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W ; N ESI>A Y, NOVEMBER 14, 1877.
editorial NOTRU.
‘•The Tall Sycamore" '8 30.
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The jokers suy that Morimey takas liis
palitios on the Schell.
One baky in three die * in Parii **“* ou, ’
io fire dies in Berlin.
The Savings Banks of Naw York cil}
bold $120,000,000 of deposits.
The daily watch over General Lf.e’s
grave lias l>een discontinued.
Ex-Senator Lyman Trcmbwll Ims
mariied his cousin, Mart Inoraham.
A uranb sox of Patrick Henry lias
hseu elected to the Virginia Legislature.
T'nß Piute* elect a doctor by lot, and, on
Ibe demise of his third patient, the doctor
is stoned to death.
The street lamps of Providence, K. L,
are lighted by electricity, at a saving of
$25,00C per annum.
The editor of tbe Mountain Echo, a Ken
tuck v weekly, declines the tender of a
rattlesnake for a year’s subscription.
A Dallas (Texas) man was recently
bitten by a skunk, and died 12 hours after
ward in agony. The skunk has not been
heard from.
Attorneys at law, after admission, an
required in New Yotk t* he put *n proba
tion for two years before being admitted to
the bar as
The Boston baby show broke up iu a
row. Mothers who did not get prizes grew
indignant and made the judges feel that
life was a hollow mockery.
The Jews of New York form 10 per
cent, of the population and contribute less
than 1 per cent, to the criminal classes
This speaks volumes for their morality.
Mtt. Blaine’s doctor warns him to be
careful or he will soon follow Morton
The Maine Senator is a high liver and lias
a aood constitution, but lie abuses it terri
bly. _
A Maryland bride, 40 years old, went
oft In a spasm just as the important words
were to be spoken, and was taken from the
church to the insane asylum a raving ma
uiac.
TnK “ Stalwarts” ure congratulating
themselves on a Republican victory at
Shreveport, La., but the New Orleans pa
pers say that it was "straight Conserva
tive"—-that is—Democratic.
While Richard Grant Wiiite is tell
ing the world how to write good English, a
deserted woman is telling an awful story
atiout him—the more awful because Mr.
White is a much married nut.
A member of Congress declared, in a
speech, on Wednesday last, that there arc
not loss than 100,000 people in the city and
vicinity of New York who live by begging
and stealing. "Results of the war."
TnK New Orleans Democrat is wrestling
■with Judge Strong’s lettur. It cannot rc.
coneih* his theory and practice, and thinks
Congress ought to impeach him. If evety
man is to bo disgraced because his theory
and practice are sometimes at variance, the
■world had better stop at once.
The World attributes Morrissey’s suc
cess to the fact that Mr. Talmagk prayed
against him. The truth Is though, that
while the kid-gloved Republicans prayed
against they voted for him. In this they
reversely resembled a certain South Caroli
na Judge, who voted for Seymour and
Blair, but laid all his bets on Grant and
(Colfax.
The Chicago Tribune announces as the
result of an examination of milkmen’s
cans, in that city, that of all the product
sold’as milk, 2d per cent., or nearly one
fourth, is added water; second, that the
milk has been deprived of 48.7 per ceut., or
nearly one-half of its cream; third, that
•only 20 per cent., or ouc-fifth of the supply
is genuine milk.
The Washington National Republican
uas managed to rake up one harsh and un
seemly notice of Senator Morton’s death
from the Southern press, and makes it tbe
text of general condemnation. Nearly
■every Southern pai>er spoke kindly and
charitably of the Indiana statesmaa, but
that couuts for nothing, we suppose, with
stalwart Radicals who desire to make a
point. _
Morton, when a young man, used to
•stand pluiup six feet high, and without an
ounce of superflotu flesh, or fullness,
turned the scales at 280 pounds. He was
forty-three inches round the chest, his
shoulders were square as the outliues of a
brick, he wore a 17j inch collar and a num
ber eight hat; his limbs were straight and
massive, and his hands and feet smal: and
well shaped.
Colonel Robert Ingersoll, in allud
ing to the story concerning his father’s se
verity, writes: "My father was a man of
great natural tenderness, and love*! his
children almost to insanity. The little se
verity he had was produced by his religion.
Like most men of his time, he thought
Solomon knew something about raising
children. For my part, I think he should
have known better than to place the least
confidence in the advice of a man so utter
ly idiotic as to imagine he could be happy
witli 700 wives.”
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It is related that a devoted adherent of
Disraeli once look his two sons to town
t present them to his distinguished leader.
“Give them a word of advice, Mr. Dis
raeli. on their introduction iato life,"
said he; "it would be an honor they would
sever forget.” The Premier was very much
worried at the request, hut at last he con
sented. "Never try to ascertain," he said
to the elder boy. “who was the man who
wore the iron mask, or you will be thought
a terrible bore. Nor do you," he added to
the second, “ask who was the auther of
•Junius.’ or you will be thought a bigger
bore than your brother.”
Tim question : When is a man of age ?
is being discussed by the Cincinnati 2?a
quirer with reference to the qualifications of
voters. Bi.ackstone says the term of mi
airship expires on the day preceding tbe
anniversary of the birthday, that the law
4oe il'Ot regard the fraction of a day. "Ty
lrr on Infancy and Coventure” says: “In
law a pet?on is reputed to be twenty
one years <w age on the opening of the last
day of the tweWf-first year of his life, al
4hough, bv the natcrtl computation of time,
■several hours might mervene before he ac
tually attains to the full m of tweutv-one
Tears. For example, a man Batje on the
first day of FnbWiiry, 1.600, after aderen
o’clock at night, wa* adjudged to be af futb
age the second mioutotdUtr one o’clsck on'
she morning of the last day of January.
1 Ml. Here it will be observed that the in
dividual had not lived twenty-emeywesby
a‘tout forty-eight tours; and if the btrtt
w-re on the last second of one day, and
the act on the first second of the preceding
dav twenty-one years after, then twenty
•ne years would be complete, because the
3*w recognizes no fraction of a day j and it
is the same whether a thing is done upo*
se jaomeu of a day or or astber."
JUDGE nu M. HKBSE.
It will be seen from tbs proceedings
of the Convention, at Thomson, tbst
Judge Reesr was nominated by a unani
mous vote. This action of the Conven
tion was taken after s letter was read
from Judge Rebar, stating thst he was
not a candidate, and that he did not
desire his name presented to the Con
vention.
Judge Reese has served his District
in the Senate long and faithfully. He
desired to retire from politics. In the
face, however, of his expressed declina
tion, his nomination is a oompliment to
bis great worth and usefulness. The
oompliment is deserved, for no man
has served the State in the legisla
tive department wi'h more fidelity
than the distinguished Senator from
the Twenty ninth. Judge Bkebk took
a prominent part iu framing the new
Constitution. In the new Senate no
man could render more service than
Judge Reese. Whatever changes may
be required to conform the statute to
the fundamental law he would readily
understand. By reason of his profession
al services on the bench and at the bar,
and his familiarity with the legislative
department of the government, Judge
Reese could render the State invaluable
service. Having been nominated against
his wishes, it is to be hoped that he will
oonsent to s rve the State, and espe
cially his immmediate constituency of
Wilkes, McDuffie, Columbia and Lin
coln. The people have honored him.
They now have a right to demand his
services.
JEFFERSON AND THE ORGANIZED
DEMOCRACY.
We see no reason for publishing the
whole of “D.’s” long article in the Jef
ferson Newt and Farmer in opposition
to making nominations for office. “D.”
says the Democracy need not disband,
but can keep on the lookout for an ag
gressive movement from the Radical
party, which may, “MiNBBVA-like, spring
into existence.” If the Democratic par
ty is divided and disorganized by means
of tbe Independent movement, it cannot
be re-united and re organized, and tbe
Radicals will be enabled to obtain con
trol of the State government. In three
weeks’ time, Conley, Blodgbtt, Bryant
and Akrbman could make the Republi
can party as compact and as formidable
*s it has ever been in Georgia. The
Democracy, composed of entirely dif
ferent material, cannot be brought
back under a common banner if they
ever desert its folds. “D.” says that
“ nominations do not accord with Demo
cratic principles.” This is a great mis
take. In every State in the Union the
Democratic party nominates its candi
dates for every office, either by a Con
vention or by a primary election. Even
the candidates for tbe Presidency— the
highest office within the gift of the peo
p.e—are compelled to go before a Con
vention, to which delegates are chosen
from the different States, and stand or
fall by its action. “ D.” attempts to
give local application to his complaints
by oharging that the last nominations
in Jefferson for the General Assembly
“gave considerable dissatisfaction.”
We are a little astonished at the state
ment. Messrs. Polhtll and Evans—
the members elected—were meu of
ability and integrity, and made a
fine record for themselves in the
House of Representatives. As
this charge has never been made
public before, we are constrained to
think that “D.” is mistaken in his asser
tion. Indeed, “D.” admits as much
himself by adding after the statement
about “considerable dissatisfaction” ex
isting, “notwithstanding we could have
done no better by any other selection.”
