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WEDNESDAY JULY 19, 1876.
THE MEKTIXJ YESTERDAY.
The publio meeting of the citizens of
Riohmond county, held zt the Oity Hell
yesterday, determined the oourse of
the Democracy in this county : (1) to
use all honorable means to secure tb*>
nomination of Hebsghkl V. Johnson
for Governor of Georgia ; (2) to support
cordially, cheerfully and efficiently anj
good man whom the State Conventioi
may present for our suffrage. Th
meeting was the largest ever held in
this county, and in many respects t
representative gathering of the people.
The laboring man was there ; the farm
er was there ; the merchant and the
lawyer. Notwithstanding the fact that
nnwise and thoughtless leaders, or those
assuming to be leaders, had advised the
friends of General Colquitt to remain
away, we are pleased to learn that severs
of the pronounced supporters of that dis
tinguished Georgian were present at
the meeting and participated in its
proceedings. The deliberations of the
the assemblage were characterized
by moderation and perfect fairness.
There was no attempt to hurry cr
rush anything “ through.” The Chair
man was a gentleman who commands
the respect and esteem of the commu
nity in which he has lived for so many
years. The resolutions, couched in the
noblest language, faithfully reflect the
sentiments of the people of Richmond
county. The speeches were a just and
able exposition of what is known ae
the “Johnson movement.” The dele
gates selected are not unworthy repre
sentatives of their constituents. Let
ns hope that with the adjournment of
this meeting there will be a termina
tion of the (on one side) angry discus
sion which has for too long a period
agitated this city and county. We de
sire to carry out the spirit which ani
mated the meeting. We wish no bit
terness in thought or speech; no di
vision ; no dissensions ; no seisms ; no
rankling animosities. We are mem
bers of a common Democratic family ;
the brothers of one household. After
the second of August, inclination as
well as the instinct of self-preservation,
will unite us in the support of the
candidate of the Convention. If that
Convention shall see fit to nominate
the gallant Colquitt, none will work
for him more enthusiastically than the
friends of Governor Johnson. If, on
the oontrary, the choice of a majority
of the people of this county should be
suooessfal, we believe that the Col
quitt men will be found standing
shoulder to shonlder in his support.
AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM.
Whether from an old prejudice against this
State and her people, often heretofore mani
fested, or under the impulse of unregula'ed
pity for the slain in the Hamburg riot, the ac
counts pnblished in Augusta seem lo jse ii
their statements and unfriendly in their tone
And. in view of the further effort that will now
be made by the Radical authorities to manu
fac urea case for political purposes and Nor
them circulation, we would warn our readers
against crediting what is put out. Wait for
Gen. Butlkr and his statement of facts.
The above is from the Charleston
Journal of Commerce. In these hot
days it’s coolness is decidedly refresh
ing. We would like to know when Au
gusta or the State of Georgia has ever
shown any “ prejudice ” to South Caro
lina or to South Carolinians. Since the
war the people of Augusta have never
failed to render assistance to South
Carolinians whenever an opportunity
presented itself. When the troubles at
Ridgo Spring occurred Georgians with
arms and ammunition, ready and will
ing to fight for their neighbors, were on
the ground as soon as steam oould take
them there. In the deplorable affair of
Saturday night, it is well known that
many Georgians assisted in the attack,
'and that the piece of artillery was taken
from this oity to batter down the ar
mory. We regret that such are the
facts about tho Hamburg affair, but
that they are facts no one can deny.
The white people of the two States are
more like brothers than neighbors, and
neither Georgians nor South Carolinians
will take much stock in the “preju
dice ” of which the Journal of Com
merce speaks. Again wo say that the
reports of the erneute wbioh appeared
in one “Augusta paper," at least, were
not colored to suit white or black, the
home market or foreign consumption.
They were simple statements of what
actually occurred as seen by our repor
ter or derived from the statements of
others. In the oonfusion and exoite
ment of Saturday night some errors un
avoidably crept into the report which
appeared Sunday morning. But all
aubseq uent statements are confirmed by
the testimony of those present. God
knows it hes given us no pleasure to
make public £he tragic details and we
have studiously avoided any attempt to
heighten the ooloviog of the picture.
NO ASSISTANCE NEEDED.
The Atlanta correspondent of the New
York Herald says:
A great deal of feeling is manifested here
over the death of Custer and his comrades,
and the eld time spirit of the South is fired.
Captain Youno. of the Cleburne Rifles, and
Captain Scbutchen, of the Fulton Blues, of
this city, volunteers, have telegraphed Secre
tary Camebon, offering the services of their
oummauds to redeem the honor of our flag and
avenge the death of the gallant Ccsteb The
Secretary replied by wire thanking the captains
for their offer, but stating that at present there
is no authority for accepting the services of
votanteer soldiers. It is said that General
Pierce M. B. Youno also offered the services
of his hussars, the crack squadron of dragoons
in this state. General Youso was a classmate
with Custer, and their friendship was unbro
ken, though their commands often met each
other during the late war. A prominent mili
tary said to me to-day, “While General
Shesisax complains that he has no troops to
oabdue the Indians with, and while two regi
ments of regulars are lying idle in this city for
the pwrpose at keeping Georgia loyal. I could
start at the bead of 2.000 Georgia volunteers
ac two days for the West. They would go there
horning with a deans to avenge the affront
apoa our flag and the death of our soldiers;
and they would fight as hard as they fought
for the •Stars and Bars.' They would win
patents of loyalty in the lava beds, or they
would stay there with Custer ” It is very
gratifying to witness the patriotism evinced at
even this temporary disaster to the national
flag.
Jt is doubtless very gratifying to wit
ness this ebullition of patriotism, and
we have n0 1648011 doubt that General
Young ana hlB “ craek squadron of dra
goons,” and C>P tain Yocso and Captain
SCRUTCHKN WOUv d d ° °° d Servic6 lf
turned loose upon Sitting Bull and
Man afraid* of ras-Assi, 8, 8 P lrl * ; °*
the prominent military man w ‘ s^es
to start at onoe at the head ,/ 2,000
Georgia volunteers to win patents u/
loyalty in the lava beds is equally com
mendable; albeit there are no patents of
loyalty to be won, nor lava beds to win
them in. It may, however, dampen the
ardor of the volunteers who are sdteager
ly tendering their services to Don Came
son to “avenge the death of Custer” to
know that the Government has plenty of
troops to be nsed in avenging the death
of the gallant soldier who fell in the val
ley of, the Rosebud. There are in the
Boathern States nearly fonr thousand
regular soldiers available for service
against the Indians. Their presence is
not necessary in the South. Their sole
duty is to assist United States Marshals
to carry doubtful Southern States for
the Republican party. They can be
easily spared to the Plains and no harm
.will be done „the country by their de
parture for Wyoming. Here they are
simply used to intimidate the members
of one political party in order that an
other political party may be successful
in its schemes. This is not the duty that
soldiers should be called upon to per
form. It is as distasteful to them as it
is disgraceful to the Government. If
this large force was sent to the West
where it belongs, Sitting Bull and
his handful of Sioux could soon be
brought to terms or else exterminated.
THE GUBERNATORIAL CANVASS*.
As the second of August approaches
the number of Gubernatorial candidates
grows smaller. General Gabtkkll re
ired before any of the county meetings
were held. Mr. James is virtually out
>f the field, as he has carried but one
county; and this morning we publish
Colonel Hardeman’s card declining to
tc a candidate for the nomination.
Colonel Hardeman, naturally enough,
feels that he has not developed the
Urength which would make him a
formidable competitor, and refuses
to run a losing race. The indica
tions are that this declination will
greatly strengthen Governor John
son. There is good reason for be
lieving that most of Col. Hardeman s
supporters will rally to the banner of
Johnson and largely augmeßt his vote
in the Convention. A number of im
portant count is are yet to hold meet
ings, and we believe that many of them
will send Johnson delegates. General
Colquitt is strong, but he has not yet
shown strength enough to make his
nomination by any means a certainty.
REMARKS NOT WARRANTED.
At the close of an a'rticle on the recent
unfortunate affair in Hamburg the Char
leston News and Courier says :
There is another point to be remembered,
and that is, that when' Democrats in Booth
Carolina advise that a “straight-out” ticket
be nominated, and that the State be carried on
“the Mississippi plan,” thepopularunderstand
ing is that the Democracy shall elect their can
didates by fraud and force. To the un
thinking masses, in such a county as Edge
field, the Mississii pi plan is the Hamburg plan.
