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NOBIHKABTKRM RAILROAD MUTING.
ENTHUSIASTIC TURN OUT OF THE
STOCKHOLDERS.
ELECTION OF AND
HOARD OF DIRECTORS.
MAJOR WM p SmXT LLACE
CHOSEN PRESIDENT.
I special correspondence chronicle *
SENTINEL. J
Athens, Ga., Julie 15, 1871.
In accordance with a call issued by the
Executive Committee of the corporators
of the Northeastern Railroad, the stock
holders of this projected line of road from
Athens to Clayton, met here yesterday
in goodly number, for the purpose of
organization, election of officers, • Ac.
Those present representing the spirit and
earnest enthusiasm of the people of the
several counties so deeply concerned in
this important railway extension, brought
the most encouraging reports from their
respective sections in regard to the uni
versal interest which haß been excited in
this important enterprise. The people of
Northeast Georgia, with a commendable
wisdom, have resolved that the road shall
and must be built, despite the seeming in
difference of the Georgia Railroad or the
apathy of the Augusta capitalists ‘and
merchants. They mean business, as the
unanimity with which they have respond
ed, with liberal subscriptions, abundantly
proves. They are heartily tired of wait
ing on Hercules or aDy other slow-motion
ed individual or corporation to aid them,
aud have wisely determined to put their
own strength to the test, and thus force
conviction upon all laggards that the road
is to be made a fixed fact.
THE ATTENDANCE.
A considerable rivalry having sprung
up between the subscribers in Jackson
county, in reference to the location of the
lino of road through that county, induced
quite a full attendance from the rival
sections. Prominent in the delegation in
the interest of the proposed route, via
Harmony Grove and Homer —the latter in
Banks county —were Messrs. J. J. Trum
ble, A. C. Moss and Maj. Madison Bell,
of Homer; Dr. W.'B. J. Hardeman, W.
<J. Hood, and others, of Harmony Grove.
1 be rival route via Jefferson, was repre
sented by Judge Thompson, Dr. Long, I.
B. Siilman, Judge Simpkins, Col. Pitt
man, Mr. Howard, J. E. Randolph, Rev.
Mr. Lamar and others, whose names are
not remembered.
Habersham county was represented by
Capt. Garnett McMillan, a recognized
host withia himself, who came to look
after the interest of about $40,000 of
stock subscribed by tho people of his
county, conditionally, under the appre
hension that they were to lose tho bene
fits of the Air Line Railroad. Oglethorpe
Rent up a strong and spirited delegation,
fully impressed with the importance of the
projected road, in the persons of Dr.
Willis Willingham, Pope Barrow, Col. J.
D. Matthews and Rev. Mr. Martin.
The failure of the Augusta delegation
to put in an appearance was a matter of
universal regret, and excited comments
in some quarters strongly condemnatory of
the seeming lethargic indifferenoe with
which this important enterprise is looked
upon in that quarter.
The earnest and persistent efforts of tho
Chronicle & Sentinel to impress upon
the people of Augusta that this exten
sion is essentially an enterprise indissolu
bly oonneoted with tho financial and com
mercial advantage of that city, is univer
sally recognized and appreciated by the
people of Northoast Georgia, if an esti
mate may be found of the general feeling
from tbo frequent and numerous expres
sions of approval and gratitude by the
representatives of the different sections.
Tho ono cause of regreat is that the peo
ple of that city have failed so far to heed
its wiso couusels in this matter.
ORGANIZATION.
Tho mooting was called to order yesterday
(Wednesday), the 14th inst-, in DuPree’s
I lull, at 12 o’clock, m., by John H. New
ton, Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee.
On motion of W. S. Erwin, Major
Madison Bell and J. A. Crawford wero
appointed Secretaries.
REPORT OP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Mr. Newton, tho Chairman of tho meet
ing and of the Excoutive Committee, sub
mitted the following gratifying report:
Office Northeasten R. R,, )
Athens, Ga., June 14,1871. J
To the Stockholders of the Northeastern
Railroad:
Gentlemen— Your Executive Commit
tee, appointed by you on the 23d Novem
ber last, respectfully report that they have
performed the duties assigned them, and
now submit to you a statement of thoir
action. Books of subscription have been
distributed in Clark, Oglethorpe, Rich
mond, -Greene, Jackson, Hall, Banks,
Madison, Habersham and Rabun ooun
tios- From same of these counties no re
turns have been made, but returns have
bceu made from Clark and Jackson coun
ties sufficient to meet the requisitions of
tho company, viz: SIOO,OOO in private
subscription, besides $50,000 subscribed
by tho town of Athene.
Some of the subscriptions are condi
tional. Those made at Jefferson are on
condition that the road shall run by way
of Jefferson; and those at Harmony
Grove and at Homer, Banks county, are
on condition that the road shall run by
one of those places. The unconditional
subscriptions are fully np to the amount
required to authorize the permanent or
ganization of the company. There are
also large subscriptions in lumber, cross
ties and labor, which are not inoluded in
the above stuns.
Several subscription books from Jack
son, Habersham and Rabun counties have
not yet been returned, but are expected to
come in to-day, which will make np the
amount of subscriptions to $200,000.
Your committee found that the requisite
amount of private subscriptions had been
obtained before calling this Convention,
and it affords them great pleasure to state
that the people all along the line are fully
awakened to the importance of the great
work we have undertaken; and we have
now no doubt of the final success of the
enterprise.
Respectfully submitted.
John H. Newton,
Chairman Executive Committee.
COMMITTEE ON PROXIES.
On motion of Col. P. Thurmond,
amended bv Cos!: W. L. Mitohell, the list
of stockholders was then called by the
Secretary.
On motion of Col. Mitchell, the Chair
appointed the following Committe on
Proxies: A- S. Erwin, W. T. Howard,
R. L. Moss, J. J. Trumbull, and Dr- W.
t>. J. Hardeman, who proceeded to ascer
tain the amount of stock represented.
On motion of Col. Mitchell, the Secreta
ry read the charter of the oompany for
information.
ADDRESS BT R. Ju. BLOOMFIELD.
The Chair, pending the report of the
Committee on Proxies, introduced to the
Convention, Mr. R. I* Bloomfield, ot
Athens, who forcibly addressed the meet
ing as to tho practical benefits to be de
rived from the construction of the North
eastern Railroad. He considered that the
importance of tho enterprise was not,
generally, fully appreciated. The mum
facturing districts of the United States
were rapidly changing. The West now
manufactured largely of wood, iron apa
leather—such articles as were employed
and used at the South, and which, in pre
vious years, were supplied from the East.
Commerce had changed direction from the
coast to the interior, and now flowed to the
sea from the West. Manufacturing and pro
ductive interests demanded an outlet, io
make manufacturing enterprises success
ful, adequate transportation was necessa
ry Our manufacturing interests in this
section need another outlet. The building
of this road will accomplish a saving in
distance to market tor manufactured goods
oi fifty per cent. A bale ot goods shipped
from Augusta to Philadelphia cost now
$1 75, and irom Athens to the same mar
ket, $4 9Q, Tapping the Air L ne Railroad
by this projected Western extension, would
give another outlet, by which a bale
of goods could be shipped from Athens to :
Philadelphia for $1 75. Railroads make
their own commorie, in proof of which he
read from the report of the President and
Board of Directors of the Georgia Rail
road for 1870— showing that the receipts
of the Athens branch —forty miles—were
$112,835, one-tenth the earnings of the
entire road, over two hundred miles long ;
that the expense of running was much
smaller in proportion to length than on
the main line. The reoeipts at Athens
were one-third as large as those at At
lanta, and the passenger reoeipts larger
than any point on the road except Au
gusta and Atlanta, and one-third of the
amount received at those cities. From
this he gathered encouragment to predict
the success 6f the projected road to Clay
ton, which he believed would never stop
until it reached Cincinnati, Louisville and
Chicago, in the opening up of anew
through line to those cities. This would
develop manufactures here. He recognized
do reason why ne oould not oompete with
the East or West, or the world, itqmanu
factoring. The present drawback was the
lack of a borne market, and railroads
helped to develop such Qnarkets He
confidently iolieved that the time would
come when a hundred pounds of bacon
could be shipped from Chicago to Athens
for one dollar. The growth of Atlanta
was dae to the fact that it had become
the great distributing point for the pro
ducts of the West, and with this pro
jected extension Athens, too, would be
developed similarly. He referred to the
encouraging prospects for the construc
tion of the road, aud elated the proposi
tion of Mr. John T. Grant to take
an interest of SIO,OOO ij the road in
the contract for its construction. He
dosed with an earnest appeal to every man
present to come squarely and promptly
up to the labor of inducing his neighbors
to aid the enterprise. His remarks were
received with applause.
REPORT or COMMITTEE ON PBOXIEB.
The Committee on Proxies reported 595
shares represented in person, and 1,075
shares by proxy —a total of 1,670 shares.
AbDRESS Or COL. MITCHELL.
CoL W. L. Mitchell addressed the Con
vention in regard to the resources tor
building the road. The amount of stock
represented—sl67,ooo—was most gratify
ing, abd it was peculiarly encouraging to
find so many small stockholders. It would
be easy to increase tne local subscriptions
to $200,000. The road could be built for
$16,000 per mile, making the total cost
$1,200,000.
[Mr. Bloomfield announced that Mr. |
John T. Grant said it could be built for
$15,000 per mile.]
Col. Mitchell continued bis address,
figuring upon the estimate of $16,000 per
mile. He took it tor granted that the
Georgia Railroad would not suffer any
other corporation to monopolize this en
terprise, and that said road might be relied
on for a subscription of $200,000.
