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i HE CONSTITUTIONALIST
THURSDAY, May 1875.
Another thrilling chapter, written by
people on board of the ill-fated Schil
ler, is given this morning.
John Baku has been sentenced to pay
a tine of SI,OOO for e tabbing Willie
Spenoek in Atlanta.
The Pope was seriously ill yester
day, and to-day not sick at all. Of
such are cable dispatches sent over the
wires.
Opr paper is largely made up this
morning of original matter. Very in
teresting correspondence from South
Carolina, Atlanta, Waynesboro and St.
Louis will richly repay perusal.
The Macon Telegraph thinks that the
practice of the Atlanta papers heading
every Associated Press Dispatch /‘re
ported expressly,” etc., is “too thin.”
We think it is too thick, especially
those head-lines.
The Grand Encampment of Knights
Templar was the local event in the
city yesterday. A full account of the
proceedings appears on the fourth page,
embracing a verbatim report of the
address of Dr. J. Emmet Blacksiiear.
The regular meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Georgia Railroad
takes place on the Bth day of June. Up
to that day candidates for the po
sition of Superintendent are in order.
Iu addition to the qualifications alrea
dy laid down, that hapless individual,
“the proper man,” should be a four
liorse bare back rider.
The grasshoppers are still advancing
\ipoD doomed Missouri and lowa in
solid, irresistible phalanx. The day of
fasting And prayer don’t come till the
3d of June. The Governor is too slow.
Hu should have been as quick as the
man driving a pair of horses across a
bridge, when the animals commenced
backing and had the hind wheels near
ly off. “ Tom, if you know any prayer
say it quick.” Tom —“ Lord, make us
thankful for what we are about to re
ceive.”
Great Feat in Journalism.—On the
morning of the 21st instant, the Augus
ta Constitutionalist contained a full ac
count, of the Mecklenburg Centennial
at Charlotte the previous day, includ
ing the speeches on the occasion, and
.filling seventeen columns of that paper!
Charlotte is more than two hundred
miles from Augusta. * * * *
This is equal to some of the feats ac
complished by the New York Herald.
The report covers every thing which
happened up to 12 o’clock of the night
before the paper was issued l—Athens
( Ga.) iVatchman.
The Augusta Constitutionalist.—
This paper, always a first-class news
jenrnal and edited with great ability,
lias performed a wonderful journalistic
feat in printing the proceedings of the
Centennial celebration at Charlotte the
day afterwards. It occupies seventeen
long columns of closely printed matter,
with verbatim reports of the several
speeches and minute particulars of the
proceedings,* etc. It will, no doubt,
iprove to be a fuller report than even
,the wonderful New York Herald will
£ive the day after the celebration, if
th*at journal succeeds in securing such
a report at all. The Constitutionalist
has displayed great enterprise in get
ting up this report. —Greenville (S. C.)
News.
The New York Herald only had five
columns and a half.
FROM RICHMOND.
The Y. M. C. A. Convention—Election
of Officers.
Richmond, Va., May 20. —The Inter
national Convention Y. M. C. A. met
here to-day. It was called to order by
F. D.ji'i’aylor, of Detroit, President of
the last convention. The convention
adjourned until 4p. m. to await arrival
of Northern delegates, and when re
assembled over 400 delegates were in
attendance, representing 30 States,
Territories and provinces. After de
votional exercises and temporary bus
iness, the following permanent officers
chosen; President, J. Hardee, Selma,
Ala.; Vice-Presidents, R.K. Remington,
Massachusetts', W. R. Jessup, New
York ; J. B. Morrow, Nova Scotia; L.
W. Mimhall, Indiana ; George Hague,
•Ontario; M. S. Crosby, Michigan ; D.
<C. English, New Jersey ; J. B. O’Brien,
Tennessee ; D. A. Waldron, Rhode Is
land ; Jno. L. Wheat, Kentucky ; D. R.
Noyes, Minnessota ; W. P. Mumford,
Virginia; Recording Secretary, J. B.
L. Graham, Maryland ; Assistant Sec
retaries, H. L. Parker, Massachusetts ;
E. T. Lockhart, Georgia, and J, W.
Jones, Richmond.
Ilji Jails lonstihitumalist
FROM WASHINGTON.
An Ex-Confederate Going to Egypt.
Washington, May 26.—Major Chas.
J. Graves, of Rome, Ga., is here en route
for Egypt to enter the Khedive’s service
as Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers.
Major Graves was a Federal graduate
but thought honor called him to the
South.
The Sioux Indians Visit Grant —Spot-
ted Tail Denies that He Called De
lano a Liar.
The Sioux Indians visited the Presi
dent to-day, who made a speech on
the subject of another location for
them. He did not want them to leave
their homes where they were born
without their consent, but would point
out advantages of entering into an
agreement that he would propose
through the Interior Department. The
President alluded to the great difficul
ty of keeping the whites away from the
Black Hills, and said each recurring
year the difficulty would be greater un
less the Indians grant the right to go
to that country. No speeches were
made by the Indians, except that of
Spotted Tail, who, with some show of
indignation, denied that he had said
the Secretary of the Interior was a
liar.
Attorney General Pierrepont has is
sued a circular that “Henceforth, the
practice of the District Attorney of em
ploying substitutes must be discon
tinued, and no compensation for such
service rendered to this department
will be sanctioned.”
A Southern Actress.
Washington, May 26. —Miss R. O. Le
vy, who made her debut in Charleston,
S. C., a few years ago, as an amateur,
made her appearance here in the char
acer of “Pauline,” as a finished actress,
on the 24th inst.
FROM MISSOURI.
Grasshoppers Drenched —The Presby
terian Assembly.
St. Joseph, Mo., May 26.—A heavy
rain has drenched millions of grass
hoppers.
Most of the time of the Presbyterian
Assembly was taken up yesterday in
testimony and the reading of records in
the Wilson case. This was finally fin
ished, and to-day Rev. Stuart Robinson
will make an argument for the Louis
ville Presbytery, and Rev. J. J. Cooke,
for complainant.
