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The Daily Herald.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1873.
THE HERALD PCBUBH06 COMPANY
ALEX. ST. CLAIR-ABRAMS,
HENRY W. GRADY,
It. A. ALSTON,
Editors and Manager.
THE APPROACHING MlNlCIPAL
NOMINATIONS.
HOW IT IS DONE.
THE TERMS of the HERALD are ss follow* :
DAILY, 1 Year $10 00 | WEEKLY, 1 Year...$2 00 j
DAILY, 6 Mentha..
5 oo | weekly, 6 Months l co Democrats of Atlanta.
DAILY, 3 Mentha... 2 50 | WEEKLY, 3 Months
DAILY, 1 Month 1 00 |
Advertisements Inserted at moderate rates. Sub- whatever in our municipal contests is a de-
icriptiorfi and advertisement* ‘nvariably in advance.
The inquiry has been made, “What is
meant by ‘locking up greenbacks.”' It is
done in this way. A. has a million of ready
money. He desires to depress stocks by
making money scarce. He goes to B. and
says “You have a hundred thousand dollars in
your safe. I want the use of it for thirty
days. Lock the money in your safe and give
me the key and here is your interest on
it.” In this way A. can soon lock
That there should be auy party devisions j np a great deal of money. He then
goe3 into the market and buys stocks,
Although the Herald is not the organ of
any poetical party, yet as all its sympathies
aro with the Democracy, and as there is no
contingency nnder which it would or could
I aid in the election of any of the gang of Far
row and other Radical creatures to office, we
— ! feel ourselves authorized to make some sug
gestions and to offer some advice to the
MONEY FLUTTER.
THE
PRESIDENT WRITES
LETTER.
He Advises the Banks to
Adopt a Liberal
Policy.
HERALD PUBLISHING CO.,
Drawer 23 Atlanta, Georgia.
Office cz Alabama Street, near Broad.
; plorable necessity due only to the tact that and with these stocks as eollatteral security, Teto.oot on Hondo +a Yia
the materiel nf whieh the Ha^iral rirtr ! he Call keen UD the DrOCeSS Of lockiu" Until the ; nar g e interest 011 conus .U ue
Paid-
: the material of which the Radical party ! he can keep up the process of locking until the | •
is concerned renders any sort of affiliation market is so depressed as to enable him to
Jin. T. J. Bcuket is the only authorized I with » impossible. But while we recoguize ; purchase at a figure that assures him a good
Travelling Agent of the Herald.
! this necessity for a party nomination, as
Democrats ourselves, we must frankly say
I that we shall not be bound by the nomina-
• tions of men unfit to hold office It is ai-
profit, when the money is turned loose. In ;
this way the money* of the moneyed men of j
New York have contributed to keep up this
panic, in order to get possession of our cot- j
“Citizen ’ suggests to us in a communica
tion, who^e length rules it out, thatthe j ways an ungrateful task to oppose the nomi- ton crop. We, therefore, advise our farmers
nominatioua for ci “_ ce ” t I nees of a part}- organization. An independ- ; to send enough cotton to market to pay their
ent ticket of Democrats engenders animosi-
debts, and either store it or sell it, and then
poned until the Registry list is complete.
This for the purpose of preventing the fraud-, provoke harsh language and disturbs 1 keep the balance until this excitement passes,
s J\ ard of the voters of ; ’ 1 % ° . 1
, the amity of the party. \V e recognize these
MORE SUSPENSIONS.
Money Coming From Kup
land.
Charleston, September 29. 1873.
At the clo«e of business to-dsy mil the banks had re.
ceived more money than they paid out, but currency
is scarce.
Assistant Secretary Sawyer telegraphs to the Presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce that Charleston will
have all the relief afforded other places.
Augusta, September 29,187 i.
All of the banks have resumed currency payments,
but the cot'on market continues dull and nominal—
only 52 bales sold to-day.
Savannah, September 20,1873
The Merchants, National and Anderson, banker,
continue to pay currency.
.Charlotte, N. C., September 2*.*, 1873.
Th? banks are paying as usual to move cotton.
Patterson, N. J., September 29,1873.
The Grant Locomotive Works have discharged a
hundred and seventy-five men, the Denforth works
one hundred.
Cairo, III., September 20, 1873.
MACON DEPARTMENT.
H, C. STEVEMOM - - - -
MACON, GA., MONDAY,
- - CITY EDITOR.
SEPT. 28, 1873
Oar Ofltre.
The Branch Office of the Herald is on
Cherry street, over Helfrich’s confectionery
store. Parties desiring to subscribe for or
advertise in the Herald, will always find
some one in the office to attend to their
wants.
Latest from THontgomery.
A special to the Herald Bureau to-nig h*
from Eufaula. leport the excitement
from yellow fever in Montgomery unabated.
