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WEDNESDAY.......APRIL I®, 1876.
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WITHOUT AMD WITHIN.
Within the git re of light. tits room
Wm fall of faint and- west perfume,
tie gay, glad music of the dance
Wrapped eceoe and eenM in aobtla trance.
And up and down in diary whirl a
Swung fair-faced youth and Sappy gin.
Without, the wi'd wind rudely blew
The froat-chill each thin garment through.
Ae standing by the window wide.
Looked in a beggar, hollow-eyed.
• How happy they most be." ehe Mid.
“And I hare not one cruet of bread! ’
So goea the world ; the poor mnet wait
At beggar's at the rich man's gats.
And aee the pomp go on within,
Of merry mockery and din.
While some in gilded bellamay treed.
Some poor child lacks a ernat of bread.
WOMAN AND WINK
BT MABY KTLZ DALLAS.
Pop! went the gay cork flying,
Sparkled the gay champagne,
By the light of a day that was dying,
He filled up their goblets again.
Let the last, best toast be woman,
<• Woman, dear woman.'' said he;
“ Empty your ulacs, my darling,
When you drink to your sex with me.
Bat she caught his strong brown fingers,
And held him tight as in fear,
And through the gathering twilight
Her voice fell on his ear:
Nay, ere you drink, I implore you.
By all that you hold divine,
Fledge a woman in tear drops,
Bather by far than in wine.
By the woes of the drunkard's mother,
By his children who beg for bread,
By the fate of her whoee beloved one
Looks on the wine when 'tis red,
By the kissea changed to curses.
By the tears more bitter than brine,
By many a fond heart broken,
Pledge no woman in wine.
What has wine brought to woman ?
Nothing but team and pain.
It has torn from her heart her lover,
And proven her prayers In vain ;
And her household goods all scattered.
Lie tangled up in the vine.
Oh! I prithee, pledge no woman
In the curse of so many, wine.
j for the Sunday Chronicle and Sentinel. 1
THE FEAST OF THE PAtWOTEB.
The darkness came down like a veil, and the
Wrapped the earth like a child in its arms,
And Pharaoh lay quiftly down to bis rest,
HU heart free from terror a alarm !
Nor knew that the Angel of Death, ere the
Would'cUsp to his bosom bis loved—hU first
born.
For long bad he spumed <U the miracles
wrought .
By tbe bands of the chosen of God;
And turned, with a sneer, from the warnings
conveyed,
Nor kissed in submission the rod;
That his heart had grown hard, and his man
tle of pride
He wore like a god. and hU Maker defied.
But hU doom U now written, and Israel’s hour
of Joyful deliverance has come;
The Angel of Death is sbroad on the night,
To smite each Egyptian home;
But no laraehte houses; for the doors stained
with blood
Have marked them to-night as the children or
Ood.
And thus ever the unblemished lamb we still
slay,
And unleavened broad still prepare;
And staff in hand, girded for travel, we eat
The feast with thanksgiving and prayer—
That memory may fondly recall the blessed
hour
Of freedom from bondage and tyranny s
power.
Ood led them in safety across the Bed Sea,
And safe through the wilderness drear;
The pillow of cloud was the pilot by day,
And at night, to allay every fear,
The pillar of fire shone brightly above,
A token of mercy and infinite love.
And the same hand of love guides ua tenderly
on,
In whatever land we may be;
And still watches o’er us to save ns from
On tbe waves of life's temi'est-tosaed sea.
The Ood of our forefathers—lsrael s stay—
Tet shields ns in lote from the ills of to-day.
B. A. L.
Apottsta, April, 187 C.
THE OLD CANOE.
Whore the rocks are gray and the shore is steep,
And the waters below look dark and deep ;
Where the rugged pine, in its lonely pride,
Leans gloomily over the murky tide ;
Where the reeds and rushes are long and rank,
And the weeds grow thick on the winding
bank:
Where the shadow is heavy the whole day
through.
There lies at its moorings the old canoe.
The useless paddles are idly dropped,
[like a sea-bird’s wings that the storm has
lopped.
And crossed on the railing, one o'er one,
Like the folded hands when the work is done,
While busily bick and forth between
The spider traces his silvery screen,
And the solemn owl, with his dull “ to-who.”
Betties down on the Bide of the old canoe.
The stem, half Bunk in the slimy wave,
Rots slowly away in its living grave,
And the green moss creeps over its dull decay,
Hiding Us mouldering dust away,
Like toe hand that plants o'er the tomb a
flower,
Or tbe ivy that mantles the falling tower;
While many a blossom of loveliest hue
Springs up' o'er the stem of the old canoe.
The currentless waters are dead and still,
But the light wind plays with the boat at will,
And lazily in and out again
It floats the length of the rusty chain.
Like the weary march of the hand of time,
That meet and part at the noontide chime,
And the shore is kissed at eaoh turning anew
By the dripping bow of the old canoe.
Ob, many a time, with a careless hand,
1 have pushed it away from the pebbly strand
And paddled it down where the stream runs
quick,
Where the whirls are wild and the eddieß are
thick.
And laughed as I leaned o’er the rocking side
And looked below m the broken tide,
To see that the faces and boats were two
That were mirrored back from tbe old canoe.
But now as I lean o'er the crumbling side,
And loek below in the sluggish tide,
The faoe that I see there is graver grown,
And the laugh that I hear has a soberer tone,
And the hands that lent to tbe light skiff wings
Have grown familiar with sterner things.
But I love to think of hours that sped
Aa I rocked where the whirls their white spray
shed.
Ere the blossom waved or the green grass grew
O’er the mouldering stem of the old canoe.
THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION.
General Ulna Helds the Frentler—Attacking
Atnericans—The Federalists Biting Off'.More
Than They Can Chaw.
Brownsville, April 10.—General Diaz
lias possession of the entire border. Few
Federal troops are nearer than Monte
rey. General Diaz maintains strict or
der and has shot three soldiers for in
subordination. He is strengthening the
position and aocnmnlating arms and
ammunition.
Galveston, April 10.—A Loredo,
Texas, special to the Galveston News
says that, at the special request of the
Deputy United States Marshal, Gapt.
Merryman planted a twelve pounder on
the bank of the Rio Grande this
morning. At 1 o’clock, p. m.,the Mexi
cans opened a hot fire on onr guard from
New Loredo. The guard was compelled
to withdraw from the ferry, whereupon
Col. Saxton threw two shells into New
Loredo, Mexico, from his twelve-pound
er, which silenced the Mexican fire on
onr soldiers and American citizens. Two
men aud three women of this oity were
wonnded. The fire came from the Fed
eral Mexican soldiers nnder the com
mand of Gen. Pueblo Quintons. A
revolutionary party then attacked New
Loredo, but Quintons repulsed them.
The fighting has been renewed, and dead
soldiers can be seen in the streets from
the east side of the river.
A PIOUS VILLAIN.
Thr Editor of the Bmh PU*t Prom a le
-fauller in a I.argf Sum.
Boston’, April 6. —The Springfield i?e-,
publican to-day says that in settling the j
affairs of Patrick Donahue, proprietor)
of the Boston Pilot, a Catholic newspa
per of this city, who recently went into
bankruptcy, facts of a most disgraceful
character came to light. It seems that
lor many years Donahue has been in the
habit of receiving funds from persons
■who wished to place them in safe hands.
