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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.
Abbeville, S. C.
Blue Dick, the old war horse belonging
to Gen. McGowan, is dead. He was cap
tured during Lee’s invasion of Pennsyl
vania. and ha 9 been ridden by the General
since. He was supposed to l ave been
twenty-four years old.
Mr. William Barr, fo’ merly of Abbeville,
died in Mississippi recently.
Arthur Erwin, an old citizen of Abbe
ville, died last week.
Two negroes arc now undergoing trial
for murdering Mr. Lewis E. Holloway and
burning his house on the night of the 30th,
at Due West.
Mr. Henry S. Bonner has been appointed
postmaster at Due West.
Gov. Hampton has re-commissioned Ben
Hughes, color, and, as Trial Justice of Abbe
ville county.
The Lowndesville murderers keep up a
terrible racket at the jail and are almost
constant in their devotions. Their songs
and prayers are very loud.
More than forty colored men at Due
West paid their taxes to the Hampton gov
ernment last week.
New accessions are constantly being
made to the force ot students attending the
Due West Female College.
Edgefield.
The new sheriff Gaston made his debut
last Monday, and things were conducted
under the old fashioned Democratic rule.
Only one company of Federal troops re
main in Edgefield.
Advertiser : Our old friend, Capt. Fred
Smith, who now lives in Augusta, and sells
two or three million vehicles annually for
Day, Tannahill & Cos., was amongst us on
sale day, and we all embraced him, and re
joiced greatly to lay our eyes onco more up
on his kindly face.
Advertiser : We are happy to see on our
streets our young friend and compatriot,
Mr. Julian Mobley, who, for some months
past, has been one of the corps of W. T.
Anderson & Cos., tho fashionable dry goods
merchants of Augusta. When Edgefield
people are shopping in our sister city, they
need go no further than Julian Mobley and
W. T. Anderson & Cos.
Aiken.
English peas, radishes, lettuce and garden
vegetables are up and growing finely.
The young man, Richardson, who was
shot by a boy named O’Niel, at Langley,
last week, has since died from the effects of
his wound. O’Niel has made his escape.
Strawberries are in bloom.
They have a shooting gallery in Aiken.
Six new buildings arc in course of con
struction in Aiken. The workmen employ
ed on these are nearly all colored men.
Journcd: A negro by the name of Frank
Stallings was arrested in Augusta, on Tues
day last, for stealing a valuable horse from
'1 homas Weathersbee, at House’s Bridge.
Stallings was brought to Aiken the same
day by Detective Keenan, and lodged iu
jail to await his trial at the coming term of
court. The following letter was found in
the pocket of Stallings:
"‘Mr. Corbin dear Sir the Demociats at
Houses bridge is throughing us out of
Dootes all ot we Witness and what shall
we do We Peel to you for som Help for
They hav taken our houses
Mr Corbin we wud like vary much too no
issnt we title to a home some wears in the
state of South caroliner Mr Corbin do help
us for god sake do not no our Complaints
we all remans truly yo frens 9ign
George Washington Shelly Washingtoy
Frank Stallings Luther A Chavous
John Hankersou Lane Hi ley Berm
B Hi ley Causel Weathersbe
Henry Washington Jack Forman
Israel Stallings Abram Overstreet
Neckclson Weathersbee.
Mr Corom we corns to a does”
Thomson, Ga.
Tlie Journal , in speaking of the appoint
ment of Salem Dutcher, Esq., to the office
of Solicitor-General of this Circuit, says:
“He is comparatively a stranger in this sec
tion of the Circuit, but in Augusta, where
he has practiced his profession for several
years, he is well and favorably known as a
gentleman of good legal abilities and high
moral and social standing, lie is well
known to the newspaper lraternity as an
accomplished and brilliant journalist, and
is regarded as one of the ablest writers in
the South. 'J hr people of this section of
the Circuit will give Mr. Dutcher a gener
ous welcome and a heartv support in the
discharge of the duties of his office.”
Brad Ivy has been inaugurated sheriff of
Lincoln count}' and they say his address on
the occasion is pronounced, l>y those who
heard it, to have been the finest specimen of
pathetic eloquence on the American conti
nent.
Mr. Hudson If. Stockton died near Thom
son on February 2. He was born in Edge
field, S. C.
A beautiful lady has given the up-town
editor of the Journal a boquet, whereupon
he writes an article on trumps.
Waynesboro.
At a meeting of the Waynesboro Bar,
held on the 6th of February, 1877, Hon.
J. J. Jones was called to the chair, and
Thomas M. Berrien appointed Secretary.
The following resolution, offered by
Thos. M. Berrien, was adopted:
Resolved, That ’his Bar deems it advisable
that the Superior Court of Burke county
shall convene on the 3d Monday in May,
and on the 3d Monday in November.
The following resolution, offered by Cupt.
A. M. Bodgers, was passed:
Resolved, That we regard the existence of
the Augusta Circuit necessary to the proper
administration of public justice in the sev
eral counties composing it, and we are
therefoie opposed to its abolition.
We earnestly desire that it remain as it is,
and we request our immediate Representa
tives in the Legislature, and the Senator
from this District, to make known our
wishes in this respect to the General Assem
bly and to use ali proper efforts to prevent
any change being made in its organization.
Resolved , That a copy of the proceedings
be furnished the Waynesboro Expositor for
publication.
J. J. Jones, Chairman.
Tnos. M, Brenner, Secretary.
®!)c (Augusta Constitutionalist
BT TELEGRAPH
—TO THE—
CONSTITUTIONALIST.
FROM ATLANTA.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Passage of the Convention Bill—State
Aid Rampant Discussing the
Clerks—Gloom and Despondency.
(Special to the Constitutionalist.)
