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Savannah Ga.
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Ttu „ali as Second ( law Matter.
Georgia Affairs.
In regard to that interview with Mr. Jonathan
HoreroM, in which that gentleman was re
ported as having stated to a reporter of the
(jrittin News that Mr. Norwood's friends had
promised to aid the Republicans if the Repub
licans would vote with them, and which inter
view Mr. Norcross denies, the Netcs publishes
th testimony of Messrs. J. M. Bloodworth, R.
T Daniel, George C. Stewart, Joe Boyd and
other prominent citizens of Griffin, to prove its
truth These gentlemen overheard the conver
sation and corroborated the News' statement.
That paper remarks: “It is barely possible, of
. rs ^ tiiat the Netcs reporter and these other
gentlemen, who are well known citizens of
Griffin, utterly misunderstood Mr. Norcross.
Tins we say is barely possible, but it is in the
highest degree improbable.' 1
The Milledgeville Recorder remarks: “The
Norwood men of Milledgeville are going to
. lect th**lr candidate with poles. The Co!q- itt
nu n will elect Colquitt with polls.”
A correspondent from Marion county writes
:. the Columbus Enquirer that crops in that
. Hinty are unusually line. Cotton is being
rapidly gathered and prepared for market, and
the people are all happy and contented.
We have received a copy of the trade issue
of thd Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist
It is a 10 page pamphlet, very neatly and taste
fully gotten up, and contains illustrations of
the principal points of interest in that city, a
full business history of the Fountain City, its
future prospects, etc , and advertisements of
the principal firms doing business there. It
was evidently prepared with great care, and
reflects much credit upon Augusta and the
enterprising establishment from which it was
issued.
Under the head of “Goggles,” the Amerlcus
Recorder remarks: “We have the sore eyes
ourself sometimes, and have much sympathy
with those similarly afflicted.”
The Chinese must coma, for the Americus
Recorder says: “Americus must have a steam
laundry.”
During the thunder storm in Americus Sat-
day evening, two negroes, a man and “old aunt
Julia Mingo,” were stunned by the lightning.
The recovery of the latter was at oue time
doubtful.
We learn from the Monroe Advertiser that
Clayton Hillsman,the colored boy who so brutal
ly killed the three-year-old boy of Mr. C. G. Hills-
man in Culloden, has been tried for the crime
of murder aud found guilty. Notwithstanding
Ins youth, eleven years, the crime was so fiend
iaii in conception, so brutal in execution and so
utterly unprovoked, that the jurors found no
mercy in their hearts for the murderer. Judge
Lawson passed sentence on last Saturday af
ternoon that Clayton Hillsman be hanged on
Friday, October 29th next, between the hour of
ten o'clock a. ra. and four p. m., in a private
place. That pai>er further says: “Mr. Hunt,
attorney for the criminal, gave notice of a mo
tion for a new trial, so that the execution will
not occur at least until the Supreme Court has
passed upon the case.”
Mr. J. A. Welch, in the last issue of the New-
nan Herald, publishes his valedictory as editor
of that paper. He is succeeded by Mr. A. B.
1 ates. He will support the regular nominees
of the Democratic party, both State and Na
tion al, but on the Gubernatorial question he
will be neutral.
<)n Monday last Hon. W. M. Hammond and
Captain H. M. Sapp were nominated by the
Democrats of Thomas county for the Legisla
ture by acclamation.
We learn from the Thomasville Post that a
new post office has been established between
Thomasville and Cairo to be called “Dekle.”
It is li*cated west of the Ocklockonee river.in a
healthy agricultural district.
Mr. E. It. Hurst, a resident of Thomasville,
was found dead in his bed on Sunday morning
last. He was about fifty years of age. He had
been unwell for a few days, but not seriously,
and is supposed to have died from heart dis-
The McDonough correspondent of the Henry
•• nty Weekly says: “Rev. Mr. Bowden, of
Jonesboro, came near losing his life at the
vamp ground, at that place, last Tuesday. In
comp my with Rev. Mr. Rush he was taking a
morning walk, when a negro boy carelessly
fi-ed. >ff a gun near by, the shot cutting through
the shirt bosom and cravat of Mr. Bowden, but
not touching his body. It was a very' narrow
escape, and too close to be comfortable.
Laurens county can boast of the most vigor
ous old man in Georgia, in the person of Mr.
Alexander Outlaw*. He is ninety-three years
old, and the Dublin Gazette says he picked one
day last week one hundred and ten pounds of
cotton. He has been married four times and
*‘ :s youngest child is now only five years old.
The Valdosta Times says the storm, lasting
from Sunday morning until Tuesday night, did
considerable damage to the cotton crop in
L'wades It has heard of no other serious
injuries done in the county, however.
The Mai on Telegraph says that last Satur-
hy night General Gordon occupied a berth on
■•‘if Atlanta sleeping car, and while the train
'■*&$ standing near J he depot, two careless pol'-
'•daiis, who had not retired, got into a warm
discussion over a portion of the “convict cate
chism," which charges Gordon with owning a
»hare in the convict lease, and one of them
Kated that fact. Gordon stood the use of his
E * me for awhile, and then called out, “I am
j’-neral Gordon, and that is a lying catechism
ou are quoting from, my friend.” The politi
cal discussion died out very suddenly.
" ri/ Count!/ Weekly: “A youthful agri
culturist of this community resorted to a novel
net hod of cleaning out his mule’s ears of an
" cjVmwth of hair not long since. Finding
IJ™ * l wa -‘» slow work with the scissors, he
jiKk a match and ignited the fuzzy mass.
KbI U blaztJ U P like a brush-heap, and like to
consutned the unsuspecting quadruped
whV le “ a * Res could be extinguished. Those
m “°, bave tried ibe experiment say it is as
much as a man's life Is worth to reach for that
£iw 3?iUs.
TUTT’S
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1880.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Appetite, bowetooo^mi
the Head, with a dullaenaation in
chants and business men. The’ review of the
trade and commerce of that port is concise and
full. The people of Savannah, as well as the
publisher of the News, should be proud of this
issue.”
Thomasville Post: “ The Republicans of
Thomas had a warm skirmish over their nomi
nation last Saturday, but succeeded in putting
one candidate in the field for the Legislature
in the person of P. A. Roberson, colored, of
West Glasgow. There were about one hundred
colored men in the convention, with no white
element whatever. They propose a candidate
for State Senator, Flipper of Brooks, and one
Representative by nomination; but we under
stand they are expecting the appearance of aa
Independent in the field, who will receive their
support as the colleague of Roberson.’’
Macon Herald : “Last nigbt just about dark,
some one deposited upon the steps of Henry
Mini’s re-ideuce in Fast Macon a basket con
taining some clothes, a bottle of milk, a silver
spK*n, and a baby. This latter article was of
tne feminine way of shaking her fist, and the
frosts of winter had not as yet fallen upon her
head. She is young, oh, very young: but
though the hands she has fallen into are col
ored, she will have a good home if not adopted
by a white family. Tne infant seemed at home
in its basket, and bids fair to live and thrive.
As to its parents, that is a mystery.”
The McIntosh Norwood Club.
Darien, Ga., September 7.— Editor Morning
News: We notice in the Savannah Weekly
News of September 4th where you state that
there was a large and enthusiastic meeting
held in Darien on the 1st instant in favor of
Mr. Norwood, at which there were about forty
persons present and a club of nine was organ
ized.
