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QCk* ^peJbgeafft? »«t& Jxwmtsti & ®)c fcrJtgrapf) attii ffleasengcr. MACON, OCTOBEB 17, 1876 Turn women Treasury clerks have been foroed to pay $18,600 to cany Ohio, Chandler is sot content with robbing men. After a northeasterly rain of two days the temperature of the weather suddenly rose yesterday, and we had the soft, ge nial, moist atmosphero of early spring. Wxsr Virginia.—The pres3 dispatches raise the figures 2,000 for 'West Virginia in the early telegrams. We reckon they will hare to add 3,000 more; but 12,000 will do very well. On press dispatches are fairly lavish on foreign news, from which we come to ‘the conclusion that the peace movement Of the powers becomes daily moro un likely to succeed. "Want Change.”—The Sun discourses at lsngth on "why we want change," Jo polities. We need change in every department—small change and large change -and the danger is of getting too little instead of too mneh. - «Tn voioe of the tnrkleis heard in the land," bnt the early telegrams do not say a word about the voice of the Radical press turkles upon recent elec tions. We should be pleased to have tbeir reflections—to inquire after their health, and know how they stand it. Tn Amazon river is navigable for 8.6C0 miles by vessels of large size. It four tributaries, which are united by a net workof natural can»ls. Two thou sand miles from its month its channel hot a depth of three fathoms, and for 3,600 mites there occnrs no fall to inter fere with the smooth passage of shipping. Tan Prospect.—Certainly the Demo crats have done well. They have every reason to bo satisfied. The bloody.shirt banner will most probably bo furled. Indiana cast 185 electoral voteB on Tucs* day—that is to say she elected Tilden; for as Indiana went Tuesday so will go the Union in November—Richmond Dis patch. Thb reformers in New York are hold ing regular mass meetings every week at the Cooper Union, and they are the biggest kind of meetings. Last Wednes day Parke Godwin, a distinguished Re publican advocate of Tilden and reform, was to speak, and something out of the common run of stamp speeches was an ticipated. A Wham or a Mullet.—Mr. Felix Corpnt has the thanks of the writer for the largest, fattest and finest mallet it has ever been his good foxtnne to see. The specimen in question weighed within a fraction of Jive pounds, and there were plenty more almost as heavy. Mr. Corpnt more than maintains his reputation for bringing the finest of fish and frait to Macon, and housekeepers aro under many obligations to him. Not a thousand miles from Richmond a wife lay in a dying condition. Ilaving brought Bp a clever orphan girl, who was grown, the dying woman called the yonng woman to her and said, "I will soon leave my littlo children mother- leee. They know yon and love yon, and after I am gone I want yon and my hus band to marry." The yonng woman, bursting into tears, said, "We were jnst talking about that."—Lynchburg News. Ton Indian popnlation of tbis country has decreased nearly one-half during the last fifoum years. In 1861 the Indian expenses were $2,865,000. In 1875 they were $8,384,000, or about four times os much, with scarcely half the Indians to provide for. Th9 more dead Indians the greater the expense of running the In dian Department under Republican rale. Seventy-fire per cent, of the vast appro priations has gone into the hands of the men of "too much pocket.”—Louirrilfe Courier Journal. Mushrooms and Toadstools. — The New York papers are going into learned analyses of the difference between mushrooms and toadstools, so as to guard against any farther fatal mistakes.— Hundreds of persons are poisoned every year, though seldom fatally, by eating toadstools for mushrooms—and they are all connoisenrs, too—too experienced to be mistaken. The safest way is to let these miserable fungi alone. The man who had uined off a bnnch of skinned snakes which he had bought for cels, waB con tent afterwards to give the whole snaky tribe a wide berth. Thb Cotton Coop.—In all this section of country the cotton crop has been very seriously damaged by the almost unpre cedented drought on the hills and the caterpillar on the bottoms. Many of the hill planters in this portion of Louisiana. and in the adjacent counties in Texas Will finish picking early in December— something very unusual. In most local ities there has not been a good " season,” in planter parlanoe, far nearly three months. Not only has the cotton suf fered, but the pea and potato crops have been almost totally ruined. Vegetation is nearly literally parched up.—Shreve port Times. A HaniT.n letter from Franklin, Ind., mentions some of the follies of the cam paignt "The women wear invariably ■onto bit of red about their persons, to symbolize the bloody shirt principle upon which the campaign is conducted. Some wore shawls that were entirely red, or barred with red, and red nbbon9 flat tered on every side. The men who took |UU* in the precession wore blood-red shirts, with cuffs and collars of blue. The whole atmosphere of the town had an ensanguined look. The eye was pained phvcically and morally by the all-per vading color, emb'ematic, as in this instance, of hatred of the South. In every Republican procession I have seen ro't shirts play the most eonjr icuous P»rt.” How tbe .Republican Flan Came to Grief. Hartford Times] The administration party had arranged what their chairman of the State Com mittee, Mr. Sperry, called "a still hunt” in Connecticut, with a view to capture a majority of the towns in the October elections, that the result might be tele graphed about tbe country as a proof that the tide was with that party, aud that they were going to carry Connect! out The work was pushed quietly, and everything seemed to promise well. So the Hartford Ceurant tamo oat Monday morning with a decided demonstration of crow! K in advance. The Democrats make a net gain of five towns, and car ried eighty-five towns (and are entitled to eiubty-saven in thoir column, for New Haven and Bridgeport are Democratic, but did not vote on the 31 of October), while the Republicans can.count up but sixty.nine; and of that eleven that are in :ho “equally divided” colnmn, tho Democrats have a majority in any con tented popular election. On tho popular vote they have in these eighty-seven towns a very large majority, and the towns they carry will electa large Demo cratic majority in tho Legislature. The congressional Electionsj We appeal to our friends, everywhere, to bestir themselves in the matter of the Congressional elections. Three weoks from next Tuesday will decide the ques tion whether onr delegation in the next Honso shall be a unit or be broken by tbe success of one or more Radical candidates. If oar friends relax their efforts