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Coinmini tumtef. .yol. xix. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1877. NO. 205 RATIFICATION MEETING IN ATLANTA FRIDAY NIGHT. aiOUUV TWO SENATORS DE CLARE THAT IT HUNT BE RATI FIED. .' • *' Atlanta Constitution.) One of the largeet audiences ever gath ered within the walla of the Oapitol was present Friday night, in respdbse to an invitation to the people to assemble and ths noma's constitution. The hall was largely filled np with la dies—every seat was occupied and the gallery jammed. The moat oordial feel ing prevailed, and the enthusiasm of an Atlanta orowd soon held full sway. Col. Howard Van Epps moved that Dr. Spalding be called to the chair, and the motion was unanimously carried. Dr. Spalding took the chair and said : Ladies and Gentlemen : 1 was not ad- vised of the objeot of the meeting pre cisely, bnt I presume it is to. give some manifestation in favor of the ratification of the new Constitution. I am not ad vised as to who is to speak, bnt I suppose the audienoe understand it. SENATOR BEN BILL being the first one oalled on. for his opin ion, came forward and said: Mb. President and Fellow-Citizens— Before ooming to this meeting I was in formed that a great man and a distin guished member of the Convention (Mr. Toombs) would favor os with some infor mation and views touohing tbe new Con- stitntion in order that we might be able to form our opinions of its merits more advisedly. 1 regret to learn he has been detained by his dosing official duties as a member of the Convention. There are some general considerations which determine me to. say that I shall vote to ratify the proposed Constitution, and these I will prboeed to state briefly. If) in tbe soience of onr Amerioan sys tem of government, any one proposition can be regarded as fixed, settled troth, it is this; That “all governments derive their authority from the consent of the governed." If this is not true, then nothing else in our system is trne, for everything else—the whole system—is built upon this proposition. From this proposition it results that government is not a oreator, with original inherent power to rule the people, but it is a thing created and invented with derivative au thority—is but an agenoy by whioh and through whioh the people rule themselves. It also results that those who admin, ter government are servants acting under orders, and are not superior beings ruling , by right. He who maintains the contrary of this is simply a monarchist. The whole soheme of Congressional re construction was a plain, palpable and unmitigated violation of this fundamen tal principle of onr American system of government, and equally a plain, palpa ble and unmitigated violation of every provision of the Federal Constitution whioh was bnilt upon that principle. The Constitution under whioh the people of Georgia have been living for nearly ten years was not made by their consent. It was made nnder orders from Washington, whioh orders were accom panied by the bayonet, and were nxeouted nnder the direot supervision of the bayonet. The delegates who were chose# to a convention to obey those orders were ohosen by constituency whioh was created at Washington and from whioh oonstituenoy the great body of tbe intelligence and property was pur posely exoluded by OoDgress. The Con stitution so framed was not allowed to have effect nntil it was sent to Washing ton and reviewed, altered and approved by Congress, and by a Congress, too, not a member of which was a citizen of Geor gia- That Constitution owes its existence and vitality to those who were not to live nnder it, and did not derive its authority from the consent of the people who were to be governed by it. It thus results that the man who approves that Constitution has abandoned the fundamental principle of onr American system, and, as a conse quence, has abandoned the whole system itself and is an infidel in Ameridan poli tics and has beoome a European mon archist. The Constitution we are now oalled on to ratify has been made by delegates freely chosen by all onr people. It has been framed without the presence or fear of bayonet-. It will not be sent to Wash ington, or anywhere outside of Georgia, for review,' alteration or approval, nor will we even stop to oonsider, or oare, whether anybody outside of Georgia will T igs it or not. Bhall therefore, vote to ratify the pro posed Constitution, because it is our Constitntion. It will derive its authority from the coosent of the governed, and from no other source. Please mark my words. I am again stating to yon tbe great principles npon whioh alone, as a basis, I have been writing, speaking and aoting on this subject for' ten years. I will not offend yon by discussing the merits of the provisions of the Constitu tion of 1868, nor by showing the differ ences between that Constitution and this. My point is that the Constitution of 1808 was, in no point or legal sense, a Constitu tion at all. It derived no authority from tbe oonsent of the governed and, therefore, bad no just authority at all. We have obey ed that Constitution solely because it was „ not within our power to resist it. That f Constitntion had no origin but in force— f no existence bnt by force, and no author 1 ity bnt of force. As a helpless people we submitted to it, and as a free people we despise and repudiate it. Force and the works of force are entitled to no homage, exoept from slaves. The most oriminal chapter in Amerioan history— in any history—is that of reconstruction, and our Northern fellow-citizens will Boon dearly see and frankly admit it. So mnch on this point. Now. let me oall yonr attention briefly to the Constitn tion we are oalled npon to ratify. I have read this proposed Constitntion only sinoe 10 o'clock this morning. But my chief stndy for thirty years has been our Amerioan Constitutional system. Noth ing to me is so interesting. I have been recently studying the different Constitu tions of the different States, and noting their variations and their ohanges and progress with experi ence. 1 need bnt little time, therefore, to form an opinion npon tbe merits of a State Constitution. I have formed my opinion of the one now pro posed for ns, and, having formed my opinion, I will, as is m; custom, proceed to expreeas it. It u this: There are some things in this CoBstitn- | lion I would like to have out. There are ^ some things ont I would like to have in. t of its provisions I think the Legis lature will find trouble in carrying ont. But this mnch may be said of every Con stitntion ever made. I have myself some peculiar views npon this subject of the best Constitntion for Georgia, bnt I am satisfied the pnblio is not yet prepared for these views, and I have not SRnoyed the Convention with them. Bnt take this Constitntion as a whole and as it is, I do not hesitate to say that, in my opinion, it is the best this State has ever had, and no one of the thirty-eight States of our Union has a better. It contains several provisibnu either one of whioh will be worth ten fold the whole oost of the Con vention. It contains many of the im provements which onr progressive expe rience has made not only wise bnt neces sary. It oalls a most emphatio halt to corruption and extravaganoe. It orders legislative jobbing to cease, and it com mands legislative lobbyists to disperse. If there are two opinions as to the power of the Convention to open the Treasury, there can be bnt one opinion as to the fact that the Convention has locked the Treasury. In the name of the long suf fering, often robbed and terribly plun dered people I thank the Convention for this looking. It was oerteinly needed. It is best to adopt the whole as it Btands and oanoel any defeots by fntnre amend ments. Gentlemen of the Convention, yon oan well afford to disregard the premature oritioisms whioh have unjnstly assailed yon. You have faithfully discharged your mission. You oan now retnrn to yonr homes, entitled to receive from your constituents, as earnestly as it was ever given, that greatest of earthly plandits, “Well done, good and faithful servants I” The Sonthern people have passed through a most terrible ordeal during the last ten years. They have been robbed, maligned and insulted as no people ever w ere. But they have established their cl tim to wisdom by patiently enduring wrongs they could not resist, and they have seoured for themselves the very highest standard of honor by refusing, under all applianoes, to give to those wrongs the virtue of their oonsent. Now, our bondage has ended. We are in full possession' of onr <ftrn affairs. Onr first duty is to forget the differences onr trials have engendered. I, who have writ ten, and spoken with more invective, per haps, than any other man during onr se vere trials, desire first of all to declare that whoever else shall remember the wroDgs and differences of the past, I shall both discharge a dnty and find a pleasure in forgetting them. Hencefor ward, he is most my brother who most earnestly gives all his energies to rebuild our State. We are permitted to begin this work of making Georgia—what her natural capac ities entitle her to be—one of the great est and rioheat and most powerful of all the States—under the most auspicious surroundings. Not only is the Sonth tbe most orderly and peaoeful and safest por tion of the Union, bnt onr federal rela tions also are beooming healthy and cor dial. We are having onoe more a wise, patriotic and non aeetional administration of the general, government. This the whole world knows, but we have a great gratification in Btore for us, when the world shall fully learn how mnoh the whole country is indebted to the wisdom and firmness of Southern representatives for this preservation of the peaoe and this return to constitutional administra tion. To wisdom snd firmness, too, which were exercised under the severest tests to whioh representatives were ever subjected. On every hand we are encouraged with better prospects. Onr institutions never stood od so good a basis. The darkness is passed. Hope sounds, in bright notes, the dawn of a new morning. AH the in dications of onr political skies give good promise. Let us all wake op and make the day of onr American futnre, State and national, the