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WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1876.
THE PUESS AND THE STATE KOAD
LEASE.
We publish elsewhere in the Chroni
cle and Sentinel this morning an arti
cle on the State Road lease investiga
tion which, if trne, contains some
startling information. The statement
is made that Governor Brown, Presi
dent of the lease company, testified be
fore the Committee of Investigation a
few days since that twenty-one thous
and dollars " had been used in the pro
curement of the lease that “ money
had been paid the Macon Telegraph
and Messenger, Augnsta Constitution
alist and the Columbns papers and
that abont one thousand dollars had
been paid to the country press.” We
cannot believe that such a statement
was made. There mast be some mis
take about the matter. There cannot
be a paper in Georgia that would make
merchandise of its opinions npon any
question. We presume that the state
ment of the Commonwealth will meet
with an indignant denial from all the
presses named. It is only just to add
in this connection that whether the
article be true or false, oar neighbor,
the Constitutionalist, was under a dif
ferent management at the time of the
ratification of the lease.
A II INTO BY OF THE HiIISKY RING.
A correspondent of the New York
World states that the original “crooked
whisky” ring of St. Louis was started in
1872, ostensibly for campaign purposes
ia the iuterest of Grant. Its leading
spirits were McDonald, Supervisor;
Joyce, Bevonne Agent; Bevis and Fra
ser, Distillers; and C. G. Meobue,
Cashier and Paymaster. Instead of
using their funds to promote the cause
Of the Rqpublioau party, the money was
divided among them. This arrange
ment continued till after '.he Presiden
tial election, the Government being de
frauded of from $5,000 to $15,000 per
week by tbe officials. After the election
was over McDonald and Jotce wanted
to “freeze out” certain members of the
oonßpiracy, and accomplished their ob
ject by having all crooked operations
stopped for a while. As soon as the ob
noxious persons were got rid of, includ
ing Meokuk, operations were resumed
mord boldly and upon a larger scale
than at first. All the distillers, with un
important exceptions, the supervisor,
tthe revenue agents, gaugers and store
keepers, were in the ring.
In 1874, Peter Curran, having been
prosecuted by the Government (his case
w \* subsequently settled), desired*to
get oot of bis trouble, and the ex-mem
bers if the original ring, suspecting the
trick w'liich had beeu played upou them,
and having suspicions that the orooked
operations had been resumed, opened a
correspondence w.'th Commissioner
Douglass, informing him of the existence
of the ring Penn Bbabhear, a secret
service detective, was sent to St. Louis' 1
to investigate. The ring was forewarn
ed by Avery, chief clerk of Douglass,
and Brasheah was conquered by a
bribe of $5,000. He returned to Wash
ington with a clctio bill. After that,
Hoag, Another secret service man, was
sent here, and the ring paid him $lO,-
000 for the satisfactory report whioh he
turned in at Washington. Then Bra
shrar and Yaryan came. Their investi
gation cost the ring another SIO,OOO,
whioh Brashear took, promising to
divide with Yaryan. The former re
turned to Washington and made out the
regulation report, showing everything
all right, certifying that .Yaryan coin
<oidedinthe opiniou. The latter went
tio New Orleans from St. Lonis, where
lbe passed the Winter. On returning to
frastu.ngtou in the Spring of 1875 he
and 'taeoeer-ed the report made by Bra
8H ab, a&d denied that he coincided in
the. report
Thu-' ring continued its operations till
April last, when information was re
ceived that Tartan was in town, osten
sibly working up * railroad ease, but in
fact secretly .vigigffii in looking after
the revenue frauds. When the ring
learned what was beiug done McDonald
raised SIO,OOO from* it* members for the
purpose, as he said, .if stopping investi
gation. Bevis had gon<* *° California,
but was called home by a telek Tram reach
ing St. Lonis three or four d/® before
the seizures were made. The .descent
was early in May last, and impartially
included all distillers and rectifier* * n
St. Louis. McDonald still continued i
to tell the ring “things are all right; j
that he knew who had that $10,000; that
all was straight, and that they would
surely be t released.” To their sorrow 1
McDonald proved a false prophet. The i
grand jury was in session for six weeks.
At the end of that time it brought in
trne bills against McDonald, super
visor ; Joyce, revenue agent ; all the
gangers and storekeepers: all the dis
tillers and reotifiers, with the exception
of one who died jnst in the nick of time
to save himself; Fitzboy, deputy collec
tor and financial agent of the ring, and
Avert, chief clerk in the Revenue De
partment at Washington.
The ring continued in good spirits,
still relying on McDonald’s promises,
and those of Joyce, that “all would
blow over;” but in October, having loot
all faith in him, the distillers and recti
fiers all came into the United States
District Court and pleaded guilty; Fitz
boy, deputy collector, together with
the gangers and store keepers, made the
same plea. At the November term of
the same Court McDonald and Avert
were tried and found guilty. Joyce,
under indictment in the Western Dis
trict of the State, had previously been
tried and found guilty. Sentence was
suspended on all who pleaded guilty
and they were used as State's evidence.
Sentenoe was also suspended on all
foand guilty by trial in the Eastern
District. At the November term of the
grand jury, Constantine Maguire, Col
lector of the District; William McKee,
of the Globe-Democrat, and General O.
£. Babcock, were indicted on several
count* each. The three last named
were oertified to the United States Cir
cuit Court, a special suasion of which
aet on the 20th of January for the trial
of these three cases. To the surprise
of everybody McKee was foand guilty;
Maguire made a compromise, pleading
guilty on five counts to dereliction ol
.duty, the Government entering a not.
pros, as to the charge of conspiracy to
defraud. The trial of Grant’s Military
Secretary, General 0. E. Babcock, the
third and last, commenced on Monday
last. The tronble in this case is that it
requires very different testimony to con
vict him from that used to oonvict his
accomplices. General Grant’s removal
of Mr. Henderson, who had thoroughly
mastered the case, will also add to Bab
cock’s chances of escape. The whole
influence of the Administration is being
exerted in his behalf, and his conviction
will bes wonderful triumph over the
President as well as over the ring.
GENKRAL GORDON AND TH . CHRONI
CLE AND HBNTIXKL.
Tbe frieDds of Senator Gordon have read
with painful regret the editorial intimations pf
the Chbonicl* and Sentinel that he ia en
gaged in the disreputable business of endeav
oring to manipulate the public sentiment of
Georgia in favor of any particular Presidential
candidate, and that he is using the power con
ferred npon him, by reason of his appointment
as alternate to Gen. A. B. Lawton, to make
tbe assembling place of tbe National Demo
cratic Convention in tbe interest of any man.
Persona coming in contact daily with Senator
Gobdcx, and to whom he freely expresses his
ideas snd objects, have heard nothing
to warrant the charge made and printed
by tbe Augusta editor. It is very natural
that a gentleman of the intelligence that
General Gordon possesses, and who occupies a
position in the Democratic party of the
oonntry second to no man from the South,
should have his private convictions. It is
equally natural that the tenor of those con
victions should be a subject of inquiry among
the politicians of the country; yet we venture
to say that General Gobdon is not juatly liable
in any degree to the uncharitable strictures of
the Chboniole and Sentinel. To yonr corres
pondest and to others he has invariably ex
pressed the sentiment that the Convention to
nominate a Democratic candidate for Presi
dent should select the best and most available
man. Among the more prominently mentioned
probable candidates he expresses no choice;
nor has be endeavored to use his official posi
tion in any manner or form to concentrate pub
lic opinion upon any man, or to further the in
terests of any man. He yields to every Democrat
tbe right to choose for himself, and when the
Convention makes its choice he proposes to
yield to no man in his steadfast devotion to
party and candidate. As one who has risked
so much, whether in peril or safety, in sun
shino or sorrow, in triumph or defeat, for tbe
honor of Georgia, as General Gordon has, it
seems passing strange that the Augusta editor
should hurl such arrows of envy and political
spite. The people of Georgia may feel as
sured that so long as he ia able to raise his
voice or wield an arm their honor and the
glory ef their Southern Empire State is safe in
the keeping of John B Gobdon. In order,
however,’to put a quietus to the fears of timid
auti-GoBDONiTEs, the friends of General Gob
don have written to General A. B. Lawton,
snd ssked him to come on to Washington him
self and attend the meeting of the Executive
Committee on the 22d prox. It is understood
General Lawton will be here.