But if improper nominations arc made,
it is the fault of the members of the
Democratic party, who either do not
take part in the primary meetings, or,
else, vote knowingly for bad men, jnst
as when improper persons are elected to
office it is the fault of the people, who
either do not go to the polls or, else,
misuse the ballot when they do. A ma
jority of the members of a political
party can always control its uomina
tions—no matter by wbat method they
may be made. “D.” thinks that while
there is but one party and nominations
are equivalent to elections, nominations
are unnecessary. There are two parties
iu the Stale—o3o aotive, the other
atent. If the organization of the former
is not maintained, division and disrup
tion will inevitably ensue and the latter
will spring into new' lifp and power.
The dissensions which at first cause the
loss of a Senator or a Representative
will, unless checked, eventually cause
the loss of a Congressman, of a Govern
or and the State, of a President and the
Union. A Democratic President in
1880 is among the things that are cer
tain, if the South remains true to the
oolore of Democracy! bnt if the selfish
schemes of Independents ar* allowed to
destroy the Democratic organiaation in
Georgia and other Sonthern States, the
long and dreary night of Radicalism
will not come to an end—at least
daring the tifa of this generation
of meD. “ D.” closes bis article
with the expression ol a hope
that “we will at once stop nominating
through Executive Committees for
office.” if any such practice exists in
Jefferson, or lh any pther oounty of the
State, we sincerely join is the hope that
it may at once be discontinued. Execu
tive Committees of oounties or Btatee
are not nominating bodies, except when
a properly nominated candidate dies,
declines to run, or, by some act, forfeits
his nomination too l*te for another can
didate to be chosen by the ordinary
methods. The duty of an Executive
Committee, ordinarily, is simply to de
cide upon the time, the place, and the
matinee iu which nominations shall be
made. We b**a sever heard of nomina
tiofs'being made in tint State by Execu
tive Committee*, and the apprehension
of “D.” in this connection is whoMy
groundless.
So far as Jefferson is concerned, the
Democratic citizens of that county de
sire that nomiuatiops shall be made for
a Senator and for membeeaof the House
of Representatives, as they have always
been made. They do not wish the la
borers on every plantation in the oennty
set by the ears and demoralized in or
der to benefit some dm who is not the
choice of his party and who to *oyilling
to abide it* decision. The Chairman
of the County Executive Committee has
called a meeting of that body in Louis
ville to-morrow for the purpose of ar
ranging to send delegatee to. a denato:
rial Convention and to nominate oandi- *
dates for the lower branch of the Gen
eral Assembly. We Hist that theie
will be a full attendance upon the meet
ing and that the machinery of the
party will be pat regularly in motion,
SENATOR VOORHBES.
Because Governor Williams appoint
ed Hon. D. W. Yoobhmh to fill the seat
of Oliver P. Mobto* the National Re
publican is, like all of its Republican
colleagues, very mneh disgruntled. We
are told that “this announcement
brings no joy to any true Republican
heart. Yoobhrbs is uot the man to fill
the place of Indiana's great war states
man. He may have intellect, but he has
not the heart for a dignified poeition
next to the highest in the gift oi the
American people. If the statement is
true that Mr. Voorhkbs, though in In
dianapolis at the time of Mr. Montos’s
funeral, failed to be present and join in
those obsequies, he has dwarfed himself
to an extent that leaves him among the
most diminutive of all American states
man. We hope he is misrepresented in
this respeui, and forbear farther com
ment until this aintement is either cor
roborated or refuted.*
We dare say Governor WtszxjJM in
appointing Mr. Voorheks calculated that
it would “ bring no joy to Republican
hearts but he-xnsv that the hearts of
the Democracy would rejoice, and that
was vastly more to the purpose. Whether
Mr. Voobmbbs has “heart” or not we
do not know. We feel assured, how
ever, that he has in abundance
that important muscle which all men
must poeseaa actively in life. The Re
publican, of coarse, means thst Mr.
Voorhbks ia not of a generous, confid
ing snd tender nature. Well, it may
be all the better for him, in a wordly
point of view, that he is not. Bnt he
surely has as much “heart” as Mr. Mor
ton had, and the sunny side of it has
for years been turned to his oppressed
brethren of the South, when Mr. Mob
ton had no ruth in his composition.
It is to Mr. Yoobhkss’ credit that the
implacable and stalwart Radicals are
howling against him. Their praise would
look suspicions. Bnt he need not depend
npon his party friends for eulogy. Col.
Alexander MoOlcre, of the Philadel
phia Timet, who holds a strictly impar
tial position in journalism, thns speaks :
“In the person of the new.Senator from
Indiana the Democracy of that State
has an able and representative man. In
view of his prominence before the coun
try, his high character and his eminent
services as a party leader, Governor
Hendricks has seemed to many most
fitting to wear the Senatorial honors,
and it would have been in no respect
derogatory to hia dignity to accept the
position, but sinoe he saw fit to decline
it, Governor Williams very properly de
signated Mr. Voorhees. The new Sen
ator ia honest, eloquent and oapable,
fertile in resources and effective in de
bate. He will be a strong reinforcement
to the Democratic side of the chamber,
which is so soon to emerge from its mi
nority, and will require all the states
manship that its party may command to
vindicate the confidence with which it
has been entrusted.”
These are the words of truth and so
berness. As such we’commend and en
dorse them.
the president and his party.
Gen. H. Y. loynton, Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
zette, is grieved to see a growing es
trangement between President Hayes
and Republican Congressmen. He tells
hia readers that as the Republicans
withdrew from President Johnson Dem
ocrats took their places in calling at the
White House, and, as a matter of course,
gained many favors thereby. The
break came and Mr. Johnson wa3 well
nigh overwhelmed in the contest. But
there have been prodigious changes
since that imbroglio. The House is
Democratic, the Senate soon to be, and
the Executive Chair will be filled by a
Democrat, in 1880, unless the very imp
of perversity gains possession of the
Democratic soul. Wherefore, the
abandonment of Mr. Hayes by Repub
lican Congressmen has no such boding
significance as it had for Mr. Johnson,
Gen. Boynton, aware of this, deprecates
it and says :
Just in proportion as Republicans withdraw
themselves will the plaoes which they vacate
be filled with Democrats, and in proportion as
they withhold advice will the Democracy crowd
in to tender it. Many Bepub'icans are unjust
ly comparing Hayes with Johnson. Those who
best know Hayes scout the idea of any inten
tion on his part of leaving the parly. They
declare ho has no policy to enforce, as John
son had, against the best interests of tbe
party, and they think that a large proportion
of the suspicions whioh exist would be dis
missed as unfonnded if Republicans would
begin frequent Tieits to tbe President, and
talk freely with him iu regard to their sup
posed grounds of complaint.
It is not to be wondered at that when this
course is urged upon some of them they reply
that they do not care to crowd themselves in
before the President and sit down for a talk
in regard to matters of Republican policy iu
a room filled with Northern Democrats and the
leaders of the rebellion. In this they exag
gerate the real situation, and yet approach eo
near it as to make it difficult to break the force
of their objection. In this matter the field
abont the White House is more completely
occupied by Democrats than it was in John
son’s time at a period eomo months later than
this, 'ibis, however, only shows that Repub
licans have abandoned the field earlier than
they did in the Thirty-ninth Congress.
The way to master the sitnation now, in all
respects where they can properly ask for a
change of policy, is to gather abont the Presi
dent daily for full, free and friendly consulta
tions. His friends declare that ho desires
this. Until Republicans have satisfied them
selves that they are not wanted they take
grave responsibilities npon themselves by
abandoning the President.
With this explanation before onr eyes,
we may easily understand what a gath
ering of Republicans at the White
House would mean. Tbe difficulty is
that suoh a gathering would merely be
an attempt to compel the President to
abandon his “policy.” Not succeeding
in that, the callers would be madder
than ever. If they should succeed, the
President would injure himself.
It has come to a pretty pass in Wash
ington when Southern Congressmen can
not be on terms of amity with the Presi
dent of the whole country without en
raging a lot of Republican malcontents !
Conkling’s Senatorial Distriot elected
a Democrat to vote against his return to
the Senate.
A Rhode Island girl read 800 novels iu
one year and is now hopelessly ipsane.
They must have been dime novels.
There are said to be 240 deserted
farm bouses in Windham county, Vc.
Rather bad for a solid Republican
State.
The following subject is proposed for
a debating society: “ Will the List
Man Be Talked to Death by the Last
Woman, or pipe versa f”
Mr. Redfibld writes to the Cincin
nati Commercial that the solid South
adds Ohio to her list of victories, and
that the ultimate victory of the solid in
the Union is only a matter of moments.