[Mr- Bloomfield announced that the
stock subscribed already reached $300,000.]
Col. Mitchell resumed. He thought
Augusta would take hold of the
matter. An Angusta paper (the
Chronicle A Sentinel) had well termed
it an Augusta enterprise. When Athens
had subscribed $50,000, Augusta should
certainly subscribe SIOO,OOO, which
would make $500,000. With this
much cash at command and invested, and'
with the endorsement of the Georgia
Railroad, the balance of the $600,000 or
$700,000 needed could be raised. There
are our natural allies; they are the parties
with woom our sympathies rest. But
should Augusta refuse to help us, there
are other allies above and below us, who
will aid the completion of the road. The
contract for the building of the road could
be made in thirty days. Col. Campbell
Wallace bad given him an intimation
(this view also presented by Mr. Bloom
field) that the Air Line Railroad would
give direct communication with Baltimore,
which would afford two rival lines to the
North. Col. Mitchell concluded with a
motion that opportunity be afforded all
present, who desired, to subscribe to the
capital stock.
ADDRESS OF DR. U. D. MOORE.
Dr. R. D. Moore arose next, to endorse
the remarks of the preceding speakers.
He conceived that not only this section,
but the whole State, would be vastly bene
fitted by the construction of the read.
He earnestly invoked evesy man to go
home and induce his neighbor to subscribe
to the stock of the read, which promised
to largely increase tho value of the lands
in the up-country, and to promote the en
couragement of immigration, so essential
to the development of the resources of this
section.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Capt. Garnett McMillan moved that
the Convention proceed to the election of
officers, which was adopted.
Col. Miichell moved that the number of
Directors', not specified in the charter, be
fixed at seventeen. Adopted.
Dr. R. M. Smith moved the appoint
ment of committee of one from each
county to nominate a Board of Directors'.
Motion adopted, and the Chair anpointed
the following committee : A. S. Erwin, of
Clark ; Pope Barrow, of Oglethorpe; W.
C. Howard, of Jackson ; A. C- Moss, of
Banks; and Garnett McMillan, of Haber
sham.
Pending tho report of the Nominating
Committee, Capt. Garnett McMillan, in
response to a persistent call, addressed tho
Convention. His mind has not been given
to tho investigation of railroad matters.
The water power of this soction, its mine
ral wealth, and delightful climate, had all
been referred to, and it was, therefore,
odlv possible for him to address the Con
vention by a rehash of those subjects.
Action, and not speech-making, was what
was required to sustain tho enterprise in
view. In addition to the $167,000 in
stock, to be voted, he felt almost, author
ized to cast the vote of about $40,000 more,
subscribed by the people of Habersham-
He had been informally authorized to act
as their proxy. He would not vote, how
ever, because his people had not responded
to the call for ono dollar per share. If he
should vote ho would feel bound in honor,
if not in law, for the whole amount of
stock voted. Many of these subscribers
had conditioned to pay when work
on the road was commenced in their
county. The people of his seotion had
been red-hot in their zeal for the North
eastern Railroad, until within the past
few weeks, when it became reasonable to
expect that tho course of the Air Line
Railroad would be changed to the original
route to Anderson, S. C., and thus afford
thorn railroad communication. He be
lieved, however, that the people of
Habersham would aid the road to the
extent of their means. He suggested
that an effort would probably be made to
repeal many of tho railroad charters ex
tending State aid, and that it would be
prudential to go to work at onco and push
the road, so as to acquire a fixed and
vested right to such aid as had been voted
to the line, which might not bo revoked.
Mr. Bloomfield stated that Mr. John
T. Grant, in the event of $500,000 being
subscribed, had advised against the use of
State aid, ’ The work would be begun this
fall; that is a fixed fact; and should the
Legislature take away the aid granted, let
them have it—tee can and will build the
road, even without State aid.
Col. Matthews, of Oglethorpe, was call
ed out next, and regretted that he could
not make a more favorable report from his
county. The people there were generally
inclined to regard this enterprise as chiefly
important to Athens, and tho region be
yond. He thought that when the success
of the yoad was assured, they would be
encouraged to subsoribe more liberally.
He thought the Georgia Railroad would
aid the enterprise. Competing oombina
tio«vi were forcing it to look for new feed
ers, or submit to a deoline in its stock.
He thought the road might be built with
out State aid, but saw no objection to ac
cepting it,
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
The Nominating Committe repotted the
following nominations for the Board of
Directors:
John White, Ferdinand Phinizy, R. L.
Bloomfield, S. P. Thurmond, B. L. Moss,
Howell Cobb. John W. Nicholson, John
H. NewtoD, Y. L. G. Harris, Willis Wil
lioghaui, N. B. J. Hardeman, J. D.
Long, J. E. Randolph, J. J. Trumbull,
W. S- Erwin, Garnett McMillan and
Jan.cs D. Phillips.
On motion of Colonel Mitchell, tho
above named gentlemen were unanimous
ly elected as the Board of Directors for
twelve months, £
Colonel Mitchell moved that the elec
tion of President be postponed until some
future meeting, although suggesting the
name of Major Campbell Wallace in con
nection with the Presidency,
Colonel Thurmond was opposed to a
postponement of the election of President,
and pressed Major Wallace for the posi
tion, as the very best man who could be
secured for the place ; and on his motion,
Major Wallace was unanimously chosen
President by acclamation.
i)o motion of Col. Mitchell, the Board
of Directors were authorized and required
to elect a Chairman from their number,
with authority to exercise all powers uptil
the President elect skaj! assume the duties
of his office.
Ry resolution of Howell Cobb, the Pres
ident and Board of Directors were clothed
with all the authority conferred upon the
stockholders by the charter.
Oo motion, the Convention adjourned
tine die , after a most harmonious and in
teresting session.
VICE-PRESIDENT.
The Board of Directors, yesterday after
noon, elected Mr. R. L. Bloomfield, the
well known, energetic and accomplished
agent of the Athens Factory, as obairman
ot their body—an excellent choice. Maj.
Wallace will take hold in about four
months.
FROM OCR SPECI \L CORRESPONDENT.
Athens, Ga., June 16, 1871.
Editor* Chronicle <t Sentinel :
In my first letter, reporting the pro
ceedings of the meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Northeastern Railroad here on
Wednesday, I neglected to mention that
the Board of Directors, in addition to
electing Mr. R. L. Bloomfield as Vice-
President, had elected Mr. J. A. Craw
ford'as Secretary, and Mr. R. L. Moss as
Treasurer. These gentlemen will dis
charge the duties of their respective offices
with faithfulness and fidelity to the road.
As an evidence that the Directors are
determined to enter at once upon the de
velopment of the important enterprise
confided to their care, they have issued a
call for the payment of three per cent, of
the subscribed stock within thirty days.
Mr. R. L. Bloomfield, the Vice-Presi
dent, seconded by the Directors, particu
larly those residing in Athens, has put his
shoulder to the wheel in downright earn
est, in arranging the preliminaries for an
early survey. In fact, the only cause of a
week’s delay in placing a corps of survey
ors in the field will be in securing the ser
vices cf the proper man.
The people of Athens are jubilant, and
justly so, in view ot the flattering pros
pect of securing a Western outlet of such
vital importance to their commercial and
property interests. The railroad is now
the theme of all who possess a spark of
pablic spirit and town pride, and the uni
versal sentiment prevailing is that it must
be built— if not a wide gauge, then a nar
row gauge, and if not the latter, then a
wooden railway. Help from Augusta
and tbe Georgia Railroad would be
gladly welcomed, but should the peo
ple ot Augusta and tbe Georgia Rail
road authorities prefer to bold aloof, tbe
citizens of Athens and of Northeast Geor
gia declare their foil purpose to stand
squarely by the work until the projected
line is completed—ocrtainly until the Air
Line Railroad is tapped, and at least a
second Northern and Western connection
is secured. The matter deserves the serious
considerationwof the Augusta people, if
they desire to advance the commercial
interests of that city.
Fosterday afternoon, Hon. H. W. Hil
liard, Capt. Rosw’ell Bang and Mr. E. P.
Clayton, delegates representing Angusta,
met and held an informal conference with
Vice-President Bloomfield and a commit
tee of the Directors, appointed to confer
with them.
BUSINESS IN ATHENS,
As in Augusta, is now distressingly dull,
aod her merchants have full leisure to
discuss the railroad question in all its bear
ings— to the importance of which, as
directly affecting mercantile pursuits, they
seem to be generally fnlly awake. The
business houses of Athens, in their con
struction and size, would reflect no dis
credit upon a city of much larger dimen
sions, evidencing the fact that her mer
chants enjoy a prosperous trade in the
busy season. There is said to be at least
an avetage sale of $1,000,000 worth of
goods in Athens per annum, a large pro
portion of which must be lost should she
fail in her present railroad enterprise.
AROUND THE TOWN.
Through tho oourmsy of S. A. Atkin
son, editor of the Banner, your corres
pondent has erjoyed an extended drive
through the most beautiful parts of the
town. Athens, on every side, exhibits
the most finished taste, skill and architec
tural beauty, in the numerous tasteful and
elegant residences with which it is adorned,
and the magnificant grounds whioh greet
the eye in every direction renders the
scene almost enchanting to one upon his
first visit.
IMPROVEMENTS.
The spirit of improvement is quite
active in Athens. Numbers of citizens
are altering and embellishing their houses,
while a few new and handsome residences
are going up. The music of the hammer
and saw may be heard in at least fifty
different localities. In the business part
of the town, there is also some consider
able improvements in progress. I note a
very capacious brick warehouse in process
of construction, in rear of DuPrec’s Hall,
and another of like character soon to be
commenced on Broad street, near the
above. I learn, also, that an extensive
whole-ale store is to be opened here. •
MASONIC HALL.
