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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1876)
efmnude anfr Sentinel. WEDNESDAY ...JUNE 14, 1876. SO TIRED. B. A. A. {Memphis Appeal ] Tired, so tired, of struggle end strife, _ Q rasping *t shadows that darken my life, Waiting and watching for gnnsoine again. Finding at last that my watch is in rain. Tired, so tired, of gutter sad glare. Fraud and deceit, that I And everywhere ; Words without meaning, vows that are untrue. Hearts that are callous though sorrow may sue. Tired, so tired, of acting a part, Wearing a smile, though weary at bean, Grasping at laurels te wear on my head. Feeling too late I have thorns in their stead. Tired, so tired, is there a rest Beyond the bright river, the home of the blest ? _ , Unworthy to aek it, oh', say, shall I dare To pray for a home in the bright Overthere < Then if at last the pure gates I should see, Would 01-y we waiting for me ? Free, free from the burthen of sorrow he bore, Will he stand on that beautiful shore t Then tired no longer, life shadows aU fled, If safe by the hand of my Saviour 1 m led. The weary cross broken, the golden crown won. , . Eternity—rest, then, with husband and son. FORGIVENESS. Like buds of Spring, Sweet words are born from darkness and des pair. And waft new fragrance through the suimy air; Glad spirits sing. Ah ! ye who fought, And nobly fonght as warriors fit to die, Bhall ve the power of brotherhood defy, By death untaught ? • The right and wrong Are buried with the dust of those who sleep In the warm stillnese of earth’s bosom deep, And life is strong. Forgive! Forgive! Thus sings the sunlight as it gently gua Into each burdened heart that doubt divides Forgive and live! Forgive! Forgive ! Oh! ye to whom the pitying Heaven had deigned Man's sovereign rights by tyrant power dis darned. Forgive and Uve ! 0 love divine! Arise, arise, that souls may worship thee ; That souls may glorify thy name, and see Their strength in thine ! Men. ve are kings ! But stife will make ye brutes, unfit to sway The kingdom of the future, formed to-day The least of things! , Eternal God! Fill these great hearts with Thine eternity, Let union strew with flowers of liberty The aching sod! JAMES HAREBELL'S SONG. O, there above, yon heather hill, Where footfa’ comes bat rarely. There is a house they point ont still, Where dwelt the Man o’ Airlie. He wore a coat o’ hodden gray, His hand was hard wi’ labor ; But still be had a hamely way O’ standin’ by his neighbor. His bnrly laugh made men rejoice, His words the neighbors guided ; But little baimies loved his voice And iu his smile confided; The word, to day, that left his lip, Became a deed to-morrow Hout man, the friendship o’ his grip Would lift the heart o’ sorrow. He was na’ loud, he was na’ proud, He lacked in learnin’ sairly. And yet ye’d pick him frae a crowd, The honest man o’ Airlie. His wealth, it was na’ in his land, It was na’ in the city; A mint o’ honor was his hand, His heart a mine o’ pity. He’s dead and gane, this prince o’ Fife, Mute is his burly laughter ; But ah! the music o’ his life That bides wi’ us lang after. His memory lives, the man may die, That Ungers bright and lovin’, Just like a star lost frae the sky Whose ray survives his ruin. CHORUS. O up and down an’ ronn an’ roun, And o’er the "hale world fairly, Ve might hae searched, but never foun’ Anither man o’ AirUe. A FRAGMENT. There’s many a life chained down by circum stance • And tethered to a close and narrow scope, That wildly throbs impatient to advance, And sore to join its dear desire and hope; Vet brooding in the realms of hope’s expanse. Falls down within its narrow beaten track, And wakes at last from out a life-long trance, To find in death each hope turned empty back. It is not only to the scroll of fame, Nor to the sculptur’d stone to honor raised, Is limited the noblest deed and uame; These, in their greatness known, the world has praised, Bnt many a Ufe has been whose dying flame Has flickered dimly to a lowly end, Whose noble deeds a deathless name might frame, Vet died, unknown, unhonored, with no friend. . There have been heroes more than battles make. Whose greatness never reached a heralds ears; There have been martyrs, never at the stake. Who suffered martyrdom through Ungering years; As noiseless as the snow falls, flake by flake, And melts unseen upon the rolUng wave, Bo their pure lives in silent actions Bpake, Their virtues mute, went down into the grave. The ills of Ufe are manifold —they come Upon the righteous and the bad the same; The rich and poor alike must tako their sum, For trouble knows no station, caste or name; In life’s great camp, above the merry hum Of thoughtful life, steals in the solemn tone Of sorrow, beating his low muffled drum, And the tramping on, with rendering wail and moan. Tithe creepß upon us unawares, the years Like ocean waves roll up, and onward go, The burdens of the day, joys, hopes and fears. Move ever with a ceaseless ebb and flow; back upon the rolling past, that ream Its waves iu silent tempest, and behold! It tills the miud with many mingled fears— Fears for the things the future may behold. And shall we wail and sorrow for the dead ? Nay, rather for the living drop a tear! Their’s the moist eye, their’s the heart of lead, Thsir’s the drooping soul that needeth cheer. Then weep, weep for the living, their’s the woe, The ilia of life are ended with the dead! They leave their sorrows and their griefs The living have Life's future to dread! We know the present and the bygone, too; We know what we havo been and what we are; But, oh! that we the unborn future knew! Would it the Present’s sweet contentment mar ? Alas! we know not. Death alone is true: But what shall fill the space that lies be tween ? We cannot say, we may not catch the clue. Or know our parts in each succeeding scene ! A GAME OF WHIST. If yon the modern game of whist would know. From this great principal its precepts flow : Treat your own hand as to your partner's joined, ■ And play, not one alone, but both combined. Your first lead makes your partner understand What is the chief component of your hand ; And hence there is necessity the strongest. That your firet lead be from your suit that's longest. In this, with ace and king, lead king, then ace: With king and queen, king also has first place; With ace. queen, knave, lead ace. and then the queen; With ace, four small ones, ace should first be seen: With queeu, knave, ten, yon let the qneen pre cede; In other cases you the lowest load. Ere von return your friend's, your own suit play; But trumps you must return without delay. When you return your partner's lead, take pains To lead him back the best your hand contains. If you received not more than three at first; If yon had more, you may return the worst; But if you hold the master card you're bound In most cases to play it second round. | In second band your lowest should be played, Unless you mean trump signal to be made ; Or, if you've king and queeu, or ace and king, Then one of these will be the proper thing. Mind well the rules for trumps—you’ll often need them: When you hold five 'tis always right to lead them; Or, if the lead won't come in- time to you, Then signal to your partner so to do. Watch also for your partner's trump request. To which, with lees than four, play out your best. To lead through honors turned up is bad play, Unless you want the trump suit cleared away. Wheu second hand a doubtful trick you see Don't trump it, if you hold more trumps than three; But having three or less, trump fearlessly. When weak in tramps yourself, don't force your friend. But ’ always force the adverse strong trump hand. A BANKRUPT RAILWAY. The Receiver* ef the Atlantic, .Mississippi and Ohio Hoad. Richmond, Va., June 6. —ln the United States Circuit Gonrt this morn ing, Judges Bond and Hughes presiding, the latter announced that tlje Court had decided to appoint aa joint receivers in the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Rail road case. Messrs. Charles L. Perkins, of New York, and Henry Fink, the pres ent Superintendent of the line. These gentlemen were recommended by both parties to the case —Mr. Perkins on the part of the bondholders and Mr. Fink on the part of the Railroad Company. Silver soutache is used by French modistes forjtrimmingailver-grsyleamers hair costumes. THE BLACK