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Ccrlnwiw minimi VOL. XIX. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1877. NO. 252 WASHINGTON. BLAINE AND KEENAN PAIR. PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS IN HOUSE TO EN DORSE THE SOUTHERN POLICY—LOUISIANA WRANGLE—CAUTIONARY SIGNALS—HOUSE COMMITTEES TO BE ANNOUNCED WEDNES DAY— 8P0FF0RD AND KELLOGG BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE-DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF THE THIRD GEORGIA DISTRICT SHORT FOUR THOU8AND DOLLARS—JUDGE CAMP BELL FOR BPOFFORD—BLAINE SICK—PEN J BIONING SOLDIERS OF MEXICAN WAR—TEXT OF THE SILVER BILL. referred to proper committees, and the Senate, at 12:40, adjourned until to-mor row. HOUSE. The Colorado question was resumed after reading the journal. Colorado occupied the entire day. A seleot committee on civil service was ordered. Adjourned to Wednesday. TRIENNIAL EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. To Adjourn Wedueidny—I.cctiona- ry or the Chatch or Englnmd Adopted. INDORSING HATES. Special to Enquirer-8m.] Washington, October 21.—It is report ed to-night that a resolution is prepared endorsing the President’s aotion in with drawing the troops from South Carolina and Louisiana, whioh will be introduced in the House to-morrow, aud the previous question oalled. VERT SIOH. Judge G. W. Paaohal, of TexaB, is very siok. L CAUTIONARY SIGNALS continue on the Atlantia coast at 8mith- ville and Gape Hatteras, north. LOUISIANA POLITICAL WBANGLES. The peaoe reported throughout Louis iana does not extend to her politioal af fairs. Their wrangles and tangles are labyrinthian. « BLAINE AND KERN AN PAIR. Senators Blaine and Kernan are paired. This indicates that Blniue intends voting on the pending question with the ultra ltepublicans. COMMITTEES WEDNESDAY. It is thought the committees will not be announced until Wednesday. SPOFFOBD AND KELLOGG BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE. Poll Electiohs and Privileges Committee of the Senate, except Morton. Spofford was present also Kellogg with hie counsel, Shellabarger and Wilson. Kellogg sub mitted a written statement in support of his claim. Spofford argued his own case. The hearing will be oontinned. GEORGIA DEPUTY COLLECTOR SHORT $4,000. A deputy oolleotor in three Georgia die. triots reported four thousand dollars short. Special agents have the matter ib charge. JUDGE CAMPBELL FOR SPOFFOBD. Judge John A. Campbell, of New Or. leans, will appear for Spofford before-the Committee on Election and Privileges. BLAINE SICK. Blaine is too sick to travel to-day. BILL PENSIONING BOLDIEBS OF MEXICAN WAR. Ingalls’ bill, pensioning oertain soldiers of the Mexican war, gives eight dollars per month to all survivors, inoluding those who served sixty day, and their widows. LODBY VS. J. WILEY WELLS. There is a furious lobby against the confirmation of J. Wiley WellB as Consul General to China. The allegations against him by affidavit and otherwise, especially otherwise, are serious. THE TEXT OF THE SILVER DOLLAR BILL introdnoed to-day by Senator Jonos of Nevada, is as follows : A bill to authorize the coinage of a dol lar of 412£ grains, standard silver, and for other purposes Be it euaoted Ac., That,as soon aB prac ticable after the passage of this act, there shall be from time to time, coined at the mint of the United States, conformably in all respeots to law, a silver dollar, the standard weight of whioh shall be 412J grains, Troy, and any owner of silver bul lion may deposit the same at any coinage mint, or at the Assay Office at New York, to be ooined into dollars for bis benefit upon the same terms and con ditions as gold bullion iB deposited for ooinage under existing law. And be it further enacted, That said coin shall be a legal tender at its nominal value for all sums iu all payments of debts, both public and private, excepting suoh as under existing contracts, or ex pressed therein to be otherwise payable. And be it farther enaoted that no oharge shall be made for ooining standard silver bullion. The silver dollar authorized by this aot. Boston, Ootober 22.—Attendance light. Many members have gone home. It was decided to adjourn sins die on Wednesday. The resolution of Dr. DaKoven, of Wis consin, for the nse of the Leotionary of the Chnroh in England by the Chnroh ol this oonntry until the next General Con vention was disonBsed by Dr. DeKoven, Dr. Goodwin of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bo- tetes of North Carolina, and Mr. Bears of California, who favored a referenoe of the matter to the Committee on Prayer Book. Hon. Robert L. Winthrop favored the adoption of Dr. DeKoven’a resolution, as there was nothing in the Leotionary of the “good old mother Church" that ouuld be considered objectionable. Mr. Whipple of Minnesota, Dr. Hall of Brooklyn, and Mr. MoCrady of South Carolina alao favored the resolution. Mr. MoCrady proposed that the resolution should be so amended aa to the time the proposed Leotionary Bhould be used. Any amendment with this view was not enter tained, and a yea and nay vote was or dered, delegations being ealled in tbeir regular order by request of Mr. MoCrady. The result of the ballot waa the adoption of the resolution by an almost unanimous vote. Boston, Ootober 22.