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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21,J. 877.
EDITORIAL NOTKS.
jar. Consulship to Iquique lias been
filled, and 399 monrners are uttering keno
oaths.
—
Papers that published obituaries of tbe
Pope now allude to them a “stetabes of
bis life." ...
‘•Fivjs years of good stealing in South
Carolina" cuds, most likely, in ten years of
good penitentiary.
Stoughton has briefly and feebly re
plied to Jerk Black. It sounds like a
hysterical sob on the gallows.
Pahjbox, “Kip’s" new son-in-law, is a
slave to his pipe and tobacc* pouch. He
will soon be the slave to bis wife.
A beautiful Circassian girl can lie
Iwugbt for S3OO in Constantinople. The
currency is depreciated and the market
dull. <g>
The New Jersey Legislature, just elected,
has nine Democratic majority and will re
district the State, undoing a deal of Kadi cal
unfairness.
When a great sinner dies, would it not
lie a little modest to sometimes omit singing
over him “Asleep in Jesus” and other
hyuins of that confiding character ?
It is Stated by New York physicians that
the general prevalence of diphtheria is due
in a great degree to the gas which is thrown
off from coal stoves in rooms where there
is defective ventilation.
The New York Democrats fought and
defeated seven different combinations. The
Albany Argus thinks it safe to say that
such a fever for wild and foolish action will
not prevail again, very soon.
The New York Express grimly announces
that what there is left of Stoughton is ex
pected to sail for Russia this week. Jf.rf.
Black’s credentials were much more spicy
than those issued by Mr. Evarts.
Effingham Lawrence, nominated lor
the New Orleans Custom House Collector
ship, is a moderate Republican, and entire
ly acceptable to the Democracy. He is a
wealthy planter and a man of affairs.
The Jackson (Miss.) limn, a lonely Re
publican sheet, says: “We have a great no
tion of converting the Time* into a first
class Sunday school journal. Politics in
.Mississippi are altogether too one-sided."
It. G. Dun As Cos. estimate the indebted
ness of New York—national. State, cor
porate and private- at $7,,175,000,000. The
annual interest upon this amount, at six
per cent., would he more than $450,000,000.
Mince Todi.ebkn became the ruling
spirit, everything is done geometrically in
front of Plevna. Official bulletins announce
tbe capture of “tire apex of au obtuse
angle” awl forecast the rape of a “trape
zoid."
It takes a good deal to kill a tough old
man. The late Vanderbilt had dyspep
sia, flatulence, hernia, pleurisy, heart dis
ease, dropsy, Bright’s disease, a second
■wife, and other diseases yet to be developed
in lire progress of the trial.
The unsuccessful Democratic candidate
for Governor of lowa says: “The vote cast
for Greenback candidates in lowa is a fair
census of the men lioplcssly in debt.—
Their sorrows came of greenback inflation,
•uid they >vant now to ‘apply a hair of the
-Senator Jonvm’ grievance, next to the
silver question, is that dead beats from Air.
Hates’ section of eouutry have more influ
•enoe with the President than he has. This,
the Philadelphia Time* thinks, ought to
convince the gentleman from Nevada how
much more glorious it is to be a dead beat
than to be a Senator—a Senator from Ne
vada.
Thf, Bank of France continues stronger
in .bullion than any institution of the kind
in lire world. The statement for last month
showed cash and bullion, $438,602,531;
discounts, $106,506,398; treasury bonds.
$62,165,000; note circulation, $480,730,-
<lB2 ■ public deposits, $37,949,079, and pri
vate’ deposits, SB-1,199,313. The demand
for loans was strong.
We publish this morning the statements
rt Solicitor-General 11ef.se and of Col.
Jno. C. Reid (the latter corroborated by
Col. Pope Barrow and Gen. Robert
Toombs) of the cause of the rule against
Col. J. I). Mathews for contempt, taken
at the recent session of Oglethorpe Superior
Court . These statements are intended as a
reply to the account of the affair which ap
•pcared in the Oglethorpe Echo, and which
was copied into the Cn ronicle and Con
smTcrieNALiaT.
Those who profess to think or really
VieKeve that the Republican party in Geor
gia is disbanded will do well to read the
article from the Washington National Re
publican, which is published elsewhere in
Hie Chronicle ani> Constitutionalist
This morning. The National Republican is
The organ of the "stalwarts,” and is daily
ip reaching anew crusade against the South.
"Through Independent movements our ene
unu'S hope to reconquer Georgia aad tiring ,
niir people of the State once more in sub
jection to ignorance and corruption.
I)r. Trksham D. Gregg, a renowned
cowtroyersialist of Dublin, has challenged
"Hob" Isokksoi.i. to a public debate. The
conditions arc these : Dr. Gregg is willing,,
if defeated in the contest, to retire from his
work of propagating the Gospel, and to
withdraw from circulation his numerous
theological works. On the other hand if
Jjjmersoi.l is lieattii, he must forever 1-
terwstt.l hold his peace against the Chnstia*.
religion, and must also withdraw from cir-,
tculation Us dangerous book and other
.anti-orthodox documents.
The Washington correspondent of the
Western press slates that Kellogg and
Spokkord wet for the first time, a few
.days ago, in the committee room of Priv
ileges and Elections, where they had beeu
Mimiiv°iieil as contestants, and were intro
duced to pacli otlier. Kellogg openal the
acquaintance' by telling Spofford that, by j
a singular coincidence, he had that morning ]
received a letter from his wife, who ex
pressed the hope tliM Mr. Sfoffoed would
get the seat. Of course Afford regretted
tlie husband was not of the mind as
the wise woman w!k> had uttered ihjtl prop- j
er wish.
The London Wald/ RcfitUr has just’
published a record of disasters to British
shipping during the year ended July 30,
1877, which shows an increase of wrecks
casualties over those of the previous I
The numbei for 1876- '77 was 3,757
an iuc'tc'ase of 167. Five huadred and
two casts involved total loss, against 472
and 498 respectively for the two previous
years. From 1850 1860 the average num
ber of wrecks for etah _ vear was 1.362; from
1861 to 1865 it was 1,535. and from 1860 to
1870 the average for each £M? r TFas 2,230.
The disastere between 1861 aud 70 in
volved the drowning of 12.332 pereo n. —
These statistics present some startling fact*,
and lead us to hope that the signal service
will be so generally established every where,
that most of the great dangers from sudden
atmospheric changes may be avoided lay
sea-goers. The value of the new senric*
has not been fully demonstrated until very
recently, so that hereafter it may he expect
ed that wreck statistics will indicate far
I ess destruction to shipping.
UROBtil* UKTTINO ALONG well.
Georgia seems to be gettmg along
very well in Congress. Messrs. Bell
and Felton made fine speeches in favor
of the repeal of the Resumption Act
last Wednesday. Georgia is indeed a
great State and haa any quantity of
great men. To the high-toned Vir
ginian politician at the Springs last
Summer, who was constantly boasting
that “ Virginia was the mother of States
and of statesmen," General Gaby, of
Edgefield, sharply retorted “ that Vir
ginia might once have been the mother
of statesmen, bnt she bad quit breed
ing a long time ago.” Such a reproach
cannot be uttered about Georgia. The
old lady ia atill in the basiness and it ia
astonishing what a number of great men
are lying around loose within her bord
ers. If the State had a thousand seats
in Congress instead of eleven she oould
place a statesman in every one of them.
We are glad to know that the eleven for
whom there is room are doing so well.
Mr. Bell is among the new members of
this session, but served a term in Con
gress a few years ago and is a man of
decided ability. Mr. Felton is serving
his second term and is both eloquent
and intellectual. He ia very popular in
the Seventh District, and if he was not
such an uncompromising enemy of party
organization might one day be Governor
of Georgia. _
A FOOLISH MOVE.
In Mr. Charles Gayabre’s remark
able article on the Southern Question,
in the North American Review, be
notes that one peculiarity of the oolored
people is to make all their claims, es
pecially in politics, on the ground of
race. The white nan poshes himself
forward on an individual basis of per
sonal merit. But the leaders of the
negroes move on the line of race, just
as if there was no personal merit worthy
of consideration, and that the whole
question was one of avoirdupois. A
striking exemplification of the truth of
Mr. Gayabrb’s statement is found
in a letter published in a Washing
ton Sunday paper, written by the Secre
tary of anew organization, called the
“ Invincibles,” at the instance of a com
mittee of that body and address'd to
Professor Langston, recently appointed
Minister to Hayti, in whioh complaint
is made that the African race is not suf
ficiently recognized by the Administra
tion. It is said that the organization is
already seven hundred strong in Wash
ington City ; that though young it has
rapidly spread throughout the United
States, and that by the next Presiden
tial election every true black will be en
rolled in its ranks. The platform is
justice and recognition according to
merit.
