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WEDNESDAY.. DECEMBER 30,1874.
MINOR TOPICS.
Oysters, and poor one* at that, cost six cent*
apieco in London.
Arkansas politic* already rival in intricacy
the Schleswig-Holstein question. Anew ele
ment is to be added to their confu-ion by the
partisan* of Hinith dropping him and taking np
Brooks. The argument, by which they prove,
that after all. Brooks .8 the only real Governor
elect of the Stales do not carry a heavy load of
oonviotion to their friends in Congress. There
are reir iniecences of similar arguments from
the same soarce about Baxter and Smith ; and
all three cannot be ths Governor at once. Ar
kansas is in a fair way to be severely let alone.
The Hong Kong Press contains the following
lively sketch of manners in that celestial city :
•‘lt appears that the looal authorities have re
cently ordered that pigs shall not be kept at all
withiu the limits of the city, and ae in oonse
quence pigs cannot be allowed to sleep in the
rooms of their owners, several women were
found who had met the difficulty by going to
the newly erected pig-sty and sleeping with the
pigs. As this was not considered an exactly
proper place for them to sleep, they were ap
prehended and fined twenty-fire cents each."
Anew Juvenile crime has been developed in
Wheeling, West Virginia. Five lads were ar
raigned before the Justice iharged with "roll
ing each other in the siimy mud.” The Court
holding perhape that cleanliness is next to god
liness, ordered every individual boy to give
bonds in SSO not to i oil any other boy in the
slimy mud for six mouths to come. Tidy moth
ers in Wheeling will rejoice at this ruling; but
alas! there is no law to prevent a boy from
rolling himself in the slimy mud ; and if there
were it would make ho difference.
Frauds in the show business are not to be
encouraged ; and especially the pretense that
a thing is rare or unique whon it is as common
as dirt. There is an Artemus Ward down in
Frederick, Md., who is cheating peoplo out of
their money by exhibiting "a jackass with the
gift of speeoh.” This would be a much pleas
anter world if the jackasses were all dumb, and
oould neither lectnre nor make speeches, nor
engage in conversation, nor try to sing. If all
the jackasses so endowed are to be exhibited,
there will be an awful rise in the price of
canvass.
Young Hastings, tho Sophomore who shot
himself at Cambridge, Mass., the other day,
wae a victim of over-study, which brought on
mental despondency, leading (o the final
tragedy. Of oourso, ho was greatly esteemod
by thoso who knew him—such young men are
apt to b}. But was there no one of all thoso
who liked him—teacher or fellow-pupil—to
warn him against this fatal devotion to his
books ? It is hard to say it, but it is not evi
dent that tho laziest man in his class, the cut
ter of recitations and of leotures, was, in a cer
tain sense, truer to die laws of his nature than
this poor boy, knowing to much for one so
young, and yet so ignorant of wbat he should
have known the best.
Forney’s Sunday Chronicle places tho indebt
edness of tho Distiict of Columbia at the
enormous figure of $'25,375,537 C 9. This ia a
debt of about four dollars per head on every
man, woman and child that the last census
credits to iho District. Of the report of the
Commissioners to the President, dated Decem
ber 5, 1874, the Chronicle says : "It is one of
the most extraordinary documents ever issued
from Buch high official source, as far as an art
ful arraugement of figures, the resort to a
wholesale suppression of liabilities aud an un
bounded inflation of assets is oonoerned." In
other words, the Chronicle charges the Com
missioners with falsifying records to conceal
rascality.
A Paris medical sudont has just died iusane,
having become so in oonaeqnonce of an event
that happened in tiie dissecting room. Hie
subject had been placed in a sitting posture
while frozen, and its right arm was kept above
its head against gravity by tho icy condition of
the tissues, and as he workod, lost in liis labor,
this arm came down and the cold hand struck
the student on the cheek. It was cloar upon
investigation that tho hot tire made for the
etudent had thawed the tissues, but the im
pression made upon his mind was too deep to
l>e removed by a rational explanation.
The new Centennial Hotel, in Philadelphia,
is reported as certain to be something gor
geous; something the like of which has never
yet dazed tho unsophisticated traveler, but
there is even now felt in Philadelphia an ap
prehension that there will be one lack in the
great oaravansery. So magnificent is to be the
new structure thtt it is held a matter of gravest
doubt whether it will be possible to find a hotel
clerk who, m lofty impudence, in unbounded
self-complacency and ’illimitable oheek, shall
surpass other men in his position even as the
new building shall surpass other hotels. The
question is a most important one, and its solu
tion would materially help on the Centennial.
We regret that wo can offer no consolation in
the case. Theodore Tilton might do-but this
is only a wild suggestion.
Thanksgiving Day was kept by Americans in
Pahs in the usual way. Services were held in
the chapels, and a collection was taken up for
the benefit of the American charitable fund.
This simplj act has given rise to no small
amount of hard feelings. It seems that tho
chaplain* took it npon themselves to make this
collection without consulting the President of
the Charitable Associa'ion, and sent out the
uotioe without eommunioatiug it directly to
him. Ido not see any harm in this course, for
the motive wae a good one, but it seems that
the thing was not done in the proper manner,
and hence a large crop Of goesi)' has resulted.
Generally speaking, I must say {hat perfect
harmony is rare among American-! it fans,
but I shall not indicate the reasons for this
fact that are frequently heard. If there ia any
one thing that should unite all iu oce common
sentiment it ought certainly to be charity.
Prince Bismarck is fisposed to imitate Presi
dent Thiers by trying to coerce the legislative
power iota adopting his policy by the menace
of resignaiwn. President Thiers usually had
the decided advantage on his side that the
eohemes which he desired the French Assem
bly to support were mere liberal than those
which it favored. The measure which the Ger
man Reichstag desires to hare ineorpprated in
the Constitution of Germany forms one oi {he
fundamental principle* of most constitutional
States, and should have been included in the
Constitution when it waa drafted. Prince Bis
marck deserves much of liis country, and his
resignation would probably endanger the peace
ful development of liberal institutions in Ger- 1
■tany. But it would be unfortunate for his
reputation if he should resign on the issue
which he seems disposed to make. It would ,
be nearly as unfortunate for him if he should
compel the Beichstag to abandon entirely the
claim to that privilege which is necessary to its
independence.
The Cmcumati Saturday Sight has the small
pox joke in anew form : "Yesterday morning
a nice young man got into a car on the Dayton
Short Lina Bailroad, and b*w to his delight the
only vacant aeanin the coach waa by the side
of a young lady acquaintance. He reached for
that seat with joyous strides.and her eye answer
ed his delighted looks: but just before be got
ttere, an elderly party from the other end of
the oar waltzed up the aisle and dropped into
the rove ted sett. The young man approached
more eiowly end accosted the young lady. ‘How
is your brother ?’ be asked, ‘is he able to get
out?’ ‘Ohyea,’ she said. ‘Will he be very
badly marked ? he continued; and the
old gentleman grew suddenly interested.—
•Oh, no,’ said the fair deasjrer, ‘with the ex
oeption of a f*w small pits on his forehead you
would not knew he had ever had it.’ ‘Were
not you afraid of talcing it ?’ the young man
went on, while the old gentleman broke out in
cold perspiration. ‘Not at ail, she replied, ‘I
had been vaccinated, you know.' The seat wae
vacated instantly, two young hearts beat ae
half a dozen, and the prattle of *nice talk,
•trewed that part of the oar, while a gray
haired eld man soowlsd upon them from the
bard accommodation of the mod box-’’
THE NEXT SENSATION IN WASH
INGTON.
It is well known that Congress grant
ed an annual subsidy of $500,000 to the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Like
all other jobs and grants of that charac
ter, the bill did not go through without
a plentiful use of the company’s money,
or promises of it wheD obtained from
the public treasury. So often and so
persistently has the charge been made
that many members of Congress received
bribes for their votes, that even this
body coaid stand it no longer, and a
committee of investigation was raised,
and is now at work taking testimony.
The most important witness summon
ed is Mr. Irwin, the Secretary of
and Treasurer of tho company. But it
is generally doubted if Irwin will peach
on the members, or that he will confess
who got the money. He already admits
that a large sum was so expended, and
doubtless his subsequent testimony will
only state that he paid it out to third
parties. The wost trouble, however,
about the whole matter is thus stated by
the New York Tribune :
“ The suspicious action of the com
“ mittee will fasten universal attention.