The above is taken from the Washing
ton correspondence of the Atlanta Her
ald. The writer signs himself “Specks.”
We neither know nor care who “Specks”
is, and we have but a few words to write
in reply to his latter. We are, of course,
sorry that the editorials of the Chroni
cle and Sentinel have awakened a
feeling of “painful regret” in the
bosoms of Senator Gordon’s friends.
We have done nothing to cause such a
feeling. We have written nothing that we
did not believe to be true. We pub
lished what we had heard, viz : that
General Gordon was working actively to
seenre the nomination of a certain can
didate for the Presfdency, If
this is not the truth, General
Gordon, or someone author
ized to speak for him, has
only to say so and we will gladly
make the necessary correction. If it is
true we see no reason why General Gor
don’s friends should be torn by such
poignant regret. It. is no new thing
for Senators and men of lesser note to
have a choice in a political contest or
for them to work vigorously to secure
the success of their favorite. But we
thought and still think that it is a Sena
tor's duty to make laws, not Presidents,
and that if Gen. Gordon is the prononnoed
partisan of Senator Thurman or any other
candidate he should not be put upon the
National Executive Committee—more
especially as it has been charged that a
clique of Southern Congressmen is en
deavoring to secure the South for this
same gentleman. “Specks” has drawn
largely upon a very lively imagination
when he represents the “Augusta editor
hurling arrows of envy and political
spite” at General Gordon. Senator
Gordon knows very well, and those who
rush to his defense so eagerly ought to
know, that there is no one in the Chron
iclh and Sentinel offioe who wishes to
“hurl arrows of envy and political spite”
at him. We simply wish him to let the
people of Georgia deoide for themselves
who they will support for the Presiden
cy. Only this and nothing more.
BABCOCK AND THE WHISKY KING.
At General Babcock’s trial, in St.
Louis, Thursday, Mr. Abijah M.
Everest testified. He was collector for
the crooked whisky ring. He testified
that Joyoe, in the latter part of Feb
ruary or early in March last, sent him
across the street with two letters, one
directed to W. O. Avery, Washington,
D. C., and the other to General O. E.
Baroque, Washington, D. O. Each
letter w&a piarked “personal” on the
left-hand corsair. He, Everest, got two
SSOO bills from the supervisor's offioe
for Joyce, and laid them on the table of
Joyce. He saw Joyce pnt one of these
SSOO bills in one of the letters, which
he took to th letter box; believed and
understood that the other SSOO bill was
out into tbe other letter, though he did
no* distinctly recollect seeing the
second SSOO bill go in. The counsel for
Babcock objected to this testimony, and
so hotly did they pursue their opposi
tion that the Coart took a recess before
deciding the question. On reassembling,
the Court admitted the evidence. This
money was collected from tjje super
visor’s office by Everest, who vm col
lector for the ring. It was collected in
the interest of the frauds. The Hart
ford Times says it was aollected for
Babcock and Avert, and wm laid npon
the table of J oyce while he was writing
the letter*, marked “personal,” to those
two men. It is not surprising that Bab
cock's counsel should most earnestly
attempt to suppress this evidence. They
were employed to oorer op, evade and
dispute the faots in the case; and
through White Honse influences addi
tional counsel has been sent on from
Washington to aid in this work of cov
ering np the testimony, which shows
how closely Babcock wassonoected with
the crooked whisky frauds, &geh evi
dence as this will satisfy the country, if
it does not the jury; and it will be found
that President Grant’s testimony will
not explain or refute such direct evi-
I denee as this and the “Sylph” eorree
spondenoe.
j “Mr. C. C. Williams, of Richmond, yeserdsy
j introduced in the House a bill proposing to
j tax persons who drink, smoke, chew, or take
snuff. IS per year; and those who indulge in
i profane language, $4 per year. It is proposed
jto make each male inhabitant trite oath
: wkether he indatgas m any of these things,
ilf he sweats yen, he is to be taxed. If, he
! sweats nay, he is to be exempt. Ladies not
j being mentioned, are premised to be exempt
j also. Mr. Williams thinks if the Legislature
will pass this bill and have it property enforo
i ed that it wiH put much money into the State
> Treasury.” The above is from the Atlanta
Commonwealth. "Mr. 0. U. Williams” ia not
“of Richmond.” No member of the Hons*
from Richmond county has offered a bill em
bodying uch a tremendous quantity of wit aa
does the above.
THE NEW HARTSHIEE CAMPAIGN.
Both political parties are hard at work
in New Hampshire, and as a United
States Senatorship is dependent npon
the legislative election the chief efforts
are directed to the legislative districts.
The State is divided into twelve Sena
torial districts. Last year the Republi
cans had majorities on the Senatorial
vote in the First, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth
and Tenth Districts. The Democrats
majorities in the Third, Seventh,
Eleventh and Twelfth Districts ai)d plu
ralities in the Second and Fourth. In
the Second and Fourth Districts on the
Gubernatorial vote there was an actual
Democratic majority. The Democrats
are confident that they will oarry eight
of the twelve districts—the seven they
carried last year and the First in addi
tion—while the Republicans profess
equal confidence in their ability to carry
a majority of the districts. The contest
will be most stubborn in the two dis
triots over which there was such a heated
controversy last year. The House will
undoubtedly be very close. The vote
for Governor, in all probability, will ex
ceed even that of last year, which
reached the highest aggregate ever cast
in the State, and is quite as likely to be
equally as close as it then was.
A REMARKABLE MURDER TRIAL.
Pesach N. Rubenstein,' for several
days on trial in New York onjthe charge
of murdering his cousin, Sarah Alex
andeb, was recently fonnd guilty and
sentenced to be baDged. The evidence
agaiust the prisoner was altogether cir
cumstantial. On December 12 the wo
man called at Rubenstein’s, having pre
vious to that date been staying with a
brother. She said she was going to a
tailor’s to get work. She was not seen
alive again. On the 14th her corpse was
found in a corn field on Long Island,
her throat having been cut. There were
marks of a desperate struggle, and
prints of a man’s foot in the soil. Neer
by was discovered a knife, such as is
used by cigar makers. It was covered
with blood. The body, which had not
been recognized, was; taken to the
Morgue. On the 16th it was identified
by Israel Rubenstein, the father of the
prisoner, who visited the Morgue with
some of her relatives. He had gone
there before the body arrived, in conse
quence of a dream which Pesach
claimed to have had. He said he
dreamed that he had seen Sabah. She
came to him and tcld him she had been
killed eight miles outside of New York,
and she said, “Pesach ! Pesach ! Come
to me ! Come to me and bury me !” or
words to that effect. Pesach was at
once sent for, and when he saw the
corpse, pale and trembling, he threw up
his hands and with a look of horror fell
back against thq wall. He was taken to
jail. His boots were found to fit the
tracks in the field exactly, and the per
son who sold the cigar knife identified
him as the purohaser. On this evidence
he was convicted, although up to the
very last protesting his innocence.
MINOR TOPICS.
A correspondent this morning has something
to say about the proposed change on the Geor
gia Railroad from wood to coal. The writer
Bhows the cost of wood as fuel, and says that
coal will have to be procured for three dollars
and a half per ton in order to make the change
profitable to the company.
Washington dispatches state that there is a
great deal more in the Conklino] movement
than has been believed. His friends have
made a very strong organization, composed of
some of the keenest and most active men in
the Republican party. They claim New York
solid in the Convention, and are now working
to secure the neighboring States as a nucleus.
The battle-ground now is Pennsylvania. The
Blainf. men are certain of it. The Conklino
men are confident they will get it. Meanwhile
Simon Cameron is a sphynx, and is for the
man that* wins.
It has been discovered in Washington that
the amendment to the $1,500,000 Centennial
appropriation bill, providing that the money
shall be refunded to the Govenment to the
extent of any profits that may be obtained by
the exhibition, will amount to nothing. The
charter of the corporation that runs the ex
hibition provides that all profits shall be divid
ed among the stockholders. We never sup
posed that anybody was simple enough to
believe the Government would ever get back
any of the meney appropriated to the Phila
delphia Centennial corporation.
