Georgia Historic Newspapers

    OF THE
DB. WATTS, OF THE PF >I ° D ‘
0 envy not the poor hie pride.. r , _ mrt
Though rich in StockH sin! ’ “ lk t ' . u art ’
Nor deem the parse with nar ’ M mßiae
Aeeureth a contented her t :
For ne’er to call a cent thir® own
I* hot a mortal still to be
.yid oft a sting of grief in ktPWn
v Unto the greatest penury
Though in the flaunting pinper’s lot
No mad’riing railroad shares intrude,
Although th’ unmoneyed mind is not
With wild Trust Companies imbued;
Vet North Pacific unpossessed
Can scarce for perfect peace avail,
And more is needed to be blessed
Than not to know Pacific Mail.
The ever impecunious soul,
Without a penny to his name,
In jeering poverty may roll,
And make thee wistful for the same,
While at his spirit's deepest core
Exists, perchance, a sadder blank
Than if he owned thy hoarded store,
And had it in a Havings Bank.
Then bear the sorrow* of thy wealth
With manly fortitude and tas! ;
Northwest.eAi' leaves thee yet thy health,
And Western Union may react.
More ways to happiness there are
Then not to he a dollar worth,
And Erie, held to wait for par,
Excelloth beggary from birth.
Orpheus 0. Kerr.
(From the Havaunah Advertiser.]
FOHTKK BLODGETT'S APPEAL TO
GEORGIA.
“ Had I but served rnv Ood with half the
steal I s.-rved Gov. Bullock, my friends and tho
Htate of Georgia. He would not in mine age
have left me naked to mine enemies."— See
Poster ltMjett' s falter from Neu>berrg, 8. C.
Ha<l I but serv’d my God. poor Blodgett's sobs,
With half the zeal I work'd the daily jobs
For Bullock ; and serv'd my friends and coun
try less,
llk’o not left mo here in nakedness.
Oh. Georgia ! Georgia ! open wide your door
Aid to your arniH, your sou, take back once
more ;
For Carolina's swamp’d and—l am poor,
ltoads, bank or bonds, there's nothing to se
cure !
’Twixt Moses and his friends ! There not a
copper is ;
Hence, then, I sno in formapauperis.
My bonds ! The bogus bonds I counted on—
Like Bullock, they have vanished, too, and
gone !
Besides, my hard earn'd stealage do I lose,
For hurled is my banker Heniy Clews.
Oh, Georgia ! wives and widows learn the fact!
To me, indebted for the homestead act,
Are each and all of you. And this alone
Should, for my past iniquities atone !
Better, exigeant creditors should pant,
Than I myself, my wife, my children want!
To wives, a property control I gave,
To save their husbands or themselves to save.
(I can refer you to what I mention
To the Constitutional Convention).
Oh, Georgia ! Justice! Governor ! devise
Borne legal plan to save my sureties !
’Tis Foster speaks ! ’Tis Foster Blodgett!
He'll stand Ins trial and not dodge it!
I'Atu, Put.
THE LAHH OP BOONTKEE.
Sweet Kate o’ Boon tree, ye maun a’ under
stand,
Has a dark rolling e’e and a little-whito hand
My certy ! she's played unco havoc wi’ me,
I'm fairly bewitched wi’ sweet Kate o' Boon
tree.
I think o' her beauty, perfection, and grace,
And I dream o' bor ringlets, her ribbons, and
lace ;
Though absent, guidfaith ! she's aye present
wi' me—
In the heart o’ my bosom dwells Kate o’ Boon
troe !
’Twas nao lang ago I thought love was a joke,
But now my heart loupe like a cat in a poke ;
ilka hair an my head I would willingly gi’e
For twa or three kisses frao Kate o’ Boontree.
Afore I saw Kate, I am free to declare,
I whistled and sang like a lark in tho air,
But now in my bonnet I've gotten a bee
Tnat hums a' the day about Kate o’ Boontree.
At tiraos I will stand and forget mynel’ sair,
Then doon I will plump on a stool or a chair ;
I'm nao sooner doon, than ass I will flee,
To muse in tho woods about Kate o’ Bo*ntree.
Aye, anco in a day I was hearty and stoot;
I'm now like a lath, and as white as a cloot,
1 canna livo lang, and that yon will see,
Unless I got married to Kate o' Boontree.
Andrew Wanlem.
CIO AND LEARN A TRADE.
We publish below Will S. Hays’ latest song,
for tho good it ought to do—hoping young
ladies will learn to sing it for the bonefit of
such gallants as talk about marriage without
any visible means of Bupport:
I'll sing a little song to-night,
And ev’rv word is true,
You’ll find’ that every lino is moant,
Young gentleman, for you !
I’ve no intention to offend,
In what is sung or said—
Tho sum and substance of it is,
To go and learn a trado.
citoncs.
The “coining man" is ho who lives
To see his fortune made,
Whom ev'ry body will respect,
Because he learned a trade.
Your education may be good
But time is flitting by,
Instead of working don't bo fooled ;
Tho old m an may not die ;
And if ho should, the chances are,
His will may be mislaid,
Or yon cut off without a cent,
8o go and “learn a trade."
Tho country’s full of “nice young men.
Who from their duty shirk.
Who think twould crush their fam’ly pride ;
If vou should go to work;
Takeoff your coat, (your father did,)]
And find some houest maid.
Who'll help you make your fortuuo, when
You’ve learned an honest trado.
Bo temperate in all you do.
Be faithful to your “bos,"
You'll find the more yon do for him.
Will never prove a loss.
You'll find if fifty years from now.
When fame and fortune's made.
The best step that you ever took.
Was when you learned a trade.
OL1) AND BLIND.
The following sublime and affecting produc
tion was discovered among the remains of our
great epic poet, and is published in a recent
Oxford edition of Milton's works :
I am old and blind !
Men point at me as smitten by God's frown ;
Afflicted and deserted of my kind ;
Yet I am not cast down.
I am weak, yet strong :
I murmur uot that 1 uo longer see ;
Poor, old and helpless, I the more belong,
Father supreme, to Thee.
O Merciful One !
When men are farthereet, then Thou art most
near;
When friends pass by me and my weakness
shun.
Thy chariot I hear.
Thy glorious face
Is leaning toward me ; and its holy light
Shines in upon my lonely dwelling place—
And there is no more night.
On my bended knee
I recognize Thy purpose clearly shown ;
Mv vision Thou hast dimmed, that I may see
Thyself -Thyself alone.
I have naught to fear ;
This darkness is the shadow of Thy wing ;
Benea"h it I am almost sacred ; here
Can come no evil thing.
Oh ! I seem to stand
Trembling where foot of mortal ne'er hath
Iwen.
Wrapped in the radiance of Thy sinless land.
Which eye hath never seen.
Visions come aud go ;
Shapes of resplendent beauty round mo throng;
From angel lips I seem to hear the flow
Os soft aud holy song.
Is it nothing now.
When Heaven is opening on my sightless eyes ?
When airs from Paradise refresh my brow
The earth in darkness lies.
In a purer clime
My being fills with rapture—waves of thought
801 l in upon my spirit—strains sublime
Break over me unsought.
Give me now my lyre !
I fee! the stirrings of a gift divine.
Within my bosom glows unearthly fire.
Lit by no skill of mine.
Miss Mink has been acquitted of the
murder of Dr. Baker at Rockland,
Maine.
The Louisville banks are paying cur
rency.
The Ohio Falls Car Company has sus
pended work.
Louisville manufacturers are discharg
ing many hands.
Two imported yellow fever deaths
have occurred in Louisville.
Stokes' trial is progressing, with wit
nesses in the order as before.
Hon. Geo. Wm. Brown, one of the
most distinguished members of the
Baltimore City Bar, seems to be the
favorite for Chief Justice to succeed
the late Hon. T. Parker Scott.
I GEORGIA FINANCES.
kuETTER FR9M COL. THOMAS P.
ft BRANCH.
■•■ ply to State Treasurer Jones’ Cir
■ cular.
Avgusta, Ga., October 11th. 1873.
n June s, Ksq. , Treasurer State rtf
eorgia, Atlanta, Ga.:
IHii'.—l have before me a circular is-
by you, under date of 221 Si-ptem
which goes on to recite the tinari-
of the affairs of the State
■■“'•rffia, and the difficulties the State
to contend with for the past
Just in-re in the beginning,
Mr, in order that you may not
towards each other,
will pardon me if I ignore your
tic- pin n Mr. John.lore .<—
Vl really could not consent to hold any
with you, nor have I
Anything to say to you, as I never stop
quarrel with gentlemen about what,
Hter all, is merely a matter of educa-
and taste. So it is to the Treasu
of the State of Georgia I address
Hyself.
j You commence with Bullock’s admin-
Fistration; then follows Kimball & Co.’s
operations ; then the action of the Leg
islature which sat in January, 1873, and
August of same year, and finally the ac
tion of the Legislature of this year,
which resulted in the issuance of what
are commonly called the Nutting Bonds
or New Georgia Eights.