Stewart, the colored Republican can
didate for Associate Judge ip Lawrence
county, Pa., where the Republican !*•
jority averages from thirteen to fifteen
hundred, and ought to be enough to
pull ODe poor colored man through, was
defeated.
via gy
Georgia has obtained farther recog
nition from the Democrats of the ho?ty
fifth Congress. Dr. W. P. Harrison,
who has been ohosen Chaplain of the
House of Representatives, is from At
lanta- He is a Methodist minister and
is a cultivated eloquent gentleman.
Henry S. Sanford, who las teea
nominated Minister to Belgium, carried
on cpljnary campaign for the position
which was eventually crowned with sno
oess. He hired a house ic Washington,
gave recherche dinners to the Cabinet
ami discovered the right road to Brus-
Mb. Anderson W. Reese, one of the
editors of the Macon Telegraph and
Messenger, has been appointed Clerk of
the House Committee on Publio Build
ings and IJronnd, of which General
Phil. Cook is Chairman. The position
is both responsible and lqcygtive, and
we congratulate Mr, Reuse on his good
fortune. _
It is eighteen hundred and odd years
since a Christian gentleman named Paul
wrote to one Timothy, “I suffer not
woman to teach, nor to usurp authority
over the man, bnt to be in silence.”
And now as many aa twenty-nine women
are advertised in the Chicago papers as
conducting religions services and presett
ing on a single Sunday.
The Baltimore Gaeetis welcomes cold
weather on account of fever-atripken
localities, ht adds: “If any one wiil
compare the death rates oJ great cities
the week before with ttoe two weeks after
a sadden fall of temperature, be will
find material for much sad meditation.
For just so surely as the change of a
few degreee in the thermometer silences
in a single night countless millions of
insect voioee, just so does it bring death
to human beings of delicate health, or
supplied with insufficient clothing, or
shelter, or food. A eoid snap has vastly
more death in it than an ordinary epi
demic.”
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS.
AN HOUR SPENT WITH THE GREAT
COMMONER.
How Be stands at the N'erth—Resemblance
to Heine—Hia Haanitality—His Diet—His
Lav* of Country—His Opinion of Grant—
His Taste Is History—llls Theory ol Joule*.
[Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial]
Washington, October 23.—0f all the
men ol the old regime who still attract
attention by their views and opinions
npon all public questions, there is not
one more thoroughly respected at the
North, as at the Sooth, than is Hon.
Alexander H. Stephens. I make this
broad statement from the fact that I
have moved about among men of all
shades of party feeling and prejudice,
and I have yet to hear any one whose
opinion is of any value either disparage
his personal integrity or question his
great abilities as a statesman, who at
this jnDCtnre of affairs has an important
part to fulfill in tbe pacification of both
sections of the country. The success of
the Sonthern policy of the President is
no longer an unsettled question; on the
contrary, it has become an accomplish
ed fact patent to all. But there are
side issues, so to speak, which disap
pointed politicians may keep alive fur a
rime to harass the Administration and
paralyze the efforts of tbe Executive in
the direction of peaceful government at
the South. To such msn.as Stephens
and Lamar the best class of our legisla
tors and well informed private citizens
look as the exponents of Southern opto
ion at the present period. The old
issnes of the war are forever closed, and
no political party can reopen them;
therefore
"Let the dead past bury its dead !”
Feeling a keen interest in the Presi
dent’s policy, arid realizing the power
ful influence of Mr. Stephens on his col
leagues in Congress, I was glad to avail
myseif of an invitation to converse with
him at his lodgings at the National
Hotel. My good friend and neighbor,
Rev. Dr. David Wills, pastor of the
Western Presbyterian Church of Wash
ingtoD, expressed the wish that I should
meet the venerable Commoner. Dr. Wills
is the eloquent Georgian who accepted
a pastorate at the Federal capital a few
years ago. He was formerly President
of Oglethorpe University at Atlanta.
He has exercised a large influence in
the fashionable West End of Washing
ton, and while a man of strong religi
ous and political convictions, his mod
eration and consistency have giveD
weight to his opinions. I do not wish
to convey an impression that he is any
thing of a clerical politician, even after
the type of Rev. John P. Newman, of
the Metropolitan Church, for such he is
not. He is the minister of peace, and
unlike his ministerial brother just men
tioned, pursues its avocations in tbe
world at large. The religion of hate, so
prolific of evil in some of the pulpits of
Washington sinoe the close of the war,
has no place in his eoolesiastical system,
but he recognizes that cardinal tenet of
all true religions—the brotherhood of
oar common humanity; its oneness of
origin and oneness of destiny.
Accompanying Dr. Wills to the Na
tional Hotel, we were at once shown to
the rooms of Mr. Stephens, which are
the same in which at one time Henry
Olay lived, and where he died. I found
quite a bevy of callers—old friends, per
haps, of the noted Georgian—but in the
midst of his engagements I was received
with that old-fashioned Sonthern hospi
tality which so soou relieves all awk
wardness and puts one so entirely at his
ease. I have seen some of the distin
guished public men of *o-day in Eng
land and in France, but I never saw
more geniality and less restraint among
strangers than I witnessed in the lodg
ings of Mr. Alexander H. Stephens. Of
course, everything is due to the charm
ing courtesy of the host, who never for
gets to introduce his guests to each
other. Fearing that I might appear to
monopolize his conversation, especially
s Mr. Adams, Clerk of the House of
Representatives, seemed to have called
upon business, I attempted to yield my
place upon one or two occasions, bnt the
subjects upon which we exchanged views
were of such interest, and Mr. Stephens
was so full of accurate information and
apt illustration, that the period at which
I could withdraw only arrived when his
luncheon, a kray of delicious fruits, was
brought in.
There are two classes of character
about whom the world at large is always
ready snd eager to hear, and of whom
odo can not speak too fully. One in
cludes those who have passed their lives
in such a publicity of affairs as to repre
sent in themselves, not simply their own
isolated history, but the history of the
leading actori of their times. They
present in their person not one picture
bnt a group, and in the life of one
there are, to a large extent, embodied
the lives of many. The other class in
cludes the above, marked by this essen
rial difference, that it comprises men
who have attained great eminence, to
spite of physical obstacles, which too
frequently dwarf the less resolute and
determined. To the latter class Mr.
Stephens belongs. Heine’s bodly suf
ferings enhance one’s interest in his
writings, Prescott’s blindness really ex
tracted the venom from more than one
critic’s pen, and to-day no member of
the House of Commons is so eagerly
watched for by the stranger as is its
blind member from Hackney, Prof.
Henry Fawcett. Well do I remember the
large gro up of visitors whom I found
waiting at the entrance of the Strangers’
Gallery of the House of Commons, to
see the light-haired and youthful Faw
cett ltd to the door by his charming
wife. It was a beautiful picture, which
once seen can never be forgotten. The
fact that Professor Fawcett lost the
sight of both eyes just two years after
taking his degree at the University of
Cambridge, has much to do with tbe
general interest which his presence al
ways creates, i was reminded by my
visit to the House of Commons of the
same feeling which I have seen man
ifested in the galleries and on the floor
of our House of Representatives, when
the Georgian member entered leaning
on the arm of his nephew, who is so as
siduous in his attentions to his remark
able uncle. Barring the question of
sex, whioh throws a peculiar halo over
the fidelity of woman’s devotion, I think
the picture of uncle and nephew quite
as full of tenderness as that of Profes
sor Fawcett and his gifted wife.
Mr. Stephens’ personal appearance is
quite unique. I never saw Heine, but
from a description t f him which General
Burney, late District-Attorney of Wash
ington, gave me, 1 fancy Mr. Stephens
in many particulars resembles him.
General Birney saw Heine in Paris, and
he was so frail and delicate that his
wife, who by the way was a large wo
man, earrind hiig aboyt in her arms.
Unlike Heine, however, who was only an
invalid during the last ten years of his
life, Mr. Stepnens has never known per
fect health. From early youth till the
present moment his lot in life has been
that of physical suffering; and yet I
never saw such a cheery invalid, fo free
from the morbid characteristics which are
generally the pjue oji the valetudinarian.
Disease and ill hesltu more frequently
transform the naturally amiable and ge
nial into the crabbed and testy, than the
contrary, and yet in some cases they re
ftoe character and elevate the moral be
ing. If it were not for the unusual pal
lor, J should never for a moment take
Mr. Stephens for a confirmed invalid.