REPUBLIC. EXCITING STORY OF THE HAI TIAN REVOLUTION. An American Naval Adveatarer Uses’ a Brit ish Man-Of-War for a Shield, aad aa Eng lish Consol Rides a Hundred Miles and Kills HU Horse lo Pot a Negro General is the Way of Getting Mardered. {Correspondence of the London Standard.] A revolution has just taken place in Port-an-Prince, and the Government has been deposed in a.very short time. The movement was almost spontaneous throughout Hayti, and the first rising took place in Jacmel about six weeks ago. A Gen. Boisrond Canal appears to have made himself very popular in the island, and to have acquired a renown for disinterestedness—rather a rare qual ity here—and the Government of Gen. Domingae, who came into office two years ago, has always looked upon him as its bete noire, and made an attempt to assassinate him last year. He, however, assisted by a few men armed with mur derons sixteen-shot Henry rifles, pat to flight the men sent to arrest him, and took refuge in the United States Consul ate, whence he effected his escape to Kingston, Jamaica. Gen. Domingae, the President of the Republic of Hayti, in accordance with the Haytian custom of MakiDK Hay While the Sun Shines, Pat his relatives in all the best paying offices of the State, and his nephew, Septimus Rameau, was made his first minister. So rapacious did Rameau be come that he absorbed the best part of the revenues of the Republic himself, and sent them to Europe for securiiy. This and other arbitrary acts were the cause of an incipient revolution last May, when General Brice, who had only then been recalled from his a poihtment of Haytian Minister in London, was as sassinated by order of Domingue, and the movement quelled. Beyond an oc casional protest and manifesto sent by Boisrond Canal from Jamaica, Domin gue and Rameau did very much as they pleased until six weeks ago, when Louis Tania, the General iu charge of. the ar rondissement of Jacmel—an important town on the south coast of Hayti re volted against the Government and de clared for Canal, who made an ineffect ual attempt to land ou the island. The President at once sent down an army of from four to six thousand men to be siege Jacmel, and two Haytian men-of war, the Saint Michael and the “1804” (so called from the year when Hayti be came a republic), to bombard it from the sea. Hayti, not boasting any trained artillerymen, gave an acting commission as a gunnery lieutenant to a roving American named Gordon, who, rumor says, has had practice during the Cuban insurrection. The Haytian squadron remained quietly outside until an un suspecting English corvette, the Druid, entered the harbor, and, after communi cating her intention to the officer in command of the squadron and getting his permission, she let go her anchor and prepared to take some refugees on board, in accordance with the wish of her British Majesty’s Consul. At 4, a. m while quite dark, to the astonish ment of all on board, the “1804,” which had taken up a position directly astern of the Druid, Degnn to Throw Shell Into the Town. The forts could not at first reply to this fire, as the “1804” was quietly mak ing the Druid into a shield, and had they fired the probability is that the Druid would have been hit. By the time the latter vessel had got steam up and was under weigh, it was daylight, and the forts could bring their guns to bear on the Saint Mieheal and the “1804,” which steamed away to a distance of three thousand yards, and threw all their shells into the water instead of in to the town. The land forces were mean while attacking the town on all sides, but the insurgents, who were armed with the Henry rifle, and who fought behind barricades, were able to repulse the Gov ernment troops with scarcely any loss to themselves, and a loss to the former of over fifty killed. The dead were bur ied after the engagement. The only damage the ships received was caused by their making fast their guns to pre vent the reaoil, the result being that the 100-pounder Parrott guns carried away a portion of the bulwark and came part ly through the deck. This was the only fighting that occurred during the revolu tion, and the troops and men-of-war after listlessly blockading the town for some weeks, went over to the insurgents and declared for Boisrond Canal. This was ou Saturday, the 15th of April. That very day Domingue aud Rameau, at Port-au-Prince, appeared to have an inkling of what was about to happen, and Rameau went to the National Bank, where were deposited $500,000 in silver and millions in paper currency. With a party of thirty soldiers he loaded a wagon with Boxes of Hollars And sent them down to the wharf, to be embarked on a schooner which he had chartered for the purpose. Already one wagon-load had been embarked, and another load was being escorted down, when the citizens became exasperated at seeing the money so openly stolon from the bank, and assembled by scores at the wharf; the scores soon increased to hundreds and thousands, and they re fused to allow the dollars to be embark ed. Cries of "A bas Domingue,” “Vive Boisroud Canal,” became general, and the soldiers in charge of the money de serted iu alarm. The whole town now swarmed with arced men, who went to the National Palace, where Domingue, his wife and Rameau had taken refuge. The French minister, the Marquis de Vosges, and the French Vice-Consul hur ried to the palace to try and take them to the French Consulate and save their lives. Domingue, however, was clubbed on the head with a mnsket, and then stabbed, but was carried, still breathing, into the Consulate. Rameau was shot iu the o*ak from behind, and, when fallen, was mosi brutally murder ed. The population could pot show their detestation of him sufficiently, gnd trampled every vestige of humanity out of him. One woman in particular, a perfect fnry—a sister of the Gen. Brice above mentioned aa having bom) assassi nated last May—dipped her bwpifcer chief in Rameau's blood, nd, wving it over her head with one hand while she shouldered a rifle with the ot4**' f led a party of over five hundred men through the towu to the bank, which they at ouce pillaged. The soldiers and townsmen broke open the chests of dollars, which they, threw about the streets without thiukiug of pocketing them, and thrust their bayonets through the piles of new paper currency, almost ready for circu lation—in fact, only wailing for Dom ingne'e signature to replace has fljoDey filched from the State by Rameau. The populace seemed Rad Wilt BSr'lfemeut, And the money that had been embarked on board the schooner was thrown orer board, and some enterprising negroes have been bard at work -oyer since diving for the sunken dollars. So less than $20,000 are at the bottom of the harbor, all round the schooner, and of the 500,- 000 silver dollars iu the bank at noon, not one was in it at 4 o'clock the same afternoon. The English and American ministers had ridden off when the out break first took place, at the President's wish, to ask Gen. Lorquet, who was at a distanoe of sixty miles from the capital with two thousand trustworthy men, to return to the capital and try to prevent the atrocities that were feared. Lor quet, unfortunately, waa almost as un popular as Rameau; but b* returned with his staff and some hundred men, and finding Dosaiugne and Rameau murdered, begot his troops to cry “Vive Lorquet, President,” apparently think ing he was iu favor. The infuriated people, however, would bear no name; but Boisroud Canal, and having broken into Lorqeet's house they brutally mur dered him. True it is—lt seems almost like a romance—that the Ergush Minis ter. Maj. Stewart, an old cavalry oflicer, rode over a hundred mil-j* aa one horse to bring Gen. Lorqaet to the capital, and on his return, the i istant the saddle was removed, the gallant animal fell down dead. It was a presect from Gen. Domingue to the Major. The town is now comparatively quiet, bnt the streets are full of soldiers, and a committee of safety has been formed, to look after the interests of the State until the elections have been held for the new houses of as sembly. Gen. Bc-srond Canal’s election as President is certain. THU CORING CAMPAIGN. Anion of the Stale Eientire Committee. [-Special Dispatch to the Chronicle and SentituL] Atlasta, June 7. —The State Execu tive Committee met this morning.