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WEDNESDAY APRIL 5, 1876
A HUNDRED TEAKS TO COSB.
Ia the** days. wbn the CentennUl reign* in
erery story Ind *ong, we may fitly pen*, to
reed the following beentifnl lioee:
Where, where will be the bird* thet ring
A hundred year* to oome ?
The flowers thet now in beauty epring,
A hundred year* to come ?
The roey lip, the lofty brow.
The heart* thet beet *o geyly now ?
O, where will be lore'* beaming eye,
Joy’# pleasant smiles, end sorrow s sigh,
A hundred years to come ?
Who’ll press for gold this crowded street,
A hundred years to come ?
Who treed yon church with willing feet,
A hundred years to oome ?
Pete, trembling age. end fiery youth.
And childhood with Its brow of truth—
The rich, the poor, on land end eee;
A hundred yeers to oome ?
We ell within our graves shell sleep,
A hundred yeers to oome ?
Mo living soul for us wiU weep
A hundred yeers to come.
But other men our lends will UU,
And other men our streets will nil.
While o her birds wil sing as gey;
As bright the sunshine se to-day,
A hundred yews to come.
Vt’K LAY UH HOWS TO KI.KKP.
We ley us down to sleep,
And lesve to God the test;
Whether to wake or weep,
Or wake no more be beet.
Why vex our souls with dre ?
The grave is cool end low,
Have we foond life so fair
Thet we should dreed to go ?
We’ve kissed love’s sweet, red Ups
And left th-m sweet end red;
The rose the wild bee sips
Blooms on when he is deed.
gome feithful friends we've found,
But those who love us best,
When we ere under ground.
Will leugh on with the rest.
Ko teek heve we begun
But other hends cen teke ;
No work beneetli the eun
For which we need to weke.
Then hold us feet, sweet Death,
If so it seemeth best
To Him who gave us breath
That we ahould go to rest.
We ley us down to sleep,
Our weary eyee we close;
Whether to weke end weep,
Or weke no more. He knows.
TWO LOVER*.
BT OEOBOK ELUOT.
Two lovers by * moss grown spring;
They leened soft ehefcka together there,
Mingled the dsrk end sunny hw,
And heerd the wooing threshes sing.
O budding time!
O love's best prime!
Two wedded from the port el stept;
The bells mede heppy cerolings,
The sir was soft as fanning wings,
White petals on ,
O tender pride!
Two facte o’er a cradle bent;
Two hands above the head were locked;
These pressed each other while they rocked,
• Thoee wetched e life that love had sent.
A O solemn hour!
O hidden power!
Two parents by the evening fire;
The red lights fell about their knees
On heads that rose by slow degreeß,
Like buds upon the lily spire.
O patient life!
O tender strife!
The two still set together there,
The red lights shone about their kneee,
But all the heads by Blow degrees
Had gone end left thet lonely pair.
0 voyage fast!
U banished pest!
The red lights shone upon the floor,
And made the space between them wide;
They drew their ohairs up aide by side,
Their pale cheeks joined and said, ‘ Once
more!’’
O memories!
O pent thet is I
A FADED GLOVE.
BY OELIA THAXTKR.
My little grand-daughter, who fein would know
Why, folded close in scented satin fine,
1 keep a relic faded long ago—
This pearl-gray, dainty, withered glove of
mine.
Listen ; I'll tell you. It is fifty years
Sinoe the fair day I laid my treasure here.
His majesty of mien proclaimed him king ;
His lowly gesture s id: "I am your slave
Beneath my feet the firm earth seemed to
awing,
Unstable as storm-driven wind and wave.
Ah, beautiful and terrible and sweet
The matchless moment! Was it life or death,
Or day or night ? For my heart ceased to beat,
And Heaven and earth changed in a single
breath.
And, like a harp some hand of power doth
smite
To sudden harmony, my soul awoke,
And, answering, rose to match his spirit’s
lieight.
While not a word the mystic Bilence broke.
'Twas but an instant. Down the echoing stair
Swept voices, laughter, wafts of melody—•
Mv sisters three, in draperies light as air;
But like a dream the whole world seemed to
me,
As, steadying my whirling thoughts, I strove
To grasp a truth so wnnderous. so divine.
I shut this hand, this little tinted glove,
To keep its secret mino, and only mine.
And, like an empty show, the brilliant hours
Passed by, with beauty, music, pleasure
thronged.
Phantasmagoria of light and flowers;
But only one delight to me belonged,
One thought, one wieh, one hope, one joy, one
fear,
One diazy rapture, one star in the aky—
The solemn sky that bent to bring God near;
I would have been oontent that night to die.
Only a touch upon this little glove,
Aud, lo! the lofty marvel which it wrought!
You wonder; for as yet you know not love,
Oh, eweet my ohild, my lily yet uneought!
The glove is faded, but immortal joy
Lives in the kiss ; its memory cannot fade;
And when Death’* clasp this pale hand shall
destroy.
The sacred glove shall in my grave be laid.
LAND FRAUDS.
Another Enormous Plunder Scheme Brought
to Light.
Washington, March 22. — A new scheme
of plunder, in which the names of Presi
dent Grant, ex-Secretary Borie, Fred.
Grant, and other prominent Adminis
tration persons are mentioned, has
oome to light. The statements of the
case, as vouohed for by John 0. Fitnam,
a prominent lawyer in Colorado Terri
tory, in a letter written to Mr. Clymer,
Chairman of the Committee on Expen
ditures in the War Department, are
theae : It has been the common subjeot
of conversation for a long time in the
southern part of Colorado that land
frauds, involving thousands of sores of
the publie domain in Los Animas oouuty,
have been committed by the parties who
oontrol the Denver and Bio Grande Rail
way Company. These frauds have been
committed with the connivanoe and
•oollusion of Government land officers at
Pueblo, Colorado, and in this city. Im
mense tracts of land have been entered
without the pretense of compliance with
the pre-emption laws by perjury and
subornation. Wm. L. Jaokson, Treas
urer of the Denver and Rio Grande
Railway Company, holds the title to
extensive areas of publio land in Los
Animas county as trustee for the com
pany, upon which, as alleged, no settle
ment or improvement wag ever made in
compliance with law. Many honest
settlers have been defrauded of their
improvements. Many tracts of coal
lands, worth from $lO to S2O per acre,
have been entered as agricultural land
and the Government defrauded of the
difference.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railway j
Company is a corporation oomposed j
chiefly of wealthy Philadelphia and
London capitalists, who, according to
authentic statements, form one of the
most disagreeable monopolies in the
West. The people of Colorado complain
bitterly of the way in which the road is
managed in the interest of ita owners
and to the manifest detriment of the
parties who should be benefltted by it.
It is charged that President Grant has
invested money, either directly or indi
rectly, in these land speculations, and it
is a matter of no secresy that the Presi
dent is a stockholder in the Denver and
Bio Grande Railway. The Commissioner
of the General Land Office has affidavits,
reports, Ac., on file in relation to this
matter, and H. C. Alleman, of Washing
ton, late United State* Attorney for Col
orado, will be enbpanced to give all the
information in his possession pertaining
to this matter. An inveatigation will be
made by the Committee on Public
Lands, of which Mr. Sayteria Chairman.
It will undoubtedly show, aa every other
investigation has done, a bonanza of
corruption, with the main lode entering
the door of the White House. Some of
the residents of Trinidad, California,
have made ineffectual efforts to have the
subject investigated by the Land Office
at Pneblo.
A Pennsylvanian has taught a canary
bird to sing “Home, Sweet Home.” in
this way: He placed the caaary in a
room where it oould not hear the singing
of other birds, suspended its cage from
the ceiling, so that it would aee its re
flection in a mirror, and beneath the
glass placed a musical box that ws* reg
ulated to play no other tone bat “Home,
Sweet Home." Hearing no other sound
but this, and believing the music pro
ceeded from the bird it saw in the mir
ror, the young canary soon began to
catch the notes, and finally got so that
it singß the song perfectly.
THE VOICE OFTfiE PEOPLE.