In the morning session of the Pres
byterian General Assembly to-day, the
report of tbe Committee on Foreign
Missions was read and discussed. The
Board asks for $545,000 for foreign
missions for next year. It was agreed
to publish the correspondence between
the commissioners of Northern aud
Southern General Assemblies iu the
appendix of the minutes.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
A Scandalous Clergyman—Honors to
Breckinridge.
New Oh leans, May 26.—Rev. W. E.
Copeland, who recently figured in a
scandal case in Baltimore, aud who
preached in one of the Baptist Churches
of this city on Sunday last, has, it. is
reported, left the city, though shadowed
by t he police.
Friends of the late John C. Breckin
ridge met at, St. Charles’ Hotel last
night, and adopted resolutions eulo
gizing the life aud character of the de
ceased.
FROM NEW YORK,
Tlie Erie Railroad Declared Insol
vent and a Receiver Appointed.
New York, May 26.— President Jewett
has called a meeting of Erie Directors,
in consequence of the refusal of the
Pennsylvania Coal Company to buy
Erie coal lands.
The Tribune says a director of the
Erie Railroad Company, iu conversa
tion with one of its reporters last night,
said the Erie Railroad Company will
probably default on its June interest,
in consequence of failure to obtain ex
pected money from the Delaware,
Lackawanaaud Western and Delaware
and Hudson Companies. In view of
this fact, there will probably be an ap
plication for a receiver on Wednesday
on the ground of insolvency, but not
bankruptcy, of the corporation. This
action will be taken under the State
law and will be designed to protect all
interests concerned.
Mr. Jewett, President of the Erie
Railroad was appointed Receiver of the
company by the Supreme Court this
morning.
Efforts to Patch Up the Northern Pa
cific Railroad.
New York, May 26.—The committee
appointed by the bondholders of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company, to
form a plan for the future action of the
bondholders, report that they have
given careful consideration to the mat
ter and rehearse the appointment of a
receiver and the order of the court,
which maintains the former system of
selling the company’s bonds and the
conversion of bonds into land. Under
this decree the road is to be sold and
the committee recommend a purchase
by tho bondholders. They propose
that tho committee attend the sale of
the railroad and other property of the
company with a view to the purchase of
of the same aud take the title therefor,
for the benefit, of all parties assenting
to and complying with conditions of
the plan and assuming management of
the road; to attend to all financial mat
ters necesary to the execution of the
plan; to place the railroad and proper
ty again under the control of a Board
or Managers to be here association.
At the annual meeting for election of
Directors of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Compand to-day the following were
chosen: Sidney Dillon, Geo. A. Scott,
Jay Gould, Jas. Smith, Chas. J. Os
borne, Geo. J. Forrest, Rufus Hatch,
Oliver Ames, John Riley. About 95,000
shares were voted op.
THE TURF.
The Races at Baltimore.
Baltimore, May 26.—First day of the
Pimlico races—Track heavy and at
tendance fair. Fiist race, dash of
three-quarters of a mile, for maidens,
nine started —won by Tom Ochiltree.
Time, 1:24%. The second race, for the
Bhesupeake stakes, one and a quarter
miles, nine started—won by Fiuewosk.
Time, 2:25>£. The third race, for handi
cap stakes' for 4-year olds, one mile
heats, nine started —won by Piccolo.
Fourth race, trial steeple chase —won
by Baronet. Time, 3:22.
Count Nugeht, Jlma de Murska’s
husband, is himself a most excellent
performer on the bazoo.
The sea serpent has been sighted off
Maine. He appeared- to be well but
was reticent and in a hurrp.
-A.UGUST.A., GA., THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 27. 1875.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Derby Day- Religious Procession For
bidden in Berlin—The Pope Not Se
riously 111.
London, May 26.—The great event on
the English racing calendar, the run
for the Derby stakes, took place to-day
on Epsom Downs, and was won by Gal
opin. Claremont came in second, and
the Repentance colt third. Eighteen
started.
Berlin, May 26.—Tho Government
forbids the procession in honor of the
Pope’s jubilee.
Vienna, May 26.— The bearer of an
anonymous letter, offering a million of
florins for Bismarck’s assassination,
has been arrested.
Rome, May 26. —The Pope is not se
riously ill.
Paris, May 26. .The Bishop of Nis
mes is dead.
Particulars of the Derby Race.
London, May 26.—There was a dense
crowd at the Derby race, including the
Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke
aud Duchess of Edinburg, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Lome and the
Duke of Cambridge. The weather was
line. The betting against Galopin was
two to one; against Claremont 14 to 1,
and against tho Repentance colt 12 tol.
Galopin won easily by a length. Gar
terly Bell came in fourth, followed in
the order named by Seymour, Lord
Berners, Punch, Bay of Naples, lilalfe,
Earl of Dantrey, Gilbert, Woodward,
Temple Bar, Fareham, Earlston, Camp
balls, Breechloader and Telescope. The
time of tha raco was 2:47.
Proceedings of the French Assembly.
Tlie reconstruction of the committee
of thirty was completed by the Assem
bly to-day. The committee is com
posed of twenty members of all sec
tions of the Left; four supporters of
M. Walton and six deputies of the
Right. Among the members are
Wad ding ton, Albert, Grevy, Simon and
Christophe. The Left voted iu the six
duputies of tlie Right so that tho ma
jority might ho represented iu the
committee ; but it is believed that five
will decline to serve.
John Miteliel’s Heat Given to His Op
ponent.
Dublin, May 26.— The Court of Com
mon Pleas, to which the appeal iu the
case of the Tipperary election was re
ferred, has unanimously decided the
late John Mitchel was disqualified, and
that Mr. Moore is entitled to the seat.
FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
The Republican Convention—Resolu
tions Adopted—Third Term Denoun
ced, but Grant Eulogized—Hartranft
Nominated for Governor.
