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Qnhtontcle an& AND Constitotioimligt WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, - 1877. AUGUSTA’S CREDIT. Richmond seems to be in s flourish ing condition. The population has in creased from 58,000 in 1870 to 75,000 ir 1876, and the finance* of the city are in so healthy a condition that its eight per cent, bonds command 116, and its sis per cent bonds sell almost at par. Rich mond, however, is not the only flourish ing Southern city. The population of Augusta has increased nearly fifteen thousand in the past six years, and sn impulse has recently been given to man ufacturing that will materially aid the increase of wealth and population. The credit of Augusta is better than the credit of any city so nth of the Potomac, with the single exception of Richmond. A financial measure has recently been adopted which will greatly add to the value of Angusta bonds. The ordinance offered by Alderman Biblet, and adopt ed by the City Council, prosiding for the creation of a sinking fund to be ns and in the redemption of maturing obligt - tions, will have a most happy effect upon the finances of the city. Heretofore when bonds fell due they had to be taken up with the proceeds of the sa e of new bonds. These new bonds had to be sold at a disoount, and it required only about five renewals to double tte principal of the debt, exclusive of ir - terest. Under the operation of the new law a slight increase in taxation will ac cumulate a fund sufficient to pay all ma turing obligations in cash and withoi t any increase of the bonded indebted ness. Besides the large amount wbuh the city will thus save whenever an issue of bonds is presented for payment, tl e fact that such a fund is being aooumo lated for the redemption of obligatioi s will greatly strengthen municipal credi*. We believe that Angusta seven per cen’. bonds will sell at par within the next few years. . A PROKIT IN C OTTON. The last number of the New York Financial Chronicle contains a notable artiole on the cost of cotton production. After alluding to the high price of oot ton just after the war and the genera bankruptcy brought thereby upon thi planting interest of the South, the writer comes to the conclusion that there is a profit in cotton, even at the low figures of last year, when planters raise in whole or in part the supplies oonsumed in its production. For some time after the close of the war cotton sold as high as thirty cents per pound, and yet the planters lost money. Last year cotton sold for thirteen and fourteen oents, and the planters, as a general rule, made some money. The Chronicle illustrates its meaning by showing the workings of a plantation in Southwestern Georgia do ing the past season. The owner did not reside on the place but employed an overseer to conduot its affairs. Fe raised one hundred and sixty-three bales of cotton, weighing when sold eighty two thousand pounds. He sold early in the season, and therefore did not get by lj oents per pound what he could have realized later. But after paying all the expenses of sale, commissions, etc., the net proceeds of his crop were 87,828 50, or about 9je. per pound. The total cash expenses for the year, of every kind and description, including taxes, five hundred dollars for overseer’s wages, labor, etc., amounted to 85,113. To this should be added 10 per oent. on two thousand dollars, the value of the mules employed on the plantation—as expe rience shows that per oentage about covers the wear—making the total cost of the crop $5,313. This divided by pounds sold gives 6'600. as the actual cost of the cotton per pound, leaving the net profit 2 90c. per pound, or a total profit of 82,510 50. Had the crop been sold later the profit would have been about SI,OOO more. The moral which the statement of the Chronicle points is obvious to the most obtuse. Cotton planting was unprofit able when prioes were high because plantations were extravagantly and ■wastefully managed, and expenses were higher, in proportion, than the prioe ob tained for the cotton. Year after year the planters continued to purchase bacon, corn, hay, flour, and everything that entered into the support of a farm; year after year they sold their crops at high figures; and year after year they went deeper into debt. When the panic came a change of system was made necessary by the inability of the com mission merchants to make as large ad vances as they had formerly made. There was great distress for awhile, and general ruin was predicted. But gradu ally the planters accommodated them selves to the inevitable. They reduced their plantation affairs ; they econo mized in household expenses; they be gan to make a large portion of the supplies whioh they formerly obtained from the West They have persevered in this policy, and its effect has been marked and beneficial. Last year oot ton sold for a very small prioe, yet it is an established fact that its producers made more money than they had made any previous year sinoe the surrender. The planting interest of the South is now established on a sound basis. Its future is bright if the lessons of the past be not forgotten. So long as oot ton is made a surplus crop, so long will its production prove profitable. When ever planters make hay, oorn, bacon, wheat, oats and, to some extent, fertili zers, they will prosper, even should cotton decline to five cents per pound. Whenever they resume the old plan of buying supplies with whioh to raise cot ton, they will go into bankruptcy in evitably. Cotton should be a surplus crop, or it should not be planted at all. A SETTLEMENT DEMANDED. It was fondly hoped that Mr. Hates would give the country peace by settl ing the Louisiana and South Carolina cases in the only way possibly produc-' tive of peace, and that is in the interest of those who can alone make those States respectable. In Louisiaa* and South Carolina a majority of both race* desire the recognition of Nicholls and Hampton, or at all events the withdraw al of Federal troops who have no lawful business there. We read in the oorreepondeaee of the Courier-Journal that “there are no aigns of fair commercial weather yet in New York, and the prophets of the Be publics*.' party can’t understand why the wheels of trade are cot flying round as if their patron saint, the devil, were tnrniug the crank.” The Evening Ex press, which is very much in sympathy with the commercial classes of New York, admits the truth expressed above, and goes even a bow shot farther. We are told, for example, that the days con sequent upon the electoral decision have been the very wont for trade known in Gotham; that collectors of bills for debts due men who have goods to sell, houses to rent, money to raise, taxes to pay, wages to p* jvide for, labor to hire, so report. There see exceptions to be sure, where a demand cesses to meet an ex hausted market to feed sod clothe about 44, 000,000 of people, and to capply the nnfed portion of tbe old world, beyond this the inauguration at Hates hss hsd, no other effect than to gis joy to men in office who will hold over, ed to men who have got office. The longer the President hesitate* in doing justice, and the more he befogs the true situation with a peep teeing “policy,” the mere trade suffers and the more diffionlt will it be to restore a oon jfidenee so signally impaired. •‘Sorts difficulty is experienced in com promising the debts of several Southern States, the principal trouble being that the States are too poor and the debts too large. SENATOR HILL AND MR. BLODGETT. We publish this morning s dispatcl from Washington to the Bsltimore Svn which treats of matters interesting t< Georgians. Some of the statement’ made are not new by any means. Th< history of the State Road lease is fresl in the minds of tbe people. There i’ no necessity for “charging” that Sens tor Hill and ex-Governor Bbown wet* connected with the State Road lease Their connection was open and abov< board. Their names appeared in the cid made by the Lease Company and ii the bond subsequently given to th< Rate by the lessees. We have neve’ heard before that Senator Hill am Governor Bbown were instrumental ii procuring the indictments against Bul lock nor do we believe that they were. They certainly did not attempt to “ge rid of him” in this way, for Bcllocb usd been & fugitive from justice to months before sn indictment was oh -sine!. The corresj-ondeut says tb Attorney-General says that Senator Hili recommended the appointment of los tee 1 lodoett as United States Mai <bal. Senator Hill emphatically pro claimed that he would not recommem my one for offic* to the Hates Adminis ration and Mr. Blodgett in a telegrac o the Chbonicle and Constitutionalis lenied that hisnamehad been presenter oy Senator Hill. We are afraid tha the Sun's correspondent has allowed hi’ imagination to get away with his vel ocity. END OK THE NEW YORK GOLD EX CHANGE. The end of gold speculation has foi ■tome time been practically reached, anr by the action of the New York Gold Ex ihange recently that organization is now virtually dissolved, and what remains of its business will be absorbed in th< Stock Exchange. The New York Gol< Exchange has been languishing for som* ’ime, and its dissolution may be said to Ue at its own door. It made and mamd many fortunes, and finally became a very great financial nuisance. It finally ■xcited the indignation of the country md broke its back with Black Friday. Latterly speculative demand for gold became light. The premium fell to a v ry low point, aDd the fluctuations have subsequently been insignificant. In