“ Current gossip has already placed two
“of the members of this committee in
“ the fatal list. It is earnestly to be
“ hoped that they may exculpate them
“ selves, but they cannot da it, either
“by concealing the testimony, by in
“ ducing Ibwin to keep quiet, or by
“ bullying him with demands to answer
“questions which they know he will
“ not answer and so intentionally shut
“ ting out questions which they fear he
“ may answer. Mr. Dawes was never in
“a position where a straightforward
“ policy would serve him better; aud we
“ think we may trust Mr. Beck and oth
“ ers of like character to defeat any
“ other policy.”
Thorough investigation into the cor
ruptions of the Radical party by the
party itself will never be made.—
Such matters must remain for their
successors. This part of the fu
ture policy of the Democratic party
has been most clearly forshadow
ed, if nothing else. Wood has distinct
ly declared that he is not satisfied with
the whitewashing of the saintly How
ard, tho great Freedman’s Bureau and
Freedman’s University man. Bfck is
ready to prove a world of corruption in
the Department of Justice, and Cox says
he knows enough to send the whole
party into purgatory. The revelations
in store will no doubt shock the moral
sense of the whole country.
LITTLE ADELBERT AMES.
Little Adrlbert Ames is the carpet-bag
Governor of Mississippi. He is, in ad
dition, a son-in-law of Gen. Butler. To
be related to Gen. Butler in any way is
to be something oollossal. Ames’ im
mensity does not crop out in brains
so much as in chicanery. Iu that he
ranks as a brother of Butler. His last
feat is the undertaking of an imitation
of Grant and his Louisiana policy. Im
agine Vicksburg and Warren county to
be New Orleans and Louisiana, and its
negro defaulting Sheriff, Crxsby, to be
Kellogg, with Jackson as Washington
and Governor Ames as President Grant,
and you will have, not only the
scene, but the dramatis personae. —
The tax payers rebel against aud force
Crosby to resign. Crosby flies to Ames
for troops, and Ames secretly orders all
the negro militia in proximity of Vicks
burg to march to the city, put down the
rebellion, and restore the sheriff. This
militia, like the Metropolitan Police of
New Orleans, stand long enough for one
well aimed round to be poured into them
and then they fly, leaving a hundred
killed and wounded on the field, and the
field, city and sheriff’s office all in the
hands of the tax payers. So far we have
a miniature Louisiana most perfectly.
But now Ames begins to fail playing
Grant. He can’t get his militia to go
to Vicksburg any more. He pipes lusti
ly to them, but they wont dance. There
were entirely too many killed and
wounded in the first campaign to make
any such service at all agreeable or pa
triotic. I.ike the soldier of old, how
ever, who took courage after his defeat,
whilst lying in a barn and seeing an ant
climb a wall twonty-niue times with its
burthen and fall back every time, but
reaohing the top iu its thirtieth effort,
he is determined to persevere. To this
end he has called his Legislature to
gether, and in a formal message declared
Vicksburg aud Warren county in a
State of rebellion against his authority.
Ames * still upon his muscle. He cares
not a groat whether Crosby was
stealing the revenues of the country.
His dignity has been grossly insulted
and mast be set right The Legislature
agrees with him. It has raised a com
mittee to investigate. But before pro
ceeding to investigate this committee is
given $5,000 out of the State Treasury
to defray its expenses. It will remain
in session as long as the money holds
out. As an ordinary trip from Jackson
to Vicksburg and return only costs
sl2, which includes hotel bill and hack
bill, this $5,000 ought to last five men
for a long time. But in this case the ap
propriation will no donbt be exhausted
in two or three days.
THE WHITE LEAGUE.
Radical papers and Radical leaders
have made it their special business to
heap vituperation upon the Louisiana
organization known as the White League.
Lately they have given wide circulation
to the assertion that the organization in
tended to interfere with the Returning
Board in the discharge of itsduties; that
the members of the Board wero person
ally in danger. The intention of these
glanders is clearly to justify further in
terference on the part of the Adminis
tration with the local affairs of the
State. But these slanders have been
promptly met, and tho true objects of
the League put fairly and squarely be
fore the world. A large meeting of the
Crescent City White League was held
in Jfew Orleans last Tuesday night, at
which resolutions were adopted setting
forth the real intent of the organization,
and repelling slanderous statements
made by the Radical press. The reso
lutions are as follows:
Whereas, Through the correspond
ents of a part of the Northern press, and
by false and flagitious statements in the
Radical press of New Orleans, and by
lying and slanderous assertions on the
part of the members of the Returning
Board, it is sought to create the beliei
that the Returning Board is threatened
with violence in the discharge of its
functions, and that the White League
j has connived at and counseled such vio
i lence; and,
Wbebeas, The real intent of this or
: ganized misrepresentation is to divert
• public attention from the frauds and
i forgeries of the Returning Board, or to
i furnish plausible excuse to the Return
ing Board for abandoning the canvass at
i a point where a partial promulgation ol
the returns of the late election would
I give a Radical majority in the next State
j Legislature, or to invite the interposi
; tion of the Federal Executive, and undei
the plea of furnishing protection to th<
Returning Board, secure tho presence
and aid of Federal troops at the State
House, in repeating the outrage of 1872,
and impanneling a Legislature not rep
resantative;of The people, to the enc
that the present fraudulent and uprising
government may be perpetuated, anc
Louisiana be still held under Radica
subjection.
Resolved, That, infamous as ate thi
outrages already committed and still de
signed to be perpetuated against tin
rights and liberties of the people by the
Returning Board, the White League, be
lieving that the dearest interests of Lou
isiana are involved in keeping the peace
at this juncture, will continue to main
tain the pnblic order, and brands as
false any assertion to the contrary, come
from what, source it may.
Resolved, That the above resolutions
be published ifl the’Conservative papers
ol New Orleans, and that the Conserva
tive press of the entire country is ear
nestly invited and urged to give the
widest circulation to this our solemn as
sentation.
THE FREEDMAN'S BANK SWIN
DLE.
The manner in which the leaders of
the Republican party robbed the credul
ous and unfortunate negroes of the
South, through the instrumentality of
the Freedman’s Bank, is sufficient of it
self to convince these poor people that
the Radicals have no love for them. We
have already published a full telegra
phic synopsis of the report of the Com
missioners appointed to wind up the
bank, bat “that synopsis did not em
body all the astounding evidences of
corruption which an examination has
developed. The exhibit of assets, for
instance, contains some very curious en
tries. Among them are these: James
G. Bebret, President of the famous
Washington Club House, $28,500, se
cured by law; Howard University, $75,-
000, secured by mortgage on college
lands of small value; E. H. Niohols,
Treasurer, $175,000, secured by an as
signment of a contract of sale of the
Northern Central branch of the Union
Pacific Railroad Conpany; J. L. Kid
well, the owner of the Kidwell mea
dows, $2,000, secured by stock of the
bankrupt Maryland Mining and Manu
facturing Company—(this is the Seneca
Stone Company, and the stock is utterly
worthless); J. C. Kennedy, $12,000, se
cured by $20,000 of the same Seneca
stock; Hallett Kilboubn, who figured
so prominently in the District investi
gation, $3,000, without collateral; W. S.
Huntington, Jay Cooke’s old cashier, now
dead,s3,6oo, no collateral; John O. Evans,
$9,000, secured by District of Columbia
securities of uncertain value; J. W.
Vandenburg, District contractor, $160,-
088, secured by almost worthless collate
ral securities. Next to that of Vanden
burg, the most astounding entry is that
of F. A. Dockray, the person who has
attracted inter-national attention on ac
count of his arrest in Cuba by the Span
ish authorities. The branch of the
Freedman’s Bank at Jacksonville, Flori
da, loaned this Dockray $6,514 on secu
rity of SIO,OOO of the bonds of the Mem
phis and El Paso Railroad Company.
The bonds of the company never had
any practical value, and the company
itself never had any substantial exis
tence, except as one of the extravagant
chimeras of John C. Fremont.”
