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WE DNESDAY AUGUST 12, 1874
“ OUR COUNTRY ANT) OUR FLAG."
From the fatal day on which the flag
of the South went down at Appomattox,
when Gen. Lee and his army surren
dered, the Southern Confederacy and
the hopes that it inspired of an inde
pendent Government perished. From
that day up to the present hour the
people of the South have acted in good
faith toward the people and the Govern
ment of the United States. While cher
ishing the hopes that the cause inspired,
and revering the sacred memories of the
heroic dead who fell in defense of the
independence of the Confederate Gov
ernment, the people of the South have
not been unmindful of the obligations
imposed by therelations assnmed toward
the Government of the United States.
With the collapse of the Confederacy
their hostility to the old Government
ceased. They submitted to the inevitable;
that which they had fought to accomplish
they abandoned, because overpowered.
Without useless repinings, without pro
testations of affection for the power that
smote them, they submitted to the au
thority of the Government, and from
the day of the surrender to this there
has been no organized hostility among
the ten millions of people who were
citizens of the Confederacy toward the
lawful authority of the United States.
There has been no effort to dispute its
sway. The power of the Government
has been complete and absolute. We may
deserve no credit for submission to law
ful authority. We may deserve no
credit for the peace and good order
which reign in every State of the South,
where the government is administered by
the very men who were truest and bravest
in the support of the dead Confederacy.
We have received none from the Repub
lican party. But our people are deter
mined that their motives shall no longer
be misconstrued and their conduct and
acts misrepresented. The time for mourn
ing and weeping has passed, and the
time for action has come for the people
of the whole South. While reverting
the memory of the dead, ami perpetuat
ing their heroism in marble monuments
and historic pages, they have not been un
mindful of their duties to the living nor
of their solemn obligations to the Gov
ernment of the United States. No true
man, no soldier of the Union who fought
for Flag and Country, will ever judge
the people of the South harshly for the
honors which they pay to their fathers
and brothers who sacrificed their
lives for Right and Liberty. Treason
there was none. Succoss made Wash
ington the father of his country. De
feat would not have made him a traitor,
but as such ho would have been charac
terized had ho been unsuccessful iu the
wurfor American Independence, in which
the people of the South havo a common
heritage. The brpve are always mag
nanimous. The soldiers who fought for
the Union have no hostility for the
men who upheld the Confederacy.
Had the adjustment of our rela
tions to the Government been left to
the men who tried the valor of the
Southern soldiers, the people of the
South would have long since rejoiced in
the full enjoyment of all their rights
under a restored Union. The brave
respect the brave. There is no bitter
ness in the breasts of the men who have
survived the fearful contests of our civil
war. When they meet now in the peace
ful walks of life—those who wore the
Blue and those who wore the Grey—
there is cordiality in their grasp, admi
ration in their words, and charity in
their hearts for the men who fought and
fell on both sides, exhibiting to the
world deeds of personal prowess and
martial valor which shall yet be claimed
as the common heritage of the American
peoplo.
We exhibit no indecent liasto in en
couraging attachment to the Union of
our Fathers and the Flag of our Coun
try. Wo must embrace the inevitable,
and the sooner wo become thoroughly
reconciled and feel in our hearts that
we have a common country and a com
mon flag the better will it bo for our
people and our suction. Wo know that
this view may not be acceptable to some;
but imbued, ns we are, with the
duty aud the conviction of the necessity
of the most thorough reconciliation to
the Government, wo shall not hesitate to
urge reconciliation and attachment.
Conscious of the purity of our motives,
we shall not shrink from a responsibility
which may possibly subject us to unjust
criticism.
The Reunion of the surviving members
of the old Third Georgia Regiment at
Union Point, last week, after a separa
tion of nine years, was the occasion of
giving expression to feelings that must
appeal with irresistible conviction to the
hearts of the truo and the brave iu every
section of this great country. The old
survivors of this gallant legion—men who
upheld the houor of their country upon
every battle field of Virginia—met to
gether for the first time since the flag
of the South was furled forever at Appo
mattox. What memories must have filled
the hearts of these heroic survivors as
they gazed upon their battle flag, un
furled by the gallant and gifted Colonel
who had preserved it! Once more they
lifted up their eyes to the flag that had
waved above them from Sawyer’s Lane
to Appomattox, aud strong men were
moved to tears as they fondly gazed
upon the bullet-pierced aud shell-torn
and faded ensign that had lead them to
deeds of noble daring ! Looking upon
that flag, these men were filled with love
and veneration for that glorious past
which they will cherish uutil called to
answer the Muster Roll in the Grand
Army of the Elect, where there will be
no distinction between those who worthi
ly wore the Blue and those who worthi
ly wore the Grey. The veterans of the
Third Georgia are for Peace and Perfect
Reconciliation. The sentiments animat
ing these once citizen soldiers, as ex
pressed by their old officers on the occa
sion of the Reunion of the Regiment,
should be printed in letters of gold.—
Captain D. X. Sanders, who delivered
the address of welcome, gave expression
to the following patriotic sentiment:
While deep down iu our hearts we will
ever cherish the memory of the banner
which represented our loved “ lost
cause,” let ns re-adopt the grand old
flag of the Union. 'Twas the loved flag
of our fathers; let it also be ours. Our
grand sires made it glorious by their
valor, aud consecrated it with their
blood; let us, their Children, still claim
it as our birthright, aud defend its honor
as our own.
The Colonel of the regiment, whose
devotion to the South aud whose valor
has been illustrated by his deeds,
speaks of our share in the common herit
age of Yorktowu, Saratoga aud Eutaw,
of New Orleans and Cherubuseo. He
says truly, fins is a great country, aud
the people of the South cannot consti
tute au exception to the people of all
ages. Col. Snead, addressing his old
companions iu arms, advises them
wiselv: “ The past we cannot recall;
our destinies we cannot change ; then
as reasonable mien let us make the
most we cau of the situation.” The
Government of the United States has
nothing to fear from the soldiers of
the dead Confederacy. Let the people
of the victorious North give the con
quered South au honest administration
of the affairs of the Federal Government,
and justice above all thing* else, and
there will be but one seutiment
animating our people—“ The Republic
of the United States—Let it be per
petual. ”
A writer in the Columbus Enquirer
presents Hon. Martm J. Crawford for
Congress from tho Fourth District. Mr.
Crawford was in Cougres* before the
war. He is in the vigor of a ripened
manhood and in the possession of a ma-,
iured and strong intellect; a gentleman
of culture and agreeable manners, his
presence in Congress would be benefi
cial to the State. Georgia should be
represented by men of brains aud influ
ence.
SURVEY ° F kIVEK 9AVANJfAU
At the meeting of the City Council
Monday last, Alderman Philip intro
duced a resolution, which was adopted,
appropriating the sum of SSOO for a snr
vev of the Savannah river from Augusta
to Anderson, S. C.— the survey to be
made under the direction of the Mayor
and Canal Committee. This survey is
necessary in order to present intelligent
ly to Congress the feasibility of improv
ing the navigation of the Savannah. If
the matter be properly presented and
supported, we have no doubt but that a
handsome appropriation will be granted
by Congress. The project should cer
tainly meet with every encouragement
from the people on both sides of the Sa
vannah river.
ALL A MISTAKE.
Mr. Hill, in his speech at Athens the
other night, denied that he ever said
that he would advise our people to sup
port President Grant for a third term,
even if he shonld veto the supplementa
ry Civil Rights bill.
So it turns out that Mr. Redfield,
the correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial, has misunderstood and
misrepresented Gov. Smith and Hon. B.
H. Hill, both gentlemen having contra
dicted the report that they favored
President Grant’s re-election.
We do not know of any public man in
Georgia who is favorable to the re
election of President Grant. We know
of no Democrat who has the confidence
of the people that wiflpupport him.
So far as Georgia is concerned, this
third term movement is dead.
TIIE ERA OF CHEAP FOOD.
There is an opinion entertained in
well informed circles that this present
year will witness a material reduction in
the cost of the great food staples and in
all the essentials that go to make up a
living. This opinion is expressed by
prominent journals devoted to agricul
ture aud trade. We have before us an
article from the Boston Commercial
Bulletin, which presents a cheering
prospect. The reports of crops are un
usually promising in both the Northern
and Southern grain fields of Russia, in
the Principalities, in Italy, Germany,
France aud England. Unless some un
foreseen accident supervenes Europe
will this Summer and Fall harvest an
immense cereal crop. The prospect in
our own country is favorable to a larger
yield of corn, wheat and other food
grains than ever before.
WHITE SUPREMACY.
