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OLD SERIES—VOL. LXXVIII. llii'amclc t£ Sentinel. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. DAILYi One month —«• ** fI 00 Throe months ” 50 (Jno year *0 00 XUI-WKIiKLY. One year ~ $ 0 00 f-ii months 3 50 'Jhreemonth 2 00 WEKKJLY. Three months ♦ 1 00 Si i months 1 60 One year 3 00 wiMii*Ai ■oi.fixe, Avstn u. THE POLITICAL BlTlll ION. Nkwkkrn, Newton Cos., Ga., J August Bth, 1671. ) Elitors Chronicle it Sentinel: I notice in the Chronicle 4 Sentinel, of the 2d inst., a letter over the signature of M. C. Kerr, purporting to be taken from the Philadelphia Aye, and commend ed by you as a “ very able letter on the political situation.” This letter appears to contain, in detail, the political views of the Democratic party at the North, and your commendation of these views argues that they are the political sentiments of the South, consequently we have in this letter, and your commendation together, a joint and harmonious concesdon of the political views of the Democracy of the United States. This Is an important matter, as It re duces the varied sentiments of the whole party to a unit, and brings their views in bold relief to the gaze and comment of all who desire to see or respond to them. After commenting on the “ vicious policy” of those in power, and giving a catalogue of the real or imaginary wrongs, of which they have been guilty, the writer sums up the doctrines of the party in the follow ing terse way. They accept in good faith the Pith, 14th and 15tli amendments to the Constitution, in proof of which they sustain: 1. The perpetual abolition of slavery. 2. The counting of all ex slaves instead of three-fifths only, in making a basis for the apportionment of representation in Congress, 3. The equulity of civil rights to citizens of all races and colors. 4. The inviolable character of the Fed eral public debt. 5. Thcpcrpitual invalidity of all the Confederate debts. 0. The sacrcdncss of pensions and boun ties. 7. The disqualification of certain persons to hold office unless relieved therefrom by Congress. S The equality of all citizens in political rights and privileges, including suffrage. 9. And certain inhibitions on the States, ar.d negativo guarantees, chiefly declara tory in more specific terms of the pre existing law of the land. From what wc understand of the matter, this ii, almost verbatim, tho doctrines of tho Republican party ; and if these arc the Democratic doc trines North und South, and of the Radicals wherever found, why not unite and put an end at onoo to tho villainous partisan strife, so long continued, so potent, in mischiof, and so disgraceful to an enlightened age and a ptofessionally civilized people ? We ask for information, and would he glad for a response through your paper. You know, and all sensible people know, I hat whilst good and wise men may honestly differ in opinion on almost auy subject, yet party ism is purely the work of dema gogues, gotten up for their own special benefit, and for nothing else, and that the oommon people arc the tools with which they work to carry out their plans. Most respectfully, yours, M. S. Remarks.— Our correspondent orra in stating that the Chronicle & Sentinel approved the views of Mr. Kerr, expressed in a letter to Hor. Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania, and published in these columns some weeks since. Mr. Kerr ac cepts all of the amendments bayonetted to tho Constitution by Radical Congrosscs, among which aro tho infamous 14th and 15th amendments. Tho pooplo of the South do not and will not accept theso amend ments as Qualities. They will, however, continue to obey them until repealed. Tne 13tli amendment was ratified by the Legis lature of Georgia, and .wo accept it as a finality—as setting at rest forever, so far as tho Stato of Georgia is concerned, the question of slavery. Our poopb da not want tho institution re-established. They would not if they could, because they are satisfied that in tho ond it will bo more conducive to tho development of their re sources, and tho growth aDd increase of the State, both in wealth and population. Noither the representatives of the peo ple, nor tho pooplo themselves, have or will approve the iourtcenth and fif teenth amendments, bocauso they be. liovc the measures in violation oi the let ter and spirit of tho Constitution, and de structive ot the liberties of the people and that freedom of action in tho enactment of laws and the rxcroiso of authority so vitally ossential to the well-being of the States in their sovereign oharacter. Whenever the people of the South and tho North return to the Jeffersonian principles upon which tho Government was administered in the better days of the republic, theso illegal enactments, which we obey for the time being, hut do not accept or approve, will bo repoaled and erased from the statute books of the oountry. The Chronicle & Sentinel is of the opinion that the bast interests of our oiato and people will bo promoted by at tending to homo affairs. The laborer, farmer, manufacturer, mechanic and merchant and professional man, who at tend to their privato interests, will be better off at the end of the year than those who spend their tima in idle and useless j discussions of national polities. Lit us ! take care of our home government and I see what we can do to advance onr j material prosperity. There is abundant time ahead to devote to a campaign which will be fought on Northern soil and between parties recently united in the oon~ quest of the South, but now arrayed against one another in battlo for political supremacy. We do not propose to tram mel the action of that party at the North whom we believo and know to bo friendly to the South ; and while wo do not ap prove cf tho “New Departure,” we do not intend to enter the lists and wage a fierce warfare against our friends aud the only party in the North that wo ean ever hope j to do justieo to the South and the South ern people. Wc have no heart tor such a , fight; but if any of our cotemporarics | South Lave, we purpose to leave the mat- ; ter in their hands. They will, we fear, i prove powerful allies of the Radical party. ] We have enough to do in Georgia to take care of and purify our own State Govern ment. To this end cur efforts will be di rected when the proper time comes —about the ides of November. lien, lirnat and the South. L The Southern correspondent of the New H'ork Journal of Commerce has written to journal from Washington, under date the Sth instant, the following interest account of an WITH PRESIDENT GRANT. Understanding from General Babcock that the President would be glad to have a talk with me about Southern matters, jour correspondent embraced an opportu nity to step into the tanctum sanctorum of the W bite House and indulge in an inter view. A remarkable improvement in the President’s health is apparent at the first Bl &n cc- t He is much 6touter than usual, and looks well. Our conversation at first was a mere matter of explanation of af fairs in the Southern States from the stand point on which I based general conclusions as to the material, social and political con dition ot the different States, as shown in letters sent you from the States themselves, together with the business and political prospects in those States. The President listened attentively, and interposed many questions. He seemed particularly anx ious to know what the people there thought of his appointees in the custom houses and post offioes and other. Government po sitions. Ho was answered that the gener al complaint against his officers is on po litical grounds, and that the chief dissatis faction at the South is with State and county officials. The course of the South ern people toward Government officials is generally determined by the honesty and capacity shown by the incumbents. Asa general thing Government officers get along well with the people, and many of them are highly respected. The men again t whom the people of the South generally show a vindictive spirit are men who are dishonest at home in the North, and are now thieves at the South, conducting their nefarious schemes under the shield of offi cial position, as Republican?, and as Re publicans only, because they thereby man age to use the negro votes to elect them to office. WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID. i The President admitted a belief that i there are many very bid men in office in I the South claiming to be Republicans, but who would Lc anything in the political line that would further their bid designs, and are not therefore chargeable to the account of the Re publican parlv as a great political or gan zation. lie believes a large number of Ku-Khix outrages have been commit ted, hut ihat the gradual advance of a better feeiiDg throughout the South, be sides the moral effect of the passage of the Ku-IClux bifl, has stopped Ku-Klux ism and outlawry to a very great extcDt. He did not