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Newspaper Page TextOLD SERIES—KOI. SCI NEW SERIES—NOL XL TKKMB. TilE DAILY CHRONICLE A SENTINEL, the oldest newspaper in the South, ie publiahed dsjlv, except Monday. Terms : Per year, tlO'; six months, $5 ; three months, $2 50. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE A SENTINEL is published every Wednesday. Terms : One year, $2; six months. sl. THE TRI WEEKLY CHRONICLE A SENTI NEL is published every Tuesday, Thursday fcnd Saturday Terms : One yew, six months, $2 50. SUBSCRIPTIONS in all caeee in advance, and no paper continued after the expiration of the time paid for. KATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY. —All transient adrertiHements will be charged at the rate of el per square each insertion for the first week. Advertisements in Tri-Week lv. $1 per square: in Weekly, i 1 per square. Siam age and Fnneral Notices, tl each Special Notices, $1 per square. Special rates will be made for advertisemente running for one month or longer. ' ALL COMMUNICATIONS announcing candi dates for office —from Connty Constable to members of Congress—will be charged at the rate of twenty cents per line. All announce ments must be paid for in advance. Address WAIMH A WRIGHT, CtntQNiCT.r. A Hkitivki,. Augusta Oa. Ctjromcle an& Wr. I > NEK DAY . FEBRUARY 16. 1876. THE REASON WHY. In the case of the State of Mississippi, what is stigmatized as carpet-bag and negro govern ment. has maintained an exceptionally good condition of the State finances, while States which, like Virginia and Tennessee, fell into the hands of the old governing class, have sunk to bankruptcy and repudiation. And, let it be remembered, that even in South Caroliua. members of the old governing element have freely testified that representatives of the old South Carolina families joined the band to plutider the State. The above is taken from the Cincin nati Gazette. So far as the statement that “representatives of the old South Carolina families” have joined the scoundrels who role and ruin that un happy State, we have only to say that while a few degenerate men have been found in South Carolina, as in every other State, only a very few have been found. Those who have leagued with the ring are the exceptions, not the rule. The reason why the State of Mississippi has not “sunk to bankruptcy and repudi ation” is easily given. That bjtate has not become bankrupt under carpet-bag administration because it has no credit. It couldn’t owe for no one would trust it. It has not, repudiated because it has nothing to repudiate. Mississippi went into the repudiation many years ago, and since that time lias had neither debt nor credit. The “exceptionally good” financial condition maintained in that State by tlie carpet-baggers is due not to honesty but to inability to steal. Their virtue has been the virtue of the eunuch—the virtue of impotence. (STATISTICS OF INSANITY. Statistics of insanity show that cases of mental deraugement are more nu merous, in proportion to population, in Nevuda and California than in any other States in the Uuion. This will hardly be wondered at when the conditions under which those States have been settled are taken into consideration. On July 1, 1875, there were 1,302 patients in the California State Insane Asylum in Stock ton, two-thirds of whom were classed as foreigners, meaning, probably, persons who had no settled residence within the State. In seventy-two cases the insanity coi. Ul be traced directly to intemperance, but in the majority of instances the causes o* insanity were unknown. Of the whole nu mber of patients, men who had been labor* ’’S were the most numer ous, housewives coding next and miners third. The Snperinten dent of the Stock ton Asylum, in enumerai?Dg the causes for insanity which are more prevalent in a rapidly increasing population than in a more stationary community, mentions “separation from family and friends, disappointments, disastrous enterprises, suddeu reverses of fortune, fast living and an unsettled condition of life.” Doubtless the almost nuiversal passion for speculating in mining stocks which prevails iu the Pacitto States has had an important influence iu peopling their lunatic asylum. THE POWERS OF THE COMMITTEE. The Chronicle and Sentinel and Const nationalist have claimed that the reoeut action of the Democratic State Executive Committee was unauthorized, aud wo have not hesitated to say it should bo disregarded in toto. The At lanta Constitution has advised that it be nullified in part. Wo have taken the position that the committee had no right to do what it has done. We are ooufi •deut that every unprejudiced man who .examines the quesiton for himself will Ibe satisfied of the correctness of onr con clusion. In 1870 a State Convention of the Democracy of Georgia was held in AtEiuta. The Convention passed, the \Btk day of August, the following roso lu Moo providing for the appointment of a State Executive Committee, and iu vestinY tbt committee with certain spe cific po wars : “lieso h-td, That the President of this “Convent.'on be instructed to appoint an “Executive Committee composed of ten “from each Congressional District, who “shall choose . Chairman from outside “their own number, with power on their “part to call a fu.ture Convention of the “Democratic party, atul with such other “powers as have usually been exercised “by Democratic Exec utive Committees, ■“and their appointment to last until the ' “assembling of the next Democratic •‘Conveutiou.” In July, 1972, another State Conven tion was held in Atlanta, and another Executive Committee was appointed nn j v the following resolution : • 'Resolved, That this committee re- . that the President of this i "oon\ vntiou appoint an Executive Com- : “mittee of the Democratic party of the “State t. ■> ere until the meeting of the “next Stat.v Convention, and to consist “of two mettbcw for each Congression “al District a* x'°w existing, aud fonr “for the State at large, which committee “shall have power ,*o elect a chairman “outside of its own body. ’ j It will thus be seen that the only powers granted to the Executive Com ni ttee appointed iu IS7O were (1) the ! authority to call a Convention of the j Democratic party, and <S) to do such, other things as “have usually been done by Democratic Executive Committees. | The resolution appointing the Commit- { tee in 1872 failed to prescribe their i powers, and the presumption is nit only but conclusive that they were , given only the same authority that had , been granted their predecessors. The present Committee, then, only have the j vigbl to call a State Convention of the j Democratic party, aud to do such other things ds have .been usually done by j Democratic Executive Committees. —! These “other things” include such work as issuing addresses tp the party, coun- j selling it in unexpected emergencies and devising the ways and means of conducting a campaign. Th* Committee ytt?re not empowered to cali District <Joq ventions, nor is their call for these -Comve.-itions one Q f the things usually done bv Democratic Executive Commit tees. On the contrary, their action is a violent aud unnecessary departure from party usage aud established custom—a departure not warranted by the circum stances of the case—one that is not ca pable of being successfully defended— one that instead of strengthening will weaken the party to which the.Oommit tee belong. A GOOD SHOWING. In 1875 a number of bonds were issued by the town of Elberton. to assist in grading the Eiberton Air Line Railroad. The party re ceiving the bonds sold them at 83 cents. The people of this community bought them prompt ly at those figures. To-day there is not a dol lar's worth of the bonds outside the county, and they cannot be bonght for less than 95 and it is questionable whether they can be had at lees than par. Can any other city in Geor gia heat this ? The above is taken from a recent issue of the Elberton Gazette. We agree with onr contemporary as to the excellence of the exhibit, and feel very confident that no city in Georgia or in the entire Sonth can make as fine a showing. We expect the reason for the high price at which these bonds are held is found in tbe fact that Elberton owes very little money, and that tLe people of both that town and of Elbert county have the re putation of being honorable and indus trious—people who work hard and pay all their honest debts. THE CENTENNIAL LEGION. The New York Times says there has been introduced into the Senate by Senator Robertson a petition from tbe Washington Light Infantry, of Charles ton, S. G., and the Clinch Rifles, of Georgia, elaborately gotten up, accom