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WEDN£BDtY.BBPTEMBEB2O, 1876.
Satl*ial Democratic Ticket.
FOR PSESffiMMft
Samuel J. Tilden,
OF NEW YORK.
FOB VICE-PRESIDENT:
THOMAS A. HEADRICKS,
OF INDIANA.
State Democratic Ticket.
FOB GOVJSBNOB:
Alfred 11. Colquitt.
FOB CONGRESS—EIGHTH DISTRICT,
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS.
Far fKuu, Bl*kte*tk ItooMkl Dtatrtcc,
Um. JNO. T. SHEW 91A KB, at ElnfcM—d
Far Ike Leiblttue,
Jab. C, 0. Bliok, Pat hick Walsh, W.
EwiSO J HNSON.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
For the State at La r*e.
A. B. LAWTON.
JOHN W. WOFFORD.
ALTSRSATEB,
L. J. GABTRELL,
H. D. D. TWIGGS.
Dtotriet Elector*.
First District -A. M Rogers, of
Burke. Alternate, T. E. Davenport, of
Olay. Alternate, James L. Seward, of
Thomas. „ , „
Third District—J. M. DnPree, of Ma
eon. Alternate, W. H. Harrison, of
Stewart. _ , ,
Fourth District—W. O. Tuggle, of
Tronp. Alternate, E. M. Batt, of Ma
rion. _ _ _. , .
Fifth District—F. D. Dismnke, o'
Spalding. Alternate, W. A. Shorter, of
Felton. , ,
Sixth District—Frank Chambers, of
Wilkmson. Alternate, M. V. MoKib
beo, of Batts.
Seventh District—L N. Trammell, of
Whitfield. Alternate, Hamilton Yancey,
of Floyd.
Eighth District—D M. Dußose, of
Wilkes. Alternate, F. E. Eve, of Co
lumbia. . „ „
Ninth Distriot—J. N. Dorsey, of Hall.
Alternate, F. L Hri.nn. of White
Capt J. P. Williams has been nomi
nated for the Legislature from Columbia
oonnty without opposition
Otra Lexington correspondent report*
that the ootton crop in Oglethorpe conn
ty has been greatly damaged by the long
dry spell.
Judge Niblacx, a cool and clearhead
ed Demoorat, says Indiana will go
Democratic next month by fifteen thou
sand majority.
The New York Times has discovered
that Henry W. Crawford, of Georgia,
was the State Rights candidate for
President in 1824
How. Georgs M. Nethbrland is run
ning for the Legislature from Haber
sham county. Mr. Nethbrland is a
pure and able man and will make a
splendid representative.
"Honest John” Patterson supported
Chamberlain in the Columbia Conven
tion. Chamberlain dosed the breach
when be std in Washington the other
day that "he was done with reform; he
wonld place no more barriers In the way
of the Legislature.”
The McDuffie Journal takes no stook
in the absurd yellow fever oanards that
have been circulated about Angusta. It
aays : "All reports of the disease hav
ing appeared in Augusta are pure fab
rications, calculated to alarm the pubLo
and injure the business and trade of the
dty unnecessarily. Augusta was never
in better condition, so far as health is
concerned, than now.”
Mb. Oarl Sc acm has become fright
ened at the outcry raised against him
by the Republicans because he wrote he
had doobts whether Hayes would oarry
Ohio. He denies having written such a
letter. It doesn’t make much difference
whether he did or did not. An orator
who stumps for a salary and attempts to
fix" the German vote by contract
doesn’t have much importance attached
to his opinions.
Threk Democratic Congressional
Conventions were held in Georgia Wed
nesday. In the Secoßd and Ninth Dis
tricts Hon. W. B. Smith and Hon. B.
H. Hill were re-nominated by a unani
mous vote. In the Fifth Oistriot Hon.
|L A. Candler was re-nominated on
the sixty fourth ballot. Yesterday the
last Convention was held in the Fourth
District. So far all the sitting mem
bers have been re nominated with the
exception of Dr. Felton, in the Seventh
Diatriot, who was eleoted as an Inde
pendent candidate.
Ex-Governor Cox is running for Com
press in Ohio on the Bioody-shirt and
Southern outrage platform. He daily
rehearses to his hearers the persecu
tions of the poor blacks and demands
for them an equal share in the govern
ment. Eleven years ago, when he was
also running for office in Ohio, but be
fore the negro had the right to vote in
that State, Mr. Cox said the blaok and
white races should not be made to live
together and wrote a tetter favoring the
idea of a Negro Territory <to be out off
from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
and Alabama), where all the negroes in
the Sonth should be confined.
Oxonoa Peabody, when in this coun
try, left a large sum of money to p o
mote education in the Southern States.
The execution of the bequest devolved
upon Geoboe Peabody Russell, a re
lative of the late Geoboe Peabody. He
has recently made a report of progress,
in which he says that in all of thp South
ern Btales save three the objects of
11, Pbab :dy are being effectively carried
ont, giving promise of the most bene
fioent results. The exceptional three
States are South Carolina, Florida and
Louisiana, the carpet-bagger or Afri
naniied States, and he reports that there
is no hope of the fulfillment of the pur
poses of the great benefactor while their
present State governments exist.
A letteb in the Chicago TSmes from
Madison, Wisconsin, dated September
Bth, says that bow the State will go
may be estimated by Congressional dis
tricts. The Republicans, the letter es
timates, will elect Williams in the First
District by 8,200 msjority, Hazlbtow in
tne Third District by 1,000 msjority,
0. ) Humphrey in the Seventh District
fey i/l)00 msjority. The Democrats will
sleet Osk>h in the Seoond District by
56Q majority, JjTndr in the Fourth Dis
trict by 8.088 majority, Be ago in the
Fifth District by 6/XW msjority, while
the Sixth District wiM he close and
donbtfnL In the Eighth District Cate
will have 2,000 majority. Net result :
Democratic majority on Congressman,
8,300.
The Rome Gowier thinks it is the dn
ty of “Governor Smith, at the proper
“time, to issue a proclamation, defining
rights of citixens in the Congres
-‘siersil and Presidential elections, and
•“notifying Attorney-General Taft's
'‘Marshals that they will be held atrict
•*ly accountable to the laws of the State
“for any interference with those rights.”
In any event, the editor of the Courier
*sags :.**So far as we, as individnal eiti
•“peqs, concerned, if a United States
•‘•Marshall, 0 r Deputy Marshal, Bbonld
“in any nhspe nr form attempt to inter
“fere writ\oar rights as freemen, we
'•shall just as eertaimy kaw* him down
“as we can find the strength 4 arms
-Vtoflo it.”
Twenty-one yellow fever iotei Ute in
Savannah Saturday.
CHE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. |
The Republican District Convention I
which met in this oity had, undoubted
ly, the right to give any reason it cboae
for failing to nominate a candid te for
Congress. Our only regret is that it did
aot publish the true reason instead of
the manifestly false one assigaed. The
Convention, which represented only a
portion of the District, declined to make
• nominatiou because, it says. hf the Tio
lenoe and intimidation which prevail in
this section of the State, and because Mr.
Jonathan Nobobos*, the Republican
candidate for Governor, was interrupt
ed in his speech here the other night.
Those who know anything of the polities
of the Eighth District know the Republi
cans had not the remotest intention of
no ninating a candidate for Congress.
When Hon. Alexander H. Stephens ran
as the candidate of the Democracy in 1873
the RepwblicaßS declined to make any
nomination against him thongh they
had at that time a compact and well or
ganised party which only three months
before had polled over six thousand
votes. They said then that they were
satisfied Mr. Stephens would act fairly
by them, and, therefore, did not
care to offer aßy opposition to
his election. When Mr. Btephens was
renominated in 1874 the same views
were entertained by the Republican
leaders of the District, and they again
deolined to oppose him. It was well un
derstood this year, and the understand
ing was bksed on information obtained
from Republican sources, that if Mr.
Stephens should Again be the nominee
of the Democratic party he wonld not be
opposed. Mr. Stephens was nominat
ed and the Republicans gave up all
idea of contesting the District. Promi
nent Republicans stated Wednesday
that the members of the Convention ful
ly endorsed Mr. Stephens. Iu view of
this plain statement of fac s very little
attention will be paid to the bloody
shirt resolution which the Convention
adopted. The Republicans make no
fight in this District because they are
fully satisfied with the Democratic nom
inee.
THE PRESIDENT’S VIEWS.
A* the day of General Gbant’s retire
ment approaches be yields readily to the
pnmp of the interviewer, and milks as
easily as a cow with her second calf. He
has again had communication with an
interviewer sent to him by the Herald,
and talked freely of politics and the In
dian war which has reoently terminated
so disgracefully. His opinion of the
Sionx campaign does not possess mriqh
interest at present, but his political
vi -ws will oommand some attention. We
give them this morning in another
column of the Chronicle and Sentinel.