That is to say, I npver saw such clear
ness of inteliectuai" vision, euih keen
ness of logical analysis, and such pow
ers of memory in suoh a frail and petite
body. He is the very opposite of the
Horatian maxim —"Mens sana in cor
pore sano ” But the eyes, which Cicero
so justly regards as the windows of the
soul —“ Ut imago est animi valtus, sic
indices oculi" —show the latent power,
as well as fire which reside in that
delicate organization, and there
is an occasional expression about
the mouth, when Mr. Stephens’
face is enlivened in conversation, that
denotes that he possesses the weapon of
sarcasm, even if he seldom draws it for
use. Confined as he is to ati invalid’s
chair, which he can push abont his
rooms with ease, as the wheels move
freely, he often demonstrates some point
or illustration with considerable free
dom of gesticulation. His manners are
simple and unaffected, betraying noth
ing of the self-consciousness of great
ness, nor of dogmatism, which is not
uncommon among those whose opinions
are na* erl y sought and followed. He
believes f&Uy in his own convictions,
and if there is one fact more than an
other that impresses one brought in eon
tact with him, it is that the convictions
which he has reached are the results of
deliberate thought, carefully scrutinized
from every point of view, and that the
presentation of them guarded from
attack with all the aaa sea ol g master
of logical fence. Suffering from a chil
liness of the extremities, he usually
wears gloves in his rooms, and his
hand's eVen wfcen gloved are as small as
those of a child ieg years. I found
no disposition on his part to pargde bis
maladies; in fact he seldom speaks of
them unless inquiries lead in that di
rection, and then he is frank as to liis
mode of living nd the general condition
! of his constitution. Stephens tells
me that his diet is not one,
aa Thad. supposed, but he relishes what
is corawonlv known as rich food. There
are faw edublea sjaich he can not take.
Butter and eggs to any lc?a are among
the forbidden luxuries of Ins tabl£- He
never enjoys a glass of wine, bnt in ita
stead uses, when in what he calls his
usual health, two ounces of whisky or
brandy after dinner. When prostrated,
his allowance exceeds this quantity.
Like a true Southerner, he has his oc
casional whiff of the pipe, but I imagine
that his smoking is exceedingly mode
rate.
Suggesting to Mr. Stephens tbe bene
fits which might result from a trans-At
lantic voyage, I was surprised to learn
that he had never crossed tbe ooean, and
he now feels that it is too late. While
under arrest in 1866, at Fort _Warren,
in Boston harbor, the guard informed
him that it was announced in the daily
papers that the Government authorities
proposed to send some of the prisonrrs
to Europe. It was a mere idle rumor,
without any foundation in fact, bnt his
remark to me abont it was quite charac
teristic of the man. “I would rather be
hanged,” said he, “in the United States
than live in any other country.” There
are few men in public life who, in con
versing on pnblic affairs, are so discreet
in the nse of words, and the reporter
who attempts to interview him on po
litical questions, and desires to present
his opinions trnthfnlly, mast either
have a good verbal memory or resort to
short hand to take down views so skill
fully expressed. President Hayes has
many warm supporters among the
Sonthern members of Cong Tess, who
look above and beyond mere party lines
to the substantial results which his Ad
ministration has already aohieved in
those States long cursed by the venal
oarpet-baggers, who resembled the
“reptile species of politicians,” whom
. Macaulay has sketched in his
essay on William Pitt, Earl of
Chatham : “ They are willing,”
to use his words, “to coalesce with
any party, to abandon aDy party, to
undermine any party, to assault any
party, at a moment’s notice,” so long as
they can hold a life-estate in Federal
offices. With tbe administration of
Hayes their reign was suddenly ended,
and now some of their leaders are over
taken by an avenging Nemesis, and are
either ia the penitentiary or waiting at
its portals. Mr. Stephens' supports
the present Administration because it
has brought peace and home rule to the
Sonthern section of the country, and
yet I was more than surprised to hear
him say that he liked General Grant
personally. He speaks of Grant as a
man without guile, and when I remarked
that the most fatal misstep whioh the
oommander of the Army of the Poto
mac made was when he resigned a life
position, for which his education and
achievements had fitted him, to embark
on the untried and troubled sea of poli
tics, Mr. Stephens quite agreed with
me, and spoke of the destruction which
a political career wrought npon an
otherwise symmetrical character. The
personal regard which many men like
Mr. Stephens, of large publio experi
ence and discernment, have shown for
the ex-President, in view of the count
less blunders which wrecked his ad
ministration, fa one of the greatest
enigmas of onr age. I speak not of the
horde of sycophants, whose
"Candied tongue lick absurd pomp.
And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee,
Where thrift may follow fawning,”
But of hoDest men, who songht nothing
and accepted nothing of General Grant
when at the height of his power.
Although the life of Mr. Stephens has
been passed in the arena of pnblic af
fairs, and covering a period which de
manded an almost exclusive surrender
of time and thought, yet in his busiest
years he has never relinquished the
habits and pursuits of the student. Few
men now in American politics, at least,
can turn fum the absorbing interests of
party to examine questions of literary
history whioh have engaged the atten
tion of the aoutest minds of the century.
Asa conversationalist, Mr. Stephens is
quite at, home in the fields of literature
and history, and his conservatism of
thought, as well as the natural bias of
his mind, make him an opponent of all
radicalism, either of religion, history,
science, art, or politics. He has no sym
pathy with what Professor William
Swinton calls “The New Lamps of His
tory”—that is, the historical school of
which Froude and Buckle are represen
tatives—and he believes that Macaulay
will hereafter be read, not for the value
of his opinions, but as a rhetorical mas
ter, in whose style one may see the mar
velous flexibility of the English lan
guage. In this opinion he does not dif
fer from the highest literary authorities
among English Radicals. If I were to
give a key-note of Mr. Stephens’ mind
iu relation to the schools of history
which have been, ia some ways, influ
enced by the law of evolution as de
veloped by the Positive Philosophy of
Auguste Comte, I would adopt the for
mula of Schlegel, because I believe it
conveys his theory : “I have laid it
down,” says the great German, “as an
invariable maxim, constantly to follow
historical tradition, and to hold fast by
that clue, even when many things in the
testimony and declarations of tradition
appear strange and almost inexplicable,
or at least enigmatical; for as soon as
in the investigation of ancient history
we let slip that thread of Ariadne, we
can find no outlet from the labyrinth of
fanciful theories and the chaos of clash
ing opinions.”
Conservatism of thought does not
necessarily indicate, as many are inclin
ed t.) believe, a blind adherence to tra
ditional opinions without evidence for
their support. History and literature
are to be studied by periods, and light
from any source is not to be despised by
the real seeker after truth. It has be
come, one might almost say, the settled
convictions of the literary world that Sir
Philip Francis is the anthor of the
“Letters of Junius.” Many of the
traditions of his age point to him as the
“Man in the Mask,” and both Macanlay
and Brougham have elicited evidence in
his favor, part of whioh is difficult to
overthrow. As Mr. Stephens took up
this vexed question only last month, and
added another valuable paper to tbe
Junins literature, I was quite interested
in hearing him develop point after
point iu his chain of argument, against
the claims of Sir Philip Franois. The
aim of his article was to show who was
not Junius, rather than who he was,
and to vindicate the principles and doc
trines which these celebrated letters
oontain. The evidence which he adduces
in opposition to the arguments of Macau
lay in his essay on Warren Hastings is
clear and forcible, but still there are
facts connected with Francis and Junius
which I presume will never be fully ex
plained. Without going into any detail
in the controversy, one may suggest a
few of tjiese. Why did Sir Philip, in
presenting a popy of Junius to Lady
Francis, after marriage, request her
never to epeafc on the subject ? Why
did he bequeath to her a sealed oopy of
Taylor’s Identity of Junius, the first
book which associated his name with
the letters ? And again, why did he not
disavow their authorship in unmistaka
ble terms? Mr. Stephens maintains
that he “ not only denied to the day of
his death the authorship of these letters,
but on several occasions evinced a feel
ing gf iijdignatioji at the imputation
that lie was." There is ample evidence
as to tbe latter part of this statement,
but I am not cognizant of any reliable
contemporaneons authority for Sir Phil
ip’s positive denial of their authorship.
When inquiry was made of him his an
sweis were generally evasive. In this
way he replied to Lady Holland, adding
that “when he was a younger man peo
ple would not haye ventured to charge
him with being the author of these let
ters.” Rogers, the poet, in presence of
Lord Brougham, said to Franois :
“ There is a qneetion whieh I should
muohliketoask, if you will allow me. Did
Sir Philip anticipate its import when he
replied: “You had better not,sir; yon may
have reason to be sorry for it." No case
haa ever yet been made out, complete
and unanswerable in all its details, as to
the identity of Jnnius. The merest tyro
in the Junins literature may suggest
difficulties in the way of the claims of
the two snd forty persons to whom these
letters have been attributed. Mr. Ste
phens believes that the younger Lord
Littleton, or even Horne Took*, whom
Judge Graham, of New York, attempted
to identify with Junins, mighrtbave been
their anthor. “Graham’s Memoirs of
Tooke” was published as long ago as
1828, and any one who is familiar with
the book can raise objections not easily
answered. So, too, with Littleton. His
life of gross dissipation terminated at
the early age of thirty-five, and, as Mr.
