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* >qo * OLO SERIES VOL. ICI REV) SERIES—VOL. II TERMS. THE DAILY CMRONICLE A SENTINEL, the old eat newspaper in the South, is published daily, except Monday. Terms: Per year, (10 ; six months, AS; three months, *2 60. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE A SENTINEL is published every Wednesday. Terms : One year, $2: six months, #l. THE TRI WEEKLY CHRONICLE A SENTI NEL is published everv Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Terms : One year, $5; six months, $2 60. SUBSCRIPTIONS in all esses in advance, and no paper oontinued after the expiration of the time paid fer. BATES OF ADVERTISING rN DAILY.-All transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of $1 per square each insertion for the first wfcek Advertisements in Tri-Week ly, tl per square; in Weekly. %1 per square. Marriage and Funeral Notices, #1 each. Special Notices, *1 per square. Special rates inll be made for advertisements running for one month or longer. ALL COMMUNICATIONS announcing candi dates for office—from County Constable to members of Congress—will be charged at the rate of twenty cents per line. All announce ments must be paid for in advance. Address WALSH *4 WRIGHT, CHjtoxicLß A Bksttszi.. Angneta, Ga. C&tonicle anb snUmel. Whi INESDAY. NOVEMBER 29, 1876. Tboom are concentrating at Washing ton. Was Frank Blair inspired by the spirit of prophecy when he declared in 1868 that if General Grant went into the White House he would not come out again until he was brought out “feet foremost ?” The Returning Board of Florida, bad as it is, is not bad eDoughfor those hon est Republican leaders who are so anx ious for a “fair count.” Therefore Gov. Stearns proposes to make himself a Returning Board, and give Hayes a fair count at his leisure. MoKre, the editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, has just been pardon ed out of prison by Mr. Grant. McKee was one of the most prominent of the St. Louis whisky thieves. He didn’t get out in time to vote for Hayes. That is what beat him. Too many of his supporters were in the penitentiary. The Atlanta Commonwealth reports Hon. Joshua Hill as saying that Til den is unquestionably elected, and as fairly as American methods, habits and practicea would admit of. He has t o confidence in the returning boards, but has abiding faith that Tildkn will be inaugurated without trouble. There has been something of a change in the political sentiment of Pennsyl vania. Four years ago, the State gave Grant a majority of 138,000. This year Hayes’ majority is less than 11,000. ihit for the frauds perpetrated in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania would have gone for Tilden. A Florida correspondent of the Cin cinnati Commercial, who is a Republi can, intimates that by this time the Re publican National Committee begin to realize that a little money and a few speakers down in Florida just before the election would have been put where they would Lave done tbe most good. He also affirms that an application to the National Committee to place there some of the “sinews” of a political cam paign met with a reply consigning the Htate to a region whose heat is not re puted to be of a political nature. We had the pleasure of a visit yester day from United States Senator Thos. M. Norwood, who is on his way to Burke county. Mr. Norwood takes a most encouraging view of the political situation, aud has no doubt that Gov ernor Tilden will be tbe next President of the United States. He thinks, too, that good will come of the “postmaster mnddle” in Vermont and Oregon. The Legislatnre of one State is Republican, of the other Democratic. If the Legis lature of Vermont elects a Republican elector tbe Legislature of Oregon will assuredly elect a Democrat, and Tilden will as certainly get his one vote. Five Philadelphia lawyers and the Dkvil thrown in could make nothing of the political situation in South Caro lina. Between the Returning Board and the Supreme Court, the orders and counter-orders, the protests and coun ter-protests, the counts and recounts confusion worse confonuded has been produced. A constant reading of the dispatches from Columbia will people the asylums of the country and trans mute intelligence into abject idiocy. At present only two things seem certain in this cloud of uneertaiuties: the elec tion of Hampton aud the selection of a Democratic Legislature. We don’t mind carpet-bag govern ments being employed to point a moral or adorn a tale, but we do object to sad dling too heavy a burden on the shoul ders of the political grasshoppers. The Indianapolis Sentinel says the State of Georgia owed $50,000,000 January Ist, 1872, At that date the debt was less than $30,000,000. The State now owes about $8,000,000. We have not the slightest doubt that Bollock A Com pany would have mads the debt fifty or even a hundred millions if they had re mained in power, but one day the kindly lightning struck, and Bdllock and Theft left the State together. Bpbakino of the heavy iron dads of the British Navy, each of which costs some three millions of dollars to build aud equip, the Loudon Daily Xetrs says that, by reason of the small amount ol coal they carry, they are uuable to trust themselves eery far from land. This is true, and it shows a weakness that is often overlooked by those who see only their tremendous guns and armature. But if once driven far out to sea in time of war, and out of coal, they would not be very dangerous to a swift naval steamer of comparatively light tonnage with plenty of coal aud good engines. A World dispatch says : “John G. Thokpsok, Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee of Ohio, has is sued a call for a meeting of the Central Committee and other prominent citizens of the State, at Columbus on Wednes day next, to take action regarding the situation'in'Louisirua, South Carolina and Florida; to denounce the attempts at fraudulent action by the Republican party in those States in ‘heir attempt to throw out Democratic majorities, and to appeal to the people of the 'ountry to support the demand by the I -emocracy for an honest count of votes i u.the three States in question. Theiny.tation is to Democrats, Liberals and Independents, and all other patriotic o’tizens.” A Washington JUpatoh says the Democrats have unearthed the import ant fact then when troops were sent South to General Rrosa, he ordered an officer to go to Florida and see what was needed. The officer reported that there was abeolntely no sign of dis turbance and no troops were needed anywhere in the State, and that this re port is or was on file in the War De partment. Information of this fact has been sent to the Democratic Na tional Committee, and if any part of the vote of Florida is thrown oat on the ground of intimidation this report will be called for os soon as Congress meets, and its author and several offioere through whose hands it passed be called upon to testify as to its genuineness, and to the fact that tbme was no in timidation or violenoe in Ylorida. SIEAMNU A STATE. The wretch whom reconstruction foist ed upon Florida as Governor of the State has shown bis intention of stealing that State for Hayes. His recent action ren ders it almost a certainty that he will claim the right to canvass the votes for Presidential electors. If he does this he will give the vote of the State to Hayes and Wheeler. Chanwleb advised him, in substance, to hold the State at all hazards, and he is obeying instructions. His plan is exceedingly simple. He proposes to constitute himself a return ing board, and to issue certificates to the men who, in his judgment, have been elected. It can safely be said in ad vance that, no matter what the Demo cratic majority may be, he will declare that Hayes and Wheeler have carried the State, and give to them its four elec toral votes. He bases his extraordinary assnmption of power npon the fact that the statute creating the Returning Board does not specify “electors” in its pro visions. This high handed usurpation of power should be resisted by the De mocracy to the bitter end. For every wrong tb ere most be a remedy, and there is certainly power lodged some where to prevent such a bare faced fraud as that calculated by this carpet-bag scamp in Florida. The State has gone Democratic by an honest majority, and we must not be cheated out of our vic tory. TII f. north .hunt mettle it. The Nashville Union and American says Gov. Tilden’s popular majority is over 364,000, not