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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1876)
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ALL announcing candi dates for office-*from County Conaible to members of Correia— will bechargd at the rate of twenty snte per line All aoounce mente must be Qaid for in advance. Address WALSH A WRHST, tygßoyycfJsA Hr.Nnsgl. August. Ga. (EtyamttU and Seninel. WEI >ygSDAY . JUKE J 1876. Bollock is willing to forgive thfieople of Georgia. Bullock playe another trump. Se ban a "Colonel” lor a friend. Whbiste “Co lonel?” t The Bkiotow men and .the lobton men are charging each other 'ith in tending to pack the galleries in be Cin cinnati Convention with a mob i the in terest of these gentlemen, for tie pur pose of creating an outside presure. The Nashville American mkes this pertinent mathematical inquiry “If the Tildes party will pay so wich per square for puffs of the Govenor, in serted an ordinary reading mater, what would they pay for editorials asvoeating the nomination ?" The Columbus Enquirer also uruisbeß an instalment of English liistoy. It as serts that Queen Victoria wa born in 1838 and married in 1840, tw< years af terwards. She was evidently a preco cious Princess. We are afraid the thing will get a little mixed after avhile. The Gainesville Eagle pubishes the “quoted reading matter” advertisements sent out in the interest of Ylden, but it rather impairs the object o the dodge by an editorial which explaiis the mat ter and opposes the nomnatiou of “Samcel, my Hampel.” Ths is cruel. A National Radical victoy next No vember means national deati. The cli max has been reached, and he country must either free itself from .he rule of political free-hooters, or be overwhelmed with bankruptcy and disgraie, ending in national paralysis and death. “Up guards aud at them.” Messrs. Pcuhe and Randall think Gov. Johnson should tuke a back seat because he has been honored with the confidence of the people. Mr. Stephens has been honored oftener tbau Mr. Johnson, but we have heard it whis pered that the Constitutionalist has beeu a supporter of Mr. Stephens. — Can such things be ? New York has been a Democratic State since the close of the war period, except in 1871, when the State was lost in consequence of the frauds in Sew York city, and in 1872, when the election went by default. On a square contest for tho vindication and supremacy of Democratic principles, New York is re liable and true. As the Republicans ad mit that their cause is hopeless without New York, they practically concede the election of a Democratic President. The English Patent Journ it desciibes a combination of foot-warming appa ratus with a boot. The heel of the boot is of metal and hollow, aud contains a supply of artificial fuel. The heat from this is made to pass through channels in the inner sole, u part of which is placed upon a spring, so that the aetiou of the foot in walking nets like a bellows, drawing in the cold air by an aperture in the heel and driviug the heated air into the boot. A modification of the ap paratus can, it is thought, be applied to borse shoes. Another youthful illnsiou vanishes with the discovery that Coi.umbus was not horn in Genoa, but in the town of i Ca'ivi, in Corsica. So says the Revue. \ Politique 1 t Littcrairc, aud in support j of ti>e statement it produces a copy of | the tovn record, showing the register of j birth of “Cristoforo, son of Domenico j Colombo anJ Ruzanna Rosa Foktuna,” j uud also of his baptism. This will ne- j oessitate the remodeling not only of the geographical and all fhe oenteuhial his tories, but of M ark Twain’s '‘lnnocents Abroad,” one of the most atfeotiug pas sages of which relates to the visit of the j •‘lunocents” to the birthplace and tomb ! of "the great Christopher Colombo.” ! The recent African discoveries have developed the fact that vast mineral wealth underlies the surface of that great coutiueut. Lieutenant Cameron, who has just returned from there, tells of enormous deposits of coal aud iron. Enough, he says, “to supply the world for untold centuries. A canal of one hundred aud twenty miles iu length, connecting the Congo aud Zambesi rivers, will open up these deposits and j provide communication between the In-' dian aud Atlantic oceans. Already Eng- j laud shows an inclination to take pos-, session of this valuable country which I was disclosed to the world by Lieutenant j Cameron’s important explorations.” The LaGrange Reporter also has something to say about Governor Til- j den’s “quoted reading matter:” “If Mr. 1 Tildes wants to pay for the publication j of these notices as extracts, may we not conclude that the papers which origi-, nally produced them were paid to do i o? We believe they were; anil, mor tifying as the coufession is, we believe \ that many of the papers now ao zeal onely advocating Tildbn are bought up by him. A few months ago, we felt very little opposition to Tildkn’s nomi nation; the opposition which we now express is caused by the scandalous means which wehave discovered him to be using to obtain the nomination. He has shown himself unworthy of the high honor he so greedily covets.” Rcfcs B. Bullock, the renegade Gov ernor, has been brought back to Geor gia. The wonder is that Governor Smith did not send for him long ago. Some of the leading citizens of Atlanta went on his $13,000 bond aud thns kept him from going to jail. A reporter says he obtained an interview, bat had to pass out after making his bow “ to make room for others who were awaiting an opportunity to pay their respects.” (We copy this from the Constitution and de sire that our readers will notice that the proper credit is given.) What “re spects ” should be paid to Bullock by the citizens of Atlanta, the capital of the State by him plundered and oppress ed, this deponent cannot tell. He is more likely to obtain a “ blast ” from the “ rural ” districts than respect. Would the Constitution complain of a little rural blast at Bullock and those who respect him so highly ? We await a reply before saying anything further. ,—Merriwether Vindicator. PROWPECTH UF PEACE IN EUROPE. While the ways of diplomacy are dark, and the words of diplomats mnst be taken with caution, there is yet grouod i for hope in the speech attributed to I Count Andrassy in a recent dispatch from Pesth: “I am now able to state ' that the peace of Europe will not be dis | turbed. The proposed reforms have been accepted by Europe and Turkey and ! joyfully greeted by the insurgents, who • now only desire guarantees for their ex ! ecution. The present action of the | powers is directed toward the peaceful removal of obstacles preventing the ac complishment of the reform.” We can imagiue no good reason why Count An drasst should purposely over-state the prospects of peace, and from his posi tion be should know more about them than almost anybody else. TII.DEN. There seems to be a systematic at tempt on the part of certain papers, out side of Georgia, to produce the impres sion upon the country that the delega tion from this State to St. Louis is in fa-' vor of Governor Tilden. It is curious that no statement to this effect should appear in any of our exchanges within the Btate, but is always found i,n foreign columns. The reason it is not found in any Georgia paper is, that it is not the truth, If there is one man more objec tionable in this latitude as a candidate for President, that man is Samuel J. Tilden. The people of Georgia have no confidence in the sincerity or genuiness of his Democracy. They have once witnessed his flagrant betrayal of his party in a desperate struggle in another State, done to subserve other ends. They believe he will do it again. His devo tion to Democracy is subordinate and secondary to certuin other objects and purposes he is believed to cherish. We prefer a candidate who has never gone back on his party.— Oglethorpe Echo. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST TIIE SIOUX. Intelligence Las recently beeu receiv ed from several of the columns of United States soldiers advancing against the hostile Sioux. In some quarters-their march has been impeded by the bad condition of the roads, but they press forward as rapidly and steadily as na tural obstacles will permit. It is still a matter of conjecture whether the Indians will fight or retreat and disperse. It is reported that at least one influential band of Sioux has expressed a willing ness to surrender their present reserva tions and remove to the Indian territory, and if the campaign against the hostile braves proves successful the entire body of Sioux will soon be obliged to ex change their old hunting grounds for a portion of the vast domain occupied by subjugated bands of their aboriginal brethren. Such a movement will do mnch to localize, if it does not fully solve, the Indian problem. Meanwhile the operations of our troops will be watched with anxiety. They have a wily and merciless enemy arrayed against them, and although they must brave danger at every step they will have few opportunities for gaining enduring honor or renown. TILDEN TACTICS. [Richmond Enquirer.] The advertising agency dodge is a leaf from our own experience within the past week; we doubt not that nearly every leading journal in the South will receive the same circular. A similar scheme, to which we have heretofore alluded, is fully exposed in the Washington corres pondence of the New York Express. It is stated therein that “a letter sent to a large number of Democratic Congress men, and to Democratic newspapers through the country,-announcing that a bureau in Washiugton was prepared to furnish letters free of expense to the country press, has created considerable excitement. The member from whom the letter was obtained states that the bureau is in the interest of a particular Democratic candidate well known to New York politics, and this means of capturing the country press was invent ed and put into operation by him. The rnse has been deteoted by many of them, uud is producing an effect quite contra ry to its intent. The manufacture of publio opinion in this way will prove a failure.” The following is the letter: ••Democratic Bureau Correspondence,'! "Office 106 Third Street, N. W., I "Opposite Botanical Gardens, j “ Washington, D. C., March 31, 1876. J [Strictly Confidential.] '•Dear Sir— I have organized in the inter est of the Democratic party, and with the aid and approval of leading Democrats in and ont of Congress, a Bureau of Correspondence, the purpose of which is to furnish regular Wash ington letters to the Democratic press in every section of the country as a part of the machi nery for the campaign. I am now sending letters to more that 1.000 papers—and shall send to 2,009—in every part of the United States, and believe I can do great service for the party. Will yon be kind enough to aid me by furnishing, from time to time, such sug gestions, or material for publication, as you may think advisable; and to send me anything you would like to have published in the papers in your own District-extracts of speeches, editorial articles, and, especially, brief, pun gent paragraphs of fifteen or twenty lines. It is proper to state that I have made the same request of other leading Democrats. The papers do not pay for the letters, and the ex pense is borne by myself and others interested in the success of the party. I hope to see you soou. when 1 can more tally explain. 1 shall be glad to have you call at the oflfee at any time. Very respectfully. “W. S. Andrews.” The Washington correspondent of the New York Sun (a paper favorable to Tilden) touches upon the effect of this sort of electioneering iu the following sensible paragraphs: At present Governor Tildes has a large fol lowing, and will appear formidable at the out set. He is unquestiouably weakened by the internal divisions in his own party at home, by the fact that New York has been thrice favor ed with the nomination successfully, and as often defeated, aud by the fact that his out side support at St. Louis will come largely from States'which are conceded to be Republican, and from which no help can b£ reasonably ex pected. His friends are well organize !, well provided, and effective in their detailed work all over the country. Perhaps the very per fection of this machinery may turn ont to be an element of weakness, because it trill be de prived of all the moral influence which attaches to voluntary movements of the people, and may I provoke distrust, as having no spontaneous im i pulse to recommend it. Organization cannot be ; perfected and carried out on so vast a scale, : with ageuoiesi operating throughout the Union. ! and newspapers enlisted, without being known. This has been an open secret for several months, and Mr. Tilden has not gained by the knowledge that such means had been employed I to promote his interest. After thosj disclosures we do not think that oar good friend of the Whiff can longer doubt that the most unusual and indefensible means of manufactur ing strength for Governor Tilden are used. Let not the people be deceived by each artifices. Let not the press lend itself to such political chicanery. If Governor Tilden is the free choice of , the Democracy, give him the nomina tion and let ns elect him with the hearti ness of support based upon intelligent conviction. But he is badly advised; he cannot but suffer by these sateoipts to force him down the throat of the Demo i eratie party. i BeaacHEL Y. Johnson is too old to be Governor, bat Tilden is just the right age to be President. Mr. Johnson doesn’t pay for any “quoted reading matter.” i WHAT THE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL THINKS ABOUT THE MATTER. ] A negro man named Rush, a member j of the Legislature from Marion, or Ches ! ter, oi somewhere over there, has been murdered in pretty much the same man ! ner as Joe Crews was in LaureDs—shot while drying along the road in his bug gy. Concerning this matter, the Union- Herald, of Columbia, accuses the Chronicle and Sentinel of making a “contemptible apology” for the murder er or murderers—supposed to be a white man or white men. To this the Chron icle and Sentinel, always brave, up right, downright, outright, replies as follows : The Chamberlain organ is as far from the truth as usual. We said that "the people of South Carolina have suffered so long and so much that such crimes shonld not be censored too harshly.” We repeat now that while we are opposed to violence, the people of Sooth Carolina have been outraged to each an extent that it is a wonder they have not risen and ex terminated their oppressors. We also take pleasure in stating to the Chamberlain organ that we consider its master just as bad as any of the rascals with whom he now pretends to be quarreling. The Chronicle and 3enttnel lives too near Edgefield—and has too much sym pathy with her people—not to under stand perfectly how these matters stand. And we very much fear that its hint concerning rising and exterminating will, before long, have to be followed, Tbe tricks and capers, the crimes and foflies of Radical officials in Edgefield, from the Judge on the bench down to ! the Keeper of the Poor House, are just! now a study and a warning for the civil- i ized world.— Edgefield Advertiser. THE FREEDMEN’S BANK. It will be remembered that a Republi can Congress appointed three Commis sioners to wind np .the affairs of the Freedmen’s Bank, which Republican office holders had robbed into bank ruptcy. In a recent speech in the House Mr. Bradfobd, of Alabama, stated that two of fhe three Commissioners did nothing, and paid 8500 per annum, out of their 83,000 salary, to the third Com missioner for doing all the work. In a year and a half these valuable public functionaries have managed to spend $150,000 of the bank’s; scanty assets, and declared one dividend of twenty per cent. At the same rate of progress it is quite safe to predict the assets will be exhausted for the benefit of the Com missioners before there is another divi dend. It is eminently appropriate that a scheme conceived and carried on as a swindle should have a swindling finale. The poor negroes were made to believe that the money deposited in the Freed men’s Bank was loaned to the Govern ment. This lie was never contradicted by the Republican administration, and seventy thousand credulous Africans put their hard earned cash where Re publican thieves could steal it unmo lested. And when the inevitable crash came the Republican “friends of the negro” not only took no steps to dis cover and punish the perpetrators of the shameful fraud, but handed over the little that was left to a commission, which seems likely to absorb it in the mysterious process of liquidation—leav ing the seventy thousand sable victims to whistle for their dues. The Freed men’s Bureau and the Freedmen’s Bank are a pair of Republican twins worthy of their progenitors and patrons, and both are destined to enjoy a loud-smell ing immortality. A PENNSYLVANIA WILL. Contested will cases are famous for bringing out the basest passions of our nature. It appears, also, that