The victory at Vicksburg is encourag
ing to the white people of the South
who havo been robbed and insulted for
years by the domination of mongrel
governments, composed of ignorant ne
groes and corrupt and disreputable car
pet-baggers and native traitors. For
eight years the citizens of Vicksburg
were plundered and humiliated. The
city and county were under the control
of a faction whose sole purpose was
plunder. Worthless, irresponsible, cor
rupt and extravagant, they sought and
obtained office to enrich themselves at
the expense of the people, whom they
cursed by their presence and impover
ished by a species of legalized robbery
known only to tho unfortunate commu
nities of the South. Bankrupt in char
acter aud in pocket, tho most depraved
and licentious of tho community band
ed themselves together to rob and
plunder the good citizens and honest
tax payers of Vicksburg. Under tliis
infamous regime of penitentiary whites
and chain gang negroes, offices were
multiplied and taxes increased to such
an extent as to amount to absolute con
fiscation of the property of the white
citizens. The taxes were increased to
6] per cent., and the debt of the city
amounted to oue-fiftli of tho real and
personal property iu Vicksburg. Not
content with robbing the people, the
negroes and carpet-baggers and native
traitors exercised a reign of terror over
them. Their wives and daughters
were insulted and humiliated on the
public streets by negro politicians, who
proclaimed their willingness to embrace
the doctrines of social equality aud mis
cegenation. Tho negro Davenport,
Clerk of tho Chancery Court, expressed
these revolting doctrines, and asserted
that there were thousands of the best
ladies in Mississippi ready to embrace
negro husbands. The negroes, he said,
had control of the city and State govern
ments, and the time was coming when
they could have white wives, and when
they should fight for their possession.
This revolting harangue had the most
beneficial effect. The white men of
Vicksburg, who had been down iu the
dust for eight years, who had submitted
to negro domination, to insult and con
tumely, to oppression and spoliation, to
fraud and robbery, determined to resent
the insult offered to their mothers and
wives, daughters and sisters. They had
submitted to misgovernment and
legalized plunder ; but they could not
submit to have the honor aud virtue of
tlieir women impugned and outraged.
The supreme hour for the assertion of
their manhood had come. White civili
zation must be re-asserted, and their
city must be redeemed. The issue was
made, and the white people of Vicks
burg have triumphed; and to their
credit be it said only three white men
were debased enough to vote the negro
ticket.
This victory at Vicksburg carries with
it a wholesome moral, and is a most en
couraging incentive to other communi
ties and States in the South similarly
situated. It teaches that the white peo
ple must triumph when they are united
and determined to assert their superiori
ty and their rights. Too long have they
submitted to negro domination and
plunder. Policy and conciliation have
made the ignorant aud corrupt arrogant
aud ambitious to break down all social
barriers, and to claim aud assert senti
ments aud privileges revolting to our
manhood, to our customs, and our insti
tutions and onr education. The para
mount. issue in every Southern State
must be one of race. White supremacy
must be the battle erv in Louisiana,
Mississippi aud South Carolina. It is
the issue in Alabama. The example of
Vicksburg is full of hope to the suffering
people of Charleston and New Orleans.
When the white people become thor
| oughly united in every Southern State,
when they make the issue on principle,
as in Vicksburg, and draw the lines of
| demarcation so strong that all white men,
not lost to honor aud shame, must allign
i themselves with their own race, the day
; of deliverance from mongrel rule will not
j be far distant. The numerical strength
[ of the ignorant rabble can be overcome
in South Carolina, in Mississippi and
Louisiana, when the adventurers from
abroad and unprincipled white men at
home are forced from its leadership
as in Vicksburg. Could this reforma
tion be brought about in South Caroli
na, white supremacy would re-assert it
self, and the State government would
be in the hands of the white people.
There is no hope for them from the so
called reforms of the Republican party.
The success of one faction over the other
will be but a change of masters, or more
properly the trinmph of one set of
thieves over another. There is no dif
ference between Scott and Moses and
Patterson and Chamberlain. They
have all robbed the people aud cursed
the State by their presence.
Policy has failed to acecomplish
any good. Contend for principle,
fight for white supremacy, as in
Vicksburg and Alabama, and the re
sult will be the vindication of a principle
as old as gut civilization. The Civil
Rights bill will force this issue upon the
people of every Southern State. It has
already done so in Alabama, and the
campaign is being now •conducted with
the issue of race as paramount to all
others, for in the success of white su
premacy arc embraced the certainty of j
good government and the re-establish- j
ment of principles co-existent with the I
foundation of the Government. The
people of the South will never acknowl
edge the social equality of the negro
race. They will Dever accept the Civil
Rights bill. Their only safety is in
white supremacy,complete and absolute,
in their State and municipal govern
ments.
HOW MUCH DO WE OWE?
The New York Shipping Gazette says:
We have been accustomed to consider
the national debt as representing the real
indebtedness of the country. That debt
is now $2,149,725,277. But the aggre
gate of all the debts of the country,
State, county and municipal, added to
the national debt, may be summed up
as follows :
National debt $2,149,725,277
Bonds to railway companies 64,623,512
Interest on bonds 18,617.743
Unsettled liabilities, estimated... 250,000.000
State and municipal 1.000,000,000
Loans, etc., by national banks.... 844,233,804
Loans, etc., by State banks, etc.. 514,081,396
Loans, etc., by same in twenty
eight States,etc., estimated... 1,500,000,000
Individuals to each other, etc,,
estimated 2,000,000,000
Funded, etc., of railroads 1,511,518.944
Making a total of $9,952,870,027
This is equal to $248 per capital for
the entire population; but, of course, it
does not bear equally on all. The na
tion also owes, according to recent esti
mates, not less than $250,000,000 on ac
count of unsettled claims pending be
fore Congress, the departments or the
courts. On the greater part of this
debt interest is paid at an average rate
of about six per cent. It is impossible
to ascertain how much of this indebted
ness is held abroad. Bonds are sent
abroad and others are sent home at
short intervals. Aside from the national
debt, most of the claims represent ma
terial improvement, although nearly
eighty millions of the national debt rep
resent the principal and interest on rail
road bonds which have been loaned, and
for which there is already nominal secu
rities.
From this showing, says the Savannah
Newn, an idea may be formed of the im
mense influence of the bondholders, who
are now insisting that the paper currency
of the country shall be restricted until
it reaches par with gold, and that the
bonds which they hold and which they
purchased with greenbacks, worth
seventy cents on the dollar, shall be paid
in geld. If Radical rule continues ten
years longer, and the national debt con
tinues to increase at the rate of the past
ten years, at the end of that time the
Rothchilds would not take a fee simple
deed of the entire country aud assume
its liabilities.
Hon. C. A. Nutting has withdrawn
from the Congressional race in the
Sixth District, leaving the field clear for
Hon. James Blount, present incum
bent. Mr. Nutting publishes a card
in which he states that, with a view to
sustaining the unity aud strength of the
Democratic party, he withdraws from
the contest. Mr. Nutting has acted
wisely and patriotically in surrendering
personal claims to the unity and harmo
ny of the Democratic party, which are
absolutely essential to party success in
every District in Georgia.
JUDGE REESE'S SPEECH AT LIN
COLNTON.
Lincolnton, Ga., August 4th, 1874.
To the Editors of the Chronicle and
Sentinel :
In accordance with the announcement
published in the Chronicle, Judge
Reese addressed a very large meeting of
citizens assembled here to-day. To say
that his effort on this occasion was au
ample vindication of his vote on the bill
repealing the law giving State aid to
certain railroads, would be but faint
praise. The history of the Bullock
Legislature which flooded the country
with this odious legislation was graplii
call/portrayed. The great evils which
have resulted from the operation of the
law were brought homo very forcibly
and feelingly to the honest tax payers of
the county. The Judge entertained the
largo assemblage about two hours, after
which the assembly resolved itself into
a convention to appoint delegates to the
Congressional Convention to be held in
Augusta on the 2d of September next,
an account of which,l presume,has been
sent to you. The occasion was one of
great congratulations among the citi
zens present, as every one expressed
himself well satisfied with the proceed
ings of both meetings. Planter.
THE SUICIDAL MANIA.
The Way in Which it is Done.
Tho Saturday Review gives the fol
lowing very calm and philosophic para
graph on tastes in suicide, a subject
which has its cheerful side, apparently,
as well as others : “ The popularity of
different forms of suicide is not a proof
that the form adopted is really the most
painless, but it is a proof that it is the
least terrifying to the imagination. The
question as to the best mode of perform
ing the operation is often discussed, but,
unluckily, the results are rather ambig
uous. Few persons who commit sui
cide, in fact, are cool enough to set about
their end in a business-like manner. A
soldier naturally shoots himself because
he has the materials always at hand.
