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Cftronuie and
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 20,1876.
Niaoto fan apple.
El WILL WALLACE EABEET.
la naming Itar apple he loet and woo.
When the saucy Summer waa mad at the son,
for it each A pUrihing ;
tke rosea had chat thrauehree ap every one,
Ifce shadows were dipped like the curie of a
Andthe lilliee had aU gone bathing.
fjv a baa in the throat of a rose die feeds,
noting the musty pomegranate eeeds,
AndpUnng at odd and area ;
Ha will some or not come, die balls her beads,
Bsnasting lore's are, pater and creeds,
Eferen, eight, nine, ten, eleven.
But after a feast on delicate rusk,
lift pink white seeds in a pomegranate hnek,
The stare came out in the gloaming;
The low moon broke an apple of data
Through the ieafr dusters of orange musk.
And the lot said Leon waa oom ng.
la gros de Naples and moire antique.
At tba rine-oorered gate she offered her cheek.
Nor sew it was not in the meeting
The lower aha looked for. Bat women are
And a lor or who oomae in a moment of pique—
Twaa the pomegranate seed did the cheat
ing !
VHIRgm LITE IN THE OLD LAND YET.
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Thoughfoea of our country within,
Ana foes of our country wi bout,
Togi-iher ooosptre t e bright atsr
Of our tmpire of Want to blot oat,
Though schism and f ads. for a time,
May kindred ti a cease as fo.-g -t;
gtUI, brethren, close rank* 'round the flag
a or theta's Ufa in the old land yat.
IL
Our forefathers fought hard and bl’d
Precious olood, oi.ce to make this land freo
From* tyrant whose soeptre was stretched
A rose it IroM ore' the a*a ;
Are we leas than our forefathers were ?
And shall we their lessons forget ?
No. brethren, close ranks 'round the flag,
Show there's life in the old laud yt t.
m.
Then, brethren, of North and of South,
Of East and of West, strike the hand;
In eonoord the clarion peal
uhsii echo from strand onto strand;
Onub your foes like snakes under foot;
Your genistas snd feu Is straight forget;
Close ranks 'round the flag—show the world
That there's Ufa In the old laud yet.
A Tildes Mas.
FROM HEINRICH HEINE.
1.
With sable sails my ship sails on,
Aeroas the raging sea.
Thou knoweat that I e sorrowful,
Yet art thou cruel to me.
a.
My heart is fickle as the wind,
And shuts as ceaselessly.
With sable sails my ship ails on,
Across the raging sea.
n.
1.
In my arms you rest so happily,
On my heart so quiet yon are ;
I am your only heaven,
Ana you are my darling star.
2.
The rasa of practical mortals
Is chaffering far below ;
Scolding, swe tring and haggling,
—And they aU are right, yon know.
a.
Their asps and bells they jingle,
And fight withouten cau-e,
And with their heavy bludgeons
They maul each other’s jaws.
4.
But we are so quiet, ray darling,
Away above them so far.
You hide in your happy Heaven
Your bead, my beautiful star!
THE OLD OAK TREE.
[For the Chronicle and Sentind.\
Ah I let me rest beneath thy shade,
Old friend of happier days;
How often have thy branches screened
Me from the sun’s bright rays.
How many times I'vs thrown me down,
AU weary, at thy feet.
And breathed the perfume of wild flowers
I found in this retreat-
Twaa here I heard the robin's song,
The linnets and the thrush,
Eaoh, with its mate, came hopping 'round
From rustling bou e h and bunk.
Each had a low love song to sing,
While love beamed from his eye,
It trilled through all thy trembling leaves,
And breathed of oonstancy.
They built their nests amid the boughs,
Here reared their tiny young,
Then taught their throats to warble forth
The songs themselves ha sang.
Ol what a chorus of sweet sounds
Poured from their tonefnl throats;
Mo prims donna's voioe has thrilled
My soul as did their notes.
Aafi now, dear friend, with weary feet,
By tiresome wandering made,
Once more I oast myself beneath
Thy 0001. inviting shade.
Hare could I hide me from the world,
H re shun its to 1 end pain,
And live in fanoy’e dreamy realm
My boyish days again.
Hars lay me down in quietude,
Under th.v cool shaSe deep.
Thy kindly brenohes o'er me spread,
rd gently fall asleep—
My quiet sleep, my lest, long sleep,
Rethinks w uld tranquil be,
Boothed bv the soughing of the wind
Through thy loved branohes, tree.
Hare let me rest—ah ! what ie it
Stasis o’er my ch lly brow ?
Is It the shadow of his wings ?
Death come to claim me now ?
Tfen be it so. my wish ie gained;
IM test now tranquilly;
Thy boughs will haut my r. quiem;
Thy leaves will cover me. Melodia.
THE SHOWING COTTON CROP.
Itmnrt at the Nukvllla and CkarleMaa
nejianae for Auat.
NashvuiLß, September 10. The
weather has been wore favorable than at
the same time last yet*, Eighteen coun
ties report the weed not (rioting well, 12
moderately well, and 24 fruiting well, 24
eomplain of shedding. Twenty-fire
counties report the condition of the crop
as wood, 15 report it as moderate, 14 as
unfavorable, 13 as worse than last year,
7 report the crop ab ut equel, 34 as
more favorable than last year. Pick
ing has oommenoed in 43 counties and
will become general from the 15th to the
20th of September. There is no damage
from the worms, bnt a few report slight
damage by grasshoppers. Excessive
weeds and aoaroity of fruit are reported
on the new bottom lands, whlie the op*
lands show a prospect of a fair average
crop.
Chabueston, September 9.—The fol
lowing summary of the condition of the
•otton crop in South Carolina for Au
goat is compiled from 83 replies of oar
oorreepoadents in 29 counties of the
State: The weather—l 7 report the
weather during the month of August as
favorable, 24 report the first half wet or
•bowery, afterwards hot and dry, 22 re
port hot and dry, 20 reports changeable.
Comparison with last year—24 report
the weather more favorable than for
same month last year, 20 report it as
equally favorable, 27 report it less favor
able. Fruiting, Ac.—42 report the crop
to be well fruited, 14 report the crop as
fair in this respect, 23 report the crop as
not frnited well. From all seotions
there are reports of the shedding of the
trait, and in light sandy soils it is shed
ding heavily. Condition compared with
last year—The crop (n the upper por
tion of the State is good, and much bet
ter than last year. In the eastern and
southern seotions it is very muah injur
ed by rust and drouth, ana its oondtion
is about the same as last year. Picking
—Has not oommened in the upper conn
ties. In the middle eounties it has just
begun, and in the lower ooontiee, where
rust is doing mneh injury, it is general,
la the upper part of the State it Will be
come general between the 15th and
Mth. and in the middle coun
ties by the 10th of September. Worms
—None an reported. In conclusion we
would remark that the crop is from 10
to 16 days later than last year, bnt the
prevailing hot weather and rust (which
an reported in 15 ooontiee) are forcing
it open rapidly, and to a large extent the
bow aiw fully matured.