We, as officers who presided over that meet
ing. desire you to correct through your medi
um that you were misinformed, as there were
at least one hundred persons present, and when
the club was organized thirty-seven names were
enrolled before we even left the court house,
and now our club numbers over seventy names.
Very respectfully j ours.
James Walker, Chairman.
W. L. Fulton, Secretary.
TWO WASHINGTON WRECKS.
Ah Ex*Delegate Who Keep* a Low
City “Dive,” aud an Ex-Senator
W ho it» a Gambling Tramp,
s ear now.”
Another warning. The Rome Daily says:
offfia y ™ ornin K while Miss Efiie Mitchell, one
.j eSot< > s most popular young ladies, was
naeavoring to kindle a fire with kerosene oil,
treacherous amiAHaa ami in a wa_
. oil exploded, and iu a mo-
' ler dress was iu a light blaze.
* ‘ * the
„‘i b a wonderful presence of mind,
niortuuate young lady put her hand over
er inomh and nose to prevent being strangled
> iiit- timoke. and rushed into her mother’s
rt?®' aud throwing herself on the floor, en-
D i~T or *d with her other hand to tear up a
flam 0f car l ,et with which to extinguish the
■ inn s Her cider sister. Miss Mary, was so
.. o ;5 C0lne with the terrible situation that her
voifn Was in * tainted dead away, when a
hionb . r sis i er - Miss Florence, picked up some
eYriUT 13 PI 7 of a l) ed near by and succeeded in
ful r? Uls hiQg the flames. Though very pain-
not J; a ^'j I )Ieased to state that the burns are
n °t considered fatal.”
who -Advertiser : “ODeof our merchants,
farm ~,. a i lar Ke dealer in provisions, says the
amnnm.i^ ve K° ne Into debt to a smaller
has 1 - y f ar t,iau for any year since he
good n m hotness. The cotton crop is a
conn a , Q d if present priees continue, we
y * oolc for the debt burdened people
1 once more be relieved."
ne?ro U m! JUS F - nf i uirer ■' “Three weeks ago a
Uam»-o SBwho kave his name as Peter Wil-
eus-Tut arr ^ st ed by th« police and put in the
ladv* 1 u Sefor insulting language to a
11 e was fln «d five dollars or sen-
*Uyot wi th , e , cliain Stang by the
which lle worke d out his twenty days
on tiL ex D<red yesterday. Suspicion rested
waurnri ne ^r° from his actions that he
dar« • some other crime, and several
and 5£®.t4eut Joines had him photographed
Drinei? 4 , red llis pictures around to all the
ter fZP, a 'towns. Yesterday he received a Jet-
tur».Uoodwater, Ala., stating that the pic-
ai.d r ec°gni*ed as that of Derse Colten,
ouentfn.. r e was an escaped convict; also, re
f 0r Lieut. Joines to hold him until called
yes’ers *" ut ' Joines took out a warrant for him
him oTV',' and when he was released, arrested
of thSiT he *** now in jail awaiting the coming
Vh ke<?Per ° f the Peaiteatiary. '
mpm*fn° lu ? bu8 Times speaks thus compli-
NEws^eTin. 0 ^ tlie recen t trade issue of the
nah u rile aQ aual trade issue of the Savan-
° ils , !Nl ' News is a splendid edition of that
ebrh/rL'^'icgwiUy gotten up journal. It is in
oria and is crowded with advertise-
weals aoa business cards of Savannah mer
H. J. B., in Philadelphia Times, August.
One name among the list of Territorial
Delegates 1 will not mention. He wa§
in the House for four years, and from
the time he entered it until the expiration
of his second term he was greatly re
spected. He was an exceptionally able
man, a thinker, a logician and a brilliant
speaker. He was coliege-bred, had spent
years in foreign travel, was a lawyer and
had been in many responsible official
positions. He had been in the Legisla
ture of one of the Western States, had
been Receiver of Public Moneys and
Surveyor-General. While in Congress
he lectured before church and scientific
societies here, and no man iu Congress
was more generally respected. Would
the reader like to know where this man
is now? He is still in Washington and
about, as low in the human scale as it is
possible for a man to be. He first be
came the victim of a gambler, who was
himself at one time a distinguished mem
ber of Congress from a great Western
State. Together they carried on what
they called private club rooms, and there
they fleeced their victims as they could
catch them. They were frequently raided
by the police, but they managed to get
off ; but they sunk lower and lower each
year, until finally they got to the lowest
game of “policy.” The ex Congressman
from a Western State died a few years
ago. The ex-Delegate is now keeping
oue of the lowest dives in the city. IIis
place is ostensibly a cigar store, but a
thin partition separates it from a bagnio
of the lowest character. The man
flaunts his shame in the broad glare of
day and may be seen at almost any time
sitting in front of his disgraceful abode
in his shirt-sleeves, brazenly facing people
who knew him In his better days.
Here is another case that almost makes
one lose faith in human nature. In 1844
there graduated from Harvard University
a young man of wonderful promise. He
was twenty-two years old and the world
opened bright and promising before him.
He was, I believe, for a time a teacher in
Harvard and subsequently lie iounded a
very successful school in Massachusetts.
Some time afterwards he went South as
principal of a State normal school. The
war coming on he was driven from the
State and came North. At the close of
the war he went back to the Southern
State as Collector of Internal Revenue.
When the State was reconstructed he
was elected to the United States Senate
and served with distinction for six years.
He was Chairman of the Committee on
Education and Labor and *a member of
tne Appropriations and other important
committees. He was a very strong and
pleasing speaker and stood high among
his colleagues. After his term expired
he was appointed Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury and was at times Acting
Secretary. It was here that he fell. He
was courted aud flattered and used.
Wine, cards and women did their part to
accomplish his fall. There were some
very crooked transactions while he was
in office, and some way or other the
Assistant Secretary lost his office and
landed in jail. He was speedily got out,
however, but he became wretched poor
and got to borrowing fifty cent pieces of
his old friends. It was a pititul sight
to see him about and know what he had
lieen. Finally somebody had him ap
pointed to a $1,200 clerkship (he wrote a
beautiful hand), and it was thought that
he might pick up and recover; but he
didn’t. He had got a passion for gam
bling, and whenever he could obtain any
money he sought the tiger and of course
lost it, and soon he lost his little clerkship.
I understand he now borrows a dollar or
two whenever he can and goes into the
lowest place and plays until it is gone.
If he has no money, which is nearly
always the case, he will sit where the
game is going on and keep the score for
the low wretches that infest the dives he
visits. He once had a charming family
of boys and girls, but the Lord only
knows where they are now. If there is
anything stranger or more revolting than
this in lliction I have never come across
it _
There was a strong pressure upon
General Hancock to-day by some of the
Democratic committeemen to write
something for publication against recog
nition of Southern war claims of any de
scription, in order to answer Secretary
Sherman’s prediction that in a year after
the Democrats were in power the Treas
ury would be bankrupt. They represent
that there is a strong demand lor some
thing of the kind in the West. On this
point, however, as in the case of the
rival Tammany factions, whom he has
compelled to reunite, the General has a
will of his own. He says, in substance,
that, if his letter of acceptance does not
cover all that ground, nothing he could
now write or say would have any effect.