there is danger of snch a deplora ble result. In the Second Congressional district Whiteloy is boasting loudly of victory, and points to tbe defeat of the Democracy in two or three counties in that district, at the late election, as on dence that he will win in November. He is building largely upon that fact, and the resulting inference of Democratic apathy and indifference. True, the dis trict has given Colquitt a handsome ma jority, bnt tho apparent lack of effort on the part of the Radicals in that contest was, we understand, part of Whiteley’s plan to lnll the people into security. We have very little donbt of it. He is as wily as ho is mean, and will spend money, time, health, everything, lavishly, to succeed. Of all the men running on that side in this State he is at once the most cunning, malignant, and utterly without scruple. We nrgo onr friends down there to watch him. Keep on his track by night and day. Never let him get out of your sight for one honr. If onr friends will do this faithfnlly they can beat him soundly. Bat if he is allowed to get back to Congress, and there ehonld hap pen to be a Radical majority in the next Honse, ho will make the white people see sights. He is utterly wicked, and as re morselessly malignant and cruel as old Morton himself, or his master. In the other districts, though there seems now small cause for apprehen sion, the same policy should be pursued We have information that tho plan of campaign, which was followed in many parts of the State by the Radicals at the late election, of not making mnch of a fight on Governor and the Legislature, was marked out at Washington, and that the instructions were to stake everything on the Congressional contest. The head devils of the party care very little about a Democratic Governor and Legislature. They wvit recruits at Washington for their Congressional force, and issued orders to make all other considerations subordinate to that. Wo can and must defeat them at this point, at all hazards. Georgia must not take a single step backwards in that di rection. She stands solid in the 44th Congress against the common enemy, and she must not move one line out of her tracks. She owes it not only to hor own safety and self respect, but to her allies elsewhere. They have put her down for nine votes solid against Radicalism, and all its wicked ways and works in tho next, as in the present Congress, and she will merit their keenest contompt and sorest displeasure if she fails to meet this reasonable demand. Wards of Cheer to Onr Carolina and Louisiana Friends. Frompreseat indications, the grest bat tle ground of the Radicals will be trans* ferred in a great measure from the North, to the negro-ridden States of South Car olina and Louisiana. Here, the moment- ons struggle for existence in those States, and the canso of constitutional liberty throughout the Union may possibly be decided. To this end the horrors of mar tial law, the disarming of white citizens, the introduction of an armed soldiery, diabolical appeals to race antipathies and prejadicies, fraudulent voting, and every other unholy effort known in the annals of crime and oppression, will be brought to bear, to sustain the sinking fortunes of the corrupt faction which has so long preyed upon the vitals of the country. Bnt we would exhort our fellow citi zens of these sorely afflicted common wealths, "in patience to possess their souls,” and to remain calm and steadfast. Bv the supreme effort of their own loyal hearts aad voices may the work of political salvation be achieved. It is im possible that ignorance, vice and poverty can prevail over the united efforts of a bravo and virtnons people, who are the landholders and capitalists of the com munity. And already, we behold in South Carolina thousands of the most intelli gent blacks refusing longer to respond to the imperious rule of the carpet-baggers wbo have deceived and impoverished them, and rallying to tho standard of the gallant Hampton. Albeit a large slave owner formerly, they know him to be a good man and true, and the staunch friend of the African race. And indeed there is no better established fact as a general rule, that under the old regime planters who inherited their slaves made the best and most humane masters. Hence their devotion to this preux cheva lier of the Carolina gentry. Wherever he moves, crowds white and black, mounted and on foot attend him, and he is hailed as the savior and deliverer of all classes from a bondage far more intolerable than tho mild rule of the plantation. Governor Chamberlain may, under cover of infamous falsehoods, tbe depo sitions of ignorant and besotted parti sans and a subsidized military, succeed in disarming and insulting a noble peo ple, but he caunot quench their spirit, or retard tbe sure marsh of reform and gen uine liberty at tbe ballot box. Every white man in Carolina shonld be enrolled in one vast vigilance committee to supervise the integrity of the ballot box, and checkmate the nefarious schemes of the Radicals. And this we believe will be done. Smarting under greater wrongs than ever Poland or Hungary en dured, robbed and despoiled of their pos sessions, insulted and trampled under foot by assassins, bigamists and thieves, what fate is reserved for them if this crusade for freedom and the dearest rights of man prove unavailing ? " Once more to the breach ” then, dear friends, and be assured, that the sympathizing eyes and hearts of the whole country are centred upon yon. Merrill’s South Carolina Drag- oniade. The New York Herald of Tuesday, in & leader of moro than a colnmn and a half on the Chamberlain and Merrill raid in Soath Carolina, says if the Republican leaders have not lost their senses they will make haste to put a stopper on Cham berlain, whom it denounces asa reckl&s disturber of the psace—bent on getting up a collision in South Carolina in order to secure his own re-election, contrary to the will of the people, by military force and intimidation. The Herald warns tho Republican leaders that the people have had enough of tbis Federal interference in the affairs of tho Southern Stotes,bnd that a multitude of voters who are now making up their miads, will be rightly impelled to vote the Democratic ticket in November if tho Administration per sists in this insane and unconstitutional policy. Th9 Herald reiterates its advice to the oolsred people of South Carolina to vote for Wade Hampton and honest govern ment as tho only rational course they can pursue in the premises to restore peace and prosperity to that afflicted State and promote their own best interests. Ferro Manganese. This mineral substance has only within a few years come into notice, on account of its admirable qualities in the manu facture of tbo best and hardest steel, In five years tho