Prominent among tho recent improve
ments here, I must not fail to mention
the new Masonic Hall, located in the third
story of DuPree’s Hall huilding, a view
of which was afforded us by Dr. William
King, Jr., Grand Master of the Lodge
for the past five years. The plau upon
which the room has been fitted up ema
nates from Dr. King, and is at once a
model of cultivated taste and appropriate
desigo, rendering it one of the handsomest
Masonic Halls in the State. The room is
fifty feet long and thirty feet wide, lighted
by windows on tho front, facing each of
which, on the opposte wall, is an imitation
window, bearing the several instruments
of the craft, painted in the most accurate
and perfect manner. The floor is painted
in Mosaic design, representing the floor
ot King Solomon’s Temple. The Symbolic
Tuscan, lonic, and Corinthian columns,
representing .Wisdom, Strength and Beau
ty, are executed in the most elegant style,
as indeed are all the appointments of the
hall, which are so fashioned and disposed
as to at once impress even the uninitiated
with their beauty. Suspended around
the wall are the photographs of seven of
the Grand Mastors of the Lodge, con
spicuous among which is exhibited that
ot Hod. Howell Cobb, one of the Bhining
lights of Masonry during his life. Par
ticularly beautiful and attractive will be
observed a framed square and compass,
wrought, in immortelle. The painting
and gilding was executed by Mr. John
Potts, a young painter of Athens,' and
reflects the highest credit upon his mas
terly skill in handling the brush. , The
Lodge—Mount Vernon, No. 22—numbers,
about 130 members, and has ever ranked
high in the scale of Masonic brightness.
THE UNIVERSITY.
The examination of the students com
menced to-day. Hon. H. W. Hilliard, of
Augusts, a member ot the Examining
Board, is in atteodance. The Graduating
Class numbers about thirty members,
among whom are several young men of
great talent and promise. I note the
rusty appearance of the professors’
housos in the exterior, and the need of a
fenco around the campus. It is to be
hoped that the Legislature, at its next
session, will make an appropriation espe
cially for tho necessary repairs of tho
buildings, which give external evidence of
neglect unworthy of a people who pride
themselvos upod the possession of an in
stitution, the character of whioh ranks be
side that of the best institution of learning
in the country.
THE CROPS.
The loudest complaints aro heard on all
sides of the exceedingly prosperous grass
crops, where the farmers sought to raiso
corn and cotton. The recent heavy rains
have operated to prevent tho necessary
culture, and the grass has thus overrun
the crops in all directions. Tbo weather
for the past few days has, however, been
very favorable, and industrious battle
with “Gen. Green ” is being vigorously
waged. The wheat harvest is progressing
vigorougly, and all the threshing machines
are on a perfect “whaling” run. Tbe
yield is considered fair. W.
I FOR THE CURONtCLE A SENTINEL.]
“ITiid I Vasli so Glad 1 Vash Here
To-Night.”
Editors Chronicle dt Sentinel:
In your issue of the Bth instant, at the
close of one of your articles, you say:
“We believe that there is more, in the
inan than there is in the land.". That’s
my sentiment exactly as to the present po
litical status of Democrats. “ Und I vash
so glad I vash here to-night.”
The people of the South must not peril
the salvation of themselves, and all that is
left of their government and institutions,
by any foolish sentimentalism in regard to
mere platforms, so-called. What are they
worth anyhow, and what party ever ad
hered strictly to them ? A few years ago
General Grant erected a platform, broad
as the Union and deep as the people’s
hearts. It was, “Let us have peace.”
How did he stand upon “ the land ?” He
has inaugurated a second war, at least in
the hearts of the people, and has made
everything subservient to the will and the
welfare of the man Grant. As for me, I
bad rather, irust you, General Wright, or
Mr. Moore, or any other good Southern
man, or even Northern Democrat, with
out any platform, than Ben Butler or Jack
Forney, if they Stood upon the Old and
New Testaments, and forty thousand other
platforms equally broad and catholic. It
pleases me much to see the Chronicle k
Sentinel concurring in this view of the
situation.
“ Und J vash so glad I vash here to
night.” Id the ts?o great Middle States,
Pennsylvania and New York, snd in Ohio
of the Western, and Connecticut ot the
Eastern States, the two great parties con
fronting each other are about evenly
balanced. Avery gentle breeze of bad
policy wafted up from the South will turn
the scales against the Democracy in these
four important States. Our friends in
Ohio and Pennsylvania are buckling up
for the fight with zeal and confidence.
Their plans for the campaign must not be
frustrated, or even questioned here at the
South. Let us wait for the r,ian and he
will give us the land.
Nobody asked any platform declaration
of Generals Lee and Stonewall Jaekson
when they were placed in command ot the 1
lives and souls of our precious boys. All
felt confidence in the men —that was
enough. Who, here at the South, would
not trust Thurman, or Hendrick, or Eng
lish, or Pendleton, or G roes beck, without
a platform? If any decent man replies,
he would, let him down as an old party
fossil —hardened before the war by long
tenure of office—and spiteful now because
he is disqualified and can never hold office
again. “Und I vash so glad I vash here
to-night.”
Give us a good man and put him before
the people, unhampered by the tangled
threads which enter into the construction
of party platforms, and he will be elected.
Then, taking down the good old Constitu
tion from the dust and oobwebs, where it
has been so long lying, unthought of, an
cared for, and, planting his foot upon that
firm basis, he will exclaim, “By the
Eternal I I stand right here —here’s your
man, aDd here's your land /" Then Peace
will unfold her snowy banners, and Pros
perity, gathering up her tore and bruised
wings, will roar aloft once more ; "Und
Ibe so glad I vash her to-night.” .
Fmm.
[ Prom, the Netr York Tribune .]
Through the Booth.
INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT TOOMBS.
He is Still a Bitter Secessionist— Yallan-
Jioham and the New Departure Re
garded With Contempt—What He
Thinks of Immigration from the North.
[FROM OCR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]
Washington, Ga., June 3.—Robert
Toombs, ex-Senator of the United States,
and ex-General in the Rebel Army, is
looked upon as the leader of that portion
of the Democratic party in Georgia that
has aocepted some of the results of the
war; the leader of those who carefully
keep alive all the animosities of the strug
gle and sedulously teach bitter and rebel
lious sentiments to their children. Gen.
Toombs occasionally delivers a lecture that
he has prepared upon Magna Charta,
which is in reality a violent stump-speech
in favor of the right of secession, and
against tbe Constitutional Amendments
and the Reconstruction laws. This is the
way he concludes his lecture, as described
by an Augusta paper : “With his body
bent slightly forward, his eye blazing, his
hand raised aloft, grasping a copy of
Magna Charta, he exclaimed, when yon
can tear the live thunder from it home in
the burning ether, and bind it at the foot
stool of tyranny, then, and not till then,
will I accept the situation.”
I thought it was worth making a
special journey to see the man who could
talk like this six years after the end of the
war. I was curious to know what object
he had in trying to revive the fast-dying
spirit of rebellion, and whether he still
expected, as of old, to one day call the roll
of his 'slaves at the foot of Bunker Hill
Monument. To reach this place one comes
out on the Georgia Railroad three hours’
travel from Augusta, and, after waiting
three hours more at a way station, takes a
train on a branch road that runs twenty
miles north of Washington. The con
ductor of the train on this branch road
appeared to be also mail agent, baggage
master and brakeman, and, beside these
various official functions, he informed me
that he made a practice of taking in
Btracgers at a moderate price. Having
arrived at tbe depot, like all Southern
railway stations odorous of guano, and
crossed the public square, the conductor
pointed oat a stalwart man with a very
large head, informing me that it was Geo.
Toombs. After I had divested myself of
travelling gear, in the little one-story cot
tage of my host, I went back and intro
duced myself to the General. He shook
hands with me and said, “ Well, you
have eome to the headquarters of
the Ku-Klux. Let me make you ac
quainted with the Grand Cyclops, ”
presenting me to a pleasant-faoed
man in a linen coat, having a German
physiognomy. I remarked that nothing
in the gentleman’s appearance indicated
that he was the Chief of the Klan. “ Oh,
lie’s as mild a mannered man as ever scut
tled ship or cut a throat,” the General re
plied. “ But, seriously, this town is Ku-
Klux headquarters. I carried this county
for secession in 1861 with only seven votes
against me, and now there isn’t a single
white Radical living in the county. We’ve
no use for them here.” The General said
that if I would walk across the square to
his offioe he would join me soon. I found
in the office Gen. Dußose, Member of
Congress from this district, and son-in
law of Gen. Toombs. He told how,
through the activity of the white people
and the “moral influence” they brought
to bear, nearly all the negroes in the
county had been induced to vote for him
at the late election. He was quite posi
tive that there had been no intimidation
or threats of discharge from employment
■ used to make the negroes desert the Re
publican party. He said the Radical Legis
lature had changed the eleotjon law and
provided that all the voting in each county
should be done at the county seat, and
that the election should last three days;
the idea being that if the negroes were all
collected together they would be led by a
few “ smart, niggers ” living in the county'
towns, and would vote solid for the Radi
cal ticket; but tbe scheme did not work.
In a few minutes Gen. Toombs came in,
and soon commenced to talk politics. I
told him that he was understood to repre
sent the most ultra wing of the Democratic
party in Georgia, and that I was desirous
of learning his views upon politioal ques
tions. “Yes,” be said, “I am one of
the red-hot kind.” “What do you think
of the new departure of the Northern De-
mocracy, as expounded by Vallandigham
and the Pennsylvania Convention ? Shall
you support it?” “Never. I would
sooner vote for Horace Greeley than for
any Democrat upon such a platform.
