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OLO SERIES —WOL. XCI NEW SERIES—*OL. IL. TERMS. THE DAILY CHRONICLE * SENTINEL, th oldest nwp*per m the Sooth, u published detlT, except Monday. Term*: Per year, $10'; six mouth#, *5; three month*. 92 50. THE WEEKLY oHRON'ICLE A SENTINEL ie published every Wedneedey. Term* : One year. 92; six monthe. 91. THE TIU-WEFKLY CHRONICLE A SENTI NEL ie published every Tueedey, Thursday end Saturday Term* : One year, 95; all months, 92 50 SUBSCRIPTIONS in all cases in advance, and no paper continued after the expiration of the tune paid for. RATES OP ADVERTISING IN DAILY.—AII transient adrertwemeut* will be charged at the rate of 91 per square each insertion for the first week. Advertisement* in Tri-Week ly, 91 per square; in Weekly. *1 per square. Marriage and Funeral Notioee, 91 each. Special Notices, 91 per square. Special rates will be made for advertisements running for one month or longer. ALL COifMCNICATIONS announcing candi dates for office—from County Constable to members of Congress—will be charged at tbe rate of twenty cents per line. All announce ments moat be paid for in advance. 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.