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WEDNESDAY .rEBBTTAKTfIS, 1876.
THE XAEKEB.
I bar* a Mailing face, she said,
I bare a jest for all 1 meet,
I bare a garland (or my bead
And all it* flowers are sweat—
And so you call me gay, she aaid.
Grief taught to me this smile, she said.
And wrong did teach this Jesting bold.
There flowers were plucked from garden-bed
While a death bell was tolled;
And what now will you say, she aaid.
Behind no prison grate, die said.
Which elan the sunshine half a mile
Lire oaptisas so uncomforted
A a souls behind a smile;
God s pity let us pray, she said.
I know my face is bright, she said—
Bach brightness dying suns diffuse,
I bear upon my forehead shed
The sign of what I loee—
The ending of my day, she said.
If I dared leave this smile, she said.
And take a moan upon my mouth
And tie cypress 'round my head,
And let my tears ran smooth—
It were the happier way she said.
And since that must not be, she said,
I fain your bitter world would leave.
How calmly calmly smile the dead—
Why do yon not. therefore, grieve !
The yea of Heaven is yes, she said.
Bat in yoar bitter world, she said,
Face Joy’s s costly mask to wear.
Tie bought with paogs long nourished,
And rounded to despair,
Oriefs earnest makes life’s play, she said.
Ye weep for those who weep ? she said —
Ah fools ! I bid you pees them by.
Go weep for those whose hearts have bled
What time their eyes were dry.
Whom sadder caa I say ? she said.
Elizabeth B. Browning.
NOBLESSE OBLIGE.
BT TUB MAKQCT9 OT IBSE.
I.
Noble names, if nobly borne,
Live within a nation’s heart;
If of such thou bearer be
Never let that name for thee
Point the scornl
u.
Shrined within its narrow bound
Other hopes than thine have part;
For it once In life was theirs
Who from weight of earthly cares
Peace have found!
nr.
They who Wore it free from blame,
Set on honor’s splendid height,
Watch, as spirits, if its place
Love the night, or daylight’s face—
Shame, or Fame.
IV.
’Tis a precious heritage;
Next to love of God, a might
That should plant thy foot, where stood
Of thy race the great and good
All thine age!
v.
Yc remember 'tis a crown
That can hardly be thine own
Till thou win it by some deed
That with gloty fresh shall feed
Their renown!
vr.
Pride of lineage, pomp of power,
Heap dishonor on thee drone;
He shall lose his strength who never
Uses it for fair endeavor;
Brief his hour.
A POET’S CONSTANCY.
# a mabioal: by john a. saxe.
[From Scribner'* Magazine far February.]
O praise is ever sweet to hear ;
In simple candor I confess it;
And then, I own, 'tis doubly dear,
When loving lips like yours express it.
And yet, when calmly I reflect
How much is due to Cupid's blindness,
Forgive me, dear, if I suspect
Your praises only prove your kindness,
Whatever virtues I may boast,
(Aud slight indeed is my profession,)
The one you praise and prize the meat
May be the least in my possession.
You tell me. sweet! you love—revere
A mind so steady andnnswerving ;
But never Poet yet, I fair,
Of such applause wae quite deserving.
The Poet’s constancy, at best,
Is like the Bed’s—voluptuous rover ;
Still constant to her honey-quest,
Though found in lily, rose, or olover.
And do I thus my faith impeach
As one untrue to Love's vocation ?
A moment’s patience—l beseech—
And you shall hear the explanation :
Suppose the Bee—so prone to stray,
As Fancy bids, from bower to bower,
Shoifld chance to find, some lucky day,
A wonderous houey-bearing flower ;
Which—though she slipped and oame again
As often as the day was sunny—
Quite unexhausted should remain,
Au ever flowing fount of honey.
Such praise as she might fitly claim,
If ne’er again she proved a rover,
So much (the oases are the same)
Is due your fond and faithful lover !
TO-MORROW.
BY BDOAB FAWCETT.
* [From the Atlantic Magazine, for February.]
I git and mare beside the faded coals,
While night and silence hold their mystic
sw&y,
And while the world, with all its freight of
souls,
Wheels on through darkness to another day.
Across my spirit ghostly fancies creep;
Who shall dare prophesy to-morrow’s light ?
What if auconnted thousands, while they sleep,
Are trembling on eternity to-night ?
And still they haunt my heart, these dreams
forlorn,
Vague bats of fear that sunshine would dis
may ;
Though myriads of to-morrows have been born,
What if the last had perished with to-day ?
But no 1 the ancient ordinance yet reigns.
Hours afterward, while seated wakeful here,
I dimly seo, along my casement panes,
The first pale dubious glimmering appear.
Once more the old fated ways of earth begin;
Borne glad girl somewhere will soon wake
ana sy,
While blushing, from chaste forehead to sweet
chin,
One lovely roee, “ It is my wedding day!"
And in acme prison cell, perohanoe even now,
Borne haggard captive from his sleep is
drawn.
To hear them, while cold sweat drops bead his
brow,
Nailing a scaffold in the ghastly dawn 1
BETWEEN THE LIOHTS.
A little pause in life, while daylight lingers
' Between the sunset and the pale moonrise,
When dailv labor slips from weary Augers,
And soft gray afcaduwa veil the aching eyes.
Old p> vfmues wander back from fields of
tiover
Been in the light of suna that long hare set;
Beloved ones, whose earthly toll U am.
Draw near, as if they lived among us ye*.
Old voices call me.through the dusk returning.
I hear the echo of departed feet;
And then I ask, with vain and troubled yearn
ing.
What ia (ha charm that make* aid things so
tweet
Must the old Joys be evermore withholden
Even their memory keeps me pure and true ;
Aud yet, from our Jerusalem tbs Golden
God speaketh, saying, " I make all things
new."
“ Father." I cry, “the old must still be dearer :
Stifle my love, or give me back the past 1
Oive me the fair old earth, whose paths are
dearer.
Thau all Thy shining streets, and mansions
vast.”
Peace, peace—the Lord of earth aud Heaven
knoweth
The human soul in all its heat and strife ;
Oat of His threne no steam of Lethe floweth,
But the dear river of eternal life.
He giveth life, ay, life in all its sweetness.
Old loves, old sunny scenes will He restore :
Only the curse of sin and incompleteness
Shall taint thine earth and vex thine heart
no more.
Serve Him in daily work and honest living.
And faith shall lift thee to His sunlit heights;
Then shall a psalm of gladness and thanksgiv
ing
Fill tbs calm hour that comes between the
lights. —Sunday Magazine.
A Ballfi-Cirl Barm al the Stake.
[London Telegraph, Jan. 15ZA J
An inquest has been held at Sheffield
on the body of the poor ballet-girl,
Alma Oldale, who met her death under
the wre ehedest circumstances through
a fire which occurred during the per
formance of a pantomime at the Sheffield
Theater on the 18th of December last.
The unfortunate deceased was only
eighteen years of age, and was engaged
to enact the part of an “extra” or “flying
lady” in the transformation scene of the
pantomime. She was suspended from
the “die*," standing on a piece of iron,
nnd strapped *o an iron roe at her back.
The gauze aartaims at the wing, from
some unknown cause, caught fire ai*d
were blown by a enrreot. o{ cold air to
ward the deceased; her muslin skirts—
she had on besides only a single garment
—were at oneeeuveloped inflames, asd it
was stated at the inquest that two min
ntea elapsed before ah* oonld be lower
ed to the stage. Being swapped to the
iron rod, she was, of flonrec* utterly
S' ess, and between snch a fate and
wot alive at the eteke we are
to decern any material difference.
Alma Oldale appears to bane anAaggone
the process of roasting with remarkable
courage, but her nereons system was
entirely shattered by trie ebook ebe bad
—fltained. and, after Ragaopga As# days,
the poor creature died.
