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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 25.
DEATH OF OKPf. A. H. WRIGHT.
Ambrose Ransom Wright is dsad !
This simple announcement will touch
the hearts of thousands of Georgians
and many who dwell beyond onr State
confines. At ten o’clock Saturday, just
as the sun, which had hid his fact
so long in cloudy realms, burst forth
into effalgence, the soul of Ambbosf
Ransom Weight passed from the ma
terial to the spiritual world. Let ns
accept the token of the sun, and trust
that this our brother, who had done such
manly duty in dark and evil days,
has merely spurned the trappings of the
flesh ; that Berious loss to this com
munity, to this State, to a host ol
friends, to a stricken family, is infinite
great gain to him.
And yet how poor a thing to those
who remain is all human consolation,
however pathetic, however true ! Into
the chamber of death * the great
Healer alone can enter with power ai
well as tenderness.
To Him alone must those dear one?
who called him husband and father look
for balm which comes of Heaven.
To the people of Augusta and the
Eighth District of Georgia, this blow
will be heavy indeed. How fondly,
how proudly, we looked forward to the
day, when, the aspiration of his youth
and manhood fully achieved, Gen.
Wright should stand in the Congress ot
these States and make eloquently voice
ful the spirit of old Georgia. We felt
that his noble physical presence would
command admi ration ; and that his sonor
ous utterance, his fertile wit, his ready
argumentation, his matchless sarcasm,
his dramatic power, his executive ges
ture, his apt knowledge, his command
ing individuality, his gallant hearing,
his gladiatorial skill—the sword of Mar
cellas and the buckler of Fabius —would
cause the North to hear, and the South
to feel uplifted. This is what we hoped,
and this is not to be. Saddest of sad
words— this is not to be, ! The vigorous
brain, which fashioned so many brilliant
fancies aud pondered so many majestir
thoughts, is still and cold and pulseless.
It makes music no more. Tlio strong
arm which moved meteor-liko on the
red field of war is stiff and motionless.
The tongue which charmed us all be
times in the gatherings of party, in the
hustings of the political arena, before
the austere forum of Justice, in social re-
laxation, in so many places and in such
infinite variety—that marvellous tongue
gives forth no sound, forevermore. Those
lingers which grasped the pen when the
sword had been sheathed, only to be
come mightier than the sword; those
lingers which, moving so many men to
so many deeds of high emprise, till
Georgia, redeemed from the mountain
range to the stormy Atlantic, hailed him
as a chief and deliverer—those fingers
arc nerveless; and the pen, the wonder
working pen, has fallen upon the fallen
sword.
And does nothing, then, remain but
death, now that Wright is dead ? And
are those matchless qualities which once
were liis as perishable as the frame that
shrined them! No! A thousand times,
No. They all remain as precious memo
rials, as beacon-lights for the future, as
eternal protests of trampled right against
victorious wrong. They belong to Geor
gia’s most glorious as well as her most
gloomy era. That which was physical
will go to dust, to th# generations of the
tomb. But in mind and in spirit he will
survive.
“ These shall resist the empire of decay
When time is o'er and worlds hare passed
away,
V>eop in its coll the perished heart may he.
But that which warmed it ouco can never die ! '
The appalling shock paralyzes our
pen. From the depths of profound
grief expression becomes unutterable.
To trace by line and lineament the life of
our friend aud associate is beyond the
powers of muscle, brain and thought.
To others, or to another time, we must
trust the last sad tribute of affection
and esteem —to make up the record ofj
our loss—to perpetuate the memory of
Iris virtues —to linger in the noble recol
lections of an upright man, an honest
citizen, a true Georgian, a true Chris
tian, a great mind.
To-day but let the funeral bell toll
the requiem of grief.
WHAT SHKHMAN KNOWS ABOUT
FT BE.
General William Tecumseli Sherman
at last tells wliat he knows about the
burning of Columbia, South Carolina.
In a course of catechising in Washing
ton, on the 12th instant, touching the
wanton destruction of that city, he let
slip a few facts which ought forever to
put at rest any dispute as to upon
whom rests the responsibility of that
vandal act, The Washington correspon
dent of th* Louisville Courier-Journal
furnishes the following synopsis of the
facts drawn out by the examination ;
General Sherman was examined before
tlie American aud British Commission
to-day in regard to the burning of Co
lumbia. He denied that he had issued
orders to burn Columbia, but admitted
that the army was greatly exasperated
against South Carolina, and said this
exasperation was increased by General
Hampton's rear guard firing into his
camp a night or two before entering Co
lumbia, which exasperation he aud his
officers participated in, and this was
known to the men. A correspondence
was then shown to General Sherman,
purporting to have taken place between
him and General Halleck, while on Iris
march to Columbia. The communica
tion from Halleck desired him to de
stroy Charleston and sow it with salt, so
that there might no more millifiersor se
cessionists grow up there. To this Sher
man, in reply, wrote that Charleston
and Columbia would soon be iu his
Lairds, and Halleck would have no cause
to complain of his treatment of them;
i'hat he had the Fifteenth corps with
him, and that corps did their work well,
and further that he (Sherman) wonld
not spare the public buildings in Colum
bia, as he did in Milledgeville. General
Sherman admitted, on his examination,
that this correspondence was authentic.
General Sherman stated that he occupied
Columbia with the Fifteenth corps. In
reply to the question whether he kept
the men in the works after taking pos
session of the city, he said not; he conld
not have done so to have prevented the
burning of every town in the State of
South Carolina. These responses were
drawn out by the representations of
British claimants, who allege that theii
property at Columbia was destroyed
wantonly and in violation of the usages
of war. ' General Sherman manifested a
good deal of excitement during the in
vestigation.
SLOAN CONTESTS.
Mr. Andrew Sloan, the defeated Re
publican candidate from the First Con
gressional District of Georgia, has given
notice that he will contest in the House
of Representatives the seat of Mr.
Rawls, his Demoeeatic opponent. The
grounds of contest ate, we believe, the
alleged throwing out of * large numbei
of Republican votes in the counties of
Burke and Chatham.
Mr. Lenn Morgan, former proprietor
of the Newberry Hotel, died on Wednes
day of last week.
The colored people of Abbeville have
as organization called the Colored Agri
cultural Society, which proposes do hold
an annual fair cm the 25th, 26th and
£7th of December.
THE LOUISIANA* IMBROULIO.
The subjoined manly and practical
statement of the Attorney General
of Louisiana to Attorney General Wil
liams is worthy of perusal. Without
mere rhetoric or sentimentality, it gives
x clear view of a most extraordinary and
momentous condition of affairs ia e
Southern Stab-, which has suffered
more from negro barbarism aud carpet
bag plundering than South Carolina :
Washington, December 14, 1872.
Hon. n. If. Wlttfami, Attorney tfev
erul of the Crated States :
Mv Dear Sir—l l*g ieave to submit
through you to the President the follow
dig points : The action o-i the Executive
a recognizing the assemblage at Me
jhanics’ Institute in New Orleans as the
Legislature of Louisiana, aud I*. B. S.
i’inc-hbaek as Governor, was certainly
oremature. Pincbback waanever Lienton
int-Govemor of the State, and his term
:s a Senator expired under the constitu
tion of that State on the 4th day of No
/•mber last. The assemblage at Me
dianics’ Institute was notoriously re
timed and seated by a Deputy United
States Marshal under the order of an
nferior formal Court. This fact can
oc ascertained by reference to the paper
iled by me in the Supreme Conrt of th(
United States in the matter of ex part'•
Warmoth applying for a writ of prolri
oition. These are circumstances of
which the Government must take notice.
Without discussing who was or who
was not elected, I respectfully suggest
-fiat before the President undertook to
u-ttie the controversy and to pledge the
great power of his office to either side,
.much deliberation and a full hearing
liouhl have been accorded. Tlie dec
don was the most quiet and orderly evei
field in the State, not a symptom of riot
ms disposition, not even a personal
piarrel or encounter connected with
politics, was reported by the police au
thorities in any direction. The machine
ry of the State government was in perfect
irder after the election, and entirely
joinpetent to manage its own affairs, ami
with Courts of justice ready to protect
-he rights of every citizen. By a sudden
lotion of an inferior Federal Court,
which was absolutely coram non judi.ee,
he Stats government is completely over
■iet, the State House seized, and a gov
■rument enacted whose officers the peo
nle have never chosen. It cannot, sir.
•lave escaped your attention that in pur
•iiltog this course a Federal Court has
oeert enabled, bv the assistance of tlie
ninv of the United States, to subvert
the State government and to construct
>ne in its place ; for it was well known
-.hat the Board of Returning Officers,
recognized by Judge Durell, lias not act
'd upon the *swom returns of the regu
lar election officers of the State, from
which alone they could have, under the
law, declared the result, but profess to
have been guided by the returns of
United States inspectors, officers entirely
unknown to the laws of Louisiana, so
that the case stands plainly thus : A
Federal Judge, absolutely without juris
diction, seizes a State House and seats a
Legislature, the members of which have
no other claim to their seats than the find
ing of a returning hoard, whose sole au
thority is the recognition of this usurp
ing Federal Conrt, and which professes
to "act solely upon the statement or re
turns made by certain United States of
ficers who arc entirely unknown to the
laws of Louisiana.
