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(Eftrotimg anft .Sentinel WKDNESDAY AUGUST 2, 1876. SONG. Come, lore! the eon bu risen long, And hedge end tree Are ell Alive with trefaaktos song ; Awake ! end come with me. The grees is peerled with gleeming dew, Tbe lerks ere trilling in the sky, And ell the world’s ew siting yoa— And I—my darling —L Look from above. that those deer eyee May dewn on me. My lore, my life, my light, arise, That I the morning see. Tbere's ne’er a cloa 1 to mar the day, The air is soft, and fresh, and sweet, Bat all the world is doll and gray Till thy dear face I greet. Sweetest of ell that lire and more, Arise! Anne! The day is short, too short for 'ore, The wift hoar fl .eta and Airs. The moments ne’er will come agsin That heedlessly yoa waste. And joy deferred is half a pain. Then, haste! my darling [W W. Story. , THE FARMER FEKOBTH ALL. Mv lord rides t 1 rough the palace gate. My lady sweeps along in state. The sage thinks long on many a thing, And the maiden muses on marrying ; The minstrel merrily; The -ailor plows the foaming sea. The huntsman kills tne good red deer. And the soldier wars witbonten fear; Bat fall to eaoh what’er befall, The farmer he most feed them aIL Smit i hammereth cheerily the sword, Priest preacheth pure the holy word, Dame Alice worketh broid-ry well. Clerk Bichard tales of lore can tell. The tap wife sells her foami g beer, Dan Fisher fi-heth in the mer. And courtiers ruffle strut aud shine, While pages bang the Gascon wine ; But fall to each whate r befall. The farmer he most feed them all. Man builds his csstles fair and higlv Wherever river runneth by, Great cities rise in every land. Great churches show the builder s hand, Great arches, monuments ani towers, Fair palaces and pleasing bowers; Great work is done, be't here or there, And well man worketh ev< rswheie, But work or rest, whate’er befall. The farmer he must feed them all. HUSH! ‘ lean scarcely hear,” she murmured, “For mv beait beats loud and fast, But surely, in the far. far distance, I cm hear a sound at last. "It is only the reapers singing As they carry home their shesvss ; And tbe evening breezs has risen, And rustles the dying leaves.” “Listen ! there are voices talking,” Calmly still she strove to -peak, her voie grew faint and trembling, And the red flushed in her cheek. “It is only the children playing, Below. nw their work is done, And they laugh that their eyes are dazzled, By the rays of the setting sun.” Fainter grew her voice, and weaker, As with anxious eyes she cried, “Down ths avenue of chestnuts I can hear a horseman ride.” “It was only the deer that were feeding In a herd on the clover grass, They were startled and fled to the thicket, As they saw the reapers pass.” Now the night arose in silence, Birds lay in their leafy neot And the deer crouched in the forest And the children were at rest. There was only a sound of weeping, From watchers aronud a bed, But rest to a weary spirit. Peace to the quiet dead! Adelaide A. Proclor. THE GOLDEN SIDE. There is many a rest on the road of life, If we only would stop to take it ; And mauy a tone from the better land If the querulous heart would wake it. To the sunny soul that it full of hope. And whose beauti6ul trust ne er f aileth, 'l*l,o gra-s is green and the flowers are bright Though the wintry storm prevaileth. Better to hope, though the clouds hang low, And to keep the e es still lifted ; For tbe sweet blue sky will soon peep through, When the ominous e ouds are rifted. There was never a ight without a day, Nor an evening without a morning ; And iho darkest hour, the proverb goes, Is tbe hour before the dawning. There is many a gem in the path of life, Which we pass in our idle pleasure. That is richer far thaw the jeweled crown Or the miser’s hoarded treasure ; It may be the love of a little child, Or a mother’s prayer to heaven, Or only a beggar’s grateful thanks For a cap of water given. Better to weava in the web of life A bright and golden filling. And to do God’s work with a ready heart, And bain's that are swift and willing, Thau to snap the delicate rilver threads Of our curious lives asunder, And then heaven blame for the tangled ends, And sitdo gr eve and wonder. THREE ANGELN. Thoy say this Life is barren, drear, and cold, Ever the c&me 8 sung of old, Ever the nams loo(< weary tale is told, And to our lips is held the cup of strife ; And yet— a little love eftu sweeten life. They say our hands may gnsp but joys de stroyed. . . . ~ Youth haß but dreams aud ago an aehing void. Which Dead Sea fruit long, long ago has cloved, Whose'..ight with wild, tempestuous storms is rife; And yet—a little hops can brighten life. They say we fling ourselves in wild despair Amid the broken treasures scattered there Where all is wrooked, where all onea promised fair, , . . And stab ourselves with sorrow s two edged knife; Aud yet—a little patience strengthens Ufe. Is it then true, this tale of bitter grief, Of mort il anguish finding no relief ? Lo! midst the Winter shines the laurel leaf : Three angels share tbe lot o f human strife, Three augels glorify the path of life. Love. Hope, and Patience, cheer us on our wav; Love. Hope, and Patieuce, form our spirit s stav; Love. Hope, and Patience, watoh us day by day; And bid the desert bloom with beauty vernal. Until the earthly fades in the e'er al. [Frazer't Magazine. * A NEW POE II BY BRYANT. [We give below the concluding lines of Wil liam Cullen Bryant's new po m. •• The Flood of Ye r<.” the whole of which wdl be foHnd in Hcribner's This poem will have for many an interest akin to that of Mr- Longfellow’s “ Morituri Salntamus.”] Sadly I turn, and look before, where yet The Flood must pasß, aud I behold a mist Where swarm dissolving forms, the brood of Hope, Divi 'ely fair. that re*t on banks of flowers Oi wander among rainbows, fading oon And re-ppaartng, haply giving place To shapes of grisly aspect, such as Fear Molds from the idle air ; where serpents lift The head to strike, and skeletons stretch forth The bony arm in menaoe. Further on A belt of darkness seems to bar the way. .Long, low and d.etaut, where the Life that Is Touches the Life to Come. The Flood of Years Bolls toward it, near and nearer. It must pass That dismal barrier. What is there beyond ? Hear what the wise and good have said. Be yond That belt of darkness still the years roll on More gentry, but with not less mighty sweep. Thev gather up again and softly bear All the sweet lives that late were overwhelmed And lost to sight—all that in them was good, Noble, and truly great and worthy of love— The lives of lufauts and ingenuous youths, Sages and saintly women who have made Their households lia^py—all are raised and borne By that great current in its onward sweep, ■Wandering aud rippling with carressing waves Aronud green islands, fragrant with the breath Of fl )era that never wither. So they pass. From stage to stage, along the shining course Of that tair river broadening like a sea. Aa its smooth edd es curl along their way, They bring old fneuas together; hands are clasped In j y unspeakable ; the mother’s arms Again are fo'ded round the child she loved And lost. Old sorrows are forgotten now, Or bat remembered to make sweet the hour That overpays them; wounded hearts that bled Or b oke are healed forever. In the room Of this grief-shadowed Present there shall be A Present in wnoee reign no grief shall gnaw The heart, and never shall a tender tie Be broken—in whose reign the eta nal Change That waits on growth and action shall pro ceed With everlasting Concord hand in hand. * Mortality Among Children. [Boston ©lobe ] The mortality among children in New York during the hot season presents the saddest spectacle that can be found in anv civihzed city. Last week there were 1 22S deaths in that city, 862 being children under five yean, of age. A lartre majority of these deaths of chil dreu were caused by Summer com plaints, traceable directly to- the un wholesome conditions w ith w h' c h they were surrounded. This terrible mor talitv is no Divine visitation, bnt the re of mans neglect. New York situat ed on a narrow island, with the salt water enclosing it about, might fee one of the healthiest cities ui the world and