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i.eoriria Affaire.
: the foulest murders ever known to
committed occurred in Futnam
■■reek on the person of Mr Stephen
kc- ' who lived about three miles from
v . n He left his home about noon on
v oi and sometime in the evening the mule
me riierleea Inquiries were made
it it was not until Wednesday that
r h come anxi in, and suspicion of
• wa< aroused. On Thursday last
. ; frien i, discovered where a body had
in the cotton patch of a negro
. ..; livin Johnson. A party was forthwith
• v ■- i t follow the trail, and the body was
i; a gully on the plantation of Mrs.
it a half mile from the starting
. ~ uvlv was very much bruised, and
( , .i ternb'y beat -n and cut.
-•edel ction case of Dr. R. Proc
... g . Anthony Wilson, for Representative of
Au n o itin’y. will be called up for a hear
tsv next and continued from day
today until terminated.
Mr J >hn Bvrtlett. Jr., of Rockdale county,
; . f> ;r miles from Lithonia, was found
(j.. ifrof of the door of his house on last
T . :av morning,* with -an empty army
r -‘- lying beside him together with
a keif-*, ammunition, etc. It is
—: that tile d<*csan**d was preparing to
toy-* a ! unt, and hail accidentally shot himsef.
Tii - . tt > k' tTe’t just under the breast, and
,<-t hn ist have followed immediately. The
and child of the deceased were absent at
. e time vi-itiog a neighbor, and on their re.
tarn me found the dead body of the husband
and f C-ier lying at the door of the house.
Mr i, urge W. Hancock, of Augusta, had a
: ■ . -cape from dea'h on Friday morning.
He was riding across the city bridge at Au
jpjs-a. when his horse, becoming frightened by
th- ill -n blowing of a whist’e by an engine
on- mth Carolina Railroad bridge, pushed
igunst the railing of the bridge, which gave
way and precipitated the horse and buggy
ti er the edg*. Mr. Hancock jumped out in
; •; ■ vive himself, and endeavored to save
h rse. which hung suspended over the river
Ur the harness, but finally the harness snapped
un 1 r tlie weight an ! struggles of the animal.
tnd he was precipitated iDto the river and
drowned.
TANARUS: ere are now twenty-three inmat-s in the
A untv jail. One of them. Dock Wilson
has been s-nteneed to the penitentiary for life,
and another, Nathan Smith, of Dodge county,
hi- -n sentenced to death for rape. The
other twe ty-one are awaiting trial.
At Ousley, Lowndes county, on Saturday
night. Mr. O. H Carroll’s store was broken
icto, and goods to the amount of $75 stolen.
The hu*glars were subsequently captured by a
w irthy colored man nam and Lucius Baker.
There were three of them—a negro named
Freeman, his wife and sister—who have been
arrested and are now in j ail.
The gin house of Mr. C. T. Lathrop. near
Hawkinsvilie, was burned last week, together
with several bales of cotton.
The oil mil! at Hawkiosville Is in successful
operation. The company have already, this
.. ln . purchased over eight hundred tons of
t con seed and is still buying, for which they
pcv 14V4 to 15 cents per bushel.
Mr. J. W. Gardner has assumed editorial
control of the West Point Enterprise, and in a
a very decided editorial announces his inten
tion to make the Enterprise an instrument for
the accomplishment of good
Colonel J J. Rogers and Mr. Edward Elder
are the opposing candidates for the Mayoralty
of Barnesvilie in the ensuing municipal elec
tion. They are both prominent gentlemen in
the community, and the contest will be close.
Outrhert is to have a cotton factory, and its
spindles will be whirling in lees than sixty
davs. The machinery has been ordered and
wi i arrive in two weeks’ time. At present the
company will manufacture only thread rope,
ball twice, etc , but will work in looms for the
manufacture of cloth as early as possible.
Talbotton is now a progressive Georgia city,
aa i wants a steam fire engine and a good fire
department.
S;x th usand lights illuminated the city of
Athens on last Thursday night in celebration
of th-Cmdler victory and the defeat of Emory
Speer B- tween five and six thousand people
me'm ami around the Opera House and form
ed a grand torchlight procession in honor of
the event.
Some vile miscreant, says the Bulloch Coun
ty Hi inner, a few days sines put fire under
Mrs J-ff leg’ barn and burnt her entire crop.
Mrs Jeffries is a poor widow with a poor help
-1: - - father and several little children to care
for. She is left almost without a morsel ex
cept what the hand of charity has bestowed.
A Motif-e county farmer shipped a coop of
ten turkeys of this rear's crop to Barnesville
U S : day. '<d they were everyone sold in
lei- th n three hours’ time at the round sum of
one c,., ir each.
TVdosta has received un to <!a’e 4.674 bales
(■ • rt cotton and 540 bales long cotton. Esti
iranr ne bal- of long cotton as equal to two
• which i- a small esti • a'e. we have a
gra- 1 1. ta of 5,974 bales received up to No
vember i‘)th.
•Ve ria l this item in the Griffin Daily -Vet c:
"A negro s' Marnesville on Wedne-day, gave
at; el-phant in Barrett's ci cus a chew of to
hac,--. for which the ungrateful b-*ast caught
him up in his tru k and injured him so that he
-' n,-xt day. The ralpml brother should be
t&retut how hes-es tne elephant, as it often
gets aw vy with the white man.”
J Emmet: who is a very
ear: t Misoo has been rented a deputy of
I- 'ijpviia C MlriC'l for the Southern juris
ts' n o' the Tnirty-ihird Decree, and last
t-<: - tne Ancient anl Accepted Scottish
’ ' Freemason'y. At the late Session of
the s Council, in Was M n ft ton city. Dr.
Md a Knight Commander
c '' urt f Horer. the highest honor with
>•> 'U- tr.ft of the fr-terni y.
T rt Gaines Tribune: “A dead body was
. n the l i atiaboocbee river, at the sand
bar j .sr. .ibove Peterson t Hutlive's warehouse.
ty evening last. It was past all recogni
t ' > ting in such a state of decomposition
tta ' : was impossible to tell whether it was
the ri mains of a white man or negro The
fcs r .| all left the bead, and the greater part
<f tu-tl snhai fa lets from tbs bones The
b :y a* let n lial on an at ron. which caused
•"the to jj'mi the deceased was in life a me
chanic.
■ 4r a rin bouse i;sar Mallorysyille. Wilke*
‘ . t ere cccurrej ,'.'st Friday an accident
* c j' r ed in the death of a young lad
: r ank Owens, aged about fourteen
f-ar-s Hi was playing around a cotton press
- ui by steam. The press is Ofie of
tt- ti j which revolves with the bale of cot
j n •ir is thought the boy was riding on it.
Jj its rev aijocs the p'ess crushed the little
j"- * •c* --gome of the timbers, and killed
! ! art y. So one raw him a: the instant
ne in killer, and when discovered he was
Cea His body was terrioly crushed.
t Haskmsville Gazette: “Tre two cribs of Mr.
• ' v ’. I'ofT e, of Dodge county, were fired
o' ti unknown incendiary on Friday uight
**' m 1 totaiiv c nsumed with all their con
-x ep'about twenty-five busheis of corn
n a damaged oouditien. Mr. Coffee's
. " ' is two hundred bushels of corn and two
.-ini pounds off dder. The incendiary
ene as a stick of fodder near by.
was raved, was found covered at the
f ' r *d w ith the oil Mr ( offee has within tne
w t e.,, yeais sustained a hevy loss by the
■ L S f cribs, barns, dwellings, etc ”
c r*'w Sta "The nnmercus friends of
t - '• A. Smith will be pained to hear of
- -ar rorsometime he has been strug
with that dreadful disease, consumption.
. ‘ 1 two months ago he went to Atlanta,
W.’ change would help him. But last
i 'l-y m inline he was tailed from earth.
, j * ii. mi h hag been a citii-n of Valdosta
tr -'■*[*• &D d was ever enlisted in any enter
' ii? 1 ® OQl£l advance the interest of the
; - Stood citizen a kind and affec
&■ •'* r. ' tV 4 ® 11 aDd ,a, har. and an honest and
man m every relation of life. We.
bj r w " h the , f hole ‘°n. extend to his
•cave j family our sincere condolence.”
Cl j^^! rn . niai ‘cpwrt of Capt. J. W. Nelms.
-r t ‘ r^ r * ,he penitentiary, was
i l„° Til. T ‘'W , Ic contains a
tsarv V r*® l °f tho in the peniten-
There were on tbfrcrison lists October
•-•aAh 1080. 186 convicts, and Vg'm that date to
October SO. 1882,58-1. making a total of 1.724.
There haws been 324 discharged, 109 pardoned,
36 escaped and 23 deaths. That leaves now in
the penitentiary 1,264 oonvi -ts Of that num
ber 1,130 are colored and the remainder are
yrfaitet. There are JJ2 white males and one
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savannah morning news
*l. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
white female; 1,100 colored males, and 30 col
ored females The oldest convict is 78, and the
youngest is 1 i years old. The income from the
penitentiary is IAOOO per annum, out of which
are paid the expenses of the department. The
price per capita pier annum is $4) 11.
