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WEDNESDAY JULY 5, 1876.
TAIiIAFEKKO COUNTY.
The Democrats o; Taliaferro oounty
will assemble in mass meeting at the
Court House in CrawfordTille, on the
second Saturday, Bth July next, for the
purpose of reorganizing the party in the
county, and appointing delegatee to the
Gubernatorial and Congressional Con
ventions. W. H. Brooke,
Chm’n Ex. Com. Pern. Party T. C.
Tkk prospects for a European war
seem to be improving.
The nomination has been made and
we had all better go to work to elect the
nominee. _
lx mnst have been very edifying to
see a “Colquitt man” riding on the top
of a hearse through the streets of Atlan
ta on Sunday morning to pay an election
wager. ,
The discussion of the Columbia county <
meeting still continues. We publish
this morning a call for another meeting
and a defense by Hon. H. B. Casey, of
the last one held. *
The Terre Haute (Ind.) Express, a
strong Republican taper, refuses to
support Governor Hates for the Presi
dency, because he is committed to the
hard money financial policy.
Beotheb Blaine seems to be in a bad
wav physically as well as politically.
We hope he will recover from his illness.
He is a bold and able man, and always
makes things lively when he is around.
Two thousand people serenaded Mr.
James in Atlanta 4e other night in honor
of bis victory in Fulton county Mr.
Tames made a speech, in which he de
clared in favor of a Constitutional Con
vention. , ||
AT the meetinar in Americas. held the
other day, only those persons favoring
the nomination of General Colquitt
were invited to attend. The meeting
didn’t venture npon the selection of
delegates. M
Sheridan and General Grant will
carry Lonisiana and Alabama for t e
Republicans this year if there is any
virtue in bayonets. It may be discov
ered before the end of the campaign
that bayonets have played out.
Even the Cincinnati Enquirer sup
ports Governor Tilden. This is good.
The millennium haa come. The soft
money lion lies down with the hard
money lamb and a little child shall lead
them to the polls in November.
I* Governor Smith runs for United
States Senator next January, he will
make it lively for tlie other candidates.
He will get a strong vote in Middle and
Eastern Georgia. Some attention will
be paid to this question in selecting
candidates for the Legislature.
The principal hall of the Capitol has
a seat; ng capacity of one hundred and
seventy- five. The State Convention will
oonsist properly of three hundred and
fifty members. In addition, some of
the counties are sending more delegates
than they have votes. Where will all
the delegates be put ?
Governor Chamberlain and “Honest
John” Patterson violated the civil
rights law in Cincinnati. The Reform
ers’ personal organ says : “The colored
members of the South Carolina delega
tion were quartered at the Madison
House, a second olass hotel. The white
members stopped at the Burnett House,
Grand Hotel and other first class
11QU866.”
Tee Covington Enterprise says of
Colowel Capers : “Colonel Henry D.
Capers, of Oxford, re-appeared as a
poet during a storm at Dalton recently.
The Colonel is a good poet if you allow
him the use of poetical dictionaries.”
mis is about as equivocal a compliment
as saying that a man would keep a good
grocery store if he met with success in
robbing a pantry.
Under the heading of “The Hero of
Olnstee” the following dispatch from
Atlanta appears in the Griffin Hews :
Muscogee, Clark, Lae and Dougherty
counties had to-day large meetings, and en
dorsed Colquitt unanimously. Full Colquitt
delegates. J- B. Goodon.
Why did’nt Senator Gordon tell also
how Fulton had gone ? He was on the
spot and had the information handy.
“Full delegates” also suggest “free
whisky.”
Referring to the California oivil
rights deoision, the Toronto Globe calls
attention to the fact that the two prin
cipal opera houses of London do not ad
mit persons, exoept to an undesirable
part of tho house, unless they are dress
ed in what is called evening costume.
No action lies against the managers for
the reason that they are held to be en- 1
gaged in a private business, which they
can regulate to suit themselves. Of
coarse if they deny admission to a per
son holding a ticket they are liable to
damages; but no proceeding can bo
brought to force them to admit a person
whom they do not wish to admit.
A Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald says it is the United
States Senate whioh has stopped the ap
propriation bills, and whose partisan
policy now threatens to leave the Gov
ernment penniless. The saving whioh
the House proposes to effect amounts in
*ll to the large sum of $40,000,000,
equal to nearly one dollar a head of the
whole population. This can be done
without embarrassing the public service,
end indeed it can be confidently said
that if there were time to examine the
estimates thoroughly it would not be
difficult to save $20,000,000 more.
We are glad to hear that work on the
Marietta and North Georgia Road is ac
tively progressing. The road when fin
ished will open up one of the finest
countries on the continent and greatly
benefit the whole State. God speed the
completion of the enterprise. We mnst
now have the Augusta and Hartwell
Railroad. Oar business men mnst be
gin to take an interest in this scheme or
they will soon find that the trade of the
Savannah Valley is slipping away to At
lanta. The Hartwell Road oan be built
It must be built Let our city and our
citizens determine what oan be done.
Ora correspondents from Clarke coun
ts complain that the recent meeting in
Athenb did not express the sentiments
of the people—that the county is for
Johnson an and n °t or Colquitt. It is a
pity that the Johnson men did not at
tend the meeting* as was e ‘ r
to do, and then the Toice of the ma i orit y
■would have been hearul a S ain d®-
sire to impress upon the j K "°pl e the ne
cessity of attending primary meetings.
When fairly and legally called all
citizens should attend. If they do do
they have only themselves to blame if
the vote of their county is cast in oppo
sition to their wishes.
Tire Johnson movement is generally eoneed
ed jo be a stab at Colquitt. As it was a stab
in tho dark, secretly waylaid to be made on the
eve of tbs meetings that select d-legates to
the Convention, it has missed its mark. Gov.
J.. by his ambiguous reply, appeared to have
appreciated the fact.— Houston Rome Journal
The Houston Home Journal has
■managed to crowd a good many false
hoods into a very few lines. The John
son movement is not * “stab at Gen
eral Colqotw or any other candidate
It is simply an effort to make the right
man Governor of Georgia. It was not
“secretly waylaid to be made on the eve
of meetings that select delegates to the
Convention,” and no one should know
this better than the writer in the home
Journal. We see no reason tor eneh a
strain upon the imagination in discuss
ing the Johnson movement.
TUB NOMINATION.
The St. Louis Convention closed its
labors Thursday by the nomination of
Samuel J. Tilden, of New York, for the
Presidency. As is well known, we did
not favor the nomination of Mr. Tildes,
because we believed he hsd excited ani
mosities which might prove fatal to the
election. The Convention has taken a
different view of the matter. Mr. Til
den is the nominee, and we shall sup
port him as heartily as we would have
supported Hancock or Hendricks or
Bayabd. If he shall receive, as he
should receive, the cordial and united
support of the Democracy of the whole
country, and of those Republicans who
profess to be the friends of reform, be
can be elected. So far as the South is
concerned, there is no difficulty. He
will carry every Southern State, with
possibly one exception. Let our friends
in the North and West rally to his stan
dard, and let the war cry of the Democ
racy in this Centennial year be Tilden,
Reform and Victory !
THE McDCFFIE meeting.
We publish in another column of the
Chbosicle and Sentinel, this morning,
a full account of the mass meeting held
in McDuffie county yesterday. The
meeting was large—more votes being
polled than at the last Congressional
election -and entirely harmonious.—
There was no dissension, no angry
feeling, no rancorous debate. Best of
all there were no free carriages, free
liqaor, bogus tickets, fraud or trickery.
It was a fair and square fight between
the friends of 'the two men, conducted
with perfect propriety, good tem
per aud good taste. Ample and
public notice was given of the time
and place of the meeting, and when the
people had assembled a very fair and
expeditions plan of ascertaining the
sentiments of the connty was adopted.
Each person present deposited his bal
lot and awaited the issue. In a poll of
over three hundred votes Governor
Johnson defeated General Colquitt by
a majority of over a hundred votes.
Every one voted as his personal prefer
ence dictated-it was simply a question
ot men, and no one murmured at the re
sult. We hope that in every county in
the State the meetings will be as harmo
nious. If they are there will be no dif
ficulty in giving the nominee of the Con
vention, whoever he may be, an undivid
ed and enthusiastic support.
THE work of the convention.
This is the only Presidential election
since 1856 that the Democrats have stood
any chance of winning. Since the sec
ond election of General Grant it has
baen evident that there was a wide and
deep-seated dissatisfaction with the poli
cy of the Republican party among the
masses of the oountry. This feeling
manifested itself in the Congressional
eleotious of 1874, when the Democracy
swept the field and secured a large ma
jority in the House of Representatives.