Isn’t an aim withont a name aynooy-'
Asoua with so ominous Anonymous 9 {
THE STATE CAPITAL
L€KBIATtYB PROOMWWOB Y*B
TERDaY IN ATLANTA.
Passage et the General Tax Aec— Pay for
HMkmmmi Ce.nty Teevhrre ef ”11-Defeat
of the Claim .fßnuiA, fMm A Ce. and
W. F. Herring’s Claim—The Herald Clewed
Oat— ltgPreyvietera te laeae a New Pager.
[Special Dispatch to Chronicle and Sentinel.]
THE STATE SENATE.
Atlanta, February 14. -In the Senate
to-day, Mr. Simmons introduced a reso
lution for the relief of the Planters’
Bank of Macon. Referred to the Finance
Committee. The bill to transfer Cal
houn county from the Albany to the
Pataul t Circuit and Miller county from
the Pataula to the Albany Oixeait was
recommitted. The general tax not pass
ed. The bill to abolish the Georgia
State lottery was amended and passed
by twenty-seven to seven. The follow
ing bills were passed:
To incorporate the Atlanta College of
Dental Surgery; to create Road Com
missionera for Washington county; to
prohibit the sale of farm products be
tween sunset and sunrise in Batts, Polk,
Terrell, Burke, Warren, Jefferson and
Washington counties; for the relief of
Thomas Hcrllis and others, of Morgan
county; to amend thecharterof Milledge
ville, together with a number of bills
changing county lines and other local
bills of no general interest.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In the House, the bill to change and
fix the salary of Governor and oth%r
State officials was lost. The bill to ap
propriate money for the Centennial Ex
hibition, embracing an appropriation
for the military companies to partici
pate, was tabled. The bill to authorize
the Judge of the County Court of Rich
mond to pay the teachers of ’7l passed.
The bill to prescribe the mode and
terms of the sale of the North and South
Road was recommitted. The bill to pay
the claims of Ragland Sc Wynn, of Co
lnmbuf>, passed. The bill to abolish the
office of Treasurer of Bibb oonnty
passed.
The special order was taken up, which
was the bill to authorize the Governor
to issue bonds, and retire by exchange
bonds of the second series of the Macon
and Brunswick Road, now held by
Branch, Sons & Cos., and W. F. Herring,
The biil was discussed for four hours,
and lost by a large majority. Mr.
Black, of Richmond, made an able and
exhaustive speech. The bill received
the support of some of the leading mem
bers, but the cry of fraudulent bonds
defeated a just and lawful claim.
The Herald was closed out by the
Sheriff this afternoon. The proprietors
will make no effort to publish to-morrow.
Their new paper will appear as soon as
the type and presses are received from
the North.
Senator Gordon—Hl* Position on Ifcfl Presi
dential Question—He Nays He Is Not Thur
man’s Man nor Any Other Man’s Man—
Nevertheless, He Thinks Thurman the
Htrongest Man for the Democracy.
General Gordon wishes it distinctly
understood that he is not a partisan of
Judge Thnrman, or any other man, for
the Presidency. From information re
ceived at Washington, he thinks Thur
man stands the best chance of carrying
.Ohio, and he believes him the most
available candidate for the Democracy,
but he is in favor of supporting the can
didate who will command the strongest
support of the whole country. Should
it appear that Hendricks, or Bayard, or
Pendleton will be the most available
for the party, Gen. Gordon will give
either a. cordial, hearty support. He
speaks to-night on national politics, and
will doubtless explain his position. He
is not committed, and will support that
man for the Presidency most likely to
bring victory to the Demooratio party.
Bills Passed In the Senate and House—Grush
ina Defeat of the Policy of State Aid—No
Aid for the Marietta, Canton, and Ellijay
Hoad—( ivil fUgbts-Mr. Baoon’o Resolu
tions.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel.]
THE STATE SENATE.
Atlanta, February 15.—1n the Senate
the following bills were passed:
To incorporate the Atlanta Brewery
Company; to organize a County Court
in Polk county; to authorize the Treas
urer of Washington county to pay the
widow of Haywood Brookins; to or
ganize a County Court in Clay county.
The bill to require persons to take out
lioense for keeping dogs was lost—ayes,
15; nays, 21.
The Governor has signed the act to
define the time within which proceed
ings to set aside judgments and decrees
of Courts must be instituted; also, the
act to provide for the adjustment of the
rights of parties in cases where property
which lias been set apart under the
homestead and exemption laws of the
State has heretofore been sold. In
executive session, John H. Hull was
confirmed Judge of the County Court of
Scriven.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
In the House the following bills were
passed: To provide for supplemental
proceedings against debtors where judg
ments are returned unsatisfied; to fix the
compensation of the Treasurer of Mus
cogee county; to amend the laws relative
to the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Cave
Spring.
The bill to regulate the leasing of con
victs was made the speaial order for
Thursday. The bill to loan the credit
of the State to the Marietta, Canton and
Ellijay Railroad was taken up. It pro
vided to endorse bonds of the road to
the amount of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
Mr. Turner, of Brooks, made an effec
tive and able argument against the policy
of granting State aid to railroads.
Messrs. McGill and McKinley made
strong appeal* in favor of the bill. On
motion to indefinitely postpone the bill,
the ayes were 99; nays, 59.
Mr. Bacon, of Bibb, offered the fol
lowing resolutions, ;yhioh were adopted
unanimously:
Whereas, It has been charged qa |he
floor of the United Btates Senate, and
by a portion of the public press of the
Northern States, tfcat it is the design of
the Legislature of Georgi* to abrogate
or abridge the privileges or fights now
enjoyed equally by all citizens of the
State under the Constitution of the
United States; therefor*?, be
Resolved , As the sense of this General
Assembly, that the equal polities! rights
of ail citizens of this State, regardless of
race or previous condition, are perma
nently fixed and secured by the Consti
tution of the United States, which is
recognized by this body as the supreme
law of this land, and that no abridg
ment trt aih’rloreuos with these rights is
proposed, or aafrtempleled, or desired
in any action of this General Assembly
or by the people whom we j£j?resent,
and that any and all legislation In **/U
--traveDtiou thereof, either by the Legis
lature oy by a Convention of the people,
would be i*uU aud void. .
’ Resolve*, further, the political
relations of all classes in this 9J#te have
been harmoniously adjusted upo# the
basis of the present proyi#io ojf the
Constitution of the United States; that
, (— 4.;e and good feeling between the
1 race* throughout the State, and
thk* it is i*tfcer the desire nor to the
interest of the of this State to
reopen these questions WDich have been
thus permanently settled beyond the
power of agitation to disturb.
The policy of State aid received a
crushing defeat i tbfi biß to aid the
Marietta and North Georgi* Road. The
section to be developed is rich is min
eral wealth, but the State cannot afford
to build any wore roads until the ele
phants now oa head are disposed of.
The State should be just he/ore being
generous.
Senator Gordon's speech wae An ttie
right line—temperate gnd national. It
was well received.
Reconsider! ns the Dm QnesUon—And ttic
Question of LendtM Utatn Aid u> the Marl
ed sand North Goeraia Rond—Eanonras
las the Prapafladee of Fih-Th Hflnra
tlonal BUI.
Dispatch to the Chronicle and Sentinel]
THE STATB SENATE.
Atlanta, February 16.—1n the Senate
the bill taxing dogs, Jo* yesterday, was
reconsidered. This bill ’through
the House with so much on entity that
the action of the Senate surprised the
friend* of the measure. The following
bills were passed;
To prohibit the suLa of liquor within
two miles of Rehoboth Baptist Church,
in Elbert eonnty; to regulate practise in
the Supreme a ad Superior Gouxta in
oases where the State is party plaintiff;
to providers remedy for poooOfls having a
lien under section 1,979 of the <3o*; to
provide for the publication of the pub
lic laws; to enable purchasers of rail
roads to form corporations for the pur
pose of running snch railroads.