Lancaster, May 26.—The Republican
State Covention was called to order by/
Russell Errett, Chairman of the State
Committee. At 12 o’clock John Cessna
was eleeted temporary Chairman. Af
ter the roll call several committees, in
cluding one of thirteen, on tlie resolu
tions and platform, were appointed.
Hon. C. McPherson is Chairman ol’ the
Committee on Platform.
The convention was permanently or
ganized by the election of Geu. Harry
White, President, aud C. D. Elliott, Sec
retary. The anti-third term resolution
received tremendous applause.
The Republican Convention adopted
resolutions affirming their continued
adhesion to tlie party and declare fun
damental principles of their political
faith, as follows:
1. The equality of all men before the
law, equal justice to all and special
favors to none.
2. The harmony of the National and
State governments, both are parts of
one system, alike necessary for the
common prosperity, peacu and security.
3. The unity of the nation. We are
one people. The Constitution of the
United States forms a Government,
not a league.
4. A faithful execution of laws, an
economical administration of Govern
ment, integrity in office, honesty in all
branches of the civil service and a rigid
accountability of public officers.
5. Protection to home industry and
a home market for home products.
6. The right of the laborer to protec
tion and encouragement and the pro
motion of harmony between labor and
capital.
7. Cheap transportation and the ad
vancement of closer intercourse be
tween all parts of the country.
8. Free banking, a safe and uniform
national currency adjusted to the
growing wants of the business interest
of the country and a steady reduction
of the national debts.
9. The public domain being the heri
tage of the people should be reserved
for actual settlers exclusively.
10. The equalization of tho bounties
of soldiers and a speedy settlement of
all just claims arising out of the late
war.
9. Honest men in office ; men with
brains enough to know dishonesty
when they see it, and courage enough
to fight it wherever they find it.
The resolutions also declare against
a third term but eulogize in the highest
the administration of Grant. In pre
senting the name of Hai tranft for re
election, they declare it meets the
unanimous wish of their constituents,
who desire to indicate in this manner
their approval of his conduct as Chief
Magistrate of the State. They arraign
Democrats for failing to redeem the
pledges upon which they partially at
tained power in the State and heartily
commend theeffurtsof the Government
against whiskey frauds. Hartranft was
nominated for Governor and H. W.
Rawle for State Treasurer.
FROM OHIO.
The Presbyterian Assembly Tlie
North and Houth Union—A Dreadful
Catastrophe.
Cleveland, May 26.—-In the Presby
terian General Assembly a resolution
was adopted regretting that negotia
tions relating to fraternal correspond
ence with the Southern Church had
failed. The Assembly, however, deems
it inexpedieut to press tlie question
through another committee, and at the
same time expresses unequivocally its
confidence iu the. integrity aud Chris
tian character of brethren of the South
ern Church.
Cincinnati, May 26.—A dispatch from
Columbus says: While some men were
at work on a scaffold, putting a truss
roof on tlie Central Ohio Lunatic Asy
lum, tlie scaffold gave way, precipita
ting six of them to the ground, a dis
tance of seventy feet, instantly killing
tbree, named Geo. Brown, Jerry Ryan
and Albert Gottleib, and fatally injur
ing the other three, named Ben. Smith,
Wm. Harmon and Fred. Kuntz.
The most effective counter-irritant
next to a dry goods clerk is the supe
rior bibed of the jewelry store.
A patent medicine agent recently
stuck handbills on all the gravestones
in the cemetery at Melrose, Mass,
GEXERAL ASSEMBLY.
The Presbyterians in Council—Re
ports on Various Subjects—The
Cause of Education—Progress of the
Church in Communicants and Wealth
—Savannah the Next Place of Meet
ing-Agreeing to Disagree on North
ern and Southern Union.-
[Regular Correspondence Constitutionalist]
St. Louis, Mo., 1
Saturday Morning, 2.d May, 1875. j
The Assembly met at 9 a. m, The
minutes of Friday were read and af
firmed.
Dr. Gerardeau, from the Committee
on
Bills and Overtures,
presented several overtures from va
rious Presbyteries. These overtures
were, by vote of tho house, referred to
the various committees having iu charge
the business to which such overtures
pertained. Dr. Waddell read the report
on
Education.
The report was closed by some practi
cal recommendations, as to the cor
rection of certain evils connected with
the administration of the funds of this
scheme—for example, some of the
beneficiaries have been unworthy—
some lack gifts—some lack grace, aud
the committee strongly recommend to
the Assembly to enjoin on all Presby
teries that they be careful in takiug up
and educating young men who mistake
their calling in choosing the ministry.
Another recommendation is that, in
stead of congregations selecting young
men and educating them for tho minis
try, such congregations are affection
ately advised by them to send their
young men aud their money through
their presbyteries to the Committee of
Education and the care of the Profes
sors, so as to give concerted action to
the whole Church in this matter. Va
rious other important suggestions were
embodied.
Last Thursday of February, 1876, as
a day of prayer by all our churches
for the cause of education, $13,829.18
were received by the Treasurer during
the year.
The report was sent to the Standing
Committee on Education and the Treas
urer’s report to the Auditing Commit
tee.
Dr. Baird, of Richmond, Va., read
the report on Publication. The scheme
is one of the most useful and effective
evangelical enterprises of the Church.
It sends the Gospel by books, tracts
and periodicals throughout the whole
country.
By co-operating with the Reformed
Church of the United States, the Board
hopes to be able to increase its useful
ness during the year. The
Reformed Body
have issued two catechisms, which are
peculiarly suited to the wants of the
colored people, which are now placed
in the hands of our Board for gratui
tous distribution. It is proposed by
the Board to unite with tlie Reformed
Church Board iu publishing one paper,
and course of lessons for the Sabbath
schools of both bodies.
The property in Richmond, Va., was
bought at a cost of $45,000, but offices
leased by the committee enable them
to sit rent free and pay all interest on
debt resting on the building.
The committee have distributed
already about $41,000 worth of evan
gelical literature. This scheme is tho
only branch of the Church’s work
which is self-sustaining.
The Report was one of the ablest yet
presented to the house. It was well
received and sent to tho Auditing Com
mittee.