We venture to say, in general, as Mr.
Gatarre says in minute particularity,
that no race has ever had so much done
for it with so little corresponding re
turn as the negro. What oceans
of white blood have been shed for him,
what untold millions of money squan
dered ! How all the natural functions
of man and law have been strained and
perverted to make him different from
God’s decree! And yet we are to be
told, in the general wreck of American
prosperity and institutions, consequent
upon a war for slavery, that the negroes
have not been sufficiently recognized by
the Administration 1
We rather think that this threatened
blaok organization will amount to noth
ing very serious. But, if it should come
to a head, it requires no prophet to
rise from the dead or from the tomb of
Medina to declare that it will be the be
ginning of the end of the whole negro
business. An antagonism of that sort
would instantly array the vast ma
jority of white men against it, and the
swift destruction that must come npon
it would be as blasting as tbe simoom.
If the negroes want “justice and re
cognition according to merit” they must
seek it as individuals, and not as a race.
All of these stormy mutterings among
the oolored people, however, are por
tentous. They but confirm Mr. Gayab
re’s announcement, in due form, to the
people of this oountry, and especially
to those of the East and West, that the
Southern question is not dead ; that it
has simply ohanged its aspect from ne
gro slavery to negro freedom, and that
the wisest statesmanship will be re
quired to make useful and harmless the
monster the Radical Frankenstein has
created for the disturbance of this
Union.
DISHKCTINU THE IJIANT.
When the Eastern and Western presses
of all shades of politics get through with
their pritioisms upon Senator Morton
there witi be precious little greatness
left for his heirs and assigns to comtem
plate. The Chicago Times, a sort of
vigorous free lance, speaks of the dead
Senator as a bundle of prejudices and
contradictions, who was everything by
turns and nothing long, bnt who always
shifted to what he considered the strong
and winning side. The Time* pithily
same np that (
“When he lived, he lived in clover,
And when he died, he died all ever.”
The inference, of course, to be drawn
from this is that there was nothing
grand or enduring in his character and
therefore his fame, like a soap bubble,
must peri**; with the breath that gave
it volatility and brightness.
The New York Nation, the most
scholarly of Republican journals, which
circulates most largely among the intel
lectual and cultivated men of all parties,
shows, in some terse and compact sen
teaaen, how chameleon-like the Indiana
gladiator sqm. It says :
He was tn advocate, if not tlia author, of
President Joxnson* pebfiv of reconstruction,
and afterward was ready to impeach him for
carrying it out. He violently oppeaad nogro
suffrage when it was first proposed, bat as
goon as it became a party necessity eagerly ad
vocated it. When tlie evil results which he
predicted would flow from it began to show
themseteew, he strenuously denied their ex
istence or aecriAMkl them to some other cause.
In 1667, probably audeu ib fi same devotion to
party, tie bagau to advocate tiw payment of
the Goverumaot bonds ip giqcuhfcks. bat
finding that the teheme did not take hdi<i
the public mind, supported the payment of
them in gold. A few years later ho hftevne
1 1, leader of the inflationists in the (Moats,
and —-ft p near plunging the country into the
wildest flustwlfl disorder by the championship
of the measure v/ caper expansion which
General Grant luckiiy His speeches
on finance during this period wot* £uch as to
bring discredit on the body to which *a be
ionged and which had to listen to them. A 1
yav later, however, he appeared on the stump
as a eappegter of redemption in coin, public
opinion having vested in that direction. For
reform of the civil service si*ys expressed
great contempt. During the trowAee attend
ing the Presidential count last Winter, when
there was talk of a resort to fores to carry out
the Republican view of the law, the extremists
turned to him as the one man in the party
who wae supposed to have the plnek and de
termination and kind Of Judgment necessary
for the'.coqaucf of such an enterprise. In a
plan which he song Agreed for counting the
Presidential vote he denwl the right of the
President of the Senate So perfqan that duty,
but as soon as it ■ergot®'! necessary ip? the
election of Mr. Hams he maintained it.
That a man should so swiftly and with
such evident gusto play fast and loose be-;
tween such paradoxical extremes is mon
strous enough But that he should, in
spite of tips, fce the leader of the United
States Senators who adhered to the Re
publican party iaqnite as maiyalous. We
<-<Ms explain it upon one ground only,
and that a .common hatred of the South.
That prop is falling away, and no man
ean confidently Lurid upon it an en
during title to called
tellect was in tease, bat it was partisan
and narrow. His moral nature is best
alluded to with charity or not at all.
His darling prospects, founded upon
bitterpess and sectional strife, are gone
ic the wind. They have bat one me
meavfc-a bloody rag which no man will
claim
Wade or
of folly and fanaticism. The grave de
dait in Senator Moftrow> ,£**&*, of
late years, was his inability M>
come down from his perch aa
a “great war Governor. ” When all
the reel soldiers had gone borne and sub
sided into the ranks of peace, the Sena
tor insisted upon wearing the plume cf
Gen. Bora and demanding the sabre of
his father. It iB true that, on his death
bed, he peroeived the folly of all this
and, with aoenstomed pliability, was
willing to accept the inevitable, so long
as his uniform of “great war Governor”
was permitted to be worn on holiday oc
casions. We are glad that his latest
change was a peaceful one and that be
had no opportunity to resume his an
cient attitude. Bnt, as the years wear
on, he will have few, if any, reminders
of real greatness. Meanwhile, the
men who deem him something Titanic
are striving to get subscriptions for a
monument, and Daniel W. Vookhkes,
his life-long opponent, who occupies
his seat in the Senate, is almost smoth
ered with flowers. The King is dead !
Long live the King 1
SLOW BUT SURE POISON.
The Louisville Courier- Journal, which
is published in a State where whUky
ought to be good if anywhere, confirms
the statement that probably nine hun
dred and ninety-nine gallons out of
every thousand that are sold as brandy
are made from a vile compound of
whisky swill, distilled spirits and chemi
cal abominations, and adds: “And as it
is also true of whisky, what in the
name of goodness are we all to do for
something to drißk ? It looks as if we
were to be driven to the pnmp in spite of
ourselves. If the world at large knew what
villainous staffs brandy and whisky and
wines are made of, the present crop of
drunkards would be about the last, or at
any rate, all future crops would be
small. Nearly or quite all of the iiqnors
that are retailed now-a-days are un
doubtedly a slow bnt sure poison, and
to drink them habitually is simply a
roundabout way of committing suicide,
and unless you guard yourself carefully
the way is not so roundabout either.”
OFFICIAL INFORMATION PRIVILEGED.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
has decided the dispute between the Al
legheny county grand jury and Governor
Habtbanft in favor of the latter. The
grand jury summoned the Governor and
the Adjutant-General before them to
give testimony in the case of the riots.
The Governor and Adjutant-General re
fused to come, on the ground that the
information in their possession was priv
ileged, and to divulge it would be detri
mental to the public interests. The Al
legheny County Court decided that this
answer was insufficient and the executive
officers must come. The question was
submitted to the Supreme Court, and
that tribunal decides in favor of the
position taken by the Governor. The
decision means that official information
in possession of the Governor is priv
ileged and the Governor need not give
it in evidence before a grand jury or a
Court of Justioe, unless he is willing to.
DEMOCRATIC APPOINTMENTS.
The New York Herald, of a recent
date, goes to the very marrow of the
case when it thus speaks of the partisan
intolerance of the Republican Senators
in dealing with tbe President’s Demo
cratic appointments :
Every political party baa equal rights in tbe
Senate. What a majority of one party may do
in relation to appointments the other party
wonld have precisely the same justification in
doing when it in turn has a majority. If it
be right for a Republican Senate to decide
that it will reject every appointment of a Dem
ocrat to office, then it would also be right for
a Democratic Senate to refuse to confirm the
appointment of any Republican,
The Republican Senatprs are proceed
ing as if they thought there was no
hereafter. But in 1879 the tables will
be turned, and with a vengeance, unless
a better spirit should prevail in the im
plaoable camp. It seems to us that men
whose lease of life is so short should
have the sense to take as few risks as pos
sible in the immediate Future.
THE TAXATION OF LAWYERS.
The lawyers of Bt. Louis have re
sisted the collection of the tax imposed
upon them by the municipal authorities
and have won their case in the Courts.
One of their number refused to pay the
tax assessed by ordinance upon attor
neys at law, for which refusal he was
arrested, tried and oonvicted before the
Police Court, and a fine of SSO im
posed, from which decision he appealed
to the Court of Criminal Correction,
where the decision was affirmed pro
forma. He then appealed the case to
tbe Court of Appeals, and this tribunal
reversed the decision of the Court be
low. The Court held that the General
Assembly of the State had a right to
levy a professional tax upon lawyers,
but also held that municipal corpora
tions were not vested with any such au
thority. In Georgia, as in many other
States, city authorities impose a license
tax upon members of the bar and its
oolleotion has been frequently resisted—
though a test case has never been oarried
to the Courts, the city or the lawyers
nsually conceding the point at issne.
