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Davis announces that
independent and
.lerests of the whole
;ii|i>, tliat horny-handed
; ]n in the workingmen of
l ave nominated for Gov-
:*.x on 82-‘>0,000
;in;c Louisiana should
, r . liut the Republicans
.1 keep the only men
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lily pursuingthe
plundering her.
-r and ex-Presi-
sed, made re-
ssociates and
•v n :th which the Germans
: rovement in means and
:r .ue is shown hy the fact
carried by the ships of
i ivv, or mounted in the for-
c- of Germany, are
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II. Sit.Icy is the lattst re-
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tts.and “devoloped : ’in Bos-
time he was Commander
1 Army of the Republic,
a,., electoral vote, las; year
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M. DWINELL, PROPRIETOR.
‘WISDOM, JUSTICE A IT D MODERATION.”
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
VOLUME XXXII.
ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1877.
NEW SERIES-NO. 8
„ to tin World, “a man of
■ -are and refinement finds
l„ him in New York
. that which allures him to
capitals.” Great snakes!
a fellow do who cannot
. N> '.v York?
math season has thus far
*,:!,• had throughout the
f .r:y-one travelling
liiat started in September,
already collapsed, as many
rugliiig along with unpaid
! Very few are doing well.
f the "obelisk,” Cleopatra
,-ri'i ed as the most beautiful
i at ti;n<s—a woman who
v. the world without the
.wing machine, and one
.eedles have been preserv-
s.inii vear- among the won-
rman has not had a sun-
i lie Savannah Feu’S—it is
- season for tliat—hut he 13
• xjicrienced a remarkable
the muscles of his face
. on Tuesday uight last,
. .lection returns com-
_• .We .-hall not besur-
• a he lias become a con-
- S. u'.hern policy.
melon Star says the fol-
••rsation took place hist
veiling between Senator
Western Congressman :
•v do you like the indorse-
Ipolicy in Ohio?
think it is a very good in
i' the Democratic policy.
Wm. C. Gilman, of New York, a
scrip broker, and a man who stood well
in that city, was recently arrested on
charge of forgery in raising and alter
ing certificates of scrip, and for swin
dling generally. The proof against him
was so clear that he plead guilty, and
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
five years. He wrote a long letter in
which he details the story of his crim
inal proceedings from the beginning,
two years ago. It is but the old story
—he tried to make money too fast, and
resorted to means that were criminal,
and in a way, too, that it seemed inev
itable that his guilt should be discov
ered. The New York Herald, speak
ing of thff case, says, to those who have
a sharpened appetite for scandal the
confession of Gilman affords an oppor
tunity not to he lost. It will serve
many an illogical mind as ample testi
mony against religion, and as a suffi
cient proof that all who profess a life
of holiness are necessarily knaves and
hypocrites. It will enable those who,
for reasons best known to themselves,
keep aloof from the Church to sneer to
their hearts’ content, and to declare,
with all the positiveness of infallibil
ity, that whenever a man says he is a
Christian he is, for that very reason,
either a fool or a thief.
•\ higher philosophy, however, teach
es us that certain moral principles are
true even when those who profess them
are had. If a criminal puts oa the
garb of sanctity that he may the better
serve his own purposes, or if a man
who has the honest record of years be
hind him is tripped and falls, it does
not follow that the Church is _at fault or
that the Sermon on the Mount is a
mere rhapsody. There are counterfeit
hills, perhaps in large numbers, float
ing about in the general currency of
the country, yet they do not aflect the
value of a hill that is genuine. No man
refuses one greenback because another
is bad. The fact that there are coun
terfeits in circulation only serves to
make us look at each bill with a more
critical eye, and to set a higher value
on it when we are assured that it is of
the Government issue.
Gilman’s letter is the saddest piece
of literature we have ever seen. It ex
poses the weakness of a man whom not
even religious associations and constant
participation in charitable work could
keep honest. He was no^made crim
inal by his religion, je a crim
inal in spite of religion. The natural
tendency of his friendships, which were
certainly among tliat class of men and
women whose influence goes to strength
en rather than to undermine one’s char
acter, was to buttress his moral princi
ple and to show him the awful conse
quences of guilt. And yet, with all
these, upholding forces, he fell. He is
all the more to blame, because by edu
cation and social position lie was made
fully aware of the iniquitous character
of the life he was leading.
pr.i]
give Mr.
concerned, I
and interest
Hayes to the
' ■ r D.ivi-. who while on the
A :w t mirt bench says the New
'■< H ' must have felt the neces-
"i making some provision toexpe-
"••■hu-b.e-- before the Court,is pre-
a 1 ill for that pursose. The
• a i- a delicate and impoitant
-•■I di.mM he treated with the ut-
-■ e.iu:i m. That some way out of
' I':’!."ilty must he found is evident.
