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We observe by the Atlanta papers that
the State Board of Health held it* first
meeting in that city last week, atid
Although the reports of the proceedings
a)f the body are tantaiizingly meagre, we
k Hre glad to learn that much interest, not
to say enthusiasm, was manifested
by those directly and indirectly con
nccted with the organization. These
Health Hoards, as our readers are pro
bably aware, are something new in the
history of governments—so new, indeed,
that only four or five of the States can
boast of organizations similar to that
■which has begun its work in Georgia,
and yet, we venture the prediction,
that a decade will not pass before
Congress, recognizing and appreciating
the importance of sanitary science, will
have organized a National Board of
Health—an example which will not only
be followed by the States, but by coun
ties. Similar organizations have for
many years been established in England,
and, if we are to judge from the elaborate
debates in Parliament upon health meas
ures, they are looked upon as amongst
the most important public institutions.
Sanitary science, we believe, has made
more rapid advances than any other
branch of mcdicino. In England and in
most of those countries where govern
ment is paternal in its tendencies, a
l • i not built without advice from
the HHn:tar> authorities as to ventilation,
supply, and other matters connect
ed with health -and this for the rea
ve; t; it physicians, having learned much
of the nature of disease*, and the causes
which eem likely to produce them,
have adopted the old adage, “an
ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure.”
In respect to the establishment of our
own Hoard, we feel certain that the State
has taken a long step ahead, and in the
right direction. The act which estab
lished the Hoard also made it the duty of
certain persons to register all births and
deaths, and tho can os of death. This,
it will be seen, forms the basis upon
which the Hoard will build its super
structure. It is almost impossible to
even imagine the importance and value of
the mass of facts which this system of
registration will accumulate in the course
of a few years. It will at once be in
ferred, however, that the information
thus collected will boa mighty lever in
tho hands of an intelligent board. The
origin, as well as the possible preventive
of diseases, will thus be arrived at.
We are glad to learu that these records
of vital statistics are being put in shape
in nearly eveiy county in the Stato. For
so new a measure, it is indeed remarka
ble how enthusiastically it has been taken
up by all thoso interested, which is, to
uk, evidence that its importance is fully
appreciated. There is no fee allowed to
any one, but wo aro glad to see that
tho Board at its recent meeting recom
mended that grand juries and county
commissioners allow the Ordinaries u
small per capita fee out of the county
funds for keeping the records. In coun
tios where few deaths and births occur,
this fee will bo merely nomiunl, aud even
in the more populous counties it will
be very small in comparison to its im
portance.
In looking over the reports of the re
cent session of the Hoard, wo observe
that there wore many urportaut and
elaborate papers read before the meetings
—ono upon “The Hygiene of Schools,”
another upon “Tho Hygiene of Pris
ons aud Public Schools,” another
upon “Tho Prevention of Endemic,
Epidemic and Contagious Diseases,’’
aud still another upon “The lufluenco
of Trees upon the Health.” These have
all been spoken of very highly, and are,
in a manner, State papers, and should at
once bo given to the public. Ono of
the great objects of the Board of Health
is to populari/.o sanitary knowledge, but
it is impossible to do this unless their
transactions are printed, so that every
nowspnpor aud other public journal cun
syuopsizo the most important ones and
lay them before their readers.
Only fifteen hundred dollars was appro
priated by the last Legislature for tho
purposes of tho Hoard. Out of this they
pay a Secretary one thousand dollars,
leaving them fivo hundred dollars with
which to defray the expense of printing
the numerous forms aud books necessary
to begin tho work of gathering tho vital
statistics of the State, aud we therefore
take it for granted that the Hoard hnvo
little left to defray the printing of their
transactions and the interesting papers
read before them. Wo trust, however,
that Governor Smith will sec that the
transactions and papers to which we
allude will be put iu shape for generi 1
use, aud leave it to the wisdom of tho
next Legislature to foot the bill, which,
wo may reasonably assume, will be
promptly doue.
