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Address WALSH A WRIGHT,
Cheokiclb A Kunxri. Augusta Ga. j
(Ctjtomcle and Sentinel.
A'KIiNEHDAY ... J \NUARY 19, 1876.
THE UOrERAOIfS HUSAtiB.
Yesterday the session of the Legisla
ture oom menced, and the annual message
of tbe Governor was read. This im
portant state paper appears this morn-
ing in another column of the Chronicle
and Szntixel. It will be read with in
terest by every citizen of Georgia. Aa
waa to have been expected, the greater
portion of tbe document is devoted to
what are known as the Treasury troubles.
Nothing that haa occurred in Georgia
since the overthrow of the State gov
ernment by General Mbadb in 1867
caused more astonishment than the an
nouncement that there was a large de
ficit discovered in the Treasury of Geor
gia. By a straDge coincidence, too,
the Treasurer under whose administra
tion this deficit is said to have occur
red is the same Treasurer who de
clined to give up his books and funds to
the military officer appointed by Meade
or to the Radical Governor counted into
office by fraud. The deficit was bronght
to the notice of the Legislature last
Winter ao late in the session that a full
investigation could not be had. But
while this was the case, a majority of
the members of the Legislature believ
ed there was sufficient evidence of care
lessness to warrant the passage of a
resolution instructing the Governor to
give the Treasurer au assistant, who
was made virtually the Treasurer.
Governor Smith says in his message
that siuoe the adjournment Che investi
gation of the affairs of the Treasury has
progressed, being conducted by the ex
pert whom tbe Governor appointed and
by the Joint Fmanoe Committee of the
General Assembly. The Governor states
that the resnlt of this investigation has
been to show a deficit iu the Treasurer's
accounts amounting to tbe enormous
sum of nearly two hundred and ninety
two thousand dollars. Of this amount
one hundred and ten thousand dollars ia
the cash balance against him. The re
maining one hundred and eighty-two
thousand dollars is chargeablo to the
double payment of State bonds
and coupons. This cash balance, the
Governor reports, “ia exclusive of all
“illegal and improper payments made
"by him (Treasurer Jones), and iuolndes
“only the ascertained amount of cash
“aotunlly remaining in his hands at the
“date mentioned.” This is a startling
statement to those who have hitherto
had confidence in the capacity aud integ
rity of Capt. Jones. If he be unable
to disprove these charges the Governor
and the Legislature stand fully justified
in all they have done, and the people
will only regret that more rigorous ac
tion was not possible last Winter.—
The message gives a full and inter
esting history of the investigation of
these “ irregularities,” of the dis
coveries mado by experts and the
committee and a succinct statement of
the evidence upon whioh the charges
rest. Of course Mr. Hbnrt Clews, of
New York, is at the bottom of the
heaviest bond frauds that have been dis
covered. There was a well defined sus
picion last Winter, when it was known
that bonds of the State had been twice
paid, that this gentleman was the soamp
who was engineering the swindle. It
now appears from Governor Smith’s
message that when Clews was the State’s
financial agent in New York (during the
administration of Bullock) ho redeem
ed $272,000 of bonds. It was his plain
duty to cancel all these bonds just as
as soon as they were paid. Instead of
doing this he only cancelled ninety
eight thousand and appropriated the re
mainder to his own use. Iu December,
1873, ho sold these bonds, amounting to
one hundred and seventy-four thousand
dollars, together with eight hundred thou
sand of currency and fifteen thousand of
sterling bonds, at public auction for
eighteen thousand dollars. They were
really purchased by Clews himself, and
he suooeedud in stealing one hundred
aud forty-nine thousand dollars from
the Treasury of Georgia on these worth
less securities. The other payments of
past due bonds have already beeu al
luded to in the Chronicle and Senti
nel. The late Treasurer, so far from
admitting any of the allegations made
by the Governor, renders a statement of
his accounts with the State whioh brings
the State in debt to him more
than forty thousand dollars.—
Captain Jones professes bis ability
to substantiate his olaims, and until we
are permitted to see tbe evidence which
will doubtless be submitted by him and
the State to the Legislature, we can say
nothing aa to the merits of the case.
Governor Smith some time since ap
pointed another Treasurer, and has
already, we are informed, instituted suit
upon the bond giveu by Captain Jones.
The fluancial condition of tbe State,
outside of the things mentioned, is rep
resented as very encouraging, and speaks
well for the manner in whioh onr affairs
have been managed by a Democratic
administration. The debt of the State
is comparatively small and taxation is
not onerous. The different departments
of government hare been, it seems, con
ducted efficiently, economically and to
the satisfaction of the people. As we
have said before, tbe message deals
principally with the Treasury troubles,
and for the very good reason that this
eubjeot is now absorbing public atten
tion in Georgia. Other matters treated
of, however, are also of importance, and
the Governor’s views will be read with
the interest that they deserve.
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
We publish in Another column this
motviog the call for the semi-annual
meeting of the Georgia State Agricul
tural Society. We call the attention of
the County Societies to this matter, and
hope that they will all appoint dele
gates. It is important that the farming
interest of the State should be fostered,
and these conventions can be made to
accomplish a great deal of good. We
trust that the delegatee will see to it
that the Convention sticks to agricul
tare and eschews politics. Ambitions i
aspirants and their friends should be
compelled to make their canvasses in
political conventions.
Gordon B. Bingham, of Bingham
Brothers, Evansville, heavily implicated
in whisky frauds, is dead.
NORTHERN IMMIGRATION.
A short time ago the Chboniclb and
j Sentinel published several editorial
articles showing the advantages which
! Georgia offered to Northern immigrants
; and how important it was to the State
to secure such immigration. These
articles were copied into Northern pa
pers and we think have done good,
j They have certainly turned the atten
tion of Northern men to this section of
the South. The following are samples
of letters that have been addressed to
ODe of the proprietors of this paper :
I saw in the Irish World a copy of an article
showing the advantages of the State of Gsor
; gia to emigrants. I have been in the South
era, Western and Southwestern States. lam
! telling peoi lethat there are far better chances
in the Southern States than they can get from
the land sharks who own tbe prairies, or the
heartless monopolists that deal in railroad
land*. I have seen the far off frontier, where ‘
a homestead is given to the pioneer. Bat who
can live there that are honest, moral or reli
gione ? Tbe society is made np of roughs,
desperadoes and robbers. And some of my
neighbors are going to Georgia this Spring.
Many of us are mechanics,though we own small
farms, and my friends waDt me to go on and
look np locations for them and their families.
I thought perhaps I could get some informa
tion from yon. Which is the cheapest, safest
and best way to travel ? Have your any State,
gazette giving the assessed value of towns and
counties; principal business—commercial,
agricultural, manufacturing. Ac. ? Can you
give me the names of tbe master mechanics of
railroad, bnilding and repair shops and where
located f Are there any books, pamphlets or
maps descriptive of vacant or improved lands
tor sale or* to let on shares ? Please write
soon and oblige Jambs O'Neal,
Rochester. New Hampshire.
Bbookltx, January Sth.
I saw your letter in Sunday's Herald, with
your statement of the “Georgia” farms I
would like you to write me a letter, telling me
all about these farms, and also telling me
the very lowest price I could buy a farm of 200
acres, with rolling ground, that will raise all
kinds of fruits, and whether it is a good place
for hay. I would also want a good running
stream on the place. I would also like to
know what the taxes are on every hundred
dollars. Is labor oheap there ? and is it easily
procured ? I would like you to write me a true
aocount of what I have asked, and oblige,
Yours respectfully.
Mr*. M. A. Mubeat, Brooklyn.
We can only answer these inquiries in
general terms. There is a large quantity
of land for sale in this State, compris
ing every variety of soil from the valleys
in the mountains of North Georgia to
the rice fields of the sea coast. The
lands are all oheap, bnt of course the
prioe put npon them is largely governed
by the character of the soil, railroad fa
cilities, etc. Good cotton lands, con
venient to a railroad, can be purchased
in Middle Georgia at a maximum prioe
not exceeding eight to ten dollars per
acre. Labor is abundant, oheap and re
liable. Farm laborers can be obtained
this year for about eight dollars per
month, foaud. Cotton, corn, all small
grains, grapes and every species of fruit
not strictly tropical thrive in this
section of tho State. The people are
anxious to secure Northern immigration,
will give immigrants a cordial welcome,
and will sell or lease them land upon the
moat reasonable terms. Outside of the
cities taxation is very light. The State
tax is one-half of one per cent, on the
one hundred dollars, and the county tax
ranges from twenty-five to fifty cents on
the one hundred dollars. The climate
is equable and healthy, railroads are
numerous, and a public school system
is in operation.
