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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23. I
CORRECT YOUR TICKETS.
We notice that some of our exchanges
publish the name of N. It. Casey as
Democratic Elector for the Fifth Dis
trict. This is incorrect; it should he H.
it. Casey. We trust that tho Demo
cratic newspapers will give this correc
tion a general circulation.
VOORIIEES’ DEFEAT.
Much surprise is expressed in some
quarters at tho defeat of D. W. Voor
hees for Congress from Indiana, and
some persons are disposed to attribute
it to his quixotic course in relation to
the candidacy of Air. Greeley. Tho true
cause of his defeat is explained in an
other and much more satisfactory way.
The last Legislature of that Btato, which
was Radical, rearranged the Congres
sional Districts, and so gerrymandered
them as to give a Radical majority in
the district of Mr. Voorhces, which had
been before strongly Democratic.
THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE.
The Washington ttazette declares that
it will not support Greeley or Grant for
President, nor Wright or Clayton for
Congress. It further declares its posi
tion as follows: “ We see it stated that
O'Conor lias consented to allow his name
to be used in the canvass for President.
If the Democracy of Georgia put an
electoral ticket in (lie held We will Vote
for that ticket; if not, we will not vote for
President. If a Democrat, opposed to
Greeley and Grant, enters tho field in
this district as a candidate for Congress,
we will vote for him; if not, wo will not
vote for Congressman.”
ELECTION DAY.
The election for President and for I
members of Congress from this State
takes place on Tm sday, the Jlfth of No
vimin r next. Owing to the frequent
changes of “election day” in this State
since the war, some confusion exists in
the public mind as to the time of hold
ing our Congressional election, and
hence we, direct special attention to the
time, as stated above. This matter
should be freely talked about by our
country readers, so that those who live
remote from post offices and do not read
the newspapers may bo correctly in
formed on the subject. Remember !
It is Tuesday, the sth op November.
NORTH CAROLINA.
A meeting of leading Democrats and
Liberals was held in Raleigh, on Thurs
day last, for consultation upon the sug
gestion that the defeated candidates on
the Slate ticket, in the late August elec
tion should contest the election of tlieir
opponents. At this meeting it was de
luded that, owing to the overwhelming
evidence of fraud and corruption prac
ticed by the Radicals in a largo number
of counties, and their shameful violation
of the election laws throughout the '
State, duty to the honest voters of the
State required that a thorough investi
gation should be had.
Colonel Merrimon, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, and other de
feated candidates on the State ticket,
were present and warmly approved the
decision of the conference.
FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL.
Os our own accord wo announce lion.
J. W. Ronfroe, of Washington county,
as a candidate for Comptroller-General.
Thoroughly competent, energetic, atten
tive to business, and with largo expe
rience as tax collector (and ouo of the
best the State ever Imd) and as a legis
lator, he would fill the position as near
to perfection as it is possible for man tA
do, Washington county has never, with
in our knowledge, asked for a place at
the Capitol for one of her citizens. To
no one are we as a county so deeply in
debted for political success in the late
and preceding elections as to J. W.
Uenfroc. A gallant, soldier during the
late entire war, a native Georgian, with
every qualification requisite for a good
officer, his claims at the hands of the
State are inferior to none. This is writ
ten without his knowledge or consent. —
Sandcrsville He raid.
If Capt. Ronfroe announces himself a
candidate ho will prove a strong man in
the canvass for Comptroller-General.
We have knowu him long and well, and
can cheerfully testify to his full and am
ple qualifications for the discharge of
the duties of that high office. He is a
gentleman of indomitable energy, strict
integrity and first-class business talents,
and, if elected, will fill the office of
Comptroller-General with credit to him
self and usefulness to the State.
tiie late elections our DUTY.
There should be no lukewarmness
among our people in relation to the elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, the sth of
November. The late elections in Penn
sylvania, Ohio and Indiana should cause
no one to believe that tho struggle
which wo arc making against Radical
centralism is by any means a hopeless
one. It is true that by perpetration of
the grossest frauds by the Camoqyi Radi
cals the State of Pennsylvania has gone
strongly against us. The true voice of
the people was not heard in the election
there last week. It was suppressed by
the Radical machinery of repeating,
ballot box stuffing and the intimidation
of honest voters by professional
••roughs” employed for the purpose.
hi Ohio the Democracy made a gal
lant tight, and although not wholly vic
torious. they have made substantial
gains both in tho Congressional repre
sentation and in the popular vote. The
cutting down of the Radical majority in
!SbS of 11,000 to less than 15.000, and a
gain of thru Democratic Congressmen,
leaves us good promis*' of our ability to
carry the State for Greeley and Brown
on the sth of November.
In Indiana "o have done well. The
State Government has been wrenched
from lladieal clutches by the election of
Mr. Hendricks. This is a decided gain.
We have also some hope that the full re
turns will show sufficient gains in the
Legislature to secure the defeat of Mor
ton for Senator.
Connecticut lias gone strongly Demo
cratic, and our friends there are confi
dent that they will carry the State for
Greeley l»v a handsome majority.
Upon the whole the outlook, wbile not
so cheering as we would like, gives no
cause for despondency. In this .state
particularly wo have much to cheer and
gladden our hearts. We have, by an
overwhelming majority, secured an able,
patriotic Governor, and an honest, intel
ligent Legislature. The election of a
Democratic Senator in place of Hon.
Joshua Hill is thus made certain. We
must now direct onr energies to the
election of a full Democratic represen
tation in Congress from this State.
Huch a result, can be easily accomplished
by the united and vigorous efforts of
our people. The late State election
showed a clear Democratic majority in
each Congressional District. These flg-
ures can 1/e not only maintained —they
i can, by a little effort, l/e largely in-
I creased.
All wo want is the determination on
the part of tin' honest people of the
| State to have a full turnout and a fair
ballot in November. Let every one l/e
careful to look np his neighbor and im
press upon him the importance of a full
vote. Let there he no laggards now. Tho
issues involved demand the zealous and
| vigorous action of all true patriots.
i 11011 THE LATE ELECTIONS ABE
INTEBPRETED.
I There were too many questions of per
-1 sonal and local interests in tho late
Northern elections, which modified and
controlled the result, to permit them to
ho regarded as fair expressions of tho
popular will upon tho simple issue of
peace and reconciliation for tho wliolo
Union, and bayonet law and mili
! tary rule for a largo part ol the United
States—the Southern States. Thus the
contest in Pennsylvania involved the
re-election of Cameron as Senator. For
ney, and a largo number of Grant Re
publicans were opposed to and did op
pose with might and main the election
of Hartranft and tho election of tho
Cameron ring. Local interests and lo
cal influences were mado available to
further these interests, and many a vote
given was swerved by these influences
and interests, which, upon a fair, open
issue would have been arrayed under
the banner of peace and reconciliation.
The same influences were at work in
Ohio,.and particularly in Indiana, where
Morton made every effort to secure his
re-election as Senator. We cannot,
therefore, concur in tho opinions so of
ten expressed that the results in these
elections should be taken as a fair expo
nent of Northern animus, nor in the
correctness of the following viows,which
we find forcibly expressed in tho Atlanta
Jh raid :
If anybody asks us what the election
means wc answer, hatred of the South.
Let us not deceive ourselves into the
belief that our friends are in the ma
jority at the North. To regard us with
distrust and aversion; to readily believe
all tho infamous lies which scoundrelly
adventurers and dastardly renegades of
our own people pour into their ears ; to
brutally make us the foot-hall of their
pleasure, and to brand as false and
treacherous every man in tlieir midst
who utters one friendly word for us—
these seem to bo the dominant senti
ments in a majority of the Northern
people.
Doubtless there nro some who will
now turn from Greeley and join the few
dreamers who are seeking voters for a
man who refuses to lie their candidate.
Rut will it not be farcical to take up
Charles O’Conor after his repeated re
fusals to serve? Will any person toll
us that he is n candidate after reading
his letter which wo publish this morn
ing ? As well may we vote for the phan
tom id Andrew Jackson as for Mr.