The Charleston News calls upon Con
gress to appropriate a sum sufficient to
pay the depositors, the Government to
take the assets, such as they are, and
wind up the affairs of the swiudle. The
News says that the negroes were de
ceived as to the original status of the
bank, believing that the institution was
under the control of the Government,
which, in any event, would protect the
depositors.
THE COTTON OROP-WONDERFUL
LY EXTRAVAGANT.
As the New York Financial Chroni
cle's estimate of the present cotton crop
is attracting a great deal of attention, we
republish it. It is as follows:
Actual. Estimated.
Crop stated by State*. Year ending Year ending
Set 1. 1, 1874. Sept. 1, v 1875.
Texas bales. 500,000 550,000
Louisiana 420,000 480,000
Mississippi 675,000 610,000
Alabama 575,000 650,000
Florida 75,000 100,000
Georgia 600,000 665,000
South Carolina 400,000 400,000
North Carolina.... 225,000 275,000
Arkansas 400,000 360,000
Tennessee 300,000 210,000
Total bales 4,170,000 4,300,000
This estimate of the present crop is
wonderfully extravagant. As an offset
to it, however, the Agricultural Bureau
comes to the front with an esti
mate of 3,500,000 bales, which we
believe to be nearer correct. The
estimate •of the Financial Chroni
cle is on the Munchausen order, and the
result will prove that there is about as
much truth in the figures as there is in
the existence of Gustave Adolph’s new
variety of Asiatic cotton. The heavy
receipts at the pprts thus far are not to
be attributed to a large crop, but to the
pressing necessities of planters for
money. When the great bulk of the
cotton has passed out of the hands of
the producers, the large crop theory
will be exploded by the very men who
are now engaged in advocating it. The
estimate of the Financial Chronicle
will be found from half a million to
eight hundred thousand bales above the
actual yield, while that of the Agricul
tural Bureau will be found nearly correct.
Great stress has been laid on the heavy
receipts in the early part of the season to
bolster up the heavy crop sensation. But
here is food for reflection. Wo have be
fore us the Chronicle and Sentinel of
Tuesday, December 21. On turning to
its market report we find that the re
ceipts at all ports for the day were 34,-
663, while for the same day last year
they were 56,858 —showing a falling off
of 22,000 bales in one day’s receipts. It
is said that figures don’t lie, and they
do not when used properly, but when
they are used to make the yield of the
present crop 4,300,000 bales, candor no
less than truth compels ns to deolare
that, in our opinion, they are made to
lie outrageously. Of course in making
this assertion we are in no way person
al, but merely emphatic.
Tom Hood, at a Lord Mayor’s dinner,
once leaned back at about the middle of
the feast and requested the waiter to
bring him the rest in money. It is
doubtful if King Kalakaua would not
be glad to imitate Tom Hood. The ex
pense of the chocolate-colored King’s
reception at Washington is held, perhaps
wrongly, at $50,000, and it is safe to say
that the somewhat impecunious ruler
would be glad to take ten thonsand in
cash and call the matter square. We
commend the Hood plan to Government
al consideration. It would prove equally
acceptable to King Kalakaua and the
noble army of tax payers.
— ; jin*
They still have their little jests with
Chinamen in the far West, The Stook
[ ton Independent, of a late date, notes
the playfulness of some young hood
; lams, who receently tried to see if a Mon
golian could be drowned. An inoffen
sive representative of the class was cap
tured aud plunged into a slough, and
when rescued by some steamboat hands
was resuscitated with difficulty. He re
covered, however, and the hoodlums
will probably be compelled to do the
work more completely with another Chi
j naman in order to feel perfectly assnred
that an Asiatic will drown.
The negotiations with Spain indicate
that the valuation of th& Virginias vic
, tims amounts to just $2,500 per man. We
! may be pardoned for remarking that
this price seems rather cheap. A good
many of the diplomats who haggle over
prices so coolly might be sold for $2,500
at a profit, but the value of plucky, re
solute men, engaged in a good cause,
though a wild venture, is more than two
thousand five hundred dollars, and it is
to be doubted if any of the victims
would have taken twice the money.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1874.
THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE.
An effort is being made to restore the
franking privilege. The Presidential
election is coming on, and members of
Congress are anxious to invoke the free
aid of the mails in the distribution of
political matter. In a speech in Indi
ana, the other night, Mr. D.' W. Voob
hees made the statement that previous
to the passage of the bill to abolish the
franking privilege the Postmaster-Gene
ral addressed a circular letter to every
postmaster in the United States, asking
that the amount of mail matter free of
postage delivered from each office for
the space of six months, and the amount
of postage which would have been de
rived from the same if it had been pre
paid, should be reported to the Post
Office Department. In this way it was
shown that the Government was annu
ally transporting two millions six hun
dred thousand dollars’ worth of postal
matter without receiving a dollar of
revenue therefrom. We cannot sec why
members of Congress should send let
ters and documents free through the
mails any more than anybody else. This
is a country where we have no preferred
classes of people.
LOOKING TO CONGRESS FOR RE
LIEF.
The Washington Republican, the
central organ of the Radical party thus
frantically calls upon its party, in Con
gress to do something for the relief of
the country:
The country is looking for relief of
some sort to Congress—looking for a
solution of the grave difficulties and
dangers that beset it. The people are
in no temper to be trifled with. Gentle
men, there are ninety thousand men in
the State of Massachusetts who are on
the verge of starvation; there are seventy
thousand men in the city of New York
alone who do not know where they can
get their suppers to-night; there are
hundreds of thousands of men in Penn
sylvania who are almost threatening
bread riots. The wheels of the mills
have been stopped; the ships are tied to
the wharves; merchants are on the verge
of bankruptcy; there is not a man in
any rank or class of life, except among
the capitalists who have grown rich
by your legislation, who i3 not in
worse circumstances now than he
has been at any time for' fourteen
years. They look to you for relief and
assistance. It may not be in your power
to give it, but, in the name of humanity,
make the effort. In the present condi
tion of the country you have no right to
a holiday recess. You are paid by the
people to attend to their interests, and
it is a crime upon your part to take
nearly two weeks out of the short
session of seventy or eighty days, and
squander time which you cannot recall.
Ygu have work to do, plenty of it.
There are the appropriation bills; you
can pass one or all of them. And there
is that message of the President, and
the recommendations of the Secretary of
the Treasury, suggesting the ways and
means whereby you may restore some
thing like prosperity to the country.
Let us know what, at least, you think
about them. Republicans and Demo
crats, can you go home aud see and face
the misery and poverty and distress of
your starving constituents, who look to
you for relief ?
“THE NEW DEMOCRACY.”
[St. Louis Republican.]
‘‘The Republican," says a contempora
ry, “thinks tbetriumphof the Democracy
as certain as its complete regeneration.”
So we do. And we further think the
triumph of tho Democracy is certainly
impossible without “its complete regen
eration.” The Democratic party of a
year ago was a name about which clus
tered a few shreds of vanished power.
There wero a few central committees
with powdr to call conventions, there
were a great many men who had in
times past led the party to victory, but
beyond these there was nothing. There
were then, as there are now, and as there
ever will be, so long as men think, cer
tain conceptions of truth which are
called political principles, and these,
though held by the Democratic party,
were by no means of the party itself.
The Democratic party of a year ago was
the party which had been overwhelmed
in 1868 and then wiped out in 1872,
partly by its own act in Baltimore, the
job receiving finishing touches in the
Presidential election. This party the
Republicans declared dead. It was
dead. Its organizations in fourteen
States had been formally disbanded. In
many other States its organizations were
held in readiness to co-operate with any
and every ally that could promise to
withdraw some strength from the com
mon enemy. Nowhere was it in a con
dition of self-dependence; nowhere
did it assume to confront the Re
publican party upon the issues
and under the leadership which it had
in its last great battle as a party in 1868,
Though the “Democratic party,” acr
cording to this definition, was dead, the
opposition to Radicalism was quite
alive. But this opposition was neither
organized nor was it even operating in
general harmony. Here, there and
everywhere it was sprouting and grow
ing up as anew growth out of the soil
of popular discontent. Not only was it
inventing new names for itself—lnde
pendent in California, Anti-Monopoly
in the Northwest, Conservative in the
South, and Liberal in the Eastern and
Middle States—but it was formulating
new political creeds aud inaugurating
new departures in policy for the most
part as radically antagonistic to those of
the old “Democratic party” as to those
of the ruling Republican party. In this
vast and various opposition the Repub
lican saw a chaos of elements which
would finally crystalize in a compact
party, possessing sufficient physical
force, if we may employ that term, to
overcome the Republican organization.
