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WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB’Y 6.
THE WHAIITON TRIAL.
After a long and laborious investiga
tion, extending over many weeks, the J
jury in the Wharten ease have returned |
a verdict of acquittal, and the accused |
has been discharged.
We have closely watched the progress
of this case, and have read the testimony
for and against the accused, and we un- 1
hesitatingly assert our opinion that the
verdict is fully sustained by the evidence ;
in the case.
In another column we give a graphic
account of the closing scene of this re
markable case, as furnished by the spe
cial correspondent of the New York
Herald.
CONLEY MILITARY INTERFER
ENCE.
Tt will be remembered by our readers
that in his first communication to the
General Assembly, at the beginning of
the session in November last, Conley
took occasion to assure the members of
that body and the people of Georgia
that he was opposed to military inter
ference in the affairs of the State. The
general views expressed in that docu
ment were of so conservative and just a
nature as to induce a very general belief
that the man was disposed to be just and
honest.
We have now evidence which shows
that shortly after his message was writ
ten he wrote to the Ku-Klux Commit
tee, urging that troops should be sent
here to protect the loil people, and to
secure his claim to the Executive office.
This matter, our informant states, was
made the subject of several Cabinet
meetings, and the true friends of the
country in Washington were for some
time much alarmed at the Georgia situa
tion. Strange to say, though the truth
must be told, Akrrman resisted this
appeal of Conicy for troops.
The prudent, just and conservative
course of the Legislature, our informant
states, had great weight in preventing
Grant from interfering in our affairs.
A SION OF PROGRESS.
We were pleased to note that at a
recent special meeting of Council the
memorial of the Cumining Manufactur
ing Company, praying an exemption
from taxation for ten years for them
selves, and in favor of all capital invested
in cotton mills to be established at this
point, was referred with a unanimity
which promises well for the petition
itself, and presages immense advantage
to Augusta.
When the ordinance based upon the
petition comes before Council for final
action, next Monday, wo sincerely trust
.that a most favorable response will be
given ; the more so as we feel convinced
that an overwhelming majority of the
tax-paying community can be counted
in hearty endorsement of it. It is only
by leuding such a friendly hand to en
terprises of “great pith and moment”
that they can possibly prosper, and once
established, these enterprises redound
to the positive and permanent benefit of
all classes. The enlargement of the
canal is a fixed fact. We are confident
that the new cotton factory will be also
a fixed fact in rapid progression of time.
The one would seem to be the necessary
consequence of the other, and indeed it
must be so with the liberal Inducement
embodied iu the
The possession of a fine water-power
is not everything. That alone will not
create factories. The ordinance alluded
to above touches the point of true pro
gress magically, and will bo no doubt
the incentive for building not • one mill
alone, but many.
THE CITY OF AUGUSTA AND THE
COTTON STATES' FAIR ASSOCIA
TION.
A petition to the City Council from
the Cotton States’ Fair Association, for
pecuniary aid, Inis recently been pre
sented, and lias received pretty general
discussion, and not only in the news
papers, but from the people of Augusta
at large. As far as we are able to judge
from the lights before us, the facts of
the case are simply these : The Fair As
sociation has gotten itself some twenty
thousand dollars in debt—more than
half of which amount it owes the city
upon its bonds, lent to the Association
for the purpose of borrowing money
thereon. The balance is owed to vari
ous parties in the city. The Associa
tion, in order to liquidate this debt,
petitions Council to lend it fifteen thou
sand dollars in bonds, in addition to the
fifteen thausand already loaned, and
proposes to return the asked for and
existing loan in yearly installments un
til it is paid up.
Viewing the matter strictly from a
business point of view, the questions
that would arise are,
First. Does experience justify belief
in the ability of the Association to re
turn the bonds already loaned ; or in
ease of more being advanced, of those
also being returned from the profits of
tlif* Association ?
Second In the event of the inability
of the Association to return the proposed
loan, are the advantages to the local busi- ;
ness of the city, and to the section of j
country from whence the city obtains
its trade from the influences of the
Association, commensurate with the risk
and possible loss to be sustained by the
citv in the event of hual failure ?
Third. Has the Association proved
itself self-sustaining ; and if it has not,
is there is a prospect of its being so in
the future; and if not, are its advantages
to the city of sufficient importance to I
justify the latter in sustaining it ?
These are all matters for the consid- j
©ration of Council. The city owns the i
grounds, and has a mortgage upon the j
improvements thereon, which latter, we
are told, cost in the neighborhood of
fifty thousand dollars. It would appear
from these facts that the security offered
was ample, in any event, throwing aside
every other consideration. Without ad
\ocating either side of the question, we
must recognize these facts—that it is !
the money of the tax-payers of the
city which has established the in- j
stitutiou under discussion ; that this i
institution is the means of attracting to j
our city, yearly, vast numbers of visitors
and a consequent distribution of monev ’
—a fact which has been observable in !
all branches of trade, and last, but not
least, the advantages to the agricultural
section of country contiguous to Au
gusta from these exhibitions must not
be lost sight of. Wb do not propose to
contradict or question the statements of
the well-known gentlemen connected
with the enterprise, who pronounce it
self-sustaining. Should Council believe
it to be so, of course no hesitation would
ansa on the subject of granting the aid
asked lor. Should it be doubtful, Courp
cil would have to consider whether the
advantages accruing to the city from the
prosecution of the enterprise would
counterbalance the advances likely to be
required for its support.
Asa general rule, all public enter
j prises of this kind fall into the same
| error as has happened to this one—that
of not cutting the garment according to
the cloth—or spending in its establish
ment more money than it was possessed
of. Its exhibitions have all proved
profitable. Why should not this prove
true in the future as in the past ?
We confess our desire to see the enter- t
prise sustained, and trust that its state
ment to Council will receive the prompt 1
and liberal consideration that all asso- j
ciationß, solely organized and carried on
for the public good, are entitled to. No |
contracted idea of immediate economy !
should interfere with the broad ground !
of progress.
[From the New York Express.]
NATIONAL MIBGOVERNMENT.
The Union of the States by Federal
compact under one National Govern
ment, clothed with definite powers, is
at once an object of inextinguishable
affection to every .American heart, and
a sure pledge of justice, tranquility,
security, prosperity, and lil>erty. Right
ly administered, the Government is
capable of accomplishing all these pur
poses. Without this, it may become
the instrument of the greatest injustice
and of pression. The essential condi
tion of its success is impartiality
toward every section and class, and with
this, it can hardly fail t» be of inestima
ble blessing to the whole people. Wash
ington, in his Farewell Address, did not
fail to warn his countrymen against the
fatal effects of the opposite course.
For more than fifty years the National
Government was administered in the
impartial spirit of its founders, and
never for the benefit of the North or
the South, the East or West. It was
thoroughly National, and never used for
the benefit of a political party. It was
not then the Government of the Demo
cratic party, nor of the Federal, nor of
the Whig party, but of the whole Am
erican people. Though jealousies be
tween the North and South were intense,
and the contlict between parties violent,
the National Government held an even
balance between sections and parties.
For twenty years a change has been
working its way into the National admin
istration. It has become sectional and
partisan. At first its leaning was toward
the South and the Democratic party.—
The sound constitutional doctrine of
that party in regard to State Rights
created a natural sympathy between the
South and that party, and the material
dependence of the party upon the South
for political support no doubt tended to
make ii unduly partial for that section. |
The consequence was that sectional
legislation tender to favor the material 1
interests of the South. Cotton was not
only King on the ocean and at the finan
cial board, but in the legislature. The
master spirits in the Cabinet were apt to
be from the South, and the ruling ele
ment in the diplomatic corps from the
same section. Moreover, in consequence
of the general acceptance of the maxim
that the victorious party at a Presiden
tial election had an exclusive claim to
the benefit of Executive patronage, the
Democratic party (which was usually the
successful party) was treated as having a
sort of mortgage upon the the treasury.
