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COLUMBUS.
3. H. MARTIN, Editor.
THE DEMOCRATIC RE-AROUSING.
The reports of enthusiastic and confi
dent Democratic State Conventions in
Ohio and Virginia, and of a sweeping
Democratic victory in Kentucky on Mon
day, show the spirit with which the oppo
nents of the Radical party are rallying for
a renewal of the “irreprossible conflict.”
The Ohio Convention, we are told, con
tained delegates from every county in the
State, and the unanimous determination
was to unfurl the old flag and march on
to victory, with or without the aid of
the Liberal Republicans. Contrasting
this rousing demonstration with the con
vention of the Liberals, held last week,
the difference is marked. It is said that
nearly all the delegates to the latter con
vention were from two counties, and that
not more than one-third of the counties
were represented at all. With such a
feeble representation, the proper course
for the Liberals to pursue would have
been to wait and co-operate with the
Democratic Convention, or to have post
poned any action at all until the meeting
of the Democratic Convention. By this
course they could no doubt have obtained
a recognition of their strength andaplace
on the ticket nominated. But they at
tempted to carry out again the role of
last year—to make their nominations first
and compel the Democrats to accept
them. It could not win, in view of the
disastrous result of last year. The experi
ment was tried then, and the mountain
would not go to Mahomed; the Democrats
now insist on Mahomed’s going to the
mountain.
We (the present editor) supported the
Liberal Republican nominees last year
with zeal, and to the best of our poor
ability. But we never liked the mode of
forcing those candidates on the Demo
crats and Conservatives of the country by
“running start,” and we are not in favor
of such proceedings now. A co-operation
of all the opponents of Radicalism is of
course desirable, but it should be co-ope
ration in the nomination as well as the
support of candidates. The Democrats
of Ohio, being summoned to fall in again,
as they did last year, in the rear of the
Liberal Republican column, have declined
the invitation and unanimously declared
their purpose to fight “on their own
hook” unless the Liberals unite with them
on equal terms according to numbers;
and we will now see whether they can
muster their clans in sufficient strength
to make a better fight without than with
their too exacting late allies.
KENTUCKY ELECTION.
At the general election held in Ken
tucky, on Monday last., only a Treasurer
was chosen on the State ticket, and the
several counties elected Senators and Rep
resentatives to the Legislature. The
Courier-Journal of Tuesday gives tele
graphic reports from a number of coun
tios and precincts. Though scattering
and partial, they are sufficient to show
that the regular Democratic nominee for
State Treasurer has been elected by a very
large majority, and that the Democrats
havo handsome majorities in both branch
es of the Legislature. The Treasurer
elected is Hon. James W. Tate of Frank
lin. The Democrats made general gains
over the election of last year, and exhibi
ted gratifying evidence of increasing
strength and animation, though they lost
several districts by running too many can
didates. Altogether the election is a very
satisfactory one, and like the elections in
other States iu the spring, goes to show
that* the Democratic and Conservative
party of the country still presents a bold
and unbroken front to its adversary.
THE PATENT LAWS.
The absurdity of the “free and easy”
mode of selling exclusive patents under
the existing laws of the United States,
was never more strikingly exemplified
than it is by a statement lately made by
the Commissioner of Agriculture. He
has written to an Alabama planter, that
three patents have been issued for the
use of Paris Green in combination with
other ingredients for the destruction of
insects, but that the patents cover only
the combination in each case, and that
“the publio can use the green in any
other combination.” It is said chat one
of these patentees compounds the Paris
green with flour, and has an exclusive
right to use and sell it in this combina
tion! He did not discover the efficiency
of Paris green as a worm destroyer, and
he does not make the flour, but simply for
the mixing of them he has a patent. Is
not this absurd? Is it not granting an
exclusive privilege to one who has done
nothing to earn it, at the expense of
thousands of the people? The inventive
genius of the country ought of course to
bo encouraged—its encouragement has
done much to save labor and increase
production. But the inventions patented
ought to have merit in them, and the
rights of the people to use cheap applian
ces ought not to be sacrificed by granting
exclusive rights to those who discover or
invent nothing.
“SUITED TO ALL TIMES AND CTR-
C VMS TANCES.”
We request a careful perusal of the
resolutions adopted by the Democratic
State Convention of Ohio, which are pub
lished in another column. Are they not
sound ? Are they not patriotic ? Do they
not meet the great living issues of the
day fairly and squarely ? Do they not
embody a political creed which, if carried
into effect, would restore the government
to its constitutional limits and remedy
many of the evils of which the people
justly complain? And are they not, as
they profess to be, “suited to all times
and circumstances ?” With such a plat
form, the Democratic and Conservative
party of the country will go into the
next great contest occupying an impreg
nable position if the people mean to main
tain popular liberty and a pure republican
government, It is right to draw the line
distinctly between the principles and
measures of the Radical party and those
of its opponents; and these resolutions
do this in the most emphatic and satisfac
tory manner. If they fail to meet the
approval of the people of the country, the
contest for constitutional government and
popular and State rights will be almost
hopeless.
VALUABLE, IE TRUE.
The papers are telling wonderful tales
about an improvement in cotton ginning
machinery, the invention of Joseph Ral
ston, of Texas. It i6 described as a se
izes of machines, which will take the cot
ton in any condition—even in the hull if
so gathered—and entirely separate it from
all trash, delivering the cotton in so clean
and well ginned a condition as to raise or
improve it several grades above the clas
sification that it would have had if turned
out from any other gin. It is said that it
will not only save much waste in the
preparation of cotton for market, but will
enable planters to gather more from their
fields. Os course it is a good thing and a
“big thing” for planters, if it will do all
this.
FRANKLIN COUNTY, FLORIDA.
We must say that Franklin county, Fla.
(if it does contain the city of Apalachicola,
which we hope has commenced a recupera
tion that will be progressive and perma
ne'nt) makes about the poorest showing
for a county, in its tax returns, that we
have ever seen. The number of acres of
improved land is 250, but that is a gain
of 86 over last year; number of acres un
improved 340,721; number of horses 19;
mules 17; cash value of all property
$286,093; number of polls 326.
NEGRO INSUBORDINATION IN
TEXAS.
One of the expedients resorted to by the
Federal Administration to insult and ex
asperate the people of the South has been
the sending of negro troops to be quar
tered in their cities and towns. We be
lieve that Georgia and Alabama are now
clear of them. But this is not the case in
Texas and Arkansas, nor in Florida we
lieve. Specials to the New Orleans Pica
yune from San Antonio, Texas, 2nd inst.,
show a disgraceful state of affairs out
there, arising from the stationing of negro
troops to domineer over white citizens.
They also show that the military authori
ties have had to call in the aid of the
white citizens to quell the insubordina
tion of the negro troops—Actseon protect
ed from his own dogs! The facts, as
stated in these dispatches (and in the
main confirmed by one now before ns to
the Galveston Newt) are as follows :
A negro soldier belonging to a company
of United States negro troops, stationed
there, wrote a note to a little daughter of
Captain Tobyn, asking for an assignation.
The girl gave the letter to her father,
who threatened to kill the scoundrel, but
was prevented by the negro being arrest
ed and put under bond. He was released,
and in some manner Tobyn got him out
of the city, and in the presence of two
witnesses, cowhided him severely. The
negro begged so piteously that he Bpared
his life, telling him if he returned to the
city he would kill him. He returned and
his negro friends took up the matter
and threatened to kill Tobyn. The
excitement grew intense, and the citizens
and the police surrounded the house,
where Captain Tobyn was residing. About
10 o’clock at night the army officers sent
word to the police that they could not
control their men, and advised them to
summon a posse comitatus to preserve
peace and order. The citizens responded
immediately in foree. Gen. Augur, U. 8.
A., with the United States officers appear
ed and tried to quell the disturbance, but
failed to do so. Several shots were
fired by the negroes. At a late hour
General Baylor assumed command of
the police and posse of citizens. General
Augur and other officers of the army,
backed by the command under General
Baylor, quelled the disturbance. General
Augur then ordered the negro company
outside the city limits. They left town
threatening to return and have revenge.
The excitement runs high, but the citi
zens, led by United States army officers,
stand ready to welcome them on their re
turn to the city, “ with hospitable hands
to bloody graves.”^
THE NEWS FROM: CUBA.
Cienfuegos, which, according to tele
graphic accounts, has been taken by a
largo insurrectionary force, which pro
claimed Don Carlos King of Spain, is in
the Western Division of the Island of Cu
ba, on its southern side. It is southeast
of Havana, and not far from that city.
