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Clmmitfe anfr £fntintl. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 20. 1876. HORACE GREELEY. {From a Poem Keodl7the Unveiling of the Bust] That that, has found tgain the source From which iteelf to a* wae lent; The Power that, in perpetual eouree, Mfck*** of the drgt an instrument Bupreme: the universal Soul; The curreot infinite and single W^ m mingle. What more ie left to keep our hold I On him who wae so true and strong t This semblance, raised above the mould With meet of word sod song, That men may teach, in aftertime. Their eons how goodness marked the fear tote# .„ Of one whose life was made sublime By service for his brother creatures. And last, and lordliest, his fame— A station in the starry line Of heroes that have left a name Men conjure with—a place divine, Since, in tne world's eternal plan, Divinity itself is given, To him who lives or dies for Man And looks within bis soul for Heaven. | Edmund C. Btedman. the spibea. BV PAUL H. HAYHK. Of all the subtle fires of earth Which rise in forms of Spring-time flowers. O, say if aught of purer birth Is nursed by suns and shower®, Thau this fair plant whose stem s are bowed In such little curves of maiden grace, Veiled in white blossoms like a clond Of daintiest bridal lace ? So rare, so soft, its blossoms seem Half woven of moonshine’s misty bars, And tremulous as tbe tender gleam Of the far Southland stars. Perchance (who knows '<) some virgin bright, Some loveliest of the Dryad race. Pours thro' these flowers the kindling light Of her Arcadian face— Kor would I marvel overmnch If from ven pines a wood god came, And with a bridegroom s lips should tonch Her wakeuing soul to flame— While sii revealed at that strange tryst, In all hor mystic beauty glows. Lifting the cheek her love bad kissed. Paled like a bridal rose. UNCLE JIM'H BAPTIST REVIVAL HYMN. Sin's rooster's crowed, Ole Mahster s riz, De nleepin’ time is Wake up dem lazy liaptiaaia. Dey's mightily in de gr&ae, grags, Dey’s mightily in de graea. Ole Mahster’s blowed de morning horn, He’s blow ed a powerful bias’; Oh Haptis', come, come hoe de corn, ’ You's mightily in de grass, Ac. De Methodis’ team's done hitched; O fool De day's a breaking fas’; Gear np that lean ole Baptia mule, Dey's mightily in de grass, Ac. De workmen's few and monstrous slow, De cotton's sheddin fas’; Whoop, look, jes’ look at the Baptist row, Hit’s mightiiy in de grass. Ac. De jaybird squeal to the mocking bird, "Stop l ” Don’t gimme none o* yo’ ease; . Better sing one song for de Baptis crop, Dev’s mightily in de grass, Ac. An' the ole crow crow: “Don’t work, no, no;’’ I Butde fiel’-lark say, "Yaas, yaw. Au’ I 'spec you mighty glad,you debblish crow, Dai de Baptisois’s in de grass ! Ac. Lord, thunder us np to de plowin’match, Lord, snpertend’ de hosing fas’; Yes, Lord, hab mercy on de Baptis’ patch, Dey’s mightily in de grass, grass, Dey’s mightily in de grass. LIFE’S MEASURE. “He liyeth long who liveth well.” Bo ran the legend terse and bold; To keep this truth in mind were well, For truth is hotter kept than gold. The one will perish in an hour; One never dies ; but bright and pure As Heaven itself, when earthly power Has passed, forever shall endure. Not by the years of life is told The length of life, bnt by the zeal And kindly works, as growing old. Men for each other do and feel. His life is long whose work is well, And, be his station low or high, He who the most good works can tell Lives longest, though he soonest die. Then, as the ewift-winged moments speed Freight them with wealth of truth and love, With garnered sheaves of thought and deed For the glad harvest home above. Within the rankling breast of Hate, Id dewrt ways where no flowers bloom, In soenes where folly sits in state, In wan-f aeed Sorrow's house of gloom, Sow love, and taste its fruitage sweet, Sow smiles, and see the desert spring, Sow wisdom for its harvest meet, Sow sunlight for the joy 'twill bring. WE LOVE BUT FEW. Oh yes, we mean all kind words that we say, To old friends and to new; let doth this truth grow clearer day by day ; We love but few. We love ! we love ! What easy words to say, And sweet to hear, When aunriso splendor brightens all the way, And, far and near, Are breath of fleers and caroling of birds, And bells that chime; Onr hearts are light; we do not weigh our words At morning time! But when the matin-music all is hushed, And life’s great load Doth weigh ns down, and thiok with dust Doth grow the road. Then do w e say less often that we love, The words have grown! With pleading eyes we look to Christ above, And clasp our own. Their lives are bound to ours by mighty bands, No modal strait, Nor Death himself, with his prevailing hands. Can separate. The world is wide aud inauy names are dear, And friendships true; Yet do these words read plainer, ye#r by year— We love but few. • *• WHEN THE TIDE COMEN IN.” When tide comes in, At once the shore and sea begin Together to bo glad. What the tide has brought No man has asked, no man has sought ; What other tides have had The deep sand hides sway : Hie last bit of the wrecks they wrought Was burned up yesterday. When the tide goes out, The shore looks dark and sad with doubt, The land-marks are all lost. For the tide to turn Men patient wait, men restless yearn. Sweet channels they have crossed, In boats that rocked with glee, Stretch now bare stony roads that burn And lead away from me. When the tide comes in In hearts, at cues the hearts begin Together to be glad. What the tide has brought Hiey do not care, they have not sought— All Joy they ever had The new joy multiplies ; All pain by which it may bo brought Seems paltry sacrifice. When the tide goes out. The hearts are wrung with fear aud doubt ; All the trace of joy seems lost. Will the tide return ? In restless Questioning they yearn ; With stands unclasped, uncrossed, They weep, on separate ways. Ah ! darling, shall ere ever learn Love's tidal hears and days THE HOWE SEWING MACHINE COM PANY. To the Editor of the World : giß—ln your issue of the 17th ultimo you published a letter from a special correspondent in Vermont which con tained a statement that the Howe Ma chine Company had issued a circular di recting its employees to vote the Repub lican ticket, and threatening a discharge from employment as a penalty for dis obedience. Your correspondent’s letter contained a copy of the eircnlar. It is dated at Rochester, N. Y., is addressed to an unnamed personal Rutland, Ft., and is signed “George R. Pettibone.” This description of the eircnlar is suf ficient to satisfy any one acquainted with our business that no such docu ment was issued with the knowledge or approval of the officers of our company. Onr principle office is in New York City, not Rochester. Onr manufactories I where are the most of onr employees) are at Bridgeport, Conn., and Peru, Ind., and not in Rutland, Vt. We have local agents in every city of the United States and many in foreign countries, bnt they are employed by us to sell sewing machines ana not to influ ence elections. The extreme improba bility that one residing in Rochester, N. Y., should have thought it his duty to adopt intimidating measures in Ver mont to help carry that State for Haves will, we hope, corroborate and empha size* tbe denial on our part of the writ ing or sending any shch document. We ask you to insert onr declaration that no such circular was issued to onr kijowl. dge nor with the assent, conni •vaoue or approval of any of the officers at *aa corporation. T* Howe Machine Comp ant, Jygvr S. Stockwell, Treasurer. >2B Union Square, December 2,1876. That langtfid, helpless, sallow com jilexioned woman must use Dr. J. H. McLain's Strengthening £ordial and Blood Purifier. It is exactly wjiat yon want .to vitalise, purify and ennch yoajr blood and give you back the bloom of health again, fir. 3. H. McLean's of* flee, 314 Chestnut street, St. (Louis, w STATE SUPREME COURT. DECISIONS RENDERED NOVEM BKK 88, 1876. f Atlanta Constitution.] Williams, Birnie A Cos. vs. Groover, Stubbs A Cos. and J. W. Brown, sher iff. Rule vs. Sheriff, from Fayette. (Bleckley, J., having been of counsel, did not preside in this case.) Warner, C. J. .This was a rule again -t the sheriff of Fayette county to distribute money aris ing from the sale of the property of De- Vaughn, nnder a mortgage fi. fa, in fa- j vor of Groover, Stubbs A Cos., against I eVaugbD. The money in the hands of; the sheriff, arising from the sale of the mortgaged property, was claimed by' Williams, Birnie A Cos., on fi fa. isened j on a judgment obtained in the District ] Court of the United States on the 21st; of March, 1872, in favor of Neal against j De Vaughn, and which had been trans- j ferred by assignments to the Citizens ! Bank of Georgia, and by the bank to Williams, Birnie A Cos. The mortgage of Groover. Stnbbs A Cos. was dated sth of May, 1873, and ws of younger date than the above recited judgment. Groov er, Stnbbs A Cos. were made parties to the rule against the sheriff, who alleged | in his answer that the plaintiff's were not j entitled to tbe money in his bands on . their /. fa., because the same had been levied on property in the town of Jones boro when the fi. fa. was the property of the Citizens’Bank of the value of §12,- 000, and which was mortgaged to said Williams, Birnie & Cos., which mortgage was of junior date to that of Groover, Stnbbs A Cos.; that the Citizens’ Bank had also a mortgage on other property of DeVaughn, and that when the plain tiffs took au assignment of the judg ment from the bank, that they agreed to release the property covered by the bank’s mortgage from the lien of that judgment; that since the plaintiff’s had obtained the control of said fi. fa. they had sold one half interest in it to one Turner, on the express couditon, and for sufficient considera tion, that the property in Jonesboro, covered by the plaintiffs’ mortgage, should be released from the lien of said judgment. The plaintiffs traversed these allegations in the sheriff’s answer, and the issue thus formed was submit ted to the jury, who, nnder the charge of the Court, returned the following verdict : “ We, the jury, find property enough released by Williams, Birnie A Cos. to satisfy fi. fa' in full.” The plain tiffs, Williams, Birnie & Cos., mad.