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Georgia Affairs.
We have received from Mr. William H. Ross,
President of the Central City Jockey Club in
Ma m, an invitation to attend the meetings of
ti„. ,-iub to be held on the 2tith, 27th, 2Sth and
oyth D f this month. There will be running and
trotting races, and the sport will doubtless be
Since the Gubernatorial election the Rome
Tribune, a strong Norwood paper, has come
to the conclusion that politicians are like the
Arctic and Antarctic Oceans—because they lie
aruund the polls.
;^9” adorns every fence, wall, door and
available space in Athens.
Captain Edwin A. Williams, a highly respect
ed and popular citizon of Home, and late Cash
ier of the First National Bank of that city, died
at his residence there last Sunday night, after
an illness of several days. His loss is greatly
deplored.
Tlie McDuffie Journal reports that on Friday
last Mr. B. A. Willingham saddled his horse to
rid-- across his farm, and was about to mount
when the horse, becoming frightened at an
armful of wood thrown down near him,
whirled around and kicked furiously, striking
Jlr. W. in the forehead, producing unconscious
ness. For a time it was feared he was killed,
but the Journal is glad to Jearn that the skull
was not fractured, and that he will soon re-
General John B. Gordon will speak at
Madison, Fla , on Saturday next. There will
b- a grand political mass raeetiog and barbe
cue at the time. It is expected that three
brass bands will be in attendance and that 1.500
mounted man will parade on the occa? ion. Gen.
Gordon speaks at Imfce City on the 14ib and
Tallahassee onj the 15tli. He will doubtless be
r-- • ived with ovations everywhere in the Land
of Flowers.
A party of huntsmen from Americus killed
. .••r a hundred partridges in four hours near
that city last Monday. Game must be plenti
ful up there.
Cutts’ Battalion is to have a reunion In
Ainericus on the 28th inst. It is proposed to
organize an artillery company on the occasion,
to be composed of the members of that
battalion, and to be known as Cutts’ Artillery.
All members who do not desire to become
active meinl>ers of the company will hAve the
privilege of having their names enrolled as
honorary members.
The Republicans of the Second Congressional
district met in Albany Tuesday, and effected
an organization. The News and Advertiser
says they are evidently in earnest. The Dein-
crats will have to get ready to be up and
at ’em.
The first brick of the main building of the
new Sibley Mills, la Augusta, was laid on Tues
day afternoon last with appropriate ceremo-
It was laid by little Pearl Sibley, the six-
year-old daughter of Mr. 8ibl**y, the President,
with a beautiful silver trowel, with an ebony,
Kold-mountod handle, and when the comple
tion of the task was announced it was cele
brated by thirteen discharges from the rock
blast near by.
At an election in Augusta on Tuesday to de
cide whether or not the Police Commission of
that city should be continued, the people, at
the polls, sustained the Commission,
We see by the Louisville Courier that a peti
tion is going around to put the whisky license
ia Louisville at SI,003, or to stop the sale df it
entirely in that place. This, the Courier thinks
is a move in the right direction. It says there
is no whisky now sold in Jefferson county ex
cept in Louisville, and it would add greatly to
tin* morals of the place if there was none sold
there.
Tin- abiz- tte reports that one day lost week,
about fiftocu miles from Dublin, a negro boy
shot his tfster with a shotgun in one leg,
from the hip to the foot, The shoot
iag was entirely through carelessness
The boy was putting a cap on a gun with a
tricky lock when he shot the girl, who was
standing in the door looking at him. Luckily
the shot were small and no bone was broken.
The Macon Telegraph states that an accident
occurred on the Georgia road between Mil-
ledgeville and Macon Wednesday afternoon,
aud the passenger train due in Macon at 6:30
P Ci. had not arrived at midnight. The point
« We the disaster occurred is some distance
h°iu a telegraph station, and no particulars
Lav,- been received by the railroad authorities.
It was rumored that the train was badiy
smashed, but no lives lost.
The Athens Banner relates the following
Grange story: “A girl, the daughter of very
■/v' tab'e colored people, Robert and Sadie
who had been quite ill, had on Wed-
“•'I'.viast, what she called a vision, which
"i i;-T that she was going to die the next Sun-
at 12 o'clock. So firmly was this idea im-
.wvj.sed on her mind and that o*‘ her parents,
j ,ll! they told the grievous tidii -s to all their
tneiuis. and (here wasagenerel lamentation
Iu their circle. Sunday mornir g a large con-
u:m-«.f the frb tuJs of the family assembled
: 1 wguess h.-r expiring struggles and give her
-> that sympathy and love could give in her
utit/u. She s ink steadily, growing weaker
au K 1 weaker, until the mock struck twelve,
*•'■'•11—she did uot die, but was so rejoiced to
“ndh^rseif alive despite the vision, that *he
-mediately rallied, and now bids fa«rtoget
Bartlesville Gazette: “Last Funday morn-
norning a daughter of the bridge-keeper at
Double Bri ges in Upson county, was out
the potato patch near the house getting
--me potatoes, a colored man—John Brown
“■pm the description o? him, he is the same
J >Hin Brown that has spent much of his time
10 Burnesville since he came out of the chain
hy name, came on her in the patch, seiz-
t 1 Ber_ and committed the blackest ctimo
“own in the catalogue. The j-ouag lady was
thirteen years eld and it is thought she
* : o. ’ live. The negro has been arrested,
-roucht to Thomaston and committed to jail,
f* t - . .mm 1 tine lit trial before the Justice o?
An unusual’}* romantic marriage took place
barnesville last Wednesday, which the
thus graphically describes: “In all the
story of matrimony many interesting and
lI >y r -mantle marriages have been placed
1 reenj-d. Last night Texas and Georgia
Ut *d in consummating a marriage a little
^ldutic. Some two years or more since young
• Lp* Dallas went with hia father’s family
; ni T Pson county to Texas. Near him in the
. II '* St* te was a relative of Miss Lula
j.iruin. of Monroe county. This relative
U P-* correspondence between
Dallas and Mi<sLula. The correspondence
uuced an exchange of pictures. Now
- lajiuM two young people courting each
Ws pictures, a: d you have what might
l. * m to some Young America a prosy business.
.fy 1 Vlv;! imaginations, high appreciation of
^ Photographic art and easy susceptibilities
the young couple through the
’ , ‘“ lent channel of epistolary correspond-
G* ■°, a happy engagement. Arriving in
r ' ri;i *ost Wednesday, Mr. Dallas, when all
sojoying the day of rest, found the young
vn-Lf *^ r **abouts, and. for the first time, en-
nuhi rt ‘ llir y of smiles approximating con-
1 sweetness. Amid the gushing gladness
- iae first meeting, thp time and the place and
ci'|pli un * st ® r tojle the'.holy knot, were all de-
0Q ' an ‘l. as Mrs. Smith would say. the ad-
• 'rrv.c clouds of matrimony approximated
• yesterday evening.under the dlrec-
j *°1 Iiev - L. J. Davies, pastor of the Metlio-
tpisccjmi church of Barnesville This
th^» n ' ? til0 T° un & couple board the train for
in the I«one Star State, amid the
rr Tl t a & 'ulations and parting sobs of loving
lr *ndsand relatives."
dici^.cu Gazette: * It hasnever l een a sadder
sh ,; c “ an to chronicle the facts of a sad, sad
which occurred about two and a half
*r° m town last Thursday afternoon,
three months ago Mr. Benjamin Mad-
!id u- 3 Mar J’ Dalton, a beautiful young
M tl - " r . 1 “is county, were married. Life ever
,,f ‘ “ ,las be?n a rosy dream—a constant ray
“ever ceased to pour in upon
ftecidi. V nUl a wful hour of this sad
old r Aa is so often the case, an
Been lying about the hous^,
i-ooir u nu i®t have picked it up and tried to
iou-n » l!av ing cocked it, tried to pull It
vontv,f^ d i/ al ea to do so. She carried it to her
it Ha » 1 Bus band and said she could not pull
u t ,,_ ?■ an d handed it to him saying, ‘click it
did v *' ,ot linking that it was loaded, he
'f bl] . t oh, horror: when his young bride
w*qLri„ l B rei r abort months fell at liis feet,
ball in Ber own blood. 3 he
wenr i ?• entered the left temple and
in nn», lle Brain, which, we are informed,
ong out. A Physician was called in,
cto-w u° Purpose. She now lies with a wild
nothin™ • dark brown eyes, and has sjioken
tmng since the shooting. It would seem
J. II. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1880.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
mockery to offer the young husband sympa
thy, for his heart must certainly be overbur
dened with grief. He is only nineteen and she
sixteen. The families of both have our sympa
thies.”