He had the unlimited confidence of the
public, and especially the Irish Catho
lios, who regarded him as one of their
heat friends. During the past few years
he has received thousands of dollars
from this class of people. Donahue, as
President of the Emigrant Savings Bank,
also suggested to ignorant depositors
that he would receive their money the
same as the bank did ; would invest it
also for them and pay them seven per
cent interest. In this way thousands of
dollars were taken. It it found that
trust fnnds confided to his care and
money received on deposit have been
put into his business and lost. The suf
fering which will follow this breach of
trust oannot fail to be very great.
A young colored man named John Ty
ler, of Camden, was arrested by police
man Robert Latta, Jr., and, upon offer
ing reeistanoe, the policeman struck him
on the head with his club, inflicting an
' ugly wound. The policeman was in
dicted, tried and convicted of assault
and battery before Trial Justice Din
ning, and sentenced to pay a fine of S2O,
or to spend thirteen days in the oounty
jaiL [
The grasshopper blossoms sweetly on
the edge of the Minnesota snowdrift.
He has already got so he can sit on bis
elbow and lay half a pint of eggs in one
forenoon. And Vhile he layshelooks
solemn and thoughtful, as if he wasn’t
doing anything, and his mind was fixed
on the sweet reminiscences of his native
olime.
ASCIESTAUGOSTA.
OCR CITY IN THE OLDEN TIME.
The PwitWaryha Parrtow— Th*Ty Leader
Brawn—The Canee of Hie Hotred-TUe
ocher SUe-Hle CreeUy te Prieeeere . Be.
gageaeaie Anul the Tees.
[Tor the Sunday Chronicle and Sentinel ]
The fall of Charleston, on the 12th of
May, 1780, made Augusta unsafe for the
State government to remain longer
there. The Governor and a part of his
Council, with some of the civil officers,
retired to North Carolina. Stephen
Heard, the President of the Gnmcil,
determined to go to Wilkes county,
where there Whs a temblance of a gov
ernment kept up.
Tbe position of the patriots at this
time was dangerous, ss they and their
families were threatened with starvation
and death, and many of them removed
their families to the North for security;
but there were some leaders who allowed
their families to remain at home, while
they were exerting themselves to collect
and organize this dispirited men of
Georgia, and we find that Col. Jobo
Jones, of Burke, and Benj. Few, of
Richmond, assembled a body of men
and joined Col. Clark in Wilkee. Col.
Brown was active at this time in send
ing ont bis emissaries to administer the
oath of allegiance to the English Gov
ernment to the timid and discouraged
people of Georgia. The exactions made
upon the people by Brown, and the cru
elty they suffered from the orders of
that man, determined the patriots to
make another effort to assemble the
militia and relieve Angnsta, and on
the 14th of September, 1780, Colonel
Clarke assembled about four hundred
aud thirty men around Angnsta, and
found Col. Brown unprepared for an at
tack. He (Clarke) made the proper dis
position of his forces and commenced
an assault. The first fighting was done
at Hawk’s Gully, where Major Taylor
attacked an Indian encampment, which
he forced to retreat. These successes
were pushed, bnt they amounted to lit
tle, as Col. Brown’s position was too
strong to be taken by assault and lie
notified Col. Cruger at Ninety-six of his
position, and under forced marches
Cruger approached Augusta, and the
spies of Clarke reported to him on the
night of the 17th of September that the
British were near the town with 500
men. This compelled the patriots to
withdraw. After Clarke retreated the
wounded rebels fell into the hands of
Brown, and they suffered all the horrors
that human ingenuity, prompted by a
spirit of revenge, could perpetrate. In
childhood I have often wondered what
could have been the motives that
prompted Brown to torture the wound
ed who fell into his hands, and I found
an explanation of the motive in
William Johnston’s life and cor
respordence of General Green, which
is as follows: “In the hour of fes
tivity Brown had indulged himself in
indiscreet censure of the Revolutionary
party He had done worse—he had
committed a fault less easily forgiven—
he bad ridiculed them. Being advised
that their resentment was excited, he
attempted to esoape, bat be was olosely
pursued, brongbt back to Angnsta, tried
before a committee of surveillance, and
sentenced to be tarred and feathered
and carted unless he recanted and took
the oath of allegiance prescribed by the
administration of Georgia. Brown was
a firm man. and resisted with a perti
nacity that should have commanded the
respect of his persecutors, But the mo
tions of a mob are too precipitate to
admit of the intrusion of generous feel
ing. After undergoing the painful and
mortifying penance prescribed by the
committee without yielding, it is too
true that he was doomed to have his
naked feet exposed to a large fire, to
subdue his stubborn spirit. Bat in
vain, and he was at length turned loose
by a group of men who imtW once
dreamed that the simple Indian trader
would soon reappear an armed and im
placable enemy. He first visited
the loyalists of con
certed his measures with them,
ilien made his way to Bt, Augus
tine, received a colonel’s commission,
placed himself at the head of a band
of refugees, and accompanied Provost
in his irruption into Georgia. His
thirst for revenge appeared afterwards
insatiable, and besides wantonly hang
ing many of his prisoners, he subjected
the families of the Whigs, who were ont
in service, to accumulated sufferings and
distress. It was not long after be was
left in command at Augusta by the
British General, that Colonel Clarke,
with a determined party of the militia,
whose families he had persecuted,
aimed a well directed blow at his post.
Rut Brown proved himself a man of
bravery aud conduct, and he well knew
that at all times be was fighting lot his
life. After a severe and partially suc
cessful contest the approach of a .party
of Indians obliged Clarke to retreat and
leave his wounded behind him, with a
letter addressed to Brown, requesting
him that he would parole them to their
plantations. But Brown’s thirst for
revenge knew no bounds, it had been
irritated in this instance by a wound
which confined him to his bed. The
unhappy prisoners, seventy-eight in
number, were all hung; thirteen of them
were suspended to the railing of the
staircase, that he might feast his eyes
with their dying agonies.”
McCall describes as follows the cruel (
deeds which were perpetrated upon the
wounded: “Captain Asby, an officer
noted for his bravery and humanity,
with twenty-eight others, ipolading the
wounded, fell into the hands of the ene
my, and were disposed of under the
sanguinary order of Lord Cornwallis in
the following manner: Captain Asby and
twelve of the wonnded prisoners were
hanged on the staircase of the White
House, where Brown was lying wound
ed, so that he might have the satisfac
tion of seeing the victims of' his ven
geance expire. Their bodies were de
livered up to the Indians, who scalped
and otherwise mangled them and threw!
them into the river. John Burgamy,
Scott Ruder, Jordan Ricketson,
Darling and two youths, brothers, of
the name of Glass, were all hanged; the
former of these youths was shot through
the thigh, and could not be oarried off
when the retreat was ordered, and the
younger brother oould not be prevailed
on to leave him; hia tenderness and af
feotion cost him his life; a horse was the
fatal scaffold on which they were mount
ed, and from the gibbet they entered to
gether the long jourtfey of eternity.”