Women, it is said, incline iu a general
way to hanging because they have con
tracted an aversion to fire-arms, which
remains with them —though it must be
admitted that the logical process is not
very sound—even when the dangerous
character of an implement should be its
chief recommendation. Drowning, again,
has recommendations to many people,
not on account of its intrinsic merits,
but because rivers are always handy,
aud because, in many cases, a voluntary
performance may be easily mistaken for
an accident. The choice would appear
to depend generally upon the peculiari
ty of temperament which makes it pleas
antest for one person to plunge at once
into cold water, and for another to slink
in by degrees. A man with vigorous
nerves likes to take the shock and have
done with it. A more excitable person
generally shrinks from the shock even
more than from the change which it in
troduces, aud dreads nothing which can
be brought about by slow degrees. The
French school of suicide has distinguish
ed itself by its fondness for the char
coal process, which to Englishmen gen
erally suggests associations, unpleasant
even at the moment of death, of stufli
ness, headache, aud discomfort.”
The Paris Minister of Justice has
lately published an interesting docu
ment, giving the statistics of suicides
committed m that city during the last
five years. As we have before us a simi
lar report on “suicidal mania” in New
York and Brooklyn, a comparison may
prove of interest. The New York report
is from April 7th to June 12th of the
present year, and foots up twenty-nine.
Iu these, preference seems to have been
given to those methods known to be ac
comoanied by the greatest bodily pain
—that is, by poison. Os the ten in this
list, five chose Paris-geeen; two laud
nmn; two arsenic, and one oxalic acid.
The Paris report for five years shows a
preference for strangulation on the part
of the men, and drowning on the part of
the women. Out of the twenty-nine
New York suicides, but seven sought
death by banging, and not one by
drowning. This latter fact is the more
surprising since the Brooklyn list gives
a majority by drowning. In reviewing
the causes that led to these suicides,
the Paris report contains certain signifi
cant facts, one of which appears in the
statement that “the loss of friends caus- j
ed forty-five suicides, of which only
seven were women. ” Continuing down j
the list, we learn that filial miscorduet j
led to the suicide of thirteen parents; j
embarrassed circumstances and debt, to |
two hundred; losses in gambling, to ten; j
disappointed love, to ninety-six, equally j
divided between the sexes; and jealousy
to twenty, eighteen of whom were men.
Sad as are these details, there would
seem to be furnished by them themes
for thought, not alone to the romancist
and humanitarian, but also to the meta- j
physician, whose duty it is to account;
for these differences between the sexes j
as regards their emotional natures.— ]
Appleton’s Journal.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Washington, August B. —A half mil
lion of nationals were exchanged for
legals to-day.
Col. Clnm acts as Indian Cimmissioner
during Commissioner Smith’s recrea
tion.
The Treasury Department, since the
adjournment of Congress, has paid out
$630,000 on the claims of Southern resi
dents before the Southern Claims Com
mission. The Commission awarded over
a million dollars on the claims, but Con
gress appropriated only $663,768 83.
There have been but two applications
for new Western banks this month, and
they aggregate only a capital of SIOO,-
000* The retirement of currency has
thus far exceeded the amount of new
circulation. Within a few days the Na
tional Bank of Missouri, located at St.
Louis, has sarrendered its circulation
and retired its bonds to the amount of
$950,000.
Supervisors and Collectors of the In
ternal Revenue are forbidden to allow
wives or minor children to act as clerks.
FROM COLUMBIA COUNTY.
Meeting of the Democracy—Election
of Delegates to the uougressional
and Senatorial Conventions—Resolu
tions Complimentary to Hon. A. H.
Stephens.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel :
A large and enthusiastic meeting of
the Democracy of Columbia county as
sembled at Appling, on the 4th instant,
to select delegates to the approaching
Congressional Convention, Dr. H. R.
Casey, President of the Democratic
Club of Columbia county, in the Chair.
Air. D. C. Moore, Columbia’s efficient
Ordinary, moved that the Chair appoint
a committee of seven, to nominate two
delegates to attend the Congressional
Convention, which meets in Augusta
September next.
The committee retired and nominated
Captain F. E. Eve and Colonel A. J.
Walton, who were unanimously endorsed
by the meeting. Dr. Wm. A. Martin
and Charles H. Shockley were elected to
attend the Senatorial Convention, with
instructions to support Judge Reese.
Resolutions complimenting the Hon.
A. H. Stephens were unanimously adopt
ed by a rising vote.
FROM LINCOLN COUNTY.
Meeting of the Democratic Party-
Election of Delegates to the Con
gressional Convention—A ppointment
of An Executive Committee.
Lincolnton, Ga., August 4, 1874.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel :
A meeting of the Democratic party of
Lincoln county, very numerously at
tended, was held here to-day. On mo
tion of H. J. Lang, Esq., W. F. Strother
was called to the Chair and D. W. Sale
appointed Secretary. On motion, H. J.
Lang, Esq., explained the object of the
meeting to be to elect delegates to the
| Congressional Convention to be held in
Augusta on Wednesday, 2d of Septem
ber next. H. J. Lang, H. L. Murray,
C. P*. Strother, J. Sims and J. W. Barks
dale were appointed a committee to re
port the names of suitable delegates.
The committee reported the names of
H. L. Murray, N. Bussey. E. Lockhart,
J. W. Barksdale, C. R. Strother, J. N.
Chenault and N. A. Crawford. The re
port was adopted. A motion being
offered to instruct the delegates, the
same was tabled on motion of H. J.
Lang, Esq.
H. J. Lang, C. R. Strother, J. L.
Wilkes, J. Sims and D. W. Sale were
appointed to report the names of one
from each Militia District to constitute
the Executive Committee of the county.
The committee reported as follows :
Shady Hill District—G. M. Lane.
Parks’ District—Jno. Sims.
Lincolnton District—C. R. Strother.
Svbeit’s District—L. Sims.
Goshen District—F. M. Wright.
White Plains District—J. N. Chenault.
Salem District—W. Hawes.
Samuel’s District—J. E. Strother.
On motion of H. J. Lang, the Conven
tion adjourned.
W. F. Strother, Chairman.
D. W. Sale, Secretary.
FROM OGLETHORPE COUNTY.
Meeting of the Democracy—Primary
Election—Col. Matliews Receives the
Nomination —Withdrawal of Captain
Pope Barrow—Speeches from Capt.
Harrow and Col. iMathewu.
Lexington, August 5, 1874.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
The contest for the Congressional
nomination between Col. J. D. Matliews
and Capt. Pope Barrow, both of this
county, was on yesterday decided as to
this county in favor of the former. An
unusually large number of the Demo
cracy for such au occasion, assembled
at the Court House, and a resolution
was unanimously passed that the con
test should be decided by ballot.
The following is the vote polled and
the result: Gov. Johnson received 1
vote; Gov. Jenkins received 1; Captain
Barrow received 145; Col. Mathews re
ceived 239. Majority for Col. Mathews,
94.
Captain Barrow announced, in an elo
quent speech before the balloting com
menced, that unless he should receive a
larger number of votes than his oppo
nent, he would in no wise allow his name
to be used iu the District Convention.
Col. Mathews briefly stated in re
sponse that he withdrew from the last
contest in this district in favor of the
Hon. A. H. Stephens without consulta
tion with his friends, for which he had
been censured by some of them; that lie
would not repeat the error, and that in
the event of his defeat by Captain Bar
row in tliis county, he would consult
with his friends in other counties of tho
district as to what course he should pur
sue; but added that if his course was to
be left to himself alone, he would in
that event certainly retire from the con
test iu the district. He closed iu this
language : “My political enemies in
this contest I forgive; my friends I shall
remember in the future. ”
The delegates appointed to represent
this county in the convention will sus
tain Col. Matliews, Capt. Barrow being
considered no longer in the field.
Oglethorpe.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
Election of Delegates to the Congres
sional and Senatorial Conventions —
Letter from Judge Pottle —Delegates
Instructed to Vote for Gov. Johnson
—Complimentary Resolutions to Mr.
Stephens.
Warrenton. August 6, 1874.
To the Editors of the Chronicle and
Sentinel:
Please give the proceedings of the
Warren Democratic meeting a place in
your paper. I send Clipper with min
utes marked. Jas. Whitehead,
Secretary Warren Democratic Club.
In respouse to the call of the Presi
dent, the Democratic party of Warren
county met at the Court House in War
reuton, on the 4th iust. The meeting
was called to order by the President, E.
H. Pottle. The President tendered his
resignation, which was accepted, and
resigned the Chair to Judge M, H. Well
born, the Vice-President.
Mr, A. S. Morgan moved that a com
mittee of five be appointed to nominate
an Executive Committee.
Hon. C. S. Dußose moved to amend
by extending the authority of the com
mittee to the nomination of all the offi
cers of the Democratic Club of Warren
county. Amendment accepted and the
motion carried.