Atlanta, February 8, 1876.
The Convention bill passed the Sen
ate without amendment, after a spirited
debate, by twenty-six to fourteen. The
propostion to submit it to the people
was defeated by the casting vote of the
President.
The North Georgia Road bill was re
considered by seventy-seven toeeventy.
The debate embraced tho whole policy
of State aid and practical results.
The House is discussing the number
and pay of clerks, and wasted enough
at this to pay the clerks for two sea
sons.
J udge Shewmuke voted for the Con
vention.
There is much apprehension and des
pondency here at the action of t’*.e
High Commission.
Boatman, Johnson & Co.’s claim lias
been favorably considered.
C. W. F.
Associated Press Dispatches.
FROM WASHINGTON.
COCKTAILS OF CONSOLATION.
What Waite and Dan Voorliees Say of
the High Old Joint —Still Pushing
Florida—Committee Woik.
Washington, February B. —The stun
ning t fleet uf the paity division of the
Commission on the main question yes
terday is somewhat dissipated this
morning. The Union claims that in all
essential particulars the question is
before the Commission iu the shape in
dicated and desired by O’ConOr in his
opening statement.
Tho Commission convened in open
session. Justice Clifford said: “Pro
ceedings are now in order under orders
adopted yesterday.” Mr. Green, coun
sel ror the Democrats, called Geo. F.
ltae, of Florida, who was sworn. To
the question, “Were you present when
a writ of quo warranto was served ?”
Evarts objected to as not within the
orJer. The Court sustained the objec
tion to the question. Green then pre
sented a certificate from the Clerk of
the Court that no resignation was liieU
up to January 24th, 1877. Green an
nounced that was all the affirmative
evidence they proposed to uff-r.
Humphreys was sworu. He produced
Wood’s letter accepting his resignation.
Auother letter was received dated Oc
tober 6th, 1876, from the collector re
questing the witness to turn over tho
books and papers of his office. Mer
rick objected to the last paper. Clif
ford announced that the ease was
ready for argument. Two hours were
allowed each side. Argument was
commenced by Judge Hoadley.
The Privileges and Powers Commit
tee of the Senate examined Albert
Peyser, Democratic elector, who is a
Foie, aud alleges he was born iu New
York.
Howe’s Louisiana Committee exam
ined Judge Davis. Nothing important.
The Privileges aud Powers Committee
took a reoess on account of Field’s
beiug before the Commission.
Gov. Wells had a chill this morning.
Judgß Waite is quote! as saying
“that yesterday’s proceedings ate
merely preliminary and furnish no in
dication of the issue.”
Dan Voorhees is quoted as sajiug:
“A black eye is nothiug seiious.”
In the House, the treatment of the
Returning Biard was uuder dis
cussion. It came uuder a resolution
by Hale thutthe Sergeant-At Arms had
placed them in other quarters than
those assigned them by Speaker liau
dall.
Wells and Audersou Squealing for
Better Quarters—Death or Admiral
Wilkes—Belknap's Case Dismissed—
Old Siinou Cameron Sued by a Treas
ury Girl.
In the House, Mr. Hale presented a
communication from J. Mudis m Wells
and Thomas O. Anderson, stating they
were coulined iu a damp, dark cell,
where their health was being under
mined on account of dampness and ill
ventilation of the cell. He offered a
resolution directing the Sergeaut-at-
Artns to remove the prisoners to u bet
ter room. After debate the resolution
was referred to the committee on the
Louisiana Election.
Carr asked leave to offer a resolution
directing that inasmuch as the Electo
ral Commission had refused to receive
evidence taken by Southern commit
tees, the members of the Louisiana Re
turning Board be released from custo
dy. Bland objected.
The Deficiency Appropriation bill
was reported from the Committee of
the Whole but not acted on.
The treaty for the Nicaragua ship
canal was nearly ready for transmission
to the Senate when Henry Meigs
sprung a contract with the Nicaraguan
Government to build the canal over
the route indicated by the treaty.
Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes is
dead. Aged 76.
The Appropriation Committee is
making its items for the Military Ap
propriation bill on a basis of 22,000
men.
The case of the United States against
Gen. Belknap was dismissed on motion
of the District Attorney, by direction
of the Attorney General, for the reasou
tnat the evidence would not sustain
the prosecution. This action was taken
by direction of the President.
Mrs. Mary J. Oliver, a citizen of
Pennsylvania and Clerk in the Treasury
Department, has instituted suit against
Hon. Simeon Cameron for breach of
promise of marriage. Damages §50,000.
Respective age of the parties, 35 and
78.
Argument in the Florida Case Closed
—A Decision Expected To-Day—The
Louisiana Yote—The Oregon Post
master—Eads’ Appropriation Bill—
The Post Office Appropriation Bill.
The argument in the Florida case is
closed. Each side used their powers
in the argument, which was very close
and technical, The Commission will
take the case into private considera
tion early to-morrow morning, and it
is expected will reach a result during
the day.
The Democrats have little hope for
anything more favorable to them than
the throwing out or the vote.
The contest in the Louisiana case
will be over the legality of the Return
ing Board itself. It will be claimed
that there has been no canvass of the
votes, and that no electors have been
appointed. The same excellent au
thority which furnishes these rather
discouraging foreshadowings expresses
absolute confidence that the Commis
sion has inaugurated a line of pro
cedure that must throw out the vote
of Watts, the Oregon pastmaster.
In the Senate, Eads’ bill was indefi
nitely postponed by a vote of yeas, 30;
nays, 24. [Note.— lt is understood this
action was in accordance with Eads’
wishes, and that the Secretary of the
Treasury will now have a requisition
of the Secretary of War in Eads’ favor
fer half a million in bonds.]
