Georgia Historic Newspapers

    OLD SERIES—VOL LHXII.
NEW SERIES—VOL UIU.
TKKMS,
X IK DULY CHRONICLE k SENTINEL, the oMrtt
uenpaver iu the H mth, in publtalied daily, ex
cept M belay. Term*: 1-er year,slo; alx month*,
$&; three montha, $2 SO.
THE TRI-WKKKLY CHRONICLE k SENTINEL i
potU*b-d every Tuwday, TU art day and Batnr
dy. Terma: One year, $5; eix montha, $2 50.
THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE fc SENTINEL ia pnb-
Uah 'd -very Wednesday. Terme: One year, $2
eix months, SI.
BATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY.—AII tran
a >-nt advertisement* viU be charged at the rate
ot >1 oer anuare for each tua-rtirm for the first
Wei* Advertiaementa in the Tri-Weekly, taro
th rda of the rates in the Daily; and in the
Weekly, one-half the Dally atea. Marriage and
Funeral Notice*, |I each. Special Notices, *1
p, r aqaare for the first implication. H|**ela!
rptea will la’ made for advertisement* mnniue'
for a month or longer.
BODS IKIFTIOSS in all eases In advance, and no
Ihmt continued after the expiration of the time
paid for.
REMITTANCES ahonld be made by Post Office
Money Orders or ExprcgH. If this cannot Ire
done, pr teotlon agaiuat ioare-a by mail may be
secured by forwarding a draft payable to the
Proprietors of the Chronic nr. A Hkatihkl, or by
aenditiK the money in a registered letter.
ALL COMMUNICATIONS announcing candidates
for olhc.- -from County Orrnatable to Member of
C.m.;rcea —will Ire charged for at the rate of
twenty rents per line. All announcements most
Ire paid for in advance. ,
Address WALKII A WRIGHT,
Cnaoiri,g A SgwTmnn, Angnata, Gi.
Cfjromcte and Sentinel.
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MINOR TOPICS.
The non of Charles Dickens is said to be
passiouAtcl; fetid of draw poker— so much so,
in fact, that ho never mentions the name of
Bshenck without a feeling of awe.
There lias been an increase of one in the
population of Columbia county, Wieconsin,
since IH7O. If the other Wisconsin counties
would only ho as moderate, there would soon
be a little less crowding in tiie penitentiary of
that State.
A Brooklyn sick girl cleared spaco aronnd
thirteen ears of green corn at one meal the
other day, and picking the fragments from be
tween her teeth witli a hair pin, observed: “If
ever I get well enough again to eat much, I
think I could lire on corn."
There is a well known English work en
titled, “Murder Asa Fine Art.” It is evidont
that Boston lias been studying this work
greatly to her advantage. At any rate, in
the way of murder, she now and thou puts up
a job which, for neatness and taste, and deli
cacy of color and clearness of outline, has
rarely been equaled and never snrpassed.
A Frenchman named Georges has been for
many years experimenting on the preservation
of Urdu At length he has invented a fluid
which appears to lie exactly what is desired.
Various kinds of lish were placed in a hath of
tho solution for two hours, then put iu a cellar,
and after rflx days were found in a state of per
fect preservation. Both flavor anil color were
perfect. This invention is believed to be of
great value.
They havo recently discovered a lot of trees
in California that are much larger than the
largest of tho gigantic monarchs of the forest
in Calaveras in that State. The stories told
about their height and circumference are
marvelous. Incredible as it may seem, one
of them is of such immense size that a man,
though mounted on a swift horse, could not
ride around it iu less than it is almost impos
sible to say how long.
Piper, the man who murderod the little girl
in the tower of & Boston church, says that
“ Satan is to hlamo for the whole thing.”
That's just what we thought from the start.
The evidence clearly pointed to Satan as the
guilty party, and he ought to be hanged for
the crime, hut as, owing to the want of an
extradition treaty, he can’t conveniently be
got at, it is to be feared that poor, innocont
I’ipur will have to ho hanged in his stead.
Mr. Lougkliu Freeman, a Waterford (Ire
land) merchant anil shipowner, who before
sending to sea a brigantine so rotten that tho
decayed parts could ho taken out in handfuls,
wrote to a Cardiff insurance firm—“l would he
inclined to ronow tho former insurance at
eight guineas if I thought thero would bo no
danger of Plimsoll. This between oursolves,
private,” has been sentenced to pay a flue of
£3OO, and be imprisoned for two months.
A special dispatch from Saratoga says Mr.
Morso, of tiio Grand Union Hotel, has chal
lenged Chapman, of tho United Slates Hotel,
to tight a duel to-day. Chapman struok Morso
witli his cano last night in tho parlor of tho
Uuitod Stntos. There is said to ho a lady in
the case. Morse iH determined to push tho
matter, and Chapman may accept. The au
thorities havo boon notified that the principals
are secrotod. Groat oxcitomeut hero over tho
event, and tho sequel is looked for with much
anxiety.
Eighteen thousand operatives are reported
out of employment at Oldham, England, and a
"very hitter feeling exists towards tho employ
ers. It is perfectly useless for tho operatives
to oppose the cotton manufacturers’ league. It
controls 162 mills, and there is a movement on
foot for all tho manufacturers of England to
unite iu the league against tho caprices of the
strikers. Tho strikers on the oilier hand are
seeking to unite all the trades unions of Eng
land in a solid phalanx against capital. When
these two great forces come face to face, one
of the two will have to broak or compromise.
Tho compromise will doubtless ho sought by
the operatives.
Meteorologically at least, things look black
fir tho |>eople of those United States. Capon,
d, O weather sage of Now York, announces
that "a f tor Wednesday a convulsive or earth
quake period enters, running through the first
week of August, and strongly affecting the
weather.” Tice, the renowned and successful
weather-wisor of St. Louis, announces one of
his unrivaled Venusian portnrbations for the
6th of August. Besides all this there will he
two moons during August, which aro supposed
to forebode rnoro than an usual allowance of
tidal waves. Takiug it all round, thero is
prospect of a great deal of weather this month.
Anew varioty of tho Mennonlto, or continen
tal Quaker sect, is gaining gronud in Hungary
to an extent that threatens considerable em
barrassment to tho administration. These so
called Nazareues not only disown all clerical
organization and refuse to take any oath or
outer any military service, but they dispute
the lawfulness of taxes that go to support a
State church or army. All assessments made
v tn them are therefore levied under protest.
The*)' are said to be an offshoot of Calvinism,
but have of late been largely recruited from
among the working Catholic population, so
that ttieir numbers, estimated a few years
since at 6,000 only, are now officially stated at
30,000. and said to be really much larger.
We are again informed from Alfonsist
sources that the “Carhst cause is approaching
dissolution.” That Crgel citadel, however,
has not yet beeu battered down; the line of
Cariist mountain fortresses has not been
taken: the 75.000 men who form the Carhst ar
my have not surrendered, and Dorregray is or
ganizing an additional force of 15,000 men in
Catalonia Vera. Aepoitra and other places
where the Carlists mauufactuxe their shells,
powder and hnilets, have not been captured:
the Basques are devoted to Don Carlos, and
altogether it looks as though “dissolution”
was .immeasurably far away. Don Carlos en
tered iSavarre four years ago with twenty men,
and his strength to-day does not look much
like dissolui ion. considering the advantage of
tho Alfousists i;' artillery, cavalry and infantry.
The Boston Advertiser says of an odd body
of water at Cambridge. Mass.: “In the search
by the diver for the body of the iufant drown
ed in Fresh Pond, it was found that the pond
is fed in a great measure by springs, which
bubble up from the bottom. These springs
are intensely cold, and the sensattou of the
diver was that similar to plunging into an ice
cold bath. Immense clams were observed on
the bottom, some of them, according to tho
statement of the diver, being more than a foot
long. There was also seen an immense tract
of submarine vegetation, which greatly inter
fered with his movements. Part of the bottom
is of sand, and in many places there are deep
tnxitl deposits, into which latter substance Su
perintendent Dudley, of the water works, who
dounod the submarine armor, and went down
on a voyage of discovery, was plunged almost
up to his neck.”