O’Conor. Vindication of principle is
not embodied in a vote. Wo prefer
not to vote at all rather than to cast a
vote for the mere sake of casting it.—
What Mr. O’Conor might have effected
had he accepted tho nomination is im
possible now unless Mr. Orceley should
withdraw, and the Baltimoro nominee
will scarcely do that. Wo trust, there
fore, that no O’Conor electoral ticket
will he nominated. Nobody believes it
has the slightest chance of an election
wliilo Greeley remains in tho field.—
Better a thousand times to keep away
from tho polls entirely and patiently
wait and watch for the hour and tho
opportunity when wo can assert our
liberties and defend our priciples in a
more practical way than by making con
cessions or following illusions.
For our part we turn with disgust from
■ national politics. Tho South has no
future save that which sho makes her
self. In tho fortitude of her own peo
plo; in tlieir firm resolve not to yield
ono jot or titlo more, but to maintain
with n pure faith all those ideas of po
litical liberty for which their brothers
died, and for which they fought and
suffered, on these alone sho can depend.
Italy had her tyrants, but Italy is free
to-day ; Hungary was scourged, but tho
Hungarians now glory in their national
autonomy. And so the South, even
though she may bo called to suffer and
endriro yet more, will finally emerge
from the darkness of Radical rule into
tho light of liberty.
NO FALTERING NOW.
The following article, which wo clip
from the World, breathes the right spirit,
and wo commend to our readers its caro
ful perusal. Let tho peoplo of Georgia
see to it that whatever betides the causo
of Constitutional Liberty in other States
that the escutcheon of onr grand old
Commonwealth is kept clear and untar
nished. Wo havo achieved a glorious
victory in our recent State elections.
Let us follow np the blow given to Radi
cal centralism on the 2d inst. by a still
grander and more complete victory on
the stli of November next. Wo must,
on the one hand, guard against a feeling
of security growing out of our recent
victory; while on the other wo resist
anything like indifference on account of
the failure of our Democratic friends
to make serious inroads upon the ene
my’s ranks in tho elections last Tues
day in Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania.
The World's article is as follows ;
“The time has come for testing the
courage, constancy, party stanch ness,
fidelity to associates, or, to express it all
in one word, the manliness of all true
Democrats. This is no time for any
Democrat, least of all Democrats who
accepted Mr. Greeley by the compulsion
of party discipline, to flinch. The sol
dier who throws away his musket and
takes to his heels at the first puff of ad
verse fortune lacks that resolute steadi
ness which is the first element of man
hood. If, in tTie varying turns of war,
we happen to lose an important battle,
it is manly ami soldier-like to retreat in
good order, with lines unbroken and
disciplined step, to a position where the
reserves can be brought up and prepara
tion made for again meeting the enemy
with unquailing hearts and indomitable
courage. No matter whether we origi
nally approved or disapproved of the
ground selected for the conflict. No
matter whether a general was assigned
us in accordance with onr wishes or
against our protest. Our honor bids* us
to be men; it forbids us to withdraw,
after a mishap, the faith and pledges
which our protests against tho original
error did not prevent us from giving.
We trust it will bo found that those of
us who went farthest in deprecating the
nomination of Mr. Greeley, so long as
remonstrance was in order, will show
themselves tho most faithful and un
shaken in tho hour of adversity and
peril.
“ For our part, after tho disappoint
ment at Cincinnati, we preferred, both
on grounds of principle and expediency,
to go into the contest under a Demo
cratic leader like Mr. Hendricks
or Judge Church rather than join forces
with the Liberals with such a candi-*
date as Mr. Greeley. But after Mr.
Greelev had been fairly nominated at
Baltimore, we owed the party the same
allegiance as if it had heeded our ad
vice : and every good Democrat will be
as true to him till the end of tho canvass
as all Democrats would have been to
Mr. Hendricks or any other tried Demo
cratic leader. The Liberal Republicans
have acted towards us. since the Balti
more Convention, with sincerity and
honor; and if a mistaken estimate was
made of their strength, the error was
equally shared between them and the
Democratic majority at Baltimore. Mr.
Greeley’s eonduet and bearing in the
canvas's has been unexceptionable, and
in some respects admirable. He has
acted with great prudence under very
trying circumstances. It is a hazard
ous experiment for any Presidential
candidate to make speeches; but Mr.
Greeley passed through that perilous
ordeal in a manner which raised the
public estimate of his discretion and
abilities. He did not make his Western
trip of his own volition, but at tho in
j stance of the Democratic National Com
; mittee. It is scant and inadequate praise
i to say that he acquitted himself with
I faultless prudence. Ho so performed
j the task imposed on him as to extort the
i homage of every man capable of appre
i eiating vigorous wisdom aud unrivalled
! tact. It is not very difficult for a can
‘ didate to make speeches when party
lines are strictly drawn. But a former
i Republican, acting with other Republi
cans in anew alliance with the Demo
cratic party, trod at every step on deli
cate ground. His success in making
. forty or fifty off-hand speeches within
less than a fortnight, during the fatigue
.of constant travel, aud falling into no
blunders though talking with nnrestrain-
I ed freedom, was a marvellous exhibition
not merely of readiness, mental re
sources and talents, but of exquisite tact
and wisdom. Many Democrats who sup
ported him before from a mere sense of
party obligation, have supported him
since from anew perception of his in
tellectual qualifications. If his nomina
tion at Baltimoro was a mistake, it was
our mistake, not his. He has boruo him
self so well since that tho party is as
much hound to him as it would have
been to the most thorough-going Dem
ocrat it could have put into tho field.
We cannot swerve or waver now.
To bo sure, thero is left but a slen
der chance of Mr. Greeley’s election.
But thero may ho a now leaf in the
chapter of accidents, and it would b -
pusillanimous not to keep ourselves in
a position to profit by it. We have lost
our hold on tho time-servers and camp
followers ; but Democrats by convic
tion and the Liberal Republicans who
have joined us from principle, will be
all the more true, stanch, and steady
in the unexpected eclipse which has
darkened our prospects. We scorn to
make any appeal to tlio time-servers
by hollow assurance of success, when '
the omens are so manifestly against us.
But Democrats who value their con
victions and stand on principle will
heed us ; and we merely give expres
sion to what they all feel when we
say that a transient defeat is no excuse
for dejection or discouragement. Truth
and justice must at last prevail ; and
the certainty of their ultimate triumph
depends upon the strong hold they take
on the conscience and moral sentiments
of men whose interest in politics is root
ed in patriotism and an abiding sense of
right. What is it to them that the voto
of the ignorant, newly enfranchised ne
groes is unanimous for Grant? While
Democrats respect the rights, they de
spise the judgment of this class of
voters. They regard the political in
telligence of the negroes with pitying
contempt ; but they cherish a more in
dignant feeling against the base politi
cal prostitutes, purchased by Adminis
tration money, whoso fraudulent votes
and false counting turned tho scale
against us in Tuesday’s elections. We
have been cheated out of success ; and
no Democrat with the spirit of a mau
in him will relax his zeal because his
party has been defeated by wholesale
frauds. Such rascalities should operate
as a fresh incentive to vigor, and this
will bo their effect on Democratic voters.
Tho Democracy can easily discriminate
between a question of right and a ques
tion of mere success. They have boon
in a minority for twelve trying years,
but they have never ceased to battle for
principlo. Under the most adverse
circumstances they have never given way
to discouragement; they have main
tained their organization; have faced
obloquy; have every year grown in
numbers; and they are now so formida
ble that it has required tho whole over
grown patronage of the Federal Govern
ment and all the resources of fraud to
give them a temporary cheek. Tho surg
ing tide may he dashed back for the
moment, but it will continue to rise, and
yet engulf tho barriers that opposed it.
It would bo absurd for Democrats to
slacken their energy now, oven if they
havo no longer any liopo of electing Mr.
Greeley. Political influence does not
depend upon the possession of offico.