panied by letters of recommendation from the Governor of South Carolina and the Governor of Georgia, asking that the Secretary of War be directed to issne to those companies 240 stand of new Springfield breech-loading rifles to nse in attending tbe Centennial celebra tion at Philadelphia, July 4, 1876. These are two companies of what is to be known as the Centennial Legion, to be composed of one company from each ot the thirteen original States of the Union, and are the offspring of the Centennial celebration at Bunker Hill, where the arrangement was made by Fitz Hdoh Lee and some Federal officers for the organization of such a military display. CONFEDERATE WAR REt'ORDH. The printing of the Confederate war records is rapidly going forward under the auspices of the Secretary of War. All of the battle reports of 1861, so far as they came into the possession of the Government, are now in print. All let ters received at the Confederate War Department during 1861 are also in print and fully indexed. These make a volume of oyer 1,000 pages. The print ers are now at work upon the letters sent from the Confederate War Depart ment during 1861. These will make a volumo of 500 pages, and will be ready to go to print in about a month. The Department is now engaged in efforts to learn whether photographs were taken at any of the Confederate headquarters during the war, and to obtain possession of tbem for the purpose of adding them to the large and valuable collection ta ken on the Union side, and purchased last year by order of Congress. The Secretary of War has also completed ar rangements with the Southern Historical Society, by which he will have full ac cess to all the military records of the Confederacy collected by that Society. Those are very full, and, taken in con nection with the records captured by the Union forcefe, will give a very com plete official history of all military ope rations of the Confederate army. Meas ures will be taken by the Secretary of War to copy all official military papers iu the possession of this Society. THE BUSINESS FUTURE. The encouraging views as to the busi ness prospects recently presented in a contemporary are most opportune. The note of alarm and despondency has been so long sounded that public opinion has become morbidly sensitive, and conse quently extravagant in its assumptions and prophecies. In highly speculative times, public opinion has always proved itself unreasoning and unreasonable, as suming false prepositions and leading to equally false and extravagant conclu sions. Then the values of property are talked up, and written up, until every exchango of it apparently enriches the happy negotiator, aoting nnder a delu sion and a -series of fallacious reasoning which the few only can discern. Every one wants to buy and sell. Large mar gins of profit are apparently made, and general activity in all branches of trade creates buoyaucy and enthusiasm. But when new and disturbing influences arise, panic seizes the masses and rapidly the delusion is dispelled. Then it is assumed that real estate has uo bottom, stocks are depressed and some of them ren dered worthless, manufactures heavy and unproductive, and everybody wants to sell; few dare to buy. 'ln fact, the great majority think and act alike and form public opinion quite as extrava gant in the opposite extreme, while a very limited number of persons com paratively form their judgment on a true state of facts, and have confidence enough to act upon it. Such is sub stantially tko state of affairs now. With abundant crops at the Sonth and West, and a fair demand for them so that onr exports are steadily increasing, busi ness generally in these parts of the I eonntry is in a healthy and sound con dition. Add to the crops of the Sonth aud West the mineral products and also the results of the manufacturing indus tries of the entire country, and the snm total of value we may not venture to estimate, withont more reliable data than is yet at command, the cotton crop alone amounting to more than two hun dred millions of dollars. The Boston Globe says New England Stone, where there is the largest amount of ;vrumnlated capital, seems to be nearly paralyzed with apprehension. Massachusetts, over stimulated during the war by her msanfaetures, until over production demands a temporary cessation of activity, and since the war largely depleted by her excessive invest ments in uuprodactiue Western rail roads, built under the stimulus of enormous land grants, pauses in appar ent consternation; and, yet, is now rolling up her pecuniary resources, keeping them in reserve until every species ol property shall, in the opinion of the timid capitalist, reach the imaginary “hard pan.” With an annual product which has in some years reached ths enormous sum of 3500,000,000, and with rail road facilities and connections already well established and yet being further developed, with an annaal income in her exports, and her diversified manu factures ou a foundation which will enable her generally to compete with those of any part of the oountry, a few people are presumptuous enough to think that the “bottom has not quite dropped ou?,” and they even venture to ; presume that there is not only a good ! time coming, but even close at hand, when some business will be done and j fair profits once more reward enterprise and industry. There are already indi , cations that sober reason is retaming, nn.l that mutual confidence will soon be | restored as the first and indispensable conditions to a healthy revival of all branches of business. Ths Cuhtal is Memphis.— The “Memph” will have a grand street pa i geant in Memphis on the night of Mardi Gras, February 29th, and afterwards tableaux and a full dress ball at the new Memphis theatre. Their invitations are exceedingly beautiful aud tasty. THE STATE ROAD LEASE. From the proceedings of the Legisla ture published yesterday, it appears that the State Road lease has again been brought before the public. Some days since the Honse passed a resolution, introduced by Dr. Baker, of Bartow, asking the appointment of a committee to investigate whether or not the les sees have violated the terms of their centract with the State. But the pres ent movement is designed to go still further, and to ascertain whether bri bery -was used in 1872 to procare the Legislature’s endorsement of the con tract. The Atlanta Herald, of Sunday, pnblished an article on the State Road lease, headed, “Was it Obtained by Bribery,” in which the following para graph occurred: We Lave beard it stated that Governor Bbown expended seventy thousand dollars on the Legislature of 1871 to proonre the en dorsement of the lease. This is not mere ru mor, but rests upon the statement of one who had every opportunity to know tbe facts. The C< mrnonieeahl i charged, in its issue of the 21st of November last, upon the authority ot Co lonel I. W. Avery, that a certain daily news paper in this city received five thousand dol lars of this money. Colonel Aveby has never denied making the statement. Now, if these statements are not sufficiently tangible and explicit to justify the reference of this ques tion to a committee, we will make them more so. The Herald disclaimed auy intention of reflecting npon Messrs. Dunlap Scott, A. O. Bacon, M. Van Estes and other members of the Legislature of 1872, who voted to approve the lease, but the day following Mr. Bacon intro duced a resolution of inquiry and a committee, consisting of Messrs. Fur low, Peeples and Walsh, was appoint ed to investigate the charges. TO HON. THOMAS HARDEMAN. You are* a gentleman well known in Georgia. You occupied high official po sitions before the war. You occupy high official position now. It is said that, influenced by an honorable ambi tion, yon aspire to still higher honors, to still greater preferment. • Yon are Speaker of the House of Representa tives. You are Chairman of the Demo cratic State Executive Committee. You are said to be a candidate for Governor. At all events your friends are pressing your claims upon that position. Asa public man we have a right to address you; as a pubiio man it is your duty to reply. What we have to say does not concern your position as Speaker of the House of Representatives, nor has it any direct connection with your candidacy for Governor. We address you now as the Chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee —as the head of the Democratic party in this State; for by virtue of the place you occupy yon are the recognized leader of the party in Georgia. Holding this position it is your duty to do everything in your power to preserve the harmony and en sure the success of that party by