HKB. HATES* ATLANTA ESCORT.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean has been
thrown into spasms by the receipt of a
letter from Atlanta stating that O. H.
Jones, the Chairman of the Citizens’
Committee on the ooeasion of the Presi
dential visit and the gentleman who es
oorted Mrs. Hates from the Union De
pot to the hotel while his assooiates
looked on gremt with envy, was of the
party who hanged the men from Sher
man’s army who stole an engine at Big
Shanty in 1864 and attempted to carry
it off to Chattanooga. The correspon
dent says :
The unsuccessful hero, Adams, was a man of
splendid physique. By some miscalculation
of his height or the length of the rope his
toes touched the ground. One O. H. Jones,
noted for his gallantry in disposing of unarm
ed Union men during the war, got a spade and
dug the sand from beneath Adams' feet tmtil
hie weight was sufficient to choke him to
death.
The troth of the matter is that the
men were spies and were oondemned
and /executed as spies. If Mr. Jones
did whsit he ia charged with doing
(which we capitally he was sim
ply trying tG pat a doopaed man out of
his misery,
THE SMALLS CASE AGAIN.
The conviction of Robert Smalls in
South Gaitolipß, for bribery and corrup
tion, imposes upon toe JJouse of Repre
sentatives at Washington a vepj plain
duty. The Washington dispatches to!
the Northern press suggest that this
mac “may go on drawing his salary as a
mestfoei of Conjjrqje a t the same time
that he draws his rations pa a South
Carolina convict, because, being a car
pet-bagger, he comes of a race of men
who seldom die and never resign, and
because two-thirds of the House might
not be willing to vote for his expulsion."
It is hard, we know, to divine the choice
of j husband oil the part of an in
fatuated woman, the verdict of a petit
jury, and A&p Tension of a Rad;?*!
minority in Congress., but we bardly
think one-third of the Hopse vjjl pro
tect Smalls in this way, on the ground
that he did not commit the crime con
victed of while a member of Congress.
The New York Tribune, protesting
this bald and immoral sophis
try, cites ii> well knows case of
Wx. Blount, when toe Sunste expelled
a member for an offence which was noi
in violation ef any statute, which he did
not <yp as a Senator, nor at the
Capital, ncr _the session of Con
gress ; and the ride Ah toe House of
Commons, e# stated by Storj, shows
that that body esetzises even a larger
discretion in cases of expulsion than
has been fixed by precedent in Congress.
The same Republican authority nno
tnonsly adds: “It is undoubtedly
worth something to get Mr. Smalls ont
iff Congress, bat five thousand a year
is too large a priee to puy for the lack of
hia company.'
When officially informed of Smalls’
rascality we confidently expect that the
House will expel him. The quickest
way, then, to fill his place wonld be by
admitting Hon. Geobob D. Tillman to
the seat he contests. The probability
is, however, that anew election will be
ordered. In that event Mr. Tillman
will be triumphantly returned.
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA IN
CONGRESS.
We continue our resume of what has
been done in Congress daring the past
week by the members from Georgia
and South Carolina. November 8, Sen
ator Gobdon introduced a bill for the
relief of Samuel Noble, which was re
ferred to the Committee on Claims.—
November 9, Senator Gordon presented
the petition of John F. Andrews, of
Wilkes county, praying the passage of a
bill refunding him $l3O which he had
been oompelled to pay on acconnt of the
bnrning of a registered lei ter mailed by
him to Atlanta last Summer, which was
referred to the Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads. In the House,
on the same day, Mr. Aiken, of South
Carolina, spoke in favor of a reductiom
of the army, and said that if additional
soldiers were needed for the protection
of the Texan frontier, there were some
stationed at Colombia and Charleston
who Coaid be easily spared. Mr. Felton
presented a petition from the citizens of
Gordon connty, asking that the laws be
so amended as to extend the time for
filing war claims, which was referred to
the Committee on War Claims. No
vember 10, Mr. Felton presented pa
pers relating to the claim of J. H.
Rogers and C. J. Shepard for property
taken by the United States Army ; also,
papers relating to the claim of William
Hbdgpeth to be refunded the amount
of taxes illegally collected from him by
United States officials ; which were both
referred to the Committee of Claims.
In the Senate, November 12, Senator
Hill introduced a bill to refund to the
State of Georgia certain money expend
ed by the State for the common defense
in 1777, which was referred to the
Committee on Revolutionary Claims.
Senator Gordon presented the peti
tion of W. F. Hovis, of Walker county,
Georgia, late assistant assessor of in
ternal revenue for the First District of
Georgia, praying for the passage of a
bill granting him $594 with interest
thereon for services rendered as assist
ant assessor of internal revenue from
the Ist of October, 1865, to the Ist of
February, 1866; whioh was referred to
the Committee on Claims. He also pre
sented the petition of James H. Glenn,
of Woodville, Georgia, praying compen
sation for property taken for the publio
service after the close of the late war;
which was referred to the Committee on
Claims. He also presented the petition
of Guerry & Son, commercial lawyers,
of Americus, Georgia, praying for the
repeal of the joint resolution of March
2,1867, requiring an oath of loyalty be
fore receiving bounty land; whioh was
referred to the Committee on the Ju
diciary. He also presented the petition
of Mrs. F. A. Timberlake, of Augusta,
Georgia, praying for the introduction
duty free of a monument for the Augus
ta soldiers’ cemetery; which was refer
red to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Stephens introduced a bill for
the relief of Stafford, Seymour & Cos.,
and sundry other parties for Indian de
predations, which was referred to the
Committee on Claims. He also intro
duced a bill for the relief of V. Rich
ards & Brothers, which was referred to
the Committee on War Claims.
Mr. Hartridge introduced a bill to
provide for the settlement with certain
railway companies, which was referred
to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. Blount introduced a bill for the
relief of Anthony L. Maxwell, of Ma
con, for ordnance stores and supplies
taken at Knoxville, Tennessee, for the
use of the United States Army, which
was referred to the Committee on War
Claims.
Mr. Cook introduced a bill for the re
moval of the political disabilities of
Wm. A. Cornwell, which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr.
Cook also introduced a bill to appropri
ate $2,000 for survey of Flint River,
which was referred to the Committee on
Commerce. Mr. Cook also introduced a
bill authorizing payment for all ootton
seized after May 29, 1865, which was re
ferred to the Committee of Ways and
Means. Mr. Cook also introduced a bill
granting pensions to the soldiers of the
Seminole and Florida wars, whioh was
referred to the Committee on Invalid
Pensions. Mr. Cook also introduced a
bill to refund certain taxes collected by
the United States on raw cotton during
the years 1863, 1864, 1835, 1866, 1867
and 1868, which was referred to the
Committee of Ways and Means. Mr.
Smith, of Georgia, introduced a bill re
storing to the pension roll the name of
James Buchanan, of Blakely, Early
oounty, Georgia, First Lieutenant Geor
gia militia, in the Florida Indian war of
1836, and whose name was dropped from
the rolls under the act of February 4,
1862, which was referred to the Commit
tee on Invalid Pensions.
November 13 Mr. Stephens intro
duced a bill for the relief of Edward
Gallaher, which was referred to the
Committee on War Claims. Mr. Blount,
from the Committee of Appropriations,
had charge on this day of the naval de
ficiency bill and engineered it safely
through the House. Mr. Evins, of
South Carolina, presented papers relat
ing to the establishment of a post route
from Texahaw to Camden, S. C., which
was referred to the Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads. Mr. Habtridge
presented memorials from the commis
sioners of pilotage and merchants of
Brunswick, Darien and (Savannah, pro
testing against the repeal of the lay
regulating compulsory pilotage.
THIS YEAR’S COTTON CHOP.
Reduction oi Yield Compared With Last
Year— flppjrglQ. Loses an Eighth Per Cent.
—Four Per Cept. Falling Off iu the Aggre
gate.