“ All this was merciful when com
pared with the fate which awaited
the other prisoners. They were
deliverd to the Indians to glut
their vengeance for tbe loss they had
sustained in the action and the siege
The Indians formed a circle and placed
the prisoners in the centre, and their
eagerness to shed blood spared the vio
tims from tedions torture. Some were
soalped before they sunk under the In
dian weapons of war; others were thrown
into fires and roasted to death. The re
cord of these transactions te now before
the anthor, from the pens of British offi
cers who were present, who excitingly
communicated it to their friends in Sa
vannah, Charleston and London, where
it stands upon record in the papers of
the day. Anuast.
FOWLS AS TO FKOKrT.
Editor * Chronicle, and Sentinel :
There seems to be quite a difference
of opiuion as to the profits obtained by
keeping fowls. Some, owing to the care
less and skimpy manner of feeding
them, expecting to be famished with
plenty of eggs without any renumera
tion for the hen’s services, “say there is
none.” But others (among whom lam
one) believe in the old adage that “the
laborer is worthy of her hire,” and think
the heu well worth rewarding for her
labors and those who treat her as she
deserves will find her grateful, and will
ing to repay as far as lays in her power,
as I will show by a little, aocoant that
has been kept since January 17, 1879, to
the present time. I have five white leg
horn and one common hen, and a roost
er. They had been laying since the
middle of November, but no account
was taken of their labors until the above
date, since which time they have laid
284 eggs, besides the common one has
set and hatched out twelve chichens,
eleven of which are living, and the other
hens have no idee of stopping on ac
count of hard times. The reason of
their fecundity is partly on account of
the breed, but mostly because of
the attention bestowed on “ them
by a lady, au inmate of the
family. She" is very fond of them and
they ‘of her. She saves all the scraps
from the p’ates; sees that they are well
supplied with fresh water, aad occasion
ally feeds them with wheat screening,
which is very good for them. As it takes
a long while to pick up, sometimes she
varies their food with a little corn. The
common hen did not lay more than fif
teen eggs, so there were at least three
eggs per day from the five Leghorn hens,
as the balance was laid by a white duck,
that I forgot to mention. There were
in all aboat twenty-fonr dozen laid ;
which, at 25 cents, would be $6; feed, at
the most, $1 50, making a net profit of
84 50. Who can beat that? The eggs
being so fresh could easily have been
sold at 35 cents, which would .make
$2 40 more; but besides that, there are
eleven chichens living one week old.
The yard they are kept in is about
60x25 feet, MgmBANX.
Get a Brooklyn girl thoroughly mad
and the fruits of a careful religious
training are not conspicuous in the fury
with which she unships her bustle aba
wrecks it over the head of her adversary.
—Brooklyn Argun.
FOSTER BLODGETT.
THE GREAT DEVELOPER IN TROU
BLE.
Ha Altaian* Ta Paaa Throajrh Derate,
Bat la CMfet aa the Ftr—Oaoa Mara at Ua
Capital, Bat la a Dlffarcat Kale.
Old Time, with hia aoythe and hoar
glass, remorseless as fate, pats some
strange spectacles before the human
race. The day was when Blodgett, Bul
lock, and others of that ilk, head sach
ems in the Radical wigwam, held high
carnival in Georgia, and spent the peo
ple’s money like water. Radical papers,
like the National Rapublican, of Au
gusta (published by Mr. E. H. Pughe,
now one of the proprietors and the man
ager of the Augusta Constitutionalist),
fed on the public pap, supported with
ardor the carpet-bag, scalawag regime,
and songht by every means to fasten upon
the State a government not of its own
chosing, by villifiying the good people
of Georgia and calling upon the Federal
authorities to oement the alien authori
ty by bayonet force. Bnt such indigni
ties were not to continue always. The
mills of the gods grind alnwly, bnt they
grind very fine. The Radical government
soon passed away. Bullock and Blod
gett were fngitives and the people of the
State held their own again. Bullock,
with his ill gotten plunder, sought an
aslynrn in a Northern State; Blodgett
sheltered himself nnJer the negro gov
ernment of South Carolina. Once again,
however, the would be Senator entered
the limits of Georgia. Last Satur
day morning he left Tullahoma, Ala
bama, on his way to his home in New
berry, S. C. As he had been absent
about two months he concluded that he
would take the shortoßt route, and as
that lay through Atlanta, Atlantaward
he sped. He reached the capital last
Saturday night and immediately got on
the train for Angnsta. Information of
his presence was conveyed to the Gover
nor and means were at once taken for
arresting the former State Road mag
nate. Long before the Georgia Railroad
passenger train reached Angnsta the
following dispatch was in the hands of
Mr. J. A. Christian, Chief of Police:
Atlanta, April Bth, 1876. —Foster
Blodgett passed throngh here to-night
for Augusta. Arrest him.
Pebkinson,
Sheriff Fulton County.
When the train rolled into the Union
Depot, early Sunday morning, Lient. A.
M. Prather boarded it, and formally ar
rested Mr. Blodgett. The latter was
evidently not expecting anything of the
kind, and appeared to be overwhelmed
with astonishment. He quietly submit
ted, however, and was escorted to the
City Hall, where he remained in the
Chiefs office daring the day, nnder
guard. Here, amid the scenes of his
first political triumphs, he had ample
time idt reflection. The news of his ar
rest spread over the city, and a number
of persons called on him before he left
for the return trip to Atlanta. A report
er of the Chronicle and Sentinel con
versed with him a few minutes ia the
afternoon. He found him much ohanged
since his departure from Georgia, when
the Radical power was destroyed. His
hair and beard are as white as the
driven snow, and his form is bent so
that he looks like a man seventy-five or
eighty years of age. The following con
versation passed between the reporter
and the prisoner:
Reporter—Did yon anticipate an ar
rest,
Blodgett—l did not. The authorities
of the State could have had my pres
ence in Georgia long ago if they had
wanted it. I wrote to parties in Atlanta
that I would go there whenever it was
desired that I should do so. I had the
Governor's parden in my pooket (al
luding to the pardon granted by Acting
Governor Conley), and had nothing to
fear.
Reporter—How do yon suppose the
Governor heard of your presenoe (in
Georgia ?
Blodgett—My impression is that my
father-in-law. Ml Roql, with whom I
had a law suit, was the cause of my ar
rest. lam lawyer enough to know that
I could not be held by a simple tele
gram. J oould have sued out a writ of
habeas corpus, apd gotten off easy
enough. But I did not desire to do so.
I intend to go back to Atlanta to-night,
and have the matter settled. I intend
ed anyway to return to Atlan
ta in a short time, and remain there
three or four days. I am now a poor
mpn. aud have to do something to sup
port the wifb and little ones. I am
traveling for some pojpmercial houses,
and get one hundred and twenty-five
dollars a mouth. My wife is keeping
boarding house in Jfcwberry, in order
to assist in keeping the pet boiling.
Reporter—Do yon think anything will
be done with you ?
Blodgett—lt is hard to say. There is no
teliin" what people will do now-a-days.
Mr Rloiigfitf; went to Atlanta Sunday
night, under escort of Jdeut. Prather.
TIfE MLODCIETT BUSINESS.