demand bos increased from zero to 50,000 tons per annum of epiegeleiten, & preparation of this mineral. Though widely diff ased over the earth, manganese is found usually in small de posits, which, when worked, are soon ex hausted. Hence, the pnee of tho article known aa Ferro Manganese (abont $250 per ton), manufactured by tho Terre Noir Steel Company, which has rendered its common uso impracticable. This mineral i3 employed in a molten state aB an alloy to the iron ore, prevent ing what is termed red shortness in the met*l, or snch a degree of brittleness as greatly impairs its value. The effect of the manganese is to toughen and harden the steel, rendering it malleable and fit for the most delicate machinery. Even the softest iron thus treated may be util ized. The one great drawback to tbe general use of this alloy, its scarcity and expen siveness seems to have been completely overcome by tho discovery of the Bartow county mine. We have beforeusaspecimen from the “ Diamond Furnace ” of Mr. Willard P. Ward, in Bartow connty, furnished by onr friend James McPherson, Eiq which contains sixty per cent, of pure manganese, and is unsurpassed in rich ness by any known to the trade. The ore is obtained from the side of a lofty hill, ten miles from Cartersville, and the "lead ” from which it is extracted is eight feet in width, and apparently in exhaustible. The furnace of Mr. Ward is very small and defective, and he confidently believes that a stronger blast and better appli ances would greatly cnbanco tho value of the product. This specimen will be presented to the Library Society, and kept on exhibition, that all may view it. The specific gravity is much greater than that of iron, and nearly equal to pure lead, while so great is its hardness that glass may be cut by it as readily as with a diamond. Thus, day by day, is the incalculable value of the minerals of Georgia begin ning to be developed, and in the opinion of the wisest experts must soon prove source o f vast wealth to the common wealth. Don’t Take it for Granted. We hare little or no fear of the result of the election in Georgia for Congress men on the 7th of November, but it never altogether safe, and certainly never wise, to take anything for granted in political canvass. There is no dead sore thing in politics, except counting out the ballots. There are always chances and risks no man or party can afford to ignore without more or less danger. The only absolutely safe course is to make every assurance doubly sure, by working as if defeat stared yon in the face. That's the right line and the safe line in politics. No other will do, and no other should do. If victory is worth winning, it is worth fighting for with all the vim, and tact, and resource that can be summoned for the purpose. It is as much our duty, as well as our safety, to do our level best on the 7th of November to send nine Demo crats to the 45th Congress, as if the State election had been close and there was reasonable apprehension a3 to tho result. We believe tho people are fully alive to their duty and this necessity, but ringing the changes when yon are on the right line is never amiss in politics. Some men are hard to move. Either they aro naturally sluggish, or over con fident, or indifferent. They need rous ing np, frequently, and being kept in that condition. We tell them they can not afford to sleep for the next three weeks. The devil of Radicalism abroad in Georgia, notwithstanding tho tronneing ho got on the 4th of this month, and will sow many grioTons tares if not vigilantly watched and followed He workB secretly and silently, in com ers and ontof tho way places, and always with an energy and unscrnpnloasness bom of mingled hato and hope. It is now very well known that orders have been sent from Washington to Georgia and all tho other Southern States to stake everything on tho Congressional fight. Tho Indiana election has filled tbo leaders with dismay, 03 to their Presi dential prospects, and they are planning a hedge on Congressmen. They will bo ready by election day, if they are not now, to trade two or threo to ono for votes for tbeir Congressional candidates. This is their plan of battle. Shall it win in Georgia, of all States ? is the ques tion. Never, never so long as onr people havo memories of the bitter past, and high hopes of the future now glowing with the golden tints of tho rising sun of victory. It cannot, it must not, let Georgians swear it shall not be. They now confront the enemy with chances of success immeasurably better than any since the war. They are well organized and disciplined, with high hopes and brave hearts. Only let them do their whole duty, put forth their full strength, and we are safe. Who can, who will hes itate or baulk in this glorious purpose ? Wq have the enemy on the run. Let us finish the work and drive him to the doom he has so long deserved. Special Dispatch to tho Courier* Journal. J New York, October 10.—Intense in terest is manifested in New York to night over the receipt of tho news from Indiana and Ohio. Folly four thousand persons assembled in front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, the returns being bulle tined at that point. News of Democrat- io gains in Indiana, and indications that tho Democrats had carried Indiana to a certainty, and probably Ohio, caused in tense enthusiasm, and cheer after cheer went up. BEPCHLICAN HEADQUARTERS NOT JUBI LANT. At the Republican headquarters. Fifth Avenue Hotel, affairs were anything but jubilant. Special dispatches to the Re publican National Committee came in slowly, and were not encouraging. THE DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS. At tho Democratic headquarters, on the contrary, special dispatches were re ceived in large numbers throughout tbo evening, and were of tbe most enthusi astic character. An immenso crowd had gathered outside the hotel, and the read ing of the dispatches was received with loud cheers. THE GENERAL RESULT. At a late hour to-night the genera] im pression here was that Indiana is sure for the Democrats, aud Ohio doubtful, with strong hopes that it has gone Dem- craiic. No snch enthusiasm in regard to an election has ever been witnessed in this ci y during the last eight years. One Organ Satisfied. There is «ae Radical organ in the United States which is rejoicing over tbe Western election nears, and that is tbe New York Commercial Advertiser.. The Advertiser is happy over the returns from Indiana, and thereby displays the mode ration of its anticipations. Let the rest of tho brotherhood catch the infection and cheer up. What if Tilden shc-uld be elected. Ho will be jnst as good a President for them as for the Democrats I Tbe Poultry Yard, More poultry is now exhibited in the Democratic newspapers than we have seen