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TUK OCrOBKK EIfIIBITIO.Y OF THE
(OTTON STATES FAIR ASSOCIATION.
The prospect* for a general display at
the Oatober Fair are most promising.
Judging from the inquiries received at the
Secretary's office, the exhibition this year
will far surpass that ot last. The medals
are being prepared by the best die-sinker
in the United Btatcs from drawings ex
pressly designed for this Association. The
silver medals will bo 2J ounces in weight.
The gold medals will be made from 18
karat gold, It inches in-diameter. The
number of silver medals will be about 200,
and of gold, 48.
The machinery and implement depart
ment of this exhibition promises to
be exceedingly interesting and extensive.
Arrangements are on foot to secure one or
two road steamers and steam plows to bo
at work on the grounds. The Association
offers a premium of S2OO and a gold medal
for the latter. A stationary steam engine,
of sufficient power to drive any number of
machines that can bo accommodated on
the grounds, has been purchased. The
premiums on field crops aro larger than
ever before offered at a Southern Fair—
amounting to over $4,600.
In a few days a largo force will bo at
work on the grounds, as it is designed to
have all ready in time and to put nothing
off till tho last moment. Our citizens
should exert themselves as they did last
year, with a view to provide accommoda
tions for visitors. Toe arrangements last
year in this respect were most satisfactory.
Purses, amounting to $2,150, are offered
lobccompctod for on the track, and the
tournament, from tho number of entries
already received, will boa most brilliant
affair. These latter amusements are so
arranged to come off as r.ot to interfere in
any way with the main objects of tho ex.
hibilion, which aro the encouragement of
agriculture and mechanical industries and
the development of the Cotton Stales.
W K MUST SITI’OKT THE CANDIDATES OF
TIIK NATIONAL BKEOt’RATIC CONVEN
TION.
We believe, and the Southern press and
people, with few intelligent or honest ex
ceptions believe, that the so-called 14th
and 15th amendments aro unconstitutional,
because, in tho first place, they are viola
livo both of tho letter and spirit of the
Constitution, and in the second, because
they were oonocived in a spirit actuated
by partisan aggrandizement and seccional
hate against tho South and Southern
people, and carried into effect by and
through force, fraud and corruption. Wo
cauuot aoeept, and wo do not intend to
accept theso amendments as finalities ; but
whether accepted or not, for the time
being at least, they aro de facto laws, and
arc so ireatod by tho Courts, and recog
nized by even our own citizens. This ip
tho light in which wo hold these fraudu
lent euactmunts. Wo hopo this briof ex
planation will be satisfactory to all who
have been solicitous about the Chronicle
& Sentinel, notwithstanding its well
known and frequently expressed opinions
on the subject of these amendments.
Now, as to the “ Now Departure Demo
cracy," wo hold and have held that while
we cannot accept their platform, It is folly
to tight them should their opinions be in
consonance with those entertained by the
mass of tho Northern Democrats. We
cannot form a third party, for that would
bo worse than madness. Wo cauuot ex
pect to take the lead, crack our whips and
make tho Northern Democrats fall in the
rear, for that would bo both presantp
tious and unreasonable. We must be con
tent for the present to be followers nnd
not leaders. The people of the South
must go into the contest determined to
vote tor tho candidates of the Democratic
party, even if that party in National Con
vention assembled should see ft to ignore
the Hth and 15(A amendments as living,
vital issues. It is all folly for a few papers
in Georgia to be seeking to create strife and
dissension in the party at this time by pre
maturely foroing tho campaign. What
we want now is quiet nud harmony in
the party. Tho Northern Democrats aro
onr friends. Wo can only hope for re
demption through them, and into their
hands tho planuing-of the campaign for the
defeat of Radicalism must be committed.
Should the Pendletons, Seymours, Blairs,
Brookses, Voorhees, Hendricks, Hoffmaos,
Thurmans, Casserlies, Blacks, and thou
sands of other good men and truo at the
North, who aro in favor of free govern- !
ment and constitutional liberty, adopt a
platform of principles, wo would be wil- j
ling to accept it —feeling assured that they j
would not commit the Southern people to
any policy or principles hostile to their in
terests or self-respect.
We hold that sound policy and good
judgment would dictate that tho discus
sion of national politics by the Southern
press is premature, and calculated to do
more harm than good. Georgia papers
have been pre-eminently conspicuous in
this respect among their Southern cotem
poraries. Os course we do not question
the right ot any of our young and ardent
cotemporaries to push themselves into a
heated controversy- But wc doubt its ne
cessity. There is time enough ahead, and
work enough, too, to try the mettle of all
bclore the race is over.
Wo counsel forbearance, tolerance of
opiuior, and charity among all who honest
ly labor for the overthrow of Radicalism
and its infamous frauds and corruptions.
Though we of the South may not approve
of all tho means by which the end is to be
accomplished, we will thank God when the
news is proclaimed that constitutional gov
ernments are again restored to tho South
and the North.
The New York Sun says the sickness ot
the President's colt, about whoso sore tail
the whole office-holding world was so
greatly exercised, was due, we learn,to the
circumscribed quarters devoted to the
Presidential stable. To guard against
such misfortune in future, Grant is erecting
anew palatial structure adjoining the
State Department, on Seventeenth street,
for the royal stud. This edifice is to he
60 by 80 feet, and three stories high. It is
ito be built of pressed brick, with brown
"stone trimmings, while the interior will be
of hard wood, oiled and finished in imperial
style. The basement floor is destined for
the Presidential dairy stock, the first floor
for fifteen horses and equipages to match,
and the upper stories for provender and
residences lor the liveried servants. The
cost of this imposing stable will be defray
ed, not from the Presidential privy purse,
but from the appropriation for the erection
of the new State Department.
James P. Ridgclee, the Rome printer
who was published by the Printers’ Union,
of that place, has sued each and every
member thereof for slander, laying his
damages at $5,000,
Walk Around Home.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
Having just returned from a short trip
to the pleasant city of Rome, Ga., daring
the time of the Agricultural Convention,
which, by the by, was a great success,
being one of the most interesting ones I
have ever attended, perhaps a few notes
of it, hurriedly taken during my visit,
might be interesting to your readers.
Although being detained, and only able to
attend the last day, I felt amply repaid,
everything discussed being of a practical
kind; and the subject of clover and the
grasses were so well handled by Dr. T. B.
Janes, of Greene county, cx-Gov. Jos. E.
Brown, of Georgia, and Col. D. Wyatt
Aiken, of South Carolina, that it made
one feel like owning a plantation in such a
I country as the Cbcrckee belt, where he
could produce su ;h profitable crops. Sam
ples were shown that would not disgrace
any part of the United States; and Dr.
Janes gave such encouragement to tho
low-oonntry planters that, although only
an amateur. 1 made up my mind to try a
patch this fall, so as to be able to report
next year from our neighborhood. After
the Convention adjourned I was very easily
persuaded b 7 my kind host and old ac
quaintance to stay a few days, to visit the
various places of interest around. Not
having been there for ten years, I could j
see very great improvements in the city,
and that they were an enterprising set of
people. There is an old paying that
“Romo was not built in a day,” but I
think that in modern Rome, Ga., they are
trying tu ciuwd as Luuuh into a day as
possible, as far as improving a place goes.
I They have a gc-a-hcad set of Aldermen, i
! among them my friend Jos. E. Veal, Esq , j
! who i3 on the Water Works Committee, j
and is pushing the work on rapidly, and
Kopos to have them completed by the fall.
It would have been of great benefit if
they had been in operation during the
Convention to lay the dust, for the whole
: county has been suffering from a long
; drought. I went to one of the establish
ments of the Messrs. Noble to see the
engine to bo used in pumpiog the water
j into tho reservoir. It is a beautiful as
j well as massive piece of machinery, com
j paring in workmanship favorably with any
I from abroad. It is from 90 to 100 hor o
j power, an 1 the capacity of the pump is
I about 800,000 gallons per day of 10 hours.
Whilo there we were invited by the
Messrs. Noble to visit their other estab
lishments, and were surprised at the ex
tent of them, and tho variety of work
manufactured there, from a car wheel to
a locomotive. Near there we stepped into
the Romo Iron Manufacturing Shop, com
monly oalled tho Rolling Mill, a spacious
building 230 by 180 feet, where they
start with tho pig iron as it is oalled
from the furnace, which, after undergoing
all sorts of processes, first being crushed
into some sort of shape by a machine
called an alligator (and its enormous jaws
put yon in mind of that reptile) and then
passed through various rollers and other
machinery, until it is converted from an
unsightly lump of melted iron into beauti
fully finished nails of all sizes, every one
being cut as clean as if done by a file. They
turn out 150 kegs per day. Another es
tablishment we visited was a Stove and
Hollow Ware Manufactory, carried on by
some other brothers of the Noble family.
