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WEDNESDAY - - JiNUABY 3^1877.
TO OI K (SUBSCRIBER*.
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respond promptly.
Hon. W. M. Hammond, of Thomas
eonnty, declines to rnn for Speaker of
the House. Mr. Hammond is a pure and
able man, and would have made an ad
mirable presiding officer.
Wk have received a communication on
the political situation, signed “Ex-
Confederate,” which would appear in
the Chronicle and Brntinrl this morn
ing but for the crowded state of our
columns. It will appear in the next
issue of the paper.
Thk Republicans may pay their money
and take their ohoioe. If they go be
hind the certificates of election to throw
out Mr. Tilden’s one vote from Oregon
they will let in four for him from Flori
da. If they refuse to go behind the cer
tificates then Mr. Tilden keeps his Ore
gon vote and is elected.
Senator Conkling, of New York, is
reported to be iudignaut at military in
terference in South Carolina, He re
marked to a brother Senator the other
day : “The logical result of sueh eon
duct is that before long regular soldiers
will punch our own tickets before we
•can get into the Senate Chamber.”
Tke Democracy of Pennsylvania have
spoken plainly and to the point. They
believe that Tildbn and Hendricks have
been fairiy and legally elected, and they
do not iutond to have them oonnted out
either by usurpation of authority on the
part of the President of the Senate or
by means of a Supreme Court Return
ing Board oouposed of Radioal parti
sans.
The Radical newspapers are making
much of a law suit brought against Mr.
Tilden by H. H. Boodt for alleged
fraudulent dealing in some railway pool,
Boodt is known in this section as the
'Companion and business associate of the
notorious carpet-bag developer Geo. D,
'Chatman, and bis word would not bring
more than one hundred oents on the
•dollar in Augusta.
It is intimated that a number of Re
publican members of the Illinois Legis
lature will not participate in the Repub
lican caucus for the nomination of a
United States Senator. It ia conceded
on all bauds that Senator Logan will re
ceive the caucus nomination; but the
fact that the Independents hold the bal
auco of power in the Legislature, and
that John A. is not the kind of a man
that invites Independent support, makes
it doubtful, to say the least, if he will be
this own successor.
Thk Returning Board overdid “Mrs.
Pinkston” and “Mrs. Pinkston” seems
to have overdone herself. A prominent
•cottou factor of New Orleans, writing
to a well known physician of Pliiladel
•phis, says : “ Governor MoEnkry told
me lsst niglit that the woman F.i.iza
Pinkston was never hurt by any one.
Her brttiaea are burnt, she having fallen
into the fire when drunk and aleep,,
and perhaps you have noticed that no
•examination of her baß been made by a
physician." “ Mrs. Pinkston” is even i
■sore of a fraud than the notorious
Franoks Thompson, who achieved no
toriety before the Congressional Com
mittee of 18i7.
Th * Directors of the Western Union
Company, most of whom, we
believfc'. are Republicans, and the Presi
dent, alA> • prououuoed Republican, are
indignant .beoause they have been '-Pi
nioned to exhibit telegrams which will
reveal Republican bribery and fraud in
Florida and Lomisiana. We have no
objection to their indignation, but we
Lope they will be made to give up the
documents. There ia too much at stake
for Congress to hesitate a moment as to
its duty. The Directors threaten to
destroy the originals of all dispatches
thereafter. Under such circumstances
•copies will answer just aa well as the
originals.
■‘A few mouths ago an elegantly
dressed woman, the wile of a rich mer
chant, was so drunk in a Baltimore
wtreet that she could not stand, and a
policeman arrested her.* Her husband
aeons*} her release, and tie incident was
made a eacret. She promised never to
•drtnk intoaiasting liquor again. Lately
Bihe was found ifmg drutk in a gutter,
and this time the would do
nothing to tide her shatte She was
publicly fined in a polioe aonrt and dis
carded by her family " We can’t say
that the husband waa sot right. No
naan likes to have a drunken wife, we
-suppose. But suppose every *omaD,
•whose husband was found Annie in the
1 -street, showld oast him off, what a fine
crop of graaa widows there would bo in
the United States.
A World correspondent in Novffainp-
I alii re explains bow the voters of that
L State were '’bnlldozed” into voting for
" Haras: In Nashua, Manchester, Hook
i sett and Snncook, all large manuiactur
ong places, “the foreman or soperkiten-
Hent, and sometimes the paymasters,
mere ordered to and did inquire of
every employee under them how they
were going to vote at the election, and
any hesitating to reply for Hints were
told if they refused to vote or voted for
Tildbn they would be discharged
and never taken on again. Nor did
tfcey stop there, bat seat notice or call
ed upon every one of those boarding the
operatives of the different mills, and in
formed them that if they knew of any
of their boarders who intended to or
did vote far Samuel J. Tilde* and did
not at once inform the proprietors of
the mills, all operatives wenld be for
bidden, under penalty of discharge, to
remain with them." The correspondent
adds that thousands of voters were ee
. cured for Haras in this way.
rHUSTMta DAY.
A year has elapsed since we gave
Christmas greeting to the readers of the
Chronicle and Sentinxl, and now this
holy festival, this day of dear and tender
memories, will in twenty-four hours
again dawn upon ns will again
bring mirth and happiness and love to
every age and condition. To-morrow
the whole oivilized world—for Christi
anity and civilization are synenomona
terms—will assume anew aspect. Busi
ness and business cares, domestic trou
bles and annoyances, heart-bnrniDgs
and hatreds, will, for one day at least, be
banished from the human breast to give
place to the bright visitors, Charity,
Gratitnde and Love. To morrow the hol
ly, the ivy and the mistletoe will deck the
homes of every Christian land, and the
great yule logs will blaze and crackle on
every Christian hearth. Every Chris
tian heart will swell with tender emo
tion, as it is remembered that on that
day eighteen hundred and seventy-six
years ago there was born, in the manger
of Bethlehem, the Bark whom divine
pity and lava divine had sent into the
world to suffer and to save, to die and to
redeem. Then should we think on the
birth, the life, the sufferings, the
death, the glorious resurrection— the
words spoken by the Sea of Uallilee
—the divine doctrine tanght upon the
Mount—the Last Supper—the agony in
the Garden—the betrayal and desertion
—the mockings and the jeerings—the
cruel crown of thorns—the trial and the
condemnation —the dreadful journey to
the cross—the fearful crucifixion —the
death and burial—the angels’ visit to
the tomb—the opening of the sepulchre
—and the joyful resurrection of Him the
Saviour whose natal day we celebrate.
Did we say that in every house
there would be holly and ivy and
joy and feasting? Alas! no. Many
homes are there in which there will be,
can be, neither plenty nor gladness. In
many homes there will be little enough
of mirth, and where the black wolf,
hunger, will be the only visitor. In
many homes where there are plenty of
this world’s goods, there will be suffer
ing and sorrow. At many a Christmas
board will be missed the bright face that
smiled so sweetly on us but one short
year ago. Many a musical voice that
laughed so lightly theu is hushed and
still to-day. Many a bright eye that
beamed so lovingly then is now oold and
dim, and many a dear form which then
was full of life and health and strength
now lies mate and motionless in the
oold embrace of Death. But even to the
hungry and needy the day will bring
oomfort, for it will remind them that a
time will come when their sufferings
will cease, and acase forever. Even to
the wounds of the mourners it will bring
balm and healing; for it will tell that,
through the loving kindness of him whe
made Christmas holy, they will again
meet their dear dead, and meet to part
no more.
In onr own Sonny South, and es
pecially in our own beloved Georgia, we
have much to feel grateful for. Onr
people may have not made much money,
but there has been bread enongh, thank
God, for all—and the State is rapidly
recovering from the ravages of war.
