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• - ' J. H. EBTILI.,
Savannah, Ga.
. the Poet Vfflce t Savamu
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NILE l OANGKS.
bt t. a c.
...ther Ganges, what may your
dark tW tell
. and ope and courage quelled.
■ high hope and courage dwelled,
ianges, brother Ganges?
■ter Nilu-s. what may a captive's
- , I v u of life and spirit lost
weary years, by tyrants crossed,
Ob. Nilus, sister Nilus?
>. . sHter Nilus, when the invader came,
1 w-rr free indeed, and took no heed
• h (i -ut for gain, who bade us speed.
On. Nilus, sister Nilus.
, - brother Ganges, adown whose
B '*“* '
r a.,m floats
T lights of ten thousand maids,
■ once more of England's raids
When first she plundered Ganges.
y <, sister Nilus, she came in the name
or Right,
i!,. l w-sch me to be free, she said:
V>. letter to lie with the dead,
; ,an free i.eatb England, Nilus.
\ ■ sister Nilus, she claimed me for her
friend.
y,: h r cruel hand ray children caught;
~r clutch was loosed there was left
me naught
Hut the soulless shells. Oh, Nilas!
• >, j. sister Nilus, beware her tempting
And h r civilization’s red resource,
r, • .l ivery comes a thing of I'ourse,
if you but heed her, Nilus
3 i yes, brother Ganges, I hear her thun
:ers roll,
yi r mail-dad hfs-1 is on my strand;
. lj., my brother, freedom's stand
Is now by ttirhid Nilus.
- sier Erin, her clutch is on my arm,
V syrant in the dim, dim west;
r murderess’knee is on my breast.
Oh, Erin, sister F.rin.
•
vnges sits him down to weep,
m rouses not from sleep,
4 Britain drinketh long and deer
n Nilus, struggling Nilus.
ennah. On., August SI. 1882.
Georgia Affair*.
-Kins has completed his history of
■ 1 States. The final proof sheets were
id re.timed to the printer oi Batur
It is a complete history of this coun
- rn to the time of Senator Hill's death,
... issued by the National Publishing
;vc v. of Philadelphia.
Th -win.; Graphic, anew daily, will be—
-i Macon on Monday next. Messrs
spe r and John Boifeuillet will be
v ... no Graphic by Mr. S. 8. Sweet.
T> - - rators of the Augusta and Elber
k. met at Augusta Wednesday to
■ for procuring a charter from the State
1 vies •- company has complied with
™ s of advertising for ninety
: a ■ aat is necessary now is to for
a, : charter and obtain the Governor’s
'hen to. This will be done immedi-
Ktiy aivt toe permanent organization of the
eempany at once perfected.
' npviv ian formed at Gainesville,
lacked by Northern capital, which proposes
.* ra lroad from that point in the di
f rhattanooga The company is al
>a !y - -is -at, and has sß,< 00/00 at its com-
T.an!. an N engineers are now at work sur
'-110,: ’ *T-rent projected lines to choose
#i . -t feasible. The road will pass through
W r. Hi: ijay. Spring Place, bet ond which
a 1 - , nt its route has not been determined.
- at,, it will extend from Spring Place to
i-: -ta: ion, tapping Ringgold and reaeh
-i Chertani i „*a via McVarland's gap. It
* ul.i te (he distance from Atlanta to
vi.esii.je eighty miles, and open up a coun
try * : would vie with any on the continent,
i' tap*:! e richest gold fields, iron ore beds and
art e l-ds of Georgia, also a fine agricultural
try an i will be the short line into North
tr -Una Ali the company asks is the right
*1 . and proposes to go ahead at once.
•V i;- >iy appointed Postmaster of La
'Tinge, J r. Beall, is the leading negro Re
sts f Harris county, and was born and
rwr< ! Hamilton. He has several times
•wn a candidate for the Legislature, but was
ne'er -fu[ Jn his aspirations.
a little tl.rec-year old son of Mr. E.
; of '.inwood, Muscogee ciunty, was
. v, *ei. ily nd dangerously shot in the neck
cd \V. lir e-bv by a pistol in the hands of a
l eg , ten years old. The boy was playing
* tn- weapon when it exploded, the ball
a- i • ■ ' ?in the left side of the neck.cutting
jugular vein ei and r. nging forward to
*anl the face.
" h r-app has been officially declared
'r ■—i f the Democratic party of Dodge
! y f-r Representative of that county in
-c msuiLg General Assembly.
U! * D - waking tip to the question of a rail
bo : DBu tion. The hope is to enlist the
i- ' of the authorities of the East
-rig- , , Virginia aud Georgia Railroad to
4 branch from some point on this line to
‘ r - A delegation of six or eight of the
in. of but tin will visit Atlanta on
! ‘ 'feat ion of Major McCracken, President
- Fast'! ennessae, Virginia and Georgia
lev. -a to ..infer with him on the subject.
'ati.&t; Smith, colored, found guilty of
"M- - s U j ,-rior Court of Dodge county at
■■ t -gather with the six murderers
ft i.e nttirderof young Harvard at
-r a- 11l r t. were sentenced to death on
Riumday.
its active element at work in Pike
g out one or two Independent
1 t.. ti -s for the legislature.
", f Bartlesville. has shipped 275
te,- ‘ried fruit this season.
-e-eipts for the past
- hales, against 15,310 bales
li " s Preceding year.
" ■ usand and twenty-two pounds
sve tie-n shipped from the
'-*7l •' M . .
, mmod.
, * " ' ! - w ill be put up in the streets
Or Decatur Kci,, g
" ) of -xpenment. where moat
Gum is crowded, and it is
vommodate any more of
late proprietor of the Griffin
e to Atlanta to pursue the
ofession—law. He wilt do
t profession, as he has ever
distic calling, and there is
rously signed, has been ad
1. H. Jones requesting him
-v a to represent the Forty
, . ■ ■ r ‘ district in the next Legisla
replies. accepting the
e support of the voters
counties.
runswick and Albany
reu red, and trains are now
• tile ■ ue.
bitfield county this
- T ‘ Hundreds of bush
laces, while a goodly
home consumption,
F. Wofford, who re
knocked off of the
og train on Tuesday
iv if not mortally
Saraiwah U-fomina 31 nv^.
-1. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
wourdecs. 'Chechild is but two years old, and
had strayea from the residence of Us parents,
which is situated about one hundred yards
from the track, and bad taken a seat on one of
the cross ties The train came thundering by,
and notwitnstanding every effort made, the
locomotive struck the infant and hurled it
down a twenty foot embankment. Its father,
who was near at hand, rushed and took up his
injured infant, it was found fearfully cut and
bruised about the head and face, the right
thigh broxen in the upper third, and it is fear
fully injured all over. At last accounts it was
still alive.
The grand jury, at the recent term of Camp
bell Superior Court, took a vote on the stock
law, and there was only ona member opposed
to the no fence system.
There is a great deal of sickness reported in
Lincoln county, and the doctors are generally
busy.
The. people of Morgan county have sub
scribed $45,0(10 towards the Athens and Madi
son Railroad. Oconee is fully aroused to the
importance of the road, and will do her full
share towards the grand enterprise.
The election In Lincoln county on last Mon
day for "fence” or "no fence” resulted in the
defeat of “no fence” by forty-five votes 'Jhere
was a large vote polled, and everything passed
off quietly.
An aged German and his wife, both un
known. while riding in a wagon across the Cen
tral Railroad track, near West Albany Monday
etening, were instantly killed by the train due
at 4:30 o'clock. Their bodies were horribly
mangled. Their horses escaped without a
scratch
Dalton North Georgia Citizen: “Crops are
about laid by fn this neck of the woods, and
they are all as fine as the most avaricious tiller
of the soli could wish—especially corn, which
is simply immense in quantity and fine in
quality.”
Judge VN hltfleld leased the Pulaski county
chain-ganr on Tuesday to Mr. Wm. M. Ander
son for $5 50 per month for each convict.
The lease runs until the first of January.
There are at present only six convicts, but Mr
Anderson agreed to take all th t may be con
vieted during his lease.
Mr. Daniel Campbell, aged 88 years, ft native
r Jf Scotland, but for many years a resident of
Telfair county, that portion of which is now
Dodge county, died at his home one day last
week. Mr. C. was one of the first settlers of
that portion of the State, and knew more about
its early history than perhaps any living man.
He was universally esteemed bF all who knew
him.
The Ooltewan and Red Clay Railroad was to
have been completed by the first of the pres
ent month, but a heavy sliite. which occurred a
few days ago in one of the deepest cuts on the
line, has delayed the work several iveeks. The
recent rains had so thoroughly saturated the
earth that the sides of the mountain crumbled
and gave way, and fully 10,000 yards of earth
slid into-the cut, which will require the hands
several weeks to remove.
