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Address WALSH * WRIGHT,
Ohsowicxe A Kestimkl. Augusta, Ga.
Cfjtotude anil Sentinel.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1876.
The * ‘oldest Democratic paper” demon
strates its Democracy by inviting inde
pendent candidates to enter the field
against the nominees of the party,
, The New York Democrats seem to
have blundered abomipahly in adjourn
ing without having Gov. Seymoub’s ac
ceptance, but it is by no means too late
to correct the error and put an accept
able ticket in the field.
The Atlanta Commonwealth reports
that after a very acrimonions contest
Mr. Ragsdale carried the DeKalb coun
ty primary election Over Col. R. A. Al
ston. It is to be regretted thut there
should be bad feeling in the party, bat
we imagine that the contest in DeKalb
is by no means an aunmally in Georgia
this year.
The mulatto statesman from Louisi
ana who received SIB,OOO from a Re
publican Senate as compensation for not
being allowed to take his seat, has been
taken to Indiana to fire the Hoosier
heart. At New Castle the fiery Pinoh
baok had an andieuce of jnst fifty-two
persons, despite brass bands and flaming
hand bills.
A pew nights ago Don Carlos was at
Booth’s Theatre pf New York. His box
was draped with Spanish flags. JuSt
before the performance four young
Spaniards advanced and tore the flags
away, remarking that Don Carlos was
' fto true Spaniard, and did not deserve
to sit beneath the Spanish flag. The
men were ejected immediately.
The remaining $300,000,000 of the
United States funded loan was offered
for snbscription Thursday at 108 J. The
Pinancialist says its issue will probably
have little or no effect on the money
market, the operation being a substitu
tion for existing stock; but some effect
will be produced while deposits are
looked up pending the receipt of the
new bonds.
Thus says the gallant General Bart
lett,,of Massachusetts, who was expect
ed by the Republicans to eome out for
Hayes: “Look at General Kilpatrick’s
letter to Governor Hates. That shows
the kind of men who are supporting t£e
Republican candidates. I regard that
letter as simply iufamous; and, if it can
be shown that Governor Hay s reoeived
that letter without denouncing its author
openly, at once, it ought to defeat him
by itself.”
One of the dispatohes read in the
Senate by Spencer, stating that the
Alabama election was “carried by fraud
and intimidation, was signed W. H.
Smith, Chairman State Republican Com
mittee.” The allegations therein made
were so notoriously untrue and absurd
that ex-Governor Smith has since de
clared that the dispatch was signed
withont his authority or eousent. It is
understood, on the contrary, that Gov
ernor Smith has expressed the opinion
that the election was both fair and
peaceable.
The temperenee men do not seem yet
ready to go regularly into politics. The
Grand Lodge of Good Templars, which
baa just olosed its session at Saratoga,
in their address say: “While we call
upon the members of cur Order to vote
against the licensed liquor traffic and
its supporters, and for entire prohibi
tion, and for those who favor the same,
we do not deem it the province of this
Grand Lodge to recommend party poli
tics or the support of any political party
candidate.” They recommend the local
Lodges.tn endeavor to educate people
op to the highest standard of temper
ance.
An effort no doubt will be made by the Rad
icals to import voteis particularly from our
neighboring State, Georgia, and onr friends
on the border are asked to be on the alert.
Thi* is a South Carolina fight, and her sons
are determined that every man shall vote as he
pleases, but they feel able to take cart of
themselves. We want and intend to have a
fair election—no ballot box stuffing or illegal
voting. We, therefore, advise all Radical
Sionk te their own reservation. —
Columbia Register.
Onr South Carolina friends may rest
assured that the Georgians of the bor
der will do everything in their power to
prevent voters being imported from this
State. At the same time South Caro
linians should also keep their weather
eye skinned a little. The Georgia Re
poblicaus have a full ticket of their own
in the field and have probably “bitten
off aa much as they cau chaw” ou this
aide of the Savannah.
Tax public schools in South Carolina are
nearly all closed, or unable to continue the
good WGTk of popular education. The Asylum
for tho Insane and otber benevolent institu
tions are without the means of support, be
idee being almost hopelessly involved in debt.
While these facts are notorious, it ;s none the
lose trus that heavy taxes to sustain the
schools and the public charities have been
levied and collected. There is but one expla
nation for this condition of things. The
aaoney apprep iated for these uses has been
stolen by the carpet-bag and negro thieves,
who hold all the offices of the State, and com
bine to rob the people. Chamberlain and his
crew, who are now playing the part of reform
era. with their pockets stuffed full of plunder
ed property, are Already responsible for the
closing of the sobools and for the privations
suffered by the poor insane creatures, who are
dependent for ths necessities of life upon an
honest administration of the Asylum.— Xev
York St it.
In a knowledge of these fonts lies the
principal strength of the Democracy in
South Carolina. The thefte*committed
by the Republican leaders, which were
formerly treated as mere “campaign
chargee," are bow admitted to be stern
realities, and are known of all men.
The colored people have discovered that
the State is being plundered by the men
whom their votes have placed in posi
tion, and that their material interests
are being rained by. the scamps whom
they considered their saviors. A large
proportion of them have determined
that any change mast be for the better,
and will no longer support Chamber
lain and hia crew. The white people
offer them real instead of sham reform
and good government, and thousands of
them will rally to the standard of Hamp
ton in November. It bas taken a*long
time to undeceive the colored people of
Carolina, bat their eyes are open now,
and they will be duped no longer.
THE BISUiEKM OUTLOOK.
There are cheering indications of a re
vival in every branch of business this
Winter. After the shaking np of the
panic, the commercial, mannfactnring
and agricultural interests of the country
have settled down and gradually ad
justed themselves to the changed condi
tion of affairs. The mills at the North
are opening* labor is finding employ
ment and capital is seeking investment.
It is stated by the New York Bulletin
that the A. & W. Sprague Manufactu
ring Company intend forthwith to start
their extensive print works at Provi
dence, R. I. These mills, when worked
to their fall capacity, employ some ten
thousand operatives. The improved con
dition of the print and print-cloth mar
ket of late has imparted to this branch
of manufactures an exceptionally hope
ful feeling, and one that, from the pres
ent aspect of the market, bids fair to
continue. The Philadelphia correspond
ent of the same paper announces the
probable restarting of the Kentucky
jean mills, in and about that city, about
September Ist—the reduced condition of
the market for that class of manufac
tures also warranting a return to pro
duction in that quarter. The outlook
in the South is very encouraging, and
the end of “bard times” seems near
at hand. In Augusta everything looks
bright, and our merchants confidently
expect a heavy and healthy business du
ring the coming commercial season.
THE COUNTRY'S PEKIL.
Ever since General Grant was first
made President, it has been evident that
he looked upon the position as some
thing that was his due, on account of
s rvices rendered to the country. His
taste of power has engendered such a
desire for tis continuance, that he was
greatly annoyed when he found it im
possible to secure a third term. All his
actions have been conceived and carried
out with supreme contempt for the
wishes or the interests of the people
who placed him where he is. He has
exercised his authority as a despot, who
was far removed from responsibility to
any one for what he did, and he looked
for a third term to establish his power
upon a permanent basis. According to
his idea, the people were made to obey
and he to govern. The third term be
ing out of the question, it remained to
devise a plan by which the autocrat’s
ambitious designs might be carried out
with auother in the Presidential chair.
Everything was therefore done to defeat
Blaine’s aspirations for the succession.
He would be President de facto as well
as de jure, and would therefore not do.
A lucky hit was made in the choice of
Governor Hayes. fl would be pliable
enough and sufficiently easy to man
age. Indeed, he was just the. man, and
now that Grant so sses it, he is strain
ing every nerve to secure his election.