propose, in making appoint ments, tc consult politicians in the South who vote egainst tho Republican party any more ti.an he would ic the North. Ihit ho urcu <ictermined to give them honest ounU (Jo'm , nrnent T jffvcieJn, und he would talce it an a favor when men, of any shade of politics discover dishonesty or incompetency on the part of his appointees to acquaint him with the fact. YVell authenticatcd complaints from any quarter would receive cireful attention. He had removed all objectionable men from tho New Orleans Custom House, aod ho be lieved he had a good set of officials there now. Ho regarded the condition of the South generally as improving. Row Shall wk Make Augusta Grow? —No resident of Augusta has failed to no tice how few new buildidgs have been erected in the city since the termination of the war. While the wealth of the city has increased in other species of property, there has been but little increase in the quantity of real estate. High taxes and the high price of lands, combined witli the scarcity of money, have prevented many, who now rent each year, from building houses of their own. Hundreds of me chanics and laboring ineu who desire to build are kept back by the high figures and easli prices of the real estate owners. Until something is done in thi direction, the prosperity of the town rests on a very insecure basis, one which will soon give way. In other towns, when a mnn of moderate means manages to save a little money, he purchases a lot, and on it builds a home for himself and his family. In Augusta, the man with a little spare cash prefers to rent a home, and puts his funds in a bond or a few shares of stock. In this manner Augusta has become the largest and best stock and bond market in the South, outside of New Orleans, and the poorest real estate market, now to rem edy this state of affairs; how to give building a stimulus ; how to induce hun dreds of limited means to take their money out of securities and put it in homes for their wives and children ; liow to induce strangers to come here and settle, and thus add to the wealth and solid prosperi ty of the city, are questions in the solu tion of which Augusta and her citizens aro greatly interested. We are glad to bo able to announce to our readers this morning that we have in formation of a scheme which will accom plish, if any measure will, the result so earnestly desired, we learn mat, at me next regular meeting of the City Council, an ordinance will be introduced on this subject, and wo give below a brief synop sis of the proposed law : The ordinance provides that the City Engincor shall make an accurate survey of that large and useless tract of land, the Parade Ground, and all of tho “ town oommons ” owned by the city of Augusta and tho Trustees of Richmond Academy ; that tho land so surveyed shall be laid out into streets and blocks uuiform with the rest of tho city. jj)hc blocks aro then to bo divided into building lots of suitable dimensions. When this has been done the city will dispose of every alternate lot upon the following conditions ; Any per son who wishes to purchase a lot shall rnako application, an 1 the city will ap point a board of appraisers, who shall ascertain the value of tho property. Tho applicant may then take tho lot, paying for it by annual installments in ten years from tho date of purchase, upon condition that within twelve months time he shall ereot a substantial store or dwolling house on the promises, scoure the city by mort gage, and pay legal interest on the pur chase money. None of the lots will be sold to speculators to hold, but only to bona fide settlers, who will improve the property. From this outline the reader may see the nature of the plan to be proposed. We think that it is a good one, the best that could be devised, and that it will ad mirably answer the purpose for which it is intended. Every laboring man in the city—clerks, mechanics aud professional men, for every worker in the hive belongs to this class—who can save a few dollars will bo enabled to build him a home and pay lor the ground at the rate of a few dollars per annum ; the city will increase rapidly in area and population—for a law of this kind would bring many settlers from abroad ; the wealth of the city and its taxable property would be largely augmented, and an impetus be given building which will not stop when the city lots shall be exhausted. The owners ofland adjaoent to the city, when they witness tho success of the plan, would bo induced to inaugurate a similar movement, which would be attended with similar results, and in ten years time Augusta would be a city of fifty thousand inhabitants. Asa home for skilled mechanics and iudustrous men from abroad, she would be able to offer advan tages which could not be found elsewhere. With the oanal enlarged and water power enough to drive a hundred cotton factories and machine shops, with numerous rail- ! ; roads aud a trade daily increasing in size : | ; and, to crown ail, with a lot for every mao ! who wished to build a home, wc might safely expect large numbers from the North and Europe to east their lot with us. And besides the advantages which j the city would derive directly from such ; a scheme in the way of increased tax is, ; etc., as well as the numerous indirect benefits which would arise from such a policy, there would also be the revenue I springing from the rale of the alternate ; lots which will be reserved. In a very short time, so soon as purchasers were 1 found for the other lots, their value would be greatly enhanced and would continue ! to enhance as the new territory was built l a p and improved. The city would be greatly the gainer by the operation. If tho ordinance is introduced, as we are informed it will be, we hope that it will re ceive the careful attention and, ultimately, the hearty approval of the members of the City Council. Let not the work ot im provement stop with the enlargement of the canal. Let us hope that this is only the first of a series of “ internal improve ment measures” which will make our city the moat prosperous in the South. Let land be furnished every man who is able and willing to build, and our word for it, we will soon have plenty of houses and plenty of people to live in them. Paris, August 16, night.—lt is rumor ed that the Right wing of the Assembly offered the Presidency of France to Duke D'Aumale, and that he refused it. BUte Agricultural Society. FOURTH DAY’S PROCEEDINGS. NIGHT SESSION, THIRD DAT. I l SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OP THE CHRON ICLE A SENTINEL. ] Rome, Ga., August 11, 1871. A practical address on the impoitanee of manufacturing interests was delivered by Col. Steadman, of Newton, last night. He referred to the Augusta Factory to prove the profits arising from manufac tures ; dissented from the view that the planting was the only money making in terest h. this section of our country ; in stanced Maine, whose area, swamps ex cluded, is equal to that of Georgia, and showed that »here Georgia obtained 1200,000,000 from cotton, Maine had realized over $600,000,000 from her four hundred odd factories ; implored the peo ple to bestow more attention upon manu facturing enterprises. In connection with the above mention of the points most prominent in the Colonel’s address, I may say that quite an enthusiasm has boon awakened in the minds of a number of farmers in Berrien, and adjoining counties in our State, on the subject of manufactures. FOITRTU DAir’a MGUMNU HBOOIUIt. The Convaatiao met at 8J o’clock. Journal read and approved. Resolution in reference to law compell ing owners of stock to pen the same was, after prolonged discussion, indefinitely postponed. The Convention thanked railroads for courtesies extended. Colonel W. O. Tuggle, of LaGrange, Chairman of the Committee on Digestion of County Crop Reports, reported that it was advisable to refer the same to the Secretary for condensation and classifica tion. Reference made. The reports show that the crop of this year will not exceed five-fifths of the crop of 1870; corn crop the same; one-fourth guano used this year as last. Greater at tention is being paid to manufactures, stock improvement, home-made fertilizers and the raising provisions enough for all uses. More money is invested in manu facturing enterprises. Farmers are acting with great prudence—inte-change of views among them constant and profitable. The thanks of the Society were, on mo tion of Colonel T. N. Howard, returned to the citizens of Rome for hospitalities ex tended. A happily conceived and carefully pre pared paper on the “Cultivation of the Grasses” was read by Dr. T. B. James, of Greene county. The Doctor exhibited some very fine specimens of clover, which yields five tons per acre. Col. Yancey, of Clarke, offered a resolu tion of thanks, and requested a copy of the address lor publication. Adopted. Goveruor Brown had listened with pleasure and profit to tho addrese. He waß rejoiced