A powerful and determined opposition
is the most valuablo and efficient means
of enforcing tho responsibility of an
Administration. A government is gen
erally reckless and corrupt just in pro
portion as tho organized opposition to
it is foeblo and inefficient Political
and official rottenness is sure to prevail
when a party is so strong that it stands
in no fear of its opponents. It is main
ly for this reason that the Federal Gov
ernment has long reeked with the foul
est corruption. This is why the Tam
many rule iu this city was so scanda
lous, aud why tho members of our State
Legislature, whether elected from tho
city where tho Democratic party was
all powerful, or from the rural districts
where tho Republicans had a similar es-
cendancy, have made that body for many
years a foul stench in the nostrils of hon
est men. A continuance of tho Grant Ad
ministration Avill bo harmless just in
proportion to the strength of the Demo
cratic opposition by which it is watched
and confronted. The usefulness of the
Democratic party does not depend ou its
getting possession of the Federal offices,
but ou its being strong and formidable
enough to impose a wholesome restraint
on the party in power. .Grant’s Admin
istration could not havo been so daring
and profligate if the two great political
parties had been more evenly balanced.
If it should now be conceded that
Grant’s re-election is tolerably certain,
every intelligent man and true patriot
ought to look Avith favor on tho building
up of an opposition strong enough to
keep his Administration in fear and en
force a just responsibility. No political
party can safely bo trusted with un
checked power; and least of all, a party
whose arrogance has been so long fed
and bloated by the exercise of boundless
authority as tho Republican party of
this country. Tho best thing would be
a change of administration Avith a ATig
orons Republican opposition; but next
to that, a Democratic opposition strong
enough to infuso fear and restrain
abuses.
It is an error to suppose we have
nothing to fight for unless we are strong
enough to elect our candidates. It
would indeed boa great advantage to
get possession of the Government and
have the initiation in public measures.
But the Democratic party may bo al
most equally useful in another way,
provided It is strong enough to make its
opposition felt and feared. If we keep
on striving for the highest prize we can
not fail of gaining the secoud. In what
remains of the canvass wo must contest
the ground inch by inch, yielding noth
ing without a strenuous contest. We
may yet gain the Presidency, although
the prospect is dark ; but if we keep up
the fight with vigor we cannot fail to
array against General Grant a powerful
opposition which he will be compelled
to respect, and to which the Republican
party will snceomb before tho end of
his second term. Let us be faithful to
our personal engagements, and, above
all, faithful to principle.
FAIR AT UNION POINT.
October 11th, 1572.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
Tho Greene County Floral and Agri
cultural Fair at Union Point is in pro
gress, and tho crowd in attendance much
larger than could lie reasonably expect
ed. The sturdy farmers and mechanics
of tho surrounding country, with their
wives and daughters, have presented
such an exhibition of skill and industry
as we havo rarely witnessed. The pro
jectors of this enterprise deserve the
thanks of tho public, and tho interest
which all seem to feel is truly commen
dable. Tho taste, intelligence and ener
gy of Middle Georgia is here pretty fair
ly represented, and I donbt if, in many
respects, it can be excelled in the South
ern country.
The horses and cattle are quite ndme
rons; and the latter, though of grade
stock, are equal to any I have seen. It
is gratifying to witness such results in
these departments, and it is hoped they
will receive more attention in the future
than in the past. The finest horse I
have seen on the ground is a large bay,
raised by Mr. Henry Carlton, near Union
Point. He is a horse of noble form and
grand appearance, and moves with re
markable activity and fleetness. He
carried his driver and buggy over a
heavy track, one mile in two minutes and
forty seconds, which I believe was the
best performance in this department of
the exhibition.
Mr. Swan, of White Plains, has the
best pacer, making a mile in two min
utes and forty-five seconds. The horses,
I am glad to say, are many of them
Georgia raised, and as fine looking and
fleet as imported stock.
(The exhibition of agricultural and
mechanical products is indeed very fine,
surpassing my utmost expectations.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1872.
! Mr. J. M. Cox, of Woodville, has the
j finest corn and tho best yield per acre,
j His yield upon one acre, measured by
| disinterested parties, was eighty-seven
| bushels of corn, nineteen hundred
i pounds of fodder, twenty-six hundred
pounds of shucks and forty-five hun
dred pounds of pea hay. This yield
was from bottom land, with the appli
cation of seventy-five pounds of Bright
well’s rawbone superphosphate per acre.
All tho work of the farm was done by
Air. Cox, assisted by his little boy,
twelve years old. It was truly gratify
ing to see the old man receive the silver
spoons, forks and pitcher, as awards of
honor to his industry and success iu
skillful culture.
Mr. R. W. Carlton also had some
very fine corn and various other sam
ples of the field and garden, which, if
not premiumed, are at least worthy of
honorable mention. His stock of
poultry was of greater variety and of
superior quality than any I saw.
The canned fruits, jellies, preserves,
piekles, Ac., and numerous articles
from the dairy and kitchen, were all
very fine and highly creditable to tho
fair hands that presented them for pub
lic inspection.
In the ladies department I also ob
served a counterpane, mado by Airs.
Cunningham, from cotton picked, seeded,
carded, spun and woven in 1768—0n0
hundred and four years ago. This is -a
precious family relic, kept with great
care, and a worthy example to the pos
terity of an industrious mother. •
Time will not permit mo to notico the
many attractions in the Floral Hall,
which so delighted the fancy and taste
of observers, but suffice it to say that
this, in connection with the whole Fair,
was a triumphant suocess. Considering
tho tithe and circumstances, and the
fact of this beingian experimental effort,
the officers and patrons of the Associa
tion deserve great credit. lam under
obligations to Peter W. Printup, Esq.,
the active and efficient President of the
Association, for courtesies extended; and
I guess all thank the famous West Band
for the thrilling strains of music that en
livened tho ocassion. Having com
menced this communication on the fair
grounds, I must close in haste and con
fusion. “On the Wing.”
DIABOLISM IN RALEIGII.
The Sentinel Office Blown to Atoms —
The Press and Type - iu Rains.
From tho Raloigh (N. C.) ' Sentinel ,
which appeared in a half sheet on Satur
day last, wo get the following account
of the destruction of that offico at an
early hour Friday morning:
At twenty-five minutes past twelve
o’clock, on Friday morning, a loud re
port was heard throughout our city,
violently shaking doors, windows and
houses, and startling our citizens from
their sleep. The alarm bell was rung
and the cry of fire was heard in the
different streets. It was soon ascertain
ed that tho press room of the Sentinel
was in ruins. Tlio entiro building was
blown up and a part of the roof of the
adjoining building, used by the hands,
was torn off; windows were broken
out; stands were crushed; eases emptied
and much other damage done. In
the building used for a job office a paper
of powder containing two or threo
pounds, with a burning fuse, was dis
covered before any damage was done.
Afore or less damage was done to other
rooms. The power press, one of Hoe’s
steam presses, is almost a total wreck.
Its cost was $3,500.
Wo do not feel to-day liko dwelling
upon an outrage that every woll-mcau
iug, considerate mind must despise and
condemn. The creatures that performed
tho deed were simply base and devilish.
This is not tho first attempt that lias
been mado to damage tho Sentinel. Last
Winter tho forms were knockod into pi
at night. Only somo three months ago
some scoundrel broke a part of the press
with a hammer, necessitating an expen
diture of somo SIOO to repair it, and
causing no little trouble otherwise. Aud
now maliguacy and diabolism havo suc
oeeded in laying in ruins a part of our
office and inflict ing serious injury upon
ns. It shows that tlio spirit of Guy
Fawks still lives, and that neither prop
erty, nor life, nor liborty aro safe iu a
laud wlioro high officials aro corrupt and
villainy goes so often unwhipped of
justice.
Tho freedom of tho press has been
violently assailed. For generations an
unfettered press has boon tho
“ Tyrant’s foo, the champion of the free.”
Its fate has boon to excite tho soars of
the oppressor and to provoke the hatred
of the base. An unsuccessful effort was
made Thursday niglit to throttle the
press—to prevent tho expression of
honest views as well as the denuncia
tion of crime. The villains thought,
whilst seriously injuring us pecuniarily,
that by destroying our office they would
prevent the publication of a paper whose
only crime has been that amid dangers
and threats it has continued unremit
ting in its efforts to expose venal offi
cials and public plunderers, and has re
mained the steadfast friend of tho peo
ple of North Carolina, sedulously watch
ing over and guarding tlieir true in
terests..