Washington, November 15. —The cot
ton retarns of the Department of Agri
culture, made daring the first week of
November, compare the product in
bales with that of 1876. The absence
of killing frosts is noted in all the
States; slight frosts in the more north
ern districts have been favorable to the
ip.Cjrease of yield,by hastening the ripen
ing oi l&tej bolls. Rains in October
have been unusHaKy Jieavy and general
ly interfering with picking, causing
staining and loss of fibre. The loepeu
from the prevalence of the caterpillar
were heaviest in Texas, were somewhat
serious in Louisiana and to a less ex
tent in Mississippi and Florida. In
the cczaparison by States with
the crop of ’ list Texas
has the lowest per centage atfd would be
still lower but for the 15 per centum in
crease of area; Arkansas and Tennessee
stand high, not by reason of a good crop
but because their yields were relatively
low lai year; Alabama is above 100
only because 'her l#st crop was a vary
poor one. The figures ar,a as follows
North Carolina, 91: South Carolina, 9Q;
Georgia, 92, Florida, 87; Alabama, 105;
Mississippi, 93; Louisiana, 97; Texas,
80; Arkansas, 110: Tennessee, 115. This
indicates about 4 per cent, reduction of
the aggregate of last year, even it the fa
•—.a iif toe picking season should be as
favorable < of JfJ.
also reports of low J’ e W A,°
aee£ which may further a?? 01 there
torn*." " ~
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Honorably DinOwgrt.
Chicago, November 17.—Chas. Fenl
ker, who was arrested lately for de
frauding the Government by shipping
goods from Italy and substituting a
a..--u°. invoice for that which came
Wifli too merchandize, was acquitted
'to dayV ‘ it having been proven that a
lesser invoice represented it correct
value of the goods, while! the large one
was intended for the inspection of cus
tomers.
Nothing mpfces f hope so attractive
as tastefnl ornamentation, ft ?s within
the power of any lady to mage fancy
work, glove and handkerchief boxes,
etc. “Andrews’ Bazar" give# all the
lateet and most beantifnl designs for
these articles, which give pleasure in
making and tend so much to beautify a
home. Bend ten cents to W. R. An
drews, Cincinnati, for specimen copy.
THE SENATORSHIP.
DISCUSSION BETWEEN MESSRS.
CCMMISO AND FOSTER.
The CaapaJffß Ovens In Earnest—Tbe Can
didates In Jeßersea—A Joint Discussion
Darin* Court Week-Hew the Time Was
Apportioned—. Major Commie* Opens-Mr.
Foster Follows— Major Comedo* Goa.
clade*.
[ Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist . 1
Louisville, Ga., November 14.—Yes
terday and to-dav ttre political waters
were much stirred hereabout in connec
tion with the Senatorship from the
Eighteenth District. Major Joseph B.
Camming, of Augusta, reached town on
Monday in Order to address the people
of Jefferson on that question, and on
Tuesday morning Hon. H. C. Foster
also put in an appearance on Major C.’s
invitation, in order to participate in the
discussion. Owing to the pressure of
Court basiness, Jefferson. Superior
Coart, Judge Hersohel V. Johnson pre
siding, being now in session, there was
no speaking on that day. On Tuesday
night the Louisville Cornet Band paid
Mr. Foster the compliment of a sere
nade, and discoursed a number of beau
tiful airs with a skill reflecting great
credit on the musical abilities of the
amatenrs composing the organization.
On Wednesday Judge Johnson consent
ed to extend the usual dinner adjourn
ment to two hours, and immediately on
the recess tho Court room was complete
ly filled with a large audience, not even
standing room remaining, and numbers
clustering at the doors unable to gain
admission.
The Time Apportioned.
Judge W. F. Denny, Chairman of the
Democratic Executive Committee of
Jefferson connty, called the meeting to
order, and announced that Major Joseph
B. Camming and Hon. H. C. Foster, of
Richmond, candidates fof the Senator
ship from the Eighteenth District,
would address the meeting on that sub
ject, the discussion to be opened in a
speech of three-quarters of an hoar by
Major Cumming, who would be followed
by Mr. Foster in a speeoh of an hour;
the discussion to close by a reply by
Major C. of fifteen minutes, thus allow
ing each gentleman one bonr.
>laj. Cummins’s Opentas Speech.
Hon. Jos. B. Camming then opened
the discussion by adverting to the fact
that the last time he stood before the
citizens of Jefferson county was in 1868,
when he addressed them as a Demo
cratic Elector on the Seymour ticket.
At that period the government of Geor
gia was in hands hostile to our people—
so with the South generally. Now
Georgia and the entire South are re
deemed, and this then despised section
is the “solid South” and a great power
in tho National Government. This
magnificent result was due to the fact
that the people of the South, banded
together in the Democratic party, had
moved as one man, and that private am
bition was subordinate, to the general
good.
Major C. tlien proceeded to say that
he stood as a candidate seeking the pre
servation of this Democratic party and
a nomination from it. Mr. Foster was
an Independent candidate, who had
thrown off his allegiance. The speaker
here read Mr. Foster’s card of October
14, 1877: “To the voters of the Eight
eenth Senatorial District,” and said
while some of Mr. Foster’s friends said
he was not an* Independent, this card
showed that he was.
Mr. Foster claimed an advantage be
fore a Jefferson audience for two rea
sons: First, that Major Cumming had
opposed Col. Cain in the Senatorial con
test in 1872. This was true in fact. He
gave his reasons why he sought the
nomination at that time of a gentleman
from Richmond. But here was the
record of the Convention, too long to
read, bnt which any one might examine.
His opposition had been open and man
ly. Colonel Cain had so declared it,
and the speaker appealed to General
Carswell in the audience, who had done
battle for Colonel Cain, to say if that
was not the character of the opposition,
and if any discoarteous or unfriendly
word had been said about Colonel Cain.
General Carswell here stated that he had
before said and now again declared that
what Major Cumming said about the
contest was correct. He defied any one
to say that he had said a harsh or dis
respectful word of Colonel Cain.—
The speaker said in 1868 a vic
tim was called for the slaughter, and
Richmond had furnished it in the per
son of Hon. A. C. Walker, and in 1872
ho thought Riohmond should be re
warded for the sacrifice.
So much for the advantage Mr. Foster
claimed by reason of the feeling against
the speaker. His second claim of advan
tage was that Jefferson owed him a debt
of gratitude for supporting Col. Cain.
The speaker said this claim was not true
in fact. Mr. Foster did not support
Col. Cain. He asked Mr. Foster if he
had not in fact voted for Col. Snead ?
(Mr. Foster said yes he did vote for Col.
Snead, but he believed that Col. Cain
was entitled to the nomination, and he
supported Cain in every other respect.)
Major Cumming continued: Favor him
with no such support. He called upon
the people of Jefferson to pass judgment
and say which they thought more cred
itable to a man—such opposition as his,
or such support as Mr. Foster’s.
Another point of opposition he had
heard since his arrival was that the
Richmond Executive Committee was
discoarteous to Jefferson in the action
it took in reference to the Constitu
tional Convention in April last.—
That action was certainly not meant
discourteously. It only undertook to
apportion the delegates among the coun
ties and to say that each county should
select its own delegates. The appor
tionment was not unfair. The result
was not unsatisfactory to Jefferson, for
by it she got Dr. Phillips and her
favorite son Col. Cain. The speaker’s
relation to the measure was that he, as
a member of the committee, voted for
it. Mr. Foster’s, that he as a member
of the County Convention, exeonted it.
In executing it he tried to defeat Gover
nor Jenkins. He tried to defeat him by
nominating Mr. Wm. A. Walton—one of
the first citizens of the tjtate, but the gen
tleman who had stood shoulder to shoul
der with the speaker in his opposition to
Colonel Cain, and who had presided
over that section of the Convention
which nominated Colonel Snead. Such
were the merits of Mr. Foster’s claim
upon the gratitude of Jefferson county.
The opening forty five minutes here ex
pired.
Mr. Foster’s Reyly.
Judge Denny then introduced Hon. H.
C. Foster, who was greeted with
applause. On taking the stand Mr.
lostersaid he disclaimed seeking the
vote of Jefferson county on any such
grounds of opposition to Major Cum
ming or gratitude to himself in connec
tion with the Senatorial contest of 1872,
as Major C. had insisted on. After the
Convention of that year had split and
both Col. Snead and Col. Cain had gone
before the people, he felt constrained to
vote for hi ß Ppunty man, Cos). Snead,
and had done so. Rut he had known
Col. Cain long and well, and knowing
him to be a gentlemen of high standing
and that harsh and crnel charges and
insinuations had been made against
him, he felt it a duty to pnt him fairly
before the people of Richmond oonnty
so far as lay in his power and had done
so. As one friendly to Col. Cain and
as one who felt it a duty at all times to
afford a man unjnstly assailed a fall and
fair opportunity to vindicate himself, be
had given him a foil and nnreserved
commendation. Col. Cain well knew his
position and fully appreciated his efforts
in that contest to do him this measure
of justice and right. This was all that
Col. Cain required. In all respects he
was the peer of his distinguished com
petitor. He was a man fit for any trust
and of abilities so great that he needed
no nursing, nothing bat a fair opportun
ity to come before The people and with
this was amply able to take care of him
self.
