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FROM COLUMBIA.
Tlie Bump Elects a Vermont Radical
l. S- Senator —An Ineflectual (Sen
atorial Ballot toy ttoe Democrats
(jor. Hampton’s Inautfuration—i m .
portant Developments Expected-
Extraordinary Powers Conferred
on Chamberlain toy the Rump.
[Sped ii to the Constitutionalist.]
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 12,1876.
I. S. District-Attorney, D. T. Corbin,
tvas elected U. S. Senator by the Rump
House to-day, on the second ballot,
and by the Senate on thq fifth ballot,'
by a strict party vote. The Democratic
Senators voted solidly Tor Gen. Gary.
Corbin was born in Vermont, and com
manded a company in the Third Ver
mont Regiment. When he came South
he represented the negroes of Charles
ton county in the Constitutional Con
vention and the State Senate. was
afterwards appointed District-Attorney
by Grant, which position he has since
held. He was leading counsel for the
Board of Canvassers, and his election
to-jay is the reward for services so
rendered, and for SOO,OOO judiciously
expended. He is a bitter partisan, and
no Radical in the State is more thor
oughly detested by the whites. Even
prominent Republicans, however, re
gard his election as a farce, and he will
pr.'bably follow Pinchback.
The Democrats ballotted also for
Senator to-day, without effect. They
keep their own counsel, but it is
thought they will make an effort to
morrow to obtain the co-operation of
the Senate and go into a formal elec-
The inauguration of Hampton will
take place in a few days, and an entire
separate government will be estab
lished, supported by the banks, the
tax-payers and the entire judiciary.
A bill passed the Rump House to-day
investing Chamberlain with extraordi
nary powers for the protection of the
State House and General Assembly. It
provides for numerous armedjjuards,
and authorizes them to exclude any
person whom the Governor may direct
t3 be excluded.
Important developments may be ex
pected this week, but it is not deemed
wise to make them public to-day.
W. H. McK.
[By the Associated Press.]
Columbia, December 12.—1n the Re
publican House, the ballot for United
States Senator resulted in the election
ot U. S. District Attorney D. T. Corbin,
who received 58 out of G 6 votes cast.
In the Senate, Corbin, 17; Gary (Dem
ocrat), 12. Corbin was declared elect
ed by both Houses. Adjourned.
In the ballot to-day in the Demo
cratic House for United States Senator,
there were fourteen candidates. The
votes ranged from 1 to 11, which was
the highest cast for General M. C.
Butler, of Edgefield.
Troops are arriving here from Flo
rida. Everything is quiet, aud there is
do excitement whatever.
Senator Robertson Declines a Re
election.
Washington, December 12. — A Herald
special from Columbia publishes a cor
respondence, in which Senator Robert
son declines being a candidate for re
election. The letter concludes: "Re
garding this body, intending to pro
ceed to elect a United States Senator
on Tuesday, as constitutionally de
fective, for want of the co-operation of
theconstitutional House of Kepiesenta
li ves, 1 am constrained to withhold my
Luimti as a candidate before it."
POLITICAL
Larire Democratic Meeting—Governor
Hu yea Makes a L-illlu Speech.
Chicago, December 12.—Prominent
Democrats of t bis city lield a largely
attended meeting here this evening to
discuss the political situation. The
sentiments expressed were generally
of a pad lie nature, but it was the gen
eral opinion that the House of Repre
sentatives must be maintained in its
right, at whatever cost. It was de
cided to hold a mass meeting at an
early date.
Cincinnati, December 12.—Governor
Hayes responded to a serenade, and
after expressing thanks, said : “You
could not expect me to say much more.
You could not expect me to speak of
political matters on this occasion, and
certainly not of the position which
affairs have assumed at the present
time.”
A Michigan Muddle.
Detroit, December 12.—Democratic
lawyers uro preparing proofs and
authotiricM tfi.lt Michigan east only ten
v °tes for Hayes, on account of irregu
larities regarding Burton Hanekett,
ff ho was U. S. Commissioner when
elected,
F, lectio ns.
Boston, December 12.—-The Demo
ctats elected their candidate for Mayor
°f Worcester, Mass,
Denver, Col., December 12. —Henry
was elected United States
Senator for six years, commencing
fl ext March.
LOUISIANA.
The Congressional Committee at Work
New Orleans, December 12. —The
Congressional Committee met, Morri
son in the Chair. A large number of
'witnesses were preseut. Tire Clerk of
the Returning Board presented a com
touuieation. sigued by four members of
the Board, denying t.bo jurisdiction *r
authority of the House of lie present a
bves to review the decisions of the
Returning Board until they deliver
|heir documents to the General Assent
*%• They will have copies made of
ull documents if the committee will
Provide tneaus. These copies, they say,
w hl be made soon as they are through,
Provided funds are furnished.
-Hr. Morrison directed the Sergeant
at-Arms to notify the members of the
Returning Board that their presence
oeexpected at 11 o’clock Wednes-
Another communication was read
ir°ai Chas. A. Abbe, Secretary of the
Returning Board, in answer to a sub-
P ( ena duces tecum, declining to produce
as he had been instructed
to do so. These refusals caused
considerable excitement. The room
as crowded with spectators and wit
nesses.
Several of th" leading Republican
senators have remarked that they in
eQd to resist to the end the admission
0i Mr. Lamar to the Senate.
CONGRESSIONAL.
j Proceedings of the Two Houses Yes
terday.
Washington, December 12 In th
*°e*- ot pre
-en.ed the memorial of himself and
Senators Stevenson and McDonald
critWn'rf th ° report of th(> Demo’
count hvTT! W^h witnessed the
Son! b -V h r Roturnin ff Hoard of Lou-
The re w , aaordered to be printed,
bv Mr [f ut ,°r subml tted yesterday
by Mr. Bayard, directing the Attorney-
General to inform the Senate as to the
° f i Deputy United States Mar
tinn ® l mplo >’ e<l ou November 7th (elec
tion day), was agreed to, witn an
amendment submitted by Mr Ed-
SaUo’s! qUeßtiag the A tt o rney-Gen.
af, n communic ate to the Senate
a lull statement as to the necessity for
their employment, the object thereof
nat “ re °i- their duties, &c.
