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gflftroniclg anti jSentmti.
WEDNESDAY MAY 3, 1876.
Nonb of the Georgia Congressmen will
Tisit 8t Lonia.
Blaise, of Maine, seems to be getting
along very well, notwithstanding bis
bonds.
The Louisville Courier Journal b -
come out in favor of 'I ildes. Bad for
Tildes,
The vote for alternates from the Stati
st large seems to have been a little
scattering.
The Democratic Convention of the
Eighth District was not op. oaed to
Batabd but was opposed to instructions.
The Democratic Convention of the
Eighth District said something to the
State Executive Committee last Wednes
day. _ |||
The Covington Star says the race for
the Senate will “be between Norwood
and Hill.” Beware of the Great Un
known.
When the State Executive Committee
meets it will have a miscellaneous as
sortment of alternates from the State
at large from which to make a selection.
We are sorry that Col. W. T. Thomp
bon, of the Savannah News, was not
sent as a delegate to St. Louis. He
would have worthily represented the
State in the National Convention.
Hon. John I. Hall isn’t too proud to
go to St. Louis if he is a Judge of the
Superior Court. We are afraid the
Great West is not as well acquainted as
it should be with the Hon. John I.
Hall. '
Db. H. H. Cablton, of the Athens
Georgian; Dr. H. F. Andbews, o! the
Washington Gazette; and Hon. T. M.
Peeples, of the North Georgia Herald ,
are the lucky editors who will go to St.
Louis. |
The latest on dit is that General Gab
tbell will not be a candidate for Gov
ernor, but will enter the race for Mr.
Nobwood’s brogans. His withdrawal
■will greatly strengthen the other forty
niD6 candidates.
General Colquitt and CoL Habde
•mav fiud the climate of Southwest Geor
gia exceedingly beneficial in the early
Spring months and the a'mosphere very
favorable for public speaking. Governor
Smith's physicians prescribe St. Louis.
The most expensive house now being
built at Newport is that of Mrs. W.
Watts Sherman, wife of a partner in the
late banking firm of Luncan, Sherman
& Cos. The house, when completed,
together with the grounds, will make an
estate worth SIOO,OOO.
The Cartersville Express pertinently
and impertinently remarks : “Now, if
Bullock will return to Georgia and let
us quietly arrest him, he can make n
live thousand dollar bond as easily a--
Blodoett did the other day. And then,
you see, that would be the end of his
trouble, and he would no longer have
to dodge around.”
The Washington Gazette says : Miss
Andrew's has received notice from her
publishers that the first edition of “ A
Family Seoret” is already exhausted,
and it has sold so well that they are
proceedingly immediately to prepare a
second. One thousand copies have
b een disposed of already, though it is
scarcely three weeks since the first issue
of the work.”
The Columbus Enquirer publishes in
full the testimony against the Rev. C. A
Kendkick. It seems to clearly establish
the fact that tbe minister did have crim
inal intercourse with the young girl
mentioned; but, from the girl’s own
statement, there is some reason to be
lieve that he is not guilty of seduc
tion, but simply of adultery.
Tiie Atlanta Commonwealth will not
support Smith for Senator. It says :
Whilst the Governor has qualities that
entitle him to respectful consideration,
it cannot, we think, bo shown that ho
has exhibited those qualities of thorough
statesmanship, and those essentials of
intellectual pre-eminence, which should
characterize a United States Senator
from the illustrious Empire State of the
South. __
The Cartersville Express says: “We
nre for preserving Democratic harmony
and for securing a good Governor. If
Mr. Johnson is not the man, we should
seek another who has not engaged so
long in ‘the wild bunt for office’—some
■ouo who is willing to wait until he is
•called upon by the people, whose busi
ness and right it is to make their own
selection from numbers of Georgians
who are not trying to thrust themselves
upon the public through the ‘soheming’
of friends.”
The Athens Watchman suggests in
order to give force and effect to the voice
of the people and leave no room for bar
gaining or log-rolling, “that when the
people of the several oounties hold pri
mary meetings to appoint delegates to the
Gubernatorial Convention which will be
shortly called, they vote by ballot for the
gentleman they desire nominated for
Governor, and then let the delegates vote
accordingly in the Convention.” We are
afraid that this plan would notstopcom
plaints of log-rolling and bargaining.
The primary election offers as fine and
fruitful a fieid to wire-workers and trick
sters as does a Convention. The remedy
must be sought elsewhere.
There was a little fighting in at least
two of the District Conventions held
last Wednesday. In the First District
Goverror Smith was beaten as a dele
gate from the State at large by a vote of
30 for Mclntyre, 7 for Smith and 3 for
Hawkins. In the same Distriot Mr. A.
O. Baoox defeated Mr. T. J. Simmons
for alternate from the State at large by
a vote of 30 to 8; Mr. J. H. Christy de
feated Mr. A. D. Candler for the same
position bv a vote of 30 to 10. Mr. J. C.
XicholLS defeated Col. W. T. Thompson
for District delegate by a vote of 29 to 11.
In the Fifth District, the Griffin News
states that Governor rMrn* was bitterly
opposed and was only nominated by a
bare majority.
The Rome Courier thinks that Judge
A. B Wright is the author of the com
munication signed “ Sleepy Hollow
that, appeared in the Chronicle and
Sentinel last Sunday morning and pays
him the following compliment : “This old
gvntleman wakes up occasionally, and
like £ peevish baby or disappointed old
maid t-xmper soured by hope deferred,
he alwavs trakes up wrong end fore
most, with a spiteful kick and a puerile
•whine. His last v'bine is in the Chroni
cle and Sentinel oi Sunday, wherein
he patriotically bewails in the most ap
proved manner of Pecksniff, to' e selfish
wiles of Democratic office seekers
descants upon the unselfish patriotism
of the Independent hankerer after the
loaves and fishes."
A writer in tlie Baptist Index says
General Gordon was a Baptist until
about two years ago, when he joined the
Presbyterian Church, and adds: “ I
would have been glad if General Gor
don, after having been elected to his
high position of United States Senator
by the great Baptist State of the South,
oonld have given the influence of his
name to the church of his fathers, but,
as he saw fit to do otherwise, it is well
that the fact should be known.” The
Macon Telegraph jnstly says : “ The
writer don’t surely mean that the
Baptists of Georgia supported General
Gordon simply because he was of that
faith ? Impossible. Nor do we believe
they will be less friendly to him, now
that he is no longer a member of their
communion.”
THE SLATES OF THE BOX. •
Forres Blodoitt ays he is certain of being
cleared on trial of every charge against him.
Be says he does not intend to tell who were
the Democrats, now high in authority, who
wrote to him and aeked him for assistant's in
•scaring lucrative employment seder Bol
lock's administration, unless persecution
forces him to do so. So these Democrats in
their misfortune were guilty of asking for
work ? Well, dear Fosrea. is it a vn’gar crime
to ask s mao in authority for employment ?
And when they aeked you for bread, dear
Fosrea, what did yon do ?—did you give them
a stone ? Or, did you go on trading with tbe
bogus, fl-.ntions Tennessee Car Company,”
making the people of Georgia pay for cars
that were never received ? Just so long as
these Democrats wanted honest work and
didn't steal anything, we don’t think your
revelation need to be dreaded by them.
Marietta Journal.
The Marietta Journal does not state
the ease exactly as it should be stated.
It tells the truth, but not the whole
truth. As we understand the interview
had with Mr. Blodoett by a reporter of
the Atlanta Constitution, the former
stated that he had letters from Demo
crats now high in authority asking his
“assistance in securing lucrative em
ployment under Bullock’s administra.
tion,” and “/ romising that administra
te n their support in return ” It is not
a “vnl-ar crime” to ask a “man in au
thority” for employment. There is
nothing wrong in a poor man’s asking for
employment. Bat the statement of Mr.
Blodoett makes a very different case.
It was well known of all men in Geor
gia, and ont of Georgia, that the gov
ernment of Bullock, Blodoett A Cos.
was a corrupt, bad government, which
was disgracing the State and impover
ishing the people. If, therefore, any
Democrats “now high in authority” so
licited Mr. Blodoett to use his influ
ence to get them an appointment from
Bullock, and promised in return to
support that dishonest administration,
they were not seeking “honest work,”
but were doing that which they knew to
be wrong, dishonest and dishonorable.
These are the men who fear Blodgett,
and are anxious that he should not be
brought to trial. These are the men
who say that it is impolitic and inexpe
dient to bring him to justice. These
are the men who “sympathize with him
in his misfortune.” These are the men
who say that his trial will entail a need
less expense upon the State. In a word,
these men are the Slaves of the Box.
THE DELEGATES TO ST. LOUIS.
The returns from the nine District
Conventions, held last Wednesday, have
been received, and we kyow who has
been selected to cast the vote of the
State at St. Louis. The Districts voted
as follows for delegates from the State
at-large :
First District : Bufus E. Lester, of
Chatham ; Geo. T. Babnbs, of Rich
mond ; John W. Wofford, of Bartow,
and A. T. Mclntyre, of Thomas.
Second District : B. E. Lesteb, of
Chatham ; A. T. Mclntyre, of Thomas;
Jas M. Smith, of Muscogee, and John
B. Gordon, of Fulton.
Third District : Geo. T. Barnes, of
Richmond ; W. A. Hawkins, of Sumter;
James M. Smith, of Muscogee ; R. E.