Gainesville Southron: “A. D. Anderson, alias
Bill Thompson, the up country alleged mur
derer, who has been confined in our jail for
some time, came very near (wring and chisel
ing himself aud fellow boarders out on last
Sunday morning. It seems that somebody
(whose name is pretty well understood) gave
Anderson an auger and morticing chisel, with
which, in about three and a half days (only ope
rating in the day time while the boys walked
and sang), he worked a hole in the strong wall
of the ceil nearlj- large enough for himself
and companion to crawl through But about
the time he was ready to make his exit Miss
Emma Gaines discovered the lark's intention,
and his plans were frustrated. Sheriff Gaines
had been away on court business most of the
week. Anderson says he is a regular weaz'o,
and can get out of a rat hole from any jail,
and if there is no rat hole he can gnaw one.”
Says the Jesup Sentinel: “The Gubernatorial
election seems to have brought on a general
rain. There w»re indications of rain on the
cay of the election, and many of the friends of
Mr. Norwood were wishing for rain, but it
failed to come in sufficient quantities to keep
the voters from the polls, and thus to elect
their favorite candidate. The rain, however,
began to fall in earnest on the evening of the
7th inst., and continued up to Sunday. On Fri
day it was accompanied with considerable
wind, careening many trees in our city, burst
ing in a glass door of the Jesup House, throw
ing down our Hancock and English flag pole,
utterly destroying the flag, and laying low-
some of the telegraph poles between here and
Doctortown. The Altauiaha is on the rise, the
creeks are full and the raftsmen are In their
glory at the prospect of getting their timber to
market.
Macon Telegraph and Messenger: “Yesterday
we learned from a resident of Jones the par
ticulars of two tragic affairs which occunel
*n that county on the evening of election day.
The first occurred ot a point between the gro
cery store and court house after dark. Three
pistol shots were fired, and a scuffle ensued,
t'ersons who rushed to the spot found Mr.
Wash Comer seated on a bench slightly wound
ed by a pistol ball, and Mr. Chailey Bird lying
on the ground with eight*en wounds upon his
person, one of them a pistol shot wound. The
origin of the fight was an old feud. Who fired
the first shot is not known, but after three
shots had been fire-1, Mr. Comer, it is alleged,
got his antagonist by the hair and inflicted the
numerous wounds mentioned with a k nife. >■ r.
Bird is in a terrible condition, but likely to re
cover. His head is cut n« arly off. One wound
extends from the back of the neck clear
arourd to the front, severing ell tlie cords and
muscles. Another wound is on the left side
of the neck, in the shape of a horrible gash,
widen left the jugular vein so plainly exposed
that its pulsations are visible. Mr. Comer is a
man sixty years of age, Mr. Bird thirty. Both
are well known In this city. The other affair
was brief, and also grew out of a formerdifB
culty. in which Mr. Alf. Giawson had been
shot. In this affray Mr. Giawson knocked
down a man by the name of Ricketts, who. as
he lay upon the floor, shot bun twice. One
ball entered the flesh over the stomach, and
ranged around that region without penetrating
ihe cAvity. The other passed through the
fleshy part of the shoulder. Neither wound is
severe.”
“Several vears ago.’’ says the Marietta Jour
nal, “Mrs. Tost and her two sons, Jackson and
Nelson, moved from this county to near Gra
ham, Texas. The j’oung men.went to work for
a rich old farmer. The wife of the old farmer
went on a visit to some relatives and left the
old gentleman at home. On returning from
her visit she found the Post boys and another
hired man in posse.-sion, claiming that they
had bought the farm from her husband, and
that he had gone in search of her. She could
h-ar nothing of him, and a detective began to
investigate inatteis aifd found her husband's
dead body in a citcli on the farm. The Post
bo>s were arrested on circumstantial evi
dence, and after one or two trials were finally
found guilty A telegram from the Sheriff of
Graham, Texas, dated October 7th, to Mr. P.
I). l ost, of th*s county, states that Jackson
Post has been sentenced to be hung, and Nel
son Post gees to State prison for life. This is
a ead result.”
TATTNALL COUNTY.
Superior Court—Judge Tompklui
Addrems a ITIeetlug ot Citizen*—
ftcftolutlou* Pledging the Support
of the Democracy ot Tattnall to
Colonel Black.
Reids* ills, October 12.—Editor Morning
News: Superior Coart convened at this place
yesterday. His Honor Judge R. W. Carswell
presiding. He is very much liked by the citi
zens generally. But few- cases have been dis
posed of up to this time, owing to absence of
witnesses, etc. To morrow several felony cases
will bo tried, the State being represented by
our a orthy Solicitor General, J. K. Hines, Esq.
One of the criminals is a deaf and dumb col
ored boy, changed with the offense of burglary
in the night. Court will not last longer than
tomorrow.
To-day at twelve o’clock lion. Henry B.
Tompkins, of Savannah, addressed ocejgot the
largest audiences that ever assembled in the
court house of this county. For more than
three-quarters of an hour his audience paid
the closest attention to his masterly effort on
the politics 1 issues of the day. He eulogized
Hon. George R. black, our candidate for Con
gress, in the highest te-rns, and urged all his
hearers to turn out in November and give
Colonel Black a handsome majority over the
Independent aud Republican candidates now
in the field. Judge Tompkins’ speech was well
received, and, at the conclusion, the following
resolutions were offered,by Colonel Isaiah Bta>-
ley:
Resolved, That we, the Democratic party of
Tattnall county. a r e opposed to the indepen
dent candidacy of Col. W. A. McDonald for
Congress, and that we pledge ourselves to the
support of Col. George R Black, the regular
nominee of the party, and will work diligently
to secure his election.
Resolved, That we tender our thanks to
Judge Tompkins for the able and convincing
speech which he has just delivered t* us in the
interest of our nominee for Congress.
Resolved, That we earnestly request Hon. W.
A. McDona : d, independent candidate for Con
gress, to w ithdraw from the canvass.
Citizen.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING
MARY’S.
AT ST.
IddrrsMPw by Colonel* Black and
Itradwcll,
According to appointment. Colonel George
R. Black, Democratic candiJate for Congress,
and Colonel S. D. Brad well, Democratic elector,
were promptly on time to meet their appoint
ment at St. Mary's. The meeting was organized
by selecting Hon. J. M. Arnow as Chairman
and Captain John J. Rudulph as Secretary.
Each of the distinguished gentlemen were
introduced by the Chairman, and each made
very interesting, forcible aud eloquent ad
dresses. much to the satisfaction of the audi
ence, comiosedof ladies and gentlemen.
After the speaking was over the Chairman
put the following resolution to the meeting,
which was unanimous’y adopted:
Be it resolved. That this meeting of the citi
zens of Camden county, regarding Colonel Mc
Donald as a good citizen and patriot, feel at
liberty to respectfully request him to cease to
be a candidate for Congress and throw his
valuable influence in favor of Colonel George
B. Black, the regular nominee of the party,
and hope that he wi 1 at an early day comply
wi:h our request by publication.
It was also resolved that the Democratic
papers in the district be requested to publish
these proceedings. J. M Arnow,
Chairman.
J. J. Ri’di lph, Secretary.
October 12, 1880.
Russian Friendship for America.—
Lieutenant Greene, of the Uuited States
Array, says in his “Sketches of Army
Life in Russia,” just published: “It is
a fact, strange as it may appear to some
people, that there exists throughout the
ength and breadth of Russia a senti
mental attachment for Americans, of the
depth of which we have very little con
ception at home. The policy of the
rulers of Russia, from the time of Cath
erine to the present, has been one of uni
form and unbroken friendship for the
United States. This is a well known
fact in politics, and people account for
it on the ground of self-interest, or genu
ine admiration, according to their politi
cal opinions. But whatsis not generally
known is the fact that this friendly feel
ing permeates all classes of society, and
is far more firmly rooted in those por
tions of the community which never 6ee
St. Petersburg than it is in more cosmo
politan court circles of that capital. It
is of no use to argue that the feeling is
superficial, that it has no substantial
foundation, that the political .customs
and the habits of the people in the two
countries are diametrically opposed, and
that they have no interests in common.