There Is Moral and Political Life in
the Old Land Yet.
Editor Mourning Sews: The work which cul.
minated on Tuesday last in such glorious
achievements of moral and political success
over error and corruption, gives joy to every
honest heart in America. The signal victory
over the despot that presides over the destiny
of this nation has taught him that he has a
master in the spirit of the people, who have
been alarmed and groused to decided action.
47* h " r now lies shivering in the muddy pud-
UiTw w< ??' d f f eaW and disgraced In the eyes
of the civilized world Folger, broken hearted
ana alone, stands as a monument of stupefi
dous folly, and poor Atkins can weep over the
roily of an ungratified ambition, while old Ben
rejoices in a glorious victory as a reward for
returning to his old faith.
This great moral and political revival that is
sweeping the country, purifying as It goes,
will go on from da\ to dav, until it shall be
f°me as the rushing of a mighty wind sweeti
ng before it usurpers, tyrants and their min
long, as leaves are swept before the terrors of
infuriated ’ and uncompromising tornado.
l heir golden calves and graven images will
be ground into powder, and the fig free shall
blossom and fruit be in the vines; the labor of
the olive shall not fail and ihe fields shall yield
meat: the flocks shali not be cut off from the
fold and these shall be heard in the stalls ’’
The patriotism of the people will cut down
the great Upas tree which Radicalism panted
and cultivated to poison the soil and taint the
atmosphere with political malaria; it will dig
up and pile and burn every root and fibre that
infest the soil, and plant in its stead the great
Eucalyptus tree that will sweeten the soil,
punry the atmosphere and heal the wounds of
the nation. Then our country will become the
political Eden of the world, and we will gase
in rapture upon the dazzling fruits of blest
tranquility, and “joy in the God of our salva
**““• „ , Hermit.
St. Mary's, November 9, 1882
Governor Mepbens.
Editor Morning News : The election of
Mr. Alexander H. Stephens Governor of
Georgia at this time, and almost at the very
close of his long and singular political
career, has a etroDg touch of the anoma
lous. Not that he could not have been
elected Governor at an earlier period, for
there has scarcely been a time in his history
that it would have been denied him by the
people of Georgia, but his ambition did not
lead him to desire it, so far as the public
knew, and his people always sent him where
they thought he would do the most good.
Whether as an Old Line Whig, a Union
Democrat, Anti-Secessionist, Reconstruc
tionist, or leader of the so called Bourbon
Democracy of the present day, his popularity
never forsook him. He seems to have been
the one man in the South, or 'in the entire
country as to that, who retained, through all
the political phases of his time, the fresh
ness and constancy of the people’s affec
tions.
The secret of this, perhaps, lay in the fact
that Mr. Stephens’ political phases were ap
parent only. New issues gave new names
to parties, and, of course, leaders wore them
as badges before the public, but there was
no need, even under the stirring events of
the war, to repudiate fundamental princi
ples, and these Mr. Stephens never failed
to hold up before the people whenever his
voice could be heard above the din and con
fusion of political excitement. Faithful
still in his life-long Integrity to the funda
mental principles of the National Govern
ment, he simplified his Inaugural ad
dress by a reannouncement of the
Jeffersonian code of Democratic Republi
canism, and er joyed the rare felicity, for
these times, of being able to declare that he
entered upon his duties as Governor abso
lutely untrammeled, no enemies to punish,
.no friends to reward. There is not another
man living who could have got into the
office with such freedom at the time Mr.
Stephens made his advent. The only other
mm we can remember who could have ap
proached him in such peerless reear l of the
people, is ex-Goveruor Charles J. Jenkins,
of Augusta.
But the 6aee of Liberty Hall had never
been Governor through ail his great po
litical life, and the people of Georgia,
who always sympathized with the man,
loved him for the hor.es>y and simplicity of
character maintained through all the tri
umphs of his geniu-, were glad of the oppor
tunity presented by the distracted counsels
of the 8 ate to step aside, make a “new
departure,” rejuvenate their old hero and
long time political Idol, and* confound all
the political factions of the State by seating
him over their bea is in the Executive chair.
No matter who were Instrumental in his
nomination, they were only instrumental,
for the fact seems to have been one of
those political Incidents, secretly evolved
from the ii'.ne-s of things,
prepred in the be6t minds of men, when
erdightened socie'y is ready to take another
step forward. Mr. Stephens was an out
sider in reference to the politics of the
S:ate, for neither par'y scarcely dared claim
him, while in fact bo'h did claim him until
he decided to announce himself clearly on
the Democratic side, and even then he did
it with such conservative grace as very
nearly to conciliate the other side. If he
fell sbort of this in the election he will
achieve it In hfs adminlatrailon, and begins
by assuring them that he has no enemies to
punish. And he will keep his word,
for Mr. Stephens has a na'ural honest, good
heart, which made him the “Qre&t Com
moner,” and saved him amid the tempta
tions ever open to brilliant geriu-, from
becoming the astute politician. He is a real
statesman of the people, not always la ac
cord with their views, but often In advance
of them, with full sympathy and sincerity
of purpose, which they invariably acknowl
edge, as on the present occasion, when they
have risen up to his poMtiOD.
Asa politician he might have accumulated
a large fortune during his long service In
Congress, as many others did; but, as a true
patriot aqd states man, he was superior to the
temp ations of the times, and contented
himself with the moderate salary of the
office he filled. The fact that he passed so
many years of his life amid such tempta
tions with seemingly no thought of self
aggrandizement, without accumulating even
a competency for old age, could not escape
the people of bis State, who knew him so
well, and that, with one accord, they ceased
all political strife among themselves, march
ed down to Liberty Hall, drew forth the
hoary, feeble, almost poverty-stricken sage
and hero of two republics, and gratefu’ly,
enthusiastically eleva'ed him to the highest
position in their great State, fills enlight
ened minds everywhere wl f h admiration of
a people who delight to honor merit., and
whoee understanding has not been darkened
by the reign of moral and political corrup
tion in the nation.
The eves of the whole country have been
turned upon this noble act of the people of
Georgia, and it will be taken as the begin
ning of anew era in Southern politics—a
reunion of confl'ctlng elements at home and
reintegration with the political harmonies
abroad. Secession and anti-secession in the
South heal their mutual wounds by this
laying on of the final plaster In Georgia, and
the chronic suspicion of the North must be
eradicated upon witnessing the popular ac
ceptance in Georgia of the one prominent
rebel It generously forgave, because of the
honest consistency of his record as a Union
ist. L C. B.
One day Sir William Johnson, the Indian
agent in the Mohawk country under the
Colonial Government, was unpacking some
clothing brought from England. Hendrick,
a famous Indian chief, was present, and
took- a strong fancy for an embroidered
coat. He dare not ask for It, but next dsy
he told Johnson a dream. ‘-List night,”
said he, “me dream you say, ‘Hendrick,
you’ve been good friend, and now I reward
you, and you give me the gold coat.”
Tne whit* man pondered a moment,
and then said, “You are right; the
coat is yours.” Not long after
wards Johnson told Hendrick he
had been dreaming. “And-what did my
white brother dream?” “That you took me
by the hand and said: ‘Sir William, you
have been my friend, and I will show my
love for you. I will give you all the land
on the Great Elver and Canada Creek.’”
The Indian was amsaed, for the tract was
nearly 100,000 acres In extent, and very
choice land But he was not to be outdone
in generosity, and finally replied: “My p*le
brother, the land Is yours: but,” he added,
after a long pause, “Sir William, we won’t
dream any more; you dream too big for
me.” The old chief’s title was confirmed
by the British Government, and the land
was Jong known as the Royal Grant. —
Christian Week’y.
The acquisition by the Mutual L'fe Insur
ance Company of tbe old post office site In
Nassau street, New York, as ground for the
erection of a large building, has recalled
many Incidents connected with the history
of the Middle Datch Church, which was
opened for public worship In 1729. Among
these Is the fact that when Dr. Benjamin
Franklin was on bis way to Albany in 1754
to attend that memorable convention which
suggested there a plan of union for the colo
nies, while in New York he made from the
tower of that church experiments of tbe
electrical theories with which bis name is
uvnorably associated. It has been suggest
ed that the plans for the new .bnlldlng
ought to provide for placing upon Its tower
a statue of Franklin.
DUBLIN STIRRED.
A SUPPOSED PLOT TO MURDER
JUDGE LAWSON.
A Suspicious Character Arrested—A Plot
Talked of—The .Joyce Murder.
Dublin, November 11.—A daring attempt
was made this evening to assassinate Judge
Lawson In Clare atreet, Dublin, while the
Judge was going to the club. The police
noticed suspicious movements on the part of
an individual on the opposite side of the
street. The man was afterward seen to
cross the street toward Judge Lawson and
to put his hand In the breast of his coat,
whereupon he was knocked down by the
policeman and found to be holding a six
chambered revolver. The parson, who was
taken to the station, gave his name as Cor
rigan, which Is known to be false. He is
known to be a carpenter, and as the affair Is
believed to have originated in secret, nu
merous arrests are expected.