We presume that very few of the number of
excellent Democrats who believe that a
“straight-out” ticket is the proper thing have
any thought of nsing other influences than
those which are common in every election,
North and South; but the rank and file, who
are told, day after day, that they can carry the
State, and that it must be done, fall naturally
into the error of thinking that the easiest way
ofsnakiug a negro vote right is to knock him
on the head. And the danger is, that with the
Hamburg affair fresh in their recollection, the
N irthern people may be tempted to regard the
nomination of a full “stright-out” ticket by the
Booth Caro ina Democrats as a public declara
tion of an intention to carry the State by in
timidation and slaughter. There is no such
intontion; but it is easy to make the Northern
people believe that there is, and if the Demo
crats presist in adopting a policy which, with a
peaceful and quiet election, will have only the
remotest possible chance of success, they must
count on the North believing that we mean t j
repeat the Hamburg business in every colored
county in the State. We do not see that this im
mine t peril to the National Democracy can be
averted save by sending to the rear the whole
baud of regulators aud those who sympathize
with them.
We protest against the Hamburg af
fair being used to prevent a Democratic
nomination or to rally the white people
of the State to the support of such a
man as D. H. Chamberlain. Tho Ham
burg affair has nothing to do, can have
nothieg to do, with the redemption of
the State from the bondage of Radical
ism. It has no more to do with politics
than the lynching of the Abbeville mur
derers or the disarming of Ned Ten
nant’s company of assassins and incen
diaries. No one understands the “Mis
sissippi plan” as does the News and
Courier. No one believes that the Mis
sissippians elected their candidates by
“ fraud and force”—unless it be Senator
Boutwell, and even with him it is more
pretense than belief. The “Mississippi
plan” was not the employment of fraud
and force but the prevention of fraud
and force. In that State the Republi
oins had carried the elections by in
timidating, with the assistance of United
States soldiers, the whites and stuffing
the ballot bozos. At the last election
the Mississippians determined that they
would not submit to either intimidation
or trickery, and, adhering to this deter
mination, won the day. A similar
state of affairs has existed in South
Carolina since 1868. Colored militia,
backed by United States bayonets, have
kept white men from the polls while
white and colored scoundrels filled the
ballot box with fraudulent ballots. The
people of the State have determined,
unless we are greatly mistaken, that
these things shall cease. There is no
danger now of United States troops
being used to compel a Republican
victory. The people will have a fair
election and they will carry the State by
a handsome majority if they put a
straight ticket in the field. Bat they
cannot win unless a straight ticket is
nominated. It will be no triumph to
elect a Radical like Chamberlain. He
can be elected without their assistance.
What is needed to ensure success is a
true Democrat, ou a Democratic plat
form, supported by Democratic voters.
THE “JOHNSON MEN.”
A oommunioation is published in the
Savannah News asking the Johnson men
of Richmond county to take down their
oandidate. The writer says:
Now, Mr. Editor, our Richmond county
friends have endeavored to place a man in the
field who would, to use their expression, • ‘be
borne into the office of Governor by the unani
mous voioe of our people but. theugh not a
word has beeu said against him by the press or
the people, his high character and standing
being too well understood for that, he does
not seem to be ihe man for the hour. Now
would it not be just to Governor Johnson and
be generous to General Colquitt for them to
withdraw their candidate from the field, and
unite upon the qiq who, but for their opposi
tion. i could be “borne into the office of Gover
nor by the unanimous voice of the people ?”
Let ua pay General Colquitt, while we are at
it, the very highest compliment we can. Let
us hft him into the Gubernatorial Chair with
one rousing, unan mous shout. Be is worthy
of it iu every way—indeed bis faults, if he has
any, are unknown, while his virtues have be
come by words iu every household in Georgia.
We repeat now what we have often
said before that the “Johnson men” are
not going into the Btste Convention to
oreate divisions or dissensioas. Gover
nor Johnson will not be put into any
scramble for the nomination. The
Johnson men have no desire to defeat
any particular candidate. They have
no spleen to gratify; no injuries to re-,
dress; no insults to resent. They have
no desire to cause party schism or to pro
mote the candidacy of an independent.
If it shall appear that Governor John
son is not the choice of the people his
name will not caase any trouble. If it
shall appear that General Colquitt is
the choice of the people, we feel quite
certain that none will support his cause
more promptly, cheerfully or efficiently
than the friends of Hrbschel Y. John
son. We think this is all that can be
asked or expected of them.
The New York Times having made
the statement that Mr. Wheeler “is
the only man ever nominated for the
Vice-Presidency, within the recollection
of most men living, who is fit to be
President,’’ the St. Louis Times ad
mits that this is true 58 to Republican
candidates, but says the Democrv** have
. presented tickets much more evenly
balamJed- "B* 1g 56, Buchanan and
Bbeckrnsjdgb, the latter the more bril
liant, but lacking somewhat the mature
experience of the former. In 1860,
DoreLAS and Johnson, the letter not so
well known as Douglas, but for ail that,
an able statesman, pure and upright,
now on the bench in Georgia, and one
of the most res pee ted citizens of that
State. He would make a better Presi
dent than any one the Republicans ever
nominated to that office.”
Montgomery county has elected
Hardeman delegatee to the State Con
vention.
Bristow and Jkwell have been kick
ed out, and the Cabinet is now thorough
ly purged of the Reform element.
TUB COLUMN BUSINESS.
So far as our information extends the
fallowing is a correct statement of the
Gubernatorial situation in Georgia. A
large number of counties have yet to
hold meetings:
FOB COLQUITT.
Baker 2
Calhonn 2
Campbell 2
Carroll 4
Chattahoochee 2
Cherokee 2
Clarke 2
Columbia 2
Coffee 2
Cobb 4
DeKalb 2
Dougherty 4
Franklin 2
Gwinett 4
Hall 2
Heard 2
Henry 2
Houston 6
Lee 2
Lumpkin 2
Madison 2
Marion 2
Milton 2
Mitchell 2
Muscogee 4
Newton 4
Oglethorpe 4
Randolph ..A 2
Rockdale 2
Tronp 4
Upson 2
Washington 4
* 92
FOB JOHNSON.
Baldwin 2
Greene 4
Habersham 2
Jasper 2
Jefferson 4
Johnson 2
Jones 2
Lowndes ' 2
McDnffie 2
Oconee 2
Paulding 2
Polk 2
Richmond *. 6
Sumter 4
Taliaferro 2
Taylor 2
Webster 2
44
FOB JAMES.
Fulton 6
FOB REESE.
Morgan , 2
FOR WARNER.
Meriwether 4
for m’inttre.
Charlton- 2
Thomas 4
6-
FOB UNDERWOOD.
Haralson 2
UNINSTBUOTED.
Appling 2
Banks 2
Bibb 6
Bulloch 2
Chatham 6
Clinch 2
Decatur 4
Echols 2
Forsyth 2
Glynn 2
Harris 4
Irwin 2
Mclntosh 2
Monroe 4
Montgomery '... 2
Murray 2
Pierce 2
Stewart 4
Spalding 2
Ware 2
Walton 2
Ware 2
60
RECAPITULATION.
Whole number votes 216
Colquitt. 92
Johnson 44
Uninstructed ► 60
Scattering 20
BILL ALLEN PREFERS TILDEN TO
HAYES.
A reporter of the Cincinnati Enquirer
has interviewed Governor Allen to
know what coarse he will pursue in the
National campaign. The Sage of Fruit
HilHs pronounced in the opinion that
the Democracy ef Ohio should do battle
in their Congressional elections upon
the Ohio platform. He says :
Ohio Democrats must fight upon the 0h ; o
platform. I believe the principles enunciated
in that platform are stronger to-day by thirty
thousand votes than they were last Fall. The
people are being ground down under the press
ure of these terrible times, sir, and they recog
nize that the contracting policy of the Re
publicans will bring them no relief. There is
a cry going up in this land to-day from the
families of thousands of working men out of
employment, and it is a v.ry mournful cry
when you can not answer it. It is “Give us
bread!’’ That question will have to be answered
before long. The people will demand that the
country shall not be run in the interest of
Wall street. Yes, sir, the Ohio Democrats
must make the fight upon the platform upon
which they really carried the State last Fall;
upon the platform that rallied to its support
last Fall forty thousand more Democratic votes
than any Democratic candidate ever polled be
fore, and was only defeated by the unlimited
and unscrupulous use of money. I notice an
excellent suggestion in an Enquirer of a day
or two since, that we should vote for and elect
our Congressmen upen the State platform, and
the same suggestion might be extended so as
to include the State ticket.
