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J. II. ESTILL, Proprietor.
XV. T. THOMPSON. Editor.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 187*. ~
The Louisiana Movement.
The tenor of our telegrams is calcula
ted to leave the impression that the Ad
ministration at Washington is not only
staggered at the success of the move
ment in Louisiana, but thoroughly per
plexed by the tone of some of tho ultra
Radical papers, which fitly characterize
the overthrow of the Kellogg govern
ment as the exorcise of one of the divine
rights of a free people. The informa
tion is also, conveyed that it is the inten
tion of General Grant, at the expiration
of the five days’ of “grace, mercy and
peace” allowed by his proclamation, to
again set up the Kellogg government.
' This was to have been anticipated. It
is not likely that a partizan administra
tion, whose most glorious achievements
have been the prostration and disestab
lishment of sovereign States, will allow
its pet usurper to go to the wall without
an attempt to reinstate him. And then ?
Remembering nil the circumstances
that have brought about this uprising on
the part of the people of Louisiana, and
taking into consideration the issues in
volved-issues of transccndant import
ance to every American freeman—we are
not sorry that the test is to be mode.
We look for no armed resistance on the
part of the people of Louisiana to
the attempt of General Grant and his
thoughtless advisers to overthrow the
rightful government of the State by the
Federal troops; but if the sovereign
States of the Nortn—prosperous, power
ful and apparently safe in the enjoyment
Of their liberties—stand silently by and
allow this great outrage to be perpetrated
—if they allow this act of despotism to
be acconlplishcd—if they are willing for
this gross usurpation to be fastened upon
a comparatively helpless people—then
indeed shall we despair of the Ropublie.
If the will of the people of a State in the
American Union is thus to be circum
vented and the people thomselves are to
be insulted, degraded and trampled upon,
then indeed are we ready to cry hail to
the new Cmsar.
The issues in this contest are sharply
and clearly defined. It is not a war
against the Union—there is no odor of
disloyalty on the garments of those who
have aided to restore good government
in Louisiana. The movemont is not the
resultof prejudice against the negro; on
the contrary, a brigade of colored men,
fully armed and equipped, and known
to bo in the interests of Kellogg, refused
to fire upon the citizens. There is abso
lutely nothing that may be used to appeal
to the fanaticism that has so long kept
alive the embers of tho late war between
the States. Tho issue is simply this:
Shall tho people of a State select their
own rulers, or shall these functions bo
exercised by tho General Government ?
This is the question to be settled. Who
will say that its satisfactory solution is
not worth a revolution ?
The Legislature and the Bogus Bonds.
At a public meeting in Atlanta on Tues
day, Major Hillyer, the author of the
pending bond amendment to the Consti
tution, acknowledged tbe defects in the
measure, to winch allusion was made yes
terday. The amendment, ns it now stands,
does not includo about®.'".,000,0(10 of bonds
declared void by tbe Legislature. This
omission is fatal, and unless correction is
made the enthusiastic campaign which is
now progressing in Georgia against the
fraudulent securities issued by Bullock
and his clan will bo utterly fruitless—a
contingency that we cannot contemplate
with anything like equanimity.
The remedy for this unfortunate defect
. is a special session of the General Assem
bly. The cost of this special session to
the people of the State will be as nothing
to the cost that will be entailed upon
them by the long delay which will be
required to alter the amendment by tbe
usual process of legislation, and we trust
that Governor Smith will not hesitate to
exercise his . constitutional prerogative-
The emergency demands prompt action.
The assembling of the Legislature will bo
a movement in favor of economy, and
the favorable action of the Executive will
be endorsed by every honest tax payer in
the State.
When a parly of disguised men—tbe
original Ku-Klux Klan of America—
hoisted some British tea overboard in
Boston harbor some years ago, tbe cry
was: “The cause of Boston is tbe cause
of all!” The Louisiana movement repre
sents a much dearer principle of liberty
than the tea tar ever represented; but
will the Slates flock to her standard?
Nothing can be truer than that the cause
of Louisiana is the cause of all.
Tho supcrservieeable Mr. Attorney
moral Williams makes haste to give his
>ws of the duties of the President in
jard to the situation in Louisiana. It
11 he seen that Williams lies with the
; e and grace of an able-bodied^ Philis-
e. When a man can lie that -way he
ght to be able to command a good
nry as door-keeper of a snake show.
The interesting resume of trade and
cton prospects printed upon our local
ge fully bears out the editorial esti-
ites already published in tho Morning
!ws, not only in respect to the prospects
the fall trade, but also in. respect to
a probable volume of the growing cot-
aorop.
The curious statement is made that the
ajectforonational convention,advocated
the New York Herald, was inspired by
•ant. The fact that his personal organ,
s Washington Republican, warmly ap-
oves tho plan gives color to the report
ant is almost equal as a statesman to
lalm Bard or Jock Brown.
The Atlanta papers have made the dis-
very of an Egyptian mummy in that
y. Curiously enough, none of them
ite whether it is dead or alive. We
mlda’t give two cents to read about a
ad mummy. ^
The Charleston Fetes and Courier says
o news of the Louisiana restoration was
served in that city with sorrow. If that
the case, we can very easily understand
»y South Carolina groans under the op-
ession of robbers and thieves.
Some of our exchanges call tbe Louisi-
b. movement war. War with whom ?
mre has been no war that we know of.
General Toombs addressed a meeting
Id iu Atlanta, on Tuesday, to express
mpatby for the Louisiana movement
Kellogg has.come to the conclusion that
don’t want to be Governor any way.
AlaskiTlndiaus' use for illuminating
mooes a curious fish which is so fat
5 when dried it burns with a brillamt
;ht. We,presume that it must ho of the
iuprey species.
A novel judicial precedent undor the
■obibitory Liquer law has been satin
asuchusctts, iu tho commitment of a
stice of the peace to the House of In-
islry for drunkenness.
An Impracticable Plan.
The National Convention of peace and
reconciliation proposed a few days ago by
tho New York Herald does not seem to
have been received with any great amount
of enthusiasm, either at the North or at
the South. Indeed, as far as our obser
vation extends, the project has met with
no favor whatever in any quarter, and its
utter impracticability tempts us to class
it with the other thousand and one news
paper sensations that have been devised
by the versatile managers of the Herald.