The following committee was appoint
ed: Hon. C. S. Dußose, Dr. W. H, Pil
cher, A. S. Morgan, Esq., Marion Cody
and Mr. Lewis Jones. The committee
reported:
President—C. S. Dußose.
Vice-Presidents—W. J. Pilcher, M.
H. Wellborn.
Secretaries—James Whitehead, R. T.
Barksdale.
Executive Committee.
159th District, N. A. Wicker ; 157th,
W. F. Shurley ; 158th, John H. Felts :
153d, C. G. Lowe ; 154th, S. H. Fowler;
155th, W. A. Ricketson ; 150th, Samuel
Roney; 425t1i, M. R. Hall.
On motion of Mr. J. E. Hartridge, the
selection of the committee was made
that of the meeting.
Hon. C. S. Dußose, the President
elect, then took the Chair, and, after
thanking the club in an appropriate and
impressive speech for the honor confer
red, announced the meeting ready for
business.
Mr. A. S. Morgan moved a committee
be appointed by the Chair, one from
each militia district, to appoint dele
gates to the Senatorial and Congressional
Conventions.
The motion was carried, and the fol
lowing committee appointed . 425th
District, A. S. Morgan; 151st, Colonel
J. Nicholls; 153 J, C. G. Lowe; 154t1i,
Adam Cason; 153d, Hon. T. N. Pool;
150th, Jesse Purvis; 159th, N. A. Wicker;
158th, J. T. McGinty.
Dr Baker moved that the number of
delegates to the Congressional Conven
tion be five and to the Senatorial Con
vention seven.
The committee returned the following
names : To the Congressional Conven
tion-Hon. C. S. Dußose, A S. Morgan
James Whitehead, C. E McGregor and
C. W. Cason. To the Senatorial Con
vention-A. S. Morgan, C. E. McGregor,
Dr W H. Pilcher, Dr. J. T. Baker, J.
E.' Hartridge, W. E. Anderson, Jr„
Joshua Nicholls. . ,
Col Joshua Nicholls, m a speech re
plete ' with patriotic sentiment, intro
duced the following resolutions, that
met with a ready response in the hearts
of all present, and was unanimously
That it is with the deepest
regret that we, the people of Warren
countv, learn that Hon. A. H Stephens,:
from‘physical infirmity retires from
public life, and that the halls of Con
gress will no longer be illumined by his
wisdom nor honored by his virtue.
Resolved, That in testimony of our
esteem and affection, we can with sin
eeritv and truth apply to him tnose well
known and solemn words of our Saviour,
“Well done, good and faithful servant,
and we feel assured that no pubbe offi
cer can carry into retirement a prouder
consciousness of having faithfully per
formed his whole duty to his country
and his constituents know it and feel it.
Maj. McGregor then read a communi
cation from Judge E. H. Pottle the re
tiring President, which will speak for lt-
Gentlemen of the Democratic Party :
The official position which I hold
renders it necessary that I should ao
stain from all active participation m
party politics. I therefore resign to yon
my appointment of President of the
Democratic Club of Warren county. I
tender my thanks for the distinction
conferred.
While withdrawing myself from ac
tive participation in the politics of the
county, the interest which 1 have felt
for the success of the party has not
abated, nor have my views undergone
any change.
'the prosperity of the country, gov
erned by sonnd principles, is what all
patriots ought to desire.
We can look to no organization for de
liverance from misrule and oppression
but the Democratic party. For its suc
cess all good men ought*to labor. The
South has no hope from any other quar
ter. In withdrawing my formal con
nection with yon, allow me to say a
word of counsel. Our success in the
Fall elections for the Legislature and
Congress depends upon unity and har
mony. Iu the county, Senatorial and
Congressional Districts large majorities
are against us. The task of overcoming
this majority is no easy one. Our coun
ty cannot afford to surrender to negro
representation iu the Legislature. Shall
we incur this odium, dishonor and dis
grace ? "
The elections for Congress this Fall
are vastly important to us. Unless the
present large Radical majority in the
House of Representatives is largely re
duced, the Civil Rights bill, with its at
tendant horrors, will be put upon us.
The dominant party are only awaiting
for public opinion to express itself on
this question before final action is taken.
They will be encouraged to do what
they have postponed to the future, if
the elections are favorable to them.
Discourage all discords or splits in the
party; choose some fair plan for nomi
nating candidates, and let all bend their
energies to elect them, whether we like
the choice or not. Our strength is in
union and harmony.
The issues involved are higher than
party. Our social institutions are in
danger of being over-turned. Every
white voter should be at the polls, and
all means consistent with law aud honor
should be resorted to to insure success.
I am your fellow-citizen,
E. H. Pottle.
The convention, on motion of Major
McGregar, returned the Judge a vote of
thanks for the faithful discharge of his
duty while in office.
On motion of Dr. Baker, the vote was
taken stauking.
Col. Joshua Nicholls moved that the
delegates to the Congressional Conven
tion be requested, if practicacle, to cast
their votes for Hon. H. Y. Johnson,
and if this distinguished gentleman was
not before the convention, for a man as
near like him iu purity, wisdom aud
patriotism as they could find him. Mo
tion carried.
Mr. Morgan moved that if a delegate
could not attend the convention he have
power to name an alternate. Carried.
Mr. Hartridge moved that on the first
Tuesday in September the party meet
for the purpose of nomiuatiug a Repre
sentative for the Legislature. Carried.
Major McGregor moved that the par
ty now decide whether the nomination
for members of the Legislature be by
the primary election plan or the district
plan. After lengthy discussion the con
vention adopted the primary election
plan.
Moved by Mr. A. S. Morgan that the
proceedings of the meeting be publish
ed in the Georgia Clipper and the Au
gusta papers. Carried.
There being no further business, on
motion of Dr. W. H, Pilcher, the meet
ing adjourned until the first Tuesday in
September.
C. S. Dußose, President.
James Whitehead, Secretary.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
Appointment of Delegates to the Con
gressional Convention Claims of
Hon. E. M. Rucker.
At a meeting of the Democratic party
of Elbert county, held in the Court
House, August 4, 1874, Judge Thomas
R. Alexander was called to the Chair,
and J. P. Shannon appointed Secretary.
Samuel 0. Starke, Esq., moved that
the Chair appoint a committee of one
from each Militia District in the county
to prepare business for the meeting, and
report the names of suitable delegates
to represent the county in the Congres
sional Convention to be held in Augusta
September 2d, 1874.
Dr, Verdel offered as an amendment
to Mr. Starke’s motion that their com
mittee select such delegates as would
give an Elbert county man the prefer
ence in the nomination.
This amendment was warmly discussed
by Col. J. L. Heard and others.
John W. McCalla, Esq., offered as an
amendment to Dr. Verdei’s motion that
the delegates selected by this meeting
go to the Convention untrameled.
Mr. McCalla’s motion was put and
adopted.
Mr. Starke’s motion was then adopt
ed.
The Chair appointed the following
committee : Eliam District, S. C.
Starke, Chairman; Elberton District, S.
D. Blackwell; Petersburg District, J.
H. Stovall; Wyche’s District, S. H.
Fortson; Webbsboro District, H. 11.
Deadwyler; Pike District, R. W. Cleve
land; Goshen District, W. Christian;
Centerville District, J. O. Maxwell;
Gaines’ District, T. M. Turner; Ruck
ersville District, T. J. Cason; Moss’
District, T. S. Gaines; Longstreet Dis
trict, D. B. Verdel.
The committee reported the names of
Job H. Stovall, I. D. Gloer, and John
P. Shannon as delegates, with power to
appoint their alternates.
Also the following resolution :
Resolved, That though we will abide
with pleasure the action of the Conven
tion, we would call the attention of the
Convention to the claims of the Hon.
E. M. Kucker to the position. He was
born and reared in Elbert county, and
we point with pride to him, our illus
trious son, and though we do not tram
mel our delegates, we would be pleased
to see him nominated.
On motion of Hon. J. L. Heard, the
name of Hon. E. P. Edwards was in
serted in the above resolution, and the
same made to applv to him as fully as to
Mr. Rucker.
The report of the committee was then
adopted.
On motion of Judge S. D. Blackwell,
the proceedings of this meeting were
ordered published in the Gazette and the
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
The meeting adjourned sine die.
Thos. R. Alexander, Chairman.
John P. Shannon, Secretary.
[Loudon Acadian.]
DICKENS’ PLATONIC LOVE.
Infatuation With an Actress the Cause
ol the Great Novelist’s Domestic
Troubles.