- a mo tion for anew trial on the various grounds therein stated, which was over ruled by the Court, and the plaintiffs excepted, on the trial of the issue. Groover, Stubbs A Cos. read in evidence a certified copy of a bill in equity filed by Williams, Birnie A Cos. in the Circuit Court of the United States against the Citizens’ Bank and others, in which they alleged that the Neal fi. fa , bad been levied on mortgaged property in the town of Jonesboro, at the instance of the Citizens’ Bank, as the assignee thereof, aud also set forth the various mortgage liens that had been created by DeVaughn on his property in favor of different pasties, at different times, and tbe dates thereof, ail of which were younger than the Neal judgsaept: that the Citizens’ Bank had a mortgage lien on DeVaugbn’s property, though tho mortgage of Groover, Stubbs A Cos. was the oldest mortgage lien op the proper ty of DeVaughn, and that be was en tirely insolvent. The complainants prayed for an injunction to restrain the sale of their mortgaged property in Jonesboro, and that the Citizens' Bank might be decreed to resort for the satis faction of its Neal judgment to the property of DeVaughn encumbered by the mortgages thereon in the inverse order in which the same were created, so tut that the last encumbered property should be flrnf, sold in satisfaction of said judgmeut iien bftt jf the complain fliitß were uofc entitled to fiia* tUy prayed that the Citizens’ Batin might be deforced to transfer the Neal judgment ho th em on payment of the full amount thereof, should the Court iuef constrained tp deny both of tbe foregoing prayers, then tjie poci plaluaiits prayed that all the property encumbered by the respective mortgage liens should bn decreed to contribute prorata to the payment of the Neal judgment lien. It further appears from the evidence of Col. Hoge, one of the plaintiff’s counsel, who was introduced by Groover, Stubb A Cos., that pending the argument before Judge Erskine on the application fof the injunction prayed for, the counsel f r th,e .Citizens’ Bank stated in that the post the Court could do would he to compel a j transfer of the Neal fi. fa. by tjre bank j on tender of tbe amount due thereon, I without prejudice to tho payment j of the bank’s mortgage debt; that the hank would ppt complain of an order which would give it the money due on the fi. fa,, and at f}ip same time protect the bank’s mort gage. The Judge then asked if suck an order could not be made by consent, and expressed a wish that the case coni*! take some spell direction. The Judge retiring to his priyate room for a short time, the counsel for the bank drew up an order he was willing tbe iSojjrJ; should pass, which was read to the Judge wh e d he returned, who inquired if it was drawn up agreeable U) both sides ? Col. MynatHone of the connsc? in the case) replied that the complainants did not agree or consent to the order or aDy thing, but that if the Court thought proper to make it his judgment, we; would not make any further argupeut. The witness further stated that tlie./f. j fa. was levied upon our hotel property, sod bad us in a close place,where wo were willing to submit to tbe best terms tbe Court would give us. The order of the Judge, after stating the names of the parties, was in substance as follows: “Ordered that the injunction be granted as prayed for, on condition that ipe coßioiainants tender to the defendant, tbe ‘Citizens’ Bank of Georgia, the amount of rim judgment y/iih'.n ten days, which tender the defendant siiu.l be at liberty to accept or refuse. If de fendant refuses, this injuiwttem uJjB be absolute until further order, nod 4 4 accepts, it shall signify such flceeptauce by entering the fact on said fi, fa. and judgment to the complainant#, bat with no right or power in the lat ter to enforce a#r.d judgment and fia, fa. against the property .covered by the mortgage given on the ifOtb ffi. Decem ber, 1873, to the Citizens’ Baty 0? Qdorgia by M. B. DeVaugbo, U* the debt secured by said mortgage shall Love been fully satisfied.” The sheriff stauw ip his answer to the rule that at the time bum o/der was granted iu the plaintiffs’ injuueuv*. bill that Groover, Stubbs A Cos. were not pmaiep thereto, iW t present themselves, and were without notice thereof. There is no evidence iu tips record before ns which controverts this part of the sher iff’s answer. The bank was willing to make the transfer of the fi. fa. to the complainants, and they accepted the same on the terms and conditions, as stated iu the assignment thereof, which was made on the 15th of June, 1875, as appears from the evidence iu the rec ord. DeVaughn testified that the j property covered by the mortgage to i the Citizens' Bank was at the date of: the mortgage, in 1873, worth eight or nine thousand dollars,; wotth now seven or eight thousand. The hotel; property iu Jonesboro was worth, on 1 the fifth of June, 1875, fifteen | or sixteen thousand dollars. Col. Hoge j also testified that as tho attorney for the plaintiffs, he mode a nor for cue-half interou fit who gave his note 1 thus became entitled to tJJJ J est in it. There was no twetm Turner and witness Pleas- ! iDg the hotel property in J c -lilßWo from the lien ot thefi fa., though ft was wit ness’ intention net to allow said fi fa. to be levied on that property. Witness j does rot recollect Omi he ioM Turner the fi fa. should not be levied on rim j hotel property, but it was his intention ; that it should'not be so levied. Witness agreed with Turner on the faith of his purchase Dot to claim on thefi fa. toe. proceeds of the sale of certain property sold bv Turner under younger fi fas. j held by him. There was some property , of DeVaughn in the town of Jonesboro levied on and sol 4 nnder jnnior fi fas. in j favor of Turner, and witness notified , the sheriff that plaintiffs claimed the. fund arising from the sale on the Neal. fi fa., that fund is still in the sheriff’s hands; made no agreement with Turner not to bid for said property, but has pot put in the fi fa. to claim the moneys did not attend the sale to make the property bring its value, but loft that to Turner. The property levied on by Turner's ju nior fi fas. was the tan yard and other realty, perhaps the livery stable lot, the Key htmse and the store house used as a restaurant and confectionery store. The Court charged tbe jury as follows: “Williams, Bern ie A Cos. bring ? pule against the sheriff to show cause why he should not pay over money in bis hands raised by the sale of the property of M. B. DeVaughn to the fi. fa. owned and controlled by them, issued from the United States District Court lor the Northern District of Georgia, in favor of Thomas R. Neal c. W. B. DeVaughn. The sheriff has answered: Groover, Stubbs k Cos., other creditors of De- Yaagbo, also claim tbe wane*. Tn.&F claim it on a mortgage/, fa. The aeal fi. fa. is issued on a common law jnag* ment. William#, Birnie k Go. allege that the Neal judgment ia older than Groover, Stnbbs A Co.’s mortgage, and bad a lien on the land at the time the mortgage was given. When one man has a Judgment against another that judgment binds all the property of the defendant; real end personal, from the date of its rendition till it is satisfied. The issue before you arises in this way: Groover. Stubbs A Cos. come in and say that Williams, Birnie A Co.’s fi. fa. has do lieu on the funds in the sheriff’s hands. They claim that thisjL fa. ia extinct or satisfied, for the reason, as they allege, that certain property sub ject to that fi. fa. has been released by Williams, Burnie A Cos. This allega tion is denied, and this is the issne. Whether Williams, Birnie A Co.’sjt. fa. may participate in the fnnd, and to what extent, whether to the extent of the whole execution or not. If the plaintiff in execution, for a valuable consideration, releases property which is subject thereto, it is a satisfaction of such execution to the extent of the value of the property so released, so far as purchasers and creditors are concerned. The burden of proof is on Groover, Stubbs A Cos. to show in this case the release of property subject to be levied on and sold for the satisfac tion of the Neal fi. fa. If Groover, Stnbbs A Cos. have Bhown it and there has been a release, that the lien has been entirely taken away and diecharged so that the property could net at any time be