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(Tfittmfrfe anb <sfnttneL SCXDAY APRIL 25, 1875. A MERITED TIUBUTK. The Savannah Weirs, alluding to sev eral newspaper articles in the interest of different candidates for Governor which have recently appeared, says: “We would suggest to our editorial “ brethren, and especially to our Atlanta “ contemporaries, to tone down a little “ for the present on the Gubernatorial •* question. It is well for the press not ** to be too officious in such matters. “ Lest the people consider the matter “ without editorial urgency or dictation. “ The people will certainly have their “aay in this business, and if every “ newspaper in Georgia is to have its “ candidate for Governor, we need not “be surprised if confusion and discord “ result, and the people, distracted by M the pressure from all sides, ignore all “ who have been put forward as aspi “ rants. Asa very natural solution of “ such a state of things, we shall not be “ surprised if at the proper time a voice ** goes up from one end of the State to ** the other iu favor of replacing that “able statesman, devoted patriot and “ pure man, ex-Governor Chas. J. Jen “ nuts, in the Executive Chair, which he “filled with such'distinguished ability, “ and from which he was driven by law “ less Federal power.” <» RANT'S ENDORSEMENT. The endorser is generally as {ally and completely bound as the maker of the paper. One of the favorite cries of the corporal’s guard in the South who rep resent the only true Democracy and love Grant, is, that in tbe discussion of Louisiana matters we must not blame the President, but heap all the odium upon the Returning Board. This has been the stock in trade of the Grant men. “ Don’t blame Grant,” say these good Democrats, “he was only execu ting bad laws for the purpose of making them odious. The Returning Board did all the mischief in that unhappy State. Torn 3our guns upon that body. It is bad policy to assail Grant; it is good policy to denounce the Board.” Though deprecating harsh language or invective, theae ’unco pure Democrats, in their eagerness to provides shield for the good Grant, have styled the acts of the Re turning Hoard “infamies” and the Board itself “infamous.” We shall not quarrel with these epithets. They are richly de served and aptly upplied. But there are degrees even iu infamy, and there was one mcmlier of the Board who excelled the others in villa 1 ny as Beelzebub ex celled in sin the other imps of darkness. Appropriately enough he was the Presi dent of the Board. His name was J. Madison Welles. Our readers are fully acquainted with the object of the Board. It was appointed tocouut Democrats out and to count Republicans in. They discharged this duty faithfully and well. The slightest pretext sufficed them for aettiug aside a majority of one hundred or one thousand, and ieening to the Republican minority candidate. Mr. J. Madison Welles went even farther than this apparent ultima thulc of scoundrelism. The others acted upon a pretext, no matter how slight. Mr. J. Madison Welles manufactured even tbe pretext, and then acted upon this coinage of his brain. This was a refine ment of villainy which struck even the Radicals with blended ud miration and astonishment. Some there were, how ever, who had so far shaken off the trammels of party ns to be honest, who were more shocked than pleased. A Republican Congressional Investigating Committee thus described and charac teiizc.l in their report one of the ex ploits of the President of the Returning Board: The Pariah of Rapides chose three members to the Legislature. The returns elected all throe Conservatives. When the proofs closed tbe only papers filed with the Board was the affidavit of the United States Supervisor that the election was fn all respects full, fair and free. It was not kuowu in the parish that any contest existed against thoso members. They left their homes and proceeded to New Orleans to be present at the opeuing of the Legisla ture. no intimation of contesting their seats, or objection to their election, having been given by their opponents. At one of their last mir the Returning Board declared all the Republican members elected from that parish. When the papors of the Returning Board were produced before your committee there was found among them an affidavit by Mr. Wells, the President of the Board, declaring that in timidation had existed at certain polls in that pariah, and that the returns from that parish ehould therefore be rejected. The counsel for the Conservative Committee testified that they Rad no opportunity to oontr&dict the state ments of this paper; that they had never seen or known of it before; and. that npou an ex amination of the papers before the Board when the proofs dosed, it was not among them.” The committee farther reported that an inquiry into the facts showed that Mr. Welles was not in the parish of Rapides on the day of election, and had, therefore, deliberately sworn to facts of which he ooald have had no knowledge. Moreover, they found as a fact that his affidavit was false. They made repeated efforts to obtain some explanation from this official, bat without avail. They were “therefore constrained to declare that the action of the Returning Board, in the rejection of these returns in the parish of Rapides, and giving the seats in that parish to Republican candidates, was arbitrary, unfair and without war rant of law.” Is it any wonder then that the acts of this Returning Board have everywhere and at all times, by all men and by all parties, been denounced as mon strous? Is it any wonder that the Onxi Democrats have seized so conve nient a scapegoat to offer np as a sacri fice to an indignant country instead of their hero? They have declared that the good President was not at all to blame for the rascalities and usurpations practiced in Louisiana. He was only enforcing the laws. The “infamous” Re turning Board wrought all the mischief. It cannot, therefore, be doubted that General Grant was familiar with the acts and characters of the men whom his partisans have so often and roundly .denounced. And yet a few days ago the President selected Mr. J. Madison Welles— the Beelzebub of the Board— the Chairman of the iniquity, as a fit person to bo Surveyor of the Port of Mew Orleans—to hold one of the most responsible and lucrative positions at the disposal of the National Government in Louisiana I What will the Grant men say to this ? Os coarse the Presi dent is riot to blame—this as a matter of coarse. But will they let us know know who is to blame. PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. Ex-Congressman Mclntyre gives his reasons for turning his back pay into the State Treasury. He voted against the act. He did not doubt his legal right to receive the mqpey thus forced upon him in opposition to his wishes ; but subsequent reflection caused him to think that the people of Georgia had, perhaps, a moral right to the swag. But before the