—The result of the vote was as follows: Clerical deputations, dioceses represented, 42—ayes 42 ; lay» deputation, dioceses represented, 32—ayes 30, noeB 2. South Carolina and Minne sota voted in the negative. On motion of Mr. Hnbbard, of New Hampshire, it was voted that olergymen have power to use the Table of Lessons reported by the oommittee in connection with tho Leotionary tor Lent. Tbia aotion does not affeot the Table of Lessons here tofore need. AWFUL CALAMITY. MINE EXPLOSION IN SCOTLAND. TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO MINERS THOUGHT TO BE SUFFOCATED. London, Ootober 22. — A apeoial dis patch from Glasgow to the Pall Mall Qazette says an explosion ooonrred in the colliery at High Blant yesterday, near this oity. Four hundred men were in the mine at the time and a large number of lives were lost. ALL THOUGHT TO BE DEAD. New Yobk, Ootober 22.—A Glasgow dispatch says the exploring parties who have been at work endeavoring to auooor those in the mine, havo little hope of res cuing any alive, and express the opinion that every one in the pit is dead. One survivor says the bottom of the pit is full of dead bodies. TWENTY DEAD BODIE8 RECOVERED. Glasgow, Ootober 22,—It is feared the entire four hundred men in the oolliery at High Blsntryze have perished. A spe cial train was sent to bring the injured to the Glasgow Infirmary, bnt it has re turned, no one having been gotten out alive. Twenty deed bodies have been recovered. LATEST—233 THOUGHT LOST. Special to Enquirer-Sun. j Glasgow, Ootober 12.—The latest par. tionlarB from High Blantyre, show that two hundred and thirty-three men de scended into the mines thia morning. None of these except one, who was work ing near the shaft at the time of the ex plosion, had been rescued up to a late hour this evening. Very little hope of rescuing tho men is entertained, aa the explosion ocourred at nine o’olook in the morning, and the exploring parties had to relinquish their efforts in one pit at four o'olook in the evening, beoause of the poisonous gases at the bottom of the shaft of the other pit, the oolliery com prising two pits with commnnioation be tween them. A faint knooking has been heard, but so far, it has been impossible to reach the bottom of the shaft. DESPERATE ENCOUNTER. FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. The House Debate* Without End; Colorado BILLS TO REPEAL THE RESUMPTION ACT AND ESTABLISH A SILVER DOLLAR INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE, AND A RESOLUTION FOR A PRESIDENTIAL OOMMITTEE. Congregational Connell* Special to the Enquirer-Sun.] Detroit, Mioh., Ootober 21.—In the Congregational Council, the oommittee to wnom was referred the overture from New Jersey, reported that this body was not a oounoil in the eoolesiastioal sense of the term; the members of the oommittee, therefore, reported adversely to the peti tion of the overture, and expressed a fear that this Council would eventually, and was already, assnming an authoritative tone in regard to church matters, to whioh the very spirit of Congregationalism was opposed, and that the Oounoil would in terfere with the prerogatives of the chnroh. The Council decided to ohange the name from Counoil to Conference, and place the proper limit in the Consti tution. After a heated debate a vote was taken, which sustained the report. 81T11NO HULL, HE WILL ACCEPT NO TERMS, DISTRUSTS AMERICANS AND 6MILE9 AT THE WORD SURRENDER. Chicago, Ootober 22.—The Times' spe cial from the Sitting Ball Commission at Fort Walsh, British Northwest Territory, of the 17tb, says the commission has met Sitting Bull and has utterly failed to ob tain any satisfaction or terms of settle ment from him. LATER. Special to Enquirer-Sun. 1 Chicago, Ootober 22.—The Times' ape oial correspondent describes Sitting Ball as a swarthy, black haired, beardless, pure blooded savage, with an air of jndi> oial gravity and intelligence. He oontin< ually fears gravity on the part of Ameri» cans, and distrusts his own tribe when they are near. He refused to shake hands with the Commissioners, and said he wanted them to sit ont in fall view and behind the tables. Sitting Bull smiled broadly at the word “surrender” in Gen. Terry’s speech, tell ing him of the President’s desire that hostilities should cease forever—for the sake of all parties; that all hostiles who had surrendered to the United States had received no panishment; and that the same terms wonld be offered to Sitting; Bull. The speech produced no effect anc the offer of peace was rejected. The counsel broke up and the Commis sioners tamed their faces homeward. RACES. NEAR BALTIMORE. Washington, October 22.