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WEDNESDAY., JULY 5, 1876
TO CHRISTINE MUBON.
[For the Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Christina! My Qoae : her very name convayt
Into my heart, grand music'* mystic spell,
Its soothing balm—its influence to fln—
To rcmse grand passions—energies to swell.
ChristineMy Queen ! Nature and art combine
To centre in one person all we lore.
Beauty and heart—true dignity and grace,
Pare charity which lights her from above.
Christine! My Queen! euphonious is thy name
And manv virtues, graces—which belong
To thy dear self —make thus sweet harmon'
Christine, fair queen—proud queen of neart
ends dig. L.W,K.
A CHRISTIAN SOLDIER DEAD.
BT gmXXT HEBBEBT.
"Members of Bock Spring church, in heroes'
of battle for you this good man [Bar. B. C.
Ketchnm] fell noon the field.”— Funeral ser
mon of He o. Dr. Lqflwick.
With armor on, and faith sublime,
He's fallen at b>s post;
And now, beyond the realms of time,
Stands with the heavenly boat.
Finished the work Thou gaveet him,
U God of love and peace.
With eye of faith death could not dim.
He welcomed his release.
No terrors had the grave for one
So true end brave as he;
Who. to the hoorh s work was done,
Put all hie trust in Tnee.
Such is a fitting close of life
To soldiers tried and true,
Who never waver in the strife.
But fight God’s battles through.
Kimba 1 House, June. 1876.
A SPANISH POEM.
O! let the soul its slumber break.
Arouse its sense* and awake.
To see how soon
Life, with its glory, glides away,
And the stem footsteps of decay
Come stealing on.
And while we eye the rolling tide,
Down which our flowing minutes glide
Away so fsst.
Let ns the present hour employ,
,*nd deem each future dream of joy
Alreauy past.
Let no vatu hope deceive the mind-
No happier Ist ns hope to fiiwl,
To-morrow than to-day;
Our golden dreams of yore were bnght;
Like them, the present shall delight—
Like them, dusty.
Oar lives, like hasting stream*, must be,
That into one engulfing eea
Are doomed to fall—
The sea of death, whoee waves roll on
O’er king and kingdom, crown and throne,
And BWADowaU.
Alike the river’s lordly tide,
Alike the hnmble riv’lets glide
To that sad wave;
Death levels povertv and pride,
And rich and poor sleep side by side
Within the grave.
Our birth is bnt lhe starting place,
Life is the running of the race,
And death the goal;
There all those glittering toy* are brought:
The path alone, of all unsought,
Is found of all.
Say. then, how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys of earth
That lure us here ?
Dreams of a sleep that death must break.
Alas! before it bids m wake,
We disappear!
A PATRIOT'* POEM.
To the Editors of the News and Courier.
Just now. when every one is collecting rem
iniscences of the past, and particularly those
connected with our own State and city,
the accompanying line* may interest
some of your readers. The fact
that they were written within the walls of
Fort Moultne, and their date being so near our
an iversary, adds much to the interest awak
ened by the beauty of the lines. They were
written by the late Mr. William Wightman
formerly a resident of our city, and father of
Bishop W. M. Wightman, while on duty at
Fort Moultrie in the war of 1812. They are
given Just as they were publish-d in the
Charleston Courier, September 8,1856:
Lines
BY A CITIZEN NOW ON DUTY AT FOBT MOCLTBIK,
SULLIVAN'S ISLAND.
While distant from the friends I love,
From those mv bosom holds most dear;
While angry billows roll between,
And even death, mayhap, is near,
Shall I not cast one thought on thee,
Thou faithful partner of my breast ?
And heave for yon, my babes, that sigh
With which my bosom is opprest ?
Can distance or can angry sea
Remove your image from my heart ?
Or death itself, oareering here,
Divide the souls which ne'er can part ?
Could Indies' riches, or the world,
Have tempted me from thee to roam,
And leave those peaceful, bli-sful joys
Which ever circled us at home ?
Ah no! thou know'st there's nought could
tempt
Thy William from thy smiles to go :
Who once for months together proved
Thy absence was essential woe !
Why should I, then, those comforts leave,
Whose every sun brought new delights ?
And plant within my heart euch grief
As tarns my rest to sleepless nights ?
Mv oon"ry! Hark! her voice I hear!
That injured country’s voice obey!
To rally ’round her flag prepare,
And tread where glory points the way!
'Tie to protect onr dearest rights,
'Tie to defend our nat.ve shore!
Columbia's Eagle grasps her bolts
And is prepared once more to soar.
O! may she never more descend
Until the lightning of her eyes
Direct her thunders where to roll
In burstiug thunders from the skies!
And every tyrant learn to know
Tie f eemen wield the avenging ire,
Who will protect their oountry a rights
Or on her funeral pile expire!
Our sentinels surround the oamp,
And we within lie on onr arms,
From broken slumbers oft we start,
For every whistling wind alarms!
Bat, hark, yon sentinel has hailed!
* * * * * *
Advance Guard, Jane 27.1812.
DAN DOOLAN.
At a shanty for boarders by Mrs. Dunn kept.
That stood ]ast beside the highway,
Dan Doolan applied, as he wearily sighed,
Fur shelter until the next day.
The landlady said. "There's two in each bed,
kxoept the one there to the right.
That has one big and fat, and a nagur at that,
You may tornin with him for the night."
"My good woman," says Dan, “I don’t like
the plan
Of black and white rooming together,
Bnt’twili do me less harm than stay oat in the
storm.
For to-night there is very rough weather ;
And, my honey, I say, wake me up before
day.
For early 1 want to be startin’,
Don’t let me sleep late, for 1 want to complate
My Journey for to-morrow for sartin."
As soon as the head of poor Dan struck the
bed,
His snoring told plain he was sleeping.
Same time near the door on the very same
floor
Was a chap o'er the bed-covering peeping;
The foremost in fun at the house of wife
Dunn.
And for jokes there they never were lack
ing;
He cautiously crept to the bed where Dan
slept.
And smeared all his faoe o'er with blacking.
Next morning Dan dressed when awoke from
bis rest.
So intent on his journey resuming,
That he deigned not to wait to speak to the
mate
With whom all the night he'd been rooming.
To himself he oft talked, as briskly he walked
O'er the country for manv a mile,
Not stopping to pause, or think of the cause
While those passing looked back with a
smile.
The wiopw McKay kept a place by the way.
And with kuick nacks had liquor to sell;
He says. ‘T'il go in for a small drop of gin,
And rest myself, too. for a spell ’’
"Good morning, my man." the widow began,
As she smilingly looked at Dan’s face ;
•■Hot oft. if at mi, do I get a call
From a man of y oar color an i race.”
Nays he, "Darling, stop," as he drained his
last drop.
And took the glass down from his lips;
"You are the sly rogue, can’t you tell by my
brogue
That I’m one of the wild roaring Tips ?"
Just then, by mere chance, he happened to
glance
In a mirror that hong on the wall,
■"O. heavene !" says he. “ ’tis a nagur I see,
Nhure I’m not Dan Doolan at all.
No mors he’d to say, and with little delay
H* starved *t ouoe for lh~ door.
While the cojtioti sight of Dan’s wofnl fright
Made the wioV 1 * with loud laughter roar.
"Come back sht exclaimed, as the roadside
he gained. _ _
"What a goose of a as* Dn.
••My walk is in vain, I most b ck again.
For Fo shore she woke up ihC wrong man.
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS*
WasHutoTox, June 28 —ln the Sen
ate, the Committee on Printing was
directed to investigate the conduct of
Public Printer Clapp, with power to
uend for persons and papers. The Sil
wer bill was resumed and discussed.
