Georgia Historic Newspapers

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WEDNESDAY JUNE 7,1878
HTABAT MATER DOLOROSA.
By the cross, s*d vigil keeping.
Stood the doleful Mother weeping
Where her Son extended hnng;
For her soul, of joy be reeved,
Sait with sngairh, deeply grieved,
Lo, the piercing sword hed wrong.
O bow eed end sore-distressed
Now wss she. thet Mother blessed
Of the Sole-Begotten One !
Woebegone, with heart's prostration.
Mother meek, the bitter passion
Sew she of her glorious Son.
Who on Christ s fond Mother looking.
Such extreme affliction brooking,
Boro of women, would not weep ?
Who, on Christ's fond Mother thinking,
With her Mon in sorrow sinking.
Would not share her sorrow deep ?
For His people’s sins rejected,
Bhe her Jeans unprotected
Hew with thorns, with scourges rent;
Hew her Son from J augment taken,
Her beloved in death forsaken.
Till His spirit forth He sent.
With Thy Mother s deep devotion,
Make me feel her strong emotion.
Fount of Love, Redeemer kind ;
That my heart, fresh ardor proving,
Thee my Cod and Saviour loving,
May with Thee acceptance And. Amen.
— Slant't Tramlatum.
NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
[By Irwin ftuuell, in SerOmer for June.]
You, Nebuchadnezzar, whoa, aah !
Whar is you tryiu’ to go, sah ?
I’d hab you tor to know, sah,
Ts a-holdin' ob de lines.
You better stop dat prancin’!
Yon’a pow’fol fond of dancin ,
But I'll bet my yeeh’s advancin’
Dat Hi cure you ob your shines.
Look heah, Mule ! Better min’ out—
Fus’t’ing you know you’ll An’ out
How quick I’ll wear die line oat
On your ugly stubbo’n back.
You needn’t try to steal up
An’ lift dat precious heel up ;
Yon’s got to plow dis Ael’ up.
You has, sah, for a fee.
Der dot * de way to do it!
He’s coinin' right down to it ,
watch him plowin trooit.
Dw nigger ain’t no fool.
a. folks aey would ’a’ beat him—
I know jes’ how to treat him :
You mas’ reason wid a mule.
He minds me like a nigger.
If be was only bigger
He’d fotch a mighty Agger,
He would, I tell you! Yes, sah!
See how he kee s e-olickin !
He’s as gentle as a chicken.
An’ nebber thinks o’ kickin
Whoa, dar ! Mefjuchadnezzah !
.*♦**
Is dis beali me, or not me ?
Or is de debbil got me ?
Was data eannon shot me ?
Hab I laid heah more'n a week ?
Dat male do kiok amazin’'.
De beast was sp’iled In raisin'—
By now I’epect he’s grazin’
On de Oder side de creek.
BY THE DEAD.
BY EBEN E. KEXFORD.
Hbe lay in her chamber, peaceful and still,
And silent, as all of us some day will.
Hsr hands held fast on her marble breast,
A lotus-lily in dreams of rest.
Her eyes were shut on the world of men,
Never to weep and grow dim again.
At the sorrowful story of grief and lose,
Or darken with pain at the .weight of a cross :
And her Ups were shut close, as
The secrets of death and its wonderfnl sleep.
“Waken, darling !” he cried, andlaid
His hands on the clasped hands of the maid.
“Or is it not slumber that holds you here,
In this strange, white silenoe ? Answer, dear
“Open your lip*, as a flower unfolds,
And tell me the seorets your silence holds.
“Lift from your cheeks, that are waxen white,
The gold of your lashes, and let the Ught
“Of even the sweetest I ever knew,
Like the sunset, tremble through.
“I forget! You are dead to the words I say—
The soul that would answer has gone away.
“Dead ? Dead ?Oh ! you are not! It cannot
be, ,
Waken, darling, and answer me!
“flee, here is a rose, a great white rose,
Hweet as love is, and pansy-blows,
“AH wet with the tears of the angels. Wake
And take them and wear them for love's sweet
sake.
“I olasp your hand in my own and ory
Ts it such a terrible thing to die!’
' ‘The hardest lot is to live, and know
That a face is hidden in grass or snow.
“That was fairest of all things under the sun;
To think that the dream of all dreams is done.
To know that the years, be they many Or few,
Will be years of longing and grief for you!
“My sweet, dead rose! If I lay by your side,
If I had died on the day you died,
“And the same low grave that will oover you
Could shut us both from the world we knew—
" Away from the woe and the ills that fret,
From loss and longing, and all regret—
"Oh, love ! such slumber would be so sweet,
Wrapped in daises from head to feet.
"Or snow tlist is white as the cheeks I kiss,
Where the roses were that I so much miss ?
< -But that cannot be! You will rest and dream
Lika s Uly asleep on an eddied stream.
“While I go on with the tide of life,
And think of you in its flerceet strife—
“ Think of the girl with the pknsy-eyes,
And the sometime gladness of Paradise,
“For oyer there, when the end shall come
Of waiting and sleeping—no longer dumb
■ •To the words I utter, your lips will meet
My own in a kiss that is wondrous sweet!
“Oh, pure, white lore! Take one last long kiss,
To keep while the time of our waiting is;
“And give it back in that realm so fair.
With Paradise-bloom an your sun-touched hair:
And so—good-bye ! But good morning there 1"
—Aldine.
THE SHADOW ON THE WALL.
My home a stately dwilling is,
With lofty arching doors;
There is earring on tor ceiling high,
And yelvet on the '.lcore ;
A rich and costly building,
Where noiseless -seryauts wait.
And 'neath the escutcheon's gliding
None enter but the 'treat,
But a happier home is nr -,r it, a humble cot
tage small,
Anal envy its sweet mi -t ,ess the shadows on
the wall.
My pictures are the pri lc of art,
And drawn by ouuuiu* ands;
But the painted figures never more,
Nor change the paiuted lands ;
Before the poorest window
More gorgeous pageants glide,
Within the lowliest household
More lifelike groups abide;
And I turn from soulless symbols, that crowd
my gloomy hall.
To watch the shifting shadows upon the cot
tage wall.
My stately husband never bends
To kiss me on the lips;
His heart is -h his iron safe,
His thoughts re with his ships:
But when the tn. ht gathers
Adown the dusky street,
The little houeenife listens
For sounds of erming feet.
And by the gleaming flreligbi i see a figure
tall
Bend down to kiss a shadow, a shadow on the
wall.
My garden palings, broad and high,
Shut in its costly spoils,
And through the ordered paths all day
The siUnt gardener toils;
Mv neighbor's is a grass-plat.
With a hardy buttercup,
Where children’s dimpled fingers
Pull dandelions up;
Where on a babe's silken head all the day the
sunbeams fall,
The evenint throws its shadows upon the cot
tage wall.
My petted lap-dog, warm and soft.
Nestles upon my knee;
My biros shut up their diamond eyes
i hat love to look for me;
Lonelv. I watch my neighbor.
And* watching can but weep.
To see her r. ck her darlings
Upon her breast asleop.
Alas! my doves are gentle, my dog comes at
mv call.
But there is no childish shadow upon my cham
ber walk
* My beauty is the talk of fools.
And by the gaslight's glare,
In glittering drees and gleaming gems,
I know that I am fair;
But there is something fai er,
Whose charm in levins lies.
And there is something clearer—
The light of happy eyes.
Bo 1 return triumphant, queen of the brilliant
ball.
To envy the sweet shadow of the housewife on
the wall.
My esrthlv lot is rich and high.