It is said that there have been many new cases an ’
The bank, hi re hav, suspended currency payment. four deatha sluca saturJ.y, auJ the .umpedc from
ulent pouring into one
another Ward, whose detection would be im . ., ... e
. , . , . , i \ t> i facts, and to avoid them will go as far as any-
posible without a complete and orderly Regis-1 . . /
1 hniiv in sacriticino DPrsonal oreft^renres for
try li3t.
inWard nominations might see some justice
in this suggestion.
It seems to us that those interested , bod - v ia s«erifici n g personal preferences for
' the sake of concord.
Still it is best to say plainly, that if men
j are nominated who, in our opinion, cannot
rt\G 1 8 overn the city properly, we shall not snp-
! port them. And if such men are brought for-
| ward, and an independent ticket, composed
If City Marshal Thomas' declarations of the , of Democrats who can better manage our
It is the duty of the farmer to stand up to
his commission merchant, for if he is sent to
the wall, the guano merchant from whom he
buys guano, has to go also, and he forces the
collection of crop liens and thus disaster will
become widespread.
, 1S73.
I letter \
3IAHSHAI* THOMAS AGAIN
HIS FOOT INTO IT.
purity of his motives in making the changes municipal affairs, we shall support such inde- i
in the Ward police contain no more truth pendent ticket, even though a host of infuri-
than his assertion, published ina paper of Sun- ated “regulars,” howl out that we are no bet- 1
day, that we had refused to publish his reply j ter Lh an Radicals, and a dozen cr so of little j
to the report which appeared in Saturday's ; brained fellows yell out “6top our paper!"
Herald, we do not believe that Lieutenant j i u saying this, we are aware that our clever • i
In the report of our interview with Lieut.
Bomar the types make us speak of a Mr.
M— as the gentleman in whose interest the
changes of policemen were made. Some peo
ple have supposed that reference was made to
Alderman Morris; when, in fact, that gentle-1
man’s name was not even mentioned in the i
** j interview and he was not referred to at all. |
The letter got into the report by a typograph- j
Bomar or Alderman Young need fear his card. | friends of the First Ward Democratic Club j error * _ , , _
The mendacity of this man will be seen when j have “resolved” that it is “at variance with the
we state that we have not had any|communica- j true principles of Democracy” to bolt. What
tion whatever with or from Marshal Thomas ' their idea of these “true principles” is we do
last, at which lime j no t know, but we do not remember to have seen
the subject of bolting discussed in the works
WAS NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.
since Thursday evenin;
we received, and published next morning,
card from him. On Saturday night, we learn i 0 f Jefferson. We do remember to have seen
from the reporters, that he called daring our some absurd statements of what the “true j
absence, and was requested to return. This | principles” of Democracy are. The late Mr. j
he did not do, but went to the office ofanoth- j Greeley, for instance, declared that “Free j
, It is proper to state that Col. B. D. Lny’s
j telegram from Opelika to the editors of the
j Herald, announcing his movements, and
; especially his visit to Columbus, was not in
tended for publication. It
private, and published through
ence.
a marked
inad veri
er paper, published his card there and charg
ed us with refusing to open our columns to
him.
As an evidence that we are always ready to
publish the statements of any person assailed
in the Herald, we give Marshal Thomas’ card
this morning, and exercise our right to criti
cise it Opening with denouncing our inter
views with Lieutenant Bomar and Alderman
Young as being “crowded” with falsehoods,
it does not disprove a single statement made
by those gentlemen. On the contrary, some
parts of the card are an open confession
of the truth of Lieut Bomar’s charge. In the
statement given by Marshal Thomas in the
Herald of Friday, he say3 that Mr, Mecaslin
first wrote him a letter, and that the Polico
Committee next sent him a peremptory order,
but nowhere does he say that this “perempto-
iy” order was of his own getting np, until
Lieut. Bomar makes known the fact. Then,
and not till then, does he admit it. Indeed,
Marshal Thomas personally requested us to
editorially state that we had seen the orders
and were satisfied we had done him injustice.
We declined to accede to hi9 request until we
had made further investigations. These were
made, and the facts developed as stated.
In his second card Marshal Thomas repeats
that he received a note from Alderman Me
caslin, but he dodges the statement made by
Lieutenant Bomar that this note was ob
tained on representations made by him to the
Alderman, who refused to sign the order.
He nowhere denies that Alderman Mecaslin
refused to sign that order which be got up
himself.
Why he wrote out the order himself was,
he says, because he found he would have a
collision with Lieutenant Bomar. Had
Marshal Thomas been performing a duty be
longing to him would there have been any
danger of his subordinate refusing to obey
him? Had he possessed the right of chang
ing and locating the officers would Lieutenant
Bomar have ventured to disobey him? And
if he had disobeyed a proper order was it not
an easy. matter to have preferred charges
ag .inst him?