The President is naturally not very en
thusiastic over the returns from tbe
Vermont election. He says they are
•‘satisfactory," but does not care to sing
paaus in honor of the capture of Hol
land by the Dutch. We presume he
will also find the returns from Maine
“satisfactory,” but nothing more. Gen
eral G“Ant is sagacious enough to see
that the fight ia an exceedingly close
one, and admits that if the Democrats
carry Indiana and Ohio in October,
“Tilden is as good as elected.” If the
Republicans oarry these two States,
then, in the opinion of the President,
the Democrats have not “the ghost of a
chance." General Grant is right, to a
oertaiu extent. If the Republicans fail
to carry either Ohio or Indiana in Oc
tober their candidate is oertain to be de
feated in November. The Democrats,
though their chances for carrying both
are good, can lose either one of these
States and then elect Tilden nd Hfn
drices. The President has beoonie ful
ly imbued with the spirit of the parti
san, and retails campaign canards as if
he aotnally believed them bimself. He
says that the great danger to the country
from Tilden 's success is that “tempora
ry bankruptcy” would ensue. He pro
fesses to think that a Democratic Admin
istration would immediately signalize its
accession to power by allowing vast
amounts for Southern property de
stroyed by Union soldiers during the
war, by granting pensions to Confede
rate soldiers who fought against the
Union, and by paying for slaves eman
cipated after the surrender. Gen
eral &842? knows that the scheme of
paying for tw> property owned by
Southern Union men and destroyed by
the Federal armies, originated with and
was carried out by his own Admimstra*
tion. Re also knows perfectly well that
pensions will never be asked for or
granted to Southern soldiers, or pay
meets be permitted for Southern slaves.
But we are in a political campaign now,
sod the President is just as willing to
tell a campaign lie as Morton, Logan
or Chandler
CHAMBERLAIN RR.MPMINATED.
After a three days’ session the Repub
lican Convention of Sonth Carolina has
finished its labors and placed a candi
date in the field. Govern- r Chamber
lain has been re nominated, beating
Pc\N, his mock opponent, two to one,
EinU coronat opus. A Convention com
posed of the worst elements of the Re
publican party, led and controlled by
snob master-scamps aa Joff* J. Pattbb
son, B wes, Whittemobe sod Eliott,
has placed in nomination for the highest
position in th - gift of the people of the
State, a man fully as corrupt as the
leaders and more because
mo e artful, it the people of Sonth
Carolina had any doubts fee/ore as to
the nature of the struggle W wfitelji they
are about to engage they should be re
solved by this nomination and its inci
dents. There is no longer any division
in the Republican party. The cohesive
power rf the prospect of public plunder
has united ail the tactions into one solid
compact band cf plunderers- The feuds
that once existed have bees reconciled,
the breaches once open have been eioaed,
all differences have been arranged and
Chamberlain comes into the field backed
by the fall power of corraption. The
[ robbers i* mask have torn aside their
flimsy concealments and joined the
thieves who have nav. taken the trouble
to hide their dishonesty. Last Winter,
when it seemed almost .certain that the
Democrats would repeat the folly of
supporting thatßepnblicancandidate for
Governor whom they deemed the least
objectionable, Chamberlain pandered to
the white vote, and sought to conciliate
an element which could do ao much in
furtherance of his ambitions scheme*.
He assumed the role of a reformer,
spoke soft words that meant nothing,
made fair promises for the future and
denounced fnd broke with such men as
Pattebson, Elliott, Mouse, W hitter
and Whittemobb. He boldly proclaimed
that be would have nothing to do with
these noted corruptionists, and that
their scheme* should no longer be per
mitted to flourish in South Carolina.
But when* revulsion ia publicseati
ment took place, when the white people
found that Chamber.ain could not be
tmsted and determined to place s can-j
! didate in the field concerning whose •
j honor and integrity there could be no
i £onbt, then C hambbrlaim boldly and
eriHiTYj ’ a moment’s hesitation abandon
ed the Jte had been playing and
threw himself ;iatQ th® arms the men
he had deeerted and denounced. He
made friends tfHb eat* spa <JI of them.
He sought Pattebson in Washington
and became reconciled to him whose
very name is ttoe syapnvm °f sooundrel
isim He told him that *he should talk
bo more of reform; in the fatal* the
Legislate ckoatf find no barrier ip
him.” He gave him to understand that
his prediction of “four years more of
good stealing in South Carolina" should
be fulfilled if be remained at the head of
the government. He slandered the re
spectable people of UmStata, and joined
Pattebson in a request to Ibe too-wigiqg
Administration to have South taratw
overrun with Federal soldiers. He did
everything that he had the power to
do to 9PWW9 these shameful alliea
coemption and misgovernment. They
did not doubt hie sincerity, and they
considered him the instrument beat
adapted, to their nge. It wonld not have
dene to nominate Patterson or El
liott—Republican sentiment at the
North would have been shocked by such
• step. Bat the sham Reformer, who
talked so eloquently of good government
and honest officials, Rould prove a more
palatable dose. And it has been admin
istered. Chamberlain is the candidate
of the Republican party in South Caro
lina, and he has been placed in nomina
tion by the worst element of the worst
political organization that ever cursed
11 Christendom. He has been puWieiy en
dorsed by Patterson, Elliott, Whft
temore, Cain, Humbert and Mxxobt.
He is the candidate of these men. He
represents them and their roguish poli
cy. His election is their election; his
success is their suooess. His trinmpb
means “four years more of g6od stealing
in Sonth Carolina.” He will not be tri
umphant, for the honest people of
Scnth Carolina are banded against the
scamps, and will rout them as cer
tain as the day of election arrives.
In his speech supporting the nomi
nation of I hambeblain, Lawrence
Cain, of Edgefield, said that two-thirds
of the Republicans of Edgefield desired
this nomination, “because he has split
the Democratic party.” If the oorrup
tionisbs are silly enough to expect any
anch result as this they will find them
selves wofnlly mistaken. Chamberlain
will not get the vote of a single Demo
crat in South Carolina. No honest white
man, no matter what his party may be,
will vote for him. No man with a drop
of honest bl od in his veins can vote for
this man. The white voters of the State
will be arrayed solidly against him.—
Thousands of negroes will desert a
Standard whioh they have discovered is
nsed only as a cover for villainy and will
support the cause of Hampton and
honest government. The issue is now
made up, and the decision will soon be
announced at the ballot box. For our
selves we have not the slightest doubt
of the result.
FACTS FOR ADVERTISERS.
Men who advertise know that newspa
pers are valuable as advertising me
diums iu proportion to tbe circulation
which they enjoy. The merchants of
Augusta will bear the following facts in
mind :
1. The circulation of the Daily Chroni
cle an j Sentinel is one-third great
er than that of the Constitutionalist.
2. The circulation of the Tei- Weekly
Chronicle and Sentinel is twice
that of the Constitutionalist.
3. The circulation of the Weekly
Chronicle and Sentinel is three
times that of the - Weekly Constitu
tionalist.
If our cotemporary has any desire to
test the truth of the facts stated in
the foregoing we will prove their accu
racy by a comparison of the circulations
of the Chroniqle and Sentinel and
Constitutionalist for any month within
tbe three years ending August 31st,
1876. We are willing to leave the ex
amination of our subscription books for
tbe purpose named to any two responsi
ble citizens, one of whom shall be ap
pointed by the proprietors of the Con
stitutionalist and the otirer by the pro
prietors of the Chronicle and Senti
nel.
A STRAW THAT SHOWS THE DIREC
TION OF THE WIND.
Under ordinary circumstances the re
sult of a municipal election in a small
town like Abbeville, South Carolina,
would not attract much attention. But
just at present it has a special signifii
oance as furnishing a correct indication
of the result of the State eleotion. The
political situation in this town is very
similar to the situation in the State.
Abbeville is South Carolina in minia
ture. The negioes have a majority of
the voters of the town. The Republi
cans have for several years had entire
control of the municipal government.
Registration shows that the white vot
ers number 139; the colored voters 156.
At the eleotion the other day the
whites polled 133 votes, six less
than their full strength; the blacks
polled 143 Totes, twelve less
than their strength. If the color line
had been observed, the Republicans
would have elected their ticket by 10
tnajority. But it was not observed and
the Democratic candidates were elected
by an average majority of 117 votes.
Fifty colored men voted the straight
Demooratio ticket and 29 voted split
tiokets—consisting of some Republicans
and some Demoorats —so that of the 143
colored men who voted at the eleotion,
79, or considerably more than one half
of the whole number, voted for a Demo
oat. Of the 133 white votes cast, 132
were “straight” and only 1 “sp'it.” It
ij easy to see that if the Abbeville eleo
tion is repeated over the State in No
vember South Carolina will give Gen
eral Hampton at least twenty thousand
majority. We see no reason why it
should not he repeated everywhere, fn
every county large numbers of the bet
ter class of colored mao are joining
Democratic clubs and announcing their
determination to support the Reform
tioket. The colored men are beginning
to realize that all of their raoe, not office
holders, bey,a been robbed as well as the
whites; they fcel tfc# they have been
made the c&tspaws of politicians, and
they are going to for hopest gov
ernment in November.