Lester, of Chatham.
Fourth District : James M. Smith, of
Aluscogee ; Herschel Y. Johnson, of
Jefferson ; Charles J. Jenkins, of
Richmond ; W. H. Dabney, of Floyd.
Fifth District : Geo. T. Barnes, of
Richmond ; James M. Smith, of Mus
cogee ; B. E. Lester, of Chatham ; W.
A. Hawkins, of Amerious.
Sixth District : Gbo. T. Barnes, of
Richmond ; A. R. Lawton, of Chatham;
J. W. Wofford, of Bartow ; W. A.
Lofton, of Bibb.
Seventh District : Gko. T. Barnes, of
Richmond ; James M. Smith, of Mus
cogee ; John W. Wofford, of Bartow ;
R. E Lester, of Chatham.
Eighth District: Geo. T. Barnes, of
Richmond; Jas M. Smith, of Muscogee;
R. E. Lester, of Chatham; J. W. Wof
ford of Bartow.
Ninth District: Geo. T. Barnes, of
Richmond; Jas. M. Smith, of Muscogee;
R. E. Lester, of Chatham; J. H. Chris
ty, of Clarke.
Recapitulation : Geo. T. Barnes, of
Richmond, received the votes of the
First, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh,
Eighth and Ninth Districts—7; Jas. M.
Smith, of Muscogee, received the votes
of the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Districts—
-7; R. E. Lester, of Chatham, reoeived
the votes of the First, Second, Third,
Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Dis
tricts—7; John W. Wofford, of Bartow,
received the votes of the First, Sixth,
Seventh and Eighth Districts—4; W. A.
Hawkins, of Sumter, received the votes
of the Third and Fifth Districts—2; A.
T. Mclntyre, of Thomas, received the
votes of the First and Second Districts
2; H. Y. Johnson, of Jefferson, re
ceived the vote of the Fourth District;
Chas. J. Jenkins, of Riohmond; of the
Fourth; J. H. Christy, of Clarke, of the
Ninth; W. A. Lofton, of Bibb, of the
Sixth; W. H. Dabney, of Floyd, of the
Fourth; A. R. Lawton, of Chatham, of
fhe Sixth; John B. Gordon, of Fulton,
of the Second.
Messrs. Barnes, Smith and Lesteb
received seven of the nine votes cast,
and are, therefore, elected delegates
from the State at large. Under the rule
which has been adopted the Executive
Committee of the State will have to select
the other delegate, as Mr. Wofford
lacks one vote of having a majority.
We presume, however, the committee
will not hesitate to elect him, as he re
ceived two votes more than either Mr.
Hawkins or Mr. Mclntyre, his foremost
competitors. The committee will also
have to select 3JI of the alternates, as no
candidate for this position seems to have
received more than two votes.
The Distript delegates are: First Dis
trict: ,) no. C. Nicholls, of Pierce; J. J.
Jones, of Burke. Alternates : J. B.
Habersham, of Glynn; J. 0. Dell, of
Screven. Second District: H. G. Tur
ner, of Brooks ; E C. Bower, of Early.
Alternates : R. N. Ely, of Dougherty ;
Spence, of Mitchell. Third District :
W. T. McArtheb, of Montgomery; Al
len Fort, of Americus. Alternates :
G. W. Jobdon, G. W. Warwick. Fourth
District : Judge Obadiah Warner, of
Merriwether ; Mark H. Rlanfobd, of
Muscogee. Alternates :B. O. Ferrell,
and E. W. Miller, Fifth Distriot : E. 1
P. Howell, of Fulton; John I Hall, of
Spalding. Sixth District; J. W. Pres
ton, of Jasper ; J. M. Pace, of
Newton. Alternates : B. C. Smith, of
Bibb ; T. H. Chambers, of Wilkinson.
Seventh District : W. H. Patxk, of Ca
toosa; P. M. B. Young, of Bartow.
Eighth District : W. G. Johnsos, of
Oglethorpe; C. S. Dcßosr, of Warren.
Alternates •: R. L. Rodgers, of Wash
ington; H. F. Anp&kws, of Wilkes.
Ninth District : H. H. Carlton, of
Clarke; H. P. Bell, of Forsyth; A. D.
Candler, of Hall: T. M. Peeples, of
Franklin. Alternates : J. B. Silman,
of Jackson; N. L- Hutchins, of Gwin
nett.
( LHTEUXO AND MTKWART.
Mr. Henry Cleveland, wh o formerly
lived in Georgia, and who at owe time
ed! *ed the Constitutionalist newspaper,
, but who has resided for
01 this Ci.
several years p': st “ “ “f
been employed on ApP te Cri * ou^ a ’
has written up some per *6%*} Qlfr
eences of the late A. T. Stewart far the
New York Tribune. Describing a eon
versation he had with the millionaire in
1869, Mr. Cleveland saya of him :
He made Hie remarkable statement that
he used no written aids to his memo
ry in keeping op with the details of his
immei.ua business, and said that he had
never forgotten an appointment. Seemingly
to prove this statement, which was incredible,
to me at first, be began a conversation about '
the business man of the city of Augusta, j
Georgia, where I had ones edited a daily paper.
In tea minutes he satisfied me that he oonld j
have written a fair biographic*! aketeh of the
business life of every prominent **eh*nt m\
that citv, while in regard to facts as to tfcair
beginning in biKlineM. ehangeeof associations
and firms, standing in character and wealth, he
knew far more than I did. Then he half apol-
ogized for knowing so much by saying that be
fore the war it was to that atetion. Belling ex-j
porta to the amount of $193.Q0,00J a year, aod
not to his own aee ion of tWa country, with
only $33,000,000 or eo to epara, that he had
•old hie high prioed and moat precious stuffs,
on which hie fortune had been built.
We agree with Mr. -Cleveland that
Mr, Stewart had undoubtedly an excel
lent memory, bnt as he sold immense
quantities of goods to the merchants of
this city and made a great "deal of money
by the traffic, it is not strange that even
so rich a man as he was should have made
himself acquainted with suoh valuable
customers. It is worthy of note too that
while Mr. Stewart admits that he made
the greater portion of his immense
wealth out of his Southern trade, still
just as soon as war seemed imminent he
ranged himself in the ranks of the
South’s most bitter end vindictive
enemies. Of course it was to his inter
est to hate the Southern people, for he
found that he could make more money
out of war than peace. Consequently
he was in favor of war. He did little
good with his immense wealth when
alive, and the honors paid him since his
death furnish a good illustration of the
ineffable snobbishness of the American
people.
.McDuffie, Columbia and Lincoln.
A Trip to Llncolaton.
Shaking the dust of the town from
his feet, the writer, in oompany with W.
D. Turr.Esq., started out from Thomson
to attend the Spring term of the Superior
Court of Lincoln county. A trip in the
oountry at this season of the year affords
recreation aod pleasure to those who
are confined to business in the city, bnt
the journey from Thomson to the Dark
Corner of Lincoln, while affording
ample opportunity to admire the beauties
of nature, is not one that the heart han
gers after on a hot, dusty day. Thirty
miles of travel in an open buggy through
McDuffie, Columbia and Lincoln
gives one a fine opportunity to see the
oountry, but even Professor Little, the
enthusiastic State Geologist, would grow
weary iu his admiration of the munifi
cence of Providence as exemplified in
the profusion of rocks which abound on
the highways and on some of the neigh
borhood roads in the country through
which we passed. Muoh patience and
not a little prayerfulness are required to
preserve a happy serenity of mind
while passing over the rooky roads to
Lincolnton. We never knew be
fore why Robebt H. May, Esq ,
went into the wagon and car
riage trade, but our trip to Lincoln
furnishes a solntion : Coming originally
from the land of Dooly, his practical
mind was impressed with the conviction
that there was money in the business.
He saw in his youth that the roads
from Augusta along the valley of the
Savannah were admirably adapted to
the breaking down and wearing out of
vehicles of every description, and that
the business might prove profitable. As
a Lincoln connty boy, he had an
eye to the fitness of things when he
went into the wagon and oarriage trade.
On our way to Little River, by way of
Cobbham, we passed through some of
the best farming lands in McDuffie and
Columbia. After leaving Thomson for
a mile or so the soil is rather thin, but
for the next ten or twelve miles you
travel along some of the best cotton and
oorn lands in the State. We passed by
the plantations of Messrs. J. E. Smith,
W. H. Stone, John Boyd, Homer Stur
gis, Thomas Burnside, Dr. Wm. Martin,
Dr. Dunn, Henry Story, Albert and
Green Dozier, Richard Neal, Judge
Morrow, Thomas A. Blanchard and M.
McDaniel. Ou many of these places
are waving fields of wheat and oats. The
fences are in excellent condition, the
residences and out-houses in good order,
and there are evidences of thrift and in
dustry on every pide. Mr. J. E. Smith,
who lives about three miles from Thom
son, has a plantation that the eye de
lights to look upon. It is in a high state
of cultivation, and fully exemplifies the
adage that “there is more in the man
than in the land,” although his land is
good, beiDg sandy, with a clay subsoil.
