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ADDRESS aU communications to WALSH A WRIGHT, CmtoyiCLV. asp CeyrrrcTToSAiJST. Augnsta/la. WEDNESDAY, - NOVEMBER 7^1877. KWITORIAI. MOTES. Wendell Phillips speaks of the “acl ing President.” He is at it again. Jr the Democracy of New York carry the State Senate, next week, it will be foi the first time since 1809. The Utica lit pi Mir an, brand-new Conk i.rNO organ, calls George William Cur tis ‘‘the apostle of swash.” The most Northern telegraphic station on the globe is at Gjesvor, Norway. It is 70 deg., 12,min., north latitude. Warmoth’s pertrait painted on the wall at the Louisiana House of Representatives is to be painted out. Good enough! The Duke DE Gaze* lias resigned his place in MacMAnon’s Cabinet. The Mar shal will have to bow to the will of the people, or resort to a coup d'etat. It is reported that when somebody asked Mrs. Secretary McCrary if she had Mrs. Belknap’s carriage, she immediately an swered, “No, you won’t find any #f that skullduggery about us!” The Cincinnati Enquirer says that “no interest is taken by Ohio Democrats in New York’s State election. One good Western Republican is worth Iwo New York Demo crata. It is the bank power on top, no mat ter how the State goes.” Referring to Mr. Hayes’ visit the Richmond Dispatch says : “There are some small public officers—say, for fun, council men—who put on more airs in a day than the President does in a week." The Nashville American thinks the Gov ernment ought to do one more thing for poor liondholilers: It should perforate their bond coupons, so that its pets could detach them without the trouble of using the scissors. Lcov Stone says ignorance, prejudice, custom and the love of power carried the day against the Colorado petticoats. But she thinks the noble 9,500 who boldly pro claimed their wish to share the suffrage with their sisters “are the signers of the tiew Declaration of Independence.” Rev. Joseph Cook, the popular Boston evangelical preacher, writes to a Republican club that “if civil service reform can unite old men in counsel and young men In action the day of the disestablishment of the ma chine in politics cannot be far distant.” *•►- ——— The death of Senator Morton and the elections which will he held in Pennsylva nia, New York, Massachusetts, New Jer sey, Minnesota and Wisconsin next Tues day will practically slop business in Con gress until the latter part of next week. The New York Sun congratulates the Hon. Edwin W. Stoughton upon his happiness in finally securing the prize which he lms chased through a highly winding way from Democracy to Republi canism and from Louisiana to Vermont. T.he editor of the Columbus lime* saw, the other day, a quotation from a letter from Hon. A. H. Stephens, in which lie states tiiat no apprehension need be felt about the confirmation of Mr. Hilliard’s nomination. He says that the dissatisfied Republicans cannot muster strength enough to defeat it. The valuation of property in North Carolina has increased near $30,000,000 since 1870, and that, too, in spite of the long panic and low prices. In 1870, as the auditor’s report shows, the property of the State was valued for taxation at $120,910,- 219. 'flic returns this year show a valua tion of $148,564,557. The army bill, as it comes irom the com mittee, will leave the force of the army as it was vn the first of this month. But it should be remembered that the measure ap plies to the army for the current year. There is little doubt that when an appro priation is made for next year the number of soldiers will be greatly reduced. Before the old Pope dies be should lie relieved of the imputation of saying “a good riddance” when he heard of the death of Thiers. Instead of that, he expressed his regret that the Republicans of Fiance had lost their most prudent leader, and feared the country would now fall into irre ligious Radicalism. The IVibune has discovered why Cli'ca go people are so exceptionally wicked. The whisky absorbed there is made of a veiy small amount of high wines treated copi ously with water (Chicago river), old boot straps, rotten cabbage, spirits of juniper berry, old peach stones, fusel oil, nicotine and molasses. One of the venerable Wm. Allen’s most reckless admirers, the Cincinnati Enquirer , wishes to send that frequently retired statesman to the United States Senate, be cause he has “an untarnished name,” is “an honest man,” and has “brains enough for two men." This approaches dangerously usar to the darkey’s description of a “bigot ed” man : “He knows too much for one man, boss, but not enough for two.” The gentleman who gave the true inward ness of the United Slates Afarshalship and 1 who sara ho wt recvnnmaiuled far tb posi tion by both Senators Hill and Gordon is nat W. D. Trammell, the fiery untam ed communist of Harris county, but W. T. Trammell, of Griffin, a brother of L. N. TrammkCl. With due deference to the, opinion of Messrs. Hill and Gordon, we i think the people of Georgia will lie perfect-1 iy satisfied with the appointment of Col. A). P. Fitzsimons. The Macon TeUgrajA ami Messenger learns from undoubted autli irity that the yellow fever has broken out in the little town of Cedar Keys (Fla.), situated ou the Gulf at the southern terminus of the Flori da Railroad. The inhabitants are greatly no! and all able to do so have left the town. The lateness of the season will cause the dreaded disease to scourge Florida for some time to come. Frost is nat ex pected before the first of December. Complete returns of the recent election in Baltimore show that Use Democracy of that location Is not in a disrupting mood. Colonel Kane. Democrat, is elected Mayor by a vote of 33,178 to 17,369 for Thompson, Labor Reform, and 535 for Warfield, Straight Reform. The Democratic vote is the largest ever cast, excepting that for Governor in 1875. when it scored up to 36,- 958, while the Republican vote which was 25 571 for Mayor two years ago and of 22.068 for Pi evident last year, liasdwindled down to 17,369 w.th the Labor Reform added to it Governor of Mississippi, made a speech at Sardis, recently, in which he made a vigorous athv upon the Inde pendent movemeut which has been inau gurated in that State. He said “The time for the division of parUes had not F* me * u Mississippi; it was ill-timed, uncalled M>r, 1 and if successful would be a calamity at this time of the mere inception of Demo* ' cratic success and trial. If the malcontents' and soreheads were so independent as to go off from the party and nominate them selves, they should look to themselves for election; it was but a secret combination with overthrown Radicalism or it was noth ing, as the old Radical party mast furnish the votes, or there was no strength in it, for it had little sympaUiy with the intelli gent voters anywhere.” QUEER PROCEEDINGS. The Christian Index , a Baptist paper published in Atlanta, prints a communi cation and an editorial condemning the gambling which was permitted at the reoent Bute Fair. We shall not attempt to controvert anything that ia said off the sin of faro, roulette or chuck-jack or of the demoralisation which the pub lic exhibition of such sinful games may occasion. But there is one feature of the affair) which, if we have been ecr reetly informed, deserves the severest reprobation. It is said that the sport ing men paid the officers of the Fair the steep snm of one thousand dollars for the privilege of running games of chance on the grounds, that the lame were con ducted openly every day without any interference being experienced, but that on the last cay, after all the harm had been done, the canny Atlanteee discov ered that gambling was wrong and had all the dealers arrested and bound over for trial. In due time Atlanta justice will mulct them to the tune of several hundred dollars each; so that the money which the visitors to the Fair lost in in judicious speculations as to which pile the jack or queen would fall on will find a resting place in the Gate City. It is farther stated that the managers of the Fair still retain the one thousand dollars paid them by the sporting men. It is not difficult to arrive at the conclu sions: (1) that the Fair Association should not have sold the privilege to violate the laws of the State; (2) that the Atlanta officers of the law should not have waited until the last day to make arrests; (3) that the Fair Association is in honor bound to return the thousand dollars which it received. These con clusions are based, of course, upon the statements of the affair made to us. If the facts are not correctly given denials are in order, THE C OTTON CROP. The probable amount of the cotton crop is the subject that always interests at this time of the year, and we accord ingly find, "a good deal of figuring ” going on upon the subject. We gather the following particulars from an article on the subject in last Thursday’s New York Bulletin : “To ascertain what this year’s condition indicates as to yield, through a comparison with last year’s report of condition, we have, first, to ascertain what was the yield accompany ing last year’s condition, and next to apply to that yield the percentage of dif ference between this year’s condition and last, at the same time also making due ullowance for variations in acreage. There