But while we see no good to be accom
plished by the assembling of such a Con
vention,. the agitation of the subject is
significant. One of the peculiarities of
the Herald is the flippancy with which It
discusses political problems, but in the
articles advocating the proposed Conven
tion, the solemn and serious import of its
words is not to be misunderstood.
The truth is, tbe admission that some
thing else besides the partizan legislation
of the Federal Congress is necessary to
restore prosperity, peace, harmony, and
good feeling to the South—the mere ad
mission that some other remedy than
Radicalism is necessary to solve the
Southern problem—is a long step ahead,
and we sincerely trust that it is one of
the preliminaries to a general awakening
of the people to the perils that threaten
our system of government. The citizens
of the North and West must be blind in
deed if they do not see that reconstruc
tion, ostensibly inaugurated to bring
about results which the Northern mind
conceived to be just and desirable, is
really the instrument of oppression and
disorder. They must be blind indeed if
"they do not see that wherever the system
has been thoroughly tested it has resulted
in the prosiration of States, and in the
impoverishment of communities and in
dividuals. They must be blind indeed if
they do not see that wherever Radical
rule has been perpetuated in the South
disaster and ruin have invariably followed.
The idea that a Convention can remedy
tbe great evils which have sprung from
the hideous malignity which has charac
terized Federal action toward the South
is preposlerous. Such a body might as
semble, make speeches and frame elo
quent resolutions; the members thereof
might join in a petition or in a declara
tion of rights; but to what purpose? The
most to be expected would be the ap
plause or derision of the various parties,
and so the matter would end. The bare
discussion of the matter, however, is
hopeful. It is an evidence that a strong
undercurrent of feeling exists at the
North in favor of a change of tactics. It
is a sign that the more thoughful people
are becoming alarmed at the startling
significance of the Southern problem, and
are vaguely casting about for' a remedy for
the disasters Which reconstruction has
wrought in the Southern States.
Well, the remedy is simple enough. It
is plain, easyand practicable, but itis one
which the average No? them mind has not
been taught to reverence. Indeed, it
has been ridiculed of late even among
those from whom better things might
have been expected. It has been called
Bourbonism, old fogyism and what not.
It has been classed among the “ dead is
sues,” and those who havehad the temer
ity to advocate it have been held up to
slorn as political mummies and chatter
ing idots. That remedy is a return to
Constitutional Government, Peace and
h irmony in the South can only be re
stored by tbe prompt application of tbe
doctrines of State Sovereignty. Prosper
ity and good government can only be
brought about by an acknowledgment on
tbe part of the Radical administration
that the Southern States have the same
right to make and administer their own
laws—the same right to choose their own
rulers—that the Northern States have.
There is no other solution to the problem.
Take tbe case of Louisiana, for exam
ple. What has brought about the recent
revolt in that State ? Not disloyalty to
the Union, for that has been expressly
disclaimed—not prejudice against the
colored people, for they are in the enjoy
ment of every political right they ever
possessed—not tbe insane cravings of a
few men for office, for the citizens would
not uphold them in any such foolish at
tempt. None of these explanations are
sufficient. The cause lies deeper. It is
tie result of a determination of tbe peo.-
ple to administer their own State govern
ment—to overthrow a class of corrupt
and thieving usurpers. It is the princi
ple of self-government reasserting itself
—a principle that is dear to the heart of
every one worthy of the name of Ameri
can, and we, for one, wish the Louisiana
movement God speed.
If the people of the North really de
sire the rehabilitation of the South, let
them rescue her from the unspeakably
galling operations of Radical usurpation
and oppression; let them rescue her
from the disasters of Radical reconstruc
tion. Conventions will do no good. The'
only remedy is Restoration.
Newspaper Postage.—A Washington
dispatch says that the execution of the
provisions of' the act of June 23, 1874,
amendatory of the postal code of 1872,
with respect to the payment of postage
on newspapers and periodicals occasions
considerable perplexity in the minds of
the postal authorities. The new act in
the matter of this postage, which takes
effect on January 1st, 1875,. provides for
payment on newspapers and periodical
publications in bulk by an adhesive stamp
to be applied in a certain manner. The
Postmaster General says that this is
about the most difficult problem of mathe
matics he has ever had to contend with.
To carry ont the law he says it will be
necessary to discover some elementary
combination of sums ranging from two
cents up to sixty dollars, so as to convert
every possible amount between those two
extremes, and yet not have a stamp for
every sum. Two cents would pay for one
pound or a fraction, and sixty dollars for
a ton. Between a pound and a ton, both in
clusive, there are two thousand pounds,
and to have a stamp for each pound in
crease in the weight of matter he thinks
would he an expensive system, and con
fusing as well. It would also require a
double series, one of cents and another
of dollars. To have the fall series of
one hundred stamps, representing sums
from one to one hundred cents, and one
to sixty dollars, would still, he thinks, be a
cumbersome system. In this ipatter the
Postmaster General is of the opinion that
in a multitude of counsel there mast be
wisdom. The perplexing subject is un
dergoing various treatments, and it is be
lieved a system of sufficient simplicity
may be devised' to secure accuracy and
convenience;
Look to Your Checks.—An exohange
says a government official is now travers
ing tho country, making an inspection of
tbe cancelled checks of the various banks,
in order to ascertain whether they ore uni
formly complying with the law requiring
a two cent stomp to be placed upon
every draft and cheek paid. The same
paper says that he is reaping quite a har
vest for the Treasury in fines. It may be
as well to remember that the party draw
ing a check and neglecting to stamp it, is
equally liable with tho party reqaiyipg it.
(GOiVernjp.ontal , telegraphy in Great
Britain last year yielded the magnificent
profit of ono pet cent, .on the capital in
vested.
BY THEM
—TO—
THE MORNING NEWS.
Paris, September 1C.—At the trial of Louisiana may be
THE BLACKSHEAR MYSTERY.
Tit IA I. OF K. W. CARPENTER FOR
THE MURDER OF HIS
NEPHEW.
Evidence Closed—Prisoner makes a State
ment.
[Special Telegram to the Morning News.]
Blacksheab, Ga., September 16.
The testimony in the case of the State
vs. R. W. Carpenter, charged with the
murder of his nephew, Walter L. Cole, in
March last, was closed this morning. It
covers about one hundred and fifty pages
of legal cap, and is rather against tho
prisoner.
