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010 SERIES—VOL. LXXXI NEW SERIES VOL XXXVIII. THUMB. [BY. n.ULY CHRONICLE * SENTINEL, tb* oldest new*e»p«r in the South, t* put>li«h»d d»ily, ex cept Monday. Terms : Per*year, $lO ; six months, $5 : three months, $2 50. THE TKI-AVEEKLY CHRONICLE X SENTINEL is published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur day. Terms : One year, $5 : six months, $2 60. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE X SENTINEL is pub li-li-d every Wednesday. Terms : One year, $2; six months, sl. SUBSCRIPTIONS in ail cases in advance, and no pap r e uttnued art r the expiration of the time paid for. KATE* OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY.—AII tran sient advertisements will be charged at the rate of $1 per square for each insertion for the first . Advertisement* in the Tri-Weekly, two thirds of the rates in the Daily ; and in the Weekly, one-half the Daily rates. Marriage and Funeral Notices, $1 each. Special Notices, $1 ]<er square for the first publication. Special rate* will tie mads for advertisements running for a month or longer. REMITTANCES should be made by Post Office j Money Ord*ra or Express. If this cannot lie done, protection against louses by mail may be secure ! by forwarding a draft payable to the j Pr .prist torn of the CHKOSici.it aso Seutiukl, or j by sending the money in a registered letter. Address WALSH * WEIGHT, Chronicii* A SKNTIM.I., Augusta, Oa, Ctjromclc ani> .Sentinel. WEDNESDAY MAY «. 1874 MINOR TOPICS. Governor Booth, of California, vetoed twen ty-five bills that were passed hastily in the closing hours of the Legislature. He did not write rnessag s. but simply deposited the hills in the Waste basket. The last edition of the London Slang Dic tionary. under the head of “Bummer, ’ says • “In California, men who profess to bo journal ist-. and so obtain free dinners and drinks, are called literary hummers.” “Why,” asked a governess of her little charge, “do we pray God to give us our daily bread 'i Why don't we ask for four days, or five days, or a week ?” “We want it fresh,” replied the ingenious child. Tho Washington Jieptthiirnn says the prohi bitionists have carried Connecticut for the Democrats; to which tho Richmond Enquirer adds: “ Yes, the prohibitionists who intend to prohibit Radicalism everywhere.” A Bengal paper supplies a neat instance of Confusion of metaphor. Criticising the income tax, our contemporary hopes “the Govern ment will not repeat the blunder of killing the calf which daily produces the golden egg.” A party of men have purchased 1,600 acres of land in Wisconsin, for the exclusive pur pose of raising muskrats. Last year they cap tured I,oim of the animals, anil they anticipate a take of 6,(XX) this year. The skitiHsell at thirty cents each. The Athirueum objects to text hooks design ed to popularize science in schools It says: “A knowledge of scientific truth may he im parted with advantage to the multitude, hut the study of a scienco will ever lie confined to a select few," Tho American Itcijisler of Paris informs us that da l cing is going out of fashion in Europe, and says: “If men and women could- flirt as conveniently and as pleasantly without its pro tection, it would be given up altogether in civ ilized countries. ’’ On tho last trip of the steamer Siberia to Boston, among the steerage passengers was a family of Italians aged as follows : Father, 47; mother, 4:1; with fiftoen children, ages aH fol lows: 23. 22, 20, PJ, 17, IC, 15, 14, 11, 11, 10, 0, 8,7, G. Twelve were hoys and three girls. Here is one of those things we road about hut very seldom boo: A San Francisco news paper tolls of a sailor who, on a voyage across tho Pacific, fell overboard; and successfully gave tattle to a Hhark for nearly an hour, and then was rescued by a boat’s crew from the ship. * Sylvanus thinks it would be a good thing to say, when tho governor blows up and calls you as obstinate as a mute, “ Like enough, when you have ar. ass for your father.'’ Sylrsnus dons net moan to try this himself. lie lias no occasion. Any boy that wauls it may have it. Mr. Disraeli has given uotico that persons taking office under him must cease from “guinea-pigging.” To guinea-pig is to receive a directorship in a joint stock company with tho object of helping to form the company by adding an influential name in tho prospectus. Knob practices have been known in London for some time, and are now altogether too fro- nuent. In Halifax, N. S , there is a woman who is firmly convinced that Bho is dead, ami slio can not lie convinced to tho contrary. Her delu sion is the result of a remarkably vivid dream which she had about six months ago, in which she imagined she had suddenly expired. At intervals she lies in bed for days motionless and apparently lifoless. It is an extraordinary case of monomania. Mr. Morton is reported to liavo said lie had foil certain, 11(1 to tho night of the '2lst inst., that Grant would sign the Senato cuireucy bill. The President had not told him in so many words that he would, lint I o (Morton) had in ferred from what he had told others and from his general conversation on tho subject that he would not veto it. Mr. Mortou should re member that Grant is tricky. President John son demonstrated that long ago. An English eremationist proposes that gas works bo utilized for tho disposition of tho re mains of the dead. He thinks it is not worth while to construct furnaces for the special purpose when tliero are those iu operation already which might serve tho purposo as well. There is one point in faverof this proposition: Thousands of people might bo made to con tribute some light to their fellow-creatures after they are dead who could never be expect ed to do it so long as they livod. The w hole number of names in the roll of Peers for Great Britain and Ireland iu 1873 was four hundred and seventy-three, more than two-thirds of whose titles were created in tho present century. Tho three oldest peerages date from tho latter part of the thirteenth cen tury. while four go back to tho fourteenth and seven to the fifteenth century. Os the peer ages of the sixteenth century there exists twelve ; of the seventeenth, thirty-five, of the eighteenth, ninety-five; of the present nine teenth century, two hundred and thirty-nine. About a thousand years ago a colony of Ice landers was planted on tho western coast of Greenland. They were hardy people, inured to cold and meagre living, and there seemed to bo no reason why they should not take root in tho frozen soil of their new home. They built a stone church tliero and stone houses to live in, of which tho ruins are still to bo seen. But what became of the builders is a question that has never been solved, and never will be. They vanished from tho face of the earth, and that is all that is known. Whether cold or pes tileuee or starvation took them off. or whether wander,ng savages killed them, no man can tell. Their settlement is known iu history as Lost Greenland. New York housekeepers are warned against a manufactured imitation of butter whieli is being sold as genuine by unscrupulous deal ers. The sham substance is eoiniwised of re fuse animal fat. suet, milk and oil. and it is alleged that large qualities of the article have been sold to the mill operatives iu Paterson, and to the miners in Pennsylvania, and it has j been shipped to the West Indies, thus destroy- j ing the character of the Now York market. Moreover, it is said that the speculators in this compound have established manufactories in New York, in Brooklyn. Hoboken, Newark and Boston, and employ persons to collect grease and fat from botchers’ shops and private dwellings. The matter has been brought nn- j der the notice of the New York Butter and | Cheese Exchange, and tho members have j pledged themselves not to purchase the ar- 1 tide, and to do all in their power to rid the | market of it. ‘■Oleomargine" is the name of 1 this manufactured stuff, -and as the refuse grease of which it chiefly consists can be ! bought dirt cheap, tho speculators are making | a "fat” thiug of it. Their profits are said to I be about sixteen cents per pound. "Honest Harry Meiggs." as "Railroad King" • iu Peru, wishes to return to California. Un-1 fortunately for "Honest Harry Meiggs” he is i under certaiu legal disabilities. Iu 1554 Mr. j Meiggs and bis family sailed away secretly and ; by night from San Francisco. A few weeks af terward Mr. Harry Meiggs was discovered to be a defaulter, a forger, the swindler of strug gling widows, and despoiler of helpless or phans. and "Honest Harry Meiggs" was spoken of only as a rather clever piece of irony. Now that he is a millionaire, railroad king, and de veloper of republics, he wishes to have his legal disabilities removed. A bill for his relief was before the California Legislature, and. in spite, of some opposition, was passed. It ran against a rock iu Governor Booth, who had the audacity to veto it. "If all men are equal be fore the law," argues this unique Governor, ,- a bill which selects one and places him above the law cannot be