These are facts known now by every
intelligent man in this country, but, off
course, riot had from the Chief Magis-J
trate. The Legislature thus assembled
is recognized by the Executive of this
great nation, and you telegraph upon
his authority to our people commanding
them to submit. If they were an un
civilized people, accustomed to the
shackles of a despotism, that submission
which you command would be an easy
matter; but, sir, they are Americans,
like yourself, born and raised under the
free institutions of this great country.
They are suffering the most grievous
wrong that could be done a people, and
are conscious that their Government has
acted without proper deliberation and
upon an ex parte showing of the case.
Can you blame them for not yielding!
lamely to thi3 oppressing and for mak-j
ing another appeal, which I now do in!
their name to the President, for an in
vestigation of this mutter ? I am not
presenting to you the case of Henry C.
Warmoth or that of Wm. Pitt Kellogg
>n this appeal; they are both strangers
to ns, and onr people have suffered long
and patiently under the mismanagement
of such men, as is known to the whole
country- I am speaking in tlie name
and as tlie representative of the best
people of Louisiana, who are firmly con
vinced that in the recent election thevj
carried most of the important offices off
their State, and that if effect shall he
given to the veal popular verdict of No
vember, the government will pass into!
the hands of honest and capable men.
They feel that in this they have a right
to expect the sympathy of the Federal
Executive, who lias recently received
from the people of his country such dis
tinguished evidence of their confidence.!
The course of the Executive in this
tr atter is, I fear, caleuhlted to alienate
the affections of tlie best people and
weaken their confidence in the prptoc-l
tion of the Government aud their love
J our institutions. I am persuaded
that it the Government should, at this
juncture, pursue fl> wise, m&gimnimous!
iiul impartial .course, let the result be
what it may, theoßifidence and affection]
~f the South wonld be promptly restored]
iu the National Government, and all
trouble in that direction forever sdiled.
The action heretofore takeu can to!
cancelled or modified so as to give effect!
to these views, tp#} in a very short time!
tlie true case can b« placed before thel
Government, as a commihrim from Louis
iana is now on its way to Washington!
I bearing all tlie faots to the President;
and this committee is, according to myl
understanding, non-partisan. ;
Yours, very respectfully, &c. , j
H. N. Ogden, I
Attorney General of Louisiana.!
This appeal wall be backed up by a
committee of citizens representing the
wealth, virtue and intelligence of Louisi
ana. Gen. Grant has conditionally and
in advance warned them that their per
sonal statement ean not affect him; but
the committee do well to put him to a
practical test. Gen. Grant., if persistent,
takes the responsibility of backing up a
bogus State Government based upon
tin* cross-mark affidavits 3,500 field
hand negroes, many of whiiAi .docu
ments are forgeries, and many moze
lies. He likewise takes the responsi
bility of recognizing tbe following sweet
seentod aud fantastic array of officials:
For Governor;
A United States Senator.
For Lieutenant-Governor:
The Negro United States Collector
of the Port of Shreveport.
For President of the Senate:
Tue Mu lathi Surveyor of the Port!
of New t Orleans.
For Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives:
The United States Postmaster at
New Orleans.
For Auditor of the State:
The Assistant Treast-rer of the
United States.
For Senators and Members of the House
of Representatives:
Sixrt-EuiHT Ignorant and Corrctt
Negroes, a majority of whom hold
SI'BOEDISATE OFFICES IN THE COLLECT
OR'S and Assessor’s Departments of
the UxrrsD States Government.
We have little doubt of his capacity
to stomach even this ; but it will not
cone amiss to put the odium upon him.
In this connection, we are glad to note
that public opinion at the North is being
aroused to the true merits of the case.
Hitherto, the idea has prevailed that it
was a quarrel between Warmoth and
Kellogg—Dick Turpin <v. Jack Shep
pard. Such, however, is not the fact.
It is true that Warmoth hau been
“ hoist by his own petard,” and that the
evil he did comes baek to plague him.
But it is not less true that he is this day
on the side of the people’s rights, and,
therefore, by wonderful luck, the best
abused and best-known man in the
present time. But he is a mere incident
of this drama, although Grant, to beat
him to the earth, feels called upon to do
so over the prostrate form of Louisiana.
As an evidence of how one of the in
tecsest of Union men feels on the sub
ject, we quote from Mr. Rozier, of New
Orleans, as follows:
I love the Union—all of you know it;
not that I love Louisiana less, but the
Union more ; and yet at this moment I
cannot but feel that if those arbitrary
acts are maintained I .will be a slave,
with shackles to my feet.
It looks, at the, present writing, that
chains and slavery are all that Lou
isiana can expect from His Majesty at
Washington. But honor be to the pa
triota whp ptill strive for better things,"
and striving.still, believe that freedom’s
banner,
Tom. tuaugh flying.
ISuesais like a tkundar-stonu against the wind.
LOUISIANA AGAIN. fj
In order to reach the Supreme Court,!
in a way not to be denied, an appeal has!
been filed in Judge Dirndl's Court, at!
New Orleans. “ His Honor’ keeps upl
a dodge-game and proposes to “ dechbl
the application at his own pleasure.'
As the Judge- must have very little
pleasure in such a decision, we presume
the case will come to a finality about
tlie time of thp Greek Kalends.
THE NEXT CONGHEriS.
Tbe roster of the next House of Rep
resentatives, as prepared by the Clerk,
gives a present total of eighty-nine
Democrats. The full membership oi
the Hou?e will be two hundred and
ainety-two, aud the Democrat* must
have nine more votes to overcome the
two-tliirds majority of the Republicans.
The membership of Florida, Louisiana
and West Virginia has not yet been de
cided, and elections are to be held in
Connecticut and New Hampshire. Tin
indications are that the Democrats will
>iave oae-third of tlie members. Even
if they do not, the parties will be so
nearly equal that, with the few Repub
licans who split from their organization,
they will be able to prevent a two-thirds
vote.
GEN. YOUNG AND THE CREDIT
MOBILIER.
We were convinced that some mistake
was made in tlie transmission of the
resolution in relation to the Credit
Mobilier offered the other day in the
[louse of Representatives by General
Young, of Georgia. The preamble of the
resolution recites the fact of the forma
tion of the Credit Mobilier, and that the
former resolution of investigation is not
broad enough, inasmuch as it is limited
to the bribery of members, and does not
cover the inquiry as to the frauds of that
organization on the Government. His
resolution enlarges the scope of the i»-
priry in this particular, directs that the
committee report a full history of the
company, that the committee shall sit
with open doors, and that any citizen
diall be allowed to attend its sittings.
Every effort to get this just and proper
resolution before the House failed, and
it went over. It is unwise and impolitic
in Congress to refuse to have this
scandal thoroughly investigated. Wheth
er Bepublicans or Democrats are impli
cated, let their guilt be exposed ; if they
ire not concerned in it, let their inno
cence be vindicated. Tlie people wish
i full and fair inquiry into the conduct
■>{ their leaders—they demand nothing
more, they will bo satisfied with nothing
less.
NOT SO.
The New York Herald, in an article
on the Louisiana muddle, expresses the!
belief that the interference of the Gene-j
ral Government has settled the hash ofj
Warmoth and the Fusionists for the next]
two years, and then the people may!
overthrow their bogus government at the!
ballot box. In what way can this be!
■lone ? Surely not by the ballot box.j
That experimoufjhas just been tried, and!
has failed. The Fusion ticket received!
m immense majority of the votes cast, in!
the last election, and yet none of the!
candidates elected have been allowed to]
[take their seats, but have all been turned
(out by United States bayonets. The
[Custom House party has now entire con
jtrol of the machinery of the State gov
jernment, and two years hence their re-
Jturning board may declare whom they
[please elected. Tlie voters of the State
[may elect a Governor by fifty thousand
[majority if they choose, yet their candi-
Jdate can be counted out, and they can
[have no redress except by an appeal to
[the Executive, just as the Custom House]
[ring has appealed in the present con
[test. The Administration has decided
[that the “ people of Louisiana ” can elect!
[no man to office. The President of the
[United States can alone decide what men
[shall compose the State government, and
[in the future will decide all contests,
jl'lie ballot box and the vote of “thepeo
jple” have nothing to do with the matter;
[the wish or the will of the President id
[everything. t
; FRENCH SPOLIATION BILL.
j Tlie bill, now pending before Con
[gress, to provide for the payment off
[claims for spoliation committed by the
[French prior to 1801, provides for the
[expenditure of $5,000,000, to be distri
[buted to such citizens of the United
[States or their legal representatives as
[had valid claims to indemnity upon thd
[French Government arising out of ille-j
[gal captures, Ac., prior to the ratifica-j
[tj,on of the treaty of 1800. ;
| It ejtfeiijdes from those who are to be|
[benefitted by the bill all whose claims]
Jure embraced under the treaty pf 1803,
[and all claims in whole or part allowed
[and paid under the treaty between the
|Ui)i(ed States and Spain, concluded
[February 23, 1819, as well as claims al
lowed under the treaty between tlie
riTiiited States and France, conoladed in
1831. To carry tho provisions of thia aot
into effect, the President is authorized
to appoint three commissioners and au
attorney for them at a salary of $3,000 a
year, and a secretary, who must be a
good French student, at a salary of
52,000—a1l to hold qsco for three years.