Argument was commenced at'half-past
two o’clock this afternoon, and will
probably occupy the attention of the
Court to-morrow. Messrs. Sessions, Tur
ner and Hitch represent the State. Hon.
John C. Nicholls and A. J. Smith, of
Brunswick, are counsel for the prisoner.
After the evidence was closed • Car
penter made a brief statement, asserting
his innocence of the charge, and com-
menting.on the uninterrupted friendship
that had existed between himself and the
deceased. He declared he knew nothing
of the bloody shoes and pants fonnd in
his bouse, and concluded by stating that
he had often advised the deceased not to
go out at night by himself.
The evidence being almost entirely cir.
cumstantial, the issuerestsin a great meas
ure on the conflicting opinions of witness
es which, however, are unfavorable to the
prisoner. Public feeling and opinion
greatly preponderate against the accused,
though a few believe him innocent. The
result is difficult to anticipate.*
EraW.
Noon Telegrams.
REDEEMED JL O UISIANA.
Brief Explanation from Lieutenant
Governor Penn.
THE COLORED TKOOPS REFUSED TO SUS
TAIN THE KELLOGG INFAMY.
FEELING IN THE WEST.
Kellogg Attempts a Justification.
TRACY GOING FOR MOULTON,
NEWS FROM OVER THE WATERS,
-/
ihe rsofiiE's movement in Louisiana.
New York, September 16.—A dispatch
from D. B. Penn to fhe Herald says: The
North can form no idea of the robbery
and spoliation to which we have been
subjected. My movement was necessi
tated by the attitude of the peo
pie. They demanded it. I am
now in full possession of the govern
ment of the State. The colored people
are satisfied and contented. .A strong
brigade of colored troops, fully organized
and armed, and in the sorvice of the usur-
pationist. refused to fire a shot in its de
fence. The most perfect peace and good
order prevails. We are thoroughly loyal
to the Federal Government, and iu the
operations of the post two days there
have been ho excesses or violations of tho
law. This government is the only one
now in existence in Louisiana.
Kellogg, in a dispatch,- tays amid all
the troubles which have beset the State,
I have reduced the State and parish taxes
in each fully one-third, and measures
have been passed providing for a reduc
tion of State debt and a constitutional
limitation of debts both on State and
city; also, an amendment limiting taxa
tion. Tbe obnoxious features of the
election and registration laws, usedbythe
fusiemists in the last election have been
repealed, and in the appointment of offi
cers of registration, I have voluntarily
tendered to the opposition a representa
tion which they entirely denied to the
Republican party at the last election.
These and other measures have de
prived the opponents of the Republican
party of any just cause of complaint
against tho State government. They
have, by a long prepared plan, violently
overthrown the government even before
tho election to prevent the election
being held, and prerent the evidence
that they had not a majority before.
Upon the shallow pretext of violpnge,
and by incendiary statements and ap
peals, they have got together their clans
whigh they haye organized in secret
and drilled in their club rooms in this
city, and have taken possession of the
public offices by violence and bloodshed-
Personally I have no desire to discharge
the very onerous and vexations duties of
Governor, but I feel it a duty I owe to
the S‘ate and to the party to hold on
until relieved by competent authority.
DEAD BEYOND RESURRECTION.
Shreveport, La., September 1G.—The
rightful officers elected in 1872 have been
peaceably.installed in all the parishes, os
far as heard from, in North Louisiana.
There has not been, nor will there bo, a
single drop of blood shed. The more?
ment has been conducted by leading
property holders, business and conserva
tive men in this and adjoining parishes.
The report of the committee concludes;
“But the Kellogg infamy is dead beyond
resurrection—troops or no troops,"
[Signed] W. B. Eagan,
J. C. Moncure,
A. H. Leonard,
Committee.
IN THE AIR,
Washington, September lfl. — Thera
will be a Cabinet meeting at three o’clock
over the Louisiana matter. Nothing
definite with regard to the policy of the
government can bo known because it'is
not formed. The general feeling seems
to be that tbe Kellogg sponge is in the
air. ,
THE LOUISIANA RESTORATION IN THE WEST.
St. Louis, September 16.—A mass
meeting was held here last night to sym
pathize with the people of Louisiana in
their efforts to rid themselves of oppres.
sion.. It was largely attended. General
William Shields presided, and a large
number of prominent citizens of both
litical parties were elected Vice-Presi
dents and Secretaries.
GOS8XP FROM LONDON.
London, September 16.—A special to
the Standard from Santander says that
the Carlists threaten Juan and Zan Za-
bastian, and reinforcements will be sent
to those garrisons by steamer from San
tander. In the meantime a strong force
of Carlists is reported as preparing to
inarch on Santander by way or Ordura.
The representatives of the Atlantic
steamship, lines had another conference
at Liverpool yesterday, but' there is no
prospect of a settlement. The National
line heads the party which demands a
uniform rate of five guineas for steerage
passengers to Boston, and the Inman
line leads the opposition.
SCORING MOULTON.
New York, September 16.—Gen. Traoy,
counsel for the Plymouth Church inves
tigating committee has put his promised
statement in form of an interview, and
saysi “ In the 18th or 14th different
times in which Moulton introduces his
Tracy’s name in his late statement, in
only one or two instances does ho ap
proximate the truth in attempting to
state his position and action- Gen, Tracy
also says his firm has been engaged in a
libel suit instituted by Edna Dean Proc
tor against Francis D. Moulton, in which
the damages are laid at one hnndred
thousand dollars,”
the TP0P.
Boston, September 16.—The stallion
race of championship took place at Mys
tic Park on September 15th for a puree
of §10,000, open to ail stallions; §4,000
to first, §3,000 to second, §2,000 to third
and §1,000 to fourth, and a gold medal to
each horee winning as a premium. The
race was mile heats, three to five to har
ness. Smuggler won, as follows: 1, 1,
1; Phil Sheridan, 2, 2, o; H. W. Genet,
4, 4, 2;‘Commonwealth, 5, 3, 3; Membri-
no Gift, 3, 5, 4; Vermont Abdallah, G, G,
distanced. Time, 2:23, 2:23, 2:20.