Savannah, September 11.—The fol
lowing ia the crop report for August in
Georgia: The weather the past month
baa been hot and dry. While it has
been more favorable for picking tbau
last year, it has been unfavorable for
development of the plant. Up to the
15th of Aagnst the plant was fruiting
remarkably well Dry and hot weather
than oanaed considerable shedding of
tbe squares and toeJJs. The plant is
more matured than last year, and there
ia more open eottoo in tbe fields. Al
though the anticipations of a month ago
will not be realised. There in a pros
pect of a larger yield throughout tbe
State than last year. Picking bee me
general in Southwest Georgia about the
25tb of August. In Middle and North
era Georgia about the 10th. Worms
have appeared only in Southwest Geor
gia; bat little damage is done, except on
river bottoms. The grasshoppers, bo
abundant in Northern Georgia, men
tioned in our last report, did no damsge.
There ie aoas'derabls oomplaint all ever
tha State of rnst on sandy lands and the
yield has been greatly oartailed thereby.
In Florida tbe weather has been too
hot and dry for tbe past month, and not
•a favorable for tbe plant as last year
Cotton ia well fruited, but the prospect
has been greatly damaged by rust, Tbe
condition of the erops ia not aa good
and doea not dffer materially from last
year, the yield having bean much below
the average. Picking is general. About
the Ist of September worm* appeared
throngfaont the State, bnt on aeeount of
hot and dry weather did no damage, ex
cept to the top crop on low leads.
A lad from the Kidge wes in town
Saturday to inquire when the Fall term
opened at the cemetery.— Borne bmtineU
SPEECH OF HON. B. H. HILL
DELIVERED IN ATLANTA, SBP
• TIMBER 7, 187#.
On Thursday evening, the 7th of Sep
tember, the people of Atlanta, through
the Hon. B. fl. Hill, received the splen
did banner presented by the excursion
ists in a truly enthusiastic manner.
Mr. Hill's Speech,
Mr. Mayor , Gentlemen of the City Coun
cil and Fellow-Citizens:
Immediately after the close of the late
war a gentleman of Northern birth, rais
ing and education, one who had been a
brave and faithful soldier with the
Northern army throughout the war,
came to make hia home in the South.
This gentleman is Dr. Wm. H. White,
and no man in oar State is more re
spected for his integrity, patriotism and
public spirit. He did not come to boast
over the humiliation of onr defeat. He
did not come to rob us in our hepleas
condition. He did not come to breed
strife between the races for the purpose
of office and power. He came as a citi
zen, as a gentleman, as a patriot, to
identify himself with ns and with oars.
To him we opened our doors. He
was welcomed to our firesides. What
were his previous political opinions we
did not stop to inquire What they
were we do not even now know. We
should have been glad to welcome mil
lions of the same kind on the same mis
sion. This gentleman, after a residence
of years, discovered that the greai
trouble between the North and outh
,rose chiefly from the fact that the peo
pie did not understand each other. He
iiscovered that the impression so in
dnstriously made by designing poht,
cians in the North as to the temper,
character and purposes of our people
were not true. And he engaged in the
patriotic work of doing what he could
to correct the wrong impression exist
ing among his Notthern countrymen
concerning us. Among other things,
JuriDg the last Spring, he instigated a
movement in which the Mayor, the
Council and Board of Trade of the city
of Atlanta and the Governor of the
State co-operated, for the purpose of
bringing a large number of Northwest
ern gentlemen to the Southern portion
of the conntrv, that they might see and
judge for themselves. These gentlemen
came. They returned and so agreeable
were the impressions made upon them
that a portion of them, representing the
cities of Cincinnati and Cleveland, in
the great state of Ohio, have
flag to be presented to the city of Atlau
'a, as a testimonial of their high appre
ciation of tne hospitality and patriotism
of our people. Thus you have the his
tory which brings to your view the pres
ent occasion. I have been selected to
reoeive this flag in the name of the peo
ple of Atlanta and of the State of Geor
gina, and in my heart I find it pleasing
tp do so. [Applause.]
History of the Flag.
In olden times the flag of a nation was
intended as an emblem of the nations
power, and was need only in war. In
more modern times it has been made to
represent the principles and character
of the Government as well as its power,
and is a symbol in peace as well as in
war. This flag, with its beautiful de
sign upon which you look this after
noon, was originally designed and
adopted by the OoDgregs of 1777, one
year after the declaration of independ
ence. It was then ordered that the flag
o' the nation should consist of thirteen
stripes, alternate white and red, and
thirteen stars in a blue field. Iu 1794,
two additional States hod been admitted
into the Union, and an act was passed
changing the flag to fifteen stripes and
fifteen stars. By the year 1818 five
more States had been added, making
twenty in all. Then an set was passed,
which fixed the flag as you now gee it,
that is, that there should be thirteen
stripes, alternate white and red, and one
star for each State then in the Union,
with one atsr to be added as each State
should afterwards be admitted into the
Union. The thirteen stripes represent,
first, the original thirteen States. They
constitute what is properly the flag. 1 1
is a symbol to the outside world. The
white stripes are symbolical of good will
and friendship for oar friends. The red
stripe is a symbol of defiance to our
enemies. The amnion jn the corner is
formed of a blue ground spd P.ne star
for each State, and in the original reso
lution adooted by Congress, in 1777, it
is called “anew aoustellation.” Wln>
first suggested stars as appropriate rep
resentatives of States is not definitely
known. Perhaps the beet authority iw
that the idea of combining the stars and
stripes in our national emblem was bf*r
rowed from the coat of arms of the
Washington family. Be this as it may,
the thought that the stars upon that flag
should represent the Litotes is a beauti
ful one. The word “star" is Drived
from the Greek and means a heavenly
body, and wherever that flag floats,
whether ou e* or on land, whether id
peace or in war, it speaks a voice which
every statesman should heed and every
atriot should love. That as there
be no constellation in the heavens with
out the stars, so there o&n be no Union
in America without the Stites. [Ap
plause.]
Onr Recent Differences.
Fellow citizens, we are all sadly con
soious of the fact that the States and
people for whom onr fathers adopted
that flag have bad serious snd fatal
differences. There can uot live in the
North or the South a single patriot who
does not desire cordial reunion, and
earnest fraternal association of all por
tious of the country. How shall that
great desirable object bo completely ac
complished f Jt nsn not be brought
about by unmanly 000/sessions on the
one side nor by unmanly on
the other.
The spirit of truckling OU the part
of the Sonthern people and the spirit
of exactions on the part of the Northern
people are alike inimical to cordial and
permanent reunion. [Applause ] The
people North and South must realize
the great fact that Wfl arc all a manly
people and will not consent lo fr® h
miliated as criminals. It is onr duty
then to meet every issue that arises in
a spirit of frankne-s, in a spirit of man
liness and self-respect, and with a sin
gle purpose to arrive at the truth.—
While I am addressing this large audi
ence to-dtr, we are conscious of the
fact that there *re a hundred represen
tative leaders of a greet party in the
North, who are teaching the people of
that seat ion that we of the South are
enemies to that flag—enemies of the
Government of which it is the emblem,
and, therefore, not fit to be trusted in
the administration of that Government.
How ought that proposition to be met 9
In a spirit of recrimination? By no
means. In a spirit of truckling syco
phancy ? Never ! Meet it truthfully
the Enemies of the Fltsf
First of all let examine ourselves.
Are we the enemies of that flag ? Are
we th enemies of the Government
whioh it represents? Are we the ene
mies of the American Union ? If we
are, I ao noede the conclusion that we
are not fit to be representatives in that
Government. Jfo enemy of a Govern
ment ought to be trusted with its ad
ministration. On the other hand, if we
are not enemies bat friends, then they
who denounce as as enemies are slan
derers of one-third of the Union snd
are themselves the enemies of the
Union, and not fit to be trusted with
the administration of the Government.
