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VOL. XVI.
COLUMBUS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1874.
NO. 225
AN ABLE SPEKCH.
Noble Vindloetlon of Georgia by Her
Governor at Marietta, Sep
tember 19th, 1874.
KOI.CIX DUTY or THE
IIOL'B.
Deported for the Constitution.]
Fellow (Xtiiene: I have frequently bed
the honor of addressing the pooplo of
Oobb county on hu'^ects involving tho
blic interest, and I approach tho dis
jnion of the questions to whioh I shall
tito your attention on the present oc-
lion, feeling confident that 1 shall not
tmisunderstood by th« intelligent audi-
»before me.
A POLITICAL VIEW.
F For a period of more thin fifty years
Best ions growing out of tho condition of
» negro in the Smtheiu Stutea have,
from timo to tuue, entered as disturbing
element* into our national politics. I
will not consume time by referring par.
tionlarly to the special phase which each
of these questions assumed. Nor will I
dwell upon the settlement i end compro
mises, by which it was sought to terrai*
Hate the agitations they produced and
at 0ive peace an-.1 quiet to the country.
Vith ail these matters you are familiar.
' I refer gpfiernlly to the * history of these
unfortunate event*, merely to direct your
attention to the fact thAt our experieiico
does not warrant us in entertaining tho
hope that the status of our colored peo-
\ pie can ever become so definitely Battled
i and fixed as to prevent poli ical agitators
f from fiunishiug ikftuiMjlves therefrom,
| with what has so long been their chief
[ atook in trade.
When slavery was abolished, and tho
slave himself invested with the same civil
| rights his master enjoyed, eveu the wise
1 men of the South flattered themselves
I that our people had found the lowest
I depths of their troubles, and that thence.
? forth the negro would bo u very quiet
h and barm 1o-h inhabitant of the country.
But how little did they know of the fer.
tility of resonreo possessed by Northern
“philanthropists!” No sooner had all
the civil rights ot freemen been conferred
upon the colored people, than those who
had constituted themselves their special
guardiuuH aud protectors, determined to
invest them with all tho highest rights
and privileges of citizenship. Tho ne
gro was made an elector, and decalred
capable of boldiug office. His iguorsnee
and utter want of cnnicity t.» understand
. the nature of free government were not
consideied obstacles in the way of his
j elevation. Having no just conception of
liberty, be was made a freeman. Igoo.
L rant of all the duties ua<l obligations
[ whioh tho rights of citizenship imposed,
lie was nevertheless made a citizen. With
no just apprehension of the daties aud
responsibilities which attend the ballot,
be was made an elector. In what was
claimed to lie a government by the peo
ple—in which not ouly the perniHneiicy
of government but the preservation of
k order and the supremacy of law depended
Hatirely upon the intelligence and virtue
Of the citizens—hundreds of thousands
Of persons, having no just conception of
^ie nature of freo government, utterly
feoorant of the laws which they are ro-
uired to obey, and with no other no
on of liberty thau that it conferred the
jrivilege of living in idleuoss—wore
bnverted from si ,ves into citizens, ou
sted with the controlling power of
) ballot, and declared cupablo of m ik-
\ aud administering the laws. Without
ending to indulge iti liaish criticism, I
fill venture to say that the annals of
ankiod do not furnish a inoro striking
istauce of rockle-aties* and folly. En
lightened p^ster ty, iu passing upon this
^•ot, will pronounce it tne greatest crime
'* ;.#?er coimriltted against civilization aud
: pood gdv&rnment.
YfHO ABE TUE KEOSOSa' DEBT FRIENDS?
But, fellow-citizens, it is not uiy inten-
. .lion to iudulge m denunciation. I he
.folly, to characterize it by no harsher
; term, h&a been couiraitUd, and- we are
.f bound to recognize facts as tuey exist,
* and to make the moQ of them. Upon us
—the /wttite people of tha South-will
chiefly test the burden of educating and
elevating the negro nice in our midst. It
is true tuat, except tho negro himself, we
wore the greatest sufferers by his uiuauci-
■*V;. potion'; aud, in like manner, we aro the
greatest sufferers by reason of his invest-
litre of civil nud political privileges of
power. But .ue, nevertheless, deem it
oar dtny to act as the next friends to th s
unfortunate race. They had our kindli-
\t feelings and our protection when they
ere slaves, aud we must perform the
office of friends and proteotors to them
■till.
But, my fri* mis, it nhouis we are des
tined to ui*ei with (lie most dishearten-
ig difficulties in all a teinjts to ameli-
rate the condition of our colored people.
the peiforumuoe of this great work,
e are met at every point by Lostile iu-
lencsH, whioh wo find it difficult, if not
possible, to correct. I do not charge
tit has been the purpose of the Ad-
inistratiou at Washington to excite hos-
lity in the minds of the negoes against
white peopln of the South. No, I
not believe that yet. But I do repeat,
more than is well kuown to you aud
i, that all ill-feeling which exists be
tween the two races in tho South, is the
ffirect logical coiiscqneucc of the teach-
fogs of the Radical part?. The projudi*
tea engendered in tho minds of the ne
groes against tho Southern whites goner-
ally render it next to iuiponuble for us to
obtain their confidence. Almost entirely
dependent as they are, upon their white
ja neighbors, not only for moral and intel
lectual culture, but also for tho means of
iplying thoir physical wants, mill, as a
leral thing, th'*y arc much more easily
uenccil by the most worthless carpet-
adventurer, than by those upon w hom
are dependent for thoir bread. If
r ihief-maftors, North and South, would
us alone, the two races could work out
lr destinies togothor, and tho colored
1e,.aftor a while, urglit be brought
g knowledge of the fact, that, after all,
bite wen of tho South are their tru-
tends. Never until they know, and
learned to act upon this great truth,
‘ierebe any gn at improvement of
mental or moral condition.