levied od, then yon will find the issue in favor of Groover, Stnbbs A Cos. to the extent of the value of the property so released. Groover, Stubbs A Cos. claim that tbe property covered by the mort gage to the Citizens’ Bank has been re leased, and also certain property in Jones boro. These are allegations merely, not evidence and must be sustained by proof, and the burden ia on Groover, Stubbs A Cos. to show what property was re leased, and the value of that property. You are to ascertain what property was released, if any, and its value, and if the release was made, whether for a valuable consideration, for this is re quired. A consideration is valid if aDy benefit accrues to one party to the con tract or injury to tho other. If there was such a release then the execution would be satisfied, its lien extinguished as to creditors, and it could not claim I the money in the hands of the sheriff. If there was no release or agreement, or o valuable consideration to Wil liams, Birnie A Cos., then you should find for them. Williams, Birnie A Cos., holding a general judgment against De- Vaughn, had the right to make their money out of any property subjeot to it; to levy on any such property, whether in tho hands of purchasers, or covered with mortgages, and to sell the same. If you believe property has been released, and to extent of fi. fa., and for a valuable consideration, the form of your verdict will be : We, the jury, find the issue in favor of Groover, Stubbs A Cos. And if you find that no property has been released, then the form of your verdict will be : We, the jury, find the issue in favor of Williams, Birnie A Cos. The 3658th and 3659th sec tions of the Code declare that ‘lf the plaintiff in execution, for a valuable con sideration, releases property whioh is subject thereto, it is a satisfaction of such execution to the extent of the value of the property so released, so far as pur chasers and creditors are concerned,” If an execution creditor, having an older lien on a fund in the hands of the sheriff or other officer, allows such fund by his consent to be applied to a younger fi. fa., it shall be considered an extin guishment pro tanto of such creditors’ lien, so far as third persons may be con cerned.” Whether a Court of Equity will cojppel an older judgment creditor, when there are junior mortgages upon distinct parcels of the debtor’s property, who is insolvent, on a proper oase being made, to resort in the first instance for the satisfaction of his judgment by the debtor in the inverse order of the dates thereof, or that all the property encum bered should contribute pro rata to the payment of tfip oldest judgment lien, it is not necessary to decide in the view whioh we have taken of this oase, and as there are but two Judges presiding, we do not decide it. The general rule is, as was held by this Court in Barden vs. Brady et. al. (37th Geo. Rep. 660) that where a defendant has sold all his a plaintiff in execution may levy on any 01 such property subjeot to the lien of his judgmeut at his option, without regard to the order in which the defendant sold the different portions. And the same general rule is applica ble to tfie mortgagees of the defendants’ property subject to the prior lien of the plaintiffs’judgment. The question which was nmfin on t(ie trial of tjre issue in the case now before us was whether the plaintiffs, Williams, Birnie A Cos., the assignees of the Neal fi. fa., had released any of the defendant’s property for a valuable consideration, or had allowed funds, arising from the sale of the de fendant’s property, with their consent, i,o hp applied to younger fi. fas. against him, extent ? These ques tions wefe faiyly gujjpfftted to the jury, under tfie charge of the poffrt, anff tff ßre is sufficient evidence iu the record to support the verdict. It was insisted on the argument for the plaintiffs in error that they were entitled to be subroga ted to all the rights of the Citizens’ Banjk, their assignor of the Neal fi. fa. Conpefie tpat to %e @p, ftpfl the question arises, what were the rights ef ‘fbe Citi zens' Bank as the holders of the Neal fl.faJ Assuming that the bank purchased it to protect its mortgaged property, iu what manner could it legally have done so > The only legal mode by whioh it cohid hare protected its mortgaged prop erty would ha,vo been fo have levied the fi. fa. on other property subject thereto, and bad it satisfied, and not levied it on iha ffiorimaged property, and if the plain tiffs, Williapi®. Birnie fjp Cos., had taken the assignment fropa tffe Citizens’ Bank pf the fi. fa., just as the ffank held it under thp assignment from Neal to it, then they woplff hSF e acquired all the legal rights to collect it opt Pf any prop erty of the defendant, which the bank had under its assignment from Neal. But the present plaintiffs did not hold the ft. fa. as the bank held it, they vol untarily became the assignees of the fi. fa. with a condition annexed thereto, that tney yonld not enforce it against the dejendapts pspwC’ty. on which the bank held a mortgage, thereby, practi oaliy releasing that portion of the da fenfants property from the lien of that judgment; iff otper the plaintiffs by kbe terms op whiph yalqntarily agreed (ip the assignment of the fi. fa. from tho Pfiow, gut ft opt of their power to assign it jto Grp o ?**. StSPP 8 A Cos., with tho BWe legal right jfp poffect it out of any and WC property of the defendant subjeot in its }ien which the bank had, on payment of the amqpnt due thereon by them. The Uitizeue' had no legal right, under the provistPbi Of the before cited, to release any portibp' oi property from tho lie of the Nbatl aug ment which it held, not oven its own mortgaged property,, to far as Groover, Styhbs A Cos. and the other mortgage creditor of pup defendant, DeVaughn, were concerned; ah'd tfiß Ofp'ff pot hav ing any such right, it conveyed hcuß by its assignment of the fi. fa. to Williams, Bi'nieACo., inasmuch as it could not convey to ipp assignees any other or greater legal right to j/ad collect the fi. fa. than it had at the tjme of tffe as signment thereof. The benefit which resulted io the plaintiffs by the assign ment of the Nealjt, /. by the bank to them was to enable them to proteet their own mortgaged property from sale un der is, which appears to have been done, and it was a question for them to decide whether they would accept the assign men* of tffe fi. fa. on the terms offered by the bank fffi tb? 1 nurpose or not. ! There is nothing in tfie r orfief of Judge 1 Erskine which would have required the plaintiffs, Williams, Birnie A Cos., to ) haye accepted the transfer of the fi. fa, i from the Citizens' Jjanjt, tffe terms and , conditions stated in tffe ff i they voluntarily agreed to accept the j assignment pf fhejf. fa., in oousidera j tion that the bank would transfer it to them upon the terms therein stated, and thus relieve their own mortgaged prop : erty from sale, then they are bound by I it, as well as by the legal effect thereof, , so far as the rights of Groover, Stubbs i k Cp. and other mortgage creditors of the dofenuaut are con cerned. Theye was Pgfifipr the refu sal of the Court to rule out as evidence the exemplification of the recorff of United States Circuit Court berembe -1 fore referral to, in the case of Wiliams, 1 Birnie A Cos. against Pe^ anghn and the Citizens’ Bank of Georgia. That exem plification tended to show a proposition i for the transferjof the Neal fi. fa. to the | plaintiffs by the bank, as wel 1 as the in ducemen* and consideration, for which the release of the dei’epilant’s property mortgaged to the bank was agreed to be made as stated in the assignment of the £ fa The maip issne submitted to the jury by fee pfewfings was whether the plaintiffs had released, for a valuable consideration, prop erty of the defendant from the lieu of their judgment, or allowed funds arising from the sale of defendant’s property to be applied to junior/, fas. with their consent, and to what extent. Tho jury found, under the evidence and SS&KJKVK Birnie A Go. to satisfy the/, fa. in foil. Verdicts are to have reasonable in tendment, and are to reoeive a reason able construction, and are not to be avoided unless from necessity. Code, 3561. In view of the main issue tried, as made by the pleadings, the verdiot of the jury, by recognizing reasonable jnivpOmpp f, and construction,, may be easily understood, and tffs legal judgment be rendered py the Court. There was no error iff over ruling the plaintiffs’ motion for anew trial on the statement of facts disclosed in the record. Let th# judgment of the Court below be affirmed. Macon reorganizes her dancing dob. THE BROOKLYN CALAMITY. THE EXTENT OF CHE DISASTER UNDEREBTI HATED. Tw Hun#red ud El#ktr-tkree Bodies Re covered—Over Three Hundred mad Fifty Live# Probably Loot—The Accounts Given %y Then* Who Escaped—Two Acton Ament the Victim*—Scenes end Incidents nt tho Rnlnsof the Theatre. [jVeio York Times. \ The Brooklyn Theatre, whioh took fire at 11:15 o’olock on Tuesday night, during the performance of the play of the “Two Orphans,” was burned to the ground, notwithstanding the efforts of the entire Fire Department, before day break yesterday. Fire Marshal Keady, who has made an exhaustive examination of the circumstances attending the fire, is of opinion that at least 350 persons