In the last American papers which
have come to hand I see that Wilkie
Collins’ drama of “The Frozen Deep”
has been performed in Boston. You
are perhaps aware that Collins has re
cently been engaged in turning this play
into a novel. “The Frozen Deep”
awakens many reflections in my mind,
as that piece was indirectly the means
of bringing about much of Diclten’s do
mestic unhappiness. The whole story
of his separation from his wife has never
yet been properly told, and in all
probability never will be, as his
widow is resolved to maintain the sil
ence she has so long kept. But it is
generally known that tho family is
dissatisfied with Foster’s book. Your
readers may have heard of the grand
amateur performances given in 1859 at
the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, iu aid
of the Douglass Jerrold Fund. Dickens,
Collins, Shirely Brooks, Mark Lemon
and many other celebrated writers took
part. The ladies characters were inter
preted by professional actresses. Among
these was Miss Ellen Ternan. She was
then a fresh, pleasant looking girl, not
especially pretty, but possessing a good
figure and an extremely agreeable man
ne”. If ever the German poet’s doctrine
of elective affinities was proved to be
true, it was when Dickens and Miss
Temau met. It was evident to nearly
all of us that the two were mu
tually infatuated. Dickens was con
stantly at her side, though his
manner was carefully guarded. Airs.
Dickens was with the party, but she did |
not appear to notice the intimacy. Very s
soon after these performances Miss j
Ternan, at Dicken’s wish, left the stage, j
His affection for her was said to be
purely platonic, and I have never met
any one who was disposed to dispute
this belief. But, nevertheless, it was
this intimacy which was the final cause
of the rupture between Dickens and his
wife. For many years prior to 1859
their mutual relations had been any
thing but happv, although I do not
think that Airs. Dickens had previously
had anv well-grounded cause for jealousy.
A short time after the party had returned j
from Manchester,Mrs. Dickens went into j
a fashionable jeweler’s at the West End,
where she was in the habit of dealing, '
and was asked bv one of the firm, who !
knew her well, how she liked her new !
bracelet. She said she did not under- j
stand him, as she had not received aDy :
such article. The gentleman then ex- ;
plained that it was one Mr. Dickens had
ordered for his wife; with a likeness and
some hair in. This, of course, opened
Mrs. Dickens’ eyes, and a separation
speedilv followed. Since that time Airs.
Dickens has lived very quietly in a
pretty little house near the Regent s
Park, where her children, whose respect
and affections she has always enjoyed,
have ever been frequent visitors.
Goldsmith Maid Distances Herself.
Buffalo, August 7. —Goldsmith Alaid
to-day, at the Buffalo Park races, beat
her own time, trotting a mile in 2:15]
the fatest time ever trotted. Red Cloud
trotted a heat in 2:18.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL COM
MENCEMENT.
Negroes Coining to Town toEnjoy a Li
terary Treat-Separating the Ladies
and Gentlemen—The Exercises Yes
terday-Addresses of the Graduates--
The Honors and the Honored—Con
clusion of the Commencement Exer
cises.
[special correspondence chronicle and
SENTINEL.]
Athens, August 5, 1874.
Commencement Day.
We looked out of the window at the
Newton House as we arose this morn
ing and were surprised to see the streets
of Athens crowded with negroes. Wh%t
is the cause of their congregation ? was
my first inquiry. The reply tickled me.
“They have come to commencement to
enjoy a feast of reason and flow of
soul.” They were not permitted to
enter the chapel, as there was whites
enough to fill every nook and corner of
the building, gallery and floor. But
when the Civil Rights bill passes their
exclusion cannot continue, however great
the multitude of whites may be. For
all will then be ou an equal footing, and
he who, white or black, first secures a
seat shall have the right to retain it.
Nevertheless, until the passage of so in
famous aud diabolical a measure, our
sisters and mothers aud wives may sit
toge'her without having a black, greasy,
repulsive negro wedged in between them
on the same bench. The great crowd of
negroes who came to commencement
certainly did not enjoy the many literary
and oratorical effusions of the occasion.
Such treats were reserved for those who
could better appreciate them.
Separated.
As we entered the chapel to-day we
observed that the ladies and gentlemen
were separated—the former occupying
seats on the floor, while the latter were
crowded pell mell into the gallery. The
object of Uie separation, we suppose,
was to primure good order in the au
dience, as it is well known that ladies
aud gentlemen when together must talk.
The very presence of a gentleman acts
as an inciter to the tongue of a woman,
which sometimes-terrible little instru
ment wags incessantly under the con
stant irritation caused by his proximity,
and he, not wishing to be considered
morose or stupid, talks too. Having
thoroughly “studied the question,” the
faculty decided to separate the “contend
ing elements,” and thereby have quiet.
The consequence of the separation was—
good order.
On the Stage
Were seated Bishop Beckwith, General
Gordon, General Toombs, Hon. B. H.
Hill, Chancellor Lipscomb, ex-Governor
Jenkins, Judge James Jackson, and oth
ers of great distinction. At either end
of the stage there was a table and chair
arranged for newspaper reporters, and
there sat some of those legitimate de
scendants of Paul Pry, with sharpened
peucils in hand, ready to jot down on
paper the slightest circumstance of in
terest.
The Exercises
Began with prayer, and then the speak
ing commenced. We annex the follow
ing list of speakers, who “asked our
attention for awhile
Bachelors of Arts— J. A. Baker, Car
tersville. Subject: Mark Antony’s Ora
tion.
E. L. Brinson, Burke county. Sub
ject: Journalism.
W. E. Johnston, Ringgold. Excused.
F. T. Myers, Florida. Subject :
Thought and Action.
A. D. Schofield, Macon. Subject :
Milton.
C. Z. McCord, Augusta. Subject :
Endowment of our University.
Bachelor of Science- Mr. Power, of
Boswell, under this head, was excused
from speaking. So also under the head
of Masters of Arts, Messrs. Atkinson,
of Macon, and Morris, of Athens,
were excused.
Mr. Baker gave us a fine exposition of
the motives governing “plain, blunt
Antony ” in his address to the Romans,
and of the mysterious power which he
brought to bear upon them.
Mr. Brinson condemned the tendency
to sensationalism manifested by journals
of the day.
Mr. Myers made a fine address, dis
covering a great deal of thought and in
formation. His bearing on the stage is
easy and his delivery forcible.
Mr. Schofield is the youngest gentle
man among the graduates. He dis
cusses Milton, and leaves college at the
age of seventeen.
Mr. McCord, of Augusta, it is gene
rally thought, made the finest address of
the day. His plea for the
was masterly and incontrovertible. His
was the last speech, and it certainly re
flected honor upon the author.
Medal Winners.
Dr. Lipscomb rose and stated that he
had been requested by the committee to
present the medals to the two of the
Sophomore declaimers of Monday whom
they had fixed their decision upon as
the best speakers. Without remarking
further, the venerable Chancellor de
livered the first and second medals, re
spectively, to Messrs. Wm. O. Sanders
and George D. Thomas. The youthful
Ciceronians received their rewards with
becoming modesty and grace, and re
tired amid thunderous applause. Dr.
Lipscomb then proceeded to announce
the
Prize Medalists
For the scholastic session of 1873-’74.
We mention these in their order
of announcement:
L. M.Landrum,of Stephens, was award
ed the medal for the best scholarship in
the Sophomore class. W. H. Fleming,
Augusta, medal for the best University
prize essay. Thus Mr. F. has won one
of the highest honors which the institu
tion can bestow. J. 11. Lumpkin was
awarded two medals—one for the best
scholarship in the school of Latin, the
other for scholarship in the school of
Greek. As this gentleman is and has
been for sometime a resident of Athens,
what wonder that he excels in the ancient
languages ? D. C. Barrow, Athens,
medal for scholarship in the School of
Mathematics. Fort West, of Bainbridge,
medal in the School of Natural Philoso
phy and Astronomy. G. Z. McCord,
Augusta, medal in the School of Ethics
and Metaphysics. A. S. Clayton, At
lanta, medal for scholarship in Belles
Lettres and Rhetoric. J. H. Fitzgerald,
Stewart county, medal in the School of
Agriculture.
Degrees
Were conferred in the following order :
Bachelors of Arts—J. A. Baker, Car
tersville; E. L. Brinson, Milieu; W. E.
Johnston, Ringgold; C. Z. McCord, Au
gusta; F. T. Myers, Florida; A. D. Scho
field, Macon.
Bachelors of Science—F. J. Amis,
Carroll county; A. T. Moreland, Texas;
D. C. Barrow, Athens; W. R. Power,
Roseville.
Bachelors of Law—J. B.Conyers,Car
tersville; H. B. Everett, Lumpkin coun
ty; W. M. Jackson, Macon; J. M. Moon,
Cartersville; J. G. Banks, Dawson; S,W.
Schofield, Cartersville; L. W. Thomas,
California.
