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vaiiuali a* Second Claw* Matter.
(jeorgia Affairs.
Thehorset of the Lanier House, Macon, Om
ni I »us took fright la:t Sunday evening, and ran
away. One of them dashed aga-nst a tree and
instantly killed biimelf.
The Central Railroad is to erect a new and
commodious depot in Grifflo.at which the News
it much elated It wiJl be of the new Swiss
chalet pattern of arehite ,-ture, with towers and
other reliefs, the whole to be covered with a
roof of galvanized iron and slate. The buiid-
in „ will admit the two tracks of the Central
anil Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama
Hal ways, with room for the accommodation
,,f the Griffin, Monticeilo ani Madison line, in
r4Se jbat should ever be completed. The cost
of the building will be about $85,000.
According to the Nates, real estate is boom
ing in Griffin, and there is a growing activity in
ev*ry department of business.
A negro named Wiley Fanning, aged about
sixteen, was killed in the gia gearing at Mr.
James Armstrong’s, in Wilkes county, on Wed-
D ,, lay morning. He was driving the mules to
the gin. and it is supposed was standing on the
lever, when bis head was caught between the
shaft on which the band wheel is, and an arm
of the king post. He aied instant!*'.
On Friday last the Democracy of Dougherty
nominated by acclamation Captain John T.
Hrster to represent the county in the Legis
late.
The Conyers Weekly reports tl at a copper
mine, thought to be of the highest standard,
has been discovered about eight miles from
that place, and is being carefully investigated
by the finders, Drs Walker and Childers, of
Social Circle. That paper says: “We were
shown some very fine specimens of the ore,
which have been tested by Professor Land, of
Atlanta, and pronounced good. xYbout one
hundred shares will be offered for sale at five
dollars each. The parties are confident, and
they have good reason to be, that the mine
will prove one of the finest in the State. Gold,
silver and sulphur are also found in the mine.”
The Netcs says “Albany is shipping immense
quantities of cotton over the BriLiswick and
Albany Railroad now.”
The Middle (Georgia Argus says: “The Sa
vannah Weekly News should find its way into
every household iu this section. It is the best
family paper published anywhere.”
| The editor of the DuPont Okefenokean has
conversed with fanners from all portions of
Clinch county on the subject of the crops. They
ail report them unusually fine, and say that
| the rice crop is the largest ever planted in the
county, and the yield islproportinnatelygood.
Many think rice culture will iu a few years su
persede all others In that county.
We have received a copy of the first issue of
the Reporter, formerly published at Quitman,
but now at Waycross. Mr. Joseph Tillman
is editor and proprietor, and Mr. B. J. Allen is
| the associate. In his salutatory, the editor
-tys: "God, nature, and the present prospect
ive railroad facilities have done aud will do
| much to make th s section, all things properly
considered, the most inviting country under
his sun. To this . end we will work.”
Concerning the Jacksonville and Waycross
Railroad, the Waycross Reporter understands
that the track, which will be in every respect
first-class, is cow laid about six miles on that
end of the new road. From now on, if the
weather becomes settled, it will be pushed with
more vigor than ever, and in fact it is the set
tled determination of the company an i con
tractors that the cars must and shall be run
ung through on or by the first of January.
The force will be largely increased soon. The
pile driving and preparation for building ths
new steel bridge over the St Mary’s river is
progressing as rapidly as circumstances will
permit, and as soon as the weather becomes
lettled the work will bd pushed to comple-
A correspondent, who has recently made a
tour through the Southwestern counties, writes
»s follows: “During our peregrination we
heard ‘monstus’ much about ‘pollyticks.’ They
uy that the Gubernatorial split has something
1 Jo with the independent factious organized
in various counties throughout the State. There
seems to be no utility in primaries. convon-
t jus. etc., from the fact that if there appear a
number who proclaim an abiding tendency to
strict rules, it is clearly an 11 and 9 case, or
‘resolving Into plain humble citizens’ and
nominating their choice, a la Hon. T. N’s. con
vention. We find by conversing with the
prominent ai.d influential citizens of Wayne,
Appling and Tattnall that the present incum-
l«ent, ‘the hero of Olustee,’ will carry the day
*n overwhelming vote.”
The Atlanta correspondent of the Augusta
.'Vir* telegraphs that paper that Norwood’s
maj rity in the State will be something over
lie would probably have made it an
even 25.i*iQ, but that he wouldn’t be guilty of a
misstatement for anybody's 4,<)00 votes.
The Augusta Chronicle reports the killing on
Saturday night, at a barroom situated just
*cro3s Hawk's gully bridge, on Broad street,
just outside the city limits, of George
young man of that city. He was
;h the heart in a scuffle with John
P. Smith, E. M Suber, Rufus Powers and Jas.
* Coursey. The Coroner's jury brought in a
’erdict of murder, and found Smith guilty
-1 murder in the find degree, and the othtr
•“re*- guilty of murder in the second deg ee.
Jeff-rson Forest Netcs: “The diiectory of
■ ■■iv.- had a meeting to cousider
; M • - and have awarded the contract for
first ten n iles from Gainesville to Messrs.
. a Tumi u. and the remaining eleven
I a iutif miles to Jefferson is awarded to
-essrs c. M c. tilaccstock A Co. These con
4*: jrs propose to b gin work in thirty days,
: ~ r - i 1 the engineer can get the locations
. - varLer. fco our folks now see and know
Ucm.i: ty the road is to be built right along
', ’. i . U! the money is pai 1 in on the stock,
u • at! li&nds must now plank ip a portion of
-v.^Ntopk to move forward t'ie work. The
“tracts are quite reasonable and cheap to the
®Pauy.*-e»re informed, and the contrac-
• ^touadautly able to carry on the work.
,. S | S t0 our ^nteiprise.”
.. Tuesdty,’’ says the Washington (fa-
i-ui , ane K ro woman who was right much
I in • ■ -1 U ^’- cam ? ,n tow n, bringing a great
I 'dng stick five or six feet long and
as a man’s wrist, and reported to the
-v - luge that her husband had been beat-
it. It was one of the most brutal
heating that has ever come to
-.-.a* the woman ii soon to be-
her. Mo amount of provocation
'such an act. The law holds, and
acati • - * :at nothing can be plead in justi-
forthei W1 / l ‘ heating. A warrant was issued
Putinthw^ husband—Charles Beman—and
AtUnt 7?°^ °* a c JUstable "
!•> -• ("“»ti tut ion: "Last night about
while Officer Dick Clark was
extinguishing the lamps on
vet, his attention was called
I jacet” “" ls * emanating frond an ad
IAin>n Au investigation showed that
I hoy *iTh Uras • was eo &aged in beating a small
I - air. .f tongs. When the officer com-
I ana j, v ' ‘brash to desist, he drew his knife
I an i a - V T liat n " policeman could take dim,
] wav s.. ” Ka! . n ” time skipped out the back
’' ’ ? him have the officer thought the
quieted, and again resumed his
ttnin a short time he was recalled
cwi . ”' a hty, where he found Thrash
I cam,. u .‘ r T ~ 1,1 b' the tongs. When Officer Clark
j went iuto an adjoining house,
I handcuff* oni cer caught him. and drawing his
I Was hi the act of putting them on
I from th ne v w hen he jerked the n
I do °r an ! °T cer an<1 ren out the hack
I P 0l icem*n huwu the railroad, with the
I lum r ,1 st him. 8oon after the off »r
I tend-r l “y street and demanded his sur-
I nished’t, . n, ’ n Thrash again drew his knife and
I ar j he policeman, who began back-
I -C'u-r ca hmg upon Thrash to stop.
I i a- Vh^r I ’ i? 48 far “ possible. Officer Clark
I than , Fro. but without any other effect
l*Mfe him to redouble his efforts to
■n - 1 ■ ”. r Seeing his life endangered
I , v nr f 1 again and again until he had
! :.w. ” 7 ehamberof his revolver, appir-
8 in th„ 0 .«* an T eff ect. Officer Manley, who
r 8< *ction of town, was drawn to
i beuw.7 ,1°^ b >' discharge of firearms,
wh*-n i- e .7 vo Thrash was finally arrest-
si at him . ^discovered that one of the balls
left arm effect in the forepart of
quite an < ^ U8,n S only a slight wound. Af-
I : *o poli. -m, ort l h M combined force of the
1-He calaboi^ Q B ^ cce< ‘ded in landing Thrash in
■tnu., •. - / »v. where he now awaits an invest!-
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1880.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Fort Gaines Tribune: “The citizens of our
town were much shocked on last Wednesday
morning to hear of the death of Mr. Dell
Brooks, which occurred on the night previous
at 12 o'clock, it is said, from the effect* cf mor
phine. Whether he intended to take his own
life is, of course, not positively known, but he
had acted in a wild and reckless manner for
several days previous to his death. It is cer
tain that he purchased sixty grains of mor
phine the dav before his death, and that about
one-fifth of that auantity was found in a vial
near his coat out in the field, where he
had wandered in his delirium, and his
friends think he had ta^en the balance of
the sixty grains. Dr Gunn was called to see
him about nine o'clock the night of his death,
but did not think he was then suffering from
the effects of morphine. His remains were
taken up to Cuthbert on the train Wednesday
for burial. Dell was well known in our town,
and was always cheerful and disposed to take
life easy, and not at all inclined to melancholy.