perished in the flames. At midnight 283 bodies had been dug out of the ruins, and tha firemen were still engaged in exhuming tbe victims of the fire. The wprk will be continued night and day nntil all the bodies are recovered. The fire was caused by a drop scene coming in contact with one of the bor der lights. The flames were first seen creeping aloog one of the “flies” on the left-hand side of the stage, and in less than two minutes all of the drapery was in flames, and forked tongaes of the devonring element coaid be seen creeping along through the canvass of which the roof of the scenic cabin was composed. The curtain had risen on the last act of the drama of the “Two Orphans.” Miss Kate Glaxtou, who was acting the part of Louise, the blind girl, lay on her pal let of straw on tbe left hand side of tbe stage, the scene being the boat house on the river, the home of La Prochard. Near her stood Mrs. Mary Anne Farren, La Prochard ; Mr. J. B. Studley. who was acting the part of Jacques Proch ard, and Mr. H. 8. Murdock, Pierre, the cripple. Miss. Claxton had already heard it whispered behind the soenes that the theatre was on fire, but even though she could see the flames directly over her, with rare presence of mind and courage, she went on with the performance of her part, as did her com panions, not one of them betraying, by look or word, the agitation felt by all. The flames spread rapidly, however, and when the appalling fact could no loDger be kept from the audience—for some of those in the orchestra seats had already discovered it and were starting up in their seats—the actors with one accord moved toward the footlights, and, in be seeching tones, called upon them, for God’s sake, to disperse quietly. Some person in the auditorium shouted that the theatre was on fire, and the alarming ery of “Fire ! fire !” was caught up by those iu the family oircle and the gal lery, until it was echoed and re-eehoed from pit to dome. Those of the au dience who could retain their presence of mind, in response to the advice of the aotors, resumed their seats, but it was only for a few seconds, and then began an indiscriminate rash for the doors. The books of the box office show that there were in the theatre over 1,000 per sons, 250 of whom were seated in the orchestra and parquette, 350 in the dress circle, and 405 in the upper gal lery. Within three minutes after the discovery of the fire this mass of human beings was olambering over the seats and over each other, in their frantic endeav ors to reach the exits. The entrances and corridors to the lower part of the house, which led ou to Washington street, are by no means commodious, but, nevertheless, the orush in them was small compared with, that at the exit from the upper gallery. When the worst beoame known the ushers acted nobly and endeavored to quiet the ter rified people, their chief, Mr. Thomas Roohford, going down to and opening the door leading out from the audito rium to Flood’s alley, in the rear of the theatre. This door afforded a means of escape for many who might otherwise have lost their lives, and in a very short time nearly every person who had been seated in the lower part of the house bad reached the street in safety. A Few Moments of Terrible Suspense. This, however, was but the beginning of the end, for black volumes of smoke began to roll oqtward from the burning scenery of the stage, almost totally shut ting off the light of the gas and depriv ing those in the house, for a few mo ments at least, of air to breathe. The scene at this moment was one which beggars description. The actors had rushed from the stage to save them selves, and having managed to escape the clutches of the flames, met again in the street in their stage costumes and congratulated one another. The unfor tunate aud terrified people iu the dress circle and gallery were rushing pell-mell toward the one door which gave egress from eapfij nfj through wbjoh only two or three persons oould pass at qnC time. The house was filled with smoke and the air was almost stifling. Men shouted and rudely jostled delicate women in their efforts to reach the doors; strong men shed tears and women and boys screamed with fright, a large number fainting away and being trampled under foot by the rushiDg mass. Thus far the audience had seen very little flame, bnt the stage entrances and the soene doors having been opened, a strong current of air was let into the rear of the building, which drove the flames out from the stage inclosure, and as they licked up everything in their path the whole inte rior of the building was lighted up with a lurid glare 1 . Many of the unfortunate people who had, up to thie time, pre served their equilibrium, how broke forth with heartrending cries for help, which made tpp blood of the listeners run cold, and moved the most hard hearted tP tears and sorrow. A few there were among this mass of terrified and struggling humanity whose noble endeavors to prevent their unknown companions from crushing one another to death, cannot be too highly com mended, and who fell suffocated, under the feet of those whose lives they were endeavoring to save. The flames roared and crackled as they rushed upward to ward tbe dome, and the hot, blinding, and suffooating smoke poured down mercilessly bn the poor unfortunates, whose efforts already‘s'jiowddf signs of weaken jug.- Al) this, it must be remem bered, was : only the Work °f f low min utes, 'and' still the devouring flames mogjtfffjf' jffgbey' jftiff . higher 'tyfee alwpe m Rm r.m W flnick succes sion, and £l)6 epannjeij pmd aJready be heard newiPg the i’lfiipity fbp gtyepfs were filled with a throng of excited peo ple, who ran hither and thither, calling aloud the names of dear ones whose voices could not be heard iu answer. ; Many bailees and coatless, their garmerfts'TiaVMig peeu froin them by the pushing Tbe Fire Department on the Ground. The police of the First Precinct, under the pf Sergeants Eason and Cain, were on the ground yitf+ip threp minutes after the breaking opf of the fire, and did very effective work in auieting the fears of the populace. Too ffmqh pfaiea cannot bp bestowed on these two Thess gsilaufc en divested themselves of their outer gar ments, rnshed into the burning build ing, and pushing their way on beyond the main corridor, ascended the stairs leading to the dress circle, and assisted a number of persons to escape. On reaching the top of the staircase, how ever, the blinding smoke forced them to retreat. They did not give np the gal lant fight, however, and returned again, this time ascending the staif way leading to the upper galjery, where they found a mass of people, Sind were compelled to use their clubs to prevent them from trampling pop another to death. In side, meapwlule, the flames made rapid progress, and had forced their wav through the roof, whioh had beoome one sheet of seething flame. The eries of the doomed auditors for help could no longer be heard, and the stream of peo ple that had heretofore poured forth from the burning building was rapidly diminishing. An awful hush -fell over the multitude, for it was well known that there were still hundreds of people within the burning structure. These victims, in there terrible haßte to reach the street; bfeoame wedged together on a short tarn in the staircase, and thus pre vented those behind from escaping. Frantic in their terror, those in the rear having more room than those ahead of them, jostled §nd trampled upon one an other, and it is thought that Very many were killed in this way. The yolnme of flame which issned from the roof and shot npw*re into tfipaijr rapidly increas ed, and soon the pntife pppef pt of the building was pnp liyifl sheet. In less than twpnty jmnutes after the sounding of the first alarm the Mansard roof feel in with a crash, carrying with ’ it to the cellar both the upper gal lery and the drees circle, with their freight of human beings. By this time the entire fire department of the Western District was on tbe spot and numerous streams of water were being poured into the building, 1 and upon the adjoining houses; to vhiiih'the '°f, * e ?, re 7 men were directed, in the hope that these, at least, might be saved. Before the falling of the roof some of the in mates endeavored to get through the windows, bnt so far as known, only one socoeeded, and he jumped to the roof of the station house. Another, who was immediately behind him, only succeed -1 ed in catching hold of the sill of the window when the smoke and flame forced him to relax his hold, and he fell bac* into the burping oauldron beneath him, to share the fate of those who had not succeeded in get ting even so slight a chance of safety. Soon tne major portion of the Johnson street or southerly wall fell, crushing beneath it a brick house and covering tue street with debris. A few minutes later the easterly wall fell, aud tbe Brooklyn Theatre was a heap of smold ering mins. Some of the three hun dred unfortunate people who had suffer ed such a terrible death might even now have been left in a condition to be re cognized by their friends, but the gas burned fiercely, lighting up the scene, and sending a cloud of white steam into the air. Hardly an hour had elapsed from the time of the breaking out of the fire before the building was totally de molished, and the flames were under