The Case of West—BtodfetUs Pardon Under
Argu ipenL
[Special Dispatch to Out Chronicle and Sentinel]
Atlanta, April 10.— Governor Smith
has suspended the Executive warrant in
the case of West, and the latter has been
released from custody. When Foster
Blodgett arrived here this morning a
writ pi habeas corpus was sued out by
his attorneys, Gen. L. J. Gartrell and
Judge H. k. McOay, asking his dis
charge from custody on the ground
that he had been pardoned bv acting-
Governor Conley. Jndge Mouay sup
ported the application in a strong
speech, to which Attoruey-G ener “l Ham
mond, wbd represents the S>ta(te, will re
ply to-morrow. There te considerable
excitement in thnnhy about both cases
and publio sentiment is divided. West
is happy and Blodgett expects to be.
[.Associated Press ttepori.}
Atlanta, April 10.—A. J. West, who
was taken from here on a requisition of
the Governor of New York, charged with
obtaining goods under false pretenses,
was brought back from Augusta. Gov.
Smith has revoked his order to tun; him
o*ev to the Sheriff of New York, on the
ground of jpdiotments here against
West, which must first be tried. Fos
ter Blodgett, Superintendent and Treas
urer of the State Road, under -Bullock,
was arrested in attempting to pass
throngh tim fttate and brought to At
lanta. Hia lawyers seek to effect his
release on the ground of a pardon by
Gov. Bullock (?) The case is pending.
PBND *fS*
As Hrfr ot the Estate Expresses Hln?spff go
the Sshiect.
Cincinnati, April 10.— The Enquirer
to-morrow will contain a report of an in
terview with George P. Bowler, one of
the heirs to the Bowler estate,
and general manager of the Kentucky
Central Railroad, in reference to the
administration of the Bowler estate, in
which Hon. George U. Pendleton hes
been accused of taking advantage of the 1
minor heirs. Mr. Bowler says: I was a
member of the board of control of the
Kentucky Central Railroad at the time
the arrangement was made fixing Mr.
Pendletons compensation for the col
lection o.f the claim against the Govern
ment, and it met with my hearty con
aent and my full approval. My mother,
in her own interest and ss guardian of
the two ohildren, was consulted, al
thongh that was not obligatory accord
ing to the articles pf association of the
Kentucky Central Railroad, and the ar
rangement was unhesitatingly confirmed
by her. The settlement by Mr. Pendle
ton to the Board was entirely satisfacto
ry to ns and is now. Ut brother, now
within a few months of his majority,
has expressed himself in positive terms
as to the justice of the compensation,
and gives it his most sev&sl approvsl.
Mr. P. tits had eharge of the estate
since 1864 and the separate property of
my mother. He has sacrificed his cqp
venienoe and the practice of his profes
sion. ■ At the time of my father’s death
there were large debts, which were paid
not by the sacrifice of any valuable
securities, but by money raised byfMr.
Pendleton on his own individual credit.
This continued for years. Several law
suits involving a large amount of money
and very intricate questions were pend
ing at the time of my father’s death.
No one can appreciate, except those in
terested and who lived in daily inter
course with Mr. Pendleton, the labor
and strain imposed by his increasing
vigilance in behalf of this trust. Re
garding allegation that Mr. Pendle
ton used money in prosecsting this
elsim against the Government, Mr.
Bowler said he was satisfied it is abso
, lately false in every particular.
A Ckntwjohal Document. —Mr. W. P.
Herring, of this city, has in his posses
sion an interesting document in the
■hap* of letters patent granted to Hod
gen Holmes, a citizen of Georgia, on
th 12th of May, 1796, for “newma
chinery called the cotton gin.” This
was three years after the invention of
the first gin by Whitney. The docu
ment bears the autograph signature of
George Washington, President; Timothy
Pickering, Secretary of State, and Ohas.
Lee. Attorney-General. The signature
of Holmes is attested by Seaborn Jones
and W. Urquhari. Tbe letters were
signed by the authorities at Philadelphia
in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and ninety-six, and of
the independence of the United States
the twentieth.
There is nothing very original in a
money market report. It in too fall of
quotations.
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
fsa WAR RENTON.
[.Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel)
Wabbenton, April B.—The Spring
term of Warren Superior Court is in
session, Jndge Pottle presiding The
visiting members of the bar present are
Messrs. W. M. &M. P. Reese, Dnßose
and Golly, of Wilkes: Col. Reid, of
Talliaferro; Messrs. Tutt, Hudson and
Ronsgr, of Thomson; and Messrs. Da-
Bos e and Reese, of Hancock. Several
civil and criminal cases have been dis
posed of, and about the most im
portant was tbe State against Joshua
Daniel, charged with murder; Solicitor-
General Lumpkin for the State and Sea
born Reese, Esq., for the defense.—
The proeecntion and defense well sus
tained tbe reputation of these rising
spirits of the bar, and althongh the
weight of evidence was strong against
the latter, he perplexed the jury no lit
tle in coming to a verdict, which was
guilty. I understand a motion will be
made for anew trial, and if granted he
will be cleared, as new evidence has
came to light. The business of the
town is very dall, and no]prospect of a
reaction until another crop is made.
The spirit of progress however is still
alive, and has contributed to the con
venience of the community, in the erec
tion of a steam mill by Messrs. Hall &
Gallaher, not far from the public square.
The mill with its machinery and manage
ment illnstrates the vigor and energy of
its proprietors, and is quite a desidera
tum to the town and snrronnding coun
try. I believe it is generally conceded
that farmers are going in for another
bigoottoncrop—that is, judging from the
quantity of fertilizers brought into the
county the present season. Traveler.
letter from warrenton.
Court Week In Warren—What Wan Done
During the Week.
iProm An Occasional Correspondent.]
Wak benton, Ga., April 10.—Oar Su
perior Court adjourned last Satnrday
night. Judge William Gibson presided
for three days in the absenoe of Jndge
Pottle, who was holding Court for
Jndge Johnson in Sandersville. Judge
Pottle took the bench Thursday morn
ing. Both administered the law with
that ability and impartiality which they
have heretofore maintained in their re
spective stations. The local bar—
Messrs. C. S. Dnßose, A. S. Morgan,
George V. Neal, James Whitehead, R.
T. Barksdale and James L. Battle—were
all present. We noticed among the vis
iting members of the bar Messrs. J. D.
Mathews and Samuel Lumpkin, from
Lexington. The latter did not reach
here till Tuesday night in eonsequenoe
of a serions adventure in Buffalo creek
last Sunday, already notioed in yonr
columns. From Washington, Messrs.
Wm. M. and M. P. Reese, D. M. Dn-
Bose and F. H. Colley. From Taliafer-’
re, Mr. J. F. Reid. From McDnffie,
Messrs. H. 0. Roney, Paul 0. Hudson
and W. D. Tutt. From Hanoook,
Messrs. C. W. Dußose and Seaborn
Reese. From Athens, Maj. Lamar Cobb.
Mr. C. W. Seidel, of Hart, who has been
appointed reporter of the Northern Cir
cuit, was on hand discharging his dnties
with great skill and ability.
Several important cases were settled
and a large number of others were tried.
