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Cftrontctc anD Sentinel
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9, 1876.
A LOM MVE.
Oh, mystic loveliness of dew. dew womwi ;
Oh, 'vanished charm of waving chestnut
hair;
Oh. pallid glow of beauty superhuman,
Lit with th 9 gleam that maxes the angel*
fair.
A dreamy sweetness now your bloom enhances;
The earthly features wear the heavenly
smile
That pictured angels bear In solemn trances
In < lienee of some dim cathedral aisle.
We met too late. Your promise had been
plighted.
And until then it pleased me to be free—
Mo glance of yours that met mine hunger
sighted
Ever betrayed the slightest thought of me.
We went our way with dreary common places.
Poor soul you trod your path thiougb stony
ways;
Though you have slept so long, my memory
traces
Mid tews the memory of those evil days.
To yon it . eems a half forgotten story.
In that fw land beyond the pulse of time,
And thinking of you 'mid the sainte i • glory,
i see how ea.thly love may be sublime.
I linger on and learn the grace of bearing
The ntrveless pang th it follows on your loss.
Por well I know that yon. my love, are wearing
The crown that wreaths the angels of the
Cross
MAUD AMD I.
Maud came tripling through the meadow
With an apron fall of flowers.
And a smile upon her features,
Features wondrous rare.
Eyes as black as Summer berr es.
Lips as round and red as cherries.
Night entaDgied in her hair.
She looked up with merry greecing
As I turned to walk beside her,
Answered with s laugh and dimple
When I asked s kiss.
Thought an instant, then half coyly,
liaised her eyelid- very shyiv.
Asking, “Why is this ?”
Then I had to tell my secret,
How through many mouths I’d loved her—
Waiting for the golden moment,
1 co lid tell her so.
Then she answered very sweetly,
“I’ve a secret kept discreetly—
Would you like to know ?
Bend down nearer, I will whisper,
So no passing b rd shall bear it,
Or no Summer breeze shall hear it—
Where it should not go;
We are Jealous of our tre suros,
And the fondest of mv pleasures
Is your love to know.”
Maud and I walked through the meadow
With oar arms about each other,
Breaking now and then ths silence
With delicious sighs.
Thus we touched the brink of Heaven, J
Drinking of love s cup-that’s given
Out of God’s pure skies.
THE FLOOD OF YEARS.
BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
A Mighty Hand from an eihaust'eßS urn
Pours forth the never-ending Flood of Years
Among the nations. How the rushing waves
Bear all before them! On their foremost
edge.
And there alone, is Life ; the Present there
Tosses and foams and Alls the air with roar
Of mingled noises. There are they who toil,
And they who strive, and they who feast, and
they . .
Who hnrry to and fro. The sturdy hind—
Woodman and delver with the spade—are
there.
And busy artisan beside his bench.
And pallid student with his written roll.
A moment on the mountain billows Been—
The flood sweeps over them and they are gone.
There groups of revelers, whose brows are
twined
With roses, ride tke topmost swell a while.
And, as they raise their flowing eups to touch
The clinking brim to brim, are whirled be
neath
The waves and disappear. I hear the Jar
Of beaten drums and thunders that break
forth
From cannon, where the advancing billow
sends
Up to the sight long flies of armed men,
That hurry to the charge through flame and
sn.'oke.
The torrent bears them under, whelmed and
hid,
Hlayer a id slain, in heaps of bloody foam.
Down go the steed and ridder, the plumed
chief
Sinks with his f llowers, the head that wears
The imperial diadem goes down beside
The felon’s, with cropped ear and branded
cheek.
A funeral train—the torrent sweeps away
Bearers and bier and mourners. By the bed
Of one who dies men gather sorrowing,
And women weep aloud. The flood rolls on ;
The wall is stifled and the sobbing group
Borno under. Hark to that sliriil sudden
shout—
The cry of an applauding multitude,
Swayed by some loud-tougued orator, who
wields
The living mass as if be were its soul.
The waters choke the shout and all is still.
Lo, next, a kneeling crowd end one who
spreads
The hands in prayer, the engulfing wave
o'ertakes
And swallows them and him. A sculptor
wields
The ohisel, and the stricken marble grows
To beauty ; at his easel, eacereyed,
A painter stands, and sunshine at his touch
Ga hers upon the canvas and life glows ;
A poet, as he paces to and fro.
Murmurs his Bounding lines. Awhile they
ride
The advancing billow, till its tossing crest
Strikes them and flings them under, while
their tasks
Are yet unfinished. See a mother smile
On her young babe that smiles on her again—
The torrent wrests it from her arms, she
shrieks
And weeps, and midßt her tears is carried
down
A beam, like that of moonlight, turns the
spray
To gUnteuiug pearls; two lovers, hand in hand,
Rise on ttu) billowy swoll and fondly look
Into each other’s eyes. The rushing fl >od
Flings them apart; the youth goes uown ; the
maid.
With hands outstretched in vain and stream
ing eyes.
Waits for the next high wave to follow him.
An aged man succeeds ; his bending form
Biuks slowly; mingling with the sullen stream
£>leam the white locks, and then are seen no
more.
Lo, wilder grows the stream: a sea-like flood
Saps earth’s walled cities; massive palaces
Crumble before it; fortresses aud towers
Di-solve in the swift waters; populous realms.
Swept by the torrent, see their ancient tribes
Euculfed aud lost; their very languages
Stifled and never to be uttered more.
I pause and turu my eyes, and looking back.
Where that tumultuous flood had passed, I see
’The silent Ocean of the Past a waste
Of waters weltering over graves, its shores
Strewn with the wreck of fleets, where mast
and hnll
Drop .away piecemeal; battlemented walls
Frown idly, green with moss, and temples
statin
Unroofed, forsaken by tho worshippers.
There lie memorial stones, whence time has
gnawed
The graven legends, thrones of kings o’er
tumed.
The broken altars of forgotten gods.
Foundations of old cities and long streets,
Where never fall of human foot is heard
Upon the desolate pavement. I behold
Dim glimmerings of lost jewels far within
The sleeping waters, diamoi and, sardonyx,
Ruby an t topaz, pearl and chrysolite,
Once glittering at the banquet on fair brows
That long ago wete dust: and all around,
Strewn on the waters of that silent sea.
Are withering bridal wreatus and glossy loeke.
Shorn from fair brows by loving hands, and
scrolls
O’erwritten —haply with fond words of love
And vows of friendship—and fair pages flung
Fresh from the printer’s engine. Tuere they
lie
A moment, and then sink away from eight.
1 look, and the quick tears are in my eyes,
For I behold in every one of these
A blighted hope, a separate history
Of human sorrow, telling of dear ties
Buddenh broaken. dreams of happiness
Dissolved iu tr. and hapiy days, too brief,
That sorrowftlly ended, aud I think
How painfnlly must the poor heart have beat
Iu bosoms without number, as the blow
Was struck that slew their hope or broke their
peace.
Sadly I turu and look before, where yet
The flood must pass, and I behold a mist.
Where swarm dissolving forms, the brood of
Hope,
Divinely fa r that rest on banks of flowers,
Or wsudor attun. rainbows, fading soon
And reappearing, haply giving place
To shapee of grisly aspec’. such as Fear
Mo ds from the idle air, where serpents lift
Tho head to strike, and ekelet ns stretch forth
The bony arm in menace Farther on
A belt of darmies* seems to bar the way,
Long low and distant, where the Life that Is
Touhbes 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 darkuess still the yea~s roll on
More gently, bnt with not less mighty sweep.
They gather np again and softly bear
All the sweet lives that late were overwhelm
ed
And loet to sight—all that in them was good.