The bill to allow executors and ad
s&sp&Jdrafc’* *'■* -
The following bills jetted ’
To prevent hunting on lands of to
other without consent of the owner ;
the general tsg. ate for 1876 ; to prevent
the sale of liquor iff. Muscogee oonnty
outside of Columbus ; te ana
extend the time for which the Mays* st
August* bold office and Sot Other'
purposes z te parent the sale of farm
products between apd sunrise in
Haw***. Elbert, Taylor fitayford
couptiaAg drt RPjh*riuj*Ahe Granger*'
Health *m4 Life Company to
establish a State to>*£tent in Geor
gia :to authorise a #° Q t for
Burke cmatf and Other purposes j to;
amend the uptfc> establish a Board of
Schools and Orphange for Bibb oonnty;
to amend the County Court act so far
M the same relates to Morgan county .
to fix jurors' pay in Muscogee oonnty ;
to incorporate the Macon Gas Light
and Water Company; to establish a
Board of Commissioners for Science;
to regulate the compensation of t4x of
ficers in Meriwether county.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The action of yeaterday on the bill to
loan the credit of the State to the Ma
rietta, Canton, and Ellijay Railroad was
reconsidered, and the bill recommitted.
The friends of the road are working
hard to secure State aid. Feeling is
strong against it, but the bill may be so
amended as to secure its passage,
though this is doubtful.
The bill to encourage propagation of
fish passed. It appropriates five hun
nred dollars for the purpose. The
Commissioners of Agriculture have the
matter in charge. It repeals all local or
publio laws in conflict with it.
The educational bill was discussed for
several hoars. There will be no change
in the present system.
WHITE VERSUS BLACK.
THE WAR OF THE ROBES.
A Dreadful Raw In Executive genian of the
Senate—Arraignment of Grant’* Adminis
tration by a Colored Senator—The Negroes
Opposed to Grant for a Third Term—Con-
Onnation of Billinas.
Washington, February 10, 1876.
There was a dreadful flare up in the
Senate this evening. After two long and
wearisome Centennial speeches, which
occupied most of the day, the Senate
went into executive session. For nearly
three hours Billings, the Southern ques
tion and General Grant’s polioy were
discussed with unusual animation.—
Among the leading Senators who par
ticipated in the debate were Morton,
Conkling, Thurman, Bayard, Bruce and
Alcorn. The first thing brought up was
the question of the confirmation of E.
C. Billings for Dictrict Judge at New
Orleans. This caused the Democrats to
express themselves very freely, which
warmed the blood of the Southern Re
publican members, and in a short time
the entire Senate was in a lively state of
excitement. Senator Bruce, of Missis
sippi, listened to the insinuations of the
Democrats and the soothing remarks of
the Liberal Republicans nntil he oonld
hear it no longer. Then he took the
floor like a bomb shell, and scattered his
shot in all directions. He said that the
colored men of the South had suffered
every indignity from the white Demo
crats, and their rights had been tram
pled under foot by those who were sup
posed to represent the Government.
Instead of protecting their rights under
the Constitution President Grant had
deserted them and left them helpless
under the heel of despotism. It was
useless -to oonoeal truth any longer.
President Grant hsd not kept his prom
ises. His administration was a failure,
so far as j ustice to the colored voters of
the South was concerned.
The passion of the speaker grew more
intense at every word, and when he had
reached the grand climax in his descrip
tive recital of the outrages committed on
his people he astonished the silently
listening Republicans by declaring with
great emphasis that the time for look
ing to the Administration for help hsd
passed. There was no help for the
negroes unless they made peace with the
Democrats. He was in favor of going
over to them as the only measure of
safety to the negro. He clearly per
ceived West’s treachery to Pinchback
and the geneial hollowness of Radical
pretences to special love for the negro.
He denounced Grant and the leading
white Radicals of the South as untruth
ful and treacherous, suggested that they
used the negro for selfish purposes only,
•and did not scruple to have him killed
in order to furnish political capital to
the party. He said the negro could not
further trust them, but would be com
pelled, for self-protection and quiet, to
form political alliances with the resident
white men of the South, who, aB a class,
were honest aud trustworthy. The
speech produced a terrible panio among
the Radicals. Senator Simon Cameron,
true to his vigorous way of expressing
himself, said “it was a hell of a speech,”
and Aloorn enjoyed it hugely. The
Democrats applauded it, and told
Senator Bruce the negroes ought all to
be Democrats. •
Senator Alcorn, in reply to Bruce,
said that he was sorry to hear such in
judicious remarks from his colleague.
He admitted much of what had been
said, and he knew that the colored peo
ple had suffered many wrongs, but the
President had been their true friend
and had done everything possible for
them, under the powers granted him by
the Constitution of the United States.
Senators Conkling, Morton and other
Northern Republicans followed in the
same spirit and rehearsed a long cata
logue of benefits which the colored peo
ple had received from the Government.
They knew that fall and impartial jus
tice would be done them in the end.
Bruce said he had no quarrel with
Alcorn; but he paid little attention to
these assurances. He said he knew what
he was talking about. The oolored vo
ters were not to be deceived any longer
by Administration promises. He wanted
the Northern Republican Senators pres
ent to understand that the great masses
of the colored people of the South would
notvote for Grant for a third term. Thous
ands of negroes had been shot through
the negligence of officials appointed by
President Grant, and the survivors would
not oast their ballots for him again.
It seems that the quarrel began at an
early hour ip the day and long before
the Senate went into executive session,
and originated about as follows ; Pinch
back was o his way into the Capitol
when tie met a messenger who was tak
ing a dispatch to the telegraph office,
written bv West, asking him to oome np
from the hotel, as he wanted to see him.
He accordingly went over to West’s seat,
and in the conversation which ensued
he was startled by a proposition from
West that all action of Pinchback’s case
should be postponed, that Pinchback
shsqld go home and wait nntil April lest
his admission now should provoke the
Democrats in the Lqujaianr Legislature
to overthrow, the Kellqgg goyepment.
As may be imagined, the conversation
now became quite excited, Pinchback
protesting against further delay, and the
noise and gesticulation attracted Sena
tor Morton tQ the spene, with the inqui
ry of what was up. Pinchback told him
what West had so coolly proposed,
and jrepe*to4 fri? own rejection there
of, together with further protest
against delay in the miller pf bis ad
mission, saying that *s the party most
interested ha demanded immediate ac
tion—whether such action should prove
favorable or unfavorable. Morton coin
cided with Pinohback and said he in
tended to force a vote. At a later period
of the open session Bruce heard of the
proposition to postpone made by West,
and deoouheea fife West as an outrage
on his race and as treato Pinch
back, and declared his purpose to state
so muoh in executive session and, when
tjje injnetion of secrecy was removed, to
rep,e,af thp in open Senate. West
rejoufef tyiaf gpponal griev
aiices should not )>e ah umenjafp tp
make bis? #ghf against his party, and
Bruce replied thsf ]}p pot fighting
his party, but he was fighting the
thieves in it
DUNRAVEN.
Tbe tines jlumarausly HIM the New York
VtitpC gatherers.
To the Editor of the World ;
Sir—By your issue o| Sunday last I
perceive t};,at I spent the previous even
ing at Booth’s TJmgtF®! bpt unless I am
previously mistaken as to.my own identi
ty and the position of my boqy in space.