grab reached him the clamor against those who received, as well as against those who voted for the back pay, became so great that he determined not to surrender the proceeds until this “ clamor ” subsided. He believes now that the clamor has subsided, and he forwards three thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars and eighty cents to the State Treasurer. We are afraid that Mr. Mclntyre’s letter does not show as much logic as people would naturally in the writings of a gentleman whose friends are pressing for him Gover nor, and who, but for this deficiency in his reasoning powers, would doubtless make an admirable Executive. v Plain people will be apt to brush the “clamor” to one side and say that the back pay either belonged to Mr. Mclntyre or to the State of Georgia. If Mr. Mclntyre concedes the moral right to have been in the people of Georgia, and this he expressly does, then the people of Georgia had a moral right to the interest as well as to the principal. If Mr. Mclntyre felt, as he did feel, that he had no moral right to the principal he should also have most certainly felt that he had no moral right to Ihe interest. When he turned the principal over to the moral owner after a lapse of two years he should have also, turned over the amount due for the use of this money. According to his own showing ho is still a debtor to the State. It is hardly necessary to say that money has for some time past been bringing a high rate of interest, say an average of fifteen per cent. Two years’ interest on three thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars and eighty cents, at fifteen per cent, per annum, is just eleven hundred and seventy-nine dollars and twenty four cents, which the people of Georgia have a moral right to claim from Hon. A. T. Mclntyre. THE BITTER BOMB PROOFS. Every day affords fresh confirmation of the truth of our theory that the loy alty shriekers of the North and the last ditch men of the South, the “Rebel” haters and the “Yankee” haters are us ually those who fattened upon fraudu lent contracts or smelt the battle from bombproofs during the time of war. The loyal Mayor of Chicago, who swore last week “by the eternal God that he would never meet a rebel at a reunion,” was a thief and a skulker—hence his bitterness. General F. lett, one of the centenniul speakers at Lexington the other day,l was no carpet knight, but a true soldier, who bore upon his person evidences of his famil iarity with danger and with death. It was the soldier, not the skulker, who said : Look to their heroes, their leaders, their Gordons, their Lees, their Johnstons, their La mar, Ransom and Ripley, and tell me if you find in their utterances anything but renewed loyalty and devotion to a united country.— These are the men, as our great and good Gov ernor Andrew told you at the close of the war —these are the mon by whom and through whom you must restore the South, instead of the meaner men for whom power is only a synonym for plunder. As I begged you last Summer I entrgat you again, do not repel the returning love of these men by suspicion or indifference. If you cannot in forgiveness “kill the fatted calf,” do not with coldness “kill the prodigal.” When the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment made its gallant at tack on Fort Wagner in July, 1863, it lost, with hundreds of brave men, its heroic leader and its colors. A few weeks ago that flag was gracefully returned to the Governor of Massa chusetts by the officer who took it in action, with these noble words ; * * * * There are tattered flags in that sacred hall in yonder capitol around which, in the shock of battle, I have seen dear friends and brave men fall like Autumn leaves; there are flags there that I cannot look upon without tears of pride and sorrow; but there is no flag there which has to-day for us a deeper significance, or that bears within its folds a brighter omen of “Peace on earth, good will to men,” than that battle-stained emblem so tenderly re stored by a son of South Carolina, whom here in the name of the soldiers of Massachusetts I thank and greet as brother. And I am proud that ho was an American soldier As an Ameri can I am (is proud of the mon who charged so bravely with Pickett’s Division on our lines at Gettysburg, as I am of the men who bravely met and repulsed them there. Men cannot always choose the right cause, but when hav ing ohosen that which conscience dictates, they are ready to die for it, if they justify not their oause. they at least ennoble themselves, and the men who for conscience sake fought against their Government at Gettysburg ought easily to be forgiven by tbe sous of tbe meiawho for conscience B&ka«fought against their ’Govern ment at Lexington and Bunker Hill. Oh, Sir, as Massachusetts was first in war, so let her be first'in peace,and sbo shall forever bo first in tbe hearts of her con r ymen. And let us here re solve that, true to her ancient motto while in war, ense petit placidam, iu peace she demands not only for herself but for every inch of this great country, sub libertato quielam. The loyalty shrieking Colvins kept out of the way of bullets and coined money from the life’s blood of the brave. They are the men who swear mighty oaths of hatred against rebels. Gen. Bartlett, who publicly proclaims his respect for the Southern Soldiers Lee and Johnston, and Gordon and Lamar, and Ransom and Riplet; who is proud that these men were American soldiers; who is as proud of the Con federates who advanced to certain death at Gettysbnrg as of the Federals who met them on the heights; this brave man who attests his admiration of the brave was himself a soldier. It is stated that when the war broke out “ from the halls of Harvard, instinct with every possible predisposition of birth and edu cation,’’ he went to the battle—went “to fire and iron and the wide-mouthed wars.” He fought bravely in every con flict where his command was engaged. At tjie bloody battle of the Wilderness Southern bullets robbed him of an arm and of a leg, and Southern soldiers made him a prisoner of war. After the sur render he settled in Richmond among his foes, and lim found them as friend ly and hospitable in peace as they were valiant in war. The maimed soldier is proud of Southern valor; the thievish contractor in Chicago swears eternal hatred to rebels. The Nashville Union and American says it may appear surprising that, in regard to the cost of transportation, Rome, Ga., is almost as near Birming ham, England, as Cincinnati, Ohio.