Mrs. Mary Anderson, an aged lady, living in
the neighboring county of Walker, lost her
way while on the mountain last July, and for
eight days wandered aimlessly around, ex
posed to the wind and the rain, which fell
almost constantly. Wnen at last discovered
by her anxious friends she was cowering in a
small cave near the banks of Little river.
Although at the venerable age of seventy-nine
years, Mrs Anderson has about recovered
from her exposure while lost amid the wilds
of Lookout
Columbus Time*: “'he management of the
Columbus and Home Railway have decided to
construct a telegraph line along their road
from Columbus to Chipley, and as ‘the first
ling of the heart is the firstling of {the hand’
with Superintendent Gray, it will not be many
days before we can hold telegraphic conversa
tion with ourWiends in Chipley. The wire has
already been ordered, and to put it up will be
the work of only a few days. The advantages
to be derived from telegraphic communication
by Columbus, the merchants of Chipley, Ham
ilton and stations nlong the line are incalcula
ble, and we shall hail its completion with de
light.”
Thb Tenth Senatorial Democratic Convention
met at Albany on the fith instant, and after
several unsuccessful ballots for Senator, ad
jo- med sine die. After adjournment, the Lee
and Worth county delegations met and passed
the following recommendation: "To the People
of the Tenth Senatorial District: The conven
tion to nominate a candidate to represent the
Tenth Senatorial district in the State Senate
having me'and fai'ed to make a nomination,
we. the delegates of Lee and Worth counties,
do hereby recommen: Oapt. J. M. Rouse, of
Worth, to the people of the district as a suit
able person to represent us in the State Senate,
anl call upon all good citizens to give him their
hearty support.”
Athens Banner Watchman: “About four
o’clock Wednesday evening, as some hands
were at work blasting out a foundation for an
extension of the Athens foundry, an explosion
threw a large stone, weighing fully seventy
five pounds, through the upper windows of
the buildin.-, where Mr. W. A. Bain, pattern
make', was t work, the boulder striking him
on the head, causirg instantaneous death.
Afterwards it struck a tool chest near by,
crushing in its side. It seems that the blast
ers announced ’Look out!’ which Mr. Bain
accepted in its literal meaning. The news of
the terrible catastrophe soon spread over the
city, and hundreds of our citizens rushed to
the scene. The deceased had been laid out
upon his work bench, his head deluged in
blood. There were two other workmen in the
room at the time who instantly rushed to Mr.
Bain’s asdstance, bet he was dead before they
could re ach him ”
florid it Affairs.
The Tropical Railroad is steadily nearing
Tampa, and the Guardian predicts that within
a few months the “toot” of the locomotive
will become a familiar sound to the natives.
The recent decision of the Supreme Court of
Florida making all railroad property in the
State subject to taxation, will, it is thought,
increase the taxable property of the State
some five millions of dollars. Add to this the
increasing valuation of property and some
idea of Florida’s boom can be formed.
The water in the Indian river is salter than
it has been for several years, an l the fish taken
therefrom are said to be excellent.
Capt Mosely, on a two weeks cruise In the
sloop Seminole, captured 3,100 pounds of
green turtle.
Beveral car loads of iron for Live Oak and
Rowland’s Bluff Railroad were received at Live
Oak last week.
The subscription list of the Palatka Herald
in Putnam county has been doubled since its
enlargement, showing that the people appre
ciate a good paper.
The public schools in Putnam county opened
on Monday last The board of public instruc
tion will run the schools for six months, which
is au improvement on last year.
A correspondent writes the News that sore
eyes have seriously affected Chattahoochee
and the country round about during the past
few weeks, and that a similar disease has at
tacked the chickens with more fatal effect.
Col. Davidson passe. 1 through Chattahoochee
on Wednesday to make the campaign of West
Florida, where he will make things lively for
McKinnon an# the other Radical politicians.
He was feeling rather indisposed, but thought
when he took the stump and ■got up a good
pulpit sweat he would be all right.
Dr. J. G. McLeod’s gin house, in Jefferson
county, was struck by lightning on Saturday
last and entirely consumed. Loss SBOO.
There Is now a total reward of $1,850 offered
for the Neff murderers.
The dedication of the new synagogue at
Jacksonville took place yesterday afternoon,
the s< rvices commencing at five o’clock, and
was witnessed by a large concourse of people,
who enjoyed the novel spectacle.
Orange City was incorporated last week, has
elected municipal officers, and is now prepared
to curb hoodlums and put a stop to rowdyism.
Palatka Herald-. “The Savannah Morning
News’ mammoth trade edition is out, and is a
whale. The largest daily in the South, and one
of the best.
Ba timore Day : “Gen. Sawyer, of the Key
West Democrat, is twenty years old, weighs
thirty rounds, and is forty inches high, but
when he starts out to write an editorial he
weighs a ton”
A Volusia correspondent of the Jacksonville
Union writes: “It is more than probable that
a colony of Hollanders will remove from Illi
nois and locate at Bennett’s new town, near
Spring Garden, where they will engage in
gardening We have thousands of land suita
ble for that purpose, besides the 150,000 acres
owned by Disston & Cos.”
A special dispatch from Femandina. dated
September 7t.h. to the Jacksonville Union,
says: “M Dowling, dealer in general raerchan
dise.who recently commenced here, was closed
to-day by Savannah creditor-'. The claims are
considered unjust He will sue for $15,000
damages and reopen as soon as arrangements
are made. There is considerable comment by
merchants.”
Jacksonville Union: ‘"The travel to Florida
has commenced much earlier this season than
usual, and a larger number of persons arrive
here daily than at the same time in previous
years. Yesterday again the number of ar
rivals from the North was unusually large,
and the morning train over the Waycross Road
alone brought in at least fifty persons. A num
ber of these were Floridians returning from
iheir summer vacations North, but the ina
jority were new comers, who are here for the
gurpose of settling. Yes erday afternoon the
-Bary carried up the river at least forty-five
cabin passengers ”
Palatka Herald : “The arrangement entered
into bv the Florida Southern Railway, the
Baya River Line of Steamers and the Way
er ss Railroad to Savannah for through
freights from New York to Palatka, completes
a very desirable connection, by which the rates
on freight and passenger travel will be
less- ned The Florida Southern will connect
with the steamers at Palatka, and the steamers
with the Waycross at Jacksonville, bv which
travelers can pass through without detention
both ways. Through this arrangement parties
leaving Ocala and Gainesville make the trip to
Jacksonville in one day, including a pleasant
ride on the river. The arrangement will enable
fruit and vegetable growers to get their pro
duce through to the North and West without
delay, and with dispatch. ”
THE STAR ROUTE TRIALS.
JUDGE WYLIE’S CHARGE TO THE
JI’KY.
Their Duties Plainly narked Out—
A Verdict Reached aa to One De
fendant—The Attempts at Bribery.
Washington, September B.—ln the Crimi
nal Court this morning another large au
dience assembled to wit'.ess the proceedings
la the star route cases. The large attend
ance of prominent members of the bar at
tests the interest taken in this, the last stage
of the trial. All of the defendants were
present with the exception of Stephen W.
Dorsey.
Judge Wylie began his charge to the jury
with an explanation of the difficulties at
tending the summing up of a case of such
magnitude as this. He said he would not
undertake to deliver a professional lecture
upon the law, but it would be his endeavor
to travel over the case from one point to
another so far as it was necessary to do so,
taking care not to trespass upon the
province of the jury. The law made the
jury the ultimate final power, above the
court itself. At the same time the traditions
and practice of the law authorized the court
to talk to the jury with regard to the facts
The opinion of the court was not, however,
to be taken as obligatory upon the jury as to
questions of fact, nor should he insist upon
their accepting his construction of the law.
He wished them to be guarded by their con
science. He wished it understood that he
was wholly uncommitted as to the guilt or
innocence of the defendants. Some of the
reporters for the newspapers had evidently
misunderstood his utterances during
the trial, for the jury must be
aware that he had carefully abstained
from expressing any opinion upon
that subject. When Walsh’s testimony had
been offered the court had said tha’ in his
judgment there was enough evidence of
conspiracy to be submitted to the jury, and
it was upon that ground that his testimony
had been admitted. That was as far as the
court had gone.
The Judge give a brief history of
the events out of which grew
this prosecution, and then addressed
himself to the law. Referring to
the prayers, Judge Wylie said
that the conspirators were jointly united f or
some purposes and several for others.
Each man stood on his own defense. The
jury could not convict one man of conspi
racy, but they could convict two of the de
fendants. It there had been only one overt
act committed, and the jury acquitted the
party committing it, then defendants must
all be acquitted. For Instance, if the
jury acquitted Brady, who had
been called the key—the master key—to the
whole conspiracy, and no overt acts were
shown to have been committed by any other
defendant, then they must all be acquitted.