it is one of the unhealthiest It is easily drained but it ...badly dmned T ie'uoor population la crowded to setheiTTu enormous tenement houses, iLn are allowed to be m a most na wholesome condition, while the streets STuTUiem are filthy and noisome All t the result of bad management and 1. . But there is no city bad go '}„ this particular, aud greater cleanliness and the to seen B. i.jj ip and about the conditions of neaiui . . -K on iA dwellings of the po° r * 4- , - not be delayed b£t ed by the increasing death vigorous meaeazes of prevenuon be adopted at ooee^ Mr. Jonathan CoUia^aaoWa^bigt ly respected citizen •® un day morning, after a brief filnetf, GEORGIA GLIMPSES. GREENE FOR STEPHENS. Greensboro, Ga., July 21, 1876. Editor* Chronicle and Sentinel: Gentlemen —l see that an incorrect inference has been drawn from the action of onr county meeting on the 15th inst. aa to tbe delegates sent to the Congreaaional Convention for the Eighth District. The resolution was mtrodaced by Dr. Walker, nominating Dr. I. ft. Moore, W. H. Branch, James Davison and Jas. B. Park, as delegates, and they be instructed to vote for Hon. Alexauder H. Stephens as the choice of Greene county. The above delegate were unanimously elected. Dr. Harris moved to strike out the last clause of tbe resolution so as to send the dele gates nninstmeted, stating at the time that Mr. Stephens was his first choice as long as he should live, and doubted not he was the choice of this oonntv Others gave expression to the same sentiment. Upon this Dr. Walker withdrew that part of tbe resolution in strncting the delegates, an 1 the resolu tion so amended was unanimously adopted. Eveiy delegate is in favor of Mr. Stephens first, last and all the time, and he is tbe choice of this county. In the first part of the meeting we had defeated a resolution instructing the delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention, and it wonld have been inconsistent to have sent instructed delegates to the Con gressional Convention, hence the strik ing out of that part of Dr. Walker’s res< lution. Jas B. Park, One of the Delegates. qHE GUBERNATORIAL CANTABS. A New kilght Eaters the Lints. Edi’ors Chronicle and Sentinel: Wtnle every other county in Georgia has offered one or more of their citizens as worthy to wear the mantle of Tronp .ind Cobb and Johnson and Jenkins, old Richmond, with all her wealth and numbers and intelligence, occupies the degrading position, in this glorious cen tennial year, of having presented the claims of no man worthy to compete with this noble array of her sister coun ties for Gubernatorial honors. Asa native of Richmond, zealous of her repu tation, I desire that the world should know that the astonishing fact above mi ntioned is not owing to any want with us of those elements which com pose governors and statesmen and iieroes, and when I point to one among the many the truth of the assertion will be justified in the minds of all. Huckleberry H. Snifflss was born of poor, but it is said of honest parents, near tbe classic waters of Sandy Run. ffis grandfather was the celebrated Raney Sniffles, whose eventful career engaged the labor and learning of the distinguished Longstreet in an admir able biographical sketch which has been read by thousands. His early life, like that of most men who have risen to dis tinction in our Republic, was one of hardship. Many of our older citizens have seen in Broad street, during tbe Winter sea son a small cart, holding about one armful of lightwood, the motive powe of which was a bobtailed bull ox; astride of the wood sat a small boy, the very image on a diminished scale of his celebrated grandfather Raney. This small boy was t&e grown up Huckleberry H. whose claim to Gubernatorial hon ors I now present. During the Sum mer season his time and industry were diversified in the gathering of those delicious native fruits the black berry and huckleberry, the proceeds of which largely assisted in the support of his father and mother in their declining years. Ills War Record. His enemies (and who that is worthy, has not enemies) will tell you that at the first sound of war he took to Sandy Run swamp, an i was seen no more until two years after peace, when, being caught robbing a neighbor’s pota to bunk, he for the first time learned that the fighting was over. It was dis covered that he was lame of a leg, and bis enemies again assert that he was shot during the war while robbing a hen roost —but Ist justice bo done though the heavens fall. If you ask Huckleber ry himself how he become lame, his in variable answer is, “got hurted in de war.” Now I ask if this is not conclu sive ? I could give many faots, going to establish Richmond’s claims to Gu bernatorial honors in the person and merits of her distinguished citizen, Huckleberry H. Sniffles, but I am sat isfied in the simple fact that old Rich mond is now on a footing with her sister counties, and no longer sustains the dis graceful attitude of haviDg no candidate of her own. If Gen. Colquitt, after throe years in packing a oonvention, should fail of a two thirds vote, and my friend Huckleberry should be chosen as a comprilmise, I shall regard the pre aeuta’ion of his name as the proudest aet of my life, Richmond. GEORGIA POLITICS. A Review of the Gubernatorial panvara. Editors Chronicle and Sentinet : 'Greensboro, Ga , July 19, 1876 Our oonuty held a meeting on the 15th iust. to elect delegates to the Guber natorial Convention, at which the State (Jbmmissioner of Agriculture, who is a zealous Colquitt man, was present, and took occasion daring the day to say that, the opposition to General Colquitt “was a war upon the Grangers ” Now, I kayo nothing to say against his sup porting tfre man of his choice; this is the right of every freeman, but to mis represent the true issue is an outrage upon the rights of a free people, and a secret thrust at tbe mofiyes of a body of pure, intelligent patriots who dare prefer another. If the Grange, A 8 B Uch, has any thing to do with the selection of a candidate for Governor, I have misunderstood its whole object. Asa body of agriculturists they have the right to organize an association secret or otlier wise, for the promotion of tfre farming in terest, and no ne can dispute ffreir right to have a secret word, sign an i token by which to know a brother in the dark as well as in tbe light; bnt if, ** a secret order, it has been resolved into a political organiza tion the sooner it is denounced and sup pressed the better for tfre frfrerties of ou country and tbe peace eufr pros perity of our people; because secret po litical orders have always proved the greatest curse of all good governmentß - are a blotch upon humanity and a sub verier of liberty. I am a Granger, believing it designed, by association and an interchange of ideas, to promote our farming interest; aafr pyery man and everv business is directly interested in the success of the agriculturist; bat, fry the everlasting boys ! wfrsoeyer it per mits itself to be turned into a political machine by a parcel of designing dema gogues, whose object is to use it for rid ing into office and fixing up easy, fat places for a Patch of bankrupt parasites or mere theoretical fantasties, let us choke it to death on green pumpkins, for truly it will have departed from tlie faith and become a reprobate. Opposition to Gen. Colquitt'! -”A war upon Grangers 1" “Ooh, me dar liu’!” when and where 4td FPU make this discovery ? Did Gen. Colquitt fell you eo ? Did his friends say it ? Did the Grauge produce it ? Be careful ;we might “swap the devil for a witch j” for aught I know, Judge Reese, ex Gov. Johnaou, aud all the .other aspirants are Grangers. No objection has been urged against Gen .Colquitt for being a Gran ger nor has anything been said against auy of the others because they are not. It ie a Ju-lie (July) fly, just hatched, with a fresh song—a wicked, unfounded assumption, deserving the condemnation of every honest mau in the Grange *ad out of it-. . Should Gen. Colquitt be nominated he will receive the cheerful support of the whole Democratic party, Grange or no Grauge. We are proud of his mili tary record, and applaud him aa our no ble fel ow-citizeu of Georgia, and hope, if