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010 SERIES VOL ICI REV) SERIES—VOL. IL. TERMS. THE DAILY CHRONICLE 4 SENTINEL, the oltleet newapeper in the Booth, u> published deity, except Monday. Terms : Per yeer, (10 i eu mouths. (5 , three mouths, (2 SO. THE WEEKLY uHRONICLE 4 SENTINEL is published every Wednesdey. Terms : One yeer, (2; six months, (1. THE TRI-WEEKLY CHRONICLE 4 SENTI NEL is published every Tuesdey, Thursdey end Seturdey Terms : One yeer, (5; six months, (2 SO. SUBSCRIPTIONS in eU cues in edvence. end ne peper continued after the expiration of the tune paid for. KATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY.—AII transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of (1 per square each insertion for the tirst week. Advertisements in Tri-Week ly, (1 per square; in Weekly. (1 per square. Hamage and Funeral Notices, (1 each. Special Notices, (1 per square. Special rates will be made for advertisements running for one month or longer. ALL COMMUNICATIONS announcing candi dates for office—from County Constable to members of Congress—will be charged at the rate of twenty cents per line. All announce ments must be paid for in advance. Address WALSH 4 WRIGHT, 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concern ing the existence of an “ insurrection ” in South Carolina, and pathetically adds that if the troops should be withdrawn there might be peace in that city, but it would be the peace of £eath.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.