justified.” This sounds fair, though strangely enough. ‘‘lf tho Legislature can prohibit the grand juries of the State from presenting any bill of indictment against one man, the oath to be administered should be changed to conform to the provisions of this bill.” Mr. Meiggs will probably find little com fort during Governor Booth’s term. THE ATLANTA HERALD, Colonel I. W. Aveby, for many years editor of the Atlanta Constitution, has purchased from Messrs. Alston k Grady one-third interest in the Herald. Colonel Avery is a graceful and fluent writer, and will prove a valuable aequi aition to the already able editorial force of our cotemporary. The Herald is one of the most enterprising and interesting newspapers in the South. The trio (Alston, Grady Ac Avery,) cannot be surpassed in point of talent and expe rience by the editorial corps of any news-1 paper in the State. Having been ably j conducted under its former management, j we predict for the Herald, under its j present administration, additional pres- j tige and increased patronage. We ex-; tend to the tripartite of the Herald our congratulations and best wishes for sue- j cess. - TllE STEAMSHIPS EUROPE AND AMERIQUE. There was something shamefully de- ■ ficient in the management of these ves- j sels. Fortunately there was no loss of 1 life attendant upon their abandonment, j The Europe floated for two days before j she went down. The Amerique, after ] laying around loose for a few days, at the mercy of the wind and waves, was I boarded by a portion of the crew of an - English vessel. The Englishmen set to j work to save such a valuable prize, and i by a free application oi their dogged te- ; nacity and indomitable pluck, the Amerique was rescued and carried safely into the port of Plymouth, on the south east coast of England. Both the Eu rope anil Amerique were water-logged in the engine compartments; but it is now contended that their abandonment was more the result of bad management than actual The rescue of the Amerique is received as conclusive proof that there was no necessity whatever for her abandonment. She will he a rich prize to the fortunate Englishmen. THE MORNING STAR. The first number of the Morning Star of Macon, reached our office last evening. It is published by Messrs. S. B. Burr k Cos., and presents a cred itable appearance. Its pungent para graphs bear the ear marks of Colonel Fitch, recently of the Griffin Star, but there is no announcement of his connec tion with the new paper. Mr. Burr was formerly one of tho proprietors of the old Journal and Messenger, which paper was purchased and consolidated with the Telegraph. The Morning Star is spicy and newsy in its first issue. Its proprietors will find it an up-hill business, however, to compete with tho old Telegraph and Messenger, which is firmly established. Macon is too small a town to support two good, newspapers. It requires a large amount of ready money to estab lish anew paper in a field already occu pied as Macon is by the Telegraph and Messenger. Perhaps this is none of our business, but candor compels us to say our say. Every city in Georgia except Columbus is overcropped with news papers, and that flourishing town makes a miserable poor attempt at giving one paper a respectable support. DON’T SCARE WORTH A CENT. In accordance with the rules of the Georgia Press Association, a number of State weeklies have been excommunica ted for persisting in the use of patent outsides. The form of the proclama tion prohibits all papers belonging to the Association from exchanging with or clipping from the rebellious sheets, which have been consigned to a kind of journalistic Coventry. The Warrenton Clipper, a patent outsider, does not seem much alarmed, however, and threatens retaliation in this wise : We hereby give notice that all arti cles, advertisements, deaths, marriages aud notices appearing in the columus of tho Clipper will, from this date, be copy-righted, and any member of the Press Association republishing them in origiual or modified form will be prose cuted to the extent of the law. For five years we have writhed in pain at the desecration which many of our articles on finance, national affairs, tem perance, chuck-a-luck, liorse-rncing, spiritualism, cock-fighting, cremation, etc., have met at the hands of members of tho Press Association. Up to the present time our midnight lamp has burned at our expense and their glory, but a brighter, huppier day is dawning. We can see them in the future waiting for the subscriber of the Clipper to hurriedly read o’er his paper that they may violently lay hands thereon and feast their famished brains. We would not tliatr it should be thus, for our benevolence is great and our sympathy unlimited; but the cruel edict that con signs them to their sad fate has gone forth, aud their manhood, like the Con federate flag, droops in the dust: There is not an arm to raise it, There is not a man to save it. Obituaries of our brethren, who do not use the patent outsides, will be in serted at half rates. “BIBLE WINES.” The Baltimore American gives it as its opinion that total abstinence is en tirely consistent with common sense, with morality, with religion, and with the highest development of manhood. It does not, however, see the use of any ecclesiastical body appointing a com mitte to report on “Bible wines,” and “hopes that such of the clergy as be lieve that the New Testament makes total abstiuence from intoxicating li quors a rule of Christian conduct, will cease to make themselves ridiculous l»y trying to prove that the wine mentioned in the Gospels was the unfermented juice of the grape. There is no neees siiy for any such absurdity, and it is painful to see gentlemen of intelligence bring a noble cause into contempt by using arguments in its favor which eYery school boy who has studied ‘Greek’ for six mouths knows to be untrue. Even the plain people, who have never seen a 1 Greek grammar, are so thoroughly con vinced from a common sense reading of the English text that the wine made from water at the marriage feast had precisely the same properties as other good wine, that they look with pity upon the temperance orator who at tempts to persuade them to the con trary. The drinking of wine was a common custom in Palestine in those days, just as it is in France and Aus tria now; the vintage was the same, and the effects were precisely similar. There were intemperate fellows iu Judea, •wine bibbers' who got very boozy, and were reproved by the Saviour. “It is equally absurd for those who are opposed to total abstinence, whether enforced by the church or by legisla tive enactment, to cite this miracle as ! proof that the Saviour set the example ; of moderate drinking. The miracle has l no reference whatever to the morality or expediency of wine drinking ; it 'was more intended as an exhibition of super natural power ; familiar ekments were used in order to demonstrate to the dullest capacity that there was one per son iu that company who had power to suspend the laws of nature. The temper ance theologians waste much time iD at tempting to show that the water was not made into I vine, and their opponents are not less at fault when they justify the traffic in ardent spirits by quoting the incident that occurred at the mar riage feast in Cana of Galilee. The ad vocates of total abstinence are not deal ing with a beverage such as was used in Judea; neither are they teaching morality to a people who drink wine as a portion of their daily sustenance.” GRANT LOOKS FOR ANOTHER GEORGIAN. The Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution furnishes this item: I hear of a movement to put another native Georgian in office; his real name j is General W. M. Gardner, of Augusta. And we take the liberty of adding that J it is a name of which the owner has no need to be ashamed, and of which all ; Georgians may be proud. Montgomery ! Gardner is one of the best and most : gallant men Georgia has raised. And 1 he has nobly illustrated his family and State upon many battle fields. He was I an old army associate and friend of Gen. Grant. The President did a graceful | and generous act in his remembrance of | Gen. McLaws, and if he should repeat i it in the case of Gen. Gardner, Georgia ! and the country at large will have cause I to think better of and feel kinder toward I him.