The feeling do.s exist, and it is a very
strong one. ”
Caroline Jones, of Columbia, Pa., says :
“Send me one dollar’s worth of Tutt’s
Pills. I find them to be the best medicine
for Sick Headache and Indigestion I ever
tried. My acquaintances have fallen in
love with them, and desire to have them.
You have conferred a great blessing upou
thousands of suffering females.”
THE COMING CONTEST.
ADDRESS TO THE DEMOCRATIC
VOTERS OF THE COUNTRY.
The Democratic National Commit
tee lu C'ouucil—Tlie Kciiult* of the
October Election* Considered—^The
Prosecution of the Campaign.
THE INDIAN TROUBLES IN
COLORADO.
Great Excitement In the Country—
Indian Agent* Arrested Charged
x%lth inurder — Secretary Scburz*
Telegraph to Governor Pitkin.
An angry tramp at New Albany, Ind.,
fired a pistol at a woman, and hit the
baby which she carried in her arms.
The child was only slightly hurt, but the
mother, though not wounded, died of
prostration caused by the fright.
Bu Telegraph to the Mornina News.
Naw York, October 14.—The Democratic
National Executive Committee is in session
this afternoon at Democratic headquarters.
Among the members present are Senator
Barnuin and Messrs. Scott of Louisiana,
Smalley of Vermont, Hewitt of New York,
Barnes ot Georgia, and Cleveland of New
Jersey. The result of the October elections
and the proeeculiou of the campaign are,
It is understood, the subjects under consid
eration.
Governor WOtz, of Louisiana, and Daniel
Dougherty were also iu consultation. Tne
situation of the canvass was dheussed in
detail, and the following address was
adopted:
To the Democratic and Conservative voters of
the country:
The election of President and Vice Presi
dent is now before you State and local
dissensions are eliminated from the i.-sues
of the day. The maguitude of a victory or
a defeat can only be estimated by the forces
and means employed iu securing it. By
fraud and corruption the people of the
country were defeated in their pur
pose in 1876, and the rightfully
elected President was kept from
office. With the combined capital ef the
Republican party, aided by repeated assess
ments upon an arm}' of office holders; with
the power of the Federal Government
represented by United States marshals at
the polls; with Intimidation, fraud and a re
sort to every corrupt appliance known to
Republican methods, concentrated in two
States, our adversaries have succeeded in
procuring the probable return of their local
candidates. Can it be possible that in
every 8tate throughout this broad land the
same methods can be brought to bear thafc
were used by the Republican managers
iu Indiana aud OMoy Can
the great States of New York
New Jersey, Connecticut, California,
Colorado, Nevada aud New Hampshire be
bought, Intimidated and defrauded ? Even
without the vote of Indiana, which we be
lieve will be redeemed iu November, with
New York and New Jersey and States that
are conceded to up, including Maine, the
election of our candidate is assured.
The Republican party have put in nomi
nation for President and Vice President two
men who, by the admission of their own
party and pres*, are unworthy of your con
fidence and your suffrages. It is impossi
ble that fifty millions of intelligent and pi-
triotic people will consent to place them
selves upon the humiliating level thus pre
pared for them by the Republican mana
gers.
Fellow citizens, the first day’s repulse at
Gettysburg ended on the third, with Han
cock in the front, in glorious victory. Taat
victory secured us our Union. The ques
tion is not now the preservation of the Union,
but of constitutional government.
Hancock is now, us then,
in front. The repulse i6 now as then, an
omen of victory, which will secure to com
ing generations the iutslim&ble blessings of
civil liberty.
By order of the Nalional Democratic
Committee. Wm. H. Baunum,
Chairman.
CITY OF MOBILE DEBT.
7Ioetlu«r or Commissioners and
Bondholders—A Proposition lor
Settlement nude aud Agreed (Jpou
—Term* ot tlie Compromise.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
New York, October 14.—A meeting was
held to-day in the committee room of the
Equitable building, of the Commissioners
of the city of Mobile, Ala., and the holders
of the bonds of 6aid city. Wm. II. Hayes,
Chairman of the bondholders committee,pre'
aided. Over *1,000,000 worth of bonds were
represented. The Commissioners were L. M.
Wilson, Jas A. McCarr and Stephen Croom,
Their counsel, Colonel John Llttlesmith,
of Mobile, was also present. The Commis
sioners proposed to make a settlement in the
foliowing manner : To issue new bonds, to
pay three per cent, for ten yeare, four per
ceut. for ten years and five per cent, for ten
years. After some dk c cus6ion their propo
sition was amended and passed as follows:
Three per cent, for five years, four per cent,
for fifteen years and five per cent, for fifteen
years. There was scarcely any opposition
to the proposition.
THE BALTIMORE CENTENNIAL.
Fourth Day of the Jubilee—Im
mense Procession ot Civil aud
Beuelicial Societies—^The City Illu
minated.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Baltimore, October 14.—The fourth day
of the celebration was as successful as auy
which preceded ft. In point of numbers ft
equalled if not exceeded any of the others,
aud the streets were thronged. The parade
consisted of the beneficial, charitable, tem
perance, religious aud other civil
and social societies of the city, prominent
among which were the Caledonian and the
Catholic Knights, the colored Knights Tem
plar, and other orders and a horticultural
display. There were twelve thousand men
and twelve thousand horses in the line of
the procession. The city Is again illumi
nated to-night.
11 EH RIVER DISASTER.
Destruction of a Steamboat by Fire—
No Live* Lout-Twelve Hundred
Bull’s of Cotton Probably Burned.
By Telegraph to the Morning Newt.
New Orleaxs, October 14.—A telegram
to the Red River Transportation Company
reports the burning of the steamboat Joe
Brierly on Wednesday evening, six miles
above the mouth of the Red river. The
boat is a total loss. No lives were
lost. The Brierly left Shreveport with 930
bales cotton on Saturday. Captain Aiken
is of the opinion that she must have picked
sufficient cotton on the way down to com-
S lete her load, which is 1,200 bales. The
rierly was owned by M. S. Scovll], of
Shreveport. She was built at New Albany,
Ind., in the fall of 18<i, at a cost of *19,000.
She was partially insured.
WOMAN.
The Congress for the Advancement
of the Fair Sn-U'lio the Repre*
•tentative Women Arc—A General
Female Discussion.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Boston, Massachusetts, October 14.—
The Eighth Congress of the Association
for the Advancement of Woman opened at
Meionanon Hall yesterday. The audience
included representative women from all
parts of the Union, the most notable being
Mrs. Lclia G. Bedell, of Chicago; Mrs.
Clara B. Colby, of Nebraska; Mrs. Anna
Garlin, of Spencer, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Boynton Uarbert, of the Chicago Inter-
Ocean. The proceedings consisted of the
reading of papers and general discussion.
Weather Indication*.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, October 14.—Indications for Fri
day :
In the Middle States, warm southerly to
westeily winds, falling barometer, increasing
cloudiness and areas of rain.
In the South Atlantic States, easterly to
southerly winds, stationary or slowly falling
barometer, a slight rise In temperature,
partly cloudy weather and local rains.
In the Gulf States, southerly to westerly
wiods, slight changes in temperature and
barometer, partly cloudy weather and local
rains.
In Tennessee and the Ohio Talley, partly
cloudy weather and light rains, southerly
to westerly winds, falling followed by rising
barometer, and stationary or a slight fall in
temperature.
Perished In (he Flames.
St. Louis, October 14.—Thp r» sldecce of
James Jordan, about a mile from Carlin-
ville, 111., wrrfc burned on Tuesday night,
and three children, aged six, ten and thir
teen years respectively, perished in the
flames.
IVIortuary Notes.
Rome, October 14.—The deaths are an
nounced of Cardinal Bartelomeo Pacca,
Archbishop of Mdggolrilomo, and Pietro
Erode Vico into, the Archaeologist.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Washington, October 14.—Secretary
Schurz received to-day telegrams from
Indian Agent Berry, at Los Pinos, Colorado,
stating that be has been arrested on a war
rantcharging him with murder, on accouut
of his alleged connection with the kill
ing of freighter Jackson, some dats since by
the Utes, in revenge for the killing of one
of their band. The freighters aud settlers
cla'in that Jackson acted iu self-defense,
and should have been protected,
but that Indian Agent Berry vir
tually surrendered him to the Utes,
who afterward murdered him.
