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OLO SERIES —VOL. ICII
N£ SERIES —VOL. U.
Chronicle and Sentinel.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1877.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Vice President Wheeler is tlie Re
publican majority
Sharon's case is said to be “a question
of the lowest privilege."
The Richmond Enquirer has suspended.
Another old landmark gone.
Kellogg will add to the disgrace of the
Republican Senate, if that be possible.
A GBAND-NIKCE of OLrVE* (JSLDtSITH
recently disd heart-broken and in poverty.
The Duke of Westminister haa a yearly
income of $4,000,000, which is constantly
increasing.
The Crew House and Fnssell’s mill, on
the Malvern Hill battle ground, were burn
ed recently.
Prominent friends of the President
represent him as deprecating the admission
of Kellogg.
Hut it is mean in the Burlington Hawk
eye to say that Sharon is the ( iiarlkt
Ross of Nevada.
Old Simon Cameron says he told the
boys at Washington the extra session would
be “a hell of a time.”
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A Washinoton dispatshsays General M.
C. Butler was escorted to the desk, to be
sworn in as Senator, by Patterson.
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Two thousand liquor saloons have been
closed during the last eighteen months, in
New York city, for want of patronage.
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Two Siamese twin oysters were recently
found in the Chesapeake. They were
joined by a ligature running from heart to
heart.
.Mr. Conklinu’s motive in opposing
Fi i zsimons was probably to conciliate the
Southern Republicans, with a view to the
next Presidential nomination.
The Pope is reported worse. As he wag
•lying before this announcement, his case
may be regarded as serious. Yet he is able
to write autograph letters to the Empress
of India.
According to the last report of the Eng
lish Register general, the resilient popula
tion of the United Kingdom is 33,414,419.
The emigration for the year is less than for
ny year since 1882.
The first day Senator Kellogg took his
seat, upon his desk lay a bouquet marked
in letters of flowers “W. P. K.,” which
stands, the Cincinnati Enquirer sup
poses, for “Wery Peculiar Knave.”
English papers arc trying to make it ap
pear that Kara was captured iy the treach
ery of its commander, which is about
equal to saying that the Russians organ
ised a returning board in the Turkish for
tress oil the Louisiana plan.
A current paragraph setß dowu Miss
South, a resident of New Haven, as a girl
of 14, who weighs 322 pounds, but the
paragrapher lost an opportunity which he
uniy never have again this side of the tomb
to say that she is a “Solid South.”
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The Chicago Time* publishes a list of 15
banks and 18 insurance companies which
“have burst in Chicago within a few years,
and which were proved by an examination
of their remains to have been little better
than swindles."
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The Democracy of the Republican sub
mit to such tierce intolerance, such lawless
invasion of constitutional right, if the Re
lublican party is foolisli enough to think
can afford to continue an attitude which
Ls brought it into a minority. —Albany
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Rn Eastern Shylock is so strongly wed
bd to monometallic theories that when his
sou-in-law said that his (the
K. S.’s) daughter had a silvery voice, ho
kicked the young man down the front
steps, and chased him all round the block.
He declines to fix a day for the young man
to resume payment of his addresses to the
disconsolate girl.
W k publish this this morning a letter
from Mayor Huff, of Macon, to the
CUHONU'LE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST On
the subject of the United States Marshal
ship. One would think that the appoint
ment and confirmation of Colonel Frrz
simons had deprived the controversy of
its interest. But Mayor Huff thinks he
lias been wronged, and we cheerfully give
him a bearing.
Mu. Grant, a Paris paper says, propos
ed to visit Victor Hugo, but the poet ask
ed those who made the suggestion to him
whether they remembered what he had
written of the President of the United
States in “L’Anne Terrible," adding that
lie changed nothing of what he then said.
In that poem Hugo vigorously lashed the
President for crawling on his belly before
the funeral car of despotism, and solemnly
rursert him as the wretch who bemired the
flag his predecessors had made glorious.
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Mr. L. Q. Washinoton, under date of
the 30th. telegraphs to the N. O. Picayune,
as fallows: "The course of the Administra
tion aud its special friends in lending them
selve-i to help the foisting of Kellogg on
the Senate has liad its effect in leading the
Democratic members of the Committee of
Commerce to absent themselves from the
meeting to day, and to leave the Republi
cans ou it to settle for themselves the New
York appointments. Conklixu triumph
ed and the appointments were reported ad
versely. This is a blow to the Administra
tion."
The workingwometi’s hotel at New York,
the grand legacy from Mr. Stewart, is
uearly ready to be opened. It is seven sto
ries iu height, and is absolutely tire-proof,
being composed of brick, iron and stone.
There are 502 private rooms in the
building, and each of these is perfect iu ap
pointments. The dining room has a seat
ing capacity for 800 persons at a time. A
French cook has charge of the kitchen
which has a capacity for cooking in the
beet style food for 5,000 persons. Pleasant
parlors and reception rooms have been pro
vided. and the social regulations of the
place will be the same as at any first class
hotel. The board has been placed at $5 a
week, aud this will be lowered as soon as
the place becomes self-supporting. Any
wouiau ot good character can beeomc a
guest, aud the hotel is in no sense a charit
able institution, but simply a regular hotel
in all regards.
A cetlkman just from Washington, and 1
not over-partial to Hon. Bkn Hill, says !
that Senator has now no combatant ;
worthy of his steel but Cokkling. The j
Democratic press all over the country con- j
cede that Mr. Hill has won enormous •
reputation by his speech against Keli.og*. j
A correspondent of the Baltimore Gatelit j
writes: "The voice of Senator Hill rang j
out with musical force and intense earnest
ness as he drove the vital points home under j
the ribs of Wadleigh and Hoar. The;
frail Senator from Minnesota, a member of
the committee, Mr. McMillan, was made
the butt of ridicule by the Speaker for con
tending in opeu Senate that it was no use
in allowing Spofford to bring any evi
dence, because he was quite sure there had
been no collusion, as he was in Louisiana
sometime himself. Hill battered away at
this unfortuuate remark till poor McMil
lan looked as if an elephant had stepped
on him with the natural results, aud the
gentleman from Georgia had in such a
masterly wav unmasked the narrow preju
dice and unfairness of the committee that
Mr. Hoar in reply looked very insignifi
cant when he tried to justify the committee
on a technical quibble, which briefly
amounted in substance to the lofty position
which had been assumed and advocated by
Mr. McMillan.”
EASILY NETTLED.
The Cincinnati (tazette has come to a
> conclusion on one important point and
states its conviction thus: "The coun
try believes that Patterson has taken
service under the Democrats to escape
the indictments for crimes in South
Carolina, and that they have agreed to
oompound his felony for his service. He
stands in the attitude of a convicted
felon. He is not in any condition to ao
ease anybody, nor would all his charges,
if true, make any difference with his
own treachery. His speech wasted
nearly a Senatorial day, hurt nobody,
and was by nobody regarded as any vin
dication of himself.”
Well, if the Republican Senators are
of the same opinion, let them expel Pat
terson. The Legislature of South Caro
lina is now in session and a successor
oould be easily chosen.
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TUB FUNDING ASSOCIATION.
Under the title of “The Funding As
sociation ot the United States,” a cor
poration haa been organized, with Hon.
Hugh McCulloch as President, for se
curing the funding of bonds defaulted 1
in various States. It is stated that
8500,000,000 of securities are under ne
gotiation. We learn from a contempo
rary, evidently well informed on this
subject, that the plan on which they
propose to operate is, in substance, to
offer to debtors a settlement for bonds
now defaulted by the issue of long
bonds at a low rate of interest. The
New York Timet, commenting upon
this scheme, says : “Where debtors
are honest, this will be a feasible opera
tion. Where they are not honest, it
will be difficult; but the association will
be able, by combination of influence, to
arouse whatever publio sentiment can
be awakened in favor of fair dealing.
Previous experience, not very long ago,
however, leads us to think that they
have assumed a very difficult, though a
highly important, task.”
