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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18-
PUBLIC PRINTING.
The report of Mr. A. M. Clapp, Con
gressional Printer, shows to what pro
portions the public printing has grown.
The aggregate expenses for the year
ending September 80, 1872, amonuted
to $1,802,843 27—an increase of abo*t
10 per centum on the preceding year.
A type foundry has been added, anew
wing to the building used as a public i
printing office has been erected, and
the erection of another lias been asked
for. The branch printing office at the
Treasury building is still kept up, and
an increase of the salaries of the per
sons employed by the Congressional
Printer lias been respectfully reeoin
meneded, as well as that permission be
granted Mr. Clapp to increase the num
ber of his clerks “as in his judgment
the necessities of the office will warrant.”
The cry of all the Departments is this
year for more, and so will it ever be as
the Government progresses toward cen
tralism.
In the matter of extravagant and enor
mous expenditures for public printing,
the State of South Carolina, under
Radical misgovernment and the whole
sale system of plunder prevalent there
for the past year, stands out even more
conspicuous than the vast sum dispensed
by the General Government, with no
sort of comparison between the amount
of work executed or of resources to foot
the bill. The Republican Printing Com
pany have presented a claim to the Gen
eral Assembly, and on Thursday a joint
resolution was reported to the House by
the Committee on Public Printing, or
dering it to be paid to the amount of
$325,000. The claim professes to be
for work done during the sessions I
of 1870-71 and 1871-72. There lias
been already paid from the Treasury of
the State, on account of public printing
for the last session of the General As
sembly, up to the 15th day of June last,
the enormous sum of $t13,374 02. Now, \
here comes an additional claim of $325,- j
000, making in all $438,374 02. These
are startling figures for the contempla
tion of the tax payers of that State, and
if the new Administration are in earnest j
in their professions of reform, rutrench
ment of expenditure in this direction j
should claim their earliest attention.
In Nortli Carolina, just at present, the
public printing does not seem to bo so
very profitable. The explanation is,
doubtless, that the public printer is of
the Conservative stripe of politics. The j
price paid is sixty cents per thousand
ems. The Public Printer under Con
servative rule only received $27,00(1 for j
doing work that cost the State under j
Republican rule $70,000. The bill for a
week's composition, Ac., recently amoun- i
ted to SSO, while the State Printer only j
received SSO 75 for the same, allowing j
but 75 cents to cover interest and wear j
on some SO,OOO worth of material, house ;
rent, proof reading, tire wood, gas j
bill, etc. [
OUR RAILROAD EXPANSION.
A recent issue of the New York Bulle
tin contains an article on railroad expan
sion, which furnishes some interesting
figures, which are worthy of the thought
ful attention of the people. It says :
“Since 1800 the mileage of our railroads
has increased from 36,000 to 53,400 miles.
Estimating the cost of this 10,000 miles
increase of road at $25,000 per mile, it |
would appear that, within five years, we
have expended on these roads nboutj
$115,000,000, or ut the rate of $88,000,-
000 per annum. Part of tlio means for
constructing these roads was derived
from abroad ; but perhaps the better
half was borrowed at home. Even $45,-
000,000 per annum contributed to these
works seems a large amount to bo taken
out of our annual accumulations of
wealth, and yet, if Mr. David A. Wells
is correct in estimating ft54G.000.00Q as
the measure of our annual accumulation i
of wealth, these railroad investments
have taken up only some 8} per cent, of
our yearly savings. Tn judging whether
building of new roads has been over-;
done, several matters need to be taken
into account. In the first place, dur
ing the war the construction of new
lines was almost suspended—the whole
length built from 18G0 to 1864 be
iug only 3,273 miles, although during
that period there was an increase of
the requirements for new roads. In the
next place, experience the world over
shows that it has been only within the
last decade that the importance of rail
roads to commerce has been fully appre
ciated; and, as nn evidence of thisasser
tion, we may cite the fact that through
out Europe there has been since 1860 nn
increase in the mileage of railroads im
mensely exceeding the progress of pop
ulation or the actual growth of produc
tion. To cite the case of Great Bri
tain. we find that while population there
lias been comparatively stationary, the
mileage of railroads has risen from
10,002 in January, 1860, to 15,145 in
January, 1870, an increase of over 50
percent.; and this has occurred in a
country covered over its entire surface
with a fine network of railroads. What
♦lie increase has been on the Continent
of Europe may l>e seen from the follow
ing comparison of miles of road:
1860. 18»!S.
German v 6.870 10,753
France 5,781 10,538
Russia . 887 5.713
Austria 5,854 5,287
Spain 1,188 4,328
Italy ... 1.057 4.079
Total, six States 19,316 40,698
Increase in 8 years 21,852
We thus find that in the six leading
States of the Continent there was an in
crease of about ten per cent, in the
mileage of the railroads within the first
eight years of the last decade, or at the
rate of 138 per cent, for the whole de
cade."
THE APPRENTICE SYSTEM.
We heiirtily coincide with our cotem
porary of the LaGrange Reporter, in
the suggestion that the Legislature of
Georgia, at its approaching session,
should enact a law regulating the system
of apprenticeship in this State, or rather
give us a system that shall be just to the
master and the apprentice. The want of ,
a system is one of the main reasons that!
we do not have better classes of work- I
men and artificers in the mechanical
branches of industry in the South.
There should be some sort of security to
a master, when he receives au apprentice, j
iLat he may retain his services; and the
apprentice should be protected in all his j
rights as such. No man should be al
lowed to take an apprentice who is not
competent U) thoroughly instruct his ap
prentice amt should be forced to give
■such apprentice ever)' possible advantage
in learning whatever trade, art or busi
ness he undertakes.
Whenever our legislators understand
and properly appreciate the importance
of this subjeet An the light not only of
the public good generally, bnt of the
coming mechanics particularly, and
enact such laws as will promote a whole
some and efficient system of apprentice
ship, then we may expect better me
chanics, greater prosperity and more
rapid strides to Southern progress in all
the arts of mechanism. Let the next
Legislature look to this subject well.
THE BRUNSWICK AND ALBANY
RAILROAD.
The Seaport Appeal, published at
; Brunswick, contains full accounts of a
late meeting held in that city in relation
to the Brunswick and Albany Railroad.
Judge Lochraue, the attorney of the
| bondholders, was present, as also Mr.
Murphy, the representative of the Amer-
I ican and European holders of bonds,
issued for the building of the road.
It will be remembered that the late
Legislature repudiates these bonds on j
account of the illegality of their issue, I
and the road has been seized and offered j
for sale by the State.
The Seaport Appeal says'
Mr. Murphy being present proceeded
—as representative of the foreign bond
holders, and also as vested with authori
ty to speak in behalf of the American
bondholders —to lay before Council and
the assembled citizens the proposition
which he was authorized to make in be
half of the bondholders, foreign and
American, os to the completion of the
Brunswick and Albany Railroad to Eu
faula. Mr. Murphy stated that the
bondholders would settle the just in
debtedness of the road, and complete it
to Enfaula if the State would recognize
the $15,000 per mile according to the
: terms of the original act granting State
aid to this great enterprise, and request
ed the assistance of our citizens in se
-1 curing this recognition. Mr. Murphy
having concluded, Judge Lochrane an
nounced that they would withdraw and
leave the proposition for the considera
-1 tion of Council and citizens.
The meeting then proceeded to raise
a committee to take into consideration
the proposition made by Mr. Murphy,
which cominittoe is to report to a subse
quent meeting. Tho Appeal says the
Brunswick people are in high spirits at
the prospect of having the matter set
tled. It thinks the proposition of Mr.
Murphy fair and liberal, and that it
should be accepted.
