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Address WALSH A WRIGHT,
Ch sovietJt A Sentimei,. Augnsta_Ga._
Ctjronicl* ant) Sentinel.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 12. 1876.
A correspondent of the Atlanta Con
stitution suggests ex-Governor Joseph
E. Brown as a suitable and strong can
didate for Governor at the next election.
The Jefferson Nevus and Farmer is
satisfied that if Hon. H. Y. Johnson
will allow tbe use of his uame in the
Nominating Convention, he will make
one of the strongest candidates in the
State for Governor.
Walter Bbock, a somewhat notorious
Republican State Senator under Bul
lock, is for Felton for Governor, “as
against the world, the flesh and Gover
nor Smith.” Complimentary to Smith,
but rather rongh on that staunch Demo
crat, Felton.
We understand that the Executive
Committee of what is left of the Repub
lican party in Georgia has determined to
issue a call for a State Convention to as
semble in Macon on the 3d of May.
The Convention will select delegates to
the Cincinnati Convention.
“H. D. C.” are the initials of “the
distinguished Georgian" who has writ
ten a letter to the Washington Chronicle
on the revival of Whiggery in the Sonth.
.Some men would say that H. D. C.
might stand for Colonel Henrt D. Ca
lebs. .
A man that fools with the Rome
Courier is given an opportunity to study
the choioest and most vigorous of Saxon.
We quote : “The Cedartown Express
is the only paper in Georgia that has
the nnblaahing indecency to endorse the
slanderous letter written to the New
York Herald by some slimy-tongued
liar, in abuse of Governor Smith.”
The fiery untamed communist, Wil
liam Dugas Trammel, is reported to
have received a contract for carrying the
United States mail between Columbus
and Pleasant Hill. Is it possible that
the author of “Ca Ira,” the apostle of
human liberty and tbe rights of man,
the banDpr-bearer of equality and fra
ternity, th eulogist of Roessel, is now
to ride a Barebacked mule and carry
Uncle Sam’s mail bags ? Forbid it,
shades of the Conr.mnne !
There is a wide difference of opinion
between the Romo Courier and the Car
tewville Express as to the merits of the
defense made by General P. M. B.
Young to the charge that he was con
nected with the Washington Real Estate
Pool. The Courier thinks it no defense
at all, while the Express says, on the
other hand, that it completely exone
rates General Young from all blame in
the transaction.
No, Poetical Editor; the Chronicle
and Sentinel did not iutend “its allusion
to” Maryland, my Maryland, as a fine bit
ok sarcasm. We have often spoken of
the poem in complimentary phrase.
You modestly speak of your own work as
a poem “written in our youth.” We as
sure you the verses would have been
creditable to 3 much older man. Do
not jump at conclusions, P. E.; and,
above all things, preserve that happy
sereuity of temper befitting the builder
of rhymes.
“Annie Laurie's” letter of inquiry lia* j
been .received. The verses about “Mary '
Jane, Miss Mary Jane,” do not appear in j
the original or any other version of
“Maryland, my Marylaud.” The Mary
Jvne verses were written by Mr. J. C.
Hakris, a wortbv young man who is em
ployed to write original poetry for the
Savannah iVet vs. The similarity in style
-and sentiment of the two pieces makes
pardonable the mistake of onr fair
correspondent, bat we are assured that
Mr. Harris has tfo desire to deceive the
pnblio in this matter.
We are glad to learn that the pros
pects are good for the early completion
of the Northeastern Railroad. Track
laying is actively progressing and it is
confidently believed that the line will
aodo be open from Athens to the point!
of intersection with the Air Line Rail
road. Orders have been given for the j
erection of depots, freight cars have!
been bought and rolling stock for the !
passenger department will soon be pnr-'
chased. This is one of the enterprises
that shonld have received assistance
from the Georgia Railroad—and didn't.
is mi
As the time for the annual meeting ot
the stockholders of the Georgia Rail
road approaches the interest in the elec
tion of a President of the corporation in
creases. The names of three gentlemen
are mentioned in connection with the
position : Judge John P. Kino, the
present incumbent; Mr. C. H. Phinizy
end Mr. John Davison, both members
of the Board of Directors. We are in
formed that a good many proxies fagye
already been scented, and the indica
tions are that an unusually large vote
will be cast. No candidate* have yet
been definitely announced.
No Poetical Editor; we shall not join
Mr. Mahbb in his libel suit for damages
against the Constitutionalist. The es
sence of such a suit would be the ca
pacity of the paper to injure. We do
not think that anything the Oonstitu
tioMkist says could injure any one. If
we did, Poetical Editor, we shouldn't
a.V f or damages. We shonld do as we
learn a Dooly county man did with one
who is now a proprietor of the Consti
tutionalist: We should put our case on
the criminal side of the Court, and get
an indictment. But do not be u#£rmed.
We can take care of ourselves ohtslA* of
the Gonrts, Poetical Editor.
The Orangeburg News was mistaken
in its statement that Hon. Alexander H.
Stephens would leave for Washington
City last Saturday te make his last ef
fort in behalf of the Sonth. We are sor
ry that the statement is a mistake; but
we greatly fear that Mr. Stephens will
never be able to return to Washington.
Hia whole life has been passed in the
serriM ot his country, and it would be
eminently fitting for it to end in the
Honae of Representatives— the scene of
ihia labors, of hi* greatest usefulness and
this most splendid triumphs. Bat the
Giver of all Good seems to have order
ed otherwiae, aad no one will submit
'With more cheerfulness to the decision
than the patient and long suffering
himself.
THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.
The Executive Committee of the
Eighth Congressional District was sum
moned to meet in this city yesterday for
tbe pnrpoee of selecting the time and
place for holding a District Convention
I to nominate delegates to Bt. Louis. The
; indifference of the people to general
politics was shown in tbe slim attend
ance npon this meeting. Of the seven
[ teen connties composing the District
I only four were represented—Richmond,
Oglethorpe, Greene and Washington.—
The members of the Committee repre
senting other connties neither came
themselves nor sent their proxies. There
was no quorum present and the mem
bers who did come could only recom
mend certain thing to the party. They
recommend that a District Convention
be held in Greenesboro the 26th instant,
for the purpose of selecting two dele
gates and two alternates from the Dis
trict, and voting for four delegates and
four alternates from the State at large
to attend the National Democratic Con
vention at Bt. Louis. Each connty will
be entitled to twice as many votes in
this Convention as it has members of
the Lower House of the General Assem
bly. We are glad that some place other
than Angusta has been selected. Some
other county than Richmond is entitled
to ttie honor and the choice made will
doubtless give general satisfaction.
There was another matter considered
but not acted npon, viz: the propriety
of calling a convention to nominate a
candidate for Congress from this Dis
trict. We should have been very sorry
if any action had been taken in so im
portant a matter. In the first place a
call would be decidedly premature. It
has not been usual for the nomination
of a Congressman to be made before
September, as the election does not take
place until November. In the second
place the tenure of office of the mem
bers of the present Executive Commit
tee will undoubtedly expire fivhen the
District Convention assembles this
month, and the Congressional Conven
tion should be attended to by the new
Committee. We hope that the people
of each county will interest themselves
in sending good men to the Convention.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST AGAIN.
The Constitutionalist, of Sunday, de
votes a good deal of its editorial space
to the Chronicle and Sentinel. Mr.
E. H. Puohe publishes a Uriah Heep
sort of letter, addressed to Mr. J. R.
Randall, as the editor of the paper.
Mr. Pughe says that he has never writ
ten or inspired a political article in the
Constitutionalist. He says his position
as laborer upon the Constitutionalist
is at the disposal of the proprietors of
that paper if he “cannot find employ
ment where it is not dishonorable for
me to work.” We do not exactly know
what Mr. Pughe means by “laborer."
