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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7
DEATH OF EX f»H EKNOIt CBAW
KOH1).
Tho State of Goorgia is calk'd to
mourn tlio lokh of another distinguished
hoii, whose abilities and sterling pa
triotism have eomhined to rank him j
with the foremost of her statesmen in j
his time e* Governor George \V. Craw- ;
forwd, who died at his residence, near ,
sh l-Air, Richmond comity, at 10 o’clock
last Saturday night.
Ex-Governor Crawford was born in
Columbia county, Ga., December 22,
J7!iß, and was consequently in the
seventy-fourth year of liis ago. Ho
graduated at Princeton College, New
.Jersey, in 1820, and on his return to
Georgia heeame a law student in the
office of the Hon. Richard Henry Wilde,
in Augusta, and was admitted to the
practice of law in 1822. Five years af
ter his admission to the bar bo was
elected Attorney-General of the State,
which office lie retained until 1831.
This distinguished Georgian repre
sented Richmond county for several
successive years in the State Legisla
ture, havingbcen first elected in 1837,
and continuing, with the exception of ono
year, to represent the county until 18-12.
fn 1813 he was elected a Representa
tive to Congress, but the same year was
nominated by the Whig Convention as
their candidate for Governor, and was
elected by a large majority. Yielding
the honors of a position in the councils
of the nation, lie gave his undivided
services to his native State as her chosen
Chief Magistrate, his administration of
State affairs giving such universal satis
faction that lie was re-elected in 1815.
In 181!) ex-Governor Crawford was ap
pointed Secretary of War in President
Taylor’s Cabinet, which position lie held
until tlio death of the President, when
he resigned.
Returning to his beloved native State,
who had ho repeatedly honored him
with the meed of lxer highest conlidonco,
ex-Governor Crawford sought the quiet
of a life retired from political agitation,
until 18f>t, when lie was chosen as the
President of the State Secession Con
vention. Since that period ho has lived
in retirement nt his home near 1101-Air.
LET PM UNITE.
The Savannah Murniny AVick has
ceased its opposition to Greeley and
brown, uid in the true spirit of con
ciliation and harmony resolves to go
with its friend in the present canvass.
Elsewhere we publish in full the odi
tonal of the A Vie*, in which its position,
past and present, is laid before tile
public.
We have always entertained the high
est respect for those Democrats who,
In fort the party had definitely acted,
urged a vigorous adherence to party
usage in presenting i.o other than ac
knowledged I lemoornts upon the na
tional ticket. These “straight” Demo
crats, as they wore called, had our
sympathies and our highest respect.
Rut since the party, in National and
Stale Conventions, have determined to
support Greeley and Brown, wo have
considered it the duty of all good Demo
crats to yield their individual judgments
to thr> expressed will of the party, even
though they believed the majority of the
party were in error as to the best policy
to lie pursued in the present canvass.
No man, with moderate pretentions to
modesty, would claim that his opinion
is sounder or more reliable than the
aggregate wisdom of the whole party.
The party having acted through the
recognized forms, as party men wo must
go with our friends, where there has
lummi no abandonment of principles.
We earnestly trust that, like the
A’i it’n, all our anti-Greeley friend!},in the
State will cease their warfare upon their
party nominees, and henceforth lock
hands with their old friends in an united
effort to hurl from power the present
corrupt National Administration, and
restore the Government to its ancient
Imt long lost, land-marks.
Ht'lCimZ AND GRANT.
A Clincher The I’resiilent Reminded
of Ilia '“lnaccuracy of Recollection."
In his St. Louis speech, Senator Sehurz
charged Grant with having offered him,
through a third party, official patronage,
as a bribe for his support of the Santo
Domingo scheme. The charge was ao
damaging that Grant, through the news
papers. publicly denied it. Hereupon
Senator Heliurz produces the following
letter from General Alfred Pleasanton,
late Commissioner of Internal Revenue :
New York, July ‘25.
Dear General—Of course T have no
objection to your giving my name to the
imidio iu explanation of the facts. I
would say that, being a friend of the
p r , idi'nt, as well as yonrself, 1 desired
von should be on good terms, and you
should understand that there was no
personal feeling in the way of relations
mutually satisfactory. Your statement
is correct that the President wanted
v,,nr support for his San Domingo
scheme, and that von could have had
the patronage of the Government for
giving it.
That was the distinct impression the
President's conversation made upon my
mind, and 1 communicated it to yon at
the time. If the President positively
denies having had auy such conversa
tion, l regret it. 1 may console myself
with the reflection that this is the first
tune that any statement of mine has
li.-. n questioned, while the President
lias had occasion before tins to distrust
i lie aeeuraev of his recollection.
Yours truly,
ALFRED PLKASONTON.
Who Sun Thkkk Week No Greeley
Mon !n Oui Wilkes ? The Washing
tout,', published at the home of
Mr. Toombs, the editor of which stands
thoroughly committed against the sup
port of Mr. Greeley, discovers, notwith
standing the impression sought to be
created by the “tribune of the people
to the contrary, that there are a few,
just a few, Democrats in old Wilkes,
who are disposed to do the sensible
thing, and allign themselves with the
great bulk of the Democracy of the State
in the support of Mr. Greely. Here is
what the (r<u< IU reveals, an extract from
jui editorial in its last issue :
There is no Grantuess and there is
leiw Greeleyness iu this good old county
of Wilkes "than iu any other county in
this blessed Union. The people here
think and act for themselves, ami are
not to be led blindfold bv conventions
and “trusted leaders.' There will he a
si Hill vote polled in Wilkes for the next
President, unless a Democrat is nomina
ted upon a Democratic platform by some
body. Some few think it best to vote
for Greeley as a choice of evils, rather (
than stand firmly by the old Democratic
faith and not vote at all, unless they can
vote for their own candidate on their
own platform.
This indicates that the medicine is
working, and that there is prospect for
a harmonious union of the patriotic
Democrats of old Wilkes with their po
litical friends throughout the State, in
the great effort to rid the country of
Grant’s rotten, corrupt and oppressive
tyranny.
HONOR TO THE MEMORY OF
JUDGE LINTON STEPHENS,
A Just Tribute from the Citizens of
Hancock County,
I The citizens of Hancock county met
at the CourtJHonse, in Sparta, on Satnr
j day, the 20th instant, to take action witli
j reference to the death of Judge Liifton
i Stephens. On motion of Col. 11. A.
j Clinch, Mr. William Fraley was called
I to the Chair, anil .Tames A. Harley ap-
I pointed Secretary.
Col. C. W. Dußose having stated in
an impressive manner the object for
which the meeting hail been called,
moved that a committee of nine l>o ap
| min ted to draft resolutions expressive
of the feelings of the county with refer
ence to Judge Stephens’ deatli.
The Chairman—after making a few
remarks with regard to the solemnity of
the occasion, anil the importance of the
lesson which it should teach—appointed
tlie following as the committee : Col.
C. W. Dußose, Messrs. John S. Culver,
J. J. Lawrence, H. H. Culver, James
Harris, L. L. Lamar, H. A. Clinch, F.
L. Little and 11. L. Middlebrooks.
The committee reported the following:
We, as fellow-citizens of the late Judge
Linton Stephens, in mournful remem
brance of his death, which occurred at
his home, in this county, on Sunday af
ternoon, the 14th instant, have this day
met to pay a suitable and heartfelt trib
ute to bis memory. The intimate ac
quaintance of our people with the de
ceased liegau in the year 1852, at which
time lie located in our midst as an at
torney at law. Since then his splendid
abilities as an advocate and judge, his
power as a political debater, his well de
served fame, have been acknowledged
witli pride by all kuew him.
Georgia mourns the loss of her true
anil gifted son ! By the people of Han
cock he was not only admired because of
his ability, bis oratory and his noble
patriotism, but was relied on as a wise
counsellor in all their public and private
interests, and in his judgment they
placed unswerving confidence. In him
there was no deceit. He was candid,
unselfish, magnanimous, charitable,just,
wise and brave. Wo, ns a people, loved
and honored him in life, and with sor
rowing hearts we have met to mourn his
untimely death with the stricken ones of
his home —dear now to us because al
ways so dear to him.