I was listening to the excellent perform"
ance cf $e San Francisco Minstrels
during the tew* supposed to have been
devoted to “Julias C** 3 **-” According
to the pages of certain of your contem
poraries I have also einoe my arriyal in
New fork Moped with a yoqng lady,
danced at a charity ball, dined opt, been
an eyenjag pteepfiofi, and
lain eoneealed somewhere
for no good purpose, iu this city, white
at the same time I was, to the best of
my belief, lying ill in bed at the Bre
voort House. An Irish member of the
British House of Commons is said to
have remarked that a man could not be
in two places at onoe, barring he was a
bird. This occurred some time ago,
and AJh f wvrid movee fast. At present it
wings of the American eagle to Acquire
from that magnanimous bird the faculty
of bilsfispt in two but in many places
at oQe ?aJise ptfM tjme. This gift of
übiquity may be PH*
convenient till one get* accustomed ’o
ft. Jfatteis are getting rather mixed
with me, ssqj if things go on in this way,
I shall be compeiiad to hire a man to
tali me who I am, where I am, asd what
particular commandment I am at any
given moment breaking. It would not
be easy to find the right person to fill
such a responsible place, for he would
have to be intelligent, weD-informed,
tetupejpa fTf} “reliable;’-’ but no I
arassssapapii^s
the public press of thia city. In the
meantime I should be glad to avail my
seu <4 jyjnr columns to assure my friends
aud acquama*qte, yho may have been
startled by tfiese report, tbs* I have
left undone all thoee things I have not
cbne ; and also to inform them that I
am neser U) be found where I am, but
may be sueceamuily flight for where I
am nof. Xonr dbedient servant,
rud A J Dcnrayen.
Brkvoobt House, New York, February 6.
LETTER FROMBARNWELL.
“MiyrrM” in the blackyi lle
au.
The OeoMcrac y of BUckrille—Leslie’s Co
heres Opposed to Ckwnherhubt—The Well
ia Sheep’s Clorhisq, Eta* Etc.
[From an Occasional Correspondent.]
Babnwkll C. H., 8. C., February 14.
—“Minim," a correspondent (or rather,
we ahonld say, an editorial contributor)
to the Blackviile News, ofthe 11th inst.,
concludes his article to that journal in
this wise:
“So Max. Imperator! Dictator! spots
and marks. We, white men of Barnwell,
must join his club and vote for Cham
berlain, must we? God forbid. We
Democrats will vote for, support and
elect true and honest Democrats, but
not vote for politic, time serving hybrids.
Shall Max. boss Barnwell in this style
mnch longer.”
This “Minim,” if we are not very
much deceived, is one of C. P. Leslie’s
ohief supporters, and until the brave
and honest action of Chamberlain in
vetoing their pet scheme, the C. H.
bill, was a staunch friend of the Govern
or's—in fact, we are almost certain be
cast his ballot in the Governor’s
favor at the last general election.
Bat, as his Exoellenoy deceived
this honest (f) Democrat! by ad
hering to his preposition of reform,
he now cries out against him. “ Con
sistency thou art a jewel!” We
give to “Minim” the advice of a noted
Fifteenth Amendment divine to his
dusky flock, “Stiek to yonr colors,
though they be as black as hell!” You
than once turned yonr back
against the truly honest Democracy of
this county by nsing every foul means
in your power to rob the people of
Barnwell of their sacred rights by striv
ing to take from them the Court House
—thus giving to the notorious Leslie a
stronghold in our midst; so now don’t
cry out against the actions aud endeav
ers of “Max” to unite the Democracy of
this county, because the said “Max” is
honest, and, unlike yon, just enough to
accord to Chamberlain' his undeniably
righteons merit. Would to God that ail
men in onr district were as truly firm in
their support of Democracy as “Mat”
is ! Were it so we would have an hon
est and economical administration of
oonnty affairs. We are inclined to the
belief that “Minim” is actually afraid
that Barnwell county will have an honest
representation in both branches of
the General Assembly next year, and
ttms set aside all farther hopes' of the
Leslie-” Minim ’’-Blackviile faction of
ever getting the county seat removed
from this place to that village; and, in
consequence, he endeavors to prejudice
the minds of the people against “Max”
and his suund advice by telling them
that he (“Max”) wishes to “boss Barn
well,” etc. Some few may possibly give
ear to the teaching of the News’ con
tributor, but he may rest assured that
the sound-minded, thinking, honest men
of the county will consider “Minim’s”
advice as but chaff before the wind—as
the fizzle report of a blank cartridge
compared to the thunderlike rolling of
“Max’s” truthful admonition, viz : “In
a few weeks every white man in the
county who is not enrolled in a Demo
cratic Club will be spotted and marked
as belonging to the Leslie -and Moses,
Elliott and Whipper party. There is
no neutral ground here; it is a square
fight between honest men aud thieves.”
“Max” (whom everybody in the coun
ty knows), is not a candidate for public
favor —but he wishes, as all other really
honest Carolinians do, to see his State
restored to her former political purity,
and freed from the thieves who now,
and have for the past eight years, prey
ed upon her people, sucking the very
life-blood from their veins, robbing the
destitute widow and orphan of their last
solitary mite, and making the name of
South Carolina a disgrace even to rotten
Radicalism ! This is the state of affairs
“Max” would like to see brought about
in onr midst —this is what all honest
men desire to have done, and, by the
help of a Righteous God, this is just ex
actly what will be done at the next No
vember election 1 We want a class of
men to represent us of whom we may
boast with pride and gladness—men
who know what it is to have earned
their daily bread by the sweat of their
brows—men capable, just and economi
cal, and we at least of Barnwell county
are determined to have them ! While
no better man in the State than “Max”
could be elected to fill any office within
the gift of the people, yet “Minim” and
his Democratic friends need not be
alarmed, for he is not an aspirant for
office, and we doubt exceedingly whether
he would accept snch either by appoint
ment; so the Blackviile Democrats need
not tremble to enroll their names on
their township list, for, by so doing,
they will certainly not advance any other
objeot held by “Max" save the general
good of the people.
At the township meeting, held at this
place on Friday last, fifty-seven names
were enrolled, with a daily increase
since. Another meeting is called for an
early day and, we believe, a general as
sembly of the Democrats of the county
will be oalled for the first Monday in
next month. Township meetings were
held over the entire county on Friday
last, but with what result we are unable
just now to say. Will keep you and
yonr readers posted.
We are glad to be able to say that we
learn Mr.'Wm. Hogg, one of the wound
ed gentlemen of last Monday’s fatal oc
currence, is fast recovering, and is now
considered entirely out of danger.
Montez.
ONE HIQRE LEADER LQST.
CJaptqre of a Radical Desperado In Cbester—
The Posse Pur-ut* the Black-Hawk and
Lodjfe Rim In dal|.
[Special Dispatch to the News and Courier.]
Chester, February 14.—Ben Mikell,
a famous burglar and political leader
here, known as the “Black Hawk of
Chester,” was oaptured by Deputy Sher
iff Wm. Walker and an armed posse,
about eighteen miles from Chesterville,
on last Saturday night. Mikell was
convicted at the last September term
of the Court of conspiracy to defraud
the county school funds, and was also
indicted far grand larceny, but fled from
justice. The posse surrounded the
house that he was in, and he tore up the
floor" and wenVquder tfye house, aud
then crawled out abd fled, bqt was shot
in the heel as he was leaping over a
fence and caught. He ia now in jail.
He is regarded as the mqst desperate
criminal of the up-country. The posse
that caught Mikell is the same that cap
tured John Lilly recently, and they are
now known as the Chester Beagles.
Observer.
THE DEMOCRACY MOVING.
Preparing far Iks Campaign In Squck Carp
[Columbia Register.]
