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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1876)
OLD SCRIES —VOL. XCI NEW SERIES —WOL. XL. TERMS. iUE DULY CHRONICLE A SENTINEL, the oldest oewepeper in the South, ie published daily, except Mondsy. Term*: Per yeer, |lO ; six months, 15; three months, 12 50. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE 4 SENTINEL is published every Wedneedsy. Term* : One yeer, $2; six months, sl. THE TBI-WEEKLY CHRONICLE A SENTI NEL is published every Tueedsy, Thursdsy end Ssturdsy. Term* : One yeer, *5; six months, $2 SO. BUBBCBIPTIONB in *ll esses in advance, end no peper continued eftez the expiretion of the time peid far. KATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY.—AII transient advertisements will be charged *t the rete of $1 per square each insertion for the first week. Advertisement* in Tri-Week ly, tl per square: in Weekly. *1 per square. Marriage and Funeral Notices, Cl each. Special Notices. Cl per square. Special rates will be made for advertisements running for one month or longer. ALL COMMUNICATIONS announcing candi dates for office—from County Constable to members of Congress—will be charged at the rate of twenty cents per line. All announce ments must be paid for in advance. Address WALSH A WEIGHT, CHBomcLX A He.vtikxl. Augusta. Oa. CtjromfU* ant) Bmfmel. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 25. 1876. The decisive battle ground, says the Albany Argus, is New York. And New York is as sure for Tilden and Robin son as election day arrives. A ton of wine of the vintage of 1861 was sold on the 20th September last at Johannisberg to the ex-Sultan of Tur key for 50,000 florins, which is the rate of 80 francs (say 816) a bottle. The correspondent of the New York Herald who was with Ggn. Crook’s command in the Black Hills, says Major Rkno and other snbaltern officers are in a great measure responsible for the Cus teb massacre. It appears to be Mr. Wheeler’s turn next. A snit for 800,000 has been brought against him for an alleged breach of trust in connection with a railroad company with which he has been connected for many years. A Philadelphia Sunday paper com plains that some of the Centennial res taurant keepers charge seventy-five oents for oyster stews built of water and three or four sickly bivalves. The Nor ristown Herald thinks that snch men would crawl into a cave for safety dur ing a thunder storm. The labors of the Board of Health will soon come to an end. To tke zeal and intelligence of the gentlemen composing the Board the people of Angusta owe a great deal. We hope that it will make a report to Council, embodying the ex perience of the past season and making suggestions for the future. Thb Chicago Times informs Mr. R. B. Hayes that though there is no chance for his being President, he may do something to save his character. His swearing about his property is very damaging, and unless he takes steps to wash ont the stains, bis good name will suffer as long as he lives, and after he is dead and bnried. Dr. H. V. M. Millbb has written a let ter favoriDg “independent movements,” and it is thought he will take the stump for Dr. Felton, in the Seventh District. However speciously it may be disguised, “Independency” is the ally of Radical ism, and no man who claims to be a Democrat should give it countenance or support. In Franklin county, Ohio, resides a man 125 years old, born in 1752, in Can ada. He claims to have seen Montcalm and Wolfe after the greut battle atQue beo in colonial times, was a married man at the time of the revolutionary war and fought in the war of 1812. He never voted in his life, and has good eyea and is able to hobble about his house. His name is Etienne Gauldi not. Governor Chamberlain diligently grinds the South Carolina outrage mill and has just reported that three hun dred “men in buokcam” recently broke open a bnilding where arms were kept and carried them away. It was so dark that nobody saw them, bat the Govern or is anre they were white men and rebels. A story of this kind needs con firmation. The absenoe of any details is enough to make is suspected. In Brooklyn a Hayes and Wheeler flub, numbering 196 members who are voters, sent word to the Tilden aud Hendricks club that they had got sick of it, with Mortonism and Butlerism and Babcockism at the head of “the party,” and would like to join the Til den club. They were received with cheers, and three other Hayes and Wheeler clubs there express a disposi tion to follow the example. Generals Siegel, Corse, Shields and Williams were among the “murderers and thieves” who paid their respect to revenue collector commanders of Boys to Blue, at Indianapolis, in the follow ing vigorous style : “That the assump tion the Union was saved by a par ty and not by the whole people, irrespec tive of party, is false, slanderous and nnpatriotio; that it discredits the living and dishonors the dead, and we solemn ly renounce the assumption.” The Cincinnati Enquirer says that oity does not make a living off the State of Ohio. Her trade aud her interest lie South of the Ohio river. We do not ask the business men of Cincinnati, sx ya the editor, to sell their “great prin ciples," but we insist that they shall deal /airly and in an unprejudiced man ner with the Southern people. They are misrepresented and lied about for purely political purposes. Prosperity in the South means prosperity for all. The Pall Hall Gazette has it about right when it says that “the appearance of Mr. Chandler, the Secretary oi the Interior, at the head of the Campaign Committee of the Republican party, is more eloquent than any Democratic de nunciation, more oonclnsive than any Democratic argument against the reality of the reforming professions of the Cin cinnati platform, the expectation that Mi'. Hates will radically efiange the system of Government which pardoned the Babcocks and (the B elk naps of the .past half a dozen years. ” “The milk of the gods grind slowly,” bat John D. Lbs, who took snoh a prominent part in the Mountain Mea dow massacre in Utah uineteen years ago, will find they “grind exceedingly fine.” He has been sentenced to suffer death for his crime, January 26, 1877, by shooting, the laws of the Territory leaving it optional to the prisoner to choose between hanging, shooting and beheading. There is little doubt that Lee’s death is somewhat connived at by some of the Mormon leaders, in order to appease popular indignation and perhaps save themselves from deserved punishment for their share in aiding and abetting the attack on the emi grants. If justice could be vindicated, Lee’s execution would probably not be the only one among persons high in the conooils and favor of the Mormon Church. Bat Lee’s sentence is so much more than the public ever expected that people generally will now feel almost as well satisfied as if every one of the mnr . derers had expiated his guilt at the , .hands of the law. THE ELECTION IN GEORGIA. “They make a solitude and call it peace.”— The Democrats want a solid South, but the re sult in Georgia shames even them. The ab sence of opposition, and the increase of Dem eratic majorities above the total vote as shown by census and previous elections, compel the conviction that terrorism is absolute, and that the ballot box is made the sport of violence. The Confederates might have carried Georgia upon a fair election after fair debate. They have permitted neither, and have exposed the manner and anbridled license of their despot ism. Georgia warns the American people of the methods and meaning of a solid South.— Utica (X. Y.) Herald. The Democratic majority in Georgia is in the neighborhood of 80,000. The New York Tri bune takes this fact as indicating that not one Bepnblican in three dared to cast his vote. There are fifty comities in the State in which the colored population outnumbers the white, but they all went Democratic. The same paper assnmes this to be evidence of intimidation ; and yet we are assured that the Georgia elec tion passed off qnietly. We do not regard It as impossible that the negroes may have divided of their own free will and many of them voted for Democratic candidates : but if they hAve been prevented by fear or force from voting at all or voting as they wished, the conntry ought to know it. Ws are not willing to assnme it without evidence ; bat tbe United States has granted tbe right of suffrage to colored citizens, to be freely exercised, and it should protect them in exercising it freely. If there has been intimidation in Georgia let us have the evidence of it .