this connection a reference to the rise, pro gress and fall of the gold premium shows that the premium first made was on the 13th January, 1862, when it was 103. The highest was July 11, 1864, 285. On “Black Friday,” 24th Septem ber, 1869, it ranged from 162 J to 133. The Exchange then went into eclipse under the exoitement, and there was no quotation until 30th September, wbeD the range was 132*130;. From that time the premium began to decline, and on the 31st of December was about 120. Early in November, 1870, it fell to 110, and never afterwards rose to 120, the highest being 1191, on April 5, 7 and 12, 1873. During tbe last half of 1876 the premium has rarely beea above 110, and on the 30th of December was down to 107. It is now 104;. THE COLLECTION OF THE REVENUE. The Government has recently expe rienced great difficulty in the collection of the tax upon liquor and tobacco, not only in the North and West but also in certain portions of the Southern States ft has been determined to make a vigor ous effort to stop illicit traffic in these artioles. Troops will be put at the dis posal of collectors in the different dis tricts, to be used when their employ ment is deemed neoessarv. We learn that the Government does not desire to so employ the military and will with draw them when no resistance is en countered. We have reason to believe that the Collector of this District, Col. [. S. Fannin, will not use any portion of the army in the collection of taxes due the Government. He trusts that tbe support of the good people of each county will render the enforcement of the law an easy matter, and he has no wish to resort to harsh measures. Unpopular as these laws are the peo ple should remember that they are laws, and respect and obey them accordingly. The Government must be supported, and its means of support must, of ne cessity, come from taxation. A Demo oratio House of Representatives assent ed to the present tax on spirits and to baeeo, and the people should render cheerful obedience to the law passed by their ohosen representatives. We have heard of no resistanoe to the oolleotion of the revei ue in this distriot, and we trust to hear of none. Good men every where should discountenance resistance, remembering it is but just that every citi zen should contribute his share towards the expenses of government. A SWIFT WITNESS. The New York Witness, whioh com bines, in large doses, Radicalism and religion the qualities of the latter rather fishy and one-sided—in its issue of the 19th contains the subjoined para graph: The laws of the Southern States and their executive officers are fully eqnal to the occa sion when negroes are the criminals. Four negroes were hanged on Friday, at Aiken, 8. 0., said to be for murder, and the presump tion. of course, is that they deserved their fate. However that may be, it is certain that Bctlib and his gang, who shot the unoffend ing negroes of Hamburg, in the same county, deserved to be hung, but we hear no word of their being even tried; nay tbe chivalrous whites of that State, after intimidating black voters by the Hamburg massacre, elected a Legislature which choee this same Butler as United States Senator. How long can Heaven tolerate such rank inlustice in any State ? Will any one send os the true history of this negro hanging in Aiken shortly after a negro massa cre there ? The laws of the Southern Btatps are equal to any occasion of justice, toward white or black. The tronble has been, in several 6arpet-bag ridden States, that the laws became inoperative, because of the wickedness of some of the authori ties. Kfllogs has been accused of tsning loose numbers of criminals, black white, especially about elec tion time, and we fcplieve the same thing has been true of Soutta Carolina. At asy rate, in most of the Southern fetaUa, a colored man can count upon jnstioe in the Courts with quite as much certainty as he can elsewhere, oren in the North. Bdden outbreaks of mob violence now and thee occur; bnt they are condemn ed by e overwhelming public senti ment. The four negroes hanged at Aiken were outlaws and murderers by their own confession. They were justly banged, sentence having been pro nounoedbfg Republican Judge, after the verdiot of gaitty h 4 been delivered by juries largely made up o* colored men. When tbe Witness, however, makes this the test for exettjog public indigna tion against General Bcri*? and other Carolinians, it ahould be reminded of a few facts of history. General Butlsk and his companions long and vainly sought a tut trial before Republi can Courts. General Rctleb de clared that be would ri?t only clear himself of yqi blame for Hamburg riot, but show a Radical ma chination at the bottom of it, which Mr. Geamreslaav and his satellites woo’d not earn to behold. Byqry man charged with participation in that riot, and sum moned to appear and answer, has obeyed the mandate of the law. Mr. £hambbklaix himself, then Governor of the Rtate, distinctly admitted that politios b&j nothing to do with it. That the affair was unfortunate all admit; that it ended deplorably, nobody denies Sot that General Bum an was the .cause of the met is untrue; that he is respon sible for the hagedy is false. He has again and again challenged hia calumni ators to proof of their chargee, and si* leased all but the moet bigoted and pur blind, who do not wish to believe in hid innocence. No one can mourn over the occasional deeds of blood that disfigure the his tory of onr section more than the South ern editor. No one is more prompt to condemn outrages of that character. But it cannot be forgotten that crime is confined to no section. It has flourished rankly everywhere since the war, more in the North than in the South, with ■ess excuse, for the one section has had the corqneror’s chance for prosperity, while the Month has been deliberately “ nrcanized into hell.” And such a hell! All over civilized Europe the Ans ’rian was denounced for suggesting a Cossack reconstruction of Hungary What a wail of indignation should arise over the black and barbarous recon stroction of the South ! We echo the words of the Witness: “ How long can Heaven tolerate such rank injustice?” With Hampton fully established iD Dower, blacks and whites would find a modus vivendi which is simply impos ■ible under adventurers like Chamber lain and knaves like Patterson and his 'lack gang. The true history of the 'tanging was published in the Charles on and Augusta papers. The Witness vill find that never were four murderers nore justly slain by the law’s execu tioner. It has been deemed necessary that ome reply should be made to the New York Witness. We fear that paper has ■noh a habit of elevating its vision that t overlooks injustice at home, andean ee nothing but infamy abroad. A little lepression of the angle of sight is now n order. Nbll’e Gbant Sabtobis has made the ‘X-President a grandfather again. Joe Bradley would make a good tail to that Louisiana Commission kite. Was Packard’s show of hostility an opera bonffe way of keeping the troops on hand, and allowing Morton & Cos. to work np that Commission ? It looks like it. Mbs. Hayes is a sensible woman. Having been waited upo?. by a delega tion of her own sex concerning the use if wine at State dinners, she replied that it would be impertinent in her to regulate matters controlled by her hus band. From present appearances Chahles Foster’s chance of being the next Speaker of the House grows dimmer and dimmer. At least half a dozen Demo crats must tarn traitors to effect this little game. Those six men will hardly face the music. Wabhoth is the evil genius of Lou isiana. He is the father of Returning Boards and kindred infamies. It is a bad sign to hear of him kob-nobbiDg with the President and suggesting plans ’hat would make him a United States Senator. At the sale of tbe effects of the bank rupt Washington Club House, there was an animated scramble for the possession of large imperial photographs of Grant and Bobs Shepherd. The scramble was confined solely to negroes, and the pic tures were knocked down for 81 and 82 apiece. Vice President Wheeler has already condemned the Radioal villaniesof Lou isiana. But having become Vice-Presi dent by the fraudulent vote of that State, he may have a delicacy in count ing out the men who counted him in. We hope, however, for the best, bnt fear the worst. An intelligent correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette discovered while traveling through Georgia that Ber schel V. Johnson and John P. Kino were old line Whigs. By parity of rea soning, Alexander H. Stephens and Robert Toombs were old line Demo crats. Pbof. Goldwin Smith writes an article in McMillan’s Magazine. He foresees the colored people of the South must become politically dependent, and adds : “You cannot always hold a bayonet under the chin of the black man to keep his head politically on a level with that of the white.” Simon Cameron acquired his title of “The Great Winnebago Chief” almost forty years ago. He was appointed by President Van Buren an agent to settle and adjust the claims of tho Winaebago Indians against the United States, and was charged with paying the savages in notes of tho Middletown Bank, of which he was principal owner, ipgtead of gold. The Birmingham (Ala.) Advance, edited by a colored Democrat, reminds Senator Spences that Senators Lamab, Garland and Hill received a majority of the votes of the colored members of the Legislatures of their respective States. Mr. Hill received the unani mous colored vote. It was not a very big one, but it was the best in the color ed