Tho expenses of tlje commissjon are
to be limited to $50,000. The duty of
the commission will be to examine all
claims presented, and to hold its first
meeting in Washington, on or before the
Jst day of October next. No provision
is mkdi; for the payment of the awards
of the comyiip.WJ) until an appropria
tion lifts been made b? Congress. All
claim* not presented during the sitting
of the coflamifisioil are to be forever
barred.
ANOTHER BLOW AT THE STATES.
Slowly but surely the rights and
powers of the States composing the
Union are being taken away and conn
ferred upon the General Government.
The last step ia this direction, foiled-I
ing close upon the usurpations of thej
[Executive in Alabama, Louisiana and]
[.Arkansas, is a bill offered in the Senate
by Mr. Carpenter. The bill provides]
chat when it sIaaJI become necessary for]
the Government to obtain private prop
erty for public uses by condemnation,
the case shall go to the United
Courts instead of the Courts of thej
State where the)and is situated, as here-)
tofore. Mr. Carpenter's reason for de-l
siring the passage of the bill is becau-v’]
“ he dislikes to see the United Stated
sneaking into a State Legislature and
asking permission to take land for a
national i;ue," Os course, the bill will
meet with opposition, upon the ground
of its unconstitutiofcsj.ity, but the ar
gument will avail nothing, oo many
gross violations of the Constitution imve
received the sanction of a Republican
Congress find a Republican Executive
for the dominant party to be deterred
by an objection ot iki3 nature. The
bill will pass, if not at this s«ss;on, dur
ing the next, and the States will be still
farther shorn of their sovereignty. If
these euroacliments continue, and con
tinue they' * ill. there will soon be noth
ing left of State Governments, except
their office-holders and their eypenses,
and some future amendment may sweep
them away altogether. In some of the
Southern and Southwestern States—
those in which ignorance and corrup
tion have obtained absolute control
such a measure would, no doubt, find
advocates. South Carolina, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Florida and Arkansas, would
prefer the strong hand of a central gov
ernment to the weak rule and bold
and sweeping robberies of their carpet
bagger and colored oppressors.
Loyal Claimants. — Robert M. and
Stephen A. Douglas, sons of the late
Senator Douglas, have prepared and will
present to Congress a claim for $250,-
300 for their private cotton and other
property taken, used and appropriated
in March, 1863, in Mississippi, by a por
tion of the army of the United States.
GEORGIA.
A strolling correspondent of the New
York Herald, writing extensively about
the South, lias fallen quite in love with
Georgia. We make an extract:
As I came ont of the Governor’s office
in Georgia, where I had been bearing a
cheerful account of the State’s progress
and hopes, a man met me and said:
"You have been bearing only Iris tale.
The State was carried by fraud, and
Congress onght to come in and inter
fere. ”
Bah! Congress to interfere with s
Commonwealth unusually reposed, In
order to patch a departing office holder’s
breeches!
Georgia’s good government.
I am of the opinion that the present
government of Georgia is one of the
best in the South, because a highei
grade of men direct it. Had the same
■lass of native white men come cheer
fully to the front in the other States the
Northern carpet-baggers would have
lone no more than to reign a few years
and leave a large debt unaccounted foi
behind.
Georgia owes her jpresent lot of do
mestic prosperity and immunity from
Federal interference to her adherence tc
principle in State contests. Louisiana
is sacrificed, this day, oecause, in an evil
hour, she compromised with Warmoth.
“Never bet the devil your head.”
RAILROAD FROM LAKE ERIE TO
AUGUSTA.
We find tbe following letter in the
Abbeville (S. C.) Cress and Banner,
containing the proposition of anew and
grand railway enterprise, with Augusta
as the objective point of connection:
Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 7, 1872.
W. A. Lee, Editor Abbeville Press and
Banner:
Dear Sir —A party of us are engaged
in working up a narrow gauge railway
from Lake Erie South to the Ohio river,
thence up the valley of the Big Saudi
in Eastern Kentucky, crossing through]
Southwest Virginia, and Upper EastJ
Tennessee, crossing tlie E. TANARUS., Va. andj
Ga. R. R. at Greenville, Tenn., and \v< |
propose to extend this line to Augusta,j
Ga., passing your town. The sections[
through which the proposed line will]
ran speak for themselves. No line willj
surpass it in the quality, quantity, andj
accessibility of the mineral and timber|
■along its route.
We are now procuring charters in tliej
different States, and we would like to|
secure the co-operation of some of youij
live men. Will you please furnish me]
with the names of your Representatives,]
and those who would take an interest in|
securing a charter through your State. |
Yours truly,
[ O. G-. Venderhoof, j
Engineering and Surveyor. |
A LARGE RAILWAY ENTERPRISE.
The Atlanta correspondent, of the Sa-|
vannah News, in a late letter, gives the]
details of a contemplated railway enter-]
prise recently concocted in Georgia,]
The objeef, it is stated, of the scheme is
to resist the “serious encroachments” of
[the Pennsylvania Central, or Southern
[Security Company, upon the “reasonable
[rights” of the people of Georgia, South]
[Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Ten-j
jnessee, by getting control of many main
[railway lines, and diverting trade from
[Charleston and Savannah. Says the
[letter :
J To counteract the .schemes of this
[great combination —before wlrioli the
[most ably conducted local corporation,!
[acting singly, is powerless oven to pro-!
[tect itself—an effort is now making to
[obtain from the Federal Government a
|chalter for the National Eastern and
[Western Railway and Transportation
[Company. The inducements to be of
fered to the Government for granting
[said charter are, it is said, increased
[facilities and rapidity in the transporta
tion of freights, mails and passengers,
[[’he road that it is proposed to build
[would start from Savannah and Cliarles
|ton, the two branches uniting in Cliat
[hnm or Effingham county. Touching at
[Macon, and passing on through Troup
[county, it would cross Alabama (vial
[filyton), Mississippi and Tennessee, to
[Memphis. Crossing the Mississippi
[river at the latter place into Arkansas,
lit would enter Missouri in Orange eoun
[ty, the main road running directly on to
[Kansas City, Platte City and Fort Leav-j
[enworth, with a side line branching off]
[iu Orange county and running a little
[east of north to St. Louis.
| To execute this great undertaking, ap
plication will be made to Congresß for a
[subsidy ot $10,000,000, at 5 per cent,
[interest in gold, or (5 per cent, currency
per annum. This amount is to be paid
pack to tlie Treasury within five years
[from the time it is placed in the hands
[of certain trustees —said trustees to be
[-.abject to the approval of the Secretary
pf the Treasury, and either the Seere
[tary of War or the Quartermaster Gen
pral. After the subtly has been repaid
[to the Government, the road and its
[property shall bo vested in the stock
[liolders of the oompany.
| This is a gigantic enterprise, but it
[remains to be seen whether the Govern
[ment will lend its aid to carry it out.
[Should it do so, the company would
[probably enter into arrangements by
|wlrich it could utilize the Charleston
[and Savannah, the Central, Alaoon and
[Western, Savannah, Griffin and North
[.Alabama, Atlanta and West Point, and
lather roads further West, or portions of
them. This may be one of the “various
enterprises for the more certain and
cheaper transportation of the constantly
increasing surplus of Western and South
ern products to the Atlantic seaboard,”
alluded to by the President in his an
nual message to Congress.
A Revolution in tub Newspaper
World. —A daily illustrated paper is
about to be established in New York,
under the management of Mr. David G.
Croly, for many years tho managing
editor of the New York World. The
proprietors are wealthy capitalists, who
are owners of anew and wonderfully
improved process of photo-lithography.
They have several hundred thousand
dollars embarked in the new project,
and have bought their presses and leased
a building in Park Place. The new
[journal will beau evening quarto sheet,
[printed on fine paper, and sold for five
cents. It will be “high-toned,” and
employ the best ability in all its depart
ments.
The feature, however, will be illus-j
trated reproductions of cotemporaneous
events. I*qt instance, just as a fire, a
scene in cqurt, <3r a funeral procession
L the morning is written up by reporters
md printed iu the afternoon paper, so
Itlie same events will be photographed,
(transferred to the engraving stone, and
printed in this new evening paper. The
!, k;..tuin j§ so rapid that the salient pic
toriijl content;' ai Ranch and the Illus
trated London News, anriying by mail
[this morning, can be reproduced in the]
paper this afternoon, with photographic!
accuracy and di»tinetn*s*a f
It will be seen that this invention!
threatens to revolutionize
style. One can hardly grasp the extent!
of its capacities.
Death of a Gecsoi* Pro
pfiiETOß.—Mr. Tlioma.s Bagland,
proprietpr of the Columbus /Inquirer,
<lied residence in Wynnton, on
Tuesday night last, of bilious colic. He
was in his eighty-11 rat year. Bis4 eat h
was quite unexpected, as he had been on
the streets the day before, seemingly in
his usual health.