Hayes’ success can only be obtained
through the work of Grant’s civil ad
visers. If this be acheived he will be
supported in his position by the same
men. They will oontrol and he will do
as they decree. Then either Shebman
will be removed and Grant put in his
place, or the command will be divided,
and Grant given rank and authority
equal to Sherman. He will be in full
accord with the men who have pledged
themselves to his designs, and together
they will, under the cloak of Hayes, ap
ply to the whole country the same prin
ciples of government that are now enforc
ed upon the South. The plan will work
much b etter when it can be carried out
ostensibly under the orders of another.
The people who do not wish to undergo
another struggle to release their coun
try from the iron grasp of a milit ry
despotism, must be up and working now.
If Governor Tilden be not the next
President of the Uuited States, it may
be a long time before the ballot shall
again decide who shall occupy the seat
of Government.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The campaign in South Carolina has '
opened brilliantly for the cause of Dem
ooracy. The Democrats, for the first
time since 1868, have a straight-out ticket
in the field. Their platform is a frank
and manly declaration of principles to
which no honest man can object. Their
candidates have been selected from
among the best men in the State and
have the entire confidence of the people.
In every county the platform and the
candidates have created an enthusiasm
unsurpassed in the political history of
the State. The State is being actively
and thoroughly canvassed by the ablest
and most eloquent men of the party.
Monster meetings are held
they go, and a flood of light is being
thrown on the dark places of Radicalism.
We are told that when General Hampton
opened the canvass at Anderson the
other day, fully six thousand people
were in attendance, and, though this
county is in the Northern portion of the
State where the white population pre
dominates, of these six thousand auditors
fully one thousand were colored. One of
tke most gratifying features of the con
test is the progress made in win
ning over colored men from the Republi
can party. Colored oratcirs address Demo
cratic meetings. Tilden and Hendricks
clubs are being organized by colored men
and colored people furnish a large per
oentage of the Democratic gatherings.
Republican speakers create no enthus
iasm, are everywhere met by Demo
crats and have their arguments fully and
completely answered.
The telegram, which came yesterday,
stating that “Honest John” Patterson
and Gov. Chamberlain had called on
the Administration for assistance, fur
nishes additional evidence of the demor
alization of the Republicans and the
pitiable strait to which they are already
reduced. The contest has just com
menced, indeed the Republican ticket is
not in the field, and yet the Radical
rogue and the sham Reformer who have
hitherto been trying to cut each other’s
throats have made friends are united in
asking Grant, Chaxdleb, Cameron A
Cos. for “assistance.” It is well known
that the only disturbance which has re
cently taken place in South Carolina oc
curred in Hamburg. It is equally well
known that the patties charged with
participating in that affair promptly
gave themselves np and are now await
ing trial. When their cases were called
the other day the trial could not proceM
because the Republican Attorney-Gen
eral of the State, wlp> has charge of the
prosecution, failed to appear. A large
force of United States troops is now
quartered in the State, at the request of
Chamberlain, but it has been shown
that their presence is wholly unneces
sary. The faot is, Hones- John and the
Reformer are not afraid of the whites,
but of the negroes. It js against the
colored people that they are calling
npon the Government for help. The
selored people are deserting the Repub
lican standard so rapidly that, unless
something is dons to stop them, there
will he precious little of the party left
by November. The plan now is to take
advantage of Taft’s order and dragoon
them back into the camp. Chamberlain
wiahes a swarm of Deputy United States
Marshals, who, at so many dollars per
diem, will attempt to coax and bully
the discontented to return to their alle
giance. The Scheme will hardly sue*
ceed. Chamberlain and Patterson
have made a confession of weakness
which cannot fail to tell heavily against!
them in the campaign. They have vir- j
tually admitted that the Republican par- j
tv has lost its hold upon the State—that 1
they have already lost the fight though j
the opening guns have just been heard. 1
The Democrats are bonyant with hope;
their adversaries are dispirited and de
jected. Deputy Marshals will not serve
Patterson and Chamberlain now. A
large proportion of the colored voters
are disgusted with corruption rather
than Republicanism, and they can no lon
ger be hectored or cajoled into snpport
ing.the thieves who have swindled and
betrayed them.
TnE COST OF HYING.
Mr. L. J. Jennings, recently editor
in-chief of the New York Times, but
now the London correspondent of the
World, is writing some interesting let
ters from London. In the last one he
treats of the cost of living comparing
the prices in the two cities, London and
New York. Mr. Jennings is an Eng
lishman, and having lived in this coun
try some years, he un ’erstands the sub
ject discussed. House rent, servants’
wages and clothing are much cheaper
in London than New York, but there
does not appear to be much difference
in the price of articles of every day ne
cessity; on the whole, however, it
costs less to live in London. Mr. Jen
nings’ comparisons are interesting. On
the matter of rents he writes:
“London, then, must be takeu as the
representative place for the comparison,
and I will begin with the chief source of
outlay—house rent. In this respect,
the difference is greatly in favor of the
housekeeper over here—so greatly, that
it at once accounts for the long way you
can make a small income go here as com
pared with New York. Avery good
house, with eight bed rooms, dining,
drawing and reception rooms, can be
had in Kensington, a fashionable sub
urb, for £IOO a year. Go a little fur
ther into the suburbs, and yon can do it
for much less. For instance, I know of
a family which has a small but neat and
comfortable house—six rooms—near Dul
wich, that is to say between three and
four miles from London Bridge, for
£25 a year—sl2s. I really do not
know where I could find a house any
thing like it within twenty miles of
New York for three times the money.
There is a small garden, both
back and front. For £SO a year
an excellent honse can be got in the
northern part of London—that great
region extending from Islington to
Highgate. These are houses chiefly in
tended for what are called the ‘middle
classes,’ and certainly no one need be
ashamed to live in them. Another
house of which I know is at Kensington,
not far from the South Kensington Mu
seum, and is pleasantly situated. It has
nine rooms, a small garden, and the
rent is £IOO ($500) a year. The locality
about corresponds to Fiftieth street,
near Sixth Avenue, in New York. It is
difficult, of course, to make such com
parisons between two cities, but I think
this does no injustice to either. Rents
such as are common in New York, of
from $1,200 to $3,000 a year, would here
suffice to hire a mansion in the most
fashionable part of the town, and the
class which can afford to pay £SOO or
£6OO a year for a house is exceedingly
limited. I should myself, speaking
from personal experience, and after
careful inquiry among my friends, put
down for rent and taxes, in a very good
locality, £l5O a year. For this you may
obtain a house in almost any direction—
north or south, east or west—such as
you have to pay, even now, from $1,200
to $1,500 a year for in New York, not in
cluding taxes. Here the tenant pays
the taxes—in New York the landlord
does—so that the comparison cannot be
, made with entire accuracy. And it must
be remembered that I have taken the di
minished New York rents not the
prices of three or four years ago.
We now come to servants’ wages,
which perhaps I had better give you
from two different households well
known to me. The cook in one case gets
£lB a year (S9O gold;) in the other £22
($110.) We used to pay from S2O to $25
a month in New York for a cook, and
she was not so good as a £2O a year cook
would be here. Twenty dollars a month
is ahpht £43 a year, currency, as nearly
as I can calculate it without knowing
the price of gold at this moment. A
“waitress” or parlor-maid here gets
about £l2 a year, and a housemaid £lO
or £ll. Your readers know best what
wages they give in their own households
for servants of the same kind. Most
i English servants expect, in addition to
their wages, an allowance of Is. 6d. a
week for washing, and Is. for beer—say
£6 10s. a year more. So that, taking
three in-door servants at the wages I
have given, (which are the average wag
es in respectable and comfortable fami
lies,) the total cost of them (that is, in
money) amounts to £6l 10s. a year, or
$307 50, in gold, per annum.