T jjjj pipuTti DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.
Tbe Pemocr&ttc CJonventio"
of the Eighth Ptitiict ipet & end
nominated Hon. A. H- f'Trt'HE-s for Congress.
The Chronicle and Fhhtjnel *ajs Mr- Ste
phens' health is improving. We era unable to
see what good Mr. Stephens can do the State
or General Government oa a sick bed at Oraw
foydville. Perhaps it is jnst to themselves
gr. should be kept in office un
til he dies- The tatory of hie life might end
better if be ebouW imitate (joyarnor Seymocb,
of New York, sad In View of the faqt fh&t be
cannot serve the Wate, bWtu of his ip
health, ask the people to amuse him- We
think they would be considerate enough to do
it. We would not throw a abide over a single
act of Mr. Stephens’ past life. We desire to
ha profoundly respectful, but it does seem
strange that men can oall him a consistent and
honest mm wmau-uw je doing ‘he country no
sendee aed at the aeon mg his
salary. For months be has not bs*p |hte fo
fill hi's Bf at in the House. In aU probability;
he will never get to Washington again. It ia
sow that the South needs every iota of
Strength, jcta'.lect and influence she can get in
Congress. Agai ■ WS 4.0 not see why Mr. Ste
phens accepts a poaiticu to# Ojunot fill.
The above article appears w edi
torial in t,b/> current issue of the Barnes
ville Gazette. We shall not charge the
Gazette with “meddling 7 is the affairs
pt another District. We concede its
right to criticise the conduct .cd the De
mocracy in this District. We behave
that a Congressman represente not only
his oyn District but the whole State as
well, and that eyery Georgian is int r
ested in the selection .<4 apj table caDdi ‘
dates. But we desire to say
temporary that he is not familiar with
the facte of tjaa case. Mr. Stephens
was fdr Congress
by til* fiwtaton (Gouvention see**sa
Was knoir* Tb*t bp was rapidly recover
ing health and strength, god Jiecause it
Cta equally as well known that the peo
ple of tbfi District desired him to serve
them again if to do so. We feel
warraatad to saying that Mf* Stefs®* B
would not have accepted the nomic-tton
tendered him in so eooplimentary a
ipanner if he hid not bslieval that
he acppld be able to take his
seat when fleeted. Mr. SiEPHbns
expects to go to Washington next
December at the opening pt the
session and occupy his .place in the,
House. We hope that he has many
years of usefulness before him ; we are
quite certain -that when he finds himself
unable to seiye bis peyple in Congrepa;
ha will ask bis pppstitpetda *8 ohqoeehig
soeosMor. van - ! > ' 7: >
OGLETHORPE COUNTY.
Protracted Drwttb—The Crop*—Cotton and
Cora—Cotton Greatly lujnred Laborer.
BaH.Eed—Coonty Politic*—The Nominee*—
Goad Men Ckaoea.
tJVwm an Occasional Correspondent ]
Lexington, Ga., September 13.
Knowing the great interest your valu
able journal has always taken in the
condition of crops and the prospeots of
the farming fraternity generally, a few
items from this section will not, per
haps, be amiss. That mythical indivi
dual, the oldest inhabitant, with the
facile memory peculiar to old age, fails
to recollect a heated term of such pro
tracted length as the one through which
we are just now passing. It ie high
time that the 000 l breezes of Autnmn
were beginning to blow, and yet old Sol
abates not one jot of his fervor and the
thermometer still ranges among the 90’a.
The weather ia dry, and the faoes of oar
farmers in oonsequenoe are assuming
a longitudinal proportion—terrible to
behold in spite of the fact that they
have ao much' to be thankful for.—
The corn crop on uplsnda is good—the
beet since the war, and while bottom
lands have been until recently too wet
for a fnll crop on aucb lands, still I
think lam safe in saying that for the
first time since the good oid anti-bellum
days enough oorn will be raised in the
oonnty for home consumption another
year. The dry weather of the last few
weeks has cat off the ootton crop fully
one-third, thoagh np to that time the
prospect for a very large crop was never
better. The dry weather has also ma
terially injured the potato and pea crops
Farmers are already making prepara
tions for large areas to be sown in wheat
and oats this Fall, and in faot it seems
that they are at last beginning to realize
that- the only road to prosperity is to
make the farmer self-sustaining and
therefore independent.
Another fact snre to result in good to
the farmer. The laborers seem less in
clined to change homes than formerly,
and as • natural oonsequenoe are begin
ning to nnderstand that patient indus
try can alone achieve the blessings natu
rally arising from freedom. It is safe
to assume t at the policy of reoonstruc
tion has thrown the Sonth back fully
en years in its material progress and
delayed fully as long the solution of the
race’ pr ble’m brought about by the
change condition of the oolored popu
lation. Oar oonnty has just passed
through the most exciting political can
vass known for years—the selection of
candidates to be run for representatives
in tbe October elections by the Demo
oratio party. A primary eleotion was
held on the 4th instant, whioh resulted
in the ohoioe of James M. Smith, Esq ,
and Colonel A. F Pope. Colonel i. F.
Pope is an old'citizen of the oounty,
fully identified with its interests, a gen
tleman of fine culture, one of our most
popular men, a farmer and a baohelor.
James M. Smith, Eq , the other nomi
nee, is a farmer likewise, and has been
a resident of oar oounty since the war.
His prominenoe and suooess as a planter
is worthy of more than a passing notice
The close of the “late unpleasantness”
feund him a poor mau, but, reorganiz
ing at once the new order of things, he
put his own shoulder vigorously to the
wheels, and, by energy, a wonderful
taot in the management of labor, and
a happy oombinati n of science and
common sense in his method of farming,
has risen to be one of the most exten
tive, and certainly the most successful,
planter in the State. He has over 3,000
acres in cultivation the present year,
and aa a proof that he pursues the right
policy, and, as I might add the key to
his success, I will mention the faot that
he has always raised an abundance of
corn, wheat and oats at home. It might
be interesting and instructive to give
some details gf his immense farm and
method of operation, but I forbear.
He is a gentleman of fine culture and
natural ability, and his present posi
tion proves that wherever we fled ener
gy combined with cultivation of mind
and a consequent knowledge of the
best means of utilizing labor and the
natural resources of the soil, will be
found the greatest measure of success,
During the recent canvass, which was
thorough and active, he stood before
the people on his own merits and with
out the aid of any influence arising
from extrinsic sources, he made a splen
did run, though his opponents were
among the best citizens of the county.
Oglethorpe is proud to claim him as
the best exponent and representative of
the New Sonth to be found in our grand
old State, if not in the whole Southern
States. But, a truce to politics. The
cry of hard times, so prevalent all over
oiir country, is heard on every hand,
even with ns, though close observers
predict a change for the better in the
near future. The credit system is
rapidly playing out perforoe, and this,
in connection with the increased growth
of cereals, is made the basis for this
hopeful presage. To show the abnor
mal condition of affairs, I will state that
before the war, while our people were
rich and prosperous, we had only eight
stores in the county—now we have
thirty. I presume the same proportion
prevails in other sections, and the in
creased temptation to buy, brought
about by the increased facilities and the
rninonsjy extortionate prices charged
for advances, are among tbe prime
causes of the crippled condition of our
people. Od the question of theprodue
tion of supplies for man and beast at
home, your paper has always taken the
right position, and I add, without flat
tery, too, that the same can be said of
all other questions of importance that
have come before our people. This,
coupled with its intrinsic merits, will en
able it to sustain the high position it
has always held in the estimation of the
good people of this good old oounty.
Febtius.
THE BURKE DEMOCRACY.
HIwItDI of the County Convenlion— Two
Tickets in the Field.
Pursuant to adjournment the Demo
cratic Noninating Convention met at
Masonic Hall, in Waynesboro, at 12
o’clock on Wednesday, September 13th,
J. B. Heath in the Chair. Balloting
commenced.
First ballot, T. J. McElmnrrav. 27;
H. H. Perry, 28; S. A. Corker; 22; E A.
Perkins, 21.
The balloting remained materially the
same for several successive ballots. Col.
Ashton offered a resolution to refer the
matter bank to the districts. Motion lost.
Dr 8. C. Rlieny offered a resolution that
as the delegates could make no nomina
tion under the workings of the two
thirds rale that the said rule be rescind
ed. Carried. Judge J. B. Jones then
offered a resolution that the majority
rnle be adopted.in making nominations.
Carried, y on the adoption of this re
solution tfee tpißorify withdrew in a body
from all farther proceedings ip tfje pon
vention.
