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Address WALSH 4 WRIGHT,
Caaoxicha 4 Benttnei.. Augusta. Ga.
Chronicle anti Sentinel.
WEDNESDAY.DECEMBER 20, 187.
As the fonrtk of March approaches
President Grant grows loquacious. Of
late he has talked so much and so fool
ishly that even his blindest admirers can
no longer liken him to William the
Silent, As soon as the Sphynx spoke
his trne character appeared.
The Brooklyn Argun, which bitterly
oppoaed Tildes during the campaign,
conoedes his*election, and advises the
Republican party to recognize the fact.
It says that in the event of political
troubles a financial crash is inevitable,
and that “there is $6,000,000,000 of pri
vate and corporate indebtedness, and
but $500,000,000 of money, not required
aa a legal reserve, to pay with.”
General Grant considered it “imper
tinent” in General Hampton to say that if
the President would recognize the legal
Legislature and withdraw the troops, he
(Hampton) would do everything possible
to preserve the peace. Perhaps General
Grant is not aware that General Hamp
ton. and not General Ruoer, has been
preserving the peace in South Carolina
ever since the twenty-seventh of Novem
ber.
General Grant repeats and endorses
the slanders of Chamberlain concern
ing the existence of an “ insurrection ”
in South Carolina, and pathetically adds
that if the troops should be withdrawn
there might be peace in that city, but it
would be the peace of £eath. The
President seems to be a happy combina
tion of kDave and dunoe. The election
of Tildbn has excited him so much that
he has given the public several exhibitions
in each character reoently.
Of the operations in Wall street on
Tuesday—the day before the meeting of
the Electoral College—the New York
Herald, of Wednesday, says : Until
near the cloning hour stocks were heavy.
Suddenly, in response to rumors that
Florida had giver, her electoral vote to
Tilden, prices advanced and the market
closed strong. Gold declined from
1 08) to 1 081. Government and rail
way bonds were steady. Money on call
loaned at C>, 5 ami finally at 3 per cent.
General Guam- says he never instruct
ed General Ruokh to place troops in the
House at Columbia on the 28th of
November. Yet the troops.were placed
there ud General Ruoer stated no la
ter than las. 4 Saturday they would be used
to eject the legally elected members of
the Legislature win) ml ßht attempt to
enter the House. ie wo
Generals are right, Grant or Huger ?
They both deny any intention of in*®* -
fering with the Legislature, and they
both do interfere whenever called upon
by Chamberlain or the Rump.
Grant says that Hayes carried all but
four of the States that furnished the
means for the suppression of the rebel
lion, wbile Tildbn carried all but three
of those whioh sought to destroy the
Union. General Grant has little cause
to find fault with the “rebellion,” as he
terms a war waged for constitutional
rights. The tbrowes of revolution made
a drunken and disgraced Captain Gen
eral of the Armies and President of the
United States, nud euabled his chosen
friends to grow on the stealings
whioh were so plentiful wheu war was
being waged for the “Union.”
The Monroe Advertiser prints the fol- j
lowing: A uiau who left Georgia last
January aud moved to Arkansas, writes
back : “This is a rioh country to farm
to, but a poor country to live in. Crops
are always good, but no one can hold
out to gather them. Everybody takes
the swamp fever. We have all lost all
we had wheu we came here, and the only
thing we have to show for it is the swamp
fever. I wish I was back in Georgia.
•1 never would come back here; aud I
-would go now, if I oould get rid of this
infernal swamp fever.”
The New York Ataats Zeitung, the
ablest German paper in the country,
thinks the American people are not giv
ing proper appreciation to the signifi
eanoeof passing events, and concludes
that “it is possible that a fearful bnsi
uess crisis may change the .situation
•ud bring upon the political stage other
elements thau those which have hitherto
given tone to our political development;
but from those who have, until, now,
carried on the politics of the Union, and
especially from the men who have led
the Republican party, nothing more is
be hoped."
J&RFStUMENTS with the telephone, the
sotiL'd telegraph, are in progress at Bos
ton, but whether the invention will ever
be made serviceable for very long dis
tances is not yet determined. Voioes at
Salem oould be distinctly heard, bnt
.whispering was unintelligible. Mo diffi
mitj was experienced in carrying on a
•conversation with persous at North Con
way, 143 miles away, bnt nothing bnt
the toues ot the voice conld be beard
from Portland, Me. As the electro
magnets in nse were intended for a oir
tfO.it of only twenty miles, it is hoped
that more powerful ones may render
•conversation possible for far longer dis
tances than the experiment proved prac
ticable.
As exchange says that for years past
it has been known that pnritan blood in
Massachusetts was being fiiJnted with
ominous rapidity, and some gone
so far as to predict that in a few genera
tions there will not be a single specimen
of the genuine old stock to be found in
the State. Certain it is that the mixing
process is going on rapidly. The cen
sus report for 1875, just published,
shows that the per eentage of births to
American parents constantly diminishes,
.while those to mixed parents is constant
ly aa the increase. The average sum
tber of births to Massachusetts mothers
gg£.ss; to Irish mothers, 5.03; to Cana
dian mothers, 4.78, and to German
mothers, 5.23,
Grant is said to have remarked to Senator
Randolph, who happened to mention the Su
preme Court of South Carolina, “I don’t cate
ad n for the Supreme Court." It would
Ifeave been oourteoua and satisfactory for him
>tohare communicated the fact in a special
,meesage to Congress. Such a course would
thave relieved him of any further referenoe to
Southern affairs. In fact, hii coming speeial
message .-boiled down will be simply, “I don’t
_-are ad n for Supreme Courts.”
OCR COUNTY TAX.
The people of Richmond county {are
fortunate in having an administration of
county affairs that has given a low rate
of taxation. Under Judge Snead’s care
fnl management taxes are lower in Rich
mond than in almost any connty of the
State. The Atlanta Constitution pub
lishes a table, takep from the Comp
troller-General’s books, showing the
rate in twelve of the largest counties in
the State. In bat one is the rate as low
as it is in Richmond:
Chatham 39 cents on the SIOO
Coweta 37 J do 100
Bibb 40 do 100
Bartow . 45 do 100
Burke 37 J do 100
Fulton 22f do 100
Floyd .57 do 100
Muscogee 30 do 100
Monroe 30 do 100
Richmond 25 do 100
Troup 40 do 100
Whitfield 30 do 100
THE BROOKLYN HORROR.
We publish this morning a graphic
description of the Brooklyn horror, as
contained in the evidence of Miss Kate
Cl,ax ton, the leading actress performing
in the theatre at the time of the fire. An
exchange well says that each new detail
of the dreadful events connected with
the destruction of the Brooklyn Theatre
famishes au addition to the horrible
features of that unparalleled calamity.
Instead of the first reports being exag
gerated, as often~happens in the recital
of wofuljoccnrrences, they fell far shor
of the truth. They failed to take oogzi
zance not only of the terrible number of
victims, but of the dreadful scenes
whioh occurred during the progress of
the fire among the men and women who
were making a desperate struggle with
their companions for avenues of eaoape.
If all the mimic woes and sorrows of the
drama could be concentrated and em
bodied they would fall far short in in
tensity of suffering of the tragedy in
real life enacted within the walls of the
doomed theatre. In the fierce rush for
safety the instinct of self-preservation
overcame all gentle feelings, and the
tenor of the accounts given by the sur
vivors indicates that some of the
oontests that ensued were to the
last degree ferocious and inhu
man. Many who escaped seemed to
have walked over pileß of prostrate
bodies, some of which were slippery
with blood, so that all the agonies of a
sanguinary battle field, on which com
batants had fought faoe to face, were
added to the terror of the devouring
flames. The statements published in re
lation to the fire and the causes of its
rapid progress and fearfal consequences
embrace the allegations that the con
struction and arrangement of the thea
tre were of a nature that facilitated the
rapid progress of the flames ; that no
efficient provision had been made on the
stage for the prompt extinguishment of
an accidental conflagration; that the
victims were chiefly among the portion
of the audience in the upper circle or
galleries, numbering about seven hun
dred and fifty persons, whose only avail
able means of egress was by a stairway
only seven or eight feet wide, and that
the ohief cause of tbe magnitude of the
loss of life was the inadequacy of this
narrow stairway to provide room for the
speedy departure of an excited and en
dangered crowd of human beings.
There is little occasion for the elabora
tion of the lessons taught by these dis
closures. They are so plain that he who
runs may read.
A QUESTION OF LIABILITY.