Mr. Ragland was born in Raleigh, N.
C., on the 4tli day of October, 1791. He
removed to Georgia early in life, and
was for a time, before his removal to
Columbus, connected with a newspaper
at Milledgeville. He was married in
Tones county, Ga., by Rev. Wm. Capers,
to Ukz Sarah Ann Day, on the 30th of
October, 1&23. He took an interest in
the Columbus Enquire i on the sth of
October, 1842, and has since that time
been constantly connected with it, part
of the time as its sole proprietor, and at
various other times in partnership with
several other gentlemen. To his ster
ling integrity and good business man
agement the paper has been mainly in
debted, for the last thirty years, for itsl
prosperity and popularity. He had,
during that period, filled public trusts
of a responsible character, and always
with entire satisfaction to the commu
nity. m al
Mr. Jean Dolfns, a rich manufacturer,
at Mulhouse, celebrated his g°J de
sing by the distribution of $40,000
among his work people.
Mr W D. Keith, late city editor of
the Troy Whig, has inherited from his
father—recently deceased in England—
about $121,000. |
The lately published life of. Professor
Conington states thftt he knew his let
ters at two years old, and could read at
a little more than three.
THE BOWIE KNIFE IN NEW YORK.
A Gambler Butchered In the Public]
Street—Terrible Struggle for Life, [
[From the New York World. 17th.]
A few seconds before the clock in
I’rinitv Church proclaimed tbe hour of
seven last evening, a few persons'were
gathered in Liberty street around two
men, who had clinched but a moment
before, and were then struggling in the
kennel. The struggle waa a desperate
one, and lasted only for a few moments,
for the man uppermost had such a ter
rible grip of Lis ant agonist’s throat that
the latter, with an c?*b, cried for mercy
and begged Iris antagonist to release his
nold. This appeal met with but little
pity, and the bystanders were horrified
io see a bowie-knife gleam in the air for
rn instant and immediately descend and
bury itself in the right, side of the neck
of the man lying on his back. Not sat
isfied with the horrible gash which he
made at his first stroke, the assassin
made another plunge and thrust the
weapon up to the hilt in the abdomen of
bis victim. A fearful hemorrhage took
place, and even before the appearance
af a police officer, who arrived promptly
on the scene, the man had died. The
murderer at once picked himself up.
and in a lamed condition was helped by
lome friends into Sutherland’s restau
rant, No. 69 Liberty street, outside o)
which place the deed was committed.
He made no resistance, as in fact hi
lould not, Iris ankle being dislocated,
but willingly accompanied the police
officer to the Second Precinct Station
House in Beekman street. A stretchei
was au once sent for, and the murdered
man, who was subsequently recognized
is Nicholas W. Duryea, was carried to
she station house. The assassin, who ri
i broad-shouldered, thickly set, well
Iressed man, preserved tlie utmost cool
ness at the station house, and refused to
my anything in connection with his en
counter, or what led to the altercation
with Duryea. He remained perfectly
cool and collected, and when questioned
it the proper time, replied as follows.
On being asked bis name he gave it as
John Simmons.
“Your age ?”
| “Forty-six.”
[ “ Where were you born ?”
| “Maryland.”
| “ Your occupation ?"
[ “Broker.”
[ “And residence?”
[ “No. 103 East Fourteenth street.”
| “Are you married ?”
| “Yes.”
A THE MUTILATED BODY.
| On being conveyed to the station
[house the body of the murdered man
[was placed ou the floor, tho police sur
[geon having been sent for meanwhile.)
|on the light being directed to fall on
[features of Duryea, a fearful spectacle]
[presented itself. The hair was dis-j
['levelled, the month wide open, and the]
[hands tightly closed, as if in a death-!
[grip. The blood had gushed from the]
jwound on the neck and lay smeared)
[over tlio features and clothes. A long
break of gore extended the whole length
[of the dead man’s right coat-sleeve. His
[shirt-collar and shirt-bosom were torn]
[from their places, the studs being left]
[hanging on slender shreds of tho shirt ]
[Even the undershirt was displaced, andj
[protruded through the shirt-front. The
bants and coat, which wero of a cloth of
tine xexture, were steeped in mud, and
the whole appearance of the condition
of the remains denoted tho fearful
death-struggle that had taken place.—j
The gash in tlie neck was a frightful!
one, having severed tho jugular and!
main arteries at one and the same time.!
The wound in the abdomen was not so
deadly, although extending several
inches into the interior; and it was the
opinion of tho medical men that death
would not have ensued directly from the
infliction of this wound alone.
SIMMONS, THE MURDERER.
In an inner room at the station house
was seated the prisoner, who, with un
covered feet, was smoking a cigar, while
the surgeon attempted to set the dislo
cated limb. Although suffering excru
|ciating agony, he still kept silent, ami
[allowed not the faintest sound to escape
[iris lips. The wristbands of his shirt
[and his shirt-bosom were quite discol
ored with the blood of Ilia victim. His
[hands, too, were quite red, and streaks
jjf blood were visible on Iris features.
[.Although affecting a wonderful compo
jsure, he was still unmistakably inwardly
[excited, and in rather a hurried manner
[he said to the writer, “Do not attribute
[it to discourtesy on my part, but I am
[really too excited to explain anything at
[present. Ido not wish even to say what
[fed to our quarrel,”
[ The surgeon having examined the
[fractured limb, informed tho police eap
[tain the ankle was badly injured, and
[the removal of Simmons to the hospital
was necessary. In the meantime it had
been determined to carry tlie remains of
Duryea to the dead-house, at tbe rear of
the station, and to do this it was neces
sary to pass through the room occupied
by the prisoner. Tlie face was still un
covered, the horrid gash was plainly vis
ible, and the dishevelled hair and blood
stained features were still uncared for,
when they were borne on a stretcher
witlrin a few inches of Simmons into the
rear. He gazed unconcernedly on the
murdered form, aud although tho lappel
of Dnryea’s coat brushed against him he
did not wince. He did not even appear
more excited, but pulled regularly at
liia cigar. A stretcher had meanwhile
been brought in, and on this Simmons
was required to lay himself, where his
foot was splintered, after which he was
conveyed to the Purk Hospital.
i thb murdered man.
Nicholas W. Duryea was a policy deal
er, doing business in Brooklyn. Hia
residence was at Fort Richmond, Staten
Island, where he lived in elegant style,
having a house and grounds fronting on
Kill von Kull. He was possessed of
much money, as besides his residence
he owned one of the fastest tug boats in
tlie harbor, named after himself, which
he used in the Summer as a steam yacht
for himself and friends. N. W. Duryea
was married, and had two little children,
aged about eight aud ten years respec-
S lively. He was an officer in the Bayonne
Yacht Club, to which his sloop yacht
Bella belonged. His boat was one of
the fastest of her class, and was last
Summer matched against Major A. C.
Bush’s yacht Meteor. On that occasion
considerable disagreement occurred be
tween Mr. Duryea and his competitor,
caused through the former claiming the
stakes ($1,000) without racing for them.
Mr. Duryea’s house at Staten Island
has quite an expanse of land sloping
down to the water, used as a playground
for Iris children. Swings and gymnastic
appliances were there erected for his
daughter's amusement. Built on piles
and standing out into the kills was nj
wooden storehouse, the upper story ofl
which was used as a billiard and smoking]
I room. It was most luxuriantly fitted up,]
and led out ou a varan da overlooking]
the river, where Mr. Duryea and lrisj
t'riends sat on Summer evenings. BelowJ
this was the boat house for the Bella,J
when she was laid up in the Winter]
months. Mr. Duryea was well known]
about Fort Richmond, and was freqnent-j
ty to be seen on board the Seneca po-J
lice boat. He always dressed remarka-J
bly well, and was known in the neigh-l
borhood as living in good style, andl
always had a number of hi3 friends!
about him. His age, so. far as could bel
found out last evening, was about thirty.!
t TILE CAUSE OF TITF. FATAL QUARREL.
[ Duryea has been a lottery broker for
[several years, and latelv interested in
[the Alabama lottery. He said to a friend
[who met him in Fulton Market, where
hie had been having an oyster supper, at
[about ft quarter before seven, “I’ve got
to hurry up; my lodge meets to-night,
land as we are to elect officers lam
afraid I shall be late.” With this Dur
--Cn Parted off, and ten minutes later was
see:-, in angry discussion with the tall,
stout, well-dressed individual in front of
Sutherland’s* restaurant, in Liberty
street, between Nassau and Broadway.!
The quarrel wa3 not an ordinary ohe:j
both men we lirst excessively vehe
ment, and Du?yea, losing jfltioijceJ
struck his adversary in the face, and be-l
Inga slim and by ‘no means muscular!
man, was soon borne down in a strug-l
,rio which ensued. Not a word camel
subsequently from either during the!
awful clinch. The smaller man gaspeij
heavily as the heavier man rolled over!
him, and for nearly a minute a knot of
idleis who had gathered would have had
ample time to iap&fate the pair.