Several years ago Mr. Smith ran a one
mule farm, and his industry was re
warded with a yield of twenty-six bales
of cotton and fifty bushels of corn. He
is now the owner of a fine plantation,
the reward of his own labor. He gins
his cotton by steam, and has a railroad
from his gin house to the engine, so as
to avoid the danger of fire. These men
have a large area sown in small grain,
and the prospeot of a large yield is en
couraging.
Crossing Little River at Moseley’s
Mill, we found onrselves on the classic
soil of the county of Linooln, which has
supplied Augusta with some of her most
enterprising merchants and sterling citi
zens—men who are a credit to old Lin
coln and an honor to Augusta. The
Messrs. Flemings, May, McCord, Tutt
A Remsrn and Uncle Jeff Jennings,
hail from Linooln. Some distance from
the ferry, my friend oonduoted me over
a neighborhood road which is as prolific
of stones as the sea shore is of sand.
The land was literally covered with
rocks, but there was no alternative ex-
cept to grin and bear it. 'The jolting
might be conducive to health, but cer
tainly not to comfort. My friend
Tutt was on his native heath. Travel
ing over a rocky road and a hilly coun
try might have been fan for him, but
when we reached the end of oar journey,
it required none of Mrs. Winslow’s
soothing syrup to put us to sleep. We
passed by thegiteof the residence of Mr.
8. MosELEy, recently destroyed by fire.
Mr. M. is an old and respected citi
zen of the oounty and his Joss is
* severe blow to him in hia old age.
Six o’clock in the evening found us at
the hospitable residence of Mrs. Mary
a Tutt, where we spent the night.
Here W 8 me* Dr. Newton Randolph
Fleming, a jpyjtteman of extensive
reading. The Boater been cultiva
ting his poetic taste for twenty ygars.
He has written several poems but like
most of the poets his muse, however
sweetly and grandly it may have
snng. has neitfcsr been properly appre
ciated nor rewarded f bat he lives in
hope and looks to the future /of reputa
tion and reward.
We are in the Dark Corner of Lin
coln, made famous by Jndge Long
strret in the Lincoln Rehearsal. We
have met fjyg widow of his principal
character—the man ybo attracted the
Judge’s attention by gouging Mm ground
and fighting an imaginary antagonist, f
Elisha Weathers was his name. He was
•a soldier is the war of 1812, and his
widow is now endeavoring te secure the
pension allowed by the Government £o
the soldiers in that war. Our Senators
and Representatives in Congress should l
interest themselves in her behalf, and
secure the pension for the widow of the
man who was an aotor in the field of
aoedy and tragedy.
The legal fraternity was well repre
sented at Lincoln ton. In addition to
the local bar—Messrs. H. J. Lang, C. E.
Strother and J. E. Strother —we fojind
the fallowing members : Hon. B. Hes
ter, Elberton; Col. J. D. Mathews, and
Solicitor-General Sasc> Lumpkin, Lex
ington; Messrs. W- ¥• aqd M- P • P
F. H. Goga-sy, JpfP* &xgp, E. T.
Shubbick, W. ¥ .General
Dcßosb, Washington; W. P- Tgrr,
Esq., Thomson. His Honor Judge Ppr-
U delivered his charge to the grand
jury It forcible and impressive.
So can list?? 1 to Jndge Pottle
without impressed C?h the con
viction that he isjatoroughly honeet £?a
conscientious in the discharge of the
high tnutt committed to his keeping.
He ts frnritt- in the discharge of his
duty and, by reason of his rigid en
forcement oi the law, ite i a terror to
evil-doers w the Norther* **& The
following ease* were disposed of at the
term of the Coart;
Daniel Jr Rowland rt G#o*a W.
Non MAM nod Bl*aMTB NoWf**—judg
ment for plaintiffs... .A. E. Bturom for
the use of Alfred Baker m. J. J. Pool
and Rufus W. Hobbs— complaint on
note—verdict for plaintiff and motion
hr new trial; W. D. Tutt for plaintiff
aid J. E. Strother for defendants I
The State vs. Sandy Barksdale (col
ored)—bnrglary in the night. The pris
oner plead guilty and was sentenoed to
the penitentiary for eight years. Sam’l.
Ltmpkin for the State ; D. M. Dußose,
by appointment of the Court for the de
fetdant.. . .John B. Kennedy vs. H. P.
Miboleb— complaint on note — verdict
for plaintiff— W. D. Tutt for plaintiff ;
Brass A Reese for defendant James
W. Barksdale, administrator, v. P W.
Aaxe, jr. —suit on note—verdict for
a tain tiff, and motion for new trial.
3bsss A Reese for plaintiff; F. H.
Coil by, Sam’l Lumpkin and H. J. Lang
br defendant.... W. 8. Boyd vs. George
tudsAY—suit on note and plea of al
teration of contract—verdict for plain
tiff. W. D. Tutt for plaintiff; Reese A
Beefor defendant. In the case of
tie State against Oliver Parks and
IfeNtY Hardy, (both oolored), the jury
renmed no bill and the prisoners were
diicharged The forenoon of Tuesday
war occupied by arguments on a motion
fol anew trial in an equity cause from
Hfft connty, it being the ease of Anna
D. Saddler and others vs. J. M. Brad
lei and others. After hearing argu
ment, the Court reserved its decision,
to *>e delivered next week at Wilkes
Coat. J. D. Mathews and Sam’l.
Luipkin for movants, and Robert Hes
ter 'or respondents.
Tlese embrace all the cases of inter
est. Court adjourned Wednesday night
at ten o’clock. It will be seen that the
county is free from crime, and that the
morafe of the people are good. Theooun
ty generally is in a fair condition. The
peoplt are temperate and industrious,
and they will manage to get through this
year. In the lower portion of the county
they suffered last year from dronth.
They Fill for the most part make their
own supplies, and as a rale they are not
much in debt, bnt some of them will
want Accommodation. As an evidence
of thf r determination to raise provis
ions aad plant less cotton this yesr, I
have obtained some information which
will be gratifying to all who have the
interest of this people at heart. The
prospect for small grain is good. The
area in l wheat is from one-third to one
half larger than last year, and much
more o|tts have been sown. There will
be moas oorn and considerably less cot
ton. Gueno has been used on the grain
crops, and the consumption of it is
greater than last year. There will be an
increased yield of gronnd and field peas,
sweet and Irish potatoes, sorghum and
grassei. As compared with last year,
the hogs are ten to one, and there is an
increased interest in sheep raising. I
have keen told that there are not a
dozen farmers in the county who will
not rajse their bread and meat. The
people ihave learned by sad experience
the folly of raising ootton and selling it
below the cost of production. They will
no longer draw their supplies of bread
and meat from the corn cribs and smoke
houses of the West, but will live at
home. Exclusive ootton oulture has
been tie curse of the South.. When
our popple make bread and meat the
first consideration, and make cot
ton a surplus crop, they will begin
to prosper. We can have no substantial
prosperity in Georgia until we live at home
until wa become exporters and not im
porters iof the necessaries of life. We
should it least raise within our own bor
ders sufficient supplies for home con
sumption. This is what the people of Lin
coln pointy will do this year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and
their eximple is worthy of all commenda
tion —even though driven to this policy
by dire necessity. The Court House, built
in 1874, at cost of $12,000, is a two story
brick building. The offices of the coun
ty offioids are on the first floor, and the
Court room and rooms for the grand
and petit juries are on the second. The
buildingis conveniently arranged, and is
neat and oomfortable. The floor is cov
ered with matting. Then there are three
rows of benches from the bar to the end
of the ha\l for the convenience of the peo
ple. The total tax levy last year was only
$4,600. The number of polls returned
were four hundred and six whites, and
five hundred and fifty-seven blacks. The
average price for fair farming land is
three to six dollars per acre; original for
est from two to three dollars, and old
pine lands can be bought at from one dol
lar to one and a half.
Some forty years ago Judge B. F.
Tatom, who was then Sheriff of the
county, advertised the sales in the
Chronicle and Sentinel which, with
the exception of a short time about the
close of the war, has continued to be
the official organ of Lincoln county
from that time to the present. Judge
Tatom has been the Ordinary and Judge
Alexanjer Johnston has been the Clerk
of the Court for about a quarter of a
oentury. They are loved and respected
by the people, and they will, in all pro
bability, remain in their respective posi
tions until called hence to appear at the
bar of the Heavenly Court where the
Omnipotent Jndge shall pronounce the
verdietti “Well done, good and faithful
servants "
Hon. N. A. Crawford, the present
memberfrom Lineoln, does not desire a
re-election to the Legislature and will
retire, Laving the field open. There
are no entries as yet for the raoe, but
there are several gentlemen whose
names are mentioned by friends as pros
pective candidates, although some of
them have no desire to go to the Legis
lature. Henry J. Lang, Esq., Dr. John
Sims and Dr. B. F. Bentley are spoken
of favolably as available candidates.
Mr. Dan? is an old practitioner at the
bar. He represented Lincoln in the
Legislatue before and will do so again
if, elected, Dr. Sims and Dr. Bentley
are both excellent men, and either of
them woild represent the county credi
tably. The candidates, whoever they
may be, will abide the action of the
nominating Convention. Col. Craw-
yill retire to his mrie, never to be
lured agtite ifttq the arena of politics,
flattered with the hope qf writing his
name in the pantheon of fame. pol.