The proposition will doubtless be
made in form to tlie next Legislature.
The lobby brigade is already gathering
and getting ready to handle what is sup.
posed will turn out a fat job—if a suc
cessful one.
A GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN IN
BAD COMPANY.
It appears, says tho Savannah Ad
vertiser, that nothing but the peculiar
circumstances surrounding the Congress
on tho day of its meeting, caused by
tho death of Mr. Greeley, saved General
Ranks from the degradation which his
former friends of the Radical party had
laid up for him. The account of tho
affair given below, and which is taken
from the Washington correspondent of
the New York Tribune, uncovers the
devilish malignity of Butler ami his fol
lowers, and also shows General Du-
Bose in very questionable company. The
'Tribune's correspondent says :
Mr, Banks offered his resignation as
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, saying that ho thought it proper
that the majority should have a repre
sentative in that position more un
equivocally committed to the general
policy of tho Government than lie could
be. He spoke in a grave, quiet manner,
nnd tho House, still saddened by the
thought of Mr. Greeley’s death, seem
ed to take an added shade of melan
choly. There appeared to be some
thing sadly incongruous in this resigna
tion of one whose only disqualification
for continuing in the position he had
long filled was the fact that he had
supported for the Presidency a man
whom tho House had just honored as it
seldom honors any citizen. Neverthe
less, the resignation would have been
accepted almost without dissent had not
Mr. James Brooks risen while the
Speaker was taking the vote and inter
rupted the answering yeas by protesting
that there was no reason for Mr. Banks’
resignation.
If there was any committee that was
not partisan and should not deal in po
litical discussions, lie said, it was the
one that dealt with the subject of the
relations of the Government with foreign
countries. Probably Mr. Brooks’ pro
test would not have availed to prevent
the Republicans from voting almost
solid to accept the resignation had not
Mr. Kellogg, a Republican from Con
necticut, courageously come forward and
expressed the hope that the resignation
would be withdrawn. Then the vote
was taken. At the call for the yens B.
F. Butler jumped to his feet with sur-i
prising alacrity, obviously rejoicing in
the opportunity to humiliate his col
; league. All the narrow-minded partisans
- on the Republican side followed Butler’s
lead, and, oddly enough, two Demo
crats, Dußose and Comingo, voted with
them, making fifty-nine affirmative votes
in All.
Every Massachusetts Republican, ex
cept Butler, voted in tho negative, and
with them, among other Republicans,
Hawley, of Connecticut, who had just
been sworn in and cast liis first vote;
Shellabarger, Beatty, Stevenson, Pack
ard, Meyers. Kellogg, and perhaps twen
ty more. The yeas and nays were not
called, and on the division the nays
were 76. So the motion to excuse Mr.
Banks from serving as Chairman of
Foreign Affairs was declared lost. This
vote was apparently regarded as settling
the question in favor of retaining the
other two Liberal Republican Chairmen,
Blair and Farnsworth. Neither of them
offered his resignation, and the atten
tion of the House was immediately call
ed in another direction.
A Golden Reward for Ex-Gover
nor Orr. —A Washington dispatch
states that the nomination of jovial ex-
Speaker Orr, of South Carolina, as En
voy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni
potentiary to Russia gives great satifac
tion, except to a few disappointed office
seeking carpet-baggers. The first diplo
matic representative sent to Russia by
the United States was Rufus King, who
was commissioned to the Emperor Paul
in 1799. Siuce then John Quincy Adams,
Bayard, of Delaware; Middleton, of
South Carolina; Randolph, of Virginia;
Buchanan, of Pennsylvania; Seymour, of
Connecticut; Appleton, of Maine, and a
score of less distinguished men have
represented tho United States at St.
Petersburg. The salary is $17,500 per
annum in gold.
Grant's Subsidy Recommendations.
—The New York Herald combats the
President’s viewsou steamship subsidies
and trans-Alleghany and seaboard canals,
closing with the following paragraph :
If you subsidize one line yon must,
on the rule of equal rights, subsidize an
j other, and so on till our whole carrying
trade on the high seas and coastwise and
inland becomes a grand monopoly in the
hands of the Secretary of the Treasnry.
For what better right has an ocean
steamer to a Government subsidy than
a coastwise schooner or au Erie Canal
boat, we should like to know ? The j
worst of it is that with the adoption of ;
these steamship subsidy and canal jobs
a flood of corruptions, frauds and em
bezzlements will set in which will swamp
the Treasury and bring upon the coun
try a ruinous financial collapse, with all
its evils of bankruptcy and repudiation.
; This is the abyss which lies at the end |
of the road to which the President un- j
wittingly invites Congress in the Quix
i otic Government enterprises we have |
been considering. The message is re
markable for the prodigality of expen
ditures therein recommended in every
direction, but the new departure on
these subsidies and internal improve
ments opens the way for a policy of end
less jobs and endless corruptions, and
for expenditures which can end only
with the exhaustion of the Treasury.
Adjutant-General Purvis has appoint
ed Colonel James Kennedy Chief Clerk
in the Adjutant and Inspector-General’s
•See.
COTTON FIGURES OF LAST WEEK.
From the New York Financial
j Chronicle we condense the following
i figures of the cotton movement for the
week ending on the 6th instant : The
total receipts for the seven days reach
ed 133,973 bales, against 131,429 bales
; last weak, 118,565 bales the previous
week and 110,610 bales three weeks
since, making the total receipts since
the first of September, 1872, 1,278,930
! bales, against 998,051 bales for the
same period of 1871, showing an iu
| creas since September 1, this year, of
280,879 bales.
The exports foi the week reached a
total of 76,416 bales, of which 41,915
were to Great Britain, 14,786 to France,
and 19,715 to rest of the Continent,
while the stocks, as made up Friday
evening, were 450,712 bales. Compared
witli the corresponding week of last
season there was an increase of exports
the past week of 5,457 bales, while the
stocks at the close of the week were
38,824 bales more than at the same
period last year.
Tho stocks at different European 1
ports, India and American cotton ailoat,
indicate an increase of cotton in sight
on the 6th of 25,877 bales, compared
with the same date of 1871.
NATIONAL PRISON REFORM CON
GRESS.
The National Prison Association of
the United States will hold its next
meeting at Baltimore, Maryland, on the
21st of January, 1873. Hon. Horatio
Seymour, the President of the Associa
tion, will deliver tho opening address.
The several standing committees, viz :
on criminal law reform, prison discip
line, care of discharged prisoners, juve
nile delinquents, etc., will also, doubt
less, be ready with their reports.
But the great feature of the Baltimore
Congress will be a body of special re
ports on the preventive, reformatory,
and penal institutions and work in the
different States. Measures, which it is
confidently believed will be effective,
have been taken to secure such reports,
prepared by competent hands, from all
the States of the Union.
Invitation to be present and to assist
in the labors of this Congress is cor
dially extended to all heads, chaplains
and other officers of prisons and re
formatories, and to the members of tlicir
managing boards; to all Secretaries aanl
members of boards of State charities ;
to the Secretaries and mombers of social
science associations ; to the members of
all prison societies ; to the members of
special prison commissions ; to criminal
judges and prosecuting attorneys ; to
chiefs of police; and, indeed, to the
friends of improved prison systems and
prison administrations throughout the
country.
A FENCE LAW.
The Rev. C. W. Howard contributes a
highly interesting article to the last
number of tho Plantation, on the sub
ject of a general fence law, a matter
which is likely to arrest the serious at
tention of the Legislature. He fortifies
his arguments by letters from the Presi
dents of tho various railroads in Geor
gia, giviug the amounts their several
roads are compelled to pay annually for
the killing of stock. We confess that
the figures are far above what we had
supposed them to be, and they of them
selves furnish a very stoug argument in
favor of a fence law.