The Democratic record in the last Con
gress, with reference to these claims, he
also insists, is a conclusive answer to Mr.
Sherman, and anything additional would
be but a work of supererogation; hence
he will write no letter to anybody on the
subject.—zV. Y. Cor. Phila. Ledger.
OUTRAGE BY WRECKERS.
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST ST.
AUGUSTINE PILOTS.
How They Enriched Themselves
with Booty 1'rom the Vera Cruz —
Lighter Loads of Freight Secured—
Trunks and Dead Bodies Kitted —
St. Augustine Alive with Excite
ment.
By Telegraph to the Morning Netcs.
New Yokk, September 8.—A Herald spe
cial from St. Augustine says of the late
wreck of the steamer City of Y'era Crnz :
“The pilots of St. Augustine, of which
there are five, were the first that discov
ered that the wreck had occurred, and, what
was of more consequence to them, the
vast amount of freight already beached
and more coming. They at once formed
themselves into a joint stock company for
the time and went for that freight with a
vim on August 30th and 31st. They kept
the matter of the wreck a profound secret,
and it was a secret well kept, for It was not
until the night of the 31st of August that
the news reached the city. In the mean
time our industrious pilots had worked both
day aud night like beavers, having entire
possession of both beach and cargo. They
managed to have many * oodly piles stored
up at different points of the beach worth
thousands of dollars. Several trunks be
longing to the ill-fated passengers
came ashore In good order, only
to be broken open and rifled. One
evidently belonged to a lady of wealth,
for It was filled with costly silk dresses
and clothing of the finest order, and laces
worth many a dollar. A gold watch and chain,
also two valuable bracelets, were found In
this trunk. In another trunk a large pocket-
book well tilled with bills was found by
these fortunate pilots; in fact, they had
a bonanza, and they worked it for all it was
worth, having gold watches, diamonds,
well filled wallets, elaborate clothing and
many tons of valuable freight as their re
ward. Indeed, the latter was in such vast
proportions that teams were employed for
several days in hauling their find, and
large lighters were filled with the produce.
As before stated, the secret was faith
fully kept Monday aud Tuesday, but
when the matter leaked out late on
Tuesday night the whole city was alive
with excitement. Everybody that had a
boat or could borrow one or press one into
service hied away to the beach, nor was
this wrecking fever confined to the Minor-
can or negro, but business men and clerks
for the time turned wreckers, and the beach
was thronged with anxious hunters for the
cast-up treasures of the sea. Several
bodies were washed ashore, and, after being
Inspected and plundered, they were burled
in the sand on the beach. The corpse of a
ycung lady came ashore on whose person
was a dress of rich silk, and on her tinker
was a valuable soltalre diamond ring. She
was also burled on the beach, after being
rifled of her valuables.”
THE RECENT CYCLONE.
Fearful Damage to Shipping and
Property in the Bermudan.
Buried with Celestial Honors.—
Lee Wan, a Chinaman, was buried in
Brooklyn, N. Y., on Sunday last, with
peculiar ceremonies. On the way to the
cemetery slips of rice paper were flung
from the hearse, so that the devil, who
pursues the dead, might stop and ex
amine them, and give the mourners time
to put their friend’s bod}' under the
ground, where the devil cannot reach it.
After the grave had been filled a number
of red candles, richly decorated, and
large bunches of slow matches were
placed at the foot of the mound and
lighted. The dead man’s clothing was
also placed on the wrappings of the can
dles and burned to ashes. Three pans of
rice, a broiled chicken and a plate of
mutton were laid beside the grave, so
that the dead man might refresh himself,
but the suspicious proximity of a num
ber of small boys induced the mourners
to take the provisions back with them,
In It Possible
That a remedy made of such common,
simple plants as Hops, Buchu, Mandrake,
Dandelion, etc., make so many and such
marvelous and wonderful cures as Hop Bit!
ters do ? It must be, for when old and
young, rich and poor, pastor and doctor,
lawyer and editor, all testify to having been
cured by them, we must believe and doubt
no longer. See other column.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
St. Geohges, Bermuda, September 1.—
The severest storm that has visited these
Elands in a century raged last Sunday
night. It began between 3 and 4 o’clock
Sunday afternoon with a heavy fall of rain
and wind. Changing to northeast about 10
o’clock, the wind freshened to a gale,which
continued to Increase until 2 o'clock Mon
day morning, when a tremendous hurricane
prevailed. At 4 a. m. the wind shifted to
the southwest and the storm moderated.
The amount of damage throughout the
colony has been very great. Thousands of
dollars worth of fruit have been destroyed.
In addition to all this, a vast amount of
damage has been wrought to different
buildings throughout the colony, and to
many of our most costly and most impor
tant public works. In and about the town
of St. George’s a large amount of property
has been injured or destroyed. At Consuray
three soft stone piers at the Long Bird isl
and end of the long wooden bridge, were
washed away, and one span of the bridge
was swept across to St. David’s shore. The
freight boat Gleaner was stranded, and the
steamtue Britannia was beached. Dozens
of small boats were crushed to atoms
by the terrible waves. Great damage
was done on St. David’s *>nd Smith and
Paget’s Island. In Tuckerstown the Wes
leyan chapel was wrecked. The principal
buildings in and around Hamilton were
more or less damaged. The whaling bark
Perry, which belonged to the United States
navy in 1812, lies stranded on White’s isl
and. The middle and western parishes
have not been heard from.
A SAD SUICIDE.
A Dlstiiigulglied Ex-Confederate
Officer Blown Out Ills Brains
.Vicinal Derangement the Cause of
the Act.
By Telegraph to the Morning Netcs.
Harrison burg, Va , September 8.—Capt.
Alex. Hamilton, who, In a lit of mental
derangement, shot out his brains in this
place last evening, was a son of Wm. Hamil
ton, of Rockbridge county, Va., and
brother-in-law of Cyrus McCormack, of
Chicago, Ill. He commanded a company
of Confederate Infantry from Rockbridge in
the late war, and was in the first battle of
Manassas, where he was shot in the head,
but his vizor, deflecting the ball, saved his
life. He served with distinction all through
the war from the beginning to the close.
He was forty-eight years old, and leaves a
widow and two sous.
A SAD DISCOVERY.
Judge J. B. Williamson, ol Way-
cross, Found Dead—Cause of Ills
Death l ukuowu.
Special Telegram to the Morning News.
Wayckoss, Ga., Septembers.—Judge G.
B. Williamson was to-day found In his law
office dead. It is supposed that his body had
been lying there since Monday evening, the
6th Inst. It was thought that he was absent
from home, at Clinch County Court. No one
suspseted the truth until, accidentally, Mr.
W. C. Butler found his body in a state of
decomposition to-day at 1 p. m. A Coro
ner’s inquest was held, and the jury
brought iu a verdict of death f.om an uc*
known cause.
FATAL COLLISION.
An Intemperate Captain Held Re
sponsible.
By Tetegraoh to the Momtng News.
New York, September 8.—The steamtug
General Sheridan ran into the transfer sloop
of the New Haven Railroad Company on
August 16th In East river. The steam pipe
on board the Shendan was broken, and Wm.
Schmidt, the engineer,was scalded to death.