Noble aud truly greit an I worthy of love—
The lives of intauts and ingenious youths,
Sages aud samtlv women, who have made
Their households happy—all are raised and
borne
Bv that great current in its onward sweep.
Wandering and rippling with caressing waves
Around green islands, fragrant with the
breath
Of flowers th .t never wither So they pass.
From stags to stage, along the shin ng course
Of that fair river broadening 1 ke a sea.
As its smooth eddies curl along their way.
They bring old friends together; hands are
clasped
In toy unspeakable ; the mo’her s arms
A-aiii at* folded round the child she loved
And 10-i Old sorrows are forgotten now.
Or but remembered to make sweet the hour
That overpay* them; wounded hearts that
bled
Or broke are healed forever. In the room
Of this grief-shadows ■ Present there shall be
A Present in whose reiguoo grief shall gnaw
The heart, and never shall a tender tie
Be broken—in whose reign the eternal Change
That waits on growth and action shall proceed
With everlasting Concord, band in hand.
Scribner s for August.
A number of the public street lamps
are placed directly between luxuriant
eb;tde trees or under them, whereby the
light they *ere intended to shed on the
steps of the wayfarer is but an atom of
what it might be.
Cows kept in a dirty stable cannot be
expected to give pure clean milk. The
cow that breathes impure air must im
part that impurity to the milk. The
milk from a cow ao confined, without
the greatest care, is not at all desirable.
A citizen of Dakota took a Turkish
bath in Omaha few days ago, and died
within an hoar. The verdict of the)ary
was : “He hadn’t ought to hare got so
much of the mud off of him at one time. ”
THE COST OF LIVING.
HOW PRICKS HAVE FALLEN IN
THREE YEARS—IB73 AND 1876.
A General Redaction af 15 to 25 per cent—
Reasons Why the Expenditure af Families
Is not C'orrespondioitly Redoeed—The Amer
ican I .ark of Persistence and Thoroaghaeos
in Economy—Features of the Markets.
[From the New York Tribune.]
The cost of living, of procuring food,
shelter and clothing, is one of the few
topics which commands the universal
interest. The man or woman fond of
economic facts and figures may discuss
the subj-ct more ably than the man or
woman of diletante tastes and unprac! i
cal views, bat with no more earnestness
or love of satisfactory solution. The
subject is of peculiar importance at
the present time to all citizens of the
metropolis. The average New Yorker
of moderate means is believed, with
some troth, to be improvident in trust
ing that the e rnings of any month id
the future will be sufficient to meet the
wants of that month. Consequently,
ask him how much it costs him to live,
*od he will give you an approximate
Statement of his income or salary, and
perhaps too frequently make an honest
statement of a sum which his yearly in
come will uot so honestly cover. _ This
article is designed as a contribution to
data, bearing out the opinion that an in
come which would support a family in a
:<!veQ style of living three years ago, to
lay will or onght to support the same
family, in the same circumstances, and
leave a margin of from 15 to 25 per cent,
fur the bank account.
In the month of July, 1873, prices on
most articles of family consumption
were at a maximum for the period of
financial prosperity following the war.
In the Autumn the panic gave prices a
downward tendency, but after sinking
gradually daring these three years, all
values have not reached a foundation
known to be solid. Experienced mer
chant Agree in saying that the average
wholesale price of articles of family
consumption is from 25 to 33* per cent,
lower than in 1873 before the panic.
Bat most housekeepers equally agree
that if there has been a shrinkage in
values, thfey have received
No Apparent Benefit
From it. Twenty out of twenty-five
would reply: “I think it costs me just
is much to live now as it did in 1873.’
Very few housekeepers have a reason to
advance for this state of things other
than that prices are about as high as be
fore. The retail and wholesale dealers
are ready with explanations. One prom i
uent and wholesale grocer of the city,
who makes reasonable economy a life
principle, says he has received the full
advantage of the decline in prices, and
if other New Yorkers have not done the
same it is because they carry out in prac
tice the idea that their convenience and
time are worth more than their money.
While prices have declined thirty per
cent., this grasp of economic principle
has not improved three per cent. The
wants of city people are expensive, and
nre apt to absorb any gains from lower
prices. Contraction is opposed and
thwarted by habit and the progressive
ness of city education. Tbib gentleman
showed anew pair of shoes. His shoe
maker wanted to fit him out with a $9
pair, and, against his expostulations,
threw in the formidable argument :
“But look at the quality; they are French
calfskin.” He replied that he wouldn’t
have French calfskin; he wasted Atneri
can shoes, and he got them, he thinks
for every purpose as good, for $7 50. In
like manner at his tailors, he would not
have French broadcloth, but American
goods. A Vesey street retail grooer said
that many of his customers who could
ill afford their present manner of living
Would Not Economise
With their table. As prices went down
they did not find it a hardship to pay
the same price for a better article. Teas
which three years ago he sold for 80
cents he now sold for 50 cents, and
could not get a majority of the same
customers to touch them at that figure.
Tuey would still drink 80 cent tea. It
was the same with flour. After the war,
when State flour brought $6 or more a
barrel, people in moderate circumstances
used it and were seemingly satisfied.
Now, when State flour is selling at $2 50
to $3 50 per barrel, there is hardly any
market for it here, and it is sent t >
the Atlantic islands, mainly the West
Indies. It is believed that low prices
have operated to people more fas
tidious. It may be jpeptioned also
that when rents came down ye*y many
families took the opportunity of im
proving their locality at the old figures
in the inferior locality. ft is thought
that Americans will not learn to benefi t
from the loweripg of market prices tiil
they become close "shoppers,” like the
Germans and French. The difficulty of
forming a correct judgment of the com
parative cost of living between periods
of prosperity and decline is always in
creased by the changing iuflnence of
“supply and demtmV’ which frequently
makes a staple artjcjie jpuch higher in
times of depression than it 11? times
of financial prosperity. A comparative
statement of figures is made below to
-how that there has been general re
duction in the prices of groceries, m entß
and vegetables since 1873. These in
clude both wholesale and retail price
lists, and are believed to be fair average
statements of the prices actually paid,
lu dry goods, house furnishing goods,
and articles entering largely into house
keeping, on which the profit margins,
with the exception, perhaps, (4 andr Y
goods, are wider and prices are
fluctuating, the opinions of trustworthy
dealers, both retail and wholesale, have
been sought aud compared.
Prices ot Dry Goods mid Clothing.
It was found in the Spring that rents
had declined from 10 to 25 per cent.
The amount of unrented property is still
large, though tlifi reduction had a ten
dency to fill up unrented stores on
Broadway, and iq other parts of the ci *Y
where rents were specially high. Whole
sale dry goods merchants say that cottoq
goods have declined from 25 to 35 per
cent, since 1873, and woolens from $0
to 33* per cent. It is doubted by wmp
it retailers have reduced more than
from 15 to 20 pee cent., but others give
instances of a firm’s duelling lots at retail
by the yard cheaper that* than the same
goods could hare been purchased at
wholesale of tine same firm. There has
not been much of a reduction in ,the
retail price of dry goods ‘-‘potions. ”
Retail dealers say they qiaku ao (profit
whatever on the staple goods. Clothing
dealers say that there has been po re
duction on foreign cloths worth BISO*
tioning. Fine domestic goods have de
clined somewhat, and cheap domestic
from 28 to 30 per pent. There has been
about that reduotiov in ready-made
clothing, though labor has Jjpen nearly
as well paid as before. The .tnqst fash
ionable tailors get. .as mnch as they ever
did, bnt other firsit-,*i?,ss tailors have
ieduced their charges ebo#* jfJO on $75
and $65 suits. Ordinary clothing to
order is still cheaper iu proportion. O ue
keen observer of the trade said there
had bpeq a sudden mania among gentle
men for wearing cheap American goods,
bnt he was canyiqeed they were getting
tired of it, and That p?ore foreign
goods and fine domestics worn.
