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CftrowOg and
WEDNESDAY.. OCTOBER 18. 1876
THE STOUT OF LIFE.
An old form boose with meudow wide,
And tweet rich clover on each side ;
A bright-eyed boy who looked from oat
The door with woodbine wreathed about,
And wishes his one thought all day:
“Oh! If I could but fly away
From this dull spot the world to see,
How happy, happy, happy
How happy I would be!
amid the city's constant din,
A men who around the world has been.
Is thinking, thinking all day long,
“Oh! if I could only trace once more
The field path to the farm house door.
The old green meadows could I see,
How happy, happy, happy.
How happy I would be !
IT IS OVER.
It is over. What is over ?
Nay, how much is over truly ?
Harvest days we toiled to sow for;
Now the sheaves are gaihered newly—
Now the wheat is gathered duly.
It is finished. What is finished ?
Much is finished, known or unknown ;
Lives are finished : time diminished ;
Was the fallow field left unsown ?
Will these buds be always unblown ?
It suffices. Wbat suffices ?
All suffices reckoned rightly;
Spring shall bloom where now the ice is,
Boses make the bramble tightlv,
And the quickening sun shine brightly,
And the latter wind blow lightly,
And my garden teem with spices.
[Christian Rossetti.
[ for the Chronicle and SentineL\
AUTUMN—A DIRGE OF SUMMER.
K. W. It'CABTT.
Ah me ! so soon the Summer dies
Above the gathered sheaves;
The gold that tinseled Summer skies
Now tinges Autumn leaves.
Night sooner draws her starry vale
Acros- the swooning dsy ;
• The robin's song grows clear and strong,
The swallow is awsy.
The Summer air no longer sighs
Like lovers’ whispered vows,
But ruder breezes now arise
To shake the rustling boughs.
The leaves fall ever more and more,
In Autumn’s sullen wrath ;
And what was Summer shade before
la now a Winter path.
Ah me 1 So soon the Summer dies,
So short her happy hours!.
All pale and suptionless she lies
Among her falling flowers.
mavoib c’Ebt pabdonneb.
BY StJSAJt COOLIIKIE.
A myriad river seek the sea,
The aea reject* not any ene;
I myriad rays ot light may be
Clasped in the compass of one sun.
And myriad grasses wild and free
Drink of the dew which faileth none.
A myrisd worlds encompass ours,
A myriad souls our souls enclose,
And each, its sins and woes andpowers,
The Lord He sees, the Lord He knows,
And from the Infinite knewledge flowers
The Infinite Pity’s fadeless rose.
' Lighten our darkness, Lord most wise,
All seeing One, give us to see;
Our judgments are profanities,
Onr ignorance is cruelty.
While Thou, knowing all, doth not despise
To paidon even such things as we.
A MADRIGAL.
Love is a day, sweetheart, shining and bright;
It hath its rose-dawn ere the morning light;
Its glow and glory of the Budden sun :
Ita noontide heat, as the swift hours wear on ;
Ita fall of dew, and silver lighted night ;
Love is a day, sweetheart, shining and bright.
Love ia a year, be’oved, bitter and brief;
It hath ita spring of bud, and bloom and leaf;
Its Hummers, burning from tbe fervid south.
Till all the field* lie parched and faint witli
drouth;
Its autumn, when the leaves sweep down the
gtle,
And skies are gray, and hearts and sDirits fail;
Ita winter, white with snow, more white with
grief ; _. __ .
Love is a year, beloved, bitter and bnef.
Love is s life, sweetheart, and ends in death ;
la it worth while to mou n its fleeting breath- -
Light-footed yonth, or sad. forecasting prime ;
Joy of young hope, or grief of later time ?
What pain or pleasure stays its parting breath;
Love ia s life, sweetheart, that ends in death.
Louise Chandler MouUon, in Harper's Maga
zine for October.
A STILL DAY IN AUTUMN.
I love to wander through the woodland hoary,
In the soft gloom of an Autumnal day,
When Summer gathers up her robee of glory,
And, like a dream of beauty, glides away.
How thiough each loved, familiar path she
lingers,
Serenely smiling through the golden mist,
Tinting the wild grape with her dewy fingers,
Till the cool emerald turns to amethyst.
Kindling the faint stars of the hazel, shining
To light the gluom of Autumn’s mouldering
halls.
With hoary plumes the clematis entwining.
Where o’er the rock her withered garland
falls.
Warm lights are on the sleepy uplands waning
Beneath dark clouds along the horizon
rolled,
TUI the slant sunbeams through their fnngos
raining
Bathe all the hills in melanoholy gold.
Hie moist wind breathes of orisped leaves and
flowers
In the damp hollows of the woodland sown,
Mingling the freshness of Autumnal showers
With spicy air* from cedar alleys blown.
Beside the brook and on the cumbered mea
dow,
Where yellow fern-tufts fieek the faded
ground,
With folded lids beneath their palmy shadow,
The gentian nods, in dewy slumbers bound.
Upon those soft-fringed lids the bee site brood
ing,
Like a fond lover loth to say farewell,
Or with shut wings, through silken folds in
truding,
Creeps near her heart his drowsy tale to tell.
The little birds upon the hUlside lonely
Flit noiselessly along from spray to spray,
/Silent as a sweet wandering thought, that only
Shows its bright wings and softly glides
away.
The scent leas flowers, in the warm sunlight
dreaming.
Forget to breath their fullness of delight;
And through the tranced wood soft airs are
streaming,
Still as the dew-fall of ths Sommer night.
Bo in my heart a sweet unwonted feeUng
Stirs, like the wind in Ocean’s hollow shell.
Through aU its secret chamoers sadly stealing.
Yet finds no words ita mystic charm to teU.
What Betel a Bank Cashier.
[JY. Y. Cor. Chicago Tribune .]
In the pleasant city of Hoboken the
oaahier of one of the banks enjoyed the
sensation of an adventure which had an
ending the somewhat more desirable
than the fate of the brave man who died
defending the bank vanlt in Minnesota
a few days ago. The Hobokea cashier
is very fond of rowing, and was taking a
moonlight sail last week all alone, when
a boat suddenly crossed his bow and
stopped. As his back was turned to the
stranger he did not see it until there
was an inevitable collision. He coaid
scarcely realize it, but saw that the men
in the strange boat were preparing to ut
tack him. One of them grasped hold of
his boat and another jnmped in and
sought to level s pistol at his head. In
an instant he struck the intruder with
an oar and knocked him overboard. As
this occurred the attention of the man
who held the bow of the cashier’s boat
waa diverted, and, with a second move
ment of the oar, the assaulted man
poshed off his boat from his assailants.
Being an expert oarsmen he quickly
swung his own boat around and rowed
for dear life. The pirates pursued, bnt
in rain; their boat was heavy and they
lost time piokiug np their half drowned
comrade. The cashier escaped and noti
fied the police. The detectives have
been hunting the assailants, bnt thns
far in vain, and it is to further the ends
of justice that they have kept it out of
the papers.
Isaltaiing Vurcii Vie leria.
[ London Allot.]
A lady of fashion, the relict of a well
known foreign Ambassador to the Court
of BL James, and resident in the neigh
borhood of Windsor Castle, has procur
ed a carriage of precisely the same pe
culiar build as those in which the Qneen
ia driven about Windsor; her horses are
high-stepping grays of exactly similar
shade and insight with the royal steeds,
and to complete the likeness* they are
driven on the most ordinary shopping
trips in the streets of Windsor and Etoo,
not from the coach bog, but—just as are
her Majesty’s—by postilions, who wear
a monrning livery undistinguisbaifie
from that worn by the Qneen’s out
riders.
Brides u the OnteanisJ Shew.
[From the New York Timet.]
Of all the people who live at the Cen
tennial hotels I think the newly married
couples—Philadelphia is fall of them,
by the way—are the only ones who are
thoroughly contented and happy. It
makes no difference to them whether the
potatoes are watery, the meats dry or
the soup thin; and they don’t care a pin
whether the people talk to them or not.
They live in a tittle world of their own
and have no thought bnt for each other.
They all try to act as tbongh being mar
ried was an old story to them, and still,
for (the life of them, they can’t help
taking each other’s hands every five min
utes. The brides nearly all wear new
watch chains.
Hon. B. H. Hill, haring nothing to do
in the Ninth, is assisting Smith in the
Second.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
CHAMBERLAIN PROCLAMATKH.
As Order aud a Thrt-al—The Hist Clnb# Ur
dreed Id Disband— United Stairs Troop.
be United Is Is Case of NSB-Cmi>li*sce.
\ Special Ditpalch to Oie Chronicle ami Sentinel.] j
Columbia, October 7.—The -follow
ing proclamation issued by Cham
berlain appear ad in his organ this af-wj
ternoon. Several days anticipation of
it prevented any alarm or excitement.