Stephens remarked to me, perhaps, by
some subtle poison. The circumstances
attending it were so remarkable as to
be inexplicable upon ahy other hy
pothesis. Can snch maturity of
thought, such familiarity with parlia
mentary precedents, surpassing even the
accurate knowledge of Blackstone,
•whioh the letters of Jnnins display, be
the productions of even a greatly gifted
yonng man, as was the younger Little
ton, whose wUole career was so scanda
lous that no woman of reputation dared
to be seen in his company, although he
was heir to a fine estate and a noble
title. I inquired of Mr. Stephens, if he
had ever examined the claims of Bnrke,
who, Grattan and Malone inclined to
believe, was Jnnins. The language of
Burke in reference to the letters, Mr.
Stephens thought, precluded the possi
bility of his antborship, bnt if internal
evidence be of much moment in the
question, I believe, one eonld quote
many passages from Burke which, in
language and style, very closely resem
ble certain passages in Jnnins. Whether
the arguments of Mr. Stephens be con
sidered conclusive against the identity
of Sir Philip Francis with Jnnins or
not, ht> has at (jjl events presented an in
teresting paper, which will attract the
atteni ion of F future explorers through
this labyrinthine difficulty, and if they
arp not convinced by his logio and his
facts, they will certainly wonder that
snch reasoning and research should be
the work of a confirmed invalid.
There is an old-fashioned truth in the
fairy tale of the gallant knight who
pressed toward the enohantod fountain
whose water gushed from the summit
of a hill. Around him were heard the
voices of love and of anger, of entreaty
and of despair. But he closed his ears
equally to blandishments and threats.
Btack stones, symbolical of those who
fell by the wayside and were petrified,
met him at every step. He kept his eye
on the silvery spray and reached the
crest of the hill, the goal of his aspira
tions. The career of such a man as
Alexander H. Stephens proves the truth
of the allegory, and all experience shows
that self-reliance is the real basis of
character. When united with certain
other qualities of mind and of heart, it
is a force in social, literary or political
life which no obstacles can conquer, and
which no failures can disoourage. It
is to such a combination of will, intel
lect and disinterestedness that we as
cribe that insight into men and affairs
for which such characters are remark
able. If, added to this, there be an ab
sence of the purely selfish instincts for
which public men are so proverbial, you
have a character ronnded and complet
ed in every phase. It is to such men
that the young and struggling lock for
aid and are rarely disappointed. lam
told, by those who ought to know, that
Mr. Stephens has educated a number of
young men, and that he enjoys the so
oiety of his juniors. This has perhaps
brought its own reward. Like mercy, it
is twice blessed—
. “It blaßaeth him that gives and him that
takes.”
It keeps the old young, and to the young
it teaches wisdom. A. J. Faust.
THE TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT.
Meeting of the Senatorial Convention at
Thamsou—Judge Wm. HI. Reese Declines
to Bea Candidate—But is Re-nominated by
Aooiamatioa.
The delegates from the different coun
ties composing this (the 29th) Senatorial
District met in Thomson Tuesday, the
6th instant, and organized by eleoting J.
W. Morgan, of MoDuffie, Chairman, and
0. H. Shockley, of Columbia, Secretary.
The following delegates were present :
Wilkes oounty—F. H. Colley, S. G.
Pettns, W. M. Sims, G. IV. Terry and
M. A. Pharr. Lincoln county—Thomas
H. Remsen and John C. Glendening.
Columbus county—J. P. Williams and
C. H. Shockley. McDuffie oonnty—J.
W. Morgan and Willis Howard.
Mr. Shookly, of Columbia, after pav
ing a handsome compliment to Mr. H.
O. Roney, the choice of McDuffie county
for the nomination, withdrew that gen
tleman’s name from the consideration of
the Convention, and nominated Judge
Wm. M. Reese, of Wilkes. Mr. Colley,
of Wilkes, presented to the Convention
the following letter from Judge Reese,
which wa3 made a part of the proceed
ings :
Washington, Ga., Nov. 5, 1877.
Mesfirs. Colley, Sims, Terry and Pharr:
Gentlemen— To you as delegates of
the Senatorial Convention, which will
be held at Thomson on the 6th inst.,
and through you to the Convention it
self, I desire to say, as my name has been
suggested as a “possible candidate” for
the nomination, that no such nomination
must be made. I'he sacrifice of time
and money which the office of State Sen
ator would require of me I do not regard
and would cheerfully render, but the
immense sacrifice of health whioh it
would require, I ought not and cannot
consistently make. You will therefore,
in no event, use my name as a candidate,
nor allow others to do so, before the
Convention or otherwise. I have urged
the people of the several counties com
posing this Senatorial District to go for
ward and select a candidate other than
myself; and, having done so, I insist
that nothing shall be done through or
for me to defeat the action of the peo
ple. Do me the favor, when the Con
vention meets, to read this communica
tion. With great respect, your fellow
citizen, W. M. Reese.
Upon motion, Judge Reese was nom
inated by acclamation, and a commit
tee, consisting of J. P. Williams, of Go
lutnbia; J. W. Morgan, of McDuffie; T.
H. Remsen, of Lincoln, and S. G. Pet
tus and F. H. Colley, of Wilkes, were
appointed to notify Judge Reese of his
nomination.
The Secretary was instructed to fur
nish oopies of the proceedings of this
Convention to the McDuffie Journal,
the Chronicle and Constitutionalist
and the Washington Gazette, with re
quest to publish.
Jjetler to Judge Reese.
Thomson, Ga., November 6, 1877.
To Hon. Wm. M. Reese :
We have been appointed by the Dem
ocratic Convention, held to-day, for the
29th Senatoriel District, to announce to
you your unanimous nomination by the
Convention, as candidate for Senator, at
the election on the 6th of December
next. The Convention considered your
communication, and while they appre
ciate the difficulty you mention, they
think it their duty to the District, and
to the party at large, to insist that you
aocept the positiou for the ensuing
term. The imports nee of the coming
session of the Legislature, they con
ceive, demands the assistance of your
experience and ability, and prevents
them from allowing yon the discharge
whioh you desire. J. P. Williams,
J. W, Morgan,
T. H. Remsen,
8. G. Pettus,
F. H. Collet,
Committee.
THE MARSHALS HIP.
A Friend of Dimer Hnfl Who Doesn’t Like
Ills Defeat—An Alleged Victim of Konl Play.
[Gainesville Ragle.]
A correspondent, suoppsed to be W,
D. Trammell, of Griffin, writes to a Co
lumbus paper a ourious version of the
last play for the Marshalship. He says
the President had determined to ap
point Hod. W. A. Huff, and was then
set upon by the friends of the other ap
plicants—mostly those of Fitasimons
and W. T. Trammell; that extraots from
Mayor Huff’s official documents, and
personal sorreapondence in controversy
with persons in the city of Macon, were
produoed and read to the President,
“showing that Huff was not a sound
Democratand that this development
caused the President to change his
mind ; that tins action narrowed the
contest to two applicants—Fitzsimons
and Trammell—ap4 that ifr. Stephens’
influence for the former secured the ap
pointment. He further states that the
Georgia Senators and six Bepresenta
tives were present when the extracts and
other proofs of Huff’s “unsound De
mocracy ” were presented, and clearly
intimates that they abandoned Huff on
that account.
The curious part of the business lies
in the discovery, by these distinguished
Georgians and the applicants for the
place, that Huff was “nq( a sound Dem
ocrat.” We happen to know all about
Huff’s Democracy. With his political
principles and motives of political ac
tion, we are as familiar as we are with
those of our most intimate associates.
Iu municipal affairs he ignores party
lines and affiliations; but in State and
National politics, he was and is as true
to the oause of Democracy, the South,
and the whole oountry, as any man in
or out of Congress from Georgia, or any
other State, and has perhaps done more
to sustain the party than all the other
fifty-eight applicants for the Georgia
Marshalship combined, with three or
four of the Representatives thrown in.
If the version given by the correspon
dent has any troth in it, Huff fell a vic
tim to foul play, treacherous deception
and damning doggisbness. The Presi
dent was imposed Upon' by “trickery,
conspiracy and falsehood. We wonld
apply none of these epithets to Col.
Fitzsimons We believe him to be an
honorable gentleman, and above the
low practices by which the correspon
dent says Huff was defeated.
gTANDING BY THE PARTY.
The Twenty-Seventh District Falls Into Line
—Hod. Henry D. McDaniel, of Walton,
Renominated far the Senate—Rockdale
Bolts.
[Special to the Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Social Gibcu-b, Ga., November 9. —
The twenty-seventh District Senatorial
Convention met here to-day at eleven
o’clock and renominated the Hon. Hen
ry D. McDaniel, of Walton, aa Senator
from this District by acclamation. The
Rockdale delegation withdrew as soon
as they found they could not nominate
their man, amid the regrets of the
Convention. A resolution was adopt
ed expressive cf an earnest de
sire by the people of the District that
the Hon. J. B. Gordon be made hi* own
sucoessor in the United States Senate,
and requesting oui Senator to vote for
him. The action of the Rockale delega
tion caused profund regret in the Con
vention. The body passed a resolution
pledging an earnest support to the can
didate chosen. j. M. B.