The prudent traveler, when he starts
on a journey, will never entrust his
money or jewels to the precarious for
tunes of a trunk, but carry them about
his person, or what is better still, en
trust their transportation to some re
sponsible express company which give
a receipt for the safe delivery of the
goods, and in csam ftl failure to perform
their part of the contract, are held
liable to the full value of the articles
committed to their care, This is well
understood by those who have had ex
perience as tourists, but they will some
times take the risk of loss rather than
pay the extra charges. That this is a
very unwise plan has just been shown
by a decision of pne of the New York
courts. Mrs. Clara W. W arner sued
the Great Western Transportation pom
i pany for damages, on account of peouni
ary loss in the manner described. She
paid ft the rate of seventy-five cents per
hundred weight for her baggage, which
was to be shipped to Buffalo. On the way
her tranks were broken opftft ppd
robbed of money and property to the
value of $3,411 55, which she asked to
recover. Defendant admitted the re
ceipt of the baggage, but set up that it
had been transported as common freight,
aud that the plaintiff had given no notioe
to the contrary. On this evidence the
Judge delivered his charge to the jury.
He said the common carrier was held
responsible for all goods, pares and
merchandise received by him in the way
of ordinary freight, but was not re
sponsible for gold, silver, diamonds and
articles of vertu, or rich and costly
ornaments. Tbe jury gave a verdict for
the defendants. It would be well for
the traveling public to make a note of
this.
A TWO-EDGED AKHU’IIEKV.
The Boston Olobe says the action of
the Governor of Oregon in giving his
certificate to the Electoral College which
east one vote for Tildbn and two for
Hayks sharpens the other side of the ar
gument against the right of Congress to
go back of the duly certified lists of
votes reoeived. As the ease now stands
Tikdkn and Hkndricxs have A majority
of one of the votes which will be receiv
ed in regular form, duly certified by the
(governors of States. There will be two
sets of electoral votes received not only
from Oregon, but from Louisiana, South
Carolina and flogida, with one stray
vote from Vermont, claiming to be that
of a duly elected Democrat. From the
three Southern States the Bepublioans
will have the official certified lists, bat
that one vote from Oregon will tarn the
scale if counted. Where two sets of
votes are received, the President of the
Senate or the joint soaranfiop oyer
which he presides must decide which to
oonnh If they cannot go back of the
returns, they must take those which arc
regular in form and duly certified,
including thst of Oregon with the
oaa Tildxk vote. If they can go back
of the certified list and decide in favor
of some other, or reject both, why, then,
the whole thing is easily settled. What
is good for the yote of Gregop is good
tor the vote of Louisiana. The argu
ment against going back of the votes
outs both ways, and cannot be used by
the Republicans to any advantage. Ini
past years they have maintained the
right of Congress to reject votes, and
the Democrats have denied it. This
year, it being to the supposed advan
tage of Republicans to have all the
votes counted, they have been dispos
ed to shift their ground. The Demo
crats, supposing it would be to their
advantage to have some exolnded, have
shown a sudden siabrity in taking up
with the Republican heresy. Now,
however, the tables are suddenly turn
ed again. If the votes are counted as
reoeived in duly certified form the
Democrats get both President and
Vice-President by a majority of one,
and the Republicans get nothing. If
those of Oregon are excluded, the
Democrats get the President and the
Republicans the Vice-President, no
matter what is done with the returns
from the disputed Southern States.
NORTH G EORGIA ANNUAL CONFER.
ENCE.
Third Du.
Sparta, Ga., December 9. —The Con
ference convened at 9, a. m., Bishop
Pierce in the Chair.
Religions exercises by Rev. W. F.
Florence. Minutes of yesterday’s ses
sion read and approved.
The question “What local preachers
are elected deacons ?” was taken up,
and the following elected : D. H.
Fonche, J. T. Peacock, James H. Tim
merman, W. F. Fleming, N. A. Moss,
W. T. Nolan, John Bonner, A. J. Wa
ters.
Question, “What local preachers are
elected deacons ?” Was taken up, and
the following elected : J. M. Harwell,
Wm. A. Samuel, from the Baptist
Church, was recognized in elders orders,
Benj. A. Johnson, Blackwood E.
Benson, Robt. Leslie, Robt. T. Wilker
son.
The question, “Who remains on
trial ?” was resnmed and D. F. C. Tim
mons was passed and continued on trial.
Question, “Who are Supernumerary?”
was called and the fallowing oases acted
upon : P. A. Heard, and continued; E.
G. Murrah, and continued; J. T. Morris,
and continued; R. H. Jones, and con
tinued; J. B. McFarland, and left effec
tive; J. P. Howell, and continued; A.
Means, and continued; J. M. Lewery,
and left effective.
Tbe question “Who are Superanuat
ed ?” was called and the following aoted
upon : R. A. Connor, and continued;
Henry Cranferd, and continued; A.
J. Deavours, and continued; John
M. Bright, and continued ; J. M.
Armstrong, and continued; J. P.
Duncan, and continued; M. G. Hamby,
and continued: J. B. C. Quillian, and
continued; Goodman Hnghes, and con
tinued; Morgan Bellab, and continued;
Claiborn Trussell, and continued; Noah
H. Palmer, and continued; John W.
Knight, and continued; Josiah Lewis,
and left effective; W. J. Scott, and con
tinued; W. J. Wardlaw, and continued;
Samuel J. Bellab, and continued.
The following were placed on the su
peranuated list: J. Boring, Daniel Kel
sey, James Jones.
The committee on education made
their report, which was adopted.
Prof. H. A. Scomp, of Emory College,
was introduced at this point and ad
dressed the Conference in behalf of the
College library. He was pointed and
earnest in his remarks. Dr. A. G. Hay
goed, President of the College, also ad
dressed the Conference in behalf of the
College. It was one of the Doctors best
efforts, bringing before the Conference
the indispensable necessity of Christian
education and tbe claims of the College
to a full and adequate endowment.
Robt. Hester and N. C. Ware appear
ed and took their seats as members of
the Conference.
Leave of absence was granted Rev.
W. R. Branham, J. E. Godfrey and Dr.
A. Means.
W. H. Potter reported, as Chairman
of the Committee on Fraternal Relations
with the Methodist Episcopal Church,
resolutions ratifying the Cape May
Commission work, which were adopted
by a rising vote.
The joint Board of Finance made dis
tribution of amounts to claimants.
On motion, a committee was appoint
ed to report suitable resolutions in
memory of Dr. E. H. Myers, late Com
missioner of tbe Methodist Episcopal
Church South, at Cape May.
Bishop Pierce has repeated his call
for men to Arkansas, South Georgia
and Florida. Dr. J. B. McFerrin is
here. He exhorts the young preaohers
to adjourn the question of marriage till
they are older, and to abstain from the
use of tobacco, lest they should get old
too fast. It seems that tobacoo in cer
tain quantities and women of certain
ealibre might injure a preacher;
The following are tbe appointments
for Sunday:
Methodist Church : 9, a. m., Love
Feast, by Rev. C. W. Key; 11, a. m.,
preaching by Dr. J. B. McFerrin, and
ordination of deacons; 3, p. m., Sunday
School Anniversary addresses, by Hon.
H. P. Bell and Rev. W. H. Laprade; 7,
p. m., Memorial service and ordination
of elders.
Presbyterian Church: 11, a. m.,
preaching by Dr. W. P. Harrison; 8, p.
m., by Dr. A. Means; 7, p. m., by Rev.
W. P. Pledger.
Baptist Church : 11, a. m., preaching
by Rev. W. F. Quillian; 3, p. m., by Dr.
W. H. Potter.
Factory : Preaching at 11, a. m., and
7, p. m., by Rev. J. A. Reynolds.
Ebenezer (col.) Methodist : 11, a. m.,
Rev. David Nolan; 3, p. m., Rev. F. M.
T. Branson; 7, p. m., Rev. G. A. Throw
er.
St. Mark’s (col.) Methodist: 11, a. m.,
preaebing by Rev. J. N, Myers; 8, p. m.,
by Rev. J. T. Lowe; 7, p. m., by Rev.
J. J. Harris. W. A. C.
Sunday’* Services.
Sparta, Ga., December 11.—The
crowds were immense at both the Meth
odist aud Presbyterian Churches. Dr.
J. B. McFerrin filled tjie pulpit at the
former and Dr. W. P. Harrison at the
latter. Never having listened to the
great Tennesseean, we went to the Meth
odist Church. At 9, a. m., a most inter
esting love feast was held, Rev. W. R.