No body is frightened so fsr as heard
from: !
State of South Carolina, Executive j
Chamber.—Whereas, It has been known
to me by written and sworn evidence
that there exists such unlawful obstruc- i
tions, combinations and assemblages of
persons in the counties of Aiken and
Barnwell, that it has become impracti
cable in my judgement, as Governor of
the State, to enforce by the ordinary
course of judicial proceedings the
laws of the State within said
counties, by reason whereof it has be
come necessary in my judgment, as
Governor, to call forth and employ the
military force of the State to enforce
tbe faithful execution of the laws; and
whereas.it has been made known to me,
as Governor, that certain organizations
and combinations of men exist in all
the counties of the State, commonly
known as rifle clubs; and whereas, such
organizations and combinations of men
are illegal and strictly forbidden by the
laws of this State; and whereas, such or
ganiz .tions and combinations of men
are engaged in promoting illegal objects
and in committing open acts of lawless
ness and violence; now, therefore, I,
Daniel H. Chamlierlain, Governor of j
said State, do issue this, my procJama- j
tion, as required by the 13th section of ;
chapter 132 of the* General Statutes of!
the State, commanding the said unlaw- ,
fnl combination and assemblages of:
persons in the counties of Aiken and ;
Barnwell to disperse and retire peace
ably to their hemes within three days j
from the date of this proclamation, and j
henceforth to abstain from all nu
lawful interference wtih the rights
of citizens, and from all violations of
the public peace. And Ido further, by
this proclamation, forbid the existence
of all said organizations or combinations
of men commonly known as rifle clubs,
and all other organizations or combina
tions of men, or formations not forming
a part of the organized militia of the
State, which are armed with fire arms
or other weapons of war, or which en
gage or are formed for the purpose of
engaging in drilling, exercising the
manuei of arms or military rpanumvres,
or which appear or are formed for tbe
purpose of appearing under arms, or
i under the command of officers bearing
the titles or assuming the functions of
i ordinary military officers, or in any
other manner acting or proposing to act
as organized and armed bodies of
men. And I do oommand all such
organizations, combinations, forma
tions, or bodies of men, forthwith to
disband and cease to exist in any place
or under any circumstances in the
State. And I do farther declare and
make known by this proclamation to
all the people pf the State that in o se
this proclamation shall he disregarded
for the space of three days frojp the
date thereof, I shall proceed to put
into active use all the powers with
which, an Governor, I am invest' and by
the Constitution and laws of the State
for the enforcement of tbe rights of the
citizens, and particularly the powers
conferred on me by ehupier CXXXII of
the geueral statutes of the State, as well
as by the Cow.Utllt.ion of the United
St&tos
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the great seal
of the State to be annexed, at Co
lumbia, this 7th day of October, A.
D. 1876, and in the one hundred and
first year of American independence.
By the Governor i
(Signed) D. H. Chamberlain.
H. E. Haynb, Secretary of State.
Charleston, October 7. —The flews
and Courier'B correspondent telegraphs,
under date of the 6th from Columbia,
that Governor Chamberlaiu has deter
mined to issue a proclamation to mor
row or next day ordering all white mili
tary clubs or organizations to surrender
their arms and disband at onee. In case
of refusal, he will next proclaim the
State in a condition of domestic vio
lence, and inform President Grant to
that effect, and call upon him to sup
press it.
CHAMBERLAIN’S INFAMOUS
PROCLAMATION.
The Response of the Democracy.
The following reply to the proclama
tion has been issued by the Democratic
Executive Committee:
Columbia, 8. C., October 7, 1876.
To the People of the United States:
In a period of profound peace, with
the laws unresisted and the process of
the Courts unopposed, the Governor of
South Carolina has, by proclamation,
declared that in the counties of Aiken
and Barnwell it has become impractica
ble to enforce, by ordinary course of
judicial proceedings, the laws of the
State, and that it has become necessary
for him to employ the military force of
the State to enforce the faithful execu
tion of the law. Ho has also alleged
that certain organizations and combina
tions exist, contrary to Jaw, in all coun
ties of the State, which arc engaged in
promoting illegal objects and in com
mitting open acts of lawlessness, and he
has threatened to declare martial law
and to suspend the writ of habeas cor
pus. The charges preferred by Gover
nor Chamberlain against the citizens of
tbe State are as false and libellous as his
threatened usurpation of power is tyran
nical and unwjrrjpted; and his extraor
dinary proclamation cap bo explained
only upon the assumption that ftovepnor
Chamberlain, with a similar disregard
of law and of fact, is determined to re
sort; to the most extreme measures to
prevent the otherwise certain defeat of
himself and his uonpnt party.
There have been disturbances in Ai
ken county, non-political in
acter. They have long since ceased.
All the parties fog whom warrants were
issued promptly sßrr*oAeS°d themselves
to tho law. Perfect peace pad fifis pro
foundest quiet prevail, No armed com
binations hinder the processes of the
Courts, and the Republican GojjDty
Convention last week held a continuoas
session of two days without molesta
tion. The disturbances in Barnwell
were Republican in their origin, begin
ning in tbe resistance by #n armed band
of negroes of the arrest of a Kafrtyf * or
whom a warrant had b en duly issued.
This band tore p a railroad, wrecked a
train, fired upon and wounded the sher
iff of the county, ;ind were dispersed by
a so-called armed band of whites, who
had been duly summoned by the sheriff
as a posse, with tbe sanction pi the
Jndge of the Court then in session,
j This posse, after performing their du
ties, quietly dispersed. So far from op
posing tfce'law, the white people desire
the prompt dispatch of business ia tbe
Courts and the emforpemei tof the law
hr the civil arm. Tlie white people
throughout the State have .volunteered
| their service* to the Governor to main
j tain the law, and he has refused them 1
| in a libellous commßnioaiicp intended
j solely to furnish a pretext for the intro I
dnetion of Federal troops, to be placed I
| under the control of irresponsible and un-|
j scrnpnlons officials, to overawe the peo-!
! pie and control the election. The Dem- j
1 ocr&tio .nominees in seventeen of the
thirty-two eoapties in the State have i
held meetings attended bv thousands of!
citizens of both races and parties. The |
Republicans have held meetings when j
and where they pleased, au,d not a sin- <
gle account of Violence has yet occurred, j
On the 18th ultimo the Democratic Exe-!
entive Committee invited the Republi
can canvassers to a joint discussion at
their rneeti gs. This invitation was re
newed ou the 28th ultimo, and accepted
by the Republican Executive Committee \
on the stn instant upon the usual terms. !
The proclamation of the Governor is ut
terly at variance with the action of the
Executive Committee of his own party.
The latter acquiesce in free discussion;
the former in effect suppresses debate,
and substitutes armed force for free
speech. We assert earnestly, with a full
sense of our responsibility, that no con
dition of things exist in the State which
justifies so extraordinary a proceeding
on the part of Governor Chamberlain.
Its sole object is to irritate and to pro
voke collisions which may be the excuse
for an ap eal to the Administration of
the United States to garrison the State.
We shall counsel onr people to preserve
the peace, obey the laws and calmly
await the day of their deliverance from
this wanton despotism.
To the people of the United States we
submit our wrongs, confidently rely
ing on their wisdom and justice to
rebuke this attempt to regulate the bal
lot by the bayonet and crush the liber
ties of a people. A. C. Haskell, T. B.
Fraser, John Bratton, J. D. Kennedy,
J. A, Hoyt, R. O’Neal©, State Demo
cratic Executive Committee.
WHAT THE JUDGES SAY.
CerrrsFendraee Between (in. Wa4s Hamp
ton and Chief Justice Msses.
[imperial Ditpalch to the News and Courier .}
Columbia, October B.—The following
correspondence took place yesterday :
Sumter, October 7, 1876. —Dear Sir ;
In view of the grave charges made by
Governor Chamberlaiu against the
Democratic party and their mode of con
ducting the present canvass in thia State
to Col. Haskell—charges declaring that
the State is an armed camp, and that
onr meetings are attended by organized
armed bodies, may I ask yon as a Re
publican and as the Chief Justice of tbe
State to say if, in your observation,
these charges are borne out by the facts
dt the case ? You saw to-day one of the
largest meetings we have held, and you
can, therefore, Bpeak from experience
and personal observation. I have been
through seventeen of the counties of the
tffate, and I have addressed, lam sure,
it least one hundred thousand people,
and I can say with perfect truth that I
have not seen one single armed body of
men, nor haa one disturhance occurred
at any of these vast meetings. My so
licitude for the good name of onr State
wilt, I trust, be sufficient excuse for my
calling yonr attention to this matter.
Requesting an early answer, I am,
very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, Wade Hampton.
To his Honor F. J. Moses, Chief
Justice.