We give extracts from the letters re
ferred to:
Judge King, President of the Georgia
Road, writes:
The amount paid for the year ending
April 30,1872, was $11,278'30; and the
amount has been ratpidly increasing
since the war, as you will see by the
following figures:
For the year ending April 30, 1803..$ 5,914 25
For the year ending April 30, 1809.. 0,814 85
For tho year ending April 30, 1870.. 8,738 00 !
For the year ending April 30, 1871.. 10.629 09
For the year eliding April 30, 1872 .. 11,278 30:
And this enormous waste, involving j
personal safety and heavy losses of other ;
property, by the wreck of trains, will,
no doubt, continue to increase so long !
as the present unwise policy is pursued.
Colonel John Screven, President of
the Albany and Gulf Railroad, writes:
But the cost of killing stock to the
company is serious enough, without re
ference to serious or contingent damages.
The following table shows our expense
account for stock_ killed during the last
six vears :
1866 $3,674 77
1867 9,246 96
1868 4,838 50
1869 9,163 80
1870 8,862 90
1871 12,928 83
Total expense in six year5..548,715 76 |
Ex-Governor Brown estimates the ex- ■
penses to the State Road on account of
the killing of stock at one thousand dol- ;
lars per month.
President Hazleliurst, of the Macon j
and Brunswick Road, says that road
“ pays monthly five or six thousand dol- j
lars per annum for stock killed.”
President Wadley estimates the ex- :
penses under this head to the Central at
$13,1413 per annum : i
We paid from July 1, 1871, to July 1, !
1872, for stock killed and injured,
$4,266 15. Estimated loss connected |
with this class of accidents, $2,500.
It will thus be seen that the above j
roads are taxed annually in the sum of ;
seventy thousand dollars.
The expense for broken cars, damaged
engines, and tracks torn up, swell the
amount to one hundred thousand dol- \
lars.
When, in addition, is taken into con
sideration the danger to human life from
this source, it does seem that some wise
legislation is needed for the public pro
tection.
General Grant’s Third Term. —The
London Economist says: “We do not
suppose that Americans will permit the
etiquette about re-elections to be broken
in 1876, but we can see quite clearly that
General Grant will have a chance of a
third term, such as his predecessors
never enjoyed. The South will be in
liis hands, and if the parties are even
tolerably equal, the President, who,
while President carries the whole negro
| vote will be, for one party or the other,
the only unconquerable candidate. V e
may yet date from this election a real
| and considerable change in American
politics, for apart from all considera
tions of personal character, it has, as we
j conceive, enormously strengthened the
I hands of the Presidency itself. ”
New County. —A movement is on foot
to form anew county in the lower part
of Barnwell county, South Carolina, to
be called “ Coosawhatchie, ' with the
following boundaries : On the north by
the Lower Three Runs, from the mouth
to the crossing of the Port Royal Rail
road, and a line running thence above the
Beldock plantation to a point on the
Salkehatchie, four miles above Buford’s
Bridge ; on the east by the Salkehatchie
down to the Savannah and Charleston
Railroad; on the south by the Savannah
and Charleston Road and the public
road from Hardee ville to Purvstmrg ; on
the west by the Savannah river.
Leslie Combs Kills a Desperado.—
A report came to Covington, and is be
lieved there, that on Tuesday night, at
Williams town, Grant county, Kentucky,
General Leslie Combs shot through the
heart and killed a desperado named
George Merrell, but not before he got a
pistol ball in his own thigh. The re
port says that Merrell fired noon one
Alex. Miller, at Williamstown, the night
previous.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1572.
DUEL BETWEEN GEORGIA EDI
TORS PREVENTED.
A sharp and exciting newspaper rival
ry between two of our Atlanta cotem
poraries—the Constitution and the Her
ald —resulted in recent mutually harsh
editorials, which led to a challenge from
Col. E. Y. Clarke, of the former paper,
to Col. R. A. Alston and Messrs. H. W.
Grady ( and A. St. Clair Abrams, of the
Herald, who declined to retract certain
, objectionable cards published in the
Herald, over their signatures, applying
to the proprietors of the Constitution.
Although Mr. Abrams, as senior member
of the Herald Publishing Company, an
nounced himself primarily responsible
for the publication of the articles refer
red to, Col. Clarke expressed his prefer
ence to first seek satisfaction from Col.
Alston, upon the ground that the provo
cation of that gentleman was greater
than that of Mr. Abrams—in first ap
proving all that Mr. Abrams said, and
adding his individual denunciation ; and
further, that he (Col. Clarke) preferred
to choose as his first antagonist the one
who occupied the largest space in the
public eye, and who stands in the com
munity as high as any man for honor
and courage, while at the same time dis
claiming any disrespect for the asso
ciates of Col. Alston —Messrs. Abrams
and Grady—from whom he proposed to
seek similar satisfaction. After con
siderable correspondence, however, Col.
Clarke invited Mr. Abrams to first ren
der satisfaction, Col. Alston and Mr.
Grady holding themselves ready to an
swer any demands upon them, in the
event of failure of Mr. Abrams to meet
the responsibility devolving upon him
as managing editor and senior member
of the firm.
The friends of the gentlemen ar
ranged for a meeting at some point in
Alabama, near tlie terminus of the West
ern Road, last Monday morning, where
permanent arrangements were to be per
fected.
At this juncture.the following basis of
amicable settlement of the difficulty was
proposed by Gen. J. B. Gordon, Gen. A.
H. Colquitt, and Drs. Charles Pinckney
and W. G. Owens:
Atlanta, Ga., December 8, 1872.
It appears from the columns of the
papers we have examined that the per
s nial difficulty now pending between
Col. E. Y. Clarke, of tho Constitution,
and Mr. A. St. Clair Abrams, of the
Herald, seems to have originated in an
impression on the mind of Mr. St. Clair
Abrams that tho charges made against
him by W. A. Hemphill & Cos. were of
“such a character that, if true, rendered
him utterly unfit for the society of gen
tlemen,” and “placed him before the
public in ' lie attitude of an unprincipled
scoundrel ”
These t barges, especially the one in
reference to “material aid,” in the mat
ter of the Associated Press dispatches,
and the charge of base ingratitude, elic
ited from Mr. A. St. Clair Abrams, while
laboring under a sense of supposed
wrong, a reply which not only stigma
tized the proprietors of the Constitution
with offensive epithets as regards the
question at issue, but also referred to a
matter personal to Colonel Clarke in
such a manner as to impugn his charac
ter as a gentleman.
It appears that Col. Clarke, the author
of the editorial which called forth the
reply of Mr. A. St. Clair Abrams, as
sumed all responsibility, as far as tlie
Constitution was concerned, and de
manded a retraction from the proprie
tors of the Herald.
Mr. St. Clair Abrams, on the other
hand, claimed priority as tho senior
editor and proprietor of the Herald,
and his recognition as such, by Col.
Clark, led to a correspondence between
them.
These matters having come to our |
knowledge, we have carefully looked in- |
to all the circumstances of the case with '
tlie hope of being able to make sugges- j
tions which may lead to a peaceful and
honorable settlement. This undertak
ing is wholly voluntary on our part, and !
without solicitation from any quarter
whatever.
As to the facts in dispute, we are
clearly of the opinion that they are in
no way material to the honorable set tle
ment of this difficulty. We are also
satisfied that both gentlemen have
stated what they honorably believed to
be true.
We are further of the opinion that
Col. Clarke can and ought to disclaim
any effort to place Mr. St. Clair Abrams,
outside of the pale of gentleman, or any
effort to bring upon him public reproach,
or in any manner, whatever, to reflect
upon his character as a gentleman.