We commend the aotion of the Democrats of
Anderson to the Democracy of the State of
South Carolina. Let tho Democrats organize
as Democrats, determined to make the coming
fight upon a Democratic platform and under a
Democratic loader. Governor Chamberlain is
avowedly working for the success of the Re
publican party, and while the Democrats
should support the honest acts of his adminis
tration they should not contemplate for a mo
ment the policy of supporting him next Sum
mer. A square fight should be made, aud the
Democratic organization should not be per
mitted to pass into the control of “Chamber
lain men.”
Virginia has a disagreeable sensation, an
account of which will be found in another
eolumu of the Chboniole and Sentinel this
morning. A Judge taught a member of the
Legislature how to play draw poker, made him
drunk, and then, with the assistance of a pro
fessional, relieved him of fourteen thousand
dollars while attempting to teach him the cash
value of “two pair.” The money was trust
money, and the result a disgrace to both Judge
and legislator—the wounded reputation of
the former, however, being salved by the cap
tured fourteen thousand. Moral: Don't play
poker with Judges.
It has been mooted for some time as to the
exaut amount of the contraction of currency
that has taken place since the resumption law
went into force. On Saturday last application
was made to Treasurer New for the exact
figures, and he stated that since the law went
into operation $32,000,000 Of National Bank
currency has been retired from circulation by
the winding up of banks, and $10,000,000 of
greenbacks have been retired under the 80 per
cent, clause of the bill, making a total con
traction of $42,000,000. These figures are
from the books of the Treasury, and there iB
no such thing as explaining them away. As
the Treasurer himself puts it, the shrinkage
of the circulating medium is in the ratio of a
Ijttle over five per cent, of its entire volume in
a year, tfce Resumption Bill having become a
law January 14. 1875.
' -r—tt
The Buffalo Express, enthusiastic Conklxno
organ, thinks it is a great point in its candi
date's favor that he is but forty-six years of
age. and a jultingly shoots: “Why not have a
young men's candidate for President at once ?
Tbe country has Lean too often cursed with
the decayed powers of old ago in the White
Honse. Roscoe Conklino, the ‘Young Ameri
ca candidate ” ” If youth is the qualification,
tbe Blaine men can shont even more lustily
than the Conilinoitss, Conklino being
BlaJW’s senior in age by three mouths.
OorciANn WSS born October 30, 1829. and
Blaine January ?). JB3O. The oldest man who
is mentioned in eouasetiofi with the Presiden
tial nomination on either side is Secretary of
State Fish, who ia in his sixty-seventh year
Hut it should be said that Sam Eowims’ candi
i date is older still, Charles Francis Adams now
being hi ins year.
Last year property to the nine of $86,323.-
035 was burned, of which amount $43,631,700
was distributed by insurant*. The tax we pay
to fire amounts to abont $lO per annnm for
each productive life in the country. Of the
| total loss $55,373,900 was caused by the burn
i ing of 3,641 “ specials,” and on account of
| these the insaranes aompApies paid $28,052.-
890. October was the most disastrous month
of the year, the losses being §12.55,061.
Marsh and September, notorious as months
o< turbulent winds,show the least 1055—54,095,-
400 and $3,376,TM respectively. Of the struc
ture* burned hotels rank highest in number,
337—nearly one per day. Saw mills, liquor
stores, drug stores, restaurants, furniture
factories, machine shops, flouring and planing
mills, sarpaater and blacksmith shops,
churches, lumber j srds, public halls, tanneries,
woolen mills, newspaper offices, cotton mills,
cooper shops and carriage factories, follow in
the order given.
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1876.
jGLEAVTOS FROM GOTHAM.
A GEORGIAN ON HIS TRAVELS.
| General Gordon and the Chronicle—A De
fense that Was Net Needed—Warm Praise
of the Soldier-Senator—The Presidential
Question—The Sooth Ablaze For “Gentle
man George” Henry Wjurd Beecher—
Adultery and Adalterers at a Premium.
[From An Occasional Correspondent.]
New York, February 13th, 1876.
Just before I arrived in Washington I
regret to have read in yonr valuable pa
per a very uncharitable criticism npon
our great statesman, brilliant warrior
and truly conservative Gordon. Hu
mors, when repeated by yonr paper, al
most become facts, and if the Herald,
to avoid the talons of Jnlins Brown’s
clutches, should suggest this or that
means of plausible escape, it should not
constitute sufficient reasons for so good
a paper as yours to assault one of Geor
gia’s purest statesmen aud best men.
The case be desperate aud the
cause bad that requires even au imputa
tion to be made against the pure, gal
lant and noble Gordon, and to strike
him in the house of his friends, or to
impair in any way his usefulness, is tqg
bad. But enough of this.
No State in tbe Union occnpies a
prouder position in Washington than
does Georgia. Her Representatives on
the floor of the House cannot be excell
ed—Hill, Felton, Hartridge and Cook
are ready and apt debaters. Candler,
Harris, Smith and Blount are always at
their posts, vigilant and watchful of the
interests of their State aud the Govern
ment. Take our representation alto
gether, I question if its equal has ever
before beeu on tbe floor of tbe House of
Representatives, from Georgia or any
other State, I felt proud of my State
and representatives. In the Senate
Gordon and Norwood are leading and
controlling spirits.
Blaine is now far ahead of all compe
titors for the Presidency in the Republi
can ranks. Conkling and his family
were the guests of the President, and it
seems Grant, Morton and Conkling will
make a common fight to beat Blaine,
and the probabilities were, but for Bab
cock, of the three, Morton, Conkling and
Grant, the latter would be the most
formidable competitor with Blaine for
the nomination at Cincinnati, Mor
ton with his two sticks, and Conkling
with his queue preseut a very ungainly
appearance to the eye, which first de
termines likes or unlikes, and whioh is
the only opportunity of the great masses
of the people. I think then the race is
narrowed to Blaine and Grant, both
of whom are flue looking, and great men
with the Republican party. Grant may
not be able to tote Babcock and the
third term both, with Blaine ; yet he is
an aggressive fighter, and may yet suc
ceed with Cuffee’s help.
The great men of the Democratic
party are more numerous in proportion
than her voters, and if a mistake should
be made in selecting her candidates de
feat is certain. Pendleton ought to
carry the whole South, without
any expenditure of time or means
therein. His name will kindle a blaze
of enthusiasm in her midst unpar
alleled in the history of politics, aDd it
is almost certain Ohio, Indiana and
Pennsylvania will cast their votes for
him. Money bag3 may control New
York, yet in walking ,up and down
Broadway I find many signs hanging
out “closed” aud “to let,” and the peo
ple of New York may yet rise in their
might and cast out the “money chang
ers” who have usurped the temple of
Democracy
The Centennial buildings I was pre
pared to expect were on a grand and
magnificent scale, yet they far exceeded
my most sanguine expectations, the
smallest building covering a space
of fourteen acres and the largest
area thirty, and there are many. The foot
and foreleg of the horse statue in front
of Memorial Hall took fourteen men
with pullies one day to place in posi
tion, and there are many cast eagle
birds on the building, weighing thou
sands of pounds. I send you herewith
descriptive lists, from which you may
form a faint idea of this great Centen
nial. I trust our present Legislature
may make such an appropriation as is
creditable to her greatness and munifi
cent liberality. I could write more, but
as the time is near when I must go to
hear Moody and Sankey, will close
by saying to-day I tried to
hear Beecher, but failed, only
from the steps on the outside. The
great nation may have gone back on
him, but his congregation has not, nor
are many likely to who can hear him.
His auditors in the doors, on the steps
and outside, who listened with stillness
aud seeming reverence, exceeded by far
the crowds that attended your Christian
Church dedication, and one old lady
outside on the steps fainted away during
the singing. He may be a bad old man,
but bis preaching, and vast audiences, in
no manner indicate it. I have seen and
heard both Tilton and Phillips, and whilst
they are great talkers there is an
emptiness about them that fails to im
press you. Beecher is different—but
more next week. G.
THE COUNTIES MOVING.
Chester Orders a Thorough Democratic Or
ganization.