And hers is poor and low;
Vet I would give my heritage
Her deeper joys to know ;
For hnsbalids that are 1 >vers
Are rare in all the lands,
A#J hearts grow fit for heaven,
Moul ed by childish hands;
And while Igo up lonely before the Judge of
all
A cherub troop will usher the shadow on the
wall. j
MR. ALCANTARA.
He U Pleased Wish His Trip.
Washington, May, 81.— Dom Pedro,
the Emperor of Brazil, the Empress and
party arrived this morning in the Pull
man palace can, Kenoesaw and Metro
politan via the Kenneaaw and Midland
routes from New Orleaus. Their entire
Southern trip was made without a aua
■conneetioa or accident and they express
themselves highly pleased with their re
ception everywhere.
PERILOUS BALLOON VOYAGE.
The Belfast News-Letter publishes an
account of a balloon ascentfrom the Bo
tanic Gardena in that town on Easter
Monday, from which it Appears that the
two adventurous gentlemen who ascend
ed had a narrow escape for their lives.
The balloon was nnder the control of an
experienced and well-known sßronant,
Mr. Joseph Bimmona, whose reputation
for skillful management of balloons in
terial journeys doubtless assisted the
courage of the gallant Lieutenant Bai
ley, who, along with Mr. Simmons, ven
tured on his first aeronautic expedition.
The balloon took at the start a perpen
dicular direction, and continued a ver
tical line op to a height of 2,000 feet,
and having traveled a little towards the
west, it was lost to view in the clouds.
For the space of ten minutes the balloon
remained in the thick clouds, traveling
still westward; and Mr. Simmons, being
aware of the great uncertainty of the up
per currents, nd being in an extra de
gree anxious for his companion, deter
mined to make, as speedy as possible,
preparations to descend. No sooner
had he done so, and was beginning to
go down, than he heard his fellow pas
senger say, “Do you hear the sea run
ning beneath us ?” Having at the very
time been under the same impression
himself, he, of course, replied that he
did hear the sea. He at once opened
the valve, and the balloon began rapidly
to descend. On emerging from under
neath the clouds be discovered, not a
little to his surprise, that the more ele
vated portions of the high mountains in
the neighborhood of Belfast were quite
near, so mnch so, indeed, as to preclude
tne possibility of manoeuvring before
coming in contact with the surface of
the earth. Mr. Simmons saw that he
was now in a dilemma, beiDg nearer the
earth than was advantageous for the
safe working of the balloon, and yet far
enough from it to be exposed to destruc
tion. He told the Lieutenant to hold
on with all his might, and just while
his companion was saying, “We shall
be dashed against that house,” the ap
prehended occurrence had taken place,
and with snch great violence that a
large part of the roof of the building
was torn away. The balloon rebounded
after its impact with the roof, and Mr.
Simmons was endeavoring with the ut
most dispatch to bring it to the ground.
He now directed the Lieutenant to place
himself outside the car and to hang on
with his arms, ready on an instant’s
warning to do what he was ordered.
This, of course, the brave Lieutenant
did, and the balloon was fortunately
lowered till within ten feet of the earth.
As soon as this point was reaohed, Mr.
Simmons called on the Lieutenant to
let himself drop. The order was prompt
ly obeyed; it could not have been given
at a better time, for in a minute later
the Lieutenant’s chances of life would
have been easily reckoned. Happily, he
escaped without receiving any serious
injuries, and this agreeable fact he con
veyed to his friend, Mr. Simmons, by
•hooting loudly after him as the balloon
rapidly reascended, “1 am all right.”
One danger over, another to be mot
with. It wits not an easy matter for
Mr. Simmons to watch the valve aud
keep the balloon in oontrol and at the
same time to look for a favorable oppor
tunity of escape at the moment it pre
sented itself. He found himself in a
second back into the clonds. The reas
cent of the balloon having been greatly
accelerated by the removal of the weight
of one passenger, end not until it had
reached the fearful altitude of 7,000 feet
did Mr. fcimmons succeed in putting
anv check on its upward course. Hero,
to his unutterable horror, he observed,
that of the seventeen main ropes sus
pending the car in whioh he was from
the netting of the balloon, ten had boon
severed by the collision with the roof
which the balloon had struck when near
the earth, and that others of the remain
ing seven were giving way. The neces
sity of the awful moment suggested to
him the thought, which he quickly put
in practice, tbftt he could relieve the car
oi his weight, suspending himself near
ly to Jus foil length on tfafl valve rope,
aQd this a‘ the same time performed the
other requisite service of opening the
valve, so as to give the gas a ready exit.
The balloon came down with great ve
locity, and before Mr, Simmons had
time to deliberate as to his whereabout-,
he was thrown out of the car violently
against a stone wall. Bis body struck
the top of the wall, making a great
breach in it, and he fell headforemost
into a stream on the other side, the
•tones of the wall falling on the top of
him and covering him. The bailout),
again relieved of a passenger, darted in
to the air oafio more. The grappling
iron, attached to the car, was dragged
forcibly over the stouts* under which
Mr. Simmons lay, but farm stones,
which at first threatened to crush hi m
out of existence, were the vary thing
which saved his life in the last extremi
ty by preserving him from the grappling
iron which would, have torn him to pie*
ces. He lay in this unenviable position,
perfectly insensible for a few minutes.
The cold stream which passed under his
head served to revive him, and he was
recovered from his stupor after a little
while, bat too late to ace anything of
the balloon. He made his way as well
as he could to the nearest cottage,
where he found an old man named Brad*
ley, who accompanied him to the main
road, where he Left him in charge of
some passers by, who gave him assist
ance on hi* journey for four miles, when
he was placed under the cans of Dr.
Boss. He is making rapid progress to
wards convalescence, and will be shortly 1
as well as when he started f(OM .the gar
dens.
A COMPLETE TRAGEDY.
Roseville, Penn., April 26.— The sui
cide by hanging, near this village yes
terday, of a wealthy farmer, named
William Russell, has called up the de-'
tails of a most shocking tragedy,
of which the suicide was the result.—
William Russell, up to a year ago, was
the leading citizen of the extensive
farming country hereabout. He was an
Englishman, anil came here some ten
years ago. He had s wife and two chil
dren then, but about three years after
his wife and youngest child were killed
by a runaway horse. His remaining
child, Hattie, was then tea years old.
Among the neighbors of the Bussells
was a family named Hurd. Their farm
joined Russell’s. Five years ago Hurd
and Russell quarreled over the location
of a line fence, and the dispute was car
ried to court, where, after long litiga
tion, it was decided adversely to Rus
sell. He ever after entertained a bitter
hatred toward his neighbor’s entire fami
ly. Shortly after the death of his wife
and child Russell hired a girl named
Lizzie Sackett, then aged thirteen, to
assist his daughter Hattie, and be a
companion to her. The two girls
grew up together, but there never
was any great intimacy between
them, their natures being entire
ly opposed. Hattie, at seventeen,
was a favorite in the social circle.
Miss Sackett at twenty was a handsome
woman, but not liked by many. Last
Spring Miss Russell met Horton Hurd,
a son of her father’s old enemy, then
deceased, for the first time since they
were children. They formed a mutual
attachment, but it was suddenly inter
rupted by the emphatic command of
Farmer Russell. About the same time
Hattie made the discovery that a suspi
cious intimacy existed between her
father and Lizzie Sackett. She remon
strated with both, and finally ordered
Lizzie to leave the house. Russell
brought her back and placed her in
authority. The daughter found work as
a seamstress in this village. This caused
intense public indignation, and the
former was in a fdiort time compelled
to send Miss Hackett away, when his
daughter returned. Her father’s con
duct, however, had led her to think
that he had forfeited his right to stand
iu the way of her happiness, and during
her temporary alienation from him she
met her lover, Hurd, again and accepted
his proposal of marriage and consented
to an early day for the ceremony.