[ Applause, j fa a patriotic, spirit seek
ing to arrive at tbe frne solution of this
question let us consider fearjessly and
frankly, concealing nothing and shrink
ing from nothing. Now, fellow-citizens,
here in the metropolis .;f m.v native State,
here where every building is car sight is
one that has arisen upon the ashes of
war, here in tbe presence of the Gover
nor of my flute, bere in the presence of
these thousands of jpy feilo v citizens, I
will announce three propositions which
every Southern man ought to accept and
will acoept as
Atiu ia American Petition
Never to be questioned. They will test
oar fidelity or infidelity to that dag
The first proposition Is this; The Amer
lean Union constituted when t armed,
and yet constitutes, the wisest, noblest
and grandest contribution ever made bv
the human intellect to the science of
government. [Applause ] Tbe second
proposition is that the preservation of
the Americao Union it the highest pot
tible duty of patriotitm. [Applause ]
The third propositoin is that tbe de
struction of the American Union would
be the greatest crime possible against
human progress and happiness. [Ap
plause J If tbe first proposition be
true, the two others follow as corolaries
and are necessarily true.
WkU is tbe Americas Cairn?
Now the first proposition is that the
American Union, sa formed and as it
now exist*, constituted snd eonstitnes
the wisest, noblest and greatest contri
bution ever made by tha hnmanintel
!ect to the science of government. What
is the American Union? What are the
means by which that Union mast be
preserved, snd what are the dangers
that threaten its destruction ? First,
what is the American Union ? There is
no greater popular error, for whieh 1
insist the stateemanshi(vof this country
is largely responsible, than the popular
idea which contemplates the Union only
as a fact- Moot people think that bv
American Union yon mean the fact that
the people of tbia country inhabiting a
given territory, originally embracing
thirteen States along the Atlantic coast,
and now composing thirty-eight States,
extending from ocean to ooean and from
the lakes to the gulf, live under one and
the same government and have the same
flag. That is as far aa their idea of
Union goes. fellow-citizens, what
do yon mean, when you say that onr
fathers exhibited great wisdom in form
ing the American Union ?
The Vmium ■ Principle.
Onr fathers did not form the territo
ry. God formed the territory and the
monarchies of the Old World peopled it!
The fame of onr fathers for wisdom can
not be based on these facts. The great
truth whioh I would impress upon the
American people is that the American
Union is s principle snd is a fact only
as that fact is the resnlt and the product
<.fa principle. Why, suppose this Gov
ernment nnder which this people live
was a Russian despotism, a German em
pire, a Mexican anarchy, it would be
over the same territory and might be in
habited by the same people, and they
might have even the same flag, bat would
any man say that was the American
Union ? Would any man say that was
the Union founded by onr fathers and
which made them immortal for wisdom ?
and yet the fact of Union would exist
precisely as now, in either case supposed.
We must come to the great point, the
American Union is a system of govern
ment, and the wisdom of its framers
must be determined by the adaptability
of this system of government to pro
mote the happiness and the progress of
the people who inhabit this given terri
tory.
What U Our System of Government f
N- x f , then, what is the syste nof gov
ernment ?
Tnere are two great essential features
of this great system, without either of
which the whole system would fail, and
I shall briefly call your attention to
these two essential features. Every
man in American ought to understand
them and be able to give a reason why
the American Union is a great system of
Government and why this system repre
sented by that flag floating above us
onght to be dear to every American
oitizen. The first essential feature of
this American system is this: That there
shall be a General Government for gen
eral affairs and a local government for
local affaire. That is the first underly
ing fundamental and indispensable
principle of the American system of
government. It was a happy thought.
There are oertain affaire which are gen
eral to all the people of this oountry
equally. If you did not have one Gen
eral Government, clothed with jurisdic
tion to manage those general affairs,
each State would have to manage them
for herself. That would multiply the
exDease and dangers of our foreign
affaire thirty-eight times; that would
multiply our standing armies thirty
eight times; that would multiply ail
the machinery of General Government
thirty-eight times; that would line the
borders of thirty-eight States with cus
tom house and foreign regulations, mil ; -
tary fortifications ! To avoid such bur
dens, our fathers provided one General
Government to take charge of all the
affairs that were general end common to
all the States alike, leaving each State
to manage its own looal affairs in its
own way. Why ? Because eaoh State
would be the best judge of what local
laws suited its own people better than
any foreign States and better than any
government represented by a great num
ber of States. So that I repeat, the first
great leading idea and fundamental
feature jn this American system of gov
ernment is a General Government for
for general affairs and looal or State
governments for local or State affairs.
Government*, Federal and State, Independ
ent.
The seoond great feature of this sys
tem of government is, that it is absolute
ly necessary to the working of the sys
tem that eaoh of these governments
should be free, independent and unre
strained in the exercise of its own ap
propriate funotions. Every reason whioh
makes the division iu the functions of
government wise makes independence in
the exercise of these funotions necessary.
Neither government oan be efficient if
trammelled, restrained or supervised by
the others. I cannot delay you now
with elaboration. I give you the gener
al idea, I give you the two great fea
tures of this svstem. One of the great
est and best man of the framers of the
Constitution put this ideg. in perhaps as
good language as has ever ‘been employ
ed. It was the great and noble Ells
worth, of Connecticut, one of the wisest
members of the convention of 1787, and
I desire to es 4 what he said in that
convention: “Under $ ftatiqpgl govern
ment he shontd participate ip the na
tional security, but that was all. What
he WAfited waa domestic happinpss. The
national government poijjd not descend
to the local objects ou which thjs de
pended, It popld only embrace ob
jects of a general nature. He turned his
eyes, therefore, for the preservation of
his rights to the State governments,
Prom these alone he could derive the
grpfjtest happiness he expected in this
life. £fis bftppine ßß depends on their
existence as mpph a* * ppw born infant
on its mother for nopfishpepi.” So,
for remedies for all your civil rights, for
pepal jaws to restrain crime and provide
punish m,ant f of t]jg criminal, for the regu
lation of your titles ancf protoptynn of yonr
property, for the preservation of indivi
dual life, individual liberty and individ
ual prosperity, these all devolve upon
your State government. When you
want relations with people outside of
your State, with foreign governments,
or with the citizens of other States, then
you ante* HsElpns appropriate to the
General Qoyejm*§£(; jsF# fOft fpst
go for protection iu then.
Whence H?e Authority of This Government ♦
Fellow-citizens, you oannof. tpo well
contemplate these two grand features of
this system. When you understand
them thoroughly, you comprehend the
great general character of our American
system of government, and never other
wise. Ifow, both governments derive
their authority from ttffi same source—
the people. The government of eaoh
State deriving its authority from the
people of that State, and the General
Government deriving its authority from
the people of all the States, each State
acting through its own people. Now
there is pp conflict between these two
jurisdictions. J3uch ha ß its own sphere.
Eaoh has its own functions. They are
co-equals; they are co-ordinate; they are
also co-independent and yet co-workers
in the one grand end of preserving the
rights and liberties of the same people.