Resolved, 1 si, That, as citizens [of
Georgia, in the deatli of Judge Stephens
we have lost a wise statesman, a fearless
defender of constitutional freedom,
whose highest ambition was his coun
try’s good.
Resolved, 2d, That, as neighbors and
friends of the deceased, we are not un
mindful of his devotion while lie lived
to the people of this county, whom he
served with unshrinking fidelity.
Resolved, "Ad, That we tender to the
wife and children, and the venerable and
stricken brother of the deceased, our
sincere sympathy in their sad bereave
ment, anil direct that a copy of those
resolutions be sent to them.
After reading the resolutions, the
Chairman of the Committee addressed
the meeting in an impressive speech, in
which ho commented upon Judge Ste
phens’ ability as a lawyer and judge ;
the attachment for him which had al
ways been cherished by the people of
this county ; their confidence in his
judgment; their readiness to consult
him as to matters of both public and
private interest ; 1 1 in devotion to tlio in
terests of bis country ; bis character,
his magnanimity, his self-sacrificing
spirit, where both personal and private
interests were at stake.
On motion of Judge F. L. Little, the
resolutions were unanimously adopted
by a rising vote ; and, on motion of
Col. 11. A. Clinch, copies of the proceed
ings were directed to bo sent to the wife
and children and to the brother of the
deceased ; to the village papers, the At
lanta Run and Constitution, Savannah
News, AugustaCiiHONKir.E andSentinf.l,
and Macon Teleijraph, with the request
that they be published.
On motion, Col. Dußoso was request
ed to write out his remarks and furnish
them for publication.
Col. D. W. Lewis moved that Gen.
Robert Toombs bo requested to deliver
in Sparta, during the sitting of tho Su
porior Court in October next, an oration
upon tho lifo and character of Judge
Stephens, which motion was unanimous
ly adopted.
After which tho mooting adjourned.
William Fraley,
Jas. A. Harley, Chairman.
Secretary.
Sparta, Ga., July 20th, 1872.
Sparta, Ga., July 22d, 1872.
Mr. ./aims A. 1 tar ley, Secretary :
Dear Sir —ln compliance with tho
wishes of tho mooting of tho citizens on
Saturday last, 1 havo attempted to re
produce my remarks on tho death of
Judge Stephens,
L think I have at least given the
thoughts I then expressed.
Very truly, your friend,
Charles W. Dußose.
SPEECH OF noil. C. W. DUBOSE
before the citizens of Hancock county,
at a meeting held in the Court House
at Sparta, on Saturday, 20th inst., upon
tlni report of resolutions in reference to
the death of Hon. Linton Stephens:
Mu. Chairman —ln presenting the re
port of your committee, I know too
well how unnecessary is any comment
from me to commend it to this meeting;
yet, I trust I may be indulged in the
mournful pleasure of recounting some
of tlio traits of mind and character which
conspired to make our deceased friend,
J udgo Linton Stephens, dear to the peo
ple of Georgia, and dearer still to the
people of Hancock county.
Nature gave to him a wealth of mind
uncommon among men. His judgment
was*sound and his opinions seldom at
fault, liecauso they were the result of
mature reflection. Gifted with a high
order of intellect, his superior mental
training placed him, in the beginning of
liis professional career, where effort
could not fail of the highest success.
In the Courts of liis native State lie
dared to wrestle with the giants of the
legal fraternity, and soon was he recog
nized as a formidable opponent. ’Twas
liis habit to know the strength of liis
adversary’s cause, anil then by open,
manly assault to tear down his strong
hold with the irresistible logic of truth.
His mind was clear as the sun at noon
day, and his arguments were driven
with a power and precision that charmed
liis hearers, and claimed their unquali
fied assent. For many years past he
has proudly stood among the first men
of his day ws a jurist, and advocate.—
This Court room has been the scene of
many intellectual triumphs to the de
ceased.
How often have we witnessed his mas
terly efforts iu t he defense of our citizens
charged with crime, and how many now
breathe the pure air of Heaven by reason
of his exertions iu their liehalf. ln
uoeenee found iu him a dauntless and a
devoted defender, and oftenor than j
otherwise without money and without j
price. While he seldom appeared in the ;
prosecution of offenders, yet when eon- |
vinoe*l that pnbliejustiee demanded their j
conviction, he did not hesitate to lend j
all his power to sustain the majesty of j
tin* law. Whenever lie appeared all meu ;
were oojupelled to acknowledge that liis i
aim iu his every effort was to arrive at
truth. His life, public and private, was a
continued search for and a vindication
of what he felt to be the truth.
Under whatever circumstances planed,
when convinced of error, he unhesita
tingly abandoned the object of his pur
suit. I have known him over twenty
years, and almost iu sight of the sac nil
spot where he lies buried. I give this
testimony as one of the crowning virtues
of his life, which may well la* imitated
by all who would secure an enduring
“The life of truth shall be established
forever.” , „ !
His political views were known of all
men—tho blandishments and tlireatou
ings of those in power were alike nn- j
heeded by him wo mourn to-day. Where ,
duty pointed ho did not hesitate to j
tread. How fresh in onr memories is j
the scene, when stung by tho wrongs of j
the Government under which we live,
he stood forth as tho defender of your j
rights under the law, in defiance of the
bayonets and prison walls of the tyrants
at Washington. His arrest and trial af
forded him an opportunity hi arraign
before the bar of conscience the usurp
ers of the people’s rights, and the power
of truth uttered by him on that occasion
awed his accusers into silence. That
! speech is to-day a vindication of the
; South and a monument to his memory
more enduring than brass # or marble.
Well may Georgia mourn tho loss of
her favored son.
Much as we valued his ability and his
nnliending integrity as a lawyer, a judge
and a political], wo were liound to him
by the closer ties of neighbor and friend.
He had a warm place in his great heart
for the people among whom lie lived.
I sec in ail your iaces a ready resjionse
to wliat I say.
Who went to him in the years gone
bye, when trouble brooded over every
household, that failed to find a willing
ear and a feeling heart ? He helped us
to bear our trials by a genuine sym
pathy and active aid, when in bis jsjwer
to render it. His friendship was without
alloy—tender as it wasendnring. Judge
Stephens was every inch a mail. Can
we, my friends, estimate our loss in the
death of such a man. Time may lend
its aid to heal the wound which death
has inflicted in our hearts, but the lapse
of years will not efface the memory of
his virtues.
To the country at large, and to the
citizens of this county, the death of our
friend is a sail bereavement. But, alas !
how much more heavy has this blow
been to the hearts of the sorrowing ones
who survive him in tho home ho loved
so well. But hero we tread on sacred
ground—their grief is hallowed. We
can only trust that God who sent tho
sore affliction will in mercy sustain
them; “give unto them beauty for ashes,
the oil of joy for mourning, tho gar
ments of praise for the spirit of heavi
ness.”
The body of our lamented friend lies
in yonder grave. Human frailty was
alike his heritage as ours. His spirit
has gone to God who gave it. He cannot
err. He knows we are but dust. ‘ ‘ His
mercy enduretli forever,” and in Him is
“plenteous redemption.”
In contemplating the lifo and charac
ter of the departed one, I have found
consolation in my sorrow when I remem
ber the words of Israel’s royal bard:
“ Lord, who shall abide in thy taber
naclo ? Who shall dwell in thy holy
hill ?
“He that walketli uprightly, and
worketli righteousness and speaketli tho
trntli in his heart.
“Ho that backbiteth not with his
tongue, nor doetli evil to his neighbors.
“In whose eyes a vile person is con
temned; but He honoreth them that fear
the Lord. He that sweareth to his own
hurt and changctli not.
“He that puteth not out his money
to usury, nor taketh reward against tho
innocent. He that doetli these things
shall never be moved. ”
LETTER FROM ATLANTA,
[from our special correspondent.]
Atlanta, July 29, 1572.
Rditors Chronicle <t Sentinel :
Ono of tho most important measures
of the present session of tho Legisla
ture passed the Senate to-day by a large
majority. The same measure was passed
in the House last week, and tho bill now
only needs tho signature of tho Gover
nor—which it will get—to make it a law.