As might have been expected he is
not very enthusiastic in his support of
Governor Tilden. But he says he pre
fers him to Hayes, and intimates that
if the Congressional elections are
fought upon the Ohio platform the full
vote of the party can be centred upon
the Democratic nominee for the Presi
dency. We are not of those who look
upon Ohio as a doubtful State. It is no
more doubtful than Connecticut. With
the Enquirer and Governor Allen and
Senator Thubman and Mr. Pendleton
uniting in the support of the ticket Ohio
is certain to give a majority next Octo
ber for Tilden and Reform.
CAUSES OF DISEASE.
Sanitary and hygienic researches are
prosecuted in England to a far greater
extent thaD in this country. A curious
and interesting example of recent occur
rence is reported from London. Eigh
teen cases of scarlatina, apparently
sporadic, made their appearance simul
taneously, and the physicians called to
attenJ them becanse convinced that all
had a common origin. An investigation
was began, and it was ascertained that
the patients had been present at a large
party given in a private house. The
premises, on examination, appeared to
be in excellent condition, and the con
clusion was reached that the disease was
oommnnioated through the refreshments
served. Oarefnl inquiry elicited the
fact that all the persons affected
had partaken of cream in some
form at the party, and that others
who had abstained from that indulgence
had escaped the disease. The cream
was traced to a dairy establishment at
the other end of London, and there it
was learned that one of the lads employ
ed fo milk the cows bad been in contact
with a person having scarlatina, and al
though he himself had not been attack
ed, his fingers exhibited signs of the
soreness which usually attend this dis
ease. The germs of the malady were
doubtless communicated to the milk,
and permeated the cream taken there
from in particles sufficient, minnte as
the mast have been, to poison the pro
duct and sicken those who nsed it. It
is possible to trace nearly all epidemic
diseases to their points of origin, in a
similar manner; bat of coarse much
prudence and patienoe are necessary in
some instances. Without the exercise
of great care and sonnd judgment, bas
ed upon an intimate acquaintance with
the laws of health and the peculiar
c “*racteristic of the various ills that
flesh is heu to > more harm than g °° d
may be done.
The Democrats in Congress nT 1,e * a **
patently, determined to oonform to the
spirit as well as the letter of the St.
Louis platform. The inflationists are
demanding the simple repeal of the Re
sumption sot, bat the Committee on
Banking and Currency will not be sat
isfied with this. They will report a bill
repealing the Resumption act, and at
the same time providing for the early
resumption of specie payments. Such
a step would certainly be in aooordance
with the spirit of the Democratic plat
form, bat we have grave doubts whether
the measure proposed will not injure
the candidates more in the West than it
will benefit them in the North.
THE TRUE POLICY.
General M. W. Gaby, of Edgefield,
and Chairman of the Democratic Execu
tive Committee, makes a bold and manly
appeal for a Democratic ticket in South
Carolina. In a letter to the Edgefield
Advertiser, General Gaby says:
How can the Democracy of South Carolina
fail to nominate a leader in the coming cam*
paign after a prominent part in the for
mation of the platform anl the nomination of
Tildkx and Hzndbicks ? She is bound in good
faith to nominate her best men and make an
honest effort to achieve success. The gallant
JasPEB at the battle of Fort Moultrie, ex
claimed, “don’t let us fight without a flag.” If
he were here ta-day, animated by the same
heroic patriotism, he would exclaim : “Don't
let us make the campaign without a Democratic
leader." It is necessary to cany South Caroli
na and Louisiana in order to make the election
of Tildkk and Hksdbicks sure. With General
Wade Hampton ae oar leader, with the experi
ence he had in Mississippi, where he was when
the Miseiaaippians overcame a majority of
thirty thousand, he can eaßily. with the ma
terial aid that the New York Democracy has
promised us, overcome the ten thousand ma
jority that the Radicals had in the last election
in this State. It is only necessary to silence
the croaking of our carpet-bag editors, and the
| few honest South Carolinians who have been
hacked by repeated defeats, and to reinspire
them with courage and hope, in order to carry
the State. With work, hard work, and thorough
organization, with a united will—with cool
bravery, and a bold and aggressive policy—our
success will be assured.
“The fault is not in onr stars.
Bnt in ourselves, thit we are underlings.”
CONVENTION OF THE STATE AGRICUL
TURAL SOCIETY.
The Fall convention of the State Ag
ricultural Society will meet in Gaines
ville on the Bth of August, and remain
in session three days. The Secretary
makes the following announcement:
Every preparation will be made for the
entertainment and comfort of delegates,
and a large representation is earnestly
urged to be on hand. It is hoped that
the continued liberality of the railroads
will pass delegates both ways free of
charge. They will, however, pass only
three delegates from a county. There
fore, where there are two or more clubs
in one county, each claiming three dele
gates, the society cannot make applica
tion for transportation for any of them
until the sevral societies have arranged
among themselves and agreed upon the
three delegates to represent the county.
No discriminations in this respect can
be made by the Secretary. Delegates,
by agreement with the railroads, will be
required to go by the most direct routes.
Delegates are earnestly requested to ar
range so as to arrive in Gainesville on the
evening trains of Monday before the
convention meets on Tuesday, that there
may be a full attendance upon the meet
ing. . The citizens of Gainesville are
thoroughly alive to the importance of
the occasion, and will spare no pains to
render the members of the convention
comfortable during their stay in that
oity. The proceedings of the first day, af
ter the usual preliminary reception and
speeches of welcome, will be the open
ing address by the President, Gen. A H.
Colquitt, and reporting names of dele
gates. In the afternoon the report of
Prof. Pendleton (from the experimental
farm) on grain crops, etc., followed by
e discussion. Beecultnre, by Dr. J. P.
H. Brown, of Augusta, followed by dis
cussion. Miscellaneous business. Ex
perience meeting at night. The second
day a report on fruit culture by P. J.
Beucemans, Esq., Augusta, followed by
discussion. Delivery of testimonial to
Col. David W. Lewis, ex-President and
ex-Secretary. An address from the
North Georgia Agricultural College, pf
Dahlonega. Terrace Ditching, by Capt.
Jno. F. Lewis, Thomaston, followed by
discussion. In the afternoon a report
on the communication of “Brunswick ”
on the “Advantages and Practicability
of Controlling the Carrying Trade from
the Ports of Georgia,” by Col. C. A.
Redd, Chairman of Committee, follow
ed by discussion. An address upon the
subject of promoting manufactures in
our State, by E. Steadman, Esq., Cov
ington, followed by discussion. The
third day the election of ofllocro, a Presi
dent, nine Vice-Presidents and ten mem
bers of the Executive Committee will
take place, together with a lot of mis
cellaneous business.
Grant has adopted anew motto: “Let
no Reformer escape. ”
Taylor county has elected Johnson
delegates to the State Convention.
In 1776 it was Revolution and Wash
ington; in 1876 it is Reform and Tilden.
Grant is said to be angered by Hayes’
civil service sentiments. He needn’t be
alarmed; they are only ante-eleotion
taffy. „
Zach Chandler has been made Chair
man of the National Republican Execu
tive. Committee. “Reform within the
party.”
Haralson oounty sends uninstructed
delegates to the State Convention, but is
reported to be in favor of Judge J. W.
H. Underwood, who is not a candidate.
The people of Georgia should prep ire
for a hot campaign this Fall. The Rad
icals always fight hard at a Presidential
election, and we must not lose a single
Democratic vote next November.
The Gubernatorial Convention will
choose Presidential electors. Our best
men must be placed on the electoral
ticket. We must have men who will
stump every county in the State and
rouse the people into giving a hundred
thousand majority for the cause of Til
den and Reform.
That clever bohemian, Henby Wat
terson, is announced as a candidate for
Congress from the Louisville, Kentucky,
District. It is also stated that Bristow
whom Wattebson puffed so lustily
that he almost made him a fit candidate
for the Democracy to support—will be
run against him by the Republicans.
This is cruel news. Can it be possible
that Wattebson has sharpened on his
own shin bone the knife which is to cut
his throat?
Let ns see how “reform within the
party works.” Bbistow, who had the
whisky thieves detected, has been turned
out of the Cabinet; Henderson who, as
special counsel, secured the conviction
of Avery, has been dismissed; Dyer, the
United States District Attorney of Mis
souri, who had charge of the cases
against the whisky ring, has been dis
missed from office; Jewell, who report
ed the names and ordered the prosecu
tion of defenders of the Post Office De
partment, has been made to resign,
Pratt, who protested against the remo
val of an official subordinate whose sole
offense was that he had offended Bab
cock, the whisky swindler, has been
made to vacate his position; Custer,
who revealed the frauds of the post
tradership system, was sent back to the
Plains in disgrace, and sought death at
the hands of the Sioux. This is a nice
record of “reform within the party.”