Again, if “ repeated complaints from citi
zens against the police for failure to attend to
the duties they are required to do ” had been
made, why docs not Marshal Thomas explain
the i eason that no charges were formally pre
ferred against the men. He is responsible
for their good government, and in failing to
investigate the complaints, preferring charges
and having the offending men removed, he
has been derelict in the discharge of his du
ties.
It may be that the^charge of politics having
anything to do with the changes is false.
We do insist, however, that the entire busi
ness has a suspicious appearance. Marshal
Thomas fays that he called three times at
Alderman Langston’s store, but could not
find him, and that he visited Alderman Mc
Duffie’s office and could not find him either.
Did, it never strike the Marshal that both are
educated men, and that a written notifica
tion would have informed them of the com
mittee’s meeting ? It is really sad to think of
all the trouble he took hunting np these gen
tlemen and then not to find them! So far as
his assertion is concerned that Alderman
Young was “promptly invited,” we
are authorized by that gentleman to say that
he was nothing of the kind.
No doubt Marshal Thomas is ready and
willing to “dismiss the anbjoct for good,”
but we are not He says that “the public is
not interested.” We say that the public are
interested. If it was what Mr. Thomas did
nobody would be interested. But Marshal
Thomas is a different personage entirely.
He is an official, entrusted with formidable
powers, and if he misuses them the poblic
desire to know it If Marshal Thomas has
been attempting to use the police force in
the interest of certain candidates, even
though such candidates were men of our
choice, we would unhesitatingly condemn
him and hold him unfit for any official place.
We are not writing in the interest of any
man or set of meu, but we aim to effect a re
form that will place tbe police entirely out
side of political influences and put an end to
the disgraceful wire-pulling, intriguing and
electioneering which nn witnessed every
year in Atlanta.
BOUYANT AGAIN.
THE SITUATION IN THE
CITY.
COTTON
HEELED AND
, BUYER
THE
BANKS ALL FULL.
James’ Certificates Work
ing Like a Charm
rum, and plenty of it,” was the truest of all
the principles of th® Democracy, and that the
next truest was that “every man had a right
to wallop his own nigger.” We are somewhat
inclined to the opinion that the resolution on
bolting must be placed in the same category
with these suppositions “true principles.” i
But to the point.
Having defined our position and our an i> j
ty to see a ticket nominated that every Dem- j
ocrat can cheerfully support, we now advise j EVER^
the Democrats of Atlanta to make a change
in the manner of nominating candidates.
The time selected by some of the wards for
nominating is too far off from the day of elec
tion. We know it is claimed that all the
wards have been thoroughly “canvassed;” but
have they been canvassed by the men
best able to govern the city? Have such men
as Col. R. F. Maddox, Capt. JohnKeely, Maj.
A. Leyden, R. U. Young and twenty others
we could name, really left their business more
than two months ago to solicit the support
of the voters? We know they have not. It
is not venturing too much td say that most of
the canvassing has been done by the profes
sional politician, and if these are to be the
nominees we want none of them.
We advise against any nominations on the
11th of October, because the time is too far
from the day of election. We also advise
that instead of each ward nominating its
candidates for aldermen, a City Convention
be called to select an entire ticket. If this
is done harmony and unity in the party will
be preserved and a good set of men selected.
Delegates can be chosen from each ward, and
the Convention can be held say in the third
week of November, which will give ample
time for a full canvass.
Nobody can object to this proposition ex
cept the ward politicians, and their wire
pullers. It is the only method of obtaining I Altogether tho situation is v*ry bright and we may
a full and fair expression of opinion from the 1 expect a tremendous trado this week.
The city was lively yesterday, with the resumption of
trade, and everything wore the usual Atlanta aspect:
bustling, hopeful, bouyant!
Early in the morning it became known that the
banks wore again in a condition to accommodate the
business public, and that every cotton buyer bad
plenty of money to more tbe cotton with. The staple
had a bouyant tendency all day and as cotton rose,
men’s laces grew brighter, and trade grew brisker.
JAMES’ LOAN CERTIFICATES.
The plan of issuing loan certificates, adopted by Mr.
James, worked like a charm. Early on Monday morn
ing his depositors sought his paying teller's desk and
checked out the bright and crisp certificates. They
were taken readily by the merchants, and no difficulty
was experienced in buying anything with them that
the holders desired. Iu one case that we happen to
know of, $ 70 was drawn by a depositor, and it paid five
debts before we lost sight of it.
Mr. James only intends to issue $12,000 or $15,0CO
of these certificates, and authorizes us to say that
where parties who have any amount of them desire it,
they can by bringing them to the bank and depositing
them draw interest upon them. The merchants with
out exception, we believe, take them readily for debts
or goods.
people of the entire city. It is also the only
plan that can silence discontent and unite the
Democrats. We urge it because it is fair and
because we know that there is widespread J
dissatisfaction with the manner in which mu- I
nicipal nominations are now made. Men i
who were last year the strongest advocates of i
Personal.