counting majorities in the three disputed Southern States. The people of the Union, especially of the States of New York, New Jersey, Con necticut and Indiana, have proclaimed for him unmistakably and overwhelm ingly. If he is cheated,the people of the United States will also be cheated. It is in no sense a sectional question, which the office holders have sprung up on the country, backed by the military authority of General Grant. It is es sentially a conflict between tbe office holders and the people of the Union. Tbe Republican party is so much a par ty of office holders that, in defiance of explicit provisions of the Constitution, in several States office holders were nominated for Hayes electors. JohnM. Watts, postmaster at Lafayette, Oregon, was a Hayes elector in that State. H. N. Sollace, a postmaster at Bridgeport, Vt., was a Hayes elector in that State. These persons were all holding Federl offices at the time they were nominated electors by the Republican party. One of the Returning Board of Louisiana to decide upon the vote in that State is a Federal office-holder. In South Carolina Dunn, Cardozo and Hayne, constituting a por tion of the Board of Canvassers to de cide upon the count of the election, are now office-holders in that State, and can didates for re-election to the positions of Comptroller, Treasurer and Secreta ry of State. If an elector cannot hold an office of trust aud profit under the United Sthtes, how much less a Returuing Officer upon whose decision depend all the electors of the State. It remains with the people of the Northern States to decide wheth er the choice of General Grant’s suc cessor shall be a civilian voted for by an overwhelming majority of the Union through a fair count of the ballots as de posited in the ballot box, or whether General Grant’s successor shall be a military ruler placed in power by the force of bayonets and artillery—whether the Republican form of government shall be continued or, in the Centennial year of Independence, be changed now and here, without regard to the Consti tution. THE AUGUSTA AND HARTWEI-I- RAIL , ROAD. / The interest which the proposition to build a railroad from Augusta to Hart well has excited in the popular mind must have attracted the attention of the most casual observer. The feeling in favor of the road is deeper and more positive now than it was in 1870, be cause the people see more clearly the necessity which demands its early oonstruotion. This is true as to our citizens and our countrymen residing in the counties which we would have put in more direct communication with this—their natural market. To un dertake the buildiDg of the proposed road at this time, when every industry is depressed and men are anxious for the future, does seem, at first glance, extremely unwise. Rut there are con siderations which determine this to be tbe opportune moment for the. inaugu ration of the work. From Angnsta to Walhalla, the opinion seems to be al most unanimous that we cannot longer afford to delay; that the work should be commenced at once. We venture to speak of this question be cause of tbe interest we feel in the fu ture of Augusta, and because we are persuaded that we cannot neglect push ing this enterprise to a speedy comple tion without materially damaging our selves. There is not a man* white or oolored, merchant of mechanic, or or- dinary laborer in Augusta, who is not vitally interested in the early construc tion of the Augusta aud Hartwell Road and of the completion of a great through 1 line to Cincinnati, via Rabun Gap and Knoxville. This feeling is rapidly dis covering itself iu our community. We believe we shall soon sea a more lively manifestation of the same. Recently, we have heard inquiries touching the nature of the oountry through which the road is to run. The five Georgia and three South Carolina counties which will come within the im mediate infiuenoe of the road are rich in nature’s best gifts. The people are intelligent, thrifty and prosperous. They are, for the most part, farmers—farmers in the best sense of that term. In LB7O, Columbia is reported to have made 8,- 699 bushels of wheat, 121,160 bushels of corn, 11,864 bushels of oats, 7,434 bales of cotton, 15,09*2 bushels of sweet potatoes and 46,311 pounds of butter; Elbert, £2,736 bushels of wheat, 140,- 434 bushels of corn, 13,268 bushels of oats, 3,035 bales of cotton, 9,- 961 bushels of sweet potatoes and 71,364 pounds of butter ; Franklin, 18,863 bushels of wheat, 173,007 bushels of corn, 14,151 busheU of oats, 637 bales of cotton, 12,335 bushels of sweet potatoes, and 60,447 pounds of batter; Hart, 18,876 bushels of wheat, 112,656 bushels of corn, 11,566 bushels of oats, 1,320 bales of cotton, 12,158 bushels of sweet potatoes, and 41,025 pounds of batter; Lincoln, 10,113 bushels of wheat, 75,606 bushels of porn, 21,275 bushels of oats, 2,687 bales of sottpn, 7,918 busheU pf sweet potatoes, aui 27,330 pounds of butler; Abbe ville, 64,092 bushels 6t wheat, 315,399 bushels of corn, 56,512 bushels of oats, 13,924 bales of ootton, and 10,- 995 bnshels of sweet potatoes; Anderson, 77,169 bushels of wheat, 409,688 bushels of ooro, 84,213 bushels of oats, 5,274 bales of cotton, and 13,225 bnshels of sweet potatoes; Oconee, 10,533 bnshels of wheat, 138,903 bnshels of corn, 5,903 bnshels of oats, 810 (this year nearer 3,000) bales of cotton, and 8,950 bnshels of sweet potatoes, aggregating 231,191 bush els of wheat, 1.47*,853 corn, 168,752 oats, 36,021, say 50,000 bales of cotton, and 90,634 boshela of sweet potatoes. And the five Georgia counties 246,477 pounds of butter. The eight counties men tioned had at least 36,000 sheep aud 66,- 000 swine the year referred to. Our be lief is that these figures fall about twenty per cent, below the actual ones. They tell ns of a few “golden footed sheep,” but they do not embrace the fresh eggs, the spring chickens, the qnacking ducks, the noisy guinea fowls, and the Christmas turkeys with which that whole region of country abounds. But, incomplete as it is, the exhibit is a good one, and worthy of being noted. Augusta once had the trade of all the counties named, and others which we may denominate sub-tributary. She must have it again. To secure it will demand great energy and promptness on the part of her citizens. Shall we ex hibit these ? the proposed railroad. We are glad to say that the interest in the Augusta and Hartwell Road and the roads which will be the natural out come thereof, is rapidly assuming the form of enthusiasm. There is not a candid, thinkfhglnan in our midst, who will deny that the road is necessary to the futare prosperity of Angnsta. On Sunday last we presented some inter esting facts and figures bearing on this subject. Business men naturally seek results. At an informal meeting of gen tlemen interested in this enterprise, held yesterday afternoon, the result of a calculation was submitted, based upon the probable receipts of cotton by the Greenwood route, which will be estab lished as soon as the Hartwell Road shall have been built as far as Furry’s Ferry. It was this : At least fifty thousand bqjes of cotton will come to Augusta through that agency. Putting the price per bail at SSO, we have the sum of $2,500,000, one-fifth of whioh will be expended in our city. Ten per cent., (the average profit) on this $500,- 000, would yield $50,000. Now, let us apply this to the Augusta and Hartwell and see what results we may expect. We showed that the coun ties, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Linooln, Abbeville, Anderson and Oco nee, made in 1870, 231,191 bushels of wheat, 1,476,853 corn, 168,752 oats, 50,000 bales of ootton, 90,634 bushels of sweet potatoes and 246,477 pounds of butter. We remarked that these figures at least twenty per cent, too low; fifty per cent, would possibly be nearer the mark. Take them, however, as given, and suppose that we receive one halj (round numbers) of the produce of those counties: 50,000 bales of cotton at SSO $2 500,000 120,000 bushels of wheat at 75 cents. 90.000 740.000 bushels of corn at 50 cents... 370.000 170.000 biißhels of oats at 35 cents .. 59,500 60,000 bushels of st. pot’s, at 85 cts. 17,600 125,000 pounds butter at 20 cents.... 