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Address WALSH A WRIGHT,
Onaotncxs A Henthoci,. Augusta, Ga.
Cfjrotucle and Sentinel.
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1876.
The Indians are murdering and burn
ing as usual in the West, but the army
ia out of their reach, safe in South Car
olina.
President Thomas A. Scott, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, has
contributed SIO,OOO to the Centennial |
fund in aid of the Washington and Lee j
University at Lexington, Va.
Mr, W. W. Corcoran, of Washington,
has, through Mr. A. H. H. Stuart, the
Rector of the University of Virginia,
given $5,u00 to be applied to the en
largement of the library of that institu
tion.
Reports from the New England manu
facturing towns are full of cheering
news as to the revival of trade. Old
mills aro being refitted and started
again, and numbers of now manufactu
ring ooucerns are launching out in busi
ness.
It is within the recollection of the
Milwaukee Sentinel that “we had a fel
low up in Wisconsin who always went to
the table in his shirt-sleeves and that
■ort of thing. Wo elected him Gover
nor, and he stole everything he could
reach,”
In a Circuit Court at Poughkeepsie,
N, Y., the other day, a widow, whose
former husband bad died from the ef
fects of five drinks of cider brandy,
whioh he had taken within fifteen min
utes in a liquor shop, obtained a verdict
of SBOO damages from tlie man who sold
the liquor.
Aooordino to the Cincinnati Enquir
er, Illinois is at least doubtful. The
Republicans count it in their oolnmn,
but they forget the unanimity with
which the Gormans of that State are
supporting Tildkn—also that there are
76,000 Independent, voters who Btaud
where they did in 1874
It has just been decided in New York,
iu a case where damages were claimed
from the city for injuries sustained by
the plaintiff by the falling upon him of
an insecure awning, that the municipali
ty is responsible for the condition of
awnings projecting over the highways,
and as such liable for any damages aris
ing out of their defective condition. Iu
the case in question the jury awarded
the plaintiff $18,385 damages.
Dr. Beard states that from analysis
of the lives of a thousand representa
tive men in all the great brunches of the
human family, he made the discovery
that the golden decade was between for
ty and fifty, the brazen between twenty
and thirty, the iron between fifty and
sixty. The superiority of youth and
middle life over old age in original work
appears all the greater when we consid
er the fact that all the positions of hon
or and prestige professorships and
public stations—are in the hands of the
old. Reputation, like money aud posi
tion, is mainly confined to the old.
m m
The suspension of the Cincinnati Life j
Insurance Compauy affects some seventy i
thousand policy holders, as well as its |
other creditors. Although the mana
gers are of the opinion that the policy
holders will lose nothing, we doubt very j
much whether the people who have been
paying their auuual premiums for eight
or ten years will be much comforted by
this assurance. Like the other life in
surance companies that have failed, the
exhaustion of funds seems not to have
been occasioned by the decease of an
unusual Dumber of the assured, but by
injuMhoions speculations iu stocks aud
real e state.
Chatta.noOGA is becoming one of the j
greatest points lor iron manufacture in
the United States. In addition to the j
other establishments, tho Roane Iron
Company employs 585 men, and all its
shops are full of work, and recently
turned out 605 tons of rails in a week.
The Chattanooga Iron aud Steel Works
are about to commence operations iu an
extensive building just erected. While
the immense establishment of the Ten
nessee Iron and Steel Company has jnst
gone to work with a full force in new
buildings, aud will make steel rails.
New Orleans should have close connec
tion with Chattanooga by direct railroad.
The St. Louis Dispatch, in comment
ing upon the situation and condition of I
AlcKtk, the St. Louis whisky thief, and
admirer of Hayks, says that “It is very
generally predicted that Mr. McKee
could not survive three months iu con
finement, but the result thus far, judg
ing from appearances, has been to im
prove his health, and hfs spirits appear
as bouyant as those of a young miss
with her first beau. He is all J'fe and
ambition, highly appreciates jokes, and
has: become an excellent and agreeable
conversationalist.” In consideration of
MoKee's bard work in the Olode-Deino
<.rat to keep the Radical party in power,
his SIO,OOO fine has been remitted, and
the probablities are that his imprison
ment will terminate at an early day.
wonder that McKek “appreciates
j okes is an agreeable conversation
alist. -
The Attorney-v/* aeral of Florkk
charges very .W f -gainst
the Republican officials v 1 * hat . “*"*•
John W. Butler, the Sheriu °\ is4nta
Rosa, has defaulted to the S>. 3te or
$18,722 26, besides what he has sw,
from the county treasury and schoo
fund. A. B. Whselkb, Collector of Ea
cambra, is behind $18,402 58. A. B.
Munjkb, Sheriff and Collector sf Leon;
died a defaulter for $27,000. Warren j
S. Bush, Collector of Colombia, fled,
having stolen $23,841 14. James D.
Tannrhill, Collector of St. John’s, has
embezzled $2,507 15; John J. Month,
of Duval, $5,750 65; Geo. W. Allen, of
Snwanee, $8,220 68; A. W. Leonard, of
Orange, $5,340 72. From the school
fund in these counties has been Btolen
$11,987. Finally, the Republican can
didate for Lieutenant-Governor, Daniel
Montgomery, was a defaulter for $3,-
967 67 ou the 6th ult., but a settlement
was not made until the Madison Court
House was burned, with his books and
vouchers, and the State and county offi
cers bad to take his own statement in
the “settlement.” He brought the
State in hia debt 1
GOOD AND BAD.
The Galveston Newt says that people
who make room for mnshrooms at their
meals occasionally find tDat the room
part might have been better omitted.
Simple mash is hardly ever simulated
and never dangerous; bnt frequent
cases of poisoning are reported from
eating what are supposed to be,
and may really be, mushrooms. A
good many people, who are far from
being scientific naturalists, can, or be
lieve they can, easily detect the differ
ence between edible and poisonous
mushrooms, or toad-stools, as the latter
are usually called, but dangerous mis
takes are often made, nevertheless. Last
week, at the meeting of the Maryland
Academy of Science, a recent death
from eating the poisonous kind was dis
cussed, together with the modes of dis
tinguishing the mushroom from the
dangerous kinds of these fnngus growths.
Rev. Dr. Dalrymplb said cooks reject
those as poisonous which discolor silver
spoons. They were sometimes also sup
posed poisonous when they were only
indigestible. Dr. Williams said the ed
ible mushroom will always peel, while
the poisonous mushroom or toad-stool
will not peel. Dr. Murdcoh said that
edible mushrooms were sometimes pois
onous, and there was no certain test of
their innocuousness.
WARLIKE STATISTICS.
The Russian army consists of about
750,000 men on the peace foot’eg, and
of 2,075,000 on the war footing. The
Russian fleet consisted, in 1872, of 268
vessels, having 34,277 horse power, with
1,535 guns. The greater and more for
midable part of this navy was stationed
in the Baltic. The Black Sea fleet num
bered 32; the Caspian, 31 ; the Siberian
or Pacific, 39, and the Lake Aral or
Toorkistan squadron, 6 vessels. The
rest of the ships were either stationed
at Cronstadt or engaged in cruising in
European waters. The British navy, in
1873, had 266 ships in commission, 58 of
these iron clads and generally of large
size, 28 of the number ranging from
6,000 to 11,000 tons, and several of the
remainder rating over 5,000 tons. There
were also at the time 20 new ships build
ing, four of these of the largest class
are iron clads. The 62 iron clads in
commission and building have an aggre
gate horse power of 95,178 and an ag
gregate tonnage of 151,270. The British
military forces (exclusive of tlie Indian
army) consists of the regular forces,
numbering 128,968 effective officers and
men, and 129,000 militia officers aud
men; about 13,000 yeomanry cavalry ;
volunteers, 160,750 effective officers and
men, together with 113,300 extra effi
cients, and 35,000 army reserve iu two
classes, including pensioners.
HIIAI.L PROFITS, REDUCED 'EXPENSES.