— Messrs. Geo. T. Barnes, R. E. Lester, J. M. Smith and J. W. Wofford were elected delegates from the State-at large to St. Louis. Messrs. J. H. Christy, of Athens; A. O. Bacon, of Bibb; J. V. H. Allen, of Augusta, and C. J. Wellborn, of Union, ware elected alternates. After this Col. Hardeman, the Chairman of the committee, retired and the State Convention question came np. August 2d was ehooeo as the time and Atlanta as the place for holding the Convention by a vote of nine to two.— Each county will send two delegates for each representative it hsa in the Lower House of the General Assembly. The committee adjourned to meet the jjd of August. H- Embroidered gauze galloons is the novelty for trimming evening and din ner dresses. It is wrought in self color or in contrast, and is in floral or Japan design. THE DERBY. NINETY-SEVENTH RACE FOB THE BLUE KIBBON-OF THE TUBE. Kisber the Winner—F.remnner and jalios Ctesar Finish Second aad Third—Petrarch Not Placed—Five Hundred Thousand Per sons Present—Great Excitement on Epsom Dawns. London, May 31. —The ninety-seventh Derby was decided to-day on the far famed Epsom Downs, and was won by Mr. Alexander Baltazzi’s Kisber, by Buccaneer, ont of Mineral. Prom early morning streams of carriages filed down the southern roads and through the green lanes of Barry. The various rail ways never carried more passengers, and yet daring the whole eighteen miles the carriages, donkey carts, four-in hands and other vehicles progressed at the rate of about four miles an hour. It is needless to state that with snch a stickler for precedents at the hefra of the State the House of Comnpns paid homage to the day, and formally sus pended its legislative duties. The Mar quis of Hartington, clad in a light check suit, and wearing a Jim Crow hat, look ed happiness itself, aDd had altogether lost the glum appearance that is notice-, able in him when he Jtakes his place orf the front opposition bench to lead a body of ranting Radicals, for the most of whom he entertains supremq con tempt. The heir to the great dukedom of Devonshire had no Derby favorite to day, but he is forming a stud that onght to result in a Derby winner before long. He has a sort of working agreement with his political antagonist, Mr. Chaplin, the lord of many broad acres in Lin-, colnshire, and on the race course the two are inseparable. Rare old General Peel, who won a Derby thirty years ago and has been a shining light on the Eng lish turf for nearly double that period, ill as he has been, managed to pay the course a visit, and one could not help Doticing as he gazed on the scene of his great triumph how fallen away he is from what he was this time twelve months. For a minute or two he was in earnest conversation with Lord Rose bery—the coming statesman and the past one. Lord Rosebery, it is known, had a SIOO,OOO book on the race, and the wildest guesses were hazarded what be stands to win on his own horse. All Heart, a magnificent colt, half brother to the famous Doncaster, that as a year ling cost him SIO,OOO. In addition to this yojingster he had Bay Wyndham iu the race, for which he gave SB,OOO twelve months ago, after the colt had gained a victory over the Epsom course. The observed of all observers was Lord Dupplin, a young nobleman who, two years ago, was unknown in connec tion with the turf. People do not know whether to envy him or Dot. Avery short time ago he married one of the pretty daughters of the Earl of Fife, who now writes him that she has fouud a man she likes better. . This example has been set by her two eldest sisters, one of whom married the Marquis of Townshend and the other Mr. ’Adrain Hope, the rich banker. This fair but frail sisterhood are great grand-daugh ters of the famous Mrs. Jordan, the ac tress, who was the great t favorite of George IY. Lord Dupplin does hot seem to regret the wayward little woman that he led to the altar, and he consoles himself with having won something like $50,000 at cards of the man she ran away with. His Lordship is the owner of Petrarch, for whom he gave $63,000 about three months ago, since which time the horse has got back half the money by winning the Two Thousand Guineas. Petrarch has been a sensa tional animal. One night a party of gentlemen sat down to cards at Prince Bathyany’s, and they played till eleven o’clock next day, when they determined to have the horses out and try them. This was done before all Newmarket, and as Petrarch finished last his victory in the Two Thousand caused rare sur prise. It perhaps astonished no one more than it did Lord Rosebery, who at once acoepted the big bet of $20,000 to SIO,OOO about the horse for the De&hy, in order to cover some moneys that he had laid out at much larger odds. Ful ly five hundred thousand persons were present, including every rough that Lon don produces. Among the vast crowd were several foreign princes, but there was much disappointment occasioned by the absence of the Prince of Wales, his illness preventing his attending. The Princess of Wales, Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Connaught and the Duke and Duchess of Teck were also absent. The field for the Derby, it was gen erally considered, was not an average one, and it was prophesied that the 're sult would be “Petraroh first, the rest nowhere.’’ How correct waS the pro phecy will by seen below. Petrarch, though not a big horse, is handsome in the extreme. He is a son of Lord Clif den, a horse that unfortunately died last year, and only tweuty-fonr hours after his owner bad refused $57,500 for him. America is to be congratulated on having secured two of his best sons in Winslow and Buekden, the|latter owned by W. Cattrill, of Mobile, Ala. Winslow was a really high class racer, and is in appearance very much like his sire. Petrarch was an unbeaten candidate last year. He ran only once. When not half trained he won the Middle Park Plate of $17,300, the greatest two-year old rase of the year. This season, as already stated, he won the Two Thous and Guineas, worth $§,500. He was bred by a miller in Sussex, who bought the dam for the insignificant snip of slfs after she had broken down in a race. Such is the luck of breeding that from this broken down mare he has raised half a dozen of the best horses in England. She has, indeed, prayed to him a fortune.” The most dangerous antagonist to the favorite it was generally considered was the winner of the race, the oolt by Buccaneer, out of Mineral, belonging to some very shrewd Hungarians. This youngster, though of English parents, was bred by the Emperor of Austria, who about ten years ago purchased Buc caneer for a comparatively small sum. Later on he made an equally fortunate purchase In Mineral, whose foal that she left behind fn England developed into one of the best hors.es of tjje season and won the St. Leger. This was Wenlock. The JVUnered colt, the name he was known fry fbeji, ran fonr times last year, bnt won only ou.ee, the Dewhurst Plate, a race of considerable yalge. Uncharit able people sey that the Wiper&l' colt won a® often as he was wanted, and .cer tainly the Hungarians have been run ning iu and out with their horses. There were rumors that Advance would pr°ye a good outsider, but after he bad been beaten in a minor race, he was sent to an extreme price. There were no fillies of any note in the entry, nor did the French division show anything like a bold tro-fi, In the betting, tygt .night, the rates ruled: Petrarch', 7 to 4; tu Mineral colt, 4 to 1; Forerunner, 7 to 1; Julius Ciysar, 33 to 1. On the course, just before the start, Ifce odds were 2 to 1 against Pe trarch, £ to i aapinst the Mineral colt, 7 to 1 against ~Hkylark. 