We are of the opinion that upon Col.
Clarke making such disclaim, Mr. St.
Clair Abrams can and ought to retract
all allusions politically offensive to Col.
Clarke.
We are of the opinion that upon the
basis here suggested this difficulty can
and ought to be amicably and honorably
adjusted.
Col. C. S. Williams, on the part of
Mr. Abrams, and W. D. Luckie, in be
half of Col. Clarke, accepted the pro
posed plan, in accordance with which
the difficulty was adjusted, without re
sort to the field.
TIIE LEE MEMORIAL.
General W. N. Pendleton. President
of the Lee Memorial Association, has
issued an address calling for contribu
tions for placing a suitable memorial of
General R. E. Lee over his remains,
which rest beneath the chapel of Wash
ington and Leo University, at Lexing
ton, Virginia.
At the suggestion of Mrs. Lee, the
Association selected as the design of the
memorial a sacophagus witli a full sized,
j recumbent figure of General Lee, to be
I cut from the purest marble.
■ A contract has been made with Mr.
j Valentine, a Riclndond sculptor, for
the preparation and erection of this
memorial, and the cast of the work in
I plaster has been already completed,
i General Pendleton says : “In its very
; impressive likeness to our beloved com
mander the figure is admirable, and the
entire work, as a specimen of art, is in
every way worthy of its great subject.”
It seems that means are now needed
to enable Valentine to go forward and
put his beautiful conception into mar
ble. The total cost of the work under
taken by the Association will be $20,000.
Os this amount $5,000 have been al
ready contributed by those anxious to
do honor to General Robert E. Lee.
Fifteen thousand dollars are yet requir
j ed to complete the memorial.
The Lee Memorial Association endorses
the recommendation of the army of J
Northern Virginia that “for the purpose
of assuring and expediting the comple
tion of this noble work of art, to be
placed as a fitting token of a whole peo
ple’s love and homage above the ashes
of their dead hero, we commend to the
ladies of the South to hold memorial;
meetings on the next anniversary of the
bifth of General R. E. Lee (Monday, j
20tli January, 1873), and to take such j
measures as to them seem best for col- 1
lecting money on that day to be especi
ally appropriated to the decoration of
his tomb by the erection of the sarco
phagus.” It is suggested that an organ
ized effort be made upon the day named
to raise the money needed by private
contributions, fairs, suppers, concerts,
or lectures. The particular means to l>e
resorted to in each locality is left to the
discretion of the ladies.
Referring to Thiers, Garibaldi, it is
! said, remarked that he looks “ with
1 pity and horror on that blood-bespotted
j chameleon, shooting Communists at
i Satory and bombarding the ocean at
| Trouville.”
S Mr. Cardwell, the British War Minis
| ter, has sanctioned the introduction of
; playing cards into the soldiers’ recrea
! tiou room as an experiment in the way
jof weaning soldiers from the public
honses.
FOSTER BLODGETT.
His Surities Desire a Safe Conduct for
Him to Atlanta— The Governer De-
I cities Not to Give It.
[Special Corresj-Knideuce of the Morning News.]
Atlanta, December 7, 1872.
POSTER BLODOETT.
An effort has been made recently by
the sureties of Foster Blodgett, to in
duce the Governor to grunt him a safe
! conduct to come to Atlanta and explain
j his accounts as Superintendent and
j Treasurer of the State Railroad. The
1 reader may remember that executions
I were issued against Blodgett and his
I sureties from tlie Comptroller General’s
office, as follows, to-wit : Foster Blod
gett, as Superintendent of the W. & A.
Railroad, and H. I. Kimball, John Rice,
H. O. Hoyt, L. Schofield and Varney
Gaskill, sureties, for $20*000; Foster
Blodgett, as Treasurer, aud W. P.
! Rhodes, Ephraim Tweedy, William Gib
sou, J. P. Poole, H. O. Hoyt, George P.
: Burnett, M. J. Hinton and James Math
|ieson, as sureties, for $25,519 44. To
each of these sums should be added
twenty per cent, damages, for default.
! The/, fas. have been levied upon the
property of the sureties, and the same
will be sold by the Sheriff in January.
J The cases were carried to the Supreme
| Court by the sureties, and each one was
decided against them.
WHAT HIS SURETIES CLAIM.
I The sureties, while admitting a small
! balance against flint"' olairft -that the
1 amount for which executions have issued
! are incorrect, and that if heweie present
: lie could explain the discrepancy. They
I applied to the Governor, therefore, for a
safe conduct for Blodget to visit Atlan
i ta and make the necessary explanations,
' adding that the authorities of the State
i cannot desire his sureties to pay more
| than is justly due. They say that Blod
; gett has grown prematurely old, and is
; a mere “ruckle of bones,” to use the
! language of Dr. Livingstone, and that
j he desires to return and reside within
i the State, and when dead to have his
body repose in his native soil. They
| even hint that, if permitted to come
I back unmolested, he may make impor
! taut disclosures, but what those dis
-1 closures are, they carefully refrain from
I telling.
INDICTMENTS UNDER THE FELONY ACT.
There are several indictments pend
ing here against Blodgett. During his
brief administration, Acting-Governor
Conley granted him a full ami uncondi
tional pardon, as the reader will recol
lect, for all his past offenses, known and
unknown, and there are some legal gen
tlemen who believe this pardon will
stand the test of judicial deision. There
are other offenses, however, under
what is known as tho felony act, passed
last December, which were not complete
at the date of the pardon, and which
cannot bo made complete and indict
| able until demand is made by the Treas
urer of the State for public property aud
moneys alleged to be in Blodgett’s pos
session, and a refusal by him to deliver
the same. Tlieso offenses are not yet
complete. Indeed, in the eye of the
law, they are not yet offenses at all, but
inchoate crimes, so to speak, and there
fore they could not have been reached
by Conley’s pardon. If Blodgett should
be permitted to return, the Treasurer
could not in good faith make the neces
say demand upon him during the con
tinuance of the safe-conduct; and pos
sibly thereby hangs a tale.
THE governor’s DECISION.
For these and other reasons, it is said,
the Governor decided not to give the
safe conduct. He considers Blodgett
one of the greatest of the bite scalawag
and carpet-bag offenders, and any ar
rangement bj which lie might be enabled
to come and' go at will would, to that
extent, be a fraud upon justice. It is
understood that neither Governor Scott
nor the newly elected Governor of South
Carolina will surrender his body upon
tlie requisition of the Executive of this
State, but still tlie latter seems to see in
this no reason why so great a culprit
should he permitted to have the freedom I
of tlie State, either in his own interest
or in the interest of his sureties.
BLOODY IVORK IN FLORIDA.
Horrible Murders—Escape of the Mur
derers A Trio of Desperadoes-Ex
citement in Columbia County.
[From tlie Lako City Herald. November 30.]
At Ellisville, a small hamlet near the
southern border of this county,
A TEISRIBLE TRAGEDY
Was enated on last Saturday evening.
