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QHltotutle ant) WEDNESDAY, - OCTOBER 81, 1877- EDITORIAL MOTKS. Tbe sausage is the missing link. The Baltimore horse race had more at tractions for members of Congress than the public business. _ Hitting Bull is credited with being a prominent member of the Independent Order of Red Men. Mrs. Jefferson Davis has just return ed to this country, leaving her daughters at school in Germany, TnE Nashville American is of opinion that the President’s negative policy will end disastrously to him. Let us wait and see. The Republicans want the President to discharge Etarts, Schurz and Kkt, so that the old machine can get to work in the old way. The Free I’rem tells of a Detroiter who says: "There is eue geod thing atmut Satan. He never weighs the drivers as he send# *ul his coal.” With the capture of the Republican President of Culm, Don Tomab Espada, the “reliellion" is supposed to be on its last legs in the "ever faithful isle. A Siocx squaw made the bitterest speech of all at the recent conference with Col. 8. Bt 11 , she talked to the Commissioners just a# if she were married to them. The National Republican winds up a jere miad tints: " One thing, however, is made very clear—while the President is now a unit, the party that elected him is not. .Senator Morton last Winter called Pischback’s second attempt to get into the Senate “ damned nonsense.” Perhaps he lias changed his mind, lie often does. *♦■ Hon. Liberty Ham. is a Republican candidate for the Senate of Minnesota. .Mr. Stephens, when lie meets him, wili think the mountain lias come to Moham- MED. % g Recent developments have encouraged Corbin to appear at Washington and claim his seat as a Senator from South Carolina. He came out of his hole like a cockroach in warm weather. A South Carolina correspondent of>the New York Time wants to know “ if trea son or loyalty has been made odious." Read the criminal records of the “toil’ and ask Professor Sf.ei.ve, Speaker Randall, lias resigned to Hon. A. H. Stephens the room opening off the lobby of the House, and has taken for his own use the room dawn stairs, formerly occupied by Mr. Blaine. The Richmond Dispatch thinks Rev. Joseph Cook is weakening as a 'eclurer. The i lie patch forgets that Rev. Joseph married a few months ago and that the lecture season has begun on the other side. Benton’s thirty years continued service ns United Stntes Senator has never been surpassed. The nearest approach to it was that of Wv. R. Kino, of Alabama, who served 29 years. Both men were born in North Carolina. Can it lie, as asserted by some of the Washington correspondents, that "friends of General M. C. Butler declare that some of the leading Stnte olllcialsof South Caro lina do not want him admitted to the Sen ate, and are shaping their course so as t throw obstacles in his way P” AN Aleppo girl, who has more than one lover, subjects her suitors to a trying ordra for her hand. Taking three bits of live coal from the tire, she lays one in each of her lovers’ hands. The one who holds out the longest wins the girl for his bride. An English undertaker, to prove that he was patronized by famous people, exhibited in his show window the lid of the coffin in which TrriKNS was to he buried. He had a card attached bearing the great singer’s name and the fact that lie was honored with patronage. What comes next V Deacon Duncan, the defaulting Cali fornian, whose stealings amount to a mil lion dollars, was charged with fraud icvera years ago by the Keening Tribune , of San Francisco. The editor was sued for libel, and through the influence of the “good •dt-iK'ou,” was sentenced to six months im prisonment. Tiik Chicago Tribune rather sarcastically oliserves that the establishment of a race course at Washington at Government ex pense would simplify matters, besides sav ing (lie time wasted in going to and from Baltimore, and leaving more leisure to at .t(MU! to the important and pressing business *f tlic session. The day before the Baltimore election the American said : “Unless we have been greatly misled as to the strength of the ward organizations of the Workingmen’s party, Mr. Thompson will certainly lie elected by a majority too large to be smoth ered bv fraud.” That man was most fear fully "misled.” J —vt- Tiik New York Tribune shows that in murder as well as in politics, the wise man is he who writes no letters. But foolish men go into both lines of business, and when the l’ort Jervis murder was committed, two weeks ago, some shrewd detective sim ply |xisted himself near the supposed mur derer’s sweetheart nt Paterson, and waited for the letters to come along. They came; the detective saw, and the police conquered. The Republican candidate for Lieuten ant-Governor in Ohio, Vooklkr, was ex tensively scratched in Godly communities, because, as a Quaker of Clinton county ex pressed it, “ he had no portion in Chbist.” One of the peculiarities of the election ia the fact that Fitch, the Democratic candi date for Lieutenant-Governor, received 102 Temperance votes in Licking county lie cause it was supposed that he shunned the flowing bowl! He does—when it Is amply. According to the census of 1870, the value of manufactures prolueed in New Turk that year was $832,960,000; while the value of manufactured products in Philadelphia was $322,000,000, or $11,009,- 000 less than that of New York. New Yotk manufacturers paid that year $03,- HOO 000 in wages, while Philadelphia jwiid only $58,800,000, or $5,000,060 less than New York. If, therefore, says tke Bulletin, New York could stand free trade and he benefited by it, it would lie an equally good thing for Philadelphia. . and so they have elected you Speaker of the House," remarked Mrs. Randall to her husband the other evening, as the two walked down the steps of the Capitol. ~ Yi's, dear.” “ IVell, they can elect you Speaker of the House all they want to,’’ continued Mrs. U„ sharply; “but of course you will understand, Samuel, that / continue to be boss of the house.” The Speaker said the Oierk would proceed to call tiie ayes and noes, tun .Mrs. Randall •wul it would be taken by conseu?. ■sm'itto Bill calls Queen Victoria bis " White Mother.” We learn that the Sioux chiefs meeting in council at Fort Walsh, sent for its commander in order to beg the Whi e Mother's protection. Tl.e Arnert oans they said, would come and offer sweet words and large premises-moaey. blankets, tea sugar, flour-but they bad Bed too often, and their hands were covered with blood. There was no Indian blood shed in the White Mother’s country; her words were not lies ; tliev would nuse their child ren under the White Mother’s protection, and help her when called upon. 't'HK Montenegrins combine war aud hus b’txh'V in an admirable manner. After having whipped the Turks of late from pillar to captured Xicsicsand several other imp-MM'"* positions, and not only cleared their **7> province of Ottomans, tmt considerable outlying territory, the an-v has gone *>w the crops. Alter accomplUiing this U>e*wW probably lav dowu tiie shovel and tli hoe, up their rifles and speart, and g* bunting Turks agaia until liarvedi. >vhen, having threshed their enemies, they vni - ,u ™ their attention to threshing wheat. Ibe niwinu live< baracter of liule Montenegro is sufli ciently shown by this suspending of a c*m uaigu’and sending the army home t* attend to the fanning. That this hemic liUle band baß not been guaranteed complete tndepen tjeßce and immunity from Turkish invasion by the Great Powers is not to credit ot their generosity or humanity. A DYING STRDGGLK. When poor, ball dead Senator Mob ton has to dictate editorials which con tain notea of warning to hia distressed bat still malignant party, the most oare -lam observer cannot bat infer that the party appealed to is as crippled as him self. Not only does Senator Morton endeavor to make the Republican Sena tors and Representatives fall in love with the President’s position, but he takes occasion to aend on a report, as Chairman of the Privileges and Election Committee, taking the position that Kellogo is entitled to a seat in the Sen ate from Louisiana instead of Spopford. We are prepared to see him take similar positions with regard to Lewis and Corbin. Bat what a last ditch of Rad icalism this would indeed be! If this infamy be perpetrated, we hazard noth ing in saying that Mobton, Conklino, Don Cam ebon, Jonbs and Mitchell will fall by the wayside, and that in 1879, there will be a Senate so over whelmingly Democratic that even the most stalwart Republican can die of rage to behold. So, let Senators Mob ton and his colleagues, if so disposed, proceed with their funeral. The De mocracy will bury them and their party so deep, a few years hence, that even the discoverers of the future will fail to find a geological specimen for public exhibition. WHAT IT MEANS. Notwithstanding the fact that the resolutions adopted by the Richmond County Democratic Executive Commit tee are publish ed in the Chbohicle and Constitutionalist every day there are people who seem to misunderstand their meaning and talk of “conventions,” “packed delegations," etc. It had been asserted that the Executive Committee and some mysterious “ring" are band ed together for the purpose of stifling the voice of the people and putting men into