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CHROwirt.fi k Hr.NTixrr.. Augusts. Ga.
(Chronicle anti
WEDNESDAY JULY 8, 1874.
MINOR TOPICS.
'Hie Democrat# of the First Ohio District are
eaiil to lee unanimously in favor of sending the
Hon. George H. Pendleton to Congress, with a
view to placing him on the track for the Presi
dential nomination. The Cleveland PUiintlmkr
tells him bluntly that if he wants to ho Presi
dent ho had better keep out of Congress.
The new law regulating postago on news
papers does not take effect until the first of
January next. After that date jsistage on
newspapers is to he prepaid at the office of
publication, at the rate of two cents per pound.
This rate will not differ materially from those
at present paid by subscribers at the oflico of
delivery. Os course, when the new law goes
into effect, publishers must include tbo post
age in the price of the paper, to he paid in ad
vance. Hut as six 'months interviiio before it
goes into effect, there is time enough for pub
lishers and subscribers to arrange for the
change.
A letter from London says the Archbishop of
Canterbury’s bill for the better regulating of
public worship is likely to load to very serious
consequences. The hill has been prepared, it
is rumored, under the direct inspiration of the
Queen, and is intends i to check tho ritualistic
practices now so largely prevalent. The ri
tualists are furious about it, and declare that
if it is carried the immediate consequence will
ho the secession of a largo number both of
clergymen and laymen from tho Established
Church, and the organization of a church of
their own, with one or two cx-cplonial bishops
at their head.
Mr. J. C. Blackburn, tho man whom tho
Democrats of tho Vlltli Kentucky District have
nominated to succeed Congressman lieCk, is
thus described by tho Louisville (' urin--Jour
nal: “Mr. Blackburn haH four years of solid
experience as a Kentucky legislator, where he
gave signal proofs of industry an 1 aptitude,
and he will go to Washington well equipped
for the more important dutie i of a Congress
man. He is a man of excellent abi ities, of
the highest personal character and of great
capacity for work, and Kentucky, no less than
tho Ashland district, has reason to look upon
his rising career with genuine hopefulness.”
I’rofoHHor B. A. Gould gavo tho requested
account of his labors as Director of the Argen
tine National Observatory, in Boston, on Mon
day afternoon. Up to the 13th of April last
he had made 80,000 observations iu 619 zones,
and had placed 83,000 stars. These aro all be
ing transcribed for computation anil publica
tion, in addition to a vulumo called tho
“Uraiiometria Argentina,” an atlas of the
heavens from 10 degrees north to the south
pole, showing all stars visihlo to tho naked
eye in that region, 6,522 in number. Dr. Gould
has also established a national observatory
and predicts for tho republic a day when it
shall have its “Old Probabilities.”
It in known that steel, when <>uickly cooled
after heating. aHsumoH more or loss liarilness
and brittleness, the color, texture, anil density
of the material being altered. As to the cause
of difference between hardened and unhardon
eil steel there aro merely conjectures on the
eubjeot. At a recent meeting of tho Berlin
Academy of Science, one of tho Secretaries an
nounced that a ]>rizo of if2oo would bo awarded
in July, IHTIi, to any ono who would best solve
tho problem, by experiment, whether the
causes referred to wove physical or chemical,
or both. Accurate comparative analyses are
required especially of the relative quantities of
carbon in the free and combined state, and
also observations, of tho physical qualities of
the materials. 'I he memoir maybe written in
Gorman, Fiinioli. Batin, or English, and is to
bo aout to tho academy, with sealed note and
motto, before the first of March, 1876.
In Philadelphia every lady is a centurion.
Everything in that city is centuplicated; wher
ever von go. whatever you do, tho centennial
stares you in the face ; you have to wear it on
your paper collar and wash your hands with
centennial towels amt soap. Tho whole name
is a farce, as it would lead you to suppose it
was to happen lull once in a hundred years;
hill in tho City of Brotherly Love it seems they
are to keep it up forever. The girls have pow
dered tlieir hair to make them look a hundrod
years older; the old women have powdered
theirs to make them look like the young girls.
On a careful estimate there are about two hun
dred and twenty thou and Martha Washington
costumes in that city new, which costume con
sists of about throe yards of old-fa-.tuoiied cur
tain calico, a mol) cap. i black patch under tho
left eye. and a seventy-five cents pair of high
heeled slippers. -Capital.
Nebraska is a wonderful State, and seems
destined to outstrip many of its older sisters
in wealth and prosperity. Tho President of
the State Board of Agriculture lias just sent to
the Omaha llrull a statement showing what
cue man has done with a farm in that Si ate.
as a sample of many. John Gilson bought 150
acres of land in Saline county, from a railroad
company, two years ago last Fall, at nine dol
lars an acre, being $1,350 for tho whole.—
•■Breaking" it cost him $375. In two years lie
grew and harvested crops at an expense of
$2,136. Tho total outlay was. therefore,
S6l. He sold 4.000 bushels of wheat for $3.-
600; 1.700 bushels of oats at S6BO, and 2.500
bushels of corn at $1,500; total income from
tho farm. $5,730. Thus in two years this
farmer paid for his land and its tillage, and
pocketed tho sum of $1,919 as profit. He
seems to have ee-aped being robbed by rail
mad monopolists, but on this point the Presi
dent of the Board of Agriculture does not
touch.
The Chicago Tribune repeats a rumor, with
out, however, giving the source from which it
was obtained, that the question whether
America is to have a cardinal at Home or not,
has at length been settled. The rumor is to
the effect that the honor will he conferred
upon James A. Mac Master. editor of tho New
York Journal The Tribune refers
to the fact, not generally understood, that this
clerical dignity is not necessarily given to or
dained priests, not a few members of the
tiered collige having risen no higher in holy
orders than the deacon. There are cardinal
bishop- 1 , cardinal priests, and cardinal deacons,
and of the latter class are some of the most
distinguished of the cardinals. Cardinal Au
tonelli. one of the most notable princes of tlie
church, is only a cardinal deacon, and instances
might be given where laymen have been made
deacons and immediately thereafter made
cardinals. It is therefore not impossible that
the rumored dignity may await M r. Mac Master,
although it must be admitted that it seems
highly improbable.
Woodhull and Clalliu and Blood and thunder
are awaking strange sounds in the dark cor
ners of San Fraucisco and threaten to do mis
chief if they feel like it- There is hardly any
don't* that they wilt feel like it. and are already
hinting how it may be done. Woodhull and
Cul. Blood are off on a lecturing tour, telling
the innocent people of the inland towns tilings
which they have no need to know. They have
all taken a fresh grip on the troublesome
social question, and promise to work it out to!
the consummation of social equality and equal
responsibility as between men and women.
Woodhull lectures and Clatlin stays at home
and receives calls, and conducts correspon
dence which the lecturing prompts. Teunie
bis had several interesting calls and written a
manifesto letter, and keel's tho uiterviewers
constantly employed. She has had placed at
her disposal a big book full of names, kept for
twenty years or so by an industrious house
keeper. The book is a daily record of all her
visitore. and some of the respectable old gen
tlemen whose names are in it have long out
grown their follies and rices. Teunie Hayspdie
may have occasion to use their black list in the
campaign—either on the platform or in print,
or both. She can't tell until she hears from
Home who must know their names are there.
EX-GOVERNOR JENKINS.
We publish this morniDg an article—
the writer of which is himself a distin
guished iGtorgian—giving a synopsis of
the speech recently delivered by ex-Gov.
Charles J. Jenkins before the Phi-Beta-
Knppa Society of Union College, New
York. It will be gratifying to all Geor
gians to know that their illustrious coun
tryman is as highly appreciated abroad
as at home, gratifying to hear that on
I such an occasion his speech was fully
| equal to the best efforts of his life. The
| letter of Publius will prove of interest
to our readers.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
We publish in another column this
morning an article over the signature of
Petersburg, which we take pleasure in
commending to the attention of our
readers. It treats of a subject which is
at present of more interest to the city of
Augusta and to the greater portion of
I the people of the Eighth District than
any other which could be presented for
their consideration. The resolutions
adopted by the Cotton Exchange make
up a vital issue anil one which should
be pressed with zeal and energy com
■ rnensurate with its importance. We
think the letter of onr contributor will
have the effect of putting the ball in mo
tion. It is from a well known and promi
nent citizen of the district, and we feel
confident that it expresses the senti
ments of the great mass of our people.