In my humble opinion, if you had
been pleased to stop there, you would
have fulfilled your duty, your whole
duty ; but yon thought differently and
you go on to say :
“I was notified, last Spring, by our
agent in New York, that a broker there
had offered a lot of Georgia Eights at
85 cents. On consultation with the
Governor, I wrote to our agent to buy
them on account of the State, and
not surprised to receive his answer tya*
the broker could not find the man vffa
had authorized him to sell them. A nTy
ty doing business in Georgia
through a Notary Public, during
past Summer, at the Treasury, an over
due G per cent, bond of the Htate, anjf
demanded payment. I offered
only thing 1 was authorized to offer \
it, to-wit: An 8 per cent, bond of the
same size, and offered to pay him in cur
rency interest on the old bond up' to
the date of the new. He
ing he was so instructed, and that lie
wa« further instructed to protest the
boriU if it was not paid in currency. I told
him he had his answer, and the next day
received the protest or notice thereof. I
was puzzled to think what was attained
by the protest. In commercial law it is
necessary to bind the endorser of a note.
There was no endorser on the bond, and as
he could not sue the State, I thought ho
was out the protest fee without the least
prospect of a recovery. The only object,
then, was to depreciate the credit of the
State, buy her bonds at a discount as
deep as he could, and when that credit
rose again—as he knew it would, in
spite of him and others like him—he
might realize something by the opera
tion . I have before me a circular, in
which the same man advertises that he
lias for sale 10,000 new Georgia Eights
at 9G cents. I requested a friend to
telegraph to him that they would be ta
ken, and a check sent for the amount.
The answer came that the man who had
them for sale was out of the city, but
would be seen when he came in. These
acts carry their own commentary.”
Under date of October 4th, the At
lanta Herald publishes your circular,
and criticises me by name in very harsh
terms, and says I am the party you re
fer to in the foregoing extract, and that
it speaks by authority. Any one, on
roading your circular, would naturally
connect me with the “adventurers and
developers of the State,” as consorting
with her enemies and spoilers, as one to
whom tho honor and credit of the State
were as nothing compared with the “Al
mighty Dollar ;” as wanting in patriot
ism and State pride. Os the latter, I
will not now boast; it will be time
enough for that when I may be appli
cant for the suffrage of the people. As
to the former, I know not by what au
thority you speak of my affiliations,
either political, social or commercial,
and in so doing you arc but presump
tive and impertinent.
Mr, Treasurer, though I do not ad
mit that I am amenable to you or any
one else in tho following of my legiti
mate business, still I feel compelled
(though most reluctantly) to give the
facts in the ease as far as concerns my
self.
And, Mr. Treasurer, I propose to meet
every charge you have beeu pleased to
bring against me. I must confess, how
ever, the greatest humiliation that, as
the Treasurer of the State of Georgia,
you should have been driven to such au
’ extremity.
As it appears from your circular, the
burden of my offense was the protesting
of a past due bond, and the advertising
of the new Georgia Eights for sale at 96.
A past due bond of the State of Geor
gia was sent to our house for collection.
This bond was forwarded to Atlanta for
collection, with the instructions wo had
received—to protest it if not paid in cur
rency. But, sir, not satisfied with
stating a fact, you goon tosaythat “the
only object then was to depreciate the
credit of the State, buy her bonds at a
discount as deep as he could, and when
that credit rose again, as he knew it
would, in spite of him and others like
him, lie might realize something by the
operation.” Now, Mr. Treasurer, this is
simply false. I will not say that it was
willful on your part, for from what I can
learn of your character, I must hope it
is only the result of your great ignorance
in such matters. When you said that
the party had instructions to protest,
you should have stopped there, and not
attempted to give the reasons therefor.
It does seem that if it had been my pur
pose to depreciate the credit of the State,
I would have published the fact of the
protest; on the contrary, the fact has
neVer transpired out of our office, and
was known only to the parties interested,
and would uot have been made public
but for your circular; so you have no
one to blame but yourself. Again, you
say you offered him the only thing you
■were authorized to offer for it, to wit:
“An 8 pes cent, bond of the same size,
Ac.” Then, if that be so, Mr. Trea
surer, which I do not question, where
did you get your authority to offer 85
cents to the broker in New York f If
you could only offer me anew 8 per cent,
how did you come to offer another party
85 cents m currency for the same bond ?
You say that I protested the bond to
buy depreciate its market value, and then
as low as I could, and “when that credit
rose again, as he knew it would, in spite
of him and others like him, ho might
realize something by the operation.”
Now, sir, what are the facts ? I have
never bought a bond of the State of
.Georgia since the bond you refer to was
protested, and the truth of the matter
is, I have never bought but one lot of
bonds, which I gave 86 cents for, and
which I sold to another broker, and that
was several months previous to the pro
testing of bond. This, sir, has been
the extent of my operations, save as a
broker, buying and selling for others.
Again, if Iliad done as you suggest, I
should only have lost money, since new
Georgia Eights have declined per
cent. So, sir, these facts shows how ut
terly false your deductions are.
Again, Mr. Treasurer, you went out of
your way to give the public quite a
homily on patriotism, State pride, etc.,
etc., and you went on to speak “of
that class of traders who would de
preciate the credit of. their father, if
they could make anything by it; who
would buy their own papier at a discount
if they had their creditor at their
merev!” Now, sir, in one place you
confess that you had refused to give
your creditor anything but anew eight
per cent, bond,’ and when he had re
fused that, and yon find you have him
at your mercy ‘ then you offer him
e.'r’hty five cents on the dollar, buying
your own (the State’s) obligations at 15
per cent, discount “These acts car
ry their owu commentary.” Again, you
sav “I have before me a circular in
which the same man advertises that be
j has for sale SIO,OOO uew Georgia Eights
lat 96.” If lam to infer anything from
1 the foregoing, you mean to suggest that
I issued a circular offering Georgia
■ bonds at 96c., only to depreciate them.
Now. sir, what are the facts ? On the
13th of September our house published
a business card, offering various securi
ties, and that the public may judge of
its letter aud spirit, I here insert the
whole of it:
BRANCH, SON’S A CO.,
BANKERS,
AUGUST A, GEORGIA,
Dealers in Government, State, Mu
nicipal and Railroad Securities. Loans
Negotiated. Business done same as an
incorporated Bank. I our per cent, in
terest allowed ou daily balances, and 7
per cent, on certificates of deposit.
10,000 new Georgia Eight's, with Oc
tober coupon, at 96; 10,000 Rome
Sevens, with October coupon, at 67;
10,000 Selma Eighths, with January
coupon, at *0; 10,000 South Carolina
Railroad Sevens, with October coupon,
at 55.
Investors and capitalists should ex
amine above list closely. The coupons
on above Bonds are paid punctually at
maturitv. . ,
We will exchange these securities for
others at market value, free of com
mission. BRANCH, SONS A CO.
September 18, 1873.
You say that vou requested “a fnend
to telegraph to "him that they would be
taken,” Ac., Ac. Now, sir, what are the
facts?
Asa rule we never allow any business
transaction with our correspondents to
pass outside of our office, but owing to
your grave insinuations, I feel warranted
and compelled to give the following
facts, withholding names and price : On
the 17th September our house received a
telegram from a party in Atlanta as fol
lows : “What is the lowest you will take
for ten thousand new Georgia Eights ?
Answer quick.” On the same day we
telegraphed him as follows : “Party out
of 'he city. Make us a bid ; will report
to-morrow. ” In reply we received a
dispatch, dated Atlanta, September 18th:
“Will pay for ten delivered here.” To
which we answered, “Have bought ten
at your limit—party will deliver in a few
days.” Not receiving any reply, we
telegraphed the purchaser on the next
day, “Wired you yesterday of purchase.
Have advised seller that sale is con
firmed.” In answer, the party tele
graphed: “All right, we need the bonds.
Send them at once.” On the 24th the
piurchaser in Atlanta wired us, “ Have
you sent us the bonds ? Answer quick.”
To which we replied, “Bonds in New
York. Will deliver from there. Bemit
currency here by express.” And forth
with came the answer, “Purchaser re
fuses to wait. Have made other arrange
ments. We write.” And under same
date the party wrote, as follows, confirm
ing his telegram : “ * * As the
bonds are yet in New York, although
purchasseil a week ago, we presume it
will put you to no inconvenience, and
hope our action will be satisfactory to 1
you.”
So, sir, you were the party for whom
the bonds were bought? A nice specu
lation ! You buy from one creditor of
the State at 96 to sell to someone else at
100. A good day’s work—four hundred
dollars profit ! A nice way to turn an
“honest penny.”