Clothing, for adults.as well as chil
dren, is very much cheaper here than it
is in New York, and children as a rule
wear common fabrics—cotton prints and
the like, so that their dress costs com
paratively little. About “show” dresses
for ladies I say nothing, because to my
mind the ordinary business of fasion
able dress making is a system of the
grossest extortion, not to use a harsher
word. Arbitrary prices are imposed,
and no woman ever deems that she gets
the value of her money. Men are not
so victimized, simply because they never
would submit to it. But even for
“fashionable” dresses the prices are
lower by at least one-third, oftener one
half, than they are in New York. Boots
for persons of both sexes and all ages
are much cheaper. A man can get a
very gocd pair of boots here for £1 55.,
a lady for 165., and a child for from 4s.
to 7s. 61. Ido not know where a well
made pair of men’s boots could be got
in New York for $6 or $7. lam taking
i good work here as the basis for the eom
; parison, for one may see men’s boots
| marked up in windows at 63. fid. a pair,
1 or even less; but I should suppose that,
like Moses Pbimbose’s spectacles, they
I are mede to sell, not to be used.
General Thomas Ewing denies briefly
that he is an inflationist. Iu his speech
accepting a nomination to Congress he
said the currency issues did not involve
the question of hard or soft money—
that we should continue to have paper
money as we always have had. The
question is, whether we shall have na
tional money which cost the people
nothing, or bank money which costs five
or six per cent, per year. He thinks,
| moreover, that the act by which silver
was demonetized was a fraud and should
be repealed. He also favors a repeal of
the Resumption Act, and accepting
Governor Tildes’s method of resump
tion.
Mr. Norcboss is welcome bo all he
can make ont of Governor Smith’s man
agement of the financial affairs of the
State. The current quotations of State
securities effectually answer everything
he asserts. Georgia sixes are at par
and Georgia sevens and eights are quo
ted at front one hundred and three to
one hundred and nine. How much
were State bonds worth, Mr. Norcboss,
under the Republican administration of
Rufus B. Bulloch ?
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1876.
THE. [BAYONET ORDER.
The circular issued by the Depart
ment of Justice, monstrous as it is, will
not prove a surprise to the country.
Ever since.the restoration of the entente
cordiale between General Grant and
Hayes it has been evident that the
Administration intended to employ
force to procure the election of the Re
publican candidate for the Presidency.
The order of Attorney-General Taft,
which “meets the President’s approval,”
is the legitimate fruit of this coalition
between corruption and “reform.” While
nominally the order applies to the whole
country, really it is intended to be ap
plicable to and will be enforced only in
the South. There are one or two South
ern States which the Republicans hope
that force may carry for their candidate.
Realizing the danger of their situation
they are struggling with the energy of
despair to obtain the electoral votes of
South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana.
Hence, by an official order, the Admin
istration has turned over the South to
the tender mercies of partisan United
States Marshals and their deputies, the
number of these deputies being abso
lutely unlimited. These irresponsible,
corrupt and ignorant partisans are made
superior to the civil and the military
authorities. State officials are subordi
nated to them, and the military may be
used whenever they give, the order.
Peace officers of the State are wholly ig
nored, and no legal process can be em
ployed to check the fraud and violence
which these men are employed to com
mit. But notwithstanding its outrage
ous character, we do not believe that
the Attorney-General’s circular, which
“has been submitted to the President
and has his approval,” will do the Re
publicans any good or the Democrats
any harm. It is mere brutem fulmen
that will react against its authors. The
people of the United States—Republi
cans as well as Democrats—are tired of
bayonets as political agents,and will tole
rate them no longer. They are tired of
the party which employs them and of
the men who lead that party. They are
weary pf corruption sustained by des
potism, and will hail with joy the ad
vent of a government upheld by the free
suffrage of a free people. The time has
gone by when United States Marshals
can exercise almost absolute power,
and force the people of a whole State to
do theirbidding.
THE FARCE AT AIKEN.
The disposition made at Aiken: the
other day of the cases against the par
ties charged with participation in the
Hamburg riot shows what a farce Cham
berlain’s legal proceedings are. As
soon as he heard of the affair the Re
former and his crew were swift to say
that the gnilty persons could not be
brought to justice unless with the assis
tance of United States troops. He was
equally swift to predict that if they
could be brought before the civil au
thorities they would be speedily punish
ed. As soon as the verdict of the coro
ner’s jury was rendered and warrants
were issued upon it, the accused prompt
ly surrendered themselves and were ad
mitted to bail. Last Monday was the
day fixed for the trial. The defendants
were ready. The prosecution was not,
and asked for a continuance. The At
torney-General of the State, a member
of Chamberlain’s cabinet, who had been
given control of the prosecution failed
to make his appearance in Aiken. This
was the sole ground of the request. It
was not shown that he was ill or other
wise providentially detained. He sim
ply failed to appear and the cases were
continued, despite the protest of the de
fendants, until next January— after the
election. We hope the people of the
North will properly consider the conduct
of Chamberlain’s government;- They
cannot fail to be convinced of the fact
that he has no hope of convicting the
men who have voluntarily submitted to
arrest, but simply desires to make polit
ical capital out of the Hamburg affair.
If the prisoners had been put upon trial
last Monday they would have been ac
quitted even by a Republican court and
jury, and the verdict of acquittal would
have effectually pricked the bubble.
Chamberlain knew this and he was de
termined that the trial should not take
place. He wishes to use the “Hamburg
massacre” until the election; after the
election the legal proceedings will be
dropped altogether. The Reformer,
like Joey Bagstock, is devilish sly.
INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION—THE
SOUTH’S SHARE.
The aggregate receipts from internal
revenue for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1876, was $110,717,680. Of this
amount Illinois contributed $23,730,693,
or over one-fifth of the entire amount;
Ohio ranks next, with $16,587,678; New
York third, $14,616,823; Kentucky
fourth, $7,705 592; and Virginia fifth,
$7,314,393; these States contributing
seven-elevenths of the internal revenue
for the past fiscal year. remainder
was paid by the other States and territo
ries, as follows : Alabama, $109,340; Ari
zona, $11,976; Arkansas, $68,201; Cali
fornia, $3,095,040; Colorado, $72,668;
Connecticut, $658,114; Dakota, $12,156;
Delaware, $417,592; District of Colum
bia, $114,599; Florida, $174,257; Geor
gia, $362,726; Idaho, $16,993; Indiana,
$5,576,126; lowa, $1,212,617; Kansas,
$150,604; Louisiana, $526,787; Maine,
$90,655; Maryland, $2,577,575; Massa
chusetts, $2,752,215; Michigan, $2,066,-
163; Minnesota, $240,776; Mississippi,
$85,165; Missouri, $2,981,941; Montana,
$20,982; Nebraska, $502,395; Nevada,
$67,923; New Hampshire, $260,261; New
Jersey, $3,779,949; New Mexico, $22,161;
North Carolina, $1,671,138; Oregon,
$49,572; Pennsylvania, $5,673,431; Rhode
Island, $222,672; South Carolina, $105,-
803; Tennessee, $596,713; Texas, $245,-
708; Utah, $33,331; Vermont, $47,125;
Washington, $10,411; West Virginia,
$430,978; Wisconsin, $3,308,770; Wyo
ming, $15,063.
The people of the North have for a
long time believed. that the South con
tributed little or nothing towards the
support of the Government—that New
England and the Middle States bore
nearly the whole of the burden. The
figures above published show the incor
rectness of this opinion. Of the total
amount of internal revenue collected—
one hundred and ten millions—the
Sonthern States contributed twenty-five
millions, or nearly one-fourth of the
gross sum. The large manufacturing
and commercial States of New England
1 paid only four millions, or less than oner
j twenty-fifth. One Sonthern State, Vir
| ginia, alone paid nearly twice as much
, towards the support of the General Gov
i ernment as the whole of New England.
Georgia paid as much as three of the
: New England States. The Sonthern
I States are not pensioners upon the Fed
; eral Union. Notwithstanding the de
: vastations of war, the demoralization of
labor and the mischievous legislation of
Radicalism, they contribute their share,
and more than their share, to the pnblic
treasury.
The Internal Revenue returns of Re
former Hayes have been published.