( "art is now so hopelessly behind
■;'*t-—are so rapidly accumuhving
tfthtre js very little prospect of its
' r a!.!- to catch up unless some
liic-t. a correspondent of the
‘assert- very positively that
•minali m to the Supreme
ale by the President, will not
1 l.y the Senate. Among
- f r this he mentions :
be lir-t pla-e very obnoxious
iWicans who, sinco the elec-
v-rv tender toward the idea
Mem appointing a doubtful
' r an extreme Democrat.
.1 the S’ates of Kentucky
t t'--r McClellan. He was a
■tr mail during the rebellion
u-lv opposed the fourteenth
a amendments. He opposed
■ '..'traction legislation that
■close of the war. He turned
it. 1 Still and has alternated
■ a claim agent with chron-
t,
'par-t
Journal says: •‘The
dimmed, his tread
cheek has blanched,
tened with trampin
lit .rial room evary night
: if he 'may give out that
!r. Stephens that has been
in tiie galley for eleven
T . which the National
Haves'organ) adds : “Not
not for many years to
i- scarcely a gray hair in
Ills wonderful black eyes
>th their wonted fire and
IT. ' mind is stroDg and full
His remarkable conversa-
r- runain intact. His face
‘d in flesh, and is now re'
''s emaciated appearance,
bitnury notices of AleX'
HIE l-'KENCII ELECTION.
Last Sunday was election day in
France. The news we have indicates
the success of the Republicans, or anti-
MacMahon party, by a considerable
majority. The following is the text of
Marshal MacMahon’s address to the
people of France on the eve of the elec
tion, which we take from the New York
Herald :
Marshal MacMahon, President of
the French Republic,
To the French People:
“Frenchmen—You are about to vote.
The violence of the opposition has dis
sipated all illusions. No calumny can
longer pass for truth.
No! the republican constitution is
not in danger.
"No! the Government, respectful as
it may be to religion, does not obey the
pretended clerical influences, and noth
ing shall cause it to be dragged into a
policy tliat would compromise peace.
“No! you are not menaced with any
return to the abuses of the past.
The struggle is between order and
disorder. You have already decided.
You do not wish by hostile elections to
throw the country into an unknown
future of crises and conflicts. A ou de
sire tranquillity at home and'abroad to
be assured, the public powers to be in
accord, with security for work and bus-
iness.
You will vote for the candidates I
recommend to your suffrages.
“Frenchmen i the hour has^ come.
Go to the polls without fear. Listen to
my appeal, and I, placed by the consti-
tion at a post which duty forbids me to
abandon shall answer for order and
peace.”
Senator Kernan predicts that New
York will go Democratic in November
by 50,000 majority, and that his col
league, after 1S79, will be of the same
political faith as himself.
Washington Correspondence.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 15.
A more genial sun is rarely vouch
safed to the crowds of residents and
visitors of the capital city that yester
day took advantage of Nature’s kind
liest mood for a sail upon the placid
waters of the stately Potomac. All the
influences of the surroundings tended
to soften or dissipate the asperities be
tween the professional politicians of
differing households of faith who
crowded the various boats as they sail
ed aimlessly to and fro, the presence of
fair women adding a charm to the
sweet enjoyment of the hour. The pe
culiar condition of atmosphere charac
teristic of the early Indian Summer
softened the outlines of the Virginia
hills stretching along the southern shore,
and the south winds breathed softly
over all in cadencc-s seemingly of re
gret for the parting year, and in tones
so mournfully exquisite withal as to
waken all the gentler sentiments.
A visit to the old cemetery, and to
the “female stranger’s grave,” seemed to
those disembarking at Alexandria a
natural sequence; and while copying
the following inscription from the stone
that marks her last resting place, it oc
curred to those present that it was the
sixtieth anniversary day of her death.
The inscription reads: “To the mem
ory of a female straager, whose mortal
sufferings terminated on the 14th of
October, 1S1G, aged 23 years and S
months. This stone is placed here by
her disconsolate husband, in whose
arms she sighed out her latest breath,
aud who, under God, did his utmost,
even to sootli the cold dead ear of death.
How lov'd, how valu’d once avails thee not,
To whom related orbj whom begot.
A heap of dost alone remains of theo,
Tie all thou *ri f and all the proud ehall be.
To him gave ail the prophets witness
that through his name, whosoever be-
lieveth in Him shall receive the remis
sion of sins.”
Two generations have come and gone
since she was laid at rest, and thous
ands have visited the grave in the time.