Were you operating for your indivi
dual account or for the State’s ? If for
the former I have nothing to say. If as
Treasurer of the State where do you
get your authority ? At one time you
say you have not authority even to pay
8250 in currency for a bond of that
..amount y>a#£ due, but when our corres
pondent was forced to sell securities at
a sacrifice, then it was that you find
authority to pay out of the Treasury
"89,600 for 810,000 bonds would
not mature for several years. Where
did you get your authority, either in law
or precedent, for this outlay of money,
when at the same time your circular is
an appeal to capitalists and investors to
come forward and take the balance of
bonds, which you say is $340,250, and
you add that the State has pressing need
for the money upon which you base your
claim. Now, Mr. Treasurer, if the
foregoing advertisement warrants you
as Treasurer of the State of Georgia to
attack me as a broker pursuing my
legitimate business, under a license from
the State, why then should not corpora
tions attack me for offering their se
curities at 10, 20, 30 and 40 per cent,
discount ? You should not hold me re
sponsible because investors and capital
ists will not give you 100 cents for
bonds when at the same time you are
buying them at a discount. You seem
to forget the difference between what a
thing is worth and what it will bring,
and because parties are willing to sell
securities even at a ruinous sacrifice,
should never have subjected me to this
unjust and unwarranted attack. As you
have represented me as hostile to the
State’s credit, pardon me for giving
the following as showing my true posi
tion.
About the middle of last August, Col.
Snead, Private Secretary to Governor
Smith, addressed a letter in behalf of
Governor Smith to the Hon. C. J. Jen
kins, President of the Merchants and
Planters National Bank, in which he
stated that owing to the State’s embar
rassments in money matters, he was
forced to call upon the banks of Augus
ta to take SIOO,OOO of the bonds. Gov
ernor Jenkins consulted with me as one
of the Directors in the above named
bank as to tho propriety of subscribing,
and I frankly told him in my opinion
the application was very unwise and un
fortunate, as it disclosed the extremity
in which the State was placed, and in
stead of benefiting her would but im
pair her credit; that if the bank took the
bonds it would be only to relieve the
State in her present pressing need, and
as the request was made at a time when
the banks could ill afford to part with a
dollar, except in the legitimate business
of moving the crops, and in tho event
of the bank requiring the money, it
would be compelled to sell tho bonds at
a discount (the vey thing you complain
so bitterly of me about) to reimburse it
self and cause thereby greater damage
ultimately to the State’s credit than
would be counterbalanced by the tem
porary relief. I told Governor Jenkins
that although that was my opinion, still
I did not see, since the State had made
the appeal, how we could refuse to take
the pro rata share of the amount Gov
vernor Smith had assigned to be taken
by the Augusta banks, and he then as
President of the bank endorsed on the
application his assent to the request,
and Col. Snead, armed with that en
dorsed documents, applied personally to
the other banks of the city and each of
them respectfully declined to entertain
the application and subsequent events
have proven their wisdom.
Now, in conclusion, Mr. Treasurer,
though I deem it unnecessary, I do not
hesitate to bear witness of my entire
confidence in the good faith and integ
rity of the people of this State, but, sir,
I am not to be dragooned into an ad
herence and support of any special ad
ministration or legislation thereof, for
as past events have proven, I would not
like to underwrite their possible acts.
But, sir, I regard the Nutting bonds as
a first class investment, and as a heavy
tax payer am interested in seeing them
placed at a high figure. Since you ex
press yourself so fully on the financial
condition of affairs and the difficulties
anil] embarrassments thereof, pardon me
for saying a word. I have always been
of opinion that no bonds should have
been issued in the present status of af
fairs. To me it appeared only suicidal
to be issuing new obligations when old
ones past due were being hawked about
and offered at a heavy discount. It may
be true, sir, that it was in the ease of
this State, in the exigencies of affairs,
impossible for her to meet her obliga
tions; then, sir, for that reason, if for
no other, these Nutting bonds should
never have been issued.
I have always protested against sub
jecting this proud Commonwealth to the
mortification of seeing her sacred prom
ises to pay ignored and discarded as so
much waste paper in the money markets
of the world. For one, rather than sub
ject myself to this personal mortifica
tion, I advocated taxation. When we
are only to be snubbed in our efforts to
borrow, then I think it time to put our
hands in our pockets and pay our way.
It is puerile to think that you can
make a fixed market price for an obliga
tion if its value is to rest only on patriot
ism and State pride; especially so long
as the outside world is suspicious and
doubtful of it, or so long as capital re
fuses to trust these promises to pay.
These, sir, are my sincere and decided
convictions, however erroneous they may
be, and you will find that, sooner or
later, State bonds, like all others, will
naturally and surely adjust themselves
to their true market value, which de
pends upon the certainty and punctuality
of the payment and the income the in
vestment’may afford. What ordinarily
could only affect injuriously State credit
is unwise’ and hasty legislation. You,
ou the contrary, attribute the deprecia
tion of the bonds to bankers and brokers.
Iu my opinion, your ill-timed and ill
tempered circular, which, with its reck
less and inconsiderate assertions, should
have been left to the sensational press of
the day, will do more harm than all the
acts of the bankers and brokers com
bined. I think it would have been much
better for the State’s credit and interest
if you had been content to confine your
self to your legitimate duties, for cer
tainly you are totally ignorant of the
subject matters of which you write, and
have drawn upon your zeal and enthu
siasm for your “facts.”
I am, Mr. Treasurer, very respectfully,
vour obedient servant,
T. P. Branch.
P. S.—The papers which have copied
Treasurer Jones' attack upon me are re
spectfully requested to copy this response
thereto.
Farmers' Maxims. —Five thousand
farmers at Carrollton, HI., on Wednes
day last. The following were some of
the inscriptions on the banners:
Presidents, §50,000 a year ; Congress
men, $7,500; Farmers, 15 cents a week.
If any political party stand between
ns and our rights, let it die.
A fair remuneration paid for honest
toil. .... , ,
Farmers to the front; politicians take
back seats.
We vote for no man who can be
bought bv grab or steal.
We will obey the laws, and monopo
lies must do the same.
If our present Congressmen can t serve
the people for $5,000 a year, ask them
to resign, aud we will send men who
will. .... i
When vou put tout hand to the plow
don't look back.* [Represented by a
farmer at the plow and a member of the
“ clique” coming up behind lnm and
patting him on the shoulder. ]
Corporations must obey the laws as
well as individuals.
The fanners feed the world.
Brother, let os organize and educate,
for knowledge is power.
We are the laborers.
No more Credit Mobilier swindles nor
Congressional grabs.
Farmers are not much on the crow,
but are all right on the goose.
In Baltimore the journeymen tailors
are preparing for a strike.
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.
VIEWS OF PRESIDENT GRANT.
What the President Thinks of the
Panic—He Favors a Resumption of
Specie Payments.
Washington, October 12.—President
Grant yesterday, in an interview, said:
He thought that the panic generally
through the country differed essentially,
lioth in cause and effect, from any simi
lar event of which he had knowledge.
When such events have heretofore taken
place distrust has been occasioned as to
the currency in circulation. Every one
in possession of currency would rush to
the banks with it or spend it in the most
liberal manner, but now currency, in
stead of being depreciated, is actually
becoming daily more valuable. He
thought he saw in passing events the
first steps towards the resumption of
specie payments, for the reason that
panics generally occur when the country
lacks prosperity—snch as from the failure
of crops, over purchases from abroad, etc.
In this instance the panic has occurred
in the midst of the greatest general
prosperity. He believed he was correct
in saying that our experts since the be
ginning of the present fiscal year have
exceeded our imports, and that, too, at
a time when comparatively no cotton —
the largest single item of export —was
not moving. Everything we produce is
in great abundance, and the demand for
it abroad is beyond the supply we have
to spare. Our manufacturies are pros
perous, and many articles which have
been imported are to a large extent not
only being produced at home, but we
are actually competing in the supply of
foreign markets. The aid recently ren
dered in the purchase of au unusually
large number of bonds was not so much
real as moral. The fact is, the money
corporations of the country had become
stampeded, and thus in turn startled and
stampeded the whole country. Had not
the Treasury seemed to aid them in
some way, the fright would have become
more general, and the consequence to the
country more fatal. As it was, he really
believed the effect was going to be benefi
cial in many ways to the country at large,
though the cost to some, individually
deserving of a better fate, may be severe.
A return to a specie basis can never be
effected except by a shrinkage of values.
This always works hard to a large class
of people who keep all they are worth in
margins. This shrinkage has now taken
place. Disasters to .individuals have
already overtaken them, and he sincerely
hoped the advantage might be retained
in order to reach a solid financial basis.
Already the currency has appreciated to
about par with silver. He was sur
prised that silver was not now pouring
out. When this should take place, his
theory was that the country could ab
sorb from two to three hundred millions
of it. This would prove a great benefit
in several ways. It would supply a
market for a number of years for a pro
duct of our mines now becoming a drug.
It would take the place of forty millions
of fractional currency, which is about
the amount of change that experience has
proven to be necessary for the transaction
of business, and will become the currency,
which will be hoarded in small amounts.