A tragic event occurred lately in a divorce
court at Constantine, in Algeria. The wife of
Bel-Kassem appeared before the Cadi and de
manded a divorce from her husband on the
ground that he had ill-treated her. In spite of
the strenuous opposition of the respondent
the Cadi gave judgment in favor of the lady,
who, triumphantly pronouncing the orthodox
formula, “I repudiate thee." bounced out ot
the court. The customs of the country wills
that a defeated suitor kiss.the Judge upon the
shoulder to show that he acknowledges the
justice of the sentence. In accordance with
this usage Bel-Kassem. in apparent submission,
moved toward the Cadi. But as he drew near
him his manner suddenly changed. Dashing
aside his burnous, he sprang upon the unfor
tunate Judge and drove his knife into his
breast. The murderer then threw down his
weapon and surrendered himself to the gen
darmes quietly, saying, “I have killed tlit
Cadi because, according to the Koran, a Judge
who gives an unjust sentence deserves to b
put to death.”
SOMETHING FOR ADVERTISERS
TO BEAD.
The Circulation of the Chronicle anti
Hentinel in Georgia and Month Caro
lina.
In a few weeks the business season
will commence. The indications are
that business will be better this Fall and
Winter—in every department of trade—.
than it has been since the panic. Prices
have fallen to as low a point as they are
likely to reach, and the merchant is able
to manage his affairs with something like
certainty in his calculations. The
planters are out of debt, and, with an
average crop, will have more snrplns
cash next Winter than they have had at
any time since the surrender. We have
good reason for believing that the hard
times are almost over, and that the coun
try is on the return to ante bellam pros
perity. Margins may not be as great
nor profits as large as in the flnsh days
before the panic, but business will be
safer and returns more certain.
Merchants and business men who in
tend to take advantage of the rising tide
mm®
this way only can they let tte public
know what articles they have to sell,
and what advantages they offer to pur
chasers. The merchants of Augusta
have always been liberal advertisers—
more liberal than those of any other
city in the State—but we hope to see
them even moro lavish in the use of
printer’s ink this Fail and Winter than
they have been‘heretofore. The value
of an advertisement is of course exactly
proportioned to the circulation—the
number of readers—it obtains. For this
reason all merchants wish to employ the
medium which will bring their notices
before the largest number of readers.
Advertising in a paper of good circula
tion always pays; advertising in a paper
of small circulation never pays unless
the advertiser can obtain such a reduc
tion in price as will compensate for the
difference in circulation.
To merchants and business men we
offer the Chronicle and Sentinel as
tho best possible medium which they
can employ in communicating with the
people of Eastern and Middle Georgia
anil Western South Caroliua. In order
to give them the strongest evidence of
the truth of our assertion that the
Chronicle and Sentinel had a larger
circulation than any paper published in
Augusta, we sent out a short time ago a
circular letter to all the postmasters in
this section of country, requesting them
to inform us which Augusta paper had
tho larger circulation at their offices.
Wo have received answers from ninety
one in Georgia and South Caro
lina, and there is but one office bf the
ninety-one where the circulation of the
Chronicle and Sentinel is exceeded by
that of any other Augusta paper, and that
office is Johnston’s, Sonth Carolina. At
four the circulation of both papers is re
ported the same. At the eighty-eix other
offices the circulation of the Chronicle
and Sentinel is reported as larger than
that of any other Augusta paper, and at
several offices the Chronicle and Senti
nels the only Augustapaper taken. This
superiority in circulation the Chronicle
and Sentinel has enjoyed for the past
five years. In 1870 its claims were sup
ported by the certificates of postmasters,
and in 1875 the difference in its favor is
much greater than it was five years ago.
Below we publish the letters to which
we have alluded, and ask our readers to
give them a careful perusal. We make
this publication to show to merchants
and business men the advantages which
the Chronicle and Sentinel offers to
advertisers.
Circular.
The following is the circular sent to
postmasters by the proprietors of the
Chkonicm and Sentinel:
Office of tbf. Chronicle and Sentinel, i
Augusta, Ga., July 21, 1875. f
To Hu’ Vostmarter:
Dicar Sir—Do us the favor to state which of
the Augusta papers has the largest circulation
at your office.
We desire the information to covor the cir
culation of Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly is
sues.
A prompt reply will greatly oblige yours, re
spectfully, Walsh A Wright,
Proprietors Chronicle and Sentinel.
The following replies have been re
ceived:
GEORGIA.
JACKSON COUNTY.
Jefferson, Ga., July 28, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation. Respectfully,
F. S. PENDERGRASS, D. I*. M.
JASPER COUNTY.
Montioello, Jasper County, July 26, 1875.
Tho Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. Postmaster.
THOMAS COUNTY. '
Thomasviij.e, Ga., July, 1875.
The only Augusta paper received here ont
side of the nowspapor exchanges is the
Chroniclo aud Sentinel.
Wm. C. Carson, P. M.
RICHMOND COUNTY.
Bei.-Air. Ga., July, 23, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel is the only
Augusta paper takeu at this office.
S. C. Batchelor, P. M.
Moßkan. Ga., July 22, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation at this office—(three times as many
as any other Augusta paper.)
J. G. Min-gledorff, P. M.
Richmond Factor}- and Hepzibah.
Tho flgnres furnished by Mr. Rhodes, who
delivers the papers at Richmond Factory and
Hepzibah, show that the circulation of the
Chronicle and Sentinel at these two places is
much larger than that of any other Augusta
paitcr.
HEARD COUNTY.
Franklin. Ga . July 28. 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation at this office of any Augusta paper.
Postmaster.
WALTON COUNTY.
Walnut Grove, Ga.. July 24. 1875.
In answer to your question we have only to
state that the Chronicle and Sentinel is Hie
onlv Augusta paper that comes to this office.
Samuel H. Brodnax, P. M.
Looansville, Ga., July 80, 1875.
The Postmaster at Logansville—Mr. J. F.
Rockmore—writes that the Chronicle ana Sen
tinel has the largest circulation of any Augus
ta paper received at thaUoffiee.
Monroe. Ga.. July 22. 1875.
The Augusta Chronicle aud Seutiuel has the
large t circulation at my office. There are not
more than five or six dailies, tri-weeklies and
weeklies all put together of any other Augus
ta paper. M. A. Hooker, P. M.
MORGAN COUNTY.
Madison. Ga.. July 22, 1875.
The Chrouicle and Sentinel has the largest
t circulation at this office.
E. A. FußLOw.for P. M.
Rutledge. Ga., July 22, 1875.
! The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
I this office. Postmaster.
WILKES COUNTY.
Danburg. Ga., July 28,1875.
j The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation at this office.
H. T. Davenport. P. M.
Washington. Ga.. July 22. 1875.
I Your paper has the largest daily, tri-weekly
i and weekly circulation of any other paper at
this office. P. M.
TALIAFERRO COUNTY.
Ckawfordvii.lk. Ga.. July 22. 1875.
I am pleased to inform you that the Chroni
cle and Sentinel has much the largest eircula
! tion ai my office. G. W. Mitchell, P. M.
Sblaron. Ga., July 26. 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has "double the
, subscribers of any other paper coming to this
j office. Edward Crook, P. M.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Sparta. Ga.. July 22. 1875.
In reply to your inquiry I have the pleasure
to say to you that the Chrouicle and Sentinel
has the largest circulation at my office of the
Augusta papers. A. Miller Dußose. P. M.
Mayfield. Ga.. July 22.1875.
The Chronicle and Seutiuel has "the largest
circulation at this office.
J. M. Reynolds, P. M.
Deykrkux, Ga., July 22. 1875.
No other Augusta paper taken at this office
but the Chronicle and Sentinel.
H. W. Bass. P. M.
Jewells, Ga., July 23.1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has’ the largest
circulation at this effie of any Augusta paper.
Jan. C. Shea, Asst P. M.
Culvkrton. Ga., July 23. 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has "the largest
circulation at this office.
W. R. Moore, P. M.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Sandersville. Ga., July 22. 1875.
No other Augusta paper than the Chronicle
and Sentinel is takeu at this office.
E. A. Sullivan. P. M.
Davisboeo. Ga.. July 22. 1875.
1 take pleasure in informing you that the
! Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest circula
tion o 0 any Augusta pa’-er received a: this
office- Bojrr. W.*Habdwick, P. M.
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
Louisville. Ga.. July 23.1875.
I take great pleasure in complying with your
request and will say with some pride that the
circulation of the Chronicle and Sentinel at
this office more than doubles that of any other
paper published in Augusta.
E. J. Pannell, P. M.
Bartow, Ga.. July 23, 1875.
The Chronicle and Hentinel has the greatest
circulation of any Augusta paper at this office.
Geo. C. Brown. P. M.
Stellaville. Ga.. July 23. 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has" the largest
circulation, by double, of any Augusta paper
receirad at this office.
John N. T. Joses, P. M.
Bethany. Ga.. July 23, 1875.
In answer to your inquiry I have" to say that
the Chronicle and Sentinel is the only Augusta
paper that comes to this office.
