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WEDNESDAY.DECEMBER 6, 1876.
THE ANGEL* WHIBPEK TO HBR
MOTHER.
Heapectlnlly Dedicated ta 3lr. Jmueph
yiym (la Memory l Her IJule Dnnahter.
Beeie.)
Do not think ef me m sleeping
In the lonely, silent tomb;
But ae with you oft. dear mother,
In your hours of grief and (gloom;
When you bend at pensive twilight,
Weeping for the child yen miss ;
And a soft breeze fane your forehead,
'Xis your little Essie's kiss.
Tho' my home is with the angels,
In the shining courts above,
Oft I wing my flight down earthward,
Drawn here by a mother’s love ;
Oh I grieve to see you sorrow,
Tho' I’m happy with the blst ;
Mother, cease vour bitter weeping,
Let your little darling rest.
What is life at best, my mother,
But a scene of care and grief ;
But a tragic volume blotted
By sad tears on every leaf ;
miles are few but sighs are many,
Flowers in vain would hide the thorns ;
Who would not exchange earth’s twilight
For bright Heaven's eternal morn.
Sot in wrath but tender mercy
God recalls ns when we are young ;
Ere our little feet have stumbled.
Ere we’ve sinned by deed or tongue ;
Think of all the care and sorrow
Womanhood must ever bear;
Had I lived my earth life, mother,
I too must have borne my share.
Now no evil e’er can harm me.
Safe within the heavenly fold,
Where the flowers are always blooming,
Never shall your child grow old ;
There we need no snn to guide us,
Moon nor stars to rule by night,
Glory lights celestial mansions,
And God's smile makes all things bright.
Mother, cesse yonr bitter weeping,
I'm not lost but gone before,
And I’ll be yonr guardian aDgel
Till vou reach the better shore ;
Asa lamp nnto your footsteps,
That each peril you may shun ;
Oft my spirit shall be with you.
Till the heavenly goal is won.
In the quiet, pensive gleaming,
Where each nightly beaming star,
Like so many lami* of Heaven
Lights up night's triumphsnt csr ;
Then my spirit tinge's gently
Oft shall smooth each silken tress,
Holtly as a zephyr's kisses
You will feel my fond caress.
1 will twine my arms abont you,
Loving as in days of yore,
With an angel’s voiceless blessing
Gently bid yoa treep no more ;
To your bosom take this comfort:
Unto you is honor given,
Blessed IS that earthly mother
Who can claim a child in Heaven.
Angusta, November, 1816. B. A L.
Mil MCA DINES,
A Vision In the Wood*'
[From Harj/er's Magazine.]
Hober September, robed in gray and dun,
Smiled from the forest in half-pensive wise ;
A misty sweetness shone in her mild eyes,
And o'er her cheek a shy flush went and came,
As, flashing warm between
The Autumnal leaves of slowly dying green,
The sovereign sun
Did gently kiss her ; then (in ruthful mood
For the vague fears of modest maidenhood)
As gently and as lovingly retire,
Behind the foliaged screen,
Veiling his swift desire—
Even as a king, wed to some virgin queen.
Might doom his sight to blissful, brief eclipse,
After his tender lips
Had touched the maiden’s trembling soul to
flame.
Throngh shine and shade,
TViuaglitful, I trod the tranquil forest glade,
I/pglancing oft
To wateh the rainless cloudlets, white and
soft,
Hail o’er the placid ocean of the sky.
The breozo was like a sleeping infant’s sigh,
Moamred and low, or, in quick palpitant
thrills,
An instant swept the sylvan depths apart
To pass, and die
Ear off, far off. within the shrouded heart
Of immemorial bills.
Through shade and shine
1 wandered, as one wanders in a dream,
Till near Uie borders of a beauteous stream,
O’erhung by flower and vine,
I pushed the douse, perplexing boughs aside.
To mark ihe tomperate tide
Purpled by shadows of the Muscadine.
Reclining there, at languid length I sank,
One idle hand outstretched beyond the bank,
With carole-s grasp
’The sumptuous globes of those rare grapes to
clasp—
Ah ! how the ripened wild fruit of the South
Molted upon my month !
(Is magic juices through each captured vein
Bose to the yielding brain,
TYII, like the hero of an old romance
Caught by the Fays, my spirit lapsed away,
Lost to tho sights and sounds of mortal day.
Lost to all earthly sounds and sights was I;
But blithesomeiy,
As stirred by some new being's wonderous
dawn,
I heard about me, swift, yet gently dawn,
The footsteps of light Oreatures on the grass.
Mine eyelids seemed to open, and I saw,
With joyance checked by awe,
A multitudinous company
Of such strange forms and faces, quaint, or
bright
With true Elysiaii light,
As once, in fairy fantasies of Eld,
High-hearted Poets through the wilds beheld
Of shadowy dales and loue sea beaches pass
At spring-tide morn or holy hush of night.
Then to an airy measure,
Lavas the soa winds when the night at noon
Clasps the frail beauty of au April moon,
Through woven paces, at soft-circling leisure.
They glided with elusive grace adown
The'forest coverts—all live woodland things,
Black-eyed or brown,
Fina-footod, or uppoised on wings,
dlifritiiig about them, ’mid the indolent mo
tion
Of billowy verdures rippling slow
As the long languid underflow
Or suaun star-tranced, voluptuous Southern
ocean.
The circle widened, and as flower-wrought
bands,
Stretched by Incautious hands,
Break ill the midst with noiseless wrench asun
der,
Ho brake the dancers now, to forts in line
Down the deep glade ; above, the shifting
lights
Through massive tree holes on majestic
heights—
The blossomed turf thereunder—
Wheuco, fair and line,
Twinkling like stars that hasten to be drawn
Closo to the breast of dawn.
Slkhsj, with their bine veins pulsing fleet,
Innumerable feet,
White as the splendors of the Milky Way,
Yet rosy warm as opening tropic day,
With lithe free limbs of curvature divine,
Aud dazzling bosoms of unveiled glow,
Have where the long ethereal tresses stray
Across their unimaginable suow.
One after one,
By sum ay kissed or fugitive shades o’errun,
All visiou-liko they passed me. First there
came
A Dryad coy, her sweet head bowed in shame,
And o’er her neck and half-averted face
The faintest deik*te trace
•Of tho charmed life-blood pulsing softly pure.
Next, with bold footsteps, pure
And firm as bases of her own proud hills,
Fair-haired, Muo-eyed, upon her lofty haad
A fragrant crown of leaves, purple and red,
Ghantiug a lay clear as the mountain rill’s,
A frauk-faced Oread turned on me
Her fearless glances, laughter- It, and free
As the large gestures and the liberal air
With which I viewed her fare
Down the lone valley land.
I’sWng betimes to wave her happy hand
As m farewell; but ere her presence died
Wholly away,
Her voice of golden swell
Did also breathe farewell.
Varewell, farewell, the sylvan echoes sighed,
From rock-bound summit to rich-blossoming
bay—
Farewell, farewell!
Fauns, Satyrs. Bitted past me—the whole race
Of woodland births uncouth
Until 1 seemed, in sooth,
Far fr m the garish track
Of these loud days to have wandered, joyful,
back
Along the paths, beneath the crystal sky.
Of long, long perished Areadf.
But last of All. tilling the haunted space
With odors of the flower-enamored tide,
W hose wavelets love through many a secret
place
Of the deep dell amt breezeless bosk to ghde,
Stole by. lightsome and slim
As Dian’s self in cash soft sinuous limb,
Her arms outstretched, as if in act to swim
The air, as erst the waters of her horns,
A Natcd. sparkling as the fleck less foam
Of the eeol fountain-head whereby she dwails.
O’er her sloped shoulders and the pure pink
bud
Of either virginal breast is richly rolled
(p rare, miraculous flood!)
The torrent of her freed locks' shimmering
gold,
Through which <fa* gleams of rainbow-colored
s ells
Aud pearls of noon-kW* raidance flash and
float
Bound her immaculate throat.
Ciotiied in her beauty only, wandered she.
"Mid the moist herbage, to the A realist's
edge.
Where, girt by silvery rushes and brown sedge,
she faded slowly, slowly, as a star
Fades in the gloaming—on the bosom bowed
Of some half-luminous cloud
Above the wan waste waters of the sea.
Tl*eu. sense and spirit fading inward too,
I slept oblivions: through the dim dumb hours,
safely encoucfced on Antnmn leaves and flow
ers.
I slept as sleep the unperturbed dead.
At length the wind of evening, keenly chill;
Swept ronnd the darkening bit. ;
'There throbbed the rush of hurried .wings
o'erhead,
iileut with crial murmurs of the pine.
Just whisp ring twilight. On my brow the dew
Dropped softly; and 1 woke to all the low
Strings sounds of twilight woods that come
and go
Bo fitfully; and o'er the sun’s decline.