Ihe Senate then proceeded to dis
cuss the resolution of Mr. Mitchell
providing for an investigation in re
gard to the appointment of Cronin as
1 lesidential elector in Oregon
The friends of the new steamboat
bill are represented by some of the
best men, urging Sherman or Morton
to call up this measure. They have
soma hope of early action.
Nothing is being done by the friends
of the Texas Paeiiic Railroad, as all
special legislation has yielded to
politics.
The feeling of the House is to ad
journ at an early day until after the
holidays, if the Senate will concur
otherwise, to meet and adjourn every
third day uutil tlietr committees re
turn from the South.
The proceedings ih the caucus last
night seems to have produced a cheer
ful feeling among the Democracy. The
speeches were not aggressive, but ex
pressed great determination to main
tain their rights, if it was found they
had any.
The House Judiclary Committee
voted to recommend the'admission of
Belford, from Colorado, by 7 to 80.
Hunton, Ashe and Hurd voted nay, aud
will make a minority report.
The House is discussing the joint
rules. The question came up on the
motion to taka action on Bland’s silver
bill. Garfield is arguing there are no
joint rules. The Judiciary Committee
reported the resolution in accordance
with last night’s caucus.
Most of to-day’s session in the House
was occupied in the discussion of the
important questions as to whether the
joint rules of the two Houses, includiug
the rule for the counting of the Presi
dential votes are, or are not in force.
The question came up on an incidental
point, involving merely the order of
business, aud which could have been
decided under one of the regular rules
of the House, but which was decided
by the Speaker under one of the jeiut
rules because the language used iu that
rule is imperative. The correctness of
the Speaker’s decision was assailed,
and the existence of the joint rules de
nied by Garfield, of Ohio; Kassou, of
lowa, Burchard, of Illinois; Hoar, of
Massachusetts, and McCrary, or lowa.
But the speaker maintained his po
sition, laying it dofljn as an axiom that
what it required two bodies to do, it
required two bodies to undo, and that
therefore the Senate alone could not
abrogate the joint rules. He said that
the count of three Presidential elec
tions had been conducted under those
joiut rules, aud that he saw no reason
why the next vote should not be so
counted. This declaration of opinion
was applauded on the Democratic aide
of the House and iu the galleries.
The bill of last session to utilize the
product of gold aud silver mines was
then taken up under the Speaker’s
ruling. Its discussion is to be contin
ued to-morrow and next day.
The fortification and the pest office
appropriation bills were reported from
committees on appropriation.
[ Note. —The Senate has decided, by a
vote of fifty to four, that the joint
rules are not in force.]
In the Senate, Mitchell called up his
Oregon investigation himself, and Mor
ton spoke, when the matter went over.
The argument was mainly of a legal
character, Mr. Morton citing many pre
cedents during his speech. Mr. Mor
ton said, under an old English law,
persons executed for crime were buried
by the roadside, and everyone who
passed by cast a stone at the grave, so
that the monument of the criminal
might grow up with each generation. In
regard to this Oregon transaction eveiy
future historian would add a comment
from generation to generation, which
would increase in magnitude.
Mr. Edmunds’ amendment to the
constitution, submitting the electoral
count to the Supreme Court was de
bated. ,
When was about reached Mr.
Bogy said lie desired to epeuk on the
subject, when Mr. Edmunds said it was
not his intention to unduly press this
subject before the Senate, but
Senators could not shut their
eyes to the fact that the preseut condi
tion of affairs was unsatisfactory, and if
there was anv way to settle this serious
difficulty—one which alarms a great
mauv people —that way should be ta
ken as speedily as due consideration
would allow. This matter had been on
the tables of the Senators since last
session, and he could not consent to its
postponement uutil next week. He did
not feel at liberty to press it to a vote
to-day, and therefore would not oppose
the request of the Senator from Mis
souri.
Mr. Bogy—To allow it to iay over
until to-morrow. The matter should
be acted upon as speedily as possible
in order that the other House of Con
gress could have time to act upon it,
and the Legislatures of three fourths
of the States have time to ratify it, if
acceptable. On the ether hand, if it
should fail. Congress should not oe
slow in finding some other means of
ascertaining the it suit of the last
Presidential election.
Mr. Morton again opposed the meas
ure and said the Senate was called
upon to re-enact by it the electoral col
lege with all its faults, and also the
provisions of the constitution author
izing the House of Representatives to
elect a President, which was a danger
ous one in his opinion. Both these
provisions of the constitution should
be wiped out. There was a bill now
before the Senate to prqyide for .count
ing the electoral yots(L- whiph had passed
the Senate, but was still on tha table Qli
account or a motion to reconsider,
which had been entered. Tins bill
might be parsed to meet the preseut
emergency, and hs hoped the Senate.
in the present difficulty, would no. be
driyea to the passage of a con&tftytion
al amendment which re-enacted two of
.the most dangerous provisions in the
constitution- Adjourned.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
building forithe Paris Exposition of
J. 878, and April lof that year is an
nounced &s opening day-
®l)e Augusta Constitutionalist.
HON. ABRAM S. HEWITT.
He Makes a Statement in Reference to
His Conversation with the President.
Washington, December 12.—The fol
lowing is furnished by the Hon. Abram
S. Hewitt, addressed to the Washing
ton agent of the Associated Press :
In yesterday’s papers I find a dis
patch from you, reciting a conversa
tion with President Grant in reference
to the unfortunate state of affairs iu
South Carolina and my interview with
him in relation thereto. So far as
South Carolina was concerned, the
President enjoined no confidence, but
expressly stated that I was at liberty
to communicate his views to the pub
lic. He did enjoin confidence in regard
to what he said of Louisiana affairs,
and that confidence I have respected,
although I have already stated to
him, 1 believe, the publication
of his statements would do much to
trauquilize the public mind. In re
gard to South Carolina, tbe President
stated that, in his judgement, not less
than sixty-tbree members having cer
tificates from tiie Secretary of State
were eligible to organize the House
aud transact business. As this view
accorded with my own, and as no con
fidence was enjoined, I telegraphed in
the following language;
“To A. C. Haskell, Chairman, Charles
ton-.