Delegates from the tarious Demo
cratic clubs recently organized in An
derson county met in the Court House
on the 7th instant. Eighteen elnbs sent
delegates to the Convention. They
represented twelve hundred enrolled
members! James A. Hoyt, E9q., was
elected County Chairman by acclama
tion, thanks in appropri
ate terms. 4m? f)- Q rr . Esq., and R.
ty. si'mpspn, Esq , weye juvitetj. to seats
uppq tfie of the An
executive eoumUtee pf eighteen mem
bers was elected, one from eaeh olub.
E. B. Murray, E-<q., submitted a spirit
ed preamble and resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted. They favor
an immediate and thorough organiza
tion cf the Democratic party for the
State and every county and township in
it, and a vigorous and determined can
vass for National, State and county
nominees of the parly. They do’ 1 not
favor sacking any further efforts to com
promise witn the Republican naity, “as
all attempts fo 'ooaamcn only pond
to demoralize and <liaintt grt-te the j
Democratic party of the State.' They
insist ih'4 none bat true and tried
Democrats’ be to bear bur
standards ip the coming 'phey
also invite and urge all honest men and
patriots, irrespective of color or previ
ous pa. (y aslibtfcps. to join the Demo
cratic organisation. *
Anderson is thoroughly awake, and
has set au example of unanimity, vigor,
soundness and determination which ap
peals to the State with peculiar force.
The citizens of Glassy Mountain town
ship, in Greenville conaty, et at 6.
W. Center’s on the 6th, 'and passed a
good Democratic nreamable and resolu
tion*. She meeting at Walqaua on
sale presided over by f. J. Norton,
Esq., was largely Attended. It was ad
dressed by CoL Livingston, one of the
members of the Legislature, and resol u
gons adoDted declaring the election of
Sgsjost the people, anq tpe party which
so elected them dangerous to Pjeif inter
ests; organizing the Democratic party
of the eonnty, and extending to Gover
nor Chamberlain the beet wishes in his
endeavor to effect reform in the State
government. In Marion a meeting of
delegates from the townships was held
oa the 7th, and J. D. McLucas, Esq.,
elected Chairman. The complete or
ganization of'ttie county ia going on.
An fiffufig gentleman got
neatly oat of a little serape with his in
tended. She taxed him with having
kissed two young ladies at some party at
which the was not present He owned
it, out a*i4 jfcft tfeeir united agee only
s^r.Tul&xs.'aa
laughed off her pout He did not ex
plain that one was nineteen and the
other two years of age. Wasn’t it art
ful?
APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE.
Minister Washbnrne’s Reoiiniscences at tfc*
The following very interesting letter
of Minister Washburne to Mr. John L.
Winston, of Lynchburg, Ya., has re
cently been made public to the Wash
ington correspondent of the St Louis
Republican. As it refers to one of the
most important events in American his
tory, and speaks of several gentlemen
now occupying prominent positions in
publio life, it will be read with peculiar
pleasure:
Legation of thx United States,
Paris, June 17, 1874. —Dear Sir: I have
duly received your letter from New
York, dated the 23d ultimo. At the
epoch you speak of, great events were
so crowded together that it is impossi
ble for me, at this length of time, to re
call the details of many of them. But
I well recollect the arrival of the deputa
tion of the three citizens from the mu
nicipal government of the city of Lynch
burg at Appomattox Court House, and
the object of their visit to Gen. Gibbon,
then in command of the Union forces.
I shall never forget the pleasant inter
view I had with those gentlemen and
the interest I took in their narration of
events and the state of things at Lynoh
burg. After hearing their statements I
know I was in full sympathy with the
purpose they had in view and so ex
pressed myself. But I was there as a
private individual and had no authority
to advise or scarcely to suggest. Per
haps my opinions may have had some
weight, but I would not claim even that,
and I fear that the generous citizens of
Lynchburg have given me credit for
what really belongs to others. I can on
ly attest my feelings of gratification at
the success which attended the efforts of
the <fljynchbnrg delegation on that oc
casion, and the pleasure we felt at the
time of their having successfully accom
plished their mission. Knowing Gen.
Grant as I did, and knowing him to be
as just and magnanimous as he was
brave, I had no hesitation in saying to
the delegation (ana to the others) that I
had no doubt were he present he wonld
at once acoede to their request.
Your letter and your allusions to Gen.
Gordon revive many recollections of
those eventful days. I arrived at Appo
mattox Court House on Tuesday, the
11th of April, 1865. GeD. Grant after
receiving the surrender of Gen. Lee on
Sunday, the 9th, had left the next day
with his staff officers, en route for
Washington. I met him the next even
ing at Prospect station. Desiring to see
the two armies the next morning the
General gave me a company of cavalry
as an escort to Appomattox. Though
the surrender had been made on Sun
day, yet the details as to the parole and
many other matters had to be agreed
upon, and the laying down of arms was
to take place at a future day and as soon
as the preliminaries could be arranged.
Three Commissioners were appointed on
either side for that purpose, Gen. Gor
don, Gen. Pendleton (I think), and an
other gentleman whose name I do not
now recall, on the side of the Confeder
ates, and Gen. Gibbon, Gen Merritt,
and a. third, perhaps Gen. McKenzie,
on the side of the Union forces. When
I arrived at the Court House negotia
tions and pour parlers were going on
between the Commissioners at Gen.
Gibbon’s headquarters, at the house of
a Mr. McClean, and I then saw many of
the general officers on both sides. From
what one saw there it could have hard
ly been conceived that these men had
been in arms against eaoh other through
more than four years of deadly strife.
The terror of the breach, the fury of the
charge and the fatigue of the march
seemed to have been forgotten, and
these brave men came together more as
friends than enemies. In all of their
talks there was never a suggestion nor a
word from either side that could have
wounded the tenderest susceptibility.
Many of these officers on both sides had
served together in the old army, and it
was touching and interesting to witness
the sympathy between them, which had
survived those long years of conflict and
carnage. Gen.’ Cadmus Wilcox told
with emotion how his old class-mate,
Gibbon, accused him of having nothing
but Confederate money, and taking from
his pocket anew and crisp 850 green
back, thrust it upon him. There was
one sentiment among all of these men,
which seemed to crop out in spite of
themselves, and that was that, after all
the bloody struggle of the past, they
were still all Americans. The only
punishment I saw inflicted was that on
some large jugs of brandy which had
found their way to the Union headquar
ters, and under the peculiar circumstan
ces that was not taken and deemed as a
“cruel and unusual punishment” withiu
the meaning of the Constitution.
I met on that oooasion two gentlemen
in the Confederate service with whom I
had served in Congress: Hon. Alexan
der R. Boteler, of Virginia, and Hon.
Lucius Q. 0. Lamar, of Mississippi.
Lamar was a member of the Committee
on Commerce in the Twenty-sixth Con
gress, of which I was chairman, and
though we differed on all political mat
ters as widely as two men well could
differ, our personal relations had always
been pleasant and agreeable. Though I
had not much money with me, I pro
posed to divide with him, but he declin
ed, saying he could see his way clear to
get to Baltimore, and when once where
Winter Davis was he should be all right.
I knew what that meant, for the intima
cy and friendship that existed between
those two brilliant and gifted men, so
utterly opposed to each other on all po
litical questions pf the day, was well
known in Washington circles. They
were united together by a tie which
binds together scholars, persons of simi
lar tastes, and men of genins aDd elo
quence, and whiob even the storms of
war could not suuder. Had these men
lived in France during the great revolu
tion, Lamar would have rivalled Mira
beau in the tribune of the National As
sembly, and Winter Davis would have
been the peer of Vergniaud.the echos of
whose graceful but indignant eloquence
resounded through all France long after
his head had rolled into the basket of
the guillotine and the blood ran in the
gutters of the Place de la Revolution.