But We are not yet conquered. What
ever losses we may havo sustained will
not prevent the Sentinel from continu
ing to be the ally of just government
aud tho unfaltering friend of the people,
and from making its regular visits to the
tire-sides and homes where it lias so
long been a welcome visitor. We appear
to-day in a half-sheet necessarily, but
hope soon to circulate in our usual form,
neither curtailed in dimensions nor
daunted in spirit.
The engine house of tho Rescue Fire
Company, which stands only a few feet
from the press room that was blown up,
was very considerably damaged. Alucli
of the glass was broken out, the walls
were badly cracked, and a door was torn
from its hinges. The engineer was
fortunately out of his room, or he would
have been seriously injured, as every
pane of glass in the window, beside
which his bed stood, was broken out,
and some brick were thrown in upon the
bed.
Tho Sentinel offico is nearly in the
centre of Raleigh, opposite tho main
hotel, the Yarborough House, very near
the Court House, the Court now being in
session. Whether any discoveries will
be mado that will lead to the arrest of
the scoundrels remains to be seen.
Tiie Powers of the Federal Super
visors of Election. — There is some
misapprehension as to tho powers of
Federal Supervisors of Election under
the new bayonet law, and a statement
lias obtained currency that the same au
thority to order arrests by the Federal
deputy marshals which was granted
under tlio acts of 1870 and 1871 is con
ferred upon the additional supervisors
appointed in conformity with the sup
plementary provisions of 1872. Tho old
enforcement laws authorized tho ap
pointment of supervisors aud deputy
marshals in cities having 20,000 in
habitants. Tho supplementary pro
visions, smuggled into the Sundry Civil
Service Appropriation bill, while extend
ing the power to appoint supervisors to
all counties and parishes wherein ten
good citizens should petition for the
appointment, expressly enacts “that
nothing in this section shall be so con
strued as to authorize the appointment
of any marshals or deputy marshals in
addition to those heretofore authorized
bv law, and that tho supervisors herein
provided for shall have no power or au
thority to make arrests or to perform
other duties than to be in the immediate
presence of the officers holding the
election and to witness all their proceed
ings, including the counting of the votes
and the making of a return thereof.”
Words of Cheer fbom Sister Flori
da.—The Lake City Press says;
Our State exchanges come to us
freighted with good cheer. The nomi
nations of the Radical partv for State
and Congressional election have fallen
upon the public mmd stale and flat
whilst the Conservative and Liberal
nominations are a success m themselves
Thev appeal to all true men, wmte and
black, to be guided and governed in
casting their ballots by the past record
and reputation of tho nominees, \rbo are
seeking at their hands the exercise of a
freeman’s suffrage. The record and re
putation of Bloxham, Bullock, Niblack
and Jones are household words. They
are the representatives, par excellence,
of all lovers of an honesty and economi
cal administration of the finances of the
State. They are honest and capable,
| and against whom not a l/reatli of slan
i der has nor can be hurled by the Radi
cal press.
* * « * *
! Never in the history of the political
j campaigns of the State has the action of
| any Convention of any party received a
| response so universal as tile action of the
j Conservative and Liberal Conventions
iu uniting upon and bringing out Blox
i ham, Bullock, Niblack and Jones. The
i last dying throes of the present corrupt
State government will be spent in a fu
tile effort to retain a longer lease of
place and power.
[From the Savannah News.]
THE DILLON TRAGEDY.
Removal and Subsequent Burial of
Young Dillon—Statement of Mr. Dil
lon’s Wife.
Since the recent tragedy in the Dillon
family a variety of rumors havo been
afloat in reference to tho parties con
cerned as to the condition of Dillon,
Sr., and the disposition that had been
I made of the remains of the deceased
son. These reports were so oontradic
■ tory that but little reliance could bo
placed on them. We are now, however,
enabled to lay before our readers a con
cise and correct account of the events
following upon the nnfortunate affair:
Dillon, Sr., gavo instructions to an
undertaker in this city to bring a cheap
coffin to the office and take the body to
a farm of his, about five miles from the
city, for interment. The body was
placed in the coffin with the samo clothes
the deceased had on at tlio timo of his
death. Tlio coffin was placed in a hearse
and the undertaker proceeded to the lo
cality designated, taking with him a negro
man to dig the grave. When just be
yond the Relay House,
they weke met by mb. dillon’s wife,
In a carriage, who demanded the corpse.
This was refused, and the driver of the
hearse was ordered to proceed. The
party continued on, closely followed by
her in the carriage, but before the
place designated for the burial was
reached she hired a wagoner, whom they
met on the road, to proceed with her, as
she was determined to have the body.
On arriving at tho ground the under
taker had tlio coffin removed, and left it
in cliargo of the negro, named Isaac,
we believe, who had been employed by
Dillon, Sr., to inter the remains. The
undertaker having performed his duty
returned to town. The mother with the
assistance of somo colored men, who
were attracted to tho spot and who
sympathized with her, succeeded in get
ting possession of the coffin, had it put
iu her wagon, and sho then started to
return to town, taking a different road.
They had proceeded several miles
when they were overtaken by Henry
Tow, Deputy Sheriff, with other parties,
who demanded the body, in tho name of
the law, at the instance of Dillon, Sr.
Sho at first declined to give it up, but
finally yielded to the force of circum
stances. Once more the direction was
changed and in duo timo the farm was
again reached, tho mother still follow
ing. Tho body was then interred, and
tho party returned to tho city. At
eight o’clock the mother, taking with
her assistants, drove out to the place and
HAD TIIE BODY DISINTEBKED.
The coffin was then put in a wagon,
and moved rapidly towards town. Con
siderable time was occupied in accom
plishing this, and they did not reach
her house, corner of State and Mont
gomery stroots, until half-past two, a.
m., Saturday. On Saturday morning
she had a very fine coffin ordered, and
tho body was removed from tho other and
placed in that.
TnE FUNEBAL
Took place yesterday morning, at half
past ton o’clock, from tho residence of
tlio mother, and was largoly attended.
Tlio remains wero buried on tho place of
Mr. T. J. Walsh, situated on the Middle
Ground Road, a short distance from the
city. This information is correct as it
ivas furnished by the mother herself.
CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED MAN.
The reports that Dillon, Sr., was suf
fering greatly from his wounds avo learn
is incorroct. Ho is said to bo getting
along very well, arid it is expected will
be out in a few days. 410 is at present
at a house out on tlio roadknoAvu as the
Relay House.
THE ABSENT SONS.
The rumor that tho other sons, who
are absent from the city and wlio had
been telegraphed for, had arrived, is in
correct. One of them (Bonjamin) is in
Alontgomery, Alabama, and a tolgram
Avas received stating that ho sympa
thized Avith the family, but was unable
to travol on account of sickness. Tlio
other son is in thejinterior, near Marietta
some where, and may be in the city this
Aveok. Threo other children are in
Europe, and one, a married daughter, is
in Canada.
Gband Lodge of Good Templabs.—
The State Convention of Good Templars
has been in session in our city since
Wednesday morning. Their session has
been very interesting—harmony and will
prevailing; and, it is believed, the sacred
objects of the order have been greatly
promoted. There are 232 Lodge* in the
State, with a membership of over 15,000.
Verily this host of nobl6 reformers is a
power in the State, and it is not strange
that King Alcohol and his prime minis
ter, John Barleycorn, are dismayed at
the desertions from their ranks.
The Convention adjourned yesterday
and the delegates returned to their
homes, confirmed in their determination
“to fight the good fight and keep tho
faith,” until strong drink as a beverage
shall be abandoned in the land. God
bless them in their noble woi'k.
The folloAving are the officers of the
Grand Lodge, elected for the ensuing
year: Hon. J. W. H. Underwood, G. W.
C. TANARUS.; L. F. Livingstone, G. W. C.;
Miss Maggie Blakeley, G. W. V. TA NARUS.; S.
