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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1877)
£t}ronvcie and Sentinel. A KPNESPAY -l January 3, 1877. UOTKKNOK HAVES AND THE SOUTH. About ten Jays Ago a citizen of this place wrote a letter to Governor Hates, asking him what would be his policy with regard to Southern affairs in the event of his being declared President. He received as a reply a newspaper slip containing a marked editorial from the Cincinnati Commercial, of December 20th, headed “Governor Hates and Hit- Southern Policy.” This article has been furnished the Chbonicle and Sentinel for publication, and will be found in another column this morning. The circumstances under which it was sent fully justify the assumption that the article embodies the views of Governor Hates on a very grave •public question. The article may just ly be considered not so much an edi torial of the Commercial as an open letter from the Republican candidate for the Presidency. At present, the in auguration of Governor Hates does not seem to lie among the probabilities, or e7en among the possibilities , but force andi fraud have become, in these degenerate days, potent agencies in American politics, and we may rest assured will be used unsparingly to compass the defeat of the people’s choice. In this view of the Presi dential problem Governor Hates’ opin ions will command attention and con sideration. The snm and substance of the article is that if Governor Hates be declared President of the United States, he will “labor through all the legitimate “ agencies of the General Government “to promote the effort of the people •< 0 f the Southern States to obtain the “ blessings of honest and capable “ local government,” provided the colored race are protected in the en joyment of all their legal rights. This sounds fair enough, and we have reason to think that Governor Hates means what he says. He is every where reputed a man of high charac ter, who has lived amhonorable public and private life. His letter of accept ance showed that with regard to Southern affairs he was not in sympa thy with the ultra wing of his party— Mobton, Obast, Cameron & Cos. The article which wo re-publish tells some unpleasant truths concerning a Re publican President and a Repub lican Administration. It asserts that “ Grant is not, in the “ slightest sense of the word, a “statesman that “the misgovernment “of the South through Grant’s ad “ ministration is not an obscure fact in “history;” that Grant “became en tangled in his favoritism and had "bad advisers” and was “forced into “ close relations with persons unworthy “his confidence;” and admits “there “ was carpet-bagging and scallawaggery “in the South that was deplorable and “ that had the countenance of those “ high in authority.” But in the event thilt Governor Hates becomes Presi dent oan he give force to his declara tions concerning the South ? That is the question. He may be the purest and best of men, he may speak in all sincerity, and commenoe his adminis tration with most excellent intentions, but oan he embody those intentions in deeds? We fear not. We fear that while Governor Hates is a very differ ent mau from General Grant is every thing that Grant is not—his administra tion of tne Government would be but a tion of the past eight years. We fear that Governor is not n stronger man than his party, ftnd we know that the South can expect nothing save injustice, intolerance and op pression from the men who lead that party. The “bad advisers” of Grant would be the “bad advisers” of Hayks, and these advisers will not have peace in the South because they thrive upon discord and strife. The Mortons and CaM.nbons and Chandlers would sur round Hayes just as they surround Grant, and their evil counsels would still bo potent for evil. Governor Hayes and bis friends m:wi not think these fears idle or such suspicions ground less. The events of the reeeut cam paign demonstrate their justice. It j Governor Hates’ letter of acceptance meant anything it meant that the fight was not to be made upon Southern is sues, yet the battle in Ohio and In diana was fought exclusively upon what is known as the “bloody shirt pro gramme. When the election iu those States showed this was not a winning ■card it was abandoned only for the “rebel claims” device, which was adher ed to up to the very day of the election. If Governor Hayes could not control the leaders of the Republican party iu the management of a e.smp*ign, cftn ke control them iu the admiißsG^i- 011 the Government ? It is not reasonable to suppose be can. We do not believ' be can. We have every reason to be lieve that if Governor Hates is inaugu rated we will have a repetition of that Southern policy which has worked the Southern people such cruel wrong in the past and done so much to estrange the two sections of a common country. We give Governor Hates credit for the best intentions, but fear that if be is inau gurated we will haYe a good President aud a bad Government. The Columbia Union-Herald and the Columbia Register are now published ouee every three weeks. That’s about as often as they come to this office. That is a startling report which comes fq,ns from Washington to the effect that Senators Sherman and Morton are at tempting to bulldoze Grant. Can such things be and not o’ercome us like a Summer cloud ? The New York Sun says there is but one way to inaugurate Hates —and that is for Grant to suppress Congress with soldiers. We hardly think the American people will tolerate a Crom well of the Grant stripe. A Qroßt'M of the United States Senate could not be obtained yesterday iu a vote upon a resolution recognizing the Hampton government as the legal gov ernment of South Carolina, and the res olution went over to next Tuesday. TANARUS the Senate yesterday Senator Gor don presented the memorial of Wade HamptoS, the legal Governor of South Carolina, to the Congress of the United States, giving a truthful narrative of re cent events in tiat State, and asking a cessation of military interference. General Logan is so busy in Illinois looking after hie re-election to the Sen ate that he cannot serve on the Select Committee appointed to devise means for counting the electoral vote, and Senator Conkling has been pat in his place. If reeeut reports be trne the THE CITY CHARTER. The charter of Augusta was framed nearly one hundred years ago, when Au gusta was a straggling hamlet of per haps fifteen hundred iuhabitauts. The Legislature of that day granted such a charter as was deemed best adapted to the interests of the people. Now Au gusta is a city of between twenty five and thirty thousand inhabitants. The village of 1798 is not the city of 1876. Everything has changed except the charter. With the exception of a few trifling amendments this remains as it was when Governor Jambs Jacksos affixed his signature to the document. Is it not time for anew charter to be obtained, or for the old one to be thor oughly revised and amended so as to suit the changed condition of affairs ? Two or three years since the peo ple of Atlanta desired a charter that would protect the tax payers from spoliation and insure an efficient administration of municipal affairs, and they set te work to obtain one. A mass meeting was called, and the best men in the city attended. A committee, com posed of seventy men, believe, and representing all classes and every inter est, was appointed to draft a charter. This committee, in turn, was divided into sub-committees. The work of the sub-committees was revised and accept ed or rejected by the whole committee, and the committee reported to another mass meeting of citizens, which accept ed the instrument and petitioned the Legislature to make it law. The Gen eral Assembly granted the request, with the proviso that it should be submitted to a vote of the people for ratification or rejection. It was ratified, and is now in operation and working satisfactorily from all acconnts. We are not com mending the new charter of Atlanta, for we are not familiar with its pro visions, but simply showing how easily the citizens of that plaoe obtained anew charter in the place of one that did not suit them. Would it not be well to have this matter disenpsed a little ? LAND BOR IMMIGRANTS. We have recently republished two articles on immigration, from the pen of Mr. F. A. Mauge, of this city, which appeared in the Chronicle and Sentinel three years ago. Mr. Madge is a firm believer in the benefits of im migration, as is every man of intelli gence, is familiar with his subject and treats it in a practical manner. It seems to be generally conceded that the question will be brought before the Legislature at its next session by a recommendation from Governor Smith that a small annual subsidy be granted a steamship company which will agree to bring three thousand immigrants to this State per month. This is a very important matter, and it is desirable that if any action upon it is taken it shall be intelligent action. The first step of course is in the direction taken by Governor Smith. The first thing is to get the immigrants into the State. After this has been accomplished other things remain to be done. They must be received and cared for in Savannah just as they are in New York. There must be a hospital for the sick, aud someone to look to the location of the well. Above all things they must be allowed to purchase lands at reasonable prices and on long time. We must not expect to get “field hands” who will do the