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010 SERIES VOL XCII HEW SERIES VOL. LI. TERMS. THE DAILY CHRONICLE It SENTINEL, tLe oldest nowitpiper in the South, in published daily, except Monday. Term* : i'w year, tie ; six inotittia. to ; three months, t'i 50. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE * SENTINEL is published every Wednesday. Terms : One year, fri, six months, tl. THE TRIWEEKLY CHRONICLE * SENTI NEL is published every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. Terms One year, to; six months, 42 50. SUBSCRIPTIONS iu all cases in advance, and no paper continued after the expiration of the time paid for. KATES OF ADVERTISING IS DAILY - All transient ad7ertlemont will be charted at the rate of tl per square each insertion for the first week. Advertisements in Tri-Week ly, f 1 per square: in Weekly, il per square. Marnage and Funeral Notices, il each. Special Notice*, i! pereqnare Special rales will lie made for advertisement* running for one month or longer. ALL COMMUNICATIONS announcing candi date* for office—from County Constable to members of Congress- will be charged at the rate of twenty cents per line All anuounc:- lnents must be paid for in advance. Address WALSH A WRIGHT, Chronicle A Sentinel. Angnata. Ga. (Ctjromcle anD Sentinel. WEDNESDAY, MARCH It. 1877. PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. We request our readers to respond promptly to the bills which ate aent them (or subscription accounts due this office. Let eaoh subscriber who is in arrears bear in mind that there are many others also iu arrears, and that while the amount duo by each individual is small the aggregate amounts to a large sum. We hope our friends will respond promptly. FAREWELL TO GRANT. To-day General Grant ceases to be President of the Uuited States. For eight years he has held the highest offico within the gift of forty-five millions of people. The eight years of bis Presi dency constituted perhaps the most critical period of the natiou's history. His capacity for good or for evil was al most unlimited. Wliatevertheie was of wisdom and of patriotism, whatever of folly and of partisanship, in his course, the record of his administration will show. That record is known of all men; by it he must be judged, and by it he must stand or fall. No man ever had greater opportunities; no man ever threw such opportunities so recklessly away. The cruel wounds of civil war had begun to heal. The country needed above all things peace and a restoration of fraternal feeling. General Grant was one of the few men, perhaps the only wan, wno could biiDg about results so earnestly desired. He was in command of the Union armies during the last months of tho war, and he had the honor of crushing the last armed forces of the Confederacy. He stood high in es timation of the people of the North and of the Month. He was in a p sition to do that which a mere politician might have been afraid to attempt. No sooner, however, was he inaugurated than he abowed how incapable he w.s of .seizing the opportunity which Pro vidence had placed within his grasp. He at nnco gave the lie to the fair promise of his past. With the hol low cry of ‘‘peace” upon his lips ho be gau to make war, cruel and unrelenting war, upon his countrymen of odc sec tion of (he Union. The half cicatrized wounds of civil conflict were toru open auil wade to bleed afresh. Every Southern State was bound hand and foot and delivered up as the spoil of the ignorant negro and the corrupt scalawag and carpet-bagger. Rotten governments pinned together by bayonets were allow ed to plunder aud oppress at will, while harsh *nd ungenerous legislation pro scribed the intelligence, the virtue and the mauhond of tho South. Acting di rectly contrary to opiuions expressed by him previous to his election, be was swift to suggest or to approve every measure calculated to produce disorder or oppression that could be framed by t.’ie ingenuity of partisan malice. In- R te.id of peace he gave us eight years of war, sud at the end of his term of office leaves the task of pacification to Ins suc cessor. Ho came' into offioe without any of the , training of a statesman, and he refused to learu from those who were competent j to teach. He regarded the Prosidenoy as a perquisite instead o,* a trust and used 1 it not to promote the interests of a great j people but to advance his own selfish i and little schemes. He broke, one by one, with the great men and the pure men of , his party, and allied himself with its baser elements. He filled his Cabinet with men of medium ability, whose only recommendation was that they pandered to his tastes and were subservient to bis will. If by any ehanoo public opinion ! forced npon him such a man as Bristow | 4 b assisted intrigues to force him to re- He eonld not brook opposit on, •aud yet did not know how to overcome it. He was fond of money, and to obtiin it he Leeuiircbed himself and his fami ly with the Biack Friday conspiracy, the Real Estate Pool, the St. Domingo job, rfn d the Sencoa Sandstone swindle. He ue.Tepted costly presents without hesita tion, aud was ever ready to barter offiee for gii’ta. He filled the diplomatic ser vice, the Cabinet and the civil service with relatives, or with those who had ! given him something. His confidential friend and Secretary wa9 the accomplice 1 of the whisky ring, and ho himself did not escape without the smell of burning , •or ilia garments. His friend and Attor ney-General was forced to leave the Cab inet because of unauthorized nse of the •public money. His fiiend and Secretary rf the Interior was obliged to do the ■awe thing because of corrupt practices •a the Indian Department. His friend an <i Secretary of War confessed that his w jfe bribed to influence his appo*i meuts B< * indneed the President to shield k‘°* * ro,a Hupwhment by accepting. With indecent haste, Jjjs re signation. and Secretary of the Navy is now uttdergoiug Congress- : ional iuvestigatioi? I'* corruption in ■ office. All these w* wen without ability or reputation, w'hom ho had call ed to his Cabinet becauO ob tained his favor by sycophancy or by; presents. He cared nothing for Courts or juries, and always placed the soldier , above the Judge. He knew nothing ot i law and cared nothing for law, except - where the law jumped with his interest or inclination. He was sluggish, stolid and indifferent, and harried a State or 8 j t med a bill to raise his own salary with ' equ.'l equanimity. He was coarse in , liia tastes, vulgar in his habits, sordid, tneau an i unscrupulous. He punished Southern patriots and pardoaed whisky thieves. W hatever may be in store for 1 us in the future, we have the consola tion of knowing that we cannot be' worsted. It is lm/josaible for any other President to do as much mischief as (Ibivt has done, to be a worse President than Grant has been. As we said once before, all the fighting was not at the Gainesville Convention. •On Saturday evening after the adjourn :ment of the Democratic caucus Mr. IDocglass, of Virginia, who was drunk land angry with Mr. Lamab for rnliDg thim out of order, assailed the latter ■•‘with such dei>eration” that Mr. Lamas would have shot him bnt for the inter vention of friends. Mr. Douglass’ con stituents should invite him to resign. THE INAUGURAL. President Hayes was sworn in Sunday and yesterday delivered his inangural a hires.