J. O. Spann. P. M.
SCBEVEN COUNTY.
i > Silvania, Ga-. August 6, 1875.
The ibironicle and Hentinel has the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. No other Augusta paper but the
Chronicle and Sentinel comes to this office.
John H. Hull, P. M.
Halcyon-dale. Ga., July 22, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circnlation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. P. C. Elkins. P. M.
Mobley's Pond, Ga., July 23, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
Lexjnoton, Ga., July 23, 1875.
The Chronicle and Hentinel has twice as
large a circnlation as any other Augusta paper
received at this office. It. C. Latimer, P. M.
Maxey’s, Ga., July 22, 1875.
Your Daily and Weekly Chronicle and Senti
nel have the greatest circulation of any paner
received at this office. A. N. Akbury. F. M.
Stephens. Ga., August 3d, 1875.
The Chronicle and Hentinel has the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. James Youno, F. M.
Baibdstown, Ga.. August 3, 1875.
The Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly Chronicle
and Sentinel have the largest circulation of any
Augusta papers received at this office.
Postmaster.
Crawford, Ga., Jnlv 23, 1875.
Tho Weekly Chronicle and Hentinel has the
largest circulation of any Augusta paper re
ceived at this office—the Tri-Weekly Chronicle
aud Sentinel the next largest. Postm aster.
Handy Cross, Ga., July 26, 1875.
The Chronicle and Hentinel has the largest
circulation of any Angnata paper received, at
this office. H. A. Caruinoton, P. M.
WARREN COUNTY-
The reply of Mr. H. H. Fitzpatrick, the post
master at Warrenton, shows that the circula
tion'of the Chronicle and Sentinel is nearly
three times larger than that of any other Au
gusta paper received at that office.
Gunn’s Mills, Ga., July 27, 1875.
The Postmaster’s, Mr. P. E. ilassengale, note
says tho Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation at this oftice.
Luther, Ga.. July 23, 1875.
The Chronicle aud Sentinel has the largest
circulation at this post office.
F. M. Usry, F. M.
Camak, Ga., July 22, 1875.
The Postmaster’s—Mr. L. D. Mayes—note in
forms us that the Chronicle and Sentinel lias
the largest circulation at that office of any
other Augusta paper.
Barnett, Ga. . July 30.
In answer to your question I will say that
the Chronicle and Sentinel is the only Daily
and Tri-Weekly Augusta paper that is taken
here. Tho subscribers to your Weekly are
quite numerous. F.. T. O’Brien, P. M.
ELBERT COUNTY.
Cold Water, Ga.. August 2, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. It is the only Augusta publication
taken at thiß office. B. C. Smith, P. M.
Kuckersville, Ga., July 7. 1875.
The Weekly Chronicle and Sentinel has
the largest circulation of any Augusta paper
received at this place. Postmaster.
Flatwoods Academy, Ga.. July 31, 1875.
Tho answer of the Postmastor at Flatwoods
Academy P. O.—Mr. J. B. Jones—shows that,
the circnlation of the Chronicle and Sentinel
is nearly double that of any other Augusta pa
per received at that office.
Hardmount. Ga., July 29, 1875.
The answer of the Postmaster at Hard
mount—Mr. E.A. Cason—shows that the Chroni
cle aud Sentinel liar the largest circulation of
any Augusta paper received at that office.
Dovf.’s Creek, Ga., July, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel is the only Au
gusta paper taken here except one Constitu
tionalist. Asa C. Thornton, P. M.
GREENE COUNTY.
Greenesboro, Ga , July 23, 1875.
Tho figures given in the note of the Post
master—Mr. James W. Godkin—show the cir
culation of the Chronicle and Sentinel to be
nearly three times larger than that of any
other Augusta paper.
Woodville, Ga., July 23, 1875.
The figures given in the note of tlio Post
master—Mr. Joseph Davison—show that the
Chronicle and Sentinel has nearly double the
circulation of any ether Augusta paper re
ceived at that office.
Union Point, July, 1875.
The figures given in the note of the -Post
master at Union Point show that the circula
tion of the Chronicle and Sentinel is larger
than that of any other Augusta paper received
at that office.
White Plains. Ga., July 23,1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation of _any Augusta paper which
comes to this office. Postmaster.
Shdam, Ga., July 23, 1873.
The Chronicle and Sentinel lias the largest
number of subscribers of any Augusta paper
received at this office. W. T. Johnson, P. M.
Winterville, Ga., July 22. 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel—Daily. Tri-
Weekly aud Weekly—has a larger circulation at
this office than any other Augusta paper.
John Winter, P. M.
Social Circle, Ga., July 22. 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. A. M. Colton, P. M
Penfield. Ga., July 23. 1875.
The figures given in the note of Mr. J. G.
Holrzclaw—Postmaster at Penfield—show the
circulation of the Chronicle and Sentinel to be
double that of any other Augusta paper re
ceived at that office.
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
Appling, Ga., July 22, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circnlation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. A. T. Hardin. P. M.
Hari.em. Ga., July 29, 1875.
I find that the Chronicle and Sentinel has
the largest circulation of any Augnsta paper
received at this office. J. L. Hussey, P. M.
Winfield, Ga., July 29, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. P. G. Morrow, P. M.
Bkuzet.ia, Ga., July 23, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. Postmaster.
Kiokee. Ga., July. 1875.
The two Augusta papers, have exactly equal
circulation at this post office. Postmaster.
Eubanks, Ga., July 28, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation of any Augnsta paper received at
this office. " James L, Reid, P. M.
Saw Dust, Ga.. July 22,1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. N. J. Bennett, P. M.
BURKE COUNTY.
Waynesboro, Ga.. July 23, 1875.
The Clironiclo aud Sentinel has a number
more of subscribers at this office than any
other paper published in Augnsta.
M. L. Mitchell, P. M.
Green’s Cut. Ga., July 22, 1875.
In answer to your inquiry I am forced to say
the Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest cir
culation of atiy Augusta paper received at this
office. A. Chance, P. M.
Luster's District, Ga., July 22, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation of any paper from your city re
ceived at this office. Postmaster.
LAWTONvn.iE. Ga.. July 22. 1875.
The Chronicle aud Seutiuel has the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper receive! at
this office. C. E. Clarke, P. M.
Girard. Ga., July 24, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has "the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. N. A. Buxton. P. M.
Midvtlle. Ga.. July 27. 1875.
There is no paper comes to this office from
Augusta except the Chronicle and Sentinel.
G. D. Wells, P. M.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Lincolntoh, Ga., July 24. 1875.
There is no Augnsta paper coming to this
office except the Chrouicle and Sentinel.
J. W. Murray, P. M.
Clay Hill, Ga. July 24. 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. A. Dux. P. M.
Leatheesville. Ga.. July 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel is the only Au
gusta paper taken at this office.
Postmaster.
Double Branches. Ga.. July 21, 1875.
Allow me to acknowledge the receipt of your
circular desiring to know which of the Augusta
car era has the largest circulation at this office.
The number of subscribers to each jiaper is the
same. Postmaster.
McDuffie county.
Thomson. Ga.. July 23. 1875.
The answer of the Postmaster at Thomson—
Mr. James T. Neal—shows that the circulation
of the Chrouicle and Sentinel is more than
double that of any other Augusta paper re
ceived at that office.
Wrightsboro, Ga. July 24. 1875.
The answer of the Postmaster at Wrights
boro—Mr J. H. Scott—shows that the Chroni
cle and Sentinel has the largest circulation of
anv Augusta paper received at that office.
CLARKE COUNTY.
Athens. Ga. August 2. 1875.
The answer of the Postmaster at Athens—
Mr. R. G. Taylor—states that the circulation of
the two Augusta papers at Athens is about the
same.
NEWTON COUNTY.
Covington, Ga., July 22.1875.
The answer of the Postmaster at" Covington
states that the two Augusta papers have equal
circulation at that office.
Oxford. Ga. July 22. 1875.
The Postmaster—Mr. J. H. P. Henderson—
; writes that the Chronicle and Sentinel is the
only Augusta paper takeu at that office.
Snaffinq Shoals, Ga, July 26. 1875.
In reply to your inquiry I will state that no
other Augusta paper than the Chronicle and
Sentinel is taken at this office.
Wm. M. Murphy, P. M.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1575.
BALDWIN COUNTY.
Hlledojeyille, Ga., August 3, 1875.
The answer of the Postmaster at Milledge
vilie shows that the Chronicle and Sentinel has
the largest circnlation of any Augnsta paper
received at that office.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Bold Sphno, Ga.. August 6. 1876.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. W. G. Alexander, P. M.
HART COUNTY.