As to the charge that he, the speaker,
was an Independent, he wonld ask what
was an Independent ? As he under
stood the- term, an Independent was one
who sought office in defiance of some
legally expressed action or authority of
the party. His position he had an
nounced in his card of October 14, 1877,
which had been read. He was a Demo
crat and had never voted for any other
than a Democrat. (Major Camming
here asked if he had not voted against
Mr. Biack and for Till. jDeas. Mr. F.
said he had; that Mr. Dess was a Demo
crat, and that he had never heard any
objection to him *pd none could bo
urged unless it was that he was a poor
man.) Continuing, Mr. ,F. said he
would now show, and from Major Cum
ming’s own declarations, that there was
no Democratic Executive Committee for
the Senatorial District, and
in the absence of one *heie was no party
asthovi*** for a nominating i^C”vention
for the district. Jfe’o? waa a
member of the Democratic Executive
Committee of Richmond county, and in
April last, when a letter was presented
to that body from Judge Denny, Chair
man of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Jefferson county, asking for a
Convention to nominate delegates to the
Constitutional Convention from this Dis
trict, no regard was paid to that com
munication, and the Riphmond Commit
tee proceeded to adopt resolutions that
each county should act independently
in making those nominations, one of the
resolutions giving as a rpasjpn for this
the absence of any proper party ma
chinery to make nominations for the
district. Mr. F. here read the resolu
tion as follows: "Resolved, That in the
absence of a Democratic Executive
Commutes of this election district, the
counties of Jefferson and Glascock be
requested to nominate,” &c., &c. Now
the question arose if there was no pro
per party authority to make nomina
tions in April, 1877, how was it that
with the same state of facts the same
men insisted on a nominating Conven
tion as being legal and necessary now ?
The fact was and is that there being no
Democratic Executive Committee for
this Senatorial District, any joint ac
tion was matter of agreement for each
county to accede to or not, just as the
Richmond Executive Committee had
said. This being so, why should Jef
ferson go into a Senatorial Convention
where she could accomplish no good for
herself, as one-half of the Convention
were already instructed to vote for
Major Gamming and no one else, and
where the only effect would be to give
him an artificial strength by an appa
rent conformity to party usage when in
fact no such usage existed. Such being
the fact, he had, as a Democrat, gone
directly to the people and sought their
support at the ballot box. All this cry
of disorganization was bosh ! He be
lieved in the people, and further be
lieved that, convention or no conven
tion, nomination or no nomination, the
people always bad intelligence and in
tegrity enough to knew and to do right.
Any other supposition would do vio
lence to the principles of this Govern
ment; was an insult to their intelligence
and a slander on their patriotism. At
the ballot box the best man would
always be elected.
Now a word more as to this charge of
Independent. The primary election in
Richmond was undemocratic and unfair.
The hours set, from 10, a. m., to 5, p.
m., were such as necessarily deprived
the large body of mechanics and work
ing men, from whom his support was
largely drawn, from an opportunity of
voting, for just as the polls closed ac
cording to these hours, that large body
of voters knocked ofl work. Why were
the hours as originally proposed—viz:
from 8, a. m., to 8, p. m., which would
have given them an opportunity to
vote—changed to from 10, a. m.,
to 5, p. m.? Another thing. Hon.
Geo. R. Sibley, who firmly supported
him, and was himself a candidate for
the House from Richmond, was heartily
struck at that election because of that
support, and yet Mr. Sibley led the
ticket. Again, if he (Mr. F.) was an In
dependent because he was before them
in advance of a convention, soliciting
their support, then Major Cumming was
also an independent, since he was
there before them too. In conclusion,
Mr. Foster said let Major Cumming and
himself stand even before the people.
Let every man be free to vote as his
judgment dictated. Don’t go into this
convention. Don’t give him the party
lash to whip in freemen. This was a
free government; freedom was its genius
—freedom at home and abroad, freedom
at the ballot box, freedom everywhere.
The virtue and intelligence of the peo
ple would not suffer their form of gov
ernment to be injured. The issue before
them —and old Richmond would respond
to it—was whether they were free to vote
for whom they pleased. t.
Major Cum mi uk lu Reply.
His position was, is and will continue
to be, that he does not desire to be
forced on an unwilling people. The
Democratic party was the people to
whom he appealed. If the appeal was
made elsewhere we would return to the
evil days of reconstruction. This Inde
pendent movement would bring that re
turn. As to the Constitutional Conven
tion of 1877, he approved that action.
He thought the proportion was right.
The hours of primary election were ex
tended longer by two hours than those
fixed by law in the country. These
'hours were voted for in the committee
by Mr. May, Mr. Foster’s warmest sup
porter. Mr. Foster never complain
ed of them. There was never a
moment when they would not have been
changed at his request. When eight
days afterwards he withdrew from the
nomination, his card did not mention
this as a reason. It is now an after
thought. It proceds on a wrong as
sumption, viz: that Mr. F. owns the la
boring men’s vote. He is no more the
laboring mau’s friend than the speaker,
and the laboring men of Richmond
county will so answer at the election.
Mr. Foster never struck a lick of manual
work, he never plowed a furrow or
hammered a piece of iron. His
father was a man of wealth, and
gave his son a liberal college education,
and dying left him a competency, and
the only trade Mr. Foster ever worked
at was the speaker’s trade—that of the
lawyer. Ho was no more a laborer or
the friend of the laborer than was the
speaker.
Here the discussion closed, and the
large audience dispersed. D.
RADICALISM RAMPANT.
The Republican Party In Georgia Neither
Dead Nor Dlobanded—“lt Has a Mission
and Will Perform It”—Good Reading for
Independents.
[ Washington National Republican.]
Georgia is a Republican State by a
large majority when its people are left
free to exercise the right of suffrage ac
cording to the dictates of their own con
victions and judgments. Through out
rage, intimidation and a sense of deser
tion, the Republican party in that State
has become inert, inactive and ineffi
cient, until the State has been regarded
as substantially Democratic. But this
is not the fact. The Republican party
there is not dead, but has Buffered from
a general paralysis of action. It begins
to show signs of life. The appoint
ments by a Republican President of
Democrats to important positions, in
stead of Republicans equally qualified
for them, has had one good effect. It
has aroused the Republicans to a sense
of the wrong done their cause by this
departure from accustomed paths, and
they are clothing themselves with new
energies and new activities.
The Atlanta Republican, which has
been an able advocate of the Republican
faith, but whioh has been suffering from
severe discouragements, is putting on
its armor for a fresh contest in behalf of
the right, with the following declaration
of principles and purposes:
“Important as the work already accom
plished by the Republican party is,
other work hardly less in magnitude re
mains to be done. The people must be
taught that the American Republic
nation, not a confederacy. Life and
property must be protected. Education
by the State &ust be placed within the
reach of all the people. Free speech and
a free press must be guaranteed. The
ballot must be guaranteed and protect
ed. The ways and means for promoting
tfco material prosperity of the State
should be discussed, such as agriculture,
commerce, manufacturing, mining, in
ternal improvements, a homestead, and
strict economy in the public expendi
tures.”
The Republican will do yeoman’s ser
vice in behalf of Republican principles
and policy relating to its own State and
the nation at large, and is-deserving of
the meat liberal support. If the policy
of pacification is honestly accepted by
the Democrats in Georgia, they will en
ter upon the policy of “live and let
live,” and the Republicans will be se
cured in a peaceable exercise of all their
rights; their party will put on its full
vigor once more, and the State will be
come peaceful, prosperous and happy.
The Republican now puts forth these
words of cheery promise: “The Repub
lican part of Qeorgia is a unit for Re
publicanism; it has a mission and will
perform it.”
TJIE FREEPifAN** MA?IN(iS RANK.
A Klim Prospect Far a Kamil Dividend
•Several Months (If.
The Savannah News has been fur
nished with the following letter received
by J. H. Deveaux, colored, in reference
to the Freedman’s Savings Bank, which
we publish as a matter of interest to the
colored people of this city, though it
appears to us that the hope held out is
a forlorn oap :
Washington, D. C., Nov. 12, 1877.
John H. Deveaux, Esq., Savannah,
Ga.:
Sib— Replying to yours of the 9th
inst., we would say that a dividend of
some amount will be paid this Winter
or early in the Spring of 1878. We have
on hand funds sufficient tjo pay a divi
dend of ten per cdhti, and a- prospect of
increasing it an additional five pdr cent,
within a month or six ' week from this
time, and, if successful, will declare a
dividend of fifteen per cent, failing in
this we will pay the ten per tent, that
we have. After the amount has been
decided upon it jvill require from two to
three months to extend the dividend,
write ont pheofcs, etc.;' ’ actual
payment can be made.
Very respectfully,
B. H. T. Leifold,
Of the Commissioners.
HANCOCK ADHERBS TO NOMINATIONS.