BAZAINE.
tribunals
the wrongs
accomplices of. Bazaino to-day, Col. caube
Villette and M. Daiueau were examined,
find denied that they know of any advance
having been made, or that had anything
to do with the Marshal’s escape.^
INCREASED. • '
Augusta, Me., September 16. —Dingly’s
majority will probably reach. 12,000.
from the insur-
Evening Telegrams.
COURAGE, IiOUISIANIANS!!
The DiTine and Conceded Right of
Kevolntion.
GRANT MAD AT THE TONE OF THE
NORTHERN PRESS.
THE ADMINISTRATION STAUtJERED.
The Infamy of Reinstating Kellogg
Contemplated.
TENNESSEE NEGROES FORCING THE
RACE ISSUE.
£dnn after the Graphic’s Money Bass.
THE SITUATION AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, September 16.—The
city continues quiet. Police duty through
the city last night was performed by
volunteers. This a.' m. there is a very
general resumption of business. There
are no gatherings of people or evidences
of excitement in any quarter.'
THE GOOD WORK PROGRESSING.
Delhi, La., September 16.—A mass
meeting of the citizens of Richland par
ish was held at Raysville yesterday even
ing, and there was great rejoicing at the
news from New Orleans. G. McN. Brum-
ley, Gov. McEnery’s appointee to the
office of Tax Collector, was installed into
office by the citizens, who gave three
cheers to the outgoing Kellogg appointee,
Mr. Jones, for the courteous manner in
which he surrendered the office, which
was followed by loud and enthusiastic
oheers for the new Collector and redeemed
Louisiana. All the officers of the parish
now are MeEnery men. A large number
of colored men attended the meeting and
participated in the rejoicing. There was
cannon firing at Delhi last evening, and
general rejoicing all over the parish
among all classes of citizens.
Franklin parish will install her MeEnery
officers today.
IN a quandary
Washington, September 10.—The re
sult of the Cabinet meeting this afternoon
was an agreement that the following dis
patch should be sent immediately by the
Adjutant General of the army:
To Gen. Emory, Commanding Federal
Forces in Louisiana :
War Department, 1
Washington, September 10, ’74.)
Under no circumstances recognize the
insurgent government of Louisiana.
Within five days from the date of the
proclamation to the insurgents such ao,
tion will be taken as the emergency may
require.
By order of the President:
[Signed] E. D. Townsend,
Adjutant General.
STAGGERED.
Washington, September 1G.—The Lou
isiana revolution has staggered tho ad
ministration. They will do nothing with
in the five days, though there can be no
doubt that their present Intentions are to
restore Kellogg. It is said that Grant is
very angry. The tane of the Northern
papers is perplexing ; many of the most
ultra Republican papers are - arguing that
Louisiana has exercised the divine aDd
oonccoded right of revolution. During
the five days it is to be hoped that
the white people of Louisiana will not
dull device by ooldness or delay.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Washington, September 16.—Proba
bilities for Thursday : Over the South
Atlantic States southwest winds veering
to northwest, rising barometer, lower
temperature, and partly oloudy weather.
Over the Eastern Gulf States rising
barometer, lower temperature, northerly
winds, and except on the immediate
coast, partly cloudy weather.
Over the Western Gulf States falling
barometer, southeast to northeast winds,
higher temperature, and partly cloudy
weathep, with possibly rain on the coast.
Over the Tennessee' and Qhio valleys
rising barometer, northeast winds, partly
cloudy and clearing weather, followed
by falling barometer and southeasterly
winds.
Over the Middle Atlantio States rising
barometer, northerly winds, lower tern*
pereture, cloudy and clearing weather.
FORCING THE ISSUE.
Chattanooga, September 10.—The Re
publican State Convention met at 10 a.
m. At an informal caucus, lasting four
hours, the white delegates opposed mak
ing any nomination and opposed the civil
rights bill. The colored delegates in
sisted on a nomination and wanted to
know how the white delegates stood, and
said that if they were not in fayor of the
ciyil rights hill let them leave the party.
A temporary organisation was effected at
12 noon with W. H- Wisiner chairman,
If is probable that Horaoe Maynard will
be nominated in the afternoon, if any
one is,
ANOTHER SPLIT,
Charleston, September 10.—The col
ored Republicans of Charleston who are
dissatisfied with the nomination of Cham,
beriain have issued a call for a mass
meeting to-morrow night to endorse the
movement for the .nomination of an in
dependent Republican State ticket in
the interest Of honest government. The
movement is developing great strength
in many counties, especially in the upper
portion of the State,'
HEAT? damages,
New Tors, September 10.—The tele
gram says that Miss Rdna Dean Proctor
will sue the Graphic for one hundred
thousand dollars damages for the publi
cation of a libel npon her, contained in
Moulton’s late statement,
-Midnight Telegrams.
NORTHERS PRESSON THE LOUISI.
ANA RESTORATION.
LANDAULET WILLIAMS EXPRESSES
HIS OPINION.
A TISSUE OF REMARKABLE MISREP
RESENTATIONS.
Tlit- New Govcrntncnt Means Pcnee, Law
and Order.
Ex-
OPINIONS OF NORTHERN PRESS.
New York. September 10.—The
press deelnres that the government ought
not and cannot support the Kellogg usur.
pation, if it is determined to put down
what it calls an insurrection. It has held
up the hands of the Kellogg government
too long already for its own honor or
safety, and the' welfare of the people,
and now when it insists upon dispersion
upon the one hand, it onght at least to in
sist on a surrender upon the other, and
so submit the whole question to the peo
ple of Louisiana.
The Pott says; The American people
cannot and will not submit to snoh
French performances as occurred in New
Orleans on Monday. No injustice or po
litical oppression can be so construed as
to justify an indiscriminate riot in tho
streets of an American city. A resort to
arms is an unjustifiable remedy for the
evils complained of by the citizens of
Louisiana. The United States Congress
have refused to relieve the President of
his embarrassment, and upon that body
must bo placed the final responsibility.
There is no question as to the duty of
the President to suppress an open riot,
but whether interference beyond that
point is justifiable is a very'-grave ques
tion. It was to be hoped that the peo
ple of Louisiana would be left to settle
their own affaire, but now it seems im
possible.