He had had a little trouble here last Saturday’,
but his friends never thought of his becoming
desperate. There was no post mortem exami
nation or inquest held. His death is much re
gretted, and his aged mother and other grief-
strieken relatives nave the universal sympathy
of the citizens of both town and community.'
The Quitman Free Press says: “If the col
ored people of this district support Brimberry
for l!on<iess with the belief that they art* sup
porting a good Republican, they are badly mis
taken. Brimberry is a scalawag of the lowest
order. He is an office holder under the Feder
al Government, and is running for Congress
with the sole intention of holding his position,
and not with the expectation of being
elected. He cares nothing for the negro;
if so, why did be furnish the mob the
guns and take part in the shooting down
of fifty colored men at Camilla* We
charge him with having done this and chal
lenge him to deny it. He may claim that white
men did the shooting, but unless he had fur
nished the guns white men could not have
shot. We intend to ke-*p this matter before
our colored friends until the election, and we
ask them if they believe Briml>erry is a friend
to their race or a Republican at heart? Verily,
no: he wi 1 desert you as others have done as
soon as his interests prompts him 60 to do. Do
not stultify your race and your party by sup
porting such a man.”
Waycro-8 RejMrler : "We learn from Dr.
Fo ks, and others who have traveled over the
country a great deal, that there is a large area
of the land in cultivation in this section de
voted to upland rice. We hear the same fa
vorable accounts from all secti ns, viz : That
the very poorest land will make, with proper
cultivation, from twenty to thirty bushels i>er
acre without manure. The price i« never lower
than a dollar per bushel The cost of cultiva
tion and preparation for market is not more
than twenty per cent., or, on an average, about
four dollars per acre. This estimate certainly
shows a very fine profit to ihe farmers for
their labor and will soon enrirh them and
the country. We understand that there will
be man * thousand bushels shipped from this
point. Buyers are already on the spot and en
gaging the crops b?f ore h9y are gathered. We
hope to see our farmers go largely into ths
cultivation of rice another year It is the best
pav ing crop that can be grown on Georgia soil,
and there is certainly no portion of the State
so well alspted to Its growth as this, for h?re
it is in its native elements—soil, climate and
everything else suits it.”
The Oglethorpe Echo says: “Since our last
issue we have had beautiful weather, and a
great deal of cotton has been gathered It is
Oi ening fast and samples wel . Taking the
county throughout, as much cotton will be
made as last y ear and of a far superior grade.
On thin land nearly the entire crop is open
and will be gathered by frost. Corn is at least
one-third better than last year A large area
of rust-proof oats are being sown, os also an
unusual number of grazing lots. An immense
crop of field peas is maturing. The prospect
for the future is good.”
Washington (fazette: “Last Saturday wit
nessed an impromptu duel at very close range
between Messrs. A. J. Slater and John Linton
Callaway, out on the Mallorys'ille road, seven
or ewht miles from town. It seems that there
had b?en bad feelings between the parties for
some time, and on last Saturday, as Mr. Calla
way was coming to town, he encountered Mr.
Slater. There some sharp words w ere pass-d,
and it is i-ai 1 Mr. Slater drew a knife aud Mr.
Callaway a pistol. Eut the difficulty went no
further just at this time. Mr. Callaway drove
on toward town in his buggy, and Mr. Slater
got a horse and followed him on horseback.
He over'ook him in two or three miles, and
riding up, said he hod c-une to settle the diffi
culty right then The firing commenced. Sla
ter’s hor*e was prancing and Callaway’s
horse j-rking, each man managing his horse
with one hand and his pistol with
the other. Round after round was fired
with the thick smoke, on a still morning, so
dense it could scarcely be seen through All
the while the combatants were in a few s'eps
of each other. Finally, after five shots had
been fired on each side the shooting ceased
and Mr Slater appeared to be badly wounded.
He was hit iu three placet; near tne naval, on
the hip and below the kn**e. It was after-
w irds as -ertained that the ball did not take
effect in his stomach, but caused a bruise as
large as the palm of his hand. It is supposed
this bait struck something in the pocket. The
hip was slightly grazed and the ball below the
knee penetrated, and at last accounts bad not
been extracted. Mr. Callaway was unhurt and
there was no sign of where a ball had touched
his person, horse or buggy. If Mr. Slater had
tired with blank cartridges the result would
have been the same."
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Florida Affairs.
We have received a copy of the first issue of
the Key West Democrat, published by Mr. W
J. Canning and edited by Mr. C. B. Pendleton.
It is an exceedingly well gotten up journal and
reflects credit upon all parties concerned in it.
It will be Democratic in principle and precept,
and while it will never falter in urging the
claims of the party, will never stoop to that
bitterness of partisan journalism which de
grades alike the profession and the party.
May it meet with abundant success.
The Stai ke Telegraph states that the price of
land in Bradford county has advanced twenty
five per cent, within the past year. Within
the next year land lying along the orange belt
will be held at least fifty per cent, above pres
ent prices That paper says: “If Bradford
county does not present a fine field for the man
of means we wouli like to know where one
better can be found.”
Mr. O. E. Alvarez, residing on New river, in
Bradford county, has growing on his farm
stalk of cotton with over a thousand bolls and
forms on it. Whereupon the Starke Telegraph
expresses the belief that Bradford county not
only produces the finest staple, but can pro
duce more of it to the stalk than any county in
the State.
The Key West Fraternity, a Radical paper,
raises a rooster ani gives a crow over the re-
«ult in Maine. It would be hard to get up any
thing like a genuine Radical crow over Maine
even if Davis had be^n elected by a plurality
of 390 after hte friends hod clai-ned for him a
clear majority of from 7,000 to 15,000. But
since the final returns show Piaisted's election
by a clear plurality, the Fraternity's crow
sounds now awfully weak and sickly.
The Recorder says that Madison has at last
had a strike, aud a real one at that. Last
Tuesday morning all the hands employed at
work on the court house, except two, struck
for higher wages. On the refusal of the con
tractor to raise their wages they quit work,
but resumed their labors the next day.
There was a grand rally of the Democracy at
Gainesville lost Saturday week, at which the
enthusiasm displayed was wonderful. Governor
Bloxham, Gen. Loring and others made
speeches. The Sun says: “All the people from
the lakes to the rivers, and from Bradford to
Marion, are thoroughly aroused.”
The Palatka Herald says that Putnam county
was singularly fortunate in her esc pe from
the destructive effects of the late August gale.
From all parts of the county it hears of good
crops. Cotton will be over an average yie’d.
Corn has already been housed. The cribs are
reported as being full up to the top, and the
sweet potato crop is larger than ever before
The orange crop in the county will be larger
than that of last season, and there is hardly a
doubt but that the orange crop, as a whole,will
be an average one.
A correspondent writing from New York to
the DeLand Agriculturist states it as
his opinion that there is no money in raising
limes in Florida. He takes the ground that
the S'ate could not compete with the West In
dies in producing the lime which grows there
without trouble or expense.
On the occasion of.the reception of Governor
Bloxham at Ocala last Thursday, eight hundred
and fifty mounted Democrats paraded the
streets. A striking feature of the procession
was fifty colored Democrats in line. A Han
cock pole, one hundred and twenty feet high,
was raised on the occasion.
Lake City Reporter: “During the week the
merchants have been busy buying cotton.
Prices have ranged about 27^ cents a pound.
We are glad to see that much of the staple is
from new seed, and the preparation is unusu
ally good. Whi'e it would be to the advantage
of the South to manufacture cotton goods, the
farmers are doing the next best thing, namely,
preparing the raw material for shipment In the
best manner possible. This will be a prosper
ous year for Florida farmers if the season con
tinues as favorable for cotton picking as it has
been since the commencement, the injury by
the otorin being the only drawback.”
Mon'icello Constitution: “Mr. E. B. Baily
has a small farm near town, and be planted
the present year twelve acres in cotton, and on
the 15th of September he had picked, ginned
and packed six bales of cotton, averaging 480
pounds. He also expects to secure six bales
additional from the same land, making in all
t welve ba'es from twelve acre*. And this too
without the application of commercial fertili
zers. Of course the soil wai properly prepared
and crop judiciously worked. Now, the point
we are aiming at by this reference is this:
That small farms property attended are more
profitable than large plantations, where
the crops are imperfectly worked If sound
judgment and good management will make
one acre produce as much as three, under the
ordinary system of farming, why in the world
do not our people dispense with i-upcrfluous
labor, relieve themselves of the worry and
anxiety incidental ti its control, permit half
their laqdi to re it and recuperate, and mike a
net profit from their cotton crops*
mall farms will yet prove the Eldorado of
this country.”