which you have been trusted and honored. — The correctness of this proposition you will readily admit. Your Executive Committee met in Atlanta some weeks since—ten members out of nineteen being present, and six of those present constituting a majority. After selecting a gentleman to represent Georgia upon the National Democratic Executive Committee the Committee adopted the following resolution: “Resolved , That a Convention of Con gressional Districts be called by the “Executive Committee of each district “on Wednesday, the 26th day of April, “at such places as each district commit “tee shall select, to nominate two dele gates and alternates each to the Na tional Democratic Convention, aud “that said District Convention nominate “four names as delegates at large; and “if the said District Conventions shall “fail to agree in tho selection of the “same four delegates at large, they shall “empower the State Democratic Execu tive Committee to select from the “names nominated four delegates' for “the State at large from all the names “designated.” We have opposed the plan put forth in this resolution because we believed that it was wrong in principle and would prove mischievous in practice. We have a high respect for the members of the Committee. We have not attribu ted to them unworthy or improper mo tives. We have not alleged that they failed to call a State Convention of the party beoanse their own term of office would expire as soon as such Conven tion should assemble. But we have said, and wo say now, that you and yonr Committee in adopting this resolution proposed a departure, not warranted by existing oircumstances, from established customs and party precedents. We said, and we say now, that, unwittingly no doubt, the resolution adopted would give a majority of a quorum of your Committee the power to select nearly one-fifth tho delegates to which Georgia will be entitled in the National Nomina ting Convention unless all the nine Dis trict Conventions agree in the selec tion of the same four delegates at large. The action of your Cfeimittee, Mr. Hardeman, has been explained and defended by Judge Augustus Reese, one of its members. For no man in the State have we greater respect or higher regard than for this able and incorruptible Georgian; but his letter makes out no competent or convincing defense. The principal plea, as / you know, was that it would prove too ex pensive to hold a State Convention, and hence this resort to the District system. We have showu, as we think, conclu sively that the nine District Conven tions will be atteuded by just as many delegates as one State Convention, and that the expense to a delegate in attending the District Convention will be just as great as the expense incurred in attend ing a State Convention. Another plea has been made that the Committee would select as delegates at large the four men receiving the highest votes in the District Conventions. We have an swered that under the resolution the Committee has the power to select as a delegate from the State-at-large a man who receives the vote of only one Dis trict, while some other may receive the votes of eight Districts. The language of your resolution is plain, Mr. Harde man—so plain that he who runs may read and, reading, understand: “7/ the “ said District Conventions shall fail to “ agree in the selection of the same “ four delegates at large, they shall “ empower the Stale Democratic Ex “ ecutive Commmittee to select from <• the names nominated four delegates “ at large from all the names nomi “ noted “ We ask you in all candor, Mr. Harde man, to tell the people wherein it will be more economical to hold nine Dis trict Conventions than one State Con vention ? Whether the people desired any such arrangement made because of the expense to them? Whether the resolution of the Committee does not give the Committee the power we have asserted it does? All these are per tinent questions, and the public will await with anxiety your reply. This is not a matter about which yon ought to hesitate for a moment as to the course you shonld pursue. If yon be lieve that the Committee and yourself acted under a misapprehension of the faeta; if yon think that a mistaken idea obtained as to the relative economy of AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1876. State and District Conventions; if you realize the fall meaning of the resolu tion that confers snch unusual powers npon yonr Committee, your coarse is plain. It is yonr duty to call that Com mittee together again, and let them con sider whether or not they will undo their | work. If they do, nothing more can be > said; if they do not yonr skirts will be clean, and it will then remain for the people to act. MR. DAVIS IN HIS OWN DEFENSE. In response to a request from Judge James Lyons, of Richmond, that he shonld refute the charge of Mr. Blaine, ex-President Davis has written that gen tleman a letter, which appears elsewhere in the Chronicle and Sentinel this morning. Every one who reads it will pronounce it a complete defense. It is as convincing as it is caustic, and Mr. Blaine is scourged as he deserves to be. Mr. Davis quotes the fatal figures which show how much greater was the per cent ageof mortality among Southern soldiers inNorthern prisons than among Northern soldiers at the Libby, Florence and An dersonville. Though we captnred sixty thousand more prisoners than the Fed erals, the deaths of Confederates ex ceeded the deaths of Union prisoners by six thousand! Mr. Davis shows the anxiety of his Government to stop the sufferings of the captives on both sides, and who it was that refused an exchange time and again. He also points out the significant fact that though he was in dieted a short time after Stanton <fc Cos. had murdered Wirz for alleged cruelty to prisoners, the Government officers made no snch charge against the man whom Blaine now denounces as gniltier even than Wirz. Mr. Davis does not expect or care for “pardon,” and we have no doubt regrets, like many others, that Mr. Randall precipitated the amnesty debate upon the House. But he also correctly interprets the motives that in fluenced Mr. Blaine’s slanderous haran gue. The following characterization of his speech is as stinging as it is truth ful : " The published fact of an attempt to “ suborn Wibz, while under sentence of “ death, by promising him pardon if he “ would criminate me in regard to the “ Andersonville prisoners, is conclusive “as to the wish of the Government to “ make such charge against me; and the “■ failure to do so shows that nothing “ could be found to sustain it. May we “ not say, the evidence of my innecenoe “ was such that Holt and Conover, “ with their trained bands of suborned “ witnesses, dared not make against me “ this charge which Wirz for his life “ would not make, but which Blaine “ for a Presidential nomination has “ made now ?” It seems to us that Mr. Davis is the last man in the country to need auy “defenders ;” he is evidently abundant ly able to take care of himself. MINOR TOPICS. And yet there are people who fail to see that it is cheaper for a man in Oglethorpe or Greene county to attend a District Convention in Au gusta than to attend a State Convention in At lanta. Such stupidity is as pitiable as it is pro voking. Simon Cameron, a life-long corruptionist aud depredator, has been elected Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, on the motion of Senator Looan, an original secessionist who became a Union man for pay. The position was accepted for Mr. Cameron, in his absence, by Senator West, who is ac cused of having obtained his seat iir the Sen ate by means of bribery. The “party of great moral ideas” is true to its.instincts. The Washington quid nuncs of the Herald and tho World say the “third term” is coming up stronger than over in the political gossip of the capital. Everybody assumes that Grant is a candidate for the nomination and few doubt that he is a great deal stronger than any of the others now seeking the Radical nomination ; while it is also the current opin ion that some of the rival candidates are merely playing into. Grant’s hands. The World thinks Morton next in strength to Grant. The marriage of the Princess Louise to the Marquis of Lome has, by reason of the very snubs which have made it so unpleasant to both parties, been of some value in the lesson it has afforded to the youngest sister of Louise, the Princess Beatrice. The latter young lady has declined to consider herself in the light of a possible wife for a nobleman compelled to pinch and save for the purpose of keeping up appearances. She is even said to repudiate the idea of taxing the country for her support