He believed that if silver was once more
in circulation greenbacks would never
be at a discount for silver. All fluctua
tions from that point would be in ap
preciation of the value of our paper
money. As to legislation, the Presi
dent said he thought much upon the
subject, and if he was now engaged in
writing his annual message to Congress
he should recommend positive authority
to reissue the forty-four millions of re
serve; a full banking law, with the same
protection to bill holders as now; a re
peal of the clause requiring a reserve for
the protection of depositors; a per cent
age of the other reserve to be in gold,
and that increased in a regular ratio
until the whole reserve would be in gold.
This could be solely effected by re
quiring such institutions to save the
whole or a large per centage of the gold
interest paid banks on their bonds held
by the Treasurer of the United States
for the protection of bill holders. He
also favored an absolute prohibition to
the payment of interest on deposits.
The President did not contend that lie
would be right in these recommendations;
they embodied the views of what emi
nent Republicans had brought to him.
There was no question but that much
demoralizing and injurious speculation
and gambling were caused by the accu
mulation of capital in large centres du
ring a portion of the year, when money
is not required for the moving of the
products by payment of interest on de
posits. This leads country bankers,
merchants and others to deposit in city
banks, principally in New York—to make
this money earn something during the
period when they do not wish to use it.
Banks paying interest on deposits cannot
afford to hold it idle, hence gambling in
fancy stocks, millions of which as an in
vestment would not support a family
even in the most economical maimer.
The building of railroads that are not
wanted, and which cannot, for years,
pay running expenses, etc., such gam
bling and speculation had, he trusted,
received a blow from which lie hoped
they never would recover. The Presi
dent said that unless his mind should
undergo a change, ho would recommend
a post office bank. This would give an
institution in which everybody would
have great confidence, and within the
reach of every one who can approach a
money order post office. He should
recommend the payment of 4 per cent,
to depositors and the conversion of de
posits either in outstanding United
States bonds or into new 4j per cent,
bonds, and the taking up of a correspond
ing amount of those outstanding.
The Legal Tender Reserve—Views of
Secretary Richardson.
Washington, October 13. —The Star
says: Secretary Richardson, in speaking
of* the use of the legal tender reserves
and the present amount of circulating
notes, says : He would oppose any bill
for permanently increasing the legal
tender circulation above the present
standard, as well as a bill permanently
fixing it at three hundred and fifty-six
millions. The Secretary of the Treasury
must at all times be able to pay the ap
propriations of Congress, or suspend
payment until he can accumate currency
for that purpose. If the limit is fixed
then the Department will be obliged to
suspend payments on all warrants when
the currency balance is exhausted.
Our Great Affliction.
I'From the Memphis Appeal, October 10th.]
It is with heartfelt sorrow that we an
nounce to-day that the fever knows no ap
preciable abatement, and that it is grad
ually encircling the city, taking with it
many of our prominent citizens. Our
heart grows heavy and our eyes dim as
we look back upon the dreadful work of
the pestilence, and we cry in anguish of
soul, “ How long, O Lord, how long ?”
Hundreds of our poor people have paid
the debt of nature and a fearful tithing to
the pestilence, and yet it is not staid,
but moves with resistless force, taking
from us the lovely, the brave, the gen
erous and the useful. Every night the
death-roll is called, and every night re
veals a list all too long, bearing the
names of those we loved to honor, of
those to whom we looked as brothers,
bound in the common effort of mak
ing a great city and earning for Mem
phis a name to be proud of among
the cities of the land. Priests, minis
ters aud laymen, the babe just born, the
suckling at the breast, the “ wee thing”
toddling in its first effort, our school
children, our budding flowers, the love
liest of their sex, the mother, the father,
the brother, the friend aud partner are
all cut down untimely by the remorse
less enemy, and men stand in awe, ask
ing, “ When will it end?” Good Sa
maritans are working, physicians ex
haust the most scientific skill, aid pours
in upon us from those abroad whom
God in His mercy exempts from the
scourge, and all to little purpose. The
victims of the plauge increase in num
bers. Surely, if God wills it, we have
had enough. Our cup of sorrow, of
trial and of tribulation is brimful
and running over. For thirteen years
we have known nothing but excite
ment and trouble. Death has many
times laid his heavy hand upon us,
and destruction has been about us
on every side. The prey of revolution,
of war, of oppreession, of panic, and
of disease, we cry with a loud
voice and almost in despair, “ Is there
no balm in Gilead? Is there no nepen
the for the hearts so ruthlessly torn in
Memphis ? Is there no future for our
stricken city. Is there no hope out of
present blinding darkness?” We read
in'the good book, and we feel there is.
We have faith not yet shaken. We
have a trust not yet broken. We have
confidence not yet impaired. Out of
present affliction we are to emerge
purer, better, stronger. Out of present
sorrows we are to learn the lesson of life.
And out of this surrounding death and
gloom is to come the light that will
light us as a community into a broader,
a more humane, a more liberal and
more tolerant pathway of life. We are
to learn to bear and forbear. We are to
learn to be less selfish. We are to learn
that we are to live and labor for each
other and not for ourselves alone. In
bitterness of heart the lesson is to-day
being learned by those at home who
bear the brunt of the pestilence, and by
those abroad who are filled with anxiety
because of oar danger. Let ns lay it to
heart, and, with God’s help, profit by it.
Let no change in good times to come
blot out from us the memory of these
awful days, when the man of to-day is
the corpse of to-morrow.
George Francis Train has returned to
New York.
BISHIP FIERCE.
GOOD SUNDAY BEADING.
Hints so irflo Preachers and
Those that Flee to the Mountains for
Pleasure—Musical Performances iu
Churches— Thousands for Orjrans. j
Oll ly Pit tan ceii for the Ministry!
—The Old Snakje Satan—Women that
Whisper, and Uyrjrte, and Fan —The
Devil Has the. Advantage of the
Preacher and tie People.
George F. Pi, r ee, the venerable
Bishop of theGeoi gig Methodist Church,
has written a lette . The letter, though
dated at “Suns! Lne,” appears more
likely to have b en written under a
cloud. If not, ani, the skies were blue \
above him, they eciYespouded most ad
mirably with thfl Bishop’s apparent
feelings while pen dug this article on
the present deuj iralization of the
Church. The leti r will prove lively
Sunday reading. I Fe give the Bishop’s
main points, wlncl if applicable to one
demonination is eq tally applicable, no
doubt, to all.
SUMMER CACATIONS.
Some of the i ificious among the
brethren appear I j have been rebuk
ing the Bishop for what they appear to
consider too muci 'work; a zeal with
out knowledge; a i overdoing; a wear
ing out before on a’s time. He comes
back at them as follows :
“These vacations and visits to the
springs and mountains, and to the
North, have an ugly look to me. I am
afraid of them. My ideas of ministerial
fidelity do not alimv it in my case. But
I judge no man. only suggest that all
movements in the direction of self-in
dulgence will bijar watching. In the
grass of these grpfen pastures, where the
flesh seeks rest, there is a snake, and
his name is Satian. The commission
says “go.” How dare I stay at home
and rest ? I see the men of the world
busy ; they rise early, sit up late, eat the
bread of carefulness, tax brain, muscle,
time, work, and I bear no
complaint. No blame attaches. They
do it to obtain corruptible things—sil
ver and gold. ’Shall not au incorrupti
ble inheritance stjnulate us to superior
diligence ? It cHijlit, and by the grace
of God, for mysetlit shall.”
CHURCH oftftxs AND CHOIRS.
“I am more ar®m ore satisfied that the
introduction and choirs, like
‘ Alexander lias done ns
much evil.” y. cases they have
beeu the division, discord,
variance, burnings in the
churches. all wrong, I grant.
Yet it is as just to lay the blame
on those who ‘offense’ as upon
those who weM ‘offended.’ I find
churches who lwc paid thousands for
au organ and jlv give hundreds for
missions. kwoßvtf-straining, the peo
ple say, to supjß. (c i preacher, yet rais
ing from SI,'2OOW( SI,BOO to buy an or
gan. But they Have not only absorbed
money, they ha! 8 ’ put Methodist wor
ship into a straiglht-jaeket. All freedom
is gone. Nothing is left iu many places
but a petrified respectability. Singing
the praise of God is substituted by
music, so-called. The whole thing is so
incongruous, so out of harmony with
genuine spiritual worship, that praying
and preaching are both hampered by it.
The very atmosphere of the house, when
these performances come off, is infested.
It is like an east wind on the nervous
system. No will or resolution can ie
sist it.”
PROMISCUOUS SEATING OF CONGREGATIONS.
Having touched up tho brethren pretty
lively upon the subject of pew renting,
as opposed to free seats, the Bishop
proceeds to another topic, as follows :
“We are falling into another custom
not much better. I mean the promiscu
ous seating of our congregations. The
time has come for a note of warning on
this subject. I will not discuss the sub
ject now, but I may hereafter. In the
meantime, I avow myself iu favor of the
old rule: ‘’Let the men and the women
set apart in all our congregations.’ It
may be pleasant and convenient for fam
ilies to occupy the same pew, but pleas
ure and convenience ought to be given
up for the sake of religious interest.