office who were not the choice of the people. We do not believe that the Executive Committee-composed os is of some of the best citizens of the city and oounty—wishes to do any such thing, or that the so-called “ring” has any existence. We are quite as confidont that no Executive Commit tee which has held office in Richmond oounty since the war has desired to do anything calculated to destroy or inter fere with the political rights of the peo ple, or to in any way repress a full expression of individual sentiment in the selection of candidates for office. The members of these committees did what they believed was for the-best in terests of the Democratic party and of the people of the county. The system in operation up to the commencement of the present campaign was as follows: Primary meetings were held in the dif ferent wards of the city and districts of the country, and delegates were selected to a County Convention which latter body nominated candidates for the House of Representatives and sell cted delegates to represent the county in the District Senatorial Convention. Some of the very men who are now running as independent candidates and denounc ing “packed meetings” and “manipulat ed conventions,” had nothing to say against them when they were candidates before these conventions and when they were nominated by them and elected as their nominees. But the objection urged to the system was that it some times gave a minority of the popular vote more representation in the County Convention than was given to a ma jority of the popular vote. For in stance : eaoh ward was allowed to select five delegates, giving a total of twenty delegates to the city. The Seo ond Ward might poll only fifty votes at the primary meeting, and thß Third Ward might poll only the same number, yet theso hundred votes would be rep resented by ten delegates. The First Ward polling four hundred and the Fourth Ward polling six hundred, would have only ten delegates. In this way it was poßßiblo, though seldom, if ever, the case that a minority vote had a majority of the delegates, and could, consequently, control the action of the Convention. This reason induced the Democratic Committee whioh wasoharg ed with the conduct of the present cam paign to determine upon such a change iu the manner of making nominations as would do away with the objec tions urged against its present workings. The Committee, accordingly, did away with the seleotion of delegates and the assembling of a convention, and provid ed for nominating candidates by a di rect vote of the members of the Demo cratic party in the county. A pri mary election was decided upoD, to bo held at suoh a time, and in such places and under anch restrictions as would give to every Democrat full opportunity to cast his vote for the men of his choice, and am ple guarantee that his ballot would be received aud fairly counted. Under the system unfairness of any kind oan not be praoticed, and “paekiDg” is made impossible. The candidates who receive the highest number of Democratic votes will get, as they undoubtedly deserve, the nomination of the Democratic party for the positions whioh they seek. It has been the custom of the party to se lect two candidates for the House of Representatiees from the city and one from the country. In accordance with that custom the Executive Committee, as the representative of the party, direct that each voter shall oast his ballot for State Senator, for two candidates from the oity aud for png candidate from the country for the House, 'fjie polls will lie kept open for seven hoars—from ten o’clock iu the morniDg until five in the afternoon—at the usual voting place In eeU ward and district. The election is to lie conducted under the superintend ence of tlire* jpanagers, any two of whom may act, and tftP managers are to meet at the City Hall next Monday at 12 o’oloek, consolidate the vote and an nounce the result to the Chairman of the Executive Committee. The two men from the city and the one man from the country receiving the higheet number of votes will be declared the nominees of i the Do£u**ratio party for the House of RepreeebstigsS and the candidate for State Senator weiy;ng the higheet number of votes will b* declared the choice of Richmond county tor pniii position and the Chairman of the Ex ecutive Committee will appoint six dele gates to the District Convention with instruction* to iot for hi* nomination. Who can obj m* to such an arrange ment ? Can anything bo fairer ? Gould any plan have been devised by whioh the wishes of the majority of the Demo crats of the county could be better as certained ? Every Democrat is given full opportunity to cast hia vote and every .vote cast counts in the selection of the nojfcUoiejL Those who object to snob an electiou those who have good reason to believe that wy are not the ohoice of the party; heooe they re fuse to submit to party action and rely for success mainly upon the as sistance of the enemies of the party. THE CHINESP FRvLRM. Jo*s Chinaman seems to be a disturb ing element wherever he chooses to im migrate. The PawJfo slope is sot the only aoeae of agitation over bis unwel eome presence. The British uoiony of Qneenland in Australia is deeply trou bled to know what to4o with the moon eyed race, SO,OOO of whom fcsve taken up their abode in that province. Be tween them and the 200,000 European settlers there are continual antagonisms xnd squabbles. The oolonial govem- B.M.A if* finally resolved to impose a tax of SSO oti Pgtsj Chinaman landed in the oountry, a aiiaiim on every etore opened to supply Chinese *M*al license fee of sls for mining privileges, and a heavy protective duty on rice. Bat for fear that such meas ures may affect injuriously the treaty re lation between the British empire and China, Lord Cabnabvan haa, however, refused to assent to all except the one relating to the poll tax. It seems to be the same puzzling question wherever John settles whether to go for lum as Jem Ntb went for Ah Sin, or to treat him like other settlers and try to make him a respectable, useful citizen. A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING. The Monroe Advertiser says that a Jefferson darkey, on being told that the Repnbliean party in Georgia was dead, replied: “I hear dat, but taint so—we only got annndder name for it—dey call it Independent now.” The colored brother spoke frankly and, in his sim plicity of mind, let a very considerable Radical oat oat of the Independent bag. To show the practical workings of this new device, we are informed, by the New Orleans Democrat, that Hinds oonnty, Miss., in whioh the capital of the Btate ia situated, and which piled np a Democratic majority of several thousand at the last election, is likely to be lost to the Democracy this year, so the Mis sisippi papers think, by an unprecedent ed rash of Independents to the front. There are Independents in other oount ies, bat not near as many as in Hinds. In that unfortunate part of the State there are strikers, Indepsndents, National Unionists, and half a dozen other so called parties, bidding for the negro votes. Anybody who wants an office immediately organizes anew party, dec orates it with some gorgeous name to attract the negro voter, and then dashes wildly into the canvass. The Democrat adds that the contest has ceased alto gether to be anything bat a scramble for offioe, and the probable result will be the election of a foil negro ticket. It is likely that the Independents will not be qnite satisfied with their work. From these specimens it will be seen that the so-called Independents are only infnsing the Democratic party, and that, unless vigorously fonght by an organized Democracy, they will restore to the Sonth that abominable reign of anarchy and theft from which, |lt so mnch cost of blood and treasure, we have recently emerged. We do not needlessly seek to alarm the people. There is no hope for rotten Radicalism outside of Independent movements, and the man who lends himself to sneh mar plots and their designs menaces his State with fearful troubles, and threat ens the whole oountry with a Repnbliean restoration to power and plunder.