The Indian Appropriation bill, with
amendments, which carries it back to
the House, passed. Adjourned.
The Post Office Appropriation bill, as
reported by the Senate Committee to
day, is increased in amount about
$1,800,000 over the total of $33,221,000
as passed by the House.
Tho principal items of increase are
as follows: For mail transportation by
railroads, $600,000, making the total
for this purpose, $9,600,000; compensa
tion of Postmasters, $250,000; payment
of letter carriers, $150,000; railway
post office clerks, $175,000; route
agents, $105,000; mail messengers,
$1,000,000; clerks in post offices, SIOO,-
000; manufacture of stamped envelopes
and newspaper wrappers, $64,000; pos
tal cards, $50,000; advertising, $20,000;
miscellaneous and incidental expenses,
$50,000. The total of the bill, as now
reported, exceeds that of last year by
about $450,000, but is $1,633,000 less
than the estimates.
Argument of Merrick and Evarts on
the Florida Vote.
Evarts closed the argument on the
Republican side. He said the wisdom
of the method aud order or this ex
amination adopted by the Commission
has fully approved itself In its execu
tion. The intelligent and experienced
minds of the Commission saw at once
that all the decisive lines of the con
troversy were to be determined on the
limitations of its powers and the limi
tation of the subject matter.
Iu the full discussion accorded to
counsel, and in the deliberation of the
Commission, the result is declared
in this form aud to this effect: That
the Commission will receive no evi
dence, but will merely inspect the cer
tificates which the Constitution and
the laws of the united States have au
thorized for transmission, and which
the President of the Senate has opened
in the presence of the two houses. The
Commission ha3 decided that iu one
particular it will receive evidence
touching the eligibility of one of the
Florida electors.
I do not understand the Commission
to have ever passed the question what
the effect is as to the acceptance or
rejection of a vote thus challenged ior
ineligibility, but to have decided that
on that point it will receive the evi
dence which may be offered. First, as
to whether the eveeption taken to
Humphreys’ vote is maintainable, and,
secondly, whether, if maintainable aud
maintained, the methods of the Con
stitution permit of any rejection from
the oertifted vote transmitted or opened
on that ground.
Mr. Evarts iu his argument did not
elaborate the last position. He left the
subject after showing, as he claimed,
that Humphreys was clearly eligible.
The question suggested, whether the
Commission had power to x*eject a
clearly illegal vote, he did not discuss.
Mr. Merrick closed the argument on
the Democratic side. In the course of
argument t e following occured :
Justice Miller—You say that the dis
tinction between the mau who accepts
the office of Senator and the mau who
accepts the office of elector, is that in
the one case the objection goej-t to the
power of the State aud iu the other it
does not. What is tho difference in the
power of the State ?
Mr. Merrick —ln tho one case the pro
hibition is that no person shall be a
Representative or Senator who has not
attained a certain age. In the other
case it is that no person shall be ap
pointed au elector who holds an office
of trust or profit. Whenever there is a
power given to do an act, the donee
of the power can only exercise it ac
cording to the precise instructions and
limitations of the donation.
NORFOLK, r
A Grand Ball in Honor of the Grand
Dube Alexis.
Norfolk, February B.— The ball given
by the naval officers on this station in
honor of the Grand Duke Alexis and
the Russian naval officers, is in pro
gress to-night. The most exhaustive
preparations have been made and nei
ther labor nor expense have been
spared in endeavoring to have this the
most brilliant affuir occurring in naval
circles for maDy years. Eleven hun
dred Invitations were issued and many
distinguished peisous are here.
LIFE-INSURANCE.
An Injunction Granted in the New
Jersey Mutual Life Insurance Case.
Trenton, February B.—The argument
in the case of the New Jersey Mutual
Life Insurance Company, before the
Chancellor, was closed this afternoon.
The Chancellor decided to grant an in
junction restraining all transfers and
appointing a receiver. The receiver
will probably be ex-Gov. Parker.
OREGON.
Governor Grover Hands Over the
State Government.
Portland, Oregon, February B. — A
dispatch says last eveniugex-Governor
Grover arrived at Saiem overland from
the East. Mr. Grover, after formally
turning over the Executive office to
Secretary Chadwick, now acting Gov
ernor, will return immtdiately to Wash
ington to assume his seat in the Senate
on March 4th.
Mr. Stephens' Health.
Washington, February 7.—Alexander
H. Stephens has not been so well to
day, but there is nothing serious. He
is still kept free from all excitement,
not allowing visitors, or even the news
papers and letters read to him as yet.
New York, February B.—The re
mains of Jonn O Mahony, late Fenian
head centre, will be taken to Ireland
for interment.
Hartford, February B.—The defi
ciency In the Farmers and Mechanics
National Bank is estimated at naif a
million. Its liabilities are not endan
gered.
AUGUSTA. GA.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1877.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.
The Queen’s Speech—A Splendid Pa
geant Turkish Troubles London
Notes.
London, February B.— The session of
the British Parliament for 1877, was
opened to-day by Her Majesty, the
Queen, in person. The weather was
fair and mild. Her Majesty left Buck
ingham Palace shortly after one
o’clock iu royal state. Her royal car
riage was attended by a brilliant suite.
The royal escort was composed of a
detachment of household troops. Her
Majesty alighted at the Peers’ entrance
of the Parliament building, where she
was received by the Deputy Lord
Great Chamberlain and other great
officers of State, and conducted into
the House. The Prince and Princess
of Wales were present and there wsis a
brilliant assemblage of ladies. Ail for
eign ministers and Chinese aud Japan-
ese embassies were also present. The
Earl of Beaconsfieid carried the sword
of State before the Queen. The Mar
quis of Salisbury was not present.
