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Newspaper Page TextUrtiijivnl-ntA ' ,a *' i] <t*wf*dilo iaootßM tii jja idJus J oidMtnq oil! 1o noi)ul< *v- > t n eifT OLO SERIES— VOL. UXIII MEW SERIES—MOL. Hill. terms. THE DAILY CHIOMCLIA SENTINEL, the olden: newspaper iu the South, ia pabluthed clsjlt. except Monday. Term* ; Per year, >lO : six mouths. *5 ; three month#, $2 50. thf tri-weekly CHRONICLE a SENTI NEL i pubhnh-d every Tuesdsy, Thuredxy end Saturday. Terms : One year, a, six months, 92 50. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE A SENTINEL is published every Wedpeedoy. Term# : One jeer, *i, six. month*, Al. SUBSCRIPTIONS m *ll cases in sdvaoce. and 80 paper command eXvmOße expiration of ttie tin paid for. RATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY.—AII transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of *l per square each insertion for the first week. Advertisement* in Tri-Week ly. *1 per -quare; in Weekly. #1 per square. Marriage and Funeral Notices, *1 eaoh. Sp cial Notices, ti par Aquare. Speciat rates will be made for advertisements running for one month or longer. ALL COMMUNICATIONS announcing candi dates for office—from County Constable to members of Congress—pill lie charged at the rate of twenty cents per line. Alt announce ments mnst be paid f m in advance. Address WALHH A WRIGHT, Cnnomcu A Hextmm.. Augusta. Ga. Cljronftte an& Sentinel. WEDNESDAY ..NOVEMBER3, 1875. MINOR TOPICS of Wednesday, but towards night things began to look a little blue for Hayes, and by Thurs day morning Paint street was again crowded with the Democracy. Ward was sent out to the Governor, and in be came pell mell: rode down Paint street among his friends, saying. -Boys, we're got ’em after all—l always come in at the last stretch,’ and shouts rent the air and hats went np ; but ere long a Republican wave came along and again waihed tho street of the Democracy. It must have drowned most of them, for they weren't seen again iu that quar ter.” A recent report on the oondition of women and ohildren in the Black Country of England has been pronounced sensational: but Lord Shaftesbury writes to say .that it is painfully true, and that the “detestable state of so ciety” thus revealed calls, trnmpet-tongued, for the instant interposition of the Secretary of State and of the power of Parliament. "Educstion,” says Lord Shaftesbury, “moral, physical, intellectual, and spiritual life'hre all set at defiance. The prospect is terrible England is not so strong in the bodies and souls of her people individually, or in her num bers collectively, that she can afford this wholesale degradation of such a mighty mass of her sons and daughters.” What an illustration of the state of the times is this universal comment by the Admin istration papera on the appointment of Secre tary Chandler! A few months sgo they were all heartily kicking him into oblivion. Now, when called upon to find something kind to say of him on his reappearance, with one ac cord they cry out and marvel at and make much of the wonderful fact that a man whom Orant has appointed to the Cabinet is not per sonally a rascal. “At any rate,” they say, “he is personally honest.” Has it come then to this ? Are wo to make a miracle of the fact that the President has actually appointed to one of the highest offices in his gift a man who will not himself personally steal. The differenoe in the grades of punishment awarded for taking human life, as shown in recent trials, furnishes food for reflection. Htanderman, for his cowardly crime, and Delaney, for a murder hardly less brutal, are to be hung. Delanoy declares that he did not mean to kill his victim. Patrolman Redmond Joyce, of Brooklyn, did not intend to kill Robert Oilmoro, the colored coachman, whom lie shot, and he goes to the county j&il for only 119 days. It is to bo hoped that police man generally will not presume too muoh npon this sentence, which will undoubtedly have a very impressive effect upon criminals who are disposed to rnske attempts at escaping. The mildness of the penalty will astonish those who know the details of the caso. Ths Western inflationists should be cautions about claiming tho support of the South in the Democratic National Convention. The South desires first ot all a change of administration ,and it will allow nothing to stand in the way of the accomplishment of that desire. If the entire Southern delegation should be in favor of in flation, which is a gross improbability, and it should be evident to them that the Democrat who could moat certainly be President was a hard money, they would vote solidly for him No careful student of Southern sentiment will dispute this assertion, When this fact Is taken into cousideration the obetacles to any bard money Democrat receiving the requisite two thirds vote are greatly diminished. Threatenings and slaughter against the New York Democracy are breathed by the bretliren in Pennsylvania as well as in Ohio. Here is the Titusville Courier talking in this way: "The deep and unforgiving resentment against the Tammany Demooats for their per fldious conduct toward our Ohio brethren in their hour of trial in tinivorsel with the Demo cracy of this State, and it has nerved them to greater exertion than over. The Keystone Democrats gill take no step backward. Every day there is comini; fresh evidence that the people will declare against contraction. With the bright prospects before ns. we call npon every man to consecrate himself to the good work from this time on to the election.”' The New York Sun, in an article on the finan cial qneetion, points out how the Government has paid all its debts with the exception of greenbacks, and urges that the latter ought to be paid ]nst as mneb as any other obligation of the Government. All that is needed is that the Treasury shonld give notice that if any body bas more greenbacks than be can profita bly use in other ways, the Government will take them up and give its note or bond on in terest at 4} or 5 per cant, for them on presen tation. When this is done, observes the writer, the whole problem of resumption is solved, and in the course of time, without haste and without disturbance, specie payments will oome about of themselves. At Baltimore, recently, in the United States District Court;a man was convicted of sending postal cards containing scurrilous language through the post office, and he was fined #2OO awl costa, l'erhape the most noticeable thing about this case is the reminder which it fur nishes us of the rareness of the offense. Be fore the postal cards were established it was feared that one of the ohief objections to them would be that they offered facilities for circu lating anonymous slanders by exposing them to being re ad in the post offloe itself and by the carriers. Asa matter of experience the abuse has not been nearly as great as had been feared: and the occasional prosecution and punishment of the cases in which the offense occurs will tend to make it cease almost en tirely. Independently of the intrinsic wrong involved, it would, of course, be a great out rage to seriously injure a device which has proved so great a convenience and economy. We dislike to say it, bnt Mias Minnie Swayse either has a cheek so immense that the basin of the Nile wouldn’t make a wash bowl for it, or the person who reported her as having said that she had "frequently written a column for the New York Tribune in half an hour” is the most formidable enemy the eighth command ment ever had. There are nearly two thou ■and five hundred words in "a column of the Now York JVibwiw.” Fifty words a minute is a phenomenally rapid rate of long-hand writing; toy few telegraph operators go above that, if indeed any of them do. Miee Swarze's irapK cat ion is that ehe can writs more than eighty words a minute of original eompoei'ion TV.is declaration was made in support of au asser tion by Mrs. Croly (wife of the editor of the Graphic, and pardonable perhaps on that ' accountj, that "men were unfitted for the higher duties of journalism.” If off-hand whoppers are part of the higher Jutes of jour nalism, very few men would care to eater into competition with Miss Swayse where those higher duties might happen to be concerned. Here m the moot delightful hit of impudence of the Besson. Ames has written a letter to Dienwpont. thanking him for sending to Mis eisrippi the special agent, by whose exertions end good judgment all the troubles heretofore threatened, arising out of the political cam paign. have subsided. Now, as Ames, at the outset, protested that nothing short of military interference could prevent a wholesale