is no other rational method of using this sort of data, and all authorities agree in adopting it. The cotton ex ohange, the bureau of agriculture, and the Chronicle, each getting their reports from independent sources, agree in fix ing the acreage of the present crop at about 12,000,000 acres. Accommodat ing ourselves to the supposition that 1870 was an average year as to condi tion, then, on the basis of that year’s yield of 48 95 of a bale per acre, we shonld have a yield on this year’s 12,- 000,000 acreage of 5,876,000 bales, less 1,298,000 bales for the 22 1 per cent, difference between the 83.6 per ceat, of October condition this year and the 105.7 per cent, of Ootober condition in 1870, giving as a net result 4,578,000 bales.” A correspondent of the same paper says : “Comparing this with pre vious October reports, 1 find that since 1870 (normal year, so to speak), but three years show a smaller average than this, viz.: 1871-2 crop, 2,974,000 bales; 1873-4 crop, 4,174,090 hales. In 1870-1 the acreage was 8,885,545; the avenge condition in Ootober was 105 7, and the crop 4,330,000 bales. In 1877 the acre age was 8,840,864, and the average Oc tober condition, 83.6, The crop, there fore, should be 3,425,000 bales.” A MEASURE OK JUSTICE. In the Senate last Wednesday, Senator Gordon, of this State, presented the pe tition of a large body of colored men, endorsed by Bishop Holsev, of the col ored Methodist Church, and a num ber of colored ministers, in relation to their deposits in the broken Freed man’s Savings Bank. This is one of the matters which should receive prompt attention. Legally the United States Government is not, of course, obliged to pay a cant; morally it is bound to make good to the deluded and defrauded de positors in this bank every cent of their losses. The circumstances of the case and the character of the depositors com bine to take it out of the technicalities of the law and to constitute the refund ing of the deposits a debt of honor which a nation as well as an individual can not ignore without incurring dis grace. The corporation was the crea ture of Congress; it was born professed ly of a desire to benefit the negro, to teach him habits of thrift and economy, to interest him in the prosperity and welfare of tho country by making him an owner of property and a tax payer. The bank was under the special care of the United States Government. The General of the United States army— O. O. Howard, the “philanthropist” and “Christian soldier”—who was at the head of the Freedman’s Bureau was made the President of the corporation, and igno rant people may have readily fallen into the error of believing that both institu tions were backed by the same power. The bank went into operation imme diately after tire war, when the negroes just emancipated from slavery were un able to read or write, and knew nothing of public affairs except what they were told by designing and unscrnpnlous men bent only on making money out of their victims. The colored people were taught that it was unsafe to put their money in any other bank—that all other bankers would deceive and swindle them. They were told that the Freed man’s Bank was created by Congress especially for their benefit and protec tion; that it was sustained by the same Government whio’n had delivered them frutu the bondage of olaVory and which had conferred upon them all the politi cal rights of freemen aod citizens. It is a fact, as notorious as it is fortifying, that ninety-nine per cent, of the de positors in this institution believed that the prompt and certain return of their money whenever they might choose to call for it was guaranteed by the JJnited States Government and that in trusting their money with the bank they were virtually trusting it >;th the Govern ment. Acting on this belief, and anx ious to lay up something against dis ease aud old age, colored men and wo men—plantation laborers, domestic ser vants and mechanics—brought their little earnings and turned them over to the “Government bank.” Haw cruelly they were deceived is known of all men. The Christian soldier and philanthro pist and his associates lent their savings right and left on worthless securities to enrich friends and accomplices, and when the end tame shat the doors of the parent bank in Washington and of all tiw branch banks scattered through out the South and oooly told their vic tims “the bank had suspended.” The depositors learned toe late that they had been doped and that the Govern ment, which they had thought was to hold them harmless, was not legally bonnd to refund a single cent of their losses. Advantage was taken of their ignorance, of their faith in the Govern ment, and they were basely and cruelly wronged. We believe that under the peculiar circumstances of the ease, Con gress should go outside of the letter of the law and grant that relief to the de positors to which they are entitled in equity and good conscience. We hope that Southern members will take the matter in hand do everything in their power to secure restitution. ■ — * ’,w " Tse Kentuckians say that where they made their mistake in the great race was in putting Beck in the judge’s stand instead of Joe Bradley. They saw it as soan as the result wss as nsuaced. SENATOR MORTON. The death of Senator Mobton is a great blow to the Republican party. He was their foremost champion and most masterly advocate, Other Senators may have surpassed him in particular talents, bat not one of has faction had or has the complete armory of gifts which con stituted him'the leader par excellence. He was a formidable enemy to Democra cy and to the South; but usually an open and manly one. He io dead. God has laid His finger upon him, and the hand of man, though a mortal foe, shonld be taken off. We prefer to think, jn this hoar, only of his better faculties. He may have been as sincere and honest in the use of his intellect and power as the best of his antagonists. At all events, we prefer to think so, Many of his partisan friends will believe that he died too soon. We are of opinion that his great career was fitly ended, and that length of days would have brought only political disappointment and per sonal calamity. He himself recognized this, and, if he did not pass away as a saint, he at all events died as a philoso pher. It is to be said in his favor that he did not abase his high trust to make merchandize of it. His poverty is hon orable, especially in these days when statesmanship in seats of authority is often gilded by suspicions opulence. It is not the least creditable to his memo ry that his last hours were spent in the task of pacification and fraternal union. The bitterness of old associations per ished on his dyiDg conch and his last agony was spanned, we are glad to know, with the rainbow of peace and, we hope, of promise. The South then can afford to recognize in him a redoubtable as sailant but an honorable one. She has not one unkind word to murmur over his grave. What good of him she can speak she will utter most cordially; she can also afford to recognize the fact that with him has departed the spirit that animated one of the most remarkable, one of the most memorable, and on© of the most monumental of American statesmen. GOOD AND RAD FARMING. In the speeches of the Presidential party at Richmond the topic most dwelt upon was agriculture. The President and Secretary Sherman talked like farmers who understood tho subject, and the comparisons drawn between Virginia and Ohio were kindly and in teresting. It was shown that diversi fied agriculture and small industries had done more for Ohio than anything else, and that she did not begin to be come a wealthy Commonwealth until the wheat mania was beaten out of the heads of her planting population. Tho Ohio people formerly oluDg to wheat culture with the same tenacity that, our people cling to cotton; hut the present generation of Buckeyes have gotten over that hobby bravely, and now what wsr considered the very source of wealth production is only of secondary impor tance, just as the gold of California is of relatively small acoount compared with her magnificent tillage. The President seemed to think that Virginia was the paradise for emigrants, especially for those who wished to pre serve the type of the race from which they sprang. He dwelt upon the fact that nowhere was there a finer people physically, aDd the cheapness of good lands must be specially attractive to men of small means who wished to come to the Old Dominion. The staple of these addresses seemed to be fashioned upon an old argument or assertion which we find in the Atlan ta Independent : If a good Vermont or New Hampshire far mer Bhould work our Georgia farms as ho works the rooky, sterile New England lands, he would produce such crops as were never seen in this country. If our thirty-five thous and farmers would work Georgia lands as the good Northern farmers work their lands, the agriculturists of Georgia would be the money lenders of the State. This may he true; but it is equally true, we are informed, that nearly every Northern man who came to the South and turned farmer provod a dismal failure. It may be that when Vermont and New Hampshire men come hero they either follow the plan they find prevailing, or else they discover that methods