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Address WALSH A WRIGHT,
Chronicle k Sttnyiu. Augusta, Qa.
Cfjromcl? anb Sentinel.
WEDNESDAY JPLY 12. 1876.
William Allen can heap coals of fire
on Tilden’b head by taking. the stamp
for him in Ohio. Will he do it?
The Athens Georgian asks if carriages
have not been hired at primary elections
in Angnsta ? We answer: No, they have
not. __ _
Our ancle Samuel, who is running
for President this hot weather, is jnst
thirty-seven years younger than his
conntry.
Sumter county sends delegates to the
State Convention nninstrncted, bat a
majority oft Lem will vote for Herschel
V. Johnson.
Hon. John C. Nioholls went to St.
Loais to vote for Bayard, and he voted
for Bayard all the way through. Col.
Nioholls nsnally sticks to the man of
his choice.
All the Republicans have harmonized
on Hayes and all the Democrats have
harmonized on Tilden. Now let us
have a harmonious election and a Dem
ocratic victory next November.
Clinch county favors the calling of a
Constitutional Convention and requests
its next. Representative to vote for the
measure. We hope every county in the
State will speak out on this subject.
General Belknap seems to be in no
immediate danger. Both Democrats
and Republicans have shown a disposi
tion to shirk the case nntil 000 l weather
seta in. Lucky rogue. He thrives on
the sunshine like a watermelon.
Col. B. Barnwell Rhett, of South
Carolina, formerly editor of the Charles
ton Mercury and afterwards of the New
Orleans Picayune, has become the edi
tor-in-ohief of the Charleston Journal of
Commerce, He is assisted by Mr.
James B. JTrueheart.
“What a ‘hankerin’’ the Chronicle
and Sentinel does have after Governor
Smith for Senator.” So says the La-
Grange Reporter. Perhaps it is the
people of Georgia wlv> have a “hanker
in’ after Governor Smith for United
States Senator.”
Auousta needs a railroad to Knoxville.
Is she going to build it, or is she con
tent to give up all the trade of the Savan
nah Valley ? She will soon be called
upon to make a decision. The people
•of the Valley are going to try us onoe
more, but this will be their last appeal.
We are iu earnest about giviug Til
den a hundred thousand majority.
Georgia can doit and will do it,and when
Tilden is elected wo can furnish as
many men willing to hold Federal of
floes as nuy State in the Union. There
is nothing mean about us in that re
spect. a
John Morrissey exhibits signs of
mental imbecility that we did not ex
pect from him. He has bean a success
as a prize-fighter and as a politician, and
now he proposes to loss his oharacter
and his money by starting s daily news
paper in Washington City.
Col. Thomas J. Haralson, of Union,
is suggested as the successor in Con
gress of Hon, B. H. Hill. The Athens
Watchman is in favor of electing Mr.
Hill again if he is willing to serve. We
have no doubt a majority of the people
iu the Ninth District entertain the same
opiaion.
The LGrange Reporter says it has
learned that the delegates to St. Louis
were all appointed Colonels before they
reaohed the Tennessee line. If there is
* single member of the Georgia delega
tion who was not a full Colonel at the
time of his election, we would like to
know his name.
Hayes was a member of Congress in
1866, wheu the salary of members was
raised from SB,OOO to $5,000, by being
meanly tacked soldiers' bounty
bill. Hayes drew his back pay, and no
<loubt thought he had a right to it. But
his constituents did not agree with him.
When he came before them for re-elee
tion he was beateu by General Banning
by about 1,000 majority iu a District j
which had beau largely Republican.
Mr. Judson Bird writes to the Athens
Watchman tjwt he has seen no contra
diction in th and Srstinel
of the accouut of the temperance diffi
culty in Banks county, which was copied
from the Atlanta Telegram. Mr. Bird
is mistaken. The Chronicle and Sen
tinel made the necessary correction as
soon as Mr. Shackleford’s card ap
peared.
Our little friend, Sammy Cox, is “on
the Code.” At St. Loais there was some
spavring in the Convention between him
self and the President, General MoClkb
nand. After the Convention adjourned
they met in the dining room of the Lin
dcll Hotel, when a colloquy occurred be
tween them something like the follow
ing; McClrbnand— "Hello, Cox, how
do you Jo ?” Mr. Cox treated the salu
tation with contempt, when McClbb
nand exclaimed: “This won’t do, Sam;
you did not treat me fairly tc-day.” To
this Mr. Cox replied; “Yon treated me
to-day as a bullying ignoramus and a
coward would. lam ready to hear from
you throogh any friend you msy have
to-morrow.” McClernakd reddened up
end passed on. About ten o’clock a re
porter met Mr. Cox, and interrogated
him on the subject of the rencontre. —
Mr. Cox acknowledged the truth of the
information, and added, “I am reedy to
hear from him at any moment.” “Rat
yon don’t wish a duel,” suggested the
aoribe, "No, I don’t wish it,” said Mr.
Cox; “but yon know I have always re
cognized the code.” He continued:
“MuCleknand won’t fight. He is a pol
troon and a coward. Yon saw yourself
how meanly he treated me to-day.”
In 1874 the State taxes of New York were
-916,000,000, run Pto that figure by Radical
misrule; in 1875 they' were reduced by Gover
nor Tildes to 914.060,000, and this year he has
knocked them down to *8,000,000. Tildkn is
death on stealing. Rogues ft/ from him as
from a glance of destiny. H# e**M the State
-of New York 98,009.000* year—be trill save
the United States 9100,900,000 * year, fp tie
election lies the salvation of the poultry
THE BT. LOCIH CONTENTION.
The Georgia and South Carolina dele
gations arrived at St. Loais at midnight
Saturday night. The headquarters of
the former were to be at the Sonthern
Hotel, but owing to inadequate accom
modations the Georgia delegation moved
to the Washington Avenne Hotel. The
Carolinians were quartered at the St.
Nicholas. Snnday was neither a day of
prayer nor of rest in St. Loais. The
great city was alive with crowds of ex
cited people, discussing the all absorb
ing topics of the day—the Convention
and the candidates. The corridors of
the Southern, Lindell, and other hotels
were thronged with delegates and citi
zens, discussing the candidates and their
chances for the nomination. There is
that gladiator of the prize ring, Hon.
John Morrissey, of New York, talking
to a prominent Georgia delegate at the
Southern snrronnded by eager listeners.
He said that “if there was a man in New
York who onght to entertain personal
grievances against Mr. Tilden be was
that man. Mr. Tilden had him tamed oat
of two State Conventions because he was
the candidate of Tammany; but became
to St. Louis as a Democrat, and he was
for Mr. Tilden because he was the only
man that could be elected President.
He was willing to sink his personal
grievances for the benefit of his party,
and to back his judgment by offering to
bet from SIO,OOO to SIOO,OOO that Mr.
Tilden would carry New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut. He would not
bet with a Sonthern man, but he would
bet with any anti-TiLDEN man from
New York.” It is needless to say
that Mr. Morrissey attracted a consid
erable share of attention and that he
did effective work for Governor Til
den. The Tilden and Tammany
men were at the Lindell, and
the fight was heated and acrimonious.
Ex Speaker Littlejohn, of New York, a
Republican until the nomination of
Horace Greeley, was confident that
Governor Tilden could not carry the
Empire State, because some of the best
men iu the party—such men as Augustus
Sohell, August Belmont, Gen. Slo
cum, John Kelly, Chief-Justice Church,
Fernando Wood, S. S. Cox, ex-Gover
nor Hoffman and other prominent
Democrats—were opposed to his nomi
nation.