Reports from twenty-two Western
Railroads for the last month show a con
siderable increase of earnings as com
pared with the earnings of the corres
ponding month of last year. The ag
gregate for June, 1875, was $6,931,330,
and for June, 1876. $8,075,749, showing
of $1,144,419. The mileage
“ *- • roads in 1875 was 14,454,
of the same 14,534, an increase of
and in 1876 it was - -ut is made
only 70 miles. The statem. hic jj
up by the New York Bulletin,
also gives the earnings of twenty West
ern roads, not inclndingAhe Rock Island
or the Northwestern, both of which have
largely augmented their business for the
first six months of i#s year, as follows :
1875, $31,201,409; 1876, $33,219,774; in
crease in 1875, $2,018,365. These roads
had in 1875 a prileage of 11,535, and in
1876 of 11,601, an increase of 66 milee,
only. In both these statements the
fourth week in June is estimated.
GEORGIA GLIMPSES.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN TALIA
FERRO COUNTY.
[Reported for the Chronicle and SesUineL]
Cbawfordville, July 12.—Pursuant
to call, a mass meeting of the Democ
racy of Taliaferro connty was held at
the Court House on the Bth July, and
organized by the election of W. H.
Brooke as Chairman and J. W. Aabury,
Esq., as Secretary. The object of the
meeting was stated by Judge G. F. Bris
tow to be the selection of delegates to
the Gubernatorial and CangressionalCon
ventions, and he moved that the respec
tive gentlemen now before the people in
connection with the next Governorship
be balloted for, which was adopted,
and aD election was gone into resulting
in the casting of 82 votes for Hon. H. V.
Johnson and 22 for General A. H. Col
quitt.
The following resefutions were then
offered by C. E. Smith and adopted:
Resolved. That tho Democracy of
Taliaferro county reaflrm the well set
tled principles of the party and heartily
endorse the nominatiots made at St.
Louis.
Resolved, That we name the Hon. H.
V. Johnson as our first ehoiee for Gov
ernor; not to increase bis honors, which
are already full to overflowing, but be
cause we believe the people of his State
now need the services of this distingush
ed son of her soil.
The following delegates to the Guber
natorial Conventinn were then elected :
M. D. Wallace, Lr. R. J. Reid, W. G.
Stephens, Esq., 0. E. Smith, Edward
Croake, John TANARUS., Wright, Dr. C. *S.
Kendrick and W. H- Brooke, Esq.
John T. Chapmai, Esq., then offered
the following resol a ton which was adop
ted : Resolved, Thai in appreciation of
the long and emitent services of our
distinguished fellowicitizen, the Hon.
A. H. Stephens, we present his name to
the people of the Eighth Congressional
District as the man jf our ohoice to
represent us in the neit Congress.
The following debates were then
elected to the Congressional Convention:
W. J. Norton, W. H. Brooke, W. O.
Wright, P. G. Veazey, John T. Chap
mm, E. J. Anderson, J.A. Grier, C. E.
Smith, Jas. F. Reid, Esqs., and Judge
G. F. Bristow.
On motion, the delegates in both cases
were allowed to select (heir own alter
nates. On motion of Jai. F. Reid, Esq.,
it was declared to be the sense of the
meeting that the delegates to the Gu
bernatorial Convention vere to consider
themselves untramqjled if no possible
chance was seen for fibe nomination of
ex-Govemor Johnson. On motion, or
dered that the proceedings be published
in the Augusta Chronicle and Senti
nel. The old Executiv* Committee of
the connty was continued in office unan
imously. W. H. Brooke,
Chairman,
James W. Asbuby, Secretary.
OUR JACKSON COUNTY LETTER.
Schools, Crops and Poltics in Jackson.
[From, an Occasional Correspondent.}
Jefferson, Jackson County July 11—
Last week our little Forest City was the
scene of considerable excitement aud
bustle attendant upon the examination
and exhibition in the Martin Institute,
an excellent school in this town. Mon
day and Tuesday were spent in the ex
amination of more then one hundred
youths of both sexes. By their profi
ciency in their various studies the young
people demonstrated tlieir own studious
uabits and also the ability and fidelity of
their instructors, Profßseors Glenn and
Orr and the Misses 0:r and McCarty.
I have attended many examinations, but
I never saw pupils manifest more prompt
ness and profioienoy than did the pupils
of the Martin Institut* on the occasion
referred to. Tuesday night, Wednes
day and Wednesday night and Thurs
day forenoon were occupied with prize
reading, prize declamstion, musical con
cert [and the reading of original essays
by the young ladies, and the delivery of
original speeches by the young men.
The prize for excellent reading was
awarded to little Miss Alice Fanning, of
Washington, Wilkes county, Ga., and
the prize for exoellency of declamation
to Mr. Glenn P. Shelton, of Franklin
county, Ga, The musical concert, un
der the direction of the teacher of mu
sic, Miss Myrtie McCarty, was very
creditable to both teacher and pupils.
The original compositions were well
written and well read, and the original
speeches would have done great credit
to the graduates of any of our first class
Colleges. Indeed, no town in Georgia
possesses a better high school than the
Martin Institute, which blesses the lit
tle town of Jefferson, Ga.
For two or three weeks past the weath
er has been oppressively hot, and is now
becoming alarmingly dry. Corn and
cotton, which were exceedingly flourish
ing a few days ago, begin now to show
signs of suffering, and if do not get
ram soon corn especially will be very
seriously injured. At present there are
some slight indications of coming show
ers. In this county much of the bottom
land corn was destroyed by the freshet
in June, aud has been planted over
again since; and it will probably be a
poor crop. Crops through all Northeast
Georgia have generally been well worked,
and only need oontinued good seas ms
to insure an abundant yield. Apples
are. plentiful, but peaches are very
scarce. In this part of the State every
body seems delighted with the Demo
cratic platform and the Democratic
nominees, and many already claim that
Tilden and Hendricks will sweep the
State with a majority of one hundred
thousand—and so mote it be. But we
shall see on the ides of November. Next
Friday Colonel Tom Hardeman will ad
dress the people of Jaokson county in
this town. The disgraceful scramble in
Atlanta between Colqnitt and James
in the primary election has greatly in
jured both of those aspirants in this
portion of the State. Jackson.
ABOUT THE CENTENNIAL.
How I Got There—Qnick and Sate Trip—
Splendid Mountain Scenery Along the At
lanta and Richmond Air Line and Virginia
Midland Railroad Hotels Plenty and
Board Cheap.
I Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel. 1
Atlanta, July 11. lam a happy
man, for I can answer affirmatively, hav
ing escaped death by sunstroke, that I
have been to the great Centennial.
Everybody seems as ready to ask that
question as they do to ask about your
health. I enjoyed the trip and my visit
to the “City of Brotherly Love” far
beyond my expectations. Leaving here
on the lightning express train of the At
lanta and Richmond Air Line Railroad,
I was swiftly borne away / from the
“ Gate City,* ” and soon, my ea
ger eyes feasted on magnificent hills and
towering mountains on either side of
this delightfully attractive route. Even
Stone Mountain raises its rocky head so
high tnat passengers by the Air Line
can see it far away over the hill tops.
Mount Cnrrahee, Mount Yonah and
many other peaks meet the view, and
from Mount Airy to South Carolina
there is no lack of wild and picturesque
scenery at every point.
Leaving Danville, Virginia, early in
the morning I enjoyed a day of unsur
passed pleasure. On both sides of the
Virginia Midland Railroad can be seen
long ranges of mountains, some near,
others farther away, and still oth
ers more distant. Broad and beau
tiful valleys stretch away among
these ranges, and everywhere the eye
of the traveler is gladdened by scenes of
rare picturesque beauty. The scenery
about Danville, Lynchburg and Char
lottsville, the most important cities on
the route, is strikingly grand and diver
sified. Then comes the once bloody
battle fields of the late war, now turned
into fruitful vineyards and well cultiva
ted farms. How the old soldier-passen
gers start up and eagerly look from the
car windows as the polite brakesman
sails ont such onpe familiar names as
Gordonsville, Qrange Court House,
Rapidan, Culpepper, Brandy Station,
Rappahannock, Catlett’s, Warrenton
Junction, Rristoe’s, Manassas, Fairfax
and Burke’s. But it makes one’s heart
glad to sea how the ravages of war have
disappeared in all that section. Only an
occasional entrenchment is to be seen
rearing itself above the waving grain.