Onr present is cheerful and prosperous,
and the fntnre gives pertain promise of
still greater prosperity and still bright
er days. Let ns remember all these
things, and, remembering, give thanks
to the Great Giver of all good.
To the readers of the Chronicle and
Sentinel— one and all—we wish a happy,
happy Christmas.
A CHANCE FOR lIDIIUKAUON.
An English company has made a proposition
to the St ate authorities of Georgia to put on a
line of steamers between Liverpool and Ba
vanuah or Brunswick, and guarantees to land
three thousand immigrants per month if the
State will gram the company a moderate sub
sidy. The Governor at Georgia strongly fa
vors the project, and it ia expected that the
Legislature which meets shortly will make the
necessary appropriation. The Atlanta Consti
tution says that there are ten million acres of
rich land lying idle in that State to-day. Pre
cisely what relation is fo be established be
tween immigrants wheu they arrive and the
land which is lying idle ie not defined ip the
Georgia jeurual above mentioned. Whether
the immigrants are to go upon the land as la
borers, tenants or as owners, does not appear.
Probably the land is held in large trsets by
non-resident proprietors, but whether they are
willing to sell a portion of their possessions at
reasonable rates to secure the enhancement in
▼alne of tha ja a matter upon which no
definite information is The indneutial
and wealthy classes in Georgia shown
good judgment in their efforts to re-esiaAliafi
fit* prosperity of the State, and it is possible
that they have come to see the wisdom of the
policy which makes the laborer an owner of the
soil. The establishment! of manufactures in
Georgia has demonstrated the importance of
'abor as an element ot National and State
prosperity and possibly prepared that people
tor other innovations on the preyicyis condition
of things.—San Frantisco Call.
It is very well understood that Jhe j
proposition of the English oompany
above referred to meets the approval of
Governor Stow, and will be recom
meuded by him to ttos general Assem
bly at its next meeting, ft ue> also
been viewed favorably by the Grangers
and most of tho ppwap&pers of the
State. It will have many frtoS-ds in the
Legislature, and we shall not he at all
surprised) to see the proposal accepted
and the subsidy granted. But the Call
strikes the proper key when it asks what
relation is to be established between the j
immigrants who are to be bronght into 1
tbe State At the rate of three thousand
per month, and jtbeden millions acres of j
land lying idle in Georgia. Gan thisj
immense body of land be made available j
in any way for the wants of immigrants?
! How shall it be made available ? It may
be reqaivod as an axiom that European
: immigration will flow only into States
or Territories where ao#jnpied lands
are cheap and abundant ft is for Jfris 1
reason, since tbe wap at least, that for- !
eign immigrants have sought- the West
and Northwest, and negieeted ihoßonih. |
The Northwest has a poor soil, a ae-,
vere and trying climate, few railroads, j
and a rough and half-savage population. |
The South has a fertile soil, a mild
and equable climate, fine yatej- and,
railway facilities, and a cultivated and
refined society. Bat the Northwest has
tracts of land open to settle
ment. The immigrant can obtain as
much land—such N it is—as he de
sires, either from the Ajrqrernment or
from railway corporations, for a nomi
nal sum and upon most favorable terms,
la tbe South there are, generally speak
ing, o Oossyproont lands open to set
tlement, and, as yet, .there has been no
organized action for supplying immi
grants with homes. It may as wait fee
understood now that no matter how
mauy immigrants per month or per year
the English Company may bring into
this State they will tease for the West
just as speedily as they eaa unless
something is done to supply them with
land. They do not need mnch, bnt
they coed some, and it must be sold or
leased to upon the most favorable
terms. We do Jbelieva that they
can be indnoed to go into tfee field and
work tor the wages and the fare gives
to colored laborers- They pome to
this country to obtain home*, and
homes they will have. We see bat one
way of meeting this question. Tbe
man who owns a thousand, two thou
sand, five thousand or ten thousand
sons of land most consent to divide a
certain portion of his tract into small
farms and to sell these at a low price
and upon long time. He will be a gain
er by the operation, for the settlement of
a part of his land will enhance enormous
ly the value of the other part, and that
in a very short time. Before the arrival
of a ship load of immigrants the agent
of the company at Savannah mnst have
a record of such lands, a map of the
locality and a description of the soil
and climate. Immigrants, npon ar
riving, may then select each tracts as
they desire, make the first payment and
set off for their new homes. Some
snch plan as this must be adopted, or
else the immigrants who oome will not
stay and the subsidy will be simply
thrown away.
BUNGLING FALSEHOOD.
Radical newspapers as a general rule
are very unskillful liars. Mendacity, to
accomplish anything, should always be
artistic. The Columbia correspondent
of the Cincinnati Gazette telegraphed
concerning the testimony taken before
the Congressional Committee sent to in
vestigate the Sonth Carolina election, as
follows :
Testimony was taken to day relative to the
Hambnrg massacre, which inaugurated the
-hot gun policy m South Carolina. There is
abundant evidence that the Hambnrg affair
was premeditated, and the beginning of a con
certed plan to carry Sonth Carolina by intimi
dation. It was predicted by those who took
part in it more than a month before it occur
red, accompanied by threats that Hampton
had got to be elected, if they had to wade
knee deep iu blood.
If the correspondent of the Gazette
had not been the most inartistic of liars
he would have known that the Hamburg
trouble occurred some time before the
nomination of Gen. Hampton, and some
time before it was even known that he
would be a candidate for Governor.
A PEN PICTURE OF B. H. HILL.
A Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland (Ohio) Herald gives the fol
lowing pen picture of the Representa
tive from the Ninth Georgia Distriot:
Mr. Hill is now Mty-three years of age; is a
Georgian by birth, and a man of fine personal
presence, being above the average height,
lithe and sinewy, without any appearance of
leanness. He has a square face, l&rgp, steady
glancing, blue gray eyes, a thin-lipped, firm
set mouth, the upper lip cleanly shaven al
ways, with a full, clipped beard. The hair is
rather bristling, and slightly wavy, standing
up and hack from his forehead, and is, to
gether with his whiskers, of a yellowish brown
oolor, with a small bald spot on the crown. He
possesses an exceedingly pleasant, almost
musical voice, and is graceful and easy iu ges
ticulation. The most characteristic point con
nected with his personal bearing is the pecu
liar manner in which he habitually carries his
head, which he does by dropping his chin al
most upon the breast, and looking up and
oat from under his eyebrows. This he does
alike in walkiag or sitting, but when speaking
he throws his head up and square. Mr. Hill
is one of the most scholarly men in Congress,
and is a great lover of books and home. He is
never seen about the hotel lobbies or rolling
around a# the common rnn of Congressmen do,
and be ia never absent from the House when
ever any matter of importanae is under dis
fnssion, for his peculiar attitude will always
arrest the eye of the observer as he sits some
where near the man who may be speaking, so
that he may hear clearly what is going on in
the noisy chamber.
HARD TIMES IN BROOKLYN.
The St. Louis' Republican says the
hard times are pressing severely on the
people of New YoVk and Brooklyn, and
the pressure is aggravated by the shook
to business caused by the tangle in the
Presidential question. There was a
marked improvement in trade during
the three months immediately preceding
the November election, but it ended the
day after the election, and stagnation
has prevailed ever since. It is estima
ted that there are 50,000 unemployed
mechanics and laborers in New York,
and a still larger number of unemployed
women who are accustomed to earn their
own livelihood in the trades and shops.
The effort made in Brooklyn to raise a
fund for the relief of the sufferers by
tb.e theatre calamity brought to sight an
alarming coition of the poor of that
city. Such poverty as jyss pot dreamed
of, and in places where it was not sps
peoted, was found. The Mavor of the
oity says it will require $300,000 to
$400,000 to take care of the poor in
Brooklyn this Wip.ter. The annual re
port of the Commissioners .of Charity of
Kings county states that lost year 8,165
persons received public aid, at a cost of
$177,000, and the number of applicants
will be much larger this present year.