elected, that he will assume the office unpledged, untrammeled, and free, wisely to dispense public patronage to the interest of all our people; but do not crowd him in the sacrifice of truth aud the good name of others ; and God forbid that the Democratic party should ever foist any man upon our grand old Commonwealth as Governor through “ bargain and intrigue.” How greatly troubled some have been to find objections to ex-Goveruor John son, who are not even worthy to untie his shoestring; he is too old; opposed to sending white convicts to the chain gang; too poor; does not want it; was a Douglas man. In all these charges we still “find no fault in this man. Alas I that their extremity should drive them to the falsehood of “a war upon Gran gers.” If I understand it the friends of ex-Goveruor Johnson propose in no way to make war upon any man, but they prefer him because of his sage experi ence, his stern virtue, his sterling worth and unsurpassed statesmanship, and as Governor of Georgia be would enter upon its duties uncorrupted, itworrupti ble and unterrified, adding new lustre and dignity to the office. Such a man we need lor the incoming four years. In saying all this we detract from the merits of no man. A Gbasozh. NEWS AND TIBWB FROM THE line of the STATE ROAD. [Special Correspondence ChromcUsnd SonwAJ Cabtzbsville, July 24, 1876 -Your traveling correspondent has just re turned from a visit of four days to the towns of Statesboro, Rock mart and Cedar town. The twp last places are in Polk county. Cedartown is quite pretty place, with two weekly papers, two churches and a good school. While there I had the pleasure of meeting with an old friend, Senator Jas. A. Blanco, also Judge Sparks. Both are warm friends of the Chronicle and Sentinel, as are many others I met in Cedartown. I hear qnite a number spoken of np beie for tbe Legislature. First from all that l can learn, Thomas J. Lyon will be the man. Mr. Lyon ia much of a gentleman and a true man. Bartow will elect him I am sure. I then visited Rockmart, on the Euhar lec. Rockmart is the terminus of the Cherokee Railroad. There is a pleasant class of people in the little village, and i first class hotel. I find that in the Gubernatorial contest in Polk all of the most solid men are for Hon. H. V Johnson. This is also the case in Chat tooga county, which held a meeting on tbe 15tb, at which Colquitt delegates were appointed, bnt owing to the great dissatisfaction created thereby the conn ty will hold another meeting on Satur day next, tbe 29sb, when Johnson dele gates will be appointed. Haralson’s delegates are instructed for Underwood, bat are for H. V, Johnson. The great majority of tbe people of Bartow will go for Johnson next Saturday. I under stand that Gilmer will 20 for Johnson, and probably Union and Pickens. Such is mv information. Cartersville will send Johnson delegates. The people of Bartow will turn oat on next Saturday, 29th, and will add fonr delegates to the Johnson list, which is small according to some papers, but I have had Colquitt men to come to me, as well as Johnson men, to know how both stand, for some papers have made gross falshoods about Colquitt’s great numbers. They say they do not believe any of them, so they turn to the Chronicle and Senti nel for something reliable. This side of Atlanta since I have been up on the State Railroad I have sent in one bun dred and twenty-five subscribers for the daily, tri-weekly and weekly. I send you a list of forty subscribers got at Stilesboro, Rockmart and Cedartown; will be able to send you a uew list from Cartersvi le next week. Superior Court is in session here now and has been for three weeks, Judge McCutcben presid ing. Solicitor-General Haggett is on hand attending to business with great skill and ability. Carte sville is the most flourishing place on the State Rail road, with a population of 3,000. There are about oue hundred business houses, ah iron foundry, machine shops and steam mills, also a first class weekly paper; editor and proprietor, 0. H. C. Willingham, who is a fearless and inde pendent writer. Long may the Carters ville Express live and receive a good support, aa it deserves it. Cartersville can boast of her good hotels. The Pecks House, B. F. Colling, proprietor, is first class in every way; Judge Mc- Cutchen makes it his headquarters, as do also the visiting bar. There is great talk on the Gubernatorial question up here in the mouutains of Georgia. I have yet to hear the first man say aught against H. V. Johnson. Bartow is about solid for Johnson, with all the misrepresentations made through other papers. G. W. N. THE SPIRIT IN EDGEFIELD. “Straight-Out” Opinions Strongly Priralent —The County Convention and Its Nomina tions—Resolutions Abont the Hamburg Af fair. [Correspondence of the Neu>s and Courier. \ Edgefield, C. H , July 19.—The first County Nominating Convention in the State was held here to-day, and con sumed from 12, m., until 10 at night in its deliberations and business. At 8 o’clock this morning the people from the Country had commenced to flock in, and at 12 the meeting was called to order in the court room, which was crowd and to excess, with Gen. M. W. Gary as Chairman, and Messrs. J. R. Abney and James T. Bacon as Secreta ries. The convention was opened with prayer from Rev. G. F. Round, and was then organized, about one hundred and twenty-three delegates, representing about"thirty clubs, taking their seats on the floor. The various offices to be filled were then stated by the Chair, and although there was comparatively little speaking, owing to the adoption of a three minute rule, still the requirement that no person could be nominated un less he received a majority of the votes cast occasioned a great loss of time, and a frequent repetition of the ballotings where there were several candidates. Gen. M. C. Butler rose to make the first nomination, and he spoke for some time urging unanimity upon the meeting Never before was there an occasion when it was so necessary to present a solid, nnbroken front to our common enemy. There were many watching us now, and hoping for a division in our ranks upon which they oould prosper and rule. He pressed Gen. M. W. Gary as a nominee for the State Senate from Edgefield, eulogising him in almost unqualified terms as possessing all the requisites for that important position, and as one who would represent the county with fidelity, intelligence and honesty. An enthu siastic admirer followed in a still broad er strain of panegyric and seoonded the nomination, assuring the meeting that Gen. Gary would carry South Carolina with not one blot on,ber escutcheon, or perish in the effort with his people. Ex- Gov. M. L. Bonham was also nominated, but his name was withdrawn, upon the assurance that he was both unwilling to run and under political disabilities. General Gary was unanimously nomi nated amidst a gr at deal of cheering. G. D. Tillman, Esq , urged upon the delegates to throw aside all personal prejudices and to forget all jealousies aud bickering in the Convention. The spirit that should guide the people in their del berations should be that of Arisfides, who shook hands with his energy ’jPhemistocles at the battle of Sa lapiis, saying: “For the sake of our country fet us shake frauds until this battle is over J aifr willing fop to-day to put myself under you aud figfrt as your subordinate.” With such a spirit in our midst, he said, we will not only redeem Edgefield in November, but go a long yay towards redeeming the State. The ioltQwjpg a list of all the nomi nations made: For Senatpp, Gen. M. W. Gary; for House of Representatives, W- S Allen, J. C. Sheppard, Jas. Callisop, Dr. T. E. Jennings and Dr. H. A. Shaw; for Sheriff, J. H. Gaston; for Probate Judge, L. Charlton; for Clerk of Court, n. f. jQheatham ; for County Commis sioners, presto” Blackwell -—, :—• for Coroner, A. Broadwater; for School Commissioner, ’fbomas Mor gan; for ftelegaies to State democratic ConventioMf. Q. Butler, G. ft. Till man, M. W. Gary, J. ft. Abpey, O. Sheppard, P. Blackwell ; Alternates, M. L. Bonham, James T. Bacon, N. W. Brooker, J. H. Brooks, L. W. Young friood, Thos. Jones. resolutjon was adopted recommend ing the State Copyention to urge the of