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OLO SERIES—VOL. LXXII NEW SERIES VOL XXXVIII. TERMS. IHR DAILY CHRONICLE A SENTINEL, the old* t hew.4i*%p«r *Q t''** s 'iith, i.« puhliahed daily, *-x --c<-j)i M yiday. Term-: Pi ryi ar, sin; kii month*, $5; thrf*r months, $2 50. THE TUI-WEEKLY CHRONICLE k SENTINEL i« «rabli«h "d wry Tu**d*y f Thursday aud Satur day. Ter.ni: One y- ar, $5; * x months $2 50. TIIE WEEKLY CHRONICLE k SENTINEL e irob- Haliwi -very WVdaeaday. Tonrn : One year, $2 nix mt'Dlhß, sl. SUBSCRIPTIONS in a 1 ! raws In advance, and no j,aj»*-r o .tinned after the expiration of the time paid for. RATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY.—AiI tran sit jit adTeriiaeruentii will be charged at the rite of $1 p r square for • ar*h I iH"rtion for the first wo*.)[. Adv rtusernenU In the Tri-Weekly, two thirds of the rates in the Daily; and in the Weekly, one-half the Daily ales Ma riage and Funeral Notices, s.l »arh. Hpecia Noth'- a, $1 * p r square for the fir»t publication, Special rates will be rna e for adrertlMinents running for a month or longer. REMITTANCES should lx- rna »r Prv«t Office Money Orders o. Express. If this cannot be done, pr tection agaimit l<*-‘•« by null n-ay be secured by forwar ding a dr-»ft payab e to the Proprietor*. of the Chronicle k r kntjnkl, or by , seu-iiDg the money in a registered letter. ALL COMMUNICATIONS announcing candidates for of lice—from County Coast side to Member of Congress —will 1*- charged for at thw rate of twenty cents per line. All announcements must l>* paid for in advance. Address WALSH k WRIGHT, Chronicle k Sentinel. Augusta, G•. Chronicle anti jsenttiul. WEDNESDAY JULY 29, 1874. MINOR TOPICS. General Longstreet, of Louisiana, ami Gen. Maury, of Nashville, are now said to bo the most prominent candidate for the lliwuian inisnion. Tiie Chicago papers charge tlieir fire, now as before, to the lack of organization and the in efiicieocy of their fire department. A new nafety-belt or life-preeerver wan test ed a few days since on the Seine at Larin in the preHenco of eeveral French Admiral*. It con hihtrj of an India rubber ring which encircle* the neck, and will Hupport a man on the water for hours without the Hlighto.nt efTort on bin part, and even with bin clothes on. Homebody haw been summing up the fate of kings and emperors, as follows : Out of 2.540 emperors or kings, over G 4 nations, 229 were dethroned. fi4 abdicated, 20 committed suicide. II went mad, 100 died on the battle field, 123 were made prisoners, 25 were pronounced martyrs ami saints, 151 were assassinated, 02 were poisoned, and 109 sentenced to death. Total, 963. The published reports of a large number of leading American railway companies for the month of June show a decrease of $419,8.32 in the gross earnings. This decrease is visible in all the roads but two, the Central Pacific and the St. Louie and Iron Mountain, and the general indication is poor for railway business; in all probability arising from the stagnation in trade all over the country. That retired statesman, Mr. Tweed, again complains of his quartern. B.nee the last dis cussion as to the location of his rooms lie has been confined in a narrow apartment with few comforts. He says in a recent letter that his exercise is so limited that he has suffered severely from vertigo and nausea. The Com missioners in charge have, therefore, adopted a prudent resolution that the prisoner be put in no jeopardy of his health, which probably means the “Doss” will have more comfortably quarters granted him. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh re cently attended the opening of an infant nurs ery and mission in one of the most wretched districts in the east of Loud >n. A public lun cheon was hold after the ceremony, at which the Duke responded to the toast of the Itoyal Family. Unsaid: “lean assure you that the welcome accorded to tho Duchess of Edin burgh on her first lauding in England, aud the constant kindness which she has experienced during her residence her . is not only most gratifying and pleasant to her, but is most keenly felt by me.” Tbo ( hicago TrVninc publishes a letter from Hov. G. (*. Mullins, which undertakes to show that the pulpit is losing much of its old time power, and inquires into the causes. Mr. Mul lins attributes the waning influences of the pulpit to tho decided chango from the kind of preaching wo used to hoar to that we listen to now a-days. Former y. ho says, it was the du ty of the minister of the (1 sped to preach the word, pure and simple, and now the preacher has been metamorphosed into the moral essay ist, the religio-plnloHophieal lecturer and a i ro fossional, who must send up a rocket and make a sensation once a week if ho expats to suc ceed. A strange suicide lias boon committed at Bremen, mulor the following circumstances: Mr. Ij., a bachelor, lately returned from America with 150,000 thaler* (#22,500) in cash informod Iris housekeeper that ho intended to shoot himself, requesting her to riiHh up stairs as soon as sho hoard the report, and take possession of 500 thalers left for her on the table. The 500 thalers perspective influenced the good soul to take it all for a joke, and on hearing next morning the fatal report sho lost no time in ascertaining the reality of hor mas ter's generous intention. She, however, found him sitting in his easy-chair and pointing out the hole he had made in the ceiling just to try her and his revolver. A few hours afterwards the woman heard another report (ho young had blown out his brains. The late Lieutenant Gamier discovered last year in Cambodia the ruins of a great ancient city, Angoor. Those rui is aro of an extraordi nary maguitieence, both in point of extent and architectural splendor. The sides of the prin cipal temple measure no less than two miles and a quarter in circumference, and the re mains of endless roads, buried in forests and JuuglJ, contain monument alter monument, "each, if possible, more astonishing than the preceding." The architecture and sculpture of this forgotten city exhibit a very advanced knowledge of the arts, and the great temple is described as the masterpiece of some unknown Mioliad Angelo. Angeor must have been one of the greatest cities on the globe, and yet of its history no account remains. Nothing is known of its past, save that a Chinese traveler, in the yew 1202. mentioned its splendor. In the opinion of the Standard, of New lied font, where the latest defa cation occur rod, there would be fewer bank " irregulari ties'' if the banks should pay their directors and trustees for the time they spend in attend ing to their interests, and then insist that the duties of such positions should be fully dis charged, and if it were also understood, and acted upon, that every irregularity should be rigidly followed by loss of position. In the opinion of the Boston < then would be fewer irregularities if it were understood and acted iijKui that every irregularity should be rigidly followed by loss of position and im prisonment. When it is understood that a bank defaulter is a thief and is so treated, the people’s inouey bags will be safer than they are now. An eximriencod engineer suggests in the New \ork 11,raid that the general use of white pine in our buildings is one of the causes of our ex torsive conflagrations. Ho says that even in New York our doors, window casings, sashes and inside work are pine. This is more or less saturate.! with oil and covered with paint, so that during a dry season like the present in Chicago, which is the largest pine lumber mar ie ; m the world, and where half the buildings are of pine, it i* a wonder how a fire onco under good headway can l>c stopped. Ho thinks hard woods should be used and pine rejected as much as p r-sible, as in Europe, and that the insurance companies should charge for extra risk where pine is the principal wood in a budding. -When wo purchase kindling wood," he writes, "wo want pine. When we want se curity against fire should we not reject pine ?" Seventy or eighty years ago gambling was prevalent in English high society. Our read ers generally know, perhaps, tnat Charles James Fox lost his millions at play, while other distinguished personages were equally heavy losers. The women were as infatuated as the men. and some of them actually kept faro tables. Three of them. Ladies Bucking hamshire. Archer and Mount Edgecombe, were particularly notorious and were nick named "Faro's Daughters.” Lord Kenyon said of them : "They think they are 100 great for the law . I wish they could be punished. It any prosecutions of this nature are fairly brought before me, and the ) arties are justly convicted, whatever be their rank or station in the country, though they should be the first ladies m the land, they t'.ionld certainly ex hibit themselves in the pillory." When this plaiu-spoken judge actually came to try sev ral aristocratic dames for keeping gaming tables, be merely punished them by fines. Giilroy, the