25,000 $3,062,000 Ten per cent, on the fifth of this amount would be $61,240 profits—di vided among oar merchants annually. These are, of course, mere calculations, and they are made by every one who considers such a subject, as the one in hand, from the stand-point from which political economists are accustomed to view it. Every man bases his hopes upon probabilities. The figures we have given may lie, if Augusta fails to* act. But our forecast of probabilities will become an actuality if our people take vigorous hold of this work and press it to completion. THE TURKISH QUESTION. The Record says that the complica tions in Europe have assumed a more threatening aspect than dver since it has become apparent that the three Powers most deeply interested, Great Britain, Russia and Turkey, are making active preparations for a gigantic war. The temporary truce and proposed con ference avert immediate hostilities, and afford an opportunity for cool reflection which may be successfully improved by the true friends of peace. But it is clear that Russia intends, to wage war if her demands are not fully complied with, and that Turkey is nerving herself for a desperate conflict; and it is now becom ing probable that England will take an aotive part in the impending struggle. The turning point in the controversy appears to be the degree of independ ence that is to be reserved to the Turkish Government in connection with the administration of the affairs of her revolting and Christian provinces. It is agreed that the conference is to conduot its supposed deliberations on the theory that the integrity of the Ottoman Empire must be maintained. But it is conceded that while plans for the wresting of every vestige of the authority of the Sul tan from any portion of his dominions will noj; ho tolerated, something is to be done to place limits to Jija rnle and to increase the powers of the lpoal govern ments in the districts in rebellion or in sympathy with it. The diplomatic bat tle will wage reund the details of the proposed readjustment, with elabora tions not unlike those typified by popu lar sovereignty and Congresssonal inter vention for or against slavery in the pro tracted struggle relating to the govern ment of territories of the United Statef which preceded tfce }ate war in our owi country. Russia's demands are said to include ths establishment of a system under which Governors will be appoint ed for fixed periods; Christian officials employed to as great an extent as possi ble, taxation reduced, an effective local police force organized; and these re forms are to he extended to all districts inhabited by Calgarians, and their en foroement is to be insured by such guar antees as Russia shall consider satisfac tory. It must be confessed that there would not be much Turkish indepen deuce left if such changes must be made iu a manner dictated by an aggressive hostile power in full sympathy with the disaffected districts: and Turkey could better aff-rd to surrender all claim to the territory in dispute than to consent to govern it nnder all the conditions that Russia chooses to impose. There is at least plausible ground j for the belief attributed to the Turks by the Constantinople correspondent of -of the London journals that Russia will make inadmissible demands in or der to provoke a rupture, and while the followers of Mahommed are preparing for£hi3 contingency as rapidly and ef fective’y as possible, Rngland has shown no small degree of activity energy in seconding their efforts. Ons thing is quite clear—that Jany Russian attempt to seize Constantino ple would be resisted by ail t£e re sources of the British Empire. That is the real prize at stake, and Englishmen of all parties are determined that the approaches to the Mediterranean are ever to pass from their present owners they must fall under English control. Already skillfjjl British engineers are l busily at work in exaiaing tfcg defenses t of the Turkish capital, and the glganth.- naval power of Great Britain was never better prepared than at present for pow erful demonstrations, it is said that if an army must be improvised Disraeli will experience less difficulty on that score than some of his predecessors, on aocount of the possibility of transferring to the scene of hostilities a large num ber of the native soldiers of India, many of whom are Mahommedans, and there fore ready to fraternize freely with the Turks. The remaining elements of peace oonsist chiefly of the English liberal AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAaf MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1576. politicians and Earopean powers, who are specially anxions to avert a war; but they are certainly not masters of the situation, and their ability to influence it is diminishing rapidly. THE BENEFITS OF MANUFACTURING. An exchange says that Maine, bleak and barren, with a sterile soil and an in hospitable climate, circumstances under which a lazy population would inevita bly starve and an industrious one barely be expected to make a subsistence, is a rich and populous State simply through manufactures, iu which the people are largely engaged. We quote from a let ter to the New Orleans Picayune from a corresponcent traveling in that land of ragged mountains and granite-strewn plains. Let us learn wisdom from these industrious aDd thrifty Yankees. “At Saco and Biddeford they have large ootton factories, with a capital of many millions invested. They also have ex tensive factories at Lewiston. They formerly had, and doubtless now have, numerous small factories in many parts of the StatOj and sent oat olotha in large quantities. They have a little factory near this place, erected at an expense of a few thousand dollars, at whioh they manufacture, out of poplar, an article called excelsior, consisting of fine shav ings in narrow strips. They put it up in bales like hay, and sell it at about S2O a ton. Poplar here is a small tree, al most useless for firewood, fencing or lumber. At Dover, twelve miles from this, they have a factory where they rasp poplar blocks into a pulp, whioh, mixed with cotton rags, produces a very good quality of newspaper. The Penobscot, the Kennebec, Androsooggin and Saoo rivers have been the great lumber re gions of Maine. They at one time had a vast fleet of lumber vessels plying be tween Bangor and the seaports of the United States and the West Indies. The amount of lumber that has been shipped from the ports of Maine in the last fifty years would be sufficient to weather board a nation.” IMMIGRATION. The number of immigrants this year will probably be less than that of last year, when the statistics give returns of 84,560. Only 62,550 for 1876 have thus far reached our shores, and it is thought the total number will not exceed 70,000. This is not so large a decrease as was noticeable in 1875, for in 1874 the num ber of immigrants was 140,041, The “hard times” are supposed to have dis couraged emigration to a great extent. Not only has tha general distress here ■ been reported all over Europe, but the business depression is not unknown in all those countries from which hundreds of people have annually emigrated to our shores. The poor prospects of get ting a living here and their inability to get together sufficient means to trans port them, have operated to keep for eigners, intending to settle in this coun try, at home. In the tables of emigra tion statistics, it appears that Germany now sends the largest number of emi grants to the United States, Ireland next, England, Scotland, Italy, Russia, Austria, Sweden, Norway, France and Denmark next in order. The Times says it is estimated that about one-tbird of the immigrants re main in the oity of New York and vi cinity. No greater mistake could they make than to jump into the hopeless ex istence exemplified by the hungry, des titute population represented by the poorest wards of the metropolis and other, cities. Europe is thickly speckled with crowded centres, and, as most of the immigrants come from them, they cannot forego the excitement and con genial ways of oity life here. Their vocations are chiefly of a co-operative character, which is another inducement for them to settle in cities and manut faeturing towns. But, as a rule, those who have cast their fortunes in the country, taken to farming and other rural pursuits, have, on the whole, done better than their brethren who are kept poor by the fierce competition of the crowded pavement. SAFE TRANSIT. We are informed that one of Jhe most wonderful features of the Centennial exhibition was the admirable facilities for transporting visitors to, from and in the grounds. The statistics of transpor tation, which have just been completed by the management, Bhow that this one feature constituted one of the most im portant and