G. ft- Tillman as 9 candidate to Congress far this district, and of • ft- Abney, s young upfr distinguished mem ber of this bar, for the position of Soli citor of the Circuit. Towards the close of the meeting Mr. J. C. Sheppard rose and presented a sarieg of resolutions prepared by Gen. Gary and himself. They had exclusive reference to the tyaiphnrg disturbance, and recited that persisted and malig nar,f attempts to create a bad feejiug against oftp citizens had been made, and the causes of fii/i outbreak should be distinctly unaeratqqijl. ftig recent affair had resulted from the aiming ajui equip ping of disorderly negroes, apfl r the 1 State government is to blame for this, and also for the inefficiency of the negro officers commissioned there to preserve the peace. They charged S. J. Lee and Henry Spwajck, of Aiken, and Lewis Schiller with having instigated the whole affair for party purposes; stated that t,he recent diabolical murder pi the Ha-mons b#ij given rise to apprehension iu the whites so 4 placed them in an attitude of defense, and jg conclusion expressed readiness to submit the cause of those who took part in the occur fence to any fair pledged the people to supporjt thee; through all the chaanels of the law, ludiyidnally and collectively. They deplored ib.e death of young Merriwether, and exten ded the condolence of Edgefield to the afflicted family. Some little opposition was developed to the resolutions, but Gens. Butler and Gary and the movers of them came to their support and they were adopted unanimously. Gen. Butler urged them, he said, because oar own papers have deliberately falsified the occurrences. The accounts given were a malignant lie and a deliberate lampoon Jupon the people of Edgefield, and the objects of the resolutions were only to sustain the cause of the whites, and giye thein but justice. He wasfollowed by Geo, Gary, who spoke in the same strain. The af fair haa beea terribly magnified over the country. It was mot the result rashness of the people of Edgefield county, bt Lee;, Sparmok and Rehjller were wholly responsible for it The papers have tended to saddle upon one of the most distinguished sooa fif South Carolina the brunt of the whole affair. The language of both speakers, smart ing aa they naturally were at the reflec tions which, hoyever justly, fell upon themselves and the county on an ex parte view of the matter, were very strong and denunciatory in the extreme towards the News and Courier and the Auguste CpaomcLS asd SKsnsKL. There is to be a mass meeting here on the first Monday of August, which Gen. Wade Hampton has consented to od dness, F- Grasshoppers era praying exceeding ly troublesome to the cottop prop in the neighborhood of Colombo*, THE WAR IN THE WEST. LATEST FROM THE FRONT. Nunw Escape of a C-omrter Gen Croak’s Intention*. Cheyenne, June 23.—The courier who left Goose Creek on the evening of the 16th instant, arrived at Fort Fetterman to night. His delay was caused by having met at Powder river a body of two hun dred Indians, from whom he escaped, hiding himself in the timber for twenty four hoars. One Indian followed his trail nine miles. He says they were evi dently waiting for him, and he fears that the couriers who left Fort Fetter man on the 16 instant with dispatches for Crook, were intercepted, as he saw their trail this side of the river, but not beyond. His delay ran him out of rations, compelling him to fast two days. He lert all quiet in camp. The hostile Sioux are believed to be north of Goose creek forty miles, and not far from the scene of the massacre on Little Big Horn river. They have not fired into camp nor attempted to barn it oat, although the parched condition of the grass ren di-rs this somewhat easy. At least the animals may be robbed of their susten ance. The wagon train gives them a supply until October. The command marched seven miles north, on the day of the courier’s departure, to another branch of Tongue river, near the foot of Big Horn Mountains, where they will camp until the Fifth Cavalry, which leaves Fort Laramie on Monday next, reaches it, abont tbe sth of August. Gen. Crook will make no aggressive movement until this event, when if the couriers whom he has dispatched to Gen. Terry, advising him to join him, succeed in reaching that command, he will have made a junction with Terry, aud the next action will prove a decisive one. There is nothing that has not already been reported pertaining to General Merritt’s late engagement with the Cheyennes. The Indian killed by Buffa lo Bill was named Yellow Hand, a young chief. The agent at Red Cloud admits that to this date 1,000 Sioux and 1,200 Cheyennes have left that agenoy for the north, though all is quiet there now, and it is believed no more will go. The stage to-night brought in SIO,OOO in dust from Dead Wood. Gardner, a reliable man, who had spent five weeks in traversing that region intent on satis fying himself of its richness, reports marvelous discoveries being made, and that fully a million of dollars awaits safe transportation. He saw in posses sion of Mr. Beary, of this city one nug get weighing $147, and a number rang ing from $5 to sls. He also brings seven hundred pounds of sample quartz for smelting. Washington, July 24.—The following dispatches were received last night : Chicago, July 23 — To Gen. W. T. Sherman : The following dispatch from Gen. Crook is transmitted for your in formation. Gen. Merritt will reach Gen. Crook’s camp on August Ist, with ten companies of cavalry, instead of eight as first contemplated. Gen. Ter ry has moved his depot from the north of Powder river to Big Horn, or Rose bud, and has notified me of his inten tion to form a junction with Crook. [Signed] P. H. Sheridan, Lieutenant-General. Headquarters Big Horn and Yel lowstone Expedition, Camp on Goose Creek, Wyoming, July 16. —General Sheridan, Chicago : I send in courier to-day to carry in duplicates of my dis patches to Gen. Merritt forfear the origi nals may not have reached their destina tion. I send a courier to Gen. Terry, to-night, to inform him that I will co operate with him and where to find me, also giving him what information I have in regard to the Indians. My intention is to move out after the hostile Indians as soon as Merritt gets here with the sth, and shall not probably send in any other courier unless something special should occur requiring me to do so. I am getting anxious about Merritt’s abil ity to reach me soon, as the grass is get ting very dry and the Indians are liable to burn it at any time. [Signed] Geo. Crook, Brigadier General. REINFORCEMENTS TO THE FRONT. General Merritt on the March—Crook to As sume the Offensive at Once—Superior Num bers of Sitting Bull’s Sioux. New York, July 26—A special to the Tribune from Fori, Fetterman, Wyom ing, says that General Merritt’s column of tbe Fifth Cavalry leaves there to-mor row to join General Crook. It consists of ten companies of cavalry and abont 100 recruits for infantry companies now wit b General Crook. It will reach the main command about the 2d of August. General Crook will then have twenty five companies of cavalry and ten com panies of infantry, with 200 Snake In dians. With thie force active opera tions will be immediately begun against Sitting Bull’s forces, but the command will even then be much smaller in num ber than the Indians against whom it will contend, any co-operation from General Terry’s troops will hardly be practicable before another engagement is had, as the Indians are encamped very near General Crook, and are evi dently preparing for the struggle. The building of posts at the mouth of Ton gue and Big Horn rivers will begin at once under the protection of General Terry’s forces. It is probable the cam paign against the Indians will be con ducted entirely by General Crook under the direction of General Sheridan. Chicago, July 26.—General McKenzie, with six oompanie a , has been or.dered from the Indian Territory to Red Cloud to take the place of General Merrit’, who joins Crook with the Fifth Cavalry. Providence, July 26—Orders have been received at Fort Adams to forward four companies of the First Artillery to the West forthwith. A Graphic Account of the Fight—. What n Crow Indian Says—Some Yarns aud Some Truth. New YO3K, July 26.