I wish we had a few of such enterprising
persons in our city, for they not only fur
nish the capital but put their own should
ers to the wheel, and if you want to see
the proprietor all you have to do is to
look for the most active worker in the
establishment, and you will find that lie is
the man. Theso stoves, &c., will compare
in finish with the best castings brought
from the North, and it was really a plea
sure to look at the workmen making the
moulds to cast the metal in, everything be
ing done so well and expeditious. Al
most all the iron used in these shops is
brought from mines in Georgia and Ala
bama. All these establishments bring
increasing population into tho city, which
creates anew life into everything, tor if
you want to get a carpenter to do a small
job, ho cannot do it, for he is busy build
ing housos for the workmen that are daily
coming. Homo is also supplied with
numerous flour mills, sash and blind
faotories, and various other enterprises,
anti QUO tlliUK I noticed, tliuy Joa't vrnit
for water power, but pitch in and uao
steam, and waste no time. I should say
something of our beautiful ride to the top
of Mount Alto, where Dr. Berkman (the
father of our friend, Mr. P. J. Berkman)
resides, leading a hermits life among his
fruits and flowers, and he is so active,
that although five miles from the city, ho
thinks no more of walking thcro and back
twice a day than if it was only a low
squares. Tho view from there is superb,
well worthy the ride of 17 hours (which is
all the time it takes to get from Augusta)
to sec. It is a great relief after living iu
the flat country, as the country people
there call tho lower part of the State, to
seo the beautiful mountains in this locality,
and tho air is so pure it makes one feel
younger. Take it altogether Rome is a
delightlul place to pass tho summer, find
ing now beauties in the surrounding
country each day. I would fain enjoy my
friend’s hospitality longer, but must leave,
hoping to reoiprocato his great kindness
during his visit to our coming fair in
October. Mill Bank.
A Few Hints on I’ost Office Matters.
why is it so many letters are lost ?
THE REASON FOR IT, &C., *C.
Post Office, ]
Lexington, Ga., Aug 21, 1871. j
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel :
Alter forty years experience in post office
matters, more or less, all this long time, I
have, you may well believe, seen life among
tho mail bags.
Ist. As to the direction of letters and
other matter. It requires a professor ot
Sanscrit to decipher the address of nearly
nine tenths ot the letters sent through
the mails, as every postmaster and clerk
will testify, especially when the address is
written in perxcil and not in ink ! And yet
the whole of us who handle the mails are
| censured for the sins of ignorant, careless
5 writers, and even men of culture. Every
! letter not having the State and county
I aud post office written in full should be
! sent to the Dead Letter office.
23. There ore nineteen Lexington post
offices; and I have as much trouble in for
warding letters “missent” to this office as
with the other mail.
3d. Advice: Address your letters plain
ly, in ink, and give tho State in full.
Put your stamps oj securely.
Newspaper men ! do you write proper
names of subscribers so they can be de
cipheied? Post office officials are not pos
sessed ot the powers of translation to a
very great extent, and therefore mistakes
will oceur, unless more care is used by
writers upon letters and upon addresses of
newspapers. Yours, <fcc M
F. J. Robinson,
Postmaster.
TnE Fatal Good-Night.—A dispatch
to the Louisville Ledger gives the follow
ing details of the affecting tragedy at
Frankfort, K/., Wednesday night:
About half-past eight o’clock, while
Mr*. Berry was reading, her little daugh
ter, Annie Watson, nearly nine years of
age, eame in the room to say her prayers
and kiss her ma good night. While in the
act of throwing her arms around her
mother’s neck, her hand struck against an
oil lamp, upsetting and causing it to ex
plode. Mr. Berry, who was in the ad
i joining room, hearing the noise caused by
tho explosion, ran in and found Mrs.
; Berry enwrapped in slimes. He succeeded
i in putting out the fire, but not until she
was severely though not seriously burned.
Mr. Berry d.d not know that little An
nie was burned until he heard her cries in
the back yard, entreating one of the ser
vants to save her- She was burning to
death. Mr. Berry ran to her rescue, but it
was too late, as she was so badly burned
that she died in about three hours after
the accident happened. Mr. Berry had
his hands and arms badly burned.
A Law Sun in Prospect.—A meeting
of the citizens of Anderson was held in
the Court House on Friday night last, for
the purpose of considering future action in
regard to the Air Line Railroad. Resolu
tions were adopted to the effect that the
attorneys heretofore employed be instructed
to proceed at once against the corporation
known as the “ Atlanta and Richmond Air
Line Railway Company,” for violation of
the chartered rights of the people of An
derson in refusing to construct the road by
that place. The Anderson Intelligencer
expects that proceedings will be instituted
without delay, and that a legal decision of
this vexed question will be mado at the
earliest possible moment,
Letter Troni New Tork.
New Yoke, August 12, 1871.
Editors Chronicle <t Sentinel:
Leaving Stamford in the stage snd pass
ing through a wild and picturesque re
gion, dotted with numerous little villages
and fertile farms; among the former of
which is P.-attsv'lle, named in honor of
Zadock Pratt, formerly a member ot Con
gress, whose bust and portrait, in bas re
lief, is figured on the summit of a high
bluff skirting the road, and near which is
a tombstone to the memory of three of his
favorite race horses; we come to the
village and station of Chenango, on the
Rondout and Oswego Railroad, the same
which is to pass through Stamford to
Oneonta, on the Albany and Susquehanna
Railroad. On the stage to Chenango I
met some pleasant “ compagnons du voy
agea staid old gentleman, going to
Ohio, a mischievions little New York
rniss, who kept us all in a good humor
with her playfulness, and a merchant
from New York. Mr. Sage, of the firm of
O. C. Sage & Brother, liquor dealers, ot
No. 336 Greenwich street, to whom I was
indebted for much courtesy.
At this station we took the cars to Rond
out, which is a considerable town on the
Hudson, at the mouth of the Delaware
and Hudson Canal, thence by steamboat
to New York city.
It is unnecessary to give your readers a
fiottoription of this great Metropolis, as
many of them have seen it for themselves,
and the limits of a newspaper letter would
be insufficient to detail its characteristics
and peculiarities. There is a novelty
about New York to all strangers, even to
those who have visited the larger cities of
the world. Here is an originality of
features that distinguishes it from all
other cities, and makes it a wonderful and
attractive place to all who see it for the
first time.
I have seen the Central Park with its
museum of wonders, its menagerie, its
lake, its casino, its drives and walks, its
arbors, its shcepfold, its dairy, its boys
and girls, play grounds, its base ball
ground?, its common?, its swings, its
handsome bridges, its terrace ; I have seen
Stewart's great dry goods store, with its
six stories, its elevators, and its army of
clerks. The theatres, the museums, the
Battery and Castle Garden; heard Thomas’
concerts, the grandest and most delightful
music I have ever heard. They are given
at the Central Park Garden, a largo build-
ing and carden in and around which arc
tables and chairs, where refreshments are
furnished during the performances, and the
visitor can sip his or her lemonade (or
something stronger), while listening to the
delicious music of the concert. I have seen
Tammany Hall, the Academy of Music, the
Fifth where dwell the “Fifth
Avenoodles," most of whom arc absent at
the various watering places, or else shut
up in their houses to create the impres
sion that they arc absent. I saw the
house where Nathan was murdered, and
tho one in which Dr. Bond was killed. I
saw Washington Market, with its myriads
of eatables, Fulton Market, and thence to
Greenwood Cemetery, with its labyrinthine
walks and drives, all named, its vaults and
its handsome monuments. From the sum
mit of one of the eminences the ocean is
seen, stadded with sail vessels and steam
ers —a most beautiful and enchanting view.
I have seen our friend, Salem Dutcher,
Esq., of the NewjYork World, Mr. Plant,
of the Southern Express, Mr. Ludwig, of
the Commercial Telegraph Agency, who
exhibited to me some of the most noted
improvements in commercial telegraphing,
some of whioh, I am informed, will short
ly be introduced into our section ; Messrs.
George W. & Thomas Averell, who have
an extensive printing and lithographing es
tablishment, at which is executed ail man
ner of colored! lithography on power press
es ; and Prof. Robert L. Weber, connect
ed with the choits of Temple Emmanuel,
a magnificent syna<oguo of the Reformed
Jews, and ono of the Catholio Churches.
All of theso aro Augusta people, and are
doing well here. They contributed, by
their kindness, greatly to tho pleasure of
my sojourn here.