In one sense every man who is employed
upon a newspaper, from the managing
editor down to the man who sweeps the
building, is a laborer; bntit is not nsnal
to apply this word in its technical or
commonly received sense to a proprietor
and the manager of a daily journal. If
we are not misinformed, Mr. E. H.
Pughe occupies both of these positions
in the Constitutionalist Publishing
Company. We do not know why such a
card should have been thought necessa
ry, bnt as it has been published, and as
the comments of Mr. James R. Randall
upon the same charge that the Chroni
cle and Sentinel has attempted to in
jure the paper upon whioh he is employ
ed, we give what we' believe to be the
facts of the case.
Mr. James R. Randall says “in this
connection •
We have sincerely endeavored to avoid any
personal wrangling with our Ellis street con
temporary. It has been onr earnest purpose
to carry on our business decorously and in
amity, giving neither encouragement nor occa
sion to those insane dispates and contentions
that are so frequent in the profession we fol
low, all of which are oertaiu to belittle and
weaken both contestants in the long ran.
We desire to say something also “in
this connection” to Messrs. Pughe and
Randall. Plain words are best. We
desire to speak plainly, and we hope we
shall not be misunderstood. The proprie
tors and editors of the Chronicle and
Sentinel have never sought nor desired
a personal controversy with the persons
vrUo control the Constitutionalist. We
have deprecated apd still depreeate dis
cussions whioh are as incapable of good
aa they are disgusting to the public. We
have never feared any competition. We
have never sought to avoid honorable
competition. If Messrs. Francis Cogin,
Jas. G. Bailie, Geo. T. Jackson, E. H.
Pughe and John S. Davidson think that
they can benefit themselves, either
directly or indirectly, by publishing a
newspaper in Augusta, it is none of
onr business. All that we care for is
a fair and manly competition. We
regret to say that this wish has been dis
appointed. Tbe managers selected to
run the Constitutionalist seem to have
been animated by a desire to break down
the Chboniclk and Sentinel rather
than to build up the Constitutionalist.
Trusting to the wealth which three of
the proprietors mu said to possess, it
seem* to have been to* thought of its
management that they could drive us
from the field. Their rivalry has been
to the last degree unfair and ungen
erous. We have submitted until pa
tience has ceased to be a virtue. Wo do
not intend to submit any longer. We
are tb.le to take care of ourselves and we
propose to do so. The dog-in-the man
ger policy of tfce i Constitutionalist has
done ns no harm in the past ; we do not
think it esa do ns any in -the f#tur£. As
to Mr. Jambs U Randall's vaporing*
about “bullies" and 'Vflyijps,” we care
nothing for them. We treat tofip with
the contempt which they deserve. We
have not sought a personal issue with
hup or any one else. We shall certainly
not tfecUtge one, and if he thinks to the
contrary be kfi ample oppor
tunity to discover tus lasasu*.
Thr Eatonton Frtss and Messengers
gives the following statement relative to :
the notorious incendiary Joe. Morris :
“On Tuesday last a party of fourteen
men made an abrupt appearance ut
Stephens’ pottery, and in the brogue of
an Irishman the leader of the party de
manded the release of Gen. Jon. 3&>hris.
The guard were dumbfounded, and did
not make any resistance. The men were
all disguised so completely umt jt is not
known whether they were white or btaea.
No other convicts eeeaped.” If this ac
count be correct, it ia more probable
that Morris was killed than that be wa s
rotfned, as st first reported.
Major L&'j 19 JJkbhill is to be inves
tigated by a Congraaeion#) Committee.
Ons of the charges against tqi dea&p,
who diagraemi the uniform worn by hon
orable men, is that he took a bribe when
acting as Judge gdroeate of a coart
martial in Texas. The people of York
and Lancaster counties, Sonth Garolina,
can tell something of this ruffian’s ex
ploits a few years ago, when be was in
the pay of Scott and received over
twenty thousand dollars for harrying
the country and dragging innocent men
to jaiL The fact that this creators bears
a commission as an officer in tbe United
States army is an insult to every honor
able soldier in the serxioe. We hope
there will be short and sharp work with
him.
THE CONNECTICUT ELECTION.
The victory in Connecticut more than
| compensates for the defeat in New
; Hampshire. In New Hampshire we had
:no right to expect anything. The State
j had nsnally gone Republican, and that
1 party had determined to carry it this
I year. Having all of the immense pat
| ronage of the Government at their dis
| posal, and beiDg able by means of as
sessments npon all official salaries to
command a very large amount of money
for political purposes, they were in a po
sition to buy vqfers like sheep in the
shambles. Under these circumstances
defeat was almost a certainty, and no
one was astonished at the result. In
! Connecticut almost the same odds had
to be contended against, and the victory
in that State last Monday was a triumph
of which the Democracy may indeed be
prond. The State was flooded with the
money collected from Federal officials,
and everything possible to be done was
j done to distract and divide the Democ
racy. Notwithstanding the great exer- i
tions made by the enemy, the telegraph
announces the election of a Democratic
Governor and a Democratic Legislature.
It is true that Governor Ingebsoll’s
majority is smaller than his majority
one year ago; but this reduction is
easily and satisfactorily accounted for. A
difference of opinion npon the currency
question caused a small wing of the j
Democratic party to put a “greenback
ticket” in the field. Nearly every vote
which this ticket received came from
the Democratic side. One year ago a
United States Senator was to be chosen,
and the Republicans feeling confident
of electing their candidate for Governor
| by a handsome majority traded votea
with the Democrats in order that they
might get control of the Legislature.
This year the conditions were reversed. 1
Another United States Senator was to be
chosen, and the Democrats feeling as
sured of the success of their candidate
for Governor were willing to diminish j
his majority in order to make cer
tain the eleetion of a favorable Legis
lature. Hence Governor Ingersoll’s j
majority was reduced a little. But the j
Democracy carried the Legislature by j
their strategy and Connecticut is cer
tain of two Democratic United States ;
Senators for several years to come.
RADICAL MISREPRESENTATION.
We take the following extract from
an editorial in the Express, a Republi
can paper published in Rochester, New
York:
Bnt Oeorgia does not propose to stop with
merely driving the colored man from the bal
lot box. By an ingenious system of peonage
and ‘‘convict” labor the freedmen may now,
and to some extent are now, subjected to a
mild form of slavery. There is a law on the
atatnte books of Georgia now which permits
the commissioners of roads to take persons
(negroes, of course) convicted of misdemea
nors and place them at work on the public
roads, in chain gangs or otherwise, any where
in the State, or hire out such convicts (negroes)
“npon such terms and restrictions as may sub
“serve the ends of justice (?).” Texas has a
law, we believe, very much like that of Geor- ,
gia.
Th e. Express obtained its information
of the law from a synopsis of the statute
published some weeks since in the
Chronicle and Sentinel. That synop
sis plainly showed that the act organiz
ing a penitentiary company did not con
fine its provisions to colored convicts
alone, but was genera' legislation, in
tended to apply to criminals of every
race and color. The editor of the Ex
press should have intelligence enough
to know that the Legislature has not
the power, even if it had the will, to
make any such distinction in the pun
ishment of criminals. They are all
treated alike. The ohain gang system I
was not the choice of, bnt a necessity
with the people of Georgia. It was es
tablished at the close of the war, when
the disordered condition of the finances
of the State rendered it impossible to
keep np the old Penitentiary. Many of
the people and papers of Georgia are
anxious to do away with the State chain
gang. We have opposed it to the extent
of onr ability. It was this feeling that
caused the Legislature to enact the new
law, whioh is a vast improvement upon
the old. But we desire the Empress
and all other Republican papers hor
rified with the Georgia chain gang to
remember one thing. From November,
1867, to November, 1871—a period of
four years—the Republican party had
full and complete control of the govern
ment of Georgia. Neither their Con
vention nor their Legislature abolished
the übs-jn gang. Under their rule the
system was administered with more in
humanity than it ever was before or ever
has been sinte. A report was made to
the Republican Legislature of the con
dition and treatment of the convicts, bnt
this Republican Legislature declined to
repeal the law establishing the chain
gang. We hope that fair-minded jour
nals at the North will give this state
ment of facts circulation.