*. It is published in fall in the Chronicle and Sentinel this morning, i As the first official utterance of the new President, it will be read with unnsnal attention. The prominent feature of the address is the mauner in which the Southern question is handled. The President, recognizing the fact that this is the great issue before the country, : discusses it at length. He alludes to the changes wrought in the political, social and material condition of the Month by the results of the war, and ad mits that twelve years of peace have not beeD sufficient to resto.e quiet aud pros parity. He admits, a'so, by implication, I that “reconstruction,” as the process by which government was organized on a basis of white proscription and negro supremacy is technically termed, has been a failure; and that those Southern States which still remain under the con trol of the Republican party have not honestand capable local self government. He declares his desire to bring abont the complete pacification of the South, without which the whole country must sutler, and with which the whole coun try must ptosper. He thinks that in a matter so important as this the question of party should be forgotten, that it should uot be regarded from a Republi can or a Democratic but from aNational stand-point. He is anxious that the two races shall live together without strife or bitterness, and that the “color line” shall be forever obliterated. He is willing to treat the Southern whites justly and generously, and to secure to them, as far as in his power lies, the blessing of local self-government, and the advantages to be derived from the development of the material resources of their section. He intimates, though he does not exprescly say, that the patron age of the Federal Government shall be distributed in the South iu such a manner as to give satisfaction to the people most interested. In return he asks that the Sonth accept in good faith tho constitutional amendments embody ing the results of the late war; that the colored man shall be educated and pro tected in all his personal, property and political rights. Tho terms are not hard, and if President Hayes sticks to the spirit of his speech he will do much to wards lessening tho disappointment which the South felt when the judgment of tho Electoral Commission was pro nouuced. But words are not sufficient ; deeds must follow, and by deeds alone can we estimate the sincerity of his pro testations. We admit that he speaks fairly, honorably aud wisely, but speech must be supplemented by action. He should expect the South to wait a little befoio putting implicit faith in these declarations of a Republican President. When he proves his sincerity he will find that tho South is neither im practicable nor ungrateful. Civil service reform and financial mat tors aro briefly alluded to, but tho new President is emphatic iutlie declaration that the views expressed by him upon these subjects in bis letter accepting the Republican nomination have undergone no modification. He is stilt anxious that the abuses practiced in tho appointment and removal of public officers shall he corrected; he is still desir ous of an early return to specie payments ; aud he expresses the determination to do everything in his power to bring about these results. He speaks temperately of the Presidential contest jnst closed and of the extraordi nary mode of settling the question which the necessities of tho case com pelled both parties to adopt. Whether the decision of the Electoral Commis sion,was right or wrong, he thinks one thing has been settled which is of vital importance to the nation, viz : that a disputed Presidential election will never lead to bloodshed and to battle. Ho com mends the course of General Grant in leaving questions arising between this and foreign countries to arbitration, and intimates that he shall follow his ex ample if the necessity arises during his term of office. Altogether it is a manly, moderate aud statesmanlike address. AN EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS. The dispatches state that the Senate and House failed to agree on the Army Appropriation Bill aud that this failure renders an extra session of Congress necessary. The Bill as it passed the House provided that no portion of the army should be used by the President iu support of either of the dual govern ments of South Carolina or Louisiana nntil such governments had been re cognized by Congress. The Senate re fused to accede to this proviso and re ported anew bill, to which the House would not agree. Three conferences were held but failed to accomplish any thing. The House conferees insisted upon the spirit of the section objection able to the Senate, viz ; that such re striction ahonl 1 be placed upon the President as would prevent him from in stalling and maintaining the Packard government. The Senate failed to con cur and adjourned. In the House ponding a call of the roll upon tho mo tion of Mr. Mpbrison to adhere to its action the hour of adjournment arrived. The bill did cot pass and there will have to be an extra session of Congress, or else the Army must be disbanded for twelve months. In the present ooudi ; lion of the Western froutior, with hos tile operations against the Indians now beiug conducted, disbandment cannot be thought of and an extra session is a I eertainty. The House was right to insist npon the spirit of the section which was so j obnoxious to the Republican majority in Uls .Senate. Upon that majority must rest the of an extra session. They are wholly to blame for the expense of such session, tor the arywhieh may result from the* failure ot tarn bill. The House simply asked that the army, supported by the whole people, should not be gjpnloyed | to ttie injury of a portion of tli6 people.: The Senate insisted that it should. The' House said the army, supported by both parties, sfeculd not be made a political machine to pnopvdh the interests of one party at the expense of the other. The j Senate maintained that it ako#t4 be em ployed in such service. The House was not guarding against imaginary dangers. For six months the President of Mae United States employed the army of the United States in two States of the Union, first, to pserent the members of one political party from expressing their wishes at the bailed box, and, afterwards, to keep ia putier rw candidates of the other polities!' party wfco had not been elected and who . had not a aba&w of right to the offices i they assumed to bald. These things are well known to Congress aud the coun try, and the country will suatw* fye I House in ite determination that they shall not oeoor again. It ia idle to i say that the President will not dis grace himself by prostitnting the army to political purposes. We hare seen that one President did so disgrace him self ; why may not another? It may be thought that when Congress meets in extra session the Democrats, still hav ing a majority in the House, will insist npon the passage of bill similar to the one that has jnst failed ; that ihe Sen ate, the Republicans still having a ma jority in that body, will adhere to its position ; and that the only result will be another dead lock. This is possible, but uot probable, for President Hayes Las it in his power to remove all obsta cles to au agreement by the two Houses. Let him supplement General Grant’s action by removing the Federal forces from Sonth Carolina and Louisiana. Lot the rotten governments of Cham berlain and Packard, which cannot be upheld save by the aid of bayon ets, fall to the ground, and let the law ful governments of those States be free to execute the trusts which the people have committed to their keeping. When this has been done the House will not insist upon fettering the President, be cause by this action he will have fetter ed himself. Assuming that this extra session will be called, it is important to know what the Dem cratic majority will be iu the new House. If the Government can get along until that tim?, mangre the failure of the Army bill, the President will not probably convene the lower House until April, after the New Hamp shire election—hoping that the Repub licans will gain one, if not two, Gon gressmen in that contest. We do not know exactly the complexion of the new House, but it is stated that certificates from Governors and de facto Govern ora have been given to one hundred and fifty-two Democrats and one hundred and forty-one Republicans. It seems probable that tho Supremo Courts of Missouri and California will give the Republicans a Congressman from each of those States. The Democrats would then have 150 and the Republicans 143 members. If we should lose two Districts iu New Hampshire the Republicans would have 145 and the Democrats 148. These figures would leave us a majority of three at the organization of the House. But the first act of tho House should be to investigate the contested election cases from Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida. This investigation promp tly ordered, and speedily conducted, will certainly result in unseating Pukman, of Florida, Smalls, of South Carolina, anil at least two of the bogus members from Louisiana. The Republicans would then have 141’and the Democrats 152 members—-a majority of eleven votes. With Mr. Stephens absatt on account of sickness we will have a re liable working majority of ten. Such a majority, well organized and working harmoniously together, cau accomplish more than a larger majority divided by contending factions. The Democracy, taking even the most discouraging figures, have no reason to fear that the Republicans can obtain control of the popular branch of the Forty-fifth