Through' the green mist of foliage flickering
high.
Beheld, with dreamy eye.
Sweet Venus glittering in the stainless blue.
Thus the day closed whereon I drank the wine—
The liquid magic of the Muscadine.
PiOL Haike.
A Thomson cow, after meditating up
on the two-sided aspect of the political
situation, ended her labors lest week by
Hiving birth to a doable-decked calf.
The betd is ornamented with two sets
of jaw-bones, two perfect tongaea, four
sets of teeth and au abortive attempt at
a fonr-barrel nose. Therffwere two good
eyes and a place for two more; two well
formed ears and an effort at two more.
THE NATION’S CRISIS.
OHIO’S LEADING DEMOCRATS
DEMAND FAIR FLAY IN THE
SOUTH
Emphatic Deiaoclalin of the Medits led
Outrage Egon Pepelur Liberty—Speechee
hr Meeere. Peudleteh, Ewing, Morgan,
Ward and Others.
{Columbus Special to the Cincinnati inquirer. ]
The meeting of the State Democratic
Central Committee, to-day, called to
gether a large attendance of the repre
sentative men of the party, as large al
most, indeed, as a State Convention,
and waa noteworthy for the decided
stand they took on the grave questions
of the hoar, and at the same time for
the careful avoidance of those who took
part in it from saying anything that waa
ill-advised or that coaid be construed
into revolutionary sentiments. It waa,
in fact, a calm, outspoken, demand on
the part of the people for the recogni
tion of their rights as citizens, and its
tone and manner, though firm and out
spoken, did not smack in the least of
the war talk which so many of the oppo
site party had charged upon the Demo
crats daring the two weeks of suspense
which has succeeded the election.
The meeting was called for Thurman
Hall, at 2 o’clock, and at that hour the
crowd filled the hall and extended down
the stairway into the street. The call
included, besides members of the State
Central Committee, leading members of
the party who saw fit to come up for
consultation on the pending oount for
President.
Shortly after the committee appeared,
headed by General EwiDg, who was es
corted to a place on the Judges’ bench,
who without further delay, read the fol
lowing resolutions:
Resolved, That patriotism demands
of every good citizen a spirit of ready
acquiescence in the result of the Presi
dential election as fairly ascertained, and
we deprecate all partisan feeling in the
discussions of fact and law on which
that result depends.
Resolved, That it is due to the people,
and it is indispensable to the peserva
tion of free government, that the Presi
dent shall not be chosen by fraud or
force. We appeal to the officers oharged
with canvassing the vote and making
the returns to allay public apprehension
and suspicion by open and impartial
action, thus commending the cordial
acquiescence of the American people;
but, admonished by the past action of
the present Returning Board of Louisi
ana that suoh returns may be falsely and
raudulently made, we demand of the
Senate and House of Representatives to
exert, if necessary, the constitutional
powers vested in them, jointly or sever
ally, to the end that whoever has been
fairly ohoseD by the people shall be de
clared and inaugurated President of the
United States.
Resolved, That we regard the concen
tration of regular troops at Washing
ton by the President, on the eve of the
assembling of Congress, as an act cal
culated to throw discredit upon the dis
position of the people to obey the law
and submit to the results of the Freni
dential election, as legally ascertained,
and to exoite unnecessary alarm as to
the stability of the Republic, thereby
imperiling peace at home and public
credit abroad.
Resolved, That we recommend to the
Democratic Central Committee ef the
State to correspond, and to confer with
other State Democratic Committees of
the country, with a view to a fnll under
standing of the facts and perfect concert
of action in maintaining the rights of
the people in the late Presidential elec
tion, as determined by the proper legal
authorities.
The reading of the resolutions elicited
great applause; particularly the second
one, at which the crowd cheered and
cheered to the echo. After reading them
General Ewiug moved their adoption,
and it was done with tremendous cheers,
there being no dissenting voioes. Then
there was a loud call for Pendleton, to
which that gentleman responded as fol
lows:
Mr. Speech.
Mr. Chairman and Fellow-Oifigens:
After the unanimous adoption of the
resolutions reported by the committee,
it seems to me that it is hardly neces
sary that I should say a word. These
resolutions meet my hearty concurrence
[A voice, “good,” and applause.] I
think they are the temperate, peusid
erete, matured judgment of the Demo
cratic party of Ohio, of the people of
the United Btates, in relation to the
crisis that is upon ns. [Applause.] I
think they state plainly that the people
of the United States demand a fair
oonnt [applause]; that with a fair oonnt,
according to the forms of law, they will
be satisfied; that if the oount shall not
be fair, and in accordance with the forms
of law, they will not bp satisfied, but
will demand that every legal and every
constitutional remedy shall be exhaust
ed to right the wrong. [Applause,] I
do not believe they demand unconstitu
tional or extra Legal measures for that
purpose, but that they intend that the
forms of law and the rights of the peo
ple shall be preserved, aud these ao
oording to the forms that have been
adopted for maDy years in this Govern
ment as a means of ascertaining and
evincing the will of the people. [A
voice: “That's so !” and applause.]
What more shall J say ? I am not
without hope. lam not entire des
pair that these Boards that are sitting
in Louisiana and Florida will honestly,
and fairly aud impartially express the
judgment of the people. [Applause.] I
have observed that men .clothed with
great responsibilities, and acting in the
broad light of day are much more apt to
observe the legal obligations placed upon
them, and to do right, than we some
times think they are, I cannot say fo
you that I despair that these Returning
bodies in the South will do entire jus
tice, but I must say that we are iu a
very unfortunate predicament when we
are at all placed in their power.
I think, geatjpmen, that we are to-day
in the very crisis of fjbe history of this
country. I think this is th.e greatest
stress that has ever been put apoff Re
publican institutions, and this is the
cruets! hast of the capacity of our people
for free government. [Cries of “That’s
it,” ‘ That's so/'gpd applause.] We
know that the Democratic candidate for
the Presidency has received a large ma
jority of the popular vote; we know that
he has received a large majority of the
electoral vote if those gentlemen are to
be counted as electors who have receiv
ed the majority of the votes deposited'
in the ballot box. f 4pplause. ] There
is a universal conviction teat if those
votes should be purged, still tbo pteafp
ral vote will be in favor of onr Presi
dential candidate, and yet the people of
the jqpuntry—forty millions of people—
stand to-4?y on the very tiptoe of expec
tation, knowing t£at results are to be
determined by Boards, in which, to say
tbe least, they have not tnegiAites* opn
ttdpnce; stand to-day patiently fortear-]
ing, waiting tbe announoemeut; and if
tbe Presidential election shall be made
in conformity witfc ffrji forms of law, de
termined to abide by decision ac
cording to those forms of law* Iff my
judgment it is the crucial test of tae'ca
pacity ot tbn> people for self-govern
ment, and I haye a*ifid ence enough in
the people to helieye tfhat a people whioh
exhibits amah heroic .virtues ,pf patience
and forbearance will understand the
right and see to it that ib£ tight is done.
Uen. Ewla** Speeefc.
Gen. Ewing spoke as follows :
Whoever attributes the profound anx
iety of the people of the United States
to mere party prejudices and prefer
ences wholly miateJUs the situation. It
arises from go fear tiuu on ffye one hand
Hayes, or on the other Tilde®, fipye
been fairly chosen President On the,
contrary, nine-tenths of tbe American
people would rejoice to-day at the as
certained fair election of either Hayes
or Tildon. Their fears arise wholly from
the obvious and preai ranged purpose of
oertain wicked leaders of the Republi- 1
can party to count Hayes in by frand
and inaugurate him, or fiontinup Grant i
by force. This treasonable purpose is,
in effect, openly avowed by many load
ing papers and men of the Adminiatra
tionparty. With a majority in Florida
for Tilden of over 1,000 apparent on the
returns, and in Loraisiaoa of from 7,000
to 0,000, with no distnrbanoe whatever
at the polls, with no published faota of
intimidation or bribed, such aa would
affect trva result under the laws and
usages governing elections, these States
are claimed for Hayaf by the Adminis
tration, its press and exponents, with
absolute confidence, founded solely on
the known aaoundrelism of Returning!
officers. I Applause j
Twenty years ago the pro-slavery lead
ers sought to entrench themselves in
power by fastening slavery on Kansas
against the will of the people, throngh
precisely these methods at force and
frand. Tbe Lecompton frauds, though
affecting a feeble Territory, split the
Democratic party and overwhelmed the
Administration of Bachman. If public
opinion revolved and overthrew all who
were responsible for petty swindle, how
will it deal with the party responsible
for this giant Leoomptomam ? [Ap
plause.] It will grind it to powder.