Expense of Fitting Up Houses,
It is wt*©ated that the redaction on
custom ioade fi nfl furniture has been 25
percent., both on kwiail and wholesale,
(pd 15 per cent, on ordinary furniture.
|,e English gothic—medueval aafi East-
Rie—has maintained its price very wed,
nd the same may tea said of novelties.
Manufacturers of the fineot furniture af ;
ter original designs still |
whatever they choose to ask. ‘The j
amount of business of thi* kind is very }
large, and genuine artistic work defies ,
competition. Certain New York firms i
have built up such a reputation for good j
taste and integrity that they receive j
carte, blanche for furnishing fine man-!
sions while the owners retire to Europe, I
returning to find a home the beauty of (
which they had not dreamed of, and a
bill the magnitude of whigb they pos
siblv had not anticipated. Thu love of
tWfurniture of original pattern is fast j
increasin % and is thought to indicate
growing refinement, and to furnish con
ditions for a better appreciation of art,
notwithstanding there is so mneh cheap
imitation furniture being manufactured.
In earpeta there has been a reduction of
abont 25 per oent. on high grades, and
20 per cent, on low grades. An average
quality of ingrain carpeting, which once
retailed at $1 15, can be bought for $1
An average Brussels, which brought
$1 45, now sells at $1 15. Many families
are also saving 75 cents a yard in their
carpeting by baying tapestry Brussels
instead of Eagl sh body Brussels,
The decline La all manufactured
house furnishing articles has been
great, and with a little can on the part
of the purchaser, he may get by retail
the wholesale percentage of redaction,
which, on feather brushes, pots and
kettles and many other article#, has
been at least 33* per cent, and on tin-'
ware about 25 per cent There has been
scarcely say reduction, however, in
English, French and German goods.
These are gradually being forced entire
ly out of the market American ntapu
faeturera are beginning to make articles
superior to the foreign in attractive ap
pearance and convenience. Many grades
of foreign cutlery are kept, not because
dealers think them superior to Amw l '
can, bat because it ia the habit with cer
tain American families to have them.
DteUmt fa Groceries aad FrovUloes.
In groceries and provisions all goods,
with the exception of the hog products,
beef and coffees, are believed on an
average to be 25 to 30 per eent. cheaper
than in 1873. Canned goods, fruits
and vegetables, which were once a
lnxnry and now so commonly used as to
be almost a necessity, are on an average
40 per cent, below prices in 1873. Canned
peaches are 20 per cent., canned com
20 percent., and canned tomatoes 50per
cent, lower. In 1873 family floor sold on
an average at $6 50; the very low grades
are now down to 82, but they are ex
ported to the West Indies. A fair, sweet
flonr can be bought for 85 or $5 50. A
prominent wholesale dealer says he has
been acquainted with the retail grocery
trade of New York for twenty-two years,
and he never knew competition to be so
active as at the present time. Good
Oolong teas are selling at retail for 40
cents. Teas are decidedly low now that
the duty is off, and of much better
quality. At one time the trade was
crude, bnt importers have formed a re
spect for the taste of the Ameriean peo
ple in teas, and do not bring much
trash into the market. On an average,
teas are thirty per cent, lower than in
1873.
The price of coffee has been kept well
np, and good profits have been made
Frequently Maracaibo coffee, much
cheaper than Java, is Cold for the latter,
only an expert bemg able to see the dif
ference after the bean hs.s been roasted.
Rice is cheaper, bat not so low as it has
been, owing to temporary scarcity. The
trade in East India rice has greatly
diminished. A large lot in bond in this
port was exported to th e West Indies,
the low price it would fetch in the mar
ket making it ruinsus to pay the duty.
Good Louisiana rice has been selling
from 4} to s*e. Condiments and luxu
ries of the table, mostly imported, have
not declined much, The merican con
sumption of sardines rapidly grew enor
mous, and all sorts of cheats were put
np in bad oil and thrown on the market.
The result has been to almost kilt the
trade. A good article can only be ob
tained of first class grocers who are con
scientious, and, moreover, know what
they are buying.
Sugars were from 4 to 6 per cent, low
er in 1873 than they are to-day. There
has been an advance of 10 per cent, in
the last thirty days, so that on an aver
age of time since 1873 sugars have rated
lower. Oat meal is 30 per cent, lower
than in 1873. Canadian sellers are mak
ing excellent meals -almost eqnal to the
Scotch and Irish grades, but the flonr is
not just the same, and epicures detect a
crudeness, possibly due in part to the
absence of salt sea air over the oat fields.
Syrups are 10 per cent., and New Or
leans molasses 15 per cent, lower than in
1873; raisins 10 per cent.; soda and sale
ratus 20 per cent, lower. Beans are
from 55 to 65 per cent, lower: Turkish
prunes 50 per cent, lower; starch 10 to
30 per cent, lower.
Bummary.
It is estimated that retail dealers have
reduced prices on an average from 20 to
30 per cent. The energetic cash dealers
have all lowered their prices, and sell
on a small margin. The credit dealers
have made greater profits, and have not
reduced prices in the same proportion
as the wholesale merchants. The grocer
says he could do very well if there were
the same amount of business as in for
mer days. He thinks people are show
ing economy in guarding against waste,
but that they think more about getting
a first rate article than formerly. A re
markoble reduction has taken place in
the price of poultry. This is said to be
due to the great expectations of the Jer
sey poultry raisers from the Centennial
trade, which has disappointed them,
and to the unusual dryness of the sea
son, which has left the young poultry in
better condition than for years. In but
ter and cheese there has been a marked
decline since 1873, but the price of eggs
has been maintained.
Boarding Houses and Restaurants.
There bas been some reduction in
prices at boarding houses since 1873,
but the advantage to the boarder has
generally been in getting a better room
than formerly for the same money.—
Table board remains about the same.
Since 1873 most of the restuarants have
rnaiked down prices on their bills of
fare ten to twenty-five and thirty per
cent., but prices still remain so high
that the restaurants are seldom credited
with the reduction, and to frequent the
best of them is to assume a financial
burden of startling proportions. First
class restaurants like Delmonico’s and
the Brunswick and Hoffman Hotel Res
taurants have cut down their charges
since 1873 from fifteen to twenty-five
per cent. The highest priced restau
rants expect to serve enough for two in
each portion. They buy the best of
everything, keep an army of servants,
cooks at high salaries for specialities,
one to broil, another to bake, another to
stew, and another for pasterv, and spend
much money in entioing cooks of great
reputation away from each other. The
figures on the bil s of fare of restau
rants of merit, but not of this costly
class, have been cut down from fifteen
to thirtv three and one-third per oent.
since 1873.
NO MORE POSSUM POLICY.
The Political Situation iu South Carolinn—
yiews of General Kershaw—The Party
Pollpy Practically Settled.
[From, the Sparfantfurg Spartan.]
We take the liberty of making the
following extracts, from a very kind pri
vate letter from General gershaw in re
gard to State politics and al@o in regard
to the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor:
“You know I have been one of those
who would have preferred awaiting the
aetjon of the Republicans, had that been
practicable, before making our nomina
tions, thinking that possibly the success
of the Democratic party qfig lll thereby
be rendered more assqred, and the party
more perfectly harmonized. That mat
ter,' however, bpeq settled otherwise
by the call of the oonyentioq for the
15th of August. I trust, qow, we shall
not gratify our political opponents by a
futile and irritating discussion of ‘what
might have been.’ I certainly shall not
afford them that ‘aid and comfort.’ I
think the unhappy affair at Hamburg
will q.e m a de sh?* 1 use of in the canvass
that po al'tejrnajtiye woqid probably have
been left ps than po ‘take ft straight-, as
they papd to say ip the army. After pH,
the only way fcq fearful con
sequences of misgpverpfpet ip to put
the management of the publip affairs
into the hands of men of intel
ligence and character, whose pnr
pOMU £nd desire will be to do justice,
maintain jjppce, restore confidence,
promote good Will, and thus ensure
prosperity to all the people of the State.