On September 24, 1875, Russell astoti-3
ished his daughter by tailing her that j
he was going that morning to Saokett’v
having arranged to marry Lizzie. Hattie
told her father that she would not live
under the same roof with them, but
would lose no time in aeoepting a home
at the hands of her affianced. The farmer
laughed at what he called her prejudices,
and left her. When he returned with
hi bride the daughter was nowhere to
be found. A note on her bureau inform
ed her father that she had left his house
forever, to aeeept another home. Rus
sell, 6wearing that he would rather see
his daughter dead than the wife of a
Hard, started in pursuit of her. On
leaving her father, Miss gassett game
direct to the village, when young Maid
was soon made a .are of her presence
and pdkitian. He proposed an imme
diate marriage, and she asespted, and
Rev. Mr. Congas performed the cere
mony at the reside** of Mrs. Bradley,
a sister of Hard. After the ceremony,
when they were all at the Ainoer table,
Russell dashed into the room, and, seiz
ing a knife from thetabis, grappled with
Hard, and attempted to stab him. To
defend himself Hurd drew a revolver
and leveled it at BusaelL Just then the
yonng bride sprang be twee* the assail
ants and received a ballet in her brain.
She sank to the loo t dead. When he
realized the terrible situation, Hurd, in
a frenzv of despair, planed the pistol to
his temple, and he fell dead by the side
of bis wife.
The village was soon wild with excite
ment. Russell's arrest followed at once,
but his mind bad given away, and he
was delivered to his wife a raving mani
ac. For a months there seemed lit
tle hope at his ever regaining his reason,
bwt he did by-degrees, and since Janu
ary last baa attended to bis business as
before. An indictmedt was found
against him for deadly assault at the last
term of Court, and he was to be tried on
the charge this week. Remorse and fear
of punishment was no donbt the cause
of his committing suicide.
From the time Bussell was taken home
a madman up to the time of his recovery
his wife was his constant attendant and
nurse, and care and anxiety on his ac
count ruined her health. When Russell
recovered, however, be refused to recog
nize her and showed the most hearty re
pugnance to her presence. He finally
wholly discarded her, and sent her-to
her father, a broken-hearted, dying wo
man. It is believed that her death will
quickly follow that of her hnsband.
Russell was about fifty years old. He
leaves his property by will to a brother
in England.
CHASING A MURDERER.
An Aaauain Returns te Enquire if His Vic
tim is Dead—Vain Pnrsalt by a Sheriff’s
Posse.
[Sedalia Mo. Baioo. ]
Ever since the cold-blooded mnrder of
Mr. Thomas B. Taylor, by McMahon, in
Knob Noster, Tuesday night, the most
strenuous efforts have been made to ap
prehend him. Telegrams have been
sent to all the towns along the lines of
the various railroads, and his capture
seemed certain. He was chased by a
posse to within two miles of Lamonte, at
4 o’clock this morning, and is supposed
to be hiding in the woods near the Bard
farm, about two miles south of Lamon
te. Mr. H. P. Hnll arrived at Lamonte
on a freight train this morning, and was
busily engaged, when oar informant
left, in organizing a posse to go out and
capture him. McMahon is said to be
without money, and has only his horse
and weapons. His nephew was in Knob
Noster, trying to borrow money, but
met with poor success. It is supposed
he was trying to raise funds to enable
the fugitive to get’ont of the country. A
warrant was sworn out here, this morn
ing, and placed in the hands of Steve
Homans, who left with a party to join
in the chase. McMahon is a desperate
man, thoronghly acquainted with the
country and it is anticipated will give
considerable trouble to bis pursuers.
From Mr. George 0. Talbev, a resi
dent of Knob Noster, we obtained the
following information concerning Mc-
Mahon’s reappearance in that vicinity
last night: About 11 o’clock last night
McMahon rode up to the door of one of
his neighbors by the name of MoKeon,
who resides about two miles from Knob
Noster. McMahon had thrown down a
fence and crossed a field to get to the
bouse. He rode up to the door and
rapped without dismounting. When
asked who was there he told them, and
then asked if Taylor was dead. He was
informed that Taylor was dead and
buried. McMahon asked if anybody
was after him, and was answered in the
affirmative. He then wanted to know if
anybody was watching aronnd the
house. He declared he would never be
taken alive, when McKeon told him he
had better go away, as he did not like
to have him around the house. McMa
hon then went away, retracing the path
he came and putting up the bars be had
thrown down. As soon as he had gone
McKeon went right into town and in
formed the officers of McMahon’s ap
pearance. An armed posse of about 15
men were assembled as soon as possible,
some on horseback and some on foot,
and the entire party started for the
neighborhood of McMahon’s reappear
ance. The men were stationed at va
rious roads and lanes between McKeon’s
and the Clear Fork hills, to which it
was thought McMahon would try to es
oape. They stood at their posts until
daylight, but he did not put in an ap
pearance. An examination of the ground
was then made as soon as it was light
enough, and he was trailed eastward
from MoKeon’s across the prairie, to
ward Muddy creek, near Pemberton’s
farm. MoMahon has some relatives
named Elliott living near McKeon’s,
and it is supposed he also paid them a
visit to obtain money, as his nephew,
Charles Elliott, was borrowing money
yesterday. McMahon’s horse was tracked
there this morning, but the Elliotts de
clared he had not been there. He has
undoubtedly obtained means, and is
now endeavoring to get out of the coun
try. He has a good horse, and, from his
trail, he appears to have ridden leisure
ly along last night, taking things coolly,
aqd paving his horse’s strength for a
severe t.esi. if it should come. He will
probably travel by night and hide by
day, and is now undoubtedly within the
limits of Pettis county.
TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION.
The Asheville (No. C.) Pioneer says :
4- number of men met at a house on
North Tow river, county, foi
the purpose of a general spree. As usual
in suoft gases, a quarrel ensued, apd in
a fight bet weep young rpan and a drun
ken companion named Tooly, the former
was stabbed in the abdomen, ad por
tions of his entrails protruded from the
wound. In this condition he was placed
in ft blanket, a pole run through a loop
in the and the ends shouldered by
twd men, wo attempted to carry him
where he could get surgfpal aid, The
path led along ttye side ,of- a rugged
mountain, ad they had borne hup Some
distance when the jthrough which
the pole ran loosened, and mS Vended
man was thrown down the mountain, hi®
intestines catching on bushes and wind
icg around him as he rolled down its
precipitous side. He was alive when
picked up, his friends carried him
nn (i house in the neighborhood. We
are informed that ah hid housewife
was called if} to attend h>. IWf '
ed back the entrails and sewed up the
orifice with packthread, frater In the
day a Dr. Hugger arrived, who gave it
as his opinion that tne operation had not
been properly done that Davis’
“paunch” was not in the proper posi
tion, and that some of the minor entrails
were missing. This he ascertained by
giving the patient several hearty shakes;
be said “ihe sound was too hollow.” At
his order the man was again ripped
open, while parties were sent in search
of the missing entrails. They found
several of these injjiapensables to the
progress of digestion, and, tyurrying
back to the house, handed them to ttye
M, P. As they were very dirty, he
rinsed them in cold water, sprinkled a
little salt oypr them as a preservative,
and then put thorn In the patient. The
wound was resawed, and when our in
formant left it was thought that Davis
would recover. If he does, a life insur
ance policy would be the greatest ex
travagance he could indulge in.