control Streams of water were kept pouring upon the ruiDs during the re mainder of the night, and it was decided that at daylight the searoh for the missing ones should commence. Eihaniai the Bodies—'The Firemen In the Mmnkina Ruins of the Theatre—Where Meet of the Dead Were Fnand—Excited Crowds Around the Building. A few minutes after four o’clock in the morning they reached the box office and found the first body. It was that of a large woman, and was lying face down ward. A few hours later, however, when daylight began to break, all doubt had vanished and the terrible reality was revealed. The smoke and steam were still ascending in dense volumes, but an occasional puff of wind blew aside the olouds and the horror-stricken firemen saw the bodies of the dead who had fallen through from the gallery piled up in heaps. Chief Engineer Nevins aj once assigned a company of firemen to remove the dead. From the front entrance on Washington street for a distance of about thirty feet the floor remained nnbnrned, and at this point the work of removing the bodies was commenced. The floor, with the exception of the portion just inside the entrance, had fallen into tbe cellar, and it was at this point most of the bodies were found. The second bend in the stairs, leading to the top gallery, was immediately over the corridor. When the gallery gave way it fell clear into the cellar. In or der to get ont the bodies it was found necessary to have a large ladder, the top of which rested at the entrance of the corridor, on the ground floor, and the end on the smoking ruins. The rungs were hastily covered with boards so as to make a gangway for the passage of the undertakers’ men. Midway on this gangway Chief Nevins stood directing the operations of his men below. For hours the firemen worked, down in the smoking ruins, amid the still burning beams of the floor and galleries, hidden from the keen view of those who were permitted to approach the edge of the place where the floor had broken through. A stream of water was kept constantly playing into the cellar, the pipe being guided by a firemaD, who, like his fellows, was hidden from view. Constantly two or three men, smirched and blackened from head to foot, would oome up out of the smoke bearing be tween them a dark, shapeless mass, which a few short hours before had been a human being, full of life and strength. As the work progressed and the smoke became less dense, the undertakers’ cases were pushed down along the gang way, and the bodies placed in them and decently covered before being taken up. Many men who anxiously strove, and even fought, to obtain an entrance, turned sick when they had looked once on the ghastly heap of dead. Passing down into the ruins among the firemen the sight was completely appalling. Odc’s powers of thought and speech were paralyzed. Even the firemen, used to similar scenes, moved about awe stricken and silent among the heaps of dead, palling aside the debris, whenever possible, with their hands, without re sorting to the implements of their craft. In one place the bodies of twenty per sons, most of them young and of the male sex, were found closely wedged together, lying over each other in layers. They were not much burned, but so blackened and bruised as to be beyond recognition. The Work in the Afternoon and Evening- Scene# Among the Ruins. At 3 o’olock, 140 bodies had been tak en out from the ruius, and the firemen, who were still working with unabated vigor, were rapidly disintering others from the mass of oharred rums. A force of about twenty-five firemeD, under command of Chief Engineer Nevins, was employed in the ruins, and at one time were working on a mass of corpses piled upon one another to the height of at least eight feet. The ruins at this time presented a ghastly and sickening spectaele. Where the work of remov ing the bodies was going on the ruins were still hot, but not so much as to se riously interfere with the efforts of the firemen. This work was most sickening and horrible. The bodies were found m almost every conceivable position, and distorted and blackened almost out of all resemblance to kunmnity. Most of them were burned to a crisp, and in some instances the beads, arms and legs had been burned off, leaving only the blackened trunk. In other oases tbe bodies were found in fragments, and were taken ont piece by piece. As fast as they were found, the corpses were placed in open shells which had been provided for the purpose, and were each covered with blankets and hauled up to the level street or first floor, where they were pnt in the wagons and conveyed to the Morgne. Scenes nt the City Morgue—Thousands of Persons Yie'cring the Charred Remains —The Work of Identifying the Bodies* As the bodies were taken from the rains of the burned theatre, they were pluced in undertakers’ wagons amf am bulances sept from the Cjty Hospital, and conveyed to the City Morgne on Raymond and Willoughby streets, about 6 o'clock, when Patrick Maguire, the keeper, received them, and they were placed in ooffin-like boxes, kept for the reception of the hospital dead. The crowds at the Morgue filled up the passage on Willoughby street early in the morning, and as the day passed they thronged about the windows on each side of the building, through which they could see the bodies lying within on the floor. The throng was orderly, but morbidly eager to feast their eyes upon the revolting spectacle they had come to see. Women oarne a@ well a men, and little children amobg crowd! drawn’ along’ fly a terrible fasei-, nation which they could nof resist. The' sight in the first apartment on the right of the eptrance, thtopgh Whi oh tl)e en tire broyd were’ cpmPPe4 fo pass, fas a horeible ppp tp contemplate. Strong men, patching a glimpse pf the mass of oindera and distorted bodice through the doorway, hesitated at the fearful sight before entering, while women and girls who had come to find brothers or fathers in the charred heap, shud dered with terror or wept with bitter ness, iFUtij many of them were unable to so far 'fcoaiffiaod their ieeljngp as to be ablr in *0 on with their Wftrch. On the floor of the first apartment lay twenty-two bodies. All were black apd crisp, theif cjotljing hanging in broken qipders i)PS n “ mL>s - Here and there were forms thaf showed gleaming spots of white flesh through the brpkpn clothing, bgt thg greater part of tnem were entirely black. All showed how terrible had been the strug gle for life, and there was a uniformity of attitude—the arms and feet drawn up—that indicated that each and every victim had made a desperate effort to save himself from the flames. Here was a body with arms outstretched above the head, the hands burned off, and the bony stumps showing the bleed ing sinews beneath the crusted edge ; there was a body burned to the raw, a few rags oply rem a ‘ D tof? °f fchp clothing that bad coyered it; here was a body black from head to the shortened legs, with an eye fiery red protruding from its socket. Many of the poor fel lows had been exposed to the full fury of the flames, and their remains were headless and legless stumps, destroyed past all recognition. In the room on the east side of the building, where there are flats for the dead from the hospitals or those found drowned, the floor was oovered bo thickly with bodies that all who passed through it were obliged to step carefully over the corpses, while the marble pavement was strewn with ashes upon which none oould avoid treading. In this room there were thirty or morb bodies. In the back room there were ten or fifteen bodies huddled closely together or placed in separate boxes. In a smell room at the rear wpre plac ed several of the botjjes recognized, but when the identifications reached twelve the apartment was filled, and no more conld be received. From this mass of bqrnpd benpe and flesh arose a steam ing, sickening odor. The signs by which identifications were made possible were very slight in a majority of cases. One man lay with his blackened hand thrown out, exposing the little finger, upon which was a gold ring with a female head carved in cameo; another man wore a watch chain that was familiar to his friends, and leff to his identification, while others were known hy : the 1 boots, shoes, of clothing they ifore %t the time of the disaster. THE STATEMENT OF KATE CLAX TON, THE ACTRESS, She Gives A nether lllute it of the Terrible Cetastrephe—A Remarkable Coincideaee la the Lines er the Play—Haw the Actors aad Actresses Behaved. Besides the statement of Mias Kate Claxton telegraphed last’ pight, that lady’ hga made another and a fuller one, which gives her experience in th’e terri ble tragedy with more vividness. She says: I parted from my agent at the foot of the stairs, and, bidding him good night, walked up stairs to lie down upon my pallet of straw and begin the fifth act of the play. I had no sooner assumed my position than I heard noises as if the ceiling of the theatre was falling. I was completely shut in above and on all sides by the canvas representing the in terior of Froohard’s hovel, and conld not see what the noise was produced by. I thought to myself “What is the mat ter ?” bat I had no time to give it thought before the curtain ascended and my attention was required for the business of the play. Mr. Thorpe, stage manager of the theatre, standing some place behind, oried “ Hush !” in a low and excited tone. Almost instantly Miss Cleaves knelt down inside of the wings beside my head, for I was lying upon the extreme right of the stage. In a thrilling whisper she said, “Save your self, for God’s sake! I am running now.” Lying on my back I looked up, and through the canvas roof over my head saw little tongues of fire protrud ing and heard a crackling noise. It must have been in flames before the curtain went up and making headway all the time while Mr. Murdoch, who played Pierre, was bending over me, speaking the opening words of the act —“So young, so lovely and yet so hard a fate. Jacques suspects ; he watches me. If Ido anything to assist her escape he will discover it and kill me.” Mr. Murdoch went right on after the fire was perceived and finished that speech, expecting every minute that the audience would discover the fire. It was while he was so speaking that Miss Cleaves gave me the alarm. 