While the anti-TiLDEN men con
fined themselves for the most
part to their own quarters, the
friends of Mr. Tilden were visiting the
Southern delegates and advocating with
great persistency and effect the claims
of their favorite. The Georgia delega
tion was waited on by ex-Governor
Dokshbimer, Senator Kernan, Sena
tor Beck, Montgomery Blair and other
men of national repntation, who insisted
in the most positive manner that Gov
ernor Tilden was the only man in the
Democratic party who could be elected
President. His name had become asso
ciated with an idea—a principle—which
had taken a strong hold upon the minds
and hearts of the people of this country,
aud that idea was reform and honest
government. He had exposed the cor
ruptions of Tammany, he had broken
down the canal rings of New York, he
had punished and driven from the State
of New York the oorrnptionists who had
plundered the people, and he had re
duced the taxes during his administration
one-half. The people of the whole
country had beoome outraged with the
oorruption in the Republican party,
both in the State and Federal Govern
ments. They wanted relief and reform;
and the name of Tilden had become the
synonym of reform and good govern
ment in every State of the Union. He
would be certain to carry New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, California and
other States, which with the South would
eleot him President. The friends of Mr.
Tilden presented their views with dear
ness, vigor and confidence, and they
found generally no great difficulty in
convincing Sonthern delegates that he
was the most available candidate. The
Georgia delegation had it upon the au
thority of Mr. Belmont, Mr. Sohell,
and others that Senator Bayard could
carry New York and other States, and
two-thirds of the delegates determined
to vote for him on the first ballot, and
if he developed strength to adhere to
him. The Delaware delegation confirm
ed them in their resolution by assuring
them that they would not withdraw the
name of Mr. Bayard. The friends of
Mr. Tilden oonvinoed the delegates
from Virginia, North and South Caro
lina and other Southern States that he
was the strongest candidate. The dele
gations from the Pacific and Eastern
States were for Governor Tilden, and
his friends worked with such admirable
skill that they were almost confident of
his nomination on the first ballot.
The atmosphere of St. was
filled with praises of New York's fa
vorite son. The only men who de
nounced him and who fought him to the
last were citizens of his own State.
They sconced him of ingratitude to the
party that elevated him to the office of
Governor and of coquetting with promi
nent Republicans for the sole purpose
of securing farther political preferment.
If the power of the Tammany faction
was equal to the bitterness evinced by
them in their fight against Mr. Tilden,
he would sot be the nominee of the
Democratic party. The idea that New
York was divided against itself for the
purposes of deception, iu order that
Mr. Tilden’s nomination might the
more readily be secured, is too absnrd
for consideration. The fight was real,
bitter and uncompromising, and was
waged with all the virnlency of the
Tammsay faction. When Mr. Tilden
was nominated, his enemies accepted
the result as gracefully 9a possible, and
Mr. John Kelly, speaking for himself
and those whose views he represented,
pledged to work for bis election as
strenuonsly as he did against his nomi
nation. Those who profess to know the
man—the intimate friends of Mr. Til
den—have every confidence in his in
tegrity, and believe tint he wili redeem
his word in November.
Whatever differences of opinion may
have existed among Democrats as to the
availability of candidates whose names
were prominent before the party and
the Convention, in connection with the
Presidency, it is now the duty of all
men who acknowledge party fealty to
bnry their prejndicee and snbmit cheer
fully to the action of the Convention.
All good Democrats shonld gracefully
and willingly yield their personal pref
erences, aud give a cordial support to
the platform of principles enunciated at
St. Loais aad the nominees for Presi
dent and Vioe-Fr*i£ent of the United
States. The resnlt shows ihgt the con
viction forced itself npon the minds of
delegates from all sections of the Union
that Governor Samuel J. Tilden, of
New York, was the most available and
therefore the strongest candidate for
the party to place in nomination for the
Presidency. Hence the action of the
Convention. Personal predilections
there were, bat those who entertained
them choose rather to yield than jeop
ardize the success of the party by
indulging in sentiment or feeling
in favor of men wbo might
not prove available. It is no reflec
tion npon Governor Tilden to say
that he has exhibited the most con
summate ability in the conduct of the
measures whioh have resulted in his
: nomination. His diplomacy both be
| fore and daring the Convention was
faultless. His plans were skillfully con
ceived and admirably executed. In the
course of a few months a strong public
opinion was manufactured for him in
the South, and the delegates who pre
ferred Bayard, Hendricks or Hancock,
surrendered their predilections under
the firm conviction that Governor Tilden
was the only man who coaid defeat Gov
ernor Hayes for the office of President.
That Governor Tilden can do this
those who are in his council, and who
worked for his nomination as men never
worked before, seem to have no donbt.
If Governor Tilden shall be as success
ful in fighting the battle as he has been
in winning the skirmish, the South will
rejoice that the policy of availability
was adopted by her delegates in the Na
tional Convention of 1876.
As it may be of interest we give the
vote of the Georgia delegction. First
ballot—for Bayard : Messrs. Lester,
Barnes, Wofford, Jones, Nioholls,
Turner, McArthur, Blandford, War
ner, Pace, Preston, Payne, Dußose,
Johnson, Carlton, Bell— l 6.
For Tilden : Governor Smith, Jndge
Hall, General Young, and Messrs.
Howell and Fort—s.
For Hancock : Mr. Bower—l.
Second Ballot—For Tilden : Messrs,
Smith, Woffcbd, Turner, Bower, Fort,
McArthur, Warner, Howell, Hall,
Pace, Preston, Young, Dußose, John
son, Bell—ls.
ForBAYABD : Messrs. Babnes, Lester,
Jones, Nioholls, Blandfobd, Payne,
Cablton—7.
JUDGE AUGUSTUS REESE.
We republish this morning the cor
respondence which took place nine
years ago between Judge Augustus
Reese and Major-General John Pope.
A good deal has been said of it in view
of the fact that Judge Reese’s name will
be presented to the Gubernatorial Con
vention next Augnst,and we reprodnoeit
iu order that people may see what sort
of stuff he is made of. General Pope
was at that time in command of a mili
tary district comprising the States of
Georgia, Alabama and Florida and had
almost supreme control in his Depart
ment. His word was law, and State
Courts and State government existed
only at his pleasure. An attempt was
made to destroy freedom of speech and
an order was,issued that no person hold
ing any office in the State should oppose
the execution of the reconstruction acts.
They were not permitted to give advice,
verbal or written, to “individuals, com
“mittees or the public.” Newspapers
which did not support the reconstruc
tion acts were not allowed to do official
or legal advertising. A determined ef
fort was made to debase the Courts by
putting persons on the juries who were
not at that time citizens of the State.
The State law was quickly set aside and
an order was issued which if
carried out would have filled the
jury boxes of Georgia with ignorant
negroes. Augustus Reese was then
Jndge of the Oemulgee Circuit, having
been elected to that position by the votes
of the free people of his Circuit. When
this order was published commanding
him to do that whioh was unlawful, he
wrote to General Pope that no earthly
consideration could induce him to obey
it. General Pope attempted to dissuade
him from his disobedience, but failed.
Judge Reese said he would continue to
discharge the duties of his position until
removed, but that the order would not
be enforoed in his Courts, and he was
accordingly removed. He could have
obeyed and retained his position, or he
could have evaded its provisions, or he
could have resigned. He would not do
any one of these things. He would not
execute the command because it was un
lawful. He would not evade it because
it would have been unmanly. He would
not resign because he had been elected
by the people, and he owed it to the
people to discharge the duties of the
trust whioh he had accepted as long as
he was able to do so. He yielded to
power which he could not suooessfully
oppose, and left the benoh at the point
of the bayonet. This noble act, so char
acteristic of the mau, endeared him
more than ever to the people of Geor
gia, and as soon as an election was per
mitted he was made their candidate for
Governor. After he was nominated it
was discovered that he was ineligible
nnder the reconstruction acts, and
he was withdrawn in favor of David
Ibwin, who, iu turn, gave way to Gen.
Gordon. The preference of the Chron
icle and Sentinel is Herschel V.