This family arrangement cannot be al
lowed without conceding the privilege
to other parties and to all. And here is
the evil. Young gentlemen and ladies,
as I have seen, come in groups and
march along the aisles, anil with bows
and ceremonies and graceful joining of
hands, pass to their places in pairs, and
seated side by side, whisper and giggle
and fan and indulge in all the amenities
of private life. Now what I say is, all
these things are out of place in the
house of God. The church is not a par
lor, where people meet to exchange civi
lities and brandish the graces of dress,
or form, or manner. Sobriety, rever
ence, awe, are demanded. ‘God is in
His holy temple.’ Now remembering
that our congregations are largely made
up of young people, gay, festive, buoy
ant, thoughtless, aye, carnal too—every
body knows that this commingling; is
unfriendly to serious thought—to the
impression of Jhe word and to religious
action, even If the heart should be
touched. Iu this arrangement the devil
has the advantage of the preacher and
the people.
“The Discipline still insists on free
scats, but we cannot have them, in fact,
without the separation of the sexes.—
Without this, there are barriers and
delicacies and fears of intrusion which
embarrass the feelings and virtually
limit the privilege of the incomer. In
my judgment, a congregation of people
gathered together for the worship of
God, ought, in its order and arrange
rneut and manner *, to be discriminated
from all other public assemblies. Every
thing which tends to c ommonize the oc
casion and assimilate it in order and
likeness to the political or social gather
ings of the people, ought, as far as pos
sible, to be avoided. Mr. Wesley was a
wise man, and there is a profound phil
osophy in the system he wrought out—
even in what people less wise consider
little things. Our Church has lost pow
er and prestige by every surrender of
what was distinctive, and every approxi
mation to the customs of other people.
There is religion as well as history in
the account of the sling and the stone.”
TO THE PLANTERS.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
Certain letter writers, newspaper cor
respondents and lecturers, who have
constituted themselves special guardians
of the planters of Georgia, have recently
been flooding the State with advice,
which is equally barren of financial wis
dom and sound morality. One says hold
your cotton for higher prices—another,
keep your cotton until your factors
agree to give you twenty cents per
pound; the price will go up to that point,
and you are entitled to it.
Now, in the case of a planter who lias
produced his cotton solely upon his
own resources, this policy may do well
enough. He has the moral and legal
right to hold and take the risk. But
what proportion of all the planters
in the State are in this condition ?
Do the sage advisers of the plan
ters, above alluded to, know that a
large majority of the planters have
been enabled to conduct their opera
tions and make their cotton by means
of advances from the factors ? Do they
know that the factors have been enabled
to make thesfe advances by loans from
the banks, and that the advances to
planters and loans to factors mature
generally on or about the first of No
vember ? Do they know that unless the
planter meets his obligation to his fac
tor the latter cannot meet his obligation
to the banks ? ,Do they know that un
less the to the banks
are promptly met, they, the banks, will
be utterly powerless to provide currency
to move the cotton? Do they know
that from such a state of things there
must necessarily result stagnation in
commerce and "paralysis of all indus
trial pursuits ? If they do not know these
things, let them go back to school to
learn something of the course of business
in this country—of the natural depend
ence and connection of different industrial
pursuits before they undertake the role
of teachers. If they do know them, let
them return to the Sunday School and
learn something of the obligations of
promises of the maintenance of personal
integrity before they assume the sacred
office of keepers of other men’s con
sciences. Veril, verily, one knows not
which most to admire, the financial wis
dom or the moral probity of these noisy
advisers.
Now a word to the honest, clear-sighted
planters who have sought aid at com
mercial points to make their crops. —
When you borrowed money from your
factors and gave your notes payable on
the first of November, or on some later
day, did you make it a condition of
prompt payment that you should get
twenty cents or any other stipulated
price for your cotton ? If you did
not, have you the legal or moral right
when pay day comes, without the factor’s
consent,"to add this condition to your
contract made six or eight or ten
months before ? Will you burden your
consciousness with such a flagrant
breach of faith upon the chance (per
haps fallacious at last) of getting a five
cents more per pound for your cotton ?
To do so would be to falsify the estimate
of personal integrity upon which you
procured the advance. Those who so
advise you believe more in the “al
mighty dollar” hoarded ou earth than in
“treasure laid up in Heaven, where
neiter moth nor rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves do not break through nor
steal.” If the writer properly under
stands the character of the planters of ;
Georgia, as a class, they will throw such
immoral counsels to the winds, and
show themselves entitled to the proud
boast, “ My record is my bond.”
If there be a few (and I hope there are j
none) inclined to adopt the advice, 11
have still another qaestion for them,
are you very sure that any probable in
crease of price yon may get by breaking
faith with your factors will enable you
unaided to'make the next crop ? If yon
break the faith upon which you got
help to make this, whence do you ex
pect to get help for the next ? Hone3ty
is not only in itself a jewel beyond
price, but it is the best policy. If you
have failed, owing to adverse circum
stances, to meet your obligations, pay
what you can and your factors and all
good men will sympathize with you and
help you again. But if yon speculate
upon' broken promises and ruined
factors, you must meet a fearful reckon
ing. ' The Planters Friend.
BARBARITY AT SEA.
THREE MEN COMMIT SUICIDE TO
ESCARE CRUEL TREATMENT.
One Becomes Exhausted and Falls
from the Yard Arm-The Captain and
Mateot the Ship Sunrise in Danger
of Being Lynched.
[From the San Francisco A: ta California, Sep
tember 28.]
The ship Sunrise, from New York, ar
rived in port about one o'clock yester
noon. We take the following from her
memoranda :
‘'On May 14, lat. 37 50 north, lon. 65 56
west, Charles Brown, a seaman, was
found missing; native of France, aged
twenty years. On May 19, lat. 33 32
north, lon. 54 05 w est, John Condliff was
also found missing; native of England,
aged thirty-five years. On July 4, lat.
0 10 north, lon. 47 29 west, T. K. Carri
gan (boy) fell from fore yard overboard
and was drowned. He was a native of
Ireland, aged sixteen years.”
She had scarcely cast anchor until she
was boarded by sailor boarding house
runners, who ascertained during a brief
stay that three men had been forced to
commit suicide by jumping overboard as
the only means of escape from the cruel
treatment to which, it is alleged, they
w'ere constantly subjected by the officers
of the ship. This story was strength
ened by the fact that the second officer,
Dennis Maloney, had escaped from the
ship at the eight mile buoy, took a
Whitehall boat, and landed at Meiggs’
wharf. Mr. Franklin, known better as
“Frencliy” because he is a Frenchman,
keeps a sailor boarding house on Yallejo
street, and he boarded the vessel. He
met a countryman on board, Charles
Belle, who asked Franklin to take him
ashore. Belle wore a thoroughly de
moralized appearance. His face was
black and swollen, dark semi-circles were
visible under his eyes, and these latter
were red and sore looking. His clothes
were filthy, and his whole look told that
he had been cruelly treated, and enlisted
for him the sympathy of Franklin. This
gentleman took him in his boat and
rowed him ashore. The captain and
first officer called on Franklin to return
with the Frenchman, a request which
was positively a«d emphatically declined.
He brought the poor fellow to lii3 house,
changed his dress and attended to his
many wants. He was the only seaman
who left the ship yesterday. They were
not able to come ashore, as the Sunrise
lies in the stream opposite North Point
Dock-
After the seaman had reached shore,
and the cruelty of the officers was bruit
ed along the city front, a general and
very decided feeling of indignation was
expressed, even among runners, and it
would not have been safe for Maloney
to put in an appearance about that time.
He would be forced to stand some severe
retaliatory measures or go overboard.
AN INTERVIEW WIT [I THE SAILOR.
A reporter of the Alta obtained an in
terview with Belle, the French seaman,
late last evening, at Mr. Franklin’s
boarding house. He is a young man,
probably not more than twenty-one years
of age, and his face and body bear un
doubted evidence of the brutal treatment
to which he was subjected. His state
ment is substantially as follows: The
Sunrise left New York on the 3d of May,
Captain Clarke commanding. The first
officer’s name is Harris; the second offi
cer, Dennis Maloney, and the boat
swain’s name is Kelly.
The first day after leaving New York
the first mate commenced to exercise a
tyranny as cruel and unrelenting as it
was barbarous and savage; and con
tinued this conduct until Han Francisco
was reached. The second mate, Malo
ney, did not beat, or in any manner
cruelly treat the sailors, but often inter
fered to prevent the first mate from car
rying his brutal punishment to ex
tremes. The boatswain, Kelly, “used to
lick” the sailors often; and the captain
joined in this brutal conduct, which he
tolerated, or appeared to tolerate, in the
man Harris. The first officer made the
men work until they dropped down
through exhaustion. Ho would bring
them out of bed at nights and compel
them to walk on deck, and if they did
not keep moving, or perchance fell
asleep as they stood or walked, he would
tap them on the head with his clinched
fist, a belaying piece of rope or any
thing handy. When he wished to awake
them on other occasions he used his
pouderous boots freely, and the poor
sailor’s sides are an evidence of the fact.