Groeley and the Republicans first got it
tip ; it’s their patent, and 1 have more
resnect for them than such sooundrels as
Vallandigham, who wants to 'steal their
ideas.” Mr. Toombs spoke at some length
in this style, declaring finally that tbe peo
ple of the South could never be brought to
aoeept the Constitutional Amendments as
finalities, and that if the Democratic party
took that ground they would have Dothing
to do with that party. “What do you
look forward to in the tuture ?” I asked,
“how can you escape the results of the
war ?” “We will fight you again just as
soon as we oaq get ready,” he answered ;
“and .1 believe we oan get ready much
sooner than most people think.” “You
oannot seriously believe that the South will
attempt another war ?’ ’ “I certainly do,and
I believe that I shall live to see Southern
independence. Many of our people are
losing the hope that they will see ‘Shiloh’
in their day, but they are training their
children up to take up the work,” • Gon.
Toombs talked in the most bitter way
against the Republican party, which he
denounced as composed of thieves, robbers,
and prison convicts. “ There is not an
honest man in the Radical party in Geor
gia,” he said. He accused the Northern
Republicans of sending down the worst
kind of rasoals to plunder and oppress the
South. He maintained that this class of
men were purposely selected to abuse and
impoverish the Southern people. He
would not admit that the Republican
party, as a national organization, had any
honesty or patriotism, and the hard names
be called it, and the sins with which he
charged it, would till a column. I asked
if he thought any considerable number of
men in Georgia agreed with him in desir
ing a renewal cf tbe war, and in still
hoping for Southern independence, “Two
thirds of all the white men in this State
and in all the South ate of this way of
thinking,” be replied) “ and if yoq will
go into the oountry among tbe planters,
you will find what I say is true. In the
largo towns the editors and business men
talk differently, bnt they know nothing of
the sentiments of-the people.”
Later in the conversation, Gen. Toombs
spoke of the civilization of the South as
compared with that of the North and of
Europe. He had travelled, he said, over
muoh of the world, and bad seen no high
er civilization than that of Virginia aod
Georgia. The civilization of the North
was far beio v it. He thought the agricul
tural population of New Ragland the
poorest class of people he had ever seen. I
replied that the agricultural people of
Georgia and South Carolina Were the poor
est people I had ever seen, and thereupon
a discussion qrose as to jyhat constituted a
high degree of civilisation, the General de
claring that it did not oonsist in packing
people together as thick as hogs in a pen,
which, ho said, was the Northern idea.
He thought a thinly settled country, where
people bad room enough, and did not in
terfere witn each other, and where the la
boring pless was owned or controlled by
the lacd-hoidbrs, was the biguest type of
modern civilization.' I obanged the sub
ject, and asked if he thought immigration
desirable for the South? “No,” he re
plied, “ we don’t want Northern men to
oomehere, Ist them stay at home, where
they belong. This Is our country, and We
want to keep if fat ourselves and our chil
dren. If people whd call themselves our
conquerors insist on ooming here against
onr wishes, they peed expect no ijeloome
from us. We wdf bottling to do
with them.”
Gen. Toombs spoke with great bitter
ness of the Reconstruction acts and Con
stitutional amendments. Tho party that
passed them were liars, he said, for they
pretenaed tc believe in Bell-government,
and at the same' time would not »i«e the
South aoy liberty to regulate her own af
fairs, but ruled her first by military offi
cers and. then by a horde of Northern
thieves, sent down here to hold the
offices and tyrannise over the people.
"Why can’t you let us alone?” he went
on excitedly. “If your idea of govern
ment is not a lie, stay away and, let ns
manage onr own affairs. We don t want
to have anything to do with yon. We
had the satisfaction ot killing more than
200,000 of you, and if my advice had Men
followed the war would not have ended
until we had killed more.” Once upon
the subject of the war, _he went on to
argue the right of Secession, to denounce
the North, and to call the Union army a
horde of mercenaries, marauders, aDd
thieves. It was clear that the war had
taught him no lesson, and that his feelings
were as bitter as they were when the con
test was at its hight. He fioally got upon
the subieot of the present State,, govern
ment of Georgia. Governor Bullock, be
said, had stolen $1 0’,000,000 for himself
and his friends. The bonds the Radicals
had issued would never be paid. It
amused him to see the Wall street bankers
buying them at eighty or ninety cents on
the dollar, when they were not worth a
copper. No man here would give a dime
for a bushel of them. He hoped Bullock
would forge a lot of them, and give the
New York Yankees all they would take at
any price. It was a way of foraging on
the enemy that he liked to eee. Not a
dollar of the debt contracted since the war
would ever be paid. He gave an enter
taining description of the ohamoter and
antecedents of the prominent Radicals in
the State, and would not admit that there
was a decent man among them all. Most
of the members of tbe Legislature, he
said, never ventured to go back to. the
oounties they pretended to represent, for
they knew the people would hang them if
they did. The two members froni the
neighboring county ot Lincoln had never
been there since they were elected in 1868.
As regards negro suffrage, .that he
thought an unmixed evil. A great lump
of ignorance-and vice had been made part
of the governing class. He said vice be
cause the negroes were all thieves. They
were like animals, and would steal any
thing they saw that they wanted as natu
aas a hog wcnld break into a potato
or a dog wonld seise a piece of meat.
He did not think an intelligent qualifica
tion for suffrage would remedy the evil.
Reading and writing did not fit a man for
voting. The Paris mob were intelligent,
but they were the most dangerous class in
the world to be trusted with any of the
powers of government. A property qual
ification was what was necessary for a sta
ble government; Only those who owned
the oountry shonld govern it, and men
Who had do property had no right to make
laws for property-holders. He said there
wasnojharm in the negroes voting as long
as the whites all belonged to one party,
but tbe danger he feared was that the
whites would eventually divide into two
parties on State issues, and that a party
would be formed composod of the lower
\ classes of white men —the dangerous, irre
sponsible element —and that the negroes,
by natural affinity, would join that party,
which would then be in the mojority, and
being able to control the State, would then
attack the interests of the landed proprie
tors. The Radicals have been greatly
mistaken in counting upon the negroes as
the basis of their party. “ The negroes,
now that they are satisfied there is no
danger of being re-enslaved, will vote just
as their employers tell them. They can’t
afford to do anything else. They are at
tached to their old horn' <, and have no
money with which to move and find new
ones, and they will not risk being dis
charged by voting against the planters
who hire them.” Two-thirds of the ne
groes in this county voted with the Demo
ocrats last fall, he said.
I asked if, when the golden age of
Sonthern independence came, whioh ho so
confidently expected, the blacks would be
reduoed to slavery again. He thought
not, and said that slavery would have
gradually died out if secession had been
successful, because it would soon have
ceased to be profitable. Only in cotton
culture did slave labor pay because cotton
is a crop that muse be worked 365 days in
a year- Corn requires but 40 days labor,
add wheat kit 20; so there was no profit
in feeding a man and his family a whole
year to g«t bis labor to raise corn or
wheat. Tkere never was any question of
morals connected with slavery, he said ;
it was only a matl er of profit or loss. I
was glad tc find that, on this question,
Gen. Toombs had made some progress in
his opinions during tbe past ten years,
and that he no longer expected to have
that roll-call at the loot of the monument.
GeD. Toombs characterized tho Ku-Klux
as the natural protest of an oppressed
people against tyranny. Madame Do
Stael, he said, had described the Russian
Government as despotism tempered by>as
sassination. Although he did not say so
in explioit terms, he let it be clearly infer
red that he considered the reconstructed
government of the Southern States as
despotisms tempered by Ku-Kluxism.
The conversxtion lasted an hour, and
was much of the time a discussion which
I considered moro acrimonious thau courte
ous ou the part of Gen. Toombs, as he
wa9 the aggressor and assailed the North
ern people, their habits, customs, ances
tors, and character with extreme violence.
Half an hour afterward we parted. While
strolling about the town I met him on his
way home, and he cordially invited me to
take tea with him, somewhat to my sur
prise. We walked up a narrow street,
bordered by handsome white bouses, with
pretty door-yards, and turned into a lovely
garden, filled with roses in bloom and many
varieties of blossommg shrubs aod orna
mental trees, through which a long path
led up tbe high-pillared piazza ot a fine
house. He presented me to his family in
a pleasant room, filled with pictures, books,
and other objects of taste. Once at home
the manner of the General chauged at
once, and instead of the bitter political
partisan he buoame tho geuial host, and
talked in tho most entertaining manner of
his travel abroads, of his residence in
Paris, of English politics and statesmen,
and of the future of the continental na
tions. Speaking of home affairs he aaidthat
all of his old slaves came back to him
when he returned from Europe in 1867,
and that his coachman was the same man
who drove his carriage when ho was a
Senator at Washington, and that the
man’s grandfather was his grandfather’s
ooaohm&n. An hour passed in the most
agreeable manner, and when I took my
leave I should have concluded that the
General had, in our first conversation,
amused himself by astonishing me with
extreme views be did not really ectertain,
had Ii ot heard from many sources of his
violent reactionary opinions. He is a
man of striking personal appearance. He
is six feet in height, with a powerful
frame, a head somewhat resembling that
of Daniel Webster, in its unusual size and
in the great bight and breadth of the
forehead. He is a rapid aod brilliant
talker, and has a memory that seems to
lose nothing that he has ever seen, heard,
of read. His knowledge of history is es
pecially thorough, particularly of all the
efforts and straggles for liberty that the
world has ever known—the most glorious
of all these struggles being, in his opinion,
the Southern Rebellion, He is a man
that it is easy to see would be a leader
wherever be might be placed, and his in
fluence in Georgia is admitted to be great.