The relief and charitable associations
have empty treasuries, and their efforts
to jyake collections meet with only mod
erate success Only $15,000 was col
lected for the benefit of .the theatre suf
ferers, though in better times five times
as much would have been raised with
i fees effort.
THE yw’fe ARMIES.
A recent letter in the feiondon Tirfyes,
and a communication in the Vienna
Neue Freie Freese, give information in
regard to the armies of Russia and Tur
key, the statements in the one paper
supplementing those in the other. The
Russian army in Europe, according to
the arrangements sanctioned two years
age, is ip con sis* of 528 battalions of
infantry, numbering 551,0ik; combatants
and $9,000 non-combatants; of 341
aqnadrona of oayalry, yrith 57,000 oom
batants and 9,000 nop-,constants; and
of 080 batteries of artilliery, yitfe ,69,000
combatants ami 11,000 non-combatants.
To these are added 66 companies of
engineers, with 15,000 combatants and
1,800 non-combatants, and a propor
tionate quota of oommissariat, surgeons,
etc., the war footing of the entire stand
ing army the reaching the total of 744,
000 men. For Uw support and augmen
tation of these troops a first ep,f) second
reserve are formed upon the outbreak ©f
war. For the first reserve, to consist of
I &i battalions, with 182,000 men, the
cadres exist in pewe; the second reserve,
fixed at 199 battalions yWO.utfe
squadrons (19,000 men;, and 112 mixed
squadrons $0,000), is to be formed en
tirely afresh. Even this tfoes pot ex
haust tbe plan de mobilization. Over
and above the field troops enumerated
there are two garrison reserves. The
first coasts* pf 96 battalions of fortress
infantry, 34 bjUjtaiiops of frontier infan
try, and 87 companies of fortress artil
lery, making np a total of 175,000 men;
tbe second contains 95 battalions and
515 mixed detachments, estimated at
150,000 map. If we take into aooount
that tbe Caucasus anay & to be raised
in war to 146,700 men, and that tine ir
regulars in Europe and Asia are meant
to yield a force of 178,000, we obtain the
ppprmons figure of 2,000,000. Three
thousand fro to he added to this
force of men.
Turning from Russia to Turkey tbs
actual regular force in service at the
time of the declaration of the armistice
consisted of $Ol battalions of infantry,
183 sqnadrons of cavalry, and 6p6 field
guns. The force of tbe battalions varied
from 300 to 850 men. The strongest
battalions were those of Oskah Pasha ;
the weakest those of Debjtish Pasha,
abont one-half of which did not exceed
3QQ men. The cavalry had, as a rule,- its
regulation strength of 100 per squadron
ff the effective strength of the battalions
be taken at 600 men on an average, this
would give 300,000 regular infantry,
18,000 horsemen, and 606 guns. Ac
cording to the Statute of Organization,
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1877.
Turkey can set on foot 692 battalions of
the normal strength of 1,000 men each,
and raise five regiments of reserve artil
lery, each with six batteries; and these
new levies have been taken in hand,
which will bring up the Turkish force to
700,000 men and 872 Krnpp guns, to
which must be added 70,000 Zaptiebs,
all old soldiers, and at least 20,000 Cir
cassians, equal to any light cavalry in
the world,
HON. B. H. HILL.
It afforded the Chronicle and Senti
nel muoh pleasure to publish the letter
written by Mr. Hill to Mr. Culberson,
defending himself from the charges
which have recently been made against
him. The letter is a frank and manly
refutation of the unfounded accusations
and ill-natured insinuations that have
been circulated in some of the Southern
newspapers. We are loth to believe that
any reputable journalist would assail a
publio man in a spirit of intentional in
justice, and we must believe that the
papers which have oritioized Mr. TTtt.t.
so harshly have been putting too much
faith in the reports published by North
ern Radioal journals. We are not the
apologist of Mr. Hill, for he needs
none. We are not the champion of Mr.
Hill, or of any one else. We have
striven to treat him as we treat all other
publio men: commend him when we
think he is right, and condemn him
when we believe him to be wrong. This
is all. Mr. Hill denies explicitly and
emphatically all the silly stories which
have been published about him since his
return to Washington. He denies that
he has abused Northern Democrats in
Congress; he denies that he is not in
thorough aocord with Mr. Tilden and
the leaders of the Demooratio party;
and he denies that he has agreed to sell
the South to Mr. Hayes for a Cabinet
portfolio. These stories were so patent
ly absurd that a denial was scarcely ne
cessary. But Mr. Hill thought differ
ently, and we will not question the wis
dom of his course. At all events he has
disposed of the silly statements very
effectually. He has shown that he is
thoroughly in the confidence of his par
ty, and is one of its chosen and trusted
leaders. Whatever suggestions he has
made have been carefully considered
and always adopted. The policy of
moderation, ot which he has been the
principal supporter, has already been
productive ot muoh good and will even
tually bring about the peaceful over
throw of Radicalism and the peaceful
accession to power of a Democratic ad
ministration. He is laboring zealously
iu the cause of constitutional govern
ment, and instead of being stricken
should be sustained. In bis letter Mr.
Hill oorreotly represents the sentiments
of the great mass of the Southern peo
ple. The Southern people wish peace—
not violence. They have had enough of
war. They desire the peaceable inaugu
ration of the legally elected President.
If Radical leaders should employ force
to defeat the wishes of the people, then
the South will resist to a man and to
the death—but not until then.
democratic economy.
When the Democratic House of Repre
sentatives saved the tax payers of the
country thirty millions of dollars last
Summer In the appropriations for the
support of the Government, the Repub
lican press and politicians declared that
this economy was only practiced for ef
feot; that as soon as the campaign was
oyer the Democrats would not care how
much of the p,eopl,e’s ipouey was ex
pended. Well, tbfi campaign has ended,
and the Democrats have been success
ful, yet they are still saving wherever
saving is practicable. A Washington
dispatch to the New York World says
that by January 80th all the appropria
tion bills will be before the House and
most of them will have been passed,
Two things are already certain, the sum
total of the appropriations will be from
$10,000,000 to $12,000,000 below the ex
penses for this year, and $41,000,000 be
low the appropriations for the year be
fore, and the deficiency bills will be, so
far as information has reached Mr.
Holman, beloy thosq ot any year for
ten years past. The estimates for de
ficiencies have nojb yet been received,
but they yilj principally be confined to
the Departments of justice, Navy and
War, jn ih.e they will he largely
due tp the movjng gf trppps lopg dis
tances from the West and East tp the
South. The deficiencies in the legisla
lative expense will also be smaller than
for eight years past. That of the House
is not likely to be over $28,000, in a great
degree due to unforseen exigencies,
like the fnneral expenses of Mr. Kerb.
Avery considerable saving has resulted
from the faot that the contingent fund
has been entirely abolished in the Honse
and oannot be drawn upon by resolution
at pleasure. Aside from the decrease in
deficiency bills, best proof of the
success of last year’j? rejection is dem
onstrated ip the fact that they are con
tinued this year, and, sboqld the expen
ditures of the Government be adminis
tered apon the same principle, reduc
tions can be repeated yearly, so that the
appropriations for the current expenses
of the Government will be reduced in
three years from 8147,000,000, which
they are now, to $95,000,000 or $105,-
000,Q90, including ju ffcijj sum the pen
sion list. T&is fear tpe appropriation
bills afe passing at about the figures of
last year And wjthopt debate. Those in
the hands of the qmmittpe bare been
plaoed in the hands of snb-oommittees
daring the recess, who will be ready to
report at its close or in the ensuing
fortnight. The most important reduc
tion of the Winter is to come in the pen
sion bill. The Honße has made it a role
to pass this bill precisely as estimated
by the Pegsipo Bureau, although it has
been felt that the expense* incident to
the disbursement of the pensions were
extravagantly large. The Senate Com
mittee on Appropriations has passed an
amenoovvhf tc the bill, however, which
will rednoe this particular itejp, and
yhen the bill comes back to the House
still fqrthpf reductions will be made in
the same direction, amounting in all to
several hundreds of thousands.