WcOTJFFIK mot**.
Superior Court—Tk* Judge's Charge—Tke
Buatuesu Tru ueu rtoA—WwUer Cone The
Verdict—A djeurure cut
[Special Correspondence ChronioUand HniUnci ]
Thomson, Ga., March 26. —The Spring
term of the McDuffie Superior Court
has been in session the past week, Judge
Gibson presiding. The charge oThis
Honor to the grand jury and to thoae
empaneled for the trial of civil and
criminal caaes has sustained the reputa
tion he enjoys as being one of the best
jndieial officers in the State. The visit
ing members of the bar were Messrs.
Toombs, W. M. and M. P. Reeee, Dn-
Bose and Colley, of Wilkes; Twiggs,
Jaokson and Webb, of Aognata; Da-
Bose, of Warren, and Strother, of Lin
coln. Several civil cases have been dis
posed of, but none of any public im
portance. The case of the State against
William J. Paacbal, charged with the
muTder of Alonso Waters, was taken up
yesterday morning, Messrs. Colley’ end
Jackson for the prosecution, and Messrs.
Tntt and Twiggs for the defense.—
After a considerable array of testimony,
which was taken down by onr distim
gaished friend. Ham, of the Waireoton
Clipper, the ball opened with a speech
I from the Hon. W. D. Tntt, of the local
| bar, which for dearness, force of logic,
1 pathos and power of appeal, it would
’be difficult to excel. The speeches of
! Messrs. Colley, Twiggs and Jackson
were very fine, and for legal acumen
! justly entitle them to rank with the first
1 lawyers of the country. I would sug
gest to one of the brethren that if he
will read the Scriptures more carefully
he will find that “Messed are the peace
makers” did not thunder from Sinai.
After an able and elaborate charge from
his Honor to the jury, they retired, and
! in an hour returned with a verdict of
| “not guilty.” The Court adjourned this
I evening.
EDGEFIELD COUNTY AFFAIRS.
Spring Cuurl—Fanaind Operation*—Guuuo
Abundant—Political Matter*—The Other
Hide—A Judge In “Arrenr*”—Trade.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel 1
Edgefield C. H., Maroh 27. — Onr
Court at this place has adjourned, after
a session of three weeks, until the 4th
of April. A great many casee on the
oivil side of the Court have been dis
posed of. lam informed the injunc
tion against the County Treasurer will
be dissolved on the 4th of April. The
weather having moderated, our planters
are hastening the preparation of their
lands for corn and cotton, Very few
farmers had planted their crop of oorn
up to the recent cold spell. Guano has
been used very freely; no trouble to
purchase on credit. Agents have been
exceedingly accommodating this Spring;
no outlay for freight in many instances.
Laborers are working very well so far.
Grain crops not injured to any extent
by the late freeze. The <**op is
unusually promising at this time. Fruit
is injured seriously, and all forward
vegetation Ifilfod.
Politics seem to be fluiet at present
in this county. Our people JW a general
rule do not endorse everything is
said at this place at the public meetings
on vales day in each month; far from it.
We have many indiscreet men In this
oonnty, and If their advice is followed
there is but little hop* vt the Demo
crats overcoming the large Radical
majority neat Fall. * . ,
Our late Probate Judge failed to make
his appearance at the session, being very
much in arrears for money oolleeted,
belonging to orphans and widows. Gnr
• village can onoe more boast of good
schools. Trade is dull, cash customers
are becoming aoarqe, Experience dur
ing the three past years should convince
merchants that they not only angograge
idleness and extravagance, but lose
money in selling goods on a credit, and
taking liens, which, as a general thing,
ara worth less than the amount it takes
to reeofd them. Homkb.
jaujuCN county matter*.
The Sling of a Strung* Winter—Feueb
Bloom* nnd Green Lenrea Scorched as by
Flro—The Good That Gome* • Bril—Lean
Year’s Influence Uvea Ike Crop*.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle ami Sentinel.]
Jefferson, Jaokson County, Ga.,
Maroh 25th.—This very strange Winder
has proved to be like the locusts seen'in
John’s Apocalyptic vision—its sting was
in its tail. Maroh has been the severest
month of the Winter. After a week of
frozen weather, last Monday morning
the ground was covered with three or
four inches of “beautiful snow,” and
during the day a gentle rain fell, much
of which froze in icicles to the trees;
and thus the green leaves and the peach
blooms and other blossoms were envel
oped in a coat of ice. When the ioe
melted away the green leaves and the
blossoms appeared as if scorched by fire.
Peaches, plums and pears are doubtless
all killed; bnt as the apple trees and
blackberry bashes were not in bloom,
we may yet have some fruit from them.
“It is an ill wind that blows no good;”
and while this Maroh freeze and snow
have killed much fruit and retarded
vegetation, they nevertheless will prove
of vast benefit to the tillers of the
ground in the way of pulverizing, fer
tilizing and mellowing the soil for
the coming crops. Freezes and snows j
are great blessings to the farmer. 1
The Sato severe weather seems to have
had no injurious effect upon the wheat
and oats, except to retard their growth
for the time being. Some time ago I
saw in some paper the statement that all
leap year# were seasonable #£d good
crop years, a ad the statement pat my ere
mory to work. My memory of poet events 1
extends backward over the space of
eleven leap years, and in *ll of those
eleven leap years the crops of com, flats
and cotton were good, while the wfreat |
crops were not as fin* M they were at
other times. Indeed, my memory tells
me that the best wheat crops seldom, if {
ever, come on the samgjre*r wiijhgood
crops of corn and oats. For which, rea
sons, this year, I shall expect abundant
crops of(4orn, oats and perhaps cotton,
with inferior ftods of wheat. The,re
cent hard weatiiSr kSS retarded farm
ing operations to corns extent; never
theless, the farmers are now mats for
ward with their work than they com
monly are at this season gf the year. In
dustry, sobriety, order apd pejtce pre
vail all around Us. And may this hap
py state of things long continue, .
Jaokson.
FRANKLIN county lbttrK.
A Row in lnraa*viH-A J*olllerent Ordi
nary—The KhorUT ShnWFte Cavao af lh
Difficulty—The Wealnar, til, ~ .
[.‘vpccial Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel \
Cabnesvh.de, March 22.—This ash ally
quiet town was thrown into some ex
citement yesterday by the coudact of
Jack Morris. Said Morris has filled the
important office of Ordinary of 'Ftank
lin county for eight of"nine yean; and
has been beastly drunk about half of
that time. On yesterday altarnoon at the
Franklin House, while in the room with
several ladies and children, he was
flourishing a loaded shot gn and dis
charged it. Fortunately ,no on* waa
hurt. The proprietor of the house, Mr.
J. C. McCarter, a perfect gentleman in
every respect, bearing the report of the
gun went at once to investigate the
matter. He fonnd Morris with Ike gnn
’and one of the ladies tiying to get it
from him. McCarter continued advanc
ing towards Morris—his intention being
to take the gnn from him. When with
in five or six feet of Morris, he (Morris)
drew a small Smith £ Wesson pistol
aud fired at MaCarter, the ball striking
him on the right breast and glancing
off, not penetrating the flesh. Had
Morris shot the least bit farther to the
left he mast of necessity have killed
McCarter, or wonnded him very badly.
The most mysterious part of the whole
transaction is that Morris has never
been arrested. He is still at liberty to
get drank and shoot promiscuously
McCarter is sheriff of the county and
Morris is his hjother-in-law. Morris has
the reputation of being good offioer if
be would remain sober, bat that he wifi
not do.
The Spring like weather has disap
peared suddenly. JFe awoke on yester
day morning td ffnd tfie ground coveted
with snow to the depth of fbont four
inches. Peach and apple tkees are in
fall btoosk, *
I have jast learned that l was wrong
in one particafar. When. MaCarter en
tered the room one of tike ladies had
taken the gnn from Moras, and Morris
was running after the lady with the pis
tol fa hie hand. Seeing MoC. coming
towards him he fired at him.
Richxunt.