— When we add that the article transport ed was pig iron, the surprise increases. Yet the Birmingham Post notes the ar rival of an experimental consignment of Alabama and Georgia pig, which sold at &35 net per ton, leaving a small margin, and says its transportation cost only SI more per ton than to take the same iron from the furnaces to Cincinnati. The Cornwall Iron Company of Cedar Bluff, couuty, Ala., are now pre paring to ship a hundred tons of their charcoal iron to the English market. As an earnest of what the early future may witness in the way of Southern recupe ration, this novel movement is apt to arrest attention. Solomon, or somebody else, declarecd there was nothing certain save uncer tainty, and we begin to think that Solomon, or somebody else, was not far from right. The guns have been bang ing, the flags flying and the orators spouting and General Grant trying to ride free in New England in honor of the first gun of the Revolution, when here comes the New York World and swears that the wrong day has been cele brated. The Revolution, according to this authority, commenced June 10, 1772, instead of April 19, 1775, and the usually wide awake New Englanders have slept over their right to wave, bang and spout for nearly three yeprs. What next ? Will some newspaper iconoclast have the kiudness to tread upon the coat-tails of the Fourth of July ? A correspondent of the Savannah News from Mickle Georgia, who, that paper states, is sufficiently interested in the matter to be in a position to obtain correct information, writes that he is of the opinion that the recent cold snap, whatever may have been its effect iu the extreme Northern and North-eastern portion of the State, did not materially damage the fruit crop in Middle Geor gia. He is certain as to Washington and the adjoining counties, and san guine as to those forming the more northern boundary of the section known as the middle portion of the State. He calls attention to the fact that uniformly high winds prevailed during the cold snap, which prevented the formation of what might otherwise have been a very destructive frost. A thief was set to catch a thief in Louisiana, recently, and with the most gratifying results. When the books of Sinte Auditor Clinton, a Christian statesman and as violent a hater of the Southern pdbple as the loyal Mayor of Chicago himself, were to be examined, Mr. Lowell, who had stolen forty thou sand dollars from the tax payers, was made Chairman of the Committee. “Knowing how it was himself,” Mr. Lowell had' no difficulty in discovering enough roguery to wa.raut the Republi can statesman’s impeachment. •' Don Piatt lias this Capital notice of Spencer, the little fat sutler whom the negroes of Alabama thrust into the Sen ate to represent that State: “It required a war that emancipated the slaves and sunk us deeper in debt, to say nothing of the frightful carnage, to produce such a Senator as Spencer. We can compre hend the presence of an ignorant negro in the Senate, for his color is emblematic of the Republican party—his very odor is characteristic of its corrupt condition —but Spencer is one of those evils that defy philosophy.” The American Revivalists. Our American missionaries, Messrs. Moody and Saukey, do not lose interest with their protracted stay in England, and this appears to be gaining ground not only with the plainer people but with the higher classes. The letter from England in this week’s Churchman, of the date of March 27, says that in the neighborhood of London for miles round, in every railway carriage, in every company, in every section of so ciety, you hear of nothing else, and the newspapers devote columns upon col umns to the subject. The Agricultural Hall is filled night after night with from fifteen to twenty thousand persons, who are admitted by tickets, and persons of the highest rank have been upon the platform, in some cases prominent High Church clergymen not only giving their presence but their favor to the meetings. The correspondent seems to be puzzled to know what to make of these Yankee revivalists, aud he uses these very pecu liar expressions about them: “On the whole I am not sure that we have much Ip thank you for, but I would not speak too positively, or too vehemently dis parage these men. Perhaps I may be wrong; perhaps they are instruments of good—of more good than harm. One only knows. It might be well that they did not allow themselves to be photo graphed. There is an unmistakable sly expression about their faces.” As for ourselves we do not ascribe the suc cess of these men to any tricky arts or to any miracle ; but w'e are led to find much of the secret of their power in their simplicity, earnest ness and pluck, in connection with their ready extemporaneous speaking, in which the English generally are so very deficient as compared with Americans. Then, too, we must not forget that the whole tone of English society tends to cover up the individual in etiquette, clothes and precedents, aud that the aim of religion in England generally is to suppress all personality and to make preacher and hearer abdicate individual characteristics in loyalty to established phrases aud usages. Even the voice loses its naturalness in a sort of sing song, and a man who speaks out his mind and heart in the tones of nature — soul to soul—is a great deal of a novelty to the mass of Englishmen. The Methodist concludes an enthusi astic editorial by saying : Thus the work which the Apostles did at the first building up of the Christian Church ; which Wesley and Whitefield did with effects growing till to-day; which the Nonconformist churches in England did in their freshest days; which the Metho dists did in the United States; which the earnest men whose labors have re freshed the Church at intervals have done in the centuries that are past, is repeated under another name and an other form, but under the governance of the same Spirit to-day. It is at once a supplement and a confirmation to all the revival work that has been done in the past; adding another proof which ob jectors canuot gainsay, to the reality and force of that manifestation of the Holy Spirit which takes place in a mo ment—whether we can fix the time ex actly or not—at once changing the inner man and directing it to righteousness and godliness. ELDER J. 8. LAMAR. Action of tlie Christian Church. A very large audience assembled nl the Christian Church last Sunday cven iug to listeu to the parting sermon of Elder Jas. S. Lamar, who has left ns to assume the duties of pastor of nut Street Christian Church, Louiswle, Ky. It was an elegant aud impreslve disquisition upon “ The last Lord.” At the conclusion of thegad dress, Judge Hook offered the fo!lo«ng preamble and resolutions, whicU sere unanimously adopted by a rising voSof all the members, as expressing jdio fl ings of the entire congregat®j dier whom he has been shepherd tlMjriijg Be last twenty years. The j r ibl present, in addition to the regular mem bership, also exhibited their e.