A Story of thb Connecticut State
Prison. —Apropos of tfa amelioration
of the Connecticut State Prison, dftri.ng
the past 30 years, the story of Pool, of
New Havep, sentenced for life for burn
ing his store, is told onoe more. Another
man on his death-bed confessed the
crime, but Pool did net Jive to reap the
fr.uits of the confession. Natsj&lly of
fine sensibilities and a noble manhood,
he became a.t last frenzied by cruel treat
ment, and forfeited his life. Pool was
plaoed in the shoe shop, and compelled
to finish tix pairs a day. lJnused to
woik, it was with great pain that J}£ ac
compliaJted this task. But' the greedy
contractors, oontent, soon increased
the burden to eight pairs. An expostu
lation or a murmur oniy brought a blow.
An eye turned fo Heaven for kelp was
with the lash. Noeyecoulatojk
up, Witt this task, Pool found his
health failing, ijs mind gotog. His nerves
were unbalanced Hay ifee least irritation.
The sweat poured fiom bij brow, and
for wiping it off he
punish&d. Every keeper seemed watch
ing with an oyil eye, and taunting him
with threats and jesrs. To add to his
distress the task was Creased to ten
pairs. He demurred, protested, Saw in
to a rags. That night he was flogged.
thnrat into & dungeon, without
food, without a bed, zjjd, next day, with
his back all raw and not £ moment of
sleep, with but a ernst for fits fofid, he
was ordered to finish 11 pairs._ Fool
felt that the hour of his dissolution had
come. Innocent of the prime alleged,
yet having no hope of liberty on earth,
he concealed a knife and resolved to sell
his life as dearly as he could. He did
what he was abl- to do of the task that
dav, and even more, hut the bell struck
ana the II pairs were not finished. With
fiendish malignity the keepers ordered
him to the dungeon to await the warden.
The warden came, and, without listen
ing to entreaty or hearing a wood of ex
planation, ordered him to strip himself
to the raw flesh again, place his hands
against the wall, and receive the lashes
on his already lacerated back. “No,
never !” said Pool. “ Take that I” and
Warden Webster fell dead. From that
hour cats and shower baths and brutali
ties in general **ra at a discount in Che
institution. Brute fores was found un
profitable. Contractors demanded cof
fee and wholesome food and better treat
ment for thn pen, on the plea that they
would do more work.
THE METHODISTS IN COUNCJI..
New BWtojw t. Be M wU.
Baltimore, May 30.—Bishop Harris
presided. A Committee of fifteen was
ordered to revise the hymn book. No
hymn now used will be ezelnded or new
ones introduced without a three-fourths
vote of the Committee. The Cure
ference report of the Committee on
Episoopacjr was adopted. The first
recommends that the character of each
of the present Bishope be passed and
that they all he continued on the active
list. The second recommends that the
Conference elect no Bishops.
KERRIS case.
THE CHARGE AGAINST THE
SPEAKER.
The Wit***. u< Hie Antecedent*—HU Te
tlmenj—The Charge and the Specifications
—A Strange Stery—District Attorney Bliss
—He Believe* Harvey Heaest and Trnth
fml.
Washington, May 29.—The Commit
tee on Expendituree in the War Depart
ment met tfiia morning at one o’clock,
Speaker Kerr being in attendance. He
was accompanied by Mr. Scott Lord, of
the House Judiciary Committee. Lau
rence Harvey was sworn and testified as
follows: Resides in New York city, No.
604 Sixth avenue; has resided there for
eight years; has no present employment;
resigned in November last the position
of Chief Clerk of the Stationery Room
in the Appraiser’s office; in 1866 was
employed as Door-Keeper in the House
of Representatives; knew Angastns F.
Green at that time; had known him for
thirty years; he led him to secure an
appointment; in the Spring of 1866
Green wanted a place, and, as a per
sonal friend, I exerted myself to get
him an appointment. Q: What took
place with reference to securing that
appointment ? A: I will \ tell everything
that is not confidential; I don’t see,
though, what the Congress has to do
with a confidential transaction which
oocurred ten years ago. Q: What con
versation had you with Green first as to
securing the appointment? A: A good
many things were said; I can’t well trace
my memory baok as to what took place;
Mr. Green wanted a position, and he
was nominated by a gentlemen, very
kindly; Green waited on me and de
sired the place; I told him I would try
and secqre it for him. Q: Was anything
said about money being used ? A:
Whatever was said about money was
confidential, and I hope the committee
will exense me from answering what is
confidential.
The committee insisted upon an an
swer. Witness: I hope the committee
will excuse me from making an answer
to that question. Mr. Clymer: Do you
decline to answer? A: I don’t want to
censured, but I don't think I ought to
disclose what is confidential; I desire a
little longer time; I didn’t think the
question was going to be asked me, and
I desire a little longer time to prepare
myself. Mr. Kerr said that if the wit
ness had anything confidential to com
municate he need not regard him (Kerr),
but, so far as he was concerned, might
disolose it. The witness; Does Mr. Kerr
desire me to tell the truth? Mr. Kerr;
Certainly. The witness: Then I will
tell the truth. I spoke to Mr. Kerr about
the matter; he said that he had already
nominated a man from his district, but
he had not accepted the place; I then
told Mr. Kerr I had a friend, apd if he
would appoint him I would pay him;
Kerr told me to come to his house; I
went, and he asked me what Green’s
politics were; I said a Republican; Mr.
Kerr then told me I must get some cue
in New York, some good Democrats in
New York, to endorse him, so that if his
friends in Indiana objected to his going
out of his district, he could say he nom
inated him because he was well re
commended. The'next time I saw Mr.
Kerr he said he thought the place
was worth five hundred dollars; I
saw Green, and he said that all the
money he had was S4OO. I said, “I will
make the deficiency.” Green gave me
$4lO, in fives, tens and twenties. I kept
the money four or five days. One day
Mr. Kerr met me, and said, “Harvey, I
will take that money now.” I handed
it to him in a roll, and he put it in his
pocket. He said, “I will go up to the
War Department and fix the appoint
ment.” About a week after I paid Kerr
the money, Harvey sent me a registered
letter, containing • the S4O which I had
advanced for him to make np the amount
of $450. Green went once with me to
Mr. Kerr’s room, who lived at that time
on a street running parallel with Penn
sylvania avenue. I have forgotten the
name. In the appraiser’s office in New
York I made the statement that the
Democrats were charging corruption
upon the Republicans and that they had
better cover their own tracks. J. S.
Moore called on me in New York, and
showed me an anonymous letter, which
he said he was investigating; I did not
know who wrote it; I didn’t want this
matter to get out, nor did I want to
come before this committee; the reason
I did come is because the newspapers
have been slandering me and saying that
I proposed to run away.
Harvey was cross-examined by Robert
B. Elliott, and testified : I never ap
proached Mr. Kerr on any other busi
ness; be did not say anything about
money then, but told me to pome to his
room; I called, and we talked about the
appointment; I told him Green had
good recommendations; I applied to
Mr. Kerr because I understood that all
the other vacancies had been filled.
YoRg, May 30.—District Attor
ney Bliss, on the stand in the Daven
pqrt investigation to-day, stated he sup
posed fie was mainly responsible for
Haivey’s appearance in Washington as a
witness. He had known the facts in
the possession of Harvey for two months.
He had communicated them to Mr.
Bass, a member of the committee. Har
vey was appraiser in the New York Cus
tom House, aDd Darling’s right hand
man. Mr. Darling’s connection
witty the 'fhirq ,4venue Savings Bauk
wag lender investigation an effort was
made to gtop ttye investigation by the
threat it Harvey's connection with
the affairs of the fianty was exposed he
would make some dangerous revelations
about Mr. Kerr. Mr. Bliss said Mr.