This used to be a regular thing, and all
were treated alike. The captain struck
the men occasionally and knew well of
the first officer’s conduct, who abused
the men in his presence, but not with
his usual brutal severity.
THREE MEN WENT OVERBOARD.
Two preferred death to the treatment
they received, and the third, weak and
exhausted, after long and severe punish
ment, fell from the rigging and was seen
no more. The first victim was John
Brown, a Frenchman. His countryman
says he knows not how he was lost. He
was to have been on watch between eight
and twelve o’clock, p. m.; he was called
everywhere, but he answered not. The
first mate “licked” him every day two
or three times; made him work twenty
out of twenty-four hours ; would throw
him violently on the deck and kick him.
It was after all this terrible punishment
had been inflicted upon him, and that he
was compelled to stand motionless on
deck without food or water, that he
abandoned the Sunrise and his life, and
sought relief in the unfathomable depths
of the ocean.
FIFTEEN NIGHTS SLEETING WITH HOGS.
John Cardiff is also reported missing.
Cardiff was treated with the same cruelty
as Brown, and even worse. He was not
allowed to sleep in the forecastle, but
was put under the topgallant forecastle,
where he was compelled to sleep for
fifteen nights previous to the night he is ;
reported missing with hogs for his com
panions. What a terrible crime ! How
it cries to heaven for redress ! The man
was half demented from suffering—from
cruel treatment—from whipping, kick
ing, walking, working, little food and
less sleep, when, to escape from a life
made miserable beyond endurance, he
employed the little strength lie had left
to end his existence.
DEATH FROM EXHAUSTION.
The third victim, W. F. K. Carrigan,
was a young man, twenty years of age,
or perhaps less. He was the especial
object of the hate and brutality of the
first mate, Harris. He was, after the
usual daily kicking and bruising with
rope and club, forced to stand on deck
twenty-four hours without eating or
sleeping, after which he was sent on the
topsail yard, from which he fell, through
weakness and exhaustion, and was lost.
Belle did not see Carrigan fall, nor did
he see any of the missing disappear
They disappeared, and nothing more was
thought of them.
The sailor repeated many lesser acts
of brutality, enormous in themselves,
but, beside the more despotic cruelty of
forcing these men into the arms of death,
small and insignificaut. He often told
them that they would never reach San
Francisco, and that he would compel
them to jump overboard. When the
men were weak and fatigued from the
combined effects of punishment, want of
rest and labor, he would order them
aloft, and then try to throw them from
their places by letting the halyards go,
and other devices. Our informant was
kept for thirty-six hours scraping the
deck, and when, exhausted and sleepy,
he was not able to use the scraper with
his usual force, the first officer, Harris,
took it out of his hand and struck him
with it on the head. The seamen were
kept thirty-six hours without food, an i
never, got more than four out of
twenty-four hours sleep. They were, to
use his own expression, “all licked fear
fully.” His body, arms and face bear
undoubted evidence of cruel punish
ment.
The fact that tho seoond mate, Ma
loney, abandoned the ship before' com
ing to anchor led to the strong suspicion
that he was the party guilty of this ter
rible cruelty. But it appears from Belle’s
statement that he was kind, and by his
interference saved them from the tyran
nical, rascally cruelty of the man, or
monster, Harris. The Captain and Har
ris “growled” at him because he was not
cruel and did not make the men work
more. He never injured any one during
the voyage, and Belle is at a loss to
know why he left the ship so suddenly,
unless he wanted to escape from the
others.
The case calls for immediate and strict
examination. Men forced overboard by
cruelty ! The very idea suggests the
appropriateness of a particularly hot
corner for the perpetrator of the crime.
We do not accuse Harris of so tetrible
an act; we give as a matter ofnews—only
a statement made in the presence of
others. If Harris and Captain Clarke are
innocent, they owe it to themselves to
prove it ; and we hope, for the sake of
our American marine, that they can
do so.
The President has proclaimed the 27th
of November for thanksgiving.
A WESTERN MURDER.
A Wife Decoys Her Husband to be
Shot by Her Paramour—The Body
Plowed Into the (Iround and Dis
covered by a Dog.
[From the New York World.]
Paris, Edgar County, 111., October
7.—. Just a month ago to-day, on Sunday,
the 7th of September, 1873, Mr. Mack
Wood, a rich and respectable farmer of
Mulberry Grove, went, with his wife—a
young and handsome woman, though
so susceptible of flattery as to be con
sidered almost weak-minded—to pick
some plums in a grove not far from his
house. His wife returned alone, and
accounted for her husband absence by
saying that he had gone to another field
at some little distance to examine some
of his cattle. The night passed and he
did not come home. Next morning she
went to the tree beneath which she had
left him. There she found a pool of
blood and some locks of hair; while a
track along the grass, plentifully be
sprinkled with gouts of gore, led to a
heap of bushes, where the body seemed
to have been dragged and concealed. It
had, however, vanished.
On Monday morning at daybreak a
brother-in-law of the missing mau, named
Williams, was plowing in the field ad
joining the grove. In the centre of the
field he made his team sheer to one side
so as to throw a furrow of earth over
one spot on the direct line on which he
was plowing, and so that his horses did
not trample upon the spot so covered.
The apparently trivial circumstance did
not strike the person who observed it as
at all singular or significant.
Meanwhile the hue and cry had gone
out over the county, and several hun
dred farmers had assembled and be
gan the search for the body of the mur
dered man. For days it was prosecuted
thoroughly; swamps were explored,
thickets penetrated, suspicious houses
and lonely barns examined, wells sound
ed, but all in vain. Detectives were em
ployed and rewards offered, but equally
iu vain. . Still the plowed field re
mained unsearched, and the widow de
clared that the body had been buried
on the farm.
There had been a family feud between
Williams and Davidson, his two broth
ers-in-law, and Wood. Williams was ar
rested on suspicion of having been con
cerned in the murder, but was released.
Low Henlon, a young man who had
been “choring” on the farm, was also
arrested and released, whereupon ho
took flight and has not since been seen.
Henlon was a good looking young fel
low, who had been desperately in love
with Mrs. Wood, and his passion had
been returned. Mr. Wood had been
aware of the fatal attachment, but feel
ing pity for his weak-minded and unfor
tunate wife, and discharged Henlon and
tried to hush the matter up.
On Wednesday afternoon a man an
swering to the description given of
Henlon met a correspondent of the Dan
ville Times at a Fair at Catlin, and in
formed him that a farmer named Wood
had disappeared from Mulberry Grove;
that it was believed he had been mur
dered, and that suspicion pointed to his
brothers-in-law as the murderers. The
man was wild and excited, but the re
cital affected the gentleman who heard
it so little that he did not even take any
notes of it.
Many days passed, and the search had
been given up, when a little girl was
sent on an errand to a neighbor of Wood
and Williams. She took a short cut
across the field in which Williams had
been plowing on the morning of that
Monday. She had with her a little
black dog, that ran ahead of her. In
the middle of the field the little creature
stopped at the bend in the furrow, and
began to bark loudly. Going near to
see what he had found, she smelt the
stench of decaying flesh. On telling her
story to the neighbors they promptly
visited the spot. A few strokes of the
spade exposed the body, which was
barely covered with the soil. It had
been pierced by three balls, one break
ing tlie jaw-bone and lodging in the
throat, a second going through the head,
and a third through the heart.
The news soon spread, and within a
few hours the coroner and his jury and
the medical officers were present. A
fire of brush was made by the side of
the corpse, and by its light the doctors
examined it, the jurors viewed it, and
returned a verdict of “ willful murder.”
Henlon had absconded, but Williams
and his frife were arrested. Williams
denied all knolwedge of how his
brother-in-law had come to his death.
He knew nothing of Henlon, though he
had lent him a revolver on Saturday
which Henlon had returned on Monday.
Where was it ? He did not know.-
Judge Lynch was invited to conduct the
interrogatory, when Williams showed
where the weapon was hidden in a heap
of refuse. But he affirmed his inno
cence.
Thus the case rests for the present till
Henlon is found. The theory of the de
tectives is that Henlon is the murderer,
and that Williams arid possibly others
were accessories before the fact. Henlon
was madly in love with Mrs. Wood. To
get her husband out of the road he
profited by his knowledge of the family
feud to secure weapons. Then Mrs.
Wood served as a decoy to lure the hus
band to the plum grove where his mur
derer awaited him, and the deed was
done, which was so carefully concealed
for so many days, till a barefooted girl
and a little black dog happened to cross
a plowed field, and lo ! the murder was
out and
The ghost of the murdered man
Bhriekcd upward from the nod.
GRANDEST SCHEME EVER MOWN.
Foil Grand Gift Concert
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY.