of agriculture suitable to their old homes are not adapted to their new settlement. The records of the South aro filled, since 1866, with the wrecks of men who came from New England to teach our people how to raise cotton, sugar, rice, corn, peaches, etc., etc. But, in spite of all this, the fact ap pears to be substantiable that the South does suffer from poor farming. We do not hear this from Northern men alone, but from Southern men who are expert iu their calling, and whose sole desire is to uplift their native section. These home critics admit that there is good farming in the South, but they are forced to concede likewise that it is an exception and not the rule. They “point with pride,” too, to the fact that where a good farmer can be found he is always a prosperous one. A notable work is being done,in the way of enlight enment, by Colonel D. Wyatt Aiken, in South Carolina, by the Joneses in Georgia and by Daniel Denneft in Louisiana. The latter gentleman tells his readers that in parts of Europe far mers take sandy and gravelly barrens and convert them into rich farms and gardens, aud make money out of them. This has been done in England, in Flan ders, and in many portions of France and Germany, and many other countries. He adds : “Look at some of the lands in Louisiana that nature made rich and farmers have made poor. Look at far mers scratching twonty acres of pine lands to make an amount of corn or cot ton that good farmers produce on two acres of lands originally the same aa the indolent and thriftless farriers now cul tivate. There are pine land farmers who have from to twenty thousand dol lars at interest, by the side of farmers who are too poor to afford ‘store cof fee,’ and who usually drink com coffee and sassafras tea. Tho pine lands, which are called the poorest lands in Louisiana, when cultivated by good farmers, may produce a five hundred pound bale of cotton to an acre, or forty bushels of corn, or fifteen to twenty bushels of rice, or from one to two hogs heads of sngar, au irom one to three barrels of molasses besides, and other produce in proportion, and nothing but house fertilizers used.” What is true of Louisiana is relatively true of Georgia. We need in tfeis State and in tho whole South good farmers as the rule and not the exception. When that shall have become the case abund ant prosperity will indeed dawn upon onr country, and not till then. Col. Richard Lathers, formerly of New York, then of Charleston, and now again of New Fork, is the Democratic nominee for the Senate fom the Ninth District. The Times wishes him beaten because he was a pro-slavery man in 1860 and hoisted the Palmetto flag on his house at New Rochelle when South Carolina seceded. The Times is not yet conciliated, but Col. Lathers will pro bably be elected all the same, Ex-Mayor Oakey Hall has appeared in New York as suddenly as he disap peared. He went away only to obtain “mental rest,” Mr. Hall seems to be a good deal of a lunatic and a good deal of a rogue. He should be sent to the insane asylum for five years and to the penitenriMT f.° r the same term. This treatment might ou to hoth his feverish brain and itching palm. It is to be hoped that the bill intro duced by Mr. Cox to abandon the issue of 20 cent pieces from the mints will beoome a law. Coins of that denomina tion are not needed, and they are often palmed off upon unsuspecting persons as quarters. Rev. D. E. Butler declined a re-elec tion to the office of Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia. We publish this morning the call of the Chairman of the Executive Commit tee of Jefferson county for a meeting of the committee next Saturday. The meet ing is to be bild for the purpose of call ing a County -Convention to nominate candidates for the Legislature and to tend delegates to a District Senatorial Convention. We trust that there will be a full attendance of the committee on the meeting and that the Convention will be held at the earliest day possible, as the time of election is rapidly ap proaching. The Richmond delegates have suggested the 14th instant as the time for holding the Sanatoria! Conven tion, but we feel convinced that the delegates from both Richmond and Glascock will wait any reasonable time on the action of Jefferson. We have never believed for an instant that the Democracy of -Jefferson wished to de stroy their party and break down all the barriers between themselves and the common foe. They know too well what mischief would follow such a false step, and they will not take it. Jefferson is in line with her sister counties, and will fight under the flag of the true Demo cracy in December next. a m GEN. N.JRJFORREST. THE STORY OF A CAREER NEVER LIKELY TO BE REPEATED IN AMERICA. fils Proposed Duel With Kilpatrick—The Motto that Illustrated Ills Success as a General. Memphis, Tenn., October 29.—Gen eral Nathan Bedford Forrest, the well known Confederate cavalry officer, died at 7:30 o'clock this evening at the resi dence of'liis brother, Col. Jesse Forrest. He was born in Bedford eounty, Ten nesee, July 13, 1821. In 1834 his fnther removed to Mississppi, where he died in 1837, leaving a large family depen dent upon his son Nathan. Young For rest, accepting this responsibility, be took himself to farming. He was able to devote only a few of the Winter months to acquiring an education. He labored steadily, and energetically and by 1840 had, by good management, placed his family in comfortable circum stances. In 1842 he removed from his farm to Hernando, Mississippi, where he entered into business, remaining there until 1851, when he again removed to Memphis, Tennessee, where he be came a real estate broker and dealer in slaves. By 1859 he had acquired a for tune, and disposing of the greater share of liis business in Memphis be pur chased extensive plantations in Coa homa county, Miss., and became a large cotton grower, acquiring still another fortune in a few years. He was opposed to disunion in theory, but was an ar dent advocate of State rights, and when the Southern States seceded he joined the Confederates unhesitatingly. In the events that followed he bore a conspicuous part. The natural energy of his character kept him pretty con stantly in the public eye. He joined the Tennessee Mounted Rifles in June, 1861, as a private, but in July, at the request of the Governor of the State, he undertook the raising of a regiment of cavalry. In this he was successful. He equipped the men largely from his own private means, and was chosen their Lieutenant-Colonel. The regiment was moved into Fort Donelson in Octo ber. Its first engagement was with the United States guDboat Conestoga at Canton Landing. General Forrest bore a conspicuous part at Fort Donelson, and when it was determined to sur render he remonstrated, and before a flag of truce was sent he was allowed to attempt an escape with his command. The attempt was successful, General Forrest reaching Nashville easily with the main part of his force. His regi ment was increased in March to ten companies, and he was made its Colonel. In 1862 General Forrest was engaged at the battle of Shiloh, where he was wounded. In June of the same year he was assigned to the command of the cavalry at Chattanooga, and took part in the attack on Murfreesboro, July 13. The same month he was appointed Brigadier General, and was put in com mand at Murfreesboro. He was in com mand of a brigade at the action of Par ker’s Cross Roads and at the battle of Chicamauga. Transferred to Northern Mississippi in the latter part of 1863, he was appointed Major-General shortly after and given the command of For rest’s Cavalry Department. In April, 1864, Forrest led the successful attack oil Fort Pillow. This post, forty miles above Memphis, was held by a garrison of 557 Federal troops, including 262 blacks, and after a day’s fighting was carried by the Confederates at the point of the bayonet. The slaughter among the garrison was so groat that the en gagement has been familiarlv known, in the North at least, as the “Fort Pillow massacre,” and the odium of it has been generally made to rest, though unjustly, upon the shoulders of General Forrest. In February, 1865, Forrest was made Lieutenant-General, and in May of the same year he surrendered his army at Gainsville. After the war he was Presi dent of the Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad Company until 1874, when he resigned. General Forrest was not an educated soldier, but he had that within him—- energy, daßh and pluck—which goes to make a successful cavalryman. That he was successful, his remarkable marches and numerous victories fully attest. More than one unwary Federal General went into camp in fancied security thinking the enemy a hundred miles away, and before morning was awakened by an attack in force, against which he was powerless. His excuse at head quarters would be that it was Forrest who had made the attack. The cavalry man’s movements were as rapid and ec centric as those of a guerilla, yet he car ried with him' always a large and well-organized force. Someone asked him just before the close of the war, when his victories made him particularly conspicuous, what was the secret of his success. Iu his own homely way he said that it was by “git ting the most men thar fust.” Summer before last, when General Jndson Kil patrick was canvassing Indiana for the Republicans, he spoke of General For rest in such a way that the latter chal lenged him to fight a duel. As soon as the challenge was sent General For rest wrote to General Basil Duke, of Kentucky, that, in case his invitation was accepted—which he did not doubt for a moment—he would call on Duke to be his second. The letter further said that in the necessary arrangement he would like General Duke to insist that the duel should be fought on horseback with sabres, as that was the proper way for two cavalrymen to meet. General Duke at once engaged for his principal a steed for the encounter—a horse recommended by his owner to go over a church steeple if necessary—and awaited General Kilpatrick’s reply. Kilpatrick, however, declined to fight, on the ground that ho and Forrest “did not move in the same social sphere.” Had this duel taken place, it doubtless would have been conducted in a style delightfully dramatic. I.IKUTENANT-t-ENEHAI, N. B. FORItENT. Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Forrest is dead ! The great cavalry man has “passed over the river and now rests under the shade of the trees.” He was certainly an extraordinary man. We believe be was about the only General on the Confed erate side who never suffered de feat. Victory always perched upon his banner, and be proved himself a man of immense brain and untiring energy. When the story of the struggle for separation is written no name will shine brighter than that of Gener al Forrest, the groat Confederate cavalry leader. He was tt sans peur et sans reproache.” Death has claimed him, as it claimed Lee, Jackson and Ewell. The Sonth is bereaved at his death, for General Forrest impersonated all her ideas of chivalry and honor. He is gone; but let young Southerners grow up with the spirit of Forrest m their hearts—determination, will and energy. He made himself what he was—a great man, a great soldier.- He had the love of the Southern people, and now that he is dead they shed the same tears that they did when Jackson and Lee was taken away. His memory will always be creep in oui hearts, and may he rest in peace. The name of Nathan Bedford Forrest will inhabit the Temple of Fame. Admirer. Such names as Lucy Hamilton Hoop er, Ardern Holt, Martha J. Lamb, Mary B Dodee, Mary C. Harwood and Mad ame de Courcil, are enough to give char acter to any monthly. They are promi nent contributors to “Andrews Bazar that most admirable fashion periodical. You get, in addition to valuable literary contents, complete description.) of the fashions, illustrated with plates and pat terns, if they are desired. The total re sult is a treasure which no family shonld be without, for th-e magazine covers the widest field of interest. The matter can be easily tested by sending to \y. K. Andrews, of Cincinnati, for specimen copy; price, ten cents. William Ashley and David Carothers,, both under the influence of whisky, had an altercation recently in; York county, in the course of which the latter was badly cut. FORTY-Ft™_ CONGRESS;" DISCUSSING THE RESUMPTION ACT REPEAL. Reconsidering* Recommittal—Dilatory Mo lions Coastline tho House Morning HnOr-r Tactics of the Opposition—Temporary Ad journment of Comma Washington, November I.—Morri son, of Illinois, and Luttrell, of Califor nia, were the only Western Democrats who voted against the repeal of the re sumption act. It is thought that Con gress, by a concurrent resolution, will take a recess to allow New York and Pennsylvania members time to go home and Vote. The bill to repeal the resumption act oame up before Um House, ou Ewing’s motion to reconsider the vote of yester day, recommitting it. The vote was re considered, but no further progress was made, the morning hour (to which the consideration of the bill is restricted) having been used np in voting by yeas and nays. Thß opposition having re sorted to the tactics of delay, there is ho possibility under the rules of the House of having final action on the bill. It can only be considered in the morn ing hour, and the morning hour can al ways be used up by dilatory motions. The only alternatives are to report the bill again, and have it referred to the committee of the whole on the state of the Union (which would subject it to interminable debate and amendment) or to press it under a suspension of the rules, and this would require a majority of two-thirds. The House adjourned to to-morrow, with the understanding that it then adjourn to Tuesday, and theu without business adjourn to Thurs day. Tlie Silver Bill and Resumption Act—Abolish ing Free Hanking—Split Among the Infla tionists. The Star says : The Banking and Currency Committee did not agree this morning upon the silver bill, as was ex pected. There was so much wrangling in the committee over the repeal of the resumption bill that the entire two hours were consumed in the discussion of that subject. Some of the Western members who have been anxious for the repeal have discovered that the Ewing repeal bill absolutely abolishes free banking. This is really the purpose of Ewing, who wishes to substitute green backs for National Bank notes, but most of the Western Republican infla tionists are friends of the National Banking system. It soems possible, therefore, at the very outset, that the inflationists are liable to be split into separate factions upon this issue. In consequence of serious complaint that the United States Circuit Judge does not hold his Court in Mississippi, General Chalmers has introduced in the House of Bepresentatives a resolution of inquiry te know from tho Attorney- General the cause of this failure in jus tice. .Mexican Depredations—Firebrand in the Ultra Camp~Sustaining the President in Withdrawing Troops. Schleicher, of Texas, offered a resolu tion calling upon the President for all information relating to the condition of the Mexican border in Texas, and to any recent violation of the territory of the United States by incursions from Mexi co. Adopted. Goode, of Virginia, asked leave to offer a resolution declaring that, in the judgment of the House, the action of the President in withdrawing the Fed eral troops from the States of South Carolina and Louisiana was wise, just and constitutional; that it has con tributed in a large degree to the resto ration of peace and harmony throughout the country, nd is entitled to receive the cordial support of all men who realize that while there is a North and a South aud an East and a West, there is but one country, one Constitution and one destiny. Phillips, of Kansas, objected. Butler, of Massachusetts, suggested that it should be referred to the Com mittee on Education and Labor, and the matter dropped. The Committees—Abnut the Army Reduction. Chairman Harris has called the Elec tions Committee of the House for to morrow at 10 o’clock. The Privileges and Election Committee adjourned to to-morrow on account of a premature report of Morton’s death. The Banking and Currency Committee directed Mr. Ewing to report back a bill repealing resumption and demands its passage, after an hours’debate. It also appointed a sub-committee consisting of Messrs. Buckner, Eames and Phillips, on the silver bill. They will hold an early meeting to act on the subject. The Secretary of War, General Sher man, Adjutant-General Townsend, Quar termaster-General Meigs, Commissary- General McFoely and Chief of Ordnance General Beset were before the Appro priations Committee of the House ad vising against a reduction of the army. The bill will probably provide for 23,- 000 men with some reduction of staff officers. The Senate—Withers, Smithsonian Regent— Executive Session—The New York Custom House. In the Senate during the morning hour the Vice-President appointed Sen ator Withers, of Virginia, member of the Board of Regents of the Smithso nian Institution in place of Mr. Steven son, of Kentucky, whose term of service expired on the 4th of March last. A number of bills were introduced and re ferred to appropriate committees. The Senate then, on motion of Mr. Sargent, went into executive session, and when the doors were reopened, adjourned. The Senate confirmed LeDuc Com missioner of Agriculture. In executive session Stanley Matthews wished to know why the New York Custom House nominations were held in committee. Mr. Cockling said that the affairs of the New York Custom House were in the hands of capable men and there was no urgency. The scene was quite vigor ous and resulted in defeat, it is said, of Matthews, whose movement amounted to a demand for immediate considera tion of the nominations. The result was that the committee will not consider these nominations until next week. The President has recognized Osmond C. Howe Vice Consul of England at Pensacola. Department statement de crease during the month was 4} millions. In treasury coin, 131 millions; currency, 15 millions. A Question of Privilege. An ir,justice was done Senator Ran som in the statement that in anticipa tion of Mr. Morton’s death he had spoken for his seat on the floor of the Senate. It is the custom of Senators to apply for seats they think may become vacant, and to put down their names for the same sometimes two years in ad vance. During the last session of the Forty-fourth Cougress Senator Ransom pleasantly informed Senator Morton that he should apply for his seat, as he expected that the Indiana Senator would be beaten in the next Senatorial elec tion. Owing to the ill health of Mr. Morton at that time Senator Ransom, with charaoteristio delicacy, asked Mr. Bassett to reserve the ohoioe of tho seat for him, but not to put down bis name on the list. Since the unexpected se verity of Mr. Morten’s illness within the past few days several other Senators ap plied for the seat, and as no name was on the list, to prevent any one from se curing the seat which Senator Ransom had applied for last Winter, his name was put down for the same a few days since, withoui his knowledge or any consultation udth him* ( onllrmalioiiM. Postmaster £>. Logoi), Giiffio, Ga.; Archer, Gainesville, Ga.; Shaw, Tar boro, N. C.; Wallace, Y’orkviile, S. ('. SUBSTITUTE FOB EWING’S RE SUMPTION ACT. Fort’* Bill Aectpted—Effort to l.ay It on the Table Defeatel—The Bill Goes Over— Ad journment Through Respect to Morton. Washington, November 2.