CONGRESSIONAL REFORM.
The St. Lonis Times thinks it is by
no means a creditable reflection npon
tho record of the party in power, that
after fifteeu years of uninterrupted rule,
it should impose upon its successor in
the Lower House of Congress a burden
of repeal, amendment and investigation
that is likely to occupy the greater part
of tbe opening session. Yet the neces
sity is no less unavoidable than it is ap
parent. Radical legislation has for the
most part taken snch a partisan turn,
has lent itself so extravagantly to the
organization and protection of monopo
lies, has been deformed by so many fea
tnres of favoritism, and in the general
management of pnblic affairs has become
so corrupted with all manner of profli
gacy, has lent itself to ao many individ
ual sohemes of aggrandizement, and
tendod so largely to the bnilding up of
a purely personal instead of a popular
Government, that it is no wonder the
Departments reek with uncleanness, and
the whole oivil service with abuses. It
is nnfortnnate for tbe oountry that snch
a condition of things exists, but it
would be still more unfortunate were
such a deplorable condition to continue,
and the members of Congress *onld be
false to tbeir duty, false to the institu
tions under which they live, and false
to the suffering people whom they repre
sent, were they to neglect in any par
tionlar the great work of purgation and
reform that Radical misrule has necessi
tated.
TUB RACLNCi SEASON.
The number of horse races recorded
as having been run in the United States
during 1875 was 830. Seventy-three were
at distances under one mile; 121 at one
mile, 147 at distances of more than one
mile and less than two; 42 at two miles;
17 at distances of more than two miles
and less than three; 7 at three miles; 6
at four miles; 58 at half-mile heats; 30
at half-mile heats, best three in five; 8
at three-quarter mile heats; 187 at mile i
heats; 60 at mile heats, best three in :
five; 1 at heats of a mile and an eighth; !
1 at heats of a mile and a quarter; 1 at!
heats of a mile and a half; 44 at two i
mile heats; 3 at three mile heats, and 63 '
. .. .... i
were hurdle rae's and steeple ohases. ;
The total value of the stakes was nearly
$400,000. H. P. McGrath heads the j
list of winning stables, with $33,280 to j
his credit; August Belmont is next,
with $18,200 ; D. McDaniel & Cos.,
third, with $17,925, and Pierre Loril
labd fourth, with $17,900. The Ameri
can Jockey Club has changed the
weights to be carried hereafter in races
to be ran at Jerome Park, and they will
probably be adopted by other racing as
sociations. In the races exclusively for
three-year olds the weight will be 118
pounds, instead of 110 ponnds, as here
tofore, and in races exclusively for two
year olds the weight will be 110 pounds,
instead of 100 pounds. This is bringing
the weights almost np to the English
standard, where, in the great races for
three-year olds, oolts carry 122 ponnds
and fillies 119 pounds. One effect of the
change will no donbt be to cause the
time made to be a little slower, but it
will have a great tendency to add to the
oertainty of the best horse winning.
KELLOGG’S FINANCIERING.
W. P. Kellogg, the carpet-bag Gov
ernor of Louisiana, in his annnal mes
sage, claims great credit for the finan
cial policy of hia administration. When
he was pitched into office by Federal
bayonets the public debt, floating and
bonded, was forty-four millions of dol
lars. Of this one-half has been repn
'dieted, and now Kellogg boasts that
by the repudiation of twenty-fonr mil
lions of dollars and a strict regard to
' economy be has succeeded in reducing
the debt fife million one hundred thou
sand dollars. It would be an interest
ing problem, says the New York Sun,
to figure out bow long it would take the
State at this rate to free itself entirely
of ita obligations. Notwithstanding the
I remarkable financial genius displayed
j by Kellogg, and hia zeal for economy
I aa exemplified in the figures he gives,
the people of Louisiana fail to exhibit
any disposition to accept him as a great
reformer, which, of eonrae, ia an evi
dence that they have not yet been re
constructed enough.
STILL IN THE FIELD.
One of the editors of the Maoon Tele
graph publishes the following in that
paper:
The writer was credibly informed to-day that
an interior paper had authoritatively an
nounced that Hon. Thomas Hardeman had
withdrawn hia name from the canvass for Gov
ernor. This waa news to him, and he took the
liberty of denying the statement and pro
nouncing it to be without foundation. Why
this favorite son of Georgia should take each a
step at all was not apparent to us. lint if he
had meditated doing so. it is oertain that the
Telegraph, which is published in his own home,
would have been duly notified and made the
vehicle of communicating ithe intelligence to
the pnblic. Such attempts to break down the
prestige and prospecte of a worthy man. if nn
authenticated, are sure to react iu his favor.
As the statement referred to first ap
peared in the Cuboniole and Sentinel,
the “interior paper” must have copied it
from this journal. We published it aa a
current rumor, merely as an item of
news, and without the slightest desire to
“break down the prestige and prospects
of a worthy man.” It seems that the
report was incorrect, and that Mr. Har
deman has not withdrawn from the can
vass. We take pleasure in stating that
he is still in the field. The Chronicle
and Sentinel has had no candidate for
Governor. We have not advocated the
claims of any of the aspirants, nor have
we attempted to injure any of the gentle
men who are in the race. We believe
the people will settle the matter to their
own satisfaction, and from the decision
of this tribunal there can be no appeal.
If we do nndertakt the championship of
any man, we shall support him openly
and fairly. If we should deem it our
duty to oppose any candidate, our oppo
sition will be conducted in the same
manner. No one will be able to mistake
either the support or the opposition.
The time is rapidly approaching when
tbe people will be called upon to fill
the highest office in the State. They
shonld begin to consider the matter so
that they may make a judicious selection.
Perhaps, however, after the adjourn
ment of the Legislature they may find
it easy to render a decision.
MINOR TOPICS.
The report comes by cable that Austria baa
positively decided to interfere in the Eastern
question. The statement must be received
with many grains of allowance. If p-ue. it
means that a secret scheme of intervention
has been arranged between the three Emper
ors, for Austria would not venture upon any
decided step without the co-operation of Bus
sia aud Germany.
Jakndtoe *. Jaundice was not an exaggera
tion, as witness the case of Ash us r vs. Ashley.
It was begun in 1740, when Lord Habdwicke
was Chancellor. It was reported on in 1792,
and slept from that time till November 19,
1875, when it came up before Vice-Chancellor
Maliks, who ordered it to the Court of Ap
peals for final adjudication. It was quite de
lightful Jo observe that tbe Yco-Chanoellor
wound np his judgment on the point before
him with these refreshing words: “Tax and
pay the costs of all parties out of the funds in
Court.”
Acoording to the Mark Lane Express, in its
review of the year 1875, the European supply
of grain to tho English market is likely to be
short for the oonilng year. The wheat crop
has suffered most, only one-eighth reporting
above an average and five-sixths below it. The
large supplies now at Liverpool will quickly be
disposed of aa not much grain can now be
moved from Northern Europe. It is inferred
from these facts that a fair demand will be
made on this country, suoh as will insure an
improved market and justify liberal production
the ooming year where Spring grains are
sown.
3he wife of Waleeb, the Vinegar Bitters
millionaire, has soured on him, and is sning
for divoroe. She alleges that he has large de
posits in two banks, and owns a $12,000 mort
gage on real estate in Orange county, N. J.; a
dwelling in Brooklyn worth $12,000; a fee of
$30,000 in a large Philadelphia commission
ho: se: a hotel and. farm in Key port, N. J.,
valued at $30,000; a hotel, dwelling and large
farm near Natick, Mass., worth $100,000; a
half interest in the house of B. H. McDonald
& Cos., New York, worth $300,000, and a patent
or copyright of Vinegar Bitters, whioh yields
an income of $200,000 a year. Vinegar Bitters
are not bad to take—in that shape.