Quincy Herald: 4 ‘On last Tuesday, in the fore
noon, one of the most unprovoked and coward
ly assassinations was perpetrated in tne north
ern part of this county tnat it has ever been
our duty to place on record. As Mr. James
McJunkins, one of our most industrious and
quiet farmers, was driving his wagon from his
house to hi a cotton field, a negro assassin,
whose heart is as black as his skin, rose up from
behind a clump of weeds and reeds.and without
a word's notice, deliberately fired on^ barrel
of his gun, the load passing immediately in the
rear of Mr. McJunkms' head This frightened
the team, and before Mr. McJunkins could re
gain the control of his mules, the villain fired
the other barrel of his gun. which took effect In
the hand and abdomen of Mr. McJ., producing
wounds from which he died about ten o’clock
Wednesday morning. The assassin s'ood at a
distance of about ten paces from his victim
when he perpetrated his unprovoked and
bloody deed. Mr. McJunkins distinctly saw
the vU'ain from his breast up as he ran away,
but failed to reeognizehis features. Evidently
the assassin thought to shoot his victim in the
head and kill him instantly, hut failing in this,
fired the second barrel in his body. Mr. Mc-
J unkins w as a peaceab'e, quiet and industrious
farmer, who in an unobtrusive way attended
to his own business, never intermeddling with
that of others, and was not aware that he had
an enemy in the world. He had no «.ifficulty
or misunderstanding with any one, white
or black, and could imagine no reason
he had givtn any to become offended with
him, much less t:> perpetrate such a dastardly
and fiendish outrage upon his person. In poli
tics Mr. McJunkins was a consistent but very
quiet aud conservative Democrat taking hut
little part in politics save to vote. The fair
escutcheon of our county has never bsen before
stained with such a diabolical crime, and we
devoutly hope that the cowardlf fiend, who so
recklessly shed innocent blood in a manner so
di^gracsiul and devilish, may be detected and
brought to speedy and condign punishment.
Sheriff DuPont Ls entitled to much credit for
efforts mad-i to arrest the villian.”
“Mr. Carter, who was encamped out on the
beach at Daytona during the storm, gave us, ’
says the DeLand Agriculturist, ‘‘the following
information: He assisted in drawing up four
bodies that came ashore after the storm, and
while he went to get assistance to bury them,
the hogs ate up two of the bodies. One man
had one foot cut off, evidently by lumber or a
cask. This accounts for the human foot that
waspickeiup at another part of tbe coast.
About s’xty casks of lard and bacon came
ashore, and were appropriated by those who
found them. Seven trunks were picked up
near him, one of which it was reported had
seventeen thousand dollars in it, and another
was full of silk dresses, jewelry, and other
valuables. The trunks were broken open and
the contents removed, but he does not know
who did it.”
DeLand Agriculturist: “A **ew York ex
change says: 'It is stated that the recent storm
utterly destrofed the Florida orange crop. It
is estimated that the y ield would have been
1,000,000 box*-s, and that the loss will reach $1,-
5)0.000.’ 9 his is an erroneous statement; for,
although the groves in some situations suffer
ed severely, there are numbers of groves (and
those some of the largest) that have escaped
injury. So many new groves have come into
tearing this year that they will more than cov
er the number of oranges lost by the storm.
The fruit this year is also of superior quality;
very few 1 usty oranges will be shipped this
season.”
The New York World says: “An enthusias
tic Republican writes from Florida to a friend:
‘Ttat picture of Garfield as a fanner is a good
thinr. I shall take it with me to show the
poor laboring voters.’ Picmresof Garfield as
a farmer are decidedly good things, but why
fail to circulate pictures of Garfield as a law
yer preparing that famous brief about the De-
Golyer pavement, or Garfield as a financier
taking $ 29 from Oakes Ariffs ‘as a loan ?’ Or
if it is especially desired to create a friendly
feeling in Florida, why not present Garfi«*l
as a member of the electoral commission,
stealing the vote of the State in spite of his
own ruling ? ”
UNITED DEMOCRACY.
THE lAVYE FEAST AT SARATOGA.
IMPORTANCE OF OEMOCRATIC
UNITY.
Conklins 9 ** Speech a Good Demo
cratic Campaign Document.
MiLI.EDUEVILLE, September 28.—Editor Morn
ing Netcs: I thick it wouli not be a bad idea
if the speech of Roscoe Conkling of the 17th
and the current numbers of the New York
Times and Tribune were lithographed, pub
lished in pamphlet form and distributed to
every white Democrat in the South, especially*
to every one in Georgia, and for this reason
It would show the Democracy of the South
that the time has nyt yet arrived for it to break
up its solidity und permit internal diss nsion
to weaken its power of defense. The venom
against the whites of the South, as dis
tinguished in the effusion of the one and in the
editorials of the others, would be a powerful
antidote to any further acrimony in the paity.
It Is plain that the majority of the Northern
Republicans have as an intense hatred of the
Southern whites now as they did twenty years
ago, aud our only defense against the natural
effects of it is absolute unity. Let us haste
to restore it and maintain it, despite ihe
bowlings of an implacable enemy. It will pre
serve us from innumerable ills that will cer
tainly befall us if dissension continues. It is
far more important to maintain absolute con
trol of our own State affairs than to bave a
Democratic President. Further dissension will
jeopardize Democratic supremacy sooner or
later, and when the present contest ends on
the 6tn of October (it is to be hoped that it will
end on that date) it will be the part of wisdom
for every Democrat to shake off th6 feelings
and prejudices engendered by the present con
test—the most disgraceful that has ever oc
curred in the nnnals of a civilized community
- and renew their oaths of fidelity to the prin
ciples that brought us out of the mire ten
years ago. Iu unity there is strength, and only
Democratic unity can insure peace and pros
perity to the South. We must not lose sight
if the fact that the radical Republicans are
stiil waging a fierce war against the rights and
privileges and prosperity of the Southern
whites. Unfortunately this is true, and a Re
publican Congress and President would be
ever ready to prove It so Internal dissen
sion, like that in Georgia, Virginia and Ten
neesee, if conti- ued and extended to all
the Southern States, would u:timately lose
us a number o f Representatives, and in all
probability restore the Republicans to the con
trol of some of the States. This may not be
the immediate effect, but it is possible that it
would prove so ultimately. The radical Re
publicans contemplate these di-sensions with
the highest gratification, and are already pre-
d cting results in the South highly to tbeir in
terest. Shall we not disappoint their hopes?
In view of the importance of eo dolag and of
the facts stated, your correspondent would
offer the following:
lie it resolved. That on the 7th of October,
after a night's sleep, the Norwood.tes and the
C« lquittites toe the grand cir. le of Democratic
brotherh od. and wi h a hearty “hands ail
'round” (renouncing all recollection of the bit
ter past) subscribe in toto to an abiding confi
dence in the principle—upon which Democratic
government rests— that the majority must i~ule:
that the two-thirds rule too oiten disappoints
the will of the people, and should be done
away with entirely: and that the authority of
tiie primaries be recognized and deferred to in
every instance, believing that on Democratic
unity rests the pea*e and prosperity of the
Empire State of the South. State Rights
TIic Blackshear Norwood Affidavit.
Blacksheao, Ga., September 27.—Editor
Mornira Ae»cs: In your issue of the 27th, over
the signatures of several gentlemen of our
coun'y, appears an article denying the exist
ence of a Norwood club. They leave the matter
still in the da-k by thin shading, for it is proba
ble that a document such as was published by
the Blackshear Netcs and Atlanta Constitution
was in existence in our county, and the colored
voters solicited to sign it. Whether there ever
was a club c rganized, we have not taken the
trouble to find out. The colored men were
too wary to be cacght by such a snare, as
they are the ones that exposed the
instrument that really seems to foreshadow the
privilege claimed by the gentlemen referred
to, to vote as, in their Judgment, seemed meet
and proper. Had the gentlemen have said as
■h as anvbody believes of them, who knows
them, that they hod nothing to ao with.nor aid
they recognize, such high-handed measures to
smother indiviiual expression by the ballot
box. they might have expressed the matter
more Iairly, for the wri.er can refer them to a
man. though a colored one, worthy of con
fidence. who says he was handed one of the ob
ligations and urged to sign it, as his influence
would get others to do the same; that he
knew or others simi ary urged to do the same
thing.
We indorse the sentiment expressed by the
gentlemen referred to that the goed
citizens of Pierce county, both white and col
ore 1 are too conservative and just to tbeir
manhood to allow any sue a high-handed meas
ures to go unrebuked and exposed—though it
might rebound upon those who would take ad
vantage of the colored man’s confidence and
attempt to control his vote thereby; Defend
yourselves gentlemen, but do not deny the
attempt of parties to cajole the colored voters
to sign the referred to document
H. J Smith.
Suicide of a Kentucky Belle.—
Miss Sallie White, aged 19 years, daugh
ter of August L. White, a prominent
citizen of K'chmond, Ky., was found
dead in bed Wednesday morning, with
her throat cut from ear to car. A knife
was found in her hand. It is believed
the girl committed suicide while in a
temporary fit of insanity. Miss While
was generally conceded to be the belle
of the blue grass region of Kentucky.
The New Archbishop or Chicago.
Nashvillb, September 28.—To-day Bish
op Feehan received official notice of his ap
pointment as Archbishop of Chicago.