Hartwell. Ga., August 5, 1875.
The answer of Mr. L. C. Stephenson, Post
ma-ter at Hartwell, shows that the circulation
of vlie Chronicle and Sentinel is double that
of any other Augusta paper received at that
office.
JOHNSON COUNTY.
Wkightsyille, Ga.. August 5. 1875.
I answer to your inquiry in regard to the
circulation of Augusta papers at this office, I
have to say that the Chronicle and Sentinel is
the only newspaper that comes to this office
from Augusta, M. A. Quittan, P. M.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Jackson's Station, P. R. R., 8. C.. July 22.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. H. T. Walker, P. M.
Blackville, 8. C., July 22, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has." of course,
the largest circulation of any Augusta paper
received at this office; and I am pleased to tell
yon all who take it delight to say many good
things about it. Mary E. Maher, P. JI.
mHgJe&stbibateghi
has the largest circulation of any Augnßta
paper received in this place. Postmaster.
Barnwell. 8. C., July 23, 1875.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has more than
double the circulation of any other Augusta
paper through this ottice.
J. C. Buckingham. P. M.
Abbeville. 8. C., July 24, 1875.
The Chronicle aud Sentinel has a larger cir
culation than any other Angusta paper receiv
ed at this office. H. W. Lawson, P. M.
Collier’s Post Office, I
Edgefield County, July 24, 1875. f
The answer of the Postmaster—Mr. Thomas
C. Mathis—shows that tho Chronicle and Sen
tinel has a circulation four times larger than
that of any other Augusta paper received at
that office.
Johnston, S. C., July 22, 1875.
The Constitutionalist has a larger circulation
than any other paper received at this place.
J. W. Crim, P. M.
Cross Hill, Laurens Cos., S. C., July 24.
The answer of the Postmaster—Mr. H. Lea
man—shows that the Chronicle aud Sentinel
has the largest circulation of any Augusta pa
per received at this office.
Dunbarton, 8. C., July 26, 1875.
Tho Clironiclo and Sentinel lias the largest
circulation of any Augusta paper received at
this office. Wm. J. Moßryde, I*. M.
Moffettsvtlle, S. C., July 31.
The answer of the Postmaster—Mr. Robert
A. Reed—shows that the circulation of the
Chronicle and Sentinel is nearly five times
larger than that of any other Augusta paper
received at this office.
THE THIRD TERM.
We publish this morning an editorial
—taken from the New York Herald—
on the prospect of a third term, which
will be read with interest. The Herald
does not think the third nomination of
General Gbant at all improbable, and
it gives good reasons for its belief. The
Republican party lias neither repudiat
ed Grant nor Gkantism— it has not con
demned the President nor his policy.
The worst acts laid to his charge have
received either the express sanction or
the implied approval of his party.
Every State Convention which has bqeu
held has cordially endorsed his course
and lustily sounded his praises. The
Republican party to-day stands fully
committed to all his acts, aud must
bear the responsibility of all his errors.
We believe that a majority of the North
ern and Western Republicans wish to
get rid of Grant, but it remains to be
seen how they can gratify their desire
without hopelessly destroying their
party. The candidates for Grant’s
place are fighting him at a great dis
advantage. Not one of them has come
out in opposition to the man or in con
demnation of his policy. They have
no reason to urge against his nomina
tion except that it would be a violation
of party tradition and a departure from
established custom. This argument will
not be without its effect in such States
as Connecticut, Ohio, New York and
Pennsylvania, and if the next National
Convention should be composed of dele
gates from Northern and Western
States alone a successor to Grant would
doubtless be nominated on the first bal
lot. But such will not be the composi
tion of the Convention. Anew power
will control that body. This power
which the Republican party created for
the perpetuation of its power will prove
the instrument of its destruction. This
power is the negro vote of the Southern
States. In attempting to shackle the
South,Republican legislation forged fet
ters for the North. A power has been cre
ated which cannot be controlled,and the
creature finds itself stronger than the
creator. The colored vote of the South
is for Grant, and the delegates which
will represent it in the Nominating Con
vention will cast their ballots in favor of
a third term. The argument employed
at the North to defeat such a scheme will
not avail here. What does the colored
voter know or care for national tradi
tions or party custom ? What Republi
can leader do they know except Grant?
Let any Northern visitor ask the coun
try negro of the cotton plantation or the
rice field about the third term or Mor
ton, or Blaine, or Wilson, or Conklins.
He will soon discover that he knows
no more of the third term than he does
of the transit of Venus, and less of Mor
ton and Blaink than of Castor and
"Pollux. But ask him of Grant, and
yon at once strike a responsive chord.
He knows him and associates him in his
mind with Lincoln —regards him as the
Joshua destined to complete the work
which the death of Moses left unfinish
ed. They know that Grant “whipped
the rebels,” and they know that rebel
speakers and rebel editors and rebel
voters are his bitter opponents. This is
sufficient for them. They will vote for
Grant for a third term, a fourth term,
or a tenth term. Again, the colored
vote is largely controlled by United
States officials, and the office holders
will go solidly for Grant. They have
control of the organization in each
State. A postmaster or a district attor
ney is at the head of the Executive Com
mittee. Minor officials call and control
the conventions, manufacture platforms
and select delegates. Every Republican
who hopes to succeed Grant is commit
ted to a change in the material of which
Government! officers in the South are
composed. The election of Blaine, or
Wilson, or Washburne would be the
signal for a general guillotining south of
the Potomac. The postmasters, attor
neys, marshals and commissioners do
not propose to place their heads upon
the block. Office holders and negroes
will work harmoniously for Gbant— the
former from interest, the latter from in
clination. When the Republican Con
vention assembles there will be solid
delegations from every Southern State
in faTor of the renomiuation of Grant.
The Southern delegates will control the
Convention. The votes of a few North
ern delegates—and there are some third
term States North and West—will give
them a majority, and Grant will be re
nominated without much trouble.
The “Smalltalk” man of the Louisville
Courier-Journal indulges in such slurs
as the following at the expense, we sup
pose, of one of the Kirkwood Mntnals:
“ An Atlanta paper speaks of a Georgian
“ ‘whose sonl is bigger than all his
“ farms.’ The fewer men of that sort
“ the better. None of us will be want
“ ing a Hereafter if we are to be jostled
“ and crowded by a lot of pot-bellied
“ souls from Georgia, who will require
“ the space of three plantations to torn
“ around in.”
The five year old daughter of Mr. Jos.
D. Willink, of Savannah, fell from a
three stoiy window Monday. She was
fatally injured.
INBECTIVEROUB PLANTS.
The Nashville Union and American
says that Mr. Charles Darwin’s last
book, entitled “Insectivorous Plants,”
is attracting much attention from men
of science and others. The Author has
been experimenting on the Jfrosera ro
tundifolia, or common sundew, since
1860, and has developed new and interest
ing facts relating to the power of a few
well known plants to capture many small
insects, consume aad digest them, as ap
propriate and natural food. That ani
mals subsist on plants has long been
known; but to reverse the rule, and have
plants endowed with some thing like the
gastric juice in the stomach of animals,
to digest and assimilate flesh, is a newly
discovered function in vegetable physi
ology. To Bhow the reader flow animal
and vegetable life and organization run
into each other, both ways, we copy a
paragraph from Darwin’s new .book sj
The gastric juice of animals contains, as is
well known, an acid or ferment, hoik ot which
are indispensable tor digestionjrfid so it is
with the secretion of Dt*mei Whs n the
Stomach of an animal is mechanically imtafcd
it secretes an acid, and when particles of glass
or other such objects were placed on the
glands of Drosera the secretion, and that of
the surrounding and nntonched glands, was in
creased in quantity and became acid. Bat, ac
cording to Shiff, the stomach of an animal
does not secrete its proper ferment, pepsin,
until certain substances, which he calls pepto
genes, are absorbed ; and it appears from my
experiments that some matter must be ab
sorbed by the glands of Drosera before they
secrete their proper ferment. That the secre
tion does contain a ferment which acts only iu
the presence of an acid on solid animal matter
was clearly proved by adding minute doses of
alkali which entirely arrested the progress of
digestion, this immediately recommencing as
soon as the alkali was neutralized by a little
weak hydrochloric acid. From trials made
with a large number of substances it was
found that those which the secretion of Dro
sera dissolves completely or partially, or not
at all, are acted on in exactly the same manner
by gastric juice. Wo may, therefore, conclude
that the ferment of Drosera is closely analag
ous to, or identical with, the pepsin of animals.