—The Herald has a communication from Bismark dated July 12th, from an officer high in com mand of the forces operating against the Indians. The Crow Indian, Curly, is believed to be the only survivor of the 250 men who went into the action with Custer. He is very clear in his knowl edge of the frght and has made a state ment. JJe went frown with two or three Crows, and went into the action with Custer. The General, he says, kept frown the river on the north bank four miles, after Reno had crossed on south side above. Custer’s object was to out off the Indians. He thought Reno would drive down the valley at the same time and attack the village on both sides. He be lieved Reno would take it at the upper end, wfrilp -he (Gnster) would go in at tfrp Iqwef epd. Custer frad to go further down tfre fiyejr, anfr fofthej.’ Wff from Reno than he wished, on account of the steep bank on the north side, but at last he found a ford and dashed for it. The Indians met him and poured a heavy fire from across the narrow river. Cus ter dismounted to fight on foot, but Could BO? get his skirmishers over the stream. Ifreantime hundreds of Indians on foot and on ponies poured over the river, wticV WC 8 opjy 1 three feet deep, and filled the'rayifres on efrpfr sjde of Caster’s men. Custer then fell back to some hilly ground beyond, and siez ed the ravines in his immediate vicinity. The Indians completely surrounded (jqsjjir, and poured in a terrible fire on all sides!' shey charged Custer on foot in vast nuthbers;'biit yetf again and again driven back.' The flglft begun "boat 2 o’clock, and lasted almost until ihu sun went down over the hills. The men fStfghj 'desperately, and after the ammunition in their belts was ex hausted went to (heir sitdijle bags, got more end continued the fight." Curly says more Indians were killed than Ous ter had men. He also' says the pig Chief (Ouster) lived until nearly all his men had beea killed or wounded and went about encouraging his soldiers to fight on. He got a shot in the left side and sat down with hi? pistol in his hand. Another Rhot strnok Gqstpr in Um breast and he fell over. The last officer killed was a man who rode a white horse, beiinyed to be Cook, Adju tunt of tlie Seventh, gs Lieutenants Cook and Calhoun were the officers , who whit6 horses, and Lieutenant Calhoun was found dead on thfe skirmish line near the ford, and probably fell early in the action. Curly Bays when he saw Custer he was hopelessly snr rounded. He watched his opportunity to get a Sionf blanket, put it on and went iDto a ravine and ®£en the Sioux charged he got among them and they ’ did not know him from one of their own cue*. There were some mounted Sioux, and seeing ope fall, Gariy pan to him, mounted nis ponv, and galloped flown as if going to ward the white men, bat went up a ravine and got away. He says as be roflp off he saw, when nearly a mile from the batcis field, a dozen or more soldiers in a ravine figuring with the Sioux all around them. He think* were killed, £s they were outnumbered ‘five ic fine, and (apparently dismounted. These men < were ho doafe* £ Dart of the thirty-five missing men reported ip *he official dis patches of General Terry, parly says he *aw ope cavalry soldier who pad got away. He wag well mounted, bat shot through both hips, and parly thinks he died of his wounds, starved to death in the bad lands, or more likely hie tr?il was followed, and he was killed by theSioaf. Curly did not leave Cns ter until the battle wag pearly over, and he describes if as desperate in t) }g ex treme. He is quite sure the Indians had 3gore killed than Caster had white men with him, and says the soldiers fought until the last man fell. The other Crow Indiana in the battle were killed. THE KINGDOM OF MISRULE. THE BANK ROBBERIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA’S OFFICIALS. The Pretended Reform of Governor cham berlain—Affiliation Wtah Farmer Comrades —The Cane or the Republican Printing Company—Also, the Emigration Report Swindle. [Ac York Hun.] Columbia, 8. 0., July 16.—The politi cal situation in this State at the present writing is peculiar. For the past eight years the Republican party has had everything its own way. There is no necessity to inform the readers of the Sun that those eight years have wit nessed a reign of misrule, the parallel to which cannot be found in any State in the Union. When Gov. Chamberlain came into power the State had an in debtedness of nearly $15,000,000, at least half of which represented the rob beries committed by her officials. En terprise of every character had been stricken as with a palsy. The very name of South Carolina was a synonym for political and financial corruption. But there was great promise for the fu ture. It was known that Gov. Cham berlain, upon whom the people relied for reform, had been as corrupt as any of the faithless officials who had brought destruction upon our borders; but he made such flattering promises, and bound himself by so many solemn pledges, that there was some hope for him. It was understood that he bad made a fortune ont of the State, which he had nicely and securely invested, and it only remained essential to his happi ness that he should make a record for respectability equally satisfactory, and as this seemed to be his object, he was trusted and believed. It is needless to say he was trusted, to the sorrow of all who had, and have, the welfare of the State at heart. He has proved himself a delusion aud a sham. His war cry of reform has been a pretext, the hollowness and hypocrisy of which are at length becoming evident even to those who have trusted him most and believed in him unwaveringly. Per sonally, he is cold and cynical in dispo sition, with some natural shrewdness. But he is immensely egotistic. Even to his personal friends he never betrays the slightest symptom of warmth, but seems to regard them all as objects of suspicion. His most trusted compan ion.-. and advisers are Jim Thompson, his editor and stool pigeon, to whom is delegated the conduct of his organ, the Columbia Herald, aud Treasurer Car dozo, whom he is said to hate worse than a rattlesnake, but whose hand is so heavy upon him that he cannot shake him off, or rather dare not. Then there are Colonel Low, one of the Bonanza Commissioners, and Tim Hurley, the Treasurer of Charleston. Apart from tuese, it is known that he ever converses or associates with any living soul except in the most formal aud stately manner. He never goes into society, and is never seen except at his office. That he has admirers there cannot be any doubt; but he is constantly disappointing them.— He has been tolerated only and solely because he represented an idea—a senti ment—namely, that of Reform. From his administration more than from any other the correction of abuses has been looked for. He has said and done some things which have awakened the hostili ty of the thieves and robbers who elect ed and afterward opposed him. He has fought them for the cast year in regard to robberies iu which he was n6t per sonally interested, and won much praise therefor. But now it appears that, after all his display of virtue, the hypocrite and demagogue were there still behind the specious mask. In short, Chamberlain has fought his former associates, simply to make a lit tle capital for himself. He has made them fear him. He wants to go to the United States Senate. He don’t like South Carolina or its atmosphere. He is as ambitious as he is unscrupulous, aad all his preteuded reform has had for its objective point the Senatorship. He is likely to secure it. The party leaders, who have been North, are gradually coming home, and with each returning oracle comes rumors of secret combina tions formed at New York, Philadelphia and elsewhere, Recently Judge R. B, Carpeiiter arrived, and I trace almost direotly to him a report that there is in very truth a settlement of all differ ences. Gov. Chamberlain is going to be nominated again, with Carpenter for Lieutenant-Governor. Next Winter Gov. Chamberlain will be made Senator, and Carpenter will be Governor, unless the straight Democracy carry the State. This will secure the recognition of the conversion bonds and Blue Ridge