Dublin, November 12 —Judge Lawson
evidently had a narrow escape from assassi
nation last evening. Since his appointment
as one of the Judges under the prevention
of crimes act, and more especially since the
severe newspaper comments upon him, he
has never gone out without police protec
tion. Ha has received a large number of
threatening letters, and it is alleged has been
sentenced to death by the secret tribunal.
He was walking last evening from his house
on Merion street to the Kildare Street ;Club
House, followed at a distance of a few
yards by two constables, while two army
pensioners, who were engaged to assist
the constables, kept him in view
from the other side of the street. The
party had nearly reached the club house,
when a -man having the appearance
of an artisan jostled against Corporal
Mac Donnell, one of the pensioners, in
endeavoring to pass him somewhat hastily,
and said la a confidential manner, “It is all
right.” Mac Donnell thought there was
something suspicious in his manner and
walked as near him as possible without
attracting his attention. When opposite
the club house the man crossed the street
and turned to meet Judge Lawson.
Mac Donnell, who bad meanwhile noticed
'hebuttof a revolver protruding from an
Inner breast pocket of the man’s coat,
rushed after him loudly proclaiming his
discovery, and, knocking him down, ob
tained the revolver, after a struggle tn
which Mac Donnell received a cut on the
back of his hand. The revolver is a six
chambered one of unusually large size, and
the exact pattern of those found in the
house In Doreett street, where McMahon
was shot sometime ago. On the way to the
police station the prisoner tried to get rid
of a dozen cartridges.
His real name is Patrick Delaney, and he
resides at No. 131 Cork 6treet, in this city.
He was formally charged to-day with hav
ing feloniously attempted to discharge a
revolver at Judge Lawson with Intent to
murder. It Is believed that other persons
besides Delaney were engaged in the at
tempt, as an endeavor was made to stop a
tram car so as to give the assassin
an opportunity to escape during the
confusion. The police say they
knew Delaney well as a returned
convlci, who Is obliged to report himself to
them from time to time. In 1870 he was
sentenced to five years’ servitude for rob
bery and attempted murder. A conference
of law officers was held in Dublin Castle
to-day, at which Earl Spencer, Lord Lieu
tenant, was present. After the conference
Earl Bpencer sent his Secretary to congratu
late Judge Lawson on his escape.
The police admit that the proclamation
recently published In the Gazette, renewing
the offers of reward for the discovery of the
Pfcoenix Park murderers, was issued because
they had received Important Information,
which they ssv they are now endeavoring to
corroborate. The prisoner who has turned
Queen’s evidence In relation to the murder
of the Joyce family will depose that he ac
companied his fellow prisoners to the resi
dence of the Joyces, and that while he
waited outside the house he heard the shrieks
of the victims within.
SPAIN.
The Cat-lists About to Collapse—Another
Heir for Alphonso—The Coming ketsion
of the Cortes.
London, November 11.—A dispatch to
the Times from Madrid says: “The Carliet
party seems to have reached the stage of
final dissolution. For months it has been
divided into bitterly hostile camps, repre
sented by two newspapers, the Siglo Futuo
and Life. Don Carlos patronizes the former
party.* He has lately scornfully refused to
respond to a loyal telegram sent him from a
baiquet of the adherents of the latter party,
who accordingly resolved to send a deputa
tion to Interview Don Carlos and demand an
explanation. In the event of the explana
tion being unsatisfactory, the party will
probably disavow him.”
Madkid, November 12. —The Queen of
Spain has been safely delivered of a daugh
ter. The mother atd infant are both doing
as well as could be expected. The child
will be baptised on Wednesday and will be
named Isabella.
It Is believed that the Cortes will re
assemble on ihe 25th inst. without the
Royal summons, and that a vote of confi
dence will be brought forward at an early
date In the session. Ministerial journals
are confident that the government will have
a majority of one hundred.
The rumors of the approaching dissolu
tion of the Cortes are denied, the govern
ment having no doubt that It will have a
majority, despite several desertions. The
organs of the dynastic Left affirm that their
party will not endeavor to overthrow the
Ministry by a parliamentary vote, but will
conduct an active campaign In the Cortes
and In the prest In order to prove that,
although the government has a majority,
public opinion Is hostile to Its policy.
THE SOUTH LBN BUBBLES.
The War otr Bogus Insurance.
Washington, November 11. The Bt.
Elmo Marriage Insurance Association, of
Knoxville, Tennessee, has consolidated with
the Knoxville Life and Nuptial Insurance
Company Association, thus evading the
notice served on them by the Post Office
Department to show cause why their cor
respondence should not be thrown out of
the malls. Bimilar notice has, therefore,
been served on tbe consolidated association.
This is the first case taken up by the depart
ment against the Southern Matrimonial
Insurance Companies.
Weather indications.
Otticx Chirp Signal Observkr, Wash
ington, D. C., November 12.—Indications
for Monday:
In the South Atlantic Btates, fair weather,
followed by local rains, varlablewinds, most
ly southerly, stationary or lower temperature
and pressu.e.
In the Middle Atlantic States, much
colder, partly cloudy weather, with local
rains, westerly winds, higher pressure.
In the Gulf States, colder, cloudv weather
with rain, winds shifting to northerly, high
er pressure.
In the Ohio valley and Tennessee, colder,
cloudy weatttfr.wlth rain, turning Into snow,
northerly winds, higher pressure.
Entirely Without Precedent.
London, November 11.—The Parnellltes
voted against tbe government, and the other
Irish members with it on the first test vote
on the cloture yesterday. During the de
bate five officers of Indian regiments en
gaged in the recent Egyptian campaign ap
peared In the gallery of the House. They
were greeted with cheers from the body of
the House. The officers returned the saints.
The scene Is without precedent In the House.
Cold Weather in the Northwest.
Misnrapolis, Minn., November 411.
Navigation closed in the Missouri river to
day. Dispatches received here to-night
from Blunarck aud Fargo report cold weath
er all along the Noithern Pacific. Much
Ice is running In tbe Missouri and Red riv
ers. It has been moving all day at Bis
marck. T&e weather, after twenty-four
hours’ rain, is clearing and Is growing cold
fast.
Sunk In a Collision.
Nrw Oblrans, November 12.—A Baton
Rouge dispatch says: “A. collision occurred
this morning a mile below Placquemine
between a St. Louts tow boat and the
steamer John M. Chambers, In the Atcha
falaya trade, and the Chambers was sunk In
seven feet of water. She had aboard 860
bales of cotton."
Matters In Peru.
Lima, November 11.—The LHairo Official
states that General Montero has called upon
the municipalities of the country to furnish
him a monthly stipend of their funds to sup
ply the wanta of his government.
A slight shock of earthquake was felt
here last night
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1882.
ELECTION ECHOES.
1 “ether Returns from the Various States.
Hawkinsville, November 11.— The effi*
cialvoteof Pulaski ccunty Is as follows :
Congressman-at-large Tbos. Hardeman
448, C. D. Forsyth 142. Representative
Third Congressional district—C. F. Crisp
447, D. 3. Harrell 143. The vote was very
light in the county.
Oklando, Fla., November 11.—In Orange
county the official vote for Congressman
stands—Finley, Dem., 1,113; Blsbee, Rep ,
480. Senator Twelfth district, J. G. Bpeer.
Assemblymen—J. J. Harris, J 5. M. Bryan,
Democrats. No opposition.
Bbaditokd County —J. J. Finley, for
Representative in the Forty-eighth Congress,
has 483 majority in Bradford county, with
two precincts to hear Irom, which will In
crease his majority to 575 Gasken and
Edwards, Democrats, have been elected
Representatives to the General Assembly In
this county.
Taylor County —The official vote of
Taylor county is as follows: Davidson 184,
Skinner 25, McKinnon 2. Davidson’s plu
rality will probably reach 5,000 In the dis
trict.
Jackson Countt.—The official vote of
Jackson connty for Congressman is as fol
lows: Davidson 1,368, Bklnner 604, McKen
non 362.
Eureka, Nbv., November 11.— The full
count of the State shows the election of
Cassidy, Dem., for Congress, and Adams,
Dem., for Governor. The Legislature is a
tie on joint ballot.
Philadelphia, November 11.— The offi
cial vote from all the counties in the Btate
except Philadelphia, Allegheny, Sullivan
and Wyom'ng, shows a plurality for Pattt
son of 38,639. These figures are based on
unofficial returns from the four counties
named. The Legislature shows a Democratic
majority of 15 on joint ballot.
Bt. Paul, Minn , November 11.—It Is
reported that Bremen, Ames and Barnum,
Democratic candidates In the First, Fourth
and Fifth districts, will contest the election
on the ground of alleged frauds.
Raleigh, November 11 —The election of
Poole, Rep., in the First district, is conceded
by the Democrats. The election in the
Seventh district Is still in doubt. The
election of Bennett, Dem., as Congressman
at-large Is confidently claimed by the Dem
ocrats, who estimate his majority at 1,000 or
more.
Raleigh, N. C., November 12 —Returns
from eighty four counties give Dockery,
Rep., for Congressman-at-large, 600 ma
jority over Bennett, Dem. The ten coun
ties unreported gave Jarvis In 1880 a Demo
cratic majority of 1,825. Heavy Democratic
losses are expected In some of these coun
ties, but not enough to elect Dockery.