The Houston Telegraph thinks the
principle of rapid transactions and fre
quent turning over of capital that this
fast age of steam and telegraphic com
munication has introduced into com
mercial affairs, has pervaded every quar
ter of the world where commerce is
known. The shortening of the route to
India and China, by means of the Suez
Canal and the American Pacific Railway,
has even revolutionized the old fashion
ed methods of doing business in those
far off countries. An article in a Liver
pool journal on this subject states
that—
Since the opening of (he Baez C&nal the
whole system of trade with the East has un
dergone an ent ; re revolution, and this not
only as to India, hut as to China. Formerly
large stocks of goods, especially cotton goods
and yams, were held at Bombay and other im
port towns, or on shipboard, by the long and
tedious route around tho Cape. All this, how
ever, is at present changed. Local stocks and
those in transitu are materially reduced, for,
thanks to the telegraph and oanals, goods can
be ordered from India aud received from Eng
land within seven weeks. This change in the
current of trade forces Manchester and other
manufacturing centers to keep larger stocks
of goods on hand than were formerly consid
ered necessary, for a surplus must be held un
til the purchasing orders are received, and
these orders are now regulated rather by ac
tual than p. ospeotive demands, and their fre
quency, by the practical distance in time and
space between producers and consumers.
The financial world has lately been
tangbt some severe lessons by the terri
ble and wide-spread disaster that has
overtaken business interests everywhere,
and the contraction in resources as well
as the decline of credit and confidence,
will combine with the increased facili
ties for rapid communication to reduce
business to a cash basis, or to transac
tions on short time. Manufacturers and
producers will be required to carry the
stocks, while dealers will constantly
drav from them according to their needs.
Inducements and facilities for manu
facturing as near to the point of prodne
! tion as possible, will also increase with
; the demand for the rapid transaction of
bnsiness. Nothing is more obvions than
that the ootton has got to be manufac
tured at points possessing proper advan
tages in the immediate vicinity where it
is grown. The very question of freights,
other circumstances being as favorable,
$9 enabling the cotton mannfactnrers of
this country to compete with those of
England. The most trifling advantages
are now of too mnoh importance to be
neglected. The day is passing when
raw material will bear transportation for
long distances, and as New England
cotton mills are at length seizing on the
trade of Old England’s spinners and
weavers, so surely will the Southern
spinners, who are soon to appear on the
stage, find themselves able successfully
to compete with the manufacturers of
the North. “Quick soles and small
profits” is the commercial dictnm of
the age, and reduced expenses is a neces
• sary supplement to it.
POLAR EXPEDITION.
An exchange says the British Atctie
expedition has returned to England,
after a cruise of seventeen months, and
one more is now added to the long list
of failures to reach the north pole. The
Alert, the ship of Captain Nariw, is al
ready at Queenstown, and Commander
Markham’s vessel, the Discovery, will
soon be in.
The present expedition was prepared
with extraordinary care and skill, and
all the lessons of former Arctic voyag
; ing were thoroughly utilized. So com
-1 plete were the appliances, and so thor-
I ongh was the outfit, that the most con
fident predictions were made regarding
the success of the undertaking. The
j route taken was through Smith’s sound,
v -vhere onr American voyages, Kane and
HaYl, advanced bo far. Abont six score
office* B aud men made op the party, and
‘he .Alert was selected for attempting
the fine! farthest pash for the pole.
The brief from London say
that it was found impossible to reach
the pole, and accordingly l a second Win
ter in the ice waa not attempted.
Thns ends, therefore, an expedition
which tried the hard problem of polar
conquest at great cost and under favor
able conditions. Bat though it did not
succeed in it original aim, the expedi
tion was at least a partial triumph in
planting the British flag farther toward
the pole than any of its predecessors.
The highest latitude reached was 83 de
grees 20 minntes, whieh is higher than
that made by any of onr American ex
plorers. In this respect, therefore.
Great Britain has vindicated her ancient
• fame, setting her mark once more in ad
vance of others for them to try to reach,
i far as America is concerned this
i mark is likely to remain unapproached
! for some years at least, since the hope
lessness, at present, of farther Artie re
search is once more illustrated as
its practical uselessness has already been.
Sooner or later, however, with the im
proved appliances which science will one
day furnish, the pole will no donbt be
reached, as every part of the globe’e
surface will donbtless one day yield to
the adventurous quest of man.
It is worthy of note that the accounts
assert that no land could be discovered
northward of the latitude reached. But
no mention is made of the “open polar
sea” abont which Dr. Hayes wrote so
much, and of whose existence he
thonght that he had discovered some
signs.
THE INTERNAL REVENUE INCUBUH.
An exchange says that the Internal
Revenue, next to the Postal Service, is
the largest of all employed by the Gov
ernment, and is the most thoroughly or
ganized of any branob, is better calcu
lated, from its superior organization, to
be of the most snbstantial and positive
aid to the Republican party to further
its political ends to retain power, and is
in number and compensation as follows
—as per “Report of the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue” for the fiscal year
ending June 30th, 1875, pages XL. and
XLI., and “Finance Report” for the
same period, pages 417, 421 and 422 :
Two buhdred and nine (209) Collec
tors, whose compensation was $840,-
272 83. One thousand two hundred
and live (1,205) Deputy Collectors at a
rate of compensatiqp ranging from S6OO
to $1,500 per annum, according to the
political value of each Depnty Collec
tor’s services. One thousand two hun
dred and thirty-three (1,233) store keep
ers, whose compensation was $851,026.
One thousand and seventy-eight (1,078)
Gaugers, whose compensation reaches
in fees and expenses, the enormous sum
of $959,745 26. Tb irty-two (32) Inspec
tors of Bnuff, Cif'ara and Tobacco,
whoso compensation is at least $4 per
day. Ten (10) Supervisors, whose sala
ry and expenses, such as traveling ex
penses, clerk hire, furniture, rent and
stationery, amounted to the sum of
$137,752 52.
Twenty-five (25) Revenue Agents,
whose salary and traveling expenses
amounted to $86,024 42, besides survey
ors of distilleries, appointed from time
to time at the pleasure of the Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue at a compen
sation of $5 per day and expenses; the
compensation and expenses of whom was
for the above period
number of names of which surveyors
have never appeared in the official reg
ister of the United States, although that
book purports to show the names .and
number of all persons employed by the
Government, exoept some mechanics and
laborers in navy yards. This enormous
force is now employed as a political ma
chine to help elect Hayes.
INSPECTION AND ANALYSIS OF FER
TILIZERS IN GEORGIA.
Dr. Thomas P. Janes, the State Com
missioner of Agriculture, has issued a
circular embodying the rules and regu
lations for the inspection and analysis
of fertilizers in Georgia, of whioh the
Orange gives the following synopsis:
Tire. erot. cntinUllsliln;; ttie Department ox
Agriculture places the analysis of fer
tilizers under the especial charge of the
Commissioner, who is empowered to
make all necessary rules and regulations
for the purpose of carrying out the de
sign and intentions of the act.
Fertilizers imported into Georgia, for
sale or distribution, must enter the State
at someone of the following points, viz:
Savannah, Brunswick, Augusta, the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, the At
lanta aud West Point Railroad, or the
Atlanta and Richmond Air Line. There
is an inspector at each of the following
points, viz: Savannah, Macon, Colum
bus, Augusta, Atlanta, Athens, and
Rome. Consignors wishing their fer
tilizers inspected in Savannah, Angusta,
Brunswick, or Columbus, must notify
the inspector at the point of destination
to that effect, stating, also, the date of
shipment, name of consignee, and the
number of tons shipped. If consign
ment is made through any of the above
named ports to any other point within
the State, the consignor shall notify the
inspector at the port or point of entry,
of the point of destination, and give the
name of the consignee and number of
tons shipped. On receipt of the infor
mation, the inspector, there shall at once
notify the proper inspector of the fact,
and make a record of the same, noting
the nomber of tons passing through
without inspection, and the name of
consignor and consignee.