The whole State of Georgia has been
sadly neglected by the General Govern
ment though her people have been
grievously taxed for the benefit of other
sections of the Union. More especially
has this been the case with Eastern
Georgia. As “Petersburg” states, the
General Government has not, within the
memory of man, given one dollar to the
city of Augusta or to tho valley of the
Savannah. We have contributed of our
means towards deepening the harbors of
the North Atlantic, the Gulf coast, and !
improving the navigation of Northern j
and Western rivers, but not a cent has !
been appropriated for building up our
own section, for improving our own ter
ritory. Wo do not complain that Con
gress lias refused to grant any money to
our section, for Congress has not been
asked to give us assistance. Hut we do
complain that heretofore no effort has
been made to obtain a Government, ap
propriation for works of internal im
provement calculated to benefit Eastern
Georgia. We believe that but little
difficulty will bo experienced in the
accomplishment of the scheme mapped
out by the Exchange if the matter is
properly laid before Congress. That
which we need—all that wo need—is
united and energetic action on the part
of the people. The first thing necessary
is the election of a ltepresentative who
favors the movement, and who will go
to Washington pledged to do every
thing in his power to ensure its suc
cess. For several years past Savannah !
lias received an annual appropriation for
the improvement of her harbor. Energy
and good management has made Atlanta
a port of entry, and secured an appro
priation of two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars with which to commence
work on a Custom House. Tho efforts
of Gen. Young and Gen. Gordon obtained
ten thousand dollars for the improvement
of an insignificant stream in Northwest
ern Georgia. A Representative from this
District, intelligent, energetic and prac
tical, having at heart the success of the
measure will get us all we ask. We be
lieve the people will see to it that we
have such a representative. We have
no particular candidate for Congress,
but we sincerely hope that no man will
receive the nomination who does not
make the Exchange resolutions a plank
in his platform.
STEAM CANAL BOATS A SUCCESS.
The increasing demand for transporta
tion facilities for the moveme.nt of the
surplus products of the West to the sea
board has long prompted efforts to make
applications of steam as a motive power
ou* canals, especially on that great
thoroughfare, tho Erie Canal. But from
time to time those efforts have been de
clared unsuccessful, the devices found !
iuipractiable, a prominent objection be- j
itig in the effect of the agitation of the j
j water by the movement of the mechani- !
cal arrangements for propelling the j
boats, upon the artificially constructed
embankments. Tho State of New York,
recognizing tho great advantages to be
gained iu transportation facilities over
i her canals by overcoming the obstacles
which have previously been in the way j
of the use of steam power on them, of
fered SIOO,OOO as prizes, $70,000 for the j
: best and $30,000 for the second best ap
j plication of steam to such navigation j
j purposes. The experiments thus en- i
j couraged have resulted favorably, and j
1 it is declared that steam navigation on
the Erie Canal is now a success. The j
New York Shipping List states that the j
engines designed by Mr. William Bax
ter were awarded the first State prize of i
$70,000, of which $15,000 is to be paid
after he has put seven boats on the
canal. The second prize 530,000, ,
in two instalments was awarded i
to the plan of Mr. Dobbing, of |
Buffalo, ou condition that before draw-,
; ing the first moiety of the sum he should 1
place three boats on the canal. Mr.
Baxter, as soon as tho commission had
announced the award, formed the Bax
ter Steam Canal Transportation Com
pany, which already has two boats run
i ning between New York and Buffalo.
Their time is from si* to seven days
each way, while the boats drawn by
horses consume from thirteen to four
teen days. Mr. Dobbins, owner of the
second best boat, bus consolidated his
interest with that of the Baxter Gom
pany, and is building three boats in
Buffalo on Baxter’s plan. For the
Baxter Company five unfinished boats
are on the stocks in Bondout and two in
Frankfort, Herkimer county. Before
navigation closes the Company will have
ten or more boats running. Their capa
city is to be from ‘2OO to 225 tons, as it
lias beeu demonstrated that a boat of
larger size cannot navigate the canal
profitably. Their draught will be six
feet. The freight rates from Buffalo to
New York on the new line are from one
half to one cent, less per bushel on grain
than on the horse boats. If the opera
tions of the new system shall fully
i realize present expectations, an impor
tant step will be gained toward meeting
increased wants of the West for cheap
transportation of surplus products to
markets of distribution and consump
tion, and of movement of merchandise
from the seaboard to the West.
Hon. Eugene Hale, Mr. Cresswell's
successor in the Cabinet as Postmaster
General, is comparatively a young m;m.
He was born at Turner, Oxford county,
Maine, June 9, 1836 ; studied law ; was
aJmitted to the bar in 1857 and com
menced practice; was, for nine succes
sive years county attorWy for Hancock
county; was a member of the Legisla
ture of Maine in 1867 and 1868 ; was
elected to the Forty-first and Forty-sec
ond Congress, and was re-elected to the
Forty-third Congress as a Republican,
receiving 14,181 votes against 10,618
votes for F. A. Pike, Liberal Republi
can.
There are 1,277 white and 1,178 col
ered children of school age in Columbus.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AS
BORROWERS.
The Atlanta Constitution calls atten
tion to the recent decision of the Fede
ral Supreme Court— Ray vs. the city of
Nashville—which, settles the powers of
municipal corporations as borrowers. It
seems Rat sued that city not on a bond
but on a draft, and the Court held “that
the creation of a municipal corporation
does not carry with it an implied au
thority to borrow money; that such a
corporation only has the powers espe
cially granted by the Legislature. Spe
cial authority is absolutely essential in
all cases, and it is the life of instru
ments of credit. This rule applies, not
only to bonds, but to promissory notes,
bills of exchange and all commercial pa
per. The commercial paper on munici
pal corporations, but without such au
thority the dangerous power cannot be
legally exercised.”
A CONSTITUTIONAL OBJECTION.
Since the fatal wounding of a colored
man in Charleston by a trap gun, while
he was attempting to steal, the colored
element there have expressed great dis
satisfaction with the murderous but ef
fective plan. The News and Courier
says : “ A few evenings ago there was
a crowd of colored persons in front of
the Court House discussing the Robert
son shooting case and the trap gun.
The latter was evidently in bad odor.
The drift of the conversation was deci
dedly against that weapon, and after a
great deal of talk on the subject the
crowd resolved that they would not give
their support to any candidate for office,
and especially for the Legislature, un
less he was willing to commit himself to
a pledge to have a bill passed as soon
as possible making it a criminal offense
to set a trap gun in corn cribs, chicken
coops, smoke houses, stores, etc.”
THE CURRENCY BILL.
The Chicago Tribune has this to say
about the last currency bill that passed
ttye Senate :
“Senator Morton announced from his
seat that the currency bill recently re
ported from the conference committee
was not believed to be a finality. He
might have spared the explanation.—
Everybody who knows anything about
the currency knows that a bill which
does not provide for a return to specie
payments cannot be a finality. The bill
passed the Senate a few days ago by a
large majority. Mr. Thurman and one
or two other Senators who had before
ranked with the hard money party voted
for the new bill, their excuse being that
it could do no harm and might please
the people. The humbug of the propo
sition to take $50,000,000 of National
Bank circulation from the Eastern
States and bestow it upon the West and
South is thus shown up. It means that
if the South and West are ready to put
up slls of security in onler to get back
SOO of National Bank currency, they
have the 'privilege (!) of doing so. Blit
the West and the South are not ambi
tious of the luxury. A great many Na
tional Banks that already enjoy the
luxury are anxious to be rid of it.”