— Wherefore, instead of disbanding onr organization, we should make it more compact than ever, and, thus organized, deliver suoh a blow to those who ccquet with the enemy that they will not easily recover from their merited overthrow. In so preparing for the contest we have mnch to encourage ns.,. Nowhere was there a greater and more wide-spread dissatisfaction with the Democratic party, as an organization, than iD the oity of Baltimore. Two years ago, so-called Reformers very near ly proved victorious, in a municipal election, because they secured leading Democrats to oommand and direct their bolt. When, however, it became appar ent that this Reform movement was only a Repnbliean trick in disguise, the revolted leaders rapidly returned to the old party lines, and one of them, Col. Georgs P. Kane, was made the stand ard-bearer. No sooner had this been done, proving that the Democracy were all sufficient to effect reforms in their own ranks, than there sprang up a Workingman’s or Independent faction whioh sought to array the poor against the rich, labor against capital and class against class. The opposition, at one time, made marked headway. When, however, the demagogical speeches of the Independent leaders were re ported and the Radical paper, the American, came out boldly and exultingly for the Communistic element aa against the Democracy, thousands of the honest sons of toil who were, for a moment, dazzled by special pleading and plausible sophistry, beheld the old Radical demon behind the mask of “in dependence,” and, forsaking false gods, returned loyally to the only party that was ever true and faithful to the laborer and his interests. Wo have the result before us. Colonel Kanb and his co candidates are elected by a prodigious majority, and the Independent move ment has been laid out in a Radical graveyard and ready for burial. The editor of the American will no doubt be engaged to preach the funeral services, aud it is meet that he, who petitioned to get into Boss Shepherd’s little Wash ington Ring, should officiate olerically on this oocasiou. What the Baltimore Democracy have done, the Democracy of Georgia oan and will do. They will rally to the old Democratic flag now floating so proudly and victoriously; they will not permit that standard to be dragged down in the very hour of su preme triumph; they will see to it that the promise of a national victory iu 1880 shall not be jeopardized by local dissensions and Republican trickery in 1877. We call therefore upon our poli tical friends to do their whole duty in the premises, and to administer a re buke to those who defy party allegiance anch as the Baltimore brethren admin istered to the Radical wolves who sought to enter the Demooratio fold in sheep’s olothing. A TOUGH TURKEY. Reports state that Suleiman has fallen baok to Rasgrad, and that the Russians, nnder the Czarewitch, have advanced their lines against that plaoe. We learn also that Osman is being beleagured ef fectually at Plevna, but holds in his oom mand 130,000 Moslems who will only suoeumb to starvation. Rumors of me diation for an armistice are rife in Con stantinople, bat the press of that oity declares that while an armed Russian remsina on Turkish soil there will be no parley, and that the Ottoman power will fight to the death for its autonomy. A Winter campaign seems imminent. It may eventuate disastrously for the in vaded; it may prove unfortunate for the iavader. Many more battles are to be fought and many more wretched lives sacrificed, while immense stretches of oountry will be turned to howling wildernesses. South of the Schipka Pass, the present oondition of the once beantifnl Yale of Roees is thus described a London Times’ correspondent: “All tfle ay from Schipka to Yeni Saghra, at which plane ye took the rail, the air is polluted with the remains pf the killed. The bodies of men, wo men and children are to be met with in sU ptugr* pf decomposition at the roadsides, in the gorp fields and gar dens, on the banks of streams and in the beds of rivulets. Some hundreds were choking tbs shallow water within a quarter of a mile from where we camped at Yeni Saghra. Desolation and ruin appeared along the whole way. The remains of formerly prosperous villages, which it was impossible to £itojfi tent even near, rippling mountain streams .n whi?h onr horses refused to drink, the howling pi wolves around ns at night, brought down from the mountains earlier than usual by the i horrid feasts prepared for them (the largest I have ever seen lay dead, evi dently rtyfryitly shot, by the side of the road) not far frojw fTeni Saghra, and, woree, the occasional shrieks from human beings, followed by solitary rifle reports, which made one shudder more than the damp night air—all these sights and sounds went to form one great jtionibie phantasmagoria, whioh none of ns are likely to live long enoagh to remember without pain.’* If this ia the reenlt of Qen, Ghohbko’s sudden dash across the Balkans, what most be the condition of Bulgaria which has so long been occupied by both forces f The mind turns with horror from the contemplation of it, even in imagination. And this ia call ed glory'and jOhristian crusading I Turkey baa had her urn in bad took, but her powers of resistance are still im mense, and we are of opinion that tha Czar would willingly draw oat of the fight it he could do so honorably. A contemporary sums up the eitnation briefly thus: “The Dobrndscha is yet intact. The qnadrilaterial is nntonched. Plevna is still defiant. There are no Russian# sonth of the Balkans. Kars, hard pressed as it undoubtedly is, so far as known, makes no response to the Bnmmons to surrender. Erzeronm is yet nntonched, and Bayazid, we be lieve, still acknowledge# the Crescent. The Grand Dukes clearly have thus mnch hard work ahead before the Tnrk ia driven from his last ditch." There may be a sudden and decisive change in this situation, but the pros pect is not favorable. If the Czar “means business,” he has precious little time to consummate it. The Turk will certainly hold out while there is a thread of hope. Hitherto, Russian gold has accomplished with Turkish Pashas what valor failed to command. That same potent ally may create havoc in 1877, as it did in 1828 29. THE PRIMARY ELECTION. The verdict rendered at the polls yes terday by the Democrats of Richmond county is decidedly in favor of the in tegrity of the party. It is, perhaps, the largest vote ever cast at a primary elec tion in this county. The contest cen tered entirely upon the Senatorship, as there was no opposition, in tho city at least, for members of the House. Major Joseph B. Cumming presented his name for Senator, subject to the approval of the Democratic party. Mr. Foster, in his card announcing his independent candidacy, did not ask his friends to stay away from tho prima. ry election or to abstain from voting for members of the House. His request was that they should Dot vote for Sen ator. Mr. Foster’s strength, therefore, inside the party, to put it most favorably for him, is measured by the number of those who abstained from voting for Senator. This is the strongest possible presentation of his proportion of strength inside of the party. It was not Mr. Foster’s wish that his Democratic friends should not vote at these elections for members of the House, and, in fact, it was the largest nominating vote ever cast in Richmond county. His propor tion of this vote—this pronounced senti ment of the party—is represented by the number of votes that Major Cumming runs behind the average vote of the members of the House. It is also to be borne in mind that this proportion of strength, such as it was, was developed almost entirely iu the First Ward of the city, and failed wholly to appear in the other wards of the city and in tbe coun try districts. After this pointod declaration by the party in favor of its integrity, Mr. Fos ter must abandon all hope of election, or look for it elsewhere than among the Democrats of Richmond county. THE POSITION OF JEFFERSON. We publish in the Chronicle and Constitutionalist this morniDg a letter from a prominent citizen of Jefferson county complaining that the dispatch from Louisvillo, giving the action of a portion of the Democratic Executive Committee, recently published in this paper, did tho Democratic citizens of the county great injustice. We hasten to assure our correspondent that the in justice of which he complains was whol ly unintentional. The dispatch was published jnst as it was received. Our correspondent says that the call for a meeting of the Executive Committee, published in the Jefferson News and Farmer, did not state that tho meeting was held to provide for sending dele gates to a Senatorial Convention. He says further that Jefferson is iu favor of a nomination, and that the Democrats of that county will support tho nomi nee. We have never doubted that suoh was the case. We have never believed that the good men and true Democrats of Jefferson desired the dis ruption of the party which placed Cain in the Senate instead of Conley, and re deemed them from the disgrace of being misrepresented by such scum as Neal and Stone, which put their labor system upon a steady basis and gave peace and order to the county. We know them to be loyal to the party, and we have 1 no doubt whatever that they will respect party action, set their faces firmly against the movement which threatens to stir np dissension, and strive to pave the way to a renewal of the scan dalous scenes of 1868. It is by no means too late for the Democrats of Jefferson to hold a meeting and accept the invita tion of Glascock to send delegates to the Senatorial Convention to be held in Gib son. Tho minority of the Executive Committee made a mistake which can easily be corrected. Let a majority of the Committee assemble and provido for holding a meeting for the selection of delegates to the Gibson Convention. In the very improbable event that the Com mittee should neglect or refuse to do this, the Democracy of the county have a perfect right to assemble and say whether or not delegates shall be ap pointed—whether the Democratic party shall be maintained or disbanded. On the part of Richmond, we feel as sured of the sentiment of tho Democracy of the county when we say that they pre fer the preservation of the party to the personal triumph of any one of their members, however worthy they may con sider him to be. They are not striving for the advancement