brightest, the happiest, the most glorious and peaoefnl in the annals of popular government. And now, my friends of Atlanta,let me, in conclusion, addresB a word to you. In the severe trials of the past no people made a better record than yon of this oity. Though offered the bribe of the oapital in 1868, you refused to support a Consti tution dictated by a foreign power, and fastened by the bayonet. In the late oall for a Convention you were again true to the reoord of unselfish right. Now mske the cap stone for your monument of im perishable honor by giving this' new and real Constitution a nnanimous vote of approval. What oity oan then show her self to be more worthy the oapital oity of our new State. Of one thing we may all be well assured. This Constitution will be ratified, and by an overwhelming vote. The publio man who puts himself in opposition to it will have but one comfort left to his poiitioal life. Like a man killed by lightning, he will have the oomfort of dying without knowing what hit him. This iB not an oooasion, as I understand it, for speech-making. I understand it to be a oitizens meeting to exobange views briefly on the new Constitntion. I have expressed my opinions and now give way for others to do likewise. Senator Hill was listened to with mark ed attention, and as he olinohed his points be was vooiferously applauded. senator oordon was enthusiastically called for from all over the honse, and npon asoending the stand was greeted with deafening oheers. He said : Ladies, Gentlemen of the Convention and Fellow-Citizens A protracted and very painful domestic affliction has de prived me of suoh intercourse with the members of this body, and snoh minnte acquaintance with its labors as I could have desired. I sat down this morning, however, with pencil in hand to read the Constitntion, and note Boob oritioisms as might seem to my mind just, and while,' as my friend Mr. Hill has snggested, there are some minor details which might have suited me better, yet I arose from that reading and annotation prepared to say to you, gentlemen of the Convention, to night, that I applaud yonr handiwork and pronounoe it oood ! [Applause.] I am here to join with my fellow-oitizens in aooepting it. I am here to unite with them in preparing for tbe bnrial of the old, and to rejoioe over the birth of tbe new Government. [Applause] Eighteen months ago I stood in this desk and discussed before the General Assembly the propriety of oalling this Convention, and in my remarks, then submitted the following reasons, whioh I tbonght snffloient considerations to justify tbe oall. First, to shorten offioial terms. Seoond, to lessen executive patronage, whioh, I believe, is greater than that of any gov ernment in the oountry, State or Federal. Thirdly, that we might restrain the power of tbe State, tbe counties and municipal authorities to oreate debts ad infinitum, and levy taxes ad libitnm, and to base yonr government on foundations laid with yonr own bands, whose obief oornar stone shall be justioe to all men, of all oolors and creeds. Of oonrse, in the brief time allowed me, I can only make mention of the important changes yon have made in the old Constitntion. Yon have short ened official terms, and you have done well. For, with all the objections whioh may be urged against tbe frequency- of popular elections, it is nevertheless trne that the rights and liberties of the people demand that publio servants shall fre quently be called to the bar of pnblio criticism and made to feel their accounta bility to the people from whom they draw their power. [Applause.] I know what is said about the corruptions of popular elections. I know it is said that when a good man is in offioe he ought not to be subjected to the ordeal too often of pop ular judgment. I know that the bast men are not always chosen, and that like other passions whioh have their day, there is now and then, in all popular governments, a mania for criticising public men. I know that intrigue, chicane combinations and wire-pnlling may defeat the popular favorite; but, fellow-oitizens, it is better, far better, that a good man, now and then, should fail of just appreciation and endorsement than that tbe people should for a long period be deprived of the power to redress wrongs. I may add, that if a publio servant proves himself worthy 6f great pnblio trusts, the people, as a rule, will continue them in his keeping. Yon have lessened the executive pat ronage, whioh I stated eighteen months ago was greater in Georgia, in proportion to the offloes provided by the Constitu tion, than in any State, and you have done wisely in onrtailing it. It is a power too great to be intrusted to any one man; yet it is the [executive's greatest weakness. With referenda to tbe interest of the peo ple, it is a dangerous power; with refer ence to the interest of the executive, it is a fatal weakness, and I predict that no man in Georgia will be more ready to applaud your action in thus onrtailing it than he who now wears this thorny orown and feels their prioks in his laoera- ted temples. Again, you placed an inhibition on the power of State and