Richmond, Va., November 11.—Correct
ed returns Irom the counties of the First
district, all official except one, show Garri
son, Dem., Is elected over Mayo, Coalition
ist, by 35 majority. It is reported here that
the official figures from the Beventh district
will so change the result there that the elec
tion of O’Ferrell, Dem., over Paul, Coali
tionist, Is assured.
Bt. Louis, November 12 —lt Is unoffi
cially stated that McLean, Republican, has
a majority of 21 for Congress in the Ninth
district of this city, but the result will not
be definitely known until the City Register
makes the official returns.
TIIE JURY FIXERS.
Surrender of Briber Shaw.
Washington, November 11.—Frederick E.
Shaw, one of the men charged with attempt
ing to improperly influence the star route
jury .surrendered himself to the United States
Marshal this morning. His counsel had
notified special counsel Wells that Shaw
would surrender himself to-day, and, accom
panied by his counsel, Bhaw called upon
Gov. Wells at his office. He was Immediately
taken to the Police Court, and without aDy
argument was admitted to ball In $2,500,
which was promptly furnished. His case dif
fers from that of the other defendants,
Payne, Fall and Foote, from the fact that he
is charged with approaching the jury In the
interest of the defendants In the star route
case. Gov. Wells Is of the opinion that
Shaw has been concealed bv the defendants,
and that the change of policy h is been de
termined Involving the surrender of both
Shaw and Foote.
THE DISTILLERS.
The Product of Liquors to be Reduced.
Cincinnati, November 12.—About half
past ten o’clock last night the committee of
conference of the Western Distillers’ Export
Association reported that terms of agree
ment had been made and assented by the
dealers who had been standing out. A ses
sion of the association was called Immedi
ately and the action of the committee rati
fied. The time for commencing operations
under the pool is fixed for Monday, Novem
ber 13, to continue until the Ist of May of
next year. The production Is to be 35 per
cent, of the entire capacity. The members
all signed the agreement and the association
adjourned sine die.
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE.
The Next Quarterly Dividend to be
Passed.
Nrw York, November 12.—The Tribune
says: “The Directors of the Richmond and
Dafivllle Railroad Company, at a meeting
which lasted nearly all day yesterday, voted
to pass the next quarterly dividend, but to
pay Interest on tbe debenture bonds on
April Ist. The discussion on this action
was long and sharp, and the session of the
board was continued from 11 a. m. till
about 5 p. m.”
The Fever at Pensacola.
Pensacola, November 11. —Yellow fever
reports for two days pist give seven new
caes and two deaths. Total cases to date,
2,323; deaths 192 The weather is fair and
warm. Among the recent cases is that of
Mrs. Bcott, wife of the venerable Arch
deacon Scott, rector of thi Episcopsl
Church at this place. It is represented to
be a light case.
Pensacola, November 12 Eleven new
cases of yellow fever and one death from
the disease were reported yesterday at
Pensacola, but it Is believed that these re
ports are imperfect. The weather is unsea
sonably warm.
Th© Suspended Newark Bank.
Newark, N. J., November 11 —Aa agree
ment has been reached between the stock
holders of the suspended First National
Bank of this city and the directors of tbe
same, by which the civil suit of the
former against tbe direc'ors is to be
withdrawn upon the payment by tbe
Directors of 90 per cent., of the assessment
levied by the government on the stock. The
depositors have already been paid in full,
and by Ais settlement the directors will be
released from all claims. Fifty per cent,
of the whole assessment has already been
returned to the stockholders by the direct
ors under the agreement.
Chorch and State in France.
Paris, November 11—In the Cham
ber of Deputies to-day the esti
mates for public worship were discuss
ed. M. Fallleree, Minister of the Interior,
announced that the government had de
cided to oppose any proposition tend
ing to the abrogation of the Concordat.
The Radicals urg. < > reduet,on the esti
mates. Bishop t eppel urg:ie that the
State was bound tv- male' .in pr.fc ; worship
as an Indemnification to 'r e clers for the
confiscation of their property at ie time of
the revolution. The Chamber th iroceeded
to discuss the separate items.
A Libel Suit.
Baltimore, November 11.— he grand
jury to-day found apt sentmeui gainst the
proprietor and manager of t • Baltimore
Atnervan and the proprietor o e Morning
Herald, for libel. In
chargirg that Charles Web rhlle City
Collector, used his influeate c lptly to In
duce the Judges of the Apnea x Court to
reduce the amour tof as-scssm- on certain
property of A. 8. Abell, wh is under
stood to have been the plan if the Bun
newspaper office. The char- vas made
during the recent political c? ur .ig n> when
party excitement was very t w ,
-i
The Western Distiller* Ii ouncil.
Cincinnati, November 11 he Western
Distillers’ Export Ass ..ciatlc sld a secret
session here to-day fxd ac rned until
Monday. All of the telega, stayed over
for Monday’s session To-nlg: t committee
appointed for the irpose conferring
with one or two .list aerswb ire not yet
prepared to enter 1 ito the rangement.
The secret setsio the c. mlttee con
tinued until after ten o’clock -night The
majority are vary anxious tc take a pool,
but any one .dealer by stayin out can de-
THE STATE CAPITAL.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Judicial Elections Continued—Fire—An
Old Firm Gone Under—The Senatorship
—Candidates on Their Mettle-Governor
Colquitt’s Friends Confident.
Atlanta, November 11.—In the House, a
message was received from the Governor
covering two communications. Several
leaves of absence were granted.
P. M. Russell, Sr., was on the floor of the
House this morning.
In the Senate, a number of communica
tions were received from the Governor.
The Judiciary Committee reported in fa
vor of an election in the Northeastern Cir
cuit. A minority report dissenting was
also submitted.
In joint session, for Judge of the Western
Circuit, N. L. Hutchins was elected without
opDOsttlon.
For the Brunswick Circuit, Hon. M. L
Mershon was re elected without opposi'iou.
For the Ocmulgee Circuit, Hon. Tnomas
G. Lawson was re-elected without opposi
tion.
For the Middle Circuit, Senator Polhill
nominated and Senator Oliver seconded Hon.
R. W. Carswell for re-election. Mr. Pringle,
of Washington, nominated and Sena’or
Dußlgnon seconded Mr. John N. Gilmore.
The ballot stood: Carswell 114, Gilmore 75.
For the Pataula Clieutt Benator Meldrim
nominated and Mr. Delacy of Dodge, sec
onded John T. Clarke. Mr. Crittenden, of
Randolph, nominated Hon. Arthur
Hood for re-election. Senator
Parks nominated L. C. Hoyt, of Terrell.
The ballot stood: Clarke 107; Hood 54; Hoyt
29. Changes were made and the final re
sult stood: Clarke 113; Hood 50; Hoyt 27.
The Northeastern Circuit remains to be
acted upon under the reports of the Judi
ciary Committee.
Senator Parks, of the Eleventh district,
Introduced a bill amending the constitution
as to local and special bills.
A communication was received from the
Governor conveying an invitation to the
Btate to make an exhibit next year at the
Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Institute
Fair In Boston, Mass.
The Senate confirmed T. D. Oliver as
County Solicitor of Burke, and the follow
ing County Judges: C. A. Smith of Clinch,
John S. Sheppard of Liberty, and L. A.
Wilson of Ware.
Hon. J. C. C. Black’s friends held a large
ly attended caucus In the Benate chamber
after adjournment. Mr. Hili’s friends will
meet this afternoon. The opponents of
Governor Colquitt and Hon. Pope Barrow
are hard at work.
Atlanta, November 12.—A fire this morn
ing destroved the store and house corner of
Wheat and Butler streets.
J. M. Hersey & Cos., an old and well
known wholesale firm, have failed.
Ford’s Opera Troupe will give a matinee
Monday afternoon, thereby affording Gov.
Colquitt an opportunity to speak at De-
Glve’s Opera House at Dlght. Attorney
General Anderson holds forth at Represen
tatives’ Hall.
Governor Colquitt will reply to Hon. J
C. C. Black, and Attorney General Anderson
will speak In behalf of himself.
Mr. Black wisely refrained from naming
the “bosses” in his speech, yet Senator
Brown Is out In a scathing reply in the Con
stitntion to-day, which more than repairs
the damage done to Governor Colqult'.’s
candidacy by the famous Black speecn and
demonstration.
It Is apparent to night that the opponents
of Governor Colquitt cannot be rallied
around any one candidate with assurance of
success. The Governor’s friends are firm*
and confident.
The New York Stock Market.
New York, November 11.—Share specu
lation opened strong and prices were to
IK per cent, higher than at yesterday’s
close, the latter for Oregon Navigation.
During the first hour of business the market
continued strong, and a decidedly further
advance of \)£ to 1% per cent, took place,
in which New Jersey Central, Rochester
and Pittsburg, Canada Southern, Louisville
and Nashville, Michigan Central and Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Wesiern was most
conspicuous.