There is great popular excitement through
out Colorado, and threats are made that
Berry and Commissioner Meacham w ill be
lynched as sood as they step outside of the
Indian reservation, and that vengeance will
be taken on the Indians. There are fears
that the result will be another
Ute war. Secretary Schurz telegraphed
Governor Pitkin to-night that be hoped the
Stare authorities would spare no efforts to
put down the lawless popular spirit which
threatens to bring on a conflict which will
cost hundreds ot lives and mllllous of dol
lar?.
THE EPISCOPALIANS.
Free Pews zn«l Sittings—Tlie Law*
A gainst Polygamy—Communicants
Who Don’t Communicate.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
New York, October 14.—In the Episcopal
Convention to day Rev. Dr. Knight pre
sented a memorial of the Free Church As
sociation, numbering twenty-one Bishops
and a large number of clergy and laity,
praying for the amendment of canon 24 so
that no church shall hereafter be couse-
crated in which the pews or sittings have
been sold, and forbidding the sale of pews
or sittings at any future time.
A resolution was offered by the Rev. Dr.
Smith, of New York, to the effect that It is
the duty of every Christian to use his influ
ence towards the enforcement of all the
laws against polygamy, which was referred
to the Committee on the State of the
Church.
The report of the Committee on Canons,
touching the establishment or formation of
a Federate Council of the Province of Illi
nois, was then taken up from the calendar
and adopted.
The next subject on the calendar was the
report of the Committee on Canons, de
claring it inexpedient that the names of
persons registered as communicants not
having actually communicated for a certain
time should be emitted from the annual re
port of the rectors. After a long debate the
subject was recommitted.
BAILORAD INTERESTS.
CILLAP TRANSPORTATION DE
HANDED.
Convention for the Purpose of Se
curing Cheap Transportation—Na
tional Legislation Claimed to be
Necessary—Annual meeting of the
Stockholder* of tlie Ohio and .HP
slMftippl Railway-Western Rail
road War.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Chicago, October 14.—In response to a
call for a Cheap Transportation Convention
about four hundred delegates, representing
the Western, Southern, Border and Atlantic
States, assembled this morning in Farwell
Hall. The Hon. Matthew Anderson, of
Missouri, was elected President, Hon. M. T.
Fowler, of New York, First Vice President,
with others from Iowa, Kentucky,
Illinois and Michigan. Jonathan
Periam was appointed Secretary.
The discussioa was opened at once,
and the points chiefly insisted upon
were that the railways should be held to the
strictest accountability for their manner of
conducting business, and that national leg
is’ation is necessary to euuble the country
to get the cheapest possible transportation
at living rates to cow#ntaers.
Cincinnati, O., October 14.—At the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
Ohio aud Mississippi Railway, held here to
day, the following were elected directors
for the ensuing four years: Messrs. James
Sloan, Jr., and Osmund Latrobe, of Balti
more, and F. W. Tracy, of Spring-
field, Illinois. The annual report
of the President of the road, stated that the
property had vastly improved, and that its
net earnings for the year ending December
31, 1880, would probably reach the sum of
*1,300,000. The report further declares that
the company will have on hand November
1st nearly half a million of dollars, aud will
be prepared to pay two coupons on the sec
ond mortgage bonds, and two on the
Springfield division bonds.
St. Louis, October 14.—The railroad fight
is quite as sharp to day as yesterday, and
the different offices are crowded with ticket
buyers. The Chicago and Alton reduced
limited tickets to *2 70 this morning, and
the Wabash immediately dropped to *1 70.
Unlimited tickets remain as yesterday—
*4 70 to both Chicago and Kansas City.
THE INDIANA AND OHIO ELEC
TIONS.
Additional Returns Received—In
diana Certainly Republican—The
JTIajorityln Ohio Reduced—A Great
Di«crepa»iey Between the Repub
lican aud the Democratic Figures,
FINANCIAL.
The New York Stock Market— Fairly
Steady- No Visible Influence Effect
ed by the Political Situation.
By Telegraph to the Morning Neios.
New York, October 14.—The stock mar
ket opened higher, but subse
quently reached At the first board,
however, speculation again became stroug
and prices advanced 3^al^, Granger
shares leading the improvement. During
the afternoon the market was somewhat
irregular, the occasional reactions which
took place being due to realizAtioos. In the
final dealings prices fell off slightly, but the
market closed fairly steady. Transactions
aggregate 339,000 shares.
The Ibst, in its financial article, says
“The stock market continues to advance,
subjfwt to the ordinary fluctuations of a bull
market. Notwithstanding the delay in the
movement, of erain in the Northwest, aud of
cotton in the South, and particularly in the
Southwest, railroad receipts are encour
aging, iu many cases they being above the
large returns of September and October of
1879, and iu other cases showing a large in
crease except in the transportation of sta
ples, upon which the roads depend for a
good part ot their receipts. The receipts of
the trunk lines proper continue largely in
excess of last year.”
FRENCH AFFAIRS.
The Enforcement of the Decrees
One Fell Stroke to Fall Upon the
Unauthorized Orders—The Penalty
lor Libelling the French President
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, October 14.—The correspondent
of the Tinus at Paris telegraphs that the
Prefects recommend the enforcement of the
religious decrees, at one stroke, in order not
to prolong the agitation until the triennial
municipal elections in November or January.
It is probable, therefore, that proceedings
against the unauthorized orders will be on
a larger scale than was expected.
The managers of the Triboulet and Citi
joyen, newspapers, have been sentenced to
six months* imprisonment and a fine of
three thous&ud francs and one month Im
prisonment and a fine of one hundred
francs, respectively, for libelling President
Grew.
A Paris dlspa'ch to the Reuter Telegram
Company says it is considered probable that
tbe Chambers will meet on the 9.h of No
vember.
Toulouse, October 14.—The police have
ejected 130 Jesuits, who had re-entered tbe
college here as professors. The college was
formerly a Jesuit institution.
EASTERN AFFAIRS.
The Cession of Dulclgno—The Rea
sons Influencing the Sultan—Dul-
clguo District also to be Ceded.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, October 14.—Special dispatches
from Constantinople agree in declaring that
the real cause of the cession of Duicigno to
Montenegro was the threatened occupation
of Smyrna by the powers.
Vienna, October 14.—A dispatch to the
Political Correspondence says: “Assim Pasha,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, has informed
the Ambassadors that the Porte is disposed
to surrender not only the town, but the dis
trict of Duicigno, and that R'za Pasha has
been instructed to cede the territory peace
fully. Assim Pasha declared that the fact
oL~a convention with Montenegro being
necessary, he did not imply that any delay
in surrendering Duicigno was intended.”
A Radical l£dltor In Tronble.
Philadelphia, October 14—Charles E.
Smith, editor ot the Press, was arrested this
morning upon a charge of libel for publish
ing a dispatch to the effect that os the oc
casion or the Dem >cratic parade at Oxford,
Chester county, ou Wednesday night of last
week, a man named Dawson, employed by
the Baltimore Central Railway Company,
raised a rebel flag made by himself;
that Dawson Is an ex-rebel and served in a
Mississippi regiment, and that there was
great indignation at hD action. The war
rant was sworn out by Thomas H. Dawson
before a Justice of the Peace of Westches
ter. Mr. Smith entered bail for his appear
ance at Westchester when required.
Registration In New York.
New York, October 14.--Yesterday was
the second day of the registration, and the
whole number registered was 72,682. The
total for the first and second days 145,-
270 against 89,064 for the first two
days last year. Thera were thirteen arrests
ot parties attemplng to register. Five were
discharged on their own recognizance, to
await the action of the grand jury and the
others held in default of bail.
minor Political Notes.
Boston, October 14.—A section of the
Greenback party In this city last night
nominated Wendell Phillips for Congress
from the Fourth district.
Chicago, October 14 —The Democrats of
the Fifth Illinois district have nominated R.
G. Johnson, of Whiteside county, for Con
gress.
gLand Leaguers to be Prosecuted.
London, October 14 —A Dublin dispatch
to the Times says: “A rumor that prosecu
tions of the leading members of the Land
League are to be preceded by arrests, Is
unfounded. The absence of Mr. Parnell
from the receut land meetings was due
purely to personal and not to political rea
sons.”
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
OHIO.
