterday was the day appointed for
tho meeting of th# new Board of Direc
tors of the Port Royal Railroad chosen
at the convention held in Beaufort soma
time sinee. The object of the meeting
was to elect a Superintendent and a Sec
retary and Treasurer, and there was a
good deal of anxiety to know what woald
be the result. The meeting was held in
the morning, and, from what we could
learn of the proceedings, it seems they
were not altogether harmonious. Judge
King, it is reported, announced himself
as opposed to uniting the Port Royal and
Georgia Railroads under one manage
ment. One wing of the Directors wished
Mr s. C. Mulette, the former Superin
tendent 01 the Road, re-elected, while
another wing wished the election of a
well known railroad gentlemen of this
city. The. difference of opinion was so
wide that nothing was accomplished and
an electiou was defeated. Another meet
ing was held yesterday afternoon, but
wua no better success. Muj. R. B. Mar
tin, ihe popular and efficient Secretary
of tha Fair Association, was elected (Sec
retary and Treasurer.—Chronicle and Sen-
Compauy No. 4, of
grand basket picnic at
next Wednesday for
increasing their finances,
the purchase of *
steau er.