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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1876)
Cfmnucie and j&mtfntl. ■■ a.- WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4, 187*. IF YOU LOTS HE, TEU ALB SO. j If yon love me, tell me so, Wait not till ths Sommer do* Fade* to AOtomn n chaugefol light Amber eland* and pnrple night; Wait not till the Winter hour* Heap with enow drift* all the flower*. Till the tde of life run low— If you love me, tell me am If you lore me, tell me so. While the river's dr-amy Bow Hold* the lore-enchauted hoars Steeped m marie crowued with flowers; Ere the Sammer’e dreamv dart Fade in myetio, parole haze— Ere ie hashed the moan flow— IT you lore me, tell me so. If you lore me, tell me so, Let me hear the eweet words low, Let me. io life'* morning fair, F~el your kiaeee on my h ir. While in womanhood's flrat bloom. Ere shall come dark days of gloom; In the first tab morning glow— If yon lore me, tell me no . Inui Lilias Whutso. REMEMBER NOT. Bemembernot. The gloriee past Can ever bloom again; The strife to bold them fond and fast Will only yield ua pa n. They were life’* gift, but wisdom eaw That they mue faint and fade, And he who seeks to hold them now The present has betrayed. Be member not. Time brought us pain Which never will return If we orget oar griefs to rain Upon its Lnrial urn. To cling to sorrow and to blight Makes hope a speotre vain; amt memory hinder* with the might Of fetter and of chain. Remember not. There is no past; That which it was is dead. Mot leas to a* are leave* that fast Drift by as. wisely ebed. Than vanished days. The future shine* O i no are ted brow, And he lirea beet whose life inclines Toward it, fall of now. VANISHED. Out of the wild and weary night I see the morning softly rise, Bat, O! mv lovely, lovely eyee! Tha world is dim without your light. I see the young bnda break and start To fresher life when front* are o’er, Brt, O! my rose-red mouth ! no more Will kina of your* delight my heart. The worm that know* not hope, nor trust, C ms* forth with glorious wings dispread. But, O! my little golden head I see yon only in the dust. I hear the calling of the lark Despite the cloud, despite the rain ; But. O! my snow-white bauds, in vain I search to find you through the dark. When the strong whirlwind’s rage is o'er. A whiaper b d* the laucLrejoice ; Bat, 0! my gentle, genii • voice, Your masio gladdens me no more. But though no earthly joys dispel ThU gloom thai fiUgmv life with woe. My sweetest and my beet I I know That yon are still alive and well. Alive and well: O ! blissful thought! In som* sweet ci-me, I know not where ,* I oniy koow that yoa are there, And aickneas, pain and death ar > not. [Alice Caskt.' FAR APART. Beneath the quaint old bridge you hear. The wave* make m >#ic as they pass , And winding to the elm tree near. You see the pathway through the grass, Where we were wont to walk, alas . The r ver wanders as of old Beneath the shade of willow tree*; The aan-lit waters gleam like gold, And ripple to the gentle b eeze ; But I am far from thee and these ! The akv bends over broad and blue, And in the soft and mellow 1 ght, You t ead the lane onr foot-tepi knw In former days, when days were bright, Do these d*ys bring such sweet deligh. ? And still that lane with grass is green; With fragrant fljwers the ba ks are fair; In golden gloss and silver sheen Ins be* still haunt the balmy air ; But you will fail to find me there. Again, perchance. I may not see The rustling rows of willow trees (Wbioh lent a leafy canopy Whan we strolled underneath at ease,) For I am f*r from thee and thase. Our Joys forsake ns, soon does Spring Pars by and for the Hummer oa.l; Boon do the birds loee heart to sing, When fading leaves in Autumn fall, And Winter is the end of all. M MO THKY WROUGHT ON.” She stood at the clumsy loom, And wove with a careless song, For her task would soon be done, And the day was bright and long, go she worked at her pattern, roees red. And trailing vines, but ehe thought instead Where the sweetbriergrew in the dis ant wood, and of pleasant shade where the old oak stood She stood at the stately loom, And wove with a girlish graoe ; And her eyes grew tender and sweet, As abe wrought in the web apace Strong men mounted, with lance and spear, Than a chase with hounds and a frightened deer; But she thought the while of her lover-knight, Ani whispered softly, "He comes to-night.” She stood at the tireless loom, And wove with a steady band, And a watohfnl eye on the twain Without, at play iu the saud. Mtripss of r arm. dark colors sii* wrought, Ana every thread with a hope was fraught: Some day, she thought, mv lad w II be great, And my bonuie girlie a nobleman's mate. She stood at the dusty loom, Bant and wrinkled, and old, But the shuttle she feebly plied, Dropped from her nerveless hold. “Ah, we 1! whom have Itowo k for now ?” The old dame said, with sh de l brow. •‘But I’ve seen the time when I worked with the best." And she dropped her chin on her wrinkled breast. At a silent, invisible loom, Always, morning and i ight, With tender oare, wrought one Who was hidden from knman sight, Tangled an t brok-n thread- wrought he, And his finished web was fair to see, For he gathered the hopes that were broken In twain. And wrought them into his web again. AUTUMN. They have oome —the Autuinu days, Whan the red sun's chastened rays, In the wood, (Dimmer bright on shade and hue That the Mummewnever knew, And pierce the thicket through Where I stood. In the Spring, content to greet All the beauties at my feet, And to stay, Never caring what beside Nature's verdant vail might hide Far away. Ah 1 the view ie clear now ; Dead, the tendril on the bough, * Sunk, the veil. And the ocean is in sight. Spreading gloom, and fla'shing light, Where the sun will sink at night Dim and pale. It had oome—the Antumij time Paaaed the Hummer and the prime Of my days. Careless I, of joys or fears, For the sod was dark with tears : Withered fell the hopes of years i In my gaze. When the magic of thy love Let the sun in from above. Soft and bright. And I saw with altered mind That toe Autumn, too, was kind In its light. For, just as a brighter sheen Glorifies the passing green Of tha leaf. And the vistas op'ning clear Let the wider sc nes appear Free from grief. Be might it be in life. When the glory and the strife Of it* June Had ahrd the r flowers and fruits, From pure or poisoned roots. Late or soon. We may find a grander view. With a wider passage through To onr rest. And that love which blossoms last. Whan pa-sion' dream is past. Is the best. [Temple Bar. JVDQU MACKEY FOR HAMPTON AND REFORM. ICorrespondence of the Journal of Commerce ] Chbbtkb, S. C., September 23 —This wveuing, Judge Mackey, by invitation, addressed the Tilden and Hamptot Club. He bitterly denounced the nomi nees of the Republican party in Sontb Carolina as a corrupt baud of robbers, who looked upon onr State merely as a camping ground to plunder. He severe ly animadverted upon the coarse of Chamberlain, who had deserted the State in the hour of trial. He had ap pealed to the Governor in the cars, and told him that it woald reflect more lustre upon him to save human life than all the political trinmpb* he could ever win, but he turu'-d a deaf ear to these appeals, and said he had to leave for hie family in Massachusetts. He said that the money that bad been stolen iu the State of booth Carolina daring the past >ight years would be amply sufficient, if now m the Treasury, to run the State, free of expanse, for eight years to eome. He declared tr at, while he was a Re publican and woald sapport Hayes and Wheeler, he intended to support Wade Hampton and the entire Democratic State ticket with all the ability in his power, and that he would etnmp the State from the Blue Bulge to the .Atlan tic in behalf of Wade Hampton and re form. It is somewhat singular that when a young lady and gentleman have a con troversy about kissing, they generally pat their heads together. HELL GATE GONE. DYNAMITE DOES THE BUSINESS WITHOUT DANGER. Tbe GitMu Sunday Evening— Aa Infant Fires the Charae—lmmense Number nf syKtatsn-Otcat Excitement Science Successful—Ne Damage Done-Th* Palsa tians of An Eartbnnkr, But No Peril. New York, September 24.