Tne soldiers camped in and about the
town during the war spared the grave
by tacit agreement, apparently, hardly
anything else, however sacred, having
wholly escaped the vandal touch of the
iconoclasts among them. A very
touching romance, founded largely on
tradation probably, has been woven
around the couple who appeared at the
hotel in Alexandria, took rooms, and
led a very secluded life for the few
months they were there preceding the
lady’s death. It is related of her tl at
lie never appeared in public unless
closely veiled. The servant who came
with them was the only one ever ad
mitted to their rooms until her last ill
ness, and then only the physician, who,
either of his own accord, or because
sworn to silence, as the story goes, al
ways remained reticent as to what he
learned of their mysterious history,
while attending in his professional ca
pacity. He mixed with the towns
people only to the extent necessary to
provide for their wants, and never in
vited familiarity by his very reserved
manners. He disappeared immediate
ly after her death, and was seen once,
some years subsequently, in town, but
never again. It was the theory that
they were English, and that he, though
wealthy, had persuaded a titled daugh
ter of aristocracy into a mesalliance,
and had lied from the wrath of her
family. Though his devotion to her is
apparent, many claim to be able to de
tect a tone of reproach in the verse cut
in the marble; and the subject has
been a never failing source of specula
tion to those sentimentally inclined for
more than half a century. Knox.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
Fellow-citizens of the Senate and House
of Representatives:
The adjournment of the last Congress
without making appropriations for the
support of the army for the present fis
cal year has rendered necessary a sus
pension of payments to the officers and
men of sums due them for services ren
dered after the 30th day of June last.
The army exists by virtue of statutes
which prescribe its numbers, regulate
its organization and employment, and
which fix the pay of its officers and
men, and declare their right to receive
the same at stated periods. These stat
utes, however, do not authorize the pay
ment of the troops in the absence of
specific appropriations therefor. The
Constitution has wisely provided that
“no money shall be drawn from the
Treasury but in consequence of appro
priations made hy law aud it has
also been declared by statute that “no
department of Government shall ex
pend in an}' one fiscal year a sum in
excess of the appropriations made
by Congress for that fiscal year. We
have, therefore, an army in service, au
thorized by law, and entitled to be paid,
but no funds available for that purpose.
It may also be said, as additional in
centive to prompt action hy Congress,
that since the commencement of the
fiscal year, the army, though without
pay, ha3 been constantly and actively
employed in arduous and dangerous
services, in the performance of which
both the officers and men have dis
charged their duty with fidelity end
courage, and without complaint. These
circumstances, in my judgment, consti
tute an extraordinary occasion, requir
ing that Congress be convened in ad
vance of the time prescribed by law for
your meeting in regular session. The
importance of speedy action upon this
subject on the part of Congress is so
manifest that I venture to suggest the
propriety of making the necessary ap
propriations for the support of thearmy
tor the current year at its present max
imum numerical strength of 25,000
men, leaving for future consideration
all questions relative to an increase or
decrease of the number of enlisted men.
In the event of a reduction of the army
by subsequent legislation, during the
fiscal year, the excess of appropriation
could not be expended, and in the event
of its enlargement the additional sum
required for the payment of the extra
force could he provided in due course.
It would be unjust to the troops now
in service, and whose pay is already
hugely in arrears, if payment to them
should be further postponed, until after
Congress shall have considered all ques
tions likely to arise in an effort to fix a
proper limit to the strength of the
army. Estimates of appropriations for \
the support of the military wtallk-i. !-
ment for the fiscal year ending June
30th, 1S7S, were transmitted io_ Con
gress by a former Secretary of War, at
the opening of its session in December
last. These estimates, modified hy the
present Secretary, so as to conform to
the present requirements, are now
renewed, amounting to $32,'430,704, and
having been transmitted to both Houses
of Congress are submitted for your
consideration.
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
There is also required hy the Navy
Department 82,003,861.21. This sum
is made up of Sl,446,i>S8.16 due to offi
cers and enlisted men for the last quar
ter of the last fiscal year: 8311,953 50
due for advances made by the fiscal
agent of the Government in London,
for the support of the foreign service ;
850,|000 due for arrearages of pay to of
ficers, ami S45,219.50 for the support of
the Marine Corps.
DEPARTMENT OP JUSTICE — IIOW MUCH IT
WANTS.
There will also be needed an appro
priation of 8202,535.22 to defray unset
tled expenses of the United States
courts for the fiscal year ending June
30th last, now duo to attorneys, clerks,
commissioners and marshals, and for
rent of court-rooms, support of prison
ers, aud other deficiencies.
DEPARTMENT—LOSS
if our citizens areto share theadvantages
of this international competition for the
trade of other nations the necessity of
immediate action is apparent.
To enable the United Stales to co-ope
rate in the International Exhibition
which was held at Vienna iu 1873, Con
gress then passed a joint resolution
making an appropriation of 8200,000,
and authorizing the President to appoint
a certain number of practical artisans and
scientific men, who should attend the ex
hibition and report their proceedings and
observations to him. Provision was
also made for the appointment of a num
ber of honorary Commissioners. I have
thought that prompt action by Congress
in accepting the invitation of the Gov
ernment of France is so much to the in
terest of the people of this country, and
so suitable to the cordial relations be
tween the two countries, that the subject
might properly be presented for attention
at your present eoeaion.
THE SWEDE- NORWAY' PRISON CONGRESS—
WANTS AN APPROPRIATION FOR A DEL
EGATE PROM THIS COUNTRY.