The position taken by the defense, that all
of the defendants must be shown to have
been interested in all of the contracts, was
false If It had been shown that they
were criminally interested in one, that was
sufficient, and conspiracy was established.
Surplusage in an indictment would not
vitiate it. This indictment charged but one
offense—one conspiracy. It couid not com
oris* two conspiracies. Part of the de
fendants might be wholly acquitted and part
convicted, but if the jury found two con
spiracies, and three of the parties guilty of
one and the remaining four guilty of an
other, the indictment failed. So much for
the frame of the indictment.
Now as to the proof. Conspiracy is seldom
reduced to writing. It is generally entered
into In a very informal way. The parties
might reside in different parts of thecountry.
But, if by any means, even by dumb show,
they entered into an agreement to defraud
the government, fo'lowt-d by an overt,
act, that was conspiracy. The law required
a verdict of guilty only when the jury en
tertained no reasonable doubt of the guilt
of the defendants. Doubt to be reasonable
roust be based upon evidence —not upon
mere conjecture. The axiom was that it is
better for ninety-nine guilty men to escape
than for one innocent msn to suf
fer. It, wou’d be a very happy con
dition of affairs if one innocent
man could be protected and ninety-nine
men punt-hed. An old Latin proverb said
that it was the lault of the Judge if
the wicked escaped, and that was true. He
would now take up one of the routes aud
see if it could he connected with any ra
tional the. ry of innocence. If It could, the
defendants were entitled to the benefit of
that theorv. He would select the small
routefrom Vermillion to Sioux Falls,Dakota.
The date of the contract was March 15,1878,
and was to run four years John W. Dor
sey was the contractor. The trips were to
be once a week. The distance fifty miles,
to which two miles had been added. The
tim>: was fourteen hours. There were nine
post offices but no towns on the route.
Soon after the service was put on it was
discovered that the actual distance was
about srventv miles, and that infor
mation had been distinctly and repeat
edly furnished to the Second Assistant
Postmaster General. On December 23d,
1878, f he number of trips was doubled On
May 3d, 1879, the route was practically as
sigtied by the sub-contractor to Valle. Oa
July 10th, 1879, the number of trips was in
creased to six, and the time reduced to ten
hours, increasing the compensation to
$6,133 50. Deducting an hour for delays at
tb poet office, the carrier was required
to travel seventy miles in nine hours. Peti
tions and letters had been sent in, and it did
not absolutely follow that the expedition
was fraudulent. If the jury could recon
cile it with any theory of innocence, they
must do it. A Congressman of influence
(Mr. Bennett) had asked for it, and that
must be considered. Boon after every post
master on the route uni'ed iu a protest,say
ing that the time was impracticable, and
asking to have the old fourteen-hour
schedule restored, and Mr. Bennett indorsed
this protest and sent It to Brady. Just at
this point the member of Congress seems to
have lost his influence, for he was informed
that It could not be done.
Afier reading the law relative to produc
tiveness, Judge Wylie inquired “What pro
ductiveness had there been in this instance?”
Reading from the record, he said for one
year it had cost $26,161. He hed called at
tention to this route because It had heen as
serted that members of Congress were re
sponsible for expedition. Yet, in this case,
when it had been expedited at the request
of a member of Congress, its reduction had
been refused.
Mr. Henkle interrupted at this point to
remind the court that French had made
the order in question, hut that Judge
Wylie said positively that French had made
the order by Brady’s direction. He contin
ued r “Was an increase made when it was
shown that the revenue was actually
decreasing 1 If the jury could reconcile
that with proper exercise of discretion, let
them do it. It could not have been done
through ignorance. Manifestly it was
purposely done. The thing to be decided
was whether it had been done through
mistake, the exercise of discretion, or on
purpo=e, or through a wrong motive.”
Concerning the false papers, said
he : “It had been argued that If
they resulted In good to the public,
then no criminal act had been
done, and in making orders upon them this
was no conspiracy. In the view of the law
proof of conspiracy might be made out
from the proof of the consequences follow
ing. Conspiracy,” said Judge Wylie,
taking up another branch of the subject,
and he read from an English authority in
support of this proposition, reciting
the circumstances of the operations
of what are known as the three
card monte men in this city,
He said the only way in which their con
spiracy could be made out was by the cir
cumstances following the actual swindling
operation. There was another topic he
wished to refer to. Among the prayers was
oue to the effect that If It appeared that gen
uine papers appeared among the fraudulent
papers filed In connection with the route,
then the order for expedition or increase
must be attributed to the Influence of the
genuine papers. Such a doctrine could not
be tolerated. Bad could not be saved by
good, and vice versa. Part es committing
frauds often found It to their advantage to
u*e a sole truth in their operations.
Yesterday’s occurrence required a passing
remark. If his information was true, then
there were men engaged in fixing the jury.
It was natural that the jurors so approached
should feel indignant, but they must not
let that interfere with their calm judgment.
Let them be so true to themselves as to re
fuse to allow themselves to be influenced by
these considerations.
Colonel Ingersoll rose and asked the
court If It was within his power to direct
the jurors to freely and fully communicate
to one another all of *he Information they
possessed touching these attempts at brib
er ‘Judge Wylie answered that he did not
wish that Inquiry started tn the jury room.
The defendants’ counsel called attention
to a number of their prayers for Instruc
tions, which had only been touched upon
generally, and asked for specific Instruc
tions, bat upon all these requests the Judge
ruled against them, and exceptions were
taken by the defense.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1882.
At 3 o’clock the jury retired, after having
been instructed to come into court at 6
o’clock whether thev found a verdict or not.
At that hour they returned and reported
that they had reached an agreement only as
to one of the defendants.
Judge Wylie declined to hear anything
further from them, and ordered them to
again retire aud come into coart to- morrow
at 10 o’clock.
All sorts of rumors are afloat as to the
bribery. One juryman has settled the fact
that attempts have been made by parties in
the interest of the defendants. There does
not appear to have been any concert of
action among the bribers, who se‘’m to
have been numerous. Four jurors are
named as having been approached,
but only the one has stated publicly
ia what interest. The efforts of the cor
ruptionists seem to have been directed to
securing a disagreement of the jury as to
one or two defendants. Attorney Bliss is
quoted as having knowledge of the names
and amounts. The friends of the defend
ants have asserted that the, 1 attempts at
bribery have come from the prosecution in
the shaoe of promises of official position or
employment In the departments.
THE TARIFF CO.MMInSION.
Wood Pulp, Paper Linen aud Ptax,
Chicago, September B.—The Tariff Com
mission devoted the greater portion of the
day to hearing representatives of the paper
making and wood pulp industries. They
stated that but for the existing tariff wood
pulp could not be manufactured In the
United States, and without the duty upon
paper the paper making industry would die.
The margin of profit on paper makiDg is
now smaller than ever before. Yet, not
withstanding that fact, new paper mills are
constantly going up. It was claimed that
but for wood pulp printing caper would
now cast 25 cents a pound.
H. Koelkenback, of Chicago, made an ar
gument in favor of the abolition of the duty
on raw flax aud tow and its retention on
linen goods, on which, however, the duty
might be reduced and simplified. He sal.'
the pauper labor of Europe was not to be
feared bv the flax producer in the West,
because flax could be produced here more
cheaply than in anv European country,
un account of the Item of rent paid for land
in Europe. The average cost of an acre of
flax in Ireland was twenty-eight dollars,
and in Illinois ten dollars. He laid down
the proposition that flax could be produced
in the Western Staten cheaper than in any
Eurooean country, and, consequently,
1* needed no protection.
EARTHQUAKE ON THE ISTHMUS.
Great Damage at Panama and Aepln
wall--Neveral Llvea Loat.
New York, September 8. —The Central
and South American Telegraph Company,
although they have not yet thrown open
their lines, which have been completed, to
the public, furnish to the press the follow
ing additional particulars of the earthquake,
which occurred yesterday on the isthmus of
Panama, and which was more disastrous
than yesterday’s brief dispatch reported:
A cable dispatch from the Superintendent
of the Company at Panama, dated to-day,
says: “The damage done by the earthquake
turns out to be greater than was at flrst
thought. The Cathedral and many of the
largest buildings In Panama are badly In
jured. The loss In this city is estimated at
several hundred thousand dollars. Several
lives have been lost in Aspic wall. There is
no communication with Aspinwali, either
by rail or telegraph, and many bridges on
the line of the road are broken.”
FLOODS IN TEXAS.
Several Town* Overflowed.
New Orleans, September B.—The Pica
yune's San Antonio special says: “A violent
rain storm commenced at 4 p. m. Wednes
day, and continued until midnight. The
nlnfall was six inches, and the streets were
flooded. The Ban Antonio river rose eight
feet, and many houses iu the lower part of
the city were flooded. San Pedro creek,
pasting through the western part of
the city, rose rapidly, washing away
all the bridges and the houses on its banks.
