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ALL COMMUNICATIONS announcing candi dates for office—from County Constable to members of Congress—will be charged at tbe i rate of twenty cents per line. AH announce ments must be paid for in advance. 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.