scrip, of which so much has been written, and in which Senator Patterson, who is the great Mephistopheles of the occasion, is largely interested. Let them deny it as much as they like, time will ‘how that this is the case. Gov. Chamberlain will get the credit of having the best of the bargain, and once seated at Washington, precious little will it trouble him to know that he has been the means of turning the State over again to the thieves with whom he formerly con sorted. ; I confess that I was reluctant to be lieve these stories, for I have been of those who hoped that the “Reform Gov ernor,” as he nas been termed, was sin cere in his professions, notwithstanding his past record. Bat I am fast losing faith in him, and I verily believe it to be the duty of every law-abiding*citizen of this State to prevent the accomplishment of bis villainous schemes. Very few people have any adequate idea of the bold oharaeter of the rob beries which have been oommitted by the party now in power in South Caro lina. Few readers of the Sun have any thing more than a general, indefinite idea of the extent and character of these swindling operations. For instance, there is the case of the Republican Printing Company. Certainly, outside of the parties who have participated in the plunder which has come into the coffers of this company, I doubt if there are a dozen persons in this State who are cognizant of the whole extent and nature of the wholesale robbery which has been perpetrated. Your correspon dent happens to be one of these, and for the information of this poor-ridden com munity he proposes to expose it. Small wonder is it that the State has to repu diate its obligations, and postpone the day of payment of even the interest of its acknowledged indebtedness, or be obliged to withhold payments of Ifre paltry salaries of its public servants, when the Treasury is robbed of hun dreds of thousands of dollars at one steal. This Republican Printing Company, which was originally set in operation with a view to securing the contracts for printing the legislative and other public documents, was and is composed of two or three' infriyiduah! who hold prominent offices in the State. What I shall have to say oan be substantiated, and not one of the guilty ones will dare deny my statements. I wish to call at tention to what was termed the “Emi gration Report” swindle. To print and publish; this report, a bill was carried through the Legislature in 1873, by which an appropriation was made of &J3fi,QOA, Qt course, to get so large a sum as this’, it was neepssayy to expend a great deal. I have before me a little statement, a sworn copy of the entries in the books of the concern, showing that to expedite and facilitate the pass age of this bill, and the payment of the money, the enormous sum of $150,000 was paid to Senators, Representatives, and other Stale officers. Eyen the judi ciary was provided for, by’ reason of an ticipated legal proceedings to enjoin the payment of this sum. Many of the Senators received as high as $5,000 each, some $7,50Q, and Others all the way down to sl,#). Twenty-fquf Sen ators grace tft>o rp}l of honor. Jn the House the pavments were lower. Sums ranging from $7,500 down to the paltry figure of $25 were found. E'ghty-four representatives in all were thus taken care of. Outside of the Legislature, oup official received $1.00t), another $10,504"50, and another 917.866. All of these amounts were paid between De cember 6 and December 16, 1873, over the counter of the company, in nice crisp certificates, to the individuals in perflen. that the appropriation made by the Legislature for prititing this re port—nflmety, §235.600— only SBO,OOO was left—for what ?To print the re port? Bless you, no; bnt to divide among the two or three owners of the concern, for the report w s never print ed. N( ris this ail. An appropriation additional ie this was insisted on the Little Bonanza Bill, at thjj last ppySlOD, and, I believe, has been paid, and still the work js not done. = * Js if not high time that the people of the State were awakened to thpgie faeta ? LETTER VfIOJI CfttPllflW. ScratchtoatUm or Coalltloo—Waitinc—Pre. paring for the Fray—Some Old Cry—Sow ins the Wind—Chamberlain nt Home. (Qm Columbia Correspondence ] Columbia, Jaly 22 — Ever since the assembling of the Democratic State Convention, the question has been agi tating thp rninfls of tfie Democracy aa to whether the aPßFWhihg eampaign shonlfi be prosecuted upon a strictly Demoeratie ’ line, or whether by a sys tem of fusion with Radicalism we should unite and elect to office the beat man of that party. An almost insurmountable difficulty, however, presents itself In the fact that the material from which a choice is to be made is corrupt in the extreme; and were the coalition plan operated successfully, it is yery doubt ful whether the State government would be purified, administrative reform oar- ried into effect, or aDy degree of advance ment secured. Chamberlain promised these when he was seeking the 'guberna torial chair; and it may be fair to admit that he has partly maintained his pro fessions- It is true that in any move for the public good he has been com pelled to buffet the most corrupt, proty gate and unscrupulous political wave that has ever lashed with fury the shores of an American State; for his opponents within his party embrace the most aban doned and worthless demagogues that ever defiled a party or disgraced legis lative halls. But it is clear that he has not exeroised the full weight of his in fluence in order to check the onward march of corruption and restore good government. And why ? Because HU Re-Election Is now, and has been for a length of time, dear to his heart, and is looked forward to as a stepping-stone in the at tainment of the goal of his ambition, which is a position beyond the gift of the Democratic or Conservative ele ment. He could not, as Governor, throw himself entirely into the breach and press forward with determined en ergy, for the reason that he has had to conciliate a portion of his party, in or der to secure the prospect of a position at the bead of the State government for the next two years. He has been exert ing his powers of eloquence throughout the State to harmonize the discordant elements, and has been speechifying from the mountain to the seaboard. So far, his efforts have met with success, and some of the extreme members of the Radical party, who were formerly op posed to him and his policy, have been completely won over and are regarding his shadow with admiration. Thus it will be observed that Chamberlain is paving the way. But there comes a voioe on the breeze which declares that the party leaders are determined to throw Chamberlain overboard and place in power a more willing tool. Prominent among these dissatisfied leaders are Elliott (black), Patterson (commonly termed “Honest John,” because it is his nature to pilfer, and who now holds a seat in Congress through bribery), and Judge Carpenter (who was a determined reformer when the whites were foolish enough to place him in the front rank as their candidate for Governor). It has been regarded as certain for some time that they would put Another Caudidute in the Field. As they are the recognized leaders of the corruptionists, and as the rank and file of the party are inclined to support men of their stamp, it would be difficult for Chamberlain to overcome this op position without procuring a balance of power from the Democrats. This fact brings us to a consideration of the Coalition movement. What has been stated will explain what the fusiou plan is intended to ac complish. Boiled down, it means that the only hope of the Democracy is the election of Chamberlain, whioh may be considered rather a contradictory con clusion in view of the iact that he is a pronounced, emphatic, dyed-in-the-wool Republican. No one here oan or does regard him as anything else. It is con tended, however, that he is the best available man of his party, whose elec tion wqtild secure to the Democracy a measure of justice. This may or may not be true; but certain it is that his friendship for or sympathy with the ,white people of this State is yet to be proven when he declares that the dear est