of an individual, but are struggling for the safety of tbe party organization, upon the mainten ance of which intact depends the peace and well being of the people of the Eighteenth Senatorial District. They will send delegates to Gibson to meet and confer with delegates from Jeffer son and Glascock. They will meet them in a spirit of concession and good will. If it shall appear that the candidate they present is not the choice of the ma jority of the Convention they will not press his claims, but will give prompt and cheerful support to any Democrat who may be selected. Let us hope that tha Democracy of Jefferson will act at once, maintain Democratic organization and contribute to Democratic success. NEW YORK TAMATfON. The St. Louis Republican says it is almost pathetic to witness the despair ing effort the property holders of New York are making to save themselves and their city from threatened ruin by adopting the constitutional amendments now pending in the State. The case is urgent, for if some such breakwater against indebtedness and extravagant administration as the proposed amend ments would secure be not devised, it is probable New York will have to yield its snpremaey and go into decline. The papers show that the taxation of the city last year was 833,000,0000, which, on an j estimated population of is 827 50 for every soul, or 8137 oO for every family of five persons in the city. It is imposible to maintain such a rate of taxation as this ; the profits of busi ness in New York will not warrant it and if they did,’.the country would need to do its business through some other oity or cities, the profits exacted are smaller. The taxation of London is 840 000 000 a year, or 810 per capita ; in Paris it is 334,400,000, or sl7 per capita. The cost of police in New York is 83 213,000 a year; in Paris, with 800,- M 0 more population, The cost of street cleaning in New lot* is 8725 000; in Paris, 5546.000; public in struction in New York, $3,553,000; in Paris 82,013,000; public chanties m New York, 82,153,000; in Pam, $2,580,- 800- fiie depsjtment in New fork, sl-, 226,000; in Paris, $96,000. These figures assist to explain why Paris is prosper ous while New York is not-why real es tate in the latter city does aot sell for mnch more than the mortgages on it, and the building of new honses has al most ceased. Mr John Hockenhnll, of Dawson, is a candidate for Senator to represent the Tb*rty-ieoopd Senatorial District* WM. HOPE HULL MEMORIAL TO THE DISTINGUISH ED DEAD. Resolution* Read la Open Heart, and Order. ed Spread Oa the Jtlnoleo—A Beaatifu! Tribote to the Deceaeed. ? V Pursuant to call, a meeting of the bar was held yesterday morning at 9 o’clock to receive the resolutions of respect to the memory of William Hope Hnll, Esq., deceased, drawn np by the com mittee recently appointed for that par pose. Jhdge Win. T. Gould was in tbe Chair. Colonel C. C. Jones presented a memorial and set of resolutions, which were unanimously adopted, and Colonel Jones was requested to present them in open Court at half-past ten o’clock. On motion, the committee was also request ed to present the memorial and resolu tions in the Supreme Court of the State, when the Angnsta Circuit is called, and ask that they be spread on the minutes of that Court. At half-past ten o’clock the grand jury Laving entered the Court room, Colonel Jones presented the memorial, as follows: When the eyes of Qninctilins were sealed in endless sleep, it was asked among his sorrowing friends, “When will modesty and unspotted faith, the sister of justice and unadorned truth, here find his eqnal ?” With like questioning do we stand in the presence of that bereavement which, in a moment, deprived ns of the com panionship of him who, in legal acquire ment and sound judgment, had no supe rior at this bar. Remembering that elaborate eulogy can prove of little consequence to the dead, and that by our departed brother posthumous encomiums wonld ecarcely have been desired, your committee re speotfully submit the following simple memorial: William Hope Hull, the intelligence of whose sudden death in New York city on tho 12th of September last cast an nnnsual gloom over this community and brought special sadness to our hearts, was born in Athens, Ga., on the second of February, 1820. He was the honored representative of the third generation of that name in this State. His grandfather, the Reverend Hope Hull, was one of the founders of the Methodist Church in Middle Geor gia, and was regarded in his day as a minister of great activity, zeal, useful ness and devotion. The savor of his good name is still cherished in the re membrance not only of his denomina tion, but also of the Church of God generally. From his father, too, the late Asbury Hull, of Athens, did our deceased brother inherit that rich legacy which is bequeathed only by a high order of in tellect and a spotless parity of charac ter. Even in boyhood honesty of pur pose, rectitude of thought and conduct, a strong religious faith, stndious habits and a conservatism in sentiment and act characterized the deceased. With him suoh traits wore hereditary, and from their loyal exhibition ho never swerved. Graduating with distinction from the State University in the class of 1838, he selected the law as his profession, and without delay entered earnestly upon its study. His proficiency was so marked that shortly after being called to tbe bar be was appointed the Solicitor-Gen eral of the Western Circuit. The duties of this position were by him faithfully aud efficiently discharged. Upon the expiration of this term of public service he continued the practice of his profes sion—his office being in Athens. The bar of the Western Circuit then em braced many of the most noted lawyers in Georgia. To its most select circle the liberal education, careful thought and clear judgment of Mr. Hull speedily secured his admission. During the whole course of bis subsequent profes sional life bis right to an equality with the learned and gifted of his brethren was never questioned. His professional engagements were, fer several years, supplemented by pro fessorial labors in the Athens Law School. In the exercise of these pleas ing duties lie was associated with Chief Justice Joseph Henry Lumpkin, Gener al Thomas R. R. Cobb, and Colonel Wil liam L. Mitchell. It is admitted by all who heard them that the lectures then delivered by Mr. Hull were carefully considered, comprehensive and instruc tive. From his clear intelleot none other could have emanated. At the special suggestion of his bosom friend and at one time law partner, the Honorable Howell Cobb, who had ac cepted the appointment of Secretary of the Treasury in Mr. Buchanan’s Cabi net, Mr. Hull removed to Washington City, were, for some time, he ably filled the offioe of Assistant Attorney-General of the United States. So ixact was his legal learning, so thorough his profes sional training, and so reliable his views, that to him were freely commit ted by Judge Black the examination and discussion of some of the most import ant questions which then claimed the attention of tbo Attorney-General, When it became manifest that the dif ferences existing between the Southern and Northern States would be submitted to the arbitrament of tho sword, Mr. Hnll resigned this position and returned to his old home at Athens, where he continued to reside during the war. Upon the cessation of hostilities he re moved to Augusta. Here, until his la mented demise, he lived aDd was engag ed in the active practice of his profes- sion. With the settlement of many impor tant controversies engendered by the abnormal condition of affairs caused by the war, and the subversion of estab lished theories of property and com merce, he was often and honorably en gaged. At the time of his death lie was the retained counsel of the Georgia Railroad aud Banking Company, and for several year# had been entrusted with the conduct of the legal matters of that extensive corporation. Although he had never “given host ages to fortune,” in the families of his kindred Mr. Hull found home and op portunity for the exercise of the ten derest affections. Gentle in heart, liberal in aot, cmfiding in disposition, pure in thought, and Christian in ex ample, his influence was ever for good. It may be truly said of him that his pri vate life was without spot, so far at least as mortal conduct can be, without blemish. Singularly modest and unas suming, he was nevertheless a man firm in his convictions, and ready, upon proper occasion, to give a reason for the faith which was in him. Asa citizen he was public-spirited and charitable.