Ia speaking of the recent sports at Baroda,
in India, and the sickening spectacle of rhino
ceros and buffalo fights gotten up for the
delectation of the Prince of Wales, the London
Athmurum expresses sorrow that the advisers
of the Prinoe permitted the ageny of animals
to be made a conspicuous part of an enter
tainment held in the oity from which the
Ouikwar was expelled for love of his barbarity,
as well as for other reasons. "Almost every
jenmal." says the AtKenatum, "was virtually
indignant not long ago, when some cock
fighters were caught in the very set of enjoy
ing their Bport in Lancashire. Englishmen
take the flattering unction to their souls that
their days of bear baiting are over, and that
Spain may keep her oruel bull fights to her
self; but here is the Prince of Wales at
B*rod."
An important decision in regard to property
in telegraphic news has jnst been rendered in
the Supreme Court, New York. The Qold and
Stock Telegraph Company contracted to fur
nish J. Kiebnan with financial news half an
hour before the general distribution, which he
placed on his bulletin board. Tbe Manhattan
Quotation Company made a similar bargain
with Abbott, and fulfilled it by copying Kixa
nan 's bulletin-. The Coart held that messages
were private property until their publication,
and that these being bulletined by Kiebnan
was publication only in a qualified sense. An
in j unction was, therefore, granted, restraining
the other party from continuing their appro
priations of his property.
Ex-Queen Isabella, of Spain, is reported to
be dangerous y sick. Her death would not be
widely mourned. Her private character is re
ported to bs far from spotless, while she is
also a disturbing element in Spanish politics.—
Alfonso, motherless, will be preferred to Al
vonso with a mother, who is intriguing for a
chance to return to the country. She is a li:tie
over forty-five years old, immensely fat, and
by no means interesting in any way. She was
mimed when very young to her cousin Fran
cisco a Prince, whose intellect is regarded as
considerably below mediocrity. This marriage
was arranged through the instrumentality of
Loris Philippe. King of ths French, who be
lieved that uo offspring would result from the
union, and thus his son, the Duke of Mont
pensier. husband of the Queen’s sister, would
be in the direct line of succession. This an
ticipation was disappointed, for Isabella has
several children besides Alfonso, now reign
ing at Madrid. There have been scandalous
reports as to their paternity, but no actual
proof of this illegitimacy has been produced.
Anew firing machine was tested in England
the other day. under the superintendence of
Mr. Bikkoss, the inventor. The apparatus is
constructed to rise by msecs of the wind alone
to any required height, and to take up one cr
more persons, so as to enable them to extend
: their view over a large extent of oonntry. It
i is constructed of light bat strong canvas,
■ something in the shape of a gigantic umbrella
' with four arms, on which canvas is stretched,
i a pole answering to an umbrella handle passing
I through the centre, to hi h the four arms
are fastened, the whole being farther strength
! ened by mesne of iron wires. Its weight is
| about one hundred pounds. Owing, perhspe,
to there being a slight wind blowing, the
I experimental trials ended in failure. The
j manhina was raised much in the same way aa a
I 1 kite; a number of the Boyal Engineers drag
ging it along at a run by means of a long rope
—bags of sand being used as ballast, and to
I represent the person supposed to be carried.—
| After attaining an altitude of about one hun
dred feet, it suddenly came to the ground with
a crash, breaking away some portions and
suffering other damage
Olive Logan is to lecture in Atlanta
the 18th and 19th mats, for the benefit
of the Young Men’s Library.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1876.
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Bin* Introdaced and Referred.
Washington, January 11.—The fol
lowing bills were introduced and re
ferred :
Morrison—A bill preparatory to re
demption of United States notes and the
resumption of specie payments. It pro
poses to retain gold in the Treasnry to
the amount of thirty per cent, of the
outstanding legal tenders, and requires
National Banks to retain gold paid for
their interest on bonds deposited to se
cure currency till they have thirty per
cent, of their outstanding notes, and re
peats that portion of the resumption act
compelling specie resumption in 1879.
A bill reducing clerks to committees
from 35 to 25, and reducing pay in sev
eral instances to four dollars per day.
Amneetr—Mr. Hill’s Speech—A Tilt With
Blais*.
The House proceeded to tbe amnesty
bill. Hill spoke two hoars iu his most
effective style, and was frequently ap
plauded by the House and galleries.
Opening, he disclaimed all desire on the
part of himself and his associates from
the South to reopen ill-feeling between
the sections. The country had already
suffered enough from feuds. He and
his associates had come here with the
patriotic idea to remember nothing but
the country and the whole country, and,
taming their back upon all the horrors
of the past, to look with all earnestness
to find glories for the future. The gen
tleman (Blaine), who was the acknowl
edged leader of the Republican party in
tbe House, and was the aspiring leader
of the Republican party of the country,
had. however, willed otherwise, and
seemed determined that the wounds
which were healing should be reopened,
and the passions which were hushed
should be inflamed. He (Hill) wished
tbe House to understand that he and
bis friends did not reciprocate either
the purpose or the manifest desire of
the gentleman, and while they felt it
their imperative duty to vindicate the
truth of history as regards their section,
they did not intend to say anything cal
culated to aid the gentleman in crimi
nation and recrimination, and of keep
ing np the war by politicians after brave
men have said that the war shall end.
The gentleman from Maine had made
two points in his speech ; the
.magnanimity and grace of the Republi
can party and the brutality of those
whom he pleased to term rebels. As to
the first question he did not propose to
weary the House to-day, because
with the history of the last fifteen
years yet fresh in the mind of the world
it was useless to speak of the grace and
magnanimity of the Republican party.
With the master enslaved, with intelli
gence disfranchised, with society dis
ordered, Legislatures dispersed, people
could not afford to talk of grace and
magnanimity. He prayed to God to
save the country in future from such
virtues. The gentleman from Maine
had made the grave indictment against
Mr. Davis that he was guilty of the
murders and crimes at Andersonville,
and the gentleman (Blaine) stood before
the oonntry with his very fame in peril,
if, after making such a charge, he failed
to prove it. He (Hill) would take up tho
gentleman’s propositions in their order.
He hoped that no one would imagine
that he was here to pass any eulogy
on Mr. Davis. The record on which
his fame must rest had been made up,
and his companions and friends hnd re
mitted that record to the only tribunal
that would give au impartial judgment
—an honest posterity. In the mean
time no eulogy of his could help it, no
censure from the gentleman (Blaine)
could damage it, and no act or resolu
tion of the House could affect it.
The oharge against Mr. Davis was that
he was a deliberate, willful, scheming
murderer of thousands of his fellow
citizens. Knowing the high character
and reputation of the gentleman from
Maine* he (Hill) had supposed, when he
heard the charge fall from his lips, that
he had certainly made a recent discov
ery, and he listened for the evidenoe;
but what was it ? Nothing* but the par
tial report of a Congressional commit
tee. This testimony was exclusively ex
parte testimony, taken while the
gentleman now on trial before the
oountry was in prison, without a
bearing, and without the opportunity
of a bearing. If there was any princi
ple held sacred in the Anglo-Saxon mind,
it was that an Englishman was not to be
condemned until he should be confront
ed with his witnesses, but this testi
mony was not only ex parte, bnt was
mutilated, palpably mutilated, most
adroitly mutilated. [Extracts.] Even
on the day of his execution, Wirz had
been offered a commutation of his sen
tence, if he would implicate Mr. Davis,
but Wirz’s answer to his counsel was,
“Mr. Schade, you know that I have
always told you that I do not
know anything about Jefferson
Davis. He had no connection with me
as to what was done at Andersonville.
I would not become a traitor against
him or anybody else, even to save my
life.” But, said Mr. Hill, what poor
Wirz, within two hours of his execution
would not say for his life, the gentle
man from Maine says to the oountry for
the sake of keeping his party in power.
[Sensation. ] Sir, Christianity is a false
hood, humanity is a lie, civilization is a
cheat, or The man who would not make
a false charge for his life was never
guilty of willful murder.