The Replr-
Sumteb, S. C., October 7, 1876.
Mr Dear Sir —l am just in receipt of
yonr note, and at once reply to the
same. For the last three or four months
I have not been in any of the counties
bnt those of Sumter and Richland.—
Within that period I have been present
at only two political meeting, one held
by the Republican party and the other,
to-day at this place, by the Democrats.
Although I was at the latter but a short
time, I was for the greater part of the
day in the streets, with every oppor
tunity of observing the behavior and
demeanor of the large concourse which
the occasion had brought together. The
collection consisted of citizens on
foot and horseback; I saw in no
instance any exhibition of arms or
any behavior inconsistent with the
strictest propriety. At the Repub
lican meeting to which I have above re
ferred there was no attempt at interrup
tion. I shall require very strong evi
dence to satisfy me that South Carolina
is an armed camp. I know of nothing
which would lead me so to conclude.
For myself I do not know of anything
which would make me doubtful in any
part of the State of enjoying the same
security which I feel attaches to me un
der my own roof. I trust the day is far
distant when violations of the peace in
our own borders will require the inter
ference of any arm more potent than
that of the law.
Very respectfully, yours,
F. J. Moses.
To Gen. Wad? Hampton.
View of Jnatice Willard.
In reply to letters from Col, A. C.
Haskell, Chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee, Associate Justice
Willard, (Rep.) of the Supreme Court,
writes:
Columbia, S. C., October 7, 1876.
To Col. A. C. Haskell :
Dear Sib— Your note of this date is
before, asking an expression of my views
as to the existence of rancor and mani
festations of violence in the character of
the Democratic canvass of thia Btat“. I
am unabje to throw much light on this
subjeot for two reasons. In tbe first
place, I have been absent from tbe
State for the last three months, and
only a week has passed since my return
to this city. In the second place, my
ideas of the character and responsibi
ties of the judicial office have led me at
all times to abstain from participating
in political action, and accordingly I
have little information except that de
rived from public rumor and the news
papers of what has transpired at politi
cal gatherings. I can only say that I
I have witnessed nothing beyond the cir-
I oumstances generally characteristic) of
an excited political canvass. I have seen
i no violence; on the contrary, as far as I
i have had intercourse with gentlemen of
your party, I have observed less dispo
sition to excited statement and personal
bitterness than during any of the previ
ous political campaigus of fkis State. I
sincerely hope that the fears of many,
that the lawless portion of the communi
ty will be permitted to disturb the
peace and injure the good name of the
State, are groundless. I am satisfied
that it is the intention of the leading
members of your party to prevent such
a State, of things, and I believe they
have the ability to 4o so,
Very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, A. J. Willard.
Judge Mackey’* Protest.
Circuit Judge T. C. Mackey (Repub
lican) telegraphs aa follows ;
Off S. C., October 7.
To A. C. Hg,skell, Chairman State
Democratic Committee, Columbia,
S. C. !
In reply to your inquiry of this date,
I would state that peace and order pre
vails throughout the limits of the Sixth
Judicial Circuit, embracing the four
counties of York, Chester, Fairfield and
Lancaster In this circuit no armed
organizations obstruct judicial pro
ceedings, and no resistance has been
offered to the due exeoutii n of legal
process. In charging the grand jury of
York, on last Monday, I stated that if
any citizen, whatever might be his raee,
oolor or party, had been threatened
with loss of employment or put in ter
ror because of his political opinions, lie
should make complaint before tbe grand
jury otf ip. ppen court, and the laws
should be put in option to sustain him
in the free and untrammelled exercise
of all his rights of citizenship.' The
grand jury, consisting of nine white
and six colored citizens, reported
Unanimously on last Wednesday
night pq organizations, either
armed or otherwise, haying; for their
object the exhibition of force to ijontrol
the free exercise of the elective fran
chise, existed in that county, and no
oompl*iut charging the existence of
organization had been made to them.
The sanjo is type .of epph and every coun
ty in this circuit. The puly cifs.e of po
litical intimidation that has transpired
in this circuit was tried at York on last
Thursday, the defendant being one Ed
ward McDonald, colored, charged with
threatening the life of one Henry Low
ry, ujso colored, because he had joined
a ’Demo,cystic Club, and had declared
bis purpose' to yoja the Democratic
ticket. The jury consisted of six Re
publican colored eitizens and six white
men, one of whom is also an avowed
Republican. The prisoner was ably de
fended by W. B. Williams, Esq., him
self ft candidate on the Democratic
ticket. The jury yeyc pharged by me
that they were the sole judge' of the evi
, deppe.-aud that the gnilt of the prisoner
must be eefhbjished beyond a reasonable
doubt to warrant a conviction. They
re&dpred a verdict of gpilfy, apd I sen
tenced the prisoner to three month?
jail, the lowest penalty prescribed by
law for the offense. I have traversed
many counties in the State canvassing
for Hayes and Wheeler and in favor of
Chamberlain for Governor daring the
pasjT sqtey days, and I have no where
seen an attempt on the part of any por
tion of the population jo suppress the
right of free speeoh by armed violence.
i I sotemaly protest against the procia
; matiopi of ’ Cjtoy&rffpr Chamberlain as
hsoluteiy false,’ ju so far hi ft imputes
i to the inhabitants wijtbin\ths limits of
i this circuit apy purpose tQ pbsjfcruct (the
ordinary course of } ux|ipisl proceedings,
or to resist, in any manner tho due eje
j cution of the laws for tbe protection of
{life, property or the rights of citizen
ship; and I* have good and sufficient
| region to believe, and do believe, that
i the Sfiid is equally false in
imputing' ‘‘Wfi Purpose
to tbe white
oircuits of this f tate. I regard the Pfo
clamatjon as symbolizing fitly a formid
able conspiracy against the rights of the
people, having for ita object the carry
ing of this State for D. H. Chamberlain
and his candidates, which conspiracy is
farther typified by a board of State can
vassers or election returning board, the
majority of whose members are candi
dates on Chamberlain’s ticket, and by
ninety-six Commissioners pf Election in
the several counties, seventy of whom
are Chamberlain’s declared partisans,
and of which last number some forty
are county tyeasu ers and auditors or
trial justices holding lucrative offices by
his appointment and removable from
office at his pleasure, or are known to
him as declared candidates for office,
endorsing his ticket, who unseat them
selves if they make a declaration of the
election which seats the candidates op
posed to Chamberlain anb ticket.
Tbe rifle clubs that he has ordered
disbanded are in the main organizations
chartered under the act of the Republi
can Legislature in 1874, and all of
them are acting bnt in the assertion of
the right of the people to keep aud bear
arms, guaranteed against infringment
in the second article of the amendments
to the Constitution of the United States,
and all assert their loyalty to the Union
and obedience to its laws and respect
and uphold its flag.
T. J. Mackey, Judge.
The Opinion o< Judge Cooke.
Judge T. H. Cooke (Rep.) writes :
Columbia, October 7.
2b Colonel A. C. Haskell, Chairman of
Executive Committee of the Demo
eratic Party :
Dear Sib—l have jußt read the pro
clamation of Governor Chamberlain as
to a reign of terror in this State, and his
inability to enforce the laws through the
ordinary channel, and I mast say that
the caaaes alleged for issuing the same
do not apply to the Eighth Cironit, over
which I preside, nor do I believe they
have any existence as to any other por
tion of the State.. I am, very respectful
ly, Thompson H. Cooke,
Judge of the Eighth Cironit, State of
South Carolina.
Chastherlsis’s Answer.
[Special Dispatch to Chronicle and Sentinel ]
Columbia, S. CL, October 9.—Gov
ernor Chamberlain publishes a reply to
the address of the Democratic State Ex
ecutive Committee and the four Judges.
He asserts his ability to prove every
charge made by him, and that lawless
ness and violence exceeds any state
ments yet given. He has the evidence
of persona who have officially investi
gated the facts and affidavits of army
officers. He charges the Judges with
ignorance of the facts, and Bays the evi
dence in his hands will be published
when the interests of justice demands
it, and threatens not to stay his hand
till ponishment overtakes the guilty au
thors. He says his only offense has been
too great caution and delay. Corbin,
United States District Attorney, says
he spent three days in Aiken, where
armed military dubs exist, oansing ter
ror to the negroes, who are lying out of
doors at night. Many were killed, many
whipped, others hnnted and frightened
into joining Democratic clubs. He
says from thirteen to twenty-five blacks
were killed and the civil arm of the gov
ernment was powerless. The sheriff
dare not arrest the offenders, and was
not with seven miles of A. P. Butler’s
band of 800 at Rouse’s bridge that in
tended to kill the negroes. He says af
fairs in Aiken are worse than the demon
strations of the Kn-Klnx in seventy and
seventy-one, and calls on the Governor
to exercise all his powers to put down
this state of affairs. Bismarck.