The Governments of Sweden and Nor
way have addressed an official invi-
iuvitation to this Government to take
partin an International Prison Congress,
to be held at Stockholm next year. The
problem which this Congress proposes to
study, how to diminish criBie, is one in
which all civilize.1 nations have an inter
est, in common; and the Congress of
Stockholm seems likely to prove the most
important convention ever held for the
study of this grave question. Under au
thority of a joint resolution of Congress
approved February 10, 1875, a Commis
sioner was appointed by my predecessor
to represent the United States upon that
occasion, and the Prison Congress having
been, at earnest desire of the Swedish
Government, postponed tolSTS, his com
mission was renewed hy me. An appro
priation of eight thousand dollars was
made in the sundry civil service act of
1875, to meet the expenses of this Com
missioner. I recommend a rc-appropria-
tion of that sum for the same purpose,
the former appropriation having been
cc rered into the Treasury, and being no
longer available for the purpose without
further action by Congress. The subject
is brought to your attention at this time,
in view of the circumstances which render
it highly desirable that the Commissioner
should proceed to the discharge of his im
portant duties immediately.
As the several acts of Congress provid
ing for the detailed reports from the dif
ferent Departments of the Government,
require their submission at the beginning
of the regular annual session, I defer un
til that time any further reference to sub
jects of public interest.
R. B. Hayes.
Washington, Oct. 15, 1877.
i^ntl,..
■ -tephens may be placed on
t soelt nr distributed. He does
to die until his time comes.
n “ m ‘y be another eleven
1 erhaps eleven times eleven.
GEORGIA GLIMPSES.
Quite a heavy frost at Columbus last
Saturday morning.
The total receipts of the Griffin fair
were over two thousand dollars.-
Walker county, Ga., has sent several
delegates “through for Texas.”
Macon shipped S00 bales of cotton to
Liverpool last week. If it was shipped
on speculation we would like to see the
“returns.”
The Eagle and Phenix Manufactur
ing Company, of Columbus, has de
clared a semi-annual dividend of four
dollars per share, payable Nov. 1st.
A fire at Dalton last Friday morning
destroyed the drug store of Messrs King
& Loug'nridge. Los3 in building and
stock about 84,300; insurance on both,
82,000.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 18.
There is an ominous silence obseived
by anti-Administr.-.tion Republicans
and I think about every one will be dis
appointed should we get by the admis
sion of South Carolina and Louisiana
Senators without a bitter assault upon
the President’s policy relative to his re
fusal to support Chamberlain and
Packard, and his recognition of Hamp
ton and Nichols. The weight of opin
ion seems to be in the direction of a
protracted extra session, though the
President has evidently labored to the
end that the necessary work should be
quietly done, and in the shortest possi
ble space of time, and an early adjourn
ment reached. Whether correct or
otherwise, there is an almost uniform
conviction tliat he dreads locking horns
with the really able men in both
Houses, who, he lias every reason
believe, will take every fair advantage
of position to make his Southern and
civil policies odious; and the results of
elections in States that endorsed, and
those that refused to endorse them, do
not, it must be confessed, afford food
for very comfortable reflections so far
as the party is concerned to which lie
is indebted for his present elevation
above his fellows.
The officer in military command in
El Paso county telegraphs that the
quarrel there is between Mexican citi
zens and aliens on the one hand, and
natives of the United States on the
other; and lie intimates that he shall
confine his efforts chiefly to preventing
any reinforcements to the first from
crossing from the south Eide of the Rio
Grande. Knox.
A teacher in one of our grammar
schools inquired :
“What was the cause of the Revolu
tionary war?”*
The prompt reply was, “The Yan
kees wanted Fourth of July, and were
bound to have it V'—Boston Traveler.
THE INTERIOR
FIRE, ETC.
Patt of the building of the Interior
Defiartment was destroyed by fire
on the 24th of last month. Some
immediate repairs and temporary
structures have in consequence become
necessary, estimates for which will be
transmitted to Congress immediately,
and an appropriation of the requisite
funds is respectfully recommended.
The Secretary of the Treasury will
communicate to Congress, in connec
tion with estimates for appropriations
for the support of the army for the cur
rent fiscal year, estimates for such other
deficiencies in the different branches of
the public service as require immedi
ate action, and cannot without incon
venience be postponed until the regular
session.
THE FRENCH EXPOSITION—AN APPEAL
FOR AID TO ENABLE THIS COUNTRY TO
BE THERE REPRESENTED.
I take the opportunity also to invite
your attention to the propriety of adopt
ing at your present session the necessary
legislation to enable the people of the
United States to participate in the ad
vantages of the International Exhibition
of agriculture, industry ar.d fine arts,
which is to be held at Paris in 1878; and
in which the Government has been invited
by the Governmentof France to take part
This invitation was communicated to this
in Government May, 1870, by the
Minister of France at this Capital, and
a copy thereof submitted to the proper
committees of Congress at its last session,
but no action was taken upon the subject.