Civil Engineers—G. A. Illges, Colum
bus; B. J. McKenney, Terrell county;
Fort West, Baiubridge.
Civil and Mining Engineer—D. C.
Barrow, Athens.
Master of Arts—C. A. Atkinson, Ma
con; W. S. Morris, Athens.
After conferring the degrees Dr.
Lipscomb announced that the com
mencement exercises of 1874 were con
cluded. They have generally been of a
very interesting nature, and to Augusta
they should be particularly entertain
ing, because of the brilliant stand her
sons have taken. It is said that
none of them have stood lower than
the first six of their respective class
es; and moreover no two students
in the Uuiuersitv have acquitted them
selves more honorably in all respects
than Messrs. McCord and Fleming.
Augusta stands ahead of all of her sis
ter cities in the number and success of
her representatives at the University.
Champion Debate.
To-night the champion debate be
tween the Phi Kappa Society and the
Demosthenian Society took place at the
College Chapel, a very large audience
being in attendance. Gen. Toombs was
umpire. The question was, “Has Civi
lization Advanced the. Happiness of
Mankind ?” Messrs. Thomas, Lumpkin
and Fleming—(of course some man
from Augusta had to take part in the
discussion, in order that it might be a
success) of the Phi Kappa Society
waged war against the negative side of
the question, while Messrs. Brinson,
Hoskinson and Barrow, of the De
mosthenians, as vigororously repelled
their every assault. The debate was very
interesting, and without going into de
tail, we will state that, to the great sur
prise of the rdience, comprising some
distinguished men, General Toombs
decided the question in favor of the
negative debaters. Although he lost the
question, all concede that Mr. Fleming’s
was the ablest speech of the evening.
Mr. Fleming tells us that it is his inten
tion to study law. We trust that his
career in that profession may be as suc
cessful as his career at the University
has been. Mr. Barrow made the best
speech on the negative—in fact, all on
both sides acquitted themselves spen
didly. We offer the two Societies our
hearty congratulations for the ability
which was displayed in the discussion
last night by their champions. The
hour i6 late and our letter long. Before
it gets later, and before our letter gets
longer, we bid all “ Good night, and
happy dreams !” Leonard.
Alapaha, in Berrien county, adver
tises for a good physician.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
LETTER FROM CHARLESTON.
Charleston, S. C., August 6.
“ Dubious Eggs.”
To the Editors of the Chronicle and
Sentinel :
The world is full of hopeful analo
gies and handsome dubious eggs called
possibilities. Thus the sanguine of
Carolina, gaziug through the thin shell,
see in the dim vista of the coming elec
tion a possibility of the overthrow of her
present corrupt dynasty, and the resto
ration|of the smiling face of Liberty and
the honest countenance of Justice into
their old accustomed abodes. But we
must confess that though we would will
ingly look at the future through the
same lens, still a certain spherical abe
ratiou so dims our sight as only to see
the form of F. J. Moses, Jr., and his
herd of ambitious hirelings as the pos
sessors of tlie executive offices of Caro
lina for some time yet.
Tim Hurley.
Georgia is not the only State that has
an H. I. Kimball to “ develop her re
sources,” and bring her dormant jewels
to the surface; but Carolina endeavors to
emulate her example, and she too pos
sesses one whose love for his adopted
land is so powerful as to require some
place of eflux, and this opening he finds
in the expenditure of his money in
building up the “burnt district” of
Charleston. This philanthropist sails
under the soubriquet of Tim Hurley.
He has, by indomitable perseverance
and a study of political economy, as
taught by our present Governor, man
aged to accumulate quite a handsome
fortune, which he feels should be ap
plied on the same soil from whence it
sprung. He at present occupies a seat
iu the Lower House and is credited as
being a fellow of infinite jest, and unlike
most of his nationality seems to exhibit
a strong degree of fondness for Afric’s
refugee children.
Almost a Duel.
Charleston lately has been excited
over the hope of a prospective duel be
tween two of her most prominent law
yers. It appears that the Tax Payers’
Convention appointed a committee on
the assets of the Bank of the State, of
which Mr. Charles Miles was chairman.
In their report it was asserted that
Mr. J. B. Campbell was indebted
to the bank in the sum of $83,000.
A few days after the publication of the
report Mr. C. published a statement iu
which he endeavors to show that Mr.
M. purposely falsified the report. Mr.
Miles, considering his honor wounded,
challenged his accuser. But Mr. Camp
bell, with the discretion which old age
only can bring, refused it, when the fol
lowing rejoinder appears: “I have
sought redress from C. in vain; he has
placed himself beyond my notice. 1
now leave him and his course to all hon
orable men.—C. R. Miles.”
Gov. Moses Abuse of the Pardoning
Power.
As an example of how recklessly aud
lawlessly Moses lias abused that most
sacred of all the powers entrusted into a
Governor’s hand, we find from a state
ment published in the News, a fact that,
while it may astonish the Southern peo
ple, will startle the world, namely : That
this man has in nineteen months grant
ed four hundrd and twenty-one pai'dons,
an average of twenty-two a month. No
less than twenty-one (21) murderers
have been set free to repeat tlieir ne
farious crimes; twenty-four (24) con
victed of arson have been handed the
torch of destruction and given a carte
blanche to continue in their business
without fear of punishment; and one
hundred and ten thieves, both big and
little are turned loose to prey upon the
community. While 421 convicts are greed
ily and with impunity feeding on
the vitals of a State, and the flow of
justice is impeded by an obstacle held
in the hands of aii unprincipled and law
less libertine, how can advancement take
place ?—how can law be a barrier to
crime?—liow can society exist? Yet,
every county official convicted of mal
feasance in office has been pardoned, on
the condition of his influence being
placed iu the scale of popular opinion
iu favor of “ Little Frank” as Carolina’s
Governor. Cheap price for pardons to
men whose promises are like to a plate of
fine glass on a camping ground of ele
phants, which will remain solid if none
pass over it, but breaks into pieces at
their very approach and becomes forget
ful of past existence. Thus they adhere
to a stream till it becomes destitute of
profit, and then, regardless of promises
or obligation, soar away to climes more
congenial to their propensities.
Then, soon may Carolina’s treasury
become so barren of spoils as to cause
these Promethean vultures to pack up
their carpet-bags and sail to other lands,
where tlieir virtues are not obscured by
their villainy, their names not tarnished
by being accused of trivial embezzle
ments, aud their reputations free from
the stigma of a State penitentiary.
Your journal is considered one of the
best and most reliable papers published
in the South, and your fearless vindica
tion of right and justice, and your con
stant exposure of the villainy and cor
ruption of the government of our own
down-trodden State, will ever be remem
bered by the people of Carolina.
Yoisiok.
FROM ST. LOUIS.
More About the Cotton Receipt For
gery.
St. Louis, August 7.—Bethel C. Alex
der, charged with forging cotton ware
house receipts, made a full confession of
his affairs to-day, for the benefit of the
public as well as his creditors. He says
the first forged receipts were made last
December to prevent his suspension or
failure in business, and that none had
been issued since April. The whole
amount of spurious receipts issued can
not be ascertained, for it appears he
made new ones with which to take the
old ones up, as the sums he raised on
them became due. In the meantime, he
used genuine receipts in the usual way,
and in July he had nearly 4,000 bales of
cotton, out of the proceeds of which he
intended to take up the forged certifi
cates. The proceeds of cotton sold to
Messrs. Phelps Bros. & Cos. would have
reduced the bad receipts one-half. Total
amount of forged receipts now out he
says is $167,000, distributed as follows:
Bank of the West, $42,000; German
Savings Bank, $24,000; Mechanics’Bank,
$20,000; Fourth National Bank of Uni
verse, $10,000; Third National Bank,
$45,000; Fusse & Bocker, commission
house, $12,000; Hon. Erastus Wells,
$14,000. His assets, ho asserts, are
worth $280,000, and his liabilities are
$313,000. He refers to the fact that all
the money raised on the bogus receipts
was put into his business instead of
being spirited away.