Aware of their danger, the Republicans
have made and are making desperate
efforts to stem the ourreot which is set
ting steadily against them. To maintain
the power which they feel is slipping
from their grasp they have put aside
their foremost men
aud selected *# tbeir standard bearer a
man whose strength to fQnnd in his ob
sourity. They have chosen for their
champion a man without a record-tmst
iog that he cannot be attacked because
ieisuukncwn. The Democrats have also
proclaimed their principles and appoint
ed their General, and the issue between
the opposing parties is made up. Con
sidering all the circumstances of the
case, remembering the many embarrass,
ments which had to be met and over
come, we cannot question the wisdom of
St. Louis. If senseless dissensions
shall cease, if unnecessary divisions are
healed, if the candidate shall receive the
cordial and united support of his own
party, we doubt the result of the
contest. Wibh finds 9 platform as was
framed and adopted fiji. Louis Mr.
Tilden was the natural and proper candi
date of the Convention, Ip thjis we have
been more fortunate or ntete sensible
than onr enemies. The Cincinnati plat
form was not made for the Cincinnati
nominee. The clothes which were cut
and fitted for Blaine or for Morton
hang all awry upon the frame of Hayes.
Mr. Tilde N’s garments were made for
him, and he wears them easily *udgrace
fully. Mr. Tilden is above ail things
else a reformer. Hd ha* made all bis
reputation and won all his trfttmpb* as a
reformer. In every contest he has Stade
reform the great, the controlling
issue. The platform is a reform
platform. Reform breathes in every
line and speaks in every sentence.
It is an embodiment of the demand of
the country. It is the voioe of the peo
ple of the oouutry. Corruption has
permeated every branoh of the Govern
ment, until the psople have grown weary
with fraud and peculation. The plat
form is an eloquent protest by the
American people against the corruption
and misrule which has oharaoterized the
administration of public affairs. With
a Reform candidate, standing on a Re
form platform, the Democratic party
marches to an assured victory in No
vember.
THE NEW ENFORCEMENT ACT.
The Senate on Friday took up and
passed Seuator Edmunds' bill, supple
mentary to the present Enforcement act.
The bill passed by a party vote, and the
Honse will not take it np this session
unless the appropriation bills are favor
ably disposed of. It provides that where
the laws of any State or Territory re
quire an act to be done as a prerequisite
qualification to vote, every officer charged
with the duty of furnishing an oppor
tunity to become so qualified shall fur
nish to ail the same and equal oppor
tunity, without distinction on account
of race, color or previous condition.
Any officer refusing or knowingly omit
ting to carry ont this law forfeits SSOO
to the person aggrieved, and is also lia
ble to a fine of not less than SSOO, and
imprisonment for not less than one
month nor more than one year, or both.
Section two provides that if any person
or official shall deny the right to vote to
any citizen so entitled, for the same rea
son as above mentioned, or shall fail
to allow and famish him a fair oppor
! tunity, said official is liable to a fine of
uot more than SI,OOO, and an imprison
ment not exceeding two years. Section
three provides that if any citizen offers
|to perform the preliminary act re
quired by the law of any State to be
come a voter, and fails on account of
the wrongful act or omission of any of
ficer having charge of snch matters,
snph omission being on aooonnt of the
applicant’s race or color, the offer of the
citizen to qualify himself shall be held
to be a performance of the same, and
any Judge refusing to receive and duly
count his vote when offered, accompa
nied by an affidavit reciting the fact of
his not being permitted to qualify when
entitled, shall be fined not less than
fcTOO, or be imprisoned not more than
rear, or both, besides forfeiting
SSOO to’ *-> Prs<>“ aggrieved. Section
four proves -&.at if any person by
force, briberv oT intimidation shall hin
der or delay any citizen from
himself or from voting, or shall
with others to do so, on account of race
or color, be shall be subjected to the
same penalties as in the pwweding sec
tion. Section five provides that if any
one shall prevent, eoetre], intimidate, orj
attempt to intimidate, any parson hav
ing the right of suffrage from exercising
it on account of race or eolor, or by
bribery, force, intimidation, or by threats
of depriving such person of employ
ment, or ejecting snch person from
honse or lands, or by threats of refusing
to renew leases or contracts for labor, or
by threats of violence to him, every snch
person shall be liable, on conviction, to
penalties provided for misdemeanors in
the other sections.
iNbiAfc War. -* '
The Indian war, says the St. Lottia
limes, ii hot bringing much honor to
the national flag, or profit to the nation
al parse. Qnite the contrary. General
Crook has had a severe straggle with
the Sioux, and doee not seem to have
come off first best. It is true that the
Indians retired in one direction, after a
four hours fight; bat the Government
troops retired quite as rapidly, and much
farther, in the opposite direction. We
have no better Indian fighter than
General Crook, but he has been con
spicuously unsuccessful in fighting the
Sioux. The eoet and difficulty of snch
war need not be enlarged npon here.
They are well understood at the West.
This war has been forced npon us by the
peace policy of the Administration, by
its double dealing, and by its violation
of treaties. It it is fever ended in onr
favor, it will be at an immense .cost, all
of which would have been avoided by
an honest administraeion of Indian af
fairs under the control of the War De
partment.
GENERAL. YOUNG AND THE REAL, ES
TATE POOL..
A Washington letter to the Macon
Telegraph and Messenger says that
General Young was before the House
Committee on the “Real Estate Pool
of the District a few days since, in re
lation to his connection therewith, and
is understood to have admitted that he
had invested $5,000 in the pool, but did
not know at the time exactly where it
was placed, William H. Huntington,
since dead, having had charge of the de
tails. He Stated that afterwards*he be
came dissatisfied with the arrangement
and demanded his money, which was
returned to him by Hallet Kilboubn
and his partner, Lolta, but without in
terest, though he demanded it. He as
serted very positively that he only drew
out vfhat he pat in, and did not make
one cent of profit out of the transaction.
After his statement he very naturally
asked of the committee a certificate to
the effect that he had explained every
thing satisfactorily, as he intended to go
before the convention in bis district as a
candidate for Congress, and wished such
a document to silence all charges of
wrong-doing in connection with the
transaction. It is understood, however,
that the committee refused to give him
snch a certificate.
THE ATLANTA ELECTION.
We have received a letter from Gen
eral A. H. Colquitt asking ns as an act
of justice to publish the following:
Certain publications in the newspapers of
this city in reference to the use of liquor in
the late canvass are thought by my friends to
require some notice from me. X have only
this to state, that I never contributed one cent
for the purpose, or any other electioneering
purpose, either directly or indirectly. What
ever may have been done in this matter" was
without my knowledge and contrary to my well
known wishes. A. H. Colquitt.
It gives ns great pleasure to comply
with this request. Personally and po
litically we have the kindest feelings to
wards General Colquitt. If we oppose
his nomination it is simply because we
prefer Mr. Johnson. But we must say,
and we think many of General Col
quitt's friends will agree with us, that
he has been greatly injured by the dis
graceful phases of the primary election
in Fnlton county. General Colquitt
says that whatever was done was done
withont his knowledge and contrary to
his wishes. By this statement General
Cotquht admits that improper things
were done at that election, The question
now is: Suppose that General Col
quitt’s ticket had been sncoessfnl in
that unseemly contest, would he have
refused to avail himself of the fruits of
such a viotory ? We think not, but we
Shall be pleased to hear from General
CoLQprpr ,o$ the subject. We think, too,
that snob an avowal would have come
with better grace before than after the
election. We learn that General Col
quitt was in Atlanta on the day of elec
tion and for several days previous. It
was stated at least two days before the
election in the newspapers that General
Oouquilt's friends nad made a swoop on
the lifery stables and hired every public
carriage for the purpose of carrying Col
quitt voter? t<? tJjP polls, and that the
friends pf jjr. .Jaff^ in of thiß
maneuver, offered him their .private ve
hicles. Why 414 General Colquitt
then disavow their sots 9 I|t was report
ed before the election that mofipy was
to be used to determine the oonteet.
Why did not General Colquitt then
n card declaring that his friends
should not ns p?oney—that he would
surrender the county to Ifr. James
rather than g@t control of its delegation
by means of paroled votes ? On the
morning of the election Gflp following
advertisements appeared io the Atlanta
papers:
Colquitt voters will meet at No. 14 Marietta
street. Cajl parly and often.
10,000 drinks paid for will be given away to
day at the No Name, 14 Marietta street.
Colquitt drinks frpe to all holding tickets,
at the No Name.
Colquitt an 1 James drinks free to all hold
ing tickets, at the No Name, 14 Marietta street.
J. 9.000 drinks given away- to-day to all hold
ing rickets, pt the No Name, 14 Marietta street.
General Colquitt is said to have been
in his office that day. He must have
read these advertisements, for they wem
published in the most conspicuous
places in the newspaper columns. Why
40} he not go to the bar room and de
mand t}fg name of the men who had
subsidized it itt his interest ? Why did
he not at <jnce repudiate what had been
done either by going tots* p<?lls.and
withdrawing from the rado ot by pub- j
lishing a card in the evening paper?
We pnt these questions to General Col
quitt in all sincerity and in perfect good
faith. Until he answers them he mnst
bear the odinm which attaches to the
Atlanta primary election. We write in
kindness, but in frankness. General
Colquitt owes it to himself and to his
friends to answer.
THE HEBREW POPULATION.