massa cre of the blacks, and kept calling for troops until he got word from Washington that the Praeidenrhad concluded to close the outrage mill, even then insisting to the Attorney-Gen eral that the danger was still imminent, this letter flatly contradicts all the previous ones which Ames has written concerning the trouble* in Mississippi, and thanks Mr. Pierre peat for doing precisely what he hoped that officer would not do. Arum knew that, with the help of the military, be oould elect his own Tagiainirm this Fall, and thus secure to him self the Btacceseioß to the United Status Senate, which has long been the goal of his ambition, and he had equally sound reasons for believing that an honest election would turn these bnght hopes at his te ashes. OGLETHORPE COUNTY. | Editorial Correspondence of Chronicle and Sentinel. Lexington, Ga., Oct. 22, 1875. Lexington. The Superior Court lias been in ses sion during the past week, and there has been an unusually large attendance of people from the surrounding country. The quiet little town was awakened from its accustomed monotony and presented a lively appearance. Before the war Lexington was thriving and prosperous. It is still a beautiful village. Its loca tion is charming, and the scenery cannot fail to impress the lovers of the pic turesque in nsture. It* private resi dences are attractive and indicative of i the refinement of the people. The Court House has been remodelled and reno-1 vated. Tho Court room is in the second j story and the offices of the county offi- | cials are on the first floor. The agita tion of removing the Court House to ' Crawford has subsided. The removal question has done some injury to the value of town property, but now that thin questioqghas bean settled, there is no good reason why real estate should not improve in value. Crawford would gain injured that it cannot at any time afford 1 to lose it. The present county site is so | accessible, and the conveniences and ad- j vantages of Lexington are so numerous, ; that the people will be slow to favor any projeot that might directly or indirectly j prove injurious to a place around! which so many fond associations i cluster. It is but a pleasant 1 drive of from twenty to thirty minutes from Crawford to Lexington. The citi zens of this town are so orderly and ; peaceable that they have no use for mu nicipal government. Lexington has neither a town counoil, intendant or marshal. Having no expenses to meet the people have no taxes to pay for the government of the town ; consequently no tax is levied for municipal purposes. | There is but one grocery, and I met but one man under the influence of “gin twist” during the week. This fact speaks well for the morals of the people. The chief merchants are Messrs. Haire A Latimer and Mr. Jno. T. Haibb, who are doing a good business. There are other stores in the place. Prof. T. B. Moss has charge of the Aoademy, which is doing as well as can be expected in the present depressed condition of the country. Colonel J. H. Echols, whose hospitable mansion was filled with guests during Court week, owns the resi dence and plautation of one of Georgia’s distinguished men, the late Governor Gilmeb, who purchased it from Dr. Poullain, father of Mr. A. Poullain. This property was purchased by Colonel Echols in 1865 from the widow of Gov. Gilmer. On this property will he found some Remarkable Curiosities, Not equal perhaps to any of the seven wonders of the world, but certainly of interest to scientists, as well as to all men and women who are not devoid of natural cariosity, and we take it that there are very few who are. There are two rocks about three hundred yards from the residence. The first, weighing about one hundred and fifty tons, rests on top of another, and is so placed that about two-thirds of it projects outwards. Standing under it or looking at it from a distance, it leaves the impression that it would be an easy matter to throw it from its base, but the weight is so dis tributed that it stands as firm as the granite of Stone Mountain. The “shak ing” or “balanoed rock” is, however, the great natural enriosity. This weighs about one hundred tons and is so nicely adjusted iu front and rear, where it oomes in oontact with another rook, that a slight pressure of the hand causes it to osoillate or rather to have a motion similar to that of a boat when lightly rooked from one side to the other. This rock looks like some monster of the deep, and some of the scientists of the day would not fail, after seeing it, to be convinced that it was a petrified sea devil, which in some mighty oonvulsion of nature in by-gone ages, was thrown up from the vasty deep and landed where it is. Major Lumpkin, iu addition to his other ac quirements, is something of a geologist, and his theory is that these rocks be long to the silurian period of our history and are of the tertiary formation. Col. Babbow differs with Major Lumpkin and is disposed to side with Dr. Little, who thinks they belong to another formation, subsequent to the creation. Major Lumpkin holds that they belong to the pre-Adamite or Silurian period of the earth’s history. But this is a digression. It makes very little difference what these scientists may think. The rocks are there, and they are great natural curiosi ties, and any person who visits Lexing ton should not fail to see them. Superior Court. Court met Monday, his Honor Judge Pottle presiding. The following attor neys were in attendance: Col. J. D. Matthews, W. G. Johnson, J. T. Olive, Pope Babbow, Sam’l Lumpkin, R. M. Jackson and J. T. Hurt, Esqs., Lexing ton; Gen. Toombs, 8. H. Hardeman and E. T. Shtbrick, Esqs., Washington; Cob M. W. Lewis and W. H. Branch, Esqs., Greenes boro; John C. Rsbd and'W. W. Lumpkin, Esqs., Union Point; Col. S. P. Thurmond and Major Lamar Cobb, Athens; Hon. B. H. Hill, Atlanta; Col. E. P. Edwards, Elberton; E. W. Seidel, Esq., Hartwell; and J. J. Callaway, Esq., Louisville. The array of ontside legal talent was drawn hither bj a murder c*se which has elicit ed general interest aud some very bitter feeling in the county. This is the case of the State vs. John N., John, and Jacob Eberhart indicted for the mur der of Charles C. Striblisg iu January last, the particulars of which were given to our readers at the time of its occur rence. The case was called according to appointment. On motion of their at torneys, the defendants severed, and the j State elected to put John N. Ebkrhardt on trial first. His counsel moved for a j continuance as to him on the ground of absent witnesses, and tfie Court, after argument, passed the case until Tuesday at noon, and sent tor the witnesses, j When the case was called Tuesday, tbe defendants attorneys moved for a con- i tinuance on the ground of the absence j of a witness newly discovered. Thej ; Court refused tbe continuance, sent for I said witness and passed the case till ' Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock, at , which time they again moved for a con- I tinnsnee on the ground of another ab i sent witness and the farther ground that 1 they had a right to try John and Jacob ’ Ebkrhabt first, because they expected . to acquit them, and then as witnesses for ! John X., their testimony would be re ! lieved from the cloud cast over it in oon -1 sequence of their being indicted as joint offender*. This point was argued at , great length by counsel on both sides, , but the Court decided that as all the prisoners were presumed innocent there j was no cloud on their testimony, and : that to grant the motion wonld defeat tb* State of it* right to say which party should be tried first The continuance ■ was refused, and the case ordered to j proceed. After dinner, the defendants’ counsel tendered the State a plea in abatement claiming that the indictment was in j valid, because in drawing the grand j jury by whom the bill was found, the presiding Judge had not drawn the names by lot, but had selected from a ■ number of names taken from the box i such men as he thought would make : good grand jurors, snd had rejected the names of others whom he did not ; think would make good joiors. The Solicitor-General then stated he oould i not admit the facts of the plea to be the truth, and oounsel for defendants’ claimed the right to try the question whether the plea was true or not before a jury. This the State's counsel de nied was the proper way of trying that question, but after argument Jndge Pottle decided that in as much as it was a matter affecting his judicial con duct, he would allow a jury to try it. The point was then made that on the trial of this issue Judge Pottle was not competent