Bass told him he would not present any
Charges against Mr. Kerr unless they
Seemed to be well founded, and that he
(Bliss) had carefully questioned Harvey
in regard to m's relations t?ith Mr. Kerr.
Re tyas satisfied that Rarypy vyas truth
fill apd typnest.
POLITICAL PJOTBJNI?.
Bialne, Conklins and Morton Countlna On
hatched Chickens.
Washington, May 26. —The friends of
other Presidential candidates have been
casting up tables, receiving telegrams
and comparing notes generally, anc [ an "
nounce that Mr. Blaine’s claim to have
over three hundred delegates to the
Cinpjpytati Convention will not hold good
and that the fe# yill so appear on the
first ballot. Both Vf. SJofton and Mr.
Conkling have personal assuraafiep that
sonde of the delegates claimed for Mr.
Blaine will not support him on the first
or any other ballot. This may be offset
by the letters and telegrams which Mr.
Blaine hue fwfijyed from some dele
gates that while they ajrfj publicly an
nounced for Conkling, Morton and Bris
tow, as the case may be, they really in
tend to vote for him. Probably each
candidate has similar assurances from
that fljeas of Republican politicians and
delegate* wbfi Jcjok sharply after posi
tion and plunder #ndey the nominee
whoever he may be. The largest vote
that Mr. Blaine’s Republican opponents
are willing to concede to him to-day is
2fi£, and in the remaining forty-six dele
gatee to Jje chosen of the 756 they do
not believe that Jie will get-any addi
tional ones. This wiii giye Mr. Blaine
a smaller plurality than his enthusiastic
workers here olaim, and probably de
velop all of his strength on the first bal
lot, from point he may recede.
Another weak featajs of Mr. Blaine’s
candidacy has been talked oi again to
day by his opponents, who declare that
Mr. Conkling will give him such a nega
tive support in New York as to endan
ger, if not'iota, *hp State, assuming of
coarse that they have any prospects of
carrying it with any nominee, and ali
efforts which have been made between
the friends of each to reconcile their in
tense differences have failed,
and are likely to tw ip the future. The
Maine candidate will, therefore, 3?eet at
the very threshhold at Ciuoinnati the
fermidable and influential delegations
from N*ff York and Pennsylvania, who
will oppose hi m tff the end and who, the
shrewder Republicans beiiewe, will sore
ly suooeed in defeating him.
Ten Years of Faithful Love. —Ten
years ago, a yonng man was sent to the
penitentiary from Marshall county, la.
He was engaged to a worthy young wo
man, and when he went to prison she
made the journey with him, He was in
toxicated When the crime was commit
ted, and otherwise would not have com
mitted it. The woman has kept her
faith through all these years. She has
regularly visited him, and for the past
few years, has made constant efforts to
procure bis release; but the Executive
has turned a deaf ear to her entreaties,
until a short time ago, she appealed to
Qov. Kirkwood with such devoted zeal,
tjmi. fie granted her request, and, with
the pardon in her possession, she has
tened to the penitentiary and presented
her papers. The prison doora swung
open, and leaning on the arm of him
she had lost and won, she made her
exit, s happy Bmile wreathing her face.
Chaplain Williams courteously tendered
his services to complete the fruition of
their hopes; bnt the patient maiden re
plied that, after ten years’ waiting, a
few hoars’ delay could be endured, so
that her friends might share with her
the joys of love’s labor won .—Chicago
Tribune.
Most of the people about Flowery
Branch are farming on a small scale.
Sensible.
“When woman make bread,” said
Quiz, moralizing over an underdone bia
cait at the breekfaat table—“when wo
men melre bread, a curious phenomenon
often results; you find a little dear bring
ing forth a little dough.”
BLAISE’S BONDS.
THE PLAGUES OF A POSSIBLE
PRESIDENT.
A Renews! of Ike Charges Against the .Vlas
From Slain*—The Aqnila Adams Letter—
An Interest In Nnrthern Pacific—A Receipt
for 925,000.
On Saturday morning the New York
Sun published the following communi
cation and accompanying documents :
Sib—l enclose to you copies of a letter
and receipt, the originals of which were
signed by the Hon. James G. Blaine,
which he will not deny. In consequence
of Mr. Blaine’s letter, I invested $5,000,
which formed a portion of the amounts
receipted for by Mr. Blaine. For soihe
reason Mr. Blaine was unable to deliver
the stock and bonds according to the
contract, and after more than a year,
and with some difficulty, I succeeded in
receiving my proportion of the contri
bution. Ido not wish, however, to find
fault with Mr. Blaine for the failure of
the Northern Pacific scheme. It was
well arranged, and if Jay Cooke had
been able to sell the bonds at 90, those
who controlled the franchise would have
got the Governments lands free from in
cumbrance, which, as Mr. Blaine ex
pressed it, and I have no doubt of the
sincerity of Mr. Blaine’s assuranoe, that
at the worst it would have been far more
valuable than the Union Pacific, and we
all know how that would leave it. As it
has resulted, however, the Credit Mo
bilier operation was the better one,
and Mr. Blaine’s sagacity was at fault in
not foreseeing the sad fate of Jay Cooke.
Mr. Blaine in his recent very satisfactory
vindication of himself in Congress from
the charges which, it seems, falsely con
nected him with Mr. Caldwell, uttered
the followin gmoral reflection : “When
ever concealment is desi>able an avoid
ance is advisable, and I do not know
any better test to apply to the honor and
fairness of a business transaction.”
When I read this sentence it occurred
to me that I had been concealing my
share of this transaction already too
long, and I felt an almost irresistible
impulse to obey the wise precept of this
teacher of ethics. Hence this letter.
Keep my name quiet, venturing it to no
one unless to Mr. Caldwell, who seems
to have been selling some other small
flyers of this sort to that sagacious finan
cier, Cpl. Scott. Very truly yours,
Boston, May 25, 1876. Aquila Adams.
[Private.]
Augusta, Me., November 25, 1870.
My Dear Mb. Fisher— A year ago and
more I spoke to you about purchasing
an interest in the Northern Pacific Rail
road for yourself and any one you might
choose to associate with yourself. The
matter passed by without my being able
to oontrol it, and nothing more was said
about it. Since then the Jay Cooke con
tract has been perfected; the additional
legislation has been obtained, and 230
miles of the road are well nigh com
pleted, and the whole line will be push
ed forward rapidly. By a strange revo
lution of circumstances I am again able
to control an interest, and if you desire
it you can have it. The whole road is
divided into twenty-four shares, of
which Jay Cooke & Cos. have twelve.
The interest spoken of is 1-192 of the
entire franchise, being that portion of
the $81,000,000 of stock that are being
divided as the road is built, and a like
proportion of the land company stock
that is formed to take and dispose of
the 2,000,000 acres of land covered by
their grant as amended by the law of
last session, The amount of stock which
this 1-192 would have in the end would
be about $425,000, and the number of
acres of laud it represents is nearly 275,-
000. The road is being built ou the 7-30
bonds, $25,000 to the mile, which Jay
Cooke takes at 90. Instead of mort
gaging the land, they make a stock
company for its ownership, divid
ing it pro rata among the hold
ers of this franchise. The whole
thing can be had for $25,000, which is
less than one-third of what some other
sales of small interests have gone at.
I do not suppose you would care to in
vest the whole $25,000. I thought for a
small flyer eight or ten of you in Bos
ton might take it, $2,500 each. For
$2,500 thus invested you would get ulti
mately $42,000 stock and the avails of
some 27,000 acres of land. Five of you
at $5,000 each would have a splendid
thing of it. The chance is a very rare
one. I can’t touch it, but obey my first
and best impulse in offering it to you.