A meeting of the Democratic party of
Chester county was held at the Court
House on Monday, the 7th instant. The
attendance, though not so large as
it might have been, was such as to give
hope that tho people are at last begin
ning to see the importance aud the
necessity of organization.
.Gen. W. A. Walker, as Chairman of
Democratic party of Chester county,,
occupied the Qhair, and requested J. J.
Hemphill, Esq., to act as Secretary.
General Walker, or taking the chair,
made an address, briefly stating the ob
ject of the meeting. He spoke in earn
est language of the condition of our
State and county, pointed to the action
of Aiken, Darlington, Marion, Union
and other counties, and said that the
good people of Chester must see to it
that they do their full share in the com
ing struggle agaiust corruption and op
pression.
The following preamble and resolu
tions were adopted:
Whereas, It is highly important that
tbe Democratic party in the county of
Chester should be fully and promptly
organized; therefore,
Resolved, That in response to the ad
dress of the Central Democratic Execu
tive Committee, the Democratic party
of Chester county shall this day com
mence a thorough organization of the
Democratic party—for the county.
2. To this end that the County Chair
man do appoint three tried Democrats
in each precinct or township to at once
organize for such precinct or township
a Democratic club —to be composed of
those only who profess the Democratic
faith in politics, and that each of said
clubs do choose three delegates to meet
in a County Convention to be assembled
at the Court House in Chester, on the
first Monday in March next.
3. That the County Chairman at his
leisure appoint an executive committee,
to be composed of one member from
each precinct or township and three
from the Court Honse, who shall with
the Chairman act as an advisory board
for conducting the affairs of the party
and perfecting its organization.
4. That said County Chairman appoint
at the Conrt House a treasurer who shall
have the care of the funds of the party,
to be expended under the direction of
the County Chairman and advisory
board.
5. That all tax-payers and honest
oitizens of the county of Cheater recog
nize their obligations to Governor
Chamberlain for his manly and highly
patriotic course as Chief Magistrate of
this State.
On motion, the meeting adjourned to
meet at the Conrt Honse on the first
Monday of March.
WINSLOW.
Hew He Wee Traced in Leaden'.
IyONpos, Febrnary 16.—Winslow ask
ed the Captain pf the steamer Rotter
dam if the United States had an extra
dition treaty with Holland. The
Captain thought there was. Winslow
left the vessel in a pilot boat, landed
on the Dutch coast and came to Lon
don, where he was traced by means of
an intercepted letter. He says he had
only $6,000 when ie left JJew fork, the
proceeds of his wife’s property.
A citizen of Macon, Ga., who kept np
his New Tear’s calls until after dark,
says that ® dog on the front stoop is a
very poor substitute for a floor mat. He
doesn’t remember whether he sst flown
on the substitute or not, bat his panta
loons seem to-tie somewhat worn be
hind.
| THE EXECUTE YE COMMITTEE
I A CARD FROM HON. THOS. HAR
DIMAN.
I A Reply la the “ Clrenfcle end Sentinel”—
What the Chalrmn Has to Say—Why
General Gordon Wae Made An “Alternate”
—A Defense of Usurpation—The Expense
j of a Convention—panneron. Precedents—
j “Unfortunate Wotdinu” of the Resolution
—“('hanging the INrasrulogy.”
House of Ripbesentatives, )
Atlanta February 14, 1876. j
Editors Chronicleand Sentinel :
In your issue at the 10th instant I
find a very courtelns editorial address
; ed to myself, which requires a frank
j and respectful response. Before reply
ing, however, to yonr inquiries as to
i the action of the Ixecntive Committee,
j I must express my regrets that we have
; subjected ourselves to the severe criti
| cisms which have ippeared in the col
umns of your vtluable journal. The
death of the lametted General Wright
created a vacancy in the National
Democratic Executive Committee—
Georgia, by his decease, being left
without a representative. The question
who should supply tjiat vacancy was
discussed in the pablic prints and,
if my memory ss, not at fault,
your paper-first suggested the pro
priety of the Executive Committee,as the
accredited organ of tie party, filling the
same. Acting upoD your suggestion, I
caused the Committee to meet in Atlan
ta. At that meetinj we determined to
elect a committeenan and, as you are
aware, we selected that able statesman
and jurist, Generd A. R. Lawtou, of
Chatham, a man eniuently fitted for the
position. Before tke people of Georgia,
to whom he is know* and by whom he
is honored afid loved, I will not argue
the wisdom of our choice. Objection
has been urged th>t we then appointed
an alternate, Generil Gordon. This was
done as a matter of safety, for. as Gen
eral Lawton was not in the city it was
not known that he would accept the
position, and Georgia might then be
without representation in that Commit
tee. This step we considered prudent
and necessary. But you aver we should
have known, prior t the election, that
the gentleman elected would accept tne
position. This presupposes that the
Committee knew previous to their
meeting who would be chosen, which
was not so—or would have restricted
the Committee in making their election
to someone in Atlanta, whom we could
have consulted in person, or to one so
near this city that he could have been
“interviewed” by telegram, and a reply
returned before we adjourned our ses
sion. This would have been eminently
unwise and unjust to other sections of
the State. Suffice ii for this communi
cation, the Commitiee were not disap
pointed, for General Lawton has accept
ed the position; has been recognized by
the Chairman of the,National Democrat
ic Executive Comnittee, and will, D.
V., attend its sessioa on the 22d of this
month. So no harm has resulted in
“going beyond precident” and selecting
an alternate. The next question dis
cussed was that of selecting delegates to
the National Convention. The mode and
manner of so doing lias been published,
and against these you have protested and
have called upon th party to repudiate
our action. The first question having been
disposed of the qiery arose : Was it
necessary to call a convention of the
party for this purpose and for this
only ? We did not. The reasons for
that decision have been given the pub
lic through your columns, in a com
munication from Judge Augustus
Reese, of Morgan. The committee knew
that it was customary in State Conven
tions for delegates from Congressional
districts to retire and select their own
representatives to the National Conven
tion— the choice being delegated solely
to them. The question naturally sug
gested itself, why could they not do this in
District Conventions, which would meet
nearer home and at much less cost to
those composing them. This question
of expense and eoonomy against which
you have hurled your shafts addressed
itself to oar serious consideration and
and decided our course, especially when
we connected with it the fact that the
same delegates, selected by tho same
constituents, would, in their Dis
trict Conventions, make choice ol
their own delegates just as they
would do were they required
to convene in Atlanta in a gene
ral convention—they would reflect as
truly the wishes of their people, and
their delegates would be accredited with
as complete credentials to the National
Convention. The same ends being ac
complished in tbe District Convention,
we felt justified, in the depressed condi
tion of our people, in remitting this
question and this power to Congression
al Conventions, knowing they would be
equally effective and far less expensive.
And though you criticise this question
of cost, I cannot believe you are serious
when you endeavor to convey the idea
that it will cost as much for delegates
from Columbia or Jefferson and coun
ties contiguous to Augusta; oi from
Jones, Wilkinson, Twiggs and other
counties near Baldwin; or from Appling,
Wilcox, Telfair and other counties near
Pierce, to attend District Conventions
at their accustomed places of assem
bling as it would to come to Atlanta.
Again, we reoognized tbe faot that
a Gubernatorial Convention, after
the meeting of the National Democratic
Convention, was a necessity, and we de
sired to save our struggling people, if
possible, the heavy expense of two State
Conventions—an economy we believe
the people will appreciate and justify.
Then arose the question, how and by
whom sbonld the delegates from tho
State at large be chosen ? The Com
mittee, unwilling to usurp any power
whatever, decided they would not select
themselves, or even recommend persons
for the position, but would remit the
whole question to the District Conven
tion and ask them in case they failed to
agree upon four delegates to empower
the Committee to select from the names
suggested by their Conventions the
delegates and their alternates. I con
fess the wording of the printed resolu
tion is unfortunate. The words “shall
empower the State Executive Committee
to select from the names, etc.,” implies
more than the Committee designed or
desired—for at my own suggestion we re
quested the Congressional Conventions to
empower ns to make these selections
if they failed to do so. In other words,
we asked them to give us a power of
attorney to act for them, should they
fail to select four delegates. Now,
Messrs. Editors, can they not in 'that
power of attorney stipulate how this
delegated power shall be executed and
what latitude the Committee shall have
in selecting from the names suggested
(not by the Committee, but by the Con
gressional Conventions) the delegates
and their alternates. There is certainly
no great wrong in this, and no evidence
of any desire on the part of the Com
mittee to “seleot nearly one-fifth the
delegates to which Georgia would be
entitled in the National Convention.”