Speculation after that was less active, and
a reaction of \% per cent, occurred in D -la
ware, Lackawanna and Western, and %to
% per cent, in the remainder of the list, the
latter for Nashville and Chattanooga, while
Richmond and Danville dropped to 61 from
68, but subsequently recovered to 62.
About midday there was a fractional rally,
after which the market became heavy, and
about 1:45 o’clock prices fell cfit K to 1 %
per cent., Delaware, Lackawanna and Wes
tern, Omaha preferred and common, New
Jersey Central, Missouri Pacific and Louis
ville and Nashville beffig the most promi
nent in the downward turn.
The market then became strong and sold
up, with one fractional reaction, till shortly
before the close. Richmond and Danville
advanced 2, Delaware, Lackawauna and
Western 1, New Jersey Central IK,
Canada Southern I>£, Louisville and
Nashville \%, and the remainder of the list
K to I per cent., the latter for Western
Union and Texas Pacific. In the final deal-
Ingsrae reaction carried prices down K to
1 per cent., the latter for Omaha preferred,
and the market closed generally weak.
Changes from yesterday’s closing prices
are irregular—Canada Southern is 1%,
Rochester and Pittsburg \%, Reading
IK, East Tennessee preferred IK aQ d
Western Union 1 per cent, higher, while
Richmond and DsdvlU* Is 1, Northwestern
IK* preferred Omaha \% and St. Paul IK
per cent, lower. Transactions aggregated
450,000 shares.
French Affairs.
Paris, November 11.— The Radical Left
and Democratic Union have decided to op
pose any interpellation regarding the gov
ernment’s policy till after the budget has
been voted. The men have agreed to re
sume work at eighty five centimes per hour.
Tbe police have seized a large bundle of
revolutionary manifestoes! In accordance
with a pledge given bytbe Prefect of Police
to the municipalities, the crucifixes were
yesterday removed from the primary schools
where they still remained.
Stocks in London.
London, November 11. —The Economist
this week says: “The rate of discount for
bank bills, sixty days to three months, Is
3% to 3>£ per cent., and for trade bills, sixty
days to rnree months, per cent. The
gloom prevailing in the Paris and New
York markets has reached here. Oregon
and California preferred is four points lower,
Louisville and Nashville 6>£. Central Pacific
2, and Ohio and Mississippi 1%.
Cotton Futures in New York.
New York, November 11.—The Post's
cotton report gays: “Future deliveries
opened 6-100 c. lower and ios". 3-100 c. to
4 100a. in addition, but at the second call
had recovered the last decline, and the
market closed firm with a further advance
of 2-lOOc. to 3-100a , still 3 100a. to 4-100 c.
lower than yesterday.”
To be Tried by the Civil Authorities.
Newport, R. I, November 11 —The na
val authorities have decided to have R. B
Allen, the colored cookof the United States
steamship Portsmouth, who killed Steward
Belmor, tried by the State officials. The
city officers are preparing a warrant for the
arrest of Allen, and he will probably be
formally arraigned here on Monday.
An Insane Father Cats His Son’s Throat.
San Francisco, November 11—A dis
ga'ch from Bsnta CJara, Cal., save Jo-iah
Smith, a fisherman, murdered his four
teen-year-old son by cutting his throat.
He and his wife are insane on religious sub
jects, and claim that the Lord commanded
the sacrifice.
Blaine Oat of Politics.
Boston, Mass , November 11.—Ex Secre
tary Blaine said to a personal friend yester
day: “I with it distinctly understood that I
am not a candidate for tbe Presidency or
any political office, and nothing can Induce
me to become such.”
Dispersed with Whips.
Dublin, November 11.—At a meeting of
Lord Waterferd’s hounds at Curraghmore
a number of farmers and peasants collected
and attempted to stop the sport, but the
huntsmen dispersed the mob with their
whips. _
Champion Foot Race.
New York, November 11.—The interna
tional foot race between George, the cham
p'on of England, and Meyers, the amateur
champion of America, one mile, was won
by Meyers by sixteen yards. Time 4:21.
Foundered in Port.
New York, October 11—A London dis
patch has been received in this city which
states that the Oriental steamship Aus
tral has foundered in Sydney harbor. No
details are given.
“Hough ow Rate.”
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, files, ants,
bed-bugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers.
15c, Druggists.
CORN.
Report of the Agricultural Bureau.
Washington, November 11.—The No
vember corn report of the Department of
Agriculture is of a similar tenor with the
preceding returns. Planting was later, and
replanting was more general than for seve
ral years. The prospect up to July Ist was
discouraging, causing a sharp rise in values
of grain and meats. Bince that date the
season has been steadily favorable to growth
and ripening, and deferrel frosts made
the growing period of fully aver
age length. The present returns
of the yield make the general average close
to twenty-fl7e bushels per acre, hlch Is
under a medium yield. This vield per acre
on an acreage of between 65,000.000 and
66,000,000. makes an aggregate of nearly
1,650,000,000 bushels. Its distribution in
round numbers Is: New England 7,000 000
bushels, New York 21,000.000, New Jersey
10,000,000, Pennsylvania 41.000.000,
Delaware 4.000,000, Maryland 17 000 000,
Virginia 35,000,000, North Carolina 35 000,-
000, Bouth Carolina 16,000,000, Georgia 32,-
000,000, Florida 4 000.000. Alabama 29 000,-
000, Mississippi 25 000.000, Liuislana 12,-
000,000, Texas 74 000 000, Arkansas 35,000 -
000. Tennessee 69,000.000, West Virginia
13 000.000, KentucKv 78,001,000, Oslo 83,-
000,000, Michigan 30,000,000, Indiana 99 000,-
000, Illinois 209,000,000, Wisconsin 32 000,-
000, Minnesota 21,000,000, lowa 186 000 000,
Missouri 184 000,1X10, Kansas 151,000,000,
Nebraska 81,000,000. The quality of the
crop is superior. Throughout the South it
falls below the standard, 100 In
only eighteen States and Territories,
only one point below In Michigan, two In
Ohio, three In Nevada, five In Indiana, Ver
mont and Utab, six in New Jersey, eight in
Colorado, nine in New York, ten In Rhode
Island and New Mexico, fifteen in New
Hampshire and lowa, sixteen in Dakota,
eighteen in Minnesota and twenty-two in
Wisconsin. Some correspondents deem it
too early for an accurate estimate, and
think the outcome will be better determined
by the December return of the produc . In
former years the December product has been
the lowest. It is not probable that the crop
exceeds the above figures.
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
Herbert Spencer sailed for England Sat*
urday.
There were fourteen deaths at Havana
from yellow fever during the week ending
Friday.
The fire In the cargo of the steamer Pro
pitious at Liverpool from Galvaston, has
been extinguished.
Dakota dispatches report the ice running
heavily in the upper Missouri river, and
enow falling in some places.
The appointments of M. De Crals as Am
bassador to Ifaly, and M. Pascal Duhrol as
Minister to Chill, are officially announced
at Paris. 4
At Clare Morris, County Mayo, thirty
families, comprising one hundred and sixty
persons, have been evicted from the estate
of Isadora Burke.
A Durban dispatch sayf: “The Boers
have attacked and completely defeated
Montslva and occupied his territory. Mont
slva has retired to a small tract of country.”
Mrs. Eilth Harlan Child, wife of F. Linus
Child, late of Worcester, Massachusetts, and
daughter of Justice Harlan, of the United
States Supreme Court, died in Chicago yes
terday morning.
A fire at Frankfort, Ky., yesterday, de
stroyed the livery stable of Lee & Manage
and the Major Opera Houe wlip part of
the cliy records, the post office and Bahr’s
new hotel. Loss $68,000.
A dispatch from Berlin to the D xihj News
says the laws against the Socialises will
probably not be retained. Bismarck pro
posed to strike them ou f , as he does not
think they have proved effiiient.
A few nights ago, In Lunenberg county,
Va., a log cabin occupied by a negro family
of several persons, was burned and all the
inmates burned to death. It Is supposed
the fire was of Incendiary origin.
A Vienna dispatch says: “Baron Conrad,
who was unsuccessfully shot at on Thursday
evening, Is Governor of Spaloto. It seems
'hat there have been difficulties with the
Dalian element of the population.”
Yesterday the body of Mose Hawkins,
colored, was found In the house of Sam
Hawkins, at Bpir>anburg, 8. C., with his
throat cut. Sam Walker, also colored, has
been committed on the charge of murder.
It is reported that one of the prisoners
charged with being Implicated in the mas
sacre of the Joyce family, in Ireland, has
turned Queen’s evidence. Interest la the
trial, which begins Monday, has greatly in
creased.
Rev. Dr. Alvl Tabor, Secretary for domes
tic missions under the mifstonary society of
the Protestant Episccpal Church, died yes
terday morning at his home In Giamercv
Place, New York, of fatty degeneration of
the heart.
The stockholders of the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railway Company met Fri
day In Goldsboro and declared forfeited the
lease of their road to the Midland North
Carolina Railway Company, represented by
W. J. Best, of New York.
The French Liberal papers at Montreal
are furious over the appointment of Hon.