THE >IILK INTHF. COCOANtT.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Sun, writing ot events that
culminated on Saturday, made this
shrewd surmise : “ For my part I do not
think that the Republicans are making
a serious fight against Butler. In my
judgment, it is a mimuivra for party
purposes. They want to make all they
can out of the Hamburg massacre, and
to place the Democrats in the position
of forcing Butler in, with the aid of
two purehas ible carpet-baggers, without
allowing aujmquiry into Butler’s con
nection with that bloody affair. They
see very clearly that the Senate must be
Democratic fifteen months hence, and,
in the meantime, with the carpet-bag
gers practically controlling it now, their
majority will always be doubtful.—
Henoe, they want to make all the capi
tal they can cut of this struggle and go
to the country next Fall on the sectional
issue and oarry the Houee of Represen
tatives. They think the admission un
der the circumstances will be worth ten
additional members to their side at least
from the North in the next House.”
We dare say this is the true inward
ness of the whole Republican scheme.
The Democrats ought to be able to dis
count any hopes that the Jacobins may
have from any resurrecting of a bloody
shirt found in last year’s bird-nest.
“ WHOA, EMMA !•’
“ Whoa, Emma,” is the elegant but
popular London slang at this blessed
moment. Where it ca-ce from it is not
worth while to inquire, even if every
body knew, which nobody does. It has
appeared as a refrain of one of those
senseless songs which start in the con
cert hall, are taken up on the street and
then wafted over the world to delight
everybody who delights in slang. Like
other expressions of its class, “Whoa,
Emma,” is not confined to the street,
where cabmen and drivers use it as a
warning cry, but is dragged into re
speotable places, and, coarse as it is,
precipitates a laugh where least ex
peoted. When Adelaide Neilson, at a
Manchester theatre some nights ago,
was about to take her position as
Juliet, a gallery character unexpected*
ly shouted, “ Whoa, Emma,” and she
was compelled to whoa until the audi
ence had had its laugh out. Albert
Grant, of Emma Mine notoriety, was
testifying in Court, when somebody ap
plied the “Whoa, Emma,” to him, and
brought down the Court, for it had as
much significance in that form as such
a phrase could possibly have. In a little
while we shall have “Whoa, Emma,” on
this side of the water ; “another good
man gone wrong” and “they all do it”
will have a chance to rest.
THE EUROPEAN DRAMA.
If there is to be any intervention to
help the Ottoman Power out of its sore
straits, the time is imminent. Turkey
may not be exaotly iu her last ditch, but
she is either on the point of a great de
liverance or a oonsummato oollapse.—
Even Servia is about to join in the fray,
and the weakest point in the Moslem
armor is right there.
We have no doubt that England would
long ago have confronted the Russian
advance had it not been for Prince Bis
marck, who held for Germany the com
manding position, by a quasi allianoe
with the Czar and King Victor— the
Muscovite aud the Italian, j That dread
kept Austria quiet and France too.—
England could not act alone. The New
York Aun is of opinion that the condi
tions holding Germany in secret allianoe
with Russia no longer exist, and that a
change of policy upon the part of the
Grand Chanoellor may be looked for.
The editor adds : “ Were England bold
ly to declare in favor of active interven
tion now, one of two things would hap.
pen, Either Germany, true to her un
derstanding with Russia, would also ac
tively intervene, in which case France
would instantly be drawn in, followed
by Austria, while Italy would endeavor
to remain neutral; and then the sides
would be Russia and Germany against
Turkey, England, France and Austria.
Or else Germany, unwilling to take
these odds, would retire from her al
liance with Russia, a breach of faith
which Prince Bismarck could easily ex
case on the ground that the original ar
rangement did not involve active mili- j
tary support. In that case France and
Austria would also remain neu
tral, and England and Turkey
would be allied against Rnssia. —
It will thus be seen that the position of
Germany has changed very much foi
the worse in oonsequenoe of the col
lapse of Russia and the defection of
Italy. Even should this latter power
be unable to keep out of the quarrel, it
will be drawn in on the Papal question,
and in this it is highly probable that
Spain may be equally interested on the
other side. Great antagonism already
exists between the two countries, and in
the event of a general European war,
in which the religious question should
form a prominent part, Spain would be
pressed into the fray by the Ultramon
tane party against Italy. Under any
circumstances sides have changed, and
Prince Bismarck no longer has the
strongest combination with him, as he
had at the commencement of the war.
From all this it would appear plain that
the only European power in a position
{to make a move is England, Upon the
decision of its Cabinet and its public at
this jnnctnre the destinies of Europe
largely depend.”
When the Russians pierce the Balkans,
in spite of Mehsmet At.i and Suleiman,
and capture Adrianople, the grand
drama of a general European conflict
will begin, if ever. It would seem that
the issue is narrowed to but a few days
or weeks. Remus bestrode the walls of
Rome when Bourbon attacked them.
The awful shade of Mohammed on the
battlements of Stamboul will hardly
frighten away the unbelieving Cossack
who has a spell whereby antique ghosts
are sfecnrely laid.
PATTERSON'S SPEECH.
“Honest John” Patterson’s recent
speech in the Senate was the sensation
of the session. It attracted attention,
not because of the views expressed—for
they were known before—bnt on account
of the language in which they were oon
veyed. It was known that he would
arraign the Administration, that he
would denounce the President, that
he wonld attack Conklinq and Ed-
I munds, who had assailed him so
savagely after he had stated that
he wonld vote for the admission of Gen
eral Butler. But “Honest John,”
though famous as a many sided thief
and rascal generally, had never acquired
distinction as an orator or made any
pretensions to the possession of liter
ary gifts. Imagine, then, the surprise of
the Senate, the amazement of the pub
lic, when this coarse, illiterate and
villainous carpet-bagger launched upon
his audience a speech an hour and a
quarter long, written in choice English
and eloquent even in print. Balaam
was not more astonished when the ass
opened his mouth and spake than was
the Senate when it heard the rhe
toric, the classical allusions and the fer
vid eloquence of this social and political
outcast. The rascal, like Silas Weoo,
even dropped into poetry, and, what is
more to the point, chose his quotations
well. When he came to the hypocriti
cal Edmunds, who, he said, had repeat
ed the naughty stories invented about
him (Patterson) by his enemies, ho
styled him a “huckster of anonymous
slanders," and went on as follows: The
old Scotch poet Ferguson must have
gazed with the eye of prophecy into
the future when tie wrote the verse:
In robes of seeming truth and trust
Came sly Dissimulation,
And undorneath a gilded crust
Lurkod dirty Defamation.
When ho reaohed Hayes and bis re
oreancy to the Republican party, the
carpet-bagger recounted the perfidious
manner in whioh the Republicans of
South Carolina had been treated, and
pointing to them prostrate and helpless
in that State he exclaimed “with Eng
land’s great poet:”
Bee, the struok eagle stretched upon the plain,
No more through rolling clouds to soar again,
Views its own feather on the fatal dart
That winged the shaft that quivered in his
heart.
Though keen his pangs, yet keener far to feel
He nursed the pinion that impelled the steel.
Republicans and Democrats unite in
praising the speech as a literary compo
sition. The only question is, Did he
write it ? The answer comes with oruel
unanimity, He did not. We are afraid
the answer is correct. “Honest John”
is not “one of them d—d literary fel
lers” for whom that venerable states
man, the elder Cameron, has such a
profound oontempt. His education in
the sohools was sadly neglected. In
arithmetic he never) went beyond the
rule of three—Addition, Division and
Silence—whioh to him has been the
golden rule as well; and his grammar
was limited to the declension of the
personal pronoun “I” and the conjuga
tion of the verb “to steal,” whioh
he has sinoe conjugated iu all its many
moods and tenses. Clearly “Honest
John” was'not equal to the work which
has gone to the world as his own. There
are in Washington a number of brilliant
bohemians who know everything except
how to make money. It is said to bt
no infrequent thing for them to writ
speeches for Congressmen whose educa
tion has been neglected. Perhaps ii
was one of these who came to PaTter
son’s relief and traded so much gram
mar, so much rhetorio, so much elo
quenoe and so much poetry for so much
money. Or perhaps Mackey, the bril-
liant and versatile Maokey, who, lik-
Clown in the pantomime, has a finger
in every Carolina pie—perhaps Mackey
oame to the rescue and rattled off the
oration with whioh Patterson electri
fled the Senate. Yes, it muse have been
Mackey.