I did not see the report of our Secre
tary (as it was written out after our
adjournment) until it appeared in print,
or I would have changed the phraseolo
gy that it might have properly embodied
the request of the Committee. Is there
any disposition manifested in this action
to stock a delegation in the interest of
any Presidential aspirant ? Such an
idea never entered the minds. of the
Committee, and you reflect upon their'
patriotism and their sense of daty when
yon insinuate that we desired to control
a single delegate to the National Con
vention. Yon further assert that our
action was a usurpation of power—and
that in the whole annals of the party’s
history you oannot find “any justifica
tion of tha late extraordinary oondnet of
the State Executive Committee.” Do
you desire precedents ? refer to the
history of the party before the war and
you will find them. I will not, however,
go back that far—but will cite you to
the action of yonr Executive Committee
since that .time. In March, 1868, the
Democratic Executive Committee met
in Macon, and after recommending “to
the people of Georgia that able jurist,
conservative statesman and incorrupti
ble patriot, Augustus Reese, of Morgan,
aa their candidate for Governor,”
they then (did what?) selected as
delegates for tha State at large, to
the National Democratic Oonyention,
Gen. Jno. B. Gordon, A. H. Chappell,
B. H. Hill and H. S. Fitch, and appoint
ed a committee to “recommend District
Conventions to be held on Tuesday, 31st
March (sooner than our coll), to nomi
nate candidates for Congress and dele
gates to the New fork Contention.’' It
appearing that tbe Hoq. Augustus
Reese wss ineligible, the Committee
again met April 4th, and nominated
Gen. Gordon for Governor. So mnch
for precedent and the power of a commit
tee | Again; in 1872 at a Convention of
the party it was resolved that in select
ing delegates to the National Convention
“that the delegates from each Congres
sional District shall select two delegates
and alternates, and the Chairman Bhall
appoint a committee of three from each
Distriot, who shall suggest the name# of
eight delegates from the State at large.”
We propose that the nine Congressional
Districts shall do what this Committee
were empowered to do. Now, Messrs.
Editors, carry oat the spirit pf the action
of the Committee and the Convention
alluded to above, and I ask you, in all
candor, wherein have we shown any dis
position to usurp power or disturb the
peace and harmony of the party ? The
Committee little thought of advancing
the interest of any aspirant for Presi
dential honors, believing then, as now,
that the delegates ohosen to represent
Georgia would go to the Convention
with but one aim and purpose—the tri
umph of Democratic principles and the
nomination of a candidate worthy to
bear the standard of the time-honored
party. For the success of these princi
ples your Committee have faithfully and
energetically labored, and the elections
in Georgia during their administration
evidence the fact of unparalleled suc
cess and triumphs. One more allusion
to your editorial and I am done. Yon
say you “have not alleged that they
failed to call a Convention of the party
because their own term of office would
expire as soon as such Convention
should assemble.” Pardon me for
saying the insinuation contained in
this sentence is unworthy of jour
nalists of your acknowledged repu
tation, and does injustice to your
heads and hearts. I know 1 speak the
, sentiments of the whole Committee
when I say it is not a position of pleas
ant ease, but one of aotion and grave
responsibilities. As Chairman, I have
found it no flower-strewn way. For
four months in the last Gubernatorial
and Presidential campaign I gave my
whole time, at a great sacrifice of private
business and at much expense, to con
ciliate the unfortunate divisions then
existing in our ranks and to secure a
triumph for our party and principles in
Georgia. Again, sir, in the late Con
gressional elections I left my business
and devoted my whole time to the cause
of the party, visiting as far as was in
my power every contested distriot in
the State. The result of • these two
campaigns are known to our people.
Whether 1 discharged my duty then as
Chairman—whether I was fermenting
divisions then, let the result in Georgia
answer. Ido not mention these facts
in a spirit of self-praise, but to
show you the position has been one of
great labor, heavy expense and muoh
anxiety, and one from which any one
might gladly ask to be relieved. 1 know
this has been the opinion of the Com
mittee, and you will pardon their Chair
man in saying that in all their labors
they have evinced only a desire to se
cure the success of the great party in
whose interest they were appointed, re
gardless of personal interest or ambi
tious aspirants. And now, sirs, in view
of these facts and precedents, I ask you
wherein have we sinned ? Wherein have
we usurped power or authority ? You
suggest to me in conclusion that it is
my “duty to call the Committee togeth
er again and let them consider whether
or not they will undo their work.” Gen
tlemen, I ask you, what right have I to
imagine or believe they wish to “undo
their work ?” They have seen your
strictures, and yet they have not inti
mated to me a desire to review their
proceedings. It would, therefore, be
an act of superrogation on my part to
presume, in the absence of any such in
timation from them, that they wished to
reconsider their action. I must, there
fore, decline, unless requested by them,
to call them together again—trusting
that you and the good people of the
State will acquiesce in the work they
have done, and conclude that they have
acted as they have ever done, with no
other aim or purpose than to advanoe
the interest of the party upon whose suc
cess alone depends our only hope of lo
cal governments and constitutional lib
erty. I am, gentlemen, very respect
fully, Thos. Habdeman, Jb.,
Chm’n. Dem. Ex. Com.
GEO. H. PENDLETON.
Wliat a Cincinnati. Interviewer Pumped Onl
of Him.
[ Cincinnati Enquirer.]
We found Mr. Pendleton all en
thusiasm about his visit to the South and
his welcome and treatment there, he
having been treated with a kindness he
says he shall never forget.
Reporter—You enjoyed the trip, evi
dently?
Mr. Pendleton—l went to the South
to seek a warmer climate for my eldest
daughter under the advice of my physi
cians, and was detained at Augusta six
weeks by a very virulent attack of scar
let fever. Except for the anxiety for
her, and for the embarrassment of being
detained muoh longer than I had antici
pated, I had a very pleasant trip.
Reporter—Did you go to Charleston
or Columbia?
Mr. Pendleton—Yes; I visited both.
Reporter—How is South Carolina
politically? ,
Mr. Pendleton—Republican to-day.
There are thirty thousand more oolored
than white votes, and until the colored
vote oan be diverted, as it will be, the
State will be Republican. There is, how
ever, an effort which, it seems to me,
might be successful to divide the colored
vote between the Radicals and the Con
servative Democrats, which would give
the State to Conservatism.
Reporter—South Carolina in the Re
publican Convention will, then, of oourse,
be for Grant?
Mr. Pendleton—ln my opinion Gen
eral Grant can carry, in the Convention,
every Southern State. The feeling in
the South is that, with every Southern
State in his favor, he can beyond all
doubt carry enough districts subject to
the influence of office-holders to secure
him the nomination; I mean the districts
within the influence of the Collectors,
Custom House officers and District Attor
neys of the ports in Maine and those of
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Bal
timore, San Francisco, and in the inte
rior cities, such as Cincinnati, Memphis,
Louisville and St. Louis.
Reporter—He will, then, be the Re
publican nominee?
Mr. Pendleton—lf at the time the Re
publican Convention meets Gen. Grant
shall desire to be the nominee he can,
in my opinion, without doubt secure the
nomination.
Reporter—lt is not sure, then, that he
wants it?
Mr. Petfdleton—l think he desires a
third term, but not a nomination unless
he thinks he can be elected.
Reporter—Can he be elected?
Mr. Pendleton—He will carry the load
of the people’s just prejudices against a
third term, in addition to many others,
but he will possess and may use far more
effectually than any other President has
dared to do the powers and patronage
of the office. That he has pahtioal dar
ing is proved by the removal of Assistant
Prosecutor Henderson in the face of
the indictment of his own Private Seore -
tary.
Reporter—How is the South on the
cnrrency question?
Mr. Pendleton—The infamies of the
Republican plan of reconstruction are
so prominent in the public mind that
the currency is noL as in the North, the
absorbing issue. lam not, therefore,
prepared to speak for the Southern
Democracy on that subject.
