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oi* J'l C r l)f 11 j^p|“jjj OLD SERIES—VOL. LXXTX. <£l)t:omrlr attb &mtfttel. Terms of Subscription. DAILY. <km mentli t 1 00 'Hiroe months 2 60 One year 10 00 TP.I-WEEKLY. One year f 5 Os) Hix mootin' 2 60 WEEKLY. Oil month* 1 00 Cn» year ... 2 oo WEDNESDAY JULY 31. THE riIAHOKH AGAINST GREK LEY. It is charged that Greeley has been a life-long Abolitionist anil a secessionist, riiis is what the Grant men say. It is true lie was an uncompromising oji jtonent of that servitmlo which was calleil “Southern Slavery.” Tt also true that lie was willing to let the “erring sisters,” who preferred to secede rather than nrrender Houtlicm Slavery, go in ju.acr. Hut how about Grant ? Grant’s bayonets abolished slavery, and Grant him>< If led the hosts in war against the South. Does any suppose that Grant would have led an army to maintain the rights of the South as guaranteed by the Oonstitution, although he himself was a professed Democrat? Where is Grant now with his Kii-Klnx law and bayo nets ? 111!. GREELEY THE CINCINNATI I*LAT FORM. We trust that our anti-Greeley friends will rend carefully the article published in another column from the pen of John Forsyth, in the Mobile Rigishr. Mr. Forsyth, like Mr. Thurman, Mr. bayard, Mr. Stockton and other leading Democrats, opposed the nomination of Greeley, and lent their whole energies to prevent it ; but now that the party has acted, they have determined to abide that action. Like Mr. Forsyth, we do not accept the whole of the Cin cinimfi platform, and more especially we do not siihcribe to the declaration made in the second resolution of that plat form : yet wo shall, as the nominee of the party, give Mr. Greeley our earnest and cordial support. HK N ATI >ll TIIIJIIMAN’M POSITION. lie Will Support Greeley The Haiti more Nomination the Work of the People, Ci.RVBr.ANi>, July 16.- -The Cluindr ni ce, t o day, publishes a letter from the lion. A. G. Thurman, ill which ho says that, though he would prefer that the Democrats had resolved on a straight Democratic ticket, he will work earnest ly for the election of Greeley aud lirown, as it is the will of the party. Ho be lieves that the welfare of the country re quires the defeat of the present Admin istration. The nomination of Greeley ami Frown at Haiti more, lie says, was the work of the people, politicians hav ing nothing or little to do with it.. The Democratic party dees not abandon its principles, but, believing as it does that i.lm course of the Radical leaders threat ens to destroy all constitutional and I) ratio ideas, it is bound by its principles to seek to overthrow those leaders, and if it cannot be done by the mode it would prefer, it. is but. common sense to take the next best mode. When such ft Democrat as Judge Thurman can sink his party prejudices and feelings fertile good of the country, wo ask why cannot our nnti-Grooley friends in this State cease at least their warfare against, him, if they cannot go as far as Mr. Thurman, and come out decidedly for him ? It seems to us that Hindi a course requires no abandonment of principle, and wo should bo rejoiced to have their support in the present can vass. I.ET THE DEAD IIIIRY TIIE DEAD. It is with profound regret that wo soo seme of our esteemed contemporaries with whom, side by side, we have battled so long, raking up with bitterness of soul the records of the dead past. Snell an one is that able and patriotic journal, the Ka van null News. Como, brother; let the dead past sleep. It is not the record a Haul, of Tarsus, that must concern us ; but it is to a Paul, an apos tle of the glad tidings of peace, that wo must turn. Certainly there is much more of promise for the future in Gree ley's advocacy and pledges for peace aud the restoration of civil rights than in Grant’s Administration of Ku-Klux laws, with bayonets and dungeons. Lot it not be said that your past convictions of principle have only been regenerated to rivet, the oppressions that weigh upon us like a mountain for time to come. Even the New York World admits that "on »ur point the great, point of all— the record of Mr. Greeley is clear and consistent -namely,the tint'/ of treating the Southern people with generous mag nanimity and affirms that “on this cardinal point, the candidate himself is a platform.” What, more could you ex pect ? Is not the power and the respon sibilities of the character of the Govern ment in the hands of the people of the North V ANOTHER LETTER FROM TIIK HON. .1. 15. (iIIINNKLL. «j row t H of Hu* Liboral Cause En couraging Prospects Everywhere. Tli.' following letter from the Hon. J. P,. Grinnell, of town, appoarsNn thepnb lio press of that State: I have just rotunie.l from the East, an,l can assure you that our eauso is ruining every .lay. The meeting at Fifth Avenue* New York, was a great triumph for us, yet .levise.l in the in terest of tirant. We eomssle two States South, with (iov. Wise of Virginia, who Inner .lohn Brown, the martyr, Seimues the pirate, Mosby the rai.ler, Stephens ami Toombs, the tiro-eaters, ami sneh for (.rant. The Liberals claim 124 votes South, New Jersey, l*; Connecticut, 6; New Hampshire, 5; California, 6; Ne braska, ;5. ami Indiana, 15; which make w ith New York :55 some eighteen votes more than the one humlrod and eighty four required to elect. We have left l'ennsvlvania, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, with more than equal chances in our favor. Ex-Gov. Blair, the noble war Governor, and other able adherents, place Michigan ou the doubt ful list. Gen. Banks, the most popular statesman ill the East, is regarded with suspicion, us are many who will he hoard from in ten days. My State let ters are full of cheer. One says “seven ty-five old Republicans in this rural town for Greeley.” And then, “ a great rising here; we want speakers; Germans solid and strong here.” It was telegraphed to President Grant: “Grinnell, J. 8., stands alone in this count v." Take notice that in this town a few days, since in a company of seven carpenters, Ml but one were for Greeley. The entire residents of one of the Ivest blocks iu town, which embraces two merchants, are all anti-Grant We have not yet boguu to act and bilk, but know that in this town there will be a gain of from 500 to I,ooo per cent, in op position to Grant The same is true iu other localities were the papers are very weak, and hundreds are waiting for Baltimore and discussion. Why don't they ratify ? or why not invite discus sion ? Oh ! how they fear coalition ! as if the Republican party was not so made. Wliat is there hnt honor in fraternity, and burying the old issues for an honest, competent, and noble statesman. That is what will bo done when the thinking masses conclude that in peace the statomau's pen should be mightier than the sword. Yours, J. B. Grixsell. Brick Pomerov says that now is the time for “every "Democratic voter to sell liis vote to the highest bidder, and take the cash in hand.” Without question ing the morality or smartness of this proposition, because it is both moral and smart, in a Poineroyniau sense, says the St. Louis Times, we would suggest that , if every Democratic voter was as little worth Imying as he is, there would be piighty few bidders and slow sales. I THE N EW YORK TRIBUNE’S WARN ING TO SOUTHERN PEOPLE. If a negro laborer is discharged, some one will be found to represent this as a proscription for principle’s sake ; and we do not donbt that before three weeks arc over the Grant press will teem .daily with reports of murderous Ku-Klnx assassinations, and a desperate attempt will lie made to alarm the North ern voters by pictnres of disorder and lawlessness in the South. The truth in, a good, square, atrociinis piece of lawlcatnrM and violence in the South would junt now be a Godsend to the Grant party. If they could prove* within tho next two months, that half a dozen negroes had been burned at the stake in Alabama, and that a number of white women and children bail attended the incremation, and waved Confederate Hags oyer the flames, Grant’s fuglemen would at once “ Thank God and take courage.” They are just now a little blue and disheartened, and stand badly in need of something of this kind ; for they have no arguments to offer. There is but one thing, as wo believe, aud as many of tho Grant managers be lieve, that can re-elect Grant, and that is anew outbreak of violence in the South ern States, or what would answer the same purpose, such plausible falso re ports of violence in the South as would thoroughly alarm tho Northern mind. The Grant leaders and managers are everywhere talking about “the rebel lion.” That is their principal stock in trade. They appeal to the “Union sen timent.” They curry favor with the “Union soldiers” as though these had not, seven years ago, become citizens; they are doing their worst to preach up anew crusade against the South. It be longs to the Southern Democrats to de feat this atrocious and unpatriotic plot, and the way to ilo it is to maintain—as they can—even better order in the South than is observed in tho North. And for the rest, when a lie is reported, lot it be at once fully and authoritatively proved to boa lie. That can and ought to be done. I’REHI DENTIAL CONTESTS. A Review of Past Political Struggles. Those who take uu interest in the Presidential elections, from Washington to Grant, will find a brief review of them below. The purity of the ancient, order of things with ns, and tho general quiet in tlio early contests, except when the election of Jefferson was thrown into the House, and lturr made Vice-Presi dent, tho now era of Monroe, all eon trust, strangely with the turbulence which from time to timo lias since prevailed: Fivo periods in our political history are thus summed rip: 1. The Washingtonian or Federal period of twelve years, including the ad ministration of Washington and John Adams, ending in LstM). 