MR. BBBCHER’B LATEST.
Rev. H. W. Beecher, at a recent pray ei
meeting, so-called, reviewed American
history from his own peouliar stand
point, and, after getting down to lh<
present day, made the following elo
qnent burst:
There ie no parallel to the conduct of the
black men since their freedom except the con
duct of their masters—the South. So long a
the South polluted the fountain of justice aiul
sought to poison the conscience of the North
I denounoed them fearlessly ani on every op
portunity, but now my heart turns to them
with zeal and admiration. I love them ; their
noble conduct since the war more, infinitely
more, than wipes out everything that hap
pened before. [Loud and prolonged applause j
Some men said ‘it contravenes human ex
perience to suppose that you can ever have iu
America anything more thau a number of
provinces ruled by a central aud monarch;a
authority.’ Well, in their anomalous conditijn
at the close of the struggle the Southern
States were provinces, but where in history
have provinces ever acted as did these do
spised States of the sunny South ? The men
of the South had stood up for their convio
tious; they were the victims of the curse of
slavery, and plunged by it into war. No me::
on the face or the earth ever carried them
selves better or more nobly. When ruin war
their portion, and their fortunes wore poureJ
into the open maw of war, they rose to a no
bility that was sublime.
The church “fairly shook with ap
planse,” aud, the reporter says, “Mr.
BaKCHER was constrained to apologize
for the enthusiasm which had carried j
him away from his subject” Returning
to his theme, he denounced the men 1
who favor a double standard of gold |
and silver withont stint. As Southern
Congressmen are largely in that boat,
we wonder at Mr. Beecher’s praise on
the one hand and censure on the "other.
Perhaps the gifted but erratic gentle
man loves us in his heart bat con
demns us in his intellect. It may be
that the first part of his discourse was
intended for the South more particu
larly, and the latter part for the “bloat
ed bondholders” of Plymouth Church
exelnsivelv.
——
The recent courtesy of the manage
ment of the Georgia Railroad in reduc
ing the rates of freight from this point
to Augusta, is having a salutary effect
upon the business cf onr town. This
redaction, taken in connection with the
advance in rates of freight from Athens
to New York, has reduced the differences
in prices of ootton between Madison and
Athens so much that it is no longer more
profitable to the farmer to hanl bis cot
ton to Athens. The increase in receipts
of cotton here since these changes is
very peroeptible, and is felt in every
branch of trade. —Madison home Jour
, nal.
A Lowell woman has recently made a
pie sixty nine inches around and oon
i taining one hundred pumpkins.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1877.
RING IN_THE NEW !
DEMOCRACY’S LAST AND BUST
GIFT TO THE EMPIRE STATE
OF THE SOUTH.
On r Constitution Formally Welcomed Into the
Inner Ceurte ol Georrta, Where, Despite
the Scrambling of Dlsorganlson It Studs
Unpolluted and Gather* Around It tho
State’s Bent Non* to Inaugurate Its Dntleo-
Returns From Ever; Portion of the State—
Atlanta Secures the Capital Prise and the
"Halls of Our Fathers'' Conveyed to the
Sacred Page of Memory.
OLD BARTOW.
Altoona Give* In for Atluta and Dave
Hamilton for the Senate.
(Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Bartow Iron Works, Ga., December
s.—The result of the eleotion in Altoona
District is as follows : For Atlanta, 74 ;
Milledgeville, 0; for Ratification, 70;
against Ratification, 0 ; for Senator,
Hamilton, 62; Hawkins, 0; for Repre
sentatives, Cannon, 52; Milner, 66; Bak
er, 17; Lyon, 5; Mall, I—all Democrats;
for Homestead of 1877, 60; against it, 0.
Kingston Does Likewise.
[Special to Chroniele and Constitntionalist.]
Kingston, Ga., December s.— The of
ficial vote of this precinct is : Capital—
Atlanta, 200; Milledgeville, 35; Ratifi
cation, 210; against Ratification, 19;
Homestead of 1877, 182; Homestead of
1868, 49; Senator—Hawkins, 183; Ham
ilton, 63 ; Representatives—Milner, 214;
Lyons, 114; Cannon, 91; Baker, 15.
Cnrtersvllle Settles It—Milner ud Cannes
Nominated for the House.
[Special to Chroniole and Constitutionalist.]
Cabtbbsville, Ga., December s.—The
official vote here is as follows : For the
Capitol, Atlanta 918; Milledgeville 94
for Ratification 678; against Ratification
311; Homestead of 1877,527; Homestead
of 1868, 338; For Senator, D. B. Hamil
ton 438; Samuel Hawkins 437; Repre
sentatives, Thos. W. Milner 670; R. H.
Cannon, 368; Thos. H. Baker 5)9; T. J.
Lyon 192. It is generally conoeded that
Milner and Cannon are elected. Every
thing passed off quietly. Mull’s labor
and reform left ont in the 0001.
CAMPBELL COUNTY.
Solid lor Atlanta and for Party Unity.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Palmetto, December s.—The fol
lowing is the result of the eleotion
at this plaoe: For Ratification, 202;
against, 13; Homestead of 1877, 183;
Homestead of 1868, 30; for tho Capital,
Atlanta, 216; Milledgeville, none; for
Senate. F. M. Duncan, Demoorat, 181;
E. C. Moblv, Independent Democrat, 21;
for Representatives, Wm. Wilson, Dem
oorat, 142; H. Moss, Radical, 63; Q. O.
Grice, Independent Demoorat, 3.
Fairborn Props Atlnnta Up—Majority lor
Ratification.
Fairburn, Ga., Decern''er s.—The fol
lowing is the result of the election at
thisplace: For Ratification, 307; against,
73; Homestead of 1877, 235; Homestead
of 1868, 130; for Senator, Duncan, Dem
oorat, 38; E. C. Mobley, Independent,
320; for Representative, James M. Wil
son, Democrat, 230; Moss, Republican,
120; Grice, Independent, 7; for Capital,
Atlanta, 370; Milledgeville, 4; Atlanta’s
majority in the connty is about 1,000.
COBB SHELLS OUT.
Big Shanty Wants Everything Changed Ex
cept Atlanta and Evan Howell,
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Big Shanty, December s.—The offi
cial vote h*re is : For Ratification, 95;
against Ratification, 12 ; Homestead
1877, 103; Homestead 1868, 4. For Cap
ital, Atlanta, 92; Milledgeville, 14. For
Senator, Howell, 61; Winn, 22. For Rep
resentatives, Robert, 71; MoEaohern,
29; Phillips, 22; Shepard, 10; Clelland,
10; Groves, 6. Candidates were all Dem
ocrats.
Acworth All tflght —Howell Takes the Wind
Ont of Winn In His Own County.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Acworth, December, J 5. —Evan How
ell for Senate. 207; Winn, 32; for Ratifi
cation, 241; against, 9; for Atlanta, 240;
Milledgeville, 5; for new Homestead,
239; old, 9; for Representatives, Rob
erts, 132; MoEaohern. 115; Glellan. 85;
Phillips, 84; Groves, 39; Shepard, 3; An
derson, 2; official. All Democrats.
Marietta’s Tote.
Marietta, December s.—Ratification,
718; against, 304; Atlanta, 991; Milledge
villo, 26; new Homestead, 717; old
Homestead, 291; Senator, Winn, 787;
Howell, 164; Representatives, Phillips,
495; Roberts, 324. McEachern, 175;
Clelland, 321; Groves, 195; Shepard,
223.
GREENE COUNTY.
Atlanta. New Constitution and Stephens Win
the Day.
[Special to Chroniole and Constitutionalist.]
Union Point, Ga., December 5,
Ratification, 174; against Ratification,
55; Homestead of 1877, 154; Homestead
of 1868, 29; Atlanta, 175; Milledgeville,
54; Stephens, Senator, 225; Armor,
Representative, 213; Moore, Represen
tative, 210; McWhorter, Independent
Representative, 8; Parks, Independent
Representative, 12.
HOUSTON GETS HUFFY,
And Goes for Atlanta, With a Liberal Home
stead.