Crawford made a faithful represen
tative ani secured the passage of
every bill of interest to his people. Had
it not be.ef for the tinfely interference
of Messrs, Hevb* L- Murray and Thos.
H. Remson, the writer of this would
have been carried to Col. Crawford’s
home in the mountain fastnesses of
Lincoln, which is said to be as inao
oessjhle ts an eagle’s nest; but the
readers or the C^Rqstole would have
been spared the auction of what to
many will doubtless be an uninterest
ing and doll letter. Qn our neyt visit
to Lincoln, however, we promised to
undertake tif 6 accept to GoL Crawford’s
serie.
The Lincoln Court Inn is one of the
notable institutions of feincolnton. It
is the place where the members of the
bar eat their legal hash and pay the
small sum of $2 per day for the privil
age. Brother Burgess is the presiding
genius of this house. He exhibits a
weakness for Col. Lumpkin and treats
him with decked partiality.. The Col.
has a monopoly oi all the tidbits of the
tables but still he is not happy and
threatens that if Brother Buegess
does frif jjjftje a more abundant
supply of turkey hfwb epd Spring chick
ens during nejxt iCoty-t yeqk, bs will
brin| hjsyajfciops yfth higi from jtexing
ton, and set $p #$ opposition' hotel.
Thote who know tee Bofofffil will not
question his ability to suoceod in Any
thing that he undertakes. So Brother
Bubo*33 bad better take time by the
foreclock, and plume himself for the
Epicurean fight in October.
Uiorsctey aborning we bid farewell to
LinDolnton. Colonel Jossfhus E. Stro
ther, taming his back on the seeaep of
his recent legal triumph, headed the.
IHtifftTT"!? with his Rozinante, and the
towers and saioarste of Jdnoolnton were
soon lost to sight bn* upt to memory.
The road to Thomson by way off Jtays
ville is in good condition and the coun
try Is inviting. That sheep raising is
receiving attention in Lincoln was evi
denced by the fact of seeing some large
flocks of sheep in fair condition. Cross
ing Little River at Raysville, we are in
McDnffie, and soon in the midst of as
fine a country as ever rewarded the
labors of the husbandman. On this road
are the splendid plantations of Messrs.
Coke and William Murray, B. G. Sut
ton, Jesse Morris, Thomas Hamilton,
and the laDds lately owned by Rev. T.
B. West —now the property of Messrs.
Daniel A Rowland— all under cultiva
tion and in fine condition. Waving
fields of wheat and oats gladden the
eye. The fenoee and the housee, the
lands and the growing crops, all bear
evidences of thrift and industry, and
give hope of a profitable harvest. Those
portions of MoDnffie through whioh we
passed contain some of the best lands in
Middle Georgia, and they might prop
erly be designated the garden spot of the
State. Lands that sold a few years
since for twenty dollars an acre can now
be purchased for twelve. Thomson has
a rich oonntry to sustain it; and when
tbe plantations are divided into farms,
and our people fully appreciate the im
portance of diversified agriculture, the
towns and oities of Georgia will in
crease in population and commerce.
The many friends of W. D. Tutt,
Esq., will be pleased to bear of hie
growing snocess at the Bar. Leaving
Lincoln two years ago, he located at
Thomson. By study and close atten
tion, he already enjoys a profitable and
increasing practioe. He has a growing
reputation as a jury lawyer, and bids
fair in a short time to become one of
the best lawyers in the State. His pow
ers of illustration are excellent and
his elocution is good. He is
a close student—a man who feels
conscious that he has much to
learn in his profession. The people of
Linooln feel proud of his success, and
his fxiends in Augusta and elsewhere
will be glad to know that his ability is
appreciated and rewarded by a growing
practice.
Thirty-six new subscribers were ob
tained for the Chronicle and Sentinel,
so thet our trip to Lincolnton was not
only pleasant bnt profitable.
TIE EIGHTH DISTRICT.
THE CONVENTION AT GREENES
BORO WEDNESDAY.
A Goal Attendance—The Delegates—The Ma
jority Rale Adopted—-The Delegates at-
Lorse—Barnes, Smith, Lester and Wof
lord Elected—Johnson and Dußose District
Delegates—The State Committee.
[SpocieUy Reported for the Chronicle and Sen
tinel]
Grienksboro, April 26.- The Conven
tion o( the Eighth District met here to
day af half-past 12 o’clock, in the Court
House Judge James B. Park, of
Greece, moved that Hon. R. H. May, of
Riohmond, be called to the Chair.
Carried. Mr. Paul C. Hudson moved
that Nr. W. W. Lumpkin, of Greene,
be nquested to act as Secretary.
Carried. Ou motion, the roll of tbe
countips was called, and the following
counties were represented: Greene—
Jas. 1. Park, J. B Sanders, J. D.
Moore, W. W. Lumpkin, W. A. Branch,
E. D. Gresham, W. M. Weaver. Ogle
thorpe>—W. G. Johnson, A. J. Walson,
T. Hu|t, J. Himes. McDuffie—Dr. G.
W. Durham, P. 0. Hudson. Columbia
—S. C. Lamkin. Riohmond—J. C. C.
Black. C. H. Phinizy, R. H. May. H
G. Wiight, W. F. Eve, J. Y. H. Allen.
Taliafiro—W. G. Stephens, C. E.
Smith. Elbert—E. M. Rucker, T. A.
Chandler. Jefferson—T. S. Bothwell,
R. L. Gamble, Jr. Wilkes—H. P. An
drews. Hancock—James Lawrence,
Isaiah Kimbrough. Washington—R. L.
Rodgers. Warren —J. D. Wright, R. T
Barksdtle. - .
Wbei the names of Hart and Johnson
were oalled, Mr. E. M. Rucker, of El
bert, stated that he had a written proxy
from Hart, and Mr. R. L. Rodgers said
he had a verbal proxy from the oitizens
of Johnson.
Mr. Hudson moved to strike Hart and
Johnsoa from the list, unless personally
represented. The vote was taken by
counties, as -follows : Ayes—Washing
ton, 4; Wilkes, 4; Riohmond, 4; Han
cock, 4; Warren, 2; TMiaferro, 2; Jef
ferson, 4; Columbia, 2; McDuffie, 2;
Greene, Nays—Richmond, 2; El
bert; 2; Greene, 3j; Oglethorpe, 4.
Adopted.
Ou motion of Mr. Hudson, the ma
jority rule was adopted to govern the
Convention.
On motion of Mr. Black, the Conven
tion proceeded to recommend four dele
gates from the State at large, and four
alternates, to the St. Louis Convention
On motion of Mr. C. H. Phinizy, of
Richmond, the Convention voted viva
voce, unless a division be called for..
Judge James B. Park, of Greene,
nominated Hon. Geo. T. Barnes, of
Richmond. He was elected.
Mr. H. G. Wright, of Riohmond,
nominated Governor James M. Smith.
Elected.
Mr. W. G. Johnson, of Oglethorpe,
nominated Rufus E. Lester, of Chat
ham. Elected.
Mr. S. 0. Lamkin, of Columbia, nomi
nated Hon. J. W. Wofford, of Bartow.
Elected.
Mr. H. G. Wright nominated Hon. E.
M. Rucker, of Elbert, as an alternate
from the State at large. Elected.
Mr. W. M. Weaver, of Greene, nomi
nated Colonel W. A. Lofton, of Bibb.
Elected.
Mr. P. C. Hudson, of McDuffie, nomi
nated Major J. V. H. Allen, of Rich
mond. Elected.
Mr. C. H. Phinizy, of Riohmond,
nominated Colonel J. H. Christy, of
Clarke. Elected.
Mr. H. G. Wright, of Richmond,
nominated Hon. W. G. Johnson, of
Oglethorpe, as a District delegate.—
Eleoted. ,
Mr. W. G. Johnson nominated Mr. R.
L. Rodgers, of Washington. Mr. C. E.
Smith, of Taliaferro, nominated Hon C.
S. Dußose, of Warren. .The vote stood:
For Rodgers—Washington, 4 ; Ogle
thorpe, 4; Jefferson, 2; Elbert, 2; Greene,
I. For Dußose—Hancock, 4; Warren, 2;
Richmond, 6 ; Columbia, 2; McDuffie,
2; Jefferson, 2; Wilkes, 4; Taliaferro, 2.
Hon. C. S. Dußose was declared elect
6cl
Mr. H. G. Wright, of Richmond,,
nominated Mr. R. L. Rodgers, of Wash
ington, as an alternate. Elected.
Mr. J. C. 0. Black, of Richmond,
nominated Dr. H. F. Andrews, of
Wilkes; Mr. Chandler nominated Mr. E
P. Edwards, of Elbert, bnt subseqnent
'v withdrew him, and Dr. Andrews was
eleoted.
Mr. H. G. Wright, of Richmond, of
fered the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The State Executive Com
mittee at its last meeting declined to
call a State Convention to select dele
gates to the National Convention, but,
on the contrary, adopted a plan which
virtually gives to that committee the
selection f)f tjje delegates from the State
at large,
Resolved, That while this Convention
does not question the motives or im
pugn the patriotism of the committee,
and is willing to concede that they may
have thought this action warranted by
the peculiar circumstances of the case,
still it condemns it as a departure from
established usage and declines to recog
nize it as a precedent to be regarded in
the future, believing as w e ,do that the
people of the State, acting through
their delegates, are alone entitled to ex
ercise the powers claimed by the State
committee.