It also carried away fifty bales of cotton.
One man is reported drowned. The Inter
national Railway suffered severely between
this city aud Austin. Several small bridges
were destroyed, and there were no trains
over that road yesterday. The San Marcos
river is rising rapidly. The Rio Grande over
flowed the towns of Eagle Pass and Camar
go, and is higher than before since 1859.
Apprehensions are felt for the safety of
Brownsville and Matamoras.”
A WHOLESALE DUEL.
I wen y Frenchmen Ready for the
Field.
Paris, September B.—Ten contributors of
the Uitoyen have challenged ten members of
the staff of Ia Radical. A difficulty has
arisen regarding seconds, but it is not im
probable that the contemplated duels will
be fought.
Weather Indication*,
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, D. C., September B.—vindications
for Saturday:
In the South Atlantic States, cloudy
weather with numerous rains, northeasterly
winds, stationary barometer or lower tem
perature.
In the Middle Atlantic States, partly
cloudy weather with rains, southerly, shift
ing to cooler northerly winds, stationary or
higher barometer.
In the East Gulf States, cloudy weather
with rain, Increasing easterly winds, falling
barometer, stationary or lower temperature.
In the West Gulf States, partly cloudy
weather, local rains, northerly winds, sta
tionary or lower barometer and tempera
ture.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, cloudy
weather with numerous rains, variable
winds, mostly easterly, higher barometer
and stationary or lower temperature.
Tlie Dublin Police.
Dublin, September B.—Earl Spencer, the
Lord Lieutenant, announces that seventeen
of the dismissed constables, being bad
characters, will not be reinstated. If fur
ther combinations arise he will be unable to
approve the reinstatement of any more dis
missed for a like offense.
Clifford Lloyd, resident Magistrate,
addressing the people at the Loughrea
County Galway Petty Sessions expressed his
satisfaction at the improvement which had
taken place, and remaiked that Earl Spen
cer would remit the penalty imposed by
the arms aet, if the district continued peace
able. The Dublin police appear to be grate
ful for the consideration Earl Spencer has
extended towards them. They are full of
zeal and resolution to do their duty.
Hnbb II Bounced.
Point St. Ignace, Mich., September B.
The R public in Congressional Convention
of the Emventh district yesterday nominated
by acclamation Ed. Breitung, of Negaune,
to succe- and Jay A. Hubbell |n Congress.
Breitung has been a resident of the upper
peninsular for nearly thirty years.
The Democrats will probably indorse the
nomination. They certainly will not place
any one in the field against Breitung.
Fearful Ravage* of Dlpbtberla.
Richmond, Va., September 8. —Reports
from Pittsylvania county, Virginia, state
that diphtheria is raging to an alarming
extent in one section of that county. Fifty
deaths have occurred in the last three
weeks, and more than a hundred persons
are now down. In some cases nearly whole
families have been carried off by the dis
ease, which is stated to be of the most ma
lignant type.
A Defective Murdered..
Las Vegas, N. M., Septembers. — Charles
Harris, one of Pinker on’s railroad detec
tives, was assassinated on Wednesday night
at San Antonio, a small station a few miles
south of Socorro. Two men alighted from
an emigrant train, aud, approaching Harri-,
who was standing on the platform, shot him
dead. The murderers escaped.
A Premature Scare
San Francisco, September 8 —The cars
contal' ingthe Chinamen said to have yellow
fever were met In Contra Costa county by
the health offle-rs. Upon examination no
yellow fever was found. The men had been
discharged from the railroad service, a iffer-
Rig fiorn age, incapacity and malaria! fever.
Four died during the trip. The survivors
came to this city.
“A crick In the back” is many times a
symptom of a dangerous kidney disease.
Take Hunt’s Remedy, and secure safety at
once.
YELLOW FEVER.
thirty new cases at Pensa
cola.
Sore Need of Nnrie-Tlie Plague at
Brownsville.
Pbksacola, September B.—The Board of
Health bulletin announces nine cases of
yellow fever to-day, the eleventh day of the
scourge. If the disease becomes epidemic,
which the gloomy aspect threatens, there
will be great need of pecuniary aid, a large
proportion of our residents being
strangers to this people and
the climate. If this relief comes too late,
it might as well not come, as witness Mem
phis and Grenada in 1878 Therefore, we
appeal to the benevolently disposed to con
tribute to our threatened necessity through
the New York Herald.
George B. Lotd,
Chairman of the R-dlef Committee under
the auspices of the Y M. C. A.
Benjamin Robinson,
. Secretary.
H. G. Cushman,
Prudent Y. M. C-A.
R. C. C. White, M D.,
City Physician.
Robert B. S. Hargis, M. D.,
President of the Board of Health.
Brownsville, September B.—There were
forty-tight row cases of yellow fever and
two deaths—the latter Mexicans—within the
twenty-four hours ending at midnight
last night. There are also four new cases
among the at Fort Brown. The
number of fever cases In Mat&mor s grows
less day by day. There havj been three
deaths there since Wednesday.
New Orleans, September B.—The
Picayune's Pensacola special says; “The
Board of Health bulletin says thirty new
cases of fever and two deaths are reported
within the past t wenty-four hours. One of
the deaths was also one of the cases reported
to-day for the fire*; ilroe. This leads the
public to the opinion that a r.umber of cases
of a suspicious nature were he'd under ob
servation in the hnpe that they might not
prove to be yellow fever. This may probably
account for the apparently rapid increase
of cases yesterday and to-day. The people
in the face of an almost entire fuspensiou
of business, and the seve e pecuniary losses
thereby entailed, are holding up with a
courage that is quite remarkable, when it
is considered that* hundreds of them are
new comers, and consequently ucaccli
mated. There was until noon yesterday a
buoyant feeling of hope that the beginning
of the end of the pisgue had come, but
when case after case was bulletined at the
office of the Board of Health, there was a
great revulsion, but th. re was no panic.
“The pressing need now is nurses of trained
experience. The Secretary of the Relief
Association reports that there had been a
greater demand for nurses than they have
been able to supply by volunteers, and that
they have no funds to pay nurses nor to
purchase absolutely essential supplies. The
committee hopes, however, for a generous
response lo the appeal telegraphed through
’.bt Associated Press last night. If ihe
fever continues to extend we will have to
s a nd to New Orleans for practiced nurses.
The atmosphere to-day is much cooler than
usual, aud some alarm Is felt as to the effect
•of the change upon those who are sick.
The people are now even hopetul
that Uie fury of the epidemic may
be stayed. The Italian bark Dui-
Amaci Ligui was boarded yesterday
about thirty-five miles outside of Pensa -
cola bar by the tisbing smack Ka’e Smith.
There was no Captain or mate on board the
bark. The crew report that, the officers died
several days ago. The bark cleared from
Pensacola on August 18th, with timber for
Newport, Wales, and there was no slckncs
tben on board, but the Captain and mate
are supposed to have died of yellow fever.
The vessel was brought to the quarantine
station, and the Italian Consul will Investi
gate the case ”
Washington, September B.—Surgeon
General Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital
Service, received the following telegraphic
'report to-night:
“Brownsville, Texas, September B.
Fifty-seven new cases of yellow fever are
reported and four deaths. There are some
mild cases at Point Isabel. There are no re
fugees from here. Destitution has been
fully relieved. Murray, Surgeon.”
New York Stock Market
New York, September B.—The stock
market to-day showed considerable activity
and strength, and asa result shows an
improvement on yesterday’s prices. The
market opened strong. St. Paul, Minneapo
Its and Manitoba leading the advance, but
in the early trade the market became
heavy, and the general list fell off
per cent., the latter for Minnesota and
St. Paul preferred. Lake Erie and West
ern, however, advanced 1, and St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Manitoba 6 per cent., to
160. The martcet then became buoyant,
and an advance took place, ranging from %
to 2}£ per cent., in which Alton and Terre
Haute, Nashville and Chattanooga, Louis
ville and Nashville, Lake Erie and Western,
and St. Paul preferred and common were
most prominent.
In the early part of the afternoon St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Manitoba sold down 2 per
cent, and the remainder of the list % to %
per cent., the latter for Minneapolis and S'.
Louis. Subsequently the market again be
came strong, and under the lead of Lake
Erie and Western prices sold up to 2
per cent., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manl
toba, Missouri Pacific, Denver and Rio
Grande and Michigan Central being also
conspicuous in the upward movement, but
in the final dealings Bt. Paul, Minneapolis
and Manitoba fell off '&% per cent., Hauui
bal and St. Joe preferred 1% per cent, and
the remainder of the list >g to % per cent.
Rock Island, however, sola up I>£ per cent,
and closed strong.
The market in the main closed weak, but
showed "i advance on the day’s business of
%to 4 % per cent,, St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Manitoba, Alton and Terre Haute pre
ferred, leading therein. Hannibal and St.