Among them we mention the following,
of general interest: Wm. Ford vs. Geor
gia Railroad, action for damages,
Messrs. Seaborn Reese and A. S. Mor
gan for plaintiff, Wm. M. & M. P. Reese
and C. S. Dußose for defendant. Ver
dict for plaintiff, $1,500. James G.
Bailie, executor, vs. Wm. Hall,-claim
ant. Verdiot for Bailie and motion for
new trial. Roney and Whitehead for
plaintiff, Dußose and Reese for claim
ant. Mays and Conner vs, Stephen
Kinsey—complaint on account for $379.
Verdict for $53. Whitehead and Mor
gan for plaintiffs, C. S. Dußose for de
fendant. E. S. O’Brien vs. T. N. Shur
ley; Rule vs. sheriff. Verdict for plain
tiff—Dußose for plaintiff, Whitehead
and Morgan oontra. On tbeoriminaldock
et, several defendants were oonvioted of
petit offenses - -David F. Barnett, white,
was sent to the penitentiary for 3 years
for burglary in the day time. The most
important case on this docket was The
State vs. Joshua Daniels, charged with
murder. He was most ably defended
by Major Neal and Seaborn Reese. The
latter made a most earnest and eloquent
speech in behalf of his client, giving
evidence of rapid progress ft l the bar.
The Solicitor-General made a calm, lo
gical argument for the State in conclu
sion. The jury found the prisoner
guilty, and a motion for anew trial was
made. It will doubtless go to the Su
preme Court. Much business was trans
acted during the term to the great satis
faction and dissatisfaction of many par
ties therein interested. H. W. H.
DISASTROUS FJRJ3 IN LINCOLN.
Mp. Season* Mqseleyts Home Destroyed.
Woodlawn, Lincoln County, April 6.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
For the information of the distant re
latives and friends of Mr. Seaborn Mose
ley, Sr., of Lincoln, I ask space in your
excellent and extensively circulated pa
per for a brief aooount of one of tbe most
destructive fires that ever occurred upon
the premises of any one. Upon his re
turn on the 30th March, from his fields
at 11 J, a. m., to the house, he discover
ed a small flame issuing between the
chimney end shingles joining. He im
mediately gay.e the alarm and started all
the negroes about the bouse to collect
ing water. 4? oen< frng *b o FPPf ft bu°k e t
of water was ffirown on tbe plade, which
only increased the fiames. ?bey then
bpgap removing the shingles, wh;oh let
the sir i and increased the ffames still
more. The wind blowing 80 Strong it
was thought imposible to subdue the
flames, at which time the hands from
his field and also those of his neighbor,
Dr. Wm. Davie, arrived, when every
.oqe went to work to recover the ,great
est valuably? fro® the mass of falling
fire.
The burning, however, was so rapid
that, with all the aid present, it was im
possible to rescue very mnch from the
furious volumes of fire that soon en
veloped and consumed tfie bopse. Out
of ten beds, three were saved. If early
all of Mrs. Moseley’s bed clothing upon
the beds was lost, with all the new ones
stored awa? —f!? e of many long
years. The loss i got lpes than $4,000.
The house was well famished, contain
ing twelve rooms. There were eight
other house.? burned, including oarriage
house, with ? e but very
little provisions.
Mr. Mosely is seventy-one years of
age, and is oertainly a man of great
steadiness ftf purpose and equanimity of
nerve. His farm o;k js moving as
steadily and rapidly forward M though
nothing had occurred. Under his pres
ent eiiOum st;aDoes > b® oertainly deserves
the sympathy ss as the aid of
his friends, neighbors a*d relatives
who may be able to render it. He feels
especially grateful to Dr. Davie for his
assistance to him in his hoar of extreme
need; also to the Messrs- powers
their kind offices to bis family in their
peril. F-
Tip: CQUNTjr <p BANJJU,
Letter From par Traveling Correspondent—
Court Moral People—Delegatee to
Ualneevillc—Speech of Ban, J. J. Turnbull
—The Crops, Etc.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel 1
Homer, Banks Go., Ga., April 7-
The Superior Court has been in session
here this week, Judge Rice presiding;
Mr. Dunlap, of Gainesville, acting So
licitor. Judge Rice complimented the
people of Banks on their exemption
from crime. The docket was cleared in
two days. There is scarcely a county in
the State that can show a better record
than Banks for tbegobriflty had morality
of its inhabitants.
Homer, the county site, is a small bqt
pretty village, of about one hundred in
habitants. There are bnt two stores
here—one kept by Col. A. J. West, the
other by James Quillian t Bro., who, in
addition to their store, run the post
office. There are three very neat
churches—Methodist, Presbyterian and
Baptist The Banks County Academy,
under charge of Prof. W. H. Simkina, is
doing well.
Mr. Bed wine, of the Gainesville Ea
gle, Col. John H. Christy, of the Athens
Watchman, and Bon. J. $. Bates, of
Gainesville, were in attendance at Court.
Dr. H. D. Chen alt. Adjutant General
Of Gen. Toombs’ Brigade, resides here.
He is doing a good praptios.
After Coart adjourned there was a
meeting to nominate delegates to the
District Convention, which meets at
Gainesville on the 36th instant, to select
delegatee to represent the Ninth Con
gressional District at the National Dem
ocratic Convention. Messrs. J. W. Pru
itt, R. L- Hooper and Hon. J. J. Torn
boll were elected as delegates from
Ranks. The people sailed on their rep
resentative in the Legislature for a
speech. Mr. Turnbull arose, and ad
dressed them for an hoar on tbe politi
cal issues of the day. The Court
House was crowded with attentive
listeners. The talented member from
ttawtn discussed the great issues of
the times, both State and National, in
inafais naaME. He painted out the
defeats of to present Constitution and
showed plainly the need of * Oonventi on
to make, the neoessary changes in the
organic law. He held up to the ridicule
and soorn of the people the framers of
the instrument nnder which we live, and
showed plainly how it works injury to
the beet interest of Georgia. The men
who made it were hostile to the people,
and the time has come when their bad
work should be undone.' Mr. Turnbull
reviewed the acts of the present Legis
lature, and complimented it as a body
of men who had done their duty. The
public school system, however, he char
acterized in severe terms, showing what
the tax was, and how little, in his opin
ion, the masses were benefited by it.
He thought it coaid be improved. Mr.
Tarnball has served his people for fonr
years and he has done hia dnty to the
beet of his ability, He thanked the peo
ple for their oonfidenoe and support,
and announced that he was not a candi
date for re election. When he looked
aronnd him in the House, and saw
Middle and Sonth Georgia represented
by the best men in the State—such men
as Bacon and Black, Lawton and Speer,
and others of like ability and merit, he
felt the necessity of his section of the
State sending men of ability. They had
such men in Banks, and other counties,
and the people should send them to the
Legislators. Mr. Tambnll was fre
quently interrupted by applause. This
speech was received with enthusiasm
and does him great credit. Althongh
Mr. Turnbnll has announced that he
will not be a candidate, the people who
have a _ right to claim his services
will insist on his re-election. He has
done his dnty faithfully. Mr. Turnbull
is a gentleman of ability, and he
has many fine qnalities which will, in
dne time, shine forth conspicuously in
the politics of the State. He has bnt to
bide his time and make good nse of the
gifts with which he is endowed to win
for himself a prominent place. He is
too useful a tpan ever to rust in the
shades of private life.