Dayton, O., October 14.—The Fourth dis
trict elects Shultz, Republican, by about 35
majority. The Democratic State ticket in
Montgomery county will average about 900
majority, a Democratic gain of 200 in the
precincts of the soldiers’ home.
Cincinnati, October 14, 5 a. m.—The
collection of news, both at Columbus and
Indianapolis, was su>pended before mid
night by the Central Committees. Not
much else has been done by others. The
Republicans in Indiana are now claiming a
majority of 8,000, and a majority of the
Legislature.
The Enquirer of this city says: “The
effect of the Ohio and Indiana election
upon tbe Democracy of the Union will cer
tainly be as invigorating as was the
effect of the Maine election in September
upon the Republicans. Four years ago
the Democratic party lost Ohio and carried
Indiana by only 5,000 votes, and still elected
the President. The vote of indiaua is not
needed to elect Hancock, and the vote of
Ohio was not expected in order to secure
the election of Hancock.”
Columbus. Ohio, October 14.—Tbe Re
publican State Committee have returns
from eighty-four out of eighty-eight coun
ties, whieh show Republican gains of 8,599
and Democratic gains of 6,781. The net
Republican gain for Townsend, Secretary
of State, is 1,818. At the Democratic head
quarters returns have been gathered from
various sources, so that according to* these
figures the Democratic gains for Lang, Sec
retary of State, are 8,96-3 and the gaiDS for
Townsend, Republican, are given as 6,144,
a net Democratic gain of 2,849.
INDIANA.
Indianapolis, October 14 —Full returns
from Marion county give Peelc, Republican,
for Congress, a majority of about 1,900.
Indianapolis, October 14, noon.—Addi
tional returns, received last night and this
morning, show about the same ratio of gains.
The Republican majority on the State ticket
will not fall short of 7,000. Congress will
stand S Republicans, 5 Democrats. The
Republicans have a majority in both
branches of the Legislature.
COMMENTS ON THE WESTERN
ELECTION RESULTS.
Editorial of the Chronicle and Cou
sSltutlonallst—No (ante for De
spondency—Learning from an En
emy.
By Telegraph to the Mornina News.
Augusta, October 14.—The Chronicle and
Constitutionalist will to morrow morning com
ment as follows upon the Western elections:
“The anticipated depression has come, but
Jt should not last. Tbe State counted upon
has for the moment been wrenched away,
but we can win without it. Defeat is
painful, but it can be redeemed. The great
contest for constitutionalism against cen
tralism is yet to be fought, and it will be
won, too, if the Democrats have tlie pluck
and manhood to deserve success. Ic is law
ful to learn from an enemy, aud if we but
demonstrate half the energy and skill shown
by the Republicans wb«u Maine was lost,
the sun of the 2d of November will shine
upon an Austerlitz field and the allies of
Grant,Garfield and Conklingin full retreat.”
THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC.
Gonzalez’ Election Generally Ac
cepted-Improvement In the Buxi
ne** and Financial Situation—The
Telegraph System.
By Ttiegraph to the Morning News.
New Orleans, October 14.—Advices from
the city of Mexico are to October 4. The
election of Gonzalez as President has been
accepted fn every part of the republic. Tbe
business and financial situation continues to
Improve. The Central Railroad project is
denounced by the newspapers as a specula
ting bubble. The telegraph system continues
to extend, and now embraces ten thousand
miles of line, connecting such distant points
as Tepic, Rosario, Mezatl&n and Hermasilla
with ihe capital. The Mexican gulf cable
will be in operation between some Texas
port and Vera Cruz next spriug.
AFFAIRS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
The Fight at ITIasern—The British
Straits for Provision*—Heavy Loss
of the Basutos.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Capetown, October 14 —It now appears
that Colonel Bayly retreated into the fort
at Masern, at nightfall, and the burning of
the government office and barracks then
took place. The enemy lost heavily in the
fight and then withdrew somewhat. Col.
Bayly is well supplied with food, but Car-
ington, who is besieged at Ma/eteng, has
been obliged to slaughter horses for food.
Peace Negotiations Between Pern
and i hill.
Valparaiso, October 9 —Representatives
of the three belltgerents will meet on board
the United States man-of-war at Arica. It
is understood that one stipulation will be
that hostilities may be continued pending
negotiations. Peru, it is reported, will re
fuse any cession of territory. The
United 8tates Minister left Valparaiso to
day for Arica, to preside at the meeting.
GermaiPBaptlsC Conference.
St. Louis, October 14.—The sixth Ger
man General Baptist Conference of North
America began its session here last night.
About one hundred and fifty delegates
from all parts of the country are present.
Heavy Frost iu North Carolina.
Weldon, N. C., October 14—A very
heavy frost, the first of the season, fell in
this city this morning. J
Sound repose is 60 essential to good health
that we feel surprised to know any one
would risk loss of rest from a cough or cold,
when a bottle of Dr. hull’s Cough Syrup
would give refreshing slumber. octI5-lt
ATLANTA GOSSIP.
Carious flatter* About tbe Electlou
—Tbe Indiana Election—Tbe Kim
ball House Change* managers.
Occasional Correspondence of the Morning
News.
Atlanta, October 13.—The news of the Ib
diana and Ohio elections has come in to check
the very deep feeling over the unparalleled
victory just won by Governor Colquitt. The Col
quitt men have beett very quiet in the enjoy
ment of their triumph, have made no display,
but borne their honors gently. They did not
fuss in the fight, they don't crow over the suc
cess. It is fortunate that the majority has
been large enough to be conclusive. Drub
bings are never effective save when thorough.
The Norwood men were stunned at first, but
have become good naturedly humorous,
at least the sensible ones, and joke
freely. The settlement of wagers has been a
serious business. Thousands upon thousands
of dollars have changed hands. Colquitt men
bet as high as 50,000 majority. Norwood men
many bet even in their confidence. Bets of
every description were made. Fulton county
was a prolific source of betting. Norwood men
began in the flush staking on 1,500 majority and
simmered down to even bets. In the matter
of hats the result has been farcical. Such a
shower of Lata lias never before changed ham!
on an election. One man wonjn dozen hats.aml
is now embarrassed over his richness in this
element of appareL
A CURIOUS EFFECT.
In the last few days of the campaign there
was a heavy impression made upon the Col
quitt colored vote by the following remarka
ble line of appeal, and the Norwood men
gained many colored voters: It was urged
that Governor Colquitt fought four years to
keep them in slavery, while Mr. Norwood kept
out of service to keep from fighting against
freeing the negro. It was very effective and
turned hundreds.
The vota of one hundred and nineteen coun
ties shows an aggregate ia them of 16-1,335.
Eighteen counties more will run the whole
vote to 180,000. The vote in 1876 was 143.927, or
somewhere near 40.000 less than in this elec
tion Governor Colquitt’s vote in 1876 was
109,811, and in the one hundred and nineteen
counties is 107,386, and in the whole State in
this election will run to over 120,000,
THE INDIANA ELECTION.
The probable loss of Indiana has not affected
the confidence of the sensible Democrats in
Hancock's election. The whole power ».f the
Republican party has been single-shotted on
Indiana. Landers, the Democratic candidate,
was a weak man. When the fight comes in
November along the whole line, Indiana will be
but one point in the general battle, and must
then take her chances on even terms, with no
special effort to disturb her real sentiment It
is always injudicious to allot so much impor
tance to a single combat in a great struggle.
The Democratic chances are not impaired by
the Indiana defeat.
THE KIMBALL HOUSE.
An important change has taken place in the
management of the Kimball House. The firm
of Scoville, Selden & Co. has been successfully
runniag the hotel for two years. The gentle
men composicg the firm are young Virginia
gentlemen, who have made a uost of friends
and put the immense house for the first time
ou a paying ba<-is. Mr. Selden sells out his in
terest to his partners. Messrs. Scoville and
Terry, who will hereafter run the house.
Mr. Selden takes charge of the Metropolitan
Hotel in Washington City, with Mr. Robbins,
formerly of Augusta, for his partner. Mr. Sel
den and his accomplished wife carry with
them the good wishes of legions of friends
whom they have won in their sojourn in Geor
gia, and Georgians will have a hotel home m
Washington, where they can go confident of
the best treatment. They ieave Georgia w ith
regret. Mr. Selden is one of the best hotel men
in the whole country* and has an able assist int
in Mr. Robbins. I predict a brilliant manage
ment of the popular Metropolitan in the no
tional capital.