John Barre and James Havre, two men
in the vigor of youthful manhood, were
| shot down in cold blood and brutally
i murdered. The circumstances, as we
have been able to gather them, were as
' follows : There had been a feud for some
| time between a mail named Charles Car
i roll and James Barre, from which more
; than once serious results had been ex
i pected. On the afternoon of the day
named above, Charles Carroll, accom
panied by his brother William and his
brother-in-law, Daniel Wingato, visited
the store at Ellisville kept by James
Barre, Charles Carroll being armed with
a double-barrelled gun. The other two
had no visible arms. In a little while
A FURIOUS QUARREL
Sprung up between Charles Carroll and
his brother-in-law Wingate, and the par
ty left the store apparently in great an
ger, for the purpose of having a settle
ment. The two Barres, John and James,
I followed almost immediately afterward,
j for the purpose of preventing, if possi
ble, what threatened to be a very seri
ous difficulty between the two brother
i in-laws, both of whom were known to be
reckless and desperate men. The two
Barres, unsuspicious of danger to them
i selves—for no word or quarrel had pass
ed between them aud the other parties
—had no sooner emerged from the
building than they were immediately
SHOT DOWN
1 By means of the double-barrelled gun
|in the hands of Chas. Carroll. James
j Barre received a charge of seveu buck
shot in the upper portion of his right
breast, and John Barre was wounded
I with an equal number of bijekshot in
the left breast, the charge shattering the
! upper portion of his arm to such an ex
j tent as to render subsequent amputation
; necessary near the shoulder joint. Be
! sides these injuries, which were the fatal
ones, both men received wounds in
j other portions of their bodies from pis
tol shots, which they afterward, in their
I death-bed testimony, declared were in
' flieted on them by Win. Carroll and
: Daniel Wingate, who, they declared,
came up and
SHOT THEM WITH PISTOLS
After they had fallen. The quarrel be
tween Carrall and Wingate, it is now be
lieved, was only a sham and intended as
a ruse to decoy the Barres out of doors |
away from their arms, where they might !
be more safely slaughtered. Immedi- '
ately after the shooting, which occurred j
just before sunset, William Carroll came
in all haste to tlii3 city for a surgeon, ,
and at once returned, taking with him !
I)r. P. A. Holt. Everything was done j
for the wounded men by Dr. Holt that
skill or experience could suggest, but
no human aid could benefit them. They
lingered in much agony until the follow
ing Monday, when both died, John in
the forenoon of that day and Janies in
the evening. The two men were cousins,
and John had been only about a month j
in the neighborhood. He was a citizen
of South Carolina, and it is said was a
fugitive from justice,
Having recently killed a Deputy United
States Marshal in his own State. There
was no cause of a quarrel between him
and the Carrolls, but he was murdered
probably because his name was Barre,
and it was his misfortnne to be in eom
panyVith James Barre at the time it wa3
determined to put him out of the way.
About an hour or two before the shoot
ing of the Barres, Wingate had shot a
negro man named Jenkins, at Provi
i denee, in Bradford county, about two
miles distant from Ellisviile. He then
! came deliberately oyer and participated
i in
the double murder
lOf the Barres. We have not been able
to learn whether the negro has since
died, but the wound as described to us
was of a character almost necessarily
fatal, the ball having passed entirely
: through the abdomen, lacerating the in
| testinea in its passage. Muoh excite
i ment was produced in the neighbor
hood by this series of mnrders, but,
strange to say, the perpetrators have
been permitted’ to make good their es
cape. William Carroll was arrested on
Monday following the shooting, and was
placed in the keeping of two men, who
permitted him to mount a horse in their
presence and deliberately ride off. He
has not been seen since. The others,
Carroll and Wingate, have not been seen
i since the shooting. From eighty to a
i hundred men mounted aud afoot, black
! and white, have
SCOURED THE COUNTRY
In every direction siuce Monday last.
But they started too late. The mur
derers had escaped before the pursuit
began. We suppose this case will turn
1 out like too many others that have pre
: ceded it. Men shoot each other down
in cold blood, absent themselves for a
time, until the excitement blows over,
then return, and nothing is ever done
about it. And yet v,e flatter ourselves
that we live in a civilized country. Un
less the laws against murder are execut
ed, life is no more safe i.i a so-called
Christian community than among the
veriest savages in heathendom.
REMARKABLE LAW SUIT.
Six Million Dollars Involved.
One of the most remarkable civil cases
known to American jurisprudence is to
be tried in the United States District
Court and in the State of New York. It
is a case of ejectment—George Washing
ton Bowen against Nelson Chase—to re
cover possession of the noted “Jumel
Estate,” consisting of one hundred and
twenty-six acres of the best land on
Washington heights in New York eity,
which is worth at market prices the sum
of $6,000,0000. This case was tried in
January last, and the jury failed to
agree. The interests involved in the
case are so enormous that the Court has
ordered what is called “a struck jury,”
the first ever empanueled this side of
the Atlantic. Forty-eight prominent
’ citizens of New York city have been
summoned, from whom the counsel on
each side will prune the jury, by striking
out oue name after another until only
twelve remain, who will constitute the
jury. The former trial occupied twenty
four days. Since that time both sides
have been diligently engaged in collect
ing additional testimony, and it is proh
bable that forty-eight days will elapse
ere the end is reached. In the great
Ticliborne case, which was tried in Lon
don last year, eleven first-class business
men were selected as jurors, and they
were engaged in the trial for nearly
nine months. Many of these men, who
were making fifty thousand dollars a
year, were compelled to abandon their
business, aud serve as jurymen for nine
months at five dollars per day. The
jury in the “Jumel case” will consist of
richer and more affluent men. The
lawyers employed in this case are among
the ablest known to the American bar.
Mr. E. R. Hoar, late United States At
torney-General, with several other noted
lawyers, appear for the plaintiff. Mr:
Charles O’Conor, James 0. Carter, and
Nelson Chase, the defendant, appear for
the defense. Originally Mr. Chase
claimed the Jumel estate as the
husband of Mary Anne Jones, whom he
asserted was the daughter of Madame
Jumel; that the latter had so informed
him, urging him to marry her child and
promising to leave her the whole Jumel
estate. This is no longer his claim. He
now affirms, it is asserted, that his wife
was the daughter of Walter and Mary
Bowen, a sister of Madame Jumel. At
the death of Madame Jumel (July 16,
1865), Chase assumed control of the
property and excluded from it several
children of this Mary Bowen, subse
quently Mrs. Jones; but later com
promised with these claimants by pay
ment of $40,000 for their interest in the
estate. He now claims that they were
the true heirs-at-law, not his wife, and
that he is entitled to the property
through purchase of their right. The
plaintiff claims to be the illegitimate son
of Madame Jumel herself, and as such
has a prior right to the Jonses. In
order to establish his claim, Mr. Chase
has, therefore, to prove:
1. That Madame Jumel died without
issue; that is, that George W. Bowen is
not her child.
2. That Mary Bowen and Madame
Jumel were both legitimate children of
the same mother (Phebe Kelly or
Bowen); for though an illegitimate child
may inherit from its mother, np other
relation of illegitimacy gives a title to
inheritance.
3. That Mary Bowen, instead of dy
ing in 1797, as claimed by plaintiff,
lived to become first Mary Clarke and
then Mrs. Jones, and the mother of
those whose right Chase has purchased.
It is very clear that it cannot now be
proved that the Jones family were the
legitimate nephews and nieces of
Madame Jumel, the whole vast estate is
really without liiers, and legally reverts
to the State.
The case comes up next Monday, and
will probably be tried without further
[ delay.
THE GREAT DIAMOND FRAUD,
One of the Conspirators Makes Confes
sion—A Legal Investigation in Pro
gress,
San Francisco, December s.— Messrs.
Harpending, Rubery and Maurice Dore
have testified before the Executive Com
mit ee of the Mining Company, investi
gating the diamond swindle. Harpend
iug said he went to London in 1871,
thence to Paris. He started for home in
April, 1872, in company with Rubery,
Hill, Lent and Fargo. They held a
consultation with Mr. Barlow, in New
York, about the diamond fields, and it
was deoided that a party should go from
Denver to the fields. Slack and Arnold
went, taking Janin as an expert. Arnold
got lost, but was finally found. At
Diamond Mesa, near the Dome Moun
tains, in three minutes, Harpending
picked up a large number of diamonds.