— There was nothing of the demagogue abont him. General approbation he valued only when it was encountered in the line of merit—only when it came as the reward of duty faithfully performed. While conversant with public affairs, and taking a decided interest in every thing which was calculated to promote the general good, he was no politician, he sought no offioe, and was never an aspirant for popular favor. He appear ed always content in the earnest, re gular and dignified pursuit of his calling. “Asa lawyer.” says one who knew him intimately, * ‘Mr. Hull’s character istics were learning, clearness and force. He made no pretentipp to eloquence, though at times he was decidedly elo quent; but his eloquence was a result, not an aim and a study—the result of perfect perspicuity of ideas and the use of simple and appropriate language in which to convey them. With a de cided taste for books, and without either the cares or the diversions pf domestic life, ho devoted an iinnsnal proportion of his time to stpdy. Time bestowed by sneh a mind pould bqt lead tp the acquisition of yejry extensive learpipg; and it in turn was firpjly Jjel# by p re markably retentive memory. He yas not at all a “case lawyer," but was far above that inferior order of his profession. His opinions of questions were determined by a sound application of general principles, and the accurate and minute knowledge of the exceptions which vary their opera tion. When he had investigated a ques tion his jndgment wss nearly always correct. When he considered it correct, his presentation ©f it was animated but temperate, confident but deferential, clear, forcible, convincing. When he had not satisfied his own sense of truth, it was not easy for him to insist even on those views favorable to that side which, upon the whole, hp considered unsound. He was wholly devoid qf that effrontery in presenting a bad case as a good one which some lawyers are found shameless enough to boast of, and some laymen atnpid enough to appland. Mr. Hull regarded the argument of purely legal questions as his forte; and in this opin ion he was correct. Bat he was not cor rect in the distrust he felt of his powers before a jury. Before good juries, look ing for their guidance to the plain, sim ple, clear presentation of facts and prin ciples, no advocate was, or deserved to be, more successful; bat in pleasing contrast with the vanity of some of his shallower brethren he had an unwarrant ed but unconquerable diffidence of his powers in this branch of his profession.” In his intercourse with his profession al brethren Mr. Hnll uniformly easy of access, affable and generous. Occu pied though he might be with the con sideration of grave questions, he was ever ready at the request of a friend or even an acquaintance —especially if he were young member of the bar or a atrite with thTgreatestgood Wifi ip solv ing the doubt expressed or in fortifying ft point with the requisite ftathorities. Hia library, while not extensive, was well selected, and contained, works of the highest repute. He evidently sympathized with Seneca in bis belief that it matters not so muoh how many books one possesses as how valuable they are. With standard au thors and the leading cases be was re markably familiar. The rapidity with which he could turn to the authorities was astonisshing. His powers of analy sis were uncommon. His extensive reading, retentive memory, large expe rience and sound judgment rendered him a safe and most valuable counsellor. His absence will long be felt in this legal oircle and by his many clients. Of him it oonld never be said "Voracious learning, often ove-fed, Digests not into sense her motley meal.” On the oontrary, his trained and tar nished brain was a treasury house, whose well-placed stores were always at the command of owner and friend. Purposing a brief visit to the North for relaxation and pleasure, he left us but a short time since in the enjoyment of his enstomary health, which, how ever, of late years, had not been lobnst. Comparatively few days had elapsed when we were appalled by the afflictive and startling intelligence that onr friend, all alone, had been stricken down in a moment, in the heart of a great city, and in dying had made no sign. While it is true that "The tongues of dring men Enforce attention like deep harmony,” 1 and while our honored brother in his last breathings left no message, we have that which outweighs latest utterances and far excels death-bed professions— the record of a well-spent life, the ex ample of an upright Christian gentle man, the savor of an unsullied profes sional name. We have laid him to rest beside his father, in the homo of his youth and vigorous manhood. There, after life’s toil, he calmly sleeps, and we, emulous of his virtues, are here met to pay our last public tribute to his memory. Resolved , That in the death of Wil liam Hope Hull the bar of Georgia has lost one of its ablest members, Augusta a most conservative and valuable citi zen, and we a friend and counsellor most true and wise. Resolved, That our respectful sympa thy and condolence are hereby tendered to the relatives of the decased. Resolved That this nfbmorial and these resolutions be presented to his Honor Judge Gibson, in open Court, with the request that they be spread upon the minutes. Resolved, That they be published in the Chronicle and Constitutionalist, Hon. J. 0. C. Black seconded tho res olutions in an eloquent and appropriate manner. He said he felt that he would be doing violence to his feelings if he did not pay some tribute, on behalf of the yoimger members of the bar, to the deceased. It had been admirably said iu the memorial that the profession had lost one who eminently illustrated it. Judge Gibsou spoke as follows : “Let not your hearts be troubled; in my lather’s house are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for yon, and will come again and receive you, that where I am ye may also be.” “Yet a little while and the world seeth us no more. Be cause I live ye shall also live, but the fruits which you have brought forth shall remain." The comforting sentiments contained in the foregoing, I doubt not, inspired the noble and generous action of our de ceased brother, W. Hope Hull. We are more lovely, more perfect, more pure, more excellent, as our lives ap proach the standard erected at the cross; yet we are often said to be most excellent, pure, chaste, perfect and superior. Whilst the smallest star that adorns the Armament may be pure, sparkling and bright, yet the more brilliant are oftener seen and discerned by the natural eye, and perhaps, most admired. The foun dation principle laid deep and lasting in tho mind and heart of our brother was purity, and that purity as taught in the strictest schools of the founders of purity, when no unclean bird or beast was received at the altar and none but the purest and best, and only from those persons who came without spot or blemish. From those, selections were to be made of the very purest, and as if to impress more indellibly the pure standard erected for our guidance, one of the most distinguished persons for purity was selected and given priestly robes to offer the sacrifice. To make purity still more exalted even that selected for its greatest purity, after be ing •purified had to be washed in clean water, and when superlative purity had been given to both sacrifice and priest in the court without the holy of holies, where neither priest nor people were deemed pure enough to oome, tho sacrifice was made. In this mould the mind of our brother Hull was cast, and to keep its standard above the dust and from being soiled was bis constant effort, yet the frailties of his nature may have caused him great grief for his many short comings and failures. In his imperfections and weaknesses, like his sad death, are illustrated how little we know and how uncertain are the tenures by which we hold to life. In a vision it is said St. John saw one nndefiled in heart, clothed in pure white linen. Our brother Hull was not a passive man, but a bold, aggressivo and active man, ever seeking to elevate the stand ard of his profession by the establish ment of truth and justice. He made no impassioned appeals to Courts or jurios, but fully recognizing their high mission he sought alono by reason and precedent to establish the right. I have often thought if success had to be prooured in any different mode, he would scorn the gieatest success. Iu the bright galaxy of his chosen profession of law he was a bright and shining light. Iu the District, Circuit and Supreme Courts of the United States, in his own State Courts, he was a foemau worthy of the best steel in the hands of the most learned and experienced. At this bar, in this Court, he was always respectful to Court, juries and his brethren, and to the young and inexperienced, ever kind. With a warm and confiding heart and open hand he was ever ready to aid cheerfully all worthy and deserving ob- jeets. He seems only to have accepted pro motion where the interests of educa tion, learning and charity were to be advanced and bestowed; for displays and vain pomp his modest and retiring nature seems to have unfittod him. In the walks of private life and among the humble poor and weary he seemed to have delighted in scattering flowers. He possessed no arts of the demagogue or politiciaUCßor did he possess any vaulting ambition. To illustrate his profession, adorn the walks of private life by great purity and strict integrity, and to relieve the wants of the needy, seemed to be his highest ambition. His name, his fame, his virtues all belong to Georgia. His foibles have perished with him. His body now lies in the silent grave, in his native town, by the side of honored parents and friends, where it will be watered by affectionate tears, to await the sound of the trumpet in the first resurrection, to be brought forth in glory and honor. Maj. Gumming moved that his Hon or’s remarks be spread on