The Republican saw, too, that until the
proper time for crystalization came, the
wilder the chaos could be made and the
wider it could be spread, the better
anti-Republican purposes oould be sub
served, and we did all we oould to make
chaos chaotic.
The Republican party is now thor
oughly disintegrated. Its rank and file
have deserted it, going anywhere and
everywhere, so only the direction of
their goiug was away from it, and voting
any and every ticket, so only it was not
Republican. But the Opposition is by
no means reintegrated. Aud we are a
little surprised that so few organs of
Opposition sentiment have discovered
that fact. But if you will analyze the
anti-Republican majority just elected in
tho House of the next Congress, together
with the anti-Republican administra
tions that have been chosen in a majori
ty of the States, you will find them
made up of altogether diverse and to
some extent still conflicting elements. We
need not go beyond*he State of Illinois
for an example, though we could find
others equally conspicuous in Indiana,
New York and Massachusetts. We
hence conclude that the process
of solidifying this chaotic opposi
tion or anti-Repnblicanism is yet to
be gone through with before it will be in
condition for an effective effort to gain
control of the nation. For names we
care very little. If the opposition to
Republicanism chooses to crystalize
under the name of “Democracy,” well
and good; it will certainly be a very dif
ferent sort of institution from the
“Democracy” which we declared to be
dead .when it was dead a year or more
ago. * As for the feeble wliippers-in and
baton flonrishers who may be trying to
carrol all the elements of anti-Repnbli
canism into the narrow enclosure now
set apart as,the graveyard of the ancient
and reminiscent “Democracy,” their ef
forts would be laughable if they were
not so viciously stupid. And we think
we can assure these whip-crackers, etc.,
that they will be astounded at the status
of unimportance to which they will find
themselves remanded when the opposi
tion comes to crystalize itself into anew
national orgnaization two years hence,
whether that organization styles itself
Democratic or something else. The
Republican's policy since it has entered
npon its programme ol disturbing
things has been as straight as a bee
line, and it is not dissatisfied with the
result thus far.
The bar room of Mr. H. B. Ehrlich,
of Bainbridge, was the scene, on Friday
night last, of a terrible affray, which re
sulted in the untimely death of Tommie
Cloud at thß hands of one Ferdinand
Miller. Miller shot Clond with a pistol,
inflicting a mortal wound in the upper
abdomen, from which he died on Son
day morning.
CHARLIE ROSS.
SEARCH FOR THE STOLEN BOY.
The Dead Burglars Who Kidnapped
Charlie—Scenes at the Morgue—The
Coroner’s Jnry Justify the Killing of
Donglass and Mosier.
[From the New York Tribune, Friday, [Dee. 18.]
Every map in the Police Department
has become interested in the recovery of
Charlie Ross, and the force has been in
defatigable in its ‘efforts. Early yester
day a dispatch was received by Superin
tendent Walling that induced him to set
out at once and to follow the trail per
sonally. Captain Irving and Detective
Silleck alone knew of the destination
of the Superintendent, as it was thought
to be unwise to run any risk of inform
ing those who might have the child in
their custody of the movements of those
in search of him. Superintendent Wal
ling went away in strong hopes that he
would either ret urn with the child or re
ceive information that would lead him
to discover its fate. It is believed that
this clue has been gathered from con
versations with Mrs. Mosier and others
who have known of the habits and
haunts, of the desperate criminal who
was killed at Bay Ridge. Walter Ross,
iu identifying the men, Mosier and
Douglass, said ; “Tho man with the
nose turned so,” putting his finger upon
his own and turning *it awry, “ took my
brother Charlie and lifted him into the
carriage, and the other maD,” pointing
to Douglass,' “ gave me some caDdy.”
This boy adhered to his description so
closely that it is clear that the burg
lars were the abductors. The re
ports of the police who have
scoured the city make it equally
certain that the boy is not in this city.
The police believe that thfe missing boy
has never been brought to this city, and
that, if alive, he is now hidden by some
intimate friend of Mosier in some out of
the way place. Detectives were follow
ing,up yesterday in all directions even
those clews that seemed hardly worth
notice. There are now three well known
detectives working in different sections
to which they have been led by the de
velopments of the case. The relatives
of Charlie Boss, with Detectives Heins
and Wood of Philadelphia, are still at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, waiting for the
Superintendent’s return. The clew that
he is working upon is considered the
most certain, dnd all are hopeful of an
important.deno’iemenl'.
Superintendent Walling returned at
about 10:30, p. m., and went at once to
his home at No. 311 East Nineteenth
street, evidently worn out with his six
teen hours’ journey. He telegraphed to
the Central Office that he had returned
with no news. He declined to give the
particulars of his journey to reporters
who waited upon him at his house. A
very keen disappointment prevailed
among all interested iu tho case at the
failure of this latest clew, the general
impression being, as the Superintendent
had devoted himself to its unravelmeut,
that it was the strongest and surest hope
of recovering the last Charlie' Ross.
There are still several other clews re
maining, and three detectives from the
Central Office aro still absent attempting
to unravel them, but the strong hope of
finding the abducted boy, which ani
mated all of them earlier, is becoming
more and more faint. It is claimed by
shrewd men in the detective force that
the death of the child could alone have
concealed him from the vigilant thor
oughness witfi which the various searches
for him within the last three days have
been conducted.
The excitement at theßrookly Morgue
still continues. As early as 8, a. m., yes
terday a crowd began to gather upon
the sidewalk, and applications were
made to the keeper for admittance.
Several persons called for the purpose of
identifying tho dead men. A New York
policeman recognized both as men whom
he had seen scores of times in tho Sec
ond Ward in New York. Sergeant Corr,
of Brooklyn, believed that Mosier was
the same man whom ho saw coming out
of a house on Clermont avenue \ two
years ago. He had a paper in his hand,
and as he went from house to house, the
Sergeant concluded that he was a can
vassing agent. He wore side whiskers
then as now. Shortly after the incident
en unoccupied house in the vicinity was
robbed of a piano, and no traces of the
robbers were ever found. About 1,
p. m., an undertake named Munu, ofNio.
67 AvenueJD, called for both bodies. He
said that he had mad 9 arrangements to
bury them, but as he had no permit
from the coroner he was unable to get
them. Mr. Munn stated that he had
known Douglass for many years, and
had buried his mother while the young
man was in State prison. His story
about Mosier is that the robber was not
as bad as he wa" pictured; that his
br ther Gill had induced him to do
many things that-he would not have
done. In the course of the afternoon a
man viewed the bodies, aud bending
over Douglass, said, “Yes, that’s him.”
He was asked “Who ?” and he replied,
“George Clark.” The man proved to
Walter Bryers, a receiver of the
Brooklyn- City Railroad. He knew
Douglass under the name of George
Clark, as driver of one of the street cars
of that company. As he was paymaster
he came in contact with him frequently.
He said that he was of a very social and
pleasant nature. He could hardly asso
ciate the man he knew with the one now
lying dead ; he had never seen him un
der the influence of liquor, and he con
sidered him one of the best men on the
line. He knew nothing of the man out
side ; did not know that he had any
family. “He alwaysjappeared to me,’’said
Bryers, as “a man|who had reformed,|iuid
I believe if this man Mosier had not got
him off he would have been a good, re
spectable fellow now.” Bryers also
stated that the last time he saw Doug
lass was on or about March 15, 1874,
when he paid him his money. He had
worked for the company about nine or
ten months.
At least eight hundred people were
admitted to the Morgue during the day.
request for the bodies.
Tho annexed letters were received by
Coroner Jones yesterday ; one is from
Mosier’s wife, the other from the woman
who claims Donglass as her husband:
New York, December 17, 1874.
To Coroner Jones, Kings County:
Please deliver to J. H. Munn the body
of Joseph Douglass, my husband, for
burial, as soon as you can make it con
venient, and you will oblige, your3 re
spectfully, her
Mary M Douglass.
mark.