—Among the bills introdnoed and referred in the Senate dnring the morning hour were the follow ing : By Mr. Beok, of Kentucky, To repeal seotion three of an act to provide for the resumption of specie payments, approved July 14 th, 1875. By Mr. Hereford, of Virginia, To re peal an aot to provide for the resnmption of specie payments. By Mr. Jones, of Nevada, To authorize the coinage of dollar of 412£ grains of standard silver, and for other purposes. The resolution submitted by Mr. Ed- znnnds, on Wednesday last, providing for the appointment of a oommittee of seven Senators, whose dnty it shall be to take into consideration the State of law re specting, ascertaining, and declaration of the result of the elections of President and Vice President of the United States, and that said oommittee have power to report by bill or otherwise, was taken up. Mr. Edmonds moved to amend by add ing the words, “and that said oommittee have power to confer and aot with any oommittee of the House of Representatives that may be charged with the same sub ject.” The amendment was agreed to, and passed as amended. Mr. Howe, of Wisconsin, introdnoed a bill to amend certain provisions of the revised statutes of the United States re lating to transportation of animals. Mr. Chaffee, of California, submitted a resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to transmit to the Senate a copy of the last annual report of the Govern ment Directors of the Union Paoifio Rail road Company. Agreed to. A number of bills were introdnoed and Pamlico Race Course, Ootober 22.— The extra race between Ten Broeok, Ochiltree and Parole is postponed until Wednesday. The four mile race will consequently be run on Friday. The races to-morrow will be three qaarter mile dash, Dixie stakes, Central stakes, and two mile heat. THE GREAT FOUR MILE CONTEST. Special to Engutrer-iS'un.] Baltimore, Oct. 22.—The great race between Ten Broeck, Tom Oobiliree and Parole was postponed until Wednesday on account of the heavy traok. The own ers of Ten Broeck and Ochiltree were willing to run to-morrow, bnt as terms of the race were that it should be ran on fast dry track, the owners of Parole re quested postponement whioh was agreed The watering weather of the past two days cleared off this evening with a bright clear sky, and by to-morrow the track will be in a fine condition. The hotels to-night are crowded with visitors to the races from evero part of the conn- try, particularly from Kentucky and New York, the former backing Ten Broeck, and the latter Ochiltree and Pa role. Drnuiiner Wlilps and Mortally Wounds Two Highwaymen, aud Throws One In a Chasm 140 Feet in Depth. Cincinnati, October 22.—A special dispatoh states a desperate encounter took place Saturday evening at Big Olifty, Ky., near Louisville, between two hign- waymen and Joseph Hanson, a traveling salesman. Hanson started to walk from West Olifty to Big Olifty to oatoh a train, and was met upon the bridge whioh spans the chasm, one hnndred and forty-six feet in depth, by two desperate characters who demanded his money. Hanson drew a revolver and shot one, when the other rushed upon him and attempted to throw him overboard. Hanson drew a butoher knife from a package of samples, stabbed the robber and succeeded in throwing him down the chasm, and then escaped to Big Clifty. The robbers were arrested, bnt not recognized by the peo ple of the place. The one thrown over the bridge was saved from instant death by falling in the Noline river, but both men will probably die. NAN DOMINGO* THE NEGRO REVOLUTION. Special to Kuqnirer-Suo.] Havana, Ootober 22.—The English mail steamer arrived from St. Thomas on the 17th, from San Domingo on the 12th. Puerto Plato is re-occupied by Government troops. The rebels were en camped in the suburbs of the oity, wait ing for reinforcements in order to renew the attack. The Government troops had reoaptured Lave j a. All other provinces were in a state of open rebellion. Re ports from Hayti represent everything quiet. FIRES. MADISON (N. J.) BURNED. Madison, N. J. Ootober 22.—A fire last evening destroyed the bnsiness portion of this village. Four stores, one dwelling and the railroad depot are utterly destroy ed. An alarm was sent to Norristown. The fire department of that city responded and checked the fire. There is no fire department here. A Drunken Madman. Special to the Enquirer-Sun.] York, Pa., Oct. 22.