• the Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
—n J 16.—A meet
ing of the Democracy of ffancook oeuu
ty was held here to-day for the purpose
of nominating candidates for the Leg
islature. Hon. William J. Northern,
one of the present members, was nomi
nated. The other member, Hon. Jno.
T. Jordan, having declined to be a can
didate again, Mr. A. Miller Dnßose was
nominated. Mr. Dnßose is a talented
young lawyer of this place, and a son of
Hon. C. W. Dußose, who has recently,
been nominated for the Senate from this
District. Hancock.
He murmured, “lam a man of quiet
tastes;” then went behind the door, took
a flask from his pocket, and tasted some
thing.
AN EXPLANATION
OF THE POTTLE - MATHEWS
TOOMBB EMBROGLIO AT
OGLETHORPE.
A Reply to the Statement of the Oglethorpe
“Echo”—The Cnee of Contempt Against
Col. J. D. Mathews—The Account Liven by
Solicitor-General Reese—The Statement*
of Messrs. Reid, Toombs and Barrow.
Some weeks since the Chbonicle and
Constitutionalist copied from the Ogle
thorpe Echo an account of what trans
pired between Judge E. H. Pottle, of
the Northern Circuit, and Colonel J. D.
Mathews and Gem ral Robert Toombs,
during the trial of the Eberhart murder
case in Oglethorpe Superior Court. Yes
terday the following was received from
Judge Pottle:
Judge Pottle's Letter.
Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
You have copu and an arraignment
against me as a judicial officer to which
I do not plead, but prefer to send you
an account of the transaction written by
others, who are well known for their in
tegrity and fairness. Messrs. Toombs,
Reid and Barrow were coausel for the
prisoner, and Seaborn Reese, Esq., is the
Solicitor General, who was adverse to
them—so that we have both sides.
Very truly, E. H. Pottle.
Warrenton, November 15, 1877.
Solicitor-General Reese’s Statement.
Sparta, Ga., November 13, 1877.
Drab Sib— At your request I take
pleasure in giving you my recollection
of your conduct on the trial of the ease
of the State vs. John N. Eberhart in
Oglethorpe Superior Court; also of the
faots giving rise to the rule against Col.
James D. Mathews for contempt.
While it is true that you made ad
verse rulings both to the State and the
defendant, as always happens in esses
of such magnitude, yet I know of noth
ing in your conduct during said trial
that indicated unfairness or partiality
to either side. And according to you
the same sincerity which every honest
man claims for himself, I give it to you
as my opinion that your conduct in this
instance was marked with the same fair-
Dess, impartiality, uprightness and hon
esty of purpose which has ever charac
terized your administration since I have
known you as a Judge.
As to the other branch of inquiry, my
recollection is, that the first ground
upon which the rule was based happen
ed late in the afternoon, just before the
hour of adjournment, while James M.
Poyner, a witness for the State, was
upon the witness’ stand, when Colonel
Mathews, one of the counsel for the
State, requested that the Court adjourn
till the lollowing morning, when you
stated you desired the examination of
this witness (Poyner) conoluded before
adjournment. Col. Mathews then Baid
he saw no reason for concluding upon
this witness any more than upon anoth
er. You then said: “Colonel Mathews,
that is very improper language.” Col.
Mathews then said he meant no
disrespect to the Court, but still
affirmed what he had first said,
“he saw no reason for it.” After
wards and during the argument of the
ease by Col. Mathews, in conclusion for
the State, he (Col. Mathews) began to
comment upon the failure of the de
fendant to make his statement, when
counsel for the defendant arose to a
point of order, insisting that it was im
proper for counsel to make such com
ment. You deoided the point of order
well taken. Col. Mathews then turned
to the jury and said: “Gentlemen of the
jury, you see the key that looks (or closes)
my lips.” lam not and oannot be pos
sitive as to whether he used the word
locks or oloses.
Yours truly, Seaborn Reese.
To Judge E. H. Pottle, Warrenton, Ga.
The Statement of C'ol. Jno. C. Held, Col.
Barrow and (>en. Toombs.
Washington, Ga., Nov. 7, 1877.
Dear Sir —l have read the editorial
report in the Oglethorpe Echo of your
conduct in the late trial of John F. Eb
erhart. I shall notice herein its differ
ent statements of fact, and give as to
each my own recollection. I was of
counsel for the defense, General Toombs
leading, and I was present during the
trial and also at the disposition of the
rule against Mr. J. D. Mathews for con
tempt.
The editorial report] mentioned above
says that Mr. Mathews during his argu
ment was frequently interrupted by
General Toombs, upon what appeared
to the. spectators as most unusual and
frivolous charges, and that Mr. M.
“bore it for some time with commend
able forbearance, as Judge Pottle almost
invariably decided against him.”
The real truth is that General Toombs
conceived that Mr. Mathews was mis
stating the evidence, and, as Mr.
Mathews had the conclusion, there was
no other way to correct these misstate
ments than to exercise the legal right of
calling upon the Court to stop the
speaker, in order that the dispute as to
the testimony should be corrected.
Whenever General Toombs claimed that
Mr. Mathews was misstating the testi
mony he made the point to the Court,
and he demanded more than once that
the Court should itself settle the dis
pute and decide what was the real testi
mony. The Court decided this always
against General Toombs, and held that
it was not for him to say what was the
evidence, but that it was entirely for the
jury; and he bad the report of the evi
dence always read to assist the jury in
settling these disputes. It is my clear
recollection that in every ooe of these
disputes General Toombs was shown to
be right when the report was read. One
of the disputes was whether Mr. Math
ews was right in relating to the jury
that there was evidence that the pris
oner struck the fatal blow when Strib
ling, the deceased, was down on the
ground, unarmed and crying for mercy.
The reading of the report in oonse
quence of General Toombs’ denial that
suoh was the evidence, and his appeal to
the Court to have the evidence read,
showed that General Toombs was right.
It is due to Mr. Mathews to say that he
then stated he inferred from the evi
dence that Stribling was thus struck.
When he took this position he was al
lowed to proceed without interruption.
An inference of another fact from faots
in evidence by the speaker is a very dif
ferent thing from evidence of that other
fact. The twelve honest men of the
jury did not agree with Mr. Mathews in
his inference. Had the evidence been,
however, as he at first claimed it to be,
the jury would in all probability have
convicted Eberhart of voluntary man :
slaughter, at least, if not of murder.
The editorial mentioned states that
you decided almost invariably against
Mr. Mathews during his argument. It
is my clear recollection that you deoided
but one point against him. It was this:
He claimed in his argument that the
jury could consider the fact that the
prisoner had not made his statement,
and on the application of his counsel to
the Court it was held that such an argu
ment could not be made against the
prisoner under a decision of the Su
preme Court. When the Court announc
ed this decision, the only one made by
the Court against Mr. Mathews during
his argument, Mr. Mat! ews said: “You
see, gentlemen of the jury, the key that
locks my month.” This appeared to me
at the time to be a plain and palpable
reflection upon the conduct of yonr
Honor in making the decision, and I
thought then and still think it justified
the rale against Mr. Mathews for con
tempt. And I also say that when he
explained in answer to the rule fie meant
it was the law that lopked his month,
the Court was fight in receiving the ex
planation and holding Mr. Mathews
purged of the alleged contempt. Rnt
there is a more important matter con
nected with this rnle for contempt which
is not mentioned i the editorial. Mr.
Mathews, towards the conclusion of the
examination of the witness Poyner, it
being late in tbe afternoon, applied to
the Court to adjourn, and the Court an
nounced that the examination of that
witness should be finished before ad
journment, when Mr. Mathews said that
he saw no more reason for going on with
this witness than any other. The Coart
said to him, “That is an impropei re
mark.” He replied in snbstabce: “I
disclaim any disrespect to yonr Honor,
bnt I reaffirm that I see no more reason
for goingon with this witness than any
other.” This was, in my judgment, a
much graver offense than the words
given above'in reference to the key, and
I think that it oalled for instant rebuke
and pnnishmer t. 1 Arid the rule for con
tempt required an tinawer' from Mr.
Mathews also as to this matter.
At the time that Mr. Mathews nsed
the words iri reference to what the'edi
torial calls tbe hies of pen. Toombs, I
was in the adjoining jury room, the
door being open and J looking at tfle
speaker, ITieard the words, though they
are riot correctly represented'by the edi
torial. sir. IlatheWflkid'in snbstande:
“You may bias like’ ft npfi, bd} T do
not care for it.” What it was that Gen.
Toombs did, or whether he did anything
to call forth these words, I do not know
of my own knowledge.
t mnit ur. in conclusion, that I think
the attack upon yonr Honor _
j nsti Sable, because it is founded throngh
cmf cn suppressed or mis-state
ment' 6f Ipe faefcs, jaj'V that throughout
tbe whble triSl andPthe txmuooo, q' tbe
rule mentioned yonr Honor’s (oohduct
was unexceptionable. r r
Yours, respectfully, John C. Beid.