After Her Majesty had taken her
place on the throne, the Lord High
Chancellor read the royal speech. The
Queen said: “Hostilities which, before
tne close of last session of Parliament,
had broken out between| Turkey on
one hand, and Servia and Montenegro
on the other, engaged my most serious
attention, and I anxiously awaited for
an opportunity when my good offices,
together with my allies, might be use
fully interposed. This opportunity
presented itself by solicitation of Ser
via for our mediation, the offer of
which was ultimately entertained by
the Porte.” Her Majesty then refers
to the basis which, in course of ne
gotiation aud in concert with other
Powers, she deemed expedient to sub
mit to the Porte for the restoration qf
peace and the Porte’s action thereon.
While proceeding to act in this media
tion, she thought.it right, after inquiry
into the facts, to denounce to the Porte
the excesses committed in Bulgaria,
aud express her reprobation of their
perpetrators.
Her Majesty next speaks of the ar
mistice and conference in which she
was represented aud says: In taking
these steps her object has been through
out to maintain the peace of Europe and
bring about better government in dis
turbed provinces without infringing
upon the independence and integrity of
the Ottoman empire. She regrets that
proposals have not been accepted by
the Porte, but the result of the con
ference has been to show the existence
of a general agreement among Euro
pean powers, which cannot fail tc have
material effect upon the condition of
the government of Tuikev. She trusts
that the armistice yet unexpirtd will
lead to the conclusion of an honorable
peace. She has acted in cordial co
operation with her allies, with whom, as
with other foreign powers, her relations
continue friendly. Papers on these
subjects will forthwith be laid oefore
Parliament. Her Majesty alludes to
her assumption of the Imperial Nile at
Delhi, which was welcomed 'with pro
fessions of affection, and the famine in
India, to'arrest which every resource
will be employed. The remainder of
the speech is devoted to colonial and
home matters.
The Registrar in Bankruptcy has de
cided in favor of the United States on
au appeal from a decision of the trus
tee in liquidation of Clews, Habicht &
Cos. This decision will enable the United
States to prove a debt of $29,980 which
the trustee rejected on tho ground that
it was due from the New York house,
because the London house had not yet
received a remittance at the time of
Henry Clews & Co’s, failure. The an
swer was that Heury Clews & Cos. re
ceived the remittances merely as agents
of Clews, Habicht & Cos. The decision
of the trustee was overruled with costs.
London, February B.— The British
steamer Ethel,from Bilboa for Newport,
Wales, was wrecked on the 19th and
lost.
The explosion in Foss colliery, near
Bolton, killed ten persons.
Parliament meets to-day.
Grave differences are reported be
tween Lord Silisbury aud bis col
leagues. Rumors of the resignation of
Lord Salisbury are in circulation.
The causes and effects of the down
fall of Midhat Pasha are still the sub
jects of conflicting views.
CoNSTANTiNopLE.February B.—Advices
reiterate the statement that the dis
missal of Midhat Pasha does not im
ply a change in Turkey’s foreign aud
international policy.
A $30,000 Cow Dead—More Turkey
Hash.
London, February B.— The short
horn cow, the Tenth Duchess of Ge
neva, is dead. It was bought by Lord
Bective, at New York Mills, in 1873 for
over thirty thousand dollars.
The Queen made no allusion in her
speech to the American extradition
treaty.
A Vienna dispateh says the new
Grand Vizier has given special instruc
tions to continue preliminary negotia
tions with Servia. The Prince of Mou
tenegro telegraphs the Grand Vizier
his willingness to negotiate, but desires
that the negotiating be conducted with
the Ottoman Ambassador at Vienna.
Minor Telegrams.
Cincinnati, February B.— Tbesteamer
Boston struck a tow boat early this
morning at Sciotoville, Ohio, and sunk
to her upper deck. No lives were lost.
She was the largest up-river steamer
running.
New York, February B.— Martin E.
Murphy’s plaining mill on Tomkins
street was nearly destroyed.
Dannor’s lumber yard aud Green’s
flour store were damaged by fire this
morning. Loss, §40,000.
St. Louis, February B.—Juo. T.
Douglass, President of the Columbia
Life Insurance Company, and Edwin
W. Bryant, actuary, are held for mak
ing and swearing to false statements
as to the Columbia Life Insurance
Company.
New York, February 8. - There are
reasons for believing the wrecked
steamer is the George Cromwell, in
stead of the George Washington. Both
beloDg to the same line and were on the
same voyage.
Boston, February B.—Oliver S. Chap
man, of Banton, Mass., a well known
railroad contractor, and for some time
a director of the Union Pacific Rail
road, fell dead this morning.
Nashville, February 8. —The State
Senate to-day concurred in the House
resolution directing the Comptroller
and Treasurer to suspend payment
of interest on the State bonded debt.
The Democratic meeting which was
held in Hinesville oa the 22d ult. pass
ed a resolution expressing opposition
to any change in the lines between
Liberty and Mclntosh. A bill for that
purpose is before the Legislature.
A DAY WITH STEPHFNS.
THE GREAT COMMONER SURELY
GOING.
His Present Condition —He Gives up
all Thought of the World—Mrs. Fel
ton Soothing the Dyipg Statesman’s
Last Hours.
[Special Dispatch to the Constitution.]
Washington, February 7.
I called on Mr. Stephens to-day. The
change in this great man is truly
pitiable. Beyond the physical emacia
tion, which is marvelous,
HE has LITERALLY LOST HOLD
of all earthly affairs, and has turned
his eyes toward a better world.
When asked now he felt, he replied,
“Very bad—sinking.” He called con
stantly for his brother, and being
unable to pronounce the word, kept
muttering a syllable at a time ail day
long. In his delirium he talked pathet
ically of bis mother, whom it is said he
never Baw.