7 to 1 against Forerunner, 8 to 1 agajnst All Heart, 33 1 agiipst Great Tom, Wild Tommy anil Julius Cmaar, while all the others were 50 to 1. Of the 229 subscribers fifteen came to thn post. These were Lord Rosebery’s All Heart, Father Claret and Ray liatn, Mr. J. if. Houldsworthle Coltness, Mr. R. Peck’s Juliqs Csar and Fore runner, Lord Falmouth's Skylark and Great Tom, Mr. John Watson's Wis dom, Duke of Hamilton’s Wild Tommy, Lord .Zetland's Hardrada, Mr. Gomm’s Advance, Count Grange's BraconnJter, Lord Dnpplin’s Petrarch and Mr. Alex ander Baltazzi’s Mineral colt, the win ner, who was subsequently named Kis ber, and who, bidden by Maidment, se cured the first Derby ever won by an uuuaaied colt or filly. fjh££,r after cheer gre-isd each candidate as he tuyop his way ,out ot the paddock, and when Fel.rarch appeared dsaXening huzzas rent the sir. After a preliminary canter, which was led by Skylark, the entire field got away at sixteen minutes past three o'clock, with the exception of All Heart and Jnlins C3sr, this pair being sughtly behind. Father Claret was the first to show in front, Coltness running second, followed by Forerunner, and then in a cluster came Great Tom, Skylark, Wis dom, Hardrada, Petrarch, the Mineral colt and Bay Wyndham leading the re mainddr of the field, wikh i nlips and All Heart bringing up in the rear. Bnt little alteration was made in the order of the running until the mil® P? sl; was passed, when Father Cfaret in creased his lead to two lengths in ad vance of Coltness, Petrarah ix> the mean time having moved up to third place, within three or four lengths of Coltnegs. Then in a cluster casre Great Tom, Sky lark, Wisdom, Hardrarda and ra " connier, with All He.art beaten off- Coming into the Straight the fa vorite, Petrarch, raised tfcg hopes of bis backers by going to the front ana hold ing the lead for one mile and a quarter and until witfci* fwo distances of home, when he gave oat, and ifcg Mineral colt, who, under Miidment’s steady ioJP£. had been gradually drawing np, took the first place, and in an easy canter came in a winner by sparly five lengths. Foreruimer andJolius Csesa* also passed Petrarch, and made a determined effort at the fcul# distance to overhaul the Mineral colt, but failed signally, Fore runner beating Julia* Cmsar three lengths for second place. Petrarch was the saqjc distance behind Jnlins Caesar, and then came Skylark, Coltness, Wis dom, Great Tom, Wild Tommy, Bracon nier, Hardrada, Advanoe and All Heart in the order named. Hay Wyndham and Father Claret did not pass the win- ning post at all. The time 'of the race was 2:44. Mr. Baltaezi, owner of Kis ber, wins $250,000, and Batkin Roths child and Sir George Chetwynd are also great gainers. Lord Dupplin, Sir Rob ert Peel and Lord . Rosebery are heavy losers. MR. BLAINE OF MAINE. HIS STOCK JOBBINGOPERATIONS IN CONGRESS. Elegant Extract* from Hi* Correspondence— He Want* a Share and Asks a “Definite” Offer—How He Helped the Scheme—A Touch of Parliamentary Law that Paid. Washington, Jane 6. —The following is an extract from Blaine to Fisher : “ June 29, 1869. Yonr offer to admit me to a participation in the new railroad is in every respect as generous as I could expect or desire. I thank you very sin cerely for it, and in this connection I wish to make a suggestion of a some what selfish character. It is this : You spoke of Mr. Caldwell disposing of a share of his interest to me. If he really designs to do so, I wish he would make the proposition definite, so that I coaid know iust what to depend on. Perhaps if he waits for the full develop ment of the enterprise he might grow reluctant to part with the share, and I do not by this meau any distrust of him. I do not feel that I shall prove a dead head in the enterprise if I once embark in it. I see various channels in which I know I can be useful.” “ Augusta, Me., October 4, 1869 : My Dear Sib : I spoke to yon, a short time ago, abont a point of interest to your railroad company that occurred at the last session of Con gress. It was on the last night of the session, when the bill renewing the land grant to the State of Arkansas for the Little Rock Road was reached. Mr. Julian, of Indiana, Chairman of the Public Lands Committee, and by right entitled to the floor, attempted to put on the bill, as an amendment, the Fremont El Paso scheme—a scheme probably well known to Mr. Caldwell. The House was thin, and the lobby in the Fremout interest had the thing all set up, and Julian’s amendment was likely to prevail if brought to a vote. Roots, and other members from Arkan sas, who were doing their best for their own bill, to which there seemed to be no objection, were in despair, for it was well known that the Senate was hostile to the Fremont scheme, and if the Ar kansas bill had gone back to the Senate with Julian’s amendment, the whole tiling would have gone on the table and slept the sleep of death. Iu this di lemma Roots came to me to kuow what on earth he could do under the rules, for he said it was vital to his constitu ents that the bill should pass. I told him that Julian’s amendment was en tirely out of order because not germane; but he had not sufficient confidence in his knowledge of the rules to make the point, but lie said Gen. Logan was op posed to the Fremont scheme and would probably make the point. I sent a page with a note to General Logan, who raised the point. I could not do otherwise than sustain it, and so the bill was freed from the mischievous amendment moved by Julian and at once passed without objection. At that time I had never seen Mr. Caldwell, but yon can tell him that without knowing it I have done him a great favor. “(Sincerely yours, J. G. Blaine.” Washington, D. C., May 26, 1874. My Dear Sib —Your favor received. I am very glad, all things considered, that the Government has accepted your proposition to take all your manufac ture till Ist September, 1865. It gives a straight and steady business for the company for a-goon stretch of time. In regard to the tax provision you can judge for yourself, as I send herewith a copy of the bill as reported from the Finance Committee of the Senate aud flow pending in that body. (See pages 148 and 149, where I have marked.) In looking over the bill you will please ob serve that all the words iu italic letters are amendments proposed by the Senate committee, while all the words enclosed in brackets are proposed to be struck out by the same committee. The pro vision which you inquire about was not in the original bill, but was an amendment moved from the Ways and Means Committee by Mr. Kasson, of lowa, to whom I suggested it. It is just aud proper in every sense, and will affect a good many interests, including your company. I am glad to hear such good accounts of your pro gress in the affairs of the company of which I have always been proud to be a member. In haste, yours truly, J. G. Blaine. Warren Fisher, Jr., Esq. Comment by Mr. Blaine —I have looked up the provisions which the gentleman from lowa (Mr. Kasson) moved, and it was this, that where the Government had contracted for the delivery of a specific article of manufacture, and after the contraot was made with the Govern ment an additional tax was levied on that artiole the Government should stand the loss and not the seller. The gentleman from lowa understands the point. Mr. Kasson : “I do remember the fact of the amendment.” Mr.'Blaine : “It is a very simple mat ter. In fact all the manufacturing in terests in the United States where con tracts were made were interested in it, and where new tax bills were passed every few months” RODENTS ON THE RAMPAGE. How Stovepipe Trousers and a Zinc Petti ppat Saypd Two Uves—An Unprotected Bafye Eaten Up. Pueblo (Col.) Chieftain, May 25. — The number of rats inhabiting the rocky crevices and cavernous passages at the summit of Pike’s Peak have recently be come formidable and dangerous. These animals are known to feed upon a sac cliabine gum that percolates through the pores of the rooks apparently up heaved by some voloauio action. Binpe the establishment of the Government Signal Station on the summit of the Peak, at an altitude of nearly 15,000 feet, these animals have acquired a vo racious appetite for raw- and uncooked meat, the scent of which seems to im part a ferocity rivalling the fierceness of the starved Siberian wolfe. The most singular trait in the character of these animals is that they are never seen in the When the moon pours down her queenly light qpqq tfie sum mit they may be seen ip poqntjess num bers trooping around tlie rocky boul ders that crowp the barren waste, and the W&TO Summer npmths -they may be seen swimming uud sporting in the wafers of the lake, a short distance below the Peak, and pf a dark, cloudy night their trail in the water is marked Ijy a sparkling light, giving to the waters of the lake a bright and silvery ap pearance. A few days ago Mr. John T. O’Keefe, one of the Government opera tors at the signal station upon the Peak, returned to his post, taking with him upon a pack animal a quarter of beef. It being late in the afternoon his col league,' Mr. M 0 * 3 * 18 ’ immediately left