The Next Assembly
was by unanimous vote appointed to
be held in Savannah in May, 1876. —
Dr. S. Robertson wished to have the
next meeting at Louisville, and Dr.
Gerardeau spoke of the wish of the
Charleston people to have the Assem
bly there, but Dr. Robertson said he
hoped they would vote unanimously
for Savannah.
It Was resolved at this point that a
public meeting be held on Tuesday and
one on Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock,
tlie former in the interests of foreign
missions aud the latter in the interests
of sustentatiou.
Monday and Tuesday forenoon were
named as the days for receiving foreign
delegates.
The house was now addressed by the
Rev. Mr. Logan, from the Cumbeiland
Presbyterian Church. He gave a his
torical account of the rise and progress
of the church which ho represented, of
the desolations caused by the war, in
cluding tho burning of her churches,
and the ruin of her seminaries, and the
blood shed of her sons; but rejoiced
totiud their church in a more prosper
ous state to-day than she ever was.
This church has now 2,016 congrega
tions and about 95,000 Communicants,
besides a Board of Publication at Nash
ville, and church property now worth
about twenty millions. He concluded
his address by commending the spirit
of the age which is a spirit of union.
The Moderator addressed the dele
gate in courteous and fraternal terms.
It seems that the friends of the North
have very little hope of an organic
union, at least for some years to come,
as the following will show. We cut it
from the Record:
[From the Central Presbyterian.]
A Hard Road to Travel.
The Philadelphia Presbyterian makes
the following good-humored remark
about our approaching General Assem
bly :
“Men op Mask. -The Southern Presby
teries are sending tlier picked men to the
Assembly, at St. Louis. Dr. Stuart Robin
son goes from Louisville; Dr. Moses D.
Hugo, from Richmond; Dr. B. M. Palmer,
from New Orleans; Dr. J. R. Wilson, from
Wilmington, N. C.: and Dr. Irvine, from
Augusta, Ga. The people of St. Louis will
hear some of the best preaching to be had
in this country, but ‘fraternal relations’
will have a hard road to travel.
The “way of transgressors” has al
ways been “hard.” Our men, both the
“picked” and the unpicked, know how
zealously and furiously the men of the
North, both the “picked” and the un
picked, labored through long years to
break up all “fraternal relations.” And
now when they propose a restoration,
we do by no means desire they should
travel over a hard regd. AH we ask is
that they “make straight paths unto
their feet;” that they just come toils
by tlie plaiu, old scriptural rule of
“doing justly,” But if they are set upon
takiug a round, about way, no doubt
these “picked men ” will make it hard
enough to travel; and they ought.
One of the most recent of the sicken
ing St. Louis sensations is that which
tells of the discovery of the putrefyiug
body of a small :pox patient in the bot
tom of a well, from which a number of
families had been getting water for
some time. Strange to say, the people
did not detect any peculiarity in the
taste of the beverage. They will
henceforth, be proof against small-pox.
WAYNESBORO.
Burke County Superior Court—Ru
mors of Trouble with the Negroes—
A Ifoung Tornado —What Waynes
boro is—Minor Points.
[Special Correspondence Constitutionalist.]
Waynesboro, Ga., May 26,1875.
Waynesboro, the county seat of
Burke; one of the largest and richest
counties in the State, is the principal
town between Augusta and Savannah
and does quite a large business in cot
ton. For a few years after the war it
appeared to be losing its former impor
tance, but in the past six or seven years
it has recovered its prestige and is
going forward rapidly—business hav
ing increased greatly and new build
ings are going up all around. Iu fact
it seems to your correspondent that,
compared to the size of the town aud
the large area of surrounding country
from which it draws its trade, that
there are not enough stores here. In
former years most of the cotton pro
duced iu this section was sent to Au
gusta for a market, but now it is mostly
purchased hero from the producer at
the market price and shipped to Savan
nah, ouo firm buying almost all that is
offered. During the season so far,
about 8,000 bales have been shipped,
over 6,000 bales of which were sold
hero.
The Superior Court
of Burke, Spring term, convened last
Monday week, Judge Wm. Gibson pre
siding, but on the second day it was
adjourned until yesterday, on account
of several resident and other attorneys,
having cases in court, being in attend
ance on the Supreme Court iu Atlanta.
Upon convening yesterday Judge Gib
son proceeded with the call of the
Common Law Docket, when several
cases were postponed on account of
the absence of attorneys. A total di
vorce was granted to a colored couple
who had tired of wearing the matri
monial noose, and in an equity case
tho bill was taken pro confesso , and a
decree entered for the complainant.
After several other cases were disposed
of in tlie afternoon, court adjourned
until this morning. The grand jury re
turned several true bills against colored
parties for larceny, and one for assault
with intent to murder.
This morning tho criminal docket
was taken up and the Court proceeded
rapidly with it. Several cases of minor
importance were dieposed of, while
others, in which counsel were not ready
or witnesses were absent, were con
tinued. The Solicitor General and
Judge Gibson seemed disposed to act
in a decided manner with defaulting
witnesses who failed to appear after
being summoned. The Solicitor Gen
eral asked for a rule in two or three
eases. Court will probably adjourn to
morrow.
Personal.
We noticed iu attendance at this
Court, besides Judge Gibson and the
Solicitor General, several other promi
inent Augustans—Judge W. W. Mont
gomery, W. A. Walton and M. P. Car-
Foil, Esqs.
The Irrepressible Conflict of Races.