—Last evening, a youug man Frank Avry, while drank en tered the laundry of the National Honse at this place, and drawing a pistol shot two female employes, the bullet striking both in the breast. Upon leaving this place, he fired at a man bnt the ball struck a button on his suit and glanced off. None of the victims were dangerously hurt. SHORT TELEGRAMS. The railroad strike in Ireland has about oollapsed. Bradford, MoCoe & Co., lumber deal ers, have failed for $ 150,000 at Quincy, Illinois. The Presbyterian Synod of New Jersey has decided against women preachers by a vote of 100 to 16. Tho steamer George Appold, at Savan nah, has been flooded, aud the fire was pat oat Saturday. —Heankale & Long, bankers, at Berlin, Prnssia, with 750,000 marks capital, have gone into liquidation. Twenty persons have, in a few days, died of sinallspox in Olintonville, New York, and the plaoe has boon blockaded. Ten Broeok, Oohiltree and Parole, will run in the two aud a half mile race to-day in Baltimore, for a parse of $1,000 and $500 each entianoe fee. Judge Kirkpatrick, of Pittsburg, has or dered attachments issued against Gov. Hartranft and others to appear as wit nesses in riot oases carried to the Su preme Court. Three bous of Wm. Donnoy, at Pitts field, Mass., loaded au old gun barrel with powder Sunday and discharged it. The weapon bnrst, killing two of the boys and tearing off a hand of the other. A southeasterly storm prevailed at New York from Saturday morning until yes terday morning, when the wind changed to the northwest, and there are indica* tions of clear weather. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Corley, of Port Jer vis, N. Y., and three children, are sick from poison, probably arsonio, put in a well, as the water taken from it aud anal yzed shows traces of arsenic. Part of the family will die. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers, of Boston, have elected the follow ing officers for the ensuing year : Grand Chief Eugineer, P. M. Arthur; First Grand Engineer, T. D. Ingraham; Sec ond Grand Engineer, William Robinson ; First Grand Assistant Engineer, L. B. Green; Second Grand Assistant Engi neer, William B. Thrall; Third Grand Assistant Engineer, Daniel Bennett; Grand Guide, Thomas Porter; Grand Chaplain, George W. Tyner. THI; TURkJrUSSIAN WAR. MORE ABOUT THE BATTLE. RIFLE-dANNON AND IRON-CLADN. ROUMANIANS CAPTURE AN UN8PELLABLE RE DOUBT BEFORE PLEVNA—THE TURKS LOST 18,000 MEN AND FORTY GUNS IN ARMENIA —RUSSIANS HAD 1,446 KILLED IN ONE CORPS. A REDOUBT CAPTURED AND RETAKEN. London, Ootober 22.—A Russian offi cial dispatoh reports that in oue of their assaults on Friday, the Roumanians en tered and occupied the Sooond Grenitza redoubt before Plevna, but during the evening the redoabt was reoaptured by the Turks. Thursday, says the Roumanians captured the redoubt af ter three efforts, but during the night the Turks collecting all their forces re captured it after a most sanguine contest. It was expected tho fighting would be continued Saturday. ROUMANIANS RETAKE THE REDOUBT AND TURKS RETIRE. London, Ootober 22.—It is reported the Roumanians, after having captured the Grevalitza redoubt and were driven out, whioh is official, they Recaptured Grova- litza Saturday. The Turks havo retired to Rasgad to secure their communication with Ruohtak. The Russian cavalry have advanced to Kavarana. It is evident the Turks have commenced a retrogade movement. Accident to Senator Blaine’s Daugh ter. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Augusta, Me., Ootober 21.—Alice, eld est daughter of Senator Blaine, was se verely injured Saturday by a premature explosion of a toy pistol, bnt will proba bly recover. Two Women Suffocated. Lebanon, Pa., October 22.—The house of Mrs. Sarah Welburn, of Nigerstown, near Lebanon, was destroyed by fire last night. Mrs. Welbnrn and her daughter, Lockout on the Uljde. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] London, Ootober 21.—The lookout of the workmen in the Clyde ship yards, who demand an increase of wages, began on Saturday. The number affeoted as yet is small, but the men will be dismissed as the oontraots expire. Collier* Notified of a Reduction, Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Pittbton, Pa., Ootober 22.—The em ployes of the seven collieries that resum ed in this place at an advance of 10 per cent, have been notified of a redaction in wages of this amount. Miners are at work to-day, but under protest. Another Bunk Falls. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] Indianapolis, October 22.—The bank of Bunker's Hill at Bunker’s Hill suspend ed. Liabilities $60,000. Officers say the depositors will be paid in full. Failure In Boats. Special to Enquirer-Sun.] New Orleans, October 22.—Keyset’s o position tow boat has failed and the bo its are in tho hands of the sheriff. Weather. Washington, October 22.