I allude to the
BILL RKDMTEtOTING TIIF. STATE,
111 accordance with the last apportion
ment act of Congress. This early pass
age of the bill is as gratifying as it is
unexpected. From the first the meas
ure scorned surrounded with great diffi
culties, and many thought that no bill
could be arranged, at least none until
near the close of tho session, when it
would be forced through by the neces
sity of the ease. It was known that
there were in the Legislature and out, of
the Legislature many aspirants for Con
gressional honors, each one of whom
would, naturally enough, want his own
district arranged so as to suit himself.
It was thought that it would be found
almost impossible to liarmouizo tho
many conflicting interests, and at the
same time arrange matters so as to give
Democrats a fair chance of carrying all
the districts at tlio next election. 1
think, however, that the very number
of the obstacles in the way caused them
to be more easily surmounted. T imagine
that the committee and the two Houses
very soon saw the hopelessness of ar
ranging a plan which would suit all the
parties, and determined to frame a bill
which—with all other considerations laid
aside—would be tho best and tho most
fair for the people of the State. In a
State where the two races so nearly equal
each other numerically, it may well be
imagined that it would bo difficult to
arrange matters so as to give the whites
a majority in all of tlio districts. Ono
bill was proposed which would have
given eight of the districts small white
majorities and left the ninth a miniature
Africa. The committee, however, saw
the injustice of benefittiug all the other
districts by enslaving one beyond a hope
of liberation, and, casting questions of
party policy aside, acted as right and
justice demanded. Tho bill is probably
the best which could havo been drawn
under tho circumstances, and with proper
exertion every one of the districts can
be carried at the next election by the
Democratic party.
THE BOND BILLS,
Or bills declaring null and void certain
Statu anil State endorsed bonds, the
fraudulent issuing and endorsement
of which had been discovered anil
reported by tho Bond Committee, camo
up in the House this morning. Tho
first bill taken up declared null and
void the endorsement by the State of
two hundred anil forty thousand of the
bonds of the Bainbridge, Cuthbort and
Columbus Railroad. This was one of
the companies with which Kimball was
prominently connected, and of course
the association brought fraud. Bullock
endorsed the bonds before a single re
quisite of the law had been complied
with, and the facts were all known to
Bullock, to the railroad company and
to the receivers of tho bonds. Con
trary to expectation, the bill was dis
cussed but little. Tho report of Col.
Simmons, Col. McMillan and Col. Hall
had been extensively circulated and
read and was so able and exhaustive
that there was really nothing to say.—
| Several calls were made for the previ
ous question tint withdrawn at the
: earnest solicitation of Col. McMillan,
j who was anxious that there should be
nothing like an attempt to prevent dis
j cussiou but that every one should have
| an oppotunity of speaking who desired
'to be heard on the subject. Much to
my surprise the Radical leader in the
House—Griffin, of Houston—after ask
ing a few questions of tho commit
tee, announced his intention of voting
j for tho bill. After an eloquent speech
| from Mr. Bacon, of Bibb, and a few
sound and practical remarks by Mr.
Fou, of Muscogee, the bill passed by an
unanimous vote. There is every reason
to believe that the remainder of the bills
will be passed by large majorities,
though some of them will meet with
feeble opposition. In this action there
is not a single element of repudiation.
The State does not repudiate a single one
of her obligations, even though the
; proof is clear that they were contracted
by a Legislature the majority of the
| members of which were illegally chosen
—many of them supported iu their seats
! by the bayonets of United States milita
!ry authorities. But she declines to be
' bound by a contract to which she was
; not a party, and to recognize an obliga
| tiou which she never incurred. She
simply presents the plea of non t st J'ac
lum—a plea which will bo sustained in
every court of law and conscience in
Christendom. If parties who knew all
the facts, and who were warned of the
frauds, choose to take bogus securities
in exchange for their money, they and
not tho tax payers of Georgia must bear
tho loss.
The committee appointed to investi
gate the
STATE ROAD DBASE
Reported this morning iu the Honse '
and in the Senate. Asa very full,
synopsis of this report will appear in j
your telegraphic columns tomorrow, :
anil before the publication of this letter,
it is unnecessary to give any of its con
tents. This question of the" lease is the
great and all absorbing one which wil)
come before the Legislature, and the re
port is receiving the earnest attention of
the two Houses. I telegraphed you two
weeks ago that four members, of the five
who composed the committee, would
probably report that the lease had been
unfairly obtained, and that the other
member, Mr. Nunnally, would present
a minority report in its favor. The
event has proven that I was right in my
statement. One would imagine that a
majority of four to one on the committee
against'the lease would indicate a pro
portionate majority in the Legislature;
but this, I think, is not the case. The
general impression here seems to be
that the lease will be sustained; and
there are several reasons given for this
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY* MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1572.
belief which will have their weight
in the Legislature. One reason is
that there are many who honest
ly think that the State is get
ting xi good rental for the property,
and that it is to the interest of the peo
ple to let it remain in the hands of the
present lessees, and keep it “ out of
polities.” Another reason is found in
the immense patronage which the les
sees control, and which has been by
them so judiciously bestowed. An
other reason is, the fear entertained by
some that if the lease is disturbed the
question will lie given a prominence in
onr local politics which it does not de
serve, and which might prove disas
trous to tlio State and to the Democratic
party. Governor Brown (everybody
calls him Governor since his difficulty j
with Gen. Toombs) has, I am informed, I
openly announced his determination to j
run for Governor on this issue, if the !
Legislature interferes with the lease, j
and three candidates in the field might j
render tho result of the next election j
rather uncertain. You can thus see j
what an aspect the matter lias been
made to assume and wliat elements of j
strength are united in the party which !
favors the lease. On the other hand,
there are many members of the Legisla-!
ture who believe that tho lease was ob- !
tainod by fraud, by collusion with Bnl- j
lock, and who will devote all their j
talent and energy towards breaking up
the contract and restoring the road to I
the State. This party numbers among i
its members many of the ablest men in
both Houses ; men who believe that a
clear case of legal fraud has beon es
tablished by the evidence, and who are
determined to break up a lease wrongly
obtained. The battle will boa long
and severe struggle, and the result
does not seem to be certain to me,
though the prevailing opinion is, as I
have before stated, that the lease
will stand. The committee which was
appointed Friday morning to investi
gate
A BREACH OF THE PRIVILEGES
Os the House has not yet reported. It
is thought the evidence will show that
the arrest and maltreatment of Mr. Mor
ris, by Bomo of the Atlanta police, was
not only a breach of the privileges of the
House, but also a gross outrage upon
tho rights of tho citizen. The House is
thoroughly, and with reason, aroused;
and if the evidence is what it is generally
believed it will be, I think the police
men who made tho arrest will get a taste
of the infernal regions calculated to dis
pel any doubts which they may have
with regard to the existence of a future j
slate. If guilty, and the present temper [
of tho House continues, they will cer
tainly bo placed in close confinement j
until the close of tho session. Isuppose
any one can form an idea of what close
confinement in August means. There
is not a company in Atlanta which would
insure “ye” police’s brass buttons against
melting if they receive this sentence. It
is generally thought that the police in
the State regard too lightly the liberty
of the citizen, and a bill will probably
be introduced to cheek wbat is thought
tn be a growing evil.
There is some talk here of
AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
For Governor in the present canvass, in
opposition to Governor Smith, and the
name of a prominent gentleman in
Northern Georgia is mentioned as that of
the probable standard bearer of the dis
affected. In view, however, of the
unanimous nomination which Governor
Smith received from tho Democratic
Convention, it is hardly possible that tlio
movement will amount to anything.
Ilearn that tho usual Summorexodusof
the Augusta people has commenced and
many are preparing for a holiday. One
of the most pleasant and convenient
Summer resorts which they can find is
in Atlanta, at the well known
H. I. KIMBALL HOUSE.
The building is the handsomest in the
South as well as the largest hotel, and it
is fitted up in a very costly and hand
some manner throughout. The rooms
are large and splendidly furnished, and
an elevator in the building makes every
floor as convenient of access as tho first.