Considering the large force of the Carlist
insurgents, tho ready surrenderof the city,
and the advantageous locality in which
this strong demonstration has been made,
the movement must be regarded as a very
formidable one, and we may daily look
for stirring and important news from that
quarter.
Our readers must not confound this
movement with the revolutionary one that
has been so long kept up. The strong
hold of the revolution battling for “Cuba
Libre,” is in the eastern division of the
Island, and it has never advanced so far
west or so near Havana as Cienfuegos.
The old revolutionists are mostly republi
cans, and it is therefore probable that
their strength will be unaffected
by the Carlist demonstration, while
that of their enemy will be distrac
ted and weakened, for a season at
least. It is also a possible contingency
that the threatened triumph of the Car
lists in Cuba may lead to a reconciliation
and co-operation of all the Republicans
on the Island tojput down the monarchical
foe. But we can as yet only speculate
about this.
So we now have three belligerent par
ties in Cuba, as in Spain, and the ruling
Republican authorities have to fight both
the revolutionists in the eastern part of
the Island and the Carlists, whose head
quarters are at Cienfuegos. We must re
gard the Carlist demonstration as like'v
to aid the cause of the revolutionists of
the east, either by the concessions that
will have to be offered to them or by the
division of their enemy. It is of course
impossible that the ascendancy of the
Carlists can be maintained in Cuba unless
Carlos triumphs in Spain also. The situ
ation in both countries is involved in
complications of a most unusual and
puzzling character, and the prospect is
by no means assuring of peace and tran
quility even when ope faction shall have
achieved a bloody triumph.
SWAYZE AND COLUMBUS.
Our readers of course remember J.
Clarke Swayze and his pestifer is con
duct in Georgia. He is now editing a pa
per in Topeka, Kansas, and still keeps up
his malevolence towards the Southern
people, intensified, no doubt, by the bad
estimation in which he knows himself to
be held by our people. In the last num
ber of his paper, noticing a defence of
“Southern Morals and Civilization” by
the Albany News, Swayze says:
“This is rather a blind article to readers
in this latitude; but down in Georgia it
means that a gentleman by the name of
Strange from Pennsylvania bought the
Columbus Enquirer, and undertook to
conduct it as he would have done in Penn
sylvania, whereupon the immaculate cit
izens of Columbus who assassinated Hon.
Wm. Ashburn, waited upon him, made
him write to suit them, and then drove
him off. That is the way Northern edi
tors are treated there. ”
Contrasting this falsehood of Swayze
with the treatment which our citizens
have really extended to the “Northern ed
itor” among them, we see to what ex
treme lengths Radicals malevolence will
go in slandering the people of the South
and entirely misrepresenting even their
most generous acts. The above para
graph from the Topeka paper, so ridicu
lous in its false statements, is about as
accurate as Swayze commmonly was while
in Georgia, in his report of occurrences
here.
Young Italians are selling in this city
cheap. Fifty dollars for live years’ ser
vice is enough to tempt purchasers every
where. It isn’t slavery, because their lips
ain't thick enough, nor the color of their
skin dark enough, nor has their hair the
appropriate kink. What we abolished
during the war was African slavery. Ev
erybody knows that the other forms of
servitude continue to prevail, and will,
perhaps, to the end of time.— N. Y. Com.
Adv. (Rad.)
The worst form of slavery that ever ex
isted in this country was the slavery of
labor to capital; and in no part of the
country is it so well defined as in the New
England States. African slavery having
been abolished (with doubtful benefit to
anybody) by an agitation most actively
kept up by New England, we trust that
the next great move will be for the free
dom and independence of labor in all the
States —for the abolition of that kind of
servitude which the Commercial Adver
tiser so complacently contemplates as
likely to exist “to the end ot tinier”
By a private note from a responsible
gentleman at Dixie, on the Selma, Rome
and Dalton road, the Selma Times learns
that on the 4th inst. a fatal difficulty ec
curred there between J. M. Kinny and
Charles Lathram. Lathram received five
wounds from a pocket knife, resulting in
his death in about an hour and a half.
No other particulars are given.
A “Historical Convention” of the South
is to be held at Montgomery White Sul
phur Springs, Va., on the 14th inst. Dis
tinguished Confederate officers and sol
diers have been selected as delegates from
several States. The Convention will no
doubt inaugurate an important work of
“vindicating history” in regard to some
of the memorable events of our late strug
gle, and preserving facts and records that
ought not to be lost.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.
Address of Bishop Bierce—Grand Array
of Intellectual Men—Distinguished Al
umni—Celebration of the l’hi Kappa
Society—Speeches of Gordon and Hil
liard.
Newton House, August G, 1873.
ADDRESS OF DISHOP PIERCE.
Editors Sun : The Address of Bishop
Geo. F. Pierce before the Society of
Alumni, on yesterday morning, was one
of the grandest efforts of his life, and its
praise is the theme of every tongue.
“Public Opinion ; Its Origin, its Influ
ence, and its Authority,” was the subject
of his masterly and eloquent oration,
which he delivered with great earnestness,
without notes, and evidently from the heart
as well as the mind. Home, with its paren
tal influence, the Bishop clearly showed to
be the first source of public opinion, and
most beautifully did he illustrate its
growth and outreaching and expanding
power. Public opinion, in matters of
fashion and dress, never received a severer
or truer rebuke than that which fell from
his lips on this occasion. His picture of
the man who generally leads public opin
ion when it makes a change of front, was
well-drawn and clearly defined. But his
closing appeal for the “Southern Civili
zation” of the fathers, was sublimely elo
quent. More than any other evil, he de
clared with great earnestness, he dreaded
Northern innovations upon our Southern
system of civilization and social life. His
patriotic remarks on this point were long
and enthusiastically applauded, showing
that the entire audience, which was
densely packed into the building, were in
full sympathy with the speaker on this
point. The address is to be printed in
full, and we heartily commend it to your
readers, as the ablest review of public
opinion that we have yet seen or heard.
PHI KAPPA SOCIETY.
The Phi Kappa Society, organized in
1820, held its celebration at the Chapel
last night, before a large and intelligent
audience. Mr. E. L. Anthony, of Texas,
presided, and after music by the band,
introduced Mr. A. A. Lipscomb, Jr., as
the orator of the evening. Although
quite a young man, he is looked upon as
the most brilliant mind in tho University.
His subject was “Two Representative
Portraits from Shakespeare—Falstaff and
Hamlet.” two familiar characters, which
he contrasted and discussed in a most elo
quent and scholarly manner. At the close
of his oration, Mr. J. T. Buehanon, of
Newnan, presented the Society Medals to
the best debaters of that organization :
First medal to I. L. Fielder, Cuthbert;
Junior medal, shared in by C. H. Cohen
and NV. 11. Fleming, of Augusta; Sopho
more medal to T. R. Clark, also of Au
gusta, thus giving tp that city, but very
justly, three elocutionary medals. Last
year these medals went out of the State,
but this year, as Mr. Buehanon eloquently
remarked in the presentation of them,
“Georgia has kept them at home.”
Sidney Herbert.
Closing Day —Orations of Graduates—
Conferring of Degrees and Honors—
Prize Medalists — Champion Debate—
Distinguished Alumni — A Meritorious
Student—Hook and Ladder Company.
Newton House, August 7, 1873.
Editors Sun: Yesterday witnessed the
grand closing scenes of the Commence
ment Drama, and although the real attrac
tions were far inferior to those of previous
days, the crowd in attendance was much
greater. The morning train brought a
large number of visitors, and vehicles of
every kind came in from the surrounding
country. At 10 o’clock the exercises were
opened in the chapel with prayer by liev.
Dr. Lane, of the Presbyterian Church in
this city. Chancellor Lipscomb presided,
and the following members of the Gradu
ating Class delivered orations : R. Adams,
Eatonton—“lndependence of Thought;”
11. NV. Barrow, Oglethorpe conuty—“The
Penalties of Greatness;” C. M. Beckwith,
Petersburg, Va. —“Influence of Revolu
tions on Art and Literature;” J. T. Buch
anan, Newnan —“Statesmanship;” E. NV.
Montgomery, Fort Lamar—“ Power of
Cultivated Mind;” R. J. Willingham,
Macon—“ Opposition to New Ideas. ”
Messrs. T. D. Huff, of Cusseta, and S. A.