They staked the ground and returned to
San Francisco, leaving Rubery in the
field.
Janin had 1,000 shares, which he sold
i to Lent and Harpending for $40,000.
j The total value of shares sold here was
I $320,000. One man, whose name is with
! held, makes a clean breast of the swindle,
and names all the parties concerned. The
[ matter will go to the grand jury to
: day.
VV. M. Lent will shortly present to the
Diamond Executive Committee a full ac
count of the transactiaus of himself,
Harpending, Ralston, McClellan and
others, from first to last, with Arnold,
Slack and Janin. It is understood that
the name of the man who made the con
fession of the swindle is Cooper, of this
city. Tlje gems were purchased in Eu
rope and displayed here. Arnold, Slack
and Cooper realized $50,000, with which
they bought more gems in Europe, and
salted tlie ground with them, and then
took Janin to the place, and picked up
diamonds for him. The latter's first re
port was made, and, on the strength of
that, Lent, Harpending and others in
vested in the stook. Detectives are on
the look-out for the swindlers.
The famous Stanton ruby, which has
been represented to be worth $250,000,
; was tested to-day by lapidaries, ami
! proved to be a soft garnet, worth about
i one hundred dollars.
now THE SWINDLE WAS PERPETRATED.
[From the San Francisco Bulletin.]
From a gentleman who is in the secret
of those who have suffered, and who is
himself one of the losers, we have the
following comprehensive account of the
great diamond swindle. The first dis
covery, as alleged, was made by one
Philip Arnold. He made a contract with
Harpending for the saleof the discovery.
Harpending transferred an interest in
that contract to Wm. M. Lent. The
first, payment to Arnold was SIOO,OOO.
This money was advanced by Lent. Ifie
property non' underwent various sub
divisions, the bulk of it centering in
Lent, who paid about $350,000. Other
interests were sold to various parties,
so that the result was that Arnold and
his confederates, whoever they were,
netted about $650,000. By subsequent
sale of a portion of Lent’s interest he
got back a part of his money, and now
stands loser of about $160,000.
The diamond fields discovered by Ar
nold, after having been prospected by
Henry Janin, under Arnold’s supervis
ion, yielded about $15,000 to $20,000
worth of gems. Upon this prospect,
Janin’s report to Messrs. Barlow and
Gen. McClellan was based. It is now
reported that Arnold took Janin oyer a
few ucjes of the land, and that Arnold
chose the spots for digging, while Janin
looked on. Upon Janin’s report and
the receipt of the jewels the San Fran
cisco and New York Mining and Com
mercial Company was organized, with a
capital of $10,000,000. A portion of this
stock was taken in S.an Francisco at the
rate qf S4O per share, with the agree
ment of all subscribers that the stock
should remain in the hands of W. C.
Ralston, and should not be sold or put
upon the market until the value of the
property should be thoroughly ascer
tained.
Judge Isaac Cheney, *of Talbot coun
ty, the well known proprietor of the
Chalybeate Springs in Meriwether coun
ty, died at the residence of his brother,
Dr. John Cheney, in Columbus, on Fri
day evening.
THE CODE.
| Fighting Editors—Ddel at Kami Bar
Ferry-Two Editors the Combatants
—The Casus Belli—The Boston Fire
—Fruitless Attempts to Settle—Two
Shots Exchanged —Nobody Hurt.
Sand Bar Ferry is rapidly regaining
the reputation as a duelling ground
which it had before the war, and is be
coming a favorite resort for belligerent
ly inclined parties from the States of
Georgia and South Carolina. But a
short time since two gentlemen from
Athens resorted thither to settle their
little unpleasantness, and yesterday a
couple of Carolinians went to the Ferry
on a little excursion gotten up for the
same purpose. Tlie parties to the duel
were two
NF.WSP.APER EDITORS
From Orangeburg, South Carolina—Mi.
James T. Heyward, editor of the Or
angeburg Times (Democratic), nnd Mr
Malcolm J. Browning, editor of the Or
angeburg Hews (Radical). From what
we can learn of tlie affair, the origin and
progress of the difficulty were as fol
j lows: When the news of the Boston fire
came a paragraph appeared inthe Times,
substantially, thus : “When Gen. Sher
man burned Columbia the Bostonians
tired cannon over the news. Who will
shoot now?” The Columbia Union
(Radical) published a very harsh criti
cism upon the paragraph, in question,
which the Times declined to notice on
account of its source. A few weeks
ago the Orangeburg News also essayed
a lecture to the Times upon its editorial.
This provoked a severe reply from the
Times. Among other things stated in
the reply was an assertion that Mr.
Browning’s (who had recently taken
charge of the News) editorial prede
cessor was a negro man, named Clyde.
In the issue of the News, which appear
ed last week, this statement was de
nounced as a willful nnd malicious
falsehood. Mr. Heyward then sent a
demand for a retraction, which was re
fused, and then a challenge, which was
accepted, and the parties agreed to come
to Georgia to fight it out.
A FRUITLESS ARREST.
The original agreement was that the
parties should fight near this city, on
Sunday, the Bth inst., at 12 o’clock. On
Saturday night, however, when the train
reached Branchville, Mr. Browning was
arrested. Reports of. the duel had gotten
out and someone had sent intelligence
ahead in order to have the fight stopped.
Mr. Browning, after being detained
awhile, gave bond to keep the peaeo in
South Carolina and was released. Tlie
discharge came too late for him to keep
the appointment, and tho duel for that
day was frustrated. Tlie other principal
reached the city in time without ex
periencing any detention, and on Sun
day, at 11 o’clock, accompanied liy his
friend, rode promptly to the Ferry in
his carriage, where he waited some time
for his antagonist. The other parties
not arriving he returned to the city. On
Sunday night Mr. Browning, wo learn,
came in from Branchville, and Mr. Hey
ward's friends and the friends of Mr.
Browning made an arrangement for an
other meeting at the same place on the
next day (yesterday), at 12 o’clock. The
whole affair was
KEPT DARK,
And scarcely any ono in the city knew
anything about it. If the duel had ta
ken place on Sunday, as was at first
agreed upon, the chances are that no
one would have heard of it in time to be
present, and the only spectators would
have been the surgeons and the seconds.
But after the carriage went out on Sun
day morning and its destination became
known, suspicions were aroused which
resulted in the discovery that a duel was
on foot, though nothing could be learned
from the parties. As it was, however,
this information was confined to a few,
and at the time the carriages left the
city yesterday not more than twenty per
sons knew that a duel was on the tapis.
After the parties left the town several
persons heard of the affair and came
down to the Ferry in time to witness its
termination.
ON THE GROUND.
The carriage containing Mr. Browning,
his second, Mr. Waller, and Mr. Van
Tassels and another gentleman, was the
first to leave the city, and arrived first
upon the ground, halting near the bank
of the Savannah river. In a few minutes
Mr. Heyward arrived in an open phaeton,
accompanied by his second, Mr. Voss,
and Dr. Legare, Colonel O. A. Butler,
of this city, and Colonel Frederick, of
Orangeburg, his friends, Mr. Heyward’s
carnage halted in the fringe of trees
running parallel with the river, and Mr.
Browning’s vehicle also entered the
grove soon afterwards.
THE GROUND.
The beauty about the Sand Bar Ferry
duelling ground is that it can be used
by persons from either State—the Caro
linians fighting in Georgia and the Geor
gians in South Carolina. As the parties
to this affair were South Carolinians, of
course the duel had to be fought on this
side of the river, and it was decided that
the fight should take place near the
Ferry. A better spot could not have
been chosen. Between the river and the
woods—a distance of several hundred
yards—there is a wide open space al
most entirely devoid of trees and under
growth, and thickly carpeted with grass.