'flic OomWlPiol ddeeriMq- says the riot
in New Orleans !ms become a revolution
Qn the part of men who formerly fought
outside and now find it necessary to fight
within the Union, with this pretense of
JoyaJty, The President’s firmness in or
dering tho rioters to disperse does him
honor; it was thG only course consistent
with the laws and Republican institutions;
moreover the President is pledged by his
record before Congress oh tho Louisiana
question to recognize and restore the ad
ministration just overthrown. There are
Concession must come
gents. Let- them .lay down their arms
and they may expect all mercy from the
man to' whom Lee surrendered. There
is room to-day for wise counsels, to-mor
row there must be obedience to the laws.
WILLIAMS -GIVES HIS VIEWS.
Washington, September 16.—Attorney
General Williams to-night, in a lengthy
interview with a representative of tho
New York Associated Press, said: “The
so-called Kellogg government has been
established and in full operation for about
two yt ari It has been repea' e llyjdeclarc d
by all the courts of Louisiana to" he the
only legal government of the State,
has been repeatedly recognized by
the President and impliedly by Con
gress. The ^President in. a special
message called tho attention of Con
gress to the subject, and stated if they
took no action he should feel bound
to regard the Kellogg organization as the
lawful government of the State. Con
gress declined to legislate about tho mat
ter, and the question is not now whether
Kellogg or MeEnery ought to be Gov
ernor, or whether or not there were
frauds or irregularities about the election,
but the question is whether a State gov
ernment that has been fully organized
for nearly two years, and recognized as
such by all the departments of the gov
ernment, State and National, can be prop
erly overthrown by the armed populace of
a city in which the seat of government is
located, by means of violence and blood
shed. Admitting all the wrongs charged
upon the Kellogg government, can these
proceedings he permitted to stand as a
precedent ? Are the governments of the
States of this Union to be determined by
pronnneiamentos and violent and bloody
outbreaks, os they are in Mexico and
South America ? I do not see how this
case differs in principle from the Arkan
sas case. Brooks claimed that he received
a majority of votes at the election, and
I have always believed that he did.
Baxter, however, was duly installed the
Governor of the State of Arkansas.
Brooks, relying upon the claim that he
was elected, displaced Baxter by a amp
d'etat, bat the President refused to recog
nize his right to hold the office obtained
in that way. That was a decision against
the Republicans and in favor of the
Democrats, and following this precedent
I do not see how the President can recog
nize Penn. To do so would be to hold'
that a political party defeated or claim
ing to be defeated by fraud at an
election for State officers might, if oppor
tunity offered, take possession of the State
government by force, and so substitute
violence and anarchy for law and order.
I believe it is the duty of the General
Government to pat down this lawlessness
whether committed by Republicans or
Democrats, The President has been
governed by no party considerations in
these matters, and has oftener deoided
for the Democrats than Republicans in
respect to Southern difficulties. 'What
ever may be said of the men and thih|
in Louisiana, the proceedings of ti
President in respect to that State have
been from the beginning in strict con
formity to law. His course, in my
opinion, will not now be changed. There
is not a sensible man in the United States,
who docs not know that the seizure of
the State government of Louisiana by
Penn and his adherents is in utter viola
tion' and disregard of all law. Can any rea
sonable man expect the President to be
come a party to such a transaction? With
respect to the election, it is impossible to
determine who was chosen. The returns
have never been canvassed, and they were
made up in perjury, forgery and fraud.
I have never believed that the MeEnery
ticket was elected, and it is absurd to
supposo that when Virginia and North
Caroline, and nearly all the Southern
States, including those that are generally
Democratic, went for the Grant ticket,
that Louisiana, the strongest Repub
lican State in the South, went for the
Greeley ticket as js pretended, especially
when the candidate lor Governor on that
ticket was an unreconstructed rebel
Colonel. But it is too late now to go
back to that question. The issue now is
between law and order on the one hand
and violence and disorder oh the other,
and upon that issue the position of the
President is not a doubtful one.
WHAT THE NEW GOVERNMENT MEANS.
New Orleans, September 16.—The fol
lowing document, signed by the Presi
dents of tbe Chamber of Commerce, tbe
Clearing House, Cotton Exchange and
Merchant’s Exchange, was telegraphed to
President Grant to-day-. “We, the under
signed. beg leave to ’inform your Ex
cellency that this city as perfectly quiet
aqd frpe from aji disturbing elements,
andWhat business has been resumed as
Nisual, ho further trouble being nntici,
pated.
Custom House, New Orleans, Sep
tember 10.—“I liave been asked to sign
the above statement that the oity is quiet-
This is true, and business is proceeding
as usual; property and persons are safe
from insults or injuries, except from
somo rowdy or drunken man.
[Signed] James F. Casey.
The Executive Committee of the Mer-
chant’s Exchange to-day telegraphed to
the Board of Trade at Chicago and the
Merchant’s Exchanges of St. Louis and
Cincinnati as follows ; The new govern
ment is composed of the legitimate and
duly elected State officers, and is in full
3>:d peaceable possession. It means
peace,'law, order and honest government.
All is quief, and business flaspeen entire,
ly resumed, Perfect order is maintained,
and public confidence is restored-
SOLDIERS REUNION.
ColumHUS, Ohio, September 1(J.—After
a meeting of the societies of the A' my of
the Cumberland was organized, General
Sheridan took charge as President of the
Society. In response to calls Generals
Sherman, Belknap, Custar, Walcott, Leg
gett, Granger, Grosvenor and McMillan,
ex-Gov. Hays, Father Christy and CoL
Strait came upon the stage and made
remarks returning thanks.
SPORTING NOTES.
Lexington, Ry., September 16.—The
rain last night made the track heavy, but
tho attendance W4s large to-day. The
first race, one and a quarter mile dash,
was won by'Rlkhorn, boating Astoria and
Music. Time, 2:20j.
The second race, sweepstakes for three-
year olds, mile heats, was won by Bonnie
Mare, beating Rilburn, Nina Bonita and
Amadis, and in order named, Time,
1:53], 1:57], 2:01]. Rilbum won the first
heat.
Third raoe, two miles, was won by Big
Fellow, Mulligan second, Fairplay third
and Enquirer fourth. Time, 3:5C|.
CHANGE OF OqMMAXnEBS PROPOSED.
Washington, September 1C.—It is in
consideration by the Cabinet whether
Louisiana shall be added to General
Sheridan’s department or whether Gen
eral Terry shall be sent to New Orleans,
General Terry ranks Genera 1 Grocry,
HARD MONEY. jjj
Utica, N. Y., September 10.—Hon.