[Applause ] There never was a reason
on earth why there should have been
any conflict between their jurisdictions
if patriotism had controlled all pnblic
men. Y.op see each of these govern
ments also is a perfect government, hav
ing its own Legislature, its own judici
ary, and its own executive power. So
you see also each State government is a
perfect government, haying its own Leg
islature, its own judiciary and its own
executive power. Eaoh perfect in its
own domain, in the exercise of its own
funotions. But then neither alone is a
complete government, because a com
plete government is that which protects
its citizen in both his internal and ex
ternal relation. But as the State gov
ernment protects the pitizen in his inter
nal relations and the General Govern
ment in his external relations, yon see
while both governments are perfect in
their sphere, it takes both together to
make a comple government for the citi
zen. [Applause.] Now then, who is
the enemy of that government ?
t*Tta fmsßto**** *
The State government is a part pf the
American Union, just as much as the
General Government is a part of the
American Union. It takes both to com
plete the great system known as the
American UnioD. Who, then, I repeat,
is a disnniyftiat ? The man who strikes
at the Federal .Goyeramejjt is a dis
unionist, because he strides at an essen
tial feature of the system which makes
the American Upjon. Bat the*man who
strikes at tfie State government is also a
diespionisi because Jb,e strides at an
eqnaiiy e*iu};al feature of the same
system- (Applause.) Up alone is a
pejrfpot "Union man v*ho is faithful to the
w&ole S’fctern—to both the General Govr
eminent and the SUU goyerment, each
in it s here. Blot ont the stars from
that fl ig and yon have no American flag;
blot ont tbe States froth this Union and
you h#ve *o 4m 9 ?) 0 * 11 Union ! Cripple
the States and you pripplc the Union,
r-'vade the States snd you invade the
Union. Make war on the States anfi you
are a traitor making war on the Union.
Ne Historical ParaHri.
Fellow-citizens, this system of gov-,
eminent, this American Union, I have
alwayt said has no parallel ia history.
I say here to-day that it is tbe best, the
wisest, the grandest system of govern
ment the world ever saw. [Applause.]
Oue great mistake our statesmen have
made has consisied in trying to jndge
this Government by previous systems.
There is nothing in history like it. The
Solons of Greece bad as little compre
hension of this American system of gov
ernment as the soldier with his j aval in
at Marathon bad of our modern colum
biads? or tbe sailor with bis galley at
Salamia had of our modem iron clads.
The Catos and Ciceros of Some bad as
little comprehension of the grandenr
and wisdom and beauty of our American
system aa tbe dweller upoh the banks' of
the slnggish Tiber had of tha length,
depth and power of the Missisaippi
river. [Applause. 1 No, my American
friends, yon are the heirs, under Provi
dence, of the greatest system of govern
ment tha world ever saw. If you de
stroy it there ia no hope beyond. This
system is aa new to the soienee of gov
ernmeat > was the discovery of America
new to the map of the world. Aed I
have sometimes thought that Provi
de noe, tired of the wrangling* and
strifes and oppressions and wrongs of
the Governments in Europe and Asia for
thousands of years, had reserved this
grand continent that the wearjed and
oppressed of all nations might come and
form by their mingling anew people on
anew continent, and inspired onr fa
thers to provide for them anew system
of government most wisely adapted to
their wants and happiness, and thus de
velop the highest type of the human
race.
■Soetiu*H— the Bane of the IJaiss.
\The greatest enemy this Union has
hitherto had has been sectionalism. No
one State has ever endangered the Gen
eral Government and the General Gov
ernment could not undertake to endan
ger any one State without exciting the
ire of aIL Bnt sectionalism—by whioh I
mean the desire of one section of the
oountry composed of several) Slates to
either use, abuse or destroy the General
Government for the purpose of promot
ing ideas or interests peculiar to that
section—has proved, in onr history, to
be the most dangerous enemy to the
system of government which makes the
American Union. This sectionalism has
assumed its most dangerous form when
ever it has been organized into geo
graphical partiee and distinctions. —
Washington saw this spirit of sectional
ism even in the midst of the revolution.
He aaw it dnring his administration.
The Origin f Sectional Partiee.
It came near destroying the system on
several occasions dnring his Admistra
tion. And in hia farewell address he
warned his oonntrymen, in the strongest
terms, against the formation of parties
on geographical lines, ideas and dis
tinctions. lam dealing to-day with his
tory and not mere parties. Bat necessa
rily history involves parties, and I shall
state nothing bnt what history proves to
be true, and following np this history
with my argument I state that the first
sectional party ever organized in
Amerioa upon geographical lines
and ideas and directly to Washing
ton’s warning, was the Republican
party of the North. That party, twenty
one years ago, organized upon a geo
graphical basis, upon sectional ideas
and for sectional purposes. Its organi
zation was confined to the Northern
States. It had no organization in any
Southern State; it expected none and
desired none, because its animating
spirit of sectionalism was animosity to
Southern institutions. Therefore, it
oonld be no other than a seotional party
organized on a geographical line to pro
mote ideas peculiar to one section
against property peculiar to the other
section. That sectional party provoked
into existence naturally a Southern sec
tional party, one antagonizing the other.
The last sectional party took its names as
the Sonthern rights or Secession party.
Now a party is not less seotional be
cause it remains in the Union, beoause
the very worst and most unmanly form
of disunion is that whioh seeks to hold
on to the Government of the Union for
the purpose of accomplishing seotional
objects and thereby destroying the sys
tem on which the Union was founded.
[Applause.]' Whatever else may be said
of secession—and I concede it was a
madness—it was at least manly and di
rect. It soorned to nse the Union to
promote seotional ideas. It would not
violate the Constitution in the name of
loyalty. It would not hold the Govern
ment to sell its offices. It was unwise
and snioidal bnt still brave and manly.
The Antasonisms Leading to War.
Now, when these two sectional parties
organized, one in the North and the
other in the South, yon will observe the
resnlts. The antagonisms of these two
seotional parties nontinned to increase
irritation until secession followed and
war was waged. Then, my fellow-ooun
trymen, here is the grand point to which
I want to call yonr attention now. It is
this, that the late war was between two
sectional parties. The Union represent
ed by that flag was no party to that war,
save as a weeping, bleeding victim t
[Applause.]
True, after the leaders of each sec
tional party got control of their respec
tive sections to such an extent that war
resulted the Union people of each sec-,
tions went into the armies of their re
spective sections, and neither onght to
be blamed for that. Thousands here
who had no sympathy with secession
went into the service of the section 1
party of the Sonth against a sectional
party North, bpt they did not go into it
to strike at a single principle represented
by that flag. [Applause.] Thousands,
hundreds of thousands of patriotic
Northern Jfleq who had no pympathy
with the original seotional organization
that led them, when the prisis came
went bravely into tne fight as they hon
estly belipved for the Union, and they
acted patriotically and nobly, and we
oheerfnlly eonoede to them pensions,
and all the benefits of their apparent
Union position. Eaoh side did what it
thought right in standing np to its own
side in the seotional war. Thousands
in both armies, while slaying eaoh other
in a seotional fight, would have given
their lives for the true oommon Ameri
can Unipp. Qar Northern friends had
the great pdyaptago of being m posses
sion of the Government, an advantage
which they reaped more from °fi r own
fofly tfmh ‘heir own Bnd8 n d ‘hey
used that Government to help accom
plish their seotional purposes, and that
was the great advantage they had of us.