—Boston Globe. The above are samples of what the Northern Republican papers say of the recent election in Georgia. Tbe Utica Herald is a bitter partisan sheet, and no attention need be paid to its railings. Bat the Globe is an influential as well as a very conservative journal, and we deeply regret that it pays any attention to the false and foolish deductions of the Tribune. We agree with the Globe that the intimidation of voters is illegal; bet we utterly deny that any intimida tion was practised in Georgia by the Democratic party at the recent election. This denial is based npon what took place in this section of the State and on reports from other sections. We chal lenge the Republican Central Commit tee to prove that in a single county of the State Republicans were forcibly pre vented from voting the ticket of their choice. The Democratic majority in Georgia was not larger than it was ex pected to be for months before the elec tion. There was virtually no contest, and the Democrats had a walk over. The fact is, and it is a fact which shonld be kuowu North as well as here, there is no Republican party in Georgia. It has neither organization, discipline, leaders or candidates. In the last campaign a formidable faction opposed the nomina tion of any State ticket. The villainies of Bullock k Cos. drove decent white men into indifference'or opposition, and the colored men take little interest in politics when left to themselves, out side of the cities. The men who olaim to be leaders only preserve an ap pearance of organization in order to oontrol the distribution of Federal pat ronage and pass their time fighting each other for the loaves and fishes. The fact that there are counties in Georgia where no Republican vote was polled simply proves that in those counties the party had no candidates to vote for. Are there not counties in Maine and Vermont where uo Democratic votes were polled at the last elections in those States ? We fear no investigation which any Republican newspaper may make into the legality and fairness of the “Georgia election.” HON. JOSHUA HILL. We print this morning the full text of the letter written by Hon. Joshua Hill, of Madison, declining the nomination for Congress tendered him by the Re publican Convention of the Ninth Dis trict. Tbe publication is made at this somewhat late day because we did not see the entire letter until yesterday. One of its most striking passages has been going the rounds of the press in a sadly mutilated shape. It is hardly necessary to say we do not agree with Mr. Hill in politics. He says he is not a Democrat. We believe the Democratic party offers the only hope for the salvation of the country. But it is equally unnecessary for us to assert that Mr. Hill is an hon orable and distinguished citizen of Georgia—one whose commanding tal ents have enabled him to render valu able servioes to his native State both before and since the war. We cannot forget his career in Congress prior to to secqpsion. We cannot forget that after the war, though professing fealty to the Republican party, he waged re lentless and successful war against Bul look and Blodgett and the corrupt ele ment of that party —that he was elected to the United States Senate by the votes of the Democratic members of the Legislature—that he opposed the sec ond reconstruction of the State and all of Bullock’s plundering schemes besides —that in the Senate he denounced the damnable heresy of “ Civil Rights” when it was first broached by the vision ary and fanatical Sumner— that in the Louisiana matter he took strong ground against the recognition of the Kelloos usurpation, made a minority report on the condition of affairs in that unhappy State and introduced a bill for the set tlement of the qnestion which received the cordial support of every Democratic and Liberal Republican Senator. These things should be remembered of all men. Mr. Hill allowed his abhorrence of secession, his passionate attachment to the leaders and traditions of tbe old Whig party of the Union, together with his aversion to the Democracy whom he had always opposed, to carry him into the ranks of the Republican party after the Whig party had ceased to exist, after the issue of a long and bloody war had sealed forever the fate of secession and after new questions had arisen and j new parties had been formed to battle ' for the possession of the Government, i This we regret. The Whigs of the j South went over solidly to the Dem-! oaratin party when they fonnd that that * party alone offered any hope for the; preservation of constitutional liberty. Men who had been equally as staunch as Mr. Hill in their loyalty to the old j Whig party, and equally as enthusiastic in their devotion to its great leader, “ Harry of the West,” did not hesi tate to strike hands with the followers of Yancey and Calhoun, when they found the Whig party gone ; and the Democratic party alone battling * for the perpetuation of Republican prin ciples. In shaping his oonrse as he did, we think—hi best friends think—Mr. Hill made a great mistake. But it was nothing more than a mistake. It was an error of judgment, sot an error of the heart. In the letter whlah we pub lish this morning Mr. Hill intimates that he has done with polities and po litical life, and in a melancholy strain he reviews his past career and hints of the futility of his labors. Let ns hope that his name and his fame will not be lost to the State which we know he loves and the people whom we are sure he fain wonld serve. Let ns in dulge the hope that dismissing all pride of opinion and frankly recognizing the failure of the Republican party to give pesoe to the South or prosperity to the nation he will join his brother Whigs and fight with them as gallantly in the ranks of Democracy as he did when leading them beneath the banner of no ble Hknby Clay. THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. The nsnal quarterly circular on the above topic, from the Mercantile A gency of Messrs. R. G. Dun k Cos., is at hand with the customary promptitude of that establishment. It says: “It will create surprise, and some disappointment, to learn from the figures which it contains, and which we present below, that the mercantile failures throughout the Unit ed States, for the past three months, 2,448 in number, show an increase over those of the second quarter of the year, equal to 25 per cent. In order to show at a glance the rela tive figures, we compile from the circu lar the failures of each quarter of the year since the beginning of 1875, at which date these quarterly statements were commenced: 1875. 1876. < No. Liabilities.' 'No! Li- oilitias. Ist quarter..l.9B2 $ 3,173,(00 2,806 $64,644,000 2(1 quarter...l.sßl 33,667,000 1,744 13,771,000 3d quarter...l,77l 54,328,000 2,450 47,857,000 4th quarter..2,4os 70,888,W0 It was hoped that the failures in the third quarter of the presept year, jnst closed, would show a rednetion corre sponding with that indicated in the sec ond quarter, bat this was perhaps too mnch to expect. The improvement in business, which has been so generally apparent recently, did not evince itself till two-thirds of the quarter had ex pired, and even then was too- restricted to influence those in an embarrassed position. The amount of liabilities, however, involved in the failures of the third quarter of the year, show a considerable decrease in proportion to the number of failures reported. The average amount of liabilities for each failure in tbe last qnarter is $19,500, against $24,300 in the preceding quarter, and against $30,000 in corresponding quarter of lant year. Taking the average of the whole seven quarters of the two years thus far elapsed, the indebtedness involved in each failure of the past three months is $5,000 less than for the quarter preced ing. Two inferences are drawn from this reduction of the proportionate lia bilities—first, that smaller traders have been yielding to the pressure of the times, and that a less number of concerns have failed ; and, second, that the lines of credit have been restricted, and indebtedness reduced. Certainly it would appear from these figures that less is lost in bad debts in proportion to the number who succumb. The com parison of the past nine months of 1876 with those of 1875 is not at all cheering, as will be seen by the following: Failures. Liabilitisa. First nine months of 1876..7,050 $166,272,000 First nine months of 1875..5,334 131,172,000 Increase 1,716 $25,100,000 Were it not that other circumstances point to a more cheerful prospect, this revelation of a portion of our most re cent commercial history might well be disheartening. But, notwithstanding these depressing'figures, which it is the duty of the Agency to make public, it does not fail to discriminate in a very dear and able manner between what is discouraging in their statistics, and what are the indications of an improved condition of trade. The following is an extract: Allowing for the exaggeration with which the first signs of a revival would naturally be enlarged upon, it is undeniable that in several of the great staples of business there is in creased activity, with an improvement in values, sufficient to encourage the hope of profit. Consequent upon these indications, there is everywhere apparent a decided in crease in confidence, and this moot essential element toward the return of prosperity is very perceptibly gaining ground. It remains to be seen whether the gain in confidence is justified by the extent of the real and actual improvement in business, or how muoh of the improved feeling is to be attributed to ‘the wish that is father to the thought.’ It is, however, very certain that all the conditions favor a very considerable move ment in those branches of trade based upon the necessities of the people, and especially in those articles which they eat, drink, and wear. The stocks ef these articles in the hands of those nearest the consumer had been reduced to a minimum, not only because of a lessened demand and a restricted purchasing power, but beoause of such a steady decline in prices, that to hold many goods was the surest way to lose money. Prioes had reached a point at which production was profitless, resulting in lessened quantities produced. But the reaction has commenced. Thus, demand, price and supply seemed at the lowest ebb, in dicating as complete a reversal of the con dition of things on the Ist of September, 1876, as compared with those of the same date in 1873, as it was possible to imagine. The oscil lation of the pendulum had been complete, from high prices, large stocks, ovor-produo tion, and forced demand on the one verge—to reduced values, the smallest stooks, diminished production, and a consumption limited only by exact wants, on the other. Now that the whole history of the past three years is spread before us, it is difficult to decide whether Soylla, on the one hand, or Charybdis, on the other, was the most fatal to the well-being of the community. To attain the golden mean between the two extremes seems now not only possible, but increasingly probable. To render such an attainment possible, the hard times of the past three years have been endured ; and if this point in our commercial history has been reached without serious disaster, there is ground for congratulation, aside from the positive signs of revival which the paßt month affords. As to the condition of the commer cial community, in relation to which the Agency may be, by its position, presumed to be well posted, the cir cular goes on to say : “ There is not only a good deal to show we are nearer a prosperous condition but there are many proofs ihat the lengthened depres sion has not produced general exhaustion. The healthy constitution of the commercial organization remains unimpaired, and it can well afford to wait for the fulfilment of the better promise that now dawns. iVe have suffered, it is true, but not organically ; and therefore it may be fairly hoped, that when the better times at last arrive, the trade of the country will be found in a healthy condi tion with the additional advantage of many lessons from the period of adversity through | which it has passed. The vast majority of ! our merchants and manufacturers, though ; they have suffered heavily, have sustained | themselves in spite of the altered conditions of business, and the general stagnation of j trade. This power of resisting the continued 1 strain has been the hopeful feature of the ; past, as it is now of the future, when there are indications, bo they ever so slight, of im provement. Meantime, notwithstanding the j reverses of those in trade, the great balk of I producers in agricultural regions have pros j pored. This vast body, upon whose prosperity must be based that of all others in this country, have been exceptionally favored, j Good crops, bringing good prices, cheap freights, reduced cost of labor, and lower prices for all supplies, have largely increased their purchasing power, and placed" them in a position comparatively independent of the adverse circumstances prevailing in other classes. Referring to the depression and em barrassment that prevail in other coun tries, it is stated as significant that the gloom which pervades the commercial horizon of the rest of the world has not qnly been more disastrous and destruc tive of confidence abroad in this conntry, bat that the signs of vitality, and a return of healthy trade, gee in far more distant than here. Excepting France and Belgium, almost in every other com mercial country the failures have been qnite as numerous in proportion to tbe number engaged in business, as in the United States. Bat in addition to this, the daily reports indicate an extent of liabilities far exceeding in magnitude those in this country. So that, notwith standing an expansion in permanent expenditure in this country far exceed ing the bounds of prudence, an enor mous debt, the highest known tariff, a disorganized currency, recklessness in AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1576. trade, and extravagance in living—not withstanding all this, onr commercial fabric has been able to sustain itself with far less signs of distress than other countries free from these hnrtfnl disa bilities. Under these circumstances, is it not fair to assume that the vigor and elasticity exhibited under snch pressure, in the presence of snch adverse condi tions, will enable the country to all the more rapidly achieve a prosperity which shall be as permanent as all-pervading ? The circular concludes with a caution prndent merchants and bankers will not be slow to appreciate. The improvement iu business noticeable within tbe past month may be regarded as the first feeble intimation of this change. It would be unsafe to rely, however, too implicit ly on the expectation that the hard times are nearly over. The “spurt” in trade, which some term the activity of September, is not likely to be followed by a continuous revival throughout the Autumn and Winter. On the contrary, there ie hardly a possibility that the immediate future can be fruitful of much ad vance. The season of the year, the expendi ture of the masses traveling to and from the Ceiitennnial Exposition, the circulation of money for the movement of the orops, cheap transportation, and other ciroumstances, have been favorable to an improved business thus far in the season, notwithstanding the politi cal excitement incident to a Presidential year, These favoring conditions will hardly prevail to the same extent throughout the current quarter. It will not do to take the results of the past thirty days as the harbinger of the □ext ninety. Still, the conclusion is universal that the “tide which leads on to fortune” has turned, and that the future will witness a steady though gradual improvement in numer ous business interests hitherto depressed and profitless. GRANT'S PROCLAMATION. Grant’s Sonth Carolina proclamation, while not altogether unexpected, must bring bitterness to the heart of every lover of personal and political liberty. It is an act worthy of an autocrat; a proceeding which but few of the crown ed rulers of Europe wonld have ven tured upon. It is a matter for profound reflection that at the very climax of the Nineteenth Century civilization; in the glory of the Centennial celebration of American independence; in a time of profound peace, the Executive of a great Republic, which is held up before the world as a model of liberty, shonld seek by the exercise of military power to overawe the people of a sovereign State and pin it by bayonets to the Republi can skirts. The. reasons for this stretch of power are too specious to deceive any bun those who are anxious to be de ceived. Side by side with the pro nunciamento which declares “that in surrection and domestic violence exist in several counties in the State of Sonth Carolina and that certain combinations of men against law exist in many coun ties of said State, known as ‘Rifle Clubs,’ who ride up and down by day aud night in arms, murdering some peaceable citizens and intimidating others,” is the report of the attack on a bodj' of unarmed and unsuspecting whites near Charleston, by a band of negro State militia armed with guns issued by the Radical government.