“I am able to say that neither House
will be recognized by the President
until it gets sixty-three members hold
ing original certificates from the Re
turning Board.
“Abram S. Hewitt.”
My object in sending this dispatch
was that I thought it would tend to
allay excitement in South Carolina,
aud prevent a collision between the
people and the troops, of which we
were very apprehensive. On the Gth 1
of December I received a reply which
induced me to send the following tele
grams to the President:
“To the President— l have received a
reliable telegram from Columbia sta
ting that the sixty-tbree members hold
ing a certificate from the Secretary of
State have been sworn into the House
presided over by Speaker Wallace,
which is therofore organized in accord
ance with the requirements of the law,
as stated by you.”
“To the President:
“I have just received a later dispatch
saying that the Supreme Court of
South Caroliua has pronounced its
judgment and declared the House pre
sided over by W. H. Wallace to be the
legally constituted House of Represen
tatives, and that Mackey is a private
person, and not Speaker, or in any re
spect an officer of the legislative body.”
Oa the evening of the same day Sen
ator Randolph suggested that he aud
! should call upon the President and
ask him whether, under the circum
stances, he could not see his wav clear
to order the withdrawal of tbe United
States troops from Columbia aud re
cognize the House of Representatives
so constituted with sixty-three mem
bers. The President granted us an in
terview, which began by my saying
that I had sent him two telegrams
from the House iu reference to South
Carolina affairs. The President at
once replied that he had received
them, aud that very late on the
preceding evening he 'had received a
telegram from Columbia saying that I
had iuformecl parties there that the
President, would recognize as the legal
House that body which should have
sixty-three members, with certificates
from the Secretary of State. The
President said that he had replied that
he had not made any such statement;
that he did not believe I had said he
had done so, aud that at any rate it
was not true. I replied that I had not
sent any telegram to that effect, but
had one, as nearly as I could recollect,
as fellows:
“I am able to say that the President
will not recognize any House that does
not contain sixty-three members with
original certificates from the Returning
Board.”
The President replied : “ That is
correct; I did say so. That was my
private opinion; but I did not say that
I would recognize a House that had
sixty-three members.”
I replied : “That is true, but I think
it is implied, and we have come to ask
vou to do so.”
The President replied that, as at
present advised, he must deciiue to
recognize the House eontaiuiug sixty
thrio members, and he did not know
that he would recognize the other
House—that Chamberlain was Gov
ernor until someone was regularly in
augurated in his place, and that he
should sustain him.
The President did not say that I had
violated his confidence in any particu
lar, but he said it would have beeu a
violation of his confidence if I had
sent the telegram reported to him
from Columbia, the sending of which I
again denied. I then reminded the
President that he had the means of
testing the accuracy of my recollec
tions of his statements, because imme
diately after the interview on Sunday,
I had dictated the substance of the
conversation and furnished him with a
copy, and requested him to return it to
me, with any correction he might
choose to make, either to be published.,
if he would consent, or to be retained
for hi3 future justification in case,
after the 4th of March next, his inten
tions should be called in question. He
has not returned me the copy so furnish
ed, nor made any corrections therein.
To my knowledge the President said
nothing to me in regard to my using
any of his statements for the purpose
of defeating the party which he (the
President) represented. I have never
regarded the President of the United
States as representing any party, and I
shall regret to see the President take
any other position than that of the
honored head of the people of the
United States, without regard to party.
[Signed] Abram S. Hewitt.
Congressional Committee in Florida.
Tallahassee, Dec. 12.—The manda
mus case was continued till to-morrow.
The Congressional Committee decided
to investigate both the State and
national elections. A call was made
on the Secretary of State for returns,
which he furnished. After the adop
tion of rules the Committee adjourned.
Yfinor T. e [ e k ra fP 9,
St. Louis, December 12.,—Mrs. Julia
garijeiras. ktiown in art circles ps a
portrait painter, yppa ki[le4 pcqidep
tally.
Baltimore, December 12.—There is
much suffeiing on the bay among the
oystermen. Four colored men and the
arew and captain of the schooner Plan
jyere drowned.
t-ta* ——-
It appears that the Duchess of Aosto
wife of the ex-Eiug - Amadeus, died of
“the anxieties of precarious royail
ty.”
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1876.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Tlie Eastern Question.
London, December 12. —The Times'
Vienna dispatch reports a greatly im
proved feeling on the part of Turkey.
A special from St. Petersburg to the
Times says there |is great hope of a
peaceful solution entertained in the
highest quarters.
A Reteur telegram from Constanti
nople says an informal meeting of
Plenipotentiaries was held at the Rus
sian Embassy yesterday, for the inter
change of views, which are understood
to be a favorable augury for peaceful
results.
General Jgnatieff, in his last inter
view with the Marquis of Salisbury, Is
reported to have declared that he
would accept, the occupation of Bel
gium or Switzerland.
The Crisis Terminated.
Paris, December 12.—Crisis is ended.
M. Bim>.'U bus been appointed Presi
dent of the Council and Minister of the
Interior, and M. Martet Minister of
Justice. Dufaure and Maroere retire.
The other Ministers remain as at pres
ent.
End of the Argentine Rebellion.
London, December 12.—The Argen
tine Cousul has received a telegram
from the Argentine Finance Minister
announcing that the rebellion iu Entre
Rios has terminated, and that the Re
public is peaceful. The statements tel
egraphed to London about a general
insurrection are false.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
News aud Gossip from the Capial.