In answer to inquiries of Colonel A.
C. Haskell, Chairman of the Democrat
ic Executive Committee, responses have
been received from Judge Wiggin, of
the Aiken Circuit; Judge Northrop, of
the Spartanburg Circuit; Judge Shaw, of
Sumter, and ex-Governor Scott.
Wiggin says he knows of no resistance
to the law but by the Combahee rioters,
and rumored resistance by the colored
people, giving rise to the Ellenton riots.
Northrop says speaking of this Circuit: I
can only Ray while the public mind is of
coarse inflamed by the ardor of the
campaign, I have not yet been confront
ed by any organized or individual resis
tance to the authority of the Coarts.
Shaw says he knows of no violence where
tbe law cannot remedy in this Circuit.
The law is maintained and administered
without difficulty. Governor Scott says:
“I returned ten days ago and fonnd Co
lumbia as quiet as any part of the States
I have been in while North. In this i
city there is certainly no violence.” The’
State Executive Committee answered
Chamberlain qnd Corbin to-day, review
ing the testimony of two-thirds of the
Supreme Court and five-eighths of the
Circuit Judges, composing three-fourths
of the State.
Judge Reed ia absent from the
Charleston Circuit, but the Governor
admitted in his letter that tbe riot was
of Republican origin. The doonments
are considered complete. Bismabk,
HIS ATTEMPT TO INAUGURATE A
KEIGN OF TERROR.
The Second Address of the Democratic Com*
mlttee—A Crushing Reply to the Governor’s
Slanders—Hampton’* Advice to Edgefield,
Aiken and Barnwell.
Crashing Rejoinder of the Democratic Com
mittee.
Headquarters State Dem. Ex. Gom., i
Columbia, S. C., October 9, 1876. j
To the People of the United States :
In further answer to the charge against
this State, made by Governor Chamber
lain, we ask leave to submit the follow
ing : The judioiary of South Carolina
consists of three Justices of the .Su
preme Court and eight Circuit Judges,
all elected by Republican Legislatures.
One of the Supreme Court Judges is
absent, and has been for some months.
Two of the Circuit Judges are out of tho
reach of communication, and we have
failed as yet to get the views of the
third. But the testimony of Governor
Scott and Justices Moses and Willard
apply to most of the Circuit under this
Judge’s jurisdiction. We sent, yester
day, the testimony of Chief Justice
Moses, Associate justice Willard and
Judges Mackey and Cooke. We attach,
to-day, the evidence of Judge Northrop,
Judge Wiggin (Aiken and Barnwell are
in his Circuit), and Judge Shaw. Thus
we have the conclusive answer from the
Supreme Court and five-eighths of the
Circuit Court, whose jurisdiction covers
three-fourths of the territory of the
State,
All our inquiries have failed to elicit
a single instance of resistance to officers
of the law except by Republican ne
groes. The answers from Judge Wig
gin explains these. They were at Ellen
ton and in the rice field region where
the white population is sparse. In the
latter armed bodies of negroes, bearing
State arms and ammunition, marched
about for days, whipping negro men
and women most cruelly to compel them
to join in a labor strike. Some were
whipped almost to death. [See speech
of Thomas Hamilton, oolored Republi
can representative from Beaufort.] In
this instanoe there was resistance. Ar
rests were made, the prisoners were
resoued, the posse of the sheriff were
driven across the country, and the law
was defied. These facts were officially
reported to the Governor, and he re
ceived appeals from the suffering ne
groes; but under all these circumstances
no proclamation of insurrection was is
sued, because no political capital could
be made .out of it.
'.4s tp the riot in Charleston the Judge
is absent; but ye oite Governor Cham
berlain’s own statement ip his letter of
the 4th instant: "The most trustworthy
iu formation seems to fix the chief re
sponsibility for causing this riot upon
the Republicans.” A. p. Haskell,
Chairmaq State Derpoofatjc Qommitteo.
No Disquieting Element or Lawlessness in
Barnwell.
[Special Dispatch to the News and Courier ]
Blaokville, October 9. —At a meet
ing of the Blackville Democratic Club,
held id-day, Q. R. Rartignej Chairman,
and L. C. Stephens, Secretary, the fol
lowing resolutions were unanimously
adopted :
1. (resolved,[That having learned that
there is at this time, in this place, au
officer deputized by the United States
authorities to take evidence regarding
the condition of the county in reference
to its peapa, quiet and obedience to law,
that the sense andf 1 tpis clqb, numbering
over three hundred, is fhat 1 there is no
disquieting element in this section nor
in this county. That all citizens, black
and white, are undisturbed by all
othpr citizens. That we are obedient to
law, and all give subordination to its
behests, and tfia| fe' have furthermore
requested all rifle clups in opr section
to disband.
Tbp loflpfißg tplegraips speak for
themselves ;
General Johnson Hagood, Barnwell:
Urge our people to. submit peace
ably to martial law. Let no resistance
be made. I will see and consult with
them. Wade Hampton.
Cant- O. W. Croft, Aiken:
prge our people to submit peaceably
to martial law. ‘ fYet no fesistapee bo
made. I will see and counsel with them.
1 Wace Hampton.
Gen. M. C. Butler, fjcfgeAe''fj
tTse yoqr influence lo'kpep opr people
in Aikeff from resistance to iflartial law.
- Ware Hampton,
Governor Chamberlain a Rifle Clubber*
[Special Telegram, to the Register.]
ApppYiLLE, S. C., October 9.--The
foliotJidg Uoißgram sag to-day sent to
Hon.‘ V. HI • Clsm>hllaffa j rifle
club of this place was' organized May
26, 1875, by your oonsent, and yon are
gn honorary member of the same. Does
yopf proclamation include it? If so,
consider it disbanded. .
W. T. BRANuq, Cfflfftin.
.Moses Resigns the Ofllce to WW® l * H® W a ®
Not Fleeted,'
[Special Dispatch to the News and Courie r.]
Columbia, October 9. —F. J. Moses,
Jr., has formally resignefl all claims to
the judicial office tp wb)ch he claimed,
with Shipper, to haye been elected!
His resignation is on file at the Execu
tive office.
ARepablicnn Judge’s Sentiments—lnterview
With Judge J. T. Mackey.
[Columbia Register.]
Question* Judge, what is your opin
ion concerning Chamberlain’s procla
mation ?
Judge M.: I know and he knows it is
unconstitutional and void, and there
fore cannot stand.
Q.: But, Judge, suppose we are, as
members of a rifle club, arrested for
drilling ?
Judge : If any member of a rifle club
is arrested in my circuit on that account,
I will direct his immediate discharge
and oTder the arrest of the arresting
officer.
Bystander: Well, Judge, we will drill
on your responsibility; and if we are
arrested, will apply to be brought before
you.
Judge : Every Judge in the State, ex
cept Wiggin, (and he hac, not been
heard from) has expressed the same
opinion as myself.
Bystander : But we may be brought
before Judge Carpenter ?
Judge : Judge Carpenter things exact
ly as I do in regard to the matter.
Bvstander : Well, Judge, what do you
think of Corbin’s statement ?
Judge : It is a tissue of falsehoods
from beginning to end,
Judge M. gave it as his opinion that
Chamberlain is engaged in a bold con
spiracy. He closed with this remark :
“If I were in command ot a rifle club, I
would make Chamberlain withdraw his
proclamation by 10 o’clock to-morrow
morning.”
Eugene Speer and Jonathan Noreroes
have both gone North.
wr
TRE HARRISON TRAGEDY.
A CRAZY LOVER’S ATTEMPT TO
KILT. A BEAUTIFUL WOMON.
President Harrison’s Grandson Tor nine the
Honoe ot a Friend Into Mourning—A
Strong Woman’s Fight for Life—A Terri
ble Scene.
[From the Cincinnati Enquirer, Oct. GA.]
The people of Boone county, Ky.,
who live along the river nearly opposite
to North Bend, in sight of the tomb of
Harrison, and only about fifteen miles
from this city, were appalled yesterday
morning at the intelligence that Wil
liam Henry Harrison, a son of the late
Symmes Harrison, and a grandson of
a President of the United States, had
entered the residence of Major John H.
More and stabbed to death Miss Mary
More, the only daughter now living at
home.
Something over a year ago the wife of
W. H. Harrison, who is now about forty
years of age, died, leaving to his care
three sons and one daughter, the daugh
ter being only about ten years of age.
The loss of his wife weighed very heavi
ly npon him,.and the responsibility of
rearing his only daughter seemed great
er than he dared to assume; at least so
he had given his friends reason to infer.