Thus the management of the General
Government was liable to the imputation
of being sectional and partisan, though
notso intended by the responsible
parties.
The revolution in 1860, by which the
ascendancy in politics devolved upon
the Republican party, while it put an
end to Democratic power, did not ter
minate sectionalism and partisanship.
The Government, in Republican hands,
is far more sectional and partisan than
ever before. The material power of the
country, King Cotton, has given place
to King Mill. The manufacturing inter
est of the North has supplanted the
agricultural interest of the South ;
while commerce is also sacrificed to the
greed of the former. A large portion of
the South is held in subjugation to des
potic sway, while a large proportion of
the people there are deprived of the or
dinary opportunity of taking part in the
management of local and national af
fairs. The Supreme Court has become
a pliant party instrument, while the
revenues of the Government, though in
creased many fold, are more thoroughly
mortgaged and consecrated to the Re
publican party than they ever were to
the Democratic party. All legislation—
whether of tariffs, internal revenue,
banking, currency, civil service, recon
struction, or any other matter —is regu
lated by partisan influence. Like a foul
and offensive disease, it, pervades all
political life and activity. Even the or
ganic departments are subservient to
party, while the measures of the law
making departments are shaped by a
caucus.
The authors of this misgovemment
are not the people of the United States.
They neither desire nor approve of sec
tional government. Neither the people
of the North or the South, Republicans
or Democrats, desire this. Much as
the Northern people care for their manu
factures, and much as the Southern peo
ple care for agriculture, they only desire
that each should receive fair and legiti
mate eonsidsration. Partisans, there
fore, are the chief authors of this gigan
tic abuse. It is they who make use of
sectional legislation as an expedient for
retaining the support of the Northern
section, and who attempt by fraud to
avail themselves of the aid of a consider
able portion o > the South. Rapacity ,
urges this class to seize and appropriate
all the pecuniary resources of the Gov
ernment, and thus it is that the Govern- \
meat is utterly and systematically given
over to sectionalism and partisanship.
The cause of all this general corrup- i
tion and degeneracy is to be found in
the excessive power of the President, j
and the immensity of his patronage.
The amount of money at stake in a Presi
dential election is so great that the in- '
trinsie value of measures and principles
is lost sight of. Success alone is the
golden prize. Patriotism and fidelity
are ’ nothing in comparison with official
power and emolument.
The rernedv for this abuse is to be
found in diminishing the power of the
President and increasing the power of
the people. One remedy for this is to
lie found in such a modification of the
Constitution as will give the people in
their local districts the choice of all
local officers. Heads of departments .
could thus l>e chosen in the same way.
The appointment of subordinate officers
can be vested, in a qualified manner, in
the heads of departments. This will
greatlv diminish the value of the prize
at stake in a Presidential contest, i
and make it possible for politicians
to be governed by justice and sound
principles, iu national affairs, rather than
bv avarice and ambition. As the constitu
tional change proposed by Gov. Hoffman,
giving the election of United States
I Senators to the people, will make it
possible to entirely divorce State affairs
‘ from the baleful influence of national
ixditics, so election of the chief por
tion of national officers by the people
will go far towards emancipating poli
ticians. in managing national affairs,
from the power of a perverting and cor
rupting influence. There never can be
anv effectual civil service reform that
j does not include something of this gen-
I era I nature. When this is done it will be
j comparatively easy to accomplish the
rest of the work. This will be in keep
ing with that division and distribution
of power which is so characteristic of
our institutions, and will eradicate a
monarchical feature from the Constitu
tion.
Meanwhile the people, without regard
Ito party, should avail themselves of
I every opportunity to manifest their de
i testation of a sectional and selfish ad
ministration of National affairs. Jus
tice and impartiality are of more impor
tance than the distinctive measures of
political parties. Let patriotic men,
: then, eo-operate to restore the Govern
ment to its pristine justice and purity.
If such an opportunity be afforded at
i tb« ooutiug Presidential election, w» r«-
peat what we said yesterday, let them
not fail to avail themselves of it. In no
other way can they be faithful to their
j trust, as the successors of the good and
wise men who laid the foundations of
| our institutions.
THE GREAT TRIAL.
Mrs. Wharton’s Acquittal—The Closing
Scene.
THE FATE OF THE PRISONER
No longer hung in the balance. The
jury had agreed ;• bailiffs were dispatch
ed in various directions for the Court,
the attorneys and Mrs. Wharton. The
news traveled almost with lightning
! rapidity. At five minutes after ten
o’clock the doors of the Court room were
i thrown open, and, perhaps, a dozen
I persons entered and secured seats. Five
! minutes afterwards a seething mass of
| humanity crowded the railings around
; the bar, and many were unable to con
ceal their astonishment at the sudden
transformation. • There was some little
delay in the arrival of the prisoner and
her counsel, as well as that of the State,
and all the members of the Court were I
in their places ere she arrived. Mrs. |
Nugent, the sister-in-law of Mrs. Whar- j
ton, and Miss Rosa Neilson, the devoted i
friend of Miss Nellie, came in while the j
audience, and looking with longing eyes I
for the prisoner’s arrival* took their
seats and bowed' their heads in most
solemn silence. Soon a movement in
the audience was heard, and a moment
later the prisoner and her daughter, ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. J. Crawford
Neilson, were within the bar.
MRS. WHARTON AND MISS NELLIE
Took seats near <Mr. Steele, and at once ,
leaned forward and directed to him some |
inquiry inaudible to all else. It is not i
likely, however, if it was in relation to j
the matter uppermost in their minds, as
it was in the minds of all those about |
them. “What is the verdict to be ?”—■
Her general appearance was but little j
changed since yesterday. Perhaps the
pallor always visible in her face was a
shade deeper and her movements a little
more nervous and excited. Miss Nellie
displayed a nervousness and anxiety
which she had never evinced at any
former stage of the trial, and all those
around her were more or less affected.
MR. STEELE CAME INTO COURT
With a lightness and buoyancy in his
maimer strangely in contrast with his
haggard and care-worn face of previous
days. His eye was bright, and he seem
ed to feel the proud consciousness of
well-merited triumph. The Attorney
General did not appear, and Mr. Revell
represented the State.
SEND FOR THE JURY —PAINFUL MOMENTS.
When all were in readiness, the three
Judges ascended to their seats, and Chief
Justice Miller broke the silence that was
getting painful—
“ Mr. Dailds, have the jury brought
in.”
At this moment every eye in the as
semblage was directed toward the door,
and presently the twelve men, upon
whose word hung human life, filed into
the room, and took those seats in which
they had listened to all tjiat was to be
said for or against the prisoner for near
ly eight long weary weeks, in her trial
for the most terrible of crimes, and up
on whose life they were now to pass.
They looked fresh and smiling, as if they
were approaching a cheerful duty, and
none who saw them enter but knew that
the verdict was the complete vindication
of the prisoner.
After they were seated, Mr. Steele
leaned toward Mrs. Wharton and said,
“You will have to take the prisoner’s
box.”
“ Yes,” she said faintly, while the bit
ter thought seemed burning into her
very heart. Mr. Crawford Neilson then
took her arm, and Mr. Steele the arm of
her daughter, and escorted them back
through the crowd to the prisoner’s box.
Mrs. Wharton took a seat within the
enclosure, with Mr. Thomas on her right
and Mr. Steele on her left, while Miss
Nellie stood by the railing of the prison
er’s box, on the left of her mother. This
was a moment in the history of this im
portant trial that will never be forgotten
by those who witnessed it. The great
heart of the crowded, Court room beat
with almost suppressed pulsation in the
contemplation of the scene. Within
this little circle, in which the basest
and meanest of criminals had found a
resting place for years, sat this lone wo
man, draped in the garb of deepest sor
row. Upon each side of her stood the two
men, Messrs. Steele and Thomas, who had
followed her case from its commence
ment, exhausting their great learning
and ability in demonstrating her inno
cence. Well liad they fought the fight,
and nobly had they said in defense,
“It was a fitting finale to their long
devotion that they should stand with her
in this the hour of her greatest bereave
ment and peril.” Near her was also
that devoted daughter, whose kind and
earnest attention had attracted the ad
miration of the world ; and all around
this little party was the gaping crowd,
upon whose hearts it must have been
photographed, if their enger stare could
have gathered the impress.