This was the field selected. Through
the thick grass the high road to the
Ferry wound its way, In the road, which
runs almost at right angles to the Sa
vannah, the men were to be placed at a
distance of about fifty yards from the
stream.
THE DISTANCE
Was to be ten paces, and the parties were
to be placed north and soiith from each
other.
TIIE WEAPONS.
Some trouble, wo understand, was ex
perienced in agreeing upon weapons.
Mr. Browning, as the challenged party,
had the right to decide what kind of
weapons should be used. Pistols, of
course, were to be the. weapons • hut
what kind of pistols? Ml'. Heyward,
through his friend, proposed a pair of
regular duelling pistols, which were re
jected. His friend next proposed a pair
of Colt’s navy revolvers, which have
become popular with duelists of late,
and which were also declined. A pair
of strong shooting Derringer’s were next
offered, and these also rejected. Mr.
Browning's friend then proposed a pair
of Smith & Wesson cartridge revolvers,
which were finally accepted by Mr. Hey
ward.
CHOICE OP POSITION AND THE WORD,
In a toss up for position, the choice
wgs wen by Mr. Heyward’s friend, who
placed his principal with his face to the
north, and at the more elevated end of
the line—the road sloping a little as it
approached the river. Mr. Browning’s
friend won the privilege of giving the
word.
ATTEMPT TO SETTLE.
In the meantime Dr. DeSaussure
Ford, the surgeon of Mr. Browning (Dr.
Barton, of South Carolina, acting in
that capacity for Mr. Heyward], and
some of the other gentlemen present, at
tempted to have the matter adjusted
without an exchange of shots. But the
effort proved unsuccessful. Mr. Brown
ing refused to retract his article unless
Mr. Heyward would first retract his,
which the latter positively declined.
NEW SERIES—VOL. XXV—NO. 51.
Nothing, therefore, remained to be done
bnt to juit tho men upon the field aud
let tlie question he settled by lead.
IN POSITION.
At lialf-past twelve o’clock the men
came from the grove to the field. Mr.
Heyward had on a full dress suit of
black, closely buttoned up. Mr. Brown
j ing wore light pants and a dark coat.— *
! The pidtols were handed the principals,
and Messrs. Voss and Waller took posi
tion on the right and left of the centre
of the line. The principals stood side
ways, each grasping his weapon with
the muzzle down. Mr. Waller gave the
| word. “Gentlemen, are you ready?
Fire! One, two, three. Btop.” The
weapons were discharged between tlie
words “one” and “stop,” but without
: effect—both men aiming too high.
A SECOND SHOT.
Mr. Browning’s second then asked the
i second of Mr. Heyward if ho was satis
j fied. Tho latter replied in the nega
i five, and preparations were made for an
other fire—all efforts for a settlement
again proving unavailing. Again the
pistols were handed to the principals,
the word given, and the weapons dis
charged. Both parties wereuninjured—
Mr. Browning’s ball going in the ground,
! and Mr. Heyward's striking in rear of
his antagonist.
HOW IT WAS ARRANGED.
Dr. Ford, Col. Butler and others now
again sought to arrange matters. Mr.
Browning, we learn, claimed that under
the code—having exchanged two shots—
he had already given satisfaction, but
declined to retract unless there was a
mutual retraction, which Mr. Heyward
refused. Urged by his friends, who
represented the view taken as above to
him, Mr. Heyward consented to salute
and leave the field without making
friends. The two principals then ad
vanced alone, each three paces, saluted
without speaking, and retired from the
ground. They then entered their car
riages, and principals, seconds, surgeons
and spectators returned to the city.
THE FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Annual Meeting of tlie Stockholders.
The postponed annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Cotton States Me
chanics’ and Agricultural Fair Associa
tion was held yesterday evening, at tlirco
o’clock, in the rooms of tho Association,
on Broad street. Not more than twelve
or fifteen members were present, but a
good deal of tho stock was represented
by proxy.
On motion of Major T. W. Carwile,
John M. Clark, Esq., was called to tho
Chair.
The Secretary stated that he had never
seen tlie minutes of the last meeting,
and consequently had not recorded them.
On motion of Mr. Carwile, the Chair
appointed a committee of three to ascer
tain if a quorum ol‘ stock was repre
sented.
The Chair appointed as this commit
tee Messrs. Carwile, Hillyer and Butt.
The committee reported tliata quorum
of the stock was not represented.
On .notion of Mr. Hillyer, a committee
of two was appointed to go out and pro
cure proxies for enough stock to make a
quorum.
Messrs. Hillyer and Cow were appoint
ed this committee.
At the expiration of a fifteen minutes’
recess the Secretary, Major 11. Martin,
read the account of the last annual meet
ing, which, on motion of Mr. Butt, were
confirmed.
The minutes were taken from the files
of the Chronicle & Sentinel, and on
motion of Mr. Butt, the Chronicle's
report was ordered put upon the minutes
ns a part of the history of the Assoeia
tion.
The committee returned and reported
that the requisite number of proxies
j had been secured. It was announced
; that a quorum of the stock was repre-
I sented—l73 shares.
! A letter was read from the President,
P. ,T. Berkmans, Esq., regretting his
i absence—caused by the sickness of his
horses—and declining a re-election, as
he could not attend to the duties of the
office on account of the serious conflict
with his private bmincss. The Secreta
ry read a report and statement of the
affairs of the Association since his elec
tion, as follows :
To (he President, Munafjers and Stock
holders :
Gentlemen—On the 25th day of July
last, by an election held by your Board
of Managers for Secretary of your Asso
ciation, the writer was put in charge of
the office. On taking possession the
following exhibit was taken from the
books of the Association and other data
left an file by my late predecessor.
You are familiar with the history of
the inooptiou and organization of the
Association. I will, therefore, only make
a oompendons exhibit of its status at the
i time above specified. The very liberal
j manner in which the City Council of
j Augusta has always befriended your
Association is a large part of its history—
| the Association is, in fact, the alumnous
|of the city. The off-spring, looks with
| justifiable pride on the author of its
being, anfi vye trust that this feeling
| iqay bo fully reciprocated at no distant
! day. The amount of funds supplied by
j the City Council by loan of bonds was
| in money .$12,500. ' Os this amount we
I have returned $2,000, leaving a balance
' to the credit of tfio city of Augusta, in
' bills payable, of $10,500.
! Expended on Grounds and 0111-
; cere’ salaries $ 8.206 89
i Office expenses (rent, stationery, gas
! and fuel) 1,42289
Printing Premium List and advertis
ing 1,044 92
Postage, 366 70
*10.991 40
Music cost *B2O 00
Tournaments 855 05
Premiums 12.972 50
Fair expenses balance .. 279 0(J
Second Horticultural Ex
hibition 910 15
70
• *36,228 10
Deduct Booths and Gato
money 11.878 10
Hod not Booths and Gate
money, 1871 9,053 20
Profits on third Horticul
tural Exhibition 1,130 20 - 22,107 50
Showing net cost of Fairs . 4..(>GU (2)
Os this amount there has boon pad
from proceeds, mbeylgptiom* and
sales of nuo/cl'xndVv' ... 2.583 83
137 50
! Leaving an outstanding debt, on July
26th, 1872, of 2,470 77
Which I liavo further reduced by ac
counts dim ns to 2,339 27
On which 1 have paid 406 00
Leaving our old indebtedness 1.934 27
This brings tfie business of the Asso
ciation down to accounts belonging
properly to the. Third Annual Fair. I
must here state that the expenses of our
last Fair were materially lightened by
she kindness of the Chronicle and
Sentinel and Const it ut tonal ist in giving
us free access to their columns, and also
to the Farmer and Gardener. Os the
amounts allowed by your Board of Man- |
agers to, the Secretary tor office assist
ance, he has so far been able to get
through the work within 60 per cent, of I
the amount fixed as an ultimatum. The ,
following tablo shows in full amounts j
received and paid out, as per vouchers
on file, and balances due per balauee
sheet from old accounts,
(Read exhibit from account book.)