Harrison had always been on intimate
terms with Major More’s family; indeed,
his wife was a niece of the Major’s wife,
and the two were married under the
very roof where the terrible tragedy oc
curred yesterday. Iu the early part of
the Summer Harrison began to visit at
Major More’s a trifle oftener than usual.
Miss More, who, though a fine- ooking
and very intelligent woman of 35 or 40,
had rejected opportnnities of marriage
that she might remain by her father
whose years are now almost four-score,
and whose wife had been long dead.
Harrison had received no encourage
ment, and was never by word or look
given to nnderstand that his feelings
were reciprocated or that his attentions
were agreeable. A little over a month
since he took his daughter to a relative
in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he en
deavored to secure for her a home, but
failed.| He then returned with her, very
mnch discouraged, and last week at the
big Democratic demonstration in Auro
ra, Indiana, was seen there to be very
mnch intoxicated.
About 8 o’olock yesterday morning
Harrison inquired of a colored boy, who
lives on the place, if the Major was at
home, and, on reoeiving a negative re
ply, asked if the front door of the house
was unlocked; and just here it may be
well to add, parenthetically, that the
Major has a crippled son named Wil
liam, somewhat older than the sister,
Mary. By an accident, when a mere
boy, he was made utterly helpless, so
far as a use of his legs are concerned.
He is an intelligent man, and though
unable, however, to move around, does
a great deal of the head work about his
father’s very large farm. His room is
located in the rear part of the house,
and it was the vicinity of this room that
Harrison was so careful to avoid. It
was for this reason that he wished to
make his entrance through the front
door; but upon learning that the door
was locked he stole slyly around to the
side entrance, which is still opposite to
the entrance to William’s room. He
slipped into the sitting room unan
nounced, found Mary there, and, it is
supposed, made some proposition of
marriage to her, which she rejected. He
had been in there but a moment, how
ever, when he began yelling, “I’m
crazy ! I’m crazy !” whisked out a form
idable jack-knife with a blade as thick
as a razor, and dashed at his victim.
A man of at least ordinary physical
strength, he would have soon complete
ly overpowered the inoffending object of
his rage had Miss More not been a
very vigorous woman and capable of
fighting him off like a tigress at bay.
Bat there were tremendous odds against
her, and she screamed for help. Har
rison’s first lunge resulted in a ghastly
wound in the breast, just to the left of
the breast bone. He struck again for
the heart, and another wound was made
in the left breast, and still again a third
wound spurted blood from just over the
heart. Then he luuged again, this time
for his victim’s throat, and a bloody slit
down the left temple was all he accom
plished; then again, and a wound in the
left cheek was made. By this time
Mary caught the knife blade in her
hand, but her assassin drew it through,
and the hand, with every finger wound
ed, was helpless. Again, with uplifted
blade, he sprang for her throat, only to
plunge his ugly weap n into her left
arm, which she raised for defense, and
still again and again until five gaping
wounds were bleeding in her arm, and
still the demon followed. But by this
time, with a desperate effort, the strug
gling woman had reached a door leading
into the kitchen and thence to William’s
room. Through this door she reeled,
and to her brother’s room, closely fol
lowed by Harrison. Her screams had
startled her crippled brother, but in an
anguish of alarm he was compelled to
wait. He had sent a small colored boy
who attends him to ascertain the cause
of his sister’s cries, and the boy had just
reported.
Tho time between the report and his
sister’s reeling through the door into liis
room was but a moment. It seemed an
eternity. As Mary entered William’s
room she slimmed thp dqof, and whiie
Harrison halted a momeqt before it,
through his fear of WilliaQi, s 4 e looked
it. Meantime William had reached for
hj.s reyolyer, which be bus always kept
within a oonvenient distance of his bed,
and made it ready for Harrison’s en
trance. The latter, however, had no
notion of entering. Believing that lie
had wounded Mary More to the death,
he took down a rifle which was hanging
in [he kitqhen, with tlio ayowed pur
pose of bluwing out his brains, but the
rifle, though loaded, had no cap on it.
Then he called for a cap, and William
told him to come in and get it. He’d
give him a cap. While this conversa
tion was going on, through loss of
blood, Mary had fainted and was lying
across a lounge unoonscious. Then
some of the farm hands began coming
jn, and Harrison walked
otit of tbe Hoqse'and toward his own
home. Arriving there be told his boys
that he had killed Mary More—“ She
wouldn’t marry me, and I killed her”—
and that he was now going to kill bilfi'
self. He thep tqpk bis own rifle in his
hands qfe i| fq sßoop bimsel|, bis
son Eibe seized'it. 4 struggle ensued,
but Bike, discoyering ftipt this rifle,
too ( hafl no papj ceased struggling, ffar
rison made tbe discovery, or pretended
to, about the same time, diopped the
rifle, and with the same yell, “I’m
crazy ! I’m crazy !” ran to the cistern
and jumped in. The cistern contained
only about four feet of water, and the
supposition is that Harrison knew it,
for had b? been bent eu suicide the
Ohio river' would have answeted every
purpose,' bud that wiis only a few rods
away. He floundered around in the
Cistern a few minutes, keepiug up his
Off of “J’ffi until' his sons tish
ed'h*b> but; tßeti bp toafle'q fliye for a ;
small medicine chest in the house, say
ing he was going to poison himself;
but when onr reporter left last evening
he was still aliveand trying to devise some
other means .of self-destruction. He
was placed under a watch last night,
and this morning will be taken to the
Burlington jail.
The room in which the deadly scuffle ,
ocJurreq was'etib as it was' left in the j
mb'ming, and presented a horrible ap- j
pearance. The matting on the floor was j
stained with blotches of blood, and the i
door where the fiercest struggles had oc- ;
enrred was all stained over with the j
crimson fluid, as were the doors on Wm. j
Moreis room, Iprow tbs sitting room j
clear across thb kitchen the struggling j
woman’s course’ could 'be traced in j
bloou. Harrison evening evinced >
no concern whatever over tne occurrence.
Cincinnati, October s.— The condition
of 4fiss Mary More, whp was stabbed
by Win. bfenry Ramson, is very unfa
vorable to-day. She wap under the in
fluence of opiates last night, but the
physicians think she may rally and re
cover. There is no donbt that Harrison
is insane. His mother died insane. Six
months ago Dr. Hughes, of Cleveland,
prescribed for him for insomnia, and
warned him at that time that if he did
not seek a change of scene and sur
roundings his mind must entirely fail
him. Miss More stated yesterday that
she did not want him arrested or harm
ed, that she considered she had a chance
for recovery, and that she could not
consider him responsible for yhat had
occurred. Harrison was taken to Bur
lington by some of his friends, not un
der arrest, however. He appeared to be
qnite rational, and claimed to have no
recollection whatever pf tbe dreadful
deed he had perpetrated.
: — - vg v.
N# EXTENSION.
The Centennial to Close November 10th.
Phtladelpia, October 10.—The Cen
tennial Commissioners, as answer to
inquiries, adopted tbe following :
Therefore be it resolved, That in ac
cordance with our previous action, we
hereby declare that the Centeuuiul Ex
hibition shall be dosed on the tenth
day of November next.
FIRE IN WHITEHALL.
Entire Business Portion Consumed—. Loss
9800,000.
Whitehall, N. Y., October 11.—The
entire business portion of Sandy Hill,
N. Y., was destroyed by fire last night.
Losses are over $200,000.
Faueett Rowe commenced an engage
ment in “Brass,” at Chicago, Monday
last.
i MURDER.
AN OLD NEORO MAN KILLED.
A Life lor a. Ckalf>-Traic Occurrence
Near the Orphan Asylum—Escape of
the Murderer—Corner’s Jury—Verdict of
the Jury.
Yesterday morning an inoffensive old
negro man named Jnpiter Qrant was
killed near the Orphan Asylum by Ed
ward fl. Murph, white. The testimony
of parties who witnessed the affair shows
that Qrant, who lived on Mrs. Ward’s
place, near Bel-Air, was walking along
the road, by the side of his donkey cart,
when he was accosted by Mnrph, who
accused him of stealing a chair from
him. We understand that Qrant had
been moving furniture for Murph. Af
ter making the accusation Mnrph ad
vanced upon Qrant and commenced
beating and kicking him. Qrant put
his hand in his wagon and took out a
stick with which to defend himself.
Mnrph thereupon shot him, and rode off
in a wagon with Mr. John S. Ward.
When he reached the corner of the Or
phan Asylum lot he jumped out of the
wagon, went off and has not been seen
since. Qrant did not fall for some min
utes. He was picked up, put in his cart
and driven to the City Hall, by a colored
boy. He died while on the road, near
the Street Railroad stables. Chief
Christian sent the body to the Freed
man’s Hospital and notified Justice
Wmythe, who held an inquest over it.