If consignments enter the State by
either of the railroads named, the con
signor must, at or before the time of
shipping, notify the inspector at Atlanta
of the date of shipment, number of tons
and the name of consignee, and point of
destination; and the inspector at Atlanta
shall notify the proper inspector, if the
destination is beyond his own district.
All fertilizers manufactured in this
State for sale or distribution mast be
inspected and analyzed before being re
moved from the mill or factory.
The law requires, in addition to the
sample to be analyzed, that “a fair
sample of .all fertilizers sold in this
State shall first be submitted to the
Commissioner, and the same shall be
thoroughly tested by him,” to enable
him to prononnee on their practical
value.
It is therefore required that all man
ufacturers of fertilizers within this
State, and all maufactnrers, dealers,
agents or others who shall bring or re
ceive within this State fertilizers manu
factured without the State, and intend
ed for sale or distribution in the State,
before offering the same, shall reserve,
or cause to be reserved, not less than
500 pounds of each distinct brand of
such fertilizers to be delivered or dis
tributed by such manufacturer, dealer,
agent or person, to each parties and in
such quantities as the Commissioner of
Agriculture may direct; to be by said
parties thoroughly tested in the soil.
Each package thus distributed shall be
accompanied by the official analysis of
the same, and shall be properly branded
or marked, vith the name of the fertili
zer, and person or firm by whom it is
manufactured, *and the place where
manufactured, and shall also have on it
the brand of the inspector, and it ia
hereby made the special duty of in
spectors to se that this requirement is
complied with. The Commissioner of
Agriculture desires, by the 10th day of
January,*lß77, to issue, for the informa
tion of farmers, a circular, giving the
analysis oi ail the fertilizers to be sold
in the State tor the current season, that
farmers may know the constituent ele
ments of the componnds in the market
in time to make their purchases for the
Spring crops. Manufacturers are, there
fore, earnestly requested to have their
fertilizing componnds, intended for sale
and distribution in this State, in that
readiness which will enable inspectors
to obtain samples and have them
analyzed in time to accomplish this ob
ject. And inspectors are required to
aid the Department ia affecting tbia ob
je*
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1876.
THE IMPENDING RUSSIAN WAR.
The North American £ives the Turk
ish side of the war as follows : “ The
news from Tnrkey does not appear to
grow any more favorable for the Ser
vians, notwithstanding all the warlike
menaces of Russia, No sooner did the
armistice expire and hostilities com
mence again, than the Turkish armies
resumed their victorious march and
Tchebnayeff’s conglomerate army was
found to be in a bad way and the Ser
vian people to have completely lost their
belligerent spirit. The London Times'
correspondent speaks of it as a collapse.
It now turns out that the numbers of
Russians arriving in Servia had been
purposely exaggerated to deceive the
Turks, and the best proof of the weak
ness of the Servian army is found in its
uninterrupted defeats. The whole affair
seems to have been dbntrived by a fac
tion organized in Belgrade, by means of
Russian gold, which influenced the Gov
ernment and legislative body.
Much the same game appears now to
be going on in Ronmania, and the weak
ness of Servia no doubt arises from the
fact that the whole attention of Russia
is directed to the fomenting of insur
rection in Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herze
govina, and the gradual forcing of Ron
mania into the war. The process ap
pears to be the same in the latter pro
vince as in Servia. The Servians "have
had all the aid that could be given them
by veteran Russian officers of all grades,
backed by numbers of Russian private
soldiers, with all the stern and severe
discipline of the Russian service and the
best arms that Europe could produce.
Thousands of volnnteers have also rein
forced the ServianJ armies from Austria,
Germany and Italy. But it seems to
have been forgotten that in exciting a
new Christian ernsade against the Mos
lems, there was likely to be a reawaken
ing of the long slumbering Mohamme-.
dan fanaticism, and this is just what has
infused military vigor into the Turkish
armies. No doubt the Sultan and his
Cabinet would be glad to make peace,
but their lives are in constant peril if
they do so in a way calculated to hnmil
itate the empire, and upon mere suspi
cion of it a conspiracy to assassinate the
Sultan and Grand Vizier has been de
tected.
The terms now presented by Russia
are precisely the same as those formerly
urged by the English Government and
rejected by the Sultan and his Cabinet.
Of oourse this is a stroke of policy, as
Prince Gortsohakoff presumes that
England cannot now decline to advocate
her own terms. Bnt the Turkish states
men have thus far shown themselves
qnite able to cope with the skillful di
plomats who have been seeking to en
trap them. They keep themselves con
stantly invoking some harmonious agree
ment of all the Great Powers, which,
for some inscrutable reasons of their
own, these Powers never reach. What
ever may be the true motives of this
failure to agree, the net result of it is to
put Russia in a very awkward position.
She has done all in favor of the insur
gent provinces that lay in her power ex
cept to make open war. She has insti
gated the whole trouble, supplied arms,
money and men, has sent her own
troops and officers, and day after day
has threatened war, sent imperious de
mands and paraded her vast military
armaments and her warlike intentions.
Her money has been wasted, the
TuFtiolz pvootiga Inn hpisn rAviroJ, tha
weakness of the insurgents has been
exposed, and finally a financial crash has
occurred in Russia and no more money
can be borrowed abroad.
WILL THEY ATTEMPT IT ?
St. Louis Republican : “The discus
sion of the question of counting the
electoral votes has had fresh interest
and significance imparted to it by the
participation of three Republican Sena
tors—Morton, of Indianai, Booth, of
California, and Sherman, of Ohio.
Morton, who is now in San Franoisoo,
writes a letter to the Chronicle , of that
city, giving his opinion on the present
attitude of the question; Booth, in an
interview with a Chronicle reporter,
gives his views; and Sherman, in a let
ter to the Cincinnati Commercial , tells
us what he thinks of it. We have be
fore this alluded to the strange fact
that the Republican leaders should be
gin this discussion in the midst of the
Presidential canvass four months before
the electoral votes are to be counted,
and three months before they are east,
and to the evidenoe it affords that they
contemplate counting in the candidate
whom they despair of eleoting. That
Senator Morton and Senator Sherman
should have retired from the Presiden
tial canvass and gone to studying the
subject of counting the votes with such
singular diligence, is a fact whose explan
ation will probably be furnished at the
joint session of Congress on the second
Wednesday in Feburay >ext. But this is
not all. There is a singular concurrence
of opinion among the Republican lead
ers. that the twenty-second joint rule,
which permits either House to reject the
certificate of the vote of a State, is no
longer in existence. It was a Republi
can device adopted in 1866 for the ex
press purpose of enabling a Republican
Congress to reject the votes of Demo
cratic States, and it was applied at the
counts of the votes of three Presiden
tial elections. Bnt when the present
Democratic House came in, the Repub
licans became alarmed; they suddenly
discovered that their twenty-second joint
rule was not only a very bad rule but
unconstitutional besides, and they are
now as anxious to get out of it as they
were to adopt and enforce it when they
controlled both Houses of Congress. In
deed, they concur in the opinion that it
has been got rid of—that it fell to the
ground by the failure of the two Houses
at the late session to re-adopt the rules
of the preceding Congress, and that it is
now out of the power of the Democratic
House to reject the false certificates of
the votes of South Carolina, Louisiana
and Florida, which will probably*be pre
sented to the next joint session over the
names of the Republican Oovernors of
these States— Chamberlain, Kellogg
and Sterns.
“It will be asked, how, then, do the
Republican leaders qlaiiji the electoral
votes shall be counted ? The answer is:
by the Republican President of the Sen
ate, alone; and it will be his dnty to ac
cept and count only such certificates as.
come from the Governors of the States.
This would insqre the counting of the
returns from Louisiana, South Carolina
and Florida, sent in by their Republi
can Governors. But suppose it be no
torious that these returns are false—
that these States, or two of them, or one
of them, voted for Tildes— what then ?
This question brings us face to face
7UII the crisis which the Republican
leaders are preparing for; ana it 2? 8
serious on*. Jn the background stands
—who? Hates? Ho; Grani.