C. Robinson, G. W. S.; Rev. W. A.
Rogers, G. W. T.
The remaining officers aro to be ap
pointed.
E. J. Ivirksey, J. G. Thrower and Mrs.
J. G. Thrower were elected delegates to
tho R. W. G. L., which meets in Lon
don, England, the 4th Tuesday in May,
1873.— Rome Courier, 12th.
A Well-Cultivated Eais. —One of the
most' remarkable illustrations of the
poAver which a telegraphic operator ac
i quires to distinguish individuals by
their touch upon tho instrument, has
j .ist been afforded by Air. Hempstead,
one of the operators in tho Western
Union Tolegraph Company’s office in
this city. About a fortnight ago, Alike
W. Sherman, formerly an expert and
well-known tolograph operator hero, es
caped from tho Aliddloton Insane Asy
lum, whero ho has been oonfined, and
though thorough soaroh was made for
him, lie successfully oluded tho people
who wore on his track until Monday
night. AVhilo Hempstead was at work
in the offico here that night, he sud
denly recognized, among tlio clatter of
a scoro of messages passing over the
AA'ire, a souud which he at once declared
avms tlio touch of tho missing Alike. It
proved to boa message from Walling
ford, and an investigation showed that
Mr. Hempstead was quite right in as
cribing it to the insane man, who was
found thoro vestorday, he having drop
ped into the office in the former place
Monday night, and taken a hand at his
i old business.— Hartford Post.
Villainous Radical Plot in Florida.
Under the head “ Florida Sure for the
Democrats,” the Floridian, of Tuesday
last, says :
Wo are crodiblv advised of a villain
ous scheme devised by a ring of politi
cal gamblers to defeat the will of the
peoplo in tho election next month—a
scheme which surpasses in malignity and
turpitude the exploits of the infamous
ballot-box stuffers of 1868 and ’7O. The
scheme is, to steal or destroy tho regis
tration books in the Conservative coun
ties, and thus prevent an election for
the want of lists of registered voters.
No better evidence could be giten of the
desperation of the ring than the concoc
tion of such a plot. If they felt assured
of a popular majority in their favor no
such step would be thought of ; but the
indications are so strong tho other way
that they are willing to procure the com
mission of felony by hired tools in order
to accomplish their vile purposes.
Petrified Oyster. —Quite a novel
curiosity has recently oome into the
possession of a young gentleman of this
city, which is nothing other than a petri
fied oyster. It was found by the gentle
man who now has it while on a visit
some days since to Carolina. One half
of the shell is missing, and the oyster
perfectly formed and in appearance
natural as life, only that it is a hard and
solid as apiece of quartz and lies literally
“upon the half shell.” What caused
this singular phenomenon is as yet un
explained. It is truly a wonderful
specimen, however, and we have neA'er
before heard of a similar instance.—
Sac an nah Ad vert iscr.
OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPOND
ENCE.
Washington, October 14,1872.
Editors Chronicle A Sentinel :
Ever since tho Stato elections, which
came off on the Btli instant, I have
availed myself of every opportunity to
learn the opinions of the loading men of
both parties on tho “ situation,” and
more especially to discover tho probable
tactics of the Grautites during the re
maining few Aveeks of the campaign.
THE LEADING DEMOCBATS AND LEBEBALS
DETERMINED AND CONFIDENT.
As regards the supporters of Greeley
and Brown, I find that tho moro intelli
gent and better informed they are, the
less discouraged they also are. The
very best and Avisest men of the Demo
cratic party—those Avho have sustained
the Cincinnati and Baltimore nomina
tions most ably and heartily by A’oice,
pen and money—telegraph and write
encouragingly to the Congressional
Committee from all pArts of tho country,
counseling increased activity, and ex
pressing confidence in tho election of
Horace Greeley in November. And so
do the leading Liberal Republicans. On
the other hand, ,
THE GBANT LEADEBS ABE MIGHTY SEBIOUS
When they get together in secret con
clave, although they have agreed to
assume, complacently and as a matter of
course, that the late elections have vir
tually settled the Presidential question,
and that the vote in Nhvemlier will be a
mere matter of form. ty This, of course,
for the treble purpose of encouraging
tlieir own rank and* file, discouraging
the Liberals, and enticing to the stand
ard of the Party of Hate, Revenge and
General Discord, the timid, the waver
ing, the ignorant, and every unprinci
pled scoundrel in the land avl/o, regard
less of liis own convinctions, if ho have
any, makes a point of ahvays voting for
the most probably successful candidate.
AN AAVKAVAED POSITION FOB A GBEELEY
NEAVSPAPEB MAN.
Let mo relate a little incident Avliich
will serve to illustrate the critical posi
tion of the Grantites, as viewed and de
tailed by ono of their strongest men:
One day last weok, as I was sitting Avri
ting all alone in a semi-privato parlor of
a hotel, somo six or seven men saunter
ed in, one after the other, at short inter
vals, all of Avhom I recognized as lead
ing Administration men, and personal
frionds of Grant, men Avho originate
‘campaign measures for the success of
their party, superintend their execution,
raise anil distribute funds, .fee., &c.
Their meeting was purely aeoidoutal;
but as thoy all kneAV each other a con
versation soon sprung up on the all
engrossing topio of the day—the politi
cal “ situation.” Shortly they began to
speak unreservedly, so that I Avas confi
dent they took it for granted I Avas in
sympathy with them, each thinking, I
presume, that ono or more of tho othors
know me. I assure you I folt someAvliat
ill at ease, but as I had neither forced
myself among them nor stolon in—thoy
having rather intruded on me—and as it
so liappbned that my position in tho
room was such that I could not loa\’o it
Avitliout attracting general attention, I
concluded to remain and take the foAv
notes from which I condonso the follow
ing opinion of
A LEADING GBANT MAN ON GBEELEY’s
PBOSPECTS.
“ Now, gentlemen,” said tho speaker,
Avho had been much deferred to during
a running desultory interchange of
views of somo twenty minutes, and was
uoav askod to givo the coterie his real
opinion, as among frionds, and Avitliout
reservo Avkatever, on the respective
prospects of tho tAvo candidates for tho
Presidency—“ Now, gentlemen,” said
he, “let us look at Avkat I conceive to
boa foAv undeniable facts Avhick it will
not bo wiso for Republicans to ignore
in deciding upon tho strategy to bo
pursued by the party during tho re
mainder of tho campaign. Listen to
tho figures, and I think you Avill arrive,
however reluctantly, at the conclusions
to which I have been forced by them—
that avo can’t afford to lose a single
point in the game. If we do we’re gone.
Wo must not relax an effort. Wo must
Avork up to the very last hour. Our
men must be mado to understand that.
In our efforts to discourage the Greeley
men by assuming to be invincible, Ave
may cause some of them to desert their
standard and take no further part in
the contest, and a feAV of them to join
our ranks; but there is reason to believe
that these defections will be inconsider
able. Let us not rely upon them. Let
us rather take caro that this bragging
of ours does not have the effect of mak
ing tho Republican masses over-confi
dent, and, consequently, less active
and watchful than they have hitherto
been, and still ought to be. Gentle
men, let us henceforth base onr hopes
and our vaticinations upon calculations
deduced from
“a calm subvex of the figubes.
“We Republicans appear to forget en
tirely that Greeley is morally certain of
the electoral votes of all the States South
of Mason and Dixon’s Line but two—
South Carolina and Mississippi. This
will give him
Alabama 10 Electoral Votes.
Arkansas 6 “ “
Delaware 3 “ “
Florida 4 “ “
Georgia 11 “ “
Kentucky 12 “ “
Louisiana 8 “ “
Maryland 8 “ “
Missouri 15 “ “
Ncrth Carolina. .10 “ “
Tennessee 12 “ “
Texas 8 “ “
Virginia 11 “ “
West Virginia... 5 “ “
Total (14 States)..l23
“If there ever was any doubt of Gree
ley’s getting the votes of the above
Southern States, there can be none now.