Con gress. TIIE NINTH DISTRICT. In another article this morning is shown how small will be tho Democratic majority in tho new House of Represen tatives. Small as that majority is there is a prospect that it may be made small er by the election of a Republican from the Ninth Georgia District. It is well known that Mr. H. P. Bell is the fairly nominated candidate of the Democracy of that District. It is equally as well known that Mr. Emoly Itpeer is run ning against him as an Independent Dem ocrat, the ground of his opposition being the failure of the Gainesville Convention to adopt what he considered an equit able basis of representation. Dr. A. T. W. Lyttle, of Gainesville, is also running as an Independent Democrat— his platform being opposition to the law imposing a tax on spirits and to bacco. In the mountains, where so much trouble has been caused by the enforcement of the revenue laws, this platform will find favor, and Dr. Lyptle may draw off a good many Democratic voters by his demagogical clap trap. There aro now three Democratic candi dates in the field, with a prospect of more. The Republicans will hold a Convention atGainesville on the tenth instant and put a Republican candidate in the field. It is thought H. P. Farrow will be the nominee. Unless the Democrats of the District resolutely repudiate Independ ents and stand staunchly by the nomi nee of their party this bitter and un scrupulous Radical may represent them in Congress. NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DEMO CRATS. The New York World, a journal proud to be known as the “organ” of the National Democracy, was naturally indignant with General Grant becanse of his order preventing the volunteer companies of South Carolina from pa rading on Washington’s birthday. Such indignation is both natural and com mendable. But the World is lavish of the article, and expends a little upon General Hampton and the people of South Carolina for obeying the Presi dent’s order, and upon the Southern peoplo generally for “ degrading the American character” by submitting to the oppression of the General Govern ment since the war. Says the World : Wo confess that we do not appreciate the meekness with which WSJ?E Hampton submit ted to it. The Southerners have become al together too lowly in their misfortunes, and through the indignities which they suffer with patience they are degrading the character of American citizens. They made causeless war upon the Government fifteen years ago at the instigation of tkej-r own pride ?nd ambition, %ud they were beaten. ijim.a then they have endured numberless lgni piiuies whicli would have afforded just pretest for rebellion wore it not that they hid reason to hope that by long suffering they could win back their way to the privileges of citizenship. But the Re publicans seem to have gotten, in the con tinual exercise of power, some of the old Southern insolence, and the more men bow before them the more they are inclined to walk on their slaves. It is fall time for all this sort of thing to stop, and no better occa sion could have been chosen to check it than Washington’s birthday. Governor Hampton should have ordered oat his militia to day and given them forty renuds of ball cartridge— ! then if Lieutenant Colonel and the - Eighteenth Infantry wanted to prevent the] ! celebration, they wonld have had to fight for ! their way. So tar a* the remarks about Hampton aud the Carolinians Me concerned, we have nothing to say. Ibe Charleston j Ariel cs and Courier has spoken for them ; ably and truthfully. The insolence of i the World's allusions to the South is ■ something amazing. For years, ever siacie the beginning of reconstruction, that paper a o<l nearly every other Demo : oratic paper at the Soma ha fp preached nothing to the Sontb but submission. “ Bear all things," they cried. For I what? “For the good of the party." Aud “ the party” with them meant the i 3*ortbein Democracy. When there oc ' curried ag outbreak in any portion of the S South—wbeg ftp popple maddened by oppression rose up aguinat they oppres sors to defend their lives aud everything 1 dear to freemen—the World was fore most in denunciation of the deed, was script pp stigmatize Southern men made desperate iegpplisp as irresponsible ruffians deserving the severest naent. The Southern people were Jold to wait, to patiently endure; the North ern Democracy wonld, in time, ayenge all their wrongs, restore all their rights. When the most villainous bills tbat the iugennity of Radical iniquity could de vise became laws, the World was fore most in advising submission—snbmis- AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1877. sion to the reconstruction acts; the fourteenth amendment, proscribing the best and bravest of our people; the fifteenth amendment; the enforcement act; the amended en forcement act; the Ku Klux act; the So cial Equaliity act and to all the villainous legislation begot by malic .> upon the body of fraad. When Grant suspend ed the writ of habeas corpus and had his cavalry to harry whole counties of South Carolina as Clayerhoc3e and his dra goons harried the covenanting districts of Scotlard, seeding hundreds to j ails and penitentiaries; when Grant throttled free government in Louisiana with the iron hand of military power; when a United States officer dispersed the legal Legislature of a State at tho point of the bayonet, and the Lieutenant- General of the Armies and tbe President and Cabinet joined in denonneing the men who Jared assert their rights as “banditti;” when all these things were done the World counselled that submis sion which it now so fiercely reprobates. Why was the South advised to forbear ance and meekness ? Not because such a CQurse would help the Democratic party at the Sonth; bat becanse it would aid the Democratic p rty at the North in their elections. What Northern Dem ocratic candidates, since 1868, have been put in the field in opposition to negro suffrage and the infamies of reconstruc tion ? Not one, On the contrary, ever since the defeat of Horatio Seymour the New York World and the party it represents have been urging us to “accept the sit u.atiou.” Convention after convention held in the State of New York has pro claimed the willingness of the Demo cracy to accept the fourteenth and fif teenth amendments as a fiual settlement of the questions growiug out of the war. In the National Conventions held at Bal timore and St. Louis they put this plank in the party platform. Well, we have “accepted the situation,” and they must not complain. They advised sub mission so strenonsly that we have sub mitted. We have done more than this. The Southern Democracy have submit ted patiently for eight years to tho dic tation of the Northern Democracy. The latter have furnished tho platform and the candidates; the former have fur nished the votes. In the last campaign, of the two hundred and three legal elec toral votes that tbe Democratic candi dates received only sixty-eight came from the North; all the rest camo frim the Sonth. The Southern people, whose submission “degrades the Ame rican character,” overcame formidable majorities in nearly every State, while the valiant Democracy of the North were unable to overcome majorities ranging from one to three thousand, and in several instances lost States which they already had in possession. We do not allude to these things in way of reproach, but for the purpose of repelling a gratuitous slander. The Southern Democracy have submitted so quietly and so long to the control of their brethren of the North that the latter seem to take it for granted they may use them as they will, They have apparently forgotten that the war ended twelve years ago, and that during that time many changes have taken place at the South as well as at the North. The Southern people, alone and unaided, through sore trial and travail, have worked out their own salvation. They have plucked the sting from negro suf frage and now find themselves strength ened by an:ensure which was devised to crush them. They have virtual control of every State from the Potomac to the Rio Grande. They are a power in the land, and they know it. They have men of pluck aud brains and statesmanship for leaders. They form a compact, well or ganized aud enthusiastic political party. They do not propose to remain longer in a condition of political inferiority. They will no longer be mere bowers of wood aud drawers of water. They will not again yield blind obedience to men who have not capacity enough to gov ern