Washington, December 12. The
Board of Naval Officers appointed to
report regarding navy yards favor re
taining all the navy yards and stations
except the yard at New London, the
naval ground at New Orleans, and the
naval property at Brunswick, Ga. They
speak favorably of Port Royal as un
doubtedly the finest harbor on the
Southern coast. There are several fa
vorable sites for naval stations at Port
Royal, but care must be taken in the
selection, and in tbe meantime recom
mend that Port Royal be used as a re
fitting and coal station for the West
Indies.
For two hours the Cabinet discussed
the nature of the reply to the resolu
tion of Congress relative to the use of
troops in the late election.
Nomination McLaws, Postmaster
at Savannah.
It is stated that the Senate Commit
tee has called upon the Telegraph
Company for the correspondence of
Mr. Hewitt.
A report that Sheridan was erdored
to supercede Haucock in command of
the Department of the Atlantic, and
that Hancock was ordered to the
Pacific coast is authoritatively denied.
The Senate Committee for Louisiana
leaves to-night. Those for Florida
and South Carolina leave to-morrow
night, via the Atlantic Coast Road.
Confirmations—Powers, Collector of
the Second Mississippi; Weaver, Third
Texas; White, Third Virginia; Du
mont, Supervisor-General aud Inspec
tor of Steamboats; Londrean, Consul
at Santiago do Cuba; Borgano, Assay
er of the mint at New Orleans; Weeks,
rnelter ditto; Cowles, assayer and
melter of the mint at Charlotte. N. C.
A great number of postmasters have
been renominated.
The Committee on Appropriations
have completed the Post Office bill.
There is nearly thirty-three millions
reduction, three and a half millions
from the Department’s estimates.
Judge Miller, of the Supreme Court,
complains that the recently published
conversation with him upon the pros
pects connected with the Presidential
inauguration is a gross exaggeration.
NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
Fifth Day’s Proceedings—Closing of
the Annual Meeting— Appointments
for 1877.
Sparta, Ga., December 11,187 G.
Religious exercises were conducted
by J. M. Dickey.
The examination of characters of
elders was taken up again, and the fol
low iig passed approved:
Elbertou District—A. G. Worlev, P.
E ; J. M. Dickey, W. F. Lewis, C. A.
Mitchell, W. A. Farris, C. A. Conoway,
J. J. Morgan, W. T. Norman, and made
supernumerary; J. 11. Mashbun re
ported dead.
Gainesville District—J. R. Parker P.
E.; D. D. Cox, R. It. Johnson, J. N.
Myers, M. W. Arnold, M. H. Eakes, J.
A. Chambers.
Griffin District—G. W. Yarbrough.
P. E.; L. J. Davies, T. S. L. Harwell,
Brittou Sanders, J. li. Smith, J. Yv!
Yarbrough, E. J. Harwell, W.P. Rivers,
J. R. Pate, J. B. Payne, G. E. Gardner,
J. T. Lowe, VV. T. McMichael.
La Grange District—J. W. Heidt, P.
E.; G. G. Smith, P. M. Ryburu, ,t! h!
Baxter, H. J. Ellis, J. S. Bryan, M. H.
White, W. A. Simmons, W.'J. Cotter,
D. Nolan, L. Rush, J. Carr, .T. M. Bow
den, W. F. Quilliau, E. K. Aiken, Y. G.
Allen, W. A. Rogers, J. R. Mayson.
YY. D. Heath and YV. H. Graham were
located at their own request.
When the name of E. F. Reynolds
was called, and his Presiding Elder
made a report on his case, he had oc
casion to make some remarks about his
financial embarrassments when Bishop
Pierce proposed to the Conference to
pay him out of debt. Whereupon the
ministers and laymen, with the congre
gation, came forward individually and
gave 8200 for his assistance.
B. F. Farriss and Josiah Lewis, Sr.,
were placed on the superannuated list!
The report of the Committee of
Memoirs, read last night, was adopted
by the Conference.
As an encouraging fact, it was stated
that the character of every preacher
had been examined and every one was
reported blameless in life, which should
call forth gratitude to Almighty God.
At this juncture the following minis
ters were called forward, and after
taking the usual vows publicly, were
ordaiued by Bishop Pierce, Drs. Mc-
Ferrin, Evans and Potter, and J. B.
Payne assisting.
From the itinerant ranks : Eli Smith,
Samuel P. Jones, Marion L. Under
wood, Wm. P. Smith, Clement c. Cary,
Jus. S. Embry, Geo. W. Hardaway
Isaac G. Parks, Robert R. Martvn R*
D. Gray, Wiley T. Laine. ’
From the local ranks: J. M. Harwell
B. A. Johnson, Blackwood h. Benson’
H. T. YYiikerson. '
“ The Committee op Books and Peii
odiqais made their report, urgiip* the
preachers fu patronize the southern
Publishing House; recommends the
Nashville and Southern Christia,n Advo
cate and heartily commends the South
ern Quarterly He view. Report adopted.
Tfie Ecclesiastical Conference ad?
joufned for thp Copterenpe, wheu
the Board of Fupd fof Special Relief
reported that they had a capital of
84,678; income the past year, $321; dis
tributed, $275 60. This fund Is for the
relief of any special cases or distress
among the ministers or their families,
either itinerant or local.
The Auditing Committee reported
the Treasurer’s books aud kccouuts as
correct.
Legal Conference adjourned for the
Ecclesiastical Conference, when Bishop
Pierce took the Chair.
Adjourned, after the announcements,
to meet at 2% o’clock, p. m.. Appoint
ments to be read at about 4, p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
Conference opened with Bishop Pierce
in the Chair.
The fact was stated that the vener
able Dr. Lovick Pierce would visit, the
Conference, and it was moved and car
ried that the Conference receive kirn
standing.
The Sunday School Board made their
report, recommended the annual elec
tion or Superintendents by the Quar
terly Conferences, and, also, that those
bodies elect a suitable man to travel
throughout the territory adjacent in
order to organize uew and stimulate
old Sunday schools. It commends tbe
Nashville periodicals and Thigpen’s
Catechism.