The following testimony was elicited :
John S. Ward sworn: I was coming to
Augusta with Edward Henry Murph
about 10 o’clock, a. m.; we were in a
wagon near the Orphan Asylum; we
overtook a colored man, Jupiter Qrant,
in a cart ; as soon as we overtook him
Murph hailed him and charged him with
stealing a chair; Murph jumped out of
my wagon; Jupiter was walking by his
cart; Murph went up to him, struck
him with his fist, kicked him, got a
stick, lilt him several times with it; Ju
piter then went to his cart and got a stick
of wood; did not attempt to hit Murph ;
Murph retreated a little way; had a pis
tol in his hand; had had it for some
time: I heard a pistol shot; Murph came
to my wagon, got in; we came down to
chrner of Orphan Asylum lot; he then
got out and left; I have not seen him
since; when the pistol was fired the
parties were abont eight feet apart;
Murph had thrown away his stick; the
deceased had his stick in his band; when
I left Jupiter was still standing; did
not say anything; I saw no blood;
Murph told Jupiter that if he followed
him he wonld kill him; after we left
Murph said he expected he had killed
Jupiter; Murph lives on Little Sand
Hills and Jupiter near Bel-Air; Jupiter is
about nfty years old and Murph was
about twenty-four ; Murph’s pistol is a
five or six shooter : besides myself
several negroes saw the difficulty ; no
whites that I could see ; Murph made
the first assault; I was about fifteen feqt
off ; I saw the smoke and heard the re
port ; did not see Mnrph fire; Qrant
was a negro of good character; Murph
was a mau of bad character ; Murph
was perfectly sober ; he had been
riding with me a half hour ; I saw no
difficulty with them before that time.
H. D. Norrell sworn : Did not see the
difficulty; a negro came to my yard and
told me a murder was committed on the
road; went out; saw a crowd; went .to
them; saw Jupiter evidently suffering
from an intense pain; asked him where
he was hurt; he replied that a man said
I stole a chair.
The jury, of which Mr. T. C. Dortic
was foreman, returned the following ver
dict : “We, the jury, find that the de
ceased, Jupiter Grant, came to his
death from a pistol wound from a pistol
in the hands of Edward Henry Murph,
andinouropiniou the deed was murder.”
The affair was witnessed by several
other parties, but the jury considered the
evidence adduced sufficient. A warrant
has been issued for the arrest of Murph.
THE COTTON CHOP.
Report of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
New Orleans, October 9.—The Com
mittee on Information and Statistics of
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange makes
tne following crop report for September
in Lonifciaua: From 30 parishes we
have 58 replies, bearing average date
September 30th. They report univer
sally very dry weather, but turning
quite cool towards the close of the
month, effecting the plant badly by
causing bolls to shed and older ones to
open prematurely. Asa general thing
there will be no top crop. The extreme
dry weather has caused cotton to open
faster than usual, and consequently
picking has progressed rapidly. Esti
mates by average of damage done by
worms, not rust and drouth, iu 16 par
ishes is 20 per cent, yield as compared
with last year, and at least 16J per cent,
less for the State. Our replies dated
October 2d report a heavy frost on the
Seventy-four correspon
dents from 25 counties report the
weather as dry and hot and generally
favorable for picking. The effect of the
drouth, however, has been to cause the
bolls to open prematurely and the plant
to shed fruit. The progress of picking
has been rapid. Most of the damage
has been from boll worms, caterpillars
and rust, very little resulting from
rot. The yield i}B compared with last
year is estimated at fully 21 per cent.,
decrease. Frogt is reported pn the first
ami second of October, but we have ro.-
ceived no estimate thero. From Arkan
sas from 30 counties we havo received
44 answers; average date 30th Septem
ber. The weather has been unfortu
nately dry and warm during the first
fortnight, and cool toward the latter
part. It has caused bolls to open rap
idly,and in many prematurely;
has produced heavy shedding and seri
ously affected the crop. We receive
many complaints ,of injury from rust,
rot and boll worm, but the damage
from these causes does not appear to ex
ceed 10 or 12 per cent. Picking is re
ported as progressing very rapidly on
the whole. In some sections, however,
it has been retarded by among
the laborers, T‘;o yield compares very
unfavorably last year, and accord
ing to our answers there will be a fall
ing off of fully 25 per cent. Some of
our late correspondence a kill
ing frost on the Q?st an 4 second ins'ts.,
the damage through which cannot how
be es^imajiefll
1 1 The Cotton Crop. *
Norfolk, October 9,. - Uuflgßjoa oi
the cotfon Cfop ; f-oyty-four letters
from Nartfi Carolina and eight from Vir
ginia, forty-four report the weather un
favorable, causing rust and rot in some
instances and sprouts in balls. Injury
from worms is trifling. Thirty-nine re
port the yield much less than year.
Heavy rain storn's 'geueral,
Report of the Augusta Cxcliange.
Hie ' Committee on Information and
Statistics of the Augusta Exchange hay®
made the following report pf ste condi
tion of the qrojp, for September :
Teie Augusta Exchange, £
Augusta, CU-, October 10, 1875. \
; To the President and Board of Direc
tors of the Augusta Exchange :
Gentlemen —We respectfully submit
the following report for the month of
September, as to the prospects and con
dition of the cotton crop in the district
allotted to this Exchange. Our report
is based upon twenty-six fepliej ’ fiofn
seventeen counted. A’ueyageu&te of re
plies, d&th 'of'Septemfcer.
Ist Question —What has been the char
acter of the weather during the month
of September ? Answer —From the first
to the tenth, and in some counties up to
the twelfth of the month, the weather
oontinued very dry and hot, causing a
general shedding of the young tap crop,
and a ra Pi4 an 4 9°4Pewhat prefnaiure
opening of gifdwn bolls." From the
tenth to the twelfth, some heavy wind
aud rain storms were general in this sec
tion, blowing and beating out some open
cotton, and injuring the quality of yhat
was ppen. Frost in sopie' localities Oc
tober ' }st, but po daipage from that
cause Reported
-2d Question—What effeot has it had
upon the aotton plant V Answer—The
drougth daring the esrly part of the
month, continued as it was since the
middle of August, caused young fruit to
burn np, and fall off very rapidij,. The
storms during the middle of the' month
had a bad effect on the quality, but rot
on the quantity of the crop.
'3d Question—What damage, if any,
has been done to the cron hy wqrcas,'
rust or rot ? Answer—damage suf
fered by the yrop is mainly from dry
rust, and consequent shedding, and
amounts probably to 15a20 per cent, of
the yield expected August Ist. No dam
age reported from rot or from worms
except on a very few river bottom fields.
4th Question—thf progress be
ing made ip picking, with your views of
the yield in comparison with last year ?
Answer Picking is progressing very
rapidly. Fully three-fourths of the
crop is open, and a Jarjye pujqbe? of ex
tra hands are being employed at cash
wages to gather it. Probably half of
the cotton is now picked. The proba
ble yield is generally reported at about
the same as last year. Your committee
would respectfully submii, nowever.that
the loss suffered by planters from Au
gust lQtli to September 10th, was so
great a per centage of their previous ex
pectations- that now many are inclined
to underestimate the yield in view; and
that, in all probability, based upon the
most reliable information obtainable,
this section will make about 10 per cent,
more cotton than last year. Very re
spectfully, L. L. Zulavakv, Chairman;
J. J. Pearce, J. W. Echols, B. W. Heard,
C. A. Rowland, A. M. Benson, W. M.
Bead, Committee.
E. L. Davenport was in Detroit at
last accounts.
A GOSSIPY LETTER.
Walhalla and Her Surrounding#— Augusta
Commercial Travelers The Great Iron
Highway to the West—The Augusta and
Hartwell Railroad—lnterest Felt iu the
Enterprise—The Political Out-Look in the
State.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel, f
Walhalla, S. C., October 10. To
one whose strength has been largely ex
tracted by remittent fever, the pure at
mosphere and water of this delightfnl
town, which stands ten hundred and
fifty-three feet above the level of the
sea, are as invigorating as we are left to
presume the balm of Gilead was pleas
ant. Situated at the foot of the Blue
Ridge mountains, Walhalla offers abun
dant employment to the student of na
ture. The mountains are in full view—
rising like so many billows of the ocean,
with crests towering here and there.
Nestling among them is Cashier’s Val
iev—beautiful as the evening star—the
home of Gen. Hampton, the next Gov
ernor of this noble little State. There
are notable points of interest and eleva
tions hereabout which wonld seemingly
place one above what is usually denom
inated “this groveling earth.” Stump
House mountain rises fifteen hundred
and eighty-six feet ; Clayton, eighteen
hundred and seventy-five feet; and Ra
bum Gap, two thousand and forty-four
feet above tide level One fin is here splen
did representatives of the Teutons, who
preserve many of the customs of Father
land. The town was originally settled
by Germans, and most of the dwelling
houses are constructed on the “home
plan” of utility and comfort. At the
present time the population, say three
thousand, is about equally divided be
tween Germans and Americans. The
latter class, with a remarkable aptitnde
for whatever turns up, whether it be
auctioneering, holding offioe, running
insurance, selling sewing machines,
keeping shop, or what not, have fallen
into line, and are beuding their energies
to the town’s advancement. Altogether,
this is an exceedingly clever communi
ty. The churches and Sabbath schools
are well attended, and the wants of the
people, as to education, fully supplied.