Johnson, but if Jndge Reese should re
ceive the nomination, the people of
Georgia would never have reason to re
gret their choice.
IN TRK name of the prophet, bosh.
The Constitutionalist has discovered
that it is dangerous to make Hersohel
V. Johnson Governor of Georgia. 'lt has
discovered an act in his past official life
which shonld damn him in the estimation
of every true Georgian. He is “fully
committed to a financial policy certain
to result in disaster to this State and
oppression to its people.” This is the
strongest of strong language—though
there are not many men in Georgia who
think that Hersohel Y. Johnson would
bring disaster on the State and oppres
sion on the people. Bat the Constitu
tionalist gives the proof of its assertion:
The other gentleman referred to is that hon
ored and venerable son of Georgia, Hon. I:eb
schkl Y. Johnson. It is well known that his
convictions of right, when onoi matured, are
immutable as adamant, and shonld he be
elected to a third term of the Governorship,
we are not left to conjecture what his attitude
will be in one particular moet vitally affecting
the substance of the people and the solvency
Qf the State. It is well known that our pres
ent criminal system is based npon the idea that
the convict shall be qtade to pay all the ex
penses attendant on his infraction of the laws,
and thereby relieve the honest and law-abiding
portion of the community from that harden
and that to this end our convicts are hired ont
to any one who will give security to guard and
support them and pay something for their hire
into the pnblic treasury. In this way men are
vigilant in detecting offenders and bringing
them to punishment, as no pnblic expense, to
be met by taxation, is thereby incurred;
and the old and enormously coetly jail
and penitentiary method of punishment
is done away with. To a system which
has so many and such great advantages Hon.
Herschil Y. Johnson is unalterably opposed.
When the Legislature attempted to pnt it in
operation in the last year of his second term
as Governor be vetoed the bill, and succeeded
in preventing the General Assembly from
affording that relief whioh the people demand
ed at the hands of their repreeentatives. Nor
were his objections temporary only, and such
as a change of circumstances might remove.
The veto was mainly based on the broad
grounds of principle and conecience, which are
always the same. After a reference to a tech
nical defect in the bill, the veto massage says :
“I add that I am inflexibly opposed to leasing
the penitentiary, both upon the score of hu
manity and principle. Its convicts, for the
time being, are properly the bondsmen of the
State. There is some dignity in being enslsv -
ed to the sovereignty for the violation of its
laws. Bat I deprecate the additional degrada
tion of making the unfortunate convicts the
hired slaves of a lessee—bound to serve him
for gain. Besides, I have capital doubts of the
power of the Legislature to change, without
their consent, the relation which the convicts
bear to the State, as her prisoners ” An enor
mous and crashing increase of taxes; the
destruction of the present valuable and self
sustaining County Court system throughout
the State; the consequent burdening of the
Superior Courts so that they could scarcely at
tend to their civil business; and a wide ira
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1576.
manity for crime, areeome of the results which
would inevitably follow the adoption of these
views.
This is the “financial policy” to which
Governor Johnson is “fully committed”
which is “certain to resnlt in disaster to
this State and oppression to its people !”
Twenty years ago Governor Johnson
vetoed a bill for hiring ont white con
victs to work on railroads, therefore his
election now is certain to result in dis
aster to the State and oppression to the
people. The logic is conclusive, the
argument is unanswerable! Does the
Constitutionalist know that a very differ
ent state of affairs existed before the
war from what prevails now ? Before the
war the State had a large and complete
ly equipped penitentiary, where convicts
were taught some useful trade. They
were nearly if not all white men and a
large proportion of the crime committed
was the resnlt of passion rather than of
dishonesty. Men who in a moment of
anger had shot or stabbed or beaten an
enemy were sent to the penitentiary.
There they were taught trades, and
when their term of servitude expired
were enabled to be of service to them
selves and to their State. The peniten
tiary was an institution of reform as
well as of punishment in those days.
Governor Johnson was asked to break
np this system and substitute the chain
gang. He declined, and he was right to
decline. This is the sum and substance
of the “ financial policy” which has ex
cited such lively apprehension in the
breast of the ‘ Constitutionalist. Since
the war a large proportion of our crimi
nals have come from the colored race.
The penitentiary is not large enough to
contain them and the Legislature has
adopted the policy of hiring them
out. Governor Johnson, as Governor,
would have absolutely nothing to do
with the convict question. Under the
provisions of a bill passed at the last
session of the General Assembly the
State convicts have been leased to com
panies for a long term of years. The
county convicts are exclusively under
the control of the county authorities.
If he were disposed to do so Governor
Johnson could not disturb the chain
gang system, which is so warmly admir
ed by the Constitutionalist. The Legis
lature and a Constitutional Convention
alone have the power to tonch it.
The crime charged npon Governor
Johnson was committed twenty years
ago. Men’s opinions change as circum
stances change. The Constitutionalist
stated very correctly, the other
day, that wise men sometimes
ohange their opinions; fools never
do, Mr. Johnson sentences men
every day who go to the chain gang as
the law directs. His offense has been ful
ly condoned by the people of Georgia.
Since he “fully committed himself to
this runious financial policy” he has
been elected to the Confederate Senate,
has been President of a Constitutional
Convention, has been elected United
States Senator and is now Judge of the
Superior Court. We hardly think that
the people are afraid to trust him again
or that they believe his election will re
sult in “disaster to the State and op
pression to its people.”
AMERICAN COTTON MANUFACTURES.
An exchange says that the table of ex
ports for the United States gives no idea
of the immense value of our ootton
manufactures. During the last year—
one of general commercial depression at
that—the cotton converted into cloth in
this country amounted to 600,000,000
pounds. But of the cloth thus pro
duced very little appeared in the table
of exports, but the imports of foreign
eottons were trifling. We have ceased
to be a customer of any part of Europe
for this article of commerce. While sup
plying our own wants, we also furnish
Great Britain with a large proportion of
the raw material for her own manufac
tures. India last year contributed 250,-
000,000 pounds to England, and Ameri
ca the remainder. The annual con
sumption of raw cotton in Europe is
about 2,202,000,000 pounds, more than
half of which is obtained from us. Now,
in view of the fact that in a very short
period of time American mannfacturers
have succeeded in supplying the home
market, there is reason to hope that they
will push their products into other coun
tries. It is not unreasonable to suppose
that in time the cotton whioh we ship
to Europe will be manufactured into
oloth here at home, and the goods ship
ped to Europe. This would more than
treble the present value of our cotton
manufactures, and more than treble the
number of people who find employment
therein. Last year we exported to Eu
rope 1,459,250,000 pounds, and manu
factured, for home use principally, 600,-
000,000 pounds. There is apparently no
reason why the States in which this cot
ton grows shonld not work up their raw
material and ship manufactured goods.
The real profit in the cotton trade is in
the manufacture. As an agricultural
product, ootton is not especially profit
able. It has been accounted one of the
chief elements of our national wealth,
but the comparatively impoverished con
dition of the cotton growing States indi
cates that it is not profitable.to the pro
ducer. But if this raw material coaid
be taken on the spot of its growth and
worked into cloth, large per centages in
the way of transportation, insurance
and brokerage would be saved. It could
certainly be laid down in the form of
goods in the European markets as cheap
as it can be transported there in raw
material and there manufactured.
PRE ACHING VERSUS PRACTICE.
In the fifth plank of the Cincinnati
platform we find the following civil ser
vice declaration :
“Under the Constitution the Presi
dent and heads of departments are to
“.make nominations for office, the Sen
“ ate is to advise and consent toappoint
“meut, and the House of Bepresenta
“ tives is to aconse and prosecute faith
“ less officers. The invariable rule for
“ appointments should have reference to
“ the honesty, fidelity and oapaoity of
“appointees, giving to the party in
“ power those places where harmony
“ and vigor of administration require its
“ policy to be represented, but permit
“ting all others to be filled by persons
“ selected with sole reference to effleien
“cy of the pnblio servioe and the right
“of citizens to share in the honor of
“rendering faithful servioe to their
“ country.”