[Speoial to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Fort Valley, Deoember s.— Atlanta,
400; Milledgeville, 205. J. F. Trontman,
Senator, 276; for Representative, A.
L. Miller, 266; B. M. Davis, 228; J. F.
Sikes, 241; Homestead of ’6B, 352;
Homestead of ’77, 161; for Ratifica
tion, 480; against, 124, at the Fart Val
ley precinct.
HAIL, COLUMBIA!
Harlem Wlsbe* Senator Casey to go to MU
ledgevllle.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Harlem, Ga,, December s.—The vote
at this place is as follows: J. P. Wil
liams, Representative, 87; M. C. Fulton,
Senator, 15; H. R. Casey, Senator, 78;
Milledgeville, 78; Atlanta, 22; Home
stead of 1877, 64; of 1868, 14; Ratifica
tion, 91; against, 7.
Fifteen Mile Post.
Atlanta, 27; Milledgevilie, 12; Home
stead of 1868, 27; Homestead of 1877,
7; for Representative, Williams, 31; for
Senator, Casey, 3; Fulton, 21; Ratifica
tion, 27; against, 3.
TROUP TALLIES.
Atlanta, New Constitution, Cox and Awtrey.
[Special to Ohroniole and Constitutionalist.]
West Point, December s.—For Rati
fication, 158; against, 56; Homestead of
1877, 140; Homestead of 1868, 75; At
lanta, 172; Milledgeville, 43; Speer,
Democratic Senator, 151; Awtrey, Demo
cratic Representative, 150; Cox, Demo
cratic Representative, 145.
La (I range Conies Trooping; Up Maimed and
Halt—Majority Against the New •onstitn
tlon.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
LaGrange, December 5. —Vote of the
LaGrange precinct, Atlanta, 880; Mil
ledgeville, 58; for Ratification, 314;
against Ratification, 623; Homstead of
1868, 663; Homestead of 1877, 260. Jno.
A, Speer, Democrat, is elected Senator
in the 87th District. The county will
vote for Ratification.
Farther Return*.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Hooansville, Ga., December s.— For
Senator, J. A. Speer, 151; for Repre
sentatives, A. H. Cox, 54; J. F. Awtrey,
117; for Capital, Atlanta, 139; Milledge
ville, 20 ; for Ratification, 81; for no
Ratification, 77; Homestead of 1868, 89;
Homestead of 1877, 66. Candidates are
all Dem ocrats.
TOLERABLE FOR TERREL.
Milledgeville Barely Ueta a Majority—
Ratification Safe.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Dawson, December s.—The vote of
Dawson is as follows : For Senator,
John T. Clarke, Democrat, 338 ; for
Representative, E. G. Hill, Democrat,
337 ; for Ratification, 346 ; for new
Homestead, 325. 78 votes polled against
the Constitntion and Homestead ; for
Capital Atlanta, 229 ; Milledgeville,
189. The county will probably go for
Milledgeville by a small majority.
Oan’t hear from precincts until morn
ing, No excitement. Small vote.
TBLPAIB COUNTY.
•*' Atlanta. n Owl Majority—Mootgoatery
Follows Malt.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Lumber City, December s.—Lumber
City and Fork precincts : For Capital,
Atlanta 3 majority; for Ratification, one
hundred and eighty-one; against, twen
ty-one. Telfair will give Atlanta a good
vote. Montgomery will give a majority.
The Old Capital and New Constitution Get a
Good Vote.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Mcßae, Ga., December s.—Telfair
county gives Milledgeville about 200
majority and ratifies the new Constitu
tion by a heavy vote. No opposition to
Wilcox for Representative. Clements is
elected Senator from the Fifteenth Dis
trict.
JEFFBKSON COUNTY.
Bartow and Bethany for Cmassing and "Our
Father'. Halls."
[Special to Chronic!# and Constitutionalist.]
Bartow, Jefferson County, Ga., De
cember s.—The vote at Bartow is :
Milledgeville, 171; Atlanta, 28; Cam
ming, 129; Foster, 42. Bethany is al
most unanimous for Milledgeville and
Camming.
MORGAN COUNTY.
Rutledge Stand, by Preston for the Sen
ate, Atlanta. New Constittitldn and the
Old Homestead.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Rutledge, December s. —For Ratifi
cation, 128 ; against Ratification, 124 ;
Homestead of 1877, 117 ; Homestead of
1868, 131 ; Capital in Atlanta, 216 ;
Milledgeville, 37 ; for Senator, J. G.
McHenry, 100 ; J. W. Preston, 135 ;
for Representative, L. G. Anderson, 32;
R. B. Ethridge, 208.
WASHINGTON COtNTY.
Ratification, Milledgeville ant Dußose to the
Senate, Good Enough for Them.
[Speoial to Chronicle and Ccnetitutionatifit. |
Davisbobo, Ga., 4:30, p. m., Decem
ber s.—The vote at this preoinot stands:
For Ratification, 83; against Ratifica
tion, 15; Homestead of ’77, 41; Home
stead of ’6B, 47; for Senate, Dußose, 68;
Foster, 15; for Atlanta, 24; for Milledge
ville, 71. One hundred voies were cast
at this point, being a small turn-out.
The eleotion passed off quietly. It is
thought that Riddleville aid Caloes pre
cincts, in this county, will cast about
100 votes each. Three-foirths or more
are for Milledgeville and iatifloation.
Independent* Probably Elected to the
IdOglnlatnre—Small Majority Probable for
MllledgeTille.
Sandersvillb, December s.— Six
precinots in Washington county give
Peaoock, Independent, 940 ; Brantley,
Independent, 936 ; Wool, Demoorat,
576 ; Harris, Democrat, 538 ; for At
lanta, 962; for Milledgevilie, 692 ; for
Ratification, 805 ; against Ratification,
679 ; eight more precinots to hear from,
which will give county a majority of
300 for Milledgeville.
WALTON COUNTY.
Plumper* for .Senator McDatiel, Atlanta and
Ratification.
[Speoial to Chroniole and Cbnstitutionaliat.]
Bocial Circle, Deoember s.—The
eleotion passed off quietlj at this place.
The vote is as follows: Fcr Senator, H.
D. McDaniel, 157; for Representative,
W. R. Smith, 149; for Atlanta, 232; for
Milledgeville, 28; for Ratification, 167;
against Ratification, 92; lor Homestead
of 1877, 163; for Homestead of 1868, 92.
No returns from the balance of the
ooonty up to five o’clock, p. m.
A CLINCHER FROM CLINCH.
MUledgevllle and the New Coußiltatlen In
the Lead.
[Speoial to Chronicle aud Constitutionalist.]
Dupont, Ga., Deoember s.—One hun
dred and fifty-four votes cast. For
Ratification, 143; against, 2; homestead
0f1877, 126; Senator, Folks, 62; Senator,
Kirkland, 90; Representative, Knight,
37; Representative Strickland, 116; At
lanta, 22; Milledgeville, 128. Inclement
weather prevailed and a full vote not
cast. Homestead of 1878, 21.
Atlanta Rawed Up Mud Creek.
I Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Stockton, Ga., December s.—Returns
from Mud Greek and this precinct are
as follows: For Ratification, 132; against
Ratification, 67; Homestead of 1868, 85;
Homestead of 1877, 137; Atlanta, 70;
Milledgeville, 152; for Representatives,
Louis Strickland, 72; Jno. Knight, 135;
for Senate, W. B. Folks, 63; Hon. M.
Kirkland, 146, candidates sll Democrats.
Voting light on aocount of bad weather,
Everything quiet.
HENRY HALTS.
And Can't Deelde Between the Old and New
—Henry lor Atlanta.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Hampton, Deoember s.—Henry ooun
ty elects W. T. Dickin Representative;
G. W. Bryan, Senator from the Thirty
fourth Distriot, both Demooratio nomi
nees. Atlanta’s majority is about 1,000;
Ratification afid no Ratification about
even; old and new Homesteads also
nearly eqnal.
CATOOSA COUNTY.
Ringgold Rings In Gray and Clement*—At
lanta and Ratification Win the Day.
[Special to Chroniole and Constitutionalist.]