2. The Jeffersoriinn or old Republican period of twenty years, embracing Jef ferson, Madison and first four years of Monroe, ending in 1320. 3. Eight yours, from tho second elec tion of Monroe t,o the first election of Jackson, ending 1828. 4. The stormy Democratic period of thirty-two years, Jackson to Lincoln, ending iu 1800. 5. The period of tho Republican party of twelve years, from Lincoln to the present day. WASHINGTON—EIGHT YEARS. 1790— The First Party Contest. Tho total electoral vote cast was 138 Adams roceivod 71 Jefferson received 67 A narrow escapo for Adams, notwith standing tho support he roceivod from Washington’s Administration. Tlio re sults worn tho election of Adams as President and Jefferson as Vice-Prosi dent. 1800 —Second Contest—Adams and Jbf- EERMON. Jefferson 73 Pinekuoy. 64 1 Burr 73 John Jay 1 Adams 06 There being a tie between Jefferson and Burr, tho election was carried into the House. Jefferson boeamo President and Burr Vice-President. 1804— The Change in the Constitution. In this contest the Republican candi dates were Jefferson and George Clinton, of New York. The Federalists nomi nated Charles C. Pinckney, of South Carolina, for President, and Rufus King, of New York, for Vice-President. The result was: For the Republican ticket 102 For the Federal ticket 24 1898— First Election op Madison. For Madison... .122 | For Pinckney. .47 George Clinton (113 votes) was, with Madison, elected Vice-President. 1 I*l2— Madison’s Second Election. President Republican Ticket, Mad ison, 128. Vice-President—-Republican Ticket, Gerry, 131. Federal Ticket— President—DeWitt Clinton, HD. Vice- President, lngersoll, 80. 1810 —Fikst Election of Monbob. James Monroe, for President, and Daniel D. Tompkins, of New York, for Vice-President, were elected by 183 elec toral votes, against 31 for Rufus King, the Federal candidate for President, these 34 votes being distributed among several candidates. 1821 V—Monroe's Second Election. Monroe was re-elected President by every electoral vote save one, and Tomp kins was re-elected Vice-President by 218 votes against 14. 1824.—The last Congressional Presi dential Nominating Caucus was held this year, and it was iu favor of Craw ford, but it was a signal failure. The Presidential candidates were Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Win. 11. Crawford and Henry Clay, and the votes were thus divided : For Jackson 99 I For Crawford..4l For Adams 84 | For Clay 37 The election was thrown into the House. On the first ballot Adams was elected, having received the votes of 13 States, against Jackson 8, Crawford 4. 1828 —Jackson Against Adams. Jackson, in this contest, was triumph antly elected, his electoral vote being 178 to 83 for Adams. 1832—Jackson’s Second Election. Andrew Jackson, Democrat 219 Henry Olay, National Republican. . 49 John Floyd (South Carolina vote). . 11 William Wirt, anti-Mason 1 1836 —Martin Van Bi-ken's Election. Martin Van Bitren, Democrat 170 W. H. Harrison, Opposition 73 Hugh L. White, Opposition 26 1 Vaniel Webstor (Massachusetts’ vote) 14 W. P. Mangum (South Carolina vote) 11 Col. Richard M. Johnson, of Ken tucky, with Van Bnren, was run for Vice -I’resident as the regular Democratic nominee. The election of Vice-Presi dent wins carried to the Senate, where Johnson was chosen-—Johnson 33 votes ; Fnuieis Granger, of New Y'ork, 16. 1840 —the result of the electoral vote was : For Harrison 234 For Van Buren 60 1844— Defeat of Henry Clay. For P< ilk and Dallas 170 For Clay and Freliughnysen 105 With the 36 electoral votes of New York given to Clav (and the 15,000 abo lition Whigs could have given him the State by 10,000 majority), Clay would have been President. 1848— The Election of General Tay lor. For Taylor and Filmore 163 For Cass and Butler, of Kentucky . . 127 Here, with the transfer of the 36 votes of Now Y’ork from Taylor to Cass, the result would have been 163 for Cass, and 127 for Taylor. 1852— The Election of Pierce. 1852 resulted in giving Pierce the elec toral vote of all the States except Ver mont and Massachusetts in the North, and Kentucky and Tennessee in the South. 1856— The Election of Buchanan. Bucanan and Breckinridge, Dem.... 170 Fremont and Dayton, Rep 112 Fillmore and Donaldson 8 Fremont carried all the Northern States except California, New Jersey, Pensylvania, Indiana and Illinois ; Bn- chanan all the Southern States except Maryland, which was carried by Fill more. It was Fillmore, however, as a third candidate in tho North, who car ried off the balance of power from Fremont and elected Buchanan. 1860— The Election on Lincoln. In this election all the Northern or free States were carried by Lincoln ex cept Now Jersey, which was carried by a fusion. Os the Southern or slave States, Douglas carried Missouri, and Bell carried Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. All the others were carried by Breckinridge. Thus, by tho division of the opposition elements, Lincoln was triumphantly elected, while against the combined opposition popular vote he was in a minority of 947,000. 1804 —The Second Election of Lin coln. For McClellan—New Jersey, Dela ware and Kentucky. For Lincoln—All the rest. Lincoln’s majority on tho pop ular vote was 411,(XX). 1808 —-Election of Grant. For Grant and Colfax 213 For Seymour and Blair 80 The popular majority of Grant was 309,000, and ho carried twenty-six States against eight for Seymour. Three States—Texas, Mississippi and Virginia —not being reconstructed, took no part in the election. FLOW OF SPECIE SOUTH. Wo are credibly informed that fifty thousand silver half dollars havo been sent from Washington by tho Republican Executive Committee, for use in North Carolina. Tho wards of the nation are greatly tickled l>y the jingle of silver, and their eyes dwell upon “ rhino ” with delight. It is pleasant, however, to note the enterprise which promises to aid in' strengthening tho people of the South for a resumption of specie payments, even though it comes from staunch sup porters of the theory that greenback is better than gold and silver currency. One word of caution : Look out for bogus coin, particularly if wrapped with paper bearing Radical vignettes. HOW THE RADICALS EXPECT TO CARRY THE ELECTIONS. A correspondent of tho World, writing from Long Branch, exposes the plans of the Administration in the conduct of the present canvass, as follows : Senator Morton during his sojourn here this term lias deigned to pay one or two visits to the hotels, accompanied by Senator Wilson, on a tour of obser vation. It was noticed that lio was very sour and morose. There appeared to be a load on bis mind. This was just after the long consultation hold at Grant’s cottage referred to in my dis pateh of Saturday night, in which Mor ton, Grant, Wilson, and Air. Childs par ticipated. Tlio first question at this consultation was as to North Carolina. This being the first State to hold an election, the Administration men are exceedingly anxious to have it record a verdict on their side. They boliovo that that will materially help them in the elections which are to bo hold in September and October. At any rato, Grant, Morton, and Wilson came to tho conclusion that North Caro lina must bo carried at all hazards and at whatever expenso. There being mem bers of Congress to bo’ elected in Au gust tlio bayonet election law can bo ap plied. Under it they