NO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The Chronicle and Sentinel desiring
information regarding the existence of
a Democratic Executive Committee in
this District, Judges Pottle and Little
andJ.H. Wilkins, Esq., three members
of tho last committee, have given it as
their opinion that we have no Executive
Committee in the District.
The convention of 1870, over which
Col. Miles W. Lewis presided, appoint
ed the committee mentioned in the
Chronicle, and their term of service ex
pired when tllo convention of 1872 was
organized, and that convention adjourn
ed without appointing another com
mittee.
As the District Convention meets in
September and the party being without
a District Executive Committee to call
such a convention, we would suggest
that the press of the District set a day,
say the first Wednesday in September,
for the assembling of the convention,
subject to ratification by the counties
composing the District.
The above is taken from the editorial
columns of the Warrenton Clipper. We
hartily endorse the suggestion of our
cotemporary as to the time for tho as
sembling of the Nominating Convention.
We hope that there will be a general ex
pression of opinion on this subject by
tlie press of the District. The Clipper
does not name a place. Will Augusta
be satisfactory ? If not, let some other
town be selected.
THE SAVANNAH VALLEY.
Few people have an idea of the extent
and resources of the Savannah valley
country, which is sought to be opened
to the world by means of a Government
appropriation. It embraces ten counties
in Georgia : Scriven, Burke, Richmond,
Columbia, Lincoln, Wilkes, Elbert,
Oglethorpe, Hart and Franklin; and five ;
in South Carolina : Barnwell, Edgefield,
Abbeville, Anderson and Pickens. From
the last census reports we take the fol
lowing figures, which will show more
clearly what we mean. Its dimensions
arc as follows:
i Counties. Area.
I Burke 339,350 i
Columbia 223,307 j
: Elbert 203,080
i Franklin 183,024 :
! Hart 120,071 I
i Lincoln 136,112 j
Oglethorpe 226,327
! Richmond 89,235
Scriven 279,438
Wilkes 286,119
Barnwell 1,127,084
Edgefield 738,021
Abbeville 497,267
Anderson 402,693
Pickens 211,197
5,082,331
We have thus an area of more than five
million acres or nearly eight thousand
square miles—a territory twice as large
as tl)e State of Connecticut, four times
tho size of Delaware, eight times as
large as Rhode Island, and larger than
j the three States combined. This ter
ritory yielded in 1870 the following
quantities of the two Southern staples
—corn and cotton :
Counties. Corn—bus. Cotton-bas.
Burke. 203,735 14,290
j Columbia 121,160 7,434
Elbert 140,435 3,035
Franklin 173,077 637
Hart 112,656 1,320
Lincoln 75,606 2,587
Oglethorpe 181,368 5,907
Richmond 77,895 2,017
1 Scriven 153,242 3,086
Wilkes 171,378 6,882
Barnwell 781,054 24,910
Edgefield 412,259 17,553
Abbeville 315,399 13,924
Anderson 409,688 5,274
Pickens 215,759 489
3,543,711 109,345
Here we have a total of three and a
half million bushels of corn and nearly
•ne hundred and ten thousand bales of
cotton.
* This table, of course, tells ns nothing
of the wheat, rye, oats, potatoes, etc.,
grown annually in these counties. It is
safe to say that the improvement of the
Savannah will in a short time quadruple
the wealth and resources of this mag
nificent territory. Cheap and safe trans
portation has never failed to increase
population and stimulate production.
No matter how rich lands, may be
they offer no temptation to settlers
if they are cut off from a market. The
planter starves in the midst of plenty.
On the contrary, even an indifferent
soil can be made to blossom like the
rose if easy of access and convenient to
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1874.
the consumer. What a brilliant future
then lies before the Savannah valley if
, the river—Nature’s Highway—can be
made navigable to its head waters. The
time has come whea this great coun
try can be immeasurably benefitted
at a trifling expense to the General Gov
ernment—an expense which we do not
think the General Government will hesi
tate to incur, if the master be properly
managed. We believe that when the
next session of Congress adjourns more
will have been done for the material
prosperity and advancement of the Savan
nah valley than has been accomplished
since the formation of the Federal Union.
We have paid tribute long enough to the
North and West without receiving any
benefit in return. We need assistance
now and we will have only ourselves to
blame if we fail to obtain it.
UNRELIABLE REPORTS OF CROPS.
The Nashville Union and American
says that business men in cities, as well
as farmers, should be on their guard
and not place much reliance on state
ments which come from any so-called
“Crop Reporter,” whether published in
Washington, Indianapolis or elewhere.
We have reason to believe that the tele
graph is disseminating to the press daily
not a little erroneous information in re
gard to the fall of rain, weather, har
vests and crops, perhaps for the benefit
of interested parties. The rain is tele
graphed to the press in this city as be
ing “one inch and fifty-nine hundredths
iu the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio
valleys” last week as corniug froqi the
National Crop Reporter. Iu the week
reported there was a good rain within
three miles of Nashville and not a drop
in this city; and no man in Davidson
county can say, and no truthful man
will attempt to say, what was the aver
age fall of rain in the week last past.
It is a glaring humbug for any paper
calling itself a “National Crop Repor
ter” to assume to give the average
rainfall over several States in any
week. If the publishers had twenty
rain-gauges well distributed, watch
ed and managed in the county iu which
their paper is located, a fair average of
the rainfall in that county might be ob
tained ; but no such advantages exist :
and where one guesses to find his ground
woik of facts, lie is obviously subjected
to great temptatious to guess and report
through the telegraph wires in a way to
benefit speculators in grain, flour, cot
ton or other staples. Can there be a
more ridiculous waste of time, unless
paid by some unknown parties, than for
a man to telegraph that the yield of hay
in the Northwest is a decrease of ten per
cent., and that of swine a gain of seven
per cent., as is done ? “Barley and rye
are six per cent, below an average.”
What trnthful person will swear or can
swear that he knows what an average
yield of barley, rye, hay and the hog
crop is in the great Northwest ? We be
lieve in reliable agricultural statistics,
but we have little patience with a coun
terfeit article. Let statisticians tell
what they know about temperature,
rain, yield per acre and iu the aggre
gate, and stop at that point. Truth is
what tho public wants, nothing more,
nothing less.
IMPROVING BUSINESS PROS
PECTS.
The New York Commercial Bulletin
publishes the following extracts from its
exchanges, which toll of the improving
business prospects of the country.—
There is no use in croaking everlastingly
about the dullness of trade and the
stringency of money. We will be able
to get along to better times. The skies
are bright ahead :
Pittsburg Commercial, Friday: “From
the wool counties it is reported that
wool has advanced from 45 cents to 47
cents, and is selling as rapidly as it can
be moved and weighed. The sale of the
wool clip will distribute a great deal of
money throughout the western part of
the State, and help lubricate the wheels
of trade so long stationary.”
Boston Evening Traveler , Friday :
“In general trade there is an improved
and hopeful state of affairs, both in the
wholesale and retail departments.”
The Boston Journal, 26th, speaking
of the boot and shoe trade for the week,
says : “The market has continued to
show undoubted signs of improvement,
the presence of a large number of buyers
having imparted a hopeful feeling with
respect to the coming Fall trade, which
promises now to be highly satisfactory.
Heavy goods for early delivery has been
a prominent feature of the transactions.”
St. Louis Globe, 25th: “On the upper
rivers there has been a comparatively
heavy business transacted, and large
cargoes of produce are daily being emp
tied out of the Missouri, Illinois and
Mississippi. The lower river trade has
also improved, and the barge companies’
fleet are conveying large quantities of
grain and all kinds of products, not only
for consumption in the South, but for
direct shipment also to Europe.”
New Orleans Picayune, 22d: “The
movement of goods to plantations is
slowly increasing as the crops progress,
and the demand for accommodation at
the banks is growing to fairer propor
tions.”
Chicago Post, 25th: “The leading dry
goods and grocery jobbing houses re
port a good business for the season.”