They cover several years and, if the
statements of his neighbors be true,
show that the Reformer did a good deal
of false swearing in the blessed days of
the income tax.
ADDRESS OF THE STATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.
The Duties Devolving Upon the People of
Georzta iu the Goming Elections—Or
ganization Demanded—Rally far Reform,
Retrenchment and Regeneration.
Office of the Democratic Ex. Com., /
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 1, 1876. (
To the Democratic Party of Georgia:
Fellow-Citizens —The Democratic
Executive Committee of this State, at
its meeting heid in this city on the 25th
ultimo, made it my duty, as Chairman,
to issue an address to you, embodying
the views of the committee on the sub
ject of party organization, unity, and
activity, expressed in the following re
solutions adopted by them;
Resolved, That recognizing the neces
sity of organization as an important con
dition of large success, we exhort the
Democracy of each county in the State
to look carefully and promptly to
thorough organization, establishing a
system where it may be wanting, and
perfecting it where it now exists, and
that the Chairman or Secretary of such
organization be requested to make re
port to the Secretary of this committee,
without unnecessary delay.
Resolved, That f we consider party
unity to be of prime importance, and we
do earnestly depreqhte all independent
candidacy. -
Resolved, That we do bespeak that
activity of the party which the political
issues justify and demand, confidently
recommending in connection therewith
the continuance of a just aDd honorable
conduct toward our political opponents.
The propriety find wisdom of these
resolutions will be readily apprehended
by every right thinking mind, and com
mend them to the approval of
true Democrat in the State. The im
portance of the political issues which
are involved in the campaign upon which
we have entered, cannot be over-esti
mated. No friend of good govern
ment can view with unconcern the total
disregard of the Constitution which has
characterized the administration of the
Republican party for the last eleven
years. No lover of his country can in
dulge supineness or indifference while
the with a step as steady
as time, is undermining the foundations
upon which our political system was
built, destroying every right that be
longs to the States, and -driving the
country headlong into a corrupt consoli
dation and a centralized despotism. No
man who loves virtue, or honesty or
truth can fail to experience a just moral
indignation at the abuses, frauds, wrongs
and crimes that have been heaped upon
the people of these United States by
Republican office-holders, of every class
and in every department of the Govern
ment.
I speak jto you, my fellow-citizens, in
all frankness when I declare, that if the
Republican party shall continue to oon
trol and administer the Government
under which* we live, in my judgment
constitutional liberty is at an end, and
the glory of our country’s excellenoy
will be lost in the night of usurpation,
tyranny and despotism. Such are the
views and sentiments of the best patriots
and wisest statesmen of the present day,
and such were the views and sentiments
that prompted our Democratic brethren
who assembled in national convention at
St. Louis, Missouri, to promulgate a
platform that begins, continues and
ends with a patriotic demand for purifi
cation and reform in every thing and in
every place connected with the Govern
ment and its administration. Appreci
ating the stern and absolute necessities
of the times, these heroic Democrats
placed upon that platform a candidate
for President whose entire public his
tory has been a gallant and successful
struggle against official corruption and
fraud, and in favor of reform and hon
esty in the government of the State,
whose political and financial affairs
were eonfided to his management. Sam
uel J. Tilden, of New York, is politi
cal reform and official honesty “mani
fest iu the flesh.” The principle of puri
ty in office holders aDd honesty in the
administration of government finds in
him a living and powerful incarnation.
He is a standard bearer whose leader
ship inspires hope, and whose election
will save the country from ruin, and
perpetuate the liberties of the people.
With Tilden at its head, the triumph of
the Democratie party in November next
will mean: the Constitution preserved;
the Government rescued from central
ism; sectional hate obliterated; peace
re-established between the North and
South; equal and exact justice meted
out to all men, of all classes; church
and State totally separated; popular
education freed from all preferences for
seet, classes or creeds; the supremacy of
the civil over the military power main
tained; the substitution of honesty for
dishonesty in office holdrs; the abolition
of every useless office; a sounder and
better currency provided for the people;
a juster and wiser tariff than we now
have; governmental expenditures dimin
ished and public economy enforced;
capital freed from- distrust and labor
disburdened and employed; the public
credit restored and the national honor
reburnished and maintained} commerce
and trade revived and made profitable;
industry and manufactures re-energized,
and the entire land brighted with peace
and prosperity again.
All these political and social blessings
are in store for the people of these Unit
ed States -if in this momentous crisis
th y shall prove true to themselves and
true to the obligations of an enlightened
patriotism. In a time like this let no
Democrat hesitate or waver in the dis
ch -rge of his duty. Let neither person
al interests nor selfish ambition produce
confusion in our camp or cause disorder
in our lines. Let the party be well or
ganized in every oounty in the State,
and let every Democrat stand by the or.-
ganization and its candidates through
woe as well as weal. Being brethren of
a common political faith, let us not an
tagonize or make war on each other, but
let us contend with manly earnestness
for our principles, aad strive only
against our enemies. True to her sub
lime faith, and faithful to her high mis
sion, let the Democratic party move
grandly up to the contest with an un
broken line, presenting to her enemies
and to the world the invinoible buckler
of a compact aud thorough organiza
tion.
Let us labor with sleepless diligence
and tireless industry to bring every
Democratic voter to the polls, and by
every means consistent with a just and
honorable conduct toward onr political
enemies’let us induce, if possible, every
lover of constitutional liberty and good
government to unite with us in giving
to our candidates for Governor, Legisla
tors, Congressmen, Presi ent and Vice-
President such a unanimous and over
whelming vote as that the very name of
Radicalism will be lost, and the places
that now know it will know it no more
forever.
With high respect, I am your fellow
citizen, Geo. N. Lester,
Chairman State Executive Committee.
The Knights of Pythias.— The Su
preme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
met in Philadelphia last Wednesday.
The Supreme Keeper of the Records and
Seal submitted his annual report, which
contains the following matters of inter
est to the order; Number of members
per last report, 100,002 ; initiated, 11,-
376; admitted by card, 966 ; reinstated,
1,080; total additions, 13,422; withdraw
als, 1,647; suspended, 12.809; deceased,
844; total deductions, 14,792; present
number of members, 98,276. The re
ceipts of the Grand Lodge have been.
$72,913 24 ; expenditures, $60,103 72 ;
amount on hand, $18,889 88. The total
receipts of the subordinate lodges
have been $888,062 14 ; expenditures,
$736,217 70; amount paid for relief of
brothers, $191,666 18; families, $866 45;
education of orphans, $1,121 84; total
relief, $262,528 48. Pennsylvania has
430 lodges and a membership of 39,318;
New York, 110 lodges and 6,065 mem
bers; New Jersey, JO6 lodges and 0,131
members j Maryland, 01 lodges apd
6,780 members ; Ohio, 9$ lodges and
5,788 members.
An election of officers was held in the
afternoon of the same day, and the fol
lowing was the result : S. S. Davis,
Nashua, N. H.-, Supreme Chancellor; D,
B. Woodruff, Macon, Ga., Supreme Vice-
Chancellor; Jos. Dowdall, Columbus,
Ohio, Supreme Keeper of the Records
and Seal.
The Fhiladelphia Knights gave the
Supreme Lodge a grand reception.
There was a procession bn
in which it is estimated that ten thou
sand Knights participated, representing
every State and Territory, also Canada.
Mr, Tine Cameron, while preparing to
blast a rock at Hosch’s mill, in Jackson
county, was seriously injured by prema
ture explosion. His face aud head yere
badly burned, and his arm was so badly
shattered that amputation was peces
saiy.
THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.
MEETING OF THE CONGRESSION
AL CONVENTION AT THOMSON.
Alexander H. Stephens Nominated by Accla
mation—Speeches by Hon. Geo. T. Barnes
and Others—Judge Pottle's Letter.
[Specially Reported for the Chronic.e and Senti
nel. \
Fifteen of the sixteen oounties com
posing the Eighth Congressional Dis
trict of Georgia met in Convention yes
terday at Thomson. All the counties
were represented exoept Hart. Mr. Ste
phens was nominated wi hout opposi
tion.