Jadge J. B. Jones then moved that
Judge H. H. Perry and J. T. McE I m ar
ray be nominated by acclamation. They
were unanimously nominated. On mo
tion, a committee of five was appointed
to notify M e ? B ta- Perry and McElmnrray
of thejr nomination. Thanks were re
turned, op n?otjon of B- &• yioejiej, to
the Chairman, and to Secretaries Jones
and Roberts. Convention adjourned.
J. B. Heath, Chairman.
T. L. Jones, W. A. Roberts, Sec’s.
After the minority delegates separated
from the Convent on they proceeded to
H. Y. Godbee’s stables. The following
is the resplt of the meeting as handed
ns Gyir.'jojjn C. Chew: At a Conven
tion of Deinopratip delegates held in the
town of Waynesboro, September 13th,
1876, Alex. Lively was called tp the
Chair. John C. Chew and John H. Per
kins were called to act as Secretaries.
Opon motion of J. D. Ashton, Hon.
8. A. Corker and Dr. E. A. Perkins
were unanimously nominated, and by
resolution Capt. Wm. Walton was asso
ciated vii-b above named gentlemen.
By resolution k was ap
pointed to draw up $n pddiesi to tjie
Democratic voters of the county.
Committee: CoL J. D. Ashton, Wm.
Warnock, B. F. Brown.
A committee was appointed to notify
Judge pprker, Dr. Perkins and Capt.
Waiton oftbei? nomination by this con
vention. These geptiemen signified their
acceptance. A motion was nib.dp tfiat
these proceedings be published in the
Waynesboro Expositor and the Angosta
PB §pob motion, the Convention adjourn
ed’ &>*?• Dwelt, Chairman.
John C. Crew, Joijto Pl !t 9P NB '
Secretaries
the cotton crop.
of tke Department of A*rienltnre.
Washington, S e PtamberlA —The Sep
tember returns to the Department of
Agriculture as was expected, shows a;
decline from the remarkably high figures
in s>l the cotton States except
Louisiana. In pi toe more south
ern oonhti.es pi cotton p, 9 0. toe oater
pjJJv few °f m tehwstiye,
while 9i tito extreme;
southwest the boll wom somewhat
troublesome. The pf
growth dnriDg August were anrto va-
In Borne cases protracted drouth
r ‘ : u heat injured the crop,
With of excessive
while in others to .
rain w' s rite* Tet the to
duetion is oeiop what ought to have
been expected from she extent of local
disasters reported. The condition of the
orop is as follows: In Northa
a decline of 6 per cent; Gwrgia 90,x
dec I toe of H per cent; Florida 89,
clineof 6 per cent; Alabama 83, a de-,
dine of 20 Pr cent; Miasiaaippi W, u
decline of fiper cent; Jujuimana SB, a
gain of 1 pel- cent; Arkansas W. a 16ea 01
J per cent; Texas 87, a toes of 9 percent;
Teatneaaee Ufi, a lo of J per cent.
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
The Primary Election—The Full Tete—The
Nominees—CoaiNilidaled Return.
State of Georgia, Columbia County—
By virtue of the rules of the mass
meeting of the citizens of said oonnty,
an eleotion was held on yesterday (the
12th) to nominate candidates for a Rep
resentative, and all the county officers
at each district in said oounty ; and we,
the undersigned, superintendents, do
hereby certify that, npon counting out
the votes polled, the following is the
result*
Fnr Ordinary. Veee.
D. C. Moore 281
W. W. Sheilds ..j... 219
Far Clerk ef Snperler Ceart aad
Treasurer.
George W. Gray 506
Fer Tax Receiver.
George D. Darsey 512
Fer Tax CslleoU.-.
Oliver Hardy 206
R. P. -Bonner. 171
S. G. Hll 120
FerNkertt.
B. Ivy 266
Joseph Morris.. *. 224
Far Sarverer.
J. J. Pounds 490
Far Ceroner.
L. F. Kendriok 102
James Blanchard 78
_ Given nnder oar hands and offioial
signatures this 13th day of September,
1876.
J. H. Bosworth, F. H.; A. J. Avary,
F. H ; R. B. Stanford, F. H ; Wm. A.
Wright, F. H.; T. H. Micklejohn, F.
H.; Wm. J. Smith, F. H ; J. N. Heg
gie, F. H.; Jas. L. Eubank.-, F. H ; A.
J. Fuller, F. H ; 0. H. McDonald, F.
H.; H. B. Fleming, F. H.; D. 0. Moore,
Ordinary; Geo. W. Gray, C. S. 0.
THE PRESIDENTS VIEWS.
Grant Speaks Again—What He Thinks ef tke
Political Sitnatlon.
[N. T. Herald ]
The President, who was on the piazza
listening to the music of the sea waves,
here called me to join him, and an easy,
chatty conversation ensued, of which I
will only give such portions as are of a
public character.
Correspondent: What do you thiDk of
th result in Vermont, Mr. President ?
The President: I think its satisfactory.
Correspondent: “Satisfactory” is not
a very enthusiastic word, so that the
Demoorats may still take heart.
The President (after a pause): If we
carry Ohio and Indiana aext month
I think the Demoorats have not the
ghost of a chance to carry the oountry
in November.
Correspondent: But how if the Dem
ocrats oarry Ohio and Indiana in Octo
ber?
The President: Then, I take it, Tilden
is as good as elected. But I do not think
that their earrying Ohio is at all prob
able.
Correspondent: How if the Bepnbli
oans oarry Ohio and the Democrats In
diana—what is the outlook then ?
The President (after cogitating a
while): Then the chances are pretty
even for both parties.
Correspondent: Mr. President, do you
agree with some of the extremists, who
see in the advent of Demooratio power
danger of another attempt at secession ?
The President: Oh J no (after some
deliberation). The great danger of al
lowing the Democratic party to obtain
control in all the branohes of the Gov
ernment that I see is that they wonld
temporarily bankrupt the oountry.
Correspondent: By what?
The President: By allowing Southern
war claims and damages for property de
stroyed during the war amounting to
millions and millions, and. by pension
sioning off the Confederate soldiers.
Correspondent: On what possible plea
oonld they take the latter step ?
The President (turning round and
looking me full in the face) : On what
possible plea ? Beoause they will claim
that these men fought honestly as
American citizens for an honest purpose
and in as good a spirit as the Northern
soldiers who have been pensioned, and
that they were provoked and driven in
to the war by tne North. There would
even be danger that the claims for the
value of slaves would be considered and
paid.
Correspondent: Republican journals
have assailed Tilden’s war record. Did
it make any impression upon you while
leader of the Union army ?
The President : No, it did not. I re
member the record of Seymour and the
Demoorats generally. Ido not remem
ber Tilden, though I have a general re
membrance of him then, of course, as
having been a great light of the Demo
cratic party. By the way, doesn’t Sey
mour say iu his letter that one reason
why Tilden should be elected is that the
Senate will be Republican anyway, so
that the Democratic party couldn’t do
any harm even if it would ? Doesn’t
that show that they themselves confess
that they are not to be trusted with full
control of all the branches of the Gov
ernments?
Correspondent : But, Mr. President,
perhaps the Democrats may not ac
knowledge Seymour sb their mouth
piece.
The President : According to the
Times newspaper, the letter was sent to
Tilden and revised by him, Kernau and
other leaders, and then, in its revised
form, readopted by Seymour, so that
Tilden and the party are decidedly re
sponsible for the latter.
THE COURSE OF CO.TTOb’.
Weekly Review of the New Yerk Market.