caricaturist, was less sparing, for be de picted one lady as undergoing a public whip ping. and represented others as standing in the pillory. In Miss Edgeworth’s novel of "Belinda.” the blackleg mania among the fair sex is graphically portrayed. Playing at car.ls for moderate stakes is still much more preva lent in England than in this country, but tady gamesters are much more rare than they formerly were. Y'et we read that a tit’ed lady, name not given, lias recently lost #500.000 at ecarte. which will compel her husband to sell a largo portion of his real estate and econo mize on the Continent for some years to come. THE SAVANNAH RIVER. The Anderson Intelligencer heartily concurs in the movement for the better I development of the rich and fertile valley of the Savannah river. It has no , doubt that an appropriation can be se cured for the improvement of the Sa vannah river, for the reason that the policy of the Government has been long settled towards the improvement of river navigation throughout the coun ' try. CAPTAIN POPE BARROW. A writer in the Constitutionalist, over the signature of “A Native of Ogle thorpe,” warmly endorses Capt. Pope Barrow for Congress from this District. Captain Barrow is a gentlemen of cul ture and ability. He lias a fine record, and is withal a man of good practical sense, thoroughly conversant. with the interests and feelings of our people. In every respect, Capt. Barrow is an available candidate, and would com mand the respect of all classes of our fellow-citizens. TIIE PROPER SPIRIT. Col. Luther J. Glenn has published a straightforward and manly card in re ference to his candidacy for Congress in the Fifth District. He was the nominee of the party in 1872, but was defeated through the apathy and over-confidence of many Democrats on the one hand and frauds perpetrated by the opposition on the other. He did his whole duty in the canvass. While he would be gratified to receive the nomination, yet should the convention select another candidate he promises to bring to his support all the energy aud influence lie can command. This is the proper spirit, and one that should animate all candidates for Congression al and Legislative honors. We are too weak for a division in our ranks. LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL RE FORM. The Atlanta Commonwealth favors the reduction of the number of our Sena tors and Representatives as a measure of reform. It thinks that the Senate of Georgia should not exceed twenty-four and the House seventy-five members. The sessions should be held biennially and continue sixty days, and the pay of members should be reduced to .$5 per diem. Not content with this sweeping re trenchment in the legislative depart ment of the government, our cotempo rary pays its respects to the judicial de partment. The Judges of the Superior Courts are too numerous, tlieir circuits too small, and their salaries too large. We see no objection to biennial ses sions. On the contrary, the suggestion is a good one. So far as the legislation is concerned it could be done more ex pediously and effectively by one-half the present number of members ; but there is no county or district in the State that will ever voluntarily surren der its representation. Nor do w r e be lievo it possible, even if desirable, to make any change at present, involving the reduction of the number of our Senators and Representatives. Wo may have too many salaried offi cers ; there may be too many circuits, and, therefore, too many Judges ; but it is ridiculous to say that our Superior Court Judges are paid largo salaries. Twenty-five hundred dollars per year is a beggarly amount to pay a man in such a position. If the circuits are too nu merous, then let them be reduced in number, and let the salaries be increas ed, so as to make the office be sought after by the best and most available talent .at the bar. No lawyer enjoying any kind of lucrative practice can afford to take a position on the bench. There is neither economy nor retrenchment in poor salaries to public servants. Poor pay poor preach, is an aphorism not exactly applicable to the Judiciary of our State, but it ought to be. Our Supreme and Superior Court Judges should be properly compensat ed for their services. I) IVEHSIFIE D IN I) US THY. Wo learn from the Mobile Register (the Memphis Appeal of that date having been overlooked or mislaid) that the people of Memphis are busying themselves about adding new industries to their city. The special committee appointed by the Chamber of Com merce have made a report which we commend to the attention of the monied men of Augusta, as being suggestive of improvement in our manufacturing in dustries : Our city lias been losing its labor ing and mechanical population for sev eral years, and, as a consequence, losing largely in the deterioration in property values. There are a greater number of business houses for rent than at any time in its history, and are offered at greatly reduced rates. In mingling with the people you can hear them dis cussing the merits of other fields in which to improve their fortunes. Were we addressing capitalists from abroad we would paint in glowing terms the salubrity of our climate, the great local advantages which surround us—both commercial and agricultural. We would tell them of the richness of the soil, of the immense quantity of cotton brought to our market, of the enterprise of. our merchants, of the railroads centering here, and of the unsurpassed advan tages as a distributing point, both by river and rail. It would be all true, every word of it. But we would not point with pride to our rolling mills, our nail factories, en gine and machine shops, foundries and furnaces, although our State is celebra ted far the richness of its ores. We could make no reference to the number of factories utilizing the magnificent growth of timber of the greatest quanti ty and best quality surrounding us on all sides for manufacturing auythingnn der the sun which is made of wood. We j could show no tabular statement, with ' facts and figures, demonstrating the per j cent, of profits on capital invested in I cotton mills, woolen mills, tanneries, ! boot and shoe factoris, in Memphis, for j they are not here. We would enter into detail, telling them that all the elemeuts surrounding us that are best calculated to enrich our people are being sent abread for manu facture, giving employment to a few middle men, who bring back the manu factured article to be exchanged for more of the raw material, and that our Yus' advantages as a distributing point are utilized by the manufacturers of dis tant cities and States to enrich them selves. The committee, as one remedy for this condition of affairs, recommend the es tablishment of a first class factory for making 4-1 sheetings, shirtings* and checks: with a capital of $125,000, of which SBO,OOO is to be used in putting up the buildings and providing the best machinery, and the residue for the pur chase of raw material, pay of operators, and to meet other current expenses. The committee say: “We have examined the reports of the Augusta mills, Geor gia; the Eagle and Phtenix mills, Co lumbus, Ga.; the Graniteville mills, of South Carolina, all of which pay quar terly dividends of font and five per cent., leaving a surplus, which, in a few years, is sufficiently large to enable them to add to their capacity in some instances fifty per cent.” “Cotton mills, the report well says, are not all that is wanted to place Mem phis fairly in the great race of progress with other cities which have combined manufactures with their commerce. Fur niture factories, plow factories, paper mills, boot and shoe factories, etc., are each entitled to, and deserviug of, con sideration. Sufficient capital invested in any of those would pay large divi dends, aud, with the cotton mills, would employ from 500 to 1,000 operators. And as a result of all this, Memphis would soon find other enterprises spring ing up on all sides, her population would soon be increased, her wealth would soon double, and taxation be so lessened as not to be felt. The debate that ensued showed that the members of the Cham ber were fully alive to the importance of the proposition and the necessity of early action upon it. A special commit tee was at once appointed to open books and obtain subscriptions for the capital stock of the ‘Memphis Cotton Mills.’” Augusta is the centre of an important ard growing cotton manufacturing trade; but we have room for and we re quire other industries to place our city in an advanced position in the race of manufacturing progress. We should manufacture as far as possible every thing at home that we use in our house holds and plantations, on our railroads and in our factories, in our workshops and in our places of business. Hun dreds of articles manufactured North and sold in this city could be made at home. With our unsur passed water facilities, Augusta can be made the centre of a diversified