I also oiet several of our oitisons who
are here for onjoynumt or husinffsa ; ami
among them, Dr. Wm. H. Tutt, who, I
am informed, is about to open a large drug
store here.
And now having seen all the principal
sights which I could seo in tho short time
that I have been here, 1 am glad to bs on
my way onco moro to dear old Augusta.
On the Wat, August 14, 1871.
Tho trip homo has been a very pleasaDt
one, with agreeable traveling companions all
tho way. Throughout my journey I have
met with the greatest kindness and cour
tesy from friends and strangerF, not for
getting our host of the Sweeny Hotel, in
New York, and, in fact, all with whom I
had any dealings, and no dead head puffs
either, Mr. Editor, but all unsolicited,
and thcreforo the more appreciated.
The crops aloDg the road, from Rich
mond, Virginia, to Charlotte, N. 0., arc
rather poor. This side of Charlotte they
are, with some exceptions, much bettor.
In some sections rain has not fallen for
weeks, and the cotton and corn look mis
erable. In other places they have a fine
and healthy appearance.
And now, Mr. Editor, having reached
home, I shall resign my position of corre
spondent, regretting that I did not have
more time to describe some of the beauties
of nature which came under my observa
tion, but I have done tho best I could
under the circumstances, and can only
hope that my letters havo not been alto
gether devoid of interest to your readers.
And so I leave you for the present.
Old Hurricane.
LETTER FROM COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
Columbus, Ga., August 19, 1871.
Editors Chronicle <6 Sentinel:
Thinking it would afford interest to some
of your numerous readers to hear some
thing about this country, and the way im
provements are going on, &e., I take the
liberty of writing in order that the people
of Augusta might arouse themselves,shake
off their lethargy and be stirriDg. Let
them encourage the railroads, and it will
aid them immensely- Augusta, as you
are well aware, has the appellation of “the
Old Corn City.” No putlic spirit—no en
terprise—not awake.
Besides, it is looked upon as a selfish
city ; every man looking to his individual
interest, regardless of the public good, and
in a stiDgy way, as if they were fearful
of not getting every dollar back immediate-
ly on an investment that adds to the pros
perity of the city, and looking not at the
future benefits to accrue therefrom. Your
merchants are looked upon as slow ma
chines ; while here, it seems they are in
fused with the Atlanta spirit, men becom
ing alive again, and looking to their future
interest as well as to the growth and pros
perity of the place. Although, compara
tively, it isdul', they are stirring like bees,
and it gives a business-like appearance to
the place.
All strangers are struek with it. Where
as, in your city the men all walk as if they
were going to a funeral, while here they
havo ""the appearance of hastening for a
Columbus subscribed liberally to the
North and South Railroad, now at present
building from this point to Chattanooga,
via LaGracge and Rome.
It will be one hundred and sixty miles
long, and will aid the city immensely,
although doing great injustice to the State
Road, as it is a parallel line- It is char
tered, work commenced, and they have
State aid to the amount of $12,000 per
mile. The only mistake, however, is in
building it narrow gauge (three feet).
I have read a good many articles of
late in various newspapers of the State, ,
and invariably in favor of the narrow
gauge ; and although so many intelligent
men have written on the subject, still I 1
must, with all due reference to their wisdom j
and foresight, disagree. It is nothing but
right that the people of the State should
i hear both sides. They can then judge for
j themselves. lam not an advocate of the
narrow gauge system—just to the con
trary, I believe it to be a humbug and a
swindle, and will go on to show, by several
reasons, why I take this stand :
Ist. Because the rolling stock is too
light and will be continually jumping off
the track, thereby making it unsafe as a
passenger line.
'2d. The rails are too close together (3
feet), and in turning short ccaves will be
bound to run off.
3d. They will be found to be too expen
sive in the long run, as the embankments
! are too small (8 feet wide) and the per
| centage ot washing away is three times
greater. In ten miles of road, if allowed
AUGUST A, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1871.
to stand three months before the iron is
laid, one-third of the whole will have to
be rebuilt.
4th. The cuts are only 12 feet wide, and
of course they will catch almost as much
water as one of the usual width (18 feet)
which all has to be drained.
sth. It is absurd to argue with the peo
ple and try to make them believe that an
engine as small as will be used will draw
as heavy a load as a large one. There
is no more truth in it than to say that a
small bey will pull as much as a grown
man.
Every one that has the power of reason
| ing will see how preposterous it is, rc
: gardless of all that Mr. Hulbert or any
one else has written on the subject- They
were interested parties, which I will go on
to show how and why :
Ist. I will acknowledge that there is a
great savieg of dirt by adopting the nar
row gauge, provided it is engineered prop
erly, and if the iron is kept up with the
grading. The contractors will do well, be
cause a road that would cost, ordinarily,
$1,500,000 can be built on the narrow gauge
system lor $1,000,000. The saving alone
in the iron amounts to $4,000 per mile—
one-half weight—in dirt one-third less is
required. Now look what a margin is left
the company. This road will be built by
the towns through and by which it runs,
by subscription, and the $1,200 per mile
will be pocketed by somebody, whom we do
not know, but the man will arise at the
proper time. It is an injustice to the
State, and a greater injustice to the tax
payers. It is for this reason, I think, Mr-
Hulbert wished to inaugurate the narrow
gauge system. His motive was mercenary
—thinking it would either benefit himself
by getting all this kind of work to do,
or by aiding his ivtend, H. I. Kimball.
Other contractors, no doubt, are carried
away with it for the same reason. If a
road is to be built, let it be built properly,
and particularly when they use the peo
ples’ money for that purpose. Had the
Legislature, when this aid was granted,
ever had an idea that a narrow gauge
would be built by it, I doubt if they would
have done themselves such injustice as to
have passed the bill. The aid was granted
in good faith, thinking, of course, a first
class road would be built, and when they
do otherwise that law should be repealed.
Columbus is growing and bids fair to be
a prosperous place. It is similarly situat
ed as Augusta, on the banks of a navigable
stream (Chattahoochee), with a good many
railroads centering here. But the greatest
mistake her people ever made was in
submitting the North and South Railroad
to be built narrow gauge. After it is
completed it will not answer the purpose
for which it was intended, and, as I said
before, it will cost them double in the long
run. It will be like Kimball’s B. and A.
R. R. After it is turned over to the com
pany as finished, there will be as much
more work to do as when they first started.
How much better, then, would it be to
build only half the road, and build it well
and wait until they were able to complete
it. It is a great mistake to build roads fast.
How much better off would the State of
Georgia have been had she taken this
$20,000,000 (State aid) and spent it in
bringing emigrants to the State, giving
them small farm?, and apportioned so
many to each county. Why, in a few
years, all these roads could have becD built
by private subscription, and the State
would have been benefitted three times as
much. With the above amount two hun
dred thou-.and souls could have been put
in the State, and public lands given them
for the mere settling. Lands would have
increased in value. Radicalism would
have been annihilated, and tho fctate in a
few years could have been out of debt and
prosperous ; whereas, it will be years
before this State aid is paid, if ever, and
taxation will continue to be cnormou?.
These poor deluded people may yet see
their error in adopting the narrow gauge.
They should yet change it before it be
comes too late. Narrow gauge may do
as feeders to main lines, but such an im
portant road as this should ho wide. Make
the foundations wide anyhow, and adopt
what gauge is best adapted to their busi
ness. In a few years they wil! wish to
change it. 1 am sure.
Very truly, yours,
Railroad.
The Wharton Mystery.
The Report of Professor Aiken—No
Poison in Edward Wharton — One Sus
picion Cleared Away .
[Reported for the Baltimore American .]
Professor Aiken delivered yesterday to
Fred. Pinkney, Esq-, Deputy State’s At
torney, a communication, of whioh the
following is a copy :
University of Maryland, {
August 15, 1871. j
A. Leo Knott, Esq., State’s Attorney:
Dear Sir—After completing a careful
analysis of tho various matters brought
over from Norristown, tho fact has been
established that they do not contain any of
those poisonous compounds one might
reasonably have suspected to be present.
The same fact has also been established in
relation to tho brandy you handed me
some tune since, and consequently none
of these substances can supply any evi
dence against any suspected party.
Very respectfully,
W. E- A. Aiken.
The above communication refers to the
stomach and liver of Henry WbartOD, and
a bottle of brandy sent by Mrs. Wharton
to a lady in this city. Thus the charge
against Mrs. Wharton of poi3oDing her
own son falls to the ground for want of
evidence. Mr. Pinkney had anticipated
the report of Professor Aiken, and had
previously informed Mrs. Wharton’s
counsel of the result of the analysis, that
it might bo communicated to her. It is
only charitable to presume that she lore
saw what would be the tenor cf the report.