[Y. F. Daily Bulletin ]
Another dull and uneventful week has
passed and the average operator appears
to be as far from a settled condition of
mind as ever. On the average opera
tions, especially in a speculative way,
the range of cost has been rather below
that of the period covered by our last
review, the absence of any positively
stimnlating feature to nse as an offat
causing the bull side to give way some
what under the pressure which seems
sure to be exerted the moment any apa
thy is shown in the bidding. The
shrinkage, however, was small, and on
slight influences the tarn came for the
better, with values recovering somewhat
before the close. Feelings and opinions
are so nicely balanced jnst now that the
weight of a feather will turn the scale,
and it is a somewhat difficult matter to
fairly catch the temper of the exchange,
especially as a great many of our deal
ers admit the absence of a fixed oon
viotion ; yet so far as surface indications
go, there still seems to be a slight lean
ing toward the “ball” side. The basis
for tips feeling is to be found in the
continuation of thp yonp report?, with
new districts said to be invaded By the
insect; a more general appearance of
rust; a fear that the fever at Savannah
may spread and check shipments; some
what smaller receipts thaG had been
calculated upon ; a good, fair distribu
tion on home account and considerable
amonpta going abroad, and a compara
tively steady condition of affairs ip the
foreign markets. Mapy of these points
are unquestionably magnified into great
er importance than they really possess,
but they serve a good purpose so long
as nothing positively counteracting can
be presented. Among the bears, how
ever, are some of the largest operators,
to whom current slight adverse fluctua
tions are of ljttle moment, and they
claim to "be quietly biding their time it
anticipation of t£e de'y fppjpents yhiqh
are to give them all the advantage of
the position. It is asserted that the
damage is confined to a small section,
and even these have been exaggerated—
that the general average crop is good,
the quality large and the movement to
the seaboard will soon set in with a con-
yincing vdlugi^,
* Spots opened with another revision of
figures, by which’ grades Irdm gppq or
dinary down were advanced |o. and
from low middling up were reduced $a
7-160. The demand was fair at the new
cost but not brisk, and further reduc
tions of a general charaoter were made,
first io. and then J 160., the additional
decline being Jne in part to a few offer
ings to arrive at comparatively low
figures. The'latter, howfeyer, was evi
dently for speculative effect'an4 soon
withdrawn, and as the business com
menced to improve a firmer feeling
gained currency, resulting eventually in
restoring 1-lfic on' the lower grades and
retaining it. Exporters ha,ye continued
to pick up a few invoices from table oot
ton as they found assortments to suit
them, but the main inquiry has con
tinued to come from home sources ; the
wants of (>Eiifin£rß and the absemNWof
any other accumulation which to
make selections' drawing trade to tbi*
point. Rolders as ‘ft rule lave been
steady and some very firm, bat the sup
plies available at all times appeared
equal to toe outlet ofered, though na
torally at thij'season the assortment is
hardly UP to desifee'of hn^prg.
There has been more or less lrregnlar
ity, irith thc ayersle rtoge rather below
last week, a diminished demand from
local sources and fewer orders from the
Sooth given an opportunity for a little
wbioh was improved. The
“ bails,” however,
rally to the rescue when m~Uers oom
menoea to kofc a Uttle blue and fid
serious break took plwp? 111 tfe®
week abort notice* were dufleati to de
pose but *ubeequeutiy were qaickly
absorbed when • offered, Septemiber
seems to b* gaining aome
the steady outgo of spots and light ran
of receipt# *| thp poif* P oompared
with expectations. On Monday, buy
ers were few and rates went on l-16a
8 32c. per ponnd, closing weak. On
Tnesday, buyers still retained tbe ad
vantage and slight declines took plaoe.
On Wednesday, the balls came in and
bid the market np l-32a1-160. and car
ried it np to the close. Thursday's
market was a dull one, with appearances
weak, though no venr positive ohange
took place. Friday, however, brought
a firmer feeling and better demand,
with l-16c. advance, which was main
tained on Saturday, with a steady tone
at the dose, bnt not much animation.
OCR ATHENS LETTER.
The Baatneee Oetleek—Cendltlea of Aflhlre
—Lwmm Learned Frew Experience—The
Northeastern Railroad—Practical Benefits
Freni Its Completion.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.)
Athens, September 10.—The citizens
of Athens and the Barrounding neigh
borhoods have been for the past eight
een months in an extreme state of aes
pondency, attributable to sundry and
divers cansea. The monetary condition
of onr people is very limited, and it is
qnite a difficult task to “raise” enough
of that very desirous medium even for
sustenance. Some few in this immediate
vicinage have been entirely hopeless,
and it seems that every effort which has
been made on their part in order to pro
cure enongh for daily consumption has
proved futile, bnt to these weary, hun
gry and now penitent people there ap
pears in the dim distance a bright ray of
hope, which is a sore harbinger of hap
pier and more prosperous day*. Their
drooping spirits are being revived,
and they who have songht relaxa
tion in loitering npon tbe pnblio high
ways and thoroughfares (if this
can be justly called relaxation) have
made the firm and resolute determina
tion to oease doing as they done,
to cast aside the cloak of laziness and
indolence, and to ensconce themselves
in the beautiful garb of sprightiiness,
vivacity and industry. They still ding
to the old apothegmn, viz.: “ As long as
there is life there is hope.” The busi
ness ontlook in this little oity is com
paratively better than we all anticipated.
Those of our merchants whose efforts
have been crowned with success, by ex
eroising precision and great prndence in
their business and dealings with one an
other, have departed for the North, aud
are departing every few days in order to
procure their Fall goods. These mer
chants will continae to do a thrifty and
somewhat lucrative business. The
greatest misfortune that ever befell our
merchants was their too eager desire to
grapple with king cotton. Some of
them have lost so heavily traffioing
in this line that their only hope
to lhe upon in the future is
to take advantage of the bankrupt law,
and this resort is deemed by all sagaci
ous and upright citizens as very
unfortunate. Bnt they have seen
the error of their way and will in the
fnture adhere with greater tenacity to
the laws of economy, and the conse
quence will be, that all will do well und
have a plenty and we will hear no more
the ories and pleadings of hard times.
Money will be in abnudanoe, unity and
harmony will abouud and all will be
happy and contented.
Northeastern Railroad.
Athens is all aglow at present over the
completion of the above railroad. The
finishing strokes were made on Friday,
the Bth, and the striped ckildrer of
Grant, Alexander & 00., took their de
parture for the charming retreat and
pleasant city of Loula among the moun
tains, where they go to grade one mile
of road and equip it in order to have 40
continuous miles of traok so that
the oompany can receive the State’s
endorsement on the forty miles,
having now only thirty-nine miles. ‘The
road bed of this littte road has been
pronounced by men of extensive travels,
the most uniform smoothest and easiest
riding road in the South. The cross-ties
are laid with great care and precision be
ing on.y onefoot toone and a half apart,
which in a great measure accounts for
tbe degree of steadiness with which tbe
trains pass over the track. Uhe iron is
of the fish bar order 45 lbs to. the yard
and was rolled at the rolling mills in
Atlanta, Ga. This road will contribute
a vast deal to our merchants and the
entire vicinity. Freight is being receiv
ed every day and up to this time, which
has only been a few days since the com
pletion of the road, the business has been
far better than was anticipated. This
route being a direot one to the North
offers superior advantages to shippers of
merchandise to Northern ports. The
rates are $1 per hundred to New York,
which is comparatively low. The Geor
gia Hoad has reduced her rates to the
above figures in order to compete with
the Northeast Railroad, but as the
Northeast Railroad is the shortest
and most direot line, it of oourse will
be far more preferable. There is only
one thing necessary to insure the pros
perity of this road and this is very essen
tial and important and one that ought
to be inquired into and investigated at
once by the Directors, viz: To have at
the helmet men who are thoroughly
competent ftDd reliable, who will identify
themselves with the interest of the road,
forsaking all else; men who will exer
cise in every department retrenchment
and will observe eoonomy. When this
is done and not until, the road will he
self-sustaining, pay tbe interest on her
bonds and her stockholders will receive
their mite; but if this is not done and if
men have complete oontrol of this road
and not only this road but any road in
the country, who are inexperienced, -in
competent, unreliable aud not fally
oapacitated to discharge their respective
duties, the road and all its franchises
will ere long be thrown into bankruptcy
her stockholders will be ruined, and
the state of affairs will be deplorable;
yea, lamentable.
The expense account of this little
forty miles of railway already amounts
to SSO per day, whereas the earnings
will not exceed over 825 per day. There
is inevitably a losb of 825 per day which
is simply ridiculous. The Superinten
dent ought to exercise great scrutiny in
regnlating suoh an important and dis
astrous thing. He onght also to recom
mend a redaction in tbe wages of the
employees and in the nnmber of em
ployees and he will find ere long that
the road will be working more har
moniously and there will be a olear
profit every day. I hope that these few
suggestions which have been thrown
ont wi}l not prove offensive nor odious
to any one, for such I assqre is pot the
intention or motive of the writer. Be
fore conolqding this subject J cannot re
frain from mentioning the names of
Oapt. J. Galder Turner (Civil Engineer)
and Elisha T. Hart (Assistant) for their
nntiring efforts in pushing forward this
work and for the admirable and most
excellent manner in which thoy have
performed their duties. They certainly
deserve the praise and thanks of the
entire community for the great interest
whiph they manifest j Q this corporation.
" ' Axis.
POLITICS IN GEORGIA.
The Fourth District—No Nomination Yet.
(Specials to the Atlanta Constitution. )
Columbus, September 14- —The Fourth
District Qonyentipn has beep in session
to-day without result. Up to 9:30, p.
m., eighty-one ballots had been taken.
Henry Persons, of Talbot, led Harris
half a vote.
Judge Wright m. Candidate For the State
Senates
September 14.— Saoh was the
dissatisfaction in this pounty at the ac
tion pf the 43d Senatorial District Con
vention that Vat at Kingston, in laying
as de the claims of Floyd county and
selecting a candidate from Chattaoga
county, that a mass meeting was held,
largely attended by Dabney men, Felton
men and Democrats. Hon. Augustus R.