same work for the same wages as is now done by negro labor. We want indus trious and thrifty Germans, Irish, Swedes, English, Scotch, French and Italians, who will settle on small farms of from forty to one hundred acres of land and cultivate them thoroughly. This is the class of immigrants that will develop the resources of the State, in crease onr wealth and prosperity, and benefit us socially, pecuniarily, morally and politically. This is the only kind of immigration that will be of any bene fit. We stated, in an article published last Sunday morning, that the ten mil lion acres of land in Georgia now lying idle must be settled and brought into cultivation by means of immigration. It is useless to bring immigrants iDto the State, it is a waste of money to sub sidize steamship companies, unless we saake arrangements to supply land to immigrants. How that land is to be procured is a matter to be carefully con sidered. Individual efforts cannot ac complish anything. There must be or ganized action, either by the State or private citizeus, J,iand owners must sub scribe a portion of their land in order to enhance the value of the remainder. With land secured and arrangements made for reiving and protecting immi grants upon arrival, find for forwarding them to the place where they may elect to settle, we may expect to reap great benefits from the movement. The Leg islature should consider all these mat ters before it takes definite action upon the subject. the next house of REPRESENTA TIVES. A Washington dispatch to the Ameri can Press Association says that only about one-third of the credentials of members iu the next House of Repre sentatives have reached the Clerk of the preseut House. None of these come from the disputed States, or from dis tricts where the credentials of contest ing members are filed. Clerk Adams treats them as confidential documents, to be exhibited only to the person filing the same. The credentials deposited by members elect are under different forms in different States, the only general rule adopted by Congress being the instruc tion to the Clerk of the nest preceding House to place on the roll the names of j those holding credentials showing their election under the laws of their State. At the opening of the present Congress, Clerk McPherson refused to plaoe the names of members elect on the rolls wu.?*€ two Relegations appeared as cer tified by the Should Ulerk Adams follow this rule tL? uext would organize without Florida, isiana and South Carolina. This would make the first ballot on the election for Speaker 144 Democrats to 133 Republi cans, exclusive of New Hampshire, and the result iuthat State would not change the Democratic majority even if all three districts were Republican. Many Re publicans are indisposed to regard the verification of the votes already cast, as enough to determine the result of the composition of the next House by States. Excluding the delegations where two Governors claim to have the power to issue certificates, the State delegations will stand sixteen Democrats to eighteen Republicans. A contest ex isting in three States the precise compo sition of the delegation will be a matter for Congress to determine, while a fourth delegation, New Hampshire’s, will be decided by an election. Onr year ago, mournfully observes the Brooklyn Argus, he was beloved and respected by all who knew him, and he had a four hundred dollar pew in a fashionable church. To-day he is a member of a Southern Returning Board, and all his neighbors have had their doors and windows fitted np with burg lar proof fastenings. And now the ice entters in New York are attempting to bulldoze their em ployers into paying them higher wages and threaten an ice famine next Sum mer unless their demands are complied with. If the present weather continue* much longer in the South we will har vest onr own crop of ice and let the strikers be blazed. Or* dispatches state that Governor Hates is so well satisfied of his election that he will resign the Governorship when the Ohio Legislature meets next Tuesday. If Governor Hates is a pru dent man he will do nothing of the kind. He will never be President, and had better stick to the snug berth he already has. THE WEATHER. The present is theloDgest cold “spell experienced in this latitude within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. 14 e have had a “nipping and an eager air for more than a month. It has rained, sleeted and snowed; it has rained and turned cold ; it has faired off and turned cold. The only eonsolation is that weather prophets say a severe Winter is followed by a heilthy and a fruitful Summer. The old English proverb af firms that “a green Christmas makes a full churchyard,” and the Germans say that “a white Christmas makes abun dant harvests.” If these old saws be true we stand an excellent chance for having full crops and empty cemeteries next year. GENERAL HANCOCK AND THE CON SPIRATORS. The statement was made some weeks since that the Washington conspirators intended to remove Gen. Hancock from the command of the Department of the Atlantic, and to supply his place with someone who could be relied upon to do their bidding. The report was promptly and positively denied, but well informed parties persisted that it was true in all its details. It is now confirmed by General McComb, of the California National Guard. He has in formed the Board of Supervisors of the oity of San Francisco that he has private information to the effect that General Hancock has been assigned to the com mand of the Military Division of the Pacific, and will soon arrive in that oity. In view of this fact General Mo- Comb thinks the city authorities should tender a reception to the hero of Get tysburg. We cannot doubt that if the oonspirators determine to put their plans in execution General Hancock will be removed from his present com mand, which includes the city of Wash ington. They know that he would break his sword rather than prostitute it to the service of the enemies of his oountrv. He would never assist in vio lating the Constitution and destroying the liberties of the nation. Some such tool as Sheridan or McDowell will suit the purposes of the conspirators, and some such tool they will obtain— provided their courage does not fail them when the supreme moment arrives. The put up job between Mr. Orton and Mr. Morton will be upset by the House of Representatives, Evert man who claims to be a Demo crat should vote the straight Democratic ticket at the County election next Wed nesday. All the candidates were fairly and legally nominated, and are justly entitled to the full party vote. The majority of the Florida Return ing Board promptly obeyed the instruc tions received from Washington City to disobey the judgment of the Supreme Court of the State. Chandler & Com pany care nothing for law ; they are fighting only for office. That is all. A Paris special thinks that the only hope for the peace of Europe is based on the fact that Russia has not sufficient means of transport to get her immense army into Turkey. If this be the only hope of peace, we may confidently look for war. In a recent ease tried in a Baltimore Court, the Western Union Telegraph Company refused to produce certain dispatches which were needed on the trial, but a peremptory order from the Jur ge soon brought the telegrams into Court. Summary action by the House of Representatives will bring Messrs. Orton and Morton to terms. General Butler has again been mis represented by his sworn enemies, the newspaper reporters. He does not fa vor anew election. But he thinks a new election the only compromise pos sible. He has, he says, simply pointed out the way, and any one who chooses may take it. Wo won’t take it. We don’t like General Builek’s ways. The Columbia correspondent of the New York Times has discovered that Wade Hampton is a dishonest and des perately bad man, The same correspon dent has also documents in his posses sion showing that General Lee murder ed his when a young man, aud that his father was hung for sheep steal ing. People will believe one story as readily as they will the other. The New Orleans correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial says the Re publican usurpation in Louisiana “is powerless t.o sustain itself but for Fed eral backing, powerless to enforce the law, powerless to do anything except, to lean up against the wall of the Custom House like an Egyptian mummy. With Niohqlls and the Democracy in power there will be peace ip the State and an end of the perplexing Louisiana case both in and out of Congress.” A wealthy San Franciscan sent a fine turkey to his married daughter, for a Thanksgiving dinner, and placed inside of it a certificate of 100 shares of Con solidated Virginia Mining Stock, en closed in a morocco pocket book. He joined the young couple at dinner with a merry twinkle in his eye; but when the turkey was carved it was found that the smpll of the pocket book had very disagreeably permeated the stuffing, and the crisp certificate was recced to a worthless pulp. What was worse, the fond father had forgotten to take the number of the certificate. We publish eisewfiepe in the Chroni cle and Sentinel this morning, an edi torial from the Milledgeville Union and Recorder recommending General Col quitt to appoint Got. J. B. Campbell his Financial Secretary. It gives us great pleasure to fully endorse every thing that the article contains in favor of Col. Campbell. He has had a long experience in the duties of the office, and is a most obliging aud courteous gentleman. As the occupant of this po tiilpn is necessarily brought much in contact ffjtb the public, the public naturally feel wwp jpterest in the mat ter, aud this is out excuse sof writing in behalf of Col. Campbell. Reviewing the vote in Louisiana, the New Orleans Democrat says; The Demo crats carried 32 parishes this year to 31 in 1874; the Republicans carried 25 par ishes to 26 in 1874. ThS Republicans this year cast 28,276 votes in the Demo cratic parishes to 28,975 cast in the Democratic parishes in 1872, showing that the Republicans have voted just as freely and as often in the Democratic parishes in 1876 as they did in 1874. While the Republicans complain about the five parishes, Republican in 1874, carried by the Democrats this year, they forget to say a word about the seven Democratic parishes in 1874 that went Bepublican this year. Mr. George F. Hoar stated to a cor respondent of the Herald, on Wednes day, what the plan of the Republican leaders is in the management of the Presidential question in Congress.