Reid, of Eatonton, were excused. The
young men did very well, some of them
exceedingly well. Their orations w’ere of
a practical turn, and were well presented
and earnestly commended to public no
tice.
At the close of the speaking, Chancellor
Lipscomb proceeded to confer the degrees
and honors and present the medals of the
year. Mr. R. J. Willingham, of Macon,
an earnest student and an excellent young
man, carried off the medal in the depart
ment of Mathematics, the degree of
Master of Arts—amid great applause from
bis fellow-students —and the title of “Pro
ficient” in nearly a dozen studies. Mr.
J. G. Beasley was “Proficient” iu several
departments; Mr. R. C. McGough is mark
ed “Satisfactor.lv” in his studies; Mr. S.
B. Robinson the same in the Junior Class;
“Certificates of Merit” were given the
following Juniors : J. H. Mobley, Ham
ilton, G. A. Illges, Columbus, M. L. Ilal
lenbeck and C. 'Ferry, Jr., Muscogee coun
ty, and J. C. Stanford, Hamilton. G. A.
Illges stands number four in the Junior
Applied Mathematics; Mr. J. G. Beasley
graduates as a Civil ■ Engineer, and I. L.
Fielder, son of the Hon. Herbert Fielder,
of Cuthbert, a very talented young man,
as Bachelor of Law. But tho highest
honors, next to tiiose won by Willingham,
of Macon, were given to a most studious
and meritorious young man from your
vicinity, Mr. T. D. Huff, of Cusseta,
nephew of Capt. T. E. Blanchard, who
bears his many honors meekly. Asa re
ward*of his good conduct and fidelity to
his studies, he carried off, in a sharp con
test, the medal iu the department of
Greek, which is a distinguished honor for
so young a man. He received the degree
of Bachelor of Arts, and also numerous
“Certificates of Proficiency.” Pew stu
dents leave their alma mater with brighter
prospects of success and usefulness in
life. The presentation of the Sophomore
Medal to John T. Pou, as the best de
claimer, took everybody by surprise, and
met with a hearty and general disapproval.
The united voice of all present during
the contest, including men of rare dis
crimination and just views, was in favor
of J. T. Graves, of Albany, or 11. 11.
Gordon, of Atlanta, two young men
whose success was most marked, and to
whom public opinion in its strongest forms
still points, as the really successful com
petitors.
THE CHAMPION SOCIETY DEBATE.
The “Champion Debate” of last night
drew’ an immense audience to the chapel,
the President of the occasion being the
Hon. A. H. Stephens, assisted by Mr. T.
D. Huff, of Cusseta, as Secretary. The
question under discussion was this : “In
the murder of Duncan was Lady Macbeth
guiltier than Macbeth ?” The Demosthe
nian Society, in the affirmative, was rep
resented by Messrs. C. Z. McCord, of
Augusta, NV. B. Lamar, of Athens, A. S.
Clayton, of Atlanta, and R. J. Willing
ham, of Macon, whose arguments and elo
cution were not of the high order antici
pated. The Phi-Kappa Society, in the
negative, was represented by Messrs. E.
L. Antony, of Texas, C. M. Beckwith, of
Petersburg, Va., C. A. Niles, of Griffin,
and Idus L. Fielder, of Cuthbert, all of
whom did well, and especially the latter
gentleman, whose brilliant and clear ar
guments and forcible delivery won hearty
applause, and give promise that he will
become ’one of the foremost lawyers of
his day. Mr. Stephens, at the close of
the debate, it being then near midnight,
and each speaker being occupied nearly a
half hour, simply announced his decision
in a very few brief words —that the affir
mative had failed to make out their case.
This announcement was hailed with tu
multuous applause ou the part of the
Phi-Kappa boys, who threw up their hats
and caps in their excess of joy.
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI.
Our letter of yesterday bore this sub
heading, but we wrote iu such haste, and
amidst such a din of confusion, that
we failed to allude to the matter
in the body of our loiter, an
omission which we now supply, as we
finish thisletter on the train, it oeing the in
tention of our party to stop ever for a day
at Union Point. It is enough of glory for
this venerable University, that she numbers
among her many noble sons, eminent in
every department of life, such distin
guished and learned men as Hon. A. H.
Stephens, ex-Gov. H. V. Johnson, Hon.
Ben. H. Hill, Bishop Stephen Elliot, Hon.
John McPherson Berrien, Rev. Dr. B. M.
Palmer, Hon. J. L. M. Curry, Gen. Hen
ry L. Bonning, Hon. Geo. McDuffie, Gen.
Howell Cobb, Bishop Geo. P. Pierce, Gen.
Alfred Iverson, Judge A. B. Longstreet,
Hon. Geo. C. Dawson, and other gifted
minds, widely known and highly honored
in both hemispheres. Every year since
these now revered names were added to
the list of alumni, hundreds of gifted
young men have left this venerable alma
mater, and not a" few of them have alrea
dy attained, or are fast attaining, to posi
tions of usefulness and distinction in life.
All praise, then, to the faithful and schol
arly men, under whose careful training
and noble precepts, year by year, these
great minds and exalted characters were
developed and matured. It is evident to ]
our mind, as we look upon the vast
crowd filling the train that is now bearing
us away from Athens, in which countless
distinguished men are to be seen, that
grateful hearts and noble minds still re
i vere and cherish the proud old University
of Georgia.
NVe cannot close this hastily written
letter, in justice to a most graceful com
pliment paid us on yesterday, as a fire
man, without some notice of the Pioneer
. Hook and Ladder Company of Athens, a
noble band of active and efficient fire
men. The leading officers of this splen
did organization waited upon us at the
Newton House and took us to their hand
somely furnished hall, where we saw many
very interesting portraits, trophies and
pictures, including an elegant service of
silver presented by the Pioneer Hook and
Ladder Company of Augusta, and the
richly ornamented “Champion Hat and
Belt” won by them at the May contest in
Augusta, when they run 200 yards and
put np their ladder in 55 seconds. These
trophies are costly and elegant, and should
be a source of just pride to the men of
this company, which numbers fifty mem
bers, many of whom are among the lead
ing merchants of Athens The officers
are: President, E. E. Jones; Captain; H.
Beusse; Ist Foreman, C. G. Talmadge;
2d, J. J. Thomas; 3d, NV. C. Orr; Secre
tary and Treasurer, J. P. Dorsey —all first
class gentlemen. The company has or
dered a light running Babcock Fire Ex
tinguisher. and are much elated at the
prospect of anew field for their energy
and promptness of action. The most
efficient member wears a company badge,
bestowed by ballot, for a certain length
of time, as a reward for his activity and
general good conduct.
Sidney Herbert.
DEMOCRACY RE-AROUSED.
Platform of Principles Adopted by the
Ohio Democratic State Convention.
Columbus, 0., Aug. 6.—The following
platform of political principles was this
morning reported, and adopted amid loud
cheers :
Resolved, 1. That the Democratic party
seeks to revive no dead issues, but stands
by its principles which are suited to all
times and circumstances. It supports the
Federal Government iu all its constitution
al authority and opposes nullification and
secession. It defends the reserved rights
of the States and people, and opposes cen
tralization that would impair or destroy
them. In order to maintain and preserve
these rights, it insists upon the strict con
struction of the Federal constitution. It
resists all attempts of one department of
the Government to usurp or destroy the
constitutional right or independence of
the other departments. It opposes all in
terference by law with private affairs or
business of men, not required by the pub
lic peace or safety, and advocates tho
greatest individual liberty consistent with
public order. It believes in the capacity
of the people for self-government, and op
poses all property qualifications as con
ditions to the light of suffrage or eligibili
ty to hold office. It favors liberal laws
for the naturalization of foreigners. It
insists upon equal and exact justice to all
men. It opposes all monopolies aud de
nies that it is within the province of Gov
ernment to legislate for the benefit of par
ticular classes at the expense and to the
detriment of the rest of the community.
It therefore opposes the system by which a
large portion of the profit-producing wealth
of the country is exempted from tax
ation, and demands that all constitutional
means shall bo used to remedy this injus
tice. It insists that our tariff laws should
be framed with a view to revenue, and
not to tax the community for the benefit
of particular industries. It recognizes
the evils of an irredeemable currency, but
insists that in the return to specie pay
ments care shall be taken not to seriously
disturb the business of the country or un
justly injure the debtor class. It appre
ciates the benefit conferred by railroads,
but opposes all combinations of railroad
companies to prevent competition and
thus enhance the cost of transportation.