can appoint all tlio marshals they like, and pay them in that way for their labors for Grant. Under tlio cover of this law it is pro posed to purchase the way through aud manipulate tho ballot boxos to suit their purposes. It was argued by the parti sans in attendance upon the late Phila delphia renomination Convention that Congress should pass tho election law as proposed by the Senate. “Give us that,” they said, “and wo don’t care who tlio votos aro for when tlioy go into tho ballot box, for we will take good onro that they oomo out as we want them. ” Tho law was not framed in tho precise form that they wished, but tho Grantites fonglit desperately to get all tlio power that was necessary to do just ns they pleased under it. The discussion that has taken place hero between Grant, Morton, and Wilson, liow to carry out, the present law so as to help thorn, has revealed their groat disappointment over tho failuro of the other provisions which wore in tho original bill ; and, further more, it has shown that had they secured, that law it would havo been stretched to tho extremo for tlioir partisan ends. Tlio State authorities in North Carolina be ing mostly in political sympathy with Grant’s Administration, it is claimed that they will wink at any stretching of tlio present law and aid if necessary in making it apply with all the force that tho original law would. It is thus that they expect to make this bayonet elec tion law an engine-in that election, raiso an enormous force of deputy marshals, and call tlio aid of the military under the plea that it is necessary to sustain the marshals and protect them in their duties on election day. This is the pro gramme marked out in their desperation and alarm about tlio result. It means that the State is be carried by fair or foul means, anil at any outlay of Govern ment money, too. Ougani/.ation of the First Gkeeley Or.un in Georgia—Election of Offi cers.— I The first Greeley and Brown Club in Georgia was organized in Sa vannah on Tuesday night last, and the following officers elected : President —Waring Russell. Vice-Presidents —G. W. Stiles, T. R. Mills, Jr., John Schwantz, John Bros nun. Secretary—M. T. Qninnn. Assistant Secretary —S. E. Byck. Treasurer —S. Elsiuger. The Club now numbers about two hundred members, and will ntouee enter into active campaign service. Another Greeley Club in Savan nah. —The Savannah Advertiser says that the Greeley Clubs are tlio order of the day. The enthusiasm for the phi losopher is rapidly taking possession of the hearts of the people of Savannah. Many of tlioso who wore despondent some timo since are taking an interest in the matter as tho campaign pro gresses. The Advertiser has no prophe sies to make, but states that tho sonti inent in favor of tho great philosopher is widening and taking in men whose influence will be felt and acknowledged. A second Greeley Club was organized in that city, on Friday, with the follow ing officers : President—Henry Blnn. Vice-Presidents—John H. Thomas, A. Neely, T. R. Sheldon, Juo. Postell, C. S. Hardee, Win. R. Symons, John Lord. Corresponding Secretary—J. Lawton Whatley. Recording Secretary —John G. Rear don. Treasurer —A. McNulty. Experimental Farm for the Georgia State Agricultural College. —A bill, introduced by Dr. Durham, Representa tive from Clarke county, now pending action of the Legislature, authorizing the Governor to issue 7 per cent, bonds with which to purchase an experiment al farm for tho use of the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, is accompanied by a written proposition signed by the widow of the late ex-Gov vemor Lnmpkin, offering her place for the sum of $15,000, to be paid in 7 per cent, bonds. This place of Mrs. Lumpkin is al most iu immediate conjunction with the University campus, contains 163 acres, and lies within the corporate limits of Athens. The owners of a steamboat are suing the S. A N. R, R. for SIOO,OOO. Boat struck the bridge pier and sunk. Case was submitted to Montgomery jury on Thursday. Some of the best posted men think that the loss resulting from the late freshet throughout Alabama will ap proximate $4,000,000. The Alabama river was higher at Wa tumpka on the 15th than it has been since 1833, AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1572. WHEELING INTO LINE. We have already published the admi rable letter of that pure man and staunch Democrat whose labors in behalf of the South has imperilled his eve-sight and greatly damaged liis health—we had al most said imperilled his life—Senator Bayard, of Delaware. We havo now the satisfaction of presenting another admi rable letter from the gallant Stockton, than whom the South has no friend moro true in the halls of Congress—Senator Stockton,of New Jersey. The following is the text of Senator Stockton’s letter, as it appears in tlieNowark (N. J.) Jour nal : Washington, July 10, 1872. To the Editor of the Journal: On my arrival this evening in Wash ington I find your Journal of yesterday, in which I am incorrectly represented as Laving nrged the delegates from New Jersey to vote for Horace Greeley. This is an entire mistake. In common with all other observers, it was plain to seo, soon after fireoley’s nomination at Cin cinnati, that ho would bo tlio Democratic nominee. After tho action of the De mocracy of Indiana tho result was cor taiu. But having been elected to tlio Senate of tho United States as a Demo crat, and never having cast a vote for any one but a Democrat, my convictions woro clear from the first that it was my duty io support a Democrat for tho nomi nation. The Convention at Trenton 1 olocted dologatos without any expression of opinion on tho subject. Under these circumstances 1 continued to tho end as ! I began, urging the delegation to vote according to their individual convictions i of dnty. I voted always for a Democrat. You will observe that the vote of New Jersey was equally divided between Mr. Bayard and Mr. Greeley, Which repre sented very correctly the supposed views of tho Convention which appointed tlio delegates, and probably the views of the Democracy of the State. Now, sir, since the high court of the party has spoken, there can bo no difference of opinion among Democrats. Party usage, us well ns the higher consideration of patriot ism, will unite the Democrats of New Jersey as one man on their nominee ; and I donbt not that New Jersey will cast her vote in tho electoral college for Horace Greeley. Until his nomination by the Conven tion it was my plain duty to oppose him and vote for a Democrat—now it is my duty to the imperiled liberty of my country; to tho Constitution which I am bound to protect against its viola tors ; to individual liberty, which lias been destroyed by forced constructions of the amendments to the Constitution; to the groat fundamental doctrine of local self-government, violated in all the States; to tho freedom of elections; to the supremacy of tho civil over the niillitary power; to tho cause of reform against tho universal corruption sur rounding tho present Administration — to uso all honorable moans in my power to defeat tlio re-election of Gen. Grant, by semiring the oloetion of • Horace Greeley. I trust aud boliovo that tlioso Democrats, like mysolf, who have abstained from any movement outside of the party organization will now unite as one mail in this sacred duty, and show that tlio old Democratic party can still, as heretofore, make a sacrifice of all prejudice and passion, and join with all patriotic citizens in a deter mined effort to preserve at least such liborty as lias boon left to us by the usurpations of the Republican Congress caucus and the military power. I am, very truly, yours, J ohn P. Stockton. Truo to his conviction of duty, the gallant Stockton is now in North Caro lina doing good service upon tho stump, an open advocate of tho election of Greeley and Brown. Again, Col. James A. Dawson, tlio editor of the Ledger, a “Bourbon” among Bourbons “straight” among the straightest—like a true Democrat, sacrificed no principle, but defers to the expressed will of tlio great majority of the Democratic parly, advocates tlio eloction of Greeley and Brown, and calls for a charge along tlio whole lino, with locked shields and fixed bayonots. In a leading editorial in tho Ledger an honest declaration of individual opinion and preference is statod plainly and emphatically ; but, bowing to tho will of tho majority, an adhesion is given without qualification, with firm ness of purpose and integrity in inten tion, and must carry with it “ Bour bons ” and “ Bolters ” with united front in tho coming campaign. Col. Dawson says : No man shall say