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' | •* *. p*. \"■ ■ .uv ! OLD SERIES—BOI. XCI NEW SERIES OL. XL. TERMS. i’HE D ULY CHRONICLE A SENTINEL, the otdeet newspaper in the Sooth, in published duly, except Monday. Terms : Per year, $lO ; six months, $5; three months, $2 50. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE * SENTINEL is published every Wednesday. Terms : One year, $2; six months, #l. THE TKI-WEEKLY CHRONICLE A BENTI ✓ NEL is published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Terms : One year, *5; six months, $2 50. SUBSCRIPTIONS in all cases in advance, and no paper continued after the expiration of . the tune paid for. KATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY.—AII transient ad rertisemeuts will be charged at the rate of $1 per square each insertion for the first week. Advertisements in Tri-Week ly, ®1 per square; in Weekly. *1 pr square. Marriage and Puneral Notices. $1 each. Special Notices, ti per square. Special rates will be made for advertisements running for one mouth 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 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.