— Savannah Advertiser. PLAYING SMASH. Grant has been playing smash gen ; erally lately. First, he grossly insulted | the representatives from the tax payers i of South Carolina, who came to lay the : grievances of the people of that State ' before him ; next, he treated with con tempt a committee from Boston, who called at tho White House to present their views on the financial situation, and lastly lie snubbed the representa tives of the New York anti-inflationists. In the last mentioned case he graciously permitteed the merchants to rest them selves while he held a consultation with Ben Butler, and he replied to their address by an onslaught on the Boston delegation. The Boston men went home without having formed a high opinion either of the courtesy or ability of the Chief Magistrate of the nation, and the New York men were no more deeply im pressed. But what difference does it make to the President in what esteem he is held by the business men and finan ciers of the country ? Has ho not But ler, Logan, and Morton and that class to lean upon, and what need has he of firmer support than they afford ? Never theless, if he keeps on alienating friends the way he lias of late he may soon find that he has very weak and very few props. CORRUPTION CAUSES DISSOLU TION. The Detroit Free Press says : “The Republican party is fast losing its hold upon a class of high-minded men who gave it their support out of principle, and not from any hope of profit, directly or indirectly to themselves, except in so far as they, as private citizeus, might be benefited by what was for the best interest of all. These men now see that the Republican party has no sound cardinal principle on which the voters can unite. They see also that it is cor rupt to the core, that the men who are its chief leaders are mere political trick sters, shrewd and cunning, but utterly devoid of sound and enlightened states manship. They are men in whom no confidence can be placed—who, while they cannot be depended upon to labor for the interests of the nation, find it a congenial employment to shape political affairsinthe different States by control ing the appointing power, and who are often to be found fully engrossed in some scheme which smacks very strongly of plunder. The nation is at present in a con dition when statesmanship and purity are required, but the dominant party is la mentably deficient in both. If it has any statesmen they have been elbowed out of the way by the Butlers, Richard sons, Sawyers, Camerons, Kelleys and Logans; and however honest and eco nomical the party may be in its plat forms, its actual repudiation of every plank in those platforms which at present has any life, the Sanborn con tracts and the mail contracts which have been made under Republican adminis trations, its railroad jobbery, the Dis trict of Columbia frauds which have been perpetrated under it, and the Jayne iniquities, stamp it as most dis honest and corrupt.” lIONEST SCOTT. The Columbia correspondent of the Augusta Constitutionalist states that the two coming men in South Carolina poli tics are Senator Robertson and ex-Gov ernor Scott. Os the latter he writes: Ex-Governor Scott, the other candi date, was a General in the Union army during the late war, and commanded a division in the battle of Atlanta, and was within a few feet of General Mc- Pherson when that officer was killed, and was himself severely wounded and made prisoner. Ho has the bearing of an honest man. and is highly respected, the only fault against him being his neglect to have Moses and other cor ruptionists (who so seriously embar rassed his administration) prosecuted and sent to the penitentiary. He is best known and appreciated by the planters in the vicinity of Charleston, where, ns an agent of the Government, in 1865 aud 1860, he disbursed nearly a half million of dollars worth of supplies to the impoverished people. The nomi nation of either of these gentlemen would save the State, and the politicians will be forced by the popular opinion of the North to do so. Were they free to nominate whom they pleased, no one could defeat Moses, for he does so readily the bidding of the corruptionists that they have no cause to complain.— But 4-lie fiat has gone forth to “unload,” end poor Moses will be dumped out at the proper time. We fancy that the decent people of South Carolina will be somewhat astonished at the statements contained j in this extract. They have experienced ! four years of the administration of K. j K. Scott, and they will be surprised to j learn what a treasure they possessed.— We had thought that among the worst of the hungry horde of carpet bag ad venturers who poured into that unfortu nate State, after the result of the war left her helpless in the hands of her ene mies, was R. K. Scott, Taking ad vantage of his position in the Federal army, he intrigued for political power after being shorn of bis military authori tv, aud by a combination with the worst elements of the mongrel politics of South Carolina succeeded in being made Governor. While holding that office he piostitnted his high position to the basest purposes. His administration was a ring which had for its objects the spoliation and oppression of a noble people. His friends and associates were dishonest adventurers of every color and nationality. He industriously pandered to the worst passions of the negro race and sowed the seeds of a bitterness be tween those whose interests should have made tiiem friends which have borne an abundant harvest of suspicion, of hatred and of bloodshed. He it was who placed arms in the hands of the negroes, and boldly proclaiming the “higher law” of the Winchester rifle, invited sedi tion and murder. He it was who inaugu rated the infamous Ku-Klux crusade and eagerly assisted in the work of hound ing innocent men into Northern dun geons. He it was who flooded the mar kets of the world with the spurious obligations of South Carolina, and traded upon the financial rain which his own acts had brought about. This is the “honest man” whose nomination is to “save the State.” We confess that we are unable to see where ip Moses— with all his sins—is any worse than AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1574. Scott, or what the people of South Carolina will gain by exchanging one for the other. If this is the “unloading” which is to be done at the bidding of General Grant’s administration, we do not see what the cause of honest gov ernment is to gain by the process. We cannot imagine what the people will make by unloading one cargo of corrup tion and taking on board another. COMPLIMENTS TO A GEORGIA GIRL. MissE. L. Howard, of “Springßank,” Bartow county, Georgia, a daughter of Rev. C. W. Howard, has recently re ceived complimentary letters from two distinguished European scientists—M. George Yille, of France, and Professor Mcssa, of the Italian College of Agricul ture. Miss Howard has published translations of their agricultural papers, and the letters are sent in acknowledg ment of the spirit and fidelity with which the work has been performed. THREATENED DISCLOSURES. The Atlanta Commonwealth persists in its determination to wash the linen of the Georgia Democracy, soiled by contact with State Road frauds and bond rings. The editor asserts that he has been promised all the evidence, and will put it in print at an early day. Some astonishing revelations are ex pected when the documents are pub lished, as the Commonwealth states that some prominent members of the party are implicated in the shady transac tions of the Bullock regime. MR. STEPHENS IN FAVOR OF A NEW PARTY. The Richmond Dispatch publishes tlxe following extract from a Washing ton letter to the Petersburg News, quot ing the language of Hon. A. H. Steph ens: “A party will arise from the dis integration of the old parties which will drive out corruption and give us a good government Jon the basis of the Consti tution. As to who is to be the leader of this great party it matters little. The time will raise up the man—it always does. I have no idea who it will be; but whether it is Grant, or Hancock, or Kemper, he will have my support if I live, and will be elected as the represen tative of a restored Union upon the basis of the Constitution and justice to all.” THE RIGHT SPIRIT. Our telegraphic columns of yesterday morning gave striking evidence of the passing away of that feeling of bitter ness which has for 3olong a time existed between the North and South, and which lias been attended with such de plorable results. In Mobile, when a shaft commemorative of the patriotism and heroism of the Southern dead was about to be unveiled, the ex-Federal sol diers residing in the city presented a floral wreath as “an humble tribute to valor and unselfish devotion to a cause held dearer than life.” The guns which were fired upon this occasion were loan ed by the Federal military authorities ; and the officers of the post presented a gift of flowers “as a mark of respect to the memory of the fallen dead, and in recognition of their manly and generous action in contributing to the decoration of the graves in the National Cemetery at Mobile, Ala., on the 30th of June. 1873.” On the same day—fit time for such an act—Mr. L. Q. C. Lamar, a Southern Representative in Congress, delivered an eulogy upon the life and services of Charles Sumner, the great abolition leader of the North, and the father of Reconstruction. Assuredly the sharp anger of war is dying away, and kindly feeling is springing up in both sections. Such acts as those which we have cited above will hasten the coming of the day when we will, in truth as well as in name, have one country and one people. AN EDITOR. What notions are entertained of edi tors by boy and man are shown below. They do not differ much at last. The case is only differently put. Carlyle’s estimate is as follows : The most unaccountable