Wright was nominated for Senator from
the 43d Senatorial district. He ap
pealed beforp the meeting and accepted
the nomination. Floyd pounty thus ap
peals from the Kingston Convention to
the people of the district for what she
considers her just claims to the Senator
ship.
GOOD NEWS FROM INDIANA.
Judge Niblack Thinks It Will Go Demecrat
-1 - le In October |>y |5,00p-
Washington, September 12.—Judge
Niblack, of Indiana, one of the ablest
and clearest-headed Democrats that ever
served that State in Congress, arrived
this eyeping from Indiana, and confirms
the encouraging advipes of a democrat
ic victory jn October. He predicts that
Williams’ majority will be at least
15,000. The ascendancy which the Re
publicans conceded to the Democrats in
the opening of the campaign has been
not only maintained by the latter but
steadily increased. As high as seventy
political meetings a day are held
throughout the Stated and the campaign
will become more intense as the time
narrows. '
THE REVIVAL QB
Enpoufmgljg RepttrU from He Revenue De-
PWMMI-
Washington, September 13. The
Commissioner of Internal Revenue says
information received at the Treasury
Department shows a decided improve
ment in business throughout the conn
try. Already is this improvement mani
fest in the increase of revenue receipts,
and the ihdl'fltiojgs now ae that the pe
timates for- the fiscal year; made last
December, will be ,exceeded by several
millions.' "■
THE SUPREME COURT.
DECISIONS RENDERED SEPTEM
BER 1* TH, 1876.
[Atlanta Constitution.)
Lambert vs. Smith. Motion, from Oity
Oonrt of Atlanta.
Wabnbb, G. J.
This was a motion to set aside a judg
ment in the City Gourt of Atlanta. It
appears from the record and bill of ex
ceptions that a suit was pending in said
Oity Ooart in favor of Smith against
Lsmbert, the defendant; that in the
forenoon of the first day of the trial
term of said Oonrt, when the case was
oalled on the docket for trial, it was iu
default, and there being no attorney’s
name marked on the docket for the de
fendant, nor plea of any sort to be
fonnd in the Clerk's office, the Oonrt,
after hearing the plaintiff’s evidence,
awarded a ju gmeut in favor of the
plaintiff for the sum of 8150- Dar
ing the same term of the Court the de
fendant made a motion to set aside the
judgment so rendered as aforesaid, of
fering to pay all costs, on the ground
that he had a meritorions defense to the
action which he set forth, and filed his
own affidavit that he expected to be able
to establish the facts so set forth on the
trial of the cause. The defendant fur
ther states in his affidavit that on being
sued in the case he employed Thrasher
<fe Thrasher, attorneys at law, to defend
the same, and relied on them to prepare
the'defense; that the Saturday afternoon
before the meeting of tbe present term
of the Coart on Monday, hearing that
Thrasher & Thrasher would not be at
the Oonrt, and that Broyles & Wooten
<- ere representing the caseß of Thrasher
& Thrasher, he went to their office
about nine o'clock, op Monday, the first
day of tbe Court, to see them abont the
case; found them at tbe Superior Court,
bnt on account of their being engaged
in other eases, and not being, personally
acquainted with them, did not get to
speak to them abont his case until
abont 11 o'clock, a. m. Immediately
thereafter Broyles went to the Oity
Court and found that judgment had
been rendered against him. Upon
this showing of defendant the
Court refused to set aside the
judgment; whereupon the defendant
excepted. The judgment was rendered
at the trial term of the case, there
being no issnable defense filed on oath
by the defendant. The motion to set
aside that judgment for the reasons
stated was a question addressed to the
sound discretion of the Court below.
That th's Court has the power to con
trol that discretion is readily admitted,
but as a general rale this Oonrt will not
interfere with the exercise of that dis
cretion unless it has been grossly
abused. The Court before whioh the
proceedings are, has had a much better
opportunity to judge of the oonduot
and motives of'the parties before it than
a reviewing Court, whioh is governed by
the record alone, and that Oonrt also
had a muoh better opportunity to judge
of the materiality of the defendant’s al
leged defense in view of the plaintiff’s
evidence offered before it at tho trial
than this Court when that evidence is
not set forth in the record. In this case
it does not appear when the defendant
employed Thrasher Sc Thrasher to de
fend the suit. “On beiug sued in the
ease” is too indefinite. The defendant
was required to show fall diligenee on
his part. Besides, it is a significant fact
that the defendant did not proenre the
affidavit of Thrasher St Thrasher as to
the time and terms of their employment
to defend the snit, instead of relyiDg
upon his own indefinite statement alone.
There was not suoh an abuse of the dis
cretion of the Court below in refusing
to set aside the judgment on the state
ment of facts disolosed in the record as
will authorize this Court to interfere
and oontrol it. Courts mnst necessarily
be eluthed with a large discretion in
conducting tbe business therein, and
this Court will be slow to interfere with
that discretion unless it is manifestly
apparent that there has been a gross
abuse of it. Let the judgment of the
Oonrt below be affirmed.
Watkins vs. Paine. Complaint, from
Fulton.
Bleckley, J.
1. The snocessor of the Judge who
presided at the trial may authenticate
to this Conrt the ground taken before
himself in motion for anew trial. 2. A
press letter book is not original bnt sec
ondary evidence of the contents of the
letters. 3. If the charge, as a whole, is
not inapplicable, tbe inapplicability of
some parts of it will not avail on a gen
eral objection to it as a phole. 4.
When it is desired that the charge
should be more definite and specific as
to a certain branch of the oase, attention
should be oalled thereto by a proper re
quest. 5. Delivery to a carrier accord
ing to tbe usage of trade will be deliv
ery to a purchaser of goods who orders
them to be shipped, but specifies no
particular carrier or class of oarriers,
and after notice of shipment makes no
objeotion to the carrier selected. 6.
After a purchaser has retained the
goods for nearly two months, without
giving notice of bis rejection of them as
not coming up to the description em
braced in his-order, his appropriation
of a part by a sale thereof will be an ep
propriation of the whole, so far as to
subject him to pay for them at their
real valne, not exceeding the contraot
price. 7. Letters which might have
been put in evid nee at the trial, but
were not, will not be considered on a
motion for new trial. 8. When mate
rial facts were known to the party at
the trial, and he was a competent wit
ness to pr'ive them, bnt made no allu
sion to them in his testimony* and
when he might, also, by the Use of due
diligence, have discovered another wit
ness who knew the same facts, the dis
covery of this other witness after the
trial will be no oauße for anew trial. 9
The verdiot was not contrary to evi
dence. Judgment affirmed.
Holland vs. Long & Bro. Complaint,
from Fulton.
Bleckley, J.
1. When a writing is obsoure or am
biguous, by reason of an unfamiliar ab
breviation, what it means is for the jury.
And to arrive at the meaning, clear and
intelligible expressions in the instru
ment may be compared with facts other
wise proved. 2. If a retired partner
would protect himself against future
contracts made with the firm by persons
who dealt with it while he wps a mem
ber, he must affect such persons with
notice of his retirement. 3. There may
be facts on which to base a charge of
the Court, without any direct evidence
ou the point to which the charge re
lates. It is enough if there be data
from which a legitimate process of rea
soning can be carried on. 4. The evi
dence was not insufficient to warrant the
verdict. Judgment affirmed.
Davis, Administrator, ye. Howard- Com
plaint, from DeKalb.
Bleckley, J.
1. When a motion for anew trial has
been fully argned, it is too late to move
to dismiss it because the order fixing a
time for the hearing has run out. 3. As
the charge of the Court extends to great
length, and the exceptions thereto in
the motion for new trial are numerons,
and the Court has granted anew trial
generally, this Gonrt will not, control
the discretion of the presiding Judge,
and prevent him from submitting the
case to the jury under more lhatnre in
structions. The charge can be better re
viewed, with full jnsticfi to both parties,
after it has beep condensed and more
deliberately shaped on a seeond trial.
The novelty of the case, in some of its
elements, justifies extraordinary care in
working out the principles tbat oontrol
it. Judgment affirmed.
Cotton States Life Insurance Company
vs. W. J. Mallard. Assumpsit, from
Fulton,
jACJfSGN, J.