When curiosity was at its hfiglit, Chief
Justice Miller interrupted and cautioned
the audience that there must be no man
ifestations of either approval or disap
proval at the verdict of the jury, and
any comment would be promptly sup
pressed. The Clerk then said,
“ GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY,
have you agreed upon your verdict ?”
A number of voices responded, “We
have.”
“Who shall sav for vou ?” said the
Clerk.
“ Foreman,” shouted the jury.
Said the Clerk, “ Elizabeth G. Whar
ton. stand up.”
The prisoner slowly arose, as if hard
ly able to accomplish the task, and the
whole audience seemed deeply affected.
Miss Nellie wept. Messrs. Steele and
Thomas bowed their heads, and Miss
Rosa Neilson, Mrs. Neilson and Mrs.
Nugent shed tears freely, * and there
were none in that vast audience, even
those who had been so bitterly unjust
against the prisoner, but were affected
by the sadness of that moment.
“Gentlemen of the Jury—Look upon
the prisoner at the bar,” said the Clerk
in a tone of voice w T ell subdued, and the
twelve men turned their eyes full upon
the bowed and stricken woman.
“ What say you ? Is she guilty of the
matter whereof she stands indicted, or
not guilty ?”
“NOT GUILTY,” SAID THE FOREMAN,
In a clear, full voice, and immediately a
stamping of feet resounded through the
room and a murmur of applause arose,
which was promptly suppressed by the
bailiffs.
“Gentlemen,” said the Clerk, “heark
en to your verdict as the Court hath
recorded it. Your foreman saith the
prisoner at the bar is not guilty of the
matter whereof she stands indicted. And
so say you all ?"
THE JURY ALL BOWED ASSORT,
The Judge then said, “ Mr. Clerk, re
cord the verdict.”
The prisoner left the prisoner's box,
and, with her daughter and counsel, re
turned to their seats within the bar, and
for the first time since the beginning of
the trial Mrs. Wharton betrayed une
quivocal signs of emotion. As she
walked back to her seat within the bar
her limbs almost refused to support her,
and her features were of a dead, ashen
hue, which led many to think she would
swoon away, and great scalding tears
trickled down her careworn features.—
Her counsel warmly congratulated her,
and this in a measure seemed to restore
and reassure her; but she burst into
tears, and her pent-up soul for once
found a vent in those unerring evidences
of a common humanity.
NELLIE WAS ALL OF. A TREMBLE
When she reached her seat, like a young
bird but lately released from its’ cage
and not yet fully assured of its liberty.
Mrs. Nugent, as well as Miss Rosa
Neilsoß and her mother, and, in fact, all
who were gathered were more or less af
fected. But the joy of the heart was
silent and without display—deep and
sincere.
Radicals of the Morton-Fomey stripe
oppose the passage of the Amnesty bill
on the ground that the Southern people
are still “rebellious.” The fact that in
nearly all portions of the South the an
niversary of General Lee’s birthday was
celebrated with high honor, furnishes
these fierce slanderers of the Sputh new
material for their opposition to general
amnesty.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1872.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
Letter from Ex-Senator Doolittle.
Racine, Wis., January 13, 1872.
M. C. Oallaway, Esq.:
* * * * In my opinion the present
party holds power simply because those
who are opposed to it do not alt togeth
er. Three million Democratic voters
are opposed to it, and, as I believe,
nearly one million Republicans are op
posed to it. Can the four million unite
and vote together ? If they can, they
will have a majority of five hundred
thousand. If they cannot, they must
fail.
How can this union in political action
be effected ? It cannot be a coalition of
leaders to obtain office and power. There
must be a union of the masses upon
common principles, and to effect a com
mon and great patriotic purpose.
The whole country waits now to see
w'hat shall be the action of the Liberal
Republican Convention, to be held in
Missouri, on the 24th instant.
If that convention shall plant itself
squarely upon ideas, and pledge itself
to principles, which all true Republi
cans, and all true Democrats of Jeffer
son’s and Jackson’s school cherish as
vital to the maintenance of Republican
government, and to constitutional civil
liberty, they may command the confi
dence not only of the 1,000,000 Liberal
Republicans, but of the 3,000,000 Demo
cratic voters. But in order to do so,
they must declare against centralization ;
against keeping military power above
civil authority ; against using the Fede
ral army to control conventions and de
stroy the freedom of elections ; against
stupendous frauds, peculations, and rob
beries of the carpet-bag governments of
the South, as well as Tammany, the
Custom House aud elsewhere ; and in
favor of universal enfranchisement ; of
giving to all the States their just and
equal rights under the Constitution; in
favor of the principle of one term for
the President ; of applying that principle
to the present Executive, and of a prac
tical civil service reform by placing a
statesman of capacity and integrity at
the head of affairs.
Should that convention take somo
such course, and the Liberal Republi
cans of other States follow their ex
ample, and show that the Liberal Re
publicans of the whole country have the
courage to work, and, if necessary, make
sacrifires to sustain true Republican
liberty, the great mass of the Democratic
voters would not only sympathize with
them, but, in some proper and efficient
mode, fraternize with them in political
action in order to save our Republican
system of government. If they seen to
lead, however, they must show them
selves worthy of leadership. They must
speak to the people in no uncertain
tones, and march before them with no
faltering tread.
Respectfully yours,
J. R. Doolittle.
The Georgia Press Association.—
There are less than four months inter
vening between now and the annual
meeting, the second Wednesday in May,
which will be held wherever called by
the President. We propose to the press
a little excursion after the duties of the
next meeting are performed. Say, for
instance, that Atlanta should be the
place, and from there an excursion via
Macon, Savannah, Charleston, Augusta
and then home. Cars might be charter
ed at very reasonable rates, as they are
for all similar occasions. This would
perhaps bring more of the members of
the press together, and all would enter
heartily into the work of perfecting our
organization, and the pleasures of an
excursion.
We throw out these hints for the con
sideration of our brethren of the press.
Should the proposition be agreeable it
would be necessary for our Correspond
ing Secretary to negotiate with railroad
officials for proper arrangements. What
says the press ?—LaOrange Reporter.
We think the suggestion a good one,
and would be pleased to have it meet
the approval of the members of the As
sociation.
“ Masterly Inactivity.” “ Watch
and Wait !” seems to bo the Democratic
watchword just now. Advices from
Washington report that the National
Democratic Executive Committee will
not meet till after the Philadelphia Con
vention, to decide when and where the
National Democratic Convention shall
be held. It is thus proposed to adhere
to the passive policy until all the plans
and purposes of the Republican party
on the Presidential issue are fully de
veloped ; and it is, therefore, maintained
that there is ample time for the commit
tee to call the Democratic Convention as
late as August, and thus give full oppor
tunity for all elements opposed to the
continuance of the present administra
tion to unite on an opposition Presi
dential ticket. This view of the course
to be pursued meets with the approval,
it is understood, of many of the Demo
crats in Congress. —Charleston News.
Good Advice.— Speaking of the cases
of contested elections now before the
House Committee, the New York Even
ing Post says :
Mr. C. C. Bowen claims the seat held
by Mr. R. C. De Large, from the Second
District of South Carolina. Both these
men are disqualified by bad character,
if not by law, for a seat in Congress.
Mr. Bowen has been convicted of a
felony, and Mr. De Large undoubtedly
obtained his election by fraud anil
bribery. Why should not the committee
declare the seat vacant, and demand a
new election ?