— The bill to repeal the Resumption act came np again in the House daring the morning hour, and Evintr, of Ohio (who has charge of it), withdrew the motion to re commit, acoepttd Fort’s bill as a substi tute, and moved the previous question. Hale, of Maine, moved to lay the bill on the table. Motion defeated—loß to 140. The morning hour expired and the bill went over. Several motions to adjourn over were made and defeated. The House adjourned till to-morrow in re spect to the late Senator Morton, and a committee of seven was appointed to at tend his funeral The Senate Adjaarna Till Tneaday—llouorg to Seaator Morton— Urn nill After Conk ling’3 The reading of the journal of yester day’s proceedings was dispensed with, and the death of Senator Morton was announced by Senator McDonald. A resolution, submitted by him, provided for the appointment of a committee of six Senators to attend the funeral of the deceased Senator, and was agreed to. The Vice-President designated Mc- Donald, Don Cameron, Bayard, Booth, Davis aud Burnside. The Senate then, at 12:10, as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, adjourned until Tuesday next. - . All flags are half-masted in respect for Morion’s death, which excites regret from bis opponents and deep grief from his personal friends, am Q n& whom are many of his most hearty political ene “Snator Ben Hill, of Georgia, in hope of the exit of Conkling, has filed an ap plication for his chair in the Senate Chamber. TIM) a—l OiauWaKplJH Army Uil —Twentj-two Tliouband the Basie—Five .Million Reduction Already—Special Order for Wednesday. Washington, November 2. The House army bill was reported aud made A special order for Wednesday next. It provides that the army shall continue of same foroe as of yesterday, November 1, aud forbids recruiting beyond what is necessary to maintain that force. The Committee on Privileges and Elections, after addressing a resolution of condoleuce to Mrs. Morton, adjourn ed, subject to a call of Chairman Mitchell. The House Elections Committee or ganized. Colorado will be the first in order. it is stated that Potter having re signed, Speaker Randall (the committee not having organized) stiil controls the Chairmanship of tbe Committee on the Texas Pacific Road. The Committee on Ways and Means paid their usnal visit to the President and Secretary of the Treasury. The Committee on Foreign Relations or ganized and considered a representative at the French Exposition. Tbe army bill provides that cavalry regiments may be recruited and kept np to 100 men to a company for service on the Mexican frontier, provided this does not increase the total force of the army. The bill is on a basis of 22,000 men, rank and file. The clause of the bill forbidding the use of the army for political purposes is omitted as unnecessary, and the esti mates of the War Office are reduced by five millions. Assistant Surgeon John H. Knsmau is ordered to report for duty in the De partment of tbe Gulf, relieving Assist ant Surgeon Wm. G. Spencet. The Speaker appointed as a committee to attend Morton’s funeral—Messrs. Hanna and Cobb, of Indiana; Wilson, of West Virginia; Burchard, of Illinois; Davidson, of Florida; Banks, of Massa chusetts, and Townsend, of New York. The Private Calamler—The Debate On the Resumption Act—How Fort’s Bill Differs With the Committee. Washington, November 2.—The army bill appropriates twenty-five and three quarter millions. None of the commit tees have taken formal action on adjourn ment of the extra session. Banning in troduced a bill for increased pay of let ter carriers prepared by a convention now iu session here. The call of com mittees being concluded, the Speaker stated that the Committee on Banking and Currency had the floor for the re mainder of the morning hour. Conger, of Missouri, moved to go into committee of the whole on the private calendar. The Speaker declined on the ground that there will be no bills ou the private calendar, and he added that the Chair ought to exercise a little common sense in such matters. Conger retorted that if the Chair was making an effort in that direction he (Conger) was unwilling to interfere with him. [Laughter.] Ewing, of Ohio : “I am instructed by the committee for the purpose of giving that opportunity for debate aud amendment about which gentlemen on both sides of the House seem to be so licitous, to ask uuanimons consent to substitute for the committee’s bill that presented by ihe gentleman from Illi nois (Fort), and that the substitute be made tbe special order for Tuesday, the 13th instant, and from day to day, until disposed of, with the understanding that two amendments may be offered be fore the previous question is de manded. The committee conceives that its bill is of precisely the same effect as that proposed by the gentleman from Illinois. The committee’s bill proposes to repeal the whole of t!ie] third section of the re sumption act. That third section repealed all the restriction on banking (as to the amount of bank currency and its distribution) that existed ou the 14th of January, 1875. If that third section be not itself repealed, the former re strictions and limitations repealed by it will not be restored. That is true as a proposition of law, and it is specially provided in the Revised Statutes (sec tion 12, chapter 2) that whenever an act which repealed a former act is itself re pealed such former act shall not be thereby repealed unless expressly so provided. The committee, therefore, believed aud still believes and has no question about it that if its bill becomes a law banking will bo froe. The bill of the gentleman from Illinois was proposed under the apprehensson that the repeal. of the third section would restoro the restrictions on the aggregate amount of banking currency and its dis tribution. For the purpose of quieting any fears of that sort the committee is willing to accept the amendment of the gentleman from Illinois as a substitute for its bill.” The Speaker informed him that this could not be done without unanimous consent. Objection was made. Hubbell, of Michigan (a mem ber of the Banking Committee), inquired of Ewing what amendments he would permit to be offered. Ewing replied that any two amend ments might be offered that would be agreed upon by the opponents of the bill. Hubbell : “Will you allow me to offer a substitute ?” Ewing repeated his proposition. Hubbell asked that his substitute be read. Ewing objected on account of time. Hubbell—“Then I object to your proposition.” Ewing—“Very well, I now yield the floor to the gentleman from Illinois to offer his amendment.” Fort thereupon offered his amend ment. Ewing—“l move the previous ques tion on tho bill and amendments. Hale, of Maine—“l move to lay them on the table.” The motion was defeated—yeas, 108; nays, 140. The Speaker then announced that the morning hour had expired. The Silver Dollar. Among the provisions of tho silver bill, upon which the Committee of Bank ing and Currency agreed to-day, are that the silver dollar shall not be a legal tender for contracts made from its de monetization to the passage of the act, and also limiting the amount for which it shall be legal tender. The Resumption Act Repeal—Efforts to Drive It from the Morning Hour—Recoin ing the Silver Dollar. Washington, November 3. —The bill to repeal the Resumption act again came up in tbe House, at the morning hour, and an effort was made by its friends to have an arrangement made by which it could be taken out of the morning hour and made the special or der for one week, with leave to diqcuss it and offer amendments; but an abso lute objection was made by Willis, of New York, who characterized the bill as an attack upon the National credit and said that it should be kept ont of the House. No progress was made with the bill. A bill to recoin the silver dollar and restore it to its legal tender value was, after a sharp struggle as to its reference, sent to the Committee on Coins, Weights and Measures, Stephens, Chair man. Adjourned to Monday. Secretary Thompson assured the Com mittee of Naval Expenditures, which visited him to-day, that he would give them every assistance in investigating operations of the Navv during Robe son’s administration. He also said he would co-operate with the committee in reducing the expenditures of the De partment. CRIMINAL ANNAIiS. Two Murderers Expiate Their C'riines Upon the GnllqwM* Washington, Braufokt County, N. C., November 3. — NathaD P. OvertoD, white, aged 34 years, and Noah Taylor, colored, aged 34, were yesterday exe cuted in the jail yard here for the mur der, two years ago, of Wm. Grimes. A Crazy Woiifan Forsakes Her Husband and Drowns Rer Bairns. Trot, N. Y., November 3.