At the request of Judge Pottle, I state
that Mr. Beid’s statement agrees entire
ly with my recollection of the facts in
the case. B. Toombs.
Athens, November 13, 187 J. v >
Upon a like request ! also concur in
the statement of facts contained in the
foregoing letter from Mr. Beid, bnt I
do not think Col. Mathews meant to be
disrespectful, and it did not so impress
me at the time. Pope Barrow.
FORTY-FIFTH_ CONGRESS.
STILL HARPING ON THE RE
SUMPTION ACT.
Tkc House Labors All Day—No Vole Yet On
the Measure—Airing the National Elo
quence.
Washington, November 15. — 1a the
House the bill to repeal the Resumption
act was debated all day, but no vote was
taken.
The Senate—Boston Bankers on Remoneti
zation—The Nary Defleiency Bill Goes
Tbronab—Choosing Electors.
Washington, November 15.—Dawes,
of Massachusetts, presented a remon
strance of forty-five national banks of
the city of Boston against the passage
of the House bill for the remonetization
of silver. The petitioners set forth that
they are required by law to hold, and
do possess, many millions of dollars
worth of bonds of the United States,
and they are apprehensive that the pas
sage of the bill will greatly depreciate
the value of such bonds and have a bad
influence on business throughout the
country. Referred to Committee ou Fi
nance.
Mr. Sargent, of California, from the
Committee on Appropriations, reported
without amendment the House bill to
provide for certain deficiences in the pay
of the navy and marine corps, and for
other purposes, and it was passed with
out discussion, and now goes to the
President for his signature.
EatOD, of Connecticut, introduced a
joint resolution proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of the United States
providing for the oreation of a tribunal
for States for the decision of all con
tested issues arising in the choice of
eleetors for President and Vice-Presi
dent. Referred to the Select Committee
having that matter in charge.
At the expiration of the morning hour
the Senate proceeded with the con
sideration of the army appropriation
bill.
Passing the Army Appropriation Bill.
The army appropriation bill passed
as amended by allowing the army to be
recruited to the standard of 25,000 and
striking out the provision for four
oavalry regiments on the Rio Grande.
In the Committee Booms—Kellogar and Spof
ford Preparing Briefs and Counter Briefs.
Kellogg has concluded his answer to
Spofford and will submit it Saturday,
meantime giving Spofford a copy to pre
pare his answer, by which means both
oases will go before the sub-oommittee
together.
The Appropriation Committee of the
House agreed on a postal deficiency bill
and will report to-morrow.
E. C. Wade h"8 been appointed Col
lector of the Third Georgia District,
vice Fannin, removed.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs
agreed to report an appropriation of
SIOO,OOO for the French Exposition.
Hewitt’s proposition for an Indian
Corn Department was rejected.
The Committee ou Commerce passed
on all nominations against which there
were no protests; the others, including
the New York appointments, were held
over until objections could be arranged
and filed.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
issued orders by which ballast of uo
mercantile value may be discharged
without the formality and delay of ap
praisement.
Nominations—Hayes Promises to Nomluate
No More Democrats When He Can Get Re
publicans to Pill the Bill.
Washington, November 15.—Nomina
tions—Thomas as Collector and Corkran
as Naval Officer, at Baltimore, kavo been
referred to the usual committees, where
it is said they will be held to make
weight for or against the confirmation
of New York nominations for like posi
tions. The nomination of Lawrenoe for
New Orleans Custom House took the
same oourse and will probably remain in
the committee until the New York nomi
nations are confirmed or rejected. The
caueus committee, consisting of Ed
munds, Cameron, Christiancy, Bruce,
Kirkwood, Hamlin and Howe, are said
to have exaoted a promise from Hayes
that he would not nominate Democrats
hereafter, if suitable Republicans could
bo found. The nomination of Postmas
ter Ftlley at St. Louis for the second
term is considered a personal defeat of
Secretary Sohurz. The Committee of
Commerce of the Senate resolved to ad
dress a communication to the President
asking his reasons for removals in New
York and elsewhere. This creates a sen
sation.
Gen. Wm. L. Milieu, Pension Agent
at New Orleans; Wilder, Postmaster at
Chattanooga. The Senate Post Office
Committee agreed to report favorably on
Gen. Tyler as Postmaster at Baltimore.
Aiding the Exodus.
Mr. Bruoe, of Mississippi, presented a
petition of colored residi nts of Missis
sippi asking an appropriation of SIOO,OOO
to aid them in emigrating to Liberia.
Referred to the Committee on Com
merce. In presenting the petition he
said the number and character of the
petitioners entitled their petition to con
sideration, though he was not prepared
to endorse their plan new.
DEBATING RESUMPTION REPEAL
FOR A CHANGE.
The Resumption Bill Again Before the House
—An Evening Scsslou for Its Consideration
—No Decision Vet.
Washington, November 16.—The Be
sumption act was debated, and an eve
ning session was held to continue the
debate.
A Throb of Private Rill, in the Uouae—Moll
Contractors and Frontier Forces—The
Paris Exposition—Removing Political Dis
abilities.
A bill was reported from the Post
Office Committee) by Mr. Waddell, of
North Carolina, to make available im
mediately the appropriation heretofore
made to pay Southern mail contractors
before the war. Beferred.
A resolution was offered by Mills, of
Texas, and adopted, instrneting the
Military Committee to inquire as to the
condition of the military forces on the
Texas frontier.
A bill appropriating $160,000 for the
Paris Exposition was reported from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and re
ferred to the Committee of the Whole.
The bills removing the political dis
abilities of Jno. Green, Sr., and George
P. Turner, of Alabama; F. E. Shepherd,
of Virginia; O. B. Oliver, John T. Tuck
er, of North Carolina; and W. E. Wish
am and Chas W. Field, of Maryland,
.were reported from the Judiciary Com
mittee, by Knott, of Kentucky, and were
passed.
The Upper House—The Twenty Cent Hilvcr
Piece—Examining the Debt Statement—ln
structions Given to United States Agents
and marshals.
Ingalls, of Kansas, introduced a bill
to repeal the act authorizing the coinage
of the twenty cent silver piece. Refer
red to the Committee or Finance.
Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, ad
dressed the Senate in favor of his mo
tion for the committee of five to examine
discrepancies in the dtbt statement.
Kclzldk Private Property.
Mr. Jones, of Florida, submitted the
following :
Resolved, That the Attorney-General
and the Secretary of the Interior be, and
they are hereby directed to communi
cate to the Senate tpp instructions given
to the Agents and Marshals of the Unit
ed States in the States of Alabama,
Florida and Mississippi touching the
seizure of logs, lumber and naval stores,
suspected of having beeD taken from the
public lands of tbe United States;
whether or not nnder the orders given
to said agents and marshals large
amounts of prrpertv in the possession
of citizens of the United States, held
under claim of valid title, have been
seized without warrant, supported by
oath or affirmation; and particularly de
scribing the property to be seized.
Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, suggested
that the resolution, as worded, was
rat her broad. He was f ally in sympathy
with the Senator from Florida (Mr.
Jones) in protecting private rights, but
the instructions given by the Govern
ment to its officers should not be made
public in this instance, as tbe oause of
justice might be injured. The acts of
the offioers making .seizures, however,
were public, and might be inquired in
to. He, therefore, thought it' 1 would be
best to to refer the resolution to the Ju-
diciary Committee.
After a brief discussion, tbe resolu
tion, on motion of Mr.' Conkling, was
amended so as to request the President
to furnish the information to the Senate
if, in his opinion,' it would not be in
compatible with the public interest and,
On motion of Ttfr. Chaffee (Colorado), it
wari^-further dfnended' so 'as to include
inatnjctipns giyfen tip Scents and mar
shals in all otnor States and Territories,
as well as tbe States named, as thus
amended, the resolution waa agreed to.
The Connlllw Ravin* Ag#*—F*s| Mall Ser
* - -Tka surer RUl—Tbe Hmuw Commit*
vice—'—■• Army,
lee Sticks to 30,000 Men ■*. ...
Vance, from tbe Committee on Post
Offioes and Post Boads, will report a bill
to-flay to increase and regulate the fast
mair service 'between Washington and
Baleigh, Charlotte,' Charleston, Atlanta,
Memphis, Little Book, New Orleans,
Galveston and other points Sooth, ap
propriating $28,000 to amend contraota
with railroads for closer connections
and faster time to an average of 33)
miles per honr over the entire line.
The Finance Committee discussed the
silver bill as it passed the House, bnt
took no action. Kernan, of New York,
Ferry, of Michigan, and Wallace, of
Pennsylvania, were absent. The Post
Office Committee resolved to report a
bill making two classes of letter carriers
at $950 and SBOO per annum; vacances in
the first to be filled by promotion from
the seoond class.