The Georgia election has settled that
question, in my mind, beyond a doubt.
It is no use to tell me we carried North
Carolina in August. We spent a large
amount of money there, and inundated
tlio State with speakers who cannot
again be spared to go there; and, after
all, our majority was insignificant. Be
sides, since the August election somo of
tho most active and influential men in
the Stato, Avho were Avith us then, have
gone over to tho enemy with their per
sonal friends and political adherents.
Now, 123 votes from the South is a fear
ful number for Greeloy to start in upon
against us, when the more than possible
chances of his getting the 61 additional
votes necessary to elect him arc con
sidered.
“I think we may safely claim for Grant
every State which I have not conceded
to Greeley in the list I have just read,
except the seven following, which are
measurably doubtful:
California 6 Electoral Votes.
Connecticut 6 “ “
Indiana 15 “ “
Nevada 3 “ “
New Hampshire. 5 “ “
Now Jersey 9 “ “
New York 35
Total 79
“Now, gentlemen, I put'it to you, can
didly, whether Greeley’s chances of get
ting Cl of these 79 votes are not fair—
are they not more than fair ? Is he not
certain to get them, unless we work even
harder than we have hitherto worked ?
New York and New Jersey were gene
rally conceded to him before we got in
toxioated over the Pennsylvania election;
and I am assured that Hendricks, who
has just defeated us in Indiana, is going
to stump his State, and throw the whole
weight of his personal influence, which
has been largely increased by the pres
tige of his late success, in favor of
Horace Greeley. New York, New Jersey,
and Indiana, would give Greeley 59 of
the 61 votes necessary to elect him. For
the other two votes he would have to
rely upon California, Connecticut, New
Hampshire, or Nevada. I have not kept
the run of politics in the latter State,
but of the three others I should say that
Connecticut, judging from the recent
elections in that State, will certainly go
for Greeley in November, unless we
leave off bragging and go to work ; and
that California and New Hampshire will
each give its vote to the party that works
hardest to obtain it.”
At this point the speaker was inter
rupted by the entrance of three or four
Republican magnates who had just ar
rived from the late battle fields in Penn
svlyania; and, during the “noise and
confusion” which ensued, I picked up
my note book and slipped away unob
served. A. F. B.
I LIABILITY OF THE CITY OF AU
GUSTA FOR OVERFLOW OF
LANDS.
! Decision of the Supreme Court—The
Judgment of tfie Superior Court Rt
j versed.
| From the publication of tho decisions
of the Supreme Court, iu tho Atlanta
j Constitution, of yesterday, avo get the
I following of special local interest :
/ John Pliinizy vs. The City Council of
, Augusta. Case, from Richmond.
Wabneb, C. J.
This was an action brought by the
plaintiff against the defendants, to re
eoA-er damages for causing water to be
throAvn upon tho plaintiff’s land by tho
construction of their drains aud sewers
from the city of Augusta, for the benefit
of the city. On the trial of the case,
the jury found a verdiot for tlio defend
ant. A motiou aviis mado for a now
trial on the several grounds of error set
forth in the record, which aviis over
ruled, and the plaintiff excepted. Tho
Court charged the jury in addition to
other charges given to them, “That
if the plaintiff purchased auy land liable
to overflow from tlio drains of the
city of Augusta, it was his misfortune,
and he could not recover, as a man
must purchase land subject to over
flow from any natural cause, at his own
risk.” This charge of the Court, in
view of the facts of tho case, was error,
in my judgment. Whilst it may be
true as a general rule that if a man pur
chases land subject to overfioAv from
natural causes he purchases it at his
own risk, still that general rule was
not applicable to tho facts of this case.
The plaintiff’s land was below the city,
and if it was overflowed by water
which naturally accumulated by the
rains which fell upon the city and the
surrounding moro oloA'ated land, and
naturally run down towards and
upon the plaintiff’s land over other
land, between the city and the plain
tiff’s land, as the God of nature made it
to run, then the plaintiff could not re
cover—but that is not tho case made by
the evidence in the record. The water
which falls upon tho city by natural rains,
as well as that which had been intro
duced into the city for manufacturing
and other purposes, is concentrated into
drains and runners, constructed by the
defendants for tlio benefit of tho city,
and is thus precipitated upon tho plain
tiffs land. The water which flows from
the city towards the plaintiffs land is not
permitted to flow over tho other land be
tween tho city and his land in its natu
ral course, so as to allow any portion of
it to bo absorbed iu its transit, but it is
concentrated and confined to tho drains
and runners constructed by tho defen
dants for the benefit of tho city. This
charge of tho Court assumes that the
overlloAv of tho plaintiff’s land, from the
drains constructed by tho city for its own
benefit, Avas an overflow of his land from
a natural cause, Avhoroas, tho overflow
ing of tho plaintiff’s land by the con
struction of the defendants’ drains Avas
caused by artificial means created by the
dofendats for their oavii bonefit. If by
tho construction of suoli drains and run
ners to carry off tlio water which natu
rally falls upon tho city, aud tho Avator
which has been introduced into the city
by moans of tho canal, a greator volume
or quantity of water is thus throAvn upon
tho plaintiff’s land than otherwise would
bo there, but for the construction of tlio
defendants’ drains and sowers, then tlio
defendants aro liable to tho plaintiff for
whatever damages ho may have sus
tained thor. by, although tho wator may
run in its natural courso in tho drains
and sewers so constructed by tho defen
dants. If, by the introduction of an
immense quantity of wator into the city
by moans of tho canal, when added to
tho natural fall of water thereon, the
drains and sowers constructed by the de
fendants to carry off such wator cause
a great quantity of wator to bo
thrown on the plaintiffs’land than would
otherwise be there, it is a nuisance, for
which ho may maintain his action for
damages. A uuisanco, as defined by
the law, is anything that worketh hurt,
inconvenience or damago to another,
and the fact that the act done may other
wise be lawful, does not keep it from
being a nuisanoo—Cade, 2,949. The
alienee of the porson owning tho prop
erty injured may sue for a continuance
of tho nuisance—Code, 2,950. As was
said by, Lumpkin, J., in Bonner vs.
Wellborn (7th Geo. Rep. 327), “So
jealous and guarded have been the Courts
relative to this matter, that they have
steadily rulod that a person never can,
by prescription or otherwise, acquire a
right to maintain a nuisance. Tho prin
ciple of the law applicable to such cases
is, that a continuance of the nuisanoo
constitutes anew cause of aotion from
day to day, so long as the nuisance con
tinues to exist, in favor of the party in
jured thereby.” The Court also charged
the jury “ that it was the duty of every
municipal corporation to keep open its
drains and sewers, and if damage en
sued from the flowing of water there
from in its natural oourse tho defend
ants wore not liable.” This chargo of
the Court, as applicable to the facts of
the case, was, in my judgment, error.
The latter part of it ignores the real
question in issue between the parties
(to-wit), whether the defendants, by the
construction of their drains and sewers
to oarry off the water from the city, had
thrown a larger quantity of water upon
the plaintiff's land than otherwise would
have been there, but the Court in effect
told the jury that if damago onsned to
tho plaintiff from tho flowing of water
from tho defendant’s drains and sewers
in its natural oourse therein, the de
fendants were not liable, whether the
quantity of water thrown on the plain
tiff’s land was increased thereby or not.
The Court further charged the jury
“that if the defendants caused any
damage by turning off the water of the
Augusta Canal through the drains of the
city, they wore responsible therefor,
but they were not liable for any dam
age caused by overflowing the banks, or’
for discharging the water to avoid over
flow.”
This oharge, in my judgment, ‘was al
so error ana calculated to mislead tho
jury. The effect of the chargo was to
tell them that tho defendants might dis
charge tho water through their drains
upon tho plaintiff’s land, to avoid over
flow of tho same, caused by the turning
of the water of tho Augusta Canal
through tho drains of the city without
being liable for any damages. It is
true that tho Court did not tell the jury
in so many words that tho defendants
might discharge tho water which run in
their drains from the Augusta Canal on
the plaintiff’s land to prevent an over
flow of their drains without being liable
for damages, but whero else was tho
water to bo discharged, according to tho
facts in the case, if not on the plaintiff’s
land ? It was the duty of the defend
ants when they undertook to construct
drains and sowers for the purpose of
carrying off the water from the city, so
to construct and manage tho same as
not to overflow tho laud of other people,
and if they failed to construct their
drains of sufficient capacity to do so,
they certainly had no legal right to dis
charge the water un the plaintiff’s land
to avoid an overflow of their own drains.