When Judge Gibson arrived here
Wednesday week, for the purpose of
opening court, he was met at the depot
by a deputation, or committee, of col
ored men, who informed him that they
desired to be represented on tlie juries,
aud, in fact, they had their list of ju
rors made out. Judge Gibson stated
to them that tlie jurors for this term
had been drawn sometime since. The
would-be juroi3 then left. However,
when court convened there was a very
large crowd of negroes iu tho Court
House, filliug all the benches outside
the bar—the number being estimated
at fully one hundred and fifty, besides
a number outside loafing under tlie
trees. From appearances they were
still anxious to be represented on the
juries. During the afternoon a negro
in the court room exhibited a pistol,
which was seen by the Judge, who or
dered his arrest for carrying concealed
weapons. The negro’s name is Josiah
Morris, of Morrison, a kind of leader
of his color, and troublesome withal,
ever since the Civil Rights agita
tion commenced. He did not wil
liugly accompany the officers to
jail, they having to push him along
at times, while he in the mean
time beckoned to tlie other negroes to
follow him. no was placed in jail, and
a crowd of his friends congregated at
a corner of the street near by and held
a long confab. They eventually dis
persed and the prisoner, Morris, was
bailed. There was no excitement over
the matter, and nothing much thought
of it again until this morning, when, at
a rather early hour, it was reported
generally about town that a company
of negroes had come from the eouutry
and
Stacked Arms
just outside the place. The object of
this act was considered by all the citi
zens as intended to intimidate the
Court, as it was expected Morris would
bo brought to trial by Judge Gibson at
once. A citizen (and county officer as
well) eventually went out to the point
indicated and found there ten or a
dozen negroes with arms, the party ap
pearing, iu army parlance, as though it
was an advanced picket. Afterward a
gentleman coming from his plantation
to town to take the train for Augusta
passed the party, all of whom appeared
to be lying on the grass sward
beside their guns. Being acquainted
with most of the party he said, “how
are you, boys ? ” but they did not deign
to notice him. At the closing of this
letter it seems there is no apprehen
sion of tumble. Yet it is a well known
fact that the negroes are iu the major
ity iu this county ; and, judging from
what we have heard, they have had so
many privileges accorded them in the
past that they now cry “More ! more!”
They are dissatisfied because they are
not allowed to have tho Court House to
hold political meetings in, but they
should know that Judge Gibson has
also forbidden the use of the Court
Room iu Richmond county for either
white or colored political meetings.
The negroes of Burke county seem
to have, of late years, assumed such an
aggressive attitude as to cause every
citizen in the county, aud young men
under age, also, to arm themselves for
the purpose of self-pioteetion.
A Tornado on a Small Scale.
Yesterday, not long after the hour of
noon, a light rain fell hero, and soon
afterward dark clouds hovered over
the eastern horizon from which heavy
distant thunder apparently proceeded.
No more rain, however, fell here,
though greatly needed, but this morn-,
ing information was received to the
effect that a heavy rain, hail and wind
storm had oocurred at the time men
tioned in the neighborhood of Bodsford
Church, twelve miles distant, which
was very injurious in its effects.
On Two or Three Plantations
as far as heard from, fences were biown
down, even to the bottom rail, shingles
torn from some of the outhouses, two
or three cribs and barns nearly demol
ished and some trees blown down, but
there was no injury to life or limb.
The effects of the storm, so far as your
correspondent can learn at this writing,
were merely local iu their character.
It is barely possible that it extended
any further than the locality men
tioned. The hail which fell severely in
jured young plants and watermelon
vines on one plantation.
Crop News.
Corn and cotton are progressing fine
ly considering the great drawback
they have had to encounter, a late
Spring putting them back fully two
weeks and the present need of rain
throughout this section of country, ex
cepting of courso that visited by the
showery storm or yesterday. In con
versation with leading planters we learn
that there is little if any increase in the
area of grain planted, cotton seeming
still to demand the principal attention
of farmers and planters generally.—
There is of course a bare possibility of
being mistaken in this estimate.
A Pleasant Affair.
After treating of the darker side of
the occurrences of yesterday it is grati
fying to your correspondent to turn to
something pleasant. A most interest
ing concert took place hist night at
Masonic Hall for the benefit of the
Stonewall Rifles, which was highly
enjoyed by every one present, the hall
being filled with an appreciative audi
ence, largely composed of ladies. The
inimitable Mrs. Jarley was there too,
and the exhibition of her likeliko “wax
aggers” emphatically brought down the
house. Mrs. Jarley, represented by a
lovely Atlanta young lady, who most
assuredly acted well her part, could not
well have dispensed with the services
of the representative of Mr. Slum.
“ Poor Pillieody ” was excellently
rendered by the young lady and gen
tleman amateurs, the characters being
“ Sarah,” by Miss L., (very fine indeed”,
“ Pillieody,” by Mr. Jones, (who showed
full confidence in himself and acted
well); “Mrs. Pillieody.” by Miss C.,
(who had a hue conception of the char
acter); “Mrs. O’Scuttle” and “Capt.
O’Scuttle,” by Miss S. and Mr. Barnes,
(both of whom, though only a short
time on the stage, elicited the commen
dation of the spectators). The song
and chorus, “ Soldiers’ Suit of Grey,”
was sung so woll, and was so highly
appreciated, that the audience demand
ed its repetition. During its rendition
the Stonewall Rifles, in their appropri
ate uniforms of Confederate gray, were
drawn up in line in front of the stage.
Miss Sallie J. led in the song, and was
assisted in tho chorus by Mrs. M. and
Messrs. Barnes, Sapp and Mutinerlynn.
Miss J. also sang other beautiful songs
alone, and was enthusiastically eu
cored—as was also Mr. Sapp, who
rendered a character song. Prof. A.
ilett, of Augusta, was present, and as
sisted materially in the arrangement of
the instrumental music. The brass
band, composed of young men living
here, has been organized hardly three
months, but under thetutelege of Prof.
Hett and with faithful practice, their
music is equal to that of bands which
have had longer experience.
Minor Points.
If a traveller ever had an advantage
at any. point, of auy importance, he has
it at the Waynesboro depot. He is
not beset by hackmen, draymen or boys
begging him to let them carry his bag
gage, simply because there are none of
them at the depot, aud tho traveller
must get his baggage to town—some
500 or 600 yards distant—as best he
can, and walk there himself.