Ringgold, Ga., Deoember s.—The
offioial vote of this preoinot is : Atlan
ta, 72; Milledgeville, 22; for Ratifica
tion, 162; against Ratification, 9; Home
stead of ’77, 206; of ’6B, 99; for Senator,
J. O. Clements, 195; J. 0. Nesbit, 89;
for Representatives, Arthur H. Gray,
199; Harris, 13; Henderson, 46; Owenby,
32. Gray and Clements are elected by
a large majority. All the candidates
were Democrats.
WARREN COUNTT.
Barnett far Atlanta, Stephens and the New
Constitution.
[Special to Chronicle and Comtitntionalist.]
Barnett, December s.—The majori
ties at Barnett precinct are as follows ;
For Ratification, 70; new Homestead,
44; Atlanta, 30; J. A. Stephens, Sena
tor, (Democrat), 85; R. T. Barksdale,
Representative, (Democrat), 74.
Camalt Noahs the New Constitution and the j
County Goes Back on Hfllledgeville.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist J
Camak, Deoember s.—Two precincts
heard from give 9 majority for no Rati
fication; 48 majority for Homestead of
1868 and 100 majority for Atlanta; John
A. Stephens (Democrat), Senator, 291,
and Robert T. Barksdale (Demoerat),
Representative, 286, The county is un
doubtedly for Atlanta by at least 100
votes, and Ratification and ao Ratifica
tion will be about equal.
WHITFIELD COUNTY.
Tnnnell Hill Ratifies and Atlantafies.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Tunnell Hill, Ga., December s.—This
District voted Ratification, 99; against,
9; Atlanta, 99; Milledgeville, 2; new
Homestead, 49; old, 47—official.
Dot* iMore Determined frem Dalton.
Dalton, Ga., December s.—Whitfield
gives Atlanta a majority of one thous
and; Ratification nearly ncanimons. The
county will give J. C. Fain, Democrat,
a majority of three hnndred for Senator;
Hanks, Democrat, elected Representa
tive. The Homestead of 1877 is carried
by a large majority.
SCREVEN [ALWAYS CORRECT.
The Way It Sheuld Have Been Dane
Eyery where.
[Special to Chron'cle and Constitutionalist. 1
M Ellen, December 5. —In the Eight
ieth District Screven county only 75 votes
were polled, all for Milledgeville, Rati
fication, new Homestead and Perry,
Democrat, for Senator.
STAUNCH MUSCOGEE.
Coed Majority for Ratification and Atlanta—
The Legislative Ticket.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist. ]
Columbus, Ga., Deoember s.—About
1,800 votes polled in the city. Fall re
turns from the country are not in, bat
from the estimate made it is fully con
ceded the oonnty has given a good ma
jority for ratification and perhaps 400
majority for Atlanta. Crawford and
Garrard are certainly eleoted to the Leg
islature, and the opinion is that Grimes
leads Miller in the Twenty-fourth Dis
triot for Senator.
BUBKE ON A BUST.
Waynesboro Tears Into New Issues and Gives
the Independents a Treat—Atlanta Sustained
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Waynesboro, Ga., December 5. —
Waynesboro precinct gives Atlanta 578;
Milledgeville, 72; Homestead of 1868,
556; Homestead 1877, 86; Tarver, Inde
pendent Senator, 463; Perry, Democratic
Senator, 179; Representatives, E. A.
Peaking, 511; W. F. Walton, 486; S. A.
Corker. 540; J. B. Jones, 113; P. D.
Cox, 137; G. L. Jackson, 109; for Ratifi
oatson, 160; against Ratification, 486.
IJfht Tate aid Small Majorities In Milica—
Atlanta Carrie* Bnrke.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist, 1
Millen, Decembers.— A very light vote
was polled at the Sixty-first Distriot, in
Bnrke connty, with the following ma
jorities; For Ratification, 13; for At
lanta, 129; Homestead of 1868, 81; Perry,
Democratic Senator, 35.
WAKE UP WILKES.
Hangs on to Atlanta, but Sticks to the New
Constitution—Casey Steint a Handsome
Molarity.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Washington, Deoember s.—This pre
oinot gives Atlanta 319; Milledgeville,
77; for Ratification, 393; against Ratifi
cation, 8; Homestead of 1877, 338 ;
Homestead of 1868, 38; for Senator, 29th
District, H. R. Casey, Demooratio nom
inee, 296; M. C. Fulton, Independent,
72; Colley and Jordan are elected Repre
sentatives without opposition. Other
precincts will increase the majorities for
Atlanta and Ratification largely. All the
candidates are Democrats.
MCDUFFIE'S KOSTEK.
Col. Fulton Carrie* His County—Mllledie
ville nud Ratification Hold Their Own.
[Special to Chronicle aud Constitutionalist.]
Thomson, December s.— The eleotion
passed off quietly, with the following re
sult: For Senator, Casey, 186; Fulton,
228; for Representative, Dr. Jones, 391;
Langford, 59; Ratification, 497; no Rati
fication, 13 ; Homestead of 1868, 51 ;
Homestead of 1877, 385; for Atlanta, 200;
Milledgeville, 306. Wrightsboro and
Dearing precincts not heard from.
Front Dearing.
For Senator, H. R. Casey, 18; Fulton,
22; for Milledgeville, 63; Atlanta, 2.
BULLY FOB 8188 !
Milledgeville and the Constitution Tumble In
to Thousands—Straight Ticket Elected.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Macon, Ga., Deoember s.—Bibb
oounty gives from 3,000 to 3,500 major
ity for Milledgeville and Ratification.
0. J. Harris, R. A. Nisbet, A. O. Baoon,
all Democrats, are elected to the Lower
House. T. B. Oabaniss, Senator, has
about the same majority.
COFFEE STIRS UP
And Settle* Upon MllledgeYiile and the New
Instrument.
[Special to Chroniole and Constitutionalist.]
Pearson, Ga., December s.—We have
heard from two ■ recincts, Pearson and
Willaooochee: for Ratification, 220 ;
against, 2; for JLilledgeville, 231; Atlan
ta, 11; Homestead of 1868, 12; of 1877,
179; Kirkland, for Senator, 198; Folkes,
63. Very disagreeable weather and
small vote.
MACON COUNTY
Stick* to lyfllledffeTllle Heartily But Prays
for the Old Homestead.
| Special to Ohroliole and Constitutionalist.]
Montezuma, Ga., December s.— The
eleotion passed off quietly. A heavy
vote was polled in Maeon oounty. Ne
groes bad no candidates out. James M.
Dupree and Daviß Gammage, Demo
cratic nominees for the Legislature, and
J. N. Huasen, for Senator, are elected
without opposition. The county will
give Milledgeville and Ratification a
majority of 600; homestead of 1868 a
majority of 400,
THOMAS TRUE AND TRIED.
The People Slay the Independent, and Stand
for the Right.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Thomasville, December s. — The ma
jority for Milledgeville is 149; for Rati
fication, 166; Turner, Senator, Hammond
and Wilmot, Democrats, are eleoted
over Independents by over 500 majority.
One Democratic district to hear from.
APPLING COUNTY.
Milledgeville Get* a Boon.
[Spooi&l to Chroniole and Constitutionalist.]
Jesup, Deoember s.—One preoinct
gives Milledgeville 200 majority and the
county will give Milledgeville about 400
majority. Weather rainy, light vote
polled.
WARE COUNTY.
Mllledge/llle and Ratification, Hood Ma
jorities.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Pine Bottom, Deoember s.—The fol
lowing is the result of the eleotion at
Wareboro, Ware county : For Ratifica
tion, 63; against, 35; Atlanta, 34; Mil
ledgeville, 72; old Homestead, 65; new,
36; for Senator, W. B. Falks, 74; M.
Kirkland, 21; for Representatives, T. J.
Ovey, 64; John B. Cason, 31. All these
candidates are Democrats, and are in fa
vor of Milledgeville for the capital.
The County All Right.
Tebeanville, December s.—We can
not get official returns to-night. Mil
ledgeville, Homestead of ’77, and Rati
fication have majorities as far as heard
from. Ivey, Democrat, for Representa
tive, is elected. Falks, Democrat, for
Senator, will probably be eleoted by a
small majority over Kirkland, Demo
crat.