12,(100 CASH GIFTS - $1,500,000.
Every F ft.li Ticket Draws a Gift.
$3250,000 for $350.
r Fourth Grand Gift Concert, authorized
JL by Hpecial act of the LegiHlature for the
benefit of the Public Library of Kentucky, will
take place in Public Library Hall at Louisville,
Ky.,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3d, 1873.
Only Sixty thousand tickets will be sold, and
one-half of these are intended for the Euro
pean Market, thus leaving only 30,000 for sale
in the United Staten, whore 100.000 were dis
posed of for the Third Concert. The tickets
are divided into ten coupons or parts and have
on their back the Scheme, with a full explana
tion of he mode ol‘ drawing.
At this concert, which will he the grandest
musical display ever witnessed in this country,
the unprecedented sum of
#1,500,000,
Divided into 12.000 cash gifts, will be distributed
by lot among the ticket holders. The numbers
of the tickets to be drawn from one wheel by
blind children and the gifts from another.
LIST OF GIFTS.
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT $250,000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 100,000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 50,000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 15,000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT 17,500
10 CASH GIFTS SIO,OOO each 100,000
30 CASH GIFIS 5,000 each 150.000
50 CASH GIFTS 1,000 each 50,000
80 CASH GIFTS 500 each 40,000
100 CASH GIFTS 400 each 40,000
150 CASH GIFTS 300 each 45,000
250 CASH GIFTS 200 each 50,000
325 CASH GIFTS 100 each 32,500
11,000 CASH GIFTS 50 each 550,000
TOTAL, 12,000 GIFTS, ALL CASH
amounting to $1,500,000
The distribution will he positive, whether all
the tickets are sold or not, and the 12,000 gifts
all paid in proportion to the tickets sold—all
unsold tickets being destroyed as at the First
and Second Concerts, and not represented in
the drawing.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
■Whole tickets. SSO: Halves. $25; Tenths, ox
each coupon. $5: Eleven Whole Tickets for
$500: 221 Tickets for $1,000; 113 Whole Tickets
for $5,000; 227 Whole Tickets for SIO,OOO. No
discount on less than SSOO worth of Tickets at
a time.
Tim unparallelled succese of the Third Gift
Concert, as well as the satisfaction given by
by the First and Second, make it only necessa
ry to announce the Fourth to msuro the prompt
sale of every ticket. The Fourth Gift Concert
will be conducted in all details like the Third,
and full particulars mav be learned from circu
lars which will be sent free from this office to
all who apply for them.
Tickets now ready for sale, and all orders ac
companied by the money promptly filled. Libe
ral terms given to those who buv to sell again.
THOS. E. BRAMLETTE,
Agent Pub. Libr. Ry., and Manager Gift Con
cert. Public Librarv Building. Louisville, Ky.
GREENE A EOSSIGNQL.
Wholeeale Druggists, Agents, Augusta, Ga.
au!9—tusaAwtildeol
Iron in the Blood
THE PEETTVIAN
SYBTTP Vitalizes
and Enriches the
Blood, Tones up the
i System. Builds up the
I Broken-down, Cures
I Female Complaints,
I Dropsy. Debility, Hu-
F inors. Dyspepsia, Ac
' Thousands have
been changed by tho
use of this remedy
from weak, sickly,
suffering creatures, to
strong, healthy, and happy men and women; and
invalids cannot reasonably hesitate to give it a trial,
Caution. —Be sure you get the right article. See
that “Peruvian Syrup'" is blown in the glass.
Pamphlets free. Sendforone. SETH W.FOwLE
<fc SONS, Proprietors, Boston, Mam. For sale by
druggist* generally,
beplS-tkna&tu&wly
W. DANIEL. 0. A. ROWLAND.
DANIEL & ROWLAND,
Cotton Factors, Commission Merchants,
And Agents for the celebrated
ETIWAN, WAN IK), DUG DALE AND COTTON FOOD GUANOS,
CORNER JACKSON AND REYNOLDS STREETS, AUGUSTA, GA. '
Consignments solicited. Steff" COMMISSION FOR SELLING COTTON, $1
PER BALE. 0022 - w3m
GREAT REDUCTION
IN PRICES OF THE
LOWREY WACON.
I HAVE NOW ON HAND the LARGEST AND REST STOCK OF SOUTHERN MADE
L WAGONS ever offered m this market, and the ONLY SOUTHER,V HI \DK WAGONS in (he
place. As I give my personal attention to the building of everv Wagon pnt up in mr shop I
am confident that the LOWREY WAGON is as good, if not better, than nnv Wagon offered in
Augusta. Alt I ask of those in want of Wagous is to give me a call before buying elsewhere
I also bog leave to call the attention of those who have bought the Lowrey Wagon in the
past, and where they havo in any way failed to give perfect satisfaction, to call in person or
send in their claim, and it shall he Bottled at once, as I intend that EVERY WAGGN SOLD BY
ME MUST GIVE SATISrACTION. 1 hope to bo able to bo able to keep on hand a full assort
ment of all sizes of Farm Wagons, so that no one in search of such things will be obliged lo go
away without a "Lowrey Wagon.”
J. 11. lowrey,
_ggpl4 := wgm Corner Campbell and Ellis streets. Augusta.
Nexv Advertisements.
Ask your druggist for I/ r BF"
tli is Remedy. A box |i St O
of PILLS with each r
bottle, and i» ET K* KT Klfc Take
sold NO CURE r k. V L fC no other
NO PAY. A G II K
RS I 4T* CURE—Ask for KRl.ss
\J II I V FEVER TONIC. T ■ is the
safest. DON’T FORGET the
Warrant. If it fails to cure you, Get Your Money
Rack. W. C. HAMILTON k CO.,
4w Cincinnati, Ohio.
A GREAT SENSATION! Agents waited.
Cash Salary, or Commission allowed. Strictly
honorable, Addre.s, F. A. Ells & Cos., Cl arlwtte,
Michigan. 4\v
FOR PORTABLE AND STATIONARY STEAM ENGINES
PAGE’S PATENT PORTABLE
Circular Saw MU In,
To cut from 800 to 3,000 feet per hour with one Saw.
Gang, Muley and Sash Saw Mills, Portable Grist
Mills, Leffel’s Turbine Water Wheels, and every kind
of Machinery accessory to the manufacture of* Lum
ber. Address, GEO. PAGE & CO.,
No. 5 N. Schroeder St., Baltimore. \ld.
ITS r ’Seudfor Descriptive Catalogue and Price List. 4w
WASHINGTON'S!
AGENTS WANTED for a complete history of our
National Capital. Its origin, growth, excellencies,
abuses, beuities and personages are all portrayed in
that graphic style which has placed the author, Gko.
Ai,f. Townsend, among the foremost newspaper cor
respondents of the time. It gives bold, startling,
truthful inside views of Washington life, and Con
gressional and Lobbying Jobbery. Hooks ready for
delivery. Etra terms for this State. Address, S.
M. Bbtth k Cos., Cincinnati, Ohio. 4w
I_PA PER_
A{;entH Ws»nt«-<l,
SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 4w
DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE COMPANY. NEW YORK.
Writs for Large Illustrated Prior List.
Address
o^mrmtLo sr pit/sburghm^^^
Breech-loading Shot Guns, S4O to S3OO. Double
Shot Guns, $8 to $l5O. Single Guns, $3 to s‘2o.
Rifles, $8 to $75. Revolvers, $0 to $25. Pistols, $1 to
SB. Gun Material, Fishing Tackle. Large discount
to Dealers or Clubs. Army Guns, Revolvers, kc.,
bought or traded for. Goods sent by express C. O. 1).
to bo examined before paid for. 4w
EYIS Xt,
Neglect a Cough. Nothing is more certain to lay
the foundation for future evil consequences.
WELLS’ CARBOLIC TABLETS
Are a sure cure for all diseases of the Respiratory
Organs, Sore Throat, Colds, Croup, Diptheriu, Asth
ma, Catarrh, Hoarseness, Dryness of the Throat,
Windpipe or Bronchial Tubes, ami ail Diseases of
the Lungs.
In all eases of sudden cold, however taken, torse
TABLETS should be promptly and freely used. They
equalize the circulation of the blood, mitigate the
severity of the attack, ami will, in a very short time,
restore healthy action to the affected organs.
Well’s Carbolic Tablets are put up only in iii.uf
boxes. Take no substitutes. If they can’t be found
at your druggist’s, aendjat once to the Agent in Now
York, who will forward them by return mail.
Don’t be deceived by imitations.
Sold by druggists. Price, 25 cents a box.
JOHN Q. KELLOGG,
18 Platt street, N. Y., Sole Agent for the IT. K.
Send for Circular. 4w
Tlie First Division
OF THE
St Paul and Pacific Railroad
COMPANY
OFFER FOR SALE
1,500,000 ACRES!
PHAIIHE, TIMBER
AND
MEADOW LANDS!