1. A contract made by the general
agent of a life insurance company,
charged with the duty of appointing
sub agents, whereby he obligated the
company to pay the sub-agent a fixed
sum per month, and signed the contract
as general agent for the company, is the
contract of the company, and the com
pany and not the general agent is re
sponsible to the sub-agent for snoh sala
ry. 2. When the charter gives the,
general agent “ the management of his
department and of State agencies," “the
appointment of agents and direction of
their work under his control, subject to
the approval of the officers of the com
panythe Jattpr words do not mean
that'the approval of the officers of the
company m a condition precedent ne
cessary to the appointment of all sub
agents and every direction of their work,
but they mean simply to reserve to snob
officers a supervisory oontrol over the
sub agents and their work, including
their appointment and until the officers
do, by some apt, intervene and nnilify
the contracts appointing the sub-agents
and the orfferp directing tfieir work, the
appointments, contracts and orders of
the general agent are valid and binding
upon thp company. 8. The sub-agents
are not bound by a private contract
made between the company and their
general agent limiting the powers of the
general agent to guaranty salaries; they
are bound with notioe and knowledge of
the provisions of the charter, wbieh is a
public law, but not of a private eontraot
unless actual kuowledge bfi brought
boifie to them. Therefore,, m the ab
sence of proof of knowledge io the sub
agent, if the general agent exceed his
powers limited in the private oontrapt
between him and Die company, ’ tbs
oompany will still be bound to the sub
agent, and tbe general agent who ex
ceeded his powers will be bonnd to re
imburse the company. 4. Whether the
sub-agent in this case faithfully dis
charged his duties to the company un
der his contract was a question of faob
for the jury under the proof which, to
say the least, is conflicting, and the jnry
having passed npon that question, and
the presiding Judge having approved
their finding, oft repeated decisions of
this Conrt demand that the verdict shall
stand. Judgment affirmed.
Payne, Treasurer, vs. Perkefson, Sheriff.
Mandamus, from Fulton.
W ABNER, 0. J.
It appears from tbe reoord in this
case that the sheriff of Fulton connty
made ont an acoonnt containing a list of
prisoners oarried to and from the jail of
said connty to the Superior Court, at
different terms thereof, amounting to
the sum of 8756 25, whioh was* sworn to
by him as being true and oorreot, on the
20th of Jane, 1875. It also appears that
an agreement was entered into between
the attorney for the sheriff and the Or
dinary of Fnlton county, that a formal
application for a writ of mandamus
should be waived, and that tbe presid
ing Judge should hear and determine
the motion for a mandamus absolute as
if the same had been formally presented,
and that he might determine the same
at his convenience. This agreement was
not signed by the County Treasurer. It
farther appears from the reoord that on
the 12th of February, at Chambers, the
presiding Judge passed the following
order: “It is considered and ordered
that the foregoing aooount is a just and
proper charge on the county treasury,
aud that a mandamus absolute issue
requiring and commanding the payment
of the same.” On tbe same day the
Clerk of the Superior Gourt of £*ulton
oounty issued a peremptory writ iu pur
suance of said order, directed to 0. M.
Payne, County Treasurer of Fulton
oounty, commanding him to pay the
said sum of 8756 25, in obedience to the
aforesaid order. Servioe of this writ
was acknowledged by Payne on the
15th of February, 1876, and payment of
the amount specified therein was de
manded of him by the Sheriff's attor
ney on the same day, which Was lefused
To the granting of the aforesaid order
and judgment by the presiding Judge,
Payue, the County Treasurer, excepted.
The granting of tbe order and judg
ment set forth in the reoord was error.
1. Because there were no pleadings
whioh would have authorized the
Judge, under the law, to pass suoh an
order or judgment. By the 21st com
mon law rule of Conrt, no consent to
dispense with pleading will in any oase
be allowed.—See Code, i 204, Central
Bank, el al., vs. Johnson & Smith de
cided, at last term, not yet reported
pamphlet 57. 2. If the pleadings could
have been waved by oonseut, Payne,
the Oounty Treasurer,against whom the
writ was ordered to be issued, was no
party to that consent or agreement.. 3.
The writ of mandamus was ordeied to
be issued at chambers and not iu term
time whereas the statute allows writs of
mandamus, quo warranto and prohibi
tion to be granted at any time or proper
showing mude, but requires that the re
turn thereof shall be made in term time,
Code § 3201—Doughty, Pearson Sc Cos.
vs. Walker. 64th, Geo. Rep., 695. 4.
Tbe account made out by the sheriff is
uot made out against the county of Ful
ton, nor does he state in his affidavit
that the amount of the account
is due him by tbe county, or that he has
ever demanded payment thereof of the
County Treasurer, or of any other officer
of the county. 5. PayDe, the County
Treasurer against whom this order and
judgment was awarded, never had any
notice of the proceedings upon which it
was obtained, was no party thereto, and
never had his day in Court to be heard
or to show cause, so far as the reoord
discloses, why the order and j udgment
requiring and eommandiug him as Coun
ty Treasury to pay the said account of
8756 25 should not be granted. The
first notice that he appears to have had
of the proceedings was on the 14th of
February, 1876, when he acknowledged
service on the writ of mandamus issued
by the clerk in pursuance of that order
and judgment, and waived £ copy there
of and refused to pay the amount claim
ed therein when demanded of him by the
sheriff’s attorney. On the statement of
facts contained in the record, this judg
ment is, in one respect, like that peace
of mind of which we read, it “surpas
seth all understanding,” especially all
legal understanding. Let the judgment
of the Court below be reversed.
Tuggle vs. Tuggle, administrator. Ap
peal, from DeKalb.
Wabnbb, 0. J.
This was an appeal from the Court of
Ordinary of DeKalb oounty. On the
13th of May, 1871, Lodwick Tuggle, a
short time prior to his death, executed
and delivered a deed conveying a cer
tain described tract of land to his son,
A. G. Toggle, for and in consideration
of tbe natural love and affeotion which
he had and bore to his said son, and in
and for the consideration of the sum of
fivo hundred dollars oasb in hand paid
by the said A. C. Tuggle, the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged, etc.
The question in issue for trial between
A. O. Tuggle aud tbe administrator of
Lodwick Toggle was whether the con
veyance of the land by the intestate was
intended as an advancement to his son,
or whether he intended to convey to him
the absolnte title to the property either
for natural love and affeotion or for a
valuable consideration. On the trial of
that issue, the jury, under the charge of
the Conrt, found a verdict in favor of
the administrator that it was an ad
vancement. The plaintiff, A. 0. Tuggle,
made a motion for anew trial on va
rious grounds, whioh was overruled by
the Court, and the plaintiff excepted.
It appears from the evidence in the
reoord that the plaintiff had been living
on the land since the year 1856 np to
the time of making the deed by biß
father to him in 1871, without the pay
ment of any rent therefor. The evi
denoe as to the intention of bis father in
the making of the deed in 1871 was con
flicting. There is evidence in the reoord
whioh wonld have authorized a verdiot
for either party.
There was no error in allowing the
witness, Jones, to testify that the de
ceased intestate gave in and paid tax
on the land prior to and inolnding the
year 1871. Whether the objection was
made on the ground that there was
higher and better evidence of the facts
sought to be proved, does not appear.
The evidence was relevant to the issue
on trial in view of the proven facts of
the case. There was no error in admit
ting m evidence what was the value of
the deceased intestate’s estate at the
time the deed was made. That evidence,
when taken in connection with the
proven number of* his children, was a
circumstance going to allow what might
have beep the probable intention of the
intestate in making the deed to the
plaintiff. An advancement is any pro
vision by a parent to and aeeepted by a
child out of either in money or
property dhtmg his lifetime, over and
above tho obligation of the parent for
maintenance and education. Donations
from affection and not made with a view
bf settlement, nor intended as advance
ments, shall not be accounted for as
such. Code, 2579. Whether the de
ceased intestate when he conveyed the
tract of land to his son in view of all
tbe fasts and circumstances connected
with tbe transaction as shown by the
evidence, intended it as an advance
ment, was the qnestion for the jury to
decide. In submitting that question to
the jury, under the evidence in the
record, we find no error in the charge of
the Oonrt or in refusing to charge as re
quested. Let the judgment of the
Conrt below be affirmed.
Wm. R. Phillips vs. M, G. Dobbins.
Claim, from Fulton.
By the Oonrt.
1. Section 3683 of the Code, which
reads aa follows: “When any person
has borut fids, and for a valuable con
sideration, purchased real or personal
property, and has been in the possession
of snoh'real property for fonr years, or
of such personal property two years, the
same shall be discharged from the lien
of any judgment against the person
from whom he purchased,” oonstrued to
mean that no person in the sense of this
section is a bona Md purchaser who has
actual knowledge of the judgment, and
that four years possession will not pro
tect a purchaser with actual notice of
the judgment. Dissenting opinion of
Warner, 1., in Sanders vs. MoAffiee, 42,
Ga. 25Q, approved and followed. 2- An
attorney at law to ewe for and oollect a
claim cannot bind bis client without
bis consent by a release of any of de
fendant's property from tbe lien of the
judgment he obtains. Judgment re
versed.
Jackson, J., dissenting.