in twenty years past. The birds are apparently fat, bnt they are all "roost ers” (so called), and look as though they might bo too tongh for the pot. Bat on old German hermit of onr acquaintance always chose the longest-spurred rooster he conld find. His practice was to boil them with rico and vegetables two days in succession for soup, and eat them on the third. The hosts of these open-countenanced old roosters which now crowd the Tilden papers remind ns very much of those an. cicnt chickens which find their way down to Macon from East Tennessee towards the heel of the poultry season. It is shame to kill snch birds, because they are solving tbe great problem of immor. tality. Examine tbeir legs—look at their zlrin, corrugated and as tough as leather- test their sinews, os strong and elastic S3 steel—observe their sturdy proportions- It is donbtfnl, if they had been let alone by the East Tennessee housewives, whether they would have ever died. Twenty years of the battle of life have only served to make them more enduring. They shonld be left to continue their tri umphant straggle with old Time, and take their chances of whipping tbe fight at last. So it is with these old Democratic roos ters. They aro rery old and tongh—< hundred years old or so. They have crowed over many a victory and have slunk with bloody combs and drooping tails before many a defeat. Tboy are too tough for the pot, and the people will not kill them, because they are engagod in curious and interesting straggle against time for an immortal duration. Hurrah for the old birds—we are glad to see them about again. TUB GEORGIA PR! WM “fc One hundred and nineteen $>uuties have been beard from officially si Atlan ta, and Colquitt’s majority * is $0,390. Eighteen counties aro yet to he» from, which will probably carry the majority to 75,000. Thb .Atlanta Commonwealth has the following account of the collision on the State road, near Icevillo, telegraphic mention of which was made yesterday: There is a train on this road known as the ‘'accommodation,” which arrives in this city at 9.30 o’clock in the morning. It stops at Iceville. seven miles from Atlanta, for the purpose’of attaching an ice car, and this morning-while standing thero a freight train ran into it in tho rear. Tho two rear cars of the forward train aro passenger coaches, and tbe next in front a loaded ccal car. When the report was given that a train was coming in the rear several -pssaengera made a rush for the door and succeeded in getting out. When engine ,N6. 2 came in contact with the rear car of the one standing still, two gentlemen were on the platform of the latter getting ont, and one of them, an old gen'leman from Tennessee, name not known, was precipi tated between tbe coal oar and the passenger coach, and was killed instant ly. The other gentleman. Judge Lindlcy, of Cobb county, was caught between tbe cars also—that is, bis legs were—and it required at least ten minutes* hard work to separate the cars and extricate him from his horrible position. Ho called upon all present repeatedly, for God’s sake, to assist and get bim ont When he was finally removed, it was found that his limbs wero terribly crushed, and it is reported that ono of them was cut off. He evinced tho great est self-control daring the painfnl scene. As soon as Jndge Lindley was taken out, the conductor, with Col. Alexander came on the engine to the city (or a surgeon and a passenger coach to bring down Judge Lindley and tbe other pa=mengers. All tbe passengers wbo remained in tbe car escaped without injury. These are tho particulars as near as we can obtain np to the time of going to press. It is a painful duty to chronicle these sad oc currences, yet such accidents will occur occasionally, in a life time, however careful one may be. Lateb.—The name of the gentleman from Tennessee who was killed is 8aw- tell, father of Mr. H. C. Sawtell, of this city. Jndge Lindley is now dead. He was at one time a member of the Legis lature from Cobb county, and a promi nent citizen. The "banner” connties aro named a3 fellows in the Commonwealth ef yester day: In Bnllocb, McDuffie, Monteoui- gomery, Webster, Wilkes, Wiik eson, Miller, not a vote was cast for Jonathan Norcross for Governor. Irwin, Rabun, Jefferson, Dodge, Columbia, furnished one each. Fulton county, so far. has cast the largest vote for Colquitt. Hous ton comes next. The Dalton Citizen announces itself as warmly in favor of 8eta‘or Norwood’s " being elected by the next Legislature as his own successor in the United States Senate." Thb Citizen furnishes this oolumn with these additional items: The new crop of co-n is coming in at thirty cents a bushel. Fall apples twen ty-five c-nts a bushel and sweet potatoes about tbe same. We learn that the crop of sorgum is so great in Gilmer county the present year that it cannot be made up. It is plenti ful enough in our own market to go at from 30 to 40 cent? per gallon. A novel proposition or a new candi date for tax collector is, to obligate him self to do the work for $300 a year and turn tbo rest o’ his commissions over to the connty treasurer. Mr. W. W. Thomas, recently elected to the Legislature from Coweta county, has written a letter to the Newman Herald defining bis position on the Senato rial qnsstioa, from which we make this extract: Both Mr. Hill and Mr. Nor wood havo ably defended the South and advocated her causo. But I prefer to vote for Mr. Norwood for this reason: Mr Hill has a seat in Congress, and has recently been nominated for re election without an opposing \pice. He can hold his seat in Congress as long as he desires. I cannot see that he will be of greater service te Georgia in the Senate than in the House. He is already in Congress, where he can do as much for us, perhaps more, than if ho was in tho Senate. Bnt if we put him in Mr. Norwood's place we have to put Mr. Norwood out of Con gress. Wo have to dispense with his ser vices entirely. Are the people of Geor gia prepared to do this? I think the interest of tbo country require that both Mr Hill and Mr Norwood ehonld be kept in the public service. For a number of years after the war it was a source of re gretand mortification that we had no one in Congress who had tho ability or courage to make even a tolerable defense for our side of tbe question. It is not so now. We have some now in Congress wbo are able to defend us against all ad versaries. Shall we not keep them there ? I think the people of Coweta will eay yes 1 With Hill in tho Honse, and Gor don, Norwood and Lamar in the Senate, the South need fear no contest with her adversaries, however formidable, on the floors of Congress. Tbe Albany News reports a bold at tempt to rob the safe in the warehouse of Messrs. Welch & Bacon, one night last week, which failing, the thieves