—Indications: For the South Atlantic and East Gnlf States, clear or partly cloudy weather, the wife of Dr. W. B. Driver, were snffo* northwesterly winds and stationary or cated. I higher pressure and temperature. SULEIMAN PASHA RETIRES. A telegram from Sbumla received in Constantinople says that Suleiman offered battle on several occasions. The Rus sians, however, declined to accept tho ohallenge. Suleiman, however, prudent ly avoided the snare, and in consequence of a want of water and the bad condition of the roftds, which hinders transporta tion, on Friday retired upon Rasgada. RUSSIANS CAPTURED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND MEN, AND FORTY CANNON IN ASIA. London, Ootober 22.—The Daily News states eighteen thousand men and forty cannon were eaptured by the Russians in the recent victory over Ghuzi Moukbtar. The Turkish reports of a part of their army holding ou in fortified positions in Aladja Dagb are unfounded. THE RUSSIAN LOSS. The Russian loss on carrying Aladja Dagh on the 15th inst., is officially report ed at 1,441 killed and wounded. The losses on other parts of the battle field are not stated. PARTICULARS OF ROUMANIAN ATTACK London, Ootober 22.—A Russian offi cial dispatch, detailing Friday’s attack upon the second Grivioa redoubt, says : At the first attack the Roumanians were repulsed before they gained tho redoubt. At the seoond attack the three foremost battalions leaped into tho trenches aud vainly endeavored to carry the redoubt. They remained one hour in tho trenches, whioh gave rifle to a premature report of its capture. The Roumanians then with drew with the loss of two officers and two hnndred men killed, and twenty officers and seven hundred and seven men wounded. A Cotton Estimate.—Mr. Charles Eas ton of New York, who is favorably known as a eotton statistician, arrives at the con clusion that the crop of 1877-’78 will amount to about 4,007,000 bales. The crop of last year, which was 467,000 bales larger than this, leaves a deficit of about 550,000 bales in the visible supply, and in the meanwhile spinners’ stocks are esti mated to be considor&bly smaller than a year ago. These premises indicate that, with supplies from other quarters of the world equal to those of last year, the gen eral supply will fall short of current con sumption by more than a million bales. This result is not to be looked for, how ever, as a verification of tho premises will advance prices and check consumption. —The London Truth ssys : “There is no ouUand dry receipt for a gentleman; bnt he is as unmistakable to those who know one as the color of a flower or the soent of a leaf. ” —A veteran shopkeeper says “though his clerks aro very talkative during the day they are always ready to uhut up at night. HOW A GREAT REVOLUTION IN NAVAL WAR FARE AND ARCHITECTURE WAS BEGUN. QeD, G. T. BeauroKiirri in the Philadelphia Weokly Tfincu.] I shall now refer briefly to the nso in Charleston Harbor of rifle cannon and ironolad floating and land batteries. In theattaok on Fort Sumter, in 1861, these war appliances were first used in the United States. When I arrived at Charles ton, in March of that year, to assume command of the foroes there assembling aud direct the attack on Fort Sumter, I found under construction a rough floating battery made of palmetto logs, under the direction of Captain Hamilton, an ex- United Statos naval officer, lie intended to plate it with several sheets of rolled iron, each about threo-qunrteis of an inoh thick, and to arm it with four 82- pounder carronades. He and his battery were so much ridi culed, however, that he could with difli-* culty obtain any further assistance from the State government. He came to mo in groat disoouragoment, and expressed in vivid terms his certainty of success, aud of revolutionizing future naval war fare as well as the construction of war vessels. I approved of Capt. Hamilton’s design, and huving secured the necessary means, instructed him to finish his batte ry at the earliest moment practicable. This being accomplished before the ut- tack on Fort Sumter opened, early in April, I placed the floating battory in position at the western extremity of Snli- van’s Island to enfilade certain barbette guns of the fort which could not be reached effectively by our land batteries It therefore played an important part in that brief drama of thirty-throe hours, receiving many shots without any serious injury. About one year later, in Hampton Iioads, the Merrimao, plated and. roofed with two layers of railroad iron, met tho Monitor in a momentous encounter which first attracted the attention of tho civil ized world to the important ohange that iron-plating or “armors” would thence forth create in naval architecture and ar maments. The one aud a half to two- inoh-iron plating used on Capt. Hamil ton’s floating battery has already grown to abont twelve inches thickness of steel plates of the best quality, put togethor with the utmost oare, in the effort to re sist the heaviest rifle shots now used. About the same time Oapt. Hamilton was constructing his floating battery, Mr. 0. H. Stevens, of Charleston, (who after ward died a brigadier-geuoral at the battle of Chiokamanga,) commenced building an iron-olad land