The Department of State has received
many letters from various parts of the
country, expressing a desire to participate
in the exhibition, and numerous applica
tions of a similar nature have also been
made at the United States Legation at
Paris. The Department of State has
also received official advice of a stroDg
desire on the part of the French Govern
ment that the United States should par
ticipate in this enterprise, and space has
hitherto been, and still is reserved in the
exhibition buildings, for the use of ex
hibitors from the United States, to the
exclusion of other parties who have been
applicants therefor. In order that our
industries may be properly represented
at the Exhibition an appropriation will
be needed for the payment of the sala
ries and expenses of Commissioners, of
transportation of goods, and for other
purposes in connection with the object
in view. And U3 May next is the time
fixed for the opening of the Exhibition,
Mr. Hayes’" Title to the Presi
dency-
New York Surrr
In a recently published interview
wiih Alexander II. Stephens, tne fol
lowing was given as an expression of
his sentiments:
There isn’t much comfort for the for
lorn few who are still clinging to the
fraud cry. I think Mr. Hayes’ tenure
is firmer than that of any President
ever inaugurated in the United States.
He holds his office by the highest judi
cial authority in the land. Even if I
thought their decision wrong, which I
ilo not, I should how to it as I would to
any decree from the bench.
A discussion having arisen among a
number of Brooklyn lawyers as to the
truth of this report. ex-Judge John
Lynch, at their request, wrote to Mr.
tephens for an affirmance or denial cf
it. His answer was as follows:
.If. •ssrs. John Lynch and others:
Dear Sirs—Your note of yesterday
just received. What I said was in sub
stance as follows: I think Mr. Hayes
tenure less assailable than that of any
President ever inaugurated in the
United States. Tiie others all held by
prima facie cases. The matter of his
tenure is res adjudicata. He holds his
office by the judgment of the highest
judicial tribunal ever created in this
country. That tribunal, I think, was
constitutionally created; and thougli I
thought their decision wrong, yet I
how to its authority, and think all
good, law-abiding citizens should, as to
every other judicial docree constitu
tionally rendered. Considerations of
fraud” or “usurpation,” therefore, in
connection with his title are now utter
ly out of the question.
Very respectfully.
Alex. II. Stephens.
Death of Mrs. John Bell.
The widow of Hon. John Bell died
at the residence of her son, Col. H. C.
Yeatman, in Maury county, Tenn., Fri
day, October 12th, in the SOth year of
her age. Her maiden name was Erwin,
and she was first married to Thomas
Yeatman, one of the early merchants of
Nashville. The American, in speaking
of her demise, says: “Her second mar
riage, to John Bell, changed, in some
degree, the course of her life, but not
her character. She wa3 at Washington
when Mr. Bell was a member of the
Cabinet, a Senator in Congress, and af-
teward as a candidate for the Presi
dency, not only a woman of mark and
influence in the social circles of those
times, but a substantial help-meet to
her husband. In short, Mrs. Bell was
one of the truly great women that our
country has produced. Besides her
eminent qualities in society, she pos
sessed all the virtues of womanhood.
She was a Christian, and her mind on
earth was devoted to her country, and
her conduct and faith was all that we
are taught to believe will secure hap
piness hereafter. This announcement
os her death will strike the hearts of
thousands all over the Union with a
thrill of sadness, and recall memories
that, to many, will be pleasing even in
their sadness, since most of those who
knew her most intimately will soon
also be called to the Hereafter.
Ex-Governor Hendricks
Indianapolis, Oct. 14.—Ex-Governor
Hendricks and wife returned home yes
terday afternoon after an absence of
several months in Europe. The firing
of cannon announced the arrival of the
train at the depot, where a number of
personal and political friends were in
waiting to welcome them back. At 8
o’clock a public reception was given
them at the Democratic Club House, at
which an address of welcome was de
livered by Hon. Geo. W. Julian, ex
member of Congress, and responded to
by Gov, Hendricks.
A Rassian Hero.
Plevna cor. N. Y. Herald.
Gen. Skobeleff came in last night,
attended by a few Cossacks, having left
the main part of his command six or
seven miles behind. It was the first
time I had met this celebrated man,
and the impression he left is that he is
one of the most genial as well as the
most skillfnl Generals of the Russian
army. His bravery will in time be
come legendary. He always wears his
white uniform when he goes into the
fight, and ride3 white steeds, of which
he has already had four shot under
him during the present campaign. Du
ring the reconnoisance he made within
the last few days in the vicinity of
Lovtcha he had two horses shot under
him within the space of twenty min
utes. He is, in truth, a man sans peur
rl sans reproehc. He is one of the few
Generals thoroughly loved by the army;
whom men will follow whetner he leads
to victory or to death. In appearance
he is very handsome. He has large
blue, frank eyes and fullish fair beard.
He sits on his horse magnificently, and
is one of the most daring riders of the
army. Ho it was who swam his horse
over the Danube when the army cross
ed over at Simnitza, and during the late
defeat of Krudener’s army he and his
Cossacks, who were on the left wing,
even entered the town of Plevna. His
last reconnoissanee was a marvellously
brave affair, and he exposed himself
unnecessarily to danger. Nothing can
prevent his progress. Returning to
Por.idin yesterday, he found a stream
which he had forded with artil
lery two days before swollen to the vol
ume of a mighty stream, seventy yards
wide. Though he was compelled to
leave his artillery behind, he immedi
ately set an example to his men by
taking off his coat, and pluDging into
the stream swam with his horae across
to the other bank. Strange to say,
Skobeleff—young Skobeleff he is usual
ly styled in order to distinguish him
from his father—has not yet been in
trusted with an important command.