stated, follow-citizens, that the
ifo of the negroes’ lights will proba
bly never ceasj to be a disturbing demerit
fo our national politics. The reasonable-
IM> of the opinion will hardly bo que*.
tfoaed by reflecting persons. When tho
ffiMnncipated slave was invested with tbe
ffifoe rights as his master, it did really
■Atm that all agitations in his special be-
ttf ought than to have ceased. But tho
^ng question involved in the present
ress, and whioh will, in effeot, be
upon at tha fall aleotions, is eon-
; oln,iv ? f'iSenco that tho .nbjeoi ol tho i people u|>on tin. oaowiinn that I have
negro s rights ran always be turned to • wetchfd with great interest the growing
, effective account by political agitations, feeling of opposition to miscegenation
NATURAL AND SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS.
! In accordance with the taste and wishes
: of both the white and the color oil people
j of the South, since the oinaui-ipauon of
{ the latter, the natural and social distinc.
tions existing between the races have been
kopfc up. While tho white man hsa care
fully accorded equal rights to the oolored
man, and has felt a commendable interest
for his welfare, he haa not proposed to
make the negro his associate in daily life.
This feeling is fully reciprocated by the
colored people. They do not desire to
mix socially with the whites. For reasons
very apparent, they prefer the society of
their own race. This preference is alto
gether reasonabl, and haa its origin in
natural distinctions between the two
racfH.
But it has been protended that the ne
gro did not Associoce with the white man
because the lAtter denied to him equal
rights before tbe law. In traveling on
the railway the colored man never occu
pied the same coach as the white man.
The negro did not stop at tha aame hotel,
or sit beside the white man at the theatre.
Ilia children did not attend tbe white
.schools, or mix with the children of his
white neighbors; and when he died, it
was not his high privilege to “enjoy” tbe
oometery in which the white man was
buried. Seeing these facts, tbe.Northem
“philanthropists” became alarmed at the
ominous signs of inequality between the
two races. Grave apprehensions were
felt aud expressed that the blood and treas
ure which had been expended in achiev
ing freedom for the negro would, aftea
all, prove to be a useless sacrifice. It was
determined that the “man and brother”
should linve tho privilege of forcing him-
Rdf into places where he was not wanted,
and into which, indeed, he had no desire
to go. Ho should have the right to sit by
tho win to man in tho coach, even against
his own will. He should eujoy the privi
lege of sending his children to the white
senool, notwithstanding he preferred and
iutcnded to send them to the school of his
own race ; and while preferring burial iu
his own cemetery, he should accept the
luxury of feoliog that he might “enjoy”
but ini in a white cemetery, if he should
so desire, after his death. Now, it seemed
manifest to the “philanthropist” that,
without the aforementioned privileges,
freodom would be a worthless gift, and in
a paroxysm of concern for the rights of
the “man nud brother,” tbe “Civil Rights
bill” was prepared and introduced into
Congress.
A WOllD TO THE COLORED PEOPLE.
I see a number of colored people in the
audience now before me. You are sitting
among the white people, listening to my
speech, and that, too, without tbe aid of
Congressional legislation to give you tha
right, i am glad to see you, and aui
pleaded to have the privilege of addreat-
ing you tin this occasion. Have you uot
the privilege of associating with the white
people as often as you yourselves desire
to do so? If you do not go into the rail
road car occupied by the white people, is
it n<>t because you prefer the car set apart
for your own people? If your chil
dren do uot go to the white schools, is it
not because you have your own schools
which you prefer? Do you want the
w hites aud their children to have the priv
ilege of forcing their company upon you
aud your children? 1 see, my colored
friend-, that you understand me; that you
give unmistakable indications that your
opiuion agrees with my own on this sub
ject. [Many of tho colored people pres
ent gave unmistakable indications that
they npproved tbe sentiments uttered by
Gov. Smith.—Reporter. 1
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL A DELUSION.
Fellow-citizens, the “civil rights bill,’
as it is called, is a mischievous delusion.
It, in reality, gives no right to the colored
man which our laws deny him. Tho
white and the colored oitizen stand equal
before tbe law. If there is any advantage
to either, it is certainly in favor of
the colored man. That portion of the
common school fund raised from taxa
tion is gathered almost entirely from tbe
white people. As a general thing, it is
uufortuuately the case that tho colored tax-
piyer owns no property out of which his
■ axes can bo collected. The poll tax is
devoted to common school education by
our constitution. I do not speak from
official evidence, but, judging from the
best information accessible, 1 do uot hes
itate to say that live-sixths of this tax
which comes into the treasury is collected
from wliito tax-payers. Nevertheless, as
bAs been already stated, the colored chil
dren are entitled to the benefit of this
fond equally with the white children.