The South, of till sections, is interested
iu such statistics and such facts as will
be developed by the publications al
luded to, and iu the interesting
study of preventable diseases. All
tropical and semi-tropical countries
have the reputation of being
more unhealthy than those of a higher
latitude, luit'it is new asserted by some
ot the most scientific observers that this
reputation is not well founded. It is well
known that the class of diseases which
belongs to the southern countries is com
posed of those supposed to be the mos
amenable to preventive means. Thus it
will be seen that there are two very
forcible reasons why we should not
only record our vital statistics,
establish effective methods for the
prevention of diseases; for iu the course of
time, if it can be shown that the death
rate is not as great here as it is known to
be further north, it will furnish us with
one of the most powerful and convincing
arguments with which to promote imrni
•; a. Moreover, if our diseases iu
,ch large measure beloug to the prevent
able class, then by active means we can
i diminish our death percentage be
>w what it now is.
We trust that the State authorities
li not hesitate to lend their aid iu
pushing this work forward to its comple
t.on W hen thoughtful people through
out the fivilized world see that we are
‘TGorbughly awake upon this subject, it
will naturally and powerfully attract
them towards us.
Approaching iHLiotions.— The other
Seate elections to take place in October
are as follows : October 20 Calfomia will
hold its judicial election, chcosing at the
sa; .b time its superintendent of instruc
tion. October 25 elections are to be held
iU Oregon and Colorado. In Oregon the
election is a special one to fill the
vacancy in b ? Uie d£a ‘ h
' * tt.„.-George A. La Dow, Democrat.
I The election in Colorado will be for the
tehoice of members of a convention to
prepare a constitution preliminary to
the admission of the Territory as a State
into the Union on the 4th of July, 18. tl.
The final election of the month will be
kicld in Missouri October 30, when the
vuguVJ',tion, adopted in convention
mL' lhe peopfe BubmiUed to the
'I he TnThirL Rule.
1 lie proposition to al>olish the two
thirds rule in our nominating conven
tions was made by a corresjiondent of
the Morning News some two mouths
ago. We dissented from the views of
our correspondent, aud gave what we
conceded to be good reasons at the time
for adhering to the rule. Recently the
subject has been revived by the Macon
Telegraph, who favors its abrogation, and
now several of our cotemporaries are,
we are pleased to see, coming to the sup
port of the time-honored usage of the Dem
ocratic party. The Columbus E nqnirerimjy.
“If the question were on the adoption cf
this rule for the first time, we might
second their motion; or if there were
only two aspirants for the nomination,
and we had an assurance that the people
of the State were divided in their prefer
ence between these two only, we would
be inclined to make a nomination by a
majority vote. But the facts are differ
ent—tho rule is one that has gov
erned the action of the party in previous
nominations, and th?re are now under
stood to be at least three or four aspi
rants, each having considerable popular
support. The paramount object to be
considered iu determining the mode of
making the nomination, is the preserva
tion of tho harmony of the party and
the prevention of bolts. It seems to us
that an adherence to the usages of the
party is more likely to subserve this end
than any departure from them. A fac
tion might make the repeal of the rule a
pretext for'bolting, and it might be used
by them to defeat the nomination. With
out such a pretext, a bolt would have to
depend on the personal popularity of the
candidates in whoso behalf it was made
for its strength, and it would barJly have
much popular support. But there is no
calculating the effect of a plea that un
fair or unusual means had been resorted
to in making a nomination. It is better
to avoid such a rock as this, when it so
plainly shows itself and looks so threat
ening.”
The Home Courier says: “We agree
with the Chronicle and Sentinel as to
the importance of making the next nomi
nation upon the two-thirds rule. Had
not the nomination of Governor Smith
been so unanimous iu 1872, we have
reason to believe he would have had
Democratic opposition. The two thirds
rule is especially important to express
the will of the people in the nomina
tion of party candidates for office, par
ticularly where there are so many aspir
ants, and many of them have friends who
are adroit wire-pullers and convention
manipulators. It must bo remembered
that tricksters are not overly particular
how they secure votes in a nominating
convention. This was seen in the
Gainesville Convention, and it is charged
that the Calhoun Convention was manip
ulated by sharp practice, not to reflect
the will of the people, but to promote
certain political combinations. The
charge that conventions are managed
through wire-pulling has grown very
strong iu the popular mind. We have
seen hare majorities capable of defeating
the will of the people as at Gainesville.
What would have happened there
under the majority rule may hap
pen iu tho next Democratic Guberna
torial Convention. One of those who
have been working so arduously for that
nomination as we are told for the past
several years, may, by sharper manage
ment, secure the nomination. The least
indication of unfairness would be the
;op;na! - disaffeotiiMs Ttul, if an aspir
ant is sufficiently strong to secure a two
thirds nomination, it is tho best evidence
that he is the most popular man. The
nearer wo can secure nominations unani
mously the less likely are we to have dis
affection. No man should be made a
party candidate who is not sufficiently
popular to secure a two-thirds vote in a
nominating convention of delegates
chosen by the people.”