at the Doctor’s success ; it de monstrated the fact, in whose behalf he had long battled, that in this section of Georgia clover can he successfully culti vated ; believed it would even lower down than tho county of Greene; tho yield on the Doctor’s farm was as gratifying as it was astonishing; tho Governor’s best crop had only reached three tons to the acre ; that was the average Western yield, too ; tho necessity, therefore, is proven not to exist for Georgians turning to tho West lor every blade of grass given to their mules and horses ; 33,000 bales of hay, costing $200,000, had passed oyer tho Western and Atlantic Railroad from Jan uary to July of this year, coming from the West; its clover crop is likely to prove better and more profitable than that of cotton. Col. Ashton, of DeKalb, said 27,000 mules were sold in Atlanta alone last year. The Governor said he had experimented on his Gordon county farm in raising mules ; be was succeeding admirably, and at no expense ; he could see no reason why we should not raiso our own horses and mutes. The Governor, in response to tho dc mands of the Society, continued to speak at length and instructively. Col. Yancey, of Clarke, endorsed the views of Dr. J. He had given attention to the cultivation of clover; found that tho freights were too high for a man to hope to realize any profits from the salo, if shipments had to be made to distant poirtp. He hoped tho President of the \V. & A. Railroad would use his influence to bring about a reduction in the freights. Col- D. Wyatt Aiken, of South Caroli na, addressed tho Society by special invi tation. He is a versatile and vigorous speaker; has a most wonderful store of useful information always at liis bidding. He entertained the Society for quite a length of time, relating his experience and recounting the success which had crowned his efforts. On grass culture, stock raising, farm management, etc., otc., ad infinitum, ho was home, and spoko with great fluen cy. A committee was charged with the duty of trying to have tho “labor contract” law so amended by the next Legislature as to guard more fully the interests ot all con tracting parties. AFTERNOON SESSION. Dr. A. Means enchained the Convention in a short and characteristic speech on fer tilzers. Capt, E. T. Davi?, of Thomas ocunty, offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That it is the sense of this C svention that the next General Assem bly should pass a law adding to the tax digest suoh columns as will make up a complete census of the acreage of the various products planted in the State, and the commercial fertilizers used by our people to completo the information upon this question, and thus often save them from the preying and peoulation of specu lators. The selection of the place where the next semi-annual meeting of the Society shall be held was left to the Executive Committee, with power to act. Judge Dupont, oi Florida, addressed the Convention on immigration. His county had induced a number of Swedes to im migrate thither. The Swedes nre a moral and a very temperate people. Oao Swede is equal in work to two negroes. They readily become acquainted with our lan guage. The expenses incurred in landing a Swede in Florida amount to $75. The Judge hoped the Southern States would unite in inviting to our sunny land a de sirable cla?8 of immigrants. Col. Chambers, of Columbus, did not agree with those who hoped so much from immigration. He had not lost confidence in the negro ; bo knew his ways and capacity ; had experience in their man agement ; thought they were the laborers for the cotton field. He desired to see the negro elevated and Christianized; believed in making white men and negroes stand up to the contracts into which they enter. Colonel Yancey spoke also. He related his experience with Germans whom he had employed. The discussion was continued. The Committee on “ State Agricultural Journal” reported adversely to the estab lishment of a separate journal, but rec ommended that the Executive Committee be authorized to accept the otfer of the Farm and Home , of Macon, and the Plan tation, of Atlauta. as the official organs of the Society. Laid on the table. A resolution expressing a de«ire that j the revenue tax on distillation ot fruit be removed, was voted down; because (as Col. Alston suggested) it is better that the tax remain than that the fruit be distilled into whisky. i Convention holds adjourned meeting m : City Hall at Macon, Tuesday night, Octo -1 ber 24th, prox., at 71 o’clock, at which ; time the land scrip question will again ; come up. RESUME— THE SOCIETT’S TROUBLE. Societies are like men: they all have j thorns in their sides. The thorn in the i side of the Georgia Agricultural Society is a too great desire od the pait of a number j of the members to talk, and do naught t else but talk- There are men in the So ] ciety, at least were present at this meet i ipg, who seem to be chronically affected with a most provoking attack of cacaothes loquendu They are always ready to say something, appropriate or not. When they have been happily delivered, one may truthfully exclaim, on beholding the bant i ling : J lontes parturient nascitur redicuhu i mus I What a pity that men who have nothing to say cannot hold their peace. This has been (declamation left out) one of the most interesting conventions ever held by the agriculturists of Georgia. Let the order of exercises be somewhat changed, and subsequent meetings will be eTen more successful. Arrange the busi ness for the first days, transact that, and then a day or two will remain, during whioh the speakists oan orate to their hearts’ oontent. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1871. I have seen veiy little of Rome—hence can venfuro-no description of her. I have not seen any of her beautifal daughters ; therefore, I can tell you Dothing of them. Os the m wspaper men. I must say something—Mr. Dwinall, of the Courier, impressed me favorably—though I chanced to see bat very little of him —as being an exceedingly clever and accomplished gen tleman. Mr. W. S. Grady, of the youthful pro prietors of the Commercial, met mo shortly after reaching the Hotel and ex tended me such a fraternal greeting that I felt thereafter at home. The editors are Mr. Henry W- Grady and Col. Shankling, two of the sprightliest, most brilliant and skillful newspaper mcD in the country. I found Mr. Theodore Milton, formerly of Augusta, in the Commercial office, Ailing with credit to himself and bn old home the position of travelieg agent for the Commercial, which is by odds the livest paper in North Georgia. I shall bear in mind, with emotions of great pleasure, the kindly manner I was dealt with by the above named gentlemen. The meetings of the press gang at the Commercial office were cccaJons of great mirth and flow of soul, led off by the geDial G.-adys, the i .imitable Srnnk ling, the generous Milton, and followed by the good humored Speights, Hubner, of the visiting press ; Eastman of the ready pen, and Yancey, one the most promising young lawyers of this section. To them all, am I greatly indebted for numerous courtesies. I stopped at the Choice Hotel, kept by Mr .T O --J --performs with admirable taste the duties of his position. To him acd his attentive clerk, Mr. W. A. Camp, Jr., I am under obligations so- repeated favors and most watchful care. Persons visiting Rome and in search of really choice accommoda tions should go to the Choice Hotel. Mr. Mitchell Nevin, another Augusta boy, is here, occupying a high position in tho community. In concluding those letters—lor whose imperfections I make my apologies to the readers of the Chronicle & Sentinel —I desire to take off my hat and bow very low to my newly made friends bore, in acknowledgment of countless kindnesses shown me. Loraine. Letter from Pendleton, S, C. DEATH OF A GRANDSON OF JOHN 0. CALHOUN BY A RAILWAY COLLISION. Pendleton, S. C„ August 11, 1871. Editors Chronicle <£ Sentinel: Last night John Calhoun Clemson, Esq., was killed at Hunnicntt, on the Blue Ridge Railroad. A train belonging to the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Com pany was passing up the line for lumber and following the up-passenger train, in which was Mr. Clemson. At Hunnicutt a passenger was landed, and whilst the mail train was stopped for this purpose the lumber train ran into it with great force. Mr. Clemson seeing that a collision was inevitable, tried to escape into a forward car, but in passing from one platform to the other received a blow in liis chest, which broke several ribs and caused liis death in about two hours. Mr. Clemson was aged 30 years, and the only son of the Hon. Thomas G. Clemson, formerly U. S. Min ister at Brussels, and grandson of John C. Calhoun. Only two weeks ago his sister Florida, the wife of Gideon Lee, died in the State of New York. Thus, in fourteen days, the parents are left childless, and this com munity has lost two of its most promising and most amiable members. Every one sympathizes with tho sufferers and all de sire to console them, but no one knows how. There is no parrying such heavy blows. Is it not a most extraordinary thirg that a lumber train should be so close to a pas senger train as to run into it ? I hear it is done very frequently in this up country, and that it is a oonsinon thing for two trains not to be 50 yards apart. I observed, on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, that the brakesman always sat in the oars until the whistle blew. Surely if the en gino driver can fix his undivided attention on his moving machine for twelve hours, as be does on this line, the brakesman can stay at his post, where he has so little to do. There is want of good management on theso roads, andheDce the death of Mr. Clemson. E. Letters from IVew York. Stamford, N. Y., August 5, 1871. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: If I remember right, I left your readers at Stony Point, on tho Hudson, the scene of one of the revolutionary struggles be tween the Americans and British. Peekskill is the next place pointed out to the tourist. It is named after Jus- Peek, a Dutch skipper, and in English would read Peek’s Creek, but up in the highlands here every creek is a kill, be cause the Dutch, after they took Holland, you will remember, took New York also. Rev. Homy Ward Beecher has a residence near this village. Opposite this place is Caldwell’s Land ing, at the Dondcrberg or Thunder Moun tain, around whose craggy summit the storm clouds often gather, and give such echoes to the thunder which rolls lrom thorn as to cause no wonder at the super stition mentioned by Irving, as peopling the hills with little imps in sugar loaf hats and short doublets, who aro often seen “tumbling heels over head in the reek and mist.” A little above the Donberberg is An thony’s Nose, over 1,200 leet in height, named after the nose of one Anthony Ho gans, a captain of a Hudson river sloop in the olden time. Brocken Kill falls into the river near this point. It is full of romantic cascades. Forts Clinton and Montgomery, points of Revolutionary interest. Sinnipink Creek, at the mouth of whioh is an ice depot, for ice from Sinnipink Lake, half a mile distant. West Point, 51 miles from New York. Not much to be seen of it, but knowD as the site of the National Military Academy and the scene of some Revolutionary events. Buttermilk Falla may be seon breaking into the liver at this point. Cold Spring, 54 miles from the city, no ted for its pure tendency; and the site of Undercliff, the residence of Geo. P. Mor ris. This is the heart of the Highlands. Bull Hill, or more classically speaking, Mt. Tauner, is seen here. It is 1,586 feet in height, and Breakneck Hill, near by, is 1,187 feet hub. Ou the west side of the river, Cro’ Nest and Butter Hill are con siderable elevations. The scene of Joseph Rodman Drahe’s poem, “The Culprit Fay,” is laid among these hills. Kidd’s Plug Cliff is the precipice forming the riv er front of Cro’Nest. The Storm King, another mountain, is 1,519 feet high. N. P. Willis’ cottage, “Idlewild,” stands al most in tho northern slope of this moun tain. Next is passed Cornwall Landing, the Showangunk (pronounced Shong-gum Mountains, Pollipel's Island), and in the distance tho blue outliues of the Catskill Mountains ; B'ishkill Landing, Newbere. a 1 ,rge and thriving town ; Liw Point Vil lage, Dor Durgvei’s Duus Kamcr, a flit neck ; New Hamburg, Marlborough, near which is a beautiful grove of arbor vitae, or white cedar; Milton Ferry, or Barnegat, Locust Grove, the country seat of Prtf. S. F. B. Morse; the oily of Poughkeepsie, New Paltz, Hyde Park, named in honor of one of the early British Governors of New York ; Placertia, the former home of James K. Paulding, of literary fame. Somewhere in this vicinity is an apple farm belonging to R. L. Pell, E'q., on which are said to be twenty-five thousand bearing apple trees ! Next come Staatslurg, Eropns Island; Rondout, at the mouth of the Delaware and Hudson Canal; Port Earing, King ston, Rbinebeek. near whieh is the country seat built by Freeborn Garrettson, an eminent Methodist preacher. An exten sive vein of gold bearing quartz is found in the village. A little above Rhinebeck is the residence of Win. B. Astor, the estate bcaringthe title of Rokeby. Barry town, Conger's Island, Tivoli, Saugerties, Germantown. From this point the entire range of the Catskill mountains can be seen, and even the outlines of “the Mountain Hou' located high up among these towering hills, eight miles distant- Catskill, Hndson, the head of ship navigation, Prospect Hill, Mount Merino, Rogers’ Island, Colum biaville, Coxsaehie, whieh derives its name from an Indian word, signifying “out banks,” Newton Hook, Stuyvesant, for merly Kinderhook, long a residence of President lan Buren, New Baltimore, Schoduc, Coeymacs (pronouncod Qac mans) Castleton. Greenbush, and Albany, 146 miles from New York. Albany is a quaint old city. Its streets are very ir regular, and being hilly, it is rather an up hill business to walk them. I noticed a cust»i here which I am glad does rot prevaflwith us. The ladies ali g) out alone until! o’clock, or later, at night, and, passing trough the principal streets, you would s*pose there was somo female procession racing along—all keep ing to the right, jostled by men and boys, and mingling wih all sorts cf people, I couldn’t help thiokig them out of place, and hotter at home, c with somo gentle men to oscort them abut. Thera is here ontof the handsomest Cathoiic churches it the United States, and several fine pubb acd private build ings. Tbe Argus, a terling Democratic journal, is published here. Anew and costly State House isoeing built. Passing a night aj ibis place, we took the cars of tbe Albny &■ Susquehanna Rii’road tor Riohmoalville, some 50 miles distant, reaching whito wo took the stage for this village, 16 mibs distant, where we arrived, after a regula Decemboi day, and in a December rain. iVinter clothing and fires were comfortable, hut the weather is more pleasant now. In my next I shallgive you some ac count of this beautifuloountry. lam in debted for much that I have written to the guide-books, and I have given the re sult to your readers, hoping that it would not be altogethtr devoid of interest, pai ticularly to those who »re anxious to hear from Old Hurricane. Stamford, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1871. Editors Chronicle & Sentme 1 : In my last letter I left your readers in tuuf oeautitul little Vin&gc, and shaii now take them with me a short trip through the mountains of this granj and pictures que region. Stamfcid is a village of about 1,000 inhabitants, in a valley sur rounded by mountains ranging from 1,500 to 3,500 feet above the level of the sea. These eminences arc all as fertile as the valley lands, and are cultivated, many of them, to their very summits. Tho scene from one of the surrounding high points is beautiful indeed. In the vilage below the new and tasty buildings, all trame; the church spires; the mountains forming a large amphitheatre of hills;'the harvesters at work, or tho dense foliige cn some of the craggy heights, is a picture of sublime and beautiful grandeur. There are four churches here —Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist—all of which are well attended. Some ten or twelve storep, a hotel, a livery stable and a billiard saloon make up tlia rest of the tout ensemble. A number of brooks or mountain streams flow either through tho village or in its immediate vicinity, and afford some of the finest trout fishing imaginable. If H. R., J. M., and H. T. P. could only spend a week about these brooks, how they would enjoy themselves. No such fishing about our way. Hero it is oniy to throw in your line and pull them out; and then you have a most delicate and de licious fish for your trouble. Col. E. Z. C. Judson, better known as “ Ned Bantline,” the author of a great many stories, in the New York literary journals, : s rusticating here. I have had somo very pleasant interviews with him, in which he showed me his handsome rifle, hunting apparatus, fishiDg tackle, etc. Ha is very fond of fishing, and once in a whilo goes a hunting bears, of which there are said to be some in this section. Col. J. is a stout, hardy looking man, of about fifty years of age, gonial in his disposition, courteous in his manners, and full of anecdote and good humor. He has seen a great deal of wild life in the West, on the ocean and in the Yankee army, and many of his adventures form the ground work of his stories. He proposes to locate in this village, where be is now engaged in writing for the New York Weelcly. The people in this section with whom I have met are courteous, sociable, and, bet ter than all, thoronghlyj Democratic in politics. Many of them have “ proved their faith by their works,” and have stood the test of patriotic devotion to principles —a test under