-deSm and appreciation of Mr. Lamar by rising to their feet when the vote was taken. At the same time a committee, consisting of Judge Hook, H. C. Foster, E<q., and Dr. John S. Coleman, was appointed to report the action of the meeting to the city papers of Augusta, to the Christian Standard, of Cincinnati and the AP° S tolic Times, of Lexington, Kyi, «jth a request for their publication. \W Life’s most cheering and mellotr«ghts spring from friendships forme* and kept aglow—while its gloomiest Msjiow result from friendships sevqxpd ! «®ee it is ever sad to part with I'denßfc It is not true that “friendship a name.” No, it is something is a living sentiment of exquisite th£ animating principle of social mid religious life. “friends” has beeu honored i&Hf dispensation as an appropriat<K<reß®fa tion of the followers of Christ Jpd fitly embodies the spirit of dence, trust and fraternity, wbicfßhduld ever characterise their relations to Him and to one another. To-night we have heard the farewell sermon of Brother James S. Lamar, who for twenty years has ministered to us in holy things. With earnestness and with ’"power he hes disclosed unto us the whole counsel of God. He has by a pure and blameless life taught us by example what he has eloquently proclaimed- in precept. He has ever loved and" cared for this little flock. He has been in stant in season and out of season in kindly ministrations to every member of this church—and earnest exhorta tions to a higher life. He has stood by the bedside of our sick and spoken words of encouragement’and cheer. He has rejoiced with us on occasions of gladness and wept with us wbej».«e have wept. He has performed the holy rite of matrimony for many in our midst and stood by the bier of some of our dear departed ones; and with sweet words of hope and consolation pointed with unfaltering faith and confidence to the resurection and the new life a thousand ways in the last twenty years has he won upon our affections and enshrined himself in our hearts. — It is a holy, living, sweets riend ship that has grown up between him and this church, that cannot and will not be severed. And yet, we are constrained to say farewell to this friend who we all esteem and love so much. Iu the order of Providence this result has come to pass. Why, we know not. We fain would have kept him-hero so long as life should last. But God has bidden him to a new field of libor, where, let us earnestly pray, that his eminent personal purity, his great re sources of learning and logic, his proy fouud knowledge of the Scriptures, his unaffected piety and his persuasive, elo quence, may greatly tend to build up the people of God, and win mant stftfis to the cross of the world’s and Redeemer. ..We feel that the ar ju lar chain of him from tiffs qmlpit aim where he was ever useful and-most warmly and sincerely loved, is no acci dent, but that an all-wise Providence overruled it for purposes of His own wisdom and glory. And while we shall give our brother and liis estimable wife, Sister Lamar, the “parting baud” iu sadness, we shall nevertheless feel as sured, as we shall also pray, that the good Shepherd who thus leads them to new aud larger fields of usefulness will also lead them in paths of peace and joy. And now, in accordance with the feelings and sentiments herein ex pressed, we resolve Ist' That in the person of Elder Jas. S. Lamar we recognize a pastor whom we have known and loved for twenty years, and whose devotion to the troth has been unfaltering, and whose minis terial career has been as unexception able as his life has been pure and his purposes exalted. 2d, That it' is with profound seasi bility we part with him and his family, and are constrained to recognize the fact that their familiar forms aud faces are not to mingle with U 3 as heretofore iu the worship of this congregation. 3d, That we congratulate our brethren in Louisville, Kentucky, upon their oG tainment of the services of Brother Lamar as their pastor, and trust that they will warmly second all his efforts, which we know will be strong and earn est in defense and Support of the cause we all love. Aud that the welcome they will give him and his interesting family of the church), will he as warm and ardent as our parting with them is sad and sorrowful. GEORGIA BAPTIST CONTENTION. Report of the ¥ irst and Second Pay’s Proceedings. [Macon Telegraph and Messenger.] j The fifty-third session of this body convened in the Hall of Representatives of the old State Capitol, on Thursday, at 10 o’clock, a. m., after there had been held an interesting Pastors’ Conference in the same hall. The weather was damp and chilly, and fires in the'Tall were very agreeable to the delegate* Rev. I). E. Butler was elected'resi dent, with Rev. G. R. McCall Clerk; ind Rev. T. H. Stout Assistant Clerk. The body is one of the largest and ablest of the Georgia Baptists that has convened for years, there being present Dr. P! H. Meli, of Athens; Dr. Duster, of Gr ffln; Dr. Tucker, of Athens; Dr. Hillyer pr. Spalding, Dr. Battle, President of Mer cer University; Dr. B. F. Sharp, Dr, D. S. Shaver, and of Mininters, Rev. J H. Campbell, E. W. Warren, M. B. Whar ton, C. M. Irwin, H. C. Hornady, Win. C. Wilks, J. H. Kilpatrick, W. L. Kil patrick, L. B. Fish. Wm. M. Davis, L-R. Branham, B. L. Ross, G. A. Nunnally, T. J. Robert, M. B. Hardin, T. C. Boy kin, J. U. Stillwell, R. Callaway, B. F. Oliver, Jas. McCryde, W. N. Chandou, J. G. Ryals, and a host of otters. Among the laymen are many goodfciti zens—Gen. G. W. Evans and J. J. Pierce, of Augusta; G. S. Obear and W, J. Lawton, of Macon; Hon. J. H. Janes, of Atlanta; T. W. Callaway, of Wash ington, and others. Among the visitors are Dr. M. T. Summer, of Alabama, and Dr. J. F. B. Mays, of Tennessee. All take an active interest in the pro ceedings and give life to them, The proceedings of Thursday consisted main ly of devotional exercises, organization, the appointment of committees, the re ception of new associations as members, hearing the reports of the Executive Committee and Treasurer of the Con vention, and appointing messengers to corresponding bodies. The same Exe cutive Committee, with the exceptioa of two, was appointed for another year. Three associations joined the conten tion. The Tallapoosa, the Carrollton and the New Ebenezer, and their dele gates received the right hand of fellow ship from the President of the conven tion. The order of business was suspended during the day, on motion of Dr. Mells, and the 12th article of the constitution, which makes two-thirds of the a quorum, was unanimously strinen out. Two reports of interest were read Friday afternoon—the report of the Old Preachers’ Board and the report of the Treasurer of the Orphans’ Home. By the first report we learn that the Old Preachers’ Board at Eatonton has re ceived for and paid out to aged Baptist ministers during the last year about ' S7OO, and by the latter we learn that the Board of Trustees of the Baptist Or phans’ Home of Atlanta, have success fully maintained their institution for a year, clothing, feeding and teaching du ring that time thirty-four orphan chil dren. To effect this they collected about $6,000 through their effective agent, R. W. Fuller, spent nearly $4,000, and have now in the treasury over $2,000. These two items are intended to give your readers an idea of what the Geor gia Baptists have