[Applause.] We ufo cot authorized here
to speak for the people sf Ohio of cuther
party, bat we are of the people, and can
speak for oarselves; and speaking ter
myself, I say that whatever be the du
ties or powers of the Returning Board
in Louisiana or of the Governor of Flo
ida, let them be discharged without mo
lestation under the forms of law, subject
only to such control as may be exercised
by tbe Courts. If the re taming officers
shall dare to perpetrate a frand upon
tbe nation, let the House of Representa
tives, throngh Commissioners sent to
the spot, promptly and thoroughly ex
pose it [applause], so that public opin
ion, which ia the aggregate judg
ment of intelligent and fair men, shall
understand and condemn the villainy,
and then if, in the deliberate judgment of
the House, it has the power under the
Constitution to follow the preoedenta set
by the Bepnblioan party tor twelve years
past and right the wrong by rejecting
the electoral votes falsely or fraudulent
ly returned, let it then rise to the height
of the occasion and act. [Applause.]
Act not in the spirit of partisan greed or
passion, bnt with the dignity and oonr
age becoming the immediate representa
tives of the people. [Applause.]
The most monstrous declaration yet
made in this crisis is that which has
been attributed without contradiction
to General Grant, that if Hayes ia given
States enough by the returning officers
he shall be inaugurated, and that a ju
dioious use of the army will prevent all
disputes. He is already massing troops
in Washinton to execute, I suspect, this
covert threat. He seems to intend that
the act of the Retaining Board, how
ever fraudulent, shall not be baulked or
brought in qnestion by the action of the
Honse of Representatives. Let him be
ware. [Applause.] He is not dealing
with a subjugated Southern State, but
with tbe American people. [Applause.
"Go on, go on.” “Give it to them,”
was shouted by the crowd.] No, no,
gentlemen, Ido not want to go on. I
have bat one more word to say, and
that is, that 1 have faith enongh in the
free spirit of the people and in the des
tiny of onr Republic to believe that the
House of Representatives will never be
cowed by a President until long, loDg
after the memory of Grant’s oivil career
shall have sank in a kindly oblivion.
[Prolonged applause.]
Speech ef Gen. Durbin Ward.
Gen. Ward spoke as follows : Mr.
President and My Fellow-Citizens :
In this emargency it seems to me per
sons ought to have few wards. There
oome times when words are sots. We
have chosen, as we believe, a President
of the United Btates by a majority of
more than three hundred thousand
popular votes, and, as we believe, by a
majority of more than twenty of the
Electoral College. The great question
to-day is, shall he be inaugurated. My
fellow-citizens, I am one of those who
believe in the observance of law. When
you choose a President you exercise the
highest of the functions of sovereignty.
You who do it soberly and patiently inves
tigate before yon vote, and investigate
every vote afterward with coolness,
calmness and discretion. No wild
threats, no undue abases of our
opponents, a fall recognition of the
right of every citizen to think and act
for himself, and then we should go on
and examine the returns of the election.
They shonld be scrutinized by the legal
authority. We shonld use every resort
known to the Constitution and law to
seoure fairness. We have nothing to
say of any ulterior purpose or measure,
bnt if the time shonld come when we
have used all legal meanß, if the time
should come when the deliberate judg
ment of the American people is that
they have been defrauded or defeated
by fraud or force in their choice of
President, there will arise for settlement
a question that is too solemn to disouss
in a public meeting like this. I
hope, my friends, that that time in the
Repnblic will never oome. I believe it
will not oome. I believe that the Re
turning Boards will not dure to count
out the legally eleoted President of
the United States. [Applause.] They
will not dare to do so, because the Re
turning Board of Louisiana is infamous
in the eyes of this nation and of all the
civilized world, and it will not dare to do
so in the face of the short-hand report
ers that are taking down what is done
tpd said there. Gentlemen, I say qnietly
and soberly to those who hear me, that I
hope there is manhood enough left in
the American people to see to it that no
such fraudulent or violent means to
subvert the will of the people shall suc
ceed. [Applause.] I counsel peace, I
counsel order, so long as peaoe and or
der are consistent with constitutional
liberty, bnt, if the hour comes that
tyrants attempt to strangle constitution
al liberty, he is unworthy to be counted
a free map wh° will not do as Roman
freemen did, strike for ypur oountry.
The resolutions adopted are mild; they
are not incendiary; they are not threat
ening; they were not intended to be so.
We intend’ to treat onr fellow-citizens of
both parties as though they intended to
and wonld finally do justice, and we be
lieve they will do so. Repce, we have
appealed calmly to those who have
charge of the returns that they snail
comply with the law. Let me repeat
once more that when every other hope
is gone—when every measure of law
is exhausted for the assertion of onr
rights, if they are attempted to be
trampled down by military power as
they hav s been for years; if it is at
tempted to apply to the people of the
North, tp tjie people at the capital, the
same unoopstitptiopal and lawless ex
ercise of military force as has been used
in the Southern States; when that time
should effme, if coma it dpes, exouse
me; but thp fflap wf)o stands before you
now onpe shed bis bleed tpppment these
States more firmly, and do yon believe
that I value constitutional liberty less
than I value the anion of these States ?
[Applause.] Why, my countrymen, the
destiny of the nation for the fnture
hangs trembling in the balance. The
great American people are halting and
holding their breath. Both parties are
doing flip. TfiOy know fnll well that the
popular heark oi Apprifla bas decided
that Tilden has been elected President
of the United Btates [applause], and yet
now for two weeks or more every resort
whion ingenuity could use has been ap
plied by the opposite party to aid the
Returning Roards by' utility foroe,
and fo PyereWO tbe 4“erjoen people by
the sfaowl that tbe army may be used
against them.
For tbe first timo in American history
we find the President of the United
States using his power as Ghief Magis
trate to advanoe the interests ot his own
party. My oonntrymen of all parties,
this will not do. If we accustom our
sejyes to the idea that one party may
maintain jteelf in power by the force of
arms, it is the end qf Republican liberty
in this country. ['Applause.] The
American people will do no such thing.
Both parties will settle it in less than
two yeejts from this day, in my humble
opinion tbit l pld en j 9 eleoted Presi
dent, and when February pm eß ? Bhall
look for the returns to bp ponflted by
both Houses of Congress, apd on the
sth day of Maroh he will take the oath
of office amid the triumphal shouts of
the American people ana restore, once
iporp, peace to this distracted country,
and bariy a? into the ooming century
arm in arm ’ with our brethren in the
South, to tbe grandest the Re
pnblic ever attained.
The feeling waa manifestly intense
throughout the entire meeting, bnt
wss at no time any expression by
dr* aid .except for a fair deal and
maintenance of theirSfiu? in the
law. It was an honest eipreasibn oj the
feelings of the party, with nothing ill
timed about it to afford a pretext for a
ohuyge of disloyalty or even a lack of
patriotic pnrcflse. As an indignation
meeting it was success.
TIRED OF TRICKERY.
Haaru Sick af SeanadrelUm.
[Feu, forfc Jfe£lf }
fgof teem haye patience and confi
dence, Tim °ftb> the Northern Re
publican party, im fm gyakepmgtoa
comprehension of the situation. This
is not a matter in which the Democrats
can usefully aot. The initiative does
not belong to them; their part is to wait
in patience, in absolute order and quiet.
Tue'cfiiid -l'-ity of the crisis falls upon
the £hey axe hon
est and sensible, and they py* *v*
erat? wrong or trickery, or eyen the ap
pearance 01 wrong, in this matter. It is
for them to domisd, And wo baliffd they
will demand, in public meetings, not
only fft measly an honest oonnt, but
such measure#'as fM* #39U n them and
their Democratic neighbors friends
that there ia PP taipt of suspicion pbout
it. Uniesa we greatly mistake the tem
per and attitude 61 tits Republican
masnfifi they will make them selves heard
and their ififluenoa felt to this end very
soon. As we write we have before ns a
private letter from one of the leading
Republicans of Massachusetts, who
writes ns: “What think yon of the
resnlt of the election ? I hope Tilden
will get it as the matter stands. That
is what to-day nine ont of ten of the
honest Republicans think; and we say
to the Republican leaders, plainly, that
they have become within the last week
objects of suspicion to their own party
and the public, equally with the return
ing boards in whose proceeding and
character thpy are involved; and that
unless they at onfip and conspicuously
condemn and oppose tbemselyes to all
trekery and to everything which bears
even the faintest odor of intended frand,
they will see the honest mao of their
own party rise up in public meetings all
oyer the country to danoonoe them.”