The Onion Made No War.
But, my fellow-oitizens, it is with no
ordinary pride that I, who have op-
JH ajrtiez, “
stand here In the city of Atlanta, in
the very centre of all our sorrows, and
raise my voice, fearing no snocessfal
contradiction, when I affirm that the
Union never made war upon the South,
ft was not the u>y floqntrymen,
that slew your ohjldreti; it was not the
Union that burned yonr cities ; it wsb
not the Union that laid waste your
country, invaded yonr homes and
mocked at yonr calamity; it was not
the Union that reconstructed your
States; it w s not the Union that dis
franchised intelligent citizens and de
nied them participation in their own
governments. No, no! Charge not
these wrongs npon the Union of yonr
fathers. Every one of these wrongs was
inflioted by a diabolical sectionalism
in the very teeth of every principle of
the American jjnion. [Great applause.]
So equally, I say, the Sonth never made
war npop tl;e ]jnion. There has never
been *n b°UF *bep pine opt of ten of
us would not have given our lives for
this Union. We did leave that Union
because we were dissatisfied with it;
we did not leave the Union to make
war on it—we left the Union because
a seotional party had seized it, and we
hoped thereby to avoid a conflict. But
if war {past ootpe, we intended to fight
a septionql party z n d opt the Union.
Wherefore, the late war, with all its dis
astrous consequences, is the direct re
snlt of sectionalism in the North and of
seationzhsm in the flopth, qnd ponp, I
repeat, of these disasters are chargeable
to the Union.
The Voice of History.
When nnimpassioned reason shall re
view our past, there is no subject in all
our history on whioh oar American
statesmanship, North and Sonth, will be
adjudged to have been so unwise, so im
becile and so utterly deficient as upon
that one subject, which stimulated these
sectional parties into existence.
JfgfbM'ff u Justify the Iflt&tioH.
There was nothing ip slavery which
coaid jastify the North in farming a
sectional party to cripple or destroy it,
and there Vtt nothing in slavery which
could justify tbe south j leaving the
Union to maintain it. [Applause.] There
was no right in freedom contrary to the
Constitution, snd there was no safety
for slavery ont of the Union. The whole
African race, whether slaves or free,
were not worth the American Union.
One hear of the American Union has
done more for human progress than all
the government# formed by the negro
race in six thousand yean ! [Great ap
plause] And th? deer noble boys of
the white race, North ifnfi South, who
fell in tfie laipwur, slaying each other
for the negro, wprp worth more to civili
sation and hnm*b happiness than the
whole African race of the world ! [Great
applause.]
The Colored Mu.
We will do jastioe to the colored
man. We are under the very highest
obligations of a brave manhood to do
justice to the negro, fje is not oar
eoaal. Ife is in opr power, end coward
ice takes no meaner shape than when
power oppresses weakness. [Applause].
Bat, ip the name of civilization, in the
name of opr fathers, in the name of forty
millions qf hying whites nd of hun
dred# pf mtlfipps pf fbeif poking chil
dren j in [he name Qf eyery principle
represented by that banner #bove ns, I
do protest to-day that there is nothing
in statesmanship, nothing in philan
thropy and nothing in patriotism whieh
can justify the peril t r destruction of
the rights and libertiea of the white
raoe in crazy wranglings over the r ghta
and liberties of the black raoe. [Loud
applause] W e have shpd more white
blood and wasted ipore white tressnrs
in four years over the liberties of the
negro in these States than the entire ne
gro race of the world have shed and
wasted for their own liberties in all the
ages of tim world ! And all at the bid
ding of sectional demagogues who still
cry for more. [Sensation.]
The Wemfeitt *f Septtepal Hfe-
We have buried, widowed and or
phaned one white person for every oob
oiwd person, old snd young, male and
tamale, in America; and yet there are
hundred* of demagogues bow harangue
ing the honest, deluded masses of the
North, seeking to keep themselves in
power hr keeping stive the passion of
sectional hate at the b**ard of evsry
right and of every liberty intended to be
preserved and protected by our Ameri
can Union ! God of onr father* ! how
long, oh, how long shall this madness
continue and successfully usurp the
places, to disgrace the fnnotions of ele
vated statesmanship ?
Above all the din of these sectional
qnarrellings I would raise my voice and
proclaim to all onr people that there is
no right or liberty for any race of any
color in Amerioa save in the preservation
of that great American Union according
to the principles symboled by that flag.
Destroy the General Government and
the States will rash into anarchy. De
stroy the States and we will rash into
despotism and slavery. Preserve the
General Government, preserve the
States, aDd preserve both by keepirg
each untrammelled in its appropriate
sphere, and we shall preserve the rights
and liberties of all sections and of all
races for all time.
The Question of Slavery.
Bnt extreme men in both sections in
sisted upon settling the issues of slavery
by foroe, and in this fell spirit both the
sectional parties were organised. And
upon this line of force, so contrary to
every principle of onr constitutional
system, the issues have been settled, bnt
at what a fearful cost. We have wasted
in money mid the destruction of prop
erty fifteS billionft of dollars. We
have slain one million of onr own sons,
brothers and fellow-citizens. We have
made one million of sorrowing widows,
and two mill ons of weeping orphans,
and still the rage of seotioDal hate and
passion goes on.
On the other hand, suppose this ques
tion of slavery had been treated as every
other question settled by onr Constitu
tion had been treated—in a spirit of
amity and of mutual deference and con
cession. Every slave had his market
value. The South oonld not have been
wronged by receiving that market value,
because that was her dne. The North
coaid not have been wronged in paying
that market value, for it was an obliga
tion justly dne under the recognition of
property in slaves by the Constitution.
And by this plan of wisdom and jus
tice and peace every slave oonld have
been set free, at a cost not exceeding
one-tenth of the value destroyed by the
conflict, of foroe, and without one drop
of blood and without one honr of war.
And what was in the way of this plan ?
Nothing, nothing bat an unreasoning
sectionalism and an insatiate thirst for
power nnder the influence of that sec
tionalism.
Suppose we conoedc, for the argu
ment, that slavery was a wrong—if ypu
please, a crime. Who was gnilty of that
orime ? The black man is the only por
tion of onr population that came here
involuntarily. The Northern fathers
captured him, a barbarian, in Africa,
reduced him to slavery, brought him to
America, and our Sonthern fathers
bought him. If that was a crime, were
not all onr fathers parties to it ? Was
not here a field for charity and mntnal
concession ? Bo again if slavery was a
orime, that orime was repeated when it
was reoognized as property in the Con
stitution. Who made that recognition ?
Not only the Northern fathers; not only
the Southern fathers, bnt all our fathers!
Was not here again a field for mutual
defferenoe and concession ?
The resolve to manumit the slave by
force was the greatest of all possible
orimes in onr dealings with the negro.
It was that fell spirit that organized the
sectional parties and precipitated the
war which has cost ns so mnoh, and
whioh threatens to cost na our all in the
final destruction of our American Union.
Who shall be able to desoribe the fear
ful judgment whioh an unimpassioned
and impartial posterity shall pronounce
npon the weak, wayward, wicked states
manship that oonld not and would not
emancipate the black race without
destroying and imperiling everything of
right, property or liberty belonging to
the white race!
Crash Out Sectionalism.