TALKING WITH MRS. EELTON,
who has been his constant nurse since
his sickness, he said, “I want to go.
What is there left to tie me to this
world? My brother, my comrades, my
friends have all gone, and I am ready
to go to them. I am weary of this
world and its sufferings !”
MR. STEPHENS AND BEN HILL.
While Mr. Stephens was very ear
nestly the friend of Mr. Norwood in the
late race, holding that he was entitled
to an indorsement, he speaks with
notable kindness and fairness of Mr.
Hill. He says that Mr. Hill is a great
man, and promises to be very valuable
iu the counsels of the country. Mr.
Stephens seems to have lost all earthly
animosities, and to have perfectly re
signed himself to whatever fate Is in
store for him.
A DISHEARTENING OUTLOOK.
There Is very little room to hope that
Mr. Stephens will ever recover suffi
ciently to sit in a chair again. His doc
tors think he may be able to ait up in
bed for au hour or so each day if he
continues to improve, bur it is easy to
see that they fear that the end may
come at any moment.
Ho is seized at frequent intervals
during the day with spasms of cough
ing, during which he nearly suffocates,
and it is feared that the end may come
during one of these fearful attacks.
His patience and gentleness have won
for him the love and reverence of every
one who is about him. He has scores
of visitors daily.
HE IS LYING ON HISTORIC GROUND.
He is next door to the room in which
Henry Clay died, and within a few
doors of the room in which Daniel
Webster died. Four doors off is the
suite of rooms in which Crittenden, the
splendid Kentuckian, dispensed the
princeliest hospitality, and next to that
is the suite from which Buchanan went
to his inaugural ceremonies. If the worst
should come to him, the“old National,”
so rich in historical remembrauce al
ready, will have anew claim upon the
hearts of the people. H. W, G.
The Democrats Fall into the Iladical
Trap.
ISpecial to the Constitution.]
Washington, February 7,1877.
It certainly looks as if Hayes will be
our next President.
THE DESPONDENCY
among the Democrats to-day is not eo
much on account of the decision itself,
which does not necessarily defeat Til
den, but because of the fact that the
Supreme Court Judges to-day voted in
a purely partisan way, proving that
EVEN THE ERMINE
can be eaten through by political ran
cour. It is believed that the partisan
voting will be kept up, and as the Radi
cals have one majority on the board
THEY WILL WIN,
of course. Tilden’s friends generally
give up Florida and Louisiana, and
base all their hopes on Oregon. It is
probable, however, that by the time
OREGON IS REACHED
this Returning Board will find some
way to flank the trouble there just as
the Southern Returning Boards have
done. Gen. Gordon still thiuks that
the commission will throw out one vote
from Oregon altogether, and' thus put
the election in the House which will
give us Tilden and Wheeler. As for
one. I decline to bet on or against a Re
turning Board whether it is of Southern
scalawags or Northern Radicals. Party
beats country, and justice is lashed
through the land with a caucus whip.
H. W. G.
Small Profits, but Great Sales.
(From tne Irish Times.)
A small bettle of Guinness’s porter
can be purchased anywhere for two
pence. That is the retail price, and the
profit to the manufacturer must be in
finitesimal. Yet rain-drops make the
river, aud the ocean of profit realized
by the Messrs. Guinness is simply
amazing. Sir. Benjamin Guinness paid
iucome tax on 56,000 pounds a year. It
is stated in town that the profits real
ized by Messrs. Guinness’s brewery
amount to the magnificent figure of
100,000 pounds per annum, and the
partnership has been dissolved upon
the terms that Sir Arthur is to receive
100,000 pounds, or twenty years’ pur
chase of 50,000 pounds a year. I have
also heard that Mr. E. Cecil Guinness,
who becomes the sole owner of the
brewery, offered to draw a check for
1,000,000 pounds, his brother’s share
of the concern. We have been accus
tomed to think a cheque or £40,000 or
£50,000 a wonderful document, and to
look upon the drawer with curiosity
and astonishment, but wo are utterly
lost in wonder at the idea of a fellow
citizen offering to draw a cheque and
pay down the coin to the tune of a cool
million. I can imagine the amazement
of the bank cashier to whom the cheque
would be presented, and the blank con
sternation of the manager at the sud
den demand, aud his probable inability
to meet it without realizing securities.
The population of this country is
49,000,000, and I doubt if twenty indi
viduals out of that number could draw
a cheque for a like sum with the cer
tainty of its being honored. The citi
zens of Dublin ought to be proud that
they possess in their midst a business
of such gigantic proportions. There
are not, I should say, more than half a
dozen such private concerns—l was
going to say in the United Kingdom
but, on second thought, will say the
world.
Edwin Booth and Sothern have each
given SSOO to the fund for the erection
of a tihakspeare memorial hall in
Startford-on-Avon. Of the sum re
quired (£IO,OOO, the land is agift) £6,000
has been subscribed, and Prince Leo
pold will lay the corner-stone en April
23d.
THE GREAT KICKER.
One of Soldene’s Feats that Captured
Palpitating Hearts.
[From the St. Louis Times. J
The Soldene troupe at the Grand
Opera House last week drew great
houses and succeeded in distinguishing
itself by some of the most remarkable
acta and songs ever seen or heard -on
the stage in this city. The immense
house seen there last night was due Id
a great measure to a promise of a
repetition by one of the women of the
troupe of a dance in “Chilperic,” in
which she does some extraordinary
kicking in the rain dance and chorus.
Expectation was on the tiptoe all
through the vast audience that densely
packed every corner of the house
when the time canje for this display.