with the pack animal for the Springs. Soon after dark, while Mr. O.’Keefe was engaged in the office forwarding night dispatches to Denyer and Washington, he wss startled, by a loud scream from Mrs. O’Keefe, who frad retired for the night to an adjoining heiffoojp, and who came rushing info the office screaming, “ The rats! tlje rats I” Mr. <y Keefe,' with great pres ence <?f mind,, immediately drew around his wile a scroll zinc plating, which prevented the animals fpm climbing upon her person, and, al though 'fxif own person was almost literally coyeyed with them, frP append ed in incasing both of his legs epch ip a joint of stove pipe, when he commenced a fierce and desperate struggle for the preservation of life, being armed with a heavy cane. Hundreds were de stroyed on eyery side, while they still seemed to pour with inereyjisg pujqbers from tlie bed room, the doojr of Wf) ie h qeaa open. The entire quantity of beef was eaten in less than fiye minutes, which seemed to only sharpen their ap petites for‘an pppp Mr. O’Keefe, whose bands, face and neck were terri bly lacerated. In the midst of the war fare Mrs- O’Keefe managed to reach the office, from which Mr? t b rfiw ® coil of electric wire over her b nsband tbat sprang outward and spread itself over the room, then, grasping the yalve of the battery, she poured all its terrible pow er upon the wire. In an instant the room yaa Mi ablaze with electric light and hundreds were gilfed k? When the sodden appearance of day light, made such by the coruscation of the heajrjJ'i gharged wire, caused them to take reluge amoug ths previ£e§ and caverns of the mountain, by way of the bed room window, through which they had loroed their way. But the saddest part tit this night’s adventure upon the Peak is the .destroying of their infant child, which Mrs.’ G Recio thought she fta4 Rffide se cure by a heavy covering of bed elpth ing. Bnt the rats had found their way to the infant (only two months old) and left nothing of jtjbut the peeled and naked skull. Drs. Rorn ana Andersen have ipst returned to Colorado Springs from the Peak. It was thought at first that the left am of Sergeant O'Keefe wopid have to be amputated, bat they now believe it can be saved. j Memphis, Jane 6.—Sam Anderson, colored, who was arrested here Monday, for attempting an outrage on Miss Yaughan, of DeSoto county, Miss., and catting the throat of her brother and leaving him for dead, was taken from the officers yesterday morning by a body of armed citizens and bang. His father, charged with being accessory to the at tempted murder, is in jaiL RUSSIAN NEWSPAPERS. A Record or the Muscovite Press—Two Hun dred and Fifty Years of Journalinn. An interesting historical review of the Russian newspapers is published in a series of articles in the St. Petersburg Zeitung. The first newspaper in Russia, as in other countries, appealed under the form of news-letters, containing translations froqa foreign papers and va rious items of news. These news-letters, however, were not private undertakings, bnt were written in the Russian Foreign Office. They consisted of extracts from the reports ot Russian diplomatic-agents, and were only intended for the use of the Czar, and his family, and the mem bers of bis Court, among whom they were circulated from 1621 to 1701. Though foreign journals began to be received in Russia in 1631, it was not until 1702 that a printed newspaper was published in that country. This was the Military and Other News, which was established by Peter the Great, and is said to have been edited, and even part ly written, by that sovereign. It was printed at Moscow, in Sclavonic charac ters, and, though it did not appear regu larly, its average sale was 0 thousand copies. In the year 1717 it adopted the Russian character instead of the Scla vonic; in 1725 it changed its title to that of the Russian News, and iu 1727 it ceased to exist. The next Russian pa per was the St. Petersburg Gazette, which was started in 1728 by the Acade my of Sciences. It appeared in two •editions—one German and another Rus sian—twice a week. This journal, like its predecessor, was merely a chronicle of home and foreign news, the former being restricted to lists of promotions, accounts of reviews and official festivals, and occasional remarks about the weath- er. The editor [G. Muller], however, also published an appendix, entitled “Historical, Genealogical, and Geo graphical Observations,” which was very widely read, and contributed greatly to the enlightenment of the Russian pub lic on the principal questions of the day. These “Observations” ceased to appear in the year 1742, and in 1755 they were succeeded by a monthly paper, called Monthly Works and Translations, which was the first literary perodical published in Russia, and had a large sale. The first journal started by a private person in the Empire was The Busy Bee (1759), of which the well known dramatic writer, Sumamkoff, was both editor and pro prietor. It existed only for a year, and was followed by several others equally short-lived. In 1769 a satirical weekly journal appeared, called The Miscellany. It soon became so popular that a host of rivals sprang up, which bitterly attacked each other in striving for the public fa vor; but the taste for this kind of litera ture soon died away, and by the year 1775 The Miscellany and its imitators had all disappeared. An enterprising publisher, M. Novikoff, now started a' number of papers, of which the most important was a monthly periodical en titled The Old Russian Library, con taining articles on old Russian literature and history. In 1791, however. Novikoff was imprisoned in the fort;ess of Schlus selburg for having entered into commu nication with some secret political socie ties abroad, and five years afterwards the Emperor Paul issued a ukase forbid ding the importation of all foreign books ana even musical publications. These two events put au end during the re mainder of the Emperor’s reign to all journalistic activity in Russia. But the period of political and literary stagna tion did not last long; the accession of Alexander I. revived the hopes of the most liberal spirits in the Empire. Count Paul Strogonoff, the eulogist of Mirabeau, wrot'e to his friend Nowosilt zoffin London: “Arrivez, mon ami; nous allons avoir une constitution-,” and the historian Bogdanowitch says that “more was done for the culture of the Russian people in the eight years from 1802 to 1810 than in the whole of the eighteenth century.” The first Russian official paper, the Northern Post, was started in 1809. It was edited by the Minister of the Inte rior, and contained, besides the ordinary items of news, literary criticisms and ar ticles on science, trade, and industry. The most eminent journalist of that pe riod was the celebrated historian Karam sin. His paper, the European Messen ger, was so successful that it brought him an income of 6,000 roubles a year, and it was the first Russian journal that published political articles, though these consisted for the most part of eulogiums of the reforms of Alexander I. One of Karamsiu’s articles begins with the fol-, lowing sentence: “Peter the Great founded the first academy in our coun try, Elizabeth the first university, Cathe rine the municipal schools; but Alexan der exclaimed, when he increased the number of universities and colleges, ‘Let there be light also.inthe villiages !”’ But with all his exaggeration and one sidedness, Karamsin rendered great services in the formation of publio opin ion in his country. “He was, indeed, the father of Russian journalism; before him the only Russian newspapers were either official chronioles or academical almanacs, which were rather of the na ture of school books than organs of the enlightened classes in Russian society. He was the first Russian journalist who expressed his opinions on home as well as on foreign events, and who without official support succeeded in exercising a certain influence on the public. * * * Cultivated people found in his paper not only the facts which interested them, but also the views with which they most sympathized.” The success of the Eu ropean Messenger led to the publication of a great mwy oßier journals, unc) as eariy as 180(3 the power of the pv eaa was so generally recognised in Russia that a Russian nobleman,' wishing tq protest against the practice of intermarriage be tween laud-owners and their serfs, ad dressed his complaint not to the Govern ment but to a Moscow paper. Simul taneously with the European Messenger was published a monthly perofiipal cal led the Northern Messenger, which was subsidized by’tbe Government and edit ed by a Government official, J. Marty now, Director of the Department of Publio Education. Martynow was an enthusiastic admirer of English institu tions, and wrote warmly in his paper in favor of their adoption in Russia. “Eng land,” he said, “is a monarchy, bnt we do not find in her the hurtful power of the Caesars; she is an aristocracy with out the crushing pride of the patrician spirit; she is also a democracy,- but she is not under the sway of a tyrannical majority. Tfiis js because sjae is pene trated by tRe spirit pf true patriotism which spring from a love for free insti tutions.” Such statements, appearing in an official paper, naturally shocked the Russian Conservatives, apd they brought opt, in 1-808, a journal pf their own, the flnspqn Messenger, which was the first paper that represented the views of what is now called the Old Russian Party. This was the beginning ef the reaction against the liberal policy of Alexander I. which resulted in a return to the old autocratic regime; the censor ship was made more rigorous than ever, and Russian journalism sustained a blow from which it bas not yet recover ed. Mb. Moopx in Chicaqo. —The Inter- Qcean says : Yesterday morning Moody’s church was well attended, but it was in the evening that by far tli® lar g eat num ber of people yet seen in tf,e hiding assembled tq qeqr the popular preacher. By every available fqof of room was occupied; men and women stood in the passageways apd sat on the steps lead ing to the gallery, end sqqing this, the ushers tqlfi every one oqtsiife that tliere was not even Staffing room ip the pdi 3<se. yery m<?ny fetired greatly isappoiftted, not a few persisted in their efforts and effected an entry to see and hear as much as they could. Not withstanding the apparent lowness of the dome, the church was nice and cool, which speaks well for its ventilation, Punctually at 7:45 Mt. Moody folfowed bj thq ty*- iSrdman, and, aiter ij hymp Pfayer, Ifr. Moody re quested that all the doors be shut, as it was impossible to crowd any more igto the building. Mr. M°lQ4r ties *poke of tbeir financial qoaditiem. The original debt was $67,000; they "had received $63,- (jOQ, and $4,000 was still needed. If that sum was raised they would give away the bouse to the Mo r 4 th#t night. r jph e cqllevitiou was then taken up, and it was afterward ascertained that it amounted to $855. The morning collec tion was abont $2,000, one of the bas kets containing a gold chain, a pair of earrings, and a brqasßfin, M*. Mqqdy announced that he would be glad to meet hie North Side friends at a reunion in the church on Thursday evening. He would not horn them with qny pfeaphing ey speech-making. Mr. Moody took for his text the words: “Except a nian be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God,” and preached for forty minntes in his u*ual vigorous and efiectivp manner; his dosing re marks in reference to the hymn, ‘ ‘Watch ing and Waiting,’-’ were intensely pathet ic, and at the close there were but few dry eyes in the house. In the absence of Mr. Sankey, whfi i indisposed, Mr.Moody was ably seconded by P. P. Bliss, whose rich, melodious voice was heard to grept advantage in several pret ty hymns. Patrick McNiohol, a witness in a Phil adelphia Conrt, touched his Kps to the Bible without smacking them, and the opposing lawyer insisted upon a genuine kiss. “Do yon want me to open my month and swallow it?” rtked Pat. “Kiss it as yon would kipp your wife,” said the lawyer, bnt Pat said that he had never kissed anybody. The Judge 'kindly illustrated how the kissing ought to be done, and the witness imitated THE BEAUFORT TRAGEDY. THE CAUSE OP THE TROUBLE, Further Particular,, in Regard to the Affair. In the Chronicle and Sentinel of Tuesday it was briefly stated that a Mrs. Smith, wife of one of the naval officers at Port Royal, had been found dying in he! room at Beaufort, with a pistol ball wound through her body. Since then we have obtained the follow ing particulars in regard to the affair : Capt. T. R. Smith of the monitor Sanguis, and his wife and child occu pied two rooms in the Sea Island Hotel at Beaufort. Mrs. Smith was a splendid looking woman and apparently lived in perfect harmony with her husband. But this state of things was soon to come to an abrupt termination. Onr Saturday morn ing Capt. Smith intercepted letters to his wife fiom a brother officer in the fleet, which terribly compromised Mrs. Smith. Outraged and indignant, Capt. Smith confronted his wife, showed her the letters and charged her with infidel ity. He would take their child, while she could return to her parents in Boston. In the meantime he would have his ef fects removed from the apartments they then occupied to another portion of the hotel. Mrs. Smith protested against this action, and informed her husband that if he exposed her in that way she would kill herself. Capt. Smith replied that she did not have the courage to take her own life.— He then left her, went to the proprietor of the hotel and told him that after that day he would not be responsible for his wife’s board. He engaged rooms on the other side of the building and had his trunks and other effects moved into them. Later in the day Mrs. Smith was found in her own room, the door of which was locked, in the death agony, with a frightful wound torough her body. She died in a few minutes. The coroner Jield an inquest over the corpse a short time afterwards. The jury re turned a verdict to the effect that it was doubtful whether the deceased had com mitted suicide or not. We understand that there was no mark of powder around the wound. The grand jury of Beaufort county, we understand, are investigating the matter. We find the following in regard to the affair in the Savannah News, ,f yester- day: Beaufort, S. C., June 6. The particulars of the supposed sui cide of the wife of one of the naval offi cers stationed at Port Royal, already re ported, are as follows: On Saturday at 5, p. m., Mrs. Caroline Smith, wife of Captain T. R. Smith, of the monitor Saugus, was found on the floor of her room, at the Sea Island Hotel of this place, with a pistol shot wound under her left breast. Life was not extinct when the unfortunate woman was found, but she died, after fifteen minutes of terrible agony, without speaking a word.- Dr. Stuart, who had been called in, did all that medical skill could do, but the flow of blood soon exhausted the victim. The pistol, a Colt’s navy revolver, carry ing an ounce ball, was found on the floor near where Mrs. Smith was lying. The ball passed entirely through the body and out at a window through the shut ters. Alleged infidelity is said to have been the cause. It is stated that her husband discovered several letters, which led to confession on the part of the wife and to the terrible culmination already related. The inquest of the coro ner was not satisfactory to the grand jury nor to the public. The verdict was to the effect that deceased came to her death by her own hand or the hands of parties to the jury unknown. Captain Smith, the husband, was in the room ten minutes before the bleeding body was discovered by the servants. He had been very much excited all day, and on endeavoring to enter the room he found the door locked and kicked it open. Upon the discovery of the wounded wo man, he was sought for and found in the office below. Three doors open into the room in which the body was found. One of the alleged paramours of Mrs. Smith —a physician on board a Government vessel—-upon hearing the news of the tragedy telegraphed his resignation and left on the first train. The grand jury is now in session, and that body will give the case a searching and thorough investigation. • The unfortunate victim was a native of Boston and about thirty-one years of age. She leaves a little child eighteen months old. To all appearance the de portment of Mrs. Smith was irreproach able, and she was very highly esteemed here. EMORY COLLEGE. .Shall n Man Defend His Country, Knowing It to Be Wrong ? [From an Occasional Correspondent.} Oxford, June 3.