At the Inquest to-day several witnesses
stated their belief that the intemperate
habits of Capt. Bartow of the tug were the
cause of the accident, and the jury 60
found. Capt. Bartow was held by the
Coroner in $2,000 bail to await the action of
the grand jury.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
Convicts Thrown Ont of Employ
ment.
By Telegraph to the Morning News,
Trenton, N. J., September 8.—A fire
broke out in the shoe 6bop in the New Jer
sey State prison yard, which was almost
entirely destroyed. Loss $40,000. In the
shop used as & laundry eighty thousand
shirts and the machinery were damaged.
Loss $15,000. Another shoe shop suffered
to the amount of $5,000. This 6hop be
longed to the State, and the total loss Is
$10,000. Three hundred convicts will be
thrown out of employment at least three
montns.
“I wish I was dead,” is an expression not
unfrequently used by the dyspeptic and
and sufferer from liver disease; the depressed
spirits unfitting the mind for anything, and
almost driving him to despair. Be of good
cheer; there is life and health left for you
yet. Take Simmons’ Liver Regulator. It
regulates the liver, dispels despondency and
restores health. sep4 S,Tu,Th,w&Tellt
TUESDAYS ELECTIONS.
Further Return* from Vermont and
Arkjtn*a«.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Rutland, Vt., Septembers.—The returns
from seventy one towns, about one-third of
the State, show a Republican gain over 1S76
of 2,062. This ratio throughout the State will
give over 29,000 Republican majority.
Burlington, Vt.. September 8.—The re
turns are meagre, but point to the election
of the Republican ticket by a slightly in
creased majority over the vote of 1876.
One hundred and fifty towns have been
heard from and give a Republican majority
of 17,000. On this basis the Republican
majority over all will be about 22,500, and
their plurality about 27,000. The Legisla
ture will have but one Democratic Senator,
and the House is overwhelmingly Republi
can.
Montpeler, September 8.—The returns
show Randall far behind his ticket for
Congress. Joyce Is undoubtedly elected
by a largely increased majority.
White River Junction, September 8.—
Returns from one hundred and fifty-one
towns show a Republican gain of 98 over
1876.
The First district Congressional votes, so
far as heard from, give Joyce, Republican,
8,998; Randal!, Democrat, 3,098; Martin,
Greenback, 35. The Second district gives
Tyler, Republican, 10,946; Campbell, Dem
ocrat, 4,345; Mead, Greenback, 437. The
Third district gives Grant, Republican,
8,102; Curvier, Democrat, 4.127; Tarbel,
Greenback, 820; scattering, 100.
The members of the Legislature are: Re
publicans 131, Democrats 10.
Bennington, September 8.—Abbott, Re
publican, Representative, is elected by 198
majority, against 161 Republican majority
In 1878. Bennington county elects 15 Re
publican Representatives out of 17, a Re
publican gain of three over 1878. The indi
cations are that the Republican ticket is
elected, but the vote is close upon Thatcher
for Senator and Barton for Sheriff.
The returns are coming in 6lowly, but are
favorable to the Republicans. One hundred
and seventy towns heard from gave the fol
lowing result: Farnhain (Republican). 37,-
640; Phelps (Democrat), 17,058; Uaath
(Greenback), 1,212; scattering, 3. Faru-
hain’s majority, 19,373. The same one hun
dred and seventy towns iu 1876 gave Fair
banks (Republican) 35,737, Bingham (Demo
crat), 16,791, scattering 51. Fairbanks’ ma
jority, IS,895, an increase in the Republican
majority of 478. The complexion of the
Legislaiure as per vote received is 137 Re
publicans to 14 Democrats. The towns to
be heard fromjwill increase the Republican
Gubernatorial and Congressional vote ma
terially.
Full returns from Bennington county
give Farnbam, Republican, for Governor
2,760 and Phelps, Democrat, 1,752. Repub
lican majority 1,003. Mr. Joyce’s majority
for Congress will reach 1,100. Edward L.
Sibley is re-elected Probate Judge by 160
majority over Gardner. The Democrats
have elected four Representatives and the
Republicans thirteen. The Republicans
also elect both Senators from Bennington
county.
Bellow’s Fall, Vt., September 8.—In
Rockingham, owing to a split of the Repub
licans. the Democrats elected their Repre
sentative, Charles Smith.
Bkattleuoro, Vt., September 8.—Not
withstanding hard campaign work, the re
turns show that 300 less votes were polled
than were on the check list, aud the Repub
lican majority fell off 6lx from four
years ago. Farnbam received 940 and
Phelps 209, a gain of 21 for the Republicans
and 20 for the Democrats.
Tyler, the candidate for Congress from
the Second district, and director of the
ruined First National Bank, received 051
votes as against upward of 900 In 1876.
Tyler’s vote in the county is materially
increased over two years ago, though he
runs behind his ticket fn every town.
Little Rock, Auk., September 8.—Par
tial returns from a number of counties in
dicate the election of Churchill, Democrat,
for Governor over Parks, Greenbacker, by a
majority ranging between 40,000 and 50,000.
From the returns received, and as estimated
by those best Informed, it is believed the
proposed constitutional amendment re
pudiating certain State bonds will fail to
receive a majority of all the votes cast, as
required bv the constitution, to insure its
adoption. Rufus K. Garland. Greenbacker,
a brother of United States Senator Garland,
has announced himself as a candidate for
Congress in the Second district of Arkansas.
ANOTHER COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
One Hundred and Sixty-Five Men
Supposed to bave Perished in the
Sealiam Colliery.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, September 8.—An explosion oc
curred this morning at Seaham colliery,
near Durham. Both shafts of the mine are
blockaded, though they are half a mile
apart. Between 200 and 300 men are In the
pit. It Is known that some are alive.
Mr. Stratton, re.-ident viewer, was soon
on the spot, when it was found that all three
shafts of the mine were blocked, the cages
being fastened in them. Mr. Stratton, with
a rope around his body, proceeded to the
main seam and heard the men talking. He
thought there were about twenty. They
are considered to be safe. There is no rea-
sou as yet to believe that the pit i3 on fire,
but It is feared the bulk of the men have
been killed. The number in the pit is now
stated to be one hundred and eighty, many
having remained outside on over time dur
ing the night to attend the Seaham flour
show to day.
Later.—Seventeen men who were in the
pit at the time of the explosion are safe.
There are one hundred and sixty-five men
unheard from, and it is feared they have
perished.
The agent of the Marquis of Londonderry,
owner of the Seaham mine, furnishes the
following: “The worst fears are entertain
ed. About one hundred and twenty men,
known to be alive, have not yet been reach
ed owing to the damage to the shafts by
the explosion.”
THE MASSACHUSETTS PROHIBI
TIONISTS.
The Convention In Worcester—
Nominations for State Officers—
They Predict the Defeat of the
Republican Party In the Coming
Presidential Contest.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Worcester, Mass., September 8.—The
Prohibitionists met in Washburn Ilall to
day to nominate a State ticket and two
Presidential electors. The convention was
called to order by T. J. Lathrop, Chairman
of the State Central Committee. He made
a brief address, and predicted the defeat of
the Republican party in the coming Presi
dential contest, the announcement of which
was received with great applause.
