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WKDN£f.i»AY KOBVIS6, SKPF 6.
RADICAL ROBBKBIKS IN UKOBIiIA AND
hOCIH CAROLINA.
The Radical party in Georg a. with
very few exoeptioop, is composed of a class
of men wlo a c sole object has been to steal
away the sub3tar.ee of the people. This
is eminently and indisputably true of that
faction of the Radicals, commanded aod
controlled by Blodgett and Bollock.
Poor South Carolina has been in this
respect no worse cursed than Georgia.
Scott and his infamous robbers have stolen
away the moDcy of the people until there
i* nothing left to steal from. Beggars
when they were elected to office by the
ignorant negro rabble, they are now
wealthy—living like Princes in gorgeously
furnished apartments and supporting fast
horses and fine equipages. And all this
at the expense of the tax payers and
property owners of South Carolina. Co
lumbia is the headquarters of this nest of
robbers. Bat why go to Culumbia for
examples of public robbery wheu we have
Atlanta in our own State and its gang
of State Road robbers ? It’ Carolina has
been cursed with Radical thieve?, so has
Georgia. Tho State Road robbery, devel
opments of which aro now being made,
surpasses anything of tho kind that has
occurred in the South since the advent of
this mongrcl-thieving-administrauon Grant
party. All of tho official?, from the Gov
ernor of the State and Superintendent of
tho Road to tho lowest official connected
with it, are accused of stealing tho people’s
money. Tbc evidence to convict many
has been produced in the preliminary ex
amination ; and enough has been made
public to show how and by whom the
earnings of the State Road havo been
stolen. From tho highest to the lowest,
justice should be meted out to these rob
bers. Examples should bo made, and the
penitentiary should not bo cheated out of its
just deserts. There should be made a differ
ence between Radical thieves in Goorgia
and South Carolina. Tho people in cur
sister State are uot able to protect them
selves, because publio plunderers there
hold possession of tho machinery of the
State government, and mako and execute
what they aro pleased to call the laws. (?)
In Georgia tho caso will soon bo different,
and crime should then be punished. Il it
oannot be dono now, theD it can be done in
a few months, when every man conneoted
with the robbery of tho publio funds of the
State of Georgia bhould be prosecuted and
punished to the utmost extent of the
law. The Legislature should causo to be
arrested and tried every man oonnefted
with this wholesale robbery of tho earn
ings of tho State Road. The people de
mand and should havo a full investigation
of these bold, bare-faoed, outrageous
robberies by “ loil” Radical office-holders
in Georgia undor tho administration of
Bullock and Blodgett.
A “GOOD TIME” PROMISED.
The following hopeful and encouraging
prediction of a good busiucss year, com
mencing this fall, ia from the Financial
Chronicle, which ought to bo regarded aa
reapcotablc authority. The promise of a
defeat of speculating riDga, and a nearer
approximation to the old standard of “sup
ply and demand ” in the regulation of
prices, is particularly ehcoring, aa that is
a preliminary to the securing of the just
rights of the produocr and tho laboring
man. Tho Chronicle says: “ Thero is
every probability that tho year to come
will ba nearly tho reverse of that now al
most passed. Tho speculator may not
be able to make so muoh money, yet
ho will not be in danger of losing so
much ; while the commission house, prac
ticing ordinary prudence, may reckon
upon having a year of comparative safety
before it. In cotton, tho r.ew relations of
supply to demand arc much hotter under
stood now than one year ago, and varia
tions from tho estimated supply arc not
likely to produce the great fluctuations
whioh have been witnessed in tho past
year. Tuo excessive stocks of breadstuff's
which were in storo one year ago, have
been partially disposed of, and prices are
new at that happy medium which is as
surance of safety. Provisions of all kinds
have declined to prices which aro lower
than those which have been current in
many years ; and although the demand is
large, tho prospective supply is so large
that speculation for a rise is discouraged,”
THE DAY OF KEOEONISG.
The developments whioh havo been made
recently at Atlanta in the matter ot State
Road management is tho prelude of the
investigation whioh is to follow upon the
meeting of the Legislature. They are but
small affairs as eemparod with the trans
actions whoso history is as yet involved in
darkness, about which there aro strange
rumors, complicating Alibaba’s gang of
“loyalists.” Harris and Fry and Wren
and Mullin, McCalla and the two Blod
getts, are but file closers. What is wanted
are the Chefs de Battalions and Captain
Genera!. The thousands are important,
but not so important as tho hundreds of
thousands. Those who executed the de
tails aro insignificant as compared with
the leaders. These are those who are
wanted. Those who planned and con
trived these outrages, the public de
mand.
Strange enough to say in these prelimi
nary investigations, Blodgett himself is
the first man to bring the offenders to
light and to initiate judicial proceedings.
Already this movement of the late Super
intendent of the State Road has quickened
into life the consciences of several of the
smaller fry, and they are ready with
money to pay over to the State sums of
various amount* 3 , “(/‘"they only knew the
State was the righttul owner. This is a
straw, to be sure, but it is that straw that
betokens the shifting wind; it is an au
gury which forecasts that the day of
reckoning is at hand, with the return of
honesty in public administration, but
these small contributions cannot consti
tute sueli a tub to the whale as will be
satisfactory. Nothing less than a full,
complete expose of loyal Republican and
Bumming Reconstruction will suffice.
Blodgett has inaugurated the work in the
courts; let it go on. No man is more
familiar with*the whole history of this
State Road business than the Superinten
dent. No man more fit can be found, who
can bring to ligh; and to justice these
plunderers and bummers. He possesses
just those qualities which in Fouche com
manded the admiration of the Great Napo
leon. He is notably shrewd in action, thor
oughly acquainted with the whole history
of Reconstruction and Bummerism in Geor
gia, and particularly noted for preserving
evidence relating to his intercourse with
others in public transactions. He has
been the tool of the bummers during the
whole period of reconstruction ; and now
the Radicals having cast him off as no
longer useful, he gives an earnest of his
present desire in these petty prosecutions.
Blodgett should be encouraged, for
“ while the lamp holds out to burn the
vilest sinner may return.”
HOW THK MONK! GOES.
A correspondent of the Central Baptist ,
after visiting President Grant’s farm a
few miles from St. Louis, Mo., says be
“ was received by Mr. Eldrod, a relative
of the President, who is intrusted by him
with the superintendence of property val
ued at not less than $300,000. The farm
includes, with recent purchases, 809 acres,
mostly rolling land.” Referring to this
statement of the Central Baptist, the
Brooklyn Eagle says:
“ President Grant went into the army
not worth a cent, and has lived quite
■ freely ever since. His horses, equipages,
! eta, are the theme cl admiring descriptions
i from correspondents not only at Washiog
i ton, but at Loog Branch, and wherever
| else he takes up his temporary abode. It
! is, therefore, quite consolatory to find that
nut of bis most excessive salary, first as
, General and now as President, he is able
I to keep $300,000 of blooded stock ana
i such like property idle on a Missouri farm.
* * * * These boss politicians,
whether called Supervisors or Presidents,
contrive to live at the highest point of
luxury, and on moderate salaries, and yet
to roll up riches.”
Then there is the State Treasurer ot
South Carolina, Mr. Parker. He refuses
to allow his books to be examined. The
Charleston News says of him :
“Three years ago he was little better
than a beggar. When elected State Treas
urer he was in the depth of destitution.
Now lie drives fast horses in gold-mount
ed harness, buys fifteen thousand dollar
diamond pins, and has the reputation of
being wortli a cool quarter of a million.
All this in three years npon an annual
salary of twenty-five hundred dollars.
Another bit of romance is related by
the New York Sun:
“ A follower of Wesley and a preacher
o? righteousness came to the SAiat.e from
a Western State, pious and poor. Serving
first in the north wing of the Capitol, then
in the Department of the Interior, and
then again at the Capitol, he waxed rich,
and dwelt in his own lavishly garnished
brown stone mansion, and kept a carriage
which tho Archbishop of Canterbury
would have envied.”
Tho following from Pennsylvania is of
the same sort:
A FAIR-SIZED STEAL.
Pennsylvania Swindled out of $365,000 in
the Collection of Her War Claim, from
the General Government.
Philadelphia, August 14.—The Eve
ning Bulletin this afternoon contains an
exposition of an alleged defalcation in the
collection of the Pennsylvania war claims
from the General Government, amount
ing, with the intorest, to over $365,000.
COMPfROLLER GENERAL’S REPORT.