——
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
FfOU* Htakway*.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel;
Columbia Count?, Marsh 27.—1n this
of in the eorrnpt ways that usually ob
tain ere the inevitable collapse and
change of government ensues, is it not
possible for ns to leave for future gener
ations some U6BMtO| MWOW
road* evidenced the power ufl civiliza
tion of a people This was especially so
with the Roman citizen, who aonld
point with a just pride to timpublfo
highways of tike empire accelerating
the movements of their invinsibi* le-
gums, faciliUiog the exchange ft the
products of the farmer for the flr*
chants' stores, and nnitftig the most dis
tant sections by sn easy and tanitier in
tercourse. Gibbon, quoting old anth.vre,
tells ns that these highways, issn mg
from the forum of Borne, fraveried
Italy, eoatiaaing through the provimies
nnd were terminated only by the tre li
tters of the Empire. The number of
miles wac cut on stones, and the roai is
usually ran in a direct line from city I *>
city. They perforated mountains (althi ’
dynamite was not known in those d*ys)>
spanned with bold nrahee the broadest
and moet rapid streams. (What an op
portaniiy for honest contractors I) The
middle part of these highways was
raised, in order that the rain would flow
off to either side, and formed a com
post of sand, gravel and cement, and
paved with large atonee “fitted with
snoh accuracy that they wore seemingly
one block.” Such was the eonstruetion
of the Roman visa that ran from the<
wall of Antoninas to Rome, and.
from thence to Jerusalem, * great
chain of communication from the
extreme northwest to the southeast
point of the Empire, extending for a
distance of “9,740 English railea.”—
Compare theae with onr city streets and
country roads of the present day, and
the ancients are found aa for ahead of
us, so far as construction of roads is
concerned, as they were behind ns in the
invention of steam power and utilization
of electricity. Look at Broad street, par
example, that should be the beat
graded of all the streets in Augusta,
with its numberless drains from the
sidewalk to the mudbolee etjery
few yatds, unless it is during the dusty
season, a perfect horror to every one
with a fast trotter and a fine buggy, and
God-send to the blacksmith in way of
rep urs to the aforementioned baggy.
I doubt if there has been any improve
ment since “Revolutionary time*” and,
with slight stretcb of imagination, one
might conceive that now it would not
be necessary for the troops on leaving
Fort Brown to take to the river bank
for cover in order to get to Fort Corn
wallis; the inequalities in Broad street
would afford ample cover for any first
class skirmisher under the “flattening”
influences of flying balls. Your oonnty
roads I notice a marked improvement
in, yet from “Perrin’s Hill” to the
“Sand” is even worse than Broad street.
You have cause to congratulate your
selves upon the efficiency of your Oonn
ty Judge, and should he continue iu the
good road that he is pursuing, the
benefits of his administration will be
long remembered. For “Perrin’s Hill”
alone he deserves the thanks of all of
ns who have to haul onr produce over it.
As for Columbia county roads, lan
‘ guage has never been thought of equal
to give them their just dues; knowing
that I should fail more signally even in
the most emphafiq language the most
vivid imagination oould oonoeive and
most eloquent tongue portray were it in
my power. Thus “cursorily” I dismiss
it, having bnt one hope in the future,
viz., when the Augusta Gaual bonds are
at par, that the city of Augusta will
' endorse Augusta and Hartwell Railroad
1 bonds or dig us a canal. As we can get
I no advances “flf# yet,” the plum crop a
failure and the blackberry season rather
backward, I see bnt one chance to eke
[ out this miserable existence —to angle
for the festive “mud Cat” and to sprinkle
1 f‘fresh s§}t” upon the tail of the spert
A CENTENNIAL TABLEAU.
Aiken and Florida Compared—“N* Mill**—A
General Jail Delivery—The Prisoners
Wanted Not to Stay.
[ Corresponded News and Courier.]
Ai&bm, a. M*fch 22, 1876.—The
severest weather that fjftS t? een ®?P e '
rienced here this Winter began oa Sun
day last, and is still continuing. On
Sunday night there was rain, sleet, snow
and wind, the rain and wind continuing
all day op Mopday, making it so disa
greeable and intensely ooljl that persons
were kept in-doors alj day. Tfoa wind
blew furiously all day Tuesday. „ Thlß
morning (Wednesday) there is a heavy
frost and ioe, with the thermometer at
twenty-two degrees. The effeots of this
weather will be very disastrous to this
aomjnumty. The frnit crop which is
lareeiv oitUirofced hare and which is a
large source ’ojf >f ? r ,°?, uoer
will, it Is thought, be A failure.
Great damage, too, will result w toe
grain find vegetable crops. BJany of the
farmers were very far advanoed with
their or op#, fearing had a remarkable
mild and pleasant I “ u w . hloh to
prepare for an early star*. JPhjPr PMS
peets have been blasted, and they se** sl
mnoh duwonraged in consequence of the
lobs of their tOR, „
There are a great maak ifoftnern visi
tors here at this time. Every boarding
house in town is full, and nearly every
family ktePfi a boarding house. Ex-Gov
ernor Fenton, of Mew ?ork, and I believe
some others notables, aoiourmng
here. Aiken is fast acquiring 4 reputa
tion, and notorietj, as a healthy and
pleasant climate, whioh wiJJ soon bring
to it thousands instead of hundreds of
visitors. Morttowmta here, who have
tried the climate f>t Fforiffoi , Ba J th , e J
infinitely prefer Ibis place, w 4 bfor® in
valids assert that they improve more
rapidily here than iu f here
are good reasons for this superiority of
climate. Aiken is situated on an eleva
tion remote from swamps and miasmatic
inflnenoes. The air ia dry and pure, with
excellent water. There are no local
oauses oaiofftafod to weaken or deplete
the system,
strengben it. flopi# j# f fotf, gat coun
try, aud fail of riyers, swam W<*
generating msiaria at seasons of the
year, and poisoning Wfo system, while
the climate ie enervating 4 est ™ 0 ’
tive to most robust constitution*. The
water is impure, unhealthy and disagree
able jfo the teste, while the country is
infested with apery conceivable reptile
and insect to aisgUat annoy those
seeking health or pleasure. WLffS
The Advantage* of Aiken
Are thoyougbiy Jjnown it will become ttie
most popular' for those seeking
Wfoter homes anfi ta p&S United
States, ft js jiprqtty town noy, apa is
improving. Tfce *WW&°$ a H orlß * n the
way of hotels and faoMd*pg bosses are
of the fiist class, and My ps# ta enter
tainment, the “Ashley House,” is kept
in a style inferior to no other in the
place. Mr. Ashley and his excellent
lady mske everybody comfortable that
vism teem. 'She Court of Sessions com
menced here op JjEonday. Like almost
every other place lfi fclie ;Pr°wd
in up<?n $e poufr is generally
the rift raff of society—persons who
oausa all tfce jfeig#tjqn ?nd expense of
these Courts, end pay ntehiPg tpwjjrds
sustaining them. In these reeongtruetr
times it is abhorent to behold the
mafls oi depraved humanity that linger
around what is !<*H7 ? aU^ m n ® w r _*‘ d *? e
■'Thp Temple Of Jnstiod. The Temple
is there, bat JotafoP Iff often M
it has been berptEewm*. ft* 111
remembered that *t tfo> of the
Court at this place
Am Qntraceana Fraud Waa Blawirrii
Which consisted of the jury box having
been tampered with by abstraotingeighty
white men’s names from the box, and
then putting into tfo? box the names of
thirty-seven negro#*. Tty? abject of this
manipulation was to effect a double pur
pose. Certain officials were to be tried,
charged with grave offenses; they be
long to tba Radical party; other persons,
belonging to the D#foP?ratic party, were
charged with crime ia#. Their object
in ebanging the names of the jurymen
wfl to get men who would acquit the
Radical officials and convict the Demo
crat*. They took out the names of some
of the best citizens in the oonnty, and
inserted the names of the most notori
ous negroes Radicals and villians that
they coaid select. The frand was detect
ed, and Judge Maher adjourned the
Court and ordered the parties to this
transaction to be indioted. Yesterday
the bill was giyen out agafost the board
of jury commissioners, and yithalltheac
fact*JueopteoMbly establish' and, with the
additional evidence adduoed bfore them
by four or five good citizens swearing to
the handwriting op the fraudulent names
to be that of tba chairman of the
hoard of county oommiaaioaers, who pon
, atitntee one of the board of jury com
missioners, yet they had the unblush
ing andacity to write “No Bill” on the
back of the indictment. The color com
plexion of th* panel ia ten white men
Mid eight negroes. It was a case of “we
ana” and “you una.” The whites stood
ten for a .“true bill” and the negroes
eight for “no bin..” Here is e specimen
of how the “Temple of Justice” ia per
verted and degreed in these later days
in South Carolina.