and to have expressed her intention of mar rying a tradesman. William Foster, of Missouri, is in a bad predicament. He has been oonvioted of mur der and was to have been hanged a week ago, but his counsel.unfortunately secured from the Court of Appeals a suspension of proceedings for fonr days, after the condemned man had repented and the audience had assembled. Still more unfortunately, it has been ascer tained that the Court of Appeals exercised a very doubtful power in granting the suspen sion, the Supreme Court refuses to make anew sentence, and the sheriff dare not proceed un der the old one. Naturally enough, Foster is annoyed beyond measure. An exchange says there is still reason to doubt the “authenticity of the report that Mr. Disraeli lias appointed young Lord Lytton (Owen Mbredith) Viceroy of India. This great honor has never been conferred upon one so young in years and so inexperienced in diplo macy. Lord Lttton is but 45 years of age, and his reputation has all been won in the field of letters. The Vioeroyalty is the highest office m the gift of the Government ontside of the Three Kingdoms.” And yet there are those foolish enough to credit the report that the younger Pitt was Prime Minister of Great Britain at twenty-four, and that a boy named Bonaparte commanded the Army of Italy at twenty-six. We are sorry that Mr. Grimes, the talented aud popular Representative from Muscogee connty, has resigned his seat in the Legisla ture. His resignation is cansed by the passage of a local liquor bill, which he opposed and had defeated, bnt which his colleague, Mr. Wil liams, favored and subsequently had recon sidered and passed. It is said Mr. Grimes in tends running again and making this bill the issue of the canvass. This he lias a right to do, but he shonld not have resigned. The Legislature will adjourn within two weeks at farthest, and it wfil be impossible to advertise and hold an election in so short a time. Mr. Grimes shonld have retained his seat and made the issne next Fall. It is stated that there are three or four thou sand people who hold policies in the bankrupt Southern Life Insurance Company, of which General John B. Gordon is President and i General A. H. Colo urn Vice-President. How ever mnch or little theee gentlemen may be to ; blame for the failure of the company (and the | responsibility seems to rest entirely with the 1 main office at Memphis) they will be seriously i injured thereby. Nearly every man in this State and in South Carolina who insured in j the company took out his policy because Gen : erals Gordon and Colquitt were its principal ! officers. A man shot through the heart baa (been known to get well; there is no evidence an record tfiit any one ever recovered from a in the pocket. j There is not such a great difference in Wio j ters after all, thermometrically speaking. The ! present Winter is universally regarded as a : very mild one, but according to carefully-kept , records in New York city the average tempera ture so far has been very little above the ,me axn daily temperature of last Winter, j For the month of December the aver . age temperature was 38.86 in New . York city, which was only .02 higher than during the same month last year, and almost three degrees lower than in 1873. For Janu ary the mean temperature was 37.48—little more than three degrees higher than in the corresponding month of last year, and only .03 higher than in 1870. The present Winter has been chiefly remarkable for its great range of 'temperature, from severe cold to Summer like warmth, and for its surprisingly email rain and snow fall. A PLEA FOR STATE AID. A LETTER FROM HON. B. H. HILL TO HON. H. H. CARLTON. Mr. Hill’s Views oa Stare Aid to Railroads— The Rolc-aad the Exception—Marietta and North Georgia Road What the Peo ple If arte Done—What the Male Shonld Do—Private Capital Exhausted—The State Can Lose Nothing—The State Will Gain Mnch—The Hope of the South—What North ern Mea Say—“ The State I Love and the People I Serve.” Hon. H. H. Carlton’s Letter. House of Representatives, ) Atlanta, February 7 1876. ( Editors Chronicle and Sentinel : Enclosed please find letter which I have this day received from the Hon. B. H. Hill. Will yon please do me the favor and Gol. Hill the honor and justice to give this patriotic letter apace in yonr valuable columns. Very respectfully and troly, H. H. Carlton. Hon. B. H. Hill’s Letter. House of Representatives, ( Washington, D. C., Feb. 4,1876.) Hon. H. H. Carlton, House of Repre sentatives, Atlanta, Ga.: My Dear Sib—l write this letter from a sense of duty to the people of Geor gia, and address it to yon because yon are the representative from the county of my residence. Asa gfeneral proposition, I have op posed indiscriminate State aid to rail roads. The abuse of the system has justly made it unpopular. But there are exceptions to all rules, and the ex ceptions usually stand on the same basis of wisdom with the rule. Indis criminate aid to corporations impover ishes and oppresses the people, bnt the ex ceptions are cases where a wise and pru dent aid will enrich the State—and les sen the burdens of the people. Pre cisely such an exception is that to which I now call your attention. The present session of the Legislature should not adjourn without extending such aid as will ensure the completion of the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad to the State line, or at least to Morgan ton in the county of Fannin. In the first place the people of the counties through which the road will run have shown the will to do all they are able to do to complete the work, and no people have struggled more nobly to accomplish it. This is conclusive proof that private capital would build the road if the pri vate capital existed, and establishes the fact that it must be a desirable enter prise. In the seoond place the amount of aid needed to enable these struggling people to accomplish the task, will be small when compared to amounts usual ly demanded for like enterprises. I doubt whether as much work has ever been done with so small means as has already been done on this road, and this will give assurance that the aid extend ed by the State will be honestly and eco nomically applied. Again; in no event can the State possibly lose one dollar. Suppose the State shall appropriate a given sum to ensure the road’s com pletion, I venture now to put on record my conviction that in less than five years the additional taxes raised upon the great increase of wealth and population in that portion of the State will return to the Treasury a sum annually equal to the whole sum appropriated, aud in ten years the sum so returned will annually double the sum so appropriated. Or, suppose the State shall endorse the bonds of the Company. The amount of capi tal invested, and the value of the road when built, will more than secure the State against possible loss, and the same result in the way of increased taxes men tioned above would also follow. Every dollar thus applied will be returned ten fold to the present generation, and to the future generations of our people a thousand fold. Even then upon the mere question of a money investment, evbry suggestion of prudence and wisdom favors the proposition. Bnt the half has not been told. We must recover our mate rial power. Our people must get up from their poverty. There are but two ways to do it. First, we must multiply our industries; and, secondly, we must raise our own supplies of every kind possible, and make cotton exclusively a surplus crop. We shall be forever poor and finally helpless if we heed, not these two things. With railroad facilities through North Georgia, we shall develop a field for multiplied industries, not surpassed on this continent. The active appropriation by skilled labor of this portion of Georgia, will add to the value of every acre of land in the State, and will increase the profits of every business. Such a region in a Northern State would be permeated by railroads in twelve months. Then again the addition to our population would add so greatly to our political power. Since the debate on the amnesty bill, I have been the recipient of letters in great quantities from every State in the Union. Quite a number of the writers express a great desire to move to Georgia, and the (occupations they wish to follow point to North Georgia as the region that will admit them. But they all desire to live in easy reach of rail roads. It is astonishing to what an ex tent the characters of our people, as a civilized people has been misunder stood by the masses of the country. They have been taught by a licentious press, in the pay of miserable dema gogues, to regard