to preside, and the j Judge so decided. The lawyers for the defendant then refused to agree on any attorney to act as Judge, and Mr. Geo. H. Lesteb, the Clerk, appointed Mr. 8. H. Hardeman, of Washington, as Judge, who took the bench, and after argument decided that the law author izing the Clerk to appoint a Judge against the consent of the parties was aooonsrtrirtkttar, shd thus unseated [ himself. Judge Pottle then resumed ' his seat on the bench, aud stated that I after reflection he recalled his decision 1 that he was incompetent to preside on : the trial of the plea, and remarked that while he did so with great reluctanoe, i he felt compelled to do so by a sense of ! duty, as otherwise the wheels of justice i would be completely clogged. At this ; point the Court adjourned until Thurs ! day morning. Upon the meeting of the Court, the defendants’ counsel with drew all objections to the indictment and, by consent of all parties, the oase was continued. Judge Pottle then said that ho wished to state publicly what were the facts as to his drawing grand juries, and proceeded to remark that in taking the names he would fre quently ask the Sheriff if such an one would make a good juror, and if the latter said yes he would call out his name to the Clerk, but if the Sheriff said he was a drunkard, or mentioned other objections to him, then his name would be pnt back in the box. The Judge also said that often the Sheriff would voluntarily make suggestions about the jurors, and he would act up on these suggestions in taking or leaving out their names, and that in thus draw ing juries in his Circuit he had never had any other motive than to secure good juries and further the administra tion of justice, and concluded by ob serving that while holding Court in Sa vannah he had learned that euoh was the custom there. Several members of the bar then stated that no one had ever imputed to his Honor any improper motive in the matter, as certainly no one could. We do not suppose there is a man in the Circuit who for one moment would en tertain the idea that Judge Pottle was influenced by any considerations unbe coming a Jndge or a man of honor. Thus was this important oase disposed of for the term. It absorbed the Court up to Thursday morning, so that very little business was transacted. The oounsel for the defense are General Toombs, Mr. Hill, Mr. Rebd, Mr. John son, Mr. Olive and Mr. Babbow— Col. Mathews; Col.- Miles Tibwis, Mr. E. P. Edwards and the Solictor-General repre sent the State. During the discussion of the various questions mentioned many fine speeches were made by the gentle men on both sides. Oglethorpe County- Compares favorably with any in the State. It has given to Georgia several of her most prominent citizens, and has the honor of furnishing three Govern ors—Lumpkin, Mathews and Gilmer. A survey of the large assemblage at the Court House during the present week oonvinces us of the respectability>nd in telligence of its present population. The empty sleeves and missing limbs of many of those present attest the devo tion and patriotism of the people during the war. Nearly all of the county offi cials are maimed Confederates. The financial condition of the people is no better tjian that of those in other coun ties. They have made more corn this year than last, but the cotton crop will be short fnlly one-third. There are planters in the oounty who make all their own supplies, but unfortunately they are few in number. Some raise everything needful for the support of their own families, but feed their hands on Western bacon. So long as the proceeds of the cotton crop is expend ed in the purchase of Western corn and bacon, so long will the oounty be impoverished. But there has been an improvement in this respect, and it is to be hoped that the low price of cotton this year may prove a blessing in dis guise. If it results in forcing the agri cujiural community to be self-support ing in compelling every planter to raise his own provisions, a great good will have been accomplished. An influen tial citizen and a large planter said to me: “ I have made enough corn this year to last me for two years, and if there was an advance in the price of cotton in the early Spring to eighteen or twenty cents a pound, I would take the chances and raise every pound of cotton I could next year.” This would be the case generally, and the result next year would be most destructive to the material interests of the State. Over-production of cotton would follow, Eveiy planter in the South would be tempted by the hope of high prices, a larger area would be de voted to cotton, and, if favorable sea sons ensued, we might have a crop of five million bales. What wonld be the result of a five million crop ? Planters cannot afford to sell cotton at ten cents a pound, and this would iu all proba bility be about the average price which 1 the producer would realize if the South i by any misfortune should make five mil-. ! lion bales next year. Our people should ! ) not be tempted by the hope of high pricks, even if the cotton market does advance to twenty cents a pound in the | I early Spring. Mr. Hill is credited | with saying that the Grangers will de-; serve immortality if they but sue-1 ; ceed in inducing the planters of : Georgia to raise their own bread and { meat. When cotton is produced as a i surplus crop,Georgia will recuperate and | our people will prosper. When the corn cribs and smoke houses of the planters are filled with com and bacon, there will be plenty iu the land, and : ootton will sell at remunerative prices. It does not require much logic to estab lish the force of this proposition. And j yet, though it be so plain that he who runs may read, there are those who will not profit by it. Short cotton crops aud plenty of supplies for house hold and plantation purposes will bring proaperity to the impoverished people , of Georgia. The only way for the plan | ters of Oglethorpe to recuperate and re- I gain something of their wonted prosperi ty is to make their own provisions. They ; have n fruitful soil, which readily re- I sponds to the labors of the hnsb&ndman; with a genial climate, favorable seasons, industry and econo my, the of this country can in a few prosperous. and Maxeys Are they continue tv AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, Ts7s. grow toward each other, like Harlem and Saw Dust are attracting Thomson, there will be no rivalry between the two towns, and they will be merged Into one corporation after a few years. Crawford is ambitions and is pushing ahead. It contains several stores. The mer chants are Messrs. S. H. Stokelt, C. S. Hargrove, Wiohbb k Jab bell, Stoklet A McMahon, and, perhaps, others. Dr. Thomas is in the drug business; Dr. Mark Willingham practices medicine here, and Col. Pope Babbow has resumed the practice of the law and has an office at Crawford. At Maxey’s we have Messrs. A. N. As bcby, Bright well, Bailey A Cos., S. Bailey and John T. Hurt. The Echo is published at Crawford by Mr. Thomas L. Gantt. It is a oreditable oounty paper and is extensively patronized, Mr. Gantt is a practical and intelligent young man. He does his own type-set ting and editing, and deserves to meet with success. W. THE STATE PAIR. P. J. Bebokmans, Esq., one of the members of the Executive Committee of the State Agricultural Society, de sires to correct a statement in the letter of Our Macon correspondent to the effect that the State Fair was a “com plete failure.” Mr. Bebokmans says the Fair was “iu all respects a most success ful one, both as to number of visitors, quality, variety and number of articles exhibited and the perfect decorum with which everything was conducted. True, there was no horse racing, which may have withheld the presence of a number of visitors who would otherwise have been present, but the beat evidence that the attendance was large is shown by the amount of money reoeived at the gate—the income from this source being larger than was anticipated.” We take pleasure in publishing this correction, made by Mr. Bebokmans. It is hardly necessary to state that the Chronicle and Sentinel desired the State Fair to be a success. But as our correspondent was on the ground and described what he saw, we accepted his statements as correct. THE FAILURES OF THE YEAR. We have received from Messrs. R. G. Dun A Co.’s Mercantile Agency a state ment issned by that firm showing the number and amount of the failures which have occurred in the United States and Canada daring the first three quarters of the present year. Without knowing anything of the facilities pos sessed by commercial agenoies for ob taining full and acourate intelligence of this character, we assume that its report is substantially correot, and Collate from it some interesting information. The following table showa the fail ures in the different States and Terri tories during the past nine months : States and Territories. No ’ °”* U ' urea. abilities. Alabama 22 $ 543,000 Arkansas ........ 