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(Eftrontcig anft .Sentinel
WEDNESDAY.SEPTEMBER 13.1876.
WHO KNOWS f
•* How straage it is that Poete should suppose j
That there it do poetry about the Note,
For 'tie as plain at nose on toy face
That a noeeleee face lacks all poetic grace.
Nosea hare sympathy a lorer knows, j
For noses oft are touched while lips are kiss
ing,
And where would be the blits if note were
missing ? _
Or where would be the odor of the Rose ?
And what would be the earthly means of tell
ing
Whether a rile or wh desome odor flows
Aronnd ns, if we hare no means of smelling ?
I know a Nose, a nose no other knows,
’Neath sparkling eyes, o’er ruby Ipe it grows, j
Beamy in its form ,nd music in its blows.
IN A SWI.NO.
BT C. M. HE WIN 3.
BE.
Each daisy underneath your feet
Should count itself thrice happy, sweet j
Each purple trodden clover-bead
Should i hank you. eren when ’tie dead.
How blest is every twisted strand
Of rope, encircled by your hand !
Now up a little ; faster! so !
While through the soft Jane sir you go,
I wish that I might always stay e
Below you, as I am to-day,
Keeping you far above all care
That other women have to bear ;
And high in air though you might be,
You always mast come back to me.
SHE.
Dear heart, if June staid all yearlong,
If twisted repee were always strong,
If daisy-bloom and i lover-head
Were never brown and withered;
If every robin on the tree
Did not look down and wink at me.
And say, ’‘That creature tries to flv,
But knows not how to soar on high ; _
If I coaid bring these things to pass,
Then you should stand upon the grass.
And I above your head would swing.
Bat life is qai e another thing :
Since one of ns on earth must bide.
The other should not lea e his side.
RENUNCIATION.
BY MEL B. COLQUITT.
With bruised heart and trembling hands.
I push the sun-kissed fruitage from my way.
Taking my Jone course through the sombre
lands
Looking unto the ‘‘perfect ■ ay.
At first the ripening globes of pleasure lie
So close they touch my finger tips;
Their bo&utv is a cheating vision to the eye.
They’d turn to ashes on my thirsty Ups.
And so I push them from me, and I turn
Toward my duty-guarded way.
Knowing t e peace for which I yearn
Will come—in that more ••perfect day.”
Steadfast my eyes, not daring e'en to glance
Aside at all the tempting, earthly beau y,
Spending my days in that sweet-fancied
trance—
■•That noble dream called Duty.”
And sorrow, sure, will near its crown at last.
My eves be opened, I will find it best;
That I eouJd shun the pleasures long since
past
And gain the peaceful, perfect rest.
For far above the turmoil and the din,
Above the mountains of the endless snows.
There will be rest, untroubled by all sin,
‘‘On every height there Ues—repose.”
THE OTHER WAY.
I From the New York Sun ]
The Greasers rsid oo the Texas border,
ADd poil and plunder and burn and slay,
But steadily, by the President’s order,
Sherman marches the other way.
The maddened Utes in Colorado (
Shacpen their hatchets for the fray,
But eastward still- In storm and shadow,
Sherman rna.clips the other way.
The Sioux rp there on the Rosebud liver
Dance B-alp dances night and day;
Shake as they will tho lance and quiver,
Sherman marches the other way.
SitSng Bull draws closahis muster,
Agents for him new arms purvey,
Rain-in-tba-Face makes coup on Custer,
But Sherman marches the other way.
Over the grave of the butchered trooper
Indian ponies unchallenged neigh,
Indian braves defiant whoop for
Sherman marches the other way.
Heart broken wife and hapless mother,
Longiug to bury your dead away.
Your grief and anguish you well may smother —
Sherman marches another way.
From new-made homes by vale and river
Fugitive settlers terrified stray,
While infants shriek and parents shiver,
And Sherman marches the other way.
Flaming farms and scalps and booty
Mark the b oody savas e’e sway;
After him live the path of duty—
And Sherman marches the other way.
Marches to stifle a freed opinion,
Peace and liberty to betray.
To clinoh ihe chain of Grant’s dominion—
Sherman marches Just that way.
ItANDALLSTOWN. Md. E. SHENCXB.
THE OLD COUPLE.
It stands in a sun'y meadow,
The house so mossy and brown ;
With its cumbrous old stone chimney,
And tho gray roof sloping down. •
The trees fold their green arms around it,
The trees a century old ;
.And tlir wi ds go chanting through them.
And the suubeams drop their gold.
The cowslips spring ia the marshes,
And the rosea bloom on the hi'l;
And beside the brook in th- pastures
The herds go feeci .g at will.
The children have gone and loft them s
Th y ait in the sun alone :
And the old wife’s ears are failing.
And she harks to the well-known tone
That won her heart in her girlhood,
And has soothed her in many a care,
And praises her now for her brightness
Her old face nßed to wear.
She thinks again of her bridal—
How, dre'ssed in her ro eof white,
Sho stood by her gay young lover
In the morning's rosy light.
Oh ! the morning is rosy as ever,
But the rose from her cheek has fled.
And the sunshine s ill is golden,
Bnt it falls on a silvere . head.
And the girlhood dreams, once vanished,
Como back in her \Y i ter i ime,
Till her feeble i ulses tremble
With the thrill of Spring time prims.
And looking forth from the window,
She thinks > ow the trees have grown
Since, clad in her bridal whiteness,
She crossed tne old door stone.
Though dimmed her eye's bright azure,
And dimmed her hair’s you g gold,
The love lu her Rir.hood plighted
Has never grown dim or old.
They eat in their place in sunshine,
Till the day was almost done ;
And then, at its clo e, an angel
Stole over the threshold stone.
He folded their hands together—
He touched their eyelids with balm ;
And their 1 st breath fl ated upward,
Like the close of a solemn psalm.
like a bridal pair they traversed
The unseen mystic road
'That leads to the beautiful city,
“ Whose builder and maker is God.”
THE WAR IN THE WEST.
Condition of AWsirs ni Mantling Rock Agency
New York, September 6.— A Bismarck,
D. TANARUS., dispatch says, when Captain John
son took charge of the Standing Rocks
Agency after the suspension of the agent
by Gen. Carlin he had acouneil with the
chiefs and leading men, in all number
ing about 100. The council was a strong
one and much loud and impatient talk
was indulged in on the part of the In
dians and each strong expression made
against the whites or in defiance of the
troops was received with loud grunts of
approval and “how how” (the Indian
expression of unqualified endorsement).
This was particularly the case with
Grass, Chief bf the Biackfeet, who has
ever been considered friendly to the
whites. Captain Johnson in s. short ad
drees informed the Indians that the
Great Father had appointed him their •
agent to look after them and take care
of them. He hoped they would get
along well together and have no trouble.
He would see that they received all that
Great i ather sent them, but that he
ishowid issue rations or goods only to
hose lodians actually at the Agency to
ireeeive tfcem, and that in order to do so
correctly ha should in a few days
send so ne one in to their camhs to count
them. Thev would be required to give
up all Indians that eanje in from the
hostile?, who mast give up their arms
and become prisoners. He desired that
all those Indians on tha west side of the,
river should move up near the post
where they could be properly toofced af
ter. Grass insinuated that the agent
had been in the habit of letting them go
abont as they pleased, but n.w they
were obliged to give up and iw treated
as slaves, and intimated pretty plainly
that they should continue doing as they
had done in the past—that is as they
o’eased. Whether they will continue to
Assume this attitude, the future will
~idc There is sufficient fore* to quell
any ‘ outbreak the Indians; m*y nuke,
with a prospect of three additional com
panies soon. The only trouble would
arise from 4 lack of mounted force.