— Whatever may be the evidence of fraud produced by the Democrats, the Repub licans propose to offset it by affidavits and testimony declaring that negro Re publicans were intimidated. Then the “President of the Senate is to counf the vote and declare Governor Hates elect ed." After the oonnt and declaration by the President of the Senate that Hates is elected, Mr. Hoar says “the Administration will see that he is inau gurated.” Mr. Hoar’s plan is simple enough, and we have no donbt meets with the warm approval of the “Presi dent of the Republican party” and Messrs. Mobton, Chandler k Cos. The only difficulty in the way of its execu tion will be fonnd in the resistance of four and a half million Democratic voters. If this slight obstacle can* be overcome Mr. Hoar’s “plan” will work like a charm. i v TJLDEN ANI) PEACE. THK COUNCIL, AT HAKRISBURG. 4 Representative Gathering—An Address to the People of Pennsylvania on the Daty on the Hour—Governrr Bigler’s Report of Louisiana. Harrisburg, December 22. Governor Bigler on the Louisiana Case. The report was then read as follows, and received with applause and hearty oommendation : To the Democratic Stale Central Com mittee, Capt. Wm. McClelland, Chair man : I considered myself greatly honored in being selected, with others, to go to Lonisiana to counsel peace and a fair and honest return of the votes cast at the late election in that State, and I think that I can safely say that I never entered upon any public trust with a more sincere desire to promote the wel fare of my country. The first remarkable institution that attracted our attention was the' famous Returning Board. We fonnd it consti tuted on principles at variance with our notions of Republican simplicity. Its members had been selected by the State Senate, daring good behavior, or the pleasure of that or any other body, but for life, and it was made their duty to fill all vacancies that might occur from time to time, so that the Board it self might have an unlimited existence. The next most alarming thing brought to our attention was the extent to whicn the State administration can supervise and control the elections. From the highest to the lowest the election offi cers are responsible to the administra tion. The supervisors of reg stration, whose duty it is to register the voters of the several parishes, are appointed an nually by the Governor. They select their own assistants, and appoint three commissioners to hold the elections in each district. These commissioners should be from both political par ties. But there seems to be never less than two and often three Republi cans in the same district. The supervi sors are clothed with authority to fix the places of holding the elections in the several parishes. This extraordinary power, it is alleged, is often abused in the interest of the Republican party. Registration is a primary qualification for the elector. No man need approach the polls without his certificate of regis tration. The commissioners preside over the election. They receive the votes and at the close of the election count them. It is also their duty to make out duplicate lists of the votes east and the names of the persons for whom cast and deliver one of them, sealed up, to the Clerk of the District Court and the other to the Supervisor of Registration, whose duty it is to forward the same to the Returning Board by mail. Under these forms the late elec tion was held. Republican officers first decided who should vote. They receiv ed and counted the votes cast, and when the returns were opened and counted it turned out that this party, who did everything in its own way, had been em phatically defeated. The highest Til den elector over the lowest Hayes elec tor had 8,957 majority. The total vote of the State was 160,000. An equal per centage on the total vote of Pennsylva nia would exceed 40,000 and on that of New York 60,000. Had this majority been for Hayes, or had he received 800 instead of 8,000, or the one-tenth of one hundred, his right to the electoral vote of the State would have been promptly conceded. It was too obvious for dis pute that this result was a serious dis appointment to the administration, hence the straits to which the Return ing Board was put to reverse the decis ion of the people. iiYe have shown you that there could be no reasonable pre sumption against the vote cast by the Conservative party, and, indeed, there was no testimony impeaching the legal ity of the votes cast in any part of the State, except as to two wards in the city of New Orleans, and as to these the con test was finally abandoned, so that it was agreed, on all sides, that the 180,000 votes had been cast by citizens having a legal right to vote. As anticipated by those who had wit nessed the proceedings of the Return ing Board at former elections, it re versed the decision made by the vote actually east and declared the State for Governor Hayes by over 4,500 majority. It was difficult to witness the consum mation of such a wrong without calling for the interposition of some power to avert its effects; but we were told that the judiciary of the State would not in terpose, and that the decisions of the Returning Board must be accepted, like the laws of the Medes aud Persians, as unchangeable. They de&ed. the man datory terms of the law requiring them to fill the vacancy in the Board, and there was no remedy. We have shown you that it was conceded on all sides that the total vote cast was legal, and yet the Board, to bring about the result it has announced, had to disfranchise over 15,000 of these legal voters, not withstanding the letter of the Constitu tion of the United States to the con trary. Justification for this action of the Board is sought for in allegations of riots, tumults and other acts of violence, producing such measure of intimida tion as had deterred an equal or a larger number of Republicans from attending the election. The first great fact in the way of the reasonableness of this con clusion is that the total vote of the State was 15,000 larger than that oast at any former election, and the next is that the aggregate vote in the principal dis tricts and parishes thrown out by the Returning Board was unusually large. With regard to intimidation, it is a mistake to conclude that the riots, tu mult and other acts of violence, amount ing to intimidation, to have any legal ef fect under the law, must occur on the day of the election. I was under this impression myself; but if these acts oc cur at any time after the commencement of the registration in August the penalty is all the same, It is also an error to conclude that acts of violence, a knowl edge of which may pome to the Board, no matter in what form or at what time, will justify it in rejecting votes. On this point the law is very clear, and all parties are agreed as to the meaning. Unless the Commissioner of Election, or the Supervisor of Registration, at the time of making out the returns, attach thereto statements, under oath, setting forth that there have been “riots, tu mults, sets of violence, intimidation, bribery or corrupt influences, prevent ing or tending to prevent a fair, free, peaceful and full vote of all the quali fied electors, aud have the same cor roborated by three responsible citi zens of such district, under oath,” then and in such cases the Returning Board must {canvass and count the vote as it comes to them. Without these prelimi nary steps it cannot deduct a single vote, and to the end that our Republi can neighbors may see that this opinion is not peculiar to myself, I offer the opinion o t the Republican Cpngres sional Committee of 1874, composed of the names of Messrs. Hoar, W. A. Wheeler, ftye, Foster and others. They expressed themselves as follows, to-wit: “We are all clearly of opinion that the Returning Board has no rigkt to do anything except fo canvass and com pile the returns whicji were lawfully made to them by local officers, except in cases where they were accompanied by the certificates of the supervisor or commissioner provided in the third sec tion. Iu such cases the last sentence of section shows that it was expected that thev would ordinarily exercise the grave and delicate duty of investigating charges of riot, tumult, bribery or cor ruption, on a bearing of toe parties in terested in the office. It never could have been meant that this Board, of its own motion, sitting in New Orleans, at a