that wo stood in tho way of success. Wo cannot defend the record of Mr. Greeley! That will hard ly bo expected of us. Neither can wo endorso the platform upon which lie stands. Imitating the example of Mr. Greeley in 1848, wo spit upon the plat form. In spite of the record of the can didate and the platform upon which ho has boon placed, wo shall support the ticket as tho best that can bo dono un der tho circumstances. Having accept ed the nomination, Mr. Greeley, though hitherto not.a Democrat, has booome the candidate of tho Democratic party, and, if elected, cannot, without downright treachery, fail to conform 1 his Adminis tration to tho policy of those whoso can didate lie cousents to become. For Gratz Brown we have all the whilo had a warm side. Wo can support him with hearty good will because ho has given substantial evidences of devotion to re foiiu and to the principles of local self government, by his bold, manly, just course in Missouri. Besides, he is a na tive born and bred Kentuckian, a scion of the genuine old Virginia stock, which is 11 consideration not without conse quence. Then, to be brief, wo accept tho inevitable, stand upon the Kentucky platform, support Greeley as the nomi nee of tho Democratic party, and Gratz Brown bocauso of his effective labors in behalf of constitutional freedom. To tho many thousands of Democrats who have stood with us in attempting to re sist tho current, of events for the past few months, we have to say that the full measure of our duty has been mot. Let us then defer our personal convictions to the voice of the majority, so far at any rate as to concentrate every effort to insure a triumph. Never mind tho re cords ; give 110 liood to platforms, but bond every energy to bring tho masses to tho polls. Lot tho canvass lie an ag gressive ono. When Greeley's Jrooord is hold up, point to the Democratic hook iu his nose and charge upon the enemy. Lot tho watchword lie, “ To the roscuo,” and, with locked shields and bayonets fixed, lot 11s charge along tho whole lino. MR. TOOMBS’ FIRST SPEECH IN ATLANTA. The Now Albany (Indiana) Leelgcr, some weeks ago, addressed a letter of inquiry to General Toombs in relation to tho speech made by that gentleman iu Atlanta after tho conclusion of a more elaborate address by Hon. Linton Stephens, in opposition to the Cincin nati ticket. The Ledger's introductory remarks and General Toombs' answer to his letter of inquiry are as follows : Having, in common with a great num ber of others, been astonished that Mr. Toombs should have made the silly speech copied into the papers through out the country recently, we addressed him a letter a few weeks ago asking him to satisfy ns as to the correctness of the report. Below we give his an swer verbatim. It will be seen that lie denies having spoken “as tho papers report me,” and intimates, though he docs not say it in so many words, that he haa been very unjustly and incorrect ly reported throughout. Being disposed to do Mr. Toombs entire justice, we copy his letter in full : Washington, Ga, Jnly 6, 1872. C. E. Mcrril, Esq., New Albany, Tnd. : Dear Sib —Your letter of the 21st ult. is received. I did not speak at the time referred to “as the papers report me,” nor as stated in the extract en closed by von. lam rarely in the habit of paving the least attention to reports of mi speeches by my opponents. It would be a labor compared to which that of Sysiphns was pleasant exercise. Your obedient servant, R. Toombs. Railroad President Declines a Re- Election.—G. H. Hazlehurst, President of the Macon Street Railroad Company, at the annual meeting of the stockhold ers last Saturday, declined a re-election. Capt. B. F. Ross was elected to the po sition. [From the Mobile Register.] PRESIDENTIAL. The Democratic party in convention assembled have nominated Greeley aud Brown as their candidates for President and Vice-President in opposition to Grant and Wilson. They have also adopted the exposition of principles contained iu what is known as tho Cin cinnati platform. The Register accepts and will support the nomination, bo cause it sees no other way in which So ithern votes can be recorded against the Radical Administration, aud because as between Grant and almost any nomi nee of the Democratic party, it cannot hesitate to choose. In other words, no administration of the Federal Govern ment that is conceivable can bo more dangerous than that of Gen. Grant. Tlio Register does not accept tho en dorsement of tho Cincinnati platform, for tlio reason that while it is full of sound political doctrines, all oj them taken from tfie life-long and traditional creed of the Democracy, there aro other principles enunciated that wo cannot conscientiously subscribe to, oven at the bidding of a Democratic Convention. On this subject our views wero stated in a letter written from New York touch ing tho results of the Fifth Avenue Con feronoo, in which wo said ; “On tho whole, I look upon the re sults of this oonforouoo as establishing tho point that tho Proasidoutial issue is made up between Grant and Greeley, provided Baltimore throws its weight into the scale of the latter ; and this proviso seems to bo assumed here. In that case every voter lias to choose between the* two. “At all events, let us hope, if the Democracy does surrender to Greeley and Brown at Baltimore, that it will do it upon terms distinctive of tho true causes and features of tlio rnirroiidor— that in the meanwhile the Democracy will not accept with the candidates of Cincinnati the platform of Cincinnati, but. will make one of their own, out of their timber, and publish to the world that while they will join the Liberal Re publicans to beat a common enemy, they abate not one of their traditional doctrines, and mean not one thought of disbanding their forces or abandoning their organization. The Alabama Democracy, in refusing to ratify Cincin nati in advance of Baltimore, and in sending their delegates to the family gathering at BaHimoro with their hands untied, have declared iu favor of pre serving tho integrity of tho party and against rallying under any now banner. For the. rest, tlio Register does not change its position until tho Democratic party speaks out by authority in National Convention assembled.” But still wo may support tho candi dates and not approve the platform. And now, having maintained to tlio last what wo regarded ns the safest and soundest course of principle and policy for the benefit of. tho whole country, as well as tlio Democracy, and having boon overruled by the voice of our colleagues, uttered in National Convention, and having been thus reduced to a single alternative choice as to tho best method of opposing the Washington despotism, wo propose to walk in tlio new path upon which events inexorably direct our footsteps, in the open, direct and uncom promising manner that manliness com mends in all political actions. For tho future of this course we aro free from responsibility; but we take our stand by our Democratic brethren, anil it will be from no lack of offort on our part if that future does not prove rosoato in its , fruition of tho brightest hopes and ex pectations of tho latest builders at Bal timore. And now a word to Mr. Greeley’s oarliest and loudest friends in the South. Having hailed this ticket with delight, seo to it that you show a sober earnestness in its election. You may gush no\y like so many peronnial fountains, but we warn you that there is work to be done, in Alabama aud Mississippi atloast, to elect it. It is now to bo proved whether the Grooley move was a real outburst of the people or of the politicians. Wliat we know is, that thoro aro thousands of Democrats who are to be reconciled and conciliated to jibe support of Greeley as against Grant. Tlio Register will do its part—and the Register will have the heaviest part to do, because it is in a position to do it most effectually. What wo demand is that when the serious work begins, tlio “ gushers” . will not retire and wait for the viotory aud tho division of the spoils. Meanwhile we go for Greeley and Brown, becauso wo cannot afford in tho slightest degree to be responsible for the re-election of Grant and Wilson. Lester District, Burke County. Editors Chronicle <fe Sentinel: Gentlemen —l regrettod vory much to see in your issue of tho 19tli 4 tlie state ment relative to Mr. Ross. Had the writer known Mr. Ross bettor he would have been more considerate in making his charges. I have known Mr. Ross to got up at midnight and go to seo about men that ho had hoard were on tho road drunk. Mr. Ross’ statement in relation to the man found on tho morning of the 17tli is, that