The nights hero are generally cool and
pleasant, and the clinmtois very healthy,
and within reach is a mineral spring,
the waters of which have been found ex
tremely beneficial. A number of tho
members of the Legislature havo their
wives and families herewith them, and
the nucleus of vory pleasant society has
been formed. In the building is a large
ball room, and this, with a band of music
employed by the proprietor of tho hotel,
will furnish amusement in tho evening.
Asa Summer resort it possesses attrac
tions equal, if not superior, to any of
the fashionable watering places.
Wo liavo recently had a feeble move
ment in support of the burlesque Brick
Pomeroy
CONVENTION OF BOLTERS,
Which met in Baltimore during the ses
sion of the National Democratic Conven
tion, and furnished amusement, free of
charge, to the country. After the ad
journment of tlio State Convention,
which met hero last week, a corporal’s
guard of tho red hots held a meeting.
At this meeting I learn that tho usual
resolutions were passed, and it was de
termined to call a Convention for the
purpose of appointing delegates to at
tend Brick Pomeroy’s social gathering
in Louisville next September. It is said
that a call for this Convention was pre
pared, but that very few signers were
obtained. It is understood that the
paper was sent to Liberty Hall for Mr.
Stephens’ signature, but it is not known
with what success the application was
attended. Richmond.
Gov. Smith’s Letter of Acceptance.
Atlanta, July 24, 1872.
Hon. James M. Smith, Atlanta :
Dear Sir—The undersigned have been
appointed a committee by the Democrat
ic Convention, this day assembled hero,
to inform yon that you have been nom
inated by a unanimous vote of tho Con
vention as the Democratic candidate for
the office of Governor of Georgia.
We herewith enclose a copy of the
resolutions adopted by tfio Convention.
It gives us great pleasure to make this
communication, and to assure you thnt
your brief administration received the
cordial endorsement of the Convention,
as it had already previously,received the
approval of the people.
Permit us to express the hope of our
common constituents and of ourselves
personally that you will accept tho re
liomination so heartily and unanimously
tendered.
j With the highest respect for your offi
cial and private character, anil, with a
God-speed to you in the good work you
| are now performing, we remain, dear
sir, with great respect,
Your friends and ob’t serv’ts,
James M. Mobley,
Julian Hartridoe,
Wm. E. Simmons,
Ira A. Foster,
Warren Akin,
Committee.
Atlanta, Ga., July 20, 1872.
Messrs. James M. Mobley, Julian Jlart
ridyc, Wm. IS. Simmons, Ira li. Fos
ter, and Warren Akin, Committer :
Gentlemen — I have the honor to ac
knowledge the receipt of your communi
cation of the 21th instant, informing me
that the State Democratic Convention
had npminated me unanimously as their
candidate for the office of Governor.
For this great honor I cannot com
■ mand language in which to express my
gratitude. The unanimity and hearti
ness with which the nomination was
made, add another to the many obliga
tions already resting upon me, to servo
with idl possible zeal and faithfulness a
people who have so honored and trusted
me.
The resolutions adopted by the Con
vention have lieon carefully considered,
and I take pleasure in stating that the
principles therein enunciated meet with
my warm approval.
The reaffirmauco of “ tho unehange
-1 able doctrine that this is a Union of
States, and that the indestructibility of
| of the Suites of their rights and of their
equality with each other is an indispen
sable part of onr political system,” is a
pledge on the part of the Convention
that the Democracy of Georgia will con
tinue to adhere to the principles of con
stitutional government. These great
fundamental principles of our Federal
system should never be forgotten or
abandoned. And yet, to use tho lan
guage of one of the resolutions, I fully
“ recognize the exigencies of the times
which suggested and secured the nomi
nation by the Demoeratic party at Balti
more of" Horace Greeley and B. Gratz
Brown, as candidates for President and
Vice-President of the United States,
and regard their election as conducive
to the preservation of the rights of the
States, to local self-government, and the
protection of the individual liberty of
the citizen. ”
It would be nn candid in me not to
, say that I should have been glad if this
I exigency had not been upon us. The
[ power of naming the candidates, how
j ever, was specifically lodged by the
| party in the National Convention. That
I Convention, like a court of tho last re
i sort, is the highest party tribumd in the
j laud, and beyond it thero is no other or
| further appeal, without going outside of
the party. This latter course I cannot
adopt. I cannot separate myself from
i iny own people. Nay, more. I would
stand by them, even when in the wrong,
rather than give the enemies of govern
ment my countenance and support.
The National Convention having nom
inated candidates for the Presidency and
Vice-Presidency, and the State Conven
tion having recognized and accepted
these candidates, 1 shall not permit my
self to call in question either the wisdom
or patriotism which directed the choice
made by the one, or the acceptance and
endorsement accorded by the other.
The Democratic party, with Greeley and
Brown as its candidates, is infinitely pre
ferable, in my judgment, to any other
political organization of the country. I
shall give to the Baltimore nominees,
therefore, my earnest and zealous sup
port, believing that in their election the
cause of honesty and constitutional gov
ernment will achieve a triumph over
fraud, corruption and usurpation.
I may add that, since my accession to
office, I have had but little time to be
stow upon national affairs. We have a
great work before us here in Georgia—
sufficient to engage the best efforts of
every patriot in the State—and I have
given my hand and heart to thifk work. To
complete this work successfully, it is
necessary that wo preserve the integrity
of the Democratic party here at home.
It is necessary that we be united, and
zealous and forbearing, slow to condemn
our brethren, or to magnify differences
upon matters of minor concern. If we
hut pursue this course, tho good work
we have in hand will have been finished
at no distant day. Meanwhile let us
hope that the groat and powerful party
to which wo belong will be able, with
the aid of liberal and patriotic men from
other political organizations, to accom
plish the same beneficent revolution in
our national affairs that we have already
effected here in Georgia.
With the highest appreciation of tho
honor conferred upon me, and with many
thanks for tho kind terms employed by
you in communicating the action of the
Convention, I accept the nomination,
with a pledge that, if olected, I shall, to
tlio best of my ability, discharge the
duties of tlio great trust placed in my
hands by a confiding people.
Very ’truly,
James M. Smith.
RIOT AND BLOOD.
The Car Question—The City in a Tur
moil Indiscriminate Firing in the
Streets Several Whites anil Negroes
Wounded—Two Ladies and Three
Children Shot on their Steps—The
Indignation of tho People Aroused
A Disturbance at St. Audrey's Hall
Collector of the I’ort and the Jour
nal Editor Showing their Agility—
Proclamation of tho Mayor.
|From tho Savannah News, 30th.]
It becomes our painful duly this
morning to chronicle a series of out
rageous acts, resulting in serious injury,
probabls loss of lifo, and disgrace to
our fair city. We mentioned in our pre
vious issue tho various disturbances
that had occurred on Saturday and Sun
day, occasioned by the attempt of cur
tain colored men to rido in tho street
cars reserved for the whites. The ob
ject of this movement was plainly set
forth; it was shown to bo nothing more
than a mere electioneering scheme of
the Radicals; and being desirous of
thwarting them in their plans, we earnest
ly advised caution, prudence and non-in
terference, feeling assured that much
evil and no possible good could result
from a recourse to violence. In this
position we are sustained by the intelli
gent, respectable and law-abiding por
tion of the community. Yet certain ir
responsible parties, representing in no
manner the sentiments and views of the
citizens of Savannah, by their impru
dent and unjustifiable course, yesterday
inaugurated a scene of riot and blood
shed in our streets, fraught with untold
horror and distress, and the end of
which we may not yet liavo seen.
Tho views which wo expressed at the
first of this affair arc but confirmed by
subsequent information and observa
tion. We are unable to discover any
reason or justification on the part of a
few young men in creating riot and dis
cord in this community on account of
some silly negroes riding in the ears
which had been set apart for other
purposes. These cars, anil tho privileges,
belong not to the citizens, they are the
property of a company. If that com
pany objects not to the transportation
of negroes in such cars as they may
select, it is tlicir business not ours. We
are not aware that the lessees of this
road requested the interference of out
sido parties in their affairs, and such in
terference was entirely unwarranted and
unjustifiable, and tho parties guilty of
the same are amenable to the law.
We heard but one expression of opin
ion among the more thoughtful of our
business men, gentlemen who never yet
quailed in danger, and who would be
the last to countenance an abandonment
of principles or tlieir rights, but who
only see in such scenes as were enacted
in our streets yesterday futile attempts
to combat a national law that can only
result in our discomfiture.