Reporter—Do you think that Ohio
ought to have its State Convention be
fore or after the National Convention?
Mr. Pendleton—l think it ought to
have its convention as qsual, before the
National Convention, for the appoint
ment of delegates to the National Con
vention.
Reporter—Ought it to adopt a plat
form?
Mr. Pendleton—l think it ought to
express the opinions of the Democratic
party of Ohio on all questions of State
and National importance.
Reporter—What about the currency
question?
Mr. Pendleton—l think it should
affirm the general principles of our plat
form of last year, so guarding its ex
pression that no honest man can be
made to Relieve that its favors repudia
tion or unlimited inflation, and so that
every man can see that we desire to
appreciate the currency toward its par
with specie rathe; than depredate it.
In the last campaign the platform was
maliciously misrepresented to the voters.
The possibility of this being effectually
repeated should be guarded against.
Whenever I have spoken I have freely
expressed myself on this subject. The
Ohio Democratic platform of laat year
did not mean repudiation, aa the eon
tractiopjsts maintained. It meant na
tional prosperity, and, therefore, nation
al solvency.
An English woman advertises heraeU
as corn-cutter to the royal family. She
practices on “the light, fantastic toe.”
J. RANDOLPH TUCKER.
A Reply to Our Waahingtoa Correspondent.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
Your Washington correspondent—
“N’lmporte”—has singled out Mr. J.
Randolph Tucker, of Virginia, from
amongst those whom he is pleased to term
“Political Terrapins.” I have no fault
to find, or quarrel to pick with “States
men like Lamar, Gordon, Hifl, Ransom,
Hunter, and others"—my object is simply
to have the readers of yonr valuable
paper do Mr. Tucker justice, Yonr cor
respondent says that Mr. Tucker is a
gifted, loyal, eloquent, Virginian, of the
bluest blood-age. Sirs, and more than
all these, he is an honest man. He is a
man who will always be found on the
side of right, fighting against wrong.
This is Mr. Tucker's first session in
Congress. He was elected last Fall
from the Lexington District by a ma
jority of over 6,000 (five thousand). He
bad canvassed the Distriot, and express
ed himself on “the Constitution,” “the
habeas corpus ,” the conduct of the
General Government, eto., etc., and yet
knowing his views they elected him by
this handsome majority. Now, sirs, if
his constituents do not like his course,
they have only not to re-eieot him this
Fall. But I wish “N’lmporte” (and
your readers) distinctly to understand
that this vis a tergo business won’t go
down with him. All the “live coals of
indignant popular sentiment” in Chris
tendom won’t drive Ran l'ncker from
the path of duty and right.—
Mr. Tucker has sworn to stand by the
Constitution ; but he must be allowed
to interpret it for himself. Now, by
reading the Washington letter a few
lines further, we plainly see why your
correspondent is so bitter against “the
terrapins.” The Texas Pacific bill ex
plains all. “N’lmporte,” in faot, has
an axe to grind ; he wants au appropria
tion. Mr. Tucker and the rest of “the
terrapins” are for drawing the strings of
the public purse. The Richmond Dis
patch and Danville Times are also op
posed to Mr. Tucker’s measures of re
trenchment and reform; and why? Rich
mond wants an appropriation for the i im
provement of the James river. The Times
wants au appropriation for the Roanoke
and talks of “a time when steamers will
run from Weldon to Clarksville, and
from Clarksville to Danville and on to
Madison.” Two more grinders at the
public stone. I am inclined to think,
however, that the Times is indulging
in a bit of saroasm, and is at heart in
favor of Mr. Tucker’s measures. The
Dispatch sayß we “can’t afford to con
tinue it,” meaning as I take it retrench
ment and reform. It’s and yonr cor
respondent’s idea seems to be that be
cause the Republican party has
voted money for internal improve
ments at the North, that for
this reason the Democrats of the
South must vote for improvements here.
Because they steal we must steal, and
try to keep even with them. But, car
ried to the final issue, where will all this
internal improvements end ? Why, sirs,
I expect to hear next that Mr. Hill has
been petitioned to have an appropria
tion made for the completion of the
Augusta eanal, and for the deepening of
Rea’s creek, so as to admit the passage
of steamboats as far up as Skinner’s
mill. Now, just think of the number of
rivers and small streams in the South,
to say nothing of railroads. I should
think Georgia and Georgians have had
enough of internal improvements. The
great developer of Georgia (H. I.
Kimball) well nigh bankrupted the
State—and this thing of appropriations
by Congress, if carried out, will bank
rupt the Federal Government. States
Rights, so far as secession is conoerned,
is a dead issue. But so long as the
Constitution remains unchanged, the
opinions of snch men as Chief Justiee
Marshall, Mr. Justiee Story, Chief
Justice Chase, eto., are entitled to
respect. I have made this article muoh
longer than I intended—one word
more, however. I beg leave to intro
duce Mr. Lamar’s opinion on Mr.
Tucker’s speech—“ That it was the
finest thing he had heard in Congress,”
and, in conclusion, I will say that the peo
[fie of Virginia regard Ran Tucker as
one of the first men in Congress—a rival
of his uncle of Roanoke—excepting that
we never expect to see him go back on
his record as old John, of Roaneke, did
in aocepting office under President
Jackson. “Geoboia.”
Stone Hill, Loudon co., Va., Feb. 8.
HUNTING IN GEORGIA.
Breach Leaders and Fox Hunting in Colum
bia County.
Columbia Cos., Ga., Dec. 16, 1875.
Editor Forest and Stream:
Far from the busy hum city life,
and twenty odd miles from the nearest
railroad, it is with great pleasure I hail
the coming of Thursday, our mail day,
and the advent of your welcome paper.
I have imposed upon your good nature
to ask what will remove the cap from a
shell—Sturtevant, I think—the movable
anvil breaking off in three per cent, at
least of the shell before I oan force the
cap out. Another objection I find shoot
ing a 10-gauge Powell gun, altered by
Clarke & Sneider, of Baltimore, who by
the way do most excellent work, is that
my metal shells expanded from constant
firing, so that out of sixty shells I have
only twenty-three that I can force in my
gun. I disagree most emphatically with
your correspondents, who claim that
Amerioan shells are as good as English,
and for my own use, prefer Eley’s brown
paper shells to his green, or to any
Amerioan shell, metal or paper. I have
used my breech loader only one season,
killing 127 quail, besides other game,
but for longrange, and when I am doubt
ful of my opponent’s markmansbip, I
always take my old muzzle loader, dis
regarding the convenience of the former.
Crimpers and ereasers I have tried to no
satisfaction; mucilage is my preference.
I noticed your strictures upon the riding
of American gentlemen; should not that
have read Northern gentlemen ? We
Southrons are rather proud of that,
accomplishment, and?, for one, now that
I am crippled, refer you to the fact that
I once won a hurdle race, during which
one horse was killed and two riders
thrown. I ought to know how, for I
followed Stuart and Hampton through
enough of Virginia and Maryland, and a
small portion of Pennsylvania, to en
lighten the most obtuse mind on the
subject of equestriauship. As to fox
hunting, I have always kept a pack of
hounds numbering from five to fourteen,
and catch a red fox occasionally; I have
only bagged three this season, though
my neighbors report several others. I
claim neither fox or bird that I do not
hag. I was amused at the Tribune’s
comments on the subjeot of fox hunting
in this country, I suppose that in my
county we average over two hundred
foxes caught every season, and at least
ten or fifteen planters, like myself, who
keep bounds, but none of us ride to
dogs like Englishmen; on the oontrary,
if we oan ride hard enough to
keep in hearing of our dogs without
killing our horses, we consider that we
have had a fine hunt. I caught % fox
yesterday in one hour and five minutes,
and by chance was in at thp death. How
many I lose this deponent saith not. It
would take one mounted on a Pegasus
to follow dogs over these gullies, rooky
hills and high rail fences. Jam tempt
ed to record the capture of a wild oat—
the largest J ever saw—After a two
hour's race. I thought she was some
“cat"until I read in the columns of
farest and Stream of one being captnr
ed measuring five feet; mine only went
thirty-three and three-quarter inches in
length and nineteen in height.