distance from the place of voting, and without notice, could decide the right - * -'-.ring, and without notice, could de . * oersons claiming to be cide the right ta , Our associates at New Orleans, Gov- j ernor Palmer, Judge Trumbull, George j B. Smith, George W. Julian and P. H. Watson, among the ablest lawyers m the country, concur in the foregoing opinion. The last named gentlemen are also clearly of opinion, in which we con cur, that the legal steps necessary to vest the Board with judicial or discre tionary authority over the returns were regularly taken in a very few, if in any of the voting districts excluded from the count. They say the law has not been complied with; most of the super visors who have put in complaints have not done so at the proper time ana at the proper parish; they have not an nexed them to their returns, sealed and sent them by mail; they have brongh'. these returns to New Orleans withno statements so annexed, but have patenea up statements here at an improper time and an improper place. They could only fulfill their duty according to law bv furnishing their returns ami attached statements sealed np, and mailed them in one envelope, at one of the parish post offices, within the time required by law. Nothing more scandalous was de veloped than the utter disregard of the law requiring supervisors to send their retains to the Board within a limited period by mail. It was known to ns that the returns were carried about ra the city for days, if not weeks, and as to those from at least one parish they were fonnd in one of the hotels open to the inspection of everybody. But there is no room for dispute on these points, for the clerk of the Board made frequent reports showing what returns had not been received by the Board, which amounted to conclusive evidence that the law requiring the returns to be sent by mail had not been complied with. That the returns were being tampered with wbb conclusively shown by the dis graceful development about those from the parish of DeJoto, where the pack age postmarked the 14th of November was fonnd to contain affidavits charging intimidation, dat'd the 25th of the same month, at New Orleans. Other similar frauds were detected. Nothing went farther to convinct us of a purpose to do wrong than the jraetice of laying over returns on infoimal and insufficient complaint to be considered in secret session after the parishes to which there was no objection had been disposed of. Had disputed cases been settled as they arose, the witnesses could have seen what legal principles, if any, were ap plied in each ease. But the whole mass of disputed cases were laid over and finally disposed of in the absence of witnesses. If (he Board bad a fixed pur pose to acconplish, it was probably more convenient for them to bring ,it about without seing troubled with either the law or the witnesses. As to lawlesaiess and crime in Louis iana, to my mild the crowning shame of those in authority is that crime is sel dom, if ever, punished. It is beyond our comprehension that, with the Ex ecutive and judicial officers alleging that the State las been turned upside down by tumults, acts of vio lence and intiaidation,” that the au thors of these crimes are never detected and punished. If it were possible to separate the crimes arising from mere lawlessness fron those inspired by political animosities mnch of the testi mony would be shown to be entirely ir relevant. If the crimes committed by bad colored menon their own race could be picked out this alone would relieve the white people from much that is un fairly charged against them. As for acts of violence to produce political in timidation it has been overstated on both sides. The most effective of all, so far as we could discover, was that of colored Republicans against the colored Conservatives who desired to vote for Tilden and Nichols. Th 9 colored Re publicans being usually in the majority and having the countenance of all the States' Federal and election officers and soldiers, were not easily intimidated, aud they usually voted as they desired; whereas the colored Conservatives, hav ing less support, were not so courage ous. My associates and myself came to the conclusion that the Republican managers, having all the eleotion ma chinery, the Federal officers and the army, had more than held their own in the matter of intimidation. That there is a growing inclination among the best class of colored people—the tax payers —to abandon the Republican party, es pecially the State party, is too obvious to be concealed. Governor Kellogg said to some of our party the day after our arrival at New Orleans that there were not twenty col ored men in the State who had voted the Democratic ticket, whereas our rooms during all the time of our so journ there were frequented and at times crowded with colored men from all parts of the State, who eame to explain their reasons for leaving the Republican party. They said it had deceived them, and that the State administration was prodi gal and corrupt in the use of the public money; that taxes were too onerous ; that life and property were not protect ed and crime seldom punished. Some of these men represented organized bodies who had gone over to the Con servative side. Although both commit tees from the North staid at the same hotel, I think I can eav, without risk of exaggeration, that ten Colored men visit ed onr rooms for every one who called at the Republican quarters. These men seemed to have a real desire to oompare views with the great men who had led the Republican organization in the days of its progress and glory. They knew Mr. Julian as an early, able and cour ageous Abolitionist. They had heard of Governor Curtin as the patriotic war Governor of Pennsylvania, who had met the demand of Mr. LiaColn with such prompt fidelity. Governor Palmer many of them knew personally as an eminent Union General during the war, and they had heard of Judge Trumbull as the loiader of the Republicans in the United States Senate, and P. H. Watson as As sistant Secretary of War under Stanton, They were naturally impressed with the idea that if these great lights of their old party had found it necessary to make common cause with the Democrats to redeem the country from intolerable evils, poor colored men might indulge in the same privilege. These men scouted the idea, so common in the North, that it was only necessary to look at the census to find the Republican strength in Louisiana, holding that where the colorad citizens outnumber the whites the vote must stand in the same ratio. They confessed to the cor rectness of this rule at the beginning, but said it was far otherwise at the late election. Some went so far as to say that if there had been no Presidential election, a majority of the colored peo ple would have voted for the Demo cratic candidate for Governor, so sick were they, of the state of affairs. No class of men seemed to understand the condition of things better than these men; and their testimony, if taken in legal form, would put to shame most of that sent to Washington by the Return ing Board, As to the testimony it is voluminous and cannot be dealt with in this paper. That of Eliza Pinkston probably created more excitement in the North than that of all others besides, and it has already become a reproaoh to those who got it up. It was a horrible murder, but had no necessary or even incidental connec tion with politics. The testimony of Major Bascom, a Republican and the military commander at West Feliciana, showing that peace and good order pre vailed not only on the day of election, but from the beginning of registration, was contradicted by ready made testi mony at the Custom House, and the parish was thrown out of the count. A Republican is of no more consequence than a Democrat before the Board when he gets in the way of the purposes they are determined to accomplish. In conclusion, permit mo to Say that President Grant never uttered a nobler sentiipent than that contained in his dis patch to General Sherman, dated at Philadelphia, November 10, when he said: “Either party can afford to be dis appointed in the result, but the oountry cannot afford to have the result, tainted by the suspioion of illegal or false re turns.” The election of Governor Hayes, for whom I have had much personal re spect, by the decision of the Louisiana Returning Board, reversing the vote ac tually cast, would, in the estimation of all the world, be an eleotion tainted with fraud. Wm. Bigler. FOREIGN IMMIGRATION. Will It Pay to Organize Immigration Socie ties—The Question Satisfactorily An swered. Augusta, Ga , June 23, 1873. Editors Chronicle and Sentinel : I have been asked by many persons if the stock of our Immigration Society will pay a dividend. I answer in the affirmative. Jn the first place, the so ciety will spll land to immigrants at an advance, thus beug enabled to pay both a dividend to the stockholders and de fray the expenses of the company. As a matte? of course it oopld nqt be ex pected that a sufficient amount of land could be sold to allow of the declaration of a dividend, but 1 feel assured that the directors could declare a dividend sooner and better than the majority of rrilroad enterprises. In the second place, the increase in the number of producers of food will cause our market to be better supplied, cheapenipg food, and thus in eflect declaring a second dividend. In the third place, ths people having less to pay for food, will have more ixjoney to spend for