It opposes all laws that gives to capital
any advantage over labor. It requires
honesty aud economy in every department
of the Government, Federal or State, and
it condemns corruption whoever may be
the guilty party. It is in its very nature ind
as the necessary result of its principles, a
party of progress, and supports all meas
ures of reform or improvement that are
sanctioned by justice and commended by
sound practical v/isdom.
Resolved, That the wealth of the coun
try is the product of its labor, and the
best use of capital is that which gives em
ployment and liberal wages to
THE PRODUCING CLASSES.
Hence every just measure that tends to
protect them from oppression and to im
prove their condition and dignify their
calling deserves our sympathy and sup
port, aud that we cordially recommend
the conservative resolutions adopted at
the recent National Labor Congress, at
Cleveland, favoriDg arbitration and co-op
eration.
Resolved, That although always consti
tuting a large majority of the American
people, our
AGRICULTURISTS
have never demanded of the Government,
State of Federal, any special privileges
and have never infested the halls of Con
gress or legislatures with lobbyists and
rings; but on the contrary have suffered
under discriminating and unjust laws un
til forbearance has ceased to be a virtue.
NVe hereby pledge our sincere aud honest
efforts to obtain for them a redress of
grievances and equal and exact justice.
Resolved, that the
TUBLIO LANDS
should be sacredly reserved for actual set
tlers who will dwell upon and cultivate
them, and that we will continue to de
nounce and oppose, as we have always de
nounced and opposed, all gifts of such
lands by the Government to incorporated
companies.
Resolved, That the greatest danger to
free institutions is the wide Spreading
corruption that threatens the utter de
struction of public virtue. NVhen Credit
Mobilier frauds pass uupuuished and
those engaged iu them are elevated to
high official position, when seats in the
Federal Senate are notoriously purchased,
when vast sums of money are corruptly
employed in popular elections, when an
army of officeholders with the sanction of
the Government use their official influence
to control elections, when the bribery of
custom house officials is an established
usage, when rings of plunderers are the
recipients of millions of money appropri
ated for public use, when official defalca
tions are of such frequent occurrence as
scarcely to excite attention, when Presi
dential pardons relieve defaulters from
merited punishment and Presidential ap
pointments reward Credit Mobilier and
salary grabbing Congressmen, and when
Congressional investigation is generally a
whitewashing affair, it is not strange that
men begin to
LOSE CONFIDENCE IN FREE INSTITUTIONS,
and that the fame of a great republic is
tarnished throughout the civilized world.
To remedy these evils we insist that the
receipts and expenditures of government
shall be diminished, that its patronage be
curtailed and all useless offices abolished;
that it shall cease to usurp functions to
which it has no.title; that official miscon
duct and fraud and corruption in elections
shall be rigorously punished, and public
virtue shall be upheld, and the want of it
condemned by the united voice of the
people.
Resolved, That we condemn without
reserve the late action of Congress grant
ing
ADDITIONAL SALARIES
as unjust, and demand its immediate and
unconditional repeal, and denounce every
member of Congress whether Republican
or Democrat who supported the law or
received and retained the money procured
thereby, and we especially denounce the
conduct of President Grant in using the
influence of his high position for its pas
sage and whose official signature made it
a law.
Resolved, That the act of the President
in setting up a
BAYONET GOVERNMENT
in Louisiana, not chosen by her people,
and having no title whatever to rule over
them, was a flagrant violation of t'joir
rights and of the Federal Constitution.
Resolved, Every department of the Gov
ernment being in the hands of the Repub
lican party, they are justly responsible for
the evils and wrongs in legislation and
administration of which the country com
plains.
Resolved, that under the
TIME HONORED DEMOCRATIC BANNER
with this declaration of principle inscrib
ed on its face, we engage in conflict and
earnestly appeal to patriotic members of
every class without regard to party names
or past differences to unite with ns on
terms of perfect equality in the struggle
to rescue the Government from the hands
of dishonest men and redeem it from the
flood of corruption which threatens its
ruin.
Doctors are not to be slighted. They
are the pillers of society.
EMS, GERMANY.
THE FRENCH EMPRESS’ VISIT
THERE.
The “Historical Scene” at Ems Accu
rately Described.
By Louise Muhlbach, correspondent New
York Herald.
Ems, Germany, July 18, 1873.
A letter from Ems! Who would have
thought a few years ago that Ems, this
little and pretty, but dull, spot in the
green Labn Valley, would become a place
of note, celebrated not on account of its
spring and their efficacy, but that it would
be the spot where one of the greatest and
most important events of history would be
enacted. Just as nobody becomes cele
brated in the world all at once, so Ems as
cended, as it were, the ladder of fame.
At first it was the baths and springs which
brought the small unknown place into re
nown, but then that was only medical
fame. Childless women whispered to
each other biushingly of the extraordinary
results attained there.
THE EX-EMPRESS of THE FRENCH AT EMS.
But there cam.; ad v.hen the d.iwti of
historic celebrity appeared behind the
green mountains. This was the day on
which the Empress Eugenie appeared
quite suddenly and unexpectedly’ in Ems.
Did she, also, perhaps intend testing the
efficacy of the springs? No; the beauti
ful woman had no maternal longings, and
why should she have such desires —the
Empire had an heir. The reason why
Eugenie left her capital so suddenly was
quite different. The short-sighted
people, the political meddlers, be
lieved the tale that Eugenie had left
Paris and St. Cloud in a fit of
melancholy’, and that this melancholy
was the result of the Emperor’s habits,
which gave her cause for jealousy. Thus
it was said that Eugenie had come to
Ems to drown in the green waves of the
Lahn her rage at the faithlessness of her
husband. But the Empress looked any
thing but sad; she had brought her sweet
est smile and her most ravishing toilets
with her amiability and her utter disre
gard of etiquette. The ladies sympathised
with the unhappy love which she hid so
well rouge and poudre de riz, and knew not
in what way to express their devotion.
The gentlemen were conquered by the
beauty', the grace and the peculiar fasci
nation possessed by this woman, who
from her, mother had inherited the fair
skin of Ireland, and from her father the
bright, ravishing eyes of Spain, while
from her new country, France, she had
adopted the elegant manners of charming
savoir faire.
Only very few knew the real ground of
this sudden and astonishing journey of
the French Empress. Only the most in
timate and initiated whispered to each
other that, instead of having quarreled
with him, the Empress lived in tiie great
est friendship with the Emperor, and
that it was at his express wish that she
had come to Ems. Thus already at that
time dark clouds began to appear on the
political horizon, and the farseeing Na
poleon knew that these clouds were the
forerunners of a great and disastrous
storm for France.
FRANCE HAD LOST PART OF HER PRESTIGE,
she no longer occupied the first place iu
the great race of politics, nor was the post
of arbiter in all political affairs, a post of
honor which she had so long accupied,
any more conceded to her so unreservedly.
The other Powers made private and pub
lic treaties among themselves and were
seemingly unanimous in wishing to ex
clude France from these.
It was arranged that at this time the
Prussian, Austrian and Russian rulers
should meet in Ems with their wives, and
France was to be excluded from this re
union. And so tho little comedy of a
jealous Empress was enacted in St. Cloud,
and the Empress of the French came to
Ems in order to enact the loving and
jealous wife seeking quietness and rest.
But if the whole world believed this
ruse, there was one woman who divined
the real reason, and who, wrapped in her
high and exclusive dignity, would not be
duped. This woman was
THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA.
Apartments were already prepared for
her in the Hotel Zudenvier Thurmen,
when all at once the Emperor, who had
already arrived, received a telegram from
Darmstadt, where the Empress was stay
ing with her family, saying that she had
suddenly been taken very ill. The Em
peror immediately left for Darmstadt, ex
actly the day after the arrival of the Em
press of the French. Naturally the Queen
of NVurtemburg, who had expressly come
to receive her imperial sister-in-law, also
left Ems for Darmstadt, and the Queen of
Prussia, who had been expected to take
part in the reception of the Emperor of
Russia, had written to countermand the
apartments which were being prepared
for her. All this was said to be ou ac
count of the sudden illness of the Em
press of Russia. Thus the Empress of the
French was
ALONE IN EMS,
admired and gazed at by the visitors, but
still alone. At that time the Empress of
France introduced anew fashion—that of
the long parasols, such as she used in her
mountain parties—a fashion which has
been adopted since by lkdies generally.