Dr. H. J?. Audreys, of Ifiljtes, offer
ed the following resolution under in
structions from the Democracy of
j | 0g •
Resolved, That in the opinion of this
Convention, the proper and only way to
secure a yietory to the Democracy in the
approaching election for President end
Vice-President of the United States, is
to adopt a platform embodying, true,
constitutional, Jeffersonian principles ;
and to select as the standard-bearer of
the party a man against whom there is
not and never has been even the shadow
of suspicion, and who has ever been
faithful and true to those time honored
principles, as handed down to ns by the
fathers of the Republic. As such a man
we would respectfully suggest to the
National Democratic Convention the
name of the Hon. Thomas f. Bayard, of
the State of Delaware, a deseendent of
Revolutionary sites, the inheritor of* a
usee which is recorded' on the brightest
pages bi AmeriSan history, and which is
a syfiohymbf j&Wiottsc. fidelity to
conßtitritK) n al 1 go vernmbrftt' ' 1
My |>. C. Hncteon offered to strike.out
all of Ike *b°Ve relating to Mrr’ Bayard.
Mr. ft.' fta&jkia lay the
reaalatiofts on to o table. Adopted.
Mr. H. G. Wright, of Richmtond mov
ed that the delegation from each coqnty
■elect the member of the District
Execute ©MMMfcfer “ nd ‘hey
lectTchairmaO I^ TJ“Z
hers, Mr. Rodgers though, —ere
no neoeM.ity for this- The P r l e ®f n * ; ®® m "
mittee should jiountil the Con
gressional Convention mte- ...
Mr. Wright said he had nothing
against the present committee, and Was
perfectly willing they ehonld be re
elected, bnt a precedent should be es
tablished. £n Executive Committee
otoldnly serve from one Convention
i another, and he insisted on his mo
n.
[t vas earned, and the following
minis tee was reported: Taliaferro, G.
Bri&ow; Wilkes, F. H. Colley; El
rt, It P. Edwards; Jefferson, J. H.
ilhill; Washington, G. W. Whitaker;
ahmoad, R. H. May; Colombia, H.
Casey; Warran, C. S. Dußose; Mo
iffie, J. H. Casey; Oglethorpe, J. T.
Hurt; Hancock, G. F. Pierce, Jr.;
Q-eene, James Davidson.
Mr. Ere moved that the Chairman of
tlis Covntion be authorized to call
tie Executive Committee together for
tie purpose of organization.
'Mr. C. H. Phinizy moved to adjourn.
Carried.
OCR ATHENS LETTER.
[facial Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Athess, April 26.—A1l quiet in the
city of Athens. The wagons and carts
have diaippeared from the streets, and
etcept tie local trade, but little is doing
ii business oircles. Commercial drum
tiers frtm every quarter of the compass
ae coning and going every day, and
gve a lively interest to the Newton
Bbuse, the only hotel in the city. Mr.
Qanaird is still keeping this venerable
irstitution, and well sustains the repu
tation le has won as being one of the
best hotel men in the State. His praise
ison the lips of the public, as well as
tbs people of the city, and a gentleman
soqniformly courteous, and polite, and
untiring in his devotion to the comfort
ofhis guests, deserves it. The building,
however, neids some overhauling, with
a free use of lime and paint, and anew
supply of furniture, to make it all that
the Athenians and the friends of the
Sl ite University could desire. Let this
bs done. The pride, intelligence and
wealth of the people demand and can
afford it.
Diagonally across the street from the
Newton House is the magnificent build
ing of the Southern Mutual Insurance
Company. The building is amply sup
plied with apartments for the business,
and for convenience, ornamental taste
and beauty, reflects great credit upon
the ingenuity of the architect, who, I
learn, is a son of our friend Major
Thomas. Work on the Northeastern
Railroad is progressing, and will
be complete and trains running it
is thought by the first of August.
Colonel Moss, the Superintendent, is
pushing the work vigorously on, and is
very confident of great advantages from
this and other connections he hopes to
make. He thinks the Western and At
lantic Railroad ought to be sold and the
proceeds invested in the extension of
this and other roads, just as important
in the developement of the resomces of
other sections of the State. When
ever this road is extended into Ten
nessee, forming connections with the
West, it will be a big thing for Athens
and Augusta. B.
WAYNESBORO NOTES.
Memorial Day—Decorating the Craves—The
Address—Hard Times—Affrays, Etc.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Waynesboro, April 26.—This has been
a day to be long remembered by our
citizens—as is the case with most of our
Southern cities, towns and villages—
being Decoration Day, when the graves
of those who fell in Freedom’s cause
are decked with “ earth’s poetic gems.”
The mildness of the past Winter brought
us an early, permanent Spring, flowers
were abundant, and the display at our
cemetery, therefore, surpassed all pre
vious adornings. The military were in
full force and added materially to the
impressiveness of the occasion—con
trasting, as it did, the gay trappings
and floating standards of meek eyed
peace with the recollections of faded,
tattered gray, a furled banner, and
buried braves of a lost cause.
“Let laurels, drenched in pure Parnassian
dews,
Reward his memory, dear to every muse,
Who, with a courage of unshaken root,
In honor’s field advancing his firm foot,
Plants it upon the line that Justice draws,
And will prevail or perish iu the cause.”
Oh ! the noble, the heroio dead ! As
long as the love of woman lasts shall
their fame be preserved, and thus they
beoome immortal. Often while gazing
on the sad fair faces of our devoted
oountry women, as in silenoe they stooped
to decorate the graves of those who died
defending them, have we imagined that
the invisible spirits of those departed
heroes had left for a while the Etysian
fields and marshaled themselves in the
air above, with muffled drums and arms
reversed and torn and tattered banners
trailing, to gaze in sorrow on the land
they lost, and yet in exultant pride re
joice that their memories still lived, and
that in the love and affection of all that
is pure and beautiful of earth they were
embalmed forever. An appropriate ora
tion was delivered by a young member
of our bar, Mr. Philip P. Johnston, and
the prayer by Rev, F. A. Branch, of the
Methodist Church. At the close of these
ceremonies a meeting of the Ladies’ Me
morial Association was held on the
ground, when the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year :
Mrs. W. A. Wilkins President; Mrs.
E. E. Lawson, Secretary and Treas
urer. The music dispensed by the
Wayiesboro Brass Baud, under the
leadership of Prof. A. Hett, of your
city, was perfectly splendid and con
tributed, as you may well suppose,
largely to the pleasures of the day. One
of th episodes of the day was the p e
sentation of a pair of very handsome
epaulettes, by Judge J. W. Caswell, to
Lieut. G. O. Warnock, of the Wilkins’
Cavaliers.
Iu General.
Every one I meet with now-a-days,
whether from country, city or town,
complains, first and foremost, of the
hard times, and being myself among the
number who feel the soarcity of money
and many things that money can buy, I
am compelled to admit the complaint
well founded. I recently read a letter
from x minister to one of our prom
inent and philanthropic citizens, de
tailing the sufferings of many
persons in one neighborhood alone,
not many miles from this place,
from the want of the common neces
saries of life. They have no money
and provisions cannot be had on time.
I had no idea there was such suffering in
our very midst, and but for the source of
information would not have believed it.
But these effects have been engendered
by the suicidal passion for cotton; and
just as long as the country bends its
energy to big crops of this staple (corn
cribs and smoke bouses being in the far
West) just so long, and with increasing
ratio year by year, will want and suffer
ing be eutailed. One would have sup
posed that experience should ere this
have taught our people a better plan,
upon the principle that “experience to
the wise i3 a jewel indeed;” but it seems
after all the Latin proverb “ Experien■
tia stultorum magistra” is the more ap
propriate, and if so, it classes the whole
planting community (with but few ex
ceptions] under the head of fools How
ever, let us still continue to hope the
lessons *t the past and present may yet
prove bfnefioial.
Several slight disturbances have oc
curred recently to mar the otherwise se
renity ol our county. One was caused
by a too free indulgence in benzine, in
which oxe man was seriously, but not
fatally, wounded, being shot in the right
breast bj a pistol ball; and another, by
the imprudence and bellicose propensi
ty of one of the “privileged class.”
The fellow was smartly belabored and
afterward shot at; but the shooting
party not haying the honor of belonging
to a rifle team, missed Jjis mark. Cen
tennial preparations dp pot disturb the
equanimity of our people—not much.
Many, no doubt, would like to see the
elephant, but they haven’t the ivory.
F.
THE BLAINE BOND BUSINESS.
Harrison -Stieha to His Statement and Tells
‘ ‘a Plain Story.
Cincinnati, April 27.—J. S. C. Harri
son has elaborated his former state
ments about#he 864,000 and Blaine.