The plants secrete hydrochloric aciil
for purposes of digesting animal sub
stances, which acid is powerful enough
to dissolve bone and the enamel of
teeth, due, Mr. Darwin believes, to the
desire of the plant for phosphorus. In
the case of bone, the ferment does not
come into play until all the phosphate
of lime has been decomposed and acid
is present, and then the fibrous base of
the bone is quickly dissolved. T|*\ se
cretion attacks and dissolves nutSwiwe
matter out of living seeds. It also tfljg
sorbs matter from pollen and fragments
of leaves. A long series of experiments
with salts of ammonia show that while
they all caused the tentacles and often
the blade of the leaf to be inflected,
they act with very different power, the
citrate being the least powerful, and the
phosphate, owing, no doubt, to the
presence of phosphorus and nitrogen,
being the most powerful. It was further
developed that the absorption of less
than the one-twenty millionth of a grain
of the phosphate on the gland of the
Drosera is sufficient to cause the tenta
cle bearing this gland to bend to the
centre of the leaf. These experiments
have an important bearing on the use of
phosphates as fertilizers in all farming
and gardening operations. Productive
industry and the latest researches of
science meet on common ground. Mr.
Darwin says:
In this experiment, owing to the presence of
crvstallation, loss than the one-tliirty ; mil
lionth of a grain of the efficient elements
could have been absorbed. There is noth
ing remarkable in such minute quantities
being absorbed by the glands, for all physiolo
gists admit that the salts of ammonia, which
must be brought in still smaller quantity by a
single shower of rain to the roots, aro absorb
ed by them. Nor is it surprising that Drosera
should be enabled to profit by tho absorption
of these salts, for yeast and other low fungoid
forms flourish in solutions of ammonia, if the
other necessary elements are present. But it
is an antonishing fact that so inconceivably
minute a quantity as the one-twenty millionth
of a grain of phosphate of ammonia should
induce some in a gland of Drosera sufficient to
canse a motor impulse to be sent down the
whole length of tho tentacle ; this impulse
exciting movement often through an angle of
about 180 degrees. I know not whether to be
most astonished at this fact, or that the pres
sure of a minute bit of hair, supported by the
dense secretion, should quickly cause consipu
ous movement. Moreover, this extreme sensi
tiveness, exceeding that of tho most delicate
part of the human body, as well as the power
of transmitting various impulses from one part
of the leaf to another, have been acquired
without the intervention of any nervous sys
tem.
Here is a living being, a mere plant.,
more sensitive without a nerve than
man with brain aud nerves in the sup
posed greatest perfection. The organ
isms that feed on the sound and dis
eased bodies of mankind, may be not
less at the head of organic life than at
its base. In describing the Venus fly
trap, our author makes the following
interesting statement:
(The Venus fly trap does not close its lobes
for the falling rain, nor for the wind, however
severely it may blow, nor did the heat from
the rays of the sun, concentrated by a lens on
the basis of several filaments, so that they
were scorched and discolored, cause any
movement, though the leaves were active, as
they closed, rather Hlowly, however, when a
filament on the opposite side was touched. —
Non-nitrogenous matter, such as bits of wood,
Cork, moss, paper, stone, or glass, may be left
for a length of time on the surface of a leaf
of the Dionaea, and it remains quite dry. Nor
does it make any difference if the lobes close
over such objects. On the other hand, if a
bit of damp meat or a crushed fly is placed on
the surface of an expanded leaf, the glands
after a time secrete quite freely, but only on
the spot where the animal matter actually
touches it. When the lobes are made to close
over a bit of meat or insect, the glands over
the whole surface of the loaf secrete copiously.
As in this case the glandslin both sides are
pressed against the meat or insect, the secre
tion froir the first is twice as great as when a
bit of meat is laid on the surface of oue lobe,
and as the two lobes come into almost close
contact the secretion containing dissolved
animal matter spreads by capillary attraction,
causing fresh glands on bath sides to begin
secreting in a continually widening circle.
The secretion is almost colorless, slightly
mucilaginous, aud, judging by the maimer in
which it colored litmus paper, more strongly
laid than that of the Drosera. It is so copious
that on the occasion, when a leaf was cat open
on which a small cube of albumen had been
placed forty-five hours before, drops rolled off
the leaf. On another occasion, in which a leaf
with an inclosed bit of roast meat spontaneous
ly opened after eight days, there was so much
secretion in the furrow over the midrib that it
trickled down.
Feeding plants on roast meat with an
eight days’ supply is a very suggestive
transaction. All life and all wealth come
from growth. If so, the first and most
pregnant fnquiry is, how do plants and
animals, including man, live, grow,
possess health, vigor and mnltiply their
kind? No question is more direct or
more practical than this. Darwin un
destands this fact, and labors accord
ingly.
Apropos of the “the rapid transit”
disenssion in the New York newspapers
a capital cartoon appears in an illustra
ted paper with the legend underneath,
“rapid transit for murderers wanted.”
In the background a widow and her
children are weeping ever the prostrate
form of a murdered husband and father
while Justice is palling the murderer in
a car to justice. The murderer reclines
at his ease smoking his meerschaum and
reading the papers. The road to the
gallows is long and tedious, and beset
with such obstacles as “bills of excep
tion,” “ courts of appeal,” “ new trials,”
“insanity pleas,” “hung juries,” “politi
cal influence,” “stay of proceeding,”
“ appeals to the Governor,” “ a re-
spite,” “appeals from the people,” and
“appeals from the press.” In this
country Justice seldom re&ohes her des
tination, someone of the many obsta
cles upsetting the car and effecting the
release of the murderer.- Of course
these remarks apply to very rich and
influential criminals. Justice can travel
■to the gallowß with a poor and -friend
less devil at literally “ break-neck ”
speed.* Rapid ,-transit for “ respecta
ble ” murderers is one of the wants of
the age. ,• .
The Telegraph and Messenger says
there aresigns that some of Governor
Smith’s friends think he is the best
man to succeed himself, and that fcis
chances aro exceedingly good to do so.
An Indian Spring correspondent of the
Barnesville Oazette furnishes the follow
ing proofs to that effect:
Of course tho great question of who is to be
onr next Governor was the prominent topic.
Habdkmax and Colquitt each had their ad
mirers, and many predicted, and some even
bet that one of the other would be the coming
ing Governor Smith, and some of the support
ers of both Hakdeman and Colquitt said that
if Smith was a candidate they would support
him. One of the gentlemen afigued in faver
of Smith, 1 ‘that he had made as good a Gov
ernor as we ever had—that the people were
well satisfied with his administration—-that
when he went into office in January, 1872,
everything was in confusion—no one knew
what tho debt of the State was—her bonds
were not quoted on the market—and that
within a little over three years her credit was
re-established and her securities commanded a
higher price than any other Southern State—
that her 8 per cout. bonds were now bringing
108, and her. 7 per cent. 98, and to do all this
the taxes of the State had not beeu increased.
This showed that Smith’s administration had
beeu a prndent oue.” Those facts were con
ceded to be true by those present, but one
Baid, “Smith will not be a candidate.” Smith’s
friend replied, “He will be a candidate if the
people deßire it.”
J. Clarke Swayze, whom Providence
has sent upon Kansas with the grass
hoppers to complete the misfortune of
that unhappy State, has something to
say in his paper—the Topeka Blade—
about the charges made against Col. H.
P. Farrow in connection with the hang
ing of Lloyd as the murderer of Judge
Fish. Swayzf, says:
But it should be borne in mind who it is that
connects Col. Farrow unpleasantly with such
a charge. He is a persistent, courageous and
defiant Itepublican, whom the rebels of Geor
gia would like to hang. He did his duty faith
fully in the caso referred to, saying that he
meant to stop this killing of Itepublican offi
cials by rebels. It would be impossible for
Henry P. Farrow to be knowing to such a
crime.
We have before taken occasion to say
that there was no trustworthy evidence
to support the charge made against Col.
Farrow, but it would have been just as
easy for Swayze to tell the truth while de
,fending life friend instead of publishing
two falsehoods in one paragraph. The
accusers of Col. Farrow are not Demo
crats but Republicans. Lloyd who was
hung for the murder of Judge Fish was
a Republican. His son was one of Bul
lock’s Solicitor-Generals, and he had
been an unsuccessful applicant for the
place which Fish obtained.
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Another Home Made Desolate—Mr.
George D. Sylvester Killed by a
Freight Engine—Something of the
History of the Dead Man.
[Atlanta Herald.]
This morning it becomes our painful
duty to record another horrible death
on the rail. Yesterday afternoon about
dusk a rumor to the effect that a man
had been killed, about four miles from
the city, by the incoming freight train
on the State Road,made the blood of the
Atlantese run cold.