battery at Onmming’s Point, the northern extremity of Morris Island and the nearest point to Fort Samter—that is, abont thirteen hun dred yards distant. This battory wns to be built of heavy timbers cov ered with one layer of railroad iron, the rails well fitted into each other, present* ing an inolined, smooth surface of abont 35 degrees to the fire of Sumter; the sur face was to be well greased and the guns were to fire through small embrasures supplied with strong iron shutters. I ap proved also the plan, making such sug gestions as my experieone as an engineer warranted. This battery took an active part in the attack and was struck several times; but excepting the jamming and disabling of one of the shutters, tho bat tery remained uninjured to the end of tl.e fight. From Cumming’s Point also, and in the same attack, was used the first rilled can non fired in America. The day bofore I received orders from the Confederate Government, at Montgomery, to demand the evacuation or surrender of Fort Sum ter, a vchhoI from England arriving in tho outer harbor, signalled that she had some thing important for the Governor of the State. I sent ont a harbor boat, which returned with a small Blakely ritled-gun, of two and a half inches diameter, with only fifty rounds of ammunition. I placed it at once behind a sand bag para pet next to the Stephen’s battery, where it did opportune service with its ten* pound shell while the ammunition lasted. The penetration of tho projeotilcs into the brick masonry of the fort wan not great at that distance, but the piece had great aocuraoy, and several of the shells ontored the embrasures facing Morris Island. LOCAL BRIEFS. —Weather has turned mnoh cooler. —Is a colored postmaster a blackmailer? —Poverty is nimblo aud soon overtakes laziness. —’Possum hunting is raging now with the oolored. The jolly ’simmon is ripe. -The star Alcyone, in the Pleiades, is the oentre of gravity in onr solar system. —A vast deal of work has been done ou the streetH of Columbns the past year. —The prospects of rain aro now good. It is needed, as the streets are very dusty. —A woman fascinates us quite as often by what she overlooks as by what she booh. —A man must change his mind occa sionally^ he woulQ reoeive credit for having a mind. —The Rentz minstrels did not give the onn-can, as advertised, either in Savan nah or Augusta. River Reive. The river rose twenty inches yesterday and is still rising. The steamer Jordan from Chattahoo chee arrived Sunday with 150 bales of cotton consigned hb follows: Alabama, 6; Alston, 59; Planters, 33; Fontaine, 39; O. A. Redd & Co., 1; A. M. Allen, 12. PASSENGERS, Mifls Terrell Speights, Miss C. Holland, Miss V. SimpHon. Mrs. E. F. Speights, T. M. lion f roe, M. H. Holmes, J. H. Helton, Fort Gainefl; A. F. Scarbrough, Florence; Col. Quatlebaum, Louis Gyusingor, Wool- folk’s; J. 8. Kennedy, Geo. O. Gary, E. Montgomery, J. G. Estes, L. O. Brown, Eufauln; Oapt. J. O. Blaine and W. D. Sauls, Woolfolk’s, four on deck. The J ordan struck a snag below Fort Gaines and oraoked tho timbers a few feet under tho boiler. She is now on the box being repaired, aud will be ready to go out Thursday. The steamer Big Foot will leave this morning at 10 o’clock, but for what point has not boon decided. ABUSES IN TIIIO HALE OF PONT AUI-: NT A HI'S, SENATOR EDMUNDS BILL FOR TIIEIU PREVEN TION. The bill introduced by Senator Ed munds to prevent abuses in the sale of postage stamps and stamped envelope) provides that no postmaster or deputy postmaster or other person entrusted by the United States, the Post Offlon Depart ment or the Postmaster General with postage stamps or stamped envelopes shall sell or dispose of the same other wise than in the regular oonrso of official business at their face value and for cash on delivery. It also provides that any postmaster or other person who shall vio late tho provisions of the preceding sec tion shall bo deemed guilty of embezzle ment, and shall, ou conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by im prisonment not excoediDg one year, or both said punishments, in tho dis cretion of the Court. Iu conclusion, the bill requires the following affidavit, to be HUbHcnbed and attached by postmasters and deputy postmusters to each of their regular quarterly returns : — “I do solemnly swear (or affirm; that I have not, since making my last quarterly return, disposed of auy of the postage stamps or stamped envelopes in my oharge for sale or otherwise than in pur suance of law.” the: henijlt in ohio THE INTERESTING FIGURES OF THE VOTES OF THE FIVE PARTIES. Cincinnatti, Oct. 19.