shop. Dan Sickles, the notorious, has his fiDger in the political pie, and, as nsnal, is up to some trick by which some body is to be cheated. The Adminis tration is consulting him about that “Southern policy.” It is said that the South Carolina compromise involves the giving of the Legislature to one party and the Governor to the other. The drift of Sidj-LEs’ remarks is against Hampton and his party. Buell telegraphb that many Demo crats are surprised at the rebuff they and their friends have received in the matter of application for office. They were deceived by the tone of the inau gural, which, like a party platform, was devised to express an infinite deal of nothing. Morton, it is said, controls at least two-thirds of the post offices. The bloody shirt is receiving a new coat of red paint. _ Some extravagant fellow, with a point er dog scent for office, says Hayes com bines sll the good qualities of Wash ington, Jas '&ow, ApAgs and Lincoln. No doubt this same eulogist praised Grant in the same nauseating way, and : now drops him in a comparison with greatness. The ex-President would silk into obeeuniy if a lunatic did not, oc casionally, threaten io his head off, and offer to compromise for $460,020. ; Judge Ji hnson had done good work jn the Middle Circuit since he went upon the Bench four years ago. We find the following acknowledgement of bis services in the presentments of the grand jury of Washington county : We are gratiaes 'o the diminishing of crime in our county, owing to the strict and impartial m nner with which bis Honor Judge Hess*, hel V. Johnson administers the laws in our midst. Our u- qualified thanks are hereby tende>d him for the faithful discharge of the arduous duties qi iris offi e. Morton, Blaine & Cos. are .the men aid and comfort to CaAMBER laan and Packard. Garrison will work p the fanatical gSMgvpns Puritan ele ment, U Hayes had at once jrasognized Hamptoji sod Nighoixs the trouble' would have ended. Me has now to face a mutiny in his own camp aiaai B tremen dous Der?ocratic antagonism. Mbtyeb sich used to say that Italy was the reef upon which European ytateamen were wrecked. Louisians may yet profS the rain of Hates. _ J..U Robert W. Mackkt is (hp Warwick of PeanafnvfjEu?. He and Don Cameron ran the Bepsbkeaa party. The Times says : “ They are the Repatoiiaaa party in Pennsylvania ; they hold its honors in trust for themselves and for those they would have to enjoy them ; they hold its destiny in their hands, for as degenerated tinder their rule, it would crumble to fragments did they leave it to itself. If there is to be a Repub lican victory in 1877 and 1878, it mnst be their victory; if there is to be Re pnblioan defeat, it mnst be their defeat, and their erase now for the first time goes fairly to the arbitrament of the peopla of the State,” GEO. WALTON, OF GEORGIA. INTERESTING DOCUMENTS OF A HUNDRED TEARS AGO. A Signer of tike Declaration of Independence —Sketch f Hi* Lite—tli* Marriage—He Joins the Revolution—lll* Captivity—llia Civil Citreer—Letter From John Adam*— Tbe Slavery Question—Life in Philadelphia —His Death. [The following, prepared from official documents furnished by the late Madame Le Vert, has been handed us for publi cation. It will be read with interest by the citizens of Georgia. — Editois Chronicle and Consthution'L'st ] The letters enclosed were carefully copied from tbe originals, the interest ing one, from John Adams, “Capitals” as he wrote them. The letter from Phil adelphia, dtsenssing a grand ball, in booor of the birthday of the Dauphin, is extremely noticeable. Of the three signers of the Declara tion of Independence from Georgia, Lyman Hall and Burton Gwiaett left no children. George WaltoD, the grandfather of Mdam had two children; the elder died unmarried, conseqnently Madi-me LeVert, the only child of her father, is the sole surviving descendant left of the three heroes, who, in 1776, so nobly sustain’d the patriotic spirit of the “Empire State of the Sonth.” Geo. Walton was possessed of quali ties that would have made him a promi nent national character in his day, if he had been a native of New England.— Born to a large fortune, and cheated out of it in his early childhood by a dis honest relative, his gnardian, he was finally reduced to such poverty that he bound himself an apprentice to a car penter. His “master” very soon dis covered that he had in his bnmbl6 sub ordinate a person of worth and great natural ability, for he first encouraged him in his literary pursuits, which young Walton carried ou at night by the light of a pine knot fire, and finally relieved him of his indenture bonds, and assist ed him in his professional pursuits. Mr, Walton, on reaching his majority, set tled in Savannah, became a successful practitioner of the law, and finally mar ried, at the age of twenty-three, one of the daughters of the last, the proudest and richest of the English Colonial Gov ernors of Georgia. By this marriage he obtained eventually a large icheri taDce, and assumed his legitimate place among the most aristocratic and influen tial citizenß of the State. He was among the first of his community who publicly sustained the actors in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill. He as sisted in the organization of a “Com mittee of Safety” as early as June, 1775 And in spite of all surrounding opposi tion, at once offered his vast possessions and his person to the cause of national liberty. This zeal naturally caused him to be selected by his fellow-citizens as a member of the Philadelphia Convention On’ bis way thitherward he wrote the following interesting letter, only twenty seven days before he signed the Declara tion of Independence: “Williamsburg, 17th June, 1776. “Dear Colonel— The date and place whence this letter is about to be written, I doubt not will astonish you; but know and recover yonr surprise, that I have been persecuted solely with an inward fev c r, ever since I left the salubrious plains of Georgia. I can inform you. however, that I’m not too late for the great American question—if a question it may now be called. Virginia is, with one oonsent. determined never more to be reconciled to her cruel parent, and to this end all their preparations and pro ceedings look forward to the latest, pos terity. O, America! did this happy spirit equally animate all thy sons, the inhabitants of all Europe, transformed into devils, could not hurt thee ! They have in this Dominion nine regi ments of s fine fellows as ever vaunted on the field of Mars, besides a number of Raw Gallics and six troops of horse But J have seen no troops yet equal in point of discipline to the Georgia Bat talion. May Heaven animate and direcl the oonncils of that infant State ! Anxious for the snccess of yonr re cruiting officers, I found it eligible and necessary to wait on the Convention of this Colonv, as I have found it custom ary to apply for leave to recruit mer for any service here. Accordingly, I came to this place, where the Conven tion is sitting, to which I made applica tion to recruit three hundred men for your Battalion, which was readily granted, together with a sum of mouey for that purpose ; and you may be as sured that, tbe number of men you have ordered to be recruited will be enlisted and marohed to Georgia in two months. As Mr. Arthur was taken sick and nn able to proceed in tbe service, Mr. Pan pill acts with Lieutenant Walton in his stead, and as he and I expect, on similar pay. I have also empowered two gen tlemen to recruit under those Ensign Commissions which you enclosed me I beg leave to assure you, that I did not look ont for men whom the service fitted, bnt for such as fitted the service. I did myself the pleasure of scrawling a few lines to you from different stages in North f’arolina, wherein I entreated to hear from you, which I vet flatter my self tbe pleasure of doing very fre quently. By a letter from the frontlet 1 of Geor gia, I find that our Boats of Observation are taken by the enemy, with the loss of some men. This gave mo exceeding pain. I had the best opinion of the vigilance, good conduot and prowess of Brown, and, therefore, was more sur prised, as those qualties united and put in action, it appears to me, would have rendered the capture almost impossible. I shall set, out after dinner for Phila delphia, and having recovered my health considerably in this place, and having also obtained fresh horses of friends in this oonntry, expect to be there in seven or eight days, Adieu, Dgg]r (3plpppl. and believe me to be yonr most affec tionate friend. Geo. Walton. To Lachlan Mclntosh, Esquire, Colo nel of the Battalior of the Continental Forces, in the Colony of Georgia. A year and ' half after actual hostili ties he writes: 24th December, 1778. Drab Brother - Just before I was set ting off for Charleston this morniDg, we received accounts pf twenty-peyen sail of vessels h&ving come in, pnd anchored in Warren Sound. This terminates the embassy on my part, but ye doctor who went two days before will bear it, and I mnst do the business. Roberts’ Artil lery and Thompson’s horse are here. If they are only Tory refugees from New York, I hope we shall give a proper ac cent of them. General Horn, who is still here, says that he has accounts of fifty sail being off Kdisto, If this is the case, the invasion is general, concerted, and formidable. One way or other, however, J doubt not we shall weather the storm, for why should we be lost in particular? J haye seen the affairs of the Continent iOJOQ times blapker. Adien. Geo. Walton. With the rank of Colonel, from the Continental