THE INVENTION OF THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA.
But the Empress of Russia invented a
new word and gave the world anew verb
to conjugate. It was said by the initia
ted that the Empress, in her delirious
ravings, said: —"Moi je n'irai pas a Ems.
Je ne m'encanaillerai* pas.” The jour
nals took hold of this new verb with avid
ity; the comic papers, especially the Ber
lin Kladderadastsch, conjugated and
illustrated it for months. This was the
commencement of political celebrity for
Ems—this was the dawn upon which fol
lowed, in 1870, the full blaze of
IMMORTAL POLITICAL FAME.
Here on the 13th of July was played
the first act of the tragedy which aston
ished the world, and in whose train fol
lowed such bloody scenes and which cost
so many tears, and of which we do not
yet know the last act.
It was here in Ems that the French Em
bassador, Count Benedetti, so deeply
offended the King of Prussia by his utter
disregard of ail politeness that the latter
lost his accustomed kindnes and had to
speak to the Count “en rot.” They met
on the promenade near the “Kurhaus,”
and the King, while nodding to the Count,
said, gaily, “All differences are settled
now, as I have just received the news that
the Prince of Hohenzollern has distinctly
refused the crown of Spain, which had
been offered to him.” But the dapper
little Count did not share the King’s
gaiety. On the the contrary, he made a
wry face, and taking up the conversation,
declared to the King that “his govern
ment could not be entirely satisfied with
this decision as regards the crown of
Spain, but would insist on further guar
antees.”
“What kind of guarantee?” demanded
the King, with astonishment, and assum
ing a proud attitude.
“My government can only accept that
as a sufficient guarantee when Your Maj
esty yourself shall give a solemn and dis
tinct declaration that neither now nor in
the future will you permit any one of the
princes of the house of Hohenzollern to
become a candidate for the throne of
Spain.”
“That I cannot and will not do,” re
plied the King earnestly.
Thereupon Benedetti answered :
“Sire, I am commanded by my govern
ment to demand this guarantee of Your
Majesty.”
“Then I have nothing more to say to
you; we are at an end,” said the King,
and, turning his back upon the French
Ambassador, he continued his promenade
followed by his suite. These are the real
facts connected with that grave historical
incident which led to the declaration of
war.
“And that other incident?” I asked
yesterday the Count Lehndorf, the aide
de-camp of the Emperor, “that other in
cident, which has so often been referred
to ? ”
“What incident ?”
“Well, that scene which followed the
conversation on the promenade, and
where the French Ambassador, while wait
ing iu the ante-chamber, was met by you,
the door half open, and when you told
the submissive Benedetti. “I am desired
by His Majesty to inform you that he has
nothing more to say to you,’ whereupon
you hurriedly siammed the door.”
“That scene which you speak of,” re
plied Count Lehndorf, with a smile, “is
an invention of newspaper writers. The
incident of such a breach of politeness
never occurred.” l'et these very words 1
which it was said were spoken were re
peated in all the newspapers, and were
sold in photographs and poems. At the
time this scene was spoken of I doubted
its veracity, for I know that Count Lehn
dorf is not only too much of a gentleman,
but also too kind-hearted and urbane a
man to speak to any one in a rude, impo
lite manner.
‘Vulgarize • j
GEORGIA. NEWS.
Chatham county makes a good report of
herself in the Tax Receiver’s returns:
Value of city property, $14,384,899; value
of lands outside of the city, $1,626,450;
money and solvent debts, $4,504,631;
merchandise, $2,180,490; aggregate value
of whole property, $26,154,952. The
whites returned 4,919 polls, and the blacks
5,488.
The United States District Court, which
was to have convened at Savannah on the
4th instant, has been ad journed to the
first Monday iu November.
The Rome Commercial reports a visit
to the farm of Dr. G. W. Holmes, on the
Etowah river, and says that his cotton
will make two bags to the acre if nothing
unfavorable should happen, and his corn
75 or 80 bushels to the acre.
Fulton county returns 3,335 polls—an
increase of 449 over 1872; aggregate value
of city property, $11,646,292 —increase,
$376,630; money aud debts $2,270,696;
merchandise, $2,123,607; acres planted
in corn, 5,156; in cotton, 6,309; in wheat,
2,176.
Statistics of Jackson county: Acres of
land 241,093, valuation $826,055; acres in
corn 29,421, in cotton 14,647; polls 1874.
Jackson produced 4,285 bales of cotton in
1872, and will probably make twice that
much in 1873.
The Athens Watchman learns that ‘-a
squad of Federal soldiers have been
ordered to Jackson county, in conse
quence of the killing of Robert Holliday
some weeks ago, while resisting an arrest
by lawful authority.”
Os crop prospects generally iu North
east Georgia, the Watchman of the 6th
says that they look promising, but the late
rains having been partial instead of gen
eral, some neighborhoods are beginning
to need a shower or two more to complete
the growing crops.
The City Council of Macon, on Tuesday
evening, appropriated $5,000 to the aid
of the Wesleyan Female'College,
Thirty-five shares of Augusta Factory
stock were sold in lots, at auction, in that
city, on Tuesday, at from $l9B 50 to
200 75 per share.
The Chronicle and Sentinel explains
that the earnings of more than 15 per
cent, over expenses by the Langley Cottou
Mills were for the six mouthsending July
sth, not for a year, being at the rate of
over 30 per cent, per annum. It asks,
“What Northern manufactory can equal
that ?”
Monroe County Statistics. White
polls 1,007; black polls 1,481; hands em
ployed 2.093; acres of land 277,681, value
thereof $1,380,549; town property $261,-
840; notes and money $414,041; mer
chandise $97,150; mills $52,655. Value
of all the property iu the county $2,020,-
403. The increase in the valuation of
property since last fall amounts to $127,-
017. Acres in cotton 36,842; do. in com
23,072.
Harris county statistics : White polls
1,125, black 1,340 —total 2,465; acres of
land, 281,018; value of same sl, -
271,177; money, notes and accounts $310,-
700; aggregate value of property of whites
$2,117,023; number of hands employed
3,088; cotton manufactories $99,100; acres
in cotton 39,184; do. in com 27,378; do.
in wheat 3,489.
Well Done. —Messrs. S. and R. A.
McCants, brothers, of this county, have
bought no corn or meat in thirty-five
years. This being the case, it is hardly
necessary to add that they are successful
farmers and live comfortably. —Hamilton
Visitor.
Northeastern Railroad. —We are pleas
ed to learn that work is now rapidly pro
gressing on this road, which has been our
pet for many years past, and which we
hope to see forming a connecting link in
the great chain between Chicago and Port
Royal.
At the latest accounts a portion of the
hands were at work eight miles beyond
Harmony Grove—twenty-six miles north
of Athens. They are now proceeding
very rapidly; as the work between Harmo
ny Grove and Gillsville is very light.
The last four or five miles before reaching
the Air-Line road will be comparatively
heavy. —Athens Watchman.
The iron interests of Northern Georgia
and Alabama are now being “developed”
at a rate which promises a prosperous
business in the future. The Rome Com
mercial of Tuesday mentions the ship
ment of three car loads of pig iron by the
Woodstock compauy to Massachusetts;
and it says that Cornwall furnace is ready
to turn out ihe finest pig iron iu the coun
try.
Judge Tyre Reeves, one of the oldest
and most popular citizens of Meriwether
county, died on Tuesday of last week.
He had often represented the county in
the Legislature. His age was 80 years.
On Tuesday the Kimball House at At
lanta was sold, “as usual,” for non-pay
ment of taxes. The Herald says: “It
was bid off by Hon. B. H. Hill, for Joseph
Thompson, sr., aud G. W. Adair, at four
thousand dollars. This house brings va
rious prices—sometimes it sells as high as
fifteen thousand dollars, aud then it drops
to four or five, owing pretty much to the
state of the weather and the demand for
that class of buildings.”
The Supreme Court of Georgia con
vened in Atlanta on Monday, and took up
cases from the Blue Ridge Circuit.
The Macon Telegraph gives an account
of a defalcation in Americas, which took
everybody by surprise. The defaulter is
a young man named W. A. Palmer, clerk
of the mercantile house of Barlow & Cal
loway. His defalcation amounted to
about $15,000, but he was induced by
compulsion and a “compromise” to restore
$4,700 of the money, and was allowed to
go to California. He was thought to be
a model young man, of exemplary piety
and honesty.