Coming nearer home, we have but to
repeat what we have already said, that
everything ahead looks as encouraging
as could be wished. The season is so
well advanced that we can speak confi
dently of the crops, and with no forseen
drawbacks as to other great interests,
we really do not see that our gradually
diminishing friends —the croakers—have
a leg to stand on. In the words of Dun,
Barlow «S: Cos., in their quarterly Refer
ence Book : “The importations show a
large decrease ; the stocks of all kinds
of merchandise are confessedly low in
all retail and consumptive quarters. The
I monetary institutions of the country
j have been well sustained, all the ma
j chinery of commerce is in running or
! der, no violent shock has been given to
j the currency by legislation, and there is
j nothing to prevent a reasonable activity
| in those articles that go to make up a
j legitimate trade.”
DIRECT TRADE.
The Atlanta Herald contains the fol
] lowing in reference to the appointment
j of Direct Trade Agents at Savannah and
Liverpool, which will be of interest to
i our readers :
i At a late meeting of the Executive
| Committee, to consider the appointment
i of agents at Savannah and Liverpool,
j Hon. William H. Lawton, of Charles
ton, was selected unanimously as the
European agent, and Col. Charles H,
Armstead as the Savannah agent. The
writer is not personally acquainted with
Col. Armstead, but he is prononneed by
all who know him as the very best per
son who could have been chosen. Mr.
Lawton he has known for many years,
and a more upright character or devoted
friend of the South does not live. For
manv years he was at the head of one of
; the largest cotton houses in Charleston,
and was also extensively engaged in rice
planting. It is not yet known whether
these gentlemen will accept the posi
-1 tions, as neither were applicants for the
places ; but it is to be hoped that their
well known patriotism and devotion to
Southern interests wiil induce them to
accept, even at tho sacrifice of a little
personal convenience.
They have been officially notified to
meet the Executive Committee in At
; lanta on the 9th of July, to arrange the
j details of their agency. So the work
j has fairly commenced, and we rejoice
that the' time is near when people will
cease to sneer at Direct Trade, and at last
give the originators of this grand move-
I ment credit for zeal and activity in push
ing it to a successful issue.
The drummers came down like wolves
; on the fold, their toes were all frosted,
their qoses all cold. Their weather
j peeled bogles soon shone through the
town; they gobbled the money and
salted it down, then took a few orders
and lit ont of here, with their heads full
of business and skins full of beer.
EX-GOV. JENKINS’ ADDRESS
before the
PHI-BETA-KAJ'PA SOCIETY, OF
UNION COLLEGE.
[special correspondence chronicle and
sentinel.]
New York, June 26, 1874.
It was our privilege to be present on
1 the occasion of the delivery, bv the Hon.
Charles J. Jenkins, on the 23d iustaut,
of his able and eloquent address before
the Phi-Beta-Kappa Society, of Union
College,iu the First Presbyterian Church,
at Schenectady, New York.
At eight o’clock, p. m., the Hon. Clark
son N. Potter, President of the Society,
after a few complimentary remarks,
called upon the Hon. Ira Harris— a class
mate of Governor Jenkins —to introduce
the distinguished orator of the evening.
Responding to this request,’Mr. Harris
gracefully alluded to the early friend
ship which existed between himself and
Governor Jenkins, unbroken during the
lapse of fifty years —referred to the
prominent positions held by Mr. Jen
kins, and the pure and exalted life he
had always led, and concluded by com
mending him to the favor of his aud
ience.
The Governor commenced his address
by educing from the primal in junction
• given to our first parent, in the Garden
of Eden, “to dress and to keep it,” the
grave responsibility of man’s dominion
over nature and himself. This dominion
should be expansive and progressive.
The doctrine of advancement and the
best means conducive to sure, perma
: nent and high-toned progress, were dis
cussed in a spirit of true philosophy,
and in the light of mature judgment and
enlarged experience. The problem of
civilization was considered in a general
and comprehensive manner, and this in
[ troduced the subject of the address,
which was The Civilisation of the Nine
teenth Century,particularly the Ameri
can type. Taking a personal retrospect
of more than fifty years, the orator, in a
masterly way, unfolded the marked im
provements which had occurred iu the
medical art, in agriculture, in the me
chanical powers and inventions, in the
development of steam as a motive power,
in the multiplication of institutions of
learning, in the wonderful improvement in
the art of printing, and the general diffus
ion of knowledge, iu the rapid dissemina
tion of thought, iu the utilizing and con
trol of the electric fluid as expressed in
telegraph, the lightning rod, the signal
station, and the weather bureau—in the
photography, and in the arts and
sciences generally. Man’s control over
water, electricity and light had com
passed improvements which were the
wonder of the age. Passing from a con
sideration of the mechanical, industrial,
scientific and inventive characteristics,
Governor Jenkins proceeded to analyze
the moral phases of American civiliza
tion. These, iu the judgment of the
distinguished speaker, and upon the
presentation of a startling array of facts,
powerfully presented, created an irre
sistible impression that the United
States as a people had fallen, and were
constantly retrograding from that high
moral and virtuous standard maintained
in the early days of the Republic.
Reviewing the prevalence of drunken
ness and gambling, the tendency—al
most universal—to abandon the regular
pursuit of honorable and legitimate call
ings for speculations of all sorts
—the frequency of homicides, mur
ders, arsons, robberies—the exhib
iting of mob law and violence—
the lack of private virtue and personal
honesty—the numerous instances in
which those clothed with public trusts
proved recreant to their official duties,
bringing ruin and poverty upon'
whole States, rendering corporations
bankrupt,dissipating fortunes, and mak
ing public office a by-word and a re
prohcli in the esteem of the pure and
the right-minded, there was no period
in the history of the nation when the
signs of general demoralization were so
emphatic.
The further extension of the credit
system (indispensable within legitimate
bonds for the proper conduct of com
mercial affairs) was reprobated, and the
substitution of an irredeemable paper
currency for coin, deprecated. It was
utterly impracticable, upon anything
like a sound basis, to attempt to supply
wbat was lacking iu quality by an aug
mented (fnautity. The financial errors
of the Government were commented
upon with tho thought and language of
true statesmanship. The numerous at
tempts to construct lines of railway by a
pledge and negotiation of their own secu
rities, or upon the faith of State endorse
ment of their bonds [alas ! too often and
too easily obtained], and in the absence
of bona fide subscriptions of money and
labor, were characterized as prolific
causes of financial disturbance. The
circulation of irredeemable currency and
flooding the country with questionable
bonds and stocks engendered a lament
able spirit of speculation, and constant
ly exerted the most baleful influences.
The absence of sound political morality,
the culpable neglect of officials, the de
graded standard by which obligations to
State and country were admeasured by
those charged with the conduct of pub
lic affairs were severely noted. All these
and many other considerations painful
ly forced upoD the mind of the speaker
the couviction that the present moral
tone of American civilization was sadly
at fault. That civilization was essential
ly utilitarian, not elevating, spiritualiz
ing. We are enveloped in the gloom of
a mcjral penumbra which may deepen
into a total eclipse.
Even the pure and the high-minded
neglect to assert their proper influence,
preferring to remain quiescent, and
holding themselves aloof from the vortex
of political and social misrule. This is
a grave error. The Governor then con
sidered in detail what he regarded as
the prime causes of this political and so
cial demoralization, and earnestly ap
pealed to the patriotism and nobility of
the present to stay tiie evil influences
abroad in the land, and restore the
country to its pristiue condition of
honor, purity, and manhood. His ad
dress to the graduating class, and his
tribute to the memory of Dr. Mott, the
former President of the College, were
eloquent and inspiring.
This meagre outline conveys but a
feeble impression of the profound, en
larged, statesmanlike, virtuous and dig
nified views expressed by Governor Jen
kins on this occasion. Here, as at every
other time and in every other place, did
Georgia have cause to be proud of her
honored son. His utterances were, one
and all, weighty with the rich experiences
of a calm, dignified, enlarged manhood,
redolent of the teachings of a high toned
morality and true Christianity, sugges
tive of those principles of virtue which
belong to the present age, and clothed
in language the most scholarly, and de
livered in a manner at once impressive
and eloquent. Rising beyond the dig
nity and exceeding the comprehensive
ness of addresses usual on such occa
sions, this oration caunot fail to produce
a most salutary influence, and should be
widely circulated for the good of the
present generation. Upon its conclusion
a cordial vote of thanks was passed by
! the society, and a copy requested for
! publication. Publius,
CARTERSVILLE, MARIETTA.