A Herald reporter being dispatched to
ascertain the particulars, found by in
quiry at the depot that a man had been
run over and horribly mangled by No.
5, the freight train that arrived here
5:20 in the afternoon. No oue on the
engine recognized the man, but from his
having a letter addressed to Mr. H. I.
Kimball on his person, the rumor that
it was Mr. James Cook, Mr. Kimball’s
brother-in-law, was circulated. At
about six and a half o’clock, Texas, one
of the swift engines on the State Road,
carrying a party in charge of conductor
Bradley, was dispatched for the dead
body. Upon their arrival the dead man
was identified by several on the train as
George D. Sylvester. On examining
his body they found four one dollar
bills, a ticket from Atlanta to Marietta,
a Methodist Advocate, addressed to Mr.
J. O. Kimball, and a CJuthbert paper and
a letter addressed to Mr. H. I. Kimball.
His body was horribly mangled, the
wheel evidently having struck him on
the right leg, at the ankle, and running
up the leg ernshed every bone in the
right leg, and broke the left leg in two
or three places; running across the"body
from the inside of the right thigh, al
most severing in half and passing over
his left arm just below the shoulder,
left the arm hanging to the body, only
held by the skin and sinews that had
not been severed. He was neatly dress
ed, in black pants and coat, with a
spotted marsailles vest, a scrupulously
clean shirt and collar, and black neck
tie. His facial features looked as na
tural as life. He was a man about 60
years of age, with a cold grey eye, broad
and high cheek bones, hair natural
black, but silvered by old age. His
face was smoothly shaved and his hair
well combed.
Yesterday about 12 o’clock he was in
the Herald office on business. He was
then perfectly sober, and stated his in
tention of returning to Marietta at 4
o’clock. At about 3 o’clock he called on
Mr. H. L Kimball on business relative
to his stewardship df Gov. Bullock’s
farm near Marietta. At that time he
showed no signs of being under the in
fluence of strong drink. At four o’clock
he was seen to get on the train en route
for Marietta, and was not again heard
of until his death warrant was signed.
From a man on the engine we get the
following facts relative to the killing.
He says : “I was on engine Jessie; Mr.
Pyratt was the engineer. When we
turned the rock curve, about four miles
from town, which you know is a sharp
reverse curve, the engineer saw a man
sitting on the track almost under the
engine. He made an effort to stop the
train, but it was utterly impossible to
do so until his sonl was hurled into
eternity. When we found the body it
smelt strongly of whisky, and from the
fact of his not moving, we naturally came
to the conclusion that he was drunk.”
Mr. Sylvester was of Scotch descent, and
born in Massachusetts, near Boston; he
was raised principally in the city of
Boston. He came South about 35 years
ago and settled in Augusta. He lived
there about 30 years, being for a long
time connected with the Southern Ex
press Company. He afterwards moved
to Atlanta and took charge of the farm
that Governor Bullock bought near
Marietta about five years ago. He was
in charge of the farm at the time of
Bullock’s hegira, and has remained as
steward ever since.
The letter to Mr. H. L Kimball was
an inventory of everything on the Gov.
Bullock farm, which was recently sold
by Mr. E. H. Payne, of Bip Van Winkle
sleeping car fame. The inventory was
made preparatory to turning over the
farm to its owner. He leaves a wife
and a daughter that is fast blossoming
into womanhood to mourn his loss.
They are on the Bullock farm, and we
suppose still in ignorance of his untime
ly and unnatural death. His habits, as
described by those who knew him well,
repudiates the supposition that he was
drunk. One gentleman that has known
him long and well says he never saw nor
heard of his taking a drink of any malt
liquor. Some are of the opinion that
he deliberately committed suicide, but
this opinion is not predicated on any
fact except that he coolly sat upon the
track and awaited what he must have
known was sure and speedy death.
When and how he got off the up train
may throw some light on the subject.
Savannah complains that she has been
slandered by yellow fever reports. The
best citizens swear that nothing more
serions than jim jams has prevailed in
that city for six months.
ROME BONDS.
The Compromise Defeated.
[ Commercial .] : -
The election yesterday passed off very
quietly. The polls were opened at the
City Hall at 7 o’clock, a. m., and closed
at 6 o’clock, p. m. So quietly did the
election concerning this, the most im
portant question ever referred to onr
citizens pass-off, that a stranger in the
city would not have known that the
people of Rome were voting on this
matter where their money was at stake.
The issue was For Compromise anil
Against Compromiise. The result was
as follows:
Against Compromise 123
For Compromise. 108
Majority Against Compromise 15
NATURE’S LAWS.
A Startling Departure—“ Two Souls
With but a Single Thought, Two
Hear-tB that Beat as Pne”—The Siai
mese Twins Outdone,
We saw, last evening, a htsus natures
surpassing even the celebrated Siamese
twins. This strange freak is in the
shape .of a double child, pr more strictly
speakitig, two children joined together.
The curiosity is the offspring of colored
parents, Crittenden and Sarah Jones, of
Beech Island, South Carolina. One of
the children is a perfectly developed fe
male, large for her age, and with every
appearance of health. The other, who
is a male, is but imperfectly developed,
has only the rudiments of limbs, and
does not eat, depending for suste
nance upon its sister. These two be
ings are joined together by a wide
band, in the centre of which oue of
the lungs of these strange creatures
seems to be located. Touch the male
and the female will shrink; pinch it and
she will cry. Reverse the operation,
and still it is the female who manifests
sensibility. The head of the male is
small and misshapen, the ears present
ing more the appearance of those of an
animal than a human being. The pul
sations of the heart and the act of res-
piration can be plainly perceived in the
ligament joining the" bodies. This lig
ament, if such it can be called, is joined
to tiie girl at the end of the breast bone
and to the male lower down. It is
broad and thick, covered with skin like
the rest of the body. Whether there
are two distinctive sets of vital organs
or whether both are dependent upon
one, has not yet been determined. The
latter opinion seems to prevail, how
ever. It is apparent, at any rate, that the
male receives nourishment through its
companion. A well known physician of
this city examined the twins yesterday
and pronounced them to be the most
wonderful natural phenomenon of the
kind in the world. The mother and
father of the children are strong and
healthy. Twins were never born to
them before. The twins are about eight
weeks old. They will be exhibited at
Masonic Hall to-day, to-morrow and
Saturday by Messrs. Hankerson &
Weathersby, of South Carolina, who
have them in charge. The hours of ad
mission will be from 7, a. m., to 12, m. t
and from 1, p. m., until sundown.
Price of admission, fifty cents. Messrs.
Hankerson A Weathersby intend to take
them from Augnsta to Savannah and
thence to New York.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
How Capitally it Works In Wyoming
Territory.
The Laramie Sentinel, one of the early
advocates of woman suffrage in Wyo
ming Territory, tells of the practical
workings of the system in a recent issue.
It says :
To us the novelty has worn off, and we
have had time to ceolly estimate the re
suits. There are those here who can
remember the condition of things here
six or seven years ago, and can compare
thfem with the present, and though we
might differ somewhat as to the causes
which have produced this cbange for
the better, yet we shall be able to agree
upon a few facts. We never had a term
of Court here, held in a decent and com
fortable place, with its proceedings
marked throughout by decency and
decorum, and divested of everything
pertaining to levity and blackguardism,
till our ladies were summoned to
attend and participate (in it. We
never had a grand jury here who
boldly and unflinchingly took hold to
investigate offenses against decency and
morality, and hunt out and bring of
fenders to punishment, till we had a
grand jury composed largely of ladies.
We had had several terms of Court, but
bad scarcely been able to convict or
punish a single criminal for any crime,
however heinous, through the medium
of those Courts, till we got juries com
posed largely of women. We did not
have a single election here without
drunkenness, rowdyism, quarrelling,
fighting and bloodshed, until our wives,
mothers, sisters and daughters were
permitted to accompany us to the polls.
We well remember the time when many
a man stayed away from the polls, los
ing his right of citizenship, rather than
encounter the danger and rowdyism he
must meet in order to exercise it. But
all this is changed. Our elections go
off as quietly as any other social gath
erings, no matter how heated a politi
cal campaign may be, or how important
the issues at stake. And we all point
with pride to the result whether or not
we agree as to the cause which has pro
duced it.
DRAFTS BY TELEGRAPH.
A Dispatch Equivalent to a Written
Promise.
[New York Tribune.]