TWO HOURS WITH ALEX. H. STEPHENS.
His Views on Politics—Be Does Not Ac
cept the Situation—Thinks the Constitu
tional Amendments Void—Believes Des
potism will Soon be Established.
[Jftrom N. Y. Tribune Correspondent.']
Cbawfordville, Ga., June 4.—This a
straggling, shsbby, dirty Southern town,
of perhaps 400 or .500 inhabitants. The
streets are without sidewalks, and pedes
trians take the ahoice between walking in
tho mud or in the dust of the roadways
or atpong tho rank' weeds that fill the
broad spaces between the wheel-tracks
and the lenses. The decayed frame
houses were painted so long ago that they
now show no traoes of paint. This is the
county town of the oounty of Taliaferro
—a name that has degenerated, in the
mouths of the people, into Tolliver—and
in the center of a weed-overgrown square
in the town there is a little ugly brick
Court House, but no business seems to be
transacted in it. Around the square stand
four or five stores, with large vacant
spaces between ; eaoh store has its com
plement of half a dozen dirty, yellow-faced
loafers, in butternut pantaloons, coarse
ootton shirts, and broad-brimmed slouch
ed felt hats, who were hanging about the
doorway and obewing tobacco as vigorous
ly as if that wero the chief business of life.
Tfa6 ruqe little tavern has no outward indb
cation of readiness to furnish entertain
ment, except a muoh whittled bench upoD
tho porch, and a wash-basin and towel
for publio use. There is a church or two,
but no public school, no newspaper, no
telegraph office, although the wires run
through the place, and no particular sign
of modern civilization except the vqq of a
traveling established among
the weeds tin the square.
On the outskirts of the village, across
the railway track, is Liberty Hall (the
residence of Altx. H. Stephens, late
Vice-President of the Souther;} Oonied
ercy', so named, not with any reference
to the mansion of the hospitable old fel
low m Goldsmith s comedy, but to indi
cate the interest of its owner in the oanse
of human liberty ; for oven here in the
South, in tho old days of Slavery, men
talked enthusiasm liberty,
meaning of course the liberty of the white
race, Liberty Hall is a plain white farm
house, with a large sloping iawu in front,
shaded by locust trees and numerous
negro houses and other out-buildings at
the side and in the rear, all freshly
painted. A sprightly mulatto girl took in
my card, and returned at once to the
porch to escort me through a narrow hall,
P i aßt *. plainly-furni»hed parlor,
through a large room walled around from
floor to oeiling with books, and into a
room at the back of the house. Here I
found a little, withered, wrinkled old man,
with wonderfully bright brown eyes, white
hair, and a frame so emaciated that it
seemed to be literally skin and bones.
He wore a homespun suit of butternut
color, aDd had an old black felt hat upon
his bead- This person was Mr. Stephens.
He half rose as 1 entered, and extended a
hand so gaunt and fleshless that it did not
seem to be the hand of a living
man, and immediately afterward he sank
back into his easy chair. At his right
hand stood a round table, piled up with a
confdsad heap of books, fetters, newspa
pers, manuscripts and writing materials.
A pair of crutches leaned against the wall
on the other side of his chair, and he
rested his feet on the rounds of another
chair, in which lay an ugly, fat, brindled
dog, that the flies would not affow to
sleep. There were two beds in the room,
a bureau covered with bottles of every
gize and shape, containing medicines and
liquors, and a grate in which a coal fire
was burning, although it was a warm June
day. A single picture, representing Faith
standing by the cross, hung above the
mantel, which rivaled the bureau in its
array of bottles. There were piles of
books upon the floor, and articles of cloth
ing were scattered about the room. Mr.
Stephens said he was always glad to see
visitors and to talk upon public affairs, but
that he invariably insisted that correspon
dents who called upon him should not
publish what he said, because he had no
wish to be brought before the public. This
prohibition I afterward prevailed on him
to modify so far as to consent that I might
mention whatever he should say that had
heretofore been made public, and he told
his nephew, a young man who came in
while we were talking, to give me a copy
of an Augusta paper (Chbonicle «k Senti
nel), which he said contained an authori
tative statement of his views as far as he
wished them to be known.
Mr. Stephens denounced the Republi
can leaders in the strongest terms as
guilty of “the mast outrageous perfidy”
in prosecuting the war for. the avowed
purpose of restoring the Southern States
to their old places in the Union, and then,
when they had triumphed, refusing to
let them take those places, denying them
the rights of self-government and repre
sentation in Congress, putting them under
bayonet rule, and afterward reconstruct
ing them by uprooting all tho foundations
of.their society, disqualifying all men of
intelligence and property from holding
office or votiDg. and placing their Govern
ments in the hands of the ignorant and
vicious. He spoke of the Republicans as
JaoobiDS without oonscicnce or consisten
cy, whose purpose was to establish a cen
tralized, despotic government, and to de
stroy the liberties of the people. All of
the Reconstruction legislation of Congress
he believed to be unconstitntioDal, fraudu
lent, and void. The Xlllth Amendment
he admitted to be valid, because it had
been ratified by the rightful Governments
of the Southern States—the Governments
de jure , and not the Governments' de facto
afterward established by bayonets. The
XlVth and XVth Amendments he
claimed were no part of the Constitution,
because their pretended ratification had
been effeoted by force and fraud. They
were not results of tho war. as
the Radical leaders' falsely claimed,
but were conceived after the war was
over, as a part of the scheme of centrali
zation which those leaders had concocted
to keep themselves in power. He did not
hold the XVth Amendment to he invalid
because he opposed negro suffrage, but
because of the usurpations and outrages
upon the Constitution by which it was
wrongfully adopted. He did not believe
the ballot would ever be taken from the
negro if the XVth Amendment were de
clared void, and the control of the suf
frage placed where it rightfully belonged,
under the exclusive jurisdiction of the
States. In such a case, if it should be
proposed to deprive the negroes of the
franchise, the white-men would divide into
two parties upon the question, and the one
that opposed the measure, with the aid of
the votes of the negroes, would carry the
day. But the fact that universal suffrage
was so firmly established did not, he said,
lessen the duty of all lovers of constitu
tional liberty to oppose the XVth Amend
ment. This usurpation should never be
permitted 1 to pass without proper rebuke
and condemnation, even by those who
favor the object aimed at by it. The de
jure governments of the Southern States,
he said, are still in a condition of repres
sion, and he declared that the history of
no country shows grosser or more palpa
ble usurpations of power, or more glaring
acts of wrong, violence, fraud and perfidy,
on the part of those in authority, than
were committed by the Republican party
in the passage of the so-called amendments
and the reconstruction laws.
Mr. Stephens talked for more than an
hour in this manner, rehearsing all the
old arguments with which Democratic
orators and newspapers have made people
too familiar for the past few yearp. In
answer to an inquiry as to what he
thought of the new' departure of the
Northern Detnooiacy, he read me a copy
of a long letter recently sent to a friend in
Pennsylvania, who had asked his opinion
of the platform lately adopted by the Con
vention in that State. The letter express
ed very positive opiqions, and these he en
larged upon in conversation, but he espe
cially desired me to make no mention of
bis views upon this subject, as he wished
that they should not he made public, and
had cautioned his Pennsylvania friend not
to let his letter get into print. He ex
pressed the belief that the movement to
ward centralizing power in the General
Government, which he said was going on
with constantly accelerated rapidity,
would end in destroying all the power and
independence of the States and next the
liberties of the people. This, he said,
was the deliberate purpose of the Repub
lican leaders, and ho looked for its speedy
accomplishment. Ooe pretext after an
other would be found to invade tho liber
ties of the people and deprive them of the
right of self-government. “I may not
live to see it,” ho said, “but you are
young, and will yet witness the downfall of
Republican Government in this couatry
and the establishment of a centralized
despotism,” Unlike Mr. Toombs, Mr.
Stephens does not believe that another
war is possible between the North and
South, and he thinks a remedy for the
evils of which he complains can be reach
ed only through peaceful means. He
said he believed the Democratic party
could yet save the country if it would
make an earnest and solemn appeal to the
people at the next Presidential election,
warning them of the plot to destroy thoir
liberties. If this were doDe, he was con
fident that there was yet honesty and
sense enough among the people to cause
them to rise and “hurl tho Jacobins from
power,” as heexpres edit.
In the course of the conversation a negro
man came in, presented Mr. Stephens
with a basket of apples, and asked his
advice about selling his peas at the pres
ent market price. After he had gone Mr.
Stephens said that all his former slaves
still lived upon his pD.ee, and'worked the
land on shares. Ho found it more profit
able than slave labor. The negroes divid
ed the crops themselves and Jtrought him
his share. He depended eqtirely upon
their honesy, and did not believe they
deceived Jiim. 'The negroes were not as
well off for comforts as in the days of
slavery he said; they were not as well
cloched, fed or housed, but he presumed
they preferred freedom to slavery with
more comforts. In one of the brief
intervals in his political talk, Mr. Steph
ens spoke of the civilization of Georgia
before the war as tho highest in the world.
Pauperism, ho said, was almost unknown,
and in all his practice at the bar he had
only known one ease of deliberate murder;
but he admitted that’ cases of killing in
quarrels were frequent.
Nearly all of Jotir two hours’ talk was
on tho political topics indioated above—l
should say, rather, his talk, for most of
the time Mr. Stephens seemed nearly ob
livious of the presence of his auditors.