The Crops, Etc.
[SPECLAL CORRESPONDENCE CHRONICLE AND
SENTINEL.]
Cartersville, Ga., June 27, 1874.
This little town is growing apace—two
i rapidly some say, though I cannot see it
!in that light. The population is about
i 3,500. The health of the town is exeel
\ lent. The days are hot, but the nights
are so cool as to necessitate the use of
I covering.
I Last ye<\r the farmers hereabout ship
ped both com and wheat. They subse
j qnently bought com and flour. This
I year the wheat crop is tine. Tlie grain
lis superior. Mr. Lewis Tumliu made, I
| am informed, five thousand bushels. He
I has already disposed of the whole lot.
j Cook k Cheek, millers at Marietta,
i bought most of the crop. I learn that
j the yield is equally good in Cobb and
! adjoining counties. Buyers are offering
■ SI per bushel in this market. The farm
| ers declare they will not sell at that
figure, preferring to hold their wheat,
and have it ground. From Atlanta to
I Chattanooga, com looks splendid; cotton
promises well. Less than two-thirds of
the quantity of commercial manure was
purchased this compared with last year.
The planters are hard at work. It is
hoped that next Fall will find them in a
much better condition financially than
they have been since 1865. ’96.
—
An Illinois woman, when they first be
i gan to have Congressmen at large out
: there, hearing the fact alluded to,
! straightway rushed into the kitchen,
j exclaiming, “Sarah Jane, don’t leave
the clothes out to-night, for there’s a
I Congressman at large,”
INTERVAL IMPROVEMENTS.
I Improving tbe Navigation of the Sa
j vannali—Wliat Must Be Done—How
It Must Be Done—More Important
than Politics—Au Appeal to the River
Counties.
j To the Editors of the Chronicle and
Sentinel :
The proceedings of the Directors of
the Augusta Cotton Exehnuge, a few
days since, in the passage of certain
resolutions looking to making this city a
port of entry, and the opening the Savan
nah river to steamboat navigation will,
we feel assured, excite a most lively in
terest in the minds of all our people iu
this portion of Georgia and South Caro
lina. We trust the committee appointed
will faithfully and untiringly perform
their duty. The public have a high
opiniou of the good, sound judgment
and wise foresight of President Herring,
and will expect much from him in the
accomplishment of the ends sought for,
aided as he will be by a sensible and
working committee. To effect these
measures very much must be done. A
matter that strikes us as of the most
Vital Importance
Is the selection of our next Representa
tive in Congress, anil also the selection
of members iu our State Legislature.
We should be sure that we send men to
represent us who are iu earnest sym
pathy with our wishes and desires, and
who will not fritter away our time and
money in voting salary grabs, or apol
ogizing for those who do. It is to our
iuterest to have representatives who are
young, vigorous, energetic, capable and
honest. The suggestion, therefore, iu
your columns of the name of Hon.
Charles Estes, or such as he, as a
fit and proper person as represen
tative from this district iu Congress was
eminently proper. The writer has no
personal predilections iu this matter, but
is alive and fully so to tho importance
of having an active business man as the
representative of active live business
men. Our object in this communica
tion is principally to try to awaken an
interest in the feasibility and practica
bility of opening the upper Savannah
river to steamboat navigation by an ap
propriation by the General Government
of a sum of money sufficient for that
purpose. The policy of this Govern
ment is well established, and at each ses
sion of Congress large sums aro ap
propriated all over the country for this
purpose. Within the memory of man
not one dollar has ever been asked for,
much less received for the purpose of
improving the navigation of our ma
jestic and beautiful Savannah above
this city. It is at present, and has been
for years, in a sort of
Reckless Way Navigated
By what is known as Petersburg boats,
and on this river about as dangerous
navigation as is known to man, and
withal exceedingly uncertain. The coun
try on each side of tho river is depen
dent on the river to bring their produce
to market and carry back supplies for
fcliese people. Many boats are annually
lost with their valuable cargoes by
causes incident to the dangerous and
difficult navigation of this stream.—
The obstructions can be easily re
moved. They consist of shoals and
rapids. Os course the enterprise will be
attended with heavy expense, but not so
large as anticipated by many. This im
provement will be of a pasmanent char
acter and is for all time. These people
are entitled to as much consideration we
are sure,.as the importers of Atlanta or
the farmers of Oostanaula, aud the only
reason that they have had no appropria
tions to improve the navigation of their
noble river is simply from the fact that
they have not agitated the subject. Let
them
Agitate and Continue to Agitate.
These people contribute their full
share of the burdens, of taxation, their
country is as lovely, their daughters as
fair, and their sons as true as that of
any other section of this .wonderful
country. The fact is, no one that we are
aware of lias ever asked for anything;
now is the time for prompt, united ac
tion ; lot the people along the line of the
river assemble in the different neighbor
hoods and appoint committees to act
conjointly with the committee appointed
by the Cotton Exchange; let petitions
and memorials be circulated and signed,
asking the Congress for this appropria
tion. Do not he discouraged by one or
a dozen failures, but continue to petition
and memorialize; give the go bye to po
litical abstractions and abstractionists,
and let it be known of all men that tho
man or men who obtains your suffrages
shall be heart and soul imbued wirfi the
same spirit as yourselves. This is the
way
Others Have Succeeded,
And this is the way you may succeed.
Water transportation is, as is well
known, cheaper than any other. You
people of the upper Savannah have a
heritage in land unsurpassed in advan
tages by any under the sun. All you
want is cheap, safe and expeditious
transportation. Make the river safe and
sure for steamboat navigation, and you
will enhance the value of your posses
sions five fold, perhaps more. The
writer appreciates the wants and neces
sities of this people, feels that they
have been neglected, knows to what
trouble, vexation and serious loss they
have been subjected, is willing, to the
extent of his humble ability, to aid
them. Will they aid themselves ? Will
they move in this matter of such vital
importance to themselves? Can they not
give a little or a portion of their time
to setting this hall in motion ? Will not
such men as Eli Lockhart, T. H. Rem
son, W. H. Mattox, G. E. Heard, Dr.
J. A. Turner, A. M. Holland, C. T.
Latimer, and Dr. J. A. Gilbert move in
this enterprise ? The General Govern
ment is fully committed to the policy of
improving rivers and harbors. Their
means are as limitless as the seas.
Petersburg.
OUR SUMMER RESORTS. ETC.
[from our own correspondent.]
On the Wing, June 27, 1874.
Previous to the war the majority of
those of our people who had the means
and desire to escape the heat of city and
the bustle of business spent their Sum
mers at Northern watering places,
whilst a few, comparatively speaking,
sought recreation in the hill country of
Georgia and the Carolinas. Presto !
It is just the reverse now, and I am glad
to know that for the past few years the
number of visitors to North Georgia and
upper South Carolina has been steadily
increasing.
Like wise men, many have resolved
not to wait until they become wealthy
ere they step forward for their share of
the world’s good. Among those accus
tomed to seek the rejuvenating atmos
phere of the locality referred are num
bers who lay no claim to the distinc
tion of possessing riches. By the adop
tion of a thoughtful plan of laying aside
monthly a certain sum which aggregates
an amount sufficient to cover the ex
expenses of one or two months’ stay
among the mountains.
The tide has already set in. That at
tentive and courteous conductor, Mr.
Ned Purcell, had charge of quite a num
ber of ladies, gentlemen and children,
who, on Thursday evening last, started
for Gainesville, Marietta, Cartersville
and other points.
It is believed that the number of visi
tors to the points named will, this year,
be largely in excess of that of preceding
years, and that the season will be one
of the most brilliant.
The eyes of capitalists are upon the
iron beds and gold veins of our State.