diffionlt problems offered to the managers for solution. On July sth, 1875, an experiment was made to test the carrying capacity of the rail roads rnnning into Philadelphia, and also that of the city passenger roads. The result of this experiment proved that there was at that time a carrying capacity equal to pearly 150,000 persons, as that number were taken to the Cen tennial grounds without difficnlty on that day. Since then and during the exhibition, this number has been largely increased, and on what is known as the Pennsylvania day there were at least 225,000 persons transported to and from the Centennial. When it is borne in mind that the bulk of this large number were delivered in a period of time not exceeding three hours, some idea may be realized of the remurkable feat per formed under the head of Passenger Transportation; and when it is kndwn, in addition, that there has been an aver age delivery of from fojrty to fifty thou sand persons par day, and that there has not been a single accident during the entire six months, the country may well be astonished at sqch wonderful.results. Iu this connection, as the management suggests, it is only just to refer to the admirable manner in which the railroad management centering in Philadelphia has co-operated in carrying ont the most complete system of passenger transpor tation ever inaugurated in the world’s history. Jn contradistinction to the re sults of ail former international exhibi tions, the bulk of the visitors have been brought by rail, the most accurate data furnishing proof that not less than three-fourths pf all the visitors were transported to and from the exhibition in this manner. If hen it is also con sidered that this has been done without accident and with comparative rapidity and comfort, it mudt certainly stand un- I rivalled as the best evidence of the good management and ability connected with the American railroad system and organ ization. ’ 1 t We have time and again stated that we could not publish communications unaccompanied by toe real name of the writer. The reason for such a “rule should be recognized by every one. We do not desire the real pagie fpr publica tion. We do not reveal it to others un less upon a proper demand made by proper parties. It is necessary as a guarantee of the good faith of the writer and for our own protection. We have before us a communication signed “Cms,” which comes under this rale, ft is upon the subject of the recent yel low fever scare, and charges our physi cians with knowingly withholding the fact that several oases of yellow fever originated here. The writer did not give his real name and we cannot pub lish the article nntil he does. It is sin gular bow many men hesitate to take what Mr. Ban Wauuu was fond of terming the "responsibility” in criticis ing public affairs. the s9ort route. ty—*, - KNOXVLLip AJDTD AUGUSTA. Com in it tee 3(Mt)p Yesterday—Appointment of tSnb-CommltCdn*—Arranging for the 31bm Meeting on W Some Interesting p “" I- Pursuant to jpotnoe, a meeting of the committee of appointed at the citizens’ ngpting last Tuesday, to arrange for a ®Jfes meeting of the citi zens of Augustfion the 29th instant, to take into consi&ration the subject of building a short Jiue railroad from Au gasia to Knoxvilfe, net at the office of the Commercial jaßauk, yesterday, Mr. F. B. Phinizy, Chairman, in the Chair. . j . After the meeting was called to order, John S. Esq., moved that the Chair appoint a committee of five, with Hon. George S. Qarnes as Chairman, to investigate the charter of tbe Augusta and Hartwell Raibroad; ascertain wheth er it cannot claim State aid; discover what are the liabilities of the road; ex amine the charter .of the Savannah River Valley Railroad acd other matters per taining thereto, apd report the same to the general committee, at a meeting to be held Saturday. The motion was adopted and appointed the following committee : George T. Barnes, Chairman; Joseph Ganahl, John S. Davidson, J. L. Max well, Jas. G. Bailie. On motion of J. L, Maxwell, Mr. John M. Clark was added to the committee. Jno. S. Davidson, Esq., moved the appointment of a committee of three to ootain statistics in reference to the route, etc. Adopted. The Chairman appointed as the com mittee Messrs. Martin V. Calvin, Robt. Walton and Jno. U. Meyer. Mr. Miller moved that Mr. Henry Franklin be added to the committee. Adopted. Jno. S. Davidson, Esq., moved the appointment of a committee of four to arrange details for the mass meeting. Adopted. The Chairman appointed as the com mittee Messrs. P. G. Burum, W. Daniel, L. J. Miller and John Doscher. J. L. Maxwell moved that the mass meeting be held at the City Hall, on Wednesday evening, November 29th, at 8 o’clock. Adopted, On motion, the meeting adjourned. The primary question for the people of Augusta to consider at this time is what can be done to revive businese and bring baok the trade which legitimately belongs to her. Above us, along the Savannah river, on both sides, is a fertile and produc tive country, raising many thousand bales of cotton each year. Every bale of this should come to Augusta, aud would do it if the means of transporta tion were at hand. But in this nge of railways, people are not apt to hold on to the old fashioned wagon line, and are quick to avail themselves of the nearest railroad. Eibert, Lincoln and contigu ous counties are clamoring for a railway which will enable them to send their produce to market. Years ago, when the project of building the Augusta and Hartwell Railroad was first inaugurated, those counties reasonably expected that their efforts were about to meet with success. The importance of the pro posed road, not only -to the section of country through which it would pass, but to Augusta as well, was very evi dent, and it was, therefore, not unrea sonable to expect that this city would take an active interest in the matter, and see to it that the necessary amount to construct the road was raised. But as time went on, and the road was still only on paper, it became apparent that the hopes of the country people were doomed to disappointment. Elbert, determined to have an outlet, set about building a railroad for itßelf. A route was surveyed from Elberton to the Richmond and Atlanta Air Line, and grading commenced. The work is now going on. Asa matter of course, everything shipped from Elbert by that route will go to Atlanta. The natural inclination of. tlje people in the Savannah River Valley is to come to Augusta with the products of their farms and plantations. Only assist them in obtaining the means to get here, and the wealth of that rich section will be poured into the lap of Augusta. But is the Savannah River Valley the only section to be considered ? We think not. Beyond is the Great West, from which we obtain annually so large an amount of bacon, corn and other sup plies. The Western producer and ship per will naturally patronize the shortest route to the sea, and the grain depot for this portion cf the South. Let us look at a few figures. The distance from Augusta to Cincinnati, by the present route, is 759 miles, divided as follows : From Augusta to Atlanta, 171 miles; from Atlanta to Chattanooga, 138 miles; from Chattanooga to Nashville, 151 miles; from Nashville to Louisville, 189 miles; from Louisville to Cincinnati, 110 miles. Via the Augusta and Hart well Railroad, it is 507 miles, divided as follows : From Augusta to Rabun Gap, 150 miles; Rabun Gap to Knox ville, 85 miles; Knoxville to Junction, 130 miles; Junction to Nicholasville, 30 miles; Nicholasville to Cincinnati, 112 miles. This gives us a difference of 252 miles in favor of the route via the Augusta and Hartwell Railroad.— Now let us see how much of this route remains to be constructed.