and profitable manufacturing industry. Our railroads should lead off" in this matter, so vital to the interests of the city. In place of sending North for their ears and locomotives they should have them made in their own shops. Diversified industries canuot be built up iu a com munity when home patronage is divert ed, and carried away to other sections. We must help ourselves first by encour aging and supporting home enterprises of every kind, no matter how humble or limited their beginning. JUDGE IVM. M. REESE. Judge Wit M. Keese will address the people of Lincoln county on the first Tuesday in August, vindicating his vote in favor of repealing State aid to rail roads. An announcement to this effect is published over his own signature. TILTON’S DISCLOSURES. The charges which Theodore Tilton prefers against Henry Ward Beecher are specific and revolting. He arraigns him for the seduction of his wife, and for living iu adultery with her for many years. THE FIFTH DISTRICT. Col. LurnEß J. Glenn has issued a card to the Democratic voters of the Fifth District. It has the recommenda tion of being brief, forcible and pa triotic, and will commend itself also for its candor. Col. Glenn deserves well of the people of his District. Tlieir in terests and honor could be confided to no more faithful custodian. TIIE COTTON WORM. A dispatch from Mobile reports that the cotton worm is doing serious injury to the crop in Middle Alabama, Eastern Mississippi, and many parishes of Lou isiana. The statement that three large plantations in Middle Alabama have been entirely destroyed by the ravages of the worm is alarming. Coming from M ibile, we can but receive the report of injury to the growing crop as trust worthy. HANCOCK COUNTY. Hancock has been the first county in the District to organize for the cam paign. Friday last there was a meeting of the citizens of the county at Sparta to select delegates to the Congressional Convention, which meets in this city on Wednesday, the 2d of September. Messrs. Wm. Neil, H. L. Middleb rooks, F. 11. Butts, J. R. BiNioNand J. J. Law rence were appointed delegates, aud Messrs. Henry Harris, M.G. Medlock, J. M. Harris, G., P. Culver and John Turner, alternates. Hon. George F. Pierce will not be a candidate for Congress. He is an elo quent speaker and a lawyer of decided ability. As Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House in the last Leg islature, he discharged the duties of his responsible position with marked suc cess. CONFISCATING A STATE. The News and Courier contains a ta ble showing the number of acres of land forfeited to the State for non-payment of taxes in 1873, and the number of acres sold or forfeited during the pres ent year, from which it appears that “in only twenty-two counties 580,134 acres of land, equal in area to 900 square miles, have been sold or confiscated by the State this year. For the two years, 1873 and 1874, as far as reported, the sales and forfeitures amount to 848,657 acres, or 1,326 square miles. Iu the county of Charleston alone the sales and forfeitures amount, this year, to 260,000 acres, or 406 square miles. The entire amount of land in the State assessed for taxation in 1873 is shown iu the report of the Comptroller-General to be as fol lows : Acres. Arable aud plow lands 2,737,385 Meadow and pasture 2,245,087 Wood,uncultivated aud marsh 11,840,163 Total 16,822,635 “Iu two years the sales and forfeitures for non-payment of taxes have amounted to 848,657; that is, one acre in every nineteen acres of land, of all kinds, in thii State has been confiscated under the guise of taxation.” Senator Fenton, of New York, ac cording to a correspondent of the Cin cinnati Commercial, who had an inter view with him recently, believes that Grant is ambitious of being elected to the Presidency for a third term, aud is already laying his plans with that end in view. Grant’s idea at present, in the opinion of the Senator, is to conciliate the South, and he counts confidently upon the support of that section in carry ing out his Presidential programme. Mr. Fenton thinks Grant is much stronger than is generally supposed, and that he cau only be defeated by a union of all the elements opposed to him. He thinks the President would prefer to be nominated in 1876 by the people, irre spective of party. The maximum rates of railroad fare fixed by the Minnesota Railroad Com missioners amount to four and a half cents per mile ; uncompleted sections on the St. Paul and Pacific and the Northern Pacific are allowed to charge five cents per mile, while the river division of the Milwaukee and St. Paul is cut down to three and a half cents— the lowest of all. The St. Panl Pioneer says the law will raise the fare between Minneapolis and St. Paul from 25 to 45 cents. The Treasurer has decided that the Natioral Banks will be permitted to make good amounts charged to the five per eeut. found for the redemption of their notes, by remittances of National Bank notes, thns saving the expense of remitting legal tender notes from the Treasury Department, in return for the bank notes redeemed, and of the return of legal tenders by the banks to make good the five per cent. fund. The first deposit of five per eent. must, however, be made in legal teuders’in all cases. Col. John R. Towers has withdrawn his name from the list of candidates for Representative from Floyd county. AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1574. SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPA NIES. The Louisville Courier Journal hopes “that the insurance companies will not be led by the late disastrous fire in Chicago to raise their rates in places which have a good record. There are a number of cities, or towns, in the North west which are so built that they are ou fire almost the year round, and it would be very unjust to require more careful communities to keep them in kindling wood. However, local companies might profit by am increase in rates among the foreign companies; and Southern in surance organizations might increase their business by adhering to reasonable figures and not going too far away from home.” COMING SOUTH. We see it stated in our exchanges that the “Southern fever is hot” in lowa, Wisconsin and Michigan, in other words, that persons in those States are desirous of coming South for the purpose of buying laud aud locating permanently. Georgia presents an in viting field for the industrious settler, whether lie comes from the West or from Europe. Lauds are cheap, the soil is productive, the climate is salu brious, the people are hospitable, taxes are low, markets are convenient and transportation by water and rail in most parts of the State is easy of access.— Persons who come to Georgia to better their fortunes by honest labor will find no prejudice against them. We have a great State, with mighty resources, but we need the aid of intelligent labor and increased capital to turn the undevelop ed treasure of our fields and forests, our rivers aud mountains, into silver and gold. THE BEST MEN FOR OFFICE. The Democratic Executive Committee of Fulton county, iu an address through their Chairman, Mr. John Collier, call upon the people to take an active part in primary meetings, in order to secure the nomination of good and true men for office. The committee recommend that the selection of candidates be based upon honesty, intelligence and upright ness, and from that class of their fellow citizens whose Democracy is pure— “known and read of all men.” The best men should be put forward as the standard-bearers of the party in every county and district of the State. The people should take an active inter est in their nomination and election. It will prove a fatal mistake if the people— acting upon the belief that the Radicals are going to allow the Democrats to have a quiet walk over the political track fail to organize thoroughly aud effective ly in every county. USURY LAWS. The editor of the Athens Watchman has this to say on the subject of usury in liis last paper: Our readers doubtless remember the specious arguments by which the advo cates of the repeal of the usury laws urged that measure before the Legisla ture. Among other things, they claimed that the repeal would render money more abundant, and thus reduce the rate of interest—that, like all other commodi ties, if left free from legislative restric tion, ;the price of money would be regu lated by the great law of supply and de mand, &c. We did not believe one word of this whemit was uttered, but a majority of our law makers did. At all events, they repealed the usury laws and turned over their constituents to the mercy of the Shylocks and “money changers.” What has been the result ? Before the repeal of the law, Georgia Railroad stock, than which there was no better permanent in vestment, was above par. Now, if a sale can be forced at all, it brings 82 or 83 cents in the dollar ! Have capitalists lost faith in the Georgia Railroad ? Is its solvency or general good