Three eompcaie ß of the 11th Infantry
are now en route o the agfincy,
the garrison nine companies. Gne great
cause of the trouble at Standing Rock is
the fact that the Indians have been short
of supplies every Winter, and the ap
■ so dcUffid this 1"
mer'that they became absolutely desti
tTte. and lndia* to b ejgod mua
tiave a full stomach, f
svas suspended because dJf “
he had a secret interview with
gle, one of the hostile
Lauently issued 250 head of oatUe. fliOftt
of which went to the hostile camp,^
CAMPAIGN _IN_THF, WEST.
liOT. HENDRICKS ON THE STUMP.
A Well-Timed and Truthful Address.
Shelbyvtlle, I.vd., September 2.
Hon. Thos. A. Hendricks spoke here to
night. He said he had yielded to his
friends and will make this aud a few
other addresses to the people. He said
that in a recent speech, Gov. Morton
had said: “In such a campaign with
slander as the chief weapon, Republi
cans mast be excused if they speak
plainly of the political character, histo
ry and purpose of their antagonists.”
Hendricks continued, “At the close of
that speech there remained no question
that the campaign so far as Morton
could give it character was directly de
scribed as one of slander. No man of
intelligent observation has failed to see
that misrepresentation of the motives of
the Democrats is the purpose and policy
of the press and speakers of the
Republican party. They charge con
duct, attribute motives,, and impute
sentiments and opinions wholly un
known to the parties attacked. Lan
guage is attributed which was never
used or so misquoted and garbled as to
impart a meaning never intended. A
cause most indeed be desperate when
its vindication requires a resort to
means so despicable and wicked. In
this great Centennial year, he could not
reply as he was attacked. What is the
truth and your dnty and aim in respect
to the South. I bnt repeat my letter of
acceptance when I say that all the people
must be made to feel and know that
once more there is established a purpose
and policy, nndsr which all citizens of
every condition, race and color will be
secure in the enjoyment of whatever
rights the Constitution and laws declare
or recognize, and that he is a dangerous
enemy of his country, who would arouse j
or fwster sectional antagonis q. In but j
two Southern States is there bloodshed |
and death between the races. In toese j
States alone, Louisiana and South Caro !
Una, is the Republican party dominant.
In every other State of the South the
people have recovered and restored the
American right and power of self-gov
eminent and the negro race has ceased
to be the tool of party, and peace and
harmony prevail, and prosperity is
rapidly * returning to all. Governor
Hendricks spoke of the restoration of
harmony in Arkansas and Mississippi,
after the overthrow of the Republican
administration therein. He said the
same story tells the history of North
Carolina, Texas and Alabama. Why not
restore Louisiana and South Carolina to
the blessings of good government that
the blacks and the whites, alike and to
gether, may dwell under the mild in
fluence of peace and harmony ? All
wise men and patriotic citizens, I ask
vou to judge whether it be right, expe
dient, or humane to continue the men
in power, who make political gain of
scenes of violence and bloodshed.
There is not one good man in our
whole country whose heart is n >t made
gladder by the assurance that once more
the Methodist Episcopal Church is to
become one and undivided. The Christ
ian and patriotic gentlemen whose la
bors have brought that result about
merit the gratitude of the country as
thev will receive the blessing of God.
That mighty church will no longer be
divided in America by geographical
lines, nor disturbed by sectional pas
sions, but, united as the body of Christ,
will press forward in the work of man’s
elevation everywhere. In the address a
week since, itis declared these fraterni
zed churches have no further occasion
for sectional disputes or accrimonious
differences. As the love of the whole
for all the parts has animated the
churches and raised them nearer the
throne, so the same spirit will
strengthen • our union of States
and will raise our country into
higher regions of patriotism and
upon brighter fields of glory. Mr. Hen
*drick next touched on the question of
reform- Re said corruption was found
everywhere unchecked by the men re
tained in power, and he argued that the
remedy therefor was a change of 4dmin
istration. He asked whose fault it was
that there bad beeu no reform, but on
the contrary that the publie service had
been drifting from bad to worse. It is
not fair to charge it altogether upon
General Grant. That charge springs
from an unworthy motive on the part of
a class of Republican who seek Gov.
Hayes’ election upon the ground that he
can accomplish reforms which General
Grant could not or would h°t
bring about. Upon this suo
jeot Governor Morton expressed the
following opinion in his late speech:
“ I'be administration of any President
will be, in the main, what the party
which elected him make it. If be prpaks
away from bis party, th® chances are
that he will be broken down. In a Gov
ernment of parties like ours, the Presi
dent must have his choice of officers.
The men to whom he owes his election,
who uaye defended him from assaults,
to whom he mm* l look for support hi the
future, will ordioardy control his action,
and he will do pptbiug offensive to
them.” In a large degree, that espressos
the truth iu respect to Gep. Grant* t ad
ministration, it is what his party has
made it, and his party is what its lead
ers have made it. Four years ago,
opening address us a candidate for Gov
ernor, I expressed my personal respect
for Gen. Grant in the opinign that the
people Tlad lean cause fo spprelje£4 a.n
evil policy from him than from tlie
malign and powerful influence with
which he would be surrounded. You
all know that the results have more titan
realized my predictions. Civil service
reform is now sneered at and has ceased
to be a pretence. Wasteful expendi
tures have continued and official mis
conduct has become wide spread and
alarming. Surely the President aau.b t
oe relieved of the responsibility for so
■ihamefui a condition of public affairs.
Yet the administration is in the main
what the party managers have made it
Will it be otherwise, if tfie party elects
the successor? Gen. Grant Rad four
years of civil experieucejwhen Re pledged
himself and his administration to re
form. Even he was not strong enough
to achieve success in the midst of. the
adverse influences, which party and
party leaders brought about him.
Mr. Hendricks psked if his audience
claimed that Hayes will more certainly
keep his pledges ? He argued that re
tronchment and economy could ftoc ►?£
expected from the party iu power. He |
review© i the work of the isst of
Congress, saying the Democratic House
reduced appropriations forty million
dollars, but tine Senate resisted some of
the reductions, and in order not to im
pair the Govenaeut-service, tho House
was compelled to yield somewhat, t he
result being thirty million, ffe asked ■
will you stand by the House, ort
will you sustain the Senate and
the Adminstration ? Mr. Hendricks'
said it was clear that the lead
ers of the party will not al
low their party friends to be punished.
The pledges of reform warp distinctly
made at St. Louis, but not ip the Cin
cinnati platform, On the contrary, the
Cincinnati platform declares that the
National Administration merits cem
mendatiou for its honoraole work in the j
management of our domestic and foreign
affairs. Who will be most likely to I
abolish the thousands of useless offices ? j
Governor Tilden will encounter no poli
tical embarrassment in correcting this
great evil. Not so with Gov. Hayes.
This reform requires thousands of places
of profit to be made yawnt, now filed by
iiis supporters. Mr. Hendricks here
elaborated on the reform work done by
the Demor*tic House and claimed that
Belknaps crime wco)d never have been
brought to light bat lor its investiga
tions.