In tho suit of Molson’s Bank of Mon
treal against Charles N. Howard and
others, the. general term of the Superior
Court, Judge Curtis giving the opinion,
holds that a telegraphic dispatch agree
ing to accept a draft is equivalent to a
written promise to accept, and under
the statute makes the person sending
the dispatch liable as acceptor. The
dispatch which was the occasion of the
decision was in these words: “New
York, April 8, 1874.—T0 Niven & Cos.,
Montreal, Canada: Will accept twenty
five gold or three thousand currency on
usuiß time. Nothing new. C. N. How
ard & Cos.” Niven & Cos. were in the
habit of consigning prodnee to C. N.
Howard & Cos., and drawing against
suoh shipments. This was one of many
snch transactions. Before the defen
dants endorsed their acceptance on the
draft, Niven & Cos. failed, and the accep
tors had not enough of the drawees’ prop
erty in their hands to meet the draft. The
ease was complicated by the fact that
the bank had in its possession at the
time of Niven & Cos. ’s failure their de
posit, amounting to $1,057 88, which
was claimed, by Niven’s assignee, but
had not been given up to him. The de
fendants claimed that this sum should
first be applied on the draft, and that
they should be held liable for tho bal
ance only. On this point Judge Curtis
holds that such a judgment could only
be given in an equity suit to which
Niven k Cos. and their assignee are
parties. It is desirable to avoid all
such complications, and to embarrass
the machinery of mercantile transac
tions with the fewest of possible restric
tions. There seems to be no good rea
son why a plaintiff who discounts an ac
ceptance because he received collateral
security from the drawees, who are only
contingently liable, should be deprived
of his recovery against the acceptors,
who are primarily liable because of the
state of the accounts between the accep
tor and drawee. The holder, bona fide
and for value of acceptance before ma
turity in a suit against the acceptor, is
entitled to recover from the acceptor
without reference to equities between
the original parties. The jndgment for
the bank is therefore affirmed.
Says a Saratoga paper: Some of our
exchanges are making anxious inquiries
as to the class standing of the young
men who figured in the college games
here last week. We have not been able
to make full inquiries since our atten
tion has been called to the matter, but
it would seem that most of them rank
high in their college classes as well as
in athletics. Of the victorious Cornell
boys all are -said to stand high, Ostrom
and King of the University crew being
both excellent scholars. They are work
ing their way through the college, and
stand among the best. The Williams
men are also in high standing as class
men, one being number five in a class of
over forty, and another is seventh in a
class of about the same size. The
Union crew are all high class men,
standing nearer the head, most of them,
than they eame out with their boat.
A Michigan man has fallen in love
with Queen Viotoria,
PARKER RECAPTURED.
CAUGHT IN A WAGON UNDER A
QUILT.
Fall Particulars of the Capture-The
Fugitive Ex-Treasurer Safely Lodged
in Camden Jail.
[Special Dispatch to the Netcs and Courier.]
Columbia, August 9.—An official dis
patch was received from Camden to
day stating that Parker had been cap
tured at that place, last night. The
sheriff immediately left with, a squad of
deputies td bring the fugitive back to
the jail at this place. The following
particulars of his capture are given in
an extra of the Kershaw Gazette pub
lished to-day*: About dark last evening
excitement ran high on Broad street
over the reported arrest of the notorious
es-jptato Treasurer and coupon manipu
ter, the Hon. Niles G. Parker, lately
convicted of misappropriating the cou
pons attaohed to the bonds to the
amount of $150,000, and who Escaped
from, tho jail of Richland county on the
night of the 4th instant. Hearing the
rumor, our reporter hastned to the city
jail in quest of authentic information of
the mntter, and to ascertain whether, or
not the report was true. Upon gaining ad
mission to the interior!-
was attended with much difficulty, ow
ing to the large crowd assembled at the
front entrance, we looked iu at one ot
the cells and saw a mulatto whom we
recognized as a former servant of Par
ker, and upon examining the next cell
found
The Fugitive.
Niles G., pacing the floor and stroking
his beard with his right hand. He had
undressed himself when we first saw
him; and in his dirty striped shirt, dirty
socks and half-clean drawers he pre
sented the picture of oue who had en
dured some hardship in traveling.—
About 5 o’clock Laz. Shiver passed a
wagon about a half or three-quarters of
a mile from the Wateree Bridge (on this
side) and espied in it a man concealed
under a quilt or blanket. Thinking
there was something wrong, he dispatch
ed a message to tho city with this infor
mation. Chief of Police, Capt. Wither-
spoon, received the information and
thinking of the escape of Parker, re
quested ex-Policeman Rabsom Pringle
and Henry Williams (an ex-policeman of
Columbia, who knew Parker) to go in
quest of the “man in the quilt.” About
6 o’clock they started off toward the
river, and as they got to the field plant
ed by Mr. Mathis, in rear of the Court
House, they espied a negro and a white
man, who upon seeing them approach,
attempted to cross the fence. Pringle
told him to stop, aud placing his hand
on his arm, said, “Capt. Parker, you are
under arrest.” Parker said: “Showyour
authority, sir.” Pringle replied that ho
would show his authority when he got
to headquarters. The negro man who
was with Parker then told Pringle to
take his hands off Capt. Parker. Pringle
then took Parker by one arm, Williams
by the other, and brought him to the
guard house, where he was placed secure
ly in a cell. The negro who accom
panied Parker is named Andy Johnson.
Parker’s Statement.
Onr reporter gained admission to the
cell of the “man in the quilt,” and en
tered into conversation with him, from
which the following information was
gained : Parker escaped from the jail
by moans of an entrance through the
scuttle in his cell, and then down the
lightning rod. He had on, at the time
of his escape, a pair of light-colored
pants, a felt hat and a dark brown coat,
was not disguised as a negro, as sur
mised by the daily papers. He expect
ed to effect his escape from the country
on horseback, but was foiled iu his
plan. He remained in Columbia until
Saturday night, when he and Andy
Johnson left on foot in this direction.
At McClair’s plantation (12 miles from
this city) he hired a negro man to bring
them as far as Camden. He pretended
that he had giypn up all hopes of escape
when he approached this city. Parker
had with him only tho clothes which ho
wore and a bundle containing some
small articles, besides “the quilt.”
Andy Johnson had in his pocket a roll
of money, showing evidently that ho
was Parker’s moneyed man.
Parker’s Appearance.
The fugitive looks eare-worn and de
pressed in spirit, having experienced an
extremely stormy voyage over the barren
bills of Richland. Chief Witherspoon,
assisted by Pringle, Williams and two
policemen, kept strict guard over the
arrested parties during the entire night.
They will be held here until the sheriff
of Richland arrives to receive them. A
dispatch was received this evening from
Sheriff Dent, stating that he would
leave Camdem at daylight to-morrow
with Parker; that he would travel over
land, and would arrive here about mid
day, and that precautions had been taken
to prevent a rescue.
THE GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Earnings for the Past Four Months—A
Fine Exhibit.
At the meeting of the Georgia Rail
road Directors yesterday the report of
Carlton Hillyer, Esq., auditor of the
road, showing the receipts and expenses
for the months of June and July, and
also for the four months ending Jnly
31st, was read. It shows a most en
couraging state of affairs. In Juno the
earnings wore $52,212 44, and the ex
penses $51,020 98, leaving the net earn
ing $1,191 46. Iu July the gross earn
ings were $55,476 00, and the expenses
$51,007 83, leaving net earning $4,-
36817. For the four months ending
JulySist, 1875, the gross earnings were
$267,660 30, and the expenses $202,-
33607, leaving the net earning $65,324 23.
By comparison with the same periods
last year we obtain the following figures:
June, 1874—Earnings $70,873 13
June, 1875—Earnings 52,212 44
$18,661 29
June, 1874—Expenses $87,208 17
June, 1875—Expenses 51,020 98
$30,187 19
Making the actual deficit of 1874 as
compared with ,1875, $17,525 90.
July, 1874—Earnings $64,084 54
July, 1875—Earnings 55,476 00
$ 8,608 54
July, 1874—Expenses $87,276 01
July, 1875—Expenses 51,007 83
$36,268 18
Making the actual deficit of 1874 as
compared with 1875, $27,659 64.
Four months ending July 31,
1874 earnings $307,693 60
Four months ending July 31,
1875 earnings 267,660 30
$40,033 30
Four months ending July 31,
1874 expenses $351,105 57
Four months ending July 31,
1875 expenses. 202,336 07
$148,769 44
Making the actual deficit of 1874, as
compared with 1875, $108,736 14. At
this rate the excess of net earnings over
those of the corresponding period of last
year, lor six months, will alone be suf
ficient to pay the usual four per cent,
dividend for that period. This exhibit
speaks volumes for the energy and busi
ness capacity of Col. S. K. Johnson, the
Superintendent of the road, and demon
strates that the Directors did a good
thing for the stockholders by electing
him to the office.