The folUwing is an extract: “ There
upon E. tj. Rollins, the Secretary, took
me to one side and told ipe that I must
withdraw that motion, for an investiga
tion of the bond transaction would in
volve James G. Blaine. He said the
Fall elections were near at hand, and
Blaine was a candidate for re-eiection to
Congresß in Maine. An exposure of the
transactions just at that time would be
sure to defeat him. With that I with
drew the motion. Subsequently, I took
J. H. Millard, of Omaha, who was and
still remains a Government Director, to
Mr. Rollins, and in h>s presence asked
Rollins if I understood him correctly in
relation to the bond transaction involv
ing Mr. Blaine. He repeated that I did,
and that an investigation would be sure
to kill off Mr. Blaine at the approach
ing election.” Mr. Harrison narrates
his efforts to have the matter investi-
and bow ft was smothered and
the effort! to get rid of him as a Gov
ernment Director. “In conclusion, I
haye to ss(y that I am i-eady and willing
at nnv'ttflte : tc' gg before the Judiciary
Committee dl the Hem so and take oath
to the facts fn this statement.’*’-
Mary—'T pay, Mrs! 'McCarthy, this
'ore's ‘ p ysjfy 6#d pifbbagA.” Mrs. M.—
" Share row, and’is honeyf Then
pick anofoer. Bless yer, young cab
bages is lie sweethearts; yon must tbry
jinjt-s-doaen ’fore ye gets a good wan.”
Somebody gave Paddy McGrath a
pickled g yesterday. Paddy bit it in
fwo, opened bis month, made a face
and traiJ :'“ Be W 9 111 ®° r? fore ,
ony Jedge <Si jtUy A thfe warreld am
take me oath dhat the hin that laid that (
eg had tie dyspipsy or heart born.
THE SUPREME COURT.
Decision. Rendered April 25, 1876.
[Atlanta Constitution.]
Milliken vs. Steiner. Claim, from Rich
mond.
Warner, C. J.
This was a claim case, and thb record
shows the following facts : On the 19th
day of September, 1865, suit was insti
tuted iu Richmond Superior Court on
bills of the Mechanics’Bauk, service was
perfected on Thomas S. Metcalf. Presi
dent, personally, on September 23,1865
Judgment was rendered January 15,
1867, for $8,839, based on verdict of a
jury, without auy plea, and levied Feb
ruary 20, 1875, there being on the exe
cution a return of no property, Decem
ber 9, 1869; claim was interposed Feb
ruary 23, 1875. The following were ad
missions on the trial:
1. That the lot of land in controversy
was, on the 4th Japuary, 1866. and for
many years before, the property of the
Mechanics Bank and was so at the date
of the levy unless it had ceased to be
by virtue of the facts and proceedings
herein after shown. 2. The deed of as
signment dated January 4, 1866, from
the Mechanics Bauk to William T.
Gould, signed by Thomas S. Metcalf,
as President, and John A. North, as
Cashier, with the corporate seal affixed,
with acceptance of the trnst by the as
signee, January 4, 1866, and* recorded
January 5, 1866. The deed is without
preference, conveys the lot levied on
with all other property of the bank in
trust for creditors of the bank, and au
thorizes it to be sold iu suoh manner
aud ou suoa terms as the trustee may
deem most for the interest of the trust.
3. The Mechanics Bauk was incorpora
ted by the aot of the Leg stature ap
proved December 21, 1830. Pam. 34,
Prince’s Digest to 1837, page 94. 4.
The charter of said hank was extended
by act approved February 20, 1854, to
1880. 6. Notioe was given December
2, 1866, by an advertisement signed by
J. A. North, Cashier, by order of the
directors, of a general meeting of the
stockholders December 20, 1865, to con
sider the condition of the institution.
6. At the meeting held December 20,
1865, the following resolutions were
passed : “ Resolved, By this meeting,
being a representation of a majority of
the stock of said bank, that a general
meeting of stockholders be called, to be
held ou the 20th day of February next,
to consider the propriety aud necessity
of surrendering the charter. Re
solved, That in the meantime, and
to avoid unjust preference amoDg the
creditors of the bank, the Board of
Directors be requested forthwith to
cause the President and Cashier, under
the corporate seal of the bank, to exe
cute and deliver to such persons as they
may select a deed of conveyance and
assignment of all and singnlar the es
tate, goods, moneys, evidences of debt
and property of every description, real
and personal, in possession and in ac
tion, belonging to this bank, reserving
what may be necessary to pay officers’
salaries, incidental expenses and attor
neys’ fees, up to the completion of said
assignment iu trust for the payment of
all the indebtedness and obligations of
said bank, without any distinction, ex
cept as provided by law.” 7. On the
same day the Directors met and ordered
the assignment to be made as soon as
deemed advisable. 8. The assignment
was made Thursday, January 4, 1866,
by the President and Cashier, with the
corporate seal affixed, to William T.
Gould, with uo other preferences than
is or may be authorized by law, and
with authority to sell iu such mauuer as
the trustee may deem most for the in
terest of said trust. 9. A notice was
published December 21, 1865, signed
by 21 of the stockholders, being the
owners of over 200 shares, notifying
the stockholders to assemble in general
meeting February 20, 1866, to consider
the propriety of surrendering their
chaster and attending to any other mat
ter touohing the interest of said bauk.
10. The stockholders met in convention
on February 20, 1866; they ratified and
confirmed the proceedings of the pre :
ceding meeting, surrendered their char
ter, aud ceased to do business, of which
action of the stockholders’ a copy was
sent to the Governor of Georgia, who, in
his message of March 1, 1866, informed
the Senate “that a copy of the proceed
ings of a meeting of the stockholders of
the Mechanics Bank ratifying and con
firming the proceedings of a previous
informal meeting (heretofore communi
cated) and surrendering their charter”
was of file in hiß office. 11. The trustee
accepted the trust, took possession until
July 6, 1869, when he sold the same at
public outcry, at the place of public
sales, after due notice of forty days in
the public gazettes, to H. H. Steiner, for
the sum of seven thousand seven hun
dred dollars, who has bean in quiet aud
undisturbed possession ever smee, un
der deed the assignee (record'd July
24, 1869). 12. There was no election of
Directors of the Mechanics Bank, or
President of the Bank, after January,
1865, and the first Monday in January,
1866, was the first day of the month. 13.
The following are the provisions of the
Mechanics Bank of December 21, 1830,
relating to the qualifications and author
ity of the directors and stockholders:
Ҥ 5. For the well ordering of the
affairs of the said corporation, there
shall be nine Directors, who shall be
elected as soon as gold and silver coin
to the amount of 20 per cent, of the sub
scriptions for said stock shall have been
received, and in each and every year
thereafter the Directors shall be chosen
by the stockholders or proprietors of
the capital stock of said corporation,
when a plurality of votes given in shall
be required to make a choice; and those
who shall be duly chosen at aDy election
shall be capable of serving as Directors,
by virtue of such choice, until the end
of the first Monday in January next en
suing the time of such election, and no
longer; and the said Directors, at their
first meeting after each election, shall
choose one of their number as Presi
dent, and in case of his death, resigna
tion, removal from the State, or from
the Board of Direction, the said Direc
tors shall proceed to fill the vacancy by
anew election for the remainder of the
year. And provided further, that iu
case it should at any time happen that
an election of Directors should not be
made upon any day when, pursuant to
this act, it ought to have been made,
the said corporation shall not for that
cause be deemed to be dissolved; but it
shall be lawful on any other day to hold
and make an election of Directors, in
such manner as shall have been regu
lated by the rules and by-laws of the
said corporation.” Fundamental arti
cles of the oonstitution of said corpora
tion ;
§7. Art. 4 Not less than five Direc
tors shall constitute a Board, for the
transaction of business, of whom the
President shall always be one, except in
case of sickness or necessary absenoe, in
wbioh case his seat may be supplied by
any Director appointed by the Board of
Directors present for that purpose.”
“Art. 5. A number of stockholders, not
less than twenty, who together shall be
proprietors of two hundred shares or up
wards, shall have power at any time to
call a meeting of stockholders for pur
poses relative to the institution, giving
at least sixty days notice in one of the
public gazettes of the city of Augusta,
specifying in such notice the object of
such meeting.”
The cashier or treasurer of the bank,
before he enters upon the duties of his
office, shall give bond, with two or more
securities, to the satisfaction of the
Directors, in a sum not less than twenty
thousand dollars, with condition for his
geod behavior and the faithful dis
charge of his duties.
* * * *
The bills obligatory and of credit,
notes and other contracts whatever on
the behalf of the said corporation, shall
be binding and obligatory upon the said
company. Provided, The same be signed
by the President, and countersigned or
attested by the cashier ol the futid cor
poration.
The Court charged the jury first, that
under the admitted facts of this case,
the assignment was valid and passed ti
tle ont of the bank. Second, that if the
assignment was not valid the plaintiff
(whp was admitted to haye been a credi
tor of the bank at thp time) should have
objected to it qnfler the law in section
1494 of the Code, and not having done
so, he could not how object to it—the
record of the deed of assignment having
been notice to him from the date of the
record, The above charge was given in
lieu of the several requests of the plain
tiff to charge, wbioh were refused, where
upon the plaintiff excepted. The jury,
under the charge of the Court, found
the property levied on not subject. The
claimant purchased the property from
the assignee of the bank, for which he
paid the sum of $7,700, and took a deed
from the assignee therefor; and the main
question in the case is whether the title
to the property passed out of the
bank by the assignment, and veated in
Gould, the assignee, so as to 6nable him
to convey it toi Steiger, the defendant ?