lie was lying on his back with liis left arm over his face and when lie tried to rouse him ho turned over on his right side. He saw no bruises on the man, nor could ho find any blood on the track. Supposing tho man to be drunk, and as 110 was lying under an embankment out of danger of the cars, lie loft him. On his return in the evening he looked for the man but oonld not find him—lie having moved into a thicket noar by. I have talked with all the mon composing Mr. Ross’ gang, and their statements correspond with liis, so does that of one who discovered the man before Mr. Rosa arrived where ho was. Respectfully yours, 8. Young. Hon. Joint T. Hhowmalie. Editors Chronicle &■ Senti.net: Your esteemed correspondent, “Lo raiue,” mentions the name of this gen tleman in connection with tho vacancy to occur from this District in tho Senate of the Legislature. Now that liis polit ical disabilities have been removed by Congress, I see no reason why liis friends should not claim his valuablo services for our Stato. Every one knows tho gravo and difficult business pending before the Legislature, and appreciate tho neces sity of selecting our ablest and boat men as onr representatives. The public cry is for ability and purity in office, and Judge Shewmako combines these quali ties in tho highest degree, with ail al most unequaled conscientiousness. Georgia has long felt the need of lior sons who have been unjustly debarred from her councils, and the many friends of Judge S. will hail with the greatest pleasure his return to tho public service. Summerville. To the Public. Atlanta, Ga., July 29, 1872. Editors of the Daily Sun : I have read the card of CoL Nicholls, published in your paper yesterday. Be tween him and myself there seems to be a conflict of memory, as to the verbiage and purport of the interview. But Gen. Toombs cannot shield his poltroonery in that way, for he could not mistake the language over my own signature, sent him by express, and doubtless received by him before he penned his last card, published five days afterwards. Col. Nicholls, in his card, referring to my own of the previous day, says: “Governor Brown states that he was ad vised to see me, ‘and have me to agree in writing what occurred.’ ” This state ment nowhere appears in my published card, but it does appear in a memoran dum appended to my revision of the in terview, which was sent to Gen. Toombs by express. The proof is conclusive, therefore, that my written statement was received by Gen. Toombs. The verbal report of a conversation would never be the guide to a proud, brave man, as to what his honor deman ded, when he had in writing before him the pledge that he would receive, if he called for it, the satisfaction due a gentle man. Joseph E. Brown. San Francisco, Jnly 23. —A dispatch from Victoria, Vancouver’s Island, says that reports have reached that place to the effect that the white settlers at the forks of the Skeua river, in British Co lumbia, have been all murdered by the Indians. [From tlio Wilmington Journal ] i THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTLAWS. j Full Particulars of tlie Killing of Tom ! Lowrey He Dies Hard—The Body i Delivered to His Wife—The County . Reward Paid, Ac., Ac. IWe have received from various sources the following additional par ticulars of the killing of the outlaw, Tom Lowrey, on Saturday last: I On Thursday night last Mr. A. S. | Wishart, brother of the late Col. F. M. : Wishart, who was so fondly murdered ;by the outlaws three months ago, | having called to liis assistance a few res ; olute and daring young men, set out ! for Scntffetown to look after the outlaws, j and, if possible, to avenge the death of j liis gallant and lamented brothor. Pro ceeding to the neighborhood of the out laws, the gallant little band secreted themselves along the roads usually | traveled by thorn in tlioir walks about | the country, and waited patiently for an I opportunity to put their design in execu tion. Nothing was seen, however, of any of tho gang, which now consists of three members, Stephen and Tom Lowrey and Andrew Strong, until Saturday morning about 8 olcloek, when Tom Lowrey ap peared iu sight on his way to Union Chapel, where tho candidates were to meet and address the people on that day. Tom was armed with a rifle and three repeaters, aud walked leisurely along, unsuspecting of danger, until at a point opposite where tho young men wore concealed ho noticed the tracks they had made in crossing the road. He now seemed suddenly alarmed and com - moncod cursing bitterly, when suddenly tho little baud instantly discharged tlioir pieces. Eaeli of tho four shots took effect, and uttering a yell of terror and pain, the outlaw plunged into tlio swamp and ran about fifty yards, when lie fell down dead. Seizing the body they carried it upon their shoulders to the public road, a distance of half a mile, where they pressed a passing wagon, and thus carried tho dead body to Lumliorton, whore it was delivered to the sheriff. On Lowroy’s body was found the arms alluded to above, and a gold watch, the properly of Mr. John McNair. As the young men approached him when ho fell in the swamp, lie made an attempt to draw liis pistol on them, but was too weak. One hand was clenched firmly about liis gun (a Spencer rifle), no much so, that it was with difficulty that the fingers could bo unclasped. At the time tho young men fired on him, he was walking leisurely along the road in com pany with a white man by the name of Provatt, who came very near being shot as the young men fired on the outlaw. Tlio body was fully identified ns that of Tom Lowrey, and was delivered to his wifo, on Sunday morning, by Sheriff McMillan, who had sent for her to come and got it. It was interred by liis friends at two o’clook of tile same day, some where in the classic precincts of Scuffle town. The sumo day Sheriff McMillan paid tho reward offered by tlio county, SI,OOO, to tlio young men, and it is to be hoped that the State will act as promptly in paying Over tlio $5,009 offered last Winter in the Governor’s proclamation. The numos of the young men engaged in this gallant allair are : A. S. Wishart, Robert, E. Wishart, James McKay and James Campbell. They havo certainly rendered a great sorvico to the people of Robeson county. TllE ALABAMA FLOOD. Loss, Fivo Million Dollars Terrible Destruction of Crops and Other Prop erty in Tuskaloosa aud Jefferson Counties Sufferings of the People- Incidents of the Deluge. Montgomery telegrams report that tho damage by the late flood will roach five millions. The waters in Central Ala bama were higher than ever known at this season. Accessible houses along the streams were swept away by scores. Cotton and corn on highlands has been badly damaged by the heavy rains. The cotton crop of Alabama has been cut short forty thousand bales. Tlio Mont gomery Advertiser says : There was no rain in Enfaula on the 16th, but that was tho first day in the month of July of which tho same tiling cduld bo truthfully said. Up to that time tho rain had fallen during seven teen successive days. Os course, both corn and cotton suffered largely. l*'rom a gentleman who was cut off during a visit to Birmingham by tho floods, and who was compelled to return via Tuskaloosa, Greensboro, Marion and Selma, we learn tho following particu lars of the damage inflicted by the late heavy rains and the ensuing freshets in tho Warrior and Callaba rivers : Be tween Birmingham and Tuskaloosa he found the bridge across Big Sandy creek washed away, and the Warrior river op posite the mouth of tho creek more than six miles wide. The latter stream had then risen sixty-two feet at the city of Tuskaloosa, and was overflowing all tho farms along its banks and bottoms, car rying disaster and suffering in its course. At the crossing of the railroad bridge of the South and North Road, 50 miles above the city, it had risen to the unprecedent ed height of eighty feet, sweeping away tho iron bridgo as though it had been a mere cobwob. Os tho seven bridges across Cunningham’s oroek, in Jefferson county, flvo had boon swept completely away, inflicting such damage to tho road us to delay its completion two months or more. The iron bridge across the War rior was to have been swung at seven o’clock of the evening on which it was destroyed. Tho bridge across Turkey oroek withstood tho pressure notwith standing the fact that a gin-houso lodged against its timbers and was there torn to pieces by tho waters. Every mill in Jef ferson county, with tho solitary excep tion of Boyle's mill, which was slightly careened, was carried away. Houses of all sorts and sizes along even