At half-past eleven o’clock Dr. H. R.
Casey ascended the Judge’s stand in the
Court Room, and said that, as Chairman
of the Executive Committee, he called
the Convention to order, and suggested
the name of Judge G. T. Bristow, dele
gate from Taliaferro, for temporary Chair
man. On motion of G. L. Cain, of Jeffer
son, Judge Bristow was elected tempora
ry Chairman. Judge Bristow thanked the
delegates for tfte compliment, and asked
their 00-operation and support. On mo
tion of Hon. C. S. Du Bose, Wm. M.
Sims, Esq., of Wilkes, was elected tem
porary Secretary.
Dr. H. B. Casey was, on motion of
James Pari, Esq., of Greene, elected
permanent Chairman.
Dr. Casey, on taking the Chair, said
it was not his custom to make long
speeches, but he could not allow this oc
casion to pass without thanking the
Convention for the honor conferred, and
asking their 00-operation. He would
ask them to emulate the example set by
the State Convention—not to forget that
they were all of the same party, that we
are working for’the same end, and that
they should be united and harmonious
if they acted in unity and harmony, and
with this feeling of brotherhood, they
would have discharged their duty, and
would leave the rest for time and events
of after oeourrenoe to develop the wis
dom of their action. The Convention
was now ready for business.
On motion of 8. C. Starke, of Elbert,
Wm. M. Sims, of Wilkes, was elected
permanent Secretary.
M. P. Carroll suggested that the
oounties be called in alphabetical order,
aud the Chairman of each delegation
should answer for his delegation, giving
the names of those present. On motion,
the suggestion was adopted, aud the
Secretary proceeded to call tho counties,
as follows :
Columbia, 2 votes, H. R. Casey, W. A.
Martin; Elbert, 2, 8. C. Starke; Glas
cock, 2, J. T. Usry; Greene, 4, J. B.
Park, Jas. Davison, Dr. J. D. Moore,
W. O. Mitchell; Hancock, 4, Col. C. W.
Dußose; Hart, 2, no delegate present;
Jefferson, 4, Oapt. J. H, Polliill, A.
Beazley G. L. Cain; Johnson, 2, J. H.
Hicks, J. E. Hightower; Lincoln, 2,
Hon. N. A. Crawford; McDuffie, 2, E. S.
Harrison, J. L. Neal, J. H. Casey; Ogle
thorpe, 4, J. T. Olive, Dr. J.O. Sims, J.
McWhorter; Richmond, 6, Maj. Geo. T.
Barnes, Maj, Jos. Gan ah I, W. H. How
ard, Cyrus Hudson, S. Marcus, J. E.
Burch, M. P. Carroll, W. Daniel, J. A.
Carswell, Austin Mullarky, Ker Boyce;
Taliaferro, 2, G. F. Bristow, C. E.
Smith, J. A. Greer; Warren, 2, C. E.
McGregor, Hon. C. S. Dußose, A. S.
Morgan, J. S. Johnson, H. W. J. Ham;
Wasbington, 4, M. Newman, G- W. Kel
ly; Wilkes, 4, M. P. Reese, W. D. Pit
tard, W. M. Sims,
Immediately after the call of the coun
ties Maj. Geo. T. Barnes arose and said:
Before leaving his home he had been
virtually authorized by the delegation
from Richmond to present to the con
sideration of this Convention as a nomi
nee for Congress the name of our pres
ent distinguished representative. Since
his arrival iu Thomson many delegates
from other counties had united their
solicitation with those from Richmond
and thus enhanced the pleasure he ex
perienced in the performance of the
duty. He felt that in its discharge it
was not necessary for him to indulge in
a speech, for oertainly it was unnecessary
to make a speech where po necessity
existed for making it. What should he
say? Should he go back to the early
days of Mr. Stephens’ young manhood,
when most of the delegates around
him were unborn or were prattling
children and recall the services he
rendered by his splendid eloquence
in advocacy of our magnificent system
of internal improvements, which had, in
truth and in faot, made Georgia the
Empire State of the South. [Applause.]
Should jhe recall his early entry into the
halls of the national Congress, where
in, founding, as it were, without waiting
as other men, he established a fame
eo-extenaive with the limits of the re
public ; [applause] of the efforts in his
maturer years, which had shed imperish
able lustre ou the name of Georgia. [Ap
plause.] Should he recall to their re
collections the wisdom of his old age,
obtained by experience and a long life
of labor, and which wisdom had protfed
a crowning glory to his early efforts.
[Applause.]
whydo we hesitate ? It is said that
the hand of Providenoe has been laid
upon him, but we have the best assur
ance for saying that the hand has been
uplifted. Originally it had been his in
tention, after conference with a number
of others, to move Mr. Stephens’ nomi
nation by acclamation. But he had
learned that .there was a respectable mi
nority opposed to Mr. Stephens, and as
he always felt bound to respect the feel
ings of the minority, he had abandoned
his original intention. He appealed to
the minority, however, to unite with the
majority, and thus prove hy a unani
mous vote, at least, so far as the old
Eighth Congressional District was con
cerned, the falsity of the adage
that republic* were ungrateful.—
He would detain the Convention no
loDger and would simply close by plac
ing in nomination the name of Alexan
der H. Stephens.
Prolonged and enthusiastic applause,
Mr. 0. E. McGregor, of Warren, in
behalf of a gentleman, honored and be
loved, whose name had been mentioned
in connection with the Congressional
race, read the following letter from Judge
E. H. Pottle: .
Was renton, SeptembeT Ist, 1876.
Messrs. McGregor, Dußose <Md others:
Gentlemen -The eounties of Warren
and Glasoock have, in their primary
meetings, expressed a prefference for me
for Congress. Until now I have had no
suitable opportunity of taking notice of
it. You very well know I have had no
part in this matter. I have been no can
didate for Congress, and am not now.
In none of the proceedings in which
mention has been made of my name,
does it appear that they are opposed to
the eontinuance of Mr. Stephens in Con
gress. While I feel grateful to the ooun
ties which have expressed preferences
for me, I Cannot consent to have my
name used in antagonism to Mr.
Stephens. Aside from the distinguish
ed and valuable services which he has
rendered our State, our personal rela
tions forbid opposition. I beg of you
that in case Mr. Stephens’ name should
be announced that my own will not be.
I trust that your deliberations will be
harmonious, and the result suoh aa will
be universally approved by the party
and people. lam your friend very tru
!!y . , E. H. Pottle.
Major Joseph Ganahl, of Richmond,
said that as there was no other name
before the Convention, he wonld move
the nomination of Alexander H. Ste
phens by acclamation. [Tremendous
applause.] The motion was seoopded
by J. H. Casey, of McDuffie, and others,
and carried unanimously and with much
enthusiasm.
Qn motion of James R. Park, of
Greene, a committee of three—Messrs.
George T. Barnes, of Richmond; J. H.
Polhill, of Jefferson; and J. T. Olive,
of Oglethorpe—were appointed to wait
npon Mr. Stephens and notify him of
his nomination.
Mr. J. T. Olive, of Oglethorpe, then
offered the following resolution, which
was adopted:
Resolved, That the Executive Commit
tee for this Congressional District des
ignated by the Greenesboro Convention
be and are hereby appointed to serve in
such capacity for the full Congressional
term of two years from this date, their
successors to be appointed at the next
regular Convention, Held for the pur
pose of nominating a candidate for Con
gress a( such time and place as may be
appointed in and for said District.
Qn montfon of Afr. Reese, of Wilkes,
the Contention adjourned sine djie.
the adjournment Major Joseph Ga
nahl vfas lustily called for and respond
ed happify in a speech, which was lond
ly applauded.
Serlona Troubles Threatened in Louisiana.