The trip, which commenced at At
lanta at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon,
ended with safety and without delay at
Philadelphia on Monday morning at
half past two o’clock, witn bnt two
changes of cars, one at Danville
and the other at Baltimore. Al
though landing at the depot in West
Philadelphia after midnight, I found no
trouble in getting excellent hotel accom
modations, at two dollars and fifty cents
per day, within ten minutes walk of
the Centennial Exposition. Board can
be had for one dollar per day in good
houses, and no one need stay away for
fear of being swindled. A reliable
“ Guide Book of the Centennial,” whioh
Capt. Wm. D. Chipley, Atlanta, Ga.,
will mail free to any person sending for
it, is all that is needed to enable
strangers to protect themselves from
imposition and to enable them to make
a small sum of money go a great ways,
are various routes to the Centen
. IV> price of fare does not vary
nial, but- ; *v-eight dollars. All
much from tiu.. -ode to suit the
other expenses can be m-. . Bee
visitor’s packet book. What he *.
and enjoy in return for this expenditure
I shall speak of in my next epistle, in
which I also have a good word to
say for the Clinch Rifles. Noromreoa.
Gov. Chamberlain will address the
citizens of Marion at the Court Hops®
at an early day.
THE HAMBURG TRAGEDY.
WHAT A RADICAL OFFICIAL BATS.
Report of Attorney-General Stone to Ckan
berlain. .
Office of the Attornet-Gknebal, (
Columbia, S. 0., July 12, 1876. {
Hon. D. H. Chamberlain, Governor:
Sib —According to your request of
Monday last, I have visited Hamburg
for the purpose of ascertaining the facts
connected with the killing of several men
there on the night of the Bth of Jnly.
My information has been derived chiefly
from Trial Justice Rivers and from the
testimony of persons who have been ex
amined before the coroner’s jury now in
session, and from those who reoeived
wounds from the armed body of white
men who had taken them prisoners.
From this information, the following
fac’s seem to be clearly established:
Daring the administration of Governor
Soott a company of State militia was or
ganized at Hamburg, of which Prince
Rivers was captain. This company was
known as Company A, 9th Regiment Na
tional Guard of the State of South Caro
lina. Arms were at that time furnished
to it, and some ammunition. This com
pany, previous to May, 1876, had for
some time but few names on its rolls,
drilled rarely, and scarcely kept alive its
organization. But in May of this year
the number of members increased to
about eighty, and one Doc Adams was
chosen captain.
On the 4th of July the company drilled
on one of the public streets, in the town
of Hamburg. The street on which they
drilled was between one hundred aud
one hundred and fifty feet wide, but it
was little used and was overgrown with
grass, except in that portion which was
used as a carriage road. While the com
pany was thus drilling Thomas Butler
and Henry Getzen, his brother-in-law,
came a'ong in a carriage and demanded
that the company should make way for
them. Adams halted the company, re
monstrrted with Butler and Getzen for
thus seeking to interfere with the com
pany, and called their attention to the
fact that there was plenty of room on
each side of the company to pass. Find
ing them unwilling to turn out of their
course, Adams finally opened ranks and
allowed them to drive through.
This incident seems to have angered
Butler and Getzen, who made complaint
before Trial Justice Rivers against the
militia company for obstructing the
highway. The Trial Justioe on the fol
lowing * day issued a warrant against
Adams, as he was the captain of the
company, and had him brought before
him for trial. During the progress of
the trial, Adams was arrested by the
Trial Justice for contempt of Court, and
subsequently the case was continued
until 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon, July
8. At that time, Butler and Getzen,
with General M. C. Butler, who had
been employed by Robert J. Butler, fa
ther of the former, as their attorney, re
paired to the office of the Trial Justice,
but Adams did not appear. General
Butler inquired as to the nature of the
charges against Adams, and asked if
the Trial Justice was to hear the case as
Trial Justioe, or in his official oapaeity
of Major-General of Militia. To this,
the Trial Justioe replied that he was to
hear the case as a Trial Justice, but if
the facts showed that a military offense
had been committed Adams would have
to be tried by a court martial.
General Butler then stated that he
thought the oase might be arranged, and
at his suggestion time was given him to
see the parties. After this the Trial Jus
tice did not see General Butler at his
office, but learned that he had gone over
to Augusta. In the meantime the Trial
Justice had been informed that some
200 or 300 armed white men were in
Hamburg, and that a demand had been
made by them that the militia should
surrender their arms. After a consulta
tion with Messrs. Jefferson and Spencer,
Rivers sent fqr General Butler. He rode
up to the back gate of Rivers’ house.
The two had a conversion, in which
General Butler said that he had given
orders to have the guns given up in half
an hour, and the time was nearly up.
Rivers asked if some other arrangement
could not be made, to which General
Butler replied in the negative. Rivers
then asked if he would not consent to
have him receive the arms, box them up
and send them to the Governor. To
which Gen. Butler replied that he would
box them up and send them to the Gov
ernor, and if he, the Governor, should
return them to the company, it would
be at his own risk. Rivers then asked
if they would give a bond for the arms,
to which Gen. Butler said that he would
stand the bond, and turning to another
person—l think R. J. Butler —asked if
he wouldn’t go on a bond also, to which
he replied that he would.
Rivers then asked for time before fire
should be opened on the militia, so that
he might have a conference with the
militia officers. This was acceded to,
and Rivers then went to the building
known as the Sibley building, in the
second story of which the company had
its armory and drill room, and where it
was then assembled, and told Captain
Adams what might be expected if he
should refuse to give up the arms. To
this Adams replied that Gen. Butler had
no right to the guns; that the company
held them, and he proposed to hold
them unless Gen. Butler showed some
authority to take them. After this in
terview, Rivers returned to Gen. But
ler, with whom was Robert J. But
ler. He told them the decision to
which the company had come. Then
Robert J. Butler said that General But
ler was his attorney; that he had come
to settle the matter. If the company
would apologize for the insult to his son
and son-in-law ho would do nothing
more, but the whole matter was in Gen.
Butler’s hands. General Butler said
that, as the men would not meet him, he
would have no more to do with them.
General Butler was asked by Rivers if
he would guarantee the safety of the
town should the militia surrender their
arms. He said that would depend on
how the men behaved themselves after
ward. This statement is confirmed by
S. P. Pixley. While these negotiations
were going on the armed body of white
men in the town were concentrated on
the bank of the river near the Sibley
building. Soon after they were broken
off firing began. Men who were in the
building say that it was commenced by
the whites firing upon the building.—
Adams gave bis orders not to shoot until
he directed them to. The company had
very little ammunition, and all they had
was a portion of that issued to the com
pany when it was first organized.
After the firing had begun it was re
turned by the militia, and one of the
attacking party, McKie Merriwether,
what shot through the head and instant
ly killed. After this a piece of artillery,
said* to belong to the Washington Ar
tillery of Augusta, was brought over
from Augusta and four charges of canis
ter were fired from it upon the armory,
but without injuring any one. The per
sons in the armory escaped from the
rear by means of ladders and hid under
floors of adjacent buildings or where
ever else they could find shel er. The
first man killed by the whites was James
Cook, Town Marshal. He had been in
the armory but was not a member of
the company. He had gone into the
street from the rear of the Sibley build
ing and was at once fired on and fell dead
instantly, pierced by five or six bullets.
Afterwards the whites began their
search for the members of the company.
They succeeded in getting about twenty
five colored men as prisoners, some of
whom were never members of the com
pany. As fast as they were captured,
they were taken to a place near the
South Carolina Bailroad, where a large
party of armed men stood guard over
them. None of those thus captured had
arms in their hands.
Subsequently, and, at about 2 o’clock
a. m , six men took A. T. Attaway out
of the “ring.” He and his mother beg
ged for his life, but in vain. He was
then told to turn round and was then
shot to death by the cowd. David Phil
lips was next taken out and was similar
ly killed. Pompey Curry was next call
ed out. He recognized among the by
standers Henry Getzen and Dr. Pierce
Butler, and called on them to keep the
other men from killing him. He ran,
and was shot at as he ran, one bullet
striking him in the right leg, below the
knee. Afterwards Albert Myniart, Moses
Parks and Hampton Stevens were killed.
Stevens did not belong to the company.
Nelder John Parker, who has been com
monly referred to in the newspaper re
ports as John Thomas, was corporal in
the company. When be was ar
rested and fallen to the spot
where the other prisoners were, he
recognized among the party two gentle
men of Augusta, named Twiggs and
Chaffee. He appealed to them for pro
tection. They said he should not be
hurt. He states that General M. C.