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PARTIES.
“The London Pall Mall Gazette, in a
very fair minded ‘editorial on our na
tional scandal, looks for the cause of
such political immorality, and finds it,
not in the ijftprHpijpability of the repnb-!
lican idea, but in the eage with which an '
ignorant foreign element is grafted upon !
onr body politic, ft then says that
‘mistaken RS tfrp tpo egsy concession of
the rights of .citizenship undoubtedly
wag and is, there can be no doubt what
ever that native-born Americans hold
the political future cf their country in
their own hands. But then they must
use their hands. This question of uni-'
versal corruption is no party matter. It
concerns alike Republicans and Demo
crat*, vOf froth parties are, unfortunate
ly, open to awn liar imputations, though
as the Republicans are in ojfice their
fault* aye brought more prominently for
ward.- Tfe e Qajetfe follows np its indi
cation of the remedy npAded by declar
ing that ‘the respectable classes should
determine with oneaccord to go through
X pertain amount of the disagreeable
work h* politics.’ ” The Pall Mall Ga
zette is right in tfon£. The question of
universal corruption fs ina’ter.
It should concern both the political par
ties in the United States. Bnt, unfortu
nately, a long and shameful experience
has shown thaf only one of these parties
is concerned for too honor cf tjie coun
try, for the purity of onr Government,
and for toe permanence of republican
institutions. The go-called Republican
party has been in power nearly six
; teen years. Daring this time it has had
I absolute control of toe Government.
! The seed* of corruption were sown as sooa
it dfi&e into office, and were gown by
those whom they selected to administer
national affairs. Under toe fostering
care of succeeding administrations
these seeds have germinated, flonr
: ish&J 9Ud borne abundant fruit. And
| now, when toe Democrats, acting
1 for the common welfare and in tos jg ter
; est of all who desire honest government,
i endeavor to exterminate this rank ont
| growth of official corruption, they find it
j defended by xhole political party
■ banded together for toe ptuaesticn of
j crime. U the Republicans had shown any
i disposition to toe vices and
i check the corrupt practices Of those
! whom they pot in power-, toe peepi*
might not have oafied npon toe
aratio party for mustgnes in 1874. But
the folly of expecting any real measure
of reform from the masses of the Jto*
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1876.
publican party has been conclusively
I demonstrated. They still retain aa lead
j ere men guilty of the worst species of
official corruption themselves, or who
attempt to screen the corrupt from de
tection and punishment. If the pa
triotic, honest and right thinking men
all over the country (regardless of past
party affiliations) will nnite with the
Democracy this year, we can, after the
4th of March, 1877, show Europe an
honest administration of real repnbli
can government.
THE CORPORATION OF FOREIGN BOND.
HOLDERS.
We hive received the “Third Annual
Report of the Corporation of Foreign
Bondholders for the year 1875.” We
find the following general mention of
the financial sitnation in the Southern
States :
While the Federal Government and the
Northern States maintain their ancient faith
with investors, the Southern States have pro
ceeded on a coarse which, when not professed
ly repudiating, has been so in praotice. Some
of these States have remodelled their Consti
tutions, and arbitrarily redaced their debts by
restricting the taxation and by depriving the
Courts of their jurisdiction in matters of ap-
P-si. Tin, condition of affairs is all the more
to be deplored, as the flow of capital required
for the speedy development of the Sonth is
effectually retarded, to the prejudice of everv
member of the population. The above remark's
will apply to the States of Mississippi, Minne
sota, North and Sonth Carolina, Florida, In
diana, Arkansas. Georgia and others.
The ignorance of the “Corporation
of Foreign Bondholders ” is abonteqnal
to its malioe. Most geographers do
not locate Indiana and Minnesota in the
Sonth, bnt in the West and extreme
Northwest. Onr impression is that the
debts of the States of Indiana and Min
nesota are small and are paid regularly.
Be this as it may, the ignorance of the
“ Corporation of Foreign Bondholders”
Is no excuse for the false statements
made concerning the State of Georgia.
The State of Georgia has not either ar
bitrarily or in any other way remoddled
its Constitution. The Constitution of
Georgia onght to have been changed,
but has not been. We sometimes sus
pect that the influence of the Foreign
Bondholders was employed to defeat the
assembling of a Constitutional Conven
tion in this State. The taxation in
Georgia has not been restricted, except
in the case of certain municipal corpo
rations, and then a special exemption
was made in the ease of taxes levied for
the payment of the principal and inter
est of the bonded debt of the mnnioi*
palities. We scarcely know what the
“ Corporation of Foreign Bondholders”
means by saying that the Courts have
been deprived of their jurisdiction in
matters of appeal. If they mean that
bondholders have been deprived of the
right to sue the State, we beg to remind
them that such a right could not have
been taken away in Georgia, beoause it
was never conferred. Neither bond
holders nor any other persons ever pos
sessed the right to sue the State. The
State of Georgia pays promptly her
valid and recognized indebtedness, and
her bonds are quoted to-day as high as
those of almost any other State in the
Union.
THE CHARGE AGAINST O’CONOR.
The present seems to be an unusually
favorable year for attacking the reputa
tion of distinguished men. Tilden,
Hendricks, Pendleton, Sherman, Bris
tow, Grant, Belknap and Babcock
have all been assailed. And now someone
reaohes out for the distinguished jurist,
whose recent serious illness saddened
the whole country, Charles O’Conor.
O'Conor was the counsel of Mrs. For
rest in her celebrated litigation with
the great actor, her husband. It was
believed that the lawyer, animated by
chivalric sentiment, had served the in
jured woman for nothing, ‘and he was
praised and banqueted npon the
strength of this belief. A few days ago
Mrs. Forrest wrote a letter to the Times
acknowledging Mr. O Conob’s service
and its world-wide recognition, bnt
stating that when, by her husband’s
death, qphe got a compromise of her
alimony and dower Mr. O’Conob handed
her over a small sum and retained for
himself a fee of more than fifty thou
sand dollars. If this story be trne, and
we have seen no contradiction of it, Mr.
Charles O’Conob has been traveling
upon false pretenses for a score of years.
His labors were long and ardnons, and
doubtless the fee whioh he charged was
not more than his services were worth.
Biit if he induced the world to believe
that he had espoused the oanse of a poor
and cruelly wronged woman, and was
asserting her rights and defending her
cause against an infamous conspiracy,
organized to blapken fley character and
throw her helpless npon the world, with
out the expectation of reward, and then,
when the cause terminated in her favor,
took the bnlk of the money allowed her
by the Courts, why Mr. Charles
O’Conob, despite his splendid services,'
his high standing and great ability, ia
simply a hypocrite and a fraud, who de
serves the censure of every honest man
and the condemnation of every reputa
ble lawyer. We cannot believe, how
ever, this senons charge against the
reputation of a man who has hitherto
stood so well before the world.—
There stands upon a statute book
of Georgia a resolution passed unani
mously by the representatives of
the people, which recites; “ That the
“ services rendered by Craklec Q’Con
“ or, Jerkmiar 8. Bl+jck, David Dud
“ LEy Field, Borert J. Bren? and Ep
“ gab Cowan, in striving to maintain
“ the rights of the State of Georgia be
“ fore the Supreme Court of the United
“ States, are highly appreciated and en
“ title them to onr grateful thanks,
“ which are hereby heartily tendered.”
If vc are not greatly mistaken, tbe
cause of the passag* of tfjja resolution
was the fact that when tfie rightful Gov.
ernor of Georgia, Charles J.‘ Jenkins —
clarum ei nopien—appealed
to the Supreme Court of the' United
States to protect his people against the
infamies of reconstruction, these great
lawyers espoused the side of the State
and defended the cause of constitution
al government without fee or reward.