A good report from New Orleans. G. A.
Pickett says : “My habit has been costive
all my life. Have used a great many reme
dies, but never found any that coaid com
pare with Tutt’s Pills. I believe they will
cure any case of chronic constipation.
Knowing them to be compounded on scien
tific principles, I commend them to all who
are troubled with this dreadful affl.ction.”
The New York Democratic Conven
tion-Complete Harmony and
Union—The Electoral Vote Pledged
to Hancock and English—Patriotic
Speeches—The South Vindicated—
The Reference to Oeorgia—Addi
tion to the State Executive Com
mittee-Nomination of Judgea ot
Appeal Court.
By Telegraph to the Morning Netcs.
Saratoga,September 28—The Democratic
8tate Convention assembled in the town
hall this afternoon at 1:15 o’clock. It was
called to order by Mr. Faulkner, Chairman
of the 8tate Committee, who, after refer
ring to the union and harmony In the party,
said that the State Committee had selected
R. W. Peckham as President of the conven
tion. The selection was agreed to with
cheers. Mr. Peck ham was escorted to the
chair by John Kelly and Mr. Hill, of Che
mung, and In a brief address congratulated
the party upon its presence here as the re
united Democracy of the State. [Applause.]
He stated that their business here was
—first, to nominate a Chief Justice of
the Court of Appeals, and second, to notify
their brethren In other States that New
York would do its duty in the coming con
test and secure the election of the Demo
cratic ticket for President and Vice Presi
dent. [Applause.] He then proceeded to
consider the question of ihe “6olId 8outh,”
which he said was simply a protest against
Republican misrule. In this connection he
criticised the rt construction acts as the
policy of the Republican party, denouncing
them as unconstitutional and Infa
mous. He especially charged that the
purpose of the reconstruction acts,
weli as their effect, was to overawe
the people of the South in support of car
pe^baggers, and to serve political aims
alone. He denied that the Republican par
ty is entitled to the credit for the national
prosperity, which they offer as a reason
why there should be no change of
administration. This prosperity came not
through the principles and practices of that
party, but Iu spite of them. It was the be
neficence of the nation, the genial sun and
a prolific soil which have brought prosperity
aud not the pariy now iu power.
The Democratic party was now in the
field tc secure free fpeech and a free press
all over the country. [ Applause ] He pre
dieted a popular majority in New York of
30,000 at least in the November election,and
thirty-five votes in the electoral college for
Hancock and English.
The roll was then called, and a list of
Vice Presidents and Secretaries adopted
and the temporary organization made per
manent.
. On motion of Mr. Faulkner, Chairman of
* the Slate Committee, the following Tam
many delegates were unanimously added to
that committee: Augustus Schell, John
Kelly and Edward Kearney, of New York
city, Era6tus Corning, of Albany, and Wm.
Purcell of Rochester.
John Kelly belDg called upon to address
the convention, came to the platform aud
was received with cheers. He said he
thought he could now congratulate the par
ty on the certainty of carryiug the coming
Presidential election. He was originally of
the opinion of the State Committee, that it
was not cecessary to call a State Convention
to nominate a single judicial officer, and
thus subject the delegates to loss of time and
expense, but taking into consideration the
fact that the delegates of the party and their
friends are brought here into entire harmo
ny, all losses and expenses are recompens
ed. [Applause]. He then spoke of the
nomination of Gen. Hancock, and extolled
his services to the country. If he had filled
the position of Gen. Graut., he would have
proved his equal as a sjldier, as he was
statesman as well. He reviewed
Hancock’s services briefly, and claim
ed that he had proved himself equal
to any task Imposed on him. His services
in Louisiana were such as command the
approbation of the entire people. His let
ter to the Governor of Texas was such thal
no better could be written by any statesman
in the country. Such also was the case
with bis letter to General Sherman, and
his recent letter relative to rebel claims
placed him high in theopluion of the people.
A reference to Benj. Hill, of Georgia, was
received with applause. That gentleman,
he said, at a late meeting in New York, hud
declared that before the war he was in favor
of slavery, but now, if be had a thousand
lives he would lav them all down to prevent
its restoration [Applause.] He cited this
and other sentiments of a like nature to
show that the South accepts the results
of the war. Official reports showed
that the education of the poor
negroes of the South was going ou; that iu
Georgia alone there are 70,000 colored chil
dren in schools. [Applause]. The colored
people in that State pay in taxes $2,000,000
on property they own. This showed that
the reports of ill-treatment of that class
are unfounded. There is a large increase \n
the business of that section, proving
to the people there that slavery was
curse and they now understand it. In
South and North Carolina—in fact, in all
the Southern States—all the people need is
the confidence of the North. But the Re
publican party desires to keep up sectional
feeling—to keep alive the passions engen
dered by the war. As the men of the South
have confessed their error and ask forgive
ness, it is our duty to accept their penitence
and generously forgive. [Applause.] Assoon
as the Republican party allowed the S >utb
ern people to take care*of their own affairs,
prosperity returned to that section, and in
this year they will add six hundred millions
of dollars to the wealth of this country.
The negroes now trust their former masters.
If they can do this, is it notour duty also to
give them our confidence ? [Applause.]
Congratulatory speeches upon the harmo
ny now existing in the Democratic party In
New York were then made by Jno. Fox of
New York city, Amasa J. Parker of Albany,
Mr. Beebe of Sullivan, and others.
Mr. Dorsheimer from the Committee on
Resolutions, reported tne following:
Resolved, That the Democrats of New
York hereby pledge the thirty-five electoral
votes of the State to W. 8. Hancock for
President, and to W. H. English for Vice
President of the United States, aud we
hereby express our confidence that the
next Federal administration will be
conducted by constitutional methods:
that the right of local self-government
in the States will be respected; that in
dustry will be relieved from the weight of
unequal taxation; that American commerce
will again be carried forward under the
American flag, and that the Union of these
Spates will once more find Its perfect and
sure defense in the affections of all the
people.
Resolved, That the Democrats ot New
York congratulate their brethren iu other
States upou the good prospect which now
exists of success throughout the whole
country, and we think ourselves justified In
claiming that this result in part is due to
the manner in which we have maintained
and applied Democratic principles and
methods of administration in our own State.
The resolutions were adopted.
The convention then proceeded to nomi
nate a Chief Justice of the Court of Ap
peals. There was some discussion as to
whether a candidate should be obosen from
the present Justices of the Appeals bench,
thus leaving a vacancy there, which would
be tilled by Governor Cornell with a Repub
lican, or whether some outside Democratic
Judge should be nominated with a view to
gaining a Democratic majority in the
court. As Mr. Eccle6ine, who ad
vocated the latter course,
expressed it: “If we are going to have
eight to seven, for God’s sake let ns have
the eight on our side.”
Mr. Peckham, Chairman of the conven
tion, rebuked as shocking Mr. Ec-
clesine’s proposition to pack the
court for partisan purposes, and
said it would be ad i6grace to the party.
After some further discussion the
roll was called for votes, and Charles
W. Rapallo, of New York, one of the pres
ent Justices of the Appeals bench, had the
largest majority on the first ballot. The
nomination was then made unanimous and
the convention adjourned.
LORI) MOUNTMORRIS’ MURDER.
The State of Public Feeling at Dub
lin—A Desponding Picture of the
Situation—The Country Fast Drift'
ing to Anarchy-Arraignment of
the Agitators.
Presbyterian Foreign missions.
Philadelphia, Pa., September 28.—This
morning the Presbyterian ladies held a
meeting in behalf of the Ladies Foreign
Mission Society of the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. R. H. Allen, of Philadelphia, presided
and made an address of welcome to the
ludies who were present from England,
Ireland, Gotland, India, China, Japan,
Canada and almost every country where the
Gospel is preached.
The Reported Plot to Destroy the
Russian Y'acht.
Londou, September 38.—No explosives
have been fouud on board the Czars yacht
Lavidia, at Greenock. There have been no
arrests and no tangible evidence is known
to the public confirmatory of the report of
a Nihilist plot to destroy the vessel with
nitro glycerine.
The biggest thing out is what the drug
gists term Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. Its sale
is enormous, and it has never been known
to fall. Price 25 cents, sep29-lt
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, September 25.—A correspondent
of the Tunes at Dublin says : “The murder
of Lord Mountmorris has excited feelings
of alarm, little short of a panic, among all
respectable classes. Party differences are
for the time discarded, in the presence of a
common and imminent danger. It is said
on all sides, with equal despondency
and bitterness, that there is no longer
any security for life and property, and
that nobody can feel safe who ventures
to assert bis rights or discharge the duties
connected with the possession, occupation
or management of land, If his acts conflict
with the Interests or prejudices of those
with whom he has to deal. The country is
fast drifting into anarchy. The arm of au
thority 6eems paralyzed and the executive
utterly helpless. Although at present
the panic ls felt most keenly by the land
owners, It is shared by the employers
of labor, who see the growth of a refractory
spirit, among the subordinate class. The
scene cf the last murder is in the district
which is the very centre of the land aglta
tion, and the crime is the result of a com
munistic conspiracy of the worst
type. It is idle to pretend that
the murder was not agrarian.