The passenger coaches of the Cen
tral Railroad are more conveniently ar
ranged than almost any we have lately
travelled in. Water-coolers, contain
ing Ice-water, with glasses for drink
ing, water basins and plenty of water,
soap and towels, are placed at each end
of tho car, and closets also at each
end. Spittoons and rugs are provided
tor each seat, while there are mirrors
between the windows and large mirrors
over tho water basins. A person can
prepare himself for the parlor or street
before reaching his or her destination
as well as if he were in a hotel.
Waynesboro has a lively weekly jour
nal in (he Expositor, which is principally
edited and managed by James E. Frost,
Esq., who has, by his ability since its
inauguration but a few years since,
brought it up to a high standard. The
Expositor has a rich field from which
to draw support, and we wish it con
tinued aud increased success.
At the Waynesboro Hotel, the pro
prietor Mr. W. N. Sturges, is most at
tentive to the wants of his guests, and
superintends the tables and office in
person while he has polite and obliging
servants.
The Savannah District Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church (South
Georgia Conference) meets in Waynes
boro, Wednesday 9th of June. Rev.
Dr. Meyers, of Trinity Church, Savan
nah, will deliever the opening sermon
Wednesday evening. A large attend
ance is expected. Delegates Will pay
full fare on the Central Railroad going
aud return free upon application being
made for that privilege by the proper
officer of the Conference.
Jennings.
Mr. Walsh’s Card.
[Atlanta Herald.]
We publish elsewhere a card of Mr.
Pat Walsh, that is an explanation of
his action iu the Smith-Fish corres
pondence. Tho card is of so manly
and pleasant a tone that it disarms at
tack. Mr. Walsh states that there was
no sin of commission or deliberation
on his part, but that the omission of
Fish’s letter carried no intention to do
a mischief. Hence we cheerfully with
draw anything that we may have said
upon the subject that will suggest or
justify a suspicion of unfairness or bad
faith on his part. Tho carelessness,
however, that let so old a journalist as
Mr. Walsh into so gross a mistake as
to publish the putting of an insult
upon the South by the Secretary of
State, and Governor Smith’s splendidly
indignant retort, and fail to pub
lish concurrently the fact that a
thorough explanation and apology
had been mado and accepted, will
produce woeful results. It put South
ern men every where on notice that our
section had been cruelly and wantonly
iusulted, and left the impression that
the rupture still stood ajar, wheu in
truth perfect amnity had been restored.
That mangled correspondence is this
very day being copied into scores of
Southern journals, where unpursued by
any explanation or conviction, it wifi
build up a mischievous and baseless
prejudice, However, the garbled pub
lication was simply a mbtako, which
all of us once in a while commit, and
the best thing that pan be done on all
bauds is to drop the subject and allude
to in tho future only for the purpose
of correcting any misconception it may
have created. It will be seen that Mr.
Walsh utterly exonerates the Governor
from any blame in the matter. The
letter that we publish to-day closes the
matter for goocj and ail, we trust.
THE SCHILLER.
MOURNFUL DETAILS OF THE
GREAT OCEAN DISASTER.
Statement of the Keeper of the Bish
op’s Rock Lighthouse—The 111-Fated
Vessel Seen When Beating to De
struction on the Ledges—lnterment
of the Dead—Embalmment of the
Bodies
[New York Herald.J
TANARUS, , . London, May 12, 1872.
Perhaps one of the most intemsting let
ters published about tho steamship Schiller
disaster is one written by Mr. Dane, the
light-keeper in charge of the Bishop Rock
Lighthoime, to his wife. It is an interest
ing aud, at the same time, startling com
munication ; for here we have the narra
tive of a man who saw the ill-fated steamer
beating to destruction on the rocks, and
yet had no power to afford relief, no means
of communicating to the people on shore
what was taking place before his eyes.
The Want of a Telegraph.
From Mr. Dane’s communication we see
cleariy that the great loss of life has re
sulted from the lack of communication be
tween the lighthouse and the Soilly Isles.
A resident of Seiliy writes to the London
Junes that the various accounts of the
recent catastrophe clearly show that if the
Island of St. Agnes had possessed the
means of telegraphing to St. Mary’s a
great waste of human life might have been
obviated.
Mr. Dane’s Letter.
The letter of Mr. Dane reads as follows:
Bishop Rock, May 10,1875.
Dear Wife: With heartsick grief I write
this to inform you of the dreadful wreck
that has happened here, less than a half
mile inside of us. On Friday night, the 7th
instant, 1 had tho watch up to eight p. ni.,
when the man who is doing duty hero dur
ing the absence of the principal koeper
t°ok.°i n : but seeing a thick fog coming up
1 stilt kept on the lantern, and ordered the
bell to be set going. At forty minutes pasi
eight p. in., fog very thick, 1 timed the bell
properly at six strokes per minute, aud
saw all was right, aud I left the lantern at
ten p. in , and went to my bunk, but I could
not sleep. At thirty-live minutes past
eleven p. in. William Mortimer came run
ning down and called to me, and said he
could see a vessel on the rocks. 1 jumped
up and went out on the parapet without
stopping to dress, and saw the mast head
and starboard light of a large vessel by
telescope. 1 should take her for a large
steamer. She was burning blue lights and
firing off guns and rockets. She seemed to
be sinking. The last gun fired was at half
past one a. m., Bth instant—l relieved G.
Gould at four a. in. Fog again raised at
six a. m. I could just see topmast of ves
sel out of water. We could count about
twenty-live people in the rigging. I could
see one lady in the lee side rigging, two
men by her. She was in a sitting posture:
I should think lashed. It was a dreadful
sight. At about seven a. m. the the mast
fell, ami 1 suppose every one perished, but
still hope a lew or some might have been
saved.
Sunday.
Three bodies lloated past us this after
noon, close. No one knows what was felt
in this house by all hands to see so many
of our dear fellow-creatures suffering and
dying so near to us.
The Interment of the Dead.
Some very interesting accounts from the
scene of the disaster are published in the
London papers. 1 send you herewith those
of tlie Mantlard, describing the scene which
was witnessed at the interment of the
bodies of the dead:
Soilly, Monday Night, May 10,1375.