We return cur thanks to Mr. Madison
Bell, Comptroller Genera! of the State of
Georgia, (or a copy of his annual report,
submitted to the Governor April Ist.
Publio interest in this report will be ex
cited and increased as tho time for tho
meeting of the General Assembly of the
State draws near. We propose to give it
a carcfull examination, and, from time to
time, to lay beforo our readers copious ex
tracts from this report. Wo regret that
we arc unable to publish the entire report
of one hundred and forty-three pages, but
the limits of our columns prevent such a
voluminous undertaking.
Mr- Bell’s report covers the year ending
31st December, 1870, touching matters of
publio administration, arranged under
fificon d’ffcrent heads. These we shall re
cur to again. In the meantime we present
our readers with tho following synopsis:
The returns for 1569 show taxable prop
erty amounting to $188,813,347. Those
for 1870 amount to $210,602,211, showing
an increase of over $11,000,000. It is
easy to suppose, remarks the Comptroller,
that a proportionate increase will bo ex
hibited for 1871, and that the taxablo
value of property for the present year will
not be far from $240,000,000.
The receipts into tho treasury for the
year 1870, oiunting a balance Ist January,
1870, of $442,960 18, amounted to sl,-
607,263 97.
The payments from tho treasury for
1870, with a balance in the treasury Ist
Januaiy, 1871, of $162,447 24, amounted
to $1,444,816 73.
The amount received into the treasury
for tho year 1870 was $1,164,303 79.
Assets belonging to the State : In the
Bank of tho State of Georgia 1,833 shares.
In the Bank of Augusta 890 shares. In
tho Georgia Railroad Banking Company
186 sharos. In tho Atlantio and Gulf
Railroad 10,000 shares. The State also
owns tho Western and Atlantio Railroad.
The stocks of tho Bank of tho Stato ot
Georgia and Bank of Augusta are worth
less. The Georgia Railroad stock are
worth SIOO per share, and those of the
Atlantio and Gulf Railroad S3O per share.
The 186 shares of tho Georgia Railroad
stock aro valued at $18,600, and the 10,-
000 sharos of the Atlantic and Gulf Rail
road stock at $300,000, making in the
aggregate $318,600. “ Since my last re
port,” says the Comptroller, “the value of
these stocks has depredated, they now
being valued at $101,116 less than they
were then.”
The consolidated statement of the Trea-
suror to the Comptroller makes the public
debt of the State $6,544 500. Total inter
est on the same, $427,375. A foot note
says there fell due in 1868 £15,000 (ster
ling bonds), all held in Europe, none of
which have been paid. £3,000 interest on
the same is still unpaid.
The number of acres of land returned in
*1869 amounted to 32,552,399; in 1870,
33,189,788. Increase. 1,484,152.
Aggregate value of land in 1869, $84,-
577,166; in 1870, $95,600,674. Increase
in value, $11,358,299.
Aggregate value of land in 1539, $332,-
237; in 1870, $409,147. Average value
per acre in 1869, $2 Go; in 1870, $2 88.
Tho number of acres of improved land
in 1870 was 27.147,603; aggregate value
of same, $93,135,855; average value of
improved land, $490 91.
Tho number ot acres of wild lands in
1870 was 6 301,229 ; aggregate value ot
same, $2,379,746; average value of same,
s6l 84.
Number es acres of improved land in
default for 1870, 224,318 ; value of same,
$859,907.
The value of city sod town property in
1869 was $44,368,096. In 1870, $47,-
922,544. Increase, $3,813,131. and a de
crease in some counties of $164,732.
Amount of money and solvent debts in
1870, $26,646,995, an increase over 1869
of $3,230,118.
Value of merchandise in 1869 was sll,-
296.733. In 1870, $12,884,118.
The value of household and kitchen
furniture for 1870 was $1,520,657, an in
crease over 1569 of $179,063, and a de
orcaso in some counties ot $53,657.
Tue value of plantation and mechanical
tools over S3OO, in 1869, was $187,723.
In 1870, $162,859, showing an increase in
some counties of $39,094, and a decrease
in others of $64,158-
Number of bands employed between
12 and 65 years, in 1869, 106,739. In
1870, 106,268.
Value of stocks and bonds in 1869, $5,-
154.759- In 1870, $5 482,765.
Capital invested in shipping and tonnage
in IS7O, $214,775. In cotton mannfac
tones in 1870, $2,975,498. Capital in- j
vested in mining in 1870, $23,140.
Value of shares in any National Banks !
in this State in 1870, $985,900. Number
of shares, 7,255.
Value of all other property (personal)
not enumerated, except annual crops, ifcc..
in 1869, $26,167,194. In 1870, $30,935,-
568, an increase in some counties of $2,-
230,258, and a decrease in others of $853.-
238.
Aggregate value of whole property in
1869, $204,481,706. In 1870, $226,119,-
519 —an increase in some counties of
$22,770,451, and a decrease in others of
$893 708. Value in 1870, after deducting
$200,’5210,602,211.
Number of white polls in 1870, 96,165 ;
colored polls, 69,477. Total number of
polls, 165,642. . . _ , „
Number of professions in the State lor
1870 2 221 ; dentists, 116; auctioneers,
26 . daguerrean artists, 58; ten-pin alleys,
11; billiard tables, 132.
Number of blind, 96; deaf, 86; dumb,
104.
The amount paid to the members of the
Legislature for 1870 was as follows: Per
diem and mileage to the Representatives,
$190,785 50; to Senators, $52.271 50.
Total amount paid to each Senatorial Dis
trict, $83,362.
Net amount of annual tax paid by the
counties lor 1869, $705,931,
Number voting at the last genera! elec
| tion, 172,060.
The amount paid to the expelled colored
I members, who drew their pay while they
j were expelled after being reseated, amount
ed to $28,938.
* The executive session of the Senate
cost the State $12,477-
The Legislative pay rolls for 1870, em
bracing the payment of members, clerks,
pages, doorkeeper, &e., amounted to
$526,891.
[communicated. J
Mr. Benjamin H. Hanlon Inter
viewed.
Bis Recent Acrobatic Feats Discussed—
His Past and Present Position upon Im
portant Political Issues.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
Having read and heard the many am
biguous public utterances of that distin
guished political acrobat, Mr. Benjamin
H. Hanlon, upon the great issues agitating
the country, and not being able satisfac
torily to ascertain from them bis real sen
timents, I determined a few days since
to endeavor, by a personal interview, to
establish his true position beyond contro
versy. As my visit proved eminently
successful ; and as the views of one occu
pying so conspicuous a place before the
country cannot fail to boos interest to
your readers, I send you a brief synopsis
of our conversation for publication
After a few desultory remarks upon
indifferent subjects, I said : “Mr. Hanlon,
there seems to bo much doubt in the
public m’md as to your present position
upon the great political questions of the
day ; and though, until lately, the ex
pressions of your opinions have been clear
and unequivocal, your recent letters and
speeches, together with tho explanations
which have usually followed them, have
been somewhat clouded, and the people
seem at a loss to know how to interpret
them. Will you do mo the kindness to
answer a few direct questions, so that I
mav set you right before the country ?
Mr. Hanlon—Certainly, with pleasure.'
Your correspondent—Arc you a Demo
crat ?
Mr. H.—Well —y-yes ; or rather, per
haps, I should say no—not exactly.
Cor.—You wrote some very able letters
denouncing the recent reconstruction mea
sures of Congress, and counseling the
people never to accept or recognize the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments as
valid or legal. Do you still hold to those
sentiments ?
Mr. H-—No. It has been sometime
since those letters were written. I have
grown older aod wiser now, and though
nothing has transpired in the meantime
to make the measures of which you speak
more valid or legal, experience has taught
me that opposing them is not. the surest
or speediest means cl elevating me to
office, and benee is not for the good of the
country-
Cor. —Am I to understand, then, that
you arc a Radical, Mr. Hanlon ?
Mr. H.—N-n-no. It is true I lean a
little that way, palliate the acts of the
Radical party, ami affiliate with its leaders
when they wjll let me ; but notwithstand
ing all this. I don’t think I can bo called a
Raaical. lam primarily a patriot; and
secondarily a Hanlon man, because I be
lieve it to be all-important to the country
that I should serve it in some offioial ca
pacity, and in turn bo well paid for my
services.
Cor.—You fay you affiliate with the
Radical leaders. Did you not once assert
that no man of self-respect could associate
with or even speak to them? How do
you reconcile your present conduct with
such language ?
Mr. H.—When I used that language I
was seeking popularity with tho Democ
racy, in hope that they might elevate me
to office, and thus benefit the country.