This intelligence will doubtless bn a matter
of congratulation to the friends of the
accused, but it dashes tho hopes cf at
least one New York insurance company,
who had cherished the expectation of be
ing able to recover SIO,OOO paid to Mrs.
Wharton at the time of her son’s death.
Whether there will be an investigation ot
the charges against Mrs. Wharton of pois
oning Mr. Edward Wharton and his
daughter remains to be seen. Id justice
to the accused the bodies should certainly
be examined. The result of the analysis
of tho remains of her son will have a telliDg
effect upon the sentiment of the com
munity, though as matter of evidence it is
only negative in its character. All traces
of vegetable poisons would long since have
disappeared, and a chemical analysis at
this late day can only show that no appre
ciable amount of metalic poison remains
in the body. Mrs. Wharton’s health has
steadily improved since her removal to the
tower of the jail. She is still weak, how
ever, and seldom leaves her bed. Her
daughter is unremitting in her devotion to
her mother, and furishes an example of
filial affection as rare as it is beautiful.
The Recent Tragedy in Georgia—
Arrest of the Victim’s Sister.—The
Savannah Advertiser, of the 15th instant,
says:
News has reached us of the arrest on
Saturday of the party whom it is believed
cut Mrs. Davis’, throat so mysteriously
last Wednesday night, while she was
sleeping in her apartment with her two
little girls. The party arrested is Mrs,
Marey Driggers, a widow, and sister of
Mr.-. Davis, the murdered woman.
Mrs. Driggers, who is in destitute cir
cumstances, has been refused support by
Mr. Davis at various times, and has also
been requested to leave his house. It will
be remembered that he was absent oa a
fishing excursion when his wife was killed.
Since the horrible event he declares that
Mrs. Driggers threatened to kill him the
night before he absented himself, and that
he feared her. As soon as he had
left his wife alone, it transpires that
Mrs. Driggers returned to his house,
although driven away previously, and
was the only person in the building
except the children when Mrs. Davis was
taken off. As soon as the body of the lat
ter was discovered by her friends, Mrs.
Driggers stated to them that her sister
had lived over two hours, and had arisen
from the bed and walked about.
This statement is weakened by the testi
mony of one of the children in the bed,
1 who declared that her mother had not
j lived over four or five minutes after being
cu f , and did not get up from the couch.
Mrs. Driggers has made many confused
statements, and her conduct is very sus
i picious, betokening, as our informant
states, unquestionable guilt, or at least a
knowledge of the assassip. She is row
under arrest, and may, in the interim,
divulge something of interest.
Afraid. —A little four year oid remark
ed to her mamma on gomg to bed, “1 am
not afraid of the dark.” “No, of course
you are not,” replied the mamma, “for it
can’t hurt you.” “But, mamma, I was a
little afraid onee, when I went into the
pantry to get a cookey.” “What were you
afraid of?” asked her mamma, “I was
afraid I couldn’t find tho cookies 1”
An Eventful HUory.
THE CHEQUERED CAREER OF THE PORT
ROYAL RAILIOAJ.
Beginning of the Work—A Specimen
Contractor—Promises Male to be Bro
ken — Will the Neic Board Come Doion
with the Cash ?
[From the Charleston News.]
The following racy letter, containing an
interesting sketch of the hisory and pros
pects of the Port lloyal Riilroad, is ad
dressed to Mr. Stephen C.Millett by an
old and influential citizen, anl is in reply
to a letter recently published b the Chron
icle & Sentinel :
Augusta, Auguit 15, 1871.
Sir—l have read your etter to Dr.
Lawton, and confess to somt surprise at
seeing you again before the prblic on this
subject. After all that the riad has suf
fered under your managemint, how you
caQ have the assurance to aoproach any
one of the original stockholders is to me a
matter of astonishment. Lei me call your
attention to a brief resume of this enter- j
prise:
When the road was chartered the plan
ters living along the lino piomptly came
forward and took the stock. Mr. Davant,
of Beaufort, was the first Presdent. Under
his administration the road vas surveyed
aud located, the right cf waysccured, con
tracts given out, and much work done;
but the war came and intcrrtpted the en
terprise.
After the war, you represtnted to the
Board of Directors that vot had secured
the aid of capitalists in Boston and New
York, who vnnlil build tho road if the
charter and property of the were
iurned over to them. By plausible rep
resentation and the exhibition of some
letters, you persuaded tho direction that
you did represent capitalists, ami as their
sole object was to build the road, not as a
matter of speculation, but as a great work
of internal improvement, and a connecting
line between tfio great West and the deep
waters of Port lloyal, Mr. Davant resigned
his office of President, the Directors re
tired, and you and your friends were
placed in possession of the road, its char
ter and property. Your Board cf Direc
tors was elected and you chosen as Presi
dent.
A Mr. Finegan, I believe was his name,
appeared now on the scene. He was to
build and equip the road for a certain
contract price, which was voted him,
but no articles of agreement were entered
into by which he was bound. To the
surprise of the stockholders Mr. Finegan
disappeared, and Mr. George D. Chapman
took his place. The on dit is that he
bought out Mr. Finegan, paying him
$120,000.
You and Chapman then set to work to
gain from the negro Legislative of South
Carolina State aid and extended privileges.
Whether you did not have mcney enough,
or whether Charleston influence was too
strong for you, you were not successful.
You also sought to obtain aid from the
City Council of Augusta and the Georgia
Railroad, and, although you had able sup
porters in both corporations, you again
failed.
Chapman, however, inaugurated the
work, opened an office in Augusta, and
placed a large force of laborers on the
road. About this time, letters were writ
ten from the North, to gentlemen in Barn
well and Augusta, accusing Chapman of
bad faith in the Derby Railroad, and en
closing newspaper articles denouncing
him. Some of these letters were addressed
to the Hon. A. P. Aldrich, one of the
judges of the old South Carolina judiciary,
who had been removed from office by
General Canby, and had resumed the
practice of law, and who was prominent
as a stockholder in the Barnwell Railroad,
which Chapman was also negotiating to
control. Judge Aldrich, with that direct
ness and frankness for which he is distin
guished, sent these letters and articles to
Mr. Chapman, who expressed himself
gratified that an opportunity was offered
him to refute the slanders, which he has
not done yet.
Things progressed very well for two or
three months ; hands worked on tho Port
Royal Railroad and cootraotors were paid
their monthly estimates, when suddenly
Chapman disappeared from Augusta, his
office was besieged by hungry negroes
clamoring for pay, and his books and
property attached by angry creditors.
Abbott, his Seorotary, tried to pacify
them ; said that some delay had occurred
in sending in funds from New York ; that
Chapman had gone after the money ; that
he had telegraphed him the condition of
affairs, and that be would be back in a
few days with ample funds to pay all de
mands. Chapman returned, took some
law proceedings to dissolve the attach
ments, assured the contractors and laborers
that he was making a successful arrange
ment to obtain an ample supply of funds,
which he was prevented completing by
their precipitation. A few hands were
kept on the line, but gradually work
ceased, Chapman departed, and the Port
Royal Railroad again collapsed.
Soon after this second disaster, Mr. Henrv
T. Peake, late Superintendent of the South
Carolina Railroad, a man of large experi
ence in railroad matters, was spoken of in
connection with Judge Aldrich, the one
as Superintendent, the other as President,
as the men most likely to carry out the
work to a successful completion, and it
was supposed tho capitalists, whom you
profess to represent, would reorganize
with these gentlemen as their representa
tives, and the road would be pushed to a
successful completion. This was not a
vain hope, because if there is any money
in the concern, these two gentlemen would
command tho respect and confidence ot
the people of South Carolina and Georgia,
and any pledges made by them would be
received with entire confidence. But
just as wo were congratulating ourselves
on this auspicious event, the papers an
nounced anew Board ot Directors, with
Mr. James Appleton, of New. York, as
President, and you as Superintendent.
Allow me to ask, “How do you expect to
obtain the confidence and aid of the peo
ple of Augusta and South Carolina when
you put forward a man as President who
is entirely unknown to them, and yourself,
as Superintendent, who have already fail
ed as President ?”* If' you can control
capital, and wish to build the road, you
have lived here long enough to know that
the surest way to do it is to put forward
men who are known as men of character,
ability and integrity, iu whom confidence
will be reposed, and who can present the
claims of the company to the people along
the line and in Augusta, in a way to con
vince their judgments and command their
support. „ ~ , , . . „
But instead of this what do you do t
You address a letter to Dr- Liwton, from
New York, in which you say ‘it is im
possible for the present Board, or any
Board, to complete the road without the
most cordial help and support, locally,
along the line of road. And then you
ptopose to build a fine depot, to cost not
less than $2,000, wherever there is a local
subscription of $2,011, “provided that the
company will not agree to build them
nearer than one mile apart. And you
also propose to put up a line of telegraph
and open a post office as soon as the tracx
1S Was there ever such an absurd and im
prudent proposition ? You have already
attained all the road had, on a promise to
build it, by these very same capitalists.
