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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. 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