The number of Hebrews in the world
is the subject of a recent pamphlet,
wherein the author estimates the aggre
gate of that religion at 7,074,858. Of
these he places by far the larger propor
tion in Europe—five and one-quarter
millions—a half million in Asia, three
quarters of a million in Africa, and in
America two hundred and fifty thousand.
Of the European Hebrews, one-half are
in Russia and one-fourth in Austria. To
Germany he allots about a half million,
to Austria and Turkey each about a
quarter of a million, whilst England
contains 70,000, of whom 30,000 live in
London. In some countries, like Nor
way, Spain and Portugal, there are
scarcely any Jews, whilst in others they
have increased in a proportion far ex
ceeding the regular increase of thdpopu
lation. Thus, in Austrian Galicia, where
there are now a half million Hebrews,
they have grown in numbers 150 per
cent, daring the last half century, whilst
the general increase of the population
daring the same period was but 25 per
cent. The Hebrew population of New
Folk is placed at 80,000, and of Chicago
at 30,000. In upon these
estimates, one of oar contemporaries
thinks the American figures fob .small,
because many Americans of Jewish de
seeot Are not embraced in onr census
tables as of the Jewish faith. Enough
is shown, however, l demonstrate the
groat diffusion of tiT* over the
earth, sod also that, although compara
tively few in s<onberß, their energy and
ability impress every community where
in they are found. In London, for in
stance, the Hebrews have influence be-,
yond tho proportion dpe to their nnm
beas.
? —— —■ - . --
Because v surplus invites confidence
and strengthens banks," a delegation of
bankers are urging upon the Banking:
Committee of the Honse that snch accu
mulations of capital should be exempt
from taxation. The theory is,
that these institutions should be taxed
on what they haven’t, rather than on
what they have.
THE. ST. LOUIS CONVENTION.
HENDRICKS NOMINATED BY AC
CLAMATION.
Haw Hi* Saathara State* Toted f r Presi
dent— Kelly Malta* a Speech—He Will Sap
part the NaaUaee—Opinion* af the Free*.
St. Louis, Jane 29.—The Convention
was called to older at 10:20 o’clock. In
terest has evidently greatly abated.
Many delegates left, leaving their alter
nates in their places. The galleries con
tain but few spectators. After prayer by
Episcopal Bishop Robertson, the Chair
announced several telegrams, which
were read. *
Hendricks was nominated by acclama
tion on the first ballot.
After the proclamation of Hendricks’
nomination Kelly, of New York, rose to
address the chair. [Applause] Land
calls were made for “Kelley,” “Kelley.”
He proceeded to the platform amid
cheers. Kelly Baid there was no man
here who worked more strenuously than
himself against the nomination of
Tilden, bat it was his earnest belief that
we conld not carry tbe election with an
Eastern candidate. The Convention has
decided otherwise and he bowed to the
decision and none would labor harder
than he for his election. He expressed
his great admiration for Hendricks and
confidence in hia pure character and
eonnselled The burial of all personal
opinions and concentrate for an effort
for a common viotory. He proceeded
with some comment on the necessity for
a change of the national administration
through Democratic success and was
frequently greeted with applanse.
The following are the members of the
National Committee for the Southern
States : Alabama, Bragg; Florida, Call;
Kentucky, McHenry; Maryland, Horsey;
Louisian!, Johns; Missouri, Priest;
Tennessee, Bates, South Carolina, Rion;
Mississippi, Barkesdale; Virginia,Camp
bell; Texas, Stockdale; Georgia, Barnes;
North Carolina, West. After the usual
resolutions the Convention adjourned
sine die.
Washington, June 29. —The Southern
States on the Ist ballot voted : Arkan
sas, Tilden, 12; Alabama, Tilden, 13;
Hendricks, 5; Hancock, 2; Georgia, Til
den, 5; Hancock, 1; Bayard, 16; Virgi
nia, Tilden, 17; Hendricks, 1; Bayard,
4; West Virginia, Allen, 10; Texas, Til
den, 10; Hendricks, 10; Hancock, 2;
Bayard, l; South Carolina, Tilden, 14;
Mobile, Tilden. 2; Hendricks, 7; Alien,
2; Broadhead, 19; Tennessee, Hendricks,
24; Mississippi, Tilden, 16; Louisiana,
Tilden, 9; Hendricks, 5; Bayard, 2; Ma
ryland, Tilden, 11; Hendricks, 3; Han
cock, 2; Florida, Tilden, 8; North Caro
lina, Tilden, 9; Hendricks, 4; Hancock,
5; Bayard, 2. On the 2d ballot North
Carolina changed to Tilden, 19; Han
cock, 1; Maryland changed to Tilden, 16;
Hendricks. 14. The other States voted
as follows : Texas, Tilden, 16; Louisi
ana, Tilden, 16; Maryland, Tilden, 14;
Hendricks, 6; Georgia, Tilden, 15; Bay
ard, 7. The remaining Southern States
voted as in the first ballot.
The Boston Herald says : “Of that
class of citizens who care more for re
form than other issues involved in the
oontest, Tilden cannot fail to be the
favorite.” The Boston Post says : “The
hour and the man at last have met.”
The Nashville American does not dis
guise or deny regret at the defeat of
Hendricks. Yet, regarding the platform
and protest against further contraction,
says it will cordially support Tilden, in
opposition to the contractionists and
o rruptionists.
The New York Express (Democratic),
speaking of the nomination of Tilden,
says: “In this State, where he could
help it, he allowed no anti-Tilden men
to go to the State Convention or Nation
al Convention, and therefore his follow
ing at St. Louis* did not, in our judg
ment, fa'irly repiesent the Democratic
sentiment of the Empire State. We
have given the fullest possible expres
sion to our views and have nothing to
take back as to the policy of this nomi
nation. We shall follow the Democratic
flag with a Democratic platform and
Democratic nomination. Others may
follow the man and the organization and
the machine. It is not a good sign, in
onr eyes, when Republicans rejoice over,
and contribute to make a Democratic
nomination. We shall hope for the. best
and work for the best, not permitting dis
appointment to move us a hair’s breadth
in the discharge of a great public duty.
If the Democratic party wins it must be
upon its platform of principles and the
pledge which its candidate has already
made that he is singled out less for him
self than the good fortune which has
made him the personification of refoi m.”
The Cincinnati Enquirer prefers Til
den to Hayes. The World says Cincin
nati gave the nation a candidate with
out a purpose and a platform withont
meaning. St. Louis responds with a
candidate whose name is a symbol of re
form, npon a platform wbioh means a
peaceful revolution in the conduot of
the Government. The Staats Xietung
is entirely satisfied with Xilden’s nomi
nation and the platform and will sup
port them cordially. The Sun says:
“It has been evident Tilden would be
nominated for a long time past. We
none the less thank God it is done.”
The Herald says: “Tilden’s nomina
tion is not equivolent to an election.
Ife wi]l have a hard battle. Still the
country has ffi -son to congratulate itself.
The platforms of froth parties are so ex
cellent that whether Hayes op Tilden be
elected the country is equally sure of a
good government.” The Times says:
“Who ever may be dissatisfied with
the ehoioe of Tilden, the Republicans
have no cause to find fault with it. The
nomination means that the Democrats
haNS abandoned in advance all hope of
carrying the October States, and plaoe
their reliance op thp sqlid £}outh, with the
addition of New York, New Jersey, Con
negtippt an 4 p'ta'fl o §l ates - * The fri
bum says : ‘.‘The Ponyeptjon fought
bitterly but briefly ad after fllling all
the At - Bonis bar rooms with nt for two
or three da? bas placed an .admirable
candidate on a bo— _. •
San Francisco, June 29.-— Tbe nomi
nation of Tilden was well received here,
mainly on account of his hard money
pronliyitjea. One hundred gans were
fired, and $ rjiifl.e?tion meeting will be
held in a few days. The
plank in the platform gives satisfaction,
and prominent Democrats assert that lie
can carry the State on that issue,
Albany, June 29.—Tilden has received
a number pf dispatches, among them
the following j N. Y., June
29,—The Greeley and its
friends are all for yon.
[Signed! Nicholas Smut*.
New Britain, Conn., Jane 29.— His
Excellency Sam'l J. Tilden: Cordial
congratulations. We Germans of the
State of Connecticut are sure of 15,000
votes, for yon and reform.
iffjigned] Jacob Becker,
Conncilman.
Freehold, if- J-, Jane 28. —His Ex
cellency Samuel J. TM&n 1 f congrat
ulate you. The Democrats ftf r
-sey will support . enthusiastically
and give yon the electoral °t
State. [Signed] Joel PAfiSsil.
Roslyn, L. 1., June 28. — Hon. S. J.
Tilden : The man is the platform, and
the ring-breaker of Mew Yqrfc will prove
the ring-breaker of the nation. All who
really desire honest money, diminished
taxes, pare administration, unfettered
trade and the restoration of a true na
tional feeling, in the place of a wretched
sectionalism, will rally to his support.
[Signed] Parke Goodwin.