other goods; the tide of immigration will swell the population, increase the busi ness of the merchants, increase their profits. This will be equivalent to a third dividend. Nor will this be all. Every description of real estate will in crease in value; there will be more travel ana a greater freight transporta tion over OUI enabling the litter to pay better diyidendg, the in crease be tax payers will reduce the tlxes all kinds of enterprises will be more remunerative, immigration will tester direct trede-the Immigration Society will give aid to the building of new railroads, if the land owners along the route will subscribe some of their and bordering on the road by locating immigrants upon the land the road will become profitable sooner and the Capi tal Stock Will he the more readily sub scribed to, . . Immigration will not only us with food producers, but also with skillful workmen and house servants, who are much needed. If I was to en umerate all the benefits that immigra tion will confer upon the people, it would take too much space in your columns. It has been observed to me that the men too poor to snbscribe to the stock of an immigration society will also be benefited to a great extent. So much the better, it is one of the great objects of the enterprise to promote the welfare of all classes of our people. F. A. Mauge. peter b. sweeny. Arrangement* tor H* Bctejm—To Appear at the Great New Y*rk 8114. New Yobk, December 30. — It is au thoritatively stated that an arrangement had been made for the return of Peter B Sweeny, in order to appear at the trial of the $7,000,000 suit. An agree ment has been signed that if Sweeny shall appear at this trial, no proceed ings, civil or criminal, shall be begun against him during its progress or for thirty days afterward. HAMPTON AND HAYES. SOUTH OAHOLINA'B VOTE. The House Committee Thiuk that the State was Carried for Hayes by a Majority of the Totes Actually Cast, and that Teohnlca! Irregularities Ought Not to Affect the Re sult—Hampton Undoubtedly Elected—An Interesting Talk with Congressman Saylor Hampton’s Letter to Hayes. New "Yore, December 29.—The Her ald's Columbia (3. C.) dispatch says the House Committee has, in concluding its labors here, ascertained that Hayes’ electors have an average majority of abont 600 votes over Tilden’s electors in this State. This result was reached early Thursday morning by accountants of the committee, and is based upon re turns of precinct managers, and upon the actual votes cast, as Dear as the committee could get at them. It was with some difficulty that the sub-com mittee remaining here could be per suaded to give this announcement to the press, and it was then qualified by the remark that there were certain illegal boxes, irregularities and discrepancies that would have to be considered by the entire committee when it again assem bled at Washington. Two sub-commit tees, now at Charleston, will meet the one now here, at Florence, in a few days, when the entire committee will prooeed to Washington to complete its labors. It is safe to say that the com mittee will be unanimous in declaring that the solid electoral vote of South Carolina was cast for Hayes and Wheeler on the 7th of November last. The committee, while it did not go into a formal investigation of the election of Governor and State officers, was requir ed to do so incidentally in ascertaining facts as to the electoral votes, and it is equally safe to say that the gentlemen composing it are almost unanimous in the opinion that Hampton and the re mainder of the Democratic State ticket are elected by majorities ranging from 1,100 downward. Columbia, December 29. Messrs. Saylor, Abbott and Lawrence, Sub-Con gressional Committee, completed their work here to-d iy. Their report from returns as submitted gives the State to Hayes and Wheeler by about 700 major ity, but show Hampton and the entire Democratic ticket elected by a much larger majority. This committee leaves for Charleston to-night to join the sub committee there and probably leave for Washington on Monday. Washington, December 29.—A Her ald special from Columbus, Ohio, says that T. J. Mackey, of South Carolina, brother of Mackey, the Speaker of Cham berlain’s House of Representatives, ar rived here last night and spent the even ing with Governor Hayes. During the recent canvass Mackey was a warm supporter of Hayes and Hampton, and it is supposed he now comes here in Hampton’s interest. Columbus, O , December 29 Judge T. J, Mackey, of South Carolina, is here as bearer of a letter from General Wade Hamptom to Governor Hayes. The let ter is as follows: Executive Chamber, Columbia, De cember 23d, 1876.—Mv Dear Sir : I have the honor to enclose a oopy of my inaugural as the duly elected Governor of South Carolina. In view of the pres ent events and the offioial sanction given to gross misrepresentation of the acts and purpose of the majority of the good people of this Commonwealth, I deem it proper to declare that profound peace prevails throughout the State, that the course of judicial proceedings is ob structed by no combination of citizens thereof, and that the laws for the pro tection of the inhabitants in all their rights of person, property and citizen ship are being enforced in our Courts. While the people of this State are not wanting, either in the spirit or means, to maintain their rights of citi zenship against the usurper’s power, which now defies the supreme judicial authority of the State, they have such faith in the justice of their cause that they propose to leave its vindication to the proper legal tribunals, appealing, at the same time, to the patriotism and public sentiment of the whole country. The inflammatory utterances of a por tion of the public press render it, per haps, not inopportune for me to state, although the people in South Carolina view with grave concern the pres ent critical juncture in the affairs of our country which threatens to sub ject to an extreme test the republican system of government itself, it is their firm and deliberate purpose to condemn any solution of the existing political problems that involves the exhibition of armed force, or that move through any other channel than the prescribed form of the Constitution, or the peaceful agencies of law; trusting that a solution may be had which, while maintaining the peace of the country, shall do no violence to the constitutional safeguards of popular right, and will ten i still firm ly to unite the poople of all the States in an earnest effort to preserve the peace and sustain the laws and the Constitu tion. I am, very respectfully, your obe dient servant, (Signed) Wade Hampton, Governor of South Carolina. His Excellency, H. B. Hayes, Governor of Ohio, P. S.—As the settlement of the vexed political questions which now agitate the public mind must ultimately depend on yourself or upon your distinguished competitor for the Presidency, I have addressed a letter similar to this to his Excellency, Governor Tilden. Yours, Wade Hampton. [.Special Dispatch to the News and Courier .] Columbia, Thursday Night, Decem ber 28.—The House Congressional Sub- Committee spent the day in examining witnesses, white and colored, relative to the alleged intimidation of Republican voters, and adjourned this evening sine die. The committee, composed of Mr. Sayler, Chairman, and Judge Lawrence and Abbott, give it as their conclusion, after a most careful examination lasting three weeks, that they believe that a majority of the votes aotually cast by the voters of the State is for the Hayes and Wheeler electors, as shown by the precinct managers’ returns, and that majority runs from 600 to 800, without questioning asy of the returns. If this was any thing but a great national question and was to be decided upon mere techinal points, there are prob ably precinots enough where the vole was marked by fatal irregularities to overturn this result. I asked as to the result in regard to the State ticket. My informant (Mr. Sayler) replied : ’‘So far as the State election is con cerned, there is no doubt that Hampton is elected by eleven hundred majority, and in my judgment the balance of the Democratic State ticket is also elected.” I asked if the investigation was con cluded. He said it was, as the work of the sub-comipittee is done and it will not assemble here again. The Charles ton Committee will probably be detain ed there until Sunday or Monday. Mr. Sayler also stated that the Robbins box was the only one thrown out, as it was not claimed, even by the Republicans. As the box was open only from about 2 to 6 o’clock, it woqld have required six men to the minute to be sworn and voted to make up the number claimed to have legally voted there. In regard to the testimony of the United States offi cers, Mr. Saylor said: ‘-The testimony of these gentlemen entirely sets aside that of the negroes as to the intimida tion at the polls, and these officers were brought in to testify without any re ference to their politics, for the purpose of getting an important and unbiased statement upon this head.” In reference to the Ellenton riot he said that it had no political significance, and was not regarded by the committee at all, even by the Republican members. In conclusion, Mr. Sayler said : “I think Hampton will be Governor of this State. He is elected and ought to be. There is do question about his election, in my judgment. If thp returns indicate the election of Hayes, as no doubt they do, much more do they indicate the election