The Republican party ia not made up
of rogues and Tombs lawyers. It con
tains a great mass of honest, honorable,
patriotic men, and these will not tolerate
what wonld make them hang their heads
with shame; they will not allow their
leaders to resort to trickery, to base
devices, to doubtful meanß to oonnt in
their candidate. Already the Republi
can opinion of the proceedings in the
disputed States ia snob that 4 baa beoome
almost impossible decently to count in
Governor Hayes. Already the wisest
Republicans say in conversation that for
the sake of their party they hope for
Mr. Tilden’s return. As yet the honest
Oepublican masses are waiting in silence
but with decreasing patience. But any
further appearance of trickery, any, the
least, continuation of these attempts in
the disputed States to take advantage of
shallow legal technicalities, to resort to
onierhanded and unworthy means, such
as the recent hearing of testimony
charging intimidation, on which the
Louisiana Returning Board has, it is
said, determined, will give voice to the
smothered indignation of the Republi
can party, who cannot stand silent snd
see themselves and the good fame of
their party sold into disgrace.
HON. B. H. HILL.
A Letter ef Sixteen Yearn Ace.
[Chronicle and Sentinel, Jan. IWi, 1861.]
The following letter from Mr. Hill,
although written the 19th, was pcst
marked at Milledgeville on the 27th,
and came to hand yesterday morning.
Hence the delay in publishing it :
Melledgkvtlle, January 19, 1861.
Dear Bib—The deed is done. Geor
gia this day left the Union. Cannon
have been firing and bells tolling. At
this moment people are filling the
streets, shonting vociferously. A large
torohtight procession is moving from
house to house, and calling out speak
ers. The resolution declaratory passed
on yesterday, and similar scenes were
enacted last night. The crowd called
loudly for me, but my room was dark,
my heart was sad, and my tongne was
silent. Whoever may be in fault is not
now the question. Whether by the
Nbrth, or by the South, or by both, the
fact remains ; our Union has fallen.
The moat favored sons of freedom have
written a page in history which despots
will read to listening subjects for cen
turies to come, to prove that the people
are not capable of self-government.
How can I think thus and feel other
wise than badly.
Do not understand me as intimating
a belief that we cannot form anew
Union on the basis of the old Constitu
tion. We can do it, and we will. This
point we have secured as far as Geor
gia can secure it, and her will on that
subject will be the pleasure of her sis
ter seceders. But can we form one
with more inspiring hopes of perpetna
life than did Washington and his com
rades. Despots will say no; and,
therefore, if the first Union lived only
seventy-five years, how long will this
live, and the next, and still the next,
until anarchy comes ! It will take au
hundred years of successful, peaeeful
free government to answer the logic of
this argument against constitutional
liberty.
Nevertheless, for one, I am willing to
begin that reply, and that, too, in all sin
cerity and earnestness. You know it
has always been my opinion that our
people would never submit to the rule
of a President chosen on the sectional
anti-slavery dogmas of the Republican
party. Fbr one section to eleot rulers
for another section, on an avowed prin
ciple of hatred of the most important
interests of that section, whether so in
tended or not, was a movement, in its
philosophy, of subjugation, and the de
soendents ot Huguenots and Cavaliers
will be exterminated rather than sub
mit to it. My great fear was that the
disruption would be so hasty, passion
ate and violent, that actual war might
result, aud great damage ensue to our
people, which a different policy might
avert. Therefore, I did appeal loudly for
prudence and moderation in firmness,
and for a settlement, if it could be had
on proper terms. When I saw the dis
union ohariot and the top of a great
descent, and every charger fiery and
restless, I did call out to the reins-men
to pull the reins aud press on the brakes,
least we all be dashed to pieces. We
are at the bottom now—came down swift
ly. The extent of the damage is not
known. The ascent beyond is high, the
way seems to wind, and the end is not
exactly in view ; but we cannot turn
round ; we can get no sunshine except
at the summit, aud, therefore, I feel it in
my heart already to cry out more earn
estly than ever—let us all up and for
ward.
The position of our State has been
taken. Let the announcement of the
vote be the knell of our divisions. Let
us bury aud forget the past, and live in
and for the future. In spite of any foe,
we can be great and prosperous beyond
precedent, if in unity and under God
we will it. Your friend,
B. H. Hill.
GREENVILLE.
Letter From Onr Trarcllos Correspondent.
Greenville, S. 0., November 23,
1876.—Greenville is a city of about six
thousand inhabitants. It has doubled
in population since the war. It has a
great many buildings going up. The
people seem energetio and generous.
They have four or five churches. They
have built a Catholic Church, the Pro
testants having donated the lot and May
or Cleveland put his name down for SIOO.
It required but a short time to have
money epougli to build it. It is now
finished, snd is quite s handsome build
ing. Jn this thriving city there are two
daily papers. The Daily Enterprise is
a splendidly gotten up paper. The edi
tors are John 0. Bailey and Edward
Bailey, two thorough gentlemen, who
will be sure to succeed The Daily
News is a fearless and independent pa
per, fighting theives in all parts of
the State. The editor, Colonel
A. M. Speights, has labored hard
to redeem the State. He has been a
strait-out man all the time and has not
spared |iis talents nop money in the
campaign, ffe b as a glprions vic
tory. May he long liye to use the quill
for the Palmetto State. And may the
Daily Pfews prosper, Well may South
Carolina feel proud of the paper and
Col. Sheights. Anything in the gift of
the people J am sure, if be wapts it,
will be given him. While here your
travelipg correspondent was tendered
many acts of kindness by both offices,
ihis has beep Court week—Superior
Court, Hon. R. B, Carpenter presiding
Judge; A. Blyth, Solicitor-General, be
ing in session. There were quite a num
ber of attorneys present. Gov. Perry
and the entire bar of Greenville, also
Major Gary, of your city. There was
bat little business in Court. Greenville
has lost one of her belles this week. Mr.
T. E. Harris, of Edgefield, S. 0., in
company with Mr. J, W. Thayer, of Au
gusta, arrived this week. Mr. Harris
led td the aljbap Miss klamie McGee, of
Grepnyi[le, one of Grepnville’g belles.
May theip life qe pnc pf plgaspre. From
all accounts we will haye to phrpnicle the
same of Mr. Thayer. He is a great gal
lant with the belles of Greenville. While
here yonr correspondent attended a grand
ball given at the Mansion Honse. Truly
I can say where there is so much beauty
and graoe as there was last night at the
Habrpta*; ball. it is not to be wandered
thit young min'frißa ail pi# 9 °f South
Carolina and Georgia will coma to
Greenville looking after some fair one.
A finer collection of ladies and gentle
njen I have never met. The Wade flamp
top & perfect success.
While Here “your was
invited to ride over the city with Hon.
Wm. C. Cleveland, Mayor of Greenville.
In onr ride we visited all parts of the
city, passing the elegant briok college
aud tha large factory on the river, that
employs thfee hundred hands. We next
visited Mayor Cleveland's grist and nour
and corn mills. He has a large trade.
Then we visited the place where work
is being done on the Street Rail
road. The people of Greenviile will
have a Street’ Vailrdact soon.
Hon. W. C. Cleveland ib'rae first pi"
rector J[r. WV T. ghnmate secohd.
Hon, T. O.' Gowers'Presideflt. Itfe next
visited the new Catholic Ohureb. Then
passing the two elegant Cleveland blocks.
The Mayor is a son of Georgia, hav
ing been born at Lawreh6b7i!!^ Qw iß® ett
nonnty. South Carolina has gained one
of oaf pßtsfpriring men. He has filled
all the'offices'in j&freenviils, is much
esteemed b 7 alb ’We find in Crremiville
Mr. Dan Quinn, the well known book
man. He has given np his business in
order to ohange to other business. He
will probably go back to Angnsta.
G. W. N.
TROUBLE pi BLACKYjLLE.
SbMtinf Affray—On* Ncto SAP and Two
WeuHded-Two White Men Wounded.
An affray took place in Blackville, 8.
G., last Saturday evening, while Robin
son’s Circus was in the placo. Bill Bull,
a notorious negro desperado, was or
dered to be placed under arrest by the
Town Council for disturbing the peace.
He was arrested by two white men
named Peacock and lodged in the guard
honse there. The two men were then
attacked by a crowd of negroes, and, in
the melee which ensued, one of the Pea
oocks was wonnded in the arm and the
Other in the leg. They returned the
fire, and two of the riotous negroes were
wonnded, and the ringleader, named
William Newton, was shot in the head
and killed. Great excitement prevailed
among the negroes, and the Peacocks
were obliged to leave the county for
safety. The negroes made open threats
to burn the town, and the whites are
now guarding it
The annual oonrse of free lectures be
fore the State College of Agriculture be
gins in Athens next week, Prof. H. C.
White delivering the first, on the physi
cal and chemical relations of water.
During the spare time snatched from
summing up the “situation” and chron
icling theoocilsting movements of Atlan
ta newspaper men, Georgia editors are
busily engaged filing away mammoth
turnips.
STATE SUPREME COURT.
DECISIONS RENDERED NOVEM
BER 21, 1878-
[Atlanta Constitution.]