us as brutal and ornel, and as having no regard for what are called “human rights.” These false impressions cannot last. The masses of the Northern people are not only willing to know the truth con cerning us, but they will be really glad to know it, and this knowledge will bring great numbers of the best of the laboring classes to settle among us. I could say much on this subject that would be Interesting which I have learned in the last three weeks; but I am not writing a political letter. The North eastern Road must also be built, but I am glad to learn that the pres ent legislation is sufficient for that. There ought also to be a branch from either the Air Lido or the Marietta Road to Dahlonega, bnt these branches will follow if the main line is secured Now, my dear Doctor, I know you love Georgia, and will do all you can to promote her prosperity. Mark what I tell you, there is honor, wealth and power for our glorious old State in the works to which I now call your attention. Don’t be afraid. In five years, every man who helps in this work will have cause to rejoiee. Every dollar so applied will come back to the State, bringing a troop for its compan ions. The good will be returned “pressed down, shaken together and running over.” I have not been informed what meas ures or propositions (if any) have been presented to the General Assembly on this subject. My mind voluntarily turned to the work this evening, and my interest is so awakened in its behalf, and in behalf of the whole State on ac count of it, that I could not retire until I wrote you this letter And I close it feeling I have discharged one more duty to the State I love and to the people I serve. With high regards, lam Your friend, [Signed] Benj. H. Hill. AN MPORTANT DECISION. Can a Husband Assign His Wife His Prop erty. In the Supreme Court at Washington City, last Wednesday, two cases were decided involving the right of a husband to assign property to his wife, the de cision being the same in both cases and of considerable general interest. The first was that of Floyd vs. Fulton, on appeal from the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The ques tion in this case was whether a settle ment, made by the husband npon the wife, if made when the hnsband was able to pay all his indebtednes, was void as against previous creditors. It is held that while by the old rule of law such deeds as against previous creditors were void, the rule now is that prior in debtedness is only presumptive and not conclusive proof of fran l. And this presumptive may be explained and re butted. If no fraud appears there is no defeat in the deed. Every case depends apon the oircnmstauoes which surround it and is to be carefully scrutinized. In this case it is said that there is no evi dence which would warrant the Court in holding that the transaction was not in good fain. The grantor was able to pay his indebtness and offered to pay in Confederate money, the medium in cir culation in that State, and which was then but little depreciated, and continu ed able to pay long after the making of the deed. No taint of a dishonest par pose is found. Affirmed. Mr. Justice S wayne delivered the opinion. The Philadelphia Press dab has elect ed Mr. Morwitz as its Vioe-President. They have more-wits there than we gave them credit for. ABOUT THOSE BONDS. THE GOVERNOR RESPONDS TO THE REQUEST OP THE LEGISLA TURE. An Important Paper on a Vital Subject— Looking Up the Misuiinjr Coupons*—A Voice from Headquarters. In answer to the resolution request ing me to famish any information that may be in my possession to the General Assembly in regard to the sale and dis position of the $1,200,000 worth of bonds issued under and by virtue of the aot approved February 19, 1873, and, further, that the Governor “be request ed to speoially state how said bonds were sold, and for what amount they were sold,” I respectfully say that a similar request, made by the House of Representatives at the last session of the General Assembly, I caused a copy of said resolution to be delivered to the Treasurer, aud he was requested to fur nish the information asked for therein. From the reply of the Treasurer made February 25, 1875, and which was then transmitted to the House of Representa tives, the following extract is taken: “In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives inquiring as to the dis posal of the $1,200,000 eight per cent, bonds issued under an act of the 19th of February, 1873, I have to say that they were disposed of by me at par daring the year 1873 for cash in many instances, bnt a large portion in exchange for past due bonds and coupons according to the provisions of that act, and that I charged myself with that amonnt in my report of Ist January, 1874, and charged the State and received a wnrraut of SB,- 414 09, for expenses incurred therein. No positive information can be given as to the persons to whom they were dis posed of, as unlike registered bonds be ing payable to bearer, and not having been required by law, no regular record have ever been kept of the persons ap plying for exchange or purchase.” Since the date of that reply no specific infor mation in regard to the disposition of said bonds have been Teceived by me, until about the time of removal of the late Treasurer from office. He then in formed me that he had found in the vault of the Treasury a book containing a partial statement of the sale of said bonds. Upon the receipt of the resolution, to which this is an answer, inquiry was made of the Treasurer for said book, but it could not be found. Learning that it was in the possession of the late Treas urer, the Treasurer has requested its re turn to the Treasury. This request was oomplied with, and examination of this record shows that of the $1,200,000 bonds issued $1,089,250 were sold to various persons, and $50,000 was sent to the Fourth National Bank of New York. Of the remaining $60,750 the names of purohasers do not appear. The inquiry for what they were sold can best be answered by the following extract from the annual report of the Treasurer, sub mitted to the Governor January Ist, 1874: Referring to the sale of bonds issued under authority of the act February 19, 1873, tbe Treasurer said: “These bonds were advertised but a few days when the demand for them came up from our own people, aud before they were prepared for issue the funds had been received and certificate issued for near $200,000, and this a little over a month after their advertisement. Hold ers of old bonds of the State, past due and unpaid, seeing the confidence with which these bonds were taken at home, began to send in their bonds for ex change in terms of the advertisement, and before the end of the Summer full two-thirds of the new bonds had been disposed of at par. The announcement of this fact, as well as the acknowledged excellence of the securities, increased the demand at home and elsewhere, and I have now the sincere pleasure to re port and show to your Excellency that they are all disposed of—that they have been sold at par, and that the expenses of their sale, from the engraving and printing of the bonds, to the postage and express fees in negotiating and sending them away, have scarcely ex ceeded three-fourths of one per cent.” The book does not contain, and I have not been able to ascertain from any other source the dates of the sale or ex change of these bonds. The record is quite voluminous, but it has been de posited in the Treasurer’s office, and is subject to the order of the General As sembly. James M- Smith. THE YERMONT HORROR. Killing Hit* Father and Mother, Stabbing Hie Wife, Then Hanging Himself. Newport, Vermont, February 2.