He asked; Have you been quite eofl
tent to hear the Bouse called the Confed
erate House ? It is there are many
from the South who supposl tfie Demo- 1
cratie arty. Is that offensive to you
They are elios.* by the people in pur- j
1 suance of the ConstitniAoo- Would you
I have it otherwise ? In whs* respect ;
! have the Sonthern Democrats in the
House offended ag oust the rights or the
honor of the North ? Surely, you will!
not say that they have offended you m
voting to reduce the national expendi
lures thirty millions of dollars? Deal
ing fairly with this subject, will you not
admit that it was liberal ? It was hon- i
orabie on their part to vote to support
the Centennial imposition, rather than
suffer the honor of the eouptry to be
tarnished and oar pride humiliated by a
failure, after the Congress of
1871 had committed the country
to the enterprise. Was it not liberal
and honorable on their part to vote the;
equalization of bounties among the sol
diers of the FeeoinJ'armj ? Their own
constituents could not soaro therein and
5 vet they supported the measure. The
House has been denounced and deetar
; ed revolutionary, because reform meas
ares were put upon appropriatio.
b its. He next spoke of tior. Tildens
reform rqaord and said neither poutual
nor personal friendship can stand-in the
way of his efforts to fy and cheapen
the public service, no other citizen can
, bring suck evidence of his ability 2d
, sealto accomplish what the people so
much desired. That laei gaye him the
nomination and a conviction o i tuat fact
on the part of the people, will
President, dil hhe loflnences
iof the country are for him. Falsehood
and detraction may do their work night
and dav, bat the people wiU stand by
i the champion of their gaae. Regard
ing the hard times, he aaid when the
labour of the North asks why ha can
get no work; he will not be satisfied
I with the answer that there was blood
i shed at Hamburg, that there was a
bloody riot at Newark, Jersey, or
j that a man was driven from his house in
MiteheH. Indiana, by a band of armed
men and wounded. In such a ease as
ours the only remedy of the people is in
a change. It cannot be worse. It will
be better in many respects. It may be
better in every respect. Retrench
hment in public expenditures will
surely relieve the industries of the
country of a portion of their burdens
and the adoption of a system of econ
omy and of wiser finance, will restore
better times. When the change has
taken place and the people shall have
placed in power an ’ administration
pledged to radical reform ; pledged to a
restoration of par value of the currency
without artificial contraction, by public
economies, by official retrenchment and
wise finance, and pledged also to ad
ministration policies and measures for
the benefit of all the people and not for
the benefit of a class or party, hope
will revive and confidence be restored
and we will experience the blessings
of a returning prosperity.
NEW YORK’S GOVERNORSHIP.
Governor Seymour Formally Declines the
Honor—He Says the State is Perfectly Me
care to the Democracy With Aay Other
Good Leader.
New York, September 3.—A special
from Utica, New York, says the inter
view of the delegation of the Democrat
ic State Executive Committee with ex
Governor Seymour, resul ed in the lat
ter formally declining the nomination
for Governor. Senator Kernan urged
his acceptance very strongly, and Mr.
Spriggs, Mr. Magone, Mr. Beardsley,
and others,’ also pressed upon him the
necessity of his accepting the nomina
tion. To all of which Mr. Seymour
calmly listened, and replied that his
health would not permit his undertak
ing the duties of the executive office if
elected, and he must decline to allow
the use of his name. He said that he
felt that the State was as secure in the
bands of any other good man as if he
were the candidate himself; that the
Democrats underrated their strength,
aud that the vacancy could be filled by
the State Committee, or by calling an
other convention. The consultation was
private, and cannot be fully represented
at present. A dispatch received late
last evening from Utica, says Mr.
Magone has gone to Albany, carrying
with him ex-Governor Seymour’s formal
letter of declination of the Govership,
to be submitted to the •rtate Convention-
The World to-day publishes the follow
ing from ex Governor Seymour :
Sib—l shall not accept the nomina
tion. My letter of declination is now in
the hands of Mr. Magone, Chairman of
the Democratic State Committee,
[Signed] Horatio Seymour.
Utica, N. Y., September 2.
The World editorially charges that a
trick was played upon the late Demo
cratic Convention, and upon the party
generally in the State. A prearranged
dispatch, understood to mean that Sey
mour had accep ed the nomination, was
sent from Utica by a member of the sub
committee, before Governor Seymour
had ever been officially informed of his
nomination.
The Convention was thus deluded into
going on with its business. The trick
was disgraceful aud disgusting. The
man who sent the dispatch, and the man
who received it, if he knew what it
meant, are henceforth useless in the
Democratic party. It says Spriggs, the
sender, is dead henceforth in the Demo
cratic party, and also Magone, the re
ceiver, unless he can clear himself.
It considers the filling of the vacancy
by the State Committee as out of the
question. The best plan, it says, would
be to recall the Convention By far the
best course, however, it says, is to vote
for Seymour, despite his refusal; he
cannot hinder the people from giving
him their votes.
New York, September 4 —The World
says Mr. Magone left Utica for Albany
Saturday afternoon, and spent yester
day in consultation with Gov. Tilden
and the members of the State Commit
tee there, including all of its officers and
several of its members. A meeting of
the Executive Committee of the State
committee will be held at its new head
quarters, in the Metropolitan Hotel, in
this oity, next Thursday. It is not im
probable that a conference of the whole
committee may be summoned at an
earlier date, or upon the day mentioned.
Dispatches from various parts of the
State leave little pr no doubt that the
Committee will call a State Convention
to meet at once, probably at Utica or
Syracuse.
Goy. Spyrnuur’s Formal Letter of Deolina-
Utica, N. ¥., September 4 —Tlie fol-
lowing is Gov. Seymour’s letter :
“My Dear Sir— The Democratic Con
vention, which met last week, acting
under misapprehension, put me in nomi
natjpn for t]ie office of Governor of this
State. Tim its members would not
have done if they had known the facts
regarding my health. For many rea
sons I ought not to be their candidate.
Duty demands that I should decline the
proferred honor. While Ia u grateful
for the friendly sentiments which
prompted their action, my declination
ia compelled by obstacles which 1 can
not pyercome. For some months my
health has beer, infirm, and a recent ill
ness has unfitted m e for mental or
physical exertions. My own opipiop,
confirmed by the judgment of physi
cians, convinces me that I am unable at
this time to perform the duties devolv
ing upon the Governor of New York.
I could cheerfully sacrifice my own pur
poses apd feelings tp meet the wishes of
my friends, J wopld not fiesitpte to peril
my health to uphold those principles
iu which I believe or to promote the pub
lic welfare, bnt I feel that I should sac
yifice the interests of the party which
placed me nomination if I accept its
action. Even ttye superior strength of
the party with which act ftop'd not
elect g (tipjkpt with the known fact that
its nominee (f)F Qqveroor was unequal
to the performance oi th? labors pf that
office. I could not conscientiously call
upon them. I cannot do my friends the
wrong of placing them in false positions
by trying to do so. I therefore feel con
strained to decljpe the nomination. While
it is a great sprroy to me that I cannot,
oii tflia occasion, meet the wishes of
those to f. am deeply indebted for
so many favors, yet f am satisfied that
my action will only subject them f.P some
present inconvenience which in the end
will prove to be their advantage. It is
pot an unusual thing to have a vacancy
upon the ticket nor a difficult matter to
fill it'. Ip t|ae gfsin. the action of the
cnyentlpp will give pppffilence to our
friends throughout the country, ft re
moved the only elou4 PPPn <W’ poeti
cal prospect. There was a fear that dis
cordant" organizations in Demoeratio
stronghold would peril the success of
the Rtaia ?pd Nati ual ticket. These
difficulties V,e .all adjusted. The ex-
Goyernor contrasts tfie position; of the
two graft parties, and says he panjiot
think there!s a,doubt about the pending
election conflict respiting in favor of the
Democracy.” Mr. Seymour proceeds at
length to arraign the Republican party.