Vanderbilt takes life easy.
Now is a splendid time to advertise.
Bret Harte is in the sere and yellow leaf of
his career.
Laura Fair’s insanity is no louger doubted.
the “regular ticket,” are to-day loudest in the | has taken to writing poetry,
expression of a purpose not to obey the party
whip unless good and true men are selected.
Let Democrats of all shades and classes
thoughtfully consider the situation of the city,
and the necessity for our electing men who
can govern us wisely and economically. Wo
care not who the men may be—whether mer
chants or mechanics or professional men—so
that they be honest men and capable—men
who understand that economy means the
keeping of our expenditures within our in
come, and who de not seek office for the sake
of its jobs and its patronage—we will support
them most heartily. Such men we feel san
guine will be nominated if our suggestion is
acted upon, and we submit it to the Democra
cy of the city for their consideration.
THE ATLANTA PAPER MILLS.
We copy from the Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Times
the following article, which we most heartily
endorse. For the past eight months the Her
ald has been printed exclusively on the pa
per of the mills referred to, and it has given
us complete fatisfaction. We regard the pa
per as the best manufactured at the South:
A firs! rat® article of paper upon which to print •
newspaper is very desirable to have, but, as we have
found by experience, quite hard to get. We have pret
ty well run tbe round of tbe paper mills in the South,
and after a fair trial of the manufacture of each, we
are disposed to give the preference, by a good deal, to
the paper produced at tbe Atlanta Mills. It is clear
of substantial fabric, and receives and retains the im
pression of the types with remarkable distinctness.
The present issue of our paper Is printed on this pa-
Mr. Loftia, of Sheltonville, complains to
us that when his Herald—on which be dotes
—gets to him, it is torn open and nearly worn
out, by aUndestine bands that have thumbed
it for hungry eyes. Now, we don’t object to
Uncle Sam's Postmasters’ acquiring knowl
edge; in fact, all things considered, we are in
favor of it. But wo don’t like our subscrib
ers’ being kept wailing till they have spelt
all through it. 8o the man who does it will
please—e’e n’t'
Dr. Osgood still supplies the place of G. W.
Curtis in Harper's Magazine.
La Lanterne, patterned after the paper that
Rochefort made so famous in tbe days of the
Empire, is a French addition to New Orleans
journalism.
English editorial writers should take a turn
an American journalism. Writing one lead
ing article a day is a feat accomplished by
but few of them.
The next needed invention is one to stop
people from running out of places of amuse
ment while the performance is closing. It is
an intolerable nuisanc e.
Helinesaid of the elder Dumas: “His head
is an inn where good ideas often enter, but
where they never remain over night, Very
olten it is quite empty.”
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com,
pauy of Boston will visit tbeir commander!
Major Ben Perley Poore, on the occasion o
their fall field day. They will have anything
but a poor reception.
A rumor, doubtless unfounded, is preval
ent that Murat Halstead, of the Cincin
nati Commercial, has been endeavoring, dur
ing his late visit to New York, to buy a whole
or part of the World newspaper.
The Grand Lodge of the United States of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in
session in Baltimore last week, was a very in
telligent body of men. The following are the
occupations that were represented: Physi-
cians, 5; lawyers, 24; farmers, 2; mayor, 1;
clergyman, 1; printers, 7; jewellers, 2; secre
taries, 2; manufacturers, 3; bank clerk, 1; in
surance secretaries, 2; druggist, 1; dentists,
3; artist, 1; magistrate, 1; editors, 9; photo
grapher, 1; merchants, 18; dyer, 1; steward,
1; agents, 4; builders, 2; judges, 2; bakers,
2; shoe cutter, 1; cashier, 1; blacksmith, 1;
hotel keeper, I; real estate dealer, 1; me
chanic, 1; clerks, 2; undertakers, 2; land
dealer, 1; superintendent, 1; clerk of court,
1; broker, 1; restaurant keeper, 1; mail agent,
1; postmaster, 1; bookbinder, 1; carpenter, 1;
receiver of taxes, 1; book-keeper, 1; cooper,
1; watch.maker, 1; no occupation, 1; postal
■»', Septciu'
aittsn to-day:
Executive Mansion,
Washington, September 28,1873.