Rev. A. A. Minor was selected as Presi
dent, with a cumber of Vice Presidents.
On taking the chair, Mr. Minor made a
speech condemning both of the leading
parties and advocating an independent
third pirty.
A resolution declaring that no Prohibi
tionist could support James A. Garfield for
President was referred without debate.
The convention took a recess and was
again called to order at 1:55 p. m. Charles
Almy of New Bedford was nominated for
Governor, Timothy K. Earle of Worcester
for Lieutenant Governor, Solomau T. Root
of Dalton for Secretary of State, Thomas J.
Lathrop of Taunton for Treasurer. Jonathan
Buck for Auditor General, and Samuel M.
Fairfield for Attorney General.
GEN. LONGSTREET.
He Will not Leave for Turkey for
Several Weeks.
Special Telegraph to the Morning News.
Washington, September 8.—Gen. James
Longstreet, recently appointed to succeed
Postmaster General Maynard as Minister
to Turkey, and who has been in
the city for several days receiving
Instructions from the Secretary of
State, will not leave for Constantinople for
several weeks. General Longstreet has
decided, contrary to fits intention when he
first reached Washington, to take his fami
ly with him when he goes abroad. I^e will
return to his home, In Gainesville, Ga.,
before leaving for Turkey.
In Distress at Sea.
Norfolk, September 8.—The 6chooDer
Mary L. Vankirk, from Elizabeth City, N.
C. t for New York, arrived here in distress
today, having lost her mainmast. Her
Captain reports heavy weather on the coast.
The steamer Richmond, of the old Do
minion Line, and the steamer E. C. Knight,
from Georgetown, D. C., bound to New
York, are weather bound in Hampton Roads.
A DESPERATE AFFRAY
IN WHICH TW O MEN ARE KILLER
A Triangular Fight—A Doctor Shoots
his Assailant and In Return Is Kill
ed—All the Parties Connected of
High Standing.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Salt Lake City, September 8.—A fatal
shooting affray occurred on the Utah South
ern train this morning. Dr. B. C. Snedeker,
formerly of Lexington, Kentucky, and a
Scotchman, named R. T. 8mith, engaged
chiefly in mining, had a quarrel. Dr. Baede
ker had attended professionally
the daughter of Daniel Davidson
another of whose daughters Smith
was about to marry. Davidson
became suspicious of something wrong be
tween his daughter and Snedeker. The
three gentlemen had some words about it,
ending by Smith slapping Snedeker in the
face and telling him if he did not leave the
country he would kill him. Snedeker was
about to leave town with his brother to let
the matter blow over, and bad taken his seat
In the car when Smith, who was on
his way to the Bingham mines, came in at
the forward end of the car, and as he
approached, Snedeker arose aud shot him
through the stomach. 8mith fell in the
aisle, and the people rushed from the car.
A policeman entered, disarmed Snedeker,
and was leading him out of the rear of the
car under arrest, when Smith, who wa6
supposed to be dead or dying, arose, drew a
revolver and 6hot Snedeker twice in the
back, killing him instantly. Since he
was shot. Smith has made a will
leaving all his property to Davidson.
He is now expected to die momentarily.
Davidson is the largest sheep and wool
grower in the Territory, and was present,
but took no part in the affair. All these men
were prominent, and 6tood well in the com
munlty.
New Orleans, September 8.—The Picay
une's special from Coffeeville, Miss., sa>s
that Jim Robinson, City Marshal of Water
Valley, was shot and instantly killed by
John Adams, conductor on the Chicago, St.
Louis and New Orleans Railroad. The diffi
culty originated about a cow. It is stated
Robinson was the aggressor, endeavoring to
stab Adams, who drew a pistol and used it
In self defer ce.
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
Firmness at the Opening Followed
by a Slight Depression—A Firmer
Feeling at the Close.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
New York, September 8.—The stock
market opened firm aud advanced
per cent., but subsequently, under pressure
to sell, prices declined to per cent, in
the general list, and 3 percent, in the Louis
ville and Nashville. At the second board a
firmer feeling prevailed, and, under good
buying, the entire list advanced steadily
up to the close of business, when the
Improvement ranged from % to 2%
per cent.. New Jersey Central, Western
Union, Granger and Coal shares, Oregon
Navigation and “El” Railway shares lead
ing in the advance.
The total sales were 28,000 shares, in
cluding Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
21,800, Erie 43,000, Hannibal and St. Joe
7.700, Kansas and Texas 1,800, Lake Shore
15,000, Lake Erie and Western 5,700, Michi
gan Central 4,800, Northwestern 14.000,
Nashville and Chattanooga 2,200, New Y'ork
Central 3,500, Ohio and Mississippi 2,800,
Reading 7,300, St. Paul 4,200, St. Paul and
Omaha 4,500, Wabash Pacific 15,000, West
ern Union 20,000.
THE LANCASHIRE STRIKE.
An Advance to be Demanded The
Employers to Meet it by a Lock
Out.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, September 8.—Circulars were
issued to all the weavers of North and
Northeast Lancashire last night, directing
them to send deputations to their employers
on Thursday to ask an advance of wages.
Reports of interviews are to be presented to
the operatives committees in the evening.
The committee are expected to decide on
Friday what district shall strike.
The threatened strike of the Lancashire
weavers has increased the disposition of
Oldham spinners to run on 6bort time.
Replies from about one quarter of the
employers are largely in favor of
such a movement. Replies from all are ex
pected in the course of a week. The
master weavers have not Indicated their in
tention to hold a meeting regarding the
strike agitation at present, but their inten
tion to meet the strike by a general lockout
Is not doubted.
SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION.
An Address on the National Board
ol Health by Dr. A. F. Lincoln.
“By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Saratoga, N. Y., September 8.—At a
meeting of the Social Science Association
to-day, iu the health department, Dr. A. F.
Lincoln, who presided, made an address on
the National Board of Health, which he said
had been in existence only eighteen months,
and was brought forward to meet a national
calamity by yellow fever at Memphis, which
the local authorities could not manage. It
was called into existence in haste, and
under adverse circumstances, but the board
had by great exertion become an assured
success. The great and blind reliance upon
quarantine had been done away with, and
local cleanliness had been enforced. Thanks
to the measures of cleanliness advanced by
the National Board of Health, Memphis is
now a clean city, and it will be almost im
possible for it to be again scourged by yel
low fever.
THE HUDSON RIVER TUNNEL.
The Air-Lock Works Satisfactorily
—Strike of the Laborers for Higher
Wages.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Jersey City, September 8.—The air-lock
at the tunnel was put In position at noon to
day, and the air turned into the caisson.
It was found to work satisfactorily. As
soon as the laborers found the caisson com
plete they struck for $2 50, being
advance of $1 per day. One of
the laborers advocated a strike for $3. The
officers of the company informed the strikers
that a new force of men at old rates would
be procured from Pittsburg immediately.
When the new force go to work it I* feared
there will be trouble, but the company has
taken all necessary precautions to protect
them.
LATEST FROM CANDAHAR.
Heavy Loss ol the Afghans—The
Wounded Doing Well.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, September 8.—General Roberta
telegraphs as follows from Candahar under
date of September 6th: “Careful inquiry
shows that the enemy lost very heavily on
the 1st instant. This was expected as they
made determined stands when our troops
were quite close. A column will start
shortly to bury the dead at Kuskl
Nahud, and open a district for supplies.