You have not speet a dollar. Your first
reorganize, and coolly propose to Dr.
Lawton and the friends of the road, alone
the line, to give you $2 000 a mile to build
depot", put up a telegraph line, and open
tost offices before you spend a dollar.
Now. Mr. Millett, I think this is one of
the coolest propositions I have ever seen
made in public print. You have already
received our charter, work and property,
in the assurance that you would build the
road. You have failed to fulfil your part
of the contract, while we have faithfully
performed our part. Thus failing, you re-
organize, as you call it, and ask the people
along the line “ for their most cordial help
and support.” What more can they do ?
They have given all they had. It is true
they have land which they can sub
scribe, and which they will subscribe,
if they had men in charge of the work
whom they know and can trust. But
what assurance have they that your new
promises will be any better than your
old ? The putting such good and trusted
men as Dr. Lawton, Mr. 'Willingham and
Dr. Cook on the Board does not help the
case for they are now, and always will
be, in a hopeless minority. These gentle
men have been disappointed once, and are
not likely to be again caught with the
shallow artifice of $2,000 depots, not
“nearer than one mile apart.” Why,
vonr road will be a continuous village
from Sand Bar to Port Royal. No, Mr.
Millett, before you get $240,000, it would
be well for yon to show them how that
million and a quarter that yon speak of
| has been spent, and to prove that you
j have, or can, command that other million
and a quarter of “ clear cash to take the
road to the city limits of Augusta.
This is an important enterprise; no
people appreciate its importance more
highly than do the people of Augusta and
the people of South Carolina along the
line, and if yon will show them that you
have the million and a quarter, and will
place men at the head of the work in
whom they have faitli and confidence, I
will undertake to assure you that the
$2,000 a mile will be forthcoming.
Very respectfully, your obed’t serv’t,
Allendale.
Letter Troni Dr. Wills.
Gettysburg—Description of the Battle
Field—List of the Names of the Georgia
Dead.
. Gettysburg, August 9, 1871.
Editor Constitution —I have spent
several days at this place, and have ad
dressed the people on two occasions. It
was my purpose in these addresses to im
part information in relation to the literary
institutions and religious condition of the
South ; but into the domain of politics I
never once allowed myself to be precipi
tated. During my absence I have visited
various parts of tho North and Lave
spoken on the subjects of education and
religion to men of all creeds and parties,
and have received many expressions of
confidence and kindness at their bands.
The President of the Cemetery Associa
tion at Gettysburg conducted me to the
most pr.-minent points of the great battle
field, wherr, in the summer of 1863, there
was witnessed such a brilliant and tremen
dous display of Northern and Southern
valor. The scene of this ever-memorable
conflict is a magnificent and extended plain,
bounded by two bold and commanding
ridges, akmg which were stretehed the
bristling lines of the belligerents. All par
ties admit that Meade had greatly the ad
vantage in position, if not in numbers.
Big Round Top possesses the dimensions
of a mountain, and was literally crowned
with heavy batteries of the Federal can
uod. Little Round Top rises as a formid
able barrier to the assaults of an attacking
army, and Culp’s hill is ono of tho very
strongest natural fortifications that could
have been selected for defensive warfare.
On the other hand, tho position of Gen
eral Lee commanded Done of these higher
natural advantages. Then, too, it must
be borne in mind that he, from first to last,
was the attacking party. For three suc
cessive days he moved his gallant hosts
over this great valley of slaughter and o*"
blood in the face of 120 death dealing can
noD, and under the murderous fire of sev
enty thousand small arms and after re
peated, but unsuccessful, efforts to pealo to
lofty heights occupied by the foroes of his
adversary, these brave assailants were
compelled to retreat over tbe same broad
theatre of miles in extent under the same
terrific showers of shot and shell. It is a
marvel that a single Confederate soldier
was left to tell tho tale of this terrible
conflict.
Tno great Southern captain obviously
committed a blunder iu not following up
tho victory of the first day’s fight, and
thus taking possession of tho strong,
strategetic points which were afterwards
seized and held by the enemy. Or he
might have declined a contest under the
circumstances and have moved his majestic
column to the right along the Emmitsburg
road in the direction of Washington and
thus have forced the Federal command
er to abandon his impregnable position
and follow him, whioh Gen. Meade was in
no condition to do, without the most fatal
results to his own army.
But the greatest military geniuses are
liable to err, and a more sublime and
noble utterance never fell from the lips of
Gen. Lee than, when recounting his re
verses at Gettysburg, lie said with tears in
his eyes, “it was my fault; it was my
fault.’’ His troops, as a body, never be
haved better than on this bloody field.
Their gallant bearing challenged the high
est admiration of their enemies and the
fame of their heroic achievements in
marching steadily across valleys of blood
and in storming mountains of fire, has
filled the civilized world. Greater glcwy
never accrued to the Southern arms than
was won in the fierce and bloody contest
under consideration, and the truth of this
assertion depends upon the admission that
the Union army never made a bolder or
braver defense. History will record this
conflict as one of the greatest battles of
the world. This conclusion is inevitable
when We take into consideration the large
numbers and high discipline of the con
tending troops, the perfection of the im
plements of warfare, the peculiar feature
and wide exteDt of tlie field, tbe extraor
dinary duration of the struggle, tbe great
multitudes of the slain and tbe mighty
magnitude of the results involved in the
awful sacrifice.
The loss of this great battle was the loss
of the Confederate cause. The star of
Southern independence culminated from
the equator and sank amid the blood and
gloom of Gettysburg. Tho Supreme Ruler
of the Universe saw fit in this case to give
the victory to the strong, and what lie
does we know not now but shall know
hereafter.
One of tho most tender and saered offices
I have ever been called to discharge has
been to search for the bodies of the Con
federate dead, which are strewn over this
wide field of destruction. The nbrncs of
some of them are still legible on the black
and decaying boards which mark tbe spot
where they fell, the graves of others have
been desecrated and obliterated by the
rude plow, whilst the bones of many are
unburied and lie bleaching on the hill-tops
and in the valleys cf this modern Acel
dama. I felt sad, and indeed, when I
gazed on the costly monument, with its
bright devices of art, which rises proudly
from the summit ot Cemetery Hill, aud
when I beheld the beautiful walks and
marble coverings which adorn the graves
of tho Union dead in painful contrast
with the hundreds, yea thousands, of
Southern soldiers whose dust lies neglected
and despised in the fence corners, the
corn rows, and even in the barn yards,
which were used as Confederate hospitals.
Such a spectacle as this is sufficient to call
up Milton’s indignant apostrophe,
“ Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered
ones, whose bones lie bleaching,” etc.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania has
appropriated $5 000 for the removal of the
Confederate dead at Gettysburg to the
cemetery at Antietam, a suitable spot
whioh the State of Maryland has donated
for the decent interment of those who fell
in defense of the South, The families and
friends of these fallen braves will please
take due notice thereof and govern theifl
selves accordingly. When the work of
disinterment commences, it would be an
appropriate time to remove the remains
of our lived oocs to the different States to
which they belonged. I herewith subjoin
a list of the names and regiments of the
dead of Georgia, which may still be found
on the field of Gettysburg.
—Hangman, Georgia Cavalry ; W. M.
Patterson, Bth Gs.; T. L. Guery, Lump
kin Battery ; Major Brenan, W. Young,
61st Ga.; Col. Jones, Columbus, Ga.; J,
K. Crosby, J. D. Reid, W. M. Elrod,
16th Ga.; W. P- Hubbard, 18th Ga.; J.
W. McGinnis, 53d Ga.; W. B. Butler,
4th G\; Corp. Wells, Ga.; S. C. Jordan,
15th Ga.; T. H. Lanron, J. B. Forrester,
24th Ga.; E. T. Johnson, Bth Ga.; C. L.
Walker, 26_h Ga.; W. R. Bracewell, 49th
Ga.; Jas. Corns, 51st Ga.; J. Hodges, 3d
Ga.; W. L. Brewer, 51st Ga.; C- Gregory,
D. H. Moncrief, S. W. S , S. A. Dance,
3d Ga.; W. H. Young, 21 Ga.; Y. Deaton
2d Ga. Battery; M. Lewis, 22d Ga ; J. R.