— During the forenoon, despite the stormy weath er, thousands of citizens took their way to tte New York and Long laland sid of East river, sod hours before the ex plosion occurred there were vast crowd* assembled at every available point, waiting patiently, jetnot without anxte ty and some dread, for the critical mo meat. The crowd on the New York tde extended almost from 60th street tr, Harlem, every pier being occupied. Ii i estimated tht there was at learn lUO.OOO people who witnessed the explo sion. As the hoar approached the el citement increased, and the rain begai to fall heavily, but the vast crowo heeded it not The arrangements mad* by General Newton for keeping the river dear of all vessels within a certa ; n dis tance of Hell Gate reef daring the day worked very satisfactorily; beyond tb line indicated, however, there was quite a number of boats, togs, Ac , with spec tutors on board. Io Astoria many dwell logs nearest tbe river were wholly oi partly deserted for the time being, and indeed this feeling of timidity was no> confined to Astoria, for in Long Island City, Yorkville, and other places in com partitive proximity to the scene of tin proposed explosion, many residence, were temporarily vacated and fnrnitnr* secured as a measure of precaution Many people suddenly found out tha* their ceilings were bad and would bt sure to fall, and, therefore took Gen eial Newton’s advice and removed then valuables and themselves to a safe dis tance. There was quite an exodus ii Astoria and vicinity among the mor. timid daring tbe past few days. The Last Inspection. General Newton and staff were at tin works at Hell Gate all day, and saw tha' everything was in proper condition, test mg the wires and batteries for the las' time. By noon their work was through ind there only remained to be done the attaching f the exploding cartridge am tbe wires of tbe fuse to General Newtcu’* auxiliary battery. Before txplodim the mine this was accomplished, and tht last touch to the closing of the electro current was now all that remained to b* done. While the engineer and hisassist sntswerothns preparing for the grand clim -x the crowds were waiting patiently. At 2 25, p. m , the firs signal gun wa fired, and expectation became rampant; watches wer looked at eagerly, and th. ' minutes cnnnted nntil the great explo sion should occur. At 2:40. p. m., tb second gun boomed forth its warning, leaving only ten minutes How to wait The exci'ement was at fever heat; tin minutes crept slowly by ; the eyes of * hundred thousand spectators wereturned toward the Hell Gate reef, and the ean of probably over ore bnudred thousand people were earnestly inclined to catcl the first sound of the impending explo sion. Ttie Explosion. At two hours forty-eight minutes thirty seconds a roaring, reverberating sound was heard/ taking every one b\ *nrprise. Avery (palpable vibration o' the earth followed, lasting about tw< seconds, a streak of watersuddenly shot up at Hallett's Point, to thirty or forty feet in height, and was succeeded by * massive ooltimn of black water, full o f stones, loose rock and dirt, which ros> to the height of ton or fifteen feet, many pieoes of rock being thrown s venty feet high. There was no pnralyziDg shock, no earth convulsion, and none of tht spectators experienced the grand terri fviug spectacle they had expected. A1 was over inside of three seconds at tbe further st. As the waters subsided, a huge wave of dark, muddy water rolled from Hiliett’B reef towards the New York shore, but its foree was soon spent, und before it reaohed the shore it was incapable of damage. The spectators were so surprised at tbe apparent in significant result that many were inclin ed to believe that only a portion of th terrible dynamite had exploded, aud that their ears would yet be stunned by the deafening report of a greater explo sion, but no further noise was heard, the mine had indeed been fired and tbe work of seven years had culminated The crowds, however, still Huge ed ex pectantly, their eyes turned in the di ration of the spot where the oloud ol white foaming water had risen a few minutes pr< viously. TUe Efleets of the Explosion Was felt but very slightly ou the steam era and tugs. It was sif they had struck a log and experienced a trifima shock, ©n Ward's Island and Black well, where the city officials and invited guests were assembled, the shock war very distinctly felt, but no damage wa* done. Four guards had been placed at various points on the river to keep the channel clear, aud the spectators on these boats felt the tremor very slightly. There was no palpable shock after tiie explosion, and after some little display of enthusiasm, the crowds be gnu to dispurse, the oars and carriage* that had conveyed them to the scene were again filled to suffocation and tilt various river steamers were also crowd ed. Many persona took tbe boat to As toria, as it was expeoted that the sfver* shock would be experiened there Prob ably the best point of observation, and one that was well patronized by specta tors, was o the shore if East river, a' the foot of 92 1 street. From this poim of view, immediately after tbe firing o' the mine, the spectators saw a long ridge of seething foam suddenly rise, and from its centre a column of water ascended to a he ght variously estimat ed at from forty to seventy feet, which was almost immediately followed by a i still greater body of water, intermingled ! with fragments of the rook, shattered I timber and mnd. The jar to the grouun was distinct, but not so severe as t< cause any alarm; in fact, from first to { last tii- w’bole affair passed off so safely, i and with so little of the outward ele j mouts of danger, that the spectator* were astonished, and so expressed them uo{ XT AST Tbe Sllcfat Report, As heard from the city, the cxpjosioD ; sounded something like a volley of mus ketry at a considerable distance; uocom -1 motion of the atmosphere was felt. A slight tremor of the earth, wbioh was most prominently marked on the high ! ground, was experienced Thousand* > occupied places on the roofs and lofty buildings up town on the cast side, but saw nothing, owing to the atmosphere being thick with failing rain. Others in different parts of the city waited anxiously, watch in hand, for the explo ! sion, and all were astonished at tbe slightness of the shock and the low re ■ port. From 84 h street up every wharf, aud the roof of every house, was crowd ,ed with people. Beyond 70th street the crowd* were so great that the police had ! difficulty in pre-erviug order. On a large vacant space beyond 88th street at least 10,000 people were gathered • Driukiog gardens and other places of re etjrt aloDg the river side did a very prosperous business in letting oat seats to spectators at profitable prices. Gen> ral Newton’s daughter, Mary, a child aged three years, touched the key which exploded Hallett’s Point reef. History of the Work—Hell Gate and IU Dangers Described—*een Year* ot wteady Labot —t'harueier and General Finn of tbe Operations— Tenuel# Under the Sea— Genpewder, NUre-Glyreruie, Dynamite and Electricity. The reef at Hell Gate, or Hallett’s Point, is a ledge of rock running from the shore of Long Island oat into the channel. It rnus from the upper end of Blackwell’s Inland, under the channel in a northeasterly direction, and makes its appearance at Hallett’s Point, As toria. It is at this point that the enormous excavations in the bowels of the rock have been going on for the past few years. The reef is a strat fled gneiss rock, possessing a considerable degree of hardness, and the work of mining through it has been conducted with considerable difficulty. The ebb ing and flowing of the tide oause a furious current to fi >w through the pass, and that together with the shallow depth of water over the rock ia the canse of the danger to the shipping that pass to and fro from the harbor to tbe Sound. These currents are created by a difference in the rime, and con sequently of the level of the tides in New York Bay and Long Island Sound The obstructions presented by the rocks and narrow chanueis of the East river to of the tidal wave from the ocean pause an accumlation of water iu the basin of the lower Hudson and New York harbor, which reaches its maxi mnm level folly two hours and a half before the same condition is reached by the tidal wave at toeil Gate Thus, when it is high water at Sanay Hock at 8:25, p. ns., it will be 9:10, p. m , at Governors Island apd 10.55, p. m., at Hell Gate before tha highest level is reached, and vice verm. This causes a sort of oscillation or a! ter at ion of levels, which pro duce a furious current over the rocks, and through Hell Gate channel. Jx has been observed that the variation ot the current directions are caused by tbe conditions regulating their flow each as the tides being spring or neap tides, the direction and strength of the Winds, etc. The depth of the channel over the J-dge varies from a few feet up to 26 or 82 fast. The rook shelves off gradually, but the excavations are not carried out beyond tbe iins of the 26 feet soundings. Tha danger of Ups tfiQt is thus described by General Newton : “Beside the risk of striking the reef, ft produces eddies on both sides of it ac cording to the direction of the tidal enr sents, and is mnob in the way of ve*sele comi g down with the ebb, in tbe rffiort to hag tbe shore and thus avoid being thrown on the middle reef. It ia equal ly in the way of large ai>d small vessels, and its removal is an essential element in the improvement of the channel.” Bcilixi** the Work. The necessity of removing this ob struction has always been felt, and in 1848, Lienten nt Commanders Davis and Porter made a survey of Hell Gate, by which a complete knowledge of tbe hydrography of the pass was obtained. In 1851. under tbe direction* of M. Moillepert, the experiment of surface blasting was made, the money therefor being contributed bjr New York mer chants, bnt the plan did not suooeed very well. Surface blasting is done by means of a cartridge, filled with ex posives, Jaid upon the surface of the rook, and the superincumbent water acts as a tamp. The plan worked very well with sharp pointed rooks and iedges, which shelved on rapidly into deep water, bnt where there was a broad surface it did not operate very well. I'n 1866 Brevet Major-General John H Newton took charge of the operation xnd they have been coDduoted under bis lupervision np to the present time. By he aid of drill scows he has removed a • nmber of reefs and rocks in the E st iver channel from Governor’s Island to Ballett’s Point. It was found by experi ment that, owmg to the peculiar forma non of the ledges, no impression conld oe made opon the Hell Gate reef, and it was then determined to resort to t e mere tediois and elaborate method of mining under the ledge from the shore and blowing the whole thing into the or. The ledge extends out into the channel iu a northeasterly direction (bout 400 feet, bnt th’ longest tunnel or ueading only extends out 296 feet. This s the first instance of sab-marine tun aeling to remove obstructions in the