municipal antborities to oreate debts, and in doing this you have out up by the roots the overshadowing evils from whioh you and the people of this State have suffered, and while if I had been a member of the Convention I should have voted and labored for one exception in favor of the people of North east Georgia, and while I feel that this exception might have been made without impinging upon the great principle whioh guided you. While I felt that the oon- treat between the Government and the Northeast Georgia liailroad might have been adhered to with propriety, yet I do not feel that your failure to do so will justify opposition to the constitution. I know something of that seotion of our State—its metalio wealth, its soil and its olimate. Developed as it would be by the completion of the Marietta & North Georgia Bailroad, it would have become the granery of onr future—a Herculean helper in our material progress. Had you seen fit to oontinue the present ar rangement with that road, yon would have struok from the now dry rooks of these mountains perennial fountains of wealth, to benefit our whole people. But I come here to say that, notwithstanding your failure to make this exception fall and oomplete in favor of that road, yet by this organio inhibition upon the credit of the State for any purpose however plausi ble and popular, by biennial sessions of the General Assembly and by other ohangeB you have wrought a reform, which the mal-ndminidtrations and cor ruptions of our financial guardians at Washington have made the crying neces sities of the times. We are poor. Alas! how poor I The aooumulation of debts, through this mon strous system of lending the credit of the Federal, State, oounty and mnmoipal governments, the extravagances, corrup tion and mal -administration of the Na tional exchequer, tile oruel, needless con traction of the only currenoy known to the laws in the interest of bond-holding power. These evils have plunged our people into the very depths of poverty ; have confiscated the estates of the land lord, the pay of the laborer, and the bread of the unemployed, have dug the graves of all enterprises and built a pyramid of ooffins, whioh enolose the dead relicB of a great country's prosperity. [Applause.] It was time for yon to act. It is not necessary that I speak of yonr bill of rights. Sufficient that it is to say you have reoognized in your fundamental law tbe right of self-government bv the States and the supremacy of tbe oivil law. These are the great features of government whieh if fully recognized by all the States and the General Government, would make our llepublio as lasting as time; and which are happily regarded by the pres ent administration, so far as I can judge. These are heaven-appointed seraphims, whose flaming swords are to guard the ap proaches to yonr political paradise. [Ap- planso. j They are more—they constitute the very paradise of ltepublioan govern ment. These two great priviliges—self- government by the people of the States and the supremacy of the civil law—are liberty's sentries—they are more—they are the life blood, the sinews and the brain of liberty. They are liberty itself I [Applause. ] Give ns these—give them to all tbe States in their capaoity as Statos, and we ask no more. We can uphold Re- publioan government with nothing less. We all know that it was to sustain these particular features which you have incor porated in your bill of rights, that war has been waged against centralized power. For this Ireland threatens: for this Po land struck; for this Italy organizes; for thiB ltoumnnia guards hor mountain pass es, and for this Georgia by tho methods of peace, has incorporated them anew in her organio law. [Applause. ] A people to be free must be self-governed and to snlf- govern we mnst remain united. [Ap plause.] Onoe more, and I shall give place to others. I know not how others may feel, bnt as for me, it is a source of inexpres sible pleasure to know that henceforth we are to live under a Constitution made by ourselves. I care not whether it is better than the old Constitution. It is enough for me to know that it is ours— not Bullock's, nor Blodgett’s, ncr Bry ant's. That it was made by Georgia’s sons, inspired by Georgia patriotism, planted npon Georgia soil, and is to be baptised and sanctified by the liars of Georgia’s daughters. [Applause J And why should not this be so? Why Should we not love this Constitution andanerish it more than tho old ? The free" love one's own is a right prescribi law, human or divine, unless law of seolional bigotry. Wby, God-Man, who embraoed in bis sympathies all men of all natl tribes, oommanded that His own ' at Jerusalem should be the first r< of the Gospel of Life. To lovi own, tbe product of our own hn£, the > workmanship of our own haudi noble sentiment. It is the inspiration of patriotism, and without it patriotism dies. This feeling has slumbered already too long in our midst. It has lived but it haB languished amid the ruins that surround us, gleaming here and tbere in fitful spells over our mournful history. It has lived, and if tbe popular heart shall be pervaded with