20 221 000 California 165 3,184,111 Colorado 53 462,502 Connecticut 141 2,368,569 Delaware 15 154,600 Distriot of Columbia, 16 139,924 Florida 12 241.800 Georgia 123 4,318,430 Idaho Tearitorv 1 3,000 Illinois 277 6,018,970 Indiana.... 236 8,654,012 lowa 131 1,014,805 Kansas 67 543.400 Kentucky 106 2,682,800 Louisiana 24 702,484 Maine 90 904,000 Maryland 85 9,324,666 Ma sachusetts 664 16,628,321 Michigan 172 2,490.652 Minnesota 109 1,363,200 Mississippi 29 818,465 Missouri 145 2,725,793 Montana Territory 1 35,000 Nebraska 29 176.400 Nevada 23 411,700 New Hampshire 57 890,900 New Jersey 77 1,894,103 New York 476 8,474.857 New York City 546 31,696,350 North Carolina 44 371.429 Ohio 260 4,686,334 Oregon. 16 210,448 Pennsylvania. 419 13,019,883 Hhode Island 69 996,694 South Carolina 118 2,554,518 Tennessee 83 598,743 Texas 193 1,876,239 Utah Territory 8 53,600 Vermont 49 472,500 Virginia and W. Virginia.. 90 1,480,870 Washington Territory 1 2,804 Wisconsin 198 1,528,027 Total 5,334 *131,172,603 For the past three months the failures amounted in number to nineteen hun dred and eighty-two; in dollars to forty three millions. For the second three months the failures amounted to fifteen hundred and eighty-one; in dollars to thirty-three millions. For the last three months the failures amounted in num ber to seventeen hundred and seventy one; in dollars to fifty-four millions. In comparison with other years, the figures are as follows: Ist 3 moa. Number. Amount. 1872.... 3.050 90,794,000 *1873 3,887 171,874,000 1874 4,371 116,429,000 1875 6,834 131,172,000 *The panic commenced in the Fall of this year. From these figures it will be seen that the commercial condition of the country is getting “no better” very rapidly. In 1874 the failures for nine mouths amounted to one hnndred and sixteen millions of dollars. In 1875 the failures for nine months amounted to one hun dred and thirty-one millions of dollars. In 1873 only the large houses suffered. Since that time the influence of the panic has been greatly extended. In 1873 (for nine months) there were thirty eight hundred failures; in 1874 there were forty-three hundred; in 1875 there were fifty-three hnndred—fifteen hun dred more than in 1873. The States rankin the following order, naming those only where the failures have amouted to four millions of dollars and over: NewYork * 40.171,207 Massachusetts 15.628.321 Pennsylvania 13,019.883 Maryland 9,324,666 Illinois 6,013,970 Ohio 4,686,334 Georgia 4.818.430 Total *93.162,821 From this it will be seen that Georgia has obtained the “bad eminence” of being seventh on the list. It may be said in her defense, as of New York and of Massachusetts, that her people lost a great deal of money because they did a great deal of business; that States ! which have nothing can lose nothing. In the eleven Southern States the fail | ares and losses have been as follows : States. Failures. Amount. Alabama 22 *543,000 Arkansas 20 221,000 Florid* 12 241,800 Georgia 123 4,818.430 : Louisiana 24 702,484 Mississippi 29 813,465 ; North Carolina 44 671,429 ! South Carolina 118 2,554,518 i Tennessee . 83 598,743 ; Texas 193 1.876.299 Virginia 90 1,480,870 The entire amount of the 5-20 loan of j 1862 is extinguished by the call for $14,- ■ 897,200, made in July last, and which matured on the 10th inst. The similar issue of bonds, known as the “5-20s of j March, 1864,” has also been called and will mature on the 13th of November, after which date interest will cease. The 5-208 of 1865 will also be called for con version into the new five per cents. The j amount of these bonds now outstanding jis $152,534,350. Of the new fives there , have already been issued more than $437,000,000, and the remainder of the $500,000,000 will probably be taken by the syndicate before November 15th. Just as soon as one of those St. Louis editors owned np that he meant to shoot over, the other acknowledged that he fired at a stomp.— Mstr*U Frm Prose. LOUISIANA VGAIN A Plain Unvarndtihed_ History of the New Orleans, October 15.—The al most unnatßral ealm which has so long prevailed here has at lakt been broken by a dastardly ittempt'-of the Repub licans to magnify asimple act of retri butive justice into a gre*| political out rage. As I write the Afipag Governor, Marshal Packard, United States Dis trict-Attorney Dibble, and one or two other leading Radicals, are in council, engaged in Die preparation of a statement of a very simple affair, which it is their aim to itahipnlate and arrange into a harrowiiijpiUe with which to “fire the Northern iwjpk” The out rage is as follows : Not many weeks ago Sir,-‘ Sanders, a highly respectable oitizfb of Clinton, while on his way to a Mtjant, stopped at the door of a colored, woman known as Babe Mathews, wh® had formerly been employed in hisfpmily, tor the purpose of getting a tfiftßif of water. TheVell on was remark able for producing tbexsoolest and clearest water in the it was the Doctor’s habit whan Jiissing that way to stop for a drink| T Whioh Babo always brought him in fc laige gourd. But on the particular oetfarioii. referred to the Dootor was made ayifearOnsly ill by the draught, and on iyamaration it was tound-that quantity of arsenic with the water. This created great consternation in the community, and the matter was thorough ly examined into by a committee of citi zens with the following result: Babe Mathews is the sister of John Gair, a colored Radical ex-Senator*aiid great political agitator. Gair has not been in office, however, for some time, having been dropped by the more conservative of the colored people on acconnt of his violent sentiments and opinions. For some unaccountable reasons Gair lately became greatly opposed to Dr. Sanders, frequently threatening “to fix the Doo tor the first chance he got.” But be ing somewhat of a boaster little atten tion was paid to his threats until his sister’s attempt to poison the Doctor, when it was ascertained that Babe al lowed her scruples to be overcome by the persuasive tongue of her brother, and to accomplish his ends slipped the arsenic into the water. Finding that his scheme had been unearthed by the confession of his sister and that the evidence of his guilt was in the posses sion of the citizens, Gair fled to Baton Rouge, taking his sister with him. Bat the news of his crime had preceded him, and he was arrested and sent baok to Clinton under guard; but before the party had traveled any distance the guard was overpowered and disarmed by a body of strange men, who shot Gair and hanged the woman. Of course, a deed of this nature ap pears shooking to people who live in a country, State or city where the law is administered and justice rendered to all alike; and there is no doubt that if the people of Louisiana were assured that justice wonld be meted out to those who have violated the law, scenes such as I have just described would not be enaoted. But what is the condition of affairs in the parish where Gair belongs ? And why did not the people allow the law to take its course ? The answers to these questions will show to what a de plorable condition Louisiana has been reduced under Kellogg's ruinous rule, and establish the neeessity for imme diate relief, and at the same time show why the people are forced to occasion ally take the law in their own hands. The parishes of West and East Feli ciana probably comprise the most beautiful portions of Louisiana. The climate is salubrious, the soil generous aud productive and finely watered, and this distriot needs nothing to make it prosperous and great but an honest and economical government, careful and iust in the bestowal of its power. But these two parishes have been particu larly unfortunate in the personnel of their officers, most of the offices being filled by rapacious and ignorant ne groes. In fact, they have 1 been nouud in the chains of despotism and turned over to a hand of ignorant robbers, who have not failed to despoil them. Prior to the war they paid a nominal tax on an assessment of $5 per acre, but since the introduction of Radicalism the as sessments have been increased in many instances to S3O per acre, and the tax raised from 300 to 400 per cent. In ad dition to this, the most important judi cial positions have been filled in many instances by illiterate negroes and in others by unprincipled whifaj men, untutored in law, ethics or’ any-' thing else. The juries in almost every case are composed of negroes— not the ideal negro of the Northern emancipationist, not the poor, down trodden black that supposed persecution and martyrdom have invested with a brilliant halo of romance, bnt the real, greasy, ignorant, vindictive pupil of Radicalism, who has been taught by his itinerant master, the carpet-bagger, that it is no crime to pillage or murder a white man. I have been credibly in formed by a gentleman from East Feli ciana that a cause came on for trial not many days ago in this parish, wherein a white man attempted to obtain the con viction and punishment of a negro for stealing his cotton. The culprit made no attempt at denial of his gailt, but put in a defense that he was black aud the man robbed white. The question put before the jury was not whether the robbery was really committed, but whether it was a violation of law merit ing punishment to rob a white man.