of Hampton; and I say withont any mental reservation whatever, that I think that Hayes and Wheeler, and Hampton and tne entire State ticket have been elected by a decisive majori ty-” CAPT. BOYNTON, He Swims Eight Hundred Miles Down the River Po. The London Daily Telegraph, of the 9th instant, says: Intelligence was re ceived last evening that Captain Boyton had accomplished the feat of swimming down the river from Turin to Ferrara, a distance of 800 miles. On reaching the latter place he is stated to have been re ceived with great enthusiasm by the for eign as well as Italian residents. In No vember he swam from Turin to Css tel Nuoyo'in ftis fife saving dregs, 260 miles, in eighty-three hours, but was obliged to leave the water, feeling that a fever, caused by the malarious atmosphere of the river and his exertions, was coming upon him. He was'laid uji for several days at Castel Nuovo. On starting again from that place, however, he com pleted the journey down the Po to Fer rara, 280 miles, in ninety-six hours, without a break. This he states to be the last- as it has been the longest, of Ids feats, - INDIAN MURDERS. Two Couriers and a Mail Carrier Sealaed at Red dead. Cheyenne, December 30. -The courier from Bed Cloud reports the killing of two couriers, a mail carrier and wood ohopper near there by Indians. STATE SUPREME COURT. DECISIONS RENDERED IN AT LANTA, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 26, 1876. l Atlanta Constitution .l Hayden vs. Anderson, et at. Claim, from Morgan. Warner, C. J. This was a claim case, on the trial of which the jury found the property sub ject to the execution levied thereon. The claimant made a motion for anew trial on the various grounds therein set forth, which was overruled by the Court, and the claimant excepted. Two -of the main grounds of error insisted ou here were that the Court erred in not ruling out, as evidence, the plaintiff’s ft. fa., and the decree on which it was issued, on the ground that no valid decree had been entered up iu the case, and also that the Court erred iu holding that the bond signed by W. L. Thrash er, as security on the stay of execution, was in law a good statutory stay bond, and created a lien on his property from the dtts of the execution thereof. It ap pears from the evidence in the reoord that the jury on the trial of the equity cause found and decreed in favor of the complainants against the defendants a certain specified sum of money, which was fully and specially set forth in the verdiot. The Chancellor made and signed the following on the 12 th of May, 1875: “Upon hearing and considering the foregoing verdict and decree of the jury, it is adjudged and decreed that the same is hereby adopted and approved, aud is now signed by me.” The bond for the stay of execution entered ou the minutes of the Court, and signed by both par ties named therein, was as follows, to wit: “Jas. C. Anderson, et al. vs. Early W. Thasher, executor of Barton Thrash er, deceased. Verdict and decree for the complainants for ten thousand dol lais, principal and costs, against E. W. Thrasher, individually. The defendant in the above stated case comes forward and demands a stay of execution accord ing to the statute in such oases made aud provided, and brings Albert M. Thrash er, Wilson L. Thrasher, aud the firm of Thrasher & Thrasher, composed of Bar ton H. Thrasher and Albert M. Thrash er, and they, the said Early W. Thrash er, Albert M. Thrasher, Wilson L. Thrasher, and Thrasher & Thrasher, ac knowledge themselves jointly and sever ally bound unto James C. Anderson, et al., complainants in the above stated case, for the payment of the said ver diot, and decree, and costs in said cause. In testimony whereof the said Early W. Thrasher, Albert M. Thrasher, Wilson L. Thrashar, and I’hrnsher & Thrasher have hereunto sent their hands and af fixed their seals this 12th of May, 1875. Approved, E. Heyser, clerk.” The claimant olaims title to the property levied on under deeds conveying the same to him by the descendants and an assignment of a bond for titles to a por tion of the property, all executed on the 2d day of June, 1875, and one of the questions is, whether the property of W. L. Trasher, one of the securities on on the stay of execution, was stayed from the date of the stay bond signed by him ? By the judiciary act of 1799, the property of the defendant was bound from the signing of the judgment, but the defendant against whom suoh judg ment was entered might, within four days from the adjournment of the Court, enter good and sufficient security, eith er in open Court or in the Clerk’s office, for the payment of said judgment and cost, within sixty days, and if such par ty shall not pay the same agreeable thereto, execution may issue against suoh party and the security, without any other proceeding thereon. Such has been the law of this State from 1799 up to the present time. See Code, §§3661, 3662. The uniform construc tion which has been given to this stat ute, so far as is known or believed, from the time of its enactmeut in 1799 up to this day, has been that the property of the security on the stay of executiou was bound for the payment of the judg ment from the date of the stay bond signed by him. But it is said that the statute does not declare that the bond shall constitute a lien on the property of the security. The act of 1799, how ever, declares that the property of the defendant iu the judgment shall be bound from the signing thereof, and that execution may issue against him aud the security, without any other proceeding thereon. If it was not in tended that the property of the security on the stay of execution should be bound for the payment of the judgment in the same manner as the defendant therein, why declare that execution might issue against the defendant in the judgment aud the security, without any other proceeding thereon ? An execu tion is the remedy provided by law to enforce the sale of property bound for the payment, either by the terms of some statutory enactment or otherwise. The property of the security ou the stay of execution, iu this State, is bound for the payment of the judgment by force of the statute, and that is the fair and legitimate interpretation thereof when it declares that the execution shall issue against the defendant in the judgment aud the security, withont any other pro ceeding thereon. Why authorize the execution to issue against the security without any other proceeding thereon, if it had not been intended that his property should be bound for the pay ment of the judgment, as well as that of the defendant therein ? If the property of the security, ou the stay of execu tion, was not intended to be bound for the payment of the judgment from the time of his signing his name to the stay bond or recognizance in the Clerk’s office, there would seem to be no good reason for an execution to issue against him, as well as the principal defendant, to col lect the amount due on that judgment. Besides, the property of the security on the stay of execution is not bound for the payment of the judgment from the date of the stay bond the plaintiff who has been delayed in the collection of his judgment for sixty days, derives no benefit from the securing during the time of the delay and has no additional property bound for its payment during that time. The statute clearly contem plates that the property of the security shall be bound for the payment of the plaintiff’s judgment, in authorizing an execution to issue against him therefor by some “proceeding.” What is that proceeding? Evidently, that good and sufficient security shall be entered either in open Court, or in the Clerk’s office, within four days, for the payment of the judgment and costs within sixty days. The act of 1799 did not require that a bond should be given, as the Code now does, but that good and sufficient security mqst be entered for the pay ment of the judgment and costs ; that is the “proceeding” which binds the property of the security to pay the judgment according to the statute, and when that proceeding is had, the property of the security is bound for the payment of the plaintiffs judgment, just as it then stands, from the date of that proceeding, beoause the execution is authorized by the sta tute to be issued against the security, without any “other proceeding there on,” The execution must necessarily relate back to that proceeding of en tering the security in the Clerk’s office for the payment of the judgment for its foundation and legal support, for the simple reason that it has no other, and if that proceeding does not bind the property of the security on tfie Qtay bond, so as to authorize tfie plaintiff to have execution against him, then there is no legal authority for the plaintiff in the judgment to have execution against the security on the stay thereof, after the expiration of the sixty days. It is that proceeding in the Clerk’s office before referred to, and that alone, which binds the property of the se curity aud authorises the plaintiff iu the judgment to and sell the same,'under an execution against him iq : satisfaction of that judgment. If that • proceeding in the Clerk’s office, as de clared by the statute, does not bind the property of the security for the paymeut of the plaintiff’s judgment, then it is not bound at all, and there is no legal au thority for issuing an execution against the property of the security to satisfy the plaintiff’s judgment; but the statute recognizes that procediDg