- n
The bnßineas of theatres throughout
the country, says the Dramatic News,
is unfavorably affected by the Brooklyn
disaster. The same paper says; “Specu
lators are having a hard time at the oity
theatres. People who need to call on
them with the greatest anxiety for seats
in tfee front rows, now mainly want
places on the f lasi row the goer.’
The speculators have had to ehange
their base of operations, as the ohoice
seats of a theatre have changed their
location.”
The sufferers iropi the Brooklyn ca
lamity continue to oall upon fhosp hav
ing charge of the means for their relief.
They are sorely pressed for the neces
saries of daily sustenance The deaths
from the fire, as reported by tbe Regis
ter, show that 284 bodies were interred,
of which number 183 were identified;
101 unidentified bodies were pat in a
common grave. Portions of remains
were subsequently recovered, so that no
donbt is left in the mind of the Register
to*t the number of people who perished
peaches at least §OO. Seventy-five per
cent of the deaths were of unmarried
men.
HJDSTBTCT
DIVIDENDS THAT ARE NOT DITISENDS.
There should be some legislation in
Georgia regulating the dectarafion of
dividends by joint stock companies, and
we commend the subject to the atten
tion of the members of the General As
sembly. The Directors of a corporation
should not, under any ciroumstaaces, be
allowed to declare a dividend unless the
same has been aotually earned oris a
part of the accumulated surplus of the
company. The necessity for auch a re
striction is obvious. The value of a
stock is regulated by the dividends
which it pays. If it pays good divi
dends the price is usually high. If it
pays no dividends the price is always
low. A corporation may have loit money
steadily for six months, but if the Di
rectors borrow money and declare a divi
dend the public will believe that the
company is in a prosperous condition
and put a larger value upon its shares
than they deserve. Iu this way inno
cent parties may be greatly wronged.
Let the officers of a corporation divide
only its earnings among the sharehold
ers.
BUTLER’S FLAN.
General Benjamin F. Butler has
come to the fore with his plan for the
settlement of the Presidential question.
He says there has been so much taint
attaching to the legality of the proceed
ings in several of the States eonneeted
with the late Presidential contest that
it will be impracticable for either party
to purge itself of the wrongs alleged
against it so as to satisfy the great mass
of the Amerioan people, who are anx
ious to see the right prevail in the con
test. He suggests that Congress go to
work at onoe and pass a special eleotion
law, calling for anew eleotion, to take
place in May next, and have such safe
guards thrown around the election at all
points as to preclude the chance of un
fairness or fraud, either of registration
or of subsequent canvass of the votes,
and in that way honestly endeavor to
have a fair expression of the will of the
majority, and have that expression car
ried into effect by the inauguration of
the Presidential candidate so choseD.
In the meantime the acting Vice-Presi
dent of the United States could conduct
the Government, and step oat upon the
inauguration of the candidate chosen
by a majority of the eleotois. This all
sounds veiy well, but the scheme is en
tirely impracticable. Congress has no
authority to order anew eleotion. If it
takes such a step it will have to legis
late outsjde the Constitution, but per
haps Butler is so to
this practice that he sees no harm in it.
Anew election will not be held, Mr.
Tilden has been elected and he will cer
tainly be inaugurated.
THE SOUTHERN TOTE IN THE LATE
ELECTION.
The Albany Argus reminds the people
that before the Presidential eleotion the
Republican leaders dwelt inoessantly
upon these words, “the solid South.”
They conoeded the South was solidly for
Tjlpen, and gouglft to exasperate the
North into a sectional controversy, an
gry and embittered, Now, the effort is
to show that the South is not solidly for
Tilden, and to precipitate collision in
the effort to wrest it from him. The
struggle suggests an examination of
“the vote as actually oast,” with the
view of considering the lessons to be de
rived therefrom. For Florida, we take
the vote actually east, according to
General Barlow ; for Louisiana, the
vote as actually cast, according to the
certificates of the Republipau parish of
ficers ; for Soqth Carolina, the vote on
Governor, there having been no valid
canvass of the vote for Presidential
electors. The table is as follows :
States. Tilden. Mayes. Greeley. Grant.
41ba W a 1pg,613 (58,23 p 73,444 911,272
Arkansas .... 68,083 38,669 37,827 41,073
F10rida...... 24,428 24,203 15,428 17.766
Georgia 129,785 49,454 76,278 62,715
Louisiana.... 83,723 77,174 66 467 59 975
Mississippi. ..108,241 51.853 47.191 81,916
N. Carolina. .122,5.-0 106,402 69,474 94,504
8. Carolina .. 92,261 91,127 22,903 72 290
Tennessee... 133,166 89,566 94,891 83,655
Totals 854,880 696,673 609,5C3 604,165
It will be observed that the Republi
can vote is remarkably increased in the
States they hoped tp carty, and which
are now sipgledout as examples of the
effect of intimidation. These States are
Florida, Louisiana and Sotth Carolina.
The total Republican vote in these
States in IB7fi was J 50.030; now it is
192,591/ —an increase of about thirty per
cent 1 That fapt fully explodes the
twaddle about terrorism.
Now, take the States whioh they did
not expect to carry; in which they
made no effort, but which they con
spired to call in question on the same
intangible ground of terrorism. Look
at Alabama and Mississippi, and ob
serve the remarkable falling off on the
vote; quite as remarkable as the falling
off on 'the Democratic vote in Pennsyl
vania, New York' and other States four
years ago, anfi as the falling off in East
Eelipian{|. tfiis year, snfi for tfie same
reason. Jn Alabama the Democratic
vote is not as large as it was two years
ago, nor is the Republican vote. The
Republicans did not want the negroes
to vote and they did not.
There is a large increase in the Demo
cratic vote. That increase, however, is
owing solely to the fact that the whites
became encouraged to believe that by
an earnest effort they might throw off
the revolting yoke of the ravenous crew
which has deyoprefi tfie substance of
this dispirited sectipn. As well might
it be said that the great conservative re
action whioh restored Disraeli to power
was the effect of bulldozing in England
as to say that bulldozing was the cause
of the overthrow'of Radicalism in this
country. The truth is, that the fright
ful oonsequenoes of Radical misgovern
ment have brought about the punish
ment of the Republican party And
now the fJafiioaU Seek, py the most stu
pendous crime ever perpetrated against
constitutional liberty, to retain the pow
er denied them by the people.
Tps Brooklyn Argus pertinently re
marks that the mors this Presidential
imbrogfio js studied the jpore it reminds
onp pf s ljttlp gamp of poker, in which
both parties have been requested either
to roll up their sleeves or to remove
their eoata,
The Supreme Court of Ohio has de
cided that railroad conductors have no
right to eject passengers from trains for
non-payment of fare except at a regular
station of the toad. So that a man who
gets aboard of a train and don’t show his
ticket before he starts may, if so dis
posed, ride from one way station to the
other, free.
It seems as if there is to be a dnal
Legislature in Louisiana as well as in
Sonth paroling. The Returning Board
there poupted out enough Democrats to
give the Republicans a majority, bnt
the lattpr are fearful that the frauds will
not suooeed, and have barricaded the
doors and windows of the State House.
They have also stationed a guard of
Metropolitan Police at the main entrance
to do what Ruqeb did in Columbia—
keep out all members who have not cer
tificates of election from the Returning
Board. The people of Louisiana should
organize the legal State government and
not pay taxes to any other. Starve out
the thieves.