The p aintiff insists that-at the-time the
assignment was made by Metcalf, as the
President of the bank, under the
resolution of the stockholders thereof,
that his office as President by the-pro
visions of the charter bad expired four
days prior to tli6 execution of the deed
assignment, 'to-wit: on the 1 fast ‘day of
Decemfyey,' Jt appears "irdm the
evidence in the record tqerja po
election for Directors or President of
the bank after January, 1865, and that
the first Monday in January, 1866. was
the first day of that month. The charter
of the bank required that the Directors
thereof should be elected, and he
capable of serving as pirnotojs by vir
tue of suoh choice until the end of the
first Monday in January next ensuing j
the term of suoh election and no longer,
and the said Directors at their first meet
ing after each election shall choose one
of their number as President; provided,
that in case it should at any time hap
pen that an eleotion of Directors should
not be made upon any day, when pur
suant to this act it onght to have been
made, the said corporation shall not for
that cause be deemed to be dissolved,
but it sHall be lawful ou any other day
to hold and make an election of Direo
tors in such mauuer as shall have been
regulated by the rules and by-laws
of said corporation. What the rules
and by-laws of the corporation
were is not disclosed in the rec
ord now before us. The charter
does not declare that the aots of the
President and Directors, when not re
elected ou the day prescribed, shall be
void, but ou the contrary, the proviso
before recited manifestly contemplates
that their aots shall not be void. In onr
judgment, inasmuch as the resolution
of the stockholders of the 20th of De
cember, 1865, authorized the then Board
of Directors forthwith to cause the then
President aud Cashier, under the corpo
rate seal of the bank, to execute and de
liver the deed of assignment in ques
tion, it passed the title of the property
of the bank to the assignee. If the of
ficers who executed the deed of assign
ment were uot de jure officers of the
bank for that purpose, they were at least
de facto officers of the bauk, and the
persons contemplated by the stock
holders to make it. Angel & Ames on
corporations, sections 283, 287. Besides,
the stockholders, at a meeting held on
the 20th of February, 1866, after the
assignment had been made, ratified and
confirmed the proceedings of the pre
ceding meeting held on the 20th of De
cember, 1865. In the case of the Me
chanics Bank vs. Heard, 37th Geo.
Rep. 401, this Court held that
service of a writ on Metcalf as
President of the Mechanics Bank, on
the 12th of September, 1866, was good
service iu a suit against the bank.
If he was the President of the bank for
the purpose of perfecting servioe in a
suit against the bank on the 12th of Sep
tember, 1866, in contemplation of the
law, surely he was quite as muoh Presi
dent of the bauk when he executed the
deed of assignment ou the 4th day of
January, 1866. Although the second
charge of the Court may have been er
ror, aud we think it was, as the 1494th
section of the Code applies to such banks
only which have made a voluntary sur
render of their charters, or the use
thereof, according to law, still the first
oharge of the Court was right in view of
the facts ooutained iu the record, and
should have controlled the case iu favor
of the claimant. Let the judgment of
the Court below be affirmed. Amos T.
Akermau, by E. N. Broyles, for plaintiff
in error. Frank H. Miller and W. H.
Hull, contra.
Pike vs. Dotterer. Equity, from Rich
mond.
Warner, 0. J.
This was a bill filed by the complain
ant against the defendants, praying for
an injunction, relief, etc , On the final
hearing of the bill and answers of de
fendants, and the evidence submitted,
the jury, under the oharge of the Court,
found a verdict in favor of the com
plainant. The defendants made a mo
tion for anew trial on the several
grounds therein set forth, whioh was
awarded by the Court, and the defend
ants excepted. The record disclosed the
following statement of facts : On the
21st of December, 1862, Joseph M. New
by, in consideration of love for his wife,
Mary A. Newby, conveyed to Ignatius
P. Garvin, as trustee for her, a lot of
land in Richmond county, for her sole
aud separate use during her natural life,
and, after her death to sueu children as
she may leave living, share and share
alike, with authority to her to empower
the trustee by writing, under her hand ,
to sell any part or the whole of said
trust estate, she being allowed to dispose
of any par or the wh le of the pro
ceeds of such sale or sales, or authorize
her trustee to reinvest the proceeds, or
any part thereof, in other property, sub
ject to the above trusts, September Ist,
1863, this deed was properly recorded.
On March 6th, 1873, Garvin, the trustee,
conveyed the land to Harmon Rowley,
in consideration of $1,500. This deed
was made in pursuance of written au
thority from Mrs. Newby, who author
ized the trustee to sell, aud also author
ized him to pay J. M. Newby the full
amount received for such sale, This
deed was properly recorded September
26th, 1873. On March 6th, 1873, Row
ley paid Newby fifteen hundred dollars
—less interest at two percent, per moDth,
taken off and took his note at six months
for that amount, and at the same time
gave his (Rowley’s) bond for titles to
Garvin, trustee, conditioned to reconvey
the land to the trustee upon the pay
ment of the note for fifteen hundred
dollars. Rowley testified on the trial
that his understanding of the transac
tion was that if the note was not paid
the land was to be his, and he did not
know until some time after that he would
have to go into Court to realize on the
claim. The note was not paid, and on
the 21st of March, 1874, Rowley com
menced suit on it in Richmond Superior
Court, aud on the 28th of October, 1874,
entered judgment against Newby for fif
teen hundred dollars and interest. Oc
tober 31st, 1874, Rowley filed in the
Clerk’s office of the Superior Court of
Richmond county his deed conveying
the land to Newby, whioh deed was pro
perly recorded November 25th, 1874.
Upon the judgment for fifteen hundred
dollars Rowley had a ft. fa. issued, and
caused the same to be levied ou the laud
on the sth of December, 1874. Ou the
sth of January, 1875, the land was sold
and knooked down to Rowley for fifteen
hundred dollars. Several days after
Rowley sold his bid to Frederick W.
Pike, for his wife, Ellen Pike, and exe
cuted the following transfer, dated Jan
uary sth, 1875, to oorreßpond with day
of sale :
“Augusta, Ga., January sth, 1875.
“ Harmon Rowley vs. Joseph M. New
by. For value received, I hereby transfer
to Mrs. Ellen Pike my bid for the lot or
parcel of land knocked off to me by the
sheriff of Richmond county this day, on
the sale of land of Joseph M. Newby,
under the following fi. fa., to-wit: Har
man Rowley ve. Joseph M. Newby.
[Signed] Habhon Rowley. ”
On sth January, 1875, the sheriff of
Richmond county conveyed the land to
Mrs. Ellen Pike. Mr. and Mrs. Pike
moved to the place, where they found
Mrs. Newby, who yielded possession
without opposition, and by their per
mission oocupied a portion of the
house, which they allowed without
charge. Pike proceeded to repair the
fences, etc., and began his preparations
to cultivate the place, in which he ex
pended money. Mrs. Newby left the
place. On the 11th February, 1875,
Dotterer,* who had succeeded Garvin as
trustee, and Mrs. Newby filed a bill in
equity in Richmond Superior Court,
praying that the Pikes be enjoined from
cutting the shade and ornamental trees
and shrubbery on the place, on the
ground that the oonveyanoe by Garvin
to Rowley was merely a mortgage of
Mrs. Newby’s property to secure the
debt of her husband; that the sale by
the sheriff and his deed were null and
void, and asking that the deed held by
Mrs. Pike be delivered up to be can
celled. In answer to the rule to show
cause why the injunction should not
issue, Mrs. Pike alleged that the con
veyance from Garvin, trustee, with
Mrs. Newby’s consent, was a sale
of the property, as authorized by
the trust deed, under which she
(Mrs. Newby) was authorized to
dispose of the proceeds, and by
her authority the trustee allowed
the money to be paid to Newby. Her
answer recited the history of her title,
and the suit by Rowley against Newby,
and the surrender of the property by
Mrs. Newby without opposition, and
her occupancy of the house by her (Mrs.
Newby’s) permission. By amendment
to hey answer, JVlrs. Pike alleged that
the money reoCivfed from Rowley was
used in part to pay premiums of insur
ance on two policies an the life of New
by for the benefit of his wife, the com
plainant, which payments were made
March 7,1873, and to settle a judgment
against Newby, obtained Jane 17, 1870,
on a contract made in 1860, which judg
ment was for $832 62, with interest
thereon from January 1,1861, and was
settled March 8, 1873, and also to pay
overdue taxes on Mrs. Newby’s separate
property, to-wit; the land in dispute.—
Frederick W. Pike answered that he
had acted us the agent of bis wife; tbat
the property was hers, and that her an
swer was tros. The Judge granted the
inj unction. The oase oame on for trial
at the October term, 1875, of the Court.