To Coroner Jones, Kings County:
Please deliver to J. H. Munn the body
of my husband, Wm. M. Mosier, for in
terment, as soon as you can do so, and
yob will oblige his wife,
Martha M. Mosier.
Coroner Jones informed the bearer of
these notes that just as soon as Mrs.
Mosier and Mrs. Douglass should satisfy
him that they were the wives of the dead
burglars the bodies would be given to
tbem. He expects that the women will
call upon him to-day. If the bodies are
not taken away they will be given to the
doctors for dissection.
An inquest was held over the bodies
of the dead burglars Thursday. Sub
stantially the same particulars of the
killing already published were given in
evidence. At the conclusion of the tes- I
tirnony Coroner Jones briefly reviewed
the evidence which had been taken. He
called particular attention to the testi
mony which had established the des
perate character of the men killed, and
said that he, as Coroner, would bear wit
ness to the fact that scores of men were
picked up in the river who wore the garb
of sailors, and undoubtedly were mur
dered by some waiting assassin. He
mentioned this fact, he said, that the at
tention of the jury might be direoted to
the absolute necessity that existed for
the keeping of firearms in households;
He did not think that the Ross case had
anything in particular to do with the
matter, save that it furnished to the
jury a valuable exhibit of the character
of the men who had been slain. The
Coroner also called attention to the pe
cnliar condition of the . suburban resi
dents and the peril in which they con
stantly lived from bands of roving des
peradoes. In the peculiar situation of
these citizens he could readily under
stand why they should be constantly
prepared for the reception of thieves
and burglars, and he thought the spirit
a worthy and commendable one that
would not falter in executing the right
of self-protection when the officers of
the law were not within immediate call.
He then directed the jury to retire and
deliberate upon their verdict.
the verdict.
After deliberating about half an hour
the jury re-entered the room. Ex-Mayor
Booth, foreman of the jnry. presented
the annexed verdict:
“We find that the man known as Wm.
Hosier and the man known as Joseph
Donglass came to their deaths ‘from the
effects of gun and pistol shot wounds,
on the morning of the 14th of December,
1874, on the premises of Judge Charles
H. Van Brunt, at Bay Ridge, between
the hours of 12 and 6, a. m.; that said
wounds were inflicted by the firearms
fired by the hands of Holmes Van Brant,
Herman Frank, Wm. Scott and Albert
Van Brunt-, in self-defense ; and we, the
jury, further find that the killing of the
deceased in the manner set forth was
perfectly justifiable, and we commend
the act of defending their lives and prop
erty iu such a courageous manner, un
der such trying circumstances.”
Major Little, Collector of Arrears of
Taxes, then offered a resolution of thanks
to the Coroner, which was passed by the
jnry. Coroner Jones thanked the jury,
and said that, as far as the verdict was
concerned, he could not see how' the
jury could arrive at any different conclu
sion.
THE WANDERINGS OF CHARLIE ROSS.
[New York Dispatch to Boston Journal.]
Enough has leaked out in various
ways to make a connected story and fur
nish a plausible sequel to the shooting
of the Bay Ridge burglars. Within five
days from the stealing of the boy Mosier
returned to New York from Philadel
phia, and brought with him a child.—
He went to his residence on Rivington
street, and was there three days when he
was seen to leave there with the child.
This did not come to the knowledge of
the police until long afterward, as no
clue had then been obtained connecting
Mosier with tho abduction, and it was
only after the “giving away” of Wm.
Mosier by his brother, that the watoh
was set on his movement^.
The investigation was begun by Capt.
Hedden and .disclosed this visit of
Mosier’s, and further search showed
that he had gone from New York to
Baltimore, where he arrived without the
child. The track of Mosier was fol
lowed from Baltimore, where a jewelry
store was “burglarized,” and then to
Cincinnati, where a similar crime was
perpetrated before he left it. From
Cincinnati he returned to New York, but
after a stay of two days he again left the
city and went to Shrewsbury, N. J.,
and from there returned with a child,
whom he took again to his residence.
When the dispatch announcing Dou
glass’ dying words was received at the
police headquarters, Detective Silleck,
who had been engaged in the search, im
mediately started for Bay Ridge. It is
thought that some paper or other clue
was found on the body of Mosier when
in the boat, which was not disclosed to
the reporters, for Silleck appeared over
toyed with the result of his visit, aud on
nis return to headquarters a party was
made up, which immediately started
out, apparently in search.
The details of this search are not
known, but during the latter part of last
night, or early this morning, a child was
found, who, it is said, was identified as
Charlie Ross. The boy was taken to
Superintendent Walling’s house and
cared for tenderly there until he should
start home. At least such is the story
that is current in the newspaper offices
here to-night. •
THE CODE*
A DUELLING PARTY ARRESTED.
They Give Bond aud Are Released.
The Difficulty Amicably Adjusted.
Yesterday morning Mr. J. A. Chris
tian, Chief of Police, received a tele
gram from Sparta, stating that two gen
tlemen from Sandersville, Washington
county, had left that place with the
intention of fighting a duel, and request
ing the Chief of Police to have them
arrested. One of the principals, Mr. J.
A. Robson, was, the dispatch stated,
already in Augusta, while the other, Mr.
Horace D. Adams, would reach the city
on the Macon train, which arrives at
Augusta at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
Lieut. Prather, of the police force, im
mediately set out to look for Mr. Rob
son, but failed to find him. His name
was not registered at any of the hotels
and Lieut. Prather could not discover
his whereabouts. The fact was, Mr.
Itobson, and his second, Mr. Isaac Her
man, arrived in Augusta early yesterday
morning and proceeded to the Central
Hotel, where the former registered as
Lewis Strawbridge and the latter as J.
Raifield. At two o’clock the Macon
train rolled into the Union Depot, where
Lieut. Prather was awaiting its arrival.
The officer immedialy
Boarded the Train
And arrested Mr. Adams, and his second,
Dr. A. Matthis. Both gentlemen were
very much surprised at the arrest,
neither anticipating it. They were car
ried to the City Hall, where a peace
warrant against Mr. Adams, the princi
pal, was issued by Judge Claiborne
Snead, of the County Court, at the
instance of Lieutenant Prather. The
Judge required Mr. Adams to give a
bond of SSOO to keep the peace. Mr.
Adams had previously sent a note to
Mr. Geo. E. Batcliffe, requesting him to
call upon him at the City Hall. Mr.
Ratcliffe appeared iu a short time and
promptly signed his name to the bond.
Mr. Adams was thereupon released. A
few minutes afterwards Mr. Robson was
also brought in under arrest, a warrant
having been issued. As in the former
case, Judge Snead
Required a Bond
Of five hundred dollars, which was im
mediately given, Mr. Alexander Robson
becoming the bondsman. Mr. Robson
was then discharged from custody. After
these matters had been settled several
gentlemen who were friends to both par
ties determined to makean effort to effect
a settlement, honorable alike to both.
Among these were Judge Hook, Judge
H. D. D. Twiggs, Mr. Geo. E. Ratclfffe,
Mr. M. J. Verdery, and others. A
board of honor, consisting of Judge
Twiggs and Messrs. Ratcliffe and Ver
dery, was organized and a proposition
made to both parties to place the matter
in their hands. All parties were very
reticent, but we understood that Mr.
Robson declined positively to allow the
board to settle his grievances. Finally
another proposition was made that the
three gentlemen act as an advisory
board to suggest such things as they
might deem proper. This was acoepted
and after several hours hard work a set
tlement alike honorable to botn the
principals was effected at nearly one
o’clock last night. Principals aud
seconds will leave for home this morn
ing.
The Casus Belli.
The particulars of the difficulty, as far
as we were able to learn, all parties, as
we stated above, being very reticent and
not disposed to converse about the mat
ter, are as follows : The Democratic
Convention, which met in Sandersville
some months since, to nominate candi
dates for the Legislature, also nomi
nated candidates for the several county
offices. This action, many contended,
was premature, and several, refusing to
abide by it, determined to place them
selves before the people as independent
candidates. Among these was Mr. J. A.