1 think at this time the greater part of the com pany saw the headway the fire was mak ing and made their escape. Mr. Mur doch— “Oh !” abruptly exclaimed Miss Clax ton, clasping her hands until the blood almost spurted from the ends of her fin gers and tears filled her eyes. ‘-Murdoch is Gone ; God Help Hiiu Poor Boy Regaining ber composure after a min ute, Miss Claxton continued : “Mr. Murdoch went up to the door, and pro ceeded calmly with his lines, ‘I have be gun my work and I will finish it.’ Mrs. Farren then came on the stage as Fro chard. The flames at this time were plainly risible. Mr. Studley came on a few speeches later, and be must have ac tually passed through the fire in making his entrance. I think the predominat ing idea in the minds of all four of us was, that if we interrupted the play the audience would become frightened, and that a panic worse in its effects than the fire itself would ensue. I thought the curtain might be lowered to shut out the fire from them if we continued the play. Mrs. Farren came over to me, and, repressing her excitement, began to make my toilet as Louise. She whis pered in my ear, ‘the fire is gaining,’ and then moved back and went on with her business. As she completed my toilet I looked up and saw that the whole audience had perceived the flames. They came from the hack of the stage. The scenery behind had burned first, ana there was no way of getting at the outer door at all even then. Mrs. Farren stepped up the stage; Mr. Studley pulled me over roughly, and exclaimed, ‘I will beg no more. ’ That was the last word spo ken iu the play. Then the flames had made such headway that we all felt it was a matter of life and death. We were enclosed on all sides by roaring flames and dense smoke rolled over our heads. Mr. Studley stepped forward and said to the audience, 'The play will go on and the fire will be put out. Be quiet; get bnck into your seats.’ I said something myself. ‘The passage is clear; get down; we are between you and the fire. Mr. Murdoch,” said Miss Claxton, tenderly; “had been very ill during the night, scarcely able to go on with the play, and at this time having left the stage was probably in his dressing room taking a smoke. Our idea in speaking to the audience was that some of them might think it easier to climb upon the stage and get out through the back door than to go through the front of the house. We cried out to them contin ually, ‘The front passage is clear; go back and you’ll all be saved.’ When I called out many bravo women sat down, and that surely pulled the men into their places. One woman in the front of the orchestra got up and said, ‘You’re right, Miss Claxton.’ The musicians acted nobly. I think they all sat still in their seats, because I saw some of them looking at me, you know. The man in the end of the orchestra looked at me the whole time—he was a trombone player, I think—he looked at me and gritted teeth as he turned to survey the panic-stricken audience. At this time all the scenery had shrivelled into tin der. It was canvass, you know.” Here Miss Claxton wrung her hands and com pressed her lips with an absent look as though she was mentally surveying the terrible scene. She replied, “The beams were falling on all sides of us. We Were in a Perfect Rain of Fire. I looked up, turning half around and saw a bright blaze of fire shooting out over our head towards the audience. It was like a transformation scene in a spectacle, you know. Then I caught Mr. Murdoch by the arm and said to him, ‘Come, it is foolhardy to wait any long er; let us go.’ But he pulled away from me in a dazed sort of a way and went toward his dressing room, which was by that time almost burned. He mast have actually rushed into the flames. I made my way rapidly dowD the little flight of seven steps which les frorp thp stage to the A yel of the rooms and knoißVfi loudly at the door of that occu- Maud Harrison, who was pick ing some of her wardrobe. The back entrance was by this time a perfect hell of fire. Misa Harrison, on my call, rushed and darted by me into a passage which led the floor to tiie box the House. No such theatres. It w.is and( when the he a t - C. JHA'' 1 ,n -sni'er. jjlP i' V v-wMI •> tin lr>i f t, ”' u Hb f 1 ‘ ■ 1 i . afp It u its ir kept is I reach or stood still ana I I 1 " Struggling through 1 he We hare Hash, but it seemed to m<vH side the boz With of despair we burnt the door the struggling throng, and were in thiermidst.” Miss trat.ed with thriHUm dramatic St* t manpef wUmh m under the arias and over the the strong men who struggled path to the entrance. The produced upon her by stepping dead bodies was so great that she*as not yet recovered from the shock. Miss Claxton made her way into the station- j house adjoining tha purmaff' theatre, clad only in tbfr rags of Louise. A gen tleman there sent for a carriage to take her home, but upon its arrival it was devoted to the use of two of the half suffocated viotims, who were even then being carried otit. She then threw 07er her the coas of gentjewmCi who was a stringer to her, and, b y him, ran rapidly in her scanty garments to her home at the Pierrepont House, All Of the lady’s war dr f) he w destroy ed; but sjre tfl have no thought of that m her sorrow for the victims of tire calamity and their bereaved friends. IMMIGRATION • How to Get Foreign Immigrant* to Georgia. [From Chronicle and. Sentinel, 1873.] I notice in your issue of the JSth in stant, an article from Mr. H. W. 8., headed “4 Convention of Landholders Heeded.” This will be a half measure, and conld not accomplish mnch good ; what is really needed in addition to the landholders are the capitalists. The real estate owners and the merchants in the cities and villages are equally inter ested in the organisation of & successful immigration society, Hot only will the imqugranta develop the wonderful re sources of the State of Georgia, but they will be a powerful agent to establish di rect trade with Europe, Our legislators cannot do enough to promote success folly those two enterprises; the citizens of the State must help themselves by placing their shouldiers to the wheel. Sometime ago, in one of your issues, you gave a list of cities situated in the State of Georgia who have a populafiqn of oyer thousand inhabitants each. The total population pi these twenty-four cities is only 125,- £34, This speaks rather bad for the Empire State of the South. It is out of question to pretend to establish an im migrant society and direct trade with Earope with a nut-shell. It will require both money and land. I have made the calculation that if the inhabitants of these twenty-four cities are willing to subscribe 'in mohey to the capital stock of an ifiimigraut society according to their population, <me mil lion dollars could be raised and by capi talising the land—that is to say, mak ing the stock subscribable in land as well as in money—a society could be estab lished with a capital of five millions of dollars. The establishment of such a company in the State of Georgia will have a tremendous moral effect in Ea rope. To induce a large immigration to support steamship lines, requires a com pany able to locate a large number of families of immigrants. Such a compa ny as I propose will have the capacity of locating one thousand families every week. There is no investment more safe, and the subscribers to the stock will receive a dividend sooner and larger than the subscribers to the stook of any railroad enterprise. The subscribers in land will participate in the profits equally with the subscribers in money. At the prop er time it will be the business of the Directors to calculate at what advance the land should be sold to the immi grants to oover the expenses of the com pany, and give a dividend to the stock holders. Ido not see any necessity to give away land to the immigrants; if the company sell it cheap te them and gives them time enough to pay for it with the produce of their labor, they will be sat isfied; it is of the utmost importance to treat them kindly and honestly. No. shares at Capital Depot. Population. SIOO each, subscribed. 1. Savannah 28.235 2,250 $225,000 2. Atlanta 21.789 1,750 175,000 8. Augusta 15,389 1.200 120,000 i. Macon 12,314 985 98,500 5. Columbus 7,400 600 60.000 6. Athens 4,251 340 34,000 7. Griffin 3.421 275 27,500 8. Ameliens 2 859 250 25,000 9. Milledgeville. 