Joseph preferred, however, was an excep-*
tlon and closed 3% per cent, lower. Trans
actions aggregated 414,000 shares.
The lV<tk la Mincing Line.
London, September B.—ln Mincing Lane
the markets have been Inactive. Some sales
of coffee show a decline. Fine col jury
Ceylon, however, is steady. Tea has been
quiet. Common Congos at auction have
declined. Indian is steady. Sugar is inac
tive. Prices generally are about the same.
The supply of West India is much reduced.
Some cargoes off coast brought full rates.
Crystallized has been freely offt-red, and
prices receded slightly. There cave been
further heavy arrivals. Rice cargoes barely
maintain the late rates.
Coitou in Liverpool
Liverpool, September B—This week’s
circular of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers’
Association says: “Cotton has been In
moderate demand, and was unchanged, ex
cept American,.which Is in limited demand.
Good ordinary uplands were reduced %and.
For sea Island there was a small lequest,
and prices are unchanged. Futures early in
the week were fiat, declining l-6d. to Jgd.
They have since been firmer, and the de
cline was recovered except for September,
which 19 1 16d. lower.”
Ilirad<tuflsl:i Britain.
Liverpool, September B—A leading
weekly train circular says: “The continued
decliue in Americau quotations has further
Intensified the existing dulltn ss of the grain
trade. In most markets prices are2s. lower.
Cargoes off coast are lower. The demand
has been slow and the supply large. To
day wheat was in moderate demand, Id. to
2d. lower. Flour was steady at unchanged
rates. Corn was limited in inquiry, and
prices were unchanged.”
Cotton Future* tn New York.
New York, September B.—The Poet's
cotton market report says: “September
deliveries are in good demand and advanced
8 100 c. All the later months find only a very
moderate inquiry, and improved only 1 100 c.
At the third call 12 45c. was refused for Sep
tember October brought 11 85e , November
and December 1163 c., January 11 70c .March
11 92c., April 1203 c , August 1242 z. Futures
closed quiet but steady, September 5-100 c.
dearer than yesterday ;balance 1 100 c. lower.”
Matirbeater Market.
London, September B—The Manchester
Guardian, in las comm rcia! article, says:
“ The market was steady, but the amount
of business was extremely moderate.”
Failure* (or ibe Week.
New York, September 8 —R. M. Knapp,
provision d< aler, 76 Broad street, to-day
uotlfied the Produce Exchange that he was
unable to meet his mercantile obligations.
The business failures the past seven days
reported to New Y; rk number one hundred
and nineteen. Of these, one hundred and
fourteen occurred in the country and five in
the city.
Colonel Tillman Renominated for
Consre**.
Augusta, Ga., September 8 —George D.
Tillman was unanimously nominated for
Congress to day by the Democrats of the
Second South Carolina district.
THE WAR IN EGYPT.
The Water supply at lemallla and
Fora Said-Indemnifying Alexan
drines.
London, Septemher B.—A to
Reuter’s Telegram Company from Ismailla
says: “It is reported that the fresh water
canal has been cut above Tel el Kebir, thus
flooding the low land to the south of that
place. Forty guns from Cairo arrived at
Tel el Kebir yesterday.”
• A dispatch from Alexandria says; “The
Ministry to-day submitted to the foreign
Consuls a general proposal relative to in
demnifying the inhabitants of thisj city for
losses sustained by incendiarism or
pillage. The Ministry suggest
that an International commission,
whose decisions shall be final, be appointed
to settle jthe claims, the’ commission to
consist of four members of the public debt
department, two Egyptian delegates and a
delegate from each of the six great powers,
one of the Egyptian delegatee to be Presi
dent of the commission, and the Vice
President to be elected by the commission
by a simple majority.
Alexandria, September 8 —The body of
the murderer of the Englishmen, Richard
son and Dobson, who was executed yester
day, was left hanging in charge of twenty
nativ policemen. Late last evening an Arab
mob overpowered the guard and carried off
the body, together with the rope with which
the man was hanged. They carried off the
murderer’s clothes and the rope to a mosque
as relics. The body Is to be embalmed as
that of a saint. There are no British sol
diers here to-night.
Pore Said, September B.—An under
standing has been reached between the mili
tary authorities and the water company by
which Port Said will receive five thousand
tons of water dally, and Ismailia a sufficient
quantity to supply its inhabitants.
ARKANSAS AND VERMONT.
Reported Republican Gain* lu tbe
Former flUt.
Chicago, September B. —A special dis
patch to the Inter-Ocean from Little Rock,
Arkansas, says: “Returns come In slowly.
Not over one-fifth of the State is heard
from. The final result will show that the
Republicans have increased their vote
forty per cent, over any previous vote.
They have doubled their numbers in the
Legislature, and by supporting Independents
and Greenbackers have almost, if not quite,
secured an opposition majority. They have
also carried one and perhaps two Congres
sional districts. Reports of bulldozing and
frauds continue to come Id.”
White River Junction, Vt„ September
8-—There wa3 a clerical error in the election
returns sent hence as regards Poland for
Congress from the Second district. His
majority is now shown to be 1,363. Stewart’s
majority for Congress in the First, district
is over 8,000.
Tbe Aliliude of Prance*
London, September B.—The Paris cor
respondent of the Times telegraphs a long
conversation he had with M. Duclerc, Pres
ident of the French Council, and Minister
of Foreign Affairs. The latter declared:
‘We are not, or at least we do not think we
are, a vacation Cabinet, and the proof of
this is that we are preparing a bill which
we propose to submit to the Chambers. Our
foreingn relation is excellent. I seek no
alliance, because I am pursuing no aim
renderirg an alliance necessary. France
wishes for peace, and so do I.”
The Times, in a leading article, says: “M.
IJucterc aims at peace, while Gambetta or
his friends adopt a warlike tone. That is
enough to make Europe desire that Duclerc
will retain office, and what Europe desires
Germany will endeavor to secure.”
Waylaid and *1 ordered.
Jackson, Miss., September 8. Jesse
Race, a highly respectable farmer, was way*-
laid and murdered yesterday, near Winona,
by two men named Curtis. Both men are
at large. They acknowledge having com
mitted the deed In a letter to the Sheriff.
Judge t’rlip’z Oppooeiii.
Americus, Ga., September B.—D. B.
Harrell, the Independent candidate for
Congress from this district, was unanimous
ly indorsed by the Republican Convention
held here to-day. Jack Brown did not put
in an appearance, but will support Harrell.
Tbe Cyclone in Cab*.
Havana, September B.—The recent storm
here extended over the greater part of the
Island, dolDg the most damage at Villa Clara
and Clentuegos. The American bark Idaho
and tbe Brl’lsh schooner Sorato were driven
ashore at Cienfuegos.
Petersburg’* First Bale.
Petersburg, Va., September B.—The first
bale of new cotton was received here this
morning. It was raised on the farm of J.
F. Rainey, Northampton county, N. C.,
and sold for fifteen cents and was classed
middling.
'i'wo Georgia Judges Dead.
Atlanta, September 8. —Judge Benson
Roberts, a prominent citizen of Griffin,
dropped dead at his plantation in Pike
county to-day. Judge Algood, of Rome,
also died to-day.
Tlie Case of Cholera at Newport.
Newport, R. 1., September 8. —Three
physicians pronounced the case of the son
of H. B. Auchincloss Asiatic cholera, but
unmistakably a sporadic case.
.MURDERER OR MADMAN !
The Confession of Westgate to the
Assassination of Lord Frederick
Cavendish—His Crazy Actions.
A Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch, dated
August 21, says: “Westgate, alias Patrick
O’BrieD, the alleged murderer of Lord
Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke, has
been removed from Her Majesty’s ship Fan
tome to Spanish Town jail, as the Fantome
was ordered to Barbadoes to take the place
of Her Majesty’6 ship Dido, now stationed
at Port Royal. The prisoner (Westgate) is
a man of ordinary build. He has a full and
ratber dark beard, about three inches in
length all round, had nothing on his feet
when on board the Fantome and was
dressed in blue trousers, jacket and
slouched hat. He looked nervous, but would
have easily been mistaken for one of the
‘tars’ If at liberty. He still adheres to his
former confessions. He has several times
threatened suicide, and a close watch is kept
over him to prevent any accident. He says
that he left Dublin on the night of the as
sassination and proceeded by the night mail
to Holyhead, and thence went to Cardiff,and
from Cardiff he sailed in the Gladstone for
Porto Cabello, where he was arrested by the
British representative on his own confession.
He says that the authorities at Porto Cabello
treated him very harshly, and that he has
been very kindly dealt with on board the
Fantome. He was In a very dirty condition,
and had to undergo a thorough washing
when delivered to the officers of the Fan
tome. When asleep he is troubled with
fearful dreams, and raves very excitedly.