Our voyage to the islands in the Ladv of
the isles was sadly eventful. We had‘nut
long passed the Rumilestone lighthouse
before small pieces of wreck Heating by
told of tlie dreadful calamity, the scene of
which we were going to inspect. After
passing these we came upon a piece of ilot
som of a very different character—the
mail bag. Very cleverly indeed was it
hooked and got on board, but it was of
little value. The seal was intact, aud it
was marked New Zealand, but only con
tained newspapers. IToeeediiig on our
way the quantity of floating w’reckage
gradually increased.
The First of the Dead.
Suddenly the order was giveu to stop, as
a body had been sighted, and the port
boat bein# lowered in search, in a few min
utes returned with its sad freight. Tender
ly and reverentially tlie b >dy, to which a
life-preserver was fastened, was taken on
deck, it was supposed to bo that of one of
the stewards. There were $l4O in the pocket
of tho coat.
Two other bodies wero supposed to bo
sighted, but tho boat failed to And them,
and again we steamed ahead, with ensign
flying at tlie half-mast in token of the sad
height we bore. Our stoppago occupied us
more than half an hour, yet we made the
trip from Penzance to Scilly in little over
three hours and a half. Perhaps it was the
knowledge of the errand on which we were
bent that gave rise to the thought, but cer
tain it is that, as we approached Scilly
showing beneath the beams of the bright
May sun, there seemed something peculiar
ly weird in its aspect.
Scenes at Scilly.
There was hardly a sign of life; the fleet
of Ashing boats which had flecked the waves
as we leti Mount’s Bay had all disappeared,
and but for the smoko of Mr. Banfleld’s lit
tle steamer passing along in front of St.
Agnes, St, Mary’s and Crow Sounds ap
peared absolutely tenantless. Steadily we
steamed up by the picturesque granite
rocks, and as we rounded to in the pool cue
impressions deepened by seeing that th •
other vessels, which were then revealed
had, like us, their flags flying half-mast.—
The pier was crowded with people waiting
our arrival, and on landing we were im
mediately conducted into a spacious court
yard surrounded with stores, in which Mr.
Dorrieu Smith, the lord proprietor, was
busily engaged with a host of willing hands
in making preparations for the funerals,
those stores, so long deserted, were now
tenanted by the corpses of tho unfortunate
victims who had been brought or washed
ashore. A careful inventory was taken of
all the property found upon the bodies,
such property being preserved for the re
presentatives of the dead by the receiver
of the wrecks, Mr. Handley, Three of the
bodies could not be identified. Under the
direction of Mr. Smith coffins had been pre
pared. and the final task of screwing them
down had been left uutil our arrival, in the
hope that more identifications might be
made.
An Inquest
lias been formally opened by Mr. Hall, the
senior magistrate, who acts as Coroner
and all preparations made for the funeral
of the bodies except the few which the
friends had telegraphed to request should
be allowed to remain unburied for a while.
There had been one funeral before we came
—that of Mrs. Weste; but for the remain
der a joint funeral had been arranged. To
say that it was an impressive spectacle is
to use merely words of course. It was
more than that. There was about the little
capital of the isle, Hugh Town, the same
dreary aspect of desolation and loneliness
already noted elsewhere, the little streets
being empty and the shops closed. There
was but one place of congregation and one
purpose for all the Inhabitants.
Such a Funeral
I never saw before; such a funeral I hope I
may never see again. There were no trap
pings of woe, not a single sign of mourn
ing except the black paintod coffins. The
islanders have no hearses, no mourning
coaches, and to carry thirty-seven bodies
at one funeral would have been more than
the limited male population of the island
could manage; yet a more impressive fu
neral I never saw. Not a soul could or did
look upon it unmoved. For hearses there
were the little two-wheeled island carts,
drawn by the little shaggy island ponies,
Some of the carts being two small to take
two bodies. Each Horse was led by its
driver, ami the cortege proceeded slowly,
in Indian Ale, on its way. It was an humble
but a touching token of the feeling hearts of
the islandcrs.that there was hardly a coffin
that was notbestrewn with flowers. It mat
tered not to the brave Scilionlans that the
boilies therein were all unknown. It was not
for them to act selfishly and for themselves
aloqe. Death was before them in that dread
shape which Scilly knows only too well,
and they paid it all the respect in their
power. Due of the saddest sights in the
whuia procession was that of Herr Keid
drln walking feebly behind the carts whi h
contained the remains of his wife and little
child—heart-broken and desolate. A few
more carts, and then came another sur
rounded by a group of young men who
wore the insignia of the Order of Good
Templars. Why this ? The answer Is a
simple on—on tlie body that lay within that
-New Series— Vol. 3, No. 104
a ca l d which showed that
Jr? belonged to that Order. The
Good Toniplars ot Scilly had never seen
h™ bro o ' e - r "l U & but in life, or todeath
he was their brother still, and they ac
knowledged the brotherhood by the last
acd only means to their power. The dea l
carts wore drawn by all kinds of horses
gray, black and brown. At length the lomr
line came to an end, and then followed the
mourners. These comprised nearly all the
inhabitants who could witness this pitiful
sight. There were scarcely any spectators
- tor all were actors iu this mournful trag
edy.
among those who followed were Mr.
Dorrien Smith, Lieutenant Smith Dorrien,
Mr. Hail, Mr. Banfield, Mr. Hardley, Mr.
Moyle, Mr. Buxton, Mr. T. J. Stephens, Mr.
John Stephens, the Rev. Mr. White, Mr.
Smith's chaplain,-by whom the funeral so -
vice was to be performed and the whole of
the survivors on the island. The inter
ments took place in tho little stone walled
island church yard near the old town, tho
former capital of the island. About a mile
from the pier along a rugged road which
commands the sea on each side for a great
part of its course, two graves had been pre
pared, in which the coffins were piled one
on another, and the solemn burial service
of tho church read over them. Two of the
previous interments had been in single
graves, Of the immense number of bodies
of the drowned more arc arriving hourly
so that space coukl not be had to provide a
single grave for each. The proceedings
were necessarily of a lengthened character.