•The House non-coccnrred in the Senate
u&mtklmenU to the army appropriation
Inti, u? a conference was granted. The
Silver bit. 1 was taken up, the Senate
amendments,' concurred in with addi
tional amendments authorizing the ex
ohaoge of twenty' millions of silver for
fractional currency, .and the coinage of
a silver dollar equal in 40 that of
1861, to be a legal tender for any
amount. It goes to the Soßftti?-
The citizens of Lovejoy have tender
ed the military company of Jocefl boros
barbecue on the 4th of July, which invi
tation has been accepted, and appropri
ate speeches will be made, nncajpod
time generally is anticipated.
GEORGIA GLIMPSES.
LETTER FOM ATLANTA.
The “Gate City” Still Isiwrllj New a..a
MafittMU Brick Blocks— Kimball H*
Improvements—Up tke Air Llss RallronJ—
The Election of SatarAav—An Impressive
Faaeml—A Mistake Corrected.
I Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel]
Atlanta, Jane 26.—Abuse Atlanta as
much as yon may, quill drivers of Geor
gia, but the ‘‘Gate City” still marches
m to her grand destiny as a great in
land commercial city. I was astonished
.a, a few days ago, I looked over the
jostly improvements now going on here.
Magnificent corner buildings are being
•rected in the very heart of the city, oue
his side of the Capitol, another oppo
site James’ Hall and still another oppo
site Dodds’ splendid building. Then
the Cotton Factory, now nearly com
jleted, looms np in the distance and ac
nally astonishes the most sanguine
Tnese great enterprises, inclini
ng the Custom House, will add
ml lions to the real estate of
-his city. But there are numerous
other improvements in all parts of the
sity, despite the hard times. McGiu
try, of the Kimball House, even dares
o (ace the music in these dull times,
and the grand old dining hall of the H.
I Kimball House is being elegantly
renovated and readorned for a crowd of
Sommer boarders. The fact is, how
-ver, that Atlanta deserves some of the
narsh criticism which is bestowed upon
her, and fiom which, however unkindly
given, she ought to profit. No city oc
cupying such a grand central position,
both politically and commercially, can
long afford to be careless of its reputa
tion, even though its character may be
good. If the Capitol is to remain here,
as I hope it may, the people of the State
will demand a purer political atmos
phere in the “Gate City.” There mast
be a return to the honesty and economy
of other and better days.
Up the Air Line Rnilrnad.
I may be able in a subsequent letter
to tell yon something in dptail of my
recent trip np the Air Line Railroad,
where your valuable paper is extensive
ly read and its candidates for President
and Governor endorsed by the most
thoughtful classes. Hancock for Presi
dent and Johnson for Governor will give
some assurance that we are to have re
newed peace, prosperity, economy and
honesty revived throughout the whole
land and practiced in publio matters.
Gainesville, .Duluth, Flowery Branch,
Bellton and other towns seem to be
growing, while Mt. Airy is erecting an
elegant and commodious first class hotel
and proposes to become the Summer re
sort of that section. At Tocoa City I
fround Major Davenport still at the
head of the Davenport House, which he
has greatly improved, and where were
many Summer boarders, including
several from Augusta. Others are ex
pected soon, having already engaged
rooms. Tallulah Falls are also attract
ing many visitors and will become more
popular every year.
The James MM Pslqnltt Fight.
The telegraph has already informed
your readers of the contest here on Sa
turday last between the friends of
James and Colquitt to seenre the Ful
ton county delegation to the State Con
vention. It was olaimed by both of the
candidates that they were citizens of At
lanta, Gen. Cclquitt living on the su
burbs because he was not a rich man
like James. In fact, every trick and de
vice and influence known to electioneer
ing were resorted to by both sides,
whose free carriages and free whisky
brought every “bnmmer” and * dead
beat” to the polls. The lame, halt,
blind and sick w M gathered np, while
“Col.” Nash, from tb Pham gang, and
a hundred drunken men, who had to be
helped up to the ballot bo*, were atao
among the repulsive features of the oc
casion. It is to be hoped that the “Gate
City” wilt not soon see two such days as
closed the last week. Hundreds of
prominent and respectable voters staid
at home and declared themselves fnby
convinced that ex-Governor Johnson
must be oalled into the field to save the
State from political corruption and a
greedy swarm of office seekers.
An Impressive Funeral.
The Central Presbyterian Churoh was
densely thronged yesterday morning on
the occasion of the funeral of Rev. R
0. Ketchum, pastor of the Rock Springs
Church, located a few miles from this
oity. Rev. J. T. Leftwitch, D. D., of
the Central Churoh. was assisted in the
services by Rev. Messrs. Jones, Martin,
Latimer and Dabney. The funeral dis
course of Dr. Leftwitch was the grand
est composition of the kind that I ever
listened to, and was delivered with great
power and rare tenderness and appro
priateness. It was a noble tribute to one
of the most learned but faumbti <*d la
borious ministers that Georgia pyej Pro
duced. The deceased was sixty-tfir.ee
years of ago, a native of Augusta, and
for some years pastor at Hamburg and
Newberry. H. <3. He graduated at the
University of Georgia in 1833, in the
class that contained A. ff- Stephens,
Howell Cobb, H. L Renniflgwd ]?• V.
Johnson, and, like them, was a finished
scholar. During hia later years be was
pastor at Clarksville and then Bock
Springs, He was a great and good man,
and in his death and burial was honored
by this entire community-
A Mistake Cerracffti,
I desire, most emphatically, to deny
that the election of delegates on Satur
day last was a contest of the James,
Hardeman and Johnson men against the
Colquitt men. The Sunday Telegram
knew better than this, for it said for it
self, through its editors, that neither the
Johnson men nor the Hardeman men
voted at all. It was a square, round
about contest between James and Col
quitt, hundreds of good citizens being
too disgusted with the whole affair to
vote even an independent, uninstructed
ticket. That combination dodge won’t
work in this case, whatever may be the
result elsewhere. Gov. Johnson and
Col. Hardeman have a host of friends
here, and the election of Saturday, CO
disgusting in its details and operations,
has only served to increase this chances
of success of each gentleman, Gov.
Johnson taking the lead. The people
are sick of bar-room politicians, and
now demand that there shall be a
change. They want dignity of charac
ter, honesty of purpose, and economy
in the conduct of public affairs.
Gov. Johnson hsa no hungry army of
office seekers and officious electioneer
era at bis back to be rewarded out of the
public treasury, and the industrious,
hard-working tax payers are bound to
demand bis nomination at the proper
time and in the proper place.
—= — Richmond.
"WHO IK HP*”
A Reply From Ocletborpe Cwwr.
Editors Ch'onicle and Sentinel s
U ider the above caption in the Ogle
thorpe Echo, of the 23ad instant, I no
tice an editorial asking who I am and
also stating that he (to® editor) “does
not know of any one gentleipan in this
county who is authorized to speak for it
in any such way. The .county of (Ogle
thorpe don’t belong to any one man.”
If this was the only thing the editor did
not know about Oglethorpe county there
would be no need for this commun ca-;
tion. In answer to the question who am
I. I have only to say I am a resident
citizen of Oglethorpe county. I said in
my letter to yon that nine men put of
ten of the citizen# of this oounty were
for H. V. Johnson for Governor and l
still think so. 1 associate and live with
the people of this county and think I
know their feelings and am certain I re-,
port them correctly, They say the
office was not oreated to grati
fy the ambition of any man or
set of men, but for the good of the peo
ple, and that the fact that q-lgan wants
the office is no longer a reqpon why be
should have it. B- Y. Johnson is the
man they want, and intend to have him
even though some others ruuy want the
office. I ask no further authority for
what I said than what I have heard peo
ple say. It is very strange to me that
some people get so frightened when I
■av this connty will go for that noele
old Roman, H. V. Johnson. Does this
look like selling out the oonnty ? This
editor of the Echo need not become so
frightened at my "selling out the coun
ty.” I, unlike him, do not arrogate any
such power to myself. I don't want “the
eounty" sold out, and don’t intend it
shall be if I can belp it. I only want a
fair expression of the people’s wishes,
and have no fear of the verdict.