channel. The general plan of such ope rations was devised by the late Mr. G 0. Reitbeimer, and the system was idbpted by General Newton, with tne -pproval of the other Government engi neers. So far as the operations at Hell Gate have been developed, there has been no reason to regret the adoption of the plan. Tbe Overalien*. The reef, according to General New ton’s report, is “in shape an irregular -temi-eolipse, the longer axis, wb'oh lies • itxt to the shore, bemg 720 feet in length, and the shorter semi-axis pro jecting into the channel about 300 feet. he cubic contents above the depth of 2(1 feet at mean low water amoun'ed, be fore any excavation was made, to 51,000 •übio yards.” So much for the nature of the rock upon whioh they were to •cerate. Work was begun in July, 1869 The first thing in order was ttn jonstruotion of a coffer dam upon tbe ■dge of the reef adjoining the Long I1 <nd shore. It is in the form of a poly gon, its longest diameter parallel with the shore being 145 feet, and the short est out on the retf 90 feet. Inside of . this ci ff-r dam a shaft, having the form •fa trapezoid, was snQk to a depth of 33 feet below low water mark. Its di ameter is somewhat less than that of the differ dam. When the bottom had been reached the work on the headings or unnels was oommenoed. These are ten n number, and lead off into the rock on a grade conforming to the slope of the bottom above. They tary in length from 296 36 feet to 185 76 feet, and ra diate out from the central shaft like -pokes from the hub of a wheel. As the distance from the central shaft, or “hub,” increased, the spaces between< the headings were pieroed witn supple mentary tunnels or headings, varying in length from 163 feet to 30 or 40 feet. Chose were connected with each other md with the main headings by a series of transverse galleries, uutil the whole ledge was boueycombed with caverns, ind the roof only supported by rock tolumns left for the purpose. The tun uels average 20 feet in height at their portals, and 10 feet in width. There ire 8> tunnels and 11 transverse galle ries, forming a complete net work an er the channel, the ground plan of which is not nnlike a fan in shape. Around the “breast,” or further oironmfereDoe of 'beheadings, ruusaditoh which collects the water that leakes through the fis sures of the rock roof, and is pumped out by steam pumps,. In some p.aces the roof is not over four feet thick. The rook has been shattered to a certain ex tent by the explosives used in blasting out the tunnels, aud consequently, there are numerous leaks in the rocf that ad mit considerable water. This roof iB supported by J. 72 columns, and now the work forms a net Worfc of caverns under the channel, which seems like the haqnts of the genii of the deep. About 50,000 cnbie yards of rock have been i amoved, md up to he present time tbe work has cost a little less than $1,000,000. The woik of drilling has been performed with Burleigh drilling machines, ope rated by compressed air, the air com pressers being located iu buildings on the bstik The compressed air was oon luoted to the drills through India rub ber tubes. The explosives used were uitro-glyoerine, dynamite, vuloan pow der, reudrook and gunpowder, accord ng to tne nature of the blast aud the ebaraoter of the rock. Great oare had to be used in making the discrimination, and i;lpo not to charge the holes too heavily, too great an explosian mi ht have broken through the poof, letting in the water and drowning ru£ tbe work men. As it is, there is considerable water leaks in, and the pumps are kept constantly at worjp. Daring tbe seven years that the work ha* been in progress there have been fre quent delays from the exhaustion of the appropriations made by Congress for river and harbor improvements, bnt at last the fi al stage of the work has been reached, and the work of mining the piiUrs and roof is Agoing on and will probably |>s completed to-day or to morrow. Holes bsfyo been drilled in the -npporting columns apd ip the r°°f- These holes are 3.678 in number and are arranged in groups of 20, and each one is closed with a white pine plug bear ing on the end the number of the hole. All tbe plugs iu a group are oonneoted by strings, and thus pppfnsiou is avoid ed. These holes are charged with the cartridges, which are tin cans, from If to 2) of an inch in diameter and about 22 inotußS long.- 1 here are three classes ot these cartridge*, p§ph class being filled with an explosive material of a different strength. They are delivered paekefi in boxes a ioof square and two feet long Tbe manner of Is as follows: A plug is withdrawn from the bole and a cartridge of tbe least ex plosive power is inserted and pushed into position with a long stick. Another of the next higher explosive grade is in serted and that is followed by another still higher. The plug is then returned to the hole until such tijpe as the work men are ready to put ia the exploding cartridges, which are filled with dyna mite with fulminating caps. AH the caps in a group will be connected with a wire running from one to the .other and the ends of these wires will be eocuept ed with two wires running thorough the ohamberp) and which are called “lead wires ” Tiiewe prill connect with the electrio battery which it lopated in a bomb proof structure on the hang near tbe edga of the shaft. The mine will be fired by General Newton, in person, from a position on a high point of land, back of tbe mine. By means of a wire connecting with a small torpedo on tbe top of the bomb proof structure he will send an electric spark from a small bat tery, which will explode the torpedo and sever the string by which the plates of the battery inside the building are sus pended. They will fall into the fluids of the battery, aud sec tile electric cur rents io motion along the wires that lead to the etiambers of th* mine. In an in stant every charge ip ro< f or pillar will be explode i simjuijtaueo#siy, and the surf nun of the reef will fall in. ft should be stated that after tbe charges have been placed in position, the shaft and chambers will be fitted with wat*r, by means of a large syphon. This will take about a day. Tbe water will act as a tamp, increasing the force of the explo sion. About 40,000 pounds of nitro glyaerice and other explosives have been used in charging the holes. There has been a great 4<°al of expec tation and conjecture as to the effect of the explosion. Many suppose there will be a grand display and that tons of rock and enormous jets of water will be burled into the air, and some enterpris ing individuals have been creating stands and seats on the opposite shore to witness the explosion, but General New t n says they are all doomed to disap pointment He would like to give the poblio a show, but pe cannot The charges are so distributed that the force of ibe blast will e mply disintegrate and . shatter the rock, crumbling it to pieces, |as it were. The change in depth will > not be very great until the mass of rock which f illp into the caverns is dredged j out. So far as the force of the explo i sion is felt ou the land, General Newton ’ thinks that beyond the possible break ing of a few window panes there wilt be no damage, and he advisee peop e near the work to leave their doors and win dows open when the explosion takes place. He thinks a Might shock majf be felt along the shore fur about a half a mile each wag, bnt does not believe that the nononsslon, either in the si? or tfie earth, will be felt in the city. After Hie explosion tbe dredging opt of the rock will commence, and the speed with which this work is pushed forward will depend altogether upon the amount of money there it to expand upon it. SOUTH CAROLINA. A REVIEW OF THE RECENT TROUBLES. A Fall aad Impartial Aeeaaat f tha Late Piatarhaare The Nearaaa tha Aegreasara Thranghaat —Tha Whites Aetiag Hlaplr la BelGDefeaM—The Caadaet ef the ‘-Coneti tetlooallst” CmlaunUA Werd to the •HMdeet Democratic Paver-” * [Special Correspondence Ouroniete and Sentinel. J Bbowk's Hill, Arm Countt, 8. C., September 22.—1 t is well known that onr people have submitted tb more in dignities, outr igee and oppressions than any civilized and enlightened people in the world’s history. We are taxed with out representation; ignorance stalks forth in our legislative halls; the judi ciary is bribed; trial by jury is a mere farce; officers high in authority rob the poblio treasury; petty offioeholdeis steal the hard earnings of the poor; the widow an 1 the orphan have been robbed; frauds have time and again been perpe trated upon the jury box, those who are selected to vindicate both pnblio and private rights, upon the preservation of which depends the very existence of so ciety; our people have been murdered; nameless outrages have been pe pe trated npon our wives and daughters; onr gin houses and barns have been burned; onr store rooms and meat houses entered, and our supplies Btolen;' our hogs and cattle killed by the hnn dreds, nntil even now many families have not had meat or milk daring the past Summer, and yet all these have we submitted to —yea,‘more, in hopes that something would turn up to relieve us from the wrongs under whioh we were groaning, and which we had so long and so patiently endured, that tbe sober sec ond thought would return to the people of the North, our oommon kindred, and the cry would have been heard long ere this, shame! shame 1 aha e 1 It would ocoupy too large a spaed in your valuable paper to enumerate tbe many outrages our unoffending people have been made to Buffer, many of which would make the blood ourdle in tbe veins of every true Southron, and I therefore forbear for the present. I do hope our papers will