W. H. LaPrade and W. D. Anderson
were elected members ofjtthe Sunday
School Board.
At this stuge of the proceedings Dr.
Pierce appeared at the door and came
up the untie, walking very feebly, aud
the Conference, out of the great re
spect for him, received him standing.
After remaining seated for a few mo
ments, he made a few touching re
marks to the Conference, and entreated
them to take good care of the Church,
aud so labor as to make the following
year an eVeutful one in bringing Meth
odism nearer to the former days. He
stated that this would very probabiy
be the hist time he would ever appear
before them as a Conference. While
he spoke a death-like stillness per
vaded the whole congregation ; and as
he was laaving the Conference room,
leaning upon the arm of a young min
ister, the. whole congregation was
moved to tears, some even sobbing
aloud. Dohbtless this Conference never
has been moved so deeply as they weie
this afternoon by the appearance and
departure of this venerable man of
God. A circumstance that added
something more to the solemnity of
the occasion was the tolling of the
churoh bell for an infant’s funeral just
as the old man was leaving the house,
and seemed to suggest the thought
that it would be the last time wo would
ever look upon the good old man’s
form and face in life. Altogether it
was the most impressive event of the
Conference.
The question was asked : “Where
shall the next Conference be held?”
and the following places nominated—
Marietta, Gainesville, Forsythe, Rome,
Conyers and LaGrauge.
The vote was taken first on Marietta,
which received nine votes ; the next
was Gainesville, 87, which being a ma
jority, was, on motion made unani
mous.
The statistical report was read,
showing tbe following: Churches, 627;
value of property, $621,513 ; parson
ages, 56 ; members, 55^04—increase of
2,084 ; local preachers, 429; adults bap
tized, infants baptized, 1,260 ;
Sunday schools, 571 ; pupils, 29,296 ;
money raised iu Sunday schools, $5,807 ;
raised for Pastors, $68,505 ; for Presid
ing Elders, $9,642 ; for Bishops, $1,338;
for Superannuated Preachers, $5,069;
for missions—home, $4,109; foreign,
$3,523 ; for the poor, $3,157 ; Advocates
taken, 1,752. This includes only the
bounds of the North Georgia Confer
ence, which is about half of the State.
Report on Bible cause was read aud
adopted.
The Board of Trustees of the Or
phan’s Home presented their report.
The Home is located at Decatur, Ga.,
has twenty-two children in it, superin
tended by Rev. J. L. Lupo, sixteen of
whom are in the church. The children
are improving, and the institution is in
a sound financial state. There have
been raised there ten bales of cottou,
fifty bushels of corn, two hundred
bushels of potatoes, eight hogs, thiee
hundred and fifty gallons of syrup, etc.
The Board calls upon the whole ctouroh
to sustain this institution, which is
doing a good work.
Resolutions of thanks were voted to
the citizens of Sparta for their un
bounded hospitality ; to the other de
nominations for the use of their
churches, aud to the railroads for fa
vors extended.
The regular business having bean
finished, the Bishop proceeded to read
the appointments. Rev. J. B. Payne
led in prayer, wheu the following were
read out as the
Appointments for 1877.
ATHENS DISTRICT.
T F Pierce, Presiding Elder.
Athens; W H Potter, PA Heard,sup.
Oconee Street: A C Thomas.
Factory Mission: To be supplied bv
W T Bell.
Watkinsville: W W Oslin, W A
Candler.
Madison: T A Seals.
Morgan: J E England, M D Turner.
Greensboro: W T Hamilton.
White Plains: W P Lovejoy.
LexiDgton: A W Williams, £ G Mur
rah, sup.
Winterville: C C Cary.
Washington: W P Pledger.
Broad River: J F Mixon.
Little River: W L Yarbrough,
Crawfoi'dville; O C Wurpooua.
W H Trammell,M H Dil
lard,
State University: E W Speer.
ATLANTA DISTRICT.
W F Cook, Piesiding Elder,
First Church: W P Harrison.
Sixth Church: D L Anderson.
Fulton: J J Moraran.
Payne’s Chapel: J A Reynolds.
Evans’ Chapel: George £ Gardner.
Trinity: J E Evans.
St Paul’s: W A Dodge.
Edgeworth: W R Branham, Jr.
East Point: 0 A Thrower.
Deoatur: W F Smith.
Conyers: J D Gray.
Covington: To be supplied.
Newton: J A Rosser.
Oxford; A GHaygood, A Means, sup.
Mt Tabor and Sardis: To be sup
plied by A J Deavors.
Monticello: Albert Gray.
Monroe: D F C Timmons.
Social Circle: W R Branham, Sr.
Emory College; A‘G Haygood, Pres
ident; M Cal lb way.
Flat Shoals: W R Foot, Sr.
Superintendent Orphans’ L
Lupo,
4DdVSTA district;.
R W Btgham, Presiding Elder.
St. John’s : C A Evans.
St. Luke’s : C W Key.
St. James’and-Jones’ Chapel: A J
Jarrell.
Asbury : F G Hughes.
Richmond : R A Seals.
Belair Missic n :
Linwood : A W Qufilian.
Appling; G W Rardavfay.
Dearing Mission : To be supplied by
E P Bonner.
Thomson : W C Dunlap.
Warren Circuit: F P Brown.
Warreutou : F B Davies.
Sparta : H J Adams.
Hancock Circuit: J L Pierce, G H
Pattillo.
Milledgeville : H H Parks.
Baldwin : W R Foot, Jr.
Eatonton : F A Kimball.
Putnam : W T Caldwell.
DAHLONEGA DISTRICT.
J W Stipe, Presiding Elder.
Dahlonega: J D Hammond.
Porter Spring Mission: E H Wood.
Dawsonville: J N Myers.
Cleveland: J H Ellis.
Nacoochee: J W G Watkins.