General Phayre arrived at Candahar on the
0th instant. His horse artillery and cavalry-
are encamped twelve miles south of Canda
har, where supplies and forage are ample.
The wea'her Is hot, but the wounded are
doing well, and the troops are healthy.
The British Troops Returning to
Quettab.
London, September 8.—The Standard's
correspondent with General Phayre’s com
mand telegraphs from Kill-ab-Doola, on
Tuesday, as follows: “A portion of this
division has Already begun to retrace its
steps. The Sixty-third Regiment left to
day, and will march to t^uettah and remain
there in readiness to act against the mqtl-
neers among the Khan of fChelat’s troops
and the Sbarward tribes.”
Physicians all admit that quinine only
effects a temporary suspension of the attacks
of fever and ague, preceded unless by a re
liable anti bilious medicine.
The testimony of thousands establishes
beyond a doubt that Dr. Tutt’s Liver Pills,
followed by Quinine, is a permanent cure
for cbilds and fever and all bilious diseases.
THE FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Nominations In the Dlflerent Statea
Yesterday.
By Telegraph to the Morning Netcs.
Bridgeport, Conn., September 8.—The
Republicans of this district to-day unani
mously nominated Hon. Frederick Miles, of
Sadisbury, and the Democrats nominated
Hon. Wm. H. Barnum, of Lime Rock, for
Congress.
Canandaigua, N. Y\, September 8.—Hon
E. G. Lapham was unanimously nominated
for the fourth time by the Republican Con
vention in the Twenty-seventh district for
Representative in Congress.
Chicago, III., September 8.—General
Sibley was nominated for Congress by the
Democrats of the St. Paul, Minn., district
yesterday. The Democrats of the Sixth
Wisconsin district, at Appleton, nominated
Gabe Banck for Congress.
New Orleans, September S.—The Demo
crats of the Fourth district, at Natchi
toches, La., yesterday nominated Newton C.
Blanchard for Congress.
Belvidere, N. J., September 8.—The
Democrats of the Fourth district nomina
ted Henry L. Harris for Congress by accla
mation amid great enthusiasm.
Newark, N. J., September 8.—The Sixth
district Republicans have nominated Phineas
Jones for Congress.
Fortress Monroe, September 8.—The
Republican Congressional Convention of the
Second district, held at Hampton, Va., to
day, nominated John F. Dezeadorf for Con
gress, and George Pryor (colored) as elector.
Greensboro, N. C., September 8.—The
Republicans of the Fifth district have nomi
nated Hon. T. B. Keogh for Congress.
Baltimore, September 8.—The Demo
crats of the Second district to-day nominat
ed Dr. F. E. Shaw, of Carroll county, for
Congress.
Dubuque, September 8.—Wm. G. Stewart
was nominated for Congress by the Demo
crats of the Third district to-day.
CAMPAIGN NOTES.
Culled From Onr Scale Exchanges.
THE WESTERN UNION TELE
GRAPH COMPANY.
Quarterly Dividend ol One aud
Threc-lourth Per Cent. Recom
mended.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
New York, September 8.—The Western
Union quarterly report, issued to-day, shows
net profits for the quarter, Including the
surplus from'the last quarter, of $1,507,296.
A dividend of 1 % per cent, for the quarter
is recommeued. Deducting the amount
necessary for such dividends and sundry
other items of expenitures, a surplus of
$332,726 is carried to the next quarter.
Coney Island Races.
Coney Island, September 8.—1 he weath
er was cold and threatening, the track in
good condition, and the attendance large.
In the first (selling) race, three-fourths of
a mile, Charley Gorham won, Sioux second,
Marchioness third. Time 1:17.
In the second race, five furlongs, Bliss
won, Ada second, Gossip third. Time 1:04.
The third race *for gentlemen riders, free
handicap, three quarters of a mile, was won
by Harlequin, Pacific second. Cory Estes
third, War Banner fourth, Vanderdicken
fifth, Odd Fellow sixth. Time 1:20.Y-
The fourth race for a purse of $500, a
selling race of a mile and a furlong, was
won by Rosalie, Una second, Anna Augusta
third. Time 2:45.
In the fifth race, a steeple chase, for a
purse of $400, gentlemen riders, Bombast
bolted and Belfield won, beating Sadie San
by four lengths. Time 3:29)£.
A Political Row In Virginia.
Danville, Va., September 8.—In a dis
cussion at Rocky Mount, Franklin county,
on Monday, a personal difficulty occurred
between Hon. Geo. C. Cabell, Democratic
candidate for Congress from this district,
and Mr. J. C. Stovall, his Keadjuster oppo
nent. The bystanders took part in the
fracas. Both gentlemen were injured, Col.
Cabell painfully but not seriously, and Mr.
Stovall badly but not fatally. Blood flowed
freely, but no one was hurt except the two
gentlemen named.
An Extra Session of the Louisiana
Legislature Refused.
New Orleans, September 8.—Governor
Wiltz yesterday refused to call an extra
session of the Legislature asked for by the
Tax Payers Association and a small number
of the Democratic Central Committee, on
the ground that the State finances would be
thereby embarrassed. He says a new city
charter would be of no avail if the better
class of people do not go to the polls and
elect a good city government.
Ice Houses Burned.
St. Louis, September 8.—The three large
ice houses of Huse, Loomis <fc Co., and
three smaller ones belonging to the Mis
sissippi Ice Company, ou the river front,
were burned last evening. Loss $47,000’
The flames spread to the Excelsior Stone
Foundry, on the west, and consumed about
one-thin! of the establishment, involving a
loss of $135,000. Two firemen were killed
by a falling roof, and five others were badly
Injured.
Another French Duel.
Paris, September 8.—The sons of M. M.
Riche and Corneau, rival candidates, in
voting on the second ballot at Mesierez, on
the 5th inst., for member of the Chamber of
Deputies, which resulted in the election of
M. Corneau, Republican, by more than
8,500 majority over his Bonapartlst oppo
nent, have fought a duel on the Belgian
frontier. The weapons were swords. Young
Corneau was wounded in the hand.
Protection for Cotton Shipping and
Freights.
New Orleans, September 8.—The Cotton
Exchange yesterday appointed Mike Far
rell. a well known detective, as chief of the
night watch patrol of about twelve hundred
men to gflard the cotton shipping and
freights on the levee and in this harbor.
They hope by this means to prevent ship
fires and to lully protect commerce.
Miners’ Strike Ended.
Glasgow, September 8.—The strike of
iron miners m the Ayrshire and Hamilton
districts is ended, the men having yielded
to the decision of the masters, and thirty-
nine furnaces are In blast to-day against
thirty-two a week ago. it was thought
that the end of the strike would have
affected Glasgow pig iron, but to-day war
rants the belief that it will remain steady.
Heavy Rains In Virginia.
Danville, September 8.—The heaviest
continuous rains in this section known
for years has been falling for the past
twenty-four hours. Reports from the
country show the rain to be general, and ap
prehensions are entertained of great damage
to the tobacco crop iu the fields and from
the overflow of streams. It is still raining
hard, the wind being northeast.
Movements of His Fraudulency.