as binding the property of the security, when it de clares that execution may issue against the defendant in the judgmeut and the security, “without any other proceeding thereon,The statute does not declare that the property of the security shall be bound for the payment of the judgment from the time of issuing or of levying the execution, and the only logical con.. elusion is that the property tfje seen ; rity is bound fo? the' payment of the judgment from Vhe time of signing the 1 bond, withont any other proceeding for that purpose. Such it is believed has been the contemporaneous construction : of the act of 1799, and that the bench j and bar and people or the State have ac quiesced in that construction up to the present time. But be that as it may, the deeds un der which the claimant olaims title to the property levied on were executed by the defendants to him through his agents, A. M. & B. H. Thrasher (the claimant not being present), u?hq *eia both securities qn W as a matter of course had full knowledge of its existence, who were the parties to, it. as well as of the existence of the judgment on which the execution was stayed. Notice to the claimant a agent?, through whom the property was pur chased from the defendants, was notice to him of the above recited facts, inas much as they must necessarily have had notice of them at the time of the al leged trade and conveyance of the prop erty—Code, 2200. In point of fact, it would seem from the evidence in the reoord that the claimant had but little to do in negotiating the trade for the property and taking the conveyance therefor; that part of the business ap pears to have been managed entirely by Thrasher & Thrasher, who acted as his agents and who were two of the securi ties on the stay bond, and who must have known at that time, as his agents, all about the condition of the property and of the incumbrances that were upon it, and must have remembered it at the time. As to the property levied ou as the property of Early W. Thrasher, the principal defendant in the judgment, and conveyed by him to J. J. Thrasher, aud who executed a bond for titles therefor to W. L. Thrasher, who as signed said bond for titles to Hayden, the claimant, it appears that all the purohase money had not been paid for the property at the time of the assign ment of the bond to the claimant, on the 2d of June, 1875. If the convey ance of the property by Early W. Thrasher to J. J. Thrasher was a fair and bona fide transaction, and not in tended to hinder and delay the collec tion of the plaintiff’s demand against him, then the title to that property is in J. J. Thrasher, and not in the claim ant, who had no legal right or author ity, so far as the record shows, to claim J. J. Thrasher’s property for him. The evidence in the record is that the de fendant, E. W. Thrasher, continued in possession of the property until after the date of the'judgment against him, and up to a short time before the levy was made thereon by the sheriff. The decree which the Chancellor signed was not as formal as it might have been, or good pleading may have required, but it was a substantial co npliauce with the Code, referring to the verdict, and adopting it as a decree of the Court; it was sufficiently certain for all legal aud praotieal purposes. In view of the evidence contained in the record, and the law applicable there to, there was no error in the judgment of the Court in overruling the claim ant’s motion for anew trial. Let the judgment of the Court below be af firmed. Pease vs. Dibble & Bunce. Sci. fa., from Mclntosh. Warner, C. J. This case came before the Court be low on a scire facias to revive a judg ment. The defendant pleaded that the judgment had been paid, and on the trial of that issue the jury, under the charge of the Court, found a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs. The defendant made a motion for anew trial on the several grounds therein set forth, which was overruled by the Court, aud the de fendant excepted. The evidenoe iu the reoord as to the payment of the judgment was conflicting, and the charge of the Court was quite as favor able for the defendant as he was enti tled to under the evidence. It appears from the defendant’s own testimony that, whiist the plaintiff’s claim was in the ban is of Baoeu, as their attorney, for collection, that he also placed in Bacon’s hands a claim of his own against another person, aud instructed him to collect the same and apply it to the payment of the plaintiffs’ judg ment, which he agreed to do; that he collected the the money and failed to ap ply it as instructed. So far as the col lecti n of the claim placed in Bacon’s hands by the defendant, with instruc tions as to the application of the pro ceeds thereof when collected, was con cerned, Bacon was the attorney of the . defendant and not the attorney of the plantiffs, and it does not appear that they had any knowledge of the transac tion between Bacon aud the defendant whatever. If Bacon has collected money for the defendant on claims placed in his hands, and has failed to apply the same as instructed or to properly account therefor, then he must proceed against Mr. Bacon, and not charge the ■ plaintiffs with it, who had nothing to do with that matter, so far as it appears from the evidence in the record before us. There was noth ing in the motion for anew trial, ou the ground of newly discovered evidence, which would have authorized the Court to grant it. Let the judgment of the Court below be affirmed. / Foster, administrator, vs. Reid. Motion, from Morgan. Bleckley, J. Where the plaintiff, in a judgmeut more than seven years old, has had it revived by seire facias, as having be come dormant, it is a lien on the defend ant’s property from the date of revival only; and so long as the judgment of revival is unreversed, the same having been rendered by the Court having ju risdiction, the fact that the original judgment was dormant, whether true or false, is res adjudicata, and is not open to question on a motion to distribute money arising from the sale of the de fendant’s property. 9 Ga., 117; 10 lb., 371; 13 lb. 223. Judgment affirmed. Smith vs. Ehlen. Complaint, from City Court of Savannah. Bleckley, J. Though this Court is satisfied with the verdict, and would not, on the evi dence in the record, have granted anew trial, it will defer to the Judge who pre sided, not being able to say that he abused the discretion with which he is beiDg clothed by law. The first grant of anew trial, where no controlling ques tion of law is involved, is generally to be aoquiesced in. 54 Ga. 611; 55 lb. 416; 56 lb. 249, 398. Judgment affirmed. Thomas F. Bealle vs. The Southern Bank of the State of Georgia. Tro ver, from Chatham. Jackson, J. The bona fide holder of negotiable bonds, payable to the bearer and not due, deposited by the bearer as collate ral security for the loan of money, will be protected in his title, even against the true owner, until the borrowed money be paid or he realize thereon to indemnify himself. Section 2139 of the Code must be construed to harmonize with sections 2639, 2785 and 2789 of the Code, and with universal commercial law; and will be restricted to its very letter, if necessary so to restrict its meaning, in order not to unsettle long established law and usage, especially as the section is awkwardly expressed, am biguous and uncertain. The whole sub ject needs legislation. Judgment af firmed. THE HERALD ON HILL. What the New York Hernld Thinks of Mr. IIIII’m Jjeiter. 'Jhe manly letter of Hon. Benjamin Hill, in reply to political assailants in his own party, will strengthen that con fidence in his patriotism which his course dnring this session has done so much to inspire. It seems to be one purpose of the bulldozing political fa natics to assail the reputation of every public man whose influence is exerted on the side of moderation and peace. Henoe the reckless demagogues fill the air with unfounded stories that the Southern Democrats, whose bearing is so admirable in this crisis, arc arrang ing to sell out the Democratic party to Hayes. Mr. Hill disdains to take no tice of every petty calumny, but he shows witk convincing clearness that he has done nothing dnring the session at which his party can take any jnst of fense. In the three general caucuses which have been held by the Demo cratic members he has made but one motion, and that was unani mously adopted, after listening to his speech, whoso temper and spirit every map present approved. There ha*e been frequent conferences of a njiore limited number in which he has made motions and suggestions, every one of which has been adopted, and some o* inem with entire unanimity. He denies that he has expressed dis trust of Northern Democrats; denies that ho has lost faith in Mr. Tilden’s election; denies that he has made, is making, or is willing to make, a trade or arrangement with Mr. Hayes. He says that Tilden had some votes, that Hayes had some votes, and that ji would be better to have either of them for Presi dent than a man who received no votes at all. He i,s in favor of a fair and honest counting of the votes, and when that is secured he means to abide by it, as he thinks every other man will, North and South, who is not willing to de stroy his country. All candid eitiitens will honor Mr. Hill for *\i* upright and patriotic ceuisQt FORGERIES AND FRAUD. Fictitious Bills of Lading—Alleged Embez zlement—Acquisition Refused—Counterfeit Half Dollars. Boston, December 30. —In 