Now, I want to ask why the political
editor of the Echo speaks of Oglethorpe
as this county, when it is a notorious
fact that he is a resident of Athens, in
Olarke connty, and penned the above
article in that connty. “ Who is he t”
iaifcpd, has be given no assurance of
tbia swjßty’s vote to any one? His
own columns will show that. Will
the political e4ltOf of the Echo,
who wrote the editorial, pome out, as
I have, and say lam q. pitizen
of Oglethorpe county. If not, then why
does he thus meddle with the matter.
Is he a non-resident endeavoring to “sell
out this county?” I fear b£ is, but I
wish to say that in my opinion pfi will
find himself mistaken is ibis, for she
people are in earnest about this matter
and intend to have the mas of their
choice, regardless of the wishes of poli
ticians, office seekers and uon resident
editors and citizens who may see proper
to attempt to "sell thorn out/’
Athens, like Rome, may apt upon her
frills, but unlike Rome, she oanaot, from
her (throne oi beauty, rule the world
nor GgWJiorpe county. With this I
now dismiss to* said non-resident citi
zen and political editor, mid only refer
him to the action of the people on the
first Tuesday in July next for the troth
of what 1 have said.
A Gentleman in Oglethorpe County.
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY MEETING.
Independent Republic op i
Columbia, Jane 17, 1876. y
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
Why this vast waste of printer’s ink
and taxing the ingenuity of yonr various
correspondent* to find amnnitiontowage
war upon the actions of onr late Con
vention, and what benefit can be there
from derived is beyond my comprehen
sion. A sufficient answer to its legality
i,
"The county's custom to preservo
Is proper and doth praise deserve.”
The question through a letter that I
had the honor of reading ere it was sent
to Governor Johnson—whether he de
sired the office or not from, an ante-bel
nm in fact, as far as I know, a life-long
personal friend of his, places onr aotions
in a different light from that yon seem
desirous of conveying in regard to that
noble old statesman. The question
was pointedly asked, the support ten
dered, if he would accept. No notice was
taken of that letter, and the general im
pression, save from what yonr paper
alone stated, was that he did not desire
the office, and pecuniarily it would be a
disadvantage to him. Now, Messieurs,
be consistent. At the last C mgrflssional
Convention delegates were appointed
from onr county, untrammelled as usual
by any instructions—it then being un
derstood that the Hon. A. H. Stephens
wonld not accept the office again. I
went to Augnsta a Camming man and
voted that ticket until daylight next
morning—my colleague voted for Col.
Mathews until that gentleman’s name
was withdrawn. After some, I think,
thirty ballots, Mr. Stephens’ name was
proposed, and then he joined wi*h me
as longi as Maj. Cnmming’s name was
before the Convention. We went to
that Convention with the express under
standing, from letters, etc’, that Mr.
Stephens was not, nor wonld be a can
didate. The war was made on Rich
mond county—deny it if you conscien
tiously can. “Richmond is always in
the field,” was the war cry of the upper
portion of this District. No other man
from that part oonld compete with Maj.
Camming, ergo—at least they claimed
in order to heal dissensions, etc., Mr.
Stephens wan elected.
And is this the reason because we—
that is Columbia —have voted with Rich
mond at several nominations that ycra
arrogate to yourselves the prerogative
of instrnotiog Columbia how she shall
cast her ballot ? Yon have published
some very Bevere reflections upon one
gentleman in particular and the county
in general. Take oare, my friends; we
may be led, but you will find that the
citizens of Colombia cannot be driven.
I do desire that onr friends shhll not
misconstrue onr deeds, and jndge the
actions of the late Convention as illegal
as yon seem desirous should be the
general impression. Yon speak of dis
sensions in the party, yonr great de
sire to harmonize, etc., and then as
sume the role, as if we were a parcel of
school boys, over whom yon are holding
the party rod “in terrorism” and tight
ening the party rein aronnd us with
threats of being considered indepen
dents. “A baa " with suoh a party. Yon
will find that as the few men who have
been in authority,considering themselves
leaders, assuming to dictate how we shall
vote and villifying those that dare differ
with them, that the breaoh will be
opened more widely than closed. You
must remember that although the Demo
cratic party South is called by that
name it is no Democratic party, in fact,
but a “Southern Rights Party,” or
ganise) at the cessation of hostilities in
order to contend against Republicanism;
but many of those who vote that ticket
have inherited the great love borne by
their Old Lin© Whig fathers to the
Demoeratio party, and as soon as the
necessity ceases for acting in unison
with that party, in order to defeat “Re
publicanism" as practiced by the party
bearing that name, you will find many
seceders. Do not, however, mis
take me for an anti-Catholic, or
foreign society advocate —for, like
my father, I will tak6 Democracy, with
all its objectionable attributes, ere I will
“Know-Sotbin-dsfft” or any other “ism”
that brings religion into politips- I can
see no necessity ( revenons a rios man
tons) of all these harsh comments. You
antagonize some of your best friends by
yoqr strictures upon them, and instead
of adyapqfog the oau9e y° u are espous
ing are injuring jf. Mgmooth a cat’s fur
the right way If yon would oof l haye him
show bis clasps.” With warmest senti
ment# of respect and admiration and
personal esteem for the Ron. H- V-
Johnson, I still claim the right of sup
porting General Oolqnitt, a name dear
to all Georgia volunteers, until the Con
vention decides who shall be the nomi
nee, And also, gentlemen, in trne
friendship for yourselves, dating witn
the one ,OUF school days, the other
sinoe I baveliad the pleasure of his ac
quaintance, am still your sfopere well
wisher. Columbia.
P. S.—“McDuffie" again comes to the
charge—abandoning his former position
as Dictator to the citizens of Columbia,
bnt pitching ‘fiery extensively into Dr.
Casey apd myselr. flfß Doctor is fully
competent to take care of b>m se , lf with
out the assiateWO of the e? Sophomore.
Ah, “McDuffie," how fionlt) yon have
been so severe ? Candor oompei ß m e to
acknowledge you struck my class right,
bnt then von must remember that in
many “Ropb ß ,” like myself, preferred
Hardee's military q} atloetivrf9 to Xeno
phon’s retreat of the 1Q,()00, bnt ere we
had fol owed McClellan's change of base
past Malvern Hill we would gladly haye
returned to our primers. And then,
.“McDuffie," knowing your great intel
-1 actual superiority toward that poor
little fable a<j different from what I re
membered—l haye sffefy a treacherous
memory—this was the unkindest yat of
all. And then to go quoting so much
“Spokeshake" as to completely dumb
found the poor “ex-college boy" who
could “knott” remember all those old
sayings. And then taking me to task
abOiyt my knowledge of Blapkstone,
when you knew that you were a practi
tioner at law, I was in Sophmore
elate- £am going to read yp on Black
stone so that the next maps m etins[ we
have in Columbia f will know ybte to a *
gentleman says about <3oJumfo a county
political affairs. Mow we
might as well bury the batebet— l b ave
no axe to grind—not even a little hatch
et —as yon know. I have neither time
and O|W ©ail facilities only once a week
are too poor—cor inclination to indulge
in newspaper .cpmywfpray. We wonld
desire, however, tote ys it foqk nearly
three columns of PWfoh Wtefor to ex
press yonr “supreme indifference for
Colnmbia county polities? affairs, that
next time yon will favor us with your
presence and manifest more interest.
Columbia.
jUXCfIIfV COUNTY LETTER.