This is sound, sensible advice, and we
trust, for decency’s sake, if for nothing
else, the committee will follow it. Let
a precedent be established by which it
shall be understood hereafter, that if a
constituency chooses to send to Con
gress a scalawag or scoundrel, Congress
will straightway proceed to kick him out.
There is a popular superstition prevail
ing to the effect that the individuals
selected to legislate for the country are
gentlemen, and while there are excep
tions to this, as to all rules, yet it is best
to keep the superstition alive as along
as possible. If De Large, the ballot
box staffer, or Bowen, the convicted
bigamist, is admitted to a seat, no other
blackguards, whether of high or low
degree, need fear to apply. Brand both
these fellows as unfit for the society of
honest people, and the congressional
atmosphere may be improved thereby.
[Missouri Republican.
The Missouri Convention. —The Lib
eral Republican Convention held in Jef
ferson City, Mo., on the 24th, has, as we
expected, called a National Mass Con
vention, to be held in Cincinnati, on the
first Wednesday in May. Let the Lib
eral Republicans move straight forward
without stopping to waste their energies
in a vain attempt to disorganize or dis
band the Democratic party. Let the
Liberals get up their organization and
the Democracy keep up theirs, and
Grant will be beaten, and beaten to the
satisfaction of all his opponents. There
are doubtless those who will go head
long into the Liberal movement, more
because of their hostility to Democracy
than of opposition to Grant’s centraliza
tion. Such indiscreet actors and unwise
counsellors will move and clamor only
for Democratic disorganization. Their
hopes eonnot be realized, and, if they
could, the realization would redound
only to the benefit of the Grant party.—
Nashville Union.
Cotton Kino Again. -Revie win g the year
1871, the Manchester (Eng.) Examiner
States that the cotton districts have had
a return of those busy times which cer
tain prophets told us some years ago had
gone forever. The cotton manufacture,
so far from having disappeared as one
of the staple industries, has more capital
embarked in it at this moment, and
finds emplovment for a larger number
of work people, tUs at any former period.
THE SENATE APPORTIONMENT
BILL.
The House -Apportionment Bill In a
New Shape.
The following is the House apportion
ment bill as amended and reported to
day by the Senate Judiciary Committee:
An act for the apportionment of Repre
sentatives among the several States,
according to the ninth census.
That from and after the third day of
March, 1873, the House of Representa
tives shall be composed of 243 members,
to be apportioned among the several
States, in accordance with the provisions
of that act, that is to say, to-wit:
state. reps.
Kentucky 8
Tennessee 8
Indiana 11
Illinois 16
Missouri 11
Arkansas 3
Michigan 7
Florida 1
Texas 5
lowa 8
Wisconsin 7
California 4
Minnesota 3
Oregon 1
Kansas 2
West Virginia... 3
Nevada 1
Nebraska 1
STATE. REPS.
Maine 4
New Hampshire. 2
Vermont 2
Massachusetts .. 9
Rhode Island... 1
Connecticut. ... 3
New York 28
New Jersey 6
Pennsylvania . .22
Delaware 1
Maryland 5
Virginia 8
North Carolina.. 7
South Carolina.. 4
Georgia 8
Alabama 6
Mississippi 5
Louisiana 5
Ohio 17
Provided that if after such apportion
ment shall have been made any new
State shall be admitted into the Union,
the Representative or Representatives of
such new States shall be additional to
the number of two hundred and forty
three therein limited.
Sec. 2. That in each State entitled un
der this law to more than one Represen
tative, the number to which the States
may be entitled iu the Forty-third and
such subsequent Congress shall be
elected by districts composed of contigu
ous territory, and containing as nearly
as practicable an equal number of in
habitants, and equal in number to the
number of Representatives to which
said States may be entitled in Congress,
no one district electing more than one
Representative ; provided that in the
election of Representatives to the Forty
third Congress in any State which by
this law is given an increased number of
Representatives, the additional Repre
sentative or Representatives allowed to
such State may be elected by the State
at large, and the other Representatives
to which the State is entitled by the dis
trict as now prescribed by law in said
State, unless the Legislature shall other
wise provide before the time fixed by
law for the election of Representatives
therein.
Seo. 3. That the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in November, 1872, is
hereby fixed and established as the day
in each of the States and Territories of
the United States for the election of
Representatives and delegates to the
Forty-third Congress, and the Tuesday
next after the first of November in every
second year thereafter is hereby fixed
and established as the day for the elec
tion in each of said States and Territo
ries of Representatives and Delegates to
the Congress commencing on the 4th
(lay of March next thereafter ; provided
that in any State in which by law the
polls are held open more than one day
for the election of State officers the polls
for the election of members of Con
gress in such State in A. D. 1872, shall
be held open for the same length of
time, beginning the day above specified
in this section.
Sec. 4. That if upon trial there shall
be a failure to elect a Representative or
Delegate in Congress in any State, Dis
trict, or Territory, upon the day hereby
fixed or established for such election,
or, if after such election a vacancy shall
occur in any such State, District or Ter
ritory from death, resignation or other
wise, an election shall be held to fill any
vacancy caused by such failure, resigna
tion, death, or otherwise, at such time
as is or may be provided by law for fill
ing vacancies in the State or Territory
in which the same may occur.
Sec. 5. That no State shall be hereaf
ter admitted to the Union without hav
ing the necessary population to entitle
it to at least one Representative, accord
ing to the ratio of representation fixed
by this bill.
Sec. 6. Should any State, after the
passage of this bill, deny or abridge the
right of any of the male inhabitants of
such State, being twenty-one years of
age and citizens of the United States, to
vote at any election named in the Con
stitution (article 14, section 1), except
for participation in the rebellion or other
crime, the number of Representatives
apportioned in this act to such State
shall be reduced in the proportion which
the number of such male citizens shall
bear to the number of male citizens
twenty-one years of age in such State.
Agricultural and Horticultural Con
vention.
Office of the Georgia )
State Agricultural Society, v
Atlanta, Ga., January 24, 1872. )
In pursuance of a call from the Com
missioner of Agriculture, at Washing
ton, D. C., for a “Convention of dele
gates representing the interests of the
State Agricultural and Horticultural
Societies, Boards of Agriculture and
Agricultural Colleges of the United
States, to assemble in Washington, D.
C. on Thursday, 15th February next,
to confer upon subjects of mutual inter
est, and to take such action as shall be
deemed expedient for the promotion of
Agricultural Education, and to secure a
more intimate connection between the
Department and the several Institutions
mentioned,” I appoint as delegates to
represent the Georgia State Agricultural
Society in said Convention, the follow
ing gentlemen, to-wit:
E. M. Pendleton of Hancock county,
Wm. Schley of Chatham county, P. J.
Berckmans of Richmond county, Jos. B.
Jones of Burkecounty, James H. Fannin
of Troup county, T. J. Smith of Wash
ington county, P. M. Nightingale of
Glynn county, James H. Nichols of
White county, Samuel Barnett of Wilkes
county, C. B. Yancey of Clarke county,
J. S. Lavender of Pike county, Jonathan
Norcross of Fulton county, J. T. Ellis
of Spalding county, C. W. Howard of
Bartow county, Dr. A. Means of Newton
county, Richard Peters of Fulton
county, J. H. Fitten of Bartow county,
D. W. Lewis of Hancock county, T. G.
Holt of Bibb county, J. B. Hart of
Greenecounty, M. C. Fulton of McDuffie
county, James Camak of Clarke county,
J. Yanßuren of Habersham county, J.
S. Lawton of Monroe county, T. P.
Janes of Greene county, D. A. Vason of
Dougherty county, J. 11. Dent of Floyd
county, W. Phillips of Cobb county, W.
P. Hardin, of Cobb county, E. J. Camp
of Milton county.
As it is important that our State Soci
ety should be represented in this Con
vention, it is hoped that all of the above
named gentlemen, or as many as can
possibly do so, will attend.
