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saitantn*h Weekly MATUKOAV, IMTOHMt a. 1X73. Interesting to Cotton Claimants. It will bo interesting and welcome news to a large number of our citizens to learn that Louis Bagger, Esq., of Washington, D. C., who, a year or two ago, visited our city iit the interest of cotton clannanta, and the Hon. Joseph Casey, late Chief Justice of the United Staton Court of Claims, who Is interested jointly with Mr. Bagger in ihU matter as oounseta|Mue succeeded in i ff. oting ar rangements that will secure an early con sideration by the next (Democratic) Con gress of the propriety of paying those ciaiii'e. Their points and arguments are already prepared, and some of the most influential members in the next House are said to be in favor of the payment of these claims, if proved. Judge Casey's argument will be delivered before the proper committee very early in the ses sion. aud will be followed by arguments of Judge Bartley and Louis Bagger, Eq. Wo congratulate those haring claims in the Lands of these gentlemen upon the very satisfactory prospects of final sue cess. Deviltry in tub Distbict. — Every now and then, says the Nashville American, there comes to the surface facts that il Justrate how the courts of the District of Columbia bavo. been long given up to lawless gangs, until justice has been worse than succession of Wells^ ndT"shfw that per Wf-w lion has yet been reached. Well assistant in the Police Court, Campbell Carrington, has already been requested to resign, on account of abusing tbe privi leges of las position, and it is also dis covered that somebody has stolen a por tion of tbe records in the court. The papers comprise the important testimony and bail bonds in cases where the aggre gate of the fines would have amounted to $5,000. With the destruction of these papers, of course, the eases would fail, aud a small crowd of rascals, hammers and thieves would be allowed to run free. The Attorney General has taken these eases in hand, aud, as a result, Fisher's non, the predecessor of Carrington, is in custody. By this energetic action a por tion of die bonds have been recovered, aud young Fisher’s prospect of occupying n cell in the penitentiary materially strengthened. Tub Tilton Beecher Moulton Suits. District Attorney Britton refuses to make known las intentions relative to the criminal indictments against Moul ton and Tilton, but it is believed that lie will soon enter a nolle proeequi, after which the scandal fight is expected to take anew turn—Mr. Moulton being the aggressor. In this connection the Occola (Pa.) Riteillt’ says: “The Baeclierites in Brooklyn wiil find some way of evading Moulton's trial, which would place their champion in the worst position lie bus y*-t occupied whilst the Now York Nation, volunteers the remark that “the first tsigu of sanitary improvement in and nboift Plymouth Church will bo tho re tirement of pastor and congregation as fur as may bo from the public gaze.” *- • 4HF ♦ -* There is trouble in Now Orleans again about mixing the schools. The seniors of the Boy's High School left in a body because a colored teacher was placed over them, and tho Bulletin counsels nil tLe boys to quit the school uuloas ) ,u ca se of complaint is removed ; but the I Hitts thinks they Gould bear tho wrong with patience until it can be righted in some other and more satisfactory way. The Bulletin shows tho enormity of tho evils to which the white people arc compelled to submit, when it tells us that the popu lation of Now Orleans is 145,721 whites to 57,017 negroes, and yt t tho school board consists of niue negroes, with Pinohback at their head, to tirjht whites, loaded by G nornl Longs!reet. It is highly probntdo that after the next elec tion, which takes place next year, the eompoHition/of this school board will be changed, *rtd the white people will then have a cjffance. The Raymond (Miss ) V unite, speak ing of tho Clinton riot, sajs: “There worn probably a thousand negro women then, ami perhaps five huudred negro children. Tbcro were hundreds of mules and Lor:, s hitched under tho adjacent trees; and wagons and buggies innumer able. Snob a scampering we never before wunessod such a howling and such hor rid in'f'mcttioiis wp ttcvit btforo hpiird, and such vindictiveness and hostility to the whites os was exhibited by the tongues of the negro women we had not supposed existed in the human heart. Had the negro women been armed, not a white man would have escaped to toll the story of tho affair." General B.mjuniii 1 Sutler's sister was among the first of European travelers to fall n victim to the new revenue regula tion which was designed to prevent fash iottahle smuggling. Upon her recent ar rival in Boston she was required to enter on a list all extra article s brought over by her and had to pay several hundred dollars of duty. The saddest feature of the affair is that the Collector of the port of Boston, who behaved so unhandsomely to u lady in distress, is Mr. Bill Simmons, • ho owes his position to the exertions of General Butler. V —~r— -Zz . In. l Louisville Courier-Jourtutl wisely recognize# the homogeniousness of in terests between the West and the South. Oppressed and weakened as the South it, she cannot dictate or demand anything with regard to public policy; but she welt knows the natural relations that bind her interests with those of the West; and’ ns interests to a great degree control the sentiments and alliances of peoples, she knows that to the W est she must look for justice and generosity. ► A Washington letter states that the in- I crease of banking circulation in this month will hardly exceed a million. The i withdrawal of circulation is principally | in the West and South, whilst the heaviest j increase is in the New England States, j lx ere they have the national bonds ac- j cumulated by fat contracts, aud feeding the auny, and speculation, while other people were fighting. N.iiii Jell Davis at one of the fairs in Missouri the other ilay: ‘Tt gladdened my heart as I drove K> these grounds to see the number of side-saddles on the horses hitched along tho way. I had almost began to fear that my American countrywomen had lost the art of riding, at least the art of riding on horseback. Thank you, ladies, for coming ou side saddles.” This is good: It frequently occurs in domestic history, observes the Washing ton Star, that a gentleman has occasion to send for his mother-in-law, but it very rarely happens that he has need of his father-in-law. That time seems to 1 ave arrived, however, in the career of <Jov. Ames, of Mississippi, Tho la t oflicial at Washington who Mole something is named Fisher, lie | topped his line in pleasant places and Law! out a lot of appeal bonds that be longed to the government. W hite Slavery tu NcW FtitrUni). It is announced that tho Fail River (Mass, mills will resume operations to day, provided the operatives will accept a redaction of ten per cent, on wages, and consent to the proposition of tha Board of Manufacturers to "withdraw from any association which does not leave the choice of woik and wages to the free wiil of each individual." The indications are that the great majority will be glad to close with this off ir, rather than at tempt to g'i through the approaching winter In idleness and want. At F*H Biver, qt present, fifteen thousand opera tives and forty mffis are idle, and as the “vaoatiou” commenced sis weets ago there is now considerable sufi ring amongst the operatives. “Hungry and poorly-clad womerf," writes a correspond ent, “haunt the rooms of the societies, hotel*, aud etoyes, asking for relief, and at every corner on every street dozens of sad-looking men stand gazing about them with their hands in their pockets. By the strike monthly wages amount ing to >•“)<K),<)0<) have been lost to the town and trades people, while $30,000,- 000 of capital lies idle and unproductive. The manufaoturors have a stock of goods from which to fill special orders, and seem confident of meeting a limited de ; mand therefrom for six months, and say | they might as well keep their mills closed all winter, as they would lose money by conceding the demands of the operatives The Lowell manufacturers also announce that they have doterimned upon a reduc- of the opt-A tives .The Boston Adoertiser says the reduction 1 will be felt in all departments of cotton • manufacturing, and will be of such a na ture that wages, relatively to each other, will be changed, while at the same time all are cut down to the lowest basis which reduced prices and diminished profits demand. The proposed reduction will go into effect October 4, when wages will bo out down from three to ten per cent., according as they were considered rela tively too high or too low in the different departments of the business. In order to mitigate the effects of the reduction as fur as possible, the amount to bo paid for board at corporation houses is re duced from $3 50 to $3 25 per woek for males, and from $2 25 to $2 10 for fe inales. This is a sad state of affairs and affords a striking illustration of tho evils result ing from the present financial policy of the government which has prostrated the manufacturing, commercial, mechanical aud industrial enterprises generally of the