How to Make Good Butter. —A New
York lady of large experience in dairy
management gives the following direc
tions for making good butter :
In the first place, the milk must be
brought into the dairy house clean ; see
that the milkers do their part nicely, for
you cannot, with all the cleaning and
scalding of pails and pans, make a de
licious, nutty-flavored quality of butter
if straws, soaked in impurity, adhere to
the udder, and from thence fall into the
milk pail. The next move is to cool the
milk, or* take out the animal heat, to
about sixty degrees, then, if you have
the conveniences for keeping the milk
very near sixty degrees, there is no re
quired depth that the milk should be
set, in order to secure all the cream. I
have set it at two inches and twenty
inches, and the result was the same. If
the milk is not cooled two inches is as
deep as milk should be set for all the
cream to rise before the milk sours.—
And the best time to skim the cream is
just as you can detect a change or slight
acid, which is generally in from thirty
to thirty-sjx hours. The reason is,
the butter is sweeter and better
in color, and you get more from
the same quantity of milk than you can
if the cream remains on the milk until
it has become quite thick and sour. I
churn every day in warm weather, and
cream should never be kept longer than
three days in a cool place. The tempe
rature for churning with me is 62 to 64
degrees in Winter. I think that the best
churn is the Eureka. We are doiDg the
churning now in from one to two min
utes, and in Winter we have not at any
time exceeded four minutes. I thor
oughly rinse my butter, but handle
gently with a wooden ladle; then salt
with the best dairy barrel salt, one ounce
of salt to one pound of butter; mix in
thoroughly, being careful to press gently
so as not to break the grain; then let it
stand to become solid; then work again
until dry, but never until it is oily. If
your cream is too warm, surround your
cream pail with cold water, or with ice
if you have it, stirring the cream until
it is brought down to 60 degrees. If too
cold, surround with hot water. Do not
put cold or hot water in the cream to
get the required temperature. My but
ter brings “Orange County Pail” prices,
invariably, in the New York market.
Millers inform the editors of the
Rome Courier that there is very little
wheat coming into market there, and
also that they are unable to purchase
any at present prices. Farmers are hold
ing back for higher prices.
Mr. W. O. Connor, Principal of the
Georgia Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb, left Cave Spring last week,
taking with him one of the deaf mute
boys’ Rembeck, for the purpose of can
vassing the several counties of the
State, with a view of increasing the
number of pupils in the institution.
THE BEECHER SCANDAL.
Moulton Heard From.
New York, August 6,—Frank Moul
ton requires until Saturday night to ar
range aud copy Tilton’s and Beecher’s
papers. He will give the committee
copies if they desire. If subjected to a
examination and cross ques
tioning, he will demand the presence of
his own stenographer. The general
tone of Moulton’s letter is not kindly
toward Beecher. Moulton calls it a mis
erable business.
Tilton and His Wife.
Tilton sent the following note to his
wife yesterday :
My Dear Elizabeth —l send you this
note enclosing a letter from our daughter
Florence. Yours affectionately,
[Signed] Theodore.
Letter*-From a Well Informed Lady.
A Chicago dispatch says the Tribune
prints a letter concerning the connection
of Miss Anthony with the Beeclier-Til
ton matter. The writer is a lady resi
dent here, and is well known in philan
thropic and reform circles. Her name
is withheld at her request. Three years
ago the past Winter, iu January, I saw
Miss Susan Anthony for the first time
in my life. On that occasion she urged
me very strongly to becomo identified
with the suffrage movement in this
city. I replied to her that as long
as the then almost scandalous divisions
between New York aud New England
factions existed, divisions now happily
healed, I felt no attraction toward
either party. She then proceeded to
say that the blame of this strife rested
largely upon the New England faction;
that they had falsely accused her of
holding free love doctrines, while some
of their own number were guilty of not
ouly holding but practicing them. For
instance, Mr. Beecher, the first Presi
dent of the Boston Society, was crimi
nally guilty conncerning a certain mar
ried woman of Brooklyn, whose name I
did not ask, nor did she give it; but, she
continued, Mr. Beecher will never at
tack us—that is, the New York wing—
again. This was the reason she gave
for the assertion : She said that when
the Boston wing began to abuse Mrs.
Stanton, she, Susan B. Anthony, know
ing the facts about Beecher, went to
him and asked him if he proposed to
stand by a party that so accused a
woman whom he knew to be as pure and
exemplary as Mrs. Stanton. Then she
went on to tell him what she knew of
his practices. Ho made no denial of
these charges, but “ came down” at
once, aud said, “ Susan, what do you
want mo to do?” “You know,” she
said to me, “he was Henry Ward
Beecher, and I could not tell him he
should resign at once; but I did say that
he should not suffer himself to be re
elected, and that he should utterly with
draw his support from that faction,”
“ and,” said Susan, “from that moment
he has never squeaked.”
Beecher, Tilton ami Butler.
New York, August 7. —It is a moot
ed question whether Theodore or Eliza
beth is most crazy. Beeolier thanks B.
F. Butler for a tender of services, but
does not accept them. Butler helped
Moulton prepare his documents. Moul
ton denies being unfriendly to Beecher.
He had thus far endeavored to maintain
peace between Beecher and Tilton, and
should continue to do so, and by the re
moval of their misunderstandings and
the intelligent realization of self-interest
he should never despair of maintaining
or renewing peace.
The Unending Scandal.
New York, August 7.— The papers
here, and iu different parts of tin' State,,
continue to be filled with lengthy re
ports of interviews with parties having
cognizance of circumstances in the
Beecher-Tilton cases. An Ithica jour
nal publishes four columus of interview
with F. B. Carpenter, who entirely dis
credits Mrs. Tilton’s statements. The
Brooklyn Eagle publishes a card from
Bowen, declaring he had no hand in flic
caso aud don’t wish to have. Stows
publishes a card contradicting Mrs.
Tilton’s statements regarding an inter
view she had with him.
Tiltou-Beecher.
New York, August B.—Moulton’s
statement is postponed to Monday.
Other Items.
New York, August B.— Reports of va
rious interviews are the only new things
on the Beecher scandal to-day. Beecher
has gone to Peekskill, and tlio commit
tee are out of town. Moulton has con
cluded his statement. It is very lengthy.
Tilton’s Proposed Action Agaiust
Beecher.
New York, August B.— Judge Morris,
Tilton’s counsel, said to-day that Tilton
has not yet commenced his suit against
Beecher. The papers will be served
just as soon as they are prepared. The
suit which Tilton proposes to bring
against Beecher has no reference to the
action of the committee whatever. The
action of the committee will neither
hasten nor delay the* commencement of
the action for a moment. In order
that there may be no necessity
for further question as to the pro
posed proceedings, the action will
be brought in the Supreme Court pre
cisely as stated. It will be an action
against Mr. Beecher for criminal con
nection with Mrs. Tilton, the amount
claimed will be in accordance with the
magnitude of this suit, but in this con
nection Mr. Tilton’s purpose in bring
ing the action is not to receive any pe
cuniary benefit, but simply to vindicate
his good name against the atrocious
slanders to which he has been subject
ed. So far as Tilton is coucerned the
case will be pressed for trial at the earli
est possible day. The report of the
committee will have no effect on Til
ton’s case at law.
General Butler’s Opinion.
General Butler, who is in this city to
day, told a reporter that he never gave
an opinion in a case until he had seen
evidence, and in this case he had not
seen evidence.
Moulton and His Statement.
Questions were to-day asked of
a gentleman connected with the
case as to what the committee
proposed to do ;if Moulton should
offer his statement, but decline
to submit to a cross-examination. The
answer was that the committee would
then decline to receive Moulton’s state
ment at all, and if Moulton should then
make public his statement they would
simply have to go before the coun
try on such a state of facts, and
let the people decide the question.
It is certain that the committee would
receive from Moulton documents if he
should elect to turn them over without
any statement, but should he weave those
documents into a statement in which
he should characterize those papers and
draw conclusions from them and then
decline to submit to cross-examination
the committee would certainly refuse to
accept such statement.
FROM THE INDIAN COUNTRY.
Interesting Particulars.
Washington, August 7. —An intelli
gent observer of affairs among the In
dians, whose reports heretofore have
proved reliable, writes from the scene of
operations in the Indian country as fol
iows: “White Shield, a Cheyenne
chief, came into this place from the hos
tile camp yesterday. He was five days
coming and reports the camp about 225
miles from here, near the borders of the
Staked plains. He reports the Cheyennes
and Comanches encamped together, and
on his way to this place ho met a camp
of eighty lodges of Kiowas moving to
join the Cheyennes and Comanches.
Large parties of Kiowas and Comanches
are raiding in Texas and other places.