Farmer* will find great help in pttrty
be a clear space at each end of the plat
sufficient lor a horse to tarn on with the
plow and cultivator, and snarly every
thing grown should bepnl in straight
rows, far enough apart to admit of culti
vation with i£e cultivator, i venture
the assertion that with the geueraUdop
tioc of this plan tome would he few uu
sightly gardaw hi the oountry, and by
the exercise of a little Igate in .top ar
rangement of toe djfliareßfc ffMßfltfon of
plants, the garden wifi prtaent qnße *.
attractive * oW
“Boy*,
aa well go and sit down op aatoop intbe
middle of a meddar, with a Mil twist
▼oar legs, sad wait for a now to back up
to ysuto he milked.”
;UIS)U J, DEPARTURE.
CLOSIWtAi* JBWRS OF THECENTEN
Nth L LEGISLATURE,
The Finn! W rek nf the Hnnarr aston*-C—
--■teraotia* , f tkn Unpaid a wfcaen .CH
u; ftaftwf remakeßtat* Tresasna I ■ilia's
Lae* Tr A, See.
[fdlepntm lo Nests and Courier.]
Colombia, s., C. Maroh 24 — Both
honaes have been in session for the most
part of to-day without really doing any
thing. The question of money being
paramount, and the treasurer having
promised to pay the members something
this day, and try to pay toe attacheee
something also, the houses were kept
going as a place of resort than anything
else, There was a vague idea, too, that
as long as the Legislature was in session
Ci.rdozo would be nAfraid to refuse pay
cuent. A joint committee was appointed
on the part ef the House and Senate to
rummage through the Treasury and aae
if they oould find any more than toe
SII,OOO whioh Mr. Cardozo had reported.
'Due committee was somewhat at a loss
what to do when they got among the
money bags. The clerks, the treasurer,
and every one around the department
were busy paying of the members, who
were being paid SIOO each. The office
waa jammed with black and white Sena
tors and Representatives, each toying to
be’first in favor. The committee, there
fore, after staggering about for an boar
or two in the surging crowd, ca me back
to their respective houses and announced
that, owing to the press of business,
they could find out nothing, nnd asked
for farther time. Long before the com
mittee had made this report a hundred
rumors were flying hither and thither to
the effect that the committee had stonck
a gold mine—that they had fonnd $39,-
000 instead of SII,OOO, The attachees
made the best of it, and were jubilant as
long as the illusion lasted. All day long
the halls were full of half frantic attach
es and still more frantio landladies,
who followed their respective “guest”
around like faithful guardian angels,
watching every man as he came oat of
the treasury department, and then fol
lowing him np to the bank, where they
hoped the long looked for “divide"
wonld take place. All to no pnrpose.
The treasury closed, and the poor at
taches were poorer still, for now they
had not even the hope of being paid.
The work whioh was done in the Legis
lature ean be summ&d np in a few words.
The Senate having refused to concur in
the Honse resolutions relative to the
proseention by the Attorney-General of
parties implicated in the Solomon's bank
business, the House went to work and
passed a resolution on its own aooount
directing the Attorney-General, with the
assistance of five members of tbA Honse,
to proceed at oqoe, both civilly and crim
inally, against any and every party whom
they may deem to be implicated in the
Solomon’s bank swindle. It is claimed
by parties who know that this resolu
tion absolutely means nothing more
than to give said members of committee
a chance to feather their nest, and then
come in and report, if they ever report
anything, that they find no grounds for
proceeding against anybody, and that
the transaction was one of those nnao
countable visitations of Providenoe
which so frequently and so strangely
fall upon an afflicted people,
Leslie played bis cards well. At any
and ajl times he oould be seen stalking
aboutj in the loudest tones demanding
that justice should be done him and
that the matter sAould he brought np,
and a decision reached one w#y or the
other, and then in a little more
private way dodging around corners
with impeennious members and whisper
ing tender words of oonsolation as to
their wants, helping them out with a
“few dollars,” and then whispering still
more gently “for Heaven’s sake don’t
let nay matter oome np before adjourn
ment.” '
Hamilton being the chief qppopent of
Leslie, of oonrse it was to the interest
of the ring to snap him np and pnt him
ont of harm’s way at the first oppor
tunity. Hamilton bping an independent
rice planter ajjd fcppg *b°?P the temp
tations thftt his pollejjgpes yip}deij to so
alarmingly, is very independent in the
way he speaks. A couple of members
having oome in after the roll had been
called, were allowed by the Speaker pro
tem, Johnston, from Snmter, to register
thelF 7?taa on the question under discus
sion. Hamilton r^? nd the objection
tfiat they oould not vote. JonnsvC?
overrated the obieotion, and Elliott re
sumed the Ohaiy, and snsfoinpd the rul
ing of Johnston and commanded Hamil
ton to sit down. Refusing to do this
the Sargeant-at-Arms was commanded to
carry the order into effect/ Hamilton
on the' aupro#ch' 0? the Sergeant said
“hands off,” anfi sfopd off. Some
friends tried to interfere, and £P mar k e d
that he ought to respect the rules, and
in loy ten? B which cpuld not be heard
ten steps off, Haijjilfon gnid ‘‘Oh, d—n
the Speaker and his rules.' The Speak
er was informed of the rem ar k, apd im
mediately ordered Ramilton to appear
at the bdr of the ffbPte Bns8 n $ apologize.
Hamilton refused and walked out, anc
Whipper moved that he be expelled un
less he apologize. During the afternoon,
the friends of Hamilton believing that
the Leslie matter would probably come
up at tup Right session, persuaded him
to make ap apology, grtifoh M did; BD<J
the m after yas hushed fife.
Saturday’* J?roceplin—Tlfp Governor nnd
Tr*nsm Adtaemi Mir “Sfl*tF**eps.?’
Satcbday, March 25.—There was of
coarse no session to-day, but the soene
which was enacted at the Treasury yes
terday was repeated to-day. So great
did the feeling of indignation become
thai the attaches met in a body in the
House,'’ ejeota* S’clls. the bill clerk of
the StoatVftattinafi, m mM
Treasurer and the Goverfaor to address
them. The T reaßnrer j? rßt addressed the
meeting, meitipg Tortfi in plain, unmis
takable language that he haff M ®oney
—that the law required him to pay
members first in full; that he still had
from twelve to fifteen thousand dollars
to" Say fow capmben? 9U tho balanoe of
their salaries, Khd that havfog fajjod to
borrow from the banks, be didn’t know
when he could pay a cent. One gener
ously disposed attache moved that a
vote oi tfcnks be tendered the Treas
urer for Ms Jfininejijj. fo piaking the ex
planatjfofi. tefd
see what the iuoJtfnjij fo 1 tjiank the
Treasurer for. Certainly the information
he bad given was not the most oomfort
ing in the World. A vote was taken, and
the meeting declined to tender thanks.
The Chairman, who seemed mnoh em
barrassed by pi# position, declared that
the motion t6' jenqCf thanks' been
carried anyhow, and &jery bo(|y burst
into a roar. Tne Treasurer smiled ont
bepigply' pg tfjie prqwd unifi smothered
his reelings \u a banana.