ready writer of all is, probably, the editor of the daily newspaper. Consider his leading articles ; what they treat of, how passably they are done. Straw that has been thrashed a hundred times without wheat; ephemeral sound of a sound ; such portent of the hour as all men have seen a hundred time* turn out inane; how a man, with merely human faculty, buckles himself nightly with new vigor and interest to this thrashed straw, nightly thrashes it anew, nightly gets up new thunder about it, and so goes thrash ing and thundering for a series of years; this is a fact, still to be accounted for, in human physiology. The vitality of man is great. A school boy’s composition on “The Editor” ran as follows : Tho editor is one of the happiest ani mals in the world. He can go to the cir cus afternoon and eventng, without pay ing a cent; also to inquests and hangings. He has free tickels topic-nics. and straw berry festivals, gets wedding cake sent him, and sometimes gets a licking, but not often, for he can take things back in the next issue, which he generally does. I never knew but one editor to get licked. His paper busted that day, and he couldn’t take anything back. While other folks Have to go to bed early the editor can sit up late every night and see what is going on. The boys think it a big thing to hold on till 10 o’clock. When I am a man I mean te be an editor, so I can stay out late of nights. Then that will be bully. The editor don’t have to saw wood nor do any chopping, except with his scissors. Railroads get up excursions for him, knowing if they didn’t he’d make them I git up and git. In politics he don’t care ' much who he goes for, if they are on ; his side. If they ain’t he goes for ’em | any way ; so it amounts to the same | thing. There is a great many people ! trying to be editors who can’t and some . have been in the profession for years. If I was asked if I would rather have an education or be a circus rider, I would say, let me become an editor. The Nautical Gazette thinks that the reports which have recently appeared that the storms on the Atlantic have of late years increased in frequency and violence are nonsense. It says the mod em steamers are constructed on such wretched models that they are unfit for rough weather. The old proportions of beam and depth to length are now dis regarded, and the modern steamers, like velocipedes, must be kept going at a high rate of speed or go down. In his late speech in New Orleans, Pinchback told his colored brethren that the masses of the North viewed many of their actions with alarm, and that the signs of the times indicated that it wonld be only by a judicious use of their privi leges of freemen in the selection of the next Legislature that they conld hope to regain their just place in the estima tion of their fellow-men. The St. Lonis Globe speculates con cerning the obituary of the future, and presents these specimens : “Charles Parker, 3$ pounds ; cremated July 9, 1882. For wife of above see third pickle bottle on next shelf. Little Tommy, burnt up September 16, 1862. Jane Ma tilda Perkins, October 3, 1869. Put up by the Alden Corpse Cremating Cos. None genuine without signature.” The Odd Fellows of Savannah cele brated their 55th anniversary last Mon day evening. THE HERO DEAD. DECORATION DAY 1874. Sunshine and Flowers—Grand Mili tary Parade —Banner Presentation. A more beautiful day could not have been selected for the annual decoration ceremonies than yesterdav. The sky was as fair as that of fair Italia, and the air as balmy as could have been desired. Everything was propitious to the occa sion, aud the ceremonies were carried out more fully and completely than ever before. From early morning ladies wended their way towards the Cemetery on foot aud in carriages, laden with Spring’s choicest blossoms. There be ing three hundred graves iu all, fifty were assigned to each ward iu the city, fifty to Summerville, and fifty to the country for decoration, in order to make it more systematic. Roses and violets, buds and blossoms were placed on each grave in profusion and forms of beauty, and as the gazer looked upon the bloom ing surface the thought arose that no more touching and holy custom than this could have been instituted. There is “A daintiness about these eaily flowers” That conveys the idea of love and com moration as nothing else could. Military. At half-past four o’clock in (La, after noon the four companies composing the Augusta Independent Battalion formed in Hue in frout of the Central Hotel, under command of Capt. Daniel, of the Oglethorpe Infantry, the senior officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Barrett be ing absent. It was formed in the fol lowing order, the Oglethorpe Infantry being on the right and the Clinch Rifles on the left : Oglethorpe Infantry, 57 men; Irish Volunteers, (color com pany) 52 men; Oglethorpe Infantry, Company B, 40 men; Cl inch Rifles, 40 men. The Richmond flussars, 40 men, formed on the right of the Battalion. The col umn marched up Broad street to Jackson, through Jackson to Greene, and down Greene to the residence of Mrs. M. E. Walton, the President of the Ladies’ Memorial Association, where it halted, presented arms, and received the banner presented to the Memorial Association by the ladies of Baltimore. The line of march was then again taken up for the Cemetery, which the column reached about five o’clock. Arrived at the gate, through which the command intended to enter, the band played the “Dead March In Saul,” th# column reversed arms and marched down one of the broad avenues to the section where the Confederate dead are buried. Banner Presentation. The column was iormed in line imme diately in front of the section, near the centre of which a platform had been erected. Upon this were seated Captain Daniel, commanding the Battalion ; Chief Engineer Frank Smyth, of the Augusta Fire Department, and Messrs. M. P. Carroll and S. F. Webb. The beautiful banner alluded to above was brought forward aud placed in the hands of Mr. Carroll, who was to present it on behalf of the donors to the Memorial Association. In making the presenta tion Mr. Carroll delivered a brief, but eloquent and appropriate address, which we regret we were unable to ob tain in full for publication. He said that the time and the occasion were both most fitting for the presentation of the beautiful work of the hands of the fail* women of Baltimore. This banner would form a closer link of friendship, if possible, between the noble women of Baltimore and those of Augusta, who, with true and chivalrous hearts, were keeping green the garland of fame won by the heroes in gray. The boys in gray from Maryland and the gallant soldiers of Georgia had fought side by side dur ing the late struggle. He paid a glowing tribute to Mrs. General Pe gram, from whose hands the banner came. He knew her personally, he said, and a nobler woman never lived. Not only Maryland, but the whole South had heard of her. When war’s rude alarms shook the country she followed her brothers to Virginia, and ministered to the sick and wounded of the Southern army. It was while in the performance of this duty of affection that she capti vated the heart of the Chivalier Bayard of the South, the gallant Pegram. She was indeed a true type of Southern womanhood, and the banner now before them could not have come from nobler hands. Mr. Carroll then handed the banner to Mr. Webb, who said : Major Carroll— The Ladies’ Memo rial Association of Augusta return their fervent thanks to the ladies of Balti more for this banner, and will devote it to the purpose indicated by the generous donors—to the most patriotic fire com pany. The contest for its ownership will enkindle in the hearts of the aspi rants a noble emulation, and the suc cessful company will hold in priceless value the beautiful trophy, incited by it to renewned courage and energy as they start to duty at the first sound of the dread alarm, summoning them to com bat with the fiercest flames, wrapping in fiery folds the imperilled buildings, and waging with man hard warfare for the mastery. This time and this place have been chcsen—and chosen most fittingly —for the presentation and acceptance of this banner from the ladies of Balti more. This time, for it is the day in which the true women of our sunny land devote most specially to honoring the memory of the fallen heroes; and this place, for in this and kindred burial places lie the honored remains of those heroes, many of them tho sons of Mary land aud of Georgia. Side by side stood the boy in gray from Maryland with his brother in arms from Georgia, as they waged fierce battle for the com mon qause; side by side they dealt valiant blows against the common enemy, and now side by side they lie in the honored rest of the fallen brave. The graves of the sons of Maryland are dressed by the daughters of Georgia alike with those of their own Georgian heroes—impartially their sacred tears water the resting places of each—the bosom of old Georgia enfolds in tender caress the bodies of both, and sends forth her green grass to deck alike the