Branham copducting {the exercises. At |
11, a. m., Dr. McFerfip capje in and en- J
tered the pulpit. He is a striking manJl
mentally, morally and physically, Aftefl
the usual prefatory services of reading!
the Bible, singing and prayer, nfl
announced as his text John, Ist
ter, 11th, 12th and 13th verses,
special reference to the 13tb. The
reads : “He came unto his own,^^H|
his own received him not.
many as received him, to them
posyer to become the sons of God,
to them th§t believe on his name; wl|fl
were born nojt of blood, gor of
of the flesh, nor of the >ijl of
of od.” He began Ilia dispoorfl
remarking upon the progress of
and of Christianity. He remarki JB
there was a great ditterenoe -
general progress of Christ
personal piety. He then
discuss the new birth as the basis of
this personal piety by calling attention,
in the first place, to the terms used to
express it ifi Rible, enumerating
and amplifying, oop creature,”
“ transition from darkness to light,”
and “new birth.” He then announced
as thp great point of the subject the
question, *> Hpw is this new birth ac
complished f’ fie said the question
was answered in tn,e teyt. First, “ Not
of blood,” he said, repudiating the idea
of inherited righteousness. Second.
He asserted it “ not of tfie will of flesh,”
scooting the ides of self-conversion and
the doctrine of salvation by reforma
tion. Third. He said it was not by the
will of man, -and attacked the idea of
salvation by merely belonging to the
church, and antagonized the Romish
doctrines of penanoe and purga
tory. He also reviewed the doc
trine of the Church of England and
the Episacpal Ghnrch in this conntry as
to baptismal Regeneration. He reproved
nnder the same head pertain forms of
Methodist who possess this foi’m fif god
liness without its power.
Fourthly. JHe asserted that the new
birth was being born of God. He called
attention to the difference between this
new birtfi and mere formality and illus
trated it by referring to Adam’s body
before God breathed into hie nostrils the
breath of life, and as it yas after it be
gun to live and move. He remarked upon
the inexplicable mystery of the Holy
Spirit’s operations on the heart so
far as mere mode is concerned.—
He asked, as the third great division of
his subject, how this new birth oame,
and asserted that it was by faith, and
hepoe it suited &1L He then expatiated
on the phrase •‘power” (or privilege)
“of becoming sons of God.” On tnis
point he was exceedingly felicitous. In
speaking of being a son of God in death
he pned ont in his own peculiar way,
“What is death ? It is nothing to fear.
In the words another God is my father,
and he owns tho land on jjotb sides of
the river,’ After finishing his sermon
by request of Bishop Pierce, whose
throat is disabled so ho can not talk
easily, be delivered the charge to the
deacons to be ordained. It was ope of
the finest charges we ever heard.
Bishop Pierce, assisted by Rev. J. W.
Heidt and Dr. A. G. Haygood, then or
dained the following deacons: Traveling
preachers—J. E, England, W. H. Tram
mell, E. A Gray, 3. W. Lee, T. B, Ken
dall, 0. L. Patillo. Local preachers—
D. H. Fouobe, A.. 0. Davidson, M. Z.
Glenn.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1876.
The Snnday School anniversary in the
afternoon was very interesting.
Speeches were made by Rev. W. H.
Laprade, Hon. H. P. Bell, Dr. MoFer
ne aud Dr. Haygood. Dr. McFerrin
sang au Indian Sunday School song.
The memorial services at 7 o’clock, p.
m., were very impressive. Six preaohers
have died in the Conference this year—
more than ever before in one year. Me
moirs of the following were read: Rev.
B. J. Johnson, Rev. J. H. Mashburn,
Rev. J. H. Harris, Rev. Jesse W. Car
roll, Rev. Robert F. Jones and Rev. G.
J. Pieroe. Speeches by various mem
bers of the Conference were made in
memory of each of them. Dr. W. H.
Potter read a memoir of Dr. E. H. My
ers, and made a speech to his memory.
W. A. 0.
Last Day.
Sparta, Ga., December 11.—Confer
ence oonvened at the usual hour, Bishop
Pierce in the Chair. Religious exercises
by Rev. J. M. Dickey. Minutes of Sat
day’s session read and approved.
W. D. Heath was located at his own
request.
The twentieth question was called, and
the characters of the following elders
passed: A. G. Worley, J. M. Dickey, W.
F. Lewis, W. A. Fariss, C. A. Oanaway,
J. J. Morgan, W. T. Norman (and grant
ed a supernumerary relation), J. R.
Parker, D. Cox, R. R. Johnson, J. N.
Myers, N. W. Arnold, M. H. Eakes, J.
Chambers, C. A. Mitchell, G. W. Yar
brough, L. J. Davies, T. S. L. Harnell,
Britton Sanders, J. R. Smith, R. J.
Harnell, W. P. Rivers, J. R. Pate, J. B.
Payne, G. E. Gardener, J. T. Lowe,
W. T. McMichael, J. W. Heidt, G.
G. Smith, P. M. Rybnru, J. H. Baxter,
H. J. Ellis, J. S. Bryan, M. H. White,
W. A. Simmons, W. J. Copter, D. No
lan, L. Rush, J. Carr, J. M. Bowden,
W. F. Quillian, E. K. Aiken, W. H.
Graham (and located at his own re
quest,) Young J. Allen, W. A. Parks, J.
H. Mayson, W. P. Pledger, W. H. Lap
rade, D. J. Weems, A. M. Thigpen, B.
E. L. Timmons, F. F. Reynolds, A. J.
Jarrell, W. R. Foote, Sr., Sanford
Leake, B. F. Farris (and granted a
snperanuated relation). J. Lewis was
granted a superanuated relation.
The memoirs of deceased members
which were read last night were adopted
and the minutes of the memorial servioe
made a part of the minutes of the Con
ference.
The Committee on Books and Peri
odicals made their report whioh was
adopted. Rev. H. H. Parks was
plaoed on the Publishing Com
mittee of the Southern Christian
Advocate, in place of Hon. Geo. N.
Lester, resigned.
A session of the legal conference was
now held. Legal conference adjourned
for the reassembling of the ecclesiasti
cal.
A session of the Conference was or
dered at 2:30, p. m.
The following were granted leave of
absence :
J. W. Knight, J. Jones, J. J. Wright,
and R. J. Powell. Rev. W. P.'Harriaon
and J. F. Langston were put on the
Board of Missions in plaoe of Rev. J.
Lewis and L. D. Palmer, resigned.
The Conference adjourned with the
benediction by the Bishop.
Evening Semion.
Conference oonvened pursuant to ad
journment, Bishop Pierce in the Chair.
Minutes of morning session read and
adopted.
Dr. A. G. Haygood announced that
the venerable Dr. Leviok Pierce would
visit the Conference soon, and moved
that the Conference receive him in a
standing posture, which motion was
carried.
Sunday School Secretary read the re
port of the Sunday School Board, whioh
was adopted. W. H. Laprade and W.
D. Anderson were placed on the Sunday
School Board. W. H. Laprade was
elected Conference Snnday School Sec
retary. At this point of the business
Dr, Loviek Pierce came into the Con
ference leaning upon the arm of L.
Pierce, Jr. He seemed feeble bat muoh
stronger than we had expected to see.
The Bishop now oalled the question,
“Where shall the next Conference be
held,” and the following places were
nominated: Conyers, Marietta, For
syth, Rome, Gainesville, L&Grange)
Gainesville was eleoted, and on motion
the vote was made unanimous.
Dr. Pierce now took leave of the Con
ference. His remarks were pointed,
touching, few. Never have we witness
ed a scene like this. As the old veteran
marched down the aisle in retiring every
eye was full of tears. Grand man Iwe
fear he shall never look upon the North
Georgia again.
Dr, Haygood introduced resolutions
expressive of pleasure in Dr. Pierce’s
visit to the Conference and of prayers
for our successful imitation of his
worthy example and for grace to support
him in his old age. The resolutions
were carried unanimously. Report of
the Bible cause was read and
adopted. Report on the Orphans’ Home
was read and adopted. Vote of thanks
was tendered the Spa Ha people for their
hospitality and That was one
time when a sinoere. A
vote of thanks the rail
roads for was
offered of
the
and
annual
i >m:tm
style,
ten-
of ;
Tt • shown the
(.'•> Vicul Hecretarv
reajH
excises Hinging
were
visiting committees
Wf Emory College—W,
Wr\. Seals, W. F. Glenn,
W H P. Bell. Wesleyan Fe-
L. J. Davies, J. H. Ba*-
Htendall, Powell Caray King.
W W. A. C.
By ibe North ti-oriu C outer
ence tor 1877.
is a full list of tbs ap-
by the North Georgia Con-
Hnoe:
Athena Dlatriet.
F- Pierce, Presiding Elder.