Expressions of supreme contempt for the
Radical leaders seemed to me to be neces
sary to attain that end. But as the
Democrats either could not or would not
adopt a plan so palpably for tho promo
tion of tho publio interest as tho one allu
ded to, it became my duty, as o good citi
zen, to endeavor to find others whose
ability and inclination might both be equal
to the ocoasion. Hence it is that I have
lately broken bread and eaten humble-pie
with several of tho very men whom I
formorly denounced as scoundrels and
thieves. In doing so I cannot justly be
oharged with inconsistency.
Oor. —You, on several occasions, told
the people of Georgia that Bullock and
Blodgett were dishonest, corrupt men, and
utterly unworthy of their confidence. I
believe you have recently become rather
intimate with these men ; and your con
duct has led your fellow-citizens to doubt
your own integrity. Do you think that
any late developments have proved that
your former opinion of them was unjust ?
Mr. H. —I see no reason to believe that
my original estimate of their character
was not correct. But circumstances alter
cases. Expediency and policy demand
that I should no longer abuse these men or
arraign them before the people for their
short-comings. It must be remembered
they are both influential with one of the
wings of the Republican party, and I feel
it to be my duty to “ cultivate ” them in
order to secure their co-operation in the
paramount work of redeeming the country
and restoring happiness and prosperity to
our distracted land. This can only be
done, in my judgment, by giving me some
office worthy of my talents, and where my
undoubted integrity and honesty may be
utilized for the people’s good.
Oor. —Will you be so kind, then, Mr.
iZi-Hanlon, as to sum up your position
and state the policy you think the coun
try should adopt in the present exigency ?
Mr. H.—l have already indicated the
platform upon which I stand. I lavor a
uniting of the disaffected elements of all
parties to save the country. I care not
what name you give this new combination
or what principles it adopts; or w’liether
it recognizes any principles at all. Its
first great object, however, should be the
elevation of Benj. H. Hanlon to an honor
able and lucrative office. This done, no
apprehensions need be felt in regard to
the future of our great country. You are
aware that my talents, heretofore, have
never been properly appreciated, and my
public services never duly recognized or
rewarded. Had they been we would
not be in our present deplorable condition.
The rights of every section would have
been scrupulously respected at all times,
and the late disastrous war, with its dire
consequences, would have been avoided.
The errors of the last fifteen years are be
yond recall. But to avoid those errors
for the future, is the part of wisdom. Let
the people remember that the man who
could have guided the ship of State suc
cessfully through her past difficulties still
lives, and like a true patriot stands modest
ly waiting to serve them in the present
emergency. Let them know that Benj.
H. Hanlon does not seek or desire office,
but if his country calls, his ready re
sponse will be —"l come! All consid
erations of party, and of that delusive phan
tom that men denominate principles, should
yield to the accomplishment ot the para
mount objects already mentioned. fJtrict
construction Democrats, "New Depar
ture ” men Conservative and Radical
Republicans, should ail cease warring
against each other, and unite to rescue the
country from impending ruin by reclaim
ing the long-oeglected talents of one of
her greatest son-', and employing them in
her councils. This, in brief, is_ my posi
tion, and though my motives have been
misunderstood by some and mal’ciously
misrepresented by others, I have, in my
own breast, the inestimable consciousness
of being actuated by the purest and most
unselfi-b considerations.
At this point Mr. Hanlon paused, and
| by his tones indicated that he did not de
sire to pur-ue the subject further. Your
| correspondent taking the hint, rose, and
having thanked him for the courteous and
candid manner in which he had explained
I his political status, took his departure;
deeply impressed with the gentleman’s
statesmanlike views and utter self-abnega
tion. Tboup.
Augusta, August 28, 1871.
The machinery of the Empire Cotton
Seed Haller Oil Company has arrived at
i Columbus. These works will be the
, largest in the South outside of Memphis,
! and will Lave a capital stock of $125,000.
The Atlanta Sun says: “We learn that
I Mr. C. P. McCalla, the General Book
i keeper of the State Road, has paid over
j to the State Treasurer several thousand
: dollars of restitution money which has
lately come into his hands.”
The family of the Hod. Warren Aiken,
of Cartersville, have recently met with
very severe afflictions. Two of his young
est children died very suddenly a day or
so ago, and a third lies in a very oritica)
condition.
AUGUSTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1871.
Letter from Hr. Casey on the Augusta
ana Hartwell Railroad.
Waverly Hall, August 11,1871.
Gen. A. R. Wright:
In the issue of the Chronicle & Sen
tinel of the Bth, I see two artiole3 headed,
each, “Augusta and Hartwell Railroad.”
One a communication, signed “D.the
other an editorial, I take it, from your pen.
Your’s is a defense of your paper from, as
yoa suppose, an implied charge of oppo
sition to said road. “D.,” after publish
ing the telegram of H. A. Uoderwood,
President—which he seems to regard as
“confirmation strong as proof of Holy
Writ”—uses this language: “19 it not
time note for us to stop throwiog impedi
ments in the way, and all hands put our
shoulders to the wheel and help build the
road?” This, no doubt, is the paragraph
in which you think the fire is upon your
paper, opened from behind a "masked
battery.” And you seem to regard your
low estimate of the character of George
D. Chapman—his moral and financial un
fitness to build the road—as the impedi
ment alluded to which you are unwilling
to have construed into opposition to said
road. Just so. As well may “D.” ac
cuse your paper of opposition to the State
and the State’s best interest, because, for
sooth, you are active and persistent in
your denunciations and publications of the
heavy peculation-, frauds, conuptions and
bad faith of the present Executive, so
called. “If“D.” is a citizen of Augusta
—and I suppose he is—l am glad that he
is so full of z:a! for the “good work.” I
sincerely hope, after so long a lethargy,
the fire which seems to burn now so bright
ly on the altar of his heart will continue
to burn and blaze until it shall animate
and enlist the best energies and the active
co-operation of all interested in the suc
cess of th ; s great work. I do trust
that the small bundle of fagots sent
on from 18 Exchange Place, will not
prove, as all former telegrams have
proved, merely sensational. “ D.”
knows that many a time soft have tlese
missives eame from New York to Augusta,
bearing the good news that negotiations
were progressing satisfactorily. Soon the
glad tidings will be announced that the
success of the Augusta and Hartwell
Railroad is an fait accompli. For the
past eight or ten months the Board of
Directors have been fed with' this kind of
pabulum : “Negotiations for the iron for
the entire length of the road are active,
and promise soon to bo realized. In a day
or two a dispatch is confidently expected,
which will announce the closure of the
contract for all the iron , payable in the
bonds of the road, endorsed by the State,
aod at ninety cents.” This was all baga
telle, and while the Board did not put
much confidence in these telegrams, they
thought best to hold on, say nothing, and
wait developments. Again, a few weeks
Binoo your paper published a telegram
that the first cargo of iron for the Augusta
and Hartwell Railroad had left England,
and was on its way. What has become
of tho vessel? Is “D.” posted as to the
fate of that cargo of iron ? Perhaps the
vessel was too heavily freighted, and she
wont down ; or, what is more probable,
it being a mere creature of the imagina
tion, it vanished into the air—“went up.”
I believe there was a cargo of iron for
the Barnwell Read, purchased by its
President, G. D. C., which stranded
at the same port. Well, as all his rail
roads are built on the air, a depot in the
air is just the place where all this aerial
nothingness have landed. Let us hope
for better things in the future. Having
had the medium of your widely-cir
culated paper, free of charge, for all
my writings for this road, and hav
ing had many private interviews with
you upon the subject, I can speak
knowingly of your feelings as regards the
road. While your pnppr was not a very
active supporter of the road, I know it
was simply from the fact that you were
satisfied that it was a deadlock under the
leadership of G. D. 0. Os him you had
spoken freely in your paper and to his face.
I well remember you to have said to me as
far back as January, 1870, and in Atlanta,
that “ nothing but your kind feelings for
me and my road (you and your) prevents me
from exposing G. D. C.” So much for
your paper I felt it my duty to say. I
feel too that I must now speak for myself.
If the condemnation and publication of
Geo. D. Chapman’s shortcomings, rascali
ties, frauds perpetrated, and frauds at
tempted, corruptions, stealings, and bad
faith are the “ impediments" alluded to, I
answer to the charge and plead guilty to
the “ soft impeachment .” He that knows
the secrets of all hearts, knows that mine
is an honest, open, candid and unaffected
opposition to Geo. D. Chapman and VV. H.