“At this point we turn to Senator
Booth, who seems to have betrayed to
the Chronicle reporter more of the Bo
publican conspiracy than the more wary
leaders intended the country should
know. He foresees that the House
would not recognize the false returns
from the three States referred to—and
in that case *an appeal to force would
be necessary to settle the matter,’ says
the talkative £9079. ‘What do.you
mean by force ?’ asks the startled re
porter. ‘ Physical foroe—war,’ is the
Senator’s abrnpt answer. And he goes on
to forecast the result. Strangely enongh,
he sees in Grant the man for the emergen
cy. ‘I think it remarkably fortunate
for the country, ’ says, the Senator, Hhat
for whose benefit it has betrayed the
entire bnsiness and labor interests of the
country; that it has brought want, dis
tress and debt on forty millions of peo
ple, and is no longer entitled to their
support.” 1
RABUN COUNTY.
Letter Frau Our Travetra* Uerreepondeut.
Clayton, Rabun Cos., Ga., October
24.—Superior Court commenced here
Monday, Hon. Georgs D. Rice presid
ing. A. L. Mitchell, the faithfnl Solici
tor-General, is on hand, attending to
the State in his able manner. Members
of the bar present—George M. Nether
land, Esq., Judge C. H. Sutton, Clarks
ville; W. S. Marler, Esq., Gainesville;
J. J. Kimsey, Esq., Cleveland ; Hope
Elias, Esq., Franklin, N. 0. There nas
not much bnsiness on the dooket. All
was cleared in one day and a half. His
Honor Jndge Rice, in dismissing the
grand jury, complimented the connty
for the little crime thtt was committed.
The report of the grabd, jury was read.
They reported all the roads good in
the county, and also reported that
they had examined the books
of Judge Green, the Ordinary,
and found them all correct, and that he
had got the couity out of debt at a
small taxation. TLe Judge is mnch es
teemed for his faithfnl duty. The jury
found the Clerk’s books kept weil. The
grand jury says: “Ii taking leave of his
Honor Judge Rice, we tender him our
thanks for his faith til, able and impar
tial administration of the law, and we
sinoerely wish that he may yet be spared
many years to adirn the bench and
benefit the people, To Judge A. L.
Mitchell, our eourtmus Solicitor-Gener
al, we likewise reiurn our thanks for
kindness to this boty and for his watch
ful care of the State.” Judge
Mitchell hardly >ver fails to win
for the State in criminal cases.—
He is much esteemei. I find the people
up here in Georgia tnd South 'Carolina
very hopeful of the Augusta and Hart
well and Rabun flap and Knoxville
Railroad. Every oie is anxious to see
that meeting a suoctss that is to be held
soon. Your traveling correspondent, in
company with Mr. Wm. Wall, of this
place, passed through Rabun Gap last
Sabbath. With so many high mountains
on each side it looks like it was intend
ed that this Gap should be the outlet to
the South. We als> visited that most
excellent family known so well by many
of yonr citizens, Mii Scruggs, who re
sides in the Gap. Incompany wi'h part
of Mr. Scruggs’ fasaily we visited the
Rabun Gap High Sohoil, located in
the beautiful valley *f the head of the
Tennessee. The principal received us
with all kindness. Be showed our little
party many curtesies. The principal,
Mr. W. A. Cnrtis, is a thoroughly edu
cated gentleman, unlerstaDdiug all the
rules of a high school. *fle is ably as
sisted. At present lib attendance is one
hnndred and thirty-five. Numbers of
youDg ladies aro attending the
school, also numbers of the young men
of the State, The college is most beau
tifully situated, being seven miles from
Clayton, surrounded by mountain scene
ry of most every kiiri, tfith good water
and pare air.
To see the many rosy cheeked young
ladies that attend this fine school, one
would think it was one of the healthiest
plaoeij in the State. 1* leaving Professor
Cnrtis and his fine school, we wish him
every success. Onr little party next
visited the Baptist Cliuroh, at the head
of the Tennessee, aad heard a sermon
from Rev. Mr. Coffee, of this place.
There waa a large attendance and all
seemed well pleated. Returning to
Clayton, in company with that congenial
gentleman, Mr. Wm. Wall, we visited
some mountains on our return trip.
While here your correspondent has
lowm antartaiaod by Mr. Wflll Sad his
much esteemed and accomplished
daughter, Miss Arinda Wall. While here
I have made many friends for the
Chronicle and Sentinel, adding twen
ty more new names to my list of forty
one that f got here in the Spring. All
seem well pleased, and almost every
subscriber turns out with me to help
get another. But two stopped out of
my forty-one. With railroad facilities
Augusta would get all the trade from
this part of Georgia. It is a true old
connty. But one Radical vote was cast
in the connty, and that was npl by a
Rabun man. The voters say they will
convert him as soon ns he has read
Black’s letter, which was published in
the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Q. W. N.
A RADICAL OUTRAGE.
The Government Violate* One of Its Own
Laws—Mr. P. E. Moors Dismissed from
Service Because He Refused to Vpte the
Radical Tlaket, and a Negro Appointed in
His Stead.
[ Oglethorpe Etho.]
Oh ! Liberty, what crimes are com
mitted in thy name ! If there lacked
any additional aot to complete our
sovereign contempt and abhorrence of
Radicalism, the high-handed outrage
perpetrated by that party this week, in
dismissing Mr. P. E. Moore, in charge
of the mail route on this branch, because
of his refusal to support the Republi
can candidates for President and Vice-
President, completed the same. Mr.
Moore, for several years past, has been
one of the most faithful and reliable em
ployees in the United States mail ser
vice—ever at his post, and discharging
his duty in a manner that won for him
the esteem and confidence of every one
with whom he was thrown in contact.
He was thoroughly conversant with the
postal bnsiness, and none ever had canae
to complain of neglect of duty or prop
er transmission of mail matter on his
line.
But, in spite of his faithful record,,he
is made a martyr to Radical tyranny,
villainy, lawlessness and intimidation.
Last Monday week an emissary of Rad
icalism, traveling under the alias of
Route Ins'pector, passed up the road in
the mail coach, and after questioning
Mr. Moore on a few minor subjects in
regard to the postal business, broached
that matter nearest his heart and upon
which he came : Did he (Moore) intend
to support the Republican ticket ?
Moore told him he could not do so, be
ing a Southerner and Democrat, but as
he was in the employ of the United
States Government, had some kind
friends in the dominant party who had
secured his appointment, was entirely
dependent upon his salary for snpport,
and, lastly, feeling assured that Georgia
would go largely Democratic without
his vote, he’d promise, as a special fa
vor to Uncle Sam, to waive his fran
chise and vote neither way. The emis
sary of that hell-honnd party was not
satisfied with this conciliatory promise
from Mr. Moore, but coniinued to arge
and demand the support of the Racncal
ticket in such unmeasured terms that
Moore told him arguments and threats
were thrown away upon him—that no
office nor emolument ccnld induce him
to sacrifice his self-respect and esteem
of his friends by casting his ballot for a
party, the avowed aim of which was to
degrade and oppress the land which
gave him birth.
At this bold and patriotic speech the
wonld-be intimidator and law-breaking
Radical whelp intimated that Mr'. Moore
would do well to htfnt up another place,
and left the jpail coach. That he bad
authority from the Government for this
threat, the following letter of dismissal
received by Mr. M°Pre this week, con
clusively proves:
[W. H. P.]
Post Office Department, )
Appointment Office, ’
Washington, Oct. fi, 1876. \
Sib— The Postmaster-General has dis
continued your pay and services as
Route Agent on the route between Union
Point and Athens, Ga. Very respect
fully, James H. Mabb,
Acting First Ass’t P. M. Gen’l.
Peyton Moore, Jr., Athens, Ga.
The Bowing after the reception of
this villainous feplotlc I£r. wel*
to his post, and there found installed a
mulatto hoy, son qf Mat Davis, who
knows just about as mugh about it as a
bog does about Heaven.
When the campaign is ended in South
Carolina there will be a day of retribu
tion for Oharseblain 4 Cos. We never
had 'any confidence in the reform
professions of this canting, Pharisaical,
thieving oarpet-bagger. He has return
ed like a dog to tbs vomit that he pre
tended to haye abandoned.