Fellow-oitizens, I have stated but I
cannot too often repeat, that all the
curses we have suffered originated, not
in adherenee to the principles of our
Union, bnt in a departure from those
principles. No symbol in the flag above
ns either taught the war, or oan justify
the war. We owe all onr wrongs to un
patriotio seotional parties organized
first in the North and then in the South.
Sectionalism qt the South has heen ut
terly ornshed oat by the war. Seces
sion is dead and can have no resurrec
tion in the Sonth. It now remains for
every patriot, North and South, to unite
and crush opt the only remaining sec
tional party—that grim visaged parent
of all seotional parties —* the sectional
Republican party of the North, with the
ballots of freemen. [lmmeuse applause. ]
Then we shall have peaoe; then we shall
have Union—oordial, equal Union; then
we shall have onr American system of
government in all the plentitude of its
glory and power, and ever ample fop the
protection of the life, liberty prop
erty of every man of qeptiou,North
and South, apd every race, black and
white. upplapse.]
TM? Fcrfeetiso Of Patriotism.
The very perfection of patriotism is
animosity to sectionalism. I do not
mean only sectionalism at the Sonth, I
mean sectionalism anywhere and every
where; I mean sectionalism in any form
and in every form. Sectionalism under
any pretext; sectionalism for any pur
pose ip disunjonism j And seotional dis
unionism oan take no more odions form
—it can wear no more traitorous hne
than when it seeks to seize or hold the
power of onr common Union by teach
ing the people of the different auctions
to hate each qthgy. svah now, while I
speak, this spirit of sectional aisuniou
ism—insolent with power and reeking
with oorrnption in the capital of the na
tion—is forging chains for the States
for no purpose but to continue its foul
domination. There is no safety for pro
perty, for right or liberty, or TJnjqn,save
in a patriotic return by all sections of
onr popntry tp the principles of that
great system of government whose sym
bols we read in the flag above qa.
Compared Former System*.
My countrymen, have you studied
this wonderful American system bf free
government? Have yon compared it
with former systems and noted how oar
forefathers fought ta avoid their de
fects f Let me commend this study to
every American citizen to-day. To him
who loves liberty it is more enchanting
than romance; more bewitching than any
other science. Our fathers adopted (his
plan, with improvements ip tfi details,
which cannot bf> m any other sys
tem. With wfist a poble impulse of pa
triotism they came together from differ
ent States and joined their copqseis to
perfect this system, thenceforward to be
known as the System of
Free Constitutional Government.” The
snows that fall cm Mount Washington
are not purer than the motives whioh
begot it. The fresh dew-laden zephyr
from the orange groves, of the Sonth are
not sweeter than the hopes its advent
inspired. The flight of onr own symbol
ic eagle, though he blow his breath on
tbe sun, cannot be higher than its ex
pected destiny, Efaye the motives
whioh so inspired opr fathers become
all corrupt in their children 2 Are the
hopes that sustained them all poisoned
to ns ? Is that high expected' destiny
all eolipsed, aqfi before its noon ?-
No, no, foreyer no ! Patriots North,
patriots South, patriots everywhere ! let
ns hallow this year of jubilee by bury
ing all our sectional animosities. Let
us <)loze our pars ta the men and the
parties that teaoh us to hate each other I
All Hail the Fla.
Raise high that flag of our fathers !
Let Southern breezes kiss itj Let
Southern skies reflect it! Sonthern
patriots will love it. Sonthern sons wi.l
defend it, and Sonthern heroes will die
for it 1 And as its folds unfqrl beneath
the heavens, let ou* voices unite and
swell the loufi invocation : Flag of onr
Union 1 wave on | wave ever | Bat wave
over frpemen, not over subjects 1 Wave
over States, not oyer provinces 1 And
nnm let the voices' of patriots from the
North, and from the East, and from the
West, join onr voices from the booth,
and send to heaven one universal ac
cording chorus. Wave on, flag of
onr fathers! Wave forever! Bnf
wave over a union of canals, not over a
despotism of lords an (if vassals; over a,
land of jaw, of liberty and peace, and
not of anarchy, oppression and strife !
[lmmense and long continued applause,
with wild cheers for the flag, in the
midst of whioh Mr. Hill retired. 1
A®? Pf GsyTpfa Rich.— Look
well to your spending. N° matter what
oomes in, if more goes out yon will be
always poor. The art is not in making
money bqt fn keeping it, Uittt? expen
ses, like mice in a barn, when they are
many, make great waste. Hair by hair
heads get bald; straw by straw tbe thatch
goes off the cottage, and drop by drop
the rain oomes into the chamber. A
barrel ia soon empty if the tap leaks bqt
a drop a minute. W to
save begin mouth; many
thieves pus down the red lane. The ale
jog is a great waste. In all other things
keep within compass. Never stretch
yonr legs further than your hlankets
will reaps or you will sport be cold. In
clothes choose suitable and lasting stuff,
and not tawdry fineries. To be warm is
the main thing, never miufl the looks.
A fool mgy m 4 W it, needs a
wise man tp spend it*. Remember, it is
onaiar to build two chimneys tfian to
keepnmsgoing. V Ju fiveall to back
aad K board there is nothing left for tbe
savings bank. Fare bard and work hard
when you are young, and you will hav
a chance to rest when you are old.—
PkUadtlpig Ledger.
OUR CHARLESTON LETTER.
THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT.
Bloody Work by Block Borboriooo—White
Men Shot nod Beaten—'The Nmimi Take
Pmmlon of the Street* U omen aad
Children Terrill ed Determination of the
Whites—The Barbarians Cowed—Enthusi
astic Democratic Meeting, Etc.
[Rectal Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.]
Charleston, S. 0., September 8.-
The trail of the serpent continues, and
its slnggish tracks are crimsoned with
the blood of the innocent. Bat the
tarn in the long lane has been reaohed,
and the war of races has been commenc
ed by the black bullies of Radicalism.
There it now bat one coarse for the
whites to pnrsae and that is
to attend the meetings of the
oolored Democrats with fixed bayo
nets, in order to protect the lives of
the colored men who desire to express
an opinion of their own. The heroes of
last Wednesday evening will not soon
be forgotten in Charleston. Such a
scene beggars description. The bloody
Sionx on the war path conld not have
been more terrible than the sneaking
black cowards who, without a moment’s
warning, gathered in orowds of fifty and
a hundred to attaok peaceable white
men, quietly returning to their homes.
Those'who were met by the black sav
ages were beaten without mercy. As
the heavy bludgeons felled some un
fortunate victim to the earth, while
weltering in his blood he was kicked
and stamped upon by as many of the
villians as conld gather around him. If
he attempted to run he was fired upon,
and in the end only succeeded in finding
himself surrounded by another pack of
the black demons, who with hellish
shrieks and yells would recommence the
work of horror. In most oases the vic
tims were saved from being mangled to
death by the gallant aotion of the police,
who, regardless of the consequences,
would open the way with their clubs, and
fighting nearly every step would hurry
the unfortunate victim to the station
house for protection. Thus was every
white man treated who, single handed,
attempted to reaoh his home that even
ing. Nor was this all. Stores and private
houses were fired into, glasses smashed
and, in some cases, goods were stolen.
Again, women and children were almost
thrown into convulsions as the fearful
yells, which made night hideous, would
break upon the air. Nothing was left
undone by the black barbarians which
might not be described aB the horror of
horrors. As to the minute details of the
riot and the list of wounded, the Chron
icle and Sentinel has already been ad
vised.