their own section ; whose leaders often have neither skill nor courage, aud sometimes mistake pettifogging for statesmanship. THE AUGUSTA AND KNOXVILLE RAIL ROAD. A few months ago we agitated the question of anew and shorter route from Augusta to the great West, and direoted especial attention to the activi ty which our citizens should discover in the premises. The first objeot to which the public meeting, called in pursuance to our suggestions, addressed itself was the construction of a road to Hart well, Ga., deflecting, at a given point, to Greenwood, S. C. The main trunk looked westward by way of Rabun Gap. Repeated meetings and a careful study of this important project eventuated in the preparation of a lib eral charter, which appears among the acts of tbe last General Assembly under the title of “ an act to incorporate the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad." State aid, but faintly Loped for, was not secured. Whether or not it was ad visable for the State to grant the aid sought, is not now a debatable question. The road is a necessity to the future—the immediate future—prosperity of Augusta. No one appreciates the force of that as sertion more thoroughly than do our merchants and capitalists. We may add that no class of our people more jieenly appreciate tho necessities which this route completed will relieve, than that whose members eat their bread in the sweat of their faces. From Augusta to the mountains tbe people, to whose at tention this great enterprise was bronght, nniformily expressed a desire and a willingness to aid it to the extent of their ability. What more is needed ? Why wait for “something to turn np ? ” The shares are fixed at 825 each, so that capitalists, merchants, laborers, all can lend a helping hand. Why not organ ize, communicate with our friends in the counties through which the propos ed road is to run, open books of sub scription, and commence work at the earliest possible day ? We shall find the people Joeyond Rabun Gap ready and willing to do their share of tbe work. We are poor, it is true ; but who is it that will make ua rich? Shall we wait and see ? Or shall we not rather rely up op o-r oyn natjve ef forts, and go to work with a will ? The writer remembers but few men who have won success in life outside of their own plucky endeavors. We recall the bis : tory of but few pnblic enterprises that have had the all sufficient thrust npoc them, as it were. Show us a man who : constantly yeijpi jipcg the aid of friends, ' and we will show you a mag whose life iis a miserable failure. What is true of men is true of communities. Augusta needs this road, or she does not need it. The ten million dollars and more of additional trade that wonld, in I alj bijraan probability, come to our city ! annually—iaoeosin£ each year—upon I the completion of the road, appears to be worthy an effort. Shall we handle the products of the counties in Georgia and South Carolina which this road will tap j 1 Those who raise them are exceed ingly anxious that ye spopid. Shall we ’ yffe do not ipisappreiiend the mag nitude of the undertaking. Great it is and mb are the rewards it promises, They are worthy of a herenlean effort. We believe that the people of the counties referred to need only to hare the matter ■ put before them in form, t# lend it a j substantial endorsement. She road cannot be completed ia a day, nor yet ! in a year; neither will it be hmessary to have in hand all the that will ultimately be required. Somemust take a share, some two shares, som two hun dred shares, and so on. HOW lIE WAS ELECTIO. Governor Hate3 carried the State of California last November twenty eight hundred majority, in a total vote of one hundred and fifty-five thousand. California was properly a democratic State, and it was apparent thts its vote had not been changed by legitimate means but by fraud. The Ripublicans carried San Francisco, a city heavily Democratic, by nearly a thousand ma jority, and it was here that the frand was most transparent. An investigation was set on foot by the Board af County Supervisors, and, after several months examination, a report was made last Monday. The report shows that eight thousand fraudulent votes were cast at tiie Presidential election—orer five thousand more than the Republican majority iu tbe whole State. When the canvass commenced California was con ceded to Tilden, but Senator Morton made no such concession and discovered that his health would be benefitted by a trip to the Golden Horn. While there, with the aid of Effigy Sargent, he “got his work in.” Fraudulent certificates of registry were issued by wholesale and on the day of the election the fruits of their labor were shewn. Governor Hayes received tbe fraudulent votes of Califor nia along with the fraudulent votes of Florida, Louisiana and South Oirolina, but if his conscience does not trouble him about the one it certainly vijl not about the other. THE INSPECTION OF FERTILIZERS. Among the public laws passed by the General Assembly at its last session is one “to render more efficient aud economical the inspection and tnaljsis of fertilizers.” The statute prescribes that all commercial fertilizers offered for sale in this State shall have branded up on or attached to them an analytis show ing the “per centage of valuable ele ments or ingredients such fertilizer or chemical contains.” Abv detier who fails to have such analysis attached is punishable as for a misdemeanor, The Commissioner of Agriculture is tuthcriz ed to appoint a chemist at a salary of three thousand dollars per annum to make such analyses as may be required, and six iuspeoters at a salary of fifteen hun dred dollars per annum to inspect the fertilizers offered for sale in tie State. The fee for inspection is fifty cents per ton, but. the fees are required t be paid into the public treasury. The analysis thus made is to be considered a guaran ty by tbe manufacturer or dealer that the fertilizer contains substantially the precentage of ingredients indicated and may be pleaded in any action to show total or partial failure of consideration. We presume that two reasons influenced the Legislature in the passage of this law. The first was that it would bring a large amount of money into the State Treasury. It is thought that the fee of fifty cents per ton will yield a revenue to tho State of thirty or forty thousand dollars per annum. The second was that it would more effeetnally protect the planter from imposition by means of spurious fertilizers. We doubt wheth er the expectations of the friends of the measure will be realized. In the first place, an inspector who is paidjo salary whether he does anything or not, will not put himself to any groat pains to find work. Secure of his fif;een hun dred dollars per annum, he wil not feel troubled if an importation of fertilizers escapes bis vigilance. Of course the law will create some revenue, kut by no means as much as is antioipatel. What the State gains in revenue the farmers will lose in protection, Whm the in spectors received the fees theii faculties wero sharpened and very little, if any, guano escaped their vigilance Again, thero does not seem to be ny check upon the inspectors, save theii honesty. They are exposed to great temptation and if they ohose to do so coull defraud the State without detection In the second place it may well be doubted whether this inspection law does the planters any good. The advocates of free trade have often asked the question, Does protection protect? It may well be asked, Does an inspedion law protect? Experience in other matters has shown that it does not; that it only increases the price of the artiefe inspect ed. There are now upon tha statute book laws providing for the inspection of flour, meal, grain, tobacco ani liquors, yet they are never enforced and are practically dead letters. They are not enforced becanse public opinion sus tains the belief that they would enhance tho cost of thp articles without afford ing commensurate protection to the con sumer, We believe that a few ytars ex perience will denmnstrate tbat the same things are true of ihe inspection of fertilizers. The purchaser of every arti cle has his remedy for any imposition that may be practiced by the seller. If a produce merchant sells a cask of bacon which proves to be unsound and refuses to make restitution tbe purchaser can recover his money in an action at law or eke ho may decline to deal with the dis honest tradesman ant} let his neighbors know the reason why. In either event