Fuller vs. Kitchens. Laborer’s lien,
from Newton.
Bleckley, J.
A negotiable note of the laborer,
bought np by the employer after the
contract of hiring, is not matter of de
fense to a summary process for enforc
ing the laborder’s lien, in the absence
of any request or encouragement to
make the purchase, or of any promise
to allow the note as payment or as set
off. 23 Ga. 44. Judgment affirmed.
Lee vs. Nelms. Appeal, from Newton.
Bleckley, J.
1. In order for the plaintiff to recover
on the basis of tripple damages for in
jury to animals, under section 1,445 of
the* Code, he must sue for tripple dam
ages (expressly remitting or releasing a
part when it ’is necessary to give the
County Judge jurisdiction), and must,
moreover, allege that the defendant s
inclosure was not protected as the law
requires. 2. Though, for even volun
tary torts committed by a servant in the
prosecution and scope of his business,
the master is liable (Code, §2,961), care
should be taken not to oast on him respon
sibility for torts of that class without suf
ficient evidence that the servant com
mitted them in the prosecution and
scope of such business, more especially
where the measure of damages may go
far beyond compensation for the actual
injury, and operate as a penalty. 3.
The admission by a servant of past
wrongful acts are evidence against him
self, but cannot be used to oharge his
master. Judgment reversed.
The Georgia Railroad and Banking Com
pany vs. John M. Zachrey. Trespass,
from NewtoD.
Jackson, J.
This Court will not control the discre
tion of the presiding Judge in refusing
to grant anew trial, on the ground that
the verdict is strongly and decidedly
against the weight of tbe evidence, if
the evidence, though conflicting, be suf
ficient to sustain the verdict. Judg
ment affirmed.
Montgomery & Montgomery, exeoutors,
vs. Wm. F. Robertson. Appeal from
Ordinary, from Newton.
Jackson, J.
1. After specific legacies of beds and
, bedding to certain daughters, a testator
gave to his grandson the following lega
cy : “SSOO in money to be raised out
of my estate not yet disposed of, it be
ing in fall of an amount of my estate,
both real and personal, that I design
my grandson to have. My will also is
that my executors hold my said grand
son’s part in their hands till he becomes
21 years of age, then to be paid over to
him, but should my grandson die before
he is 21 years of age, then his part of my
estate, to-wit : The SSOO, to return to
and become a part of my estate, to be
equally divided among my children.”
In the next item he directed that “all
my property not heretofore disposed of
be at my death sold to the highest bid
der, and that after my grandson shall
receive the SSOO willed to him in item
fourth of this my will, and after my un
married daughters, if any, shall be
made equal iu property to my married
daughters, then my will is that all my
children receive a share of my estate.”
The will was proved in 1861. The grand
son attained his majority in 1874, and
demanded his legacy. The executors
defended by showing by their own tes
timony that they had set apart certain
notos in 1862 for the grandson, good and
solvent at the time, but that all proved
valueless except $25 without their fault;
but it appeared that they had not fully
settled up the estate and made final dis
tribution thereof. Held, That under
the will, it was the duty of the execu
tors to retain a sufficiency of the estate
to pay the grandson’s legacy at his ma
jority, and though they might hove set
apart a certain portion thereof for him
in 1862, which proved valueless, yet if
at his majority they had on hand enough
of the estate in property or notes on the
residuary legatees themselves among the
number, raised from the sale of testa
tor’s property, to pay the grandson’s
legacy, that they were liable therefor.—
Judgment affirmed.
John R. Hart vs. Granville, Whittlesy &
Cos. Attachment, from Upson.
Jackson, J.
This Court will not control the dis
cretion of the presiding Judge in grant
ing anew trial, on the ground that the
verdict is decidedly and strongly against
the weight of the evidence, unless the
record makes it plainly appear that the
Jndge abased his discretion in setting
asid9 the verdict. Judgment affirmed.
Bleckley, J., did not preside in this
case.
Wm. B. Meek vs. Thomas Dewberry.
Assumpsit, from Monroe.
Japrson, J.
A contract that “the said Dewberry
turns over to the said Meek one exeon
tion against L. G. Chambliss and others
as administrators on the estate of D. H.
Fonder; if the said Meek collects all or
any part of the same, he is to pay to the
said Dewberry one-half of all he collects
on said papers, he, tbe said Meek, to pay
all costs on said suit, if any acornes to
him on said suit,” is ohampertous, es
pecially when the parol proof shows
that $143 of the sum collected yaa paid
by Meek to the attorppys, and that the
debtpr w a ih bankruptcy. Judgment
reversed.
Bleckley, J., having been of counsel,
did not preside in this oase.
N. F. Walker and J. F. Walter vs.
James H. Riyins, e( Motion tp
vacate judgment, from Upson.
Jaokson, J,
1. The fact that two days had been
consumed in the trial of a motion to va
cate a judgment made by one of two de
fendants thereto, and that the motion
was voluntarily dismissed by said de
fendant after such consumption of time,
are not legal cause for the dismissal by
the Court of another motion to vacate
made by both defendants, especially if
additional grounds for the new motion
be set ont therein. 2. On an appeal
from a judgment at common law, ren
dered in 1860, the Court has no power
to enter qp judgment again# [jie de
fendant and h[s op the appeal
in 1874, without tbp inteyventibq of a
jury, tnopgh no defense fie filed on oath;
and auph judgment is nqll sjnd Void.
Birdsong vs. Woodward, for use. Claim,
from Upson.
Wabner, O. J.
This was a claim case, on the trial of
which the jury, under the charge of the
Court, found the property subject to the
execution levied tberpsh, A motion was
made for anew trial on the several
grounds alleged Which was
overruled by the Court, and the claim
ant excepted. It appears from the re
cord and hill of exceptions that on the
trial of tne ease the plaintiff offered in
evidence a judgment awarded by Judge
Buchanan in an appeal case which had
been entered prior to the adoption of
the Constitution of 1867 and aft fa. is
sued thereon, which had been levied on
the property ulaimed, again# 'JL F,
Walker fcnd fames' R. \yaf|er, pis secur
ity on the appeal, it being"recited in the
judgment that there was no issnable
plea filed on oath. fi!o the admissibility
of this evidence tee objected,
and qemdrred fo ffie sajne, on the
ground that'the judgment was yoief, not
haying been entered op thp verdict of a
jury, The Oonrt overruled the demur
rer to the evidence tbns offered by the
plaintiff, and admitted the same to be
uul to the jury, and that is one of the
grounds of error alleged in the motion ,
for anew trial. The qnestion involved '
ip this assignment of error was decided ;
during the present term, in the ease of \
N. F. and James P. Walker vs. Jamfs
H. Bivins et al, and must control this
case. Let the judgment of the Court
below be reversed.
Ex-Seaatur Trumbull an the Situatien ia
LaqUiana.
[Ckicagu Times, November 23. j
I do aot despair of a reasonably fair
count in this State. We shall have it if
we carry Florida, and even if the Presi
dency hangs on the result here I do not
see how, without committing such pal
pable injustice and wrong as will take
from the decision all weight before the
country, the Returning Board, even if
so disposed, can commit any great ini
quity in the presence of the committees.
There is no sort of necessity for troops
here. New Orleans is as qniet and safe
as Chicago. I doubt if the excitement
is as great here as there, and there is no
danger of an outbreak. The machinery
by which this State is controlled is per
fectly infamous, but the people feel
they most submit to the Federal Gov
ernment, and it requires no troops to
keep order.
When all the returns are in we Bhall
insist upon the Elberton Gazette knock
ing that “i” out of “Hallilujah.”
A plucky lady in Athens shot a negro
burglar one night last week. Blood
stains indicated that her aim was true.
The Griffin News says: They are
naming Atlanta babies Samuel J. Tilden
regardless ot sex. Let the troops come
forward. , . ,
A No. 9 sewing needle was extracted
from the neck of a Thomson juvenile.
The thread of this mystery has not been
discovered.
RAILROAD CONTENTION.
Meetiog of the Stockholders of the Charlotte*
Colombia and Augusta Railroad.
The annnal meeting of the stockhold
era of the Charlotte, Colombia and Au
gusta Railroad Company was held in the
city of Columbia, on Friday, the 24th
day of November, 1876.
On motion of Colonel Johnß. Palmer,
Captain W. B. Stanley was called to the
Chair, and C. B nknight and John
Craig appointed Secretaries.
On motion of Colonel Palmer, Colonel
F. W. McMaster and Major B. D.
Townsend were appointed a committee
to'verify proxies.
Colonel McMaster, on behalf of the
oommittee, reported that the total num
ber of shares of capital stock were 25,-
780, of which 14,255 shares were repre
sented in person and 6 shares by proxy,
making a total of 14,261 shares repre
sented, being a majority of all the stock.