they bring out thp largest and most heterogeneous families, sometimes unsuspected until they appear as contestants or as lega tees. The case which is reported to-day from Honesdale is one of the most ex traordinary of these. Miner or Main, the testator, appears to have lived a strictly nnexemplary life. He had two families known to all his neighbors, the younger members of which are consid ered by a heartless law to be the chil dren of nobody in particular, and, if Main had died intestate, would have had no claims on-him whatever. These families, however, besides having this marked difference from the common run ot families, differed among themselves like the inhabitants of Gaul, in manners and customs, aud also iu mothers. Mr. Main, however, seems to have led a life. of vicious ease and comfort, and to have left quite as much property as is nsnally accumulated by a strictly monogamous farmer. Of course his testamentary dis positions did not satisfy either of the families. But they would probably have' kept quiet exoept for the appearance of a third and lawful family which Main had taken to himself in some youthful freak, the surviving members of which now appear to contest the will. There can be no doubt that Main did not mean to leave any of his proper ty to the persons who now turn out to be bis only heirs-at-law, and who would be entitled to the whole of it in the ab sence of a will. It is not to be expect ed that the .iawful wife of a man, after he has deserted her and taken up with entirely irregular wives, two at a time, should feel the least compunction about trying to dispossess them of his estate af ter they had dispossessed her of his affec tions and divided that precious spoil. In all likelihood the man was of as sound mind and memory when he made the will as could be expected of a man of his tastes and habits, and his will is really the ex pression of his will. But it is a well settled principle of American law that no man is entitled to have his will exe cuted if any Judge or jury finds any thing queer or otherwise objectionable iu it. When a wife comes into Court to upset a will ia favor of two mistresses, there can be no donbt that the American juror will find that there has been enough “undue influence” at work to break the will into a thousand pieces and put the property precisely where the testator particularly wished that it should not go. The responsibility for this statement 1 belongs to the New York Telegram : “A Georgia Senator has been killed by the sting of a bee which lit on his head. The ease is a remarkable one, as most of the Georgia Senators can stand the kick of a mule on the head and think nothing about it, whereas the mule goes lame for a week.” The Telegram is an inde pendent paper, and therefore there can be no political motive for this slander ous attack upon Georgia Senators—and Georgia mules. Wr learn that Hon. John H. James made a speech at Waynesboro the other night, in whioh he attacked the home stead law, saying that five hundred dol lars worth of exemption was enough, and that it was dishonest for a man to put three thousand dollars in his pocket out of reach of his creditors. Jndge Gibson, who was present, made the point that a man was about as honest with three thousand dollars in his pocket as with fire hundred. Nominations be ing in order, one gentleman brought out ex-Governor Johnson, and another sug gested Hon. J. J. Jones as a good enough Governor for Borke. The Lawrenoeville Herald opens with the champion snake story of the season. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1576. GOV. SMITH AND THE FUGITIVES. We have before expressed the opinion that it is extremely improbable either Bullock or Blodgett will be punished for the crimes they have committed. At the same time we do not see how Gov ernor Smith can be blamed if they es cape. He is the Executive of the State and has nothing to do with Courts and juries. When he turns a captured crim inal over to the law his responsibility ceases, and the responsibility of the Courts com [Renees. Bullock and Blod gett were fugitives from justice. He caused them to be arrested and brought to Atlanta. They are now in the custo dy of the Courts aud Governor Smith has nothing farther to do with the mat ter, exc pt to see that the State is repre sented by able counsel. It has been five or six years since Messrs. Bui/lock and Blodgett committed the crimes for which they were indicted. They are now loose upon bond. The law of Georgia renders it a comparatively easy matter to obtain a continuance. It will probably be several years longer before they are brought to trial; witnesses will die or move away; interest will be lost in the case. Above all things, there seem to be many in Atlanta who either believe these men not guilty, 6r else consider their offenses venal sins. But the honor of the people of Georgia, justice to the State and the accused alike demand that no exertion shall be spared to bring these men to a speedy trial. THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. KERR. In order to offset the corruption of Belknap and Babcock, and Blaine and Clapp, and Delano and Grant, and Robeson and Schenck, the Republicans are pressing a charge of official dishon esty against Mr. Kerb, the Democratic Speaker of the House of Representa tives. Any fair-minded man who had taken the trouble to read the specifica tions would at once pronounce them so improbable as to be almost ludicrous, but our Republican friends profess to believe them true and evidently extract from them much consolation. A state ment of tho facts in the case shows that in 1866 he had by law the control of an army appointment. The only applicant for his district was unable to pass an examination. A man named Green came to Mr. Kerr well recommended, but he required other testimonials and these were submitted, when Mr. Kerr gave him the recommendation which secured the appointment. Green testifies that when he came there he ; was told by one Harvey, who was a Door-keeper of the House of Representatives, that Mr, Kerr had an appointment, and that he (Harvey) could get it for him for some money. Harvey pretended to Green, after the usual fashion of the lobby, that he paid money to Mr. Kerb ; but Green swears that he has no belief that this was done, and says that Mr. Kerr’s careful scruiiny into his record conflict ed with such a relation. It is obvious that, if the appointment had been based on a corrupt gift, there would have been ho scrutiny and no delay in making the appointment. Mr. Kerb got an anonymous letter from New York recently, referring to rumors of his having received four hundred and fifty dollars for making an appointment. Harvey’s name was not signed to the letter, but was referred to in it. Mr. Kerr regarded the letter as intended for blackmailing purposes, and did not sup poso it had a political origin, as now ap pears to be the case. He at once caused the matter to be looked into, and was advised that the game of .blackmailing him would be abandoned. It is under stood, however, that Decoy Bliss, little Johnny Davenport, and one Darling, of New York, are behind Harvey, and are concerned in this plot to have the public believe that a prominent Demo cratic statesman, who has filled the most influential positions and still remains a comparatively poor man to-day, was will ing to put his character at the mercy of a Radical underling of the House of Representatives for the paltry sum of $450. This is the case in a nut shell. Green swears that he does not believe any money was paid Mr. Kerr, but Harvey, who, by his own confessiou, is a briber and recipient of bribes, swears that he influenced Mr. Kerr by corrupt Laying aside the fact that Mr. Kerr through a long and conspicuous life has always borne himself as an hon est and honorable man, there are several most improbable circumstances about the story. In the first place if Mr. Kerb had been in the thieving line he would hardly have sold himself for the paltry sum of six hundred dollars. In the sec ond place a man of Mr. Kerb’s acknowl edged ability would not have accepted a bribe from the hands of Harvey and placed himself in the power of a Congres sional understrapper. In the third place, the man from whom Harvey says he re ceived the money asserts that he did not give it for Mr. Kerb and does not be lieve Mr. Kerr obtained it. In the fourth place, Mr. Kerr is a frugal and a poor man, though he has had numberless opportunities for selling himself for large sums. We do not as yet think he will be hurt by Harvey’s