mounds which cover each ; and even the winds which sigh through the trees that guard their tombs bestow no par tial greeting on either, but alike bend in loving whispers o’er the sepulchres of the fallen heroes of the Confederacy —from Georgia and from Maryland. Again, the ladies of the Memorial As sociation render their heartfelt thanks, and from the gift draw renewed ardor in their loving object, assured of their harmony in purpose with the daughters of Maryland. Alike they keep fresh the memory of the fallen soldiers in that cause -which is lost, and yet is won— breathing into the hearts of the living that chivalry which is the very soul of honor, of truth, of heroism and of free dom, and which, outliving these de generate days, shall yet in a better future be the pride and the bulwark of a purer, larger, grander nationality. At the conclusion of the speech Mr. Webb presented the banner to Private James K. McLaughlin, of Oglethorpe Infantry, Company B, also a member of Georgia Independent Fire Company, who had been chosen as its custodian during the march to and from the Ceme tery. The command “stack arms” was then given, and the members of the Battalion permitted to mingle in the crowd. The Attendance. There were more persons in atten dance upon the ceremonies than ever before. The ladies were present in large numbers. The entire crowd could not have numbered less than seven or eight thousand people. Silently, rev erently they moved about the graves, surveying the beautiful floral testi monials which had been placed upon the monnds. Each grave had been pro fusely decorated. Not one had been forgotten. The graves of the two un known soldiers, who sleep beneath a large pine, were, as usual on such oc casions, handsomely decked with wreaths and crosses. A Memorial. Placed near a large tree in the soldiers’ section was a large and handsomely decorated cross, upon which were hung several beautiful wreaths of flowers. This was a memorial to the late Mrs. C. H. Williams, who was the first to suggest the custom of decorating the graves of the Confederate dead. Business Suspended. Business was entirely suspended dur ing the»afternoon and all classes of our citizens joined in making the occasion a general holiday. All the stores on Broad street were closed at two o’clock. The street cars, after that hour, were crowded with men, women and children on their way to the Cemetery, while the pavements were filled with people going in the same direction. Every one seem ed to be determined to do all in his or her power to contribute to the honor done to the hero dead. Incidents. About six o'clock the Battalion re- I formed and marched back to the Central “Hotel where, after dress parade, it was i dismissed. The banner presented to the Memorial Association was placed last evening in ' charge of Chief Engineer Smyth,'of the Augusta Fire Department, for safe keep | ing- I About half-past four o’clock in the ; afternoon, while the Battalion wasform- I ing in front of the Central Hotel, a horse attached to a buggy, in which were seated a young lady and young gentleman, be came restive, and attempted to runaway, causing a stampede and considerable excitement among the dense crowd on the north side of the street. No damage was done. social dancing. Sermon by Rev. Dr. James E. Evans. St. James (M. E.) Church was crowd ed to its utmost capacity on Sunday night last, the occasion of the delivering of a special sermon on the subject of Social Dancing, by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Jas. E. Evans. The reverend gentleman took for his text the words “A time to dance” and “Let them praise His name in the dance,” found respectively in the third chap. ,4 v. of Ecclesiastes and in the 149th Psalm, 3 v. He selected these passages because they were often quoted by the advoca tes of the dance, in support of the posi tion that there is nothing harmful in the amusement. He started with the asser tion that every man is deeply interested in the truth as it relates to ‘God, time, and a future state; that none wished to be deceived; that all were anxious for all possible lighten every subject at all iden tified with their well being. He assum ed that his hearers wished to know the truth as it affected the question under consideration—a question which has grown into remarkable prominence since the close of tho late war, occupying al most exclusively the hearts anil minds of many. He would subject it to the true test—God’s Word. That was the only reliable rule. Is social dancing right according to tho laws of God ? Answering this question in the negative, he gave a brief definition of the term “ dancing,” and proceeded with a very interesting historic review of the rise, progress and results of the kind of dancing so much in vogue in these lat ter days. He contended and proved that the instances where danoing was mentioned at all approvingly in the Bible showed the same to have been a religious exercise. The Egyptians and others used it as a devotional means. After a time jt was adopted as a war measure, for the purpose of arousing the people and enspiriting the soldiery to a desirable extent. Subsequently—a de parture from its original and guarded uses—it became strictly an amuse ment, taking on the form of a profes sion. Thus it came that men and women \vere carefully trained that they might dance for the delecta tion of those who thronged wliat are popularity denominated “places of pub lic amusement.” The evil grew apace, until the citizens of Rome and Greece learned by bitter experience its natural tendency and sure result. Lewdness, debauch, all manner of immorality, were the fruits it ultimately yielded these people. Other countries have had a similar experience. He said there were many who would condemn the waltz and polka as not a part of the dance proper. But the dis tinction was without a difference. The evil was one of hideous mein; those who embrace it in its mildest form oftener than otherwise find themselves com pletely embraced—wrapped up in an in dulgence which occupies their minds to the exclusion of God and business. The Bible rule was the one by which to be governed. God’s requirement is, whatsoever ye do, do with all your might, for His glorification. The absence of a sincere motive to glorify God by means of dancing was an unequivocal con demnation of the practice or amusement. Church members cannot engage in social dancing because it is at variance with tlie solemn covenant engagements they have voluntairly made with God and the church. There was not one but will admit that in participating in the amuse ment lie has his own selfish gratification in view. God is left out of the question. But there is no mental culture in danc ing. Who ever heard of one’s men tality being improved by what was learned under the instruction of the dancing master? Instead of contribut ing to the growth of the intellect, danc ing is absolutely deteriorating. Taken anywhere, its results prove that it is wrong in principle and contrary to all good doctrine. It hinders all the valu able interests of our intellectual man and fails to do anything for the healthy development of our physical man.— It was a question in the mind whether the mannerisms learned in the dancing school constituted grace. Social dancing is wrong because it does nothing of good for our moral senses. Its tendency is to mislead and debauch all our senses. It is positively and ex clusively a worldly interest, and directly opposed to the glory of God. The agencies by which our children are taught to dance are sinful. Who ever knew a pious dancing master? He would say nothing as to 'whence roost of such persons came, their habits in their own land and outside the dancing school. They are without religion, and yet how many of our daughters are committed to their guidance-put under their in fluence. The demand now is for teach ers of unquestioned moral character— religious men and women—in our day schools. How carefully should the little ones be guarded at every point ? No devotee of the dance can be pious. The amusement absorbs the mind and heart, excluding those things which are good in time and take hold of eternity. Re ligion and social dancing, as now under stood and practiced, are utterly incom patible. See the tendency. Young ladies are without escort for prayer meetings and Sabbath night services, but there is no lack when a dance is on foot. Practi cally one says to the other, you are too light-headed to entertain me in conver sation, but you will answer as a partner in the dance. He urged the religiously inclined and the religious to guard against this evil. He appreciated its greatness, becaus he was constantly experiencing its influence as against his efforts in winning souls to Christ. The Methodists did not stand alone in the warfare against this mammoth evil. They were supported by the Bap tists, Presbyterians, etc., etc. He ap pealed to parents, children, the commu nity, to give diligent heed to the notes of warning he had given. He urged, them to protect themselves and those they love against an indulgence which yield's none