CoDgress, in the defense of Savanuah, and supposed to be mortally wounded, he fell into the hands of the British as a prisoner. In spite of the prominency he had obtained as a rebel, he was treated with great courtesy. We now turn to the contents of the alluded to “ portfolio ” for our mate rials, aDd find that from bis hospital Colonel Walton wrote the fallowing in teresting letter to his wife, io which, to avoid giving fier an Y a^arni , be casually mentioned a Wound that his doctors said would probably prove fatal i Savannah, 4th January, 1779, / 11 o’clock, p. m. \ Mr Dear Gibl-I was happy to hear just at this moment, by a flag, that yon were safely arrived in Carolina. It is my earnest desire, that you keep with vour sisters, until yon hear from me again. Your dear Mama is still extreme ly ill at our house and I am afraid she will not long survive. The day you left your brother and myself, my dear Dolly, I received a wound in my thigh. The bone was broken, but cases of this kind are quite common. I have every possible com fort from my conquerors. Their Hqs oital snrftfloes pre offered me with Trail, Irvine, and Brydie. Aad they tall me < hat they expect to see nee well. Re therefore of good spirits; let me not bear by any flag, that you are incon solable, for that will operate to depress mine.' ft any rate, you ought to recol lect, that in these troublesome times, you have no right to expect a life of tan gibibty superior to yonr neighbors. My ' love to Polly. Brisbane is in town, per f’ctlv well. I hope he writes by this fl-w, thougji a fe?dw nothing about it. God bless yop, niy dear, rogember that yon are sincerely loved by i- mfn, whe endeavors'to make b°>}oy, reputa tion the rale of fais actions. (Jgo, Walton. This letter the expectant wife never received, for she, in her endeavors to escaDß Gom Savannah by water, was after a shipwreck, to one O. the L,a ( u j®, West India Island*, yhere she rema^^ 1 nearly a year, protesting G>a that she nor her sisters ih the Colonies wotald n#?ar abandon their rebel husbands. Letter fromUoi: John Laurens, aid de-camp to and subse qientlv special emfaasssdo* K> the Court of France : „ On the Road to Peters® to, i November 6, 1781. ( I have the permission of the Com mander-in-Chief to continue the cam oaign under General Greene, and mean to devote myself to raising the corps, which Congress long sinoe recommend ed, if the Executives of Georgia and death Carolina will sanction the meas are. Persuaded that it is indispensible to the liberation of the Southern States, I renew toy entreaties, my dear sir, to grant me that support which is essen tial to my snccess. My first levies will be made on my father's estates, and I will use my utmost efforts, and influence young friends to obtain contributions from liberal and patriotic ci izeDs. If you conld be spared from Congress to visit ns in Georgia I think the State would speedily establish that respect both at home and abroad which her natural resources entitle her tc—as it is, —yonr influence and advice will have a preponderance, I hope, which the public good requires. I entreat you to present my respects to Mrs. Walton, and to ac cept the sentiment of reapectinl attach ment, with which I have the honor to be, dear sir, Yonr most ob’t. servant, John Laurens. The Honorable Geo. Walton, then member of the Continental Congress. Very Interest Ins Letter From John Adams on Civil Appointments. New York, Sept. 25,1789. Dear Sib—The duplicate, via Charles ton, of your letter of the thirteenth of Angnst, never reached my hand until a day or two before the nomination took place to the office of Judge of the Dis trict Court of Georgia. As I had the pleasure and advantage of a particular acquaintance With yourself, and the ill fortuee to know nothing at all, but by a distant and very general reputation, of the gentleman nominated, I should have been ill qualified to make an impartial decision between the candidates. I feel upon all occasjpns, I own, a particular Pleasure in the appointment to office of qentlemcn, now well effected to the na tional constitution, who had some expe rience in Life before the Revolution, and took an active and decided Part in the course and conduct of it. The preservation of the Union, Peace and Liberty of North America, are the objects to which I have devoted my Life; and I believe them to boas dear to you as to me. I reckon among my friends all who are in the Communion of such sentiments, though they differ iu their opinion of the means of attain ing those ends. I will not say that an energetic government is the only means —but I will hazzard an opinion, that a well ordered, a welt balanced, a judi ciously limited government is indispen sibly necessary to the Preservation of all, or either of those Blessings. If the Poor are to domineer over the Rich, or the Rich over the Poor, we shall never enjoy then the happiness of good gov ernment; and without an intermediate Power, sufficiently elevated and inde pendent to costrol each of the contend ing Parties in its excesses, one, or the other, will forever tyranize. Gentle men, who had some experience before the Revolution, and recollect the general Fabric of the government under which they were born and educated, and were not too mnch earried away by temporary Popular Polities, are generally of this opinion. But whether Prejudice will not prevail over Reason, Passion over Judgment, and Declamation over sober Inquiry, is yet to be Determined. With great nd sincere esteem, I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient and most humble servant, John Adams His Excellency Geo. Walton, Augusta, Ga. The Slavery Question Lifting Its Ileml. Philadelphia, July sth, 1792 —Mr. Jefferson writes a long letter to Mr. Walton, then Governor of Georgia, that he had received a letter from his “Cath olic Majesty,” complaining that three citizens of Georgia had entered Spanish tetritory (Florida) and brought from there five negro slaves, &0., &e. Mr. Walton, member of Congress, writes to his wife, “at home,” a letter singularly characteristic of the Centen nial time, in which he describes some of the details of the grand ball given in honor of the birthbay of the “Dauphin, of France,” snb=quentlv the unfortu nate boy Louis XVII, murdered in the French revolution. Philadelphia, January 26th, 1796. I have received, my dearest love, your missing letter that you mentioned in vonrs of the s;h instant; and it was most acceptable indeed, as repeating those sentiments which I know always dwell in your affectionate breast, and as con taining a statement of your domestic af fairs. Continue to direct business mat ters at homo as circumstances may point out, and I cannot but be content. I have real satisfaction in hearing that you are able, in “Meadow Garden, ” to afford shelter and comfort to so many of our friends in the distress from the Inundation, aud the more so, as know ing, that your benevolent heart lost weight of the trouble, in the contem plation of the occasion. The ravages of this overflow have been experienced all the way to Virginia in elusive, which will make provisions iu the Southern States undoubtedly very scarce, and youi additional care of our small stock has been attentive, and en titles you to my thanks. Cos have the fences well kept up around the fields of small gruiD, as that will come in most appropo. I enclose the published account of the “birth-night,” in which the dancingsets were not as many as I thought. I spoke from information, not examination.— It was certainly upon a large scale. Mrs. is better; well enough to go out the last too evepings to Preceptor’s balls, and I am hopeful that she will continue to improve; I was of the par ties, and thought if my son Tom, if he had been here, he would have done as well as the best of them. Mrs. Milridge was not well enough to go to the Birth night, so that I want council as to the dresses. In general, the ladies wore muslins and white silk; the hair various ly dressed, but generally ornamented with gauze and feathers, with white and pink ribbons. There were no sashes, the lopse appearance of the dress termi nating at the bottom of the bosom. It was splendid, and needed this evidence to Bhow the iigpppyed state of tjie (imes. The scene from one view was very bril liant, where under a Rotunda of ninety fe-t diameter, yon saw ten sets danciDg at once. The ladies most numerous, the whole being iu a style to which we are unaccustomed. Col. Habersham, Mr. Millege, Mr. Johnson, Mr. R. Watkins, and myself, went together, and none but the junior of us danced. There was a walk around the circus, where they wallzed, observed and talked, &e., &>. The supper tables, in contiguous apart ments, were loaded by an immense spread of costly variety—upon the wines of which I supped, goiDg home at 11 o’clock,and dreaming of those in “Mead ow Garden” the remainder of the night, which softened my repose. Love to the boys and accept my affection. George Walton, In the plainest and most beautiful handwriting of Washington, we found the followi ug, copied from instructions given by President Adams to the Secre tary of War, and seeminely copied by Washington for some special purpose: “If the General (Washington) should decline the appointment, all the world woqld be sifept and respectfully ac quiesce, except the enepues of the coun try—they would rejoice, Jf he should come to no decisive determination, but take the subject into consideration, I shall not appoint any other Lieutenant- General until his decision is known.” We find a letter from a hero of the florid style of speaking and writing. He