the dealer is greatly damaged by his dishonesty. Tf a dealer in. fertilizers impose upon planters a spurious or worthless article jt is egsj enough for the victims to reeover whit they have paid, or, if they have boight upon a credit, to refuse to pay him Iu either event the dealer’s business ii rained and he will not have any opjortnnity to swindle any one else. The telegraph intimates that Conk ling is dissatisfied, Morton dissatisfied and Brother Blaine dissatisfied. This is indeed cheering news. And Don Cameron thinks “we had better have Tilden.” Better and bette-. Tup increase ip tfje suppy of gold in the past twenty-eight yeps is greater than the increase of the previous one hundred and forty years, vhich is en couraging as a for t substantial circulating medium in this is well as in in other countries. The tone of the Englisl press is ex tremely complimentary to President Hayes’ insngnral address. Oar English cousins should moderate tteirtransports a little. It is no new thin; to hear fine speeches (foffi jppojaing fiasidents, nor is it anew tiling to have tsem belied by subsequent deeds. Presdent Hayes talks well enough ; let ns s,e how be will act. Judge F. J. Moses, Chief Justice of the Snpreme Court of Ssoth Caiolina, ; died yesterday from a stroke of paralysis. His death will added to the political complications already existing in that State. It is to be presnmat that both Hampton and Chambkbl,in will at tempt to fill the vacancy by appoint ment, fife only Jnsipeb now in the State is Wellard aid he should promptly recognize the (hief Justice appointed by Hampton. Jidge Maher, of Barnwell, is a capital man for tbe position. THE NEW PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT HAYES* inaugural ADDRESS TO THE NATION. Sworn In On Sunday—The Inaugural Ad dress Delivered Yesterday—The South ern Question Paramount—Fair Words tor the South—A New Departure Foreshadow ed—Material Assistance Promised—Civil Service Keforui—Resumption of Specie Payments- Foreign AOnirs—The Commis sion. President Hayes was sworn in Sunday and delivered his inangurul address at the Capitol yesterday. The following is the full test of bis remarks : Fellow Citizens -We have assem bled to repeat the public ceremonial be gun by Washington, observed by all my predecessors, and now a time honored custom which marks the commencement of anew term of the Presidential office. Called to the duties of this, great trust I proceed, in compliance with usage, to announce some of the leading principles on the subjects that now chiefly engage the public attention by which it is my desire to be guided in 'the discharge of those duties. I shall not undertake to lay down irrevocably principles or meas ures of administration, but rather to speak of the motives which should animate us, and to suggest certain im portant ends, to be attained in accord ance with our institutions and essential to the welfare of our country. At the outset of the discussions which preceded the recent Presidential election it seem ed to me fitting that I should make known my sentiments in regard to sev eral cf the important questions which then appeared to demand the consid eration of the country. Following the example, and in part adopting the lan guage cf one of my predecessors, I wish now, when every motive for misrepre sentation has passed away, to repeat what was said beiore the election. I hope that my countrymen will candidly weigh and understand and that they will feel assured that the sentiments declared in accepting the nomination for the Presidency will be the standard of my conduct in the path before me, charged as I am with the grave and difficult tusk °f carrying tjieju out in practical administration of the Government, bo far as depends, under the Constitution and laws, on the Chief Executive of the nation. The .Southern Question. The permanent pacification of the country upon such principles, and by such measures, as will secure the com plete protection of all its citizens in the free enjoyment of all their constitutional rights, is now the one subject in our public affairs which gll thoughtful and patriotic citizens regard ns of supreme importance. Many of the calamitous eliects of the tremendous revolution which has passed over the Southern States still remain. The immeasurable benefits which will surely follow, sooner or later, tap hearty and generous ac ceptance of the legitimate results of that revolution have not yet been realized. Sufficiently embarrassing meet us at the threshold of this subject. The people of those States are still impoverished, anil the inesti mable blessing of wise, honest and peaceful local self-government is not fully enjoyed. Whatever difference of opinion my exist as to the cause of this condition of things, the fact is clear that in the progress of events the time has come when such government is the imperative necessity required by all the varied interests, public and private, of those States. But it must not be for gotten that only a local government which recognizes and maintains iuvio late the rights of all is a true self-gov ernment. With respect to the two dis tinct races, whose peculiar reli tious to each other have brought upon us the deplorable complications and perplexi ties which exist in those States, it must be a government which guards the in terests of both races carefully and equally. It must be a government which submits loyally and heartily to the Constitution apd thp laws—the laws of the nation and the laws of the States themselves—accepting and obeying faithfully the whole Con stitution as it is. Resting upon this sure and substantial foundation, the su perstructure of benefioient local govern ments can be built up, and not other wise. In furtherance of such obedience to the letter and the spirit of the Con stitution, and in behalf of all that its attainment implies, all so-called party interests lose their apparent import ancce, and Parly Lines May Well be Permitted to Fade Into Insignifieaiiec. The question we have to consider for the immediate welfare of those States of the Union is the question of government or no government, of social order and all the peaceful industries and the hap? piness that belong to it, or a return to barbarism. It is a question in which every citizen of the nation is deeply in terested, and with respect to which we ought not to be in a partisan sense either Republicans or Democrats, bnt fellow-citizens and fellow men, to whom the interests of a common country and a common humanity are dear. The sweeping revolution of the entire labor system of a large portion of our country and the advance of four millions of people from a cpndjtipn of servitude to that of citizenship upon an equal foot ing with their former masters, could not occur without presenting problems of the gravest moment to be dealt with by the emancipated raoe, by their former masters andjby the General Government, the author of the act of emancipation. That it was a wise, just and providential act, fraught with good for all concerned, is now generally conceded 1 throughout the country. That a moral obligation rests upon the National Government to employ its constitutional power and in fluence to establish the rights of the people it has emancipated and to protect them in the enjoyment of those rights when they are infringed or assailed, is also generally admitted. The evils which affjict the Southern States cap only be removed or remedied by the united and harmonious efforts of both raoes actuat ed by motives of mutual sympathy and regard. And while in duty bound, and fully determined, to protect the rights of all by every constitutional means at the disposal of my administration, I am sincerely anxious to use every legitimate influence in favor of honest and efficient local self-government as the true re source of those States for the promotion of the contentment and prosperity of their citizens. In the effort I shall make to accomplish this purpose I ask the cordial co-operation of all who cherish an interest in fhe welfare of the country, trusting that party tips and prejudice of raoe will bp freely surrendered in be half of the great purpose to be accom plished. Jp the important work of re storing the fJsutff it is pot the political situation alone that merits attention. The material development of that sec tion of the country has been arrested by the social and political revolution through which it has passed and now needs and deserves the considerate care of the National Government within the just limits prescribed by the Constitu tion and wise public economy. Bnt at the basis of all prosperity for that as well as for every other part of the coun try lies the improvement of the intel lectual and moral condition of the people. Universal Suffrage and Universal Education. Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To'lliis end lib eral and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from the National authority. Bet mo assqre my eonntrymtp of the Southern States that it is my earnest desire to regard and promote their truest interests, the inter ests of the white and the colored people, both and equally, and to pnt forth my best efforts in behalf of a civil policy which will forever wipe out in our po litical affairs the color line and the dis tinction between North and South, to the end that we may have not merely a united North or united South, but a united country. Ciyil Servlpe Reiortn. I ask the attention of the public to the paramount necessity of reform in oar oivil service, a reform not mere ly as to certain abases and prac tices, of so-called cfficial patronage which have come to have the sanction of nsage in the several departments of our Government, bnt a change in the system of appointment itself—a reform that shall be thorough, radical and complete —a return to the principles and prac tices of the founders of the Government. They neither expected nor desired from public officers' apy partisan services. Tfiey meaiit publfc officers should owe tffeir wfcoljj s£ryipe tp‘ the Govern ment and to the people. They meant that the officer Bhould be secure in his tenure as long as his personal character remained nntarniabed and the per formance of his duties satisfactory, They held that appointments to office were not to be made nor expected merely as rewards for partisan services, nor merely on the nomination of members of Congress, as being entitled in any respect to the control of such appoint ments. The fact that both great politi cal parties of the country in declaring their principles prior to the election gave a prominent place ta the subject of reform of our own civil service, re cognizing and strongly urging its necessity in terms almost iden tical in their import with those I have here employed, must be accepted as a conclusive argument in behalf of these measures. It must be regarded as the expression of the united voice and will of the whole country upon this subject, and both political parties are virtually pledged to'give it their un reserved support. The President of the United States, of necessity, owes his election to office to the suffrage and zealous labors of a political paitv, the members of which cherish with ardor and regard, as of essential importance, the principles of their party organiza tion. But he should strive to be always mindful of tbe fact that he serves his party best who serves the country best . -D furtherauco of tlio reform we seek, and in other important respects a change of great importance, I recommeud an amendment to the Constitution pre scribing a term of six years for the Presidential office, and forbidding a re election. The National Finances. With respect to the financial con dition of tho country I shall not attempt an extended history of i • em l ) arr£Bsment and prostration which we have suffered during the past three years, The depression in all our varied commercial and manufacturing interests throughout the eountry which began iu September, 1873, still con tinues. It is very gratifying, however, to be able to say that there are indications all around us of a coming change to prosperous times. Upon the currency question, intimately connected as it is with this topic, I may be permitted to repeat here the statement made in my letter of acceptance ; That in my judg ment the feeling of uncertainty insepar able from an irredeemable paper curren cy, with its fluctuations of values, is ono of the greatest obstaoles to a return to prosperous times. Tho only safe paper currency is one which rests upon a coin basis, and is at all times, aQd promptly, oonvertble into coin. I ad here to the views heretofore expressed by mo in favor of Congressional legisla tion in behalf of an early resumption of specie payments and I am satisfied not only that this is wise but that the inter est as well as Ihe public sentiment of the country imperatively demand it. Foreign Allan*. Passing from these remarks upon the condition of our own country to con aider our relations with other lands, we are reminded by the international com plications abroad, threatening the peace of Europe, that our traditional rule of non-interference in the affairs of foreign nations has proved of grent value in past time and ought to be strictly observed. The policy inau gurated by my honored predecessor, President Grant, of submitting to ar bitration grave questions in dispute be tween ourselves and f reign powers, points fq a qe\y, and incomparably the best, instrumentality for the preserva tion of peace, and will, as I believe, be come a beneficent example of the course to be pursued in similar emer gencies by other nations. If, unhap pily, questions of difference should at any time during the period of my ad . ministration arise between the United States and any foreign Government it will certainly be my disposition and my hope to aid in their settlement in the same peaceful and honorable way, thus securing to our country the great blessings of peace and mutual good of fices with all the nations of the world. The Contest nlui *l*e Commission. Fellow-citizens, wo have reached the close of a political contest marked by the excitement w}iioh usually attends the contests between great political par ties whose espouse and advo cate, with earnest faith, their respective creeds. The circumstances were per haps in no respect extraordinary, save in the closeness and the consequent un certainty of the result. For the first time in the history of the country, it has been deemed best, in view of the pecu liar circumstances of the case, that the objections and questions ip dispute with reference to the counting of the electoral votes should be referred to the decision of a tribunal appointed for this purpose. That tribunal, established by law for this sole purpose; its members all of them men of long established reputation for integrity and intelligence, and with the exception of those who are also mem bers of the Supreme Judiciary, chosen equally from both political parties; its deliberations enlightened by the research and the arguments of able counsel, was entitled to the fullest confidence of the American people. Its decisions have been patiently awaited and accepted as legally conclusive by the general judg ment of the public. For the present, opinion wiil widely vary as to the wis dom of the several conclusions an nounced by that tribunal. This is to be anticipated in every instance where mat ters of dispute are made the subject of arbitration under the forms of law. Homan judgment is never unerring and is rarely regarded as otherwise than wrong by the unsuccessful party in the contest. The fact that two great politi cal parties have in this way settled a dispute in regard to which good men differ as to the facts and the law no less than as to the proper course to be pur sued in solving the question in contro versy, is an occasion for general rejoic ing. Upon one point there is entire unanimity in public sentiment: that con flicting claims tp the Riesidenoy must bo amicably and peaceably adjust ed, anq wheft so adjusted the general acquiescence of the nation ought surely to follow, It has been reserved for a government of the people, where the right of suffrage is universal, to give to the world the first example in history of a great nation in the midst of a struggle of opposing parties for pow er hashing its party tumults to yield the issue of the contest to adjustment ac cording to tho forms of law. Looking for the guidance of that Divine hand by which the desti nies of nations and individuals are shaped, I call upon yon, Sena tors, Representatives, Judges, fellow citizens hprp and everywhere, to unite with in an earnest effort to se cure to our epuntry fne blessings not only of material prosperity, bnt of jus tice, peace auff Union—a Union depeud ing not upon the constraint or force, bnt upon the loving devotion of a free peo ple—that all things may be so or dered and settled upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, reli gion and piety, may be established among us for all