com- iromised on a pistol and somo stationery a a drawer. They hid themselves in the yard until the warehouse nm closed, and then went to work. Thb Jonesboro News appeals to the people to vote the Radioal thieved down and ont, it they don’t want the whole country stolen. It says at the "present rate ot stealage in public land, they will steal tbe whole continent in the next four years, and not leave a foot of land for an honest man to stand on.” • Thb Second Conqbessional District. We echo and emphasize the following appeal to the Democrats of this district, which we find in the Albany Ninos: In the election last week the counties of the Second Congressional District gave Dem ocracy a majority of abont 4,000—just what Whiteley wasted done. He was an advocate in that fight of independents, compromises and general mixtures. Shrewd and thoughtful as be is, his efforts were directed towards blinding tbe peo ple of the district to a sense of their own condition; and thus slyly crawl by them in November. Suffer not yourselves to be deceived. There is work ahead. Our victory is not yet won. In some of these connties the Republicans offered ne op position. In none did they manifest that deep concern which characterizes their actions on days of Congressional elections. They await the "big day.” Then they will muster themselves out from every nook and comer. We must meet them with full force, and drive Whiteley to the wall as we did two years ago. In order to accomplish this, we need the individn- al effort of every white and colored man in the district, who has the good of his country at heart. An old fashioned sevenpence bearing date Z773 was found in tho stomach of a slaughtered Jonesboro cow last week The latest market quotations at Jones boro are bntter 25 cents, chickens 20 cents, and eggs 15 cents. Thb Coiambus Enquirer says during Gov. Smith’s recent visit to that city he was talking with a large, fine-looking German upon Broad street when another German passed along. German No. I saluted No. 2, and asked him if he recog nized his friend, meaning the Governor. No. 2 answered that he did not. No. 1 insisted on his summoning tbe entire force of his recollection, when No. 2 said, "Veil, I s’pose he must be von this- ky thrummer.” Saturday Night. Octobzr 14.—Wo close to-night an aa rive week in trade. Cotton receipts have been abont five thousand bales—one of the heaviest weeks in this respect since the war. The dust and dronth have been re lieved by three days of " misty, moisty,' easterly rain—the kind of " drizzle-droz- zle" the preaeher prayed for; and roads and gardens look tetter. The health of the town is perfect—so to speak. And 03 naturo has assumed a more cheerful aspect, the Democrats have brightened up quite as much over the results of the October elections. Last Saturday we had occasion to remark: Daring the weak tbo Gubernatorial election in Georgia—tbe defeat in Colo, raio and tbe approaching crucial trials of strength in Indiana and Ohio next Tuesday, have turned gossip wholly on politics. Tho anxiety is great and so is the depression among Democrats gen erally. Few have the faith which wo havo tried to inspire. Bnt, nevertheless, we think that the Democrats will carry nt least two of the threo "doubtful States” of West Virginia, Indiana and Ohio, which voto on Tuesday, and wo also bolievo in a strong showing for Ohio. If all this does not happen wo shall be much disappointed. The votes havo been counted, and, though wo have not at this hour the full result, we all know that these prognostica tions havo been verified to the letter, and a cheerful confidence in tbe Democratic future has taken the place of general distrust. The Democracy of tbe nation, we believe, will elect Tilden, although they may not bo able to seat him. The Radicals are going to make a startling record before they give np the govern ment of this countiy. But to ub per sonally it makes not much odds. An administration in a popular, electorial and Congressional minority will bo shorn of much of its power for evil, and the remedy will come in time. Push on the column. Chamberlain's Desperate Game If anything wa3 lacking to arouse the Democracy of the nation to a true sense of the dangers impending from the tri umph of Radicalism, the uaconstitution al, partisan and tyrannical proclamations of Carolina’s carpet-bag Governor, dis arming unoffending citizens and virtually inaugurating martial law, fill the hiatus. They will give Tilden and Hendricks thou sands of votes at ths North, and nerve the nnterrified people of onr sister State to new and inerfiasod efforts, in the brave attempt to throw off tbe tbtaldom of a corrupt and piebald government. Never did a faux pas on the part of onr opponents happen more opportune ly. This, together with the cheering resnlts in Indiana and West Virginia, will give an impetts to the cause of our gallant standard bearers which alone was needed to insure a Waterloo victory. There will be a charge now all along the line, from Maine to Oregon, against the quaking columns of tbe Radicals, and the advocates of reform and free government we fondly believe will ront the enemy, horso, foot and dragoons. But every man must do his whole duty. With the "silverlining” irradiating the black cloud, which has so long hovered over tho fortunes of the Republic, sttreiy every patriotic bosom should be en. tbused with new hope and encourage ment, and the campaign be prosecuted to its end with a vigor and determina tion unknown in former contests. Who can estimate the benefits of vie tory,or realize the long night of despair which must inevitably succeed defeat? The fate of a nation, it may almost be said, hangs suspended upon the success of Tilden and Hendricks. To the front, then. Democrats, and monnt guard and keep watch and vigil against the insidious schemes of your enemies, until the thrilling ides of No vember shall witness their final and total overthrow. Cotton Hick. Cotton bore a sickly front in all the markets yesterday, in the face of a moral certainty that the crop will bo cut down four or five hundred thousand bales. That is more unreasonable than tbe Ohio election. Gerrymandering. The power of gerrymandering Congrcs atonal districts to secure a misrepresenta tion of the people in Congress is illos- trated by the Associated Press reports to-day, which claim tbe election of nine Radical Representatives in Congress to fonr Democrats, in Indiana, while the State gives a majority of five to eight thousand for the Democrats on the entire popular vote. Such an alleged repre sentation as that is a swindle on the peo ple. Taking the vote of Ohio and In diana together, as it was cast last Tnes. day, it is nearly a stand-off—showing probably a small Demoorario majority— and jqt the Congressional representation