W. H. Fptter, P A. Hegrd,
pip.; Oconee St., A. 0. Thomas.
i Factory Mission; To be supplied by
W. T. Bell.
Watkinsville: W. W. Oslin, W. A.
Oandler.
Madison. T. A. Seals.
Morgan ; J. E. England, M. D.
Turner.
Greenesboro: W. T. Hamilton.
White Plains: W. P. Lovejoy.
Lexington; A- W- Williams, E. G.
Murrah, sup;
Winterville; C. G. pary.
Washington: W. ?. Pledger.
Broad River: J. F. Mixon.
Little Riyer: W. L. Parbrough.
Crawfordville: Q. G. Simmons.
Linoolnton: W. H. Tramell, M. H,
Dillard.
State Pniversity: E. W. Speer.
AHanfa PUfripf:
W, F. Oook, Presiding Hide*.
First Churoh: W. P. Harrison,
Sixth Ohnrch: D. L. Anderson,
Fulton : J. J. Morgan.
Payue’s Chapel: J. A Reynolds.
Evans’ Chapel : Geo. E. Gardner.
Trinity : J. E. Evans.
St. Paul’s : W. A. Dodge. Edge
wood : W. R. Branham, Jr.
East Point : O. A. Thrower.
Decatur : W F. Smith.
Conyers : 3. D. Gray.
Covington : To be supplied.
Newton : J. A Rosser.
Oxford ; AG. Haygood, A Means,
sup.
Mt. Tabor and §ardis to be supplied.
Albert Gray.
Monroe : D. F. O. Timmons,
Social Circle : W. B. Branham, Sr.
Emory College : A G. Haygood,
President, M. Calloway.
Flat Shoals : W. R. Foot, Sr.
Superintendent Orphan’s Home : L.
Lnpo.
Augusta District.
R, W. Bigham, Presiding Elder.
St. John’s ; C. A Evans. St, Lake’s:
C. W. Key.
St James’ and Jones' Chapel; AJ.
Jarrell.
Asbury: F. G. Hughes.
Richmond: R. A- Seale.
Bel-Air Mission—
Lin wood; A W. Unillia#.
Appling: G. W. Hardaway.
Hearing Mission: TANARUS be supplied by
E, P. Bonper.
Thomson; W. 0. Dunlap.
Warren Ot : F. P. Browp.
Warrenton ; F, B. Davies.
Sparta: H. J. Adams.
Hancock Ct : J. L. Pierce, G. H. Pat
tillo.
Mil ledge ville : H. H. Parks.
Baldwin : W. & Foot, Jr.
Eaton ton : F. A. Kimball.
Putnam: W. T. Caldwell.
DdklMtfd District.
J. W. Stipe, Presiding Elder.
Dahlonega : J. D. Hammond.
Porter Spring Mission ; E. H. Wood.
Dawsonville : J. N. Myers.
Cleveland : J. H. Ellis.
Naoooohee: J. W. G. Watkins.
Bairs villa and Mission: C. L. Pat
tillo.
Morganton Mission: W. H. Speer.
Ellijay: T. J. Edwards.
Jasper: J. H. Mashburn.
Clayton and Mission: J. H. Bently.
Amioalola Mission: H. M. Quillian.
Hiawassee: G. O. Andrews.
Dalton District.
A. M. Shigpen, Presiding Elder,
Dalton: P. M. Byburn.
Dalton Ct.: W. G. Hanson.
Ringgold: W. L. Wootten.
Summerville: H. C. Christian,
Subligna: E. B. Rees.
LaFayette: G. W. Duvall.
McLemore Cove: J. B, McFarland.
Spring Place: A. J. Hughes.
Resaoa: To be supplied by J. S. Har
kins.
Murray Mission: I. G, Parks.
Calhoun and Oothcaloga : J. M.
Diokey.
Gordon Ct.: P. G. Reynolds.
Kingston: J. J. Singleton.
Dalton Female College: W. A. Rogers.
Elhorton District.
A. G. Worley, Presiding Elder.
Elberton : W. J. Cotter.
Bethlehem : O. A. Mitchell.
Elbert : W. A. Florence.
Jefferson : W. A. Farris.
Mulberry : M. H. Eakes.
Carnesville : O. A. Connaway.
Danielsville : N. Z. Glenn.
Home : G. E. Bonner.
Gillsville : W. E. Shackleford.
Toccoa : J. R. Smith.
Hartwell : W. P. Smith.
Clarksville : E. A. Gray.
Franklin Springs : J. M. Qnillian.
Belton Mission : J. W. Baker.
Uainesville District.
J. R, Parker, Presiding Elder,
Gainesville ; D. D, Cox.
Alpharetta : J. J. Harris*
Canton : J. M. Lowry.
Cherokee : R. L. Campbell and one to
be supplied.
Cumming : W. T. Laine.
Flowery Braneh : R. H. Rogers
Hall : M. J. Gofer.
Lawrenoeville : G. W. Thomas.
Logansville : J. S. Embry.
Duluth : J. Carr.
Roswell ; Eli Smith.
Noroross : W. W. Lampkin.
Etowah : J. Chambers.
Koine District.
S. P. Richardson, Presiding Elder.
Rome: W. H. Laprade.
DeSoto: S. P. Jones,
Forrestville: M. L. Underwood.
Cedar Town: W. D. Anderson.
Cedar Valley: To be supplied.
Cave Spring: B. E. L. Timmons.
Haralson: To be supplied.
Cartersville: T. H. Timmons, J. T.
Norris, supernumerary.
Marietta: W. F. Glenn.
Aoworth: M. W. Arnold, R. H. .lones,
supernumerary.
Powder Springs: D. J. Weems.
Dallas; R. P. Martin.
Donglassville; W. O. Butler.
Silver Creek: To be supplied.
Rookmart: S. Leake.
Villa Riea: F. F. Reynolds.
A. T. Mann transfered to South
Georgia Conference.
S. L. Smith transfered to Florida.
V. V. Harlan and W. I. Wood trans
fered to Arkansas Conference.
Grifllii District,
G. W. Yarbrough, Presiding Elder.
Griffin: D. J. Myrick.
Zebulon: T. S. L. Harwell.
Fayette: B. Sanders.
Jonesboro: J. M. Bowdon.
McDonough: J. W. Yarbough.
Hampton: T. R. Kendall.
Jackson; A. W. Rowland.
Snapping Shoals: R, J. Harwell.
Oomnigee: To be supplied,
Pleasant Hill: To be supplied,
Barnes villa: W. P, Rivers.
Milner: R. W. Rogers, -t J
Upson: J. R. Pate. '7
Thomaston: R. B. Johnson.
Forsyth: L. J. Davies.
Forsyth Circuit: J. T. Lowe.
Clinton :JW. TANARUS., McMichael.
Cnlloden: J. B. Payne.
LaGrange District.
J. W. Heidt, Presiding Elder.
LaGrange: G. G. Smith.
West Point: W. F. Lewis.
Newnan: J. H. Baxter.
Troupe: H. J. Ellis.
Long Cane: J. W. Lee, A. 8. Howell
—supernumerary
Whitesville: M. H. White.
Greenville and Trinity: J. S. Bryan.
Chalybeate Springs: To be supplied
by F. W. Bagley.
Grantville: F. M. T. Brannon.
Whites burg; D. Nolan.
Hoganßrille: W. A. Simißons.
Senoia: L. Rush, one to be supplied.
Palmetto and Jones: W. M. D. Bond.
Fairborn: L. P. Neese.
Carrolton: W. F. Quillian.
Bowdoin; J. L. perry jean.
Franklin; E. K. Akin.
Heard: To be supplied.
Missionary to China: Young J, Allen.
LaGrange Female College: J. R. May
son.
County Line: Snp. J. Jones.
Prospect: E. I. Smith.
Agent Wesleyan Female College: W.
A. Parks.
Next Conference to be held at Gaines
ville, Ga.
ftJNp fQTTftN.
P*arf *f the pharleefon K*f,Uaii*p, Lyajd.
W*l MlMieelpsi, Arkansas and Ueorgia
riw* * '
Charleston, December 11.- -Novem
ber report of the Charleston Exchange
on the South Carolina cotton crop,
based on 50 replies from 25 counties :
Weather reported by 33 more favorable,
by 15 as the same, and by two less fa
vorable than the same month last year.
The crop of the State may be regarded
as gathered. Thirty-four counties re
port picking as finished at the date of
their replies ; 16 say from 85 per cent.
to Pe? pepk i? fclrpafly picked, and
that all woqld be gathered by the Ifitli.