After remaining two days at Appomat
tox, I was ready to start with my escort
on my return towards Burksville and
Richmond. Gen. Gordon having heard
of the sickness of his family at H e t e T s ~
burg, was extremely snoops to get away
as soon as bis mission in connection with
the surrender should be ended, and he
sent word to Gen. Gibbon to inquire
if he thought I would have any objec
tion to his going with my esoert. I sent
as an answer that I should be pleased to
have him or any of his friends for com
pany on the long horseback journey be
fore me. I had heard so much of Gor
don, and knew so much of his wonderful
career as a soldier, that { was very hap
py to have him go along with me. Gen.
Cadmus Wilcox, an old regnlar army
offioer, and well known in cailitary and
naval circles before the war, and Gen.
Alexander, a young graduate of West
Point, from Georgia, also joined us.
With these generally came many of their
staff officers, and, therefore, by the
time we got started, we had quite a large
party. Our first day’s march brought us
to Farm'ville, pretty late in the evening.
I took my command directly to t|ie head
quarters of the Union General in oom
mrnd, Gen. Curtin, an accomplished
young olficer from Pennsylvania. He re
ceived us yitlj hospital
ity, and immediately devoted himself to
providing some rations for his half-starv
ed gnests and to stowing them away for
the night. The latter was a somewhat
difficult matter, for we were in quite
large numbers. Beds being scarce, Cur
tin and Gordon (I think it was) “turned
in” together, which reminded me of the
incident, so mnch talked of at the time,
of John Tyler and John M. Botts sleep
ing' together at the National Hotel at
Washingtoh, soon after the death of
Gen. Hartisqu, ifi tfi'd Spying of 1841.
The nezt Jay *e sumed T oiir journey to
Burkerille, and from there we took the
cars to Petersburg. We then separated,
aud I have seen' none of the gentlemen
sinpe, except (general Alexander, wh oln
I ujef a JeW Jays after % fwflihgtion.
AH'of these recofleptiops are po yf ex
tremely interesting to ipe. \ had spen
the ouhgiDutjpg of events at Appoujatto*
and f believe l was the only man there
on either side who was not in some wav
connected with the military service, I
enjoyed my lon£ horseba<* j rom
ijnrtaviUe ve ry mnch.
Gordon and I rode side by side most of
the distance, and no “Radical” pnd
“Confederate” eyer got qiotig Better to
gether. T found the (general of rare in
telligence'and great conversational pow
ers, and as we went “marching ’along”
we talked for hours and hours of the
incidents of the war on both sides, and
speculated as to thy future of the coun
try. Ridding eqch ofhey good by, at
Petersburg; Re faeh went on? way. I do
not believe that Gordon, at that time,
believed he would be a Senator in Con
gress from the State of Georgia within
the next eight yean, and I certainly bad
no idea that within the next few years I
should change my residence from Gale
na to Paris. But so it fall eout. And here
I will stop, and you may say it is quite
time. Not stopping after having endeav
ored to give you the information you
Bought fqf, Y kazanja off into personal
reminiscences in which you can feel but
little interest.
I have the honor to bs very respect
fully, your obedient servant
E. B. Wash^urnr
It is thought the next fashion in ul
sters will be “monsters,” made in the
form of a driving dresa; you get inside,
“puU down the blind,” and there’s a
hole in the curtain to see out
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Mr. Bto be D. Garlington haa returned
to LaarenaTille to remain.
Simon Jenkins, negro, is in Richland
jail, charged with wife murder.
A white convict, named Francis Dona
hoe, escaped from the guard, near
Columbia, the other day.
Rock Hill had a delightful danoe the
evening of the Bth, in honor of Mr. W.
B. Wilson, Jr., and his bride.
A little girl in Newberry has been us
ing constantly the same needle in her
machine for nearly five years.
Quite a sensation was caused in
Winnsboro last week by the appearance
of a genuine tame bear led by a genuine
French tramp.
A quantity of clothing and jewelry
was stolen from the dwelling of Mrs.
Jeannett A. Wheeler, near Cades’ T. 0.,
reoently.
A negro convict named Sidney O’Neil,
from Marion county, was killed in at
tempting to escape the guard, near Co
lumbia, last Saturday.
Judge Moses has appointed James W.
Watts and George P. Copeland to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Johnathan Aberorombie, and another
vaoancy, on the Board of Equalization
for Laurens county.
When Sheriff Ward attempted to ar
rest William Evans, in Kingstree, Wil
.liam knocked Sheriff Ward down. Af
ter this little performance was gone
through with two or three times, Sheriff
Ward drew his little pistol and plugged
sweet William through the thigh, in
flicting a painful but not dangerous
wound.
The Greenville News is informed of
the finding in that county, at Vaughn’s
Creek, of nine illicit distilleries, and the
capture of five copper stills, caps and
worms, eight thousand gallons of mash
and beer, and sixteen illicit distillers.
The prisoners will be lodged in jail. The
troops from the garrison which made
this raid on Vaughn’s Creek have re
turned to Greenville.
The grand jury of Williamsburg re
port that the financial condition of that
county is hopeless. The present coun
ty debt is $27,000. The jury recom
mend the abolition of salaried offices,
and committing the county to unpaid
commissioners. They report that out
of 2,600 persons liable to poll tax, only
$1,416 were received last year. This
deprives the schools of at least SI,OOO,
as the poll tax is devoted to them.
The Charleston Bible Society cele
brated its sixty-fifth anniversary last
Sunday. The Hon. C. G. Memminger,
the Piesident of the Society, then de
livered an address upon the Bible,
taken as the key to human history, and
presented a fund of anecdote and gen
eral information whioh was as instruc
tive as it was interesting ; it went to
show that all the ancient histories
of the world pointed to the com
ing of Christ, and that after his coming
they all look back to that Saviour as
the source of light and salvation.
Sumter is about to have a bell tower
for its bell.
The public schools of Sumter seem to
be doing well.
Sunday in Columbia was hot enough
for a June day.
The town authorities are putting out
more shade trees in Bumter.
Sheriff Geiger, of Lexington county,
is in Columbia, under treatment of an
eminent physician.
The Treasurer of Sumter reports about
one-third of the taxes of the county col
lected up to the present time.
Mrs. Thomas Alexander, of Columbia,
was considerably injured by being
thrown from a buggy last Sunday.
Court convenes in Lexington next
Monday week—the 28th. The civil
dooket is heavy; orimiual business light.
The use of profane and vulgar lan
guage by loungers on the streets of
Sumter daily offends many of her peo
ple. .
Mrs. Abney’s monthly review took
place in Lexington last Friday. The
pupils did credit to themselves and their
teachers.
We are glad to learn, says the Spar
tanburg Herald, that Judge Northrop,
who is to succeed Judge Moses in this
circuit, contemplates locating in Spartan
burg,
The dwelling of Carolina Shaw, a
worthy colored man living near Spring
Hill, was destroyed by fire, with all its
contents, some days since.
During the past month the county
Treasurer of Lexington has collected
$12,610—52,000 more than the collection
of the first month of last year.
The grand jury found a true bill
against Chief of Police Nixon, of Co
lumbia, for breach of trust with fraud
ulent intent, and grand larceny in the
diamond pin matter.
Under the auspices of the Masonio
Fraternity of Sumter, Rev. Dr. E. B.
M. Browne, a distinguished Jewish
Rabbi, of Indiana, will visit Sumter at
an early day and lecture.
The grand and petit juries of Lexing
ton county for the February term are
composed of fifty white men and four
negroes. Three negroes on the grand
jury and one on the petit.
Anew hall, of sufficient size, has re
cently been erected by the town of Sum
ter for the use of the “Wide Awake”
(colored) Fire Engiue Company, which
company is now in a condition for effi
oient service.
Judge Montgomery Moses and Soli
citor Fleming, of the Seventh Circuit,
are both on trial; the Judge for black
mailing, and the Solicitor for drnnk
enness and other oharges. Both Radi
cals, of course.