—The wife of Stephen May, of Mechanicsville, stole ont of her house while her husband.was sleeping, taking with her four of her children, aged 9,6, 4 and lj years, threw them into a deep swift running creek, in the rear of her premises, and jumped in herself. The eldest child managed to reach the shore and gave the alarm. The mother and one child were rescued. The bodies of two others were found two hours afterward. A Champion Free Lover. Boston, November 3.—E. H. Hey wood, prominently known as a leader of Free Lovers in this State, was arrested on a charge of circulating obscene lit erature, and bailed jn the sum of $1,500. TENBROECR AND PAROLE. The Great Race Postponed—Tenbroeck the Favorite. New York, November 2.— The great race between Tenbroeck and Parole will not be run to-morrow, owing to the se vere storm prevailing, which will render the track unfit. The match was made with the stipulation of a fair day and good track. The betting on the race is heavy ; several wagers of 81,00‘J to SBOO have been laid in favor of Tenbroeck. Both horses are in good condition. Abyminla va.'EaJVt. London, November 3, —A special dis patch from Alexandria says: The King of Abyssinia again threatens to invade Egypt with 120,000 men. G3n. Gordon is expected at Massowob to negotiate with him. STOPPfM mmATION. CHOKING UP PLEVNA’S LAST RE MAINING ARTERIES, Tfae Rehova Road Picketed—Cannoundins Turkish Detachments Ghazi Osman’s Peril—Outlets f.r Retreat Gradually Cut Off. London, November I.—lt appears from a Bucharest telegram, dated last night, that an effort is being made to gain possession of the Plevna and Ra hova roads. A Roumanian force which has been stationed between the rivers Vid and Iskra yesterday made a recon noissanoe along the Danube iu the di rection of Rahova. At Vadeni they found a Turkish detachment occupying some earth works. A Roumanian re port states that after a brief cannonade the Turkish magazine exploded, and the garrison retreated in the direction of Rahova; two companies of Roumanians occupy the redoubt. A special from Vienna says that the uneasiness at Constantinople about Ghazi Osman’s army is by means ground less. It is true there are the roads in the direction of Widden and Vratza which do not appearjto have been olosed, but these ere of little avail for supplies, and are very poor substitutes for tbe Sofia road in tbe ease of retreat from Plevna. While there were only detach ments of Russian cavalry ranging west of the Vid aud all important points on the road were held by the Turks, re treat oould have been effeoted with tol erable facility, but now that the Musco vite army may be said to be in the rear of Plevna, and on a most direct line of retreat, a retiring movement by the oth er routes becomes a rather doubtful matter. Tvro Evacuating Battalion. Captured at Han.au Kalek. London, November I.—An eye wit ness telegraphs from Erzeroum : “As the Turks were evacuating Hassan Kaleb, on Tuesday night, the Russians surprised their rear guard, taking two battalions prisoners. The Russian loss is insignificant. The enemy’s approach was utterly unexpected. The Turks now occupy a formidable position at Deve boyun. [Note, —Deveboyun is the last defensive position east of Erzeronm. Call for Troops at Constantinople—Further Kussiau Victories—Murktar Not Vet Oiven Up. Constantinople, November I.—lt is officially announced that 226,795 men are to be immediately called out for ac tive service. A majority of these are members of the reserve. The draft will leave 333,412 registered members of the reserve. A considerable force of Rus sians is concentrated in the Hain Bog haz Pass. * A Russian official dispatch says: “The total number of prisoners captured at Dnbnik and Telisehe was seven thous and, including two Pashas, two hundred officers and an English Colonel in the Turkish service. After the victories at Dubuik and Telisehe, Russian scouts approached Radomirze, and Ohevket Pasha, with twelve battalions, fled from there without waiting to destroy the bridge, which is now intaot in our hands. Our cavalry is pursuing Chev kot Pasha.” A Renter telegram from Constantinople reports that twenty bat talions of Turks have taken up position at Kurkajuk, near Bogan. The Russians are advancing by way of Olti to Farn Erzeroum. Iu official circles Ghazi’s position is considered critical but not desperate. THE FORTRESSES OF KARS AND ERZEROUM. The Deviboytui (’rest—lmpregnable Fortifi cation*— Can Mouktar Plant the Ramparts with Mon —Erzeroum Well Garrisoned Though Assailable—Shocking Condition of Kars. London, November 2.—Apropos of Constantinople telegram saying that Mouktar Pasha’s position is critical, the following are extracts from a review of the Asiatic campaign in yesterday’s Times from the pen of Captain Nor man, lately a correspondent with Mouk tar’a army and expelled by the Turks for unfriendly criticisms : “The Devi boyau, the crest of a range 2,000 feet higher than the surrounding plain, pre sents every facility for a most deter mined resistance. If Ghazi Mouktar can reach this in safety and throw 25,000 men into the very lormidable works that under the able direction of his gallant Hungarian chief of staff, Gen eral Kohlmann, have been recently con strueted, Deviboyan should defy a frontal attack, and at this season a flank movement over mountains 8,000 to 9,000 feet above the sea presents almost insur mountable difficulties. As to a flank movement from Olti and Pennek, it may be checked by the troops from Pennek under Hassan Bey, who will ocoupy the works at Guirji Boghaz, a pass where the three roads from Pennek to Erze rotun converge. E>z oroum is not a very formidable fortress, but under the able direction of General Kohlmann the enciente has been repaired, the parapets considerably strengthened, magazines placed under the ramparts, detached forts fully provisioned, arrangements made to insure an adequate supply of water and more than 100 Krnpp guns, varying from fifteen to twenty centi metres oilibre, mounted ou the walls. The city, however, is very unhealthy, typhus fever having been rife all tbe Bummer, and, moreover, it is very in adequately provisioned as far as tbe civilian element is concerned, all stores having been seized by the Government for the use of the troops. Referring to the reports from St. Petersburg of negotiations for the Surrender of Kara* Captain Norman says: “I cannot credit the rumors that the commandant has entered into negotiations for the surrender of that fortress. lam aware, from personal observation, that very large supplies for both small arms and artillery were thrown into the place dur ing July, August aud September, and that the commissariat store houses were completely replenished. It was danger ously denuded of troops during tbe oc cupation of tho Aladja Dagh. If Moukh tar Pasha was enabled subsequent to his defeat on the 14th of October to leave a garrison of the same strength as he did in April, there should bo no fear for its safety. If, however, he was un able to do so tt is more than probable it will fall by a coup d’main, but it will not be starved into submission.” [Note— The garrison in April consist ed of twenty-nine battalions, numbering less than 500 men each.] Russian Cos in inn. m!e I'M Quartering Around Plevna—Heavy Russian Defeat at Dubrlk aud Great Losses. London, November 2—A special dispatch from 13ogol, about eight miles south of Plevna, has the following : The Czar arrived here on the 27th of October. Grand Duke Nicholas has his headquarters here. General Todteben is • t Tuckenitza, with his staff. Prince of Roumania’s headquarters aro at Po radin. An attack on Lilische simulta neously with the capture of Dnbrik, on the 24th ultimo, waR repulsed with a loss of one thousand men. The loss at Dubrik was three thousand men. Every brigade and regimental commander was killed or wounded, and as nearly all the officers of guards are personally known at headquarters, the fact that two hun dred officers have been placed hors du combat has cast deep gloom over mem bers of the staff at Bogol. The bombardment of Plevna continues in a desultory way. Siilicman Looks Over tlie Disaffected States. London, November 2. —A Vienna cor respondent telegraphs as follows : “Me hemet Ali has arrived at Salonica, en route for his Herzegovinian command. He will establish his headquarters at Novi Bazar, which is convenient for op eration either against Montenegro or Servia. Militia from Constantinople are to be sent to reinforce him.” Siliatria Threatened With Investment. A special dispatch from Sumla says : “Silistria is threatened with investment, but is exceedingly strong in its defense and fully armed. The garrison is in ad mirable condition, and commanded by Selami Pasha, one of the ablest Turkish Generals. around about pi.evna. Reserved at Byzantium—Reinforcement, for Unman —A Russian Mebeme to Pierce the Balkansßeiofe Subduing Plevna—Repulses Along the Orchanie Road. London, November 3.