The average of the replies show a de
crease in yield in the 25 counties heard
from of 16 per cent, compared to last
year. The proportion of the crop al
ready sent to market is from 60 to 90
percent. The drouth in August, and
the early frost in October, are reported
as having reduced the crop from 25 per
cent, to 33 per cent., and the present
condition of the country is causing it to
be marketed more rapidly than usual.
New Orleans, December 10.—Cotton
Exohange report for Louisi
ana— Most fayorable ‘season eypr known
for gathering. Ijinety-fiye per oent.
pioked and will finish by the fifteenth
inßt. The yield ip Carrol, Madison,
Tensas pud Conpoydja parishes aye 40 to
50 per cent, short, because tfie bulk pf
the prop was planted after the overfiow.
In the remainder of the gtate it will be
about per cent, short,
Mississippi.—Weather more favorable
than Isat year; 85 per oent. of the orop
has been gathered. They will finish by
the 15th. The yield falls off 28 per
oent.
Arkansas.—More favorable than last
year; yield 33 per cent, less than last
year; finish picking by the 15th. Re
ports generally indicate very fine quality
of cotton owing to favorable weather.
Savannah, December 11.—The crop
report for November, 1876:
Georgia—The character of the weather
from Ist October last has been generally
dry and exceedingly favorable for gath
ering the crop, even more so than last
year. Ifo killing frost until about 15th
Qotpbpf jn fhe fipppr apfi Jst to lQih
November in the lower counties, being,
however, of very little damage. Ia
most sections ths crop is nearly all
gathered, while in some few districts
picking will be oontinned until about
the 15th. Comparative estimates
as to the yield are somewhat conflicting,
but the general opinion favors 15 to
20 per oent., in excess of last year.
From various causes the crop has been
rapidly marketed, and in grade and
prepaifctibn fexcels that' of last year.
Florida—Th’e weather has bectn much
more favorable than last year for gather
ing the crop. A killing frost occurred
from the IQth to the 20th November,
bqt no daipag? done, as ' the crop
was fplly matured. Ticking will be en
tirely over by the 15th. Estimates of
the yield vary from 15 to 20 per cent in
excess of fast yeaf. Top props are also
said t bp biftfsr ppltiyated than last
year, jp§ in preparation and grade
much improved.
Atlanta ia whitewashing her legisla
tive halls and faro banks.— Richmond
Enquirer.
MR. STEPHENS’ VIEWS.
National Hotel, )
Washington, D. 0., December 9,1876.)
Messrs. Walsh A Wright, Editors of
the Chronicle and Sentinel, Augusta,
Oa.:
' I send yon enclosed an editorial slip
from the Union, of this morning, the
new Democrat paper established in this
city. The title of the article is “Con
stitutional vs. Bevolntionary Methods."
Will you please publish it in your pa
per in fall, with this note from pie ?
The artiole hiore completely coincides
with my own views on the present situa
tion than anything I have seen from
any other quarter. lam in daily re
ceipt of letters from all parts of the
State, and especially from the Eighth
District, inquiring my views upon the
subjeot. I think it best, therefore, to
answer all in this way. I could not ex
press my ideas more clearly than they
are set forth in the article referred to.
Yours, most respectfully,
Alexander H. Stephens.
ConatUutioual vs. Revolutionary Methods.
There are but three methods provided
by the Constitution by which a Presi
dent may be elected. Any departure
from these methods, no matter by whom
meditated or attempted, is revolution.
First, it is provided that each State
shall appoint, in suoh manner as the
Legislature thereof may direct, Presi
dential electors. These electors must be
qualified persons. “No Senator or
Representative or person holding an
office of trust or profit under the United
States shall be appointed an elector."
These electors are required to meet in
their respective States, to vote by ballot
for President and Vice-President, to
certify the result, and to transmit the
certificates, signed and sealed, to the
seat of Government, directed to the
President of the Senate. When the
President of the Senate shall, in the
presence of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, open the certificates,
and tbp votes shall then be counted, the
person having the greatest number of
votes for President snail ha the Presi
dent, if such number be a majority of
the whole number of electors appointed.
This is the first method. If, however,
no person have such majority, then,
from the persons having the highest
numbers, not exceeding three, the House
of Representatives shall choose imme
diately, by ballot, the President, voting
by States, the representation from each
State having one vote, and a quorum for
the purpose consisting of a member or
members from two-thirds of the States,
and a majority of all the States be
ing necessary to a choice. This
is the second method. If the House
of Representatives shall not choose a
President, whenever the right of choice
shall devolve upon them, before the 4th
day of March next following, then the
Vice-President becomes President; the
Vice-President being (1) the person hav
ing the greatest number of votes as
Vice President, if such number shall be
a majority of the whole number of elec
tors appointed; or (2) if no person have
such majority, the person chosen as
Vice-President by the Senate from the
two highest numbers on the list, a quo
rum of the Senate for making such
choice consisting of two-thirds of the
whole number of Senators, and a major
ity of the whole number being necessary
for a choice. This is the third method
and exhausts the constitutional plan. It
is the fashion just now to speak of that
plan as a failure, and of the questions
arising out of the recent election as o
“constitutional muddle." Sqoh lan
guage implies a very imperfect acquaint
ance with the provisions of the Consti
tution. It is difficult to see what more
the wige framers of that instrument
could have done to meet by anticipation
every possible contingency. If any
“muddle” exists it is only in the minds
of those who cannot or will not under
stand the Constitution, or who seek a
solution of present difficulties by uncon
stitutional means.
We have, in regular order, their re
spective powers and duties assigned to
the electoral colleges, to the House qf
Representatives, and to the Senate.
Each body has its appropriate duty to
.perform at its appropriate time. Jf no
’one has a majority of the whole number
of electors appointed, the House elects.
If the House fails to perform its duty
by the 4th of March, the Vice-Presi
dent becomes President, provided one
has been chosen by the electors. If
not, the Senate elects the Vice-Presi
dent, who, by virtue of the p institu
tional provision, becomes the President.
As the functions of each body are sepa
ate and independent, neither has any
right to control the action of the other.
The Senate has no more right to inter
fere with the Rouse, or to dictate to the
House, whenever the right of chice of
President shall devolve upon it, than
the House to dictate to the Senate in
the matter of choosing the Vice-Presi
dent; or either House, or both Houses,
to dictate to the electorial colleges. For
the express purpose, it would seem, of
avoiding any possible conflict of au
thority or jurisdiction, and the peril
ous oonsequences of a disagreement
between the two Houses, the pow
ers of one Roqse do nqt come
into pjay until those pf the other,
touching the matter, have been exhaust
ed. The powers of the State electors are
exhausted when they have oast their bal
lots, and signed, sealed and certified to
the result. They are then fundi officio.
The power of the House is exhausted,
if they shall not choose a President,
wheuever the right of choice shall de
volve upon them, before the fourth day
of March next following. Then, and not
until then, and only in the further con
tingency that no Vice-President ha 6
been chosen by the eleptqrs, is the ques
tion remitted in any form to tjie Senate.
There is pp ooncurjenpe ip point of
time, still less ip pojnt pf action, re
quired in performance of their respec
tive duties by the respective bodies,
upon whom the duty ia devolved at dif
ferent times, under different circum
stances, or electing a President. Colli
sion can only come from the revolution
ary and unauthorized attempt of one
body to intrude itself into the sphere of
duty assigned to another. It may come
from the extraordinary and unfounded
assumption on the part of the presiding
officer of the Senate he is the per
son v?fio fo tq (feqide wither there has
beep auy elcctiph pf President and Yioe-
Picsident by the electoral college, and
whether, therefore, either House has any
constitutional duty to perform in the
premises. This theory makes the Presi
dent of the Senate the judge of the pow
ers of both the Houses. It does more.
The electoral colleges do not declare the
result of the election. For that pur
pose a count of the votes is made neces
sary by the Constitution. Only the
persons having a majority of the whole
number of electors appointed can be de
clared ejected, and no person cap be ap
pointed an elector Vfpof is any of
the disqualifications mentioned in
the Constitution. To exercise the
power which is claimed for him,
of counting the vote and declar
ing the resqlt. the president qf the
Senate must, therefore, nqt qnly act
ministerially, in canvassing the vote,
but jndipially, if any question arises up
on the genuineness of the certificates,
which taay be falsified or forged; upon
the legality of the appointment of the
electors, and upon their qualifications.
How is he to decide these questions ?