At the head of the list is the name of
Charles O’Conob. Here was a case
where the magnitude of the interests in
, volved, the skill required in its prepara
! tion and management, the gpest ability
| necessary tp the discussion of the most
; intricate problems of government grow
, ing out of the conflict between a written
• Constitution snd flje results of a bloody
: civil war, would haye the distin
guished counsel employed in demanding
almost §ay fee for their services. Bat
they declined to accept any oompensa
! tion, because as dtigeng gpd patriots
; they felt the same interest in the great
' questions at stake as did the people of
Georgia. The resolution that we have
: quoted stands a monument to the onsel
* Soirees sod publio spirit of the great
] est lawyer* fa Amqji/jK. |t js difficult
I to believe in the face of testimony" like
I this, in the face of a long and ilinstrioos
> life, against which dishonor has never
> until now, to lift its hand, that
j Mr. 6’Cgnor ha* |jsty of tbe
i baseness with which he stands charged!
He either believes the accusation wor
thy only bis contempt, or else he will
giye to country 9 full end complete
defense.
“gollow hearted society” 1* good.
OUR ATLANTA LETTER.
NOTES AND NEWS FROM THE
OATK CITY.
Aa Important Correction— The Radicals in
Connell—A Lively Campaign Ahead—Radi
cal Ticket ia the Field—The North Georgia
Prisoner*—Their Pardon by President
Oraat Doabtfol-Odda and Eads of New*.
{.Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel .]
Atlanta, Ga., March 81. — I tele
graphed yon this afternoon in regard to
a paragraph which was by mistake pnt
into my last letter, in which “H. W.
G.” was charged with having stolen his
“ Street Arabs" from New Yo.-k papers
and an English humorist. This gentle
man gives me his positive assurance
that there is no truth in this assertion,
and the parties from whom I obtained
my information having failed to make
good their charges, I am bound to ac
cept his denial as fonnded in faot. The
paragraph, therefore, does him great in
justice, and I hasten to make this cor
rection, and also to acknowledge the
very kind and conrteons manner in
whioh Mr. Grady called my attention to
the injury done him through this mis
take, and left me free to act in the mat
ter as my sense of justice should dic
tate.
The Radicals in Canncll.
The Radical officials of the State, with
a few of the “outs,” have j net ended
their annual conference here, and will
to-night return to their homes to set the
ball in motion for a lively campaign this
Fall. It was decided to hold a State
Republican Convention in Macon on the
3d day of May, if a suitable room can
be secured, at which a “ straight-out”
Radical ticket will be put in the field,
and a strong fight inaugurated to
restore their party to power again in
Georgia. It is rumored that Ex-Pro
visional Governor James Johnson, of
Colnmbns, who is said to be an inde
pendent candidate, will be nominated
for Governor, as he has considerable
strength already centred upon himself,
and this will be the easiest way to get
rid of him. One thing is sure, what
ever else may seem doubtful, the
“bloody shirt” is already waving in
Washington over lying “outrage” re
ports from this State, and the Demo
crats may as well arouse themselves to
the danger ahead. Eternal vigilance is the
price of constitutional liberty in Georgia,
and every true patriot mnst do his duty
fully and promptly in this campaign.
The Nor! h Georgia Prisoners.
Nothing later has been heard from the
President in regard to the pardon of the
North Georgia offenders against the
revenue laws, and it is now pretty gen
erally believed that the pardon will not
be granted. Hon. Amos T. Akerman, ex-
Attorney-General of the United States,
in a conversation yesterday with the cor
respondent of the Savannah News,
among ether things, said the granting
of the petition would establish a prece
dent that might become a source of great
annoyance and trouble to President
Grant, as similar petitions would poor
in from all parts of the country. While
Mr. A. expressed himself in sympathy
with the purposes of the petition, he
felt sure that the plan adopted for the
relief of these unfortunate men was not
the best to insure success. I doubt,
therefore, if the amnesty or pardon asked
for in behalf of those who have already
been sentenced (someone hundred and
forty more) will be granted; but I do an
ticipate that the President will author
ize some plan of relief, by looal action
of the Federal officials here, for those
offenders who have not yet been tried
and sentenced.
Odds and finds of News*
The railroad officials from all parts of
the Sonth, including Gens. Alexander
and Mcßae, Ools. Foreacre, Powers and
Rogers, Messrs. Meek, Dnnbar, Peck
and others, have departed homeward,
and I learn that they failed to make a
new Centennial Time Table, as antici
pated, by which some ten or fifteen hours
Mould be saved. 001. G. J. Foreacre
was cordially greeted by a host of old
friends, who congratulated him on his
improved personal appearance, and the
gratifying suooess that has attended his
efforts to make the Virginia Midland
Railroad one of the best routes of travel
in the country. Col. F. is a mdst agree
able gentleman, and in railroad matters
he is fast rising to the highest point of
excellence and h0n0r.... The weather
•o-day, as for several days past, has been
lovely, and tp-morrow the Summer cam
paign opens. The street carf'will com
mence their regular trips to Ponce De
Leon Spring, and that delightful spot
will again be alive with beauty and mirth
and mnsic. Already many Summer
visitors have taken rooms here, and
others are soon to pome, so that it is
safe to predipt that the ‘fQate City” will
be a lively and attractive place for the
next six months. Bohemian.
Pardon* Not Granted North Georgia Prison
erWrhe Georgia Loitery-,..fuini'* qr SiqitU
—A Long Continued Rain-A WOF4 qfCqii
tion—Homestead Waiver In Nflfea*The
Georsla Ra|iroad-.Ho* to He|ept State
Convention Delegates.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel i
Atlanta, April 3, 1876.—“50x” is
qnite premature in asserting that
Ben Hill bad secured pardons for
the North Georgia prisoners. The pe
tition “hangs fire” at Washington, as
John Conley, Major Chamberlain and
other Radical officials here have tele
graphed to President Grant, remonstra
ting against the granting of the desired
amnesty. It is very doubtful, therefore,
if the appeal for pardon is snooessfnl.
Bnt Gen. Gartjell is still working for
the prisoners, and hopeful of sneoess.
■phe Georgia Lottery,
fhe affairs pf tips concern vyere thor
oughly examined PR Saturday by the
lady Trustees, who met here for that
purpose, and, qs they did not find things
in a condition tp meet their approval,
the entire management was removed and
the business of the Lottery placed in
the hands of two temporary Managers.
Is these gentlemen, Messrs. Cohen and
Morris, are well known in business oir
oles, it is safe to prediot that they will
re establish the Lottery npon a more
respectable and honorable basis. Anew
and efficient Superintendent has alreadv
been secured, and in a few days a de
tailed statement will be made.
James or Smith.
It has been suggested that one end or
the other of the present Gfoyeraor’s
name is stjre fo btj nominated—either
the James or Smith- 4 rumor that (gov
ernor Smith is undecided whether he
will consent fo accept a renomination has
been afloat sinpe his departure for Colum
bus, which b&a Riven quite qn jmpetqs to
Jdmos stock. Jdo uot think the rumor
has any foundation in troth, yet it has
very materially improved ex-Mayor
James’ prospects. I know that yon and
many of yonr readers will smile at this
suggestion, bnt it cannot be winked out
of existence, next to Governor Smith he
certainly is the strongest man with the
people, althongh bogus bondholders
and ambitions officers seekers don’t like
him. He is toq honest for them to
use. Still 'he i6 cot my first choice.
A hong Van tinned Rain,
For nearly three days tbe flood gates
have been opened upon this section and
heavy showers have prevailed from time
to time, with brief intermissions. Rivers
have risen rapidly and overflowed their
banks, destroying fences, cfopa and
other property of the farmers, while
bridges, nulls and railroads haye suffer
ed. The passengers from'Angusta reach
ed here at 6 o’clock to-night, having
crossed the Ooonee river bridge on a
hand our. This is the first mail through
sinoe Saturday night. From West Point
telegrams announce a fearful freshet,
the town being inundated in many
Cats, and both bridges in danger of
og washed away. The Western Rail
road i$ badly injured and no train
through yet. immense damage will be
done in gll that section of the fstate.