the most insignificant water courses were carried away, and their debris was, on Tnosday last, everywhere visible on the surface of the Warrior and Caliaba rivers. Tho Galmba, at tho crossing of the Kelnm. and Meridian Road, was at one time more than two miles wide. A number of trestles on tho eastern side of that stream were destroyed, and both ends of the bridgo along with them. Everywhere that the waters could roach the destruc tion of property has been terrible. We have hoard of no loss of _life however. The suffering that will result from this terrible calamity cannot fail to l>osevere. It is estimated that in Tuskaloosa coun ty alone it has cast not less than twenty five hundred people on tho charity of j tho public. Public meetings are being i called to consider the best means of aid- j ing tho sufferers, and the State will be j asked to extend them assistance. A numbor of families in Hale and Greene have also been involved, and in Jeffer son there is no estimating the damage that has been done or the suffering en tailed upon her citizens. Blount., Win- ] ston and Walker have also been injured, but to what extent we have not yet been ! advised. On last Friday morning, says the Mo bile Jit gUter, Admiral Semmes received from his son, who is planting on the Tombigbee, at Mclntosh’s Bluff, about , sixty miles above Mobile, tlic following ' letter, descriptive of the destruction which the flood is causing on that river. It may be safely assumed that ever}' planter on the Tombigbee and its tribu taries, from the sources of those streams i to the sea, will be utterly ruined for the present year : MclsTosn’s Bluff, July 18, 1872. My Dear Father— l am drowned out! ruined ! Already are the waters rushing over the bulk of the plantation, and by the time you receive this my entire fields will be one seething, boiling flood, as the river is rising at the rate of an inch an hour. In two weeks more I would have laid by as fine a crop as has been made since the surrender. It was the admiration of all who saw it—ninety acres of corn in full roasting ear, and I seventy acres of cotton, white with blooms, and laden with half-grown bolls, are now the prey of the angry torrent. | What Boutwell Promised at Chab ! lottb, N. C.—ln his harangue at Char i lotte, N. C.,on the 18th, it is stated that Secretary Boutwell, in order to persuade ! voters not to repudiate the rotten and oorrnpt Administration which he repre sents, promised them that the United States mint at that place shall hereafter be provided with coin to purchase the gold of the miners after it has been as sayed. Hitherto they could only get the gold assayed, and then it had to be taken to Philadelphia to be turned into coin. RAILROAD FRAUD IN SOUTH CAROLINA. i The Greenville and Columbia Railroad I —Petition to Place it in Bankruptcy j —Damning Evidence of Fraud. The carpet-bag adventurers who have swarmed upon the South since the war have developed a remarkable partiality for railroad management, as a means of advancing their fortunes through fraud and robbery the most unblushing possi ble of conception. The latest illustra tion of one of their numerous villainous schemes comes to light in the investiga tion of the aflairs of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, in South Carolina. We copy tho following from the Charles ton Courier : For the past two or tlireo days the United States District Court, Hon. Geo. S. Bryan, presiding, has been engaged in hearing the case of r.r parte Dan’l E. Seaunell, in re the Greenville and Co lumbia Railroad. This is a petition to place the Greenville and Columbia Rail road into involuntary bankruptcy, aud the case lias excited very general atten tion by reason of the developments as to the financial operations of the ring, which, up to the present year, has con trolled the road. At the opentng of tlio Court Monday morning Mr. W. J. Magrath, (’resident of tlie Greenville Railroad, resumed the stand, and was cross-examined by Mr. Corbin. Ho testified that tlio bridge across Broad river, alluded to in the Superintendent's report, hud aot yet liecn built, nor had any new engines been purchased ; there had beep no permanent repairs made to the road ; Unit the permanent bonded debts of the road had been paid this year. He had purchased in March last about $13,000 worth of first mortgage bonds from Mr. Joseph Crews ; they were past due bonds. Thus about SIBO,OOO of these bonds arc out at present. Ho paid about 95 or 90 cents for tho bonds purchased from Crews. Tho Air-Lino Railroad outs tlie Green ville Road at Greenville only. The coun sel then endeavored to show that the distance frrim Greenville to New York, by the proposed Air-Line Road, was less than by the route via Charleston by sea. Mr. Magrnth testified that the distance from Greenville to Charleston was 1270 miles, and from Charleston to Now York by sea, 700 miles ; lint that this last dis tance iu the tariff of freights, by contract with the steamship companies, was only reckoned as 200 miles. Tlio distance from Greenville to New York, by the through l’ortsmoutli, Virginia, Air-Lino Road, was about 662 miles'. By this computation, the distance between Portsmouth and Now York was reckon ed in the same manner as the distance between Charleston and Now York was reckoned—2oo miles*by freight tariffs—*• so that there was really a difference in favor of Charleston of 192 miles. Ho was of tho opinion that the cotton of tho Blue Ridge section would not bo diverted to the Air-Line Road, although thoro would bo competition. So far as the South (Carolina Railroad was concerned, ho thought that that road would be worked at an expense of less than 06 per cent, of tlio earnings. This includes the outlay for iron. This was a very fair average of the expenso of all first-class roads in tlio country. Ho thought that he could run the South Carolina liailroad this year inside of 02 per cent. The Greenville Road could be run for less, because it did not require such liberal expenditures; Re-examined by Hon. A. G. Ma grath—Tlio witness purchased the road and paid portion of tlie purchase money. Ho regarded that the purchase money J was an indication of the valuo of the j road oyer its liabilities. Ho would not sell the road for the same money to-day. Question by Mr. Bryan—Wliat is tho stock of the stockholders outside of the South Carolina Railroad worth ? After argument tlm question was withdrawn. Examination resumed—ln the opinion of the witness that line of railroad is an essential link in the chain of roads that conduco to the prosperity pf the lower portion of the Btate. Should it pass into the hands Os outsiders, it would certainly work harm to Charleston. Out of 88,000 bales of cotton that passed over the road in ono year, 81,000 bales came to Charleston. If the road was in foreign hands none of this cotton would come to this city. Mr. C. H. Manson, the Assistant Treasurer of the Greenville Road, was next called. He testified that ho had been instructed in April last to go to New York to investigate the nature of the claims made by the Commercial Warehouse Company against the Green ville Boad. He went there about the first of April and saw the President and two of the Vice-Presidents of the Ware house Company. They said that a loan of 3150,000 had been made with them by Kimpton, the agent of the road, on three notes executed by J. J. Patterson, a Director of the road. He signed these notes as Vice-President. The money was paid to Kimpton. The terms of the loan were, as the President of the Warehouse Company said, at tho rate of seveil per cent, interest, secured as collaterals of 3000,000 second mortgage bonds of the road, with a commission of five-eights of a cent per month on tho face of the collaterals. Tho commission and interest amount to thirty-seve u per cent, per annum. 