Yop ami I kpow that the pemoyratip
party aiope W- finish the men to do
this. We are bound tp ipsfoi to 6 effort,
and if we do ppt succeed, we a *
least gain honor iq tjhg conflict, apd
strengthen onr hands for victory iq th e
future. The election of Tilden and
Hendricks will deprive the demagogues
and demons controlling the deluded
movers pi blind victims calling them
selves Republican* the mark !) of
the troney and patronage nm* fut'midat
iqg Dower of the National Govefnmept,
whereby they have so largely influenced
ppst eiec&op.s, yhd? the poverty to
which they have reSuped tkc State will
cut off their other chief supply qf the
means of political corruption, and thus, |
next time, conquest will be ensy. At all
events it is a luxury once more to be
able ty cut forward the men we like the
best, and“to lay before the people the
highest objects and principles
attainable in all their innate attractions,
demonstrating, as we shall to every
honest aud capable mind, that here in
South Carolina a just and good govern
ment cah otfiy Jy e attained through the
triumph of the As for the
colored people, they can never get an
position in the body politic ex
cept through the Democratic party.—
They must thetufelves be aware that
they 690 gain no ateiiS while they
remain under tfefi control of a /.•arrsptj
faction that subsists upon the plunder
of all, working men and capitalists alike.
“I trust we shall be permitted to es
cape any further collisions of excited
and armed mobs, Jjnt there are many
enemies at work to tying thety on for
our political ruin. Let ns pe .very care
ful, and always in the right. If force
become necessary to protect a com
munity, let the leaders and not their
dopes be made to suffer. Let ns do
everything in opr power to rescue and
save the negro race from their degrading
bondage to corrupt, selfish and wioked
leaders. Let ns uft then) up and make
men of them, it is no wrong to them
that we should emancipate ourselves
from their domination, and rescue the
State from the ruin—social, moral and
political—consequent upon that rule, by
aDy of those names and appliances em
ployed everywhere else in popular elec
tions and here by them and their lead
ers, for they suffer more keenly than we
the evils of misgovernment. It is oar
duty to save them from themselves. It
was Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts,
who found in the Declaration of Inde
pendence principles that underlay the
Constitution, higher than the Constitu
tion, and controlling it. In this cen
tennial year we may learn, then, the
grand American idea that when govern
ments are made deatrnetive of the sacred
rights they were established so secure,
they cease to be worthy of the very
name of government. This South Caro
lina abomination protects nothing.—
Neither property, person, law or order
are protected, and no citizen or class of
citizens are safe from its baleful inpor
raptions. If anything were needed to
prove this, we have only to reour to the
administration of Governor Chamber
lain. Able, talented and efficient—the
best specimen of a Bepnblioan yet seen
in the State —he has been crushed and
defeated in every measure of reform,
whereby he sought to rescue his party
from infamy and ruin, except when
saved by the handful of Democrats in
the State Legislature. Since his days
of power are numbered fas I believe),
now that the Democrats have decided
upon a combat a contrance, we shall
have probably to contend only with the
worst of bis party. In snch a contest if
there be any moral sense left among the
negroes, we ought to win.”
GEORGIA MATTERS.
MeDnfle County—'The Examination at
Wrightsboro— A Pleasant Occasion.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel .]
McDuffie Cotntt, July 28.—Thom
son was almost deserted on the 27th of
July and as we jourseyed up and down
the streets every one we chanced to
meet looked as if they wished they had
gone to Wrightsboro. For some time
our immediate vicinity has looked for
ward with great expectations to the ex
amination and exhibition which took
place at Wrightsboro on the 27th inst.
ft was oar pa pose to be in time for the
opening exercises, bat from unavoid
able circumstances we could not reach
there till noon. After a pleasant ride
through the country which had been
recently visited with rain we found that
we were now in Wrightsboro, which is
abont eight miles from Thomson. The
first thing there that greeted my stranger
sight was the smiling face of onr repre
sentative from this county, who kindly
extended invitation for ns to dine with
him, which we did, and through his in
strumentality, together with the (noted)
liberality and hospitality of the people
of Wrightsboro, we were snmptuously
provided for as well in the pastimes of
the occasion as in the bountiful repast
which had been so carefully, but lavish
ly, prepared for the visitors, and in two
minutes and a half we felt as if we lived
in Wrightsboro.
When dinner was over we assembled
under the harbor, which was connected
to the school hotlse. Mr. Ware, the
able and learned principal of the school,
deserves much credit for the man
ner in which he instructs his
pupils, for we do not hesitate to say that
many grown persons could not stand a
like examination as did both boys and
girls of (apparently) but ten years old.
Upon exhibition we saw specimens of
penmanship by Mr. Ware which were
beautiful and unsurpassed, and would
do credit to any institute. The orator
of the day not having put in his appear
ance, Mr. Jones, from Thomson, filled
up the gap with a concise speech, which
was listened to with attention. After
the examination was over and we had
refreshed the inner man with the usual
sustenance, we reassembled under the
harbor to witness the exhibition. Our
seat was so far from the stage we could
hear but little, but judging from the
roar of laughter continually bursting
forth from the audience, we naturally
langhed too because we knew “there was
something in it,” for Mr. Ware gave the
direction of matters. We did not re
main till the entertainment was over,
but we learn that many remained and
engaged in a social dance. It was, in
deed, a pleasant occasion to all present.
In conversation with many planters
we learned that the crops are promising,
and should no disaster visit this county
all will be well this Fall. The lands are
good and productive in this section, and
with proper cultivation will produce
abundantly, and from what we have
seen, every effort has been used by the
farmers to make a good crop. We no
ticed the cheerful smile of the farmer,
now so unlike the smile of the mer
chant and other business men, and if
they act prudently, why should they not
smile as well in Spring and Summer as
in Fall and Winter. Oreandi.
A Fatal Flash in Warren.
Norwood, Ga., July 30.—W. F. Lewis
and his son-in law, James W. Hill, both
of this county, residing about five miles
from this place, were Btruck by light
ning this afternoon,while walking in the
garden at Mr. W. F. Lewis’. Mr. Lewis
was killed, Mr. Hill may recover. They
were highly respected and prominent
citizens, and are well known in your
city. M.
THE DESTROYERS.
Progress of the Hateful Grasshoppers in the
State.
lu Troup County.
West Point, Ga., July 27. —Editors
Constitution: Having heard great com
plaint fmm grasshoppers in adjoining
counties, this morning I went into the
country to look for them, and found
them innumerable on the plantations of
Wm. Collius, E. T. Johnson and
Mitchem and Eady. They all seem to
have come from stubble fields near by,
and where they have oommenced on
corn they eat the blades iff clean. I
have seen none on cotton yet, but they
eat leaves from the bushes along the
fence where they crossed from the stub
ble.
In Coweta County.
Senoia, Ga., July 28 .—Editors Con
stitution: The grasshoppers are upon
us iu considerable numbers. They seem
to be confined to stubble lands and
fields adjoining. Great fears are enter
tamed that they may prove very
destructive to growing crops. Our
crops of potton and corn were never bet
ter, and with fair seasons iq August,
the crop will be above an average in
this vicinity. But little interest mani
fested in politics further than a great (
degree of confidence in the result of our
National Democratic party in the Fall
election.