The crops are somewhat late owing to
the bad weather, bnt the farmers are
hopefnl.
Colonel Hardeman is popular with the
masses. The mountain people will sup
port him for Governor.
The Chronicle and Sentinel has a
strong hold on the people. I send yon
a list of twenty-five subscribers.
G. W. N.
AN OPEN LETTER.
[The Madison Home Journal.]
Madison, Ga., March 29, 1876.
Hon. John P. King:
My Dear Sib—The Convention of
Stockholders of the Georgia Railroad
and Banking Company will take place
on the 10th pf May, proximo. I had
hoped to have seeD yon and talked over
matters connected therewith, but have
not had the opportunity, and may not
until that time. Meanwhile, I have
concluded to write and publish my in
dividual thoughts touching the future
of our company.
I have from the beginning of the old
Georgia Railroad been connected with
it, and materially interested so far back
as the days of Wm. Williams and others,
in its inception and with its managers,
under the charter obtained the 27th of
December, 1831—in all the time of the
first Presidert, the Hon. Wm. Hearing,
and until this day.
I have served as a Director to the best
of my poor ability from that day until
now. If I have ever missed a meeting
of the Board, either regular or called,
mv memory is at fault.
In the year 1(&2 yon were made its
President—thirty-fonr years ago. Al
most a generation since then has gone
henoe. We are here, and, by the bless
ing of Providence, in health. Yonr
faithful, upright and pre-eminently able
management is known of all men and
reoognized by all men, too. Upon the
meeting of the last convention of stock
holders, May 12th, 1875, as you had pre
viously, time and time again, asked to
be relieved, there seemed to be some
uncertainty as to whether you would
not require the stockholders to yield to
your oft expressed desire. In the then
uncertainty there seemed to be a con
test, but in the face of your expressed
wish and all efforts, you were forced
still to continue at the helm. Then
your health was feeble, slowly recover
ing from a violent and somewhat pro
tracted illness. Now, I rejoice to know
that, in strength of body and vigor of
mind, yon are what I have ever known
you in our four and thirty years of ser
vice to the Georgia Railroad.
The object of this “ open” letter is
to ask you to continue in tbe Presiden
cy wliioh you have so long and so worthi
ly occupied. Knowing full well that
you desire to be relieved, still, I think,
it is very largely the opinion of its
stockholders that you should remain ;
and, I think, they will insist on it.
So far as J know, those who hold the
stock keep it as an investment and part
with it reluctantly or by necessity. I
hold mine, and nave held it for forty
four years. No shares have I ever sold
save a few after the close of the war,
when it was my only available resource
for present and pressing wants. I, how
ever, replaced them all, and at higher
rates than I was compelled to sell.
Since then, when urgent necessity press
ed me, I have borrowed money to bridge
oyer any aqd all demands upori me. I
never want to see fhe stock of our old
company a speculative one, I_ would
not own it if it were.
Now, then, may I ask for harmony in
onr oompany ? It can only be seonred
by your oonsent to the sacrifice of con
tinued service. Our property, under
present management, is better than I
dared to hope for, contrasting it with
almost all railroad interests in the Sonth
—yes, in the land.
Excuse the liberty I have taken in
thus addressing you. I have done it
for the well being of the road, and with
the expectation of harmonious action.
1 have done it, too, by reason of onr life
long friendship and my knowledge, of
yoqr able, unselfish and eutire devotion
to the interest of the stopkhojdeFß
- the few suggestion \ hgve made
in a priqted note pm.? meet your appro
val anfi b e acquiesced in, is the ardent
wish and sincere desire pf
foqr old Gipfid,
Elijah E- Jonhs.
THE GEORGIA RAILROAD.
A Letter From Judge John P. King.
Augusta, April 10,1874-
Dr. E.
My Drab Fbjend—l have read your
open letter addressed to the Madison
Home J.qmal , of the 29th pit., and
republished by oqr city papers of the
9tn instant. ¥°U* leti¥ retires many
sad reminiscences, whilst it paiuf ally re
minds us of the perishable condition of
our race. Ipis are, I believe, tfie only
sjrvivors qf qur assqoiqtea ip the Direc
tion, at the period referred Id by
yon.’ ¥ear aftpr yfea? has passed away—
time has done its qsua} work, and
each annual election has found soma va
cant seat tq be filled. We only remain
witfi fftir feofiby health, and constitu
tions only impaired by the natural ef
fects of age. Not satisfied with the
present, and with an uncertain and
donbtffll future, we live m OB % in the
past, and tfiis only bring* up the
visions of buried friphfis and
•ed hopes. 7 need nqt dwell upon the
£ abject gf your appeal. Similar appeals
haye been m%4e by same ntfiem. but
none, for reasons named, have claims
upon me so strong as your own. Somegive
reasons why there should be no chaDge
at thU Hri}6, and urge me to bead the
organize tion qnother year. lam oandid
in stating that whilst J duly appreciate
the friendship and confidence of yourself
and others, I think you overestimate the
importance of my continued connection
with the company as its executive head.
It is true that the Georgia Railroad
Company has dong mope for its stock
holders than, perhaps, any other in the
country, Srith trifling exceptions, bnt
this success has bepn, at least in part,
from tfie unity of its stockholders,
thejr frpedom freffl all fancy schemes or
speculative manias, and their single re
gard for the interests of 'thejinstitution.
Every question touching the interest of
the company was a Georgia Railroad
interest, and united the vote of the
stockholders accordingly. The war and
its incidents h a ? e pbnng§d *U *hd
7 am sorry to say that there ifre npw va
rious conflicting interests and QQtside
influences to destroy that unity, to
which much of the past prosperity of
the company may be fairly attributed. I
do not complain of this, and only men
tion jt to explain my weakened confi
dence in the future. By the seal of
friends, and an overestimate of the value
of my oontinned connection with the
company as its executive head for an
other year, I have been placed in rather
a false position before the public
through the public prints.
7 should be m or P or less than man if
I did not folly appreciate the friendship
of those who have been obtaining
proxies, it is said, in connection with
my name. 7t is due, however, to truth
and to my own consistency to say that
I had nothing to do in obtaining these
proxies, and knew nothing of this al
leged '‘struggle’’ until very recently. I
have never, since my connection with
the company, solicited a vote, either for
myself or others. J have said that I did
not complain of others for consulting
their own views in the management of
their own stock. They doubtless think
they promote their own interest, as they
have a perfect right to da Some of
those who it is said are seeking a change
are large stockholders, and, viewing their
interests from their own standpoint,
think their interests would be promoted
by s change of policy, fox this opuuoo
and to wish naturally oouneeted with
it, I have no rebuke to make. Iwill not
farther enlarge upon this subject I
oannot wholly refuse to respond to your
appeal; I cannot, in the faoe of so many
previous professions, say tot I will con
sent to be a candidate before the com
ing Convention, for this would imply
that I wish the office, whioh is not the
case. I will say, however, that if in the
face of my oft repeated declaration that
Ido not wish the office, the stock
holders cannot or will not unite on any
other, I will, as heretofore, continue to
serve the company to the best of my
poor ability; bat honestly believe that
the company oonld be better served by
some other. It is only just to those
supposed to feel most anxious for a
change to state that they have repeated
ly stated that if I would be a candidate
no organized opposition would be made
to my eleotion. Yours, very respectful
ly, John P. Kino.