In the case of W. MoGill Fleming,
Solicitor of the Seventh Circuit, of
whioh Judge Montgomery Moses is
Judge, indicted for intoxication in open
Court, while Solicitor in Spartanburg,
the jury rendered a verdict of guilty.
The Sumter Watchman says : Rev.
J. T. McElhaney, who is entirely blind,
occupied the pulpit of the Methodist
Church at Sumter, morning and even
ing, on Sabbath last, the 13th. His
discourses were full of fervor and deep
ly interesting. Hp announced his
hymns, yerse hy verse, from memory,
with great accuracy, while his reading
of the Scriptures from a hook of raised
letters, using his fingers to trace the
words, was remarkable. Few read bet
ter with their eyes.
The sixtieth anniversary of the Colum
bia Bible Society took place on Sunday
evening at the Baptist Church, on Plain
street. Every available seat in the
spacious church was oooupied by an at
tentive congregation, made up of the
other Protestant Christian denomina
tions of the city. On the platform were
the venerable and Rev. George Howe,
D. D., President;. Revs. Messrs. Bryson,
Coke Smith, Woodfin and Bolles. Dr.
Howe opened the services by giving a
history of the fhbors and usefulness of
the Society. The Rev. Mr. Woodfin
delivered a stirring appeal to the con
gregation to subscribe liberally to the
objects of tfie Society, whioh was to
place the Bifiip in tfip fishfis ancj houses
of every ip (he county.
Married in 8.014 th Carolina.
In Abbeville, Jeijse Reagan to Jennie
Rarrjsflfl.
In Camden, O. V. Metts to Miss V.
H. Player.
In Laurens county, Irby Chandler to
Janie Milam.
In Greneville, William Phillips to
Mary A. Hester.
In Lanrens csnnty, Francis Vaughan
to Corrie Bryon.
In Newberry, E. W. Ttjcraassop to
Sallie fj. qolJin|.
Tbos. It. Brown, of Canqden, to Mat
tie Poteet, of Winnslioro.
John Keelor, of Greeneville, to Jose
phine Hester, of Pickens-
WilliSS 4- Pf Idipw county,
Alice |f. fergnsoh, of BeidyiHe.
qiod * 8014th Carolina.
In EJgeyille, W- W, Adam*.
Hear Abbeville, James Uldricb,
Near Pendleton, Mrs. B*rah Smith.
Lanrens county, Daniel South, aged
Near Woodruff, .Mrs. M. W. Drum
mond.
01 w. ■ r
PERILS OF THE DEEP.
The Fate ot the HatSeld.
Queenstown, I'ebrqary I?.— Tbe hark
Floka, from Baltimore, brought two of
the prow of the ship W. J. Hatfield,
from Philadelphia for Bremen. The
Floka encountered the Hatfield, dis
masted and waterlogged. A boat was
sent out, but failed to get alongside
because of the high sea. Three men
jumped overboard. One was drowned,
and the two others were rescued. The
rest of the crew were nnable to speak or
move from exposure and waut of water.
The Floka lay to during $e tight, but
at daylight tup Hatfield was invisible,
qnd it iq believed she foundered with all
ou board.
The Geo. AppoW Oja a Tee*.
Baltimore, February 16, -The Geo.
Appold, hence for ran into the
Baltimore, from P/erpon hither, Monday
night, neap N°rfh ftihtj tearing away
the ctpfajMatea and rigging of the Bal
timore. The same night the Appold ran
into and sank the schooner John Henry,
henoe for Philadelphia. The captain
and crew of the Henry were carried to
Norfolk. The Appold lost her topmast,
and is otherwise slightly damaged.
THE STATE ROAD LEASE.
Some Nfw Developments Made by the Com
mittee—Buying the Proas.
[Atlanta Commonwealth. ]
The committee appointed bv the Gen
eral Assembly to investigate the charges
made against the lessees of the Western
and Atlantio Railroad .for. using money
to procure said lease, is composed of the
following gentlemen of the Senate and
House: Senators McDaniel, of the Twen
ty-Seventh, Chairman, and Dußoae, of
the Nineteenth; Representatives Walsh,
of Riohmond; Peeples, of Gwinnett, and
Smith, of Lowndes. At the meeting
last night, at the Markham House, the
oommittee examined Mr. Hemphill, of
the Constitution, in relation to the
charge that he bad received $5,000 from
the lessees of the Western and Atlantio
Railroad for aiding in the procurement
of the lease. Upon the direct question
being put, Mr. Hemphill stated that he
had received that amount of money.
This settles the question at issue, and
establishes the fact, beyond peradven
ture, that the lease was fraudulently ob
tained.
luHhe course of the examination of
Governor Brown last night, he stated
to the committee that $21,000 had been
used in the procurement of the lease of
the State Road. He stated that there
was a great deal of opposition to the
lease, and he thought it was right and
proper to use the money to secure it.
He mentioned, among the papers to
whom money had beeu paid, the Macon
Telegraph and Messenger, the Augusta
Constitutionalist, tbe Columbus papers,
and stated that about SI,OOO had been
paid to the country press, though did
not name the papers. He also stated
that an editor, now dead, had been paid
money to advocate it, and that J. Clark
Swayze, who e’dited a Radical paper at
Macon, had been paid money for the
same purpose. Mr. Knight, an attor
ney, had also been paid to advooate it.
We regret that the names of all the
parties who had received money for
that purpose were not given, but we
suppose that they will at once declare
themselves, as they consider that
nothing discreditable is attached to it.
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friends. It is so well and favorably known that it needs no commendation from us. It has
been used more extensively in Middle Georgia and Eastern South Carolina than any other
Fertilizer in the market.
We refer to the thousands who have used it. The prioes this season will be $47 per ton,
cash, delivered on the cars at Charleston, Port Royal, Savannah, or Wilmington, N. C\, or S6O per
ton, credit, until November Ist, 1876, with the option, up to that date, of paying; in Middling
Cotton, at 16 cents per pound.
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PLANTERS, ATTENTION!
DOUBLE ALL YOUR CROPS
By tlie Use of the
T ENNESSEE VALLEY GUANO
One that is Recommended by the United States Government, a Sample
Being Desired for Exhibition at the Centennial.
WE REFER YOU TO CERTIFICATES GIVEN BY THE PLANTERS OF
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA AS TO ITS VIRTUE.
Price, $45 Cash ; SSO First November, with City Acceptance,
Or S6O with Cotton Option, 15 cents per lb.
FOR SALE BY
T. Gr. Barrett Cos.,
■A.UQTJST.A., GA.
The attention of the Planters of Georgia is called to the followng certificates from
Hon. Frederick Watts, Commissioner of Agriculture. The TENNESSEE VALLEY GUANO is a
home production, and is peculiarly adapted to our soil. With this Guano crops can be increased
to an extraordinary extent. The worst worn out land can be built up to a high productive capa
city. We unhesitatingly recommend it as the Best Fertilizer extant. Tlie commendations of
our best citizens fully substantiates this claim. A fair trial will always be attended with satis
factory results. Read the following certificates:
International Exhibition of 1876. Board on Behalf of U. N. Executive Department.
U. S. Department op Agriculture, Washington, D. 0., January 14, 1876.
J. 8. Miller, Huntsville, Ala.—Dear Sir: The publication of our analyses of your Bat Exore
ment aroused considerable interest in the matter, and induced us to issue a circular letter to
our Southern Correspondents for information with regard to other localities of this valuable
material. We have received quite a number of specimens from various sections, and, after
analysing them, propose exhibiting them in the forthcoming International Exhibition. We,
therefore, write to ask that yon will have the kindness to forward to us, for this purpose, sam
ples of your product—both of the brown and the white material, sufficient each to fill a two
qua rt jar. If you will favor us in this matter your kindness will be highly appreciated.