Prices range from $4 to sls per acre. TEN YEARS’
CREDIT given when desired. Also,
TOWN LOTS
At Moderate Prices in Towns at Railroad Stations.
GOVERNMENT lands
Still to bo had, under Homestead Law, along all
Lines of this Company.
On the MAIN LINE, between Benson and Breck
inridge, we also sell WHOLE SECTIONS AT $5 PElt
ACRE, on three and a half years’ time, free of in
terest, on condition that the purchaser breaks the
whole section within a year from purchase and
plants forty acres in timber, for which tb* Company
will furnish young trees or seed. For particulars
address HERMANN TROTT,
4w I. nd ( '< immisHioiicr, St. Ran
THE ONL¥ KNOWN MEDICINE
THAT AT THE SAME TIME
Purges, Puri lies and Strengthens the
System.
Dr. Tutt's Pills are composed of many ingre
dients. Prominent among them are Sarsaparilla ami
Wild Cherry, ho united an to act together; the one,
through its admixture with other substance*, puri
fying and purging; while the other is strengthening
the system. Thus these Pills are at the same time a
toni • and a cathartic, a desideratum long sought for
by medical men, but never before discovered. In
other words, they do the work of two medicines, and
do it much better than any two we know of, for they
remove nothing from the system but impurities, so
that while they purge they also s rengthen, and
hence they cause no debility and are followed by no
reaction.
Dr. Tutt n Pills have a wonderful influence on
the blood. They not only purify without weak
ening it, but they remove all noxious particles from
the chyle before it is converted into fluid, and thus
makes impure blood an utter impossibility. Xs there
is no debilitation, so there is no nausea or sickness
attending the operation of this most excellent medi
cine, which never strains or tortures the digestive
organs, but causes them to work in a perfectly nat
ural manner ; hence persons taking them do not be
come pale and emaciated, but on the contrary, while
all impurities are being removed, the combined ac
tion of the Kar. parilla a» and Wild Cherry purities
invigorates the body, and a robust state of healVn ,h
the result of their united action.
Price, 25 cents a box. Sold by all druggists. Depot
4 w
WORKING
Respectable employment at home, day or evening;
no capital required ; full instructions and valuable
package of sent free by mail. Address, w ith
six coni return stamp. M. YOUNG k CO., 17a Green
w-icii street, New York. 4W
The Haskius Machine lompany,
Pittsburg, Mass., ManufYs of—
VERTICAL AND HORIZON
TAL STEAM ENGINES. yVSfa
Our COMBINED ENGINES At aM.i >
BOILERS are ntade in rjuanti
ties and to standard gauges, so
that ail jiarts are interchange- |m/
able. Can be run with greater
safety and less expense t> an '■uflgSii 1' -
any other engine manufactur- HaTju. I
ed. Sizes from 1 to 20 horse- % i
Cortlandt St., New York. Send
for circular. w
WATERS’ CONCERTO PARLOR ORGANS
.» art the mobt beiiutitul in
style ami perfect in tone
Broad wav, N. Y., vku dujw Fj^kNOS
and OUI.ANN of f i ra»t-c las* malkera, in
cluding WATERS’, at extremely low
prices for ra*ili, or pari ami balance in
small Hew 7-Octave
firat-rlavs IMA AOS, all modern im
provements, for «275 r/t h. Oroar'X Oi-
DOI KI I .IN I II OltG tNS,
4 STOPS. SI Io; H STOPS • 125* Illus
trated Catalogue* mailed. Alan,-
count loMiniaten, Churchn Suntiay-SthndU. Tanpero.net
ao*Aa,*. AUKums HI VTI S, 1
Mpdo—
NOTICE.
"PURSUANT to and by virtue of a decree of
.1 the Superior Court of Hart county, Ga.,’
made at tiro September term, 1873, of saiii
Court, upon a bill in equity tiled bv George \V.
Norman, et al,. lioirs at law of Win. H. Nor
man, deceased, against James H. McMullen,
formerly administrator of said deceased, will
be sold, on tlie First Tuesday in NOVEMBER,
1873, before tlie Court House door, in tlio town
of Lincolnton, Lincoln county, Ga., between
tlie usual hours of public sale, at public outcry,
to the highest bidder, the tract of land silualo,
lying ami being on the waters of Fishing ami
Mill creeks, in said Lincoln county, containing
five hundred and twenty-live acres, more or
less, adjoining lands of Samuel W. Wynn, Thus.
G Glaze, am! lands belonging to the estate of
Peyton V. Norman; said tract of land formerly
belonging to llio estate of said Will. H. Nor
man. and being now sold for the benefit of libs
said heirs at law, and for the other purpose!*
specified in said decree.
Terms made known on day of sale.
jas. it McMullen.
Formerly Adm’r of Win. 11. Norman, dec'll.
oofl-sutuwedAwtd
Geo. E. Ratcliftk. W. H. Chew.
GEO. E, IMCLIFFE k C 0„
Cotton Factors,
GUANO DEALERS
AND
Lmcral Commission Merchants',
NO. 14 JACKSON STREET,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
IT) EG to announce that they have a Coramo
tliouH Fire-Proof Warehouse, and are pre
pared to inako liberal Cash Advanoen on Cot
ton and other Produce.
BAGGING and TIES always on hand.
Commission for selling Cotton, #1 per bale
sepl4-t uthsaA \\ if
Mill; Him f J '°> w< ‘ wm, kl only call attention to
lviuni/lilt. • olu . WELL /UGKII, With which tL
man can earn $25 per day in good territory. It hnroti
any diameter, and ordinary wells at the rate of 350
feet per day. Farm, Towr ship and County Rights (oy
sale. Descriptive book sent on receipt of be. postage.
Address, Augur k Cos., St. Louis, Mo. , w
L. J. OtJILMAIITIN. JOHN FLANNERY.
L. J. (,ULM\RTI\ & CO,,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
CommiNSion Jlcmiliuills,
(Kelly’s Block)
BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.,
Agents for Bradley’s Phosphate,
Jewell's k/ills Yanis and DomcHtioH, etc. I
BAGGING, ROPE and IRON TIES
ALWAYS ON HAND.
Usual facilities extended to CuHtomci’H
Bcpl-w4m
t, n
- ***"*• ■ (LT- #
The Best Is the Cheayfest.
o ,
THE NEW IMPROVED, SILENT FEED
WHEELER h WILSON'S
Sewing Machine.
OVER
800,000 Now in Use
Over 34)0,000 More Used Than of
Any Other Kind.
EASIEST TO MANAGE.
LIGHTEST and FASTEST RUNNING.
The SIMPLEST CONSTRUCTED and MOST
DURABLE MACHINE in the market.
Pronounced by Physicians to ho tho least
INJUUIOUH.
The WHEELER ft WILSON has boon tho
FAVonrrn for 27 years.
The sales of 1872 were 30,000 more than any
previous year.
The sales of our Augusta Office, for 1872.
were 1,500 Machines.
For sale on EASY TIME or MONTHLY IN
STALLMENTS. Old Machines of all kinds
repaired and warranted. Stitching of all kinds
neatly done.
The best quality and most complete assor t
mentof SILK. NF.KDLES, THREAD and CIL
constantly on hand and for sale.
HALES ROOMS, 140 BROAD STREET (Old
City Hotel Building), Augusta, Ga.
J. H. TRUMP,
GENERAL AUPINT.
<lec9 H&HiitnAwly
\Y. If. Howard. C. JI. flow add.
W. if. Howard, Jit.
W. H, Howard & Sons,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Cor, 11a,/ and Jackson /Streets,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Commission for Selling Cotton, ONE DOL
LAR PER BALE. Bagging and 'Ties fur
nished. Ordei sto sell or hold Cotton strictly
obeyed. Particular attention given to the
Weighing of Cotton. seplO—w3m
[TO SAVE ONEDOLUVR]
I parents Should buy j
[Silver Tipped ShoesJ
To buy a poor Shoe* Try Guod ■
CABLE SCREW WIRE I
FOR ECONOMY. J
FOR SALE,
A Fifty Horse Power Steam Engine,
_EFINELY FINISHED, with four large CYL
INDER BOILERS complete. Alj g00( ] ordcr
For information, apply to
HAT. L. BROWN,
nep2B—mitf Agent, _ Raleigh. N. C.
UKMKDY FREE.
WE send free a simple and sure means of
self-cure, for Consumption, Bronchitis,
Asthma. Catarrh, Scrofula, and anv disease of
the Throat or Lungs ; Nervous Debility, Pre
mature Decay, Weakness, and all disorders
brought on by youthful imprudence.
TUTTLE A CO..
sepll-my2l-ly 78 Nassau si., Nmv York.
tR+G t*)ll per da.v. Agent* wan tod I A!lcfn»««*s.>.
LO 4) JL U w’orkijigfcH*mie,ofcither •»«•*, youujr°r
old, make more money at work for u» in their *|mrs mo
ments oral! the time than atanything else. PurticuJari
free. Adilie.. O. SUuw a Cu. Port laud. AUiuo.