—A Vienna cor respondent telegraphs as follows : “It is said that there are still from 25,000 to 30 000 regular troops in and around Con stantinople. The council of war has ordered these troops to start immedi ately for Orchanie and Sophia to relieve Osman Pasha.” A Bucharest dispatch says it is report ed that the Russians are forming an army of 70,000 men, with which it is de signed to cross the Balkans and advance upon Adrianople without waitiDg for the fall of Plevna. The Porte has issued to the populace official assurance that Plevna is amply provisioned and can hold out for months. A dispatch from Sophia says : “ Fighting continues on the Orchanie and Pievna road. Chevket Pasha occu pies a position commanding the junction of the Orchanie and Plevna and the Ot chanie and Lovatz roads. The Russian advance has been repulsed with heavy loss. Reinforcements are arriving rapidly. An attempt to retake Telische will be made immediately.” • I have used Dr. Ball’s Cough Syrup and found it the best cough remedy I ever tried. -W. P. Clarke, 920 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, November 27, 1875. SOUTH CAROLINA. PALMETTO NEWS LEAVES. Abbeville’s fair is in full blast. The Columbia boys are drilling nightly. Hard evil lo is infested with burglars. Diphtheria has disappeared in Colum bia. Union county will have a fair on the 6th. Mr. James Sanders, of Barnwell, is dead. Greenville is advised to repair her roads. The Charleston College reopened yes terday. Flint Hill. Fairfield county, will not be a post office. Newberry tax payers seem to be re markably prompt. The Winnsboro Herald wants the bell punch in Carolina. Woodville Academy iu Edgefield coun ty needs a teacher. A genuine imported Irish cock has ar rived in Charleston. Greenville seems determined to have a library association. Judge Kershaw seems to have done good work in Fairfield. Charleston’s jail holds one hundred and thirty-five prisoners. Edgefield will have a meeting to-mor row over her branch railway. Senator Sammy Green, of Beaufort, has handed in his resignation. The Rifle Battalion of Charleston will attend the State Fair in a body. Cardoza’s case came off yesterday in Columbia. Smalls next Monday. The artillery men in Charleston will soon have another target practice. There are 150 criminal cases for trial at the Charleston Court of Sessions. A son of Mr, W. H. Sloan, of New berry, died the other night of cronp. Charlie Minort. colored member of the House fr m Richland, has resigned. Captain Tillman Clark is goiug to build a large hotel at Pine House Depot. The Advertiser says that Edgefield’s cemetery is in a very shameful condition. A man named Gunter, in Aiken coun ty, recently shot James Gantt in the head. The Charleston Custom House exami nation is developing some rotten re cords. Tho Aiken Courier-Journal wants all Boards of County Commissioners abol ished. Rev. Dr.'Girardeau has been assisting in a satisfactory Presbyterian revival in Chester. Mr. David Campbell, a woll known citizen of Fairfield, died on Tuesday morning. Mr. W. Y. Fair and Mrs. Sems, in Newberry, lost their gin houses by fire last week. Mayor Mauldin, of Greenville, was recently thrown from his horse, sprain ing his leg. Mr. Winthrop Williams is filling the chair of Mr. Graham in the Comptroller General’s office. Dr. L. C. Stephens, of Newberry, will be surgeon on the staff of Brigadier- General Bamberg. J. C. Willingham has been elected Captain of the Richardson Light Dra goons, of Barnwell. The movement to change the Trial Justice system to County Courts seems to be gaining favor. A Columbia man writes the Charles ton News that four Augusta companies are going to the fair. The Comptroller-General has extend ed the time for paying State and county taxes to Novembet 15th. The nomination of Y. J. Pope for the Judgeship of the 7th Circuit has been received with much favor. It was reported that Mayor Agnew, of Columbia,*bad received the Collector ship of the Chailestou Port. Prof. Joseph P. Pritchard, of New berry, has been eleoted rector of the Cokesbury Conference School. Speaker Wallace will forthwith call for an election for a Representative in Richland and Kershaw counties. A correspondent does not think that Sumter county is able to subscribe to the Georgetown and Chester Road. The Columbia Register shows that from ’73 to ’76 $184,704 74 was the amount unpaid ou ti;e school fund. Ex-Revenue Collector L. Cass Carpen ter is a defaulter to the General Govern ment to the amount of about $3,000. Hon. C.C. Memminger, of Charleston, is mentioned for the Chairmanship of the Committee on Ways and Means. Hon. Jno. H. Evins has been placed on the Committee ou Military Affairs, and Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken on Agricul ture. Mr. W. I. Gregg, a former resident of Columbia, was stabbed through the lungs, in Marion, by E. P. Ellis, who escaped. The Governor has pardoned Monday Gaillard, Jack Grant, Jack Wineglass, James Osborn and Stephen- Grant, Oombaliee rioters. , The Barnwell People is authorized to say that Judge Maher is not and will not be a candidate for the vacancy on the Supreme Bench. Rev. W. T. Hundley, of Virginia, from the Chesapeake Bay region, has accepted the call to fill tho Baptist Church at Edgefield. Mr. James Chapman, while ’possum hunting, near Aiken, last week, killed an otter measuring five feet in length and weighing forty pounds. Samuel W. Maurice, Esq., editor of the Kingstree Star, has been appointed as aide-de-camp to Governor Hampton, withjthe rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. The Register says that Mr. Graham, who was killed Saturday, was enjoying a practice of SIO,OOO a year when Can by’s infamous order drove him from his profession. Abont fifty ex members of the Legisla ture have testified before tbe Investigat ing Committee that Patterson tried to bribe them to vote for him for United States Senator. If the Supreme Court shall decide that the election viva voce of Judge Shaw was unconstitutional, every Cir cuit Judge on tbe bench, except Judge Kershaw, will lose his seat. THE TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT. Who Shall be the Nominee ?—Hon. W. D. Tutt the Man for the Place. Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist: As the approaching election is at the present time the most interesting topic of both the press and the people, I will, with your permission, make use of a short space in your columns in reference to the same in the 29th S notorial Dis trict. This District will vote solidly for ratifying the Constitution, and also (with the exception of Wilkes, whioh will give a majority in favor of Milledge ville), will vote solidly for Millodge ville. This county (McDuffie) will re elect Dr. Jas. S. Jones by an almost unanimous vote for the Lower House. But the question whioh now agitates this people is, who will be our next Sen ator ? Some hope to avoid strife by the re-election of Judge Reese. Why foster such a hope, when Judge Reese has already publioly declared that he could not serve tbe people again on account of his failing health aud pressure of business? Nor would it be justice to Judge Reese for the people to endeavor to force him to serve them again, if they could. The Judge is now in the “evening of life,” and ne:d3 rest; he has served the peo ple in both a judicial and legislative ca pacity, long and faithfully, and the peo pie love and revere him. Therefore Wilkes county is considered out of the race entirely, therefore the candidate must be chosen either from McDuffie or Lincoln (as Colnmbia is also out of the race). Now should Wilkes combine with any one of these counties that one will nominate her candidate. The dele gates from this oonnty aro the only ones which go instructed; they go in stmeted to vote for Colonel H..C. Roney, of this place. Lincoln claims that she is entitled to the representation this time ; McDuffie and Wilkes claim that this dis trict has long since abandoned the rota tion plan. Now if Lincoln feels thus why should she not cast her votes on next Tuesday in the District Convention for her honored and worthy son, Hon. W. D. Tntt, the man who was nurtured and raised among her grand old hills, and who loves her even as a ohild loves its mother, and who feels as deep an in terest in her welfare and prosperity as any son that to-day treads her gracious soil; the man who, when the first olarion note of war was sonnded, took up arms in his country’s defense, and who stood by her “colors” through all of her wear isome marches and through the battles fierce and wild, and who, after four long years of suffering, danger and privation, was one of the last to yield up his arms, and with a heart saddened by his coun try’s woe, return to his homo. What has he done since then, men of Lineoln ? Did he not toil on your ragged bills as an honest farmer for several years ? Did he not represent you in the Legislature, and ably too ? Now, one word more, and I have done. It is thought by some that Col. T. is no aspirant for the position; in one sense of the term he is not; his name was not before the ooun ty convention, neither has he ever an nounced himself a candidate, but he is willing to serve the