A. H. Colquitt, President.
The South Carolina Railroad. —We
print elsewhere an article from the Au
gusta Chronicle and Sentinel in refer
ence to an alleged purchase of the South
Carolina Railroad by certain New York
parties interested in the Central Road,
with a view to controlling the former in
the interest of the latter, and to the pre
judice of Charleston in favor of Savan
nah. It has been known for some days
that a movement is on foot to lease the
South Carolina Road, and we learn that
a proposition will be made in Charleston
for that object to-day. These parties,
it is said, will offer to lease the road and
guarantee satisfactory dividends to be
agreed upon. It is stated that they will
also make propositions which will open
to produce in Middle Georgia a free
choice of route to the seaboard. The
movement is intended equally to fight
off the encroachments of the Pennsyl
vania Centeral and to reconcile compet
ing interests in the business of these
great seaboard lines. Os its practical
effect on the price of freights, if con
: summated, we have no information. It
is thought by some that it will probably
increase the business of Macon as a
1 radiating centre of freights, while others
! sav Macon will be hurt by a consider
able advance of freights as the result of
' this combination. It is best to wait and
i gee. The knowing ones profess to be
I certain that the lease will be consumma
ted —Macon Telegraph.
A New Paper, called the Central City,
has been established in Albany, Ga., by
Willis M. Russell. The Central City is
a large eight-column paper, very neat in
its appearance, and well filled with en
tertaining reading matter. We wish the
proprietor much success in his new en
terprise.
[From the Chicago Post.]
COL. FISK AND UNCLE DANIEL.
Pride the Best Policy and Honesty
i Must Some Day Have a Fall —The
Early Birds Flock Together, and
Birds of a Feather Catch the Worm.
It is now in order to recount anecdotes
; of the early life of the late James Fisk,
Jr., and the Tab>e Talker, ever ready to
| contribute to the literature of the coun
i try, proceeds to relate the following rem
iniscence of the Prince’s sunny hours of
boyhood :
When Fisk was about ten years of age,
he kept a small market stall at Benning
ton, Vermont. One day the eminent
steamboat man, Daniel Drew, came to
to the market with his basket on his
arm. He asked young Fisk if his eggs
were fresh. “ You bet,” replied the in
genious boy; “pop pulled them off the
vines-this morning.” “Give me a do
zen, sonny,” replied Mr. Drew. The
next stall was kept by little Eliphalet
Buckram. “Is this pumpkin good, my
son ?” asked the venerable stock-broker.
“It is a good enough Morgan,’’answered
the truthful child; “but, sir, if you
will examine that portion concealed
from too scrutinizing a view, by contact
with the boards forming the counter
of the stall, you will see that there is a
bad spot in it, ” “Does not that seem
unbusiness-like, my child, to cry down
your own wares ?” asked the kind-heart
ed millionaire. “My sainted mother
told me I must never tell a lie with my
little hatchet,” responded Eliphalet
Buckram. The rich man was moved to
tears ; he took out his purse and gave !
Eliphalet Bukram a pat on the head and I
said he was a good boy. When he had
gone, Eliphalet Buckram said to little .
James, “O James, what made you tell 1
such a fib ? You know those eggs were
laid three weeks ago. Y’ou will seo that i
I have gained a customer and you have ;
lost one.” Well, when Eliphalet went
home, his stepmother came to the door 1
and said : “Here you are, you lazy lit
tie sneak, and you havn’t sold that pun
kin yet ! I’ll punkin you !” And *tlie !
took him in her stepmotherly arms and
fanned him with an ox-goad until he !
said that he would prefer taking
his meals off the mantlepieee for the
next few consecutive days to sitting
down with the rest of the family.
And next day Daniel Drew came into
the market (“arealin’ and a tearin’,”
as old inhabitants say), and said :
“ Where is the boy that sold me those
eggs, eh ?” and Jim Fisk pointed to
Eliphalet and said : “ There he is, sir,”
and Daniel Drew reinforced that boy’s
stepmother’s ox-goad with his cane so
effectually that—but never mind. So
Daniel Drew bought all his garden-sass
of Jim Fisk. Iu after life Eliphalet
Buckram set up a grocery store, and
gave trust to all the poor people, and
never sanded his sugar, and wouldn’t
quality his rum with water ; so he burst
up, and the sheriff sold him out and he
went to the poor-house. But Daniel
Drew kept his eyes on Jim Fisk, and
by-and-bv he gave* him a partnership in
the Erie firm, and Jim beat him out of
$4,000,000. This is not a story for good
little boys. We fear it is too near the
truth.
The Sale of Agricultural Land Scrip,
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel :
As the question of the sale of lands
granted to the several States, under the
act of 1862, for the support of agricul
tural colleges and schools of mechanic
arts, is exciting considerable interest in
the public mind, I beg to hand you the
following account of the disposal made
of their quotas by certain States ;
States. Number of Acres. Ain't received.
North Carolina 270,000 $135,000
Kansas 90,000 360,000
West Virginia 150,000 85,000
Indiana 390,000 200,000
Kentucky 330.000 165,000
Minnesota 120,000 600,000
Massachusetts 360,000 236,307
New Jersey 210,000 110,000
Ohio 629.920 342,450
Pennsylvania 780,000 439,186
Maryland 210,000 105,000
Michigan sold a portion of her 240,000
acres at $2 50 per acre ; Connecticut sold
180,000 acres for $130,000 ; lowa located
her 240,000 acres within her borders, and
values it at $480,000; much of Missouri’s
330,000 acres, being double minimum
land on the line of the South Pacific
Railroad, the quantity was redueed to
280,000 acres, valued at $420,000; New
York’s 990,000 were approprirted to Cor
nell University, at Ithaca—Mr. Ezra
Cornell donating $500,000 to the institu
tion, in addition to two hundred acres of
land; the Jewell collection of geology
and palaeontology '$10,000) ; sub-dona
tion of $25,000 ; and $300,000 expended
in purchasing the scrip. If my memory
is not at fault, Alabama and Mississippi
sold their quota at 90 cents per acre ;
Texas and Louisiana their quota at 87
cents per acre. Georgia will receive for
her 270,000 acres, announced as sold at
90 cents per acre, the sum of $243,000.
Loraine.
Railroad Complications.—What of
Them.— There seems, judging from the
tone of the Augusta and Savannah
papers, and the positive statements of a
high official in Columbus who is in a
position to know, that the New York
stockholders of the Georgia Central
Road have purchased a million dollars
of stock in the road between Augusta
and Charleston, paying therefor thirty
cents in the dollar. If this be true,
Columbus is blocked entirely at Augusta
from having a competing line to Charles
ton, even when the North and South
Road is completed, if this purchase
gives the Central control of the road
mentioned. It was stated some time
ago that the S. C. R. R., the one report
ed purchased, had bought a controlling
interest in the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad. If the Central gets the rule
of the former, of course the latter comes
under her sway.
As the papers state, the fight appears
to be between New York on the one side,
and the Baltimore-Philadelphia combi
nation on the other, for the trade of the
South.
These statements furnish greater ar
guments for urging Columbus to make
every exertion to meet the Baltimore-
Philadelphia combination, that we may
enjoy the benefits of the competition,
and not be crushed. The towns that
have only one line must pay the losses
occasioned in those where there is rival
ry. The North and South ought to be
pushed to a point on the Atlanta and
West Point Railroad. There, via At
lanta and the State Road, we get connec
tion with Mahone’s Virginia and Ten
nessee roads, backed by the Baltimore-
Philadelphia corporation. With the
North and South completed to Rome,
we have still better connections in vari
ous directions.