The President, on behalf of the Board
of Directors, then submitted and read
his annual report, which, on motion of
W, T. Walters, Esq., was accepted and
•rdered printed.
The reading of the reports of the Gen
eral Manager and General Superintend
ent was dispensed with.
Mr. Morehead, Chairman of the Com
mittee of Finance, then read his report,
which, on motion of Colonel McMaster,
was adopted unanimously.
On motion of B. F. Newcom r, Esq.,
the following resolution was adopted:
Easolved, That the Committee on Fi
nance be instructed to burn all coupons
that have been heretofore cancelled, and
also those that have been heretofore
paid up to 30th September, 1876.
At the suggestion of B. F. Newcomer,
Esq., a report was then asked for from
the special committee of five appointed
at the last meeting of stockholders to
inquire into the relation existing between
this company and the Wilmington, Co
lumbia and Augusta Railroad Company.
G. H. McMaster, Esq., reported on
behalf of the committee that no action
had been taken, and asked that the com
mittee be discharged, which was agreed
to.
On motion, all the reports were ac
cepted as an entirety and ordered to be
printed as usual.
W. T. Walters, Esq., moved that the
same Finance Committee be re-appoint
ed on behalf of the stockholders, which
was unanimously adopted, viz.: John L.
Morehead, W. R. Robertson, and W. B.
Stanley.
On motion, an election was had for
Directors. The following gentlemen
were elected : John B. Palmer, South
Carolina; R. R. Bridgers, J. W. Thomp
son, S. B. Alexander, A. B. Davidson,
North Carolina; F. W. McMaster, T. J.
Robertson, J. H. Riori, A. B. Springs,
B. D. Townsend, L. D. Childs, J. J.
McLure, South Carolina; W. E. Jackson,
J. O. Matthewson, Josiah Sibley, David
Dickson, Georgia; B. F. Newcomer, W.
T. Walters, Baltimore; Chas. Estes, ex
officio Mayor of Augusta,
was ordered to be held at Columbia. S.
Ou motion of B. F. Newcomer, Esq.,
the next annual meeting of the stock
holders C., on the Friday next succeed
ing the third Monday in November,
877.
After the adjournment of the stock
holders’ meeting, the Directors held a
meeting and re-elected John B. Palmer
President and C. Bouknight Secretary.
AUGUSTA AND KNOXVILLE.
Meeting of the General Committee to Pre
pare for the Railroad Meeting Next Wed
nesday Evening.
The committee of twenty-five to make
arrangements for the railroad meeting
next Wednesday evening, met at the
office of the Commercial Bank, yester
day afternoon.
Maj. Barnes, from the committee ap
pointed to investigate the charters of
the Augusta and Hartwell and Savan
nah Valley Railroads, reported the ac
tion of that committee. The report
shows that it is a matter of very great
doubt, to say the least of it, whether
State aid can be secured under the charter
of the Augusta and Hartwell Railroad;
states that the acceptance of that char
ter would involve the assumption of the
liabilities, and recommends that appli
cation be made to the Legislature for an
entirely new charter.
On motiou, the report was adopted.
Mr. Martin V.Calvin,from the Commit
tee on Statistics, made an interesting
and comprehensive report, showing the
commercial advantages which will be
reaped by Augusta by the building of
the proposed road. The committee be
lieve that with both the region traversed
by the Augusta and Hartwell Railroad
and the Augusta and Greenwood Rail
road opened the trade of Augusta would
be augmented in the sum of from three
to four millions of dollars per annum.
On motion, the report was adopted.
Mr. P. G. Burum, from the Commit
tee on Arrangements, reported that they
had arranged for the hall, lights and
music. The report was adopted.
On motion, a committee of six, con
sisting of Major George T. Barnes,
Chairman, John U. Meyer, John M.
Clark, W. T- Wifeless, J, L. Maxwell
and Martin V, Calviu was appointed to
collate the reports and make a consoli
dated report to the meeting next Wed
nesday evening.
On motion of Mr. Martin V. Calvin,
Mr. F. B. Phinizy, the Chairman of the
General Committee, was added to the
oommittee.
Mr. Wheless stated that Colonel J.
Edward Calhoun in a busiqpgg letter to
Messrs. Sibley,*#; Acheless) had added the
following in regard to the proposed road:
“Fifty years ago a canal to unite the
Hiawassee and Tugalo rivers was sug
gested, a canal that would have tr> be
neither long nor costly. Almost simul
taneously it yaa proposed to continue
the Charleston and Augusta Railroad
along high-water marks up the Savan-
nab river, and so on to the West. jTorty
years ago the met,
with the general that
such would he the contem
plated and Cin
cinnati Railroad.
a grand iuov^^^^^^^K>mpany,
>nty Was
the
could have Hkr
• i
i'occoa, loqkisg ic/^M
Aiken, have^^^^^^L
of. All tho.-e points
tented themselves with
Imrbs of Augusta. %-JB. -
alone I'm-. preveotpi! AugusTflC
now the, pioat important
point and leading
the Oottop State-, with
double its population and
four times its present capital.
“The impending railroad met
Augusta’s last opportunity.”
On motion, the special
directed to include Col. Galhqqn’s lalH
in tfia H
Mr. Abbott, who was present by invß
tation, was requested to give the coml
mittee some information in regard to thel
Augusta and Hartwell Raißoqd. Mr.l
Abbott, complying with the request in
a clear and concise manner, threw much
light upon the subject. He fslt assured
that the road could be built cheaper
now than at any other time. This was
the golden opportunity,; and sflppid be
taken advantage He was
convinced tflat the opening of this ave
nue of trade would do far more good
for Angnsta than the canal or any other
enterprise.
At the concision pf Mr. Abb.ott’s re
marks the meeting adjonrned.
NEWFOUNDLAND COO.
Haw ibe rish are Cured and .Shipped.
A recent letter from St. Johns, N. F.,
to the Montreal says: “We are
now busy shipping our dried codfish for
foreign markets. It is curious to note
•he history of a codfish from tfle moffiPpt
when, on the hook of the fisherman, it
is dragged from its native element till it
disappears down the hnman throat on
the banks of the Amazon, the Parana,
the Tagus or the Po. After a few ex
pirios wriggles- - and it is a comfort to
be informed by naturalists that fish are
almost insensible to pain—the cod is
flung from the fisherman’s boat upon
the rough ‘stage,’ where it is received by
the ‘out-throat,’ who, with a sharp knife
lays open the flesh across the throat and
down the belly, and passes it to the
•header.’ This operator proceeds to ex
tract the liver, which is dropped into a
vessel by his side, to be converted into
cod liver oiL He then extracts the en
trails and wrenches off the head, and
throws these into another receptacle, to
be preserved for the farmer, to mix with
bog and earth, thus forming a moat
fertilizing compost for his fields. The
tongues, however, are taken out, and
also the ‘sounds,’ and these, fresh or
pickled, are an excellent article of food.
The fish is then passed to the ‘splitter,’
who by a dexterous movement cuts out
the back-bone nearly to the tail, and
thus lays the fish entirely open, and
capable of being laid flat on its back.
This is the nicest part of the operation,
and the ‘splitter’ always commands
higher wages than the other operators.
The ‘salter’ next takes the fish and
washes it well from all parcels of blood,
salts it, and places it in piles to drain.
After lying tbe properj length of time it
is washed and spread to dry on the ‘flake,
which is formed of spruce boughs, sup
ported by a frame-work,| resting on up
right poles. Here the cod are spread
out individually to bleach by exposure
to the soapand air, and daring this
process require constant attention. At
night, or on the apprpach of rain, they are
made up into little round heaps with the
skin outward, in which state they look
very much like small haycocks. When the
‘bloom,’ or whitish appearance, which
for a time they assume, comes out on
the dried fish, the process is finished,
and they are then quite ready for stor
ing. On being oonveyed to the premises
of the exporting merchant, they are first
‘culled,’ or assorted, into four different
kinds, known as ‘Merchantable,’
‘Medeira,’ ‘West India,' and ‘Dnn,’ or
broken fish. The first is the best quali
ty, the second a grade lower, the third
is intended for the stomach of negroes,
and the fourth, which is incapable of
keeping, is used at home. The cod
sent to hot countries is packed by screw
power into small casks called ‘drums;’
that which goes to the Mediterranean is
usually exported in bulk. We ship
large quantities of dried codfish to
Brazil, and theie is hardly an inhabited
corner of that vast empire where the
Newfoundland cod is not to be found,
being carried on the baoks of mules
from the sea coast into the most distant
provinces of the interior. The negroes
of the West Indies welcome it as a grate
ful addition to their vegetable diet. To
all parts of the Mediterranean it finds
its way—ltalians, Greeks and Sicilians
equally relishing the produce of our sea
harvest. The Spaniards and Portuguese
are our best customers,, and all over the
sunny peninsula, the ‘bacalo’ have been
a standing dish sinoo the days of Cer
vantes, who majves special mention of
our cod in Don Quixote under that name.