TRIUMPH OF THE THIEVES.
HOW PATTERSON'S GANG CAP
TURED THE REPUBLICAN CON
VENTION.
Pandemonium in the Party Council—Judge
Mackey Tells the Public Robbers Seme Un
palatable Truths—Pistols and Hard Names
—The Convention Not Yet Organized—Prob
ability of a Rival Convention to Nominate a
Reform Delegation to Cincinnati.
Dispatch to the News and Courier.]
Columbia, Tuesday, April 11.—El
liott now ordered that the roll be read,
and Governor Chamberlain inquired
what names were on the roll. This
elicited the fact that none of the Cham
berlain delegates who are contestants
were on the roll, and a lively and disor
derly debate sprang up. Chamberlain
demonstrated the injustice of the ruling
of the committee, and Cardozo an
nounced that he, with a minority of the
committee, had protested against suoh
action. Bowen iuterrupted-Chamberlaii)
to remind him that there was a contest
ing delegation from Horry, and that, if
all delegates where there are contests
were ruled out until after the temporary
organization, Chamberlain himself would
be excluded. There is no such contest
in Horry, but Chamberlain said be agreed
to the proposition; that his voice was for
peace, not for war, and where any body
of respectable Republicans had elected
delegates to the Convention he would
not put his heel upon them, whoever
they were, but would demand for them
the opportunity to be heard, not as
strangers who had uo rights, but as del
egates entitled to impartial justice. [Ap
plause.]
Chamberlain’s motion that, in calling
the roll the delegates from Charleston,
Barnwell, Colleton and Ooonee, where
there are oontests, be notified, was now
before the body. Swails, colorec, who
is one of the Patterson Ring, made the
objection that there was no Convention
until the roll had been called, and El
liott sustained the objection, and went
upon the floor where Worthington in
stantly joined him. Whittemore was
now in the chair, and Swails pressed
the point that contesting delegates must
wait until after the organization. Max
well, colored, proposed that the rival
delegations be admitted and each have
half a vote. Points of order were as
thick as the delegates’ heads. One del
egate wanted to know who were to vote
on the pending question. Whittemore
bellowed that only the delegates on the
roll could vote. This decision provoked
eheers and hisses. Green, colored, made
the point that no business was in order
but calling the roll. Whittemore ruled
that the point was well taken. Cardozo
appealed from the ruling, and wanted to
know who should vote on the appeal.
The excitement was rising to fever beat.
Several delegetes were on the floor oalling
for the roll and raising points of order
Judge Mackey sprang to his feet and
said to the President : “The question
is, not whether yon will recognize us,
but whethe the Convention will recog
nize you.” [Cheers and oounter
cheers.] Mackey, amidst intense ex
citement, added : “We meet here to
day, face to face and eye to eye, the
banded robbers that have plundered
the State.” Swails, rushing up to
Mackey, said: “Who do you mean?”
Mackey replied: “You are one of them,
and to-day will we send all of you to
everlasting defeat. You have come here
to trample on the honest people of
South Carolina. We oan send you all to
jail, and we mean to do it.” Elliott
now came face to face with Mackey, the
two being separated only by the desk,
and asked Mackey who he meant.—
Mackey, his strident voice rising above
the din, said: “You are one of them;
yon are their head and front.” Elliott
said: “You’re a liar,” and, drawing a
pistol, moved around the desk to get at
Mackey, who, with his hand on his
weapon, awaited events. Tables were
’upset in all directions, a ohair was
brandished over the head of Chamber
lain, who sat unmoved. The delegates
huddled around Elliott on the one side,
and Mackey on the other, and the con
fusion was heightened by the hysterical
screams of Mrs. Elliott, who was in the
hall. Patterson made for the door.
Worthing ton, with his hand on his pistol,
kept on the edge of the crowd, which
had drifted to one corner of the ball.—
Whittemore, looking very pale, rapped
vainly for order. In five or ten minutes
something like order was restored, and,
the fight being over, the roll call was
renewed.
Cardoao and some others rapped on
the tables so that the- names oould not
be heard. Swaiis suggested that the
Governor had better issue a proclama
tion 'to proteot the publio property.
Judge Mackey rejoined by saying that
the Governor had already issued twenty
veto messages for the protection of the
property of the people. The call of the
roll was continued, and when this was
finished, Cardozo moved to amend the
roll by adding the names of the contest
ing delegates. Winsmith, of Spartan
burg, declared this out o j c#der, and the
Chair so Cardozo appealed, and
the Cha>¥ Was sustained hy a vote of 104
to 1£(. Lieutenant-Governor Qleaves
(colored) nominated Swajls (colored) for
temporary Cfeaiiftftaq. Ajasb (colored)
nomipnted Governor Ohumbertfti. The
result of the vote was; Swatfs, fiQ, and
Chamberlain, 40- No prominent Bdl
cals, esoept Cardozo, Nash &nd Coch
ran, voted for Chamberlain; but Elliott,
Smalls. Worthington, Patterson, Bowen,
Carpenter and Dunn voted for Swaiis.
Upon being conducted to the Chair
Swaila uad he was uot a success as a
speech maker; and proved this by mak
ing a long address, saying, In conclu
sion, that the time had oome when Re
publicans must hang together, or they
would hang separately.
Elliott moved the appointment of a
committee on credentials, consisting of
one from each county, esoept the coun
ties having contesting delegations. On
this committee Chamberlain and Cardo
-3a were appointed, but the overwhelm
ing majority in the Elliott-Patterson in
terest includes Elliott, Whittemore,Car
penter and Gleaves, It is assumed that
it will report adversely to every delegate
who is opposed to the thieves. When
the Convention reassembled at 7, p. m.,
the oommittee on credentials announced
that they were not ready to report, so
the Convention adjourned until!, p. m.,
to-morrow,
The feeling against Judge Mackey
runs very high, and some talk of at
tempting to impeach him to-morrow.
Only a few of the Conservative members
of the-Legislature are here as yet. As
there is no knowing what desperate mea
sures may be bronght up, it is of vital
importance that every Conaervative
should be at his post.
The Yesterday—Was tbe Re*
form Ggrernor** Pat© in Peril f
Columbia, April 12. —1n the Republi
can Slate Convention last night nothing
was done. This morning the Oommit
tee on Credentials made a report ex
cluding all tbe contesting delegates. A
minority report in favor of these dele
gates was submitted by Gov. Chamber
lain. The question was discussed all
day with great acrimony and much
personal abuse. The majority report
was finally adopted by a large majority.
During the morning a long discussion
ensued upon the question whether Gov.
Chamberlain’s life was really endangered
during the row yesterday. The Governor
did not see auy chair brandished over
his bead, although he had been told so,
but said he was satisfied that no one in
the Convention had attempted or in
tended to injure him. Two newspaper
reporters made explanations on the
fioor and the matter was dropped and
the Convention adjourned to 9, p. m.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY.