Gov. Ooamberlain next spoke, repeat
ing pretty much what the Treasurer had
said, and explaining his reasons for ve
toing the phosphate bill. Considerable
feeling had been excited against the
Governor on account of this veto, bnt
his reaguna were indisputable, and the
crowd fm subdued. Whipper and El
liot both spoke, taking tftp 1 ground that
all the trouble was owing to the fapt
that the tax bill bad been made too
small,while T. McOants Stewart replied,
argning that it was owing to the cupidi
ty of the members in insisting npon
gobbling np all the money instead of
generously prorating with their attaches.
The meeting finaijy broke up in good or :
der About as wise as the# wejre before
and certainly as poor. Then came the
harvest for the harpies who dodged
around the lobbies with their pockets
fall of jftODes, ysylaying the crestfallen
attaches, and gulfing them fote 4i*Ppß
-of tfieijr certificates at a fearful dis
count. All is quiet now and tor a couple
of weeks peace will reign in the halls
where for four long months has brooded
and batched rascality of every shade
and description.
Damaoed Men.—Yon can see any day,
in the streets of any city, men who look
damaged. Men, too, of good original
material, W&o started out in life with
generous aspirations, fincp it wps said
iey were bright promising lads; once
they looked happily iflto the fades of
mo there, whose daily breath was a
prayer for tjreir pqrify snd peaj Ah !
what if som- of them baye yoyed {heir
souls away to confiding wives, who
silently wonder what can be the mean
ing of the change—the cold, slow (weep
ing shadow—that is coming over the
honse and heart.
Gofog to the bad ! The spell of evil
companiona; the willingness to hold and
ose money not honestly gained; the
stealthy, seductive, plausible advance of
the appetite lot §tfong drink; the
treacherous facinabons of the gambling
table; the gradual loss ot in
business and in doings which build a
man up; the decay of manliness; the
rapid weakening ot ah ajWe purposes;
reSklaasuras and blasphemy against
fate- the sullen despair of ever breaking
theUsfos Pf eril habile. What vie
toriee of shame fed gontempt—what
harvest of bell have grown from such as
this. Sneer, you will, like * et
the suggestions of reform in morals mid
religion; every man knows in his better
moods tbmjis.of true life is
Der§ooftl virtue and rectitude* o|
ter. Going to the bad! But there m
hope. Earth and Heaven are, full ot
grft reaching to help the lost man
bock to the Dtetef wV,
Iu CovingtonTiaarThuraday nigto,
Mrs. Ma*ll. remote* by MissJraere
Hardeman, King and others gave a
very interesting entertainment otStell
ings'hsll.
OCR HEW YORK LETTER.
GLEANINGS FROM GOTHAM BY
“BO SIS LIND MAY.”
‘
rlinmtk Chuck— Beech** 1 * Tabernacle—
The Interior Airaa#*aaeale— I The Choir—
Beecher on* HU BeoA—The Voice ood
Beotia* or the Apostle iurXnat.
gSpecial Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Nkw Yoke, March 22.—1n case an in
dividual should wish to find Plymouth
Church on a Sunday morning let such
an one first find Orange street, and then
there is nothing to be done bat to follow
the orowd, whioh tarns into a low brick
building, showing three doors painted
green, the Unite ensemble reminding
one of a Methodist Sunday School, or
perhaps a first class barn on the prem
ises of a wealthy former. Within every
thing is “plain as plain can be;” the walls
covered with white paint, and perforated
at intervals by plain (not stained) glass
windows; in the form of an amphithea
tre, the seats below and cironlar gallery
are arranged so as to afford a full view
of a small platform and a great organ
towering the rear above. In the centre
of the platform stands a small reading
desk; a short distanoe behind a solitary
high backed chair, upholstered in rnby
velvet; on the left of this a marble
topped table, on whioh stands a superb
vase of flowers; a magnificent bou
quet is placed on the floor of
die platform in front of the
reading desk, and a third bouquet
of equal size and beauty is on the right
hand. Upon the left, at the head of a
flight of steps, two young Samuels with
dose shorn locks are seated —one a
brunette, the other a blonde, and with
a non-oharlant air survey the assembling
crowd, while joiit below them a good
nstnred, rustic looking personage lolls
upon the stairs. Along the three aisles,
on the onter side of the pews, folding
chairs are attached by hinges, which
npon occasion may be opened out. That
occasion comee each time that the pastor
speaks. Before half-past ten the build
ing is completely filled; a sea of heads
from the gallery above looked - down on
the upturned sea of heads below, while
in farthermost hooks and at the doors
people are content to stand. The pres
ence of the choir of from forty to fifty
singers ia made manifest by a great
opening of books or waving of sheet
mnsio; the organist, a picturesque
and really beautiful old man,
with regular features, white beard,
and silvered hair descending from
under a velvet cap, seats himself
in readiness; the paid quartette 'stand
in the centre, self important among
which is an individual whose abundant
locks, now turning grey, are rolled ala
Pompadour from his forehead, and who
with up-lifted right hand acts as leader
so soon as the set time shall have oome.
The pastor ascends the steps, and pass
ing the two young Samuels, slips off
hiH robbers, and without glanoing at the
orowd, seats himself awkwardly iu the
velvet chair, and begins to examine the
letters and papers whioh are placed on
the table at his side. His ooming has
been the signal for the commencement
of the mnsio, and in great peals it rolls
over his head. Perhaps no head ever
had a more ordinary covering in the way
of hair than has Beecher’s. It hangs
thin, straight, and lank, an odd Mixture
of grey and light brown, forming in con
nection with his decidedly florid com
plexion what, if writing of o dors, I
should oall an “inharmonious combina
tion. ” Neither is the head well shaped,
nor the figure on which the head is set.
Said figure is what might be termed
“bunohy;” he is not graceful, and alto
gether he has the air of a well to do
farmer with his “store clothes” on, and
in whioh be is ill at ease.
The mnsio over, as amid the inoense
of flowers he rises to read or pray, his
air is very qniet; bis tones almost
sleepy. Nothing to give expectation of
that magnetism which is presently to
take yon, and carry you
wbithpx it fijl. Scarp? ftt any lim© is
he given to gesticulation, nor are his ac
cents load, aqd when you go away
charmed you can hardly tell in what the
oharm consists. The only sign of nerv
ousness is in the quiok jerking of a
muoh enduring handkerchief, and what
that innocent piece of linen eambrio is
made to endnre, a pitying lanndress on
ly can determine. All of a sudden he
pulls it out of his pooket as if overtaken
by desperate need, bnt this is only to
crumple it up, and squeeze it under the
Bible before him. There, however,
it doerf not rest, for it is jerk
ed out again like a flash, and
be)4 up at full leugth in a hun
et or under tho Bible, anfi with slight
variations these performances are re
peated thjroqghqfit the discourse. His
vqioe js pertainly perfection; eaqh whis
per heard dwtfnlfij and fiftpu h? jdte
magic pippuhQiation (if Hfte
word the soqls of his he#refS are stirreu.
He docs pot piakc # set his
? l ?f e 1® mmmynih &fl 4 Brobahiy it
is by msop of tfijs fapif W tejfe thft) fie
seems to coqjp npajr to yoq. ifo yon do
nqt feej op |p#??Bg tfle church that you
have heard a fine sermon from a far
away orator whom yon admire at a dis
tance, bnt you imagine that a sympa
thetic, agreeable friend has been talking
to yon about this, that or the other—
whatever came uppermost. Yon are not
transported j you may eyep nof for
get tfl inquire flf yfiUWell Yith
a feefing of “true inwardness" as to
whether you are likely to have roast
turkey for dinner, and yon may have
glanced at the dock in the gallery,
and wondered if yon will get over the
ferry in time to secure a good piece, bnt
yon are entertained, highly entertained.
And then, the mnsio, Ia preclude, the ex
quisitely trained choir render difficult
aptheui# with rare ariisfie skill, but dur
ing fhe servl l ce"!he congregation,' tfilh
one accord, sing famitiar lanes, the
voice of many they rise in ma
jestic swell, and fill the sou) with fiar-
Wnjr. to^hi^.