it in tbe ooming election, this Con stitution will be ratified by the Conven tion’s unanimous constituency. [Ap plause.] I said it was a noble sentiment. Would that I had the power to kindle in the hearts of these boys before mo, and of all of this people, the feeling wbiah ani - mates me, as 1 contemplate the day when there shall no longer remain in Georgia anything to remind us of Radical usur pation or Federal intervention in the af fairs of the States. [Loud applause]. Let that sentiment be generated here to-night. Let all oherish it. It will give vigor to our youth, strength to our manhood, juBt pride to onr State, and a sustaining self- respect to our people. [Applause.] Withoqt it, patriotism has no inspiration, hope languishes, industry ioseB its nerves, eloquence its tire and civilization its obiefest ornament. [Applause.] I would have you feel, my countrymen, as felt the old Polish olergyman, when ho beheld tbe women of his oountry parading the streets, bearing in their bands tbe Polish eagles and the banners of purple and white. Looking npon the soene, his heart stirred to its profouudest depths, he exclaimed, us I repeat to-night, “My revered oountry appears to be rising from the grave. Her wonndB are healed. My own eyes behold her, my own hands touoh her, and God Almighty animates her with life and Bhe lives again.” (Applause.) Cultivate this ieeling, young men of Georgia. Cultivate a pride in your State, and you shall not only contribute to the relief of our own State, but set an exam ple for those of our sister Slates who have not yet aoted. As we Bhall soon—on the first .Wednesday in Deoember—lay aside forever the last remainder of our Bullook, and our Blodgett and onr Bryant, so will South Carolina and Louisiana oommit to the flames tbe last remembrances of their Patterson, Paokard and the peppery Pit kin. [Loud applause.] Let ub all unite to adopt this Constitution. Let both oolors unite. Tbere is no reason why they should not. The colored race ought to unite; for the action in the Conven tion to-nigbt in granting them all the privileges of a higher education oqgbt to win them to its support. Let men of all shades of poiitioal opinion unite. There is no reason wby they should not, if they were born upon our soil or are identified with our people. Let theft be no discord ant notes. Let one loud "amen" go up from all the people. [Applause.] Let tbe oannon thunder tbe news throughout all our borders. Let bonfires onoe more light up the heavens. Let the merry bells be meg. Let them ring ont: Ring out the old, ring In the now ; Ring out the falao, ring In tho true; Ring out the dark, ring In the light; ' Ring In tho law ot truth and right. [Loud applause.] Kklunm TEMPI,AR. ORAND PARADE AT CLEVELAND — 8,000 8WOODS IN LINE. Cleveland, August 28.—The grand-pa rade of the Knights Templar moved promptly at !>:80 o’clock this morning. The display was magnificent. There were thirteen divisions. Tbe prooession was one hour and a half passing a given point. There were 64 bands, 12 drum oorps, and not less than 8,000 swords in line, and about 175 Commandarios marohed, and not less than a quarter of a million people witnessed |tho procession. Death of Hen DeBsr. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Ht. Louis, August 28.—Ben DeBar, tho well-known theatrical manager and aotor, died here this morning. Neiy York and the Wovernors. Special to the Enquirer-Sun.] New York, August 28.— A speoial meeting of the Chamber of Commeroe was held to-day to make arrangements for tbe reoeption of Governors of the several States expected to arrive next week. Howard Watting for Joseph. Special to the Enquirer-Sun.] Balt Lake, August 28.—A oourier ar rived at Virginia City, Montana Territory, this morning from Gen. Howard's oamp at Ferry’s Lake. Howard's forces have been there since tho 23d, waiting for sup plies. It is expected to move after the hostiles this morning. » American Uold In London. Loneon, August 28.—American eagles amounttng to £13,0000 were withdrawn from tho Bank of England yesterday, for transmission to New York. Despite the faot the bank commenced charging half pence more per ounce for eagles. Sil ver quoted Bt 54 8-816 por ouuoe. New Yore, August 28.—This morning about 25 oarpenters sailod in the Wiscon sin. They aro undor oontract for three yearn each with building firms in Man chester, to receive wages oquiva|ent to $3 50 por day here, with 8 hours work and half holiday on Saturdays. MEXICO LAND OF REVOLUTIONS QUIET. Special to Enquirer-Sun.) Havanna, August 28.—The City of Merida from Vera Cruz brings the foL lowing : Cite of Mexico, August 01.—A speoial telegram has been received from Mat- amoras announcing that the recognition of the Diaz government by tho United States is not credited and hardly notjoed by some papers. Pence prevails throughout the the llepublio. Extensive coffee and Burgar lauds are being opened and immi gration in 6xaca, but tbere is a decided prejudice against immigration from tbe United Htates. A dreadful explosion has occurred in the llosino mine and 24 lives lost and many seriously wounded. The Ileal del Monte mines are failing and losing $30,000 monthly. WASHINGTON. MILLION OF GOLD TO BE SOLD. Extra Session of Congress Certain on October 15th. Strikers Convicted of obstructing U. S. Malle, A MILLION OF OOLD TO BE SOLD. Washington, August 28.