The doctor was called several times to ascer
tain what was wrong, and the ship and
prison doctors affirm that he is suffering
acutely from very intense excitement. He
onfeases to having returned before enter
lng the car, and to having given Lord Fred
erick Cavendish a stab in the back, and that
he was employed and paid £3O by Mr.
O’Connor, member of Parliament, for his
share in the deed. He says that his wife
resides in Dublin, and that her father also
lives there. He wrote a letter to his father
in law, but not to his (prisoner’s) wife. He
is a hearty eater, and he is liberally supplied
with all the necessaries of life. He even
got whisky on board the Fantome when he
called for it. He speaks with a strong Irish
accent, and one night lately he called on a
man named McCall, saying: ‘Weil, Mr.
McCall, you have got your money and I have
not got mine yet. I was on board the mall
steamer and saw the Captain and postman,
but I have not got my money yet.’
"He has revealed the names of.his alleged
accomplices to the authorities, but the
ns.rues he gave are kept strictly secret.
The general belief here is that he had some
thing to do with the Phoenix Park murder,
and this belief gains ground, even although
news has been published here stating that
Westgate had sailed previous to the murder.
The prisoner may not be Westgate, but it is
certain he is either a murderer or a madman.
One day while looking carelessly through
the Sunday at Home magazine his eye caught
the words: ‘The assassination of Lord
Mayo,’ and he jumped with fear and asked
his keeper, ‘What’s that?’ He then turned
over the leaves excitedly and seemed to be
lost with fear and excitement. No one is
permitted to see Westgate in prison, unless
those who have of necessity to visit him.
"The authorities here are awaiting further
orders from England. Meantime the prisoner
is continuing to eat heavy meals, and his
geueral appearance la that, of a heartless
helpless witling.”
THE GEORGIA DEMOCRACY
THEIR DUTY DISTINCTLY SET
FORTH.
Addre** from tbe State Democratic
Executive Committee—(<> and Doc
trine Wblcb tbe Democratic Mlaasea
Should Heed.
Atlanta, September B. —lo the Democrats
oj Georgia: The peculiar condition of the
political contest now being waged in this
State would seem to justify a clear and suc
cinct enunciation of the living issues which
require the continuance of Democratic con
trol. This condition is peculiar fn this, that
it presents for the first time in the history of
Georgia a complete coalition, or Radical
and Independent ticket, as opposed to the
regular nominees of the Democratic party.
Heretofore Independent candidates have
sprung up In two Congressional districts, and
in a few of the counties In contests for the
Legislature. But never before has a thorough
and determined effort been made to carry
the Btate by a combination between Radicals
aud disaffected Democrats. This uopn ci -
dented movement and uuholy alliance will be
readily defeated, if the people can but be
aroused from apparent apathy to the true
condition of affairs. The immense majority
by which the party in power has always car
ried the elections since the State was re
deemed from the corruptions of reconstruc
tion and the Radical regime, has led the
Individual voter to assume that his personal
presence at the polls was not a necessity,
and it would now seem that where the
standards of Democracy were not placed
in the hands of the candidate of his choice,
he Is disposed to inactivity.
The apathy which grows out of the preva
lence of this erroneous idea is further mani
fested in a disposition on the part of some
to aisregard the moral binding force which
attaches to party nomination. Just so long
as men fall, as Democrats, to accord to the
nominees of their party a hearty and con
tinuous support, the hopes of the Republi
cans will be fired to greater energy and more
untiring efforts. The Executive Commit
tee, feeling that a clear and concise state
ment of the true issues involved in the pre
sent campaign, would go far toward the
correction of the evils of apathy and disaf
fection at present existing, earnestly entreat
your careful consideration of the following
views:
It is immaterial to the organized D ;ncc
racy whether the Republicans fluh’ under
their own flag or whether they assume the
specious garb of Independents. Whence
comes “coalition IndependentAsm ?” Inde
pendence of action and of though is to be
admired, unless based upon a consideration
present or future. If so based, it becomes
the most servile dependence, especially if
such consideration is to be paid by the ene
mies of the party to which the new born
“Independent” belonged. Offices are few
and aspirants many. The Democratic party
is unable to place In the posts of honor all of
i’s adherents, however capable they may be.
But where the claims of one of such candi
dates have been rejected, there may be a
prospect of success, w ith the assistance of the
large colored vote among us, If he runs
under some other name than “Democrat.”
To this vote he appeals, and is christened,
In water anything but holy, as the “inde
pendent Democrat.” With seemingly plausi
ble arguments as to the unfairness of party
conventions, he carries with him a few dis
affected brothers, and appeals to the Radi
cal party, composed in this State almost
exclusively of negroes, to elevate him into
office. The “independent,” in the twin
kling of an eye, becomes “the dependent”
on Radicals. The consideration he is to be
paid Is office and spoils; the coroideration
they are to receive Is Increased Radical
strength and decreased Democratic harmo
ny and unity. If the coalition is successful,
there can be but one result—Radical rule in
Georgia.
So many years of prosperity have inter
vened since the dark days of reconstruction
and Republican supremacy, that it may be
well to seriously contemplate what is the
natural and necessary result of Radical rule
in this State. It means negro supremacy
wherever that race has the majority of
votes. It means negro supremacy, or—if it
be possible to comtemplate a deeper'
degradation in a. condition so fallen—
something worse where the negroes, com
bined with disaffected whites, have control.
The simplicity of the average colored voter,
together with his Innate gentleness and
good nature, rendered him comparatively
harmless when left to himself, but
when aroused by the manipulation of de
signing persons, and urged on by the greed
of power and gain, a more dangerous ele-
meet In our political fabric can hardly be
conceived. This State can never be submit
ted to the domination of the colored race,
and the people of Georgia will see to it that
neither by desertion from the Democratic
party nor by inactivity therein, shall such a
result be permitted. And yet to this inde
pendentism directly and logically points!
There are but two parlies in Georgia—the
Democratic and Radical. He who does not
belong to the one, necessarily attaches him
self to the other, and If he wears the dis
guise of the “Independent coalition Demo
crat,” he 6lmply becomes the more insidious
in his attacks upon the institutinns of our
State Cassius was a far more dangerous
enemy to Rome than Hannibai. A conspira
tor In the camp is always more to be feared
than the enemy upon the open field. This
Radical party In Georgia looks alone to the
negro vote for support, and to the adminis
tration at Washington, its most corrupt
branch, for supplies. Fed from such a
source—that has turned the White House
into a New York political trading booth—
what must be the growth ? The inactive or
apathetic Democrat, ho wever sound his
course may appear to him, unintentiou ally
adds to the power of Radicalism in the exact
proportion that he decreases the strength of
his own party.
For twelve long years has
proffered to our people the Issue between
the white race and the black race, and that
issue is still prominently before us. We have
endeavored in every honorable way to de
feat It, and so far we have succeeded. Let
us not now, when we are reaching the full
fruition of present prosperity, fail to meet
this issue with becoming fortitude and firm
ness. If we falter for a moment, if the
enthuslesm of the Democrats, that enthu
siasm which Is born of the loftiest purpose
that ever animated humanity, pales before
the advancing enemy, years of toll and
arduous struggle will not remove the un
happy results. The elevation of the negro
to power, social and political, which
is the true aim of Republicanism
In the South, is a measure which ihe
friends of the country should hope to avert.
And It can only oe averted by the Demo
cratic party, indissolubly united, acting to
gether in a vast harmonious whole. To the
Democrats of Georgia is entrusted the noble
responsibility of preserving the principles
•of our commonwealth safe from the ruthless
attack of those who urge the supremacy of
the colored race. Will the Democrats of
Georgia shirk this responsibility? Or will
they not, as men true and tried, boldly meet
the issue, and having boldly met it, as suc
cessfully vanquish it? As Democrats, as
Georgians, as citizens, as fathers, husbands
and sons, we say to you, let no
trifling consideration of personal pref
erence or favoritism deter you from
your duty; but with a clear conception
of the magnitude of the questions before
you, support with your accustomed zeal the
distinguished gentleman whom the Demo
cratic party has selected to illustrate its
principles and to further its high and noble
aims.
The Democrats of Georgia have always
extended to the colored race that measure
of justice and consideration which is com
mensurate with the rights of its members as
citizens of the Btate. To do more than this
would impose burdens with which it would
be wrong to load them. To do less than this
would blot the civilization to which we be
long. The Democratic party can well afford
to be, as it in truth Is, "just to the colored
race. It can afford to be generous, and is
committed to their education and improve
ment as rapidly as the resources of the State
will permit. But It recognizes that the
great interests of the commonweal b, politi
cal, social and commercial, are In the hands
of the white people,and they should control
those Interests by every honorable means.
There Is no way so certain by which these
vital interests may be successfully protected
and fostered as by the administration of the
government at the hands of those whom the
Democratic party places in power. And
how can such an administration be best se
cured?
