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OLO SERIES —VOL. ICI NEW SERIES—ML. IL. TERMS. IHh DAILY CHBONICLE 4 SENTINEL, the oldest newspaper in the South, ie published duly, except Mondey. Term*: Per year, tiu ; tux mouth*, $5; thr©6 months, $2 50. THE WEEKLY oHRONICLE 4 SENTINEL ie published every Wednesday. Terms : One year, #2; aix months, SI. THE TBI-WEEKLY CHBONICLE 4 SENTI NEL is published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Terms One year, $6; six months, <2 SO. SUBSCRIPTIONS in aU cases in advance, and no paper continued after the expiration of the tune paid for. BATES OP ADVERTISING IN DAILY.—AU transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of #1 per square each insertion for the first week. Advertisements in Tn-Week ly, 41 per square; in Weekly, il per square. Mvritgd Mid Funeral Notice®, II each, rtpecial Notice*, fl per nquare. Special rate* will be made for *dferti*©menU running for one mouth or longer. ALL COMMUNICATIONS announcing candi dates for office—from County Constable to members of Congresa wiU be charged at the rate of twenty cents tier line. All announce ments must be paid for in advance. tMnn WALSH 4 W BIGHT, QgsonioLX 4 ftwrntKL. Augusta. Gs. Ctjrotrtclr ani> Sentinel WEDNESDAY - - JiNUABY 3^1877. TO OI K (SUBSCRIBER*. We request our subscribers who owe us to pay their subscriptions. It is im portant to us that every man on our books should pay at once. Let each subscriber bear in mind that while one er two dollars may appear to be a tri fling amount, the aggregate amounts to a large snm. We hope onr friends will 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, *