Very respectfully, FREDERICK WATTS. Com. of Agriculture,
I used last year the Tennessee Valley Fertilizer on Cotton. I applied one hundred pounds to*
one-half an acre. The results were equal to any fertilizer used by me. I have bought six tons,
this year. s. W. MAYS.
Colombia county, Ga., 12th February, 1876.
Columbia Countt, Ga., December 20, 1876.
Mr. T. G. Barrett—Dear Sir : You ask my opinion of the Tennessee Valley Guano as compared
with other Fertilizers. I used the half ton you sold me this year on ootton, and by comparison
with other kinds of Fertilizers used this year, I think it fully equal to the others, and can rec
ommend it as a good fertilizer. You can send me two toss next year.
Yours, truly, T. B. JENKINS.
• Augusta, Ga., February 12th, 1876.
Colonel T. G. Barrett—Dear Bir: I used your Tennessee Valley Guano last season on vege
tables and oates. The result was so gratifying I wish yon to reserve me several tons for my
cotton crop this year. Very respectfully, J. M. TURPIN.
Augusta, Ga., January 81st, 1876.,
Mr. Thomas G. Barrett—Dear Sir : Last year I used your Tennessee Valley Guano on cot ton
and com both. I was well pleased with it. lam satisfied it added fifty per cent, to the >Jeld
on cotton, and added a great deal to the corn. I intend this year usiug it in conneaction
with an Acid Phosphate, feeling confident I shall realize still greater benefit.
Yours, truly, R. H. LAND.
Huntsville, Ala., December 8, 1876.
Mr. Wm. Donegan, Huntsville, Ala.—Dear Sir: Yours of the 16th ult., asking the. result of
my experience with your Bat Fertilizer, the present year, was duly received. I ur,ed the fer
tilizer upon very poor land, which I am satisfied would not have yielded more thr,n 200 lbs. of
seed cotton per acre without manure—the yield with the fertilizer could not Lave been less
than 600 lbs. 1 endeavored to scatter the fertilizer, at tbe rate of 200 lbs. per sore, bat think
I put less than that amount. My experience with the fertilizer was sufficientlyenoouraging to
induce me to try it again next year. Very respectfully, WM. W. GARTH.
Huntsville, Ala., November 16, 1876.
Mr. W. H. Donegan. Huntsville, Ala.—Dear Sir; Your letter of this date has jnst been ban#
ed to me by my son, Wm. M. Bradley, at my private residence, and inferring that you wish to
make use of my answer to show forth to the public the efficacy of your Bat Fertilizer or Bat
Manure on cotton, I return you my answer without hesitation, believing in doing so I am doing
good tbe public. I used your Bat Manure on or in cotton rows to a considerable extent the
past Spring, and am free to say, that I will gather 700 to 800 lbs. of seed ootton oil lands that
would not nave yielded 60 lbs. without the Fertilizer, and from this fact consider your Tennes
see \ alley Guano (Bat Manure) as one of the very best Fertilisers that 1 have ever used in
growing cotton plants—producing abundant frnits on the same, and forcing it to mature the
bolls three to four weeks earlier than cotton unfertilized, on same character of lands In this,
latitude. I believe your Bat Guano should be used freely on oar rich bottom or basins, so as,
to force the cotton to mature three or fonr weeks sooner than it usually does, not fertilized, in
North Alabama I know fields of cotton (rich basins) that will not make SuO lbs. of seed ootton,
owing to frost, that if it bad been fertilized with 200 to 300 lbs. of Bat Manure when planted
would have yielded 1,600 lbs. of seed cotton. It is upon these rich basinß, in my opinion, that
Bat Manure shonld be used to produce a large orop of ootton.
Very respectfully, JOSEPH 0. BRADLEY.
Wheeler Station, Ala., November 20, 1875.
W. H. Donegan, Esq : In reply to your favor of the 15th, in regard to experiments with Bat
Manure on Experimental Station of State Agricultural and Mechanioal College, in my obarge,
would state that the result is most satisfactory to me, being seoond only in its fertilizing pro
prieties to “Villes complete manure.” With this exeeptiou it is the most satisfactory of some
forty or fifty experiments with other fertilizers, and I congratulate the farmers of the Tennes
see valley upon the discovery and availability of this most valuable Ouano. Bo soon as the.
committee shall make their report, I shall be happy to furnish you a more detailed statement.
Your obedient servant, J. J. BARCLAY,
—— Huntsville, Ala.. December 3,1875.
W. H. Donegan, Huntsville, Ala.—My Dear Sir; It affords me great pleasure to answer youi
communication of the 15th November, in regard to the Tennessee Valley Guano, or Bat Ma
dure. I consider it the Quest fertilizer for cotton, corn and all cereals, as well as for gra- see.
hat has ever been introduced. As to eotton it certainly fruits and matures beyond onr most
sanguine expectations. Respectfully, T. W. WHITE,
Huntsville, Ala., November 16, 1875.
Mr. W, H. Donegan, Huntsville, Ala.—Dear Sir: In reply to your note requesting the result
of my experience with the Tennessee Valley Guano, I have to say : The middle of March last
I eowed broadcast two hnndred pounds of the Tennessee Valley Guano on one and one-six
teenth acres of very poor red clay land, whioh had been turned out as useless for years, and
only cultivated, for the jirst time within my recollection, the year before this. I turned this
under deep with a two horse plow. On the 10th of April I beaded up this land, after putting in
tbe drill'two hundred pounds of tbe Tennessee Valley Guano te the one and one-sixteenth acres.
Adjoining this I plowed the same way one and one-third acres, with seven two horse wagon
loads of good stable manure in the drill. I also prepared the same way one acre of adjoining
land of like character without any manure or fertilizer. Cotton was planted on all three tracts
tbe same day and received the same cultivation. Tbe result is :
Tennessee Valley Guano, 11-16 acres 784 pounds of seed Cotton.
Stable Manure, 11} acres 741 pounds of seed Cotton.
WithtWt Manure, 1 acre 176 pounds of seed Cotton.
An increase of five hundred and twenty-nine pounds of seed cotton to tbe acre by tbe uea
of the Tennessee Valley Guano—making in money, at present low prices of cotton, fifteen dollars
and eighty-seven cents, hy the expenditure of eight dollers. Upon the land manured and fer
tilized all tbe hulls of tbe eotton matured. lam satisfied the result would be equally as aston
ishing if used on the richest of our lands. Very respectfully, SAMUEL H, MOORE.
Courtland, Ala., November 22, 1875-
Mai. Wm, H. Donegan, Huntsville, Ala.—Dear Sir : Your favor of the lath of November,
asking to know the result of the use of the Bat Manure on my crop is to hand. I used none or
it alone, but in many instances in combination with the Super Phosphate. The trial was quit*
satisfactory. Two hundred pounds of Bat Manure, combined with cne hnndred pounds of Super
Phosphate, increased the cotton crops from 75 to 100 per cent. Very respectfully,
febl3-d&wlm Your obedient servant, JAMES E. SAUNDERS.
GBEAT
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AUGUSTA, G A..,
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Of the best grade, and on terns favorable to all parties.
Our Cash Prices :
DICKSON COMPOUND $56 00 Per tom.
DIAMOND [A] COMPOUND 90 00 Per ton.
Our Time Prioee.
DICKSON COMPOUND .S6O 00 Per ton.
DIAMOND [A] COMPOUND 66 00 Pee ton.
Dravaee to boat or railroad, $1 per ton.
3 OUB TERMS.
OUB terms for Time Selea are adapted to meet the wanta of the Planter, end ere arranged
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Also, ALL STANDARD FERTILIZING MATERIALS.
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AU at tbe loves! market prioes for articles of like quality. Speoial Formulas
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