Last Night.
Quite a change in the programme took
place last night. The young men of the
city, chafing under the outrage of the
evening previous, were determined to
see who would rule when matters were
properly put to the test. During the
morning they left their places of busi
ness and in a short time it was agreed
that the oolored Democrats who wished
to speak at the meeting during the eve
ning should be protected. At about 8
o’olook, p. m., fully six hundred bayo
nets, borne by Oarolina’s bravest sons,
glistened beneath the moonlight and the
thousand and one black bullies who
took possession of the streets the night
previous slunk away like reptiles into
their holes. Several colored men of
Democratic proclivities expressed them
selves in forcible terms, declaring their
intention to free themselves from the
shackles-of Radical slavery at all haz
ards, and rejoiced to see that the whites
were willing and able to protect them in a
free expression of opinion. Notwith
standing the array of bayonets the meet
ing was one of the most orderly ever
held in this city, and this is the only
way that order can be preserved in
Charleston at the present time. With
the whites forbearanoe has ceased to be
a virtue, and while they will not avenge
the outrage of Wednesday night they
will hereafter be prepared to protect
themselves and their colored friends.
Should, however, another drop of Demo
cratic blood be spilled by Radical ruf
fians the party will take the conse
quences upon their own shoulders, for
their intolerance cannot twd Witt not
be borne longer,
Miner Topic..
The funeral of Mr. Jas. M. Buokner,
who died from wounds received daring
the riot on Wednesday night, took place
this morning. His death has spread a
deep gloom over the oity, and his obse
quies were attended by a large number
of oitisena. * * * Several of those
who were shot and beaten are still con
fined to their beds, while many others
bear marks of violence upon their per
sons. * * * There will be another
large Democratic meeting this evening,
which will be attended by several of the
rifle clubs, Yiroinids.
Nq More Democratic Bondsmen for Radical
Officials.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
The depth of degredation and cow
ardice has certaiuly been sounded to
the bottom by, alas, too many citizens
of our unfortunate sister State, South
Carolina, when it could be deemed
necessary by a large and most respect
able body of the oitisena of Charleston,
South Carolina, to unanimously adopt
the accompanying preamble and resolu
tions. But that our own white men of
property in the thirty-two counties of
South Carolina becoming sureties for
the meanest and most despioable set of
Radical Ifepubttcan bonded officiate
and leaders of a semi barbarous mob
of negro voters, the people of this un
happy State would have Lad
honest officials in every oounty.
We, the poor white of Sonth
Carolina, have b.esft for eight
years inhumanly betrayed by men ef our
own rape, who ia their anxiety to make
ffiehd a with Radical thieves and sense
less negroes, have actually given us,
“the white people of the South, the lie,"
when we protested to the respectable
people of toe North* that (there was* no
such thing in Sonth Carolina as an
honest white Republican official, and
hardly a single honest white Republican
in the whole State— “by, going on the
official bond# ifa adventurous horde
of cutthroat Radical Republican offi
ciate, when these very men by daylight
encouraged our best working men to
arm, and, if necessary, shoot down in
furiated and deluded negroes. We ask
the citizens o| every county in South Ca
rolina fa to the News and Courier,
Charleston, S. 0., all the information
called for in the accompanying resolu
tions. “Wqbkin Men or So. Ca.”
Charleston, September 10th,
A COLORED) CAROUNAN’S SPEECH.
Th Sort f Nemca Taft Wants Shot.
At a Democratic meeting at Bates*
burg, S. C., on the sth inst., there were
several colored speakers,among them one
Tom Watson, a hard working field hand.
He made a brave speech, and so formu
lated the situation in regard to the
colored people of the South that an ex
tract is well worth printing. His words,
of coarse, are put into shape by the re
porter, and this is the extract in ques
tion :
The Radicals have been ruling this
Government for ten years, and their
motto h*as been “ He, cheat and steal,”
and to-day there is no money in the
country. My colored friends, we have
to labor hard every day to get bread for
our little children ; we have to go bare
footed and in onr shirt-sleeves. I went
to Edgefield the other day and went
into Lawrence Rain's (a leading white
Radical) palace, and I saw a carriage for
his baby that would cost SIOO in New
York, and he had a white girl to roll it.
When his wife walked across the floor
she was dressed so fine you could bear
her “ rattling" a hundred yards. I tell
you, my colored friends, the Radical
party is rotten. They have been ruling
thirteen States, twelve of them have rot
ed down, and the sills under the thir
teenth (South Carolina) are rotted, and it
will fall on the 7th of November.
There is no such thing as party now; it is
honesty butting against rascality, and I
tell you rascality has got to get out of
the way. I have heen voting for the
Radical party for the last ten years, and,
white folks, I will tell you why I did it.
These here carpet-baggers and scalawags
came around and told me to give them
office, and they would tax you so that
you have to sell your land, and then we
could buy it. X thought it would be
mighty nice ta have a big plantation,
and I voted for them and told them to
stick on the tax. They stuck on the ta*;
they got land, fine horses, fine clothes
and plenty of money, but X have never
got anything f*om them yet. X toll you
another falsehood they have been telling
the colored folks; they tell us that as
soon as the Democrats get into power
they will pnt ns back into slavery. I
tell you, may colored friends, that it is
impossible. The whole world is against
slavery. Tfyp PopsHtfltion of the United
States forbids it, and the white people
could nor pnt you into slavery if they
would and they wouldn’t if they could.
At the conclusion of bis remarks Tom
came forward to the front of the stand,
end, with all earnestness of his honest
soul, cried out: “All you honaat color
ed men come up here, Give me yonr
hand and Qqd your heart, and let’s have
aq honest government,” A number of
colored men were immediately enrolled
in the Democratic dab.
Up in* Rutland, Yt., a man has just
had a piece of window glass more than
two inches long taken from his leg,
where it had been for eighteen years. It
may be truly said that during that entire
Deriod he hes never been absolutely free
Iron pane.
THE INDIAN WAR.
THE ULTIMATUM OF SITTING
BULL.
A Hewnger from the Hostile Ramp—The
Steox Wen Provided With Arm. and Pro
vlnl.ds—They Will Flht for Tear. It' Nee
ewary—Another Masaacre In the Black
Hill. Keparted—Caster’s Horse Recap
tured.