not give pub licity to the thousand and one idle ru mors aud reports from persons of over excited and imaginative minds. I w s present from the inception to the close of the recent riots in Aiken county. I now propose to give yonr readers a suo oinct statement of all I know in regard to this much to be regretted but fotoed remedy of Radical misrule. Your read ers have already been inf >rmed of t)ie attempted assassination of Mrs. Harley and her little bod, and the shooting of the negro Peter Williams. It has been known to ns for some time that the ne groes have been drilling and organizing for the purpuao of making an advanoe on the whites, and not only with the sword but with tbe toroh, ana we have been informed from time to time of their movements, and the only reason there diabolioal threats have not been put into execution long Binoe, was they were too poor to pnrohase ammunition. Tbe killing of Williams, the negro, only pre oipitated tbe coiiflbt between the races a little too soon for them, and jnst in time for us. Information was communicated to us the day after the shooting that Miok Holland’s cohorts would arrest a number of gentlemen, [this we obtained from a faithful negro), and we determined that it should not be done unless it was done legally, for we felt sure they only wanted an opportuni ty of murdering them. So on Saturday night we placed ont pickets, guarding the roads leading from Ronse’u bridge. Daring tbe night tbe negroes made an advance, but finding our men, fell back to the bridge. Next morning (Sunday) we determined to advanoe with onr little foree. Two men were sent in advanoe so as not to oreate any unnecessary ex oitement, and to know from them what they proposed doing. They were in force, and when the two gentlemen ap proaohed they were surrounded on all sides with sixteen-shoote sand all sorts of arms, cocked and presented at their breasts, and only their coolness saved them. Oar men turned to leave followt and by an infuriated baud of sav ages as fieroe as ever inhabited the Blaok Hills, cursing and swearing vengeance on the whites, and when our men had reached within one or two hundred yards of us they were fired on. The fire was returned and some few of the ne groes wounded. Even then we drew off .nr foroes, preferring to prevent, if possible, the effusion of blood. We then procured the services of a negro woman and sent to them, saying that we would send two of our men to confer with two of theirs. The woman soon retnrned and said they would meet us eqni-distsnt. Our menjjwent, bnt they did not oome. We again sent the wo man, but they kept her as a prisoner, and, after waiting several hours, a gen tleman who resided in the neighborhood proposed that he would go and try and reconcile them. After a time he re turned, and informed us that six of their leaders would meet a like number of us. The conference was had, and the result was that each force should immediately disband and return to their homes. While they reiterated again and again that they would comply with their part of the agreement, we oould see in their and the expression of their countenances an undercurrent which ere long would bnrst forth with ten fold more fury— the teachings of suoh men as Palmer, Elliott, Lee aDd others. We had proceeded about a miie in the' direction of onr homes when a gen tleman overtook us and said that they had not disbanded, and that it would be en dangering tbe liyes of the people in the vicinity to leave, so we deter ined to send three discreet men, and flay to them we were on onr May home aud had com plied with our part of tbe agreement After waiting for a time, they returned and informed us that four negroes had presented their double-barreled guns, oocked, at their breasts, and that it wa* with the greatest difficulty they oou and save their lives. Under all these pro vocations we forbore to strike. Many of us had not reached our homes when a courier arrived, giving the news that a party pf paep. who had parted with u* but a short time, had peep bushwhacked, some wounded and several snpposed t< he killed. The rest is known. Tearingop tbe railroad track, marohiug into Ellen ton next morning,bidding defiahoe to all. and threatening the lives of many citi zens, the e have already been published in your paper. Now we desire to tarn oar at tention to the “oldest Demooratii paper in Georgia.” The editor in his comments of the letter on one color ed man, Jefferson, stigmatizes the peo pie of Booth Carolina as murderers, and 'pat the better thinking classes of both races of yopr State pad concluded to lei S nth Oarolipa alone. Now to say the least pf it, it was unkind, it wa* duel to make such false accusation against the good people of oar Btste, when the' editor and proprietors get a large share of their pap from the accused murder ers, and J am sure the good citizens ol this State will let alone the “oldest Daopgratio paper in the Georgia,” and give onr supped Jo those papers who uphold right against wreug. Thank God there are thousands, noble, gallant spirits in your State who will assist nt if we used their services, without the aid or assistaxiiAe of the editor or the proprietors of that paper. Blot out from history South Carolina and yon blot out one of the brightest page* which' sdojrps A mer i° a - 6 never would have thought that we would have lived to hear on the bundredtL year of our existence as an independen' Republic onr people characterized as as sassinß—tbe home of Lowndes, Rutledge, Marion, Sumter, Hampton, Calhoun and many other noble, gallant, shining lights. We have always believed out men as brave, onr statesmen as intel lectual, and onr people as honorable as any in this Union, and were not aware that her fair escutcheon bad ever been stained by innooent blood nntil inform ed by “the olfie f Democratic paper in Georgia." If this bp Democracy, away with it; it is not the school in whioh w. were taught. If resistance to armed bands of savages who rob, murder and commit all kinds of depredations be marder, then we are murderers, and bid oefianoe to “the oldest Democratic pa per in Georgia" and its teachings. B. Tha Sommer Hill Democracy—Determined to Protect Colored Democrat*—Col. A. P. Batter’* Speech. IStteoial Correspondence Chronicle and SentineLl Hmiiriw Hill, 8. C., September 25 The intimidation of negro Democratic voters oontinnes in our midst; so alarm ing has it become that at a recent meet ing of the Summer Hi* l Democratic Clqb the following resolution was offer ed and unanimously adopbd: Resolved, That if any member of this Clnb on account of his connection with it should be ]pilled r we will oonsider it not only pur duty, bgt onr highest privilege tolpaje for tfcnee who were de pendent upon him. CpL A. P. Botler warmly seooude the resolution, aud in his remarks, advocating its adoption, he pointed to an old negro and said: “We were boys together; my happiest day* were spent in climbing the hill sides, and roaming the woods with him ; his fight was my fight; but at last a change eama upon us— he and his color became estranged from me and chine. He was my bitterest ene my. No* why was this ? The answer is easy; their mipdgware poisoned; they were told that we thirtted for tbpir blood; that if we were again placed in oontrpf of the government that we wou;d make slaves <4 them, god anbject them to the severest torture; they wpro igno rant and naturally belleyed what they heard. Now after years ot delusion and suffering they are retomiaf to Ike 4y friends they have, their old masters, and the unscrupulous carpet-baggers and un principled men of their own color are realizing that tbe only way they have of retaining control of the negro and. his vote is to practice intimidation, and I pledge myself and every white member of this Club to shed 'the last drop of blood in onr veins if necessary in their protection.” - The negroes thanked him for his promises and expressed their determina tion to stand by the Democratic ticket; and othere who have been too badly frightened to unite themselves with ns are now asking the privilege of joining the Club. A resolution has been adopt ed by the Club to furnish tbe colored members with Tilden and Hampton uni forms, and it will soon be done. B. A MINISTER’S PARROT. Shwta Haw Bleaaad It to Sometime* to Recant Good far Evil. [Chicago Tritnene ] There is an editor on Harvard street who never gets home till loDg after mid night, and he has a neighbor who is a clergyman, possing a parrot that has a voice like a planing mill. The parrot’s cage is hung out about daybreak, and just as the long-suffering editor is get ting his first sleep and drea iiug that be has scooped all the other papers on a big Indian battle, the parrot gives a war-whoop that makes all the window’s in the ward rattle, and then goes off into a series of shrieks, whistles and yells enongh to torn the milk sour in Oioero and set the teetll of all hands on edge. The performance lasts till about nine o’clock, and whenever it shows any signs of flagging the clergyman oomes ont and with an almond or lamp of sugar stimulates the accursed bird to new frenzies. At least, this is how things used to be. They are changed now. One evening in June, when the editor went home to dinner, hiß wife said : “George, I have some news fur yon.” “Ah, my love is it exclusive?” “Our neighbors are going away for the Summer to Perry Springs.” “I hope they are going to take that parrot with them ” “No; and wliat da you thiuk? They had the impudence to c use and ask'if we would take care of the bird for them while they are gone. Did yon ever? I’d like to wring its neck for them while they are gone.” A smile that was horrible to see illumi nated the editor’s face as he hissed in a Iqw, concentrated voice : “ My dear, we should always try and retnrn good for evil. I will take oare of that bird.” Next day the minister went away, and tbe editor set himself assiduously to train the parrot in the way he should go. He had a room padded and the walls deadened, and he bang the cage up in it. Then he went and hired two A. D. T. messengers and bought a horse sy ringe and a water barrel, and installed the boys in charge of the parrot. “My sons,” he said, “little parrots that shouldn't sing, bnt will sing, must be made not to sing. Whenever that bird lets off a oheep syringe him with ice water.” The boys earned out the in strnotiens so faithfully that in less than a week the bird was silent as the tomb. “Aha I” said the editor, “his mind is now a ‘tabula rosa,’ and prepared to re teive proper instruction. He must now be taught, and first I shall attend to his musical education.” Accordingly he hired a man from a variety show on Canal street to teaoh that parrot to whis tle all the popular airs of the day, such as “Yum I Yum 1 Yum I” “Saw my leg off 1” “As I was going ever the bill 1 saw a maid milking a billy goat.” Then the vocalist taught that parrot all the cries of the street peddlers, and how to swear in fine |!