GORDON COUNTY.
Atlanta and ths New Con.tttutlon—Fain Elect
ed Senator.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist ]
Calhoun, Ga., Decembers.—Oalhonn
precinct votes for Atlanta 455; Milledpe
ville 25; Ratification 475; against Ratifi
cation 9; Homestead 1877, 391; Home
Bteadlß6B, 22; Hon. J. C. Fain is elected
by a large majority from the Forty-third
Senatorial District. Hon. W. R. Rankin
is probably eleoted Representative from
Gordon county.
OLD PIKE.
Give* Rather an Uncertain Bound.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Barnes vtlle, Ga., December 5. —
Barnesville and Milner vote as follows :
For Atlanta, 653; Milledgeville, 218;’
Ratification, 437 ; no Ratification, 425 ;
Homestead of 1868, 445 ; of 1877, 408.
The county precincts of Pike are not
heard from yet. No opposition to Ca
biness and Cook, Democratic nominees,
for Senator and Representative.
PULASKI HOLDS THE FORT.
The Borrect Thing Done Down There.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
HAWKiNsvrLLE, December s. —The re
sult of the vote at this precinct is : For
Ratification, 459; for Milledgeville, 434;
for Atlanta, 90. Senator, J. J. Hamil
ton (Democrat); for Representative, R.
W. Anderson (Democrat) are elected.
BALDWIN’S BANNER TO THE BREEZE.
The Old Homestead All Around—Hood Rati
fication Majority.
ISpecial to Chronicle and Constitutionalist ]
Milledgeville, December s.— The
result of the election here for Ratifica
tion is 1,140 ; against Ratification, 678;
Homestead of 1877, 9 ; Homestead of
1868, 833 ; for Milledgeville, 1, 918 ; for
Atlanta none ; for Senator, Dnßose,
Democrat, 1,455 ; for Representative,
Green, Democrat, 1,370 ; for Repre
sentative, Lee, Radical, 81,
BROOKS BABBLES OUT.
Hand Majority for Ratification—-Slight One
for Milledgeville,
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Quitman, Ga., 6.- The
vote at this precinet is as follows : For
RitiflcatioD, 324; against Ratification,
230; Homestead of ’77, 310; of ’6B, 242;
Milledgeville, 298; Atlanta, 259; J. P.
Turner, Democrat, for Senate, 314; J,
R. Edmondson, Independent, 218; H,
G. Turner, Democrat, for Representa
tives, 347. No opposition. Other pre
cinots in this county will probably
swell these majorities some.
TALBOT COUNTY.
Hoad far Genera.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist. 1
Geneva, December s. —Atlanta, 15;
Milledgeville, 102; for Ratification, 106;
against, 7; Drake Senator, Mann and
Matthews, Representatives, are eleoted.
DODGE DOESN'T SHRINK.
She Stand* Up to the Rack In Style.
rSpecial to Chroniole and Constitutionalist.]
Eastman, Ga. December s.—Returns
from two preoincts give Ratification, 376;
against, 67; Homestead of 1877, 109;
of 1868, 256; Atlanta, 189; Milledge
ville, 252; Senator, J. J. Hamilton,
Democrat, 291; Representatives, W. K.
Busby, Democrat, 179; J. M. Buchanan,
Democrat, 215.
SO MUCH FOR SUMTBB !
Tight Vote In Amerleoo—Milledgeville Com
ing Up.
[Speoial to Chroniole and Constitutionalist.]
Amebious, Deoember s,—Americas
precinct gives Atlanta 550; Milledgeville,
581; new Constitution, 591; old, 550.
The Homesteads make a close race. Ne
groes voted solidly for Atlanta. Snm
ter will give at least two hundred ma
jority for Milledgeville. J. N. Hudson,
Senator; W. H. Davison and Allen Fort,
Representatives, Democrats, are elected,
having no opposition. Heavy rain caused
a light vote.
LOWNDES stands off.
1 High Up For Atlanta, But Lukewarm About
the New Conilltution.
[Speoial to Chronicle and Constitutionalist. I
Valdosta, Deoember s.— The result
of the eleotion in Lowndes oonnty, so
far as heard from, is as follows : For
Ratification, 255 ; against Ratification,
253 ; Homestead of 1877, 242 ; Home
stead of 1866, 242 ; for Capital Atlanta,
319 ; Milledgeville, 189 ; for Senator
of the Sixth District J. W. Staten was
elected without opposition ; for Rep
resentatives, C. H. M. Rowell, 302;
W. H. Dasher, 160, both Democrats.
Four other precincts to hear from now
will probably inorease the majority for
Atlanta; Homestead doubtful. The
oounty will go for ratification.
BURIED IN BBRRIEN.
Atlanta and the Bastard Constitution Grace
fully Interred.
[Special to Chroniole and Constitutionalist.]
Alapaha, December s.—Ratification,
76; against, noue; for Milledgeville, 76;
Atlanta, 1; Homestead of ’77, 73; Home
stead of ’6B, none; Staten, Dcmoorat,
58; Kirby, Demoorat, 15.
Likewise lu Tiftan.
Tipton, Deoember 5. —Ratification re
ceived 48 votes; against ratification,
none; Atlanta received 1; Milledgeville,
47; Homestead of 1868, none; 1877, 48;
for Representative. J. H. Kirby, Demo
crat, 32; Senator, J. W. Staten, Pemo
crat, 39.
’WAY DOWN IN WAYNE !
The Halls of Our Fathers sag the New Consti
tution.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Jesup, Ga., Deoember s.—Three pre
oincts in Wayne give Milledgeville 249;
Atlanta, 57; Ratification, 249; no Ratifi
cation, 52; Homestead of ’77, 249; of ’6B,
55; Cochran, 55; Holten, 137; Douglass,
100, all Independents for Senators.
Three other preoiuots to hear from—
will give Milledgeville about 150 ad
ditional majority.
PIERCE PUNCTURES THE WRONG.
The Way She Did 11.
ISpecial to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Blaooshear, Ga., December s.—The
result of the election in Pierce county so
fa ras heard from is as follows: Ratifi
cation, 216; no Ratification, 117; Home
stead of 1877, 206; of 1868,114; for Capi
tal, Atlanta, 140; Milledgeville, 197; for
Senator from the Third District, Coch
rane, 206; Hatton, 100; Douglass, 16, all
Democrats; for Representatives, Patter
son, 301; Sweat, 8, both Democrats.
Two other preoincts are to hear from,
whioh will probably inorease the majori
ties for Ratification, Homestead of 1877
and Milledgeville. Voting very light
owing to bad weather.
MeINTOSH FIZZLES.
Atlanta and Two Colored Representatives.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Darien, December s.—Molntosh gives
Atlanta about 400 majority, and eleots
Alexander Bailey, colored, Senator, and
Amos Rogers, colored, Representative.
DECATUR RATIFIES.
But Does Little Else.
[Speoial to Chronicle ani Constitutionalist.]
Bainbridge, December s.—Decatur
county for Atlanta and Ratification, be
tween 600 and 1,000 majority. D. A.
Bussell, Democrat, for the Senate; W.
W. Harrell, Republican, and J. O. Far
nell, neither Democrat nor Republican,
for the House. It is impossible to give
acourate figures to-night. Bad weather
and a small vote.
FLOYD COUNTY.
Atlanta and Hawkins.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionaliet.]
Rome, Ga., Deoember s.—Atlanta is
600 ahead so far. Hawkins the same,
for the Senate.
CLAYTON’S BALLOTS.
Greets Atlanta and Howell and Ratifies.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
! (Jonesboro, Ga., Decembers.—Elec
tion quiet. The majority in Clayton for
Atlanta is about 100; Howell to the
Senate from the 35th by about the
same; Representatives close; Homestead
of 1877 aud Ratificatieu about 300 ma
jority.
AND NOW COMES CHATHAM.
And Pots Up Good Figures for Milledgeville
aud Ratlflcatlan.
[Speoial to Chroniole and Constitutionalist.]
Savannah, Ga., Deoember s.—The
counting of the votes will be furnished
to-morrow. The estimated majority in
Chatham, for Milledgeville, is 1,200; for
Ratification, 1,700. Raining all day.