The woman exceeded her first per
formance. She was dressed in a low
neck tunic, with a skirt that was a very
good imitation of a loog chemise. Her
limbs were dressed so as to look un
dressed. At times iu the dance it was
her cue to advance aud retreat on the
stage, in the midst of the bright glare
of the foot lights, kicking as she ad
vanced and retired in such a way as to
show how high she could kick. She
waa graceful, willowy, quick and de
void to the art. The mass of humanity
in the lobbies, in the balcony, and far
up iu the gallery, swayed back and
forth and yelled in applause. As the
curtain came down the wild storm of
applause was kept up until the demand
for the encore was so great that the
curtain went up again, to the renewed
delight of the audience, or the majority
at least. But when the curtain again
went down there was such another re
newal of cheering that the dancer at
last came out in the front of the cur
tain, and iu the brighter glare there
kicked once more. And then about
five hundred persons went out to take
a drink.
For the Last Time.
I From Good Words |
There is a touch of pathos about do
ing even the simplest thing “for the
last time.” It is not alone kissing the
dead that gives you this strange pain.
You feel it wheu you have looked your
last upon some scene you have loved -
wheu you stand in some quiet city
street where you know that you will
never stand again. The actor playing
his part for the last time ; the siuger
whose voice is cracked hopelessly, and
who, after this once, will never stand
before the sea of upturned faces dis
puting the plaudits with fresher voices
and fairer forms ; tho minister who has
preached his last sermon—these all
know the hidden bitterness of the
two words “never again.” How they
come to us on our birthdays as we
grow older. Never again young—al
ways nearer aud nearer to the verv
last—tho end which is universal, “the
last thing,” which shall follow all last
things, and turn them, let us hope,
from pain to joy. We put away our
boyish toys with an old headache. We
were too old to walk any longer on our
stilts—too tall to play marbl s on the
sidewalk, yet there was a pang wheu
we thought we had played with our
merry thoughts for the last time, and
life’s serious, grown-up work was wait
ing for us. May it not be that these,
too, shall seem in the light of some far
off day as the boyish games seem to
our manhood, and we shall learn that
death is but tho opening of tho gate
into the new land of promise?
Wliat Will the Fruits Be?
Tlio above article from the Interior
describes the “harvest” that the Chica
go churches are now reaping, as the
result of the labors of Mr. Moody. The
Chicago correspondent of the Philadel
phia Presbyterian asks. What will the
fruits be? aud evidently fears a crop of
tares as well as of good grain. He
says:
JLu a recent letter I gave the editorial
opinion of the Chicago Times upon what
it was pleased to call “Mr. Moody’s
Normal class” of preachers. In a late
issue the Chicago Evening Journal
takes up the same fruitful and wel
come subject, and true to its instincts
and habits, disconrseth as follows:
“Mr. Moody’s life is to mark an era
in the Christiau evangelisation of the
world. Already his system of manage
ment is beiug discerned by the masses,
and the foundation of a great ‘Moody
Church’ is laid, while the outlines of a
superstructure are seen, to which age
on age will add material, and the robust
labor of future mind aud body will
garnish and gild. Aud that now church,
now just leaving its embryo, will have
mottoes, aud these mottoes will read—
‘Not preacher, but disciple!’ ‘Not deno
mination, but Christ!’ ‘Not or man, but
of God.’ ‘Not for time, but for eterni
ty.’ Mr. Moody is a leader to-day—all
acknowledge that; and that he is a
founder of a now religious organiza
tion, which no power but the early
hand of death laid on the originator
can keep from a vigorous beiug, ail
will soou see.”
Whether, in all this, there may boa
grain, or many grains of truth, fitly or
unfitly spoken, is a question which I
do not propose to discuss at. present.
I hope the Church may never be com
pelled to meet and discuss it. All 1
wish to say now, and perhaps all 1
shall ever wish to say, is that, if my
observation and experience are any in
dications of public seotiment, there
prevails, to a considerable extent, a
feeling which is reflected by this ex
tract. Certain it is, that nearly every
day I hear the opinion openly express
ed that the day for dogmas aud doc
trines has passed; that organized
churches are useless aud expensive
luxuries; that they are inefficient and
lifeless; that an ordained ministry is
unnecessary, and that the great work of
converting the world to Christ is to be
done by the agency of uuordained
evangelists, and of Young Men’s Chris
tiau Associations. I state only what
comes under my own observation,
hoping that the experience of others
may run in a different aud more plea
sant direction. My hope is that this
too may be one of those ephemeral
and objectionable things which rise to
the surface iu times of deep religious
feeling, and then disappear, leaving no
unfavorable and destructive, influences
behind Jitem. It will certainly be a
sad thing if the present ieligious move
ment teaches people to think lightly
of the Church of Christ as a divinely
organized institution, and of an ordain
ed ministry as tb< scriptural agency
for the preaching of the glorious gospel
of the blessed God.
Mamma.—“What is the baby crying
for, Maggie?” Maggie— “1 don’t
know.” Mamma—“And what are you
looking so indignant about?” Mag
gie—“ That nasty dog’s been and took
and eaten my ’punge cake.” ■ Mamma—
"Why, I saw you eating a sponge cake
a miuute ago.” Maggie—“O, that was
baby’s!”
‘SOUTH CAROLINA.
Obstructions were placed on the track
or . the Charlotte, Columbia and Au
gusta Railroad, at Lewis’ Turnout, on
Saturday, which came near overthrow
ing a freight train.
The Sheriff sold on Monday, at Co
lumbia, a lot of 400 acres, near S W
Rookart’s, at 50c., 80c., and 8180 per
acre. Eight hundred and sixty acres
adjoining the lands of Thomas Wilson
to Samuel Dent, for 50c per acre.