Scarcely a day passes that strangers do
not put in a quiet appearance, and as
quietly busy themselves prospecting
through Hall and adjacent counties.
The natives live in lively hope that their
mineral wealth may, at no distant day,
become available. Mark.
Apropos of the Hill and Stephens’
controversy, a Georgia exchange pub
lishes the following “little anecdote
The lamented Lew Nelms, of Warren
ton, who was killed early in the war, at
Santa Rosa Island, once told us the fol
lowing anecdote:
Bill A. was a fighting man. He loved
to fight himself, and he gloated on see
ing others fight. Whenever there was
the least prospect of a difficulty, Bill
was thar ready to see it out. On one oc
casion he heard two men disputing. He
approached, and he listened. The con
test waxed warm, and a good deal
warmer. At last one of them called the
other a “damned liar.” Nervous, anxi
ous, tremulous with excitement, fearing
that the favorable opportunity would
Dass, Bill shouted out: “Hit him ! Hit
him ! Now’s your time! Es you wait
any longer you’ll git into a argyment, an’
you never will fight!”
That’s all we’ve got to say, right now,
about Hill and Stephens. "
THE BEE( HER SCANDAL.
GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST THE
PASTOR OF PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
Tilton’s Reasons for Withdrawing from
the Society—The Woodhull Expose—
The Tripartite Agreement—Why the
Church Shruuk from an Investiga
tion of the Scandal— An Attempt to
t liy Forgiveness from Tilton—The
B ibe Refused—Beecher’s Pica for
Pardon. Ate.
The Beecher-Tilton scandal is one of
those things that will not die, and appa
rently every movement made to hush it
up leads to some demonstration, bring
ing it freshly forward to public atten
tion. As already briefly reported bv
telegraph, Mr. Theodore Tilton has
written a long letter to Rev. Dr. Leon
ard Bacon, moderator of the Congrega
tional Council recently held in Brook
lyn, in replj' to certain misrepresenta
tions which he says were unintentionally
made by that gentleman.
Tilton says he had been for fifteen
years a member of Plymouth Church,
and had become an intimate friend of
the pastor.. The knowledge came to me
iu 1870 that he had committed against
me an offense which I forbear to name
or characterize. Prompted by my self
respect, I immediately and forever
ceased my attendance on his ministry. I
informed him of this determination as
early as January, 1871, iu the presence
of a mutual friend, Mr. Francis D. Moul
ton.
tilton’s withdrawal from the church.
The rules of Plymouth Church offered
me a choice between two methods of re
tirement—one, to ask a formal method
of dismissal; the other, to dismiss my
self less formally by prolonged absence.
I chose the latter. Several powerful
reasons prompted me to this alternative.
The pastor communicated to me, in wri
ting, au apology, signed by his name.
He also appealed to mo to "protect him
from bringing reproach to the cause of
religion. He alleged that an exposure
would forbid him to reascend the pulpit.
These and other similar reasons I had
no right or disposition to disregard. At
length my absence from the church, an
absence, the cause of which not throe
members of the congregation beside the
pastor knew, began to excite comment
in private circles.
the woodhull expose.
After many calumnious whisperings,
near and far, a weekly paper in New
York, in November, 1872, published a
wicked and horrid scandal, a publica
tion which some persons in the church
ignorantly attributed in its origin and
animus to me, whereas I had previously
spent many months of constant and un
remitting endeavor to suppress it, an
endeavor in which, with au earnest mo
tive but foolish judgment, I made ill
directed sacrifices in my reputation, po
sition, mouey and fair prospects iu life.
In May, 1873, occurred the surreptiti
ous publication of a tripartite agree
ment signed by H. C. Bowen, H. W.
Beecher and myself, an agreement which
had, so far as I was concerned, for its
object to pledge me to silence against
using or circulating charges which Mr.
Bowen had made against Mr. Beecher.
the west indictment.
Tilton then relates, at some length,
the steps taken by Mr. West to cite him
before tbe Plymouth Church on a charge
of circulating scandal against the pas
tor. The charges formally brought a
few weeks after, though nominally
against himself, were really against the
pastor. He cheerfully co-operated in
defeating and wrote a letter de
clining to accept a copy of the charges
addressed to him as a member, on the
ground that he had, four years previous
ly, ceased connection with the church.
For this letter he received the pastor’s
prompt and hearty‘thanks. An under
standing was then had between Mr.
Beecher and himself that West’s indict
ment was to be disposed of by a simple
resolution that he (Tilton) had, four years
previously, terminated his membership.
This Was to put West’s case quietly out
of court without scandal. To Tilton’s
surprise and indignation he subsequently
learned that the report would declare
that, “whereas he had been charged
with slandering the pastor aud been
cited to meet the charge and had plead
ed non-membership, therefore, resolved,
etc.” an<f upon appearing iu person at
the meeting ho was told by the report
that he had been served with tho
charges and requested to answer them.
He consequently arose in the meeting
and said in Mr. Beecher’s presence .that
if he had slandered him he would an
swer for it to his face, and Mr. Beecher
replied in an equally public manner that
he had no charge to make.
the congregational council.
Next follows tho history of the Con
gregational Council, accompanied by
letters from various persons and a criti
cism upon the acts and language of that
body. Tilton continues : “I solemnly
aver, and no man Shall gainsay me, that
the reason why Plymouth Church avoid
ed an investigation into the scandal with
which I was charged, was not because
I, but another man, had b-ouglit dis
honor on the Christian name, and yet
the other person, a clergyman, permit
ted his church to brand me before the
council with an accusation which, had I
been in lri.s place and he in mine, I would
voluntarily have borne myself instead of
causing another to do so.”
AN ATTEMPTED BRIBE.
I will add a quotation from a letter
which I had occasion to address to Mr.
Beecher, dated May 1, 1874.
Ilenry. Ward Beecher:
Sir—Mr. F. B. Carpenter mentions to
me your saying to him that, under cer
tain conditions, involving certain dis
avowals by me, a sum of money would
or could be raised to send me, with my
family, to Europe for a term of years.
The statement compels me to state ex
plicity that so long as life and self-re
spect continue to exist together in my
breast, I shall be debarred from receiv
ing, either directly or indirectly, any
pecuniary or other favor at your hands.
The reason for this feeling on my part
you know so well that I will spare you
the statement of it.
Yours truly, Theodore Tilton.
Mr. Tilton then goes on to produce a
mass of letters and correspondence, in
which we discover no new fact until we
come to the following, addressed by Mr.
Tilton to Dr. Bacon:
“Please forward to Mr. Beecher the
letter which I am now writing, and ask
him to inform, you, on his word of
honor, whether I have been his slander
er, whether I have evaded my just re
sponsibility to Plymouth Church, wheth
er I have treated him other than with the
highest possible fairness, and whether
he ha%not acknowledged to me, in large
and ample terms, that my course toward
him in this sorrowful business has been
marked by the magnanimity which you
apparently intimate lias characterized
his toward me. If you will write to Mr.
Beecher as 1 have indicated, I will
thank you for a line as the words or sub
stance of his reply.”
In reply to this letter, Rev. Dr. Bacon
sent the following, dated New Haven,
April 10:
Dear Sib— Not being in Mr. Beecher’s
confidence, I have doubted whatl ought
to do with your letter written a week
ago. I was not and am not—willing to
demand of him that he shall admit me
to his confidence on a matter on which
he chooses to be reticent. But, as the
latter seems to have been written for
! him quite as much as for me, I have now
i sent it to him without asking or expect
any reply.
It is now between two and three
months, Mr. Tilton adds, since I receiv
ed from you the following letter, and as
I have not heard that Mr. Beecher lias
made a reply either to you or to me, I
am at last forced to the disagreeable
necessity of borrowing a reply in his
own words, as follows :
beecher’s confession.
Brooklyn, January 1, 1871.
I ask Theodore Tilton’s forgiveness,
and humble myself before him as I do
before my God. He would have been a
better man in my circumstances than I
have been. I can ask nothing except
that he will remember all the other
breasts that would ache. I will not
plead for myself. I even wish that I were
dead. H. W. Beecher.