Thorpe, brothers-in-law and partners in
business and in sin. And he is npoor
friend to the Augusta and Hartwell Rail
road who has anything to say against the
exposure of these had men. If these are
not the impediments alluded to, then I
mean nothing personal or offensive in this
reply to “ D.” Bntlknowit lias been said
by a few persons I wot of that they see no
- sense or use in this opposition to these
Northern men, when they are furnishing
all the money for the surveys. These men
do not look beyond their own noses when
they express themselves as satisfied with
the affairs of the Company as man
aged under the late dispensation. It is now
near two years since Geo. D. Chapman
took hold of this road with the open decla
ration that he was prepared to go right
to work, with money at his command suffi
cient for all purposes. Hone deferred has
made the heart sick, and added to the fact
now well established that these men were
but " men of straw,” we now find them
bankrupts in morals. Mr. Underwood can
no longer style the bill of injunction and
this impeachment vs. G. D. C. as “ a mete
personal quarrel—a little private feud,”
for I was sustained in it by the Board of
Directors and stockholders in Convention,
aud thanks voted me by the Board for my
timely interposition in saving, in part, the
interest of the Company. In the month
of May, 1870, you will remember that in
the published proceedings of our meeting
it was liauatiDgly proclaimed, and the at
tention of the public called to the fact,
that Gee. D. Chapman had subscribed to
1,000 shares of the capital stock of the
Company, upon which 10 per cent, had
been paid. The committee appointed to
examine the books did not find aDy such
entry as 10 per cent, credit. This same
stock, by levy and sale under the auc
tioneer’s hammer, a few days since, at
your market house, disclosed the fact that
but a few cents had been paid. Now, tho
fact is that the subscription was bogus,
and the publication of tht payment ot the
“ first installment’ an open, bold and con
temptible lie. Then comes in due course
of time, and to suit the nefarious designs
i of this infamous impostor, a subscription
j of another 1,000 shares, in right of his
; wife —$200,000, a pretty good sum for a
i notorious bankrupt to run his credit on.
And this, it would seem, should have been
enough for one mtn to take in stock. But
not sc. This was too small a sum to sat
isfy the towering ambition of a maa who
was President ot two roads, with the pros
pect ot a third ; Governor of two .States, and
Mayor of the city of Augusta. He boasted
that be had made a ten strike in furtherance
of the Mayoralty by his personal influence
in carrying through the Legislature the
bill extending the city limits. Mr. Har
man Rowley can give any one curious to
know, some of G. D. C'.’s contemptible ex
ploits, that will show the animus of the
man. He approached Mr. E. confident of
aid and comfort, but left him with his
head down, sneaking off like a thieving
hound. But he does not stop here. Not
content with a bogus subscription of $200,-
000, he makes an additional subscription
of $2,910,000, in the form of four drafts on
and accepted by Treasurer Thorp. Now
I state publicly and on my integrity,
that when 1 spoke to W. H. Thorp, in New
York last March, about this fraud of these
i drafts, he replied : “To give nifre'f no
uneasiness about them. That if that was
: all that induced the law suit it might be
| dropped, for he knew all about these
| drafts. That they were not designed by
i Mr. Chapman and not endorsed by him to
mean subscription of stock. That it was
simply a ruse to protect and not to injure
the interest of the Company. That it was
doDe to prevent a man by the name of
Flanigan from gobbling of a majority of
the stock in the interest ot a competing
i road.” I hope Mr. Flanigan may see this
and explain.
“ Oh what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive.”
Now see not only the rascality but the
brazen effrontry of this Shylock Thorp.
At the la'e Convention he claimed these
drafts as bona fide stock and claimed the
right to vote on them, but waived tho
right. This was about as huge a step in
Northern developing as I have seen.
$2,910,000 in drafts not signed, not stamp
ed and under injunction, yet claimed as
bona fide subscriptions, and by a man who
has not a dollar in cash or any visible
property.
I would respectlully ask Mr. “D.” if
G. D. Chapman’s subscription of $3,110.-
000 will not prove an impediment ? If
not, and it is regarded as bona fide stock,
it seems to us in the country, not very
familiar with all the details of “ stock
voalaing,” rings, etc,, lhat that amount,
with the State aid of $13,000 per mile, will
aggregate an amount sufficient to build the
road on the river route under the estimate
published by the Chief Engineer, and re
quire no help from the city or the country.
If there is any sense in holding on to
such characters ” I can’t see it.” I did
hope I should not be called upon again to
talk of this crew, and what I have said
here was necessary to vindicate me in my
impediments. As regards the city’s turning
over to the A. & H. R R. her stock in
the M. & A. R. R., aad the A , C. <& C.
K., that is no new proposition. 1 have
talked to the city fathers long since on
that point. The appeal to the country
people to come up with their subscriptions
and their gilt of the “Right of Way ” is
all well enough, but when you say to them
that the money will not be called for un
til the road is completed, they see in this
the same delusion as of yore. That same
piece of trickery that meant nothing when
it was first uttered by G. D. C. It was
then regarded by some of us the eutha
nasia or easy disposition or death of the
road. Give us men of means, and reliable,
who are able, willing and faithful, and
one people will give all tbe aid they can.
Our people feel the need of the road more
every year. Oor public high ways are
becoming almost impassible. We must
have transportation Come, theD,
Mr. Yankee, or Mr. Englishman, Mr.
Jonathan or Mr. John Bull- When you
come, come to go to work, and work re
mindful ot Ben. Franklin’s motto, “Drive
your work or your work will drive you,” and
remember also “If ’twere done when ’tis
done, then’twero well ’twere done quickly.”
Come on then, in person and not by tele
grams, and give us a reil railroad on terra
firma, and under such auspices and with
the above resolves, the past will bury the
past. “All the clouds that lower upon
the house,” will in the deep Savannah be
buried. H. R. Casey.
Letter From Onr Traveling
Correspondent.
South Carolina Educational Institute—
The Evening Session Address of
Welcome to a Visiting Georgian—The
Day's Proceedings—The Debates—Ad
dress by an Augusta School-man,
etc., etc. _
Greenville, S. C., Aug. 24, 1871.
Editors Chronicle <£ Sentinel :
Greenville is a Qaeen Leading among
the mountains. Two hours charmed mo
with the place. The atmosphere is so
invigorating; the water so pure and
eool; tho peoplo so spirited and hospita
ble ; the young ladies so beautiful and the
matrons so domesticated; the scenery so
grand and the long deferred showers so
copious and weloume, that I am foroed to
exc'aim, in the language of a lady friend,
“life blooms anew.” Why, it must bo the
height of felicity to reside in Greenville
this season of the year, particularly if you
are so fortunate as to live in “a cozy white
bouse, with green window blinds, and a
flower garden in front of the door.”
Greenville is progressive. I piopose to
tell you of her progress by and by.
The Educational Institute of South
Carolina commenced its session at the
Court House last evening, at 8 o’clock.
Yiee-President J. B. Patrick, of this city,
occupied the chair. The President— Capt.
Thompson, of Columbia—having been de
terred from coming by sickness in his
family.
Gen. Easley, the orator of the evening,
was absent —having been called unexpect
edly away on business. Thus the regular
order was somewhat disturbed. The
evening was pleasantly spent, however, in
transacting unfinished business. Quito a
number of new members, including tho
Faculty of the Stato University, were
elected.
Mr. Calvin, cf your city, was elected an
honorary member.
SPEECH OF MR. STUART.
Mr. Stuart said it gave him pleasure to
announce that a stranger fiom an adjoin
ing State was, by express invitation, pres
ent. Georgia and South Carolina had a
common interest; they ought to be one in
the great cause of education. The gentle
man to whom he alluded had long been
engaged in the school work ; that gentle
man’s zaal in the school interest had known
no abatement. He welcomed the Georgian
to this meeting of tho Institute, and
begged to introduce to the members Mr.
Martin V. Calvin, of Augusta.
The Chairman said the members of the
Institute extended a hearty wcloomo to
Mr. C., whom ho hoped would feel at
liberty to participate freely in the debates.
Mr. Calvin, in a few remarks, acknowl
edged the compliment paid him. He had
felt a lively interest in South Carolina ;
felt necaliarly interested in the success of
the Institute, whose progress he had been
watchiDg from its very organization; he
entered heartily into the purposes of tho
Institute, the chief aim of which is the
more general diffusion of knowledge.
Prof Babbitt, of the State University,
wr.s also welcomed. Ho respond felicit
ously, saying he was from the North.
South Carolina had become his homo ; he
was prepared to strike hands with her
sons here in the effort to do everything
that could properly be done to promote
the cause of education ; he had been
warmly greeted on all hands.