These reflections, the offspring of judg
ment and wisdom, weighed not a farth
ing with the self-constituted champions
who yesterday took possession of tho
cars, forcibly ejected colored men who
entered and brought on a riot, the result
of which is given below. It is unneces
sary for us to again reiterate our opin
ion of the inexcusablenoss of the negroes
in forcing themselves into these cars, as
it is well known that but few of them
at ofdinary times make use of them, yet
| we cannot discern in tho act any justifi
j cation for violenco towards them. Had
I the course been pursued that was sug
gested in the News there would not be
tho distress in this community that now
exists. Throughout yesterday a feeling
of intense uneasiness and excitement
prevailed, which reached such an extent
that many of onr peaceable citizens were
compelled to retire from the front of
their residences from fear of bodily dan
ger. The effect of this state of affairs
! upon the ladies ami children in tho vi-
I cinity of this scene of turmoil can better
| be imagined than described,
j It is to be regretted that Col. John
! Screven, Mayor of the city, and Gen. E.
H. Anderson, Chief of Police, are both
absent from the city, as the emergency
was one that called for the exercise of
the greatest wisdom, and the officials in
charge probably felt reluctant to assumo
the responsibilities of the occasion if
they could lie possibly avoided. Had
tho police force, fully armed, been called
out early iu the evening, there is no
> doubt that tho serious trouble that en
! sued might in a measure have been pre-
I vented. Onr police force is unexcelled
for bravery and discipline, and all orders
would have been faithfully executed.
It will be remembered that we ex
i pressed the belief that the attempts that
j hail been made on the previous days
| would be repeated yesterday, and coun
j soiled our young men to refrain from
I any excesses. We regret, this counsel
i was unheeded.
During the morning several negroes
amused themselves by riding up and
down in the various cars without inter
ference, very few if any white persons
traveling at that time. * About half-past
j one o’clock, however, as a number of
| young men were returning to dinner, a
negro entered tho caron Whitaker street,
| near Broughton, and
HEBE COMMENCED THE TROUBLE.
Some remark was mado to him by one
of the party, in a pleasant manner, to
| which he gave a surly reply. This led
! to farther words, when the negro became
; very impudent and insulting. He was
j threatened with oxpulsion from the car,
j when he answered very defiantly and
with an oath that no one could do it. In
the next instant he was kicked into the
; street with a damaged head, and the car
rolled on.
Subsequent to this, we learn that the
! notorious .Tim Simms, negro preacher
! and agitator, was ejected from one of the
; cars.
About five o’clock in the afternoon
CROWDS OF NEGROES
Commenced to assemble at the different
comers on Whitaker street, and it was
! evident some mischief was brewing.
Their presence attracted similar crowds
| of whites, and at one time there was
probably not less than one thousand
‘ persons in a line extending from South
; Broad street to Bryan on Whitaker
| street.
THE EXCITEMENT WAS INTENSE,
And a serious row was expected as a car
came down the street. It, however,
passed through the crowd, but on its re-
turn was boarded by two or three ne
groes. There were a number of young
men on the ear, and in a few minutes we
saw the colored persons pushed off, and
the car proceeded. These scenes were
repeated at different intervals through
out the afternoon, every succeeding one
only serving to increase the excitement.
About six o’clock, a drunken negro
shoemaker, by the name of Thomas
Bolling, came staggering through the
crowd, in company with a comrade, curs
ing and howling. He was ordered off by
a policeman, when he immediately be
came very abusive, for which he re
ceived a knock under the chin, and was
taken oft' to the barracks. This little
incident revived tho spirits of the ne
groes and kept them agitated until the
next car came along.
Lieut. Howard, of the police force,
witli two Sergeants, was present, and
prevented any outbreak at that time.
About a quarter past six o’clock the
Union Lincoln Gnards, the colored
troops, turned the corner of South Broad
street into Whitaker, when immediately
the cry arose,
here comes thf. “linkum guards,”
And the excitable negroes fairly jumped.
Fortunately this command was unarmed,
and marched quietly down the street to
Broughton, which they rounded, and
were followed by many of the negroes.
Had they been armed it is very likely a
disturbance would have commenced just
then.
By seven o’clock, however, the excite
ment had subsided somewhat, and but
few negroes remained on the street. An
hour later they began
to assemble in force,
Men, women and children principally,
on Whitaker street, in the vicinity of
South Broad. The women were partic
ularly excited, and endeavored strenu
ously to encourage the negro men to
take some violent course. Shortly after
wards a negro hoarded a car passing,
and was almost immediately thrown from
tho platform. The car being monopo
lized by a party of young men, matters
remained in statu r/uo until probably
quarter past eight o'clock, when sud
denly
A VOLLEY OF MUSKETRY
Greeted the ears of the excited people,
from tho direction of the Park, on Whit
aker street. This was returned by an
other volley, when, with a yell, the
crowd on South Broad street started, a
large crowd of white men rau up Whit
aker street, on the oast side, whilst a
Crowd of negroes sped up the west sido.
Quito a number of the negroes, who
wore very loud mouthed before the re
port of these fire arms, suddenly scoot
ed down South Broad towards West
Broad. In the street and on the side
walks the dusky crowd tramped in wild
confusion, uttering threats, and crying
“get your arms."
On reaching the spot from whence tlio
shots were fired, we ascertained that the
ear had been fired into by some negroes
in a lane, between Gaston aud Taylor
streets, on Whitaker, which wasreturnod
with promptness by those on tho car.
When these shots were
FIRED INTO THE OAR
There wore several parties on tlio plat
form, among them Mr. H. F. Segur,
whom we understand was shot in tlio
wrist,. Several negroes were wounded,
whose names wo could not ascertain ;
one was wounded in tlio left leg below
the thigh, and another in the right arm.
From the report it was judged that
SIXTEEN SHOTS WERE FIRED AT ONOE,
And it is more than probable that a
dozen negroes, at least, were, more or
less wounded, as they were massed to
gether at the above place. It was also
reported that
THREE WERE KILLED
Instantly, but this report was not fully
verified, and if such were the case the
bodies were carried off, and the fact will
not bo known until to-day. This firing
into the cars was kept lip for an hour or
more, and
REPORT AFTER REPORT
Resounded throughout the section above
mentioned, near tho Park. The cars,
however, were run until ten o’clock as
usual, but the last two trips passed up
empty. On different streets tho report
of fire-arms could be heard, and negroes
with clubs seen congregated on tho cor
ners or passing in the direction of the
scene of the disturbance. No ono that
we heard of, however, was molested by
them.
A STRAY SHOT
From some unknown porson strnck a
youth hy the name of Henry Sieberts in
the left heel as he was passing the
corner of President and Drayton streots,
some distance from the scone of 4,'iot.
He was enabled to limp to the office of
Dr. W. Nephew King, where lie was put
under the influence of chloroform, and
the wound successfully probed; the ball
was buried about a quarter of an inch in
the heel. The poor boy appeared to
suffer intensely whilst preparations wore
being made for the operation. Ho was
returning home at the time, and had not
been near the street railroad.
About eleven o’clock a special car
came down to Bay street, in which were
two citizens who had come for physi
cians. They brought the report that
A LADY AND THULE CHILDREN HAD BEEN
SHOT
Whilst sitting on the stoop of their
house on Bull street, three doors north
of Anderson. On inquiry we ascertain
ed that the parties were Mrs. Barber and
her three children. They wore sitting
on their portico conversing when a party
of negroes passed in the vicinity and
fired directly at them with guns and
pistols, the former loaded with buckshot.
Mrs. Barber received two wounds in the
breast, and the children wero struck in
various parts of the body ; one of them,
a little boy aged about eight years, was
struck in the temple, and it was feared
the wound would prove mortal. This
occurred a little after ten o’clock.
ANOTHER FAMILY SHOT.
About the same time a party of ne
groes fired into a house on Bull street,
and wounded Mrs. Cohen, a gentleman
and two children. The weapons were
loaded with buckshot.