—The Commercial prints official returns from all hut three counties in Ohio, showing the following result of tho vote for Governor: W«*Ht (Republican) 212.676 l»litliuj> (Democrat) 2*1.101 llnml (HoHiilivt Workingman) 12,18» JohiiHon (Orei-uback Workiugmuu) 15,73'i Thompeon (Prohibition) 4,030 Hie hop's majority over West 38,125 BIhIiuji'h majority over all 6,270 In tho three omitted counties tho ma jorities last year were were: Ashtabula, 4,477 for Hayes; llardin, 128 for Hayes; aud Stark, 362 for Tilden. WILLIAMS' MOTTO* The Finest Photographs in the oity at $1.50 per dozen. eoddrwtf It is long ago settled that Williams makes the best Pictures of children, i eod&wtf Consumption enu bo Cared. Sohenck’s Pulmonic Syrup, Sohenck’s Sea Weed Tonic, Schunck’h Mandrake Pills, Aro the only medicines that will cure Pulmonary Consumption. Frequently a medicine that will stop a cough will ocoasiou the death of the pa tient; they look up tho liver, stop the cir culation of the blood, hemorrhage fol lows, and in fact they clog the aotiou of tho very organs that caused the cough. Liver complaint aud Dyspepsia are the causes of two-thirds of the oases of Con sumption. Many persons complain of a dull pain in the Hide, constipation, coated tongue, pain in the shoulder blade, feel ing of drowsiness and restlessness, the food lying heavily on tho stomach, ac compacted with acidity and belching up of wind. These symptoms usually originate from n disordered condition of the stomach or a torpid liver. Persons so affected, if thoy take one or two heavy oolds, and if the cough in these cases he suddonly cheeked, will find the stomach aud liver clogged, ro lling torpid and inactive, and almost before they are aware the lungs are a mass of sores, and nlcorated, the result of whioh is death. Sohonck’s Pulmonic Syrup is an expec torant whioh does not contain opium or auything calculated to chock a cough sud donly. Scbenok’s Sea Weed Tonic dissolves the food, mixes with the gastric juices of the stomach, aids digestion and creutos a ravenous appetite. When tho bowels aro costive, skin sal low, or tho symptoms otherwise of a bili ous tendency, Schenok’s Mandrake Pills are required. These medicines aro prepared only by J. H. Sohengk tfc Son, N. E. corner Sixth and Arch Sts., Philadelphia, And for sale by all druggists aud dealers. oot3 oodl in Au oxaminution will convinco any one that the perfect-fitting Shirts made to order of No. 1 material by Thorton & Acoo for $1.25 each, cannot be excelled in any market. «otl8 eod3t Her golden tresses of luxuriant hair, Eutwiued a form ro beautiful and fair, That all who gazed by day or night, Were charmed with the new ungelio sight. Her hair in graceful ringlets draped tho floor, And the man who saw her was only to adore; Tho ladies from afar desired to know, The wonderful tonic making tho hair grow. She unveiled her face and Rmiliugly said; “Smith’s Hair Restorative beautified my head; It contains no poison and it is no dye, And once a week you need only upply. octll d*fcw2w THE SILVER QUESTION. VIEWS OF HORATIO SEYMOUR ON THE SUBJECT The New York Sun's Utioa special gives an interview with Horatio Seymour: “I think,” he said, “that the demonetiza tion of silver was an unfortunate thing. It is of nopartionlar consequence whether it was right or wrong in itself, it was untimely. It involved a question with whioh the people had not been made fa miliar. We were going along in the right direction before that. The country had been made to see the necessity and prac ticability of returning to a speoie basis. Now that the new question is forced upon ns, what constitutes a specie basis ? and on that question a great diversity of opin ion is developed. Half the number who have contributed their efforts toward dis seminating sound financial doctrines are at v&rianoe with the other half, and the demonetization of silver had oansed trou ble. The bill itself was smuggled through Congress. I do not Dean by that to oast reflection on those who introduced or voted for it, but what I mean is that the people were wholly ignorant of the scope of the law at the time of its adoption.” In regard to the present fluctuation of silver, Mr. 8eymour said: “Yon lessen the valne of everything when yon lessen its use. The chief nse of silver all over the world is for ooin. A general move ment looking toward the demonetization of silver in Europe and the United States necessarily diminished its valne some what, but not mnoh. I doubt if any other commodity, not excepting gold, could stand as firm against Buoh an attaok. If silver was restored to its old plaoe in onr monetary system, I am inclined to think it wonld be as valuable now as it ever The effect of a doable standard is that eaoh regulates the other. In making val uable clocks they have what they call a compensation pendulum. One kind of metal extracts and the other expands with variations in the weather, and thus a perfeot balaoe is preserved. An idea like that, I. think, was in the minds of those who made gold and silver the basis of onr ooinage. It has not operated badly. If those who have studied the subject found that a ohange was desirable, it was clearly their duty to f