AN ESSAY ON GEOMETRY.
It was determined to listen to an essay
by Professor Judson, of the Greenville
Female College, at nine o’clock this morn
ing.
At the appointed hour the Institute
met. The minutes were read and con
firmed.
Professor Judson read a very elaborate,
interesting and exhaustive papei on
“ Geometry and Geometrical Text Bookp.”
He addressed the Institute two hours,
and was listened to throughout with the
most rapt attention. He examined and
criticised in turn Davies, Lomis, Ray,
Robinson and other works ; found a large
number of them radically defective. He
had examined Chanvenet’s Elementary
Geometry (published by J. B. Lippincott
& Cos., Philadelphia) ; it was a capital
work ; the very best be had ever seen ;
it was free from the radical discrepancies
noticed in other works on the subject.
Could Professors Sanford, Orr and Ruth
erford heard Pofessor Judson we would ;
have been presented with a trio infinitely
happier than the good old Methodist |
Preacher with his English Grammar.
Mr. Martin V. Calvin, of your city, de
livered the next address in order, entitled
“ Random Thoughts.” The speaker took
strong grounds in favor of universal edu
cation ; he bailed the day when education
would be as liberally diffused as the gifts
of heaven are freely dispensed. He argued
in favor of the superiority of educated over
uneducated labor ; recurred to the ad
vantages to be derived from teachers’
associations ; and appealed to the teachers
present to 'end their influence toward
creating a commendable esprit du corps
among the members of the profession.
As the country calls for men of higher
culture and greater efficiency, let the
teachers see to it that the call is honored.
What mattered it if the Eoldier be abroad
—the schoolmaster is abroad, armed with
the primer, and to him, with Lord
Brougham, would_ the speaker trust as
against the soldier in full military array.
Mr. C. urged further, that while atten
tion is given to the consideration of the
classics and the higher mathematics, the
“legal branches’ ’—orthography, reading,
geography and history—should not be
overlooked. One cannot be expected to
win success in the more advanced branches
of an education unless rooted and ground
ed in the elementary parts. He called at
tention to the important question of text
books in our schools. _ He appealed to the
teachers to guard this interest zealously
to the end, that the youth of the South
may be protected against those things
which tend to their hurt, and ultimately
to the injury of the State’s interests.
School management asd method of in
struction. continually progressing as they
are, should also be inquired into and kept
pace with. ,
The Institute adjourned at the conclu
sion of the address above referred to, until
4 o’clock p. m., at which time the regular
order was pursued. Mr. B. R. Stuart
(recently elected Principal of the Summer
ville Academy), opened the debate on
“School Organization.” He said that the
schools of this State—particularly the
private institutions—were wanting in this
! respect- Primary pupils ought to be kept
severely separate from the secondary and
higher classes. A man who has to in
struct a b c darians. and pupils in Latin and
Greek alternately, is scarcely able, posi
tively not able, to do himself or his scholars
even half justice. He wished to see a
publio high school organized at every
county seat in the State, fix tho limit in
the course of study and admit no pupil
not competent to pass a satisfactory ex
amination in the studies of the next lower
grade. He would have these schools
supported by appropriations from the
State, supplemented by local taxation.
Mr. Henry P. Archer, Principal of the
St. Philips Street Public School, Charles
ton, thought Mr. Stuart was upon an im
practicable line—he was seeking to erect
the super-structure prior to laying the
foundation. Let the friends of liberal
education look well to the Primary
Schools, see that they are well organized,
graded, and officered, and the high schools
will grow up ex necessitate and take care of
themselves. $150,000 had been appro
priated by the State the last scholastic
year for the support of the public schools.
Os that large sum, Charleston county had
received only $9,000. He conld not tell
what had become of the balance.
Mr. Archer was very happy in his re
marks, and made a marked impression
upon the members ot the Institute.
HOW THE PUBLIC SCHOOL WORK IS GROWING,
The discussions have evidenced one en
couraging fact to my mind, viz: that the
feeling in favor of the establishment of a
first class system of graded public schools
as a necessity, is growing rapidly in South
Carolina, and, I may add, in every South
ern State. With our own local Boards of
Education and Trustees—expecting and
desiring no other reward than the pleasure
of a public duty faithfully performed—and
our own school teachers and officers fully
imbued with the spirit of the work and
the spirit of genuine progress, the day is
at hand when the very best education
will be guaranteed to all the people at no
other cost than the insignificant sum paid
in as an educational tax—a sum incom
parably insignificant when compared with
the expenditures now being made by
hundreds of our people on account of pri
vate tuition.
Ia tho matter of,’taxation—a sore subjeot
by reason of the exactions of theso latter
days—l think it is too often forgotten
that the laborer who rents, bat does not
own, property bears his due proportion of
the taxes thereon paid by the landlotd.
ADDRESS BY DR. MANLY,
To-morrow night the Rev. Dr. B. Man
ly delivers an address cn “Southern Col
leges and their Claims upon the People of
the South.”
The Institute resolved to hold its next
meeting at Charleston oj the third Tues
day in May next, at 10 o’clock a. in.
The South Carolina Institute is grow
ing, and is destined ere long to become a
power lor good in the State.
I have been pleased in hearing continual
and complimentary reference made to the
Georgia Teachers’ Association. I find
that a rumber of the most active teachers
in this State propose attendiog tho next
annual meeting of tho Georgia Associa
tion at Augusta, on the first Tuesday in
May next. That will be an occasion of
great interest. I trust that our good
people will distance in hospitality the most
hospitable greetings that were extended
the members at Savannah and Columbus.
Augusta oannot afford to do otherwise ;
she must hold her place foremost in the
van.
In my next a deal of gossip on the
wing. Loraine.
Public Meeting in Columbia
County.
Appling, August 22, 1871.
In accordance with previous notice, a
portion of the ladies and gentlemen of
Columbia county met in the Court House
to-day, at this place, for the purpose of
discussing the best means of raising money
to buy a block of stone or marble to be
placed in the monument to be erected to
the Confederate dead who lio in Georgia.
On motion of Judge Josiah Stovall, Dr.
H. R. Casey was called to the Chair, and
D. C. Moore, E?q., requested to act as
Secretary. Upon taking the chair, Dr.
Cascv, in that happy manner peculiar to
him, explained the object of the meeting,
but said that it was and should be the
work of the ladies alone, and called upon
them to take the matter in hand, and sug
gested that they associate themselves to
gether and elect officers, to hold offiee un
til sufficient money is raised to meet the
object of the association. Dr. Casey then
vacated the chair, after which the ladies
organized thcmscives into an association,
by the election of Mrs. Dr. H. R. Casey
as President, and Mrs. S. A. Gibson as
Secretary and Treasurer.
On motion of Mr. o . J. L. Clanton, it
was resolved that this association be known
as tho Columbia County Monumental As
sociation.
On motion of Mrs. J. L. Clanton, it was
resolved that the association would first
try to raise the money to buy said block
by publio subscription, and that a commit
tee of four from eaoh militia district in
said county be appointed by the President
to solicit subscriptions from persons re
siding in their respective districts. The
following were appointed :
In District No. I—Mrs.1 —Mrs. Evans, Mrs.
Dr. Smith, Mr. J. A. Walton, and Mrs.
William A. Walton.
In District No. 2—Mrs. F. E. Eve, Mrs.
J. M. Luke, Mrs. M. Burt, and Miss M.
Freeman.
In District No. 3—Mrs. J- A. ClantOD,
Mrs. 0. Hardy, Miss Mary T. Smith, and
Miss Ella Walton.
In District No. 4—Mrs. M. McDaniel,
Mrs. F. Smalley, Mrs. James Blanchard,
and Miss Susan Banning.
In District No. s—Mrs.5 —Mrs. Charles H.
Shockley, Mrs. D. U. Moore, Miss Julia
Benton, and Miss M. Magruder.
In District No. B—Mrs. Dr. Martin,
Mrs. P. Ramsey, Mrs. A. Dozier, and
Miss R. Harriss.
In District No. 11 —Mrs. R. S. Neal,
Mrs. Wm. A. Sturgis, Miss Fannie Casey,
and Miss S. J. Crawford.
On motion, it was resolved that the pro
ceedings be published in tho Chronicle
& Sentinel, of Augusta, Ga.
The meeting then adjourned until the
fourth Tuesday in September.
Mrs. Dr. H. R. Casey,
President.
Mrs. S. A. Gibson, Secretary.
Letter from Walton County.