Returns received at the Morning Newa
office from three counties, not including
Chatham, give Milledgeville 4,000 and
Atlanta 2,400 votes.
ROCKDALE COUN I’Y
Stands by Her Nelgbor aud like New Con
stitution.
[Special to Chronicle and Ccnstitutionalist.]
Conyers, December s. — The town vote
here to day for Rockdale county stands:
For the capital—Atlanta, 786; Milledge
ville, 165; for the new Constitution, 521;
old Constitution, 338; for Homestead of
’77, 434; Homestead of ’6B, 166; for Sen
ator, H. D. McDaniel, 823; for Repre
sentatives (both Democrats), B. F. Carr,
493; W. L. Peek, 398. Three preoincts
are to be beard from, but will not
change this vote.
PUTNAM PUTS IT UP SQUARELY.
Milledgeville Receives a Capital Vole—Aa
Independent Rushes In.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Eatonton, December 5. —Eatonion
votes: Milledgeville, 584; Atlanta, 298;
Ratification, 806; against Ratification,
72; Homestead 1877, 672 ; 1868, 118;
Senator—Preston, 714; McHenry, 121;
Representative Reid (Independent),
518; Humber (regular nominee), 349.
Precincts will probably increase Pres
ton’s majority to 1,000 and elect Hum
ber, regular nominee. Milledgeville will
probably be increased to 700 majority.
NEWTON’S RETURNS.
The Constitution Killed and Atlanta Re
vived.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Covington, December s.—The follow
ing is the vote polled here to-day : For
Senator, McDaniel, 575 ; for Ratifica
tion, 363 ; against Ratification, 420 ;
$2 A TEAK—POSTAGE PAID
for the Capital, Atlanta, 775 ; Milledge
ville, 16 ; Homestead of 1877, &30 ;
Homestead of 1868, 450. The country
will inorease the vote for Ratification
and Atlanta. Anderson and Livingston
are probably elected to the Legislature.
FULTON IN HER FURY
Runs up an Avrtnl Majority but Gives the
Constitution Away.
[Special to Chroniole and Constitutionalist.]
Atlanta, Ga., December 5. —It is esti
mated that Fulton county gives from
6,000 to 7,000 majority for Atlanta aud
1,000 majority for the Homestead of ’6B,
and against ratification.
GRAND OLD HANCOCK.
Ours to Count on Snrely.
[Special to Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Sparta, December s. —Hancock elects
the Democratic ticket and gives Mil
ledgeville 902 majority and Ratification
854
THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
HAYES STEADFAST FOR THE
SOUTHERN POLICY.
A Vindication oi the Southern Policy—Ex
cerpts from the First Annual McSsukc—The
Negro to Be Protected—Papular Education
—The Finances—A Tax un Tea aud Coflee
Recommended.
W • t
To complete, and make permanent,
the pacifioation of the country continues
to be, and until it is fully accomplished
must remain, the most important of all
our national interests. The earnest pur
pose of good citizens generally to unite
their efforts in the endeavor is evident.
It found decided expression in the reso
lutions announced iu 1876 by the Na
tional Convention of the leading politi
cal parties of the country. There was a
widespread apprehension that the mo
mentous results in our progress as a na
tion, marked by the recent amendments
to the Constitution, were in imminent
jeopardy ; that the good understanding
which prompted their adoption iu the
interest of a loyal devotion to the gen
eral welfare might prove a barren truce,
and that two sections of the country once
engaged in civil strife might he again al
most as widely severed aud disunited as
they were when arruyed in anna against,
each other. The oourse to bo pursued
which, in my judgment, seemed wiso in
the presence of this emergency, was
plainly indicated iu my inaugural ad
dress. It pointed to the time, which all
our people desire to see, when a genuine
love of our whole country, and of all
that ooncerns its true welfare, shall sup
plant the destructive forces of the mil
tual animosity of races aud of sectional
hostility. Opinions have differed wide
ly as to the measures best calculated to
secure this great end. This was to be
expeoted. The measures adopted by
the Administration have been subjected
to severe aud varied criticism. Any
course whatsoever whioh might have
been entered upon would certainly have
encouutered distrust and opposition.
These measures were, in my judgment,
such as were most in harmony with the
Constitution and with the genius of (un
people, and best adapted, under at] the
circumstances, to attain (ha end in view.
Beneficent results, already apparent,
prove that those endeavors are not to he
regarded aa a mere experiment, and
should sustain aud encoumge our ef
forts. Already, in the brief period
whioh has elapsed, the immediate effec
tiveness, no less than the justice of the
course pursued, is demonstrated, and 1
have au abiding faith that time will fur
nish its ample vindication iu the minds
of the great majority of my fellow-citi
zens.
The discontinuance of the use of the
army for the purpose of upholding local
governments iu two States of the Union
was no less a constitutional duty and
requirement, under the circumstauces
existing at the time, than it was a much
needed measure for the restoration of
local self government and the promotion
of national harmony. The withdrawal i
of the troops from such employment
was effected deliberately and with so
licitous care for the peaoe and good or
der of sooiety and the protection of the v’
property and person and every right of
all classes of citizens. The results that !
have followed are indeed significant and
encouraging. All apprehension of dan
ger from remitting those States to local
self-government is dispelled, and a most
salutary change in the minds of the peo
ple has begun and is in progres in every
part of that section of the country once
the theatre of unhappy oivil strife, sub
stituting for suspioion, distrust ami
aversion, concord, friendship and pa
triotic attachment to the Union. No
unprejudiced mind will deny that the
terrible and often fatal collisions which
for several years have been of frequent
occurrence and have agitated and alarm
ed the public mind have almost entirely
ceased, aud that a spirit of mutual for
bearance and hearty national interest
has succeeded. There has beeu a gen
eral re-establishment of order and the
orderly administration of justice. In
stances of remaining lawlessness have
beoome of rare occurrence. Political tur
moil and turbulence have disappeared;
useful industries have been resumed;
public credit in tho Southern States lias
been greatly strengthened, and the en
oouraging benefits of a revival of com
merce between the sections of the coun
try lately embroiled in oivil war are
fully enjoyed. Suoh are some of the
results already attained upon which tho
country is to be congratulated. They
are of such importance that we may with
confidence patiently await the desired
consummation that will surely come
with the natural progress of events. It
may not be improper here to say that it
should be
Our Fixed and Unalterable Determination
To protect, by all available and proper
means under the Constitution aud the
laws, the lately emancipated race in the
enjoyment of their rights and privileges,
and I urge upon those to whom hereto
fore the colored people have sustained
the relation of bondmen tho wisdom and
justice of humane and liberal local leg
islation with respeot to their education
and general welfare. A firm adherence
to the laws, both National and State, as
to the civil and political rights of the
oolored people, now advanced lo full
and equal citizenship; the immediate
repression and sure punishment by the
National and local authorities within
their respective jurisdictions of every in
stance of lawlessness aud violence toward
them, is required for the security alike
of both races, and is justly demanded
by the pubiio opinion of the country and
the age. In this way the restoration of
harmony and good will and the com
plete protection of every citizen in the
full enjoyment of every constitutional
right will surely be attained. Whatever
authority rests with me to this end I shall
not hestate to put forth. Whatever he
longs to the power of Coagr-ss and the
jurisdiction of the Courts of the Union,
they may confidently bo relied upon to
provide and perform ; and to the Legis
latures. the Courts and the Executive
authorities of the several States I earn
estly appeal to secure, by adequate, ap
propriate and seasonable means, within
their borders, these common and uni
form rights of a united people, which
loves liberty, abhors oppression and re
veres justice. These objects are very
dear to my heart. I shall continue most
earnestly to strive for their attainment.
The cordial co-operation of all classes,
of all sections of the country, and of
both races, is required for this purpose;
and with these blessings assured, and
not otherwise, we may safely hope to
hand down our free institutions of gov
ernment unimpaired to the generations
that will succeed us.
Popular Education.
