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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
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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
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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.