>rint without tbe use of glasses. “No,” said the editor trium phantly, "if I can teach him the value of time I shall be well repaid.” By dint of syringing the bird with ioe water when he offended and comforting him with almonds, he reduced the bird to the status of a feathered alarm clock, set to go off with unerring regularity at 11:30, p. m , and 10:30, a. m., and war ranted not to ran down nntil the whole peiformance had been gone through with according to programme. The parrot’s education had cost him a heap of money and much trouble, but he did not regret it. A week ago yesterday the minister re turned by the 7:30, p. m., train, and re oeived his precious bird. The editor went home on the 10:30 car, lit his ci gar, opened the window, and with a calm smile of expectancy, listened. The clock had just strnck 11:30 when there oame a yell of “fire!” that probably startled everybody in the block except the editor. “Lie still, my love,” he said calmly to his wife, “it is only the parrot. There is no danger.” The fear ful cry was repeated, the editor heard sounds as if the minister and all his family were jumping out of bed, theD windows were opened on all sides, and he had the pleasure of seeing the man who kept the key of the signal box (and wasn’t insured) tear along the stree* in his Slippers and turn in %n alarm A few minutes afterward the fire bells rang, and the engines came tea ing up to tbe house, whence shouts of “Fire !” were issuing. The minister had to go down and explain, and one of the dnv ers remarked audibly that he’d punch the old snoozer’s head off for a nickle Meanwhile the parrot kept on yelling “Police I" “Fire l” “Ripe peaches 1 flf teen cents a peck!” “Stror 1” “Ap pools I” and the like, till about 2:15, a. m. The editor, with a sweet smile, fell asleep, leaving word to call him at 10 It was the blessed Sabbath, a bright, *uany morning. The street was crowd ed with churchgoers. A number of dea cons had palled to welcome their pastor homeand oonduot him to theoburch. The parrot had been do*>ug on perch in the son, but as the church bells, one after another, began to chime, he began to get exoited. Presently the 10:30 bell struck its first note, and, punctual to the second, tbe minister, his fam'ly and friends appeared upon the piazza. Punc tual to the second, also, the parrot above them yawned, scratched his ear and re marked, “Q Erebus 1” (He said it in English.) General attention was at once riveted, and he continued in a honeyed to:>e, “How’s El zibeth ? ’ then bnrst in a clear, melodious whistle. “Yum I Yum 1 Yum l” then exhorted everybody in his hearing (calling them a set of to gp to and be I An immense sensatioD was created, apd the police papie up and said the minister mast stop the bird. ,and not oreate a publio nuisance, or he’d have to come along. Finally the minister got the bird into the woodshed and put a lot of old car pets over him, but his hair had nearly 'nrned gray; and after a terrible day and night, he. went to the Tribune office early on Monday and inserted thp fol lowing : FOR SALE—A valuable Parrot, speak? aud whistles fluently. Owner only parts with him on aegnant of ill-health. Pr.oe lew. Ad dress, X, 999 Tribune office. MAX ADELER’S “RECORD.” He Determines to Ran for the Preeideney, and Defend* Hl* Put Act* of Fiendtohne** —He Will btanda Upon the Facto. We are sorry to say that Max Adeler has determined to rqu |°? the Presiden cy. His platform is thus announced in the New York Illustrated jPeeAty.’ I have pretty mnoh made np toy mind now to run for the Presidency. What the country wants ifl who cannot be injured by investigation of his past history, so that tbe enemies of the party will be unable to rake up against him things that nobody ever heard of before. If yon know the most aoout a candidate, to begin with, every attempt to spring things on him will be check mated. Now I am goiDg to enter the field with an open record. lam going to own up in adyancp tq all the yri°ked ness I have done, apd if any Congres sional Committee is disposed to prowl around my biography, in the hope of finding any dark and deadly deed which I have sepreted.why PlhWl- Iu the first plspe, I admit that I d|d tree a rheumatic grandfstb er cf mine in the Winter of 1850. He was old sod re export in climbing trees, but with a heartless brutality that ia characteristic of me, I ran him ont the front door iD his nightshirt, at the point of a shot gun, and caused him to bowl np a maple tree, where he remained all night while I emptied shot into his legs. I did this because he snored. I will do it again if [ ever have another grandfather whd snores. I am as inhuman how as I ever was in 1359. No rheumatic person *hall snore in my house. I candidly acknowledge that I ran away at the battle of Gettysburg. My friends have tne4 40 smooth over this fact by asserting that I got behind a tree; that I did so for the purpose of imitating Washington, who went into the woods at Talley Forge to say his orayers. It is s miserable Bgbtfrfage. I cut s straight line for t{ie Tropic of Caneer umrsty becaare I was scared. I wanted my c nntry saved, but I pre (erred haring somebody pise paye her. I entertain that preference yet. If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon mouth, I * W*U>P§ t° g° there for it, providing the cannon is empty, ff is is loaded, my immortal and inflexible purpose ts to get sudden ty oyer the fence and go home. My in- j variable practise in war hsa been to bring ont of any given fight two-tbirds more men than I took in. This seem* to me to be Napoleonic in its grandeur. The last time | r*B for the Presiden cy there was some unpleasant talk about my implication ia a transaction with the Widow Pollock’s duck*. Tbe matter was hashed op; but I have no objection to admitting the troth respecting it. I have always had a taverito theory that roast riuoks were conductive) to hysteri cal symptoms, and as every instinct of my nature prompts me to protect the widow from the- ravages of hysteria.il entered the coop in the garden and re gretfully but firmly removed those duck. The fact that she began a prose cution against me is not a matter of oonßequeoca.* It is the fate of the phi lanthropist to be misunderstood. Bnt duty iircny guiding star, and if it leads me to ducks or destruction I shall fol low it. My financial views are of the most decided charaoter, but they are not like ly. perhaps, to inorease my popularity with the advocates of inflation and contraction, I do insist upon the special supremacy of rag money or hard money. The great fundamental principle of my life is to take any kind I can get. The rumor that I buried a dead aunt under one of my grape vines is founded on fact. The vine needed fertilizing, my aunt had to be buried, and I dedica ted her to that high purpose. Does that unfit me for the Presidency ? The Con stituteof our country does not say so. No ether oitizeu was ever considered unworthy of the offioe because he en riched his grape vines with bis relations. Why should I be selected as the first victim of an abused p ejudioe? I admit, also, that I am not a friend of the poor man. I regard the poor man, in his present condition, as so much wasted raw material. Cut up and prop erly canned he might.be useful to fatten the natives of the Cannibal I-lands, and to improve onr export trade with that region; I shall recommend legislation upon the subject in my first message. My campaign cry will be: “Dissicate the poor workingman! Stuff him into sansges 1” These are about the worst parts of my reoord. On them I come before the couutry. If my countrv don’t waut me 1 will go back again. But I recommend myself as a safe man—a man who starts from the basis of total depravity and proposes to be fiendish to the last. E.UOK.Y COLLEGE. Anniversary ot the Phi Gunns Society. tyVom an Occasional Corrssponde ni l Oxford, September 25.