All such chances as this, since Jay Cook
got the road, have been accompanied
with the obligation to take a large
amount of the bonds at 90 and hold
them not less than three years. I will
be in Boston on Tuesday noon, and will
call upon you. Of course, if you don’t
want it, let it pass. You will receive an
immediate issue of stock to a consider
able amount, and certificates of the
land stock. Also, of oourse, in oonfer
ing with others, keep my name quiet,
mentioning it to no one, unless to Mr.
Caldwell. I write under the presump
tion that you have returned, but I have
heard nothing. Yours truly, t
J. G. Blaine.
P. S. —This stock will be far more
valuable at the worst than the Union
Pacific, and see where that would leave
it.
[Confidential.]
Boston, December 11, 1870.
Received of Warren Fisher, Jr., $25,-
000 in trust, in consideration of which
1 am to deliver to said Fisher properly
authenticated certificates of an interest
in the Rorth Pacific Railway Company
equivalent tq Qne-eigbtfi part of one of
the 84 principal shares in which the
franchise stock of said oompany are
divided, certificates to be in the name
of Elisha Atkins. Witness my hand,
J. G. Blaine.
[Private.]
Office of Adams Sugar Refinery, (
India Street, Boston, Nov. 8, 1871., \
Mv Dear Acquillard— Not having
seen or heard from you recently, and
being anxious thgt yoq should repover
your mouey from Mr. Blaine, I enclqse
you a form of letter which I send you to
send to him at once. If he gets to Wash
ington there will be considerable delay
in getting at him, and I do not wish any
further delay in having the matter set
tled. This letter which I enclose has
been submitted to Mr. Atkins, and it
meets with his approval in every respect.
Make jpy regards to your father and
wife, and drop ut> a line when you are
coming to the city. 1 remain yours, etc.,
Warren Fisher.
p. B.—Mr. Blaine’s address is Hon.
James G. Augusta, Me.; also a
copy of Mr. JJlaine’s letter of Novem
ber‘2s,lß7o, on the basis oi whiph-you
made your purchase; blbo his receipt
dated December 1, for the amount of
payment is herein inclosed.
Warren Fisher.
Blaioefs CaseF}sfcef Knows Ngthiug-But
HU Book-Keeper Does—Seyeqtv-Ffl|r
Thousand Scooped—Tom Scott Sold the
Bonds—The Union Paciflc the Purchaser.
Washington, May 31.—Fisher denied
the Boston Herald story. Nothing im
portant was developed from him. Atkins
also testified regarding the value fif the
stocks. He denied any knowledge 0 f
Blaine’s bonds getting into the hands of
the Paoifio Road. Mr. Mulligan, Fisher’s
book-keeper, testified that Blaine, as
agent, negotiated the Fort Smith bonds
and afterwards took them np. He com
plained to Mulligan of having lost
money. * Mulltgatrreplied, “You could
not have lost much as you got eighty
cents on the dollar for seventy-four
thousand.” Atkins told Mulligan Blaine’s
bonds were sold to the Union Pacific
Road by Tom gpoft. The transactions
are complicated and there is a great
straggle on the part of Blaine's friends
to restrict the investigation within the
scope of the resolution of the House.
Mulligans testimony to-day has creat
ed great excitement. Tho £ew York
press has called for a full copy of the
evidence by telegraph. Mulligan 8 tes
timony that Blaine placed a part of
worth of the bonds among his
friends in Mains anii afterwards took
back at least a part of them is positive.
Mulligan is at present treasurer of the
Globe Theatre.
BUSINESS BREAKS.
Four Firms Fall In LonisviUe.
Louisville, Kx,, May 30. —Anderson,
Hamilton & Cos., pork packers; Hamil
ton Brok., pork packers; Swarenger &
Briggs, whisky dealers; and Karuth,
Fergh & Cos., pork packers, have failed.
Swarenger & Co.’s difficulties arose from
endorsing for the Hamiltons._ The cause
of the disaster is the decline in hog pro
ducts.
No failures occurred to-day, and a
better feeling seems to prevail among
all the merchants. The suspension of
the three pork packers here yesterday
was oansed by outside speculation in fu
tures of cotton and other things, and
not losses in regular packing. The oth
er pork firms are not affected. No stocks
are being thrown on the market, and
holders of provisions are firm and refuse
to sell at present prices.
University Visitors. —The Governor
has appointed the following Board of
Visitors to attend the examination of
the Senior Class at the University of
Georgia in July, and of the students of
Atlanta University (colored), in June :
John B. Mallard, Walthonrville, Liber
ty county; J. Y. Wood, Lafayette, Walk
er aounty; J. M. Richardson, Carrollton.
Carroll county; Henry H. Jones, Macon,
Bibb county;* W. J. Northern, Sparta,
Hancock county; John W. Glenn, Jeffer
son, Jackson county; Mark Johnston,
Atlanta, Fulton oounty; Geo. M. Dews,
Columbus, Muscogee county; A. H.
Flewellen, Cuthbert, Randolph county;
Henry (J. Mitchell, Atlanta, Fulton
county.
THEI.EGI*| KKjgKPfe*
General Fitz tt# ifOtti WlftiiOilkd the
Southern Companies.
gWMt'iMB
of field they are
to represent tfrVke jTgffterfnial Legion,
made np of" commands Troin! the old
thirteen States'of the UnTdn.
Those for bespeak desire in a
simple, soldiaflAway to testify their sin
cere admirati&fandhifeh esteem ftfr you
personally, and as well throiilgfi'.yfeu to
pay a deserved cqfeplimepf to your na
tive State, thebirtfapfaceof tWilllßtri
ous Washington. ... ,
They look fdyVarff and
pleasure to thevcomlhg Fourth 'of July,
the one 'anuiversafy' of the
Declaration of Indbendince,
when, under thCcrimaon flag witU
William al "Sfutaw
and the Cowpens, tkqy wiiLgreet you in
person at Philadelphia with all the
warmth and mention of their natures.
We avail ourselves of the opportunity
to add the assurance of our own regard,
and with friendly salutations, General,
we have the honor to subscribe our
selves, R. C. Gilchrist,
Wm. A. Courtenay,
T. Grange Simons, Jr.,
Southern Committee on Legion Or
ganization.
Charleston, S. C., May Ist, 1876.
The Glowing Response of General Lee.
Richland, Stafford County, Va., {
May 22, 1876. j
Major R. C. Gilchrist, Captain Wm,
A. Courtenay, Dr. T. Grange Simons,
Southern Committee on Legion Or
ganization:
Gentlemen —I have the honor to ac
knowledge the receipt of your commu
nication of May 1, 1876, informing me
of my election to the position of field
officer by the Southern Battalion of
“Centennial Legion.”
With a grateful appreciation of the
high honor conferred upon me by the
troops of Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia,
and with the full belief that it is the
duty of every citizen in this hour to do
whatever may lay within his power to
revive in the memories of his country
men the pure lives and simple virtues of
the heroes of the past, in order that the
rulers of the Republic may be tempted
to follow their example in the future, it
is indeed a source of regret that I feel
obliged to decline a command so com
plimentary to me.
In view of an uncertainty which ex
ists as to my being able to be in Phila
delphia at the time designated, and be
cause justice to your gallant comrades
demands that all arrangements should
be fixed and absolute, I am compelled
to arrive at such a conclusion.