—ln East Lyndon in this State yesterday, Silas Wilder, a well-to-do farmer, about thirty-three years of age, killed both his parents, wounded his wife, perhaps fa tally, and then comuritted suicide. The details of the shocking affair show that the murderer must have been insane, for on no other theory can his bloody deeds be explained. He had been mar ried only about five months, bnt had lived unhappily with his wife. His par ents both strenuously objected to his marriage with her, but he persisted and brought her home to live with them. The parents resented this, and there has been much bitterness and strife, especial ly of late. Wilder has been greatly de pressed in mind, and has shown symp toms of mental unseundness or suicidal tendencies. As near as can be learned, the terrible events of yesterday began in a war of words at the breakfast table. Wilder then started to get anew pair of over alls, the straps of which his wife had cut too short. He was very angry, and be gan abusing her, when his mother spoke to him, saying. “lam glad it was not me. If I had done this there would have been a greater row then there is now,” or something to that effect. Thereupon Mr. Wilder, being further exasperated, said, “Damn you, I will dry you up.” He immediately started for the woodshed, threatening to kill them all. His wife followed him, and as though seized by a sudden frenzy, be picked up an axe which lay close at hand. She grasped the axe and clung to him so that he could not use it, at the same time screaming for help. Seeing his aged father coming to the rescue, Wil der shouted, “If I can’t put a stop to this with an axe, I can with my knife.” He then drew a large elasp knife and stabbed his wife in her head and breast. She fell to the ground, and Wilder, turning from her, picked up the axe and dealt his father a blow on tbe bead, the bit penetrating the sknll, and he, too, fell bleeding and insensible. Wilder’s mother, attracted by the noise of the straggle, went oat to the shed, and see ing what was going on hurried back into the honse, took down a large tin horn used to call the men from the field to their meals, ran into the front yard and blew it., hoping to attract the attention of the neighbors. Wilder heard her and following her into the yard split her head open with tbe same murderous weapon with which he had felled her husband. She was instantly killed, but the old gentleman, though terribly wounded, bad somehow managed to crawl into the house, a distance of about seventy feet from where he fell. Wilder returned to the shed, and finding his father still alive, lying on the kitchen floor, he again struck him with the axe, nearly severing the head from the body, and fastening the axe tight into the floor. The murderer’s wife had in the mean time regained her senses, and summon ing all her courage and strength, she started for the nearest neighbor’s, half a mile away. Wilder saw her as she went out of the door, and started for her, say ing, “For God’s sake, haven’t I killed yon yet?” She eluded him, however, and the desperate man out his throat with the same knife he had stabbed her with. He, however, missed the largest veins and arteries, and, though he bled profusely, was not satisfied that it would kill him. Throwing the knife away, he went to the barn, took a rope from the stall back of his horse, and climbed npon the high beams nnder the roof. Then making one end of the rope fast, he tied a noose in the other, placed it about his neck, and jumped off. His neck was broken by the fall, and when the neigh bors summoned by his wife arrived, they found his bleeding oorps swinging from the beams. The murderer’s father was 73 years old, his mother 70, and his wife 22. The terrible affair has created intense excitement in the neighborhood, and if the wretched man had not hanged | himself, he would undoubtedly have 1 been lynched by his indignant towns men. Smoke House Robbed. —Last Mon day night the smoke house of Mr. John Wright, in Beech Island, Sonth Caro lina, was broken open and robbed. The thieves had a wagon at hand and car ried off nearly all the meat in the honse. Mr. Wright’s loss is a serious one. No due has been obtained to the robbers. FIRE RECORD. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS Or the Destructive ConSnaration in New York —Millions of Properly Destroyed. . New York, February 9.—The Con tinental Hotel and a large number of stores near it are burned. The fire raged two hours. Three firemen were killed and seven injured. Additional particulars of the fire last night show that it was discovered on the first floor of the five story building, No. 10 Crosby street, occupied by Lesher, Whitman & Cos., importers of trimmings and fancy goods. The building extends through to Broadway, on which thoroughfare it was numbered 444 and 446. The flames then extended to the adjoining six story building—44 Band 430. About 7j o’clock the roof of 444 and 446, Broadway, fell in with a loud crash and forced out the front and rear walls. Soon after the walls of 448 and 450 fell the front walls, which were of iron, fell into Broadway and covered the pavement with debris. Huge masses of the iron front of the bniiding were thrown to a considerable distance and encumbered the op posite sidewalks. With the fall of these walls the firemen gained their first advantage. The heat became less and the firemen were en abled to approach closer to the rnins and renew the attack at close quarters. The result of the conflagration is as follows : Buildings numbers 444, 446, 448, 450 and 452, Broadway, extending through to Crosby street, are completely destroyed, with valuable contents. Nos. 440, 442, 454 and 456, Broadway, are badly damaged and the rear of several buildings on Grand street are partially destroyed, i- Lisher, Whitman <fc Cos., carried a stock of $600,000, which was totally destroyed. Catlin, Brundrette & Cos., dealers in cloths and manufac tures of clothing, 448 and 450 Broadway, had a stock valued at $500,000 de stroyed. Insnrauco on Lesher, Whit man & Cos., $450,000; Gatlin, Brun drette & Cos., $400,000. Later,—Additional and later details of the fire last night give the losses as follows: Lisher, Whitman <kCo., $1,000,- 000, insured for about half that amount iu 150 companies; Catlen, Brundette & Cos., from $400,000 to $450,000, insurance $395,000; Horuthal, Whitehead & Cos., Clothing, loss about $250,000, insurance about $175,000; Powers, Gaston & Cos., boots and shoes, loss SIIO,OOO, insured for about the same amount. Phelps & Everdell] combs and fancy goods, loss from $50,000 to $80,000; insured for $32,000, including $5,000 in the Franklin, of Philadelphia. The stock of Gutterman Bros., laces, was damaged by smoke, $1,200; fully insured. Sied eubacb, Schwab & Cos., clothing, loss about $50,000, nearly covered by in surance. Elkin & Hyman, cloths, loss $40,000; fully insured. Morris <fc Gil berstein, dress trimmings, loss from $30,000 to $40,000; insured for SIO,OOO. Other losses are given as follows: Sned eker, Watrose & Boynton, clothing, $120,000; A. C. Cushing, clothing, -$20,- 000; G. V. Shortridge & Cos., clothing, $125,000; E. L. Merrifield, Continental Hotel, $30,000; Joseph Beokel, hair and corsets, $15,000; B. Lendheim & Cos., fancy goods, $7,000; Adams & Bendix, $2,000; E. G. Weichman & Cos., cloths, $15,000 ; Pottuls Henn, restaurant, $5,000 ; Roll & Meyering, hats and caps, SIO,OOO ; J. B. Rezinsky, furs, $15,000; Foeller, Byer & Cos., woolens, and Kauff man Bros., Bondy & Cos., smokers arti cles, SIO,OOO. ‘The loss on the buildings is fixed at $400,000. Several days will be required to accurately determine the amount of damage. The total loss is estimated by good judges at about $3,000,000, and the total insurance at $2,000,000. In addition to the above losses several persons suffered who are not able to estimate their damage. But two firemen, David Muldew and David Glute, were killed. Both leave families. GEORGIA RAILROAD. Bi-Montlily Meeting: of Directors—Report of the Auditor. The regular bi-monthly meeting of the Directors of the Georgia Railroad was held at the banking office of the company, in this city, yesterday. Noth ing beyond the ordinary routine busi ness was transacted. The new cashier, Lieut. George P. Butler, appeared be fore the Board, in that capaoity, for the first time and gave great satisfaction in the performance of the duties of the office. Carlton Hillyer, Esq., auditor of the road, made tho following report of earn ings and expenditures for the past two and also for the past ten months, to gether with a comparative statement: December, 1875. Gross earnings from passengers and mail.® 22,279 5 6 Gross earnings from freight and express.. 119,061 60—147,841 18 Ordinary expenses 68,380 21 Deduct expenses for connecting roads, etc. 9,440 19— 48,940 02 Net above ordinary expenses $98,401 16 January, 1876. Gross earnings from passengers and mail.® 30,569 12 Gross earnings from freight and express.. 88,617 64—119,176 76 Ordinary expenses 61,976 29 Deduct expenses for connecting roads, etc. 14,586 98— 47,889 31 Net above ordinary expenses.... $71,787 45 For compromise of suit by Pullman Car Cos. . $ 6,000 00 For re-enrolling iron rai15.3,614 60— 9,614 60 Net above all expenses $62,172 85 For ten months ending February 1, 1876- Gross earnings from passengers and mail.. 230,620 70 Gross earnings from freight and express.. 760,050 76—990,571 45 Ordinary expenses £83,371 33 Deduct expenses for connecting roads, etc. 124,560 72—458,810 61 Net above ordinary expends. $531,760 84 Paid for re-rolling iron rails 46,871 39 Old law suits compro mised 9,015 75 55,887 14 Net above all expenses $475,873 70 The comparative statement is as fol lows: December, 1874—Gross earnings.. .