The wisdom of legislation upon the
part of Congress in aid of tho States
for the education of the whole
people in those branches of study which
are taught in the common schools of the
country, is no longer a question. The
intelligent judgment of the country
goes still further, regarding it as also
both constitutional and expedient for
the General Government to extend to
technical and higher education such as
is deemed essential to the general wel
fare, and to onr due prominence among
the enlightened and cultured nations of
the world. The ultimate settlement of
all questions of the future, whether of
administration or finance or of true na
tionality of sentiment, depends upon
the virtue and intelligence of the peo
ple. It is vain to hope for the success
of a free government withont the means
of insuring the intelligence of those who
are the source of power. No less than
one-seventh of the entire voting popula
tion of our country are yet nnable to
(read or write. It is encouraging to ob
serve, in connection with the growth of
fraternal feeling in those States in
which slavery formerly existed, evidence
of increasing interest in universal edu
cation, and I shall be glad to give my
approval to any appropriate measures
winch may be enacted by Congress for
the purpose of supplementing/ with Na
tional aid, the local systems of eduea
j tiou in those States and in all the States
and having already invited your atten
tion to the needs of the District of Co
lumbia, with respect to its pubiio school
system, I here add that I believe it de
sirable, not so much with reference to
the local wants of the district, but to
the great and lasting benefit of the en
tire country, that this system should be
crowned with a university in all re
spects in keeping with the National
Capital, and thereby realize tho cher
ished hopes of Washington on this sub
ject.
The Finance*.
The annual report of the Secretary of
the Treasury on the state of the iiuances
presents important questions for tho
action of Congress, upon some of which
I have already remarked. The revenues
of the Government during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1877, were $269. -
000,586 62; the total expenditures for
the same period were $238,660,008 93,
leaving a surplus revenue of $30,340,-
577 69. This has substantially supplied
the requirements of tho pinking fund
for that year. Tho estimated revenues,
of the current fiscal year are $265,500,--
000, and the estimated expenditures fo’r
the same period are $232,430,643. If
theso estimates provo to be correct, thorn
will be a surplus revenue of $33,069,356
an amount nearly sufficient for the sink
ing fuud for that year. The estimated
revenues for tho next fiscal voar aro
$269,250,000. It appears from the re
port that during the last fiscal year
the revenues of the Government, com
pared with tho previous year, have
largely decreased. This * decrease,
amounting to the sum of $18,481,-
452 54, was mainly on customs du
ties, caused partly by a large falling
off in the amount of imported dutiable
goods, and partly by the general fall of
prices in the markets of production of
such articles as pay ad valorem taxes.
While this is felt injuriously in the di
minution of the reveuuo, it has been ac
companied with a very large increase of
exportations. The total exports during
the last fiscal year, including coin, have
been $658,637,457, aud tho imports hav<
been $192,097,540, leaving a balance or
trade in favor of tho United Stall.
amounting to the sum of $166,539,917,
the benefieiul effects of whioh exteud t/
ail branches of business. Tho estimated
revenue for the next fiscal year will im
pose upon Congress the duty of strictly
limiting appropriations, including the
requisite sum for the maintenance of the
sinking fuud within the aggregate esti
mated receipts. While the aggregate of
taxes should be increased, amendments
might be made to the revenue laws that
would, without diminishing t he revenue,
relieve the people from unnecessary bur
dens,
Ten am! Collect.
A tax on tea and coffee is shown by
the experience not only of our own
country, but of other countries, to bo
easily collected without , loss by under
valuation of fraud, and is largely born©
iu the country of production. A tax of
len cents a pound on tea, and two cents
a pound on coffee, would produce
revenue exceeding $12,000,000, and thus
enable Congress to repeal a multitude
of annoying faxes yielding a revenue
not exceeding that sum. Tho internal
revenue system grew out of the neeesei
ties of the war, and most of tho legisla
tion imposing taxes upon domestic pso
ducts, under this system, has been ro
pealed. By the substitution of aw on
tea and coffee, all forms of internal tax
ation may be repealed, except that on.
whisky, spirits, tobacco and beer.
THE BARTOW TRAGEDY.
Tho Double Prime of Friday .Nlht— Murder,
Robbery and Arson by Tramps-Tlie Detail,
of tlio Shocking Allair.
[Savannah News, of Yesterday.}
On Friday night, about nine, o'clock,
his regular hour for retiring, Mr. Corn
well bade good night to a neighbor with
whom he had been conversing on his
front piazza, and looking the door, pro
ceeded towards his room at the rear end
of the building. As was his custom be
fore retiring, he went to his money
drawer, near the safe, at tho opposite
end from where his room is located, and
behind the couuter, for the purpose of
counting the proceeds of the day’s sul
and putting them away. He had on
hand a large quantity of specie, amount
ing to several hundred dollars, whin
fact was pretty generally known in the
vicinity, aud by some the ; mount was
greatly exaggerated. It is presumed
that the knowledge of this prompted bin
murder, the robbery of the store and its
destruction by fire to conceal tho crime
About eleven o’clock a colored woman,
who lives some fifty yards from the
store, had occasion to go out into her
yard, when her attention was attracted
by a volume of light smoke rolling out
from the side of tho room occupied ns a
sleeping apartment by Mr. Cornwell, at
a point near the chimney. She has
tened back to her house, aroused a col
ored woman who lived with her, and tho
two then ran over to tho store, aud com
menced knocking at the window of the
room, and calling upon tho occupant.
We are informed that, among the ueigh
bors it wa3 known that Mr. Cornwell
was very easily and readily awakened,
and the colored women failing, after
much knocking, to get any response
from him, ran to tho residence of Mr.
Btarke, the neighbor above alluded to,
and arousing him, stated that tho store
was on fire.
Mr. Starke and two gentlemen living
with him, without stopping to put on
anything but their pants, rushed over to
tho building. Being well acquainted
with the interior of the premises, they
made their way to tho bed room, in
which it was seen that the fire was burn
ing, and breaking open tho window got
a view of the inside. They saw that the
fire, which had been started in a corner
near the chimney, had spread along the
wood until it had reached the bed, (he
foot board of which was already in a
blaze. To their great, surprise, they
could see by the light of the fire that tho
bed was unoccupied, and the clothing
had not been disturbed, and there was
no evidence it had been used that night.
They then ran to tho window which
opened out from tho store, near where
the money drawer and iron box were
placed. On getting this window open a
draft was created, and a dense volume
of smoke which filled the interior poured
forth, blinding aud nearly suffocating
them. In a second, almost following,
flames shot forth into a fork 1 tongue,
and it was apparent that the entire
structure was on fire and that further
efforts were futile.
Directly in front of tho uoor of tho
store through which the customers en
tered, and standing against the paiti
tion separating the store from the bed
room, was a keg of powder, which was
thus conveniently placed by the pro
prietor so that in case of fire it could be
readily gotten out. Everybody who
visited the store had noticed this keg.
Whilst the gentlemen were endeavoring
to get into the building the report of a
pistol was heard inside, followed at
short intervals by four more discharges.
This was the pistol belonging to tho
proprietor, and was under the pillow of
his bed, and was discharged when the
flames reached it. Remembering the
keg of powder and its close proximity to
the bed room, the gentlemen thought it
prudent to withdraw, and had hardly
reached a point of safety when there
was a loud explosion and the'frame of
the building fell in.
As soon as it was practicable to com
mence removing the debris, work was
commenced. The remains of Mr. Corn
well were found near where the money
was kept. Nothing remained but his
heart and lungs aud a few bones, the
body having been entirely consumed.
The heel taps of his boats were also
found in a charred condition, and his
watch, which was melted, aud a few
pieces of melted coin, the change which
he carried in hi3 pocket. Not a vestige
of the large sum of specie could be dis
covered, and it is evident that Mr.
Cornwell was murdered while standing
at the drawer counting his bills, and ar
ranging the papers, and that after he
fell the murderer or murderers, not stop
ping to examine the body, grabbed the
specie, and hastened to the bedroom,
where a fire was burning in the hearth,
started the conflagration in the corner of
the room and fled. The party or par
ties were undoubtedly concealed in the
store when it was closed, as under tho
circumstances they could not have ob
tained entrance afterwards.
Gen. Gordon will evidently go back to
liia place. The Capitol will also go
back to its place—somewhere iu Bald
win oounty.