Spring Fashions.
lam at the end of my letter; no ( t one
word abfiiit ftghidP* every
body wanted anew bonnet, I know not
in what way to make reparation save by
Promises for the future, and next week
will write a fashion letter, which, let
us hope, will be without “benefit of
clergy.” Meantime, for twenty-five
287 Eighth Avenue, and this will tell
them more about Spring fashions than I
oonld in several letters.
Rosalind May,
LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
The Last Aet of the Legislature Ia Reference
• • to the Matter.
me foUoff jng flpf jp wterwgfi to to
ga! holidays was passed by t “® 4i e ß*
islature at its Repent session:
An act to be entitled an aot to alter and
amend an act entitled an sot to desig
nate the holidays to be observed in
the acceptance and payment of bills
of exchange, bank checks and prom
isßory notes, approved Feburary 23,
1875, and when protest and notice to
Endorsers is necessary, and days of
grace shall be allowed, and for other
pur poses therein named.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Georgia,
That from and alfer tfie passage of this
Act, the second and tljird sections qf the
above recited apt afe ftefeby repealed
and the fdlowingsphstitatef|ui tfier place
and stead, to-^it; That f heheyeT the
first day' of ffairoary, the twenty-second
of February, tjie twenty six da J 0*
the fourth ffay of ffnly, or the twenty
fifth 4§y qf Deoeipber shall fall upon
Sunday, the kfqoflay nejt fqljowmg shall
be deemed a pnblio’ holiday, and papers
dne on snoh Sunday shall be payable on
the Saturday next preceding, and papers
whioh wonld otherwise be payable on
said Monday shall be payable on the
Tuesday next thereafter.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That whenever
either of the above named days shall fall
on Batnrday. the papers due op the Sun
day follofing shijll be payable on the
Monday nt suopeed&g. ‘ .
Sko. 3. Beit farther enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That whenever ei
ther of toe above named days shall fall
on Sfqpfoyl fhP Rapete Mbfoh WjWd
otherwise be payable on that day, shall
be payable on toe Tuesday next suooeed
“i-c. 4. Be it farther enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That it shall not be
necessary to protest, as now required by
law, in order to bind endorsers, exoept
in toe following coses, to-wit: 1. When
a paper is made payable on its face at a
bank or banker’s office. 2. When it is
3.“wlief?t i banker’s
office for Collection, and in jl such eases
days of grace shall ba allowed.
Sec. Repeals conflicting laws.
Thirteen prisoner! recently put
in jail in Pickens for illicit distilling.
A Brownsville special to the Galves
ton Netpt says the Government troops,
500 strong, had two spcoassful fights.
Soma ef Diaz’ men flrad into Mata
morjs. The people jre stif! ttgrinffo
this side. ' Ikfle ayenjfes of trexegt are
now closed, and if acts promptly
he will win MafomonpL An attack is
expected hourly.-
pained by a bouquet of flowers; “Dear
dog fenil menes that lam vouf slave.
Bosis red and posja pail, my loye tof you
shall never fail.”
FROM WASHINGTON.
Latest from the federal cap
ital.
RauiUf theßtag at ike CMUIPT’f Capital—
n* Round Robin of Radical Rattwacaa-A
94430,000 Steal la the Pension Department
—Some Swindles that are Likely to he
Traced to the White Honto—The True His
tory of Lady Grant** Gold Watch—This Ex
plains That Gold Watch Story.
Washington, March 27.—P. H. Wat
son, formerly Assistant Secretary of War
in 1864, now a resident of Ashtabula
county, Ohio, is here and will appear
before the committee to-morrow and tell
what he knows about General Rufus In
galls, the man who gave Lady Grant the
watch that would not keep time. Dur
ing Grant's campaign which began with
the butchery at the Wilderness, Ingalls
was Superintendent of the Forage De
partment at Alexandria, Virginia. The
attention of the authorities at Washing
ton being called to the reckless waste of
money in Ingalls’ Department, Watson
was sent to investigate Ingalls' style of
doing business. After a careful exami
nation, Watson made a report showing
that Ingalls was giving contracts to his
friends and relatives, his favorite being
a cousin, named Ingalls, from whom he
Enrehased damaged supplies, and paid
im exorbitant prices, when other con
tractors conld not get a cent of money.
Watson’s report made five separate
charges showing that Ingalls was betray
ing Government interests, and was en
gaged in fraud and peculation, recom
mending, among other things, that he
be openly reprimanded. For some rea
son the report was never heard of. Wat
son will tell his story to-morrow, and
Ingalls will join Grant’s innumerable
caravan of pnblio robbers.
Another 8400,000 Steal.
The Committee on Pensions struck a
bonanza yesterday in unearthing a four
hundred thousand dollar fraud in the
Pension Bureau. Seaton, Chief Clerk
in the Bureau under the Van Arnim
administration of 1869 and 1871, was
summoned from Albany, New York, and
testified that while he was in office there
was a ring consisting of Van Arnim,
Chaney, Orange, Mass, Van Meter, Ly
ons, of New York; Hill A Dunkirk, of
New York. These men forged some
two thousand three hundred fraudulent
land bounties of the war of 1812 and the
Mexican and Indian wars, valued at
$l7O and S2OO each, presented them to
the Bnrean and received payment on the
same. Afterward the parties entitled to
the bounties tried to procure payment
-and found they had been represented as
being dead, and the ring had collected
the pensions as administrators of their
estates. Seaton and other clerks tried
to expose the fraud and were discharged
in consequence.
Delano Can Tell.
It now transpires that the true inward
ness of the delay in Delano’s resignation
as Secretary of the Interior was a threat
he held over the President’s head in re
gard to Orville's rascality in connection
with the post traderships. When Grant
demanded Delano’s resignation last Sum
mer, he hastened to Long Branch and
shook evidence of Orville’s roguery in
the President’s faoe, and defied Grant to
push him from his place in the Interior
Department. Grant saw Delano was not
in the humor to be trifled .with, and he
had to tamely submit and permit the
Secretary to resign at leisure. It is now
thonghtthat if Delano can bo summoned
as a witness, evidence enough can be
brought from him to impeaoh Grant.
Delano, Cowen and that Board of Audi
tors are at Saoramento, California, ready
to jnmp the oountry if an attempt is
made to make them testify.
The Corruption* of the Printlns Depart
ment.
For weeks Vance’s Printing Commit
tee has been digging into the wasteful
and extravagant management of the
Government Printing offloe. The evi
dence ao far devel.ps startling extrava
gance and wasteful expenditure of
pnblio money. It is estimated that
from $500,000 to $600,000 has been
stolen or wasted* in this department
every year. Clapp, alarmed at the at
titude of the oommittee, is trying to se
onre the inflnenoe of oertain Democratic
Senators to prevent an exposure, or the
repeal of the bill that will interfere with
his profits.
Congressional.
In the House, the bill providing for
the expenses of the admission of goods
for. the Centennial passed. The bill
paying witnesses before committees
$3 per day and fjve cpnta mileage
3fSf4 Tim hi}l providing for the re
demption ftf unused stamps passed. The
bill filing military salaries was taken
up. It will saye half a million per an
num. The b|U passed—yeas, nays,
. }t is me Mllepftried by %• Ban
ning, tfye scWWttaa op Rotary
Mr. Kasson, of lowa, moved to amend
the title of the hill ao that it woqld read,
“4 bid to purdah the ny otthe United
States for the gallant services rendered
by it in the preservation of the Union.”
Mr.’ Banning: I move to refer that
motion to the gentleman from lowa
(Kasson) for the gallant services render
ed by him during the War.
Kasson: I will be glad to take it tj((b
me and am ready to report p# H imme
diately.
banking: ¥°u are more ready to re
port pow than yon were to report for
oarryißg a knapsack during the war.
Yon could not be fonnd then. [Laugh
ter.]
The motion to amend the title was re
jected—yeas, 62; nays, 161.
The bill amendatory to the bankrupt
cy laws, reported favorably from the
Senate Judiciary Oommittee to-day, is
the recently introduced by Mr.