Ellis H. Roberts was unanimously re
nominated for Congress on a platform
favoring immediate steps toward a re.
sumption of specie payment, and oppo
sing the Presidential third term-
Gen. Ryan’s Will.—The Pine Blnff,
[Ark.) Press, states that CoL John G.
Ryan, of that place, has, after a long
‘ lay, obtained possession of the wifi of.
his tote brother. Gen, W. A. O. Ryan,
made on the day before he was executed
by Burriel in Cuba, and that by this will
the Colonel comes into possession of pro
perty valued at not less than §150,000.
Simmons, he of Boston, Butier,s “poor
boy,” now Collector of the port of Bos.
ton, has bought anew §22,000 house at
he Hub.
Santa .
. Santa Anna to have liis property j
e answer from
rorcrifs-
tho Mexican government; but tho Gen- JUST ARRIVED,
nvnl vvrvf Knirtrf cotioflnrl TY> orlo O COOCTuI ^
eral, not being satisfied, made a second
appeal, in which he claimed as a right
what he first asked for as a favor, stating
that he never had been condemned by a
court of justice, and that his return to
the country was not based on the act of
general amnesty. Against this curious
document the Minister of War came out
with .another denial, accompanying his
answer -with a copy of the verdict of the
Court of Yera Cruz in 1857, which ban
ished him from the country for a number
of years. The Executive is thus unable
to do anything in favor of the old invalid
General; but Congress is expected to
show its generosity, and save him at least
from starvation.
OS CONSIGNMENT,
I I
40bbls. Fine Apples
Per Steamship Montgomery.
-FOR SALE BY
HUDSON & SULLIVAN,
15G Bay Street (North Side).
septl 7-tf
itycrial Notices.
Myrtle Lodge, No. 6, K. of P.
A meeting ot this Lodge will be held
at their Castle Hall, THIS (Thursday)^
EVENING, at 8# o’clock.
The P. E. and K. degrees will be con- '
ferred.
Members of the order are fraternally invited.
By order P. W. MELDRIM, C. C.
John Smith, Act’g K. of R. & 8. seplT-1
JUST RECEIVED
Per Steamships Montgomery and Lord,
C ABBAGES, ONIONS,
GRAPES, PEARS, APPLES,
carrots, egg plants, tomatoes,
TURNIPS, CUCUMBERS.
Also, a fine lot of Florida LEMONS, In quantifies
to suit. For sale low at No. 3 Barnard street, and
Stoll No. 16, Vegetable Market, by
sepll-l J- GARDNER & CO.
Rust Proof Oats.
$. S. & S. R. R.
500 Bushels Rust Proof Oats,
FOR SALE BY
sepl7-G D. B. ROBERTS.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Savannah, September 17th, 1S74.
O N and after FRIDAY, the 18th instant, the
Trains on this road will run as follows :
H A Y|
inn BALES PRIME PENNSYLVANIA HAY,
1 U U landing and for sale by
sepl7-l
HUNTER & GAMMELL.
Ifc25 a. m.
3:25 p. m,
6:40 p. at.
TO SAVANNAH.
LEAVE
MONTGOMERY
7:41 A.#M.
12:26 p. m.
5:10 p. m
LEAVE
ISLE OP HOPE
S:10 A. M.
12:55 p. at.
5:40 p.
ARRIVE
savak’ah
8:37 a.at.
l.*22 P.M.
6:67 P.M.
TO RENT,
DESIRABLE HOUSE in Gordon Block, fj QQQ SACKS LIVERPOOL SALT
’ For sale by
Sundays, first train leaves Montgomery, 8:26
a. m.
Sundays, last train feaves Savannah, 3:23 p. m.
Mondays, train to Montgomery, 6:25 a. m.
Saturday nights last train leaves Savannah, 7:40.
Last connecting street cars leave the Bay
twenty-five minutes before departure ot trains,
'this schedule supercedes all others.
G. S. HAINES,
sep!7-3t Superintendent.
A. Possession 1st November.
TWO HOUSES in Myer’s Range, on south side
Gaston street, between Whitaker and Barnard
streets. Possession Jet November.
OFFICE in Harris Range, corner of Bay and
Lincoln streets, Apply to
C. G FALLIGANT.
oenl Insurance and Real Estate Agent,
sep!7-lw 104 Bay street.
Hibernian Society.
The regular quarterly meet
ing of the Hibernian Society*
will be held at the Marshall *
Haase, qt 7# o’clock, TUIS£
(Thursday) EVENING.
A fall and punctual attendance is requested.
By order of
JOHN McMAHON, President.
M. T. Quin an, Sec’y. sep!7-l
Special Notice.
Until further notice the WEDNESDAY and
SATURDAY excursions over the S. S. & S. R. R,
will be discontinued. G. S. HAINES,
sepl7-3 Seperin ten dent.
Georgia State Lottery—Official Draw
ing—September 16, 1874.
Class 443—Drawn Xumbcrs.
61-70—51—34-68—66—46-62—40—3—21
Class ill -Drawn Numbers.
BT—4 —29—62—70—1—24 - 77-36—20-5—13
sepl7-l HOWARD & CO., Managers.
Coast Line Railroad.
Orrice Coast Line Railroad. \
Savannah, Ga., September 15,1S7J.)
On and after the 16th instant the Cars on the
city portion of the Coast line Railroad will leave
Bolton street terminus daily at 6 a. m., and the
Broughton street terminus at 6:30 a. k., leaving
each termini every twenty minutes thereafter
until 8 p. m. on Bolton street, and S;30 r. m. on
Broughton street.
Fare—Five cents. W. J. WINN,
sepIG-lm Engineer and Snp’t.
TO RENT,
A DESIRABLE STORE and DWELLING,
comer Montgomery and York streets. Pos
session given immediately. Price $30 00 per
month. Apply to
C. G. FALLIGANT,
Genl Insurance and Real Estate Agent,
seplT-lw 104 Bay street.
WANTED,
A FURNISHED ROOM,
WITHOUT BOARD,
WITH BATH ROOM.