the minutes with the memorial. Adopted. Living fn Washington. [Washington Correspondence Chicago Journal.] The expense of living iu Washington is now quite as low as in any of the Eastern cities. This was not the case years ago. ltents were, a few years since, enormously high at the National Capital, but now “houses for rent” and “rooms for rent” are placarded on near ly half the buildings of the city, and both hqqses and rqoms can be bad at reasonably low figures. Board, too, can be had at astonishingly low rates. Sev eral extensive boafdiqg fiquqes and ho tels are supplying table board at sls per month, per week, and 25 cents per meal. People coming to Washing ton to spend weeks or months, and de siring to make expenses light while here, instead of paying $3 to $5 per day at the Arlington, Kiggs, Ebbitt, Wil lard, National, or Metropolitan, can se cure a good room forslQ per month, and meals for sls per month, making their entire outlay for both boar<J and lodg ing only $25 per month, which is cer tainly cheap enough, considering that this is the great capital of a great na tion. Tp (lire Dyspepsia or Nervous Debility. [Correspondence of ihp New York Tribune .J Change your diet and manner of liv ing; drink neither tea nor coffee; never drink at meal times; after every meal, or during the meal, dissolve half a tea spoonful or more of caynne pepper in half a glassful of milk and drink it; eat plain food; never taste pastry of any kind. If you are troubled with sleep less nights, do not try to promote sleep by taking stimulants or opiates; they do more harm than good; take a sponge bath just before retiring, and, if yon are unable to do it yourself, get someone to rub you well with a. coarse towel; if yon wake in the night and oan not get to sleep again, get np at once, not lie until you get nervous thinking about it;” take a foot bath; rub yopr limbs well to get np a circulation; drink a glass of cold water. Do not expect to cure yourself in one week’s time; have patience, and try one one month. In bathing, use yquy hands to apply the water, it is ®nob better £h&n a sponge; soften the gate? with R°rai, 4 is more invigorating than salt water. “Fae.s are stubborn things,” and so are coughs and colds, but the latter will invariably yield to Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, which costs but 25 cents. PAROLEI). TENBOECK BEATEN BY PAROLE ON THE PIMLICO COURSE, And Mare Than Ten Braken Kentuckians Will Walk Home—Their.Hearts Are Heavy With Korean , Bnt Verily Their Parses Are IJffhU-Tallt of the Track and the Stables as to the Cause of the <reat Kentuckian’s Defeat. Baltimore, Md , October 24. —The event of the day was next on the tapis,and as soon as the preceding race was over there was a rash of thousands to the pool-stand, all eager to bet or to see how the betting was going. In fact, during the sales of the pools on the other races, some impatient ones had the pool-seller auction off a number of pools on the big event. The betting was very spirited, and the poll seller did not have to dweil long over the bids. In a few moments Tenbroeck sold for $1,200 to S4OO on Tom Ochiltree and $355 on Parole. Pierce Lorillard backed his horse heavily, and bought Parole in every pool that was sold on the track bat two. But, of course, he bought through a third party. No words can convey an idea of The Feverish Excitement That prevailed through the crowd. All seemed to feel that Tenbroeck was euro to win beyond a peradventure, and yet by far the largest number wanted to double their belief. “I do wish Ten broeck would fall down, or something,” said a fair lady behind me, “for I wonld so bate to see him beat our Eastern horses.” This sentiment found hearty approval, and expressed the desire of the great bulk of the spectators present. Parole was the first horse to leave his stable. He was given a preliminary canter under tbe blankets, but his pres ence did not wake tbe slightest applause as he passed the grand stand. In about ten minutes Tom Ochiltree was seen coming from his stable, followed by Parole, with both of their jockeys in full dress, and as “The Big Horse,” as Tom is here called, passed the grand stand he was received with a perfect salvo of applause. A few moments later Tenbroeck made his appearance on the course near the olub house, and as he cantered past the judges’stand he too was thd recipient of considerable hand clapping. But little time was cut to waste iu preliminaries. The judges, Hon. August Belmont, ex-Governor Bowie and Senator Beck, took their places in their stand. The timers, Cap tain J. H. Smith and Price McGrath, pulled out their watches and Captain Connor dropped the flag on As Pretty and Even a Start As was ever seen, at precisely eight min utes past three o’olook. Tenbroeck at once jumped to tlio front, with Oohiltree a half length behind, and Parole in the rear. At tho lower turn Tenbroeck had increased his lead to over a length, while Parole had fallen back somewhat. The exoitement was now terrific. Men pushed and jostled ns if mad, while la dies stood up ou their seats and craned their necks like swanskin their eagerness to see every jump ef the gallant oour sers. On they came, Tenbroeck still in the lead at the first quarter; and as they thundered down the quarter-stretch and passed the grand stand it was seen that. Tenbroeck was scouring and purging as if afflicted with diarrhea. “By Jove!” said Joe Elliott, the Nestor of the turf, “look at him. He is clear amiss, and scouring ! ” It was, alas ! true; but the fact was learned too late; Still he kept the lead, with Ochiltree close up to him, and Parole going along at his ease about four lengths distance. They maintained these positions until well up the back stretch, when Ochiltree lapped Ten broeck, and they ran side by side for awhile, and then, just at thebeginniug of the lower turn, Ochiltree’s head showed in front of Kentucky’s pride. The shout that went up at this sight was Enough to Awaken tlie Dead. Tenbroeck soon regained the lead,and as he did so the hearts of the Eastern men fell, for they thought now it was all day with their chances. Ochiltree held on well, however, and still kept lapping Tenbroeck, while Parole moved up a bit, and lessened the gap between himself and Ochiltree. In this way they ran until well arouud the upper turn for the last time, and then Parole made a dash, lapped Oohiltree, and then went after Tenbroeck on the home-stretch. “Parole ! Parole !” screamed the crowd. “Parole Wins!” Not yet, however, for the jockey of Tenbroeck was plying whip and spur ou horse. The noble animal strained every nerve to respond, but nature was un equal to the task, and at the distance stand Parole took the lead, amid shouts and yells that would have done credit to Bedlam. From there to the string he increased his distance with every jump, and landed a winner by three open lengths. Tenbroeck finished the heat ten full, good lengths in advance of Tom Ochiltree, who was almost pumped out. The match was for SSOO a corner, the club to add $1,000; so the value of tlie stake was $2,500. Tho Keene That Eusucd Upon the return of the horses to the judges’ stand beggars description. The crowd broke down all barriers, and rush ing out on the course, surrounded Pa role and cheered and yelled for him un til they were hoarse. They then pulled her jookey, Barrett, off his seat and car ried him in triumph on their shoulders. The police made a break and rescued him from bis admirers, but he was a second time captured and a second time placed on the brawDy shoulders of a friend. Finally he was permitted to mount his horse, and rode to the stable, being cheered meanwhile as if a con quering hero. Such a sight has not been seen on a race track since the days of Eclipse and Sir Henry. Immediately after the great raoe I conversed with a number of persons re speoting Tlie Cnuso of Tenbroeck’s Defeat, And I found almost as many opinions as I did men. Willie Walker, the jockey who role him, said : “I knew the horse was not in good condition, but I dassent tell any body except our own folks about it. When we was a racing I saw that Tenbroeck didn’t have no speed, but I thought maybe his name would win any how. After I saw that Tom Ochiltree was gone, I looked behind and seen Pa role running easy. Then I gave my hoss de spur, but he couldn’t go a lick faster, and dat’s how. Parole got de race. Ef Tenbroeck was at hisself, he could beat both dem bosses furder in dat dis tance dan a man kin throw a stone.” Price M’Grath said : “Well, I bet my money on Tenbroeck, and he lost, and so did I, and its no use squealing about it. I think Tenbroeck ought to have run the first mile in 1:50, and then the other horses would never have bothered him after that.” Captain Beard thought that Tenbri eok had not been worked enough. The niggers were continually pulling the blankets off him and exhibit ing him in his stable at ten cents a head, when they should have been exercising him. Was Tenbroeck Dosed ? An attempt was made after the race to explain the horse’s scouring by the state ment that he had eaten a quantity of green oats; but to-night the almost general impression is that the great horse was “dosed” last night. In fur therance of this theory it is alleged that last night a party of convivialists got hold of Prank