object of his life is the success and maintenace of Republican principles, which are beyond question inimical to the interests of our people. Waiting far the Signal. General James Conner, as Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee, has published a call for a Con vention of the Democratic party, to be held in this city on Tuesday, 15th Au gust, for the purpose of announcing a pletform of principles, and nominating State officers and electors for President and Vice-President. The number of delegates apportioned among the coun ties numbers 157. It is thought there will be a large and influential represen tation. Mighty issues are at stake. It will require the collected wisdom of the State to devise proper men and meas ures for our relief. Not a sanguine undertaking will be the effort on the part of the Democracy to secure a por tion of the colored vote, which is now solidly cast on the side of Republi canism. On this point more will be mentioned hereafter. I am informed that the Valiant Member* of the Militia Here are having mighty drills at their respective halls. This strikes me as unnecessary, as it does not require a knowledge of military tactics to push pell-mell into a brick house or to*seek the cellar either. This conduct in hav ing private drills is quite in contrast to that exhibited by them a few years ago when they at night continuously para ded our principal thoroughfares, caus ing unnecessary alarm on the part of timid persons. That was before the era of rifle clubs, with their pacifying in fluences. The Resolutions \dopted at the Hayes and Wheeler ratification meeting the other night, to which I referred, were in accord with those usually presented on such occa sions; but one of them was irrelevant to the object which oalled them together, referring solely to the Hamburg affair. I prophesy that every irresponsible Radi cal meeting which shall be held during the next three months will blate on the same subject, no matter what may be the occasion of their assembling. The Laurens Murders. Several murders have recently oc curred in Laurens county, in this State, in some cases the perpetrators not being discovered. To my mind, there is no doubt that these murders are committed by hirelings of the Radical party for po litical effect. It must be remembered that Laurens has been represented in the Legislature entirely by Radicals ; that a strenuous effort is now being put forth by the Democracy to defeat them, with some hope of success ; that it has ever since reconstruction beep regarded a “rebellious” section, because it would not complacently tolerate the presence and domination of Joe Crews and others of that elk, and that disturbances there now will advance the interets of Radi calism immensely. Not long since the local paper advised the white people to be moderate and forbearing, having in view the influence any disturbance would have on the political situation throughout the State. But the Radicals are determined to carry the county by fair means or foul, and are playing a deep game to accomplish their purpose, as they always do. Only the other day a farmer, a white man, was fired upon by parties in ambush and killed. Of course, we will now have startling ac counts of Ku Klux outrages in Laurens and insecurity to the lives of Repub licans. It is to be hoped the result of next November’s work will put a stop to all such tales. Chamberlain Has arrived. His return has been looked forward to with more interest than ever before. A few days will per haps develop what he intends to do re garding Hamburg, Companies I and F, Of the 18th Infantry, U. S. A., now sta tioned here, will leave this afternoon at 7 o’clock, for Aiken. A dispatch was receive# by Colonel Black, command ing, ordering this move. This is Cham berlain’s work. The num bers seventy-two inen—-a foncp sufficient ly large to take care o| the important point of If.ambqr£. Palmetto. SIAMESE eiAMfIEEUS. People Who Stake their Wives and Children and Even Themselves. A correspondent of a foreign news paper gives the following description of Siamese gambling: The Siamese are inveterate gamblers. Gambling-houses in Siam are as plenti ful as coffee-houses at Bagdad and Cairo, orjts grog-shop in Calcutta and fiombay; arid perhaps the largest portion of the Government revenue is derived from them- One single division of the fort at Bangkok is farmed ont for 360,000 ticals, equivalent to about four and three-quarters lakhs of rupees a year. These gambling-houses are large sheds erected in every directioh, and always filled with men, women and childreq, who squat aroniid in circles of teg or § hevotipg fbemaefyeg fteqyV god so hi to tfie demoralising propensity, which they have neither tfie wiU nor the ability to oyerpoipe. have a ser vant who has perhaps served yon well and faithful through the month. Yon pay him bia wages, and be is at onoe off to some gambling shed where, if he is unlucky, be loses every fraction of his money. Not till then does he return to duty; and in some instances, by no means rare, he does not return even the?}. Qnee taken poseesion of by the demon of gambling, be is not content with lose ing his money only; but if hg has a familv he stakes bis wife and children an# loses them also. Still he is not satis fied, and very often he stakes his life Ik id liberty. The man goes to a money lender and borrows a certain amount, at a ruinous rate of interest, on conditon that if he is not able to repay him with in a certain time he will work for bigg until the debt, principal and interest, has been Iqinidafed. A bond is exacted to this effect, the borrower receives the money, goes and gamhles with it in the hope of winning back whgt he has pre- viously lost, loses again, and becomes the slave and bond-servant of his credi tor, who hires him out and appropriates half his wages in liquidation of the debt incurred. This state of things con tinues for years, and not unfrequently the poor slave dies in his slavery, hay ing over and over again paid his credi tor the sum originally borrowed, but yet hot free from his debt, which the ex orbitant rate of interest has swelled out to a most enormous sizfe. This is a most cruel species of slavery, and the present King of Siam, who calls himself an en lightened prince, ought to devote him self vigorously to its extirpation. Royal interference is the more urgently called for, as not only do adults gamble away their own lives and liberties, but even those of their children, who, on arriving at an age when they are able to work, find themselves enslaved to hard task masters, who dispose of them as they please. GEORGIA POLITICS. The Voice of Old Screven—Governor Henchel To Johnson First Choice. Sxlvania, Ga., July 22 —ln obedience to a oall previously made the Democracy of Screven county assembled at the Court House in Sylvania, on tue 22d instant, for the purpose of reorganizing the party for the coming campaign and selecting delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention to be held ki Atlanta on the 2d of August next. The meeting was called to order by Col. J. L iwton Singellton, Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of the-county, and proceeded at once to reorganize; whereupon Col. J. Lawton Singellton was unanimously re elected Chairman and W. L. Mathews, Jr., Sec retary. It was then Resolved, That a committee of twelve be appointed by the Chairman as an Ex ecutive Committee, to be composed of at least one from each militia district, and that the selection be reported at the next meeting. The selection of delegates being next in order, it was Resolved, That the Chair appoint six delegates to oast the vote of the county, and that they be instructed to cast the same for Governor Hersohel V. Johnson as the first choice of Scriveu for Governor, end for General A. H. Colquitt as second choice. Pending the vote on the resolution, Colonel George R. Black addressed the meeting in au eloquent and feeling man ner, in which he warmly advocated the cause and claims of General Colquitt. He was followed by Judge E. B. Gross in a few appropriate remarks in behalf of Governor Johnson; and also by Hon. John C. Dell in an able speech support that illustrious old statesman and pure patriot, whom Georgians love so well to honor. The Chairman then appointed as dele gates the following named gentlemen, to-wit: Colonel George R. Blaek, Cap tain W. H. Lanier, Hon. John 0. Dell, T. W. Oliver, Jr., V. H. Burns, W. R. Mims. And as alternates, Dr. H. H. Smith, W. L. Mathews, Jr., Captain William M. Henderson, Dr. James A. Mims, U. P. Wade, Dr. W. L. Mathews. It was then resolved that the thanks of the Democratic party of Screven county be tendered to Col. J.. Lawton Singellton* for the able and efficient manner in which he has filled the posi tion and performed the duries of Chair man of the Democratic Executive Gom mittee in the past, and that the pro ceedings of the meeting be published in the Morning News and the Chboniole AND bENTINEL. The meeting then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman. The ut most harmony prevailed throughout the deliberations. W. L. Mathews, Jb., Sec’y Dem. Ex. Com. Screven county. A “HAMBURG HORROR * IN INDIANA. The Oranse County Vigilant*—A Witness in a Murder Cose Mobbed and Almost Killed- Other Work of the Masked Marauders. Louisville, Ky., July 24.