Persons who know both men g;yc the
following version of the quarrel which
led to the murder: Simmons was a
bitter opponent of Benjamin Wood
when the lottery war broke out, and at
that time Duryea was on Mr. Wood’s
side. When matters became somewhat
idiusted Durvea managed the Brooklyn
branch of the Kentucky lottery for Sim
mons, and it is alleged advanced him
considerable money. A quarrel arose
between Simmons and Duryea in regard
to settlements, fraud being charged by
I both parties, and Duryea went to Ala
bama and made arrangements which re
sulted in his settleiug up the Alabama
lottery in Brooklyn. Duryea had money
and business tact, and speedily rendered
Simmons’ venture unprofitable, and it is
conjectured both men met accidentlly in
Liberty street last night, Simmons hav
ing evidently just left his office, No. 65
of that street, and the old quarrel was
renewed with fatal results.
■■ ■ ■H^'"
The Great Western canal has got into
Congress. General Young has intro
duced a bill for a survey from Resaca,
on the ’ Gouwauaula river, to Carter’s
farm, on the Coosa wattle river, for
which an appropriation Os $20,000 is
asked.
[From the Sew York Herald.) .
KU-KLUX REVELATIONS. "
Interview with a Dying Ku-KJuxl
Prisoner Just Pardoueil Out of Al-i
bany Penitentiary.
Washington, December 15, 1872.—[
Reuben O. Young, the Kn-Kltix prisoner*
who has been pardoned by the President,!
arrived Lera to-day from the Albany|
Penitentiary. He was on his way hotni !
to Youugsville, Alabama, but missed the!
railroad eonneetion, and had to stay over.s
de will Continue his journey to-morrow,a
if he has strength enough to do so—fori
his life’s lamp is flickering faintly, and]
will probably give out before he ca’.]?
reach homo, Mr. Young was a man oij
property arid good social standing ini
the place named after him. He has anl
interesting family, consisting of a wife,l
four daughters and two sons. One oil
the latter was tried on the charge of be-]
ing implicated in the Ku-Klux outrages,!
and, like his father, sentenced to ten]
years’ imprisonment in the Albany Peni-J
tentiary, where lie is still confined. As]
soon as Mr. Y oung arrived a member oil
Congress kindly took charge of him. His]
clothing was too light and scant to pro !
tect him from the bitter cold, and lie]
has since been provided with an over-!
coat and money to pay liis traveling ex-1
peases. The gentleman who has be-|
friended him conducted me to the cloakl
•room of the House of Representatives.!
where I found Mr. Youug asleep on ill
sofa. I did not wish to wake him, but!
stood for two or three minutes in silent!
contemplation of the feeble, emaciated!
form of the poor old man, who has!
broken down under the grievous burden!
inflicted upon him.
He appeared to sleep in death. Hisl
face had a leaden, ghastly look, with]
wrinkles deeply and rigidly set, as if]
void of sense and motion. My com]
pauion touched him lightly. He raised
iris head slowly and east a languid look
toward me. It seemed to me the look]
of a galvanized corpse. He was dressed!
in a suit of homespun. His face was]
thin and ashy, with a three weeks’ beard!
upon it; his eyes and cheeks were]
sunken in and thin gray hair straggled!
down upon his forehead.
“ Have you been asleep, Mr. Young ?”]
I inquired, '
“ I have been trying to sleep, but I]
cannot. I have not had a night’s sleep]
for many weeks.”
“ What is the cause of your sleepless
ness?”
“ I have had a terrible cough. My
lungs are all gone; and thinking always]
of my home and family I could not
sleep. I was in pretty good health be
fore they took me to prison, but now ij
fear I shall never recover from this.” j
“ How did they treat you in prison ?”
“All the officers treated me kindly,
except one overseer, who was harsh to
me. When I was too feeble to work II
had to remain in my cell, which was
very cold. I sometimes asked him to
let me go to the stove in the corridor to
warm myself, but lie refused. ‘ Dou’tl
bo hard on an old man,’ 1 would say,|
but still ho wouldn’t let me go out. I
was confined in the same cell with my
son Riuggold, who is still there. He
has to work in the shoe shop from day
light till evening; but lie lias been in
good health. Never missed a day in the
shoe shop. If it had not been for liim I
should have been dead long before this.
Ho took good core of me.”
Here tho old man’s thoughts rambled
away from the subject. He started out
on a long story about the other prison
ers, about the tobacco that was furnisß
ed him, about the vegetable soup lie had
three times a week. He dilated over the
most trivial details, and repeated them
again ami again. Every now and tlionj
when he lost the thread of his narrative,!
he would reiterate a word or a sentence!
three or four times successively, and
then break out in protestation of his
innocence.
“You have never been concerned inj
the Ku-Klux outrages ?” I inquired.
“No, sir, never. I have never been ni
Ku-Klux nor have had anything to do!
with the outrages. Never saw any Kn-
Klux but ouce, and then they came toj
me in disguise at midnight. They took]
me out, and when they had made me]
walk about four hundred yards they]
asked me ‘how far off was the grave
yard.’ I replied ‘about four miles from
my place.’ Then they told me to go
back and behave myself. That is all l|
know about the Ku-Klux.”
“Who had you imprisoned ?”
“It was all the work of a man named]
Carnes. He is a lawyer. Ho hated me]
and wanted to have me put out of the
way. For this purpose ho went to John]
IX Young, a Ku-Klux prisoner, now in]
the Albany Penitentiary, but no relation]
of mine, and asked him to turn State’s]
evidence against me, but John refused.]
The next day he was arrested and tried,]
and, like me, sentenced to ten years.]
This man Barnes was a United States]
Commissioner, and had unlimited power]
in my county. He was on the grand]
jury which found an indictment against]
me. They wanted to convict somebody,]
and they selected mo and my son, ltiug-j
gold T. Young. There are now six Ku-j
Klux prisoners in the Albany Peniteu-]
tiary—three from Tallapoosa and three]
from Randolph county. One of them,]
Charles Howard, is a perfect idiot; an-]
other, named Blanks, is a boy.”
1 These remarks I elicited from the old
(gentleman at lucid intervals, for at timed
■tie talked so incoherently that it was
■painfully evident he was on the verge on
■insanity. He showed me the pardon
■granted l>y the President, for which he
(expressed much gratitude, saying that]
She would like to see (general Grant to]
(thank him personally. When I took
(leave of Mr. Young he said, with tho
(old impulse of hospitality, that if I
(should ever pass through Youngsville,
(tie would be happy to entertain me.
(Poor man ! It seems scarcely possible)
(that he will ever reach his home alive,
(tie is in the last stage of consumption—
(bodily and mentally a complete wreck,
(ft is a singular decree of Providence)
(that this poor man should, after his re
(turn from prison, rest his weary dying]
(limbs in tlie same House of Represent,a-l
(fives which framed the law that sent
(him to the Albany Penitentiary and laid
(him at death’s door.
OFF THE TRACK.
(Burning of the Down Train on the
a Wilmington Road—A Fearfully Sud
jj den Catastrophe—Wonderful Escape
g of the Passengers—A Lady’s Narra-I
9 five of the Disaster—An Attentive!
1 Conductor—The Baggage Saved, &e.|
{'[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE CHARLESTON NEWS.]!
Fair Bluff, N. 0., December 18. I
A fearful accident befell the south-1
ward bound night passenger train on tliel
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta!
Railroad about ten o’clock last night, at!
a point three miles distant from this!
place. The train, owing to some cause!
which has not been ascertained, ran off]
[the traok, and the four passenger cars]
[caught lire aud were utterly destroyed.!
The presence of mind of one of the trainj
[hands, who at the critical moment un-|
[coupled the .baggage and express carsj
and locomotive from the passenger cars,|
separated the forward portion of the|
train from the burning cars, and timsj
saved all but the passenger coaohes, twoj
of which were Pullman’s sleeping carsj
one bound for Charleston and the othei|
for Augusta. Wonderful to relate, no!
lives were lost. Great praise is givenj
to Captains Marsh and Walker for their|
unremitting attention to the passengersj
under the trying circumstances. A|
lady passenger who was on the ill fated|
train, describing the disaster, says : (
■ “ The whole catastrophe was terribly
Bsndd&n. Our car caught fire from the)
■stove a moment after the train ran oft',
E mil in less than fifteen minutes both
■sleeping cars and the two passenget]
coaches were a mere pile of blazing
timber. It seems miraculous that no
body was seriously hurt. But there was
no panic or confusion, and tlie con-j
•luefcor and his assistants behaved witlJ
remarkable coolnesss and good judg-|
meut. Most of the passengers made!
their escape from the burning wreck byl
■climbing or being pulled through tliel
■car windows. Many of them succeeded!
Jiu saving everything, hut qur party ofl
ladies lost all their traveling bags, wrap-1
pings, &o. It is some consolation tol
know that our trunks are safe in the bag-|
gage car, which, with the locomotive, is|
uninjured. At the time of the accident!
it was raining, and we were all com-I
pelled to stand wet and shivering in th.eS
swamp for about an hour, when the!
train hands having succeeded in get
ting th 5 locomotive and baggage car in
order again we were taken in the latter
to Fair Bluff, which was not far off,
where w» were treated with the utmost
kindness by the landlady.”