THE NEGRO CONSPIRACY.
A BLOODY CHAPTER PROM THE
HIBTORY OF NEW YORK IN THE
LAST CENTURY.
By Harry H. Mark*.
UYw York IltastnUed Weekly, October
One of the most remarkable episodes
in the-ancient history of New York oity
was that of the so-called Negro Conspi
racy, which convulsed the old Patch
residents of the colony in the first half
of the last century. To the American
citizen of to-day, accustomed to the
skillful and equitable-administration of
justice which, as a general rule, obtains
among us, the history of that affair, and
of the events growing out of it, must
sound like romance, or like the exag
gerated reoord of some mediaeval hor
ror. Bnt it ia neither; it is a simple
statement of facts, gathered from official
documents in the possession of the city,
the Historical Society, and the public
libraries.
In 1741 the people of New York were
muoh excited by rumors of a negro plot
to burn the city and massaore the in
habitants. The negroes resident here at
that time were for the most part African
by birtb, and their uprisings in 1712,
and in South Carolina in 1738, gave
color to the report. In February, 1741,
the house of a merchant, Mr. Hogg, was
robbed of a large amount of property.
The robbers were not discovered, but
part of the plunder was traced to a low
den, the resort of negroes, kept by one
Hughson. Soon after the. Government
House in the Fort was discovered to. be
on fire at midday, and was burned, to
gether with the King’s Chapel, the bar
racks, and the stable. ■ It happened that
a Spanish vessel, partly manned with
negroes, had been brought to New York
as a prize, and about the same time the
men had been condemned as slaves by a
Court of Admiralty, and sold at public
auotion. One of these having been
bought by a man whose house was sub
sequently burned, suspicion immediate
ly attached to the newly-bought slave,
and a cry was raised that the Spanish
negroes were plotting the destruction of
the city. They were all arrested and
imprisoned.
On the very day of their arrest another
fire broke out, and the exoitemeht
among the people became intense. The
military were called out and search was
made everywhere for the inoendiaries.
The Lieutenant-Governor of the Pro
vince offered a reward of £2O and free
dom to any slave who should discover
and expose the authors of the incendi
ary acts. This offer was, of course,
very tempting to the negroes, particu
larly as it afforded them the means of
diverting suspicion from themselves. It
was not long in bringing about an im
portant result. At the ensuing session
of the Superior Court, one Mary Burton,
a servant in the employ of Hughson,
the keeper of the negro den, went? be
fore the grand jury and swore that three
negroes, Csar, Prince and Cuffee, had
been in the habit of meeting at her mas
ter’s house, and had there, in her hear
ing, planned to burn the city and mas
sacre the inhabitants. She swore that
she had seen numbers of negroes and
fire-arms at Hugkson’s, and had heard
the conspirators agree upon a plan to
make Hughson King and Caar Gover
nor, She also inculpated Hughson, his
wife, and Peggy Carey, a woman of in
famous character.
No sooner was this statement made
than steps were taken to arrest the con
spiracy in its first stages. The Lieuten
ant-Governor, by special ordinance, en
trusted the matter to the Supreme Court,
and wholesale arrests were made. Peg
gy Carey was arrested and committed to
jail, where, under promise of pardon for
various offenses againAt the law, she
made a voluntary confession. She
changed the scene of the plot from
Hughson’s to the shop of John Bomme,
a shoemaker, where she said negroes
had been meeting for some time and
plotting the destruction of the city. All
the negroes she accused were arrested,
and Bomme fled the city, but was after
wards taken in New Jersey.
On May’B9, 1741, Quaok and Otfffee
were brought to trial before the Supreme
Court, Mary Burton and several negroes
appearing as witnesses. The prisoners
had no counsel, while the Attorney-
General, assisted by two prominent
members of the bar, appeared against
them. The addresses of the counsel
consisted simply of declamations and
invectives; the accused were promptly
found guilty and sentenced to be burn
ed alive. The feeling of the Court, re
flecting that of the whole people, may
be judged by the following remarks
made to the prisoners by the presiding
Justice : “ Yon that were for destroying
us without mercy, you abject wretches,
the outcasts of the nations of the earth,
are treated here with tenderness and hu
manity, and, I wish I could not say,
with too great indulgence, for you have
grown wanton with excess qf liberty,
and your idleness has proved your ruin,
having given yon the opportunity to
form this villainous and detestable con
spiracy. What hopes can you have of
mercy in the other world, for shall not
the Judge of all the earth do right ?”
The unfortunate creatures thus address
ed protested their innocence, apd con
tinued to do so until they were chained
to the stake and the executioners stood
ready to apply the toroh ; then, being
persuaded to confess, they told all that
was required of them—but too late.
In the following month Hughson and
his wife, who were under sentence of
death for receiving stolen goods, were
reprieved and brought to trial for par
ticipation' in the nsgro conspiracy, to
gether with Hughson's daughter and
Peggy Carey. The chief witnesses
against them were Mary Burton and
Arthur Price, a professional thief. The
prisoners had no counsel, and nearly all
the bar appeared against them. After a
short trial, if a proceeding in whioh the
prosecution had all the talking and the
defense all the listening oan be called a
trial, 'the accused were convicted and
sentenced to be hanged. The daughter
of Hughson made a confession and was
saved. Peggy Carey retracted her orig
inal confession, solemnly declared that
she had foresworn herself, and died so
doing. Hughson and his wife asserted
their innocence with their last breath.
The execution of these poor wretches
seemed to whet the public appetite for
blood, and on the Bth of June six more
negroes were burned at the stake. On
the 10th of June four more were sen
tenced, of whom one made a confession
implicating a number of other negroes,
and on the 15th another batch of five
went to the stake. Two days later, five
Spanish negroes were tried and sentenc
ed to death, and the excitement increas
ed. On the 19th of the same month,
the Lieutenant-Governor made a pro6la
mation of full pardon to all negroes
who would confess their complicity in
the plot. This act brought out a per
fect avalanche of confessions and state
ments, and counter-charges, so
that it really seemed that the entire ne
gro population had been concerned in
the alleged conspiracy. Hundreds of
negroes, some who were and others who
were not suspected, hastened to make
revelations, the one more horribly im
probable than the other, and by the
middle of July all the prisons in the
city were full; the lawyers' bad more
than they could do, and the CpflJ-te were
continually in session.
At this time, and as though there were
not horrors enough in progress, the ory
of “Popery” was raised, and the excited
populace, with the absurd and ignorant
prejudice of their time, hastened to
identify the negro plots with alleged
Popish schemes. A victim was wanted.
He was found fp the' of a gentle
and props non-juring clergyman and
school teacher of the Catholic Church,
named John Cry. H e was arrested on
charges preferred by Hnrton and,
Wm- Kane, a and put on tyia 1
for aiding and abetting the pegtq plot"
ters, and for violating a law of the prov
ince, which forbade any priest of the
Church of Home to reside here, under
penalty of perpetual impnssßlßent or
death. Ury pleaded not guilty, wa* de
nied counsel, and, single-handed, had to
fight t <- r e whole bar, which was arrayed
agains 1 him. The evidence wag of the
flimsie s t character; much of it was mere
hearsay, most qf it was palpably false,
and nearly all was irrelevant or conflict
ing. The speeches of the lawyers for
tht orC”h were simple invectives sgsfmit
Catholicism aud ififUrngm* o *? appeals
to the religions prejudices of the jury.
Nevertheless, Ury was convioted and
sentenced to death. He met his fate
like a martyr and a hero, and died de
claring his innocence and praying for
the forgiyeness of Jhg wretches who had
sworn away his life.
With the death of Ury the excitement
subsided, and the authorities proclaimed
a day of public thanksgiving. Thus
ended the famous alleged negro plot,
after one hundred aud fifty persons had
been arrested, of whom twenty-two were
hogged, eleven bgnmd ftUfe, and fifty
transported and sold in the West Indiefe.