The Cuthbert Messenger says; “The
Macon Telegraph iu a recent article on
the Gubernatorial question, favors the
majority-rule in the State Nominating
Convention. The Chronicle and Sentinel,
of Augusta, objects and says: ‘Without
discussing the merits of the two thirds
majority rule in convention, we do not
think iu this case it will prove satisfac
tory, and if adopted by the convention
the chances are good for too many candi
dates.’ The Telegraph replies: ‘Those
who desire to slab off, let them do so.’
Hut why insist upon a measure that will
cause slabbing off wheu it can be pre
vented.”
The Result in Olito—Nobody Hurt.
The Columbus Enquirer takes a sensi
ble and a cheerful view of the result in
Ohio. It says : The latest reports show
that there has been a drawn battle in
Ohio, for what does a majority of onlj
two or three thousau l for one party, out
of a total vote exceeding five hundred
thousand, amount to? A little local ex
citement in ono or two counties or an
extraordinary effort mado in one large
county oa the day of the election, may
have changed votes enough to make up
the whole of this majority. The many
•surprise* created by county returns in
Ohio indicate that this was really the
case. In the Legislative elections the
contest was equally close. The Radical
majori y in the House does not, probably,
exceed four, and may bo only two, while
the Democrats clabu a majority of one in
the Senate. So we seo that the great
battle is to be fought over in Ohio next
year with the chances of the two parties
very nicely balanced.
A comparison shows, too, that the cur
rency question really helped the Demo
crats iu Ohio, aud that their platform is
a strong instead of a weak one. Had it
! not entered into the canvass they would
no doubt have been as badly beaten as
the Democrats of lowa and Nebraska
were on the same day. But we fiud that
while the Radicals maintained their usual
\ large majorities in the two last-named
States, aud even gained in New Jersey,
the Radical majority usually obtained in
Ohio has been cut down to almost noth
j iug, and that on oue of the largest votes
I ever cast o in the State. It is the first
; time that the Democrats have made such
a race in Ohio when the vote was nearly
ful 1 , and certainly will give them eonfi
! dence that they can next time beat the
Radicals when the latter do their verj
best, which tlpey fell far short of doing
when Allen was fleeted two years ago.
The monthly review by the New York
Journal of Commerce of the foreign
commerce of New York for last month is
not a very encouraging exhibit for the
1 dealers, but may indicate a return to
sound business principles on the part of
the people of the country in declining to
! buy more foreign articles of luxury than
! they can pay for. In September, 1872,
foreigu goods amounting in value to
$36,000,000 were imported ; in 1873 and
1874 the amount fell to about $31,000,000
for the same month; and last September
the amount declined to $24,300,000. The
Journal thinks there is nothing in the
demand, or the financial condition of the
country to warrant any increased activity
iu the imports, while the ventures in
shipments have not been so liberally re
warded as to encourage the export trade.
How it Was Rone.
Don Piatt gives in his Washington
Capital, the following personal history
of the passage of the act of Congress
ordering the payment of the 5-20 bonds
in gold; “ That the passage of the reso
lution 'binding the government to a
payment in gold was a premeditated
Wall street design, to depreciate the cur
rency and augment the value of the
boi ds, we have the very best evidence.
We were sitting in the committee room
of the District of Columbia, penning a
letter, when a gentlem in well known to
the world of stock-gamblers came in.
We had lamented, in his presence,
a few days before, our ill-luck
in not being able to speculate in
stocks as we saw others doing, and
to realize handsomely from such specula
tions* as some of our brother pen-drivers
have done. Our friend now came to us
to say that be had an opening, through
which a good thing might be secured,
and when this opening came to be ex
plained, it appeared in a resolution,
carefully prepared, that had been placed
in the hands of the Chairman of the
Committee of Ways and Means, to
be offered on the first opportunity,
that pledged the government to the
payment of the bonds in gold. ‘This,’
said he, ‘ will send the bonds up
to par, and then, if we can manage
to make the goveanment anticipate some
of its indebtedness, the bondholders will
realize enormously. Don’t you see now,
sir, your chance ? Come in with us ? A
little carried for you will make you inde
pendent.’ But we said, * How are you
to pass it ? We all know that it never
was intended to make such a distinction
in favor of these bonds. They were
bought with greenbacks for a mere song,
and for the government thus to stigma
tize its own currency while endorsing
these bonds is simply infamous, and will
be so regarded by the people. We have
twenty years in which to redeem this
bonded debt. In that time we can fetch
our currency to par, ending, thereby, all
question as to the mode of payment. To
make the distinction you propose, is an
infamy.’ ‘There you go!’ he cried. ‘I
did not propose to discuss the morality
or the justice of the move; I only wanted
to show, as a friend, how you could make
a fortune, and without risking a cent.