charges. SOUTHERN MANUFACTURES. The Philadelphia American says : “Cotton manufactures had iu 1860 made more progress at the South than has been generally known. That section had 166 factories and 303,076 spindles scattered through twelve States. North Carolina had then the largest number of factories; 39, but Georgia stood first in spindles, having 85,187, while North Carolina had but 41,884. Virginia had 49,440 spindles; Alabama, 35,740; South Carolina, 30,890, and Tennessee 29,850. In the year 1870 the ravages of war had reduced the number of factories to 150, but the number of spindles had in creased to 345,606. Georgia still stood first in spindles, 85,622 ; Virginia had 77,116 ; North Carolina, 39,897 ; South Carolina, 34,923; Alabama, 29,046; Ten nessee, 27,922 ; Missouri, 16,705. In 1875 the number of factories had in creased to 181, and the spindles to 481,- 795. Of the latter Georgia had 131,340; South Caralipa, 70,282 ; Alabama, 58,- 480; Tennessee, 55,358; North Carolina, 54,400; Virginia, 54,624 ; Missouri, 19,- 700; Mississippi, 18,256. There seems to be an increase in the size of the fac tories, indicating a concentration of Southern capital. The average of spin dles to a mill is 4,177 in Alabama, 5,796 in Georgia, 1,755 in North Carolina, and 1,384 in Tennessee* With this evidence of the increase of mannfactnring indus try it is hard to account for t{}g impov erishment of the Sonth exhibited by the census returns and the State assessments except upon the theory that Southern agriculture must be unprofitable and the planters and farmers generally poor and in delft. The main fact incident from the above statistics is that cotton manu factures have become permanently and extensively established all oyer the South. The news from Europe smells a little sulphurous. Lloyds has commenced taking war risks on vessels. England is putting her navy in perfect fighting con dition. Servis has a large army ready for action. The Sublime Porte remains sublimely stubborn. How will a Euro pean war affect the price of the Southern cotton crop? GREAT EXPECTATIONS* s The Montgomery Advertiser does not agree with the Chronicle and Sbntcnkl that “the Southern delegates to St. Louis should combine to defeat t|ie nomination of Governor Tilden is also opposed to “any concerted action of Southern delegates in any direction!" The Advertiser evidently thinks that Southern men should go to Sti Louis to do wha ever the Northern delegates rosy command them to do. This seemlf a little bard, in view of the fact that a large majority of the Northern dele gates come from States that are certmin to go Eadical next November, whils the Southern States will cast one HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT VOTES FOB the Democratic nominee, within forty-seven votes of the number neces sary to AN ELECTION. Nortlffem Democrats are puzzling their brqjixs and quarreling over the qnetbea where these forty-seven votes must djfine from, while representatives of one tfan dred and thirty-eight votes are fg4d they must render implicit obedieno#. to those, an overwhelming majority of whom can render no assistance whatever in the contest. Free trade, or rather a modified tariff, had a squeak for it in the House Mon day. A resolution declaring it inexpe dient to make any change in the law was rushed through, and was oily re considered by twenty-four majority. THE ROBBER GOVERNOR, Interviewed by a Reporter of tbe Times—A Letter tu Response to One from a Friend. [Atlanta Times.] Atlanta, Ga., May 23, 1576. My Dear Colonel: I am in reoeipt of your kind letter, for which please accept my warmest thanks. With your confidence in the correetness of my action in connection with tht par ticular official acts which, four years ago, the legislative committees tosk ex ceptions to, it is not strange th&t you should express surprise and indignation at the measures which have been lately taken. But, my good friend, let ne as sure you that while his Excellency Gov. Smith has taken all the formal steps prescribed by the laws of the laid for placing within the jurisdiction if the Courts one who is charged withviola tion of the statutes, I have been treated with a consideration, kindness and cour tesy that has been very gratifying to myself and agreeable to my personal and political friends. Of course every man must be held as innooent until by the decision of his peers he is proved to have been guilty, and this oourteons treatment is no more than would e due and extended to any other perion in similar circumstances. Under the ex citement engendered by political differ ences and heated contests, however, we have not always heretofore been cool enough to execute that kindly forbear ance which is now so universal in this community. I note your inquiry as to what new thing has been brought up now. A re spectful regard for the proprieties of my position would of course prevent ray ar guing here the questions involved, or presenting any evidence to maet the charges. But I imagine there ban be uo impropriety in my saying to you that the indictments are for “larceny after trust delegated,” and for “compiracy to cheat and swindle the State.” These bills were found four years ago as the result of the ez parte investigations of several committees of the Legislature, then iu session, which thoroughly ex amined into every act of my administra tion. The investigation occurred at a time when the almost universal public sentiment seemed to expect and to de mand that evidence of stupendous frauds and robberies should be discov ered and disclosed. There his been no new charge made against me of which I have been advised. The bail in these two cases was fixed at thirteen thousand dollars, and, although no one outside of the Executive Department was expecting my arrival in Atlanta, within two hours after the amount was named it was given by the bond of gen tlemen who are said to be worth collec tively over one million of dollars. From the number and character of tenders that were subsequently made to me, I have reason to believe that if necessary a large additional list of responsible names could have been added to the bond. If there is anything that oan condensate for the unpleasant se quences of my political experience,l find some measure of it in the hearty and generous manner in which I have been received and sustained in this emergen cy. I have no fault to find with His Excellency Governor Smith. He per formed only his official duty in placing the matter within the jurisdiction of the Courts, so that at the proper time the question at issue could be heard and de termined, ani it is only justice to my self to say that requests have been made upon me by officers, attorneys and agents of the State for information and assistence on several occasions during the past few years. To all of which I have promptly and cheerfully responded in such manner as gave entire satisfac tion to those who called on me. Nor was it unknown that I was ready and willing to return here whenever my re turn was desired. The act charged against me in each in dictment was an official act, done in the performance of nqy official duties in ac cordance with the laws of tffie and without any pecuniary or other benefit to myself. But in times of high politi cal excitement, as you know, the most praiseworthy deeds by an official may be regarded and decided by the opposite party to have been dictated by sinister purposes and done from corrupt mo tives. *We have an exhibition of the re verse of this proposition in what I find r.ere to-day. It is openly asserted, and I believe not denied, that there is an nn adj usted or an imperfect account in the departments of the disposition and ex change made of certain bonds daring the present administration, and that a large amonnt of money has been paid from the Treasury on bopeja that been previously redeemed, andfor whioh, on the regular performance of official duty, there was executed and issued to the Treasurer an Executive warrant. Now, it would be absurd ior any one even to suggest that his Exdellency should be indicted for “larceny after trust delegated,” or for (‘conspiracy to cheat and swindle the State j” And yet, the performance of the official acts, upon which, four years ago, these indictments were found, was just as entirely free from criminality. Nor have these acts of mine necessa rily involved the State in the loss of a single dollar. The State has sustained no hurt from the act of mine upon which the charge of larceny after trust is based, and if the contract made by the State Railroad