His letter is addressed to the Chairman
of the ?}tate Committee.
■" -' ™ *
JES*K FQ.MEROY AND F^LIffCS;
The Boston Boy .Murderer Likely to Control
a Republican Convention—His Life Tff Be
Spared—strange Action of the Moosachn*
ts Executive Council.
Boston, August ql.—Jessee Pomeroy,
the renowned fiend aud murderer, has
turned up to-day as a campaign eard to
secure the renomination add re-election
of Governor Rice for a full year. The
Executive ticpppil has insisted upon his
execution for ins nyj&erpns murders ;
but since it has appeared that Governor
Rice was likely to be thrown overboard
at Rip next week’s Convention, the
Council has token a back track and unit
ed with the in.-his direction
that. Pomeroy shall cot be executed, but
afccus for his crimes by spending the
balance ui JR s days in the State
Prispn. At the regular meeting of the
Governor and Councjf this afternoon
the was discussed Iqr nearly an
hour, the orgnments in favor of a com
mutation being upon the salvation
of tne Republican parly in Massachu
setts and the re-election of Governor
Rica. 'Phns it was. that a Council which
for a year Led field ont for the execu
tion of law and the hanging of one of
the worst criminals in the land renounc
ed its honest sentiment and fell into line
with the Governor, simply for the pur
pose of assisting in prolonging the
power of tpe present State Executive.
When the qaesFipn can* 6 ?fP b? council a
close ballot was taken, resulting iu a
vote of six foruommutation against three
fo hanging. This singular and sadden
action in a case which has attracted such
universal attention has created consider
able comment, and the burden of publie
! opinio* ia tfist it is precipitated at this
’ime to create a jeefiu" in favor of Gov
ernor Rice's rCnomioatiou next week
The effect is just the opposite, for every
wfcar the Governor and his Council are
1 reckoned as having been forced to a def
! inate decision of sons hind on account
| of the peculiar turn of treliiicgl affairs
; witfiiji a day or two, and it would net oa
i strange it, after all, this Pomeroy case
I should at the last mopent break up the
i Republican party in Massachusetts. The
convention at Worcester next week will
I determine tjfiis.
ARKANSAS.
i Little Rock, Ark , September 6. —
I Full returns from the election ip this
county not received. Roth sides claim
the eonnty. few returns from the out
side counties have been received. The
vote generally was very full. The Puffi
ocrats claim the State by from 40,000 to
50.000 majority.
THE BAYONET IN THE SOUTH.
A HAYES AND WHRKLKB CAM
PAION DOCUMENT.
Prep&rioc for November—’The Attorney-Geo
eral’s Circular—HU Opinion of the Power of
Partisan Marshals—lt U Unlimited—Abso
lute Authority at Elections—Tbo Citizens
and Soldiers nt their Disposal— The Klee,
tlon -Must be Carried.
Washington, September 4. —The fol
lowing was referred to General Sherman
for his gnidance by the Secretary of
War, and transmitted to United States
Marshals for their government:
Sib—The laws of the United States
having m de it my dnty to exercise gen
' oral direction over Marshals in the man
ner of discharging their office, I have
prepared for their use this oircnlar let
ter of instructions as to the coming elec
tions, intending the same also as a reply
once and for all to nnmerons applica
tions in like connectioa from private
citizens in various States. In the pres
ent condition of legislation the United
States occupy a position toward voters
and voting which varies according as
the election is for State and other local
officers only, or for members of Congress
and Presidential electors. In elections
at which ipembers of the House of Rep
resentatives are chosen, which by law
inclnde also elections at which the elec
tors for President and Vice-President
are appointed, the United States secure
voters against whatever in general hin
ders or prevents them from a free exer
cise of the elective franchise, extending
that care alike to the registration lists
and acts of voting and the personal free
dom and security of the voter at all
times as well against violence on ac
count of any vote that he may intend to
give as against conspiracy because of
any that he may already have given. The
peace of the United States, there
fore, which yon are to preserve
and whose violation you are to sup
press, protects, among others, tne
rights specified in the last paragraph,
and aDy person who by force violates
those rights, breaks thatpeace, and ren
ders it your duty to arrest him and to
suppress aDy riots incident, or that
threaten the integrity of the registration
or election to the end that the will of
the people in such election may be as
certained and lake effect, and that of
fenders may be brought before the
courts for punishment. Notorious
events in several States which recently,
and in an unusual manner have been
publicly reprobated, render it a grave
duty of all Marshals who have cause to
apprehend a violation of the peace
of the United States, as con-
nected as above with the
elections to be held upon the Tues
day after the first Monday in November
next, to be prepared to preserve and re
store such peaoe. As the chief execu
tive officer of the United States in your
district, you will be held responsible for
all breaches of the peace of the United
States which diligence on your part
might have prevented and for the arrest
and securing of all persons who violate
that peace in aDy of the points above
enumerated. Diligence in these matters
requires, of course, that yflu be, and
continue present, in person or by depu
ty, at all places of registration or
election at which you have reason
to suspect that the peace is
threateue', and that whenever
an embodiment of the posse comitatus
is required to enforce the law such em
bodiment be effected. You will observe
that the “special” deputies mentioned
in section 2,021 of the Revised Statutes
have peculiar duties assigned to
duties which otherwise do not belong to
Deputy Marshals. Such special depu
ties can be appointed only in oities of
20,000 inhabitants or upwards. But the
duties assigned to Marshals and their
deputies by section 2,022 or other like
statutes belong to all duly appointed
deputies, whether they be gener
al or be special within the mean
ing of that and the preceding
section. Deputies to discharge this lat
ter class of duties may be appointed to
any number whatever, according to the
discretion of the Marshal in all States
in which Sheriffs have a similar power.
Section 2030 has no practical bearing
upon this point in States where no limit
is imposed upon the appointment of
eputies by Sheriffs, because in such
States the laws of the United States
(prior to the 10th of June, 1872) left
marshals also unlimited as to the num
ber of their deputies. In discharging
the duties above mentioned, you will
doubtless receive the countenance and
support of all the good citizens of the
United States in your respective
districts. It is not necessary to
say (fiat upon such countenance
and support the United States main
ly rely in their endeavor to en
force the right to vote which they
have given or have secured. The pres
ent instructions are intended only to
counteract that partial malice, wrong
headedness or ipconsideration which
sometimes triumphs at oritioal moments
over the conservative and, in general,
prevailing forces of sooiety and to which
the present aud passing condition of the
conntry gives more than ordinaly
strength, and therefore requires the
Government particularly to observe and
provide agamst. In this connection I
advise that you and each of your
deputies, general and “ special ”
haye a right tp summon to your
assistance in preventing and quelling
disorder every person in the district
above fifteen years of age, whatever may
be their occupation, whether civilians or
not, and including the military of all
denominations, militia, soldiers, ma
rines, all of whom are alike bound to
obey yoq. 'fhe fa*fl that they are or
ganized as military bodies, whether of
the State or of the United States, under
the immediatessommand of their officers,
does not in any wise affect their legal
character. They are still the posse
cqrpAtatus. I prefer to quote the above
statement of law upon this point from
an opipipn py my predecessor, Attorney-
Genera) 'pushing, bepauge if tbps ap
peals (o haye bepn wpll settled for many
years (6 Opinions, page 466, May 27,
1854 ) I need hardly add tfiat there can
be no State law or State official in this
country who has jurisdiction to oppose
you in discharging your offioial duties
undep tfie laws of the United States. If
such- intepfet.etifie ehajl take place, a
thing not anticipated, yog pre tp disre
gard it entirely. The laws pf the Unit
ed States aye ' sqpyprqe and sq conse
quently is the action of officers of the
United States in enforcing them. There
is, as virtually you have already been
told, no officer of a State
whom yon may not summons
and erpb°fiy into your own posse. Any.