At Elmira, New York, there was an
illumination, street meetings, brass
bands, and a hundred guns fired.
The Indianapolis Sentinel awaita tfie
final result of the Convention before it
defines its position op the platform and
candidates.
Indianapolis, Jane 29. —G ov ‘ Hen
dricks, having positively declined to be,
a candidate for Vice-President in re-,
peated telegrams to' his friends last
night, will not consider the subject of
the acceptance of the nomination made
to-day until the return of the Indiana
delegation.
Sr. Louis, Jane 29.—The following
dispatch has been sent to Gov. Hen
dricks: “The Convention has nomi
nated you by an unanimous vote for the
office of Vice-President. We urge your,
acceptance. We hope to be at your city j
at 5:30 to-morrow evening.
[Signed] “Augustus Schell.
“John Kelly.”
W. A. WALTON FOR GOVERNOR.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel ;
In these times of doubt and distrust,
when the search is for the good and
true and pure man, rather than for one
who .will endorse any manufactured
platform; whose past career will
be a guarantee that his future and all
that he controls will be guided by the
highest principles of truth and jnstice,
emanating j bffip him as an impulse, not.
as a policy’; to£ll the office of Gover
nor of Georgia let jae recommend for
ibt oomtioe of
Richinonu. ICentennial year,
when the counii7 ** j
forget all past different® W
tor a renewal of those vir.’ I ® - * tmopg
which honesty and truth were so <Vsa '
spicnons with the revolutionary fathers,
it is fortunate that we have among
ns 'ope so worthy to represent the
past in those particulars and to act as a
guide in the fdthr£, .who is himself a
direct descendant of teat George Wal-
ton, one of the signers of the Declara
tion of Independence, whose name
adorns the granite shaft in front of the
Augusta Court House.
William A. Walton needs no eulogy
among- those jiho .know him and' his
friends present his record for the criti
cism of the most skeptical. If chosen,
he would honor the office and in the
performance of his duties he would be
guided Iff ho riJig, no clique, nor by any
inotive but that high sense of what is
due to his State and country, which a
pure life gives and which is due to the
fame and name of hia distinguished and
honored ancestor. “Troup.”
M'DUFFIE MASS MEETING.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE PRO
CEEDINGS.
In response to the call of the Chair
man of the Executive Committee of the
Democratic party of McDnffle oonnty, a
very large number of the oitizens of the
county assembled in the Court Hoase in
Thomson, the 27th instant, for the pur
pose of electing delegates to the Guber
natorial Convention. The meeting was
called to order by Col. John R. Wilson,
Chairman of the Committee, promptly at
10$ o’clock, a. m. On motion of Mr.
John Harris, Dr. James 8. Jones was
nominated and elected permanent Chair
man, and a committee consisting of
John Harris, E. S. Harrison, Sr., and
A. E. Sturgis appointed to conduct him
to the Chair, capt. Thomas A. Hamil
ton was nominated for Secretary, but
declined, and W. F. Combs was nomi
nated and elected in his stead. On as
suming the Chair Dr. Jones announced
the object of the meeting, and made a
few well timed and patr.otio remarks,
enjoining harmony and conciliatory ac
tion, and declared the meeting ready for
business.
Mr. John Harris offered tbe following
preamble nnd resolution : We, the citi
zens of McDnffie county, in mass meet
ing assembled, being desirous of ascer
taining, in a fair and frank manner, the
sentiments of the people with regard to
their preference fer the different candi
dates for Governor now before the peo
ple ; and desiring that our action shall
be harmonious and at the same time
conciliators do hereby
Resolve, That we will at once, in h
quiet and orderly manner, enter into a
ballot for the delegates representing the
different candidates in the field, which
ballot shall be presided over and directed
by a committee of four, to be appointed
by the Chairman of this meeting, to be
selected from the supporters of the dif
ferent candidates, and whoever shall be
ascertained to have received a majority
of all the votes oast, we will heartily en
dorse and support as the ehoioe of Mc-
Dnffie county in the Gubernatorial Con
vention.
Col. M. C. Fulton offered objections
to this resolution, upon the ground that,
as he understood it, it deprived tne del
egates to be elected of any discretionary
power, after the first ballot, of casting
the vote of the couatyin the Convention;
but after a few explanatory remarks by
Col. W. D. Tutt, the objections were
withdrawn and tie resolution unani
mously adopted. On motion a commit
tee consisting of Marion Wilson, Thos.
A. Hamilton, H. W. Gerald and Paul C.
Hudson was appointed to conduct the
election, and Mesa’s. George P. Stovall,
John Harris and W. C. Worril appoint
ed clerks. By motion of P. C. Hudson
it was resolved that the polls be kept
open for the reception of votes until 1J
o’clock, p. m. On motion of A. E.
Sturgis it was amnged that the voters
should pass in front of the bar, behind
which the managers and clerks were
seated, and deposit their votes, and the
Sheriff requested to stand at the en
trance and see that only one man at a
time entered.
These preliminary arrangements being
made, Mr. J. H. Casey nominated for
Governor Hon. Herschel V. Johnson, of
the county of .Teffeison, with the follow
ing candidates for delegates as his sup
porters : Willis Howard, John L. Good
rich, James Norris, W. H. Murray, E.
B. Bacon and Dr. E. C. Hawes. Mr. A.
E. Sturgis nominated General A. H. Col
quitt, of the oounty of DeKalb, for Gov
ernor, with the following candidates for
delegates as his supporters: W. S.
Smith, Dr. Cicero Gibson, John E.
Langford, and James F. Montgomery.
The Chairman then announced the meet
ing ready to commence ballotting. To
secure perfect fairness and prevent
any confusion or mistakes, the names
of each voter wa§ taken down by the
clerks and his ticket numbered.
By about one o’clock, p. m., the vot
ing had nearly ceased, but as the meet
ing had previously resolved to keep
the polls open until 1$ o’clock, it was
deemed best to do so, and during the
unexpired time Col. John L. Wilson,
Chairman of the Executive Committee,
announced that in accordance with his
call for this meeting it was proper to se
lect delegates to represent the Democra
cy of this county in the Congressional
Nominating • Convention, which assem
bles in Thomson on the 6th of Septem
ber next. Col. Wilson also moved that
the delegates to the Gubernatorial Con
vention, elected by this meeting, be au
thorized to select their own alternates,
whioh motion was carried.
On motion of Paul C. Hudson, a com
mittee, consisting of A. E. Sturgis,
Judge Wm. Johnston, John E. Benton,
Col. W. D. Tutt and John E. Smith was
appointed to select and report to this
meeting the names of five deleates to
represent the county in the Congres
sional Convention, in accordance with
the suggestion of the Chairman of the
Executive Committee as above stated.—
On motion of Col. W. D. Tutt, the same
committee was instructed to report the
names of five oitizens—one from each
civil district of the county—to serve as
an Executive Committee of the Demo
cratic party for t|je ensqing twp years,
ioplaoe of the committee whose term of
office expires wiiij this meeting.
While this committee were deliberat
ing and preparing their reports the time
foj closing the polls arrived and the
Chairman so announced. The vc':o3
were then counted, with the following
result:
For Johnson Relegates —Willis How
ard, 192; Jno. L. Goodrich, 174; James
Norris, T 94; W H. Murray, 189: E}. B.
Bacon, I£s; Dr. Ej. Q. Dawes, 194; scat
tering, 3.
For Colquitt Delegates—W. 9. Smith,
94; Dr. CTioerc Gibson, 93; John E.
Langford, 93; James F. Montgomery,
92; scattering, 1.
Total nnmber of votes, 298. For
Johnson, 197; for Colquitt, 101; John
son’s majority, 96. The committee to
select delegates to tbe Congressional
Convention, and also an Executive Com
mittee, maJe'tVe'fftllowing rerort:
For Delegates—W. S.TjoiiHj, 9.
Harrison, Br., J. H. Casey, James i?.
Montgomery and Joel L. Neal.
For Executive Committee—John H.
Scott, E. A. Shields, W. D. Tutt, A. J.
Story and F. M. Hobbs. On motion
tliMfc were received and adopted,
and” tpe cf the committee
confirmed.’ jSln. hat* 10. Butt sou offered
a fgsd .ution tta]t the Boh. Alex. H.
Stephens & He choice of McDufjfie
county for re-flWioh jiq gfflgpss, and
supported the resolution in a brief but
very eloquent speech. Col. sV. D. Tutt
followed in the same eloquent strain,
and moved the adopt:™! Cf the resolu
tion, yhieh wm unanimously caiTffd by
Drf i£w. DurUijtg offered the follow
ing preamble and resolution, yjjicf}, on
motion of Mr. J. H. Casey, was 1 unani
mously adopted:
Whereas, Hon. Herschel V. Johnson
has this day received a large majority of
the yotes cast in the nominating conven
tion of Mcjjuffie county, and,
Whereas, Recognizing in him the un
assuming modesty jyhjph characterized
our statesman in the better days of the
Republic—the sterling worth and integ
rity of one who does not desire the of
fice, bat yet is willing to assume any
post of danger or distinction at the call
of his countrymen—the distinguished
services pf a life-long Democrat, who
has dignified J§ adorned every position
of honor and trail he has been
called upon to fill; be it
Resolved, That we, the Democrats 01
McDuffie county, in’ mass meeting as
sembled, dp present the name of Her
schel f.’ Johnson, of the county of Jef
ferson, as the muni among all others,
pre-eminently qualified to §ll with dig
nity, honor and ability the high office
of Governor of the State of Georgia; and
we respectfully and earnestly call upon
our sister counties to join us in our pa
triotic endeavor to place at the helm of
State this true and tried statesman, who,
in bis political action, embodies and
practices it}# time-honored Democratic
principle that R the office should seek
the man : not the man the office."