Of his own knowledge or upon evidence,
after a hearing ? Whence does he de
rive these or any jndidial fnnotions un
der the Constitution ? That instrument
does not even give him the power to
count the votes. It only says he “shall
open all the certificates,” thus express
ly negativing the assumption'that Where
there is more than one certificate from
the same State the President of the Sen
ate may decide xrhicji is the proper and
legal certificate to be opened. No such
power ip the president of the Senate
was ever dreamed of py tfie framers of
the Constitution, or is even hinted at in
any of the debates which preoeded it s
adoption by the States, and no such
power has ever been exercised. It is
contrary to the whole spirit and intent
of that instrument. It has frequently
happened that the Vice-President has
been a candidate for the
Such a theory woqld made him
the judge of his owh eleetibn. 'Now that
thene IS no Vice- President, and the
President of tfie Senate is the mere
creatnre and appointee of that body,
such a construction would fee practically
conceding fp Ufo Sen ale exclusively a
potyer oyer the electoral vote whioh the
theory itself denies to both Houses con
currently, and might be made the means
of depriving the House of jfo constitu
tional fcpstioy in ipe election of the Pres
ident. +he assuniptioii of any other
power by the President of the Senate on
the occasion 6f counting the flpptorsl
yotqa than that of sifuply ppfping all
the certificates, t*brsq many of them as
have been received" (Revised Statutes
United States, section 142), would be a
usurpation as dangerous and intolerable
as the forcible seizure of the Govern
ment itself.
The only other method by whioh a
collision between the two Houses and a
consequent frnstration of the constitu
tional plan of electing a President can
be brought about would be by the as
sumption by the Senate of the same
power, which, upon the theory we have
been discussing, is claimed for the
President of that body, viz : of decid
ing whether the contingency has arisen
when the House of Representatives has
the constitutional duty to perform of
electing a President. It is the assump
tion that the concurrence of the Senate,
in other words, its permission, is neces
sary to enable the House to perform a
duty which, under the Constitution, the
House alone is anthorized to perform.
Not only is this contrary to the funda
mental rule of constitutional construc
tion that the duty to do au act upon a
certain contingency implies the power
to decide whether that contingency has
arisen—it is equally opposed to the
whole tenor of the constitutional pro
visions defining and distributing the
separate functions of the Electoral Col
lege, the House, and the Senate, in ref
erence to the election of President and
Vice-President. Fettered by the ne
cessity of obtaining the permission of
the Senate before it can proceed
to elect, the House might be debarred
altogether from the exercise of its con
stitutional right. An ambitious Senate,
desirous, of. absorbing all power in its
own hands, and especially that of con
trolling the election of President, would
find it easy to accomplish its purpose.
The framers of the Constitution were
not guilty of the folly of thus providing
beforehand for the certain failure of
their carefully devised electoral system.
Amid all the “ efieoks and balances ” of
the Constitution, the wisdom of none is
more apparent; than of the careful ad
justment and separation of the func
tions of the two Houses in this impor
tant matter. We doubt whether it is
possible, by any amendment te the Con
stitution, to improve upon the system it
provides. We are sure that this is not
the time for the House of Representa
tives to think of abdicating its constitu
tional functions, either in fayor of the
Supreme Court or auy other tribunal.
Only high-handed usurpation and open
revolution pan rob the House of its
rights, or prevent the settlement of the
great question now agitating theoountry
by purely constitutional intrenohed
methods,
DEATH BY STARVATION.
A Mother and Tier New-Born Babe Found
Lifeless.
[New York World, November 25. |
Early yesterday morning, Roundsman
Coffey, of the Churoh Street Polioe,
while passing along Washington street,
heard a citizen say it was “A shame that
the woman and child should be allowed
to lie dead so long in the house,” and
immediately made inquiries relative to
the matter. The officer ascended four
flights of stairs at N°- 103 Washington
street, and found in a small room at the
rear a woman named Celia Cox, and an
infaut child, both dead. “The infant
was evidently only a few days old,” said
the officer to a World reporter last eve
ning at the Church Street Polioe Sta
tion, “and had been dead, perhaps,
three days, while the mother had prob
ably been dead a day pr two.’’ “I
found only tvyo in the room,”
continued the roundsman, (‘and a tem
porary bed, with scarcely any covering,
was put up in one corner. My opinion
is that the woman died from starvation.
Her ehild, without doubt, was prema
ture, and could not have lived more than
two days. Her husband, I learned, is a
seafaring man, and has been home but
twice since his wife has lived in the
house, which, as near as I oan ascertain,
has only been two months. I immedi
ately reported the case to Qapfojq laun
ders, who sent tq tfie pommissiqners of
Charities apfl Correction after tfie dead
wagon, and orfierefi the regains taken
to the Morgue. !l
Reaving the roundsman, who had been
ronsed from his bed to answer questions,
the reporter hastened tq 102 Washing
ton street, to the room occupied by the
deceased woman. The apartment was
about nine feet square, with perfectly
bare walls, and large holes m tfie plas
ter showed wheyc tfiq rain of the past
week had leaked through. An air of
dampness pervaded the whole plaee. A
small, unwashed window dimly lighted
the room, so that the remains of a straw
bed could be made out in tfie corner,
the bedstead baying been appropriated
by *ome of tfie neighbors. The floor
was uuswept, and two chairs oomppsed
the furniture of the room. In one oor
ner stood a small cupboard, whioh con
tained but a few crumbs of dry bread.
The sight that met the reporter’s
gaze there was revolting in the extreme.
A number of boys were having a free
fight at the foot of a plain coffin, but
stopped when they saw a stranger among
them, and gazed open-moutfied Pt him.
At the head of the coffin stood a large,
pleaßant-lqofiing woman, who was cry
ing; sincerely. She tpld the reporter
that she did not liye in tfie house, and
had never seen the deceased woman be
fore, but she bad beard of her sad death
and had oome up to see her. The re
porter stepped up to the coffin and could
not repress a shudder at the horrible
sight be beheld. The dead woman’s
face looked more like that of a skeleton
than that of a person who had but re
cently died. Her thin cheeks were
shrunk so that they almost met, qfoariy
showing, every bone afioqt tfie mouth
and forehead. Tfie ejqs were sunken
nearly out of sigfit, and the tfiin hands
lying on her breast were transparent,
A forge brown Rible was pfoeed under
her chin to prevent fier jaw from fall
ing. Her Seoul eould be plainly count
ed through her tfiin lips, and the bones
about her shoulders seemed ready to out
through the skin. Beside her, with its
tiny head resting peacefully, lay the
dead child. It was the merest phantom
of a hnman being, and had turned per
fectly black. One little hand was laid
lovingly on its mother’s breast, while its
feet reached scarcely to the mother’s el
bow.
The deceased woman was robed in a
pfoin Wfiite nfoslfo gown, whioh the
neighboring women bad bastly made.
Several women were in the room talking
about the death. In the middle of the
floor stood a wretched-looking female,
whose breath smelt strongly oi whisky,
and who poured forth the story in the
following remarks : “Mrs. Cox was a
good womaD.thatlknowed well,and that
man o’ hern I guess was good too, but
he war alius away at sea n’ didn’t bring
much money home, Tfiey came here
about two months ago, and Missus Cox
was a sort o’ quiet lioke—not sayin’
mnch to the frenß that come in to see
her. She was fund o’ ailin’ loike, but
niver axed fo r nothin’. I finowed that
she wor better’ us, ’papse sfie showed /U,
when sfie talked. 'Well, she kept giftin'
poorer’n poorer, until about five ways
ago tfie little un come, then she smiled
kind o' happy an’ oontonted loike,(an’
said she didn’t peed nothin'. Two days
arter tfie blessed little mite went to
Heaven, an 1 then the poor mother rolled
over an’ cried. Yes, she cried as if her
heart wonld break, ’canse the Lord, who
Is good, took the young un from this
world, where its mother couldn’t get
’nuff fer one, let alone fer two ! Well,
yesterday, Wednesday, the poor ’omap
died. Then oome a police officer this
morning and said fiad send the
“Blact Marrier’.’foi-the dead nns. When
the folks In the street heard tell of this,
said they, ‘Tfie bloody officers ’ll qiyer
tuk them off in that way, ’ and q soma
one went down tlfo street cqlleqtfo’ until
he got ’nu|f to bqy that air box in which
she fiqs. Wfiqn the ‘Black Mqrrier'
come, sex I, ‘Bedad,’- sez L' tyfip km
take the bafiy tq'tfie Morgue, if you
loike, but you must leave this poor
thing till her old man comes home.’