This is due, it is said, in great part, to
court jealousies and intrigues. A few
more Generals of the same material a3
Skobeleff would, however, be now of
immense service to the Russian
army, now standing checked in Bul
garia.
Ohio-
CIarlie!«l Tell* What was the Matter*
Special 11 the Cincinnati Gazette.
Washington, Oct. 12.—Gen. Garfield
gives, in an extended interview, a sum
mary of opinion- held by Republicans
of Ohio as to the cause of their defeat.
The opinions are briefly these:
First—West’s Communistic speech
at Clevel ind, accepting the nomination
for Governor. This greatly offended
Kepnhlican husiuess men. who, in view
of the strikes, ns a rebuke to West, de
clined to vote for him.
Second—Tiie Workingmen's move
ment gained 80 per cent, of its strength
from the Republican party. Lucas
county, which was an old Republican
stronghold, was actually carried by the
Workingmen. Hamilton county was
put into the hands of the Democracy
by workingmen.
Third—The chief cause, many Re
publicans think, was the civil service
order of the President. Many regarded
this as an infringement of the rights of
American citizens, and showed their
disapproval of it by not voting. Prob
ably 100,000 Republicans in Ohio de
clined to vote for various reasons.
Fourth—Hostility to the President’s
Southern policy was a great reason.
The views of Ben Wade prevailed in
many quarters. The Southern trip of
the President did not help to reconcile
those who are opposed to his Southern
policy, as they thought that the Presi
dent appeared to present to the South
ern people that pacification policy as
hi3 own, and not as a representative of
a party which had indorsed such a pol
icy in its platform.
Fifth—The Democratic party made
nc gains in the State.
The=e elements Gen. Garfield groups
as the reasons assigned in Ohio for the
defeat without giving any opinion of
his own as to the merits of the argu
ments used.
It is confidently stated by the friends
of E. W. Stoughton, of New York, to
night, that he is to have one of the four
great missions; probably that to Berlin
or St. Petersburg.
What Kelly’3 Triumph Means
Mr. A. C. Buell writes to the New Or
leans Democrat that John Kelly’s vie
tory in the New York Democratic Con
vention was one which has much true
inwardness not visible to the naked eye
of all people. The first object was to
utterly displace Mr.Tildeu as the Dem
ocratic nominee in 18S0, and to sub
stitute in his place Thomas A. Hen
dricks. We learn that one of the dear
est objects of Kelly’s political life is tc
send a unanimous Hendricks delega
tion from New York to the next Na
tional Convention. But three years is
proverbially a long time to nurse Pres
idential candidates, and we have Tom
Corwin’s authority for the statement
that those candidates run best who are
weaned youngest.
The more immediate object of Mr.
Kelly is to make New York Democrat
ic beyond a peradventure, that is, re
peat the Ohio victory on a grand scale.
Mr. Buell thinks this will be accom
plished, and gives a rough guess of 40,-
000 majority on the State ticket, with
one or two majority in the Senate and
six to ten in the Lower House of the
Legislature. This would round out the
triumph completely, and replace Mr.
Conkling with a Democratic Senator.
Practically Out of the World.
Duluth Minuejotian.
Some half-dozen Scotchmen passed
throuzh here this week on their way
from McKenzie’s river, which is 1,300
miles to the northwest from Duluth
and which run3 into the Arctic ocean.
They went to that barren country some
ten years ago, from the islands to the
north of Scotland, by ship, direct to
Hudson’s Bay, and until they got to
Fisher’s Landifig, on the St. Paul and
Pacific railroad, on their return, they
had never seen a railroad. They knew
nothing about the Franco-Prussian war;
in fact, they had been practically out
of the world.
Wyoming women must tell their age
before they can vote, but those over
1 seventy don’t feel bad over this rlile.
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One-fourth column three months 20 00
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One-fourth column twelve months 60 00
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One-haTf column three months 32 00
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One column three months 60 00
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One column twelve months 100 00
The foregoing rates are for either Weekly or
Trl-Weekly. When published in both papers, 30
per cent, additional upon table rates.
Nice Calculation at Creedmoor.
Towards the finish of the individual
long range match at Creedmoor, Mr.
Washburn and Mr. Blydcnburgh were
the chief centres of interest for both
were known to be high men and both
had been shooting steadily as they ap
proached the finish. Mr. Washburn
was the first to give his fifteenth shot
at tne 1,000 yard range, and his total
score being discovered to be 207, the
crown edged towards the squad in
which Mr. Blydenburgh stood to await
his last shot. If he could make a bull’s-
eye liis total also would be 207, and as
his score at the longest range would
the stand better than his adversary’s,
the highest prize would he his. He
calmly set himself to the task, wind
guageand elevation being, as he estima
ted all right but as he pulled the trigger
a lull of the wind let his bullet speed
more to the westward than he had cal
culated and carried it just outside the
upper left edge of the bull’s-eye, thus
making a ^difference :o him of 8300.