$158,924 14 December, 1875—Gross earnings. .. 147,341 18 $11,682 96 December, 1874—Total expenses.... 84,243 96 December, 1875—Total expenses.... 48,940 02 $35,303 94 Leaving an excess in favor of 1875, as compared with 1874, of $23,720 98. January, 1875—Gross earnings 107,131 27 January, 1876—Gross earnings 119,176 76 sl2 045 49 January, 1875—Total expenses 89]843 22 January, 1876—Total expenses 57,003 91 $32,839 31 Leaving an excess in favor of 1876, as compared with 1875, of $44,884 80. Ten months ending February 1, 1875 Gross earnings $1,059,526 32 Ten months ending February 1, 1876 Gsoss earnings 990,571 45 $68,954 87 Ten months endiDg February 1, 1875 Total expenses 819,279 57 Ten months ending February 1, 1876 Total expenses 514,697 75 $304,581 82 Leaving an excess in favor of 1876, as compared with 1875, of $235,626 95. This certainly speaks well for the road and its present management. In their presentments the grand jury of Chatham county recommend the pas sage of an act by the Legislature making it a penal offense of high grade to offer to a Solicitor-General any personal violence, or in any manner to attempt to intimidate him, for and on account of anything he may have been called upon to do in the conscientious dis charge of his sworn duty. Concerning the celebration of Christmas they say: “We earnestly protest against the sense less, unchristian and very dangerous manner in which the day is now cele brated, and we respectfnlly call upon the proper authorities to put a stop to the indiscriminate nse of on that day, in the streets and public squares, particularly by boys of tender age, as such practice is calculated to endanger their own lives and the lives of those who may be passing by. And we also recommend that such restric tions and limitations be thrown aronnd the use of fire-works on that day as will effectually prevent the recurrence of such a loss as here alluded to.” A firm of horticulturists at Sonora, Cah, on thirteen acres of orchard, and, produced and shipped last year 100,000 pounds of apples, 95,000 pounds of pickles, 220 barrels of vinegar, and 80 barrels and 15,000 eases of cider, and, with increased facilities of exportation, they expect to find a market for fire times that amount. $2 A YEAR—POSTAGE PAIR. THE STATE. THE PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS. Tuesday’s Items. We. never see the Atlanta Herald now a-day s. Mr. W. L. Mershon is going to move to Way cross. Mr. John B. Thomas has returned to Dahlonega from the West. Mr. James Brownlow, of Rome, is not expected to live many days. Mr. Martin Graham will move from Gainesville to Flowery Branch. Dahlonega is to have a dancing school and anew Presbyterian Church. Captain Thomas Canthrou has taken charge of the Byington Hotel, in Griffin. The Ocean House, at Brunswick, is now run by Messrs. J. E. Dart and J. C. Falun. Hon. A. L. Davidson, Judge, and W. P. Reed, Solicitor of Rockdale County Court, have resigned. Binyou, the defaulting Atlanta cashier, is out on bail, but in a veryl feeble condition, physically. Taking advantage of the year, the girls of Atlanta are soliciting the com pany of the young men to ohurch. Julian Wooten had his arm broken while playing base ball in Valdosta the other day. Nioe thing, base ball. Rev. S. E. Axson, of the Presbyterian Church, at Rome, has been called to Lynohburg, Va., and may go there. Geo. W._ Stewart has beau sentenced to the penitentiary for life for the mur der of James Seals, in Douglas county. The United States soldiers charged with the Gilmer oounty murder have been returned to the custody of the civil authorities of the State. Several prisoners escaped from Bain bridge jail recently. When the jailer went to the door of the cell to feed them they jerked him in, beat him se verely and rushed out. The Washington editorial correspon dent of the Macon Telegraph hasn’t seen Grant yet, but he went to the Me tropolitan Church the other day and heard Parson Newman, and saw the amiable Mrs. President, and the Piesi dentls handsome daughter-in-Jaw, the violet-eyed Mrs. Fred, whom lie de scribes as follows: “Mr. Gs. isja mother ly-looking sort of person on the fat aud forty style, with a good face and a gen eral air of kindliness and amiability that is doubtless a faithful reflex of her oharaoter. She was very handsomely dressed—a little too much so, I ventur ed to think, for church—and so was Mrs. Fred, who is a handsome, rather foreign-looking brunette, with a deci dedly fashionable air. Their carriage was plain and all the appointments were in excellent taste—nothing snobbish about the whole establishment.” Atlanta Constitution, 6th: “A few days since we referred to the fact that Miss Louise W. King, of Augusta, the founder of the ‘Georgia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,’ was at the Kimball House, and expressed the hope that she would be successful in her eftorts to interest the ladies aud gentlemeu of our city in tho organiza tion of a branch society to operate in Atlanta. Miss King, accompanied by her mother, left for home yesterday morning, much gratified with the en couragement given her fcy our people, whose sympathies are with her in the noble work in which she is so earnestly and unselfishly engaged. A distinguish ed literary lady of this city, whose name is a honsehold word in all Southern homes, has kindly consented to take the lead in the organization of a branch so ciety here, and several efficient and hu mane ladies and gentlemen have also generously volnnteerd to aid in the good work. We trust, therefore, that when this lady and her associates appeal to the people of Atlanta to come forward and join them in this philanthrophic movement, there will be a general and generons response.” Columbus Enquirer, 6th : “If all the telegrams and newspaper reports be true, all confidence in life insurance companies has disappeared since the failure of the Southern Life, with head quarters at Memphis. Said a gentle man to us yesterday : “I have a policy of $5,000 in that company. I expected to be sold (he used a harsher word) by Northern companies, but I did not think that Generals Colquitt and Gordon, Southern men, would lend their names to anything that was not good. It has come to a bad pass when our own men go back on us.” He expressed the opin ion of thousands in Georgia, who are looking anxiously for a statement of the Georgia Department. We met two gentlemen yesterday, each of whom had a $5,000 policy in the company. They estimated that at least $75,000 of poli cies were held in Columbus—mostly by poor men. Mr. Lanbert Spencer is the agent. We have been unable to see him. Being an agent, merely, no blame can be attached to him, but can there not reasonably to the high Southern officers of the institution, who gave the company the prestige of their names, and failed to give holders warning ? The names of Generals Colquitt and Gordon gave con fidence to the soheme, and the people are looking to them anxiously for a statement. It is a sad blow to many a family in Georgia and Alabama, and adds another chapter to the experience in life.” Marriages. In Valdosta, Henry Young to Mamie Ulmer. In Hancock county, James A. Jones to Eliza Butts. In Warren county, John R. Spence to Emma McCrary. In Warren oounty, L. A. Brake to Sarah M. Swain. In Lnmpkin county, Joseph 0. Davis to Mary Stanlings. In Jackson county, David S. Arnold to Amanda M. Cofer. In Jackson county, Joseph A. Willis to Miss S. E. Seymour. In Elbert county, Thomas A. Thorn ton to Georgia Carter. In Brunswick, Richard W. Grubb, of Darien, to Alice H. Marlin. In Henry county, L. W. Sims, of Washington, to Hattie Lowe. In Washington, Dr. R. J. Willingham, of Lexington, to Emma O. Pharr. In Floyd oounty, Wm. A. Iley, of Chattooga, to Gussie A. Hammond. In Columbus, C. T. Noble to Ella Langford. In Macon county, Jas. S. Gibson to Miss M. F. Hardin. In Meriwether county, W. T. Harde way to Barbara M. Robertson. In Newnan, Wm. F. Hopson, of Meri wether oounty, to Lecie O. Cox. Death**. In Newnan, Mrs. A. B. Ashcraft. In Conyers, Mrs. Marcellus -Smith. In Savannah, Judge Andrew M. Ross. At Stone Mountain, Mrs. Sarah K. Peck. In Savannah, Fred. Koch. In Early oounty, Holley Weaver. In Lumpkin oounty, Martin Lanoe. In Bainbridge, infant of W. C. Jones. In Dahlonega, Columbus Cook, child. In Columbia county, Green J. Dozier, aged 82. In Lowndes county, James Fullwood, aged 90. In Hall county, Harmon Thomason, aged 69. In Lnmpkin county, child of John Calhoun. Wednesday’s Items. Are you going to hear Col. Woodhnll ? Hilliard Institute, at Forsyth has been destroyed by