With his eyes fixed upon one point on the
wall, ho would talk as steadily and con
secutively as if repeating a well-learned
oration, and he seemed impatient of ques
tions or any interruptions. It was as if he
were rehearsing from memory tho chap
ters of his book, and felt bound to get
through with them all. Sitting in his
disordered room, surrounded by a confu
sion of old books, manuscripts, bottles,
vials, and ancient lurnituro, and discuss
ing questions many of which were long
since settled and are nearly forgotten, he
seeiped to be a sort of necromanoer trying
to revive the spirit ot the dead past. He
has been an invalid for the past two years,
and is obliged to use orutchcs in walking.
He never expects that his health will per
mit him to again take any part in public
life. In spite of his infirmities, however,
he makes his influence widely felt by
means ot conversations with men who
come from si* parts of the South to sec
him. Scarcely a day passes that he does
not receive visitors from a distance. In
this way he keeps up his acquaintance
with publio men throughout the South,
and is still potent in controlling the action
of the Democratic party in this State, acd,
: to some extent, in all the Southern States.
Probably no man in Georgia wields the
influence that he does with the class that 1
still refuse to accept the situation. The
people of tfcewillsge have a great rever
ence for him, and seem to rely upon him for
advioe and assistance. His charity and
kindness of heart are proverbial in all the
country round, and he is beloved alike by
white men and negrees, who, when in
trouble, come long distances to get his
counsel.
* [FOE THE CHRONICLE & BENTINEL.]
What I Bare Seen and What I Said
About It.-n«. 2.
I have seen many editorial items like
the following: “We were presented the
other day with a watermelon that, weighed
forty pounds;’’ “we were shown last
week a stalk of wheat six feet high.”
And I said, “ Alas 1 alas! what a pity 1
Poor fellow! that unfortunate editor is
gone! Some cruel body has presented
him —given him away ; and, shocking to
relate, the wicked man has given away
the poor editor’s big watermelon with
him; and besides all this, like a cow at a
cattle show, he was placed on exhibition—
was shown, that he might be a gazing
stock for carious eyes to look at. Shock
ing! outrageous! Who could have done
auoh violence to the modesty of that
worthy son of the quill?” And when I
had said these things,, something whis
pered into my ear, saying, “ l)o not waste
your sympathy. That editor meant to say
that the watermelon was presented to
him, and that the stalk of wheat was
shown to him.” Then I replied, “if he
meant to say that, why did he not say it?
Why did he murder good English and good
sense at the same time with one stroke of
his pen! Shade of Adison! awake from thy
resting-place in the hoary pile of Westmin
ster Abbey, and teach the scribblers of this
writing age how to write the English lan
guage correctly. I have seen a preacher
that preached for money and for popular!
ty, and who, to gain his end, prophesied
smooth thing?, daubed with untempered
mortar, and, instead of rebuking sin, flat
tered his people with his lying lids—and I
said, “ That preacher will go to perdition
and take his people with him; and every
soul lost through his unfaithfulness will be
a mill-stone about bis neck to sink him
lower and yet lower forever more beneath
the surging billows of eternal misery.” 1
have seen a faithful man of God, who had
spentfthe prime of his life and the strength
of his manhood in unremitting labors for
the spiritual good of his floek, turned off
and sent adrift in his old age by that same
flock to pick up a precarious subsistence
as best he could, or to live upon the stint
ed charities of a cold and heartless world,
and when I had well reflected upon tho
heart-rending scene, I said: “Ob, alas I
I am fearfully apprehensive that there is
is not in that whole Church enough of the
pupe salt of true piety to season aad save
one little soul as large as a bat’s eye.”
I have seon tho wearied traveler turned
away from the rich man’s door, aud I
have seen the same traveler received and
entertained by the humble cottager, and I
said, “Oftentimes there is more charity and
more hospitality in the rude dwellings of
the poor, than in the lordly mansions of
the rich.” I have seen parents, who per
mitted their children habitually to disobey
their commands, and I was constrained to
exclaim, “Foolish and wicked pareuts !
You are teaching your offspring the evil
lessons ot disobedieco’e, and hereafter
when you shall see them trampling upon
all laws, human and divine, you can say
with troth, That is the fruit of early train
ing ! Our children are only acting out
the lessons we taught them in early years.”
1 have seen parents deceivo their own
children, tell lies to them, and make to
them nonuses that ara never kept, and
when I saw these things. I cried out with
a sorrowful heart : “O fie 1 for shame ! !
cruel parents, you are digging up by the
roots the precious plant of faith out of
the hearts of your children, and if you de
stroy their faith in you, how can you ex
pect them to have faith in God or man ?”
I have seen a fair morning followed by
a cloudy day and a cloudy morning fol
lowed by a fair day ; and I have said :
“Thus is it in life? Our sweetest joys
are soon succeeded by painful sorrows ;
and our sorest afflictions soon give place
to neaoe and happiness.”
I have seen a man dressed in the garb
of a gentleman, uttering such oaths, curses
and obscene words as would cause a devil
to hang his head for shame, and I said :
“Out of the abundance ot the heart too
mouth speaketb. If the streams be so
filthy wha.t must the fountain be ? Tho
heart that can send forth suoh torrents of
corruption and uncleannoss must boa
hideous mass of puftification and rotten
ness.” More anon. Franklin-
LKTTEK FROM HARTWELL.
Hartwell, Ga., June 12, 1871.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel :
Dear Sirs—We havo beon requested
to forward you proceedings of a railroad
meeting held here last Tuesday, which
please find accompanying this.
The people of this seotion arc fust realiz
ing the advantages to bo gained in having
a railroad, and whenever tho proper in
ducements aro offered, will leave nothing
undone on their part towards aiding the
same, by subscribing stock, and assisting
in the furtherance of the work to their
fullest extent. The determination and
spirit is growing every day to have a rail
road at all hazards, and if a wide gauge
road cannot be built, will have to take a
narrow one. The disposition of the capi
tal in this county is to give all the aid to
the road which will.hc 'hr most probable
to commence work first.
The Augusta arid Hartwell Road would,
in all probability, bo the most advantage
to us, and in fact to the whole country
between here and Augusta (one reason for
this, amongst reveral others, that it would
be a competitor, of no small insignifi
cance, to the Georgia Railroad, and would 1
stop, to a great extent, the monopoly so
long enjoyed by that road), but the action
of the Directors of the Air Line Road, at
their last meeting in Charlotte, have
thrown a straw in our way, that wo may
hope for of that road through
this county , it is certain if they succeed
in effecting a survey through this section,
they will find out, beyond a doubt, that
this route is much more naturally adapted
towards buildiugl a railroad ; besides, is a
shortening over the route they have com
menced work on of about twenty miles.
We cannot seo the reason of the change
of the route from the surveys originally
made, in > accordance with which their
charter was granted by our Legislature,
and in a continuation of the route they
are at work on at present, from Gainsville
to Greenville, S. C. They are working in
violation of their charter, and are liable
to action against them at any time in hav
ing the same forfeited; besides, they aro
invoking the censure and non-support of
other corporations that have proposed to
contribute to their assistance, will
give you a rumor that we have hoard
assigned as a reason for this singular con
duct, which is, that previous to tho loca
tion of the road from Gainsville to Green
ville, their engineer went ahead and bought
up considerable quantities of real estate,
and then returned and surveyed his road
to run through his individual possessions,
thereby enhancing their value. If this
report is true, it is a tremendous fraud on
the Directors and citizens interested, and
shnuli be summarily dealt with.
We have had several heavy and wash
ing rains here- during the past week,
which has done Borne damage in f*7crfloW
ing low lands, and keeping the
ground so , U at grass is getting the
of the farmers, and if there is
no cessation soon (long enough to dry the
ground), the crops will be ruined for want
of working.
Crops are generally looking good; cotton
is small, but has a good stand, and looks
healthy. The wheat crop, that is now
beiog harvested, has suffered much irom
the rust, and also now from the wet
weather, and the crop will he very short
in this oounty. 8.
Hartwell, Ga., June 7, 1871.
Proceedings of a meeting held in this
place in the interest of tho Richmond and
Atlanta Air Line Railroad, whioh was
fully represented by stockholders and
citizens of this oounty.
On motion, John H. Skelton, Esq.,
was called to the Chair, and C. W. Seidel
and T. N. McMullen wero requested to
act as Secretaries.
Major Skelton, on taking bis appoint
ment as Chairmau, stated tho object of
the meeting was principally to impress
the citizens of this county with the im
portance of railroad communication, as
weli as to devise measures at once where
by to bring into requisition, by united
aotioD, all tho aid that can possibly be ob
tained towards accomplishing tho same;
he also read the report of a meeting of
the citizens of Franklin county, recently
held at Carncsville, showing the interest
manifested in the Aij Line Road iq that
county.
F. B. Hodges, Esq., made a few re
marks, showing the injustice about to be
done the people of this section by the Air
Line Company, who, in violation of their
charter from this State, have contraotcd
and commenced work from Qainsville,
Ga., to Greenville, S, C„ via Perryville,
instead of going through this county, by
way of Anderson, S. C. He read the
official report of a recent meeting hold in
Charlotte, N. C., by the Directors of this
road, who ordered all work stopped on
their road at once, until a survey could be
made from Anderson to Gainsville, there
by preying the fact already known of the
great eepnomy to be gained, both ia short
ening the length and reducing otherwise
the expenses very materially. He also
read the proceedings of a meeting of the
citizens of SL C., who have
made liberal subscriptions of stock ia case
, this road is brought by that plaoe,
On motion, one member was selected
from each Militia District in the county
to draft resolutions, which resulted in the
appointment of the following committee
for that purpose : Dr. J. L, Turner, W.