Robson, who was once Solicitor-General
of the Middle Circuit, and at present
Tax Collector of Washington county.
He announced himself as a candidate for
re-election to the latter office. About
three weeks since a communication ap
peared in the Sandersville Herald and
Georgian, reflecting in harsh terms np
on independent candidates, and intimat
ing very plainly that they were no better
than Radicals. Some time afterwards
Mr. Robson ascertained that Mr. Adams
had stated that he was the author of the
communication. What ensued imme
diately afterwards we were unable to as
certain. A challenge was, however,
finally sent to Mr. Adams by Mr. Rob
son, and accepted by the former. Ar
rangements were made for a meeting at
Sand Bar Ferry yesterday morning, and
Mr. Robson and his second, Mr. Isaac
Herman, left Sandersville for Augusta,
in company with several other gentle
men, including Dr. Milo G. Hatch, who
was to act as surgeon. Mr. Adams and
his second, Dr. Matthis, went to Ten
nille Monday evening, with the inten
tion of boarding the Central Railroad
train and coming to Augusta in order to
be at the rendezvous
Baud Bar Ferry,
Tuesday morning. They were arrested at
the station, however, by officers who were
in waiting for them and carried back to
Sandersville. They gave bond and were
released. A second time they were ar
rested and again released. They then
procured horses and rode to Sparta,
which they reached in time for the Au
gusta bound train. They rode the en
tire distance between Sandersville and
Sparta,
Twenty-Six Miles, in Three Hours
and twenty minutes. They came ou to
Augusta and were arrested as above
stated.
horrible suicide.
SAMUEL J. ANDERBON, THE VIC
TIM.
The Old, Old Story, “Too Proud to
Beg, Too Honest to Steal.”
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentmet.']
Atlanta, December 21, 1874. .
Samuel J. Anderson, formerly of New
York, but more recently of this city,
committed suicide here this morning
iu a manner which for boldness, resolu
tion and daring, is almost without a
parallel in the history of suicide. He
was found by a colored servant boy ly
inginside of his bed-room, almost direct
ly fronting the door, recliniugona blan
ket, shot through the head, perfectly
dead. An ordinary revolver, pointing
directly toward hiß mouth, was firmly
clinched in both his hands, and his
head was resting in a pool of blood.
Evidently (according to his expressed
purpose) he had placed the muzzle
of the pistol iu his mouth, pulled
the trigger, and in the convulsion fol
lowing the discharge, jerked the deadly
weapon back from its position at the
instant of firing.. He was dressed in an
old suit of clothing, and had around his
shoulders a cloak which he frequentlv
wore. Upon the table in the room was
found the following note, addressed to
Dr. J. M. Johnson, a generous, humane
and philanthropic physician of this city,
who had befriended him :
Atlanta, Sunday, Dec. 20, 1874.
lo Dr. J. M. Johnson :
Deab Sib—Thoughtfully, even oheer
fully, I obey the stern fiat of irresis ■
table circumstances, without discussion
and without murmur. My remarkable
vigor and acknowledged capacities seem
utterly unavoidable for ordinary pur
poses. Be it so.
I have much to be thankful for to
yourself and other personal friends, and
feel no enmity or hatred against any
man. I hope Toombs will so for vindi
cate himself as to protect Jerry Lynch
from the oonsequenees of protest, which
oould not have been anticipated. To
morrow morning I intend to place the
muzzle of my pistol in my mouth and
pull the trigger. I thus bluntly state
my intention in order to avoid, if possi
ble, a “coroner’s inquest” or legal in
vestigation. I shall dress myself, after
bathing as usual, in a suit of old
clothes, good enough I opine fot the
purposo in view. My better cl >thes will
be of use to. my son. I hope to be
buried as I fall.
You will find in my table drawer far
ther communications and requests.
I enclose fifty odd dollars to go to
wards furneral expenses, and to express
my trunk to New York.
Regretting the absence of Dr. Miller,
please remember me to him, and present
my photograph, herein enclosed.
Farewell, my friend.
S. J. Andebson.
Ills Will, In Which He Makes a Be
quest to Gen. Toombs.
Besides the foregoing communication,
there was also his will, which is as fol
lows :
PRIVATE AND PERSONAL.
I, Samuel J. Anderson, present to my
friends the following requests and be
quests :
To my son, Sam. J. Anderson, all
such of best clothing and effects as can
be packed in my sole-leather trunk. I
would communicate with A. H. Dawson,
271 Broadway, New York, before ex
pressing the trunk to him. Not having
heard from the boy for some months,
inquiry will be necessary. I would rely
on Mr. Dawson’s information and ad
vice in the premises. I suppose the
clothing would be of much value to him
and of but little value to anv one else.
But if they aro not available to him
after inquiry, I would beg that the same
may be forwarded to my son Henry
Blasdell Anderson (about 14 years of
age), at Springville, Erie county, New
York. He can be written to and easily
found by addressing John C. Strong,
attorney, Buffalp, New York.
To Dr. Miller —The furniture of my
room, according to bill in left-hand
bureau drawer, is Dr. Miller’s property;
also, box of coal to Miller and Jdnnson.
To Jerry Lynch —A now pair ol pants
wrapped in paper. Returned because I
am unable to pay for them.
To Matilda Harris (my honest and
faithful washerwoman) —the following
trifles : Coal scuttle and shovel, trunk
and strat, writing table, umbrella, bin
box, broom and towels. She will pack
my trunk, anddisposeof old clothes,etc.,
as she pleases.
To Ed Hardy —My valise and con
tents; also cigars.
To R. Toombs (not private ) —My pis
tol, with my recommendation that he
rid the world of his presence by imi
tating my example.
For burial— l think shirt, drawers and
socks, with my big cloak wrapped around
me, will be quite sufficient. I have tried
to save money enough to bury me and
express my trunk, etc. I shall have
about sixty dollars in pantaloons pocket.
S. J. Andhbson.
Atlanta, December 16, 1874.
To Drs. Miller and Johnson.
History of the Deceased.
So far as I am able to learn, Samuel
J. Anderson came co this State from
Kentucky, and first became known as
Sheriff of Richmond county, between
1840 and 1850. Afterwards he was ap
pointed by Gov. G. W. Crawford as his
private secretary, and when Gov. Craw
ford became Secretary of War, under
President Taylor, he appointed Ander
son chief clerk of his department. After
Gov. Crawford resigned, during the in
terval between that occurrence and the
the appointment of Gen. Scott, Ander
son acted as Seotetary of War. Soon
thereafter he was elected Clerk of the
National House of Representatives, which
position he held {or four years. After
wards, upon the recommendation, if I
mistake not, of Hon. Alexander H. Ste
phens, he went to New York city, where
he was given the position of Chief
Deputy Sheriff of New York county by
John Kelly, then Sheriff of that county,
and since a leading and influential mem
ber of Congress, and the man who dis
persed the corrupt Tammany Ring. Mr.
Anderson was a man of sterling business
qualities, of general information and un
usual ability, and by reason of his expe
rience while Sheriff of Richmond county,
brought to bear in his capacity as Depu
ty Sheriff of New York county unusual
qualifications for that important trust.
He was soon entrusted by Sheriff Kelly
with the entire business of his office,
and it was through Anderson’s indefati
gable labors, shrewd business sense and
undisputed integrity, that Mr. Kelly ac
cumulated the handsome fortune which
he now possesses.
A Rebel Sympathiser Daring the War.
Mr. Anderson remained in New York
daring tne war, but was all the while
an aotive Southern sympathiser. By
economy and judicious investment he
had accumulated considerable means,
and he used it freely in relieving wound
ed Confederate soldiers and in convey
ing important news to the Government
at Richmond. Immediately after the
war he, with a few others, entrusted his
entire savings to an agent who was in
structed to come to Southwest Georgia
and invest it in kindling lightwood,to be
shipped to New York city and sold. The
agent appropriated the money and left
the country, leaving Anderson depen
dent upon his salary for a living. Soon
thereafter the TammaDy party, in whose
employ he was at the time, broke down
on acconnt of official corruptions, and
Anderson was left without employment.