The work of clearing the wreck was
vigorously pressed, and was completed
so as to permit the passage of the train
this morning from Wilmington, by which
the belated passengers proceeded to Flo
rence and points beyond. They arrived
at Florence, however, too late to make
connection with the morning train for
Charleston. A.
THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER.
Columbia, S. C., December 18. — The
disaster at pair Bluff was caused Ivy the
breaking of a rail, which caused the
cars to tilt and upset both stoves and
the kerosene lamps in the first coach,
which ignited at both ends and set fire
to the other three passenger cars. Con
ductor Marsh, with several of the pas
sengers from the knit train, arrived
here this evening on the train which left
here this morning, and which was sent
back from the scene of the run off.—
Several persons were injured by the ac
cident, but none seriously.
Picket.
Rev. S. P. Callaway resigned the
charge of the Baptist Church In West
Point, but was unanimously recalled.
[SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE, jj
Appointments for 1873.
I Savannah District— J. O. A. Clark,l
Ip g
j Trinity : H. H. Parks.
| Wesley Chapel and City Mission : G.l
jG. N. Mae Donnell.
1 Hinesviile : Win. G. Booth.
| Bryan Mission : Wm. M. C. Conley. K
I Springfield :N. ]>. Morehouse.
Sylvania : W. T. MoMichael.
Milieu Mission : To be supplied. j
Bethel: E. J. Burch.
Alexander : J. A. Rosser. j
Waynesboro : G. S. Johnston.
Herndon Mission : Lowndes A. Dor-1
’Bethany : Thomas B. Lanier.
Louisville : William M. Kennedy. I
Sandersville ; J. F. Mixon,
i Davisboro ; Julian S. Jordan.
I Washington : N. S. Tucker.
■ Gibson ; J. W. Domingos.
I Macon District— J. W. Hinton, F. E.
| Mulberry and Vinevillo; J. O. Branch.
I East Macon and City Mission : It. M.
■Lockwood; one to be supplied.
| East First Street : G. J. Pearce.
0 Macon Circuit : Charles J. Toole; one
Sto be euplied.
I Gordon . B. H. Sasnett.
| Irwinton : To be supplied by F. W.
iFlauders.
| Jeffersonville : D. O. Driscoll,
n Ft. Valley and Marshal: F. A. Branch.
I Crawford; W. W. Tidwell,
a Providence : J. W. Glenn ; one to be
■supplied.
| Perry : W. Knox,
a Haynesville : Jesse R. Littlejohn.
I Hawkinsville and Mission: R. J.
BCorley.
H Cochran Mission ; I. M. Osborn,
p Pulaski and Wilcox Mission: W. 11.1
■Rogers.
I Emory College : O. L. Smith, Presi-i
■dent; I. T. Hopkins, Professor.
§ Wesleyan Female College: E. H.
■Myers, President; C. W. Smith, W. C.
■Bass, Professors.
I Columbus District —T. T. Christian,!
jP. E.
i St. Lukes: J. S. Key.
I Girard, Trinity, and Asbury Mission:
SJ. W. Simmons.
1 St. Paul’s: Arminius Wright.
| Wesley Chapel and Mission: W. F.
■Robinson.
j Catania: R. L. Wiggins.
P Hamilton: D. R. McWilliams.
| Talbotton: R. W. Dixon.
j Talbot Circuit: L. B. Payne, G. C.
(Thompson.
I Geneva: L. G. R. Wiggins.
Butler: W. M. D. Bond. .
3 Buena Vista: W. W. Stewart.
I Glen Alta and Mission: C. C. Iliues.
I Cusseta: R. F. Evans.
I Lumpkin: A. J. Dean.
Conferenoe Missionary: L. Pierce.
Americos District— N. B. Ousley,
P. E.
Americas: A. M. Wynn, James Hnrris,
Supply.
Bethel: J. J. Boring.
Magnolia Springs: P. S. Twitty.
Ellaville: J. M. Marshall, R. F. Wil
liamson, sup.
Smitliville ami Mission: Wesley Lane.)
J Oglethorpe: J. B. Wardlaw.
| Montezuma: J. W. Burke.
] Vienna: James Spence. ,
| Dooly Mission: To be supplied by I.
|N. Boring.
Worth Mission: W. M. Russell.
Dawson and Enterprise: George C.
Clark.
Weston: JamesT. Ainsworth.
Stewart : J. M. Potter.
Florence : Gcorgo T. Embry.
Andrew Female College : .t. B. Mc-
Geehe, President and Agent.
Orphan’s Home : Samuel Anthony.
Bainbridgk District—ll. 11. Lester,
P. E.
Bainbridgo : S. D. Clements.
Decatur: P. C. Harris.
Trinity : A. M. Williams.
Spring Creek Mission : It. H. Howard.
Fort Gaines and Blakely : Wm. M.
Hayes and B. H. Lester.
Morgan : 1). Blalock.
Camilla : M. 11. White, one to be sup
plied.
Cairo : J. J. Giles.
Albany and Mission : G. R. Kramer.
Cnthbert: B. F. Breedlove, W. B.
MeHan, sup.
Spring Vale : 8. R. Weaver.
Georgetown, Midway and St. Paul’s :
To be supplied.
Terrell : E. J. Rentz.
Tiiomasville District —J. M. Austin,
P. E. ;
Spring Hill: J. D. Maulbin.
Grooverille: Wm. M. Whitts, S. G.
Childs, sup’y.
Quitman : 8. S. Sweet.
Morven : J. E. Santell.
Valdosta : J. P. Wardlaw.
Lowndes and Echols Mission : A. P.i
Wright.
Stockton: To ho supplied.
Jessup: J. L. Williams.
Blaeksliear and Junction: 11. P. Myer.j
Wunesboro: J. B. Culpepper.
Wanesville: J. S. Armstead.
Centrevillage: W. H. Thomas. ;
St. Mary’s: W. H. Green.
Brunswick and City Mission: J. O. A.
Cook.
Darien and Mclntosh: R. L. Honi
ker.
Tiiomasville: E. A. H. McGehee.
Altaaiaha Dittrict —J. V. M. Morris,
P. E.
Searboro: J. J. Morgan.
Dublin: G. W. Hardaway.
Wrightsville: To be supplied by W.l
T. Rea.
County Line: To be supplied.
Swainsboro: D. G. Pope.
Jacksonville: W. A. Green.
Oconee: 11. <l. Fentress.
Altamaha: W. F. Conley. :
Reidsville: R. D. Gentry.
Moultrie Mission: W. F. Bearden. I
Nashville: To be supplied.
AUapaha Mission: To bo supplied bv|
Daniel Morrison. ;
Ocmulgee: Whn. F. Roberts.
Holmesville: To be supplied l>y J. R.j
Ware.
■ J. E. Evans, H. J. Ellis, W. W. Hicks,
■transferred to North Georgia Conference;
|ll. 1). Moore transferred to Alabama
Conference; R. W. Flournoy, transfer
red to Louisiana Conference; George
Bright transferred to Florida Confer
j cnee.
j SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE.
Appointments for 1878.
J Among the appointments of the South]
■Carolina Conference for 1873, we note|
Stlie following within the range of ourj
■circulation: ;
§§ Charleston District —W. P. Mouzon.j
|P. E.
89 Trinity and Cumberland: G. H. Wells.
I Bethel: J. T. Wightman.
§1 Spring Street: R. D. Smart.
W Berkley Circuit: A. G. Gantt.
1 St. Paul’s Mission: To be supplied by
mj. C. Brandon.
1 Cyprus Circuit: W. Carson. ,
H St. Paul’s Mission: To be supplied by
hG. Smith.
■ Lower St. George’s Circuit: A. R.
■Danner.
Bamberg Circuit: P. F. Kistler.
St. George's Circuit: W. A. Clarke.
Walterborough Circuit: B. G. Jones,
I H. B. Green.
! Colleton Circuit: Thomas Raysor.
I Allendale Circuit: T. E. Wannamaker.
i Yemassse Circuit : G. 11. Pooser.
! Black Swamp Circuit: M. L. Banks.
Hardeeville Mission: J. R. Coburn.
| Orangeburg District—H. A. C. Walk-
Jer, P. E.
I Orangeburg Station: F. Auld.
1 Eastern Orange Ciicnit: C. Wilson.
| Providence Circuit: J. H. Zimmer
■man. ;
I St. Matthew’s Circuit: T. J. Clyde.
P Branchville Circuit : D. .T. Simmons.
| Edisto Circuit : J.»L. Sifley, R. B.
(Tarrant, supernumerary.
I Graham’s Circuit: J. W. Mcßoy.
| Williston Circuit : J. B. Massabeau.
3 Aiken Mission :G. J. Griffiths.
I Graniteville Mission : L. C. Loyal.
1 Upper Orange Circnit : *T. S. Beasley, fl
B Upper St. Matthew’s Circuit : J. J.B
j Workman. £
| Columbia District —Wra. Marley, F,
I Washington Street: 0. A. Darby.
Marion Street: W. I). Kirkland.
City Mission : To be supplied.
| Columbia Circuit :S. P. H. Eldwell.
Richland Fork Circuit :J. K. McCain.
Winnsboro Circnit : J. S. Connor, su
pernumerary.