Mr. Scoville will take tbe immediate charge
of the Kimball, while Mr. Terry, his partner,
will run their Lynchburg hotels. .Mr. Scoville,
though a young man, possesses unusual ca
pacity and a knowledge of detail very remark
able. and he will be aided by his attractive
wife in diso-nsizg the hospitalities of this
greatest of bouthern hotels.
A GREAT THING UPON T8.
Next week we have our fair, and it promise®
to be a big thing. Capt. Joe Burke has invited
about 10,(00 foreign volunteers from New
York to Kamskatcka. He is running Ja huge
fa<r of hi* own this week. We shall be over
run with such crowds es the city never before
witnessed. The military show is big enough to
fill us, but that and the fair together will
gorge us. Grad.
How Tliej Capture Hyenas.
Tlie following mode of tying hyenas
in their dens, as practiced in Afghanis
tan, is given by Arthur Connolly in his
Orel land Journal, iu the words of an
Afghan chief, the Shirkaree Syud
Daoud:
When you have tracked the beast to
his den, you take a rope with two slip
knots upon it. in your right hand, and
with your left holding a felt cloak before
you, you go boldly but quietly in. The
animal does not know the nature of the
danger and therefore retires to the back
of his den, but you may always tell
where his head i3 by the glare of his
e3*es. You keep on moving gradually
toward him oh your knees, and when
you are within distance throw the cloak
over his head, close with him and take
care he does not free himself.
The beast is so frightened that he cow
ers back, and though he may bite
the felt he cannot turn his neck
round to hurt you; so you quietly
feel for his fore legs, slip the knots over
them, and then, with one strong pull,
draw them tight up to the back of his
neck and tie them there. The beast is
now your own, and you can do what
you like with him. We generally take
those we catch home to the kraal, and
hunt them on the plain with bridles in
their mouths, that our dogs may be
taught not to fear the brutes when they
meet them wild.”
Hyenas are also taken alive by the
Arabs by a very similar method, except
that a wooden gag is used instead of a
felt cloak. The similarity in the mode
of capture in two such distant countries
as are Algeria and Afghanistan, and by
two races so different, is remarkable.
From the fact that tbe Afghans consider
that the feat requires great presence of
mind, and no instance being given of a
man having died of a bite received in a
clumsy attempt, we may inter that the
Afghan hyena is more powerful or more
ferocious than his African congener.
Critical Aspect ok the Eastern
Question.—A Constantinople dispatch
says: “What has been lor some time
feared as possible now seems to be immi
nent. The dilatory policy of the Porte
has not been without an adequate mo
tive behind it. The Porte has held in
reserve its strong cards and these now
are about to be played. The purpose of
the Porte is to call into play the religious
fanaticism of the whole Mohammedan
race, and to use this as a means of ex
citing the people to a resistance to the
death against the demands made by the
united powers of Europe. To this end
there has been put into circulation among
the people a report that a prophecy has
lately been discovered which points
out the exact condition of af
fairs as between Mohammedans
and Christians, aud predicts
that at this moment the Mohammedans
will come to the defense of their tem
poral and spiritual head, the Sultan, and
not only drive back the Christian hosts
who are assailing him, but enable him
to carry an aggressive war into their
territory. The prophecy in some re
spects resembles that of Mother Shipton,
in England. It sets forth that the time
has now arrived when faithful disciples
of Mohammed must light for their re
ligion and country, and that complete
victory will crown their efforts. The
sheiks of all Moslem centres are now
hastening to the Sultan’s palace, urging
him to proclaim a religious war and to
call on his people to drive the infidel
dogs from Turkish soil. The situation
is very critical.”
A Bridal Bower.—The Rochester
(N. Y.) Herald of Wednesday says: “At
the residence of Mr. James Vick there
took place last evening the marriage of
Mr. Halbert Thayer and Miss Annie
Vick. Rev. Dr. Stratton performed the
ceremony, which took place in a large
tent erected specially for the occasion
and connected with the mansion by a
covered arch. The tent was brilliantly
illuminated and decorated with bunting.
Suspended from its centre was a mag
nificent floral parasol,|composed of dah
lias, ro3es ana carnations. At the end
opposite the door there was an elegant
bower covered with ferns, smilax aud
gladiolas. Above and in the centre of
this bower was seen a superb floral heart
composed of roses and pierced with an
arrow. The happy parties to the mar
riage contract joined hands and hearts
within this bower.”
Young ladies who delight In fair, fresh
faces use Cuticura Medicinal Soap.
THE COLORED VOTERS.
Why they are Leaving the Repuh
Dean Party—A Harsh Polities
Education.
James A. Scott, formerly of Tennes
see, and now editor of the Montgomery
(Al:t) Advance, writes as follows to Col.
Fred A. Conkling, of New York:
Dear Sir—I am a colored man. and
for four long years 1 have been the edi
tor and publisher of the Advance, £
weekly paper published in this city, and
devoted to the moral, material and po
litical advancement of the colored race
of the country. It occurred to me that
it would be fit and proper for me to ad
dress you this letter, in order that you
might be fully prepared to disabuse the
minds of the people of the North con
ceruing the true condition of affairs here
in Alabama. The Republican partisan
press is now teeming with abuse against
the people of the &outh—alleging that
colored men are “bulldozed,” their votes
not fairly counted and their rights and
privileges denied. Such, sir, is not the
fact. Colored men are disgusted with
Republicanism for the following good
and substantial reasons, and hence are
voting with the Democratic party:
1. When the right to vote was first
conferred upon colored men, they were
necessarily ignorant and easily duped
and imposed upon by that horde of
office-hunters who came South imme
diately after the war. They w T ere told
that to vote for Democrats was to dig
the grave of that freedom which had
just been given them; that their right of
suffrage, the right to sit on juries, the
right of free thought and free speech,
the right to make contracts for them
selves and woik for whom and upon such
terms as they saw proper would be taken
away, and they would immediately be
put back into that slavery from which
they had just escaped, whenever the
white men of the South regained power.
Ou the other hand, these adventurers
promised to protect all these rights which
seems so dear to the negro, and fur
ther even alleged that their continued
adherence to Republicanism would be
rewarded by dividing among them the
lands of their former masters. The
negro gradually gained knowledge,
became more enlightened, and began to
think for himself. Year after year pass
ed, aud he was firm and faithful, but
his fidelity was unrewarded. The land
was rot divided; the adventurers filled
all the cilices, save possibly a few seats
in the General Assembly, and the colored
men had received nothing. One by one
they saw all the fair promises of these
men come to nothing and remain unful
filled. They became disgusted and left
the party.
2. The colored people were induced
by these same men to deposit their hard
earned savings in the Freedman’s Sav
ings and Trust Company. This they
did until millions of dollars, the fruit of
negro toil and negro industry, were ac
cumulated in that institution. The
money is gone, the bank is ruined, and
the colored people are left to wonder
what has become of their money.
3. The colored men saw the white men
who controlled their votes and filled the
offices grow wealthy, and one by one re
turn to their Northern homes. They de
manded rep r esentation in the offices, and
were answered with fair promises or the
sending of one or two of their number
to the State "Legislature. In a com
manity where they polled 4,000 votes
there would be one negro holding the
meanest office in the county. The white
liepublicans became sick, and then either
left the State or quit politics and de
serted their friends. This demonstrated
clearly enough that the negro was courted
solely for his vote, and not from any in
terest in his welfare.
4. In 1874 the Democrats came into
power. The negro was frightened out
of his boots, and expected every light he
had to be taken from him. For six years
the governn^ent has been in Democratic
hands, and the negro still casts his vote
unmolested; he still sits in the jury box;
he still exercises every political' right
that he ever had, and without interfer
ence or hindrance; his children have
good schools to attend free; he still
makes his contracts and is master of
himself.
Under Republican rule the negro
saw tbe State and county overwhelmed
with debts, honestly and dishonestly
contracted; taxes so high as to impover
ish the country, dishonesty and corrup
tion in high places, warrants upon the
Treasury of State and county selling for
odc half of their face value, jury certifi
cates worth absolutely nothing, and all
things in a most miserable condition.
Since Democrats have been in power the
public debts have been greatly reduced,
the taxes steadily decreasing year by
year, State and county warrants paid
dollar for dollar, prosperity in every
branch of business, and honesty and
fidelity in the execution of public trust.