On motion of Col. W. D. 'Tutt, the
thanks of the meeting tendered Dr.
James 9. Jones for the able and impar
tial manner in which he presided over
the deliberations of this meeting, also
to the managers and clerks in the elec
tion, and to W. ¥■ goflley, tile Secretary,
for their valuable during the
continuance of the same.
On motion, the Secretary was in
structed to furnish eopies of the pro
ceedings of this meeting to the fffcDuffie
Journal, and to the Cbboniole +no Sen
tinel and the Constitutionalist, of Au
gusta, with the request that they be
published is the columns of those pa
pers. On motion, *be meeting then ad
joined sine die.
J. 8. Jones, Chairman.
W. F- Secretary.
SOUTH CAROLINA..
Only Twenty-Five Tbonnand Dollar* in the
State Treanary.
Charleston, June 30. The State
Treasurer announces that in consequence
of the payment of a large proportion of
the taxes ia~hq.jp rj Use State, made re
ceivable for taxes tiff a ’decree of the
United States Supreme Ooutb, there is
but $25,000 in the State Trsmury avail
able to pay $73,000 of interest on the
consolidation bonds due to-morrow, be
ing a deficit of $48,000 to be provided
for by the Legislature next November.
GEORGIA GLIMPSES.
OUR MARIETTA CORRESPOND
ENCE.
North Ueorfia—A Flourishing Town—Busi
ness Houses—Efficient Officials—The North
Georgia Hoad A Great Enterprise lts
Success Assured—Friends for the Chronicle.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and
Marietta., June 29. Marietta is a
handsome little city of about three
thousand souls. The place is noted for
health and good society. In the centre
of the square in the city is a park all
Said off and most beautifully shaded,and
every evening about suudown the Ma
rietta Cornet Band % furnishes music,
which adds much to the place. It has
quite a number of fine business
houses, and does a large busi
ness, though in twenty miles of Atlanta.
While here your correspondent
called to-day on Messrs. Brnmby &
Myers, who are doing a large business
in manufacturing chairs. They employ
a number of hands. I next called on
Mr. Will 0. Mansfield, proprietor of
Clifton Mills. He has a large business
and sells a great quantity oi flour. I
also notice Mr. A. 0. Heggie has opened
a confectionary Mr. Heggie has three
brothers in your city. Mr. George J.
Gable, photographer, who once resided
in Augusta and sold out to Mr. Usher,
of your city, is here and still making
good pictures, so the young ladies say.
Mr. T. A. Burroughs is the city tailor
and turns out. many fine suits. Mr. W.
K. Boot is doing a fine business in his
large drug store. Mr. Boot says in his
opinion Augusta furnishes the hand
somest ladies in the world. He married
in Augusta and his lady is at present
visiting your city. Dr. George W. Wil
liams gave me quite a welcome in his
large drug store. He is a Virginian and
possesses all the true principles of that old
State. My next place was to call on the
worthy City Marshal, W. L. Cooper.
Mr. Cooper keeps a first-class grocery
and sells a number of goods
or rather his gentlemanly clerks. I
next called on Mr. A. Keeter, who keeps
a grocery store and does well. Mr. Kee
ter is one' of the old! readers of the
Chronicle and Sentinel. He was
proud to renew his subscription. At
the Court House I met W. P. Stephens,
sheriff of Cobb county. He is a true
gentleman and can hold any office in the
county. I also met there Colonel Bos
well King, attorney at law. Mr. King
has resided in your city; has many
friends there and here also, and is doing
a fine practice. I then was introduced
to Judge H. M. Hammett, Ordinary
of the county, and Treasurer of the
Marietta and North Georgia Railroad.
Mr. Hammett is much of a gentleman
and is muoh esteemed by all. I also
met Messrs. Atkinson & Buckhalter, at
torneys at law, and Capt. Fr&nk Myers,
an old veteran of the First Georgia Regu
lars. He has as many jokes as ever.
Marietta has many fine business houses,
and a more loved set of county and city
officials I have not met before in my
travels. While here I had the pleasure
of meeting Gen. Phillips, President of
the Marietta and North Georgia Bail
road. He was kind enough to furnish
me with some news concerning his
road. This road is now the pet
idea of all the people along the line. It
is not a speculation of capitalists. It is
the people’s work. It is a necessity.
They have graded twenty-three miles
from Marietta to Canton, and now have
a force of convicts in Fannin .county
working from the State line south.
Another force cf convicts is now on their
way to Ellijay, in Gilmer county, where
it is proposed to have a basket dinner
and break dirt on the Fourth of July.
The meeting at Ellijay will be an im
portant one. Another force is to com
mence work very soon in North Caro
lina, and grade from Murphy to the
Georgia line, where they will oonnect
with the Fannin county people. This
road passes through Cobb, Cherokee,
Pickens, Gilmer and Fannin, and will be
the outlet for Dawson, UnioD, Towns. The
managers of the railroad are determined
to complete the road. This road would
be a great benefit to Marietta, and would
soon build her up, and it ismu6hneeded.
With the energetic officers it will be
pushed through. Marietta is a growing
oity, and this road would help her on
fast. While here your correspondent
was invited to attend the commencement
exercises of the Marietta College, which
closed last night, the 28th inst. They
were held in the Court House. There
was fully 2,000 people present. The
beauty and talent turned out en masse.
As long as one could get standing room
they came. Miss L. F. Harper and Miss
R. P. Shockley received diplomas from
the President, after which" he gave the
two young ladies who had just graduated
some fine and noble adyice, and told
them they had now just entered the
world, anew life, and to cultivate their
minds, and not to marry too soon. His
remarks were very feeling, and no doubt
will long be remembered. After his re
marks he presented Miss Ella Hammett
and Miss Anna Prescott with diplomas
—two that graduaded last session.
The four graduates are ladies much ad
mired and loved by all, and the great
nunber of boquetsthat showered around
them showed that they httd many
friends. The young ladies of the junior
class acquited themselves well and were
muoh admired by all. The people are
proud of this college here, and your cor
respondent joins with them, when they
can turn out young ladies such as re
ceived their deplomas last night.
The Marietta Journal is a handsome
weekly, and is well supported
by the generous people of Marietta.
It is edited by Messrs. Neal A Massey,
two worthy and able gentlemen. May
it long live. Your correspondent has
made many inquiries about the choice
for Governor. I find Hon. H. V. John
son far the people’s choice in Marietta.
The people say it is no time to be ex
perimenting, and* Gov. Johnson is the
man and if the people have a say so in
it they will have him. J have got to
bear the first man say any harm of
Johnson in the State, although
some of the little papers tried to
make something out of that letter. Not
one who saw the statements against
him up here but said they knew they
‘were lies. So far up on the Kennesaw
route Hon. H. V. Johnson is the people’s
choice for Governor.
I enclose you a list of eighteen new
subscribers at Marietta, some daily, tri
weekly and weekly. The ojd Chronicle
and Sentinel anfi your correspondent
are received with all kindness on the
State Road by the noble and generous
people living along the line. G. W. N.
THE ATHENS MEETING.
Chronicle and Sentinel:
' Will yoi| allow lpe space in your col
umns for a ferjef statement jn rgaarc} to
the position of Jftis po'uuty in the Gu
bernatorial canvass. No man bas a
higher regard for General Colquitt than
the writer of this communication, and I
would not write a line offensive to him
or his friends. But that the meeting
held last Saturday fairly represented a
majority of voters of Clarke county, I
4q jjot believe. There were only about
35 persons presept—to be more exact, I
learn that 'there weie just' $2 present.
Insufficient notice had Been (Sfiveh, “and
the voters at the county precincts were
not present because they were busy with
their crops. If the meeting had been
appointed on the first Tuesday (the 4th
of Jnfyj, there wopld have been a much
fuller att&dance, and that day would
have’ bhen quite" eariv enough'.
Now, Messrs. Editors”! have no quar
rel with the gentlemen who engineered
this meeting. I have no doubt they be
lieved that they were acting for the best
interests of the party. If General Col
quitt is nominated I will vote for him
with great pleasure; but, at the same
time, I do not doubt'that a majority of
the voters of Clarke county are’in favor
of the re-election of ttorerpof Johnson,
aud that if it were' possible to arriye at
a x'pU Tote the county would he repre
sented in t!?? approaching Convention
by delegatee pledged tO SPPport of
Georgia’s favorite son, ex-Goyeirnor Her
schel y. Johnson.