A. Holland, Rev. H. Tyler, John Parker,
A. J. G. McCurrv, Hop. W. F.
Bowers, W. H. Rudd and F. B. Hodges,
d*he following resolutions, were drafted
by said committee, and were adopted ;
1. jU'iolvcd !, That we heartily approve
the action of the Board of Directors of the
Air Line Railroad at their recent yeariy
meeting, held in Charlotte, N. 0., in
ordering the work suspended on their
road between Gainesville, Georgia, aud
Greenville, S. C., until a correit and
thorough survey can be made by way of
Anderson, S. C.
2. Ketalvfi, That we approve the ac
tion of the citizens of Anderson, S. C., in
their zeal in holding forth inducements
towards having this survey made, which
wc earnestly believe will be to the interest
of the company, by making the route the
most direst air line, beiDg a saving of
about twenty-three miles in distance, and
also lessening the expenses greater, there
being fewer and less expensive bridges to
construct, and the country is more nat
urally adapted to the building of a rail
road. We further believe that the route
known as the Rluot line is the cheapest
and most practicable, and also, that
many of the Directors are aware of that
fact, because several different surveys were
made in 1859 and ’CO by competent en
gineers, and, after duo deliberation, the
company, at that time, did locate the
road on said Blunt line, contracts were
made, and work commenced in this
county.
3. Resolved further, That we believe it
was the intention of the Legislature of
Georgia who granted tLe charter to run
the said road by way of or in the direction
of Anderson, which is so stated in too
charter. , „ .
4. Wc pledge onraelves to do all in our
power towards furthering the interests _ of
this road in every way ; by subscription
to stock, giving right of way, «o.i in the
event that it is finally located on or near
the said Blunt survey, as previously made
through this county.
5- Jhsolccdi That a committee of throe
he appointed to correspond with tho Di
rectors of the Air Line Railroad at Ander
son, 8. 0 , with regard to having the new
survey- of said railroad extended irom
Anderson through this oounty to Gains
ville ; this committee to consist of the
two Secretaries of this meeting and F. B.
Hodges, Esq.
6. Resolved , That John H. Skelton,
Esq., is empowered to represent the in
terest of this county in the meeting to be
held in Atlanta.
On motion, the Athens and Anderson
papers were requested to publish, and
Atlanta, Gainsville and Augusta papers
will pleasocopy.
On motion, the meeting adjourned to the
Ist Tuesday in July next.
John H. Skelton, Chairman.
C. W. Seidel, ) o . .
T.N. McMullen, f Notaries.
Telegraphic Summary
Versailles, Juno 15.—General Trechu
continued, boforo the Assembly to-day,
the remarks commenced on Tuesday, in
vindication of his defense of Paris. He
said the individuals arrested as provision
agents during his conduot of the military
affairs of the capital had reappeared as
leaders of the insurrection, and instancid
the case of Dombrowski. The insurrec
tion, said the General, was merely a con
tinuation of war with Prussia. IJc eon
eluded by condemning, in vigorous terms,
Prince Bismark, and mild allusions to the
Communo.
A motion was introduced in tho As
sembly for the taxation ot passports of
persons entering France, as wore also mo
tions proposing that the present Asserh'y
sit for two years, and that it enact or
ganic laws for tho control of the finances
of the country.
Washington, June 15.—1n tho matter
of Smith, colored cadet, tho following or
der has been promulgated : “In conformity
with the 65th pf the rules and articles of
war', the proceedings of the general oourt
martial in the foregoing ease have been
forwarded to the Secretary of War
for the action of the President of tho
United States. The proceedings, find
ings and sentence arc approved, but in
view of all the circumstances surrounding
this oase, and believing that the end of
publio justice will be better subserved and
the polioy of the Government, of which
the presence of this cadet in tho military
academy is a signal illustration, be better
maintained by a commutation of the
sentence than by its rigid enforcement,
the President is pleased to mitigate it by
substituting for dismal of service of tlm
United States, reduction of his aoademio
standing one year. Cadet Smith will join
the sucoeeding fourth elass at the com
mencement of tho next aoademio year.
The sentence, as commuted, will ho duly
executed. •
[Signed] W. W. Belknap,
Secretary of War.”
The Department of Agriculture has re
ceived returns Irom nearly three hundred
counties, representing the most productive
distriots of eaoh of the cotton States, and
showing the comparative average and tho
condition of the orop on the first week in
June. A diminution of the area planted in
cotton appears in every State, except
Florida. The most careful analysis of the
returns, with due regard in making aver
ages to tho extent of ootton production in
the respective oounties, gives tho following
per coDtago of reduotion in oomparison
with last year. Virginia, 30 per oent.;
North Carolina, 14; South Carolina, 13;
Georgia, 12 ; Alabama, 13 ; Mississippi,
15; Louisiana, 8; Texas, 14; Arkansas,
16; Tennessee, 12. These Stato aver
ages, reduced to a general average—tho
assumed acreage of tho respective States
being an oleraent in tho calculation—will
place the reduotion of the ootton of -1871,
as compared with that of 1870, between
14 and 15 per oent. —equivalent to nearly
a million and a third of acres. This would
leave between seven and a half and eight
millions of acres a3 the present area in
cotton. The average yield has not, in
former years, exceeded 150 pounds per
acre; that for" 1870 was more than 200
pounds. The condition of the growing
plant is below an average in nearly every
State. . The spring has been unusually wet
and cold, retarding growth, oausing many
of the’plants to turn yellow and die, and
obstructing cultivation to a large extent.
Replanting has refilled the vacant space
of imperfect stands. The weather has
recently been more favorable, and it
is not impossible that an average con
dition may bo attained by the com-,
mencement of the picking season. The
condition of cotton in July, oflß69—a year
favored with an abundant yield—was only
a little better than the showing forjqno
of the present year. Whilo the prospect
is slightly umpromising, thoro is uothing
in it ofa dcoisive/ffiaraoter. The percentage
below an average condition is respectively
as follows, in tho respectivo States :
North Carolina, 10 per Cent; South
Cprolina, 8 ; Georgia, 18 ; Alabama, 17 ;
Mississippi, 16; LouisUua, 10; Texas,
7Arkansas, 17; Tennessee, 10. In
Florida, tho eondition is three per oent.
above an avorago. An official estimate of
the ultimate result so j Q t | lo BC ason
would be an abs'tTui-ty. The iufluenoo of
future r»‘" gi floods, frosts and inseot enc
nl’.es, cannot bo calculated in advance,
but in view of the extremely favorable
circumstances affecting tho orop of last
year, there oannot bo expected, in tho
present year, upon roduoed area, a orop
exceeding three and one-half millions of
bales. An early frost, or tho prevalenoe
of insects, or a very unpropitious season,
. might reduce tho yie'd to three millions,
and a still further reduction is possible in
the union or severity of several of those
causes of failure.
It is understood that in tho Central
Railroad tax oase an appeal from tho Rev
enue Commissioner to tho Secretary of tho
Treasury was denied, because the road oan
appeal to the oourts. The amount in
volved is over a million.
Philadelphia, Jane 15. -Tho Re
publican Convention to nominate a candi
date for Governor was boisterous. In
siders had to barricade the doors to juc
vent the onterance of outsiders, 'lho
nomination has not yet been accomplished.
Later. —The convention to nominate a
coroner was finally broken up, after stormy
proceedings, by a large number of out
siders breaking into the hall. Rowdiest
dispersed tho delegates and destroyed the
records. The Executive Committee will
have to mako the nomination. There
were plenty of broken heads, but no shots
werefirod. No one was seriously injured.
Tho majority of the Republican papers
speak disparagingly of tho ticket nomina
ted yesterday, and predict its defeat in the
fall elections.
Des Moines, Jane 15. —Tho Democra
cy, in State Convention, nominated State
officers. The new departure was sustain
ed by an indirect vote or 188 to 54. Tho
resolutions support the Constitution as it
now exists, with a strict construction for
the protection of Stare and individual
rights, with a pledge to defend the s'.me
from the central power; universal amnes
ty should follow universal suffrage; Do
minican annexation is opposed, partly be
cause of tho unfitness of tho poople for
American citizenship, but Qspeoialiy from
the corrupt motives which the scheme had
fn its inceptiop , the tariff must be regu
lated with a single eye to revenue ; pro
tection is indirect robbery; the paymont
of twenty thousand millions premium on
bonds, payable at par on maturity, is de
nounced.
London, Jnne 16,5 a. m.— The Countess
of Paris, last night, gave birth to a
daughter.
Napoleon and Eugenie have made a visit
to the Prince of Wales.
1 The Time* states that the French loan
will amount to only two milliards francs.
Times' specials from Paris report that
the state of siege ceases to-day (Friday).
Reports of renewed agitation in Belleville
and Villette quarters are unfounded.
German soldiers visiting Paris are ooca
sionally insulted in the streets, and have
been refased seats at tables in restaurants.
Versailles, June 16— Francis Paul
Meurioe, dramatist and novelist, arrested
as a Communist, has been released.
The Government remains gt Versailles
until October.
Motions have been presented in the
Assembly for the prolongation of the
powers of the Assembly and Tbiere for
two years.
Paris, June 16.—A proclamation has
Deen issued by the International Society,
whioh declares : “Wo are disarmed, but
not conquered, and are still one hundred
thousand strong. Favre and Troohu were
the authors of our misfortune, aided by
the capital of the priesthood. We accept
the responsibility of the conflagrations.
We must have no interior deputies, and
no divisions at the polls. Reaction took
away our arms, but not onr vote?. ‘ Viva
La Social RepuUique! Viva Jba Com
mune!' ”
London, June 10.— It is said that upon
the entry of Viotor Emanuel into Rome,
the Pope will go to Corsica.