[Marietta Journal.]
The grasshoppers in the county seem
to be in spots, and not general. But in
the various fields in which they are
destroying the industry of a year, they
innumerable anfl pf all sizes and colors.
They appear to have good appetites,
are quite sociable and don't wait for in
vitations to enter any man’s field. A
gentleman tells us in a field near town
that he counted twenty-seven grasshop
pers on one blade of oorn, while an
apple tree stood stripped of its leaves
and apples. It is quite distressing, in
deed, to watch the wholesale devasta
tion of corn and cotton by the grass
hoppers.
[Dalton Citkten ]
Thp grqsshqppers hs v o m a 4 e their
appearapep jq gountless numbers
arouqd oaltqn aqd are destroying every
green thing that comes iq their way.
They were evidently hatehed where
they make their appearance, as they are
quite small and unable to fly; but
how and when the eggs were deposited
is a mystery. Bnt be this as it may,
they shopld be destroyed, and before
they can fly is the tiipe to do it, and
this can bO a one by’ ejt)jer giving them
into pijes of d r y straw and setting fire
to the straw, §r by driving them into
nets similar to partridge pets and tb en
destroy them. Whole neighborhoods
should turn out for this purpose, for if
they are uot destroyed now they will
deposit their eggs this year and there
will be millions next year where there
a~e now only hundreds, and crops then
Will be Utterly devasted.
[Macon Telegraph ]
,We are pained also to announce that
the voracious “hopper” is on the ram
page in Bibb, although as yet his opera
tions have not been greasy extended.
As long ago as six weeks the writer dis
covered an innumerable crowd of the
little jumpers, varying in size from the
head of a pin to an inch in length, in a
small Orchard attached to his vegetable
garden whioh hadTeueutly peep 4. Qnut l'
ed of a crop of oats. For several days
they stuck to the stubble ground, but
tben began to devour an okra patch,
which lay adjacent. He fought them
vigorously, slaying thousands, and
ploweoover toe stqbble, turning it in,
together ’with all growing weeds and
grass, very effectually.
[La (f range Reporter .]
We were shawp gome of them the
other day by Dr. Gary, whp bad the
ordinary kind and also the kind that is
so numerous in some parts of our coun
ty. The difference between the two is
ygry perceptible. Dr. C. has no doubt
that they are the saipe species that have
troubled the Northwest so muoh { and
that the eggs were brought here in
wheat, as the different places where they
had originated were in the fields that
has been sown in Western wheat. He
fears they will prove a great plague an
other year.
[Grawjord Echo .]
Thousands of grasshoppers made
their appearance this week on the farm
of Mr. J. V. Collier, on the waters of
Broad river, in the upper part of this
county. They commenced operations
on 9 clover patch of a half acre, but
quickly cleaning that up, turned their
attention to the fence corners and
bushes, winding upon the cedars.—
Whether or no they succeeded in masti
cating the same we did not learn. They
are described as resembling the common
hopper, of red and green color, and
multiply with a rapidity that causes the
farmers of that section to tremble for
their growing crop. We learn that these
pests have also appeared on the farms of
Messrs. Calloway and Dozier.
An Aocoustioal Illustration fob the
Bovs. —The boys have now rigged np a
mode of telegraphing conversations.
They take a cotton string, seventy-five
or a hundred yards in length, to each
end of which is attached an empty oyster
can, so fitted that by speaking in the
cup, the boy with the other vessel to his
ear can hear ordinary tones. They have
some fun ont of the greenies by telling
the boy at the other end what they are
saying, and then let him afterwards re
peat the remarks to him.
VITAL STATISTICS.
AGRICULTURE IN RICHMOND
COUNTY.
Products for 1876—Land Planted—Compari.
sen of Figures Oar Internal Resource..
To Col. R, J. Wilson, Receiver of Tax
Returns of Richmond, we are indebted
for the following interesting statistics :
Number of acres planted in corn, by
whites, 15,384; by colored, 1,1491 —total,
16,5331; wheat, whites, 7361; color
ed. 38—total, 774*; oats, whites,
2,349*; colored, 47—total, 2,396* ;
rye, whites, 78 ; barley, whites, 5 ; rice,
whites,* 22* ; cow peas, whites, 9,488;
colored, 6194—total, 10,1074 ; clover or
grass, white, 380 ; cotton, whites, 6,-
264* ; colored, 765-total, 7,039* ; to
bacco, whites, 2 ; sugar cane, whites,
17* ; colored, *—total, 17* ; sorghum,
whites, 4* ; ground peas, whites, 50* ;
colored, 3*—total, 54 ; sweet potatoes,
whites, 828* ; colored, 62* —total, 891*;
Irish potatoes, whites, 64* ; colored, 1*
—total, 65*; melons, whites, 1,679* ;
colored, 58*—total, 1,737*; garden pro
ducts, whites, 158* ; colored, 6* —total,
165; orchards, whites, 904; colored, 18*
—total, 922*; horses and mules
(number), whites, 1,076 ; colored, 85
—total, 1,161 ; jacks and jennies,
whites, 2 ; colored, 2—total, 4 ; work
oxen, whites, 84; colored, 10— total, 94;
milk cows, whites, 957; colored, 39
total, 995; all other cattle, whites,
1,456; colored, 50—total, 1,509; hogs,
whites, 4,05’; colored, total,
5,294; hogs for killing, whites, 1,665;
colored, 125—totei, 1,790; sheep, whites,
553; goats, whites, 454; colored, 20—to
tal, 474; dogs, whites, 617; colored, 57
total, 674; sheep killed by dogs, 34; fish
ponds in order, 22; stands of bees, 483;
grown poultry, whites, 7,716; colored,
392 total, 8,108 ; farm laborers
hired for wages for the year,
whites, 498 ; colored, 13—-total, 511;
farm laborers on land rented, whites,
310; colored, 2—total, 312; farm labo
ers cropping on shares, whites, 160; col
ored, 7—total, 167; number of acres of
inclosed pasture, whites, 3,653 J colored,
34 —total, 3,687; whole number of acres
nuder fence, whites, 39,217*; colored,
899*—total, 40,117.
Crop Produced in 1875.
Number bushels: Corn, whites, 128,-
769; c010red,5,507 —total. 134,276; wheat,
whites, 1,731; colored, 30—total, 1,761;
oats, whites, 5,933; colored, 40--total,
5,973; barley, 32; cow peas, whites,
3,939; colored, 158—t0ta1,4,097; tons hay
or forage saved, whites, 1,137; colored,
11* —total, 1,148*; pounds corn fodder,
whites, 1,'017,330; colored, 66,110-total,
1,082,480; bales of cotton, whites, 1,715;
colored, 911—total, 1,806; pounds of
leaf tobacco, 21; gallons cane syrup, 350;
sorghum syrup, 42; bushels sweet pota
toes, whites, 26,410; colored, 1,066—t0ta1,27,476;
ta1,27,476; bushels Irish potatoes,whites,
1,324; colored, 21—total, 1,345; bushels
turnips, whites, 4,174; number melons
sold, whites, 361,250; colored, 16,080 —
total, 377,330; money value of garden
produce sold, $6,075; number bushels
apples sold or saved for Winter, 85*;
peaches, 448*; pears, 157; dried fruit,
bushels, 14; grapes, number pounds
sold, 2,420; wine, number of gallons
made, 298; honey, number of pounds
taken, 3,291; money value of eggs and
poultry sold, $62 50; number bunches
cotton yarn spun, 13; number yards cot
ton cloth wove, 13,639,539; woolen cloth,
26,118; pounds wool carded, 3,570; num
ber new wagons, carriages and buggies
made, 172; money value same, $12,250.
SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICS.