State jjpsge already embodied by a She iff
will, with snefi Sherifi, fie obliged, upon
your summons, to become' a'part of a
United States posse and obey you or
your deputy acting virtute officii. The
responsibility which devolves upon an
officer clothed with such powers and re
qhired )p guard the highest right of
citi?ens, corresponds in decree with
those powers and rigfits anq exacts of
srjefi officer consideration, intelligence
and courage. It ip proper tp advise
you that in preparing this circu
lar I have considered recent import
ant judgments given by the Supreme
Court of the United States upon the
aptc pf Congress which regulate this
general topic. I .have founded the
above instructions njhoii the acts gs af
fected by such judgments,' ahd f need
in this pises add BP W°FP than that
these judgments do not eonegra elec
tions for Federal offices. You will find
appended in full or by reference such
statutory provisions as it seems impor
tant ifiM" yg and your deputies shall in
this connection read consider. In
matters of doubt you are of ~eouctu en
titled to the advice of the United States
attorneys for your district. These in
structions have been submitted to the
President and fiave fiig approval. Very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
[Signed] Alphonso Taft,
Attorney-General.
THE SOUTHERN qAJLKpAD *,E4RUK.
The Journal of Commerce is opposed
j te this combination, and in its editorial
j remarks says
The Southern rati.cad companies now
propose to try an experiment which has,
fortunately, always’ failed when made at
the North. The managers of the prin
cipal Southern lines have met at Sara
toga and taken steps toward forming a
combination of the pattern with which
we are so familiar in this part of the
conntry. The object of the organiza
tion is to screw higher rates oqt of the
Southern through travel and traffic, by
some equitable partition of business. *
* * * At this meeting, as at every
j one oi the kind ever held, there was no
j attempt sf the Reform of abuses of
! whiph thp‘ peoplp WWO victims. No
i thing wae said about ihe evil oi dis
| criminations in freights of wfiioh so
many serious comp aiuts have been
j made, and which promises yet to pro
i voke the interference of ongress if the
] companies themselves do not break it
up. A spirit of reform worthy the name
| would abolish this injustice. r * *
* The present is their first effort to
create a grand Southern league of rail
; road interests. They will soon find
treachery at worffc among those who
I mist solemnly pledge themselves to
stand by the new arrangements. Gom
i pacts as strong as any they can make
; have been broken by the bad faith of
the signers. And so we may reasonably
expect that the Southern Railroad Asso
ciation will fall apart at no distant day.
Nothing of tfie kind Ifiat very long
while human nature remains unchanged.
September s.—There were
tfteen iptennentp ip the ceipeteries to
ay. Of these ten died from yellow
fever.
M’DUFFIECOUNTY.
LARGE MEETING OF THE DE
MOCRACY YESTERDAY.
The People Aroused—An Outpouring of the
.Musses—Speech h- Copt. F. K. Eve, of the
Electoriol Ticket—The Contest for the Leg
islature.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Thomson, September 5, 1876.—A very
large meeting of the Democracy of
McDuffie county was held here to-day,
for the purpose of nominating a can
didate for the Legislature, and to hear
addresses from Gen. Dnßose and Capt.
F. Edgeworth Eve, Elector and Alter
nate for this District. Rev. J. Hillman
was made permanent Chairman aiuLDr.
E. S. Harrison, Secretary, with John
Harriß, Assistant. Before the Conven
tion was organized, Col. Tntt, Chairman
of the County Democratic County Ex
ecutive Committee, stated that Gen.
Dußose being somewhat nnwell would
not speik and introduced Capt.
Eve, who delivered the following chaste,
scholarly and highly impressive address,
advocating and endorsing Tilden and
Hendricks and General Colquitt. The
address was brief, but embraced the
principal political questions of the day,
and was reoeived with enthusiastic ap
plause :
FaiiLow-CiTiZENS: For the seconds
time shall I attempt to make a public
address, and each time in the presence
of the good citizens of McDuffie. Pre
viously to return thanks for the cordial
reception and kind hospitalities ten
dered the cavalry company I com
manded, now fora far different purpose.
It may seem temerity in one accustomed
aslam to lead the life ofa planterto thus
meddle in polities, and address this
large and intelligent audience; but se
lected as I have been in preference to
the many more competent, mere
habituated to public speaking than I
—yet relying" upon my former
kindly treatment, hope to receive the
same charitable criticism. The neoes
sity of bur presenting a firm, unbroken
front in this Presidential campaign is
self-evident. Many dissensions on ac
count of the great strength and the fact
there is but one white man’s party in
this great Empire State of the South,
and that all office seekers can not gain
what they consider their due, has caused
numbers to feel that their worth
is unappreciated. To such, for many
of the malcontents are as true South
ern men as auy of us are, I would advise
delay. Wait until this great battle is
fought—one in which all our rights are
involved. Let your minor injuries wait,
their vengeance,as well merited as in your
opinion they may be. Buckle on your
armor and strike oue blow for Democ
racy and reform under the leadership of
Tilden and Hendricks and Colquitt.