A W ord of Caation.
It has been suggested by several emi
nent lawyers, some of whom are ex-
Judges ot the Supreme Court, that a
waiver of the homestead in a simple
note is not legal and binding. I refer
to this becanse several Atlanta mer
chants have commenced using sneb
notes. There is, however, a form of
note that can be used to which no legal
objection squid possibly be made. * A
note signed and sealeq in the presence
of two persons, whose signatures shall
attest this fact, will hold good in any
Court of justice, be it a Circuit or Su-
of the any of the
important inatter, asd merchants should
he very careful to Use a proper form Of
note in all cases of waiyer of homestead.
a* Os—sis Rallrsad
Despite fire and flood, which just now
seem to bar* conspired to damage the
financial prospects of this excellent cor
poration, I hear on every side an ex
pression of fall confidence in the pres
ent management of its affairs. No man
oonld have done more, nor accomplished
it with greater fidelity and promptness
than did Colonel Johnson in the re
building of the Ooonee river bridge;
and the arrival here of a train this after
noon shows that the floods have not
snooeeded in catting him off again. The
general expression in this vioinity is
strongly in favor of the re-election of
that noble old veteran statesman and
financier, President John P. King,
whose ripe experience and undimmed
intelleotnal powers make him the “right
man in the right place.” Colonel John
son is a young man, bnt he has amply
proved himself worthy of a re-election,
and I am sore he will secure it.
Haw to Select Delegates.
The question of selecting delegates to
the State Convention to nominate a can
didate for Governor is now being agitat
ed here. Many favor the plan that was
suggested by the Hon. A. H. Stephens,
that a primary election be held for dele
gates, and that each delegate be pledged
before his election to some particular
candidate—Brown being a James man
will be voted for by the friends of that
gentleman ; .Jones being a Smith man
will be supported by Governor Smith’s
friends; Thompson being a Colqnitt man
will be voted for by Colquitt’s support
ers; and Smith beiDg a Hardeman man
will rally that gentleman’s friends for
his election as delegate. In this way, if
the voters will only come out, a fair ex
pression of the will of the great mass of
the people can be secured. Otherwise,
a few interested office-seekers and broken
down politicians can pack the Conven
tion. Ooonee.
POLITICAL.
Meeting of the District Democratic Execu
tive Committee.
Pursuant to call of Judge H. D. D.
Twiggs, President 1 f the Democratic
Executive Committee of the Eighth Con
gressional District, a meeting of the
committee was held in the grand jury
room, at the City Hall, yesterday morn
ing, at ten o’clock, for the purpose of
designating the time and place for hold
ing the Democratic Distriot Convention
for electing delegates to the National
Democratic Convention. The following
gentlemen compose the oommittee ;
H. D. D. Twiggs, of Richmond,
Chairman; H. B. Casey, of Columbia;
L. L. Clarke, of Elbert; Henry Logne,
of Glasoock; James Davison, of Greene;
C.. W. Dußose, of Hancock; Joel L.
Turner, of Hart; Jos. H. Polhill, of
Jefferson; James H. Hicks, of Johnson;
C. R. Strother, J. H. Casey, of MoDnf
fie; W. G. Johnson, of Oglethorpe; J.
F. Reid, of Taliaferro; W. H Piloher,
of Warren; Robert L. Rodgers, of
Washington; D. M. Dußose, of Wilkes.
The following were present; H. D. D.
Twiggs, of Riohmond, Chairman; Jas.
Davison, of Greene; W. G. Johnson, of
Oglethorpe; Robert L. Rodgers, of
Washington,
Judge Twiggs stated that the princi
pal object for whioh the meeting was
called was the settling of the time and
place for holding the District Conven
tion to appoint delegates to the Demo
cratic National Convention. Of course
as there was no quorum of the commit
tee present, their action oonld only be
in the nature of a recommendation. Af
ter some discussion a resolution was
adopted recommending the 26th of
April as the time, and Oreenesboro as
the place, for holding the District Con
vention.
Mr. Davison stated that Greenesboro
would extend a hearty welcome to the
delegates. There were ample accom
modations in the town for all the dele
gates.
Some discussion then ensued as to the
power of the present committee to ap
point the time and place for holding the*
District Convention for nominating a
candidate for Congress from this Dis
trict. The members were unanimously
ot the opinion that the;? authority did
not expire until the meeting of the next
Distriot Congressional Convention, and
that they, therefore, had the right to
call that Convention; still, as a contrary
opinion bad been expressed, via ; That
the Distriot Convention to elect dele
gates to the National Convention was
the proper body to appoint the succes
sors of the present Executive Committee,
they would forego any action in the
premises until the session of that Con
vention. If the Convention proceeds
to appoint an Executive Committee to
succeed the present oommittee, i that
committee of course will provide for the
holding of the Congressional Conven
tion; if not, the present committee will
take aotion in fhe j^atfgr.
Theye bpiug np' further business the
oommittee, on motion, adjourned.
THE DAf ID DAVIS MOVEMENT.
Marph ffl. Within
thp past week the southern Democrats
have discussed very freely a proposition
to urge the nomination at St. Louis of
Judge David Davis, and the strength of
the movement in favor of Judge Davis
greatly surprised Southern men them
selves. Tq tJß4@f9tftn4 this matter it
ought to he remembered that with the
reeonstruotion of the Southern States
and the restoration of the franchise to
its voting population the old Whig
element, which fused with the Demo
cracy just before the war and remained
identified with it in opposition to the
Republican party during reconstruction,
is disposed to break up this alliance of
expediency and re-enter the political
field in its own shape. This Whig
revival is making wonderful progress
throughout the South, and as a
party movement is * parallel with the
Chamberlain mqvement among the
Southern Republicans, and has already
suggested the question whether the Re
publican bolters and the Whigs may not
unite to form the expeoted third party.
Sri*’ a<^Be David Davis was an old
Whig, and although a Republican now
is thought to enjoy the society of his
present associates no more than do the
Southern Whigs the alliance with the
Democrats. As the candidate of the
St. Louis Convention he would, in the
estimation of the Southern Whigs, draw
off from the Republicans the old Whig
vote of the North and get the united
vote of the South, rendering his elec
tion a certainty. Whatever m*y be the
event of shia there is no dis
guismg the progress of the Whig move
ment, which ipay yet take qp and carry
out the enterprise tried by the Liberals
at Cincinnati.
fStatpiflent ftW W. q. TU, Esq.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel :
lam glad that you did me the justice
to correct the story of “the offensive
carpet-bag” which appeared in the Con
stitutionalist of April the first.
As you say, it really did occur; but,
Messrs. Editors, “the truth of history
must be vindicated,” even if the Consti
tutionalist's ovm correspondent and Ms
dirty lmen qhouU, be exposed. When I
boarded tjje gars at Thomson I saw
rfethiug terrible was l the matter with.
Uol. Grady, but; remembering his late
troubles in the newspaper business,
through motives of delicacy I forbore to
question him upon the causes of his dis
quietude. The iqke was, however, too
good to be |ept, and Col! Qrady volun
tarily anbpeomed himself to Mr. Daven
port Macks on and myself; and in an in
dignant manner proposed to. ns to an
alyze that carpet-bag, but knowing that
we would sqonxeach Augusta, where there
wag a resident guano inspector, I
thought it beat to give Major Fitzsim
mons the job.
Now, Messrs. Editors, I calmly sub
mit to a discerning public whether it is
jnst for yonr neighbor, the (kmitteution
qltsf, to gqbatitqte my name for its cor
7;esporuhent when it wishes to get off a
good local item. I am willing to do
anything in reason for the prosperity of
that sprightly paper, bat decency for
bias that I should, claim f(s dirty linen.