Accept for yourselves, gentlemen, my
sincere thanks for the kind and friendly
expressions you employ in your highly
valued letter, and believe that in the fu
ture my heart will always beat with af
fectionate interest and remembrance for
the companies composing the Southern
Battalion of the “Centennial Legion.”
With sentiments of high regaid, I am
yours, most respectfully and truly,
Fitzhugh Lee,
WAIT FOR ST. LOUIS.
Tilden’a Weakness in New York—An Article
Worth Reading.
{New York World.]
We are glad to see, throughout the
South and West, an intelligent and ap
parently sincere inquiry as to the real
condition of Democratic affairs in the
State of New York, and as to the Demo
crat who can most surely and easily
carry the State for the Democracy in
the ‘Presidential race. In respect to
both branches of this inquiry, The
World has no private ends to subserve
and no concealments to promote. New
York is by character and temper a
Democratic State, and is always safe for
the Democracy when Democratic prin
ciples are upheld and the leaders of the
patty observe fidelity to Democratic
traditions, together with justice and
toleration in the treatment of their
rivals. But the Democratic party in
New York is not strong enough to bear
persistent mismanagement and selfish
ness, and our friends in other States
should not lose sight of this fact. To
maintain Democratic ascendancy here
we must have not only a union of hands
but a union of hearts—a union of im
pulse, affection and enthusiasm. A
union, in short, of passions which are
the one decisive force that carries great
elections.
Governor Tilden carried this State, or
rather the Democracy led by Governor
Tilden, and very well led bv him, car
ried it, in the Autumn of 1874, by some
fifty thousand majority. For how much
of that majority we were indebted to the
defection of Mr. Conkling, and the Re
publican machine, from General 1 bat,
can never be accurately known. This
city of New York was carried by the
Democrats so overwhelmingly in that
election that Republicans despaired of
ever again attaining power in municipal
affairs, but last year our enemy did
creep into too many important city and
county offices, and all from Democratic
mismanagement, want of foresight, tole
ration and adequate leadership. Qn the
State ticket our Demoofatic majority
was reduced pearly two-thirds, and we
lost the Assembly. We desire it to be
distinctly understood that the World is
neither a partisan, nor an ally, nor an
enemy of any of the individual leaders,
or factions, or cliques, some or all of
which and of whom are certainly respon
sible for these demoralizing results of
1875. Certainly the masses of the party
were not responsible. As in commercial
partnerships each partner must take the
burdens of loss as well as the benefits of
gain, so in political affairs those \vho as
pire pnd come to be leaders, must suffer,
and suffer like men, the opprobrium of
the failure or miscarriage of any of the
plans tjie adoption of which by the
party they may promote. We are no
abettors either of Tamma n y or Anti-
Tammany (as we hope by our future
conduct to satisfy our readers), in
schemes which look more to selfish ag
grandizement and tfie persqn&l elevation
of flfis of that,' than to the sub
stantial welfare and prosperity of the
whole Democratic party—including rich
and poor, capital and labor, incorporat
ed and unincorporated property, debt
ors and creditors all s-like—whether in
the pity qr (n the rural districts. The
World is independent of each and all
these so-called leaders! Asa matter of
fact, we are Resaytfiy sick ftf factions and
of faotion fights; and it is as silly as it
is dangerous to attempt to disguise the
fact that there have unfortunately
grown up within the Democratic party
in this State sundry powerful factions,
the leaders of whipfi {;rp inspired by
bitter personal animosity. This fact may
or may not be adequately appreciated
outside of the State, but we implore
those of our par y friends iu ffcp W e t
and South wfiq are delegates to, St.
Louis, who maj think New York
will be the pivot of the next election, as
they love their country and hope for the
redemption of its Government next No
vember, to keep themselves free of all
personal commitments as to what candi
date wilt pe Btrongeat jn this State,
Ulitii face to face ffiey wafer with
the attested representatives of the Dem
ocratic opinion of New York assembled
aqd gatfiered together to consider the
question practically and fairly at St.
Louis.
THE AMERICAN TURF.
The New Coarse at Philadelphia Three
Hundred Thousand Dollars in Premiums—
Goldsmith Maid to Trot Against 2; 14.
Philadelphia, May 30.—The Belmont
Driving Park Association opened the
new track to-day in the presenoe of over
3,000 people. The new park is one of
the finest in the oountry, the improve
ments costing over SIOO,OOO. It was
planned after the latest turf ideas and
everything is first class. CoL S. H.
Russell, of Boston, the owner of Smug
gler and Vice-President of the National
Trotting Association, is at the head of
the enterprise. He has obligated him
self to give $300,000 in premiums during
the season. The mile track is raised at
a cost of $26,000, and is the fastest in
the country. This first meeting will
last seven days, the purses amounting
to $30,000. Friday, Goldsmith Maid
will trot against her time, 2:14, for a
purse of $3,000. To-day in the 2:22
class race, the first heat was dead be
tween Bell and John H. Bell took the
2d, John H. the 3d, sth and 6th, the
Huntress, the 4th. Time, 2:24, 2:24,
2:24*, 2:24J, 2:26*. 2:27*.
Any excuse better than none. A toper
says he would be a temperance man in
a minute if it wasn’t for his wife. He
knows she’d be lonesome if she hadn’t
something to jaw about and find fault
with.
A syllogism.—Every Union printer is
“down on” a rat. The Scriptures stut
teringly affirm that Noah was - down on
A-ra-rat. Therefore, Noah was Union
printer.
OHIO AND TllE PRESIDENCY.
[Philadelphia Times.]
The chaotic condition that Ohio is
left in by the out-throat warfare between
Allen and Thurman adds largely to the
confusion of counsels and dash of inter
ests which are to be reconciled at St.
Louis, if there is to be a ghost of a
chance for Democratic success in 1876.
Ohio was wrested from the Republicans
in 1873 and 1874, and would have been
held against them in 1875, notwithstand
ing the Repnblican convictions of a de
cided majority of her people, had Demo
cracy been equal to the jndioions exer
cise of power. But the success of Allen,
who was resurrected from a retirement
that was nhbroken for a quarter of a
century, aroused the jealousy of young
er leaders, and the violent departure on
the currency issue was the natural fruits
of desperate individual antagonisms.
The crude inflation pi itform of 1875
was made to single Allen ont from the
common herd, and give him a wreath of
victory that would command the rever
ence of all the prostrated and suffering
classes of the country. It was not a bat
tle for inflation, nor for the Gubernato
rial chair of Ohio, but for the White
House, and the nephew Senator, who
had summoned the uncle to the field in
1873 to save the nephew’s Senatorial
seat, called a halt when he saw the lines
of his Presidential hopes crossed by the
veteran leader of another generation.
That the half-hearted support of Thur
mau promoted Allen’s defeat last year is
not doubtrd, and that the Tilden men of
New York aided the election of Hayes
direotly, and thus contributed largely to
Democratic discomfiture in both Ohio
and Peunsylvauia, is bnt the truth of
history. By the overthrow of Allen, the
nephew Thurman believed*himself to be
the legitimate successor to the throne of
Buckeye political favor, and his control
of his State, and his support by the Til
den elements on the home-stretch at St.
Louis, were regarded by intelligent ob
servers as certain beyond contingencies.
But the old inflation leader buckled on
his rusted armor and took the field in
person to defeat his own faithless kins
man, put his enemies to flight and carry
the war into the citadel of his foes. He
discarded all questions of delicacy, and
attended the State Convention in person,
where he held perpetual levees while
there were delegates to visit his quar
ters, and a body that Thurman claimed
as committed to his interest by a decided
majority, was transformed into an Allen
mass meeting, and those who went out
to slay the hero of greenbacks came back
shouting his praise.