stands twenij-one Radicals to twelve Democrats. Six members of tho-> Savannah police force have died of yellow fever since the commencement of the epidemic. Thb Griffin News is responsible for this slander on Atlanta: "Trinity church, in Atlanta, has a vigorous revival. We never hear of an Atlanta conversion with out praying that he may stick.” Gin. P. J. Phillips, of Columbus, had an apoplectic stroke on Wednesday, and is not expected to recover. There Is also some blood upon the moon in McDuffie county. Wm. Howard sliced np Tbomaa Danaway one day last week with a pocket-knife, and on Thura- day last two men named Hall and Phil lips collided near Dearing, and the for mer shot the latter in the wrist and shoulder, his third shot striking the col larbone on Phillips’ shirt and tons saving his life. Hill vamosed; and that’s the last known of him. Mb J. W. Willis, of Pike connty, re* porta this " fleak" of nature i A bow be longing to him brought a twin pig. Theee pigs, or pig, were joined together at the shoulder; bad-only one head, which seemed to bo perfectly formed. -Two per fectly shaped bodies were attaohed to the one head. P. 8.—It killed the sow, though, i Tax coroner’s jury, which investigated the cause of the deaths by the accident on the State Road last week, found as follows: We find that the deceased came to his death from gross and criminal negligence on the part of Wm Sheridan, engineer of 2J section No. IS, which train occa sioned the collision by approaching and passing the station at Iceville at a high and unlawful rate of speed. We further find criminal negligence on the part of Mr. Samuel Corley, the conductor ot tbe Goober train, In failing to provide and send back flagmen to notify No. 12 of tbe presence of his train at the station. We farther find that there has been such gross negligence in the matter as will fully warrant tho grand jury in making a thorough investigation, and bring tho responsible parties, if there be, to punishment. Tun Atlanta and Richmond Air Line railway running from Atlanta to Charlotte, together "with all its franchises, lands, buildings, machinery, rolling stock and material and other property, real and per tonal,” will be sold at Atlanta cm the 5th of December. The Oglethorpe Echo give* us this bit of Atlanta News: Mr. Carey W. Styles publicly caned the editor of the Gaines villa Southron in the car shed at Atlanta, Tu-sday night last, for a libelious article published against him in that paper. Thb same paper tells this on a Charles ton joker: Mr. J. B. Benson, a promi nent merchant of Hartwell, has printed upon his letter-heads the words: "Dealhr in Ererythicg Except Liquors, Playing- Cards and Tombstones.” A wag in Charleston, who saw one of the letter heads. thought he’d come it on Benson, and so wrote him for a second-hand coffin. But Mr. B. was not to be outdone: so he purchased of the Masons a mammoth coffin that they had thrown aside, and expressed it to his Charleston corres pondent, at an expense to the would-be wit of $30 Mr. P. A. Stovall, late of the Athens Georgian, has gone to Angnsta to act as news editor of the Chronicle and Sentinel. Thb election for State Senator in the 14th district, composed of Pulaski, Wil cox, Dooly and Doge connties, resulted in tbe election of Drury Reid, Democrat, over 8mith Turner, " Independent.” by 294 majority. Hon. A. H. Stephens.—The Angnsta Constitutionalist says: We spent some time this wet k with Hon. A. H. Stephens, at Liberty Hall. Tbe old statesman has quite recovered his ordinary state of health, and looks as well as we have seen him daring the lost five years. He has an excellent appetite, enjoys the bonntifnl repasts of his home table, and is never ss well pleased as when old and new friends partake of his good cheer. His removal from a dismal and ill venti lated room, or rather den, to cheerfal and comfortable apartments in the renovated main building has been attended with the best results. This change was made at the suggestion of a lady, the wife of one of his oldest and most distinguished friends. She certainly did as much for his physical well-being as any of the doctors. So well indeed is Mr, Stephens that Gen. Toobme, who tarried between trains while we were there, and is him self in robust condition, declared em phatically that he had "named Aleck tv his exeentor.” Municipal matters are warming np in Angnsta. Thirteen hundred voters have registered, and thre9 candidates for Mayor are in the field to-wit: Messrs. R H. May, John U. Meyer and R. A. Fleming. Hukobs ob thb Bbnch.—Under this head the Chronicle and Sentinel prints the following: In passing sentence upon a colored hog thief the other day, Jndge Mackey, the grim dispenser of justioe in tbe Sixth (South Carolina) District, asked the culprit what time it wonld re quire to bring a race ot hogs up to fall weight and maturity? The thief al lowed it wonld require about three years. Well, said the Judge, I will give you just three years and a half at hard labor in the State’s prison, as I wish to give the people in your neighborhood ample time to raise a new stock before yon regain yonr liberty. Another member of the colored persuasion, who woe convicted of arson, was called up for sentence and was told if he had be^n a white man he would giTe him one hundred years in the penitentiary, but inasmuch an he was a colored man, and he wished to give him an opportunity to see tbe next Conten- nisi, he would make it only 99 years. Considering who and what Mackey is, and how mnoh ha is indebted to the Sonth Carolina darkeys, snch talk, and especially from the bench where he was placed by their votes, is as ungrateful as It is undignified. Thb Houston Home Jouned has the following notice of the death of Mr. J. W. Lathrop, of Savannah, which was an nounced in our telegrams yesterday morning: Intelligence was received lost Tuesday by the family of Gen. Warren that his son-in law, James W. Lathrop, was very low at Greensboro, N. C. Mia Warren and her daughter, Mrs. Goodwin, left the same day for Greensboro. A dispatch came last night from Mr. Morehead to Col. Grice, announcing Mr. Lathrop’s death. Ten days ago he was summoned from Savannah to the bedside of his son, Charles H. Lathrop, who was taken sod- dealy ill. He went, only to find biB son a corpse. This son was about twenty* two years of age, and had just been ad mitted to the bar with bright prospects of success. This shock was too severe for the over-taxed powers of the father, de- pressed and worn ont as he was by tbe scourge of yellow fever which he had been in for weeks; and he went at once to what proved to be bis bed ot death. Mr. L*- throp was a native of Connecticut, bnt he came to Georgia when a mere boy. For several yean hla scant earnings were carefully sent to his widowed