Aiken County—A Political Barbecue—The
Speakers and the Speeches.
f Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel .J
Aiken, July 31.—0n Saturday last I
had the pleasure of attending a political
barbecue, at Hausman’s mill, about nine
miles from this place, and should like
through the columns of your valuable
paper to give ( yoar maDy readers in this
vicinity an account of the same. I left
Aiken about nine o’clock, in company
with a few friends, and after a pleasant
ride of two hours, arrived at our desti
nation. On our arrival we were greeted
by many of our country friends in a
most cordial manner. Soon a large
crowd had assembled, and we were all
invited to take seats in a beautiful grove
of majestic oaks and pines, where the
speaking took place. Before the speak
ing, however, a meeting of the Mill
brook Township Democratic Club was
held, for the purpose of electing five
delegates to represent that section in the
Democratic County Nominating Con
ve ition, which is shortly to be held at
Aiken.
After the business of the club had
been disposed of, Mr. M. T. Holly, our
next Sheriff, was called upon to address
the meeting, and responded in a becom
ing manner, stating that the time had
come when every white man in
the county should do his duty,
aud not only cast his own vote
for honest n en, but see to it that his
neighbor and his employees did the
same. Mr. Holly also spoke to the col
ored men present (about thirty or forty
in number), telling them that the white
men were their friends, and that it was
their daty to assist them in overthrow
ing the ring of thieves who have so long
infested our laud. At the close of Mv.
Holly’s remarks, Mr. James Aldrich was
called upon, and spoke for some time
upon the condition of affairs in this
State, and urged the people to act in
unity, and drive out the Lees, Carstens,
Elliotts, Sparnicks, and the host of
other plunderers who were almost
snatching the very bread from the
mouths of our wives and children. Mr.
Aldrich also recommended the thorough
organization of the Democratic parfy,
stating that the people had been asleep
too long, and that they must roqse up
aqfi pqt their shoqifiers to the wheel,
and help turn the maohine of govern
ment out of the mud and mire into
which it had fallen. After about half an
hour’s talk, the speaker remarked that
he thought it was near dinner time, and
suggested that the cravings of the inner
mau should be attended to before any
one else was called upon to speak.
This suggestion was at once acted
upon, and the crowd repaired to
a large table, in a beautiful grove
of pines. Upon thp table was spread a
thick layer pf oak leaves, and upon this
the bread and deliciously cued meats
were placed. Jt is useless for me tp tell
you that the men did ample justice both
to themselves and the eatables provided
for the occasion; for if there is anything
in this world that will make a man for
get his mother-in-law, it is to have an
assortment of barbecued kid, lamb aud
shoat, together with “home-made” light
bread, spread before him. The colored
men present were nqt forgotten. A spe
cial' table ’lfas set for tfiemi and they
were given every attention by the man
agers. Too tqapb praise eaPUPt be
awarded the committee of arrangements
for the manner in whioh the whole affair
was conducted, and every one seemed to
be highly pleased. Before the speaking
was resumed the atmosphere was cooled
by a refreshing shower, during which
the crowd sought shelter under buggies,
wagons, umbrellas, &c,, and I believe
all managed to keep firy with the excep
tion of fine or two 6f 6ur farmer friends,
who preferred the booling waters to a
seat under a wagon.
Mr. I). S. Henderson was next called
upon to sneak, and a s 4*4 B0 : 1,1 a
most eloquent mannei:. Mr. Henderson
is a young ;‘man, not yet iq the prime of
the prime of life, and is certainly one of
most eloquent speakers J haye eyer hoard.
He spoke of the condition pf oqr govern
ment, and also urged the people to go
to work in earnest for the redemption
of our once proud but now down trod
den State, and make one manful strug
gle to snatch her from the hands of the
thieves and robbers who now haye her
under eoatroj. He urged the people to
nominate good, honest men and true
“ and to work *^ teir eiec .
tion in earnest, and that in November
next, when tfie vcjtes were counted, it
would be fonqd that the contest had
been decided in favor of right and hon
esty. Mr. George W. Croft next spoke,
and in the course of his remarks pictured
the condition which our Courts were
iu, the manner in whioh our juries were
drawn, and asked the people to put a
stop to it. As for himself, he intended
to work night and day and do all in his
power to bring our State back into the
hands of honest men. He also related
a wonderful dream which had come to
him the night previous, but I refrain
from giving it in detail, through fear of
rendering offense to some gentlemen
who took conspicuous parts in the night
ly vision. At the olose of Mr. Croft’s
remarks Mr. R. L. Wade made a short
speech, which was listened to with con
siderable interest by all present. It was
now 4 o’clock, and the sun had sank far
in the western skies, lengthening the
shadows of the majestic trees of the
forest, upon whose boughs were perched
many feathered songsters, warbling their
farewell notes to the merry crowd, who
were busily engaged hitching up their
teams and making ready to start on their
way homeward.
It afforded me great pleasure to note
the interest manifested by the people in
the good work of redeeming our land.
All over the county, in every nook and
corner, the people are thoroughly
aroused, and we intend, by the help of
God, to make one mighty struggle to
cast ont from among us the men who,
for the past eight long years, have been
plnndering the good people of this
State. We have stood still long enough.
'The time has come, and we intend to
Sect it like men. If this thing is allow
l to go on much longer, we will (I
mean the white men) have to abandon
the State entirely, and let our beloved
and hallowed land, made sacred by the
graves of our forefathers, go in to a
State of heathenism and destruction.
Shall we allow this ? No! God forbid I
There is only one more chanoe for us,
and we intend to grasp ii. We intend
to carry the election in November next,
or sell the last drop of blood in our
veins ! Better to make one effort and
die, than continue under the reign of
thieves! B. B. B.
THE CALIFORNIA BANK.
Ualston’s Speculations and Their Disastrous
Results—Revelations of a Remarkable Suit
for Libel.
In the Bulletin-Alta suit at San Fran
cisco, Cal., recently, further testimony
of Michael Keese and D. O. Mills was
taken. Beese testified to the following
effect:
The failure of the Bank of California
was caused by Ralston taking money
from it to expend in outside affairs;
Balston was architect of the job to sell
the Spring Valley water works and the
California Valley scheme to the city at
a profit of about $8,000,000; I helped
him, famishing large amounts of money
to buy up stocks; I advanced between
$3,000,000 and $4,000,000. and he had
the whole management of it; he expect
ed to make enough money out of the
job to save the bank from failure; it was
the last thing to do to save it; if the
scheme had been carritd out I dou’t
think the bank would have failed; Bal
ston took the funds of the bank to car
ry on the water scheme, the Palace Ho
tel, the Kimball manufactory, the Mis
sion woolen mills and other outside
enterprises; no one thought he would
take money due the stockholders; I
thought it was his own fortune he was
operating with; I ptid $300,000 in ex
change one day to make good the account
of Leland Stanford at the bank, at the
latter’s request; after the failure I found
that the amount had not been credited
on the books, but that Balston had
taken it; I got a guarantee from Balston
that the amount should go to Stanford’s
credit; I received no certificate of de
posit, but received as security bonds of
the Southern Pacific Bailroad, which
Stanford had deposited with the bank as
security for over drafts.