Mr. Hill went on to argue that, on the
logic of Mr. Blaine’s speech (holding
Mr. Davis responsible for the aots of
Mr. Winder), President Grant might be
held responsible for the acts of Mc-
Donald aud Joyce, and he asked whether
Mr. Blaine meant to establish a rule of
construction that would authorize the
country to arraign President Grant for
complicity in the whisky frauls? Was
Mr. Grant responsible, he asked, for
credit mobiliers, for the Sanborn con
tract, or for the frauds in the District of
Columbia ? And ylt Mr. Grant had ab
solutely sent to the Senate of the Uni
ted States for confirmation for a high
offioe the name of a man (alluding to
Mr. Alexander A. Shepherd, of Wash
ington) who stood charged before the
oouEtry with the grossest speculation
and frauds on this Distriot, after the
charges had been made and while they
were pending. He (Hill) was neither
the author nor the disciple of such po
litical logic, but if the gentleman’s
(Blaine’s) proposition with regard to
Mr. Davis were true, then, by the same
logic, General Grant, instead of being
entitled to a third term, was entitled to
twenty terms in twenty penitentiaries.
Whatever horrors had existed at Ander
sonville not one of them could be at
tributed to a single order of the Confed
erate Government, and every one of
them grew ont of the necessity
of the occasion, which necessity
was fastened on the Confederates by
the conduct of the other side. He
challenged Mr. Blaine to meet him face
to face aud fact to fact in the discussion
of the question, declaring that the time
was past when the country could accept
the impudence of assertion for the force
of argument, or the recklessness of state
ment for the truth of history.
Mr. Hill read some articles regarding
the prison at Elmira.
Platt, of New York, asked him who
was the author of the letter.
Hill replied that he did not know.
Platt declared, as living within 36
miles of Elmira, that the statements
were unqualifiedly false.
Mr. Hill, after reading from Surgeon -
General Barnes that the ratio was 12
per cent, of Confederate prisoners in
Federal hands that died and less than 7
per oent. of Federal prisoners in Con
federate hands, said, “ and, my friend
(addressing Blaine with great emphasis),
who is the murderer ? I would believe
Surgeon-General Barnes in preference to
flfinv politician over there. The gentle
man (Platt) says he lives thirty-six
miles away from Elmira. Perhaps he
conld have smelled the small pox that
far, he certainly conld not have seen it,
and I venture to say that, if the small
pox was at the prison camp, no one
conld have got him nearer than thirty
six miles. He is a wonderful witness.”
[Laughter.]
“Bat the great question is at last, who
was responsible for that state of things.?
and that is really the only important
question.” Mr. Hill went on to disenss
the history ef the exchange of prisoners,
dwelling on the fact that the cartel
which was established in 1862 was inter
rupted in 1863, and that the Federal au
thorities refused to continue the ex
change.
At this point of the debate Mr. Hill's
hour expired, bat by unanimous con
sent he was allowed to proceed without
any limitation as to time.
Blaine asked him whether he had not
been a member of the Confederate Sen
ate.
Hill replied that he had been.
Blaine then proceeded to quote a reso
lution offered in the Confederate Oon-
gress by Senator Hill, of Georgia, to
the following effect: “That every per
son pretending to be a soldier or officer
of the United States who shall be cap
tured on the soil of the Confederate
States after the Ist of January, 1863,
shall be presumed to have entered tbe
territory of the Confederate States with
intent to excite insurrection and to abet
murder, and that unless satisfactory
proof be adduced to the contrary before
the military court before which his trial
shall be had, he shall suffer death.” He
asked Hill whether he was the author of
that resolution.
Hill: I will say to the gentleman from
Maine very frankly that I have ntft-the
slightest recollection of hearing of it
before.
Blaine: Yon do not deny it?
Hill: Ido not know. My own opinion
is that I never was the author of that
resolution, but I have no recollection of
it. If the gentleman can give me the
circumstances under which it was intro-
duced I may recolleot.
Blaine: On the Ist of October, 1862,
the Judiciary Committee of the Confed
erate Congress made a report and offered
a series of resolutions, aud thereupon
Senator Hill, of Georgia, is recorded as
having offered the resolution whioh I
have jnst read.
Hill: I was Chairman of the Judiciary
Committee iu the Senate, and very
likely, like tbe Chairman of tjjie Com
mittee on Rules at the last session, I
may have consented to that report
[Laughter at the expense of Mr. Blaine.]
Blaine: Does the gentleman admit
that he made that report ?
Hill: Ido not know, but it is very
likely. [Derisive laughter on the Re
publican side],
Blaine: “The copy which I have
quoted from is entitled ‘Republicanism
in America.’ I wish to know whether
the gentleman was the author of that
resolution.”
Hill: “I really do not recollect.” [Re
newed laughter on the Republican side.]
Blaine (persistently): “The gentleman
does not say that he was not the author
of it.”
Hill: “I do not, but I think I was not
the author of it. ”
Blaine: “I thought that as the gentle
man was trying to show the humane
character of the Confederate Congress
this might aid him in remembering the
faots.”
Hill: “With all due deference to the
gentleman, he did not think any such
thing. [Laughter.] He thought he
would divert me from the purpose of my
argument.”
Blaine (apologetically) : Oh no, the
gentleman can have all the time he
wants.”
Mr. Hill : “What measures the Con
federate Government might have thou ;ht
proper to take at that time to pn Sect
the women and children of the Coni? le
racy from insurrection I do not reool cct,
but I shall not be diverted by the gen
tleman from Maine from the course of
my argument to go into the history of
slavery, or of the insurrection, or of
John Brown’s raid. I know this, that
whether I or any other gentleman on the
committee was the author of the resolu
tion (and which I think more than
probable), our purpose was not to do in
justice to any man, woman or child,
North or South, but to adopt what
we deemed stringent measures to
protect our wives and children from ser
vile insurrection and slaughter while
our brave sons were in the field. [Mur
murs of applause on the Democratic
side. ] Mr. Hill passed in review the
efforts of the Confederate Government
to get rid of their prisoners, and con
clnded his branch- of his subject by
saying: “And of all the atrocities, both
at Andersonville and Elmira, the Con
federate Government stands acquitted
from all responsibilitiy and blame. But
the South is here, and here she in
tends to remain. [Enthusiastic de
monstrations on the Democratic side
and in the galleries.] Let fanati
cism do its worst; let it pass its
nullifying acts; trample on the Consti
tution; abnegate the pledges of the
fathers; incite raids on our people; mul
tiply infidelities until they shall be like
the stars of Heaven or the sands of the
sea shore, without number; but know
this, that for all your iniquities the
South will never again seek a remedy in
the madnesß of another secession. [Re
newed applause. ] We are here—we are
in our father’s house—our brothers are
our companions, and we are at home,
thank God.” [Enthusiastic applause.]
After eulogies upon Mr. Johnson the
House adjourned.
THE VOICE OF THB PEOPLE.
North Gor(t* Call* for a Coavontioa.
[Gainesville Eagle.] '
As the time for the meeting of the Le
gislature approaches, the people are be
ginning to discuss with more than ordi
nary interest the subject of a State
Convention. We believe that a majori
ty of the tax payers of Georgia would
have favored a Convention twelve
months ago, and that definite action
would have been taken at the last ses
sion of the Legislature, but for what,
were then deemed to be, prudential rea
sons. Since that time,instead of dimin
ishing, the reasons for suoh a move have
increased. The present Constitution
was not framed by the free, unconstrain
ed action of the people, and does not
reflect their views. By it the terms of
office have been extended, and the pow
er of the people curtailed, in the selec
tion of their officers. By it one of the
best judiciary systems ever devised for
free people was mutilated and nearly
destroyed. Through the workings of
the Homestead provision of the Consti
tution, which was thrown out as a bait
to catch the debtor class and the poor
man, confidence has been destroyed and
the poor man well nigh ruined. Under
it our people are being educated to
think lightly of, and whenever oocasion
requires, wholly disregard their solemn
contracts. And this, instead of being
disreputable, is beginning to be looked
upon as sharp practice only; and justi
fied by the plea that the debtor’s wife
and children must be amply provided
for, ignoring the fact that there is a wife
and children on the other side, who are
equally entitled to consideration, and
the protection of the law.