Butler asked if he was one of the d—d
rascals. The reply was in the affirma
tive. He was then shot in the back.
Messrs. Twiggs and Chaffee then said if
he was shot again they would shoot the
ones who did it. They took him off and
had him taken to Augusta. He was
shot before Attaway was killed. He may
recover from his wounds. Qne Butler
Edwards was taken as a prisoner. He
says he was taken before General But
ler, who at the time was in the street
near the Sibley building. This was
about 12 o’olook. Threats were made to
shoot him. General Butler direoted that
he be taken to the others. He recog
nized among the crowd one Captain Car
wile and— Dunbar, of Augusta; said he
had a long' talk with the former. He
was among the prisoners who were let
loosa and told to run; as they ran they
were fired at and he was shot in the
neaff. He was not a member of the
company.
ffiiiia Davis ? one of the members of
the company, was taken to the place
where were the other prisoners. The
men stated that John Swaringen. of
Edgefield oounty, had charge of the
prisoners. He states that he saw Gen.
Butler before the men were killed, who
asked him what he was doing, and told
him he would have enough of it before
he got through. He was shot in the
arm, near the elbow, when about’ twenty
paoes distant from the crowd. The ball
is still in his arm and he suffers much
pain. He also states that some of the
young men from Georgia remonstrated
against shooting the prisoners, but in
vain. Besides the killing and wounding
of the men herein named the party
broke open several stores and houses,
and, in some instances, robbed the in
mates. They took from Mr. Charles
Roll, the postmaster, and a very respect
able white citizen, a gun which he bad
in his store, and his private property.
From an old colored man, named
Jacob Samuels, in his employ, they
took a watch and set fire to his
house. They broke open the house
ml Trial Justice Rivers, and did
muoh damage, as well as robbed him of
clothing. They obtained kerosine oil
and attempted to set fire to a house, but
were prevented by Col. A. P. Butler
from doing so. The ropes of the pub
lio wells were cut and some fences were
torn down. So far as I can learn, the
primary object of the whites was to take
away from the militia their arms. The
man Parker, who was wounded, states
that on Friday, the 7th instant, he had
a long talk with Harrison Butler,
(white) on Broad street, Augusta.—
Butler told him that if Rivers did not
give orders for the militia to give up
their arms they would take them any
way on the next day. On Saturday
rumors Vere abroad in Hamburg that
there were armed parties coming in to
take the guns, but little credit was at
tached to them. One of the white citi
zens of Hamburg heard a conversation
between David Phillips and Gen. Butler
in the afternoon. Phillips talked very
“big,” as the gentleman said, and Gen.
Butler told him that they wanted those
guns and were bound to have them. In
the afternoon Col. A. P. Butler went to
the various stores in town and told the
proprietors that they must not sell any
liquor to his men. In spite of this, how
ever, some of the men compelled one of
the storekeepers to furnish them liquor.
From the same person they obtained
kerosine oil to use in setting fire to a
house. The whites were armed with
guns and small arms of various kinds,
and many of them had axes and hatchets.
It is proper to state that the Intendent
of Hamburg, Mr. Gardner, was informed
by Gen. Butler, in an interview with
him, that the arms of the company must
be given up. Tiial Justice Rivers is
now holding an inquest and taking the
testimony of witnesses. Until their ver
dict is rendered, it will be impossible to
tell who were engaged in the attack on
the militia and the subsequent killing
and wounding of the colored men. It
may be possible that a careful judicial
investigation may show some slight er
rors in some of the minor details stated
in this report. But, making due allow
ance for such errors, the facts show the
demand cn the militia to give up their
arms was made by persons without law
ful authority to enforce such demand or
to receive the arms, had they been sur
rendered; that the attack on the militia
to compel a compliance with this de
mand was without lawful exouse or jus
tification; and that after there had been
some twenty or twenty-five prisoners
captured aud completely in the power
of their captors, and without means of
making further resistance, five of them
were deliberately shot to death and
three more severely wounded. It fur
ther appears that not content with thus
satisfying their vengeanoe, many of the
crowd added to their guilt the crime of
robbery of defenseless people, and
were only prevented from arson by the
efforts of their own leaders. Yours,
very respectfully, William Stone,
Attorney-General S. 0.
COMMENTS OF THE CAROLINA
PRESS.
What the State Papers Think at the Affair.
[The Harlem Star.]
There was a fight iu Hamburg, in
Aiken county, last Saturday night, re
sulting in the killing of three negroes
and one white man during the engage
ment, and of seven colored after the
fight was over. Gen. M. 0. Butler
played a conspicuous part in this battle.
From the account before us wo can see
no reason for the spilling of blood, if
prudence had prevailed from and after
the origin of the disturbance. Certain
ly in our judgment there is no excuse
for killing seven negroes after the fight
was over. The very thought of such a
thing carries our mind to the red devils
in Montana who butchered Custer and
his whole command lastweek. All fair
minded men of good sense must and
will condemn such open violations of
law.
[The Chester Exporter.]
This entire proceeding is deserving of
the severest censure. If the surrender
of their arms by the negro militia was
essential to quiet and good order in the
community, that surrender should have
been brought about by peaceful means
—application to the proper authorities.
Why should a small company of negroes
have been attacked by a superior num
ber of White men armed with musketry
and artillery? The murdering of the
seven defenceless prisoners was ex
tremely inhuman and entirely without
excuse. No good citizen will attempt to
justify such brutality.
{The News and Courier .]
The special correspondent whom we
sent to Hamburg on Sunday night makes
an important and interesting report of
thq sanguinary affair, based upon the
statement of Prince Rivers and the
members of the militia company. Our
correspondent conducted the investiga
tion with great care, but has heard, as
he explicitly says, only one side of the
case. One vital point to be determined
is, whether the whites, in demanding
the surrender of the arms, acted by au
thority of Rivers, who now denies that
he authorized any such demand. An
other important point is, whether the
whites did, or did not, go to Hamburg
on the eventful Saturday with the set
tled determination, irrespective of what
should take place, to disarm the militia.
The accounts of the murder of the pris
oners grow more and more horrible.
Should it be happily proved tha‘; the
whites did act by authority in attacking
the negroes, that fact will not palliate
the crime of which they were afterwards
guilty. It was a horrible and revolting
deed, and, as we have before said, cow
ardly in the extreme.
[The Columbia Hegister. ]
For what occurred after the defeat of
the besieged and the capture of the
militia men, for the shooting them to
death, we can find no words strong
enough to express our condemnation.
It was cruel, bloody and horrible, a
stain upon our civilization, and deeply
to be lamented by every good citizen.
Let those who so far forgot what was
duo to humanity and the law answer for
their crime to the law. to their con
sciences and to God. In this tragedy
General Butler took no part, and it is a
wrong, a cruelty not unlike the bloody
deed itself, to try to saddle it upon him.
He was far away from the frightful
scene, having left several hours before
this occurred, and having exerted him
self to the last while present in restrain
ing the infuriated crowd.
[The Winneboro News.]
Altogether, we are at a loss to perceive
upon what gronnds the killing of the
negroes after their capture can be jus
tified. Indeed, we find it difficult to
perceive the ground upon which the ac
tion taken by the whites can be shown
to be anything but wrong. There was
surely great provocation in the insolence
of the militiamen, but neither their be
haviour nor the course of their captain
when summoned before the Trial Jus
tice would seem to have necessitated the
forcible measures resorted to. The kill
ing of the seven negroes after their cap
ture is the worst feature of all. The
captives were, as we understand, pris
oners being taken to jail, and they were
entitled to the protection of the party
having them in charge. Even granting,
what we consider almost absolutely cer
tain, that the men thus summarily dis
posed of were in their conduct and
teachings dangerous to the peace of the
community, the manner in which they
were treated, does not appear to be at
all justified by the circumstances. It is
of course with the deepest regret that
we are oalled upon to speak thus of the
conduct of any party of white men in
South Carolina, but the action taken at
Hamburg was both excessive in itself
and likely to produce bad results.
[The Edgefield Advertiser.]
By this time the news of the Ham
burg affair, in some shape or form, has
reached every corner of opr county. We
devote most of our space to it this week.
The account which we copy from the
Ounoniole and Sentinel is an excellent
one in the main, but- —evidently without
meaning to do so qt all—does injustice
to Gen. Butler, If Gen. Rutler was the
leader of this thing, it was by pure acci
dent, and the result of circumstances.