2,759 220 22,000 10. Borne 2.748 220 22.000 11. Brunswick ... 2,348 185 18,500 12. Cartersville... 2 282 175 17,000 13. Albany 2,101 170 17.000 14. LaGrange. .. 2,053 165 16 500 15. Newnan 1.917 160 15,000 16. Marietta 1,888 150 15,000 17. Dalton 1,809 140 14,000 18. Thomas ville.. 1,657 130 13,000 19. Washington.. 1,606 125 12,500 20. Forsyth 1,510 192 12,000 21. West Point... 1,405 115 11,500 22. Bainbridge. . 1,351 100 10,000 23. Fort Valley... 1,333 100 10,000 24. Gainesville... 1,058 85 8 500 125,824 10,000 1,000,000 About $7 89 for each inhabitant. F. A. Mauob AUGUSTA AND HARTWELL RAILROAD. Appointment of Committee*. At the last meeting of the Augusta and Hartwell Railroad Committee the following resolution was offered by Maj. G. T. Barnes : Resolved, That the Chairman of this meeting be authorized to appoint a com mittee to be composed ot five citizens from each of the counties through which the proposed Greeuwood route would ruu in South Carolina, and through whioli the Augusta and Hartwell Bail road as projected under existing acts of the Legislature of Georgia would run in this State, and that the committee so constituted be announced through the public press, and be requested to meet in Augusta on Friday previous to the assembling of the Georgia Legislature, at the City Hall, at 9, a. m., to oonsider the various proposed schemes for a rail road connection between Augusta and the West via Knoxville, or other similar connections, and the prepara tion, if they should deem necessary, of a bill seeking from the next session of the Legislature of Georgia a charter to carry out such proposed railroad con nection. And in accordance with this resolu tion the Chairman, Mr. F. B. Phinizy, has appointed the following oommit- Elbert County : W. H. Mattox, Chairman; S. C. Clark, John T. MoCar ty, James A. Clark, D. P. Oglesby, J. H, Jones. Hart County : J. P. Croft, Chairman; J. B. Benson, Lee Linder, B. E. Belch er, (J. W. Seidel, J. H. MoMullau. Biohmond County : Geo. T. Barnes, Chairman; John M. Clark, L. J. Miller, E. H. May, W. T. Wheless. Lincoln County: Eli Lockhart, Chair man; F. Shenault, O. R. Strother, H. J. Lang, Thomas R. Bemsen, N. A. Crawford, Robert W. Davis, N. D. Bus sey, J. L. Wilkes. Columbia County: Hon. S. C. Lam kin, Chairman; J. Prestun Williams, F. E. Eve, Phocean Ramsay, M. J. Branch. McDuffie County: John E. Benton, Chairman; T. A. Scott, J. B, Neal, Jes se J. Morris, W. A. Sturgis. Habersham County: G. N. Nether land, Chairman; O. M. Doyle, Hon. J. N. Freeman, Captain Ramdess, C. K. Jarrett. Franklin County: Y. D. Yaw, Chair man; M. T. Crump, Frank Wiliis, Hon. Rabun County: M. Ficannon, Chair man; John Watts, Sr., H. W. Cannon, Jesse Lovell, John L. Gosland. Abbeville County: Gen. P. H. Brad ley, Chairman; W. K. Blake, Dr. J. H. Pressley, John T. Parks, Dr. M. C. Tog gart, Dr. James D. Neal. Edgefield County: George J. Shep perd, Chairman; James Oallison, Dr. Jos. Jennings, M. L. Parks, J. M. Dorn. Laurens County: Colonel James Far row, Chairman; H. F. Carter, Reuben Martin, Dr. John A. Barksdale, T. B. Crews. Spartanburg County: Colonel H. Evans, Chairman; Dr. Benjamin Wof ford, Jesse LatherwooJ, Iff. p. Comp ton, John A. Lee, Colonel Joseph Math er. Anderson County: James A. Hoyt, Chairman; M. S. Sharp, B. F. Crayton, A. M. Holland, F. E. Harrison, Oconee County: I). Rierman, Chair man; C. L, Reid, M. W. Coleman, J. J. Norton, Dr. jfi. 8, James. VEGETINE PURIFIES THE BLOOD, Renovates and Invigorates the Whole System. ITS MEDICAL PROPERTIES ARE ALTERATIVE, TONIC, SOLVENT AND DIURETIC. VEGETINE is gjado exclusively from the juices of carefully selected barks, roots and herb?, so strongly concentrated that it Will effectually eradicate from the system every taint of Scrofula, bcrofnlous Hu mor, Tumors, Cancer j Cancel ous Hu mor, Erysipelas. Salt Syphi litic Diseases, Canker* Faintness at the Stomach* and all diseases that arise from impure blood. Sciatica, Inflamma tory a,nd Chronic Rheumatism, Neu ralgia, Clout and Spinal Complaints, can only he effectually cured through the blood. For Uloers and Eruptive Diseases of the Shiny Pustules, Pimples, Blotches, Boils, Tetter, Scald-head and Ring worm, VEGETiNE has never failed to efftet a permanent cure. For Pains In the Back, Kidney Com plaints, Dropsy, Female Weakness, Leucori hoea, arising from internal ulcera tion, and uterine diseases and General De bility, VEGETINE acts directly upon the causes of tnese complaints. It invigorates and I strengthens the whole system, acts upon the seer: tive organs, allays inflammation, cures ulceration apjd regulates the bowels. For pjftarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual Cris*rveness, Palpitation of the Heart, Headache, Piles, Nervousness and General Prostration of the Nervous System, no mediotne has given such per [feet satisfaction as the VEGETINE. It purifies [the blood, cleanses all the organs, and pos [sesses a controlling power over the nervous system. i The remarkable cures effsai<ii| ly YIfiGE TINE have induced psysmiaus and apo thecaries whom we kn j,w id prescribe and use it jg their own lemifie*. in fait, VEGETINE is the best remedy yet discovered for the above diseases, and is the only reliable BLOOD PURIFIER yet placed before the pnblio. THE BEST EYipEIfCE, The following latter from Bey. E. S. Best, Pastor of ig.'E. Church, Natick* Mass., will be read with interest by m*oy physicians. Also, those suffering from the same disease as af flicted the son of the Rev. E. S. Beat. No per son can doubt this testimony, as there is no donbt about the curative powers of VEGE TINE : Nano*, Mass., January 1, 1874. Mr. H. R. Stkvzss : Dear Sir—We have good reason for regarding your VEGETINE a medi cine of the greatest value. We feel assured that it has been the means of saving our eon’s life. He is now seventeen years of age; for the last two years he has suffered from neuro sis of his leg, caused by affection, and was so far reduced that nearly all who saw him thought his reeftvery 'impoeaible. A ooun cil of &biu physicians eould give us but the fainteafhope of hi* ever rallying, two of the number declaring that he was beyond the reach of human remedies, that even amputa tion conld not save him, as he had not vigor enough to endure the operation. Jnst then we commenced giving him VEGETINE, apd from that time to the present he has b*@n continu ously improving. Ha fia* Jataly resumed hi* studies, throwfi his crutches and cane, and walks abflUt cheerfully and strong. Though there is still some discharge from the opening where the limb was lanced, we have the fullest confidence that In a little time he will be perfeotly eared. He has taken about three dozen bottles of VEGETINE, but lately uses but little, as he declares that he is too well to be taking medi cine. Respectfullyyours, E. S. Best. Mbs. L. C. F. Bust. ALL DISEASES Q? THE RLOOD. If VEGETINE will relieve pain, cleanse, pu rify and cure such diseases, restoring the pa tient to perfect health after trying different physicians, many remedies, suffering for years, is it not conclusive proof, if yon are a sufferer, yon can be cured ? Why la this medicine per forming such great cures ? It works in the blood, m the circulating fluid ? It can truly be called the GBEAT BLOOD PURIFIER. The great source of disease originates in the blood, and no medicine that does not act directly up on it, to purify and renovate, has any just claim upon public attention. Recommend it South Bosxojj, February 7, 1870. Mb. Stevzhet: D,ear Sir—l have taken seve ral bottles of-your VEGETINE, and am OQQ vinced ft is a valuable remedy fw Dr*pepia, Kidney Complaint, and general debility of the BYBt6QL J c*n hewttfy recommend it to all suffering from the above complaints. Yours, respect fully, Mbs. Monbov. Pabkxb, 388 Athena Street. Prepared by H. B. STEVENS, Boston, Man. Vegetine Is Sl4 by All Dragftets. novlS—wlm IN e w Advcriisc ••• eats. 2,500 YARDS —OF- Dress Goods, Which are a Lillie Soiled From Handling, Marked Down Regardless or Cost* THESE goods have recently been sold from 50 oenta to $1 per yard. But aa we are determin ed to clo<?6 them out between uow and the time of our taking stook, on the Ist of January we have MARKED THEM DOWN to the extreme low price of 25 cents. “This is no humbug. Remember, the first who comes has the choice of selection." MPLLARKY BROTHKRS, 262 Broad Street. Black Silks Cheaper Than Ever 5 PIECES heavy GKOS GRAIN at $1 50, good value for $2. 5 pieces heavy GUOS GRAIN at $2, never purchased before for less than $2 50. 6 pieces extra heavy GUOS GRAIN at $2 50, the likes of which have never been sold for leas than $3 50. MPLMRKF BROTHERS, 262 Broad Btreet. CTriAKft THE largest and best assortment of new and fashionable CLOAKS ever offered in th'B city have just been received and will be sold at astonishing low prices by MULLARKY BROTHERS, 262 Broad Street. dtw&w * THIS WEEK, GO TO Christopher Gray 4 Cos., FOR New Black Dress Goods. For New Single and Doable Colored Cashmeres. For Cheap Floe Bed Blaukets. For Germaatowu Quilts, very low. For Extra Large Wool Vests for ladies and gen* tleuen. For Cassimers and Kentucky Jeans. For Hosiery, Car dinal Hosiery. For New Calicoes and New Cambrics. For Table Linens. Money can be saved by buy! ig from Christopher Gray & Cos. dec3-tf _ An Immense Auction Sale. $1,500,000 WORTH OF DRV~GOODS~SOLD IN FOUR HOURS ! The Leaders of Prices, J. B. WHITE & CO., LIMITKD. * GLORIOUS BARGAINS for the People, Terrifio Panio and Everlasting Tumble in Dry Goods: the Auction Rooms of New York overloaded every weok smashing up. SPLEN DID CHANGE FOR REAL CHEAP BARGAINS from our buyer in New York City attending every Auction Sales. Every failure, by his ,couueotiou with the Sheriff, the Assignee and the United States Marshal, we are able to offer bargains heretofore unkown to the people, and which will attract the masses from every quarter, embracing many Rioh and Costly Goods thrown away to meet the dreadful emergencies of this terrifio politioal storm. READ THE STORY--EVERYTHING THE BEST 100 sets Children’s Furs at sl, $1 25 and $1 60. 