Again has the Military Dictator called
for troops to carry the elt-otions South,
whilst his troops—our troops they are
now—are being butchered on the plains
and fearful to leave their camps on ac
count of a few,painted savages, fed,
clothed and armed by bis administra
tion. He, the President of this most
corrupt g vernment the sun ever shone
on, in order, as he states, to protect the
colored man South, is having his
tine army scattered, demoralized and
slaughtered for his own party aggran
dizement. Where can the negro be
found in a more prosperous, happy
condition than in the States South un
der Democratic rule ? The key note,
sounded alike by both Democratic and
Republican candidates, is Reform ! We
feel that necessity too sensibly in our
depressed financial condition not to be
aware that our existence as a nationality
depends upon it. But where start ? We
Southern planters are living poorer,
more economically than we ever have
and yet we clear less money. Our
President that is to be says, “ live with
in your incomes.” For the last five years
our “outgoes” have been far iu excess
of our incomes, iu this cotton mania
pervading the South, and until you
change your mode of farming, brother
cotton planters, and starvation is the
only convincing argument, as the Yanks
say’, with the chivalry, and plant these
cotton fields in small grain, and these
grain patches in ootton, so long will you
occupy the position of dependence you
have since the war. The only class of
people on God’s green earth that can
raise everything at home, and be totally
independent, stand with heads uncov
ered, humbly begging their masters—
the time-sellers— to advance supplies to
carry them through one more cotton
crop. The money lender knowing our
great antipathy to litigation, charges us
any where from twelve—the legal rate—
to sixty per cent., aye, even far beyond,
in his charitable manner of selling goods
on time. Corn at 80 cents cash, $1 on
time, in the middle of August, and we
to make that payment by first Novem
ber, or additional interest charged—yp
gods—Archimedes himself was not en
grossed by a more difficult problem in
Syracuse, when the Roman soldier solv
ed it for him, than the sums of interest
our ootton factor and grocer give us poor
planters,not to calculate, that they know
is beyond our capability, but to pay and
we solve it not by death but ruin. In a
recent issue of the Chr niole and Sen
tinel, of Augusta, appeared an address
delivered before the Alumni in Athens,
one of most beautifully written,
chastest, replete classic lore and
biblical quotation, that ic was ever my
good fortune to read. The oration speaks
too well for itself for me to do
ought, save commend it to those who
have not seen it. Judge James Jackson
in this address calls our at
tention to the paucity of land
ed proprietors in the legisla
tive halls pf this nation, and oalls foi
reform. “ We should have a majority in
one house at least ” Coming as it does
from one of a profession, viz., the law,
that has almost monopolized all offices
of government, and the agriculturist,
the feeder of all, dema ds our serious
consideration. Under a “Republican”
administration 178,7018 scjtiare miles of
territory, equal to 221 times the size of
the State of Rhode Island, has been
given to railroads and other corpora
tions. Ido not wonder, with this faot
glaring them in the face, they should in
ject “this tub to the whale”—the inde
pendent voter, in the Republican plat
form, viz : “We reaffirm in opposition to
fqrther grants of the public lands to
corporations, etp. !i The New York Day
Boolt, in its comments upon their assu
rance to thns embody this resolution in
their platform, says, “they hdve squan
dered over 200,000,000 acres upon rail
roads alone, and out of more than 600,-
000,000 acres of governmental lands,
have disposed of less than one-sixth to
the tillers of the soil.” Had the farmer
been as fnlly represented—aye, even had
be the one-fortieth of representation
in the same ratio as tho lawyer—we
would have had a larger slice of that
“fat pie.” You know too much, citizens
of McDuffie, of the liberality of rail
road charges on freights, to desire that
railroad corporations should be entitled
to all bepeftts accruing from govern
mental gyanfg. May it ppt be pe well
for tfie tillers of the soil to choose a
representative from their own class oc
casionally ?
“Let others
Plaid better st the bar, describe the skies,
And when the stars descend, and when they
rise.
Ceres ! it should be thine alone, with awful
sway,
To rule mankind, and make the world obey.”
411 corporations have their attorneys;
the wealthier the corporation the more
distinguished in his profession is
attorney, and it sometimes happens
when bills are being introduced for the
bene jt of corporations the representa
tive of the county is their retained law
yer; 01 eourse, pe scare to do
such a thing; but how easy for the cor
poration, not by bribery,’ oh, no, that is
indictable, but by various kindnesses in
thg shane of boxes of cigars, cases pf
chsmp&fnD a’pd fipe liquors, free passes
on railroads,fast horses, aye, even, byown
stone fronts, to get a disinterested mem
ber from another county to introduce
the bill, their feed lawyer to advocate
its benefits] the wish being father to the
thought, considering the profits of the
nnrnoration. the interest of all bio Con
stituents. It has insensibly crept into
the mind of the ayerage office-holder of
these degenerate days that if he fie once
elected he has always a claim upon the
people in cpnsideration of the vast sa
crifice he makes for the good of his
conntry. Strange how many are willing
to be thus sacrificed ! Another grand
mistake is that they seemingly forget
that they are the salaried serv nts of the
people, by wbQW they ayp chpgep as ex
ponents of tpeir views, and that the
sovereign people are their judges, not
they the master, above censure,
“So that as formerly we suffered from
wickedness, so now we suffer from the
laws.” This thing of once an office
holder, always ap office-holder, recalls
to mind the aocounts % have read in Vic
tor Hugo, Jules Verne and other ro
mance writers description of the gi
gantic cuttlefish of mid-ocean, who,
when they have clutched their prey,
never release their hold until the last
vestige of substance is absorbed, and
disgorge their inky fluid to conceal their
manoeuvres, either to capture the wary
small fry or to escape from dangers their
rashness may have brought them into.
I nyake pp W ar n P°b the legal profes
sion. lam too eagey to entef its ranks,
bnt now as a landed proprietor I speak
what I consider to be their and my in
terest. God forbid that I should say
anght against that profession—the no
blest, grandest, “most God-like in its
attributes,tpß I 3° tfio*p who
pervert its powers to their own selfish
ends and personal aggrandizement.
“Tis a bad age, worse than the iron times,
Nature no metal hath to name their crimes.”
The necessity o| baying only first class
orators in onr national and State legisla
tive assemblies is humbug. Look more
to the principles, the honesty, the integ
rity of your representative men. Send
only those escutcheons; not
political trimmers, for you know not
what temptations they will be subjected
to in these modern Babylons. These
long and tiresome harangues abont the
best form of society and the most suit
able regulations to govern us are debates
only proper for the exercise of our wits,
and really of no practical benefit, scarce
changing a vote. What we want is one
who will remain at his post, watching
over the interests of his constit
uents, allowing the opposition no
opportunities of fillibnstering, and not
be expending the people’s money at
home canvassing for his own
re-election. Let public opinion force
these office seekers back to private life.
“Let the office seek the man, not the
man the office. ” Vox populi, vox Dei !
Enforce the laws against bribery and
fraud and where the criminal be found,
punish him, no matter who are exposed
thereby. “Let no guilty man escape,”
in reality. We can not beget a form of
government without a revolution, and
that we have had lately too sad an ex
perience in. Let us remedy the evils of
the one under which we live. Solon be
ing asked whether he had established
the best laws for the Athenians- he
could: Yes. says he, the best they
would have received. Varro excuses
himself (quoting from an old author) af
ter the sa e manner, “that if he had to
begin to write of religion, he would say
what he believed, but being it was al
ready received he would write more ac
cording to custom than nature.” Not
by opinion alone, but in truth and re
ality the best form of government for
every nationality is that under which it
has maintained itself. To increase its
powers we propose to place honesty in
lieu of corruption, integrity in the place
of fraud, and let justice again reign su
preme over our nation, with bandaged
eyes and balanced scales, as in the hal
cyon days of yore.
The number of people in attendance
is larger than has ever assembled in the
county, but the meeting is harmonious
and thoroughly conservative. McDuffie
will roll up a heavy, almost solid ma
jority for the Democratic ticket.
Hon. John H. Scott and Dr. Jones
were the candidates for the Democratic
nomination for the Legislature. At this
writing the polls have not closed. W.
JEFFERSON AND JOHN ADAMS.
Two lutf-reating Letter!) Written in Their
Extreme Ola Age.
Two letters which passed between
Thomas Jefierson and John Adams in
their extreme old age, four years before
their death on the same day (the semi
centennial Fourth of July), have been
exhumed from an old file of the Chris
tian Register, of Boston, in which they
were printed “by permission of their
venerable authors,” December 6, 1822 ;
and are sent us by C. B. Allen, of East
Brimfield. They ate not, we are told,
included in the biographies of either of
the distinguished men. They will be
fund of genuine interest at this day and
at any day, the grave thoughts of great
men on age and death, when they wait
for death, cannot be otherwise. The
talk about Oriental affairs, then as now,
threaten.ng, is also interesting. Jeffer
son was in his 80th, Adams in his 87th
year when these letters were written, and,
as the editor of the Register said in in
troducing them:
“It is delightful to witness this kind
of correspondence between these two dis
tinguished men; the asperities of party,
by which they were at one time separat
ed, worn down, and nothing remaining
but the interchange of sentiments of un
feigned kindness and respect. It is
charming to see an old age like this
retaining, even uuder its decays
and infirmities, the intellectual vigor
umimpaired; and displaying, amidst
its snows, the greenness and
freshness of the Summer life.