country. It demonstrates, too, theabject dependence of labor on capital in New England, whore the political economy of the State is controlled by capital in the interests of capital. Mr. Calhoun once said that labor and capital in the free States were in nntngonism, with the advantage on the side of capital. In tho free States pressure came upon capital through labor, while in the slave States pressure could only reach labor throifgh capital. In times of panic and pressure, tho Southern slave owner, to preserve his capital, was compelled to feed his slaves. Tho mill owner could close his factory door and lot labor starve. The condi tion of things in Massachusetts to day affords a convincing demonstration of tho correctness of Mr. Calhoun’s theory. Whatever were the evils of slavery it had some compensations. It gave tc labor, helpless labor, employment am security, which the labor system of phi Massachusetts does not. No paper in Now York better deserves the support and patronage of the South ern people than The Run. It is in all respects a model nowspuper, and is by far tho best and fairest of thoso journals in Now York city that assume to lead public opinion. Its editor-in-chief, Mr. Charles A. Dana, is the pronounced ene my of shams of all sorts, and nothing that is not honest, virtuous aud good es capes his trenchant quill. Although an avowed Republican, he is a better Demo crat to-day, in everything that relates to devotion to principle aud incorruptible in tearity, than the editor of the New York World. In addition to this, Mr. Dana is one of tho most scholarly writers connected with journalism. Mr. Wil liam Young, the managing editor of The Sun, upon whom dovolves the responsibility of gathering aud arranging the news, is a gentleman of experience, taste and discretion, and is one among tho few journalists in Now Yoik who is critic enough to discriminate between news and mere eoaaoiionolism. In addi tion to this he is a fluent, graceful aud vigorous writer. Wo write thus strongly in behalf of The Sun because, in all contingencies it has stood up for honesty and principle, and because it has so ably defended the South in the maintainauce of the right of her people to local self government, for all of which it deserves their confidence and thoir gratitude. The carpet-ba * usurping Governor of Louisiana, with a keen appreciation of tho fact that it would bo futile to expect any further assistance from Federal troops to keep himself and his confeder ates in power, now that the Democrats have a majority in the national House of Representatives, has had anew census taken by officers of his own appointment, md the result, as foreshadowed in our w Orleans correspondence, shows a re markable increase in the colored popula tion. According to the returns of Kel logg's census takers, the population of ihe State Las increased 127,47.1 in the Last five years, the total population being less thau 1)00,000: aud of this increase SI,Mi) are reported to be colored. By tho last census it appeared that the white exceeded the colored population about 2j0o0; Kellogg's new census gives the colored population as over 41,000 in ex cess of the whites; and when the elections mko place it will be claimed that the Kellogg and Casey party have a legitimate insjority in that proportion of voters to population. As Kellogg & Cos. have the control of the election machinery, with a knowledge of the uißuuer in which elec tion returns have been manipulated here tofore, it is easy to foresee what will be the result of this strategy. Verification of Weather Probabili - ties.- From Sergeant J. Kaberuagle, j United States signal observer in Balti i more, the > < n learns that a comparison of ; the weather probabilities for August last, issued tri-daily, and covering twenty-four hours from the time of issue, with the con ditions of the weather following the same, i shows that the average verification for all : the districts predicted is 01.14 per cent. The percentage is greater for the up>per ! lake region (1)2.6 percent.), and least for New England (Bff.4 per cent.) The wind | direction predictions have been the most j successful, viz: Off 75 per cent, verified, weather 1)1.45, temperature 91.00, and barometer *5.77. The omissions to pre dict average 0.32 per cent. Secretary Fish states that the difficulties with Hay ti have been amicably adjusted. The civilized world will breathe freer at i learning that all danger of a sanguinary collision between tjip yhi ty-black govern- j went of the United States and t|m black j government ot iiojti is thus averted. ’ j Bullock’* Swindling Confederates in Trouble. The petition of Henry Clew and The odore H. Fowler of the bankrupt firm of Henry Clews A Cos., for a discharge from all their debts, was considered in tbe District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York on Thursday last. Mr. Henry Clewa was present aud the court room waa filled with creditors, some thirty of whom pro* tested against the discharge of the pe titioners, on the ground of fraud which it is alleged has ueeu developed dur ing the investigation of the affairs of the bankrupts. It was stated that worthless collaterals had been iransK-rred from the old firm to the new, by which, under colors of a loan, the money of the depositors of the new was mod to pay o£U certain pref rred creditors of the old rnKlikUDae creditor stated that the bonds q| the j State of Geoigia negot; dby Clews & Cos., to the amount of been repudiated by the ililliim It was believed that the seeimtieis of Georgia, aud other States which ®pur- portid to have been given to develop industries of thoso States, igipht hp made valuable aud be acknowledged by the au thorities if the books and uoucher3 of the bankrupt firm showed a clean record and a value received for them. If it could be shown that tbe money from the *a!e of these bonds had been honestly paid into the State Treasuries there couldbe no valid defense against -A,oir , i>ut' Che the firm do not show clearly the nature of the transactions between the firm and the officials of the So\dh e 7 n Stales, ft had been furthermore proven in a Georgia court that the accounts of Clews & Cos. had been falsified. Under these circum stances it was considered the books would be of no value to the creditors. The in vestigation on the whole was Aiost dam aging to Bullock's financial agents, Hen ry Clews & Cos., and fully confirmed all that tho Georgia press has charged upon the firm as being co conspirators with Bullock and his ring of carpet-bag de velopers m defrauding the State. But the richest as well as the newest disclosure in the financial operations of Clews & Cos. was reserved for tho close of the investigation. While the creditors of the firm were yet in council, forth came Benjamin 11. Cheever, of Washing ton, D. C., who filed in the Register's office a claim against Henry Clews & Cos. for “balance due on contracts of March 27, 18<i!), $150,000; less by cash, $9,500 $140,500.” Attached to this claim were copies of the agreement or contracts made by the firm with Cheever and James Van Daren. Following are the alleged contracts: “Should we be appointed by the United States Government as financial agents in New York, or in any city or town in the United States, wo hereby agree to divide the profits of the same with B. H. Chee ver and James Van Buren, one-quarter each, they being partners in such propor tion. Henry Clews & Cos. ” “Should we be appointed by the United States Government its financial agents in London, Paris or Frankfort, we hereby agree to divide the profits of the same with B. 11. Cheever and James Van Bu ren, one-quarter each, they being part ners in such proportion. “lleniiy Clews A Cos. “Washington, P. C., March 27, I860.” Cheever stati and that he also repre sented James Van Buren, who had a sim ilar claim, and that they both protested against Clews receiving a discharge f'fOm his liabilities. After the adjourn men's* 1 of the hearing, Cheever in or*u-.na^“f< >r ter or itie Tribune that he was prepared to show tha. Henry Clews & Cos. had received over SOOO,OOO profits as fiscal agents of the United States, and that his claim for one-quarter of that sum was presented in good faith. He had sworn to its correctness before the register, and he was able to substantiate it. He said Clews had deceived him, and it was understood that the books of the firm did not contain any entries of the transaction. The agreement was verj plain and could not be misunderstood, but Clews has evaded payments under it, claiming that there were no profits. Cheever also stated that at tho time the agreements were signed Clews told him that Habicht, of the firm of Clews, Habicht & Cos, London, would havo one quarter of these profits, leaving the remaining quarter to Clews. Cheever declined to give de tails concerning his claim and the na ture of the services rendered until after his counsel had prepared the papers in the suits which would be begun against tho firm to recover the money claimed to be due under the contract. Cheever’s documents and statements leave us no room to doubt that the appointment of Henry Clews & Cos. as financial agents of the Government was obtained by bribery, and the inference is fair that the appointing power shared tho bribe