THE PQNCA INDIANS.
They Petition the Great Father for Better
Quarters.
Washington, November 10. The
President, replying to the Ponea Indian
chiefs, who are dissatisfied with their
present location in Indian Territory,
promisee them better land in that Ter
ritory, but cannot send them back to
their old reservation, as they desire, be
cause that is occupied by white people.
The Fonc? chiefs complain tflat batj
white ni'en steal their cattle.
Gan. D. 8. Grant may iiot want a
third Presidential term, bnt, if a pru
dent man, will keep Tjbjsthisa in the
house for young Sartoria. It can be
found at J. H. Alexander’s Drag Store.
THE BALLOT BOX!
HANDSOME VICTORIES IN THE
NORTH AND WEST!
Maryland, Virginia and Mississippi Stand
by the Klgbt—Wisconsin Still Donbifnl—
McClellan Command* New Jersey—Penn
sylvania Clasps Hands With Ohle and
Conkllng Goes te Join Stanley Matthews.
Yesterday’s Elections Only Indirectly Affect
United Statce Senatorshlpe In Peaasylva
vanin, New York and Wisconsin Next
Year’s Legislatures Do the Work.
Washington, November 7.—ln cor
rection of a general misapprehension, it
is stated that the elections yesterday in
New York, Connecticut and Wisconsin
do not affect the United States Senator
ships, exoept so far as holding over
Senators may control it. A majority in
both Honsep, however, is important in
this respect, as a redistricting of the
States may have an important bearing
on the lower Houses to be elected uext
year.
The Star says : “Senators Bayard,
Maxey, Garland, Gordon, Randolph and
Eernau were in the Senate chamber this
morning comparing notes of the results
of yesterday’s elections. All of the gen
tlemen were in good spirits and express
ed their entire satisfaction with the
manner in whioh the elections had re
snlted.”
The Press Field Glasses Levelled Over the
Plaftn-Hw the New York Papers See It.
New York, November 7.—The Herald
says : “The results of yesterday’s elec
tion are given herewith ! In this city
and county the Democrats elect Loew,
Register, by a majority of about 2,500
over Hess, combination candidate. They
also eleot State Senators from the 4th,
sth and probably Bth Districts. Mos
rissey, anti-Tammany, is elected Sena
tor from the 7th Distriot, by a majority
of 3,800 over Schell, regular Tammany
candidate; Goebil, Republican, is elect
ed to the Senate from the 6th Distriot;
the majority of Beach for Secretary of
State is about 27,000, in the oounty.
The State is Democratic by at least 15,-
000, the Legislature is probably Repub
lican by a very dose vote.
Gen. McClellan, Democrat, is elected
Governor of New Jersey by about 13,000
majority. So far as kuown the Demo
crats have also a sufficient majority in
the Legislature to ooutrol legislation.
Indications from Pennsylvania tend to
show that the Demoorats have overcome
the Republican figures of last year, and
that their present State ticket is eleoted
by 10,000 to 12,000 majority. The new
labor party polled a large vote and com
pletely upset the calculations of the two
regular parties.
Virginia elects her entire Con erva
tive ticket, there being no opposition.
In Connecticut the Republicans re
tain control of the Legislature, adding
several new members to their majority.
In Massachusetts, Bioe is re elected
Governor by plurality of about 13,000.
The Council is all Republican, a gain
of one seat. GastOD, Democratic can
didate for Governor, ran behind even in
Boston where he was considered strong
est.
Partial returns from Wisconsin indi
cate the election of Smith, Republican,
for Governor, by an inorease over the
Republican majority of last year.
Maryland and Mississippi .are Demo
cratic and Minnesota and Kansas are
Republican.
The Post figures the State Senate ac
cording to present returns, as follows:
Republicans, 17; Democrats, 13; doubt
ful, 2. The Express figures, 15 Demo
orats, 15 Republicans and two anti-Tam
many and Republican Combiuationists;
Morrissey and Goebel. A special to the
Commercial Advertiser from Albany
says: “Returns from the interior of the
State come in slowly. The majority for
the State ticket range from 12,000 to
15,000. The Republicans claim 20 of 32
Senators and 68 of 128 members of the
Assembly, whioh gives them a clear
working majority in both Houses.”
NEW YORK.
New York elects State officials (except
Governor and Lieutenant-Governor) and
members of the General Assembly. The
vote will be taken on the candidate for
Secretary of State. The Democratic can
didate is Allen O. Beach; the Republican
candidate is John C. Churchill.
A summary of the vote of the State
in recent years is given below :
Rep. Dem. Maj.
1876—Pre5ident..'..489.207 621.949 28,896 D.
1876—G0vern0r....489,871 619,831 25,612 D.
1876-Lient.-Gov. . .49 .076 618,769 23,781 D.
1876-Secretary. ..375,401 390,211 3,707 D.
1876—Controller. ...376,150 389.709 3.667 D.
1874—Governor.... 866,074 416,391 38,549 1).
l-i74—Lieut.-Gov... 365,226 416,714 40,178 D.
1874-Congress ~..3r3,184 387,430 26,846 0.
1873—Secretary 331,118 841 011 6,627 D.
1872—President 440.738 887,282 61,801 R.
1872—Governor.. ..416,8)1 332,360 68,274 R.
Brooklyn Gains a Mayor—Additional Re
turns.
New York, November 7.—The Brook
lyn Democrats have gained a Mayor,
James Howell, Jr., in place of the pres
ent incumbent. Columbia oonnty com
plete semi-offlcially, gives Beaeb, Dem
ocrat, Secretary of State, fill majoiity-
Democratic gain, 956. Cayuga oonnty
complete, Churchill, Republican, Sec
retary of State, 1.875 majority; Repub
lican gaiD, f3 Pomeroy, Republican,
for Senator, 1,350 majority in the entire
district. Returns from most of the
towns iu Oswego oounty, indicate
Churchill’s. Republican, majority at
about 2,600; Republican gains about
1,400.
Elmira, N. Y,, November 7.—Junioa’,
Workingmen’s candidate for Secretary
of State, plurality in this county is 199.
Beard, Greenback candidate, elected to
the Assembly. He is a Democratic in
politics. Niagara county gives Beaob,
Democrat, Secretary of State, abont 75
majority. Republican gain, 219. The
Democrats claim Raines’ election to the
Senate.
Tfao New York Legislature—The Senate
Stands Republican, anil the Assembly Dem
ocratic-Comments of the Press.
New York, November B.—The Times
pnblishes to-morrow morning a list of
members elected to the Legislature,
which makes it stand as follows : Sen
ate, 20 Republicans, 19 Democrats <
Assembly, fid Republicans, 59 Demo
orats, one Labor Reformer; Republican
majority on joint ballot, 10.
The Sun says the Republicans will
have a majority in the Senate; in the
Assembly the indications are that the
Democrats will have a slim majority,
though the Republicans claim it. It
will require a complete vote in some of
the close rural districts to determine.
The majority for Beach in the State
will be about 15,000, though it may fall
below that figure. Beach runs several
thousand behind his ticket,
The Work} makes the State Senate
probably Republican by two majority;
the Assembly is in doubt, but counting
the one Greenback man from Chemung
as a Democrat, is probably 68 Demo
crats to 60 Republicans.
The Herald figuras are as follows :
Senate—Republicans, 19; Democrats, Is.
Assembly—Republicans, 07; Democrats,
60; Labor and Greenback, one.
The 'tribune says the Senate is safely
Republican and the Assembly is in
doubt. Its figures are : Senate—Re
publicans, 18; Democrats, 13; Independ
ent, one. Assembly-Democrats, 63 ;
Republicans, 64; Greenback-Democrat,
one. John Morrissey is the Independent
in the Senate.
PENNSYLVANIA.
The election in Pennsylvania was for
a Judge of the Supreme Court, an Audi
tor-General, a State Treasurer and conn
ty officers. The Democratic candidate
for Treasurer is Wm. P. Schell; the Re
publican candidate is Wm. B. Hart; the
Greenback-Labor candidate is Jas. L.
Wright, Pennsylvania has voted as fol
lows in past years:
1876-President..3B4,l2i 366.158 B.
1675-G0vern0r..304.175 292,145 12,080 B.
1874- .272 516 277.195 47 D.
1873 Treasurer. .244 >23 219,471 25,352 B.
1872-President..349.sß9 212;04l 137,548 B.
1872 Governor. 353,387 317,823 34,805 B.
Official Tstes of tbe Different Caantjef.
Philadelphia, November -7.—Official
returns of Pike oounty give Noyee,
Democrat for State Treasurer, 599 ma
jority, Republicau gain 345. Laurence
county semi-official, gives Hart, Re
pnb’ican, for State Treasurer, about
800 majority; Democratic gain of 850.
Eight Thousand Democratic Majerity if
Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, November B. Latest
advices indicate 8,000 Democratic ma
jority in the State.