— And this is by no means an isolated case. There is not a corner in the State where you can obtain a verdict against a negro before a negro jury. I should probably except the city of New Or leans, where this has been done in a few cases; but outside of the oity it is abso lutely impossible. It was before a jury of negroes that Gair was to be tried—a jury composed' of the very men who looked up to him as an oracle, and nnder the direction of a Judge who more than likely obtained his appointment through the instru mentality of Gair. The result was plain. No matter how direct and overwhelming the evidenoe might have been, an un qualified acquittal was assured before the case came to trial. Oousequently the oitizens, knowing only too well the negroes’ passion for imitation, and not knowing who might fall the next victim, determined to make an example of Gair and his sister, and their resolution was carried out in the manner I have de scribed. The foot that Gair was a color ed man, and had at one time been prominent in politics, will be seized upon by Packard and bis following as a pretext for magnifying the exeention into fresh evidenoe of the lawlessness and rebellious character of the long suffering people of Louisiana. But I have conversed with several of the most respectable citizens of Clinton, who unite in asserting that the execution of Gair was not in any way connected with politics, but was determined npon as the only method to prevent a frequent recurrence of the crime committed by him and his sister. Howto Calculate Interest,and What It Will Do.—The following rule* are so simple and so trne, according to all bu siness usages, that every banker, broker, merchant or clerk, should post them up for reference. There being no such thing as a fraction in it, there is scarce ly any liability to error or mistake. By no other arithmetical process can the desired information he obtained by so few figures: Six Per Cent—Multiply any given number of dollars by the number of days of interest desired; separate the right hand figure and divide by six; the result is the true interest on such sum for such number of days at six per cent. Eight Per Cent—Multiply any given amount for the number of days upon which it is desired to ascertain the in terest, of such sum for the time required, at eight per cent. Ten Per Cent—Multiply the same as above, and divide by thirty-six, and the result will be the amount of interest at ; ten per cent. What It Will Do—lf a mechanic or clerk saves only 2J cents per day, from the time he is twenty-one until he is three-score and ten, the aggregate, with I interest, will amount to $2,900; and a S daily savings of 27j cents reaches the important sum of $29,000. A sixpence | saved daily will provide a fund of $7,000 : —sufficient to purchase a good farm.— I There are few employees who cannot j save daily, by abstaining from the use | of cigars, tobacco, liquor, etc., twice or ten time* the amonnt of the six cent piece. Every person should provide for old age, and the man in business who can lay by a dollar a day will eventually find himself possessed of over SIOO,OOO. —American Grocer. Better be upright with poverty than b* wicked with plenty. THE STATE FAIR. The Last Day—What Was Done-Some of the Articles Exhibited—A Review of Idle Field. [Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel. ] Macon, October 22. —This may be termed the last day of the Fair, aß<t*H morrow exhibitors will be packing'wp, and fewwiaftore dfcHFbe on the grounds. In fact muoh live stock and many artid oles were taken away tiffs afternoon. The attendance to-day was pretty fair; bnt far from what was expected. Yes terday the orowd was quite large and the scene interesting and animated. > Aside from' ttW'Raby Show to-day there was nothing foget up atiy excite ment, and that Wafof short duration. The babies, some twenty-five in all, -were exhibited on a small platform ini Floral Hall, and but few visitors could see them. Dr. J. K. Barnum, of Lump kin, did the talking for the committee, and run the concern, and he was equal ia many respects to the celebrated P. TJ Barnum, baby Show man hi the world. Dr. B. made a humorous opening speech, and then the judges having selected the prize babies, he took up the “little sweetnesses” in his arms BBd exhibited them to view, giving their names and parentage. The elegant rtiuger sewing machine offered by that company was awarded to John Pate of Hawkinsville, as the finest biby un der eighteen months of age, he befog only twelve. The cooking stove, offered by Truman, Walker & 00., of this city, to the finest baby under one year, was awarded to Ernest Robert Tigner, infant son of S. H. Tigner, of Olinton, Jones oonnty. Both babies were worthy a prize, but the mothers of the other twenty odd babies said the same thing abont their little ones. The judges had a hard job, but they did it fearlessly and impartially, and Dr. Barnum made the scene cheerful and attractive by his ad mirable management of the affair. In the Hippodrome nothing was done to draw a crowd. The balance of the horses, colts and mules were exhibited for premiums. E. A. Heggie drove in a fine throughbred colt in a sulky, that attracted considerable attention. It is owned by R. M. Maher, of Augusta, and is by imported Glengarie. This hand some animal took the premium as the best Georgia raised oolt between two and three years of age. Heggie handled the gelding in his fiStial attractive style, and many said it was a “perfect beauty.” J. Earl Lewis, of South Caro lina, also took quite a number of pre miums for colts and thoroughbred horses and cattle. A Stirring and Scene. Nothing has transpired during the week that has given me more pleasure than the exhibition of the four mule teams used in making crops the present season. There were three* entries, all good teams in every respect, two being, driven by negroes,and one by a white boy of good age and size, but a perfect master of the lines. His name is Larkin W. Stewart, Of Clinton, Jones county, a Georgia raised boy, and a sharp, hardworking fellotf. He came in dressed in home spun, With home made collars on his mules, ah home made waggon box and single trpes. His team was not the largest nor the handsomest, being plain in every respect. But the way he handled that team, and the faot that it was perfectly trained and in fine order, was in his favor, and the judges gave him the premium. Were they right? The audience answered that question by shouts of approval and general applause. Then Larkin “let himself out,” ancFtpe way he handled that team would fiaVe ma le J. J. Olay open his eyes in aston ishment. That boy is the kind of boys to make Georgia great and gloriotrs in the future. Not afraid to wort, nor ashamed to oome to the Fair in homespun clothes, he sets a no ble example to thousands of shiftless, ambitious boys who only long to get into stores and offices and “soft places” in onr cities and wear fine clothes. The judges wer9 proud of this sturdy, ener getio, hard-working boy, and wanted to tie a bine ribbon on bis ooat, as tho best Georgia raised, homespun boy at the Fair, but no premium was provided for such valuable thoroughbred stook. I hope there will be next year, and that brave, manly Larkin SteWsrt, who is an honor to the farmers of Jones oonnty, will then get a blue ribbon a yard long. Such boys are mighty scarce, and the stock should be kept up and increased, if possible, by proper encouragement. The judges of all tho departments are hard at work and not yet ready to re port; so that I cannot give you the Au gusta premiums in full. The Langley Mills have a good display