As he looked at the red disc going up
to mark his defeat for first place, Bly
dcnburgh stamped his foot, threw down
his hat impatiently on the turf and
muttered something about “half a point
of wind.” Subsequently, in conversation
about the match he said he believed
that was the dearest half point of wind
ever known at Creedmoor. A point of
wind on the windage of a rifle, the bind
and foremost sights of which are thirty-
six inches apart, means a good deal at
1,000 yards distance from the target.
A marksman who shot in Tuesday’s
match said that with his gun a point
of wind meant twenty|inche3atjthe long
est range. At 900 yards it meant eigh
teen inches and sixteen inches at 800.
During a portion of Tuesday’s match he
shot with ten points of wind and made
bull’s-eyes,the breezz blowing so stiffly
that it carried a bullet sixteen feet eight
inches out of its course during the few
seconds it took to go from the muzzle of
the gun at the 1,000 yards range to the
target So the successful marksman
must estimate the force and direction
of the wind pretty accurately in order
to put his bullet in the bull’s-eye thirty-
six inches in diameter.— Utica Herald.
Pierrepont
St. Loaia Republican.]
A dispatch fiom London states in
a positive way that United States Min
is ter Pierrepont has tendered his resig
nation, to take effect December first.
The people of the United Stathes will
be glad to see Mr. Pierrepont at home,
for the reasons that he never should
have been sent away as a representative
of this goverment at a foreign dourt.
His appointment was a disgrace, mid
if he had been possessed of the sensitive
ness of a cist-iron post he would have
been loth to appear at St, James with
the reterences of such papers as the
London Times to his career in the de
partment of justice ringing in his eare
and with the odor of “grapevine” whis
key still clinging to his garments. Mr.
Pierrepoint by virtue of his abilities
might have made a creditable minister
had he been possessed of the moral
courage while attorney-general to refuse
to prostitute his high office to shield a
band of conspirators against the gov
ernment because they were personal
friends of the chief executive. It is
not iinprobable'however that such an
exhibition of integrity and faithfulness
would not only have lost Mr. Pierrepont
all chances of promotion to his present
exalted position, but would have occa
sioned his retirement to private life.
Devotion to Grant, not faithfulness to
public trusts, was the standard by
which qualifications for official honors
were measured for eight years. If
Pierrepoint had not been sent to Eng
land Babcock might have been.
The Senate.
Washington, Oct. IS.—In the Senate
during the morning hour a number of
bills were introduced and referred to
appropriate committees. Among them
is a bill by Mr. Chriatiancy, of Michi
gan, to enlarge the jurisdiction of the
Court of Claims. At the expiration of
the morning hour the Senate resumed
the consideration of the resolution sub
mitted by Mr. Thurman yesterday, to
have the oath administered to Henry
M. Spofford, as Senator from Louisiana,
the pending question being on the sub
stitute of Mr. Mitchell, to refer his cre
dentials to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections. . •.
The Louisiana question occupied the
day. Mr. Spofford’s credentials were
referred to the committee.
Mr. Edmunds withdrew his motion
to discharge the committee from furth
er consideration of Kellogg’s credent
ials.
Pending the question of the with
drawal of the credentials of Eustis from
the committee, made by Mr. Thurman,
the debate continued of a techniealjchar-
acter, giving no indication of how Sen
ators will vote on the direct question.
The vote by which Spofford’s cre
dentials were referred was 36 to 33,
Senator Davis, of Illinois, voting with
the Democrpts in the negative.
A Horse’s Adventure in a De
serted Shaft.
Joplin (Mo.) Neiri.]
Over three weeks ago a gentleman liv
ing in the Third ward missed a pony, and
after a long search gave it up as stolen.
Twenty days after the los3 of the animal
a number of children were playing in
some old deserted shafts, when, upon
looking into one about Bix feet deep, a
horse, reduced'- to a mere skeleton, wa3
found. Their discovery was soon made
known, and in V few minutes a number
of miners collected at the spot and soon
had the poor animal on the top of the
ground: 'The person who had lest his
pony so long before recognized his prop
erty in the emaciated animal before him.
For twenty-five days had the animal been
in that shaft without food and water, and
from appearances it could not have held
out many more. It had eaten all the
hair from its sides and tail, which, if any,
was all the nourishment it bad got dur
ing that long period. After being taken
out it commenced to eat, though it could
scarcely stand on its feet. The animal
is gaining rapidly in flesh, and will soon
be 83 strong and useful as before its
strange adventure.
Chapter on Irony.
“Here they have good beer, but no
irony.” . _ .
“No, we havn t got irony,’ cried JNan-
nert, the pretty waiting-maid, “but you
can have any other sort of beer.”