done for the indi gent, agedj and the homeless orphan young in a year of unprecedented strin gency in money matters. At night, on Thursday,, one of the largest assemblies that ever convened in this hall met to hear the introductory sermon, which had been postponed. It was preached by Rev. J. H. Hall, of Newnan, Ga., and attracted marked attention, the subject being, “The Surety of .God’s People, as drawn from HiaName.” On Friday morning there was a verv full Lou se, and several reports were read'anfl referred to committees, and when action is taken upon them I will report to you. There was a communi cation received and reported on to-day, which was elicitetjjby discussion in the denomination for the lq§t two or three years ; it the Rev. J. M. Wood, of Bartlesville, and referred to the for mation of a State Board, or Committee, iu whose charge all the Mission and Suuday School work of the State should be put —the said board to co-operate with the board of our Southern Baptist Convention, and appoint all necessary agencies in the State for the purpose of collecting funds. A special committee reported that it was inexpe dient to appoint such a State Board, but the matter is not yet ended. Several distinguished visitors from a distance were received to-day,including Rev. J. J. Hickmpn, of Kentucky, representing the Baptist General Assembly of that State; Rev. S. D. Lee, representing the Missis sippi Baptist Convention, and Rev. W. D. Mayfield, agent aud business man ager of the Southern Baptist Publish ing Society. Much time was consumed to-day discussing the place for holding the next Convention, and at length Thomasville, in Southwest Georgia, was selected. An interesting letter was received from Rev. W. D. Atkinson, pastor and mis sionary at Brunswick, Ga. That church is weak and it was gratifying to hear that he had received pecuniary help to the amount of SIOO, and that he has been able to build and#strengthen the church a good deal, in point of numbers. Rev. Mr. Ford, of Spring Place, Ga.. made an affecting appeal for aid to build the Baptist House of worship at Spring Place, aud received a large collection on the spot. Tlie Dead Dead System." That very sensible and practical news paper, the New York Journal of Com merce, takes the following logical view of free passes to legislators and high officials in their travels over railroads : Free Passes. —Mr. Henry L. Good win, of East Hartford, Conn., deserves, something better than the insolent slur "cast upou him by the President of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad for having sued out an injunc tion to restrain that road from giving free passes'to members of Legislatures and pf Congress, and all public officials "llWla flic President of the United’States downward. ‘tHis real object,” says President Bishop, “is probably to make himself distinguished.” His real ob ject, we should more charitably say, is , to cut off a useless waste of money, and thus to eufaiik'eß tht?- profits of the road in which he is a stockholder, and to terminate a public nuisance so far as that line is concerned. The whole traveling public, still more than the stockholders, have a direct interest in the discontinu ance of “ dead-headism ” on railroads. Nothing is given in this # world without a value received or expected ; and when the New Haven line distributes free passes to the Connecticut Legisla ture it only pays iu advance for benefits it hopes to receive.— By such means railroads stave off investigations, or procure favorable leg islati«n. The public, going to the Leg islature and petitioning for laws to re strain or regulate railroads, find that body already bought over to the other side. -Itis not consistent with human nature that a man should feel unfriendjy to a road whose yearly free pass for him self and family he carries in his pocket book. To the average legislator, unam bitious of “ heavy strikes” and great spoils, this bit of pasteboard is an im mense favor, aud only to be recompensed by blindly voting for all that the donors want. Shrewd railroad managers well understand this, aud distribute the the tickets plentifully at the opening of sessions, and so secure the defeat of possible hostile legislation. The com panies can never be depended on to abandon official “dead-heading” volun tarily. They pretended to try it at the West a year or two ago, but it was soon ascertained that every company broke its own- rules, and the agreement was openly abandoned; and the old plan of controling Legislatures with' free tick ets is now in vogue everywhere except on this one Connecticut road, where a judicial injunction has stopped it tem porarily. Mr. Goodwyn merits the pub lic thanks for invoking the intervention of the only power equal to the suppres sion of the evil. MOB LAWLESSNESS. The Jail at Milledgeville Broken Open —Two Prisoners Taken Ont—Re leased or Shot ? [Atlanta Herald ] Milledgeville, Ga., April 23.—A body of men, variously estimated at from twenty to one hundred, went to the jail, about one o’clock last night, and demanded the keys of Mr. Arnold, the sheriff, and upon his refusal they presented guns and pistols and com pelled him to open the cell in which Horace Wilson, convicted of the killing of Jack McComb, and Fobe Tompkins, aoensed of Ku-Kluxing a negro some twelve months ago, were confined. The prisoners were taken ont, and the jailer told that they would be shot. The party were disguised and their horses’ feet muffled. No idea from whence they came or where they went. The rain, which has been falling since 4, a. m., has obliterated all tracks. Nothing more is known of the rescuing party. The supposition is that the prisoners are in the hands of friends. It has been raining since 4. a. m., consequently no trail is left. [Atlanta News.] Milledgeville, Ga, April 24. —This evening an infuriated mob repaired to the county jail and demanded of the jailer Horace Wilson, who was in the jail, convicted of manslaughter and sen tenced to the penitentiary. Being re fused, they broke open the doors and entered the cell occupied by Wilson, and took him out aud shot him to death. It will be remembered that Wilson kill ed a gentleman in this place last year by the name of McComb, and was sent to your city to be put in the Fulton coun ty jail for saf9 keepiug. He was tried a few days ago, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of years. It seems that this verdict did not meet public approval, aud that the crime lie had committed demanded a more se vere punishment than the one the jnry saw proper to inflict. Tlius belidving, this crowd of men took the prisoner from his cell, and in the same manner that his victim, McComb, was killed he himself had to suffer death. "DNKNOWJI." ' BY O. F. YATES. Written on reading tlie inscription over the grave of a Confederate Soldier in Augusta Cem tery. Decoration Day, April 26th, 1874. Re spectfully dedicated by a member of the Clinch Itiflae, to the Memory of those who Bleep