Your energetic agent, Mr. Norman, has
already advised your readers that New
berry College is located here. This in
stitution is under the auspices of the
Lutheran Synod of this State, and has
an able Faculty, at whose head stands
Rev. Dr. J. P. Smeltzer. The methods
of instruction observed 511 the college
are the most approved—the aim being,
all the while, at thoroughness. The
prospects of the institution are very en
couraging. Certain it is that, the col
lege is worthy of a large patronage. To
no class of our people does it make a
more earnest and reasonable appeal
than to the Germans. Recognizing the
fitness of things, the Synod will send
out, at an early day, an agent, who will
make an active canvass in behalf of Jthe
college. I had the pleasure of meeting
Professor D. B. Busby, who has charge
of the Preparatory and of
spending a short time in his'section.
He is a young man of parts, a painstak
ing teacher, and is destined to beoome
an honor to the profession.
Why is It t
Constantly on the wing, I meet in
every town and on every train from two
to six commercial travelers—hailing from
Atlanta, Richmond and Charleston.
They seem to be engaged in an active,
successful canvass of sections of coun
try whose natural and generally pre
ferred trading place is Augusta. But
nowhere do I meet a commercial traveler
from your city. Why is this? Have
your merchants so fine a local trade that
they do not care to cultivate that of the
sections referred to ? But I have heard
some of your leading dealers complaiu
of continued dullness in trade. Is that
a chronic complaint merely ? When I re
member certain of your merchants who
are engaged iu the milling business, and
others who run large establishments, all
of them well known for their energy, I
wonder if it is not simply one of the
chances of life that Ido not meet a soli
tary representative of Augusta abroad ?
It is not that there is a vestige of Paul
Pry iu me, that I propound these ques
tions, but because I am anxious for the
prosperity of the city of my birth.
Tlfle Great Iron Highway.
Apropos : I had a pleasant interview
with Colonel R. A. Thompson, one of
the editors of the Kiowee Courier , this
forenoon. Col. T. knows Augusta well.
He is now somewhat advanced in years,
but he has all the vigor, mental and
physical, of a young man in the prime
of life. Iw, uld not'say that he is an
old gentleman, but years ago, when a
boy, he was accustomed to accompany
his father, who hauled corn and corn
meal, etc., from this mountain district
to Augusta and did his trading there.
How natural that he should feel a lively
interest in the Augusta and Hartwell
Railroad and in the “great iron high
way.” to the West via Walhalla and Ra
bun Gap ! The people of this entire
section, by association, are inclined Au
gusta wards. They feel, ii the con
struction of the line referred to, an in
terest that has not abated one jot since,
in 1874, they declared their vyiUingness
(in uconee county alone) to subscribe
SIQO.OOQ towards the project.
J am satisfied of one tfiipg s Augusta
must secure the construction of the Au
gusta and Hartwell Railroad and win
the trade of the vegion thus tapped as
well as the trade of this section, or at
once make np her mindS to go into de
cay—gradually it may he, but surely.
Oneof the favorite routes for the extension
of the Augusta and Hartwell is to Walhalla
via Anderson Court House, or viW Ap
dersonville, at the ponfiuepceof theTuga
loo and fcjenppa rivers—distant 12 miles
from Anffersou. thenee via Rabun Gap
to Knoxville and Cincinnati. Seventy
five per cent, of the large tunnel through
the Stump House Mountain, 5,863 feet
in length, has been completed; the ipiiL
die tunnel has been peircpcj through;
and one-half of the iunneTfinish
ed. From the, tyfocel io the North Car
firm more than halt the work has
been done. The line can be readily
established in North Carolina, and con
nection made at Maryville, from
which place to
road is operation. J, repeat, the An
! ffWftq ancl Efartwell Railroad mqat he
built afifl tfiat right ea,rly. j mention
the facts touching thp extension because
it will be the outcome of the road
firsf gamed- As already intimated, the
greeter portion of the produce of the
country between this point and Augusta
was annually transmitted to our market.
But that is not the case now, Tk® in
fluence of the Air Lin§, i 4 felt as far
down as Newborn, en the Greenville
and Columbia Railroad. This section is
, 'yow enjoying the advantages which At
lanta derives from through cheap
freights from Baltimore- ffaye your
merchants —yoyr citizens, one
aD<l 1), whh <?arn (heir bread in the
swea{ of their faces nut observed the in
fluence these great lateral lines are wield
ing against Augusta ? With the trade
from Elbert and Hart, etc., slipping
from her hands, shall Augusta fold her
arms and wait for something to turn up?
With the completion of the Augusta and
Hartwell Road, and its resultants grad
ually assured, would pyt Augusta, with
her magnificent \ya(er power, become as
great a flour manufacturing centre as
Baltjicprei etc.? Would not the coming
of the day our canal awaits be thus
hastened ?
I have a mass of facts and figures
bearing on the points so hurriedly made,
but I shall not use them now. Walhalla
will be represented in the November
Convention by a large delegation.
TJia Political Outlook
Is, in the highest degree, encouraging
for the election of Gen. Hampton and
the securement of genuine reform. For
the first time since the dolorous days of
1865 a, full white vote will be secured.
The people are thoroughly aroused, and
are resolved to. work without intermis
sion until the polls close on the 7th of
November next. The canvass will
wax warmer from this date, and
present enthusiasm will be sure to
become more intense. There ig pp
donbt about the defection a large
body of colored "ct?**. Fortunately,
the old Isw, V(iuicU left ttye ppllot boxes
in the hands of the managers from three
to thirteen days, is a thing of the past.
Under the present law, tlp.e managers
must count the immediately after
the pel’s uall hays peep closed, and
hp counting must fee done in tfca pres
ence of those who deaito to witness the
process, The Democrats are singularly
fortunate in having as Chairman of the
State Executive Committee Col. A. C.
Haskell, who is a matchless worker and
who possesses, in a most eminusAjdegree,
the power of q;guni*atipm Be has
demueatrated' the fact that he is ever
on the qui vive and is not lacking in the
resources which are so essential to the
successful conduct of a great political
campaign. With pAWestness which
geo pie everywhere displaying in
the State, I cannot conceive how it is
possible Gen. Hampton should be de
feated. May his white and tkoe
of his pure and g*io Colleagues stand
tnntqphantix ia tfcu fore on the 7th .of
November next and thereafter !
Margin Y. Calvin.
Henry Murray, a horse thief, managed
to saw through two thicknesses of pine
plank and made good bis escape from
the Mucon jail, Sunday morning.
Mr. Charles Dathrop, son of J. W.
Lathrop, of Savannah, and a young law
yer but recently admitted to the bar,
died in Greensboro, N. C., on the 3d
instant.
Ham’s trade issne has brought upon
him a flood of glory from every portion
of the State. Oolqnitt and Ham are
probably the proudest men in Georgia
at these present writings.
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:e:
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Black Alpaca, Hosiery, Towels, Corsets, Gloves, Ladies’ and Gents’ Undervests,
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100 Bales Factory Sheetings and Shirtings.
50 Bales Factory Plaid Ornaburgs.
, 10 Cases Fancy Northern Plaids.
• ' 60 Bales Factory Stripes.
30 Cases Bleached Shirtings, all grades.
500 Dozen Gray Mixed Undershirts.
250 Dozen White Undorshirts.
100 Bales Sea Islands. All of these goods will be sold in accordance with the market
prices, and the buyer will be given the advautc e of any decline which may take place.
Mullarky Brothers,
tifitißUOAD STREET.
oct3-deodtwAwly
J. M. BURDELL,
Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant,
No. If Warren Bloclt, Augusta, Ga,
advance made and striot attention to all Consignments, and Prompt Remittances.
aep9 d2awlm&w2m
Grange Fire-Proof Warehouse,
No. 6 Mclntosh Street, Augusta, iia.
HE PLANTERS' UNION AGENCY continues the business of sell iu
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September, previous to removal to their new store,
40 East 14t!i Street, Union Square, October Ist.
I lustrated catalogues mailed. Agents wanted.
Special inducements to the trade.
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Specialties This Week.
33laCK STRAW'S, iu new shapes, at SOets.up.
SILK, FINISHED VELVETEEN, 75 cts.
| BLACK SILK VELVET. 43, 42 50, $3- a bar
gain-
FELT HATS, in all the new shapes, 60 cts.