— Four defenseless Democrats are killed and fourteen wounded by the horde of black fiends, who afterwards, with the malignity of the savage Sioux, strip their victims and mutilate their bodies. No intimidation in this. The presence of deputy United States Marshals and Federal troops is not needed here. Only a score of white Democrats have been injured. The paternal protection of the Federal Government is due to the negro alone. Nor must the white Democrat dare protect himself if he would save himself from the grasp of insolent sa traps. “ O Liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name !” “Cannot be controlled by the ordinary course of justice.” Justice forsooth! Miserable mockery ! When even handed justice shall control tbe destinies of this great nation and the several States which compose it, Chamberlain and his sup pliant followers will have passed into that oblivion which they so richly de serve, followed by the contempt and in dignation of an outraged people. Who can view recent occurrences in Sonth Carolina with a desire that snoh things shonld continue ? “ The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind very fine.” Chamberlain and his crew may riot in their foul saturnalia now, but the ides of November will see the State dis enthralled and regenerated, with the no ble old hero, Wade Hampton, at the helm. Bayonets nor proclamations can affect aught but a sterner resolution with a people determined to be free. THE CENTENNIAL. A Philadelphia journal says that at the time of closing the gates on the last Saturday night in September, the num ber of paying visitors who had attended the Exhibition was 4,071,313. The Ex hibition had been opened one hnndred and fifteen days. The Vienna Exhibi tion was opened one hnndred and eighty six days, and the total number of pay ing visitors there was 3,492,622. Our Centennial, at the close of its one hnn dred and fifteenth day, was nearly half a million ahead in the number of paying visitors, and nearly a million dollars ahead in cash receipts from visitors. At the London Exposition, in 1851, they had 6,039,195 visitors of all kinds, in one hnndred and forty-one day, includ ing those who had paid and exhibitors, attendants, workmen and nn-paying visitors. Including them, the Philadel phia numberss,3ss,22Bin the.time above mentioned. At London, in 1862, they had 6,211,103 visitors of all kinds, in one hnndred and seventy-one days. At Paris, in 1867, they had 8,805,960 visi tors of all kinds in two hnndred and seventeen days. The receipts of the Paris Exhibition during its whole term were $2,203,775; the receipts in Phila delphia in tbe one hnndred and fifteen days were $1,881,534. It will be seen therefore that the number in daily at tendance and the cash receipts are greater at the American than at tbe French Exhibion. The term of otir Ex hibition is limited to one hundred and fifty-six days, including Sundays, so that it is possible we may fall short of the whole number of visitors at the French Exhibition daring its longer term of existence. There are several thousand more non-paving visitors, ex hibitors, laborers and attendants, who connt in tbe aggregate as long as the Exhibition remains open. The Philadelphia Times , an Inde pendent paper and very reliable in its opinions, says that the election of Hayes has been placed, by the late elec tions in tbe West, among the most ob scure improbabilities, and that even Pennsylvania, heretofore coanted among the most certain States for the Republi cans, is now wheeling into line and may be fairly placed on tbe donbtfnl list. Thk New Jfork World says tfiat Wed nesday evening “Gen. Grant visited the Repnblican headquarters in the northern part of the Fifth Avenne ho tel and the Repnblican National Com mittee rooms in the southern aide of the hotel. Carl Schurz was at the Nation al Committee rooms and conversed with the President on political topics. The President walked down to the tele graph office a ntimber of times to obtain the latest returns from Ohio and In diftiuu*’ CAROLINA’S CURFEW. GRANT’S PROCLAMATION. Rifle Clubs Ordered to Disperse—lnsurrec tionists Rebuked—Cameron’s Circular—All Available Troops to Report to Gen. Roger —The Alarum Seanded. Cabinet Meeting. Washington, D. C., October 17.—A fall Cabinet except Fish. Chandler leaves to-night for New York. The President has issued a proclamation, after a long preliminary referring to tbe state of affairs in Sonth Carolina. The proclamation commands all persons en gaged in said unlawful and insurrec tionary proceedings to disperse and re tire peacefully to their respective homes within three days from this date, and hereafter abandon said combinations, and submit themselves to the laws and constituted authorities of said State. There is aot the most remote intima tion, however, of any intention on the part of the Federal Government to as sist Gov. Chamberlain in depriving cit izens of Sonth Carolina of their private arms. The Proclamation. By the President of the United States of America—A Proclamation : Whereas, It has been satisfactorily shown to me that insurrection and do mestic violence exist in several counties of the State of South Carolina, and that certain combinations of men against law exist in many counties of said State, known as “Rifle Clnbs,” who ride up and down by day and night in arms, murdering some peaceable citizens and intimidating others, which combina tions, though forbidden by the laws of the State, cannot be controlled or sup pressed by the ordinary course of jus tice; and whereas, it is provided in the Constitution of the United States that the United States shall protect every State in this Union, on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive when the Legislature cannot be con vened, against domestic violence; and whereas, by laws in pursuance of the above it is provided in the laws of the United States that in all cases of insurrection or obstruction to the laws thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, on application of the Legislature of such State, or of the Executive when the Legislature of the State cannot be con vened, to call for the militia of any oth er State or States, or to employ snoh part of the land and naval forces as shall be judged necessary for the pur pose of suppressing such insurrection or causing the laws to be duly executed; and whereas, the Legislature of said State is not now in session, and cannot be convened in time to meet the emer gency, and the Executive of said State, under section four of article four of the Constitution of the United States, and the laws passed in pursuance thereof, has therefore made due application to mo in the premises for such part of the mili tary force of the United States as may be necessary and adequate to protect said State and the citizens thereof against domestic violence, and to enforce the due execution of the laws; and, whereas, it is required that whenever it may be necessary, in the judgment of the Presi dent, to use the military force for the purpose aforesaid, he shall forthwith by proclamation oommand such insur gents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective homes within in a limit ed time; Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States, do hereby make proclamation and com mand all persons engaged in said un lawful and insurrectionary proceedings to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within three days from this date, and hereafter abandon said combinations and submit them selves to the laws and constituted au thorities of said State. Ido invite the co-operation of all good citizens there of to uphold the laws and preserve the public peace. In witness hereof I hare hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at. the City of Washington, this seyen teenth day of October, in the year of our Lord 1876, and of the indepen dence of the United States, one hun dred and one. U. S. Grant. By the President: John L. Cadwala deb, Acting Secretary of St#|t.e. Secretary Cameron’s Circular. War Department, / Washington, October 17, 1876. ( General W. T. Sherman, Commanding United States Army: Sib-—lu view of the existing condition of affairs in Sonth Carolina, 'there is a possibility that the proclamation of the President of this date may be disregard ed. To proyide against sncfi a contin gency you will immediately order a)l the available force in the military division • of the Atlantic to report to Gen, Ruger, commanding at Columbia, S. G., and instruct that offioer to station troops in such localities that they may be most speedily and effectually used in case of resistance to the authority of the United States. It is hoped that a collision may thus be avoided, but yon will instruct Gen. Ruger to let it be known that it is the fixed purpose of the Government to carry ont fully the spirit oi the procla mation and to sustain it by the military force of the General Government, sup plemented if necessary by the militia of the various States. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, G. D. Cameron, Secretary of War. MORE TROOPB FOB SOUTH CARO LINA. Fire Companies of Artillery to tfae From—Nte Authority to Disband Rifle Clubs—Sherman Surprised—Feeling at tbe North—Tbe Cain* hoy Troubles. Washington, October 18.— An exami nation of the laws of South Carolina shows that the Rifle Clubs which Gov. Chamberlain denounces as illegal and strictly forbidden by the laws of the State, are regularly chartered by the Legislature, under the name of “Rifle Clubs.” There are a large number of colored companies chartered in tbe same way. Fortress Monroe, October 17.