for oars—the official ap pro val of which by me is denominated a conspiracy to cheat and swindle the State—has not been fulfilled by the Oar Company, measures might have been taken to compel a fulfillment. The Car Company with which that contract was made was regularly incorporated and its stockholders were responsible and well known men, who had been actively en gaged in the purchase, operation and sale of cars in this and adjoining States. It is to be hoped that never again in (he history of onr State and conntry will political animosities become so in tense as to cause the fact of partisan political alliance to be accepted as evi dence of social position or personal character. May we not rather expect that the good old days, ante-bellum , ■will be with ns again, when a man’s moral, commercial, professional and social status will depend Upon his acts, irrespective of bi| political opinions'% The evidences of improve ment that I have observed on the Line Road and in this city are very en couraging to one who wishes well for Georgia. I must admit, however, that the impetus given several years ago to these improvements seem to hare spent itself, and there is not tjjat universal prosperity which I desire to see. I hope that when the questions of national issue become adjfisted or definitely de cided, there may be renewed energy in stilled into the people. Profitable em ployment to the artisan, successful trade to the merchant and legitimate practice for the professions will fill to the ut most every artery of trade. I therefore trust that your discouragement over the condition of the conntiy will soon give plaoe to brighter hopes. Again thank ing yon for yoar kind expressions of in terest in my behalf, believe me as ever, Truly your friend, Rprus S. .Bulloc*. BARNWELL COUNTY. Nate* and News From Over the River. [Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.] Barnwell C. H., S. 0., May 28.—1 t has been some time since I have seat you a letter, from which you have doubt less inferred that I have been hard at work, and it is true. Hard work find awful misgivings for the fnture of the “colored troops” have engaged my time and attention the who e of this Centennial year, so far. The hard work is good for me, and I don’t greatly mind it, but tbe condition of tbe “ colored troops ” is grievously perplexing to me. Dozens of them have applied to me for assistance that I have been unable to render. In the first instance, they de sired to secure me against loss by giv ing me liens and mortgages on their “earthly possessions,” but later, they stated their necessities to be so exe geant that they were absolntely willing to work for repayment of the “egvanoe ments.” From this showing your read ers will be at no loss to appreciate the sad strait into which the Fifteenth Amendment is fallen. When the “ man and brother ” comes and voluntarily of fers to work you may take your affida vit that there is something Radically wrong ( 1 ) somewhere. As “ the man of many affidavits ” (according to the Hon. Charles P. Leslie), I am willing to make my affida vit that all is not well with the “wards, of the nation,” because the prop osition to work is equivalent to €h ad mission that the stages of borrowing, begging and stealing have all been suc cessively passed, and being exhausted are no longer available as resorts; and there remains none other remedy but work, and no other deity to propitiate bat the inexorable Nemesis of Labor! Alas for the Radical party in South Carolina, when it is no longer able to maintain its votaries in idleness and at the expense of deoent people ! Write Ichabod on its banner, for the glory has forever departed ! lam glad I am not a Radical politician. lam thankful that I don’t have to face the wrathful American citizens of African descent next Fall and skirmish in the fields of fancy for excuses and pleas to satisfy them for this state of things, and en deavor to make them believe that the Republican party is a good party, not withstanding there is nothing more to steal in perspective, and no more de spoiling of white working men for the maintenance of greasy niggers in idle ness and thieving carpet-baggers and scalawags throughout the State. But, above all, I am filled with a peaceful serenity when I reflect that there is no earthly obligation on my part to show the long suffering-“inan and brother” cause why he should vote for the re-election of Chamberlain as Governor. And just here I am going to digress—possibly take an entirely new tack—to prove to you that you Georgians do not appreci ate what a good thing we have in Cham berlain. You regard him from one stand point; we from another. You think him a great scamp—in fact, you of the honest and outspoken Chronicle and Sentinel, don’t* hesitate to say so; while we, over here, who are in a situa tion to sound the depths and shoals of Radical depravity, recognize in Cham berlain a veritable rod for the chastise ment of the miscreants who have ruined and disgraced the State.— Chamberlain is the only man of brains that has ever been connected with the Radical party in South Carolina. And however he may have sinned in the past, he always had the decency to cover up, as far as practicable, his shame, while the Carpenter and Moses, pere et fils, order of thief rather gloried in their infamy. Again, while none of the mis creants, styling tbemselv! s Regular Re publicans, are able to produoe any proof of criminal wickedness to torment Cha mberlain, the au contraire has kept a note book for their sakes, ala Foster Blod gett, Another thing about Cham berlain, he is ambitions, and is for himself first, last and all the time, and if the Democrats wi} aid him in his career, ho in turn will aid them to put his quondam yoke fellows in the penitentiary, unless they “stand f om under” remotely, like Parker. Oh, i here’s no earthly doubt about it. Chamberlain is a good man to have around. You would understand it bet ter than by anything I could tel} you if you only knew how Carpenter end Cut bin and the other regular Republican curs hate him, and how the flee detach ment fear him. They all know that there is a masked battery at Chamber lain’s service that it will never do to have him open upon them until they are ready to see “the party" depart Ward’s-geesewards! 4nd the knowl edge that they fully comprehend this, and the consequent terror that it inspires, goes a great way towards generating chari table feelings among Democrats for the man who wields this infernal machine. I for one am constrained to feel kindly towards any map of earthly moqld vfbo has it in bis power tp make R sp painful for the South Carolina Radical, where I have the slightest reason for believing that he will exeroise his powers. J know that Chamberlain is able; I believe that he is willing—at the right time. In this respect, like Doorkeeper Fitzhugh, he is “a bigger man than old Grant.” Pon der what I have said, and yet more what I have hinted, and he induced, if your conscience will suffer it, to villify the Union-Herald as muoh as your list, without goading Chamberlain in the fu ture. Remember that if his sins have been great his capabilities for atone ment are immense. Reflect, also, that this request comes from no apologist for Radicalism or Radioals; but, on the contrary, from one who eysr prays the Ruler of the Rniyejee will send them a short life qnd a shameful death, and may the devil have their souls. Bourbon, THU EDGEFIELD TROUBLES. Farther Rumor* In Regard to the Lynching —The Mystery About MeDevitt—His Sue. cessor to be Appointed. [Special Ditpaioh to The News irul Courier.