But it maybe asked if the provisions of
this bill would give the colored people no
new rights necessary to place them upon
an equality with tho white people why
object to its being passed into a law ? As
I have already stated, my friend*, the
provisions of this bill aro mischievous,
and if it shall become a law, it will,
whether so intended or not, work irrepar
able injury to both races. Bad men, both
blacks and whites, will consider its pass
age as an invitation to force their corn-
puny whore it will not be agreeable, for
the purpose of raising issues and creating
disturbances. Mischief makers and
breeders of strife will be on the alert to
detect, violations of tho law, with u view
to making cases in the courts, and creat
ing heart-burnings between tbe races.
Every place and every privilege set apart
or given l>y custom and tacit consent to
either race, will be invaded or of
fensively claimed bjPbad men iu soarch
of their “equal rights.” All our common
schools wilt be broken up at ouoe. Ha
tred between the races will be engender
ed and extended until no rogard for legal
rights will be felt by individuals of either
race. Revorence for law will cease aud
violence, bloodshed aud crime of every
description will increase fearfully. Lan
guage is inadequate to deacribo the evil
consequences which will ensue, almost
immediately upon tho passage of this bill.
manifested by their race. Colored though
they are, they are a hat God made them,
and they do not covet the M od of an
other race in their veins. That is right,
my colored friends. Abide firmly by the
natural distinctions of yonr race.
OBJECT or THE CIVIL BIOHTS BILL.
A very slight examination of the drift
of the Civil Rights bill will be sufficient
to satisfy us that ita author fgmied its
provisions with a view to tbe ultimate
amalgamation of the two races in the
South. The evident object of the bill is
to bring about social equality, even at the
expense of foroe, if necessary. Ijt con
templates tbe education of the children
of both races together iu the same schools.
In a speech delivered in the Senate by
Mr. Bontwell upon this bill, he deolared,
iu substance, that even if it were shown
to be practicable to give tho children of
each race equal educational privileges in
separate schools, such an arrangement
would not bo desirable ; that it was by
educating tho children of the two races
together, that all ideas of caste would he
lat»t; thAt the children would form the
habit of regarding each other as equals.
It was this same Senator who said, iu sub.
stance, in a speech delivered by him iu
North Carolina, in the last Presidential
canvass, that the people of the North
wonld never “shako hands with the
people of the South across the bloody
chasm” until they should beaotue assimi
lated to the Northern people in their
modes of thought; and that, in his judg
ment, the contest between the people of
the two sections must continue until this
assimilation should take place. I do uot
give his exact language, but I am sure
that I «lo him no injustice, booause when
I read his remarks nt the time, they made
a deep impression upon my memory. I
do not charge that Mr. Bout well is iu
favor of the amalgamation of the races,
but I do believe that his views aud policy,
if they could be carriod out, would cer
tainly result iu the consummation of that
infamy. This man, let it he remem
bered, was the colleague of Charles Sum
ner, nud is a representative man atuoug
his people.
I was informed by the Hon.' Hiram 1*.
Bell, that n colored member of Congress,
who gave bis opinion of the effect which
the Civil Rights bill, if passed into a law,
would have upon the negro race, said, in
substance, thAt he had no doubt that if
the policy of educating together the chil
dren of the two races were adopted aud
persevered iu. it would soon lend to inter
marriage between them ; and that, iu the
course of three or four generations, the
white race wonld absorb the colored, and
that the negro would thus dis ppear fiom
the Southern States. This man was rep
resented as favoring the passage of the
bill, which would produce the result* be
described.
I have referred to those two cases to
show, on the one hand, what a represen
tative man from New England thinks of
the effect of this bill, if it should become
a law, art! on the other hand to show
what au intelligent colored man fruin
Mississippi thinks upon the same subject.
The statements of these men serve, also,
to illustrate the policy songht to bo estab
lished by the advocates of the bill, and
the motives which impelled them to sup
port it.
HOW TO DEFEAT THE BILL.
Then, you white men aud oolored uieu,
who hear me to-day, do you favor either
directly or indirectly any policy or meas
ures whioh look to miscegenation as a
E issible result? I know yon do not.
ut, you ask, how can such an infamous
project ho defeated? It is a measure of
the Radical party, and can only be de
feated by driving that party from power.
It is only thus that you cun obtain relief
from the burdens which oppress you, and
immunity from the still greater evils
which throaten. But is that relief to bo
sought by a resort to force ? No. We
cannot gain anything we desire by foroe.
We learn of some who, in the exuber-
anoe of their patriotism, scorn always
ready to do battle against the Federal
Government, in vindication of the rights
of their sections. It is to bo regretted
that persons who are so anxious to engage
in fight., did not give their country the
benefit of their services during the late
war. It is also to be regretted that these
sons of Mars cannot mow indulge their
passion for war without involving civil
and quiet people. But enough of this.
We all understand very well that these
geutlemen are not really in earnest. At
no time have I ever known the people of
Georgia more quiet and peaceable than
they are now. At uo time has there
been a stronger disposition upon the part
of the people to promote their industrial
interests, develop the resources, protect
the rights of person and of property, and
enforce the laws, than prevails in our be
loved State nt tho present time. Through
the ballot box alone should we seek to
drive tho Radical party from power and
restore an honest administration of pub.
lie affairs. By preserving the union of
onrpaity—the party of the country and
of good government—-and allowing no
div sious to weaken our strength, we can
aucceuri. Wo should strive also to se
cure the co operation of good men every
where. We have already had the most
favorable indications. Honest men who
have acted with the opposite party, dis
gusted at its roiruption, are beginning to
leave its ranks.