It is In vain that the land agitators now re
pudiate all responsibility for the crime! Let
them unteach, if they can, the lessons of
the last eighteen months, which they have
been impressing upon the ignorant and ex
citable people! Let them restore, if they
can, the moral 6ense they have depraved and
conscience they have deadened ! Let them
endeavor to revive the principles of hou
esty and the instinct of humanity, which
they have helped to stifle by an
peals to the base passions of cupidity
aud revenge! The country will
now hold the agitators accountable
for the atrocities which have been the natu
ral result of the inflammatory language
which they have delivered, and the perni
cious doctrines they have taught in any
place where they could prect a platform
Peaceable and well disposed people are now
alarmed and anxiously look for some action
on the part of the government.”
THE PAN PRESBYTERIANS.
Fourth Day 9 ** Senslon—The VIc«rl*
our Sacrifice of Chriat—Flual Ret
rlbutlou Plea lor Shortening the
Creed—Church Extension.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Philadelphia, September 28.—The
morning session of the Pan-Presbyterian
Council was held in Horticultural Hall.
The order of the day was a paper by Princi
pal John Cairns, of Edinburgh, on the
“Vicarious Sacrifice of Christ.” Papers
were also read by Rev. A. A. Hodge, of
Princeton, on the same subject, and by
U v. T. D. Witherspoon, of Petersburg,
Va , ou the subject of “Final Retribution.’
Dr. Nelson, from New Hebrides, made a
plea for the shortening of the creed
The Committee ou Creeds
ported a resolution providing for
the appointment of a committee to con
elder the desirableness of defiuing a con
census of the reformed confessions and
report to the next Council. The report was
accepted and laid over for consideration at
to morrow’s session.
The afternoon session was held in the
Academy of Music, the Rev. Dr. Hoffmeyer,
of the Cape of Good Hope, presiding. The
papers of the session were all on the sub
ject of church extension.
KINGS MOUNTAIN CENTENNIAL.
A rrangementN Completed for the
Sale of Tickets—Indications of
Successful Celebration.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Charlotte, N. C., September 28.—Ar
rangements for the sale of railroad tickets
to the Kings Mountain Centennial celebra
tion, which takes place October 5th to Stb.
are complete, and tickets will be offered by
all the roads South on October 1st, good
from ten to th : rty days, according
to the distance from KlDgs Mountain,
at cents per mile each way. A
special train will leave Charlotte, N. C
and Greenville, S. C., every inorniDg
for Kings Mountain, returning at night.
The platform at which visitors will get off
is the twentv second from Atlanta, three
hundred and eighty-seven miles from Char
lotte, and five miles from the battle ground.
Ample conveyances from the station to the
battle ground will be provided. Every in
dication now points to a large and success
ful celebration.
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Active aud
Strong—An
market.
Advancing
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
New York, September 28.—The stock
market was active and 6trong throughout
the greater portion of the day. At the
opening of the general list it was a fraction
lower, but under brisk purchases
the market took an upward turn, and
advance of % to 2?a was recorded,
which was soon followed by a reaction of X
to \}i, Ohio aud Mississippi leading in both
cases. During the afternoon speculation
again became strong, and with the excep
tion of an occasional reaction prices con
tinued to advance to the close. The ad
vance from the late decline ranged from X
to 1% per cent. The transactions aggre-
gataU 240,000 shares.
CRIME IN KENTUCKY.
Fatal Termination of an Old Feud
One Cou»ln Kill** Another at a Bar
becue.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Eddyville, Ky., September 28.—On Sat
urday last, O. S. Daniel was shot and killed
by John Bell. A feud had existed between
them, and last year Daniel was severely
injured by Bell. Bell was told
ou Saturday that Daniel was seeking bis
life. Bell thereupon secreted himself near
the door of his store, and when Daniel
emerged from the alley on the opposite
street, Bell fired with a shotgun, inflicting
a wound from which Daniel died last night.
Coneyville, Ky., September 28.—Jullen
Phelps and Larne House, cousins, quar
reled about a law suit at Lumbrisvllle,
Butler county, on Saturday at a barbecue,
when House drew a revolver, 6hootiDg
Phelps, killing him instantly.
Tl>e Louisville Jockey Club.
Louisville, Ky., September 28.—This
was the second regular day of the fall
meeting of the Jockey Club. In ihe first
race, a dash of three fourths of a mile, for
two year old colts, Bootjack was ti at, S&rs-
field, the favorite, second, and Lelex third.
Time, 1 20^-
The second race was a dash of a mile and
a half, handicap, for ail ages, and was won
by Bowling Green, with HilJyar, the favor
ite, second, and Bonnie Scotland gelding
third. Time 2:42X*
In the third race, a dash of one mile, Re
nown, the favorite, was first, Jim Malone
second, and Wooster third. Time 1:47#.
In the fourth race, a dash of one and a
uarter miles, a selling race for all ages,
latagorda, the favorite, was first, Bonnie
Scotland gelding second, and Ventriloquist
third. Time 2:18.
The Spinner* Contemplated Strike at
Fall River ZVIUls.
Fall River, Mass., September 28.—The
spinners held a very fully attended meeting
to-night, the ball being crowded, and quite
a number were outside waiting the result
of the meeting. A resolution of the spinners
committee, recommending that they strike
at all mills instead of a selected ten, was
adopted, but the question whether they
would strike or not was left undecided until
an adjourned meeting on next Saturday,
when the vote on this question will be taken
by ballot. From the Indications at to-night’s
meeting they will probably strike.
The American Academy of medicine.
Providence, R. J., September 28 —The
American Academy of Medicine, composed
of M. I).’s who have already received the
degree of A. M., commenced its annual
meeting in Manning Hall, Brown University,
this afternoon, President, Dr. Frederick
D. Lente, of New York city, in the chair,
Twenty-four new Fellows were elected. A
committee was appointed to nominate offi
cers and to report to-morrow.
The meeting adjourned till evening to
listen to an address by Dr. Lente.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
THE CRISIS EVIDENTLY
PROACHING.
AP-
The Insulting Defiance of the Porte—
Reply of the Ambassadors to the
Porte’s Circular—The Naval
Demonstration Deferred—Torpe
do* Opposite Dulcigno—Riza
Pasha’s Recall Demanded Im
mediately—The French Press Upon
France’s Participation In the
Demonstration.
By 7 elegraph to the Morning Netcs.
London, September 28.—The correspond
ent of the Netcs at Ragusa says: “The
question ls ventilated whether the landing of
troops from the fleet would assist the Mon
tenegrins in the occupation of Dulcigno.
“It is rumored that the Albanians at Scu
tari have prevented the foreign Consuls
from leaving that town. The French com
mander has declined to take an active par
ticipation in hostilities.”
A dispatch from Constantinople says:
“The Ambassadors’ reply to the Porte’s cir
cular on the Montenegrin question basbeeu
delivered to the Porte. The reply declines
to grant more time or abandon the demon
stration.” The Tunes' correspondent at Gra-
vosa says a battalion of Turkish regulars
has been observed in Dulcigno itself.
A dispatch from Vienna to the Times
says: “News that action by the combined
fleet has been deferred, seems to show that
the thread of negotiations is not yet bro
ken.”
A Paris dispatch to the Time* says
“Newspapers of various shades of opinion
condemn the participation of France in the
naval demonstration in Turkish waters.”
The Ragusa correspondent of the Man
Chester Guardian telegraphs that the Prince
of Montenegro, in letters to Admiral Sey
mour, professes a continued willingness to
advance on Dulcigno If be can first obtain
an^European guarantee of ulterior assist
ance on land against the Turkish forces.
A Ragusa dispatch to the Reuter Tele
gram Company says: “It is stated here that
the English and Russian governments would
be disposed to accede to the Montenegrin
request for support on land, but the concur
rence of the other governments is considered
doubtful. Iu view of these difficulties it is
thought improbable that the naval demons
tration will take place and the departure of
the squadrons is shortly expected.”
The St. James Gazette this evening pub
lishes the following dispatch from Berlin
“The powers have peremptorily demanded
of the Sultan the immediate recall of R'za
Pasha and the surrender of Dulcigno.
A Ragusa correspondent of the Manches
ter Guardian says: “Great indignation is
expressed at the ingultiDg defiance of the
Porte, and It is believed that the Turkish
frigate off Dulcigno is employing the time
gained by negotiations in layiDg torpe
does.”
A Montenegrin envoy brought a copv of
a written formal statement from Riza
Pasha, the Turkish commander, declaring
that he would use force in the event of
violation of Turkish territory.
The British Consul, on leaving Scutari,
received a most importaut communication
from the Albanian chiefs, declaring that
the instant the Porte ceased to act with
Them, they would submit to the will of
Europe.
R'za Pasha’s notes to the Admiral are
flippant and insulting.
The correspondent of the Tunes at
Gravosa states that the Turkish frigate at
Dulcigno got up steam when the Helicon
approached on a reconnoiesance,from which
it is infeired that the frigate has orders to
withdraw on the approach of the combined
fleets.