Gibson, 22d Ga.; Joseph Powell, 38th
Ga.; J. Branch, 61st Ga.; Frank Botts,
61st Ga.; Clinton Bachaler, 61st Ga.; J
N. Leaboro. 61st Ga.; Lt. Wood, 38th
Ga.; Lt. N. P. Pngh, Cobb’s Legion ; Lt.
C. C. Bfooks, Ga. Legion ; Noah C.
Strickland, Cobb’s Legion ; Lieut. Y.
R. Barrett, Georgia Legion ; Lt. J.
Howze, 60th Ga.; J. A. Reeves, 13th Ga.;
J. 11. Law, 4th Ga ; Lt. Col. Winn, E. A.
Ward, 60th Ga.; W. F. Nash, 9th Ga. ;
W. F. Brown, 15th Ga.; Capt. J. H. At
kins, 531 Ga.; Wm. Biggers, Troup Artil
! lery, Athens, Ga.; M. E. Hoggs, Bth Ga.;
A. A. McCreary, 9th Ga.; Beicher,
11th Ga.; W. W. Mathes, Bth Ga.; S. C.
Edge, Bth Ga.; T. W. Clements, Bth Ga.;
T. L. Elmoe, 7th Ga.; Jas. Crampton, Bth
Ga.; H. Sharks, 17th Ga.; D. D. Mann,
17thGa.;J. J. Harnel, sth G».; Sergt.
J. J. Bienaugh, Bth Ga-; E. W. Cylett,
Bth Ga.; E. R. l’ate, 15th Ga.: Lieut. J.
H. Potter, 11th Ga.; 8. Richardson, 11th
| Ga.; John Lanelin. 15th Ga.; J. C. Mc
(Jaliar, 11th Ga.; S. S: Spark ll , 57th Ga.;
l A. L. Short, 17th Ga; Lieut. J. H.
; Ekols, Bth Ga.; J. C. Dickinson, 15th Ga-;
! Sergt. E. P. Sharp, 11th Ga.; Sergt. J.
. E. Oliver, 11th Ga.; Capt. W. A. King,
Bth Ga.; G. W. Harrison, 11th Ga.; L’eut.
| A. M. Parker, 11th Ga.; John Mills, 9.h
j Ga.; J- Forrester, 4th Ga.; Y. L. Lyday,
1 9:h Ga.; J. D. Gordon, Bth Ga.; Berg l .
I 8. B. Schcws, 59ch Ga,; W. N. Weaver,
Bth Ga.; W. M. Lewis, 11th Ga.; Lieut.
W. H. H., lath Ga ; Col. J. Warden, 22d
Ga.; Y, Ware, lo.h Ga.; Lieut. Col. J. C.
i Monger, Bth Ga ; R. W. Dyas, Sumter,
Ga., Battery ; M. Kane, 27th Ga.; S.
i Golves, 12;h Ga.; J. M. Wright, 44th
Ga.; John Brown, 12th Ga.; R. M. Bor
, ing, 4th Ga.
Respectfully, yours,
David Wills.
The colored people of Rome are thirst
ing for a college,
Port Boyat Railroad,
Augusta, Ga., August 14, 1871.
Editor of Barnwell Sentinel:
Dear Sir—Supposing that the good
people of Birnweli still feel a deep interest
in the success and early completion of the
Port Royal Railroad, I beg leave to plaoe
them in possession of such facts as have
been furnished me by the President and
Superintendent. For the first time during
my connection with this enterprise, I feel
that the road will now bo completed, and
that at no distant day. I havo never
despaired of the final result, feeling that it
was only a matter of time ; for an enter
prise of such magnitude could not sleep
the sleep of death.
The following letter was received from
the President a few days since :
39th South Street. )
New York, August 4tb, 1871. j
Dr. B. W. Lawton— Dear Sir : You
were made one of the Directors of tbe Port
Royal Road on account of your known
fidelity to its interests, and for the deep
interest you havo ever manifested in its
projection, and for its completion.
The new Board will endeavor, by the
judicious use of the means at its disposal,
to build the road at the earliest practicable
moment, relying always upon the moral
and material aid of the citizens of Augusta
and other corporations interested in this
important project—a project important to
the whole country between the Southern
Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, but hardly
well understood and appreciated beyond
your immediate vicinity. Few men have
taken the pains to learn the value of this
road and its connections. When we get
it finished it will be appreciated and known
as tbe Atlantic terminus of t.h« Smitborn
Pacific Railroad.
Wo shall always rely upon your hearty
co-operation in our endeavors to complete
the road, and shall be most happy, at all
times, to give you such information in re
gard to our work and its progress as your
connection with the road justly entitles
you. A report of the condition of the
road nnd its future prospects will be made
in a few days, when a copy will be for
warded to you.
# * # * *
Very respectfully yours,
James Appleton.
I extract the following from a letter re
ceived from the Superintendent, dated
August 9th, 1871: * * * *
The iron has been purchased, and part
of it is on its way to eompleto tho first forty
miles ot tho road, and hope to purchase
the balance, for the seventy-five miles west
from Port Royal, this week, when I shall
return South and commence the work of
laying the same at once.
By January Ist we hopo to have the
road within thirty-five miles of Augusta.
* * * * *
1 must ask of the local inhabitants aloDg
the line a subscription, as I wrote you be
fore, large enough to pay for depots. It
is a small amount for them to subscribe.
* * * * *
Truly yours, S. C. Millett.
The proposition reforred to in regard to
local inhabitants subscribing a sum suffi
cient to build depots was elaborated in the
Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, of tho
9th instant. Tho Company proposes to
build a depot, to cost $2,000, and locate it
at any point along the line of road indi
cated by the person or persons subscribing
$2,000 ; provided that no depot shall be
built nearer than one mile apart. You
perceive that although this sum bcoomes a
part of tho capital stock of tbe Company,
at the same time it is expended in im
provements in tbe vicinity of tho imme
diate stockholder or subscriber. Docs this
not have the appcaianco of great liber
ality? and may wo not confidently expect
to havo theso subscriptions multiplied,
without any undue effort on tho part of
the Board of Directors ?
Hoping soon to reach my dear old home
in Allendale on a Port Royal Railroad
coaoh, I am, respectfully yours.
B. W. Lawton.
Estimates ox the Cotton Oisof. —We
notice that some of our friends both here
and in Europe are quoting us as authority
for certain estimates of the yield of the
growing cotton crop. This is an error, as
wo have at no time during the season
given an opinion as to the probable total
result. All we said was that up to the
early part of June there had been fifteen
per cent, lose this year as compared with
last year; that is the crop this year mast
necessarily be fifteen per cent, less (how
much smaller events subsequent to that
date must determine) than the previous
one. Since th"n we have" had fine weath
er (until recently) in Texas and also in the
Tennessee district, (which district in
cludes over one-fifth of the crop, that is
the whole of Tennessee, the northern part
of Alabama and Mississippi and Eastern
Arkansas, &c.,) and very rainy, unfavora
ble weather during June over most of the
balance of the cotton field, followed by
good growing weather in July and Au
gust almost everywhere exoept in the low
er portions of Louisiana, Alabama, Mis
sissippi and Georgia, in which latter
district the weather has been variablo all
the time, though, of course, an improve
ment upon June. Now to estimate in
figures the results of theso different condi
tions of the weather in these various sec
tions of the South, while tho plant is in its
present condition of rapid obangc, would
be claiming a degree of foresight which we
do not possess. And yet it strikes us that
every reader, at least every one who has
ever seen a cotton plant grow, must be
satisfied that the aggregate result of the
surroundings off tho crop, since June 1,
must be a further loss as compared with
last year, though, of course, a very much
smaller loss than was feared before the
favorable July weather began. Tbe state
ment of our Macon correspondent, in a
letter dated August 12, expresses only
what we should expect to hear when he
says that “ the plant is small and without
that vigor of growth and promise of fruit
fulness which it had last year.” We are
led to make these remarks in view of what
seem to us exaggerated estimates of the
crop which are now frequently heard and
which it appears to us cannot be realized.
—Financial Chronicle, August 19.
The Great Storm.— The great storm
which began on Friday expended most of
its force dining the first forty-eight hours,
but it still lingers along the coast, and
yesterday was another very dismal and dis
agreeable day. The sun was obscured and
the wind continued brisk, although not so
high as during the two previous days, and
there were several light falls of rain, in
cluding one which commenced at about 9
p. in. and lasted through the evening. The
wind was nearly due north all day and
varied in velocity from ten to fourteen
miles per hour. The barometer at 7a.
m. indicated 29.80 degrees, fell to 29.76 at
5 p. m., and rose again to 29.78 by 9 p.
in., and the relative humidity of the at
mosphere rose between 5 and 9 p. m.
from 82 to 90 per cent., which would
seem to indicate that the rain of last
evening was the c!earing-up shower, as
it is to be hoped may pruve iu be the eabe.