These be brave words. They sonnd
well, and we are not surprised to find in
the report of the proceedings that they
were loudly cheered. The President was
pleased with them, and was swift to give
his endorsement to the platform and the
candidate. Yet less than a week after
the adjournment of the Cincinnati Con
vention the President sent to the Senate
the nomination of Mr. Geo. P, Fisher
as United States District Attorney for
the State of Delaware. Fisher was for
merly United States Attorney for the
District of Colombia. He was the will
ing and unscrupulous tool of Boss
Shepherd and Babcock aud the other
members of the Washington Ring. He
was engaged in many infamous transac
tions—among others, in the safe bur
glary job. Hie villainy was exposed so
often that pnblic opinion finally foroed
the President to remove him from office,
After a short and enforoed retirement
General Grant shows his appreciation
of the Republican platform by giving
him a better office than he had before.
This is practical civil service reform with
a vengeance.
IMPORTANT—IF TRUE.
A contemporary has made the dis
covery that General Colquitt has the
exclusive support of the Confederate
soldier element, and is opposed by all
others. This is a startling discovery, if
true. Bat it is not true. Col. Habdb
man was a gallant soldier and has a gal
lant following; and we notice second on
the list of signers of the letter to Gov.
Johnson, the name of General William
T. Woffobd, as gallant a soldier with
as brilliant aceputation as General Col
quitt. We note, too, thh majority of
names on that same list as those of Con
federate soldiers. They would not all
be Brigadier-Generals any more than
that every Brigadier mast be a Gov
ernor.
INFORMATION WANTED.
2V> Judge H. V. Johnson :
Dear Sib— ln your letter consenting to be
“borne" into the Gubernatorial office, you al
lude to eeveral similar letters from private
sources. You thereby exoite *pe curiosity of
several people, who would like.to know if any
of those letters bore the signatures of the
Revs—H. JI, SWia,- Gen. 3fo* Mourns dr
Catoy Harms, or either of them ? If so, give
us a copy for oampaign uses, if the “borne”
business is successful at Atlanta.
Washington.
The above appeared in the Constitu
tionalist of Tuesday moraing. The ob
ject of the writer is plain ; to create
the impression that Gov. Johnson sym
pathizes with the Republican party and
with the leaders of the recent insurrec
tion in Middle Georgia. Comment upon
such an attempt is entirely unnecessary.
We feel very confident that the malice of
the Constitutionalist’s artiqle will recoil
upon the cause which it seeks to ad
vance. The warmest of General Col
quitt’s friends are not prepared to ad
mit that Herschel Y. Johnson is a Rad
ical or an incendiary.
GENERAL COLQUITT.
“Have the editors of the Chronicle and
Sentinel anything personal igainst General
A. H. Colquitt that they seek to defeat him
with ex-Governor Johnson ? Governor John
son has said that he is not a candidate ; what
objection have you to General Colquitt ?”
The above is from a corespondent of
the Chronicle and Sentijel. It gives
us pleasure to answer his qnestions as
frankly as they are asked. We have no
“personal feeling against” General Col
quitt. We have never shown any. We
have a very warm persoial feeling of
friendship for him. We respect him as
a gallant soldier and skillful officer, as a
pure hearted, Christian gßntleman, and
as a true and tried Demoirat. We are
not, therefore, trying to defeat him
with Governor Johnson. We are not
trying to defeat any onß. We shonld
like to see Hersohel V. Johnson Gov
ernor of Georgia in preference to any
candidate in the field for several rea
sons, one of which is, we deem him
the fittest man for the position.
If General Colquitt is nominated next
month no paper will support him more
cordially, more cheerfully and more effi
ciently than the Chboniole and Senti
nnl. With a large number of the friends
of Governor Johnson General Colquitt
is seoond choice. We do not think there
is anything very “personal” iu this. Is
our correspondent answered ?
The last Legislature of California
passed an act authorizing the infliction
of corporeal punishment upon men con
victed of whipping their wives, but until
recently no magistrate has had pluck
enough to take advantage of the law in
that respect. Two weeks ago, however,
a fellow named Reynold* was convicted
of the offense in question before a Jus
tice of the Peace in Caluaa county, and
sentenced to receive 21 lashes on his
bare back; and now his lqwyer has made
a constitutional question of it. The de
fense sets up that the law iB invalid, be
cause “crnel or unusual punishments”
are prohibited. The higher Courts will
have to decide whether shipping comes
under the rule laid down
A whiter in MacmiUan's Magazine
presents some interestipg statistics to
show that battles are not near as san
guinary since the comparatively recent
great improvements in arms and muni
tions of war as they were when weapons
were of a more primitive type. Thus
in the great battles whiih occurred be
tween 1758 and 1815, tie loss in killed
and wounded ranged from one-eighth to
two-fifths of all the combatants engaged.
At Zorndorf, in 1758,32,800 of 82,000
combatants were killed or wounded; at
Waterloo, the loss was one-fifth of thoie
engaged; at Marengo, one-fourth; at
Leipsio, nearly one-third, and at Eylau,
more than one-third. At Solferino, in
1859, only one-eleventh of the combat
ants were placed hors de combat; at
Koniggratz, one-fifteenth; and during
the late Franco-Prussian war. the pro
portions in the most important engage
ments were as follows: Woerth, 1-11;
Gravelotte, 1-12, and Sedan, 1-10.
MINOR TOPICS. .
Anna Dickinson, when she threw her arms
around Percy, in her “Crown of Thoms,” was
amazed to see the experienced historian who
played that character stand back and regard
her with a look of intense amazement. When
the curtain fell she demanded an explanation
of his acting so at variance with the text of
the play. “Oh, Anna, Anna,” he replied, with
a countenance still wreathed in mournfol sur
prise, “if yon hadn’t have done that more than
a thousand times, you never could have thrown
so much life and nature in it.”
Respectability is beginning to be recognized
as Bnch an issentiai to a Presidential nominee
that the Graphic, in response to the demand
of the day, has published the family tree of
Governor Hayes. The Republican standard
bearer is the resnlt of a compromise between
Scotland and Connecticut. If this feature is
really to enter into the oampaign it would not
be amiss to refer to the fact that Governor
Tildkn is a lineal descendant of John Tilden,
Mayor of Tenterden, England, 1585, on the one
side, and of Oliver Cromwell's sister on the
other, who married a regicide Colonel John
Jones. This is good blood for a Democratic
President, and the Joints element appeals to a
large class of American citizens for family sup
port.
Of the 925,000,000 in coin required to be
disbursed for the July interest on the public
debt, about eleven millions will be paid on
registered bonds. The following statement
will show where the registered interest will be
paid, and the amount to be paid at each place:
New Y. rk city, 98,000,000 ; Boston, 91,800,000;
Philadelphia, 9760,000 ; Cincinnati, 976,000;
Baltimore, 9265,000 ; Washington, 9150,000 ;
Pittsburg, 969,G00; Chicago, 959,000 ; Bt.
Louis, 914,000; New Orleans, 911,000 ; Buffalo,
935,0U0 ; San Francisco, 948,000 ; Charleston,
S. C., 92,000. The coupon interest will be dis
tributed in about the same proportion. In ad
dition to the coin interest there will be paid in
currency, on account of interest dne on 965,-
000,000 of Pacific Railroad bonds, in New York,
over 91,500,000 ; Boston, 9300,000, and Phila
delphia, 980,000. The redemptions by the Na
tional Bank Redemption Agency during the
present fiscal year will aggregate over 9200,-
000,000. Of that amount about 925,000,000
were notes of banks in liquidation and banks
reducing circulation under act of June 20,
1574. The amount redeemed last week was
over 96.000,000. This is the largest amount re
deemed in any one week since the establish
ment of the agency.