Athens, Jane 29, 1974.
THE COLUMBIA COCNTT MEETING.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel :
Please allow me space in your col
umns to correct a mistake in a piece
published a few days ago signed “Citi
zen of Columbia. ” I left the impres
sion with him that I knew nothing of
the meeting at all, whiob i? a mistake.
I knew of the meeting before I left home
bat was busy at Appling on that day
and did not know the meeting was in
session until it was about over.
Tours truly,
Olives Haed?.
JJajiem, Qa. f Jqne 29.
THE CLARKE MEETINfL
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
The tknehonored Cbsonjole and Sen
tinel, generally right, wm never more
so than in its advocacy of that noble old
Roman, Herschel Johnson. The
coouty of Clarke sends Colquitt dele
te to the Nominating Convention;
bnt primary stings do not always re
flect the sentiment of P®°j>le, and if
4 Convention was now calieu meet
one or hen jgayp Lacan, Johnson dele
gates would be tept. It if no unusual
occurrence on the streets of Atnbps. in
groups of voters, to find four-fifths
quietly expressing their. preference for
the grand statesman over all candidates.
If those who really prefer him would
exercise half the energy that the advo
cates of the candidates do, the Empire
State of the South would again be hon
ored in placing in the Gubernatorial
chair one of the grandest statesmen of
the South. B,?nex.
GEORGIA** NESt* GOVERNOR.
The Present Aspect of the Great Race, From
an Atlanta Stand Point—The Romantic
Fnlton County Contest.
I Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel ]
Atlanta, Jane 27.—The race for Gov
ernor is getting lively. From an impar
tial Atlanta stand-point it is a spectacle
with some elements of sensation in it.
The interest increases daily, and very
naturally. We folks in Atlanta always
manage by some hoons pocus to deal
with public matters and men in a style
peculiarly spry, and especially our own.
We are doing the Gubernatorial oontest
in just that unique sort of way. I pro
pose to preseut you with the average
Atlanta idea of the present outlook,
writing in the interest of no man, bat
simply giving facts as they strike me, in
an unvarnished and severely impartial
manner. The man undoubtedly ahead,
that is, with the largest single following,
is
Alfred Colquitt.
This is oar helief. But whether be
has strength enough to oome in on the
first ballot remains to be seen. Colquitt,
has a wide popularity, and is a princely
gentleman. Governor Smith’s followers
went to him almost in a body, and this
without bargain. Gov. Smith’s with
drawal added a heavy volume of voters
and friends to .Colquitt. The element
of weakness in Colquitt’s position is
Hersclie! V. Johnson.
This powerful and popular old states
man, venerable and illustrious patriot,
has a deep hold on Georgia’s intelligence.
He has a great party of admirers, many
of whom will go against him because
they had become champions of Colquitt
in ignorance that his name i* any way
could be miugled iu the contest. Had
Johnson’s clarion name have been au
thoritatively sounded early in the strug
gle it would have swept the field. Now
large numbers of Governor Johnson’s
most fervent admirers are iu the ranks
for the fight of the Hero of Olustee. As
I said, the weakness of Colquitt is the
friendly ardor for Johnson. Whether
this is big enough to change results re
mains to be seen. A month or two back
I thought one of the possible men in the
last round was
Tom. Uardeinnn.
I think now that he has lost ground.
His chances were better with Smith in
the field. He has an ardent host of
friends, who will rally to him gallantly.
He has been hurt at home by secret
enmity or apathetic championship. It
is unfortunate for any man not to have
his home booming iu his favor. Zealous
home influence is an awakening element
of strength. Hardeman will poll a solid
and a large ballot. Iu the contingencies
of the conflict he may come to the front
victorious. He is making friends all
around. The retirement of
General Gartrell
Leaves a body of men for appropriation,
and Hardeman will get some of them
and Colquitt some. Gartrell is ou high
er ground from his retirement. He is a
very genial gentleman, a generous rival,
and a very able man. His name since
he left the race has been frequently spo
ken of for the United States Senate, and
it would not surprise me at all to see
him brought out for that race. The
phase of this Gubernatorial eonfliot most
rich in its coloring is the candidacy of
John H. Janies.
I don’t know anything more dramatio
than his victory in Fulton. James has
forced his opponents to respect him, and
he has achieved that proudest of ail tri
umphs, the endorsement of hjs home
people under the most perilous of trials.
Colquitt it is said did not want to make
the fight for the Fulton delegation, be
ing willing to let James have his own
county. But ever zealous and indiscreet
friends of Colquitt dragged him into it,
and it was a mighty danger for James.
Colquitt’s popularity is unbounded and
his merit over-mastering. -He has been
a long time doing business here, and
everybody knows and loves him. He
has hosts of strongly attached friends.
The ordeal was a crusher. Colquitt was
the most dangerous foe James could
have had, and the victory James won is
marvellous. James , may well feel
proud of his triumph. He has
reason to be proud and very
proud. It Was such a winning as a
man rarely makes. It was over an an
tagonist worthy of any one, and it was
won in a manner the most complete pos
sible. It was a fair, square, thorough
fight and whipping. Both sides exhaust
ed effort and resources. Both sides re
sorted to every instrumentality to con
quer. The battle raged the entire day,
and when the polls closed James’ vic
tory was legitimate and entire. As soon
as James found the battle inevitable, he
went to work with cool pluck and mas
terly generalship. He never lost hope
or courage. He organized his forces
and, with absolute confidence in the re
sult, he fought his legions most skillful
ly. He exhibited the resources of a
veteran campaigner. He showed, too,
that he had a warm, strong hold on his
people. He ought to feel proud of his
following in Atlanta, for never was a
man more gallantly championed. And
he has used his triumph generously. He
had an ovation last night that was a
royal affair. Thousands turned' out to
pay him respect. The steeets near his
handsome mansion were thronged. He
made a good, sensible, practical, con
ciliatory speech, that was the more re
markable for its goad spirit beeause he
had heen bitterly assailed in the battle.
This whole affair has done James great
good. It has shown him in the atti
tude of a bold, skillful antagonist and a
generous conqueror. He lias his six
solid Fulton votes to start with iu the
Convention, and he is going to astonish
the State with the number of other votes
he will carry. J see that Clarke oounty,
in her resolutions endorsing Colquitt,
speaks of James as a peer of Johnson
and others. This is a classification that
is very complimentary to him.
Holofernes.
SCHOOL EXAMINATION.
The C. P. Beman School in Hancock.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel. 1
Spabta, June 27.—1 t was refreshing to
witness the spirit of the boys and girls of
the C. P. Benian School, at their exhibi
tion, on the night of the 16th inst., apd
astonishing to see bpw well they'per
formed their pqfta, having had, as we
understand, only two weeks in which to
get up their entertainment, which, in
connection with their examination, must
have been quite a tax upon their minds.
It was, indeed, a success. The charac
ters werp W e ll cast, reflecting credit
upon the directors. The stage, ereqted
out of doors, wq s hastily gotten dp.
The weather feeing pnfayarah e for days
before tne young people began to think
that they would have to abandon their
project; but a few hours before the ap
pointed time they were favored with a
cloudless sky; and tfeen, with renewed
energy, they ventured to decorate their
stage, which they did with exquisite
taste, and the evening passed oil de
lightfully. The speeches were'general
ly good. The plays wore a# follows;
Firsf—a scene from Sing John. Eddie
Reman,' contrary to his real, warm and
impulsive nature, stood like marble
heart, personating well the part of
Hubert; while' Rane Mullally plead with
the earbestness of Prince Arthur, as if
really desiring “.the utterance of a ferace
of tongues.”'
The next play was (he Omnibus—a
dramatic farce. The principal character
of Whisky was successfully rendered by
Adger Mullaly, alias Pat Rooney. Miss
Mary Rurwell, naturally timid, as Julia
Ledger sustained her part well; as also
did Miss Florrie Little as Mrs. Dobbs.
The perfection of the characters of
Misses Damper, in the persons of Misses
Aunie Staser and Ellen Butler, wss ffiore
in their acfign thafrwojdg. The interest
with which Butts and' Tommie
Little entered'into their respective parts
of Mr. Dolbs' and Tom, his son, added
much to the success of the play; and
the Farmer Boy, noted by Willie Baker,
was indeed good. Mrs. Welles’ Will was
next in order, and it was a capital thing.
Miss Katie Beman supported the charac
ter of M*£ JkthThbcm in ' a* fanner
which, we think, could not have been
surpassed. Misses Annie Durham and
Florrie Little,"as Lady Spindle and M- rs
Dwlnu’e, f“!lfy portrayed some of the
deformities of human nature; and they
were extremely graoefal daring the little
musical interlude, The part of Rachel
was acted well by Miss Ellen Butler, who
was happy in her reminiscences of the
Drum-Major. Miss Mary Harwell, as
Jennie—the little pig girl—impressed
her auditors very favorably.