Then they went an’ we had a chance for
a wake ontof it,”
As near as the reporter eould learn,
the husband cf the dead woman fo q sai
lor on a line of bcata runniag'trom this
port tg Riehmond, va.' The neighbors
though t tfie name of the vessel was Ti
gris, Tedns, or Tidus. He earned fiqt
little money, and was fiogte so
long at a time that wfiatßtUe money was
left lasted half through hia absence,
and fiis wife, to snpply herself with the
necessaries of life bad pawned every
available article in her possession, fifitfl
she had nothing left. Sfie too ill
to work, and *px tfi? Bqjt two weeks she
wqs confined to nermiserable bed.
Tfie neighbors all speak of Cox as
being “an extra fine man and ypyj kind
to his sickly wife." (fojX was oat
27 yeqra qfij, bat a$ she foy |n her oof
fin if seemed almost impossible to think
her under 45 or SQ,
Edward Cox was expected home by
his wife three days ago, but the heavy
storms of Tuesday and Wednesday
probably prevented hia return, and L hia
$2 A YEAR —POSTAGE PAID.
wife held on to life as long as possible in
hopes of seeing him once more. He is
said to be, as well as his wife was re
ligious. Dr. Merrill, ef 20 Greenwich
avenue, oalled upon Mrs. Cox before her
baby’s death, and said that he found
her ma poverty-stricken condition, with
out the merest comforts of life and past
all human aid.
ASHES _TO DUST.
BURYING THE THEATRE'S VIC
TIMS.
A Hundred aud Ooe Charred Bodied in a
Single Grave—The Funeral Proeeddlon and
•he Serviced—Still Working In the Hulas.
Lijiecral Correspondence of the Times.]
New Yoke, Deoember 10.—A hundred
and one bodies in a single grave ! One
hundred and one charred, mangled, un
recognizable bodies hidden forever from
sight in a great trenoh on the summit of
Battle Hill! A hundred and one, to
gether in joyous life, together in ter
rible death, together in the dread mo
ment before the Great White Throne,
and still together under the Winter sod
of Greenwood Cemetery 1
Seventy-nine coffins held all that was
left of the hundred and one victims of
the Brooklyn calamity, whom friends
oould not recognize. Not one body was
in the shape or semblance of humanity.
Gnarled and knotted and smoke blacken
ed, dropping to pieces under the touch,
the lost hundred and one were tenderly
coffined and carefully numbered. No
was made to array them in the
habiliments of the grave, for, even as
they were, it was next to impossible to
raise them from the floor and put them
properly in the narrow boxes, stained
and polished and silver studded, in
which they were to make the last jour
ney to the ohuroh yard.
Even the practiced attendants of the
Morgue, who undertook the difficult task
of oomoing the bodies, showed signs of
trepidation as they handled the crooked
forms. Then, when this was finished, a
“ Re death was made in the improvised
Morgue, and fifty-four vehicles, seven
teen being hearses and the remainder
undertakers' wagons, drove one by one
up to the doors and oarried away their
terrible loads, taking them rapidly to
the point from which the procession was
to start.
In the Cold Wind*.
The right of the line of the great
funeral procession was formed at Soher
merhorn street andJFlatbursh avenue, at
two o’clock yesterday afternoon. Thous
ands stood patiently, exposed to, all the
fury of the iov gqfo that was blowing,
waiting patiently and sadly for the start.
Two detachments of military, with muf
fled drums, marohed up, anil then, at a
few minutes after two, the mounted po
lice started off, and the mournful maroh
was begun. The police, on handsome
horses, headed the procession; then
members of oommittees, in carriages;
the Forty-seventh Regiment, headed by
its band; a detachment of the Fourteenth
Regiment, without arms: a Gatlfog bat
tery without a gun; another band head
ing the Twenty-third Regiment; then
the terrible row of seventeen hearses,
followed by forty five undertakers’
wagons, bearing from one to four coffins
each; then oarriages with relatives and
friends, oarriages with qforgymen and
officials, and last of pji the Thirteenth
Regiment aqd drum corps.
AU ftfoug tbq broad Flatbush avenue,
up the steep hill that leads to tfie park
of the dead, tfie band* pfoyed their most
solemn dirgeg mid the muffled drums
beat their mefonoholy time. As the
coffins passed tho spectators upon the
sidewalks reverentially uncovered their
heads, and the women sobbed aloud.
The wind howled dismally; dust blinded
the eyes; the cold was almost unbear
able; altogether, it was a page in her
history that Brooklyn w*U drape in
folds of blacfi,
in *4*
The head of the procession entered
the oemetery gate at a qnarter before
three o'clook, and the line went directly
to Rattle Hill, very near the entrance.
This beautiful bluff is the highest point
in the oemetery. Here a circular trench
had been dug, seven feet deep and
thirteen feet wide, nearly surrounding a
round, sodded space, ten feet in diame
ter, upon whioh a monument is to stand.
Qne at a time the vehicles'bearing the
bodies drove up the main avenue, stop
ped long enough to discharge its ghastly
load and then moved out of the way,
down Battle avenue, Twelve oemetery
employees received the coffins, six men
carrying each coffin up the steep mound
to the trench and lowering it to eight
men who stood in the open grave, four
on each side, arranging the eoffiDs in a
double row as fast as they were deliver
ed, the heads all pointing inwardly, on
the bottom of the trench.
The solemn work was necessarily slow,
but bravely the thousands withstood the
piercing wind and the terrible cold,
waiting for the last sad rites. The
double row oi black coffins almost filled
the foench, and to these two more were
added—two which had arrived before,
each containing a recognised victim of
the disaster, which had been brought by
relatives and friends. Sixty German
singera, members of the Brooklyn
Se&ngerbund, South Brooklyn Quartet
Olub, Sohuetzenfwst and Brooklyn Mwn
nerefir r stood upon the central grass
plat and sang Abt’s “Repose.” The
Rev. John Parker read the Protestant
Episoopal burial service. The Rev, Dr.
Putnam, instead of the extended fune
ral oration whiefi fie had prepared, an
nounced that the extreme cold would
preclude the possibility of its delivery,
and merely said a few words on the un
certainty of life and the blessed hopes
of immortality, Then the benediction
was pronounced by the Rev. Mr. Odell,
and the oeremony was eonoluded with
the singing by the Germania choir of
Kuhlau’s choral, “Above all
there is repose.”
An Army o( qwra-DlMiera.
Forty-two grave-diggers stood at tbeir
posts, and, at the moment that the last
words of the beautiful choral died away,
began the melancholy rattling of the
frozen eartfi upon tfie unprotected cof
fins. Many of the spectators, as they
turned away, dropped handfuls of clay
into the grave, and many lingered till
the last coffin had disappeared under
the ornel shower of earth. The mourn
ful work was soon done, and the deep
ening shadows of the Winter’s eve fell
at last npon the beautiful gift oj the
Germania Theatre, a floj 1 crown and
cross, that alone stqofl between the new
made grave the towering fieavens.
The fioAies of Murdoch and Bur
roughs, the dead actors, were taken to
Irving Hall on Saturday afternoon.—
They had been put in rosewood, silver
mounted ooffins, which bore the inscrip
tions severally : “Claude de Bleuau
Barroughs, born August 12, 1848; died
December ft, 1876,” and “Henry 8,
Hitchcock, died December 5, 1876, aged
an.”
Crouses and vreathß, the gifts of
friends, oovered the lid of each. At
their head was plaoed a stand containing
a large soroll of white flowers, with the
word “Arcadian” in violet, the tribute
of the members of the former club of
that name. There was also a rich offer
ing from the Order of Elks, with the
mystic initials of the Order predomi
nant. As soon as the bodies pipped
in position friends tp,pa*s ny the
9f MmrSoeli’* Body Found,
At about half-past 7 o’clock ©u Satur
day morning the blackened trunk of a
man was discovered under the ruins of
the stage and (be directors' box, at the
i nortfieast corner of the theatre. A por
tion of a black velvet coat, with black
buttons, snob a* waa worn by the actor
Murdoch (u his character of Pierre, was
found oa the body, whioh was headless
and without limbs. Near by was dis
covered a plain gold ring.
Mr. Lorraine Rogers, T. L. Donnelly
and Mrs. Frederick Williams, ed Bos
ton, saw the remains, fopm the pe
culiar style of tfip. popt, and the gold
nng, i'tfoptfofod them as part of the body
of Repry 8. Murdoch. The plane where
the remains wexo found about ten feet
from tnp sppf the body of Claude
BqrfijMks, and part of another body,
supposed to be Murdoch, were discov
ered on Thursday night. It is thought
that both portions of the body found
belong to tne remainsjof Murdoch. They
were removed ip q coffin.
ft Coroner's Jury.
The ooroner’a jury met last bight, and
a number of witnesses, among them
several well drswed ladies who were in
the tfieptfe during the fire, attended.