UNITED STATES SENATOR.
A Coaunuaication in Farcr of Jokiaofl and
Jenkiaa.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel :
My attention was called a few morn
ings ago to a communication in your
valuable journal, endorsing the Hon.
Herachel V. Johnson for the position of
United States Senator. I can unhesita
tingly say that I believe he will have
the cordial and hearty support of the
people; that he will be sustained or ad
vocated by trading and bartering politi
cians is something I do not expect of
desire. Most naturally and necessarily
he antogonizes all such characters. He
has nothing in common with them.
The implicity of his character, his
straight forwardness and frankness un
fit him for any association with petty
cliques and rings of self-admiring and
self-rewarding politicians. I am satis
fied that our next Legislature, composed
of Representatives fresh from the peo
ple, and going to Atlanta, as they do,
untrammeled, will seek to select a fitting
man for so high and exalted a position,
nor will they regard great zeal and
anxiety for the office as just grounds
for promotion. In these,latter days—both
North and South—we have drifted into
the habit, and that without any reason,
of electing men to office simply because
they wanted it so badly, and this is not
confined to Senators, Governors and the
like, but extends even to comparatively
insignificant offioes, without any appar
ent emolument, and with only equivooal
honor, How frequently of late are one’s
ears greeted during a canvass with suoh
expressions as these, don’t know
“that he is particularly fit for the office,
“but ah 1 be is as good as some of the
“others and I hate to vote against him, he
“wants it so badly. Poorfellow!” Now,
it seems to me that if this sort of thing
were to go on much longer it would, by
custom, become the qnly law that would
govern all elections, and the only one
that jealous aspirants would acknowl
edge—for since tfiejr only recommenda
tion would be total unfitness and inca
pacity and an utter absence of self-re
spect, and successful only in proportion
to their indecent zeal.
Certainly, in such scrub races, you
would ffnly be surprised and morti
fied to see tnpf}, true men, entering.
Hence Ido hope that, it b e too late,
as a people, we will awaken to the sit
uation and call forth our best men, and
not our worst, to represent us at all
times and in all places. And who could
refleot more dignity and more honor,
and effect more real good for his coun
trymen, than Hon. Hersohel V. John
son. He js a statesman of national re
putation ; intellectually, he pas up su
perior and few equals. He is a giant
among giants. He was made in better
days ; he is a full pattern ; there is
is nothing small about him ; no
cringing or fawning, and his massive
intellect is only equalled by his
strict adherence to and ardent love of
the right, ge pap npitber bp intimi
dated nor bribed, and in ajf matters he
is able to decide for himself, and hav
ing decided he is immovable.—
It may not be amiss to say that
I am no partisan of Gov. Johnson’s,
and if the wire-pullers are determined
that he shall not be elected, then I know
that hp Jnpteeif would cordially join me
in naming the Ron. Chas. J. Jenkins
as one that would do the office of United
States Senator great credit.
I would draw jnyijjious distinc
tion or comparison, but someone has
said that he is the “noblest Roman of
them all,” oertainly he is, not only for
this but for any age or country a rare
man, and we of this generation
should look upon him and consider his
perfect, complete character; if suc
cessful in securing his services we would
reflect honor upon ourselves in turning
our backs ip disgust upon those be
found at fhe market place “up for the
highest bidder.” Surefy, if our Repre
sentatives are npt unduly biased in
casting their votes for Unite# states
Senator, they wijl pick out one or the
other of these two great and good men.
I do not propose to wage war upon
the candidates that have long since been
in the field; nor do I even know that it
has been with their knowledge that
friends have been electioneering and
swapping off for them ; but, still, as be
tween these gentlemen and the two
named by me, I must say that I do ~ot
think that there ia any comparison; Sot
would J be so cruel as to attempt to
draw any.
In conclusion, I would state that I
have no authority for saying or suggest
ing that either of these gentlemen
would accept the office; still, I know
them full well enough'' tp say fhaj; at no
time wopjd or poql# either them refuse
to do their duty, and certainjy in times
like these, if oajlp# upon to represent
their State, they should not and would
not refuse. As regards Governor Jen
kins’ great fitness for the plaoe all would
agree; but perhaps at a distance from
Augusta, where he is rarely seen
(not being a peripatetic politician),
he may be thought to be in feeble
health and unable to do the duties of
the office. If any should so think, they
are greatly mistaken, for it should not
necessarily argue 1 debility and feeble
ness because one should elect to live in
elegant retirement, Surrounded by his
family and friends. Hoping that oqr
whole people, as a State, Will awaken to
their (rue wants and the great necessi
ties of fhe occasion,' and will, by accla
mation, call for one of these two gentle
men to represent thpm' fq (lie United
States Senate, 4 am, Messrs. Editors,
your obedient 1 servant, R. H,
An Important Decision.—We find
the following important decision in the
New Orleans Picayune:
In the case of the American Cotton
Tie Company, limited, et als., vs. B. J.
West, Judge Billings has rendered an
important decision affecting the proper
ty in patents of great publio interest.
Some time since the American Cotton
Tie Company instituted a suit against
Charles W Ohaptaan, of this city, to
obtain ah injunction ’ prohibiting him
from selling cotton ties of fhe descrip
tion of tie kuowq as (bp open slat
buckle, or "arrow tie, 1 * aeoured to the
Cotton Tie Company by letters patent
issued to Frederick Cook, Brodie and
McComb, and assigned to the company.
On application to Judge Woods he
allowed a restraining order prohibiting
the sale until the cause could be heard
in Court, on a motion for a preliminary
injunction. The oause was recently
heard in the Circuit Cquß. The'defend
ant insisted that'he naef a right to' sell
the arrow *ti6‘for'the' reason that the
patentees, the Cotton Tie Company, had
once sold thp bupkjes! the pur
chasers had used the ties once on cot
ton bales, and that after such use Chap
man had a right to buy up the
buckles second-hand, and combine them
with new or old bands, and sell the same
in competition with the owners of the
patent right. After a full hearing, the
Court held that the Cotton Tie Compa
ny, in disposing of their buckles and
ties, did pot sell therii,'but 1 delivered
them to customers With a limited license
to Use btft' dtice only, arid that the
brands stamped on the tie, “incensed to
be need onoa only,” was fall notice to
all possessors of the limited licens' nn .
der which the tie htZ been disposed of
by tho patentees, and pat the possessor
on inquiry whether the hookies had
been used onpe, and that knowipgly
using or selling a buckle on the pretense
that the tie hipl been made and deliv
ered by the Cotton Tie Company, and
used once, was an infringement of the
patent right and property of the owners
of the patent.
This important ruling has since been
oonfirmed by the Court. Judge Bil
lings yesterday granted a restraining or
der of the same import against Benja
min J. West, restraining him from the
use of old second-hand bnckles with a
flat metallic band as cotton ties.”
NORTH CAROLINA SjQNDX.
Merlin* of Holden la New York—Recog
nized U'debtedueaa—Adjusting the Debt.
New York, December 27. — At a meet
ing held here to-day of North Carolina
bondholders, at which about $2,600,000
worth of bonds were represented, it
was stated that pi the $88,000,000
owed by thpSt*te, only S2I,OOq,QQQ were
recognized. The bondholders would
be willing to aepept fifty per cent., and,
in the opinion of the meeting, bonds
should be issued for landing this recog
nised debt, payable January and July,
at New York and Raleigh, and that
these coupons should be received for
taxes and State dues. A committee of
five was appointed, with J. T. Bonner as
Chairman, to represent the bondholders
and to adjust the debt on an equitable
basis.
Marietta has a black wolf and a bar
ber shop.
The Cobb ooonty coroner, aged 82,
died last week.
HON. B.JL HILL.
AN OPEN LETTER PROM THE DIS
TINGUISHED GEORGIAN.