Faii-field Circuit : J. T. Kilgo, ,T. A.
Clifton.
East Chester Circuit : J. M. Boyd.'
Chester Circuit : J. W. Humbert.
Rock Hill Circuit : J. E. Watson.
Yorkville Station : A. W. \\ 7 alker.
York Circuit : L. A! Johnson, super
numerary.
Lexington Circuit and Mission: J. C.
Miller.
Leesville Circuit and Mission: G. W.
Gatlin.
Upper Edisto Mission: To be sup
plied.
President Columbia Female College:
5. B. Jones.
Agent Golumbia Female College: S.
H. Browne.
Cokesbury District —H. M. Mood,
F. E.
Cokesbnry Station: W. W. Mood.
Cokesbury: J. W. Murray, H. W.
Whitaker.
Abbeville Station: W. T. Capers.
Abbeville: R. R. Dagnall.
Lowndesville Station: A. J. Cauthen;
C. Y. Barnes, sup.
Tumbling Shoals: John Finger.
Greenwood: Wm. Hutto; W. H. Law
ton, sup.
South Abbeville: G. M. Boyd. ?
Newberry Station: Manning Brown.
Newberry; -I. L. Shnford, t). D,
Little Saluda, G. W. M. Creighton.
Edgefield: Wm. Thomas.
Cokesbury School: G. F. Round.
Letter from Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., December 10, 1872.1
\KdU<yrs Chronicle and Sentinel:
As I lmve not addressed you since the*
result of the late Congressional elec-I
tions were known, allow me to say I am]
(proud to know that Gen. A. R, Wright]
will be hoard in the councils of the ua-|
jtion as a Georgia Representative, and he]
(should fully realize the vast responsi-i
jbility resting on him, as tho good peo-j
]ple of this glorious old Commonwealth!
(expect muoli of him. Georgia brains,]
[eloquence and statesmanship has been]
Ju scarce commodity in Washington City|
[of late years, and we, the people, are]
[anxiously looking for better days in this
[regard.
Since tho election of municipal officer
passed, the city has been comparatively
quiet, and only the ordinary rush and
excitement is now seen and felt in our
midst. What was known as the Citi
zens’ ticket was defeated in the eitv
election, headed by Cel. T. Stobo Far
row, and Judge C. C. Hammock and tin
regular nominated ticket were elected:
but the great object sought to be ac
complished by the move of a Citizens'
ticket will not be altogether lost, for it
is now felt and known by all good citi
zens that retrenchment and reform wcl
must have or the Gate City has seen hei
best days. The rottenness and corrup
tion known to exist must be removed, a
land a better state of things brought
■about.
| There is scarcely any city in the land
[[that can boast of more Courts; if, in
■deed, it is a matter of boasting. Tri
ennials of justice should be sufficiently
numerous to warrant a healthy and!
riged adherence to the laws by all
classes of society; hut whenever a city]
of thirty thousand inhabitants, com-]
posed for the most part of peaceable,]
law-abiding people, have to support not]
loss than a dozen Courts almost all the]
while in session, it looks a little hard o:|
a little strange, to say the least. Many]
of our people are in favor of abolishing
both the City and Recorder Courts,
which we trust will bo accomplished
at an early period of tho new year.
Our Superior Court has been in ses
sion for nine or ten weeks, and Judge
John L. Hopkins will hold out faithful
for as many more if business requires it.
Judge Hopkins seems to improve ii.
health of late under his arduous labors
as Circuit Judge, for he certainly has a
lull'd time. There was a good deal of
prejudice raised against his Honor
about a year ago. Because lie had been a
law partner of Bullock’s uncle, seemed
to be the principle ground of complaint;
[but his ability as a judge is unquestion
ed and those old feelings are passing
away like snow before the rising sun,
and the many able legal gentlemen call
ed to practice in his Court from all
sections of the State will testify to liis
distinguished legal ability and to liis
impartiality and uprightness as a judi
cial officer.
Milton Malone has been convicted on
[the murder of Frank Phillips in a cyp
jria,n den in this city a few months ago.
[This is a sad and heartrendering affair
[on both sides, especially to the parents
of these young men—one already in the
grave and tho other soon to expiate liis
offense on the gallows. Malone is said
to bo tho only child of his parents. All !
who can contemplate, in all its horrorX
tho feelings of a fond parent who id
doomed to have their first born and on
ly child to die on the gallows. It is said
this is the fourth time he has imbrued
his hands in the life-blood of liis fellow
man. If this be true, great God, what a
record with which to he hurled into
eternity.
No city in this country, of equal size,
can boast of an abler bar than Atlanta.
lA long list of very able legal gentlemen
■attend the sitting of our Superior Court
■daily; among the number I will only
■mention a few who were in the Malone]
lease : Gartrell & Stephens, in criminal]
matters, is not surpassed by any law
firm in Georgia, and by few in tho United]
States. B. 11. k A. M. Thrasher are]
rising young men, thoroughly devoted]
to the law and fast taking rank with the]
[leading members of the bar. Peoples &|
iHowell is a strong and reliable law firm.]
ICol. S. B. Spencer is now considered n|
[leading member; and last, and least (in]
[statue), I mention Solicitor-General .1.1
ST. Glenn, who battles bravely and with]
Iniperior legal ability with able minds]
[that daily confront him.
| Tho epizootic is abating among tin]
[horses, but is prevalent with the pool
[people, or something called epizootic by]
[the sufferers. I was at church yester-j
[day, and could scarcely hear the preach-]
|er for the continual harking all around]
land our theatres and all public places]
[are greatly annoyed by this uproarious]
[disturbance,
| We are being reminded that Santa]
jClaus will soon visit us again. The deal]
Slit,tie ones aro all on tip-toe about]
[Christmas, Christmas trees, &c., Ac ]
[Fire crackers begin to greet our ears,]
[and flaming advertisements obscure oni]
[view, announcing a thousand and oik |
[glorious tilings for holiday gifts, pro-]
Bents, Ac. J. W. and. |
GEORGIA ITEMS.
| Capt. W. W. Carnes has been elected
(Chief of Police in Macon.
8 The State Agricultural Society will
(meet in Augusta, ou tho 11th of Februa-
Jry, 1873.
| All the furnituro and fixtures of the
Jliadieal headquarters, at Atlanta, were
(levied upon last Friday.
I A daughter of Rev. J. R. Mclntosh,
pastor of the Baptist Church in Macon,
died in Marion Monday.
The defeated candidates for Aldermen
in Macon propose to contest tho scats of
those who were elected.
Tlie Episcopalians of Milledgeville
have secured the services of Rev. Mr.
Lucas, of Athens, as their pastor next
year.
Commercial circles in Atlanta are
quoted “feverish,” caused l>y the failure
of a Decatur street merchant for $7,000
ivr SB,OOO.
Mr. James Cox has been appointed]
Deputy Postmaster in Savannah, to fill]
the vacancy caused by the resignation oil
!l)r. Edwards.
j Tlie Constitution says the taxes now!
(unpaid in Atlanta do not exceed $30,000.1
[The payroll of the State Road is some]
js3o,(>oo per month.
j A dividend of four dollars per share!
lias been declared by the Southwestern!
Railroad Company, payable on and afteil
December 26th, 1872.
Tho Democrats of Bibb county have]
held a meeting and made excellent nomi
nations for county officers. Him. Wash
ington Poe was nominated for Ordinary.
The Colored Conference of tho M. E.
Church South met in Columbus on Wed
nesday, Bishop Vanderhorst presiding.
Over one hundred delegates were in at
tendance.
Colonel Tom Hardeman lias resigned
the position of Chairman of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee of Bibb
county—a position whiclqhe lias held for
six years.
The Kimball House will hereafter be|
lighted witli gas generated in tlie house!
at an annual saving of $5,000, as eom-l
pared with the price paid the city gio-l
company.
Tlie Irish citizens of Savannah have]
invited Rev. Father Burke, the far-|
famed Irish divino and lecturer, to ud-|
dress them on St. Patrick’s Day, or any|
other day, if he is pre-engaged.
The box factory of Messrs. EgglestmJ
& Cos., in Atlanta* was burned Thursday j
night. Building and machinery a total
low of about $3,500, Supposed to liftvJ
been tlie work of an incendiary, I
J. F. Dever, late Internal Ilevenuel
I Collector at Atlanta, was bailed in thofl
sum of SI,OOO, before United States!
Smith, of that city, on!
Tuesday, to answer charges of malfeas-1
mice in office.
The Millodgeville Union and Recwdem
desires a State Convention to amend tliel
Constitution. It desires tlie fraudulent!
bonds to be forever repudiated, thel
clipping of the wings of tho Ordinaries,H
and the prohibition of State aid.
Miss I.izzettc Buiee, daughter of Mr.B
Matt Bnicc, of Atlanta, run away trowm
home, through all tlie rain and mud offl
Tuesday, to be married to Mr. Josepll
Shields, The knot was tied and tliel
happy couple sailed for Nashville,
On Tuesday last, Mr. Mitchell Thur-I
man, who resided near Indian Spring,|(
was thrown from an ox cart, the team*
having become unmanageable, when oneH
of the wheels passed over him, and in-33
jured him so severely as to cause liisH
death the next day.