In the suburbs, east of the Talk, a
number of
PERSONS WERE ATTACKED AND BEATEN
By a largo crowd of negroes who had
gathered there. This is in proximity to
tho negro settlement near West Broad
street. Many of the negroes were armed
with muskets and double-barrelled shot
guns; others had pistols, razors and
sticks. When the news of these out
rages reached the lower part of the city,
it aroused
• INTENSE INDIGNATION
Among the crowd of young men who
thronged the streets and an immediate
movement was made toward certain
rendezvous to procure arms. A crowd
of soino
FORTY MEN, FOLLY ARMED,
Left on the cars, whilst others remained
to patrol the city. It was known that a
Radical pow-wow was in progress at St.
Andrew's Hall, on Broughton street,
whither the crowd proceeded, with ven
geuce in their hearts. This movement
was at once made known at the ltarraeks
and a police force,
FIFTY MUSKETS STRONG,
Marched to St. Andrew’s Hall to preven
further bloodshed. The parties were
thoroughly aroused by tho report of
these brutal outrages, and but for the
presence pf the police, who w'ero in
structed to enforce older at all hazards,
serious results would have occurred.
The meeting, as will be seen by notice
elsewhere, was not harmonious, and the
participants, who had heard the ominous
sounds below in the street, began to feel
extremely anxious to evacuate the build
ing. One by one they stepped out, and
wore allowed to retire, but when they at
tempted to pass in a body a few shots
were fired, which induoed them to re
treat both wavs. Finally someone was
discovered dressed in white manceuv
ering to keep in the dark and sidling in
the direction of Jefferson street. He
was recognized as CoL Atkins, the Col
lector of the Port, when the announce
ment was made, followed by two or
three shots, whereupon
THE COLONEL BROKE INTO A CANTER,
And went streaking it down the street,
hie white coat tails standing out stiff to
the breeze, and he succeeded in reach
ing Bay street, puffing like a porpoise,
considerably demoralized, but safe.
The intelligent editor of the Journal,
the Radical sheet, Red Whiskered Rob
inson, also showed remarkable agility in
prancing down the street when lie heard
the popping of guns. He is livelier as
a trotter than a quill driver.
The hall was eventually cleared and
the streets soon deserted, the darkeys
and the white agitators very wisely seek
ing retired quarters. The policemen and
the volunteers remained masters of the
situation, and by one o’clock not a uegio
was to bo seen on the street.
Occasionally a shot is heard in the dis
tance, but no further trouble is appre
hended at present.
3) a. ii. —The city has resumed its
wonted quietness, and ono can scarcely
believe that two short hours previously
the streets wore thronged with excited
men, anil the roll of musketry and crack
ing of pistols were borne upon the
breeze.
In view of the serious disturbance of
the day, and in order to prevent a repe
tition of the same to-day, Acting Mayor
Haygood has issued
A PROCLAMATION,
Which will be found in another column,
and wo are pleased to see by it that the
most stringent measures will be exerted
to preserve peace and good order.
Letter from Bcriven County.
Hershman’s Lake, Shriven Cos. , Ga. , {
July 23, 1872. )
Rditors Chronicle & Sentinel :
As yon have asked for correspondence
as to crop prospects from different por
tions of the State, and as you have not
been apprised of the condition of our
crops in Scriven for some time past, I
havo concluded to give you a few items
relative thereto. The corn and other
crops of Scriven are finer than have been
known for many years past. Our people
have worked very industriously, and it
seems, from present indications, that
thoy will receive their just reward in
abundant harvests. Vory many have
used commercial fertilizers quite liberal
ly, and their crops gavo early promise of
remunerative production. The seasons
have been so unusually favorable that
tho unmanured crops have proven even
better than those in former seasons tho
most highly fertilized. I have traveled
all over tho county within the last few
days, and from every quarter the most
glowing accounts are received. But I
hope I will bo excused for making spe
cial mention of the magnificence of tho
crop of one of our most worthy citizens,
Nicholas Stregles, Esq. He used no
guano or commercial fertilizers, and
has cotton that, according to the
opinions of many, will make, on an
average, a bale to every acre
and a half. He makes liis own pro
visions—corn, potatoes, sugar, rice,
syrup, &o. —supports a largo family ill
ample abundance, and is an illustration
in every sense of the word of an inde
pendent farmer. If oiu - Northern neigh
bors could come South and see how
Stregle’s lives on land that cost him but
ono dollar and fifteen cents per aero,
they would quit giving twenty to fifty
dollars for Western lands, and seek a
homo in this genial, prolific land of tho
South. St.rogles makes all his supplies,
will make nearly a thousand dollars
clear money on his cotton, works but
one mule, owes his factor nothing and is
an honor to liis race and a true type of the
independent farmer. Mr. Stregles states
that ho last year manufactured eight
barrels, containing forty gallons ouch of
syrup, from the sugar cane grown on
only one-quarter acreof land, llestill ad
heres to tho old plan of planting and
cultivating cotton on a high bod, and,
unlike liis more progressive neighbors,
will not adopt tho flat culture (or Dick
son plan).
We had a large meeting of tlio citizens
of this county at Sylvania, on tho (itli
inst.., when an Agricultural Society
was organized, with Judge E. B.
Gross as President, and Colonel
George R. Black, Secretary. Tho
Society appointed Jno. W. Boston,
V. 11. Burns and 11. G. Kottles, Esq,, as
its delagates to the Agricultural Con
vention to assemble in Griffin in August,
and adjourned, without transacting any
other Business of importance, to the
fourth Wednesday in August, when it
is probable that the by-laws will bo
adopted.
Politics are quiet, but there is a strong
element against Greeley in this oonuty
at present, and tlio indications are now
that a large number of our most respec
table and influential citizens, will not
attend the polls at all. The negroes of
this county appear to take no interest
in the approaching election, and havo
not as yet expressed a preference as to
tho candidates. • If gratitude for their
emancipation is the motive power that
controls tlicir votes, your correspondent
can see no good causo why they should
not support Greeley in preference to
Grant. K.
[From the Atlanta Constitution.)
Report on tho A editing Committee on
the State Komi.
L. C. Hoyl, J. E. Jervis, W. E. Him
inons, William J. Head and J. A. Wood
ward, tho Legislative Committee to in
vestigate conduct of Ben Conley, George
Hillyer and Dawson A. Walker, Com
missioners who audited State Road
claims, have roported. Like tho other
committees, this one has dono its work
well.
The Commissioners passed on $628,-
083 10 of claims. They audited SIIIO,OOO,
rejecting some, scaling some, and a few
being withdrawn. Os tho audited claims,
$26,527 97 are unpaid, and Governor
Smith won’t pay them without legisla
tive action. Tho claims are of all sorts,
run from $2 to $50,000, and number
about 1,100. The Commissioners wero
a long time at work, hut tho committee
think not censuraldy so.
Tho committeo lias examined every
audited claim and taken testimony on
them. Some they have been unable to
find out about, and so report. A trip
was taken to Chattanooga to examine
wood and cross-tio claims, and parties
invited to give information. Tho most
of theso claims were valid ; othors were
not. But the Commissioners are not
censured, they having acted apparently
fairly. Some of the claims could not
be fully inquired into, evidence not be
ing attainable. Os the unpaid audited
claims, some should not bo paid. Some
money on improperly audited claims has
been paid back. The Commissioners
audited wood and tie claims on the claim
ants’ oath when H. O. Hoyt’s, tho wood
contractor’s book, showed delivery. Tho
committee condemns this rule, as
changes were made in Hoyt’s books,
which showed more money spent for
wood and ties than the road needed.
This fact made inquiry necessary.
Before the leasS there was on hand
21.250 J cords of wood and 9,858 cross
ties, worth $46,083 87. The Commis
sioners, Hillyer dissenting, audited and
paid theso. The lessees get the' use of
this $46,083 87 without intorost for twen
ty years. This is a matter for tho Legis
lature. It is not certain the amounts on
these claims can be recovered, but should
the Legislature decide to attempt it, tho
evidence submitted will furnish the data.
A few of tho claims are large and tho
parties responsible.
The Commissioners are still at work
on unaudited claims. Tho testimony
is voluminous and unpublished.
The matters connected with the most
important claims are published only.