Geu. Butler did go to Augusta, but not
to request aid. The Journal of Corn
mere takes a very just view of the mat
ter-t-a view which we fully endorse.
And now as regards this matter, we
Edgefield people alone know the real
state of the oase. We say nothing about
Aiken. We totally disdain the subter
fuge—if any were needed—of speaking
of it as an Aiken affair. For years past
Hamburg has been the vilest and most
pestilent hole in South Carolina. Ruled
by negro Intendants, aldermen, oonsta
bles, and inhabited exclusively by ne
groes, it has long been unsafe for a white
man, a respeotable one, to pass through
it We know of scores of unoffending
white oitizens who have of late years
been molested and insulted on its streets.
The outburst of last Saturday night was
simply the climax of a wrath that had
been long and wantonly provoked, and
that oould forbear no longer. General
Butler was there professionally—not
dreaming at the time he went that any
outbreak would ocour. He did his best
under the circumstances. His promi
nence as a publio man naturally threw
him into the position of leader. His
oonduot was admirable and his counsels
were wise. Hamburg is a very blot up
on oroation, and the life of every wretch
ed negro in it—-all of them politically
poisoned, misguided, wrong headed—is
uot worth that of young Meriwether who
fell in the fray. Upon the head of the
vile and imbecile government of South
Carolina—and upon no other—be the
guilt and the shame of this thing. And
as to outside newspapers and outside
people talking about this matter, and
delivering themselves of high sounding
censures, they simply know very little
of what the white people of Edgefield
have had to endure for many years past
—outrage, shame, robbery and ignominy,
which instead of growing lighter with
passing years, become steadily more op
pressive, more high handed, more wan
ton.
OUR LONDON LETTER.
A Gernian-American In Europe.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel]
London, July 24. —Summer at last has
made its appearance; old Winter before
retiring upon the high mountains “sent
us such a shower of rain and hail” ac
companied by the most violent thunder
and lightning, that it seemed as if a
second deluge was to wash us away; but
now a genial sun is shining brightly, and
after the protraoted east winds and un
comfortable dampness, 80 degrees in the
shade feels nioe and pleasant. The po
litical sky, too, shows a brighter appear
ance; the threatening clouds have reced
ed and the contracting emperors try to
forget their disappointment abont the
spoiled Berlin Memorandum iu drink
ing any amount of the health-restoring
waters of Ems. The press here is jubi
lant about the success of the English
policy and glory in the determined atti
tude which Lord Derby has assumed.
It seems to me he has been exceedingly
lucky; he might have got himself and
his country by this time into serious
trouble, if not perchance, the Turk had
taken the management of his affairs for
once into his own hands, and so checked
for a while, all outside interference; the
Continental press comments pretty
severely upon this“rattlingof the sabre”
on the part of this peace-loviug nation;
it will not be so easily forgotten, and
may have more serious consequence
than the good people now dream of. It
is reported that Gortsohakoff and Bis
marck are oonoocting, even now, anew
plan for the settlement of the Eastern
Question, and they may not be inclined
to abandon it as easy as the Berlin pro
gramme, the British lion, bongre or
malgre.
In Constantinople meanwhile, they
are trying to make up the medicine
which is to restore the “sick man" to
health and strength; the ingredients are
first a Constitution, second a Parliament,
and third a strictly defined “Civil List;”
an assertion of the rights of man, a re
striction of the absolute and despotic
powers of the ruler and a oheck upon
his private expenditures. How it will
work, when once adopted by the leading
and governing men, whether it will be
in harmony with the feelings of the
great mass of the population or not, is
most difficult to say.
Such a legislative or deliberative as
sembly would be neoessarily composed
out of the most incongruous elements;
there, tribes would meet who for centu
ries have lived in avowed hostility to
each other; who speak different languag
es and follow very different forms of re
ligion; add to this that any rules which
can be framed for the conduct of such
an assembly, will be a startling novelty
to the majority of the members, and you
will have some idea of the difficulties
the managers of this political perform
ance have to contend with.
The following story about poor old
Abdul Azia has beeu circulated. The
Queen, on hearing of the deceased Sul
tan’s deposition, telegraphed in French
to Constantinople, “The Sultan has beeu
my guest, take care of him;” the latter
words translated into French are:
“Soignez le;” it is said telegraph opera
tor made a mistake aud flashed over the
wires : “Saignez le,” which translated
into English is “Bleed him !”
The new Saltan is leading at present,
a quick and busy life; gives his brothers,
cousins and friends fat offices and en
joys his prosperity after the long period
of poverty and privation; having such a
difficult task before him, his, will not be
a bed of roses. The gay and festive
season glides on with an uninterrupted
flow of pleasure. Avery handsome
show, are the now so fashionable meet
ings of the four-in-hand club. A few days
ago one took place at the Alexandra
Park, in which the Prince of Wales aud
one of his brothers participated; the
long line of perfectly appointed turn
outs presented a magnificent view and
attracted immense crowds. I perceive
that check-reins are going out of fash
ion; some English Bergh has been
preaching against them as useless and
cruel, and many carriage owners have
done away with them; for my part I do
not like it; if the horses are moderut
ly checked it cannot hurt them, and to
my taste, to leave it off, interferes con
siderably with their pretty appearance;
if I may make bold to draw the com
parison “it looks like a lady without a
corset. ”
Tbe following story I found in one
of the morning paper?:
The faculty of remaining in the water
for a greater or less period of time,
which has been enjoyed by mankind
ever sinoe the existence of the element
itself, seems likely to be extended to
fire, in the event of a fire-proof dress,
the invention of a Swedish officer, Capt.
Ahlstrom, and which has hitherto come
triumphant out of every trial, proving
ultimately successful. At a recent ex
periment in Silesia, four heaps, consist
ing of logs of wood, were arranged in
the form of a square, well covered with
shavings and saturated with petroleum.
They were then set light to and speedily
became a mass of flames. Into this
fiery furnace, the glowing heat of which
kept the spectators at a respectful dis
tance, stepped Captain Ahlstrom, clad
in his fire-proof dress. He moved freely
about in the restricted space—some four
feet square—formed by the heaps, lean
ing from time to time quite unconcern
edly against the blazing piles, and,
finally, taking his seat upon one of the
heaps, glowing with intense heat, he re
clined there with as much nonchalance
as though it had been a sofa. He re
mained thirty minutes in the flames
without suffering in the smallest degree
from the heat. Next day an experiment
was made in the Hoheuzollern mine,
with the view of seeing whether the ap
paratus would avail in the event of an
explosion of firedamp or any analogous
accident. The principal of the gymna
sium, who volunteered to test it person
ally, descended into a space which had
been shut off from the rest of the mine
and filled with gas, and remained there
for twenty miuutes without experiencing
the slightest inconvenieuoe from the
poisonous atmosphere. Captain Ahl
strom has sold his invention to Prussia
for 50,000 marks.
I would like to know how this Sala
mander manages to breathe. What are
we to come to ? Captain Webb swims
the channel in a water-dress ; this man
lives in fire in a fire-dress; a highflyer in
a flying-dress would be next iq drdgr.
Of the Philadelphia Exhibition but
little notice is taken here, and to all ap
pearances it does not draw many visitors
front this Bide ; most people, hearing of
the extravagant American prices, fear
the expense, and nothing in the way of
a cheap excursion is as yet offered.
The result of the Cincinnati Conven
tion created some oonsjderahle surprise.
I am frequently asked: Who is Governor
Hayes 3 The success of the Democratic
party at the election in November is
generally Dot believed in, and so they
look upon Hayes as the next inhabitant
of the White House. The question of
resumption of specie payment is watehed
and followed here with intense interest;
somehow they imagine that the Repub
lican party is more unanimous in this
respect, and more inclined to a speedy
resumption than the Democrats are.
Commercial affairs continue dull and
dragging. After the Whitweek and holi
days a little more life showed itself, but
we are far frog) a strong and healthy
tone. W.
TOE REASON WHY.
Editorß of the Chronicle and, Sentinel :
Sirs— A conversation whioh oocurred
some days ago an the street may serve—
as straws show which way the wind
blows—to indicate the way some of us
regard the candidature of Governor
Johnson. Says Ato B, “Who are veu
for?” “For Johnson,” was the reply.
“Well,” says A, '*l am not. He is a
man devoid of gratitude—he would do
nothing for his friends if eleoted.” “The
very reason,” quoth B, “that lam for
hint. He is a man without fear or favor,
who would regard guatifictaHona rather
than friendships in his appointments to
office.” Can that be the reason that
some folks are not for Johnson ? Qui
ourrit legal. Jqhannis Fares.