of their sheet ing, yarns, drills and shirtings. Don't know what premiums, if any, they have taken. Mr. G. H. Miller’s fine display of silver ware takes a handsome medal, which it well deserves. This gentleman very generously offered an elegant silver ice pitcher for the best display of bees and honey, which will be awarded to day. He lias illustrated Augusta enter prise in a most handsome and satisfac tory manner. P. J. Berokmans has won high praise for his efficiency as an offi cer of the Fair, and W. K. Nelson takes premiums for his fine assortment of fruit and fruit trees. There are other entries from Augusta that will probably take premiums, and I will report them in my next letter. Mr. A. Bleakley, of Augusta, has been exhibiting here his wonderful Automatic Landscape, made in your city, which has attracted many visitors and won high praise from a num ber of distinguished scientific gentle men. While Augusta has not sent a large number of entries, what she has sent have been good ones, and nearly all have taken premiums. Next year she must send a larger, if not a better dis play. Messrs. Ludlow & Bates have made a large display of pianois, organs and music, and last night, at the Lanier House, they gave sway to the subscribers to their Southern Musical Journal an elegant grand square piano worth one thousand dollars. As sub scribers live in all your' section, I will state that a committee of ten persons, selected for that purpose, drew out of the wheel one number each, and these numbers were put into a hat and the first one drawn was to take the piano. The numbers in the hat were 834, 519, 292, 698, 21, 16, 161, 730, 239, 60. But the luckly number drawn out was 519, held by R. W. Jamison, Esq., a popular lawyer of this city, who happened to be present, and was overjoyed at his good lack. Bat I mast close for the mail, and in a final letter to-morrow give yon the “conclusion of the whole matter” as to the Georgia State Fair of 1875. Rifub Team. Maoon, October 23, 1875. Yesterday can be said to have closed out the Fair, as no visitors appeared this morning, and the exhibitors went to work at an early hour to pack up, some to go home, others to the Selma (Ala bama) Fair, and many others to the Thomasville Fair, which will be a grand saccess. Everybody and everything seems to be combining to produce this resalt. The Georgia State Fair for 1875 has not been a success. On Thursday, the best day, the attendance was good, but ought to have been better. ' No depart ment has been all that it should have been, although some have been well fill ed. Mismanagement during the week and the policy pursued in inaugurating the Fair are the prime causes of the failure. Many of the prominent officials now admit that you can’t make a camp meeting out of a State Fair. Gamblers were kept eat of the Park, but they plied their vocation quite as successfully outside, and the city was full of them. Drunkenness was inside, however, where bars were in full blast, and a private saloon was extemporized in the Editora’ Cottage, which was used for little else this year. The policy of the Society, therefore, has accomplished nothing in the way of reform, as drunkenness and gambling have prevailed as extensively as ever before in this city, but horse, racing was not here to father the evil. Your correspondent is not correct in his strictures upon the action of the tpActing that selected the referees for the Hide Team shooting. Gen. Ander son, after several attempts had been made to secure them by a general nomination, suggested that the Captains of the Teams retire and select them. This suggestion was adopted without a dissenting voice, and the referees chosen were promptly accepted without a single exception being made to them or to the manner of their choice. The whole ac tion of the meeting was harmonious and unanimous. Of the other matters out side I know nothing, bat with the. ac tion of the meeting no fault can be found, as the rule required the referees to be selected from, not by the Teems, as your correspondent suggests. was creditable iu aU resptfets. Heggie ,pf AfoY flnaat hors,® 4# thalFaif; .Utile*'*, silverware dsgtiay contributions articles; and the Loagley Mills goods isaftMu one of-'the- ttbr&e’ prices; while Matt O’Brien wes.tfi* really funny man anil gusta, considering ‘ pitcher generously offered by Mr, G. H. Millar, of your oity, for tfie b4at collec tion of bees and fiopey, took, place yes tfobma* to tfco South and puWßhe/’W the Bern Wonkkm tamthlp joutria* a* votedfo bee oau*xs; His oolleotiap mi* raising Italian queens and preserving their purify. Mr. Moone is a generous hearted, public spirited man, and seems more anxious to extend the knowledge of bee cultnre in a proper manner than to get rich. While he does try t* make a living he seems to try harder to learn the farmers the true and profitable way to raise bees and produce honey. His hives, his Italian bees and his system of culture are worthy of the attention of progressive farmers. Passing through the Manufacturers’ Department, I noticed a bale of yarns from the Langley Mills with a blue rib bon on it; also a bale of heavy sheeting similarly decorated. The printed list, however, only mentions the award of a diploma and twenty-five dollars to Lang ley Manufacturing'Oompany, of Augus ta, for best display of ootton fabrics. As the bale of shirtings was not decora ted with a blue .ribbon, I took it for granted the yarns and sheeting had taken special premiums. Perhaps they did. Mr. W. E. Nelson gets a diploma and five dollars for the best oolleotion of apple trees and Southern seedlings. To this is added a twenty-five dollar pre mium for best oolleotion of table apples grown in and adapted to Georgia, not less than twelve varieties and six speci mens of eaoh variety, to have been grown by exhibitor and properly named and labeled. The oolleotion was a fine one. Mr. R. M. Rogers and Miss Rula Win ter very kindly took oharge of a variety of fanoy work from Augusta, and de serve oredit for the faithful and excellent manner in which they attended to the matter. Mr. R. me that Miss Annie H. Craig was awarded a premium for painting in oil colors on a fan made of white satin, but the printed list does not contain her name. She also had on exhibition a water oolor painting. Mrs. Mary Whitehead had an elegant hand kerchief in the needlework and fancy department. Mrs. S. W. Francis dis played a handsome silk quilt, but a Miss Whitman took the premium. 0. W- Dayis, of Athens, in the midst of strong competition, took the diploma for best photographs in water colors, and also for best plain photographs. A special premium, payable in Confederate money, of one thousand dollars, was awarded Matt O’Brien, “only 40 yekw old,” for his inimitable and unsurpassed sketch of “Greeue Street on a Very Dark Night.” Some of the committee wafited to make it double that amount, as nothing like it had ever before been exhibited at the State Fair, and they de sired to eneour&ge a great and rising artist. A Match for the Homespun Boy, When I wrote you of the noble ex ample of the farmer’s boy from Jones county, I did not expeot to find a simi lar example among the oity girls. I have, however, done so, and in the daughter pf Mrs. W. L. Johnson, of this oity, a former resident of Augusta. Her daugher, who seems to have been train ed and reared by a most excellent mother, haß made the finest domestic display the Fair. Her large and splendid collection of wines, jellies, preserves, pickles, jams, catsups, syrups and oordials took the highest premium— the sum of fifty dollars. Her oolleotion of bread, rolls, biscuit and pake was also much admired. In this depart ment she took three premiums—twenty- fire dollars for best display of bread and oakes and fire dollars for best soda bis cuit and five dollars for best pound cake. And vpry modestly did she acoept the honors conferred upon her, for Miss Julia, B. Johnson is not only a remark ably domestio young lady, but she possesses a large fund of good, practical sense. Such girls know how to make home happy and attractive. The parlor is all very well, the kitchen, through well cooked, properly prepared and healthy food, contributes more to the real happiness of mankind. Good eat ing is the source of good digestion, from which comes good nature. Light roils and good bread always cheer the heart and make the breakfast table an attrac tive place. If the boys of the State will only follow the noble example of Larkin Stewart, and the girls copy after Miss Johnson in her domestio qualities, the future cf Georgia will be one of un paralelled prosperity and happiness. The