other than the most unsubstantial and unhealthy fruit. He urged them to avail themselveS of other legitimate means of enjoyment. The time given to the dance might most profit ably be employed in reading good books, history, etc. Then have an interchange of views on the topics of reading at social gatherings. Thus would his hearers’ minds be broadened and their hearts made better. He had early set his face against what the world calls “pleasures;” an experience of many years caused him to thank God for the steps taken, and revealed the fact that he had been and still is one of the hap piest men of his day. The sermon was listened to with pro foundest attention by the vast multi tude present. Dr. Evans discussed his subject in a most able and exhaustive manner. We have not attempted to give his exact language in the foregoing (to us) very unsatisfactory synopsis of | his remarks. It will, however, serve to j show the general line of argument pur | sued by the reverend gentleman. Blackberries are becoming plentiful in Savannah. A case was brought against W. S. Black, before United States Commission er A. J. Flournoy, in Athens on Friday last, for passing counterfeit nickels. He was required to give bond of 81,000 for his appearance before the United States Court, and on failure to do so he was ordered to jail. W. F. Jordan and his three sons were arrested in Columbus last Saturday, on the charge of counterfeiting nickels. The old man had rigged up a rude ar rangement, composed of green pine; the inner faces very rough. In this ho had made a rough die from lead of a fair five cent piece. He poured in some melted substance, and thus obtained a rough nickel, sufficient to deceive a man in the dark. His sons endeavored to pass them off. The die was too rough, and they were caught. M. Melville Bonham gave an enter tainment in Borne last Monday evening. GRANT’S BOMBSHELL. TERRIBLE TURMOIL OVER THE VETO OF THE SENATE FINANCE BILL. Surprise and Rasre of the Inflationists —The President Bitterly Denounced by Western Republicans—A Kuptu>e Between the "Radical Shiuplaster ers” aud the Administration Immi nent. [From the Chicago Tribune.] Washington, April 22. —The scene in the Senate while the message was being read was an interesting one. As soon as its reception was announced, Mr. Conk ling moved that it be read, which was not objected to, and all seated them selves, the inflationists with a look of pleased expectation, aud the anti-infla tionists with an aspect of resigned en durance to hear it. It ought to be said here that a report that Grant would al low the bill to become a law without his signature, and would communicate to Congress his reaspns for doing so, had been industriously circulated during the morning, and, as it seemed very probable, had gained some credit. As the reading went on, however, the faces of the auditors changed. The long be came short, and the short grew long. Morton seemed stupefied, and could not possibly have displayed more astonish ment. Logan came in during tho rend ing, and sat gnawing his black mus tache with great nervousness, and as soon as the reading was done, he passed over to commune with Ferry, of Michi gan, utterly failing to observe, in his abstraction, that Conkling was bowing to him with unusual grace, suavity anil impressiveness. The news spread rapidly throughout the Capitol that a veto message had been received by the Senate, aud instantly caused great excitement. The buzz anil hum of conversation in the House, al ways bad enough, became almost in tolerable, and the occupant of the chair found it necessary to suspend business and rap to order every few minutes, while, at no time, could more than one tliird the members present be induced to vote on current business without a resort to peremptory measures. The announcement of the veto of the currency bill created the utmost surprise in all Washington. Very few people here to-night can or do assume that they had well-founded reason for believing that the President would fail to approve the bill. It is true, if the word of honor able Senators may be accepted as worthy of credit, that tjie President has chang ed his mind a great many times on this question since the reception of the bill at tho White House, but as the last change took place yesterday, which was apparently iu favor of the measure, upon the advice of his Cabinet, nearly everybody waked up this morning feel ing assured that it would be approved. To-night inflationists denounce him an grily for the vacillation that has marked his course, while the anti-inflationists al lude to it with a smile of self-congratu lation. Wluin the log ceased roll ing, they found themselves on top. There can he no doubt of the fact that the President has, in one way and an other, involved himself both ways on this question. To-night the hotels and places of public resort are thronged with excited people, discussing the topic of the hour. From the West and North west there is a general howl. The Re publican Representatives from those sections have no limits to their denun ciations of the President. He is again discovered to have been “a Breckinridge, anyhow.” The knife is out, the toma hawk is flourished, and the threat made that such an inflation majority will be returned to the next Congress as will suffice to pass- an inflation measure over a second veto, and will indicate clearly that Grant’s hopes for a third term is ut terly destroyed. These gentlemen tell us of anew party to be organized within forty-eight hours, the foundation for which will be opposition to Grant aud New England supremacy. Many of the more prominent Republican Con gressmen openly and loudly threat en that they will no longer support the President nor pay any regard to his wishes. Insinuations of a very ugly na ture are freely made by the inflationists, in their blind wrath, as to the influences to which the President has yielded. There are blatant assertions that he has allied himself with the capitalists and Wall street bankers as against the peo ple and laboring men. Vague and ter rible threats aud prophecies are mag niloquently uttered as to the uprising of the great West and Northwest against New England and the wealthy East. We are told that the sectional struggle be tween the East and the West, lung anti cipated, has finally opened in earnest. Iu short, our public men are like any other set of men when perfectly wild with excitement aud smarting with chagrin, giving utterance to a thousand foolish speeches which they will be anx ious to repudiate in a few days. The more sober look for a division in the Republican party, but they also antici pate trouble of a similar nature in the Democratic ranks. Grant's aspirations for a third term are frequently alluded to. A promi nent Republican inflationist of the East said to-night that Grant might succeed in getting a nomination from a small and insignificant party made up of New England Republicans and the hard-money Democrats, but he might never more hope lor anything from the great body of the Republican party. Gen. Jue Hawley, who is wildly jubi lant over the veto, and who declares that Grant, by sacrificing present fame, has achieved the greatest victory of his life, upon being asked how this affected his “chances for a third term,” remarked, promptly and decisively, “Grant never had any chances for a third term.” When asked how this would affect the Republican party, he affirmed that he “didn’t know, but that the Republican party was in much the same condition as Grant. ” Logan, Ferry, of Michigan, and Mor ton, who have been confident that the President would approve the bill, are overwhelmed with dismay. Morton states that while the President did not in so many words promise to ap prove the bill, yet he expressed himself in such a manner as that he (Morton) had no doubt that he would do so, and in this belief Ife rested secure and serene till rudely hustled out of it by the read ing of the message in the Senate to-day. He speaks compassionately of His Ex cellency, and mildly expresses his firm faith in the President’s honesty and pa triotism, still unshaken, notwithstand ing his strange, very strange, course. Logan, it is said, does not draw it so mild, but permits his indignation to find vent in language more forcible than po lite. Ferry is in a dazed condition. When the possibility of a veto was sug gested to him last night he observed that he could not understand “how the President could take a course that would operate solely in the interest of the money-changers of Wall street.” Senator Carpenter is not joined by many in thinking that a measure pro viding for the issue of more currency will yet be passed this session. Think ing men are of the opposite opinion, holding that as Grant has thus squarely committed himself he will not be apt to approve any such measure, and that it is not possible to get a two-thirds vote in favor of inflation. A criticism on the veto is made to the effect that a Presi dent has no right to disapprove except on the ground that the particular meas ure is unconstitutional; least of alii has he the right to veto because he disagrees with a majority of Congress on a ques tion like this on which men differ so widely. Perhaps the most conspicuous’feature of the veto sensation is the predicted in fluence it will exert upon the next Pres idency. After the first shock of sur prise, the chief topic among the gossip ing politicians was the succession. There seemed to be a tacit understanding that Grant had taken the most important step in his political career. The gossip has been personal rather than partisan. The retainers of the Administration, with the instinct of office strong upon them, have thought it their duty to say that they have been in favor of the veto all along; that they were confident General Grant would adhere to the financial principles he has laid down in his message; that he kept faith with the Philadelphia platform, and ful filled the pledges of the Republi can party. All this, however, is prompted ‘by the spirit of loyalty which the military character of the present Ad ministration has instilled in all its sub ordinates. Underneath this superficial expression is an undertone of uncer tainty. The loyalists are nervous.