The Republican party itself is the perfec
tion of discipline, however corrupt it may
be in its methods. To meet it stccessfuliy
upon the political battlefield, untrained le
gions must not be sent. Able and honest
party leaders are necessary to organization
but whenever they fail in their duty, or act
otherwise than the luterest of their Sta'e re
quire, they should at once be deposed.
Ihls can be readily accomplished within the
party. Certainly the cm’ racing of Radical
ism with lts"bossism,” “personalism,” rings
and cliques, cannot cure the evil. Instead of
desertion in the time of danger, patriotism
would point to a closer affiliation
with the party. Organization and combtna
tion for the Interests of the State must be
fostered. Rings and cliques for selfish and
personal gain must be condemned in un
measuftd terms, and annihilated through
the regular action of party machinery.
Political alliances within the party, having
always In view the welfare of the general
public, are entirely permissible and neces-
ESTABLISHED 1850.
sary, but when the object Is the desire for
office or other personal benefit. Irrespective
of the interests of the State, they become
conspiracies, and must and will be de
stroyed. A Democrat must be a patriot,
and no patriot can be a conspirator.
With such an enunciation of the ends and
alms of the Democratic party, surely if is
unnecessary to appeal to all persons who
have ever acted with that party again to
buckle on their armor for the conflict. Let
all past differences be buried in the presence
of the danger now threatening us. Let not
a lance or a shield be missing from the solid
phalanx when the day of battle comes, and
as surely as the sun will rise on that event
ful morning, so surelv will victory perch
upon the standard of Democracy! Georgia
calls upon her sons to do their duty, and that
call has never yet been made in vain!
Washington Dessau,
Henky R Habhiß,
Henry Jackson, -
Sub committee, j
ATLANTA ttOSSIP.
Local News— Political bomlp-The
Chamber of Commerce— Personal
Kellgloua—Some Colored Items—
Inbarmouloiis Harmony Final
Paragraphs.
Atlanta, September 7.—After two days of
fine dry weather, the wet spell has reappeared,
and we are threatened with a steady rain.
The doctors report a good deal of sickness in
the city, and the summer resorts have sud
denly closed their doors, all the result of cool,
damp weather.
Senator Brown, who suffers severely in damp
weather from a throat trouble, is seriously in
disposed, and his family are pressing him to
idake another trip to the dry, clear atmos
phere of Colorado.
The city is full of strangers, many coming
from closed summer resorts, others in atten
dance upon the. United States Court and the
Supreme Courts, and a large number in atten
dance upon the Chi Phi Convention.
Reports come in from North Georgia of the
presence of the army worm and caterpillar in
large numbers, and grave fears are entertained
that mucb damage will be done to the growing
crops Dry wearher is badly needed.
Jules Soule, the decamping leader of the
Atlanta Brass Band, is still in jail, but finds
many sympathizing friends. He owed a board
bill for self, wife and child, and the band owed
him. Not being able to collect the former or
pay the latter, he took the meagre funds of
the band and a few instruments and skipped
out. His landlord now has him in limbo.
POLITICAL OSSIP.
Hon.A.H. Stephens still lingers here,and was
present last night at the wedding of the step
daughter of his nephew, at whose house he is
a guest. His visit to Atlanta has been much
enjoyed, and he has made many votes there
by.
The Senatorial question is rapidly develop
ing new features, and it looks as though a
half dozen prominent candidates would be in
the field before the contest is ended. Chief
Justice Jackson is now the leading opponent
of Governor Colquitt, yet I think the latter still
has the inside track.
A Stephens Club has been formed here by
the active young politicians of the city, and a
strong effort will be made to carry Fulton
county for Mr. Btephens.although Gen.Gartrell
is stronger among his home friends than in any
other part of the State. The campaign in
Fulton will be very spirited.
It' is interesting to note the difference be
tween the two candidates for Governor in iheir
treatment of office seekers. While Mr.
Stephens appears to be annoyed by the con
tinued rush of applicants for places under
him, which he considers rather too previous.
General Gartrell seems to be flattered by all
such appeals He takes it for granted that
they indicate his “calling and election sure.”
There is such a thing In politics as harmony,
but harmonious harinonv is quite another
matter. The Republican Independent-Liberal
party has (or have) secured the former, but I
fear the latter cannot be reached. The con
solidated ticket is simply inharmonious har
mony, and the new State Central Committee is
ditto. I see in this consolidation a loss of
several thousand votes for Gartrell and a gain
for Stephens. *
ATLANTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I referred to this organization in a rather hu
morous way in a rec> nt letter, which did not
please some over sensitive individuals, who
think a big name is all that is needed for such
an organization.
Since my letter was written Col. B. F. Saw
yer has, started the southern Merchant , a six
teen page commercial paper, and one that
ought to know all about the Chamber of Com
merce and its officers and operations. Yet he
says of it:
“According to the best information obtain
able it is now officered as follows.” After giv
ing the list of officers he continues: “The meet
ings are held on the call of the President. For
some unexplained reason regular meetings
have not been held fora long time.” And this
in the great and growing commercial metropo
litan of the State. Comment is unnecessary.
PERSONAL MENTION.
The statement that Georgia is the birthplace
of Judge H. K. McCay is an error. He was
born in Pennsylvania, but has lived in this Btate
over thirty years, and may be considered a
“Georgia fixture.”
Captain John G. Smith, for many years the
agent of the Central Railroad at Eufaula, 41a.,
and a most prominent citizen, has concluded
to remove back to that place. He has been in
business here about three months.
Members of the Chatham Artillery will re
member Lieutenant Wm. L. Marshall, of the
United States Engineer Corps, who wag so
attentive to them during their encampment at
Rome. He is the Captain Marshall who has
just been made a member of the board of
officers to improve the Mississippi river.
The question of awarding the public printing
has been settled by the Attorney General in
favor of Mr. James P. Harrison, of this city,
who has had considerable experience In that
position, and always held the office with credit
i o himself and benefit to the State. It is safe
to predict that his future career will be equally
as honorable to himself and beneficial to the
State.
RELIGIOUS matters.
Some of our Atlanta churches advertise their
singing more prominently than their preach
ing, which appears to be a secondary attrac -
tion with a great many church goers.
Hon. Henry W. Hilliard preached at Payne’s
Chapel on fc unday morning last, and Chief
Justice James Jackson occupied the same pul
pit at night. Atlanta has a good supply or lay
preachers.
Of late attempts have been made to estab
lish here a Reformed Episcopal Church, a Libe
ral Church t?), a Universallst Church, and a
Unitarian Church. The Rev. Dr. Harwood, of
St. Louis, is now here to establish a Congrega
tional Church.
My prediction in regard to Thanksgiving Day
services was fully verified. Only one church
was opened and a union service held, yet the
house was only about half full, a fact which
called forth a rebuke from several of the
speaker-', among whom was Governor Colquitt.
SOME COLORED ITEMS.
Atlanta sent three colored Insane women to
the asylum this morning, and quite a crowd
gathered at the depot to witness their de
parture. Insanity is rapidly increasing among
the negroes in this part of the State.
There is also an alarming increase in the
number of colored criminals. The great ma
jority of persons arrested for stealing and
other crimes ara lazy, shiftless negroes, who
have come here to live without work.
No city in the State is as full of colored
politicians as Atlanta, which Reems to be head
quarters for the leaders Just now ;hey are
here from all parts of the Stat-, and, as here
tofore, are divided in their operations, as there
is money to be had in both parties.
It was thought a few weeks ago that the ne
groes would go solid for Gartrell, but 1 am told
by some of the leading workers of the race
that Stephens will have a strong following.and
will certainly divide the colored vote in all
parts of the State with his more hopeful oppo
nent
VIRAL PARAGRAPHS.
Major S. B. Wright, of Albany, has opened a
wide gate In starting the question of who was
the “beardless boy* who was the first Confed
erate killed in the late war. Nearly every
writer who comes to the front has a different
soldier for this position
The East Florida Seminary has done well in
securing Lieut. Arthur L. Wegner, of the Sixth
United Stages Infantry, as Commandant of Ca
dets and Professor of Military Bcience. He is
a graduate of West Point, an experienced
officer for one so young, and will prove a valu
able instructor.
1 attended the legal sales on Tuesday at the
court house, where other sales also took place,
or were to take place, and I was fully confirm
ed in my previous opinion that the real estate
boom had “busted ” There wa- not a single
bidder on the tax sales property, and much
other real estate was withdrawn or bid in by
the parties sell.ng, as only ruinous bids were
made, except in two cases.
The death of Col William M. Nicholls, at Mc-
Iver’s station, on yesterday, had be n anticipa
ted for some time past by his intimate friends,
as there appeared to be no permanent relief
for him. Few men were more widely known,
and a large circle of relatives and friends will
mourn his death in the prime of life.