The tendenoy of all such provisions
is to weaken virtue and shake confi
dence. It is plain that we have been
switched on the wrong track, and are
rapidly running down grade. It is high
time the brakes were put on and onr di
rection changed. We must return to
FIRST AND TO CORRECT PRINCIPLES. The
world may seek, but it will seek in vain,
to find a substitute for plain, straight
forward unvarnished honesty, and the
the sooner this truth is recognized and
acted on the better for the country. We
want a Constitution made by the free,
untrammelled will of the people, so
framed that its provisions shall demand
of every citizen from the lowest to the
highest a strict compliance with the re
quirements of every obligation volunta
rily assumed. And then let the coming
generation be taught, around the fire
j side, in the school room, from the pul
; pit, the bench and in the legislative
j halls, that “honesty is the best policy”
and that contracts, when made, must be
strictly observed and carried out by all
parties. If this shall be done, our peo
ple will soon be raised out of’ the quag
mire into which they are fast sinking,
and peace, prosperity and happiness will
again return to bless and cheer the
land.
BABBITT EMBEZZLEMENT CASE.
The Prisoner Denounce* the Story a_a a Tie
eve of Falsehood*—He Alienee that it is an
▲dTerdsiac Dodge.
Charles B. Beckwith was arraigned in
the New York Tombs Police Court be
fore Justice Bixby on Monday morning,
on a warrant and affidavit signed by B.
T. Babbitt, setting forth the facts as
published. He was not ready, he said,
to plead, and asked that his examina
tion be deferred nntil he should have an
opportunity to consult with his counsel,
ex-Jndge Fnllerton. Judge Bixby,
granted bis request, and postponed the
examination until Wednesdy morning.
A Times reporter was allowed by the
Warden of the City Prison to see Beck
with in hiß place of confinement. The
prisoner was fonnd sitting on his bed io
a cell with two other prisoners, smok
ing a cigar and reading a morning pa
per, apparently n neon cions regarding
the serious charges made against him.
“Mr. Beckwith,” inquired the reporter,
“have yon anything to say in regard to
the story published about you this morn
ing?” “No, sir, I don’t see why I should
; have anything to say to you about the
1 matter.' However, on second thought,
I will say that the story that I have
read this morning is a tisane of lies
from beginning to end. It was evident
ly written to create a sensation and to
advertise the old gentleman. By the
old gentleman I mean, of course, Mr.
Babbitt. Ido not say anything about
the specifio charges made in the com
plaint, the one about the Metropolitan
Bank check, and that about the raised
tallow checks. I shall consult with
Judge Fullerton about these matters,
and shall plead according to hia direc
tion, next Wednesday morning. What
1 mean is that the story that I embez
zled between $500,000 and $700,000 is an
oatrageous lie. It is absurd on its face.
It is evidently an advertising dodge on
the part of the old gentleman. Then
the story that I have tried to evade ar
rest is false too; I have been in New
York ever since my connection with Mr.
Babbitt was dissolved, and have worked
all the time for the Manhattan Insur
ance Company; it is not likely that I
would have staid here in New York all
this time if I had stolen $500,000 from
Mr. Babbitt. About three weeks ago I
went out West to get my mother, who is
quite an old lady ; I was ,absent from
the city until last Saturday, when I
brought, my mother back home; does
that look as if I was evading an arrest ?
Couldn’t I have remained out West if I
feared anything of this sort? The truth
is I knew nothing of any warrant; knew
nothing of any suspicion on the part of
Mr. Babbitt until I was arrested. It is
perfeotly foolish talk to say that I was
dodging officers by looking out of the
window of my house repeatedly before
going out to work. Now, there is an
other point. Do you suppose that a
man who had embezzled $500,000 would
be fool enough to remain in the city
where his embezzlement was committed,
not in secret hiding-places, but in broad
daylight? Is it likely either that ha would
live in the plain, economical style that I
have lived ? That is all I have to. say
until my examination next Wednesday.”
GEORGIA FARMERS.
Mating of tho Georgia Stato Agricultural
Society.
Secretary's Office, )
Atlanta, December 20, 1875. j
To the County Agricultural Societies
and Clubs:
1. The Spring meeting of 1876 of the
State Agricultural Sooiety will take
place in the city of Brunswick, on the
second Tuesday (Bth day) of February,
1876. 2. We hope, through the con
tinued liberality of the railroads, to ob
tain transportation for the members free
both ways. The railroads, however,
will positively not pass but three dele
gates from a county. It is useless to
ask an extension of the rule. Where,
therefore, there are two or more clubs
in one county, eaoh claiming three dele
gates, this Society oannot make appli
cation for transportation for any of
them until the several societies have ar
ranged among themselves, and agreed
upon the three delegates to represent
the county. We cannot discriminate at
this office. Delegates, by agreement
with the railroads, will be required to
go by the most direct routes. 3. The
county societies must forward to this
office, through the enolosed blank form,
by 25th January (or sooner if possible)
their reports, showing the number of
members and number of meetings ac
tually held during tbe past six months,
according to requirement of the Consti
tution, and also the names of their dele
gates, certified to by the President and
Secretary of the Club. 4. Life mem
bers wishing to attend the Convention
should give notice to the Secretary, at
Atlanta, by or before 25th January. 5.
A full aud interesting programme of
proceedings will be made up and pub
lished in due time. The report of Dr.
Pendleton, on this occasion, will be one
of the most valuable and interesting he
has ever made, as it will give his experi
ments, for the past year, bearing on the
cheap production of cotton and the
cereals, considered iu respeot to the
three important elements which enter
into the cost of their production, viz:
food, labor, fertilizers.
Malooh Johnston, A, H. Colquitt,
Secretary. President.
GENERAL THOMAS' SYMPATHIES.
The Charge that He Inclined to the South
ern Sid* Fatly Sustained.
The Cincinnati Commercial, which
has had the reputation of Gen. George
H. Thomas in its exclusive keeping
since his death, having challenged .the
prodnetion of any authentic evidence
that that gentleman inolined towards
the secession side of the late unpleasant
ness, has been furnished with the fol
lowing pretty conclusive proof by its
Richmond correspondent:
In fruition of the hope so devoutly ex
pressed, I applied to Rev. William Jones,
D. D., Secretary of the Southern His
torical Society, for a true copy of the
letter of General George H. Thomas to
General Francis H. Smith. The origi
nal letter from Thomas, in his own au
tograph, was courteously laid before me,
and the following is copied most faith
fully from it:
“New Yobk Hotel, New Yoke City, (
January 18, 1861. j
“Colonel Francis H. Smith, Superin
tendent Virginia Military Institute,
Lexington, Va.:
“Dear Sir— ln looking over the files
of the National Intelligencer this morn
ing I met with your advertisement for a
commandant of cadets and instructor of
tactics in the institution. If not already
filled, I will be under obligations rf you
will inform me what salary and allow
ances pertain to the situation, as from
present appearances I fear it will soon
be neoessary for me to be looking up
some means of support. Very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
“George H. Thomas,
“Major United States Army.”
Upon the back of this letter is endors
ed the following:
“Original letter received by me from
Major George H. Thomas just before
the secession of Virginia. This letter
was followed by a correspondence which
has been lost. The substauoe of it was
that Major Thomas, having made up
his mind 'never to draw his sword
against a State struggling for its consti
tutional rights,’ was seeking through
me some appointment in the service of
the Virginia Military Institute, or of
Virginia. There being no vacancy at
the time in the corps of Professors, I
recommended him to Governor John
Letcher, for the appointment of Chief of
Ordinance of Virginia. My letter to
the Governor was supported by one I
addressed to Senator Urquhart, then
representing the Southampton District.
The appointment was made out for
Major Thomas by the order of the
Governor, but before it was delivered
he had taken a Brigadier-General’s posi
tion in the United States army.
Francis H. Smith,
Virginia Millitary Institute.”
November 8, 1875.
The letters referred to as loßt by Gen
eral Smith, together with one letter or
more from General Thomas to Governor
Letcher, were destroyed by fire when
Governor Letcher’s house at Lexington
was burned—the Virginia Military In
stitute being horned at the same time.
The letter to Governor Letcher is said
to have been fall of expressions of de
votion to Virginia and the rights of the
South.