A Calm View of the Situation—He Explaius
Ilia Position—The Attitude of Parties.
House of Representatives, )
Washington, December 21, 1876 (
My Dear Sir—l trust you will believe
me when I assure you that your letter is
esteemed as worthy to come from one
who has been a “life-long friend,” as
you truly style yourself. Every mail is
bringing me letters from every seotion
of the Union, and those from the South
disclose a “panic” among my friends
which is most remarkable. I will not
pretend that I am insensible to the effect
which may be produced on my personal
political fortunes, but I do say that my
chief solioitude is excited by far differ
ent and, I will add, by far higher con
siderations. If the reputation of a pub
lio man can be tarnished by agencies so
trifling and so false as those now at
work, then there can be little encourage
ment for unselfish patriotism. Ido not
pretend that I have served, or can serve
my oountry with ability, but I can say
that I have given, and am now giving,
under the most embarrassing disadvant
ages, to that ooqntpy tfie very best
abilities I possess. Under the severest
trials I have made a record of fearless
fidelity in defense of Southern
civilization and manhood, and
of unflinching adherence to con
stitutional government whioh no
man ean deny. But what is all this
worth if it can have no effeot in protect
ing me from irresponsible squibs from
Washington City, some of which at
least are inspired, and many enoouraged,
by the most unworthy motives possible ?
If such squibs, whether thoughtless or
designing, can throw friends into a
panic and encourage enemies to refresh
their malignity with the stereotyped
slang, “I always fold you lap ndt re
liable I” then our free institutions and
popular government have arrived at a
period where a public man oan have no
protection save in the nothingness of his
imbecility or the callousness of his cor
ruption. He is safe alonejwhen he does
nothing that fools can criticise, or does
only hirelings \yifi puff for a con
sideration. ‘
Now, sir, I do not believe that the
people of Georgia have arrived at this
point, and I shall do them the justice to
say that I have not the slightest fear
that they will allow themselves to be
made parties to the wrongs whioh some
are now plotting agipnsj; ma. "Cm the
contrary, 4 $0 nop doubt that when they
know the troth, as they will know it,
they will approve me with cheerfulness
and unanimity; and, in the meantime,
they will not withdraw that confidence
and trust without which I shall be pow
erless to serve either them or myself.
What have I dopp ~py Said" that
“fripndi should fie alarmed and enemies
encouraged,” as numerous letters say ?
Without going into detail (as I will
not be cowardly enough now to do), I
will state some facts. 1. Since the as
sembling of this session of Gonfrega toe
Democratic $ pp Hohse have
mol tbrpe times in general caucus. I
haye made but one motion in general
caucus, and that motion was adopted
unanimously. There was npt 0, dissent
ing vote—npt one.. I accompanied that
motion with 0 short speech, the temper
and spirit of which every mun in the
caucus approved, and the main point of
whioh was warmly agreed to by a large
majority, including, I believe, every
member from the Southern or late Con
federate States, and certainly every one
present from Georgia. 2. We have pad
frequent conferences, composed' of a
limited a timber o( Democrats, from five
to twenty in a conference. To several of
these I have been invited (p attended-
In these conferepppji 4 hftve made several
motiops snd Ryery one I
haye yet made fcas been adopted and
sometimes unanimously adopted. On
one or two ocoassions my suggestions
have been reoeived with a consideration
that was pleasant and adopted with ex
pressions that were flattering.
This is my work. What am I charged
with ? •“
1. It is said I hayy expressed distrust
of Northern Democrats, and speeches to
this effect are filling the papers as if
made by me. Not a single word publish
ed on this subject is true—not one.
2. It is said that myself and other
Southern men have lost. in
the election of TiMen”, Urid have
madfy p# or 'are wiping to
make, some bargain oir arrangement wjth
Mr. Hayes. All intimations pi this
kinq are simply manufactured—manu
factured by sen&otional hirelings for Re
publican use and benefit. Mr. Tilden
and the Democratic party are reduced
to a sad hope of success if the silly or
designing Democrats who affect to be
lieve such charges are to be aosepted as
the only trusted cu the 'party.
It might be interesting to give you an
explanation of how easily a public man
here may be misrepresented by news
gossips and interviewers—and especially
if he be a public man who is worth mig
representing. But I the time
to do so now, A tew words in conclu
sion. Tpe political situation was never
so critical as now. Our constitutional
system is on a magazine of ponder, and
ton thousand qnd soipe that are
not fools, are striking matches all
around it.' but cool mW and pa
triots who loye country more than office
can avert the most horrible oivil war
that eyer disgraced and destroyed lib
erty and humanity. And yet there was
never less excuse for any war in the his
tory of the world. Such a war, if it
come, will be the culmination of human
crime in the dastardly destruction of
human rights by a disgraceful scramble
for office ! In the late election both Mr.
Tilden and Mr. Hayes received some
votes. _ Will k be bettei* to have
{or Fremdont than to have a ruler
who reoeived no votes ?, He is too stu
pid for argument \yho does riot see that
the last alternative {a possible. But
whoever my may not be made Presi
dent by returniog boards or bayonets,
one thtog is oertam : Mr. Tilden cannot
and will not be made President
he is made so by a fair, honest count of
the votes of the people.
That count can be neither fair nor
honest unless it be had under ’n-orpre
tations of the Constitution long accepted
and by methods of procedure long es
tablished. The party 1 that now demands
new interpretations, or q nevj jorm °r
method of' count vfilj fye'% party in re
bellion against the Constitu
tion, thq Uhiop and the people. I am,
therefore, in favor of a fair and honest
constitutional count of the votes of the
people. lam laboring to seeure that
count, and when secured, I shall abide
its result; and so will every other man
North and South who is not wiping to
destroy his country. I -m brave enough
to want iut uut cowardly enough
to iA-ept 'dlshohor. It'‘is unpleasant
now to lave'to 'write letters, arid, I con
fess, a little wounding to rd? pride to be
called oh by frie'p#h to deny Charges so
plainly ithsbraj' ana so wickedly circu
lated, But I will make an Allowance for
u natural ajjxietj these evil times. I
yon, therefore, to give this letter to
the press, and I reapeotfully ask every
paper in Georgia to give an insertion. I
make one request of the people of Geor
gia, qnd that' is that they will believe
nothing ascribed to me unles it appears
over my own signature or in the official
proceedings of Congress. I can see no
other possible protection from misrepre
sentation. I believe we can avert all the
calamities I now so much dread. If we
can peacefully inaugurate the man
elected by the people, we shall have a
new and long lease of constitutional
government. If we cannot then onr
beautiful, glorious and constitutional
system will perish and my friends will
find me on the front line of the last
fatal in its defense.
Yours, very truly,
Bekj. H. HiLt,
A. B. Culberson, Esq., Atlanta, Ga.
STRIKE ARRESTED.
Threatened Engineer Troubles Aryaugad—
The brotherhood Again.
Portland, Maine, December 27.
The threatened strike of locomotive en
gineers on the Grand Trunk Railway is
reported arranged on a basis of all three
grades of engineers accepting the pro
portion of the company to pay $2 76
per day.
A CENTENNIAL COUNTERFEIT,
A Thousand Dollar Rill.
Washington, December 27.—Treas
ury detectives have recently discovered
anew counterfeit'one thousand dollar
greenback.
The fire fiend has dealt savagely with
Anderson county recently.
f2 A YEAR—POSTAGE PAID.
QUIETING AUDIENCES.
How Two Theatres Were Managed at a
Trying moment.
[AVoni the Graphic .]
Next to absenee of body presence of
mind is the best possession in a crowd
house afire. I made this remark yester
day to the dispenser of foaming ale in
Brooklyn as I looked over my mug and
waited for it to settle. He was an English
man, a man of considerable education
and culture in languages besides his owu.