Mr. Wurtele by President Grevy as an offi
cer of the Legion of Honor. They say he
18 of German descent, and gave a dinner to
celebrate the anniversary of Sedan.
The steamer Guiding Btar arrived at
Evansville, Ind., at 2:45 o’clock yesterday
morning with a portion of the Congressional
Mississippi River Commission on board.
Hon. Wm. 8. Holman joined the commis
sion at that point. The party left at 11 a. m.
BAYARD ON THE ELECTION.
Civil Service Reform to the Front—The
Delaware Senator Thinks the Republl
l’arty is Broken up—What is Demanded
of the Democrats.
Philadelphia Record.
Senator Bayard, of Delaware, was at Guy’s
Hotel, In this city, yes'erday fur dinner, and
left for New York in the afternoon. In re
gard to the national aspect of Tuesday’s
election the Delaware Senator said that he
did not doubt that the effect will be to break
up the Republican party In the United
S ates; In fact, that the election clearly
shows that the Republican party Is In the
same position now as the Whig party was
In 1854, when it went to pieces, with the
difference that there Is now no such great
question Involved In American politics as
that Which gave life to the party which took
the place of the routed Whigs.
“I am. however, particularly pleased, con
tinued the Senator, “to see how signal has
been the failure of the stalwart plan to over
throw the ascendancy of decent government
In the Bouth by assisting to power a set of
political adventurers, whose success could
not have been less dreaded than the return
to power of the carpet bag government of
the reconstruction days. The prostitution
of high official power to place the people of
the South under, If possible, more cruel
political taskmasters than they were cursed
with in the high tide of the rule of the
Moseses and Bullocks has failed of its pur
pose. What Mahone has made of Virginia,
it was planned that others should make of
other Southern Btates. All good men must
rejoice that such a plan of Renubllcanlzlng
the South could not succeed.”
One thing which the Senator expressed
himself as quite sure of was that the elec
tion everywhere is a tremendous rebuke of
the administration and its open repudiation
of civil service reform, and that it brings
to the front more prominently than anything
else the resistless demand for a complete re
form of the dvll service. He did not expect
to see this In the national administration
while Arthur’s term lasts, but In the differ
ent States at once there would be a radical
and salutary change In the administration of
the public service, and the next national
administration, In view of Tuesday’s result,
must inevitably be an administration the first
purpose of which will be to establish a sys
tem of civil service reform, based upon the
highest and mands of efficiency and charac
ter. The current of popular demand to
which the Democratic party has already
wisely yielded—for the best and purest men
at the head of affairs—the Senator thinks,
will not be opposed by the party hereafter.
No men can and no men should be allowed
4o press themselves to the front who in
character are not above suspicion, and
whoee records are not beyond reproach.
The Mexican Railroads,
Citt of Mexico, November 12.—The
proposition made by General Ord, Agent
of the Mexican Southern Railroad, for the
combination of that road with the Mexican
Oriental road, has been disapproved by
President Gonzales. The government ap
pears disposed to grant a subvention for the
Oaxaca branch of the Mexican Southern
road Jay Gould will obtain certain modi
fications in the Oriental grant asked for by
his agent, Degrees. It is thought here that
work on this line will be recommenced im
mediately after these modifications are se
cured.
WASHINGTON.
THE DEPARTMENTS PLUNGED
IN GLOOM.
Republicans Thinking on Repentance-
Democrats Cultivating Level Heads—
The Next Speakership—Good-Bye Ma
hone.
Washington, November 11. —The government
people who went away to vote are returning
to the city. They come back a very sad lot of
men. They were possessed of none too much
joy when they went away. They are sur
rounded as they come back to work by asso
ciates who did not go away to cast their bal
lots, and are beseeched to explain how it all
happened. Strange to say, they do not care to
talk much on the subject. They reflect the
official sentiment of Washington. In govern
ment life Washington is now the saddest city
ever seen. You could cut the gloom with a
knife. And the plainer becomes the
overwhelming defeat as later returns
sweep away each* lingering hope harbored in
trusting breasts, and the deeper becomes the
shadow hanging over the employe of the gov
ernment. Jay Hubbell’s committee rooms are
to be vaoat and in a day or two. The Republi
can committee will know him no more forever,
and such has been the verdict against him at
the polls that he stands rot the slightest chance
of becoming Senator Ferry’s successor—an
ambition to which he devoted much hard
work. For his retirement from public life and
the defeat of Robber Robeson in New Jersey
even the m jority of Republicans are grateful.’
1 heard a prominent treasury official say to
day: ‘We have some consolation et any rate.
Jay Hubbell and Robeson may bid farewell to
political prominence. For thlsTet us oe thank
ful.
the Republicans are talking of howto re
trleve disaster, but they do not boast that such
athing stands a fair chance of accomplishment
They admit freely their defeat and the dread
consequences thereof. But while they talk
about retrieving, the stalwart shows no incii-
forgive and make up with the desplg
- naif breed, while the latter begins to talk
of the despised stalwart. It is evident that as
one means of mending broken fortunes the Re
publican leaders look to the next session of
Congress. They will not be as extravagant
and as reckless as they were last session They
will attempt to recoup before the people by
reducing taxes. There will even be an attempt
by some of them to do something to better the
present re bber tariff schedule. The Democrats
will play it wi-e and not allow the repentant
Radicals to assume the “good boy” role tn
dec-it of the public Things will be
spoken of very plainly at the next
session of the House. In fact, among the
pleasures anticipant of this winter are the un
avoidable banierings which will take place on
the floor, along with the contemplation of the
thrusting into the background on the Republi
can side of men that were prominent at the
last session and just swept legislation along as
they so willed.
The Democratic leaders are eviocing a more
practical spirit than for years. They are not
looking forward so much to the exercise of
power which their big majority will give them
in the next House as to so acting as to retain
that power and add to it. This is one of
the healthiest signs that Democratic
leaders have shown for many years It
means an earnest effort to avoil the blunders
for which the party has been conspicuous for
the past decade or more. Just how to main
tain the present Democratic hold upon the
country will fo-m a topic for earnest considera
tion. An instance of how common\ense is
working is that you hear no Democrat of im
portance talking and chattering about “tree
trade.” They talk about readjusting the tariff
honestly ant equitably, and nt the same lime
afford protection where necessary to American
industries, but they do not prattle absolute free
trade nonsense.
It is. of course, evident from the last time
there was a majority of the Democratic party
in the House tnatoneof the most important
matters to be considered is the selection of the
next Speaker. The importance of that selec
tion cannot be too highly estimated. Upon it
hingt s, to a great extent, the election of 1884
Already Mr. Randall, the ex-Speaker, is ac
tively in the fi“ld, working up his interests for
re-election. He will work from now until the
contest is decided. Mr. Randall is an able man,
and cool. He hag the rules of the House at his
fingers’ ends. But he makes a much better
leader on the floor than he does Speaker when
the good of Ihe party is concerned. It is pretty
widely the opinion that Mr. Randall had better
be left where he now is—on the floor. In fact
nearly every observer here will tell yon that
the party has had enough of Randall leader
ship. Keifer. even as bad a bungler as
he, is a better Speaker for his party than
Randall was for the Democratic party. These
senti mi nts are shared by very many. In his
candidacy, instead of having a walk-over, Ran
dall will have a contest that I predict will de
feat him. As I have made one prediction I
will make another: The next Bpeaker of the
House will be John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky
And his election will be one of the wise steps
the Democrats will take to retain their popu
lar hold. •
I could write the Nsws full of the glad Demo
cratic talk indulged in here by visiting leaders,
but the general result when summed up would
be that at no time in the history of the country
has a party* heretofore in the minority for
years, had such opportunities for becoming
the ruling power in the land as is now possess
ed by the Democratic party. But suffice it to
say that all goes well, and that wise counsels
to insure that the same watchword shall con
tinue will be had.
THE NEXT SENATE.
Democrats were on the first flush of Tues
day’s victory so overcome with jiy that they
claimed the Senate after March 4th next. They
neglected to take into consideration the fact
that already in several instances Republican
successors have been elected to take the seats
now occupied by Democrats. The returns fore
tell—counting that Colorado has gone Demo
cratic—that the Sena’e after th > 4th of March,
1883, will show at least a majority of one or two
for the Republicans.
A SORRY FIGURE.
“Mahone, Virginia,” while he has increased
for the time being the Readjuster element in
Congress is a doomed politician. No more will
he run things as he wants to; no more will he
be considered u hig man on the Republican side
in the Senate. For although by the aid of Jay
Hubbell’s assessments and the Arthur admin
istratiou he shows Increased strength for the
time being, the bal'ots of the country have
rebukel and condemned the means by him and
Arthur employed If the election was to he
held in Virginia to morrow. Mahone would be
snowed under. He will cut but a sorry figure
in the future. His Republican allies do not
want him any longer. He was purchased to
break the solid South He was to be the en
tering wedge. The entering wedge has proved
a failure, and will be cast aside without very
much ceremony.
GEORGIA RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS.