Moreover, General Fitzhugh Lee and
General Thomas were at West Point to
gether when the troubles between the
North and South cnlminated. They
were intimate friends, and conversed
freely npon the situation. Thomas and
Lee were equally pledged to each other
to go with Virginia, go where she
would. This was so well understood be
tween them that when Fitzhngh Lee re
ceived a letter, dated at Washington,
from his father, Commodore Sidney S.
Lee, saying: “Your Unole Robert and I
will start for Richmond to-morrow, and
you had better follow us,” the letter
was shown to Thomas, and he agreed at
once to come to Richmond. Thomas
and Lee started from West Point cn
route for Richmond together. At
Washington, Thomas said that before
he resigned he wished to obtain some
money dne him from the Federal Gov
ernment, and did not accompany Lee to
Richmond. On parting, however,
Thomas said to Lee, “Get me the best
position in Richmond, and I will follow
yon within forty-eight honrs and acoept
it.” Mrs. Thomas, a Northern lady, waa
present, and on this she said to Lee,
referring to Thomas, “No, indeed, he
will not, if I can prevent it.”
Snch is the version of the matter cur
rent here, and it is substantiated by
proof far stronger than that upon which
most accepted history rests.
America’s favorite poet, George W.
Childs, A. M., in order to avoid any far
ther vexatious interruptions of his labors
for the dead, has given notice that he
will receive callers at his place of bosi
ness in the afternoon only, accordingly
he ia known as George W. Childs, P. M.
Lancaster county has devoted a much
larger area than usual to the small grain
atop.
SOUTH CAROLmA’S MUDDLE.
CHAMBEREAIN A CO. RUNNING
BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES.
“Heart* I Win, Tall* Yon La*e A*aln—What
U to ho Dono about tho Caseo ot tho Now
Jasoo, Hoaoa and Whipper.
[M. T. Sim Letter. 1
Charleston, S. G., December S3.—
Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio, was here a few
days ago, and, after visiting the South
Carolina Legislature and seeing the
eights; oonferred with some of oar lead
ing independent Republicans. He heard
their ideas, and gave them the advice to
join hands with the National Democra
cy. This fell rather coolly on some of
the Independents; bnt others who have
really united themselves have told the
story, and are inolined to follow the
advice. There is a chance therefore that
South Carolina will make an effort to al
lign herself with her Southern sisters,
and with the national party which has
commiserated her situation and struok[so
forcibly in her defenose.
There are terrible obstacles to over
come. Such has been the asoendenoy of
negro power over her since reconstruc
tion, that the white man has never been
allowed to run a candidate for Governor
of the State. The Ring which controlled
the negro vote has been strong enough
to dictate in every eleotion; it has always
been “heads I win, tails you lose” with
them; and they have nominated the can
didates on both sides. In 1870 thay ran
Scott and Carpenter; in 1872 Moses and
Tomlinson; in 1874 Chamberlain and
Green. Now that the Centennial year is
approaching, the oarmval is to be kept
up. The power in this State, as yon
have formerly been apprised, is set
forth npon a modest law sign whioh
hangs on Main street in the city of Co
lumbia, and whioh reads:
“Melton, Chamberlain it Wingate, At termer*
At Law.”
The action of Chamberlain in the mat
ter of his refusal to commission the
Judges, Moses and Whipper, recently
elected by the Legislature, has swept
the State, as the effort of the Executive
to redeem it from negro rule. This ao
tion will necessitate tfie intervention of
the State Supreme Court for a manda
mus to oompel the signing of the com
missions of the newly-eleoted Judges.
The action mast be brought in the name
of the Attorney-General as representing
the people against the Chief Executive,
his law cope-/.oe:'. This plaoes Attor
ney-General me’ton |in a delicate posi
tion, and oonsec aently be-has determin
ed to resign. t'.o will not sustain the
Governor, however, bnt will throw him
self on the other side. By sustaining
Moses and Whipper he will be enshrin
ed in the hearts of the colored race, so
that tbe firm will control the situation
in any event.
Major Melton was a gallant Confed
erate soldier, and was formerly a slave
owner. He opened the last Grant inau
guration ball with the colored Mrs.
Elliot npon his arm. He oan pat Jube
for the Congo, oan drink as .much cham
pagne or fine French brandy with the
leading Havtiens as they can swill, and
he has not, like the Governor, been mix
ed up with any of the peonniary frauds
which have enriched the participators.
Thus does it seem that the two members
of our royal firm of lawyers are to be
ostensibly pitted against each other—
Chamberlain, the Yankee, for the white
man, and Melton, the Confederate, for
the jmgro 1
In the emergency oast upon ns, what
is the best course to pursue ? The negro
is haoked already, and between Cham
berlain and Melton would probably sup
ported Chamberlain, because the white
people do. It is for us, therefore, who
would preserve our civilization, to place
onr hand confidingly in that of the Na
tional Democracy, and pat a candidate
in the field for the next Governor, inde
pendent of either Melton or Chamberlain,
of the royal law firm of Melton, Cham
berlain k Wingate. The only trouble
in this programme is that the white peo
ple are as badly haoked as the blacks.
They are begirt by scoffers, who taunt
the chivalry of Carolina upon its man
hood now, as contrasted with former
days. The Georgia and North Carolina
newspapers team with their caricatures
and home thrusts. The South Carolinians
have no prominent journal to take up
their ideas, and those of ns who wonld
place onr hands in that of another par
ty are silenced.
Senator John J. Patterson, who is
leading the opposition to Chamberlain
inside of the Republican ranks, was in
the city with his friends a few days ago,
and I have tried to gather their ideas of
the situation. They at one time thought
an act of the General Assembly to al
low Moses and Whipper to take their
seats without a commission would meet
the emergency. But it was liable to the
constitutional objection and to the Gov
ernor’s veto, and was abandoned. The
Legislature, therefore, will content itself
in its action in depriving the Governor
of tbe appointment of eleotion commis
sioners for the next election, if the Su
preme Court fails to order the new
Judges to be seated.
BURNING OUT THE BOYS.
A fixeltlni Seen* on Shipboard—Bn rain# ot
tho Goliath—A Training Ship on Firo, With
Four Hundrod Boys Aboard.
The London News, of reoent date,
gives the following full particulars of
the burning of the training ship Go
liath: A terrible disaster occurred on
the river Thames yesterday morning, the
Goliath, a school ship, lying off Grays,
and having 400 boys on board, being
destroyed by fire. The full extent of
the calamity cannot yet be measured,
but many of the boys and one of the
officers are missing, and are thought
either to have been drowned or perished
in the flames. The Goliath was an old
wooden line-of-battle ship, which car
ried eighty guns, with engines of 400
horse power. Some years ago, after
laying by in ordinary, she was lent by
the admiralty to the poor law authori
ties of the metropolis in order to try the
experiment of training the poor boys of
London for the sea, and was placed for
administrative purposes under the care
of managers of the Forest-gate school.
She was a large ship of nearly 3,000
tons burden, and, lyiDg solitary in the
bight of the river off Grays, was an ob
ject of interest to excursionists on the
river. At a few minutes to 8 some were
preparing breakfast and others cleaning
the ship, while the bulk of the lads
were below, many of them undressed.
The lamp room, in the forecastle of the
ship, was
The Scene of the Outbreak.
The lamps used to light the vessel after
dark are fed with petroleum oil, and it
appears to have been the rule to collect
them every morning in the lamp-room
for the purpose of having them cleaned
and retrimmed. It is said that one of
the lamps was accidentally dropped by
a lad, and the petroleum ignited and
spread in liquid fire all over the deck.
The alarm was instantly given, but so
rapid was the spread of the fire that
when Captain Bourchier, royal navy,
the officer in command, was called from
his cabin, the whole deck was in flames.