When the alarm of the people had dis
appeared, and reason resumed its swat,
there were not wanting cool and im
partial Judges who believed (what can
hardly be donbted, if we are to be gov
erned by thp evidence) that ‘the whole
affair of the negro conspiracy was a
mere delusion, bora! of ignorance and
prejudice, and fostered by. perjury and
cowardice.
TIRED OF LIFE.
ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE—RASH
LY IMPORTUNATE.
3lr. John W. Lee Commits Suicide by Shoot
ing Himself Through the Head—No Cause
But Mental Depression Assigned For the
Act—Ceroner’s Inquest.
Last Monday night, about a quarter
past one o’clock, the guests at the Cen
tral Hotel were startled by the reports
of two pistol shots in rapid succession,
coming from room) No. 20, ooonpied by
Mr. John W. Lee. Parties in the hotel
rushed to the room and forcing an en
trance found Mr. Lee lying on the
floor, dead, with a gaping wound from
a pistol ball in his head. The pistol, ft
five shooter, was lying by bis side. It car
ries a very large ball. The first shot had
evidently been fired to test the weapon,
as the hole made by the ball was found
in the window blind on the east side of
the rpom. He bad risen from bif, bed
and dressed himself with scrupulous
neatness. He had on a fullsuit of black
broadcloth, and his hat was lying by
bis head. His Clinch Rifle uniform cap
was on the washstand. His face and
the bosom of his shirt were covered with
blood. Yesterday morning Coroner
Kunze, assisted by Justice Leon, held
an inquest over the body. The follow
ing testimony was elicited :
Augustus Beall sworn : Was in back
yard last night at 1:16; heard two re
ports of pistol; traced the reports up
stairs in Central Hotel; I suspected it
being in Lee’s room, and called him; he
failed to answer; took key to an adjoin
ing room; opened window between the
two rooms; oonld just see Mr. Lee’s
feet; supposed him to be lying on hia
back; I left the house, expecting to call
in a policeman; when I returned, the
door to Mr. Lee’s room was Opened and
lie was lying on the floor dead; was in
Lee’s room about 8:30 o’clook on the
30th October,lß76 he was dressed; think
lie was delirious; do not think he was
drank; said he thought men in.the yard
who had come for the purpose of killing
him; nothing iu words led me to
suppose that it was Lee’s intention to
kill himself; saw pistol on his bed; this
is the pistol I saw on the bed.
Thad. C. Jowett sworn, testified : I
occupy room No. 21, next to Mr. J. W.
Lee’s. I retired to my room about 11
o’clock, 30th October, 1876. Lit a cigar
and began to smoke apd read. I sup
pose abont half an honr after heard Mr.
Lee pacing up and down his room ; fell
asleep for abont one hour and a half j
was awoke by two pistol shots in rapid
succession; jumped out of bed and ran
to bead,Df stairs and called out: “Some
body bas shot himself 1” Th# negro
night watchman can?® half way up and
returned. Mr. BealLtben came up, and
I told him I thought Mr. Lee had shot
himself. He went up stairs and woke
Mr. Stewart. In the meantime Dr.
Todd and Mr. Wright came from their
rooms. We then held a oonsnltation as
to whether we would operi the door or
send for a policeman. We decided to
send for the policemau. Mr. Beall got
a key and tried to open the door, but
fonnd it bolted on the inside. He then
went to the skylight and said he could
discover nothing ; he finally said he saw
the body; went down stairs and found
Mr. Beall rapping for police. Mr. Fitz
gerald and another gentleman came, up
stairs, When I returned, Mr. Fitz
gerald had got through the skylight and
opened the door. Dr. Geddings Was
then called. No one occupied the room
except Mr. Lee. Shots wefre rapid. I
thought Lee had shot hiniself. Never
heard him say anything to make me be
lieve that he had shot himself. Nooom
pany in his room at 11 o’efook. There
was alight in Mr. Lee's room. *<li i
W. W. Fitzgerald sworn, testified:
Came to hotel abont 2 o'clock, October
31st, 1876. Called for olerk. Negro
told me he was np stairs, and that a man
had shot himself. I went up and found
a crowd standing at Mr. Lee’s door.
They said they could not enter. About
that time Mr. Beall returned, skying; he
saw Mr. Lee’s feet through the skylight,
Mr. Wright and myself went to the Sky
light and went into the room. When I
got in, found the body in a corner, with
head against the wall. Pistol lay abont
three inches from his hand. I discover
ed he was shot through the head. Crowd
then rushed, in. After Dr. Geddings
came we found books on table with
notes. Never in his room before. That
is the pistol. Light was burning. Was
not acquainted with Mr. Lee.
Dr. Ed. Geddings sworn, testified:
Heard two pistol shots in rapid succes
sion about lj) o’clock this morning;
quarter of an hour afterwards was oalled
by night watchman j stated that 4 man
had shot himself in room No. 20; on re
pairing to the spot 1 found the body of
deceased lying iri'the middle of the floor,
where it evidently bud be@ dragged
ped from the corner of room; at that
place there was a large pool of blood,
several spots of same on the wall; a
large pistol ball had penetrated the
right temple and ranged upwards to the
left side of the head, passing outwards.
Iu my opinion the wound must have
occasioned instantaneous death; as the
direction of the ball w,as upwards and
there was $0 possible access' to tne room
except by skylight above the wound
most Haye been inflicted by the hand of
deceased himself; doh’t kuqw who moved
the body.
The jury, composed of Messrs. W. T.
Timmerman (foreman), H. Kennedy, T.
A. Twiggs, C, M. Peck, Jas. R. Glover,
Frank T. White, Harry G. Cashin, J.
O. Kennedy, A. R. Shaw, W. E. Turpin,
Wm. Brown and A. J. Tweedy, returned
the following verdict:
“We, the jury, §nd ffqm fee evidence
before us, thaf the deceased cqme to his
death by a pistol shot Vfoqnd inflicted
by his hand. ”
Mr. Lee was a native of Qreepoastle,
Indiana, where’his mother is now living.
He came'to Augusta in 1866, when
about eighteen yeSr? p.f age. Sinpe that
time he has been ;n business as 4 dry
goods Clerk, first with Mr- 4- Mullarky
and latterly with W- Anderson # Qo.
At the re-organizatien of the Gliaeh Ri
fles be became a member of the compa
ny and remained with the corps until
his death. He was one of the party who
went to Philadelphia with the Genten-
nial Legion. For some time he
had beeh in low spirit* apd hinted
that he would £Cf be here long,—
He a ' sufferer from con
sumption, auc| had lost one of his
lungß. A day or two ago he hired a pis
tol—Hopkins & Allen Manufacturing
Company's—make, for a few days, aud it,
was with this that he committed the fa
tal deed. Jfo cause can be assigned for
the act beyond his mental depreasion.
He left several fragmentary notes on
small piece* of brown paner and fly
leaves of books, to different'parties, but
none explaining why he killed hitaaelf,
He was sipfc Monday and remained in
his room dqnng the day. When the
shots were fired an attempt was made to
get into the room buf the do,ojr was
locked. Entrance then effected as
is shown in evidence, above.
One of the notes left by deceased was
on a card directed to Rev. Dr. Irvine,
and asked the Doctor to write to Mrs.
Lee, mothpy of the deceased. Another
wa*toa friend and was datediNovem
ber 2fltbj showing that the writer was
out of his mind. It was worded as fol
low* and written on the flyleaf of a
book i
"Lord forgive my self-execution. I
dm innocent and happy.”
Another note, to Mr, Yf- T.
was as follows ;
“Dear Tow—Please look after nay
things land col. insurance. lam adraid
there is hardly enough to go round. If
my body Is left to Rtf friends either bury
here or sand home, according to money.
I hare bo more time. I die happy. Qod
bless and keep you.”
Several notes were to frienda, sending
back books borrowed. :
Yesterday afternoon the body was
placed in state in the (flinch Rifles’
CHub room, where ft was visited by a
number of ladies, friends of the com
pany, who placed flowers in the coffin
and wreaths bn the top when it was
screwed down.