—Gen. Barry received telegraphic instruction from Washington this morning to send four companies of artillery from this post at once to Columbia, S. C., to re port to Major-General Ruger, command ing the Department. Company I, 4th Artillery, Captain R. Loder; Company G, Ist Artillery, Captain Samuel S. Elder; Company A, 3d Artillery, Capt, L. Lorain, and Company C, sthArtillery, Captain Wallace F. Randolph, were de signated to leave for that place to-mor row morniDg. This leaves only one company for duty. Providence, October 18.—Battery B, First United States Artillery, and ten men from Battery &, now at Fort Adams, have received orders to proceed forthwith to Columbia, S. Oi Washington, October 18.—Cameron’s order to Sherman reached him at the theatre last night. He immediately re paired to the telegraph office and gave the necessary orders to General Han cock, commanding the Department of the Atlantic. The order was a complete surprise to every one outside of the War Office people. THE AIKEN ERINONERS, Examination Proceeding—Ciialee Railed— Others Jailed. [Special Dispatch to Chronicle and Sentinel.] Aiken, October 18. — R, A. Chafee was bailed late this p. m. Two arc in jail—Turner and Green. Rountree is sick at a private house, though not seri ously. Age and exposure to bad weather are the causes. — THE REPUBLICANS ALARMED. Another Assessment Upon the Overburdened Government Officials. Washington, October 15. — The alarm which the October elections have creat ed in the Republican party is promptly Bhown by orders for anew assessment on the department officials here of 2$ per cent They have already paid 10 per cent., and there is a good deal of growling among this overburdened class. The Commissioner of Agriculture has refused to allow any assessment in his bnrean. More than one official here has gone so far as to declare that “it is all well euoqgh to eiept Governor Tilden on paper, bat the Republicans wonld carry tbe election for Hayea if they had to go down into tbe Treasury vaults to do it.” The Radicals in York county, says tbe News and Courier, have adopted anew mode of calling their meetings. A huge poster is circulated bearing only tbe names of the candidates for Presidential electors and Congressional candidate for that District. The names of the nomi nees on the State ticket are ominously omitted, as they are aahamed to present them. THE CRIMEjIT CAINHOY. SHOCKING DETAILS OP THE BAB- BaRITY op the negroes. > Further Accounts From the Scene of the At tack—The Killed and the Wounded. The account of the atrocious attack upon the white citizens at the Cainhoy meeting, published in the News and Courier, of yesterday, so far from being exaggerated in any respect, failed to give some of the most horrible facts of the murderous affair. The steamer Poco sin, which left the city at 9 o’clock on Monday night for Cainhoy, carried one of our most careful nnd trustworthy re porters, who sends in the following ac count : The white Democrats, to the number of about one hundred and fifty, left the city at 9 o’clock on Monday morning, on the steamer Pocosin, for the purpose of attending the joint discussion which was advertised to be held at the old Brick Church, near Cainhoy. They were generally unarmed, by especial agreement between the Chairmen of the Republican and Democratic County Committees, though some of the men carried pocket pistols. Bowen, McKin lay, Cyrus Gaillard and other prominent speakers, escorted by about one hundred and fifty negroes, were allowed to go on the boat which had been chartered by the Democrats. Arrived at Cainhoy the party started for the old Brick Church where the meeting was appointed to be held. It will be remembered, as was stated in yesterday’s paper, that it had been agreed that neither party should oarry guns or rifles to the place of meet ing. The whites kept their faith, and the negroes apparently did likewise, but only apparently, as the sequel showed. The Riot Begau While McKinlay was speaking. The ne groes had not kept faith with the whites. They had brought their muskets to the meeting, and had secreted them in the swamp and in an old out-house near the church, leaving a guard over them. The place of meeting, the old Brick Church, is about three miles from the village of Cainhoy. The church is built upon a hill, near a branch or swamp. About fifty feet from it is a small brick building, evidently intended for a vestry room or Sunday sohool. One hundred feet to the east of this is an old frame building, which has probably been ten antless for ten or twelve years. In this building the negroes had stacked their muskets, leaving several men and wo men to guard them. The rest of their muskets had been secreted in the swamp, which was about fifty yards from the ohurob. Taking all the evi dence that the reporter was enabled to gather from those who were present, it seems that the negroes intended to create a riot when Col. Delany should attempt to speak. They probably mis took McKinlay for Delany, and, as soon as he started to speak, began to carry out their programme. A company of armed blacks immediately marched out of the swamp with their arms and open ed fire upon the whites, who were un armed, and a portion of whom at once made a rush for the old frame building in which about forty muskets were piled. Then tfie rest of the negroes re treated to the swamp where their guns were concealed, and seizing them open ed a brisk and indiscriminate fire upon the whites. Bowen attempted or affected to attempt to interfere and preserve the peace, but was told by his black hench man, Cyrus Gaillard, to stand out of the way, that they intended to get the damned white men now. Both Boweu and McKinlay disappeared soon after, Bowen telling the white men that they would have to look out for themselves and that bn wgs powerless to preserve the peace, A Ff| lUifFdpi’. In the meantime Colonel Delftpy, Mr. Wm. E. Simmons and several other aged white men had taken refuge in the brick house adjoining the church. Under the rapid fire poured into them the whites bftd retreated to the graveyard west of the cbgrcfy spell of them as had pistols returning the ftrp. 'fhe negro militia charged out of the swamp, fnyignnded the brick house and attempted to batter down the door. Failing in this they broke open the windows and pointed their muskets at the occupants who ejtarted to retreat. All of them escaped except Mf- §immons, an old, crippled and silver-haireij whh‘ e IPW. who, upon emerging from the dfibr, #as Übppjred down by the black savages and literally beaten to death. Not satisfied with this they fired a load of buckshot into his prostrate body. When the reporter arrived upon the soene, the spot where this poor old gentleman was murdered could be easily detected. A pool of blood just outside the building marked the and a number of buckshot in the fioo f' sifi that he had been shot while lying on wpe grpjind.- After the fight commenced (he whites retreated towards the village. A stand was made among the tombstones and another about half way to the village among piles of cut wood. When the party arrived at the village about six men VYPfe missing. Three of these were brought fn in fhp evening pight o’clock by a couple of colored democrats who visited the scene. The dead body of Mr. Simmons was horribly mutilated, It was placed in the residence of Mr. Lucas and sent to the city on the steam er Pocosin yesterday morning. Mr. Wm. Daly, a young white Charlestonian, was also brought in dead. He was shot through the neck and fear fully cut up by a hatchet or axe. He sept po tfie pjty by the Booo sin. 1 1 Mr. Thomas Whitaker was brought in in a dying condition. His right arm was fearfully shattered by a load of buck shot, evidently fired at short range. Af ter he fell he was evidently set upon by the crowd and beaten over the head and body with clubs and hatchets. He lived until 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, and received every attention that could be bestowed. Before dying he dictated the following letter to his aged mother, who lives in this city : A Voice From tbe Grave. His words, which were taken down by the Rev. E. C. Logan, at whose residence the unfortunate man breathed bis last, are as follows : Mr Dear Mother — l am very serious ly wounded. They took off my shoes and cursed me for ad and Democrat, saying that I came here to raise a row. I told them I did no such thing; that I only came here to hear the speaking. I send yon my love. J wish I could come to sec yon, and J will do so if I pm ever able. I am trying to put my trust in the Lord, and I hope to be forgiven my sins and meet yon in Heaven. Thomas Whjtakeb. A Sad Spectacle. The reporter left the city at 6 o’clock od Monday night for Cainhoy. There were about one hundred white citizens on the boat. A sudden fog caused the pilot to miss the channel, and the boat was run aground