The above brief extract from Mr.
Beecher’s own testimony will be suffi
cient, without adducing the remain
der of the document, to show that I
have just ground to resist the imputa
tion that I am the creature of his mag
nanimity.
The New York Times, in publishing
the correspondence, says: “ Mr.
Beecher’s own admissions, as quoted by
Mr. Tilton, are certainly very strong,
and will, perhaps, startle many who hold
that the lives of ministers of religion
should correspond in son e degree with
their preaching. The solemn warning.
‘ Be sure your sin will find you out,’ is
not limited in its application to the
hearers of the Word, but applies to tbo
preachers thereof also. Mr. Tilton de
clares that he would not have published
a line oi»this unpleasant subject but for
the persistent attacks which have been
levelled at him by the friends of Mr.
Beecher, and there seems no reason to
doubt his word.”
TUe Latest Developments.
New York, .Tune 28.—F. B. Carpen
ter, the artist mentioned iu Tilton’s
letter to Beecher as the persmi who had
said that money could bo obtained to
send Tilton and his family to Europe, if
they were willing to go, lias been inter
viewed and says: “A few days after tho
adjournment of the council, i had occa
sion to cull upon Beecher, at his house,
iu connection with a matter wholly dis
connected with that scandal. Iu the
course of some friendly conversation, I
mentioned tho fact to Beecher that Til
ton had just finished his book on which
he had been engaged for a year, and ad
ded that the excitement of the council
had depressed him considerably, and that
I, in common with several of his friends,
wished he could go to Europe. Beecher
said he thought it would beau excellent
thing for him to do so. In reply to
this I said, that recent business embar
rassment stood in the way. To which
he answered, that if Tilton desired to
go means would be provided. I did not
understand, from anything said by Mr.
Beecher, that he made this proposition
in order to seejire Mr. Tilton’s silence in
regard to the scandal. The matter
only came up incidentally, and he could
hardly have expected that I would bring
it up. I told Tilton what Beecher had
said, and it enraged him greatly, al
though it was a long time afterward that
I learned he had written to Mr. Beecher
about the thing.”
GEN. GORDON AND “CARPET
BAG” SPENCER.
[Atlanta Herald.]
As various accounts of tho difficulty
betweeu General Gordon, the Senator
from Georgia, and Spencer, the carpet
bagger who, through fraucl and villainy,
enjoys the right to misrepresent our
sister State of Alabama in the Senate,
have been going the rounds of the news -
paper press, a Herald reporter, learning
that General Gordon had returned to
his home, called upon him and gathered
the following statement of facts in ref
erence to it:
General Gordon received a letter from
Hon. Jolm*Forsyth, of Mobile, request
ing him to see that the bill for tbo re
moval of his disabilities be taken up
and passed. The hill had been reported
on favorably by the committee, but un
der the rules of the Senate could not bo
taken up except by unanimous consent.
General Gordon called it up, not sup
posing that there could be any one who
would object. He was mistaken, how
ever, for when it was called Spencer
said, “I object.” General Gordon, who
was sitting near Spencer, said to him :
“Spencer, why is this ; what objection
can you have?” He replied: "D—n
him, I hate him. He has abused me in
the columus of his paper, calling me
carpet-bagger, thief, blackguard, etc.,
aud I intend to give him something to
hate me for.”
The General replied, “Spencer, I am
astonished at you; you certainly do not
intend to bring a personal grievance into
the Senate of the United States and al
low your hatred of au individual to con
trol your vote. If I had a personal
enemy, similarly situated, I would take
pleasure in being the first to rise and
show him that 1 was above such paltry
vindictiveness.” Spencer said, "That
may suit you, hut it is not my way of
dealing with an enemy.” The General
replied, “Well, Spencer, wo will not
discuss the matter. You and I have
different views, but I give you fair no
tice that I intend to pass this bill before
the day is over.”
In less than half an hour afterwards,
amid the confusion and pushing and
hurry to get bills through, the General
got Carpenter to recognize hini, and
Spencer, who was either absent or not
paying attention, faili and to hear the bill
called. It was read, and Carpenter, the
President pro tem, said, “If there is no
objection, the bill will be considered
read a third time and passed.” The
General then took it, carried it to
the House, had it enrolled and
brought back, and signed; and
when it was announced, Spencer jumped
to his feet and moved to have it recon
sidered. General Gordon at once offer
ed to-allow him to be heard if he would
state publicly his reasons for objecting;
but Carpenter cut off further debate by
announcing that “it was too l*te, as the
bill had been enrolled and signed, and
had already gone to the President for
his signature.” . Spencer, who by this
time had worked himself to fever heat,
said : “I will go to the President of the
United States and stop it then !” Gene
ral Gordon said and “so will I go to tho
President,” and at once disappeared,
following Spencer, who, rushing up to
where the President, was signing hills,
surrounded by tho Cabinet and a num
ber of Senators who had followed to see
the fun, he said : “Mr. President, don’t
sign the bill for tho relief of John For
syth, for he is a scoundrel.” General
Gordon, who was so full of laughter as
scarcely to be able to control himself,
said, “Mr. President, it is only a per
sonal spite, sign the bill.” The Presi
dent by this time comprehended the sit
uation, looked up and, smiling blandly,
said, “Gentlemen, save yourselves fur
ther trouble, the bill is signed.”
Poor Spencer was whipped, and turn
ing fiercely on Gordon, he said to him,
“I shall hold you to personal account,
sir, for this conduct. I have always
treated rebels courteously, but you can’t
run over me, if you did fight in the
war.” The General, who was in the best
humor imaginable, said, “Spencer, calm
your troubled spirit, don’t let us fight
before the President, come outside,”
and left “the presence,” closely followed
by Spencer, who continued to reiterate
his determination to be revenged, but
the General onfy replied, “Spencer, you
are joking, I know you are in fun.”
“No, lam not sir, aud you will see.”
Whereupon General Gordon told him,
with a resolution which lie understood,
“This tiling has gone far enough, and if
you really mean what you say, 1 assure
you that you can hear from mo when
ever lam called on.” This ended Spen
cer, and he went off, saying as he did
so, “I am your enemy for life.” This
last assertion overwhelmed Gen. Gor
don, and it is doubtful whether his
nerves have yet recovered the shock of
being deprived of this noble Senator’s
friendship.
Doing Honor to Lamar.
Corinth, Miss., Juno 10, 1871.
I began this letter to tell you how La
mar has crazed the people. He is a
fresh sensation—fresh and charming as
fi-st freshest flowers of Spring time. He
is the first genuine representative of the
Hquth, in all his instincts, in prejudices,
in training and in habits of thinking—
the very first who has appeared since
the war, in the floor of either House of
Congress. The “nigger” has so com
pletely filled the eye of Northern parti
sanship that a Southern white man has
only been seen through the cloud of
blackness that hedges' in the ballot-box
and overshadows the accursed land.
Lamar has stood up before the whole
country, in the very presence chamber
of boundless empire, and spoken like a
statesman—like a god. An ex-slave
holder, as his fathers, for many genera
tions, were slaveholders, he appears the
very impersonation of the extinct
“institution.” He was, too, a se
cessionist, the straightest and most
philosophical of his sect; a South
ern soldier, ami Confederate Con
gressman, was this self-same Lamar.
But he was born and reared and educat
ed a gentleman and patriot. Therefore
these vigorous sentences that made
Senates silent and continents listen.—
The whole country rings with the praises
of Lamar, and from towns and counties
of his district the people are gathered
at Oxford to welcome him. He has
gained the ear and touched the great
heart of humanity, and for the first
time a “rebel” constituency through a
“rebel” representative has been heard
and trusted and honored. How meanly,
painfully insignificant become the name
less little villains, of all degress of base
nefSi, and vulgarity who have represent
ed the negroes of Mississippi and their
new masters, since Radicalism was en
throned. The only honorable deed ever
done by one of these is just announced
—Lamar’s predecessor—l forget his
name—has hanged himself.—Correspon
dence Memphis Appeal.