But it is said that tho “Civil Rights
bill,” which we have been considering, if
pssaed at all, will become n law during the
present Congress, aud if the Democratic
party should succeed iu the coming elec
tion, it will not prevent the majority in
the present Congress from passing* the
bill. This is a mistake, my friends. The
bill was not put upon its passage at the
last session for the reason that the major*
ity desired to feel of the popular pulse on
this question before taking final uction.
They wished to wield tho full strength
of the colored vote, and hence keep the
Let it not U thought thatl am a aenaa- r “ l ‘ T", lf
tion,Hat. I am thoroughly aeqaaiuted f A l L" h , ,m ! d ^mrortraj*
with thoapirit and I corner of hofh racea. ! ,‘ b ® ln * P“^'L 1 ® 1 "? " lretl ^ h
aud, judging from that knowledge, I give ! , wl ' hth / 3 P*°P l0 ' tW"onld hardly hare the
it aa my opiuion that neither r.ce-ili or Pf" H lb ’“ 1 0 , d ‘ 0u,i
can ant,.nit to the effect* of thia bill if it “ “"'V , wc
iaw PR8 " 6d nUd "" W * n t° operation aa j JJJt'ua be true'to'theUmo^onoradprineL
wS ‘ w h r; Vi auotber r' con “Tr! KMl z;: ri ‘. n .
law, to u Joh I aholSd direct*janfr°atten* ' “'1°^ "rfeVof"JZST'lm df®
tion. Pride of race may uot alwaya be P** c * * nd ^ ^ ■ y i d ‘?'
k0 T,h• * n* t ’ , - al ^ 0 »ui n .^ k e1’ee a t?o d n
looka with horror upon the poaaible con- wl11 Up °“„ 2 — *» «»
tingenoy that hia ehii.1 may -Star into the * *T ,hat WB deHBrv0 , „ .
marritge relation with an individual he- , ,r * <,aen “ y ,D<,
longing to the colored race. 80 tha bet. lotldly “PP“ ud «i..
ter informed among the oolored people , —The Astora paid #239,057.83 taxoe this
would regard with feelings of deepest re- year. At the r«te of #2.80 this would
pngnauce any such relation between their represent nearly #12,000,000. The value
children and the offspring of the white of the real estate owned by the Aatore, in
mam round figure*, is said to be at leeet #94,.
I take pleaaare fo aeyiag fo foe eeloced . 000,099.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad.
Night Train Plunges Through
a Bridge.
Kailac and Nix Cera Wrecked
Judge Byrd, Eeglneer Dsacaa.
Nev. Mr. Wills and a Trnlw
Hand Killed.
ELXTXN SERIOUSLY AND FOURTEEN SLIGHTLY
WOUNDED—THE LIST IN FULL—IT
IS THOUGHT THE BRUME
WAS TAMPERED WITH.
Special to the Enquirer.]
Selma, Ala., Sept. 24.—The eouth
bound train of six oars on the Selma,
Rome Dalton Railroad went through
the bridge at WaxAbatchie creek, sixty
feet high, at daylight this morning. The
train is a total wrack ; the eugineer and
fireman and several passengers killed,
aud nearly all wounded, many danger
ous')-. Among the killed is Judge \V. M.
Byrd, ex-Judge of the State Supreme
Court, a prominent and much beloved
citizen of Helma. Particulars are hard
to get.
Helma, Ala., September 24.—The south
bound train on the Helmi, Rome & Dalton
Railroad went through Waxahatchee creek
bridge, about seventy miles north of Sel
ma, at 4:140 this morning. The bridge
was a new single span Howe truss, one
hiiudred feet long and fifty-five feet high.
The engine and six oars were badly
wrecked.
THE KILL!D.
Hon. Ww. Byrd, ex-Judge of the Hu
preiue Court of Alabama aud a prominent
citizeu of Helma, and Henry Mellon, col
ored fireman, were instantly killed.
C. Duncan, eugineer, and Rev. Mr.
Wills, of Marion, have since died.
THE SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Mrs. Willia, of Marion ; Mrs. Carlisle,
of Helma; Dr. Lide, of Marion ; Mrs. Pit-
ner, of Rome, Ga.; (4 W. Hwitz, Thomas
Beutly, A. J. Neal, A. T. England (rail
road employees) and Win. Blake, of Mo
bile ; Col. MeLnughliu, of Birmingham.
A Is., are seriously iujured.
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.
J. W. Crenshaw, wife, And sou, of
Marion; Mrs. Locket and daughter,
of Jacksonville, Ala.; Mr. Hudson, of
Moutevdilo, Alabama; William MoGarr,
road master; John Bacon, John Schultz,
railroad employees, and H. A. Htewart, of
Louisville, Ky.; Mr. DeButts, of Ludlow,
Ky.; Rev. Dr. Tichenor, of Montgomery,
Ala. ; Mrs. Lister and children, of Union-
town, Ala., and W. R. Nelson, of Helma,
Ala., are slightly iujured. 9
FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.
It is intimated that the bridge was tam
pered with. The bodies * of the killed
arrived here to-night on a special traiu.
Homo of the seriously wounded will
probably die.
IIAI/TIMORE * OHIO KAILKOAD.
COLLISION OF TRAINS — POSTAL UAH AND
CLE11K BURNED—OFFICIAL ACCOUNT
OF THE ACCIDENT—OFFICIAL
STATEMENT.