\ Columbia, Tuesday, May 30. —There are reports from Edgefield to-day that the two women concerned in the Harmon murder were drowned in the Savannah river. No trust worthy authority is giv en for the story. It is also fpnqr)ed that Sheriff Richardson up.t been heard from since the Jynphing. Th e Governor states that governor Bonham to-day in formed him that he did not oredic either of these rumors, and especially that con cerning Richardson. He said that Rich ardson had not returned to the Court- House, but no one believed that he had been injured or endangered, Simkins called upon the Qoyerppr to-day and stated that nothing certain is known respecting the fate of the women, but that the sheriff had been heard from. He had been simply detained in the country on business, but would reach Edgefield to-day. The Governor was in consultation with Gen. Bonham and Simkius to-day concerning MeDevitt and his reported flight. Nothing positive is yet known of his whereabouts, nor is i( veaiiy that he has absconded, but I am in receipt of private information that leaves little or no room for doubt. He is said to have gone North via Charleston and Florence. His de ficiency amounts to thirty thousand dol lars and his bond to twenty thousand. Hardy Solomon, Cain, Simkins and S. J. Lee are his bondsmen. ]jt is. proba ble in any ey.ent that he vyill be displaced from office at once, and a successor ap pointed who will have the confidence of the Edgefield community. ORANGEBURG JAIL DELIVERY. No Money to Transport Convict* to. the Foai tentiory, and Accordingly Seven o,f Them Take Leg Bail. [Special to the Journal of Commerce.] Obanoebubo, May 30t —Between the hoars of 1 and 3. o’clock this morning, the following prisoners, v?ho had been sentence! at the lest term of Court held here, hy bus Honor Judge J. F Heed, while awaiting to be conveyed to the penitentiary by Sheriff Cain, who could not raise enough money to carry them there, broke jail and escaped, by sawing, as it is said by ontside parties, the bars of a window in their cell. Their names are as follows : Wb. Sanlders, Charles Carter, Hilliard Glover, Simon Green, Samuel Govan, Anthony Kennedy,’ and Wm. £|orteipq. |t is very strange that large negro men could possibly escape through an aperture 6$ by 12$ inches, and that there were two other prisoners in the same cell who did not also try to make their escape. Some think it was all understood, as tha jailer is a negro and a candidate for the Legislature. Ad exchange asks: “It there’s a place for everything, where is the place for a boil?” It has been said that the best place for such an ornament is on some other fellow. And we don’t think a bet ter location can be diaooyered l the dry goods market. The OM System Successfully Revived— The Auction Sales oi Lust Week—BeaeEcial Effect on the Trade. The New York Times says that the re turn to the old system of auotion sales of dry geods, which prevailed before tbe war, has proved entirely successful more successful indeed than its most sangnine promoters anticipated. Since the war the manufacturers have sent their surplus stock for disposal to snch houses as Claflin & Cos., A. T. Stewart Sc Cos., and others, and they had to wait patiently for a return, until such time as the goods oonld be disposed of. Sinee 1873 the sales of such surplus stocks have not been as large or as rapid as could be desired, and the consequence was that manufacturers generally found themselves in an embarrassed condition, with large lots of unsold and apparently unsalable goods on their hands. The regular market was doll, there was no disposition to buy except what was ab solutely required by the immediate and pressing demands of the trade, and there appeared to be no channel for the sur plus stock on the manufacturers’ hands. They all curtailed production; but still with this curtailment there was always a fair, amount of stock on hand, for which there was no brisk demand. Judg ing from the success of the auotion sales made this week manufacturers will no longer have reason to grumble; they have found a market at reasonable prioes, and, if the prioes are not very they will show exactly the value of the goods whioh lie in their possession unsold and they oan thus judge precisely their financial condition. During the present week over two mil lion five hundred thousand dollars’ worth of dry goods have bean thrown upon the market—Thursday’s sales by Field, Morris, Fenner Sc Cos. realizing about one million three hundred thou sand dollars. In point of attendance in the houses whioh were represented tha sale was an extraordinary one, and the demand was extremely brisk; so lively, indeed, that doable the number of paokages iu the catalogue were dis posed of, and the auctioneers oonld have disposed of more if they had had them. The catalogue comprised woolens and tailoring goods, carpets and matting, and a very large stock of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, including a large quantity of blue and brown denims, tickings, shirt ings, bleaohed goods, See., and several bales and oases of sheetings, the pro ducts of the Naumkeag, Stark and Langdon Mill. The sale room was crowded to its utmost capacity, and among those in attendance were repre sentatives of the firms of A. T. Stewart 4 Cos., H. B. Claflin & Cos., Kane, Springdale Sc Cos., Evans, Peake Sc Cos., Loder & Lockwood, Dunham, Buckley & Cos., Wm. Kniseley Sc Cos., Emery, Ivey & Lee, Adriance, Robbins Sc Cos., Field, Leiter & Cos., Chicago ; J. Y. Farwell & Cos., Chicago; H. Kern Sc Cos., New Or leans; A. Frank $ Sons, St. Louis; J. Strauss Brothers 4 Cos., San Francisco; John Shilite & Cos., Ginoiunati; Straus Brother, Baltimore ; Stettauer Brothers & Cos., Chioago; Hood, Bonbright & Cos., Philadelphia; Jordan, Marsh Sc Cos., Boston; Morse, Shepard Sc Cos., Boston; Murphy, Grant & Cos., and Weil Broth ers & Cos., of San Franoisco, and others. The ssls pommenoed at 11 o’clock, and was continued until late in the afternoon, the prices realized being about ten per cent, less than those usually obtained at private sales. A Times reporter, on inquiring how these sales oould be profitable th the manu facturer, at a reduction of ten per eent. on the usual rates, was informed that the sales whioh have just taken place would not leave, perhaps, any large margin of profit, but they relieved the manufacturers of a great incubus, and put ready capital at their disposal, which was far preferable to keeping dead goods in their *uf Ware houses. Jt showed them, too, that there was a market for their goods; that a revival iu business had taken place, and that they need not despair for the future. If the prices obtained are not remunerative, they will naturally re sort to some means to cut down their expenses and make the cost of produc tion less. The whoiPSftlO dealers who attended the sale expressed themselves as highly gratified with the result. It was too soon, they said, to express any general opinion as to the effeot of the sales on business, but on the particular goods sold no doubt there be a proportionate redqpfiqn to retail deal ers, which Wofi ] and Oftye the effect of en couraging trade throughout the country. TO THE POLAR SEAS. An Expedition Fitted Out From Connecticut* New Yot-K, May 31.-*A Norwioh, Connecticut, dispatch saya an expedi tion is now being fitted out in which several famous navigators, of the Po ls? seas participate, It appears that during the search of the Tigress for the Polaris over a year ago rich veins of graphite were discovered in Cumberland Inlet. On the return to St. John’s Lieutenant W. A. Mintger, United States Naval Engineer, chartered a small steamer and went hack and continued' hi? mineral survey. He found large beds of graphite and mica, but owing to the lateness of the season was unable to bring any away. The topsail schooner Era has been recently fitting at New London, and will sail next Moofiay un der Government auspige? tft get a cargo of these minora l !! and make further col lections of Arctic Flora and Fauna for the Smithsonian Institute. Oapt. Jas. Buddington, of Groton, Conn., is the Era's sailing master. Esquimaux Joe accompanies this expedition, as do other Arctic voyagers of long experience. The Era is a vessel of 160 tons burden btjilt for the coasting tradg, travelT A Train Which Flags by Day and Banflre* by Night will Herald Across the Continent in Eighty-Four Honrs* New Yobk, May 30,— -All arrange ments have been completed for the Jar rett and Palmer special fast train, which leases New York for San Francisco early on Thursday morning, Jane 1. Tele grams will be received here from numer ous points along the line as the train progresses, giving the time at which it reaches each point. Every precaution has been taken to have a clear track for the train. Flagmen wifi he stationed at short distance* from each other all along the route during the day, io keep the line free of obstacles, and at night bonfires will he kindled every few miles, one hour in advance of the train, as a signal to have the track clear. The fast train will thus be lighted over the wide prairies.and through the canons of the West by these beacon fires,, Tiie entire trip is expected tq accomplished in eighty-fouf kW*- After careful con sideration the Chicago and Northwest ern route has been adopted and officials of this road have entered ekhqsiaatically into the spirit of the enterprise. The train will carry bu,t twenty passengers. OLD DOMINION UKNjW>LRAC\. Meeting *f -'mate Coflyenqoji XeaterUgy, RrostssoND, May 3d.