which many of our South ern people failed to stand. These people were bitterly opposed to the war. bitterly opposed to our subsequent oppression, and bitterly opposed to the so-called “New Departure.” It would do your soul good to hear some of these people talk, and I know it is not for buncombe, because, I am credibly informed, they talked the same way through the war, and they had no special interest in talking so to me. One venerable old gentleman, the father of my excellent host, won particularly on my heart. Old in years, his white hairs pointing to the grave, lie spoke with all “the fiery vehemence of youth” against the outrages of Radicalism. He has even declined to attend his church because the minister brought Radical politics into liis pulpit. And he is not alone, for although this (Delaware county) is a Radical coun ty, the Democrats are numerous and sound ; and the people generally hospitable and kind. I have visited the villages of Richmond ville, Summit, Jeffersonville, and East Davenport, and in the last place met some kind friends, who gave me an insight into what is called “Sugaring off.” In the maple sugar season, this is a great time with the people, but now this entertain ment was gotten up for my special benefit. The syrup is boiled, then put into a dish or saucer and stirred with a spoon until it becomes sugar. It is excellent for eating as well as for sugar uses generally. Farming about here is very different from what it is South. The ground is only plowed up and seeded every three or four years, the grass coming up spontane ously. and growing rich aud luxuriantly. Tliehay is made from Timothy and Red Clover, and the harvesting season is nearly over. The mowing is princi pally done with machines, aud the barns are large, commodious and well filled. Land sells high here, but is fertile and easily disposed of. The Rondout and Oswego Railroad is being rapidly pushed forward through this town, and another is in contemplation near by, which will greatly benefit tbe farmers and the people generally. Corn is planted thick here and not chopped out; it is also sown broad east and out for cow feed in the fall. Wheat, oats and rye are cultivated to some extent, and butter is produced in immense quantities. It is such butter as would make your mouth water and give an appetite to the veriest dyspeptic. The ladies attend to this department, and seem to think more of their dairies than they do of their parlors. The churning js done by dog, ram and water power, and is quite a novelty to strangers. Vegetables are late. Raspberries grow wild ; peaches and watermelons do not grow in this neighbor hood, but apples are produced in abun dance, and cider fliws freely. The water is ice cold, pure and delicious ; the atmos phere pure and braoing, the people, as I have already said, courteous, hospitable and kind, and if cur Southern people feel like spending a few quiet weeks in a health ful and invigorating region North, I know of no better place than Stamford and j its surroundings. It is about 140 to 150 miles from New York city, and in a spur of the Catskill Mountains, accessible from Rondoubt on the Hudson or from Albany, enjoying the advantages of a daily mail from both of these points, and supporting a spicy little paper, called tbe Stamford and Bioomville Mirror, published by Mr. Champion, who is also the postmaster. His press is a small power press, run by water power, and hi3 patronage is excel lent. Yours, truly, Old Hurricane. Latin Grammar for Beginners. By W. H. Waddell, Professor of Ancient Languages in the University of Georgia. New York: Harper Brothers. 1871. This is a work that has been long needed in our schools and colleges. In it every, thing is clearly and concisely arranged in the simplest and most intelligible manner. It gives all the elementary principles of the language, and is just the book for be ginners ; for it will do more towards giv ing a correct knowledge of Latin than any work of the kind before published. All superfluities are thrown out, and it con tains nothing but what will be found ne cessary in commencing the study of tbe language. We predict for it great success, and commend it to the attention of our educators. This book is a companion to, and is of precisely the same character as the “Greek Grammar for Begianers,” issued by Prof Waddell last year, and which mat with 1 such a cordial reception. “Augusta In 1871.”—The book with the foregoing title, recently published by J. W, Call, is now ready for those who desire to secure a copy. A limited num ber will be found at the book and period ical depot of D. Quinn. Price, 25 cents. THE POLITICAL SITUATIO.Y. Bartow, Jefferson Cos., Ga., 1 August 14th, 1871. j Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: In the LaGrange Reporter, of August lltli, is a letter from our Representative, Colonel W. P. Johnson, which we would like to see in your paper, as it expresses the sentiments of a great portion of the people of this section. Yours, truly, J. W. C. [Fiom the Li Grange (Ga.) Reporter. LETTER FROM COL. WINDER P. JOHNSON. We are permitted to publish the follow ing letter from Colonel Johnson by Major D. N. Speer, of this place. Colonel J. is a son of Hon. H. Y. Johnson, and a mem ber elect to the present Legislature from Jefferson county. In the main we en dorse the views of Mr. Johnson; but we do not agree with him in the views that Southern Democrats should remain quiet. We are in favor ot the Southern Democ racy claiming all the rights that belong to it as an integral part of the National De mocracy, and the to say what and advocate what they conceive to be the proper platform for the contest of 1872 ; Bartow, Jefferson Cos., Ga., 1 July 25, 1871. J Major D. N. Speer, LaGrange, Ga. : Dear Sir—Your letter, addressed from the St. Nicholas Hotel. New Ynrlf. cw only tb nano, ion asked me to give you the political news in Georgia. It is a difficult task to give ihe true condition of political affairs in this State. The Demo cratic party seems to be divided into two factions, each equally patriotic and honest, and seeking to accomplish the same re sult—the overthrow of Radical power and the restoration of the Government to con stitutional principles. This schism in our ranks will, I fear, prove disastrous in its consequences. The party, weak before, is weaker now. United, there was little hope of victory ; divided, there is none. It is of the highest importance that we should present to the enemy an unbroken front. Oar columns should be marshaled in solid phalanx and hurled, with a deter mination to succeed, upon those who rule. Let us first gain the victory, and then we can dictate terms, looking towards the recognition of every right. It is unneces sary to disclose our plans to the enemy or capitulate before the battle. It is suffi cient to know that those in power have trampled under foot the Constitution of our fathers, and denied to us the right of self-government. It is the duty ot every man who loves liberty, to unite in the overthrow of this common enemy. I have said that there are two faotions in Georgia, and in fact throughout the Sonth, equally honest, equally patriotic, ar.d seeking the same noble end— the sub jugation of Radicalism. Oao party, led by Mr. Stephens, one of the purest of' men and ablest of statesmen, proposes to stand by the issues set forth in the Demo oratio platform adopted in New York in 1868, upon which the Democratic party, North and South, entered the Presidential contesr. Those issues were adherence to principle—time-honored principles, that the leaders of all parties in the purer days of the Republic admitted and thought it treason to dispute, and whioh bavo been subverted by the sc-called XLVth and XVth amendments to the Constitution. It is true that the platform adopted in 1868 declared those amendments “uncon stitutional,” and, therefore, null and void. It is also true that Mr. Vallandigham. and those who are termed “ new departurists,” endorsed that platform. It is further truo that a largo class of honest and patriotic men, who denounced the XlVth and XVth amendments in tho last Presidential contest, propose to acquiesce and accept them now as legal parts of the Constitu tion. We cannot accept an amendment to the Constitution as valid whilo we are con scious of its unconstitutionality, and of the fraudulent and illegal manner of its pro curement; We cannot accept a lie as the truth. It is a moral impossibility to convert the one into the other. When we assert that the XlVth and XVth amendments are legal parts of tho Constitution, we assert that which we know to be false. If W 6 acquiesce uud aooept Llicm fto oonotit'i tional, we acquiesce and accept a false hood. It is urged by some that they must be accepted as binding and constitutional until settled to the contrary by the Courts. They are binding and must be obeyed un til the Courts have adjudicated. So is the law of any despot binding upon his sub jects as long