fire. Old uncle Billy Daniel is still the Or dinary of Miller connty. Captain John D. Carter has applied for admission to the Supreme Court. Mr, Airheart, of Red Clay, was in stantly killed while oiling the machine ry of his saw mill. His body was cut in twain. The firm of Jones & Carswell, late of Conyers, has been dissolved. Dr. Jones has gone to Macon and Mr. Carswell to Angnata, Several distressing cases of loss by citizens of Atlanta from the failure of the Southern Life Insurance Company are reported. Newnan brags on her postmaster, Mr. R. F. Milner. We have known Bobby a long time, and always thought he was the right stamp. Yesterday Queen Vick’s speech was read. in the Parliament of Great Britain —this morning you can read it in the Chronicle and Sentinel in Augusta, Mr. Macduff has begun a series-of lectures in Columbus, the proceeds of which are to be applied to furnishing an apparatus for the Female College. The Columbus .Enquirer says the Hon. Jere Haralson, now in Congress from the State of Alabama, formerly be longed to Mr. John T. Walker, of Co lumbus. It is hoped that the gentlemen who were discussing naval and legal ques tions with such vehemence over their oysters last night have arrived at a sat isfactory conclusion without the loss of cigars, etc. The littl%baby of Mr. Robinson, the proprietor of the Couche House, in Kingston, was burned so severely the other day that it is propably dead bj this time. It was left alone iu a room where there was lire. John S. Davidson, Esq., of Augusta, has been constituted and appointed Rep resentative in the Grand Ledge of Geor gia of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Acoepted Masons of the State of West Virginia. The residence of Col. F. H. Legg, of Jackson county, was destroyed by fire recently, with most of its contents. The fire is thought to have been caused by a cat that was in the habit of lying in the ashes, and that also lodged occasionally among some mattresses iu the upper story of the house. The bones of the cat were found in such position, as to confirm this belief. Columbus Times, 6th : “It is current ly reported through the city that a re sort has been necessary to the code duello, by two young men of Columbus. At last accounts the danger was not eminent, a3 the aggrieved party was not disposed to push matters. Wo heard of a man who was so anxious to spill blood that he volunteered to take the part of one of the principals.” The Columbus saj r s : “Mr. R. Hugh Nesbitt, Secretary and Treasu rer of the Savannah and Memphis Rail road, who was severely wounded by the accidental discharge of his guu some time since, is up and able to attend to his business. He has lost his right eye. It has been taken out by a distinguished oculist in Atlanta. The stump re mains in such a condition so that an ar tificial eye can be substituted so that the minutest observer cannot tell the differ ence.” Maiden, young and rose-lipped, with eyes as soft as Summer’s light, and heaven’s glory in your hair, why will you longer waste your sweetness iu the air of this dull town ? Don’t you see by the dispatches in this morning’s Chronicle and Sentinel how that six teen year old girl in Washington who, yesterday, was only a Goverhmeut clerk, to-day is a Senator’s wife. Just think, now, if you had been there, it might have been you instead of her, for no doubt you are just as pretty and far mere winning. Go to Washington, young lady, to Washington. Rome Commercial: “The jury, iu Bartow Court, in the case of J. M. El liott, of this city. vt. the Western and Atlantic Railroad, awarded Mr. Elliott $5,000 damages. The suit for damages arose as follows : The Western and At lantic Road and Mr. Elliott’s steamboat company exchanged annual passes. Mr. Elliott, on one of his trips from Atlanta, was required by the conductor to sign a printed agreement on the back of the ticket furnished him, relieving the rail road company from all respousibiiity iu case of accident to the holder of the ticket. This Mr. Elliott refused to sign, and the conductor put him off the train. And hence the jury finds a verdict for •Mr. Elliott, awarding him $5,000 dam ages.” The following, from the Chicago Inter-Ocean, may be of some interest to the people and the papers: The im mortal “J. N.,” one of the greatest ora tors since Socrates, honored the Inter- Ocean office with a call yesterday. He has suffered much in the cause of truth, and his theories have received the en dorsement and applause of thousands of admiring countrymen. He modestly al ludes to himself,as an imaginary person, and, while enunciating the most philo sophic truths, never, by any chance, in forms his audience that he is a philoso pher. Everybody will have an oppor tunity of hearing “J. N.” at an early day, when they may realize the truth of Goldsmith’s lines: “Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to sCbff remained to pray.” Thursday’s Ilefis. Only fifty cents for gallery seats in Savannah to see Booth. Griffin is enjoying fine health—as wo hope the dear old town always will. The Hews intimates that there are a few first-class dead-beats about Griffin. The Baptist Church at Thomaston was damaged by the wind last Tuesday night week. Mr. J. A. Street, the marshal of Black shear, has resigned to accept a situation elsewhere. Mr. Barney McElhenney’s smoke house, in Jasper county, with a year’s supply of meat, was destroyed by fire recently. Mr. J. Champion is toating a cream pot around Eatonton, which is over a hundred years old. Of course it goes to Philadelphia. Rev. Dr. Williams, of St. Peter’s Church, Rome, will take a respite from his labors, in accordance with the ad vice of his physician. A skeleton has, been found on the river bank just above the hospital in Columbus. It is supposed to be that of an abolition soldier, shot and buried there at the time of Wilson’s raid; Columbus Enquirer: “If Mr. Grimes returns home and runs the race to fill the vacancy caused by his own resigna tion, there can be no doubt about the result. We hope the House will not accept his resignation.” The Columbus Enquirer hears of a Chattahoochee county farmer who has himself, mother and several little broth ers and sisters to support. He has sup ported them well. He has had two very bad seasons, yet last year he went in debt only eight dollars and the year be fore four dollars. He has paid both, and now has meat and corn and more than one bale of cotton. SOUTH CAROLINA. Appointment of Committees to Organize the Democratic Party of Aiken County. The following gentlemen are hereby appointed committees in their respec tive townships, for the purpose of call ing primary meetings for the selection of five delegates from each township, to attend the Convention of the Demo cratic party of Aiken county, which is to be held at Aiken, on the 11th day of April next, for the purpose of organiz ing the Democratic party. The com mittees are requested to call said pri mary meetings at an early day, and at such plaoes in their respective town ships as may be most accessible to the citizens thereof. Due care should be taken to advise the citizens of the time and place of meeting: Aiken Township, D. S. Henderson, James Aldrich, H. 15. Bnrckhalter; Chinquepin, T. 8. Wil liams, E. W. Perry, John Stevens; Gid dy Swamp, Mansel Gunter, E, Garvin; Gregg, J. H. Giles, T. J. Davis, TANARUS, B. Henderson; Hammond, Paul F. Ham mond, W. W. Miller, Dr. Eve; Hope well, Dr. J. H. Morgan, John Jor dan, E. A. Price; McTier, G. W. Wil liams, W. E. Sawyer, W. B. Foley; Millbrook, M. T. Holley, C. E. It. Dray ton, J. L. Davis; Rocky Grove, B. B. Lewis, N. D. Salley, Marshall Steven son; Rocky Spring, H. D. Ott, W. C. Anderson, Mathew Ready; Shultz, A. P. Butler, L. C. Hammond, S. L. Getzen; Shaw’s, J. M. Bell, A. S. Segler, Jabez Courteney; Silverton, A. P. Hankinson, A. P. Brown; Sleepy Hollow, F. M. Green, M. V. Tyler, Wm. Holland ; Tabernacle, Jndson Brodie, Martin Salley, Jesse J. Johnson; Ward’s, Elbert Lott, Jonathan Gregory, W. M. Jordan; Windsor, Daniel Jackson, J. B. Hatch ings, J. N. Hankinson. The Convention will meet at 12 o’clock. G. W. Croft, February 3d, 1876. Chairman. A Good Adticb.—“ Madam, do you know that you possess one of the best voices in the world ?” said a saucy fel low to a Division street woman one day this week. “Indeed, do you think so?” replied she, with a flush of pride at the compli ment. “ I do, most certainly,” continued the rascal, “ for if you hadn’t it would ha,ve been worn out long ago I” For the first time in that woman’s life she hadn’t a word to say.— Chicago Journal. “The rich,” said a Dutchman, “eat venison because it ish deer. I eat mut ton because it ish sheep,”