management questioned ? Not a bit of it ! Why, then, has the price of stock declined ? The answer is a plain one. Capital ists can make more by loaning their money at 25 per cent! A merchant of this city called at one of our banks re cently to renew a note. The bank offi cer manifesting some reluctance, our friend inquired if the security was not satisfactory. “Oh, yes, perfectly good ; but, then, sir, are you not aware that we can now get twenty-five per cent, for our money ?” There stands the whole matter in a nut-shell—it is as plain as a sunbeam. The usury laws being repealed, mer chants and others who are sometimes obliged to borrow money can no / be skinned alive. * A merchant of this city who had made large advances of produce to planters at high rates of interest was asked the other day if he had not realized a great deal of money by the operation. “No,” was his emphatic reply, “ but the banks have /” The first duty of the coming Legisla ture, after overhauling the matter of taxation and providing for the call of a convention to amend the Constitution, should he to re-enact the usury laws, and require their stringent enforcement against banking institutions and every body else. A great deal of valuable time has been worse than wasted in legislating for the protection of capital. Money needs no protection. It is able to take care of itself. Let the people take this matter in lujud, and elect as Represeutalives and Senators none but those who are sound on these important questions. Our present onerous taxation and the repeal of the usury laws will not only tranfer the earnings of the industrious people into the pockets of drones but will eventually bankrupt all men of moderate means. The repeal of the usury law by the last Legislature had about as much to do with the depreciation of Georgia Railroad stock, or the stock of any other railroad in the State—for they have all depreciated with in the last two years—as the tail of Coggia's cornet. The rate of interest is, if anything, lower than before the repeal of the usury law. Certainly it is not higher. No man in the State who had money to lend paid any attention to the law while in operation. It was to all intents and purposes a dead letter,which no man re spected and which was rarely, if ever, enforced. Although the law was ex plicit and protective in its intent the debtor who pleaded usury was branded as commercially dishonest and his credit took unto itself wings and flew away. The existence of a usury law does not make money cheaper; but it makes men quibble and pre varicate to evade it. The borrower violates the law when he agrees to pay over the prescribed rate for money, and the lender does the same when he exacts a higher rate than that allowed by law. There is really no difference between the parties violating the law, for both in con spiring to evade its provisions are eqnal lv gnilty. The Legislature conid not, if it was deemed desirable, frame a law that would be effective in regulating the rate of interest on money. We know that such laws have been easily evaded heretofore ; and it is folly to encumber the statutes with them. If it were possible to frame a law com pelling banks, backers and capitalists to lend money at seven or eight per cent, per annum, the effect of it would be to drive every dollar of capital used for this purpose out of Georgia. Money is worth jnst what it will bring on the market, and its price or rate of interest is regulated by the law of supply and demand. It requirs no protection from the State. Repealing unfriendly legis lation is not protection. The effort to make the re-enactment of the usury law an issue in the forth coming election will not elicit much en- thusiasm. We did not know that the people of Georgia were suffering from onerous taxation until we read this article in the Watchman. Our State tax is only four-tentbs of one per cent. We are afraid that our good brother, Col. Christy, was suffering from indisposition when he wrote his ar ticle on usury. I hat he will think bet ter of it, we have no doubt. Georgia cannot take any steps backward. For ward is .her motto. Usury laws are a relic of the past. They have not even the recommendation of being worthy of any special admiration for their antiqui ty. They are unworthy of the intelli gence of the age in which we live. THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DIS TRICT. The Democratic Executive Commit tee of the Third District meets at Ame ricus ou the sth of August for the pur pose of fixing the time and place for calling the District Convention. A writer in the Sumter Republican suggests the name of Charles T. Goode for Congress. The editor of the Re publican pays Colonel Goode the hand some but deserved compliment of saying that “He is an able lawyer, a good citi zen, a devoted Democrat, of unsullied private and public character, and should he receive the nomination from the hands of the Convention and be elected, the Third Congressional District and the South will have in the next Con gress no truer nor more gifted son than Col. Charles T. Goode. ” THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION. To the .Editors of the Chronicle and Sentinel: In your issue of the 19tli inst. ap pears a communication recommending Col. Jas. D. Mathews, of Oglethorpe county, for the Democratic Congres sional nomination soon to be made in this (the Eighth) District, and saying, “He was elected to Cotigress [in 1865] but was not allowed to take liis seat in that body by Federal intervention. This fact has been urged frequently since Uio war in the case of others as a good ground for renomination and election.” The approaching nomination in this District is a question for the convention and I there leave it. Iu 1865 I warmly supported the gallant Colonel, anil should he be once more be the nominee will heartily do so again. The nomina tion aside, however, I must protest,upon principle, against the position of your correspondent that Col. Mathews has a “claim" upon the office. No man under our system of government has any “claim" on any office. Absolute free dom of choice is indispensably ne cessary to the proper workings of a representative form of polities. The elective franchise with a lien' on it is worth nothing. Now, Messrs, editors, has the exclusion of gentlemen elected to Congress in 1865 been gene rally regarded “as a good reason for re nomination and election?” In that year the following Congressmen were elected: iu ’Alabama,-C. C. Langdon, George C. Freeman, Cullen A. Battle, Jos. W. Tay lor, B. T. Pope, and Thos. J. Foster; in North Carolina, Jesse R. Stubbs, C. C. Clark, Thos. C. Fuller, Josiali Turner, Jr., L. Hanes, S. H. Walkup, and Alex. H. Jones ; in Florida, F. McLeod; in Mississippi, Arthur E. Reynolds, R. A. Frierson, Jas. T. Harrison, A. M. West, and E. G. Peyton; and in South Caro lina, John I). Kennedy, Wm. Aikin, Samuel McGowan, and Jas. Farrow— twenty-three in all, and of these but one, Mr. McGowan, has ever been re nominated, though we have had three Congressional elections since. Our own Congressmen, elected November 13, 1865, were : Solomon Cohen, Philip Cook, Hugh Buchanan, E. G. Cabiness, J. D Mathews, J. H. Christy, and W. T. Wofford. The Democratic nomina tions since have been : First District, 1868, H. Fitch ; 1870, A. T. Mclntyre; 1872, M. Rawls. Second District, 1868, Nelson Tift; 1870, Nelson Tift; 1872, G. J. Wright. Third District, 1868, P. W. Alexander; 1870, W. T. Wright; 1872, Philip Cook. Fourth District, 1868, O. A. Lochrane; 1870, W. J. Lawton; 1872, 11. R. Harris. FiMi District, 1868, none; 1870, D. M, Dußose; 1872, L. J. Glenn. Sixth District, 1868, J. H. Christy ; 1870, W. P. Price; 1872, J. 11. Blount.' Seventh District, 1868, P. M. B. Young; 1870, P. M. B. Young; 1872, P. M. B. Young. Eighth District, 1872, A. R. Wright. Ninth District, 1872, H. P. Bell. It thus appears that out of the twenty two Democratic Congressional nomina tions we have had iu Georgia since 1865, but two have been given our excluded Congressmen of 1865. Ninety-seven Congressional nominations have been made in all in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina, since 1865, and but three of these nominations have been given gen tlemen excluded from the seats to which they had been elected in that year. G. lION. ALEX. 11. STEPHENS. Letter from Hon. 11. W. Hilliard. Editors of the Chronicle and Sentinel : Gentlemen —l have read the corre spondence between some of the leading citizens of our Congressional Dis trict and Hon. A. H. Stephens with deep interest. I say our District, for I have not relinquished my residence at Augusta, though I have been absent for some months, as I may be from time to time. We can all appreciate the sensi bility that prompted Mr. Stephens to decline to boa candidate for re-election to Congress. In most cases the in ability actually to occupy a seat in the House would be a serious objection to a representative of the people. But in the case of