Tbe insurance policy baa not yet been
found, and the amount of it is not
knows, , rj . , .... ;
Mr. Lee went around last'Friday and
Saturday and paid every little bill that
he owed in the eity.
: The deceased vu a Federal soldier
Jot two years daring the late war, hav
ing gone into the army When only six
teen years old.
' A brother of the deceased died a short
bus tied! see r #J sdf |
$2 A YEAR-POSTAGE PAID.
time ago, and it is thought that that
may have preyed upon hia mind, already
prostrated by oonsnmption.
Mr. Lee was a quiet, good citizen,
and had many friends in Augusta.
ON THE WING.
LIGHTNING EXPREBB TRAINS.
Offlcer# of the Next Le*i.l a ture-The Sena,
torahlp, EtC.-A Bit of Romance.
[Special Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel ]
OnTheWino, Ootober 28.—A sharp
ly defined rumor has been afloat for
sometime that the Georgia Railroad
management are on the eve of rednoing
the schedule time of the day passenger
train to six hours between Angusta and
Atlanta, but it is groundless. Circum
stances do hot seem to warrant the
change jnst now, though that thorough
going official, Superintendent Johnson,
ia satisfied the time oould be easily
made. Our people are apt to institute
an unfavorable comparison between
Sonthern and Northern roads; because
they lose sight of the fact that there is
marked loss of time on oar best South
ern roads by reason of frequent stop
pages. Conld these be largely reduced
as to the present Georgia day passenger
trains, the trip would be made between
the oitiea in time referred to. Whilst it
is true that, under the direction of Su
perintendent Jnhnarm, tho roo.l bod io
probably in a better condition than ever
before, like othej roads South it is not
ready for the introduction of the “light
ning express.” The day is not far dis
tant when we shall have the latter, but
onr roads must be properly ballasted
first.
Leuislative Motion,.
The recently eleoted members of the
General Assembly will, as a whole, com
pare favorably with any of their prede
cessors. As the day approaches for their
formal redaction into offioe, the interest
always felt by quidnnnos especially and
the people generally, in the organization
of the Senate and House, intensifies.
For the Presidency of the Senate Col.
Lester, of Chatham; Black, of Screven;
Howell, of Fulton, and Judge Shew
make, of Richmond, are mentioned.
Either of _ the gentlemen would honor
the position. The present horoscope
indicates that the oontest will lie be
tween Colonel Lester and Judge Shew
make. It ia not possible to deolare
the President now, but of this we
may rest assured, that whether in
the ohair or on the floor of the Senate,
the gentlemen named will be found ever
watohful of the people’s interests.—
Strangely, and yet it is practically true,
a much greater degree of interest at
taches to the Speakership of the House
than to the Presidency of the Senate.
The new House has an abundance of
material from which to select a presid
ing offioer. Most prominent stand :
Mr. Baoon, of Bibb; Dr. Carlton, of
Clark; and Mr. Moses, of Muscogee.
In addition to his fine natural abilities,
Mr. Baoon possesses a large experience
both as a working member and Speaker.
A knowledge of these facts tin the part
of hia colleagues, places him in the fore,
but not in the fore-front; for Mr. Moses
and Dr. Carlton are known to possess
ability of an order equally high. Dr.
Carlton made for himself a moat enviable
reputation as a working member, nota
bly, of the last House. There are a
number of signs whieh strongly enoour
age the belief that Dr. 0. will be the
Speaker of the next House. What is
true of the four Senators mentioned is
equally true of the Rspreaentativfig
named.
T4v Svaatflrship,
The incoming Legislature will have
some very important work to do, but
none of greater import than the selec
tion of a United States Senator to suc
ceed Mr. Norwood. Naturally enough
a wide-spread and increasing interest is
felt in this question: Upon whom will
that high honor be bestowed ? Senator
Norwood will be a candidate for re-elec
tion; it is said that Mon. R. H. Hill would
prefer the Senate to the House; and fre
quent mention is made of Gov. Smith’s
name in aonneotion with the position. It
has not as yet been positively announced
that his Exoellency cherishes any spe
cial desires for the offioe, bnt he has
hundreds of friends who believe him
equal to any position within the gift of
the people of this country, and who will
not be slow to press his olaims if cir
cumstances authorize such action. Be
sides, it has become a custom to trans
fer Governors to the Senate. My ob
servation teaches me this, (hat if Gov.
Smith desires the place he has only
to say so. So great ia hia personal mag
netism and bo thorough his knowledge
of men, that there is not a man in
Georgia who oan successfully compete
with him for any offioe within the gift
of the people. From all that I can
learn, Mr. Hill’s following is not suffi
ciently strong to oarry him into the
Senate. The opinion is generally ex
pressed that the particular field for Mr.
Hill is found op the floor of the House.
He has already done efficient work
there, and his past experience qualifies
him for the accomplishment of a much
larger amount of good. Governor
Smith opt of the way, Senator Norwood
will be returned to the Senate. This
will result from an appreciation of his
ability and faithfulness, as well as a
recognition of the wise policy pursued
by the Southern States from the estab
lishment of the Government down to
1861, viz; ’(tm retention in Congress of
every Ifiau wfio proved himself compe
tent add watchful, ft was a steady
adherence to this policy that
gave the ftopth so powerful an
influence ip the Government.—
Wnen her Senatoriror her Representa
tives rose to speak to a question, the
oodntry stood ready to hear something
wise; and the country was not deceived.
Remarking the souroe of the South’s
strength in the halls of Congress, Mew
England and the other States made
haste to adopt the game policy and they
adhere to it te this flay. Mow, the peo
ple fiesire to have that policy re-adopt
ed—hence the prospects for Senator N.’s
re-election are realty good. Senator N.
lacks person*! magnetism; that ia, he
has not the power of so inspiriting those
with whom he is brought in contact that
they will, at thp mention of his name,
be ready to toss un their hands sod de
clare him unequalled. But he possesses
this power ; Owe never hears him speak
os reads what be has spoken, but one
exclaims—he is a man 1 go that, if re
elected, Senator Norwood will have to
attribute hia success to a conscientious
discharge of the duties imposed upon
him, and wfc*t higher compliment oan
be paid a man 9
AtoW* Fuhe sohoai*.
This splendid system, of schools will
Boon have passed the trying ordeal to
whioh it is now subject. In January
ne*t the usual amount of funds will be
in band, and the schools will move on,
more firmly fixed than ever in the confi
dence and affections of the people. Be
tween trains, the other day, I called on
Prof. Mallon, the efficient superintendent,
and with him made a short visit to erne
°{ the schools. In the grammar school,
which Is undertfie priampalshin of Mr.
JahgSß, I tmd the pleasure of listening
to a recitation in English history which
reflected the greatest degree of credit
on teacher and pupils. The method of
ins'ruction pursued decries the mere
Pittingand answering questions. Ques
tions are, of course, propounded, but
too recitation is by topic. On the occa
sion referred to, Miss Rosa Bowie, Miss
Mamie Glover and Master Beatie, in the
order mentioned, gave an admirably
worded, graphic account of the inhabi
tants, the great characters, etc., of the
country whose history is so interesting.
A Bit of Romance.
A few years previous to 144 late war,
Jour correspondent was sitting in St.
ames’ Sabbath School, awaiting the ar
rival of hi* dassmates and teacher. It
was A told, gloomy, disagreeable after
noon, bo pupils and teachers came in
very slowly, and- but few were present
when the exercises olosed. Shortly after
! taking my seat, I noticed a tall, nioe
loohiug gentleman, accompanied by two
girls, enter the door. They were stran
gers, and, as usual, were instantly espied
; and met by the Superintendent, Mr.
Wot O. Derry. He painted the gentle
mas to a seat, and then esoorted the
girls to Beats in the middle-left division
near the altar. Onrioos boy that I was, I
remarked that the eldest of thegirls bade
very intelligent, sweet, and, therefore, at
tractive face, and the younger reminded
me of a genuine mountain sprout.