generations. Nothing nnnsual characterized the inaugural ceremonies. The procession was small but handsome, well handled and orderly. The programme was fol lowed in all its details and nothing was done that was not down in the bills. The display to-night is wonderful. Gov. Sheppard has disregarded expense and taste in decorating the avennes. New Yobk, March 6. —Flags were dis placed bn 'the post ' office and other Federal buildings and throughout the city to-day in honor of the inauguration of President Hayes, but none were hoist ed over the City Hall and that on the Sun building was half mast with the Union down. The Express reports that a party of men entered the Sun of fice to pall down the flsg bnt were pre vented by the police. Angnsta and Knoxville Railroad. Editors Chronicle and Sentii\e\: Like every other man who expects to make Augusta his home, I feel a deep interest in the above road. lam willing to contribute my mite towards its con struction; so will others when tffe pro ject is fqlly qndpfatood and the oppor tunity presented, I see that a meeting in the interest of the enterprise is to be held soon. That all may attend, let the meeting be held at night—say Friday— and due notice given. I have learned that a number of gentlemen stand ready to sabscribe liberally to the stock of the company. Very well; let them declare this pnrpose at the proposed meeting and follow it np with action. That course will encourage others. Lahobeb. rr. — jsi —- HONE BEFORE, Cbiei Jnstiee Moses, of Carolina, Doffs the Earthly Eriaiue. Columbia, 8. C., Mareh 6.—Chief Jus tice Moses, of South Carolina Supreme Court, died at one o’clock to-day, $2 A YEAR—POSTAGE PAID TIIEJTATIi. THK PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS. Albany has a literary club. Butler is overrun by gypsies. Whitesburg has two new churches. Miss Cora MoCamy, of Gainesville, is dead. The fertilizer trade of Elberton is de creasing. Cold weather killed the Albany euca lyptus trees. Pio-nics to Stone Mountain are in or der from Atlanta. The Troup Factory, at LaGrange, is doing a fine business. The indications are that Speer will be Belldozed in the Ninth. Work upon the Elberton Court House has actually commenced. The LaGrange darkies continue to tattoo each other with axes. Warrenton seems daring the past week to have had a “corner” of infants. R. Edmund Belcher, Esq , retires from the management of the Hart coun ty Sun. W. H. Hackett, Esq., has discovered a valuable bed of plumbago in Bartow county. Seaborn Reese, Esq., is making a good record as Solicitor of tbe Northern Circuit. The silver throated nightingales of Dalton ura about to make a raid upon Cartersville. Newuan proposes to send all of her guano agents to the State Constitutional Convention. Several Gaiuesvillians have been over hauled for running a livery stable with out a license. A little girl iu Whitesburg, Ga., aged twelve years, weighs ono hundred and eighteen pounds. Judge A. E. Turner, in Washington county, is said to have kiiled three eagles in two weeks. A through traiu from Macon to Au gusta over tho Georgia Road will make the trip in five hours. The Albany News has such a uice coquettish way, to be sure, of publish ing betrothal rumors. Mr. Gamble, of Jefferson county, last week killed one hundred and five birds in two evenings. Will Hayes dissolve the party in the South? Emory Speer, Esq., will do his part of it in the Ninth. The number of men accused of mur dering Lieutenant Mclutyre, in Gilmer county, is daily increasing. A Troup county man, 63 years old, has been found who never owned a dog, knew a sorrow, or felt a fear. A colored child iu Jefferson county fell into a brush heap fire last week, aud at last account was quite dead. Georgia preachers take wonderfully to editing the State weeklies. So far the weeklies stand it remarkably well. Lott Warren, Esq,, the contesting au thor of the “Land of the Long Leaf Pine," has been admitted to the Albany bar. Judge Pottle refused to bail the par ties in the Sparta jail, arrested upon be ing connected with the Rozier assassina tion. Prof. John Temple Graves, eaid to be largest man to bis size in the State, is doing good work iu the public school of West Point, . Another little negro child starting from Coweta county last week climbed the golden stair via the fire place and chimney flue. Tete Smith, from the “Second,” con tinues to bo the hero of the hour. Mr. Smith has certainly proved himself to be no small “tater.” A striking feat of sociability in La- Grange is the habit which neighbors have of chunking rocks through each others’ windows. Both of the Rome Courier's editors are bachelors, We can’t expect much from the Courier until a reform spiiit is infused into its eontroling spirits. Ike Gainesville Eagle openly adver tises for a calf. The readers of the Eagle have not noticed the want of that commodity upon tho editorial staff. Mrs. Mary Morgan, Mrs. Sarah Swanson, and Mrs. Martha Heard, the latter being the mother of Rev. P. A. Heard, of Athens, died recently in La- Grange. Not content with solitary confinement the inmates of the Hart county jail are weekly subjected to string band sere nades. Truly the way of the trans gressor, &e. Ham seems to think that sporting a gold headed cane is far more manly and honest than sailing under the bazaulous colors of a railroad pass. After all, this is one way to look at it. The LaGrange Reporter seems in clined to criticise some of those “spe cial dispatobes” to the Atlanta Constitu tion. There is a smell of postage stamps about them which tickles Waterman im mensely. The assertion that Wilkes county boys wear corsets was made by Mr. Fred J. Ludette, local of the Washington Oa zette, and upon his shoulders, and not Fred Pope's, the whalebones of censure must fall. A three-legged colt has been born upon Mr. Albert Tuornton’s place, in Troup county. Preparatory to ship ping it to Barnum, in Augusta, the equine phenomenon passed away to horse heaven. A veteran fisherman, who has coyly augled in Elbert’s sluices for genera tions passed, succeeded last week in booking a two pound sucker from Bea verdam creek. Patience, like virtue, is its own reward. Cornelius Willingham, of Cartersville, longs for the day when he can dress up in a linen duster and palm-leaf fan. In the mean time, however, we trust that Cornelius will not abandon the good old antidotes for colds. Mr. John H. Underwood, one of the oldest citizens of Rome, is dead. He was an honest man, and his death is greatly lamented. He was one of the characters in Bill Arp’s sketches aDd known as “Big John.” The Newnan Herald gets after farmers for not making their own provisions and fertilizers. It will get to that pitch af ter a while that every granger will be exhorted to manufacture all of lus whis ky and work out his own salvation. They say that Turnbull, of Banks, will stand independently in the Ninth. This strikes us as a good move. The more reformers the more thorough the reformation, and besides the principle of one man reform is as unwholesome as one-man-rule. The Mayor of Macon issued warrants for the ariestof three of tliecock-fighers. Asa matter of justice, right here we unay as well state that Signor Watson, of the Macon Telegraph, woke np from a poetical reverie in time to see the odd tight in the main. In Jones county, last Sunday, three brothers—Messrs. Thomas, Jesse and Benjamin Hammond, celebrated their sixty-first birthday. Theso men, born at a single birth, have lived to a good old age, are still hale and hearty,"and situated so that there can be a joint celebration of the day of their nativity. The Macon Telegraph does not suppose that such another instance ever occurred in the world, nor do we. Walton county is planting p&rn. Covington girls play mumble-peg. Conyers sells eggs at 10 cents a dozeD. Covington is to have some prize skat ing Friday night. Mr. William Gnice, of Newton coun ty, is 93 years old. Athens is about to sing anew truss over the placid Oconee. Dr. J. B. Carlton, of Athens, says the Oeorgim , is seriously ill. Counterfeit silver quarters are in cir culation around Social Circle. Mr. J. J. Stephenson has one of the finest farms in Newton county. Charlie W. Reynolds, of Oconee coun ty, has left for the Black Hills, The contest over the Seaton county Ordinary s elect 00 is still in progress. The farmers in Northeast Georgia are well advanced with their work for the season. Dr. Carlton fires a two poiamu and a half columbiad iqta Speer and disor ganization. The Conyers police threaten to clean out