A terrible scene ensued. The horrified
children rushed up from below through
the various hatchways, whioh were with
difficulty kept from being choked np by
the crush and struggle, and as fast as
they got on deck they hurried to the
side of the ship nearest land as the point
of escape. Unfortunately it was the
most dangerous side of the ship, for a
strong southwesterly wind was blowing
full upon her broadside, and rolled the
smoke and flame over in the direction of
the shore. The poor lads, however,
climbed over the bulwarks and in the
chains, and wherever they could get
hold for hand or foot, and the boats of
the ship being instantly at hand, pro
ceeded to take them off as fast as pos
sible. One or more were swamped, and,
as many of the lads clinging to the ship
were compelled to drop one after anoth
er into the water, there was ample occu
pation for the other boats which came
to the rescue to pick up those who were
swimming or drowning. The ship lay
only about a 100 yards from shore, and
A Ghl Xu; Lamped Overheard
And swam to land, amongst whom were
two ladies, the daughters of Captain
Bouchier. The boats of the training
ships Arethusa and Chichester, lying at
Geeenhithe, came down in a flotilla to
help, in command of Capt. Walters and
several officers, and were instrumental
in saving many lives. Capt. Bourchier
was the last to leave the burning ship,
and it was his belief that all the lads
were saved, but there is too much reason
to know that he was mistaken, for two
bodies have already been washed ashore,
and the schoolmaster, Mr. Wheeler, is
said to have sank. As the survivors
were taken on shore the people of Grays,
a small town of some 8,000 inhabitants,
turned out an mass* to reoeive them.
The school rooms, please of worship,
$2 A YEAR—POSTAGE PAID.
hotels, and private houses were placed
at their dispasal, while all the coppers
and kettles that could be obtained were
pressed into service to get breakfast' for
the 400, less those who were missing.
Kind hearted people bronght clothing
for the naked little ones, many of whom
were to be seen throughout the day clad
in garments of all sizes and of both
sexes. An attempt was made to make a
muster of the lads in Order to flud ont
who were missing, bnt they were soseat
tered about the town that the process
was unsatisfactory, besides whioh some
were picked np by ships passing up and
down the river and oarried to unknown
destinations, while others, it is believed,
have taken advantage of their liberty to
absoond, so that it may be some days
before the actual results will be known.
THE CAVALIER’S ESCAPE.
Trample 1 trample! went the roan,
Trap! trap I went the gray:
But pad I pad! pad I like a thing that waa mad,
My ehestnut broke away—
It waa last five miles from Salisbury Town,
And but one hoar to day.
Thud! Thud 1 came on the heavy roan,
Rap! rap! the mottled Cray;
Bat my chestnut m&re w&e of* blood so rare,
That she showed them all the way—
Spur on! spur on!—I doffed my hat,
And wished them all good day.
They splashed through miry rat and pool—
Splintered through fence" and rail;
But chestnut Kate switched over the gate—
I saw them droop and fail.
To Salisbury T*wn—but a mile of down,
Onoe over this brook and rail.
Trap 1 trap! I heard thair echoing hoof*
Past th walls of mossy stone;
The roan flew on at a staggering paoe,
But blood Is better than bone.
I patted old Kate aud gave her the spur,
For I knew it was all my own.
Bnt trample I trample! oame their steed*
And I saw their wolf’s eves burn ;
I felt like a royal hart at bay,
And made me ready to turn.
I looked where highest grew the May
And deepest arohed the Tern—
I flew at the first knave’s sallow throat—
One blow aud he was down;
The seoond rogue fired twice and missed :
I siloed the villain’s crown.
Olove through the rest and flogged brave Kate,
Fast, fast to Salisbury Town!
Pad! pad! they oame "on (he level sward ;
Thud! thnd I upon the aand ;
With a gleam of swords, and a burning mateh,
And a shaking of flag and hand;
Bat one long bound and I pissed the gate,
Safe from the canting band.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Newberry post offioe has new look
boxes.
Col. R. I. Gage has moved from Union
to Charleston.
Several students have gone to Wafford
College from Sumter lately.
They are talkiug of organising a Bap
tist Association at Due West.
In Darlington comity reoently James
Huggins shot and killed Stephen Floyd.
During the month of December 2,190
bales of ootton were shipped from A1 be
villa.
Mr. R. M. Haddon is going to leave
Abbeville for Virginia on account of bad
health.
Information is wanted by the post
master at Darlington of tho whereabouts
of Deborah S. Baker.
Rev. J. O. B. Dargan goes from Dar
lington to Brownsville township, Marl
boro oonnty, to preach.
Mr. W. 8. Richardson’s gin house,
near Ninety-Six, was burned recently.
Lose, SSOO. Incendiarism.)
One young lady at Greenwood reoent
ly joined the church, reserving the privi
lege of danoing occasionally.
Rev. J. Walter Dickson has gone from
the Walhalla Methodist Churoh to Ma
rion Street Chnroh, Columbia.
A lamp left burning in the Greenville
News offioe came near cansing the
destruction of the establishment.
Sampson Cappock, ot Newberry, aged
about fifteen, while saddling his horse,
fell apeeohless and died in a few hours.
The Baptist Church at Barnwell will
soon be without a pastor, Rev. W. C.
Lindsay having been called elsewhere.
A Mr. Breland, of Barnwell county,
was thrown from his horse, Christmas
day, and now lies in a precarious con
dition.
Rev. W. Smith Martin, the new
Methodist minister at Kingstree,
preached his first sermon on the 2d
instant.
Dr. Cnreton,' of Prosperity, was cut
by a negro named Pink Morris, on
Christmas day, seriously bat not dan
gerously.
From September to December 31st,
1875, Newberry sbipped 18,905 bales of
cotton. During the same period in
1874 sbe shipped 15,292 bales.
James Canton and J. B. Hubbard, of
Columbia, have been appointed State
detectives by the Governor. They will
establish a detective agency in Columbia.
Tax books were opened in Beanfort on
the Bth instant. The levy ranges from
eighteen and a half to twenty-one mills,
and in the town of Beaufort ten or
twelve mills more.
General James Ohesnnt, of this State,
has been chosen to deliver the annual
oration before the literary sooieties of
Princeton College, New Jersey, at the
next commencement.
The Greenwood New Era has been
purchased by a number of Ninety-Sixans,
and will be issued from the town of
Ninety-Six hereafter. Mr. W. K. Blake
will continue to edit it.
Recently someone concealed near the
road side, below Seneca City, shot at
Mr. John Ckry, a merchant of Seneca.
The ball passed through the back of his
coat. It is supposed that the intention
of the one who shot was robbery.
The citizens of Florence have organ
ized a company, divided into sqnads,
and patrol their town every night. Each
member is sworn in, and authorized to
observe and enforce tbe ordinances in
the day as well as night time. And all
this without expense to the town.
In acknowledging the receipt of the
resolutions of the OraDgebnrg bar, Gov
ernor Chamberlain handsomely says :
“Personally, I claim no merit for my re
cent action. * I did no more than any
right thinking man in my place must
have done. But I am deeply grateful
for the proofs which every day reach me
of tbe approval of my fellow-citizens.
The recent judicial elections in the First,
Second and Third Circuits cannot be
tolerated. They warn ns that the hard
earned triumphs of long centuries are
again in danger; that we must combine
again to turn back tbe incoming tide of
corruption and incompetency which will,
unchecked, rise over onr whole State.
In the presence of a common danger all
true men must unite. In this spirit I
interpret all the support now given to
me, and in that spirit I will use it.”
Tub Covington Telegraph Opera
tor. —We cheerfully publish the follow
ing communication from Mr. J. A. Bren
ner, Superintendent of the Western
Union Telegraph Company :
Augusba, Ga., January 9, 1876.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel :
Gents— As yon have copied from the
Covington Enterprise an article reflect
ing upon me, as the Superintendent of
this company, which I have the honor
to represent, I deem it but proper to
state that personally I entertain as high
an opinion of Miss Ella Dudley, as a
lady, as any one. Bnt when associated
in business capacity, I know no differ
ence between our operators, except so
far as their merits deserve in a business
way. Miss Dudley asked permission to
go to Atlanta, over tbe wires, and was
answered in the same way, and permis
sion declined. Notwithstanding this,
she closed her office about noon and
went to Atlanta, and did not return till
near or about noon the next day, and
dnring that time a message for Coving
ton was delayed twenty-fonr hours.
This was ample canse for the removal
of any operator, and I think a sensible
public will agree with me ; bnt ber will
ful violation of rales, and disobedience,
demanded a dismissal, or else all system,
discipline and rales most be abandoned.