Address
sepl7-2t
R. C., 152 Bay street.
WANTED,
Three First Class
AT—
Bresnan’s E nropean
sep!7-l
removed to
No. 89 Bay Street]
OFFER AT The
Lowest Market RatJ
Iava^oft^:
cnoiofe^HAMS? AXD LA RD;
c «/® s ^ ack ^i
““Y'FHAMPAGNE
*A°EIRA
WI WtJ
Soap,Candles,,
200 “S? L0ATE - s family sej
■ fS 04 pa ^fin-ecani.uJ
9ePU ' tt FLAOHORy & cusx;vnq
SALT.
scp!4-6t eLAliHORS A CCXXlwn,, y
cleax" '
STEW Rice,
W E c££ offerins a Dice Of 0. R ,
tep10-2w DAY ANT, WAPLES i CO.
JUST received!
Per Steamer Cleopatra:
KA BBLS. CHOICE POTATOES
OU 30 “ APPLES,
FANCY RED APPLES
TURNIPS
20 «
1C “ TURNIPS,
5 “ BEETS,
20 boxes LEMONS,
And f
gCE TOMATOES
““*E*S£e PEAXLxs,
; WHITCOMB, Agat,
, old City notd Bnildfej. ,
FOUND STJEfcAl
O NE White Speckled COW, :
swallow fork in one car, .
nick in the other, branded with a 1
COW, mark swallow fork in one
square in the other; no brand; <
broken; blind in one eye. Fonnd
'field. Owner con find same and ,
paying for this advertisement and
applying to Mr. A. Gardner on Giel Farm, W
Road. J. GARDNER & CO.,
sepl7-3t • No. 3 Barnard street.
JSor
LAND SALE.
213,526 ACRES.
SLUSHED I83C.
«-~WILS0.v|
> Congress and 1S5 St. Jsllss su.
ries, Wines and Liqnoi
AND PLANTERS' SUPPLIES GESEHAUj I
Which I will sell low for cash or
/^ONSIGRMJESTS of Cotton aiH ConutnX
U dnee solicited, to which 1 will "ivemi
scan] attention, and satisfaction
Parties shipping small lots ot Cotton trill
to their advantage tiy shipping me, »
:barges will be small,” and remittance ®
foods, ss may be directed, made prompt]]-
and <£oal.
WOOD.
Jfotice to Skippers.
Atlantic & Gulp Railroad Company,)
General Freight Agent’s Office, y
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 16th, 1874.j
Freights must be prepaid from this date to
Station No. 6, (Sqrrcncy) Macon & Brunswick
Railroad, JOHN L. ROUMJLLAT,
8epJ6-2 General Freight Agent.
I N the Circa
Florida, J
For Coroner.
I am a candidate for the office of Coroner at tbe
election to be held in January, and respectfully
solicit the support of my friends and fellow-citi
zens. ROBT. II. TATEM,
geplfrg
Notice.
The public is hereby notified that I am no
longer agent for tbe Liberty street Grits Mill.
C. E. BARIE.
Saramial*, Spt. 14,1S74. Pt.pl6-2
Notice to Tax. Payers.
City Treasurer’s Office, Sppt. II, 1S74.
Executions fflf the following Taxes will be
placed in tlie Marshal’s hands on Die 20th instant.
Delinquents will save expet se by settling previous
to that date.
Real Estate 1st and 2d quarters, 1S74,
Bonds, Debts, &c.
Buggies and Oqfrlages.
Furniture;
Stock iii Trade.
By order of the Finance Committee the*time is
extended to the 20th instanr.
JOHi* R. JOHNSON,
sepjl-g CHv Treasurer.
Notice.
From this date the legal advertising for Bryan
county will be done in the Morning News.
WM. H. STRICKLAND,
sepl-tf Sheriff. Bryan Co., Ga.
Schcnck’s Pulmonic Syrup fortke Cure
of Consumption, Counts atul Colfis.
Tlje CTcat ylr^ue of tips medicine is that it
fpehs the ipatter and 'throws it out of the system,
purifies the blood, and thus effects a care.
Schenck’l Sea Weed Tonic, for the Cure of
Dysfetsia, Inuioestion, &c.
The Tqnic produce^ a hqtftliy action of the
stomqch» creating an appetite, forming chyle, and
curiqg the most obstinate cases of indigestion.
Sciienck’s Mandrake Pills, for the Cure of
Liver CghvlainL
These pills arc alterative, and produce a healthy
action of the liver without the least danger, as
they are free from calomel,and yet more efficacious
ip restoring ft healthy action of the liver.
Tnese remedies are a certain cure for Consump
tion, as the Pulmonic Syrup ripens the matter
and purifies the blood. Tbe Mandrake Pills act
>u the liver, create a healty bile, and remove all
;ases of the liver, often a cause of Consump
tion. The Sea Weed Tonic gives tone and
strength to the stomach, makes a good digestion,
and enables the organs to form good blood, ana
‘ healthy circulation of lieallhy
bed apt’oft of'these medicines,
will cure every case of Con-
taken in time, and the use of the
medicine persevered in.
Dr. Scbenck is professionally at his principal
office, corner Sixth and Arch streets, Philadelphia,
every Monday, where all letters for advice must
he addressed. Schcnck’s medicines for sale by all
Drnggista,sepl-Tu,Th&Salm
it Court, Fourth Judicial Circuit of
)uvai County, in Chancery.
Lonis I. Fleming and Green H. Hunter, Trustees
of the lands of the Florida, Atlantic and Gulf
Central Railroad Company, vs. the Florida, At
lantic and Gulf Central Railroad Company; the
Florida Central Railroad Company; Marcellas
L. Stearns, Governor of the State of Florida;
Wiliiam A. Cocke, Attorney General of said
State; Charles A. Cowgill, Comptroller of said
State; Charles H. Foster, Treasurer of said
State; and Dennis Eagan, Commissioner ot
Lands and Immigration of said State, as Trus
tees of the Iptcrnftl Improvement Fund of the
State of Florida, Edward Houston and Thomas
H, Maxey.
By virtue of the authority vested in me as
Special Master in Chancery in said cause, I will
offer at public sale to the highest bidder,- at the
Court House door in the city of Jacksonville,
Fla., on Monday, the (5th) flf h day of OCTOBER;
NEXT, and from day to day thereafter until
the sale be completed, the lands known as the
FREE LANDS QF THE FLORIDA, ATLANTIC
& GULIr OENTl^LL RAILROAD COMPANY,
being about 213,526 acres, lying on both sides of
the Railroad, extending lrom Jacksonville to'
City, in the counties of Duval, Clay, Bj
Bradford, Nassau and Columbia, f**id land
the same conveyed by ine Florida, Atlantic ani
Gulf Central Railroad Company to William A.