These girls grew apace, losinar naught
of their attractiveness as they grew. I
oau see the feoe of the eldest now as it
appeared to me in those days—so well
defined and expressive. I went off to
school—thence to the army, and, a short
time after the war, lost right of them.
At times during the war, and imme
diately after it* close, a certain young
gentleman came to Angaria. He was
m excellent young man, a great gallant,
and popular with all his acquaintances.
It appears that during his stay in your
eldest of the girls re
ferred to, but their acquaintance scarce
ly ripened into friendship. He left the
oity and elsewhere mingled freely in the
society of almost numberless attractive
young ladies. At last, he bethought
a „ nd instantly the face of
the eldest, which had photographed it
self indelibly upon his mind, though
seldom, if ever called up, appeared to
him. Ah ! thought he, “this is a se
rious matter—a life matter, indeed. I
want a wife—a good, practical, lovable
woman, and this one of all others im
presses me as the one.” He opened a
correspondence with her; after the in
terchange of a few letters ha visited and
married her. Than their’s there is not
in the broad State of Tennessee a
brighter, happier home. That’s a
Frovidenoe. Happiest are they whose
wedlook is thus superinduced.
Maktin V. Galvin.
IMMIGRATION.
A Practical Start Towards Direct Trade to
Europe—Gov. Smith Takee the Lead—A
Proposition lrom KuglUli Ship-Owncri
-450,000 a Teat 1 for Three Yean.
1 Atlanta Constitution .]
Some of the papers here casually no
ticed a proposition that Governor Smith
has received from certain nhii>.r> n „.
looking to the establishment of direot
trade with Europe. There is no subject
of greater importance to the State nor
before the public than this. The com
pany making the proposition to Gover
nor Smith is a perfectly reliable one.—
The offer Is made officially and awaits
the aooeptanoe or rejection of the Legis
lature. It is as follows : This Euglish
company propose to put on a first olass
line of steamships between Savannah or
Brunswick, and Liverpool, at once aud
keep them running steadily, provided
the State will give them a bonus of SSO,
000 a year for three years. They guaran
tee besides that they will land 8,000
immigrants per month on our shores.
Governor Smith is strongly in favor of
accepting this proposition. The Legis
lature before the war appropriated a
muoh larger sum than is now asked for,
for the same purpose, but the appro
priation has lapsed. The Governor will
doubtless recommend the Legislature
to make anew appropriation.
The vast benefits that will accrue from
this flood-tide of immigration cannot be
estimated in figures. A late offioial re
port published shows that there are ten
million of aores of rioh land lying idle
in Georgia to-day. This land put under
intelligent cultivation would doable oar
wealth in ten years. The immigrants
that these ships would bring over would
naturally seek agricultural pursuits, in
the absenoe of large manufacturing in
terests, and thousands of acres would
soon be thriftily oooupied and wisely
cultivated. We learn that the vast ma
jority of Irish and Germans who oomo
to this oountry have no choice of parts,
or even sections. They merely want to
come to “America.” Many of them do
not even know the location of the port
to whioh they are sailing. The tide has
flowed steadily into New York simply
beoaose there are no steamers running
to Southern ports. The company has
no doubt that it could bring a full load
of immigrants on every ship that sailed.
Every agent of the oompauy would bo
an immigration agent for Georgia and
the South. Beside all this, the advan
tages that would aoorne to ns, in the
possession of a reliable direct line to
Enrope, would be incalculable. It would
give the South absolute commercial in
dependence. We trust that Governor
Smith will persist in his efforts, and feel
sore that the Legislatnre will not fail to
see the importance of making the appro
priation.
UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR.
A Had Case of Mistake—One Man Hhot and
Another Htnbbed.
We learn that a most unfortunate af
fair, resulting in the serious wounding
of two men, occurred near Millen, on
the Central Railroad, last Saturday
night. It seems that on Saturday after
noon a difficulty took plaoe on the plat
form at Millen between Roberts,
white, and Bnrke Welsh, colored. No
blows passed, bnt some rough language
was used. Afterwards Roberts went
before a magistrate and had a warrant
issued for the arrest of Welsh. The
warrant was placed in the hands of a
constable, Simeon Brinson, who, appre
hending trouble, as the negroes were
holding a eamp meeting at Millen, sum
moned a posse to assist him in making
the arrest. This posse consisted of
about fifteen men. Welsh lives about
half a mile from Millen, and close by
are two other houses, one of which
is oooupied by Mr. John Sykes,
son of Mr. William B. Sykes, of this,
oity. The constable with his
proceeded to the settlement, which they
reached about one o’clock Saturday
night, and knooked first at +,’ne door of
Welsh s house. Welsh, however was
not at home. Concluding that he had
made a mistake as to the house, the
constable went across to Sikes’ house,
under the impression that Welsh lived
there. The party knocked at the door
of thi* house, whereupon Sikes asked
who was there and what was wanted.
The door was then broken down and
three or four shots fired into the bouse.
Sikes returned the fire with one barrel
of his shot gun. The contents, bird
shot, struck the constable, Brinson, in
the left side over tha heart, producing a
serious but not fatal wound. The posse
fired again into the the house, whereup
on Mr. Sikes, who had no idea who was
in the party or wbat was their ob
ject, jnmped out oi a window and
fled. The posse pursued and soon
caught up with him, A scuffle ensned,
and Mr. Bikes was terribly stabbed in
the left side. The wound was a fearful
one, and a portion of the lung protruded
through it. He was also struck over the
head with the bntt of a gnn. Bleeding
profusely, he was carried to a store at
Millen. A olerk at the store improvised
a litter and had the wounded m.an car
ried home. His wounds and that of
Brinson were dressed by J>* Delaney.
The physician pronounced Brinson’s
wound not to be of i very serious na
ture. Brinson will be ont again in eight
or ten days, Mr. Sikes was better yes
terday morning, although suffering very
mqok from his wounds. The whole af
fair grew out of an unfortunate mistake,
and u deeply deplored by the commu
nity.
Mare About the Grave* and Ciller Duel.
Mb. Editob— ln the article headed
“The Graves and Gilley Duel,” which
yon copied last Sunday from the Cov
ington (Ky.) Commercial, thera are
some inaccuracies whioh it is a a well to
correct. The dnel did not take plaoe at
the notorious Bladenubarg ground, bnt
at Good Hope Hill, across the Eastern
Branoh of the Potomac, about a mile
and a half from the eastern end of Ben
ning’s bridge.
The writer of this, in his early child
hood, had the pleasure of seeing Mr.
Graves and hearing him talk on more
than one occasion, and remembers dis
tinctly hearing him tell his (the writer’s)
father that up to the time the dnel took
plaoe be bad not shot a rifle a dozen
times in his life, and, inasmuch as Mr.
Gilley was known as a good he ex
pected to be killed, and had made dispo
sition of his worldly affairs. He did not
want to fight a duel, and did not expect
that would be ■result until he saw
Mr. Cilley Doctor, alias “Bully”
Dancan, Vvho represented the Oincinnati
Ai st Jiot, retire behind the screen togeth
er when Mr. Graves’ second note was
handed him. He then for the first time
thought a fight would be the result.
The idea that Mr. Graves died of a
broken heart in consequence of the fatal
termination of the dnel is a great mis
take. No one regretted the occurrence
more than he; bnt he yielded “to an
imperious custom” which throngh the
prevailing idea of honor impelled him
on. I am strengthened in the above
opinion by a very prominent and able
member of the bar here, who served
with him in the Kentucky Legislatnre
after the dnel had taken place, and who
knew him intimately. Mr. Graves had
other reasons besides the duel for sad
ness daring the latter part of his life—
reasons that need not be set forth here.
It was and is the opinion of Mr.
Graves’ friends that the saddest feature
of the whole transaction, next to the
death of Mr. Gilley, was that he risked
his own and took the life of another for
such a person as he did.
Washington, October 26, 1876.
Gbn. W. H. F. Leb, a son of General
Bobbitt E. Lbs, has been nominated for
the State Senate in one of the Virginia
Senatorial Districts.
It seeds a long head to control a long
toogne.