The Ha*a*B (Lyu&byqi—The Weather and
the Crop*—Daw age Dpneto fifsiu Prop-
The Gubernatorial Outlook—A yytVP
James.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.]
laufIOUNTON, June 23.—Your weekly
of the fnst. came to ns np here
among the cliffs of ''Surry of the Eagle’s
Nest” freighted as usual with news of
every character and from every quarter ;
among which .stand prominent in the
roll of importance the nomination of
Hayes and Wheeler in the recent Radical
DOW-Wow at Oiuoinnati, and the procla
mation of par neighbor across the river’
offering a reward for the arrest of the
avengers oi the garwou assassination.
Hubbard, the thief finder, will have a
lively -time in working opt that job.
While the reward is tempting to avarice,
and gold is "saint-seducing,” a cool man
would say that the prize was scarcely
worth expenses. As tq the Republican
tis Vet it seems to be regarded as about
the they could do. With the retire
ment of Grass, f suppose that timid
people need no logger fear centralism
nor a coup d’ete front the dreaded man
on horseback.
We have had rain, more rain, most
yffin. And strange, yonr excellent paper
of this week tells somethi g about
everything else but that. Have yon
had no rain ; or can it be true that yon
do not appreciate such blessings.
It commenced raining np here on the
11th inst. and it rained on till the 17th.
When it began oar growing crops were
the finest and in the best condition for
years past, though somewhat later. It
came in the midst of pur harvest, which
was the best for many yean, ft left us
with the crops and harvest on the bot
tom lands rained by overflow—swept
away by the fiood. Capt. D. Cade, of
Lisbon, lost f,SOQ bushels of wheat,
swept off in the shock at hi® plantation
in the fork- Many others on the river
have lost ail their crops of com and are
preparing to plant over at this late day.
The damage in the upland harvest,
though considerable, was not serions.
Some wheat sprouted in the shock and
some ripe grain fell down under the
weight of the rain and wind. The grow
ing crops vegetables of all kinds,
suffeited and sobbed with water so long,
were checked in their ir’etiffiy growth.
And now while the warm sou is impart
ing a jew vigor to everything the grass
is threatening to be a source of trouble
not heretofore (feis. ?Vue, every calling
has its lights and sjfiAdqwfl, but it
seems the share of the farmer in the lat
ter is exceedingly large this Centennial
yer.
Car people are taking bat little inter
est *a yet in the approaching canvass. I
do am mean that they are careless of
passing and approaching events. We
are busy upon out ftmh, £?-■
pair recent losses and to provide “bread
for the eater and seed for the sower.”'
There is an open and decided opinion in
favor ot Johnson for Governor, based
noon his great worth and his prominent
ability over ali other candidates. But
it is not at nil probable that he will get
the nomination, under the circumstances.
The office itself can confer no honor on
him, and he does not desire it, and will
not seek it; bnt if called upon by the
people to serve them, he “recognizes the
obligation to obey.” I very much re
gret, as a friend and admirer of the dis
tinguished gentleman, that his recent
letter has left the question where many
of his warm personal friends will fed
compelled to nrge his name for the
nomination with the prospect of almost
certain defeat. There are too many
candidates in the field, of more or less
strength, many of whom are strongly
urged and supported by local influences
ami attachments too strong now to be
severed, to bear any man into the office
of Governor “by the spontaneous, un
solicited movement of the people of
Georgia."
Without underrating in the least the
character and claims of the many wor
thy gentlemen who have entered the
lists, I will in passing mention the name
of one who is believed by a good many
of ns here to possess in a high degree
all of the necessary gifts and qualifi
cations of a good Governor.
Col. John H. James, of Atlanta, in all
the elements of self-developed manhood,
bnsiness capacity, parity of character
and practical good sense, stands infe
rior to none. Though not bred to pro
fessional life, be is a man of ideas, a
sound reasoner and a fluent and agree
able speaker, and well np with the pro
gress of the age in every respect. Sprang
from the masses, he is the artificer of
his own fame and fortune. He is essen
tially soul and sense combined in sym
metrical and harmonious proportions.
Possessing wealth and living in magnifi
cence, his heart and hand is always
open to chanty. Wherever the orphan
cry of distress is heard, there his boun
ty is felt, and his hand has fostered
every good work and word. He has ex
hibited an administrative talent of high
order in the Mayorality of the city of
Atlanta. In our history, professional
life is not always the stepping stone to
the highest honors. There are excep
tions both in the State and Federal Gov
ernments. And there is another thing
that is true in Georgia—the politicians
and the newspapers have not always
elected their candidates. Sometimes
the people have stood in the way.
As to local items the field is quiet.
There will be a County Convention call
ed probably about the middle of July,
as I notice the Executive Committee
of the Democracy are to have a meeting
soon. The prospect is that Dr. Sims
will be the candidate for the Legislature.
We expect to send first, Johnson, and
next James delegates to the Atlanta
Convention, 2d August. Hamden.
mcduffie for Johnson.
Mass Meeting in McDuffie —A Large Attend -
nnce and a Full Vote—Johnson Relegates
Elected by a Vote of Two to One—Con
gressional Delegates Appointed.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Thomson, Jane 27.—Pursuant to a
call issued by the Democratic Executive
Committee of the county, a mass meet
ing of citizens was held here to-day for
the purpose of selecting delegates to
represent McDuffie in the State Conven
tion of August 2d. and in the Congress
ional Convention of September 6th.—
Since the letter of Governor Johnson
appeared expressing his willingness to
accept a nomination, the county has
been a good deal excited on political
matters. Before that time General
Colquitt had it all his uwn way, and
there seemed to be really no opposition
to his nomination. He had been among
us, and talked granges and direot trade ;
and no one had any special objection to
him, as he seemed to be a very clever
man, who had been unfortunate as a
cotton factor, as a fair president, as a di
reot trade manager, and in the life in
surance business, and perhaps needed
the office. But when that letter ap
peared the lines were at once sharply
drawn. Governor Johnson has a host
of friends among the people of the ooun
ty, and they determined to show him that
they appreciated his purity of character,
great abilities and unselfish patriotism.
We had, of course, outsiders, notably
from Augusta, who cam® among us to
tell us what to do, but the people of
McDuffie had sense enough to act for
themselves and to make their own choice
of a candidate for Governor without the
assistance of any man, no matter how
high bis official position,
There was a very large attendance on
the meeting this morning, and among
those present were the very beat people
in the county- The meeting was organ
ized by oalling Dr. J. S. Jones, one of
onr most prominent oitizens, to the
Chair, and requesting Mr. W. F.
Combs, one of the editors and
proprietors of our stauueh and
popular paper, the McDuffie Journal, to
act as Secretary, It was finally deter
mined that the election should be by
ballot in tße mags meeting, as the fair
est and quickest way of obtaining a
correct expression of the sentiment of
the county. An election committee, con
sisting of two Johnson and two Colquitt
meg, was appointed to m a &age the elec
tion. ' j?hfj jobqsQO managers were
Messrs. H. w. Gerraij aw Paul 0.
Hudson : the Colquitt managers were
Messrs, J. M. Wilson and Thomas A.
Hamilton. Tbeee were two printed
tickets voted with the names of dele
gates, as follows :
For Governor—Herschel V. Johnson.
Delegates—-Willis Howard, J. L. Good
rich, James Norris, W. H. Murray, E
B. JJapqn, Dr. E. C. Hawes. The other
was Fdr Gmejrnor—A. H. Colquitt.
Delegates—W. S. Smith, Cioero Gibson,
J. E. Langford, J. F. Montgomery.
There were three hundred and nineteen
votes polled —more than were oast at the
la# election for Congress, phis fact
will giyeyoa idea qf thq interest taken
in ttye resplf. jS'hen polls closed
the ypte stoqd a 8 follows, tick
ets only Being coqntpd ;
Johnson delegates..... .........197
Colquitt delegates.lol
Johnson’s majority 96
There were twenty-one split tickets in
tjje box, all for Johnson. These, if
oounted, jfould have made his vote 218,
and hi? inaiority I\J. After the election
a resolution wag' by Dr. W.