The following gentlemen in Georgia have
accepted from the Garfield Fair Committee the
position of resident commissioners to work up
the interests of that exposition: E C Ander
son, Henry Biun, T. F. Johnson, L. F McLaws
and R. D. Walker, of Savannah; W. W Brown
Macon; W. F. Holden and William Gibson’
Augusta; Jonathan Norctws, William Mark
ham and W L Clark, Atlaata; J. E Epping
Darien; J. F Putney, Hardaway; 8. M. Grifflo
Quitman, and Richard Hobbs, Albany.
Potomac.
MRS. SCOVILLE HEARD FROM.
Working for a New Trial -Dissatisfaction
with Her Counsel and Denunciation of
Her Husband.
A Washington dispatch dated November
8, says a letter was r ceived there by * mem
her of theJDlstrict bar from Mrs. Frances
M. Bcovllle, dated Tecumseh House, Lon
don. Ontario, November 5. She say e :
“You have doubtless heard before this
that a Jury in Chicago have found me guilty
of lDsanlty. lam trying to get anew trial
and to receive competent help for the same.
I was obliged to go into the trial with Mr.
Scovllle and another old, experienced law
yer against me, while my attorney was a
young man of no experience In Insanity or
criminal cases. Notwithstanding all the
witnesses I furnished him and the splendtd
testimony they gave for me, we lost the
case because he did not know how to work
It up or to try It. I came awsy to save my
child. 1 see by the papers that Dr. Hicks
and the museum folks are negotiating about
my poor brother’s bones again. Don’t let
them, If it can be prevented, put them
on exhibition; It Is too horrible to
think about. I am trying to get a
new trial in Chicago. If denied, I
shall remain here, and, If Mr. Scovllle comes
on for Bertha, shall fight It out in Canada.
My attorney and all those whom I have met
say that they cannot get me adjudged In
sane here. The testimony is entirely of
medical experts and before a judge. Wheth
er that Is better or not lam in doubt. All
my friends, and they number about all who
were on the stand, said I was and always
had been perfectly sane; but still the ver
dict was against me on the testimony—
namely, of McFarland and Klernan, two
experts whom Mr. Bcoville had on the Gui
teau trial. Unlesrl am adjudged sane again
somewhere I suppose I have no more legal
existence than an infant or an Idiot In
America, and can only prosecute my rights
co ®rt through a conservator or custodian.
Mr. 8. s prosecution of me c r mes partly
from his desire to possess himself of all my
Interest in property, and partly from devil
ish jealousy as unfounded as it is ridicu
lous."
The letter closes with some requests look
ing to making an arrangement with Gibson
Brothers to supply her with books to be sold
in Canada.
Canadian capitalists are talking about the
region lying between Like Superior and
Hudson Bay. Of square miles of
land In that section, some Is valuable for
farming purposes, much Is covered with
fine forests, and some is rich In mineral
wealth. There is talk of a railway to the
bay from O.tawa via the Dessert river. An
exploratory survey is soon to be made. The
distance is about 450 miles.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Southern B llroad Legislation.
Louisville Courier-Journal .
The South needs more railroads, more
capital, more laborers. The growth of the
Western 8 ates is one of the marvels of his
tory, and yet the same strange story of ma
terlal development may be repeated In the
South If we act wisely and invite, Instead of
repel, the Introduction of men and money
The West secured immigration fl-st bv its
cheap land, and next by Its free Institu
tions. The Immigrant, American or foreign,
coming from New Eigland, or from Ire
land and Germany, avoided the South, be
cause there slavery existed, and the dignity
of labor was not recognized They went
West, and the railroads followed them and
went before them and surrounded them.
The work done by the railroad companies
In the West cannot be estimated. Without
the roads the fertile soil of those Sfa'es and
the application and industry of the it h”b < -
tants would have availed little. Grea' grain
crops would have served only for fuel,
being beyond the reach of consumers. But
the rail annihilated distance. Within the
past few years the wheat errp of the coun-
} I T j 8 * ncrease d nearly 1(H) per cent , and
it nods an open market abroad, bringing
money to the farmer, multiplying his com
forts, increasing the value of his lands, and
making him an independent, man in the
midst of the blessings of civilization, which
otherwise could have beeD obtained only
within a day’s Journey of New York or
Boston.
This Improvement may be repeated In the
South, but not if by unwise legislation or
by unnecessary restr'etior s we depreciate the
value of railway properties; not if we try
to take the management of these companies
from the hands of their owners and eive it
over to politicians and ambitious dema
gogues. We should not create ar y feeling
of uncertainly concerning the value of the
title to railroads in the Bouth. We re just
beginning to feel the bemfleent it Ounces
of the extension of our railroad systems.
Agricultural lands are becoming more
valuable, timber lands are brought within
the range of commerce; mineral lands,
which have been of no value, are attracting
the attention of capitalists, and adding
largely to the wealth of the community.
This good work we wish to go on ever In
creasing In force and volume. We need
more railroads, not fewer; we wish them to
do more business, to carry more passengers,
to Increase and lengthen their freight trains.
In other words, we want free trade In ra!’~
roads as far as this is consistent with the
well being of society.
Over one hundred thousand miles of road
are in ope’ ation in this country. This growth
is due to the ‘ let alone policy,” allowing
men to manage their own property. Its
magnitude Is of Itself an argument against
governmental control. It Is not to be denied
that there are evils connected with this
wonderful growth, some of which might be
diminished, and ought to be, by general
laws There are many pernicious prac'ices
which should be pmrished, many stock job
bing enterprises which should be made
penal offenses, but It, Is idle to suppose that
the operation of roads, the regulation of
rates and the limitation of competition can
be undertaken by Legislatures without caus
ing great Injury to every class of society.
By such efforts two serious dangers are in
curred; first, such enactments enlarge gov
ernmental powers, increase the personal and
political Influence of Legislatures,Governors,
etc., centralize power about the State espi
tols, eliminate the restraining power of
competition and give to commissions an
lr flience over commerce, over Individual
tff tirs, over private as well as corporate
property, which will change the character
of onr government, lead to despotic acts,
and ul'imately to the most serious discon
tent. The second danger lies in the thor
ough disorganization of the railroad system.
As soon as It Is definitely understood that
Legislatures will no longer respect the
rights of property when cornered with
railroads, the extension of the lines will
f ease, capital will go elsewhere, new por
tions of the country will ask its aid in vain,
and the State, in order to supply the
required conveniences, will resort to
taxation. Not only will the evil be felt
here; It will be manifest In the decay of
the existing lines, in the lessening of
facilities for the transsc’ion of business, in
very general dlßa*lsfse lon with rates which
will be fixed, not by any regard to natural
advantages or the requirements of the law
of competition, but by political irfluence.
Special favors will be given in exchange for
votes, or for Instructions from primaries, or
for political support of every character. Tbe
tendency toward corruption, greatly ac
celerated by the war and r.he multiplication
of offices which It entailed, is now a source
of alarm to all thinking men. “Bosslsm,”
the most obnoxious form of tyranny, has by
Its excesses aroused the people to a serious
revolt, but “boselsm,” controlling not only
the post offices and the revenue offices, but
also tbe telegraph, the railroads ami ihe
saving bank, will magnify Its power tenfold,
and nothing short of a political convulsion
will destroy It.
These are the evils which will affect the
business interest and the body politic, the
evils which always follow over-legislation,
and yet in this direction -are most of the
Southern States turned. Illinois, with her
railroad system completed, with one or two
lines to each village, can afford for her ex
periments to discourage any further build
ing, but. the Southern States cannot. Much
of the legislation which has been enae’ed
during the past few years Is very objection
able; all of It Is exceedingly crude. The
men who have been loudest In their com
plaints, who have been most vigorous In
their denunciation of railroad abuses, are
the ones who have displayed the utmost.
Ignorance concerning them, and have been
blind to the most serious evils which it js
within tbe power of the Btate to remedy.
The attempt to regulate rates from point
to point, to limit competition, to make new
schedules, either by commission or by 'he
Legislature, will Inevitably prove disastrous
The first qualification usually demanded of
a railroad commissioner Is that he have no
practical knowledge of railroads or of the
problems connected with their manage
ment. If we applied the same principles to
our courts, we would elect men Judges who
had no knowledge of law, and on the legis
lative committees we would place men who
knew least about the subjects with which
they are especially entrusted. Our commis
sions should be made up In a different way;
they should not be chosen from politicians;
the positions should not be conferred as a
reward for party services, hut the members
should understand they are more judges
than legislators or politicians, and they
would approach their duties In a different
spirit, altogether.
In Texas antl-rsllroad legislation Is working
serious ffijury to the Btate. In Alabama and
Georgia the spirit of antagonism to the rail
roads is fanned by most injudicious acts.