as he has bayonets at his command to enforce obedience; but when power forsakes the despot and returns to the people, his law binds no longer. But the constitutionality of the XlVth and XVth amendments is a question of fact—is a question of figures. They were not rati fied by the requisite number of States. We know this to be a fact as much as we know that two and two make four. Shall we assert the truth to be a lie, and wait for the Courts to proclaim that which is self-evident? We acknowledge no power short of Heaven, our guide in morals. We will not accept what we know to be false in the discharge of any duty, public or pri vate. Those obnoxious amendments have been forced upon us without our consent. They are the offsprings of corruption, and of a spirit of insubordination to the Con stitution, that persisted in will lead to anarchy. What shall we do ? To boldly assert and stubbornly adhere, at all times and under all circumstances to the truth, is honest and sino're, but it is sometimes un wise and impolitic. We are weak. We want assistance. We want relief from those burdensome and oppressive meas ures which our unrelenting enemies have fistened upon us in a thousand different ways. It is useless to look for relief from our own feeble and unaided struggles. Tho only hope is by making common cause with tho Northern Democracy against the common enemy. We want victory. We must draw back those con servative Republicans, who deserted us in the last Presidential contest, frightened at the announcement of principles, which they regarded as squinting towards the right of secession and the surrender of the fruits of tho war. The sacred cause of truth is frequently injured by too suddenly announcing her principles. Men are not at all times in a state to receive truth ; prejudice must be removed ; passion allayed ; ignorance dis pelled, beforo the mind can receive truth in all her blazing glory. We would not depart from constitutional truth, nor sur render one jot of our sovereign rights. They are dear to us. We would oherish and preserve them, patiently and silently, until a fitting time, when they should burst forth in the splendor of victory and reign supreme in constitutional majesty. The time has not arrived for the announce ment of a strictly State rights platform.nor for the vindication of sovereign rights. Vic tory must first beaehieved. To accomplish that we must be united at homo and join those we least distrust at the North, when the decisive battle is fought. We cannot accept the Vallandigham platform. To do so would be to surrender every sover eign right belonging to a State. To an nounce an “out and out” State tights platform, would drive lukewarm friends into the Republican rank-, and widen the breach already begun among ourselves. Our true position is one of silence and inaction. Wc will not force our views up on those who claim to be Northern Demo crats, nor will we accept theirs ; but we will join them in the fight against those who have planted the banner of centralism within the sacred precincts of State sover eignty. Let the Vallandigham party meet in convection —draft a platform and nomi nate a candidate for the Presidency. We will have nothing to do with their plat form or convention, but will vote for the nominee as a ohoice of evils. Should the South send delegates to that convention, they will be bound in honor to abide its action, or, in the event of the adoption of obnoxious measures, to withdraw from it. To withdraw would certainly elect the Radical nominee; to remain, would bind them to “ accept the situation.” Either result would be a terrible calamity. Silence and inaction on the part of the South will heal the breach, and the ex treme measures of the Radical party will drive off the conservative element from their own ranks. Should we succeed and elect the Democratic candidate, while he may not come up to our views in every particular, still, we venture to hope sthat his administration will be more moderate than Grant’s has been. It will be one step gained in the right direction. We may then begin to claim our constitutional rights. The restoration of the Govern ment to a constitutional basis may then commence. That_ restoration will neces sarily be slow in its progress. The sub version of the Constitution can be accom plished in a moment’s time. The passage of a law like the Ku-Kluxbill can change, as it has done, our whole form of govern ment into the meanest of despotisms. It is an easy task to destroy a government. It is exceedingly difficult to re-organize it upon just and equitable principles. Under the present rule there is scaroely a feature of the Constitution preserved. Were the revolutionary dead to arise they would fail to recognize in the present dynasty a single principle for which they suffered and died. They would find that the Ship of State they left sailing before propitious gales, had been seized by pirates, her rich cargo squandered, her flag torn down, and even her name changed. It is the high mission of Democracy to restore the Government to its constitu tional purity. To accomplish that desira ble end, every effort consistent with honor should be used. The greatest effort that we of the South are called on to make, in view of the surrounding circumstances, is to remain siltnt and active until the day of battle ; on that day let us join aDy party that proposes to fight and conquer the minions in power who have wrested from us the dearest rights of freemen. Yours, truly, Winder P. Johnson. An Imperial Scandal. The Real Cause of the Ex-Empress Eu genie’s Journey to Scotland—The Ex- Emperor's Intrigue with Marguerite Bellanger. _ Tho following editorial from the London Times, on an incident in the private life of the ex-Eaiperor Napoleon, elicited a denial from the ex-Empress Eugenie that she ever contemplated divorce, as alleged Towards the latter end of November, 1860, tho Empress Eagenie startled the iriends and the enemies of the Bonaparte dynasty by a private visit to this oountry. Although the Emperor, made aware of the resolution at the eleventh hour, so far saved appearances as to be “just in time” to seo her off at the Northern Railway Terminus, and although it was given out that the Empress’ jiurney had no other object than to spend a few days with her former governess in Scotland, still there was something so sudden and clandestine in her departure and in her style of travel ing, that it could cot fail at the time to give rise to every variety of report and con jecture. The members of the French Em bassy in London, whom the telegraph ac quainted with the Empress’ movements, attended at an early hour to reoeivo their Sovereign’s Consort at any of the stations at which she might be expected to arrive. Somehow, the august traveler contrived to escape their attentions, and drovo unrecog nized and accompanied only by one gentle man and two ladies of her suite to Cla ridge’s Hotel, whence, after a quiet saun ter in Regent street, she proceeded by rail to Sootland, and was Dext heard of at Edinburgh, at Glasgow, aud on the track of summer’s tourists in tho Highlands. After a three weeks’ stay, and a private visit to the Queen at Windsor, she reap peared at the Tullerics. One explanation ascribed the Imperial lady’s visit to grief for too death of her sister, the Duchess of Alv.; another to a passing fit of harmless eccentricity; another to & longing, natural in one not born in the purple, to withdraw, for however short a period, from the weary monotony of her lofty station. But none of these seemed sufficient, and the suppo sition which obtained most public favor was that the flight of tho Empress was tho result of some storm in the Imperial household ; and, as Eugenie was extreme ly devout, and at that moment the Empe ror had just openly countenanced the Italian invasion of the Marches and Um bria. and was endeavoring to prevail od the Popo to consent to the loss of those provinces, it was surmised that tho hus band and wife had quarreled about the Roman question. But thoro were, be sides, shrewder nowsmoDgers, who assert ed that jealousy was at tho bottom of the Imperial disagreement; that the Empress had taken umhrago at somo iudisarctioa of her lord the Emperor, and had vowed not to go back, unless the oause of offonso was removed. Whatever mystery might yet have hung upon that now almost forgotten episode in a wedded life which has been otherwise singularly free from domestic clouds; has been unvailed by tho sentence pronounced by the French Court of Cassation in favor of M. Devienne, tho late first President of the Court ol Paris. It seems now certain that the Kmpcror had really, sometime before that short breach ot his domestio peace, succumbed to the fascinations of a young lady whose beauty was tho theme of much conversation iu tho Paris world, and that the displeasure of tho Empress was caused by the reports which reached her of the degree of intimacy existing be tween this lady and the