about two miles from the village. A small boat was at once dispatched to the village, and the steam er remained aground until about 4 o’clock yesterday morning, when she managed to climb over the bank and reach the wharf. The forty men who had been left to protect the women and children at the village were found en camped around the residence of the Rev E. C. Logan, where all the ladies and children of the village had been collect ed. The wounded were lying in the chapel attached to the residence, and every one of them had not only been horribly mutilated, bnt they, as well as the dead, had been robbed of their clothing. Hats, shoes, stockings, coats and vests were taken, and every one’s ockets were rifled. Mr. Simmons’ leg wst, smashed so that when the men who car. ed his body to the boat attempted to lift him, the leg bent over above the knee. He had no arms with him at the time of the riot. The ladies in the house bestowed every attention upon the wounded, who were laid upon mat tresses in the chapel, the cushions from tbe altar being used for the purpase. Tise mattresses were literally soaked m blood. At daylight the dead bodies of Mr. Simmons and Mr. Wm. Daly were con tk® stpamer. Mr. Alexander McNeill and Mr. John King> the f ormer wounded in the groin, and the latter in the abdomen, were also carried op board the boat and brought tq the city. Both have since died from the effects of their wounds. Mr. Whitaker was too dan gerously wounded to permit of his re moval. About 8 o'clock the steamer Louisa arrived with Dr. Manning Sim ons and Dr. Horlbeok, and under their treatment the nnfortnnate man rallied. But abont 2 o’clock he breathed his last, and bis body was sent to the oity. The Death List The following is a full list of the white men killed ; Mr. Wm. E. Simmons, Mr. Alexander McNeill, Mr. Wm. Daly, Mr. Thomas Whitaker, Mr. J. King and Mr. Walter.Graddick. At sunrise the party from the city fell in and started out for The Scene of the Fight* Which is about three miles from the village. The road, like all the roads in Charleston county, was not the most pleasant or comfortable to travel.— Swamps waist deep and heavy sand con stituted the main features of the jour nev. An advance guard was thrown ont, aud the party proceeded to the scene of the meeting for the purpose of finding Mr. David Pregnall, who was reported missing. In the swamp about a mile distant from the church the pickets found a young man named Walter Graddick, who, like the rest of the wounded, was fearfully beaten, and, of course, stripped of his clothing and robbed of everything he had on his person. He was insensible, having lain in the swamp all night. His right eye was completely gouged out and he had received several terrible gashes on his head. It is supposed that he is mortally wounded. He was sent back to the village and bronght to the city on the steamer which left the vil lage about 5 o’clock, and has sinoe died. The detail under the oommand of Maj. Buist reached the Brick Chnreh abont 8 o’clock Tuesday morning. On every side were to be seen the evidences of the fight of the day previous. A dozen wagons and buggies overturned and smashed up; a dead male, shot through the breast; ballet-boles in the trees and buildings, all proved how severe had been the fire of the black militia. One Dead Negro Was seen. He was an old man, appa rently aged abont seventy years, and was lying in the road quite dead with a load of buckshot in his breast. His name is John Lachicotte. Mr. J. W. Cannon, who was present at the attack, states that this was the fellow who shot Mr. Whitaker, and that he was immediately shot down, but whether by the whites or by one of his own color it was impos sible to tell. A significant fact is that the negroes had even robbed this old man. His coat and pants were not worth taking, but they had carried off his shoes and hat, and had rifled his pockets and left his body lying on the road alongside of the body of a dead mule. About 3 o’clock a body of fifteen armed negroes came up and asked permission to remove the body and bury it. They were allowed to do so. These fifteen negroes were the only ones seen during the day. The force of white citizens, after reaching the Beene of the attack, were divided into squads and scattered through the parish in searoh of Mr. Preguall, who was missing. The mis sion was a fruitless one. They only learned from Coroner Logan that it had been reported to him that Mr. Pregnall, after being bardy wounded, was resoued from the mob by a colored man and car ried to the oity in a small boat. It was subsequently learned that Mr. Pregnall had reached the city. The affidavits and statements go very far towards proving that the attack upon the whites was deliberately planned. Mr. James Jeffords, who lives at Cain hoy, told the reporter that as far back as ten days ago a negro named George Brady tqld him that he did not want to see any of his (Mr. Jefford’s) family hurt, and that there would be trouble when this meeting took pluce. Mr. Jef fords further says that he eatne to the city upon the receipt of this information and endeavored to see some of the De mocratic Executive Committee, hut fail ed to find them. Coroner Logan arrived at the village yesterday afternoon, and at once pro ceeded to the church for the purpose of holding an inquest over the body of the negro, John Lachicotte. T!|e of Casualties, A reporter pf the News and Courier made a special tour of the oity yester day to look after the wounded and the bodies of those who had either been killed or died of their wounds. The houses in which the dead and wounded lay presented sad spectacles indeed. Wives were weeping over husbasds, mothers oyer sons, and brothers and sis ters over brothers, \ The body of young Wm. Daly, who received thirty-three buckshot in the breast, and was horribly hacked in the head and beaten until his body was black and blue, was brought to the city yesterday and carried to hia father’s res ides ip Roprj'styepj;. ' Judging from the appearanpe of his person and fea- ’ tures he must have undergone a great deal of suffering. After he had been so 1 inhumanly treated he was robbed by 1 the savages at whose hands he met his ; death. This young man, only eighteen years old, was very popular with a large 1 circle of friends, and was a hard-work ing and industrious youth. The grief of his parents when his remains reached their home was pverwhejqjitig. , The remains oi Mr. ‘Wm. K Simmons, , an aged and highly respected citizen, | lay in the residence of his son-in-law, i Dr. T. G. Grimke, Cannon street. This : gentleman had merely availed himself ' of the trip to yigif qq pstatq ftp fftriperly | owned, anj fo ppp same friends ip the , yieimtjr of Cpinhoy. Re was shat IB the i head and ear, and had bis left leg man- I fled with an a*e or the butt of a gun. 'he murder of Mr, Simmons was ape- i culiarly atrooious orime, as he had been a very kind master in the days of slave ry. He leaves a wife and three grown children, two daughters and a son, The son, Mr. W. E. Jr, is Jiving , at the North. m t> rime he was a re- , ppr|eip qn thp staff of the News and Courier- i Mr. Alexander *fie very , worthy shpemakey w£ft hyed in King ■ strpet, and who was shot ip thp groin and badly beaten, then rahhad of his shoes, poat and watch, waa seen during the day by one of our reporters, but was ; too ill to make a statement. His brief reoital of his sufferings and the long and toilsome journey he had to make, after the blacks had shot and beat him, to reach a point whence he could get portation to the city, yyaj hpart- ; rending. Re jipd list evening, leaving ■ a family very spantly provided for, as he , was a poor inan pod dependent qn his daily earpinga, i Captain Q. Carroll White, the well known pilot, was in bed, yesterday, with a wound in the shoulder, and in so much pain that he coaid only be relieved with opiates. The ball coaid not be found when the wound was probed. The wound will probably keep the captain in bed and at home for several weeks, Mr. Samuel L. Bennett ia suffering from inflammation of tfie foot. His son, Angus G. Bennett, is also suffering muoh from the buckshot wounds ho re ceived. Messrs. E. P. Crouqh, Wm, Smith, E. A. Cobia, Elmore Dukes and j. Larissey were doing weU, and will soon be all right. Mr. L®wis Jones was oonflned to bed, and hemorrhage was feared during the day, It did not ocour, however. Mr. J. King was shot in the stomach, and brought to the city, lingered until last night and died. The deceased was a carpenter by trade, a native of Massa chusetts, and had ilyed i tlu* oily a number of years. His fellow-craftsmen and members of the lodge to whioh he belonged esteemed him very highly. He was nearly fifty years of age. Mr. W. Hampton Smith was suffering from the p inful wound he got in the arm. How he escaped death is won derful, considering the