—0 u Friday last the Phi Gamma Literary Society oelehrated its thirty-ninth anuiversaiy. At 10J o’olock, a. m , Mr Dußose, % of Washington, having donned to satisfac tion his purple robes of state, ascended the President’s chair and called the house to order. His stately bearing, “backed” by. his good looks, soon se cured the attention of ladies and gentle men, when he auDounced th t the house would he opened with prayer by Dr. Haygood. Mr. Ansley, of Qriffin, then introduced in an eloquent speech Mr. Akin, of Oartersville, the anniversarian of the occasion. Mr. Akin very soon gained the attention of his andience and, by the beauties of his speeoh and soundness of his logic, retained it for forty-five minutes. He stated to his bearers that though some of them had for thirty-eight years— the young (?) girls, of course— heard anniver sary speeches iu Oxford, yet some glean ings had been left for him, and very soon demonstrated the truth of this statement to the delight of the beauty and genius before him. His theme was the South, and while discussing her politios, past and present, in a manner which many of the present politicians would have been proud of, he also laid at the foot of the Lost Cause many beau tiful flowers; here, of oourse, he suc ceeded, for be excels many of the beaux of our city in attentions and tributes to the beautiful ladies. He discussed the questions i aised impartially, and advo cated unity between the North and South. HA reviewed the South physi cally and financially, and paid touohing tributes to her patriotism. His speech was replete with convincing logic, per fect rhetoric and able suggestions, which I have not time here to enumerate. His declamation was exceedingly good, though he stated that he was troubled much with an affection of the he-a r-t, 1 mean throat. His gestures were beau tiful, and oe especially riveted the at tention of three of Oxford’s beauties. He retired under the merited applause of his audience, and a beautiful bou quet, which seemed to relieve hi# above mentioned affection, for the way he bowed was a sin. There is no telling what bouquets can accomplish when the ladies make and send ‘them. Among these who enthused Mr. Akin by their august presence were Messrs. Garrard— who intends to visit “ ma and them ” soon—Muuroe, of Florida; Walker, of North Carolina, T. C. Mason, who has just recovered fro a an attack of the heart disease, and the faculty—l don’t mean from an attack of the Faculty—no insinuations wh tever intended. Misses Branham,E. and K. Stewart and Miss S. Stone enlivened the audience The Few Anniversary comes off next Friday, and shall be reported in due time. Incognitos. COLUMBIA COUNTY. Court Week—Enthusiastic Meeting of tbe Democracy—Speeches From Capt. Eve, Gen. Dußose and Judge Twiggs. [Special Correspondence Chronicle and Senlinei.] Appling, September 25 —Court met at 10:30, am., Judije Gibson presiding. The visiting bar was well represented by Judge Snead, Maj G. T. Barnes, Gen. Thad Oakman, J. P. Verdery, Warren Mays, Leonard Phinizy Solicitor-General Jackson, Judge H. D. Twiggs, from Richmond oounty; Reese and Gen. Du- Bose, from Wdkee; Messrs. Tutt, Coll v, Roney and Hudson, from McDuffie; Messrs. Shockhy and More, of the local bar. As soon as the grand jury was or ganized and a special jury struck, Court adjourned for the purpose of beam g Gen. D. M. Dußose, Presidential Elector, from the Eighth Congressional District <*n the political issues of the day Capt. F. E. Eve, Alternate from the Eighth Congressional District, intro duced the General in the following man ner : Fellow Citi*bnß— The pleasing duty has devolved upon me of introducing to you, if it be necessary, the Hon. D M Dußose, e* Member qnd Presidential Elector (row this Congressional Dis- and one entitled to the proudest distinction of all, one of the much con temned “Confederate Brigadiers.” Shades of th- immortal Lae and Jack son ! think how the mighty have fsllep. In pbrsuit of that sueered at title how many gallant souls are now in that dread hereafter, and the bones of how many thousands are now rapidly assimilating with tbe dust from the bieak banks of the Susquehanna to the magnolia skirted line of the Rio Grande, wffo dared all to gain fhat “bubble reputa tion,” as theif vacant places by the fami ly hearthstone hear sttd evidence. "Per them (to more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No ohildr. n run to U>-p their sire’s return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.” Though all the proud hopes that ani mated us when first we buckled on our sabre, or shouldered our musket, have long been extinguished, yet, as we reckon the grevions disappointments and sad losses that have befallen us; as we look upon these desolate fields but half tilled, on'cp so yerdant, these resi dences, once so well cared for, now gradually mouldering away; as we see the want, the cares, the misery depicted upon faces scarce a score of years ago beaming w' th hopeful joy cpd happi ness; as WP look forward to a future, although “hope springs eternal in the human breast,” the question naturally arises, upon what can we base that hope ? And shall we not, brother sol diers, retain the prond consciousness of having vindicated our self-resptct? Has not our manhood been proven on many a hotly contested battle field, as onr | Northern brethren, “sometime our foe,” ! can testify? Are oqr 'scars, that we once showed wjth so much pride, now to be concealed and referred with bated breath, ag if wp shamed to acknowledge tfie justice of the caqse ip which they were received. “He jests at scars that npypr felt a wound ” Has the Confederate soldier forfeited all claim to take position under this Government ? Is it your will that naught should be left us but “to shoul der our crutch and show how fields were won.” Disbelieving that any such sen timents can obtain in tbe pf any true man in tfcia secern blage, I present to you Meßeral’pudley Iff. Dußose. The General spoke in his usual felici tous manner. Your reporter being so much interested he neglected to notes. Reform of course was (fip fcey-note; speaking of ffie appropriating propensi ties ai Grant’s Cabinet, and how Belk nap concealed bi rascality under the shadow of his wife’s petticoat, it being more efficacious than old “Mother Eve’s fig leaf apron.” After a brief but yery pointed speech, he tp (fudge If. DD. Twjgss, (produced by Captain live, who certainly exceeded anything i have heard on this campaign. If the Judge acquitted himself as well pi beuil Qall, he deserypz alt (be praise he received fi'nm the Boston journals. Hi fi iwery tropes of speech, bis apt poeti cal quotation*; biz resounding voice made a flue impression oo Colombia De mocracy which Will long be remember ed B. C. Albany, September 26 - — The Green back < onvention resolutions heartily end re tbe principles of tbe Indianapo iis Convention, and heartily support Cooper and Cary. There can be no busi ness prosperity until ail property is equally taxed, and demand that bonds auall bear their just share. Nomina tions : For Governor Bichard Mont gomery Griffin; for Lieutenant-Gover nor, Thomas Armstrong, and a lull State tMknh GEN. HAGOOD’S “POSSE” A REPORT OF OPERATIONS ON THE AIKEN LINE- The Chteena Called Oat by Judge \Vl**in Hageed la Chorge—The ‘Bally of the Col ored Democrat*—ln the Field—The Killed and Waanded. The following report was forwarded by Gen. Johnson Hagood to Judge 'Wig gin, on the 23d instant: Barnwell, S. 0., Sept. 23, 1876. Bon. P. L. Wtggin, Judge Second Cir cuit &outh Carolina : • Sir —Information having been received at this place, at 4, a. m., on the 19th instant, that the riot said to have origi nated in Aiken oounty from the armed resistance of negroes to the arrest of a negro by a colored magistrate, upon the charge of brutality upon a white woman, had extended into the upper portion of this oounty, some thirty miles hence, and that oertain white citizens, riding upon the highway, had been bush whacked by negres, one being killed and three wounded, you, before adjourn ing Court, directed me, with such men as I could control, to proceed tb the disturbed section and act as tbe posse comitatus, under the orders of' Mr. James Patterson, the county sheriff, in suppressing the riot and arresting the ringleaders. lat oncedispatohed couri ers to the white oitizens nearest the scene of the disturbance to act ln the matter, and to others from remote sec tions of the county to meet me at an appointed rendezvous, the sheriff ao oompanying me to the same. ? While awaiting the asseu bly of, these at the rendezvous, Mr. Patterson, ‘ with out my knowledge or consent, but ac tuated by the laudable desire to sup press the trouble without risk of blood shed, went forward to the disturbed dis trict While riding along the highway in his buggy, some eight miles in ad vance of me, he was fired upon three negroes, who immediately fled. They were bid in the bushes by the roadside, and did not challenge him. His first in timation of their presenee was a volley of slugs (ragged and broken bits of lead) fired. He is very seriously wounded,, but I trust will reoover. At daylight next morning the oitizens whom 1 had directed to meet me having reported, some of them having ridden forty mites the previous night, I moved forward'iuto the disturbed district, and thoroughly sooured that portion of it in this county. At Mr. Joseph Ashley’s pluce I found Mr. Patterson, and hud his wounds attended to by a surgeon who accompanied me, he having beeu unable to procure medical assistance up to that time. Mr. Patterson deputized Mr. John W. Holmes to discharge the duty he was now disabled from perform ing, and that gentleman aooompanied me from Mr. Ashley’s. I found that the white citizens from the vioinity together with those resident in the locality had completely suppress ed, for the present, at least, the riot; tbat the evil disposed negroes had fled to the swamps, and were then dispersed and disorganized. I made several ar rests, but in every Oase became satisfied that the parties were unjustly accused of participation iu the riot, and dis charged them. Deeming it undesirable to keep the oountry iu an unnecessary state of ex citement, I dismissed the citizens who had accompanied me