with Messrs. Cheever and \an Buren. They certainly did not control the President in these appointments, and could only have acted as agents of a higher power to con duct the bargain with Henry Clews & Cos. A Grand and Costly Altar. —At the residence of the Vicar General a convoca tion of tho priests of the diocese of New York was held on Thursday to devise means for ereotmg the high altar in the new cathe lral in F.fth avenue. The altar when completed will cost about $210,000, and it is proposed that the diocese of New York shah defray the en tire expenses. When completed, the al 'ar will be one of the most magnificent in the world. Its principal parts are be ing erected in Home, and others in St. brieuc, France. The high altar will oc cupy the eastern extremity of the build ing, aud be supported by a platform to be reached by three broad marble steps rising from the floor of the sanctuary. The table will be of white marble, rest ing on columns of precious marble, xyth bases aud foliated capitals of the same material, and are eight in number, divid ing the front of the altar into three large aud four smaller niches. The Lirger niches will contain representations of the Passion of Christ, and the smaller statues of the Apostles. The altar is to be twelve feet-four inches long by two feet four inches wide. Specie Taxes. —A Washington dis- says: ‘‘Among Treasury officials the report that tho President will prob ably suggest such an amendment of the legal teuder act as will require the pay ment of all internal revenue taxes in gold is regarded as too absurd for discussion. The Secretary of the Treasury is obliged to sell between fifty and sixty millions of gold annually to get sufficient currency, in connection with internal revenue re ceipts, to pay the current expenses of the government. As already stated in this correspondence, the administration does not expect any favorable legislation from the Forty-fourth Congress, and de pends wholly upon the existing specie re sumption act to carry out the will of the Republican party. — ; 1 The United States gunboat Brayo to leave Galveston on Friday night last for the Bio Grande, under the escort of the revenue cutter J. A. Dix, and General Ord says if the Mexican Greasers do not ; keep out of Texas there will tip lively . 40 that vicinity. / j An liu--aranr** Bombshell, A convention of Insurance Commis sioners and Superintendents was held in New York last week. We learn from the New York papers that the harmony of the body was unpleasantly disturbed by Commissioner John A. Finch, of Indiana, who quietly dropped the biggest kind of bombshell plump into the midst of the body. The order of the day was the de livery of addresses, When Mr. Finah's turn came, be made a compact, logical argument, intended to show his colleagues the errors under which the whole system of Life Insurance has been laboring for msjny yeas past. He contended that the contract for life insurance is the most one sided known in business ; that it binds the policy holder as with a chain of rivetted steel, aud the company as with a rope of :*kUd; that the companies have every Mintage of the policy holder in regard to payments of dividends, the satisfaction of Cfcans, the election of agents and so licitor : that the responsibility for con tracts is shifted from solicitor to geueral agents, from to the com panies, and from the companies back again: tha.t tbe companies “sit in a shadow of mystery and speak in techni cal phrases, and that when a policy is forfeited or lapses from any cause, “the holder receives what the company gra ciously will give.’’ This, remarks the Brooklyn Argus, is a stern indic*rißp. striking at the root of the bregsMfcErfeHi of conducting the r hfe _ i- * i remedy, Mr. Finch proposes the passage , of anew general law, which shall make al} life policies nou-forfeitable after the first payment; compel the companies to be responsible for the acts of accredited agents and solicitors; permit no defense at law for fraud in applications after the lapse of five years, and make a contract between company and holder as binding os any other contract. This propo sition is sufficiently sweeping to stir the whole life insurance interest to its foundations. It will please the great mass of people who are policy-holders— and it will displease a good many of the companies who have figured conspicu ously in the law courts in contests over claims. But, considering the fuet that there are in the State of New York alone more than 800,000 holders of life poli cies in the different grades, and the addi tional fact that th ; s vast army of the pru dent are insured to the amount of $2,000,000,000, the new departure sug gested by the Indiana Cammissioncr be comes at once a subject of popular inter est. The bold defense of the policy holders will naturally make Mr. Finch the leader in anew agitation. The com panies will be heard from in due time. A New Application op Gun Cotton.— The telegraph recently gave us a brief account of an explosion in a “celluloid” factory in Newark, N. J. Most of our readers, perhaps, never heard of “cellu loid” before, and of course have no idea what sort of a manufactory was blown up in Newark. “Celluloid” is a newly discovered substance manufactured from several ingredients, chief among them gun cotton aud camphor, which possesses a high value on account of its close re semblance to coral, ivory, tortoise shell, amber or malachite, according to prefer ence. Not only is it susceptible to the richest and most delicate coloring, but is very light and at the same time very tough, aud in these respects superior to any known substance now in use for a great variety of purposes. The coral •imitations a r e so perfect that expert jew elers fail to detect its real character with out close inspection. The principal scat of its manufacture is Newark, though companies aro springing up in other parts of the country. It is largely used in the manufacture of jewelry and fancy goods, and though not easily broken, is highly inflammable and ignites instantly, it is said, when placed in contact with fire. As was to be Expected.— The follow ing striking item appears in some of the latest Washington news: “General Ord, commanding the De partment of Texas, is of opinion that better service could be rendered along the Rio Grande by a command of exclu sively white troops. Tho Mexicans, so officers in the command write, do not fear the presence of the colored infantry or cavalry. There are other reasons given for insisting on the change if the command is to be made effective.” Very few people, says the Richmond Dispatch, knew there were any negro soldiers on the Rio Grande; but all knew that negro soldiers would very poorly protect the frontier. General Ord has come to a couclusian that must bo reached by all officers, and all honest ones will ftankly express them. General Ord is one of the honest ones. The New York Abduction Case.— The boy Joseph Sullivan, whose myste rious disappearance in New York on Wednesday last has brought out the of fer of s>.>oo reward for his recovery, is still missing. Superintendent Walling said Tuesday that he had learned of a boy being taken away in a wagon by two men, and from the description thought it might be Joseph Sullivan. On Wed nesday last the boy was playing on the sidewalk in front of his father’s store and dwelling, at No. 412 Greenwich street, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. At 1:05 o’clock his father’s clerk spoke to him at the door, and that was the last time he is known to have been seen by any one who knew’ him. The Centennial Bonanza. —We have never doubted that the Philadelphia Cen tennial was to be made the basis of in numerable schemes of speculation and plunder. We see it announced that the United States Centennial Board of Finance has granted the privilege of printing the official catalogue qf the ex hibition to J. 11. Nagle & Cos., of Phila delphia. The firm gave the Board of Finance $ LOO,OOO for the privilege, and agrees to print the catalogue in English, French, German and Spanish. Warmoth and Kellogg, of Louisiana, are reported by the New Orleans Times to have compromised. It asserts that Warmoth has lately declared “there is nothing for him and Kellogg to quarrel about now: that there are plenty of things in sight for both of them, and that what he wants is not the same thing that Kellogg wants.’’ Meantime, the people of Louisiana want nothing better than to see both these plundering scoun drels consigned to speedy perdition. Another Bold Kidnapping Case. —In New York, on Wednesday morning, Mrs. Cohler, of Fifty-ninth street, while pur chasing goods at Stewart’s store, had her j little daughter, five years of age, taken from her by an unknown woman, who went with her into an omnibus. The j mother, half frantic, ran after the vehi cle, and recovered the child. She was so excited that she neglected to call the I police, and so the kidnapper escaped. The taxes levied in New York last year averaged $35 for every man, woqian and child. This exceeds the tax levied in Paris in the last year of the empire, when taxes were heaviest to meet the vast improvements then executed. The taxes in Paris that year averaged only f24 50 per head. LETTER FROM THE “GATE CITY.” House Again— Judge Martin J. Crawford —Old Friends—Cron*—A Lively t pl- Macon, her Hotels and the State Fair. .special Correspondence of the Morning News.] Atlanta, September 25, 1875. I am once again within the dusty pre cincts of the “Gate City,” having ar-i rived here from Macon at a very early hour this morning. After an absence of a month I find Atlanta but very littlej changed, except that more activity is visible on, the streets, the result of a brisk opening of the fall trade. Of course I have not had time to call on the Governor, interview the public offieiaß generally, or get posted in regard to the "last sensation.” I merely propose in this hasty epistle to drop yon a few inci dents * travel, in the hope that tLev may not prove uninteresting to your read ers. JUDGE MARTIN J. CRAWFORD. I Passing through Columbus on vesti'c day I made a brief call at the law office of this distinguished gentleman to con gratulate him upon his recent re-appoi t rnent as Judge of that circuit, in pi ce of Judge James Johnson, resigned. 3he rumor that he was offered a place uj an the Supreme Bench has no foiy d ation whatever, as I am assured ’■ by both Governor Smith aud Judge Cru v ford. W hen General Alfred Iverson was elected United States Senator for this State, and in 1853 resigned the position of Judge of the Muscogee Circuit, Gjv -efticr •TTSvsuCt.j' r*. jcnasou appointed Hon. M. J. Crawford to fill tho unexpired teym, some two years or more. And now that Judge Janies Johnson re signs, Governor Smith, with his accus tomed good sense, re-appoints Judge Crawford to fill the present unexpired term, which is also about two years. On the first Monday in October,"at Butler, the new Judge will preside over the Tay lor county Circuit Court, and as his former services on the bench were of a high order of merit, I can s-.fely assert that his pres ent career will far surpass it in en ergy and ability. .Judge Crawford comes of good stock, is commanding in appear ance, has dark, sandy hair and whiskers, aud is one of the ablest and most success ful presiding officers in the South. With such men as Herschel V. Johnson and Martin J. Crawford on the bench, there is no chance for the scales of justice to be tampered with, aud the ermine of the Judge will again become what it should bo in all ages and in all climes, as pure and spotless rs the untrodden snow. Of all curses that can fall upon an oppressed and sorely-tried people, whose only safety is in the strong arm of the law the worst is a venal aud cor rupt judiciary. AN OLD FRIEND —CROPS —AN EPISODE. At the and. pot in Columbus I met my old and genial friend, Captain A. A. Winn, who has been on a business tour through that section. He was in the act of 1 uy ing a copy of the Morning News from a newsboy, which led him to remark to me that everywhere he went he heard high praise bestowed upon your paper, and in many instances he had taken subscrip tions to accommodate parties who desired it regularly. He reports crops rather better than was anticipated some weeks ago, and in Southwestern Georgia the “second crop,” as it is called, promises well if not cut off by an early aud severe frost. Captain W. has been canvassing in Tallapoosa, Chambers, Lee, Montgom ery, Bullock and Barbour counties, in Alabama, and through Southwestern Georgia. He has done good service for tht city of Savannah, and through his infi nee many a stray bale of cotton will find *s way to your warehouses. Ju t after the train left Butler I re mained to Captain Winn that the next station was Reynolds, where the young ladies pin back their dresses so tight that it makes wrinkles in their faces, aud they can’t shut indr mouths. A vinegar-faced, bareheaded dirty looking old woman sat in the sea* in front cf me, having wjjh her a barehtaied daughter and grirnUT' ohild, and thinking I was casting a slur upon the Indies of Reynolds, her own home, she very indignantly and sharply replied, “I’d thank you, sir, its gin in that the ladies of Reynolds dresses in better styles as does tho ladies .of Macon.” Tho daughter of the irate old woman laughed good naturedly, and explained to her mother that she had mistaken my idea, but the indignant creature would not mol lify worth a cent, and as she left the cars at Reynolds, she cast such a withering, scornful glance upon me that Conductor Jeter and Captain Winn were convulsed with laughter. MACON —HER HOTELS AND THE FAIR. I stopped over a few hours in Macon, and found everybody talking about the approaching State Fair, Great efforts are being made to have an agricultural, mechanical and stock exhibition such as has never before been witnessed in the South. Although there is to be no regular racing, it is understood that some of the fastest horses in tlie country will be there and give a display of their speed. Eminent men from all parts of the land are being invited, and already several have promised to be pres ent. Of hotel accommodations there will be no lack. Mr. J. C. Mcßurney, the owner of tho “Hollingsworth Block,” has re-opened the National Hotel, which he had handsomely frescoed and refiitted in elegant style, and where he is making preparations for an immense crowd du ring the fair. I took tea at this hotel last night aud am glad to be able to state that it is now better kept than ever be fore, The Brown House and Lanier House, ever popular, are also cleaning up and preparing for the expected crowd. Private boarding houses are also making ready, and all visitors will be taken care of. Me Judice. The Romance of the Grand Duke Alexis. [From Galignani’s Messenger.] The young wife of the Grand Duke Alexis cf Russia, son of the Czar, has just been divorced by the Tribunal of St. Petersburg. She was a Hessian, and in that quality had been accepted by the Empress Maria Alexandrowna as a maid of honor. Her Majesty was rapidly cap tivated by her young countrywomen, who speedily became her favorite. An other conquest of still greater importance awaited the young lady in the Muscovite Empire. Not absolutely pretty, but en dowed with that grace which bewitches more than beauty, possessing a charming figure aud an incomparable elegance, she inspired the young Grand Duke with an irresistible passion. One evening the Empress saw enter her apartment the maid of honor bathed in tears, who, throwing herself at her Maj esty’s feet, avowed her love, and besought the Czarina’s consent to the marriage. That same night the young lady was put into a rail way carriage, and, under good escort, conducted to the frontier, while the Grand Duke Alexis received orders to re join his ship. But the Czar had reckoned without the determination of the two lovers. The Prince escaped, rejoined his fiancee beyond tho Rhine, and married her in German territory, notwithstand ing the paternal fulminations ; and theD left with her for America. The romance lasted two years, and nothing could bend the determination of the Emperor nor restore the son to his favor, when the in fluence of the Empress, being brought to bear on the son, determined the latter to accept his father’s conditions. It was decided that the Grand Duke should con sent to a divorce, resume his situation in the Russian navy, and that an annuity should be settled on the heroine of the romance. It was immediately after that the Prince was in London with the Czar. The formalities of the divoree were com pleted last week. The Vebdict.—A jury it supposed to represent fairly the general intelligence of the community from which it is taker. The guilt or innocence of a party, the value or worthlessness of an article is established by its verdict. A verdict has recently been rendered by a jury com posed of the best men taken from every countryem the globe; the evidence was Clear and impartial, and thousands of witnesses gave their testimony. The trial was a ore, Occupying ten years, and the jury have at ist brought in a verdict which was, that! Dr. Tatt’s Pills possess greater power over disease than any medi cine invented sii*e the foundation of the world.” It is p/uouuced by all a right eous verdict. J LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. ‘The Texas Editorial Party—Sights and f Scenes—. 