— The beautiful fo liage of the majestio and innumerable oaks of the “College Caijapus” waving and rustling in the silent solitude by the bland atmosphere of last evening, im parting an exhilarating feeling to all spirits, were interrupted in the grandeur ofc their musings by the pervasion of the master voices of the “Phi Gamma So ciety’s” most efficient debaters, discuss ing the merits of this question, viz: “Is a man justifiable in defending his country when he believes it tQ be in the wrong ?” The hall was packed with visitors from Oxford and its sister town, Covington. Mr. Q. W- Heiflt, an able minister <if the North Georgia Confer ence, presided as President pro tern. The exercises were opeped by a melodi ous overture from Emory's young Uter pepn String Band, thrilling the audi ence with its ecstatic strains. Mr. A. E. Bird, the salutatoriau of the occa siou, welcomed the audience and intro duced the debaters in his own attractive and flowing style, and we certainly think his effort one of the beat preagiffularics we have had the pleasure of hearing at “College." the debate was opened by Mr. y. 0. Culver, followed by Mr. J. J. Ansley, who most amicably and effec tively maintained his side'(negative) by his expressive words and sound logic. Mr. W. S. Featherstoue followed with the best speech on the question. Mr. J. E. Speir eloquently closed the de bate, refuting much of the argument of his opponent by his sarcasm and im promptu repartees. The interest mani fested by the audience may be pqrtiaffy attributable to the fact tho debate was an unequal one because the two debaters on the negative side were Sophomores, those on the affirmative Juniors, with all the dignity of their ap proaching senior year, the threshold of which they’are just entering, ffhe able decision duly madp by the Mr. Heicft, after congratulating the youthful contestants upon their laudahle debate as dehuters, was given in favor of the affirmative, much to my chagrin and consternation, because I cherished a hope of success and fellow feeling for my class mates on the negative side. We were finely entertained by an amiable and touching address by Mr. J. H. Daniel, valedictorian of the departing Senior class, his hea'ftv appeal to the mergers is about to ’leave, to apply themselves by arduous and assiduous efforts to become good debaters, and the solemn and pleading epithets addressed to his plass mates to conduct themselveg becomingly m future life made an im pression ~upon (he apd hearts of all those present, which the transpira tion os another senior yeap cannot erase. Mr. J. W. Akin, of the Junior class, the respondent, with hip soul pon vulsed the house; he could SUUTqefy be heap) in the first’psqt of pig spepiff}. He finished iqosf spluiirahly by picturing In thp saddest garb imaginable, the “Fare well’’- he was compelled to extend them, and that he hoped it would be an era in all of their lives never to be for gotten. Q WASHINGTQ-N 440451 P, fwvtt Rumors Irani the Capital. Washington, June 6. —The Senate Committee on foreign relations have ap pointed Friday the 9th inst. to hear fur ther the delegations representing the sugar and rice interests. Messrs. Owens, of Georgia, and Gibson, of Louisiana are thoronghly alive to the difficulties of their position but do not dispair of final success. It is thought the longer the Hawaiian treaty is discussed by the pub lic the stronger the opposition becomes. It is remarked that the delegates are more enthusiastic than their constituen cies. The sub-Jndioiary Committee ad journed to to-morrow in consequence of other engagements. Mr. Hnnter, ex- Senator Riee and Mr. Howe, of Ar kansas will be examined. Commodore J. Blakely Creighton has been placed in command of the Norfolk Navy Yard until July Ist. Commodore T. H. Stevens will discharge the special duties relative to Norfolk harbor. Sam Ward before the Ways and Means Com mittee knew nothing of the three hun dred thonsand dollars from California used to pass the Hawaiian treaty. Ward stated the investigations had hampered the business of lobbying. THE NARROW GAUGE. A* New 14ne from Buffalo to Philadelphia. Buffalo,* June 6.—The completion of the third rail narrow gauge through route from Buffalo to Philadelphia via the l£rie and Lehigh Talley Roads was duly inaugurated to-day by a compli mentary excursion, extended to repre sentatives of the different railroads and press of the different cities, with their ladies. The train consisted of five drawing room, one smoking and one commissary car. Oneof the Lehigh Val ley Company’s cars, which left here at 7, a. m., will arrive at Philadelphia at 9 this evening. . TWO STATES. INTERESTING LETTER FROE OUR TRAVELING CORRESPON DENT. Wnlhalla Newnan, l ainesvllle—The Busi ness Outlook—The Crops—The Gubernato rial Question. Walhalla, Ooonee Cos., S. C., { June 6th, 1876. j Editors .Chronicle and Sentinel: Walhalla, sitnated on the Blue Ridge Railroad, at the terminus of the road, is a town of about oue thousand inhabi tants. The streets are well shaded and very broad. The business is done on one street, which is about one mile long. The town has a good many business men, although at this time there is but little doing. Among the prosperous men in business are to be found Dr. A. E. Norman, with his mammoth drug store, also Mr. I. P. Fincanuon and Mr. W. Pitchford, in the dry goods line, also some others who are doing well. The town is well supplied with churches, having four, a Methodist and a Presby terian, a Baptist and a Luthran. The Newberry College is situated here, with a prosperous school of about one hun dred and twenty young men, from differ ent parts of South Carolina and other States. The trustees of this College are men of great note in South Carolina, and in all the principle cities of the State. The Fac ulty is composed of men of great learn ing, almost all ministers. The worthy and much esteemed Rev. J. P. Smeltzer, D. D., is the President of the College. Next week will be commencement week at the college, and your traveling cor respondent was strongly solicted by some of the able Faculty as well as by some of the polished • young men who are attending school to remain. There will be quite a gathering, as there will be six young men to graduate. Walhal la will be crowded with visitors the whole time. The Keowee Courier, Wal halla, S. C., is published here, and is a neat little paper. The publishers are Col. Keith and Mr.D.A.Smith—the latter worded on the Chronicle and Sentinel two years back. He is much pleased to see the success in all parts of Georgia and South Carolina of the Chronicle and Sentinel. Your paper will double any Georgia paper at this office, and dare it refuted also in the county. The people look for the Chronicle and Sen tinel to help them through this year to fight plunderers and thieves who have control of the State, and have brought it so low. They look for that old time paper, the Chronicle and Sen tinel, to help them bring the State to honest government. They look for no help from the Chamberlain organ, the News and Courier, as it is termed up here. Leaving Walhalla, my next visit was to Seneca City, on the Air Line Rail road. It is a stirring business place of about three hundred inhabitants, yet the little city is but two years old, and has ten or twelve good business houses. The situation is decidly beautiful. It iB built at the junction of the Blue Ridge Railroad with the Great Air Line. Seneca City is bound at no distant day to make quite a city. The inhabitants are refined and of the best class, and are Democratic. Hon. J. W. Livingston resides here, a true man; his many friends have brought him out for Sena tor,and there is no doubt of his election. The Coleman House, kept by Mr. M. W. Coleman, who was raised at Edge field, S. C. ( is one of the best houses in the State. His table has everything on it to make it first-class. His rooms are large, airy and well ventilated; his charges are moderate for a. first-class house. The traveler will always be well pleased after stopping at Mr. Coleman’s. The Seneca City Mineral Springs are situated about a quarter of a mile from the Coleman House. The water has proved a great benefit to invalids at dif ferent times. Your traveling correspond ent, in company with Mr. M. W. Cole man, visited the springs and was sur prised to find three different kinds of water running in less than five feet of each other. I notice some fine build ings in Seneca City, among