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■ ■ Col ton bus nquiitf. 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»