There was a parade of the military in
Savannah on the Fourth, aad an address
by CoL A. R. Lamar. The Declaration
of Independence was read by Captain
Robert Falligant. A Centennial tree
was planted in the Schnetxen Park.
GEORGIA POLITICS.
COMMENCEMENT OF THE STATE
CAMPAIGN.
Meetings In Several Counties on the Fourth
—Sumter for Johnson—Jeflernon for John,
son—Polk for Johnson—Oglethorpe lor Col.
quitt.
[ftxwiai Telegram to the Chronicle and Sentinel ]
Americub, Jaly 4.—A mass meeting of
the Democracy of Sumter county was
held here to-day. Eight delegates to
the Gubernatorial Convention were se
lected. They go nntrammeled by in
structions, but a .majority of them are
in favor of the nomination of Herschel
V. Johnson. H.
Polk County—Four to One for Johnson.
[Special Telegram to the Chronicle and Sentinel .]
Rome, Jaly 4.—A mass meeting of the
Democracy of Polk county was held yes
terday at Cedartown. There was a large
number of voters in attendance. By a
vote of four to one delegates were elected
to the State Gubernatorial Convention
who will vote for the nomination of Her
schel V. Johnson. T.
Onlothorpe lor Colqnitt—The Ballot Toes,
day.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Crawford, July 4.—Oglethorpe coun
ty to-day went for Colquitt by 82 ma
jority. The vote stood : Colquitt, 194;
Johnson, 106; James, 1; Hardeman 1. A
most harmonious election. The follow
ing
uel Lumpkin, James M. Smith, John T.
Hurt, Dr. W. M. Willingham, M. L.
Rains, T. L. Gantt, Thomas H. Dosier,
Dr. W. M. Durham. T. L. G.
Jefferson for Johnson—The Right Resolu
tions—Stephens for Congress—The Hele*
gates.
[Reported for the Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Louisville, July 4.—ln pursuance to
a call by the Chairman of the Executive
tive Committee of the Democratic party,
a mass meeting composed of a large por
tion of the intelligent citizens of Jeffer
son county was this day held. The ob
ject of the meeting being stated by
Jndge W. H. Denny, Chairman of the
Executive Committee, the Hon. N. P.
Little was called to the Chair and G. T.
Palmer elected Secretary. On mo
tion, a committee of one composed from
each Militia District was appointed to
suggest business. General R. W. Cars-
well, E. L. Cain, W. R. Hory, A.
Beasly, W. A. Stokes, W. S. Alexander,
E. McOroan, L. A. Saur, Dr. L. D.
Mathews, were appointed. They re
tired to propose business. During their
absence various citizens were called up
on to address the audience. Capt. W. P.
Johnson delivered an address, making
some very well timed and appropriate
remarks, the Jeffersonian principle of
government being the leading theme.
The meeting then proceeded to elect a
new Democratic Executive Committee
for the ensuing two years, as follows:
W. H. Denny, G. L. Cain, 001. James
Stapleton, Herschel Smith,R. W. Holmes,
John G. Jordan, Dr. John H. Howard,’
Capt. W. P. Johnson, Dr. L. D. Math
ews. The business committee returned
and presented the following report,
which was unanimously adopted.
Delegates.
Delegates to the Gubernatorial Con
vention: Wm. S. Alexander, R. W. Cars
well, James G. Cain, M. A. Evans, Geo.
F. Hudson, R. P. Little, Col. James
Stapleton, Dr. J. N. Oliphant, John F.
Toole and Wm. H. Watkins.
Delegates to the Congressional Con
vention : George L. Cain, R. L. Gamble,
Joseph H. Polhill, Thomas Hardeman,
Abraham Beasly, L. A. Tarver, Thos. S.
Bothwell and L. D. Mathews.
Resolutions.
Whereas, We, the people of Jeffer
son county in mass meeting assembled,
appreciating to the fullest extent the
great interest involed in the approach
ing National and State elections, and
the great patriotic duty now incumbent
on the Democratic party of perfecting a
thorough organization, of inculcating
harmony and unity of action, and of
stirring to the utmost of its power to
maintain the ascendency of Democratic
principles and Democratic administra
tion throughout the country, do resolve,
First. That we hereby reaffirm our
adhesion to the time honor principles of
the Democratic party as the only politi
cal creed that contains the true theory
upon which oar Federal system of
government and republican institutions
are founded, and which can restore the
country to peace and prosperity, and the
administration of the Federal Govern
ment to honesty and integrity.
Second. That we endorse the nomina
tion of those distinguished men, Tilden
and Henricks, as our standard bearers
in the Presidential election, and the
platform upon which they have been
placed as a clear and lucid enunciation
of Democratic principles, and a most
comprehensive arraignment of the Re
publican party for its crimes and cor
ruptions, and we will most gladly unite
with patriots every where to hurl this
infamous party from place and power.
Third. That in ex-Gov. H. V. John
son . and the Hon. A. H. Stephens we
recognize two of Georgia’s most honored
and distinguished sons, whose high
moral worth and great integrity of char
acter, whose powerful talents and far
seeing, enlightened and comprehensive
statesmanship, and whose splendid
record of patriotic pnblio servioes have
endeared them to their countrymen
everywhere and won for them an im
mortality of fame. To the people of
Georgia we present as onr first choice
for the office of Governor the Hon. H.
Y. Johnson; and to the people of the
Eighth Congressional District we pre
sent as our first choice to represent us in
the next Congress the Hon. Alexander
H. Stephens. Their past public lecord
is the assurance which we give that the
duties and responsibilities of these two
great trusts cannot be committed to
abler or more devoted hands.
Fourth. That on behalf of the people
of Jefferson county we hereby express
our great satisfaction at the considera
tive aud able manner in whioh we have
been represented in the State Senate by
our distingdished fellow-citizen, James
G. Cain, and our entire approval of his
official conduct throughout his term of
office.
Fifth. That we request the News and
Farmer and Chronicle and Sentinel
to publish the proceedings of this meet
ing.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
PALMETTO NEWS LEAVES.
A Marion county farmer is cultivating
nut grass extensively.
A Rifle Club was formed at Triok’em
on last Saturday, with sixty members.
Two brothers, colored, were drowned
Mar Abbeville, on Monday, while bath
ing-
Mr. J. G. Lawton, of Ninety-Six, lost
six hundred and fifty shocks of oats and
one hundred and forty-four sheep by the
late flood.
A Democratic Club was organized in
Marion on Satnrday, officered according
to the suggestions of the State Executive
Committee.
Sid Brownlee, .arrested for burglary,
at Due West, has been released on S3OO
bail. One of his bondsmen pays taxes
on S3B worth of properly only.
The negroes have assembled below
Abbeville for the pnrpose of striking
upon some plan for “revenging the
slaughter of their oonntrymen.” Look
out.
Last week Rev. A. J. Stokes oiroula
ted a list in Marion, and obtained qnite a
handsome amount in aid of the safferers
in Colleton county, who are in want of
the necessaries of life.
The Abbeville Democrats are being
thoroughly organized. Greenwood club
numbers one hundred and eighty-four
bona fide voters on its roll now, and the
list is being daily added to.
On Tuesday a shooting scrape oc
curred near Greenville, between a white
man and a negro; the negro ran, and it
is not known whether he was hart or
not. The white man was unhurt.
The Catholic Church at Greenville is
a fixed fact, as the contract for building
the same has been given. The building
will be 3fix7o, an 4 twenty feet story, ac
commodating three hundred people.
The Sonth Carolina Railroad raked in
a handsome pile by the Fort Moultrie
Centennial. The oars were crowded for
the past three days, and not an accident
occurred to any of the thousands that
passed over the road.
