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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.