To Messrs. !/. B. Clafflin and Charles L. Anthony:
Gentlemen*—In response to the Dews you have com
municated to me touching the present stringency in
the money market of the country, and the necessary
steps to restore confidence and legitimate trade and
commerce, I hwe the honor to comnmnicite the fol
lowing:
The Government is desirous of doing all in its pow -
er to relieve the present unsettled condition of busi
ness affairs, which is holding hack the immense re-
SDUrces of the country, now awaiting transportation to
tho seaboard and a market. Confidence on the[
part of the people is the first thing needed to
relieve this condition and to avert the threatened de
struction of business, with its accompanying disasters
to all classes of the people To re-establish this
feeling, tbe government is willing to take all legal
measures in its command, but it is evident that no
government efforts will avail without the active co
operation of the banks and moneyed corporations of
the country. With the fourteen millions of dollars
already paid out in tbe purchase of the government
indebtedness, and the withdrawal of their large de
posits from the treasury, the banks are now strong
enough to adopt a liberal policy on their part, and by
a generous system of discounts to sustain the busi
ness interests of the country. Should such a course
be pursued the forty-four millions of reserve will be
considered as money in the treasury to meet the de
mands of the public necessities as the circumstances
of the country may require. Close atteution will
be given to the course pursued by those who
have the means at the.r command of rendering all the
aid necessary to re»tore trade to its proper channels
and condition. With a view of strengthening the
hands of those who carry out tho measures above in
dicated orders have already been issued for the pre
payment of the interest accruing in November.
C. 8. Grant.
United States coupons maturing November 1st will
be paid on and after Monday, September 23th, upon a
rebate of interest at the rate of three per cent, per
annum. The banks held a meeting to-night and con
firmed the action of last night. A committee of six
were apnointed who will certify to the checks of each.
The banks holding aloof are the Bank of Washing
ton, Bank of the Republic and the Farmers' and
Mechanics’.
Georgetown & Bigg®, members of the combination,
are confident that the above banks will be forced into
a compromise before Monday night.
New York, September 29, 1873.
According te the resolutions of the stock board, no
member is absolved from the rules. Members who
were solvent at the close of the board failing to com
ply with contracts then existing, shall be declared
insolvent. Contracts shall be settled by certified
checks through cleating houses.
No demand for greenbacks or currency shall be al
lowed.
The November interest on disbursement, which
commences to-day, amounts to nearly $13,000,000,
most of which is held abroad.
New York, September 28,1873.
The amount of money w’hlch will be brought into
market by the action of the Secretary of the Treasury,
in paying interest on coupon bonds, is estimated at
$10,000,000, but as most of these bonds are held in
Europe, the relief from them will not be felt for some
The amount which will result from the payment of
interest’on registered bonds will be about $4,000,000.
Kegisteied bonds are nearly all held in this country.
The president of the First National Bank here
urges the immediate resumption of apecie payment,
on the ground that such action will immediately add
$80,000,000 of positvie relief to the currency lof the
country.
Gold closed at 12 1 ,'. The governing committee of
the Stock Exchange met again at three o’clock this
evening and it was decided that on the resumption of
business to-morrow a committee® be appointed to
whom all claims be referred, and sales under the rule
if necessary will be made privately instead of publicly,
but three days grace be granted before the cases go
into the hands of the committee.
Glenham & Co, GO years eld, extensive woolen mills,
suspended.
Wall and Broad streets are comparatively quiet to
day. There are the usual gatherings of outside deal
ers in stocks on tne walks and in the street, and some
few sales have been made; no excitement, however.
Regular brokers have been arranging thoir affairs at
tbeir offices, preparatory for to-morrow’s opening at
the stock exchange. The feeling generally is hope
ful. It is anticipated, however, that there may be
quite a number of small firms who will be unable to
meet their obligations, even under the rules adopted
by the governing committee to-day, and doubJnas
several, within the next three days, will be sold out
under the rule*.
There is, however, no panicky feeling, and there
seems to be a general disposition to make all settle
ments as easy as possible under the circumstances.
Money oould be obtained this afternoon on stocks at
7 per cent, per annum. The highest rate paid was
per cent, per day premium. Exchange quiet at 5>£ for
prime nanker’s bills for sixty days; six and a half for
short sight. 8)me ealos were as low as 4* 4 to 5 ; com
mercial bills 3 and some lower. Cable transfers 7 to
71' this evening, and there was more activity, an im
provement consequent on the anticipated action ot
the banks with a view to buying
sterling. This action was as follows:
At a meeting this evening of the clearing house as
sociation, Messrs. Dowesand Humphreys, in behalf of
tho produce exchange, made the following proposi
tion: That the clearing house association appoint a
commitieo of five, representing as many different
banks, to buy commercial bills, with bills of
lading attached, and make a requisition on the
loan committee lor the Issue of clearing house certifi
cates for the benefit ot shippers. The proposition
was referred to the loan committee which will proba
bly report to-morrow.
Money closed to-day at seven.
Charleston, Septem her 29. 1873.