WAspiNCiToN, September 6.—A dis
patch was received from Marshal Pack
ard, of Louisiana, to-day stating the in
dications of serious disorder iu that
State are increasing, 'fbe dispatch has
been forwarded bjr faft to Grant,
POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
The Massachusetts Democracy—A Harmoni
ous Assemblage—Charles Francis Adams
Nominated by Acclamation.
Worcester, Mass, September 6.—The
Democratic Convention met to-day and
made Wm. Wirt Warren permanent
Chairman. Mr. Warren spoke of the ne
cessity of reform and peace throughout
the country. The Republicans were en
deavoring to create strife between the
whites and blacks "for party ends only.
He spoke of Tilden as the chief practical
reformer in the country and the long
needed leader of the Democracy. Gov.
Gaston withdrew his name and present
ed that of Mr. Charles Francis Adams,
who was nominated by acclamation. The
eleotors at large are Mr. Gaston and Ed
ward Avery. A committee was appoint
ed to nominate the balance of the ticket.
The platform and resolutions warmly
endorse the St. Louis nominees, and say
the national honor and credit demand
exact justice to all creditors of the Gov
ernment, the pensioner, the laborer and
the bondholder, and the payment in
coin of the debt represented by legal
tender notes held by the people at large
equally with the bonded debt held by
capitalists. It applauds the action of
the House of Representatives, rejoices
in the social order, the rapidly reviving
prosperity and established cordial rela
tions between the races which have fol
lowed as the result of the restoration of
Democratic control of affairs in the sev
eral lately seceded States. Wherever
honest government has goes, violence,
disorder and race conflicts have disap
peared, and the theatre of outrages upon
public order and private right that shock
the human sense and*blot our institu
tions, is confined to those narrow iimits
of the South where Republican misrule
still obtains and the ruffian elements of
society are left free from restraints of
law enforced by competent authority.
The committee appointed to complete
the balance of the State ticket made the
following report, which was unanimous
ly adopted: For Lieut.-Gov., Wm.
P. Plunkett; Secretary of State, Edwin
H. Lathrop; Auditor, John E. Fitzger
ald; Treasurer, Weston Howland; Attor
ney-General, Riohard Olney.
Maoon, September 6.—General Phil
Cook, in the Third Georgia District,
and Hon. G. H. Blount, in the Sixth
District, have been renominated for
Congress.
Hartford, September 6.—The Demo
cratic Convention nominated Richard
D. Hubbard for Governor and Francis
B, Loomis for Lieutenant-Governor,
The following is the third resolution
of the platform: That the military shall
be subordinate to the civil authority,
and that the array of Federal bayonets
around the polls where peaceable citi
zens are voting shall cease. The Fede
ral Government has no right to send its
standing army into a State to interfere
with its local affairs, except when called
upon under the provisions of the Con
stitution by the Governor or Legisla
ture, and that the recent order of the
War Department, by direction of the
President, plaoing Federal soldiers un
der ooutrol of Unfted States marshals
around the polls in Southern States
where no disturbance has occurred or
occasion transpired for their presence,
and no State authority has constitution
ally called for them, is an outrage upon
the people and a violation of the princi
ples of our Government. It is a men
ace that the Federal Administration,
desiring to perpetuate its power, may do
so by silencing the sovereignty of the
ballot by the use of the sword. The
Electors-at-Large are Gov. Chas. R. In
gersoll and Gen. Wm. B. Franklin.
The Latest Returns from Yeymont.
Boston, September fi.—One hundred
and thirty Vermont towns give Fair
banks (Republican), for Governor, 31,-
184; Bingham (Democrat), 14,584. The
same towns gave Peck (Republican) 22,-
495, and Bingham (Democrat) 8,416, in
1874. At this rate the Gubernatorial
vote for the Republicans will show
about 26,000 majority.
THE THUGS OF MISSOURI.
Story of a Singular Sect, the Coebites—How
They Oat a Mon to Pieces and Stuck His
Head on a Paling—The Citizens Up |n
Arms Against the Bloody Dispensation.
St. Louis, Mo., September 1. —The
following has just been received from a
reliable correspondent* of the Olobe-
Democrat, at Kensett, Arkansas: Sub
joined are the sickening details of one
of the strangest and most extraordinary
tragedies ever enacted in the history of
the' world. Before referring to the mur
der a few curious faots by way of intro
duction are necessary. About two and
one-half miles south of Searcy, the seat
of White county, is a wild looking place
known as Gum Spring, the residents of
which are known as Oobbites, owiri| to
the fact that an old named Oobb, who
claims to be Christ, Tules with an iron
hand. His orazy followers olaim to
identify him by certain marks in the
palms of bis hands and he has during
the past year made a great many be
lieve in his doctrine, the main point of
which is that every one in the com
munity should live in adultery in order
that the souls of the women might be
purified. The principal rendezvous of
the Oobbites is an old log hut in Gum
Spring, whioh is on the main road lead
ing from Searcy to Little Rook. During
the past few days the attention of
passers by has been attracted by strange
noises, and this fact being conveyed to
citizens of Searcy they determined to in
vestigate the matter. On Tuesday last
Mr. 0. D. Humphreys, of Searcy, and a
Mr. Blake, from Elrass, in this county,
determined to visit Gum Springs and
see what was going on.
Claimed to be One nf Gad's people.
The strange noise were beard as they
reached that locality, and on driving
past the hut they were aocosted by Mr.
Dover, who claimed to be one of God’s
people. Mr. Humphreys proposed that
they should run back and see what was
wanted, they did so, and were invited in
the hut, Dover assertipg that Qod was in
there. Humphreys remarked, as he got
out of the buggy, that if God was in
there he wanted to see Him. As soon
as they stepped down from the vehicle
Humphreys was seized by four men and
Blake by four women. The latter sue
ceeded in breaking away, but the former
was unable to do so. Blake ran about
100 yards, and, on looking back, saw
the men cutting his companion to pieoes
with long knives. He at onoe started
for town, but the buggy was upset and
demolished. He then mounted his
horse, rode to Searcy at break neck
speed and reported the terrible occur
ence to the citizens. A force was at once
raised and proceeded to the rescue. On
arriving at the spring a frightful sight
met their gaze. The Oobbites had de
capitated Humphreys and stuck his
head on a paling. A boy who was riding
by was compelled to get off his horse
and bow to the head three times. He
was also made tu pray and then told to
hurry away, or the bowels of the earth
would open and swallow him. When
the posse arrived Mr. T. O. Black, the
leader, shouted to Dover to eome for
ward. The latter wanted to talk the
matter over. He pioked up Humphreys’
head at intervals, caught it by the hair
with both hands, shook it back and forth
and then replaced it on the fence, oMqi
ing the crowd, with a menacing gesture,
Rat?.
Oobbites then commenced to jab
ber in their peculiar way at a furious
rate. Mr. Black did everything in his
power to calm them, without avail.
Dover and his crowd then started to
wards Black, with no good intent,
and his pops# fired, lulling two men and
wounding one. The remainder —four
men, fonr women and two
arrested and taken to sail. While in
custody they talked about their Jesus,
meaning Cobh, asserting that he could
turn the gates of hell at will and would
come and rescue them. This was about
six, p. m., and the town was wild with
excitement. It was feared that the pris
oners would be lynched. u(s were
sent out to the yjmnily of the log hut
and 3 guard placed ov<?r the dead bodies
there. Another posse, about two miles
the other side of’’Gum Springs captured
a wagon load of Cobbitea—twS men, two
women and threa They Were
on their way to the church when taken,
and knew nothing of the murder. They
were brought to Searcy ar-fi lodged in a
hotel, with a gna;d over them. Qn
Wednesday morning a prefininary'exam
ination was held, when they were all re
leased and returned to Gam Boring
They talked about their rt
bgion and gesticulated constantly.
There is no that they are all crazy
from the combined effects of religion
and starvation, Men, and ehil-
Iren are as gqaqt as * of famished
wolves. Since the above was written
they have all quieted somewhat, and, ap*
parently begin’to realize their situation.