San Francisco, September 8.—A Carson
City dispatch says Mr. Ilayes and party gave
a reception at the capitol this morning
while en route to Lake Tahoe, 'lhe recep
tion lasted three quarters of an hour.
A Cabinet meeting was held on the train,
and General Miles, at Fort Keogh, Dakota,
was ordered to send the peaceful Sioux
further south to their reservation.
Bark Dismasted.
Key West, Fla., September 8.—The
Spanish bark Antonio Bate!, bound from
Havana to Savannah, in ballast, has been
towed in here by the Philadelphia tug Con
fidence. She was struck by a hurricane
sixty miles north of the Bahamas, and
entirely dismasted.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
Natchez, Miss., September 8.—The
boiler of the mill in Cowenbarg’s place, at
Lake Conehordla, exploded to-day, killing
William Poole aud severely, probably fa
tally, scalding four negroes.
Flashes from the Wires.
The murderers af Dr. Parsons, the Ameri
can missionary, have arrived at Constanti
nople, and will be tried speedily. The Sul
tan has promised Mr. Heap, United States
Consul General, every satisfaction.
A Simla dispatch says: “The losses of
Ayoob Khan, as far as ascertainable, are
already estimated at 1,000 men.”
The steamer Mark Lane wa§ cleared at
Charleston yesterday for Liverpool with 530
bales of upland cotton, the first steamer of
the season with the new crop.
The firm of Thompson Co., hankers and
brokers, 18South Third street, Philadelphia,
suspended yesterday morning.
The Palinadas Hotel, in Oakland, Califor
nia, was burned yesterday morning. The
loss is estimated at $50,000.
A dispatch from Pensacola, Fla., an
nounces the death of the wife of Senator
Jones.
Nursing mothers and delicate females
gain strength from Malt Bitters.
Columbus Times: “As the Muscogee
delegation to the late Gubernatorial Con
vention are as much responsible for a
failure to make a nomination as any of
the disorganizing minority, any one of
them is respectfully requested to answer
the following questions:
“First. Was not the opposition to
Governor Colquitt's administration
this county originated by disappointed
office seekers ?
“Second. Was Mr. Norwood ever an
applicant to Governor Colquitt for au
appointment?
•‘Third. How many of the nine that
nominated Norwood are disappointed
office seekers under Governor Colquitt’s
administration?
Fourth. How many disappointed of
fice seekers throughout the State of Geor
gia banded together to build up an oppo
sition to Governor Colquitt’s administra
tion and are now trying to push the Nor
wood boom?
Fifth. Was Mr. Norwood a bona fide
resident of the State of Georgia, or was
he preparing to move to another State
when he went to Atlanta to aid in pre
venting a nomination?
Sixth. Would he have continued a
citizen of Georgia until October, if he
had not been able to induce the immor
tal nine to nominate him as tlieir candi
date for Governor?
Madison Madisonian: “A large ma
jority of the people of Morgan are op
posed to any move by political aspirants
that would tend to injure the party that
has saved the people of our State from
oppression. Hence their determination
to support the man brought out by the
majority of the convention.”
Lumpkin Independent: “Some of the
Independent papers pretend to believe
that Joe Brown wrote Governor Col
quitts reply to Norwood’s Atlan’j:
speech. This is a confession that the
document is a strong one, a telling, un
answerable argument. But it was Col
quitt’s own work and shows how a man
can talk who is armed with a just cause.”
Cherokee Advance: “Mr. Norwood ad
mits that he voted for the back salary
grab and says he would do so again. Is
this the sort of Governor that this State
or any other wants? Will he look at
and for the people’s interest? ‘Any
body but Colquttt.’ ”
North Georgia Times: “The ablest and
most convincing document we have yet
seen is the letter of Governor Colquitt,
in reply to the speech of Mr. Norwood,
delivered in Atlanta. It is sufficient to
convince the most implacable mind that
the qharges made upon our noble Gover
nor are false, and to forever set at rest
the slanders that have been and are still
being hurled against him. He takes up
the various charges in detail and refutes
in a manner so masterly and so plain
that a wayfaring man can see the
potency and feel the truth of what he
says. He also reviews Mr. Norwood's
position as a candidate, and holds him
to the public gaze in a light that cannot
fail to have effect.”
Gwinnett Hr aid: “Bro. Clements, of
the Gumming Clarion, has been on the
fence. He was against Colquitt before
the convention, and after it was over he
was kinder addled, but when Norwood
stood right up in the capitol and in tlie
face of the people acknowledged that be
had grabbed that $5,000 and wanted to
grab some more, Clements stepped over
on the Colquitt side. And the people
are doing the same thing.”
Crawfordville Democrat: “The time
is fast approaching when the people of
Georgia will choose between Messrs.
Colquitt and Norwood for Governor.
The action of the late convention clearly
showed that Colquitt wjis the choice of
the Democracy of the State by an over
whelming majority. Now the question
naturally arises whether or not the will
of the people shall be defeated. We say
it ought not. The object of conven
tions is to put before the people the
most available man. Primary elections
were held in all the counties in the
State, and the people called loudly for
Colquitt. Why, then, should he not be
elected? His opponents say that he is
not the nominee of the party. Neither
is Norwood. Mr. Norwood’s friends
claim that his character as a public man
is unassailable. Perhaps it is because
he has done nothing. Is there a public
man in all the land whose character has
not been assailed? All public men are
subject to abuse, it matters not how
faithful they may be in the discharge of
their duties.”
Griffin News, 7th: “Colonel Herbert
Fielder, of Cuthbert, was in the city
yesterday. He was an anti-Colquitt
man before the convention met in At
lanta, but he is now a strong supporter
of Governor Colquitt, and says that if
the election was confined strictly to the
Democratic vote of Georgia, Colquitt’s
majority would be tw’enty-five or thirty
thousand.”
Earlif County News: “A good many
lawvers are supporting Norwood. And,
reader, have you taken notice how
lawyer-like they are conducting the cam
paign? Did you ever notice a shrewd
lawyer in his efforts to get illegal testi
mony before a jury? ‘ If your Honor
please, I desire the court to hear the
answer of the witness, and if his testi
mony is found to be illegal your Honor
can forbid its going before the jury.’
‘The witness can answer,’ says the
Judge. The witness does answer, and
when the answer comes it is found to be
illegal, and is ruled out; but what does
the lawyer care for that; his object is ac
complished—an impression has been
made on the jury, and that is all he was
after. So it is with the Norwood man
agers of this campaign. They make any
sort of a charge, no matter how fallaci
ous, against Colquitt’s administration,
knowing that it cannot be contradicted
short of one day, and in many cases not
short of a week; and they rely upon the
unfavorable impression it will make
against Colquitt before it can be checked
in its malicious work. ”
Elberton Gazette. “We have been a
steadfast friend of Hon. T. 31. Norwood
for many years; we have given him visi
ble proofs of our confidence in him when
those who now influence his action—-to
some extent, at least—have labored for
his overthrow and humiliation, and we
assume the right to address him on mat
ters of public policy which involve the
peace and good feeling—perhaps the
welfare and prosperity—of the people of
the grand old commonwealth of Georgia.