In future, therefore, J would suggest
when correspondents are sent oat
from its office that at least two changes
of clean linen shonld be provided, that
Western gentlemen,- who are traveling
South for their health, may qot Ifftauljo
cated by the miasma wEioh arises from
their najfyet-bngs. Thus end
eth she comic, atory oi “the offensive
carpet-bag.
Toon, &c„ W. D. Terr.
W. -L_- r-r-r
Chicago, April Xha grand jury in
the United states Court have found an
indictment against Hon. J. D. Ward,
membek of the Forty-third Congress
from the Third Illinois District, and sub
sequently United States Attorney here,
foroomplielty in revenue frauds; It is
understood Pohlmau and Bush will 1 not
urge their motionfor anew trial.
THE STATE,
THE PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS
Tuesday's Items.
There is an opening in Greenville for
a good hotel man.
Cartersville has about seventy old
maids and bachelors.
The farmers of Houston county will
have to replant their corn crops.
Mr. Glenn Visscber, of Houston
county, found 175 dead birds under one
tree in a field of his. He had poisoned
them to stop their palling np his corn.
The Daily Commonwealth, of Atlanta,
says the governing motto of its local de
partment is ; Purity of Thought-Puri
ty of Expression. Anew and strange
motto, certainly, for the loeal depart
ment of an Atlanta paper.
Mr. Burrell Williams, of Muscogee
county, died a few days ago from the ef
fects of the blows received on the head
with a fence rail in a rencontre with Mr.
Moßae, an account of which was pub
lished in the Chronicle and Sentinel
the other day.
The C dumbus Enquirer says that Mr.
Geo. Burros/ a brother of Charles Bur
ras, of Colnmbns, died in St. Louis re
cently. He was found dead in his bed.
He had been afflicted with paralysis for
nearly two years, having had a portion
of one leg amputated a short time be
fore his death.
The Savannah Free Press favors Hon.
Herechel Y. Johnson for Governor. It
says that with his broad, statesmanlike
views, he would give an assuranoe to
the people tout he was looking alone to
their interests; and having no ambition
except to elevate and increase the char
acter and prosperity of the State, every
thought of his mind would be devoted
thereto.
' The Monroe Advertiser says that an
intelligent observer, living near the rail
road, informs it that the nnmber of
tramp? daily passing along the Macon
and Western Railroad will average at
least twenty-five, embracing every avo
cation of life. The . Advertiser says
President Grant is responsible for this
state of things.
The Herald and Georgian, of Sand
ersville, speaks thus of Maj. Jas. Hieks,
of Johnson oonnty; Time has dealt gent
ly with the good man. Though now in
his 78th year, his eye retains the electric
fire of youth. He is bonyant in spirits,
lively in conversation, and pursues his
astronomical and mathematical studies
as he did in the prime of life. He seems
to be as well acquainted with distant
worlds, their relative positions, time of
evolutions, &0., as thp farmer is with
his plantation. He can tell you to a
minute when toe sun and moon will be
in eclipse, for the next five hundred
years to oome. This wonderful scientist
is a self-educated man, oome np from
the humbler walks of Jjfe, Re ia a na
tive Qeorgjan, and deserves to have his
portrait placed near the centre of the
shining galaxy of the world’s most worthy
scientists. j
Marriage*.
In Maqon, S. lfl[. gillarfl tp Susie 0.
Grey.
In Columbus, Frank Allen to Yandeha
Pickron.
In Emanuel county, gliager Cowart to
NanoyS, Walker,
In Washington oounty, Henry T. Eu
banks to Mary E. Posey.
In Cherokee county, H. L. Elrod, of
Bartow county, to Miss M. E. Moss.
In Atlanta, Charles F. Brown, for
merly of San Francisco, to Mrs. WashlUg
tonia C. Foute, of New Qrlgftuii.
AW**
In Macon, M. M. Hall.
In Toccoa, David F. Mills.
In Savannah, Geo. T. Jones.
In Monroe co., W. M. Evans,
In Athens. Cspt. if. R. Davis.
In Savannah, Isabella Murphy.
In Savannah, Mrs. H. L. Davis.
At Red Olay, Hester A. Renuott,
In Calhoun county, George Collins.
In Hart oouuty, Micajah Carter, aged
19-
In Sandersville, 2aohariah H. Rough
ton.
In Greensboro, Mrs. Samuel D. Lin
ton.
In Washington county, Mrs. Lewis
Holt.
In Atlanta, infant son of A. R. Ev
erett. '
In oouuty, Dr, Elbert Pea
ock.
In Pickens county, Iffrs. Andrew Sim
mons.
In Ravannah, Mfq. Lomiaa Mc-
Nnlty.
In Savannah, Frederick Alfred Leech,
infant.
In ©heft oonnty, Mrs. Elizabeth
Bfawser.
In Calhoun county, Hugh Bell, aged
about 90.
In Stewart connty, wife of Judge
Wimberly.
Ia Meriwether county, Mrs. Elizabeth
E. Rlalock.
In Baltimore, Md., Mrs. J. B. Robin
sou, of Savannah.
Wednesday's Items.
Col. Warren Akin is convalescing.
Columbus will send a silk apron to the
Centennial.
Chatham oounty clumom for a “no
fence law.”
Colored people in Maoon are dytog
with singular suddenness.
Mr. David F. Mills, associate editor
of the North Georgia Herald, is dead.
The Senatorial rotation humbug is
getting Floyc) and Chattooga county by
the ear.
Miller & Harris, of Fort Valley, will
soon coxnmenoe manufacturing cotton
gins in that town.
Col. I. W. Avery has become a Grang
er, and is-now engaged in budding his
strawberry trees,
The knightly Pendleton of the Val
dosta Times still sticks to the chivalrous
Pendleton of Ohio.
With the return of Spring active
operations have commenced in the
Dahlonega gold mines.
The cold weather instead of injuring
the wheat crop of Northeast Georgia
will canse an increase of five bushels per
acre.
Two colored prisoners, confined on a
charge of burglary, made their escape
from the Louisville jail a few nights
since.
The Qolnmbus Times wishes to send
Hon. Thos. Hardeman and Hon. Mark
Blanford*as delegates-at-large to St.
Lonis.
The colored people of Dawson raise
their own meat—-ontof the smoke booses
of their white neighbors, between dusk
and dawn.
The Cinstitution wishes a oity hospi
tal established in Atlanta. Is this in
anticipation or the resqlts of “personal
journalism 2"
The Savannah Coast Line Railroad is
jubilant becanse it has authority to issue
bonds. It will be another matter when
pay day cornea,
H. I. & has returned to Atlanta from
the East and reports that New England
considers steam power safer in the long
ran than water power,
Among the involuntary bankrupts,
published in th? Savannah Free Press,
we hud the names of Peter Kenan, and
Beall, Spears & Cos., of Augusta.
The bones of two persons have just
been found in a caved in bombproof in
Atlanta—a memento of the v*ar. So
mnoh for bombproof and April fool.
The Borne Courier thinks Thornton’s
quail eating feat simply demonstrates
him the possessor of more stomach than
brains. Really, Col., this is too bad.
Darien Tt r her gazette : The Au
gusta CqßOjqpuE Awp Sentinel is one of
the best daily papers in the South. It
pomes regularly to ns and we like it
very much.
Deldy Forceinan, colored, of Gaines
ville, attempted suicide by cutting her
throat and lumping in a pond. She will
next try dynamite with prospect of
mm aetiaiactory results.
Colonel Jones, of the Maiym Tfcle
graph* says the extraordinary expense*
of Ihe recent negro insurrection in
Washington **uiy fsa thousand dol
lars) shonld be paid by the State.
The deputy sheriff of Hancock oounty
will wager that he can cat one hundred
patridges in one hundred day* with one
hundred eggs ‘M- Come to the
scratch, Gob Thorton; never quail.