The dead shot was the last dramatic
farce—was introduced by Miss Annie
Durham and Willie Stevens, as Chatter,
—a maid servant, and Thornton, a young
lawyer, understanding certainly sojrne of
the quirks aqd quiddities of his profes
, sion; The part' of eaph wps well per
formed. David Batts was next on the
stage as Captain Canpon, a " character
well suited to him, and be spited him
self admirably to the character. Miss
Lonisa, the principle part ip the play
was executed in a most pleasing manner
by Miss Corinth Brown, a young lady of
fine attainments. In the next most im-
Bor8 or tan t part Harry Baker appeared as
_fr. Hector Timid, and timid he was
truly in the presence of his mistress, but
bold enough when on his mettle; hequit
(e&’bif&asit ,with honor.
James Toung, M?. Weeeman : bad
bis delicate sense of propriety consid
erably shocked, and appeared in earn-:
est in all that fin sjid.
We never witnessed s more attentive
audience. It was delightfully pleasant
to be with the school an evening. We
noticed particularly their gentle man
ners and courteous deportment to each
Other, and their easy but decidedly re
spectful way of approaching their teach
ers. We had heard of this characteris
tic before, and we were highly pleased
to witness it. Vebite.
HISTORY.
The Compromise Measures— I The Southern
Whig Representatives and General Tay
lor—A Letter from Tburlow Weed In Re
ply to A. H. Stephens.
7b the Editor of the Herald:
The letter of the Hon. Alexander H.
Stephens, of Georgia, in the Herald of
the 13th inst., occasions surprise and re
gret-surprise that Mr. Stephens should
so far depart from his habitual frankness,
and regret that he should use language
that would seem to raise a question ot
personal ve’raeity between ns. It has not
been his habit heretofore to evade or
shrink from the responsibility of his
public ntterances and acts. Without
impugning Mr. Stephens’ truthfulness,
I shall show conclusively that his letter
utterly fails to disprove any part of my
statement. After quoting the following
from my letter to the Herald, describing
my interview with Mr. Bennett:
“I gave him then the unknown par
ticulars of an inteiview of Messrs.
Toombs, Stephens and Clingman, mem
bers of Congress from Georgia and
North Carolina, with General Taylor.
The object of that interview was to in
duce General Taylor, a Southern man
and slaveholder, to veto the bill permit
ting California to enter the Union as a
free State. It was a stormy iqterview,
with threats of disunion on one hand
and of hanging on the othCr. The facts
were communicated to Senator Hamlin,
of Maine, and myself within ten minutes
after the interview closed.”
Mr. Stephens then proceeds to say:
‘‘l put the last part of this extract in
italics. It is the only matter iu this
‘chapter of history’ that I wish at this
time to notice, and the only notice I
wish to take of it is to assure Mr. Weed
and all your readers that no suoh inter
view of Messrs. Toombs, Clingman and
myself ever took place with General
Taylor. How he and Mr. Hamlin could
have been informed within ten minutes
after of the particulars of an interview
which never occurred I do not know;
but I do know I never asked General
Taylor to veto any bill whatever during
his administration. I know also, and
the reeord show it, that the bill permit
iug California to enter the Union as a
free State did qot pass Congress until
after General Taylor’s death; I do, more
over, know that I and my colleague, Mr.
Toombs, favored the admission of Cali
fornia as a free Stafe under her then
Constitution during the whole of that
stormy session. This the records will
also show. We never raised an objection
to the admission of California on ao
count of her anti-slavery Constitution.”
If, after sayiDg “no such interview-of
Messrs. Toombs, Clingman and myself
ever took place with General Taylor,”
Mr. Stephens had informed us what the
nature of that interview really was, any
reply from me would have been
unnecessary. I might fairly assume that
Mr. Stephens intended to say that at; the
time referred to those three gentlemen
did not have an interview with General
Taylor. But I prefer, instead of ques
tioning Mr. Stephens’ veracity to assume
that he did not feel called upon to tell
the whole truth,
In turning out of Pennsylvania avenue
on the occasion referred to I met Messrs.
Toombs, Stephens and Clingman coming
from the White House. I knew those
gentlemen as Whig members of Congress,
had met them frequently at Washington
and elsewhere, and with Mr. Clingman
my relations were intimate. They passed
me with a simple nod of recognition. On
my way up stairs I met the Hon. Mr.
Hamlin, who stopped long enough to
say that I should fiud the President
much excited. Gen. Taylor, when I en
tered his room, was walking rapidly to
and fro. After inquiring whether I had
met the three gentlemen named he pro
ceeded, in an excited manner and in
strong language, to relate what had pass
ed between them and himself. They
cm me, he said, to talk with him about
his policy upon the pending slavery ques
tion, and upon being informed tha, he
would approve any constitutional bill
that Congress might pass, and execute
the laws of the country, they threatened
a dissolution of the Union; in reply to
which he informed them that if it be
came necessary in exeoutiug the laws he
would take command of the army him
self, and that if they were taken in re-
bellion against the Union he would haDg
them with less reluctance than he had
hung deserters and spies in Mexico.
When the President grew more calm he
took his seat and remarked that the
ultra members of Congress ' from South
ern States presumed upon his acqui
escence in their views on account of his
being a Southern man and a slaveholder;
that before he had been placed in a po
sition that made it his duty to examine
both sides of the question he had enter
tained and expressed views differing
widely from his then sentiments. Rely
ing on the assurance of distinguished
Southern statesmen that the North was
‘aggressive’ and that the “compromisers
of the Constitution” were in danger, he
had written a letter to his son-in-law,
Jefferson Davis, saying that he was
ready to stand with the South in main
taining all the guarantees of the Consti
tution, but that, since it had become
his duty to look carefully into the mer
its of the controversy, he had satisfied
himself that thq exactions and purposes
of the South were aggressive and dan
gerous. He added that he regarded
Jefferson Davis as the ohief conspirator
in the soheme which had been enunciat
ed by Messrs. Toambg, Stephens and
Clingman.
Vioe-President Wilson, in the second
volume of his “Rise and Fall of the
Slave Power in America,’' page 259,
gives the following as Mr. Hamlin’s
statement of his interview with the
President on the ocoasion referred to;
"Mr. Hamlin, then a Democratic Sen
ator from Maine, states that, making a
business call upon the President, ho met
Toombs, Stephens and Clingman just
retiring from an interview. On entering
the President’s room he found him walk
ing the floor, greatly excited and indig
nant. He told Mr. Hamlin that the men
who had iqst retired had been making
demands ’concerning the policy of his
administration, accompanied with in
timations that the South would not sqh
mit unless they were acceded to. He
accompanied this statement with the
declaration tbat if there were any such
treasonable demonstrations on the part
of the Southern leaders and people he
would put it down by the whole power
of the even if he was oblig
ed to. pqt feimself at the head of the
army to do it. ’*
The fact of an interview between
Messrs. Toombs, Stephens andCiingman
with the President at the time referred
to being now established “bv the mouth
of two witnesses,” is it v incumbent
upon ‘ Mr. Stephans, who volunteers to
say that ‘.fqo eqch interview ever took
plaqe,. (u inform the readers of the Her
did, in an exphuutory letter what was the
nature and oharacter of that interview ?
Mr. Stephens, it will be seen, gives ap
parent contradiction to my statemepa by
saying, “I do morever know th&i J and
my colleague, Mr. Toorqha, favored the
admission of California as a free State
under her tfeoa Constitution during the
whfeje of that stormy session.” Now let
i us see, by reference to the debates, how
far Mr. Stephens is sustained in his
averment.
The session of 1849. and 1858, from its
commencement until the death of Gene
ral Taylor, in July, wa6 one of unprece
dented excitement. An issue between
free soil and slavery extension was made
upon the question of choosing a Speaker,
resulting in a division among the Whig
members, five Southern. Whigs refusing
to vote for Mr. Winthrop. During the
stormy debates of that session Mr. Ste
phens claims that Ids colleague, Mr.
Toombs, and himself favored the admis
sion of California with a free Constitu
tion. How far this assertion is sustained
by the record will be seen by the fol
lowing extracts, M, r - ToQjn.ba said; “I
do not hesitate to avow before this
House and the oonntry, and in the pres
ence of a living. God, that if by your
legislation yon seek to drive us from the
Territories and. to abolish slavery in this
district I am for disunion; and if my
physical courage be equal to the main
tainance of my convictions of right and
duty I will devote all I am and all I have
to its consummation.”
The Hon. E, D. Baker, of Illinois, re
plied to Mr. Toombs; “It is a mournful
spectacle to a true-minded man when
threats of disunion, fierce and bitter,
draw forth shouts of applause as trium
phant as if disunion were a glory. In
the name of the men of the North, so
rudely attacked, and speaking what I
know to be their sentiments, I say that a
dissolution of this Union is, must be,
shall be impossible as long as an Ameri
can heart beats in an American bosom
or the Almighty sends His wisdom and
His goodqess to guide aQ d bless us.”