FRENCH FLOWERS, at Half Price.
RIBBONS, Very Cheap.
PLUMES, WTNG, ORNAMENTS,
ENGLISH CRAPE, Ac.
1 Call and Examine.
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Sale of Valuable Property In
Oglethorpe County, Ga.
BY virtue of an order from the Court of Or
dinary of Oglethorpo county, and by au
thority granted in the last wifi ad testament
of Z H Clark, late of said county,.deceased
Will be sold, on the Ist Tuesday in NOVEM
BER next, within the legal hours of sale, be
fore the Court House doov, in the town of Lex
ington, one tract of laDd. known ns the Mill
; Tract, containing acres, on which is situa
ted a good Grist Mill. The mu bouse was
built of stone and brick, within the last two
veais. The inside machinery is all Dew, with
f four foot wheat mill and same size corn mill,
all propelled by a 20 foot water wheel. Ihe
water power has a fall of 29 feet by actual svu -
Ve Terms - One-half cash: the balance on
twelve month" credit, wffh interest at 10 per
cent. Bond will he given for title until last
payment is made. Possession given in on
days from, sale, and the purchaser will take the
unexpired contract with the present miller for
two months. JON
H. A. HAYES.
oct!2-dtwl 4w2 Excontors^
Hu Ksenia Cotton Gin,
MANUFACTURED BY
J. D. & H. T. HiMMiCR,
CRAWFORDVILDE. GA.
i
FOR over twenty years we have manufac
tured the GEORGIA GIN, and from our
Bucceea with them, feel warranted In Bayutg
they are equal to any Gins made.
We do not strive to get op a fancy article for
i exhibition at Fairs, but put up good, durable
work of first class material.
We offer them as low as any good Gins can
he afforded.
I Every Gin warranted to perform well.
We could give hundreds of certificates if do
sired. but as that role is so common at this day
we omit them.
PRICES* OF GINS!
Vox Si HnJh Saws, per Haw - - s*2s
for ift Inch Haws, per Haw - - 380
Old Gins repaired in the best style and at
reasonable charges,
Freight mast ha prepaid on them when ship
ped by railroad.
Orders for New Gins solicited early, to in
sure prompt delivery for the ginning of the
next crop. Address,
J. H. & H. T. HAMIHACK,
Orawfordville, Ga.
Or Messrs. BOTHWELL BEOS.. Agents.
jyß-w3m Augusta, Ga.
SmMEXEMESgfEAMMim
MILLGEARINGMADE
AND HANGERS
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Forma for Mortgage of Personalty can
be supplied at this Offloe for $1
Proprietors.
Platt Brothers.
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-ONDERTARIN6 DEPARTMENT !!
A POLL assortment of MF.TALIO CASK
ETS and CASES at all prices.
Rosewood Caskets and Oases.
Children and Infants Enameled Caskets.
Broadcloth and Velvet Covered Caskets.
COFFINS of every description always on
hand.
We have a Competent Undertakkb to take
oharge of Funerals and attend calls at all
hours, day or night.
Orders during the week and Sunday morn
ings until eleven o’clook will be loft at the
Store.
Sunday evenings and nights the orders left
with the Undertaker at his house on Ellis
street, directly in rear 1 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 atteaded to
with dispatch. IjyltSdtAw
MANSION HOUSE ENLARGED
AND
BOARD REDUCED.
T- RANCIENT BOARD, per day, $1 60.
Table Boarders in advance, per week, 44 60.
Regular Boarders, in advance, per week.
46 60.
Accommodations ample for sixty Boarders.
HepSiJ-sii&weSw
Florida Free Lands,
own niißnuß
IN
ORANGE COUNTY,
WITHIN
Three Miles of Railroad Transpor
tation.
Lands Unsurpassed For
FRUITS aiOARMING.
Office South Florida Land Agency, j
Fort Mason, Orange County, Florida. )
r pHE undersigned have entered into a busi
_L ness arrangement for the purpose of lo
cating settlers on the publio lauds (either
United States or Htate) in this and adjoining
oounties.
Located in the most delightful portions of
Orange county, in a section of territory con
ceded by all to be the best adapted to the cul
ture of the orange and kindred fruits, and
thoroughly acquainted with all the lands in this
vicinity, we are better able to give information
concerning the lands still vacant than any
others engaged in the land business in this
county.
The railroad now in course of construction
connecting the Bt. John's river at Lake George
with Lakes Harris, Eustis, Griffin, Dora andl
the other headwater lakes of the Oclawaha
river, will furnish all the surrounding lands
with ample transportation facilities and place
settlers within easy distance °I the Northern
and Eastern markets.
THE CLIMATIC ADVANTAGES
Of this section of territory are so well known
as scareely to need recapitulation. Vegetables
and tropioal fruits can ba grown throughout
the year without danger from cold. The
severest frosts of this lake region do not in
jure vegetation, aH was proven during the past
Winter, when the frosts killed early vegetables
at considerable distances south of us and left
this region untouched—not a blade of grasa
being injured.
HOMESTEADS NEAR THE RAILROAD.
We are now prepared to locate settlers on the
public lands in close proximity to the railroad.
One of the undersigned (Mr. John 8. Banks)
has just completed a thorough Burvey of a
large tract of United States lands, situated at
from three to six miles distance from the rail
road. These lands are not only admirably
adapted to the culture of oranges, but are also
excellent for farming purposes, and can b
easily brought into cultivation, the old settlers
iu the vicinity raising an abundant snpply of
corn, cotton, sugar, eto., upon them.
GET A HOMESTEAD NOW.
Parties who propose settling in Florida wiff
find it greatly to their advantage to obtain
their homesteads during the Summer months,
and thus avoid the rush of the Fall mouths.
Those dosiriug to locate near the railroad will
obtain
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTS ACRES FREE
If their entry is made before the completion of
tht road. After its completion, which will be
some time this coming Fall,they will not be per
mitted toonter more than eighty acres. Persons
locating during the Summer oan also get their
lands in readiness for a crop of early vege
tables next Winter, and thus be enabled to re
alise a profit from the lands immediately. We
are now
PREPARED TO LOCATE SETTLERS,
Singly or in colonies, at moderate rates, ar.fi in
every ease wo guarantee oomplete satisfaction.
No lands will be located by us until one of u
have thoroughly surveyed them, anfi m all
cases our patrons shall be given the beet tracts
of which we have any knowledge, without
favoritism or partiality being shown to any
one.
STATE LANDS.
We are also prepared to locate, survey and
purchase any desired quantity of State lands,
and will perform this work either for a speci
fied price in money or for an agreed upon per
centum of land. We now have some choice
pieces of State land marked out on our maps,
which have been surveyed by Us, and which
are among the best lands in ihis Stats.
FURTHER DETAILS
Can be obtained by addressing (with stamp en
closed for reply) the undersigned. Prompt at
tention given to all letters. Ad.dtesa
BANKS A ST. OLAIR-ABRAMS,
Fort Mason, Orange county, Florida.
To My Friends in Georgia, Alabama
t and Sontb Carolina.
In response to many letters received by me,
I Lave entered into a business arrangement
with Mr. JOHN H. BANKS for the purpose of
locating settlers on the public lande of this
and adjoining counties. Mr. BANKS is a prac
tical surveyor of many years’ experience, and
possesses a thorough knowledge of the publio
lands, having been United States Register of
Public Lands in this State. We have ex
plored and surveyed a considerable tract of
these lands, and we are now prepared to looate.
settlers on
CHOICE HOMESTEADS.
Many persons have written mo expressing a
desire to move to this State during the present
year. These I would advise to OBTAIN THEIR
HOMESTEADS NOW. In the Fall months the
rush of Northern settlers is of great that it is
difficult to obtain choice homesteads; whereas
at present the travel is light, and one can se
lect a place with greater ease. In addition,
the large tract of homlatead lands contiguous
to the railroad, recently surveyed and opened
up for settlement by Mr. BANKS, if not en
tered this Summer will inevitably bo taken up
by the first influx of Northern travelers next
Fall. As my desire (without prejudice to
Northern settlers) is to iocate the numerous
citizens of the States above nam and on choice
Homesteads, while able to do so, I urge them
to make the selections at once, and thus se
cure valuable and eligible homes in this State.
ALEX. ST. CLAR-ABRAMB,
Fort Mason, Orange county, Florida.
jy2l-sn<fcwelm&w3m
CASH AND CLOTH FOR WOOL.
THE Athens Manufacturing Company will
pay in CASH or CLOTH the highest mar
ket price for WOOL.
Enquire of PORTER FLEMING, at Augus
ta. or Agent at Athens for particulars.
R. L. BLOOMFIELD,
my2B-w6m Agent.