Scutari advices 6tate that the Turks are
prepared to take the offensive in the direc
tion of Podgorbza.
Paris, September 28.—The Repiibliqne
Francaise reports the fresh delay in the
naval demonstration, but say6: “At its ex
piration the powers must make energetic
action.” The same journal says “that it
would be dangerous for any of the powers
to act separately,and declares that Turkey’*
duplicity will strengthen European con
cert.”
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
General H. R. Jackson’s Eloquent
Speech In Favor of Colquitt—The
Protection of Private Character—
Slander es a Political Weapon—The
People Coming to Colqaltt Steadily
Special Telegram to the Morning Netcs.
Atlanta, September 28.—General Henry
R. Jackson, of Savannah, the law partner
of General Lawton, made to-day perhaps
the most brilliant and thrilling speech of
the canvass in favor of Governor Colquitt,
to a large meeting at Marietta.
Governor Colquitt also made a magnificent
speech.
General Jackson’s speech was a lofty and
convincing effort. He said that he had been
forced from his silence and disinclination to
politics, by an uncontrollable sentiment
of duty. This contest had reached
the point where it involved issues higher
than mere political questions. The fearful
campaign of calumny had gone to the point
where the very 6aftty of society lay In the
protection of private character, and the re
buke by au indignant people of slander as a
political weapon. This spontaneous out
giving of such a gentleman as Gen. Jackson
has a jstrikiDg significance. The people are
coming to Colquitt steadily.
ITIinor Political Notes.
San Francisco, September 28.—The De
mocratic Convention of the First district,
San Erancieco, last night nominated Gen.
W. 8. Rosecranz for Congress.
Richmond, Va., September 28.—'The Re
publican Committee of the Third Congres
sional district to-day nominated H. L.
Pelouse, of this city, as a candidate for
Congress, vice C. P. Ramsdell, declined.
Wasuington, September 28.—The follow
ing Congressional nominations have been
made in various parts of the country to day:
Ikmocratic.—First district of Pennsylvania,
George A. Snowden ; Second district of
Pennsylvania, Daniel Dougherty ; Third
district of Pennsylvania, Samuel J. Randall
Fourth district of Pennsylvania, George
Bull; Fifth district of Pennsylvania, John
K. Folwell; Eleventh district of Pennsyl
vania, Robert Klotz; Jersey City district,
New Jersey, A. A. Harden berg. Republi
can.—Eleventh district ot Massachusetts,
Albert C. Woodworth; Eighth district of
Massachusetts, John M. Candler; Third
district of New Jersey, Judge Chillian Rob
bins ; First district of Michigan, Henry W.
Lord.
Wcatber Indication*.
Office Chief 8ignal Observer, Wash
ington, September 28.—Indications for
Wednesday :
In the Middle States, clear or partly cloudy
weather, northwest to southwest winds,
slowly rising barometer, and slight changes
in temperature.
In the South Atlantic States, northerly
to westerly winds, rising barometer, sta
tionary or slight fall in temperature, and
partly cloudy weather.
In the Gult 8tates, partly cloudy or clear
weather, slight rise in temperature, north to
west winds and rising barometer in the east
ern portion, and wffids shifting to souther
ly and westerly, with falling barometer in
the western portion.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, clear
or fair weather, northwest to southwest
winds, rising barometer, and stationary or
alight rise in temperature.
The .Tlerrltt ITIurder Trial—Failure
of the Jury to Agree.
Petersburg, Va., September 28.—After
being kept together for the past thirty-six
hours the jury in the case of John Merritt,
now on trial in Halifax county, N. C. t for
the murder of E. M. Ilicks, failed to agree
up to 9 o’clock to-night, and are still in
charge of the Sheriff. The jury are now so
divided that It is not thought that there is
any possibility of their agreeing. The case
excites great interest.
A Libel Case—Strike of Dray Driver*
Galveston,September 28 —County Judge
W. II. Williams yesterday filed suit against
Wheeler and Rhodes, attorneys, and the
Galveston News, for $20,0Q0 damages, for
the publication jn the News ot two articles
by Wheeler and Rhodes, charging Williams
with official misconduct.
About one hundred drivers of drays and
floats struck for advanced wages yesterday.
The contractors refuse to accede to their
demand.
Tfie Naval Ctflet Engineer*.
Annapolis, Septem'.er 28.—The order of
merit In which the candidates from the
Southern States for cadet engineers at the
Naval Academy is announced as follows :
C. M. Fahs, of Alabama, lQth; W. L. Copps,
of Virginia, 19ih; II. W. Jones, of Virginia,
Q2d; M. Dorgan, of South Carolina, 21th.
The class generally, both in physical and
mental capacity, exceed* any which ever
before entered.
English ReloforcemenUon the Way
to Basutoland.
London, September 38.-*-A dispatch from
Capetown to the Tunes says: “Reinforce
ments, numbering three thousand men, are
on their way to Basutoland. One of Chief
LeUa’s sons was killed in the recent action,
besides a hundred Basutos.
A Convocation of the English Par*
llanient Urged.
London, September 88.—The Press Asso
ciation is informed that in view of affairs in
Ireland and the East, influential supporters
of the government are urging a convocation
of Parliament in November.
Necrology,
Mauch Chunk, Pa., September 28.—
General Charles Albright, a leading lawyer
of this place, died here of paralysis this
morning. He represented this district lq
the Forty-third Congress.
The United American Mechanic*.
New York, September 28.—The National
Council Order of United American
Mechanics is in session at Old Fellows Hall
to-day.
Quality and efficacy considered, Dr. Bull’s
Cough Syrup ls without exception the best
cough preparation in the market. Price 25
cents a bottle. eep29-lt
Sectionalism.
New York Journal of Commerce.
Senator Conkling is nothing, if not
sectional. His Academy of Music speech
is saturated with sectionalism. From
beginning to end it is an effort to embit
ter the North against the South by
burning appeals to old sectional jeal
ousies and hates. Why does the Senator
hate the South? The civil war ended
fifteen years ago. The Senator is not a
weak sentimentalist. He does not
cherish an unmanly, implacable hatred
of a vanquished foe. He does not hate
the South on account of slavery. For
slavery is as dead as the lest cause. He
has but one reason for hating the South,
and this he does not state, for it would
be the instant antidote of all that is bane
ful in his speech. He hates the South
because her people, by a very considera
ble majority, are opposed to Mr. Conk-
ling’s party. Mr. Conkling chooses to
regard this opposition as personal to him
self, as in some sense it is. He is the
bright and shining light of Republican
ism. He is the exponent and oracle of
Republican methods and aims. He is a
standing Republican candidate for the
Presidency. To day he is, by all odds,
the leading Republican of the country.
The South is politically hostile to him.
Therefore he hates the South with all the
intensity of -his nature.
How different it would all be if the
South were Republican to the extent of
its present Democratic majority. Then
Mr. Conkling would love the South.
Then he would not taunt her with a de
cline in population, with poverty and
with ignorance. Then he would not
fling in her face her misfortunes such as
they are. Then be would make “the
solid South” a term of praise. Then he
would point to her Republican unanimi
ty as a model for the doubtful North,
Then he could not commend too warmly
the political enthusiasm of all South
erners. Words would fail even him
in flattering the devotion of the South
to politics—if its variety were only
Republican. We can imagine the elo
quent Senator contrasting the profound
interest taken by the South in politics—
the profoundest of all by her ablest men
—with the languor and indifference of
the North, where our most capable citi
zens too often shun politics as a pesti
lence. But, alas, circumstances alter
cases. The South is overwhelmingly
Democratic. Therefore Mr. Conkling
hates her, and tries to make everybody
else hate her too. Cold-blooded policy
harmonizes with his personal feelings.
In pouring out his vials of hatred upon
the South he runs no risk of losing elec
toral votes down there. The Re
publicans expect no votes from
the South. They are making no
contest in that field. Their only battle
ground is the North. And they hope to
win here by arraying a majority of
Northern people against what they call
a solid South. Their weapons are those
brandished by Mr. Conkling in his great
speech—misrepresentations, taunts, sar
casms. This is sectionalism, as cruel
and unjust in its way as any that pre
ceded the late war on either side. And
it is full of dangers, as sectionalism ever
is. Southern slavery has ceased to exist.
But, if Northern sectionalism is to take
its place as a disturbing element, the
peace of the country is again threatened.
We repeat that Senator Conkling is
nothing if not sectional. He is no more
national than he is a statesman. He is a
brilliant politician with narrow,sectional
views. If he were a Southerner he
would make to Southern audiences red-
hot speeches, full of hatred of the North.
He would juggle with facts qnd figures,
and be as voluble in depreciation and
sneers at the expense of the North as he
now is with the South as the target of
his eloquence. Mr. Conkling now pre
tends to fear that the South may
obtain entire control of the govern
ment. But if he were a Southerner,
he could lay tremendous stress on
the fact that the North has had com
plete possession of the government
for nearly twenty years. He could and
would demand that this sectional mo
nopoly be overthrown. He would appeal
in glowing sentences to the pride and
self-interest of tbe South, and summon
her to resist the continued domination
of another section. As a Southerner the
Senator, with his peculiar qualifications,
would shine more lustrously than as a
Northerner. The fiery natu»c of the
Southrons would respond to his invec
tives more readily than that of the cooler
Northmen. He is the right man in the
wrong place.