in XL known Graves, and fell while in defense of Southern Liberty, in the Banks of the Boys in Gray. All around me, strewn with flowers, Lies each little rounded bed, Strewn with garlands, wreaths and chaplets, For the noble Southern dead. All around are Georgia’s daughters. Fairest of this Southern land ; Come to pay a last sad tribute, With a loyal heart and hand. Come to place o’er fallen heroes, Flowers, rich, and rare, and bright, Heroes; who in vain have fought so Southern Freedom—Southern Might. Many came with looks of sadness ; Pale and wau is many a face; Memory brings up forms of loved ones, Lapse of time can not efface. Fathers, brothers, loved ones fallen, In a cause though lost—still just, Ah! old Georgia hi Ids most precious, Many a veteran hero’s dust. As I gaze on each small tablet; Bead the names on each headstone ; At My eyes meet one—no name upon it, jaLiA *But the simple word, “ Unknown.” “ Unknown !” Is there none can tell them Who lies ’neath this bed of clay ? None! and all we know übont him, Is, he wore the “ Coat, of Gray." Can ye tell ye Southern breezes That across my cheek do blow ? Whisper gently of the “Unknown Telt me all of him you know. Yes—methinks the soft winds answer, Murmuring sadly in my ear. We can tell you of the “ Unknown,” Who hes calmly sleeping here. Once he was a widowed mother’s, ' Fair-haired boy. her hope, her pride, Now that lonely mother knows not, How, or where her boy has died. • Strong in limb, and tall of stature, Type of manhood—naught did fear ; Hark! the boom from distant Sumter, Stakes upon his listening ear. Seizing quick each ti usty weapon ; lteady, eager for the fray ; Grasped with strong right hand the sabre; Downed in haste the “Coal of Gray.” Pressed his mother to his bossom ; Bade a fond, a last adieu ; “-Mother, dear, I fight for Freedom, For that Flag, • The Bonnie Blue.' ” And the soft wind’s gentlo murmur, Tells a sad, a wild sad story ; How the soldier fought and bled ; Fought aud fell for Southern glory; Not as fought the hired mongrels, Bought with glittering Northern gold ; But for Mights —our soldiers fought for Freedom—wealth itself untold. Gather then the blooming flowers, Brightest gems from mother earth ; Hushed be every sound, let sadness, Take the place of joyous mirth. Tread with softly falling footsteps, Where your patriot dead are lain, Hallowed be t* ground that holds them, Graves of martyrs! Southern slain ! Lady, stay—one moment linger, In your baud are flowers fair; And a bright sprig of geranium, Nestles in your dark brown hair. Lady, take the bright fresh flower, Take it from the silken wave Os thy tresses —lay it gently ( On the Unknown soldiers’ grave. Lady, once there lived a maiden, Just as fair as you are now, But her faoe is stamped with sorrow, Anguish written on her brow; Oft she finds sweet consolation, Praying to the God above, For the soldier ’neath us sleeping, For her first, her only love. Strew wiih flowers the fallen hero, Wreathe a garland rich and rare. Choicest Boses—Leaves of Laurel, Crowns for Victors brow to wear. Ah ! methinks the evening sunbeams, Love to linger ’round this place, And amid their glorious halo, Letters golden 1 can trace, Softly tints of gold and crimson, Light upon the grassy sod; Sunbeams write from Heaven the message ; “ Unknown here"—butknoum to God — Augusta, Georgia. PARISIAN G-DSSIP* Araene Houssaye’s last Paris letter to the New York Tribune contains the fol lowing piquant gossip: We have in Paris a great lady, a foreigner, who goes in society with an unblushing front, and who, nevertheless, has committed that inhuman crime—a woman who has set her husband on fire. The story may be worth telling. There is an extenuat ing circumstance. The husband did not love his wife. Why did he marry her, then ? In America a man sees a pretty girl with no money and marries her, saying that beauty is the same as specie; and he is right. In Europe he sees an ugly woman draped in banknotes and marries her t saying there is no hap piness without money; and he is wrong. This is what Count d’H did ; He took Mademoiselle Armande O be cause of the million she incumberred.— Mile. O was a character. She was not to be trifled with. She at once took high ground-with her husband. “Mon sieur,” she said to him in full honey moon, which in this case was la lune rousse, “I know you have a liaison which controls you, but I will let you know you are not to control me. If you be have as a gentleman 1 will pardon you for the sums that connection has already cost you and me. Bat if I find you only married me for my million I will be re venged.”. The husband accepted all her revenges with philosophic calmness, and continued to waste her substance. When dignity has fled from a house its in mates are no longer man and woman— they are merely criminals and maniacs. In this unhappy marriage came—shall I .-ay it—eveu to blows. Violence .took the place of insult. The husband talked of a separation of person and goods. “Ah, yes !” said the lady, “I under stand. You wish a separation of per sons, having made way with the goods.” “Yes,” said the husband coldly. “That d es not suit me,” said the wife. - “You have killed my heart, my reason, my honor; and now I shall have your life.” Count d’ H tried to laugh at her. “ But, Madame, why should you wish my death, when I ask nothing better than to leave you?” “Because that is my only possible revenge.” “ Nonsense, my dear. Cowards and women revenge themselves, and you are neither. It must be that you want to*marry again.” “ Why not, sir. I have been very little married with yon.” This charming con jugal conversation ended with the usual climax of endearment a la aganarelle. The wife had the bitterer tongue, the husband the heavier fist. The lady re tired, beaten, but not satisfied, and re solved to be rid of her husband. But how to go about it? She was not strong enough to use the poignard, and she re volted at the cowardice of poison. This is what took place. One evening she found him in bed, reading a letter in a woman’s handwriting. In a sudden rage she set his curtains on fire and ran away, lucking the door on the outside. He screamed fire, but the servants were too far to hear him. It was horrible. He ran frantically abput the room. The chamber was upholstered in Louis XV cretonne, which instantly took fire from the bed. M. d’ H at last got to a window, and as he was about to throw himself ont, his wifd took pity and opened the door, asking what was the matter, with a look of innocent sur prise.. The husband’s life waa saved, but his disfigurement was complete. The case hus been much talked about, and there are those who do not hesitate to defend the wife. They accuse the husband of having tormented, deceived and ruined his wife. When the Court ordered their separation, there was only left to her some three or four thousand francs a year of her fortune, with which she can make very little figure in the world. But tli% husband will show to