1. The words “6ona fide" mean in
Latin, in their 0 mu>°u anglicised sig
nification, and in their legal teobnical
sense, good faith, which words simply
antagonize bad faith and import hones
ty, fairness and the absence of all fraud
and collusion. Webster’s Unabridged
Dictionary, p. 135, Bonvier's Law Dic
tionary, vol. 1, p. 211; therefore a pur
chaser may bay bona fide though he
know that a judgment exists against b
vendor; and despite saoh knowledge, he
does actually and truly buy bona fide,
it at tbe time he purehased the land he
was informed by the attorney ef the
plaintiff in ft fa. that he, the attorney,
had “exclusive oontrol” of the ft. fa.,
that there was abundance of other
property bound by it, that he would put
all that property between the fi fa. and
the land purchased fie bought, end
that he wonld relinquish at once the
lien of the judgment npon this land bnt
for tbe fact that the law wonld thereby
discharge all 6ther property also from
its lien; and if the facts show that the
purchaser paid full value for the land,
and wonld not have paid it and consnm
mated the trade bnt for the assurance of
the attorney, and especially if tbe judg
ment is in the hands of tbe attorney as
collateral seourity and be thus repress
ed several parties and was thus, of all
men, the proper person to whom the
purchaser shoald go for the truth, and
more especially if it appears that the
ether property bound by the lien depre
ciated in valne after the letter of the at
torney and the consequent purchase on
the faith of it, and that the attorney was
delayed in pressing the judgment npon
the other property by the fact that the
plaintiff in fl fa. had a law snit in whioh
the defendant in fl. fa. and vendor of
the purchaser was a witness, and the at
torney was from time to time directed
by the plaintiff not to press the judg
ment, Because he wished his witness to
be friendly to him till the termination
of that snit.
2. The question is not whether the at
torney cannot relinquish the property of
the debtor from a lien of the judgment
of his client, bnt tbe question is wheth
er the purchaser for value, before he
pays all the purchase money to the de
pendent in fl. fa. can show his good faith
in the purchase by proving that he went
to tbe best possible source of informa
tion and got the information in good
faith and acted upon it in good faith.
3. Actual knowledge of the judgment
may be a oiroumstance tending 1 1 show
bad faith, and accompanied by proof
that the purchaser got tbe land for a less
price or oollnded in any way with thede
fendant in ft. fa. to the hart of the plain
tiff, it would show bad faith in the pur
chaser and defeat the bar of tbe four
years’ possession; but when each knowl
edge is accompanied only by faots
which show the utmost honesty and
good faith, and not a suspicion of fraud
or collusion is show in the purchaser,
justice and oommon sense, as well as
law, demand that fonr years’ possession
without disturbance shall proteot him
in the pnrebase and discharge the lien
of the judgment depreciated in valne by
delays caused by theplaintitt’s direction
not to levy. 4. A levy within the four
years, immediately dismissed without
any legal impediment, is not such a dis
turbance as to mar the peaoefulness of
the purchaser's possession, especially
when no legal notice was given the
claimant. 5. Opinion of the majority
of the Conrt in Sanders vs. McAffee, 42
Ga., 250, approved.
SOME POLITICAL REFLECTIONS FROM
AN AGRICCLTURAE STANDPOINT.
[Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.)
Aiken, S. 0., September 1876 —The
agricultural productions of a country
ever have and always will exercise the
most potential influence over its politi
cal destiny as well as its commercial
transactions. The produets of the soil
are the badges of civilization, and the
promoters of high culture, refinement
and enlightenment. Man in a nomadio
state depending solely npon the pro
ducts of his herds, or like the savage
living upon the chances of the chase,
has no politioal existence and no yearn
ings after civilization. Fixi'y of resi
dence,the primary necessity for national
existenoe and progressive civilization, is
lacking, and consequently he remains
the animal man, undeveloped by the
inspirations of science, a stranger to the
higher planes of our mental organism,
and returns to tbe bosom of mother
earth after a life of nothingness and inu
tility as undeveloped mentally as the
day he was born.
The agriculturist must have a fixed
habitation, and just in proportion as
bis culture of the soil is scientific and
remunerative and the surroundings ef
his habitation oomfortable and beauti
ful in like ratio will the prosperity and
grandeur of the country in which he
dwells be increase > and multiplied.
Manufactures and the arts, literature
and tbe sciences must all have a sound,
substantial basis of agricultural pros
perity to rest upon or their existence
will be ephemeral and their accomplish
ments small. Accepting these condi
tions as truisms, let me ask how is it
possible that the people of be South,
and of South Carolina in particular, can
expect to have au important voioe in the
politioal control of this great nation
when her agriculture is so unremunera
tive that we annually carry heavy bal
ances to the debit side of our aooount f
Why is this ? Arc the farmers of the
South intelligent ? Yes. Are they pro
gressive in tbe nse of scientific appli
ances and improved cultivation ? Yes.
The fault is not here; but it lies in the
suicidal policy of staking their all
on the expensive cultivation of a
great staple which can neither feed
man nor beast, and begets an idea of
extravaganoe whioh is leading us to
bankruptcy and min.
Fnrtherm 'to, this great staple ‘ ‘ootton”
causes us to maintain a vast army of ne
gro laborers, who, under tbe manipula
tion of carpet-baggers and soalawags,
have been diligently accomplishing onr
politioal bondage, by placing over us the
rakings of hell for rulers, and a taxation
more exorbitant and oppressive that any
oivilized people were ever oalled npon
to endure. What are the remedies in
this dilemma, viewed from a purely agri
cultural standpoint ? The answer sug
gests itself—First. Curtail the aoreage
of ootton from one-third to one-half.
Second. Reduce the number of laborers
in like ratio. Third. Plant vast quan
tities of food for man and beast, and
raise your own meat, chickens and but
ter; buy nothing bnt what is impossible
to raise on your farms. Pursue this
course, and in a few years you will be
clear of debt and able to look baok with
loathing and disgust to the daye of your
politioal and commercial bondage, when
you staked your all on cotton and were
content to buy with borrowed money
Western bacon and Western corn.
Iu this oonneotion, I propose to dwell
a little on the ftern necessity which
exists for a vast increase in the area of
small grain. Iu doing so lam but trav
eling in the well defined footprints of
the man who, in his quiet way, has
labored in season and out of Beason to
impress this idea not only npon the peo
ple of his own State, but of tbe whole
Sonth, I allude to D, Wyatt Aiken,
who, in his unflinching and persistent
advooacy of this great agricultural idea,
has done more towards bringing abont
the present bright prospects of our po
litioal regeneration in this State than
any other man.
I am no day dreamer, but a practical
farmer, applying this same plan, slowly
but surely, to our changed agricultural
oon r l itions. Who oau deny that the beauti
ful fieldsof waving golden grain that have
fallen hefore the sickle this Summer are
not exercising an important influence
on the future destiny of onr State.
Wonld onr people have been in the
same healthy condition that they are
now to oarry on this bitter political con
test if their barns were not well stocked
with this precious eereal ? A good
preparation of the soil, a generous man
uring and a careful sowing of r.ust proof
oats bring to the sickle of the husband
man in 'the month of June from thirty
to one hundred bushels an acre
on almost any soil. No days and
weeks and months of ardnons
work by any army of hoe hands,
but it beautifies your fields and
delights your eye until swept by the
sickle and then, oh I what a pasture for
your hogs and oattle. While wheat is
not so certain a crop, no good farmer
who is anxious for his deliveranoe from
political and financial serfdom should
neglect to plant enongh for his family
consumption. Plant a plenty of In
dian oorn, keep your stock fat, yonr
smokehouses and barns fall and then
will yon be able, with fall stomachs,
grateful hearts and sound minds to
strike for the honoi and redemption of
your State. Capital can theu exercise
its normal fnnotions and control labor.
The excessive cultivation of ootton
creates abnormal and unhealthy rela
tions between employer and employee.
Reduce the annua) crop to three million
bales and tbe negro will come to bis
senses. Tour income will be inoreased,
you will have more comforts around
yon, your residences will be repaired
and beautified, your wife will have a
flower garden, you will read agricultural
periodicals and newspapers and yon
can retire to your bed at night with a
good oonsoience, knowing that you are
goiDg ahead in the world instead of
dropping behind,
The season is now at band for tbe
sowing of small grain, and I implore
my brother farmers throughout the
length and breadth, not only of South
Carolina, but of tbe whole South to sow
an abundance. Look upon It as a politi
cal as well as an agricultural and finan
cial necessity ; regard it as one of tbe
means provided by Providence for the
deliveranoe of oar people from Radical
thraldom and I know yon will do yonr
duty faithful y. O. E. R. D.
WASHINGTON NOTES,
Washington, September 16 Pay
master John Breeae, who bad been on
duty with the Asiatie squadron for tbe
past four years, arrived at Mare Island
in July and reported that he would pro
ceed home. He was at St. Louis on the
7th en route home and has not since been
heard of. He had two to three thousand
dollars. It is feared that he was robbed
and murdered.
The Chief of the Bureau of Medicine
and Snrgery of the Navy has instructed
commanders of vessels on North At
lantic stations to have their vessels
thoroughly disinfected. They are also
instructed to keep their vessels isolated
from merchantmen, '