According to tho general principles of
tho law applicable to the facts 'of this
case, as I understand them, the defend
ants (a municipal corporation) wore
bound so to construct and manage their
drains and sewers for the benefit of the
city as to carry off the water therefrom
without injury to tho rights of others ;
aud if by the unskillful construction of
such drains and sewers or by the negli
gent management of tl ( e same by the de
fendants, their agents or servants, injury
and damage result therefrom, they are
liable for such injury and damage. The
main controliug question iu this ease is
whether the plaintiff has been injured
and damaged by tho defendants in oon
sequence of having a greater quantity
of water thrown upon his land by the
defendants’ drains and sewers for the
benefit of the city than would otherwise
be there if such drains and sewers had
not been constructed to carry off the
water from the city, including that in
troduced by tho Augusta Canal, under
its present management by the city au
thorities. Although, in my judgment,
there is a preponderance of evidence in
favor of the plaintiff, still I would not
disturb the verdict, but for the errors in
the change of the Court to the jury.—
The case was not fairly submitted to
the jury under the law applicable there
to.
Let the judgment of the Court below
be reversed.
Frank H. Miller, for plaintiff in error.
A. R. Wright, contra.
McCay, J., and Montgomery, J., con
curring.
Any incorporated rights which may
lawfully be granted, as the right to di
vert water from, or the right to flow
water upon the land of another may be
acquired by prescription, to-wit; by the
NEW SERIES—YOL. XXV--NO. 43.
uninterrupted use and enjoyment there
of for twenty years.
The owner of land through which
there flows a stream of water may not
divert tho same so as to interfere with
the enjoyment thereof by the land
owners upon the stream above and be
low. But this rule does not apply to the
water falling upon land as by rain or
snow, and a municipal corporation is
not liable to an action for damages, l/o
--1 cause by its streets, roofs and drains, it
causes the water from rains and other
water produced upon its surface to flow
‘upon adjoining lands which are the
natural outlets of such Avater, even
though such Avater is, by those means,
concentrated into a stream, and Avould,
otherwise, havo flown over said land in
many small streams.
If a municipal corporation introduce,
within its boundaries, Avator for manu
facturing purposes, and by turning said
water into its drains increase the Avater
flowing into adjoining lands to the
damage of the samo, an action will lie
for tho damages against the corporation,
and this is true, even if tho increased
water thus cast upon the adjoining land
is emptied thereon to prevent the said
canal from overflowing its banks, or by
reason of the actual overflow of said
banks, provided the adjoining lands
would not have been overflowed Avitliout
said canal.
The measure of damages for any ille
gal overflow of lands is the actual dam
ages coming to tho laud by such illegal
overfioAv.
David Cohen vs. George Weigle. Rule
ni si to establish lost note, from Rich
mond.
MoCay, J.
Tlio motion for anew trial on this case
Avas properly overruled, tho verdict not
being decidedly ami strongly against the
weight of evidence, and tlio discretion
of the Court as to tlio continuance not
having been, in our opinion, abused.
Judgment affirmed.
A. D. Picquet, by brief, for plaintiff
in error.
n. Clay Foster, contra.
Butler, McCarty .% Cos. vs. Freeman
Brothers and John M. Clark <fc Cos.
Garnishment, from Richmond.
Montgomeby, J.
The monthly wages of a clerk, subject
to a pro rata deduction for timo lost,
cannot bo garnished in tho hands of his
employer.
Judgment affirmed.
Frank 11. Miller, for plaintiff in error.
11. Clay Foster, contra.
Hillary B. Frazier/? at., vs. The People’s
Daily Lino and tho steamboats Wave
and Clyde. Claim, from Richmond.
Montgomeby, J.
A bona fide purchaser of tho absolute
titlo to porsonal property, without notico
of any unforoolosod statutory lion upon
it, takes tho same divested of any such
lion. Our statutory lion ’laws secure
priority of judyment to favored olasses
of debts out of certain property of the
person who incurred the debts. When
such property passes into tho hands of ii
bona Jide purchaser without notico and
before foreclosure, it is no longer tlio
property of tho person incurring the
debt, and not having gone into tho posses
sion of one a fleeted Avith notico, tlio lien
is lost.
Judgment affirmed.
Barnes & Gumming, 11. Clay Foster,
for plaintiffs in error.
Frank H. Millor, contra,
B. J. Wilson & Cos. vn. A. J. Walker.
Complaint, from Richmond.
Warner, C. J.
This was an action brought by tho
plaintiffs against tho defendants on an
upon account. The defendant plead as
a set-off' to the plaintiffs’ demand eleven
bales of cotton alleged to boos the value
of one thousand dollars, which tho de
fendant avers in his plea lmd been de
livered to tho plaintiffs by him ill tho
city of Savannah, in tho Fall or Winter
of 1867. On the trial of the caso the
jury found a verdict for tlio defendant
for tho sum of $437 66. A motion was
mado for anew trial on tho ground that
tho verdict was contrary to law and the
evidonco, and for error in tho chargo of
tho Court to the jury, and refusal to
chargo as requested, which motion for a
new trial was overruled by the Court,
and the plaintiffs excepted". It appears
from tho evidence in the record that tho
cotton plead as a set-off to tho plaintiffs’
demand was made oil his plantation in
Burke county, which ho had rented to
his tenauts, Walker & Dickinson, for
one-fourth of tho eotton made thereon.
There had been no division of tho crop
between tho defendant and his tenants,
but tho cotton made on tho plantation
was delivered to tho railroad agent to be
forwarded to the plaintiff's by Walker &
Dickinson, and the question iu the case
is, whether there is sufficient evidence
under the law to make tho plaintiffs lia
ble to the defendant for his rent cotton de
livered by Walker & Dickinson to the rail
road agent to he forwarded to them. To
establish the defendant’s set-off against
tho plaintiffs, tho law requires tho same
evidence as if the defendant had sued
them as plaintiff for tho valuo of the eot
ton. Tho evidence is that forty bales of
cotton were delivered to the railroad
agent at Waynesboro by Walker k Dick
inson, consigned to Wilson & Wilkinson,
Savannah. There is no evidence of tho
receipt of tho cotton by the plaintiffs, or
if they had received it they know that
one-fourth of it was tho property of tho
defendant. Tho defendant states that
to tho best of bis recollection lie notified
the plaintiffs of his intention to send his
rent cotton. William E. Walker, one of
tho partners of Walker k Dickinson,
states that ho informed tho plaintiffs by
letter in the Fall, but could not say at
what particular time, that the defendant
claimed one-fourth of the cotton for
rent. The plaintiffs positively deny in
their ovideuce all knowledge that one
fourth of the cotton raised on defen
dant’s plantation in Burke county, by
Walker & Dickinson, was the property
of defendant, and deny that any cotton
of defendant was ever consigned to them.
If thovo had been sufficient evidonoe in
tho reoord to create a prhna facie
liability of tho plaintiflh for the value of
the cotton under the law, we should not
disturb tho verdict, but in our judg
ment there is not. There is no evidence
that tho plaintiffs ever reoeivod the
cotton. Tho delivery of the cot
ton by Walker & Dickinson to
the railroad agent at Waynesboro,
consigned to them without more,
is not sufficient evidence to charge
them with tho value of the cotton, even
if they lmd known that one-fourth of tho
cotton raised ou tho Burke county plan
tation, by Walker & Dickinson, was the
pruperty of tho defendant. If tho de
fendant had brought his action against
tho plaintiffs to recover the value of tho
cotton, ho would not have been entitled
to do so under his own ovidenoe in this
case—admitting, all that ho proved to bo
true—and he is in no better condition
as defendant, seeking to establish his
sot-off against tho plaintiffs demand,
than if he was suing them for the value
of tho cotton aH plaintiff. There js no
evidence of tho delivory of the cotton
to the plaintiff.! as tho property of tho
defendant, or of any sale or appropria
tion of it, or its proceeds by them, in
violation of their duty as bailees or fac
tors, or of tlioir instructions as such, no
evidence that any demand was ever mode
on them for tho cotton or its proceeds.