— More than one of them have said to their friends in confidence that the veto has written “finis” to the third-term romance. Some of them have not hesi tated to say that it insures the nomina tion of John A. Logan. Others contend that it is Morton’s golden opportunity. The inflationists believe that tho issue was sectional. They say that it was the West aud South against New England and the East. Logan’s friends claim that he not only led the van, but stood in the breach. He stood up in the Senate, and took the hard knocks with the imperturability of nn old cruiser. He was not very expert in warding off the blows, nor very efficient in returning them ; but he took them all bluntly and bravely. Therefore, Logan is the man to be rewarded. Morton’s friends insist that he furnished the brains, while Logan was only the physical power of resistance. It was Morton who encoun tered Schurz, and backed up the meas ure with what poor show of argument was produced in favor of the bill. It was Morton that convinced the small majority and the Senate that it would be to their advantage to vote for it. It was Morton that engineered it aud oiled the machinery, while Logan only struck hard blows on the anvil ; therefore it is Mortou’s benefit, and it must make him President. If this impression is to grow and spread, one tiling is certain, it will add to the dissolution already rife in the party. It may put a quietus to the third term folly, hut it does not follow that it will elect Morton or Logan. It does not follow that there is another split iu the Republican party, and that the members thereof will bo drawn away from both sides, as they were in the* Santo Domingo fight, in the civil service dissensions, in the Credit Mobilier frauds, and in other radical differences that have, within the last three years, brought members of the same party to gether with the force and rebound of ivory balls. Meanwhile the small poli ticians are sorely troubled, and know not how to trim their sails. Carpenter says that the West and the South are arrayed against the East, and that unless tho country is afforded re lief there will be a burst-up in the Re publican party. He considers Grant’s veto message a very droll document. It has demoralized everybody aud every thing. A prominent Indiana Republican to night, in speaking of the President’s veto, said: “It is just as I predicted iu 1868; we then went outside of the ranks of the party and took a d—d Breckiu ridge Democrat, and placed him at the head of our ticket. Now that he has no further use for the party, he proposes to cut its d—d throat/’ STEPHENS AND HILL. To the Editors of the Chronicle and Sentinel : lu the editorial comments on the con troversy between Mr. Stephons and Mr. Hill, the fact that Mr. Stephens was the aggressor seems to be overlooked. While it is true that any denunciation of the “malcontents” during the war would in clude Mr. Stephens, yet we do not think Mr Hill’s condemnation of this class of misguided patriots can be regarded as a personal attack on Mr. Stephens. Nearly every prominent man who was opposed to the Confederate Administra tion lias written a book to sustain that side of the question; from a conviction, we presume, that his conduct needed some support. On the other hand, not one, with the single exception of Mr. Hill, who was iu entire harmony with the “Lost Cause” and its government, has presented that side of the question to the people. The “Historical Ad dress” of Mr. Hill wo regard as the opening gun of the men who earnest ly upheld Mr. Davis in his great struggle for Southern independence—to be followed by the full and complete vindication of this “twin brother” of Robert E. Lee. So, we do not think Mr. Hill’s “address” can be looked upon as a personal attack on Mr. Stephens, ex cept so far as the truthful and just denunciation of the “malcontents” ap plies to him, and certainly in no respect can it justify the fierce, ferocious and futile onslaught of Mr. Stephens upon Mr. Hill’s veracity. We think, there fore, Messrs. Editors, you and your con freres throughout the State are not cor rect when you place Mr. Hill’s bold aud determined reply to that unwarranted assault in the same category. We be lieve any candid man must admit that the answer of Mr. Hill under the cir-' cumstarices is a manly and temperate sledge-hammer—in the vigorous language of “Dick Swiveller,” an inscrutable and unmitigated stunner. Asa friend of both the eminent gentlemen wo deplore this controversy, but we think Mr. Ste phens altogether in fault—and while we appreciate the feeling of sympathy evinc ed for him, we insist that justice is a higher sentiment than mercy, and should be exercised first of all. 'Die people of Georgia endorse the solution which Mr. Hill has fixed as the only one which this issue of veracity will tolerate—“proof, retraction or infamy”—-and demand that it be enforced against the guilty man, unsparingly and mercilessly. Bibb. A HORRIBLE CRIME. Swift Retribution. [special correspondence chronicle and SENTINEL. 1 * * Midville, Ga., April 27, 1874. On last Saturday was enacted one of those black and awful deeds that seldom darken the history of our section of country, the details of which I will en deavor briefly togive you. HenrySmitb, an escaped convict, who was sent to the penitentiary from Chatham county, for shooting at another gentleman of Afri can persuasion, and recently farmed out to work in Washington county, made his appearance at No. 10, Central Rail road. About 8 o’clock in the morning he broke into a negro house, taking therefrom several articles of clothing. After (committing this depredation lie started down the Central Railroad in the direction of Savannah. He had not pur sued his journey much over a mile from his first unlawful act before he met a negro woman and there commenced a series of crimes sufficient to cause the blackest heart to throb with shame. Af ter an attempt to carry into effect liis hellish design, and being foiled in his attempt, he walked on. When reaching the shanty used for the workmen of the road lie stopped, inquired of a young mar ried lady, the wife of one of the section hands, where was the overseer. Being an swered that lie and the hands were down the road at work, lie thereupon walked into the house and, presenting his gun at her, demanded of her to yield to liis vile and brutal passion. Being alone and she being a weak and delicate female, was soon overpowered by the fiend in human shape. As soon as she could get released from him she ran to a neigh bor’s house,and gave the alarm, but be fore any of the whites could make pur suit the colored citizens, enraged at li s former deed of only an hour previous, were following fast after him. He was captured near this place and taken’be fore an officer for a preliminary trial— the result of said trial being to bind him over to answer for tlie grave charges at the next Superior Court to be hold in this county. The constable took him in charge to convey him to tlie county jail, but being unable to carry him off on the night train, concluded to wait until the next day and then carry him. But the anger of the parties unknown was too much aroused for that slow and tedious process of the law, and about three o’clock Sunday morning about twenty armed men went to the place lie was in.eustody and demanded of Mr. J. N. Jones, who had him in charge, to de liver him up to them. Every remon strance of Mr. Jones being rejected, and he seeing a determination upon their part either to burn down the house or have him, as a last resort yielded up the prisoner. They soon dis appeared, and the far off sound of fire arms being heard in the neighborhood of the Ogeechee swamp, and nothing being heard from him since, it is con jectured that hewas killed by tbecrowd. Thus has ended one of "the darkest crimes ever known to this neighborhood. And in this is reared one of the monu ments (of which many will soon follow) of the fallacy of farming cut to private individuals the felons of u country. . _ 972. FOREIGN NEWS. The Spanish War. London, April 29.