Henry O. Cole holds two warrants for
$12,259 35, of which $7,815 was audited
by the Commissioners. This was for
work douo on the road in 1855, which,
by arbitration, bad been settled, and the
award for $3,500 made the judgment of
the Court. The committee recommend
resistance of payment. The two war
rants are for the same work. The work
was fully paid for, and nothing is duo
Mr. Cole, while he owes the State $60,-
000 for damages for worthless work.
George W. Evans receipted for an
Executive warrant for $lB5 for wood
furnished by L. T. Wilson, on claim
made before E. M. Dodson, Rotary Fub
lic. Wilson swears he furnished no such
wood, and Dodson witnessed no such
paper. Therefore Evans stole and
forged.
A ficticions olairn for $5,995 40 of Mc-
Ewen, Grant A Cos., for railroad supplies,
was audited.
Mrs. E. T. Williams got S2OO more for
burned goods than sho agreed to take.
In 1870, the Htato Road paid $286,-
634 87 for wood and cross ties, of which
$140,551 was in excess and improperly
expended. H. O. Hoyt alone got $184,-
694 91, or $40,000 in excess of what was
needed. The Commissioners audited
$1,405 08 of this, and did it improperly.
John J. Montgomery got SI,OOO for
personal injury that the oommittee oon
demn.
Montgomery got on an engine without
leave and got hurt.
A claim of S4OO was awarded Lueinda
J. Waller, who lost part of her foot in
rescuing her little brother from being’
run ox er. The railroad was in no negli
gence, and the committee report the
payment improper. Mr. Hilyer did not
sit here. Mrs. Waller got S2OO for the
same injury improperly, Lucinda being
her daughter.
P. M. Sheibley returned SI,OOO to the
Treasurer, audited by committee im
properly for lumber. Henry Phillips
NEW SERIES—VQL. XXV—NO. 02.
got S2OO for personal injury when ho
had receipted for $35, in full for the
same. Win. Marable get SSOO in same
way. J. J. McGlohan got $25 for a
hog killed by a Chattanooga depot
agent. The road had nothing to do
with it. Isliarn Bethel, a negro weir an,
got SIOO for catching cold. She roilo
outside because she couldn’t ride in the
ladies’ ear. Tho committee condemn
this judgment. Nathan Landrum got
$f!(X) for injury that ho took $lO for and
receipted. Samuel Wellborn got S3OO
for injury, for which he had been paid
S3S. George Washington, not testified
to be related to tho father of his coun
try, got $250 for a S4O injury paid up:
The committee condemn all these olaims.
The Boston Post newspaper got $1!) IJ.
The committee can’t seo what the road
needs with newspapers.
I. P. Harris paid Rhodes $2,735 80,
on an unapproved pay roll, and had a
claim audited for that amount and paid
him, to replace in the Treasury, which lio
neglected to charge against himself. The
committee condemn this.
W. D. Hancock got $1,048 KlHor wood
and cross ties, which tjie committee say
is wholly wanting in evidence to sup
port it.
Welehell and Jasper Harris testified
that Hancock did not buy over throe
hundred ties and one hundred oords of
wood. W. J. Brown stated that Han
cock had paid Hoyt SI,OOO for land with
this claim.
Hancock testified that he worked at
$1 50 a day for Hoyt, and mixed and re
sold the same wood for him half a dozen
times.
W. L. Brown got $8,765 28, which the
committee says in part is unjust. They
give testimony pf James E. 8011, T. B.
Stacey, E- A. Stewart, Carter Jones,
Epliram Harkins, William Pritchett,
James Nance, R. F. Wehjhell, Lewis
Bender, J. M. Boatright, that wood in
Brown's name was marked and taken up
twice. Brown denied it, and demanded
an arbitration to settle the matter,
giving testimony of Thomas J. Sim
mons, J. B. Brown, H. H. Green aud J.
B. Kendrick.
Mr. J. B. Kendriok returned SI,OOO to
tlio Treasury. Tho committee exonerate
him from blame.
Mr. D. R. Milieu got $7,411 29 for
bogus supplies. Tlio courts are after
him. George W. Lee got $75 on his
switoh improperly. This closes tlio re
port.
THE GRANT POW WOW I
A Row Among the Faithful Pistols
at*d Swords Introduced Several Par
ties Wounded, One Supposed Mor
tally.
[From tlio Savannah Nows, 30th.)
As was announced in our issue of Sat
urday, a meeting of the Radical office
holders was hold at St. Andrew’s Hall
last evening, to ratify tho nomination of
Grant and Wilson. A number of highly
BCented and distinguished speakers were
promised to shoot off a little Grant niji
sio for the occasion, and it was expected
tl'iat the meeting would be harmonious
and successful, hut it proved to be a
regular old highfalutin jamboree, in
which discord reigned supreme.
The mooting at Uoat gave promise of
being ns serene ns a Hummer's day, and
the head lights of the Custom House
Ring were very jubilant.
H. Potash Farrow strutted the stage
and regaled the crowd of black spirits
and white with laudations of the Cham
pion Gift-Taker,discoursed volubly upon
the prime necessity of unity of notion,
and advised the negroes to abandon
their attempt to force themselves upon
the street ears, as they woro|not justified
in so doing, the company having pro
vided for thnir accommodation cars
equally as good as those set apart for
the white people.
Bryant, of Augusta fame, followed in
one of his usual harangues, and was suc
ceeded hy Col. Atkins, who spouted
freely in the good cause, and gave the
same advice to the negroes about riding
in the streot ears as Farrow.
A. N. Wilson threw in some of his
oloquenco to clioer the hearts of his
sable brethren, and, it is said, informed
the scented sijll'rago slingers that they
should go to School, and in a few years
they would he able to educate their old
masters. Smnrt hoy, that.
At this juncture the irrepressible
George Washington Wilson mounted
the rostrum and hurled into the excited
crowd ouo of his terrific eloquent
thunderbolts against the Custom House
Ring. Thereupon arose a howl, “put
him out,” “squolsli him,” “fan him wid
yer boot,” “put a head on him,” nnd
othor like elegant expressions, and suit
ing tho action to the words, a movoinont
was made towards tho Princo of Disor
ganizors, hut tho valiant George Wash
ington W. didn’t scare worth a cent, and
hiß darling brother Tommy Wilson
backed him up. Tommy drow his sword,
flourished it around and looked daggers
at the threatening faces of the murky
horoes. The excitement increased to
fever heat, several shots were fired in
the hall and tho greatest uproar pre
vailed. George W. hanged away with
his little pistol “two times,” one ball
striking tho oniling and tho other,
gluncing through the window, struck on
tho opposite side of the streot.
This was considered ail invitation to
pitch in hy the angry crowd who had
gathered in the street on hearing of tho
dastardly outragos on Hull street, and
several shots were fired into tho hall.
Tommy put up his sword and prepared
“ to git” from tharabouts in the liveliest
niannor. Tho hall whs cleared in a short
time, and the way some of tlioso parties
got up the street would have done credit
to Longfellow. During this melee Mr.
Henry -Bogardes was shot in the shoul
der blade, inflicting a painful wound.
Henry Endros and Tommy Wilson were
also touched up with tho casual load, hut
not seriously, and Enoch Morgan was
mortally wounded. Several others were
shot nnd injured, but wo could obtain
no particulars in the confusion that en-
Hned. George Washington W. deserves
the credit of smashing up the meeting,
and rendering tho glorious ratification
of Butcher Grant and Cobbler Wilson a
“ gigantic frod ” and stupendous fizzle..
The nicely prepared resolutions will Ire
laid over for auothor time.
Mention of tho concluding scenes of
this interesting assemblage of the faith
ful is given elsewhere.
The Cotton Enemy. —The caterpillar
is roportod to be destroying the cotton
on Grand Cheuiere, in Cameron parish.
There were rumors of the appearance
of the caterpillar in one or two neigh
borhoods in Opelousas parish, but not in
sulliciout force to do any damago.
The cotton worm is reported to have
made its appearance in some parts of
Concordia parish slnoe late heavy rains.
The cotton worm is reported to have
appeared near Port Hudson, in the par
ish of East Baton Rouge,
We gather tho above from late State'
exchanges. The general reports of tho
cotton crop in Louisiana continue of a
favorable character. —New Orlcann
aijunc., 2 i?h.