Thurman, with some amendments. As
reported, it provides that no voluntary
assignment by a debtor of q\l prop
erty, Mjaattpr. made in
for fh e benefit of all his cred
itors ra'taply, and without creating any
preference; and valid a<?coi;ding to the
law of the State when made, ih&U fif it
self. tta STO&t pi hia Being subse
qqeqtly adjudicated bankrupt in a pro
ceeding of involuntary bankruptcy, be a
bar to thedfsoharge of snch a debtor.
In thgjidtise night session the legis
lative appropriatiin bill was up. The
item fixing the salary of Senators at
$4,600 was passed. amwedmenm to
the murage' !#*& wene rejected. The
item allotting the Senate SIOO,OOO for
clerks, messengers, eto., was discussed
to adjournment
The President’,. ** IkKUW
M$ ’*•" *• v>
The President has been sick two days.
The Alert, now at Port Royal, is or
dered to New York to fit out for a Chi
nese station,
T'hp WlffS s°d Comuaitfee have
plac.ed the; tariff on cigars and cigarettes,
including wrappers, at $2 per poqnd.
Tea and coffee are qot yef considered.
The Governor of Demerara, British
Gninea, offers SIOO,OOO to any person or
persons for tilling the soil and perform
ing other work of manufacturing sugar
at a moderate expense.
THE GRANT PARISH CASES.
A. LONG-DELAYED fIECJBIOIT OF
r TDE BFPBKME COpKX.
The Indictment* Declared Illegal and the
Prionerii Qrdered te Be Qufliirgfd.
[Bj Telegraph to Op News aitf Courier-}
W4BmN3TQN, Marph 87.-r?P thp Su
preme £foflrf'tp-day tfee lt.ng looked for
decision ip the Qraint Parish pases was
delivered, Judge Clifford dissenting.
The Supreme Conrt sustains the order
of Judge Bradley, jn arrest of judgment
upon the verdicts, and the oanses are
remanded with instructions to discharge
the defendants. The Kentucky election
case is likewise decided by the Supreme
Oonrt adversely to the Enforcement aot.
This was the case of the inspectors of
elections who refused to receive the
votes of two citizens of Afripmi
From this and idajoa Justice Huht dis
genteej. ‘Sloth decisions ate very long,
and the is too'dose' to allow
them to be condensed for telegraphing.
The case grew ont of a riot
Parish, Louisiana, in 4 number
of negrops kbled, and vaqiotments
uncjer tpe sp-pallpd |lnforpemept aot,
were iopnd agaipst certain white per
sons, charging then with conspiracy to
deprive colored eitisens of their rights,
eta, sad with murder. Ninety-eight
whites were indioted, and nine of them
were tried in the United States Circnit
Oonrt. The first trial resulted in a
disagreement of the jury, and the second
in a conviction of the accused. A mo
tion was made in arrest of judgment bp
fore Judge Bradley, qf United States
Supreme tfchrt, hid fodoto Wood. In
ah elaborate opinion, holding the in
dictments to be illegal, Judge Bradley
argued that when any rights or privi
leges of the citizen are only, secured ip
■hall not violate or them, it is
at onoe understood that they ye not
preyed or conferred by the
tion, bat only guaranteed ag%iat isg-
Tb oatfatrittrian
ai amendment, he argued, dotbes Oon
grpsg with the power to pass laws for
the proMcntion and punishment of those
who deprive any person of the rights it
oonfers. The fifteenth amendment,
while securiUg h)
©b WhSF* v''X
vote. It only confers a right no< to be
(Tcbidfft from, voting by reason of race,
agefeete'ESS
can enforce." red diffiedty in the
eases before the Court was to determine
whether the amendment bM given to
Congress any power to legislate except
to furnish redress where the States vio
late the amendment. On this point the
Court inclined to the opinion that Con
gress had the power to secnre that right,
against the unfriendly operation of State
laws, and against outrage and combina
tions, Ac., on the part of individuals,
irrespective of State laws. The ques
tion was then considered whether the
fourteenth constitutional amendment
empowered Congress to pass laws for di
rectly enforcing all privileges and immu
nities of citizens of the United States,
by original proceedings in the United
States Coarts, and Jadge Bradley held
that the legislation Required from Con
gress is only snch as will provide a reme
dy or dne punishment for trespasses,
and will provide appeals from the State
Courts to the United States Courts in
oases that come up for consideration.
In his opinion, therefore, the indict
ments were fatally defective. The
cases went upto the Supreme Oonrt and
were there elaborately argned.
Thh record of the running raoes in the
United States in 1875, with the value of
the stakes, is quite respectable when
standing by itself, or even when com
pared with the reeord of English racing
seasons of 1875, bat it is dwarfed when
plaeed alongside of the trotting and
pacing record of the United States dur
ing the same period. The number of
rnnning races in the United States in
1875 was 880; in England, something
less than 2,000. The number of trotting
and pacing raceß which took place in
the United States and Canada in 1876,
of whish there is record, was 3,304. The
parse and stakes in the rnnning races
in the United States amounted to about
$400,000 ; in the trotting and pacing
races in the United States and
they amonnted to $1,418,791, and the
number of horses engaged was upwards
of 6,400. Ninety per cent, of the horses
engaged were capable of trotting in
3:40 or better. This statement of itself
shows what wonderful improvement has
been made in the trotting horse within
the past twenty years. Banning horses
are scarcely any better now than they
were a score of years ago; but the
trotter has developed remarkably.
If yon want to see the nest con*
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Linen Suits and Overdresses (Em
broidered and Braided) ever shown
in the city, cal] at
JAMES A. CRAY k CO’S.
If yon want to see the largest and
best selected Stock of Ladies* Un
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call at JAMES A. ’.RAY & CO’S,
If yon want to see the best assort
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Pique and Linen Suits (Braided and
Embroidered) ever brought to Au
gusta, call at
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If yon want to see everything new
and choice in Dress Goods, call at
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If yon want to see the prettiest
things in Ecru Cashmere Laces and
Ties, call at
JIMES A. GRAY & COS.
If yon want to see the finest line
of Embroidering ever exhibited in
the city, call at
JAMES $. GRAY & Co*B.
If you. want to see the best Stock
of Corsets lor variety of quality and
prices, call at
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If yon want to see the best assort
ment of Hosiery and Gloves in the
city, call at
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If yon want to see all the Novel
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If yon want to hoy NEW GOODS at
lower prices than ever before—-
lower than any Old Goods in the
Market, *‘soi!ed and tnmKled” Goods
not excepted, call at
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m.raCrtt
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JOHNSON HOLI * UuT, iTuladelphia, pa.
!—. ii m ■ ■ i
ESTABLISHED IN 1847,
RUTIN KARR & SON,
WHOLESALE PAM WAREHOUSE,
26 BEEKMAN STREET,
NEAB NASSAU STBEET, NEW YORK.
AGENTS for Owens, Jessup A Laflin, L.
L. Brown 4 Cos., Byron Weston’S, Ben
nington, American, Mt. Hoj>£, Mammouth
Biver and Salmon Br*?r Mills, and Crane’s
BontTPaPtra. Bole Agent* for Canon's old
Berkshire Mills, established in 1801.
ie22-dt4wlv
INSURANCE.
rn
| HE following Companies are repre
sented in this city by Boas 4 Camhbon,
Agents;
OAFTTAL AND ASSETS.
iMtisilre, Maicktstt;,
England - - - - $10,000,000
flreouß’s Fill, #f Call*
forala (g*l4) - - - 750,001
Herckute aid Meek*a- ...
IcSitfßtolUftMO, fa. 300,000
IRg.ATI 4 CAMERON, Aohnts.
Comer Reynolds and Campbell
dsß-8m Angnsta, Ga.
scsoet books.
place in the city. A liberal diaoount to Teaoh
ers and Merchants,
sepai-tf
W Advertisements
COME AND SEE! “
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THE HSTI DRY GOODS STORE,
NOW ABLAZE!