In Great Britain and the United States
we have thousands of customers. Iu the
warmer regions of the earth, however,
the people seem to have a special liking
for the dried and salted cod, and to them
it is an almost indispeusable artiole of
food. The more extensively Brazil,
Italy and Spain are opened up by rail
ways aud other means of transit, the
greater becomes the demand for cod, as
the cost is lessened. Roman Catholic
countries are our best customers, and
Newfoundlanders have no reason to wish
for the abolition of Lent or a redaction
of the number of fast days appointed by
the Roman Catholic Church. The ad
vancing price of fresh meats of all
kinds in various countries is also rapidly
increasing the demand for cod, and has
considerably enhanced its value. Twelve
or fourteen years ago the average price
of fish was from twelve to fifteen shil
lings per quintal. It is now exactly
double that price,”
VEGETINE
PURIFIES THE BLOOD,
Renovates and Invigorates the
Whole System.
ITS MEDICAL PROPERTIES ARE
ALTERATIVE, TONIC, SOLVENT
AND DIURETIC.
VEGETINE is made exclusively from the
juices of carefuily selected barks, roots and
herbs, and so strongly concentrated that it
will effectually eradicate from the system
every taint of Scrofula, scrofulous Hu
mor, Tumors, Caneer, Cancelous Hu
mor, Erysipela-. Salt Rbeum, Syphi
litic Diseases, Canker, Faintness at
the Stomach, and all diseasee that arise
from impure blood. Sciatica, Inflamma
tory aud Chronic Rheumatism, Neu
ralgia, Hunt and Spinal Complaints,
cau only be effectually cured through the
blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptive Diseases of
the Skin, Pustules, Pimples, Blotches,
Boils, Tetter, Scald-head and Ring
worm, VEGETiNE has never failed to effect
a permanent cure.
For Patns In the Back, Kidney Com
plaints, Dropsy, Female Weakness-,
Lencorrhcea, arising from internal ulcera
tion, and uterine diseases aud General De
bility, VEGETINE acts directly upon the
causeß of these complaints. It invigorates aud
strengthens the whole system, acts upon the
sccr five organs, allays inflammation, cures
ulceration and regulates the bowels.
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual
Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart,
Headacbe, Piles, Nervousness and
General Prostration of the Nervous
System, no medicine haß given such per
fect satisfaction as the VEGETINE. It purifies
tha blood, cleanses all the organs, and pos
sesses a controlling power over the nervous
system.
The remarkable cures effected by VEGE
TINE have induced many physicians aDd apo
theoaries whom we know to prescribe and use
it in their own families.
In fact, VEGETINE is the best remedy yet
discovered for the above diseases, and is the
only reliable BLOOD PURIFIER yet
placed before the public.
THE BEST EVIDENCE.
The following letter from Rev. E. 8. Best,
Pastor of M. E. C..uroh, Natiok, Mass., will be
read with interest by ma iy physicians. Also,
those suffering from the same disease as af
flicted the son of the ltev. E. 8. Best. No per
son can doubt this testimony, as theie is no
doubt about the curative powers of VEGE
TINE :
Natiok, Mass., January 1, 1874.
Mr. H. R. Stkvens : Dear Sir—We have good
reason for regarding your VEGETINE a medi
cine of the greatest value. We feel assured
that it has been the means of saving our son’s
life. He is now seventeen years of age; for
the last two years he has suffered from necro
sis of his leg, caused by scrofulous affection,
and was so far reduced that nearly all who saw
him thought Ins reeovery impossible, A coun
cil of able physicians coulij give us but the
faintest hope of his eyey rallying, two of the
number deplayiag that he was beyond the
reapfi of human remedies, that even amputa
tion pould not save him, as he had not vigor
enough to endure the operation. Just then we
oommouoed giving him VEGETINE, and from
that time to the present he has been continu
ously improving. He has lately resumed fiis
studies, thrown away his crutches and oauc,
and walks about cheerfully and strong.
Though there is still some Jnyfiayge from
the opening where the fifth was lauaad, we
have the fullest confidence that in a little time
he will be perfectly pured,
He has taken about three dozen bottles of
VEGEIf NE, but lately uses but little, as he
declares that he is too well to be taking medi
cine. Kespectfullyyours, E. S, Best.
Mbo. L- C, F. Best.
ALL DISEASES OF THE BLOOD.
Ijf Visa'S TINE will relieve pain, cleanse, pu
rify and cure such diseases, restoring the pa
tient to perfect health after trying different
physioims, many remedies, suffering for years,
is it not conclusive proof, if you are a sufferer,
yoV\ can he cured ?■ Why is this medicine per
forming tuoh great cures f It works in the
blood, in the circulating fluid ? It oan truly be
called the GREAT BROOD PURIFIER. The
great source of disease originates in the blood,
and no medicine that does not act directly up
on it, to purify and renovate, has any just
Claim upon public attention.
Recommend it Heartily,
South Boston, February 7,1870.
Mb. Stevens : Dear Sir—l have taken seve
ral bottles of your YEGETINB, and am con
vinced it is a valuable remedy for Dyspepsia,
Kidney Complaint, and general debility of the
system.
f can Heartily recommend it to all suffering
from the above complaints. Yours, respect
fully, Mbs, MojutoK Pasjceb,
380 Athens Street.
IProparefl by 0, 0. STEVENS,, Boston,
a Mass,
Wegetiue is Sold by All Druggists.
■uov UV-slffl
■OO,OOO \\ GlFTll
RIETY DAYS’ POSTPONEMENT OF THE
ftpMliDMiitmCo
Ht FOR A FULL DRAWING.
Bora wing "positively
Brsdav, TS T ov. SOth,
Hr money refunded.
Foltune lor Only sl2.
Tho rlentKcky Fash Distribution I'o.
Authorized by a special act of the Kentucky
Legislature, for the benefit of the Public
Schools of Frankfort, will have the first
of their aeries of Grand Drawings at Major
Hall, in the City of Frankfort, Ky.,
Thwvday, Nov. 30, 1876, on which occasion
they will distribute to the ticket holders the
immense sum of
1600,000
Thus. P. Porter. ex*Uov. Ky., Gen’l Malinger
LIST OF GIFTS:
One Grand Cash Gift SIOO,OOO I
One Mrand Cash Gift 50,000 :
One Grand Caah Gift. 25,000
One Grand Cftsh Gift 20,000
Onp tjrapd Cash Gii*. 10,000
One gHumJ Cash Gift..., 6,000
50 Cash Gifts of $1,666 each.... 50,000
100 Caah Gifts of 500 each 60,000
100 Cash Gifts of 400 each.... 40,000
100 Cash Gifts of 300 each.... 30.000
• 200 Cash Gifts of- 200 each.... 40,000
600 Cash Gifts of 100 each.... 00,(00
10,000 Cash Gifts of 19 each.... 130,000
Total, 11,160 Gifts, All Cash.... 600,000
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole Tickets, sl2; Halves, $6; Quarters, $3;
9 Tickets, $100; 274 Tickets, $300; 46} Tiokete,
$500; 95} Tickets. $1,000; 100,000 Tiekcts at
sl2 each.
The Hon, E. H. Taylor, Mayor of Frankfort,
the entire Board of City Councilman, the Hon.
Alvin Duvall, late Chief Justioe of Kentucky,
and other distinguished citizens, together with
snch distinguished | eisons as the ticket
holders present may designate, will superintend
the drawing.
The payment qf gifts to owners of prize
tickets is assured. A bond, with heavy penalty
and approved security, has been executed to
the Commonwealth of Kentucky, which is now
on record in Clerk’s Office of County Court at
Frankfort, subject to inspection of any one.
This is anew feature, and will absolutely se
cure the payment of gifts.
Remittances can be made by Express, Draft,
Poet Oflloe Money Order or Registered Letter,
made payable to Kentucky cash Distribu
tion Company,
All Communication-, orders for Tickets and
applications for Agencies should be addressed
to HON, TBOB. P. PORTER,
Gen’l Mv ager, Frankfort, Ky.
Full information oan be obtained bv applying
at Geo. A Oates’ Book and Music Store, Au
gusta, Ga.
octl7-tn3tn&weseow4
REDUCED TO A CERTAINTY.
Chance to Cain
$50,000
INTO XUSK.
Send tor circular at once. N Gh* c 10 1°*®-
Reao * Cos., Bankers, 74 yoBR-
New A<lTertlMeinem,
2.500 YARDS
—OF—
Dress Goods, Which are a Little Soiled From Handling, Marked
Dowa Regardless of (ost,
THESE goods h&Yd recently been sold from 50 conts to $i per yard. But as we are determin
ed to cloae them out between now and the tune of our taking stock, on the Ist of Januar y
we have MARKED THEM DOWN to the extreme lw price of 25 cents.