Q. ffurbam, and passed upapimously.
presenting jjeraehel y. Johnsop to the
State Convention $£ th® pfyofpp fff Mc-
Daffie for Governor of tieorgi#. Ah at
tempt was made to pass a resolution 4®*
daring General Colquitt second choice,
but it was abandoned.
It was then determined to select dele
gaties to ifiS Congressional Convention,
which meqts September Bth, and a com
mittee was appointed to report editable
names. " The following delegates yere
reported ami wefltpfi; If. Casev, W
-8. Smith, J. F- Montgomery ai)4 J. L.
Neal. Mr. P. C. Hndson offered a reso
lution, which was unanimously adopted,
declaring that so long as Alexander H.
Stephen* Jives he is the choice of Mc-
Duffie county fo* Congress.
A n,ew jExecijfciyfi pbfpniiitee for the
county yas appoiuifcea, 'm” follows fW-
D. Tutt, A, g. Sturgis, J. S. Mont
gomery, Willis Howard and J ; H. Scott.
A resolution was passed authorizing
delegates to the two conventions to ap
point their own alternates, and the
rrjApn-tfl. adjourned. Roderick.
THE GUBERNATORIAL QUESTION-
Georgia aa it Was and Is, la a Political As*
pect—The Gubernatorial Offlce.
In the reigning days of such noble
Romans of our Commonwealth as Troup,
Crawford, Lumpkin, Berrien, Miller,
Dawson and Nesbitt, the State of Geor
gia stood pre-eminent for honor, integ
rity and sagacious statesmanship in its
varions departments of administration.
Men who songht the glory and prosperity
of their native State, and had its best in
terest at heart, rather than their person
al aggrandizement, were nominated to
fill the offices in the gift of the people.
The character of otjr citizens was of a
corresponding nature, and to® f ew meß
who were‘known to be venal, dishonest,
and politically corrupt, were shunned,
and not approved and endorsed by giv
ing them connty and Btate offices.
But how is the situation now ? Cor
ruption in political and financial circles
seems to have fastened upon us like
an incubus of vile and gigantic propor
tions. The general demoralization of
tho people, consequent upon a civil and
disastrous war, and the mixture of evil
and foreign elements with the insidious
love of power, and voracious grasp for
moneyed importance, have all tended to
bring about this change in the character of
our citizens of til grades and conditions.
The first tap upon this fountain of politi
cal corruption was toward the close of the
late war. Th® turbid waters then began
to pour out slowly, and during the mis
rule, oppression, swindling and degra
dation of the Bollock administration,
and its attending satellites, the corrupt
stream gushed forth freely and flowed
over the State. Every little Till from
the fountain head carried its evil mis
sion, and diffused its insidious poison
into toe mentis of the people. Men
who were believed to be proof against
the temptation of political and financial
corruption secretly drank at the stream
until they became maddened with the
lost of money and power, and fell vic
tims to unholy ambition, and were fully
initiated into "the ring”—proving that
good mCn cannot affiliate with bad men,
financially or politically, without be
coming tainted by the intercourse and
soon mad® totally unfit to take any part
iu civil or political administration A
man who will dd a BacrffeecT in private
life will be the endorser and promoter
of eviTand wrong in public life. Such
men must no longer be elected to office.
They most be marked and laid aside
either as hopeless cases or as subjects
to be treated until *ll the corrup
tion and dishonesty which had been
infused int i their hearts can be elimi
nated and the eanse of their downfall
removed from the State. Many of these
unfortunate men can be made to see the
wrong they have committed and again
made worthy pt the confidence of their
people. It waa not so in the good old
days of patriotic fidelity, Roman like
virtne nd the wise and just administra
tion of our State. Then there was a
prond meaning in the motto of Georgia,
“Wisdom, Justice and Moderation.” To
restore this character to onr people we
mast go back to that time and take its
wise and virtuous men of distinction and
power as onr prototypes. We must put
a proper appreciation upon our offices
of honor and trust, and, also, estimate
according to their value men of sterling
worth and tried integrity. We then
mast elect men whom we know are fitted
to fill these offices; men who cannot be
bought, who are incapable of bartering
inflnenoes for position. The time has
come when the voters of Georgia should
fix a powerful lens upon the character of
men who aspire to become executors of
its administration. The man who is
nominated for the Chief Executive of
Georgia should be skilled in legal lore,
and the wisdom of statesmanship; he
should belong to no “ring” but the
boundless one of his country’s honor
and prosperity, and ought to have no
affiliation with men of donbtfnl integrity
or known corruption in finanoes or poli
tics. Thus with a high sense of duty,
and a profound conviction of the respon
sibility of his office he will snstain it
with wisdom, honor and dignity, and
aid in restoring the Empire State of the
South to its former glory as the com
monwealth of a wise and virtnrons peo
ple. This great and good man is to be
selected by the delegates to the ap
proaching Convention. There are several
aspirants striving for the honor. The
active friends of each are sanguine of
success. The great body of the people
I think are hoping that the mantle may
fall on one who has worn it before, who
they know to be competent and honest,
who has so conducted himself that
should he be elected he will -feel under
obligation alike to all, viz: To do his
whole duty as their Chief Magistrate in
excluding all corruption from the ad
ministration; in investigating the wants
of his people; in protecting their rights
and impartially redressing their wrongs.
This man is ex-Governor H. Y. Johnson.
Nobth Georgia Democrat.
THE ATLANTA ELECTION.
Comments of a Citizen on the Unseemly Con
test.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
Does the pursuit of personal suooess
in politics suspend the obligations of
church membership, the rules of com
mon morality and the claims of publio
decency? This inquiry is suggested by
the event which took plaoe last Satur
day in Atlanta. The pictures of those
scenes, presented by the Atlanta press,
needs no heightening from my own pen.
They were simply disgraceful to the in
stigators,'promotors and|managers there
of. They were dishonoring to the Chris
tian profession, degrading to citizen
ship. tVili the Methodists and the
Baptists, composing the great balk of
the Christian men and women of the
Btate, have no rebuke for the dishonor—
as far as the acts of individuals can dis
honor great and good communities—
brought upon their churches by con
spicuous official members ? Will good
citizens, whether church members or
not, make no protest against snch prac
tices, so degrading to the character of
the citizen ?
It will perhaps be said that Gen. Col
quitt and Mr. James took no part in
these disgraceful performances. Were
they not both present in Atlanta ? Did
they not witness these scenes ? Were they
not cognizant of the preparation for
them beforehand ? Did they protest,
speak, work to spare the country this
melanoholy spectacle ? Nothing but
.sincere, persistent, unremitting, though
unavailing efforts to prevent what hap
pened could save these gentlemen from
the fall guilt of participation
Cinoinnatus.
WARREN COUNTY.
No Division on Temperance Probable.
Wabbenton, Jane 24.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
Your occasional correspondent, “War
ren,” from Warren, in your issue of 23d
iust, says: “The present indications
foreshadow a hot contest in our county
elections. I understand there will be a
wet and dry ticket. We hope, however,
that no such issne will be made, as it
would divide the Democratic party.—
We can’t afford a division this year.
The friends of temperance wonld do
well to look before they leap.” If
I understand this extract correctly,
it means there will be a hot contest in
Warren in our county elections this
year, there will be a wet and dry ticket
in the field, and the Democracy will be
damaged on account of it, and the
friends of temperance will be responsi
ble, and they wonld do well to look be
fore they leap. Not a word of this is
trne, and the “indications” are “mortal
dim."