At s meeting of the Chamber of Commerce this
morning, which included the largest assemblage of
bankers and business men that hat met in Charleston
for many years, the following was unani
mously adopted as an indication of a
policy thought most likely to facilitate
the movement of Southern produce to mar
ket, to enable Southern debtors to settle promptly
with tbeir Northern creditors, thus relieving tbe
money pressure around: Resolved, that the President
be instructed to prepare a memorial to the Pres
ident of the United States and the Secretary of
Philadelphia, September 29, 1873.
The bank presidents and stock brokers say they will
do nothing to cause tbe decline of securities at the
Stock Board. The bondholders are caring for them
selves. Meanwhile the products of the country are
not at the depots.
Charleston, Sept. 29,1*73. i
A better feeling prevailed at the close of business on j
Saturday, the national banks Laving received a large
amount of gieenbackg on deposit. They paid out iu
I checks. No suspensions have occurred bryond those
I announced on Friday.
New Haven, September 29,l->73.
j Several large factories are unable to get currency to
! pay the hands and have stopped a week.
Harrisburg, Sei tember 29, 1973.
5 The National Savings banks have suspended cur-
j rency paymeuts.
Canton, III., September 28, 1873,
! The banks havs suspended.
Havana, September 29, 1873.
1 There is a panicky feeling here among the bankers
{ and merchants.
Philadelphia, September 29,1873.
Benjamin Bullock A Soot, wool dealeis, have failed.
London, September 29,187.1.
Three brokers have failed on account of the Erie
decline.
Charlottsyille, Va , September 29,1873.
In consequence of the money crisis in the cit es.
the city has been well nigh universal. A cordou ha-
been drawn around Eufaula and Montgomery. Train-,
are stopped three miles from the city.
Express messenger Calhoun last night ran the bl-Vk
ade, and delivered his valuables, but was arrested and
conducted back into the woods.
The train to Columbus has not yet been interrupted.
So far as known, no refugees have reached Macon.
No person whatever is allowed to Eufaula fron.
Montgomery. S.
A Uraml Mystery.
A BLOODY ISHfBT AND TORS COAT.
On Sunday morning as officer Grace was ou his way
home from the police bariacks, he stumbled on evi
dences of a sanguino nature of a tragedy, or a aerioua
; lencountre, iu the shape of a homespun shirt literally
i covered with blood from collar band to tail.
One rip in a seam. was detected, and what was pro
nounced a knife cut in the right a:m.
The largest splotch of blood W38 ou the right front,
j but no cut being found there, it was thought that L ?
j bad been hit ou the head.
A little way down the sidewalk, tnere was also pick.
; od up the remains of a broadcloth coat, nearly new,
j and of the claw-hammer or spike-tail pattern. There
were about teu piece* of it lyin j in a pile—the pocket
| being also torn completely away from it. This was
; first found by Mr. Sessions, tbe watchman at tbe Fac-
: tory, and what surprised him more was, the absence
the Universities have made arrangements for credits ! of anything like noise or confusion iu that neighb;
to all students temporarily embarrassed by the same.
New York, September 29, 1873.
Jay Gould thinks the panic is over.
London, September 29,1873.
Half a million sterling for America is engaged this
week.
The demand for discounts at tli-v bank and ,in tbe
street ia heavy at five per cent. £$28,900 were drawn
from the Bank of England to-day, whereof £121,000
goes to America—the balance to Germany,
St. Louis, September -9, 1873.
Curry A Kiihy, at Jefferson Cily. and two banking
| houses at Chillicothc, have suspended.
New York September 29, 1873.
Noon—Affa’ra mere settled. Cousiderab’e doing in
stocks. Western Union, 03 asked.
hood throngbout thei
Ma ks in the sand were found above the factory
wall, and some blood in two or three places near were
all the evidences brought to light so far.
We passed by there Sunday after breakfast, and
beyond the factory towards town we noticed a strange
looking personage leaning against a fence very elos*
by observing all that weut on in front of the factory
He was a perfect stranger, and indifferently and
roughly dressed. We conjectured that from his ac
tions he knew something of tbe affair. The police
took charge of the bloody shirt and the remains of
j the coat, deposited them in the factory office, and
i began the investigation of the affair.
College of American Medicine anil Star*
gery.
l)y au advertisement published to-day, it will La
A Tia- j • x* * -j seen that this institution, located at Macon, has a fu.;
Murderer’s Theory of Suicide corp , of proper, in >u , n4 th.t iu th-
tieth annual session will commence on the first Mon
day in November. Quoting from a circular before us
“ This college now, as it has ever done from its foun
William S. Pattee was a wandering clock-
cleaner in New Hampshire. He had had two
wives, and the last one bad been dead only a , .. J J ® J ...
month, when he went wooing the w.dow ' , prinep r, wh.ch .r
Jackson, who had broad acres near tbe pleas-1 now ^ op ed by *“ >» ntea.cme of ev
ant Village of Ashland. The widow Jackson i rry Kb ° o1 - “ sbowD »> ever >' **7 observation.' w
was a good woman, »ud having an ample , h0 P* »“ the readers of the Heeacd will give the
competence and no cares, her friends | nouncen:i e n t published tc-day ctiefnl perusal,
thought it very strange that she
should entertain such a vagabond
as Pattee. She not only received hi i
visits, but married him and took him
into her home. The marriage took place just
two months after the death of the last Mrs.