500 sets Ladies' Furs at $1 7b, $2, $2 50, and up to $35 a set. 300 large Shawls at 200, each. 500 large Shawls at 500 and 760 each. 20 yards American Cambric for sl. 1,000 dozen Children’s Striped Merino Hose at 5c per pair. 50 pieces Elegant black Alpaca at 250 to 40c—Goods always sold for 46* and 75c. 25 pieces Carpeting at 180. 100 dozen Towels at 6|o each. 20 pieoes Colored Silk at 75c per yard. 800 pieces Lonsdale Shirting at 94c. 50 dozen Ladies’ Undervests at 650, worth $1 25. 250 pairs Blankets, slightly soiled, in 10-4 and 11-4, at $2 40 and $2 50 a pair. 50 pieoes Canton Flannel at Bc, 9c and 10c. 700 Sets Furs, from $1 to $35. 250 Beautiful Cloaks at & sacrifice. 800 dozen Felt and Chivot Shirts from 35c to sl. 600 pieoes Cassimeres and Jeans will be cleared out regardless of value. Ribbed Cassimere and Wool Jeans at 25c and 35c per yard, worth 500 and 660. 20 pieces Brown 'fable Daraaik at 250 per yard. 20 pieces Black French Cashmere, all Wool, at 65c. 10 pieces Black French Cashmere, all Wool, something elegant, at 90c and sl. 300 American Shawls at 50c each. 100 AAA American Shawls at 25c each. 200 pieces Red and White Flannel at 20 to 35c. 5 Beautiful Paisley Shawls must be cleared. We believe in selling cheap Goods and buying from forced sales, where Goods scarcely ever bring 50c. on the sl, Thus enabling us to offer Goods to the people &t much less than the slow coaches and regular old fogies can buy them. 100 dozen Spool Silk, 20 yards, for lc each. 500 dozen Best Black Spool Silk, 100 yards, 4 for 25e. 500 dozen Ladies’ White Cptton Hese at 10c. 300 dozen India Ties at lc each.- 5,000 Ladies' Linen Collars at lc each. 60 dozen Hip Gore Corsets at 26c each. 100 dozen Corsets something vary good. 60c: p inß 2 c a paper; Needles. 2Jo a |*apei; Hair Pira 'l“ a PPer;:Hair Brushes, me; Blacking, 2 ]c a box; Handkerchiefs, 3c t -h. 300 dozen Two-Button Kid Gloves at 0 0 0 & pair Tl.e Celebrated Harris Glove, *1 50 and $2. 100 dozen Best shirts ma( j e at $1 each. 200 dozen Finished Laudred Shirts at 50o.; 100 pieces Sheeting 10-4 aud 11-4 at 180, 200 and 250 a yard, bg nght at Stewart’s big forced sale. . . i® 18 *ur baitle ground, and from these ramparts we invite and defy opposition, compe ution an( j monopoly, and we oall upon the people to examine matchless Goooas and matchless prices. Submitted to the people by the manager of J.-B. WHITE & CO., Limited. deolO-sutn&w LOOK OTJT THIS WEEK AT THE Old Fredericksburg Store, CORNER RY THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL Largest Stock of Dry Goods in the City—Everything < heap I 'VTO OLD SECOND-HAND STUFF BOUGHT OF UNITED STATES MARSHALS, or at BEO XN OND-HAND AUCTI >NS. But every article selected with care aud with a regard to the wants of our Customers, and which we can sell as LOW or LOWER than those who are de pendent upon United Stateß Marshals and Becoud-Haud Auctions for their stock ; but that is the way to make money—buy old stuff and sell it at a largo profit, and you will get rioh fast. Remember, you can get Good Goods at the Fredericksburg Store at as Low Prices as you can get second-hand goods kept by some bouses, which they buy at cheap auctions aud from United States Marshals, and on which they double their mouey. Just received, Beautiful Cambric Dresses, containing 16 yards, for sl, or 6fo. per yard. It is astonishing how cheap they can be made. Good 10-4 Sheeting at 20 and 250.; the belter grades at manufacturers’ prices. Good Large Blankets at $1 26; up to large KJ-4 do. at $2 and $2 50, and not damaged ; ele.ant and better goods, prices in proportion. Towels from 6]c. up to the best ; Gents’ aud Ladies’ Undervests from 850. up: Canton: Flannels from 80. to 25c. The best line Ladies’ and Children’s Cloaks in the city, from the Sleeveless Jacket up to- Velvet, at S3O aDd S4O each; Furs for Ladies aud Children, frem $1 per set up to Choice and' Beautiful Goods. Ladies' Ribbed Hose at 10c. per pair; Ladies’ Balbrigg&u ditto at 12]., and up to the best goods made; Gents’ Striped Hose at 10c. per pair: Good English do. of every quality We have, some as low as 6]c. per pair. Beautiful Shoulder Shawls from 25c. up to the best' heaviest and largest Shawls made; Flannels from 12]c., up to the finest Silk Warp. We have the best stock of Kentucky Jeans. Kerseys, Unsays, Tweeds and Cassimeres ever seen in this city, and at the lowest possible prices. Our stock of Dress Goods cannot be surpassed by any house in the South. In Black Alpacas, Bombazines, Cashmeres and other Black Goods, we keep the best makes, and goods that we can recommend. No rusty blaoks and trashy stuff from auction, upon which we could double our money if we choose to keep them. We always have a large stock of Blaok and Fancy Silks, at the lowest prices. We keep every variety of Notions, Laces, Handkerchiefs, Ribbons, Ac., <4o. Some of these goods we sell at prioes never heard of before this season. Such as Roll Tape at 2c.; 3 papers Fins forgo.; 144 Shirt Buttons for 3c.; Gents’Hemmed Handkerchiefs at 100 ; 2 spools (200 yards) Spool Cotton for 5c.; Pencils, lc.; Envelopes, sc. per pack; Good Note Paper at sc. per quire; Hooks aud Eyes. lc. per card; Pocket Books, 10c.; Ladies' and Children's Elastic Gar ters at So. per pair. And so on we might go on enumerating; but for the largest stock of Dry Goods in tne city to select from, and at the Lowest Price*, come to the Old Fredericksburg Store. We sell to Merchants at New York Prices, aud many articl4s less; and ask thorn to give us< a look. Wholesale Rooms, on second, third and fourth floors. We send samples when re quested. V RICHARDS & BRO., CORNER BY THE PLANTERS’ HOTEL.. declO-tf GREAT EXCITEMENT MIDI 01 Hi LOOKOUT! CHRISTMAS ALMOST HER E CHRISTMAS PRESENTSALL THE GO THE PLACE TO "GET THEM, L. RICHARDS’ AUGUSTA DRY GOODS STORE. WHERE YOU WILL FIND THE MOST MAGNIFICENT STOCK OF DRY GOODS AND Notions in the city. Dress Goo4s oi every description—from the finest *° f l i in all the new colors. Black Goc4a—in Crape, Cloths, Bombazines, Henriettas, Gashmers ana Alpacas, from the finest tft the lowest prioes. Calicoes—bent makes, from 8 cents to 5 cents a yard. Miscellaneous—Furs from fine to $2 a set. Cloaks from fine to $2 each. Hhawls from fine to 25 cents each. Ladi s’ Neokties, a great variety, from the finest to beautiful, all siik, at 25 ceuts each. Belts of every kind, from the finest Zone belt to 10 cents each. Handkerchiefs —Embroidered, Silk, Hemstitch, from the finest to the lowest prices. Gents Neckties, Bo s and Scarfs, the newest styles and colors. Gents’ Handkerchiefs in linen and silk, from the old Bandana to the cheapest. Gloves for Gents, Ladies and Children—a great vanetjr. Gents Cotton Flannel Drawers of the best material, made in a superior manner. Gents Mer and Drawers from fine to 50 cents each. Ladies’ and Mis=es Merino Unde ryes ts and Panta etta from fine to 50 cents each. Doylies and Napkins, Rom floe to 60 cents a lowels rom fine to 6] cents each. Table Damask fivffi fine to lower grades. Turkey Bed Damaek a supe rior article for $1 a yar I. Turkey Bed Table Cloths, beautiful designs, all sizes. Piano Cov ers, beautifully embroidered, *ll colors. Bed Spreads from fine ‘ Cottoi Bed Blankets from the £mest to the lower grades. Flannels, all kinds a P' j Flannels, from the one English to 10 cents a yard. Cloths-Casaimers, The Fredericksburg Cassimers, all at the lowest prices. Ihe Wonok P ... and Preparation, Extracts, Colognes, Florida Water, *., etc-the ’ jLefiv NertlaoM Atoffizere—a Lady’s toilet not complete without one. FancyArticleeJ j^" T Tnmfc.’ Shawl Pins, Scarf Bins, Hair Brushes, Tooth Brushes, Hair Pins, Combs Satchel*-iOJ xraniw, Pooket Books, Rzor steel Beis*orß,Maehii!e Needles and thousands of kriidea, all the est pnoea. All Domestic Goods at Factory prices, by the piece. Motto: Not to be Undersold. Old friends and customers from the country will please give me caU elsewhere. I will guarantee to do better by them than I conld while wmneoted wth the Fred encksbturg Store, as I am now ALL ALONE, and my expenses a greatdeal less. tanee that cannot visit the city send for samples and make your ° , reßt depot when your in the city at the lowest prices. Will pay ail Express ohwgas to jour neare po • J L. RICHARDS, declO-tf 209 Broad Street. Next door to J as. G- BsiljP A Bro s Carpet Store. PLiHTEBS LOAfUIiTOS UK, 823 Broad Street, CAPITAL, - - - SIOO,OOO, WITH STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY* Interest Allowed on Deposits, T. P. BRANCH, President. . J ’ * THOS. W. COSKERY, GEN. M. W. GARY, JUDGE WM. GIBSON, E. H. ROGERS, I. BRANCH. Jan9D-tf