We do not count either Allen or Thur
man as in the race for St. Louis honors.
The Senator has been defeated in a most
angry contest for the expression of his
State, and he must go to the rear and
wait for waves of passion to subside.
Allen has nominally carried his Stste,
but his delegation will be divided, and
behind the delegation will be streams of
bitterness which must sweep away all
hope of success in the National Conven
tion. With Allen and Thurman as can
didates, therefore, there is nothing to
do but to strike their names from the
list of possibilities at St. Louis. But
what of their State? Ohio and Indiana
will vote in October, and they will prac
tically settle 'the Presidential contest.
If both shall vote Republican in Octo
ber, the Cincinnati nominee will be elect
ed without serious opposition in Novem
ber. If both shall vote Democratic in
October, the Cincinnati candidates will
not bo within range of success a month
later, and if Indiana should vote Demo
cratic by any majority, and Ohio shall
vote Repuliean by a small majority as
it did last year, the chances would be
ten to one in favor of the St. Louis can
didates in November. Ohio is one of
the two pivotal States, in the national
struggle of the Centennial year, and the
condition of either party there is of the
utmost moment in estimating the prob
able result of the Presidential contest.
We discard the general conviction that
New York is to be the battle ground for
1876. The Empire State, with her large
electoral vote, will be no more potential
in deciding the next Presidency than
Rhode Island or Delaware, With all the
pretensions of New York to command
ing respect in both Conventions, her
vote will be simply an appendage to the
electoral majority that will be given to
the Repnblican or Democratic candi
date. The Presidential election will be
praotically deoided a month before New
York or Pennsylvania can give any ex
pression on the issue, and both are cer
tain to be gathered up in the tidal wave
that will be started on its resistless
coarse in October. The next President
will receive the vote of Indiana, Ohio
and Pennsylvania, and New York will
inevitably follow them. The candidate,
selected at Cincinnati or St. Louis most
acceptable to the ruling convictions of
Indiana, Ohio a'nd Pennsylvania will be
the successor of Grant, and the October
expression in Indiana and Ohio will be
unmistakable in declaring how the unit
ed electoral vote of the three great cen
tral line States will be oast in Novem
ber. New York, if left to seleot a Presi
dent herself, might vote for Tilden
against an outside Republican, or for
Conkling against an outside Democrat;
but when she comes to Novem
ber the certainty that Indiana, Ohio and
Pennsylvania will vote for the same man,
as shall then be indicated hy the Octo
ber vote, will resolve all doubts and
swell all tides in favor of the winning
candidate. It is this omnipotence of
Ohio and Indiana that makes the posi
tion of any party in Ohio of unusual
importance, . and that will make SL
Louis look over both Allen and Thurman
to some man who can unite the angry
elements and make a hopeful battle
there. If the discordant Buckeye voioes
can be made .to unite in huzzas for Hen
dricks or Davia, the nomination will be
likely to go to, the Indiana Governor or
to the fllinois Judge, but if the Ohio
sores shall spread their irritation over
the West, the petnooraoy will turn to
ward the rising sun to find a deliverer.
Ohio is just now the fermenting State
on the Demooratio side, and until her
tempest shall be stilled and her necessi
ties defined by the sober judgment of
her people, all will be confusion in the
councils which are to prevail at St.
Louis. Let Ohio heal or hide her
wounds as speedily as possible, and
turn from the battle field of faction to
study the way to viotory in October, for
October fn Ohio and Indiana will fashion
the national viotory of November.
Augusta District Conference.
To embrace first Sabbath in July, will
oonvene in Milledgeville, Thursday, 9
o'clock a. m., June 29. Introductory ser
vices Wednesday night. Pastors will,
please, promptly forward names of dele
gates and alternates to Rev. H. J.
Adams, and bring to the meeting Bish
op’s fund. Representa ivea from facul
ties of our colleges are invited to attend,
or failing to dq m to forward communi
tions. 4lso Trustees of Orphans' Home,
Agent of A. B. S., and editors of South
ern Christian Advocate are invited to
attend. May the meeting be a time of
refreshing from the presence of the
Lord, R. W. Bigham.
To the Pastors :
Please send methe names of the mem
bers of the District Conference— not to
Sparta, bnt to Milledgeville. Please
mention those who will not attend and
those Tyh,°Be attendance is uncertain —
with any facts that will assist in locat
ing them satisfactorily. Visiting breth
ren wifi please notify me. H. J. Adams.
A Northern paper asserts that Frrz
hugh says his celebrated letter was
“damhly mucilated.”
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Also, Miles’ Alarm Cash Drawer,
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Store Tracks, Baggage Barrows, all sizee.
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GRAND REDUCTION
IN
DRY GOODS.
We Will Offer To-Morrow:
30 Pieces Checked aid Striped Silks it 50c. a yard.
30 Pieces Solid Colors, very low.
20 Pieces Black Silks, cheaper that tier.
500 Pieces Dress Goods, Including Bisk Grenadines and all the newest
Styles in Colored Goods, at greatly red uted prices.
The best assortment of Mourning Gcods in the South.
500 Dozen Honey, Glycerine and Briwn Windsor Toilet Soap-large
Cakes, at 50c, per dozen.
500 dozen Gents’ Half Hose at 6 1-4,6 and 10c. a pair.
Another invoice of those fine English lalf Hose at 25c. a pair.
150 Pieces Cotton Fringe at 75c., worth $3.
5 Bales 4-4 Sea Island Cotton, extig fine, at Bc. a yard.
We are still Selling Handsome Spring Prints at 4c.; best brands Prints
at 6 1-4.
25 Dozen Ladies’ White Underskirts six tucks, at 50c. each.
A Complete Assortment of Snits and Underwear proportionately low.
65 of those beantifnl Llama Lace Sicgnes left, which we will sell at
about 25c. on the dollar.
Garment Linen—a full stock very (heap.
Ladies* and Gents’ Fine Trunks anl Valises in great variety.
JAS. A. GRAY Ac CO.
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Colored Silk Grenadines!
AT TEN CENTS PER YARD !
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CHRISTOPHER CRAY & CO.
Will offer for sale Monday Minting, Two Cases ot Silk Grena
dines and other Dress Goods at the nominal price of ten cents.
The Best Brauds of New Prints, Merrimac, Pacific, &c>, at
6 1-4 cents per yard. No Trash, bnt New and Choice Goods.
All other Goods in oar Stock hare been marked as low in
proportion as the abore,
O. GRAY Ac CO.
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IMPORTANT TO PLANTERS AND OTHERS!
the RICHMOND FACTORY,
Ten Miles From Augusta,
CONriNUES TO MANUFACTURE WOOLEN CLOTH AND TO CARD WOOL ROLLS FOR
. &n< * ot^er parties sending Wool to us. We propose in future to DYE the
uuTTON WARP when desired, and we will also DYE the WOOL FILLING, if requested, either
” rO % l , 1 ' “ or Gr y, or the Cloth oan be made the natural oolor of the Wool.
„ ™“s oharge for making Plains will be 12Je. a yard, and for Twills 15c. a yard. For Dyeing
Cotton Warp, 10. a yard; Wool Filling, 20. a yard; Carding Rolls, 100. a pound. Wool oan be
sent in the dirt. We are prepared to Wash and Burr it promptly.
OUR MACHINERY BEING IN PERFECT ORDER, no delay will take place in prompt
delivery of the Cloth and Rolls. All Wool sent us should be Plainly Marked with the owners
name, and all instructions and inquiries be made to and through YOUNG 4 HACK, Agents,
Augusta, Ga. > c >
D. B. HACK,
‘ PRESIDENT RICHMOND FACTORY.
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