It grieved me that Nannert should
take irony to be any sort of beer, and to
prevent her from falling in future into
such errors, I began to teach her in the
following manner:
“Pretty Nannert, irony is not beer,
but an invention of certain people, who
were awfullj vexed because they came
toolate intojthe world to invent gunpow
der, and therefore undertook to find
something which should do as well.
The process is simple, and consists in
a man’s declaring that some stupid
word or deed was meant ironically.
“So, my dear girl, things get along
in this world—stupidity becomes irony;
toadyism which has missed its aim be
comes satire; coarseness is changed to
artistic raillery; real madness is humor;
ignorance is wit.” I would have said
more but was silenced by a stormy
chorus “beer! beer!”
A Distressing Death.
The English Channel Tunnel.
-oatlon Daily News.]
Operations connected with the 3ub
marine tunnel have already been com
menced on the other side of the Chan
nel, several pits having been sunk at
the depth of about 110 yards. At the
same time the French and Englist com
mittees have definitely drawn up the
conditions of working the route. The
property of the tunnel is to be divided
in half by the length— that is to say,
each company will possess half of the
line, reckoning the distance from coast
to coast at low tide. Each company
will cover the expense of its portion.
The general work ofexcavation will be
doneonthe onehandby theGreatNorth-
ern of France, and on the other by the
Chatham and Southeastern companies,
the latter each having a direct line from
London to Dover. All the materials of
the French and English lines will pass
through the tunnel, iu order to avoid
the unnecessary expense and delay in
transhipment,as in England and France
railways use each other’s tracks, and
goods can pass from one line to another
without changing vans. It is under
stood that arrangements will be made
for a similar exchange between all the
English and continental railway com
panies when the tunnel is completed.
At the end of thirty year the two gov
ernments will be able to take possession
of the tunnel upon certain conditions.
The Texas Trouble.
Terrible State ot UTalrn in El I'aso Counts
San Diego, Cal., Oct. 14.—The Union
has the following special from Tucson,
Arizona:
“Advices from El Paso show a most
serious and threatening state of affairs.
The entire lower portion of El Paso
county is in possession of the mob, aud
Americans throughout the county have
abandoned their homes and fled to El
Paso for safety. Judge Howard, who
killed Louis Cardis at El Paso on the
10th inst., succeed in making his es
cape to Massila where he still remains.
Cardis is said to have been the leader
of the mob who are all more desperate
and threatening in consequence of his
death. The sheriff of El Paso is also
at Massila, hut refuses to return with
Howard, as the latter would be_killed
immediately by the mob, while the
sheriff himself would be killed if he
dares return without Howard. Lieut.
Paine, who is in charge of a detach
ment of troops, says four companies will
be required to suppress the mob. A
large number of outlaws are encamped
near to the county seat They declare
they will fight the troops if the latter
attempt to make arrests. Judge Blaker
is en route from Fort Davis with troops
to restore order.
Ou Thursday, the 10th of October, the
dead body of a man was found near Til
ton in a state of putrefication—his head
and right arm having been eaten off by
dogs. °He passed the town on the 30th
of September and staled that he had had
fever and asked if there was a poor house
where he could stop for a few days, and
being answered in the negative moved on
and was found by two little girls. It is
supposed that he was attacked with dis
ease and died unattended in the woods
near the railroad track. A quantity of
quinine and five dollars was found on his
person, but nothing to identify who he
was. An inquest revealed the facts above
mentioned.—Dalton Enterprise.
A Slow Letter.
The United States Treasury a few
days ago received advices trom the
agent of the United States depository at
Tucson, Arizona, acknowledging the re
ceipt of a letter containing exchange on
New York amounting to 8100,000. sent
from the Treasury to that agency in
May last The mail-rider bearing the
disDatches was murdered by the In
dians en route, and the letter was left,
together with the other dispatches, on
the sei ne of the murder hy th<- s >vag
It was found recently by a mumii and
forwarded, after lying in the pure, dry-
atmosphere of tliat region nearly six
months, in a perfect state.
Acqui ted.
Richmond, October 17.—Rev. T. E.
Beard, late secretary of the Presbyte
rian Committee of Publication of the
Southern General Assembly, who was
indicted in the Hustings Court o. this
citv for embezzlement of the funds of
the committee, was put upon trial to
day After examination of the three
principal witnesses, Judge Guigon
stated that he saw no necessity for fur
ther proceedings, and this opinion was
coincided with by the prosecuting at
torney. The jury thereupon, without
lea vine their seats, entered a verdict of
“not guilty,” and the accused was im
mediately discharged.
Russo-Turkish War.
London, Oct. 15.—The war news is
nl The e jleged Hungarian invasion of
Roumania is a hoax.
Roumanians assert that deserters
from Plevna report Osman Pashas
army destitute of clothing, ammunition
and scantily provisioned. Themenanp
officers are tired of fighting and suffer
ing, and are disposed to surrender.
“Progressive Women” have had their
fifth congress, and gone home to sniff
at their husbands because seal-skin
sacques don’t grow on trees.