Forward and James A. Patton, in trust, to secure
on each side c
-.yithin (6> six miles
ther with certain
Said lands will
subdivisions in parcels to gnil,
ie benefit of the holders of Sftii
qf said r<. .
Lots in the city of .Jackson'
be sold by the It
{ mrchasers, for .
ands. For further particulars apply to
JAS. M. BAKER,
sepRMOt Master in Chancery.
FOB SALE,
A stern wheel steamboat, 52 ft. i<
11 ft. 6 in. beam, 3% ft. hold, 2Q in- draft ok
water, double engines, good power, speed 10
miles per hour, pan carry 150 passengers and tow
vessels or rafts; can be run with Engineer and
Pilot; light on luel; price $2,500. Photograph of
steamer sent by mail. Well adapted for Southern
river navigation. Adores?, OEO. F. PLYM.EIL
56 South St„ Npw York. * sep!5-Tu,Th&S7t
Arkwriglit Cotton Factory.
For Sale, Fifteen (15) Shares
ARKWRIGHT COTTON FACTORY STOCK.
Apply at
septiHf THIS OFFICE.
OBSTACLES TO JH ARRrAfiE,
Happy relief for Young Men from the effects of
Errors and Abuses in early life. Manhood restored.
Impediments to Marriage remQved, New method
of treatment. NpW apd remarkable remedies.
Book* apd circulars sent free in sealed envelopes.
Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, 419 North
Ninth street. Philadelphia, Pa. —an institution
having a high reputation for honorable conduct
and professional skill. sep7-d&w3m
•Invested In Stocks and
_ _ Gold pays 200 per cent a
month. Send for particulars. Tumbridgo <fc Co.,
>14-d<fcw3m
Bottles for Sale?
GROSS of QUART BOTTLES,
~ TITLES,
50 75 gross of fINT BOTTJ
Now landing from bark Vooruit, from Liverpool,
Apply to
sep 12-6 WILDER & CO.
FOB SAIjjE,
A SM ALL ENGINE of about five-horse power,
suitable for ruening a cotton gin.
H. F. GRANT,
sepS-tf No. 102 Bay st.
POSITION WANTED.
A PERMANENT SITUATION by an e
enccd Book-Keeper and Accountant
city references given. Address,
* LIGHTNING CALCULATO
septlC-Ci At this c
WASTED,
A SMALL DWELLING HOUSE or a Suite of
Rooms, north of Liberty street and between
Lincoln and Barnard streets.
sept!6-3t
X., Lock Box 101. ' %
BaLkera,2 Wall st.. N.Y.
sepl-i
: Vegetable
v V E R p l L V-§^ S
THE BEST ADVICE
SITUATION WANTED.
A LADY of twelve years experience in teach
ing, desires a situation as Governess or to
take charge of a limited number of youn~ ladies.
Is prepared to teach Music—Vocal and Instru
mental—Latin, French, German. Mathematics,
higher and common English. Can furnish une:
ceptionaWe recommendations and reference
Address, MISS HELEN LOVE,
Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., N. Y.
sepl5-3t
HJBIKS WAJNTJEJD.
that can be given to persona suffering from Dys-
*5cpsin_ Bilious Complaint, Colic, Consumption,
tick Headache. Fever and Ague, Nervous Debf *
, Fever and Ague, Nervous Debili-
f any disorder affecting the Stomach, the
r Kidneys, is to tone, cleanse and regulate
crorl _ JBi
these Important organs by the of
DR. TUTT’S VEGETABLE EIVER PILLS
They ret vray njfldly, yet thoroughly restores
the fqnpbonal action of the digestive organs and
and renovates the whole system.
Tr - neither nausea, griping or weak-
, may be taken ^t anytime withont change
of diet or occupation.
Price 25c a box Sold hy all druggists.
who lost relatives
of 1336, wfil hear of
by communicating
carnet this office
octiotf
VESSELS WANTED,
T O carry Phosphate Rock from Bail or Coosaw
rivers to Great Britain. Apply to WILDER
* CO. declT-tf
Sailors ami grapers.
Its
DK. TETT’S HAIR DYE
possesses qualifies that no other Dye does.
t.
% and is in general use
r..ti^rptnTi n drcssers ^ every Iar s®
a box. Sold everywhere.
NEW GOODS.
BERNARD BRADY,
rpAlLOK and Draper, respectfully informs his
AlLOKand
customers and the pnblie that he has
from New York a large stock of French and
lish goods for Fall and Winter,consisting of <J
Cassimeres, Vestings, Diagonal and Wo
Coafings of theJhSSest wn-rnWkteo, a targe
assortment of French and English Pants Pat
terns, the choicestin the market, all of which be
will make to order equal to any house on Broed-
-<»k hi::
100 eords OAK;
100 “ PINE;
100 “ LIGHTW00D;
50 “ PINE KINDLISGsl
Sawed or Stick, for sale at lowest market s
Orders left at
D. C. Bacon's Lumber Yai
Corner Liberty and East Broad streets,
Or office Stoddard’s Lower Range, wffl
prompt ;
s. c.
W0
S EVERAL
DWEj
8gp3-Tu,’:
npHE eae
JL three
side State s ?
Possession _
auglS-TuTh
F rom ti
commc
Wright sqn
Bulk For
july30-Tht}
A DESiKABL
'PLEASANTLY
A. bavin; ill -v
sepI5-tf
TO
T he store
occupied b •
sion given i -t O*
General ins
sep 14-1«
FOI
rpHE STORE, r
and Bay str> -e inow
Apply to
sepl3-tf
TO
A THREES
B
rpHREEIL
pleasantly lor
Perry. Alt*
premises.
rjpHE three ri'iry
No. 171 Jane-
anglS-tf
T UE STOF:
nardstr
and the one :
November nex:
sept2-tf
O NtheFii
Duffy?
containing N
and Water-C
sepl-tf
FOB KJ
rpHESTO
JL doors v
Y. Dixon A ‘
Also one c
taking boaxt
A HOUSE
Garden