The Indians have got anew dodge.
.When they are thirsty, which is said to
be quite frequently, they go into a sa
loon in Dupore, Wis., and ask “Schnapps
haben ?” This always brings the drink,
as the saloon keeper is bound to believe
they are Germans,
NUMBER 27.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Elliott’s Chances—Radical Perplexlty
itobertaon ami Maher—The Differ
ence-Conservatives, Reformers, Etc.
[SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE CHRONICLE AND
SENTINEL. 1
South Carolina, .Tune 28.
Since the defeat of the civil rights bill
the Radical political quid unites are
All at Sea
As to who shall ho nominated for next
Governor. Had that bill gone through
Congress, the chances are that Elliott
would have been put forth as the festive
Republican fugleman in the coming
campaign, but "civil rights” being “as
dead as a door nail,” evidently it would
be in the eyes of "the National Execu
tive Committee” a serious faux pas to
nominate one of the wards of the na
tion to succeed even Scott and Moses.
In fact, the thing is becoming a matter
of perplexity to “the party.” The Re
publican papers outside the State toll
them that it will not be regarded as an
earnest of any reform to nominate
Chamberlain, or Melton, or Hoge, or
Moses the senior thief to succeed Moses
the junior thief—and so the outlook is
gloomy. The Charleston News and
Courier advises them to try Senator
Robertson or
Judge Maher,
And seems to regard it ns quite a toss
up for choice between the two. Now, I
think this quite unhandsome treatment
of Maher on the part of that journal,
for it cannot be oblivious to the signifi
cant fact, that Tom Robertson wont into
the Radical fold several years ago, and
at a time when no morally white man
could have obtained admission into the
truly loyal ranks; while Maher is not
even now a Republican and is only
claimed by the Radicals by reason of his
office. Maher’s nomination would bo
perfecty acceptable to the Democrats
—aye, even to the “Bourbon Demo
crats”—and he would receive the united
support of the Democratic party, for wo
knew him to bo honest and upright
throughout a long and trying record be
fore he became a Judge, and we beliovo
him to be—well, not to put too line a
point on it— white, still! For the reason
that he possesses these pre-requisites fora
good Governor, it is safo to say that ho
will not be the selection of “ the party.”
You will observe that I make no mention
of
Conservatives or Reformers or Inde
pendents.
I leave the subtleties of those distinc
tions to the Union-JJerald and to the
News and Courier —because to the eyes
of all disinterested people in this State
there are, in reality there can l>c, but
two parties, the Radical and the Demo
cratic. No matter how the political
conventions may stylo their platforms
and inscribe their banners, when it comes
to the polls the voting shows that the
parties are the same old antagonistic
Radical and Democratic as of yore. It
was so when Scott was first made Gover
nor. It was so when ho carried the day
against Carpenter and Butler. The
Democrats, ns you know, assumed the
name of the “Reform” party to oppose
Moses, hut the mantle served no hotter
turn than did the lion’s skin to the as
sinino hero of the fable. Speaking of
the “Reform party,” I am reminded of
an incident in that famous canvass, which
is the only thing worthy of remembrance
or deserving to bo embalmed in history
connected with that Waterloo defeat.
You will seo that though defeated
We Retained the Laugll
On our side, which Victor Hugo says is
an advantage incalculable amhimmense.
Attendcz! Just, a few days before the
polls were to he opened in the campaign
of 1872, a candidate for the Legislature
on the Refoim ticket, an enthusiastic
young nspirnnt to political preferment,
was approached by a gang of “the wards
of the nation” and requested by them to
explain the platform of the Reform par
ty. They came like Nicodemns, by
night, and ostensibly like him to know
what they should do to ho saved, but in
reality I opine to see if it wero practic
able to flank a candidate’s treat out of thin
embryonic political sachem. I am the
more confirmed in this view of the
subject in view of the confabs being
solicited in the near neighborhood of a
grog shop. Well, the flattered young
candidate mounted the stops of the gin
mill, and proceeded to descant upon the
glories of that immemorial subject,
"Truth,” and very much, I lament to
say, after the manner of that famous
orator, Mr. Chndband. By a graceful
transition, and, as germain to tlio sub
ject, he glided in the aims and objects
of the Reform—the great Reform move
ment—which was destined to sweep like
a hurricane over the country, bearing
upon its crest myriads of those balmy
leaves designed “for the healing of the
nations!” The tnoad, thn ecumenical
banner of the “Reform party” was one
under whose ample folds every manner
of meritorious man might politically
rally and ever after he happy, free and
prosperous, .fee. No sooner had the
peroration been reached, than a voice
from the crowd rang slq-illy out like the
short, sharp hark of a bull terrier
too long held in leash, “My color
ed friends, hear what / have to say
to you about the Reform party,” and
straitway the owner of the voice began
dividing the surrounding crowd and
opened for himself an approach to tlio
steps, which l»e then amt there mounted.
From the unsteady bearing of the new
comer and the necessity under which bo
labored to assume the classic pose of the
Colossus of Rhodes in order to preservo
a passably dignified perpendicular; as,
also, the striking resemblance of his
eyes to those of the proverbially carluin
ciiloiiH terrapin’s, it was hut too evident
that he had been indulging with unre
strained abandon in what Mr. Swiveller
would euphemistically designate "the
rosy.” Ho proceeded, “You have heard
what my young friend has just so elo
quently told you about the Reform
party. No doubt he believes what ho
says—every word of it—if ho didn’t he
wouldn’t say so, I’m sure of that, but
let me, in justice to myself, in justice to
you, my colored friends, in justice to
truth and fair play, tell you exactly
what the Reform party is. The Reform
party is nothing in the God Almighty’s
world but the Democratic party in dis
guise—and if you vote for that party
and elect it, in less than ninety days
you will every d—d one of you bo put
hack into slavery—where—where— you
\ ought to he. /” He then descended the
steps amid a silence so profound and
tense that it could be almost heard—
certainly felt—and went home. The
seekers for political truth wero taken so
much by surprise that they omitted to
bone the candidate for tlio treat, but
instead, themselves heat a very sorrow
ful and discomfited iv,-treat.
If, as Hugo claims, Cambronne won
the battle of Waterloo by a supremo
inspiration which found him the right
word in the orgasm of defeat—France’s
defeat—so too was the hero of the above
veracious narrative victorious by reason
of a kindred genius to utter, to do, to
ejaculate the right thing ! For when he
ascended those steps, goaded on by the
impulse to vindicate truth as he, felt it,
he no more knew where the whirlwind
of his passion would bear him than does
the stormy east wind reck of whither
he will pause when he commences his
fierce inroad upon the domains of his
j gentle neighbor, “the Sweet South !”
But he recognized the necessity for ac
[ tion—decisive action—and without, per
haps, being aware of it, ho experienced
the identical sensations which impelled
Vergniaud to rise in the French Assem
bly in a time of indecision and shriek
out “Dare 1” I have no doubt that ho
will be equally up to the requisitions of
the occasion in the coming campaign.
Bourbon.
The Railroad War. —The absurd
anti-railroad luws of Wisconsin are
more and more difficult of enforcement
the more the trial is made. Latest
ease in point : On complaint of one of
the citizens of the town of Hammond,
a conductor of the West Wisconsin
Railway was arrested and fined for vio
lating the law. To punish the town for
prosecuting the company anew time
table was immediately miulo out and
Hammond was excluded from it entire
ly. Now the trains rush by the place
as though there was no town there.
The consequence is' that every tiling is
at a dead-lock and the people are great
ly exasperated. All Over the State con
flicts of a similar cJiaracteraro witnessed.
Agents of the companies are arrested
for charging more than the law allows.
The fines are paid and they straight
way do the same thing over again. Os
course there is no excuse for law
breaking iu any form, by anybody, any
where. No matter liow absurd or op
pressive the law is, it must be observed
until legally set aside or repealed. But,
at the same time, what is to bo thought
of the wisdom that places laws of this
kind upon the statute books ?— New
York bulletin. •