4 Floridian Abroad— Aniee’s Pedigree— Mississippi Notes—Kellogg (Around— Louisiana Topics— Washington Jottings-Hing Scandal—Hon- Business is Done With the Secretaries—The Heiga of Rascality—Odds sud Ends. j [Special Correspondence of the Morning News.] i i Was sis oton, D. C., September 23,1375. THE TEXAS EDITORS. We have had quite a party of Texas edi tors in our city who have beea excurtiug around the North ia charge of R. W. Thomp son of the Texas Pacific Railroad. They j were waylaid on Sunday by the Young Men’s Christian A-sociation and presented with bibles. They then obtaiued a special j permit and were shown through the Capitol, Treasury and White House, and in the af ternoon had their photographs taken by Johnson, and their phrenological develop ments reconnoitred by Professor Henry of the Smithsonian Institute. They seemed to be well pleased with Washington. They pronounced the beverages good and the board excellent. They had to forego the satisfaction of gazing on Ulysses, but thev read the sign on Freddy's bank and saw the room where the old man filled the guests with choice drinks at government expense, i They also saw the spot where Tom Ochiltree sat in tho great Sartoris supper, and their breasts swelled with pride at the deeds of that sou of Texas. They were shown the Washington monument, standing aloft in the Potomac mud like a broken broom handle. They role on the street cars and rubbed against tli© high-toned Africans ot Washington with the privilege of getting small-pox or itch. They saw the Howard University at a dis ! >“Uce and the exploded Freedman’s Bank at ; short range. They visited Ford’s Theatre i (now the medical museum), and were shown the spot, immediately beneath tlio skeleton Of-the buffalo, where Booth Dorforutwa his murderous They saw Castle Sjtewart and Fort Butler, and had the pleasure of walking over the pretty in os .Tie pavement j made of plaster and cement laid around the i capitol grounds, on which a Virginia Ropub ■ Bean member of Congress and several con tractors have become rich. They were dis gusted by the amount of Indian statu ary and pictures which a maudlin sympathy for Lo has caused to be erected, for the average Texan believes in first killing the Indian and then civilizing him. They gazed in wonder at the dome of the capitoi, one of them remarking that it was nearly as high as Victoria Peak ; they looked with astonishment at the skeleton of the megathenium, they leered covetously at the bags of gold in the Treasury vault, aud grinned at the half plucked eagles in Frank lin square, but, unlike their Northern breth ren, they did not whittle or break off any thing for relics, although they were shown where the tree stood near which Sickles killed Key, and were told that said tree had been whittled up aud carried off by Dan’s admirers. Tlio excursionists left here more rapidly than they would, but the nows of the cyclone alarmed them, aud they packed up and sped away. MISSISSIPPI. The pin-headed abortion whom old Stra bi-mus gave to his daughter is raising Ned in Mississippi, but the people have rather got him by the hip. That State has had a hard time of it since the war with the Revels, Pease, McKee, Barry, Lynch, Perce, Morphia, Harris and the rest of the horde of negroes, carpet-baggers and thieves. To see the pedigree of these fellows in the Con gressional Directory, each giving his own performances,is enough to disgust, and was even too much for that paragon of Radical perfection, Poland, who, with blue swallow tail and brass buttons, and the fragrance of the Vermont hills hanging in his ilfaetorios, could not stand this commingled essence of dirty carpet-bagger, scallawag and nigger that, filled tho legislative halls at Jackson, and consequently reported against them. But to Ames—this youth started out under the auspices of Bl&ino as a second lieutenant in 1861 and was crowded up to a Brigadier General of volunteers in tho days when no one was allowed to loaf around tho Willard but Generals. Ho was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 24th Infantry after the war, aud was assignod to command what was known as the Fourth Military District, em biaeing Mississippi. In this capacity bo literal'y had control of the State. Most of the offices were filled by Federal officers aud their retainers, and when reconstruction came Ames and the othc-r negro Revels were elected Senators April Ist, 1870. Then be married Belle Butler and became the son of his, father-in-law. And now io.‘ the reason of his resigning the Senate and taking tlio Gubernatorial chair. The expenses of re construction in a great State like Mississip pi, necessitated expenses, levees needed re pairing, and improvements were needed. The State could issue bonds, aud who could .place them ou the market and with more #ij. t• J motives that that spotless pa triot, the Governor’s hlthc-Hf-iaw, Ben But ler ? Tho bonds were accordingly got ouq and if Ames and Butler have not made a good thing of it, you can gamble that the latter has. Bruce, the retired barber (who is of alight mule color), and Jamos Lusk Alcorn, of Friar’s Point, both Senators, are opposed to the Ames-Butler business, and have been bore and. ring the so-called trou bles, watching matters. Tho election for members of Congress takes placo in Novem ber, and from the present appearances the Radicals will be wiped out so clean that tho price of valises will go up fifty per cent, in Jackson. WM. TITT KELLOGG is here trying the pulse on outrages. He "'ants to get up some excitement that will place Pinckney B nton Stewart Pinchback iu the Senate, where \V. P. K, can manipu late him to the best advantage. But Pinch will hardly sit. Some of the old Radical fossils do not like to have a convict and gambler thrust amongst them, although he has a right to be there under their decisions and acts. When the class to which W. P. Kellogg aud J. E. West are squelched in Louisiana, the better class of people will be enabled to rally and place their Slate on its old footing of prosperity. New Orleans, the natural grain outlet of the Mississippi val ley, needs only out.-rprise that stable gov ernment engenders to become a great port. Ten years of domestic order in Louisiana and a proper utilizaiiou of labor would double the population of the Crescent Citv, especially now that tho attention of tlio government has been attracted to the im provement of the mouth of tho Mississippi. 1 heard a Northern capitalist re-piarlt a few days ago, that if he felt assured of order prevailing for a few years he would invest all his available funds iu real estate in New Orleans. Peace and order, I told him, will come in under Democra'ic rule, and he will not have lopg to wait. J.QCAL lories. The topics of interest here are the arrest of C. F. Fisher, tho late Assistant United States Attorney, for stealing records, etc. He is mixed up in a vast amount of rascali ty, but as every branch of the District Gov ernment is rotten to the core, be is little worse than others. The Board of Commis sioners are nominally presided over by Den nison, ex-Governor of Ohio, but Ketchum, of New York, formerly member of Congress’ is the wire-workc-r of the institution, and Shepherd is yet “Boss’’ as much as ever. It was foolishly supposed that honesty would rule when the board came in, but matters are worse. Contracts are still ob jects of swindling. Under tlio law of Con gress tlio board can enter into no new con tracts, but they can complcto work that was under way. When Ketchum and Iloxie de sire to give a good job to a friend, they send him to one of the contractors who had com pleted a portion of a stree t and was doing the work at exorbitant rates, bnt wbo bad been stopped and settled with. Tho friend g'-ts this contractor to authorize him to complete any further work qn the street upon which he was working, should the board order it. The board then orders the friend to complete the street under Board of Public Works prif.es, and the people are thus robbed in spite of themselves. The offices of the Board of Commissioners employ nearly as many clerks as the citv of New York, and such a collection of retired burg lars, pimps aud seailawags were never gath ered together before. All the offices are believed to contain defaulters, and the city is full of forged certificates of the Board of Audit. An ex-army officer, a friend of Sena tor Logan, named Varney, has been arrested for passing some of these, and it is believed that several prominent brokers are inter ested in this bogus business. The Shepherd ring has made many a Washington bummer rich. Four years ago “Bill” Dickson kept a little doggery on llih street, and to-day be is the leading broker in the district. Nearly FOUIi YEARS AGO Pennsylvania avenue wai paved from the capitol to the treasury with wooden pave ments of different patents, and upon the completion of this,, the first great job, a grand carnival was given! There avas a masked procession, a tournament of beats in pasteboard armor, a race of goat carte, Helmbold Buchu driving up and down in his chariot, sis in hand, with brass trap pings jingling, Grant in his landau, and Beau Hickman on horseback. To-day Penn sylvania avenue is in holes again and needs anew pavement, but other streets have been improved, the ring has got rich, and the people of the district have a debt of twenty-six millions, which they expect the American people—through Congress—to shoulder for them, ar.d yet the steam rollers are working down tbi Ur, and Shepherd, it i is said, is laying his snare to catch the in- ; coming Congress. He counts on so manv i green ones, but may be sadly mistaken. I ! know a few that salt won’t work on. IN TOWN. Senator Cameron was here a few days ago with an ex-member of Congress from Penn sylvania named Lem. Todd. What old Simon wanted to get for Lem. no one knows, but he would make a good deputy premier in the Samoan Empire. And now comes Leonard Myers, another Pennsylvania ex member, who also wants something, and who says he must have something or the De mocrats will carry Pennsylvania certain. We have Garfield, of Ohio, bustling around here, and it is rumored that he is trying to rahe funds and voters to take out with him; but that won’t do for Bill Allen. By the way, Garfield has a fine house on “I" street here, and, as Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, became rich —off