The Albany News mentions the death
of a fine cow from eating a mouthful or
two of a worm destroyer containing Paris
green, which she was allowed to get at.
We have already warned planters to ksep
the “pizen” out of the reach of stock.
The Cuthbert Appeal says that a boy
had a litter of wild cats which he peddled
on the streets of its town a few days ago,
and he found a rapid sale for them. Per
haps the “varmints” may prove a profita
ble investment, but we doubt it.
Houston county returns 55,173 acres iu
cotton, 38,253 in corn, and very little in
anything else. This is one of our largest
agricultural counties, and its proportion
of cotton to corn is probably near the
average of counties in the “cotton belt.”
The Talbotton Standard of the sth re
ports corn cotton in its county
thriving under the genial influences of
sun and shower.
We learn from the Cuthbert Appeal
that the caterpillars are partially distribu
ted in Randolph county, according to the
reports of planters. Some crops are
eaten up, while others find but few in
their crops. The prospect is still fair for
a good crop.
Statistics of Heard county: Polls—
white 708, black 317; acres of land 1(10,*-
354, value $735,814; planted in cotton
15,509, in corn 14,472, in wheat 2,G41.
The Albany News of Friday reports the
mass of the cotton crop doing well,
though a small portion is being destroyed
by caterpillars, and more is suffering
from defective culture. “The weed is
growing rapidly, and fruiting is prog
ressing admirabl.y”
A bad negro named Joe McCrary resis
ted arrest by a bailiff and his posse, in
the Warrior District of Bibb county, on
Wednesday last. He tried to shoot them
with a double-barreled gun, but the gun
missing fire, the bailiff’s party put in the
first shots and brought him down—
severely, but it is believed not fatally
wounded. It being feared that negroes
would attempt his rescue, the Sheriff had
to take charge of him, with a force to
help him.
Newto-i county returns 20,837 acres in
cotton, 12,567 in corn, 3,432 in wheat;
aggregate value of taxable property $2,-
395,786.
A Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry
has been formed in Savannah, with Wm.
Schley as Master.
The people of Griffin are trying to
raise $40,000 to invest in an iron foun
dry.
Two of the physicians of Ringgold, re
plying to a crr'ificate of some of the citi
zens denying the existence of cholera
there, publish a statement in the Atlanta
Constitution, in which they say that they
have recently had several cases of cholera
in Ringgold, two of which terminated fa
tally, but that the disease has now disap
peared.
We learn from the Atlanta Herald that
there was a great crowd at the Clayton
County Fair, Jonesboro, Wednesday.
Hon. B. H. Hill and Gov. Smith deliv
ered excellent speeches, which were well
received by the people.
In the Bankrupt Court at Savannah,
last week, John B. McCrary, Isaac J. Mc-
Crary, of Geneva, Talbot county, Allen
M. Walker, of Taylor county, and George
W. Brooks and James J. Matthews, of
Stewart county, filed their petitions for
final discharge.
THE OLD WORLD.
SPANISH NEWS.
Madrid, August 7.— The Carlists have
attacked Orgarseum, in Jupuziccra. -
conspiracy has been discovered to gne
the town up to the enemy and many were
arrested. , . , , „„
The bombardment of Valencia has been
suspended, a flag of truce having been
raised from the Insurgents requesting a
parley, which is now going on.
The Cortes, by a vote of 184 to 1, have
passed a bill granting constitutional guar
antees to Porto Rico. A deputy from
! that colony, in the coarse of the debate,
declared that island would always remain
I faithful to Spaiu.
The Impartial says that Espartero is
extremelv popular in the Cortes.
Bayonne, August 7. The Carlists
claim a victory at Ilurgeto, ten mues
from San Sebastian. They state that
they captured one Republican General
and 600 prisoners.
Madrid, August 8.— Yesterday, while
t he Jutransigentsof Madrid were attempt
ing to organize a demonstrationin opposi
: tion to the Carlists, they were attacked by
a body of citizens who dispersed the as-
I semblage, destroyed the red flags and
' beat the bearers of objectionable colors.
Madrid, July 9.—lt is announced that
arrangements for the restoration of Na
tional authority iu Salamanca has been
concluded between the deputies from that
city, and tliß Government, but the condi
tions have not yet been made public.
Bayonne, August 9.—The Carlists are
concentrating before Burgas, the capital
of the Spanish Province of that name,
preparatory to making an attack upon the
city.
Barcelona, August 9. —A force of Car
lists numbering 40.000 men is marching
on the town of Berga, 51 miles northwest
of this city.
ENGLISH NEWS.
Ministerial Changes.
New York, Aug. 8. —A Herald special
dated London, Jth, says a Cabinet Coun
cil was held this evening. The discussion
resulted in important changes iu the pres
ent Ministry. The Marquis of Ripon and
Childers and Baxter, have resigned—the
two first for private reasons. Mr. Glad
stone, in addition to the Premiership, as
sumes the Chancellorship of the Ex
chequer, in lieu of the Exchequer of Law,
who assumes the whole office. Mr. Bruce
is to be made a Peer, and will succeed
Lord Ripon as present Council. Mr. Bon
ham Carter succeeds Mr. Baxter as Joint
Secretary.
London, Aug. B. —Joint Secretary of
the Treasury, Arthur Peel, becomes Lib
eral. Other changes are expected in a
few days.
John Bright joins the Cabinet as Chan
cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The Liberals lost yesterday in East Staf
fordshire.
The Loudon journals of this morning
announce that Lord Frederick Charles
Cavendish andSir Arthur WeilenPeel will
assist Mr. Gladstone in administering the
duties of the office of Chancellor of the
Exchequer. It is also stated that Hon.
Olgernon Grevill Ebeno has been offered
one of the Junior Lordships of the Treas
ury. It is probable that Sir John Duke
Coleridge will be appointed Master of
Rolls, Sir Goo. J. Ersel Attorney General,
and Mr. Henry James Solicitor General.
London, August 8. —The loss by the
burning of the rice mills at Stepney is
£5,000,000.
Lady Trevillian is dead.
At a meeting yesterday of the directors
of the company organized to lay a cable
direct to the coast of New Hampshire, it
was unanimously resolved to change the
route and land the cable on the coast of
New Foundland.
FRENCH NEWS.
Paris, August 7.—A duel was fought to
day between Heave, editor of the Journal
de Paris , and M. About, the well-known
author. The latter was slightly wounded
in the right hand.
Adillon Barrott, Vice-President of the
Council of State, died, aged 82.
GIGANTIC REBELLION IN JAPAN.
150,000 Insurgents on the Rampage—
Wholesale Slaughter, Arson and Plun
der.
New York, August, 7. A Japan
letter says on the 21st ult., ten thou
sand men, mostly farmers, assisted by the
former Damois’ retainers, armed with
swords, attacked the Government castle at
Fukuoka,set fire to the building,destroyed
all the official books and papers,aud killed
six officers. Four are said to have died by
theirown hands as they saw the rebels over
powering them. Three officers only es
caped, and fled to Lags, 00 miles above
Nagasaki. The telegraph line from Yoka
hama which passes through Triknsen, was
utterly destroyed, and the overland mail
road was blockaded so that information is
obtained slowly.
A report has reached Nagasaki that the
houses of all the people in Kakati and
country round about, who would not join
the insurgents have been burned, and the
dwellings of rich men and the banks have
been robbed. The insurgents are said to
number at least 150,000. The cause of
the revolt is that the government has re
quired the taxes of farmers to be paid in
money instead of produce, together with
a probable failure of the rice crops.
CUBA.
Reported Restoration of Rebel Property.
Havana, August B.—The Diaro De La
Morina of to-day says there are tele
grams announcing a decree annulling the
sequestration of property of Cuban rebels;
that it will not pronounce the news relia
ble, for fear of misleading the public; it
cannot accept it without official confirma
tion.
The Diaro thinks it impossible that the
Spanish Government decrees the immedi
ate return of their property to rebels and
rebel sympathisers. It says the rebels
have used a great part of their resources
in buying vessels and arms to carry on
the war. The return of their property
will send out new expeditions and prolong
the struggle. It thinks such action would
be an absurdity aud show a want of rea
son and patriotic sentiment on the part
of the Government. The loyal people of
Cuba are making heavy sacrifices to ena
ble the Government to sustain the increas
ing expenses of the war, and it is a great
outrage to take millions or more out of
the treasury in this way.
DON CARLOS PROCLAIMED IN
CURA !