The Baltimore-Philadelphia combina
tion are building a road from Charlotte,
N. C, to Atlanta. Does not this show
also how indispensable is the Columbus
and Atlanta Air Line? The fight be
tween the two giant corporations will
perhaps be between Atlanta and Mont
gomery. The Georgia Central and its
New York aids ought to be strong
enough to prevent the Western Railroad
from passing into the hand of its ad
versary. This road, perhaps, the Bal
timore-Philadelphia combination may
not want, as they already have connec
tion with Selma and Montgomery by the
Selma, Rome and Dalton, and Stanton’s
and the South and North Alabama
roads. May they not be more apt to
look to the Mobile and Girard Road,
which they can buy, or lease, and push
it through to Mobile, in order to secure
the trade of Southeastern Alabama ?
With this view, might it not help to
build the link between here and Atlanta,
and ought not Columbus to extend
liberal inducements and aid ? Might it
not be advisable to turn the North and
South Road in the direction of Atlanta ?
This would not hinder its going to
Rome, but would furnish a better line
than the present one. Columbus must
act. —Columbus Sun.
The Warrento.v Band.— We regret to
learn that among the sufferers by the
recent destructive fire in Warrenton
were the members of the Warrenton
Band. They lost nearly all of their new
silver instruments and all of their brass
ones. This band was to have performed
at the approaching tournament of the
Augusta Sabre Club, but their misfor
tune compels them to break the engage
ment. The club is making arrangements
for a»oUtar band.
Public Meeting In Jackson Couuty,
Georgia.
In obedionce to a call explained in the
preamble accompanying this notice, a
large number oi the citizens of Jaek
i son couuty assembled in the Court
House at Jefferson on Wednesday, Jan
uary the 17th, and organized by calling
Wm. S. Thompson, Esq., to the Chair,
and appointing the undersigned Secre
tary.
The object of the meeting having
been explained, on motion, the Chair
appointed a committee of twelve, one
from each militia district in the county,
viz: Rev. P. F. Lamar, Capt. A. T.
Bennett, Green R. Duke, M. T. Wilhite,
Capt. A. C. Thompson, J. A. Brock, A.
C. Appleby, Esq., L. J. Johnson, H. W.
Guthrie, Jones Sells and I. E. Betts, to
report business for the meeting.
The committee, after a brief absence
for conference, returned and through
tlioir Chairman, the Rev. P. F. Lamar,
submitted the following preamble and
resolutions, which were adopted without
discussion, objection or a dissenting
voice :
Whereas, A committee of citizens ap
pointed for the purpose, visited and con
ferred with the commandant of the
guard of United States soldiers recently
stationed at the residence of Mr. J. R.
Holliday ; and, whereas, itwas mutually
agreed after free consultation with the
said commandant to hold a public meet
ing in the Court House at Jefferson, for
the purpose of devising measures for
the promotion of the peace and welfare
of Jackson county ; and, whereas, there
are charges of lawless conduct alleged
against some of the citizens of the said
couuty of Jackson ; therefore,
Resolved, That while it is not the
province, and would be foreign to the
objects of this meeting to institute in
vestigation as to the guilt or inuoceuce
of any person or persons charged with
violating the late act of Congress, known
as the “ Ku-Klux bill,” it nevertheless
behooves us as good and law abiding
citizens to express, as we heartily do, our
unqualified condemnation of all viola
tions of law and order of whatever
character.
Resolved, That the citizens of Jackson
county, as heretofore, are uncompro
misingly opposed to mob law, and to
any and all secret organizations that dis
turb the peace, quiet and welfare of
society.
Resolved, That having sustained a
character unstained by any intimation or
suspioion of disorder or lawlessness
since the surrender—the Holliday dis
turbance excepted—‘the people of Jack
son county are Still the friends of law
and order, and the enemies of any and all
disturbers of the peace.
Resolved, That in the sense of this
meeting, the civil officers of the county
should be diligent in their efforts to fer
ret out and bring to justice all violators
of law and order, and we hereby pledge
them our assistance, if necessary, in ar
resting any and all persons who may pre
sume to take the law into their own
hands, or in any way infringe upon the
rights of the individual citizen.
Resolved, For good and sufficient
reasons, which we are prepared to ren
der before the proper authorities, that
the reported firing upon Mr. Holliday’s
body guard of Federal soldiers, in De
cember of the past year, was not, in the
decided judgment of this meeting, the
deed or act, directly or indirectly, of
any citizen or citizens of Jackson coun
ty, and we hereby specially invite the
attention of the authorities to this state
ment ; and as an act of justice to the
people of Jackson county, the most
rigid investigation of this, as well as
other charges alleged against them is
urgently solicited.
Resolved, That the burning of Mr. J.
R. Holliday’s mills was a demoniacal act,
much regretted by the citizens of Jack
son county ; that for this most palpable
violation of law and right they are not,
and should not iu justice be held re
sponsible ; aud they hereby pledge them
selves, without prejudice to foes or parti
ality to friends, to do all in their power
to bring the guilty party or parties to
condign punishment.
Resolved, That copies of these resolu
tions be forwarded to the Chief officer
in command at Atlanta, the Marshal of
the State of Georgia, and the Hon. W.
P. Price, our Representative in Con
gress, and that the Athens, Augusta,
Atlanta and Gainesville papers be re
quested to publish the same.
W. S. Thompson, Ch’n.
Wynn A. Worsham, Sec’y.
January 18th, 1872.
Secretary’s Bulletin.
Office State Agricultural Society, 1
Atlanta, Ga., January 23, 1872. (
The following is a list of delegates
elected to the Convention of the State
Agricultural Society, to be held at Sa
vannah, 22d February next, as returned
to this office up to date :
Baldwin county—W. McKinley, J. S.
Thomas, Henry Stephens.
Banks county—J. J. Turnbull, J. K.
P. Douglass, A. J. West; “Phi Delta”
Society of Banks—J. W. Pruitt, W. B.
Pruitt, W. W T . Charlton.
Bartow county—S. W. Leland, R. M.
Stiles, T. J. Lyons; “Oothcaloga” Soci
ety of Bartow —J. H. Fitten, J. M.
Veach, A. C. Trimble.
Berrien county—D. G. Hutchenson,
B. F. Whitington, W. E. Connell.
Bibb county—James Tinley, Charles
M. Wiley, Thomas Hardeman.
Butts county—G. B. Elder, W. R.
Thaxton, J. A. Bryan.
Calhoun county—C. M. Davis, George
W. Colley, J. J. Beck.
Campbell county—A. S. Whitaker, L.
Ballard, Joseph Headen.
Clinch county—L. C. Mattox, A. J.
Caswell, J. L. Sweat.
Clayton county—J. W. Storey, J. L.
H. Waldrop, J. J. Hanes; "Philadel
phia” Society of Clayton—J. Huie, E.
Huie, A. J. Camp.
Cobb county—Martin L. Ruff, Wil
liam L. Mansfield, J. T. Burklialter ;
“ Powder Springs” Society of Cobb—A.
C. Mclntosh, J. C. Butner, A. J. Kiser.
Coweta county—J. H. Cooke, R. Y.
Brown, S. F. Vineyard ; “Longstreet”
Society of Coweta—W. A. Smith, J. A.
Goodwin, J. H. Graham.
DeKalb county—Decatur Society, E.
A. Davis, T. C. Howard, R. A. Alston ;
Stone Mountain Society, A. J. V eal, H.
P. Wooten, E. B. Whitman.
Dooly county—J. L. Toole, J. E.
Lilly, A. C. Cone.
Emanuel county—J. H. Sherod, S. A.
Puglisley, M. B. Ward.
Glynn county—P. M. Nightengale,
James Postell, S. C. Deßrulil.
Gordon county—Jas. Harlan, M. M.
Anderson, Jas. Rogers.
Greene county—T. P. Jones, O. P.
Daniel, James L. Brown.
Gwinnett county—Thos. H. Mitchell,
E. J. McDaniel, Thos. E. Winn ; Nor
cross Club—John J. Thrasher, M. Rich
ardson, G. H. Jones.