The following new postal routes have
been established in Georgia: From
Betiiaap, Jackson county, via, Shell's;
Bndge, m Johnson Qoqnty, by JJUlar’al
$2 A YEAR—POSTAGE PAID.
Mills, Montgomery county; Mt. Vernon,
in Montgomery oounty; from Americas,
Sumter county, to Grangerville, Macon
connty; from Milledgeville, Baldwin
connty, to Bioodwortb, Wilkinson oonn
ty-
The editor of the Gainesville Eagle
seems to be angry with somebody iu his
town, and thus alludes to him rather
pointedly; He is satisfied “ that if
Satan’s dominions were raked with a
fine tooth comb, and the sea was
strained through an ordinary sifter, a
more self oonceited, bigoted, rantank
erous, pntrified piece ot corruption
could not be fouud on the earth, nor in
the infernal regions.”
The Coinmbns Enquirer says that to
Friday night Columbus had received
49,079 bales—6,3Bl less than last season
to same date. The Southwestern Road
has brought 3,194 bales—sl7 more than
last year; the M. &G. R. R. 14,102-55
more; th* Western Road, 1,184 - 623
left; the river, 9,977—377 less; wagons.
19,038—5.251 less; the N. & S. R. R.,
1,684 —702 less. The factory takings
show 9,202 bales against 6,906 last year
an inorease of 2,296.
Albany News : The recent cold weath
er did a considerable amount of damage
to the young corn crop of this section,
and to gardens and orchards seemed a
heavy blow. Some planters have found
it necessary to give a general ploughing
up and replanting, while others awaited
the heat of the sun, and are still hopeful
for a resuscitation of the injured plants.
The final effect produced by the cold
upon the year’s corn crop, however, can
not prove anything very serious. It is
early enough to replant and catch np
with the seasons, and the inorease of
work will not overrun the usual twelve
months round.
Sandersville Herald: Wily Curry,
an industrious colored man of the
oonnty, not only raised his own supplies
of corn and meat, bnt also a surplus of
each. On Tuesday last he sold to Mr.
G. D. Warthen, one of onr enterprising
merchants, a lot of well cured hams,
weighing three hundred and fifty pounds,
and still has more at home of the same
sort to bring in when “the price will
justify.” This colored man can sleep
soundly at night. No nightmares or
troublesome dreams iu reference to sup
plies for the year haunt his sleeping
them at home. He did.
not bring his nioe hams to town to ex
change for dry goods or groceries; he
demanded and obtained the cash for
them. He not only has corn in his crib
and meat and lard in bis sm.p>k@ house,
but also cash in his pocket,
Irwinton AVi Uthemer and Appeal:
Information whioh we deem reliable has
reached us that the merohants of Mil
ledgeville are charging the farmers of
this and adjoining oouutiea $1 flfi a
bushel for corn twenty cents a
pound for uguatj on time, the debt being
seared by mortgages on crops and
stock and deeds to real estate. They
are thus charging about ninety pp*cnt.
profit. This looks exorbitant, but it is
not. Most of thuas purchasers are bona
uutoeonstructed cotton planters,
qud debts against them are very risky,
and it is opr opinion thftt if these mer
ohantsl collect enough to get their money
back they \riU ha fortunate. At least
tn|B ig the experience of our merchants
here, who haye almost bankrupted them
selves by selling that olass of men pro
visions on time. The only injustice in
tho matter is, that the honest, indus
trious man, who pays for what he pets,
has to pay for the losses sustained by
the merchant who oii-epits his unreliable
neighbor,
Thursday's Items.
The Athens Georgian 1b still for
Colquitt.
Mr. R. L. Moss has been elected Su
perintendent of the Northeastern Rail
road. An admirable selection.
Athens City Council has sub
scribed one thousand dollars towards
the purchase of a steam fire engine.
Rev. W. D. Anderson, formerly a mem
ber of the Legislature, will deliver the
address on Memorial Day in Eatonton.
The wily Kimhallvillains sell cows
at‘s2Q and 840 and distend the animals’
“ bag ’* by allowing three day’s milk to
accumulate.
Married in Georgia : Wm. Bedford
to Miss L. Griffith, Fannin oounty; F.
B. Lucas to Miss Susan Holmes Taylor,
Athens.
The Eatonton Messenger is in favor of
issuing bonds to raise money to work
roads. Are there no road law* iu Put
nam county ?
Ooonee county iant going to wait all
day. Th® friends of Judge Sheats have
presented him as a candidate for the
Legislature,
Come Mar. Sellers J. The editor of
the Eatquton Messenger says he can eat
two quails per day and “sop ” them in
syrup besides.
Matt Soery was seriously stabbed in
South Rome Saturday by Homer War®.
Both parties drunk. All this iu spite of
“ local optioD.”
The Athens Georgian wisely thinks
that the st. Lduia Convention should
nominate Senator Bayard for the Presi
dency. A true bill.
Washington county desires a Pauper
Farm. Manage it as well as the one iu
this oounty is managed, and it will prove
a beneficial institution.
The ease of J. L. Martin, of Savannah,
against Mrs. John B. Wright, of John
son county, for $30,000 damages, result
ed in a verdict for the defendant.
A correspondent of the Savannah
News desires Senator R. E. Lester sent
to St. Louis as a delegate from the State
at-large. A capital suggestion. “Rufe”
would fill tbe bill nioely,
An attempt to remove the disabilities
of General Joseph E. Johnston was made
in the Senate the other day, bat failed
heeause be bad never asked such action.
The General is still a man without a
country.
A negro marauder in Effingham county
came to grief the other day. A man
named Rogers, whose house had been
robbed and his family brutally treated
by them somp time ago, found four men
prowling about the place Saturday
night. They ran when ordered to halt,
and he fired at them, killing cue of the
party.
Mr. S. J. Qwens, of Pntnam connty,
prosecuted a negro for assault with in
tent to murder, hut the accused after
oonviotion was granted anew trial and
threatened to prosecute Mr. Owena for
the same offense. Owens being a per
son of “refined sensibility,” thereupon
went crazy and will be sent to the Lu
natio Asylum.
Died ia Georgia: Capt. Thos. 8. Wal
laoe in Thomasville; Mr. John Williams
in Clarksville; Mr. Thos. Fritz in Lump
kin county; Mrs. Irene A. Parker in
Dahlonega; Jas. Willoughby and Joseph
Edder, of Ooonee connty; Jjfrs. J. W.
Long, of Athens; Rev. Mr. Walton, of
Kings ten; infant son of Mr. and Mrs,
Elias Brown, &ayannuh.
The residence and store home of Jno.
R. Franklin, of Brunswick, was
destroyed by fire Wednesday night
abont 11 o'clock. The bouse was not
occupied af the time, and it is supposed
that the fire was the work of an incen
diary. Thu residence was insured for
SI,OOO, and the store house for $250.
The Borne Commercial says, and with
evident emotion : “001. Thomas Harde
man is the no bleat Homan ot them all,
and a gentleman of the real old stock.
We would be delighted to see him safe
ly ensconced in the Gubernatorial man
sion at Atlanta. He would fitly adorn
the position, honor his people and do
credit to the State, hath at home and
abroad. ”
Athena Watchman : “ Upwards of
twenty thousand bales of cotton bave
been already sold in this market. This
is more than was sold here during the
whole of last year- The daily receipts
are now comparatively small, but seve
ral thousand bales may yet come in be
fore the Ist of September. There is a
considerable quantity of cotton in the
surrounding counties.
The Oolnmboa Enquirer states
that Governor Smith still remains
in that city. His main object is to
consult with regard to the North
and South Railroad. The favorite
plan we have beard suggested is for
the former stockholders to increase
their stock ten per emit. Those who do
not subscribe must lose all interest
Our information is that a definite plan
is now being devised.