MASSACHUSETTS.
In Massachusetts, State officers, Ex
ecutive Councillors, State Senators and
Representatives and oonnty officers were
elected, and tbe following proposed
amendment to the State Constitution
voted npon: “So much of Article $ of
Chapter 0 of the Constitution of this
Commonwealth an relates to persons
holding the office of President, Pro
fessor or Instructor of Harvard College
is hereby annulled; and such persons
shall be eligible to seats in the Senate
and House of Representatives.” The
Democratic candidate for Governor is
Wm. Gaston; the Republioan candidate
is Alexander 9- Rice; the Qreeubak
and Workingmen’s ip Wendell Phillips;
the Prohibition is $. Q. Pitman. In re
cent years Massachusetts has voted aa
follows:
Bep. Dem. Mai.
1876-President....lso.Q63 108,777 40,428 B
1878—Governor 137,665 106.650 18,426 B
1875 Governor ... 83 639 78.833 5.806 B
1874 Governor 89,344 96,876 6lf 2 D
1873- 72,183 59.360 12,038 B
1872 —Prewdani.... 133,472 69,260 74,107 8
Rice’. Election Conceded.
Boston, November 6.—Footings of
150 towns show that Bice leads Gaston
8,332 votes, a sain for Rice in these
towns of 165. Gaston loses 2,779 votes.
Pittman, Prohibitionist, gains over the
vote for Baker last year 4,800 and these
votes seem to have been drawn from the
Demoorats rather than Republicans.
The Journal claims Rice’s eleotion by
12,000 to 15,000 plurality. The Legis
lature is largely Republican and Coun
cils nearly solid Republican.
The Herald (Democrat) ooncedes
Rice’s election by at least 10,000 ma
jority.
WISCONSIN.
Wisconsin elects State officers, sixteen
State Senators and a full Assembly, and
voted upon two proposed amendments
to the State Constitution. By the first
amendments, section 4, of Article VII,
is made to provide for the election of a
Chief Justioe and four Associate Jus
tices of the Supreme Court. The two
Associate Justices to be eleoted under
the amendment, if adopted, will hold
their offioes for two and four years, re
spectively; thereafter, all the Judges
will be elected for ten years. The
second amendment so changes section 2
of Article VIII as to provide that no
money shall be paid out of the Treasury
except in pursuance of an appropriation,
and no appropriation shall be made
for any claim against the State, except
United States claims and judgments,
unless filed within six years after the
claim aoorned. The State Senators
eleoted this year will take part in the
eleotion of a United States Senator to
succeed Timothy O. Howe (Rep.), whose
term expires March 3,1879. The Demo
cratic candidate for Governor is Jas. A.
Mallory; the Republican candidate is
Wm. E. Smith; the Greenbaek candi
date is E. P. Allis; the Prohibition can
didate is J. 0. Hall. The State has
voted as follows in recent years :
Rep. Dem. M&j.
1876-President.. 180,068 123,927 2,796 R.
1876-Governor .. 85,165 84,814 251 R.
1873 Governor. . 66,223 81,635 15,414 D.
1872—President.. 104 997 86,147 18,420 B.
The State Republican by About Five Thous
and Majority.
Milwaukee, November 7.—The Chair
man of the Republican State Central
Committee telegraphs as follows: “I
think the State may be safely counted
on for 5,000 or 6,000 majority for the
Republican ticket. The vote for the
Greenback ticket in the State is now es
timated at 30,000. Milwaukee oounty
complete gives a Democratic majority
for Governor of 500. Tilden’s majority
in the oounty was 245. Only eleven
towns have been beard from since last
night and they reduce the Republican
gain to 56. Returns from 216 preoinots
show a Republican gain of 1,050.
A Good Republican Majority— Which that
Democrats Concede.
Milwaukee, November 7.—The Demo
crats concede the election of Wheeler
and the Republican State ticket. The
majority for Governor will be over 5,000.
The Legislature, as nearly as oan be
ascertained stands: Senate, Republi
cans, 21; Democrats, 12. Assembly: Re
publicans, 52; Demoorats, 40; Green
baokers, 8.
NEW JERSEY.
The eleotion in New Jersey was for a
Governor, seven State Senators, a full
Assembly and county officers. The Dem
ooratie candidate for Governor iB Gen
eral George B. McClellan; the Republi
can candidate's Wm. A. Newell. New
Jersey has voted as follows in past years:
Rep. Dem. Maj.
1876-Pre5ident....163,517 115,962 11,688 D
1874 Governor.... 84 000 97.283 13 223 D
1872 President.... 91,661 76,798 14,256 R
McClellan Gets In and Has Both Houses
Democratic to Back Ilim.
Newark, November 7.—The latest re
turns give McClellan 12,500 majority.
The Legislature is Democratic in both
Houses.
Tbenton, N. J., November 7.—Latest
returns make McClellan’s majority 10,-
876; the Senate stands, 12 Democrats, 9
Representatives; House, 31 Democrats,
2 Independents and 27 Republicans.
■ ——
MISSISSIPPI.
Mississippi elected State officers,
State Senators and Representatives, and
oounty officers, and voted on two, pro
posed amendments to the State Consti
tution. The first amendment abolishes
the office of Lieutenant-Governor, and
provides that the President of the Sen
ate or the Speaker of the House, in ease
the President of the Senate is incapa
ble of performing the duties, shall dis
charge the Governor’s duties when the
latter is absent from the State or inca
pable. The second amendment pro
vides for the meeting of the Legislature
on the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day in January, 1878, and biennially
thereafter, unless sooner convened by
the Governor. There is but one candi
date for Governor—John M. Stone,
Democrat. Recent votes in the State
are given iu the following summary :
Rep. Dem. Maj.
1878—President.. 52,605 112.173 49.568 D.
1875 Tree urer.. 66,165 96,606 30,441 D.
1873 Governor.. 73,324 62,857 20,467 R.
1872—President. .82,175 47,288 84,887 R.
Old Mississippi Makes a Clear Score—How
, She Sat Down on Independent)!,
Memphis, November 6„—Specials from
various points in North Mississippi state
that the election was very quiet, and
generally a light vote was polled. With
one exception—Marshall county—the
Democratic tioket has been eleoted. In
Marshall oounty the contest is very
dose, with the odds in favor of the Inde
pendents.
SOS-
CONNECTICUT.
The Republicans Retain the Majority In the
Legislature.
Hartford, Ct., November 6—The
eleotioD in Connecticut to-day is only
for Sheriff, members of the House of
Representatives and one-half of the Sen
ators, the other half holding over from
last year. The Republicans had one
majoiity in the Senate and 36 in the
House.
The Senate stands 13 Republicans to
8 Demoorats. The Honse will stand
abont tbe same as last year, 35 to 40 Re
publican majori y.
Bridgeport, November 6.—P. T. Bar
num, Republican, and Stephen Nichols,
Republican, are elected to the General
Assembly by a majority of 212. The
usual Democratic majority heretofore
has been abont 450. Indications, so far
as returns have been received, are that
the Republicans will retain control of
tbe Legislature. The vote in the Slate
is, of course, light, compared with elec
tions for State officers or for President,
and comparisons of the total vote with
previous years are of little value. The
Republican majority in the Legislature
is probably about tbe same sb last year.
A Republican Sheriff' Probably Elected.
Hartford, C?-, November 7.- The
total yote of States this year on Sheriff’s
is not far from 80,000. So far as re
turned, the vote for Sheriffs is 38,689,
Republican; 37,861, Democrat. The
towns not returned gave 263 Republican
majority last year. This would give a
Republican plurality this year of about
1,100. The total vote is abont 40,000
less than for President last year.
MARYLAND.
A State Controller, State Senators and
Representatives and county offioers were
eleoted in Maryland. The two State
tickets re as follows : For Controller,
Gabriel, Republican; Thomas J. Keat
ing Democrat.,
Recent votes in the State are given
bJow i
Bep. Dem. Dem. Maj
1876-President... .71,980 91,779 19,756
1876—G0vern0r....72,514 85,447 12,093
1874-C0ngre55....63,377 57,514 4,137
1873—Controller.. .69,668 79,651 10,083
1872- 66,760 67,687 937
1871 — Governor... .58,824 73,959 15,135
My Maryland as BfH4 aa of Yore.
Baltimore, November 6.—The Demo
crats eject the entire Legislative tioket.
The only State officer voted for was
Treasurer. The result in the city is :
Keating, 28,697; Porter (Rep.), 6,398.
Workingmen’s vote trifling.
VIRGINIA).
A Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, At
torney-General and members of the
Stßte Legislature were elected in Vir
ginia. Only one State tioket, the Con
servative, was in the field. The Demo
cratic candidate for Governor is F. W.
M. Holliday. Recent votes in Virginia
are. given in the following table :
Bep. Dem. Maj
1876—President 95,558 139,670 44,112 D.