0. Under Republican rule vast sums
were annually appropriated for the pub
lic schools, but the schools were only
opened for two or three months in the
year, and then presided over by teachers
utterly incapable of imparting instruc
tion. Under Democratic administration
they have seen the taxation for the pur
pose reduced, but schools for colored as
well as white children are open during
six or eight months in the year, and com
petent teachers are employed, under
which the sons and daughters of colored
men are receiving an education.
7. Under Republican rule the colored
men saw crime unpunished and rampant
all over the State—murder, larceny, riots
—all crimes were every-day occurrences
in our midst. Now they see crime, when
committed, detected and punished, strin
gent laws made for the protection of the
life and property of all men alike, prompt
redress of all grievances by the courts
and the criminal business of our courts
reduced and orime diminished fifty per
cent.
8. Formerly colored men saw the
races arrayed against each other, bitter
race prejudices existing—nothing but
antagonism and strife ! Now all our
people live peaceably and quietly to
gether. There is no strife, no conten
tion, no bitterness, and all men are
happy, prosperous and contented !
9. Colored men, after calmly and
quiety reviewing the events of the last
ten years, have very naturally asked
themselves, “What have we gained by
our blind adhesion to the Republican
rnrty ? We have held none of the offices,
rat, on the contrary, men have induced
us to place them in power, and have
jrown rich and left us to our fate; we
lave received nothing at their hands; we
are dependent on the white men of our
State for our bread, for our
subsistence, for the schooling of
our children, for all that we
have ; we go to them in trouble and dis
tress, and are always treated kindly;
they ar$ all in all to us, and why should
we oppose them in politics ? They have
taken from us not one of our rights.
We have been more prosperous under
their rule than ever before. We are
better protected now under the law than
heretofore, and why should we hate
them—work and vote against them and
their interests ?” Reasoning in this
way, and looking at this stern logic of
eveuts, the colored men of the South are
voting by the hundreds with the white
people, and are openly avowing them
selves to be Democrats.
These powerful reasons, in my opin
ion, induced the colored men of our
State to free themselves from the politi
cal bondage of the Republican party,
and to vote for what they deem to be
their best and truest interests. They
see that they are protected ia ali their
right*, civil and political. They receive
to-day, for the education of their chil
dren, twenty times more money than
they pay for taxes; they sit upon juries
in all the courts of the State, and are
paid for their services; they vote for
whom they please, without restraint or
intimidation from the whites; they rent
the land they cultivate from white men
at low figures, and are not defrauded
and cheated out of their earnings; they
own more property to-day in Alabama
than ever before, and are protected in its
eD joy meat When they work they work
for white men. and are paid well for their
labor ; when they are in trouble or dis
tress their only friends are the white
people, who assist them liberally. Col
ored men have everything to gain by
being Democrats, and "nothing by being
Republicans. What affects their white
employers or landlords necessarily is felt
by them. Their interests and the inter
ests of the white men of the South are
identical, and they have acquired sense
enough to recognize that fact, and to act
politically for the conservation of those
interests which are most beneficial to
them and most likely to affect them fa
vorably.
I have long since recognized the fact
that the Democratic party in the South
is the true friend of the colored man,
and have urged this fact upon the atten
tion of my people in every issue of my
paper. Acting upon these reasons hun
dreds, nay, thousands of colored men
deserted the Republicans in our late
election and worked and voted for the
Democrats, and will do the same thing
in November for the gallant hero of
Gettysburg, with whom we are willing
to trust our government, confident that
the man who fonght for us so long and
so gallantly will not desert us when
elevated to the supreme magistracy of
these United States.
With great respect I am, sir, your fel
low citizen, James A. Scott,
Editor Montgomery Advance.
Col. Fred. A. Conkling, New York.
He was with Perry.
I found an old man at Put in-Bay the
other day who knew all about Perry, and
who claimed no little share of credit in
the great victory. As we sat on a bench
the shade in front of the Bebee House
the old man led off with:
“Yes, I knew Commodore Perry. He
and I were boys together, and we loved
each other. I might have been a commo
dore, too, and licked the British, but my
tastes all ran to poetry. Perry was a
mighty generous man, and if he were sit
ting where you are he wouldn’t rest
easy until lie had asked me to take some
thing.”
I took the hint and asked him if 1
should bring him a glass of water, but
he shook his head in a solemn way and
continued:
‘Perry was different from most young
men. If he went out to hook melons
or peaches he went alone. He didn’t
seem to care for big watch chains and
fine clothes, and he never got mashed on
an actress. He didn’t assume a freezing
dignity, but yet he was a hard man to
work up to when you wanted to borrow
$5. Did you ask me to step over to the
Bazaar and take a glass of catawba, or
was it the moan of the waves on the
shore?”
I “waved” the question by asking
him if he saw the naval battle off the
bay.
Saw it! Why, I was there!” he in
dignantly replied. “I met the Commo
dore up at Erie a few days before, and
nothing would do but I must take a lit
tle trip with him. 1 remember that he
put his arms around me and said: ‘Pehjg,
my boy, come and sail tne briny deep
with me and I'll give you six kinds of
liquor to drink.’ That's what he said,
sir, and I couldn’t refuse him. You
didn’t ask me to go over to the Bazaar,
did you?”
I didn’t I said that he must be a pret
ty old citizen to have participated in Per
ry’s fight.
‘Yes, purty old,” he sighed. “I was
115 years old the 10th day of last month.
I was saying to myself the other day that
I’d got to quit running out nights with
the boys. The fight took place over here
to the left, just over the wine house on
Bass Island, and after it was over we
sailed in here and put in the drinks.
That’s why they call in Put in Bay. I
am awful dry about this time o’day.”
I offered to pour some water over him
to wet him up, but he sweetly declined
and looked across the rolling bay and
said:
When we caught sight of the British
fleet off there, the Commodore left it to
me whether we should run or tight. The
odds were against us, but I wanted to
see a little fun, and so I advised him to
oitch in. Just as true as you sit there,
f I had said run our fleet would have
skulked away without firing a 9hot. 1
never got any credit for it, but I never
asked it. An American citizen should
receive no praise for doing his duty.
That’s the kind of a Dutch oven I am.
You never drink wine, do you?”
1 told him I never did except on holi
days, and, after he had counted up the
weeks to Thanksgiving, he dreamily con
tinued:
Perry wanted me to take command
of the ship but I refused. I wanted to
be free to do a little shooting on my own
account. As soon as I gave the word
we bore down on the British, and the
lit began. Perry was as white as a
ghost, and this American nation can
never be too thankful that I was there to
brace him up. It was just about as such
a hot day as to-day, and I was just about
as dry as I am now. You haven’t a
dime about you, eh?”
I assured him that I hadn’t had a cent
in my pocket for six months, and he
wiped away a tear of sympathy and
went on:
‘I tell you Smith’s hair stood up when
he saw us coming down on him,”
“Smith?”
“Yes, Smith, the commander of the
British fleet. Guess you never read up
on the fight, did you? We didn’t give
him no chance to buy us off, but slam
banged away as fast as we could load and
fire, and you know the result. When
the fight was over and Perry realized our
good fortune he threw his arms around
me and cried like a child. Yes, he cried
like a child, and then we took a drink.
Couldn't you stand the Bazaar man off
for a couple of inebriates?”
I couldn’t. I was a stranger and I
lacked cheek Then I asked him about
the famous dispatch: “We have met the
enemy and they are ours. ”
“All bosh—every word bosh,” he re
plied. “I was the bearer of that dis
patch myself, and I was leaning on Per
ry’s shoulder when he wrote it It read
as follows: 'I have licked Smith out of
his boots, and whatever the bearer wanL
to drink can be charged to mv account. ’
That’s it, word for word. You never
carry a bottle with you, eh?”
I gave him my n2uralgia remedy, but
he threw it after me and hit me m the
back after taking one swallow. I don't
want to be suspicious of human nature,
but yet I believe that old man wasn’t
exactly what he ought to be.
M. Quad.
A Romance In Skeleton.
A calm, delightful Autumn Night—
A Mood’s mysterious, golden Light—
A Maiden ar her Window height,
Iu Robes of pure and fleecy White.
The little Wicket Gate ajar—
A Lover tripping from afar.
With tuneful voice and light Guitar,
To woo hia radiant Guiding Star.
A Lute with soft, insidious Twang—
Oh, how the doting Lover aang!