The New York Sun says : A recent re
port by a Joint Committee of the South
Carolina Legislature* which, we helieve,
has not heap published in the newspa
pers of that Butte, discloses some of the
most extraordinary financial transactions
which we have been called upon to re
cord. even in this era of fraud and cor
ruption. It also proves that Gov.
Chamberlain has lost none of that tfcleit
for chicanery which distinguished him
when acting as the ruling spirit and legal
adviser of the notorious gang of thieves
who plundered South Carolina so nn
meroif ully daring the administration of
Gov, Scott, The evidence taken by the
committee which waa appointed to in
vestigate the cause of the failure of
Hardly Solomon’s South Carolina Bank
anil Trust Company, of which Chamber
lain had been a director and attorney
from its first organization, shows that
the concern was a swindle from the be
ginning, kept alive during its inglorious
existence by purchased favors from dif
ferent branches of the State government.
We have not the room to describe its
oareer, but there is one transaction, or
series of transactions, that merits notice.
Daring the oampsign of 1874 there was
a contest between Moses and Chamber
lain, both of whom wanted to be Gover-
nor, for the possession of the assets of
the Bank of the State, then in the hands
of a receiver. Chamberlain won, and
bad an impeonnions friend of his named
Puffer appointed receiver. Chamber
lain going on his bond as security. It
was generally understood at the time
that the assets of that bank were need
to enable Chamberlain to get the nomi
nation of hia party and afterwards to
secure his eleotion; and it was often a
subject of wonder how the Governor
would get out of his liability as bonds
man for the faithless reoeiver. But he
did it as dean as a whistle, and the re
port of the Joint Committee shows how
it was done. We have not the space to
give all the details, bat the main faots
are these: Puffer* the receiver, hypo
thecated certain assets of the Bank of
the State with Hardy Soloman’s bank
to raise money for election purposes,
and Solomon in his tarn pledged them
in another bank. When the time for
settlememt arrived there seems to have
been a deficiency of $43,000, for whioh
as bondsman for Paffer,
would have been liable. Chamberlain
himself testified before the oommittee
that on April 12, 1875, at a meeting of
the Board of Deposit, consisting of him
self, Treasurer Cardoza, and Comptroller
Dunn, he drew and offered a resolution
to deposit $200,000 of the State funds in
Hardy Solomon’s bank, and that the
Treasurer was instructed to leave the
deposit in that bank to be drawn out
last of all. Tr usurer Cardoza testifies
that he opposed this resolution, as he
knew the concern to be unsound; but
Gov. Chamberlain, who, it must be re
membered, was the attorney and one of
the directors of the bank, prevailed, and
the resolution was passed. The bank
being in funds, Solomon was enabled to
redeem the assets of the State Bank
whioh he had pledged, and a piece of
paper purporting to be a certificate of
deposit for $43,000 was given to Paffer
to make good his deficiency. On July 1,
armed with this oertifioate of deposit,
Puffer procured the cancellation of his
receiver’s bond by Judge Reed, and
Chamberlain was thus released from all
liability. The next day Hardy Solo
mon’s bank broke, after having swindled
the State out of $300,000, according to
Treasurer Cardoza’s testimony. Our
readers nave already been informed that
tbe opposition to Chamberlain within
the ranks of his own party in South Car
olina has virtually ceased. The small
and vulgar rascals have succumbed to
the power of superior genius, and now
look with unqualified admiration upon
a man who oan practice such transcend
ent rasoality as was displayed in this
matter, and at the same time achieve a
national reputation as a great reformer.
GENERAL PRESENTMENTS
—OP THE—
GRAND JURY OP COLUMBIA COUNTY, GA.
Columbia Superior Coubt, )
March Term, 1876. f
We, the Grand Jurors, sworn, chosen and
selected for the present term of the Court, beg
leave to make the following presentments :
We have, by committee, examined the Pub
lio Buildings, and find the Court Hohso in per
feet condition, except the doors upon the two
jury rooms—the locks upon the doors of both
special and grand jury rooms being in bad or
der. We also find the Jail kept as neatly as
possible, and as cleanly aB can be done with
the means at hand; there being no chambers
and lime provided for that purpose. There is
also an imperfection in one of the cells, a atone
being raised which renders the jsil very inse
cure. We find also that the bedding is unsuf
ficient for the comfort of the inmatee of the
jail. We reoommend that the proper authori
ties proceed towards having the proper repairs
done to the Coart House and Jail, and that the
necessary articles for comfort and cleanliness
be provided.
We find that the County Treasurer has re
ceived since his last report fifty-four hundred
and sixty-five dollars, for whioh he shows prop
er vouchers for fifty-three hundred and fifty
seven dollars, leaving a balance of one hundred
and eight dollars on hand.
We also find that the Tax Collector has set
tled in full with exception of fonr hundred
dollars, for whioh executions have been issued,
and are in the hands of the proper officers for
collection. (
We have also, by special oommittee, examin
ed the books of both the Ordinary and Clerk
of the Superior Court, and find them kept in
such manner as to reflect mnch credit upon
those officers.
We have also, as far as the time and means at
hand have permitted us, examined the condi
tion of the roads, and find them generally not
good, and would especially report the bad con
dition of the bridge over the rase at Mr. James
M. Hams’ mill. We most respectfully receive
and appreciate his Honor’s charge in regard to
onr roads, but deem it unnecessary to make
further report, for the reason that there has
been special legislation fay the purpose of
keeping the roads in gsod condition.
We would urge that the Oidinary, in liberat
ing from prison or hiring the convicts of our
jail out to parties for farming or other pur
poses, that the said parties contracting for
these criminals be compelled to keep them
upon his place or plantation, and at work, that
they may not be turned again upon the public
to demoralize society by a repetition of crime.
We would further recommend that the Ordi
nary be allowed to asses seventy-five per cent,
upon the State tax for county purposes.
By a recent act of the Legislature the Ordi
nary is allowed to appoint a general supervisor
of roads, and we, the Grand Jury, recommend
H. B. Fleming as a suitable person for said
position.
We further find that the books of the Connty
School Commissioner are oorrectly kept, and
that he has a balance on hand of seven hun
dred and seventy-six and 93-100 dollars.
We also reoommend that our bailiff be paid
the sum of fivo dollars per day from the Coun
ty Treasury.
In taking leave of his Honor Judge Gibson
and Solicitor Jackson, we herewith tender onr
sinoere thanks for their uniform courtesy thd
kindness during this term of the Court,
Wo reoommend that these presentments be
published in the Chronicle and Sentinel.
SIMMONS 0. LAMKIN, Foreman.
Rudolph J. Blount, Henry T. Bugg,
Columbus C. Morris. ModeweU Fuller,
Henry C. Fitzgerald, Oliver Hardy,
James L. Hardy, Henry A, Story,
Zachariah Kendrick, Benjamin E. Pearre,
James L. Cliett, Jacob Anderson,
William McDaniel, Richard Harris,
Thomas S. Daraey, Hilliard B, Fleming.
John A. Green, Sr.,
A true extract from the minutes of Colum
bia Superior Court, this third day of April,
1876. geo. w. Gray.
spria-1 Clerk.
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