Suppose an accident of Ifirth bad
made Mr. Conkling a Westerner. He
would then have hated the East as thor
oughly as he now hates the South. He
would have been the very man to plead
that Western movement, which is fast
gaining strength against Eastern inter
ests and pretensions. The whole strain
of his argument on night would
apply almost qs well to the New Eng
land States as to the Snuth. New Eng
land makes as little progress in
population as the South. Com
jared with the mighty West aUe
weak in numbers of men. The
West and not the $ast is the great centre
G* material wealth. And yet the New
England States will not relinquish their
desire and purpose to control, as far aa
they can, the policies and destinies of the
nation. In this resolve New England
acts up to a noble ambition. Though
she may be overshadowed by the rising
>ower of the West, she U still the pro-
ific mother of political ideas, and she
hqs sons with brains and energy
enough to impress themselves upon
the national character. So has the
South. Why should one section be de
nounced for ambitiously striving to make
her influence felt, while another section
is praised to the skies (by Eastern men
like Senator Conkling) for doing the same
thing? Truly, circumstances do alter
cases. New England, which will read and
doubtless admire the Senator’s speech,
may congratulate herself that he i« not a
Southern or a Western man, using ail his
powers to infiame the passions of ether
sections against herself.
There is but one means left of putting
down sectionalism wherever it lifts its
head. That means can only be supplied
by a Union party. There is but one
Union party in thil country to-day. That
is tfie Democratic party. It is the only
party which is alive and strong in ail
sections of the land- ft has its faults,
but the greatest fault of all—sectionalism
—cannot be imputed to it. Its
strength is more in the North than
in the South. It hqs nearly twice
as many voters here as there. In these
populous Northern States it divides the
votes so evenly with the Republicans
that a few thousands, in many States
even a few hundreds, turn the scale at
every election. This is the party which,
literally and truly, knows no North, no
South, no East and no Weat, and con
sents to no sectional injustice it has the
power to prevent!
JERE BLACK0.\ GARFIELD,
“THE ISSUES ALL WITH US AND
THE ACCIDENTS NOT
AGAINST US."
How Garfield Think* Treachery Co
HI* Country Fidelity to HI* Fac
tion.
New York World.
The following letter from the Hon. J. S.
Black, of Pennsylvania, sent in reply to an
invitation to attend the great Democratic
mass meeting of Thursday evening, 33d Inst.,
bat not received in time to be read that
evening, will command the attention of
thinking men of all shades of political
opinion:
Brockie, York, Pa., Sept. 22, 1880.
Gentlemen—I cannot attend the meet
ing of the Democratic-Republicans at the
city of New York on the 23d inst. But I
can assure you of my concurrence in its
object, and if time and space permitted I
could give you a reason for the Iaith that Is
within me.
I trust we are approaching the end of our
long struggle against the oppression and
fraud of the anti-constitutional party.
They have sought the destruction of our
government by every possible means in
their reach. By our government I mean the
whole system of the fundamental law under
whfch we live, including the granted powers
of the Federal Union, the reserved rights of
the States and the personal liberty of the
citizen. These three are all vital points of
our political organization, and the life of
the nation depends as much upon one as
another. If you want to kill a man it
makes no difference whether you knock out
his brain. 3 , stab him through the beait or
tear open his bowels—either way he is done
for. Certainly an American who forcibly
tramples on civil liberty or by violence ex
tinguishes the rights of the States, is not
lees a traitor to his country thau one who
resists the just authority of the Federal
Government.
I need not remind you with what manifold
treachery our opponents got possession of
the power which they have so frightfully
abused. At the beginning of the war they
solemnly pledged themselves to use the
forces put into their hands for the sole pur
pose of defending the Federal Government
and maintaining the supremacy of the Con
stitution and laws, with all the rights of the
States and the people unimpaired, and they
promised that when this was accomplished
the war should Instantly cease. In consid
eration of this special pledg , sapt ridded to
their oaths, the men and the money were
put into their hands which completely sub
dued the armed opposition of tbe South to
the Union. But wuen the conflict was over
they announced that the victory, instead of
defending the governmt n‘, hed revolution
ized and overthrown it; that the whole doc
trine of State righ’s was exploded, and per
sonal liberty was consequently a thing of
the past; that the military was above the
civil authority, and through that instru
mentality they (the central oligarchy; might
kidnap, imprison and kill citizens for po
litical offenses without judge or jury. The
right of suffrage had ceased to exist ex
cept when it was exercised by their permis
sion and in a way which suited their pur
poses. Destroying all the election laws of
half the States in the Union, they filled the
State offices with notorious thieves and
crowded Congress with redemptionless
rogues who did not pretend to any title
except wiiat they got by force and fraud,
and in all the States they claimed the right
to be represented at State elections by the
bayonets of their standing army. Would
you have me enumerate the corruptions
generated by this Infamous system ? Count
the stars if you can; try to number the
sands on the seashore.
Their idea of a strong government was
fully developed. Six years after the war
fraud and force had made it so much
stronger than liberty, justice and law, that
the Constitution had but seven friends in
the Senate and les6 than a third of the mem
bers in the Lower House. But the principles
of free and honest government were Dot
destined to be crushed out forever. The
moral influence of the Democracy was itself a
power which abashed the anti-constitutional
leaders and benumbed their faculty of evil
doing. Thousands of true men, who in
moments of error or alarm, had wandered
from the track of their principles, “hastened
to retrace their steps and to regain the road
which alone leads to peace, honor and
safety.” Truth and justice gradually re
gained their natural ascendancy in tbe
popular heart. First, the Federal
House of Representatives was redeemed;
then the 8enate, and in iS7(J an over
whelming majority of the people attested
their devotion to free principles by voting
for a Democratic President. This looked
like a successful vindication of free govern
ment, but it was not. Tho anti-constitu
tional party has au advantage which more
than counterbalances the strength of the
people. It can cheat at elections, it can
falsify the count, it can forge returns.
“There’s the respect that makes calamity of
so long a life.”
We are about to repeat the experiment.
We may be swindled again, but there is not
any doubt that our honest majority is great
er than it was before. The Issues are all
with us and the accidents are not against us.
Our candidate is not only unexceptionable,
but admirable, and has the unbounded con
fidence of tbe whole country ffi hi* talents,
integrity and patriotism.
The impqlecs of personal friendship and
the duties of fair political opposition alike
require me to speak of General Garfield. In
tellectually, he Is first among the politicians
of his party—not the sharpest or strongest,
but the most gifted and best cultivated.
His private life is stainless, and in every
thing unconnected with politics his behav
ior is regulated by principles of the sound
est morality. Rut in public affairs he does
not act UDon his oonvictkms; when he passes
Into the domain of polities his conscience
loses its grip, and for his party he is willing
to do aDy wrong which will promote
their interests, or play any card how false
soever which will win them power. This
surrender of his moral and mental integrity
ls the condition upon whivfc he Holds his
high place in the affections of the party he
belongs to. Treachery to his oountry is
fidelity to his faction, jf at any time in the
last fifteen years he had given way to his
own 6eqse of right, supported the Constitu
tion and laws In a spirit of pure justice, re
fused to defile himself with election frauds,
withheld his countenance from executive
corruption or denounced the forcible in
stallment of thieyes in mate offices, he
woql<] have converted himself into a Demo
crat and been expelled from the commun
ion of the »nti Constitutional party.
This moral prostitution to bad political
purposes is far from being uncommon. Men
naturally good have yielded to (t In all
times aud in all countries vrfierc there Is a
party unprincipled enough to demand it and
strong enough ta reward it. But General
was still the inheritance of the
American people, for these were proposi
tions which he himself had asserted and
knew to be true.
It might be expected that tbe course of
a ma* so influenced would frequently de
flect from the straight path, and one great
aberration we cannot but remember.
Mr. Tilden was elected in 1878. A false
return was the only resource against him.
I do tot believe that General Garfield, if let
alone, would commit an election fraud any
more than he would steal a horse or a sheep.
But when the managers of his party de
manded his aid in a great swindle he coaid
not reluse. Under that coercion he went
down to Louisiana, and there found it abso
lutely certain that tbe Tilden electors had
been “duly appointed” at a legal and full
poll, so peaceably conducted that there was
not men a squabble about it in the whole
State. And the appointment so made was
attested by and recorded upon the certlfl-
cat-s and the oaths of election officers ad
verse to the apponAcc-s in all their feelings
and wishes. There was nc “arthly excuse
for denying this; no contradiction of it could
be honest. To count the State for Hayes
was a thing that could be done on>y by im-
F udent and unmitigated fraud. For a tics
hoped that General Garfield’s share in that
great crime bad consisted in passive acqui
escence, and I am surprised by the proofs
recently brought forward of his active as
sistance in its perpetration. His judgment
as a member of the electoral commission
was a thing to be expected, for he must
long before that have convinced himself
that a fraud was as good a way as any
other of electing a President. In a politi
cal game he did not think that anybody had
moral sense enough to abstain from throw
ing fl die which be himself had loaded to
win the sUke.