Washington, September 24.—A tele
gram was received at the Postoffice De
partment to day, stating the mail on the
train bound west was burned between
Grafton and Cincinnati last uight, and H.
W. Bradford, head postal railway clerk,
with it.
Bradford had been in the service for
several years, and was regarded as an
efficient officer.
The mails destroyed comprised tho dis.
patch from New York, Tuesday at U p. m.,
and Philadelphia, Tuesday at midnight,
Baltimore early morning dispatch, and
Washington yesterday morning 8 at a. m.
Baltimore, September 24.—The ofllcors
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany in this city give the following par
ticulars of the accident occuriug on the
Parkersburg hrauch of their road last
night: The Western bound passenger
traiu, leaving Baltimore at Gs.'lO a. m.
and the Kast hound passer train,
leaving Parkersburg at (# p. m., col
lided at Hmithton, the regularly appointed
meeting place, fifty-eight miles east of
Parkersburg.
Both engines were wrecked. The pos
tal car attached to the West bouud train
was burned, the fire beiug communicated
from a lamp to the mail matter.
The flames made such rapid progress
that one of the postal clerks namod Brad
ford was burned to death before he could
be extricated.
The bulk of tho mail matter was de
stroyed.
The baggage car of the same train was
also burned, with a greater portion of tho
conteuta.
Tbe platforms of a number of passen
ger cars were also demolished by the force
of the collision, but none of tho passen
gers were injured. Oue of the train
hands reoeived a slight flesh wound.
The west hound train had arrived at
Hmithton, and wus preparing to go on tho
side track, when the east hound traiu,
which was behiud time, Kuddeuly caine
up and tbe collision took place.
-The case of Edna Doan Proctor va.
Moulton, for slander, will not, it is stated
by her counsel, come up in the courts at
present. Her counsel says that it will not
be required, but all that will be nocesssry
ia for Moulton to put in au appearance and
have it entered ou the papers nerved on
him. Ho also stated tlmt it was more
than probable that Moulton's answer to
the complaint of Mias Proctor would not
he reedy for at least twenty deye.
TELECSAPHIC NOTES.
p) T«q«-Kr*ih In RKqriKMi.;
DOJIF.MTI4.
—Mr. Beecher is expneted home tins
week. He will lYMime the Plymouth pul
pit.
—The suspension of 0. Tudnmim A:
Co., extensively eogngod in the imp sta
tion of sugar, is announced.
—The Canard and State liues of atouu-
ships are selling tickets from New York
tp Liverpool for #1.”. currency.
—The New York Republican Conven
tion, while reaffirming, Ac., is silent re
garding the third term.
—Beecher made n humorous speech at
the Fair fn Plymouth, N. H. Beecher has
returned to Kvarts.
—“Big Frank,” a notorious Wilming
ton, Del., bank robber, has escaped tho
aeeoml time from Newcastle jail, Phila
delphia.
—Last uight burglars attempted to rob
the liMuk at Newbury, Vt., but were un-
snocesxful after blowing upon tho doors.
—A Philadelphia dispatch confirms the
report that Mr. Boss is and was aware of
the parties and place to which his child
was taken.
—Two hundred Italians arrived at
Pittsburg Wednesday, to take the pUcos
of tho striking miners along tho Fan lCun-
die Railroad.
—In tho Boston racu for all ages, two
mile dash, Limestone won ; time
Consolidated purse, mile and a quarior,
Spendthrift won ; time 2:14. Blind Tom
won the steeple chase.
^ —Charles A. Briggs, who was arrested in
Now York, a few days ago, chnrgod with
absconding from Chioogo with a large
Hum of money, was discharged yesterday
on habeas corpus.
—The excitement iu Edgefield, S. C.,
has subsided and tliero aro no immediate
apprehensions of further disturbance be
tween the races. Accounts from tho scene
of the recout trouble report all quiot.
—At Wnverly, N. Y., Cosgrove, ulais
Me tllester, oue of the Wollshoro hank,
robbers, was arrested yesterday, aud on
him was found aud $1,200 in
bonds aud money, and the cashier’s watch
was found secreted in a closet in his
house.
—Ex-Gov. Philip Fruuk Thomas bus
been renominated for Congress by tho
Democrats of the First District in-Afary-
laud. He succeeded Cobh ns Secretary of
the Treasury in 1800, and was elected to
the Unitod Htntes Ben ito in 1800. But
was refused his seat. Ku-Klux!
—The statement of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company shows an increase of
receipts from January 1 to September 22,
1871, over conespouiling period list \car,
of $7(29,015. The company's steamers
have brought here bet ween April 0 and
September 22, this year, 0,015 tons ot tea
and 80 tons of silk.
—Tho Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, at
AtlaiPa, after considerable discussion, re
solved that all spiiitnoiis, vinous and mult
liquors shall be excluded from the Lodge
Rooms, nud outer rooms or halls connect
ed with or adjoining thereto, when under
control of any Subordinate or Degree
Lodge or EnoAnipment of this order. It
aIro adopted a new funeral and atmiver-
wary ceremony.
I'OKEIUN.
- -The army of Don Carlos iu Northern
Spain is reported to he sanguine and iu
excellent condition.
—Donchaiu, at Manchester, has com
pleted over half of his task of walking
1100 miles ill 1100 hours.
—Vehicles containing passengers are
now allowed to pass unmolested through
the Carlist and Republican lines.