It is an enviable and privileged hight
to which these great men have attained;
from which they are permitted to look
down upon an extensive and eminently
happy country, enjoying the fruit of
their labors and sacrifices, more than re
alizing their boldest anticipations, and
regarding them with that gratitude and
respect to which their magnanimity and
distinguished patriotism so emphatical
ly entitle them.”
The letter of Mr. Jefferson was writ
ten soon after an attack upon him by
the Native Virginian —and when
there was a strong expectation of a war
between Russia and Turkey—this will
explain some allusions:
Mr. Jefferson to Mr. Adams.
Montioello, June 1, 1822.
It is very long, my dear sir, since I
have written to you. My dislooated
wrist is now become so stiff that I write
slowly and with pain; and therefore I
write as little as I can. Yet it is due to
mutual friendship to ask once in a while
how we do. The papers tell us that
Gen. Starke is off at the age of ninety
three. still lives at about the
same age, cheerful, slender as a grass
hopper, and so much without me ory
that he scarcely recognizes the members
of his household. An intimate friend
of his called on him not long sinoe. It
was difficult to make him recollect who
he was, and sitting one hour he told the
same story four times over. Is this
life?
With lab’ring step
To tread our former footsteps ?—paoe the
round
Eternal ?—to beat and beat
The beaten track to see what we have
seen—
To taste the tasted—o'er our palates to des
o int
Another vintage ?
It is, at most, but the life of a cabbage,
surely not worth a wish. When all our
faculties have left, or are leaving us one
by one, sight, hearing, memory, every
avenue of pleasing sensation closed, and
athumy, debility, and malaise left in
their places; when the friends of our
youth are all gone, and a generation is
risen around us whom we know not; is
death an evil ?
When one by one our ties are torn,
And friend from friend is snatched forlorn;
When man is left alone to mourn,
Oh, then, how sweet to die !
When trembling limbs refuse their weight,
And films slow gathering dim the sight;
When clouds obscure the mental light,
’Tis nature’s kindest boon to die.
I really think so. I have ever dreaded
a doating old age ; and my health has
been generally so good that I dread it
still. The rapid decline of my strength,
during the last Winter, has made me
hope sometimes that I see land. Dur
ing Summer, I euioy its temperature,
but { shudder at the approach of Win
ter, and wish I could sleep through it
with the dormouse, and only to wake
with him in Spring, if ever. They say
that Starke could walk about his room.
lam told you walk well and firmly. I
can only reach my garden, and that with
sensible fatigue. I ride, however, daily;
but reading is my delight. I should
neyei put my pea to paper ; and the
mare because of the treacherous prac
tice some people have of publishing
one’s letters without leave. Lord Mans
field declared it breach of trust and pun
ishable at law. I think it should be a
penitentiary felony ; yet you will have
seen that they have drawn me out into
the arena of the newspapers. Although
I know it is too Jjite for m e to buckle on
the armor of youth, yet my indignation
would not permit me passively to receive
the kiok of an asa.
To turn to the news of the day, it
seems the cannibals of Europe are going
to eating one another again. A war be
tween Russia and Turkey is like the
battle of the kite and snake; whichever
destroys the other, leaves a destroyer
the less for fhe world, This pugnacious
humor of mankind seems to be the law
of his nature, pne of ihe ofeataolep to too
greaf multiplication provided in the
mechanism of the universe. The cocks
of the hen yard kill one another; bears,
bulls, rams, do the same, and the horse,
in his wild state, kills all the young
males, until, worn hy age and war,
sojne vigorehs youth kills him. * * *
: I nope we shall prove how much happier
for man the Quaker policy is, and that
the feeder ia ‘ better than that of the
fighter; and it is some eonsolation that
the desolation by these maniaos of one
part of the earth is the means of im- l
proving in other parts. LeLthe latter
be our office; and let us milk the cow,
while Russians hold her by the.horns
and the Turk by the tail.
God bless you and give you health,
strength, good spirits, and as much of
life as you think worth having.
Thomas Jiffersdn.
Mr. Adams’ Reply.*
Montezillo, Jane 11, 1822.
Deab Sib—Half an hour ago I receiv
ed, and this moment baye (;eard read,
for the third or fourth time, the best
letter that ever was written by an octo
genarian, dated Jane 1.
I have not sprained my wrist; but
both my arms and hands are so over
strained that I cannot write a line. Poor
Starke remembered nothing and could
talk of nothing but the battle of Ben
nington. is not quite so reduced. I
cannot mount my horse, but I can walk
three miles over a ragged, rooky moun
tain, and hay? dope it "within a month;
I yet I fe'ei, when sitting in my chair, as
ifTl could not rise ont of it; and, when
risen, as if I could not walk across
the room; my sight is very dim,
bearing pretty good, memory poor
enough. In snarer to your ques
tion -Is death an evil ?—it is a
blessing to the individual, and to the
world; and yet we ought not to wish for
it nntil life becomes insupportable. We
must wait the pleasure ana convenience
of the Great teacher. Winter is as ter
rible to me as to you. I am almost re
duced in it to the life of a bear or a tor
pid swallow. I cannot read, bnt my de
light is to hear others read; and I tax all
my friends most numercifully and ty
rannically against their consent. The
ass has kicked in vain; all men say the
dull animal has missed his mark.
This globe is a theatre of war; its in
habitants are all heroes; The little eels
in vinegar, and the animaloules in pep
per water, I believe, are quarrelsome.
The bees are as warlike as Romans, Bri
tons or Frenchmen. Ants, caterpillars
and cankerworms are the only tribes
among whom I have not seen battles;
and Heaven itself, if we believe Hin
doos, Jews, Christians and Mahome
tans, has not always been at peace. We
need not trouble ourselves abont these
things, nor fret ourselves because of
evil-doers, but safely trust the “Ruler
with his skies.” Nor need we dread the
approach of dotage; let it come, if it
most. , it seems, still delights in
his fonr stories; and Starke remembered
to the last his Bennington, and exulted
in his glory. The worst of the evil is
that our frieuds will suffer more by our
imbecility than we ourselves.
In wishing for your health and happi
ness I am very selfish, for I hope for
more letters; this is worth more than
five hundred dollars to me, for it has
already given me, and it will continne
to give me more pleasure than a thou
sand. Mr. Jay, who is about your age,
I am told experiences more decay than
you do. lam your old irie'd,
John Adams,
“HOLDING THE FORT.”
A Texas Sheriff Who Did His Duly In the
I Face of a Howling; .Hob.
[Dallas Special to Galveston New.]
Saturday night about 1 o’clock, as
Policeman Carter was taking a negro to
the calaboose, he was set upon by two
or three other negroes, who knocked
Carter senseless with a piece of scant
ling, and rescued the prisoner. Carter’s
skull was fractured by the blow, and his
death has been momentarily expeeted.