to theiiphomes; and directed Mr. W. J. Wood and Mr. M. A. Rountree, reliable citizens of that section of the county, at once to procure warrants against four or five men whom I was satisfied had been ringleaders, and arrest and send them to Barnwell jail for trial upon their emergence from the swamps. Four hundred and seventy five citizens of the county mounted and armed responded, within thirteen hours, to the oall to preserve its peace; among whom I am pleased to memtion the Barnwell Cojfcred Democratic Club. Bo many exaggerated rumors have beeu rife in this matter that perhaps it may not be improper for me to give yeu what I think an approximation to correctness in the number of casualties. Only two white men have been killed; one seri ously and three slightly wounded. The number of negroes killed including the fighting in Aiken county, is probably thirty. There wks #ome incendiarism, and injury to the railroad, committed by the rioters. Respectfully, Johnson Hagood. Ad Admirable Speech by Jsdflfe Cooke—The Noisy Radical* Rebuked—Senator Smith Strikes a Blow for Hampton. Dispatch to the News and Courier. J Columbia, September 25. Judge Cooke was serenaded here to-night at the Wheeler House, and at the earnfest request of a number of citizens deliv ered a telling speech in behalf of Hamp ton and Reform. He was very earnest, and was listened to by a large crowd of both raoes. Some of the negroes were very noisy and offensive, inteirupting him ft*quently during his speech with shouts and cries, making it difficult at times for him to make himself he Yd. He gave them a scathing rebuke, saying that their oonduot convinced him further that he had acted wisely and well iu leaving their party, and advised them to make tbe most of their time now for such rioting, as they would have no more opportunities after the 7th of No vember. The disturbers were not inter fered with by the police or crowd,though the latter were very indignant. Senator Smith, of Barnwell, who has recently declared for Hampton, also spoke. 0. MoK. A QUEL TO THE DEATH. [ Correspondence of Vis DenverCVewt ] Colorado Springs, September 11.— A most fearful and startling tragedy oo curred in this vicinity on Sunday after noon. Dr. Solly was told in the morn ugby a Mr. J. A. L Sclilessinger to oall at the post office at 3:80, and get a letter he was expeotiug from France; tbat the letter would contain matters of importance, which he wished the doctor to telegraph to him at Pneblo, whither he was going on the two o’clock freight train. Dr. Solly called at the appointed time, but found no letters for young Sohleaainger, but two for himself from the*\oung man. One apologizing for the deceit, blit stated his object to get him (Solly) to the' office, the other, marked private, saying that h was going to fight a duel that afternoon, that fie expected to fall, am? desiring the doe tor, if not back by 4 or 4:3ft p. m.. to Hend to Lawson’s ranch for his body. By the lateness of the mail these letters were not seemed till after 5 o’clock — Dr. Solly consulted with some friends and decided to ride out to tbe point in dicated. In company yith Mr. Risely and Mr. Weitbock they proceeded to tbe ranch, forgetting, however, to pro vide lights, or even matches, and so they had to wait the rising of the moon to further their investigations. Some thirty yards from the ranch is a deep ravine, where the water rqahos in the wei|season, butleaving a smooth sur face when dry. Iu this they found the deal body of the young man, with a pistol shot wound entering the right breast aod passing entirely through the body. He had evidently fallen ip his tracks. A line was (parked opt ou the sand, as if by the heel of a boot, and on it lay the stiff, cold body. Further search (revealed a similar line twenty five feet to the south, on which were distinctly traced the marks of a man’s feet. The letter stated to Dr. Solly that if he fell his opponent wonld never be known; that all plans were matured for his escape from the country, apd that similar plans for himself were also per fected shonld th® Other die, in which case be (Solly) was to destroy the let ters, as the only evidence that could trace the crime hack to bjtr. The letter also (pld of a sealed pack age at fils room, which, if he fell, the doctor should destroy. The opening of this sealed paper or papers this after noon be ore tbP ooroner and jury may reveal other faots, and be the key to un ravel the whole mystery. A jury, con sisting of Major McAllister, Major Wagoner, Dr. I. K. Jiahber, Captain D’couroy, B. JV Cfruvell and William McComb'r, was empannctled end is now receiving testimony. Youpg iichleßsinger came here last April with General W. J. Palmer, Pres dent of the Denver and Bio Grande Railway, and has since acted gs bis pri vate Secretary. No possible clew has as yet beep obtained as to the mnrderer, but it is confidently believed that the sealed paekage confided to Dr. holly will reveal enongh to put tbe officers on his track. njL GILES’ ■Hpuniment IODIDE OF AMMONIA Cures Neuralgia. Face Ache, Ktoeuma ti m, Goat, Frosted Feel, Chilblains, *ore Thro t, Erysipelas, Bruises or Won ds of every kind in man or ani mal. Giles’ Liniment lodide of Ammonia bu been used by myself and family with sat,s --f notary results 1 recommend it to all p-rsouc suffering with pains or aches of any kind. It enrpaates anything I have ever used. O. H. MILTER. President Real Estate A Savings Bank, Balti more Md. Sold by all Druggists. Depot No. 451 Sixth Avenue, N. I. Only W agSG-dAwlm Agept. Hides, W 001, Wax, Ac. The highest oaah price will b Paid for sr&w °' dSWtf 141 Reynolds Street. THE WHITE FLAG. Hie 1 is Cast, Hie Dogs of ffarLel Loose. THE PANIC OF ’57 DON’T EQUAL THIS! EVERY WEEK! Read these Matchless Prices, from the Sheriff, the Bankrupt, the United States Marshal and the Assignee: THREE Million Yard* of EDGING. at lo. t 2o and 5o a Yard. 4.500 Yards LIMERICK LAOE. All Linen, at So. a Yard - 2,750 ROMAN TIES, one yard long, at 10. Ea< h. 700 Pieosa VAi.ENi.IENN tS LAOE, at 20. and 40. a Yard. Money is King, hat the power behind tha throne Pluck, Ambition* Brains and Energy these mike up the world’s history and make the few names that never die. Elegant WHITE FLANNELS, at 200 per Yard. IMPERIAL BERGKS. CASHMERE and BROCADED LLAMAS. at 900. and 250 nor Yard Beautiful SILKS, all oolois. at 350. per Vard. P In BLACK SiI.KS, we o <n at this date beat the man tint made them. 100 DoeenTOWELS, ]$ yards long, at 100 Each. 600 Doaen TOWELS, 1 yard long, at 6fo Each. 1,000 HUCKABACK TOWELS, all pure Linen, If yard* long, at 250. Esoh. These Towe Is are Spotman A Go ’s, of Eelfast. Ireland, who bursted for £3O 000 000 2.000 Dozen L\DlEb’ LINEN COLLARS, at lo Kaoh. 600 Dozen SO AP. known as 0 0. C„ at 2c. a (. aka. 6 0 D, zen KUCHING will arrive Tuesday, at lUo a Dozen. 600 Dozen KID - LOVES, Two Button, at 60 . per Pair. 75 Pieors I.O'SDAI.E sHInTtNO, at 90. a Ya and. Beautiful GRAY bli.K GLOVEB, at 1 Jo per Pair. Thousands of TOOTH BRUSHES, at 6c and 100. Eaoh, Millions of COMBS, from io. to 100. Eaoh. Twenty-six mouths ago we unfurled onr banner from the ramparts, unknown, unaided and unsung, and to-day we are pushing close for a' quarter of a million sales. 450 Pairs 10-4 BLANKETS, soiled onlv on edge, at t" 1 40 per Fair, worth 94 60. 26 Pieces BROWN TABLE DaMANK. yards wide, at 260. a Yard. Spotman k Co.'a Good-, of Belfast. 600 Dcs *n woven. Dimmed with Laoe. at 600. Each. 3iX> Dozen Superfine BRIITSH HALF HOSE, at 25c per Pair. 200 Dx *n Gents' LC. HvNDK 1 RCHI' Fd, at 26e. Eaoh, cost 890. god to import We still hold Schopper’s 90 B HO3 4 at 500. 90 Dozm SHIR 18. for the P >nr Ma'n. at 35c. Eaoh. HAIR PINS, lo a Paper; COMBS, 10. Eaoh. BLACKING. 2Jo. a Box. - 6-4 MELTON, at 60a. per Yard. 60 Pieces ALL WOOL OABcI 11EBES, at 800. per Yard.' Renee it is folly to talk of competing with such men as WHITE & CO.j it is worte than folly; it is waste of time, which no money can hay. J. B “WHITE & CO. JT. M. BURDELL, Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant, No, 6 Warrou Block, Augueta, (in, J~ advaooe made and strict attention to all Consignments, and Prompt Remittanoee. ser9 d9aw’mA'v9m Grange Fire-Proof Warehouse, No. 6 Mclntosh street,; Augusta, Ga. PLANTERS' UNION AGENCY oontinuoz the business of seU iu COTTON A.ISTy GRAIN At the same charges, viz: BAGGING and TIEB fn nished to p trons.—• Commission for selling cotton, 60c. pe.r bale. Grange seal or reference accompany orders. Storage—First week 10c. do F. V. BUKDECL, do Eaoh additional week.. 6c. do Superintendent. Drayage no. do sep23 w3m PLANTERS LOAN AND SAYINGS BANK, 823 Broad Street, CAPITAL, - - - SIOO,OOO, WITH STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY# Interest Allowed on Deposit*, T. F. BRANCH, President. J. T. NEWBURY, Oashior. DIRECTORS: THOS. W. COSKERY, GEN. M. W. GARY, JAMES L. GOW, ! JUDGE WM. GIBSON, E. H. ROGERS, M. I. BRANCH. jn2o-tf tilli'NTal We have In prus anew campaign laW Ml 1 J bo o z by a College Pres L. L. D. Big pay, 60cta. will ecure outfit ana territory. E, B. Treat, Pob., 806 Broadway, N. Y. agUMa n AGENTS WANTED FOR THE GREAT Centennial history It sella faster than any other One A Rent sold 61 copies in one day. Send for o r extra ter ub to Agents. Add ea - National Publishing 00., Philadelphia, Pa., Oolumbus. 