scarcity of such boys and girls is one thing that makes the South so poor to-day. The plow and the field are neg lected for the office and the store, and the kitchen and dining room forgotten in the midst of painting, mnsie and so cial pleasures. A good dinner will please and benefit a husband more than apiece of fine needlework or an oil painting. I was about to close my letter with out referring to the articles contributed by Messrs. T. J. Murdock & Oo„ of your oity. No premiums being offered for those articles, their mattresses, com forts and pin cushions received no official swards. But thousands who examined the style and quality of their work awarded the highest praise to these gentlemen, for their skill as up holsterers. No better work can be found in the State than they exhibit at this Fair. If I have overlooked others, the fault is not mine. Meagre as is the whole list of contributions, it is with the greatest difficulty that the residence of contributors can be secured for news paper publication. I have endeavored to give you the plain, simple facts in regard to the Fair, and a record of Augusta’* part in it, without making a sensation or introducing a great mass of general gossip or information. In faet, considering the failure and management of the Fair, I think I have written too much rather than too little in regard to its affairs. Bmi Team. PUTTY BOBBBBY. {Chicago Inter-Ocean.] “Behold what a flame a little fire kin dleth t” A month ago an express com pany presented to a Chicago lady—Miss Martins—s package weighing two or three ounces, with a bill of $10.05, C. O. D., from Davis, Tnrner & Cos., Custom Houses brokers, New York. The package came all the way from Germany and contained a cabinet photograph portrait of the father of the yonng lady, worth in the foreign market seventy cents! No more, no less. By the ad vice of a friend—Mr.WiUism Bodemann —she refused the package. Upon in quiry the C. O. D. bill was found to be composed of the folio win items: 1. Freight from Hamburg to Hew York.. .Paid. 2. Duty and premium tS.OO 8. Apphuaments. 40 4. Cart*e and storage.. .75 5. Fee 5...... .90 6. Brokerage and commission 5.00 Total $10.05 Mr. Bodemann immediately wrote to the Secretary of the. Treasury, stating the facts. The letter was, by the Sec retary, referred to the Collector of New York, who reported: TCiatthe photo graph * • came in a package contain ing two other parcels. The package wont to the public store for examination and the photograph in question was ap praised at a value of 810. * * * on the abqye date (July 21, 1875), $2.50 gold. The fees (customs) charged on the entire package were as follows: Appraisments, 20 cents; oath, 20 cents ; cartage from Hoboken, 40 ets; 20 cents ; labor, 2$ cents; total, Upon this report Acting Secretary Conant remarks: It will therefore, be Men that the Gov enuaent charges on tha photograph were r 52.0 gold dtf#&)”a'm bro rata of * -fihekakraees, fftMO, 6# aftXfftf 46 cents for > oharg*o) I*B2s6> to all.-, > (With regard to ' tAbft &tptuftmei>t has : tswJmafite i OUJ)'tßfßn^3feßn%i!reof:!’ ’ -ai MouUi ma; TAfefi i Bid dta*Hii> bad also ■ Port iff ssEssss fOtbJiiq tesgtobetto.Wß second letter iff vrpt edt ui tuaut,: pacta***. two ottreb 1 ‘pkcfcagcs 1 Aid wff taiwg^ioJMjs*, Miiittui ,:The duty In our first feia oase of petty divided bafcrffcn tbe Appreiflers’Dcpart 'tOtfetaßri Hotose, 70 cents, at $lO, thus extorting from-the whan only 18 eents i a sualtstrouß outrage 'dash pam tint while m faetthey paid out bnt $2.96. This is aside from the Outrageous charge of $5 for broker age and commission, a sum out of all proportion to the value of the article im ported. 3. We protest dgainst the con clusion of Mr. Conant that the depart ment has nothing to do with regard to these fraudulent charges of Davis, Tur ner & Cos. It is the? duty of the collector to see that the consignees of small packages of this description are not imposed upon by sharks who call themselves brokers ; and if tbe collector fails to proteot them it is the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury tb interfere in tlieir behalf. Davis, Turner & Cos., if prgven guilty iu a single instance, should be forever de prived of tho right to make entry in the name of the consignees of foreign goods; and if the Collector of NewYork neglects or refuses to establish suoh a rule of oonduot in. his office, tho Secretary of the Treasury should force him to do equity in the premises. We venture the assertion that there is not a oivilized oountry on earth whose Government would permit its citizens to be so robbed without instant punishment of the of fender. We pretend to say that no such abuses exist at any port of the country except New York. STONEWALL JACKSON. The Unveiling of His Statue in Rich mond-Grand and Imposing Cere monies. Once more the light of Jaokson’s sword Far flashes through the gloom; There Ashby rides, and there, once more, The toss of Stuart’s plume! Oh, life goes baok through years to-day, And we are men onoe more, . And that old hill is Arlington. And there the alien shore. And over yonder on the heights The hostile camp-fires quiver, ' And suddenly ’twixt us and them Flows by Potomac's fiver. f. * * * O’er Stnart's head, in place of plume, The long grass now doth wave ; Twelve times we’ve seen the violets bloom On Stonewall Jackson’s grave. And he who ne’er did yield to man Hajth yielded unto death ; The stain! ess sword at Lexington Hangs idly in its sheath. Richmond, Va., October 26 This day has been made memorable in the annals of Richmond and lent additional lustre to the proud name of Virginia by the tribute of its people to the memory of its gallant warrior, patriot and Chris tian soldier, General T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson, on the occasion of the formal inauguration of the statue by Foley, presented to Virginia by a number of English, gentlemen. The imposing pageant and interesting oeremonies combined to make the grandest demon stration ever witnessed in this oity. The attractions of the State Fair and this ex traordinary event has brought together people from every direction within the borders of the State as well as from sym pathizing communities beyond. This fact was evidenced on all sides by the crowded condition of the streets, the holiday appearance of the city, the many thousands of spectators along the line of maroh and the general enthusiasm that, prevailed. Decorations of every de scription were to be seen in every direc tion, embracing evergreens in every conceivable shape, festoonings of the national colors, appropriate inscriptions, banners and flags of many nations, the Federal and English colors predominat ing. At an early hour the principal streets began to present an nuimated appearance, the crowds augmenting steadily until the procession moved by, by whioh time the sidewalks along the route of march were crowded with surg ing masses, and everv available place where a view could bo had was filled with eager spectators. The procession occupied one hour and a half in passing a given point, moving rapidly, and was composed of all the city military, infan try and artillery, visiting companies from Norfolk, Petersburg, Charlottes ville, Staunton, Williamsburg and North Carolina. The corps of cadets of the Virginia Military institute with their battera, the cadets of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Blacksburg, Va., the surviving members of many commands of tho late war, including those of the famous Stonewall brigade, the Catholic Societies of Richmond, the students of Richmond College, singing societies, Ac., besides a long cor tege of carriages and other vehi cles, containing many distinguished persons. General Joseph E. Johnston was Chief Marshal, and General Harry Heth his principal assistant. Notwith standing General Heth’s letter, the col ored organizations decided not to turn ont, although it was believed they would up to the last moment. ‘ Arrived at the Capitol the prooession was massed in the vicinity of, the veiled statue, and the glatform from whioh the oration was to e delivered,when,after prayer by Bish op Degfgett, of the M. E. Church South, Gov. Kemper made auintroductory speeoh in which he spoke in most feeling terms of (jhe occasion and in enlogy of Jack son. In one of his references to this tribute to tho memory of a great man he said: “Let it endure as a perpetual expression of that world-wide sympathy with true greatness which prompted so noble a gift from Great Britain to Vir ginia, and let its preservation attest the gratitude of the Commonwealth to those great hearted gentlemen of England who