his salarv, of course. He was in Credit Mobilier, salary grab, and had a touch of Pacific Mail, but managed to survive it all. He Is the oulv bidder as yet for the Vice Presidency. Pat -1 terson, of South Carolina, late of Juniata : Pennsylvania, has taken cheap lodgiDgs and | will remain until and dnriug the session of i Congress. J. L. Evans, of Indiana, a newly elected Republican, has been here draw"- iog his pay and laying m a stock of garden seed for his constituents. He is a young man of promise. Pat Hawes, mem ber-at-will from Nebraska, whose pie shop in the New York Post Office .was broken up by tba Postmaster, is here trying to get his friend Bristow to mend the matter lor him. J. B. Beck, of Kentucky, has also been here, and was quite a lion, as his ehances'Tor the Senate in 1877 are considered pretty good. We have had a Tennessee delegation here fighting over office. Spence, the United States Marshal for the Middle District of Tennessee, has been ousted bv Galbraith j who goes into office in November. The balance of the “loir* delegation are after minor offices, and some ot them having ex hausted their funds, are about to move off ou the hoof before the corn is gathered. THE FLORIDA CROWD have all left except the Turman family, the gay and festive United States Attorney, whom minor has it will remain here witlfa shingle in the wind on “F” street, the ;late public printer, and a few more to fame uu ! known, but to saloon proprietors very fa ! miliar. Gov. Gleason has started to Ballin ; valley, near Newtownbarrey, in the county of Carlow, Ireland, where "the Gleasous anil Greasons, Dohertys and Flahertvs, the Boyles and Doyles, will all gather to gaze on the great Governor from “Ameriky,” who left the “ould sod” in the steerage" of th I Tonawanda, and now returns rich as Crrnsus. 1 He will go to London and Paris to endeavor to dispose of some of his magnificent estates. They say liis maps are gorgeous. The ever glades become a fertile plain studded with villages. Railroads intersect the country in all directions. Steamboats plough "the Indian river, aud seveu-story cotton mills are thickly strewn among the thriving hamlets. Gleason is a humanitarian. He wants to provide homes for tho down-trod den of all nations. Ho would as soon sell to the Memnonites as to the British Emigra tion Union or the orgau grinder’s benevo vlent league. What a picture Gleason could present to cts of Victor Emanuel. In the happy !and%x->phiied .on the maps, whose ■chiaate is milder than theirowii, itnj descendant of the Caisars could sit beneath his vine or fig tree playing some sweet and touching air ou his hurdy-gurdy to which the mocking birds (Southern nightingales, Gleason calls them),could lend their chorus, and the perfume of the magnolia would overpower the monkeys’ senses so that ho would forget to scratch himself, and all would be blissful. But Glc-asou has gone off and left the contract for building the life saviug stations in the hands of Denis, of Alachua, aud if ho don’t make a good per centage, he don’t hold light offices in the State, that’s all. There is something liko twenty thousand dollars to bo disposed of, and a largo portion of it may be considered as profit. FOREIGN. Our minister, Bassett, who hangs out in Hayti, lias been getting into trouble with the clouted government of that placo. lie should iiave the Seminole negroes sent to him for protection. If the Sarnana Bay speculation of the administration had not burst, these uegroos would make a good standing army for that portion of tho island. Old Godlove S. Orth, who misrepresents us at Vienna, writes that the Austrians do not take much interest in our Centennial show. As the principal feature of the American department at Vienna was tho saloon, in which the Commissioners fought and dis ported, tho subjects of Francis Joseph have little hopes of being able to compete with the Yanks in tho mixed drinks line. Tho American and Mexican Joint. Claims Com mission have, it is rumoied, finished work, and of course wo have a big bill against the Greasers, but it is doubtful whether they will givo us Chihuahua or Sonora in pay ment of tho debt. L’bo American aud Spanish Joint Claims Commission has been adjourned during the summer, and \Y. T. Otto has been rusticating. DEPARTMENTAL. The troubles in the Indian branch has started the howl against Delano again. They have found several horses and a”car riage, purchased from the contingent fund of the latorior Department, on the farm of Columbus D. at Mount Vernon, Ohio. Cowan, called General, Assistant Secretary ot the Interior, is also accused of feather ing his nest, and that Pecksniff Smith, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has laid up enough so that no rainy day can aff.ct him, and now they are making up anew slate for those offices. Sambard should not be for gotten. Delano deserves credit for doing his own dirty work and having no outside man, as is the custom in the other depart ments. If you ask around tho hotels, How can I yet at the Secretary of War ? they will tell you to go to General Rice ; if you want to yet at Robeson you will be told" to go to Wiard or Murtagh ; if you desire to gel at Bristow you will be told to go to Bill Brown or Burbricl.-re ; if you are afier the District Government they will send you to Shepherd; it you are after Fish they will send you to t-Ile-r, Hill, aud if you want to get at Jewell you will be sent io his chief clerk aud confi dant, Knowiton. So, nearly every bureau officer, etc., also lias a man who", aB they say, “controls ’ him, and to get at these heads of departments or bureaus, with gen uine or bogus claims, or tor any business, you will find it to advantage to lubricate the business man with a few ducats. Atl favors are sold, aud money works wonders in the departments here, from tho clerk un. ODDS AND ENDS. Many o‘ the newspaper men are return ing hero, after their summer vacation. Shaw, tho so-eallod uostor, considered a number one lobbyist, is seen around the hotels. Little McFarland, who took the $25,000 from Pacific Mail Irvin for John Forney, is again on deck, liamsdell, of tho Tribune , again can bo scon at f-illard’s bar and Preston, of tho New York Herald amdu pull's around the Ebbiit. Papa Gobnght re mained in town giving Sunday school exhi bitions, etc., while Major Barr had to keep his eye on the Southern dispatches. Go bright is poet laureate of Washington since Walt Whitman left. I will give you n speci men poem some time. Ho is about to publish a book under tho auspices of Longmans Brown Longman*, i.ondon. The long Tiltonian chronicler, Townsend, has not re turned, and his friends pray that he never will. Little Worden, of the Boston Tod is on duty, and Boyntou, of the Cincinnati Ga zette, could not leave town, being so busy using up Sherman’s Rook in Weekly four column articles. Senator Jones, of Florida, Jias had no response to his Seminole protest, and he is of the opinion that ho nipped the matter in the bud and that no more will come of it. Ex-Senator Yulee, of Florida, is in town at the Willard. A. J. Young, of Columbus, Ga., and Y. Richards aud ladv, of Augusta, are also here at the Metropolitan. Capt. Frank Gallagher, mail route agent, passed through Baltimore on his way North a few days ago, A shining light named Farr left hero for Pensacola a few days ago to take a place in the Coll, ctor s office there, 110 is a heavy politician, and w-hen he gets anew set of lignum Vila: teeth, can equal if not exceed Judge Long oa tho stump. The story is here that the United States Steamer Syracuse went down by striking on a reef near Vancouver Island last June ; was loaded down with liquors, Ac., to be exchanged for furs in Alaska. Arrange ments, it is said,have been made with Wood, the Collector at Sitka,aud Nicholson,the seal fur man, by which big bargains would bo made, and some uico presents wore to be brought back for Robeson and the Presi dent. Ex-Congressman A. White of Selma, Ala., has beor appointed Associate Justico of Utah, and will go there next month it is un derstood. He vo,ted “Force bill 55 HQuare, and is now rewarded. Ho will be lucky if he turns out better than his confrere Sheafs, whose tenpre as 6th Auditor was brief aud inglorious, The Union Republican Central Executive Comrmtho are sending out toils of docu ments to Ohio and Pennsylvania. They are excellent for waste paper. Tho Pennsylva nia Republican Association are raising money in the departments to aid their party, and Jewell carnc- down with fifty dollars. As the time for the meeting of Congress approaches candidates for office iu the House thicken up. Some of them are old heats and fossils whose only claim is that of hav ing held office for years before the war. The gumber of residents of the district who are up exceed all the others. I will try and make up a list before December. Cyclops. Bankrupt ftolt. | We learn from Mr. Willard F. Warner, I the courteous Deputy Clerk of the : United States Courts, that during the I past week the following proceedings in bankruptcy have been filed in his office. Petitions in voluntary bankruptcy filed as follows : Washington J. Burkett, Twiggs county: W. A. Lofton, Macon, solicitor. Isaac N. Hart, Americus; Allen Fort, solicitor. Henry H. Phillips, Bullard