Blairsville and Mission; C L Pattillo.
Morgan ton Mission; W H Speer.
Ellijay: T J Edwards.
Jasper: J H Mashburn.
Clayton and Mission: J H Bently.
Amicalola Mission: H M Qullliau.
Hiawassee. G C Andrews.
DALTON DISTRICT.
A M Thigpen, Presiding Elder.
Dalton: P M Ryburn.
Dalton Circuit: W G Hanson,
Ringgold: W L Wooten.
Summerville: H C Christian.
Subligna: E B Rees.
LaFayette: GW Duvall.
McLemore Cove: J B McFarland.
Spring Place: A J Hughes.
Kesaca: To be supplied by J 8 Har
kins.
Murray Mission: IG l’aiks.
Calhoun and Oothealoga: J M Dickey.
Gordon Circuit: PG Reynolds.
Kingston: J J Singleton.
Dalton Female College: W A Rogers.
FXBERXON DISTRICT.
A G Worley, Presiding Elder.
Elbertou: WJ Cotter.
Bethlehem: C A Mitchell.
Eibert: W A Florence.
Jefferson: W A Farris.
Mulberry: M H Eakes.
Carnesville: C A Connaway.
Danielsville: NZ Glenn.
Homer: G E Bonner.
Gillsville: W E Shackleford.
Toccou: J R Smith.
Hartwell: W P Smith.
Clarkesville; E A Gray.
Frauklin Springs: J M Quilliau.
Belton Mission: J W Baker.
GAINESVILLE DISTRICT.
J R Parker, Presiding Elder.
Gainesville: D D Cox.
Alpharetta: J J Harris.
Canton: J M Lowry.
Cherokee: R L Campbell and one to
be supplied.
Oummintr: WTLaine.
Flowery Branch: It H Rogers.
Hall: MJOofer.
Lawreneevilie: G W Thomas.
Logansville: J S Embry.
Duluth: J Carr.
Roswell: Eli Smith.
Norcross: W W Lampkin.
Etowah: J Chambers.
ROME DISTRICT.
S P Richardson, Presiding Elder.
Rome: W II LaPrade.
DeSoto: S P Jones.
Forrestville: M L Underwood.
Cedar Town: W D Anderson.
Cedar Valley: To be supplied.
Cave Spring: BEL Timmons.
Haralson: To be supplied.
Cartersville: T H Timmons, J T Nor
ris sup.
Marietta: W F Glenn.
Aeworth: M W Arnold, P v H Jones
sup.
Powder Springs: D J Weems.
Dallas: R P Martin.
Douglassville: W O Butler.
Silver Creek: To be supplied.
Roekmart: S Leake.
Y iiia Rica: F F Reynolds.
A T Maun: Transferred to South
Georgia Conference.
S L Srnith: Transferred to Florida.
Y Y Harlan and W I YY’ood; Trans
ferred to Arkansas Conference.
GRIFFIN DISTRICT.
G W Yarbrough, Presiding Elder.
Griffin: D ,T My rick.
Zebulon: T S L Harwell.
Fayette: B Sanders.
Jonesboro: J M Bowdon.
McDonough: J YY T Y’arbougb.
Hampton: T li Kendall.
Jackson: A YV Rowland.
Snapping Shoals: R J Harwell.
Ocraulgee: To be supplied.
Pleasant Hill: To be supplied.
Barnesville; YY T P Ppyepa.
Milner: R YY’ Rogers.
Upson: J R Pate.
Thomaston: 11 R Johnson.
Forsyth: L J Davies,
Forsyth Circuit-, J T Rowe.
Clinton: W T McMichael.
Cuiloden: J B Payne.
LAGRANGE DISTEIOT.
J W Heidt, Presiding Eider.
LaGrange; G G Smith.
YY’est Point; YV F Lewis.
Newnan; J H Baxter.
Troup: II J Ellis,
Long Cane: J \Y r Lee, A S Howell,
Supernumerary.
YY’hitesville: M II White.
Greenville and Trinity: J S Bryan.
Chalybeate Springs: To be supplied
by F YY r Bagley.
Grantville: F M T Brannon.
YY’hitesburg: D Nolan.
Hogansville: YY r A Simmons.
Seuoia: L Rush, one to be supplied].
Palmetto and Jones: YY’ M D
Fairburn : L P Ke&Sft.
Carroßog j W F Qui Ilian.
Bowdoln •' J L Petrymau.
Franklin : E K Aekin.
Heard : To be supplied.
Missionary to China : Young J Al
len,
LaGrange female College : JII May
fiou.
County Line : Supplied by J. Jones.
Prospect; E I Smith,
Agent YYesieyaq Female College; YY*
A Parks.
Next Conferouce to be held at Gaines
ville, Ga,
Mr. C. T. Patillo declines to be a can
didate for Mayor of West Point.
The Southern Watchman thus la
ments the size of Athens, and goes for
reduction. To-morrow, the citizens of
Athens are to vote upon this question.
It is a fact that, in extent of ismtory
Athens is the lamect citv in the State
—in the SoutkerlTStates, perhaps-em
bracing. as it does, twelve and a
half square miles. It is a fact that in
the number of its ft is next
t o the least city in ffie btute. Shall the
thousand in the place be
to ionger keep up'such an extern
of corporate limits? Columbus, with a
population of eight thousand, embraces
one square Atlanta, with a pop
ulation pf thirty four thousand em
braces less than eight sc-uare miles
Charleston, with a pupuiatfon of fifty
six thousand embraces five and a half
secure ijniles.
President Grant has just purchased
a fine new dwelling at the corner of
Yermont and Rhode Island Avenues
Washington.
THE BROOKLYN THEATRE CA
LAMITY.
Further Details of the Disaater--Touch
iug Scenes at the Morgue—The Num
ber of Victims —Ghouls and Pick
pockets.
THE struggle for life.