originated it and procured it as a tribute to the memory of her son.” Heconcluded by introducing Rev. Mr. M. D. Hoge, of the Presbyterian Church, as the oratorof the day. Dr. Hoge, after an eloqnent exordium in which he alluded to the hallowed memories suggested by the oc casion and the inspiring scene before him, discussed what he considered the three elements of the secret of Jackson's power and influence; First, in the fact that he was the incarnation of those he roic qualities which fit their possessor to lead and command' men and which therefore always attract the admiration, kindle the imagination and arouse the enthusiasm of the people. Second—His was the greatness which comes without being sought for its own sake, the un conscious greatness which results from self-sacrifice and enpreme devotion to duty. Third—The purity and elevation of his character as a servant of the Most High God. Dr. Hoge eloquently and ably illustrated and enforced these points by striking incidents in the life of the great Christian. In his conclu sion he alluded to the condition of the country and said that a soldier’s parole was a sacred thing, and the followers and comrades of Stonewall Jackson would be trne to their parole and to the union of these American States, but at the same time that Union can only command their hearty love when it returns to those great funda mental principles of the Constitu tion, which gives to all of the States equal rights with Massachusetts and New York. He concluded by summon ing the spirits of the heroes and states men of the past, whose bronze forms greet the eye on Capitol Hill, to speak words of wisdom and patriotism for the guidance of the present, and quoted from Jackson’s words breathing the same hallowed lessons. The ovation was frequently interrupted by enthusiastic applause. As the words of the orator died away the veiling of the monument was snddenly withdrawn, and amid the thundering oheers of the multitude, the firing of musketry, and booming of can non, the broaae figure of Jackson greet- wviu i j • * ' * ** a'suutQi '/NUMBER 441 E ed Mie gaae 8? thousah® • At this point Pffge, df Nbrfeffi* > troduced to! tkqtfflaw’gnjGtonii SkckmSd’a 1 aatA,;!“A Qhstieodf a*ttngth.'iH Lore!” : neat/ itfirag&d sna fifty the cotn is wofks on > V li i'l iciop paiT l•<. •, THE PAPERS. R. H. rUndle.'of Union Point, takes oharge 04 the Lithooia Academy. % Seaborn Sheffield, of Early county has two geese that are3o years old. Major,jHwri* Braqtley, of Sanders is confined to his room in a criti cal condition. Cave Spring, was M£bnrt in a difficulty with a no ', Fitch litttmates that the Atlanta edi tors make u in mud-slinging what they lack in pluck.; The prisoners fq Waynesboro jail es caped Saturday before last. One has been recaptured. Col. John W. R. Pone, for many years a resident of Brunswick, has moved to Greenville, S. O. Prof, and Mrs A. H. Flowellon, of Cuthbert, had their silver wedding Saturday, October 16tli. Reese Crawford has been eleoted Cap tain of the Muscogee Rifles, Columbus vice J. J. Bradford, resigned. In Harris county Seaborn Howard, negro, attacked and severely wounded a white man named Geo. W. Goins. R. P. Tatum was convicted in Fulton Superior Court of shooting at another, and sentenced to the penitentiary for two years. W. R. McKenon, of Clay county, was seriously injured by being thrown from aootton wagon and having a bale thrown across him. Judge Johnson has adjourned Ema nuel Court to the third Monday in April, on account of the critical illness of his son, Winder P. Johnson. Jacob Clements, of Alapaha, while drunk shot and killed a negro Saturday, October 16th. The verdict of the cor oner s jury makes a case of murder. John S. Harrall was shot and instant ly killed by Each Bullock, at Red Hill, in Stewart county, October 21st. Har rall was once sheriff of the county. The Atlanta Commonwealth thinks Judge Hopkins is not at present in a proper condition, mentally or physical ly, to sit in judgment upon his fellow men. . The Eufaula (Ala.) Times is reliably informed that anew line of boats is to be put in the Chattahoochee river, to be run in competition With the Central Line. ■, Hon. T. F. Bayard, of Indiana, ar rived in this city yesterday, and is stop ping at the Pulaski House.— Sav. News. And now who is the Hon. T. F. Bayard, of Indiana ? A man named John Wilmoth was stabbed and killed near Atlanta Satur day night. Report implicates two par ties in the killing—Geo. Hollafield and Jim Hughes. Lexington has 22 marriageble young ladies between 16 and 22 years of age, 10 old maids, 19 old bachelors over 25, and 8 young men between 18 and 21, anxious to marry. We learn from the LaGrange Reporter that the preliminary trial of James L. Foster, for the killing of Richard Tomme some months ago, resulted in the dis charge of the prisoner. The Henry County Ledger inquires : “What has the people said by their bal lots in the late elections, by pulling down the Government idols, and send ing Democrats to* Congress.” We an swer, yes, they “has.” Rev. Wm. W. Hardy lives about six miles from Hampton. He is 76 years old, and has this year cultivated eight acres of cotton, on poor land, with about 125 pounds of guano to the acre, from which lie expects to get five bales. Besides this he has cultivated the garden and some small patches. Isaac Keeblor is a negro, but that doesn’t prevent him from doing like fast young white bloods—namely, tote a lit tle pistol in his breeches pocket. Well, lie went to a “ball”—a “colored ball” as the local chronicler has it—in Louisville the other night, and of course carried his little pistol with him, just as he had seen “white gen’l’men” do. Sequel; the little pistol accidentally went off, and now Col. Madison Walker, also “colored,” holds in his thigh the con tents which once were held in Isaac’s little pistol. “X. Y. Z." writes the Atlanta Herald as follows : It was a pretty tribute paid to W. C. Morrill, of this city, by Sena tor Bayard, a day or two ago, at Macon. A party of gentlemen, including, among the Northern men present, Gen. Haw ley, Mayor Fox, of Philadelphia, Con gressman Kelley and Senator Bayard, met some eighteen or twenty Southerners at the “Editors’ Home,” at the Fair Grounds, in Macon, on Tuesday last. Before touching their well filled glasses, Senator Bayard said, in substance, this : “Before proceeding further, I .deailfc to say to the gentlemen here assembled that I see before me a man who served in the Federal army during the entire war. When the war was over he came to Georgia, and has lived here since that time; a nran who has all the time been a Republican; a man who always adheres to principle as he understands it. When it was proposed to interfete with Geor gia, the last time, that man worked hard to prevent it. Upon his statements, and the information he gave me, I founded my speeches for Georgia’s defense in the Senate. That man had the ears of the leaders of the dominant party, and did more for Georgia than any hundred of the Democrats could have done. That man, gentlemen, is William 0. Morrill, of Atlanta, Georgia.” Deaths. In Savannah, John Mumm. In Cuthbert, John Shepherd. In Americas, Inez Felder, aged 5. In Barnesville, Ignatius J. Dozier. In Atlanta, Mrs. Jas. L. Crenshaw, Mrs. Sarah Wimberly, of Lumpkin. In Heard county, Mrs. Griff Wilson. In Chattogga county, Mr. Talia ferro. In Columbus, A. B. Cook and John Feagan. In Newton county, Mrs. Susan E. Crenshaw. In Harris county, Lizzie, daughter of C. O’Neal. In Thomson, infant daughter of J. L. Holzendorf. In Gainesville, Mrs. E. F. H. Howard and Mrs. J. R. Boone. In Dawson, infant daughter of P. W, Jones, and Mrs. Cynthia Gregory. In Meriwether county, John Wilhoite, aged 82, a soldier in the war of 1812,’ and in the battle of Lundy’s Lane. " Marriages. In Dawson, J. G. Parka to Eola Allen. In Barnesville, H. Neiman to Marv E Cole. J In Cuthbert, William Edwards to Al bina Hood. In Floyd county, Robert Self to Bailie Willingham. In Henry county, R. C. Brown to Car rie J. Knott. In Gwinnett county, G. W. Sims to Susan Mcßec. In Louisville, Samuel W. Clark to Helen Fleming. In Dahlonega, Willie Woody to Martha Hallums. In Troup county, James E. Warlick, to Carrie Newman. In Harris county, J. W. Mobley to Miss E. O. Kimbrough. Dr. D. W. White, of West Point, to Lou D. Kennon, of Salem, Ala. In Griffin, Alexander S. Thomas, of Monroe county, to Abey Futral. In Lincoln county, Macon Butler, of Tennessee, to Minnie A. Simms. In Barnesville, John W. Rose, of Up son county, to Augusta L. Brown. In Carroll county, Lumpkin Key to Mary Emma Steed, and John H. Rus sell to Sallie 0. McElfresh.