—Two weeks ago au armed mob broke into the jail at Paoli, Orange county, Ind., and at tempted to murder four prisoners, named Jones and Jolliver, who were charged with murder. The prisoners had arms and drove the mob off. The prisoners were sent to New Albany for safe keeping. At Mitchell, Ind., Abe Jones, a saloon keeper, was snspected of having been hired to give testimony that would break down the proseoution of the sukpected murderers. Sunday morning, at one o’clock, one hundred masked and well armed horsemen en tered Mitchell, Ind. They soon sur rounded the saldon of Abe Jones, and knocking at the door, demanded ad mission. This was denied. The vigi lants commenced the demolition of the saloon bnildiDg. They were determin ed and energetic men, and it was not long before the building was a wreck. Jones, finding that be oould not pre vent the entrance of the mob into his house, attempted to escape by the back way, but tbe effort failed. The vigi lants were determined that Jones should die, and as soon as he appeared at the back door a dozen shots were fired at him, one penetrating through the langs, inflicting what is believed to be a fatal wound. Jones fell to the ground, and not moving or showiog any signs of life, the vigilants, supposed him killed, mounted their horses and gallopped out of town. This morning, however, Jones was still alive, and he will doubtless be added to the long list of those who have preceded him to death through the agency of tbh Orange oonnty vigi lants. RATIFICATION AT BLACKVILLE. A Grand Turnout—Tilden and Hendricks Heartily Endorsed. [Special Dispatch to the News and Courier.] Blaokville, S. C., July 24.—There was a grand Tilden and Hendricks rati fication meeting here to-day. The at tendance was large and the enthusiasm unbounded. Stirring speeches were made, fixing the responsibility for all our oppression upon the Republican party, and endorsing the nominees and platform of the Rational Democratic party. • The following resolution, presented by L. T. Izlar, was unanimously adopted ’ We, theDemooraoy of Black ville Township, pledge ourselves to use every honest and legitimate means in our power to accomplish the election of Tilden and Hendricks to the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the United States, and thus secure peaoe, prosperity and happiness to our whole country. VINQK. ■**. GILES’ JikINIMENT IODIDE OF AMMONIA Cures Neuralgia, Face Ache, Rheuma tl-m. Gout, Frosted Feet, Chilblains, Sore Throat, Erysipelas, Braises or Wounds of every kind In man or ani mal. ‘•Giles’ lodide or Ammonia is, in my Judg ment, the best remedy for neuralgia ever put before the public. I have been affected with this terrible disease for 32 years, and never until I fell upon Mr. Giles’ 1 remedy did 1 find' any assured relief. I lake pleasure in saying this, inasmuch as J desire always to be a bene factor of fire human family. WM. P. CORBIT, Chairman of the Methodist Church Exten sion.” Sold by all Druggists. Depot 451 Sixth Ave,, N. Y. Only 50 cents and $1 a bottle. J. H. ALEXANDER. Jyl-dAwlm Agent. Tie Georgia Colton Gin, MANUFACTURED BY J. D. & H. T. HMUNICH, ORAWFORDVILLE, GA. THOR over twenty years we have manufac- Jj tured the GEORGIA GIN, and from our success with them, feel warranted In saying they are equal to any Gins made. We do not Bt ive to get up a fancy article for exhibition at Fairs, but put up good, durable work of first class material. We offer them as low as Apr good Gins oan be afforded. Fvdry Gin warranted to perform well. We could giye hundreds of certificates if de sired. but as that role is so oommon at this day W 9 omit them. BRICES OIT* GINS : For 9 Inch Saws, per Saw - • $3 25 For 10 Inch Saws, per Saw • - 350 Old Gins repaired iu the best stylo and at reasonable charges. Freight m,ust tie prepaid on them when ship ped by rai rp/id. Orders fox Hew Gins solicited early, to in sure PTOTOPt dhvry for the ginning of the neat prop. Address, J. D. A B. T. HAMMACK, Crawfordville, Ga. Or Messrs. BOTH WELL BROS.. Agents. Jyß w3m Augusta. Ga. aps-wly ' ’ ** There is Money In It. r these hard times a good return for honest labor is very desirame. Any eetive young mm i r young lady t ' Jtn earn a handsome snm by addressing, for particulars, the Managers ef the “Constitution,” the great political and family Journal published at the Capital of the State. ' CONSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO., Jy2o-tf Atlanta, Ga. New Advertlaemnnts. Colored Silk Grenadines ! AT TEN CENTS PER YARD I o CHRISTOPHER GRAY & CO. i Will offer for sale Monday Morning, Two Cases of Silk Grena dines, and other Dress Goods at the nominal price of ten cents. The Best Brauds of New Prints, Merrimac, Pacific, &c., at 6 1-4 cents per yard. No Trash, bnt New and Choice Goods. All other Goods in oir Stock have been marked as low in proportion as the above. O. GRAY Ac CO. ap3f>-t,f AMERICAN COTTON TIB COMPANY, LIMITED." Ahead of AH Competition. j j AYE in store and to arrive, a foil supply of the celebrated ARROW TIE, For sale to the trade. Also, a supply of PIECED TIES always on hand. WARREN, WALLACE & CO., Agents, jvl6 2m AUGUSTA. GA. PUNTERS LOAN A1 SAVINGS BANK, 223 Broad Street, CAPITAL, - - - SIOO,OOO, WITfl STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY. : Allowed on Deposits, T. r. BRANCH, President. J. T. NEWBERY, Cashier. DIRECTORS: THOS. W. COSKERY, GEN. M. W. GARY, JAMES L. GOW, JUDGE WM. GIBSON, E. H. ROGERS, M. I. BRANCH. jen2o-tf Job Printing and Book Binding. JOB PRINTING. BOOK BINDING. RULING, Etc. THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL I Having Extensively Fiirntohed, With New Material, tbe JOB PRINTING AND BINDING ESTABLISHMENT ARE PREPARED TO DO EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WORK DESIRED Merchants, ~ Factors, Corporations, Societies, Hotels, Railroads, AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY. Our Bindery is Complete, AND OUR WORK CANNOT BE SURPASSED FOR DURABILITY AND WORKMANSHIP. LEGAL BLANKS of Every Dcaerlptio n . RAILROAD RECEIPT BOOKS made strong, and guaranteed not to com# to pieces by careless handling. We ask an examination of onr Prices and Stock, guaranteeing GOOD AND RELIABLE WORKMANSHIP with Promptness. JOB PRINTING IN PLAIN OR FANCY COLORS, superior in dosigr and execntlon, a specialty. Toga, Notes, Ledgers, Circulars, Drafts, Journals, Envelopes, Checks, hed^f’ Bill Heads, Posters, Pamphlets. Note Heads, Dodgers, Catalogues, Letter Heads, Handbills, Day Boohs, Visiting Cards, Date Lines, Time Tables, Business Cards, Programmes, Dray Tickets, Money ReeeipK Dance Cards, Bills of Fare, Shipping aeoeipls, Postal Cards, Record Books, Cotton Statements, Memorandums, Receipt Books, Aooonnt Statements, Druggists’ Labels, Clerks’ Blanks, Sociable Invitations, Prescription Blanks, Election Tickets, Wedding Invitations, Quotation Circulars, Railroad Tickets, Ordinary’s Blanks, etc. m-Iljoa desire your PRINTING and BINDING dene to give satisfaction bring your orders to the CHRONICLE * SENTINEL. gar Onr country friends will please remember the above and send their ordeis to ns. WALSH & WRIGHT. PROPRIETORS.
