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OLD SERIES—VOL. LXXVIII. ;ldvjiuclc & TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. DAILY. One month... —f } 00 Three month* * £ One ye** w TUI-WEEKLY. One year t !j six months —f 'Hiree month * w WEEKLY. Three months ♦ { Six months * 9V Onn year ~ ’ _ 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.