manner in which his coat was riddled. Mr. W. St. Jnlien Jervey’a wound proved slight, and beyond the tempo rary pain it oaused him will not trouble him. Mr. David Pregnall is badly injured, and will be laid np some time. Mr. T. S. Whittaker’s remains* were brought to the city last night. Besides wounds with buckshot, he was badly beaten, and must have suffered terribly before he died. The remains of Mr. Walter Graddiok were also brought to the city last night. He died of wounds and the beat ing he received. Tiff- bluest. Coroner Logan went to Cainhoy jester day to supposes witnesses for the in quest which the death* will necessitate' In this city * deputy coroner impannell ed juries in two cases, viz: those of Messrs. Simmons and Daly, and adjourn ed the inquest over until next Monday, when a general investigation will be baa. TSe Calaber Treaties, Chablbston, October IK —All has been quiet to-day at Cainhoy. A small foroe of armed citizens from Charleston remain in the village, the residents fear ing that if this guard is withdrawn their homes will be fired. News was received to-night that a company of United States troops are on their way from Colombia to Cainhoy whicb.oanses great satisfaction. The President’s proclamation causes no exoitement and little oomraent bare. $2 A YEAR—POSTAGE PAID. GEORGIA CROPS. Consolidation of the Reports of Crops for the Month of (September, 1876—Returned to the State Department of Agriculture, at Atlanta, Go., October Ist, 1876. State of Georgia, 1 Department of Agriculture, V Atlanta, October 13,1876.) Corn. The yield of corn in the State is re ported 120, or 34 per cent, more than was made last year. This is indeed gratifying and encouraging, and is made more so by the fact that the cost of pro ducing the corn this year has averaged forty-three cents per bushel, which is thirteen cents less than was reported last year as the average cost of produc tion. With a supply of home made corn in their cribs, farmers can reduce the oost of production of every crop cultivat ed, and at the same time raise more and better stock, keep their plow animals in better working condition, and largely reduce the percentage of deaths. The time^ formerly spent in hauling corn from the uepot will now be devoted to produc tive labor. No more horses and mules will be lost by eating damaged Western oorn. No more ruinous inserest bills on oorn, advanced to make cotton. No more musty bread from oorn that had been heated in bulk. More pleasent than all else, however, is the thought that the farmer may again feel the eano bling influence of that independence which full cribs and smoke houses—the latter will naturally follow the former— freedom from debt and anxiety for the future impart to the tiller of the soil. It is firmly believed that with this year’s plentiful harvest of grain, anew era of progress, prosperity and independence awaits the farmers of our State. Colton. Notwithstanding the severe drouth which has prevailed all over the State, excepting a few counties in the North east, the season was so excaptionably favorable during July and the first half of August, that the cotton crop exoeeds that of last year fifteen and a half per cent.. beiDg 90 this year oompared with 735, October 15th, last year. Ninety five per cent, of the reporters say that cotton picking is as well advanoed as at this time last year; a large majority of these report it much more so. Many say that the crop in their sections will be ail picked by the first of November. Eighty two per cent, of the correspondents re port the cotton saved in goad condition. With the exception of a few oonnties in which there have been rain storms, the season has been very favorable for gathering all matured orops, bt very disastrous to those orops, snoh as sugar cane, sweet potatoes, field peas, and tur nips, whioU mature late. Besides the increased yield, the cotton crop this year will be marketed in far better oon-. dition than that of last year, and conse quently command a more uniform prioe. Sugar oane, though reported at 98—33 above last year—has suffered seriously from protraoted drouth. Sorghum has, for the last two years, received much more attention than for merly, though not more than its im portance justifies, Th® yield is report ed at 14$, jqss one above the report of last year. Field peas are reported only forty eight, in consequence of drouth in Au gust and September. Some correspond ents report a good yield of the early va rieties, The crop of last year, notwith standing the unfavorable seasons, was reported at 84. Ground peas are .reported at 93, and sweet potatoes 88, both having suffered severely from the recent drouth. Those who planted the early varieties of sweet potatoes, especially the St. Domingo yam, secured good crops in advance of drouth. Farmers generally would do well to plant ftt least part of their crops of this variety, which is of fair quality and very prolific. Chufas are rapidly growing in favor as a crop for hogs on acoout of the moderate cost of cultivation, their ex treme fruitfulness and excellent fatten ing properties. It deserves the atten tion of farmers as an economic heg food. Hogs in Georgia should be reared and fattened mainly qu mops which they can gather themselves, thus saving both the labor of gathering the crop and that of feeding it to the hogs. Millet has yielded abundantly this year; and the German variety especially is rapidly gaining favor as a forage crop. The yield is reported at 109. Turnips—An nn usually large area was jrepared for turnips this Summer, but ess than half a crop will be realized, in consequences of the drouth in August and September. While the acreage is reported 115, the stand is only 41, and the condition 46. Many report the wop a total failure. Small GvUtoh A disposition sow more largely in when* *Wd oats is generally indicated by correspondents, but the season has been so dry that but little has been sown. Some that was sown early died under the combined effects of drouth and a Scorching snn. It was not too late, however, to seed a full crop in Middle and L°ver Georgia. The cotton crop is so far advanced that there will be an admirable opportunity for seeding small grain after the crop is gathered. The arge oat crop produced this year in Georgia was the financial salvation of many farmers who hud neither money nor credit with which to purchase corn. Farm 6 ** ere again urged to seed down a broad area in small grain, and espe cially in oats. If sown in tbe Fall, either the Winter grazing or red rust grouf varieties should be sown. None U|t the rust proof is certain for a crop if sown in tbe Spring. In consideration of the general failure of the turnip crop, more small grain should be sown for Winter and Spring pasturage. For this purpose rye is excellent if sown on rich land. In Middle and Lower Georgia the small grained early varieties of wheat should be sown, and, as a general thing, red wheat will be more certain than white in warm climates. This fact is fully recognized by the wheat-growing regions of the East, Italy, Spain, Por tugal and Southern Russia plant almost ezhlnsively red varieties, while Northern Russia, England, Canada and the North ern United States plant principally white varieties. ftliacellaneoufi. The Fall has been too dry for a sec ond crop of Irish potatoes ; ninety-two per cent, of the correspondents report ing no stand. Cotton picking is unusually well ad vanced on account of the dry season, and has thus far been saved in fine con dition, bnt there is some oomplaint of cotton opening prematurely on aeoount of drouth. Hogs have been ususually exempt from disease thus far. Only six per cent, are reported lost by cholera. In accordance with the October report of laat year, in which 81 per cent, of the correspondents reported the farmers in creasing their stock of hogs with a view to raising more pork, we find, seven per cent, increase in the number of killing hogs, which are reported of better avw age pie than last year. The general re porta indicate general improvement in the stock of hogs by cross-breeding with improved stock- The improvement in stock of sheep and cattle is reported as partial in many counties but general in none, All forage crops have been saved in unusually fine condition, and gener ally in abundant supply. Labor. As the time for contracting with labor for the next year is near at hand, it may not be amiss to discuss briefly the lead ing principles which should guide farm ers in contracting with farm labor. This is the most perplexing question with which the Georgia farmer has to deal. The principal difficulty in the way of reaping a profit from labor is found in the extreme anxiety of owners to secure a full supply, which is too often secured a( the expense of a proper pru dence and forecast of a reasonable mar gin for profit. The average wages paid male farm laborers