J. P. F. Camp, ex-Treasnrer of Union
county, was tried, last week, for malfea
sance in office, in not turning over to his
successor the county funds. Jndge Nor
throp sentenced him to the extreme pen
ally of the law—twelve months imprison
ment and SI,OOO fine.
THE CENTENHIAI FOOETH.
GRAND CELEBRATION TUESDAY
AT PHILADELPHIA.
A Night of Torches and a Moraine of Noise—
The Grandest of Paradeo—Accidents and
Incidents of the .March—Autograph Letter
From the Emperor William—Assurances of
Good Will—The Day in New York—What
the “Herald” Mays—The Mother of States—
Savannah’s Mite—The Celebration atMont
ffomery.
Philadelphia, July 4.— The torch
light procession was not concluded un
til near daylight. The streets were
crowded all night, and the Fourth was
ushered in with the firing of cannon and
the ringing of bells in the public
buildings, churches and factories. It is
very hot, the thermometer ranging at
ninety-six degrees in the shade. The
first event of the day was the parado of
the military. Column formed on Broad
street, at seven o’clock, and after m troll
ing through the various streets, past in
review before General Sherman, Prince
Oscar, of Sweden, and Secretary of War
Cameron, who accepted positions on the
main stand in front of Independence
Hall. The column was commanded by
General Hartranft, Governor of Penn
sylvania. The marching was excellent,
and one continuous round of applause
was kept up by the spectators along the
route. The parade was one of the larg
est by volunteer soldiery ever witnessed.
The visiting regiments especially cre
ated a favorable iutpression. The West
Point Cadets, a detachment of United
States Marines and the Spanish Engi
neer Corps marched in the liue. The
Rhode Island, Boston, New York and
Charleston companies were especially
noticed. The excessive heat told se
verely on the soldiers, and several com
panies wheeled out of the line before
reaching the terminus of the route.
Twelve members of the Twenty-third
Regiment of*New York Volunteers were
overcome by the heat near Independence
Hall, and were removed to the neigh
boring stores and houses.
Members of other regiments were also
overcome along the route and were oared
for by the citizens. General Bardson,
Major-General of the Pennsylvania Di
vision, was thrown by his horse slipping
in front of Independence Hall, but sus
tained only slight injury. Altogether
the military display was the most gorge
ous ever witnessed in this city. The
crowd began to assemble in Independ
ence Square several honrs before the
time announced for the ceremonies to
begin. In fact, great many remained in
the square all night. Guests composed
of members of Congress principally,
Centennial Commissioners, foreign dele
gations, diplomatic corps and members
of the Council and other departments of
Philadelphia. As Dom Pedro and Gen
erals Sherman and Sheridan and Gover
nor Hayes arrived their appearance was
the signal of an outburst of enthusiasm
by the mass of people. Hon. William
M. Evarts delivered the oration of the
day, but could not be heard by the
greater portion of the multitude. Bay
ard Taylor’s ode, though distinctly de
livered, was inaudible at a short dis
tance.
A Greeting from Germany—An Autograph
Letter from the Emperor to President
Grant.
Washington, July 4.—Mr. Cadwala
der, the acting Secretary of State, pre
sented Schiozer, the German Minister,
to the President for the purpose of
delivering an autograph letter of
congratulation from the Emperor of
Germany. Mr. Schiozer, in presenting
the letter, stated that he was instructed
by his Majesty to deliver upon the
fourth day of July, to the President, in
person, an autograph letter of congrat
ulation upon the occasion of the Cen
tennial anniversary of American Inde
pendence, and wished to add his per
sonal good wishes for the United States.
The President brifly replied, assuring
him of his satisfaction in receiving this
evidenoe of good feeling on the part of
his Majesty, and that his kind expres
sions for the United States were fully
appreciated, and that the letter shctold
be properly acknowledged. A transla
tion of the letter is as follows:
William, by the grace of God, Emper
or of Germany, King of Prussia, &0.,
&0., &and. To tne President* u 4 tho
States of America. Great and good
friend: It has been vouchsafed to you
to celebrate the Centennial festival of
the day upon which the great Republic
over which you preside entered the rank
of independent nations. The purposes
of its founders have by a wise applica
tion of the teachings of the history of
the foundation of nations and with in
sight into the distant future been real
ized by a development without a pa
rallel. To congratulate the American
people upon the occasion affords me so
much the greater pleasure because since
the treaty of friendship which my an
cestor of glorious memory, King Fred
erick 11., who now rests with God, con
cluded with the United States, undis
turbed friendship has continually ex
isted between Germany and America,
and has been developed and strengthened
by the ever increasing importance of the
mutual relations, intercourse becoming
more and more fruitful in every domain
of commerce and science. That the wel
fare of the United States and the friend
ship of the countries may continue to
increase is my sincere desire and confi
dent hope. Accept the renewed assur
ance of my unqualified esteem.
William.
Countersigned: Von Bismarck.
Berlin, June 19, 1871.
Philadelphia, July 4. —The ceremo
nies of unveiling the statue of Alexan
der von Humboldt, erected by the Ger
mans in East Fairmont Park, came off
this morning. The officers and mem
bers of the Humboldt Monumental As
sociation, and members of the different
German societies musical, beneficial
and social—formed a procession at half
past 7 o’clock, and marched to the spot
where the monument is erected, and
where a large crowd had already assem
bled. An efficient orchestra and a large
chorus were present. ceremonies
were opened by the performance of an
overture followed by Beethoven’s chorus,
“Die Ehre Gottes,” which was sung by
the musioal societies. The President of
the Monumental Association, Mr. Geo.
K. Seigler, then delivered an address in
GermaD, at the conclusion of which he
removed the flag which covered the
statue. This was greeted with cheers.
Mr. Seigler then addressed the audience
in English, and presented the statue to
the Fairmonnt Park Commission,—
“Deutsches Voelker Gebet” was then
sang, after which Dr. G. Kelner, the
orator of the day, delivered an address
in German. After a short speech in
English by Charles S. Keyser, Esq., the
ceremonies concluded With a ohorus and
grand march-
The Bay at N*w York—What the Herald
Say*.
New York, July 4.—The Herald says,
editorially : “The Old Guard returned,
yesterday morning, from its trip to
Charleston, S. C., accompanied by the
company of the Boston Tigers, the
Clinch Rifles, of Augusta, Ga., and the
Washington Light Infantry of Charles
ton. ,All the organizations, after enjoy
ing a breakfast in this city, proceeded
to Philadelphia, where they take part in
the grand Centennial parade in that city
to-day. Now that the North and South
have determined to cross ‘the tbresh
hold of another age' together, we may
consider that the glories of the depart
ing century are crowned with the sub
lime blessing of domestic peace, and this
thought should make the nation strong
to meet the futnre with the same faith
in which it vanquished thg past."
The Mather of State*.
Norfolk, July 4.— No Fourth of July
since the war has been so generally ob
served by the people of this city and
Portsmouth as this. There was a gen
eral suspension of business, and fire
crackers and cannon were bought free
ly into requisition. The colored socie
ties paraded the streets,and many houses
were gaily decorated with flags. Sa
lutes were fired at sunrise and noon by
receiving-ship Worcester and the moni
tors. All the Government and commer
cial vessels were decked with hunting,
and thousands of the people went down
to Fortress JJonrqe to witness the pyro
technic display there to-night. An ea
ger and interested crowd qo.w throng
the wharves hens, witnessing the fire
works thrown from the United States
monitors lying at the naval anchorage.
The Declaration of Independence was
read in the town of Berkley, and Judge
Watts delivered an oration to a large
orowd.
Richmond, Va., July 4.—The observ
ance of the Centennial Fourth was more
general throughout Virginia than any
since 1860. In Richmond the celebra
tion was begun at midnight last night
by firing thirteen guns for the original
States by the Richmond Howitzer Com
pany from five of the hills in the city.