1873 Governor 93.499 120,738 27,239 0.
1872 President 93,468 91,654 1,814 B.
MINNESOTA.
The election in Minnesota was for
State officers, members of both branches
of the Legislature and connty offioers.
The Democratic and Workingmen’s can
didate for Governor is William L. Ban
ning; the Republican’s candidate is J*
L. Pillsbury; the Prohibition candidate
ia A. Willey. A summary of reeent
votes in Minnesota is given below :-
Bep. Stem. Bep.. Maj.
1876-President 72,962 48,799 21,630
lgjg—Governor 47,061 35,174 10,26 V
1873 Governor 40,751 35,242 4,469
1872—President 65,117 34,423 20,694
—, —
KANSAS.
The Republicans Carry the State By Aver
age Majority.
Atchison, November &—The Repub
licans carry this city by an average ma
jority of about 300, Horton, Repnbli* 1
can, for Chief Justice, has a majerity of
370 and Humphrey, Republican, for
Lieutenant-Governor, 210. Glick, Dem
ocrat, is elected Commissioner in the
First District by a small majority. Re
turns from the country thus far re
ceived indicate tbat the Hepnblican ma
jority will be largely increased.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
PALMETTO NEWS LEAVEH.
Cardozo claims to be poor.
Florenoe needs a ootton buyer.
Darlington has four newspapers.
There is to be a fat man’s race at the
fair.
Blackville last month received 2,157
bales.
Cardozo’s anniversary—the 7th No
vember.
Several new buildings are going np in
Florence.
Yorkville ships over fifty bales of oot
ton a day.
Three Lexington oounty towns pub
lish papers.
Light frosts have been nipping around
in Barnwell.
Chester, the other night, had a grass
hopper shower.
One hundred and twenty-four free
schools in York.
The Blackville Baptists have oalled
Rev. John G. Williams.
Mr. Aaron Boggs, in Pickens, lost his
gin house Sunday night.
Another little shooting scrape Satur
day evening in Columbia.
Yorkville raises her liquor license
from SSO to $l5O per annum.
The Atlanta “Katy dids” have not yet
entered the Columbia contest.
Potato and gourd vines, in the ab
sence of frost, continue to shoot.
A Lancaster meeting subscribed se
venty-five cents to the Liberian move
ment.
Mott Evans, a noted Greenville in
cendiary, has escaped from the peni
tentiary.
The Union Veterans, J. A. Loriok,
Captain, have been organized in Little
Edgefield.
Mr. J. H. Kinsler has been nominated
in Richland county to fill ex Senator
Nash’s seat.
The Johnston bazaar, which came off
last Thursday evening, was a highly suc
cessful affair.
A Charleston colored woman was
burned to death by the explosion of a
kerosene lamp.
Major W. W. Sale will secure the
Demonratio nomination for the Charles
ton Mayoralty.
A Democratic candidate for tbe
Charleston Senatorship is te be nomi
nated Tuesday,
Tim Hurley says the Republicans
wouldn’t have the offioes again, if they
could get them.
The railroad sohedule, it is said, will
prevent many Camden people from at
tending the fair.
The Edgefield Hussars, commanded
by Capt. Markert, will hold a tourna
ment this month.
A Yorkville boy says bis father is a
“Hampton Republioan,” and bis ma a
“Hayes Democrat.”
Columbia has been tbe scene of three
or four petty fights and quarrels per day
for several days past.
“Newberry Bob,” an escaped convict
and a desperate charaoter, was captured
in Newberry recently.
The Winnebago Agricultural Society,
of Rockford, Illinois, have been invited
to attend tbe State Fair.
The Richmond Grays, who bore off
the Virginia State Fair prize, are pre
paring to go to Colombia.
Colonel Haskell delivered an able ad
dress to the people of Laurens last week,,
on the dignity of honest labor.
The art critique of the Charleston
News dishes up his theatrical “Sass” in
apple-pie order every morning.
An Edgefield meeting appointed
oommittce to wait upon the people in
the interests of the branch road.
Major W. B. Metts, of Yorkville, has
been appointed Aid to Gov. Hampton,
with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Ex Governor Bonham, at the Ablte
ville Fair, delivered the prize won by
the Abbeville R’fles in the prize drill.
Colonel Aiken and Cain aud Rainey
voted against a repeal of tbe Resumption
act, while Colonel Evins voted for re
peal.
The Charleston police and some Fed
eral soldiers oame near having a collis
ion during the circus, ou the Citadel
Green.
Three prisoners, Sunday morning,
escaped from the Columbia penitentiary
by cutting through the bars with oase
knives.
An effort was made Wednesday to
throw a Savannah and Charleston mail
train from the track. Not much dam
age done.
Two little darkies in Lewisville were
playing with a pistol. The pistol has
been laid away, and so has one of the>
"players.”
A bale of cotton was sold in Pickens
with a rock inside of it. Upon examina
tion the rock contained nearly four
pounde of gold.
The train on the Charlotte, Columbia)
and Augusta Railroad, near Lexington,
Sunday morning, was thrown from the
traok by a broken rail.
Gov. Hampton addressed the oolored
people at the A. M. E. Church Wednes
day evening, in Columbia, on tbe sub
ject of popular education.
A young lady in Richland county, 18
years old, shot and killed Samuel G.
Henry, a married man and father of a
family, in defense of her honor.
Wade H. Manning, Esq., has been in
vited by General Bamberg to accept a
position on his staff at tbe military re
view to take plaoe during the fair.
The musical and dramatic entertain
ment of Mrs. F. W. Pickens, of Edge
field, in behalf of the uniforming of the
Rifles, will take place Friday evening.
A Charleston juror asked to be ex
oused on account of being deaf in one
ear. but Judge Cooke merely said :
“Well, sir, I guess you can hear one
side of the oase.”
The Charlotte, Colombia and Augusta
and the Wilmington, Columbia and Au
gusta Railroad Companies have sub
scribed SIOO eaoh to forward the success
of the State Fair.
The Governor has oommuted the sen
tence of Jasper Robinson, oolored, who
was to have been banged in Aiken ooun
ty next Friday, to ten years’ imprison
ment in the penitentiary.
In a difficulty whioh occurred in Che
raw some days ago, Capt. Harden
struok Allan G. Chapman on tbe head
with a brick, fracturing the skull, from
the efft cts of whioh he died the next
day.
In compliance with a request from the
prisoners, the jailer of Darlington con
sented to let them all into tbe passage,
that they might get a sight of Governor
Hampton as he passsed through the
town on his way to the Fair Grounds
last week.
The Charleston Journal pnblishes a
startling telegram from Augnsta that
“Georgia, as nsna), has gone Democrat
ic by a large majority.” This is good
news, bnt what eleotion has been held
recently in Georgia ?
A Miss Smith, of Keowee county, was
sentenced to ten days in jail for petty
larceny; Mr. McLachett was similarly
sentenced for a like crime. After the
conviction of the parties they were mar
ried by the Trial Justioe, and then de
livered up to tbe sheriff, who will care
for them duriDg the honeymoon. Two
McLatchetts which don’t “hang on the
outside” just now.
REINFORCING ERZEROUM..
Reported Strengthening of Msskltor and
Defeat of the Roeolaos.
Ijondon, November 10.- Oonstanti
ple dispatches deny the report that
Monkhtar Pasha was wounded in the
fighting near Erzeroum on Monday last.
They also mention an engagement at
Baibnrt, which may account for Moukh
tar Pasha’s determination to defend
Erzeroum, as Baibnrt ia on his shortest
line of retreat to Trebisond; or it may be
the Rnssians unsuccessfully attempted
to prevent reinforcements going to Erze
roum. The latter is most probable, as
further Turkish dispatches reiterate ao
counts of Russian defeat ia the last at
tack, which wonld be hardly possible
had not reinforcements arrived. An Al
exandranople special correspondent tel
egraphs as follows : “ The Ardahan
column joined General Heimann after
the battle of Deve began. The Turks
lost there 2,500 killed and wounded and
prisoners, and a great part of their ar
tillery.”
Murad Khan*
Constantinople, November 10.—For
ty-eight persons in the service of the ex-
Snltan Murad have been arrested in
consequence of a recent conspiracy.
Murad and bis mother remain at
Toheragau Palace, bnt have been warned
that it might be necessary to remove
them to another residenoe.
The Montenegrins Bombard Podgorltno.
Raousa, November 10.—Tbe Monte
negrins have commenced the bombard
ment of Podgoritza. The plaoe is ex
pected to hold oat, as the principal de
fenses have lately been reconstructed.
Columbus, Ga., August 24th, 187 T.
Dr. C. J. Moffett :
Dkab Dootob— We give your “Teethi
na” (Teething Powders) to our little
grandchild with the happiest results.
Tbe effects were almost magioal, and
certainly more satisfactory than from
anything we ever used.
Yours very truly,
Josephs. Key,
Pastor of St. Paul Church.
The jury at Columbia took Smalls'
case laat evening. No verdiot yet.