Walton County, August 25th, 1871.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel:
The Walton County Superior Court as
sembled on the 21st inst., Judge Davis
presiding.
The usual attendants upon the Bar were
present, and elicited considerable interest
by their animated discussions before the
Court and juries. The criminal docket
was pretty well cleared by former ad
journed Courts, but scores of indictments
came in from the Grand Jury against
white and black, for nearly all the crimes
in the decalogue.
It is the sentiment of all good people of
the country, that the criminal laws should
be changed and more rigidly enforced,
and the chief executive either be divested
of the pardoning power, or held to a strict
account for its exercise, as the only hope
for checking the rampant dispositions of
evil-deers. Two negroes steal and kill a
hog; it is found in their possession; they
are arrested, tried, convicted, and requir
ed to give bond for fifty dollars, or go to
jail; their employers come forward and
stand their security, and keep them on
their farms until the day of trial arrives,
I which results only in a fine of fifty dollars,
| which is paid by the employer, and the
j thieves and burglars turned loose to plnn
| der the community at pleasure without
j being caught one time in twenty.
These are common occurrences, which
i justly arouse the indignation of the people,
who are not disposed to take law into their
j own hands, but trust to the approaching
Legislature, which it is hoped will arm the
courts with terror to the thieving disposi
tions so dominant in the country.
The corn crop of Walton county in
most places is good, though seme have
suffered severely from raic;yet it is believed
enough will be made without buying any
from abroad. The cotton, as everywhere
else in Georgia that I have seen, will be a
failure. Some of the leading citizens of
the county are in favor of a law restricting
the culture of tfce weed, and devoting
more of the soil to the grasses, gram, stock
raising, &c. Traveler.
Columbus proposes to spend $23,000 on
her street railroad.
The Quitman Banner says that cotton
in that section has been materially injured
by boll worms and rust, and says people
are despondent,
I FOR THE CHRONICLE A SENTINEL.]
Mountain tcenery or Northeast
Georgia.
Letter No. 4.
Clarksville, Ga., Aug. 21,1871.
Editors Chronicle <i Sentinel :
Ever and anon “the car rattling over
the stony street” admonishes us that
Georgians are not unappreciative. Al
most from the date with which this irregu
lar correspondence began, parties have
been coming in from time to time from
various portions of the State to enjoy the
surrounding soenery ; and now the num
ber of visitors is regarded as exceeding
that in any of the preceding ten or twelve
years. Among them I might mention
some familiar faces and valued friends of
former days. Hence, for tho time being,
my devotion to pleasure, and desortion of
the pen.
Together let us, now, resume our trav
els. Has the turmoil of Augusta., to
gether with my long silence, caused you
to forget how far they had reached ? Lest
it has, let me briefly remind you. Stand
ing with mein the spirit on tho cliff of
Yonah you have had the forbearance to
look oat at tho several points, which I
thought worthy of your attention, in the
prospeot; we havo gazed together at tho
Beautiful, a9 embodied in Toccoa ; last,
but not least, wc havo glanced hastily at
Naooocheo, that “Star of the Evening,
beautiful, beautiful Star.” These, though
worthy of all tbe encomiums which havo
been heaped upon them, arc, nevertheless,
in reality, but tho inferior charms of this
favored spot. We come now to that
which is par excellence, tho wonder of
Northeast Georgia scenery tho well
known, yot indescribable, cliff-shadowed,
mist-shrouded, foam-decked, “ many
voiced,” awful
TALLULAH !
Away up in the northwest oorner of
Rabun, on a range of the Blue Ridge
Mountains, several streams arise, called,
if the map fail me not, the Ulufta River,
Persimmon Creek, and others, too numer
ous to mention. These flow south, unite
and form the Tallulah river, afterwards
reinforced in its downward course by the
Wild Cat and Tigertail oreeks-
Its courso is south and east aloDg a
mountainous ridge, and after flowing on a
few miles below the Falls it is joined by
the Chattuga coming southwost, and con
stituting the upper end of tho boundary
between Georgia and South Carolina. The
union of the two streams results in tho
formation of the Tugalo. A few miles
below the confluence the Tugalo receives
into its channel the waters of Toccoa
Creek, which are thus mingled with those
of Tallulah. The river still flows onward
south and a little eastward, receiving, as
a superior sovereignty, their triDute from
the rnauy petty streams which approach
it on its way, and soon assumes the Dame,
finally tho full proportions, of our own
Savannah. The Falls themselves are
situated on tho Tallulah river, at that part
of its courso where it forms the boundary
between Rabun and Habersham— that is,
between the northeastern side of Haber
sham :and the southwost of Rabue. For
a quarter of a milo above the falls the
water is said to bo quite oalm and
smooth—juffioiently so to paddle a boat
upon it; though I have never visited it
at this point. The Rabun Road going to
Clayton acd “the Gap” crosses the river
above the falls by a ford. Here, then,
you have the geography of our subject.
I havo had the pleasure of making three
excursions to Tallulah this summer. The
first was under veiy unfavorable auspices,
however, for wo were caught in a drench
ing shower of rain in a ravine too far from
our carriage to hope to receive shelter
from it; so a party of six of us had to
wait contentedly under two umbrellas
until the “ waterfall ” became moro limi
ted. I could, no doubt, havo given you a
very interesting account of the falls under
these unusual circumstances; tho thunder,
lightning, clouds ncwf’ormed, etc.; but,
pardon me when I confess that the rain
soaked and beat nearly every idea and
impression out of my head, except the
desiro to get dry clothing and a shelter as
soon as possible. Home! Home again!
was the utterance of my heart. Under
these considerations I will ted you of my
second trip, it being under tho most favor
able circumstances imaginable— tha weath
er propitious, our fancies free, and our
hearts lightened—not only by the bright
sunshine of nature, but by that also
which beamed from the joyous faces
of certain members of “our party,” as it
was then constituted. To be moro ex
plicit, returning from Commencement at
Athens, whither, in company with a fellow-
Alumnus, 1 had gone from this place to
make my first annual pilgrimage to our
Alma Mater, and on tho way back being
joined by a “V. M. J,,” wo had the
immeasurable privilege and pleasure of
taking away temporarily from our “Mod
ern City of Pallas,” three of her fair
daughters, to honor for a time the moun
tain torrents with their presence, and to
be repaid, in turn, by witnessing the won
ders of the mountain’s height, the river’s
rage.
The Falls aro situated from Clarksville
about fourteen miles northeast, and aro
reached by the Rabun Road. Como ! we
extend the same courtesy to you that we
did on a former occasion. Get in with us
at Clarksville, see with us the road and
intervening cjuotry. and afterwards tho
Falls themselves! So, wo are ready 1 and
riding to the Court Houso square, turn to
the right from its eastern corner, and are
fairly on our way. The road is hilly,
rough andrreky; wo seem Boon to ride along
almost, parallel with the azure ridge, which
extends on our left as wo journey along.
Yonab, we are leaving behind us; Tray
is seen on the left, and si ill farther around
to the north are the Tallulah mountains —
our dentination. Although we are really
ascending the ridge, the road itself goes
alternately up and down —the difference,
you see, between relativo and absolute
ascension, and that while we go down the
minor slopes we are really ascending the
mountain ridge. Numerous streams cross
the road —from the slender rivulet to the
“Deep Creek.” This regioD, indeed, is
admirable for the amount of available
water-power afforded in its streams. They
are here of a manageable bize, and can be
rendered useful without going to tho ex
pense of drawing off their waters iDto
canals. For here, the streams being not
far from the land of their birth, have not
acquired their ungovernable proportions—
are of jast the size to utilize —full-grown
creeks or half-fledged rivers just venturing
forth from their mountain fastnessep.
At times as the road, winding, leads us
through the thicker forests, the mountains
are lost to view ; yet are again occasional
ly caught sight of through openings in the
foliage. The woods of this locality arc
not very different from our own below—
oak and pine to a great extent, varied
though by the grateful chestnut and chin
quapin, and occasionally, on the most ele
vated lands, by the handsome white and
spruce pines. Fortunately, as we ascend
the side of the ridge, the hickory growth
becomes abundant, affording a good op
portunity for the searcher after mementoes
to cut fine “Tallulah hickories;” besides,
they will be needed in the descent of the
precipice.