Big Boa, a Kiawas chief, recently re
turned from a successful forago with
200 head of horses and mules. The
weather was so warm that many of the
animals died. A party of Cheyennes re
turned recently from Colorado with 70
head of horses, and report that they
killed three white men. The man killed
near Fort Sill was killed by a party of
Kiowas to whom Agent j Acworth
had issued rations a few hours
before. “White hhield” says that
the men who were killed north of
this place were killed by the Chey
ennes, and says further that the Chey
ennes are willing to be quiet now, and
call it over, but if the soldjers are sent
after then they will make plenty of
work for them. He says that up to the
present time the Cheyennes have had
eight men killed, and many of their
chiefs would like to come in with their
people, but those hostile are too
strong for them. I think that the hos
tile ones have between six and seven
hundred warriors and are well armed
and determined, and have banded
together for mutual defense. It
will take a strong force to subdue
them, and the campaign should be con
ducted in such a manper as to make it
sharp and decisive. I think there is but
one intelligent solution of the Indian
question in this country, and that is to
dismount and disarm the raiders, and
then hang every one found guilty of
murder, and do it at once, in the pres-’
ence of the Indians. I think if the Gov
ernment wished a couple of hundred
Indian scouts they could be easily raised
to accompany an expedition. These
scouts could be found in the Territory,
and could be taken from all the tribes
If properly managed their services would
be invaluable, it is quiet at this place
now. White Shied reports long herds of
buffalo near the hostile camp.” "
Dallas, August 7. Advices from
Fort Worth say the Indians captured
three mail stages. Three passengeis and
drivers were captured.
FOREIGN NEWS.
;a Second Gibraltar.
Paris, August 7. —There is a rumor
afloat here that Germauy is negotiating
with Spain for the cession of the town
of Santonn, in ttye province of Santan
der, of which it is proposed to muke a
second Gibraltar.
The Oarlists.
Bayonne, August 7. —Advices state
that the Oarlists have received six thou
sand Remington rifles; also that five
thousand rifles have fallen into the
bauds of the French police.
Severe Denunciation of the Carllsts.
Madrid, August 7.—A circular note,
in relation to the Carlist insurrection,
sent to the different European powers
by Senor Ulloa, Minister of Foreign Af
frirs, is published to-day. Ulloa says
that the Carlist sunder the pretext of de
fending religion are guilty of incendi
arism, assassination and pillage. In
support of his statements he instances
iu massacres Ouenoe and Olot.
Pere Hyaciuthe.
Geneva, August 7.—lt is reported
that Father Hyaointhe has resigned his
curacy in this city.
From Borne.
Rome, August 7.— Popcoplo Romano,
a newspaper, says that the Cabinet of
the Vatican is negotiating to obtain
ffcnn the Governments of Austria,
France and Portugal the renunciation of
their right of excluding candidates of
the Papal election.
The Plot Deepens.
London, August 7.—The Daily Tele
graph's Paris correspondent says he lias
reliable authority for stating that a
secret convention was concluded three
months ago between the German Em
peror and Marshal Serrano, by which
Germany agreed, if necessary, to aid in
the suppression of tlio Carlist insurrec
tion, either with money or by means of
intervention, and undertake to secure
the recognition of the Spanish Repub
lic by her allies. Serrano in return
pledged Spain to an alliance offensive
and defensive with Germany in the
event of war with France. Italy is to
form a third party to the alliance.
Another American Victory t
The Cricket match between the Prin
cess Club and the Americans was won
by the latter, the English scoring ouly
sixty in their two innings.
Parliament Prorogued—The tiueen’s
Add roast
London, August 7.—Parliament is
prorogued. The message of the Queen,
proroguing Parliament, refers to tlio
friendly relation with foreign powers;
explains the position of Great Britain in
regard to the International Congress at
Brussels, substantially as before made
public; alludes, with favor, to the nego
tiations for the renewal of the recipro
city treaty between the United States
and Canada; aud laments the condition
of Spain, but favors the policy of non-in
terference. The remainidg portion of the
message t reats of the condition and wel
fare of Great Britain aud her depend
encies.
Additional Extracts From the Queen’s
Message,
London, August 7.—lu a message
from the Queen, which was read by
the Royal Commission, her Majesty
thanks both Houses for voting an annual
grant to Prince Leopold. She states
that the Kingdom’s relations with all
foreign powers are friendly. She ex
plains that .England is represented in
the Brussel Conference, but has stipu
lated thero shall be no change in recog
nized rules of international law, and
that no restrictions shall bo placed
upon the conduct oi naval operations
and reserves right of the conference.
The message further says the negotia
tions have been undertaken for the re
newal of tlio reciprocity treaty former
ly existing between Canada and the
United States. Negotiationscommenced
by desire and in the interest of Canada
have been temporarily suspended by the
adjournment of the American Senate.
They will bo revoked soon and I hope
will lend to an increase of commercial
intercourse between the two countries.
I deeply lament the condition of Spain,
and Avhilst earnestly desiring the
restoration of peace and order in
that country, 1 consider non-inter
ference us] most conducive hereunto.
A treaty has been concluded with
the Sultan of Zanzibar, providing for
the gradual stopping oi' slave traffic.
I am thankful that the famine in India
has not been attended with much mor
tality, which is due to the timely pre
caution and measures taken by my Gov
ernment. The gold coast is being grad
ually pacified and reorganized, and tlio
King of the Asli intee is discharging
his obligations. The message proceeds
to congratulate Parliament upon its
work, and expresses pleasure because of
the reduction in taxation; at the passage
of the factory act, by which the health
of the women aud children will bo pro
moted ; at the passage of the act reform
ing church patronage in Scotland, which
will conduce to tlio religious welfare of
the people, because it removes tlio causo
of controversy; and at the passage of
the public worship regulation bill, which
will settle the form of worship of the
established church. The message also
mentions other measures of minor im
portance which may bo expected to be
productive of good, mid concludes by
invoking the blessings of the Almighty
upon the members in tlio discharge of
their duties.
Denies the Charges
London, August B. —The Times has
published the text of n long dispatch
from Dukede Cozes, categorically deny
ing the charges of connivance with tlio
Oarlists.
Cuba Affairs,
Havana, August 8. — The Gaze.tte pro
mulgates the Captain General’s instruc
tions to revenue officers iu regard to tlio
collection of the ten per cent, incomo
tax and a decree providing for the des
truction in public of the bank bills which
were called iu by previous decree.
The Time l’or Recognition Arrived.
Paris, August 8. It is reported here
that the German Government has noti
fied its representatives abroad that the
time has arrived to recognize the .Span
ish Republic.
The relations between France and
Italy are very satisfactory.
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
A Nest Hider Laid Low.
Cincinnati, August 7. —Dr. Fisher,
employed by the County Atlas Company
as solicitor, called, on Saturday, at
Raft Calmat’s residence in Baoonsburg,
Ohio, and learning that no one was at
homo except Mrs. Calmat, attempted to
kiss her, when another woman appeared
and he left. On Wednesday lie called
again, but the woman refused to admit
him. Ho then went to the ham anil
saw her husband, who, becoming exas
perated at the proceedings, stir.ck Fish
er on the head with a fork handle, from,
the effects of which he died in a few
hours. Calmat offered himself to the
authorities. _
VIC AND TENNIK.
They are Arrested at the Instance of
a Former l’atrou.
Nf.w York, August B.—Victoria C.
Woodlinll and Tennie C. Olaflin were
arrested to-day on a warrant on the com
plaint of A. M.. Freeman, who alleges
that in 1871, when Woodlinll anil Clafiin
were doing business in Broad street,
she deposited with them, to be invested,
four hundred dollars, which she was to
receive on demand, with interest; that
she has since made several demails but
never got the money. They were held
in S6OO bail at the sheriff’s office. Claf
lin anil her mother were to have sailed
for Europe to-day.
Kwift, But Not Too Much Ho.
Knoxville, August 8. —Last Sunday
afternoon a negro named William
Wooley assaulted a white girl, fifteen
years old, in the woods near Johnson’s
City, Washington county, East Tennes
see. The negr/j raped the girl and then
murdered her, cutting her throat from
ear to ear. Search for the missing girl,
who was of a highly respectable farmer’s
family, continued until yesterday, when
the horrible discovery was known. The
negro Wooley was suspected and ar
rested. Being accused of the crime, lie
confessed. Last night, while being
taken to jail in Elizahethton, he was
hung.
Blowing Up of a 8 lea in Tow Boat.
Cincinnati, August 7.- -The steam tow
boat Samuel Roberts blew up at 10
o’clock to day, in Guyandottc, West Vir
ginia, shoals, on the Ohio river. Dud
ley Holland, watchman, was killed,
Samuel Fitch was dangeraualy scalded,
and David Williamson, pilot, was seri
ously hurt; Captain Dauiul DeWolf, clerk
V. DeWolf, mate Chan. Anderson, first
engineer Jacob Hunker, steward J. W.
Thompson, and cook George Canine,
were all injured, but uot dangerously.
Boss Tweed’s House Hold.
New York, August B.— The residence
of) W. M. Tweed, Forty-second street
and Fifth avenue, was sold at auction,
by referee, to-day for $195,000.
New York Investing in Forties.
r lt is reported that the Stato of Now
York, having failed to gpt three million
dollars of new fives awarded to the Syn
dicate, is investing in ten-forties. Du
ring yesterday ami to-day a million and
a quarterof ten-forties have been quietly
bought, it is thought for the State.