The Committee of Appropriations ad
heres to 20,000 as (he force of the army.
They concur in the other Senate amend
ments to the bill, but destroy the hope
for four full oavalry regiments to guard
the Texas frontier.
Nominations—Wade, Collector of the
Third Georgia District.
Wood, of New York; Gibson, of Lou
isaDa; Tucker, of Virginia; Banks, of
Massachusetts; Burohard, of Illinois,
were appointed a sub-committee of
Ways and Means to consider taxation.
Wilson, Forney and Crapo were appoint
ed a snb-commitlee of the Committee
on Foreign Relations, to consider the
application of the Mexican Government
to have oertain awards of the mixed
commission suspended.
The President Interviewed by a Senatorial
Caucus Committee—He Satisfies Them of
the Beauties ot His Southern Policy.
Washington, November 15.—A com
mittee of seven Senators, representing
the Republican caucus, has called upon
the President in accordance with the de
cision of the caucus. The committee
consisted of Messrs. Edmunds, of Ver
mont, Chairman ; Cameron, of Pennsyl
vania; Hamlin, of Maine; Kirkwood, of
Iowa; JJruce, of Mississippi (colored);
Christianoy, of Michigan, and Howe, of
Wisconsin. The committee had an in
terview of two hours and a half with
the President. The chief topio consid
ered was that of the appointment of
Democrats to office in the South. Sena
tors Hamlin and Howe manifested the
strongest opposition to this policy. Mr.
Hamlin was most extreme, aud said that
he did not believe in appointing any
man who had ever been a Drmocrat to
offioe. Senators Christiancye,Kirkwood
aud Bruoe, ou the other baud, exhibited
very liberal views, and were disposed to
thoroughly and cordially oo operate with
the President. Mr. Cameron, of Pa.,con
trary to expectation, stated that in his
judgment it was the wisest party polioy
to stand by the President. He stated
that he felt compelled to do this as a
matter of party wisdom. The main point
of discussion, as stated, was the appoint
ment of Democrats to offioe in the
South. They were agreed that in the
event of the appointment tf such per
sons, none should be appointed except
those who give unqualified assurance
faithfully to exeoute the reconstruction
aots. The President’s reply to this was
that he always had, and always should,
make it a provision that there should be
full obedienoe to all laws growing out of
reconstruction, and that as a matter of
course he never intended to appoint any
one to office who would not oordially
and unquestionably carry out the spirit
and letter of these laws. As to the re
sult, with the possible < xeeption of
Howe and Hamlin, it is said that the
committee left the President satisfied
that there was not the ground for mis
understanding that they had been led to
suppose existed. The President ex
plained at considerable length his
Southern policy, and was enthusiastic
over it. He was convinced that it would
conciliate, stimulate, energise and vital
ize the Republican party; that uuder
this policy, in 1880, through elements of
disintegration now at work in conse
quence of it in the Democratic ranks, it
would be possible to carry for the Re
publicans North Carolina, Florida, Ten
nessee, Alabama, and possibly Georgia,
DEATH RATHER THAN DISGRACE.
Suicide of a Wealthy Youiik Bride In New
York City, an Account of an Inebriate Hnu
ll mid.
New York, November 12.— Seven
months ago a qniet marriage was cele
brated at St. Thomas’ Church, between
Robert Stuart and Evelina Terry Marks.
A brilliant receptiou followed at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, and the bride and
bridegroom, after the wedding trip, fet
tled in luxurious quarters at the
corner of Fifth Avenue and Ninth
street. They had ample means, aud
the happiest prospects. Two months
ago the bride discovered that her hus
band was the slave of hereditary dipso
mania, and after she bad patiently but
vainly endeavored to weau him from bis
love of liquor, her mind lost its bal
ance. This morning she lay dead by
her own act, while her husband, who
had not yet recovered from a debauch,
wrung his hands, cursed himself and
shed maudlin tears over her body.
Robert Stuart, the husband, was tho
son of Lieut. Robert Stuart, United
States Navy, of Detroit, who died of
alcoholism. His mother is the wife of
ex-Oongressman Elijah Ward, of this
city, and is now in Europe. When
Robert’s father died he left his children
well provided for, their guardiau
being Mr. F. D. Tappeu, Plesi
dent of the Gallatin National
Bank, who, knowing Robert’s weak
ness, and believing that an active busi
ness life wonld tend to oure him of it,
procured him a oomfortable situation iu
the bank. The position, however, the
young man was compelled to resign
last month, being continually unfit for
duty through overdrinking, Miss
Marks, the wife, was only twenty
three years old. She was the niece and
adopted daughter of Mrs. Abiel B.
Marks. Miss Marks was a quiet, re
fined, well-educated girl, somewhat
melancholy in disposition, and inclined
to be religions. The marriage was cel
ebrated on tbe 19th of April last. Mr.
Stuart’s mania for liquor was dectected
by his wife about two months
ago. As he was not of robust phy
sique, a little wine asserted its
influence over him for a long time.
He suffered greatly when recov
ering from a debauch, and of late had
been constantly in a dull, quiet state
of inebriation. Mrs. Stuart often re
monstrated with him, but she kept the
secret from everybody but Mr. Tappen
until Saturday last, when, goaded by
some harsh language that her husband
used to her while intoxicated, Bhe
made the chambermaid, Kate Cum
mings, her confident. The young
bride, surrounded by luxury, was
shedding scalding tears as if broken
hearted. That night Mr. Stuart return
ed home in e mandlin condition and
treated his young wife even more
roughly than before, and she passed the
night alone in her bed, he sleeping on a
lounge in the sitting room. About 11
o’olock on Simday, Mr. Stuart being ont,
Mrs. Stuart told the chambermaid the
renewed insults she bad submitted to.
She would rather die, she said, than
live as she did. The girl tried to con
sole her, bnt Mrs. Stuart ciied con
tinually. About noou she appeared to
have taken a sudden resolution, and
dressing herself hastily, she went out.
returning in a few minutes. The girl
Kate saw her in her room shortly after
she returned. She was then calm, and
was sitting at the writing desk. To-day,
when she was dead, three letters were
found on the desk addressed to dear
friends. About 6, p. m., on Sunday Mr.
Stuart entered bis apartment intoxicat
ed. He opened tbe door of tbe bed
room, and seeing his wife lyitig dressed
on the bed, imagined she bad laid down
to take a nap. He laid down on tbe
lounge in the parlor and slept till 6
o’clock this morning, when feeling cold,
he determined on going to bed, be
lieving that his wife bad undressed.—
When he opened the bedroom door
and saw that his wife stiff lay dressed on
the bed, he vagnely apprehended that
all was pot right, §nd stepping to the
side of tbe bed, shook his wife’s arm
This failed to arouse her, and lifting her
head he found that she was insensible,
pale, and breathing heavily. He endeav
ored to seat her on the side o( the bed,
bat lie was still nnder tbe influence of
liqnor, and her inert form slipped from
his grasp and slid heavily to the floor.
Dr. Hubbard, who was summoned, found
the patient too far gone from narcotic
poisoning to rally. Mrs. Htnart died
about 8 o’clock this morning. Her last
moments were inexpressibly sad. None
of her friends or family had been sum
moned, and her husband became his
torical, wrung his hands, cried bitterly,
incoherently charged himself with hav
ing caused his wife's death, and he
heaped corses on his own head. The
coroner’s jary rendered a verdict of
death from tbe effects of an overdose of
laudanum, Mrs.,Stuart’s body was re
moved to-night to tbe residence of Mr,
and Mrs. Marks, who had ho knowledge
of Mr. Stuart's weakness, and believed
Mrs. Stuart to be quite happy. On Strni
day, the 4th inst., she went to Trinity
Chapel with her husband, and passed k
pleasant evening with Mr. and Mrs.’
Marks. She Will be buried on Wednes
day.
Chemical skill makes manufacture;,,
adepts in'adniteratiori; It also : quick
enables experts to detect' adulteration*
Dooley’s Yeast Powder, for “sale by all
grocers, has stood the test of analyst
and been proven the purest and strong
est of ba|tin'g poydfej's.' p’mkeh the
most delicious bread, pakp, rofts' pq
pastry of a)l descriptions.
When a
under medioal treatment in a hospital
blaster applied to him
had a iuuo. u x .
breast be looked up piteously in the
face of the attendant physician and ex
claimed, “Ah ! Doctor, what a dale of
mustard for so little mate !”
J. H. Alexander,' Druggist, has just
received a fresh lot of Teethina (Teeth
ing Powders) which is so vapidly dimin
ishing the mortality of infants where it
has been used.
Teethina (Teething Powders) Re
moves and prevents the formation of
Worms in children. No remedy eqnals
it.