Pattee. There was an ante-nuptial contract
between them, each agreeing that after mar
riage neither should attempt any control’of
’Possum Hunting with
S llolUe.
vv CntUoiic Chunh.
We saw tho desigus to-day for a neat co ^'.r- - v
in process of erection at Btthney. Georgia. ’
town on the Central railroad. Many ot >
have extended material aid to it.
Personal.
We met at the Brown House, Sunday
Wilson Carr, the enterprising and wide-
„ I | ponden* of that old »ud sterling jour a*. »b - ‘i
the property Of the other. Pattee joined the | more American. He will be in your c ; . .
church, and Mrs. Pattee really believed he two.
had become religious. He may have been ! t»*oim
virtuous, but he was by no means happy, for |
Mrs. Pattee insisted upon the sole manage-!
ment of her property according to agreement. ; Per ** mniona 1,61x58 about ri P® 'J
Mr. Pattee’s newly acquired religion did not 0De ot our ^ festive youths
aid him in cancelling the contract in regard 1 wou ^ 8° hunting last Saturday nigh
to the property. He bad either to remain a su PP er > he called up “Old Growler,” wt . * ) i.t
pensioner on his wife, or resume his old vaga- M I ~ ~ ■
bond trade of clock cleaning. His proud
spirit was to be subjected to neither humil
iation.
One morning he called upon his nearest
neighbor, apparently in great distress, and
announced that his wife was missing. He
feared that she had committed suicide. The
neighbors soon collected and searched the
house. They finally came to a closet, the
the best ’possum dog in the county,
tation. Indeed, if he can’t catch ‘possu r » .t i
for any one te go ’possum hunting.
At first Growler intentionally knew that tbe seas: -
gnats and files was about over, and that he was to be
given a chance to practice hit specialty, the old folks
went to bed, and Growler and his young master start
ed. Bat instead of going to the persimmon grove.-,
just outside the city, the young man weut to the near
est grocery, where he got a lunch neatly put ur
testing
door of which they opaned, and there was i ia a blKt bottle. After k-.uob ..
the dead body of Mrs. Pattee hanging to a ; thoroughly, he again got under way and progressed as
hook. It was observed that there were sus-' u . town pump, where plenty of -po-um, are
ptcious marks about her mouth, and two of ! „ After „ lt ,n R half an hour, Growler
her teeth were broken. There was also some- . . ...
thing suspicious about the language and be-! co “ c . ,ude V
havior of Pattee. The neighbors who assem-1 in j‘" and wcnt b,ck bcme ' The of i|'
bled and saw all tbe circumstances, had but : party
5 tried by the police, and the Mayor fined :
1 he Yellow fever at Montgomery.
clerk, 1;‘United States revenue aervice, 1; «*• Treaaur,. , . tk *. e * mUr *.
express superintendent. 1; carriage maker, 1; * * - •*-• “ *
publisher, I ; radroid officer. 1; town clerk, 1.
George Francis Train has imitated Ned
BuDtline, Buffalo Bid, and Texas Jack. The
following advertisement appears in the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican of Wednes
day: “Opera House. Siturday eveuiug, Sep
tember 27. One night only. George Fmnci-
Train, in the great Irinh drama, ’Erin A-
Chorra; or, The Man from America "
place and maintain on deposit with the MSisUot
Treasurer *t c harleston tho turn of $5<X),UOO, to be
used by him in the purchase irom the bank* of ex
change on New York, and that *uch memorial be for
ward* d at once to Washington in the name of the
Chamber «’t Commerce of Charleston.
Reaoi veil. Tb«t meanwhile the President of
this cbatul er be authorized to forward the aubstau.-e
«tul purpose of Mich memorial by telegraph to the
l-r-tpei pei huh in Washington.