"You’re right,” said he, as I tipped it
up and took a sip. “And I remember
just the case to prove it. It was almost
a generation ago, in the old Brooklyn
Museum, the tip-top theatre of those
days. It stood at the corner of the next
street, Orange and Fulton, where
Lockitt’s now is. There was a couple
of roaring farces on that night, and the
house was full. The star was Fred M.
Kent, a low comedian of considerable
audacity and full of fun. He was a man
of resources,- too—never stumped by
anything, full of expedients.. Weil, sud
denly smoke was seen by the audience.
It® origin was not qnite certain, but it
strongly suggested fire. It increased
for a moment, when several jumped up,
put on their hats, and started for the
door. There was a cry of fiye, and a
.panic was imminent at this juncture
Kent rushed to the footlights, struck an
attitude of mock-tragedy, and shouted
in tones that pierced every part of the
house; ‘Betetr stay ’round -better stay
’round—going to cut a watermelon
soon!’ The effect was
There was a roar o| laughter, a momen
tary diversion, during which the amoke
was suppressed, and the faroe went on.”
I have learned of another ease—in
Now York, this one. Mme. Ponisi was
playing in tragedy with Edwin Forrest
The piece on that night was “Still Ra
ters Run Deep,” Mme. Ponmi Mrs.
Sternhold It wag tiu* nmht faene, and
as ah? walked fa W twe to “turn
qo.Vfh" the glass eampuene lamp burning
thereon there was a little “pop;” the
top flew out like a cork, and flame
mounted towards the ceiling. It stood
within a foot of the flat, and the theatre
seemed in great peril. ifqie Ponisi
looked at the flamfl iy,r. a,n instant,
while the ypiqiile fluid streamed out,
then walked quiokly to the table, took
the . burning lamp firmly in her hand,
whisked it quiokly across the stage, and
either flung it out the window to the
left or handed it to somebody outside
It was all over in a moment. Tflen those
who were 9$ Wned back, and
fa? WW?°B Ronim had to stand for
many finnuteß beforfe the footlights
while the audience paid her the prolong
ed and repeated tribute of its applause.
It was such a scene as few theatres
have ever witnessed.
AN fbWNS.E AF.HQI.ITE.
A bf'tt H yiro Fall* With a Hissing
Noise Into the Sen.
[From the San Francisco Chronicle ]
The large number of meteors lately
observed in the sfoc has attracted con
attention, especially among
scientific men, who are of the opinion
that the earth is passing through 9 belt
of aerolites. There is 903$$ diversity
of opinion reading the nature and
origin of these stones, of whioh it is cal
culated at least 8,000 fall upon the
earth's surface yearly. The theory most
widely accepted is that they are bodies
of our planetary system that have come
near enough to be acted upon by the
earth s gravitation, and thus, d*nwu out
of their orbits. A, jfteqt many aerolites
have been 'oqnq.and nearly every soil nti
fio institution in the is possessed of
one oy more. The largest of which there
is any authentic was found by
a Swedish mtftie expedition in 1870, on
the iffest coast of Greenland. It weighs
twenty-five tons, and is now at the
Royal Academy at Stockholm.
An aerolite of probably much greater
size was seen last Friday night by a re
porter, who was belated on the Qcean
House road. At about 12:4{j lie noticed
a peculiar light on fhh 3ac,d and sea
around him, and q&on Ipokmg upward
discovered What appeared to be an im
mense hall of fire descending toward
the earth. Its course was so rapid that
before lie had recovered from his aston
ishment the mass fell into the sea, ap
parently about half a mile shore.
A load hissing followed by a
sharp exploaicq, accompanied the fall,
and, sp frightened the horse which the
reporter was driving that bis whole at
tention for the sext five minutes was
directed toward the nnruly animal, but
ho noticed that the tail of the meteor,
as it is called, or, more properly, tb e
combustion occasioned by the imi*hP nße
ve'ooity with which the traveled
thorough onr remained
vistole for qbP# two minutes. From
the brfuianpy and area of the fire sur
rounding the failing stone, and the
splash occasioned by its sudden immer
sion, it is certain that the aerolite must
have been of immense size, qlthongh of
course no estimate conU) be made with
any accuracy ftaaog toe few sooonds
the qerofite was visible.
THE KOMANUR \ RICH YOUNU MAN.
ttut New York Yh/Uts.\.
George Hoffman, Jv., an accomplished
young man, the son of wealthy parents,
who reside at 669 Fifth avenue, iu this
city, became infatuated some years ago
with M’lle Bonfanti, one of the princi
pal ballet dancers in the spectacular
play known as the “ Black Crook.”
When M’lle Bonfanti finished her en
gagement in New York, young Hoffman
accompanied her to Hoßdon, much
against the wishes of his relatives. In
London, according to the woman’s
story, they got married, after which the
young husband hired a picturesque cot
tage near tfie shores of Lake Como, in
Italy. Afto* living there lor some time,
Hoffman's health began to break down.
When bia stock of money was expended,
he went to London and succeeded in ob
taining $4,000 from Mr. Puleston, of the
firm of Cooke, McCullough & Cos., bank
ers. With this sum he returned to
New York alone, and was joyfully re
ceived by his parents. His'’health was
poor, and to get worse. Hast
February, he at Hjd.e Far if., the
Summer'resiidence of hia father, on the
Hudson. The dgy of the funeral M’lle
Bonfanti appeared at the house of
mcoming and Claimed a widow’s right
to mourn for the departed. Some time
after the funeral, Gooke, McCullough &
00. presented to the father of" the do
ceased a bill for the $4,000 advanced to
his son, Mr. Hoffman refused payment,
on the ground that he did UUf authorize
the bankers to pay the money. Mr.
Hoffman wrote to. the London bankers,
eaufidling thpm not to edVance any
money tp his son, a.ad after being so
cautioned they did advance it. A suit
for the smuunt followed, and a jury
rendeted % Verdact for the plaintiff.
Yesterday, in the Supreme Court,
Brooklyn, before Justioe Pratt, counsel
for Mr. Hoffman moved for anew trial,
on the ground of newly discovered evi
dence. It is said the evidence referred
to was found by SiFU** Bonfanti among
the offeptjii of the deceased. The Court
reserved Re decision,
STEALING A RED-HOT STOVE.
The Remarkable Feat Naecemfully Accom-
Flished Last Night.
[St:Louis Dispatch.]
It is sometimes said of a very mean
man, “he would steal anything bat a
red-hot stove,” it being generally con
ceded that no fellow, no msytter how low
he may descend in the scale, would un
dertake to carry off such an article.
There hi one suoh in St. Louis, how
ever, and Gapt, James Hardy, the con
tractor for the removal of slops, will
swear to the troth of the assertion. Last
night some scalawag entered Hardy’s
.stable, corner of Htoth and O.’ark
avenue, and actually stoic and carried
away a cannon stove. Hardy’s colored
man sleeps in the stable, and last night,
apop retiring, he filled the stove chuck
toll of coal, spread hia pallet down be
side the comfortable piece of tornitnre,
and dropped into the land of dreams.
When Hardy entered the place this
morning the darkey was snoring sonnd
ly, but the stove was gone. The
er on being aroused was astonished and
could give no account of ffib thing
disappeared. Nothing b#i a single joint
of pipe was left anfi toat was stuck too
high up the fine hole for the thieves
to reqeh p, or it would have'been stolen
with the balance of (fie ©ntfit. Hardy
Win give S2O to any man who will call
for that of stove pipe.
Betrien county come# to the front
with a mineral spring which ourea pul
monary consumption and scrofulous dis
eases.
The Fort Valley niokle club has been
reorganized.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
PALMETTO NEWS LEAVES.
Ookesbnry has anew dentist.
Incendiary fires still continue.
Cotton crowds the railroad depots.