— Under the new survey the Augusta and Hartwell Railroad runs along the Savannah River Valley to the Tugalo river, which it crosses, and ex tends thence to Seneca City, where it effects a junction with the Bine Ridge Railroad. Under the old survey, the road, instead of crossing the Tugalo, ran across the Richmond and Atlanta Air-Line to Rabun Gap. The fifty miles from the river to the Gap was the hard est portion of the road, and its grading would have cost as much as that of all the remainder of the route. The people between the Tugalo and Seneca City, in South Carolina, havealready subscribed $50,000, and placed it in the hands of Col. Harrison, to be used in construct ing that portion of the road, conditional, however, upon tangible assurances that something will be dope at this end. From Seneca Oity to Walhalla there is already a railroad, the Blue Ridge. From this place to Maryville, Tenn., is another gap of forty-two miles. But the people in the section between Ma ryville and the South Carolina State line Jiave already given assurances that they will bnild that portion of the line, provided that from Walhalla to the line is constructed by their neighbors. From Maryville to Junction there is a contin uous lioe already built. From Junction to Nicholasyille there is another gap of thirty miles, ten pf which are graded. From this point there is a continuous line to Qinpinpati. So then there are in all one hundred and ninety-two miles of road to be built to complete the Air Line route between Augusta -and Cin cinnati. The first objective point in this gap is the Augusta and Hartwell Railroad. Work once commenced on that, the other seventy-two miles will quickly be constructed. We have it from competent authorityithat the road can bo built for one million and a half— five hundred tjiojjsand in snbspriptions and one million in bonds. Certainly the benefits to be derived from the road when built are great enough to induce people iu this section to subscribe the requisite half million. There must be enterprise enough aipoDg ps to make us desire to enhance the trade of Augusta. We feel assured that the people along the line of the railroad will do their part in the matter if Augusta and its citizens will contribute a proportionate share of the amount needed to carry the enter prise to a successful termination. W4S Ff NOT A piR REQUEST .Senator Gordon’s Proposition to the Carolina Thieves. (A. X. Berald—Editorial] , ' After the State Canvassers of South Carolina had aggregated and declared the votp according to the actual returns on Saturday, as ordered by the Supreme Court, Senator Gordon requested that olerks might be permitted to copy at his expense the original figures from which the canvassers made np their count. Can any honest reason be given why this re quest was denied ? The refusal was not, indeed, absolute, as the canvassers made an intimation that it might be complied with on kfqnday. Senator Gordon re plied that the reason why he panted to copy them at once was a fear that they might be changed before Monday. He evidently suspeet#d that the count was not in accordance with the original fig ures; and he wished to test it before the figures could be altered. The refnsal looks too much as if the memboys of the Board dared not submit the honesty of their count to so direct and simple a test lest exposnre should overtake them on the spot. If this was uot the motive pf the refusal what was it ? BEFORE THE BOARDS. THE CANVASSING COUNCILS SIT IN MEDITATION AWFUL. Handnome Showing for Carolina Democracy —The Court to Speak To-Day Upon the National Ticket—Action of the Connell In the Premises—The Lousiana Crew Still Pegging Away—Hayes* majority in Flori da Yanisheth aa the Ulorning Dew —And The Orange Blossoms Shower Around the Nuptials of Reform. How They Will manage it In Louisiana. New Orleans, November 21.—The Returning Board will hear evidence and argument in the contested polls and parishes, and lay them aside for final decision in secret session. Notes From the Pelican—The Board in Ses sion-Colored Men Ready to Explain Why They Voted for Tilden. New Orleans, November 21.—The Board opened at 11:15. Open to the press. The public were admitted for a few minutes, when the room was oleared for executive session. Two Northern committees 'only were allowed to re main. , A delegation consisting of fifteen col ored men, from various precinots in Onaohita parish, called on viaiting Democrats at the St. Charles Hotel to day. They had all been members of the Republican party, and several of them had recently been Presidents of Repub liaan clubs. They gave reasons why they had changed and led their respec tive followers to the polls to vote the Democratic ticket. Motion to Reject Selliice—Ministerial (Duties of tlie ConvajMera—lojunotion from tbe De mocracy. Montpellier, Vt., November 21. An elaborate argument is progressing before the County Counting Board on the motion that they return postmaster Sollace to the Governor as ineligible. No decision has yet been reached. The Board of county olerks reassm bled and John B. Hale, county clerk for Bennington county, offered the fallow ing resolution : Resolved, That this Board of Can vassers are of the opinion that their powers are simply ministenal and that their duties are already defined by the statutes of this State, and they there fore decline to hear or receive evidence outside of the certificate of voters by the proper authorities; adopted. Coun sel for contesting .eje.ctor will apply to the Supreme Court of the State for an injunction. Centralizing tbe Army Mea.ure. Merely Precautionary, Washington, November 21.—Count ing all arms, with marine and military force here, there is about 1,200. There is no excitement about the matter. The district government is a very weak affair and there have already been signs of turbulence. A full Cabinet transacted the routine business. JJo allusion was made to or dering troops to Washington. It may be added on authority of the Cabinet, that this subject has never been discuss ed or acted upon by that body. A Southern Conference. Washington, November 21.—The en gagement of rooms at the Riggs House by the Maryland and Virginia Boundary Commission has given rise to the sensa tion of a meeting of prominent Southern men to consider the political situation. Florida—Tbe Result Foreshadowed. [Special Telegram to the Morning News.] Tallahassee, Fla., November 20. The politicians of both sides have been closely closeted in consultation to-day and nothing done that they will make public.' The Republicans are still re ceiving recruits. J. A. Hasson, of Iowa; Lew Wallace, of Indiana; and Edward F. Noyes, of Ohio, arrived to-day. Judge Westcott, of the Supreme Court of the State, will print id to-morrow’s Floridian a letter giving it as his opih ion, based upon the face of returns, that the Tilden electors will be elected by a small majority. He makes the statement because a private telegram from him had been published, based on first re turns, that the State had gone the other way. Judge Westoott’s opinion is the same now as that of* all other honest men. The only hope for the Repub licans now is, that Stearns will deoide that electors are not State officers and canvass the electoral vote himself. If such an outrage is committed it is the general opinion that decisive steps will be taken in the matter early this week. Republicans are here under assumed names. A distinguished delegate from the North, a Republican, said to a re porter to-night: “We are all right. We have men here that they (the Demo crats) know nothing of.” Orange Ulohuoiu* Republican* Cooling Oil About Florida. Washington, November 21.—Wm. E. Chandler telegraphed from Florida claims the State for Hayes, but say it is close. ¥ Mandamus Granted by tbe Court. Tallahassee, No\ember2l.—The Cir cuit Court to-day issued an injunction against the Governor, and mandamus to the Returning Board. The order covers three thousand words, Attorney of the Democratic managers yesterday applied to Judge White, of the Circuit Court, for two orders, one restraining the Governor from canvass ing the returns of the eleotoral vote or issuing his certificates to any elector or electors, unless by order of the regular appointed Board of Canvass ers ; another in the shape of a mandamus to the Returning Board, ordering the® to proceed at once to the canvass of votes. The Judge granted the iDjunction| prayed for, tem porarily, and ordered the Governor to show cause on Thursday next why the injunction should not be issued perma nently. He also issued an order com manding the members qf tbe Returning Boad to show canse on next Thursday, when this mandamus ordering ta pro ceed to canvass at once should not be issued. The papers were served this evening. There is an appeal from the Circuit Jadge to the Supremo Court, subject, however, to this possible diffi culty; the Supreme Court is not now in session, and will not convene in regnlar session until next January. If it does not of its own'volition convene in extra session before the 6th of December, when the electors' certificates are oblig-. ed to be issued, there can be no appeal from Jadge White’s decision, as there will be no Court in session to which the appeal can be made. Fenunylvanla—A Puny Majority, Harrisburg, Pa., November 31.