To this the Ron Alexander H- Stephens
responded: "j tell that gentleman,
whether he believes it or not, and
whether the people believes it or not,
that the day in which aggression is con
summated on any portion of the country
this Union is dissolved." He closed by
endorsing fully and unequivocally the
speech of Toombs. Twelve yesrs after
ward, when Mr. Stephens was In open
rebellion, as Vice-President of a South
ern Confederacy, General Baker vindi
cated the patriotic sentiments he had
avowed In Congress by the sacrifice of
his life at Ball’s; Bluff.
I might now Safely. leave the reader of
the Herald tq decide the question of
veraoity between Mr. Stephens and my
self, having proved by Senator Hamlin
the truth of my statement relating to
a stormy interview betweeii Messrs
Toombs, Stephens and Clingman and
Gen. Taylor, and having also showD, by
quotations from the Congressional Re
cord, that both Mr. Stephens and Mr.
Toombs, during the session of Congress
referred to, vehemently threatened a
dissolution of the Union. Bnt I will
deal less disiugfenuously with Mr. Ste
phens than he has with me. The politi
cal storm subsided with the death of
Gen. Taylor. Vice-President Fillmore,
who succeeded to the Presidential chair,
had been, up to the event which depriv
ed the country of Gen. Taylor’s enlight
ened and patriotie services, an advocate
of “free soil.” Buta sudden “change
came over the spirit of his dream.” He
saw, or thought he saw, in a series of
compromise measures suggested by Mr.
Clay, the opening of an avenue through
which the Presidency might be reached.
Among the equivalents for the admis
sion of California were the payment of
the Texan debt, repudiation of the Wil
mot proviso, and a stringent, vindictive
and humiliating fugitive slave law.
When it was known that, Mr. Fillmore,
with such Whig members of Congress
as had decided to follow him, accepted
Mr. Clay’s compromise programme,
“order reigned in Warsaw.” Threats of
dissolution ceased to resound through
the hall of the Capitol, and under such
auspioes I was prepared to believe that
Messrs. Stephens and Toombs would be
found voting for the admission of Cali
fornia. How, indeed, could I expect
auything else, when Mr. Stephens says
that “I and my colleague, Mr. Toombs,
favored the admission of California as a
free State under her then Constitution
during the whole of that stormy session.
This the records will also show.” On
turning, however, to the record I find
that Mr. Stephens “protests too muoh.”
The question on the final passage of the
bill admitting California into the Union
was taken in the House on the 7th of
September, 1850. It was passed by a
vote of 150 to 56. Mr. Stephens, who
says he favored the admission of Cali
fornia, failed to vote for it. * While Mr.
Toombs, his colleague, and Mr. Cling
man voted against it. lam net astute
enough to discover upon what grounds
Mr. Stephens claims credit for himself
and his colleague as having “favored the
admission of Ualiforni i,” when upon the
final vote admitting that State, Mr. Ste
phens “dodged,” while “his colleague,
Mr. Toombs,” voted iu tho negative. In
conclusion, it will not be deemed out of
place to remark that while Mr. Stephens
in debate based his threat of disunion
upon “aggression,” which was never
made, he rushed out of Congress and
the Union into rebellion without cause,
exouse, or even pretext. T. W.
KNOXVILLE TO THE SEA.
Important Railroad Conventiou.
Knoxville, Tbnn., Jane 27, 1876.
Messrs. Millers & Sibley, Platt Bros.,
R. H. May Cos., and Others, Au
gusta, Oa.:
Gentlemen —l am in receipt of yonr
polite and earnest invitatiou to hold the
next Railroad Convention in your city.
I had already conferred with most of
the members of the committee, of which
I have the honor of being Chairman,and
they concur with me in deciding to hold
said convention in Angusta. I take
pleasure, therefore, in accepting your
invitatiou, and wiil formally announce
that it will be held there at such time as
oircumstauoes seem to dictate. It would
not be wise, I imagine, to hold it earlier
than November, on account of the elec
tions. T am, however, altogether dis
posed to yield to your views touching
the matter, and hope you will have no
delicacy, whatever, in submitting them
to me. Our mutual aim, of course, is to
make the convention a success, and to*
do this we must be fortified with every
auspioious circumstance.
Allow me, gentlemen, to say that I and
all our citizens are delighted with the
outlook. It is, indeed, exceedingly en
couraging. At no time in our former
history has it been more flattering. All
we have to do is to stand firm and
march steadily on to our objective point.
We can’t build this road in a day, but
we can in a reasonable length of time. I
am pleased with the manly vigor with
which your two able journals, the
Chronicle and Sentinel and the Cbn
stitutionalist, are handling the question.
A united press and a united people can
accomplish wonders. I would be pleas
ed to get your views as to the time of
holding the convention.
Very respectfully,
C. W. Charlton,
Chairman, Ac.
THE COURSE OF COTTON.
Weekly Review of the New York Market.
L-Veto York Vcfily Bulletin ]
We have had another quiet market,
and tho week throughout has shown a
dragging, uneventful condition of busi
ness, with scarcely anew feature to be
recorded from day to day. Indeed, at
times it has been difficult to infuse suf
ficient animetion to give values a fair
test, and there was a general complaint
among brokers of a scarcity of orders.
Prices have ruled heavy, and about all
the changes made were in buyers’ favor,
though the decline was confined in the
main to the speculative market. So far
as crop accounts have come to hand,
they have beeu of a favorable nature.
The Liverpool market has failed to show
strength; on the contrary has rather
slackened off, and the movement here of
actual supplies, though at one time
promising fairly, has resulted in nothing
of magnitude, and the “bulls” were
really left without a stimulating point.
Yet, withal, there could be discov
ered a certain undertone of strength
current, which has suddenly acted as.
healthy neutralizing influence and pre
vented a more serious break. Nothing
fresh has been Bhown oaloulated to at
traot investment, or to lead to the belief
that decided buoyancy is likely to occur
for the present at least, but there is no
doubt that reduoed cost of cotton has
attracted many friends during the past
two or three weeks, and that owners of
supplies are much less anxious to part
with them than heretofore. It is possi
ble that the issue of the July notices
may form abase fay some radical ohange,
though as a rule no important move
ments are anticipated until after the
National holidays. The Exchange ad
journs from June 30th until July sth.
For “spots,” the demand has on two
or three occasions appeared to bo
about developing into some animation,
but expectations were not realized and
actual sales made a comparatively stnalk
aggrega e. There has been quite a
number of buyers in attendance, with
more or less interest shown, but bids
in most cases were slightly below the
figures asked and holders refused to
make the concessions necessary id
briDg negotiations to a successful issne.
Qur spinners continue the production
on a cautions measure and purchase ac
cordingly, though at a few quarters
eastward consumptive wants have lat
terly increased somewhat, and this baa
been about the only market upon which
to draw for supplies. Exporters have
been watching matters pretty closely,
and, indeed, it was from this source that
the increase of business was calculated
upon, but they seemed to think the
rates ruling he*® would hardly warrant
purchases with Liverpool showing noth
ing more encouraging than the advices
cabled. Another considerable check to
the foreign demand, too, has been the
expectation that the deliveries on July
notices would be free, and shippers are
pretty l&rge holders of contraots matur
ing next month. The price has been
uniform during the week at 12fc for mid
dling, until just at the close, when a
shading of I-16c was made, with the
tone heavy.
The contract business has been small
er and conducted with less excitement
than for many weeks past, with brokers
frequently finding it a pretty difficult
matter to keep things moving. One or
twq of the larger operators, have been
“manipulating” a little, but only in a
temporary way, and small, irregular or
ders were about the only things offering.
No great pressure has been brought to
bear, but in the almost total absence of
stimulating ‘'points” and the foreign
market apparently quite stupid as our
own, there has been a natural shrinkage
along the entire line, with the • feeling
still more or lesa depressed at the close.
On Monday, supposed indications of an
increasing demand for spots infused a
little better feeling, and though the de
mand was not active, values went up
3-32aJc., on the near by months in par
ticular, This, however, was tost on
Tuesday, the sales for both home and
foreign consumption not. amounting >o
as much as expected and foreign ao
connts also coming somewhat slack. On
Wednesday, little was done aad prices
fell away bWc., with a similar decline
for Thursday and Friday, the market
succumbing to the influence of a con
tinued adverse state of affairs abroad
and a lack of interest among buyers.
During Saturday one more decline of
: l-160. took place, the eable bringing very
tame advioes, and at the close our mar
ket was in a doll, flat condition,
A Practical Inflationist.—Ex-Con
gressman Riohard Schell, the Chairman
of the Greenback Democracy delegation
from this State to St. Lonis, who is
charged by Commodore Garrison, Jay
Gould and Charles J. Osborn with frau
dulent bankruptcy, has had anew charge
preferred against him by Commodore
Garrison, of having fraudulently pro
oared and withheld from him a num
ber of shares of stook of the Mntual
Gaslight Company. Commodore Garri-
Sn, through his oounael, Mr. Henry S.
innett, procured ,an order of arrjpst
from Judge Donahue against Mr, Schell,
r-tfwt York Xinrn,