New Yorx, September 13.—A Bis
marck, D. TANARUS., dispatch of the 12th says
a Standing Rock letter, dated the 12th,
says: An Indian arrived last night from
the hostile oamps with a message from
seven of the hostile chiefs. He iB known
to have left this Agency three
weeks ago for the hostile camps. While
he does not claim to have been with Sit
ting Ball, he says he was with another
much larger oamp, where the lodges and
Indians covered all the prairies. He re
ports these Indians abundantly supplied
with fresh meat, buffalo and antelope
being in great abundance. They are
also reported to have more arms and
ammunition than they know what to do
with. They daily watch the men who
are Engaged in building the new post on
Tongne river, and say that at one time
they oonld have destroyed another body
of troops as they did Onster and his
band, bnt they thought they were going
-home, and for that reason they did not
care to disturb them. This is sup
posed to have been General Miles
and his regiment when they start
ed back for the Yellowstone.—
They are anxious to treat for peace and
do not care to fight the soldiers if they
are let alone, but if they are not, will
fight for years if necessary. The writer
says several of the bands refused to be
oonnted and rations were accordingly
withheld from them. Odo ohief who
submitted to the oount refused to re
ceive his rations and soattered them on
the ground. It is claimed that the
oonnt, though not' completed, will not
show more than half the number of In
dians which tbe agent claimed to have
been issning to. Though new supplies
have not arrived, full rations of flour
and half rations of sugar, coffee, tobacco
and bacon were issued. The correspon
dent claims that the Indians reoeived
fully as much under this issue as they
had formerly received for couble the
number of lodges. Captain Collins has
been detailed to assist Lieutenant Roach
in the count of refractory lodges. In
telligence from Fort Thompson, Dakota,
dated September 3d, says advices re
oeived from Fort Pierre, and subse
quently confirmed, report that a party
of five men were killed by the Indians
near Wakapa Siea, on their way to tbe
Black Hills. The massacre took place
Dear the head of Sica, and it is thought
that some of the party must have got
away and penetrated the Foot Hills as
far as Crook City, from whioh place a
force of fifty miners oame ont to
open the road to the Missouri.—
It is reported that these were
attaoked, surrounded and held oor
ralled on a hill for a whole day, when
the messenger escaped and went to the
Hills for reinforcements. Twenty others
came out to the assistance of the be
sieged men, but before being able to
eo-operate with them they were attacked
and overpowered by the Indians and all
massacred. This is the last report,
which has not yet been confirmed, but
it seems probable, as the Indians have
reoently appeared in large numbers
from the hostile oamps in the neighbor
hood of the Black Hills and even at
Cheyenne River Agency. General Cus
ter’s Remington rifle and the black
horse he used to ride at Lincoln have
been captured by some Black Hillers
from a young warrior killed on bis
route to the Black Hills.
Ten Cases Kentucky Jeans,
for. sale, cheap for Cash, by
C. GRIT & CO.
Five Hundred Boxes new and
handsome Rochings, at
C. GRAY & CO.’s.
Lfnen toilers and Cnffu, in
new shapes, at
C. GRAY & CO.’s.
A large lot of Jaconet Edg
ings and Insertings, new and
very cheap, by
C. GRAY & CO.
aeplO-tf
Platt Brothers.
ONDEBTAKINfi DEPARTMEHT!!
A FULL assortment of METALIO CASK
ETS and CASES at all prices.
Rosewood Caskets and Gases.
Children and Infants Enameled Caskets.
Broadcloth and Velvet Covered Caskets.
COFFINS of every description always on
hand.
We have a Competent Undebtahib to take
charge of Funerals and attend calls at all
hoars, day or night.
Orders during the week and Sunday morn
ings until eleven o’clook will be, left at the
Store.
Sunday evenings and nights the orders left
with the Undertaker at his house on Ellis
street, directly in rear of the store, opposite
the Factory, or at either of our dwelling
houses on Greene street, will meet with prompt
attention.
All orders by Telegraph will be attended to
with dispatch. [Jyl6dtAw
FURNITURE JJ'URNITURE!
PLATT BROTHERS will sell for the next
two months their entire stock of Furni
ture regardless of Cost to Cash Purchasers,
Now is the time to buy. Come one, come all,
and make yonr selections. t fy!6
Tie Georgia Cotton Gin..
MANUFACTURED BY
J. D. k H. T. HAMMACK, .
CRAWFORDVILLE, GA.
T7IOR over twenty years we have m&nufac-
Jj tured the GEORGIA GIN, and from our
snocess with them, fee) warranted in saying
they are equal to any Gins made.
We do not at'ive to get op a faney artiole for
exhibition at Fairs, bat pnt up good, durable
work of first class material.
We offer theta as low as any good Gins can
be afforded.
Every Gin warranted to perform well.
We conld give hnndreds of certificates if de-,
sired, bat ae that role is so common at this day
we omit them.
PRICER OF GINS J
For $ Inch Saws, per Saw - - $8 85
For 10 Inch Saws, per Saw - - 860
Old Gins repaired in the best style and at
reasonable charges.
Freight most be prepaid on them when ship-
P^Qr^ Gins soHeited esrly, to in
sure prompt delivery for the ginning of the
next crop. Address,
i. D. k H. T. HAMMACK,
Crawfordville, Ga.
Or Messrs. BOTHWELL BROS.. Agents.
Jyß-w3m Augusts, Ga.
Ijj
Address, POOLE & HUNT,
aps-wly 'v
REDUCED TO A CERTAINTT.
Chance to Cain
$50,000
INTO KISKL.
\ New Advertikementk. j
GREAT RIBBON SALE
Will be continued this day,
Thursday, from 10, a. m., to 12,
_ I
m. In consequence of the tremen
dous rush for Ribbons we will have 1
to confine the sale to these two
hours, in order to give attention to
our other business.
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.
J. M. BURDELL,
Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant,
No. fl Warren Block, Augusta, Ga<
advance made and atriot attention to all Consignments, and Prompt Remittance..
eep9 diawim&wgm
AMERICAN COTTON TIE COMPANY, LUTED.
Ahead of All Competition.
jqrAYE in store and to arrive, a full supply of the celebrated
ARROW TIE,
For sale to tbe trade. Also, a supply of PIEOED TIES always on band.
WARREN, WALLACE & CO., Agents,
jy!6-2m AUGUSTA, QA.
Job Printing and Book Binding. I
JOB PRINTING.
BOOK BINDING-.
RULING, Etc.
THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL
Having Extensively Furnished, With New Material, tbe
• JOB PRINTING AND BINDING ESTABLISHMENT
ARE PREPARED TO DO EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WORK DESIRED
Merchants,
Factors.
Corporations.
Societies,
Hotels,
Railroads,
and the public generally.
Our Bindery is Complete.
AND
OUR WORK CANNOT BE SURPASSED
FOR DURABILITY AND WOBKMANSHIF.
LEGAL BLANKS Of Every Deaorlptior,.
RAILROAD RECEIPT BOOKS made strong, aid guaranteed not to eomo
to pieces by careless handling.
We ask an examination ef onr Prices aai Sleek, gnaranteeing GOOD
ASIA RELIABLE WORKMANSHIP with Promptness.
JOB PRINTING IS PLAIN OR FANCY COLOPS, superior in desigr and
execution, a specialty.
Tags, Notes, Ledgers,
Circulars, Drafts, Journals,
Envelopes, Cheeks, Schedules,
Bill Posters, Pamphlets,
Note Heads, Dodgers, Catalogues,.
Letter Heads,' Handbills, Day Books,
Visiting Cards, Date Lines, Time Tables,
Business Cards, Programmes, Dray Tickets,
Money Beoeipts, Dance Cards, Bills of Fare,
Shipping Beoeipts, Postal Cards, Record Books,
Cotton Statements, Memorandums, Reoeipt Books,
Aecount Statements, Druggists* Labels, Clerks’ Blanks,
Sociable Invitations, Prescription Blanks, Election Tiokets,
Wedding Invitations, Quotation Circulars, Railroad Tiokets,
Ordinary’s Blanks, etc.
W~if you desire your PRINTING and BINDING dene to give satisfaction
bring your orders to the CHRONICLE & SENTINEL.
Onr country friends will please remember the above and send their ordeis
to ns.
WALSH & WRIGHT.
proprietors.