—The Treas urer directs the sale of one million gold in New York, Boturdey, fa* the redemption of United Btatee notes retired by reason of tbe issue of national bank notes. LEAVES FOB ASIATIC SQUADRON. ltesr Admiral Patterson leaves here to morrow for Ban Franoisoo, en route to take command of the Asiatio squadron. SOUTH CAROLINA OAUOER. J. H. Dannis has been appointed reve nue gauger for South Oaroliua. CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES DURING THE WAR. Senator Cookrell calls npon the Treas ury oonoerning the olaims before that de partment for the use of private property by the Union army during the war. IJe desires the department to make a prompt examination of the olaims for damages. SUBPLUS OF PAPEB. The Government has a surplus stock of paper for printing notes and stamps upon, and in oonseqnenoe haa suspended its mannfaoture at Glen Mills, Pe. FAVORITISM IN PASSING RAOOAOE. Speoial agents of onstoms raport many instanoes of favoritism in examining bag gage arriving at New York from foreign points. The department insists that no baggage shall pass without examination. RESIGNATION ACCEPTED. The resignation of U. B. Attorney Stone of Bouth Oaroliua was aooepted. EXTRA SESSION. It is stated, by authority, to-day that the President will not revoke the procla mation for an extra session. The Presi dent and all members of the Cabinet are unanimous on the opinion that Congress should meet iu Ootober 15th. FAVORABLE ADVICES FROM THE BIO ORANDE. Ord telegraphs from Ban Antonio, 27tb, he had seen Gens. Benavides and Oonalea who said that everything was being done to arrest tbe remaining raiders and pris oners. Of the four now arrested two oatne under the extradition treaty, and will be delivered. Benavides has dis missed two local offloara for want of zeal In efforts to arrest the raiders. Judge Hansdell, United States Extradi tion Agent, Is at San Antonto. THE CABINET MEETING to-day adjourned before 2 o'clock. But few matters were considered. There were some talk in regard to the ohanges in tbe New York Gustom House and reforms in that institution. Nothing waa determin ed. BITTING BULL COMMISSION. There was a brief conversation in re gard to the Sitting Bull Oommission. Tbe Secretary of War annoacoed that Terry, who has been selected as a member of the oommission to represent the army, will be here to-morrow. Then it will be de termined whether he shell prooeed with Ool. Oorbin only to arrange for the re turn of Sitting Ball and band, or seleot a civilian to serve as a member of the com mission with him. MR. HATES’ WESTERN TRIP. The President’s proposed Western trip was also referred to, and it is deaided that Havens and Key wonld accompany tbe President. Tho party leaves September 6th for Marietta, Ohio, to atfend the National Enoampment of volunteer sol diery. Then the President goes home to Fremont, and tho Oabinet officers return here. After a brief rest at home, the President visits Dayton, Ohio, to attend tbe board of trustees of the Soldiers’ Home and returns on Thursday to Fre mont to be present at the annual conven tion on the 28d of the Ohio Volunteer In fantry. September 17th he will be at Lopisville at the opening of the Iuduatrial Exposition, where he will be joined by Key and other Cabinet offioers, and will oome homo, visiting eo route Nashville on the tilth, Chattanooga on tbe 20th, and Knoxville on the 21st of September, and thenoo by ltiohmond and other plaees iu Virginia to Washington. CHIEF JUSTIOE OARTTEB WILL NOT HONOR aov. Hampton's requisition. It is reported here to-night that Chief Justioe Cartter will decline to honor any requisition whioh Gov. Hampton may make for oertalu Republicans now seeking refuge in this oity on the ground that he does not regard him the da jure Governor of South Carolina. The report prevails among South Carolina Hepublioaus who do notolaim authority for tho statement, however. Arrests of North Carolina Deputy Marshals for Fraud. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Washington, August 28.—The Com missioner of Internal lte venue is advised of the arrest of Deputy Marshal Wm. H. Desver, U. S. Commissioner Jss. W. Green and his son, J. A. Green, at States ville, N. C., tor presenting alleged fraud ulent vouchers for awards on account of giving information for the arreBts of crim inals. The Commissioner has forwarded to the U. S. Attorney, in that distriet, tbe papers bearing on tbe esse on file in his office, to be need in the prosoontion of the parties arrested. arrest of strikers fob obstructing mails Information is received at the Postoffloe Department of the arrest of a number of leading strikers for obstructing and de laying mails upon tbe Pennsylvania, New York and Western railroads. Nine ring leaders have been oonvioted iu the U. S. Circuit Court et Philadelphia, and will b aentenoed next Saturday. Judge Oald- walder held upon the trial that defense by tbe etrikers