There will be no wet and dry ticket
in the field. I know some who
would be glad if it were so, and
who are making efforts to have it
so. (One said to me : “The issue
must come sooner or latter.”) Therefore,
if any damage results to the Democratic
party on account of the issue, wet and
dry, the friends of temperance will not
be responsible for it. They, the wet
men, would be glad if the i-sue were
made, for it fs the only issue on which
they stand a ghost qf a chance to be
floated into office, anj there are so many
of thpty who would like to float, whose
merits qualify them so eminently for
that position, there will he UQ prospect
qf hftFWQny in thqip raffias, go these
fears of wet ana dry division-injury to
the Democracy, etp., are groundless, ex
cept in the heated brains of office seek
ers. “The friends of temperance” is
not a political organization and never
meddles with politics. We thank “War
ren” for the wholesome advice about
“look before yon leap” etc., as we don’t
expect to make the leap, it is “love’s la
bor lost.” We wot of some who wonld
leap, Shq might prpfit if they would fob
lof this rs&4JqsJpfo f e j
AN AIWIIK33 fQ TIJE CITIZENS BY
HON, H, Hi CAHBYt
To the Citizens ol Colombia County.
Messrs. Walsh & Wright:
I ask the favor to be heard once more.
J prefer to address this article to the
people immediately interested. I have
been rqtfflesjly sailed maf) arrqganfly
arraigned before the bar of publio opin
ion to answer to an outsider and im
pudent intermeddler for my authority
to cafll the meeting of the sixth instant.
“McDaffia” seemed to think that there
is no snch officer known as the President
of the Democratic party of § qoqnty,
tfhaji the righ to ealj S metiug de-‘
volypg elope op the Chairman of the Jk
eentive Committee. Re broadly assert
ed that my aetion in this instance was
a gross usurpation of power, and that
the whole affair was a “preconcerted
pat np job” to carry that meeting nolens
for Colquitt. He pompously ret
this demand, yet' in.qonsciqus Rectitude
of my purpose and haying no conceal
ment to make i ?Pg4fd fo
matter, I obtaui the consent of
my mind to reply to “McDuffie,”
not to gratify him personally, but to
prevent the effeot that my silence might
imply. “McDuffie” Bays in his last article
that he made this request in tho "spirit
of the meekest submission," but I fail
to see it. I replied to his article I
tbonght in a manner becoming the oc
casion and in the spirit not of the
meekest submission, bnt of truth. I
stated in that reply just hoiy and wMn
l received the apnoinfißefttpf President
and desiring to leave no gap down oat
of which this self-constituted censor
might escape, I made my letter longer
than I should have done. I was deter*
mined to show “McDuffie” that my ap
pointment came direct from the people
of Columbia, in whose interest all my
official aets were directed. I had my
thoughts who “McDuffie" was, bnt here
was my difficulty, J was in an open field
exposed to the hot shot of an enemy
who was in ambush, a regular bush
whacker. My opinion was if he was a
gentleman and only asking for in
formation when be obtained that and
say that i was not usurping au
thority, bqt that J was only acting
as J bad been 4°fog fo* We pqst
eight years, that he -would haye seen
his error and mad® the amend
honqrable, anj here would have been
an end to tbe correspondence. Bnt not
so. Finding that be waa entirely cir
cumvented in his sinister designs, and
that he oonld make no political capital
by continuing the line of argument, he
comes ont with his re-rejoinder, mount
ing high on the wings of his imagination,
flies off at a tangent, and makes a dash
ing exhibit of bis pen, steeped in sar
casm and ridicule—a pen, too, that
scratches only to eplt himself. This
last letter is such a miserable, mean,
low and contemptible dojge that { can
not lower myself by farter correapond
enoe with in. But lam aaked how I
came to pnblish the call of the Greenes
boro Convention in the Augusta paper,
and not pye a similar publication of tpe
Gubernatorial Convention. I will an
answer the two gentlemen that inter
viewed me a few days ago in Thomson,
as reported, that the “party had not
the money to pay for advertisements,”
not recognizing their right to catechise
me, I gave the answer I did. Tee I did
know that the Chronicle and Sentinel
would not charge me for it. I folly
appreciate the kindness of the press
to me in this particular, bnt I have nbt
been disposed to trouble them unneces
sarily, being wedded to mv old custom
my notices at the Court House,
and then by sending verbal messages of
such call to different sections of the
county, I have got along pretty well
for the past eight years, and do not ever
remember to have heard one word of ob
jection until now. Well, how I came to
publish the call for the Greeneaboro
Convention is this: I was in the sanctum
of Messrs. Walsh & Wright, the
Greeneaboro Convention being the topio
of conversation. I said I will go by
Appling to-morrow and put up my no
tice ; said Mr. Walsh, let us publish
your oall. I thanked him, but I did not
stop at this. True to my past record, I
drove five miles out of my way borne to
post my notice at Appling, and I will
further add, that on the day of the Co
lumbia oounty meeting of the 6th I is
sued a call for a mass meeting of the
Democracy of the county, to assemble at
Appling on Tuesday, the Ist day of Au
gust, to arrange the programme of elec
tions for this year, &0., and also for
selecting delegates for the Congressional
Convention. I handed Mr. J. P. Wil-i
hams these notices, and asked him
to tear down the old notice and pnt
these up. The curious outsiders will
find that notice up at Appling now. I
have given thus, gentlemen, in this and
my former letter an account of my stew
ardship. I have made all of these pub
lications over my own signature ; I make
them upon my personal veracity. If that
is questioned again, I here publicly iu
vite the accuser to sign his own name to
the article. I hear rumors are being
circulated that another meeting should
be oalled. I have made inquiry if this
demand oomes fresh from the people of
Columbia, but I hear of but little dis
satisfaction among them. lam not dis
posed to gratifythe wish of outsiders,
but if any good can be effected by it—if
they will make the demand upon me,
signed by as many names as were in our
meeting say fifty—l will entertain the
request. I should have said, in reply to
the charge of this meeting being “a put
up job” for General Colquitt, I hazard
the assertion that its action surprised no
man more than it did General Colquitt.
I here assert that only twelve or fifteen
days anterior to it that he received an
authoritative notice that I was a John
son man. I have felt it my duty to make
these statements publicly, and now, in
conclusion, still hoping peace and har
mony may prevail, and the State Con
vention be able to reconcile all conflict
ing elements, I am very truly, your
fellow-citizen, H. E. Casey.
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
A Call for Another Meeting.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel :
Will you allow spaoe in your oolumns
for a candid and unbiased citizen of
Columbia county to express in plain
words the feeling of the people, as re
gards the so-called “mass meeting ?”
Enough, and too much has already been
said in reference to this meeting, and
my endeavor shall be therefore, not to
add fuel to the flame, or if the flame has
died, to stir up the smouldering coalp,
but to say in a few words exactly what
the people of this county would say
were they in toto assembled en masse ,
and to ask that that be done, which
should be done. Ido not advocate the
claims of either Johnson or Colquitt,
let that matter be settled by the people
when they shall be oalled together by
the Chairman of the Democratic Exe
cutive Committee. But I shall advocate
the rights of the people. We claim
that, there has been no “mass meet
ing, iu this county. The people of the
county knew nothing of any meeting
until they read of it in the Chronicle
and Sentinel. The people are well
aware of the fact that the wrong man
presided over the so called meeting, and
that the so called President spontane
ously appointed his delegates and had
the appointment sanctioned by a major
ity of a few of his friends. Now, even
of all this we do not complain, but onr
complaint is that the so-called President
did not notify the people of Columbia
oounty through the medium of some
publio gazette that this meeting would
be held at the time appointed, and give
them an opportunity of having a voice in
sending delegates from their county to
the Gubernatorial Convention. Now what
the people want and all they ask for is a
mass meeting of the people, called by the
Chairman of the Democratic Executive
Committee. Will he do this?—if not then
he should resign his office at once, for
if he fails to act in that capaoity then
he should not occupy it. It is to be
hoped, though, that he will call a
meeting of the people at once, and
let the call be known from one end of
this noble old county to the other, and
then the world will behold us not as
Lord Chesterfield would have us ap
pear. Det.the call be published in the
Chroniope and Sentinel and the people
will know it. Do not stick up a placard
on a store house at Appling and then go
and notify a few men who will vote to
suit you and pass those by who will not,
you think, vote as you would like for
them to. Let the meeting be fair and
square. One of the President's dele
gates has declared his intention to re
sign, and they will all resign if they
have the proper regard for the feelings
of the people, if the Chairman of the
Democratic Executive Committee does
not call the asked for meeting. Now,
Mr. Chairman, call the meeting at once,
and don’t invite any outsiders to happen
“to come qp." them stay at home
and their own affairs. The people
of Columbia county can take care of
their meeting. “Nvno.”