It was reported in Greenville on Sun
day that Mr. Turner, from the upper
part of Greenville county, was shot
near Cokesbury by the tWed States
soldiers. Ho was a blockade runner
and resisted arrest, which resulted in
bis being killed.
At Greenville, on Sunday, Captain
Greer captured Wm. Fraday, white,
who stole a pair of oxen from Rich
mond Williams, colored, on last
Wednesday night, and brought them
to the city and sold them 'to James
Long, a colored butcher. He was
lodged in Jail.
Register: The funeral of Willie M
Morris took place from the Presby
terian Church yesterday afternooa at
four o’clock—a large number of the
friends of the deceased and of his
family attending the service at tbo
church and accompanying the remains
to their last resting place in Elmwood
Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Bryson
preached.
Register: The Supreme Court will
file a decision in the case of Ostendorf
vs. Wiiliman, holding that the election
for county officers held on the 7th of
November last was valid. This over
rules Judge Reed’s decision and sus
tains that of Judge Townsend.
Register : At Branchville, on Sunday,
a desperate negro character by the
uame of Lewis Wesley broke iuto the
house of Mr. George Fary and stole
his watch and all of his good clothes.
Mr. Fary, who had been to church,
returned home just in time to see Wes
ley making good speed out of the back
part of his premises. Ho fired upon
the thief several times, two of the shots
taking effect in the small of his back,
from which it is thought ho cannot
recover. The amusing part of the bus
iness is that Mr. Fary was about to be
married, and the thief had captured
bis wedding suit. Having recovered
the articles, however, he will be mar
ried, in the language of our informant,
“youst Hke his close had never been
stoled.”
(■Special to the Journal of Commerce.!
Colombia, February G.—-Judge Car
penter to-day rendered a decision in
the injunction case against Chamber
lain and Cardozo and the Banks which
are the depositories of the State funds.
The decree continues the injunction
restraining the Banks from paying out
the State funds on checks signed by
Chamberlain and Cardozo, and restrain
ing Cardozo from signing any checks
as Treasurer. The order reads,
“until a final decree is made,” and re
quires the complainants to file a proper
bond with the Clerk of the Court.
Supreme Court has decided in the
Wiliiman and Ostendorff case that the
election held on the 7th of November
for county officers was good and valid.
This decision gives Ostendorff the
county clerkship of Cn&rleston,
and Macon B. Allen the pro
bate judgeship of the same
county, ousting Wiliiman and Buist.
In the Supreme Court to-day, Attor
ney-General Conner finished his argu
ment in the case of the State ex. rel.
R. M. Sims vs. Hayne. Smiley Stone
was considerably flustered by the ques
tion asked him by the judges regard
ing the action of the hoard in throwing
out Laurens and Edgefield. The ques
tions conveyed a stinging rebuke, and
Mr. Stone showed grout nervousness
and uneusiness. The Court suggested
that an order be prepared makiug
Messrs. Kennedy and Elliott parties to
the cause, as Attorney-General and
Adjutant-GeDeral, Messrs. Stone and
Purvis having ceased to exercise those
offices. Attorney-General Conner took
the matter into consideration, as of
course, he does not recognize the first
named individuals as officers. Smiley
Stone will probably conclude his argu
ment to-morrow, and will be followed
by Air. LeConte for the Democratic
side.
A Congressional Nabob.
I happened to overhear the other
day a chat which was highly amusing.
There sits behind a Congressional desk
a portly aldermanic gentleman whose
wealth is almost fabulous. His broad
cloth is of satin gloss ; bis hat of irre
proachable shape and shine ; his boots
—(O, dear ! they are made by a fash
ionable boot-maker, but not all his
skill could make those dreadful feet
shapely, so I had better not have men
tioned them)—but his fat hands are
stuffed in delicate kids, and he walks
with almost as consequential a roll as
does Bruce, tte dusky Senator. In a
Pullman car, he was confiding to a
friend the way his success has been
achieved. He was proud of his career
and quite willing every one in the
vicinity should listen. Said he : “I was
a poor boy ; I run errands, held bosses
(his own pronunciation), sveep out
offices and such like, till a law
yer made me his messenger; I
always could see through a millsfun,
and Mr. found I understood
quicker than his older clerks, so little
by little I bad his confidence, and I
learned the tricks of the trade pretty
well. I kep my eyes open and by-and
by when I found a nice openin in anew
neighborhood, I told Mr. he
might open a branch office for shavin
notes and doin mortgages. He though t
about it and give me the chance,
though I was only twenty-two. I be
gun makin a little money; then, liliga
tin on my own account, till by the time
I was thirty I was makin $30,000 a year
That didn’t suit me; I knew I could do
better, so I moved down into Wall
street, and bless you 1 I make $30,000
now on a single case very often. This
litigatin is very good business if you
understand it; if you don’t you had
better let It alone”—and he wagged
his head solemnly. I wonder if he uu
deistands as much about law making
as he does about “litigating—Washing
ton Correspondence Belfast (Me.) Journal.
A Note from Miss Neilson.
Clarendon Hotel, New York.
To the Editors of the Richmond Dispatch:
Dear Sirs: My attention has been
called to a paragraph in your paper of
January 29th to the effect that I was
some years ago divorced from my hus
band, “a Mr. Lee.” There Is no foun
dation for that statement, clearly the
result of misinformation.
Yours truly,
Lilian Adelaide Lek-Neilson.
February 3, 1877.
(Let the Whig, the Baltimorean, the
Augusta papers, and ail others, take
due notice, and apologise.]
SIX DOLLARS A YEAR
GEORGIA NEWS.
oi£ 1876 the PoUce in Atlanta made
lected arre6t8 ’ “ <1 813,328 25 were eol
i. r &Aroad pool Is endeavoring to
I Line Company into
A curiosity in the canine line in Sa
ivjnoahiaayoMgpurpwith the face
and hide of a coon.