New Yghk, December 7.—The inci
dents aud surrounding circumstances
of the awful disaster iu Brooklyn con
tinue the chief topic of general conver
sation, and every recital of experience
doonected with the calamity is listened
to with melancholy eagerness. An oc
cupant of the gallery, who escaped,
says : •* Men and boys were tearing one
over another, and the shrieks and oaths
were awful. One man clambered up
the heap and was spun round and
round on the heads ot tbe throng, and
he was flung with a crash I could dis
tinctly hear against the back of the
gallery. Every one was for himself,
and men seemed to become wild beasts.
They were thrusting and tearing one
another with their hands. The seats
were piled with prostrate human beings,
and as the successful Btrugglers forced
their way over the gaspißg forms fhat
lay all around, the others who had been
orushed to insensibility fell as they lost
the support of tbe living. I kept pretty
calm, but I felt a sort or slckucss com
ing over me; I resolved to try my
chance. There was nothing for it but
l or myself and some others who had
waited to walk over the piles of bodies
on the floor. They were slipping with
blood, hands and feet were protruded
here and there, which showed that life
was still in some of them. By this time
the smoke was dense, and the rush aud
shouting from the lower part of the
house were terrible. I and some others
managed to get to the stairway and we
went down in a mass, how I cannot tell
you. All this I have been describing to
you took place in less than two min
utes. I forgot to mention that one
man who got out in the crowd just be
fore me showed me his arm which had
been bitten almost to the bone.”
NIGHT SCENES AT THE MORGUE.
At three o’clock this morning there
were at the morgue seventy-nine bodies,
seventy-five per cent, of which were
those of young men. In front of the
morgue, even at this early hour, were
gathered a large number of people,
many women being noticeable among
the crowd. Every room in the morgue
was filled with bodies, and even the
dead-house attached to the City Hos
pital was ueed to hold part of the
charred mass of humanity. The bodies
were ranged around the sides of differ
ent rooms, and persons who had lost
friends groped among them endervor*
ing to find ones who were missing.
Here a man could be seen scanning
rings on the charred fingers of a man;
at his side a woman, the tear* stream
ing from her eyes, gazing intently upun
a face unrecognizable because of the
fire it Las gone through. The majority
of the dead had their light hands lifted
over their heads, as if to ward off some
danger. Altogether thete were about
15 women iu the morgue. Some had
lost a husband, others a father, and a
few had lost their only son. Ou eacij
body was a candle, stuck in a plena of
white turnip, which served, f©s a candle
stick. The same rqlq was observed in
the Brooklyn market, only that in the
market yellow turnips were ut,od, while
those in the morgue wets white. The
heads of two bodies vfere half torn
away, where they had been struck by
some falling beam, the brains aud
blood in a sickly mass lying exposed
and dripping slowly on the tiled Hoots.
As many bodies as could possjbiv be
accommodated were placed upon' the
maible slabs. Quo woman recognized
a charred corpse as the body o; her
husband, and before she could be pre
vented by an officer, lifted the head in
to her lap and kisse 1 the lips burned
almost to a crisp. Through the black
ened lips and teeth of the corpse quite
a considerable portion of the tongue
protruded. In the pocket of oue tiTau,
a butcher, doing business at the corner
of Jay aud Prospect streets, was found
nearly a hundred aud fifty dollars Al
though the man was bur-icq Almost be
yond recognition U* vest p jeket
was found yf bills amounting to
|U7 touched by file. The remnants
of clothing whieli clung tu the bodies
were saturated wi.tß water, aud the
effluvia arUfing fyum this and the
roasted fiesh was sickening, 4, verv
potipeable thing about Vfie bodies at
the morgue was that iu many cases the
lower extreufiMee were but sdigUtly
scorched, while the heads, and faces
Were no badly blamed an to, defy recog
nition, In all cases the upper portico
of the body was badly burned. Much
levity wasfindulged |i a by one of the
men engaged in searching the bodies.
OtAEDK BURROUGHS.
Among the five bodies found after
midnight is all that is left of Claude
Burroughs, the actor. The remains of
Mr. Burroughs were Touud in the part
of the ruins corresponding with the
site of tne director’s box. Near what
remained of his body were a few frag
ments which are supposed to represent
all that is left of {tepry a, Murdoch.
Ihe remains of Ajjr. Burroughs were
\o, ike first precinct station-
in a poffin, aod lay thereat 11
oclock this morning in ccvmpany with
the fragments of ike bodies of two
women ukd ckild,, which have aldo
been fcd*en out of the ruing since last
uight. The means of identification in
the case of Mr, Burroughs wore very
slight. waa recognised mainly
through the agency of a fragment of
>ifhe aiguiiette he wore over the left
shoulder in the costume of Picard.
BKXFOCKBTS.
Among the surging teases which
thronged the iu the neighbor
hood of the theatre were many pick
pockets, who carried on their nefarious
business, from reports received by
the police there is uo douht that
* at ®? €8 ' u P°, cket -^ k khV >eket
..anukercbiefs a consider
able extent,
OHOvt-S MOVKRIXG ABOUT THB BEAD.
tpaptain Worth, of the sixth precinct
police, vouches for the following horri
ble incident: Adtong the bodies* recov
ered wss that of Louis Heokt, a bright
fVmi promising youth, residing at No.
Pulaski street, Lpuis was clad in
good apparel *nd In addition to a val
uable gold watch and chain, wore other
ar*ip*es of jewelry which were plain to
view as the body lay with the rest in
the? terribly ranks of uijOJt!kiity pre
pared- Jor identiflcatijou. Mr. Jacob
Uvcat,. the parent, of the dead bov
slowly traversal the line and at last
recognised the sought-for remains. For
a time he w<us plunged into the deepest
grief at finding his worst fears realized.
H-s rudely pushed aside, however
lay two men who claimed also to recog
nize the corpse as that of a, relative
and who endeavored to get permission
to remove it.
Mr. Hecks apoke to them, and clearly
showed that it was the body of his sou
SIX DOLLARS A YEAR
whereupon they moved off, and pres
ently claimed another body that seemed
to have valuables upon it. At first Mr.