0., or St. Louis, Mo. ag!3-4w Men are earning S4O to $l2O per week ! ! Selling Onr Country AND ITS BESOUHCFH Complete in the thrilling bistory of 100 eventful years, aleo of the Great “Exhibition,"—and in d>- sclption of our mighty rea urcee in Agriculture, Com merce. Miner * la, Man< factutee, ? atari Woude e, Curiosh es, eto. all rlohly illustrated. ‘ Ceutury" Map and “Bird’s-Eye View" free. Sella mar ellous ly fret. 1,(00 more Agenls wanted quickly for this and our e andark “LIFE OF LIVINGSTONE,” 80,000 already sold, ala > new Bible, 2,000 illustra tions. Haa no equal. For extra tormx write to BUBBAKD BKOS., Publishers, i biladel, hla, Pa. ag!B-*w “ "phYOHUMANCV, or SOUL OH xKMIfII.. JT Bow either sex may fascinate and gain tie love and affection! of any person they choose in stantly. This simple mental acquirement all oai posaess, free, by mail, for 28c., together with a Mar riage Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreams, Hints to La dles, Wedding Night Shirt, Ac. A queer book. Aa dress T. WILLIAM A 00., lpii-4w Publishers, Phllsdelp) la. I If MTU U you wnt the best selling articles unit o. m Ip. world and a solid gold patent lever watch, free of ooft write at once to J. BBIDE A CO , 767 Broadway, N. Y. sepl -4w JURUBEBA Stimulates the secretive organa, thus p"rtf)iag the biota and st. Iking st the root of disease. It is the medicinal ext act of the laut of th t ’ a-re fin 1 in B > sil, and is one of the most wonderf .l t mica and nvig rat ra kn wn, and is used In their regular p aoiicenythe p yslctans of that and other coun it will rake the Llvr active, aa-i t Digestl n purify th" Blood, restore Vigor to the ■ ehtt tated, and Is a car al l emedy for all diseases of a Sor ful ous nature and tb'*e arising from po .oriy or wsut ofbood. TRY IT. For sole by Druggt , WuOJesals by 0. N OBITTENTON, sepl4-4w 1 sixth A onus, hew Yo k. Agents Wanted for the New Historical Work Dnr Western Border! A Complete nd Graphic History of Amer!w.h Pio neer Life 100 Vears Ago. Its tbr(Ug conflicts of ill and and White Foes. Exciting AU'entnre-, Cap ivtties, Foray -, Scouts, Hone r worn u and boys. Indian War patha. Camp Life and Sports. A book for old and young. Not a dull i age. No - ompe titlon K ormi ns aaies. Agents wanted everywh re. Illqstrati and Circulars tree. J. C. iIoCUKDY A 00., Phils elphl -, Pa, Jl4-iw ilinninnitu A ten dollar bill of 1778 sent braSliyOorrka M A a d uT N.Y Jvlfi-lw Real Bargains IN #EI FAI L AND TOTE El DEI (WOODS IT C. J. T. BILK’S, No. lfifi Broad St., Near Centre St. GOOD Cotton Flannel 10c; beet heavy Drill ing lOo; floe, yard wide Sea Island Home spun 8o; fine [ wide Bleached Horn spun 6}o: good f Bleached Homespon at 6c; fine yard wide Bleached B 'Uteepun 8o; beet Fruit of tbe Loom, Bleached 12(0; Brown, Gray and White Blanket* at $1 tO, S2 and *8 a pair- about half last year’e pr oe. Tbe laigesi assortment of new Fail and Winter Oaliooes, Curtain Ca'ioneK at 50, a yzrd. Splendid quality Black Al acae at 26e. a yzrd. Plain and Fancy Drew Goods from 124 c., up. Lineeys and Flannels fi;oW 1210. to 40c. Jeans for pante Irom to 6c. Caetimera from 36c. to #1 40- Double Width Waterproof Clo h iu Seal Brown. Navy Blue and Black at 750. Splendid Felt Skirts at 76c. Good DouWe Width Table < loth at 8- c Shaker Hats, suitable for children’s sobool bate at 10a New et le Felt and Straw Hat* at 60c new style Tips, Plumes, Fancy Feathers aid Flo were in great var ety at about one hall I their usual price#. Hamburg Edgings at 6c Handkerchiefs at 36c. and 50c. d-z -n. and many other good# this weez at extraoi dinary low prices. Wholesale buyers aie invited to inspect my stock- C. J. T. BALK. eep24 tf Tie Georgia Cotton Gin, MANUFACTURED BY J. Ds A H. T. HiMMICK, CRAWFORD VILLE, GA. FOB over twenty years we have manufac tured the GEORGIA GIN, and from our sceoesa with them, feel warranted In saying thev are equal to any Gins made. We do not at ive to get up a fancy article for exhibition at Fairs, but put up good, durable work of first class material. We offer them as low as any good Gins can be afforded. Fvety Gin warranted to perform well. We oould give hundreds of c rtiflcates if de sired but as that role is bo common at this day we omit them. PRICED OF GINS: For 9 In eh Baws, per Barr For 10 Inch Saws, per haw • • 860 Old Gins repaired iu the best style and at reasonable chargee* , , . Freight maut be prepaid on them when snip tor New Gins solicited early, to In sure prompt delivery for the ginul g of the next crop. Address, J. D &B- T. HIMMMK, Craw’ordville Ga. Or Messrs. BOTHWELL BBoS Agen s. J 8 wßb> Augusta. Gs. MILL GEARING'MADE AND rangers IgSgigß ilFloriia Free Lands, j choice mms ;l in ORANGE COUNTY, WITHIN Three Miles of Railroad Transpor tation. Lands Unsurpabsed For FRUITS aMFARMING. Office South Flohida Land Agency. i Fobt Mason. Orange C unty, Florida, j THE undersigned have entered into a bnsl ness arrangement for lhe purpose of lo cating settlers on the pub io lands (* ither United States or State) in this and adjoining counties Lnoated in the most delightful portions of Or>-nge county, in a xeoliou of territory oon o- ded by all to be the bent adapted to the cul ture uf the orange and kindred fruits, and thoroughly acquainted with all the Jaml in this vio mty, we are better able to give information c> noeruing the lands still vacant than any others engaged in the land business in this comity. The railroad now in oourse of construction connecting the Bt. John’s river at Lake Georgs with Likes Harri-, Eustis, Gr fflu. Dora and the other headwater Jakes of the Oclawaha river, will furnish all the surrounding lands; with ample transpoitarion facilities and plao settlers within easy distanoe of the Northern and Eastern markets. THE CLIMATIC ADVANTAGES Of this seotioT of territory are so well known as icaroelv to need rvo<pi(ulaiion. Vegetables and tropieal frui s can b > grown throughout the yo r without dang> r from cold. Mbe severe-t frosts of this Jake region do not in jure vegetation, as was proven during the past Winter, when the froi-ts killed early vegetables at considerable distances south of us and left this region untouched—not a blade of grass being injured. HOMESTEADS NEAR THE RAILROAD. We are now prepared to locate settlers ee the public lands in close proximity to the railroad, (ineef the undersigned (Mr John B. Banks) has ju*t completed a thorough survey of a large tiact of United Stales lauds, situated at from three to six miles distance from the rail road. These lands are not only admirably adapted to tbe culture of oranges, but are also excellent for farming purposes, and oan be easily brought into cultivation, tbe old settlers in the vioiulty raising an abundant supply of corn, ootton, sugar, eto , upon them. GET A HOMESTEAD NOW, Parties who propose set-ling in Florida will find it greatly to their advantage to obtain their homesteads during the bummer months,, and thus avoid the rn°b of ihe Fall months. Those desiring to looate near the railroad wilt obtain . ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES FREE If their entry it made before the completion of th. road. After its eomAetion, which will be some time this comiug Fall.they will not bo per mitted to enter more than eighty acres. Persons locating during the Summer oan also get their lands iu read pees for a crop of early vege tables next Winter, and thus be enabled to re alize a profit from the lands immediately. We are now PREPARED TO LOOATE SETTLERS, Sirgly or In colonies, at moderate rates, and In every oase we guarantee complete satisfaction. No lai ds will be looated by us until one of us have thoroughly surveyed them, and in all ca.es our patrons shall be given the best tracts of which we have any knowledge, wiibont favoritism or partiality being shown to any STATE LANDS, We are also prepared to locate, survey and purchase any desired quantity of State lands, and will perfoim this work either for a speci fied price in mon> y or for an agieed upon per centum of land. We now have some cboioe pieces < f Siate land marked out on onr maps, which have been surveyed by us, and whioh are among the best lands in this Stato. FURTHER DETAILS Can he obtained by addressing (with ktamp en dured for reply) tbe undersigned. Prompt at tention given to al> letter*. Address BANKS & NT. Cl AIR-ABRAMS, Fort Mason, Orange couzly, Florida. To My Friends In Alabama and bomb Carolina. In response to many letters received by me. I have entered into a bus ness arrangement with Mr. JOHN 8. BANK-1 for ibe purpose of looat ng settlers on the public lanls of thi* and adjoining counties. Mr BANKS is a prac tical surveyor of many years’ experience, and possesses a thorough knowledge of the public laHds. having be- n United Si a oh Register of Public Lands iu this State. We have ex plore and and surveyed a considerable tract of these lands, and we are now prepared to looate settlers on CHOICE HOMESTEADS. Maßy persons have written me expressing a desire to move to this state during the piesent year, these I would advise to OBTAIN THIIR HOMESTEADS NOW. Jn the Fall moDths the ru-h of Northern settlers is so great that it is difficult to obtain choice homesteads; whereas, at present tbe travel is light, and one can se lect a | lace with greater ease. In addition, tbe large tract of homlstead lands contiguous to the -ailr iad, recently survived and opened up for settl- mi nt by Mr. B INKS, if not en t.rd this bummer will inevitably be t.ken up ly (he first mfiux of Noitbein travelers next Fad As n y de.ire (without prejudice to Nor-hern settler )is to ocate tbe numeroua oitizeus of ih- mates above nam and oo choice Homesteads, while able to do bo, 1 urge them to make the selections at once, and 'hus ee~ jure vaiuab.e an# eligible homes in this btate. ALEX“dT. < L .R-ABttAMH, Fort Mason, Urange county, Florida, Jy2l->uAwelniAw3m CASH A.\l) CLOTH FOR WOOL. THE Athens Manufacturing Company will pay iu C H or CLOTH tbe highest mar ket price for WOOI,. Enquire of t OtiiEß FLEMING, at AugM .a, ot Akent at Athena for particulars. AL. BLOOMFIELD, myfig-wfim Ageo.