the iambic gang of local poets with telegraph poles. Peaoh and cherry trees are in bloom in Athens, and the fameus mineral spring is well patronized. W. A. Cooper, an accomplished teach er, is now associated with Prof. E. R Doyle, principal of the Tocoa Academy! The Bale of fertilizers in Covington will probably not be sq large at this place present season as it was last IW- Gol. Jeems Turnbull left the Gaines ville Convention with a wooden churn under his arm. Latest advices stats that it will be run upon party principles. The Athens Georgian is authority for the statement that two years ago Emory Speer tried to get between H. P. Bell and Ben Hill. Now he is trying to get between H. P. Bell and the Democratic party, SOUTH _CAROLMA. PALMETTO NEWS LEAVES. Fox hunting rages in Newberry. Who will get Newberry College ? “And Wright! oh, where was he?” Gow msville is to have a rcsotte party. Sumter s black bear has not vet turn ed tip. Eggs in Pickens at six cents per dozen. * Chester is receiving large lots of baby carriages. “Carolina’s Choice” is the name of a new 1 piece of music. Plum trees aro blooming and wild geese honking in Chester. Chesters tramps amuse themselves by working on the streets. ~, or “ ugtilmrt ' Col ‘ nt y has contributed $7,000 to Newberry College. Track laying of tiie Greenville City Railway will commence soon. Two negro children were burned to death last week near Rock Hill. The Columbia Register has anew head and is generally improving. Laurensviile intend ato experiment with the telephone and the blue ray. Several Greenville prisoners tried to saw out of jail last week but were dis covered. The Greenville News comes out. in heavy mourning in honor of Hayes’ in auguration. Last week a small boy of Lancaster county killed three large wild tuikevs at one shot. Walhalla has anew sensation this week in a United States Court being held at Pieper’s boarding house. Col. F. E. Harrison, at his factory In Anderson county, is successfully spinn ioj? yarn direct from seed cotton. A fire occurred at Camden last week, destroying a half block of buildings. Loss, $50,000, Insurance, SIO,OOO. Judges Mackey and Cooke have de cided that no appointee of Chamberlain should exercise any power in their cir cuits. D. S. Rogers, near Reedy Creek, had three stacks of fodder and a tenement house burnt last week. Incendiary and revenge. The dwelling house belonging to Mr. "L _A- Cason iu Hodge, occupied by Mr. C. L. Smith, was burned down Wednes day night. Pickens county heard a meteoric ex plosion last week. It has’nt rained snakes yet over there and we still have hope for Pickens. The Legislature, and not General Hampton, will abolish the office of Auditor. Thus are we corrected by the Newberry Herald. A Newberry farmer sold his crop, 225 bales of cotton, last week to the Green ville Factory, in a lump. A SIO,OOO check attests this fact.. Arrangements have been made for tho early completion of the jemnining eight miles of the Laurens Railroad, from Clinton to Laurens Court Hohsp. One of the men who captured Hayes at Chancellorsville lives in Newberry. He has not yet made up his mind as to whether or not lio will accept a Cabinet appointment, The Greenville News seditiously as serts that Roscoe Coukling parts his hair in the middle, and 110 doubt carries a willow cane, and is followed by a poodle dog, Whereupon the News goes in mourning for “its country and its whole country.” A. Columbia darkey proposes to fix tho thing in this way: “Now, you see, sab, Mr. Chamberlun is the enlind gemmens’ Guvner, and Gineral Hamptin is the white gemmens’ Guvner; now, why ar not dat satisfactry to all hands ? Let um bof be Guvner, sah.” THE NEW PRESIDENT. When anil How lie Was Sworn In—Secrecy of the Proceedings—Hayes’ Southern Poli cy—South Carolina—His Cabinet—A Hint to Otliec Hunters. Washington, March 4. Gov. Hayes was sworn in last night as President of of the United States, at 7:30 o’clock, in the private reception room of Mrs. Gen. Grant, known as tho “led parlor.” For many reasons it was deemed advisable* by the counselors of tho President elect that the oath of office should bo admin istered yesterday. The same reasons made it necessary that the proceeding should be temporarily kept secret, and even this evening there are few per sons in Washington who are absolutely certain that the event occurred. Gov. Hayes and Mrs. Hayes, and Senator ami Mrs. Sherman arrived at the White Houso yesterday eveuiug. to attend the State dinner at seven minutes before 7 o’clock. At 7:20 the oath wan adminis tered in the “red parlor” by Hon. Mor rison E. Waite, Chief Justice of the United States. The only persons pres ent were President Grant and Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, as witnesses. Governor Hayes and Chief Justice Waite. The ceremony was conducted so quietly and secretly that but very few of the persons present at the State dinner knew the fact, and it has been by most of them stoutly denied. Tiie Southern Problem. In regard to the South, he will bury the “bloody shirt,” provided that sec tion will, in good faith, attend the funeral and assist in the interment. This is not to be understood as implying the sacrifice of aDy principle, or as placing in jeopardy the just rights of any class of citizens. These, in all cases and everywhere, are to be honestly enforced and fairly respected. The South is to have full opportunity to participate in tho Government upon fair and equal terms, and if it fails to profitably avail itself of this opportunity, it alone and not Hayes’ Administration will be re sponsible. To emphasize the policy to the word, a prominent Southerner is to be made a member of the Cabinet, it is not the purpose of the new Administration tc disturb the status quo in South Carolina and Louisiana at present. Ample time is to be taken to make a thorough ex amination of tin situation in those States, with a view to make sack a set tlement as shall be based on law and justice, and shall preserve the peace of the States and advance the interests of both classes of citizens. The South Carolina Poliey. Senator Gordon has been assiduously at work for days, in connection with Mr. Lamar, to secure the adoption of a poli cy towards South Carolina which wiil give that State a stable and recognised government under Wade Hampton. President Grant, though friendly tu Chamberlain personally, is favorable to such a result, and, I understand, that Hon. Stanley Matthews has sent a letter to ChamberlaiD, representing to bin* that it would be agreeable to the incom ing administration for him (Ckamber lainj to withdraw. The letter goes by a special messenger. Tho plan does not. propose any compromise iu South Caro lina, but tho complete establishment of the Hamptftn government. It is now understood that N' Alliance With Hutu. • n °k among the Democrats m Congress, the slightest disposition to form an alliance with the new Admin istration. They are not to bo humbug ged by general and pretty-.sounding phrases in an inaugural, but will judges the Administrate n by its acts. It is well understood that an effort will be made to capture the organization of the next House of Representatives by the free use of Government patrqgage, but it will fail. OUlee Siciif rn Ufiist Walt. There is ft good sized army'of office seekers here. What they expert fo ae eomplish at this time no mortal can find out. It is proper to say for the benefit of those who spend time and money coming to Washington in search for office that no changes will be made, ex cept for cause, and consequently there will be comparatively few removals, and these will be made gradually, and after mature consideration. The more people bother Hayes, therefore, at this time, the worse will it be for themselves. • IntercKtiiiH Insurance Decision. William E. Bayliss, of New York, died in November, 1872, from an overdose of opium, leaving in the hands of his wife an accident insurance policy of SIO,OCRs in the Travellers’ Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn, The company de clined to redeem the policy on the ground that the fatal accident was caus ed by medical treatment, which is espe cially exempted from the list of acci dents in the policy itself. Judge Bene dict decided on Saturday in favor of tho company, stating that when the deceas ed took the fatal twenty grains of opium he did it under medical advisement, with the intention on the part of the physi cian to effect a cure. This, the Court said, could not be called violence, al though it resulted in death.