this year, according to the April report, is SIOQ and board, which. with bouse rent, fuel, Ac., will make the total cost of the man At the present price of cotton it will take just four bales to pay for tbe labor of this hand- How many farms produce enough per hand to justify this expense ? Cotton must continue to be the money crop of much the larger part of Georgia Its price, then, must regulate tbe price of every fluctuating faotor which enters into the cost of its production. When cotton was worth twenty cents per pound wages ranged from SIOO and board to $144 and board. Cotton now commands just forty-five per oeut. of that price, while labor commands eighty-two per cent, of tbe average prioe of wages ($199) which prevailed when ootton brought 90 oents. Corresponding rednotion in wages or forty-five per cent, of the then prevail ing prioe would give $64 90 and board for a man for a year’s labor on the ( farm. ► . ex Pense of living in Georgia is i but little more than half as much as it was seven years ago, and yet farmers are saving but little monev. They are therefore urged to make close and accu rate estimates of farm expenses, and ar range for the year’s work on such a schedule as will leave them a margin for a reasonable profit after affording a de • cent support to their families. I There has been much recklessness on l the part of many of onr farmers in lay > ing their plans for the year’s work. No • expense should be incurred in the pro l duction of a crop without a reasonable i probability of not only a reimbursement 1 of the outlay, but profit on the capital ■ invested. Many farmers, in their anxie i ty to secure labor on their farms, enter i into contracts which neither their own ■ judgment nor a sound business policy l would sanction. It is not only unjust to himself and family, unjust to the em ployee and prejudicial to his neighbor, i but criminal for a man to contract to . perform that whioh, in all reasonable probability, he will not be able to exe cute, and yet farmers often, without calculating closely the cost, oontract to pay more for the production of a crop than it is likely to bring on tbe market when produoed. Honest and efficient laborers should be amply compensated to remove them from want and the ne cessity of dishonesty, but there should at the same time be a reasonable profit to the employer. The farmers of Georgia are congratu lated upon their return to a more ration al system, whioh promises to redeem them from debt and restore them to financial independence. Sugar and Syrup. • suggested that experiments be instituted to determine the practical value of sacoliarometers in making sugar and syrup. It is well known that most, if not all, of the syrup made on tho farm, though of very superior quality e ? f} ew ’- un d er B°es a change during the following Spring and Summer, and is liable to fermentation. It becomes thinner, of darker color, and less sweet. The Commissioner will furnish any in formation that may be desired in regard to the saocharometer, price, use, &c., and expects to secure the special co operation of several intelligent farmers to investigate the subject during the boiling season. POSTING TIIE BOOKS. The Brooklyn Eagle, one of the most aeourate of our exchanges, has posted the political books to date. Its figures and statements are worth considering. It says: The elections which have taken plaoe this year have been: Ist Tuesday in March.. New Hampshire. Ist Monday in April... Connecticut. Ist Wednesday in April.Rhode Island. Ist Monday in June.... Oregon. Ist Monday in August.. Arkansas. Ist Monday in August. .Kentucky. Ist Monday in Septe’r. .Alabama. Ist Tuesday in Septe’r.. Vermont. 2d .Tuesday in Septe’r. .Maine. Ist Wednesday in Oct. .Georgia. 2d Tuesday in October. Ohio. 2d Tuesday in October. Indiana. 2d Tuesday in October. West Virginia. All these States likewise voted for the same offioes whioh have been filled by the elections this year. Their votes in elections corresponding to those just held in the year when a President was last elected were as follows: Democratic. Repub. Majority. New Hampshire - - 3(5,603 38,814 1,019 R. Connecticut - - - 44,663 46,563 2,001 It. Rhode Island ... 8,898 9 463 1 065 R Oregon 8,318 11,82 1 3 502 8. Arkansas 38,415 41,681 3,266 It. Kentnoky .... 102,686 89,323 37,124 B Alabama ----- 81,371 89,869 8,497 R Vermont - - - - 16,613 41,946 25,33311. Maine 54,754 71,917 17,213 It Georgia ... - 104,639 46,475 68,064 IX Ohio 261,770 265,825 14,055 R. Indiana - - - - 189,424 188,276 1,148 D. West Virginia - - - 30,137 32,283 2,143 It. The returns from the same States this year in round numbers, in the elections held for officers corresponding to thoso chosen in 1872, when a President was last elected, are as follows : States. Majorities. New Hampshire 500 R. Oonneotiout 6,600 D. Rhode Island 800 R. Oregon 3,000 D. Arkansas 40,000 D. Kentucky 50,000 D. Alabama. 42,000 D. Vermont 23,000 R. Maine 14,000 R. Georgia 70,000 D. Indiana 7,000 D. Ohio 2,500 R. West Virginia. 9,000 D. It will thus be seen that Connecticut, Oregon, Arkansas, Alabama and West Virginia, which went Republican in 1872, have gone Democratic in 1876, a clear Democratic gain of five States. It will be seen that the Republican majori ty has been reduced in every State of the few they retain, and that in addition to revolutionizing five States and reduc ing their opponents’ majorities in their strongholds, the Democrats have pro digiously increased their majorities in their own States since 1872. These statements the following table of changes in majorities will exhibit at a glance : States. 1872. 187 C. New Hampshire..... 1.019 R 500 It Connecticut. 3,(01 It 0,000 D Rhode Island 1,065 It 800 it Oregon 8,602 It 3,000 D Arkansas 3,20011 40,000 D Kentucky 37,124 D 55,000 D Alabama 8,497 R 42,000 D Vermont 25,333 R 23,000 R Maine 17,213 R 14,000 It Georgia 58,004 D 70,000 D Ohio 14.055 R 2,500 R Indiana 1,148 D ' 7,000 D West Virginia 2,143 K 9,000 D Republican losses in States 5 Republican loss in majorities in States yet held by them 17,985 Democratic gains in States 5 Democratic gain in majorities 135,392 To translate these results into elec toral votes will assist to a clear under standing of the pending Presidential problem. The electoral votes of the States which have voted on State candi dates this year are as follows, and their decisions in advance this year are as fol lows: Electoral States. votes. 1872. 1876. New Hampshire. 5 R R Connecticut ... 6 It D Rhode Island 4 R R Oregon 3RD Arkansas 7 B D Kentuoky 12 D D Alabama 8 R D Vermont 5 R R Maine 7 R R, Georgia 11 D o Indiana 15 B and Ohio 22 R b West .Virginia 5 and Total electoral vote of States v;'nich have already voted this year jjo Electoral vote of Republican „ in'them 1872. 87 Electoral vote of Democrs, tß j n them, 1872.. 23 Assured electoral vote 0 f Democrats in them, 1876 77 Indicated electoral vote of Republicans in them, 1876 33 Democratic electoral gain injttiem since 1872 64 Republican electoral loss in them since 1872 54 Republican electoral loss and Democratic gain by States in them since 1872 5 A Miser (Starve* Himself to Death. [From the Baltimore American, October 13. J Dr. Thomas J. Manaban died in Brown’s Hotel, on Wednesday evening, of general debility, superinduced by starvation. Abont one year ago Mana han was admitted to the Church Homo as a pauper, his clothing being torn and so filthy that it had to be taken from him. The dirty clothing was precious to Manahan. In the - lining of the vest were packages of money, which were handed to the supposed pauper, who, in stead of a grateful acknowledgement, charged the employee of the institution who delivered him the money with hav ing robbed him of a sum which he said was missing from one of the packages. Tbe money was found. It was after ward discovered that Manahan owed large sums of money to boarding house keepers, it being his custom to remain at one a short time and leave without paying bis bills. Recently Manahan made Brown’s Hotel, in North High street, bis home, but had denied him self nourishment. Dr. Houck, who was called after the miser had breathed his last, gave it as his opinion that Manahan had been suffering from general debili ty, The sum of $9,600 25 was found among the miser’s effects. We are informed, says the Atlanta Commonwealth, that not a white citizen attended the polls in Brunswiok. Theelec tion at that preoinot was held by three negroes, and the irregularities were so flagrant and ridiculous that the pre cinct was thrown out by the consolidat ing managers. The Athens Watchman is pleased to learn that the Georgia Road is now in better oondition than ever, and it is cer tainly well managed, by thoroughly com petent officials—from the courteous, worthy and very efficient Superintend ent, Colonel S. K. Johnson, down to the humblest employee on the road.