Mr. J. Troup Taylo-. of this city, so long
known in connection with the clerical duties
of the General Assembly, has sad tidings from
his sister. Mrs. Metcalfe, in Texas. Sbe resided
at Ben Ficklin. in that State, and. with her
daughter, was among the many victims of the
sudden overflow of the Ocncbo river. Although
a resident of Texas for nearly fifteen years,
this sad calamity falls heavily upon her kin
dred in Georgia, by whom she was still held in
kindly remembrance.
During the Atlanta Exposition several suits
of men’s clothes were made in a single day
from cotton picked in the morning. Governor
Gilmer, in his “The Georgians,” presents a
rival claimant in female garments. He says
Mrs. Micajah McGhee once performed a feat
in industry “which was har t to beat.” That
is, “she spun, wove, cut out and made up a
petticoat in one day and wore it the next.”
The oldest inhabitant will take pleasure in
rising up to remark that “petticoats in them
days were not such flimsy garments ai are
now worn.” Chatham.
Base Ball ¥estertl*y.
Baltimore.—Alleghenys 8, Baltlmores 2.
New York. —Phiiadelphlas 1, Metropoli
tans 3.
TbHt Hußbnnd of Min*
Is three times the man he was before he
began "Wells’ Health Eoaawaf. H
GENERAL AND LIEUTENANT
general.
* Word ol Explanation In Reply
to Some Proposed Correction*.
Atlanta. September 6.—A distinguished citi
zen of Savannah, whose record at West Point
Military Academy, in the United States army
and in the Confederate service entitles him to
the most profound respect, writes me a long
letter in reply to my article in yesterday’s
Mornino News, in which I attempted to present
some historical facts as to the origin of the
grade of Lieutenant General and General in
the United States army.
any readers who mav eß
th£? t ° f the aub J >ct - 1 desir state
that it. was not my purpose to go back to the
TtefteTste! ar,uy * but t? deal simply with the
United States anny as it has existed since ihe
inauguration of the first President It is true
“ that Washington held the rank
of General and Commander-In-Chief of all the
cod inent&l armies, and duly ozorcisfd th
gowere and privileges of that h.gh
But this fact does not make Grant the*coj£/
General in the United States army
My friend also claims that Ike title of Lieut
2fconferred on Washington on May
WterlT- t U9 March ’ M Panted by mistake in my
letter) L9B was an oversight on the part of
Ada “A M Washington had previous
ly held the higher rank of Genera 1. So he had
and also the still higher one of President, the
highest military authority in the land Con
gress and all the great men around the Presi
dent could not have intentionally made such a
blunder. It has always been customary for
rßo ei u s b ranK * in cases of reorganization
or consolidation, to accept a lower rank than
tw beld b ¥ the™. For example,
J homas A - of Georgia, when
rad re 9 r kanizect in 1815, was promo
h® a Colonel, ami was thereby
retained in the service. To-dav all through
Maior^Genersil st ' en . General* JLI
%£#3£ r '£2Sr nbM the sar " e relation
If any blunder was made, which I do not ad
mit, Congress and President A urns were a
long time rectifying it. Washington was made
a Lieutenant General on May -a, 1793, and it
was not until March 3, 1799, nearly a year later
that they tried to make him a General Mv
friend likewise assures me that Washington
never accepted either grade, but simply the
office of Commander-in-Chief of the army. I
must contend, however, that there is no such
rank or office—and never has been, as an inde
pendent Thing in itself—as Commander-in-
Chief. Why. even a Chaplain, or a Burgeon,
or a Paymaster, must have a rank or grade, he
cannot be simply a Paymaster or Chaplain.
Washington, according to the highest military
authorities and State papers that I have
studied, accepted the rank of Lieutenant Gene
ral, and died under it, havimr declined to ac
cept the higher rank of General. In the old
continental army he could hold that rank, but
under our new form of government, with a
President higher in command than be his
good sense prompted him to be content with
the title of Lieutenant General.
I cannot consent, therefore, to make any
change in mv previous article. The grade of
Lieutenant General and General, although not
brought into active use, first originated
in the United States army in the In
terest of Washington. As Scott was
only a Brevet Lieutenant General. it
follows that Grant was the first officer of the
army to bring these grades into active service.
The view taken by Washington was a wise one,
and in these later times more than one conflict
has arisen between the General of the army
and the President, each claiming as his right
and privilege some exercise of power that in
other o ays was vested alone in the President.
Just now the grade of General is a superfluity,
and should be abolished Sidney Herbert.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY
Dispatches received at Paris state that the
cholera Is also raging In Cochin China.
It is officially stared that the applications
for shares of the Panama Canal Compauy
foot up over 600,000 shares.
One hundred and seventy natives died at
Manilla of cholera on Thursday, and 370
deaths occurred In the neighboring villages.
A Leavenworth, Kansas, special slates
that thirty soldiers have deserted from Fort
Leavenworth, escaping in all directions,
dressed In citizens’ clothing.
A Chicago special dispatch says: “A
party of capitalists in this city are ai rang
ing to ship refrigerator beef from Texas to
New York. They have a capital of six mil
lion dollars.”
The difficulty between Japan and Corea
has been arranged. Corea has agreed to
pay £500,000 as compensation to Japan, aipl
£50,000 to the relatives of the murdered
Japanese subjects.
A telegram from Chicago says that it has
been discovered there that “many cattle and
hogs slaughtered for shipment to New York
are covered with festering sores,” The
matter Is to be investigated.
Mrs. Margaret Shaw and her five-year-old
granddaughter were knocked down a few
Jays ago In Cincinnati by a horse attached
: p a hose cart going to a fire. The girl was
Illled and Mrs. Shaw seriously injured.
Francis D. Moulton has filed a bill In
qulty in the United States coui ,r at Provl
* nee. against Zscharlah Chaffee, trustee,
hd William Sprague, for the possession of
lauouchet. The writ is returnable on Octo
er 2d.
j While George Hess, aged sixty years, was
gleaning a horse near Jamestown, N. Y„ a
dat jumped on his shoulder and thence to
the horse’s back. The horse kicked, inflict
ing injuries upon Hess, of which he died in
a few nours.
The Berlin Tagblatt reports that while a
grand cavalry manoeuvre was being con
ducted by the Crown Prince Frederick Wil
liam, on Thursday, two French officers of
high rank in civilian dress were arrested.
They had been making sketches of the
ground.
Dr. Wiltrout, physician at the County
Hospital in Pottsville, Pa., read a paper re
cently before the Bchuylkill County Medical
Society, on scurvy among the Poles and
Hungarians in that county. Of 2,000 per
sons of these nationalities, at least 500 have
suffered from this disease.
The colt barn on the Sprague estate in
Cranston, R. 1., was destroyed a few nights
ago by an incendiary fire. It Is the fifth
building so destroyed on this estate within
a short time. George W. NoyeF, said to be
from Boston, has been arrested on the
charge of setting fire to the barn.
The Turks propose to compromise the
Greek frontier difficulty by offering to cede
three of the disputed places to Greece, if the
latter will cede to Turkey the remaining
two. Greece refuses to do this, and will
mobilize an army if the negotiations fail. A
force of four thousand men Is beld in readi
ness to join the troops concentrated on the
frontier.
An extensive cave in occnrred recently at
Lost Creek, on the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
about three miles from Shenandoah, Pa.,
The ground continued settling during the
day, and at 3 o’clock In the afternoon a
seam was opened along the railroad track,
about three feet In width and 1,000 yards
In length. The running of trains was
stopped for a time, until the track was
raised to its usual grade. The sinking was
caused by the working of underlying coal
veins.
Brighton Beach Kacea.
New York, September B.—The first race
at Brighton Beach to-day, for all ages, one
mile, J. W. Norton won, Major Hughes
second, Flower of Kildare third. Time
1:44*.
The second race, for all ages, one mile,
Little Phil won, Ballast second, Governor
Hampton third. Time 1:44%.
The third race, for all ages, seven eighths
of a mile, Fellow Play won, Frankie B.
second. Ranger third. Time 1:29.
The fourth race, a handicap one and one
eighth of a mile, Hartford won, Bouncer
secoud, Jim McGowan third. Time 1:57%.
The fifth race, for a purse of 1250, a
handicap hurdle race, one-half mile over
six hurdles, Buckra won by a head, Guy
second, Ohio Boy Third. Time 2:48%.
Paaa Christian Littfas.
Washington, D. C., September B.—The
Lighthouse Board give notice that on and
after October 1,1882, the fixed white light
of the fifth order, shown from a white
tower at Pass Christian, on the main land,
about six miles norihwest of Cat island,
Miss , will be discontinued.
A good medicinal tonic, with real merit,
is Brown’s Iron Bitters, so ail druggists say.
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