B4NK9 COIWTY CROPS.
[ Pram, an Occasional Correspondent .]
Erastus, Banks County, June 20th.—
The crop prospects in this county were
good enough up to the 12th of this
month, when it commenced raining
early Monday morning, and continued
to rain slowly until Wednesday evening,
when it poured down in torrents, flood
ing the earth, washing away fences and
crops,
washihg sway many mill dams and doing
great damage to the growing orops.
Nearly all the lowland corn will have to
be planted oyer at this late day. Much
wheat and oats have been lost.
Old Subscriber.
MR. POSONBY’S ADVENTURE.
[From the Burlington Hawkey*. ]
Yesterday afternooq Mr- Posonby,
while busy in hja office, was surprised
hy the entrance of Mrs. ’ Posonby, who
came in to say that she was going to
take tea with Mr. Bilderback and would
not be home until 9 o’clock, but she
would leave the key nader the mat at
the front dooj jq tflaf fle could let him
self iq 'he went home, and ho bad
belter get supper down town. Their son,
Herbert, would accompany her.
Now, it ao chanced that while Mrs.
Posonby was thus explaining matters to
her husband her hopeful son was mak
ing desperate efforts, assisted b y all the
dogs he could whistle up from the entire
neighborhood, to get at a rat he had
seen run under the front porch. Master
Ppsqphy puhuhud with. a t°ng pole and
scratched qnd, dug with a hoe, and the
nine dogs, deployed at irregular inter
vals arounfl tfee notch aucT along the
ypfbed, scratched with might and
main, yelping hysterically as they
soratohed, and pausing from their labors
now and then to fight over the question
which had dug the deepest hole, to the
immeasurable delight of Master Poson
by, Bat as the suu went down and the
soft light of sunlight faded into the
misty gloaming, he remembered thqt he
had been told to lock UP and join his
ma at hpr friend’s. He put the key
under the door mat, and then with his
head still set on capturing that rat, he
brought around an old steel trap, wick
ed as dynamite, and having baited it
liberally, set it and placed it on the
porch for the benefit of the rat when it
should come out. Then he carefully
dismissed his allies, and stoned them in
different directions lest tiiey should go
back resume the siege and fall into
his torpedo pit
Mr. Posonby did not come home nntil
quite late, not until his wife and son
had returned and retired, tired of wait
ing for him. As the house was quite
dark and qniet when he approached it,
he naturally supposed his spouse had
been detained later than she expected.
He felt under the door-mat for the key,
but as that useful lfttle “open sesame”
was iq the lock on the inside of the
dqor, he couldn’t find it He felt farther
nnder the mat, and then thinking he
might have pushed it away, began to
feel around the porch for it, sweeping
his band oat in ciroling swoops, accom
panying these eratic movements with
sundry exclamations and mntterings.
In one of those vigorous sweeps he
thrust his hand into something that
lifted him to his feet. A terrible,Jcold,
vicious something that shat down on
his hand like a wild beast and jnst rais
ed him up nntil only his tip-toes touch
ed the porch floor. The WWI that broke
from his pallid Ups silenced all the dogs
in the Sixth Ward, and woke np a
private night watchman who wag pacing
his vigilant beat on top of a salt barrel
jnst around the corner with his eyes
shat, It wakened his son, who thrust
his head oat of the window and shonted
“fire” in the most stentorions tones that
a youth dm years can commlnd.' ft
roused his wife from her peaoeful slum
bers, who thrust her head ontof another
window and screamed “thieves!” with
aU the fall piercing vigor of her woman
ly voice. It wakened his neighbors in
both directions, who leaned out of their
windows and shot at the snfferring Mr.
Posonby, who stood on the porch,
danoing about in an ecstasy of agony,
howling at every jnmp. In a moment
he became calm enough to investigate;
he removed the trap, explained, and
was admitted to the house. He explain
ed. to Mrs. Posonby, as she bandaged
his wonnded hand, that he thought
sure it was “snakes,” and when that
good lady ridiculed the idea, and Baid
there were no snakes about here, he
shook his head wearily, and looked at
her out of the corner of his eyes with a
sweet, sad smile.
CHARLESTON CENTENNIAL.
A GALA DAY IN TUB CITY BY THE
SEA.
An Immense Concourse Magnificent Mili
tary Display—Wade Hampton Command-
Inc Federal Troops On the Island
Speeches and Poems— The Augusta Com
panies Sun Strokes The Hussnrs and
Hampton.
[fecial Telegram to the Chronicle and Sentinel]
Charleston, S. 0., June 28 The
Fort Moultrie celebration to-day was a
gtand affair. There was the greatest
military display this morning since the
war. About twenty-five hundred troops
were in liDe. Gen. Wade Hampton
commanded the oolumn, attended by a
brilliant staff. The line was formed at
seven o’clock. An immense number of
people filled the streets, windows and
balconies. Flags of different nations
floated in every direction. The intense
heat seriously marred the pleasure of
the day and kept many from participat
ing. The Augusta companies, Ogle
thorpe Infantry, Companies A and B,
the Irish Volunteers and Riohmond
Hussars paraded in full force and exoit
ed favorable oomment on all sides. Af
ter the line formed it marched through
the prinoipal streets, and was then dis
missed, The troops passed iu review
before General Hampton iu front of the
City Hall. The General was enthusias
tically cheered, especially by the Rich
mond Hussars. He stepped forward
several paces as that company approaoh
ed. After the parade the troops pro
ceeded to Sullivan’s Island where the
Centennial ceremonies took place. An
address of welcome was delivered
by Maj. J. W. Gager, Intendent
of Moultrieville. A welcome ad
dress to the military and citizens
was then delivered by Governor
Chamberlain, after which an ode in hon
or of the day, composed by G. Herbert
Sass, was read by Rev. Wm. H. Camp
bell. An oration was then delivered by
Gen. Kershaw. The Chatham Artillery
fired a salute of thirty-eight gnus in
honor of the day. The snn poured down
its fiercest beams, and many were com
pelled to leave before the ceremonies
ended. Company A, Oglethorpe Infantry,
was entertained on the island by A. S.
Johnson, Esq.; the Clinch Rifles’ detaoh
inent and Cos. B, by Hon. W. D. Porter :
the Irish Volunteers by John H. Deve
raux, and the Hussars by Mr. Robin
son. The old Eutaw flag was borne in
tbe procession and escorted by a Guard
of Honor, of which the Clinch Rifles
were a part. Much enthusiasm was dis
played. The Federal troops marched
iu the procession under the oommand of
General Hampton. Last evening the
companies were entertained at Hibernian
Hall. A member of the Post Band was
sun struck yesterday and died to-day.
Three members of the Savannah Guards
were sun struck but recovered. A mem
ber of the Boston Old Guard was suu
struck and is seriously ill, also a mem
ber of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry of
Savannah. The Augusta' men are all
right. J. L. M.