—The Conserva tive Convention met this morning. Gen. E. G. Bagwell was made temporary President and ex-Gov. Jno. L. Marye, permanent President. Gov. Mafye, upon assnming the chair, mhdo * forci ble and telling speech, Me said the en lightened uh 4 intelligent people of the land have reason for radical reform in pnblia affairs. Love of country was aroused and those who. had abused the public trust would he brought to judg ment for the first time since the late war. good wtU was stretched out totim old Mother to, return to, the councils of the co mi try. will respond to the call and aid by her counsel to restore an era of wise and good administration and to present this Republic as it was a hundred years ago, as a government worthy the pride and respect of the world. A Committee on Resolutions was appointed and the Convention took a recess. GABipn Wonf fob Jure. —Winter cabbage seeds, if shaded by day until np, may still be planted. Continue to plant corn, snap beans, ;comfield beans, and table peas, and save *U garden seeds as they ripen, Frepe ground for tur nip?, by frequent blowing or digging. Continue to transplant celery, Winter cabbage, sweet potato? slips, tomatoes, etc., protecting tfiem from, the hot son. Thin out the later planted crop? of car rots, beets, etc. Cut off the upper shoots of tomafo, plants wberq the fruit is half grown, as it hastens maturity, frisk po tatoes may be gathered this month. Dig early in the n&orning or lajte in the even ing, or fn,?loudy weather, so %s to avoid ; the hot ?gn. *2 A YEAR—POSTAGE PAID. THE STATE. THE PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS. The Floyd Superior Court is again in session this week, Judge Underwood presiding. The turpentine still of Mr. J. M. Edwards, at Surrency, was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. Hog cholera is reported to be prevail ing extensively in Clay county, especial ly in the eastern part. The Waynesboro Minstrel Troupe pro pose giving an entertainment atLawton ville Wednesday, the 31st inst. The students of Emory College and citizens of Oxford will have an exeursion to Atlanta on the 10th of June. Quite a number of marriages in Burke oounty of late. Hard times doesn’t seem to deter those who mean business. Died, in Habersham county, on 17th inst., at an advanced age, Mrs. Rebeoca Crane, mother of Hon. W. T. Crane. _ There is some talk of a grand excur sion from Albany to Brunswick and out to one of the islands, at an early day. The “bouquet exhibition” of the Grangers at Red Oak Church, at Newtou Factory last Saturday, we learn, was a success. The acreage of oats in Georgis is one hundred and tjhjrty-five ■ compared to last year, or thirty-five per oeut. increase of ffbreage of last year's crop. Alexander Smith, an extensive and suc cessful planter aud prominent oitizen, died at his residence in the upper por tion of Washington county on Saturday last. Waynesboro Expositor: Mr. Louis Cohen has rented or leased the residence of Mr. Jas. E. Frost. We are informed by Mr. Frost that he intends going to Florida. Crops are looking finely. The rust does not appear to be doing the damage it was onoe feared it would do, and tbe prospect now of a good wheat crop is excellent. Hon. E. R. Harden appointed County Judge of Brooks; T. M. Burney, Ooud ty Judge of Jasper, and T. N. Winn, Solicitor-General of the Oounty Court of Liberty oounty. Forest News : Barring the faot men tioned last week of the complaints of rust and fly in the wheat, the reports of the growing orops, at home and abroad, are truly encouraging. The Barnesyille Literary Society is a big thing. Last Friday night they set tled the question of the right of trial by jury, and next Friday night they tackle the slavery question. The fruit and vegetable business of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad la in creasing rapidly. Four osra are now being fitted up fo r this trade, and will be on the road within ten days. Married, on the 23d ult., in the town of Forsyth, in the millinery store of Mrs. Bettie Simmons, by the Rev. E. Dumas, Mr. J. J. Barnes and Miss A. J. Ander son, all of Monroe oounty, Ga, Graham, who killed &ig in Madison county, has been Wbfiued in jail to await his trial fftr murder before the Superior Qoqrt. The preliminary trial was held the day after the death of King. Edgar Herburt, of Polk oounty, was received at West Point. Out of 170. ques tions, he answered all oorreutly exoept one; and out of applicants who were examined, seven only were received. 4 man whose name is forgotten, who resides in Habersham county, near the line of Hall, gave his wife so severe a beating on Sunday last that she died from the effects of her injuries on Mon day. The Gwinnett Herald says: A bald eagle was killed by Mr. Joseph Harris, near Ravia’ mill, on last Thursday. It measured five feat and seven inches from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other. Gainesville Eagle; “We have good reports from the Glade mine, in this county. Gold is being taken ont in paying quantities, aud the company are looking every day when they will strike the s hig bonanza.’ ” Alnegro boy named Henry Smith, some sixteen or seventeen years old, went into a pond below Maeon, on Sun day, to bathe. Re bad aot been in long before he go.t beyond his depth and was drqwued before assistance reached him. The Elberton Gazette says : There’s nothing that gives us more pleasure than to hear that our farmers are realising the damaging effeot of making ao much cotton. We believe there is a material difference in this and last year’s plant ing. Rome Courier: Mr. -Cobb, of Polk county, was tu the city this week. He says he don't owe a dollar and don’t in tend to, but has some owing to him that may be owing to him for some time to come; yet he thinks times, ore bard and gloomy. The twq uegrees, Jim Tillman and 9am TiUman, who were tried at the late session of Baker Superior Court for the murder of Joshua J, Musgrove, in De cember last, were found guilty, and re commended by the jury to imprison ment for life. All ye who want to spend the Sum mer pleasantly, at a good healthy place, where the air aud water is pure, and where you cun have all the conveniences usually found about the cities, can be accommodated at moderate figures in Gainesville, by applying early. Lightning struck a tree in Gre&n's mill pond, Early county, soie two or three weeks ago, and a day or two after wards a large numbs* 0/ dead fish were found floating on the water, supposed to. have been killed by the lightning, which passed into the water trota the tree. We learn that the gam crib for Mr. Frank M. Cowart, of Calhoun county, was robbed of its contents and after wards fired,, on Friday night of week be fore fret. Bis stable was attached to the crib, in whioh was his horse, but all his efforts to move him were unavailing, and he perished in the flames. The crop news from all parte of the country is most cheering, Wheat is not seriously damaged hx the rust, and it is ripening out of danger. Corn, cotton, sugar eauOy sorghum, potatoes, rice and grass crops are all reported in fine con dition from the Alleghanies to the Gulf, and from the Atlantic to the place where the sun goes to sleep. Eatonton Messenger: From all we oan learn, crops were never ha better condition at this season of the year. The stand of cotton is good and the corn look* well. The dry weather has been propitious for cleaning the crops, which are now ready for rain—a thing very much needed. This morning (Thursday) the indications are favorable for a good season. On Wednesday of last week Essex Cle burne and John Williams, both negroes, became engaged in a difficulty at Wad ley’s Mill, in Emanuel county, in which ; the former inflicted wounds on the lat ter with a knife, causing almost instant and nth. After his mnrderons act Cle , burns tied, and up to this time he has not been caught. Messrs. Wadley A Cos. have offered a reward of S2Q for his ap prehension. Marriages in Georgia: Two marriages took place in Fannin county last week. , Mr. IX Y. Davis was married to Miss L, ! Huckobee, and M. W. B. Henry to Miss O. Shafer. At the residence of the bride’s mother, in Qolambns, on the evening of the 16th instant, by Rev. H. B. Treadwell, Qapt. James A. Olubb to Miss Josephine Spear; on Tuesday evening, May 9th, in Pearson, Coffee county hy Rev. W. A. McDonald, Mr. Henry Love to Miss Artia Tooke. Early County News : Some Early oounty farmers have a surplus of bacon, if others don’t; and this proves that hogs can be raised here. Mr, Evans, of the 