seems to have retired from “war’s alarms’’ suddenly god t a critical mo ment; he justifies himself to Mr. Walton as follows; Sir— Although I have resigned my command in the army, I do not abandon the cause of Republicanism, and I am yet in hopes of brancjishiDg the glitter ing steel and eieaving my way to a name that will prove my country’s neglect. Bnt should this mortal body be closeted in the dust, the noble seal take its flights to the regions above, where,pass ing the pale faced moon, I’ll hang my hat nn the brilliant Mars, tip the wink to Venus, and astonish the natives of each superlative star, and when arriving in Heaven’s high chancery demand ol the attending angel to be ushered into the presence of Washington. Ross Bud. Committee os Safety of Havannah, ( June, 1775. | Wm, Ewen, President; William Le- Gonte, Joseph Clay, Basil Cooper, Samuel Elbert, William Young, Elisha Butler, Edward Telfair, John Glen, George Houston, George Walton, Jos. Habersham, Francis H. Hanis, John Smith, John Mosel, Seth John Cnthbert, Sec. George Walton died when only 55 years of age—lßo4 At the time of his decease he was endgp of the United States District Court, sppointed by President Adams. Throughout bis whole life he was eminently distinguish ed for those remarkable qualities of self reliance, sterling good sense, self-sacri fice, and p&triojjslß, so eminently asso ciated witp tpe the Revolu tion. He was a Tnember of (fre Conven tion that issued the Declaratioii' of In dependence. six tijpea elected to Con gress, one term a United States Senator, and died United States District Judge. Profe£?or Baird, Commissioner of Fisheries of the U nit ed States and Secre tary oi Smithsonian Insti.”*? J Prof. Milnor, of Institute, and Captain T. B.”Ferg#BdE (formed* of Charleston), Coifimisencner of Fisheries for the State of Maryland, have arrived in Charleston. The object of their visit is to ascertain hat Varieties of fish adapted to oar waters nan be introduced by the Government. Amusements. —The itre-goers and all snch as keep late hours are very liable to contract a severe cough or cold. A safe and reliable cure is Dr. Ball’s Cough Syrnp. The price is only 25 cents, MR. HAYES BACKING DOWN. A DISAPPOINTING CABINET MEETING. Four oOiie Members’for Immediate Action On the Southern Question* and Three for Delay—A Southern Commission to Be Chosen. * Washington, March 20. —The Cabinet meeting to day lasted for nearly three hoars, and the subjects nnder discus sion, namely, the extra session and the Southern complications, were left in the same unsettled condition. All the Cabi net members are unusnally reserved about what passed at the meeting, but it can be reliably stated that there was a lively time over the dual Governments and the policy that should be pursued by the Administration. Mr. Scburz was in favor of settling the questions at once, and made a decidedly warm ad dress on the subject, in the course of which he alluded to the anxiety felt all over the country, and showed that it never would be relieved till some posi tive steps were taken. He was joined in this view by the Attorney-General and Secretaries ilvart* and Key, while the remaining three, Messrs. Sherman, Mc- Crary and Thompson, saw no need for any such haste, and concealed their en mity to the reconciliation policy behind various plausible pretexts. The Presi dent said little, and that was not to the point in any essential particular, except as indicating that his backbone is get ting, weak under the blows of Morton and Blaine, and the burdens placed od it by the caipet-baggers. Theoretically the peace policy is a fine thing, but practically it appears to be a fraud. The three Cabinet members who favored de lay are obstinate partisans, and, it is believed, will hold out against the with drawal of troops or any recognition of the local governments. If the President should join them there would then be a dead-lock in the Cabinet, to be followed by a fresh shuffle of the Cabinet cards. It looks to night as if the present minis try could uot pull together on any lib eral policy. After the conclusion of the Cabinet meeting to day the President sent for Vice-President Wheeler in relation to heading a commission of investigation to the two disputed States as the onlv feasible method of getting over the diffi culties which seemed to threaten the party. Mr. Wheeler has previously ob jected to taking any part in any such an arrangement, as he believed ho knew as much as was necessary already on those subjeots, but the President pressed him to act as leader of the expedition and he consented. The Dilatory Policy—Growing Distrust and Anxiety Among tlie Southern Representa tives. The Southern Representatives here feel a great deal of anxiety over the Southern situation. Hayes’ dilatory policy is leading to dangerous complica tions, which may result in an explosion in Louisiana. There was undoubtedly an understanding made between Hayes’ friends and certain Southern leaders in regard to the policy the former would pursue toward South Carolina and Lou isiana, in consideration of which the latter were to give their influence to the support of the fiudings of the Electoral Commission. It is even stated that there was a written agreement made, to which the names of Stanley Matthews and Charley Foster were appended. If, af ter all, the Southern leaders should be disappointed, there would be not a little grim satisfaction among the filibusters, that *hose who, they say, sold them out, should be cheated in their bargain. There is a great deal of dissatisfaction here in all quarters over Hayes’ do nothirgpolicy, and hisideaof maintain ing the status quo until things settled themselves of their own accord. When Hayes came in Grant had already pre pared the public mind for tho withdraw al of the troops, and if he had been a man of judgment and decision ho would have at once seized upon the favorable opportunity. But he fooled along, trusting to luck and Stanley Matthews’ intrigues to get him out of tho fix, with out action on bis own part. Meanwhile the carpet-baggers rallied their forces, Jim Blaine put on his war paint, the pulling and hauling of factions began, and things are now in a dangerous con dition. The carpet-bagg rs swear that they are not going to back down just to please Hayes and make things easy for him, and are urging on Packard in his military movement. There is a great deal of inflammable material in New Orleans, and the dread of Southern representatives here is that Packard may light a flame that will re sult in a tremendous conflagration. The people of Louisiana are determined that they will not submit to Packard’s rule in any event, and if he forces a conflict it is feared that there will be serious business. On the other hand the car pet-baggers talk big, and say that if Hayes abandons Louisiana to civil war blazing homesteads and fields laid waste will attest the foby of bis course. If the negro cannot meet the white in open combat he can at least use the torch. It was hoped that at the Cabinet session to-day some definite line of action would be marked out, but these expectations are disappointed. The recent move of Packard has disquieted Hayes a good deal, as he had been led to think that Packard would give up his claim to of fice without further ado, when convinced that the Federal arm would no longer hold him up. It was with this idea that Hayes gave out assurances which led Southern representatives to anticipate an order for the withdrawal of the troops this week. The failure of the Cabinet to come to some poqclusion at to-day’s session on this important subject is look ed upon as a calamity. Tho politicians are disgusted with this frivolous policy. THE NEXT HOUSE. An interview With Clerk Adams—The Com pletion and the Majority—No Combination— At l.east Three Democratic* majority. Washington, Marcn 19. —Mr. Adams, the Clerk of the present House, and the one who will, for the purpose of organi zation, be Speaker and Clerk too for the extra session of the next House, gives his much-discussed position yeutilation in an iufoysal talk, Clerk Adams being handed one of the longest and most cir cumstantial statements about the consti tution of the next House, its organiza tion and the supposed bargain and com binations in process or completed be tween the Republicans on the one side and a number of Democrats on the other, smiled incredulously at, a dozen places until he came to the statement that, under a certain set of circum stances, Foster, of Ohio, was to be Speaker and Adams to be Clerk. Then he laid down the paper and said slowly, in Ms deliberate, emphatic Way of ipeaking: ' "j.'hcie’s not the slightest ground for the suggestion of a suspicion that such a condition qf things qoqld e?er arise in which I could look or even squint to wads aDy such a result as is here spoken of. You asked me about the roll of the next House. Well, in refer ence to that, I have never had any dis position to look wise and make a mys tery about it, and I am frequently amused at the various reports a3 to what I have said in reference to the political status of the next House. The truth is, and frankness Requires the statement, i. have never pretended at any time to give any one an idea of what the ma jority would be. I have never had in mv possession officially the facts neces sary for making up any roll, borne time ago Mr. McPherson and'l sat down in formally, and, after going over the dis tricts, we agreed, and indeed he himself stated it, that the Democrats could not have a majority of less than three, even if tlip Republicans got all