J. E. Blount, better known to fame in
this section as “Spotted Home,” has re
signed the position of Deputy Internal
Revenue Collector at Columbus, to take
effect January Ist. The Columbus En
quirer understands that no appointment
will be made to fill the vacancy.
Warned by the $30,000 fire caused last
Christmas by fire-crackers, the Mayor oi
Macon prohibits the use on the -streets,
during the present Christmas, of all
“villainous saltpetre.” His example
might well be followed by all other offi
tials of towns and cities in Georgia.
The Atlanta Sun says : It will be re
collected thst Mr. Dobbs, one oi the
jurors pft the first Malone trial, was
taken by a fit, and died the day follow
ing. He was buried in Villa Rica. From
a gentleman who resides there we learned
yesterday that the wife of the deceased,
on her way back from the burial, wi',3 ao
violently affected that she died very sud
denly.
LOUISIANA COMMITTEE’S MllH
SION.
Judge Campbell Presents f lic Case to
President Grant—Pair Proposition
of the Committee for a Solution of
the Muddle— A Full and Candid In
vestigation Desired—The President
Discovers a Lion in the Way—Little
or Nothing the Result,
Washington, December 19.—The New
Orleans delegation attracts much atten
tion. The committee of live to visit the
Utornoy General, to arrange for a meet
ing with tho President, has not vet made
its report. The Presidential interview
will probably not occur to-day.
Washington, December 19.—This af
ternoon the Louisiana Citizens Commit
tee, in accordance with previous ar
rangement throngh Attorney General
Williams, had an interview with Presi
dent Grant in his business office nt, tho
Executive Mansion.
JUDGE CAMPBELL PRESENT I TUB UA81!.
The committee having been intro
duced to the President by Attorney
[General Williams, Judge Campbell ex
|plaincd tho purpose of their coming to
[Washington anil gave a brief account of
the condition of affars in Louisiana, in
consequence of which commerce was
seriously affected and trade generally so
injured that the people are dismayed,
and this unfavorable condition of af
fairs not only injured that State, but
other States having close business rela
tions with Louisiana. As there was no
[prospect of a just and satisfactory solu
tion of the present trouble by means of
[the agency now at work, tho people
[’ll rough the committee asked that, in
[this exigency Associate Justice Bradley,
of the Supreme Court of the United
States, and Judge Woods, of the Circuit
Court of the United States, may take
charge of the judicial administration of
the Circuit Court, sitting in New Or
leans.
Judge Campbell said that when ho
occupied a seat on the Bench of the
Supreme Court of the United States, lie
was twice requested by the Chief Magis
trate to perform such duty, in order
1 1, hilt tho force, power and influence of
the Court should he felt and respected,
and he also went there twice at liis own
instance.
He did not know of a more serious
[condition of affairs than that which now
[existed in Louisiana, and could see no
[relief, except in tho manner now sug
gested, the Judges whom lie mentioned
[bavin greater power and independence
than I,lie Judge who now presided in tho
[Circuit Court nt New Orleans.
The course he had indicated promised
a solution of the difficulties so far us
|lhe judicial question was concerned.
In the second place, tho President of
the United States, living twelve liun
lred miles distant from New Orleans,
could not bo expected to have knowledge
of all the facts—wlnit the people of
Louisiana wanted—what the President
wanted, and what all good men desired
—with the right of this matter, about
which there were conflicting statements
[and criminating remarks. The people
i>f that State, as represented by the com
mittee, also ask the Executive of the
United States to send to New Orleans
[throe independent, impartial, learned
[and, just men, toriuike a full inquiry in
to all the facts —to take testimony and
[thoroughly explore the situation. They
[desired that all the facts be reported to
Hie President.
I He repeated, that what they wanted
■was a clear, exact, truthful and honest
■investigation into all matters involved;
9 iiicl they also asked the President to
Jsubmit their memorial to Congress, to-
Igether with the result of the investiga-
Ition made in the manner] indicated.
9 This memorial contained the signatures
■of many of the wealthiest and best men
|to ho found ill Louisiana, and who lmve
I: he largest stake in society.
I His apprehension was that things
[have gone beyond either local or State
[power, but in advance of any appeal to
■Congress, they nsked the President to
[make a candid examination of their cou-
Jdition through three of the best men of
[the land, and to submit tho subject to
[Congress for determination, if this
I should become necessary, but itmay not
|be necessary.
| PRESIDENT grant’s REFLV.
] President Grant, in reply, said lie
[supposed it was competent for the
[Supreme Court to designate any one of
[its members to proceed to Louisiana,
[but ho did not think it would ho quite
[proper for him to make the request ol'
[them. Congress had power to investi
[gate the facts in the case presented, but
[ho did not propose to interfere with
[local affairs in that State by putting one
[set of ollioers or another in power, al
[tliough numerous telegrams, letters and
[papers say lie had done so.
[ No action was taken by the Adminis
[trntion until a decree of tho United
[States Court was attempted to be set
[aside or resisted by tho last Governor of
[Louisiana. Then the United States
[Marshal was simply instructed to fee
[that the decree of the Federal Court
[was sustained, and the military force
[were to lio used, if necessary, to support
[the Federal authority,
j Ho would not feel at liberty to make a
[request that Judge Bradley go to New
[Orleans, particularly us ho is wanted hero
[while the Court is in session. Although,
[if thp Supreme Court should make that
[reqaesl, it would meet with his approval.
REJOINDER OF JUDGE CAMPBELL.
Judge Campbell said there was no au
thority under the Constitution and laws
of the United States for n Federal Court
to interfere with the affairs of a State,
such us had taken place in Louisiana,
and he briefly alluded to the decree of
the Court and its effect in soating and
[unseating persons elected to office.
COLLOQUY.
Tho President, during a colloquy with
Judge Campbell, said his understanding
of the subject was that the Uonrt had
merely decided who were the legal can
vassers, and even if, as stated in tho
ease, tlie Court exceeded its authority,
its decision will have to be respected
until the decision shall lie set aside by u
superior court. It would be dangerous
for the President to set tho precedent of
interfering with the decisions of tho
Courts.
| Judge Campbell remarked that if
(Judge Carter, Chief J ustioe of tlie Bu
ll ireme Court of the District of Culum
(oia, should undertake to count the votes
(for President and Vice-President, and de
(clare who were elected to tlieso offices,
(witli the power of tlie Government to
(support him, the act would bo no more
[legal than tho courso pursued in Louis
iana under the opinion of tlie Court, sup
ported by the Federal power. Tlie oom
jinittee did not ask the President to de
(eide anything—they only asked him to in
(vestigiite the matter and to communi
cate to Congress the report of tliveo
honest men, selected by him for the
purpose.
The President said he could not,
without the action of Congress, employ
and compensate such men.
Judge Campbell said there was so
much patriotism involved that the gen
tlemen would trust to Congress for com
pensation.
Tlie President repeated that, without
Congressional authority, such eommit
[tee could not administer oaths or com
pel the attendance of witnesses.
Judge Campbell said tlie committee
could communicate witli those acquaint
ed with all the circumstances, and, learn
ing the facts, report the truth. What
they wanted was a responsible inquiry
by men whom everybody knew would
tell the truth.
| The President repeated that sucli a
(committee should have authority by law
(to send for persons and papers, and to
(examine witnesses on oath,
a Judge Campbell asked whether tlie
| i'resident would reoeive from the coin
laaittee the law and llio facts in the caw
[-they did not wish to go outside of
[them.
I The President replied they wonltl bo
I -xumined by the Attorney General, if it
[was thought proper to do so.
I Tho committee will hold another
[meeting to-morrow morning. The prob
[ tble programme is that a sub-committeo
[of five members, will remain here in
charge of tin: subject, and that the re
mainder of the committee will visit the
great centres of trade, where they have
business relations.
« The Central Railroad Dividends.—
■By reference to the notice of the Cashier
Hot the Central Railroad and Banking
SlCompany, it will be seen that at a meet
ling of tlie Board of Directors, held yes-
Itcrday, action was taken in reference, to
|| the dividend of five dollars per share,
■declared ou tho 3d inst. The result can
■hut prove highly satisfactory to tho
Bfriemls and stockholders of the road,
tr md is a justification of the faith placet!
■in tliis company, the model railroad
Bcompany of the South. It lias been de-
Htcrmiiied to pay tho dividends on and
after the 20th January in cash, or if the
stockholders prefer not to wait, they can
receive their dividends in the joint
mortgage bonds of the Central, South
western and Macon and Western Rail
roads, at ninety-five cents on the dollar,
on and after tlie first proximo. The ad
mirable management and immense re
sources of the Central are fully shown iu
this curly action towards paying the divi
dend. We very much doubt if there is
mother single railroad in the South sub
jected to such great expenditure in im
provements, &0., during the past year,
ns tho Central, that would declare a
dividend, much less pay it. —Savannah
News.
Mr. Wm. A. Bridwell, a painter, died
iuddenly in Spartanburg, last Saturday
. J. Stolbtand has been re-appointed
confirmed by the Senate as Superiu
tent of the State Penitentiary.