[lt is a misfortune inseparable from
the use of the Sturtevant shell that an
oocasional anvil will break, bat there is
no reason why the metal shells should
expand so as to be worthless if they fit
the chamber of the gun properly in the
first instance. If our correspondent
will look again he will see that in the
article on fox hunting we alluded only
to this locality.— Ed.]
THE TRIAL OF BABCOCK.
Bt. Louis, February 16.—J. J. Brooks
testifled that be had had doubts of
Roge’s integrity by reason of reports
which came to him while at New Or
leans. Hoge had failed to meet him at
the appointed time, and did not reach
New Orleans until two days after he
gie witness) had seised the distilleries
ere. There was evidenoe at New
Orleans that tidings of their visits
had been received in advanoe. Sev
eral persons at Waahington, other
than Commissioner Douglass, knew he
and Hoge were going there. OoL Dyer
then offered some telegrams la cypher,
which the defense claimed were confi
dential dispatches between oognsel and
client, After examining them the Court
ruled them out. The dispatches known
as the “Avery” dispatches were admit
ted as evidenoe.
$2 A YEAR—POSTAGE PAID.
THE STATE.
THE PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS.
Tuesday’s Items.
They are still having corn shuokings
in Fannin county.
A squad of United States soldiers are
posted at'Dalton.
A. K. Seago, of Atlanta, has filed his
petition in bankruptcy.
Mr. Gordon Sorrell, well known about
Macon, was killed in Texas recently.
The Atlanta Constitution wants Col.
Estes to be Mayor till the next centen
nial.
Great Jerusalem! Two more solid
eolumns from “H. H. J.” in the Maeon
Telegraph !
Colonel John D. Carter, late of the
Constitutionalist, has a elerkship in the
State Senate.
Mr. A. K. Seago’s liabilities aggre
gate about $230,000, and bis assets
about $195,000.
We welcome the Franklin County
Register to our table, and wish it a suc
cessful future.
Marion L. Roberts has gone from At
lanta to GalvestoD, where he is to be
cashier of the Texas Express Company.
The Atlanta Deraid says there are
fifty-four clerks employed by the House
of Representatives at seven dollars a
day.
Master Ben McCoy, a son of Mr. J.
0. MoCoy, of Jaokson county, was
severely injured recently by a fall from
a wagon.
Miss Emma Stanley, of Fannin coun
ty, was seriously injured in oouse
quenoe of a fall from a foot log over Flat
creek. It is feared she will die.
The question as to whether a black
eyed woman can love as fondly as a blue
eyed one is now agitating some of the
people and the papers of the State.
Mr. Jno. R. Christian has sold the
Sparta Times and Planter to Col. J. J.
Hickman, and retires from the paper.
Elam Christian will have the general
management of the paper and job office.
Mr. Jack Esley, an old man, was
knocked from the track of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad by a passing traiu
which ran over his hand, severing it
from his wrist, and otherwise injuring
him so that it is thought he will die.
David Rutledge, who lived ten miles
from Morganton, was found dead in his
bed on the morning of the 6th instant.
His wife, the night previous, had gone to
set up with a siok neighbor and returned
early in the morning, and after getting
breakfast ready, went to the bed to
awaken him,when she discovered he was
dead.
Marriages.
In Albany, John Mook to Mollie
Kelly.
In Albany, Harry Brant to Jane
Alley.
At Pearson, R. H, Gunn to Fannie
Tooke.
In Jones oounty, Willis Prioe to Alice
Williams.
In Lumpkin oounty, Wm. Thomas to
Nanoy Postell.
In Floyd oounty, Williamson Archer
to Fanny D. Ivey.
In Hart oounty, Major J. Lewis to
Fannie J. Roberts.
In Jefferson oounty, Chalmers Flem
ming to Julia Stone.
Near Rome, N. B. Tumlin, of Carters
ville, to Fannie Bryant.
In Elbert county, E. B. N. Flemming
to Mrs. Lou M. Hulme.
In Terrell county, J. B. Gunn, of
Pearson, to Mattie Bussey,
In Elbert coußty, M. E. Smith, of
Wilkes county, to Jane A. Hall.
In Floyd oounty, J. L. White, of
Walker county, to Martha M. Hill.
,8. J. Berrong, of Towns oounty, to
N. C. Dillard, of Head of Tennessee.
In Caddo Parish, La., E. J. Beadles,
of Cooweta oounty, to Miss F. J. Bald
win.
In Russell county, Ala., Capt. J. W.
Dennis, of Columbus, to Mattie J.
Thomas.
In Augusta, Dr. E. _I. Burkhalter, of
Warren ton, to Lizzio Anderson, of
Warren county.
Death*.
In Dalton, Mrs. Worthington.
In Baker oounty, C. T. Galloway.
In Troup county, Judge T. 0. Miller.
In Sparta, Mrs. Martha Stovall Wil
son.
Thursday's Items.
Paulding county is oat of debt.
Peach trees in full bloom in Athens.
In Paulding county Ben Ferguson cut
Henry Griffin badly in the neck and
face.
If Ham doesn’t look out the Henry
County Ledger will make John H. James
the next Governor.
Tracklaying on the Northeastern Rail
road is to be resumed shortly. The At
lanta Rolling Mill is to furnish the rails.
A brisk tornado visited Columbus last
Monday morning, doing little damage,
however, but badly frightening the
folks,
A divoroe case between Jones vs.
Jones, colored, was tried in the Supe
rior Court at Athens last week. The
testimony disclosed the faot that the
parties separated in fifteen minutes af
ter they were married.
A fire in Eatonton Monday night de
stroyed the stores of Goodman t Cos.,
W. H. Heurn, J, Q. Adams, Martin &
Cos., and Walker & Respass. Many
goods were saved, but in a very dam
aged condition. The estimated loss is
$50,000.
The entire loss by the burning of the
warehouse of Saulsbury, Respess &
Cos., at Macon, probably amounts to
$25,00Q. About 400 bales of cotton
were stored in the building, a great deal
of which was entirely destroyed, and all
of it greatly damaged.
Springfield Baptist Church (colored)
of Augusta, Robt. H. Cook, Superin
tendent, celebrated its 18th anniversary
last Sunday. The day was beautiful,
and the pleasant church edifice was
filled with attentive and interested
listeners to the exercises of the ocoasion,
which consisted of praytir by the pastor,
Rev, Henry Watts; the report of the
Secretary, P. W. Molntosh; an address |
by Rev. A. A. Johnson; recitations by
the Sabbath sohool ohildren, and sing
ing. Aooording to the report of the
Secretary, the average attendance of
pupils is 175, and there are 23 teachers.
The colored people deserve muoh credit
for, and all encouragement in their
efforts for advancement, which have cer
tainly been attended with gratifying
suoeess.
The Columbus Enquirer returned to
Mr. Watchel, Mr. Ford’s agent, the
complimentary tickets he sent to that
office, saying: “We considered Mr. Wat
chel’s compliment (?) niggardly, and as
soon as the matter was understood his
‘eomplimentaries’ were returned him.
We will pay our way, as we are ever will
ingto do, if desirous of ever witnessing a
performance, and in future if Mr. Wat
ohel, or any other agent, wants adver
tisements they can pay for the same,
and if we feel interest enough in their
shows to attend them we will pay our
way. These traveling agents are gener
ally very important personages, and en
deavor to lord it over all ooming in con
tact with them, and think they confer a
lasting favor upon a newspaper by giving
them a five dollar advertisement and
two or three complimentary tickets, and
that the paper moat give them twenty
five dollars worth of notiees in the most
glorifying language. ”
Southern Watchman: “A young man
handed ns the following paragraph
which he had cut from a newspaper, and
which he informed us he was so struck
with that he had determined to adopt it
as his guide through life. No man who
will follow its teachings can be a bad
man: A man cannot afford to be unfaith
ful under any circumstances; a man can
not afford to be mean at any time; a
man cannot afford to do leas than his
best at all times and under all eircum
stancea. No matter how wrongfully you
are placed, and no matter how unjustly
you ure treated, you oannot, for your
own sake, afford to use anything but
vour better self, nor to render anything
but your better services. You oannot
afford to lie to a liar; you cannot afford
to be mean to a mean man; yon oannot
afford to do other than deal uprightly
with any man, no matter what exigencies
may 6xist between him and you. No
man ean afford to be anything but a
true man, living in his h igher nature
nod acting with the highest considera
tions.”