You cannot help it. Nearly all the
Congressmen down stairs, in House
and Senate, have more or Ifess of these
bonds, or will have them before
the vote is taken, aud quite a
number will come out of the transaction
millionaires. Not pass it! Why, you
innocent, it will be passed under a
patriotic cry of no repudiation; the
plighted faith of the government must be
sustained, and stuff of that sort.’ Then,
we responded, it is considered right to
repudiate the debt owing to the people
in the shape of currency, and shame f ul
not to enable a ring of speculators to
grow rich in tho distress of the country,
for that is what it means. The men who
boast so loudly of having saved our flag
in its hour of peril, have used that flag to
cover just such infamies as these.”
H. M. Turner and His Proposed Ne
gro Exodus.
Iu another place we publish a commu
nication from Rev. H. M. Turner on the
subject of negro emigration to Africa.
He charges that we have ‘’been hurling at
his head heavy phillipics about his Afri
can project.” In this he is greatly mis
taken, unless he means to characterize
the extracts from his own speeches and
the resolutions offered by him at the late
colored convention at Augusta—which we
have published for the information of
tie public—as “heavy phillipics.” If we
have characterized as it deserves the rest
less and turbulent spirit of the reverend
agitator—who never fails to avail himself
of every opportunity, at home and abroad,
to misrepresent the white people of the
South, and to instill into the minds of hib
too credulous race sentiments of distrust
and hostility towards their best friends—
it was for the purpose of exposing the
animus of his professed zeal in behalf of
the colored people and his utter unfitness
as a leader. We have had no word to
say against his chimerical scheme of
negro emigration. On the contrary, we
only wish there was a reasonable proba
bility of its successful accomplishment.
If his project of a negro exodu3 could be
carried out it would be the fault of the race
if it did not result in the regeneration
and civilization of Africa. If only par
tially successful, it would be of immense
benefit to the South by relieving it of
those turbulent, discontented and evil
disposed negroes who, too ignorant and
besotted to appreciate the tlessings of
well-regulated government, are incapable
of becoming useful, peaceable and pros
perous citizens. The riddance of them
would be a blessing alike to the whites
and to the worthy of their own race, and
their places would soon be filled by a
better class.
In either case, therefore—in view of
the complete, or even partial, success of
the scheme —we certainly have no objec
tion to make to Rev. H. &1. Turner's
proposed negro exodus. We are not,
however, even in view of the prospective
good to which we have alluded, prepared
to advocate the three million dollar ap
propriation which he asks from the
State of Georgia. Nor are we willing
that his people shall carry away with
them, as he proposes, “ the ear rings,
finger rings and other precious ornaments
and jewels” of the people of the South.
This is a portion of the scriptural par
allel suggested by the would-be Moses of
the negro exodus which we must im
plore him to omit. The people of the
South have sacrificed enough already for
the emancipation of the negro race from
heathenism and African bondage. The
negro's present masters, the carpet-bag
gers, have had a shy at the silver spoons,
and have left the Southern people
precious little that is portable to con
tribute, and if there is to be another
collection of “rings and precious orna
ments and jewels” taken up, the new
Moses must look to his philanthropic
friends of the North to be the Egyptian?,
A formidable conspiracy, with its lead
ers residing abroad, but with its local
committees in nearly every centre of
population in Russia, is described as per
vading the country districts, the work
men’s quarters in the towns, large sec
tions of the middle classes, the students
of the colleges and high schools, and
even a considerable portion of the upper
ranks of society. Noble ladies are men
tioned as among the most enthusiastic
propagators of the plot It is the design
of the conspirators to introduce Com
munism instead of the State idea, and
the expected occurrence of war between
Germany and Russia is fixed beforehand
as the most opportune moment for ex
citing a domestic insurrection. The
Crown Prosecutor states that a large
number of branches of the revolutionary
association cannot be discovered, and as
serts that the ignoranoe of the lower
classes, and the misdirected philanthropy
of the philosophic section of educated so
ciety, afford materials only too propitious
for the plans of the agitators.