station, Twiggs county; Wooten & Simmons, solicitors. Petition for final discharge filed by I the following party : Wm. A. Ramsay, Augusta; Tkaddeus Oakman, solicitor. Amusement and Instruction Combined. The greatest writers in the English language have written plays from which moat quotations are made. No person can he considered con vers int With literature who is not familiar with the standard dram The best means of obtain ing a knowl dge of dramatic literature is getting np Private Theatricals. They are oftentimes the beginning of a successful career as an actor or an actress. Should the stage be adopted, there are but few more lucrative or iiitertstiug profes sions, Good actors and actresses are always in demand. Plays, Dramas, and all needful sup p ies can be obtained from Samuel French & Son, 122 Nassau street, N. Y. A complete catalogue of all plays published sent free; also, acata ogue especially adapted for ama teurs. oct2-weow6t See advertisement of “Good Will,” in this issue, sepll-lt A SICKENING TRAGEDY. Wife Murder and Suicide In New JcrseT. New Brunswick, September 21. —The city was shocked yesterday by the re port that Professor James Garland, a widely-known musician, had. during the day, shot his wife, a most estimable lady, aud committed suicide. For many years the Professor has been an organist and pianist, aud his wife au accomplished vo calist. Tho news of the terrible double tragedy, therefore, spread like wildfire. The scene of the tragedy, located on the corner of Benner street aud First avenue, East New Brunswick, is a spacious frame house in the midst of fine grounds. The Professor was verg ing ou fifty, his wife being onlv a few years his junior. Their married life extended over twenty years. For two years things have gone badly between Garland and his wife, arising from an in sane aud utterly groundless feeling of jealousy of his wife ou the part of the Professor. Hs became jealous of her cousin, a boy still in his teens, who was taking musical lessons from the Profes sor himself. Within tho last month his attitude toward his wife became posi tively brutal. He would come home drunk and abuse aud beat her. Finally things came to such a pass that she had him arrested for wife beating. He was taken before the Justice, and coolly inquired if he had not a perfect right to beat his wife if she deserved it. This, from the public character of the parties, made a great stir. Garland went on with his abuse and his beatings, and the upshot was that Mrs. Garland de cided upon separating from her husband. Ihe necessary legal steps were taken and the bill of separation grauted. Yes terday the breaking up of the family was to take place. It was arranged that Mrs. Garland should withdraw from her hus band’s house. She had taken apartments for herself and children, and, with her sou Alfred, was to have opened to-day a ~Aftusic store. It is stated that Mrs. Gar land has foriofi that her husband would do her 7 noleWcf*> Several nights he broke into her room, looked at her as she lay in bed awake, but always withdrew without speaking or offering her the slightest indignity. Yesterday morning ho left tho house aud proceeded to liis store in Albany street. He returned after a few minutes after 12 o’clock, and after walking around the house abstractedly several times, en tered the dwelling by tbe kitchen door. Mrs. Garland was there with her daughters packing up. The Professor wore a very strange look and had some thing in his hand which subsequently proved to be a Colt’s seven-barrelled re volver. Suddenly he leveled his weapon at Mrs. Garland’s head and tired, the ball entering her mouth, crashing away her teeth aud passing out through the back of her neck. The horrified lady, almost paralyzed with dread, sank ou her knees before her murderer. “Oh, James, James, for God's sake do not kill me !” implored Mrs. Garland, but her husband shot her while on her knees, the ball entering her head. Then Miss Anna, a daughter of fourteen, courage ously sprang forward aud thrust aside her father’s right hand in which he still grasped the revolver. Before he could fire at his wife a third time, she, with a desperate effort, sprang from the house into the yard and there dropped appa rently dead. The Professor darted from the kitchen, sprang upstairs to his room, threw himself on the bed, leveled the revolver at his own head and tired. The ball lodged just over the right eye. Finding himself Still alive, he took a penknife from his pocket and slashed open his throat, inflicting a fear ful wound, breaking the blade of the pen knife in his frenzy. This did not kill him; so he rushed into the hall, procured a hammer, and then crushed in his skull, making a hole twice the sizo of a silver dollar. Soon after this his son Alfred, who was away from home, arrived, and, with the assistance of a Mr. Short, broke in the door of the Professor’s bedroom, and there witnessed a sight such as made tho blood run cold. Sitting on the edge of the bed, his head and face and shirt front covered and streaming with blood, was Garland, utterly unconscious. The floor at the bedside was covered with gore, and the walls and even ceiling were bespattered with blood. It was expected that every moment he would breathe his J ist. His powerful physique, however, jx.ild him up. At about four o’clock he TSecamo conscious. “Is wife dead?” he asked. “No, but she’s ” “My God, I’m glad of that,” and he sank back. In the meantime Drs. Bald win, Mulford, English, Voorhies and Williamson arrived, and did all they could for the dying wife and husband. Our last telegraphic accounts represent the would-be murderer and suicide as being still alive. THE COURSE OF COTTON. Some Well Considered Facts in Regard to the Staple. The Now York Bulletin, of the 21st inst., says that so far as actual cotton has been concerned, buyers havo retained all former advantages, aud even made a little further gain ; but tho previous monotonous down ward tendency on contracts was checked, and one or two slight pulsations of excite ment sTiowu. Local influence hay contribu ted largely to fluctuations on the speculative position, tho general slato of feeling as re gard crop, consumption, etc., remaining much the same as last week, though tho “bull” side has presented one or two new “points,” which, if nut stimulating, have in some quarters served to iufuso a slightly more cautious spirit and checked pressure. Tho bureau report, though as a rule con structed favorably, is claimed to show less encouraging features ou close inspection; some few storms have actually occurred at the boutl), and tho cold weather here generates some fears that tho more North ern portion of the cotton bolt may bo caught by the frost. The “bears,” too, have nearly all obtained a good margin for profit, and this, coupled with the previouslv noted indisposition to remain too largely short of the market, induced a goodly amount of covering aud a cousequent reac tion whenever the demand becamo a little sharp, Aside from the speculative manipu lations we find everything to have beep ex cessively tame. Exporters handled nothing the consumptive demand fell away, and foreign advices were, as a rule, discourag ing, and faith in a large and earlv market crop was unshaken with a large proportion of the trade. Iu fact, while the tendency seems- to lean strongly toward the belief in a full supply aud moderate, cautious con sumption of cottou, the shrinkage on values already established and tho experience of last year havo a tendency to prevent the formation of a very extensive “short" in terest. “Spots” have been in vorv little demand and the cost for the week is" fullv Je. 1 nver with no great strength shown at ("he decline! Nothing whatever was called for on foreign account, tho smalt amount of stock required by exporters being secured much more readily at the Southern ports and on better terms. The spinning demaud, too, was very slow arid much smaller, tho reduction in cost failing entirely to stimulate manu facturers into purchases beyond their most absolute necessities. The main point of de presssion, however, has been the more lib eral offerin is of new cotton from pier at rates constantly running j@.