At a distance the mountains are appa
rently one mass of blue; but now, as we
approach nearer, the blue enchantment
vanishes; the real green becomes visible ;
and the trees, composing the forest, as
sume their distinctive forms. Now the
road has changed its direction; for the
range, instead of extending on our left, is
now in front of us, and seems no longer
like “thebaseless fabric of a vision,” but
a solid heap, which we must Boon sur
mount. Here and there, along the way,
we notice the large old chestnuts still
standing—dead; the patriarchs of a race
which, having served their mission here,
seem fast becoming extinct—like some
races ot both the vegetable and animal
kingdom— brute and human—which, in
the past or the present, have passed, or
are passing away.
Onward and upward we ride ; but not
in silence, as you might suppose, since I
have been so earnestly engaged in point
ing out to you the things around, that I
seem— but only teem— to have forgotten
entirely the wagon and its burden. Going
or coming we whistle such stirring notes
that Pan himself, if ho ever had a local
habitation, would have stopped piping to
admire; we sing such dulcet strains that
Orpheus, if the ancient myth were not a
little at fault, would have cast away his
lyre in disgust, and resigned to us the
office of moving the rocky listeners at
Tallulah; and, to crown all, the “ college
wail,” have you ever heard it ? If so, you
can ne’er forget, disturbs in the interludes
the solemn stillness of the sylvan dell, and
is wafted hence on winged breezes to the
hill tops, where it reverberates again and
again in all its wolfish hideonsness.
NEW SERIES—VOL. XXIV. NO. 36.
Now we turn off from the main road
and take that branch to the right, as the
little sign indicates. Still farther on w r e
come to another “ shingle,” which some
philanthropic individual has put up, point
ing out “ OF* The New Road to the
Falls.” We take this, continue our way,
and when a short distanoe—half a mile—
from the goal of our expectations, looking
out to the right from the side of a ridge,
gain a sight of
THE OCEAN VIEW.
This is a view of the surrounding coun
try, stretching away for miles and miles,
onr great elevation ; for we aro now near
the summit of tho Tallulah ridge, en
abling us to have the exteosivo prospect.
Here wo see the green expanso as far as
tho eye can rcaoh, until tho heavens and
earth meet at tho great periphery. The
mist seems to thicken the farther and
farther the land recedes, causing tho land
scape to assume the various shades in
cluded between blue and bluish white.
The view is somewhat like that from
Yonah—folly as extended, I think, though
the high adjoining mountains are wanting,
this plain being studded with smaller hills.
Excuse mo lor delaying you so long on
tho way ; yet how can wo got thero with
out going over tho road, and how can I
give a true extract from the minutes of
our proceedings without narrating the oc
currences of the way? Nevertheless, I
must havo some respect for your pationee,
and hence will stop, or rather, go on more
rapidly.
Now wo catch eight of tho doop bluo
vapor, floating mystic, weird, over tho
great abyss. Making a descent of a lew
hundred yards, wo stop at odo of tho
usual places for hitchiDg tho horses. Horo
a Mr. Beal used to live with his family,
but left some timo ago. It was ho who
named the different sub-divisions of the
fall?. Alter his departure tho house stood
in a dilapidated condition until soino timo
between last summer and this, for on my
first visit this year I found it had been
burned. Quite a fine orchard remains,
and as it is without a fence, in tho wild
woods, a3 it were, wo did not scruplo to
enjoy some of its luscious fruit. Wc now
leave the horses and vehiolo in charge of
tho driver, and proceeding down tho well
worn road, soon come to tho “ Camp
Ground,” a level spot on the left, used as
a camping place by those who stay out all
night. We might havo driven the wagon
here and sallied forth from theso head
quarters.
Wc are at last fairly started on our feet,
and make our way to the top of tho preci
pice, to mako our,
“ first descent ”
down its rugged side. The path from tho
camp ground turns off to the left, and after
advancing along the brow of tho oliff for
about two hundred yards, brings us to tho
beginning of the downward way. As wo
walk along, bot'oro reaching this point, tho
chasm yawns before us, and we oatoh a
glimpse of the two upper falls and the
pool between; yet we will not linger hero,
but hurry on to view them in the orthodox
way—below, and afterwards at tho other
accustomed points farther down tho
stream. The descents aro winding, pre
cipitous paths down tho side of tho chasm.
At somo points vou are walking on tho
brink, at some tho massive rocks just out
from the side. At other portions of tho way
the declivity is as steep as a flight of stairs,
and there are rooks shaped like steps.
Far down this route, about a third of
the way, several shelving, rocky strata ex
tend so far out that they would offer
some protection in case of rain. Beneath
the roof-liko shelf ihero is one sido of
solid rook. As wo continue to desoend,
we make now and then sharp turns, as we
have to suit our course io tho general con
formation of tho precipitous wall itsolf’.
Where thero is earth the -oath is well
beaten by the frequency with which it is
passed over—if being cno of the two princi
pal descents. Trees drape tho sido of the
steep incline. Now, alter winding, jump
ing, creeping, in some places holding on to
tho bushes to assist us down over a
dangerous plaoe, wo pass through a nar
row way, in a rocky barrier, and walking
out on the smooth slippery rooks, find our
selves at iho water’s edge.
In tho words of Doctor Bailey, of
yachting notoriety, “Here we are!” But
where aro we, and what havo wo dono ?
Wc are at tho base of tho wall, down
whoso side wo have just climbed. We
have descended some two or threo hun
dred feet. On cither side tower lofty
cliffs ; thoso opposite aro of solid rooks,
the different strata aro easily distinguisha
ble acd aro ino'ined in a direction here,
down the stream, and apparently at an
angle of about t hirl y-five degreos. Through
this passage—this chasm—tho stream
seems to havo cut its way. The crags
on the opposite side are more perpendicu
lar than on this, whero the rocks gently
incline to the water. The river winds
along it rocky channel and makes great
changes in its course, so that your viow
is limited by the turns it makes wLilc you
stand below. From this stand-point we
have a view of the first, or upper fall,
LODORE,
and wo aro abovo tho second. By clam
bering about on tho rocks and winding
around in devious paths, y u may, I
think, get to tho foot of the first—l havo
never attempted it. Here, on tho rock to
whioh wo have descended, Lodoro is seen
rushing down just as the river turns an
anglo in tho chasm. It falls from the
least height ot all the three principal
falls, and is the broadest- For with its
bed of solid rock tho river narrows,
widens, divides, and unites again in every
conceivable manner. Tho rocks over
which this fall runs is, compared to tho
rest, smoother, and hence tho stream is
not so much torn asunder as whon it takes
its second and third leaps. The outline
of its brink is oomnarativoly straight. As
it dceoends it is lashed into foam ; just
below, and a little way down from the
brink, the waters are of a greenish
oast. They converge somewhat in ap
proaching tho foot. Near the middle
they arc divided by a large boulder,
which projects out above the general level
of the inclined bed, and aro thus, when
halfway down, separated into two parts—
tho ono on this side being tho narrower.
These unite at the foot and pour onward
into
HAWTHORNE’S POOL.
This name is applied to a quiet sheet of
water, which wc reached whon we first
descended, and on whose brink we havo
been standing. Is is, perhaps, forty
yards wide, and ono hundred long, is of
rather an oval or ooffin shape, its greatest
breadth being near the middle, and it nar
rows at both inlet and outlet; o-peoially
at the latter, where it is about thirty-five
feet. It is situated, as I stated, between
the two upper falls, so that the waters
have a little respito from their violent
journey down. The rocks here arc of a
smoke-like, mottled oolor, Opposite, tho
brown cliff is hare of earth and vegetation
for some distance up ; then the shelves,
formed by the protruding ends of strata,
support some soil apd trees. Some of
these trees are quite large ; the tops of
somo arc on a level with the roots of
others ; thus pines tower above pines and
other trees -a natural living garden. Just
across the pool there is a kind of flower in
the wall—down this pours a pretty rivulet -
This peaceful seotion of tho stream derives
its name from Kev. Hugh Hawthorne, a
Presbyterian Minister, who was drowned
here, where he had come to bathe. Some
suppose that he as washed down by a
treacherous current which is said to lurk
beneath tho plac and surface ; others, that he
lost his footing oo the grassy rocks,
striking his head as he fell, and being de
prived immediately of consciousness, was
carried down below, where his body was
subsequently recovered. Ho was buried
in the village cemetery adjoining the
Methodist Church, and from his tomb
stone I learn that he was Chaplain and
Professor in Dr. Mark’s Female Seminary,
near Columbia, S. C. Horn in Ireland,
Parish Garvaghy, County Down, and met
with the sad aocident which terminated his
life, July 11th, 1837, aged 30 years.