—A special dispatch to the Daily Standard, from Bayonne, denies that Portugalete and Sautuerco have been evacuated by the Carlists. Bayonne, April 29.—The latest dis patches from the seat of war state that General Manuel De La Concha, with a body of Republicans numbering 20,000 men, has moved from the sea coast in the direction of Valmaseda, twenty-two miles southwest of Bilboa, for the pur pose of striking the Carlists in the rear. Marshal Serrano, with a force equally as strong, is to make a simultaneous at tack on the insurgents from the front. The Carlists are reported to4>e strongly entrenched. NUMBER 18. LETTER FROM MMOLE GEORGIA. [special correspondence chronicle and . SENTINEL.] Macon, April 28, 1874. Memorial Day—Decorating Confede rate Graves. At 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon the business houses were closed, and the streets, save hero and there a member of a military company, in full uniform, making his way to his company’s su'ino ry, presented precisely the appearance of Sunday. The sun in the heavens was now shining in all its splendor; the earth clothed in the greenest foliage, fanned by the softest and gentlest south ern breeze ; all nature smiled as it only can in this beautiful land upon a glori ous day. Three hours after noon the Macon Volunteers, the Floyd ltifles—iu full suits of Confederate gray—and the Knights of Pythias, in suits of black, trimmed with buff, and wearing short dress swords, formed a battalion on Mulberry street, and under the com mand of the veteran soldier, Captain George H. Jones, and preceded by the Macon Brass Baud, marched up that street through Georgia avenue and thence down College street to Rose Hill Ceme tery. Each company was out iu lull strength, their arms burnished as bright as new silver, and each member on his best behavior. And now people by the hundreds were pouring through every street and avenue iu the same direction, almost every one carrying a wreath or a bouquet, or some sort of floral des gn. When the battalion reached the ground the entire front was packed with carri ages and other vehicles, which had to be partially cleared away to gain the main gate. With the companies the assembled multitude defiled down the right front avenue and to the stand erected by tho Memorial Hooietv of Macon, in close proximity to the spot where sleep forever twelve hundred men who sacrificed their lives for the Lost. Cause. After an appeal to tho Throne of Grace, lie young ladies of Wesleyan Female College, who were every one there, sang the following song : The Soldier’s Grave. Night-winds aro mournfully swooping, Whispering oak branches wavo Where your loved ashes aro sleeping, F'.rms of tho true and the brave ! Silence reigns breathless around you, All your stern conflicts are o'er, I)eop is tho sloop that hath bound you, Trumpet Hhall rouse you no moro. Swoot and sorono ho your slumber! Hearts for whose freedom ye bled, Millions, whom no man can number, Tears of sad gratitude shed. Never shall morn brightly breaking Kuter your chambers of gloom, Till tlie last trumpet awaking Sound through tlie depths of the tomb. Then the orator of the day, Mr. E. N. Harris, was introduced. He delivered the best effort of the kind ever heard in Macon. At times it rose to almost truo- eloquence. The attention paid to tho speaker, tho applause and tho com ments made, were in themselves proof conclusive that the principles for which the war was fought have not been dimmed in the least by the lapse of ten years since the echo of the lust hostile guu died along tlie wave and along the shore. The memories are as green to day as when the Confederate armies were forced to give up their arms. At the conclusion of the address the young ladies sang a solemn dirge, commenc ing : Bond low, weeping willows, our harps must bo strung, Our princes have fallen, their dirgo must bo Hill If- 1 A p*an of glory for heights tlioy have gained. A low waihof sadness for captives unchained I Then, after the benediction, the ladies went through tlie burying ground and upon each grave laid flowers. When this was finished the military companies marched into the upper aisle, and,facing their dead comrades, tired three volleys, when the audience dispersed. Near tho 'right centre a beautiful monument, cov ered with evergreens, bad been erected. Upon its west face it lias the inscription: IN GOD WE TRUST. OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD. Iu love for those who vainly bravo Died for a cause llioy could not save. Each grave had been regularly mound ed up, and at each head a white board appeared bearing every nnmo as far as known. But fully two hundred were marked with the mournful words, “Un known.” Upon these more flowers were strewn than upon any of the rest. Al most every State in tlie South lias there a representative, and it must be a conso lation to every living mother of them to know that each year, perhaps until the last sylable of recorded time, tlie ladies of Macon will repair to their mounds, sing a psaan, shed tears welled up from the heart, and with virtue’s liutid place a floral tribute upon them. It is all thoy can do. It requires no very close observer to see that this Republic, sooner or later, will go to pieces. It lias within it, as de Tocqueville said, the seeds of its own destruction. Were it not for the con viction that there is a party throughout the land above corruption, which ruled it honorably for sixty years, and which no doubt will again be placed in power when Grant retires, its years could even now bo numbered. Then the deeds of our Confederate soldiers will shine with a brighter lustre than they do to-day. It is not our wish, nor is it our purpose, to precipitate this revolution, which is irresistible. The Radical party is hurry ing it forward with a momentum faster than such an event was ever known to travel before. Hunsliine Once More, We have had no rain for two whole days, but on the contrary the brightest and the most favorable weather tho heart could wish. The situation has greatly changed since I last wrote you. Although the main streams throughout Middle Georgia continue swollen to the verge of their hanks, the earth lias rapid ly dried and by tho middle of the the planters can everywhere stnrt thmr plows again With the exception of plantations actually overflowed, I scarce ly believe that any injury has been sus tained which cannot be, fully repaired in ample time to make a good crop. In tho midst of the darkest of the terrible storms which have been sweeping over us for the last sixty days, the biightest hope* and the utmost confidence never once deserted ns. We felt an assurance that a brighter day was coming and would reach U3 in ample time to carry forward the golden plans determined at tlie beginning of the season and already partially inaugurated—the abandonment of the practice of cultivating cotton al most exclusively. The new crop of cot to i appears weak and sickly—tho plants looking like poor little drowned cats.— But wheat, oats and corn everywhere wave with a life and vigor truly mugni ceut, promising an abundant yield. Juan Valjkan. LETTER FROM JACKSON COUNTY. Condition of the Crops. Jefferson, Jackson County, Ga., ( April 24th, 1874. ( To the Editor» of the Chronicle and Sen tinel : After a very mild Winter we are hav ing an unusually wet Spring. For two months the rains have been almost daily. Farmers, therefore, have been very much hindered in their prepara tions a,id in their planting operations. Plows have run scarcely two days in suc cession since the first of March, and still it rains. Wheat is now quite promising, but if the rains should pre vail much longer rust will almost cer tainly destroy it. More wheat was sown last Fall t han was put in a year previous ly. Tlie oat crop is larger than I have ever knowu it in this part of the State. I think twice the usual quantity has been sown. There will be more corn and less cotton planted than usual. I do not think that Northeast Georgia has bought this Spring one-fourth as much fertili zers ns were bought a year ago. The frost has somewhat thinned thq fruit crop in many localities. The Granges continue to flourish. Iu this village there is a very working and prosperous Grange. We have here a sober, indus trious and peaceable community. More anon. Jackson. While several lads were shooting birds in Macon, Monday afternoon, a gun in the hands of a boy named Zibler was accidently discharged, and the contents lodged in the thigh of a little boy named Albert Munch. The fleshy part of the thigh was literally torn off. Quite a sensation was created in Cov ington on Thursday last, by the arrival of a young man from Tennessee, who claimed tlie bund of ft certain young lady of that place in marriage, and upon the young lady’s refusal to comply with his request, the ardent lover made rather unbecoming threats, whereupon lie was quieted by an arrest by the sheriff. Coercive marriages, it is to be presumed, ure not tolerwted in tliftt com* munity.