‘•This is no humbug. Remember, the first who comes has the choice of selection.”
MPLLARKV KKOTHBRS, 262 Broad Street.
Black Silks Cheaper Than Ever
5 PIECES heavy GROS GRAIN at $1 60, good value for $2.
5 pieces heavy GROS GRAIN at $2, never purchased before for less than $2 50.
5 pieces extra heavy GROS GRAIN at $2 50, the likes of which have never been sold for lew
than $3 50.
MPLLIRKF BK OTHERS, 262 Broad Street.
CLOAKS.
THE largest and beat asssortment of new and fashionable CLOAKS ever offered in th'a oily
have just been received and will be sold at astonishing low prices by
MULLARK¥ BROTHERS, 262 Broad Street.
dtwAw
out SHoPraroT
‘■Well, good sakes ! Good morning. Mrs, Smith, where so early this morning ?"
“Oh ! Mrs. Jones, I am out shopping. I am going to 1,. RICHARDS’ DRY GOODS STORE !
That is the place, above all others, to get good Goods. I mean FIRST CLASS GOODS at LOW
PRICES! He will not be underdold. I have been humbugged long enough running around
picking up every little old trashy article I see advertised. I am sick and tired of it. It U just
throwing money away! ’’ ...
“Why. Mrs, Smith, do tell! I have been caught in the same trap. I read the advertisements
about millions and millions of Goods—more than could be packed in all the houses of Augusta.
It just sets everybody crazy, and away we go to buy a Collar, lc.,a paper of Pins for 20., a whole
box of Hooks and Eyes for 50., Soap enough to last a whole lifetime for 100., Dress Goods at 5,
6,8, 10c., not worth making up. and thousands of things nothing but trash, soiled goodß, auc
tion goods, and all kinds of stuff.’
••Well, Mrs. Jones, I have found it out at last ! They do this to humbug us. They know
we are so easily humbugged ; and when we get there we get so excited by being baited with
these trashy things, they get us in their power and we pay any kind of prioes, and many times
pay just double what the aiticles are worth.”
“Why, Mrs. Smith, you dou’t say that is (he case 1"
“Yes, Mrs. Jones, it is too true ! And that is the secret of some of these merchants mak
ing so much money by advertising these cheap things—just to get you there.’’
•■Well done, Mrs. Smith. You have oponed my eyes, and thanks for it; I never understood
it before. Now,do tell me about this L. RICHARDS. Who is he, and where did he come from?”
“Why. Mrs Jones. I thought you knew! He is the same L. RICHARDS that, with his
brothers,’V. and F. Riohards, established the old Fredericksburg Store. You know the old firm
was V. Richards & Bro. That firm is all ‘busted up’ now, aud this L. RICHARDS has gone to
himself at the AUGUSTA DRY GOODS STORE, where he keeps the nicest aid best seleoted
stock of Dry Goods in the city, suited to the wants of ah, and at the Lowest Prioes. Having
had any experience of twenty-five years, he knows how to make selections for all. You ought
jußt to tee the beautiful line of Dress Goods in all the new shades, and so cheap. And, oh,
those beautiful Cloaks ! They are perfectly elegant- so stylish! His Black Alpacoas are the
best and cheapest in the city; aud Black Cashmeres, he just beats the world. He keeps every
thing in his line you could wish for —Notions, all kinds; Hosiery, cloves, Ribbons, and, oh,
those exquisite Neckties! Kuchins ot every description. He will sell you a whole pieoe of six
yards for 25c. Blankets—all prices—the prettiest I ever saw. Misses’ aud Ladies' Merino Pan
talettes and Undervests, aud the nicest Perfumery, It would take (me a whole mouth to tell
you of everything he has. He is Agent for those splendid Razor-steel Scissors, and for differ
ent kinds of Sewing Machine Needles. You ca < get six Needles for 25c. He carries on the
Sample Business, just like he did in his old house. Sends Samples to friends at a distance, and
when he getß an order at Retail for $lO aud over, will pay ail Express charges to the customer’s
near, st depot. It is such an accommodation, and so nice for those that oannot visit the city.”
“Well, good morning, Mrs. Smith; I am so glad you tald me of this L. RiOHARDS.”
“Good morniug, Mrs. Joues. Here is one of his Cards I give you ” :
L. RICHARDS,
Proprietor of the Augusta Dry Goods Htore, No. 209 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.,
novl9“tf N<*xt door to Jas. G. Bailie & Bro's Carpet Store.
Cloaks, Silks and Dress Goods.
JAS. A. CRAY & CO.
Desire to call special attention
this week to their Stocks of Cloaks,
Silks and Dress Goods, which for
*
variety, styles and cheapness sur
pass anything ever offered in the
city.
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.
novl3-tf
Dry Goods! Dry Goods!
P. & M. GALLAHER
HAVE just received their Fail and Winter Stock of DRY GOODS, consisting in part of an
elegant line of
Dress Goods in All the New Shades.
A SUPERB Block of MOURNING GOODS, such as Bombazines. Cashmers, Alma Cloth,
Meiino, Henrietta Cloth, eto. A complete Stock of HOSIERY, Table Damask, Irish
Linen, Towliug, Napkins, Doylies and Marseilles Quilts. BLACK SHAWLS, Merino, Cashmers
and Bombazines. NOTIONS, Corsets, Kid Gloves (best makes), Neck Scarfs, llnchings and
Ribbons.
West-of-Englaud Broadcloths, Doeskin and Best French and
American Cassimers, together with a Fall Stock of
Kentucky Jeans,
ALL UF WHICH WiLL BE OFFERED AT BOTTOM PRICES.
P. & M. GALLAHER.
No. 219 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
ORIGINAL NON-BOARD AGENCY
your interest and call or write for rates before insuring elsewhere.
Fire, Life, Marine and Accident Insurance
Effected in town or country at the Lowest Equitable Rate in the annexed list of First-Class
Companies, which are second to none in Reliability, Fair Dealing and Prompt Payment of
Losses:
Assets, Over $39,000,000,
London and Lancashire Fire Ins.Co., England. I Fire Association lub. Cos., Philadelphia, Pa.
Westchester Fire Insurance Cos., New York. Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Cos., New York.
Commercial Fire Insurance Cos., Ht. Louis, Mo. | Richmond Fire Association Insurance Oom-
Virginia Home Insurance Cos., Richmond, Va. I pany, Richmond, Va.
Farmville Ins. and Banking Cos., Farmville, Ya. Farmers and Drovers’ Fire Ins. Cos., Louisville,
Arctic Fire Insurance Company, of New York. | Kentucky.
St. Nicholas Fire Insurance Ca., of New York. |
JETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
TRAVELERS’ LIFE AND ACCIDENT, HARTFORD, CONN.
Occident Insurance a Specialty.
jaD^ly C. W. HARRIS, Maaager.
BUY THE BEST
TEWETT’S PURE WHITE LEAD AND
J Jewett's Pure Linseed Oil, at Whole
\\ sale and Retail. By
// * H #!a \S ,L H. ALEXANDER,
//jcy* V 212 Broad street ‘
((SiS U TEWETT’S WHITE LEAD is sold UN-
I #Tj KMI J DEK GUARANTEE, subject to any
1 iMi 11 analysis or test for PERFECT PURITY.
H MTTIk B* // Messrs, John Jewett & Sons have made no
\\ i 1 |,J // other grade or quality of Lead than this
Vv // STRICTLY PURE for nearly twenty years.
V\, MM*. *th // Their brandis a guarantee on every package
LV/if Buy the Best.
for WHITENESS AND DURABILITY
and COVERING CAPACITY, it is excelled
by none and equalled by few. Over one hundred tons of this Lead used in Augus
ta in the last three years. No purchaser has ever been disappointed. Abundant
references given, inquire for JEWETT’S WHITE LEAD ans PURE LINSEED
F "’“ il " ! M,lcr “"' “ ALEXINDEB'S and at.,..
.1. >l. BURDELL,
Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant,
IQo. 6 Warren Block, Augusta, Ga,
advance made and striot attention to all Consignments, and Prompt Bewkttanewr.
Grange Fire-Proof Warehouse,
No. 6 Mclatask Street, Aogasta, Da.
The PLANTERS' UNION AGENCY continues the business of sell in
COTTON AND DRAIN
.. ume eharges, viz: BAGGING and TIBS furnished to patrons.-
Commisaioß for selling eotton, 60s. per bale, ttrasgs seal ox ord6C ’ , ‘
Storase-First week 10c. do V. Y. BUBDBLL,
do Baeh additional week.. 60. do Superintendent.
PmynffT do ispao-wam