The negro who struck the blow and the
rescued one were subsequently arrested
and placed in the calaboose, from which
place they were removed to the jail.
Excitement ran high all day yester
day, and at 9:30 last night about fifty
men started from Compress, marched
down Lamar to Main street, and pro
oeededed up Main in the direction of the
jail, avowing their intention to lynch
the negro who struck Carter. Numbers
joined on the route, until they finally
numbered about three hundred.
On amvi g upon the square, Captain
Morton, the City Marshal, stopped and
addressed them* telling him that Sheriff
Moon would resist to the death any at
tempt to take the prisoner. Colonel
Aldridge, County Attorney, then called
upon the mob to disperse, saying if the
negro was guilty he would be hanged
legally. C olonel McLure then made an
exhortation to the crowd to forbear “in
the name"of God, justice and the politi
cal issue now agitating the country.”
His remarks created a great impression,
but the mob pressed on until opposite
the jail, where they stopped, and a
deputation called ou Sheriff Moon, who
informed them he would do his sworn
duty if he died for it, and that he was
fully prepared with armed men for the
mob to advance.
This was reported to the crowd, who
then showed signs of weakening, where
upon Colonel Aldridge again addressed
them, saying if they persisted in their
design it would result,in the death of a
sheriff they all loved, and than whom a
braver officer never lived. His words
had a telling effect, and Sheriff Moon
was loudly called for, who made a short
address, saying he and his men would
“’hold the fort until death.” He
evinced some excitement, but the men
he addressed knew he meant what he
said, and after a few speeches by some
of the mob it was decided to let the law
take its course, and the crowd dis
persed. To Sheriff Moon belongs tho
greater part of the credit for the pre
servation of the law by his bravery and
determination, while much can be said
in praise of Colonels Aldridge and
McLure, who first brought the mob to a
reasonable basis. The city is quiet to
day.
THE AIKEN DEMOCRACY.
Dlonttter Demonstration Three Thousand
Men in Line.
[Special Dispatch to Chronicle and Sentinel .]
Aiken, S. C., September s. — The Dem
ocratic torchlight procession was a gor
geous pageant. About 2,500 were in the
procession, about one thousand of whom
were horsemen and some Democratic
negroes among them. The Graniteville
band were in attendance. The transpa
rencies were numerous and appropriate.
Fire works were frequently discharged
along the line of march. This with the
frequent firing of artillery and the con
tinued cheering of the torch bearers pre
sented a scene of enthnsiaem which beg
gars description. Arrived at the stand, the
assemblage numbered between 3,000
and 4,000. The meeting was called to
order by G. W. Croft, County Chair
man, who moved that D. S. Henderson
preside. The meeting was addressed by
Robert Aldrich, Geo. B. Tillman, Col.
F. H. Gantt, G;n. M. W. Gary, Leroy
Youmans and others. Ex-Governor
Bonham and Gen. M. C. Butler, with
other distinguished citizens, were on the
stand. The enthusiasm was boundless.
C. E R D.
GILES’
LINIMENT
IODIDE DF AMMONIA
Cures Neuralgia, Face Acbe, Rbeuma
ti m, Gout, Frosted Feet, Cbilblains t
Sore Thro t, Erysipelas, Bruises or
Wounds of every kind in man or ani
mal.
Giles’ Liniment lodide of Ammonia
has been used by myself and family with satis
factory results. X recommend it to all persons
suffering with pains or aches of any kind. It
surpasses anything I have ever used.
G. H. MILLER,
President Real Estate <fc Savings Bank, Balti
more Md.
Sold by all Druggists. Depot No. 451 Sixth
Avenue, N. Y. Only 50 cents and $1 a bottle.
J. H. ALEXANDER.
ag3o-d&wlm _ Agent,
IJMO Lbs.
OF THREE and FOOR-PLY Unbleached
KNITTING COTTON will be closed out
for Cash at
C. J. T. BALK’S,
No. 138 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.,
At the following low prices:
At Retail, 25c. a pound.
In 10 pound Lots, 20c. & pound.
In 100 pound Lots, 18jo. a pound.
All warranted in good order.
A lot of Domestic Cotton Goods from the
recent great auction sales in New York will be
offered this week at very low prices.
Oood 3-1 wide Bleached Homeupum, 5 c.
Good 7-8 “ “ “ 6Jc,
Good 4-4 “ “ “ Be.
Good 4-4 “ Sea Island “ Bc,
Heavy 3-4 “ Unbleached “ 5Jc.
Best 7-8 “ “ “ 7c.
Beet 4-4 “ Heavy Sheeting, Bc.
Orders for Bamples by mail must bo accom
panied by postage stamp to insure attention.
Close Cash Buyers will find it to their ad
vantage te inspect my Stock.
Will open this week some very fine large
Straw Flats, at 50c.
augfi-d&w C. J. T. BALK.
Tie M Cotton Gin,
MANUFACTURED BY
J, D. & H. T. HAMBJACK,
CRAWFORDVILLE, GA.
FOR over twenty years manufac
tured the GEOBGJA - GIN, and from our
success with thorn, feel warranted in saying
they are Oqual to any Gins made.
We da pot at ive to get up a fancy article for
exhibition at Fairs, but put up good, durable
work of first class material.
We offer them as low as any good Gins can
be afforded.
Every Gin warranted to perform well.
We could give hundreds of certificates if de
sired. but as that role is so common at this day
we omit them.
PRICES bF GINS:
Fop 9 Inch Havre, per Baw - - $3 25
For 10 Inch Sayre. Re* Saw - - 350
Olfi Gins repaired in the beet style and at
reasonable charges.
Freight must be prepaid on them when ship
ped by railroad.
Orders for New Gins solicited early, to in
sure prompt delivery for the ginning of the
next crop. Address,
J. A & H. T. HAMRICK,
Crawfordville. Ga.
! Or Messrs. BOTHWELL BROS . Agents.
j,B w3m Augnsts. Ga.
and STATIONARY
a •p'iSAW. FLOUR AND GRIV SVhuS
jmsnmmmMnsnm
V y Wlii.aut Pat terns.
Jt 154fROVED J2SI32JS, A SPECIALTY.
TURBINE WATER WHEEL.-7000 itt
mßEsmEEsssmmvmm
SEND TOR cmCULAR? aU.TIXK'Ur: MD
u
>ps-wly
REDUCED TO A CERTAINTY.
Chance te Cain
$50,000
INTO RISK..
Sendfoeireolar ateaee. Kollmc toloae.
R*Ai * VO.,Hunk.r*, 74Maa*iy s^CYoK^
New Adverttamn entH. I
GREAT RIBBON SALE]
Will be continued this day,
Thursday, from 10, a. m., to 12,
m. In consequence of the tremen
dous rush for Ribbons we will have*
to confine the sale to these two
hours, in order to give attention to
our other business.
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.
CHEAP DRY GOODS.
o •
1,000 Pieces new Ribbons, all kinds, from very narrow to wide. Sash
Ribbon at Very Low Priffs. by 0. CRtT k *O. jj
Pearl uress and Shirt Buttons in variety, by €. GRAY & €O.
New and favorite brands of 4-4 Shirting and 10 4 Sheeting, by
AH the Best Brands of Calico at 6 1-4 cents, by C. GRAY & CO.
Ladies’ and Gents’ Handkerchiefs at 50 per cent. Less than they were
two months ago.
O. GILVY &; 00.
augtO-tf ;
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