\\ hlle yet the interments were proceeding
telegrams were received from friends of
two of the deceased requesting the bodies
to be retained, and in compliance with their
requests the coffins were brought back to
the pier.
“Women, Children and Men.”
Since Saturday pilot ami other boats
have been employed in the localit y of the
wreck to recover all the bodies possible,
and up to this hour (siso’clock)fortj -three
havo been brought iu by the boats", exclu
sive of the one which we picked up on our
way here. I ho bodies, as thev were brought
In, were placed In black wooden shells and
laid in a row. There were eighteen women,
four young children and twenty-one men
Referring again to the unhappy Mr.
Waste, 1 am told that after he bad lost his
wife ho himself took refuge in the chains,
where Captain Percy was already; but the
latter received a blow on the head from
the breaking of a chain, which killed him,
and then Mr. We *te, in order to screen
himself from the fury of the breakers
sought shelter behind tho dead body of his
unfortunate fellow passenger. Mr. Westo
has lost his daughter, who was eighteen
years of age, and whom he was bring in -
to England for the purpose of linishing hm
education. Ihe body of bis daughter ha
not yet been found.
The wife and child, too. or a Mr. Rile ,
wero among the buried this afternoon, Mr.
Riley himself following them to their iasl
resting place. The bodies of his wife and
chilli were found on Saturday nearly in the
same piac-e.
Miss Dimock’s Body Embalmed.
ScinnY, Thursday morning. May 13.1375.
Although the excitement which has pre
vailed here for the last few' days by the,
constant bringing in of bodies is abating,
there is another phase of the terrible catas
trophe going on which still keeps this ordi
narily quiet little place in a state ol great
gloom.
The body of Miss Dimock, the American
lady doctor, has this morning been em
balmed by Dr. Hog gen, who arrived here
•J®" night from London, accompanied by
Miss Duhins, who Comes as the represent u
live of Airs. Auderson Garrett to pay tii e
last tribute of respect to the memory of
their unfortunate sister colleague. The
embalming has already manif. sled itself
i have just seen the poor girl as she Jit
now to the leaden case. Yesterday there
wero indications of decomposition; but
since the embalming all those signs have
disappeared, and the lace of the unfortu
nate lady looks almost as white as marble,
aud placid as though she wero sleeping.-
While 1 am writing uicu ate busily engaged
in preparing the mahogany coffin for the
leaden case, and before you get this the re
mains of poor Miss Dimock will be on their
way to Mew York.
Other Bodies in the Hands of the Em
balmer.
The remains also of Mr. and Mrs. Friend
of Milwaukee, Wis., have been removed to
the garrison, and are now being embalmed
by Mr. Roberts, of Liverpool. Six othei
bodies are to t>e served the same way. But
apart from these, there are many more to
be buried there this afternoon. No more
have been brought in since yesterday,
live have, however, been picked up at Pen
zance, aud a great number near Lands
End. According to the general opinion
here, it is not expected that many will be
found iu the neighborhood of the wreck, as
the strong currents which run at. ...et
tarier—at least three knots an hour—have,
it is supposed, carried them many miles
away.
The second mate of tlie wrecked vessel
left here by the boat this morning for Pen
zance, for the purpose of identifying the
bodies found there.
Mrs. Christine Toens’ Statement—Af
fecting Incidents of the Fatal Disas
ter.
London, May 12, 1870.
Mrs. Christine Toens, the only lady saved
from the Schiller, having recovered some
what from the shock on her nervous sys
tem, relates to a lady correspondent tho
following incidents of the shipwreck:
“Save Me and My Child!”
She said among ♦he passengers was a
lady who had a beautiful little boy; he was
everybody's pet on injard, and would im
soeu playing all day long with his mother
or other ladies and gentlemen. After the
st amor had struck the rock, that lady,
with her Lov iu her arms, rushed frantic
ally upon deck, and fell upon her knees be
fore a sailor. “Save me and my child, for
(iod’s sake save us! lam rich, immensely
rich—save me, aud thou shait be wealthy
and without (ares forever. 1 will give
thee enough for all thy life. Thou need
not be a sailor then—only save me and my
child!”
A big wave swept over the deck and car
ried away the rich mother, her beautiful
child and the poor sailor.
Jumped into the Sea w ith Her Child.
Another lady on board had a little girl
about three years old, who looked like an
angel. The mother being mostly seasick,
would not allow anybody to take the child
away out of her sight. Many ladies offered
to play with the child on deck, but the
mother always objected, on tiieground that
the child might be hurt or even fall over
board through carelessness or oversight.—
Her child in the water! The bare idea
would already make her mad. When the
catastrophe came the mother rushed on
deck with her child on her arm and at once
jumped into the sea. The idea of seeing
her child iu the water had made her mad.
Mrs. Toens further said:
Notone Child Saved.
“We had a great many handsome children
on board, whose gayety amused everybody,
and though childless myself, it almost
breaks my heart to think that not one of
them has been saved.”
Do you remember the fellows who
used to come around at noontime and
tease you for part of your dinner,
when you were a boy at school ? Well,
If you will trace them up, you will find
that they are the same chaps—only
grown up — that now spend their time
hanging around, teasing to be elected
to some office, that they may eat free
of the public bread.
4‘Yes, sir,” yelled a preacher in a Da
kota church one Sunday morning,
“there’s more lying and swearing and
stealing and general deviltry in the
square inch iu this hero town than in
all the rest of the American country ,
aud then the congregation got up aud
dumped the preacher out of the win
dow.
By cultivaiiug the beautiful we scat
ter the seeds of heavenly flowers; by
doing good we foster those already be
longing to humanity.—[Howard.
A Milwaukee woman has been sick
nearly a year from fancying that she
saw a kaugaroo iu the looking glass
while she was trying on a new bonnet.
The Detroit Free Fress fears that,
now the witnesses have got through
with lying, they will be at something
worse. It will only be a relapse,