Mr. Stephens -it seems to me there are considerations that outweigh that objection. Wainay hope for such improvement in his health as may en able him to return to Washington and resume his seat at the opening of the next session. But were it even certain that he could not actually sit in the House, stilt I should wisii to see him re-elected. Upon his late election he proceeded to Washington City and took his seat in the House of Representatives. His presence shed a lustre upon that body, and recalled the best days of the Re public. His great speech on the subject of “ Civil Rights” was worthy of him in his palmiest days. It is absolutely un answerable. It exhibited a profound knowledge of the structure of the Gov ernment. It demonstrated that Con gress lias no jurisdiction over the sub ject. That argument will stand ; no as sault can shake it. It is like a house built on a rock, for it rests on the Constitution. If Mr. Stephens had accomjilished nothing hut that, his fame as a statesman would be safe.' But his whole career, illustrious and useful entitles him to the highest considera tion. Lot him die as he has lived, in the public service. Let the sunset glory of his life gild a horizon as wide as the whole country. Chatham was borne into the House of Lords when too feeble to sit upright in the midst of his peers. Calhoun was still the Senator of South Carolina, though he was not strong enough to stand up in the Senate Chamber, and handed his written speech to Mason, of Virginia, who read it aloud for him. I witnessed the im pressive scene. The illustrious states man did not resign his seat, but died in the service of his State. Let the name of Alexander H. Stephens stand upon the roll of Representatives until the day of his death, I trust that his generous constituents will not suffer him to de cline a re-election. He will still en joy the privilege of expressing his views of public questions. His speeches can be read in the House, and the whole country will listen to them. I served far years in Congress with Mr. Stephens. I have known him inti mately ever since; and, in making this appeal in his behalf, I am not only prompted by personal regards, but ani mated by a strong desire to see one con tinued in the public service whose whole life has been consecrated to his countrv. I stood with him under the Whig ban ner when it was first lifted up, and heard his clarion voice ring out m de fense of the principles of that great party. Now, that he is broken by the storms of State, I wish his last appeals in behalf of constitutional liberty to be beard by the whole country with the authentic utterance of a Representative of Georgia. Henry W. Hilliard. Crops in Walton and Morgan are not promising. LETTER FROM ATLAXTA. H. I. KIMBALL’S CAREER IN GEORGIA. Stephens-Toombs Reconciliation—Po litical Notes—Atlanta Matters. [SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.] Atlanta, July 21, 1874. H. I. Kimball. In your issue of Sunday morning last H. I. Kimball publishes a sickly effort at vindication of his “transactions” (not frauds) in Georgia, iu which he takes occasion to say he will not “descend to the level of your slanderous corres pondent.” lam rejoiced at this resolu tion of H. I. Kimball. Had I attained unexampled eminence as a Radical car pet-bagger, I, too, would never deign to “descend” to a level with an humble, honest citizen. Had I been the intimate associate of the Radical Governor, Rnfus B. Bullock, a fugitive from justice, I would never obtrude my company on an honest citizen of Georgia. Had I subjected myself to the scorn of four hundred thousand private citizens of this State for alleged “transactions” (not frauds) perpetrated upon them in violation of every impulse of honor and rule of morality, I would never descend to the plane of one of those injured and defrauded citizens, even if he were a “slanderous corres pondent.” If I had been accused by an indignant, outraged and oppressed State of appropriating the public money through such expedients as wild-cat railroads and mush-room public build ings, I would never again notice a “slan derous correspondent” who dared to remind me of my disgrace. Had I been charged with peculation and dishonesty by committees appointed at the instance of the highest tribunal in the land, I too would not descend to the level of a correspondent who was so inconsiderate as to remind the victims of my pecula tions of my wonderful exploits in “car pet-baggery. ” Had I been the prompter and adviser of the most unpricipled and corrupt Governor that ever cursed Geor gia with his disgraceful misrule, I would not condescend to notice a “slanderous correspondent” who revived such un pleasant memories. Had I fled the country under cover of night, when the representatives of an outraged people were assembling to render me account able for my nefarious “transactions” (not frauds), I could not endure the sight of a “slanderous correspondent,” who presumed to fling in my face the cir cumstances of my disgrace. Had I wan dered the world over and failed to “raise the wind,” and were, as a last resort, endeavoring to commence my transac tions (not frauds) on the unsuspecting people of this State, I too would be in dignant at the protest of a “slanderous correspondent” who dared to oppose my treacherous schemes. Finally, if nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand white people in Georgia be lieved me to be an unscrupulous political interloper, an impecunious adventurer, an accomplished Sliylock and political harlequin, I too would not notice a “slanderous correspondent” who inci dentally intimated that I was not pure and honest and patriotic. But I will tell you, Messrs. Editors, what I would do. I would do like all other persons accused of “transactions.” I would call myself a martyr to political prejudice and hatred; I would play the part of “injured innocence;” I would picture myself as the helpless victim of slander; I would declare indignantly that I had been wronged; that I had been defamed; that I had been maliciously persecuted; that I had been traduced and foul ly caluminated, and having aroused the sympathy of an unsuspecting and for giving public, I would proceed forth with to plunder them with all my might. If your readers, Messrs. Editors, can find an application for the foregoing parable; if they find in it anything that reminds them of the political career of Mr. H. I. Kimball, they are welcome to make the application. I myself can make no such application. Believing that H. I. Kimball is the champion “de veloper” of Georgia’s resources, I could not attribute to him such disreputable transactions. Had it not been for the patriotic financial schemes of 11. I. Kimball I very much fear that Georgia would to-day be plodding along honest ly, as of old, and would have had no op portunity to demonstrate to the world her wonderful strength in carrying one of the. most monstrous and oppressive Radical debts that could be heaped upon her fair shoulders. Stephens-Toombs Reconciliation. Every person is rejoiced at the intel ligence that Mr. Stephens and General Toombs had become reconciled, and that the long existing friendship of these veterans of Southern politics had been fully restored. This universal expres sion of pleasure on the part of the'peo ple at tire news of their reconciliation testifies in unmistakable terms that these master men have yet the hearts of the people, whom they have so honorably and signally served in days gone by. The County Democracy Are marshalling their hosts for battle, and for victory it is beleived. The Coun ty Executive Committee held a meeting on Saturday, and designated the first Tuesday in August as the day for nomi nating delegates to the Democratic Con gressional Convention, which assembles in Griffin on the 18th of August. They also designated the first Tuesday in September as the time for holding a nomination for members of the Legisla ture and for delegates to attend the nomination for State Senator from this District. All these nominations, in ac cordance with a popular custom in this county, will be conducted by ballot. The nomination for county officers will be held at some future time. The many candidates for county honors, however, are circulating a petition addressed to the County Executive Committee to have the nomination for county of fice to occur on the same day of the nomination for members of the Legislature. By this means they hope to obtain a more universal attendance of their friends, rallying the entire voting strength of the party at the nomination. Another candidate for the Legislature is Mr. Sidney Dell, a talented and promising young lawyer, and staunch, unflinching Democrat of this city, and one whose distinction is not confined to his profession. He has obtained con siderable celebrity as an essayist and ora tor, and is well qualified for the posi tion. He will be warmly supported by numerous friends. A Public Market. The city of Atlanta has been without a market system almost ever since the war. The plan of having a public market house for the sale of all fresh family supplies of meats and vegetables proved to be unprofitable because of mismanagement several years ago, and in a fit of disgust the City Council abol ished the system. Now the people are clamoring for anew market system, and it is probable that at no distant day their wishes will be realized. The State Fair, the Water Works and other public enterprises, however, will necessarily defer this much desired improvement for a while. Facts In Brief. The bridge which was destroyed on the Air Line Railroad by a falling train, near this city some days ago, was re built in two days. All the negroes injured by the Air Line Railroad accident are recovering. It is probable that the Congressional delegation from this county will sup port Col. Luther J. Glenn, of this city. Merchants have every encourage ment to believe that the Fall will open with an unprecedentedly vigorous trade. Crops are promising from every section of the country. Halifax. The Alabama Claims. Washington, July 22.