For. this act the Covington editor has
been pleased to term me guilty of a
gross injastice to Miss Dudley.
Sorely, he is ignorant of the faots, or
is attempting an nnjnst reflection upon
me, without giving the pnllic the canse
of her removal. And I think it bnt due,
as you have copied such a reflection on
one well known to you, to give the facts
and cause of her removal also to the
public, and let them be the jndge.
Respectfully, J. A. Brenner,
Superintendent.
Providence seems to watch over the
little man with a big wife, and teach him
that one of the principal conditions of
domestic trsnqnaiity is to tinny* keep
his deader at lew tide. —Mrooklyn Ar
gus.
THE STATE.
THE PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS.
The anti-license ticket was elected in
Marietta.
Columbus furnishes the last ease of
colored infanticide.
Mr. 0. D. Hill has been eleoted City
Attorney of Athens.
Hon. B. H. Hinton has been elected
Mayor of Buena Vista.
Mr. Robert Chilton has been admitted
to the bar in Columbus.
They are disoussing the question of
reducing the police in Atlanta.
The Rome Courier wants a dog law,
and wants it now—right away.
An Atlanta policeman was suspended
for neglecting to put out a street lamp.
The Rome Commercial says Trion
Factory will begin to turn out oloth this
week.
The Legislature meets to-morrow. Are
the people and the papers nerved for the
ordeal?
A crazy woman named Ingrams has
been sent from DeKalb county to the
asylum.
At Buchanan, Haralson county, Oioero
Goggins shot and killed Riohard Talia
ferro last week.
A couple of negro thieves went to
sleep in a Columbus store and were
easily captured.
The Rev. Lovick Pierce is in his usual
health, with some prospect of a restora
tion of his voice.
There is a prospect that Col. J. M.
Mobley, of Harris, will looate in Colum
bus and practice law.
T. A. Sofge, Esq., of Augusta, has
taken charge of the musical department
of the Lucy Cobb Institute.
Judge Irwin was elected to the Legis
lature from Cobb county, in place of
Rev. W. D. Anderson, resigned.
Prof. W. H. Waddell has consented to
deliver the address before the Clarke
County Historical Sooiety next April.
Mr. H. W. Chandler, formerly of
Columbns, has been elected a Director
of the St. Lonis Merchants’ Exchange.
Gus Johnson, of Chattooga county,
was tried before a jury, at Cartersville,
declared insane and sent to the asylum.
On account of bad health, Mrs. M. J.
Westmoreland will spend the balance of
tho Winter in Florida, or, perhaps.
Cuba.
The Athens Georgian says: “Rev. W.
P. Kramer, of tho Church of Atone
mennt of Augusta, delivered a very tine
sermon at Emmanuel Church last Sun
day.”
N. N. & H. N. Edge have purchased
the Griffin News and Cultivator, which
will ho edited by Dr. Edge, formerly of
the Indian Spring Echo.
Thieves are rampant around Colum
bus. Among others, a washerwoman
left for Texas, carrying with her the
clothes of a family for whom she had
been washing.
Rome Courier : “This is the Centen
nial year of American ludependence,
bnt the Centennial opened on the 4th
of July last, and not on the Ist of Janu
ary, as everybody are supposing.” The
point is well taken, Colonel.
Mr. Robt. Crawford has left Atlanta.
A libel suit was hanging over him, and
his financial condition was somewhat
straitened. He publishes a farewell
card, promising to return after awhile.
Peter Finnegan, convicted of the mur
der of Mr. Wilding, in Muscogee coun
ty, has been sentenced to be hung Fri
day, February Ilth. The Columbus
Enquirer says the prisoner is u painter
and amuses himself and comrades in
jail in ohalking out the various positions
whioh they will assume when undergoing
punishment.
The Seaport Appeal (Brunswick)
says : “A married man from Alabama,
by the name of Green, came to this
county recently and gained the affections
and married Miss Ellen Morgan, a
daughter of a most estimable gentleman
of this oity. He was arrested Thursday
night and placed in the county jail to
await an investigation.”
A young man from Florida, on his
way to Emory College, at Oxford, fell
in with some “gay gamboliers” on the
cars between Macon and Forsyth, who
soon fleeced him of the money his father
had given him to pay traveling aud col
lege expenses. My son, heaiken not to
the voice of the gay gambolier; his ways
are ways of wickedness, and all his
paths are tortuous.
The Talbotton Standard says that
Maj. R. A. Matthews, of Talbotton, has
the chair that Henry Clay was occupying
in Congress when he made his great
compromise speech. Hon. Richard M.
Young, father-in-law of Maj. Matthews,
purchased the chair in Washington when
the old furniture of the Senate chamber
was replaced by new, and Maj. Mat
thews inherited it from him.
The Atlanta Constitution says: “Miss
H. G., one of Augusta’s most queenly
daughters, and one of Georgia’s most
cultivated and fascinating belles, is so
journing in onr oity. She has attracted
numerous admirers here us elsewhere.”
Augusta is but retaliating upon Atlanta
for having sent one of her fairest daugh
ters here to play havoc with the hearts
of onr gay gallants.
Columbus Enquirer: “The Central
Railroad charges, it is said, SI,OOO per
day to transport the average circus in
this country. The road alleges as a
cause, that such institutions take too
much money from the country, and it is
desired that they should leave some be
hind. This is alleged as a reason why
John Robinson’s show has not been here
this season, and the same prevents the
combination from visiting Southwestern
Georgia. It is also stated that the State
tax, nnited with the average one for
counties, amonnts to $175 per day on
circuses; so they do not have a very
happy time in Georgia.”
The Sparta Times and Planter gives
the following particulars of the killing
of Dave Dickson by his brother Jim,
December 28th: The scene of the tragedy
was the back room of the store house on
Mr. Alex. Quill's place, some half a mile
from the corporate limits of Sparta. On
entering the room our eyes rested npon
a scene well calculated to send a thrill
of horror through the stoutest heart.
The dead body of David Dickson lay in
the oentre of the room, the head being
in a teiribly mangled condition. The
bed and the floor of the room were cov
ered with blood. There was a long two
inch anger in the room, which, on be
ing compared with some of the wounds,
plainly showed that it was the instru
ment with which the deed was committed
—it having blood and hair upon it.
Eight heavy licks had been received by
the deceased on the head—three or
four of them fractnring the skull.—
The outer main bone in the right
fore-arm was also broken, which
was the only injury discovered ex
cept upon the head. James T.
Dickson, the brother and room
mate of the dead man, was gone,
bat his shoes, hat and coat, were left in
the room. According to the testimony
of Dr. A. F. Durham, the deceased 'sent
for him about 12 o’clock on the night of
the killing, and on arrivii •• he found
Mr. James Dickson in a eon otion clear
ly indicating delirium tremens. After
prescribing the needed medicine, he
went home—the deceased going with
him to get the medicine. Mr. A. Guill
also testifies as follows, upon the in
quest held by Coronor Lary: “Mr.
David Dickson came to my house be
tween one and two o’clock, and told me
to come over to the store and help him
qniet his brother Jim—that he was rav
ing mad. Going over soon after, I
found James Dickson apparently crazy,
and trying to strike Davy with a laige
anger; I told him to give me the anger
which he did; and I soon got him
somewhat qniet. After remaining
near an hour the brothers both said
I might go back home, they thonght
all would go right till morning. I
went back home, Dave locking the door
after me. Came back to the store this
morning and found Dave on the floor
dead, with blood on floor and bed; the
anger on a chair by the door, with hair
and blood on it, and James Dickson
gone.” In the afternoon of the same
day James Dickson was found in a little
swamp within a few hundred yards of
the store, bare-headed, bare-footed and
only partially clothed. He was brought
to town and'placed in jail. Hi# mind
seems completely deranged; and he has
%iven no evidence of rationality since
discovery. He doubtless knows nothing
of the scenes of that terrible night, and
the minute details of the killing will
probably remain forever a mystery.
These young gentlemen were well known
in this county, belonging t a good
family, have enjoyed many advantages,
and but for the usual cause—the greatest
curse of our age—might have enjoyed
to-day a high position in society.