Jfistnci Attorney Britton appeared to
assist the coroner and General B. F.
Tracy to look out for the interests of the
theatre owners and the lessees. Cor
oner Simms, explainng that be had been
already mnoh overworked, adjourned
the inquiry.
What a Carpenter Sara.
At the continuation of the Fire Mar-
shal’s investigation yesterday some irn
portant testimony was taken
Robert McNally, of 233 Smith street
an experienced carpenter, familiar with
the stairs, testified that the family cir
cle stairs were six feet eight inches wide
and were substantially built. There
was one turn at right angles at. the top
of the flight. There was another right
angle and a platform on tho flight reach
ing to the gallery lobby. There was
then an open space in the centre and
three or four steps to reach the seats in
the gallery. There was no other exit in
the gallery. He did not beiieve that the
stairs eould contain human beings
enough to break them down unless the
supporting timbers were burned The
means of exit from the other parts of
the theatre were uot sufficient in case of
fire or panic. There eould have been
more doors on the east side of Flood’s
alley. ihe gallery ceiling was construct
ed of thin pine boards, covered with
muslin and frescoed. The dome was
constructed of similar material, hut
that was covered with heavy gilded
mouldings. There was a board
°°!l over dome ceiling,
with a large space between that and
the roof. This was used for a pioperty
mans room and a carpenter’s shop,
there was a hose coupling in the base
ment in the northwest corner of (he
building when the house was first built.
He helped build the stage of tfie thea
tre. It was well built, but the scenery
and machinery might have been improv
ed. there were inoh pipes for water in
the painter s gallery. ;he faucets oould
not be used with hose. I know of no
other water supply. There was this
difficulty with the stage machinery—the
border lights were not protected with
gauze wire, and consequently one of the
borders caught ou the gas jet. This was
the cause of the fire. A hose implied at
that moment would have prevented the
it h ? d to ° “any drop scenes,
so that they became entangled in each
?. th ®. r ’ finally struck the border
fights. They brought this extra soene-
York to Play “Julius
i ar ’ rn, TLle k°ng Strike,” and other
plays. There should have been a stroug
brick wall across the structure where the.
proscenium was, reaching from cellar to
roof, leaving an arch in the centre for
a drop curtain, and then there should
have been one corrugated iron curtain
hung on chains, tho same as those used
on stores. Tfiia oould have been drop
m, , C! ' SO °i fl re , thus preventing'
draught and spread of fire from tho
fun *° tke “ufiitci'inm. In the case oi
the Brooklyn theatre, the whole prosce
nlu*fi waa composed of the same inflam
mable material as the ceiling of the au
f Mp Um ' fo° reaßei l the rapidity
of the flames and the consequent loss off
life. I never would use complimentary
tiokets which had been given me for the
gallery, because I was afraid of an acci
dent in that gallery. It was all open
above the stage. There is such a wall a*
4 speak of in the Academy of Music
here, with iron shutters between the,
ri ßging gallery and the dome.
GRIFFIN AND SUBURBS.,
Newsy U,u Un the Macoa „,„l Western
Read —GrilllM, Its Ilitihtin KN , Illl( |
Pnpers Jonesboro Hampton-lluw u
Good Paper ia Appreciated.
[From Our Traveling Correspondent .]
Griffin, Ga., December 11.—Griffin
is a city of five thousand inhabitants; it
is one of the handsomest cities in Geor
gia, there being a great deal of business
done here and many flue business
houses, and uot one frame building in
the business portion of the city. All
are huilt of brick, and mostly with iron
fronts. There are also handsome
churches, especially the Baptist and
Methodist, the latter especially would
do credit to a city of fifty thousand in
habitants, all being well attended.
There are two fine colleges, male ami
female. The Griffin Female College is
located in this city, and has turned out
some of Georgia’s most charming la
dies. Here are published two papers—the
iYesv and Cultivator, edited by Mr.
Edge, quite a neat weekly, and
the Daily News, a apiey newspaper,
well edited by 001. E. P. Spoor and
Col. J. D. Alexander. Col. Speer is a
brilliant writer and his paper is well
patronized by the people of Georgia and
surrounding country. Griffin is the'
terminus of the Griffin and North Ala
bama Railroad. The hotel accommoda
tions of the little city are very fine in*
deed. I find here located Mr. Henry!
McKinney, late proprietor of the Rail
road House of Thomson, Ga. Mr. Me- ;
Kinney has rented the well known house
“Byington’s Hotel.” The hotel will be
the dinner house for the passenger train,
going West, and his house is a first
class one, with charges most reasonables.
He has fully renovated the house with
new furniture and other appurtenance.
On my way to Griffin I stopped at several
places, and among them Jonesboro. I was
muoh pleased to meet many of the cild
and true friends of the Chronicle and
Skntjmel. All renewed, with promises
to stick up and work for the old and re
liable Chronicle and Sentinel. Jones
boro has done a heavy business this
Fall. They are still running their wagon
trains to Atlanta to haul cotton there
and bring back goods. Messrs. Vaughan
& Cloud are still publishing that excel
lent paper, the Jonesboro News. I find
Prof. Geo. C. Looney assisting Rev.
Mr. Cloud in this enterprise. Profe-ssov
Looney is a fluent writer, an<j adds
the News. The Planters’ Ho
tel is still headquarters as a first
class house—Uncle Hutfoon as proprie
tor. I learn Col. J. 1. Spence is a candi
date for SoliciUqf-General of the Atlanta
Circuit and has been recommended by
almost the entire bar of the Circuit.
Colonel Spence is an able lawyer and ia
much esteemed by all. Governor Col
quitt could not appoint a more welcome
man in the Circuit-. My next place was
Lovejoy’s, I find three or four new
houses going up, and here doubled ray
list. These are a fine generous people/
and know how to appreciate a good pa
per, I next visited Hampton, Henry
county. It is a growing placo, with &
weekly paper to spread tho business of
the village. This paper has changed
hands last week. The able editor is
Rev. W. T. and tbo entire com
pany has 9W<J out. Rev. Mr. Read was
muqk liked and many regret his resig
nation. Rev. Mr. Caldwell and Mr t
Humphries have purchased it. Mr,.
Caldwell, the editor, is a native of Au
gusta; he was educated at the Rich
mond Academy and finished his collegi
ate course at Georgetown College, S. C.
He is an able man and no doubt will
make the Henry County Weekly a suc
cess. Mr. Humphries will be the pub
lisher. Success to them both in their
undertaking. At Hampton also I in-,
creased my list to my paper, and now J
find myself at Griffin, the proud, hand
some little city, with some of th, e lead
ing men of the city heading new
list. Will call on many of Vnem to-day.
So much for the and Sent/-
nel on the Macon ^ nd Western Rail
road. your obedient ser
vant - G. W. N.
The fo** of life by the burning of tlio Jirwok
\SU theatre is not yet correctly known. Three
hundred and fifteen bodies have been taken
out of the ruins, and the number will proba
bly reach 325. The number who perished in
the Richmond theatre in 1811 was 71, includ
ing the Governor of the State. The Brooklyn
disaster has never been exceeded in this coun
try in respect to loss of life; but 800 people/
were killed at the burning of an Amsterdam
play-house in 1772, and 1,000 in the Saragossa,
theatre in Spain the same year; nearly 500
died when the Palais Royal, at Paris, waa
burned in 1781, and I,ooft men and women
were crashed and burned to death when Ihe
Cafe d’lstria theatre in Italy fell in and took
fire ia 1794-
Hie King of Bwrmah understands that ICus
sis is ahout to invade England; in conse
quence, he is putting his new n.ud forts in or
der. He has purchased three, a*w Kiicw field
guns, and with these feek* himself impregna
ble. He has already tried some of these guns
on his unsuspecting subjects, and finds that
the ordhoaoe answers all expectations. His
Hales ty personally observed the exhilarating
! effects of shell au4 grape and canister on a
village three-quarters of a mile distant from
the firing point. The villagers skipped nimbly
about, to the great delight of tbeir sovereign
lord, who soon set their village aflame. Rock
ets were aleo tried with surprising effect, espe
cially as one suddenly burst and killed a lead
ing palace functionary who was engaged in
deftly training the missile. His Majesty, tho
Divine Owner of the White Elephant, was so
incensed at this that he ordered a few shots
to be fired into the shipping in Irawaddy river,
which flows past his capital of Mandalay. Two
native craft were observed to sink before the
whole of the vessels could cut and slip. His
Burmese Majesty ia confident that with his
Kbufp guns he may safely defy auy such
puny foreign power as Britain.