still less advantage with his scarred apd seamed cheeks and forehead. It is sad to cariy into the world the scars received at lio mV# Wo have another strong-minded wo man in Paris—Madame Olga de .Tallinn —who is making a frightful noise. She came to see me yesterday, with a triest! Here is her history, as she gives it-, in a few words: She is a Don Cossack, with all the wildness of that desert country. She is part faun and part centaur, with blood of fire. There are women of whom you never think without a prayer book under their arm; this one always lias'a horse whip in her hand. A Princess upon the banks of the Don, she is at present merely a pianist tfnd novelist. She plays the piano like a Liszt, and writes novels like George Sand when George Saud wrote Elle et Lui. In lier famous book, Les Souvenirs d'une Cosa que, sho relates with an incredible tran quility of saint her adveutures with Abbe Liszt— the famous Liszt.of the salons. The illustrious pianist had flung into The church to escape from k® was not a hardened sinner. I?nTMme. Olga de Janinn, who had disembarrassed herself of lier hus band, took Liszt without ceremony out of his sanctuary. The penitent be came impenitent again. For three years Liszt went on squandering his share in Paradise in company with this rose-garlanded demon. Madame Olga do Janina assured me the presence of the priest, who was not listening, that she spent in these esca pades with the Abbe Liszt three millions of francs—a million a year. I believe a great deal was spent in charity. The devil has had his share and the poor hud theirs. But how the money was thrown out of the window ? For instance, they drew upon the celebrated garden culti vated by Alphonse Karr for cart loads of Parmese violets to strew the path of the great pianist, whether ho happened to be at Pesth, at Venice, or at Rome. They kept open house for all the eccen trics of Europe. If Olga de Janina had been merely asimple mortal, Liszt would have declined such publicity with her. But a Princess from the banks of the Don—that was original and princely. This fine train of life could not last always. Liszt loves lift* at full speed ; the good man is no anchorite. He is a saint of Sybaris and not of Bethlehem. Olga de Jauina became finally a crum pled rose leaf. They separated whet! the three millions were g< ne, he to re turn to the church, and she to pursue her fantastic destiny.” The correspondent concludes the narrative of this haughty Cossack by informing ns we may expect her in America, riding whip and all, as the Old World is too small for her. THE COURTS, Superiour Court. —Court met yester day morning pursuant to Adjournment, Judge Henry B. Tompkins presiding. Tlie following cases were disposed of: John M. Johnson, administrator, vs. Emily Tubman, ejectment. Verdict for the defendant. Elizabeth Williams vs. Lafayette Wil liams, libel for divorce. Divorce a vinculo . matrimonii granted by two juries. Margaret S. Eewis vs. Paul H. Lewis. Second verdict of totul divorce granted. Catherine Steltz vs. Milton Steltz, libel for divorce. Verdict for defendant by one jury. , A motion for a new trial in the case of Jacob Kc*itz vs. The Augusta and Sum merville Railroad Company, was made by F. H. Miller, Esq., defendant’s coun sel, but was overruled by the Court. The following bills were returned by the grand jury: State vs. William Wilson, assault with intent to murder. True bill. State vs. George Watkins, assault with intent to murder. True bill in two cases. State vs. Joseph Harris, murder. True bill. State vs. John Cartledge, perjury. No bill. Court adjourned until Tuesday morn ing at half past nine o’clock. Judge Bartlett, of “the Ocmulgee Circuit, will preside during the week. County Court.— Court met yesterday morning, Judge Claiborne Snead pre siding. Elizabeth Creech, charged with keep ing a lewed house, was sentenced to twelve months at hard labor iu the chain gang. _____ Correspondence. • We insert the following letters with pleasure, having been overlooked the other day : Augusta, Ga., April 20, 1875. J. C. Francis, Jr., Esq., Chairman Spelling Bee Committee: Dear Sir —Thinking the competition in the q»eful and elegant art of spelling deserving of more than one prize, I cheerfully present to your committee a copy of Worcester’s Unabridged Dic tionary; that edition to be given to the best speller at the coming “Bee,” it be ing adopted as the standard at the Uni versity of Georgia, as well as those of many other States. Wishing you suc cess, I remain, very truly, yours, Geo. A. Oates. Oeo. A. Oates, Esq : My Dear Sir —As Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements for the “Spelling- Bee,” it is my pleasure to thank yon for your appropriate gift of the valuable copy of Worcester's Una bridged Dictionary, you so kindly pre sented to us. We highly appreciate it, and we know it will be gladly received by the successful speller. Hoping you will be present to see who bears away your prize, I am, yours truly, J. C. Francis, Jr. Augusta, April 22, 1875. 4 The Atlantic Coast Line. —Col. A. Pope, General Freight Agent of Hie At lantic Coast Line, and Capt. H. M. Cot tingham, Western Ageut, were in the city yesterday on business connected with their line. Col. Pope has appoint ed Mr. Wm. M. Timberlake agent at Augusta to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. John Jenkins. Mr. Timberlake is well and favorably known in this community, and is recognized ns a man of integrity, intelligence and in dustry. Col. Pope, who is admitted to be one of tho be-t railroad men in the country, in his special department, has made a good appointment. The responsible man at the Western terminus of this great freight line is Capt. H. M. Cottingham, whose head quarters are at Atlanta, but whose juris diction extends to New Orleans. It was thought at one time that Capt. Cotting ham would he moved to Augusta to take charge of the agency here, in addition to his other duties, but it was deter mined not to change his base, as the Western interests of the line demand bis undivided attention. Capt. C. under stands his business thoroughly, and his services are appreciated by the public and the officials of the line which he has served and is serving so efficiently. “Idiot!" exclaimed a lady, coming out of the one evening, as u gentleman acTOeutally stepped on her traveling skirt. “Which one of us?” blandly respohded the man. [For the Sunday Chronicle and Sentinel. ] LINKS. Occasioned by the sudden and melancholy death of Miss C. riune Duuwoody aud Mr. Fredrick A. Maxwell, April 10th, 1875. The balmy breath of Spring floats smoothly by The fleecy cloudlet. Heath etlierial sky: The budding tiowor peeps on in modesty; The leaflets tremble on eaoh branchy tree; Forth on the air -he sweetest music floats, From Jp.vous songsters thrilling feathery tlirouts; And every living thing on God’s green earth, Seems jto rejoice in gentle Spring's young birth. And far away ‘‘from bnsy haunts of men," V