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// SH, ^ y( ift m\ Commercial ? ssolida TED APRIL lO, 1870. , 4 T£S of subscriptions. j. on THE WEEKLY. THE tri weekly. ii (10 2 1)0 . _ i oo ■ in advance, Die Tril l* of (•oiiriiT will lie S2 -VI n year, and l'ne 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 •\ VI > -Kits out in the cold. 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 • rill, d ordnance. II. Sit.Icy is the lattst re- ,, r . He was born in Barre tts.and “devoloped : ’in Bos- time he was Commander 1 Army of the Republic, a,., electoral vote, las; year „n. Next ! 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. CONTRACT RATES OF ADVERTISING. One square one month.—.— 1 09 One square three months ——. 8 00 One square six months — 1- 99 One square twelve months — —• 29 00 One-fourth column one month —. 10 00 One-fourth column three months 20 00 One-fourth column six months.— 30 00 One-fourth column twelve months 60 00 One-half column one month 30 00 One-haTf column three months 32 00 One-lialf column six montlis~ - 60 00 One-half column twelve months. — 104 00 One column one month 30 00 One column three months 60 00 One column six months.. ..... 104 00 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.