mother to assist in paying for her home. He en gaged in merchandise for several years at Hawkinsville, and thence he went to Savannah in 1854. He then went into the warehouse and commission business which he continued up to his death. Per haps no man in Georgia was better known in commercial circles than J. W. Lathrop, and no one who knew him ever accused him of a mean or dishonorable thing. He was, we think, President of the Sa vannah Cotton Etohange when he died. : He was a man of few words, but of decid- i ed convictions and of great energy. We learn that he did mnch for the cause of benevolence, bnt in such a quiet way that it was seldom known abroad. The de ceased was in his sixty-second year, aud he leaves a wife and two children, J. W. Lathrop, Jr., and Mis. Eugene Morehead, of Greensboro, N. C., at whose honse he died, surrounded by all his family. Amongst Savannah’s long list of dead for 1876 none stood higher for industry, in tegrity and capacity than the snbject of this sketch. Thb Radical Villainy in South Carolina.—We find the following tele gram in the Augusta Constitutionalist ot Friday: Aikbn, S. C., October 12.—George W. Croft, Leighton Finlay, F. W. Coffin, G. O. Mosely, J. Lloyd Courtney, O. C. Jor dan, John Balvik, W. W. Whilden, M. J. - Nevans, and C. W. Moore, were arrested in town this morning and admitted to bail this afternoon in the sum of $2,000 each, with bondsmen. Nineteen farmers were brought in hut night through a pouring rain, and were not allowed either fire or food, bnt immediately committed to jail, many being without food twenty- fonr hours, until furnished by the citi zens this afternoon. Among the arrested party several are between eighty and ninety years old. John Hankinson, a colored Democrat, has also been arrest ed, and bail refaed him. All have been admitted to bail in the above snm except six, for whom bail has been refused. The work of arresting is still going on, under the management of the notorious Canton and Blackwell. Gen. Conner, Leroy F. Youmans and. W. T. Gary are still here, and will continue to represent the de fendants. Two-thirds of tho cotton crop cf Houston county ha3 boen gathered. Thb Houston Home Journal says an at tempt was made lost Sunday night to born the gin honse ot Col. Palaski Holt, abont four miles sonth of Perry, by a negro named Sampson Williams, who has given the officers leg ball. It is stated that the Atlanta and West Point railway is now carrying about seventy-five car loads of cotton to At lanta doily; and collecting abont $30 freight per carload for the same. Thb Cuthbert Appeal brags that at least two thousand bales of cotton have been received to date at that place. Thb last grand jury of Wilkinson county pays this compliment to the hoard of county commissioners: Through the financial abilities of the board of connty commissioners the incubus of debt has been removed from the prosperity of the connty; bridges and pbplic buildings generally are in good repair, and the taxes for general connty purposes reduced this year 100 per cent, compared with the amount assessed last year. Thb Sumter Republican says there is "living near Americas a married laly who gave birth to twins—two boys—on the 29th of December, 1875, and during the latter part of last September per formed the same feat by presenting her hnshand with a couple more boys. We regret to learn that one of the latter died last week.” Gin. Pleasant J. Phillips, one of the earliest settlers of Columbus, and at one time President of the Bank ef Brunswick, died of apoplexy last Thursday. Thb Quitman Reporter is offered for solo by Mr. Jos. Tillman, the proprietor. We hope he will get a good price for it, and that it will continue the fight on the common enemy in that section. We learn from its laat issue that there was a sev enty hours ram fall in that vicinity lost week. Hugging a Miller connty Democrat cored the local of the Bainbridge paper of bilious fever last week. If she was good looking and liked it, we are not at all astonished at the result. How Banks Should bs Conducted. Mr. Lockwood, of the National Bank, Richmond, who attended the recent Bankers' Convention at Philadelphia the other day, hands ns, says the Diepatsh, a eopyof ex-Secretaiy McCulloch’s address, from which we take the following: Banking, when intelligently andhon- estly conducted, is an honorable busi ness. When so conducted it yields afoir return on the capital invested, and adds to the general prosperity. Upon bank management I hardly feel at liberty to eay anything to gentlemen so experienced and enlightened as those I have the honor of addressing, and yet it may not be improper for me, an old banker, to, suggest, for the benefit of those of less experience, that tbere are certain rules and principles the observance of which is necessary for the success of banking institutions, and for the fulfillment of the duty which their managers owe to the public. I will briefly enumerate them: ’ First—The capital of banks should be real, not fictitious. Second—Tho managers shonld not be borrowers, nor should loans be made to stockholders merely because they are etockholders. Third—A certain amount of the annual profits should be carried to the surplus l and—the larger the surplus the better —not only for the safety of the stock holders, liable as they are, under the bank act, for an amount equal to their shares, but for the protection of deposi tors. Fourth—Banks should be kept strong in their cash reserves, as times frequent ly occur when the strongest atand in need' of them. Nothing in the long run payB better than a "goodly” amount of idle money, especially when specie is the only legal money. Fifth—A3 banks are commercial insti tution*, created for commercial purposes, preference in discounts shonld always be given to paper baaed upon actual com mercial transactions. Banks are not loan offices. It is no part of their busi ness to furniib their customers with capital, nor should loans be made under any circumstances ibr operations in stocks, or to furnish facilities in stock operations. Sixth—Renewals shonld only be per mitted to secure donbtfnl debte, or in cases in which mere time is required than was anticipated when the loans were made to complete the transactions upon which they were based. Seventh—Such salaries shonld be paid officers and clerks as will relieve them from the temptation to dishonest prac tices—tho services of those whose expen ditures exceed their incomes should be promptly dispensed with. Eighth—Bank managers should bear in mind that they are not only trustees or stockholders, but that they owe some thing to the public—that their whole duty is not performed when good profits are made and solvency accrued, but that they should do all in their power to en courage morality in business and elevate credit, especially commercial credit, to the highest standard. Accept my thanks for the patience with which yon have listened to this long and hastily-prepared adddress (it. wonld have been better if I had had more time to prepare it), and the expres sion of my regret that I conld not make a better return for the honor conferred upon me by your chairman in inviting me to address yon. Mortuary. Mr. H. A. Harman makes the follow ing report ef interments for the week ending yesterday: White Adult* resident. 