He was proud and independent and the
prospect of becoming dependent upon
the charity of his friends waa revolting
to him, and he soon conceived the idea
of killing himself, and made several in
effectual efforts. At one time he tried
to kill himself by cutting some vital ar
tery, but was discovered and rescued. A
day or two afterwards John Kelly met
him on the street, when it is reported
that the foliowingNsonservation occurred:
John Kelly—Sam, what did yon try
to kill yourself for ?
Anderson—Well, John, I was out of
employment, was without money, and I
could not endure the constant thought
of an uncertain, precarious subsistence.
Kelly—Why didn’t you come to me for
money ?
Anderson—Yonr money is not my
money.
Kelly—Yes it is, Sam. Yon made it
for me, and yon have a right to it.
Whenever yon want money let me know
and I will famish it.
Kelly finally prevailed on Anderson to
accept three or four hundred dollars,
but when this supply was exhausted he
was too proud to ask for more; and, it
ia said, made one or two more ineffectual
efforts to commit suicide. Mr. Ste
phens, learning of his position, gave him
a position on his paper, the Atlanta
Sun. He, however, soon retired
from that position to accept a place
en the Western and Atlantic Railroad,
but in a few mouths he quit, and for
nearly a year he has been almost without
employment. In the meantime he has
given out intimations of his intention to
end life, and in order to avert such a
misfortune, a friend of his in this city
addressed a letter to Gen. Toombs, re
questing that gentleman to send Ander
son some money. Gen. Toombs ac
quainted with his peculiarities of pride
and independence, came to Atlanta to
see if he could obtain some employment
for him. Failing iu everything else, he
emphfyed him himself to assist him in
collecting evidence and in preparing the
necessary papers in the Railroad Tax
cases soon to be argued before the Su
perior Court, in this county; agreeing to
give him a salary of $125 per mouth.
Soon thereafter Audersou drew on Gen.
Toombs for one-half his month’s salary
in advance, which draft was promptly
cashed. Other drafts followed, which
were also cashed, and Gen. Toombs,
while in the city, gave Mr. Anderson
some money outside of hissalary. About
three weeks ago Mr. Anderson drew an
other draft on Gen. Toombs, payable to
the order of Jerry Lynch, a tailor in this
city. This draft went to protest for non
payment, and Gen. Toombs wrote a note
to Mr. Audersou, stating that he owed
him nothing. This circumstance, it
seems, was deeply mortifying to Ander
son, who was under the impression that
General Toombs had employed him per
manently; so much so that he shunned
Mr. Lynch, whom he had heretofore re
garded as a friend. Seeing no prospect
of employment, aud being without
means—too proud to beg and too honest
to steal—he premeditatedly conceived
the purpose to kill himself, and executed
that purpose speedily aud to the letter.
His Family and Character.
The deceased was married but had not
been living with his wife in a great num
ber of years. He had several children,
boys and girls, it is understood. There
whereabouts is not known except so far
as indicated in his will.
Deceased was not a professor of re
ligion—indeed, he was an avowed infidel,
having no faith in the doctrines aud
tenets of the Christian religion. He was,
to a)l appearances, very sincere in his
convictions. He was in religion a Deist.
He was a man of extensive general infir
tion, of unusual intelligence,and in posi
tions to which his tastes and education
were adapted was an excellent business
man. His funeral took place this after
noon. His remains were accompanied
by a few of his intimate friends to their
last resting placo in Oakland Cemetery,
whence they will arise to answer at the
final judgment the awful charge of sui
cide ! Halifax.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
GOVETtNOk CHAMBERLAIN AT
TACKED BY EX-COMPI’KOLLEU
NEAGLE.
Tho Origin of the Difficulty—Neagle
Drunk or Crazy.
[Oorrospondenoe of tho Nows and Courier.l
Columbia, December 20.—The State
capital was thrown into a perfect fever
to-night, about 7 o’clock, by a rumor,
which was widely circulated, that Gov.
Chamberlain had been assassinated by
Neagle, the ex-Comptroller Genera), and
present Trea urer of Richland county.
There seemed to be somo foundation for
the rumor, in the fact that about nine
o’clock Neagle was seen riding about in
a carriage with the sheriff, hunting for
somebody to go on his bond for $lO,-
000. A careful inquiry lias enabled me
to lay the following facts before the
readers of the News and Courier :
It will be remembered that Neagle,
during the last year of Gov. Moses’ ad
ministration, made life a burthen to the
Governor by threatening to shoot him.
He kept up a continual warfare on the
Executive, and harrassed him, it is be
lieved, into giving him the appointment
of county treasurer for Richland. At any
rhte a peace was patched up, and Neagle.
stepped into the county treasurer’s
office. Several days ago tho ex-Comp
troller received a polite note from the
Executive office,informing him of his re
moval from office. This made him mad.
He went to the Governorßml atked to be
retained in office for two weeks longer.
But the Governor refused to listen to
him, and told him flatly that he was to
be removed. At this Neagle grew ex
ceedingly wroth, and left the place vow
ing vengeance. To-night, about seven
o’clock, Neagle proceed to the Gover
nor’s residence, ushered himself into the
presence of the Governor’s family, and
forthwith commenced to unload his in
dignation. The lauguage used on the oc
casion is scarcely fit to appear in print.
To use a mild expression, he cursed the
Governor roundly, and wound up by tell
ing him that he intended to kill him if he
(Neagle) was removed from office. Then
he went off and soon returned; but this
time he was refused admittance, and,
finding that he could not get into the
house, took possession of the piazza,
where he paraded up and down for a
half hour, swearing and cursiDg and ut
tering loud threats against the Gov
ernor. In this emergency the Governor
sent off for a Trial Justice, who issued
the requisite warrant, and the bellicose
Treasurer was soon in the custody of
the sheriff. When last seen he was rid
ing about the city hunting for free
holders to go on his bond for ten thou
sand dollars, that being the amount
fixed by the Justice. Up to midnight
the search had been a fruitless oue, and
at that hour Neagle and the sheriff were
seen on their way to ex-Governor Scott,
whom he expected to come to liis assist
ance. Great indignation is expressed at
the attack on the Governor, and some of
his friends have assured the fighting
Treasurer that the next attempt of the
kind will be met with buckshot.
Columbia, December 21.—Neagle was
removed from office to-day. He is out
of jail, having given SIO,OOO bond to
keop the peace.
POLITICAL TOPICS.
A wicked Republican Congressman
has been overhead to allude to the pro
posed House caucus as “ the Coroner’s
inqnest.”
Dr. Redfield writes of Andrew John
son : “Up aud down the line, among
friends and enemies alike, it is under
stood that this is the old man’s last fight.
If be wins, the term is for six years, and
he will hardly ever want office again; and
if he fails, he can never get it again. So
all are coming up to the scratch with
long finger nails and blood-shot eyes,
and wool will fly.”
Pencil sketches in the New _ York
World : Crocker, of Massachusetts, the
oldest man in the House, has a frout
seat, and so, too, has Alexander H. Ste
phens, though he seldom occupies it.
“ Who is that man?” asked a stranger
of a hack man, before the National Hotel,
when Stephens came down the steps.
“ That ’ere man,” said the driver with
undisguised rancor, “ is a fraud. We’ve
counted on a job at liis funeral for six
years, and he keeps alivin’ on andalivin’
on, and dunno but wot he’s agoin to live
for ever.” That was before the war ;
and tho hackmeu are still waiting.
Marvellous little body it is ! How can
so frail a frame hold so vigorous a mind?
He wears a black skull-cap ; gloves that
hang iu bags on his shrunken fingers.
When he tries to speak books aro piled
up around him to prevent him from
faliing down. His voice is feeble and
thin. There is no life in any member
but his eyes.
Rev. Db. Wills. —This distinguished
minister was in onr town last Saturday,
and at 10} o’clock in the forenoon
preached a learned and eloquent sermon
from the 67 and 68 verses of the VI
Chapter of John.
In the evening,. at 7 o’clock, a large
audience assembled at the same place to
hear this celebrated divine deliver his
very popular lecture to the young men
upon the “Elements of Power.”
Dr. Willis is a strong thinker, a thor
ough scholar, and a polished speaker.