'l'lipy were to have two and a half per cent, additional to tho collaterals in ease they had to sell in order tomeet the loan. The loan had been made during the Hummer of 1871. No report of this negotiation was ever made by Mr. Kempton, al though he accounted for it in his ac count current. This account the wit ness first saw in January, 1872. The Board of Directors of the road, on the 23d of May, 1872, passed a reso lution requesting the President to take steps to provent the payment of the loan, as it was regarded as fraudulent. Tie does not know of auy nation of the Board authorizing Kimpton to make tho loan. There was a resolution offered at a meeting in May, 1871, by Joe Crews, authorizing tho President of the road to furnish notes of the company to Kimpton, to an amount pot exceeding dollars, for the amount due him, and dollars of second mortgage bonds be furnished him to dm used as collaterals, Kimpton’s transactions with the com pany were numerous, hut there is no trace of any correspondence to be found among the papers of the road. Tho witness read from the minutes of the Board of Directors a resolution au thorizing the purchase of tho charter of the Continental Telegraph Company for 3387,500 second mortgage bonds of tho road. At a moeting in January, 1872, a reso lution was passed authorizing the Presi dent to make such changes in the re ceipts and vouchers of the Telegraph Company as would conform to die amount of bonds actually paid out for tho charter, viz.: $100,001), At a meeting May i, 1872, Governor On- offered a resolution repudiating and rejecting tho transaction as fraudulent. A discussion here arose as to the ad missibility of the question propounded to the witness, in which Mr, Corbin de nied that he was counsel for any of the persons wl*> held the bonds of the road fraudulently. The suit that he brought was for interest on bonds that had been past due ten or fifteen years back. Judge Magratli stated that while this might be true, be still believed that the petitioners in the present case wore urged on by those parties who had been carrying on a systematic robbery on the road, ard if the Court would give him time he would put a witness on the stand to prove that no person had ever received pay for the charter of the Con tinental Telegraph Company. That it was simply a sale from Directors to Di rectors. Cross-examined by Mr. Corbin.— Kimpton was the Financial Agent of the road; and had received over 8600,000 bonds of the road. Witness understood that in 1870 a second mortgage debt of 81,500,000 was created by the Directors. The Executive Committee of the Board was, for 1870, President Bush, Crews and Watermon; for 1871, Bush, Crews and Patterson. Witness nover saw any records of Ifie proceedings of the Executive Committee. It appears by the minutes of the Board that Kimp ton’s accounts have been duly audited and passed. He never saw any repudia tion of Kimpton’s aot by the Board. Witness never learned anything that would impeach the conduct of the Com mercial Warehouse Company in re ference to the loan to Kimpton. Cross-examined by Mr. Melton— Kimpton’s account, amounting to 8180,000, was approved in January, 1872, by the Board of Directors three days before the. advent of the present NEW SERIES—VOL. XXV—NO. 31. administration. The witness hud ex amined Kimpton’s account, and did not think it correct. Mr. O. D. Melton was next examined by Judge Magrath. He testified that he was acting as attorney for the Green ville and Columbia Railroad, and lmd received instructions from the Green ville and Columbia Railroad to institute proceedings against the former direction of tho road, With a view to recover all bonds that have been embezzled from the company. In the pursuit of this litigation, two of the parties have al ready surrendered their bonds, and ari knowlejged that the whole arrangement was simply n scheme to divide $300,000 of the company among the ring. Objection was made to this testimony by Messrs. Bryan & Corlrin, on the ground that the bonds in question were not included in the liabilities claimed by tlio petitioners. Mr. Magrath argued the admissibility of tlio evidence, and the Court ruled that the evidence was admissible so far as it went to prove the amount of bonds recovered. The witness—T recovered from J. J. Patterson $21,000 and from Dr. Neagle $37,500, on second mortgage bonds of tho road, which had boon received by them as their share of the price of the Continental Telegraph Company. There are 50,000 shares, which were held in unequal proportions. Both of these parties told witness the whole scheme ; there were $.300,000 divided out among them ; Kimpton received his share. The charter of the 1 Telegraph Company was sold by Ivimptort, Neagle, Patter son, and others, ntm among whom $300,- 000 in bonds of the Ixind were divided. The charter of the Telegraph Company was granted to Hall and Thurman, by the Legislature. Judge Magrath then submitted the affidavit of B.' D. Haftell, of New' York, proving the notice bf the Green ville Road to the Warehouse Com pany, receipting tlio sale of the bonds, despite the protest of the toad, for 25(M 29 cents on the face value. The affida vit also contained a copy of the notice from the railroad t-rt the Warehouse Company, denying the alleged indebted ness, and denying the tight, of the Warehouse Company to hold or sell them, inasmuch nS they had been fraud ulently obtained. At this point the Court adjnnrneed until half-past ten o’clock, Friday, When the consideration of theeitsio Will bo re sumed. The on Friday last were confined mostly to the testimony of ex perts as to the value of the Greenville Road. Messrs. W. A. Courtney and Geo. A. Trenhohn testified on this point-. Mr. Tronliqlm thought tlio road worth at least $2,500,0tM). lie believed that tlio road had been grossly mismanaged, but should ho profitable. The News says : Colonel C. 11. Simonton was next called as a witness for the defense, and testified that he attended a meeting of bondholders pi the Oreonvillo tun) Cp luihbia, Railroad Company, nvliioh was held at Columbia last month, and at which Dr. J. L. Neagle offered to take a lease of the road for ninety-nine years, put it in thorough repair and guarantee to pay the interest on the whole debt of the road, disputed and undisputed. This offer was guaranteed by Mr. Branch, of Augusta, whom the witness knew very well, whoso credit stood very high,, and whose guarantee would be taken for a very large amount of money. Ha was of the firm of Branch, Sons & Cos., a house which had very largo trans actions iu Richmond, Petersburg and Augusta. Another gentleman in Co lumbia had told him that, the Wilming ton, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company stood ready to cover that offer at any moment. Hokkilskk Railroad Aixuiiun't.—A ter rible aeecident oeourred near Jackson ville, Fla., on the Jacksonville, Mobile and Pensacola Railroad, last Wednes day night, in which a father aud liis lit tle sou were so terribly mangled as to bo almost beyond recognition. It appears that JameS J. Johnson (tnil his young sou, James Henry .Johnson, left Jacksonville about dusk on the evening mentioned for their home, aboitt five miles distant from the city, oil the railroad. The man had iu t his hand a tin pail of whisky when he left town. After proceeding about two miles and a half, as stated, they halted, but for what cause will never be known. At nine o'clock, says tlio Jacksonville Union, a party of colored persons pass ed along the road, and noticing the man and boy oil the track, warned them, saying, “ You had better get off tho track and go home, as the train will bo along soon.” Tlio man replied that ho would take earo of that. At this time he was holding tho boy in his arms, saying he was sick. The parties passed on. What transpired during the long hours from nine o’clock in the evening to one o’clock in the morning, can only bo surmised. It is thought, however, that either under tho influence of liquor, or being wearied by bin day’s labor, the father fell asleep with his sick child in his anils. The.night freight train, which passes this point at or about, one o'clock, passed over the sleeping father and the sick child. In f,he morn ing tho rising hub .looked down upon a ghastly scene. Stretched upon the traek, with hardly a whole bone in his body, was the fating. Be complete was this human wreck that, many portions of tho body could not be found. The head and shoulders were about fourfold from tho body. Ahttficial Limtis fok Disabled Sol-: diem.— Both Messrs. Clark and Hnoad, of Richmond county, introduced bills in the House yesterday, with a view to providing all maimed soldiers who de sire them, artificial limbs at tlio expense of the State. These bills qonjoint]j require that the. Ordinaries of counties prepare lists of all disabled HotdfOiW who are wholly un fit for labor in their county, and to for ward the same to the < lontropoller-tem end, who shall forthwith draw upon the Treasury for SIOO, to lie used in procur ing artificial limbs. Cue of the bills provides that 81M annually lie giVeu td all disabled soldiers who are wholly' Un fit for labor. The ether bjll suggests that aflvcrtMp ments bepiiblisbr'd (<g Mdh for o.oii Lined, i to furnish aVtiflMai limbs for all soldiers who desire them, arid both, if We mistake not, recommend that SIOO V, allowed every disabled soldier who has already incurred the expense of providing him self with an artificial limb. Both hills are eminently judicious and well-timed, as well as funidmq a fid patriotic; and we doubt not that the best | features of each will be adopted by both Houses of the Assembly. —Atlanta San, 2 m, ■ The Atlanta Medical College Col lapsed.