New York, August 9.—lt is reported
in the Spanish circles in this city that
telegrams from Havana were received
here yesterday by a Spanish commercial
house and by a high Spanish functionary
iu this country, to the effect that Gen. !
Partillo, at the head of 30,000 men, had
entered and'eaptured Cienfugoos, without
a shot being fired, and that lie there pro
claimed Don ' Carlos as King of Spain. 1
Many of the leading Spaniards of Ha
vana, including generals in the army,
colonels and volunteer regiments, the
Jesuits, and several of the leading slave
traders of the Island, are said to be con
spirators with Gen. Partillo for the over
throw of the Republican Government of
Spain.
SPANISH NEWS I'll Oil CUBA.
Havana, Aug. 9. —The Elgo so Fegio, a
new Republican paper, has appeared.
A Spanish telegram from Puerto Prin
cipe announces the destruction of a large
abandoned encampment of the enemy
near Garaten, in Holgiun.
Ten persons presented themselves from
the enemy’s camp, bringing the head of
the late insurgent Colonel, Jose Arias.
UAYTI REVOLUTIONARY.
Port-au-Pbince, July 24.—The Cham
bers at Port-au-Prince have not been
opened. No ..ession is likely to be held
this year, the government apprehending
troubles if they meet. A revolution on
the northern frontiers of St. Domingo is
progressing and fighting is of daily occur
rence. The roads in all the northern
provinces are impassable, owing to the
guerillas.
THE SHOOTING OP LAZADA.
City of Mexico, August 1, via Havana.
Lazada, Chief of the Tepic rebellion, was
pursued and captured by Rosales, who
formerly fought under him. He was
tried by a court martial on the 18th ult.
and shot on the morning of the 19th. He
refused to have his eyes bandaged, and
kneeling with his face to the firing party,
died with great courage.
A CRISIS IN PORTO RICO.
Havana, Aug. 9. —Fears are entertained
that the news from Spain will cause a re
action in Porto Rico. A feeling of dis
content is manifest throughout the Island.
Advices from St. Thomas to the 4th
report heavy rains.
PERILS OF TRAVELING.
A TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT DIS
ASTER.
Fifty Persons Lost.
Fredericksburg, Va., Aug. B.—The
steamer Wawasett, running on the I.do
mac river between Washington and Lur
rioman, took fire about 12 o’clock to-day,
at Chatalaton Lauding, and was destiny ec*
She had about one hundred and fatty pas
sengers on board aud between forty and
fifty lives are lost. , ,
Six bodies were found up to two o clock,
three white ladies, one child and two col
ored children. Miss Virginia Marbury of
Glymont, Miss Bettie Sanders and a
child from Curriomau are among the dead.
The others have not been recognized.
Geo. W. Cooke, of Warsaw, Va., is miss-
Washington, August 9. —The Wawasset
horror is finally confirmed. Most of the
passengers perished.
She left Washington on her regular
trip for Cone river. She was burned off
Ohatterton lauding, where there is no
wharf. The passengers and freight for
that point were being descharged by small
boats. One boat had been lowered. When
the flames burst out the vessel was two
hundred yards from the shore. Nothing
remains but a broken shaft and smoke
stack.
The passengers registered when she lelt
Washington one hundred and ten, but
she received and discharged passengers at
various landings, of whom there is no
record. The crew consisted of twelve.
The loss is probably fifty passengers and
two of the crew.
The cause of the fire is unknown. As
soon as the flames were'discovered she
was headed towards shore, but struck on
the bar on the Virginia side.
Many ladies and children were aboard,
visiting friends sojourning at places of re
sort down the river, also many- colored
people.
Ten bodies have reached the wharf, live
unknown.
All parties applaud the gallantry' of the
Captain and crew.
THE captain’s ACCOUNT.
Captain Jno. R. Woods, of the Wawas
set, is burned around the neck and ears
slightly'. His account is substantially as
follows: The fire broke out at twenty
five minutes after 12 o’clock, between
Thomas’ Gate and Ohatterton. 1 was iu
the pilot house at the time. A fireman
came up and told me that the boat was on
fire below. I immediately came out and
found the flames reached quite to the hur
ricane deck, along the walking beam. I
then saw that it was impossible to get to
the life boats, which were on the after
quarters, to lower them, although they
were full of passengers. I threw water
on the wheel ropes, so as to
keep her steerage all right, and
passed buckets of water from
below to the hurricane dock, for the pur
pose, as I became satisfied there was no
hope of saving the vessel, and that the
only chance to save the passengers was to
keep her going, she heading for the beach.
The boat reached the beach in about 12
or 13 minutes after the alarm was given.
In less than five minutes after the alarm
was given the fire was in the rear of the
pilot house. The engineers refused to
work about a half minute before she
struck the shore, and the boat run a length
before she came to a dead stop, and
grounded in less than five feet of water
at the bow. I remained on the hurricane
deck until the flames had burnt the win
dow curtains in my' room, and the
saloon windows below were shoot
ing forth fiery darts. I then came
down on the forward deck, and did what
I could to save the pasengers. A great
many were afraid to jump overboard. I
assured them they were safe in jumping,
as the water below was not over their
heads, and upon this assurance oone or
two made a leap, and many other
seeing that the water was shallow fol
lowed their example and were saved. It
was w'ith difficulty I checked them jump
ing over in large bodies and drowning
each other during the excitement. lam
satisfied that nearly all the lives lost were
lost in the stern of the boat, aud forcing
the passengers to jump or be burnt. Just
before I left the boat I heard a lady, Mrs.
Taylor, of Alexandria, crying for help
from the rear of the vessel. I saw her
hanging to the middle chains, and sent a
boat to her rescue, and saved
her. I am satisfied the excitement
caused undue loss of life aud that
every passenger was saved who
jumped overboard forward. A great
many lives were lost on the life boats by
being overcrowded before the boat stop
ped. Two of them were crowded with
colored passengers, and when she was cut
loose the stern bulged out and sw’amped
the craft. About a dozen small children
were aboard, and I think five or six were
lost. The fire caught in the hold, but it is
impossible to tell just where. The boat
was very dry, almost like tinder, and the
flames, when they struck the oiled ma
chinery, spread like a torch. The cargo
was of a miscellaneous nature and contain
ed nothing inflammable,except two barrels
of whisky, which were in the forward
hold and were among the last things
burned. The passenger list and manifest
of the vessel was lost, it being impossible
for the clerk to reach the office to obtain
it. At the time of the accident but few
of the passengers were asleep, and none
in the state rooms. Some were lying down
on sofas. The Georgians came along
on her way from Baltimore and brought
a few of the passengers. Many went down
through the country and others are wait
ing on the banks to come home. All were
taken care of. The steamer’s value I es
tirnate.at $40,000.
THE FIRST GEORGIA BALE.
Special to The Daily Sun.]
Savannah, August 9. —The first bale of
the new crop of cotton sold at Savnnnah,
Ga., at 11:30 a. m., by J. W. Lathrop A
Cos., iu front of the Savanaah Cotton Ex
change, at 27 cents. It was bought by
Randall, Dafin & Cos.
ANOTHER INDIAN FIGHT.
Omaha, August 9.—A dispatch from
Elm Creek, Nebraska, states that on
Tuesday morning, while a party' of Paw
nee Indians were hunting near Republi
can river, on Blackwood creek, they were
surprised and attacked by a body of Sioux,
and a bloody' fight ensued, resulting in
the defeat of the Pawnees, who lost about
100, comprising some of the best men of
the tribe, and most of their horses, arms
and game. The Pawnees were pursued
30 miles, and only escaped when night
came on.
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.
San Francisco, Aug. 9. — A camp of
Chinese laborers, working on a narrow
gauge railroad near Benecia, was attacked
yesterday by a crowd of drunken min,
who tore down the tents and stoned and
clubbed the Chinamen. The Chinese fled
like sheep into the hills. All work was
suspended. Several of the assailed la
borers were subsequently found miles
away from the place of attack.
James Otis to-day received the tax
payers’ nomination for Mayor.
NEW YORK DRY GOODS MARKET.
New Yobk, August 7.—Dry goods—
Business continues active with manufac
turer’s agents who represent staple cot
tons and woolens, but jobbing branches
are very quiet. Cotton goods of all de
scriptions are firm. Fine brown sheet
ings and bleached shirtings have an up
ward; tendency. Warmsutta shirtings
have been advanced to l'.lc. Methenm
Hicks are up 1 cent. Cotton fiaunels and
prints are brisk. Wool flannels, fancy
cassimeres and black beavers are in fair
demand. Dress goods and hosiery are
doing better.