Hall county—Hayn3 Creek Society—
M. R. Coker, Taylor irmour, W. L.
Redman.
Henry county—J. M. McDonald, G.
M. Nolan, Q. R. Nolan.
Houston county —S. D. Killen, J. D.
Smith, D. M. Brown ; Fort Valley Club
—W. J. Anderson, J. A. Miller, D. H.
Houser.
Lee county—J. P. Stephens, V. G.
Hitt, F. H. West.
Lowndes county—J. A. Dasher, Jr.,
S. E. Myddleton, H. D. Holliday.
Lumpkin county—Wier Boyd, R. A.
Quillian, B. A. Martin.
Milton county—A. W. Holcomb, J
Graham, J. B. McCallum.
Mitchell county—J. H. Spence, J. A.
Collins, B. F. Brimberry.
Montgomery county—J. A. McMillan,
E. Mcßae, D. J. Mcßae.
Newton county—E. Steadman, E. 8.
Thomas ; “ Brick Store ” Club, of New
ton —H. L. Graves, J. G. Paine.
Oglethorpe county—W. B. Brightwell,
Pope Barrow, John T. Hurt.
Pike county—“ Bamesville” Society—
J. S. Lavender, A. Stafford, J. C. Middle
brooks.
Polk county— S. M. H. Byrd, W. M.
Hutchins, N. J. Tumlin.
Quitman county—S. P. Burnett, R.
G. Morris, J. C. Pittman.
Randolph county—W. Coleman, T. L.
Douglass, N. T. Crozier.
Spalding county —J. A. Beeks, J.
Stillwell, Dan’l A. Johnson.
Talbot county—J. F. Little, W. R.
Neal, J. F. Marshall.
Troup county—B. C. Ferrell, E. A.
Reid, M. A. Rachels.
Twiggs county—Dr. W. O. Daniel, W.
Faulk, W. Solomons.
Upson county—J. C. McMichael, Jo
seph Allen, John F. Lewis.
Walton county —B. S. Sheates, G. A.
Nunnally, W. W. White.
Washington county —P. R. Taliaferro,
S. J. Smith, T. O. Wicker.
White county —E. F. Starr, J. H.
Nichols, J. R. Lumsden.
Wilkes county —C. A. Alexander, T. T.
Hunter, John T. Wingfield.
Wilkinson county—A. J. Miller, E. J.
OoaU, Jwm* 4 "^
NEW SERIES—VOL. XXV—NO. 6.
Tickets for the abovo delegates will
issue from this offieo by the sth oif Feb
ruary.
County Societies which have not elect
ed and returned the names of their dele
gates will do so immediately, or be too
late to obtain tickets.
It must be borne in mind that the rail
roads have agreed to carry only a dele
gation of three from each county. So
cieties are notified that no further appli
cation for tickets will be made for more
than one delegation from each county.
David W. Lewis,
Secretary.
Thb Railroad Situation. The
Charleston Courier says : “A recent
publication in several interior papers,
as to certain movements of capitalists,
buying control of the South Carolina
Railroad, has been the subject of honsid
erable attention in business circles here
for the past week. So far as we can
learn, and on authority, the transfers of
stock do not amount to figures of conse
quence in the direction of control, and
it may as well bo stated that the pur
chases must be on u very much larger
scale to accomplish such a result. The
present 2>rice, $34, is not more than $1
or $1 25 advance from the lowest point
of quotations, and it would seem not
unreasonable to infer that the absorp
tion of the moiety of 60,000 shares, ne
cessary to control, would advance the
price most decidedly. If thus the
movement is a real one to effect the pur
pose spoken of, wo think it would bo
well for holders of shares to pause be
fore parting with property at one-third
of its real value, when delay would give
double present figures, should the par
ties having this purpose in view be in
earnest. So much for present surround
ings.
“As to the motive wliioh lias induced a
New York gentleman of means to make
purchases in South Carolina Railroad
stock to the extent of five thousand
shares, we ca~ only judge from the fact
that he is a large stockholder in the
Central Railroad of Georgia, and that it
is openly spoken of as a movement of
that company to bottle up its rival,
forcing Augusta aud all west of it to give
Savannah their business. We would
add, iu this connection, that a leading
Director of the Central Railroad of
Georgia was said to be in the city last
week, and proposed a lease of the South
Carolina Railroad, the terms of which
we did not learn. The interests of this
city are so identified with the West by
railroad connections, paid for in largo
sums of money, that it would seem
strange enough to be excluded from the
benefits accruing from these sources,
yet still it is so announced in the papers
of the interior, and, according to some
of these oracles, Charleston is to be
‘ fenced in,’ &c.; but, on the other hand,
land is cheap between Charleston and
the Savannah river, the Port Royal
and Savannah Road nre on the card,
and it would indeed be a strange sight
that a city of this size should sink out of
commercial sight at the nod of a rival
corporation. Will the Georgia Road
(Augusta to Atlanta) acquiesce in being
a dependency of the Central, and will
Augusta remain quiet, with her old port
closed to her ?”
The Confederate Archives. —Wm. L.
Stone recently delivered nn oration in
New York. In the course of his re
marks he gave the following bit of infor
mation concerning the disposition which
was made of the rebel archives at the
collapse of the rebellion : “On the morn
ing of Mr. Davis’ capture,” says Mr.
Stone, “ David Tilgman waited upon
him at his bedside and said, ‘By this
you may seo that the enemy is here ;
such and such is the disposition of the
roads. If you come with me you will
be able to leave the country in safety. If
you do not, you will be captured in five
hours.’ To this Mr. Davis replied,
curtly, he ‘ knew his own business best. ’
Tilgman continued : ‘ Very well, sir ; I
have been entrusted with the treasure
and archives, aud propose to secure
them, even at the peril of the loss of
your favor and my life. I shall start at
once by the way I have marked out.’
The result is well known. In less than
five hours Mr. Davis was a prisoner, but
the archives were safo. When a few
weeks after, in the recesses of the forest,
Tilgman learned that all was lost, lie
alone, with his own hands, buried the
treasure and archives, and unless, du
ring the four years that elapsed between
his parting with me and his untoward
death, he revealed the spot, the secret
as to the whereabouts of the archives is
forever buried. As long as they can be
kept from the ken of man, so long shall
the story be a monument to our brother’s
unswerving fidelity. This is the true
history of the archives of the Southern
Confederacy, although rumors are from
time to time set afloat of their being
now in the vaults of this bank, and now
of that.”
The Pressure —The Chicago
Republican says : “ Mr. Alexander
Simpson, of Towanda, is dead. Ho was
bilious. Mr. Alexander Simpson was,
and he saw the following paragraph from
the pen of Dr. Hall : ‘ If a bilious man
wants to get well, and is in no special
hurry, all that he has to do is to lie down
out of doors, between two broad boards,
until he gets ravenously hungry. ’ Mr.
Simpson followed this advice, and
calmly fell asleep with a broad board on
top of him. Under ordinary circum
stances there would have been no trou
ble ; but there was a Fat Men’s ball in
the lager-beor saloon next door that day,
and the two champion fat men got over
the fence, and sat down with a jerk on
top of Mr. Alexander Simpson’s upper
board without knowing ho was there.
It squelched the breath out of him at
the first blow. And the fat men, you
understand, they sat and sat there, and
discussed politios, and the Alabama
claims, and the Legal Tender act, and
the weather, and woman’s rights, and
the Harrison boiler, and metaphysics,
and they kept on drinking glass after
glass of beer, and getting heavier,- until
one of them happened to look under the
boards—and there was Alexander Simp
son, as dead as Nebuchadnezzar, and
mashed out so thin that yon could pass
him under a closed door without scrap
ing his vest buttons ! He doos not suf
fer from bilo no. But doos anybody
know where Dr. Hall lives ? Because
Mrs. Simpson is making inquiries, and
she is anxious to snatch a few silver
hairs from his brow, and to necessitate
the purchase of a patent glass eye.”