|c. below those nomina ly ruling on stocks in store. Old cotton was to a certain extent most valuable, but desirable selections proving difficult in view of the broken assortment, buyers gave the preference to new at the difference in cost. Offerings have been pretty free both here aud to arrive, and it u intimated that consul* rablo amounts are sure to come for ward iu time to meet September contracts. For future delivery there has been con siderable irregularity, with at times quite a feverish tone, and on the whole a somewhat better state ot affurs for tho selling inter est than last week. The first tujn for im- provement was obtained on th„ hints of a strong combination to ■'-corner” September, and th;s month in consequence at once strengthened. Then came colder weather here, reports of storms at the South and a reduction in the orders to sell, which carried a reaction into (he later months, and infused a more general strength into the market, as a general rush to cover took place. The change of tone, however, as almost entirely local, few orders from the Sou h coming to hand to take in contracts, and no purchases being made for investment that we could learn of beyond the ordinary operations based on expectation of a quick turn when ever the market becomes unsettled. Past receipts have continued pretty well up to expectations. The crop report irom Hew Orleans, placing the figures for last season at 3,627,815, will according to previous un derstanding with the H*tionaf Exchange be accepted as official. We lie.tr little com ment, except teat some of the “bulls” in sist that it is simply absurd to look at these figures and expect the liberal increase of production which will be necessary to bring the present growth up to the aggregate claimed as sqpa by so many who seem to have already forgotten last season’s mis t ikes. It isn t the colic that makes that xue baby scream. It’s the sharp point of trie gold napkin fastener in Ris little piq baok,—Amrmu- | TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Summary of the Week’.] ÜBpatcUe,. JUDGE PERSHING ACCEPTS. Pottsville, Pa., September 25 Judge Pershing’s letter accepting the Democratic nomination for Governor published. Concerning the financial question, he says : “New issues are pre sented for the consideration of the people The question of the currency is attract ing the attention of the thoughtful in all parts of the country. Its final settle ment rests with Congress and the Presi! dent. The legal tender issue has be* come incorporated into the business of the country, and its constitutionality has been affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States. lam opposed to in - flation in its true sense, and inflation is not demanded by tho Erie platform That platform opposes any further con traction of the currency at this time of financial distress, when our work shops mills and manufactories are closed, and thousands of meu willing to work are out of employment. To expand the volume of currency when the people are incurring debt, aud to rapidly contract it when the time for payment has come, will prove ru inous to every business enterprise. Any at tempt to force tho country to the" re sumption of specie payments under the provisions of the act passed by the last Congress will only intensify the distress which now everywhere prevails. Wo must cease exporting gold to pay interest on our indebtedness abroad before specie payments can safely bo resumed. I favor such a volume of currency as tbe legiti mate demands of business ami the revival of the industries of tho country may re quire. Experience will best determine this, and it is to be hoped that an adequate standard or tost for regulating the amount of currency may be estab° fished by our representatives in Con gress. I adhere to tho ioetriue always' held by the Democratic party, that gold and silver constitute the trite basis for bank uqte circulation. The question as ‘Aft-OhsUtUiol thesame as that of a paper currency that U>- Jp,. sovereign power a legal tender, aud therefore is money.” the corn crop, Washington, I). C,. September ’>s - The September report of the Department of Agriculture says of tlio corn crop that could it be thoroughly ripened, itsUgre gate would exceed any previous crop and the yield per aero would be one of the best notwithstanding the losses by the overflow o bottoms and tbe saturation of heavy flat soils, such losses proving less than the usua damages by drought and insects, while the rains have greatly benehtted the crop on drier and higher soils. Nearly everywhere corn is late m maturing from one to two weeks The general high condition is still main * tamed, the average percentage beinn higher than in August. The State avera ges are: .Maine 105, New Hampshire 100 Vermont!),B, Massachusetts 100, Conner’ ticut 108, New York !><>, New Jersey Ti l Pennsylvania. 108, Delaware 100 Msrv- n n m ioC ne rgi T 112 ’ North Melina UH, South Carolina 87, Georgia Oo FW ida 83, Alabama 111, Mississippi no Louisiana 85, Texas 80, Arkansas 10.”,’ Tennessee 114, West Virginia 107, Ker, ' tucky 10,‘ 5, Ohio 07, Michigan 101 Indi ana 83, Illinois 05, Wisconsin (io, M.TT sota 1 2, lowa 02, Missouri 111 Kansas 100, Nebraska 03, California 05, Oregon STA NI.EY. New York, September 27.—The , has advices from Henry M. Stanley , iillago of Kap-hojj, District, f M.' 1,.i, Mai< a aud May 10. Jle l la d readied Vic , rcma. y MlT h ? Viu * accomplish,,,) Dm 1 “o 0 '- lill<: ‘ 1,1 720 “Bias ill JOB - t;i\ r. Dining the journey he passed llmm-di" totally new country with much fur, s” and jungle where ho suffered from Inn, ~r and the natives. A several <]..v’ Ho-iJ ; with the loss of 21 followers. Hj„ t/wi "white companums. Edward Poecock and 'FrT. r lck Barker, succumbed to fevor. v\ eh i,, diminished force, Stanley made a ebJJ. vey of the great lake Victoria-Nyan a. “IN THE HOUSE OF HIS FRIENDS.' . Jacicson, Miss., September”, cu’u.f Justice Peyton, Republican, h a , granted an injunction restraining tho Auditor froii paying money to support the A mes’ militia He held that mustering a mili tia in time of profound peace, was cron tiug a standing army of State troops ami violating the Constitution. 1 JOINED THE OBD CATHOLICS. London, .September 27 The Pall Mr,// Hay® rnmrTto t'ir; 1 *° ***** affirmatively. a V d l flocidtJ solved to protem Dean Sp'e,?/' 4 , ba - 8 ro " enjoyment of his temporal ties. ky thfj <" Socro rote or Mississippi. A (loot! Story Spn ator Alcorn. Y 1 ® en * Washington, Sept. IG. Senator Al oorn ’ of Mississippi, who has been in ti„ city several days, placing bis two girls iu tlio convent school at town, relates no end of good stories Mississippi plantation life. Mr. Moor,' lives upon a plantation, where he mi, ploys 1000 negroes, and be says that fee never had any trouble with them. In among these 1000 men there are no end of secret societies, and every nightthere are marchings and counter marchings all over the place. Still, any of these com motions have never caused him or his family to fear an insurrection. Illustra tive of how the negroes are lead about by the nose by unprincipled men, tho Senator relates an amusing story. Du. ring his last canvass against Ames for the Governorship of the State, there was n very eager contest. As Alcorn employed upwards of 1000 men on his plantation, it was feared by the Ames men. that they would all vote for their employer. Upon the plantation is one old patriarch by the name of “Shep,” who was the property of Alcorn before the war, and who hail the most of his life seen service on the Alcorn plantation. One day a small sized, dapper-mannered, carpet-bagger came up to Alcorn’s plantation and went around secretly electioneering among the negroes. He discovered that “Shop ’ was a leader among thorn all, and unless he gained him over it would bo useless to look for votes for Ames on the plants tion. IJe fell into conversation with “Shep,” aud gathered from him the scanty details of his past life. He then went away without saying a word ie ‘ Shep” about the election. Several weeks after that, and a uhort time before the election, a large letter postmarked Washington, and resplend ent with red seals and official stamps, came to the Alcorn plantation addressed to “Shep ’’ It was an event in the old man's life. A meeting of his favori.it seeret society was at once called and cao of the presiding officers who could read was detailed to open and read tL, awe inspiring document. It was as follows “Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C., He A DQU A IiTEES Or THE ARMY i:;i, Navy and Glorious Commonwealth.- My Dear Sltep— Although you live s* great distance from me, and although, you are only one of my many colored children, yet I know all about you, and often have my eye upon you. You were born on a plantation near Lynchburg, in Virginia. You were owned there by a man by tho name of Charles Somers. Some years before the war you were sold to Mr. Alcorn, in Mississippi. I know Julius, Robert and James Ilenrv Augustus, your boys, as well as Susan Ann Jane, and Rosanna Virginia, your daughters. You see, Shep, that although I am a very great man, I know all about my children. I have watchful cam over you ail, and have a plan to make you aIL happy. I want you to vote ior Ames for Governor this fall, and, my dear Shep, I will give you iny reasons \ t>r so wishing. In the first place General Ames. !is my officer in your Stabß & u a i want you to obey him. Mr. Aloorn is an old slave holder; you must not vote for him. If General Amoa is elected I propose to cut up Mr, Alcorn’s plantation and give it to, the slaves, who so many years worked for him for nothing. I will give you, my dear Shep, your choice out of the lots when the plantation is cut up. Do not forget to do ail you can to get i votes for Ames. Good-bye, my dear Shep. Your friend and benefactor, “‘U. S. Grant. “The great General of the army and navy, and ooinmander of the common wealth.” This letter carried “Shep” completely by storm. An angel from heaven direct could not have convinced him that the letter was not from the President. He voted for Ames, and carried upward of 500 votes wRi, him- The above related incident is only ono af the many ways used by unscrupulot^j politicians to hoodwink the simple-min and gullible negro. Wanking ton cog pondence of the Chicago Time#, J