tjje districts about whioh tberft was any question whatever. This was a mere interchange of 1 individual 1 opinion and at a time when there were nearly fifty certificates vet to come in. Since that time I have seen nothing to change the judgment then arrived at in the least.” Resuming, he said; “Some of the cer tificates are not in yet; several are hnog up in the Courts in litigation, as in the case of a Missouri district and a Cali fornia district. In some of the cases in Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina there are dual returns. la these last I have not even considered the subject as to what disposition to make of them. Of course, I can’t give any off hand de cision. Any man who has given the subject attention can just as well make up the roll as I, and as to the charge that J have heard has been made of my patting names on or leaving tfeem off ar bitrarily, it is all nonsense. I have not made any attempt to make op a roll, and, of course, have none hid away in a corner which I am refusing to show.” Mr. A'dajty® being asked as to the samors$ a mors about bargaining or combining in the master of organizing the next House, said with considerable earnestness, “I have not heard of ifordoj fjeliefe in the existence of any bargain or under standing on one aide qr the other. It is not likely that any Southern man would —into any arrangement that would look to an organization u. ? onaa on a Repnbiioan basis; indeed, I was in conversation with one of those whose name has been most associated with such reports, and he denied it most bit terly, saying that while lje liked several of his Northern associates personally he could not imagine that he would ever vote with them on snch a party question as the organization of the House. The peach and plum trees are in full bloom and the orchards are in their fnll beauty. NEMESIS. EXECUTION OF LEE. The Mountain Meadow Massacre Avenged— Particulars of the Shooting—l.ee Accuses Brigham Yonug and the Prophet (lives Him tho Lie. Salt Line, March 22. —The Marshals left Beaver with Lee for Mountain Mea dow, where the executioa will take place, a company of soldiers accompanying the party to prevent rescae. At 11, a. m., precisely, Lee was brought out upon the scene of the mas sacre at Mountain Meadow before the executing party, and seated on bis cof fin about twenty feet from the shooters. After the order of the Court was read to him and the company present by Mar shal Nelson, Lee made a speech of about five hundred words, bitterly denounc ing Brigham Young, and calling himself a scapegoat for the sins of others. He hoped God would be merciful. He de nied that ho was guilty of bloodshed to the last, and maintained that his mis sion to the Meadow was one of mercy. After the speech, Parson Stokes, Methodist, made a prayer, com mending the soul of the condemned man to God. Immediately after this a hand kerchief was placed over Lee’s eyes. He raised his bands and placed them on top of his bead, sitting firm. Marshal Nelson giving the word “ Fire !” five guns fired, the balls penetrating the body in the region of the heart. Lee fell square back on his coffin—dead. Death was instantaneous. The bodj was placed in the coffin and tho crowd dispersed. There were about seventy five persons, all told, on the ground Not a child or a relative was there. The best order prevailed. Lee’s last words to Marshal Nelson were : “ Aim at my heart.” The body is now on its way to be delivered to relatives at Cedar City Brigham Young makes publication denying the truth of the confession made by Lee, the Mountain Meadow murderer. Lee throws the entire guilt on the Mormon Church. Young says any statement implicating me is utterly false. He says : “My courso of life is too well known by thousands of hon orable men for them to believe for one moment such an accusation.” HAVES AND THE SOUTH. The Country Regrets the Vacillation of the President. [New York Herald— Editorial.] The country will regret the failure of the Cabinet to reach any definite con elusion yesterday respecting the unfor tunate political condition of Loir'siana and South Carolina. We trust this ap pearance of vacillation will do* con tinue much longer, because it tends to undermine confidence, not indeed in the sincerity, but in the steadiness of Pres dent Hayes. It will not do for him to let the country get the impression that, having decided on a course of action as right, he quails before obstacles, “let ting I dare not wait upon I would.” The easiest way to dispose of opposition is to meet it on the frontier and annihilate it before it has time to gather recruits. The Southern problem is simple enough. The President has only to withdraw the Federal troops from Columbia and New Orleans on tho engagements of Gov ernors Hampton and Nicholls that they will preserve the peace and maintain or der. Thev have every motive to keep their pledges, and the President has n< good reason to doubt their ability. The more promptly he acts the less formid able will be the preparations of the re calcitrants. Chamberlain and Packard are making an illustrious use of this period of delay. They are marshalling and combining their abetters both at home and in Washington. They are able to diffuse an impression that tlx President wavers and that a resolute onset may cause him to abandon, or at least modify, his deolared policy. All this delay gives them hope and couragf and assists them in organizing a body of allies. They think they have accom plished a great deal in getting him to consult and deliberate on a question upon which his mind was made up be fore be came to Washington and pro claimed to the country in his inaugural address. Politicians are too apt to rea son like adventurous lovers, and think their suit is substantially gained when the object of their importunities begins to hesitate. As the lady says in the play : When love once pleads admission to our hearts. In spite of all the virtue we may boast The woman that deliberates is lost. The true sentiment of a virtuous wo man is, “He comes too near that come' to be denied in other words, the triu course is to listen to no proposals. W< think President Hayes would have done better had be turned a deaf ear to Pack ard and Chamberlain after the public declarations in bis inaugural. If hie mind was not fully made up he should not have made so public pledge ; if hie mind was fully made up on this most important of all the questions which met him at the threshold, be should not have strengthened the opponents if his policy by signs of vacillation. The menace of Packard to precipitate a confliot with the Nicholls government is a natural fruit of thq President’s de lay and indecision. Had the President “ taken time by the forelock ” and acted at once the trouble would have been all over more than a week ago. Every day’s procrastination will increase the diffi cultie3 of the situation. “There is a tide in the affairs of men,” and it be hooves Mr. Hayes to take advantage of the great flood tide of popularity which sets so strongly in bis favor to float him over obstacles on which he will get aground if he waits for it to recede.— Packard acts on the maxim that while there is life there is hope ; but when the troops are onqq withdr awn be will subside, MANUFACTURING IN AUGUSTA. Cheering Words from a Northern Source— A Bright Auspice of tlie Future. [Philadelphia North Amer icam—Editorial.] The manufacturing capacity of Au gusta, Georgia, was materially increas ed this week by the organisation of a new company with $150,000 capital, who will at onco build anew mill of ten thousand spindles. The company have taken the Granite Mills, and in ad i tion to repairing and enlarging them, will increase their capacity from seven thousand to ten thousand spindlet and double the larger amount by anew mill; the whole production to consist of Sileaias. The machinery is now ready in the North and the building for its use will be pressed forward. At the same time the city sold a lot qf land and agreed to furnish Vfqter power for an other factory of sixty thousand spindles, to be erected in the same vicinity. Tbe pecnliar feature in both of these enteprises is that a majority of tne capi tal is provided and thgi management rests with Northern men. The first en terprise is conducted by Massachusetts, the second by Pennsylvania manufac turers and capitalists who have admitted citizens of Georgia into tbeir operations. The undertakings are begun when, owing to depression in prices and inactivity, much can be accomplished at so small an outlay as to insuro good profits so sqou as a business revival occurs. The undertakings help that revival. They not only contribute to the growth and prosperity of the city, aud to agricultu ral activity in the adjacent region, but they contribute to a better accord of North and South when the close of a hot political campaign and the success of Republican principles insure a contin uance of order and of the conditions needed for industrial vitality. They aro well grouoded in time and place and whatever else is needed for hope and security, and thpy will further the com mon desire of the country that American manufactures shall become aggressive over all the world. We welcome the occarrenoes as a bright auspice of the future, as an earnest of new and closer connection between the sections, as a profound insurance of peace and en ergy, and an indication that the Admin istration which starts with such assur ances and achievements will see similar helpful res alts springing up along its whole coarse, and giving capital and la bor employment in a manner which must call fqr more of both. The attempts show that manufacturing is becoming an im portant branch of Southern life, and force Northern manufacturers to think \fbat coarse remains for them. There is business enough now for both sec tions; but to continue and make it prof itable it will be necessary that larger foreign markets be opened, that our merchant marine be enlarged, and *bat other manufactures co-operate with these in supplying other countries and furnishing a market for the exchange. NOT FOR \.NcLe Sq H. A Wife aad Nleee Come Forward to Contest the will Of the .irtllloaaljre, New Y-oek, March SO.