It is given on the authority of a New
Orleans paper that there is in that city a
hog with his ears so far back that he
cannot he r himself squeal, I
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Call tor the Democratic State Convention—
Colombia the Place and August 16 the
Time Nomination of State Officers and
Presidential Electors, aud Adoption of
Platform the Business of the Convention.
[Special to the Journal of Commerce.]
Columbia, July 12. The following
oall is this day issued by the Democrat
ic Executive Committee sitting at this
place :•
RoomsDemoobatio State Ex. Com., I
Columbia, July 12. j
A Convention of the Democratic party
of the State of South Carolina will be
held at Columbia, on Tuesday, the 15th
day of August next, at 8 o’clook, p. m.,
to annouuoe a platform of principles,
nominate State officers and electors for
President and Vice-President, and to
consider such other business as may be
brought before it. In accordance with
the resolution, heretofore adopted, the
Convention will be composed of dele
gates from the several connties in pro
portion to the number of members to
which each county is entitled in
both Houses of the General As
sembly, under the new apportionment,
viz: Abbeville, 6 delegates ; Aiken, 5;
Anderson, 6; Barnwell, 6; Beaufort, 7;
Charleston, 19; Chester, 4; Chesterfield,
3; Clarendon, 3; Colleton, 6 ; Darling
ton, 5 ; Edgefield, 6 ; Fairfield, 4 ;
Georgetown, 3; Greenville, 5; Horry, 3;
Kershaw, 4; Lancaster, 3; Laurens, 4;
Lexington, 3; Marion, 5; Marlboro, 3;
Newberry, 4; Oconee, 3; Orangeburg, 6;
Pickens, 3; Riohland, 6 ; Spartanburg,
5; Sumter, 6; Union, 4; Williamsburg,
4; York, 6. The delegates will be re
quired to present credentials from the
central organization of their respective
counties. It i3 recommended that the
Oonnty Conventions instruct thein dele
gates to the State Convention to hold
Congressional Conventions at Oolnmbia
at the same time, for the nomination of
Congressional candidates, and Judieial
Conventions for the. nomination of so
licitors for their respective Congression
al and Judieial Districts.
James Conner,
Chairman State Executive Committee.
J. F. Izlar, Secretary.
The following is also published by the
committee :
The following resolution adopted by
the committee is published for the in
formation of the oounty organizations :
Resolved, That the oommittee recom
mend to the oounties to make no nomi
nations for county officers or members
of the General Assembly until after the
meeting of the State Convention.
Whlpper Reported to Have Qualified ao
Judge—The Claimant Then Bet Out to
Visit Patterson and Grant.
[Special to Sews and Courier.]
Columbia, July 12.—1 tis reported
that W. J. Whipper, who claims to have
been eleoted Judge of the First Oirouit
in December last, but who has not been
commissioned, qualified as Judge be
fore Chief Justioe Moses yesterday, and
left this city for Washington last night.
This trip to the National Capital is sig
nificant, if it be true that Whipper has
qualified. Chief Justioe Moses is un
derstood to hold that a commission is
not necessary, being a mere evidence of
election, and as his son, F. J. Moses,
Jr., is in the same position as Whipper,
claiming an election in the same way, it
is quite likely that the report of his ao
tion is true.
VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL OUTLOOK.
High .School Education—Better Opportuni
ties for Women- Virginia Ambition—John
Hopkins’ University, Etc., Etc.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Richmond, Va., July B. —The educa
tors of this State were in oounoil the
past three days. Though not so largely
attended as former meetings of the As
sociation, the meeting just closed proved
interesting and instructive to a high de
gree. The discussions embraced the
usual range on subjeots, such as systems
of education, secondary schools,
the higher eduoation of woman, &0., &o.
Whilst discussing a well considered pa
per by Col. Terry, of Bedford county,
on the teacher’s office, ete,, Prof. Cooke,
oi Botetourt, pressed upon bifc hearers
the urgent necessity which demanded
tnat the State should rise to a full per
formance of her duty to all the people,
by making provision for the educational
wants of youth above what is commonly
known as the grummar grade. He in
sisted that this should be done in jns
tice to the taxpayers. This is nothing
more nor less than what the people of
Georgia, too, expect—a right which,
your correspondent is glad to know, has
been promptly and cheerfully recog
niged and honored in Angusta, Atlanta
aud Savannah at least. The oity of
Richmond has her high schools, but this
demand comes from other points. Prof.
Harris, of this oity, read a suggestive
paper on “ The Secondary Sohools—lts
Proper Relation to the Primary and to
the College.” This occasioned consid
erable discussion, during whioh the ne
cessity for a reformation in the higher
schools and colleges was admitted. This
necessity arises from the fact that so
many of those institutions, being unen
dowed, are foroed to do work very muoh
below their grade. The idea is that the
State University should be a university
indeed, and professors be relieved of the
drudgery of imparting instruction in the
elements. The lower schools, properly
organized and conducted, wonld, it was
said, become feeders to the oolleges—
the officers of which oould restrict
themselves to oollege work. It was sug
gested that the oolleges should dispense
with their preparatory departments, and
look for students to first-class secondary
schools whioh oould be organized in
certain districts.
There is no doubt that great good
would result from the proposed ohangeß.
The Virginians are not oontent with
having their Commonwealth accorded
the proud title of “Mother of States
and Statesmen,” but they are ambitious
of becoming the educational center of
the South and indeed of the entire
country. That is a praiseworthy am
bition, is it not ? Virginia looks to her
University and every son of her’s is
anxious to make that institution all it
should be. It was urged by some who
spoke to the subject under considera
tion, that it has been proved that boya
and girls can study harder in Virginia
with less danger than in any other State,
and the opinion was confidently ex
pressed that the organization of the ex
cellent secondary schools referred to
and the reformation of the colleges and
University in the respeots mentioned,
would bring to the State hundreds of
young men and young ladies from the
South. Have we anything to do in
Georgia, on this line ? Are the officers
in our University as free for their work
as they desire to be and as the interests
of the young men who seek a University
education, demand they should be ? Is
it proposed in Georgia, in the near
future, to provide for the higher educa
tion of her daughters at a thoroughly
equipped and well endowed University?
These are questions well worth con
sidering.
In this connection, let me say that
Prof. Gildersleeve, late of the University
of Virginia, but now of the Johns Hop
kins’ University at Baltimore, gave a
very interesting account of the aims of
the last named institution. The Johns
Hopkins’ is to be a University in the
highest acceptation of that term. Its
oourse of study will be striotly post
graduate. Young and even middle aged
men will attend the University with a
view to perfecting themselves in some
special department. Fresh from tbe
higher institutions of the land they will
be expected to prosecute their studies at
the Johns Hopkins* with an ardor they
bad never known in their most xealous
college days. Mr. Hopkins, to whose
munificence the country is indebted for
tfiia promising institution, was persuad
ed in his own mind that some
thing of the kind was very much
needed. Facta prove thafr he com
passed the situation. It was re
solved to give a number of scholarships
of tbe first grade—open to the world. In
a comparatively short time about one
hundred and ten applications were on
file from the four corners of the globe.
The Trustees were both gratified and
surprised, and, in acknowledgment, in
creased the plaoes to twenty. These
twenty, I understand, are to be held by
men who are already bright scholars.
They enter the University to pursue
some specialty. What a grand scheme I
Seven million dollars from a citizen 1
What rich results may we not look for
in its consummation ? Additional scho
larships have been offered Virginia,
Maryland and North Carolina. I regret
that Georgia is not on the list.
Martin V. Cautin.
THE CORING CROPS.
■Statistics of Georgia. Crons by Dr. Janes.
Atlanta, July 18.—The June report
of Dr. Thomas F. Janes, Commissioner
of Agriculture for Georgia, shows the
following facts : Corn, three per oent.
above an average; corn on bottom land
injured by bud worm and overflow; cot
ton, an average; rice, three per cent,
above; sugar cane, seven above; sorghnm
above; tbe peaoh crop almost a total
failure; apples, three-quarters of a erop;
pears, half a crop: wheat, yield 21 per
cent., and qnality 18 per oent. below an
average; Fall sown oats have yielded 33
per cent, better than Spring sown, and
are 23 per oent. better in quality. The
seasons have been favorable in eighty
three counties; there has been too mueh
rain in soup sections; mean tempera
ture for June at Atlanta, 76 degrees; at
Brunswick, 82 degrees.
No' estate can make a man rich that
fyM % poor heart,