them that of Dr. Yarbrough and that of Col. Living ston. There are quite a number of new houses going up; also, a union church, for all denominations. Mr. F. A. Lewis, the successful young mer chant,. will accept thanks for kind ness during n.y stay, and all the kind and intelligent people of Seneca City. The Chronicle and Sentinel stands double at Seneca City, on the great Air Line Eailroad, of any other Georgia paper. I will now give you some pews concerning my trip in Geor gia last week. My first stopping place was Newnan, the place of my birth. Newnan has changed a great deal. Num bers of fine improvements have gone up —a oounty fair ground and quite a num ber of fine brick dwellings and business houses. The city has about three thou sand inhabitants. It is very healthy and has good society apd line schools. There are three churches. The Metho dist and Presbyterian churches are handsome buildings. The Baptist church is quite an old building. The town has two weekly papers, one of which is the Newman Herald, publish ed by Mr. Welch and edited by Mr. Dent. lam glad to hear from Mr. Welch that the Jfemld is well supported. The Newnan Blade, edited hy Mr. Bar ron, is quite a handsome little paper asd the people are giving it a good sup port in Coweta county. Your traveling correspondent was entertained by Dr. Wellborn while at Newnan and by his accomplished family. Near his resi dence is a mineral spring, which has proved a great benefit to invalids. I was much pleased to meet with persons I had not seen from childhood. With kind feelings tq afl my friends I left Newnan to visit Grantville, Coweta oounty. Grantville is quits a handsome place, with a good school and four or five business houses. The representa tive of the Chronicle and Sentinel was mnoh pleased to meet with subscribers in that oounty who showed me receipts running back forty years. I could hardly realize what changes had taken place since I left—twelve years ago.— The county has much improved.— May all my kind friends and the people of Coweta prosper. Asa sun J feel proud of her. My plane was Gainesville o,q e 4 ir Hioe Railroad. I was much pleased to notice that uncle Daniel Quat tlebaum’s new house was finished; be has a fine place, handsomely shaded and now ready for guests. The New Holla, u d Springs are in charge of Qapt. I called on hitq qpd he was busily en- predating fat visitors. Gains ville is quite a pleasant place, with fine mineral springs- The town is improv ing very fast. While there I called on A Hooker, proprietors of the steam plaining mill. They report busi ness good. All along the enbfe road the crops look weff, ’fhe peo ple are greatly fn earnest about who will bo Governor of Geor gia, apff ask me who the Chronicle and Ssntiiubl is for. The people and the papers ask it. Numbers of the people say if that true and tried patriot, Herschel V. Johnson, will only (el his name be known as a the peo ple will know thpn who wdi De their next j Goversw-, s’a,H love and venerate him. I I haye, hehrd several of the leading | of the State say if he woiffd an nounce himself as one py the. aspirants | the qqestipfl foe* would beset&p. 4 IfflW to-rTorraW for Georgia, and hope to return to South Carolina in a shdrt tiffiO, G. w, N. FAIRBANKS’ SCALES THU STANDARD. Also, Miles’ Alarm Cash Drawer, Coffee and Drag Mills, Letter Presses, Ac., Ac. Store Trucks, Baggage Barrows, all sizes. PRINCIPAL SCALE WAREHOUSES : FAIRBANKS & CO., 311 Broadway, N. Y. FAIRBANKS A CO., 166 Baltimore Street, Bal timoie, Md. FAIRBANKS A CO., 53 Camp Bt., New Orleans. FAIBBANKS A CO., 216 Main Strjet, Buffalo, N. Y. FAIRBANKS A CO., 338 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. i FAIBBANKS A CO., 403 St. Paul’s St., Montreal, FAIBBANKS A CO.. 34 King William Street, London, England. FAIRBANKS, BROWN A CO., 2 Milk Street, Boston. Mass. FAIRBANKS A EWING, Masonic Hall, Phila delphia. Pa. FAIRBANKS, MORSE A CO., 11l Lake Street, Chicago. FAIBBANKS, MORSE A CO., 139 Walnut St., Cincinnati, Ohio. FAIBBANKS. MOUSE A CO., 182 Superior St., Cleveland, Ohio. FAIBBANKS. MOBSE A CO., 48 Wood Street, Pittsburgh. FAIBBANKS, MOBSE A CO., sth and Main 8t„ Louisville. , FAIBBANKS A CO., 302 and 304 Washington Avenue, St. Louis. FAIBBANKS A HUTCHINSON, San Francisco, California. For sale by leading Hardware Dealers. my4-eodAwßw IN ew Advertlsmnenis. ORAND REDUCTION IN DRY GOODS. We Will Offer To-Morrow : • , 30 Pieces Checked and Striped Silks at 50c. a yard. 30 Pieces Solid Colors, very low. 20 Pieces Black Silks, cheaper than ever. 500 Pieces Dress Goods, Including Black Grenadines and all the newett Styles In Colored Goods, at greatly reduced prices. The best assortment of Mourning Goods in the South. 500 Dozen Honey, Glycerine and Brown Windsor Toilet Soap—large Cakes, at 50c. per dozen. 500 dozen Gents’ Half Hose at 6 1-4, Sand 10c. a pair. Another invoice of those fine English Half Hose at 25c. a pair. 150 Pieces Cotton Fringe at 75c., worth $3. 5 Bales 4-4 Sea Island Cotton, extra fine, at Bc. a yard. We are slili 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 Suits and Underwear proportionately low. 65 of those beautiful Llama Lace Sacqnes left, which we will sell at about 25c. on the dollar. Garment Linen—a full stock very cheap. Ladies’ and Gents’ Fine Trunks and Valises in great variety. JAS. A. RAY Ac CO. my2l—tf - '' ~ ” "" T~ Colored Silk Grenadines! AT TEN CENTS PER YARD I o CHRISTOPHER CRAY & CO. Will offer for sale Monday Morning, Two Cases ot Silk Grena dines and other Dress Goods at the nominal price of ten cents# The Best Brands of New Prints, Merriinac, Pacific, &c., at 6 1-4 cents per yard# No Trash, but New and Choice Goods. All other Goods in our Stock have beeu marked as low in proportion as the above. O. GRAY Ac CO. ap3o-tf Important to planters and others! THE RICHMOND FACTORY, Ten Miles From Augusta, CONTINUES TO MANUFACTURE WOOLEN CLOTH AND TO CART) WOOL ROLLS FOR PLANTERS and other parties sending Wool to us. We propose in future to DYE the COTTON WARP when desired, and we will also DYE the WOOL FILLING, if requested, either Brown, Black or Gray, or the Cloth can be made the natural oolor of the Wool. The charge for making Plains will be 12Jc. a yard, and for Twills 15c. a yard. For Dyeing Cotton Warp. lc. a yard; Wool Filling, 2c. a yard; Carding Rolls, 100. a pound. Wool can be bent 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 <fc HACK, Agents,. Augusta, Ga. I>. B. HACK, mayl7-wtm PRESIDENT RICHMOND FACTORY.. Fire, Life, Marine nl Aceident, liiNUrnuce. No. 219 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. ESTABLISHED 1866. ORIGI N A L IN ONVBO A.RI> AGENCY. QONSULT your interest and oall or write for rates before insuring elsewhere. Fire, Life, Marine and Accident Insurance • Effected in town or country at the Lowest Equitable Rate in the annexed list of First-Class' Companies, which are second to none in Reliability, Fair Dealing and Prompt Payment of Losses; Cross Assets, Over $39,000,000, London and Lancashire Fire Ins,Co., England. Westchester Fire Insurance Cos., New York. Commercial Fire Insurance Cos., St. Louis, Mo Virginia Rome Insnranee Cos., Richmond, Va. Farmvilie Ins. and Banking Cos., Farmville, Va. Home Ins. and Banking Cos., Galveston, Texas. Citieens’ Fire Insurance Company, N. J. iEtna Life Insurance Comp’y, Hartford, Conn. .Accident Insurance a Specialty. lan?3 , ly f. \V. HARRIS# Manager. Banking Institutions SSfimTilD SAMS BANK, 5323 Broad Street, CAPITAL, - - - SIOO,OOO, WITH STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY* Interest Allowed on Deponitw, TANARUS, T>. BRANCH, President, J- T. NKWBERY, Cashier. DIRECTORS: THOS. W. OOSKERY, GEN. M. W. GARY, JAMES L. GOW„ JUDGE WM. GIBSON, E. H. ROGERS, M. I. BRANCH. janMMf T<>t> Printing and Hook Binding. JOB PRINTING. BOOK BINDING. RULING, Etc. ARE PREPARED TO DO EVERY DESCRIPTION OP WORK DESIRED Merchants, Factors, torpor ations, Societies, Hotels, Railroads, A ivd the public generally. WALSH & WRIGHT. PROPRIETORS, Fire Association Ins. Cos., Philadelphia, Fa. Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Cos., New York. Old Dominion Insurance Go., Richmond, Va. Richmond Fire Association, Richmond, Va.. Farmers and Drovers Fire Ins. Cos., Louisville'. Mississippi Valley Fire Ins.Co., Memphis, Toon. Union Marine and Fire Ins. Cos., Galveston, T. [ Travelers Life nnd Accident, Hartford, Conn.