1 ‘W"o.r N Cr a M° D V. EIO./edTS “Sdtg
i us ont Daily all the NOVELTIES of the Season.
or rather 6 a “ d 866 ““ d do you good by letting y° u haT ® Goods at bottom
i RETRENCHMENT PRICES.
L. RICHARDS A BRO.,
i mar26—tf 2 09 BROAD STREET.
. * ' - '--""'P - ■■■"" '
1 1876. Spring and Summer. 1876.
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i
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT !
: AUGUST DOBB’S
NEW SPRING and SUMMER STORK of the Very Best Brands of CLOTHS
DOt.SKINS CABSIMERES, SUIriNGS, TROWSERINGS and YESIINGS h.a arrived iad
, sre now ready to be made to order.
i o™>?m£!!m J re S* ived , 811 the beading Styles in READY-MADE CLOTHING, SILK, FUR and
' UMBRELLAS, GLOVES, SUS
-1 fenge^lom^tiUon 6 LATEST PATTERNS of Superb Qualities at PRICES which chad
l AUGUST DORR,
, - MERCHANT TATLOB. 8?8 BROAD STREET.
THIRTIETH ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF THE
CONNECTICUT MUTUAL
Life Insurance Company
a
OF
HARTFORD, CONN.
—r — • :o:~
Net Asset*. January 1, 1875................. .... .. aqq q; u ...
For Premiums t 7 165 4RS hr
For Interest and Rent ~..j|653 W 1 81
*48,656,668 31
DISBURSED IN 1976.
To Power Holders :
For claims by death and matured endowments *7,723,353 37
Surplus returned topolioy holders (commonly called
dividends) 2 543,566 08
Lapsed and surrendered policies 941,0u5 42
- „ * 6,306,928 77
Expenses :
Commissions to agents * 526,740 55
Salaries of officers, clerks, and all others
employe.i on salary .*7 79,376 65
Medical examiners’ fees 19,760 00
Printing, stationery, advertising, postage, ex
change, Ac... 113 506 88
Taibb 246,806 83
- *i | 602 08
Balance Net Assets, December 81 $41,468,066 63
SCHEDULE! OF ABSBTB.
Loans upon real estate, first lien .*26 986 282 40
Loans upon stooks and bonds ’241)363 28
Premium notes on policies in force ” 6.7 0 667 60
Cost of real estate owned by the company 1 858 690 IS
Cost of United States registered bonds 7 168 1 36 80
Cost of Mtate bonds ..1. '6:9 900 00
Cost of city bonds 1,746 695 00
Cost of other bonds 435.000 00
Cost of bank stock
Cost of railroad stock .!!!.!.. . . 77. . 26 000 00
Cash in bank at interest . . . 1 070 893 79
Cash in company’s office ’ 6 684 78
Balance due from agents, secured 7 ' 79 180 46
Bills receivable I..!.!!.".!!!. 4 876 40
, Net Assets 941,462'055 58
Add: .
Interest accrued and due *1,617,060 07
Rents acorued ’ 2,510 Ol
Market value of stock and bonds over oost 272’ 698 20
Net premiums in course of collection e|o6o 28
Net deferred quarterly and semi-annual premiums .’!!!!
Gross assets, December 31, 1378 $43,494,650 9$
Liabilities :
Amount required t * reinsure all outstanding policies, net, assnming
4 per cent, inters#*.. *88.267 807 00
All other liabititiea 995,754 00
I Surplus, December 31, 1875 $4,231,589 9*
Increase of assetß during 1875 * 3.0,’0,964 93
Ratio of expense of management to receipts in 1875. 7 55 per cent
Policies in force, December 31, 1875, 68,209 insuring *186,076,843 Off
JAMES GOODWIN, President.
JACOB L. GREENE, Secretary. 0
JOHN M< TAYLOR, Asst, Seo etary.
JOHN J. COHEN & SONS,
mh26-tf AGENTS FOR AUGUSTA, QA-
Fire* Life, Marine and Accident Insurance.
Insurance Headquarters l
No, 319 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
ORIGINAL NON-BOARD AGENCY.
your interest and oall or write for rates before insuring elsewhere.
Fire, Life, Marine and Accident Insurance
Effected in town or country at the Lowest Equitable Rate in the annexed list Of First-0 las*
Companies, which are second to none in Reliability, Fair Dealing and Prompt Payment of
IjOBBCH J *
Gross Assets, $38,056,932*
London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company, of Liverpool. England.
Westchester Fire Insnrance Company, of New York.
WUllamsbnrg City Fire Insurance Company, of New York.
Fire Association, of Philadelphia.
Commercial Fire Insurance Company, of St. Lonls, Mo.
Old Dominion Fire Insnrance Company, of Richmond, Va.
Farmville Firs Insurance Company, of Farmville, Va.
Farmers* %nd Drovers' Fire Insurance Company, of Louisville, Ky
Home Insurance and Banking Company, of Galveston, Texas
Union Marine and Fire Ii snrance i ompany, of Galveston, Texas..
Texas Banking and Insurance Company, of Galveston, Texas.
JRma Life Insurance Company, ot Hanford, Conn
Travelers’ Life and Accident insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn.
.Accident Insurance a Specialty.
janM-iy C. ff. HIRRIS, MangOT.
Banking Institution**
ALFRED BAKER, President. JOSEPH S. BEAN, Jr., Treasurer.
Augusta Savings Institution
319 BROAD’BTREET, AUGUSTA, GA.,
Seven Per Celt. Interest Per Aonnu.Paifi on Deposits.
CHARTERED in the express interest of the Laboring and Advancing Claeses. Depositors
have all tbs benefits of Stockholders without incurring any of a stockholder’s risks. Par
ties bolding Money in Trust, or for Investment, will derive every advantage from placing funds
with us. aud we offer extra inducements to all the Workiug Classes who wish their money at
Compound Interest to steadily accumulate. We keep ftrst-elass Bonds aud Stooks on hand for
sale, and will bay and sell Securities. Remember, that' to save is the only way to bui'd up a
solid fortune, _ Jan2v!-tf
PLANTERS LOAN AND SAMS BANK,
223 Broad Street,
CAPITAL* w - * $106,000, WITH STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY.
—; :o;
Interest Allowed on Deposit*,
T. F. BRANCH, President. J. T. NEWBURY, OaaMcr.
DIRECTORS 1
THOS. W. COSKERY, GEN. M. W. GARY, JAMES I*. GOW„
JUDGE WM. GIBSON, E. H. ROGERS, M. L BRANCH.
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Commercial Fertlllzern.
The Dickson Fertilizer Company,
AUGUSTA, G A.,
Offer* t* Planters * fall Assortment of Fertilizers tn 4 Fertillzli* Material
Of the beet grade, and on terms favorable to all parties.
Our Coeh Prices j
DICKSON COMPOUND $56 00 Per ton.
DIAMOND [A] COMPOUND 60 00 Per ton.
Ou.*" Time Prices.
orntsON COMPOUND .S6O 00 Per ton.
DIAMOND [A] COMPOUND 66 00 Per ton.
Drayage to boat or railroad. $1 perton.^
OTTO terms tor Time Sales are adapted to meet the wants of the Planter, and are arranged
When desired we GUARANTEE I£. Per lb. FOB COTTON-that is,
we agree to take cotton to oover the draft, delivered at our Warehouse in Augusta, at ftfteen
AMkfafner Dound (for New York Middling, and proportionally more or less for better or lower
you IheXire when the time <£mes to diliver the cotton or pay the money.
* Aka ALL STANDARD FERTILIZING MATERIALS.
Peruvian Guano, Nitrate of Soda,
Snparphoephatea and Dissolved Bone, Sulphate of Ammonia,
Pare Fine Ground Raw Bone, Muriate of Potash,
Solnhurio Acid. Nitrate of Potash,
Land Plaster Fine Ground Prussian Rock Salt
All at the lowest market prices for article# of like quality. Special Formulas.
mad# te order. JAMES T . GARDINER, President.
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