—The Court of Commissioners of the Alabama claims met to-day at the Department of State, all the members were present, namely— Wells, of Michigan, who is the presid ing Judge, and Judges Ragnor, North Carolina; hey son, New Jersey; Porter, Pennsylvania, and Baldwin, Michigan; with Mr. John Davis, Clerk of the Court. Ex-Postmaster-General Creswell having been designated by the Presi dent as counsel for the Government, was also present. After the organization the Court proceeded to the considera tion of rules to govern the proceedings before them and to other business, in cluding the appointment of R. W. C. Mitchell as their phonographer and ad journed till to-morrow, when they will resume the subject of the rules. No claims will be considered until these shall be prepared and circulated. The Court having declined to occupy rooms in the Department of Justice, will select others more convenient. Twenty-four passenger trains leave Atlanta daily. THE R OLF IX THE FOLD. A HORRIBLE TALE OF CRIME. lleui y Ward Beecher and Mrs. Tilton —Another Report of Theodore Til ton's Testimony Before the Commit tee. Brooklyn, July 21, 1874.—The Brook lyn Argus, of this afternoon, publishes the exclusively sworn statement of Theo dore Tilton, made before the Plymouth Church Investigating Committee last night. The statement is given in full, except where phrases unfit for publica tion are used, the omissions being indi cated by stars. It occupies five columns, and is a history of events extending over a lengthened period, giving evi dence and dates and a corroborative tes timonial statement, and is prefaced by a letter from Tilton to the members of the committee, explaining his motive for making the disclosures, in which he de clares that Beecher, iu seeking an inves tigation,must hold himself only responsi ble for the wretchedness which they will carry to his own home and hearth, as they have already brought to Tilton’s. The statement, which is divided into twenty-two distinct specifications, com mences with a preamble, setting forth that when Beecher has instigated the appointment of an investigating com mittee, and Mrs. Tilton, formerly the wife of Theodore Tilton, having openly deserted her home, ill order to co operate with Beecher in a conspiracy to overthrow the credulity of her late hus band; therefore Theodore Tilton hereby sets forth under solemu oath the follow ing facts and testimony: The first section sets forth, that on the 2d of October, 1855, at Plymouth Church, a marriage between Theodore Tilton and Elizabeth M. Richards was performed by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, which marriage, thirteen years after wards, was dishonored and violated by this clergyman, through criminal seduc tion of the wife and mother. The sec ond section refers to the friendship ex isting fur over fifteen years before and after marriage between him and Tilton, and iii consequence of the degree to which this friendship was cemented the subsequent dishonoring by Beecher of his friend’s wife was a crime of uncom mon wrongfulness and perfidy. The third section says that about nine years ago Beecher began and thereafter con tinued a friendship with Mrs. Tilton until 1870, when he ceased such visits. During that time he won the affection ate love of Mrs. Tilton, whereby after long moral resistance by her and after repeated assaults by him upon her mind with overmastering argument he accom plished getting the possession of her person, which thenceforward; during a a period of years, held the relation called criminal intercourse; this relation being regarded by lier during that period as not criminal, or morally wrong. Fourth—That on or about the evening of October 10, 1868, Mrs. Tilton held an interview witli Beecher at his residence, she being then in a tender frame of mind, owing to the recent death of a youug child, and during this interview an act of criminal commerce took place between them, which act was followed by a similar act of criminality botweem the same parties, at Tilton’s residence, on the subsequent Saturday afternoon; and followed by similar acts on various occasions, from the Autumn of 1868 to the Spring of 1870, the places being the two residences of Beecher and Tilton, and occasionally other places to which Beecher would invite Mrs. Tilton, or at which he would meet her by previous appointments, these acts of wrong being on her part, from first to last, not wan ton or conscientously wicked, but arising through her moral perceptions occasioned by t lie powerful influence ex erted over her by Beecher. Fifth—That Beecher’s pastoral visits to Mrs. Tilton during 1868 became so frequent as to excite comment, Tilton being West. During a period of five or six weeks one hundred aud twenty calls were made by Beecher, which calls be came noticably unfrequent on Hilton's return home. Sixth—That previous to this criminal intimacy, Mrs. Tilton encouraged atten tions from Beecher, as she had been dis tressed with rumors against his moral purity, and wished to convince him that she should receive his kindness and yet resist liis solicitations, and so inspire him with increased respect for the chaste dignity of womanhood. Previous to the Autumn of 1868 she maintained with Christian firmness toward Beecher this position of resistance, always refusing liis amorous pleas, which were strong aud oft repeated, anil in a letter to her husband dated February 3, 1868, was the following: “ Love is praiseworthy, but to abuse the gift is sin. No demonstration or fascination could cause me to yield my womanhood!” Seventh —Mr. Tilton’s first suspicion that Beecher was abusing the affection or preference which Mrs. Tilton bore him was an improper caress given by Beecher to Mrs. Tilton, while seated on the floor of his library overlooking the engravings. Tilton asked an explana tion of his wife. She first denied the act and then confessed it, and said she had chided Beecher concerning it. On another occasion, Tilton, after leaving his house in the morning, returned and found his bed chamber door locked, and on knocking it was opened by Mrs. Til ton. Beecher was seen within, much confused and exhibiting a flushed face. Mrs. Tilton’s explanation was deemed satisfactory by her husband. Eighth—That in the Spring of 1870, on Tilton’s return from a Winter’s ab sence, he noticed such evidences of his wife’s mind being absorbed in Beecher that an estrangement took place be tween them. She went earlier than usual for her Summer sojourn in the country. Returning after several weeks absence, on July 3, 1870, and within four hours after her arrival, after exact ing from her husband a solemn promise not to harm Beecher, or communicate to him what she had said, she made a confession to him of criminal acts here inbefore stated, accompanied with quota tions from Beecher’s arguments and reasonings with her to overcome her long maintained scruples against yield ing to his desires. She stated that Beecher habitually characterized their intimacy by the term “nestliiding,” and she would confer pain and sorrow if the hidden secret w’as ever made known. Beecher had repeatedly assured her then that he loved her better than he had loved any other woman, and she felt justified before God in her intimacy with him, save the necessary deceit which accompanied it, and at which she frequently suffered in her mind. Ninth—That after confession Mrs. Tilton returned to the country to await her husband’s action; whereupon, after many in considerate statements, chief of which was that she had not voluntarily gone astray, but had been artfully mis led by Beecher, to get her about, from a desire to protect the family from open shame, Tilton condoned the wrong, and addressed to his wife such letters of affection, tenderness and respect as he felt would restore her wounded spirits, and which did partially produce that result. Tenth—That in December, 1870, on account of their differences, which were augmented by Beecher and Beecher’s wife, an interview was then arranged between Tilton and Beecher, through a letter from Mrs. Tilton to Mr. Moulton, and they met at Moulton’s residence, and Beecher and Tilton spoke to each other for the first time since Mrs. Til ton’s confession of guilt. The substance of her confession and her wish for con ciliation and peace between Beecher arid her husband being furnished to Beech er was the first knowledge he had receiv ed that Mrs. Tilton had confessed. At the meeting Beecher sought to consult with Mrs. Tilton. This was granted.