ally inform and educate the public mind before they secured the en actment of the law. As it is, many people think that this is a move* rnont of the oreditor class against tho debtor olass to make more enormous the hardens of debt; bat the bondholders and creditors must be oareful lest they go too far. They can not afford to provoke tho antagonism of the debtor olass. They are entitled to all that law and equity give them, but if their oontraotis for pay ment in ooin, it is not for them to dictate the kind of ooin. The restoration of sil ver to its old plaoe in onr system will not oure the evils whioh its demonetization produced. Demonetization may even have the effect of impairing our credit. But for the law of 1873 no “suoh danger would now threaten us.” I asked: “Would you hava the silver dol lar of the same valne as the gold dollar, or would yon have two standards as well as two ooinfl?” “I would have them of an equal value, if possible, but the determination of that value is part of the problem. As I have tried to explain, the value whioh silver wonld have if it wore restored to old plaoe oan not be ascer tained by the price it brings now that it is demonetized. 1 desire the restoration of silver not as a means of avoiding the payment of any part of onr just debts, but because silver is getting to be one of tho great products of onr country, and it is not desirable that the nse any of our great products should be lessened.” NEW SAMPLES FALL AND WINTER 1077 and 1070, Thomas & Prescott, having received a largo variety of Fall and Winter Samples, are now propared to take measures and have Special Order Suits inado up at short notice, in tho most elegant styles. Perfect satisfaction gauranteed. Tho latest Fashion Plate on exhibi tion. aulG tf HANOI BANOU BANG III Down went the price of Oysters! Fries 50 cents; Stews 40 cents; Raws 25 cents; Other Meals 50 cents. A. F. Clements, Proprietor linby Restaurant, oot3 lm At ltankan House, Life-size Portraits in Oil on Canvass by an eminent German Artist, at the lowest prices, at Williams’ Gallery. eod-twtf Baker’s Cod Liver Oil, Lime and Wild Cherry quickly relieves Throat and Lung Diseases, ond imparts vigor and now life to debilitated constitutions. Pleasant in taste. J. 0. Baker Co., Philadelphia, Pa. oc2U eat&w4t AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PUBLIC. New York, Ootober 1st, 1877. I have devoted twenty years of patient study to the Liver and its relations to the human body, in search of a remedy whioh would restore it, when diseased, to its normal oondition. The result of that la** bor has been the production of TUTT’N LIVER PILLS. Their popularity has become so extended and the demand so great as to induce un scrupulous parties to counterfeit them, thereby robbing me of the reward, and the nfllicted of their virtues. TO CAUTION THE PUBLIC, and protect them from vile impositions, I havo adopted a new label, which bears my trade-mark and notice of its ontry in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, also my signature, thus : yfre^/ie.ft tc — ■frlTTo COUNTERFEIT THIS 18 FORGERY. Before purchasing, examine the label closely. THE GENUINE TUTT’S PILLS exert a peculiar influence on the system. Their aotion is prompt, and their good effects aro felt in a few hours. A quar ter of a century of study of the Liver has demonstrated that it exerts a greater in fluence over the system than any other or gan of the body, and when diseased the entire organism iB deranged. It is speci ally for the healing of thia vital organ that I have spent so many years of toil, aud haviug found the remedy, whioh has proved the greatest boon ever furnished the afflicted, shall they be deprived of its benefits, and a vile imitation imposed up on them ? Let THE HONEST PEOPLE OF AMERICA BEE TO IT THAT THEY ARE NOT DEFRAUDED: Scrutinize the label closely, see that it bears all the marks above mentioned, and buy the medicine only from respectable dealers. It oan be found everywhere. Very respectfully, » w. H. TUTT._ How It Is Done. The first object in life with tho Ameri can people is to “get rich”; tho second, how to regain good health. The first can bo obtained by energy, honesty and sav ing; tho second, (good health) by using Green’s August Flower. Should you be a despondent sufferer from any of the ef fects of Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, In digestion, Ac., such as Sick. Headache, Palpitntion of the Heart, Sour Stomach, Habitual Costiveuess, Dizziness of the Head, Norvous Prostration, Low Spirits, Ac , you need not suffer another day. Two doses of August Floweb will relieve you at once. Sample bottles 10 oeuts ; regular size 75 cents. Positively Bold by all first-olass Druggists in the U. S. my8 difcwly Photograph Portraits for framing in Oil Chromo, Pastel, Crayou aud Ink, in the best manner at half anybody’s prioes, at Williams' Gallery, 1 eod&wtf