Coffee Culture in the United
States.— The Mexicans have taken np
with unwonted energy the subject of
raising cofiVt for the United States, and
a party of Costa Riennfy witli a former
President of tliat country at their head,
have purchased a tract of land near Sun
Bttfael, Cal., and desire to cultivate tho
aromatic berry. Coming from Central
America, where coffee is raised with
success, these Costa Ricans ought to
know the requisites of a country for the
business. Tliey have chosen the middle
region of the State, though the general
idea is that ihuie are places in Southern
California where tho experiment might
be tried with hotter hope of success.
Even if successful, however, years must
elapse before the coffee culture in tho
United States can hnve any effect on
importations.
Important Decision of the Supreme
Court. —We. understand that the Su
preme Court yesterday morning decided
tho election law passed by the last
Legislature to be unconstitutional on
tho ground that, as aiguod and pub
lished, it is not consistent with tho Jour
nal of the Senate. The Court, wa learn,
seeifted to regard this as a groat misfor
tune to the State, From what we oan
understand there is evidenoo to show
that the law is not really in conflict witli
the Senate Journal as it ought to havo
been written.— Montgomery Advertiser,
2 m. __
Columbia County All Bight.—A cor
respondent advises us that althongh
very still about the coming election, Co
lumbia county will go for the re-election
of Gov. Smith, will elect all Democrats,
and, under the circumstunces existing,
will vote solidly for Greeley.
Mr. Lewis Simons, a well-known citi
zen of Charleston, died on Monday, of
congestion of the brain.
Singular Variety op Cotton. —Dr. T.
L. Anderson, of Wilkes county, has de
veloped, by cultivation and careful se
lection of seed, a variety of cotton which
is certainly a curiosity, and may prove a
very valuable variety. This cotton is
.peculiar on account of its excessive
fruitfulness and the manner in which
the bolls are developed. As described
‘by the Washington Gazette, in growth
and appearacce, the Weed has the re
semblance of the prolific varieties, grow
ing up in a somewhat conical form,
though we thiuk the growth is moro
vigorous than those varieties. Tlie
squares and blooms grow in clusters,
and very thick. Avery largo propor
tion of the bolls are wlnvt we would call
double for want of a better word ; that
is, two balls are produced from the same
squaro. This tendency to donbliug is
exhibited tluroughout the plant, nnd tho
stalk and limbs of many specimens seem
to take on the same characteristic, there
being a groove on each side, presenting
somewhat tho appearance of a double
barreled gun. This crowding of the
bolls does not seem to diminish their
size, but they aro generally very large
and healthy in appearance. Upon one
stalk in liis field Dr. A. exhibits fifteen
young bolls so closely olustered as to bo
oovered with a single opon hand. He
has taken great pains during the past
two or throe years to preserve the seed
pure and unmixed' with other varieties.
He lias now several acl - es planted in this
cotton, and we wish that his experiment
may be of value to himself and tlic cot
ton interests of tho country.
No Trochee for a Radical to Lie.—
The Washington special to the Now
York World, on Thursday, says :
Tho Radical candidate for the Yice-
Prosidency put in an appearance to-day
on his way from the North Carolina
campaign t.o liis New England home, and
olioerod the drooping spirits of tho offi
cials here by declaring that not only
would North Carolina give the Republi
cans a majority of 10,000 a week from
to-day, but that the whole South was" for
Grant.
The correspondent very properly adds
that in view of the fact that Mr. Wilson
has only visited portions of North Caro
lina anil Virginia his opinion of the re
sult in therivhole South hiust be based
on a rather excited imagination.
The Greeley headquarters have ad
vices from all portions of North Caro
lina, which appear to leave no doubt
whatever of a Conservative triumph.
Their writers are much better judges of
tho situation Mian Mr. Wilson, and give
facts and figures to sustain their asser
tions.
Stopping Grant Huhsoriition Lists.
—A Washington dispatch says tho Post
master-General, on Thursday, stopped
tho circulation of subscription lists in
bis department nskitig for money to aid
Grant. The principal list was in the
hand of Mr. MoPhnil, special mail agent,
alii! was liberally signed by the clerks of
the Department, it being headed, it is
said, by Postmaster-General Croswell for
S2OO. It is undowtood that this was
done in eonsequeneo of n petition which
has been privately circulating in the de
partments, complaining of the implied
assessment nnd protesting against tho
practice; and which was sent to the Pres
ident. of tho Advisory Civil Horvico
Board, George Wm. Curtis. It Was
suggestoil that, if the practice was not
stopped, tho petition, with its list of
namos, would bo givon to the public.
No order of this nature has boon issued
in the Interior Department, and it is
not likely tho assessments will stop be
fore one iH issued by somebody higher
than the Secretary.
Mail Robbers Arrested —One
Steals Because He is Mad with His
Employer. —Circumstances have for
some time lod to tho belief that some
one confieetod with tho Methodist Pub
lishing House, at Nashville, was sys
tematically robbing the mails. Colonel
Prosser instituted means for dotocting
the thief which resulted in trapping
a young man named Hill, who has been
in the employ of Dr. Bedford some time.
Tho plan ho adopted was to take the let
ters from the lock box of the Publishing
House at tho post offloo, and rifle them,
His game suddenly ended one evening,
however. After he had taken out four
teen letters, supposed to contain money
or money-orders, a detective, who was
on the qui vive, pounced on his victim,
who saw at once that it was all up with
him. He made a clean breast of having
been in the habit of stealing letters, and
produced a falso key which lie had made
while he had the regular key in his
keeping. Ho told Colonel Prosser that
he did not steal them for anything
valuable, but because he was mad with
Dr. Bedford for removing him from
trust of tho mail, and wanted to throw
suspicion on the young man who had
succeeded him. Ho is now in jail.
A clerk in tho Nashville post office, by
the name of Clarko, who lias been there
since 1863, has also been detected in
robbing the mail, and is now in jail.
Radical Plundering in Washington.
—The Pittsburg /‘out says ;>) “Mince
Washington City has been in pos
session of tho Radicals, it Ims, as a cor
poration, been tho scene of most unmit
igated stealing. The last development
shows that under a resolution appropria
ting six hundred dollars to grade one of
thostroets,s24o,G4B3ohns lieen expended,
for the evident purpose of improving the
value of the real estate belonging to tho
Chairman of thcMtroet Committee ! Tho
debt of the District has grown $9,500,-
000 within a few months, and will doubt
less go on increasing atl infinitum.
Stealing feally seems to be the normal
condition of ltadiculism, wherever it ex
ercises its baneful influence. Cities,
eountios, States, ami the General Gov
ernment, all in their turn or a’ltogether,
have undergone tliis bitter experience. ”
Masonic Temple in Montgomery.—
The contract for building a Masonic
Temple in Montgomery, Alabama, lias
beon awarded to Mr. J. P. Dickson, for
the sum of $65,000. Tho Ternplo is to
be 60 feet front and 130 feet in depth.
Exclusive of a nine foot basement, its
height will bo 70 feet. Including the
basement it will be five stories high, tho
first of which will be 9 feet, the second
16 feet, the third 14 feet, the fourth 15
foot, and tho fifth 18 feet in the clear.
The First Sea Island Cotton.—Tlio
first boll of lung staple cotton of the
season was sent to tho Jfcws office,
Charleston, on Thursday, from Christ
Church Parish. It was grown by a col
ored man named Isaac Smith, who has a
few acres of cotton near Mount Pleasant.
The Blackshear Georgian employs a
regular poet. His latest is ns follows :
■ “Hark Iron Hob Toombs yo angry Hound—
Joo brown, attend tho cry—
No living man shall view the ground
Where they will shortly he.
“For them there'll be no duel’d beds, .
In spite of all their jowors—
llieir tall, their wiso, their reverend heads
Are about as level as ours.”
It is stated that Mr. W. McGanity,
while attending a Sunday school cele
bration at Union Church, about thirteen
miles frdm Chestor C. H., was kicked
by a horse, and so seriously injured
that he died before he could be removed.
Mr. McGanity was a citizen of Chester
oouuty.