A Singular “Tail,”— Recently a
love-sick swain w'as paying court to his
duleina. She had smuggled him into the
parlor, and the darkness only served to
conceal her blushes while John told the
story of his love. The muttered words
reached the parental ear, and coming
suddenly into the room he demanded to
know of Mary who it was she had with
her. " It’s the cat, sir,” was the mum
bling reply. "Drive it out of here,”
thundered putcrfamialias. “Scat!”
screamed Mary, and then sotto voice :
(“John meaow a little” !) John set up a
woeful yowl. That cat’s got a cold,”
remarked the parent. John yowled
louder than ever. “ Confound it, bring
a light and scarce the thing out.” This
was too much, and John made a leap for
the window, carrying glass and frame
with him. “ Thunder ! what a cat!”
said the parent, contemplating the ruin
after the light was brought; “ I never
saw anything like, and confound it, its
tail is made out of broad-cloth,” as he
viewed a fluttering remnant hanging
from the window.
Roman Catholic Church in the
United States.— A recent number of
the Catholic World directs attention to
the rapid growth of the Roman Catho
lics in the United States. It says :
“ Nowhere has the Catholic Church in
creased so prosperously within the last
fifty years as in the United States of
America. Two thousand churches and
chapels were built; an increase of 1,800
clergymen ; 160 schools established for
the Catholic training of 18,000 boys and
31,000 girls. Moreover, there existed in
1867, 66 asylums, with 4,968 orphans of
both sexes ; 26 hospitals, with 3,000
beds ; 4 insane asylums, besides many
other charitable institutions, all sup
jjorted by th« private charity of Catho-
* Cost op Tuition in Public Schools.—
Below we present some figures showing
the cost of tuition per pupil a year in
the best graded public schools in this
country. The schools comprise the
primary, intermediate, grammar, and
high school divisions. In addition to the
elementary branches, the higher mathe
matics, modern and ancient languages
are embraced in the course of study :
New York. sl9 75
Boston 21 85
San Francisco 21 83
Memphis 21 65
Chicago 10 70
Cincinnati 17 85
New Orleans 18 90
St. Louis 16 85
Savannah 16 25
Augusta 16 00
It should be remarked in reference to
the cost of tuition in the pnblio schools
of this city and county that the sl6 is
on account of tuition, llental of school
rooms, etc., increases the cost per pupil
to $lB. The oourse of study in our
schools does not embrace so wide a range
as the older organizations above cited.
We are glad to know that a high school
is in contemplation.
All that we need, in order to have as
tine schools as any in this broad land, is
a sufficiency of available funds in the
hands of a progressive board of educa
tion. The latter we have ; the former
we must have. A wisely framed local
school law will strengthen the system by
guaranteeing to it that symmetry which
everywhere else distinguishes it.
Air-Line Railroad. —The survey and
location of the Air-Line Itoad, which
has recently been completed, show the
following elevations above tide water :
Atlanta, the starting point, 1,105;
Gainesville, 1,297 ; at Mr. Kimsey’s, 28
miles east of this place, the highest
point on the line, 1,616; the Tugolo
river, at the crossing, 700—which will
be crossed on a bridge only 30 feet high—
Greenville, S. C., 1,050; Spartanburg,
1,050; at King’s Mountain the elevation
iB the same as it is at Gainesville ; Char
lotte, N. C., 850. The greatest, diver
gence from an air-line is at Mr. Kimsey’s,
which is u little over four miles. The
line runs within two miles of Toocoa
Falls, and fourteen miles from Tallulah
Falls. The distance from Atlanta to
Charlotte is 260 miles. The line skirts
the mountains for two hundred miles,
and yet there will not boa tunnel on the
road, and the heaviest grade will bo
52 8-10 feet per mile. This is a triumph
of engineering skill but rarely equalled,
and probably not excelled in railroad
engineering.
The whole line is now under contract,
with over 3,000 hands at work. It is
the intention of the authorities to have
the cars running through by the first of
November next. —GaincxviUe Eagle.
Educational. Gainesville wants a
first-class high school building.
The Legislature of Tennessee, at its
recent session, passed an act creating
the office of State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction.
Bibb county will soon commence ope
rations under a local school act, obtain
ed at the last session of the General As
sembly.
The State University has opened under
the most auspicious circumstances.
The Charleston News is urging the
early payment of salaries of teachers of
the public schools—due for services ren
dered from January' to July, 1871. The
new Board of Education, with Colonel
Memminger at its head, has levied it tax
sufficient to conduct the schools the
current year.
Death from Blowing Down a Lamp
Chimney. —The Luzerne (Pa.,) Union
records another terrible accident result
ing from too common practice of blow
ing down a lamp chimney to extinguish
the light. The casualty occurred in
Cleveland, Pa., a few nights since. Mrs.
Elizabeth Stark disrobed to retire about
ten o’clock. She attempted to extinguish
her coal oil lamp in a very common man
ner, by blowing down the chimney. The
lamp exploded, throwing over her the
blazing liquid, and in an instant she was
enveloped in flames, and was terribly
burned. There seems to be no end to
accidents, resulting from the careless
use of kerosene, and the people cannot
be too careful how they manage and
handle their lighted lamps.
We copy the above item as a warning
to those who commit the foolish act.
Atlantic Cable. —lt is announced
that the American Atlantic Cable Com
pany, incorporated by the New York
Legislature in 1866, will soon commence
laying an ocean telegraph wire from the
Eastern extremity of Long Island to
some point either on the English or
Dutch coast. An act of Congress, passed
March 29, 1867, conferred on this com
pany the right to lay a cable from any
point on the Atlantic coast except in
Florida. In 1869 the King of Holland
granted permission to the company to
land a cable on the coast of that country,
and in 1870 the English Government
conceded similar privileges. The funds
for this enterprise are to bo raised by
the issue of stock and mortgage bonds
to the extent of sixteen million dollars.
It is proposed to lay two cables, one
direct to the coast of either Great.
Britain or Holland, the other by wav of
the Bermuda and Azores Islands to the
coast of Portugal.
Thf. Approaching Tournament. —As
already announced, the Augusta Habre
Club will hold a tournament at the Fair
Grounds, on Monday, February 6th,
next.
This club numbers some sixty mem
bers, forty of whom attended drill on
Friday night last, notwithstanding the
inclemency of the weather.
Arrangements are perfected whereby
the railroads will carry' visitors for the
occasion at half rates, and a large dele
gation from the surrounding country
may be expected.
There will be two orations delivered
on the occasion, by two distinguished
speakers.
Snow in the West. —'Jhe snow block
ade on the Centrul Pacific Railroad
has created quite a commotion among
the merchants and business men of San
Francisco, and their views and com
plaints are finding voice in the papers
of that city. Tho Chronicle, of the 3d
instant, remarks: “The experience of
the past few weeks, with our interrup
ted mails and delayed and damaged
merchandise, teaches us that we cannot
rely upon a road running through the
snow belt for daily communication. It
is idle for San Francisco to talk about
controlling the trade of China, if tho
valuable goods seeking our transit are
to be subjected to the delays and extra
ordinary risks attendant upon a snow
blockade.” At the same time, the
Chronicle favors the construction of a
road on the thirty-fifth parallel.
Pickett’s Division. —The Ranncr of
(he South and Planters’ Journal will
shortly commence the publication of a
roster of Pickett’s celebrated division.
It contains a complete roll of the dif
ferent commands, the engagements, ami
the loss in each battle. It is prepared
by General E. P. Alexander, of Colum
bia, South Carolina.
George Francis Train “gives it” to
some Cincinnati editors who inadvert
ently mentioned him as a lunatic, in this
verse :
“You miserable, sneaking dogs,
Who cares for your scurrilous pen !
You talk to a city of hogs.
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