—Of ficial vote of Pennsylvania : Hayes, 384,148; Tilden, 386,204; Cooper, 7,204, AN ENGLISHMAN ON AMERICA. Opinions of John Walter, M. P_Eavorable Impressions of the Exhibition and of the American “Travel in kn land and the United States— on the Political and' Financial Situation—The Tariff. ' . The opinions on America of John Wal ter, the owner of the London Tfimes, and member of the English Parliament, who is now in New York, possess pecu liar interest to the people of this coun try on account of his relations to the greatest of English journals, and his reputation ns a man of liberal oulture, Min powers of observation, and marked Opacity of judgment. In a long con versation with a Tribune reporter on Thursday evening, Mr. Walter touohed upon several topics which occupy an important place in the minds of Ameri cans. Among the subjects discussed were the Centennial the luxuries and conveniences of American railway travel, some aspects of the po litical question, manufacturing and ag ricultural interests, the hard money is sue, hard times and free trade. With all the themes taken up he seemed folly conversant. He frequently cited Eng lish examples for America, and deplored the fact the fatter nation should ap parently prefer to undergo hard experi ence instead of profiting by that of the mother country. In many instances the situations of the two had been identi cal; and yet Americans failed to see the logic of events—would close their eyes and t .amble over the ruts when the smooth road lay spread out before them, Mr. said he had traveled ex tensively since his arrival in this coun try, visiting Boston, Albany, Chicago, Cincinnati, Washington, Philadelphia and many other of the principal cities. He was particularly impressed with the beauties of Cincinnati's suburbs. Bos son, he thought, was inconveniently sit uated, for in order to visit it in the regu lar line of travel a tourist must lose the beauties of the Hudson; and no mail, English or American, could afford to do that. Mr- Walter did not fee) himself competent to judge of the comfort of ordinary Amerioan railway traveling. He had ridden so Inxnrionsly in the special Pullman oar whioh had been placed at his disposal that he was unable to form an idea of the way in which other people traveled. ' ‘The palace car, ”he exclaim ed enthusiastically, “is fit' for the Queen to ride in ! In fact, it is much handsomer than the one she nses.” The liberality with which railroad directors carried him to and fro over tbe land was a cause of great aston ishment to Mr. Walter. It was a cour tesy entirely unknown in England.— The Queen herself was obliged to pay immense sums every year for railway eonveyauce, and no railroad company in all England would think of offering a coach for the free use of any gentleman, public or private. The American car, in Mr. Walter’s estimation, was far su perior to the English carriage. The possibility of being shat in with thieves or madmen (it had fallen to his own lot to be shut in with a madman) ; the dose, cramped quarters which in their very nature stifled all the comfort out of the unhappy traveler; the partitioning a man from the sight and society of his fellow-creatures; and, above all, the shortness of the carriages, which caused them to and jerk aboat so violent ly that conversation became a torture aud reading an impossibility ; all these things combined to render a journey in an Eugliah railway oarriage a matter of something worse than unpleasantness. The “permanent way,” or roadbed of the English railroad, was muoh more substantial than that of the Amerioan, but the English carriages could not be compared with the Amerioan oars. Mr. Walter’s opinion of tho Centen nial Exposition was very high. It was certainly the equal, and in many respeots the superior of any of the other World’s Fairs. He expressed himself as delight ed with the good manners exhibited by the people he had met at the Exposition, Many of them bore traces of tbe farmer in their dress and talk, bqt in no ease had he seep signs of the boor. Yankee •curiosity was to be noticed on all signs, but the caricatured Yankee inquisitive ness did apt manifest: jtself. The political situation was looked upon by Mr. Walker with great interest. He was somewhat surprised to learn that Congressmen and other officers were elected npon the day of the Presidential eleotion. It seemed more proper that a special dignity should be conferred npon the candidates for the Presidency. The salaries to national officers seemed very a®all to him wh'en compared with the expenses which fhey must ®ept ip Wash ington, He thought Senatorial and ju dicial positions should be made worthy of the acceptance of the best men in the country, and though they were usually filled by the best men, who acoepted sac rifices.from motives of patriotism, it too frequently happened that weak persona, Unable tp withstand the temptation whioh accompanied those places of trust, were appointed to dll them, and dis grace, not only to them but to the whole country, followed, Asa matter qf econ- omy it paid tp spend money to prevent being made a laughing stock—especially to a great nation. With the expensive way in which Americans in the higher circles lived, it was impossible to meet the outlay with tne salary given by the Government to its leading statesmen, and if they were not men of wealth they must either steal or get into debt. He did not feel qualified to judge America on his slight aoquaintanee with the sub ject, bnt if England should try this sort of economy it would be, without doubt, her ruin. The Mayor of London re ceived £5,000 (about $25,000) per an num, and the Judges were paid corre spondingly large salaries. Looking upon it as an outsider be felt it would be wise economy for the United States to follow England’s lead and give some adequate payment for the labors of her servants. The rumor of serious trouble arising from tbe oloseness of the Presidential eleotion was soonted by Mr. Walter as a matter of no serious difficulty. He felt sure there was no danger of another civil war, there being no great issues at stake, and the memory of the last war being still too fresh in the minds of the people to allow them seriously t<f~jon template tbe idea of again taking up arms against their brothers. The for eign mind was muoh more willing to be lieve in the sincerity of the cry for re conciliation between the. North and South than were many Northerners and Southerners. “Hard times,” Mr. Walter said, were affecting England when he left that country. The business troubles were much worse, however, upon the conti nent, more especially in Germany. Franoe, always the luoky nation, whose crops were good and whose people lived and thrived upon almost nothing, was the riohest of them, bnt America, he found, Wasn’t far behind. With her wonderful resources of coal aud iron aDd her manufacturing and agricultural resources, the United States would spon shake off their present oommereial lethargy; they were bound, if they would only hasten the retnrn to specie payment, to find themselves in brisk business before long. In one way America had strangely reversed tbe natural order of things. Manufactures generally were a result of agriculture, aud people only came to towns after the agricultural interests had been fully developed. But here this was not trne. With room for hundreds of millions in many of the States, the manufacturing element had been developed so far out of its proper proportion that tbe cry already went up of too many manufac tories. Despite the enormous grain and vegetable products of the United States, their agricultural resources had only been tonohed, not worked. “While I do not believe in a tariff as your system now uses it,” said Mr. Wal ter, “I do not believe in absolute free trade. I think a tariff large enough to make a revenue for the Government without frightening other'oountries out of sending goods is the true system of international taxation. What is the use of your Centennial Exhibition? Why do you invite Europeans across the At lantic and Japanese and Chinese across the Pacific, to come and examine tbe value of your manufactures, if you do not wish to enter into wholesome trade with ithese countries ? It is a question which deeply affects the good of the country— this question of free trade or tariff; and I think the sooner Amerioa answers it as England has answered it, tbe sooner abe will banish hard times, and panic and money troubles