p’oaeure party seek the woodland glen, Bright laughter mingles with the balmy air, Sweet from the lips of youth and maiden fair, %ie careless word, the repartee aud jest, Te 1 of the pleasure in ea. h youthful bieast. Can tbo read form of Death stay linger-ng by, Watching the group with cruel hungering eye, -Unseen. unthought of, he is standing there,' Eager to gra-p a prey, so young, so fair. Eager to steal from this jioor world of ours, The rarest gems, the richest brightest flowers; Yet it is ever so; no power his arm can stay, Thoso that we love the best, first ft.de Away, Kuthloss, liis sickle sweeps o’er earth so wild, Lays low the young wife’s hope; the widow's only child; Yet mid these bccuos, we hear the voice of God, “I lovA thee better. Pass beneath the rod.” * * * * * * Sleeps in the arms of Death-the girlish form So well beloved. It wmb but vest or morn Bevelling in all the pride of childish glee, ■ln all the innocence of virgin chastity; So soon, so suddenly he called away. To dwell in realms of bliss, thro’ endless No parting kiss from lips of mother dear; No farewell word to make doath feel less drear; Snatches from this world without a warning given, Up to a purer, brightor home in Heaven. Thou must be there; while thro 1 this vale thou trod, Thine aim was to “Prepare to meet thy God.” '1 hou knew that earili was no abiding place. And lived to meet Death's summons in the face, Towards Heaven, thy thoughts w. u‘d ever lii goring soar, Where crystal waters, wash a golden shore, Their ripples dashing in prismatic mist, Glint on the sapphire and the amethyst. Where strange and wonderous glories are un furled. Unseen, unknown in this poor sinful world, Where white-robed angels 'stand around the throne, Their vo ces raised in praise to God alone. A peaceful, happy city of the blest. Where thoso who sleep in Jesus take tlieir rest; Where sorrow, care nor anguish cannot come, “Jerusalem the goldeu," happy home— Well loved by all who kuew thee from thy birth. Thou wort too pure a flower for this earth; Though loved ones mourn they sudden loss, we know Thine is the happier world than this below; '•Nearer My God to The o”—that was thy prayer, And now thou know’st the joys 'of “ Over There." A mulli r’s heart, steeped in a grief so wild. May wondering ask, ‘•llowieit with the child?" But God’s own angels, comforting would tell. To that griet-stricken heart, the answer —"lt is well!" Thy school c jmpanions, grouped around tho bier. Kiss thy cold brow, drop Borrowing friendship’s tear, Wreathe garlands round the form, so still, serene, Thy loved name on their lips. Corinne t Co rinne ! * * • • • « Yester. in all the pride of manhood flashed, 1 o day, the form lies motionless, and liualied, Died for a life he had nut uower to save. Now comrades bear him sorrowing to the grave : The i orse without a rider bends his bead. And seems to' know aud uioum his master dead; The glistening sabres flashing through the air; The bugle’s note strikes sadly on the ear; Well inuy the comrade- mourn for one so brave, For one ho young to till an early grave. >Sud scene, sad scene. Tlio’ loved ones mourn thy loss. Let them take comfort, cilraly bear the croee, And know by holy, sacred promise given. Thou hast a rich reward to reap in Heaven. Maxwell! tho’ years may pass, aud ages roll away. Thy last bravo, noble act must live for aye; And til ■’ the life thou gave, tvas given in vain, I< wreathes a glorious halo round thy name. Word* are but empty sounds, and heedless (ail, Thy noble deed siauds out before them all. Wk Best, noble soul, rest tor life's labor’s done, flj The goal is past, tlio blessed haven won. mM Best, brave young heart, beneath earth‘d® grassy sod, Angles ploclaim thy noble act to God. TiieShootino Affkay.—The prelimin ary investigation in tlio ease of William Pain, charged with shooting John Nash, also colored, was postponed yesterday morniug until the issue ok tire Wound can be ascertained. Nush has made tho following statement: April 23d, 1875. I, John Nash, feeling uncertain aa to my re covery, do state the following : Wm. Pain, colored, came up to mo this evening about five o’clock and said, “John, I want you to go over to your house and wake up your sister Blanche.” I told lmn that I had no businesa of waking her up. He then said, “Go and make that poor trusli (alluding to Wm. Jenkins) come out of there.” I told him that him and my brother Edward were reared up together and he had a right to go there. He then struck me in the breast, which I took in play and turned away from him. He then called me to the door and throwiug his arm around me snid, “Gome around behind tho house, I want to see you.” When wo got there lie drew a pisMH out of hia pocket and presented it towards my house. 1 Raid, “Hold on, don’t cock that pistol,” aud just as the word was out he turned it into my breast and fired, the ball entering just below my right nipple. I think he had tukeu one or two drinks, not more. I think hia spite was in relation to u certain gir l wo were both going to see. 1 feel sure that he did it intentionally. his [Signed] John yt, Nash, murk his Witness—Ed H Nash, nmrk^^Z The Grain ©Top Iteport from the West. St. Louis, April 24.—Reports from the State show J of the Fall wheat crop will be lost. There wilt be half an average oat crop. Corn is yet to bo planted. The peach crop of Missouri and Arkansas is nearly destroyed. Ap ' ptra and pears uninjured. Wheat in Indiana is badly injured. Tho rye and barley crops are also short. The crops in Kansas are in fine condition. Wheat in Michigan is badly injured. The Nebraska prospects are llattcring. In Wisconsin oats anil barley are badly in jured. The prospect for Winter wheat in Illinois is very discouraging—many wheat fields being plowed for corn. ELECTRIC KI’ARKS. General .Jolin C. Breckenndge ia very ill, though dangerous results are not immediately apprehended. Several thousand ticket holders in tho late Louisville Library Lottery have placed their coupons in the hands of Blanton Duncan to bring suit against the managers for breach of contract to recover their money. Tub Excuksion to Atlanta.— ln or der to render the excursion to Atlanta next Saturday as ugreeablo as possible, only a limited number of tickets huve been issued, so that parties desiring to avail themselves of the ojrportunity of fered of visiting Atlanta ut so small a charge would do well to purchase their tickets at once, before they are all dis pos< d of. Tickets can he procured at Quinn & Pendleton’s, Prontaut’s, O’Donnell & Burke’s, Mullarky’s, James A. Gray’s, Gallaher & Mnlherin's. P. Kelly’s, H. Kennedy’s and Peter Kee nan’s. Nevada ice dealers are already prepar ing to doable their prices next Bummer, upon the ground that the crop will bo almost entirely eaten np by the grass hoppers. A Boston lady recently left a sum of money, tho iuterest of which is used iu providing tho inmates of tho Home for old women and Home for old men with a supply of tea..