I a'ways have a feeling of horror when
I look upon these still but murderous
depths. They seem to invite you to re
fresh your beated, weary frame in the cool
and peaceful stream- After your toil
some and arduous tramp it scorns the
very place to say, let us rest fbr a time,
here is a calm and harmless lakelet, no
more dangerous that our own lowland
creeks, here tho torrent has been tamed ;
let us here bathe in the waters of Tallu
lah 1 But beware 1
In my next—so far as Tallulah is con
cerned—l will conclude tho adventures of
Husnons.
Richmond, August 30. —The Conserva
tive Convention organized, with Thos. S.
Babcock, President. Delegates from the
Colored Conservative Club were admitted
and applauded.
A motion to admit Gov. Walker to the
privileges ot the floor was opposed on the
ground that it was desired to give the ap
pearance of official influence to the deli
berations.
General Jubal Early refused to serve on
the Business Committee, because not sym
pathizing with the progressive report of
the majority.
The President made a speeoh, counsel
ing the burial of dead issues.
Laurens and Augusta Railroad.—
Some time ago the Chronicle & Senti
nel alluded to the scheme on foot for
building a railroad from Laurens Court
House, South Carolina, to Augusta, and
earnestly favorod tho proposed road. We
then stated that the business men of the
oity would give encouragement and sub -
stantial aid to the road whenever they saw
that our South Carolina friends were will
ing to put their shoulders to tho whool, and
we now repeat that statement. Let Edge
field and Abbevillo and Laurens put tho
affair into shape and show that they aro
ready and willing to help tho road with
their money and their land and wc havo not
the slightest doubt but that Augusta will
give liberal aid. Augusta is not doad or
asleep and has been as generous to railway
enterprises as any oity in the South. Tbe
people hore are awaro of tho necessity for
suoh a road and of tho benefits whioh
would spring from its oompletion, but they
can do nothing without tho carnost co
operation of the South Carolinians. Be
low wo publish an interesting letter on tho
subjeot, written by a gontlcmau of Abbe
ville to a firm in this oity :
Greenwood, Abbeville County, I
August 19th, 1871. j
Messrs, . Exouso me for drug
ging you with the following crude remarks:
In this ago of railroads, when it be
hooves every oity to keep her eyos well
open, to see that hor trade is not taken
from her, I have boon often astonished
that Augusta has not been awakened to
the importance to her of a connection, by
rail, with this or some other point on tho
Groenvillo and Columbia Road. Augusta
i wes muoh of her early prosperity to tho
trade of the upper Districts of this Slate,
tho loss of whioh she felt seriously whon
taken away from her by tho building of
tho Groenvillo and Columbia Railroad.
A moiety of that trado might havo been
restored to her bv tho building of tho de
funct Savannah Valley Railroad ; but that
having failed, it is rcmarkablo that sho
seems now quieMy to submit to hor loss.
Although tho Savannah Valley Road
would have been near twico the length of
ono from this point, yet it could nover
have oarried tho trado to Augusta that
this will, This latter will not only carry
all tbe trade that the other could havo
dono, but will command tho onstorn por
tion of the Distriot of Abbeville, a largo
part of Laurens, and all, or measurably
all, of Greenville. There soareoly could
be found anywhere more easy grades for a
railroad than from Greonwood to Au
frusta, via Dorn’s Mine and Fury’s Ferry,
following the ridgo whioh divides tho wa
ters of Little River and Stophons’ Creek.
I doubt whether a singlo stream need bo
orossed, and the distance, I prosumc, is
only about fifty-fivo miles.
If you think suoh a projoot worthy of
oonsideiation, you will ploaso confer with
some of your leading mon on tho subjeot.
Augusta has always been tho favorito
market with the people of this part of tho
country; but while tho Greenville aud
Columbia Railroad bolougcd to them they
were willing to make other business connec
tions for the sake of sustaining this their
little pet; but now that it has boon wrest
ed from them and put into Yankee hands,
they aro aoxious to return to their old
and favorite mart—Augusta.
Coroner's Inquest.— A coroner’s inquest
was held Wednesday, upon the body of
Thomas Jefferson Bridwell, by Wesley A.
Deas, J. P., acting coroner. A jury of
twelve men being empanelled and boar
ing tho evidence, made a verdict of
wilful murder against Jesse llendrix.—
Two witnesses were sworn and testified to
Hendrix and Bridwell having a scuffle in
tho front yard of Bridwell’s house, Hen
drix making the assault, either knocking
or pushing Bridwell down. Bridwell told
a woman near by that Hendrix was going
to hurt him and she replied no, she would
not let him, llendrix had liridwell down
at this time, one hand on his throat and
the other in the hair of his head. About,
this time a young lad of a boy came up
and the woman to separate them,
the woman taking Bridwell in the house,
and the young man in the meantime try
ing to get Hendrix to go home. lie final -
ly succeeded in getting Hendrix to start
with him, and just as they got oat of tho
yard gate Bridwell stepped into the piazza,
and was heard to say something, no. one
knew what—but apparently as soon as
Hendrix got sight of him he jerked away
from the young man and shot Bridwell
down, killing him instantly. Tho only
words Bridwell spoke was “Jesse, you
have shot me through the heart.” One oi
the witnesses testified that she begged
Hendrix not to shoot him at the time he
was taken from Bridwell, as he had his
pistol drawn at the time. The young man
who was trying to get Hendrix to go home
immediately got Bridwell’s mnle, arid
taking up behind him Bridwell’s little son
started for a Doctor.
After getting about four or fivo hundred
yards from tho house they wero stopped
by Hendrix, and tho littlo boy who was
on behind mado to get down, Hendrix
taking his plaoe on tho mule. Sticking
his spur to tho mule ho made the young
man carry hioj in this way somo four or
fivo miles, when ho jumpod down, and
was not seen until yesterday morning,
when ho was seen near tho plaoe. Ho
asked if Bridwell was dead, and being
answered in the affirmative, ho then said
“tell my family good bye," and loft.
Hendrix is a brothor-in-law to Bridwell,
and the latter seems to bo generally be
lieved by tho neighborhood to have boon
one of the beßt of friends to Hondrix prior
to the fight.
A post mortem examination was held by
Drs. Sterling and Robert C. Eve. They
found that Thomas Jefferson Bridwell
oamc to his death from a small ball, sup
posed to boa pistol ball, entering the
front of the thorax to the left of the
sternum, betwoen tho fifth and sixth ribs,
and pursuing its course through the left
luDg and the heart.
Taking the Veil.—The Savannah
Advertiser says that the Chapel of the
Sisters of Mercy was crowded Monday
morning by a largo assemblage, drawn
thither to witnoss tho touohing ceremony
of taking tho wbito veil by four young
ladies, former pupils of the Sisters, who
graduated at the last term.
The postulants, who were handsomely
attired in their snow-whito robes, were
Misses Agnes Brown, Ella Kenedy ami
Agnes McMahon, of Savannah, and Miss
Broderick, of Augusta. At tho same
time two novices wore made full Sisters,
viz: Miss Mary Enright, in religion Sister
Mary Augustin, and Miss Mary o'Con
nor, in religion Sister Mary Gonzaga. The
postulants, aftor the delivery of a very
appropriate sermon by Father Patrick,
reoeived communion and read out their
vows of postacy, oharity and obedience.
Alter mass the veils ai4 caps wore re
ceived at tbo hands of tho officiating
clergyman, Father Patrick, assisted ly
Mother Veronica and Sister Celia. The
entiro ceremony occupied over two hours
and a half.
A_ Lively Doctor Yet. Certain
parties, moved hy malicious jealousy of
tho merited success of the groat chemist
and advertiser, Dr. H. T. Holmbold, arn
trying to squelch him by printer’s ink—a
capital mistake. Tho Buchulic advertiser
knows all about that compound, and his
chemistry enables him to change it to
gold. He has amassed his princely for
tune by compounding valuable medicines
and advertising them with liberality ami
generosity. The latest fiasco of his on
vioas enemies was thero tiying to mako a
trivial accident to tbo Doctor whilo gun
ning a medium of attack by magnifying it
into an attempt at felo de se. The in
domitable pharmaoeutist is not to be thus
put out of tho way. He can be seen every
day at No. 594 Broadway, hard at work
as ever directing his mammoth manufac
tory and arranging advertisements to
bring his remedies to tho koowlodgo of
all. He intends to bo the most eminent
and wealthy ohemist in the world, aod
moreover to link his name with remedies
which will maintain the foremost rank as
lcng as medioal science shall exist. His
star is yet in the ascendant, His flag
still floats. “Long may it wave.”— Aew
York Standard, Aug. 2bth.