At sunrise thirty-eight guns were fired
$2 A TEAR—POSTAGE PAID.
from the Capitol grounds for the present
States of the Union. The United States
and Virginia flags were hoisted on the
Capitol for the first time on the Fourth
of July in years. All the ship
ping in the docks and river displayed an
abundance of bunting. The public
buildings, Federal and State, were
closed, and business generally almost
entirely suspended. The streets pre
sented a deserted appearauce, pic-nios,
excursions, barbecues and private par
lies being (he order of the day. There
was no military or other parade, most
of the soldiers being in Philadelphia.
Bonfires and fireworks to-night. At
Lynchburg the day was more generally
observed than any similar occasion since
the war. Business houses were closed,
flags displayed aad pio-nics and excur
sions in every direction. At Danville
the day was generally observed as a holi
day. At Stanton the day was ushered
in with drum beating aud bell ringing;
the stores were closed and a general
holiday taken. At Petersburg the day
was celebrated by a national salute at
sunrise and sunset by the Petersburg
Artillery, 6
Savannah’* Mite.
Savannah, July 4 -The day was more
generally observed than for the past six
teeii years. There was a parade of the
military, civic societies and citizens and
a gathering in the park parade ground.
An address was delivered by 001. A. R.
Lamar, and the Declaration of Inde
pendence was read by Capt. Robert Fal
ligant. The United States Artillery
participated and fired a salute at suu
nse, noon and sundown. Business was
generally suspended, and American
flags displayed on all public aud manv
private buildings. The Jasper Greens
fired a salute at noon, on the public
square. There was a grand gathering at
the Sohuetzen Park, where a Centennial
tree was planted with imposing cere
monies, addresses, &c. The day passed
without accident or trouble.
Alabama’s Greeting.
Montgomery, July 4.—At daylight
two salutes of thirteen guns were' fired
on Capitol Hill from a 32-pounder. At
8 o’clock a procession of military and
fire companies and citizens formed and
after marching through the streets halt
ed at a stand prepared for speeches
Prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr.
Petrie, and the Declaration of Independ
ence by Neil Blue * tho oldest citi
zen of Montgomery and only survivor of
those who aoted as delegates to the Ter
ritorial Convention which adopted the
Constitution under which Alabama was
admitted into the Union in 1819 Ex-
Gov. Watts delivered apatriotio oration,
and the crowd then dispersed. All
business was suspended and a general
holiday prevails. The streets and
houses are decorated with flags.
Tlie Fourth in Tennessee.
Chattanooga, July s.—The grandest
celebration here yesterday ever witness
ed south of the Ohio river. The chief
features were a mile long procession and
horribles at donn. The procession in
the forenoon was fully one and a half
miles long, composed of societies, local
and visiting fire companies, military and
a large number of, wagons carrying his
torical and industrial representations,
closing with fire works and fire tableaux
m wagons of the principal events of the
Revolution. It is estimated that over
ten thousand strangers were in the city. 1
THE STATE.
THE. PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS
The “fence” election in Chatham
takes place on Monday next.
Anew militia district, 1281, has been
formed in Meriwether county; also an
other milita district, 1280, in Clinch
county.
The Kendrick jury was on duty six
asys in all; three were on eight days,
eight seven days and one six days. They
were glad enough to get out.
An excursion train will leave Griffin
for Atlanta on the 15th instant. Fare
for the round trip will be reduced to a
nominal sum, to give everybody a chance
to go.
A Lexington lady made some black
napj'v wirw*. hnt UavitMy it “-pAftafl n
pet pig drank it all up and went on a
“big drunk.” Its antics were said to be
really amusing.
There has been a general complaint
reoently throuhgout Oglethorpe county
of hogs dying. It is not known what is
the complaint, but is supposed to be a
species of cholera. ,
There is a negro in Elbert county that
is gradually taming white. He was cop
per colored onoe, but he is now about
balf-bleached. Something like a poker
dotted piece of calico.
Mr. DeaD, living on the Lexington
and Athens road, has a field that was
planted in oorn five times this season,
and has not yet succeeded in getting a
stand. Cause—bud-worms.
Early county News: Mr. John Mosley
informs us that a negro man, living on
the plantation of Mr. Minter, in this
county, was bitten by a rattle snake last
week, and died in a few hours.
Vindicator: We learn that a young
man living in the lower part of the coun
ty was bitten by a rattlesnake last week
and was, when last heard from, danger
ously ill from the effects of the poison,
We understand that in the eastern
part of Putnam on Sunday evening last
there was a very severe wind, which was
terrific for a time, but which finally pas
sed off without material injury to crops
or property.
It won’t do to call one of Eatonton’s
“sixteenß” Miss Centennial, for just as
soon as you say it she gets wrinkled in
the face. Then is the time for you to
8° —rush for your hat and say good even
ing after you get over the gate.
Rev. Dr. Lovic Pierce preached a
most excellent sermon at the Methodist
Church at Sparta Sunday morning. He
seems to be gaining strength, and we
believe his voice is stronger than we
have heard it sinoe his last unfortunate
illness.
Hancock was handsomely represented
at the late Wesleyan Feuiale College by
Misses M. R. Lane and Julia Turner,
twe talented and charming young ladies,
who distinguished themselves by there
superior scholarship, and popular com
positions.
The Janesboro military are going to
celebrate the 4th in good style. Prepa
rations for a barbecue are being made,
to be had at Lovejoy station. Harde
man, Colquitt, James aud other speak
ers have been invited to be preseat, and
a general good time is anticipated.
The Irish citizens of Maoon have on
foot a . movement to organize an Irish
campaign club, in support of Tilden and
Hendricks. The movement is favorably
entertained among the Irishmen of Ma
oon, and it may oulminate in a formid
able organization throughout the coun
try.
A destructive fire occurred at Milner
on Thursday morning. The fine resi
dence of Mrs. L. R. Howe was totally
consumed. The loss falls heavily an
Mrs. Howe, who is a widow. He* loss
in furniture alone amounted to 8600, the
residence being valued at 82,000. No
insurance.
A row occurred at the negro ohuroh in
Elberton last Monday night, emanating
from a dispute as to whether the church
edifice belonged to the school trustees or
to the church organization, and the ar
gument of sticks was resorted to. The
property question will be settled in the
Courts,
. Mr. John Pittard, living at Winterville,
killed this week two very large cranes
near that plaoe. One of them measured
5 feet 8 inches from tip to tip of the
wings, and measured about 4 feet to the
top of his head. The other was some
what smaller. They were killed near the
fish pond of Mr. Isham Pittard*.
There is a man ip o.i qounty who is
determined to make a living, and we say
three cheers fo* him. He guides the
plow and drives his Balaam, while a ne
gro boy goes before the etubbon
beast and pulls him along. Thus it takes
a man, jaokass and a little bov to man
age one plow, but it is all right—we war
rant th,at fellow won’t haya to, buy oorn
especially if he lives at the same speed
he plows, r
Catoosa Courier: The Western and
Atlantic Railroad Company is building
anew beam truss bridge across the Chi
camauga, at GraysviUe. The bridge will
be built on the same plan as No. 4, just
below Ringgold, and will be a strong
and substantial structure. During the
past three years, all of the other Ohica
manga bridges have been rebuilt, and
the completion of this one will plaee the
Ghioamauga bridge system in perfect
order. Too much credit cannot be given
to the oompany for the enterprise and
care which they have manifested in re
pairing and improving this important
railroad property.