— Beecher departed and returned an hour later and expressed his remorse and shame’ and declared that his life and work seemed brought to a sudden end. Mr. Tilton on returning to his home found his wife weak and in great dis tress, saying that what she had meant for peace had only given pain and an guish; that Beecher had just called on her, declaring that she had slain him, and he would probably be tried before a ; council of ministers, unless she would ‘ give him a written paper for his protec tion; whereupon he dictated to her and she copied in her own hand-writing a suitable paper for him to use to place before a council of ministers on the next day, December 31, 1870. Moulton, on being informed by Til ton of the above named transaction by Beecher, called on Beecher, who ex pressed sorrow and shame for having proceeded in the manner he did, and re turned it to Tilton. In this letter Mrs. Tilton repudiates her former letter to Moulton, and states explicitly that Beecher never offered her any improper salutations. Moulton had a long inter view with Beecher the following day, when Beecher expressed great contri- tion and remorse for his previous crimi nality with Mrs. Tilton, expressing a de termination to kill himself in case of ex posure, and begging Moulton to write at his (Beecher’s) dictation an apology to Tilton, in hope of securing his for giveness. The letter dictated by Beecher was as follows : “in trust with my dear friend MOUL TON. “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 re member all the other breasts that would ache. I will not plead for myself. I even wish that I was dead. But others will have to suffer, and I will die before any one but myself shall be inculpated. All my thoughts are running out toward my friends, and towards the poor child lying there praying with her hands fold ed, that he has graeelessly sinned against, bearing the transgression of another. “I have humbly prayed to God to put it into the heart of her husband to for give me. I have trusted this to Moul ton in confidence. [Signed] 11. W. Bef.cher.” The remaining specifications consist principally of correspondence between parties interested, iu reference to the scandal. Eleventh—Was important letters from Mrs. Tilton to a friend. Twelfth—Comprises letters between the parties during February—the cor respondence being selected by Moulton iu order to show the mutual expressions of agreement. The first is a letter from Tilton to Moulton averring that he bore no malice to Beecher and would dis countenance every projeet to expose him. The second is a letter from Beecher to Moulton expressing his gratitude for Moulton’s service in his be half. Thirteen—ls a letter from Beecher to Mrs. Tilton, in which he also refers to Moulton with expressions of gratitude. What the Tribune Saye. New York, July 22.—Alluding to the voluminous sworn statement of Tilton, accusing Beecher, the Tribune says: “The caso now transcends the power of church conferences or well meaning mar plots to settle or conceal, unless the frightful exposition is answered prompt ly and fully. The most famous pulpit since Paul preached in Athens is si lenced. There is no longer safety and dignity in refusal to answer. Beecher’s own hand seems to bear witness against him. Satisfactory proof of the falsity of the accusation will bo hailed as tidings of great joy, and the position of the great preacher will bo stronger than ever in the hearts of thousands. If ho fails to clear himself all Christendom will deplore the loss, and the pistol shot of Booth will have caused no deeper and not so hopeless a national sorrow.” A Tribune reporter has interviewed Mr. Cleveland, who said Mrs. Tilton aud Mr. Beecher are preparing a state ment, which will be submitted to the committee Thursday, and which will satisfactorily explain all the correspon dence between them and all other mat ters contained in Mr. Tilton’s statement. ANOTHER CHURCH SCANDAL. A CLERGYMAN ARRESTED ONTIIE CHARGE OF SEDUCTION. Excitement on Jersey Oily Heights A Respectable Family Plunged Into Grief and a Congregation Scandal izd. [Prom tbo New York Herald.] On Prospect avenue, Jersey City Heights, stands a small rectangular frame building, used as a Presbyterian Church. Tiie congregation was organ ized only a few years ago, and numbers in its ranks many prominent and wealthy citizens. The pastor is the Rev. John S. Glendenny, a young man not past twenty-eight. He is unmarried, and lives with his mother and sister on Ber gen avenue, near the bridge over the Pennsylvania Railroad cut. This young man, owing to his exalted position—the reputed shepherd of the flock—gained access to many families into whose so ciety he could never penetrate iu any other capacity. He was, forsooth, the guardian of the innocent, the apostle to the wayward, the protector of virtue and the messenger of peace to the afflicted. These linos have now more than ordina ry import, for in the story to be recited the question arises in every sentence, as it assailed the ears of a Herald repre sentative in every quarter of Jersey City yesterday, “Whom shall we trust in the bosom of our families if not the clergy ?” Painful as are the details, a true regard for the sacred interests of the family cir cle everywhere demands tlieir publica tion. Parents and guardians wi II read the lesson; some, perhaps, of the faith ful will be so scandalized as to bring joy to the hearts of infidels and materialists. Now fertile sad story. Among the families visited by this pastor was that of Mr. J. S. Miller, a gentleman who moves in the highest circles. He was recently a member of the Board of Edu cation. His family circle includes a youug lady, AN ORPHAN, Named Miss Mary E. Pomeroy, now twenty-seven years of age. She has re sided in the Miller family eighteen years, twelve of which she lias spent with the gentleman named. She, too, was the recipient of invitations from the families of such gentlemen as ex-Mayor Van Ileipen, Marcus L. Beach and Win. H. Wood. She gave lessons in music and became the organist of the Presby terian Church referred to. Thus did the acquaintance between her aud THE SHEPHERD OF THE FOLD Ripen into familiarity. He has been a constant visitor at her house for two years and a half. During the past four months he has visited the house four times a week. He lavished handsome presents on her. At one time he gave her a pair of gold sleeve buttons, at an other a pair of ear-rings, further ou a gold watch and chain, and that the bond of friendship might not bo severed till life’s last hour, lie bestowed on her an engagement ring, on which was en graved this inspiring sentiment : “two hearts in one !” Then the hopes of the confiding young lady were centered in that one being, and she shut up her heart to all the world besides. How many are there whoso faith in human constancy and fidelity is so weak as to suppose there could be a dark side to such a picture as that here presented ? Miss Pomeroy was doomed to swallow the bitter draught that lias brought so many of her sex in to an untimely grave. The tempter was plotting day and night. It was a ques tion of time. The evil hour came at last for her, and the man in whom all her affections were centered became THE WOLF OF THE FOLD. To seal his perfidy he coaxed and fawned till he succeeded iu getting hack from his victim the evidence which he dared not face—the engagement ring. No need to gratify prurient tastes by pursuing this painful subject any further in detail. The following affidavit is a chapter in itself : Hudson County. —The voluntary ex amination of Mary E. Fomcroy, of Jersey City, in said county, single wo man, taken on oath before me, Thomas Aldridge, Esq., one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county, this 15th day of July, 1874, who suit h that she is now with child and that said child is likely to be born a bastard and to bo chargeable to the city of Jersey City, and that John K. Glendenny of said city, a minister of the Presbyterian Chnrcb, is the father of said child. Mary F. Pomeroy. Taken and signed the day and year above written before me, Thomas Aldridge. Justice of the Peace. On this he was arrested and taken be fore Justice Aldridge at half-past ten o’clock on Wednesday night. John Gordon, a member of bis congregation, became his bondsman to appear for ex amination next week. He was escorted by an officer to Mr. Miller’s house, where he was confronted by the afflicted young lady. The scene need not be de scribed. Now comes the acme of the outrage. The accused shepherd of the flock has mapped out his line of de fense. He intends to avail himself of what the legal fraternity designate “a plea in justification.” Most readers of this story can penetrate into the signifi cance of this insinuation without need ing an explanation. Her character is to be weighed in the balance, and he relies on six members of the congregation to adhere to his side of the case. The next chapter in the case will be a suit for breach of promise of marriage. Miss Pomeroy’s friends have taken the preliminary steps already in that direc tion. i NUMBER 30. THE CHILD STEALERS. TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD. Proclamation by tbo Mayor of Phila delphia. Philadelphia, July 22.