that they offered no objec tion to the peesage of a looomotive and mail oar, was not a mitigating oir- oumetanoe. The oontraot between the Postoffloe Department and railroad oom- pany being for the transportation of the mails upon passenger trains, and any interference with trains upon whioh mails were oarried rendered the parties liable to proseontion. A eimilar decision was made in Chicago by Jndge Drum mond. Baltimore Regiment Disbanded. Baltimore, August 28. — During the reoent strike on the B. & O. ltsilrosd, tho 6th regiment, 2 companies whioh fired into tbe rioters with full execution on the evening of ,/uly 20th, was not after wards called into service, although two new regiments and an artillery oompany were enlisted and in aolive duty several weeks. In the meantime, it was rumored that the regiment would disband, and a morning paper says a full meeting of the offioers of tho 6th regiment was held last evening at the armory, Colonel Petora presiding. A resolution to disband was adopted. A resolution was also adopted endorsing the oourse pursued by Col. Peters. Homo time was spent iu leave-takings among offioers, after whieh they quietly separat ed and the 6th regiment as a military or ganization waa at end. THE TURKO-RUSSIAN WAR. Russians Still Hold Shipk^ Pass, and Turks Attacking. Poles Russia—Grecian Assurance to Turkey. Hcnator Morton. Washington, August 28.—The latost reports from Morton say that his condi tion is more favorable than at any time since his arrival at ltiohmond. Washington, August 28.—Telegrams to tbe President from ltiohmond, Ind., say Morton it jtill improving. Friends ate confident of hiB reoovery. The Dovernors ot Philadelphia. Philadelphia, August 28.—Among the Executives who are here, and who will visit the Permanent Exhibition to-morrow are the following: Hartranft, Pennsyl vania; Porter, Tennessoe; Anthony, Kan sas ; Yonng, Ohio; Newbald, Iowa; Gash- er, Nebraska; Hampton, Bouth Carolina ; Stone, Mississippi; Oxtell, New Mexico ; Presoott, New Hampshire; Bedle, Now Jersey; Coobrane, Delaware. Borne of the Governors spent tho morning oalling upon friends in the oity, while others were en gaged in aooial conversation at the Con tinental Hotel. . New York Republican Convention New York, August 28.—The ltepubli- otn State Central Committee met this morning at tbe Fifth Avenue Hotel, Pres ident A. B. Cornell presiding, and deoided to bold a Convention at Uoohoster, Now York on tbe 26th of September. There waa a full attendance of tho members of tho committee. , New Joreey Republican Convention Trenton, N. J., Angnst 28,—Tho Be- publioan Gubernatorial Convention will be held here September 25th. CREEDMOOR. fiuino of tub teams. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] New Yobk, August 28.—A largo attend ance witnessed tbe praotioe of the British Itifle Team to-day at Creedmoor. The Amerioan Teams and reserves were nil present end a large number of members of the Amateur ltillo Club, and also tho Greaoent City Club Team, from New Orleans. Exoellent day for shooting. At the aommenoement of the sliootiDg at 1,000 yards range, Humphrey of the Brit ish Team, broke the main spring of his gun and was oompelled to retire. The ladies accompanying the foreigners were on the range at firing points all day, and assisted in keeping soores, shooting spots, Ac. The American Team appeared in their new uniform of light brown cloth, which looked very tasty and appropriate. Tho following are the soores : British ltifie Team—J. K. Milner, 200; T. T. Piggot, 199; Bir Ileury Holford, 196; B. L. 8. W. Evans, 194; William Jiigby, 190; Bt. George Ponton, 189; N. Ferguson, 189 ; It. B. Greenhill, 186 ; W. H. Gilder, 184; Lieut. Col. Penloo, 179; Arthur Frozor, 177 ; O. G. Petorkio, 101. Amerioan Team—General T. B. Dakin, 210; C. E. Blydenburg, 207 ; J. L. Allen, 207 ; F. Hyde, 206 ; L. Weber, 205 ; H. B. Jewell, 198 ; W. H. Jackson, 194 ; L. O. llruoe, 188; L. L. Hepbunr, 201 ; Lamb, Jr., 206. TELEPHONE. The sub-committees reported contracts for the use, on tho 10th, by tho British and Amerioan teams of tbe telephone in strument between firing points. Tennessee Moonsbloerw. Memphis, Angust 28.—Por several years the revenue officers had great trouble in trying to break up illicit distilling in Henry oounty, Tenn., and in numerous instanoes the offioers have heen confront ed with armed men end foreed to leave. Last Bsturday tbe better portion of tbe oitizens here, after consulting with the revenne oolleotor and other officials, gave a grand barbecue at a point fifteen miles north of Paris, to whioh all the “Moonshinera" were invited ; also United Btates Senator Harris, ltepresentatives Atkins, Collector Patterson and Mnrshal Waldron. Senator Harris made a spoech to the “Moonshiners,” showing the dis- graoe upon the State by their course, and said that vigorous moasures will be en forced to put a stop to their illieit work. Finally an agreement was made that all would oome into Paris within two weeks, surrender stills end give bonds for appear- anoe at the next term of the United States Court. S0HIPKA PASS—RUSSIANS STILL HOLD IT. London, Angnst 28.