people; he does not want the people to serve him. He says now, and has always said, that he will not seek the office, the office most seek him. He is no politician, but a quiet, unassuming, business man, one who lovee his country and his people. Think of it, delegates; there are some who are candidates for nomination, wljo, if they were actually nominated the people wonld not eleot. Cast your votes for Col. Tntt, on the 6th, and save strife and secure an able and worthy Senator. “Vox Populi.” Thomson, Ga,, November 2, 1877. ATLANTA’S FUOFIMITION. Um Legality Questioned—She Caunot Comply Wily Her Proposition ns It Now Stands. [Correspondent* of Columbus Enquirer Certaiu papers in the State are keep ing constantly before the public Atlan ta’s great proposition to give the State of Georgia land, and on it build her a Capitol. Not content with this paid or gratuitous advertisement they seek and publish opinions from legal geutlemen upon the subject. In a recent number of the Constitution is an article from the pen of that able lawyer, Col. Porter Ingram, ou this subleot. Now, we do not take issue with Col. Ingram. We admit that the city of Atlanta can do everything permitted her by that clause of the new Constitution which reads as follows : “If any municipal corporation shall offer to the State any property for lo cating or building a Capitol, and the State accepts said offer, the oorporatiou may comply with such offer.” This clause gives the power to the municipality of Atlanta or any other in the State, but the section from which it is taken says that tbe authority by which the municipality appropriates money mnst be delegated by the General As sembly. If the city of Atlanta had made a proposition she could not raise one dollar without authority from the Gen eral Assembly, prescribing the mode of raising the money aud delegating through charter privilege her right so to do; moreover, it would require an act of the General Assembly, as representing the State, to accept the city’s offer. Tho. charter of Atlanta, ns |it now stauds, oonfers no power on its Oity Council to give away the public property, nor any power to tax the people at largo to raise money to give away. See chapter 1874, page 116. The present Constitution does not give City Council, aud not even tho city, this right; yet the proposition is paraded before the public aud intelligent men are asked to vote on it. “The Mayor and Counoil of Atlanta repeat aud de clare that Atlanta will give ten acres of land and two hundred thousand dollars to Georgia!” The same number of men in Columbus could make tbe same proposition, and in luw it would be just about as binding. If this Mayor and Council were to pass another ordinance levying a tax to raise tho money, it would not ba worth any more than their present proposition, i, e. , the paper it was written on. Any citizen tax-payer could stop them in an hour by a writ of injunction, which the Superior Court could not and would not refuse. A oareful read ing of Colonel Ingram’s opinion will show that that astute lawyer says “upon any fair construction of the clause in the Constitution, I thiuk that no Court could hesitate to hold that the city of Atlanta can both donate land and build a Oapitcl.” Two things are necessary before any Court would bo called upon to pass on that question. First, tbe new Constitution must be in force; second, the city of Atlanta mnst make the proposition. Neither of these things have been done, nor can they be done until after the election, if then. The question of the location of the Capitol will have been settled by a vote of the people long before either of these conditions could arise. Where, then, is the voter to be caught by this gilded, high-sounding advertisement of the Mayor and Council of Atlanta ? But suppose the new Constitution is in force aud the city of Atlanta, by a unanimous vote of its tax payers, offered to build Georgia a Capitol; even then it would be questionable whether or not she had tho right to make the offer or carry out the proposition. The Courts have been very strict in their construction of all law's granting taxable powers to municipal corporation. Some weeks ago was pub lished in your paper a “brief” upon this subjeot, in whioh the following estab lished principles wore given and backed by the city authorities : 1. Municipal governments, especially town governments, are very strictly lim ited in their power,and can do no act and contract no debt and raise taxes for no purpose not duly authorized by charter. 2. Town governments are mere trus tees, and have no power to apply town, taxes aud town lands to any uses but the strict uso of all the inhabitants, 3. The State itself has no power to grant power to a City Council to givo away the publio property nor any power to tux the people at large to raise money to give away. Private property cannot be taken by taxes or any other means for private use, nor even public uso without being first paid for. Any one desiring enlightenments up on these propositions is cited to the fol lowing: U. S. Supreme Court in oases of Citi zens’ Saving and Loan Association of Cleveland vs. City of Topeka—No. 729, October term, 1874. Two Cent Law Journal 156, Alcott vs. Supervisors 10, Vol. 689. People vs. Salem 20, Mioh. R. 452; Jackson vs. Andover 103, Mass. 95; Dil lon vs. Municipal Corporation, Seo. 587. Cooly on Constitutional Limitations, pages—l 29, 175, 487, 489. Lowell vs. City of Boston—American Law Rev. July, 1873. Jenkins vs. And over 103, Mass. Rep. 74. The question, then, of the location of the Capitol is one of dollars and cents to the tax payers of Georgia. In last Tues day’s issue of your paper appeared some figures showing the difference in cost to the State for the government nine years in Atlanta, nine years in Milledgeville. That difference was seven million five hundred and twenty four thousand five hundred and six dollars. Let the voters “put this in their pipes and smoko it.” Again, eleven thousand dollars, by es timates made, will make now the Capitol in Milledgeville, inside aud out. Two thousand will do the same for the Exe cutive Mansiou. Seven thousand is a largo margin for cost of removal. This is a total of $20,000. If Atlanta retains the Capitol tbe Stato will ha7e to give away the State House in Milledgeville, nor can she use tho “Operry House” (as the Widow Bedott calls it) in Atlanta. That is too shaky. Anew building will have to be erected, and if anew Capitol building is ever started in Atlanta nobody can say what it will cost or when tho Legislature -will get through donating to it. Snppose, however, it takes two hundred thousand dollars. Here, then, is twenty thousand against two hundred thousand—Mil ledgeville vs. Atlanta. Tax payers, young men (whowillsoon be tax payers), colored poople (you who are working hard and accumulating property), all of you, “ put this iu your pipe and smoko it.” TIIE ACCESSIBILITY OF ItIILLKIMIK VILLK. A Reply to Senator Illll’a Statement. The Macon Telegraph and Messenger has the following facts and figures, which effectually answers Mr. Hill’s argument, or rather statement, of the superior accessibility of Atlanta to the mass of the people of Georgia, and per oonseqnence its superior adaptability as tbe capital of the State to Milledgeville: Counties and parts of counties nearest Milled~e olle 80 Counties and parts of counties nearest Atlanta 57 Majority of counties nearest Mil ledgeville 23 Population of 80 counties and parts of counties nearest Mil ledgeville 706,994 Population of 57 counties and pa:ts of counties nearest Atlan ta 488,344 Majority in favor of Milledgeville. 218,650 i Number of polls in 80 counties and parts of counties nearest Mil ledgeville 122,584 Number of polls in 57 counties snd parts of counties nearest At lanta 86,345 Majority of polls in favor of Mil ledgeville 36,289 Value of property in 80 counties and parts nearest Mi11edgevi11e..5187,635, 336 Value of property in 57 counties and parts nearest Atlanta 108,218,414 Balance in favor of Milledgevillo...s 29,416,922 Total number of miles of railroad in Georgia.. 2,210 Number of miles nearest and cen treing at or in the vicinity of Milledgeville 1,6144 Number nearest and centreing at or near Atlanta 595 J Preponderance in favor Milledge vUlß 1,019 Uniformed Postal Officials. The Postmaster-General has issned the following order: “Inasmuch as the public interests seem to require that all employees of this department who, in the perform ance of their official dnties, aro obliged to handle the mails in public, should be known by some outward designation, it is, therefore, “Ordered, That each railroad post office clerk, route agent, mail route mes senger and local agent be, and is hereby required to provide himself a uniform within sixty days from this date, the same to be worn at all hoars when on duty, and to be made according to the accompanying specification. D. M. Key, Postmaster-General.” Columbus, Ga., August 24th, 1877. Dr. C. J. Moffett : Dkab Doctor— We give your “Teethi na” (Teething Powders) to our little grandchild with the happiest results. The effects were almost magical, and certainly more satisfactory than from anything we ever used. Yours very truly, Josephs. Key, Pastor of St. Paul Church. Mr. Samuel C. Youngblood, of York, is dead, '