For an hour and thirty minutes he held
the attention of his hearers as if by
magic. With great force he impressed
upon the young men the fact of the ex
istence of the various elements of row
er with which they are endowed, and
earnestly directed them in the way of
cultivation and development, morally,
mentally, and physically. His subject
was well analyzed, every thought was
clothed in elegant diction, and every
sentence was delivered in a pleasing,
forcible and oratorical manner. His en
tire lecture was a master piece of good
sense, sound thought, correct ideas,
eloquence and oratory.
We wish every young man in the
county could have heard the lecture. It
is destined to have its beneficial effect
wherever it is delivered, and we trust
that Dr. Wills may be enabled to deliver
this lecture in every city, town and
hamlet in Georgia. We hope soon to
announce another visit from this emi
nent preacher and speaker in a few
weeks. —MoDuffU Journal.
NUMBER 5.2.
KINO KALAKAUA'S RECEPTION.
The King: Visits the Capitol and is
Formally Received by Congress.
[By Telegraph to the Tribune.!
Washington, December 18.—The ce
remony of receiving King Kalakaua by
Congress to-day was a very simple one,
rendered grand and imposing only by
the presence in the galleries and upon
the floor of an immense ooncourse of the
people to witness it.
Immediately after the morning prayer
by the Chaplain, Mr. Platt, of Virginia,
moved to admit to the floor the ladies
who were unable to get seats in the gal
leries. No objection was made, and
several hundred people at once poured
into the chamber, and filled the triangu
lar spaces in the rear of the members’
desks. The time appointed for the re
ception was fifteen minutes past twelve
o’clock, and in the meantime the Speak
er presented to the House several Execu
tive communications. At exactly a
quarter past twelve the Senate appeared
at the main entrance of the chamber,
marshaled by Sergeant-at- Arms French
and the veteran Ddorkeeper of that
body, Capt. Bassett, The gavel of the
Speaker fell and the House received the
Senate standing. Ten minutes later the
Joint of both Houses, head
ed by Senator Camerou aud Representa
tive Orth, arrived, the former escorting
the King, and the latter Chancellor Al
len, of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Behind
them were the suite of tho King aud the
naval officers, in whose charge tho
ceremonies in this city have been placed.
The procession walked down the center
aisle and halted in front of the Speaker’s
table.. Mr. Blaine then welcomed tho
King in the following words:
Your Majesty— On behalf of tho
American Congress I welcome you' to
these halls. The Senators from our
States and the Representatives of our
people unite in cordial congratulations
upon your auspicious journey, and in
the expression of the gratification and
pleasure afforded by your presence in
the capital of the nation as the nation’s
guest. Your Majesty’s appearance
among us is the first insfanoe in which
a reigning sovereign has set foot upon
the soil of the United States; and it is a
significant circumstances that the visit
comes to us from the West, and not
from the East. Probably no single
event could more strikingly typify the
century’s progress in your Majesty’s
country and in our own, than the scene
here and now transpiring. The rapid
growth of the Republic on its western
coast has greatly enlarged our inter
course with your insular kingdom ana
has led us all to acknowledge your wis
dom and beneficence as a ruler and your
exalted virtue as a man. Our whole
people cherish for your subjects the
most friendly regard. They trust and
believe that tho relations of the two
countries will always be as peaceful as
the great sea that rolls between us—
uniting and not dividing us.
Chancellor Allen then asked Congress
to excuse the King from answering in
person on account of the cold from which
he has been suffering ever since liis ar
rival, and read in his behalf the follow
ing reply:
Mr. Speaker —For your kind words of
welcome I most cordially thank yon.
For this distinguished mark of confi
dence I tender to the honorable Senate
and House of Representatives my high
est sentiments of regard. It is in accord
with the very courteous and generous
treatment which I have received from
the Executive Department of the Gov
ernment and from all the people whom I
have had the pleasure to meet since I
lauded on the shores of. the Pacific. I
appreciate tho complimentary terms in
which tho honorable Speaker has re
ferred to me personally. For our suc
cess in government and for our progress
in a higher civilization we are very much
indebted to the Government and people
of this great country. Your laws and
“.your civilization have been in a great
degree our model. I reciprocate most
cordially the hope for the continuance
and growth of friendly relations between
the two countries. I am most happy,
gentlemen, to meet you on this occasion.
The Speaker then went down from tho
chair aud was personally introduced to
the King by Senator Cameron, after
which the visitor bowed to Congress and
withdrew, followed by his suite. The
Senate followed a minute later, and the
House then resumed its regular busi
ness. The King was dressed in an ordi
nary walking suit, and by his bearing
and personal appearance made a very
favorable impression upon all who wit
nessed the reception.
TOPICS OF THE STATE.
Last Monday, near Attapulgns, Mr.
Wesley* F. King attacked Mr. W. S. A.
J. Cox, firing two shots at him, one of
which took effect in the lung, inflicting
a very severe if not fatal wound. Mr.
Cox returned the fire with five shots,
two of which took effect on King’s per
son, the other three striking his mule.
His wounds were slight. - King. has left
for parts unknown.
Gainesville Eagle: General Longstreet
spent an hour in our office a few days
ago, and aside from his sprinkling of
gray hairs, we saw few changes since we
knew him as commander of the renowned
First Corps, Army of Northe-n Vir
ginia. He, with his family, will spend
next Summer in Gainesville, Providence
permitting. He will in all probability
make Gainesville his future home.
The Macon Telegraph tells the story
of the arrest of two negro men in that
city. Upon searching their trunk, the
police found a sack containing over
$2,000 in gold. They then confessed
having stolen it from a farmer in Pike
county, who had since November sus
pected his nephew—indeed was firmly
convinced that he had the money, but
from family pride refused to have him
arrested.
The negro exodus from Georgia con
tinues. The Atlanta papers daily notice,
the departure of car-loads of them from
that town. The majority of them
go to Mississippi, but many to
Texas. They have an idea that
the .lands are not only cheaper and
easier to cultivate West, but that the
carpet-bagger still reigns supreme out
there, and therefore there is plenty of
opportunity to make money without
work. This is a matter which cannot be
treated with that levity winch some of
the papers indulge in. Every field hand
which leaves the State subtracts that
much from her wealth. We not only
have no labor to spare, but hardly half
enough. The causes which have led to
the exodus are undoubtedly found in the
falsehoods of defeated Radical leaders,
black and white, aud to the counteract
ing of these we should address our
selves.
There was a regular and bloody battle
fought at Haddock’s Station, on the
Macon and Augusta Railroad, Monday
afternoon, between Dari aud Will Her
rington on one side, and Thomas O.
Bowen and his two sons, Blount and’
Janies, on the other. Says the Macon
Telegraph and Messenger: There
seems to have been an old feud between
the parties. Tho Herringtons, especial
ly Dave, were known to be desperate
men. -It . will be'remembered that he
•had an encounter with one of the Harde
man’s some months ago, aigl inflicted
wounds which very nearly proved fatal.
We were unable to ascertain precisely
how the difficulty arose. One gentle
man said he came up just before the
shooting commenced. Quite a number
of persons were there. As he approach
ed he heard the old man Bowen sav to
Dave Herrington, any man who would
cur3e and abuse another when he is
drunk is a d—d coward. Herrington
made some remark about fighting it out
right then, whereupon Bowen drew a
pistol and fired upon Herrington, and
immediately one of the young Bowens
fired upon him also with a shot gun,
and then struck the fading man over the
head with the gun, breaking the gun in
so doing. Shooting then became gene
ral and was participated in by Will Her
rington and all three of the Bowens.
Some eighteen or twenty shots were
fired. The senior Bow'en was wounded
in the shoulder, and his soh James, it is
said, severely in the abdomen. One of
our informants doubted the latter state
ment, as he saw all three of the Bowens
looking for W. Herrington when the train.
arrived. Blount Bowen -was not injured.
Will Herrington fell during the affray,
and it was thought that he too had been
killed, but he afterwards got up and es
caped. The Bowens were seeking him
when the train left, vowing to kill him
also. It was supposed that he had
sought safety by escaping to the woods.
It is believed that he was wounded also,
as it was observed that helimped as he ran
off. Dave Herrington was killed outright.
One of our informants saw him lying in
the depot, terribly shot, with liie entire
ly extinct. He has been a sort of terror
in the community for a long time, but
his reckless life has had a tragic end.