Total receipt* of third Fair 4*4,C28 00
Total expenses, lessmedals
returned SO,IOB 21
Net loss on third Fair— 1,480 21 ’
*6,108 21 *G,WB 31
Making the total of old and new in
debtedness *3,414 48
A portion of this indebtedness has
been temporarily provided tor. The j
figures above cover every demand against
the Association your Secretary can
find. He is assured by the creditors
that they are ready to give any indul
gence. All that they asks is, that imme
diate and decided action bo taken l>v
your body which will give that confi
dence so necessary to assure the public
that you arc determined to make the
Association a success.
It occurs to your Secretary that the
machinery for currying on the Associa
tion could be simplified to the great ad
vantage of the economy, punctuality
and accuracy of its workings. More
should he required of the Secretary. Ho
is the only salaried officer of the'Asso
ciation, and should be responsible for
the complete conduct of every depart
ment. To accomplish this it will he ne
cessary to amend the constitution.
Should it be the pleasure of the stock
holders to entertain these views, the
suggestions in full are at their command.
In view of the increasing importance
of our city and the new avenues ot
trade and prosperity that arc being
opened up, the present is a favorable
opportunity for putting your Associa
tion on a firmer basis than it has ever
stood on. To accomplish this consum
mation, it is only necessary that tho
stockholders should exhibit an active
and living zeal in their fairs, and bestow
a little of the talent they use so well in
their individual interests. Should they
accept this suggestion they can easily
make the Cotton States Fair Association
a most flourishing institution.
Before closing this report I most,
earnestly urge on the stockholders tho
necessity for vigorous action in regard
to the claims against us. It is only by
compelling respect that either copera
tion or individual can ever get it; neith
er the one or the other can compel it
butby desert. Trusting that your interest
in this matter is too plain to require any
elaboration of it, and that you will pro
tect the honor of the Association what
ever your purposes for the future may
he, this report is respectfully submitted:
i Note. —s4os paid out of receipts of
Third Fair, therefore tho net loss on
Third Fair was but $1,012 31.1
On motion of Mr. Hillyer, adopted,
and the city papers requested to pub
lish it.
Mr. Hillyer moved that the question
of paying the liabilities of the Associa
tion be referred to the coming Board of
Directors, with power to act.
Mr. Butt favored the motion, and it
was adopted.
Mr. Conway asked tho number of
dead heads admitted at the last Fair ?
, The Secretary replied all the stock
holders and a good many invited guests.
On motion of Mr. Osley, a committee
of five was appointed to nominate a
Board of twelve Directors—the Board to
select a President from its members.
• The Chair appointed as this commit
tee, Messrs. Osley, Carwile, Hillyer and
Levy.
The committee reported the following
nominations :
Messrs. T. W. Carwile, J. M. Clark,
P. Walsh, Carlton Hillyer, W. L. Platt,
James A. Gray, W. S. Roberts, J. B.
Pournelle, F. A. Timberlake, W. H.
Warren, T. G. Barrett, J. M. Turpin, C.
G. Goodrich.
Mr. Carwile declined a renomination,
and suggested tho name of Jonathan
M. Miller, Esq., in his place.
Mr. Butt was in favor of making Mr.
Miller a Vice-President, and retaining
Mr. Carwile.
Mr. Clark also hoped that his own
name would be left off. Mr. Gray lmd
declined to serve once before.
Mr, Butt moved to go into an elec
tion.
The motion was carried, and the ticket
as nominated was unanimously elected.
Mr. Carwile moved that the rules ho
suspended and the stockholders elect
Vice-Presidents. It, was decided that
this was the province of the Directors.
The Secretary suggested that tho
standing committees be done away with,
as the system worked great delay as at,
present conducted.
Mr. Butt coincided with the Secretary.
The Secretary could attend to the work
performed by the committees, and do it,
better by himself. He hoped the Booth
Committee especially would he abolished.
The Secretary proposed that all tho
committees be abolished, and one Execu
tive Committee appointed, which should
also be a Finance Committee.
Mr. Hillyer thought it better not to
restrict the Board of Directors to any
particular lino of policy. He moved to
refer the whole matter to tho Board,
with a recommendation to adopt the
Secretary’s suggestion. Adopted.
The meeting adjourned.
The Pacific Mail Company - Arkino
for Exclusive Privileor.— Tho Pacific
| Mail Steamship Company has applied to
I the Treasury Department for permis
! sion to run a large English steamer be
| tween New York and Aspinwall upon tho
' same conditions as an American built vos
| sel could be run. Tho company represent
ed that there is a large accumulation of
freight at Aspinwall, part of it from tho
South Pacific coast and Central America
and the rest from San Francisco, and
that no suitable American vessels can bo
chartered to con vey the freight to Now
York. Tho Treasury Department has
refused the application on the ground
that- under tho law the traffic between
Aspinwall and Now York is regarded as
a part of the coasting trade, from which
foreign built vessels arc excluded.
Appointment of a Commission.— Thu
! Atlanta Herald, of Thursday, says: His
! Excellency, Governor Smith, appointed
J yesterday, Mr. George W. Adams, of
I Forsyth; Mr. 11. B. Gunby, of Oolum
bus, and Mr. John D. Gray, Gommis-
I sinners to rigidly examine the construc
tion and condition of the first section of
j twenty miles of the North and South
I Railroad, beginning at Columbus and
| going toward Hamilton. They are to
J proceed to Columbus and commenco
i their examination on next Monday in
; company with the President of tho road,
Mr. W. A. Dugald, and as soon as timo
! to forthwith report to the Governor
| whether the company have complied*
with law, so as to entitle them to State
| aid.
The Ship Energy. —We learn from the
Beaufort Republican , of the sth instant,
that the work of wrecking tho ship
Energy is being vigorously prosecuted
by Messrs. B. A .7. Baker & Cos., who
have the business in charge. Captain
E. M. Stoddard, the superintending
member of the firm, is at Beaufort. He
lias now three vessels at work at tho
wreck. The decks are to be blown off
this week and piles driven around the
ship to prevent her breaking up. Cap
tain Stoddard hopes to save every bar of
iron in her.
Mn. Greeley’s Religious Belief. —
Mr. Greeley’s religious belief was that
of a Unitarian ltestoratiunist. He says
in a letter to the Rev. J. M. Austin: "T
believe that the moral character formed
in this life will be that in which wo
shall awake in the life to come, and that
many die so deeply stainod nml tainted
by lives of transgression and depravity,
that a tedious and painful discipline
must precede and prepare for their ad
mission to tho realms of eternal purity
and bliss.”
Soura Carolina Appointments Con
firmed.—The Senate, in executive ses
sion made the following confirmations
as Trial Justices; I*. R. Rivers, Salles
Randall, Sr., of Aiken; Clarence H.
Brown, of Barnwell; D. H. Farmer, H.
A. Jaoobi, J. M. Cantwell, F. O. S. Cur
tis, D. J. Chaplin and Thomas D. Rich
ardson, of Colleton; J. A. Mclntosh, of
Abbeville; E. S. J. Hayes, as Treasurer
of Lexington; Joseph W. Holliman, as
Treasurer of Oconee.
Chicago, December 10.—Munn and
Scott, members of the Elevator Com
pany, and recently expelled from tho
Board of Trade, were indicted for swind
ling.