This liability to be rushed iuto evil
courses by his party associates has brought
upon him much odium which he does not
deserve in the transactions of the Credit
MoUlier. The stock distributed by Oakes
Ames was intended to influence the legis
lation of Congress corruptly. He and the
company who pat it into his hands meant
bueiuess, and that business was bribery.
Undoubtedly those members who took it
knowing tbe nature of the thing were
great criminals acd wholly unworthy to re
tain their scats. But General Garfield,
though he certainly agreed to take the stock
and did actually take dividends upon it,
had no suspicion of its connection with the
Union Pac ; flc Railroad or of the conflict
which its possession might create between
bis private interests and his public duty.
He was as guiltless as the child unborn of
any dishonest meaning about the whole
business. I believe this not merely because
he told me 60, but because it is probable In
itself and corroborated by many circum
stances. If he had stuck to it he would
have been credited by all men as implicitly
as he was by me. Fearing that his political
friends might influence him to depart
from it I wrote beseeching him to stand
fast upon the defense be had made to me.
That he did not take this advice is the bit
terest regret of his life. But “the party”
would not let him take it. The accusation
struck at the highest heads in the House
and the Senate. They had but one answer,
and that was a positive denial of the fact
that any fetcck had ever been taken by them;
and on that line they expected Mr. Ames to
swear them through. Gen. Garfield, for the
benefit of others and to his own great in
jury, united in making this false defense.
Their witness failed them, acd they were all
convicted. After the report of the commit
tee I w rote to Mr. Blaine the letter which has
been extensively published, and which was
an effort to put General Garfield back upou
the true ground which he never ought to
have abandoned. But it was too late.
I regret sincerely that Gen. Garfield is a
c indidaH y nr that he should be placed in acy
l ositlon which call* for criticlcm on his con
duct as a public man. But I have said
nothing lhat will be new to him, for in many
forms, at many times, in sundry way6, pub
licly and privately, I have given this same
construction of his acts and exhorted him
to come out from the evil and corrupt fel
lowship which drags him down while it pre
tends to elevate him.
I hope that on all the issues the friends of
liberty and justice and law and honest gov
ernment will make themselves beard by the
nation so clearly that at the next election
the popular condemnation ot the anti-con
stitutional faction will be overwhelming.
In the mean time let us watch as well as
pray that the country be not swindled again.
Faithfully and hopefully yours,
J. 8. Black.
The Hon. Augustus Schell, Chairman, and
member e of ' committee.
CAMPAIGN NOTES.
From Our State Exchange*.
Qarfield'-s public career furnishes more stri
king example* of it than the history of any
individual I have known. Let me give you
a case: After the war—at a time of perfect
peace—In the State of Indiana where no
war had ever been, certain military officers,
being instructed from Washington that they
were ah.o^ tne civil authorities, had kid
napped and were about to kill three citizens
for no offense defined by any law and with
out the pretense of a trial by go art or jury.
If thi* could be done there was manifestly
no security left for life or property. Plain
ly it couid not he done without a flat viola
tion of the Constitution, which in express
terms forbade it. But the men who then
ruled us with a rod of iron insisted upon it
and ?ye could not be certain that
ihe Judgea, State and National,
might not be subdued by their in
fluence. The hearing of the cause before
the Supreme Court was a great crisis in the
constitutional history of our country.
There was a place in the argument which
Which nobody could fill so well aa General
Garfield, and i besought him to help us In
thi6 desperate extremity to rescue American
liberty from the utter destruction with
which it was threatened. He responded
wl?h noble alacrity, and made a great argu
ment in which he proved not only the con
tinued existenoe, bqt the inestimable value
oi the Gonstitqtion. He demonstrated that
the i\ght of trial by jury at all times and all
S lacea was indestructible, and that any of-
cer, civil or military, would violate his C£th
if he attempted to put the military above
the civil authority. He affirmed the whole
Democratic doctrine on the subject and
showed it to be incontestibly right. His
sincerity was undoubted, for, like tbe rest
of us, he engaged in the cause as a labor of
love, without fee or any reward except the
thanks of true men.
Such (rare his true convictions. But when
he came to deal with the same subject in his
political capacity he surrendered evervthing
to his party. He voted for a military des-
potiem and * regular system of Kidnapping
and murder in all the States of the South,
in the same act were other provisions which
he certainly understood to be in direct con
flict with every article and every section of
the Conititution. In all this he did not
transgress, like others. In ignorauce or in
passion; he sinned against light and knowl
edge and on a cold calculation of partisan
poliev. It is an lo finite pity that suen a man
flheuid be not only false to his country but
fabe to himself.
What makes all this very much worse is
his denunciation of General Hancock for
saying that the military was constltution-
fl’ly subordinate to the civil power, and that
Macon Telegraph: “We are informed
that Friday night live men from Savan
nah passed down into Southwest Georgia,
armed with quantities of tickets to be
distributed among the negroes just be
fore the approaching election. The tick
et had upon its head, in large lettere,
“Alfred II. Colquitt,” but underneath,
in small type, the words. “For Gov
ernor, Hon. Thomas M. Norwood.”
Then followed tbe State ticket in large
type again. A word to the wise is suffi
cient."
Rome Bulletin: “Georgia lias So far
developed one honest man, who after
making a moat grave charge against Gov.
Colquitt has had the manhood to come
out and say the charge was without
foundation. If all Colquitt’s opponents
would be a* honest the Governor’s name
and fame would shine fair and bright.”
Eatonton Messenger^ “We suggest
that the Norwoodites m Putnam countv
hold their meetings, hereafter, under an
umbrella. It will shelter them all., and
there will he room to spare. ”
Dade County Qazette: “A postal from
Alabama to the FYee Press says: ‘Hurrah
for Norwuod!’—Carterxeille Free Press.
Y'es, sir! Norwood is running ahead of
the ticket in Alabama. He has even
won the support of that able (?) paper,
the Fort Payne Journal, whose editorials
are widely (?) copied. Y'es, Norwood is
running well in Alabama, but as it takes
Georgia votes to elect, he will certainly
be ‘left.’"
“Wilkinson,” in the Columbus Times:
“I will not believe that the people of
Georgia are such a generation of inno
cents as to have honored and elevated
Alfred II. Colquitt to her chief official
seats for the quarter of a century,
he, the meantime, being such an ‘imbe
cile and 'incompetent' man, as the Nor
wood oracles represent him to be. How
camo it that be was sent to Congress?
By what miracle did he sustain himself
there as a most respectable representa
tive? How came he to a Gen
eralship in Uie Confederate army?
By what hocus-pocus did he ob
tain the confidence of his superior offi
cera, and the men he commanded, and
the plaudits of the whole country? How
came it to pass that he was elevated to the
chief magistracy by 80,000 majority, and
was so popular until this outburst of
factious opposition?”
Iterru* County Netcs: “A Norwood
citizen of our town was showing the
‘convict catechism' to an old darkey one
day last week, when the o. d. replied to
him: ‘La, Mass - ——, I don’t care any
thing about dat; I never 'spects to go
dar^dus you?’ ”
Calhoun Time*: “The Norwood boom
has lost much of its strength. When a
boom consists mainly of enthusiasm it
very soon leaks out. Enthusiasm is
good in its place, but it needs to be
thickened with a good admixture of
votes. Y’ou never saw men more confi
dent than the Colquitt men are now.”
Madison Madisonian : “If B. C. Y'ancey
knew, four years ago, that Governor
Colquitt had squandered $7,500 belong
ing to the Agricultural Society, why in
the blazes didn’t he tell it before now?”
Toccoa New* . “The enemies of Gov
ernor Colquitt bave preferred many
charges against him of inefficiency and
want of ability. The facts do not sus
tain the charges. By no act of his has
the tax payers of Georgia lost a single
cent, and his worst enemies have not
dared to charge him with corruption.
None of Uie people’s money has ever
stuck to his fingers. The big misfortune
with Governor Colquitt is that he has
not been able to supply all his friends
who desired il with an office. This is
the souroeof the larger part of the op
position to him, however much the fact
may be disguised. ”
Gwinnett JJorald: “From tbe great
crocodile tears Norwood sheds over the
poor convicts who are suffering the pun
ishment provided by law for murderers
and other infamous criminals, one would
suppose he would be in favor of pardon
ing all of them and giving them a pen
sion during life. Red-handed murder
ers, midnight burglars, incendiaries who
put the torch to their neighbors’ houses,
brutes who ravish innocence, ought to be
handled as gently as suckiDg doves.
Bullock tried the same plan, and in a
year or two neither life, person or prop
erty was safe. It is astonishing how far
sensible men will reach for a vote.”
Thomasville Times: “They haven’t
charged Colquitt, during the past week,
with robbing a hen's roost This last
crushing charge is probably reserved for
the last week in the campaign. ”
Night sweats, cough, emaciation and de
cline prevented by Malt Bitters.