D. O. Mills, referring to the charge in
the Alta of September 27, 1875, that
the proprietors of the Bulletin and Call
remitted money to Simonton in New
York to speculate on stocks, and that
they strove to make a panic as disastrous
as possible, and were in a conspiracy to
break the bank, testified as follows:
I know of no effort of these parties to
affect the stock values, or to break the
bank, or to cause the public to lose
confidence in it; the cause of the failure
of the bank was that Balston used its
funds for his own purposes and did not
replace them; this he did surreptitiously
and without the knowledge of the di
rectors; the largest deficit was fouud in
the refinery account, amounting to
about $2,000,000; the refinery was a
separate corporation, but under the con
trol of the bank; the books of the bank
contained a debt to the refinery account
of upwards of $2,000,000, which was
fictitiously manufactured by Balston,
who had evidently used the money for
his own purposes; we also found in
stances in which certificates of deposit
had been issued on which money had
never come into tbe bank; one instance
was that of Carpenter’s certificate for
over $500,000; Balaton’s total indebted
ness was over $4,000,000; you may call it
what you like; it was misappropriation;
as to the over issue of stock, I made no
examination of that till after the bank
resumed; I am credibly informed that
there was an over issue to a large
amount, but it had been retired, and the
stock stood all right when I took the
book in hand; there were overtures
made by some persons interested in the
bank to go into some arrangement with
Flood & O’Brien by which that firm
were to take the bank and carry it on,
the parties making the proposition
offering to become responsible to the
amount of $1,000,000 if the assets of the
bank were not sufficient; I was a party
to that; I do not know of any false news
published by the Call and Bulletin at
that time; after the failure I had an iu
terview witrh the proprietors of those pa
pers, and suggested that the newspaper
controversy then going on upon the sub
ject was detrimental to the prospects of
the bank’s resuming; they said the con
troversy had placed them in a false light;
they were charged with doing things
they were not guilty of, but on my in
forming them that we were doing our
best to resume, they, to forward that re
sult, agreed to drop the controversy and
stop defending themselves; it was ad
mitted on all sides that it would be fpr
the interest of the community, and that
they would do nothing to impede us in
the work of resuming; 1 think that they
afterward did all that was possible to
assist us.
A MILLIONAIRE’S MADNESS.
The Case of Dr. J. C. Ayer, ol Lowell, Massa
chusetts—His Freaks in an Asylum—His
Stealthy Escape, and His Capture and Re
turn.
[From the New York Sun.]
Dr. J. C. Ayer, the noted patent medi
cine druggist of Massachusetts, was
taken about two months ago to Dr. G.
0. S. Choate’s private asylum for the in
sane in Pleasantville, Westchester coun
ty. Six or seven invalids were patients
in the house when Dr. Ayer arrived.
Dr. Ayer was placed in the northwest
corner room, and a keeper occupied a
room opening into it. A view from the
window ext nds over the orchard to the
valley of Mount Kisco, near Chappaqua.
At first, under the change to the
healthful country air, the patient im
proved. He was provided with every
luxury, and two attendants adminis
tered to his wants, and strolls in the
woods and visits to the village were em
ployed to divert his mind. On one of
his visits to the village he became
greatly excited while iu a barber’s shop,
and tore the clothes from an attendant
before he could be secured. Three ipen
were required to take him hack to. the
asylum. After this episode an addi
tional keeper wa placed in his room,
one to be o.u dpty during the day and
the other at night. One night the at
tendant was aropsed by dir. Ayer steal
ing toward hint with cat-like tread, as
he lay on his bed in the adjoining room.
The attendant feigned sleep, but
watched the doctor. The doctor took a
cord from his pocket, and with motions
that hardly disturbed a fold in the bed
clothes, passed it around the attendant’s
neck, and made a slip-noose, qpd then
with gleaming eyes he yjutphed the knot
as he dre\y \\ VigtyW end tighter. The
attendant waited until the noose pressed
on' an artery, and then he sharply
spoke, “What are you doing?” The
doctor simply said, “I was thinking of
hanging a man, and thought I would
see how it worked upon you.”
Thereafter additional restrictions were
plaoed upon the patient., and Dr. Choate
says that lately Dr. Ayer chafed and
fretted under tne new restrictions. His
first confinement and release from busi
ness cares were a novel relief to his over
taxed brain, and with the return of men
tal vigor he began to think of his neg
lected business, and then followed a de
sire for release. But this was denied
him, as a cure was nat complete.
On Sqpday evening last the Doctor
and h,is attendant, William Keefe, re
tired as usual for th,e night. The heat
was very oppressive, and some time in
the night the attendant opened a window
in the Doctor’s room. At three o’clock
tbe attendant looked at the Doctor, and
found him sleeping. At six o’clock yes
terday morning the attendant went into
the room and found the bed clothes
folded over a “dummy.” Dr. Ayer was
missing, t£e bad climbed through the
window, and reached the roof of the
portion that surrounds the house, and
from there by an upright hftdi'sJ’d to
the ground,
About six o'clock, when a Harlem Bail
road train arrived at UnionviUe, a sta
tion two miles below Pleasantville, a
well-dressed man got aboard. Conduc
tor Cook went through the cars, and
when he asked the man for his ticket,
he responded, “Most unfortunately, I
left my pocket book at home, and I shall
have to ask you to let me ride to New
York and I will pay yon there.” “Where
do you live?” asked the conductor. “In
Pleasantville. I’m going away for a
fortnight to Massachusetts. If you’ll
go with me to the Windsor Hotel when
we arrive, I’ll make it all right. I have
friends there ?”
The conductor looked at the spare
form of the stranger, and glanced at the
elegant watch chain on his vest, en
deavored to recognize the intellectual
face, surrounded by gray English-cnt
beard, and finally said, “Yon can pay
vour fare to the agent in Pleasantville
when yon return.” The stranger re
sumed his seat, and when the train ar
rived at the Grand Central depot he
again asked the conductor to go to the
Windsor Hotel, but be refused.
The stranger walked alone to the Win
dsor Hotel, and the clerk at the desk
recognized Dr. Ayer, who occupied
rooms in the house last Winter. The
doctor seemed rational, and oondneted
himself quietly. After .walking up and
down the corridor for a few moments he
went to the desk and asked for a loan of
a few dollars, and the money was given
to him. Then he wdDt down Broadway,
purchased a suit of clothes at Devlin’s,
and told the clerk to send the package
to the Windsor Hotel. Then he visited
some business friends,
Mr. Choate and William Keefe, the
attendant, took an early train for the
city, and knowing the Doctor’s favorite
place of rrsort, traced him from the
Windsor Hotel to the office of the Span
ish newspaper. The Doctor’s brother
in-law was informed of his escape, and
by the combined efforts of Dr. Choate,
the attendant, and the Dootor’s friends,
he was persuaded to Dr. Choate’s office,
at 108 East Thirty-first street. From
there the patient, under the charge of
the attendant, went to the Windsor Ho
tel and returned' the borrowed money.
The Doctor was persuaded to relinquish
his proposed excursion to Massachusetts;
and as the hour approached for the de
parture of a Harlen train the Dootor
called to the attendant, saying, “Come,
Bill, let’s get a train.” '
The party then walked to the depot,
took the 3:55, p. m., train, and went to
the asylum. The inmates at the hospi-.
tal are very reticent regarding the Doc
tor’s case, but Dr. Choate has strong
hopes of a speedy recovery.
At seven o’clock last evening the Doo
tor was sitting on the portico of Dr.
Choate’s asylum enjoying the cooling
breeze. He was quiet, bnt now and
then he walked slowly back and forth,
apparently in deep meditation. Dr.
Choate thinks that Dr. Ayer’s trouble
comes from overwork, as was partly the
case with Horace Greeley.
ROBBERY AT ALLENDALE.
Capture of One of the Thieves.
ISpecial Telegram to the Chronicle and Sentinel ]
Allendale, 8. C.. August 2.—On
Monday night, the 31st of July, the
store of B. Harris, of this place, was en
tered by thieves, and a considerable
quantity of goods stolen. This is the
latest of a series of robberies committed
here, and, from the evidence of one of
the thieves who was captured, it appears
that all have been perpetrated by the
same parties. The crow-bar used in
their operations has also been found,
which led to the detection and convic
tion of negroes who had hitherto been
held in high respect. A portion of the
goods have been recovered through the
instrumentality of Mr. Kaplan, of our
town. Three of the guilty parties will
stand trial at the next term of Court.