At the trial Mrs. Pike amended her an
swer and alleged that the proceeds of
the sale of the land were applied to the
judgment of Rowley against Newby;
chat if complainants were entitled to re
cover that she would be subrogated to
the right of said Rowley to enforce said
jndgment against Newby; that the facts
stated in her answer, as to the
transaction between Rowley and Newby,
she learned after her purchase; that she
never had any transaction with the
sheriff, but paid twenty-three hundred
dollars to Rowley for his bid; and re
ceived the transfer hereinbefore referred
to; that ’ the money was paid' upon the
faith dt a rApr&entatidn by' Rowley that
the title' Vrfs ’yrijd' apd flbojj'j that
Rowley failed to disclose that’ there
was so outstanding bond for titles to
GarviD, trustee; that she did not know
of said bond, and the failure to disclose
it was a legal fraud; that she was a bona
fide purchaser for value, without notice
of complainants’ claim; that it com
plainants were eqtitjed [P recover, Row
ley had, by mistake or fraud, acquired
an uuoonacientious advantage which he
ought not to enjoy, and prayed that
Rowley and Newby might be made par
ties, so that the decree could do com
plete justice and end the litigation. The
Court admitted Rowley’s liability to
Mrs. Pike, but refused to allow Rowley
and Newby to be made partners. The
trial, proceeds and complainauts’ coun
sel introduced in evidence trust deed
from Newby to Garvin, trustee, with
resignation of Garvin and appointment
of Dotterer; deed of Garvin, trustee, to
Rowley; bond for titles from Rowley to
Garvin, trustee, record of Rowley vs.
Newby aud fi. fa. in same, and deed
from sheriff to Mrs. Pike, and closed the
oase. Counsel for Mrs. Pike moved for
a non-suit, on the ground that the evi
dence did not show that Mrs. Pike had
any notice of complainants’ claim, whioh
motion the Court overruled. Complain
ant's counsel then offered in evidence
the sheriff’s advertisements, which de
scribed the land and gave the chain of
title, referring to the deed from Newby
to Garvin and the record thereof, from
Garvin to Rowley, and the record there
of, aud reciting that Rowley had execut
ed a bond to Newby to make titles upon
the payment of a certain note, upon which
note judgment had been obtained, and
that Rowley had, in conformity with the
statute in such cases provided, filed in
the clerk’s office a deed to Newby. Coun
sel for Mrs. Pike renewed the motion to
non-suit upon the same ground, whioh
was again overruled. On the trial the
Court ruled out evidence offered by de
fendant, going to show that part of the
money received from Rowley was used
to pay premiums on insurance policy on
life of Newby for benefit of his wife;
that part was used to pay taxes on her
property, aud part was used to settle
judgment founded on a debt in existence
at the time property was conveyed to
Garvin, trustee; and also evidence that
at that time Newby was insolvent. The
grounds of the motion for anew trial
were : First—Because the Court erred
in refusing upon the application of de
fendants by amendment to their answer
to make Joseph M. Newby and Harmon
Rqyley, or either of them, parties to
said oase. Second—Because the Court
erred in overruling the motion of defend
ants for a non suit, after complainant
had closed, on the ground that the
evidence did not show that de
fendants purchased with notice of
complainant’s claim, said motion to
non-suit or dismiss the bill hav
ing been made before the sheriff’s ad
vertisement of the property had been
offered iu evidence by complainant's
oounsel, and renewed after the sme was
admitted in evidence. Third. Because
the Court erred in ruliug out the evi
dence of Charles W. Harris, a witness for
defendants, said evidence appearing iu
the brief of the evidence filed in said
ease. Fourth. Because the Court erred
in ruling out the evidence of Pritch
ard, a witness for defendants, said evi
dence appearing in the brief of the evi
dence filed iu said case. Fifth. Because
the Court erred iu ruliug out the evi
dence of Frank H. Miller, a witness for
defendants, said evidence appearing in
the brief of evidence filed iu said case.
Sixth. Because the Court erred in ruling
out the evidence of Harmon Rowley,
when recalled as a witness for defend
ants, said evidence appearing in the
brief of the evidence filed in said ease.
Seventh. Because the Court erred iu re
fusing to prove by Simms, who was
in Harris’ office and made the entry on
his book, that the money paid, as testi
fied to by Harris, was paid by Newby.
Eighth. Because the Court erred in re
fusing to allow defendants’ counsel to
offer evidence that at the time of the
conveyance by Newby to Garvin, trustee
for Mrs. Newby, of the property in con
troversy, he Conveyed also for his wife’s
benefit all his other property, thereby
rendering himself insolvent. Ninth.
Because the Court erred iu charging the
jury as follows :
Gentlemen of the jury: The view I
shall take of the law in this case, there
being no material facts in dispute, will
make your duty* very simple. The
purohaser must look for himself as to
the title and soundness of all property
sold under judicial process. If Rowley
had sold at private sale, it would have
been questionable' whether complain
ant oould recover; but with this we
have now nothing to do. This proper
ty was sold under judioial process. The
property having been sold under a
judgment against Newby, if Rowley
had bought and the transaction had
stopped there, the sale would have been
void, and Rowley would have had no
title, as it is admitted that Rowley
transferred his bid to Mrs. Pike. Mr.
Pike, who acted throughout the trans
action as the agent of his wife, was
present at the sheriff’s sale. I charge
you, that if the transfer of Rowley’s
bid, whioh has been put in evidenoe,
was given by Rowley to Mrs. Pike, and
especially if Mrs. Pike who, as her agent,
was present at the sheriff’s sale, Mrs.
Pike Btands in Rowley’s shoes. Mrs.
Pike was put on her guard, and if she
buys property that the judgment did
not bind, then she gets no title. The
sheriff’s advertisement gives the history
of this transaction, and if this adver
tisement was brought to notice of de
fendant, complainants are bound to
recover. It makes no difference that
the property was not knocked off to
Mrs. Pike. You can’t find for defend
ants under the facts in this case, if you
believe the evidenoe on either side.
There was no error in overruling the
defendants’ motion for a nonsilit. The
charge of the Court being in violation
of the 3248th section of the Code, neces
sarily requires a reversal of the judg
ment in this ease, and in reversing the
judgment we shall direct that the de
fendants have leave to amend their an
swer in the nature of a cress bill, mak
ing Rowley and Newby parties to the
proceedings before the Court, with prop
er allegations as to the grounds of the
equitable relief which they seek, so aa
to lay the foundation for the introduc
tion of their evidence at the trial, with
a prayer for suoh equitable relief as they
may b entitled to and suoh as the na
ture of their oase may require, accord
ing to the principles of equity and jus
tice, in order that the rights and equi
ties of all the parties may be considered
and adjudicated. Let tffe judgment of
the Court below be reversed with di
rections. Thos. H. Gibson and J. 0. O.
Black, fof plaintiff in error. H. D. D.
Twiggs, A. D. Piequett and Joseph
Ganahl, contra.
MILLIONB OF PIGEONS.
A Room Many Miles la Length—A Torchllgh t
Shooting Expedition.
[From the Nev York Sun.]
Moscow, Penn., April 14. —A wilder
ness known as the Beech Woods covers
a large portion of western Pike county
and northwestern Monroe connty, in this
State. Ike Bennett and Clint Waters,
bark peddlers, were in the depths of the
woods on Friday last, when they were
startled by a sudden darkening of the
sky and a noise like a heavy gale of
wind. At the sume time, the trees about
them began to fill with wild pigeons.
They came from the northward, and as
far as the men could se e iu tbat direc
tion, the air was black with the birds.
They settled down in the trees as thick
as bees, and in an inoredible short
space of time the woods seemed to be
a living mass of pigeons. They lighted
in the trees in each numbers that large
branches were broken by their weight.
They seemed to take no heed of the
men, and orowded the trees under which
they stood, occupying branches almost
within reach of them. Nearly half an
hour elapsed before they all found rest
ing plaoes in the woods The bark ped
dlers killed hundreds of them with clubs,
and walked five miles through the woods
without reaobing the end of the roost.
The men say that with one swoop of a
long club they oould knock dozens to
tbe ground, creating only a temporary
panic among the pigeons, and that only
among those directly attacked.
The lumbermen and others, when told
by Bennett and Waters of the wonder
ful sight they had seen, organized a
night hunt. Dozens of men armed with
poles and gnns started for the woods,
and reached there after dark. They
carried torches of pine knots. The
pigeons, alarmed by the noise of the
guns and the glaring of the torches, rose
from their perches and flew blindly
abont. For two hours the poles and
gnns made sad havoc among the roost
ing birds. The roar of thousands of
wings, tbeoracking of branches, flashing
torches, swashing poles and reports of
guns formed a scene wild and terrible.
Thousands of pigeons were slaughtered
before the lawless and ruthless destroy
ers were glutted. Each one brought
away as many as he coaid carry, which
was a small portion compared with the
nnmber left on the gronnd to feed the
foxes and wolves.
On Saturday morning another expedi
tion started out for further slaughter of
the pigeons. The birds had evidently
sought the roost for the purpose of nest
ing. The woods swarmed with hunters
on Saturday. The great flock finally
rose en mh*s3, and- in a short tjrne every
bird had’disappeared. The diftictibh 6f
the flight was westward toward the Sus
quehanna. * It is estimated that the flock
was fully 12 miles long and four or 1 five
in width. ‘ • - ; * * a.
’ About four weeks ago an enormous
flock Pf wild pigeons passed over Sulli
van county, N.' Y., and settled in the
wilderness in tb northern part of that
county, near the head waters of tue
Beaverkill. It is believed that this was
the same flock mentioned above. It ex
tended from Gillman’e, Sullivan oonnty,
to a point 13 miles to the eastward, and
was several minntes in passing oyer, fly*
jng very high.