fro® her shores. As for paying the interest upon the national debt, she will have twice the money with which to do if. ESCAPE OF M’EVOY. H K DISAPPEARS FROM THE AIKEN JAIL. three Aueut-Tbe ThlfJ Sae*e*fcU-Who “ ft Robert McEvoy, the murderer of Col. James J. Gregg, escaped Tuesday night from the Aiken jail. {Jy some means unknown to the jailer he obtained a knife and circular saw, sawed through the wooden ceiling of his cell, raised himself into the loft above and then made his escape throngh an unbarred window at the uorth end of the loft, letting himself down by his sheets tied together. This is the third attempt made by him. The second was made in this same way, and the jailer and sheriff were urged to use every precaution to restrain him, and to strengthen the win dows and doors and to keep a close watch upon him, There is gross neg ligence somewhere certainly. The jail though new has never been considered perfectly secure, but the County Com-' missioncrs have pleaded pecuniary in ability to strengthen it. It was only yesterday that an order of the Cirouit Court was filed in the Clerk’s office, di- recting the sheriff to carry him forth with to Colombia well guarded, and it would look as if he was advised of this fact and the necessity of immediate ac tion. On Sunday last two of McEtvoy’s sisters visited bi in jail, but one of the sheriff’s deputies was presentduring the interview, and is confident that nothing passed. It is conjectured that the ar ticles used by him were conveyed to him upon preconcerted arrangement by a cord let dowp from his window. But the sheriff and the counsel representing the State have offered a reward for his apprehension. He probably went first towards Graniteville, where he doubtless received assistance to carry him further. A party of gentlemen have gone out to search for Adam Johnson, the Hausman murderer, whose whereabouts is pretty well known, •' P= n : - Northern apples are cheaper and more plentiful uow in our market than we ever kuew them to be before. An exchange says that we have a right to take an nmbrella or a kiss without permission whenever we can. Well, but if the umbrella isn’t returned, the fault is oars; if the kiss isn’t, it is the lady’s. *2 A TEAR—POSTAGE PAID. THE STATE. THK PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS. Blakely had a bonfire last week. Greenesboro wells are drying up. Hogs in early county are failures. Colquitt, Ga.. needs a hotel keeper. Berrien county oast no Radical votes Thomasville is to have a spelling bee Fort Gaines still flies the National rag. Tilden’s majority in Georgia is 82 - 000 ! Oat sowing around Calhoun is back ward. Two Atlanta boys are studying for the stage. Rome’s warehouses can’t hold all of its cotton. Dawson is boiling cane for four more weddings. Gainesville had a destiuctive fire Fri day night. Greene county has a good stand of small grain. The Blakely News now takes sub scription in oorn. An Early county cow gives the latest reform improvement. Union Point will apply to the Legisla ture for incorporation. county lady, aged 15, is the mother of five children. They are boiling syrup and hurrahing for Smith in the Second. Dawson girls are using their “flames” for torchlight processions. Hard times aud politioal excitement have no effect on matrimony, Dahlopega ig rapidly progressing. She is building anew post offloe. Forty emigrants from Miller and Early counties have gone to Florida. Mr. Otis Jones, of Atlanta, was robbed last Friday night of $450 worth of prop erty. • Mr. Edward C. Hill, * nephew of Hon. B. H. Hill,is a candidate for Clerk of the Honse. The Jonesboro oolored Baptist Church kicked out two “ who voted for Tiljeq. An Atlanta school girl refused a doll whioh her unde brought her because it had on no bustle, ThoujgsyjJje fs very leisurely and oftie fully trimming up her splinters for a torchlight procession. One of the Dome Courier's head lines has become seriously distorted during the latter days of the campaign* Mr. J. H. Estill, of the Savqnpah News, has been f®, the }egis latmTe vacanc, y is Chatham county. The Cftlnmbus Times says that Major Moses is the pqming man for the United States Senate, if there is a squabble. A ThomasviHe man is going to shoot off a regular old fashioned “Harrison cannon” when Tilden’s election is as sured. begro wants to know who that fellow was that run Til don on the ticket and helped to defeat Hayes? . The North Georgia Agricultural Col lege boys oelehrated the supposed elec tion of Tilden as handsomely as trained politicians. The Jonesboro Wagon Train Com pany is thinking of suing for a charter. At present they are busy hauling in eleotion returns. As statistics show that fully one-half of Atlanta’s enterprising sons drink lager beer, the temperance paper has been abandoned. Whiteley carried only one oounty in the Seoond District. Decatur gave him a small majority. Since the Georgia jubilees the aver age political enthusiast hurrahs in a whisper and wears greased red flannel around his throat. The Atlanta Times says that the next convention of the stockholders of the Central Railroad will be a stormy one if all reports are true. Prominent Christians in the State are reserving their thanksgiving prayers and holding baok thanksgiving turkeys, awaiting full returns. North Georgia farmers want Congress to pass a bill allowing tobacco to be sold under the same terms as other ar ticles pf farm produce.' It is stated now that the Democrats of the Seventh District will bury the hatoh et by sending Felton to the. Senate and Mrs. Felton to the House. The gin house of Professor Woodfin, Qf Greene county, was destroyed by fire last week. Two negro preachers sus pected thereof, have been jailed. A. O. Murphey, Esq., of Barnesville, one of the most talented young men of the State .University, has been elected Anniversarian of the Demosthenian Society. The Early connty News having assert ed that whisky did not cure rheumatism became so unpopular that the legal ad vertisements of Miller county were im mediately withdrawn. Boys and girls iu tbe wire grass counties don’t wait for official returns. They simply join hands, send for a Justice of the Peace, give a Tilden candy stew and are happy. Th 6 Rome Courier impudently sug gests: “Wouldn’t it be well for the Georgia Bads to ask Garfield & Cos. to take a peep at the Georgia vote ? 81,- 611 majority would make thorn feel good. Glory I—So said a darkey last night. “Tildum am ’lected, but Hayes take de seat, for all dat! Glory!” And he went round to a Tilden man and bor rowed a quarter to buy bread and meat for supper.— Atlanta Times. Atlanta darkies believe that tbe devil prowls around in that village every Fri day night. Why these superstitir us beings should limit this Gate City Ma jesty to only one night in the seven, none but the moralizing can venture to say, A Jonesboro mentions among other advantages of Tilden’s election, that “ men will love their wives and children better.” We decline to be lieve this until we hear the prophetic voice of 001. Christy comment there upon, Mr. Samuel C. Robinson, conductor of a State Road freight train, while standing upou cue of his cars last Thursday, was struck on the head and instantly killed by a piece of timber of the fair ground bridge, near Atlanta. Mr. Robinson was Secretary of the State Grand Lodge of Good Templars. Wednesday's Items. A West Point man spells it hoo-raw. Conyers has a colored female leoturer. Gainesville has a toper’s Sabbath Re sort. Wheat sowing is quite popular in Cherokee. Athens pays more for cotton than does Gainesville. The gurgle of election jui<H fa still heard in Eatonton. Large crops of small grain should be looked, Mter just now. The Hartwell Court House is uow used as a dancing hall. CaruesviUe is .ielebrating the viotory by barbecuing wild turkeys. Atlanta sends out more drummers than any other Southern city. The air in Jackson county is darken ed by the broadcast wheat and oats. A politician of 60 years of age walked four miles to vote for Felton at Aowojrth. Mrs. Berrill Brown, an old lady 0f,60, died in Dalton reoently, of heart dis ease. The LaGrange poets have tackled Mr. Hilliard as a sort of campaign after math. A colored man in LaGrange takes ad vantage of Tilden’s election, to take the homestead. The Franklin county Union Sabbath School will plant a Christmas tree on the 25th prox. Ex-Governor Brown will remain in Florida till the vote is counted and the question settled. The Savannah News states that not a single book agent