‘ FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
J NEWS FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
) London, July 4.—ln Lord Derby’s re
t ply to the question from Lord Camper
down he said ithere was no reason to
’ B "PP° B e Russian offioers had enter
- ed the Servian army with the consent or
i b y the authority of the Russian Govern
“eJtt. _ The Standard’s correspondent
at Paris writes “Military men here think
t a decisive encounter will take place with
r i!L a ia the neighborhood of
> Mitsoh.” The Standard's Vienna dis
' PBt°b says the Turks have only thirty
thousand troops in Mitsoh, but are well
’ A dispatch to the Standard
■ datedOonstantmople, July 1, announces
1 Ho i )arfc Pasha bad sailed for Smyrna
; with a fleet of eight first-rate iron clads,
[ tour wooden frigates and two dispatch
boats. It is supposed that the Turkish
, Government apprehends disturbances iu
Crete, and wish to have a fleet near the
island. The correspondents adds: “I
do not think there are any grounds for
the fear of a disturbance there; the Cre
tans will not stir without the aid of the
Greeks, and I am able to assert positive
ly that the Greeks will exert themself to
the utmost to maintain neutrality, and
™ ll i n wa J in i re Turkey.” The
Standard a Vienna dUpatoh says: “Semi
official advices from Constantinople re
present that the Porte is confident that
it will bo easy to disp ae of .'-ervia. The
Porte is firmly intent on military, occu
pation, hoping that Priuoe Milan will
soon sue for peace. Martial law has
been proclaimed iu Belgrade, because a
disturbance was threatened. The Prin
oess Natalia, wife of Prince Milan, and
two hundred ladies meet daily to make
lint for the hospital.” The Berlin cor
respondent of the Standard says a re
view of nearly all the independent news
papers of Germany shows that the opin
ion is general that pretexts for war are
some of the most frivolous ever advanc
ed. It is almost unanimously believed
that Russia instigated the war, and it is
considered oertain in Berlin that Russia
is making war preparations to the g eat-
Mt extent. The correspondent of the
Times at Cattaro telegraphs that advices
from Oettinje represent that the Turkish,
expedition against the Kutsohi tribe
which refused to pay tribute to the Gov
ernor, has been driven back to Podgo
ritza by the Montenegrins and Kutsohi.
A telegram from Constantinople to
the Times reports that great distress
prevails in Asiatio , Turkey.
A correspondent of the .Daily Tele
graph writes from Berlin: “The Turk
ish ambassador positively assures me
that the Porte has two hundred thou
sand of its best troops on the soene of
war.” A Vienna telegram to the Daily
News reports that Gortsohakoff will have
an interview with Bismarck at Kissin
gen before he joins the Emperors of
Russia and Austria at Reiohstadt. The
same dispatoh mentions a report that
seventeen Turkish gunboats are at Wid
din ready to bombard Belgrade. Earl
Russell writes to Lord Grauville point
ing to the treaty which was made in
1827 between England, Russia and
France to secure the independence of
Servia. A telegram from Paris to the
Standard states that several duels are
looked for; they grow out of the violent
soene in the Chamber of Deputies du
ring the debate in regard to the alleged
fraudulent practices in connection with
the examinations at the polyteohio
school. Deputies Kerisonet and Perrin
have both challenged Deputy Mitchell.
Wedden, July. 4. The Turkish offioial
account of the battle of Zerioan says the
Servians orossed the frontier Monday.
A sharp encounter followed and soon
became general. Osmar Pasha, repuls
ing the Servians, entered their territory
as far as Saitsohar, carrying all the
neighboring Servian positions. It is re
ported that the loss of the Servians ia
2,000, and that of the Turks compara
tively trifling. A Belgrade Servian offi
oial dispatch says hostilities oommenced
on the southeastern frontier. The Ser
vians were successful in several engage
ments, and oaptured the fortified camp
of Rabin Agtania by assault after three
hours’ fighting. The Turks abandoned
their arms and baggage. The river
mnn /Mkuuuvl M J '-
London, July 5. —The Times has a
Vienna dispatch that the Turks do not
intend to operate on the Danube with
gunboats.
Cattubo, July s.—Scouts report that
Monkhtar Pasha has abandoned Gat
schko and is retreating into Bosnia.
Paris, July s.—lt is reported that
sanguinary fighting has oocurred near
Petsoa, General Tehemajeff occupying a
commanding position and the Turks de
feated.
The Times, commenting on yester
day’s debate in Parliament on the East
ern question, concludes that the British
people do not think it inonmbent on
them to pull down Turkish authority
which they aided in maintaining twenty
years ago, but they will not allow them
selves to be drawn into another Crimean
war by the belief, whioh is probably a
mere illusion, that change in the dispo
sition of the present dominions of the
Sultan implies the advance of the Rus
sians to Gonstantinple.
London, July 5 —The Berlin corres
pondent of the Daily lelegraph, in a
special telegram to that paper, says: “I
am able to state that the Northern pow
ers have forwarded to England most
satisfactory assurances in regard to the
war. They express a determination to
remain completely neutral, and evince a
strong desire to localize the struggle.”
Rbichenon, Austria, July 5. The
Austrian and Hungarian Ministers will
hold a conference here the latter part of
the week ou the military precautions ne
cessary on the frontier.
Cologne, July 5—A special dispatch
to the Gazette says an insurrection has
broken out between Nisch and Sofon, in
the rear of the Turkish army.
Paris, July s.—The Correspondent
Universelle states that the Khedive has
furnished the Porte with 12,000 men.
London, July 5.—A special from Vien
na to the News says 10,000 of the im
perial guards are leaving Constantinople
for Servia.
Ragusa, July s.—Gen. Viskolitiob,
commander of the Montenegrin army,
has summoned the fortress of Ylobuck
Kergenitoh to surrender. The garrison
refused. Reinforcements will be sent
from TrehOrige. Mr. Irmine, the Rus
sian Consul General, has left Ragusa
for Montenegro.
Pibth, July ft.—The Minister of the
Interior has issued a circular holding
the authorities strictly personally re
sponsible for the prevention of machina
tions against Turkey.
Paris, July 6. —A oouncil of ministers
has disoussed the Eastern news. It is
thought all the European powers will
adopt the policy of non-interferenoe, to
whioh France is unalterably attached.
V ienna, J ulv 5. —The Dan u be Monitors,
Lotha and Varo, have been ordered to
Semlin and placed at the disposal of the
Austrian representative at Belgrade for
the protection of Austria.
HuNqAW>Pfl <Jnly s.—An army di
vision has been ordered to reinforce the
frontier guards.
Constantinople, July 5, 1876.
several powers, including Russia,
have replied in terms of approval to the
Porte’s note announcing that the Turk
ish troops should invade Servia if they
were attacked.
London, July s.—The Turks claim
further success over the Servians near
Nissa, and over the Montenegrins near
Podgnitza, where it is stated the Mon
tenegrins lost 500 men. Sclavonic ad
vices, on the contrary, oJaim that the
Turks have been defeated iu every en
counter thus far, A speoial dispatch
from Belgrade to- the Echo says the Ser
vians haya captured the Turkish out
works -ear Belma, and that the town of
sj&na is on fire.
Ragusa, July s.—Gen. Monhkta Pasha
has transferred the command of the
Turkish army toMehemed Ali, and gone
to the Servian frontier.
Constantinople, July s.—The follow
ing dated July 3d was sent to Turkish
representatives abroad: The Servians
attacked the camp at Urkab, a town
Southwest of Disea. After five hours*
hard fighting the Servians retreated,
leaving 500 dead on the field. Near
Belina the Turks were victorious in
several encounters, killing two hundred
and wounding four hundred of the ene
my.
Washington; July s.—Aristarchi Bey,
the Turkish Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to this coun
try, has received the following dis
patohes: “The Minister of Foreign Af
fairs to the Turkish Minister at Wash
ington: Constantinople, July ±th. —The
Princes of Servia and Montenegro, with
out any provocation on our part, have,
deolared war against ns. The Servians
enter into our territory by three differ
ent points. Troops have been sent,
against them. I will inform you of the
most important inoidenta that may oc
cur.”