26th District, part of his surplus to tp,W W> other day, and exchanged U fo* flour. A great many oats hayq been harvested this week. the rust in some fields, the crop will be a full average one per acre, and the acreage in this eonnty is fully one-third in excess of last year. ftiaos John E. Bryant, the “Boss An l gel” of the Radicals in Savannah, has assumed the editorial charge of the At lanta Repufifieoji, it seems to be ran in thf. interest of the “B.” family, viz : ffrysut and Blaine, of Maine. Bryant comes out heavy for Blaine for Presi dent, and as he is tinring to get the nice berth of Collector of Customs lor the Port of Savannah* he expects Brother Blaine to reciprocate. It is not generally known that he is working far this place, for which there are so many applicants, but some of the knowing ones will let a word drop sometimes in the presence of newspaper men, and, of course, they are made ns# of. Has the country not had eawfh of the “fr” family ? SOUTH CAROLINA. NEWS NOTES FROM THE PALMET TO STATE. Rust troubles the wheat in Oconee. Drouth prevails in parts of Fairfield. The health of Sumter is generally good. Mrs. Susan Kennemon, of Pickens, is dead, aged 94. A lodge of Knights of Honor has been organized in Walhalla. Efforts are making to organize a rifle company in Blackville. The Rev. Thos. R. Garey, of the Bap tist Church, in Pickens, is dead. The Young Men’s Christian Associa tion, of Orangeburg, is flourishing; Injuries to the wheat and oats crops from storms are reported in Union. An immigration meeting was held in, Pickens 0. H., on the 18th instant. Mr. Havener, near Bivingsville, had his thigh broken by the kick of a mule. A Democratic Club has been organiz ed at Easley Township, Piokens county. Isaac Jones, colored, has been arrest ed in Sumter on five oharges of burg lary. 6 Governor Hubbard, of Texas, is a na tive of South Carolina, Abbeville oounty. The colored hook and ladder company of Winnsboro paraded on Thursday af ternoon. 1J Reports of mad dogs are numerous in this and the adjoining State of North Carolina. A dog which was bitten by a mad dog recently m Union also went mad and was killed. Along the Ridge, in Edgefield, the oat crop this year is increased tenfold over former crops. Ex-Gov. Perry will deliver the closing lecture before the Cheraw Lyceum, on the 2d of June. Judge Mackey delivered an address before the Lancaster Sons of Temper ance on the 26th inst. Mrs. Linda Thomas, aged sixty, and a daughter of Mr. Jacob Stewart, aged ten, died at Fort Motto last week. Mr. J. L. Harrell’s gin house in the lower part of Darlington was consumed by lightning, on Sunday, 21st. Senator Patl&son, of South Carolina, has been appo%ited by the President a member of the Board of Visitors to West Point. The churchyard and oemetery at Rob erts’ have been enclosed with anew and substantial fenoe,which is quite an im provement. A match game of chess between Union and Spartanburg was oommenced Friday morning. The moves will be reported by telegraph. Two thieveß attempted to rob the barn of Mr. J. H. Drennan, of Abbeville, As he rushed out they fired two pistol shots at him and esoape'd. * Miss Ellen Meadows, of Spartanburg, was seriously burned last week, in at tempting to light a kerosine lamp by some burning paper iu the fire plaoe. A match game of base ball will b* played Tuesday, Juno 6, at Winnsboro, between the Nameless Club, of that plaoe, and the Columbia, of Columbia. The business of Court, having inter fered with the meeting of Lexington Democratic Club, on Saturday last, it will be held on next Saturday, at 3. o’clock. ' Two or three negroes were lodged in the calaboose at Belton last Saturday on the charge of stealing corn and ba oon. We have not learned what the de velopments are. A fight between two colored men took place near Jonc&ville last Saturday, in which one at them was shot aud killed We have not baen able to get the par ticulars of the affair. A big cook fight will take place at Batesburg, on C. C. Sc A. R. R. Satur day, the 10th day of June. A main of thirteen fights. The contest will com mence at 9 o’clock, a. m. Mr. J. C. Hayden, of Greenville, has applied for a patent for a milkman’s transportation can, which prevents the roughest jolting of a wagon from dis turbing the milk. This is a chance for a fortune, Bi&hep Lynch will administer the sa crament of confirmation at the Cathedral Chapel, in Charleston, next Sunday morning, to a large nnmber of persons who are now being instructed by ' the pastor of that church. A pound of bacon at Sumter is now worth as muoh as two pounds of lint cotton, and we make no doubt that those who are on liens will pay three pounds of cotton next Fall for one ponnd of ba con they are now eating. The streets of Columbia were never in a better condition than they are now. The drains are all cleaned out, and the refnse casted away instead as heretofore thrown into the middle of the streets to be washed back by the first rain. • A handsome catalogue of the officers, students and studies of Newberry college has been received. This institution of learning, situated in Walhalla, at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains, is in a prosperous and healthy condition. We learn that John Shields, nephew of Capt. J. W, Daniels, narrowly escaped drowning la a mill pond last Friday. He was rescued by Messrs. Wilson and Jack sou, the latter being injured by a snag in his efforts to save the drowning youth. Mrs. Joseph M. Wilkinson died at Pendleton, on the 14th instant. She was a daughter of Oapt. Jas. F. Green, form erly of Charleston, and, together with her husband and family, had recently moved to Pendleton from Adam’s Run, Colleton eonnty. She leaves her hus band and four ohildren to monrn an irreparable loss. Mose Williams, an outlaw for whom numerous rewards have been offered, was brought into Florence on Saturday by six colored men who had captured him. He was tied with ropes and had a chain wound round him as he laid in the bottom of a cart, his six captors marching beside it. He is now in Darl ington jail. We regret to see that the late libel suit of Earle vs. Baileys, in Greenville, has been dragged into the politics of that county by indiscreet newspaper correspondents. The Radicals of the State are looking on with a great deal of pleasure, and enjoy the quarrel in the Democratic fold hugely. No true Dem oorat would play into their hands so foolishly. Among the crooked whisky prisoners tried st the recent term of the United States Court in Charleston and sentenced to the Albany Penitentiary we notice the names of the following from Anderson : John Hill, three years, and Wm.S. Gen try, two years. The prisoners left Charleston on the steamship Champion last Saturday evening under the charge of the United States Marshal and sev eral special deputies. Hon. Benjamin H. Wilson, of George town, died on the 16th inst. Col. Wil son. was a highty accomplished gentle man of the old school, well known throughout the State. He represented Georgetown for many years in the Gen eral Assembly, and wielded a strong personal influence. He was a lawyer by profession, and edited the Georgetown Times for many years. He was a pa triot and a gentleman, and lab ore-) earn estly for the good of the State, during his whole life. Portions of Union county were visited by heavy storms of %<fnd, rain and hail on last Sunday Monday afternoons, which did mischief to the wheat and oat crqpa. In some places the wheat and were blown down so badly that neither 6an be cut with the scythe. The . wheat was in the bloom, and what, is blown down good farmers tell ns will not be likely to fill out. We regret tq learn also thdl the rnst is getting bad on the wheat blade. So far, we have not heard of its attacking the stalk, and it is generally conceded that it does not injnre wheat much nntil it reaches the stalk. Court was in session in Lanrens last week, Judge Northrop presiding. Soli citor Fleming made a motion to over throw the grand jury on the ground that it was illegally drawn, and produced an order to that effect signed by Judge Moses. After hearing arguments from the bar. Judge Northrop overrnled the motion. His charge to the grand jnry was comprehensive, dwelling particular ly on tile crime of argon,which has been of frequent occurrence. Two session? were held daily, and on Wednesday three were held. The most important ease was that of Mose Parks for the murder of Mr. Laurens Cox, which at last accounts had not been decided. Judge Northrop has very favorably im pressed the people of Lanrens.