died of yellow fever during the epidemic. The Dalton floor mills have to run day and night to supply North Georgia with its daily bread. Dr. A. H. McEwen, of Dalton, was found dead in the street within a few steps of his own gate. Country newspapers compelled to ap pear jn half sheets this weather, shonld be objects of charity. The LaGrange ladies are roofing the Methodiat parsonage, or, more striotly speaking, having it done. Hartwell citiaens seem to rejoice more over the result in South Carolina than over the National election. The Gainesville Eagle asserts, as a remarkable faet, that mountain cab bages command high prioes. Twenty thousand gallons of sorghnm syrup were made in Troup county this year, bringing about $15,000. A little ohild, living near Canton, fell into a pot of boiling soap one day last week, and was severely burned. The Catholic Oburoh of Brunswick was rohbed last week of the ohalioe, vestment, altar linen and vases. The Bvme Journal describes Madi son's primary election for oounty offices to have been a regular scramble, SOUTH CAROLINA. PALMETTO NEWS LEAVES. Blaokville has no more troops. Anderson has a nine pound turnip. Mrs. Margaret Massey, of Anderson, is dead. Walhalla has jubileed to her heart's content. Forfeited land sales are running up iu many counties. Peggy Jones, aged 115$ years, died in Charleston, Thursday. The Anderson Democratic Club had a basket pio-nic Saturday. t Constant complaint is made against the detective force in Charleston. The Westminster torchlight proces sion had about 350 persons in ranks. The Laurensville Herald, one of Carolinia’s stand-bys,commences volume 81, t The Keowee Courier, an excellent weekly paper, enters upon its twelfth volume. . that the politioal exoitement m Carolina even overshadows the circus interest. Robbers are holding high oarnival along the line of the South Carolina Railroad. A colored boy in Charleston mistook his big toe for a lightwood knot and whaoked it off, last Friday. The Republican office holders seem to have beoome resigned to their fate sinoe Democracy has swept the land. A few Winchester rifles scattered around among the fiend infested streets of Charleston might do happy work. The harn of Mr. Riohard' Lewis, the candidate elect lor the offioe of Pro/oate Judge for Qoonee oounty, was r often* l v destroyed by fire. Ihe Beaufort Tribune says: “Ex-Gov cruor Ohamberlaia was presented with a son last That’s why it mukes no differs** him.” 'yhtf Anderson Intelligencer urges the Democratic Clubs to k,ep up their or ganizations and ooutiuue to have meet ings at stated intervals. It is estimated that 5,000 telegraphic dispatches of congratulation, of inquiry and for information have been received in Columbia sinoe eleotion day. Referring to the labor question, the Laurensville Herald recommends preference for Democrats, but not pros cription to Republican employees. The News and Courier thiuka that Governor Hampton is entitled to be in stalled between Monday, the 27th of November, and Saturday, the 2d Decem ber next. Mrs. Jemima Roof, the wife of Mr. Walter Roof, of Charleston, died sud denly of apoplexy at the residence of her father, Mr. J. B. Clark, in Ander son, last week. The Piokens Sentinel records the fol lowing instance of the “ruling passions in” birth: “A child has been born in this oounty, wearing the red shirt, with arms." In making farm contracts for the com ing year, the Anderson Intelligencer ad vises that the colored men who voted with us shall have ample recognition for their noble conduct by always having the preference of land or position. A Charleston lady who was inatten tive at whist, has broken off her en gagement with her lover, beoause he recommended her to “ scoop her mind up with a peanut shell and hx it on the game.” An estray marshal has been beating the bushes around Laurensville drum ming up fraud statistics. He issued a oall for every colored man, who did not. vote, to meet him at the Court House. One forlorn son of Ham appeared, and the following remarkable dialogue en sued : “ Did you vote at the late elec tion?” “No, sah.” “Why not?” “ I’se sick, sah.” THE SYNOD. Tolrd Day’s Session—Reports of Ctoinmlueos —Sabbath Schools—Other Business. The Synod met in the Lecture Boom at 9, a. m., yesterday morning. The roll was oalled and the minutes read and approved. The Committee on Records reported recommending that the records of the Atlanta Presbytery be approved. The Committee on the Records of Florida reported recommending the approval of the reoords with a few exceptions. After considerable discussion the report was recommitted. The Committee on Reoords of the Cherokee Presbytery reported, recom mending the approval of the records, with some exceptions. The report was. adopted. The Committee on Publication re ported. The report was adopted with out discussion. On motion, the action on the oommit tee report in regard to the records of the Cherokee Presbytery was reconsidered. The exceptions made by the commit tee were read seriatim, discussed and adopted. The report was then adopted as a whole. The Committee on the Records of the Augusta Presbytery reported, recom mending that the records be approved, with one exception. The report was adopted. Dr. Lane suggested that it would be a good idea to incorporate a map of each Presbytery in the records of that Pres bytery. The Augusta Presbytery had. deoided on this Course. The Committee on Oglethorpe Uni versity reported. The report was adopted. The Committee on Reoords of the Ma con Presbytery recommended that the records be approved. Adopted. The Committee on the Theological Seminary at Columbia reported. On motion, the report was adopted. The Standing Committee on Sahloath Schools reported. In 1875 the Atlanta Presbytery, had 1,493 Sabbath school soholars; in 1876, 1,588, Augusta Presbytery, 1875, 891 ; 1876, 969. Cherokee Presbytery, 1875, 654 ; 654; 1876, 714. Florida Presbytery, 1875, 557; 1876, 521. Maoon Presby tery, 1875, 627; 1876, 495. Savannah Presbytery, 1875, 534; 1876, 729. Total, 1875, 4,756; 1876, 5,016. Aggregate in crease, 260. Atlanta Presbytery 33 churches, of which 19 report Sabbath sohools. Augusta Presbytery 39 charches, of which 16 report Sabbath schools. Cherokee Presbytery reports 33 churches, 13 of which report Sabbath schools. Florida Presbytery reports 26 churches, of wb.i&h 13 report Sabbath school. Maoon Presbytery reports 19 churchy, of which 19 have Sabbath schools. Savannah Presbytery reports 19 churches, of which 17 reyort Sabbath schools. The report was adopted. The Committee on Narratives report ed the report was received and adopted. The Committee on Religious Instruc tion of the Colored People, reported. Although these people are in our midst, the work among them is essentially for eign. The committee offered a resolu tion cordially recommending the college institnted by the Assembly for the edu cation of ministers to preach to the col ored people] to the support of the breth ren throughout the Synod. The report was adopted. The report of the Committee on the Minutes of the Assembly. The report was amended and adopted. The Committee on Judicial Business and the Committee on Bills and Over tures reported that no business had come before them. The Committee on Records or the Florida Presbytery reported. A substi tute offered by Dr. Wo ad row was adopted. A series of resolutions in regard to attendance on the Bynod were offered and adopted, On motion, the Synod took a recess until ?, p. m. At the evening session the Gommittee on Education reported and an able ad dress on the subject of education was delivered by Dr. Waddell. A Politician in a Hogshead. [Virginia City Chronicle. j An ambitious politician of the Repub lican persuasion, considerably the worse for bad gin, improved the opportunity presented by the gathering in front of Odd Fellows’ hall last night, attracted by the band of the Berger troupe, and mounting a convenient hogshead pro ceeded to orate. In the midst of one his loftiest flights of tipsy eloquence the head of the oask gave way, letting him down out of sight of bis audience. In the midst of his frantio endeavors to ex tricate himself from his confinement and go lor the orowd that was making merry at his expense, an officer appeared, fished him ont and carried him off to the station house. Avery remarkable and nnnsnal acci dent occurred in Putnam county last week. Two little children, whose pa rents were laboring in the fields were locked up in their house and there burn ed to death.