one thought, that Pattee had murdered his ten and c08t8 for huntin * ll P° n ™*rved grounds
wife, and that he had then tried the suicide . ' "" "* *
dodge to hide his crime. He was closely
watched. He soon became aware of the sur
veillance, and at the first opportunity slipped
away. Then the authorities started after him,
and finally cornered and took him mto custo
dy. He was very much frightened and made
a confession of his crime. He had choked
his wife to death by cramming his hand in
her mouth and his finger down her throat,
and with the other hand holding her nose
tightly so that she could not breathe. She
became quiet, and he thought she had only
fainted, but as she did not recover concluded
she was dead. He then hung her up in the
closet. According to his own statement he
did not mean to kill her, but having done it
he became terrified, aud contrived the above quarantine wa* established against Montgomery. No
shallow plan of concealment. There are also ! passenger was allowed to come into the city
strong suspicions that his former wife did ! from that direction. The trains were stopped
THE WILDEST
Dispatches to the Hkuald Macon Bureau, tuis (Sun
day night), from Eufaula and Columbu9, report a
panic in Montgomery in consequence of the yellow
fever in its worst form. It 3eems that several day *
since a family of Swedes arrived there from Shreve
port, seven in number, and that scon after their ar
rival they were all taken down fatally. From this the
disease spread. “At the moment of telegraphing the
wildest excitement prevails. People are leaving oa
every train, by wagon, on foot and on every convey,
ance tnat can be hired or pressed into service.”
To-day Eufala was blockaded, in other words a
not leave this world
agency.
his direct ' out aide. A gentleman who got through the lines i
forms us that the situation in Montgomery is terrible.
but more from fright, he thinks, than yellow fever.
Columbus is reported in a state of anxiety.
Many refuges from Montgomery arrived in Macon
idently worse scored than
The “Twelve O'clock Man.’—A character I..
well known l»y sight by many persons who ! tl> _ Dight . thiil
daily passed the Brooklyn city hall at noon, 1 hurt
died last week. He was known ns “The
Twelve O'clock Man.” For seven years he
had stood near the city hall, within sight of
the clock, from eleven o'clock until the firs! ^ S , u , nJ ‘ y !“tl
stroke of the noon-day bell, when he had
slouched away to liis home. For more than
five years his daily position was at a particu
lar part of the railing, against the pickets of
which he leaned, and looked mournfully at the
clock. If spoken to he would mumble out
an answer to the effect that he was waiting
for somebody: “He'll come by twelve o'clock,
he said he' would.” Says the Xtw York
Evening Post: The old man never failed to
stand at his chosen post at that hour
of the day; he was never properly clad,
but in the hardest storm of rain
and wind or snow, on the coldest w inter day
or the hottest summer day, he could always
be seen at the city hall at noon. No one knew
his story, but many guessed a piteous history i buyers have perfected arrangements to pay for their I
Of his life. It is now told that he was a mo- purchases. A fervent wish is expressed that in the |
nomaniac—(which everybody knew)—that he j next forty-eight hours thecriaia. so for os we are con-
bad saved a sum of money by hard work ; earned, will have passed. The truth ie, the world is
that the money was borrowed of him with* a here demanding cotton and money will tome to pay
S romiae to pay it with interest, ou a certain for it quickly.
*y. at noon in front of the city hall. He did New Tork and New England telegraphs to-day all
odd chores in the morning and earned pen- human guarantees to their buyers, but our banks are
nies enough to buy food : he lived in an old j 8tiU ch , ry> the m * tket u for the moment de
hut; he was dirty; his craziness did not come j preMea unMtu «Uy. Middling i. fir* ,t l5 c.
from » great and noble grief-from the loss of | CoL Jor<Un nys he Io „ , JOO
of cotton or $13,000
a loved relative or tnenJ. but from the loss of the „ le „ torm aaa , h Wm , 0 ^
a sum of money; be was every day gazed at j jo „„„
with open-eyed astonishment by tbe idlers in ‘
the street; he died. Some one has drawn his ' FemoisColb
picture tor a Brooklyn club, and a warm-
llymenestf.
Another bachelor with shorn old father Time bx
noon, the bride to cheer him in his old age being
quite young and handsome, Mr. P. W. Doyle, ex-Sher
iff, being the happy benedict, the bride Miss Mary
McKevitt. Tbe ceremony was performed at St. Jo
seph's Roman Catholic Chu-ch by Rev. Mr. Wilbern.
a visiting priest. They were assisted through the
trying ordeal by Miss Mscgic O‘Connell and Mr. James
O’Brien. k
III.
We regret to aunouace the illnesa of Bev. L. Bazin,
in charge of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. He hot an
attack of bilious intermittent (ever, hut is much better
to-day (Sunday).
TIac Crisis.
There is a better demand for cotton today and a few
All public schools wlU open Wednesday, aud the
Monday.
It is announced that General Alexander
uiHiuM iohwu. ” “.7 j Leon, one of the ablest statesmen ot Havti.
a piece of crape upon the railings by which he wU1 ghortlv THit the Veiled Suites. It is iwvd
used to stand. j thM bjs intended Tisit to thlg country , s
• • partly for political purpose, partly with a
Mins Fanny Davenport was recently pre- view of treat with some company regarding
seated with An elegant cameo and diamond | the extensive coil mines in tbe southern Jv-
riug from “Cincinnati Friend*. ' I putt ment of Havti.