—The Atlanta correspondent of the Savannah MVe.v writes of the sick ness and final collapse of the Atlanta I Medical College; The Htuto appropriated somo years ago 81u,000 to the Atlanta Medical Col lege, The mismanagement of this in stitution has been, for many years, the source of great trouble among the medi cal fraternity. It appears that one of the distinguished attorneys of this city was at one time employed by the trustees to defend the interests of the College, for which service he charged SIOO. After waiting for some years to have his fee paid him, he sued the Board and ob tained a judgment. The college grounds and building were levied upon and sold by the sheriff for tlie merest trifle-* Use professors or trustees, with the utmost indifference, not making tho slighest effort to save tlio Htftte the large stuu it had douaW them. The loss to tine peo ple bjy this negligence and mismanage ment is between twenty and thirty thou sand dollars- the city of Atlanta losing five thousand dollars appropriated a few years since. It is said the trustees re lied upon the faculty to pay all demands against the College, from the earnings of tho institute. If it could not pay one hundred dollars it is certainly a poor affair. At any rate the College has. passed into private hands and the peo ple have sustained loss. At a colored pie-nic near Savannah, on Monday, two negroes were badly out with a razor—-one of them supposed to • be fatally wounded. The State Road Lea si l . Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: The people in this part of the {Mate are not satisfied with the present lease of tho Western and Atlantic Railroad.— They bulievd flirtt the property could W f readily leased for $30,000 to $40,000 per month. The tax payers here are not willing to submit to unjust taxation that tho purses of a few greedy speculators may be filled at their expense. Tho people — the. hone.tt mosses —witl demand justice at the hands of those having charge of the investigation of this leaso matter. Cherokee. Southern Cross Brotherhood.— This is the name of anew Society, which has been originated at Richmond, Vu., by tho organization of “Lee Camp, No. 1.” The Society is composed alone of those who were Confederate soldiers, and who maintained unblemished reputations throughout. Its object is to perpetuate the memory and heroism of those who fell in battle, to aid the families of the dead, nud “to try hi preserve tho itruth and purity of lustory.” This Society is now engaged in gather ing the remains of Confederate kofdierS from the battle-field of (^e,jjt?jsburg,arid. fr(Jtn other battle-fields, whore fiiey are being desecrated and scattered aboilt as if .they were no more thin the bones of dumb animals. The Society purposes to collect those remains and decently inter 1 them in Hollywood Cemetery, .ndur Richmond, whim their graves will ho eared for and receive, each Spring, the tribute of llowerS, which in the. emblem of the oonsooration of man’s devotion to those who died in battle. There hvo, it is est imated, &i tout ono thousand of these dead still rouuiiniug upon the field of Gettysburg. Many of tlujse are tho remains of Means are needed to effect their removal, and “Lee Camp, No. 1, Southern Cross Brotherhood,” asks ah) of tho South of Georgians—in, furtherance of the patriotic purpose. Largo or small con tributions will be gratefully received and applied faithfully to tyfe purposes mentioned. jiipon the subject may bo addressed, ! W. 0. Car rington, Richmond, Virginia.' The Western Union Tri.morauh Com pany.—Among the American louuh re cently placed on tho London njoney mar ket wo notice ono offered by the West ern Union Telegraph Company of U|o, United States. The loan is fir #1(500,000 in first mortgage bonds, bearing* interest ' at seven per cent., and the proceeds are to bo applied to tho construction of a large central building in New York for the accommodation of tho increasing business of the company. The pros- • pectus states that the company has now , absorbed nearly all tljo telegraph in the United States, and that its net revenue last year was Ttio loan is also secured by tho general lia- bility of the company, whosfi bonded debt, including tho present creation, is limited to #(i,03*1,900. The bonds will have thirty years to run, unless previous ly paid off by a sinking fUtid nt ten per cont. premium, and during the whole of that time the holders are to havo the option of converting them into slmnss-L uu option which would become valuable in case of the telegraph system-of the country bfcing taken under tile control of tho Government, , ~ The Asiatic? Onoijr.uA.-r- Anew tluMp y has Iwon broached in regard to Akiatio cholera, which is that it is not a disease of tlio bowels, but of tliti nerves, though the former are generally, but not, always affected. Tho exhaustion or paralysis of tho nerVe system constitutes cholera. Tho first symptom is a shrinking o; sehri veiling of the cuds of the linger a, by the small arteries ceasing to supply the usual quantity of blood to the sur face, and blueness of tlie skin, caused by tlio absence of peculiar shrinking afid corrugation of the Hkin, debility and coldness. This may occur without any great disturbance of the general health, for some time at kaHt. An old physician says that a man may have tlio disease for hours, and perhaps days, without seriously disturbing liis health ; that is it produces no serious effects until it ex tends to the larger vessels, as jt begins in the minute extremities of tho nerves. OovtPLIMENT TO A. R, LAMAIt, Esq.— At the Democratic meeting in Columbus, on Thursday, General Henning rose and offered tho following resolution, which was received \rah clleerft and plaudits, lie said it was needless to speak in his homo of tho gentleman. He hail spoken boldly when others hud coSvered. Ho had led the press of Georgia to its pres ent positityi. He hail contended for tho right when bayonets were all around him. The people know this: Jicsolvtid, That Ibis meeting peHpect fully present, the nuuifi, of imy fellow citizen, A. R. Lamar, lfV<q., as a suitable candidate for Cuugressimin at Large. We think (lint Jiis past services in be half of oiq-oppressed people, n,ud emi nent qualification and jfttpess./or, the po sition, hltuuld entitle him to the favor• alilo oojijnderation of the Convention. Adopted with universal applause and cheers. Df.sfhivft> Newspaper BtieeFsff.- The Bt.' Loins UejtifJjliCa'n , once the. great Whig paper of Missouri and tlu> extreme West, long the leading Democratic organ of that seetiifii, iitid now the journal Which. may fairly tiloim, to have initiated tfiq movement which hop final!} brought the Democracy up to tlie height of tliAOftlcinngti, platform, gives cheering proofs of flip fygnal prosperity it has attained. It is about moving into it splendid printing office which it ImA just built; furnished with three kinds of preapes—Hljc’h, Bljllodk’sflufl the Waltfr invention . qf ,she London, Timm- is adopting tho quarto form, and is to he as large ns tho New York TSamite. Buell evidences of substantial thrift life gratifying to the friends of tails ably (Con ducted journal. h•’ it 1 Camp atom Railroad Fake.— -Tlie Cen tral Railroad Company, ih order to facilitate communication between tliQ citizens of Georgia by public gatherings, has conseiitod to sell tickets over tho Central, Southwestern, and Macon and Western Railroad, to go at one fare anil retnrn free from any conveutiouor public meeting in the State, ap to the 7th d*y of November. Other roads non Id, ur» doulit, profit by adopting tlio same rates. q. The Reason Why.—A Tennesseean on the way, to Baltimore, who had been a large slaveholder, was approached by an iuiti-flreeley man, who remiAded him of his previous wealth, and said, “ Greeley did more than any other man to freo your slaves,” when he replied, “ Tluit is the very reason why I want him to try his baud. at freeing the South ern white men.” tit Death of Hdtj. John J. Kelly.— Hon. John J. Kelly, an old merchant pf Savannah, andt Representative from Chatham County in the prfesent legisla- died in Savannah about twnfve o’clock Monday night. He had baeu in feeble health for several montlm- Ho was an old merchant in Sav»nm i b> hav ing formerly belonged to the firm whioh is now styled ttr,ighuni,,Holsts Cos., but when he was a member ,of, ih nas styled Brigham, Kelly & Cos.