General McGowan is in Columbia.
Graham’s is to have a tournament.
Greenville is improving her depot.
Chamberlain’s bogus tax will not be
paid.
Mrs. Emily M. Long, of Greenville, is
dead. * ’
Diptheria still prevails in Sumter
county.
The Abbeville balloon ascension was
a success.
Charleston steam bakery is in
full blast. J
The Abbeville Literary Society is
flourishing.
Fireworks in Charleston sizzed around,
all day Sunday. a
Short but none the iess brilliant was
tne Rump career.
r Charleston cotton thieves are still
irollicking around.
The office of Probate Judge has been
moved to Rarawell.
The inmates of Kershaw county Poor
liouae are starving.
The Press a,id Banner wilt not sus
pend for Christmas.
No fire squills were tolerated on the
streets of Charleston.
Th.P proas of the State generally favor
a repeal of the lien law
fiii D. Uo^ llfi! , vale,lictorieß to delinattentss
nil the Carolina papers.
Terpsichorean Dancing Club is fully
organized iu Greenville,
P^ he ? < r? th JSf Andrew O. Hawthorn,
■■nu °i:^ Ue w announced.
,4 fifri-olarm telegraph wire begins,
to fpsioon the'Oharieston avenues.
ft takes a Charleston policeman most
of Ins spare time dodging brickbats.
Captain A H. Caughman of Lexing
ton county, died on Wednesday last.
Ilie rollicking buckshot, still hustles
around in the Charleston atmosphere.
Hamel Brown, Esq., an old and high,
lyresp.epted citizen of Anderson, is. dead.
Ihe turnip crop iu Anderson county is
better than it has been for several years.
The Williamsburg Democratic Clubs
assemble at Kingston on the lltli prox.
liiree white men have been shot at
near Greenwood within fhe past few
days, *
A thief stfile about half of a cotton
bale Horn Hodges’ depot the other
night.
The “precinct returns” 0/ the elec
tion at Hall’s, in Oconee county, have
been stolen.
P" Alston, of Colleton county,
was killed last Tuesday by the accident
al discharge of a gun.
gin house and mills,
at Wilson s Bridge, on the Saluda river,
were burned on Friday.
Mr. Simon Bovd died in Horry coun
ty last week, at the advanced age of one
hundred and three years.
Dn Monday the dwelling house of
® a “ 0 y>-the ferryman at Gallivant’s
berry, Marion county, was destroyed by
fire.
..u A inched Columbiad,
bawelled full of wrath and ready
mounted,” has been shipped from
Charleston.
On Saturday morning last a colored
man was shot and killed by Mr. R. B,
G. J. Youmans, om hia place, near
Campbellton,
The Abbeville Press and Banner is
always plentifully supplied with the
cream of local news. A good paper is
the P. and B.
r f be Abbeville Banner thinks tbat a
noticeable feature of the time.a is the
small demand there is for stock the
present season.
Ihe new Board of County Commis
sioners of Marion met on Monday, and
organized by electing J. M. Johnson,
Esq., Chairman.
Henry Ellison, a former colored rep
resoßtafive of Abbeville county, in the
State 4j£gialatui , e, died last week, after
a lmgerujg illness.
The Savannah river in the great Juno
overflow washed away enough land in
Abbeville county to expose the bodies
of several Indians^
The son of Mr, Frank McKenzie, at.
Grove Station, shot himself accidentally
by bia pistol dropping from his pocket
while cutting wood.
Levy on a freedman’s crop, and h
hides it away; attach his horse and he
outs its throat. Thus doth the man
and brother pay hia debts.
The barn, stables and two mules of
Mrs. Asa Ciodbold, on ids Lamb Planta
tion, Marion, were destroyed by firooib
S'qnday night, Incendiary.
Tbe old Miller “Homestead,’* recent
ly occupied and owned by Mr. B. P.
Neill, near Fain’s Bridge, Abbeville
county, has been burned down.
Brumby, of Sumter, an
old Mexican war soldier, who also served
iu tpe Confederate war, fell dead of
heart disease at his supper tftble on the*
lltli inst,
Mr. C. M. Hurst, the Judge of Pro
bate of Sumter county, refuses to sur
render his offioe to Sammy Lee, who has
a commission from the Chamberlain
usurpation,
Mr. Calvin Rhodes, a peaceable, in
offensive old gentleman, of Summer, was
called ont the other night by r, band of
negroes, choked until in sensible, then
robbed of about oue hundred dollars.
Thus significantly talks the Charles
ton Journal : “As the coon came down
without the burning of powder when he
found Captain. Scott was there, so let
°ur Chamberlain exercise sound discre
tion in the presence of Governor Hamp
ton and the people of South Carolina.”
Among the witnesses before the House
sub-committee now in Charleston was a
man just from the hospital, where ho
had been under treatment from the ef
fects of being bulldozed by his Itepubli
can brethren for having voted the-
Democratic ticket on the it of Novem
ber.
The Williamsburg Republican, a com
mendably conservative journal, has this
to say of the Chronicle and Sentinel :
“ The liberal terms upon which it is is
sued brings it within the reach of all.
For a spicy daily, it is not surpassed
All transpiring events of the dr. y ar e
given, thereby bringing before its read
ers a full knowledge of ‘ worldly doings.’
We recommend it as a good and reliable
journal.”
Senator Cochra; u on the first and . fifth
ballots voted lo r Gen. Gary for United
States Senator, but on tbe second,
third, fourth and sixth sweetly smiled
Upon Corbin. Cochran is a stateman
“That can side with every faction,
-And yet most subtly untwine himself
When he hath wrought the business up to
danger. ”
Too true, the Rump House has ad
journed. _ Deliberations and public care
have melted away from their ebony
brows; the clash of Ruger’s bayonets
and the rattle of Corbin’s rubles per
plex and charm them now no mor&
Bat then, perhaps
“From germs like these hare mighty states
men gpniDg
Of prudent counsel and persuasive tongue;
Uublenching minds, who rul’d the mighty
throng,
Their well-brac’d nerves by early labor strung. ”
Bklah.
Mrs. Fish’s Hound.
Mary Clemmer writes of a scene in tfie
ladies’ gallery on the day oi the opening
of Congress: Well up ia the tier, lean
ing forward, looking and listening with
earnest interest, through the entire ses
sion, sat Mrs, Fish. Mrs. Fish is a wo
man of great intelligence, and if it is
within her power, will be found where
the interest centres, rather than where
fashion congregates. My next neighbor
—not the good woman on one side, whe
never forgets the heavenly, but the
bright woman of this world on the other
—leans over and whispers amid the por
tentous mutterings of quarrelsome
statesmen below, that “Mrs. Fish has on
precisely the samo bonnet that she
last Winter, with the very same \jbb
deaux and all.” I am exceedingly obliged
for sueh a precious piece of ir.ionaation.
I should never have f on nd it out
by myself, and so shorjj have lost the
privilege of impairing the fact to my
fellow-country-^women (of course the
men don t oare a fjg a foout it). This ia
the clowning proof of Mrs. Fish’s
B 'iperiority over ordinary women. The
woman of “society” who is willing, for
two successive seasons, to wear not
only the same bonnet, but the same
bandeanx, in the language of tbe last
century, proves herself “superior to her
sex.” She is doing missionary work
these “hard times.” For if “Mrs. Sec
retary Fish” is willing to wear the same
bonnet two Winters, Mrs. Lieut, Jones,
Mrs. Grocer Smith and Mrs. Clerkess
Smithers will be comparatively wiling
to do likewise.
Cold in the head, Catarrh, is cured by
Dr. J. H. McLean’s Catarrh Snuff; it
soothes and heals-all sores and pimples.
Trial Boxes 50 cents by mail. Dr. J.
H. McLean, 914 Chestnut, St. Louis,
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