Very little additional damage by the storm
was reported yesterday, and it seems that
outside of the injury that may havo been
done to the crops on the islands, which re
mains to be proved, that but little damage
was occasioned by the storm in this vicini
ty. An old house was blown down during
the gale of Saturday, and three of the
vessels loading with phosphates Bull
river dragged their anchors on Friday
night, duriDg the heavy blow, and went
ashore on the South bank. One of them
was almost loaded. No damage to the
vessels is apprehended, as they lie on a
muddy bank, and it is thought they will
float off at the approaching spring tides.
In the city the principal damage was caus
ed by the leakage of the roofs. The Alms
house leaked; the Court House suffered to
the extent of several hundred dollars, ow
ing to the forcing in of the library win
dows by the wind, and private residences
in various parts of the city sustained more
or less damage, but no case of any serious
injury has occurred.— Charleston News.
About n, I. Kimball and Bollock!
[Special Dispatch to the Savannah Daily
1 1 Advertiser .]
Washington, August 21.-It is be
lieved in New York that H. I. Kimball
has failed in Georgia, the same as he did
in Connecticut and Nevada. In the for
mer State he failed for four hundred thou
sand dollars, and in the latter for eight
hundred thousand dollars. His Georgia
liabilities are estimated at over a million
dollars. Holders of his scrip should look
wed to their interest, as it is regarded in
financial circles as utterly worthless.
Quite a number of Kimball s Southern
creditors have gone North to hunt him up.
It is believed that neither Kimball nor
Bullock dare return to Geoigia. It is said
that Bullock is building a barn on his
McAfee farm, in Cobb county, which has
already cost fifteen thousand dollars, and
is not near finished. Its final cost will far
exceed Bullock’s salary for the entire
term for whioh he was eleoted Governor.
NEW SERIES—VOL. XXIV. NO. 35.
Yellow Fever.—Wo publish below an
interesting article on the way in which
persons may guard against a visit from
tho dreaded Yellow Jack. It is taken
from a reoent work issued by tbe United
States Government, entitled “ A Report
on Epidemic Cholera and YeHow Fever in
tbe United States,” and is placed at our
disposal by a well known physician of this
city. It will amply ropay a perusal :
Brenham, Texas, Deoember2, 1867.
Sir: In accordance with your instruc
tions, I have tho honor to submit the fol
lowing report relative to the prevalence of
yellow fever in this town, and the remark
able fact that tho troops stationed here
have escaped entirely :
On the Bth of August, James A. Devine,
late Captain U. S. Volunteers, and at that
time on duty in the Bureau of Refugees,
Frecdmen and Abandoned Lands, came to
this post en route for the interior- Ho left
Galveston tho day before, tho yellow fever
prevailing thero at tho time. Tho next
evening, at 4 o’olook p. m., while in oarnp,
he complained ot feeling unwell, and went
to his hotel; in a short time he sent for
me. I saw at ouce symptoms of yellow
fever, but he insisted that he had had the
disease, and I was not certain as to his
case until tho day following, when yellow
fever was plainly developed. On the 13th
instant he died with black vomit. This
was the first case that occurred in Bren
ham. No apprehensions were then felt
that the disease would assume an epidemio
form, as thero had never been but two
cases of the fever in Brenham, and those
were persons who had oome from an in
fected district a few hours before they
vroro ottaolcod by tlio diuoaoo T flunk
there were ono or two oases reported by
resident physicians during tho two weeks
subsequent to Devine’s death, whou tbe
disease became epidemio, and its ravages
were most fearful; whole families were
swept away, every family suffered, and the
inhabitants became terror and panio
stricken. About this time I chanced to
hear that mustard seed ( sinapis alba) had
been used successfully as a prophylatio
against yellow fever, and rememboring to
have scon it used on the Isthmus of
Panama as a preventive against intermit
tent fever, I thought that if I adopted tho
use of something of this kind, and could
lead the men of this command to beliovo
that they wero safe from the discaso, it
might, porhaps, have a good moral effoot
upon them. Through your kind assist
ance, 1 secured a largo supply of mustard
seed, and gave a tablespoonful, with an
ounoc of whisky, to all in the command,
including servants and laundresses ; this
was given daily, at 11 o’clook a. m., up to
this date. We have had a heavy frost,
and I now believe the fever to have left us
entirely.
Our camp is located in tho town, about
one-fourth of a mile from the oentre.
During the epidemic there has been moro
than one hundred and fitly fatal cases
among tho whites, and half that number
among tho blaeks. Almost the entire
population who remainod in town havo
had the fever ; every house in the vicinity
of our camp, and at every point of tho
compass around it, has bad fatal oases of
the disease—ono houso in oloso proximity
lost six members of the family. Our men
were exposed to tho diseaso as mnoh
as any others living in town, they
being compelled to go through town for
wood and to tho depot for supplies. Two
of theso men nursed a case of the fever.
What conclusion, if any, can wo draw
from theso lacts ? Hero is a camp in
which there aro sixty souls, located iu a
town where yellow fever is epidemio, and
of a most malignant type—whoro, in every
oocupicd house, from ono to ton casos of
the disease may bo found—whoro, at ono
time, scarcely people enough could be
found to bury tho dcad--lhcse sixty souls
breathing the same atmosphere, and ex
posed, in every way, as much as any of the
inhabitants—not scattered, but living to
gether—escaping without one case. Troops
ordinarily suffer as much from any pre
vailing disease, perhaps more, than any
other class. At Hempstead, but twenty
two miles from this plaoe, the troops havo,
as you know, suffered terribly. J might
remark hero that our oarnp has boon a
very clean one. As early as Juno Ist, I
gave my careful personal attention to dis
infectants ; tho oarnp was disinfooted
twioe daily with sulphato of iron, and all
wood-work frequently whitewashed ; the
tents were raised eighteen inches from the
ground and lime thrown under them ; tho
ends of the tents iroDting north and south
were made of lattice work, giving a free
circulation of air. lam not prepared to
say that white mustard soed will prevent
an attack of yellow fovor ; but this body
of people havo entirely escaped, and I can
lafely say that they aro tho only ones in
the town who have oscapod, and they
have been exposed equally with all. Not
one of these men was aooliinated. A olerk
from Galveston en route to Austin was
taken with the fever in ono of tho touts of
the command ; ho had slept with ono of
the men tho night previous. Not a per
son who has taken tho mustard and whisky
has taken tho fever. We know that tho
mustard promotes the action of the kid
neys, stimulates the digestive organs, and
creates a moisture upon the surfaeo of
the skin. Whilo tho troops have, in this
State, suffered terriblo, wo havo esoaped ;
whether it be mustard seed, or whatever
tho preventive may havo been that has
kept us preserved trom the disease, we
can but feci thankful that wo havo es
caped.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Chas. E. Warren,
Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A.
Brevet Major C. Bacon, Assistant Sur
geon, U. S. A.
The Storm in Savannah—Wharves
and Streets Submerged. —The Savan
nah papers of Sunday contain full ac
counts of the effects of the storm in that
city, which show them to have been more
disastrous to property than even the
tempest of September Bth, 1854. Streets
were inundated, cellars flooded, whole
plantations submerged, houses unroofed,
and in somo cases blown down, and many
thousand dollars of damage done to the
city itself and to the growing crops in the
vicinity. Tho public works about the city
are said to be damaged to llio extent of
one hundred thousand dollars. Tho main
sewer building, on East Broad street, a
canal near the Thunderbolt shell road, and
several drains were torn up for hundreds
of feet, destroying months of labor- The
Springfield plantation, and Limar’s, Law
ton’s and other firms, were completely
submerged, and the crops on those plaoes
rendered a total loss. Culverts and em
bankments were swept away on the Cen
tral, Atlantic and Gulf, and Savannah,
Skidaway and Seaboard Railroads, caus
ing serious losses and much detention of
trains. The lirgo cotton warehouse of
Dr- Clark, on the corner ot West Broad
and Broughton streets, which had just
been completed, was damaged to the ex
tent of $12,000, by the water flooding tho
inner cellar to the height of the flooring,
and three steam fire engines were em
ployed at pumping it out. Along some
parts of the water front the tide rose four
feet above the wharves, and iargo quanti
ties of lumber, cotton, &c., were floated
off and lost. A large number of cattle
pasturing in tho fields below the city also
got afloat, and many of them were drown
ed. Two brick yards on the canal, and
the saw mill of Butler & Hardwick, each
suffered many hundred dollars damage by
the flood. In addition to these specific
cases of damage which they report, the
Savannah papers state that the most sub
stantial residences lacing the north were
flooded. The streets looked like one sea,
and the winds howled and roared, tearing
away everything exposed to their fury.