They decline to talk at ajl, mid will not
*2’A YEAR—POSTAGE PAID.
notice an outsider. The extraordinary
affair oreated unprecedented exoitemen’t
in this vicinity.
A NAVAL OFFICER’S SUICIDE.
He Take* His “Lasl Cruise” In Search of
“Pauline.”
fiVei o York Herald, 21th.]
Three days ago there arrived at the
Mountain House, Montrose, a few miles
from Orange, N. J., a man of gentleman
ly appearance, who represented himself
as a Lieutenant-Commander in the Unit
ed States Navy, aud registered himself
as Henry Montrose. He had no bag
gage, but represented himself as the
avant courrier of his friends, who were
coming to stay at the same place. He
was very courteous in his manners, but
reserved and disinclined to mingle with
the crowd. On Friday night there was
a discussion on the piazza about suicide.
It was not started by him, but he took
part and expressed the view that the
best method was taking poison. Yester
day he was about as usual. About four
o’clock ii the afternoon he was found
dead in his bed. Dr. Richards, of
Orange, was promptly on hand, but life
had fled. Deceased was found lying in
undress naval uniform. He had no
money or baggage, and left nothing to
identify him, except a long letter evi
dently written just before aud after he
took a draught, as he set forth, of the
deadly poison. His letter covers twelve
pages of neatly written note paper, aud
is qddressed to Dr. H. R. Thayer, Port
land, Me. In the letter he clearly sets
forth the object of his suicide—weari
ness of life and an uncontrollable long
ing to follow his “Darling Pauline,”
who seems to have gone before him to
eternity. He begins by saying: “1
know not what compels me to write you
this, from the boundaries separating the
finite from the infinite, and to ask you
to wish me un bon voyage on this my
last cruise. The sea is all unknown and
I don’t know how the voyage will be
made; whether in frigate or ferry, cor
vette or canoe, corsair or cutter, trader
or plunderer, it matters not, as I shall
find Pauline on the other side. Ever
since that dark, melancholy day when I
lost her in the park I have not been
well, I think I was slightly sunstruck
then, and so the voyage thither is all the
more welcome. I was only waiting to
receive a summons from my beloved
one, and now having received it J oan
stay no longer, but hasten to press her
dear form to my breast, to hear her
musical voice, and to receive her im
passioned kiss of love.” He goes on at
great length in the same strain, pictur
ing his sorrow, feelings, hopes and an
ticipations of meeting his darling, &c.
He incidentally mentioned another fe
male named Maud, expresses a wish that
the letter be not published, and that
his body be interred plainly. He spoke
of a sister who may come in search for
him, but is scrupulously anxious, “for
family reasons,” that bis identity be not
divulged, The last two pages of'the
letter are written in penoil, and appear
to be a postscript penciled after he had
taken, as he says, “a dose of two deadly
poisons.” The dosing lines are as fol
lows: “The last act in the great drama
of life is almost finished. I have this
moment swallowed a deadly draught
that will give my spirit joy. I will soon
have passed to that bonru from whence
nq traveler has returned bodily, yet
many in spirit. Unde Fred wrote you
and gave his address. Please iufoVm
him I am calm and am counting my
pulse. It is now one htfndrrd aud thir
ty wiry. My head feels full and my
lower limbs tremhle. Jt will aaon be
over and I will have fathomed the great
mystery. I will come to you, Doctor,
or advise you as soon as I learn how.
The light begins to fade. O Thou, Di
vine Father ! I have taken the life Thou
gavest, but trusting to Thy mercy I go
without fear.”
In the body of the letter he speaks of
his family motto as being i ‘Eidelejusqu y
ala mor Among his effects was found
a carefully-preserved moss-rose incased
in water-proof paper. On it is written
Semper Fideles." “Pauline, to thee
I come !” He begs that this rose be
buried with him- Last night oounty
physician Ward, of Newark, telegraphed
to Dr. Thayer for information touching
the body. It is believed deceased was
a spiritulist. He was about thirty-five
years old, of fair complexion, with light
moustache and goatee.
haven and grant.
The Inside History ol' Hayes’ Letter of Ac
ceptance—Tlic Explanation of Rutherford’s
Pressure of Home Duties—Rutherford and
Ulysses—How Hayes’ Campaign Has 'to be
Managed for Him by His Friend".
Washington, August 81.—One of the
best illustrations that Governor Hayes,
if elected President, would be a tool of
designing politicians who surround him
is exemplified by the weakness he has
displayed in two instances. First, wheD
Governor Hayes came East to attend the
Centennial opening exercises on the
Fourth of July he stated to several
friends in Columbus that during bis
Eastern trip he proposed to visit Wash
ington and submit a draft of his letter
of aooeptance which he had then pre
pared to prominent politicians in that
city, including President Grant, and re
ceive such suggestions a they might be
pleased to offer tq he incorporated with
it. With the aotual intention of follow
ing the programme Hayes left for Phila
delphia. Meanwhile the policy of such
a procedure was canvassed amODg his
personal friends in Columbus, and
the result was the unanimous expression
that it would injure his candidacy if he
made his contemplated visit to Grant.
So apprehensive was Wikoff that Hayes
would reach Grant before the folly of
the visit could be explained to him, that
he waited on Colonel Lee, Private Secre
tary of the Governor, aud induced him
to send Hayes the following dispatch,
for which he said he would be personal
ly responsible:
“OewJHBUs, 0., July 3, 1876,
“Urgent business demands your im
mediate return home. Lef„”
Hayes anticipating that the summons
sent pointedly had reference to the
amendment of hia letter of acceptance
which he about that timo intended to
make public, did return, and the visit to
Grant was forestalled, muob to his own
chagrin. When the letter was finally
promulgated Grant took umbrage at it,
and, among his near friends, made no
attempt to conceal his disgust at the
manner in which he interpreted certain
portions of it as a direst snub at his ad
ministration of public affairs. In fact
he became quite unruly, declared it was
an insult to him and one which his pat
ronizing nature would not brook. The
matter had to be bridged over some way,
and ConkliDg aud Morton healed the
breach jq this wise : Each wrote a confi
dential letter to Hayes, informing him
of the feelings of the President and ad
vising him to do something to conciliate
Grant, inasmuch as his cordial co-opera
tion was essential to suooess. In due
time Hayes complied with the advice
and wrote a letter to Grant denying that
he bad any intention in his letter of ac
ceptance to put any slight upon him or
the policy of his Administration, and
that the occasion which tp re
quire that he thits write him was
owjng to the fact that partisan newspa
pers pMfipd >?uoh a' construction upon
the letter. Grant was immensely
tickled over the conmmnjeatioja, and at
opce extended an invitation to Hayes to
visit him with his family at LoDg Branch,
and without consultation with his friends
Hayes actually accepted the invitation.
Now Hayes again finds himself in a di
lemma. These managing his campaign
honestly, and who do. not want him
handicapped with any such odium, have
advised him that visit will innre only to
his irreparable injury. From this city
oyer a dozen dispatches have been sent
him, cautioning him under no shadow
of excuse to make the visit, ono
siastio objector stating it would
lose him a quarter o 4 a million votes.
The recent dispatch sent by the Asso-
Press from Columbus, that Gov
ernor Hayes will not be abjq to, leave
Ohio dnrrng the canvass, oh account of
public business., was seat hut as the best
method of advising Grant in particular
and the public in general that the visit
to Long Branch will not he made. How
Grant will accenf inis second snub re
mains to he eea
* JBSX %■
As Miss Mary Carly, aged 4(5, was re
turning to her h.Oi ip Nashville, Sun
day evening, she was knocked on the
head with a rock thrown over a fence
® n d ravished by an unknown negro.
She wasdiscovered aevesal hours after
ward and taken to the city hospital.