A Bull Dog. with Remorseless Fang—
A Nip, a Grip, a Deathly Pang—
A Maiden with a startled Glance—
A Shrieking for Deliverance—
A kind of weird, hilarious Dance—
A Pair of Riven Doeskin Pants.
A Malden fainting with Affright—
A Lover in a sickening Plight—
A Bull Dog chuckling with Delight—
A wild, delirious Autumn Nigbt!
A story is told, says a recent writer,
of a Spanish Princess who was thrown
from her horse, dragged along the pavt -
ment, and ultimately^ rescued by a peas
ant at the risk of his own life. The
peasant was himself instantly arrested
lor touching a member of the royal
family, and the offense being proved he
was sentenced to death; but the Princess
had the grace to intercede for him, and
so potent was her influence that the
punishment was reduced from death to
penal .-ervitude for life. It would be to
consider too curiously if we were to
weigh the truth of this story; but it may
at least be taken as showing the value
attached in Spain to all questions of eti
quette.
Fickle In appetite, irresolute in mind, and
subject to melancholy, try Malt Bitters.
Which She Vainly Tried to Tell
When on Her Deathbed-Disowned
by Her Family for Going on tbe
Stage — Repulsed Alter She Had
Won Success — Her Husband’s
Search for Her Kin.
New Fork Sun.
The following was printed about two
weeks ago in a morning newspaper: “If
any relatives of Pericha La Foy, or La
farge. are living, they will hear of some
thing to their advantage by proving iden
tity at 103 East Twenty-seventh street.
New York. Persons giving information
liberally rewarded. Papers please copy. **
The advertiser is Dr. C. W. Goff, a well
known physician. His house at 103
Ea*t Twenty-seventh street, is a three
story brick building, and the rooms are
richly furnished. The furniture and its
arrangement indicate that a woman’s
good taste dictated in the houMffiold. A
beautiful statuette of Clytie is in one
corner of the parlor, and in the opposite
corner is a dancing Egyptian girl in
bronze. On the waii are expensive pic
tures, one of which is an oil portrait of a
woman. The face is beautftnl. The
eyes look frankly and kindly from the
canvas. They are blue, the hair brown,
and tbe chin lirra. The portrait is that
of Pericha La Foy, who wjis Dr. Goff a
wife.
The physician was found in the deep
est grief for the death of his wife,which
had occurred only two days before. He
said that she left her home when a girl
to go on the stage, in opposition to the
wishes of her parents, who were wealthy.
She became a successful actress, playing
principally in the Western and South
ern States, but occasionally in this city.
Once after she won success she returned
home, but was rebuffed. She went
back to the stage, and all through her
married life she carefully avoided men
tioning her parents’ names, or the name
of the place where she spent her early
years. Finally she agreed to tell her
husband her whole family history. They
were going to Europe, and she said that
she would give him the story when thev
were on the ocean. Tickets had been
bought for a steamship passage
to France, when his wife was taken sick.
She died after three days’ sickness, and
in her last breath she vainly tried to tell
her husband what she had so long with
held. “Bury me by mother’s side.’ was
all that she could whisper. Dr. Goff did
not know who her mother was, and he
caused the body of his wife to be taken
to the receiving vault in Woodlawn
Cemetery to await the result of his ad
vertisement. The physician said that he
would not allow the story of his wife’s
life, so much as he knew of it, to be
published until he had exhausted every
other means towards learning of her
parentage. He would wait for tidings,
and if none came, then the story might
be given to the public.
On September 2u, two days after the
advertisement was printed, two women
met on Dr. Goff’s steps. He was not at
home. The women were of middle age
and they slightly resembled each other,
but they were stramrers. They fell into
conversation, and each found to her sur
prise that the other was on the same
errand—to inquire as to the advertise
ment. Their names were La Foy. One
lived in Newark, N. J., and the other
had come from Philadelphia. When the
physician returned he found the women
waiting for him. One of the women
said that she had relatives named La Foy
in Ohio, near Cleveland. Dr. Goff gave
her money to go to Ohio and learn
whether the La Foy family there was
the one he wanted to find. The other
Mrs. La Foy told of a family of
La Foys in Lyons, France, who might
be the means of finding the La Foy fami
ly in America that he was in search of.
Dr. Goff sent a cable dispatch to Lyons,
and received an answer by cable' that
gave him no information as to his wife’s
relatives. He afterward received by
mail from the family in Lyons a com
plete history of the Y.a Foys in Lyons for
several hundred years back. The Mrs.
La Foy who went to Ohio learned noth
ing to Dr. Goff’s advantage. Several
telegraph dispatches from different cities
also reached Dr. Goff. One was from
New Orleans, another from St. Louis,
and another from Cincinnati: but after
exchanging dispatches nothing resulted.
While these events were taking place
another week passed. Dr. Goff was just
where he started from. He purchased a
lot in Woodlawn Cemetery. It is on a
hillside, overlooking a low lying tract
where an artificial lake is to be made.
There he buried his wife, and two arbor
vittfs have been planted at the foot of her
grave.
“Perica Adelle was one of her names
on the bills,” said Dr. Goff, after he had
made the efforts above mentioned to
ward learning of her family “It pains
me to think of talking about her before
the public, but I think she wouldn’t
mind it so long as publication may serve
to find what she tried so hard to tell me. ”
The physician’s eyes filled as he spoke,
and he continued: “When she felt her
strength failing she said: ‘I will tell
you all about it, dear; just ask our doc
tor to be here and listen with you.’
Well, I went for Dr. Belden, and when
I returned she couldn’t articulate. I
put my arms around her, and she looked
at me, and knew me, but she couldn't
utter a sentence. I risked over and over
if she knew me, and she said that she
did. But the disease was going to her
brain. ‘Bury me beside mother,’ were
her last words. She died in my arms;
and she was sick less than three days.
On the Saturday that n.y advertisement
was printed she and I were to have sailed
for the south of France.
“How came it that I know so little of
my wife’s antecedents? Well, she was
a noble woman, and I was satisfied with
her without knowing where she came
from. But I did ask her every little
while to tell me about her people, and
she lightly put me off. She could keep
a secret better than any woman I ever
knew. One day she said, when I re
newed my questioning: ‘Darling, do
you want to hurt my feelings? My feel
ings were hurt so when I left home that
I never want to hear of it again.’ I
pressed her just to tell that incident, and
she said that after her mother died she
left the stage and went back to her old
home in the country. Her heart was
lonely, and she wanted to see her people.
She had no one to go back to but her
aunt and other more distant relatives.
Without warning the actress appeared
at the aunt’s door.
" ‘Have you come back to stay ?’
asked the aunt severely. ‘If you will
say that you will not return to the stage
you can stay. ’
“‘No, aunt,’ the girl replied, T will
not say that I will not go back; so I will
leave you now.’
“She walked away. It wss her last
visit home. She went back to the stage.
I don’t know how long she played al
together, but she made a good deal of
money. There are in my house $0,000
or $7,000 worth of diamonds and other
trinkets, which her relatives mav have
by proving relationship. We became
acquainted in New York by accident.
I was called to attend a patient, and I
found her there acting as a sort of nurse.
Every morning she read the newspapers
to find accounts of cases of distress, and
often she would go before breakfast to
relieve the wants of poor people. She
had $2o0 in gold in a separate purse
when she died for just such cases. I
didn’t know that she had the money till
I found it in her private desk. AfteT I
had known her for a time I persuaded
her to leave the stage. I owned a valua
ble house and grounds near W»-st Farms,
and after we married we lived there for
a number of years. ”
Dr. Goff is a wriry, energetic man, of
pleasant address, and has traveled much.
He has practiced in Europe, where some
of his surgical operations attracted tlie
attention of other medical men. He was
greatly attached to his wife.
The enormous apple crop in New
England has been squeezed into so much
cider that the price of the fluid has
dropped to ninety cents a barrel. It is
said that-drunkenness is in consequence
far more common than usual. A justice
at Westfield, Mass., whenever a cider
drunkard is brought betore him, lets the
prisoner off on condition that he will go
Home immediately and knock the heads
out of the cider barrels.
A child, two years of age, son of
George Sel way, of Elmira, N. Y., was
bitten in the face eight days ago by a
hound. The child died in great agony
Sunday of hydrophobia.
“There is no place like home,” bnt every
home should be supplied with a bottle of
Dr. Ball’s Cough Syrup—the great family
remedv for all cases of coughs, colds, etc.
Price 2 > cents. octl5-lt