EDUCATIONAL.
Spirit Creek School.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel-.
Knowing that your readers take a
great interest iu the public schools of
the county, I thought I would call your
attention to the celebration of the ninth
anniversary of the Spirit Creek School
(colored), located at Butler’s Creek,
seven miles from Augusta. The school
is taught by Daniel McHorton, and be
gan in the year 1867 with only seven
scholars. It now has in daily attend
ance seventy-nine. During that time
twenty-four of the children have united
with the church. The exercises con
sisted of speaking by the boys and girls;
dialogues and Bible recitations by the
whole school, the singing and repeating
of hymns and the coronation of
King and Queen. Books were present
ed by Mrs. A. W. C. and the teachers
of the public colored schools who were
present from Augusta. The speaking by
the boys and girls was very good, bnt
the familiarity with hymns and the
knowledge of Scripture as shown by the
scholars in their recitation was remark
able. As an evidence of the kindly
feeling which exists between the whites
and colored people in this neighborhood,
there were present on this occasion, by
written invitation, representatives of
many white families. Their apprecia
tion of the exercises was shown by fre
quent applause.
A bountiful dinner was afterwards
spread for them on a separate table.
White and colored citizens parted with
mutual expressions of good will, and
tbe understanding that, undisturbed by
outside parties, they could live harmo
niously and pleasantly together. The
crops in this section have been looking
fine, but we have just had a flood of
rain, which will be very injurious, and
probably give cotton the rust. Not
withstanding the swamp planters lost
their crops by the recent freshet, they
have gone energetically to work, re
planted, and the corn is looking well.
We see the name of J. M. Seago, Esq.,
proposed as a suitable candidate for the
Legislature. His nomination would
meet with the hearty approval of the
citizens of Bichmond county, as he is
known for his prudence, energy and
good judgment. F. C. T.
ARRESTED AND DISCHARGED.
Outrageous Conduct of Negroes fin Beech
To a gentleman living at Silver Bluff,
South Carolina, we are indebted for the
following :
On Monday morning, July 21st, Mr.
James Cobb, of this neighborhood, was
arrested by a negro coustable with a
large posse of armed negroes, a little
after daylight. The warrant was issued
by Gloster Holland, a black Trial Jus
tice, and the offense charged the mur
der of Arthur Scott, “on the swamp
place of Mr. Kit Meyers.” Mr. Cobb
was hurried off some fifteen miles to a
log shanty on the Upper Three Buns,
which, from time to time, serves Holland
as a Court House, at whioh plaoe were
assembled about seventy-five negroes
variously armed. Some time elapsed
before the Trial Justice made his ap
pearanoe, and then followed a prolix ex
amination, in which it was clearly shown
that “Mr. Kit Meyers’ swamp place”
was in the State of Georgia, and conse
quently out of the jurisdiction of the
Court. Cobb was discharged and the case
ended. Meanwhile the citisei*s of Sil
verton, hearing that a white man had
been seized at his. home at the dawn of
day by a band of armed negroes, had as
sembled to the number of fifty or p ; lX ty
with their arma, bnt on learning the
facts, quietly dispersed,
The examination served to bring to
light, very distinctly f Vhe facts connected
with the death c>l Arthur Scott, the ne
gro found m the Savannah river some
time P'.nce, with his hands tied behind
his back, which are briefly as follows: A
house on Dr. Isaiah Foreman’s planta
tion, on the Savannah river, was broken
into and a number of articles stolen.—
Pursuit was made by Dr. Foreman’s son,
a youth of sixteen, and two negro men.
Some time after this party, at their ur
gant solicitation, were joined by Mr.
Cobb. The thief was overtaken at the
bank of the river on the Georgia side,
and on “Mr. Kit Meyers’ swamp place.”
He proved to be Arthur Scott with the
stolen goods. After a very stout resist
ance he was taken, his hands tied be
hind his back, and the party started for
Meyer’s houses. Watohing his oppor
tunity, Scott, who was a remarkable fast
runner, dashed off and with a good start
kept ahead of his pursuers until he
reached the river. Without a moment’s
hesitation he jumped in where the cur
rent was deep and strong, rose and swam
a short distance and sank finally. No
assistance could be rendered him.
Solid Wealth
S6OO,OQOIN GIFTS!
GRANDEST SCHEME EVER PRESENTED
TO THE PUBLIC.
1 FORTUNE FOR ONLY sl2.
THK KENTUCKY
Gasl Distrito Genpy,
Authorized by a special act of the Kentucky
Legislature, for the .bouefit of the PUBLIC
SCHOOLS of Frankfort, will have the First of
their series of Grand Drawings at MAJOR
HaLL, in the city of Frankfort, Ky.,
Thursday, August 31,1876,
On which occasion they will distribute to the
ticket holders the immense snm of
#OOO,OOO !
THOS. P. PORTER; Ex-Gov. of Ky., General
Manager.
Positively No Postponement.
LIST OF GIFTS:
One Grand Cash Gift.9loo,ooo
One Grand Cash Gift.,., 50,000
One Grand Cash Gift 25,000
One Grand Cash Gift 20,000
One Grand Cash Gift 10,000
One Grand Cash Gift 5,000
50 Cash Gifts of SI,OOO each 50,000
100 Cash Gifts of 600 each 60,000
100 Cash Gifts of 400 each 40,000
100 Cash Gifts of 300 each 30,000
200 Cash Gifts of 200 each 40,000
600 Cash Gifts of 100 each 60,000
10.000 Cash Gifts of 12 each 120,000
Total, 11,156 Gifts, all Cash 600,000
PRICE OF TICKETS:
Whole Tickets, 912 ; Halves, $6; Quarters,
93; 9 Tickets, *109; 274 Tickets, *3OO ; 46}
Tickets, *SOO ; 95} Tickets, *I,OOO. 100,000
Tickets at *l2 each.
The Hon. E. H. Taylor, Mayor of Frankfort,
the entire Board of City Councilman, Hon. Al
vin Duvall, late Chief Justice of Kentucky, and
other distinguished citizens, together with
such disinterested persons as the ticket hold
ers preeent may designate, will superintendent
the drawing.
Remittances can be made by Express, Draft,
Poet Office Money Order or Registered Letter,
made payable to Kentucky Cash Distribution
Company. All communications, orders for
Tiokets and applications for Agencies should
be addressed to
Hon. Thos. P. Porter,
General Manager, Frankfort, Ky.
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Address, POOLE & HUNT.
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AT TEN CENTS PER YARD !
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Will offer for sale Monday Morning, Two Cases ol Silk Grena
dines and other Dress Goods at the nominal price of ten cents.
The Best Brand* ot New Prints, Merrimac, Pacific, Ac,, at
6 1-4 cents per yard. No Trash, bnt New and Choice Goods,
111 other Goods in oir Stock hare been marked as low in
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Ahead of All Competition.
AYE in store and to arrive, a full supply of tbe celebrated
ARROW TIE,
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WARREN, WALLACE & CO., Agents,
jyl6-2m AUGUSTA. GA.
Pm LOAN 11 SffllS BAM,
223 Broad Street,
CAPITAL, - - - SIOO,OOO, WITH STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY.
Interest Allowed on Deposits,
T. I*. BRANCH, President. J. T. NEWBERY, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
THOS. W. OOSKEBY, GEN. M. W. GABY, JAMES L. GOW,
JUDGE WM. GIBSON, E. H. ROGERS, M. I. BRANCH.
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