Emperor, and of the consequences the connection had en tailed, whioh oould hardly fail to lead to scandalous exposure. The happiness of tho wife and the safety of the husband re quired something more than the removal of tho rival. It was necessary to obtain from her a retraction of tho asseitions upon which she founded her claims, and upon the strength of which she threatened to bring the Emperor before a court of law. The Empress, gonerously giving up all id aof a divorce, and consenting to a reconciliation with her erring husband, exerted herself to extort from her rival a declaration to the effect that she had de ceived the Emperor, and that their inter course bad no suoh results as she had led him to believe. We do not think that, out of Franco at least, people will greatly conoorn then selves above the part played by the Chief President of tho Imperial Court in this delicate transaction. All the interest con centrates itself on one point, and that is the wholesome fear the Emperor Napo leon entertained as to the consequences of his indiscretion. He was at that time at the height of his popularity, for his Lom bard campaign had won him the applause even of his enemies’, while the annexation of Saxoy and Nice had reconciled to him the advooates of a more strictly national policy. But; a lawsuit such as his culpable attachment so nearly involved him in was more than even in all his might he would have ventured to face. His wife, though placable to the fault, would have been in exorable to its exposure, and peaoe oould hardly have been made unless a nrans had been found to hush up the scandal. The Emperor’s proßpets for himself and his dynasty Would have lost much of their brightness, and the nation which had con doned the coup d'etat and accepted per sonal rule would have murmured at do mestic irregularities to which generally society shows only too much indulgence, but which the high rank of tho offender would not havo allowed it to ignore.. In our age, when we plaoo kings and princes above us, we expect them to be the best among n9 ; and if they actually are not what we would havo them, we insist, at least, on their secmiDg to be so. The Georgia Historical Society, of Sa vannah, is about to pay a very neat tribute of respeot to the memory of Georgia’s sweetest poet, Richard Henry Wildo. At a meeting of the above Society, on Tuesday night, as is stated by the Morning News, “ a resolution was adopted in regard to the number of copies, style of binding, and distribution of the beautiful poem about which so much has been said and written, Wilde’s 1 Summer Rose,’ tho offspring of the late Hon. Richard Henry Wilde’s genius—a gifted son of Georgia, of whom she is justly proud, and whose chaste and beautiful poem tho Georgia Historical Society have determined to perserve and perpetuate, together with a correct history of its wonderful career in the literary world. The publication is now about ready, and the Society have determined to have three hundred copies bound with gilt edge extra binding, and sold at $1.50 per copy; two hundred oopies in plain binding—one hundred to be sold at $1 per copy, and tho other hundred to be reserved for the benefit of Society, and for exohange with other so cieties.” Miscegenation.—ln the Atlanta District Court on Wednesday, five miscegenation cases were disposed off. The Judge sen tenced William Hibbs, a white man, con victed of living in fornication with a negro woman, to pay a fine of one thousand dollars, or to be imprisoned in the oounty jail for the term of six month. Martha Johnson, Hibbs’ negro paramour, to pay two hundred and fifty dollars, or three months imprisonment. William Harris, negro, convicted of fornication with a white woman, to pay two hundred and silty dollars, or six months on the public works. Mary Harris, his white paramonr, to pay one thousand dollars, or six months on the public works. Cincinnati, August 16.— One hundred and fifty thousand dollars seven per oert. water works bonds have been taken at one hundred and four. NEW SERIES—VOL. XXIV. NO. 34. STATE ROAD STEALING “FOSS” IN A NEW ROLE. The Atlanta Sun says that on Monday two highly important arrests were made in that oity, connected with a matter of the greatest importance to the people of the State of Georgia. One of the persons arrested was Joseph Fry—who is a nephew or other near rela tive of Foster Blodgett—a boarder at his house acd member of his family, aud who has been his confidential secretary or clerk in the office of Superintendent of the Wes tern and Atlantic Railroad; the other a member of a prominent mercantile firm in the city. These parties woro both arrest ed at the instance of Foster Blodgett, who oharged them, under oath, with cheating and swindling the State, or the State Road, in the sum of sixteen hundred dol larsl The parties wero brought before Judge B. D. Smith, N. P., and gavo bond in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars! for their appearance at tho Superior Court to an swer to tho charge. Fry, as soon as the bond was given, ferfeited his recognizance and left tho city. The merchant arrested has no ido> of Wvlo«, Lut \a going to stay, attend oourt, and see the case out —so wo learn. For more than a year certain parties have made it their special business to watch narrowly, iu order to learn where the earnings of the State Road were going to, aud exactly what beeame of tho half million of dollars which Foster Blodgett ought to have paid into the Stato Treas ury. They have carefully picked up threads here and there, and preserved them with sleepless vigilance, giving hoed to but little else. They, it seems, had either made some discoveries which were tangible, or were on the eve of getting a oluc that was likely to make so r.o rioh developments, when Foster Blodgett, who must havo known or suspected what was going on, caused tho arrest of the persons alluded to, ohaging them with swindling the State Road in the sum of $1,600 i It is believed that Fry lias carried off with him a large amount of money—per haps twenty-five or thirty thousand dol lars, more or less—which justly belongs to the people of Georgia, and that ho will never be seen here again, unless he is caught and brought back by force, which we hope will be the oase. It is strange that these arrests should have boen made at the instance of Foster Blodgett; that the sum involved, as named in the warrant, is only $1,600; that the investigation before the magistrate should have been so quietly conducted—soarcely any one knowing anything of it, and that bail should have been fixed at the pitiful sum of $2,000, and that Fry should have had an opportunity to oscape! All these things are suspicions. We hope the earnest effort to unearth she secrets of the financial administration of Bullock and Blodgett will be pursued vigorously, till they are all fully unearth ed and exposed to tho public gaze ; and that whoever may be found to be guilty, may be made to suffer the extreme penalty of tbe law. A Murder or a Mystery. —The Savan nah papers are full of tho details of a hor rible crime committed early on Wednes day morning, in the house of Mr. Joseph Davis, near tho line of Bullock and Bryan counties, and about twenty-eight miles from Savannah, Tho victim was Mrs. Davis, a young a woman of about twenty five or twenty-six years of ago, who was found sitting up in bed, at about 8 o’olock in the morning, with her throat cut, and who died in a few minutes thereafter. Iler husband was away from home at the time, and Mrs. Davis had been sleeping with two of her step-children. She had been out of bed, and had gone to a cupboard, on the door of which the little boy’s pants, containing a pocket knife, were hanging. Soon after returning to bed, sho screamed out, “I aw bleeding to death,” and soon after died. The pocket knife was after ward found in a tub of water on the floor. It is possible that she may have killed herself by accident, cr some night prowler may have got into the house and murdered her, but, with the very meagre testimony at hand, it is impossible to form any idea of the truth. The coroner’s inquest was a most inconsequential investigation, and the verdict of the jury was that “deceased came to her death from some sharp in strument in the hands of an unknown person.” Legality of Sunday Marriages.— -In New York the question of the legality of Sunday marriages is exoiting considerable attention in legal as well as clerical minds. There seems to bo an equal division of both parties in this important matter. It is held that as marriage is a legal civil contract, and that legal civil oon tracts are illegal if made on the Sabbath, it is void if performed on this day. An interesting test case is now pending in Rochester, N. Y. A millionaire died there reoontly, and willed all his property to the children of his second wife, disinheriting two of his own ohildrcn. The marriage was per formed on Sunday. It is not clear how this will invalidate tho will should tho de cision bo against Sunday marriages, but some lawyers bolievo that in such a case the will could and would bo brokcD. If the Court decides that marriages arc in valid if performed on that day, no doubt many more interesting and pointed cases will arise. Port Royal Railroad.