Charleston, June 28.—The celebra
tion at Fort Moultrie took plaoe in the
parade ground, under a mammoth awn
ing. Over 6,0U0 persons were present.
An address of welcome to the visitors
was delivered by Gov. Chamberlain,
after whioh Gen. J. B. Kershaw pro
nounced the oration. To-night the oity
is brilliantly illuminated. Several ban
quets are going on, and the houses of
leading citizens are thrown open for the
entertainment of the military guests.
Nothing has ocourred to mar the cele
bration. The heat, which has been ex
ceptionally severe, prostrated hundreds
with sunstroke. Only one ease so far
has terminated fatally, a member of the
band of the Fifth Artillery.
On learning tbe number of revolutions
of the great Corliss engine per minute,
Dom Pedro said: “That beats our South
American republics!”
A west side man who saw a load of
coal at a hquse and arranged to go over
and borrow part of it after the other
man was in bed, got around that night
and found that it had all been put in the
cellar and carefully locked up before
nightfall. He remarked the next day
that it was shocking to think how little
trustfulness people seemed to have in hu
man nature.— Norwich [Conn.) Bulle
tin.
Price List for Tbis Week Only
. -at
0. J. T. BALK’S,
136 Broad St.,
(NEAR LOWER MARKET.)
Gtood QUALITY CALICO, LARGE PAT
torns, very suitable for Curtains, Quilts or
Wrappers, lie. Best Dress Calico, now styles,
at 6{c. Splendid quality Striped White Lawn,
Splendid quality Plain White Lawn, 150.
Good quality Bleached Homespun, 6}c. Bleach
ed Homespun, about equal to Fruit of Loom,
100., or 90. by the piece. Mosquito Nets, best
quality, at 600. a piece. Parasols in great va
riety from 25c. up. Gros Grain Ribbon in
Eoru and all other new shades, at 20 and 2Go.
Black Iron Grenadine, splendid goods, at 25
and 300. Silk finished, Black Grenadine Lining,
at 12jfC. Ruching and Collarettes, from 12Jc.
up. Ecru Lace Ties, very fine at 250. Dou
ble Spring Corset Steels, the best out. Cor
sets, Bustles and Hoop Skirts, very cheap. The
best 12Jo. Ladies’ White Hose in town. La
dies' and Misses' Straw and Leghorn Hats
dosing out at very Low Frioes. Be sure and
look for No. 136 Broad street, near Lower Mar
ket. Samples given. Orders for samples by
mail must be aooompanied by postage stamp.
jje24-tf C. J. T. BaLK.
FAIRBANKS’
SCALES
THE
STANDARD.
*
Also, Miles* Alarm Cash Drawer,
Coffee and Drug Mills, Letter Presses, Ao., Ao.
Store Trucks, Baggage Barrows, all sizes.
VRINOIViL SCAT £ WAREHOUSES :
FAIRBANKS * CO., 311 Broadway, N. Y.
FAIRBANKS A CO., 166 Baltimore Street, Bal
timore, Md.
FAIRBANKS A 00„ 53 Camp Bt., New Orleans.
FAIRBANKS A CCk, 216 Main Street, Buffalo.
N. Y.
FAIRBANKS A CO., 336 Broadway, Albany,
N. Y. ,
FAIRBANKS A CO., 403 St. Paul’s St., Montreal
FAIRBANKS A CO;. 34 King William StfmU,
London, England.
FAIRBANKS. BROWN A GO., 2 MIR* Street,
Boston. Mass.
FAIRBANKS A EWJN& Phil*
FAlKSan|s* MORSE A Ca, HI Lake Street,
FAIRBANKS, MORSE A CO., 189 Welnnt St.,
Cincizm&ii, OUa
FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO., 182 Superior St.,
Cleveland, Ohio.
FAIRBANKS. MORSE A CO., 48 Wood Str*+t,
Pittsburgh.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE A CO., Bth a*d Main
St.. Louisville.
FAIRBANKS A CO., 300 and 304 Washington
Avenue, St. Lome.
FAIRBANKS A HUTCHINSON, Sen Francisco,
Hardware Dealers.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1847.
MELVIN HARD k SON,
WHOLESALE PAPER WAREHOUSE,
M BEEKMAN STREET,
NEAR NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.
AGENTS for Owens, Jessup A Laflin, L.
L. Brown A Cos., Byron Weston’s, Ben
nington, American, Mt. Hope, Mammoutb
Biver and Salmon Biver Mills, and Crane’s
Bond Papers. Sole Agents for Carson’s old
Berkshire Mills, established in 1601.
je22-d+Awlv
Poison is not only
.JuTjifcC a Safe, Sure and Cheap Destroy
-/•r //l\ er 0 * *b* Colorado Beetle or Pota
alliH V to Buo. but of act, dtbects which
mw prey on Vegetation, Cut and Ann
Woum, Gamut fit, Ac Unlike Paris Green
and other Poisons, it can be entirely dissolved
in water and applied by sprinjtling. Not Ih-
TOKious ro PnAHTS.—Not Dangkbous to Us*.
Never Fails to Kilt- Costs about 25 Cists ah
Acbe —Put up in half lb. boxes, enough fo*
two acres.—Priqe 50-Cents. —Bend lex Circular.
Kearney Chemical Works, 66 Court
land Bt, Mew York, P- O. Box 308*.
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;l N.gy. Adrertiwcmeutw. ,
THE GREAT
CLEARANCE SALE
I
-OF- •
FIRST CLASS DRYGOODS
—AT—
JAS. A. GRAY & CO’S
STILL GOES ON !'
And this week we will offer Greater Bargains than ever.
Spectal attention Is directed to the following:
$10,009 worth of Lineas~Dama>ks, Towels, Napkins, Doylies, Sheet
ing, F. C. and Family Linen—at half price.
SOO pieces Black Alpaets and Mohairs, at unheard of prices.
5,000 yards Best 1400 Figored Lawns at 9c.
Oar $2 40 Black Silk beats anything offered yet.
Everything at correspondingly low prices.
JAMES A. CRAY A. CO.
Colored Silk Grenadines!
AT TEN CENTS PER YARD I
CHRISTOPHER CRAY A CO.
Will offer for sale Monday Morning, Two Cases ot Silk Grena
dines and other Dress Goods at the nominal priee of ten cents*
The Best Brands oi New Prints, Merrimac, Pacific, &c., at
61-4 cents per yard. No Trash, but New and Choice Goods*
All other Goods in our Stock hare been marked as low in
proportion as the above*
O. GRAY &c CO.
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JOB PRINTING.
BOOK BINDING-.
RULING,' Ktc.
THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
Having Extensively Furnished, With New Material, the
' * *
JOB PRINTING AND BINDING ESTABLISHMENT
ABF. PREPARED TO DO EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WORK DESIRED
Merchants,
Factors,
Corporations,
Societies,
Hotels,
Railroads,
AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.
Our Bindery is Complete,
AND
OUR WORK CANNOT BE SURPASSED
FOB DURABILITY AND WORKMANSHIP.
LEGAL BLANKS of Every Description.
RAILROAD RECEIPT BOOKS made strong, and guaranteed not to come
to pieces hy careless handling.
We ask an examination of our Prices and Stock, guaranteeing GOOD
AND RELIABLE WORKMANSHIP with Promptness.
JOB PRINTING IN PLAIN OR FANCY COLOPS, superior in dcsigr and
execution, a specialty.
WBTU yon desire your PRINTING and BINDING dene to give satisfaction
bring your orders to the CHRONICLE A SENTINEL.
Onr oonntry friends will please remember the above and send their ordeifi
to ns.
, WALSH & WRIGHT.
PROPRIETORS,