ELECTION EMEVTE.
Louisville, August 6. —ln Warren
county, Ky., last Monday a general fight
occurred in which Wm. Skives was shot
through the arm. Constable Howard at
tempted to stop the fight when he was
stabbed twice by Wm. Lark, one of the
contestants. Another constable named
Wright was struck in the forehead with a
rock inflicting a wound, from the effects
of which he died that night. Howard’s
wounds are not necessarily fatal.
PII!ST RALE OP THE NEW CROP.
Savannah, Aug. 8-—The first bale of
the cotton of this year’s crop was shipped
from Valdosta by Stegall & Lath rope, to
day, to J. W. Lathrope & Cos., of this city.
It weighs 510 pounds.
INS PRANCE.
Memphis, July 9.—The Carolina Life
Insurance Company of this city has effect
ed an arrangement by which their entire
business has been transferred to the
Southern Lite Insurance Company, the
latter company insuring all the outstand
ing risks of the former.
FROM VARIOUS POINTS.
VIRGINIA CONSERVATIVE COY
VENTION.
Richmond, August 7—2. a. m.— Ai ltt
merits of the two candidates Lad beta
discussed at length, and no other n UUjI
nations being made, the roil of comities
was called and resulted in a iaige njuj, jn _
ty for Gen. Keuipe;, which was g teat l v
increased by delegations changing their
votes solidly from Withers to Keuiper
j Before the announcement of the vote
. Geu. Early moved that the nomination of
Gen. Jas. L. Kemper lie unanimous
(Applause.) Adjourned till 10 a. m.
LATER.
The Convention opened this mornim,
with prayer by Rev. i>r. J. li. Jeter, 0 |
the Baptist Church.
A committee of three was appointed to
wait on Col. Robt. E. Withers to iuvito
him to a privileged seat, and to ascertain
if he will consent to accept the nomina
tion for Lieutenant Governor.
During the absence of the committee
Colonel S. lveetro, of Alieghaitey, sialeii
that the Convention has not approached
Colonel Withers properly, aud he had i,u
doubt that if they desired him to serve ou
the ticket, they should nominate him i, v
acclamation, aud then ascertain if i(„
would accept.
j Amid tlie applause which ensued Gen
J. M. Walker, of Pulaski, the most promi
nent candidate for nomination for Lieu,
tenant Governor, took the stand and stated
that although not a delegate he desired
the indulgence of the convention m
second the nomination of Col. Withers
which he proceeded to do in graceful ami
eloquent language, withdrawing his own
name.
At this stage of the proceedings Col,
Withers, accompanied by the Committee
made his appearance in the building and
was greeted with enthusiasm—the Con
vention en masse rising and cheering him
to the echo.
Upon reaching the platform, Colouel
Withers being introduced, said he felt
his total incapacity of giving expression
to his feelings. When first approached
upon the subject of accepting the second
position he peremptorily declined, al
though he intended to use every emotion
of his heart and every effort of his intel
lect to promote, as lie had heretofore
done, the success of the Conservative
cause. When he came to the building
his mind had not changed, and he still
expected to decline, but when friend after
friend approached him, and lie was lie
seiged with earnest requests to serve his
people, he could hold out no longer, and
must surrender. If he would listen to
his heart and feelings he would still re
fuse, but was willing to work any where
and in any' position to defeat the enemies
of the Conservative party in Virginia.
The enthusiasm which ensued was of
the wildest description, delegates and
spectators joining in tremendous and con
tinuous applause.
A similar attempt made to nominate
Col. Jno. Walker, who had withdrawn his
name in favor of Gol. Withers, for the
office of Attorney General, hut Col.
Walker positively declining, the attempt
failed.
P. W. McKinney, of Prince Edwards
county, and Hon. R. S. Daniels, of Rich
mond, were then nominated for Attorney
General aud their several claims and mer
its ably endorsed.
LATEST.
The correct name of Jas. M. Walker, of
Pulaska, is Gen. James H. Walker.
General J. JI. Williams, of Frederick
county, D. J. Goodwin, of Portsmouth,
and Gen. James H. Walker were also
nominated. All the candidates were en
dorsed in speeches which consumed sev*
eral hours, when finally the rolls of coun
ties was ordered to be called, resulting as
follows: Williams aud Goodwin having
declined, the whole number of votes cast
118,541, of which Daniel received 40,-
230, Walker 38,604, McKenney 53,701.
A number of counties changed votes sol.
idly to Daniel, when a motion was made
that his nomination be unanimous, which
was carried amid great applause.
Mr. Daniel responded in a stirring
speech, after which a recess was taken
till 8 o’clock p. m. when a platform will
be reported.
The utmost harmony' aud good feeling
prevailed during the day and the proceed
ings were conducted amid much entbii
siasm.
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Hon. Win. Allen Accepts.
Columbus, Ohio, August 7. Senator
Thurman made a brief speech, predicting
the success of a clean Democratic ticket.
Mr. Allen, in a dispatch accepting the
I nomination, say's:
“I accept the nomination and desire
I the convention to accept my gratitude for
it. I accept, because the convention, by
bestowing it, expresses the belief that f
may be of some service in promoting the
success of the great Democracy, upon
whose success, and upon that alone, rests
the prosperity, liberty and happiness of
the American people.
“(Signed) Wm. Allen."
VIENNA EXPOSITION.
Report on United States Branch.
Washington, August 8. — The full re
port of the special committee ou the
abuses of the United States branch of the
Vienna Exposition has been received here.
The conclusions are the opposite of com
plimentary to Geu. Van Bitten and his
| confidential assistant, Geu. Mayer, and
j some of their subordinates.
i UNITE It STATES AND ED It DIGS
PO HE its.
\ Washington, August 8. —The Govern
ment has received no official communica
tions from Great Britian relative to the
Manitaba difficulty and, contrary to
report, has taken no action whatever in
the premises. Nor has the Government
received any communication from Spanish
represeufiatives concerning the action of
United States officers iu relation to the
protection of the Virginias.
The German Minister has been officially
informed on grounds of the conclusion of
our Government in the Vogt case, and
further, that at the expiration of a certain
time Vogt will lie discharged from cus
tody.
RILLED BY AN ALAR AM IAN.
Washington, Aug. 8. —Hassey, who
was stabbed at a Sangerfest by young
Stoller, of Alabama, Is dead. Stoller has
not been arrested.
SAXTANTA AND RIG TREE.
New York, August 5. — A Washington
special says the council at Fort Sill, upon
the question of the release of Satanta and
Big Tree, has been postponed till October
owing to the absence of the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, among tribes of the
Northwest. In the meantime Satantu and
Big Tree will be taken to Fort Sill, there
to await the result of the council, to sat
isfy the Kiowas that their distinguished
chiefs are living, of which they now in
sinuate grave doubts.
PItOOE FOR THE TICHBORNI.
CLAIMANT.
New Yoke, August 8. —Whatley, a mem
ber of the British Parliament, who arrived
in this city Wednesday, told a reporter
yesterday he came to obtain testimony
favorable to the claimant to the Tieh
borne title and estate. He says a man
appeared in England about three weeks
ago, who pretended to have been the
steward on board the Osprey, which picked
tip the boat containing the claimant. He
gave evidence of speaking the truth, and
corroborated important testimony already
given on the trial. He thought it advise
ble to come over and see if he could
find corroborative proof.
C. It EA T ERA PI) IN TEA.
New Yobk, August B.—A gigantic .swin
dle has been brought to light in the prepa
ration for sale of over nine thousand
chests of damaged tea. The tea is pa rl
of the cargo of the steamer Petersburg
wrecked off the Bermudas. Fart ies who
bought the damaged tea at a government
auction sale have been doctoring and pre
paring it for some time in a West street
malt house, to foist, upon the market
when a favorable opportunity offered.
'The attention of the health board has been
directed to the matter.
MORE AID POR CPHA.
New York, August B.—The Cubans ol
this city are preparing anotherexpeditnon
to land arms and ammunition on Cuban
soil, by steamer Virgiuius. It is said tni
will be the largest one yet attempted.
ANOTHER HO AT RACI
New Yobk, August B.—Articles °*
agreement for a boat race have bee
drawn up and signed by John A lug
of New York, and George Brown, of Ha
fax, one thousand dollars a side, to
rowed at Halifax, August 28th.