Versailles, June 16.— Gen. Doom s
corps has gODe to Lyons to disarm the
National Guards in tho valley ot the
Rhine, from Lyons to Marseilles. Twenty
thousand troops will be sent to Algeria.
Veesaillies, June ls' Tk \.*"}
newspaper journalists, who whstituted
themselves a committee to offer a collective
ticket, composed of non-partisan candi
dates, meet with opposition lrom the tve-
PU The mot o iMs*snbmitted by Ram yeste
day, to extend the powors.of Thiers and
the functions of the Assembly for two
years, was unexpected b 7 naze s col
leagues, and is regarded inopportune, and
it is thought no action will be taken upon
them by the Assembly.
• It is reported that Pyst has been ar
rested at Lavillette, disguised as a priest.
General Fabrioe presented hisoompli
moots to Thiers upon the overthrow of tho
Commune.
Prince Bismarck has promised to dimin
ish the German army of occupation iu
Frauoe.
Bkuun, Juno 16.—The triumphal entry
of the army, and tho inauguration of the
equestrian statue of King Frederick Wil
h*™ to-day, was a grand display.
The city is thronged with people. The
procession, ono of the most magnifi
cent of modern times, was headed with
eagles and standards captured from the
French. After the address of welcome
and congratulations, tbo Emperor, at tho
bead of a brilliant cortege, rode down
the \la Triumpholes road, which was
strewn with flowers as ho advanoed by
1 huudreds of young girls, dressed in
white. The procession was mainly oom
! posed of detachments, representing every
regiment whioh engaged in the war; Tho
enthusiasm of tho spectators was unbound
cd. Upon unvciliDg tho statue of his
f*'he, r ’ William delivered a specoh. olosiog,
“ T hls toonumenf, which was projected in
a time of profuundost peace, now beorfmes
memorial of _ ono of tho most brilliant,
though bloodiest of modern wars. May
the peace, so dearly achieved, be a lasting
* one.
iho ceremonies closed with conferring
honors on the victorious Generals, among
them General Von Roon was made Count
of the Empire, and Von Moltke, Field
Marshal of the Imperial Armv.
Washington, Juno 16.—Tho Wiscon
sin Democratic State Committee, calling a
Stato Convention, says tho true mission in
to deal with tho practical questions of the
day, ignoring controversies settled by the
progress of events.
Boutwell decided that ho can entertain
an appeal from the Commissioner ol Inter
nal Revenue, hut neither tho interest of
tho Government nor the Central Road
aro advanced by hearing appeal in the
oase in questiou. Tho department will
make a demand for iho tax, and if not
paid, will attach the road’s property,
when the road can ourry tho matter into
court.
Dispatohcs report the Pope’s Jubilee
magnificently celebrated at all points.
Nashville, .June 16. —The railroad ox
oitemoDt at Chattanooga is unabated. 150
otnployeos from Alabama seized a looomo
tivo and cars at tho depot in Chattanooga,
and took them down tho Chattanooga <fc
Alabama Railroad. Pursuit was made,
but the laborers out tho wires. The re
sult is unknown.
Washington, Juno 17. Governor
Lindsay, of Alabama, concluded his testi
mony beforo tho Ku-Klux Investigating
Committee to-day, having been subjected
to a searching examination of seven or
eight hours in relation to the oondition of
affairs in his State. The details of his
evidcnco has Dot been ipade publio, hut it
is knowc that ho gave an unqualified de
nial to the reports of political outragos
and organized resistance to tho law in
Alabama, and expressed his belief, from
sources of information available to him,
that said Stato has not been stf quiet,
orderly and peaceful in twenty years as at
present. Abundant means of free educa
tion has been provided, nqd aro irnpar
dally accessible for all classes, both whito
and colored, and in no part of tho State
is any ono in danger of molestation or
violcuoo on account of his political senti
ments.
Lebanon, June 17.Vallandigham,
while illustrating to his follow-counßcl in a
murder ease, how tho dead man might
have shot himself, accidentally discharged
his pistol, wounding himself in the bowrjs.
At two o’clock this morning ho Was still
conscious, but in groat pain. I'afornal
hemorrhage is probable. Pysicians pro
nounce his condition vory serious. There
seems hardly a possibility of recovery.
Latest.—Vailandigho,m is dead.
Cumberland, Md., Juno 17—Mrs.
Vallandigham was here, attending the
funeral of her brother, Hon. V. L. Mc-
Mahon. Shu is completely distracted.
She will ht returned to Dayton to-Dight.
SUNDAY DISPATCHES. v
FOREIGN.
Florence, Juno 18.-—Tho first levy for
tho Italian army in tho Roman provinces
was satisfactory. Tho King and Queen of
Belgium congratulate the Pops on the 25tli
anniversary of his pontifical.
London, Juno 18. —The Observer ar.
nouncos the report that IWassoc Mon
tague Bernard will enter the Privy Coun
oil untrue, and D. Jura and Disreali will
be deposed from the leadership of the op
position.
Dublin, Juno 18. —A guug of supposed
Remans broke into Cue official armory
at Mallow, Saturday night, seized 120 ri
flss, and al! escaped. Five persons wore
arrested this morning on suspioion.
Bond Ivono, June 18, via London.—For
eigners here are greatly excited over tho
news ot tho tight between tho American
expedition and the Coroans. Washington
dispatohes are anxiously awaited, as it is
thought hostile operations will bo renew
ed.
Pabis, June 18.— The Republican jour
nals have united in a manifesto to meet
the electoral programme put forth by tho
Monarchical press. They declare that the
Republic is. the only national and legiti
mate expression ol national sovereignty ;
that monarchy implies its abdication, and
that they will give ‘their support to can
didates who are pledged to maintain the
statue quo.
The French loan will bo issued on tho
26th if tho Assembly passes tho bill au
thorizing it belore then.
The Verite, says tho state of seige will
bo raised on tho 26th.
The Duke of Ohartos is a candidate lor
the Assembly in La Voadec.
Tho Journal, of Paris, reports that tho
Central Committee has bceu reorganized,
under tho namo of the Central Committee
of Federal National Guard. Domiorow is
President and Reynolds Licard, Vioc
President.
Count Rourgoing lias been appointed
Minister to Hague.
A number of natives of Switzerland, ta
ken prisoners during the last days of the
insurrection, have been discharged.
It is rumored that Cluserot is alive,
and has been arrosted.
Masses will be Baid in all churches on
Tuesday for the souls of victims of tho
civil war.
Crowds of visitors arrive by every train
and business is improving. Tho city is
healthy.
German troops have evacuated Ghan
tilly.
The Official Journal has a stroug article
abusing a portion of the English press for
hostility to France. It stigmatizes their
misrepresentations as oold-blooded and
cowardly, and charges that some of the
writers were, bribod during and siuco the
war.
COTTON MOVEMENT.
New York, Juno 18.—Cotton move
ment shows a continued falling off. The
totals are tbe smallest tor week since
tho rctrogade movement set in. Tho ex
ports arc about one-ball of the correspond
ing week last year. Reoeipts at all ports
24,046, against 28,136 last Week, 36,402
previous week, 40,178 throo weeks sinoe.
Reoeipts sinoe September 3,845,176,
against 2,800,478 for the corresponding
period previous year. Exports from all
ports 20,970, against 40,332 last year.
Exports for tho expired portion of tho
year 3,003,732, against 2,022,824 last year.
Stock at all ports 224,851, against 220,-
277 same time last year. Stooks at interior
towns 18 244, against 46,506 last year..
Stock in Liverpool, 945,000, against 628,-
000 last year. American cotton afloat
for Great Britain 132,000, against 115,000
last year. Indian cotton afloat- for Eu
ropo 471,955, against 355,446 last year.
The weather accounts from the South re
port continued heavy rains in the Gulf
State* and also high-up tho Mississippi
river, but towards the close of tho week
the rains abated somewhat, and the
weather was rather more favornblc.
Cotton has been active daring] the
week, and prices have steadily advanced,
closing half to one cent per pound higher
than this day week. Future contracts
have advanoed to 19j for June, 20J for
July, and 20J for August. The sales for
the week reached 96,000 bales, of which
75,000 were for future delivery, and
21,000 on the spot anil to arrive. Os the
spot cotton exporters took about 8,000
bales, spinners 9,800,and speculators 8,200.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, June 18.-Gov. Lindsay
has gone to New York for tho purpose of
securing the interest of Alabama (six and
a half millions) in the Alabama and Chat
tauooga Road, aud providing for the semi
annual interest, due January Ist. iho
Governor is considering several proposi
tions, all protecting the debt to the (State,
but he desires to adopt a policy which
will also protect private creditors, espe
cially laborers. _
FROM NEW YORK.
New York, June 18-— Commodore
Asbury’fl new yaoht Livonia loaves for
this port tho first week iu September, as
the representative of the Royal Harwiok
Club, to race the representative yaoht of
tho New York Club for the Quecu’s cup,
the latter waiving tho conditions requiring
six months notice of contest for the cup.
from X.OUIHI ANA.
New Orleans, June 17.— I The trial of
Dr. Lancelot Hppe Everett, charged with
the jnurder of Henry Switzer, oq the .'id
of April last, was concluded to-day. The
jury, after an abseence of an hour, return
ed a verdict of not guilty.
FROM SOUTH CROfcINA.
Charlkton, June 18.—Tho Catholic
of Charleston celebrated tho Papal am i
vcrsry last evening by a procession and a
mass meeting, with speeches, music i]'„
ruinatious, fireworks and a salute ’ o t or'
guns. y