—John L. Lewis, of Hoboken, N. J.,'died a short time ago at the age of eighty-six, be queathing his entire estate, valued at a million dollars, to the Government to hois day the national debt. Lewis lived in *a diet retirement in Garden street, surrounded by a lew servants, after he gave np business twenty years ago. He was accredited a bachelor by everybody that knew hi®, agfl often dftfi&wd tnat he had no relative ip ’this country or England, his native land. Yesterday, however, s riohly dressed woman ap peared in the Surrogate’s office, claim ing to be his wife, and that she was mar ried to Lewis one year ago. Another woman, claiming to be a niece of Lewis, has filed a caveat top the million. TIIE STATE. THE PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS. Horseback rides are becoming fash ionable in Atlanta for ladies. Mr. Wm. Foster, aged 87, died in Floyd county last Sunday evening. All the cases before Greene Superior Court were disposed of in one week. The Presbyterians of Tbomasville are going to have a fair in order to raise funds to build a paisonage. The Union Sabbath School, of Union Point, will hold its auuual election for officers on the first Sabbath in April. The grand jury of Greene county re commends that the salary of the Judge of tho County Court be reduced odc half. How one Atlanta girl can interest four teen young men at the same time may he thought a first-class conundrum, but it was shown to be quite possible on Peach Tree street last Sunday afternoon. Trot out your prolifio female porciues. Captain Ramey, of Floyd county, has a Berkshire sow that has given birth in the last six months to two litter of pigs— there being fourteen in one litter and seventeen in the other; thirty-one pigs in six months. The blacksmith shop of Mr. Houston Glaze, near Linooluton, was entirelv consumed by fire on last Thursday nigbt. Mr. Glaze had been having some work done during the day, and the fire origi nated from coals left in the forge. Mrs M. A. McLean, President of the MeD ffie Memorial Aasociation, re quests us to notify the Vice Presidents of the Association to meet in Thomson, at the residence of Mrs. Julia O’Neal, Tuesday next, tho 27th instant, for the consideration of important business. The Argus is authority for the fol lowing: Mr. Jolru F. Simmons gives us the particulars of an outrage perpetrat ed near Rpdbone, at the residence of Mr. John Green, by three negro men, named Henry Wood, Lon Boyd and Sanders Milner. On Friday evening, March 2, these three negroes saw Mr. Green leave borre for Geneva. They knew that Mrs. Green and her two daughters were left at home alone. That uight they rocked the house until they were weary, endeavoring to frighten the ladies out of it, they being kept out by looks and bars Finding their devilißh intentions baffled, they let down the bars and turned the stock into Mr. Green’s wheat field. Tho negroes made the<r escape, and are now probably in Alabama. McDuffie matters. Court Week in McDuffie County. [Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist.] Thomson, March 21. —The McDuffie Superior Court convened on the 19th inßtant, Judge Gibson presiding. After the jurors were sworn in the Judge pro ceeded as usual to deliver an able charge to the grand jury, pointing out the du ties and obligations which devolved upon them as the custodians of society. The strong points taken by his Honor iu defense of morals and good govern ment, it is hoped, will be elaborated and seriously pondered by the jurymen, and lead to good results. I notioe among the visiting members of the bar General Toombs, Messrs. Reese, Collev and Du Bose, of Wilkes; C S. Dußose, of Warrenton ; Dutcher, Twiggs and Webb, of Au gusta; General Gartrell, of Atlanta, and Strother, of Lincoln. Gen. Gartrell is here in the defense of Howard, indicted for murder. •ho case has not been reached yet, and when it is perhaps it will be continued. There are no other cases of importance before the Court. The financial condition of the county is said to be improving, and the s>gns of better times ahead are encouraging. More wheat and oats have been sown than for several years past, aud the stand is good and the crop flourishing More than an average crop of corn also will be planted, and attention given to the raising of hogs and other stock, so important to the country. The few whose experience has vindicated the wisdom of this policy have by their example encouraged others to do like wise. Visitor. THE ELECTION IN THE NINTH. Tlie Recent Candidacy of Mr. Emory Speer. [Athens Watchman—Editorial J The official returns of the election have not all been received, but enough is known to make the inference that Colonel Bell is elected by a small majo rity. Mr. Speer would have been elect ad had it not been for the candidacy of Archer. This induced a great many men who otherwise would have supported Mr. Speer to vote for Bell under tho im pression that as it was claimed he was the nominee; that he would be more available to beat the Republican candi date. If tho statement be true as pub lished in the Atlanta Constitution and stated by Republicans here, that Archer was brought out by the Republicans for the express purpose of defeating Mr. Speer, because of the discussion had by him with Akerman, Norcross and Far row, at Gain 1 sville last Fail, in which he, it was said, successfully upheld the Democratic standard, this should be re membered to his credit by the party in the future. When we reflect that in this canvass Mr. Speer was opposed by the organization of the Democratic party, a 1 irge majority of the poljtioians in the district and the press in tho district and out of it, the vole he received as well as the character of the men who supported him, is a strong index not only of the popularity of l<is platform, but also of the esteem in which he is held by the masses of the Democracy, Aa we see if no one especially has any reason to crow in notes of triumph, The election was too close for boasting. THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL. Decision by a Federal Judge in Maryland— Tbe Act Declared Unconstitutional. Baltimore, Maroh 22.—The ease of Harriet A. Cully, colored, against the Baltimore Onio Railroad Company, which baa been on trial four days in the United States District Court, before Judge Giles, was concluded this morn ing, and under instructions from the Court the jury rendered a, verdict for the defendant. This a&tion, with seven teen others, was brought against the oompany under the Civil Rights act of Congress of March 1, 1875, which im poses a penalty of five hundred dulluis on any person who shall d eß 7 equal accommodations to citizen, regard less of previous condition, in hotels, theatres arid public conveyances. The plaintifl, a colored citizen of Maryland, claimed to have been denied accommo dations on the company’s trq;n in Judp, 1876, and was compelled, as she alleged, to occupy aso®pariiaent oar wh ch was inferior, simply because of her race or Color. The company denied this, and proved that colored persons have the same rights on all their trains as whites. The Court, however, heard argument on the constitutionality of the aot under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Con stitution, and held: First, That the Slaughter House oases, “16th Wallace,” had determined that the privileges be longing to citizens of the United States as such, were different from th<j privi leges belonging to citizen# of the State as such and that only the former were under Congressional protection, and that this opinion had been subsequently affirmed by the United States Suprem • Court. Second, That the right to ride in a railway car for the purposes of local travel was not a privilege of a citizen of the United States as aueb, but was a privilege belonging to a person by virtue of his State citizenship, and, therefore, for the denial of such privilege, the citi zen must look for redress to the State tribunals, and that it was not within the power of Congress to infi ct a penalty for the drnial of snch a privilege, The act, therefore, was unconstitutional. This opinion accords with that cf Judge Emmoqs, United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, and Judge Saw yer; of California, and other Federal Judges. ENFOHCIXU THE BLUE LAWS. A Taira In Which People Are Forbidden to. Enjoy Themselves on Sunday. South Nobwalk, Conn-. Maroh lft— For the past two weeka the authorities of this place have been endeavoring to revive the old "Bine Law*,” with re gard to the observance of the Sabbath, which were enacted 100, years ago, and have never been repealed. Qq Sunday barbers are forbidden to. qpea their shops for the accommodation of their customers, newyaen are not permitted to sell the New York papers, and the ho tels are obliged to exercise considerable precaution in order to obtain the®. Milkmen cannot serve their customers with their morning supply ot milk, and thereby is caused. It is in? possible on that