1873 Henry C. Thatcher, cotton broker of this city, paid 86,300 on drafts made by Dickson Brothers, of Memphis, Tenn. The bills of lading attached to the drafts were, it is alleged, fictitious, and Thatcher had the Dickinsons arrested by Boston de tectives on a requisition issued by Gov ernor Rice, of Massachusetts. The Gov ernoy of Tennessee now released the Diekinsons on the ground that they can not be tried in Massachusetts for an of fense committed in Tennessee. Coun terfeit half dollars, supposed to be cast from dies captured from the New Or leans reach here from the South. Owing to the demoralized condition of the State press, the “People and Pa pers” make an awkward appearance this morning. S COL. J. BULOW CAMPBELL. The Right Man in the Right Place. I MiUedgeoiUe Union and Recorder .J As there are so many men wanting office these dayif, we doubt not but that Governor Colquitt will have the greatest number of applications for all the places within his gift —especially will many apply to be one of his secretaries or clerks. But there is one position that we hope the Governor will make no change in, and that is the position of Financial Secretary. Col. Bulow Camp bell, formerly of this place, now holds it. He is one of the most courteous, polite and kind and obliging gentlemen we ever knew, aud holding the position under Governor Brown, he was a uni versal favorite with every one who had any moneyed transactions with the State. Governor Smith, upon going into office, having appointed Col. Camp bell to his old position, we doubt not but that he has given the same satis faction that he gave while with Gover nor Brown. His experience in the po sition he now occupies, with his tine sense and good judgment, certainly makes him not only the readiest, but perhaps the safest (or least liable to commit errors) of any man in the State —at least suoh is our opinion. So view ing the matter—aud in common with all of our citizens, feeling a warm attach ment for him and desiring him retained where he has heretofore acted his part so well. As Governor Colquitt will make this appointment within a couple of weeks, we have concluded at this time to give expression to our views and feelings iu the matter. HIPPODROME DENTISTRY. How Baby “Bubn” Was Relieved ol a Bad Toothache. [New York Herald.] The baby hippopotamus “Baba ” has become the ohief pet of the aquarium, much to the disgust of the trained seal and the learned otter. Baba is dooile, and when not following his keeper lies quietly by in a sunny spot near one of the windows ou the Thirty-fifth street side, where, with lazy content, ho sub mits to having his ears scratched by the children. Baba has his troubles, how ever, and for the past day or two had evidently been suffering from some derangement. “ Doc,” his keeper, finally decided it was toothaohe.— An examination showed, in fact, that one of his milk teeth was badly de cayed. “Doe’’said it must come out, and speedily improvised forceps out of a pair of gasnippers. Baba obedi ently opened his mouth and “ Doc ” laid hold of the tooth. Then the forceps slipped aud the keeper sat down with a bump amid the suppressed laughter and ironical applau-e of the spectators, while Baba looked lazily out of his half closed eyes as if to say, ‘ What is all this fuss about?” When with grim de termination “Doo” approaohed again, Baba uttered a rather dissatisfied grunt, but opened his mouth. This time the tongs held, and a strong pull proved too much for Baba’s equanimty. He got to his legs with a 600-pound jump. “Doc” held on with all his might; there was a moment of breathless suspense, aud then the keeper again suddenly took a sittiug posture, waving, however, with a triumphant air the huge forceps, in the jaws of which glistened the large white molar. Baba trotted off a few steps, and stood for a moment gasping ut his keeper. He shook his head as if to see that everything was all right, and then came and rubbed his head against his friend as if to express thanks. A rinse of the mouth with a sponge and Baba was himself again, and trotted contentedly after his keeper, the pair being followed by a crowd of admirers. AN HONEST COUNT. Will Hie Committees Neo to it ¥—'Tlie Com mittees Are DoinK Their BcNt—Will the Floridu Supreme Court Mee to it f—Alas, No News from Them—Will Menutor Blaine Join Colliding and Nee to it ¥— I The Herald and Non Nay lie Will—Does the Situation Indicate it ¥—Most Emphatically, it Does. Jacksonville, Fla., December 30. — The Senate Committee is Btill in session here. No important developments. The sub committees of the House have, not yet returned. The Republican leaders here give np the State to Drew. New Orleans, December 30. —The Senate Committee is engaged in hearing Republican testimony in regard to bulldozing in Ouachita and the Senute sub-Committee in relation to East Baton Rogue. The interest in the in vestigations has abated considerably owing to a surfeit of contradictory esti mations and the approaching struggle of the parties for the control of the State government. New York, December 30.— A Herald editorial under the caption “The Pros pect of an Honest Court,” commenoes; “A noteworthy Washington dispatch in the Sun yesterday, strongly corrobo rates the intelligence which we|received six or eight days ago from our own sources of intelligence. Our informa tion was confidential, aud we wore only permitted to shadow forth its substance without liberty to state details. The correspondent of the Sun obtained greater liberty from his informants, and we are glad to find our private advices publicly confirmed from a source which we have many reasons for deeming trust worthy. We knew that trusted Republican Senators were only waiting for a proper time to act, aud the intelligent dispatch to the Sim partially relieves us from the pledge of secrecy respecting names and details by which our own correspondents consented to be bound. According to the information of the Sun, Mr. Blaine as well as Mr. Conkling, stands ready to abjure party in the in terest of justioe and neither of them will be a particeps criminis to the counting iu of Mr. Hayes if it shall appear on a candid review of the evi dence that he was not fairly elected. This not only accords with our own in formation but with the intrinsic prob abilities of the situation. WASHINGTON DOTS. No .SeMlon of Congrew Yesterday—Ur not and Ferry— The Counterfeit Note—Oregon Investigation—Metereoloffienl—The Wet ern Union Telegraph Couipuny. Washington, December 30. The House adjourned to Wednesday without business. Senate—no session. Ferry, President of the Senate, had a long interview with Grant to-day. The thousand dollar counterfeit bill is a dangerous one, which fonnd its way to the Treasury. It had been taken by a bank aud paid out again. Oregon investigation by the Privilege and Elections Committe develops noth ing new. The Seoretary of the Navy has order ed meteorological observations at 7:35, ft. m., Washington time, on. all vessels every day wherever they may be.— These records will form a part of the bulletins of international meteoroligioal observations, Barnes, New Orleans Telegraph Manager, has not arrived. It is understood the telegraph authorities have taken no steps toward obeying the subpoenas, but neither have they taken steps to defeat them. They are waiting for developments in the case of Barnes, round whose person revolve the ques tion of their duties and privileges. Major George Bell is ordered to re port to the commanding General of the Department of the South, at Atlanta, as Chief Commissary of that Depart ment, Captain Cushing is ordered to the Pacific. How a Merchant Wo* Done For. [Boston Glotie.] A very ingenious swindle was lately perpetrated on a prominent dry goods house by a finely dreaud lady who ap peared in the shawl department, and after a careful examination, selected a camels’ hair shawl costing abont 8100, for which she tendered in payment a 81,000 bill, which was carefully scrutin ized by the oashier, who, doubting his own power of discrimination, dispatched a messenger to the bank to ascertain the genuineness of the bill In a short time the messenger returned and announced in an andible tone that the cashier of the bank said that (he bill was good. The lady upon bearing this waxed exceeding wroth and demoded to know “whether ho thought that she would attempt to pass a counterfeit bill.” Of course apolo gies and explanations were of no avail; she refused to purchase the shawl, de manded her money, and departed from the store the very embodiment of right eous indignation, A couple of hours afterwards she returned considerably mollified* and confessed that she was pleased with the shawl, and that her in ability to find one which she liked as well was the only reason she returned, and she concluded to take it. The obliging salesman delightedly wrapped np the shawl, while the courteous cash ier, disdaining to entertain a suspicion against suoh a lady, proceeded to oount ont the 8900 change, with which and her shawl the lady departed. The feel ings of that storekeeper ean be better imagined than described when he awoke to the realizing sense of the faot that hia lady customer had, after all bis precau tion, succeeded in passing upon him a counterfeit 81,000 bill. • This is a dangerous season, and often the fondest mother’s care is no protec tion against Coughs and Cold and Hoarseness. Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup should therefore be kept in readiness. Price, 25 cents.