Harper, the owner of Ten broeck, who heretofore slept in his sta ble, and got him so drunk that he was unable to take care of the horse; and Mm Williams, who found it out late in the night., had to go to the stable in his place. Among those who believe that Tenbroeck was the victim of foul play Sre Joe Elliott, of the New York Herald; annders Bruce, of the Ty,rf, Field and Farm, and Ben Bruoe, of the Live Slock Record. Under the circumstances it is not thought that Tenbrock will start in the four mile heat race on Friday. There is a report afloat to-night that an effort will be made to get Harper to take Ten broeck to an extra meeting, to be gotten up at Jerome Park; but \ think he has had enough of Eastern sporting men, and he will be glad if he gets his horse home aliye, without racing him at any other place. Fierre LorlllafdUi Wlnniogfi Are said to be $35,000, of which $25,000 was won in the pool box, and SIO,OOO from the book betters. Nearly all the Kentuckians and Western men here are dead-broke to-night. Since writing the above I have con versed with Captain Willie M. Connor, and he wholly discredits the idea that Tenbroeck was tampered with in anyway and says that in his opinion the trouble was caused by the horse haviDg a severe cold. He says that even if the report that Harper got tight was true, it proves nothing, as Barry, the trainer of Ten broeck, never lqst sight of the horse since he came here, and, consequently, nobody could get near tq dose him, and so it goes.' — V ..731 gr...- Columbus, Ga., August 24th, 1877. Dr. C. J. Moffett : Dear Doctor —We give your “Toetbi na” (Teething Powders) to our little graudobild with the happiest results. The effects were almost magical, and certainly more satisfactory than from anything we ever used. Yours very truly. JoseehS. Key, Pastor of St. Paul Church. B.. : SfibelMPf om M*rrle. New Yore, Ootobar 27.— The Tam many Democrats in the Heventh Senato rial District have nominated Augustus Schell in opposition to John Morrissey. TIIE_ STATE. THE “PEOPLE AND THE PAPERS. Warren lias a voudoo doctor. Bold robberies oontinue in Savannah. Mr. W. 0. Caseus, of Savannah, is dead. Atlanta wishes to reorganize her dra matic association. An one-armed lawyer in Hartwell kills two ducks at a shot. Mrs. W. E. Teasley, of Hart county, died last week of pneumonia. Col. Sidney Herbert is enjoying an other gala week in Sandersville. Sergeant R. S. Mell was the victor iu the Savannah Cadets’ prize drill. Several Upson county boys who immi grated to Texas are coming home. Thieves are stealing eotton from the fields of farmers in Newton county. Mr. Andrew C. Manncy, of Savannah, takes charge of Sandersville’s telegraph office. A man named Frank Wall was drug ged and robbed the other night in Sa vannah. The remains of Mr. John T. Carter, who died Sunday in Savannah, were in terred in Sandersville. A young white girl, 12 years old, in Hart county, picked 224 pounds of cot ton one day last week. The Clipper says that guano was a failure in Warren this year, but the farmers are squaring up. Mr. Biuggold McCay, formerly of Covington, has issued a book entitled “ Au Exile from Polaud.” Some of the Elberton Sunday Sohool’s little five-year-old scholars are pioking ootton to make money for the missiona ry cause. Messrs. Malaies & Mannary lost their warehouse, sixty bales of cotton and two new pins last week in Pike county. In cendiary fire. It seems that the little children in Savannah aud Charleston are inolined to bring Miss Claxton down to the twenty five cents matinee prices. The Covingtou Enterprise learns the good and glorious news that our farm ers all over the country are going to plant a heavy crop of wheat, oatp, rye and barley this Fall. The Hartwell ASun'says that thefe was some disturbance during the late meet ings of the Tugalo Association from some parties, not residents of this State, imbibing too much liquor. A bill of injunction Las been filed by some of the parties through whose laud the North Georgia miners have obtained permission to out ditches, etc., from the Legislature, aud they were restrain ed from proceeding under their charter. The Barnesville Gazette asks : “ Will not some prominent medical man or chemist of Macon give tho public a ra tional theory to account for tho reoent poisoning in that city, instead of the miserable stupid ideas of fermentation advanced ?” The Covington Eaterprise mentions the rumor that a young lady, formerly of Newton county, of pleasing address, and possessed of rare charms of beauty and intellect, and who was esteemed and admired for her modesty, is leading an abandoned life at Cincinnati. The three hundred dollar military prize at the Thomasville Fair was con tested for by tho Floyd Rifles of Macon, the Macon Guards, the Thomasville Guards, and the Albauy Guards. The contest was spirited, but the prize was finally borne off by the Albany Guards. Among the premiums, given at the Brick Store Fair, published in the Cov iogton Enterprise, we notice tho follow ing: Best shirt made by girl under fif teen years, Miss Sailie Ansiey, vase; best ehild’s croquet sacquo, Miss Craig, salt oellar; best hearth rug, Miss Emery, flower vase; best afghan, Miss Allen Thomas, napkin ring. Mr. James Seymore, of Maoon, is dead. Eleven divorco cases grace the Bibb county docket. Col. J. M. Campbell died suddenly in Griffin last Monday. A Thomson mule can:e near drowning in a cistern the other day. Talbot county has turned out three lunatics in the past six months. An omnibus runaway and a turnover enlivened tho Macon streets the other night. The McDuffie Journal has suspended its “ religious department ” during the campaign. Thomasville, Greeuesboro, Sanders ville and Newnan are all holding agri cultural fairs this week. The Waynesboro Expositor says that Burke county farmers are paying their guano debts with promptness. The McDuffie Journal states that Lin coln’s corn and cotton crop will be the shortest for seven years back. Mr. J. B. Neal fell from a ladder dur ing a fire at Colonel Bush’s residence, in Thomson, and was painfully hurt. Mr. Z. S. Willingham, of Lincoln, has this season made over nine hundred gal lons of syrup from sorghum oane. Palmer L. Corker, son of Hon. S. A. Corker, has left Waynesboro for the Vir ginia Military Institute, at Lexington, Va. Captain Wm. Johnston, of Thomson, came near being kiilod by his gin the other day, but escaped with a mangled arm. The Manatee recently oauglit at Indian river, Florida, is on exhibition at Thom asville, and attracts the attention of the curious. Frampton H. Ellis, Esq., a promising young lawyer of the Atlanta bar, died last week of meningitis, after a three days’ illness. The Hamilton Journal says that there are over 400 lunatics confined in Georgia jails, beeause there is no room for them in the asylum. The Columbus Enquirer considers McCullough’s support, excluding Miss Cary, execrable. We thought differently down this way. Mr. Wall, an employee at the South western Railroad shops, had a piece of iron to drop upon him the other day, crushing his leg. Mr. Howell C. Erwin, a most promis ing young gentleman of Maeon, has re ceived his license to practice law, from the Superior Court of Bibb county. Mr. John McMillan lives in Berrien county on the same place he settled forty years ago, and has raised thirteen children, of whom twelve are living. He has never bought any meat or corn. Dalton wants a fire bell. Gainesville enforces a cow ordinance. Colnmbus had three funerals Thurs day. Sparta can't reorganize her cornet band. Gainesville organizes a library asso ciation. Ex-Governor Smith has moved to Co lumbus. Elberton young ladies go ’possum hunting. Wedding cakes in Taliafetro are still unbaked. A brilliant wedding is soon to take place in Sparta. North Georgia makes an abundance of hay this season. An Elberton oow chews up $5 worth of ootton in one night. Campaign orations and Fall leaves are beginning to redden in the face. The New Catholio Church will be dedicated to-day at Sharon, Ga. Miss Minnie Shivers died of typhoid fever, near Devereanx, last week. THE EORIA MARBHAI.MIIIP. Letter* from Colonel W. H Smyth. United States Marshal’s Office, i Atlanta, Ga., October 24, 1877. ( Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist: In your article of this date upon the Georgia Marshalship, as well as in sev eral other articles printed during the controversy over this office, you state that great abuses have existed in it. Now that the contest is over, it can do no harm to the interests ot any of the contestants to have a little truth pub lished with reference to these charges. They are mainly against my deputies, and are embodied substantially in the report of Colonel Williams to Governor Colquitt, and by him forwarded to the President. As soon as I could obtain a copy of this report, and after careful in quiry into the truth of the statements made therein, I forwarded a reply to the President, through the Attorney- General. The following letter from the latter will show upon how little founda tion these charges were based: Department of Justice, 1 Washington, June 21,1877. ( W. H. Smyth, Esq., U. & Marshal, Atlanta , Georgia: Bib— l have received your letter of the 11th instant, in which you reply to charges made by 8. 