Hecht thought they were mistaken,
but when they continued such work,
and two or three other parties tried to
claim bis son, and one of them insisted
that the persoual property on the
corpse should be given them, his eyes
were opened. He therefore left his
surviving son, about fourteen years of
age, to watch over the corpse and pro
tect it from such ghouls while he at
tempted to obtain a permit from the
coroner to remove the remains. Fail
ing in this, he engaged a responsible
party to watch them until they could
be given up to him.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Two hundred Georgia lawyers are
applying for about fourteen solicitor
ships.
Henry P. White, of Madison countv,
aged 56 years, died on the 2d of De
cember.
Lieut. Col. Clifford W. Anderson has
been elected to command the First
Georgia Regiment of Savannah.
Mr. Leslie Marler and Miss Ella
Fairbrough were married in Greene
county on the 23d of November.
A number of emigrants from Troup
and Pike counties shipped from West
Point last Wednesday for Texas.
The South Georgia Methodist Con
ference convenes in Sandersville on the
13th. Bishop Pierce will preside.
The “run of shad” is fully three
wee: s earlier than ever known before
They are coming iu lively at Savannah[
Mr. Honry Garner, of Pike county,
has invented a patent car coupler s,ud
has been offered $15,000 for the patent
right.
It costs Pike county ten cents per
pound to raise cotton, while .Butts
raises the staple at a cost of eight and
a half cents.
Si Hawkins went to Congress to see
the circus, and ever sioce has been
“skinning the cat” over the rafters in
his back kitchen.
The Town Council of Elberton thinks
of raising the price of license for re
tailing spirituous liquors to SIOO, and
for quart license to S3OO.
The ladies of Waverly Hall, in Har
ris county, are going to give a fair on
the evening of December 20. The pro
ceeds for the benefit of the preacher.
The cause of the Social Circle fight
was whisky. About 1,500 whites and
blacks were drunk. Mark Hadin, of
Rutlege, was killed. Eight or ten
others were wounded.
They are capturing burglars in
eon by the seiue full. They becarje go
bold and daring that they actual'.? stole
the bed sheets from under Watson
who was taking his morning tiap. ’
A crazy man, named C*jnr Je y Snider
filed a lot of bucksbok lu’o a crowd of
men. One bail struck John Jewell !u
the wrist aud another hit Hiram Wil
liams in tin; buck, which may prove
fatal, •
Whklby, of the Constitution, was In
Sparta, last week, attending the North
Georgia Conference, and endeavored to
pass himself off as a young widower.
A glance at his bald head refuted the
impresaiou.
Mr. J. B, Graham, of Conyers, lost
5160. at the circus last Friday week.
A thief grubbed Jack Wood’s pocket
book the same day, but Jack got it
back. McCalla stayed at home and
thereby saved his money.
The Columbus Enquirer is down on
John Robinson s circus, aud enquires if
he is tbe same John Robinson who
took the money he made out of. tho
boutuern people and aided so largely
in the election of Hayes,
Darien Gazette : Candidates for
county officers aro still cropping out all
over the county. From present ap
pearances v think there will be at
least svexcQUy-five defeated candidates
aftr-y the election in January.
A turbulent negro named Graddv
went to the store of Mr. John F. Lana,
in T wiggs county, on Tuesday, armed
with a pistol and club, and after curs
ing aud abusing him, fired and shat
tered Mi. Laud's arm. Mr. Laud then
shot aud killed the negro with a pistol.
IJiMoe Journal: YY’e iearn that our
Baptist brethren in Greeaesboro, iu
Conference on last Sunday, decided
that it was against the rules of their
church to dance, but said nothing
about horse racing, which we believe
their members aud those of othor
churches sometimes indulge in, p.iut
which we think worse than dancing.
Carnesville, up in the mountains, is
fast growing iu population and style.
As an evidence of its progress in the
latter, several first class burglaries
were committed within her corporate
limits ODe night lasi week. Brother
YVilson, of the foyister, has great impes
of the futusa success of bis tows, as
no first ejats place can succeed in'en
terprise without burglaries.
The elections of Anuiversarian and
final oratou* from the two literary so
cieties of Mercer University took place
Saturday, with the following results •
From Cicerorian Society, Mr. James
A. Ethridge, of Dallas, Texas, as Anni
veiaarian, and Mr. Samuel R. Sims, of
YYilkes county, Ga., as final ora a)r •
from the Phi Delta Society, Mr. y a’
Ham, of Butts county, Ga., as A ociver"
sarian, and Mr. L. A. MeMan- a y the
city of Macon, as final oratq, r> ’
GamesviUe Eagle : O y ,on e l Low man
and Dr. btepbeuson are washing for
diamonds and rutr eS) near the citv f allU
have no
man is acquainted with the
working J3 raz jij au mi Q e 3j au q
r - '.j. is known to most of our people
-s au experienced miner and mineralo
gist. They are opening several veins
of asbestos ; and soon expect to open
a corundum fissure, as the gold wash
ings below the hill yield several pounds
weekly of superior corundum, which
justifies the belief that they will find
the ruby and sapphire, all of which are
chemically the same, pure alumina.
The specimens we saw are splendid.
They are also finding elegant garnets
and kyanites.
Rev. Eli Smith, a colored preacher of
Macon, has been convicted of fornica
tion and adultery, and sent to the pen
itentiary for six months. The Judge
in j*assing sentence said, “had the
prisoner been a white man, occupying a
similar position, he would have made
the penalty a fine of one thousand dol
lars, and twelve months upon the chain
pang and six months in the county
jail. Lid tho prisoner not occupy his
high position in tho church he would
lino him very lightly, hut as he pro
posed. to be a minister of the gospel,
and as such ought to boa custodian &f
public morals, he would fine him two
hundred dollars and the cost of prose
tion„or six months at hard labor on
the chain gang.’-' Notice was given of a
tuotloft for anew trial.