In April the earnings were as follows :
From passengers, $20,921 49 ; from
freight, $72,128 77—total, $93,050 26.
Expenses, $46,706 85; leaving the net
earnings, $46,343 43. In May the gross
earnings were —from passengers, $20,-
129 58; from freight, $44,236 67—total,
864,366 25. Expenses, $47,772 95, leav
ing net earnings, $16,593 30. By com
parison with the same months last year
we obtain the following figures :
April, 1874—earnings ...$96,764 44
April, 1875 “ 93,050 26
3,214 18
April, 1874—expenses $103,084 32
April, 1875 “ 46,706 84
56,377 48
Making the actual deficit of 1874, as
compared with 1875, $53,163 30.
May, 1874—earnings $76,470 89
May, 1875 “ 56,366 25
12,104 64
May, 1874—expenses $73,537 01
May, 1875 “ 47,772 95
25,764 06
Making the actual deficit of 1874, as
compared with 1875, $13,659 42. It will
be seen from this that the net earnings
of the road during the months of April
and May last were $66,822 78 more than
during the corresponding months of
1874.
NUMBER 3S:
THE STATE,
r
THE PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS,
Dr. John B. Hendrick speak 3 of leav
ing Covington. *
Marietta has been started by' another
“Gourd Vine.” . '
Isaao P. Henderson, of Covington, is
clerking in Atlanta.-. -
Sickness has been prevailing among
children in Hartwell.
Hon. Fernando Wood writes that he
will come to the State Fair.
Hi - - J. £i. Stephenson, of Griffin, has
received his “seoond sight.”
k The voice of the pensive rattlesnake is
heard in the couuty of Cobb.
Wm. Page, of Dawson county, was
torn m two by a circular saw July 29th,
W. B. Owen, who left Hall oounty
last Winter for California, has returned.
Fletcher P. Reynolds, of Newton
county, is going to farm in North Geor
gia.
A Mr. Beck, of Floyd county, had his
shoulder dislocated by a fall from a
horse'.
Qenertil & Tiger,WiJUima, of
wawj > unffie Tlif vufgu uOtie DV ft ialT
the other day. '
Swainsboro’ has built two churches—
Baptist and Methodist—during the last
twelve months.
Rev. M. P. Cain, of Jefferson county,
has been appointed Agent of Monroe
Female College.
Mrs. Donald McDonald, of Savannah,
was severely injured recently by falling
from a street car.
The dwelling of Charles E. Irvin, of
Wilkes couuty, was destroyed by fire
the night of the Ist.
The Atlauta Constitution gets hero
the day after publication, but it is a
good paper when it comes.
The Little Cold Water Creek section
of Elbert county was visited by a severe
wind and hail storm July 30th.
Dr. J. S. Lawton, of Forsyth, is
going to move to Atlauta. He will be
the editor of the Georgia Grange.
The colored people of Monroe own
property of the value of SOB,OOO. The
tax defaulters in that county owe $39,-
000.
The Savannah Christian Association
is doing good and greatly needed work.
Much interest is manifested in the meet
ings.
According to the apportionment of
the school fund made by tl)e State
School Commissioner, Monroe claims
rank as the sixth county in Georgia.
A portrait and a sketch of Hon. John
W. Wofford, of Cartersville, one of one
foremost men of the mountains appear,
in the last number of the Sunny South.
A twelve year old negro girl set fire to
a dwelling in Columbus, because of n
grudge against the occupant, Mr,
Simons. She is now in the guard lipuso.
Jas. P. Deadwyler, of Elbert county,
has been farming thirty-five years, and
during that time has bought but eight
barrels of corn and not a pound of
meat.
United States soldiers are after the
distilleries in Elbert county. They
captured one on the place of a Mr.
Smith, near Goshen. Mr. S. is in the
woods. 1
It is not yet announced when General
Garlington’s drama of the “Fatal Mar
riage” will be put upon the stage, and
the theatrical season is about to com
mence.
The Herald Publishing Company now
issue a handsome evening paper—the
Evening Herald. Can any one inform
us of the whereabouts of the Common
wealth f
The answers to green girls and love
lorn swains which appear in the “Cor
respondents” column of the Sunny
South render that paper of great value
as an emetic. -
Fast young men and swift young ladies
may become better acquainted and ac
quire mutual improvement by resorting
to the “Correspondents” column of the
Sunny South.
The new school house in McDonough
has been destroyed by fire, together
with the personal effects of, Mr. Camp
bell, the teacher, who lived in the sec
ond story of the.house.
The only sale made last sale day in
Wilkes county was that of the Wylie
Dußose place, on Little river, an unim
proved, almost tjmberless tract of 3,048
acres, which brought $3,000.
Mount Moriah Camp Ground is being
built up.— Warrenton Clipper. Well,
how long has it been “being built up,”
and how much longer do you think it will
be “being built up,” Professor ?
The Atlanta reporters are decidely
“insouciant.” One of them alludes to
Gen. Beauregard as “Little Bory.” The
same youth calls the Apostle John
“Jack,” and St. James “Jimmy.”
The numerous friends and acquaint
ances—this nht a funeral notice—of
Bev. Dr. W. Watkins Hicks in this city'
will learn with regret that his life has
been threatened by the bloodthirsty
Florida Democrats. Too bad.
The prevailing fashion has had its
effect on the song-makers, and “Back
ward, pin backward, oh skirts in your
flight; make me look small again, just
for to-night,” will soon take the place of
“Darling, I am Growing Old.”
The white people of Savannah are so
unreasonable that they don’t allow a
drunken colored man to sleep on a rail
way track. And then they wonder that
prosecutions under the Civil Bights bill 1
have been commenced in that city.
We feel authorized to State that the
gubernatorial candidates did not go to
Dalton to look after Mr. Stephens and
the Cherokee country. It was solely
their interest in .progressive planting
which carried them to the convention.
Charles Dampsey, of New York, and
John W. Winn, of Savannah, are to be
the contestants in a swimming bee at,
Savannah, the 20th inst. They are to
swim from the Central Bailroad wharf
to the Gulf Bailroad wharf —two miles.
F. G. Colley, of Wilkes county, had
his skull fearfully fractured Friday,
July 30th, by being violently thrown
from a mule. Notwithstanding the ter
rible nature of his injury, there liad
been, to the sth instant, scarcely a bad
symptom, though it will be almost a
miracle if he recovers.
A negro owed money to Mr. James
Johnson, of Columbus, and lied about
it, then disputed Mr. J.’s word, and
drew a knife on him. Mr. Johnson then
proceeded to knock the negro down with
an axe helve. This, we suppose, is what'
the Professor of the Warrenton Clipper
would style a considerable “ contre
temps."
They seem to have a high old. coon
for a Becorder in Atlanta. His way of
dispensing even-handed “jestice” tociti
zens who venture to remonstrate some*
what positively against being run over,
by wheels rolled along the sidewalks by
the colored gentry of that city proves,
beyond doubt that he knows just a
Becorder is for.
Columbus Enquirer: A gentleman
now owns in this city almost an entire
square. When he first came here, sorpe,
thirty-five years ago, he and his mother
were refused admittance to a hotel
which stood on that block, so poorly
were they dressed. He remarked to her,
“Never mind, mother; I’ll oWn thfkt
block yet.” His words have become
true. >
The Borne Courier, a journal fond of
pointing out the errors of other jour
nals, publishes the following decidedly
“insouciant” article in its editorial col
umns: “Mr. Stephens left Sunday even
ing for Marietta, and will spend several
days with Colonel J. D. Waddell for the
pur-the memoir of pose of reviewing the
manuscript of Judge Stephens, which
was the original object of his visit to
Cherokee Georgia.”
Colonel J. A. Stewart, of Atlanta, is
going to publish in the Atlanta Cfcvwft-*
tution “a series of articles embracing
views looking to the Centennial of 1876,
as the grand occasion for tnrning over a
new leaf, and to begin afresh, with the
light of experience to guide us, the ex
periment of a republican form, of gov
ernment.” The articles will be compiled
into a pamphlet, styled The Centennial,
and sold at 25 cents a copy.
Charley Lang, a young man who kept
store lor Dr. W. B. Burroughs, in Cam
den county, was called from bed by un
known persons Saturday night, July*
31st, and on opening the door received
a full charge of buckshot in hiS' left
breast, killing him instantly. The mur
derers passed in over his body and
robbed the store of what money it con
tained, and also what goods they could
carry away with them. They carried the
money drawer about fifty yards from the
store and left it, after riff jpg ,it pt,
contents.