The small pox ravages iu Jamaica are
attributed to the want of sanitary precau
tions peculiar to the half barbarous negro
population of that island.
Iu an engagement iu the province of
Biscay bet wean Republicans and Carlist s
the latter were routed. Many of tlie in
surgents are surrendering, asking for
amnesty.
— A later dispatch from Spain says the
ranks of Don Qarlos are being depleted by
the men who are returning, without con
sent, to their homes to help gather the
harvest.
—At tho yearly meeting of English
Friends (Quakers), held this week in Lon
don, John Bright, M. P., opposed the
signing of a petition looking to a total
prohibition liquor law.
—A letter from Havaua says the prompt
payment of contributions on capital, im
posed by a decree, which are absolutely
necessary to moot the treasury deficits,
has been forced.
- Portrait of Dou Carlos : lie has black
hair, brown eyes, slightly aquiline nose,
and black beard, covering the whole face.
He is very handsome, lie stands six feet
throe in his hoots.
—The swindling case tried iu Paris
against u Spanish piiucess nud her Amer
ican husband, C. A. Perkins, was for tho
sum 39,000 frnucrt—all for hoard. In
running up Mich u bill toe culprits played
ou the vanity and credulity of th* ir poor
landlady. They entered her house in
1871, paid their board for a mouth and
have lived on her ever since, constantly
telling of tho money they weie to get
from the Queen of Spain, A c.
—Tho Mmquis of Lome and PriuccHs
Louise arrived in ChiiidIiuIIImwii n Wed
nesday night. Yesterday th*- M uqii sal-
dressed hi* constituents in tin* L -w. Hall.
He considered the rucoguitixn »»f luo Span
ish government premature, b. cause that
government lmd not yol shown its capaci
ty to defeat its eueiuiea. Speaking of Gi
braltar, he held that it should never ho
given up to Spain. We have ns good a
right to that fortie s as the Spaniards, and
as one of the port* to India we should
keep that groat key to the Mediterranean.
He regretted that one of the Ionian islands
had uot been kept for defensive purposes.
RNttliANI).
FIGHT ON AN AMERICAN Hllll*.
London, September 24.—The American
ship, H. F. Horsey, Cardiff for Montovi-
dio, put to seay esterday, hut while rhe
was yet in tho channel, several sailors
jumped overboard And swam ashore in a
bleeding aud exhausted condition. Ac
counts of the affair differ, hut the whole
crow were fighting, and one of them was
killed by the cautain. A boat went in
pursuit of the Hetaey, but it is feared
cannot overtake her. The crew all be
long to Cardiff.
AMU* *EHK.
Nf.w Your, September 24.—Arrived : |
City of Uavana.
New York, September 14. —Arrived : i
•witMtland
JUSTIFICATION.
A COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY JUSTIFY 1.01
AMISS-A OOMIMIOMISF. PARISH —
GRANT TO PROTECT EVERY-
. BODY FROM AL
LIGATORS.
THE PELICAN STILL UNDER THE WE ATI
New York, September 24.—A special
from Now Orleans contains a long addr
by a committee of seventy of that c
in defence of tho late action against Kel
logg, claiming justification in cnimo-
quenco of tho misrule to which they allege
the people have been subjected.
ALLIGATORS SHAN’T KATKM’ -TROOPS HUM.!.
PREVAIL. '
Washington. September 2b—Grant is
quoted : “I nm determined that any msu
from anywhere shall bo safe anywhere iu
Louisiana."
[Query—How about the alligators ? |
It is seriously statod that orders for the
movement of troops toward Louisiana
have not been couiitormamtod.
citizens' rank resumed.
New Orleans, September 24.— The
Citizens’ Bank renamed business to-day
with a uahIi surplus over its cash liabili
ties of #1)2,000. Tho total value of its
solvent A'Nota is$2,(100,000, and tho total
liabilities $82,000.
COMPROMISE EFFECTED.
New Orleans, September 24. — A com
promise has been effected in Terrebone
parish between tho white and coloi
people. A joint palish ticket, with capi
tal and labor equally represented, has
been nominated.
TUB Til I TH TOIJI.
MINNESOTA RESOLUTIONS -CARPET-11 AGGERS
DID IT —THIEVING fTIIU'NIC UNDER
GRANT’S RULE.
St. Paul, September 2b—The Demo
cratic and Liberal State Convention which
met to-day for tho ncinination' of a Chief
Justine and A'-sociate Justice of the Sit-
promo Court, adopted the following plat
form :
“Believes the present disastrous condi
tion of the Southern States to he largely
due to the corrupt rule of the carpet-bag
politicians who linvo plundered and ini
poverished the people, and intensified tho
prejudices of race; declares geumal
thieving has becimo chronic under
Grant s auspices; deiuumls an impartial
policy towards tho peoplo of the South;
demands the expulsion of thieves und
perfect oqinlity before tho law for all per
sons, without regard to raoe color or po
litic..! opinion."
Tin* Austrian I'olnr UxpetllfIon.
New York, Sept. It).—A special dis
patch to the London Times of tbn 17Ci
instant gives the following account of the
adventures of tho Austrian Folur expedi
te The Austrian Payer Woyproehi ex
pedition loft Tromao in tho Admiral Togo,
off on tho l lili of July, 1872. They
luconntored compact drift ice m 48“ oast
longitude, and worked themselves through
until iu 58“ east longitude. They
readied the coast of Nova Zombhi under
the Admiralty peninsula. They sailed
along tho const to Beech inlands, where
they met Count Weltezok’s sloop Islijor-
non. They sailed together with him to
Barrent’s islands, near the promotory of
!ape Nassau, where they remained nt
anchor until the 21-t of August, 1872, on
account of southwesterly storms.