—Tho Times' Bu charest correspondent telegraphs it is said that the hiila around Bohipka are cov ered with Turkiah bodies, and that their loas already has been os great as that of the Russians at Plevna. The Russians still hold the Bohipka Pass. RUSSIANS SILENT RIOABDINO BOHIPKA. London, August 28.—It is noteworthy that no bulletin of Monday's date has yet been reeeived from the Russian headquar ters couoerning tbe fighting at Bohipka Pass, although they previously issued re ports daily, and sometimes twioe a day. TURKS STILL ATTAOKINO THE PASS. Constantinople, August 28.—A tele gram from Adrianople announces the Rus sians hold Fort Nicholas, in Bohipka Pass. Tho Tnrks are attaeking the highest Rus sian positions in the pass. Large nnm- bora of Turkish wounded are arriving at Adrianople. A dispatoh from Bohumla announces the Russians oocnpy Papkaki. A battle ia expected. THE POLES IN RUSSIA. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] London, August 28.—The Vienna cor respondent of the Times telegraphs as follows : Very reliable information ena bles mo to state, most positively, that in the most influential quartan of Russian Poland, any Polish agitation or movement intended to take advantage of the diffi culties in whioh Russia might find herself would be regarded as the most fatal step to tho interest of Poland. There is, of oonrse, a small set whioh liuve been very aotivo sinoe the Eastern complication and since they began, bnt it ia alto gether nninfiuental. Those who may really be looked npon os leaders in Poland have spoken and plainly so ns to leave no illusion in the minds of either Austrian Poles who have lately adopted a tone very hostile to lluaBia, or of enthnsiastio foreigners. The Polea in Russia trnst to the foroe of oirenm- stanoea, whioh they ere oonvinoed must bring about a reaction in their favor. They think tbemaelves quite competent to direot their own affaire, and will not allow any one else, not even tbe Poles dwelling ontsideof Russia, to speak or tot in their name. TURKEY, ENGLAND AND OBEEUE. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Constantinople, August 28.—The Porte rooently instructed Manama Pasha to oall the attention of the British Government to armaments of Greece, declaring that if an outbreak ooonrs it will send troops to Athens to extirpate evil aft the root. Eng* land, thereupon, addressed a remonstrance to the Greek Government. The latter sent word to the Porte giving pacific as sn ranee, and promising, if necessary, to oo-operate with the Ottoman troops to reprosB brigaudanoy on the frontier. IIAZAINE'N WOIIK. OSMAN PASHA, WHO WON THE OBEAT BATTLE OP PLEVNA, PBOVES TO BE NONE OTHKU TUAN THE FAMOUS PBENGH MAB8HAL BA- ZAINE—HIS ADAPTABILITY IN THE PBES- ENT OBEAT BTBUOOLB. New Yobk, Angnst 24.—The Army and Navy Journal to-day publishes tbe fol lowing : “it is confidently asserted in England, from private information, that O imun Pasha is none other tban that cel ebrated fugitive from Freueh prisons, Marshal Francois Oohilre Bazaine. This intelligence is by no means improbable. Bazaine Was always an active and stirring man, and the circumstances of his publio triul in France was such as to shat him out from a career in any army of Chris- tiau Europe. Like most French officers of rank, he had served in Algeria, and in so doing acquired considerable knowledge of Arabic aud of the Arabs. Besides this, ho served iu the Crimean war in command of the Foreign Legion, and afterward as Fronch Governor of Sebastopol. During that period ho naturally made many Turkish acquaintances, and therefore there is nothing more natural than that he should go to Turkey in the hoar of bis need. It is no seoret that Bazine was a strong Bonapartist, and that his treason to France in the interest of the late Em peror is iudul gently looked on by tbe Im- peial Government. In Turkey, where Ba- zaine’s master was the best friend of the Hultau,Bazine wonld be received with open arms by those of his friends who knew tho value in any capacity of a trained sol dier. That he should have concealed his identity with the utmost oare is eqnally natural, and had uot war oome it is possi ble ho might have concealed it till his death; but war with Russia, his antagonist of twenty years ago, oould not fail to bring Osman Pasha in contact with the people who knew General Bazaine as Governor of Habastopol. Whether the secret leaked ont through some Russian officer prisoner in his bands, or some English or French attache who bad served in the Crimea and recognized Osman Pasha, is uncertain, but tho character of his fighting at Plevna, a stubborn, defen sive battle, is cnrionsly like tho first day at Gravelotte, though tho difference of force on tho enemy's tide led him to A happier issue.’' Death Iu Boston. Boston, August 28.—Samuel H. Wal- ley, a prominent railroad man and Presi dent of the Revere Bank, ia dead. Weal Iter* Washington, Aug. 28.—Indications— For tbe South Atlantic and Gnlf States, increasing southeast to northoast winds, stationary or higher temperature, increas- ing cloudiness and numerous light raiua will prevail, with stationary or falling barometer.