The streets were perfectly flooded, and in
some parts of the city the water stood two
or three feet deep in the principal
thoroughfares. Boats of light draft were
paddling about the city, and one account
speaks of several persons taking a swim
around the Baptist Church.
Macon and Augusta Railroad. — A tri
weekly night freight and accommodation
train is now running on this road, under
the following schedule:
Leave Macon, Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday 6.30 p. m.
Arrive at Augusta 2.46 a. in.
Leave Augusta, Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday 7.00 p. m.
Arrive at Macon 4.45 a. m.
This train connects with, through mail
train North, leaving Augusta at 3.25 a. m.
Conquest of America.
H. 0. IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND A ITER.
[From the Indianapolis News.J
The followings Bunposcd to havo been
written in 1892 by Max Adder, who was
witness of the terribio scenes which occur
red at the timo of which the storv tells
The English satire, “ Tho Battlo of Dork
ing,” supplied tho suggestion for this pro
phetic tale:
THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA.
You ask mo to tell you, my childron, of
tho events which immediately preceded
tho destruction of the onoe great America
Union, and the capture of tho country by
the present European rulers, and to say
something also of the cause whioh led to
thcso deplorable results, I undertake the
task with a heavy heart, for when I revert
to that terribio time 1 cannot help contrast
ing our proud condition up to that fatal
year with the humiliating position occupied
now by the American poople. Tho story
is a short one. In tho fall of 1872 Horace
Groeley, tho editor of a newspaper in New
York, was elected President of tho Unitod
States. Tho peoplo voted for him bcoauso
they thought he was an honost man. And
so ho was. But he was also vain and
weak, and ho ontertainod oortain fanatical
and preposterous notions —about agricul
tural matters, for instance—which he was
determined to forco upon the people at all
hazards, and despite all opposition. Ho
beliovod, among other thing, that evory
man ought to go to tho W est to earn his
bread, and long before he was olioson
President ho used to advise ovorybody to
move to that region, as a euro for all tho
disasters that oould befall tho human
family.
DRIVING THE SEABOARD POPULATION
WEST.
As soon as ho rouchod the Ezcontivo
Mansion, whioh wo used to oall the Whito
Houso, President Groeley organized an
army of 200,000 mon, nnd proooodod to
foroo the entiro population of tho seaboard
Statos westward at tho point of tho bayo
net. Tho utmost violence was used.
Those who resisted wero shot down nnd
their dead bodies wero oarried off to a
national factory whioh tho President had
established for making some kind of fan
tastical fertilizer. All tho large cities of
the East wero depopulated, and the towns
wero entirely empty. Tho army swopt
boforo it millions of men, womon, and
ohildron, until tho vast plains west of
Kansas wore roaohed, when tho pursuit
oeased and tho army was drawn up in a
continuous lino, with ordors to shoot any
person who attempted to visit the East.
Os course, hundreds of thousands of these
poor oroatures perished from starvation.
This seemed to frighten President Groeley,
and ho sont a messago to Congross rooorn
mending that 700,000 thousand volumes
of a book of his, cntitlod “ What 1 Know
About Farming,” should bo voted for the
relief of tho starving sufferers. This was
done, and farming implements and soodi
wero suppliod; and then tho millions of
wrotohod ouleasts made an offort to till
tho ground. Os tho result of this I will
speak further on.
ALL EUROPE IN ARMS AGAINST AMERICA,
In the mcantimo tho Prosidont was do
ing infinite harm to the country in another
way. His handwriting was so fearfully
and wonderfully had that no living man
oould road it. And so when ho sent his
first annual mossago to Congress—tho
dooument.was dovoted wholly to the tariff
and agriculture—a scntcnco appeared
whioh subsequently was ascertained to bo
“Largo cultivation of rutabagas and boans
is tho only hopo of tho Amorican nation, I
am sure." Tho printers not being ablo to
interpret this, put it in tho following form,
in whioh it wont to tho world: “ Tho
Czar of ftussia oouldn’t keep oloan if ho
washed himself with the whole Atlantic
ocean onoo a day I” This pervorsion of
tho message was immediately telegraphed
to'Russia by tho Russian Minister, and tho
Czar was so indignant that ho immediately
declared war.
Just as this timo Prosidont Groeley un
dertook to write somo lettors to Prinoo
Bismarck upon tho subject of potato rot,
and after giving his singular views at groat
length ho ooncludcd with tho statement
that if tho Emperor William said that sub
soil ploughing was not good in light soils,
or that guano was bottor than bono dust,
ho was a “liar, a villain and a slave 1”
Os course tho limporor immediately dc
olarod war, and bccamo an ally of Russia
and of England, against which latter coun
try Mr. Groeley had actually begun hostili
ties alroady ; beoause tho Queen, in her
speech from tho throne, had doolarod tho
Tribune's advocacy of a tariff on pig iron
incendiary, and calculated to disturb tho
poaco of nations.
Unhappily this was not tho full measuro
of our disasters. Tho President had sent
to tho Emporor of Austria a oopy of his
book, “What 1 Know,”&o., with his auto
graph upon a flyleaf. Tho Emporor mis
took tho signature for a oarricaturo of tho
Austrian eagle, and ho hoartily joined in
tho war against tho United States; wbi'o
France was provoked to tho samo act by
the fact that whon tho French Minister
came to call upon Mr. Grooloy to present
his credentials, tho Prosidont, who was
writing an oditorial at tho timo, not com
prehending tho Fronoh languago, mistook
tbc ambassador for a beggar, and without
looking up, handed him a quarter and an
order for a clean shirt, and said to him,
“Go West, young man—go West.”
PRESIDENT GREELEY AND CABINET
hanged.
So all theso nations joined in making
war upon the Unitod Stutos. They swoop
ed down upon our coasts and landed with
out opposition, for thoso exposed portions
of our unhappy country woro absolutely
desorted. Tho President was afraid to
oall away tho army from Kansas at first,
for fear tho outraged pcoplo upon tho
plains would oome East in spito of him.
But at last ho did summon tho army
to his aid, and it moved to moot tho
enemy. It was too late. Before tho
troops roaohed Ciuoinnati the foreign
ers had seizod Washington and all tho
country east of tho Ohio, and had hung
the President, the Cabinet, and every
member of Congress. The army disband
ed in alarm, and tho invaders moved to
the far West, where they found the popu
lation dying of starvation because they
had followed, the advico of Greeley’s book
to “Try, for your first crop, to raise limes,
and don’t plant more than a bushel of
quicklime in a hill 1” Os course these
wretched people were at the mercy of the
enemy, who—to his credit he it said—
treated them kindly, fed them, and brought
them back to their old homes.
UTTER RUIN OF THE REPUBLIC.
You know what followed—how Prince
Frederick William of Prussia ascended
the American throne, and tho other humi
liations that ensued. It was a fearful
blow to Republicanism—a blow from
which it will never recover, lt made us,
who were free men, a nation of slaves, lt
was all tho result of our blind confidence
in a misguided old man who thought him
self a philosopher, but who was actually a
fool. May Heaven preserve you, uiy
uliUUicu, Sum the iujrnoo I feel when I
remember that I voted for that hi colic old
editor.
Homicide. —Alexander Davis, colored,
formerly living about four milos from
Edgefield Court House, was stabbod by
Washington D- Alton, whito, at the place
named, on Tuesday night, in tho yard of
the said Alton, and died Thursday morn
ing. The causo of tho slabbing wo wero
unable to learn. Allen surrendered him
self and was taken to Columbia, on Satur
day, on a writ of habeas corpus, by ono of
the deputy sheriffs of Edgefield county,
and had a hearing boforo Judgo Samuel
W. Melton, who released the prisoner from
custody upon his entering into rocogni
zancc in tho sum of threo thousand dol
lars, with two sureties,each in like amount,
for his appoaranoa at Court —the suroties
to justify before tho Clerk of tho Court for
Edgefield county.
Major William T. Gary, of Edgefield,
appeared as counsol for the prisoner, and
conducted the caso with tho ability and
tact that has usually marked his business
transactions.
Another extensive fire at Union .Springs,
Ala., is reported by a Columbus paper.
Insurance, $9,000.
Outlibert, with only three dissenting
votes, agreed, last Saturday, to subscribe
$5,000 to the High School.
The total amount of taxablo property
returned in Burko county is $1,713,157.
Valuo of land, exolusive of wild lands,
$1,234,406.
Erby Cantrell, of Dahlonega, foil into
a gold sloioo at a mine thore and hadn’t
time to get out before ho was carried a
long distanoo and injured.