Them a depot of provisions was cstab.
lislud. They parted with Count Weltc-
zek and steered northwest the sumo day,
and wero completely frozen in. They
dr fled with pack ice fourteen months,
first notheast to 73 dog. east longitude,
and thou northwest until October, 1873.
in August, 1873, new land was discovered.
They drifted with tho ico along this land.
They wero frozen in and wintered in 7!)
dog. 51 min. noth latitude, and 51) deg.
eist. longitude. In March and April, 1874,
dodgo expeditions wero sent north and
west; M2 deg. north latitude was passed
and land was seen to 83 d< g. The extent
of tho land northwest aud westward was
apparent ly considerable.
The ship now being untenable was
abandoned. Starting on tho 20th of
May, with four sledgo-boats, they met.
opm water ou the 15th of August, and
crossed to Nova Zeinhla, and wont along
the const in search of vessels. They
a Kussiati schoouer oil tho 21th of August
in Puehowa Bay, and arrived at Vardne.
in Norway, September 3. The health of
the crow was excellent. Engineer Kriach
died March, 1874, from tuberculous dis
eases.
Iniprovenienl of Ihc Itlvere—tom-
inldttlonerN Ask l'rlvlleirce of flic
Nfatc.
Evansville, Ind., September 21.—Tho
Commissioners for tho Improvement of
the Ohio Itiver Navigation Adjourned this
moon to meet in Washington Octo-
Kith.
resolution was passed asking Coa
ts to take decided action for the im
provement of tho month of the Mississip
pi, so us to moot tho wants of agriculture
and other industries of the country, and
appointing s committee of two from the
coniiiDssiouers from Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana nml Illinois, to obtain from thoso
States the passage of suitable laws o ding
to the United States jurisdiction over such
small tracts of land a . may be needed foj
erection of locks, lock keeper’s dwell
ings and abutments, also condemning tho
construction of another bridge, at Cincin
nati, a short distance below the present
bridge.
TUB WKATIIttK.
Department of War, >
Washington, September24, 1874.)
I'robtihilitic*.—For Friday, over the
South Atlantic States : oast winds,falling
barometer, lower toniperatnro, with
cloudy and rainv weather will prevail.
Over tho Gulf States : southeast winds,
backing to the northeast; failing followod
by rising barometer, aUtiouary tempera
ture, cloudy and rainy weather.
Trying fo Kt-ilncc the I'rlcc off ot ton.
Boston, Septcmb r 24. —The manufac
luring interest* aro combining to reduce
products until the pices of m-nufactur-
e l and mv mater al shows a margin of
profit. %
MARKETS.
iiv T»:i.r.<at.vi*ii to iMitinin.
mul Slock Market,.
IjuNnov, «.n.tomh»r !4-sirn-t discount t
■or cool. Erie 34*i. Nu«6'h4%.
f’a ins, SiHi.tombor St-Spo to In tho Bank
,1 Ir nm e in. Inorratad 6,ftoo, oo;
Ehankitort, S.pt, m het 21.-Sixty-iwo bend.
Excipiiinu—Ioiik481; aho'ti iso).,;,
active. State iiunils quiet
York, Sept. 24.—Money easy. S*o I nn
rrovUion finrliotM.
Cincinnati. September 24.—Flour dull.
Dorn linn at sr»@s7. Fork nominal Lard quiet;
summer 1K 4 (0I4. Bacon quiet, jolcong i In,
shoulders dear rtt» Ift : ^, cloir lo!<.
Whiskey in wood dem ind, hut scarce, |1.08.
:, September 24 —Flour quiet and
Cora uulo' and unchan.ed at
•• - nomlnn'. Bacon quiet and wonk,
shoulders Ii’jjfd oioar rib 10, clear I8 1 ^, Laru
Wlilhkov minor nt jil.03 I5a-. Kina— two
pound Kentucky h uip 13“4@14^j flax and Jute
unchanged.
* to weight 14 .j 144^.
• t. Lons, • eptember 21.-Flour firm, with
a lair « eumnd lor low grades, i o n lower at
8i)@82 for No. 2 mixed, in elovstor. Whiskey
♦ 1 U4. i ork 124.204624.6') B icon dull, anu on
ly limit d to jobbing lota.
Nkw York, Septon.ber 24—Southern floor
quiot and unchanged, Whost opened h avy
ut 1 oont lower, but < losed rather more s «aiy
at u decline a little better ex ©pt inquiry.
Oorn oponed ho ivy ut 1 cont lutver, but closed
at*'.idler. Coll.** iictlvo at *■< cunt Advance;
lt d. quoted at g* hi. Sugar firm.
1 allow (pilot at 8'v,^. H >ln cxuiwd and
Hrtnor at 2,40. i u,, untln unch *m od. Lard
Iirilior; prime steam 1 Folk quiot and
lyj new job l,ds $23 37^. Whiskey dull at
$1.08.
Ln
Sept.
-Breadstuff* quiet
(. Cfrj'tM.
IftOttlll, itf.
kn, September 24.—Uonunou rosin 7s.
o o, in liming 3,oi
bp-dilution aud export.