In our judgment tho verdict of tho jury,
under tho defendant’s evidence in this
case, was contrary to law, and that the
Court below orrml in overruling the mo
tion for anew trial.
Let tho judgment of the Court below
b© reversed.
L. E. Bleckley, John T. Shewmnkc,
for plaintiffs in error.
A. R. & H. G. Wright, contra.
A Negro Murderer Arrested. —On
the night of the Bth instant a most de
liberate and cold-blooded murder oc
curred in Hardeevillo, Beaufort county,
on the Savannah and Charleston Rail
road. It appears that two negroes,
named respectively Moses Bollen and
John Shelds, both living ou the Sea
brook plantation, had a difficulty some
time ago growing out of unwarrantable
intimacy between one of the parties
and the wife of the other. Bollen was
the foreman of the plantation, and
while standing in front of his house
on the night in question he was sudden
ly fired at by Shelds seven times, some
of the shot taking effect and killing
him almost instantly. Shelds made his
escape to Savannah, and tho sheriff of
Beaufort county—Holmes —sent a con
stable to that city, whore tho negro was
captured last Thursday night and takon
back to Beaufort.
FIRE.
Residence of J. T. Cox, Esq., Burned
By an Incendiary.
A few minutes after throe o'clock yes
terday morning tho residenco of Mr.
John T. Cox, situated in Woodlawn, just
outside of tho corporato limits of tho
city, was destroyed by fire. Wo gather
tho following particulars of the affair:
Between threo and four o’clock Mr.
Cox was awakened by tho loud
HOWLING OF A OAT,
Which was iu the house.
Almost as soon as ho awoke tho re
flection from tlie flames and tho stifling
smell of smoko which penetrated tho
appartment informed him that his homo
was on fire. Springing hastily from his
bed Mr. Cox discovered that tho flames
had made such headway and their pro
gress was so rapid that it would ho im
possible to extinguish them. Ho at
oneo went to his daughter’s room and
awoke her that she might escape. Nearly
all of the family wero absent on a visit
to Union Point, and only Miss Cox and
her father occupied the house at tho
time. The young lady had presence of
mind enough to get her father to carry
out with him a trunk of clothing, which
was savod. He also attempted to got
some of the silver but found it impossi
ble. By this timo several of tho neigh
bors had reached tho spot and rendered
all tho assistance in their power. But
nearly all the efforts to save tho furni
ture
PROVED INEFEOTUAL,
A hat-rack alone being taken from tho
burning building. The house, a hand-
Rome wooden dwelling, situated near tho
toll gate, and the outbuilding, wero soon ■
enveloped in flamos which, fanned by
tho morning breeze, burned with ex
traordinary rapidity, and both buildings
were soon entirely consumed.
There seems to be little doubt that tho
fire was tho
WORK OF AN INCENDIARY.
When Mr. Cox retired on Sunday
night there was no firo left burning in
tho chimneys. Tho neighbors who first
reached tho placo found a mass of
flamo unitor tho house, which burned
towards tho outside and thou crawling
upward ignited tho weather-boarding.
Tho incendiary or incondaries soom to
lmvo kindled firos in several places un
dor tho house, in order that tlioir fiend
ish plan might not miscarry. There is
also no doubt that
MURDER
Was intended as well as arson. Tho
partios who did tho work wero evidently
well acquainted with tho promises.
They know that the house was inhabited
aud thoy also know who wore its in
mates. They know, wlion thoy applied
tho torch at three o'clock in tho morn
ing, that at that hour thoso inmates
wero wrapped in slumber, and it was
almost certain thoy would suffor tho
most horrible death. Tho only thing
which prevonted tho accomplishment of
tho tragody was tho accidental (rather let
us call it by its right namo, Providential)
circumstance of a pet cat boing shut up
in the house wlion tho family retired. Had
this cat been turned out into tho yard;
had a window been carelessly loft open,
through which it could liavo mado its
escape, Mr. Oox anil his daughter would
not have awoke until death was upon
them. Tho tlioory of accidont, which
has explained away so many incendiary
acts, cannot, in this iustanco, bo enter
tained for a moment. All tho proof
shows conclusively that tho firo was tho
result of a scheme which had for its ob
ject tho destruction of human life.
Flamos wore tho means and murder was
tho end. There is no crime which
should bo more severely punished than
the crime of arson; no criminal who
should be more relentlessly hunted
down and brought to justico than tho
man who lights tho incendiary’s torch.
The party or parties who, yesterday
morning, perpetrated this atrocious
crime can bo discovered and arrosted if
proper measures are at onoo taken.
Let Governor Smith offer a reward for
tho persons who liavo destroyed tho
property and attempted to take tho
lives of citizens of tho State. Let tho
people of Augusta offer a reward, for no
man’s house or life is safe so long as
such an offenso is committed with im
punity. Lot skillful detectives bo em
ployed and put upon tho track of tho
scoundrels and, our word for it, they
will not escape.
Marriage of An Augusta Gentleman
and New York Lady. —From tho Now
York Sun wo learn that on last Tuesday
afternoon Miss Minnie Deems, daughter
of Rev. Dr. Deems, of Now York, was
married to Mr. Marion J. Vcrdery, of
this city, a nephew of Major Goo. T.
Jackson, and member of tho firm of
Messrs. Geo. T. Jackson & Cos.
The ceremony was performed in tho
Church of. the Strangers, and the father
of tho bride officiated. The edifice was
literally crammed with members of tho
congregation anil their friends. Many
well known Southerners were among tho
audience. Appropriate music was played
on the organ, and anthems suitable to
tho interesting occasion wore sung by
the choir. Tho bride, who is very love
ly, was handsomoly attired in puro
white, with a long lace veil and orange
blossoms. The bridegroom was dressed
in black, and was manly and handsome.
Tho services immediately connected
with tho marriage wero simplo ami im
pressive. The Rev. Dr. Deems’ voice
faltered as he pronounced tho blessing
at tho same timo ecclesiastical and pa
rental, and tho brido shed toars. After
the ceremony tho Doctor embraced tho
bride with deep feeling, and grasped his
now son-in-law warmly by tho hand. Ho
peculiarly solemn and impressive were
the circumstances attending tho cere
mony that the audience wero visibly af
fected.
After tho marriago tho newly united
couple started for Georgia. Tho bridal
presents wero numerous and valuable.
Among them was a pair of diamond sot
sleeve buttons, presented by MrH. Com
modore Vanderbilt.
Tub Work of the Late Session of
Congress. —Since tho adjournment of
Congross tlio Government Brintiug Office
has been finishing tho printing ordered
during tho late session. This amounts
to seven hundred and fifty thousand
octavo and quarto volumes, varying
from three hundred to six hundred
pages each. Os this numbor two hun
dred and fifty-five thousand volumes aro
of the agricultural and Ku-Klux reports,
tho latter being thirtcon volumes ; and
the printing of tho census report is also
iu progess. Four thousand volumes in
muslin are bound daily. Throe hun
dred comjiositors and thirty pressmen
and four hundred females aro in tho
office, and tho aggregate of all persons
employed is oyer one thousand.
Death of Judge Giiison.— Judge It.
T. Gibson, a gentleman well and favor
ably known iu tho Savannah section of
the State, died very suddenly at his
home on White Marsh Island, on Fri
day. For a long time he was the popu
lar and efficient Treasurer of tho city
of Savanuuh, was Judge of tho old In
ferior Court, and has several times
worthily and most acceptably represent
ed Chatham county in the Legislature
of Georgia.
Cincinnati, October 16.—The Vulean
Rolling Mill was burned last night.
Loss, SBO,OOO.