Through the solicitations of unthinking
friends, of disappointed politicians and
place hunters, and of men whose pas
sions have been stirred by imaginary ills,
he has been induced to assume a position
which in his heart he cannot justify. The
step he has taken can only result in evil;
cannot,by any possible chance, inure to his
benefit. The disruption of the grand old
Democratic party—the party that has
stood between the South and political,
social and moral ruin for the last fifteen
years—is the only result he ean hope to
achieve by his candidacy for Governor.
He knows, and his friends and support
ers know, that there is no possible
chance for his election. His most enthu
siastic followers will not contradict tflis.
We candidly believe that Mr. Norwood
is not a candidate because he desires the
office. We, therefore, as a friend and
well wisher in the interest of peace and
harmony in the Democratic ranks, State
and national, ask him to come forward,
with the boldness and fearlessness of
true patriotism, and withdraw fro*** me
contest. ”
Dade County Gazette: “As Dr. Lump
kin has retired from the editorial de
partment of the Gazette until after the
election for Representative, and as we
have to assume fqll editorial control, it
i« but proper that the people should
know our position on the questions'now
before the State. In the first place we
are for Colquitt for Governor. We are
for him simply because we believe him
to he the representative of a majority of
the people in the State, and that he is
well qualified to administer affairs 9afely,
We are opposed to Norwood because he
is opposed to the Democracy ; because
his candidacy means death and disrup
tion to the Democracy, though we have
no fears of his success, ”
L - ss of A]
Paiai
u>3 back
Augusta Chronicle: “There has been
some little hurrah and excitement in
spots about 31r. Norwood, but we judge. <
from the best sources of information, j
that his cause is on the down grade, and |
that the cause of Colquitt is moving on i
to a grand and tremendous success. On j
the stump everywhere the Governor has
more than matched his antagonist, and
completely overthrown him whenever
the minority candidate ventured upon a
charge that passed out of the
realm of mere allegation. Here
and there in the cities, 31 r.
Norwood has a respectable following,
sometimes a bitter one. and not infre
quently a crowd without organization or
competent leadership. In the country
Colquitt has an immense muster of
devoted followers, whose solidarity is
impregnable. We venture to say that
3Ir. Norwood was stronger on the first
day of his candidacy than he has ever
been since, and that he has steadily lo.-t
ground, and will continue to do so until
the day that consigns him. by the ballots
of the people, to a political limbo and a
most lonesome privacy.
“The friends of Colquitt all over the
StaU are jubilant, confident, assured of
certain triumph, and marching unflinch
ingly to that victorious goal. The chief
partisans of Norwood have all they can
do to keep their courage up and prevent
wholesale desertion of their colors. They
feel, in their hearts, that their doom is
sealed, and that this discomfiture is writ j
ten in the book of fate and beyond the I
stars. They will keep up a masquerade
of opposition from now until October,
but it will be of the desperate kind that
merits pity rather than anger—that con- I
ceals weakness by simulating strength.’
THE “BRIDE OF DUKE ALEXIS.”
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Singular infatuation of a Kentucky
Belle for a Sou of the Czar.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Last week a middle-aged lady created
considerable sensation about the Galt
House, by driving lip in her carriage and
demanding to see the Grand Duke Alexis
of Russia, ‘ her affianced husband. ” She
was richly attired and wore a bridal veil
and jewels. When informed that he was
not in the hotel she became incensed, and
informed the clerks that they could not
prevent her from seeing him, as he had
made an appointment to meet her there.
She also went to the Louisville’Hotel and
made the same inquiries and as suddenly
disappeared. Nobody knew whence she
came or who she was. A correspondent
from Newcastle, Ky., sends the Courier-
Journal the following interesting ac
count of the lady and the cause of her
insanity:
The unfortunate lady in question is
now, and has been for some years past, a
resident of this town. Perhaps an ex
planation of her strange hallucination
may not prove uninteresting to the
readers of the Courier-Journal. She is
about forty-two years of age, but still
retains traces of the beauty which made
her so popular in society some eighteen
or twenty yeais ago. She was carefully
educated by a wealthy and indulgent
father, and, having free access to her
parent’s excellent library, her reading
was most excellent and varied, her con
versational powers were remarkab’c, and
in every way she was eminently fitted to
adorn a high station in refined society.
Her maiden name was Kenton, and she
was liorn and lived the larger portion of
her life in St. Louis. At the age of 22,
while visiting her aunt in Chicago, she
made the acquaintance of a young Capt.
Reilly, who was stationed there with his
regiment. The fi iendship soon ripened
into love; and, after a brief courtship,
they were married. The marriage was
in every respect a happy one. They
continued to reside in Chicago, and she,
by her beauty and brilliant raentui
dowments, became a great favorite in
the best society of the city. Unhappily,
after seven years of wedded felicity her
husband died, and at the early age of 29
she was left a widow with no children.
Her grief was almost inconsolable, and
she left society to mourn for the loss of
her husband whose memory was so dear
to her. Her sorrow w ? as so intense and
enduring that grave apprehensions were
entertained by her relatives in regard to
her mind, which they thought was im
paired, and at their urgent solicitation
she was induced to leave Chicago and
return to St. Louis, her former heme.
Her friends, who thought the change
would benefit her, were not disappointed,
and she rapidly regained her health and
beauty, but, as the sequel proved, she
never recovered the perfect use of her
faculties. Her melancholy almost entirely
disappeared, and, to the astonishment of
her friends, she began to take a lively
interest in the gay world of society, of
which in past years she was so brilliant a
member. About this time the Grand
Duke Alexis in his tour through the
United States visited St. Louis, and Mrs
Reilly attended the grand ball given by
the city to its royal guest. Although not
in the flush of youth she was still an ex
tremely handsome woman; time and
s >rrow had but chastened and spiritual
ized the beauty which had in heryouDger
days won for her such lavish admiration.
She never appeared to better advantage
than at this ball, and the Grand Duke
paid her marked tattention and seemed
to evince a decided preference for her so
ciety; she, of course,! was much flattered
by this distinguished mark of apprecia
tion, and in return made every effort to
create a favorable impression on the
susceptible Duke. That she succeeded
in doing so no one can with any degree
of certainty assert, but she was deeply
infatuated with him, and certainly labor
ed under the impression that the feeling
was mutual. Her relations did all in
their power to cure her of thi9 unfortu
nate attachment, but their efforts were
in vain, and she persisted in writing to ,
the Duke after he left the city, although
her letters were never answered. She
was firmly persuaded that he loved her,
and that the only bar to their union was
the objections made by the royal parents
of the Prince to the match. She never
for a moment doubted the sincerity of
the Duke’s affection for her. She has
gradually grown to be a monomaniac on
this subject, and while perfectly rational
on all other matters, she is entirely “off”
about this one. Every day she declares
that Alex, is coming to this country to
claim her as his bride, and several times
ahe has eluded the affectionate vigilance
of her relatives and left home to keep in
some neighboring city a fancied appoint
ment with her royal suitor. She never
expressed any disappointment at his
failure to remember the engagement,
but charitably believes that he is detained
in Russia by circumstances over which
he has no control. Her recent appear
ance at the Galt House was the result of
an imacinary agreement to meet the
Crown prince of all the Russias. She has
made this quiet, pleasant old town her
home for several years. She lives with
her married sister in ease and comfort
and passes her life in waiting for the
lover who never comes. Always hoping
and always disappointed,she never ceases
to love the man who has long since for
gotten her very existence.
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