dsy to hire a carriage Tor a pleasure drive, as the Sta- I blemen are commanded tq let t heir eon veyances only tfl Phrwma wiahing to drive to ehuroh. The street cars also are ordered to stop running on Sunday, bnt, in a measure, this order is dis obeyed, and a few ears are running dur ing the day. Polioemen patrol th - streets, and whenever acnotftber of boys who do not appear to- be bent on any partfaqlaf business are found together, they are immediately ordered to go home, under penalty of bqiug looked np should they diaabpy. The best way to disoonrage a boil if to seek a slippery place on the pave ment, and then, when the boil ain t look ing, come down on it. SOUTH CAROLINA. PALMETTO NEWS LEAVES. “Snipe” hunting continues in Spar tanburg. Diphtheria is reported in Williams burg county, near the Georgetown lino. The arrival and departure of the mails at Due West are heralded by a stage horu. Captain Foster, of Lancaster, left last Saturday for Florida, with two hundred sheep. Free stall fed beef sells in the Abbe ville market for six and eight cents per pound. Mrs. W. W. Bullock, of the Cedar Springs neighborhood, died Sunday last, leaving a large family of children. She was buried at Mt. Moriah. Rev. Mr. Clarke preached. Base ball is the great popular amuse ment at h inety six this season. Every body takes a hand in the game. There are but few poorer games in the whole catalogue of amusements. The Greenville Enterprise and Moun taineer is calling upon the City Coun cil to increase the number of polioemen in that place after night. Crime is in creasing as the city grows. Hodges has made an important finan cial move. Ribbon is now used iu that market as a legal tender. Mao Moseley deserves the credit for the discovery of this happy medium of exchange. From two to three thousand bales of cotton are sold in the Due West mar ket every jear. During this season the prices have ranged from nine to twelve and a half cents per pound. Tastes do differ so. Last week u tar heel student at Due West made a proffer of love to one of his young lady friends, and was summarily silenced by being told that she liked goobers better than love. The residence of Mrs. Tboruwell, of Yorkville, widow of the great Dr. ThornweH, deceased, was burned on Monday. Whether the fire was incen diary or accidental, our information does not state. Hampton Herald: Wo are pained to have to chronicle the death of Mrs. I. D. Witherspoon, of Yorkville, mother of the present State Senator from this county. Her death occurred on Mon day evening, after a protracted illness. Wm. R. Love, of York county, who was sentenced to the Albany Peniten tiary in December, 1875, for violation of the internal revenue laws, returned to his home last week, having served out the term of his sentence, less the deduc tion allowed for good behavior. It is getting rather dangerous for sus picions looking parties in Fort Pickeua after dark. One night last week a gen tleman from the village was run down by Citizen Rosemond’s dogs and treed in a fence corner. He was held at bay until \he yelping pack were whipped off. It is customary at Due West, when a disagreeable suitor wants to call on a young lady, for her to state in her note at what time he will be expected to leave. Nine o’clock ;s the regulation hour for such departure. This is the best way to avoid “entangling alli ances.” A little child of Mr. Richard Scruggs, of Spartanburg, only three months old, was burned to death on Monday last. The sad accident occnrred while the mother had for a short time absented herself fro n the room, returning to find the child in flames. The election ordered by Lieutenant- Governor Simpson to fill the vacanoy from Barnwell in the State Senate, oc casioned by the death of tho Hon. Jones M. Williams, came off on Tuesday, and resulted iu the election of Col. Thomas J. Counts, the Democratic nominee,, without opposition. The names of Judge Maher, Judge A. P, Aldrich, Chancellor Johnson, Gen. Korshaw, Associate Justice Willard, Colonel James H. Rion and Chancellor Carroll, have been mentioned in connec tion with the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, made vacant by the death of Chief Jus tice Moses. Mrs. Dr. Milwee, an estimable lady of Greenwood, died suddenly last Thurs day. She.had been in delicate health for some time, but was decidedly better at tea time. Some time in the night she was taken ill, aud oalled her husband. In less than twenty minutes she was a corpse. This sad event has cast a gloom over the village in which she lived. Jeanette, a colored woman living on Captain Williams’ plantation a few miles from Abbeville, was burnt to death on last Thursday. She was out in the field cutting briars, when her clothing be cume iguited. She ran about a half mile and fell at Mr. W. L. Miller’s gate. Her injuries were so very severe that she died in a short time after assistance reached her. Her person was complete ly cooked—so much so that her arms tell off at the elbows and her legß at the knees. CAN THIS BE TRUE <f Reappearance ot Olil Operators m Southern Finance—liullork anil Blodgett iu Town— Interesting Keiuiuisoences--.Political scan dal. | Washington Dispatch to BalVmore Eun.l Washington, March 20.—The recent reappearance in this city of Bullock, the ex-carpet-bag Governor of Georgia, and of Foster Blodgett, his partner in hie operations in Georgia, has stimulated curiosity. Bullock, just as bis term us Goveinor expired, was indictod in the Georgia Courts for fraudulent acts com mitted while in that office and fled the State. One of his fraudulent operations was the leasing of the Georgia State Road to a ring with which he was con nected. This road formerly paid into the State Treasury a dividend of several hundred thousand dollars annually, and was in a most flourishing condition. After Bollock became Governor he made Foster Blodgett Superintendent of the road. Bludgott immediately commenc ed to run it in the interest of himself and his friends, and the result was that in a comparatively short time it became almost worthless, the road bed and the rolling stock in a shocking condition, and the bridges unsafe for travel. Blodgett paid no dividend to the State, but ac tually bad the assurance to petition the Legislature of 1870 |for $500,000 to re pair the road-bed and purchase new en gines. The next move wus for Bullock and Blodgett aud their accomplices was to lobby through the Legislature a bill authorizing Bullock to lease tho road on the best terms for a period oJtwenty years. Bullock thereupon leased it out to a ring for s2s.ooo per annum In this ring were Bullock, K mbatl, Colum bus Delano, Simon Cameron, and these charge that Governor Joe Brown aDd Ben Hill were associated with them. It iu alleged by the friends of Bullock that Governor Browa and Ben Hill were in strumental in procuring his indictment in the Georgia Courts, as they wanted to get rid of him. As he became a re fugee in eousequenoe, he did not share any of the benefits of tbe arrangement. Bullock, since bis reappearance in Washington has made up au old quarrel which he had with Foster Blodgett, aud it is said that they are' now determined to get even with Brown, Hill, Delano A Cos. It is alleged that Blodgett has the necessary evidence with him to force terms. Both Governor Brown and Ben Hill deny that they ever engaged in any fraudulent operations with Bollock and Blodgett, and insist that their connec tion with the lease of State Road was perfectly legitimate. This may be, bnt 'here are nevertheless a good many Georgians who condemn them very maoh for their action in the matter. What adds to the public onriosity bore on the subject is the fact that Ben Hi)) is advocating Foster Blodgett for the position of United States Marshal foe Georgia. On this point, however, there is a question of veraoitv between Mr. Sill and the Attorney-General. Mr. Bill in a letter written yesterday to a gentleman here said he wa* not advocat ing Foster Blodgett for the Marshalship, and it was an impertinence for any one to say that he was. Yet the Attorney- General stated to this very same gentle man that Mr. Hill had come to his offloe and recommended Blodgett. This is the present situation, and G< organs here are awaiting the denouncment with mneh interest. JUDGE DAVfltf SEAT. Wisconsin People Who Tklsk a Square Fen Will Fit a Round Ilote. Washington, Maroh 19 —A delegation of Wisconsin people called upon the President to day with the view of press - ing Senator Howe for Judge Davis’ place on the Supreme bench. Hay on told them that he would not make any appointment at present; that questions of more pressing importance were claim ing his attention,, but that when be did take it np the decision wonld finally rest upon a question of geography,, other things being equal. The delegation un derstood this observation to ref- r to the selection of a Judge from the Western country in about the same district that i judge Davis had represented, aud they thought that Senator Howe would fill (the bill. The President's stereotyped .answer,, that he would consider their views carefully, was all the satisfaction they got Other people than the Wis consin men interpret the President’s studies in geography to mean a very de cided preference for tne whole South, from whieh, since old Judge Campbell, of New Orleans, left the bench with tho passage of the secession ordinance by bis State, Alabama, there baa not been a representative 6u bench. m*-T~ mm A little boy came to his mother re cently and said, “Mamma, I should think if I was made of dnst, I’d gel muddy inside when I drink coffee,”