Her akuU was orushed and a ghastly
, wound inflicted on her face. The J&an,
ner says no crime enacted since, the mys
sterions murder of Mrs. Hamblen, in
that county several years ago, and the
killing ol officer Robert T. Frazier, on
the fllst day of April, 1875, has created
; such an exoitement among the citizens
of Naahviile than this one, f
THE STATE.
THE PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS.
The health of Brunswick is unusually
good. ’ J
The chestnut crop in the mountains
will be light.
801 l worms reported abundant in
Jones county.
. Scarlet fever has made its appearance
in Greeuesboro.
Senator Gordon and family have
reached their home.
On the Houston county chain gang are
two negro preachers.
Albany has received two hundred and
three bales of new cotton.
The hog crop of Elbert county is the
most promising since the war.
The corn and cotton crops of Oobb
oounty are satisfactory to the farmers.
George Favor, a oonvioted murderer
escaped from Newnau jail last Tuesday
night. - J
Judge Buchanan is holding Court in
f a yette and Col. Harris is electioneer
ing in Carroll.
Hugh Murdock a good oitizen who
cast his lot with the good people of
oprii g Place, and afterward emigrated
to Texas, is dead.
Married, at the residence of the bride’s
mother by H. Heartoill. E-q , on the
20th of August; Mr. Wm. Masteis to
Miss Harriet Looney. All of Murray
oounty. •
Mr. Simeon Walters, of Morgan, Cal
houn county, Ga., was thrown from his
bu ggy, uear Leary, on Sunday, the 20th
ult and so seriously injured that ha
died that night.
Rockdale County Court, for its setni-
August term, was in session on Monday
and Tuesday of this week, Hon Geo.
W. Gleaton, Judge, presiding; T. J.
Christian, Esq , Oounty Solicitor.
Rockdale Democrats held, their pri
mary election on last Saturday for the
selection of a candidate for the Legisla
ture. The majority rule having been
adopted, no nomination was made.
Tbe scope of oountry immediately
surrounding Dalton is completely
scorched up, having had no rain for
about six weeks. Fine tains, however,
have flounced around the border of the
dry district.
There is a prospect that a slate and
pencil manufacturing oompany will soon
be established in Murray county, and
in successful operation under the direc
.aud supervision of Professor J. S.
Williams. .
? ev ’ W. Beckwith,* Bishop of
the Episcopal Diooese of Georgia, will
n u Ber,ioea in.Barnesville on Sunday,
10th September, at which time he wilL
confirm a class and administer thu, hly
communion.
Sandersville Herald; One of the
largest and best farmers in the oounty
gives it as his opinion that the cotton
crop of this county has been injured 33
per cent, during the last two weeks by
rust and dry weather.
A difficulty occurred in East Macon
Tuesday night between Mr. John W.
Burge and Mr. Fred Sfcroberg, which re-
Suited in Strobergta being violently as
sailed by Barge, producing wounds
whioh will probably prove fatal.
Another party left Barnesville on the
"4th of August, for the “big show” and
an extended Northern tour. The party
consisted of Maj. J. T. Murphey and
wife, Miss Effie Blood worth, Mr. C. 0.
Holmes and wife, Miss Amelia Holmes,
Mr. Charley Floyd and Mr. J. F.
Mend©*,
Dr. E. G. Scruggs, of Glasscock, trots
off with the belt for the first bale of*
cotton sold in Warrention this season,
which he sent in on last Saturday. It
classed low middling and was purchased
by Mr. Walter Soott at (ten oents, and
shipped to Warren, Wallace & Cos., of
Augusta.
The Thomasville Times is making it
warm for the Radicals in that county—
so warm that the Radical Sheriff has
turned his advertising to tbe Enterprise.
The Enterprise is a good Democratic
paper too, but the Sheriff probably
thinks a change of fire, even,* would be
pleasant.
McDuffie Journal: We learn that Mr.
James Hamilton, of Athens, while on a
visit at the residence of his brother,
Capt. Thomas A. Hamilton, of this
county, a few days ago, while loading a
pistol, accidentally shot himself in tho
hand, inflicting a painful but not dan
gerous wound.
Wednesday evening, August 23d, Mr.
A. J. Pliinazee, a good citizen of Mon
roe, left Barnesville to go borne. His
horse beoame frightened at a clotn tent
near the public road, ran away, tore tho
buggy to pieces, and threw Mr. Phina
zee out, broke his thigh and inflicted
other serious injuries.
Religjous services have been held at
the Baptist and Methodist Churches in
Conyers for several days. Rev J. M.
Brittain, assisted by Rev. J. A. Munday
and others, have been carrying on the
former; Revs. W. D Heath and F. J.
Brantley and others the latter.
Newnan Herald: Mr. W. A. Mitchell,
the efficient Deputy Clerk of this coun
ty, was married on Thursday last to
Mrs. S. M. Colemnn of this city, tho
ReV. J. H. Baxter officiating. We learn
that there is a little romance about this
marriage, as both have been married
before, and they were “ sweethearts”
prior to their first marriage. We tender*
our congratulations anu wish them a
joyous married life.
On last Friday afternoon there was a
big rain i Oonyers and in a portion of
R ckdale, accompanied with lightning,
thuuder aud heavy winds. At times it
was almost a cyclone. Trees were struck
with lightning and blown down by the
heavy winds. 'J he rain was one of the
heaviest that ever fell in this vicinity,
and did a great deal of damage in por
tions of the county to fencing, com, ont
ton and other produce. Captain A. H.
Zachry’s erops was among the ones in
jured.
Savannah News: Phoebe Young, a
colored centenarian, aged 110 years, who
was a little deaf, was run over by the
street car No. 8, at the corner of Jones
and Habersham streets, last night about
seven o’clock, and instantly killed, tho
wheels passing oyer her head and body.
Coroner Knorr will hold an inquest this
morning at the residence of her son, in
Bowen’s row. The driver of the car, Mr.
Cunningham, surrendered himself and
was released on his own recognizance to
appear, when called for.
Columbus Enquirer: A great many
planters throughout the country are rais
ing tobaoco for smoking and chewing
purposes. It can be found in numerous
places. We have seen some homo-made
cigars from this material. Tile flavor
is very inferior, but this might have
been from the manner of curing, and
some degree to the manufacture, which
must be exceedingly rough. They “draw
freely.” The business will save an im
menyq amount of money to lover of the
weed.
Griffin News: Yesterday evening
Messrs. Wallace Trammell and Heaton
Grantland had a serious difficulty in
front of Reeves 4 Go’s drug store, which
resulted in the mutual interchange of
pistol shots. Some seven or eight dis
charges of the weapons were
Young Trammell was shot in t' ae face
and hip; the latter wound is p.erious but
not considered dangerous. Grantland
was not hurt. We cannot give partic
ulars. The affair is Very much deplored,
as both young m. on are of the highest
respectability.
Column Jtegister: It is to be hoped
u '*f^ eporfc is true that Gordon and
tUR. of Georgia, will canvass this State
m conjunction with Hampton. This
trio would prove invincible, if argument
and oratory can contribute to that end.
Such a combination wonld add tbon
! sands of votes to us in November. Hill
wd Gordon did yeoman service in re
deeming Georgia from Radicalism and
misrule, and it wonld be a holy calling
for tbem to render like efforts towards
the redemptiqp/of their neighboring
State. •
Atlanta Constitution: Yesterday, as tbe
( up-passenger train on the Georgiy Rail
road was near the 100 mile post, not far
from Madison, the cowcatcher struck an
old negro man called Dummy, and kill
ed him instantly. He was deaf and
dumb, and was walking iq front of the
engine “The City of Auguste.” When
he was discovered it was too late to save
him. The cowcatcher struck him, throw
ing him up under the headlight, and he
downward on tbe cowcatcher,
j The train wa# stopped and tbe nuf.irtn
mute was found to* be quite dead. His
neck was broken.
Arkansas has gone Democratic by
from forty to fifty thousand majority.
Tilden will not lose a single Southern
State.