0. Williams agsinst your deputies in his report to the Hon. A. H. Colquitt, Governor of Georgia. After a careful examination of the charges and your answer thereto, I think you have fully met every complaint against the conduct of your office which has been brought to my notice. Very respectfully Cbas. Deyens, Attorney-General. I have a copy of this answer in my possession, which I would be glad for any newspaper to publish, provided it will print the whole of it, as I am confi dent, with any fair-minded person, it will vindicate my as fully as it seems to have satisfied the Attor ney-General, Very respectfully, m Wx. H.Smyth. Yellow Fever may not soourge the country this Fall; bat thousands of children will die from Cholera Infantum, Diarrhea, Worms and other Bowel Dis orders, unless they take T^ethina — (Teething Powder). Tbethina allays irritation and makes Teething easy and not a period of suf fering and dread. SOUTH CAROLINA. PALMETTO NEWS LEAVES. Frost baa appeared at Chester. Helena has no organized church. Wild pigeons appear in Pickens. Four deaths last week in Columbia. Hunting parties are now the rage in Aiken. Pickens is importing North Carolina cabbages. The pines in Yoik county are this year destitnte of oones. They haven’t yot decided about the Charleston poisoning case. The Town Council of Aiken contem plate purchasing a fire engine. Gunners are scouring the stubble fields and threading the thickets. Oapt. F. P. Robertson died at Honea Path, Anderson county, last week. Mr. J. K. Kirksey, of Pickens county, bas a fine asbestos bed on his place. It takes $2 50 for a Columbian epioure to bring a wild turkey to subjection. The ladies of Johnston’s give a flue entertainment to-night at that place. Charleston aldermen are having a lively skirmish over the police question. A Pickens oow died from hydropho bia nine days after being bit by a dog. Col. Chas. S. McCall was nominated for Senator by the Marlboro Demoo racy. The Charleston artesian well at the depth ef 1,684 feet is boring into soap stone. The girls at the Yorkville Seminary are going through their mouthiy re views. Barnwell expects to pull through the Winter by means of sorghum lasses candy. A two year old child of Mr. Jeff Wil liamsoD, of Aiken, was burned to death recently. Grim cholera'still sits upon the pig styes and revels in the hog troughs of Newberry. The Barnwell Sentinel conoludes that we need capital down South more than immigration. Captain Wm. F. rresoott, a well known and beloved citizen of Edgefield, died last Tuesday. A Northern lady has generously con tributed to the completion of the Aiken Presbyterian parsonage. Steve Jefferson has been committed to jail iu Yorkville for shooting Geo. At kins, both highly oolored. The New York Times says Governor Hampton wauta Patterson’s seat in the Senate as well as his scalp. Mr. Alouzo Moncktou, who was seri ously injured by a ootton gin at Marion, had his right arm amputated. Capt. John Bettis’ fine company at Pine House are to have a grand tourna ment and prize drill next month. The York county Treasurer has re ceived about $15,000 of tbe taxes, which was paid in by 3,156 tax payers. The Gary Light Guards wore organiz ed in Coleman township the other day with Bennett Perry, Esq., as Captain. The Barnwell People is glad to see that our planters are preparing to seed a large area in rye, wheat and oats this Fall. Two men, Bainy and Ingram, had a fight near Rockbill. recently, in whioh the latter was shot through tho heart and killed. A little sou of Mr. Wm. Z. Keli, near Yorkvillo, while handling a pistol last week, shot himself in the foot, where the ball yet remains. A correspondent of the Edgefield Ad vertiser endorses the nomination of Hon. J. C. Sheppard for tho Speaker ship of the House. Tho Carolina peoplo and papers are looking forward with much interest to the prize drill next week between the two Georgia companies. The down train on the S. C. R. R. was delayed Wednesday morning by one of the oars running off the track a short distance below Augusta. It is now in order to offer a premium for the handsomest bride at the State Fair. The Abbeville Banner man says that several will be there. Rev. J. C. Furman, who for the past year has supplied the Baptist Church of Laurensville, preaohed his farewell ser mon on last Sunday night. The Chester Reporter announces that the carpet-bagger has been replaced by the cotton-bagger, who barters poor goods for stolen seed-cotton. Mr. Milledge Q. Chappell and a oolored man named Jim Bullock iu New berg had a difficulty the 17tb, in which the negro was shot in the leg. The sentence of Wade Hampton Mc- Elvin, the Aiken boy murderer, has been commuted by the Governor to five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Mrs. Rogers, who plays Mother Frooh ard with Miss Claxton in the “Two Orphans,” is the mother of the charm ing actress, Miss Genevieve Rogers. Mr. Jake Burton, of Texas, pays a short visit to Edgefield, his old home, is doing well in the lone star State and will take back with him a few of bis chums. The Columbia Register remarks: “Wo are emphatically in the age of profanity, and it seems to us we are on the topmost current.” Well, pardner, sink or swim, which will it be ? Two oolored men iu Fairfield county became excited over a game of marbles and after a short tight retired, the one perforated with a knight, the other frac tured as to his arm. The News and Courier thinks that the State needs money rauoh more thau she needs convicts, therefore, if tho de faulters will reimburse the Common wealth, it were better that they depart in peaoe. The Charleston News, of Thursday, says: Lieut. Flipper expects to start to day for Texas. While lie has been in this city he has made friends with whites and blacks by the sensible course he has pursued. The Barnwell People earnestly recom mends the immediate creation of a Bureau of immigration and the ap pointment of Coi. William Butler, chief constable of tlie State, as its super intendent. The Columbia Register thinks it hardly possible that President Hayes contemplates resurrecting the Republi can party in South Carolina with such slender material as Simeon Corley, of Lexington. The Investigating Committee in New berry county find the face value of tlie olaims against the county to be $27,- 820. 19. By reductions and cancella tions they brought this amount down to $20,373 04, thereby affecting.a saving to the county of $7,447 15. The Lutheran Synod that met at Bt. Mathew’s, Orangeburg oounty, last week.eleoted the following officers: Rev. Dr. J. Honour, President; Rev. J. D. Shirey, Vioe-President; Rev. H. S. Wingard, Recording Secretary; Rev. J. A. Sligh, Corresponding Secretary; Ma jor P. E. Wise, Treasurer. The Abbeville Partner says : “The work of grading the Greenwood and Augusta Railroad is progressing finely during the present good weather, and the Lowndesville and Calhoun Mills’ neighborhood have, during the past week, held enthusiastic meetings in the interests of the Savannah Valley Rail road.” JEFFERSON FAVORS A NOMINATION. The People Wink a Convention, nnd Will Support tbe Nominee. Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Louisville, Ga., October 25.— 1 t is not our object to occupy much of your valuable space, but we wish to see Jef ferson county properly weighed in the balance scales of political opinioD, pub lic expression, justice and judgment. A special to your paper, "No Go for Jefferson,” does the county and her cit izenship great injustice. Thorn was not e quorum, it is true, of the Executive Committee in Louisville on Wednesday, the 24th, but the oard published in the News and Farmer did not state that the committee was to meet to oall a Conven tion. If it had, it might with equal propriety have called them together to refuse a Convention. This is a right, if we understand their duties, not delegated to the committee withont the consent of sovereign will of the people of the county, in public as semblage expressed. However this may be, the failure of a part of the commit tee to meet, does not denote, nor has any one the right to presume that it does, that Jefferson eonnty is opposed to Convention. We feel and believe that Jefferson will justly consider herself misstated by such oonstrnotion. We have heard a number of true, in telligent and sound thinking men say if Jefferson county failed to hold a con vention, in the event that Glascock and Richmond did, they would vote for the nominee of snch convention against the man whoever he might be, that came before them withont nomination. We are free to eonfess that such is our feeling in the matter, and believe that all men who hold the party organiza tion dearer than mere personal prefer ence* will record it in the same light, to say nothing of precedent and its final re snlts. R. J. B. DOUBLE MURDER. Am Obi® Tillaln Kills a Toll Unte Han and Wife aad Kansacks the House. Cincinnati, Ootober27.—An unknown person entered the house of E. J. Mc- Vey, toll-gate keeper on the Giroleville pike, six miles north of Chillioothe, Ohio, last night and shot MoVey through the heart, his wife through the head, killing both instantly. A little girl, the only other occupant of the house, hearing the shooting jumped out of bed and escaped. The murderer, after ransacking the house for plunder, set fire to it and escaped to the-woods,