—T1i0 Mayor has issued the following proclamation, offering a reward of twenty thousand dollars for the capture of the abductors of the child,Charley Brewster ltoss, and the restoration of the child : Mayor’s Office, City of ( Philadelphia, July 22, 1874. j At the instance of citizens of Phila delphia, I hereby offer a reward of twenty thousand dollars for the arrest and conviction of the abductors of Charles Brewster ltoss, son of Christian K. ltoss, of Philadelphia, and the restora tion of that child to his parents. The child was stolen from Washington Lane, near Chew street, Germantown, in the suburbs of Philadelphia, on the after noon of the Ist of July last. At the time when the child was stolen he an swered the following description : Age, four years; dressed in brown linen lsilt suit, with short skirt, broad brim un bleached Panama hat, with black band; laced shoes, blue and white striped stockings. The boy has long flaxen curly hair, hazel eyes, clear skin, round full face and no marks, except those made by vaccination on liis arm. His appearance as above described may have beeu greatly changed by cutting off his hair or changing his dress to that of a girl or in some other way. The child was decoyed by two men into a falling top, yacht-bodied buggy, painted dark all over, lined with dark material, drawn by a dark bay or brown horse about 15J hands high, driven, it is believed'withont a check rein, by two men, who as nearly as can be ascertain ed answer to the following description: Number one was a man of rather a largo size, probably live feet eight inches high. Ho was seen sitting. Age, believe,to be from 85 to 45 years, mous tache and full beard or whiskers, rather long on the chin, of brown or sandy brown color, and brown hair. He wore a ring on the little linger of the right hand. Number two was a man five feet eight or ten inches high, about 25 or 30 yeans of age, of light with tendency to sandy complexion, sandy moustache, and red nose and “face, having the appearance of a drinking man. One of the men wore a broad brimmed straw hat, looking as if it had been worn a season or two and much browned. The other wore a high crowned dark colored straw hat. One wore a linen duster. One of the men wore large glasses or goggles of a dark color, probably as a disguise. W. S. Stokkley, Mayor of Philadelphia. In the cause of humanity, as well as for the interest of justico, it is earnestly requested that the foregoing be given the widest publicity in every newspaper in the United States and Canada. The report that Wooster was released to-day is unfounded. CROP NEWS. J. T. Parker, who lives near Toomhs boro, says that the crops of that sec tion are very promising. If good sea sons continue the farmers of this good old county will be on the high road to prosperity. Mr. Parker thinks that county will put a man in the next Leg islature who will favor a Constitutional Convention. The Sumter .Republican says : From a gentleman who has just returned from an extended trip through Sumter, Schley r , Marion, Talbot and Taylor coun ties, we learn that crops in the two first mentioned, to a point four miles north of Ellaville, are all looking exceedingly well and growing finely, besides being free of grass. Corn is in silk, and cot ton will average from twelve to sixteen inches high, well filled with forms and blooms. The lands upon which the above crops are growing are what is termed red and grey stiff lands. About four miles north of Ellaville our informant states that he struck grey and sandy lands. The crops in this belt for the distance of twenty-five miles, run ning through Schley and Marion comi ties, were not near so good or as far ad vanced. Tlio continued rams through June caused corn, which is only about five feet high, to become yellow from the ground to the top. Cotton seems to have the rust and will not average 1 more than eight inches in height. On the red lands in Talbot, crops will comparo fawrably with those of Sumter and lower Schley. Cotton and corn aro both doing well in Taylor. The Albany News says : As all the bread crops in Southwestern Georgia are luxuriant, abundant and safe from the ordinary evils, wo may dismiss fur ther notice of them with the single re mark that our cribs have come home, and smiling plenty gladdens the country. The cotton crop is not so promising. We have had rainy weather since the Ist of June, and much of the time the Helds have been flooded, and work greatly im peded. When the rains set in the crops were perfectly clean, and in better con dition than any crop wo remember over to bavo observed; consequently tlio cot ton got tbo start of tbo grass, and as tlio rains fertilized it as well as the grass, it has of course held its advantage, and is not at all seriously affected from inter rupted cultivation. But it is seriously injured in its rapid growth—developing weed without corresponding fruit, and luxuriance without toughness to hold its forms. The caterpillar made its appearance, well defined and unmistakably, on Fri day, the 10th, in many plantations, and since then its existence in many others is reported. Wo have, however, con versed with many planters—intelligent, vigilant, close observing planters—who have not been able to find the fly even in their fields ; and those who have discov ered the genuine caterpillar, report fewer flies than were observed any pre vious caterpillar year at this stage of the crop, hi fact, the fly is so scarco that high hopes are entertained of es cape from disaster, and we are inclined to believe that the vigorous efforts now being exerted by the planters generally to check the progress of the threatening campaign, will succeed iu saving the crop from destruction. The means used are the Itigell lamps to catch the fly, and the poison to kill the worm, and so universal is the pur pose to apply these remedies that wo cannot doubt great good will bo accom plished. It is impossible to catch all the flies or kill all the worms, hut if every planter will go to work in earnest, and keep it up day after day and night after night, their labor will bo effective and the crop will be saved. Otherwise, ruin and devastatiou stares us in the face. The Griffin Mcasenyer says ; A good substantial farmer from Pike informed us yesterday that Pike county would make plenty of corn to do the county two years, that there never was such a prospect for a large corn crop. Tbo cotton, though small, looks well, and will with good seasons muko a pretty fair crop. The Columlms finyHirer says: Iu this section crops are still reported very fine. Cotton is doing well. The only drawback is the reported appearance of the caterpillar fly in neighboring south ern counties on both sides of the river. Corn is already made, and the yield will be the largest since the war. Peas and potatoes will also be abundant. The Columbia Union- Her aid says ; All through the centre of the State the crop prospects is auspicious. Os cotton, the acreage is about one-tenth less than that of last year, while that of corn is about one-twelfth more. Wherever tho corn crop has been properly cultivated, the indications now are that bread enough will be made, the seasons up to this time having been unusually favora ble to this leading cireal. The cotton promises about an average of the crops since the war, but will be two or three weeks later than that of last year. A STATE CONVENTION. Kingston, Ga., July 21. To the Editors of tho Chronicle and Sen tinel : There arc a great many people in this section favorable to a call for a State Convention by the next Legislature, and think the matter should bo discussed during tho present campaign. Somo very grave arid important subjects to the people would naturally come beforo a convention, and tho eyes of the people would be opened as to how they are governed, bargained and sold out with out consent. A convention would poHt tho people upon how they are being whirled into tho vortex of bankruptcy and ruin by bargaining, selling and em bezzling. A convention, and ouly a convention, can njiply tho proper remedy and stop this, Bartow,