1 “ Bon-reudeats 3 Children. !-« Colored Adults, non-resident <* Children i —1 YRUOW SEVER. The Latest Reports From Savannah The mortuary report for the twenty four hours er ding 6 o'clock r. yes[er day, says the News of Friday, B w' that tho number of interments for that period was 16. of which 7 were from yel. low fever. Of the total 5 were of whom 1 died from yellow fever weather is growing colder, with cold sleety rain and northeast winds—? Jv* tions that point to decidedly crilwertt to corner* He W3 '*<£25^ years, chills and fever l“jX e * 62 Walker.,ged 5, variola IitefZxgXS aged 65, paralysis; James H GarrM*’ •ged 30. yellow fe^er; John's® **“} 25, yellow fever; William H. ft low fever; Henry Woodcock, aged S3 yellow fever. “ ' Colored —Charles Coshon, aged 11 years, yellow fever; Rebecca O’Neil aged 3, convulsions; Willie Wiggins', aged 1, spasms; Mary Thompson, aged 6 months, teething; Lizzie Wilson, s^ed 21 years, pneumonia. fevm^S) 8 ' 8 '’ coloredSl ^tal, 13 (yellow CATHEDRAL CEMETERY. >ggg!r^cg«Bf$rs feTST^’ 35 Colore<J,0j total, 3 (yellow RECAPITULATION. Laurel Grove Cemetery—Whites, «• colored, 5; total, 13 (yellow fever 5). * Cathedral Cemetery — Whites, 3 • col. ored, 0 ; total, 3 (yellow fever 2). ’ Grand total, 16. Yellow fever, 7. The favorable mortuary reports of the past several days, says the News of yes. terday, had led to the hope that the fever was gradually but slowly decreasing in fatality. These hopes have been rudely swept away by the mortuary report ol the twenty .fonr kours ending at 6 o’clock m. yesterday, from which it will be seen that the number of interments from all causes cf death was twenty-six, o! which twenty were from yellow fever cases—a large increase in mortality upon the previous day. The cry here is “How long, ah Lord! how long?" The weather has turned warm again, and the sadden changes from a low to a high degree of temperature seems to have added fuel to the fever. A hard killing frost is the only thing that will stop the- tread of the destroyer. The following dispatch, received by President Gaboury, of Pio Nono College yesterday, has been famished ns. It tells a very melancholy tale: Savannah, October 14, Rev. 0. P. Gaboury, President Pio Notts College, If aeon: Please send Rev. O'Keefe on next train. Rsr. Brown sick; Rev. Kelly given up by the doctor; Rev. Bertaxzi dangerous ly ill; Rev. Rsbmann not able to work; myself ilL Rsv. F. M» Eckert. The following is the mortuary report for Friday: LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY. Whites—Elizabeth Ann Sandiford, aged 67 years, yellow fever; Sarah Sandi ford, aged 23, yellow fever; James G. Patterson, aged 59, yellow fever; John Reid, aged 25,yellow fever; Louisa Kerr, aged —,no certificate; Sallie E. Wright, aged 8, yellow fever; Francis C. McKia- ley, aged24,yellow fever; Robert Led- better, aged 14, yellow fever; Richard son W. Wilkins, aged 25, yellow fever; Alexander A. Ling, aged 27, yellow fe ver; Carlotta Wiliams, aged 2, yellow fever; Lanra Frances Smallwood, aged 28, yellow feTer; James F. Hobson, aged 65, inanition. Colored—Infant Brown, aged 7 days, spasms; Sarah Williams, aged 20 yean, yellow fever; infant Berrien, aged 14 days, thrash ; William Sbelman, aged 50 years, consumption; Ruth Turnbull, aged 7, yellow feTer. Whites, 13; colored, 5; total, 18; (yellow feTer, 13). ‘ CATHEDRAL CEMETERY. Whites—James McKoIsen, aged 5, yel* low fever; Bridget Clancey, aged 36, yellow fever; Dennis Beardon, aged 16, yellow fever: Mary Ann O'Connell, aged 20, yellow fever; Mary Scanlon, aged 19, yellow fever. Colored—Henry Lee, aged 7 months, inflammation of bowels. Whites, 5; colored 1; total, 6; (yellow fever, 6.)' EVERGREEN SONAVXNTURX CEMETERY. Whites— C. W. Thompson, aged SO years, yellow fever; Annie B. Willuof, aged 32, yellow fever. Whitee, 2; colored, 0; total, 2 (yellow fever, 2). \ RECAPITULATION. Lanrel Grove Cemetery—Whitee, 13; colored, 5; total, 18 (yellow fever, 13). Cathedral Cemetery—'Whites, 5; col ored, 1; total, 6 (yellow fever, 5). Bonaventnre Cemetery—Whites, 2* colored, 0; total, 2 (yellow fever, 2). Grand total, 26; yellow fever, 20. THE TILDEN AND HENDBIcfo CLI7D. Total for the woek Pole-Raising ana Bally Last Nitht- The Tilden and Hendricks Tonrg Men’s Demooratio Club enlivened tbo city considerably yesterday and h* night with their raising* ft a liberty p«' 9 and a rally in front of the Courthonso. The pole waa raised at the intersection d Second and Mnlberry streets just soon, and between three and four o’clccb a six by nine feet flag went uo, hear ing the names of Tilden and Hendrick', and its ascent waa announced by *ei‘ oral peals from a cannon, which was planted at the foot of the The whole affair was successfully compliahed, and the flag floats out 95 proudly as though the breexes from ths Northwest were whispering among ^ folds secrets of a Democratic ricl^T next month. The pole stands eignu five feet above ground. „ «. Laat night the Club got up a in front of the Court-house, ft hour they commenced the firing ol . non, and an immense bonfire was This soon attracted thither a large . which was addreeped by Captain John • Rutherford, Judge Clifford Anderson “r Mr. George L. Mason, President of , Club. All the gentlemen Dfl " e speeches, creating no littlo enthu- ‘ among their hearers. All wer * ^ hopeful, the speakers being ^* coC -„ V-. by the results of the lata election 3 diana and West Virginia. . ,j» After tho close of the ■P e ^ El . n f Tl niaJ Courthouse the club moved their nr to the front of the Telegraph ash ^ senger office, where several g UI ^ fired as a compliment to this yonng gentlemen will accept onr jj with the assurance that they upon ua for support in work they have in hand, py awakening a lively interest ia the r " dential campaign in this chj- j fact they are the originn^ y, about all the enthusiasm «« ^ so far been manifested. 10 , ' bears the names of about two members, their meetings awiw ^ held and well attended, and they no event to pass without L$ti they are mindful of whatisgoiog^ careful of the interests of the c , c i party. There ought to be a merely ward of the city and ^ district of the county. It B ^ b he cose every Democratic vote in t would be polled in November for TU* and Hendricks and Blount.