. governor offers a reward of five
hundred dollars for the arrest of the
incendiaries who burned the gin house
of Mr. J. D. Frederick, In Macoa
county, last December.
H J. be Press says: “We learn
at some of the saloon proprietors
kayecompHed with the law and paid
in their five hundred dollar tax cash in
advance, and others have given notes.”
The estimated net loss to the city of
Savannah and the State of Georgia, by
e yellow fever of last summer anil
fall, is given by Dr. Ely McClellan, an
experienced surgeon of the United
States army, at $5,609,857.
Vf 188 some highway robbers,
who met Mr. Ira Childers, who had
been living on Mr. Craig’s farm in that
county, knocked him down, and forci*
bly took from him his pocket-book
containing seventy-five dollars.
Agricola, in the Romo Courier, up
on the question of burning off the
woods says: “Forty years ago, when
the Indians lived in this country, there
very little chills and fever among
■pm, and it is known wherever they
TJve they always keep the woods burnt
A charter of a railroad from Law
rence ville to the Air-Lme has been pre
pared and forwarded to the Legisia
ture, to be introduced at this session.
lue leading property holders, diiectly
interested, are taking a deep interest
in the matter.
The Hinesville Gazette says: “Much
of the seed cane, we are informed, has
been seriously injured by the freezing
weather, Borne of the farmers will be
sadly disappoint _a when they open
tneir cane banks and find that Jack
Frost made a visit there about Christ
mas times.”
The Brunswick Advertiser ears: We
will give one year’s subscription of the
Advertiser for the spiciest, short com
munication from the pen of any Jady
reader, for the next issue of our paper.
We don’t care whom or what it hits,
even if it be the devoted heads of “we”
ourselves.
Iu Binb Superior Court Mr. Craig
has been awarded 83,000 damages
against the Southwestern Railroad
Company. He claimed 810,000. Craig
was a fireman ou a freight train which,
at Howard’s station, in November,
1873, ran into some cars on the track,
during a dark and stormy night. Mr*
Craig, apprehending a collision, jumped
off, and bad his collar bone broken.
Mr. John H Smith, or Tattnall county,
having seen the announcement that Dr.
John Dore, who died lately in Virginia
at the advanced age of eighty-four, was
the oldest Mason in the world, writes
to the Hinesniie Gazette : “I was made
a Mason in Rising Sun Lodge, in Tatt
nall county, on the 14th day of Decem
ber, 1821. While I write I have the
minutes of the lodge before me. I am
now in my eighty second year, and havo
never used glasses.”
Hon. Henry Hillyer has offered an
important resolution in the House, iu
which he recites that the present
United States bankrupt law has failed
to meet the just demands of the com
mercial interests of the country, and
asks that our Senators aud Represen
tatives iu Congress be requested to uso
their influence to secure its repeal.
This resolution is calculated to accom
plish great good, aud is highly com
mended. The Judiciary Committee
will no doubt report it back with their
full indorsement.
Valdosta Times: We are again called
upon to chronicle the death of one of
our most estimable citizens. Mrs. Mary
J. Nlcbuls died of pneumonia on the
29th ult, aud was buried in our ceme
tery the following day. A large con
course of sympathizing friends met at
the Baptist Church to attend the sol
emn and impressive funeral service by
the pastor. Her mortal body was then
borne to its resting place, and laid
peacefully away in the silent grave.
Telegraph: We are informed that
Mr. Edwin Booth is preparing for a
Southern tour under his own manage
ment, aud at the head of a company of
bis own selection and organization.
This is finer dramatic news than we ex
pected to have this season, but the
success of the great tragedian was so
great last year, that he considers a re
canvass of the Southern circuit a safe
adventure. Aud so it is for him, as his
business will be limited only by the ca
pacity of the buildings in which ho
plays.
Startling scene in the Congregational
Church at Genesee, N. Y., on a recent
Sunday: After the ffirst hymn, a
wealthy and respected resident arises
in his pew, takes out his watch and,
addressing the clergyman, exclaims:
“ There is a devil in this church, and I
give her just five minutes to live!” At
the same instant he drew a revolver
and pointed it at a lady seated in a pew
in front of him. The lady was discreet.
She rose quietly and left the churoh.
This insane procedure seems to have
been occasioned by the fact that the
lady’s son bad lately eloped with the
irate citizen’s daughter, and he was
convinced that it was all the result of
the mother-in-law’s machinations.”
Macon Telegraph: Uncle Bart Hutch
ings, of Jones county, says he is not a
Diogenes, and be never went about in
the broad sunshine, with his lamp
trimmed and burning, looking for an
honest man. Still he thinks he has
found that rara avis and locates him in
California. Ihe circumstances are as
follows: In 1850 Mr. Hutchings went
to California, which was then the El
Dorado of the West. He took with
him a neighbor of his, from Jones pay
ing all expenses, with the understand
ing that the man was to work out the
amount after the two reached Califor
nia. Owing to one circumstance
and another the man never suc
ceeded in working out the debt, and
when Mr. Hutchings started for home
his friend owed him about S7OO. That
was more than a quarter of a century
ago, and Mr. H. heard nothing from his
debtor until last October, when he re
ceived from him a money order for
fifty dollars. In November he received
an order for a similar amount, and iu
December received another, and the
man assures him that he shall have
like sums until the entire debt shall
have been discharged. This Is cer
tainly an unusual occurrence, and one
that is calculated to open the eyes of
the degenerate race among which wo
live and move and do our swindling.
It shows that there is still some hon
esty left, even ir oce has to go to Cali
fornia to fiud it.