—The Beau fort Republican says: "Work has teen commenced on this road in the vicinity of Yemassec, and as wc are informed by Mr. QftgC) the engineer, fifty men arc alroaiy preparing the road for use. Three hun dred tons of rails have been purchased in New York and will shortly be en route for Battery Point. Tho * chairs’ have been ordored from Richmond, and will shortly arrive. Seven hundred tons of rails, con tracted for by the old regime, were to have sailed from Europe by the 21st of June, direct to Charleston, but as yet no tidings have been heard of tho vessel. Upon her arrival at the latter port, she will bo order ed to discharge her cargo at Whale Branch, midway between Ycmassee and Beaufort.” The Barnwell Agricultural Soci ety.—At a meeting of the committee, held on the 7th inst., arrangements wero made for organizing tho Society into a joint stock association. Upon conference, the President was instructed forthwith to issue a premium list for the annual fair in October, and to take all proper steps to wards making it a suocesf. It was further determined, to add interest to tho occasion, that a tournament be ridden on tho seoond day with the sabre, and that Messrs. Al fred Aldricb, H. W. Richardson and Coun cil Danbar boa committee in ohargeofthe same* Young gentlemen intending to ride will communicate with the chairman, Mr. Alfred Aldricb, Barnwell. Caldwell.—lt is rumored hero, says the Atlanta Constitution, that Attorney General Akerman, several months ago, secured the appointment of Rev. J. H. Caldwell as a Specinl Commissioner, to prosecute all persons who intimidate voters at elections, with a salary of $250, and SIOO for traveling expenses per month- As Radicals will not bo prosecuted, the position will be a fat sinecure. “Loilty WB-” . Pittston, Pa,, August 16.— Seventeen dead have been taken from the shaft, not one escaped, AUGUSTA AND HARTWELL RAILROAD. THE CONTRACT RATIFIED BY THE DIRECTORS. THE ROAD TO BE BUILT IN TWO YEARS. TEN MILES TO BE FINISHED IN SIX TY DAYS. For the past two days the Board of Di rectors of the Augusta and Hartwell Rail road Company have been in session in Augusta. This meetiDg has been looked forward to with great interest by the peo ple living in the section of oountry lying between this city and Rabnn Gap, as it was to decide the question of direct rail road communication between Augusta and Clayton. There were present at this meeting of the Northern Directors one—Mr. W. H. Thorpe. Os the Southern Directors four—Messrs. John Thomson, James Hope, T. H. Rem son, and John D. Butt. Mr. J. A. Underwood, the President of the Company, was not present, being de- La\ned la New York by airiness. The letter of resignation of one of the Northern Directors, A. H. Gibbes, was read and the resignation aocepted. George D. Chapman was nominated as a Director to fill the vacancy, and was elected by an unanimous vote. Mr. Chapman made a long statement in reply to the charges which had been made against him, when lio was formerly con nected with the road. THE CONTRACT RATIFIED. The contraot for building the road was submitted by the Building Committee to the Board for ratification or rejection. After hearing it read and discussing its features, the contract was ratified by an unanimous vote. The names of the cou traotors will not be given to the public, but wo are informed that they are in every way able to perform what they undertake. They are represented as being men of ample means and great practical .expe rience in the building of American rail ways. By the contract they bind them selves to commence work at once on the road, and to oomplote the entire lino from the city of Augusta to Clayton by the first day of January, 1874—two years from next January, On motion of T. H. Remson, a resolu tion thanking Goorgo D. Chapman for having procured State aid for tho road and for having had the charter amended, was passed by an unanimous voto of tho mombers of tho Board. Charles Seymour was unanimously eleoted Chief Engineer of. the road, vie A. Grant Childs. Charles R. Abbott was unanimously rc-oleoted to tho position of Sooretray of tho company, A committee of throe was appointed to secure tho right of way, Goorgo D. Chap man, James Hope and T. H. Remson. WORK TO BE COMMENCED AT ONCE. Work on tho road will ho oommenoed at once. The contractors aro reprosentod as responsible parties, and it is to their in terest to oomploto tbo job as soon as pos sible. Tho only thing whioh oan dolay them will bo difficulty experienced in in getting the right-of-way. On this soore wo think that no uneasiness need bo felt. Tho people in tho oountry aro too anxious to Sen thn iron Viaraa to throw any obetaolo in the way of its ooming. Wo havo no doubt that alter they got a short distanoo out of tho city every planter will gladly give them the right of way through his plantation, knowing full well that the value of the remainder of his land will bo enhanced ton-fold upon tho building of the road. In the city and suburbs some little trouble may attend tho procurement of the right of way, but wo think evory oitizeu will make his demands for com pensation as reasonable as possible. THE SUB CONTRACTORS. Tho principal contractors will divide the road into sections and sub let them to other parties. Several of those sub-oon traetors havo already been ohosoo, and aro said to compriso some of tho best railroad men of tho North. Thoso will soon be out here, and will bring with thorn large forces of experionood whito laborers, whom thoy have had regularly employed on railroad work for some time past. Os oonrse, any other parties who desire sub-oontraots oan get them, but these men from tho North aro old stagers, who will havo plonty of trained laborers that oan be used to great advantage on the hoavy sections of tho route. Tho representative of tho princi pal contractors, Edward Hanford, has been in the city during the past two days awaiting tho action of tho Board, and re turned this morning with the news of ita ratification. THE ENGINEER. The Chief Engineer, Charles Seymour, is considered one of the finest railway en gineers in this country. He was associat ed with Sir Morton Pete, the English Railway King of a few years back, as chief engineer in the building of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway. He lias also been employed upon several other impor tant railway enterprises. He is determined to push matters, and starts out over the line to day on a reconoisance. He will return in a few days and organize a corps of engineers. TEN MILES OP THE ROAD TO BE BUILT IN SIXTY DAYS. To give some idea of the rapidity with whioh tho work will progress, wo state that the contractors confidently assert they will finish the first ten miles of tho road voithin ntWy *1 no difficulty shall bo experienced in obtaining the right of way. the route. Work will be oommenood near th° Union Depot in this city, and proooed along tho valley of tho Savannah by what i i known as tho river routei Enterprise.—A friend has called our attention to tho following paragraph, to show what enterprise oan do for a oity, and hopes that a hint may bo taken from it: The LaGrange American says tho con tract has been signed by P. C. Brinck, Esq., of Philadelphia, President of tho United States Iron Company, by whioh that oompany agroc, with tho oity authori ties of LaGrange, to creot and maintain in that oity a rolling mill of 25,000 tons capacity annually, and toooßt not less than $600,000, to employ not less than a mil lion dollars capital, and to bo in running order within two years from the date of the contract. To obtain this, tho city of LaGraßge furnishes tho ground aDd do nates $200,000 to tho company. The ad vantages to be derived from such an en terprise can be easily oomputed in dollars and cents. This will give employment to five hundred men, to whom will bo paid $25,000 per month in wages, making tne sum $300,000 in cash annually, neary every dollar of which will be expended in LaGrange. These five hundred men will nearly all be men of. families, and will re quire houses to live in, wtnah wi bo erected by LaGrange mechMH.* fair to oa'enlato five persons to every la lair to oa_ ou |j be aQ , ncreaHe in tho b ° rer i * Jon of LaGrange of 25,000 souls, population oi rnur g lfttion 0 f that £ b! ' Ut otETtoU “ and oitioß in the gtato make a note cf^this. Tho London Globe understands that some important intelligence has been re ceived from Australia with respeot to the Tichborne oase. One of the gentlemen of the long robe has started, on the shortest possible notice, on an errand whioh i* bkely to reveal the whereabouts of the second principal hero in this romance ot real life,