Oolulic
Sales on a ImsIh of mid llnr U|
It «; I olnw low middling, • hippo i
id Nnvomh. r, 7 15 Id.
lands, n thing below good ordinary, shlpti
Outoi.ur and November, 7 16 10.
Nkw York, Soptcin or 24— Gotten quot;
s ilei 51U; Up alios 10?O leans 10;^
Fu nreHopeno l stea.iy : Suptcm or 16% Oc-
tnt o' 15 a liiii.?November Deo in
hor 16 3-1 aq 1 1', January 1&\@7 18.
Nkw York, September 24.—Futures cloned
steady; Miles IS 6tm 4 ft billows; S. i.tenP er 16&
132; O tuber 16 7-824f|.i; November 15 6 8'iS
a-10; December 167-32@ 1 ^; .lannaiy 1\IS 3i
Fob. u-iry 152i-32'n 11-18; iMarch 10: AI ill 18k;.
I ottoti quiet; « .Uni 1,113 at lO'^fi^; no.
eolpts ltd).
II LTiMoiti:, September 24.—Uotton dull but
lower; mlddllius l-V;.'; gross r.eolp « 170; »aieit
115; spinners .Vj; stock W42
Norfolk, Scp'etnhor 24.—Quiet; low mid
dlings 16; net receipts 4:6; Hites2K.
Galvk ton. Soptemb r 24.—Uo:ti,n~Not re
ceipts 1,246; Halos 600.
September 24.—steal)j demand
l’liiLAOKi.riiiA.Hcidombor24.- Stoodv: mid
llli.g- lt.«4.
Savannah, Sept.24.- Firm; ml Idlings 144^;
low ml ‘illlng 14',;: good ordinary 134£; net io-
L'OJptB 2,1 3; Util* r 8Uil.
Wilmington, September 24 —Uocha iredi
nld.Hill, a 16; 1 w mlldl.iul 14>f; puu.i o dl
mry lal.j; not > sculpts so; s ites 4.-.
Momlk. Sept. 24—Firm: middlings 14U,
ow imddliiius 14; gool ordinary 1 U; uttie-
celpts 2 7; toil- a ooo.
OlfAttLtBTON, September 24.— Active and
steady; middlings l4Ji@X; net receipts T®2;
•III 8 1,1100.
Auotsta
vent k d
h-H ioN, Sopt 24 —Quiet; middlings lc%; nci
I'lpti 1. 0; sales 158; stock 8.000.
83 AND 85 BROAD STREET.
W OOD <'ASKS ANDOASKKT8,
IMITiTloN K »Si: WOOD COFFINS,
31K 1’ALLIt.’ OASKS midOa&KKI’S,
NelbMenlliig (iiHON aud I'lmkctH,
White t iwci itiid Ihialceta.
Fui' Ini mty of dodgn, sty In of flnlob, the
File
■rnrpai
by any
the inailcet,
other party In thiseccllon
Also choap Flue (hdllns always ou hand.
tiiT Night bell at front door.
ROONEY & WARNER,
H0pl5 3111 t'oLUMDUS, Ga.
By ELLIS & HARRISON.
Executor’s Sale of Valuable
City and Country
Real Estate.
A OIIKSAHI.V TO AN ORDHt 1'iIOHl
1\. it., limn. ni.loC.iiiit ul Or.lln try Mu.
co,ou county, oi l be «>id at ll o’ubtuk on ti.d
ollowlng
d, do
heli.d^luq
orpo
to tho f
City lot No. 200 with hue lolek t
and Bridgettreet.-. ’ ' "' ne '
South part of City lot No. 201. w th dwcl Ing
..nd out-hou?es, on ogl iho pe street, a.'job.lnu
abovo property.
House mid lot on east side Ogleihi.tj o i-'reet,
next north ot Oeorgo Yciiri.ic, me.tied by
Mrs. A lion.
Tho Enquirer Oillco Building and L it, on
Handolph street, boing part ol el y tot
House nml lot In Wyii'.ton, :a’oly i<ce it led
by TIioh. U igland, with lo ncie< lund nttacbed
Lot No.—, In Coweta roservo. s. nth o! o d
.Macon r nil, a bool ;V. mill s lpmi (he ctt } , con-
tnlnlng25U acres, ndpdulng the land, of Dl
inond, Garrard, Brown uud others. #
Fartlo- wishing to Invest in io:il esi4ite will
hud it to t telr Interest to attend t Is sa!o. us
the properly Is* desirable and eligibly located.
Terms liberal. A K. HAUL AND,
Columbus, (J.t
Executor.
m»P 2-dlWtdAntd
September lcth, 1874 \
A T the election to bo held in and L>r said
county of .Muscogoo. on the first Wednes
day In October next, f..r two Ucprosc 111 iv i»t •
tho Legiftlature, the btllunln naincl persons
are hereby anpolnto I to superintend Ha d ©lec
tion in the city and d.Herein preclnon of tLo
county, viz:
Uitv-.I. M. McNeill, J. F., T.Shivers.
J. F , and Oeorgo Uunxerford.
Upatoic—John I). Odom, J. I*, Ernauuol
Inn unit U' IIrhlIiu
Lynoii Sr., and N. G. Oattls.
Howards’—L. U'. Will.*, ,T. P.. Nat haa
Benton and Robert sirnp-on.
Olvon under my offloiul >lgnatur»