Step after step Is taken to make tbe author
ity absolute; to control tbe managers In sll
tbe operations of the roads; to name the
rate, not only from point to point within the
boundaries of the State, but beyond tht-se
boundaries; to substitute the tpu dix’t of
commissioners chosen because of tbelr In
experience In such matters for tbe manage
ment founded on special knowledge and
extended experience. The Alabama Com
missioners recently called tbe at'ent lon of the
authorities of the Centra] R >ad of Georgia
to a rae existing from an Alabama town to
N-w York, and demanded a reduc'lon. Tbe
railroad authorities replied that they were
not unwllliDg to make the change suggested,
but as It would make other changes neces
sary they preferred to have the matter con
sidered by tbe Southern Railroad and B’eam
sblp Association’s Rate Committee, which
was to assemble In three days. The reply
was that the sovereign Btate of Alabama
could not recognize such an association, and
the Comm'ssloners demanded the cocce*-
slon by telegraph under a threat to at once
proceed to have the charter forfeited be
cause of abuse. If the property of citizens
invested in railroads Is to be subjected to
such assaults from legally constituted u
-thorl'les, it may be taken for granted the
It will soon be withdrawn.
We object to all crude and ill-considered
legislation on this subject, because at best
It accomplishes only a temporary purprse,
and, by causing widespread disorganization,
will lead to a reaction In public sentiment
which will strengthen railroads not only In
their rightful privileges, but in those which
they have abused. We recogn'ze the dan
gers which arise from the concentration of
wealth, from the great increase of power
from the c mbtnation of capital, but there
is a right way and a wrong way of correct
ing abuses and of providing against dangers,
and the unreasoning and unreasonable out
cry against railroads caused by men who are
seeking only tbelr personal and pol|-.!<v)
ends Is certain to remit only In serious harm,
especially in the South.
In a suit brought by a resident cf Phila
delphia on a claim for boarding his father
and mother during the last years of tbelr
lives, based upon an express contract that
payment should be made, the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania has decided that
where there Is such express contract between
a parent and child for compensation for ser
vices rendered tbe case Is taken out of the
ordinary rule of law; that where tbe parties
are members of the same family the rela
tionship excludes the Implication of a
promise to compensate for board and lodg
ing and other services, which are presumed
to spring from kindliness *nd the duties of
tbe family relation, and that when the fact
of a contract to pay Is proved In such a case
but the amount is not fixed, the party Is en
titled to recover the reasonable value of the
services,
THE CHANGES IN CONGRESS.
More Than a Majority of the Members-
Elect New Men-Only Twenty-three of
the Present Committee Chairmen Re
elected-Defeat of Several of Speaker
Heifer’s Lieutenants.
Washington Correspondence N. T. Times.
Of the three hundred and twenty-five men
who haye been elected members of the
House of Representatives in the Fortv
eighth Congress, one hundred and seventy
eight, or more than one-half, are not mem
bers of the Forty-seventh Congress. With
very few exceptions they are new men. Two
of them have served In the United Btates
Senate, and half a dozen or so have been
members of the House In previous Con
gresses. This large proportion of new men
will give the House a peculiar character.
Of the fifty-seven members of the House
In the Forty-seventh Congress whom Speak
er Kelfer appointed to be Chairmen of com
mittees only twenty-three have been re
eected. Some of the thirty four not re
elected were not renominated by their con
stituents, and the remainder were beaten at
the polls. Among the Chairmen who will
retire to private life are Mr. Page, of the
Commerce Committee, who had charge of
the river and harbor bill; Mr. Crapo, of the
Banking and Currency Committee, who did
good work In that position and bad charge
of the national bank bill; Mr. Williams, of
the Foreign Affairs Committee; Mr. Pound,
of the Public Lands Committee; Mr. Bor
rows, of ths Committee on Territories, who
bad.charge of the Dakota bill; Amos
iownsend, of the Committee on Railways
Bnd Canals; Mr. Van Voorhls of the
Committee on Mines and Mining;
“ r T> vu a £ nb ,7 trer ' of the Committee
on Public Building*; Mr. Hazelton, of the
Committee on Pacific Rill roads; Mr. Young,
°I !w e Committee on Patents; Mr. Crowley,
of the Claims Committee; Mr. Pacheco, of
the Committee on Private Land Claims;
Mr. Neal^ of the District of Columbia Com!
mittee; Mr. Orth, Chairman of the Commlt
teaon Civil Service Reform, and Messrs.
Deering, Robeson, Briggs, Hubbell, Willis,
Errett, Urner, McCook, Aldrich, Prescott
Uodegraff, Cam;> and others who held
Chairmanships which were more or less
ornamental. Messrs. Kelley, Calkins, Hi -
cock, Reed, Bingham, Haskell 3nd Browne,
Chairmen of the Committees on Ways and
Means, Elections, Appropriations, Judiciary,
rost Offices, Indian Affairs and Pensions, In
the order named, were preserved, and with
them the Chairmen of sixteen other com
mittees, some of them merely ornamental.
In nearly all of the committees about half
of the members have been carried away by
the flood. Or tbe U members of the Com
mittee on Civil Service Reform, there have
been re-elected only Messrs. Hasson and
Horr, Republicans, and Tucker and Curtin
Democrats. Only sof the 12 members of
the Indian Affairs Committee were saved
only sof tbe 11 members of the Foreign
Affairs Committee, and only 4 of the 11
members of the Committee on Banking and
Currency. The Commerce, Ways and Means,
and Appropriations Committees were more
fortunate. Seven of the fifteen in the first
named will survive. Mr. Kelley will be
accompanied In the next Congress by eight
of his twelve fellow members of the Ways
and Means Committee, and only five of the
fifteen members of the Committee on Ap
propriations will retire from public life.
The losses in committees fall more heavily,
of course, on the Republican side.
In the Forty-eighth Congress the Demo
crats will control the delegations from at
least twenty-two States, so that the action
of the House could easily be predicted If
the people should fall to elect a President
and it should become the duty of the House
to choose one. One of the most prominent
of the results of the Congressional elections
was the discomfiture of several persons who
were regarded as Mr. Kelfer’s lieutenants.
Their defeat was not. expected here, even
on T uesday night or Wednesday morning.
There were many who believed that while
some of them deserv-d to be iha
first to go for the good of the party, they
would be saved as Mr. Kelfer had been
saved. The latest news shows, however,
that not only Mr. Robeson has been over
whelmed by the deluge, but he will be ac
companied Into retirement by Messrs Page,
Wllllam8 > Burrows and others!
Mr. Williams has been In Congress for ten
I'*’ 8 . his majority In 1880 was about
7,000. Mr. Hszalton, who has been a mem
ber for six years, had more than 3 000. Mr.
Page, a member for ten years, was backed
by a majorby of 3,600. Mr. Rffiesonhad
nearly 3.000, and Mr. Burrows felt so secure
with 2 500 that he spent some of his time In
working for a friend.
A Freak of the Cotton Trade.
St. Louis Republican.
Some Southern papers are calling atten
tion to, and lamenting a freak in the cotton
trade which, if it becomes an established
practice, will result In no fmall injury to
the seaports and cotton markets. It, is that
cotton Is shipped by the planters direct to
Liverpool, wltnout, stopping at tbs sssports
to be sold, weighed, sampled, hauled,
warehoused, compressed and reshipped.
Northern Texas, we are told, Is sending
very little of its cotton to Galveston mer
chants this season. Agents of foreign spin
ners are going through that part of the State
buying dlrectiy from the planters, and pay
ing them prices a little above the Galveston
markets. The cotton thus bought Is ship
ped to Galveston, but, without going Into
store there, is transferred directly on board
vessels in the harbor and carried abroad to
L verpool and Bremen. As an evidence of
how rapidly this practice Is gaining gr und
it is stated that the town of Henderson
which last year shipped 22,000 bales, 30,000
of which went to Galveston factors, will
this year, ship 25 000 to 30,000 bales, only
15 per cent, of which will reach the factors
all the rest win pass through Galves
ton direct to Europe. The spinners’ agents
pay a higher price for it than the
factors can afford to give. The same phe
nomenon is to be seen at New Orleans, and
tbe papers, alarmed at what it must result
In, are calling upon the merchants to take
measures to hold a trade which threatens
to escape from them. The Times-Democrat
says: “The shipment of cotton direct from
tbe interior i ovees Is loading at our wharves
thus converting New Orleans Into a mere
way or shipping station, deriving little, if
any, benefit from compressing or handling
the staple, Is a feature of the cotton business
this year which threatens to grow more and
more general.”
The new system is an effort on the part of
the cotton trade to escape the numerous
and excessive charges it is subject to in the
seaports. These charges are so burdensome
It Is a wonder measures were not adopted to
evade them long ago. One thing seems
certain: either the methods of doing busi
ness Dartlcularly the cotton business, In our
Southern cUles must be considerably sim
plified and cheapened, or this trade will be
come a direct exchange, between planters
and sptnners, and the factors will be left
without a vocation.
A Detroit saloon keeper advertises that
he has paid S3OO for a year’a license to sell
liquors, but that he means to voiuotarry re
strict his business witbln certain moral
bounds. “To the wife who has a drunkard
for a husband,” he says in an advertisement,
“or a friend who is dissipated, I say em
phatically, give me notice of such cases, and
all such shall be excluded from my place.
Let fathers, mothers, sisters, do likewise!
and tbelr requests shall be regarded. 1 pay
a heavy tax for the privilege or selling
whisky and other liquors, aud I want it dis
tinctly understood tnat I have no desire to
sell to drunkards or to minors, or to the poor
or destitute. I much prefer that they save
their money and put It where it will da the
most good to their famtMen
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