* T u® Savannah -Newt uaja > “It is
*? “°P®“ that VVer-y newspaper in
the State VW W represented at the Press
Convention which ’is called to meet in
this city on the loth of May; for, in ad
dition to the business to be transacted,
dia Proposed tq make the social aspects
of the meeting mere than usually ®n
ioyabje.v No uneasiness need be felt
■bout the Chbonmlx. V?o say with all
the emphasis of the editor of the
EatansunH Qaaeffc, “We will be there.”
SOUTH CAROLINA.
NEWS FROM THE PALMETTO
STf'l'K.
Columbia has 2,352 registered voters.
.The county tax of Keishaw county is
$25,000.
The bold burglar is busy in and around
Camden.
Marion is trying to organize an Odd
Fellows* Lodge.
Gas in Charleston is to be reduced to
$3 75 a thousand.
Fires and robberies are the order of
the day in Sumter.
Edgefield municipal election takes
place the 10th inst.
Farmers in Oconee county are behind
with their plowing.
The recent snow storm was ten inches
deep in the mountains.
The late cold did not destroy all the
peaohes in Union bounty.
Pickens has been setting out shade
trees on either side of Main street.
Columbia is juet now interested in her
municipal election. It ocours to-day.
The people of Camden gave nearly S9O
to the sufferers by the Charleston fire,
A tame eagle in Columbia is employed
at night to kill rats. To what Imbbuses
etc. ’
On the 31st ult. the Blue Ridge
Mountains, near Walhalla, were covered
with snow.
liaurons eounty is for a straight
Democratic ticket and a square fight
this Summer. 6
Lewis Dent, a ten cent murderer, of
, W ! U have a centennial hanging on
the 21st instant. Cheap.
Jas. Padgett, abountrvman loaded with
blue ruin, was stabbed by unknown par
ties iu Columbia Monday.
Mr. E. H. Blodgett has been appointed
mail agent on the Camden branch of
the South Carolina Railroad.
Affliction in his family has compelled
r to reH 'go the pastorate
of Walhalla Presbyterian Church.
T. M. Wilkes, Esq., has been ap
pointed City Attorney of Columbia, in
place of L. C. Northop, Esq., resigned.
Mr. Wm. B. Coleman, of Marion, has
invented a corn shncker, which is an im
provement on anything of the kind ever
seen.
8. W. Maurice, Esq., of Kingstree, re
cently organized a colored temperanoe
society at that place, with over fifty
members.
The Greenville and Columbia Rail
road is now in better condition than at
any time sinoe the road was put in
running order.
Mr. Wm. G. Perry, of Walhalla, will
be the book-keeper of the Piedmont
Factory, near Greenville, which is soon
W begin work.
The quantity of commercial fertilizers
received in Sumter county up to date is
largely iu excess of the quantity re
ceived last year.
The Laureusville Herald is naturally
surprised that some Southern journals
should protest against Mr. Hill’s
speeches in Congress. -
Contributions are coming in very free
ly and generally from neighboring towns
and villages for the Palmetto Orphan
Rome at Columbia.
A troupe of Edgefield amateurs will
give a dramatic entertainment for the
benefit of Trinity Church, at Batesburg,
Friday evening, the 7th.
In Darlington eounty, only about one
fourth of the taxes, of a levy amounting
to upwards of $70,000, had been collect
ed up to week before last.
The dwelling and out-houses of Mr.
Tnos. R. Ayer, near Buford’s Bridge, on
the Barnwell Road, in Barnwell county,
were recently destroyed by fire.
An election for Intendent and four
Wardens of the village of BenuettHvillo
will be held on the 10th instant. There
are a number of tickets in the field.
Mrs. Julia Joiner, of Union, fell in the
fire the other day, and was rescued just
in time to save her from a horrible fate.
She is 80 years old and very feeble.
Young men in Columbia annoy the
ladies at the theatre by going out be
tween the acts to get a clove to chew.
This thing is only done in Columbia.
The Orangeburg News charges Con
gressman Mackey with engineering the
impeachment movement against Solici
tor Bnttas, It is a pity he had not suc
ceeded.
The total assessment of taxes in Pick
ens county is $20,417 95, of which
amount the Treasurer had, up to Satur
day night, March 25th, collected over
$23,000.
Miss Julia Blaek, of Abbeville, is a
heroine. The roof of her father’s kitch
en being on fire she ascended it without
the aid of a ladder and succeeded in ex
tinguishing the flames.
The seventeenth anniversary celebra
tion of the Excelsior Library Society of
Newberry College, Walhalla, took place
at the Court House, Friday evening,
March 31st, at Tf o’clock.
Deputy Collector E. H. Barton brought
iu, on Tuesday evening last, from the
mountains of Pickens county, fourteen
prisoners, arrested for illicit distilling.
They were all lodged in jail.
A well laid plan to fire the town of
Sumter Tuesday night was discovered
in time to prevent a disastrous confla
gration. How long will the people con
tinue to stand this sort of thing ?
Mrs. Dr. Vampill, of Marion, who has
been in attendance on lectures at the
Women’s Medical College, of Philadel
phia, has returned. She is the fix** ladv
medical student of South Carolina.
Incendiarism continues in Laurens,
The “Red Hill School House” was burn
ed Saturday nigh*. The Herald sug
gests that Dr. I*ynch and a prescription,
of hemp he tried on the scoundrels.
4 lawyer in Aiken is willing to strain
his constitution by attempting to take
thirty drinks of whisky in thirty days.
If preferred, he will discount the wager
by taking twenty-nine the first day.
Nero Patton, oolored, died at Abbe
ville recently. He was born in Africa,
and came to this oountrv about eighty
five years ago. He was'loo years old,
antf a man of good habits and unqueH-*
tioued honesty.
Mrs. Dr. Vampill, who left some
throe months since to attend lectures at
the Woman’s Medical College of Phila
delphia, returned to Marion a few days
ago, looking well, and apparently de
lighted with her new profession.
Wmnsboro has a “ Kindergarten
School. The school house is very
admirably arranged ; and, with all its
furnitqro and appliances, was given by
Colonel James H. Rion for the use of the
school, free of rent. Colonel R. had it
bnilt.
Miss Emma, daughter of Dr. J. W.
Parker, of Columbia, was serionsly, if
not fatally burned at Williamston the
other day. Her dress caught fire, it is
thought, from the sparks issuing from a
blacksmith shop she was passing on her
way to school which she conducted.
On Wednesday, April sth, at half-past
seven o’clock, a Centennial Mass Meet
ing will be held iu the Kingstree Bap
tist Church, when addresses will be
made by Revs. H. F. Oliver, of George
town, and H. A. Whitman, Evangelist,
Mr. James E. Tindal and others. ' The
subjects to he discussed will be religioun
liberty and the sufferings and perseeu
tions of the early Baptists.
Barnwell Sentinel, March 31st: “On
Wednesday morning last Willie Kelly
son of Mr. James Kelly, of Black
ville, went out gunning. Upon his re
turn he met young Jack O’Neil,, who
was a olerk in the store of P. W. Far
rell, Esq., and who asked him if he had
killed anything. Young Kelly drew his
gun end remarked, good-naturedly,
‘No, but I’ll kill you,’ and to the lad’s
horrible surprise his gun went off, half
load taking effect in young
O Neil’s side, causing instant death.”
Slurried.
In Union county, John Hyatt toAman
da tTames.
„ In . ?j cl L enß county, M. W. Ford to
Same E. Green.
In Pickens county, John O. Davis to
Margaret MuUiaix.
Died.
In Pickens couDiy, J. B. Clayton.
In Union county, Mrs. L. R. Bailey.
In Kershaw oounty, Duncan Sberon.
In Fiekens county, Joeeph R. Free
man.
In Darlington oonnty, Mrs. Sarah M.
Kelly.
Near Timmocsville, Major J. W.
Ward
In Abbeville county, General George
W. Hodges.
In Edgefield, Lewis Jones, aged about
ninety-five.