The New York House of Representa
tives adopted the resolution which
paused the Senate against subsidies.
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
Washington, February 16.—The
Claims Committee reported adversely
on the bill to settle claims for advances
by Several States for the war of 1812.
.The Judiciary Committee reported
adversely ou Merrimon’s bill to pay
claims for carrying mails South before
the war. The bill selling timber land
in .California was discussed, pending
which Mr. Edmunds said he was about
to inquire what became of the regular
order yesterday—the case of Mr. Pinch
baok.
The Chair replied it was not called up
yesterday, and had been succeeded bv
other business.
Mr. Edmunds moved to postpone the
pending bill relating to the sale of tim
ber land, and take up the resolution for
the admissionpf Pinchback. He agreed
with the Senator from Indiana (Morton)
that the question was one of high priv
ilege, and already had been too long
delayed.
Mr. Morton said he did not press the
resolution for the admission of Pinch
back yesterday for several reasons, one
of which was that several Senators were
absent, and he desired that there should
be a full Senate when a vote was taken.
If the Senator from Vermont (Edmunds v
desired to have the resolution taken up
for the purpose of making a speech, he
(Morton) would not object. e
Mr. Edmunds said he had never
moved to take up anything for the pur
pose of making a speech. He desired
to get the case to a final determination.
The little he had to say would not
oocupy thirty minutes, and it was prob
able that he would not speak at all.
Mr. Morton said if Senator Edmunds
did not desire to speak he hoped the
resolution would not be taken up. There
was one Senator sick, and he desired to
be here.
Mr. Edmunds said when the case of
Pinchback was left on Monday the
Senator from Indiana (Morton) was in
the midst of some observations; as he
seemed to be indisposed he (Edmunds)
moved for an adjournment for executive
session. Yesterday the matter got dis
placed in some way during his absence.
If the Senate was to wait until a full
number of Senators were present before
taking a vote in the case, Piuchback
would never be settled. If any Senator
was ill who desired to vote on the side
°f Pinohbaok he (Edmunds) would pair
with him with pleasure, as he did uot
intend to vote on that side. He be
lieved the Senate was as full as it would
ever be in the ordinary course of events.
He did not know how the case wonld bo
determined, and he did not oare how it
would be, exoept in the interest of law,
the Constitution and the facts.
The question being on taking up the
resolution a division was called for and
resulted—yeas, 26; nays, 24.
Mr. Logan, of Illinois, demanded the
yeas and nays, and the motion to take
up the resolution was lost—yeas, 30;
nays, 83—as follows :
Yeas—Bayard, Bogy, Booth, Caper
ton, Cockrill, Cooper, Davis, Dennis,
Eaton, Edmunds, English, Goldthwaite,
Johnston, Jones of Florida, Kernan,
Key, MoCreery, MoDonald, Maxey,
Merrimon, Norwood, Randolph, Ransom,
Saulsbury, Stevenson, Thurman, Wal
lace, West, Whyte, Withers.
Nays Alcorn, Allison, Boutwell,
Bruce, Cameron of Pennsylvania, Came
ron of Wisconsin, Clayton, Conkling,
Conover, Dawes, Dorsey, Frelinghuysen,
Hamilton, Hamlin, Harvey, Hitchoock,
Howe, Ingalls, Jones of Nevada, Logan,
MoMillan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of
Vermont, Morton, Oglesby, Paddook,
Patterson, Sargent, Sherman, Spencer,
Wadleigh, Windom and Wright—33.
Ferry, of Miohigan, who also would
have voted in the negative was paired
with Gordon, of Georgia, who would
have voted in the affirmative.
Those not voting were Anthony, Burn
side, Ohristiancy, Crogin, Kelly,
Mitchell and Robertson.
On motion of Merrimon, the vote by
which the bill to pay for carrying mails
before the; war was indefinitely post
poned, was reconsidered and the bill
placed On the calendar. Executive session.
Adjourned.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The bill extending the timo for filing
claims for additional bounty to July,
1880, passed. The Committee on For
eign Affairs reported unfavorably on the
proposition to terminate the treaty of ’6B
with the North German Confederation.
The amendment to the bill admitting
Colorado passed. It appropriates $20,-
000 to pay the expenses of the Conven
tion. The special order bill reorganiz
ing the Judiciary was taken up. It
provides a Girouit Court in every Dis
trict and a Court of Appeals within each
Circuit. .The terms of the Court of
Appeals to be held at Richmond, New
Orleans, Louisville and St. Louis. The
bench consists of the Circuit Judge and
District Judges within the Circuit, and
the ex-Judge who heard the case below.
The decision to be final, except in cases
of over SIO,OOO, which may go to the
Supreme Court.
Mr. Bradford moved to insert Mobile
instead of New Orleans.
Mr. Mills moved to substitute Jack
son for New Orleans.
Mr. O’Brien moved to substitute Bal
timore for Riohmond. Without action,
the House adjourned.
FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.
[From The World. |
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.—The
approaohing nuptials are announced of
the lovely and accomplished Miss
Blanche Rye and Herbert Crokid, the
only son of one of our most indicted
citizens. The bride that is to be is as
wealthy as she is beautiful, her father’s
bail bond amounting to $70,000. This
approaching matrimonial event has
caused much excitement in fashionable
Rings.
From the St. Louis Globe ( Conv.
Rep. j—The marriage of Miss Bourbon
and the Baron de Wiski has been post
poned till after the next term of the
District Court, when it is hoped that
the bride’s father will be acquitted. *
* The birthday fete of Miss Coperstil
yesterday was a great success. A large
number of indicted distillers were pres
ent, bat the absence of the genial ex
gauger, Mr. Overproof, was universally
noticed and regretted. Mr. Overproof’s
arrival at Jefferson City was chronicled
in the local papers last week. He was
the guestof Warden Findley. * * Mr.
Sourmache arrived yesterday from St.
Joseph, and is putting up at the Grate
Central. He is accompanied by Deputy
Marshal Ankuff.
From the Chicago Tribune. —Colonel
Wurm gave a banquet last night at the
Sherman House to his counsel, witness
es and jurors in favor of bis acquittal.
Colonel Worm is one of our wealthiest
citizens, having been indicted for 600,-
000 gallons. * < Mrs. Tanglefoot’s jew
elry was immensely admired at the ope
ra last night. She wore a 40,000 gallon
diamond necklace sent to her from Paris
by her husband after he jumped his
bail. •
From the Indianapolis Journal.—Mr.
Tubbs returned yesterday after a three
months’ visit to New Albany. He looks
well, though his hair is much shorter
than when we saw him last. * * Mr.
Crow, Sr., familiarly known as “Old
Crow,” has endowed the Theological'
Chair of Purdue University with au
amount equal to the tax on 1,000 barrels
of proof spirits. Mr. Whichoker
preached an eloquent and spirited ser
mon on the subject last night, from tha
text, “He that stealeth from the Gov
ernment lendeth to the Lord.”
ELECTION NEWS.
Texan Fleets the Entire Democratic Ticket
—Uannnylranta Municipal Elections.
Galveston, February 16.—The elec
tion has been quiet. A large vote was
east. The Democratic vote was heavy.
Returns from the interior are meagre
bnt indicate the success of the entire
Democratic ticket.
Titusville, Pa., February 16.—The
Republicans elected a Mayor for the
first time in three years; 113 majority.
Eajh*of, Pa., February 16.—The Re
publicans carried four of seven wards.
Danville, Pa., February 16, —The
Republicans successful.
Philadelphia, February 16. Elec
tion qaiet. The Democrats have-gained
oouncilmen in several wards,
Habbisbubg, Pa., February 16. The
Republicans re-elect the Mayor by 1,100
majority. Three Democrats and two
Independent Select Oouncilmen re
elected, and nine Democrats and five
independent Common Councilman were
elected.
“Which accounts for tl*e unusually
interesting paper we publish this week,’”
as the young man, temporarily left in
charge of a rural exchange said, when he
announced bis boss’s absence in New
York,