A member of the constitutional con
vention of Texas proposed a clause for
bidding judges, prosecuting attorneys
and jurors from officiating wfiile intoxi
cated.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
The Urant-Khepard Ilinc— Babcock, Beat
('•.—Soaik Carolina Mailer. —Bryant
and Ilia Plan.—A Carprfßagfrr aa a
Revolutionist.
[From an Occasional Com/sp indent of the Morn
ing Newg.j
Washington, D. C., Oct. 15, 1875.
When Congress assembles it will be
remiss in its duty to the country shonld
it fail to inquire into the workings of
Secretary Robeson's rotten Navy De
partment. It should cause him to give
something of an account of the immense
sums of money which he has been paying
out to ring contractors and other idle re
tainers of the government, who never
made an honest penLy in their lives, and
have for years lived at the expense of an
outraged public. Robeson has three or
four pleasure yachts, built at heavy ex
pense to the government, wLieh
are used for junketing purposes
by the pets of the White
House. One of these boats is set aside
for the especial benefit of Measurer Bab
cock. Congress should also inquire into
the useless expense of tearing up and re
constructing a number of old wooden
hulks, which are scarcely fit for firewood.
The fact is, the enormities of the Grant
regime have been so great that Congress
will scarcely know where to take hold,
but the coming session being a long ore,
the time will be ample to unearth those
gigantic frauds, which have made Re
publicanism a by-word and a reproach
amongst the nations.
Nor should Congress fail to inquire
most minutely into the Sheppard-
Babcock-Grant “ring,” which, under tLe
guise of a territorial government, have
robbed the Washingtonians and the gen
eral government out of nearly $40,000,-
000, with nothing to show for it save a
few rotten pavements, which are an eye
sore to the city of magnificen t distances.
The Board of Health has recently re
ported that these rotten pavements are
engendering sickness, and have recom
mended that they be removed and con
crete placed in their stead. This will be
another huge job for the District Com -
missioners, who are mere tools of the old
Sheppard-Grant “ring,” and thousands
more will be thus extracted from the
over-taxed citizens of Washington. In
the neighborhood of 10th street there
are numerous cases of typhoid fever
caused by the rotten pavements, and the
superstitious darkies all take asafeetida
in their pockets as a preventive. A
darkey would as soon ba caught without
his “bacca” iu his pocket as his asafeetida.
Imagine Garfield, late Chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations, and who
was paid by the ring SIO,OOO for voting
them $30,000, stalking through the halls
of Congress with his pockets stuffed with
asafeetida as an antidote for the sicken
ing afiluvia caused by rotten pavements
constructed by the connivance of Chris
tian statesmen.
The report that Blodgett will soon re
turn to Atlanta to answer certain charges
resting against him in your courts I can
not believe. I happen to be cognizant
of the fact that he was one of Chamber
lain’s right bowers during the recent elec
tion, and contributed liberally of his
substance toward the defeat of Judge
Green. I therefore infer that Blodgett
does not apprehend Chamberlain’s having
a requisition for him from the Governor
of Georgia. The notorious J. E. Bryant,
of the Savannah Custom House, is now
filling the Northern mails with pamphlets
abusive of the Southern people. He is
especially severe iu his strictures upon
Messrs. Toombs and Stephens and Gen.
McL vws, whom he represents as conspiring
for the re-inauguration of anew rebel
lion. The fact is Bryant fears being
kicked out of the Custom House by Mr.
Stephens’s influence this winter, and
wants to muddy the stream a little so as
to escape. I was yesterday assured by
Gen. Bristow that Mr. Stephens’s wishes
would certainly be respected were he to
request the dismissal of Bryant. He is
Deputy Collector under Adkins, and is
paid $2,500 per annum. Will Mr.
Stephens allow this traducer of himself
and neighbors to remain longer in posi
tion? I know Mr. Stephens has seen
Bryant’s vile ebulitious, for I mailed them
all to him. This is the same Bryant who
remarried all of the Georgia negroes at
the close of the war, and afterwards was
a member to the negro Legislature of
Georgia. It will be remembered that he
was once caned by Tweedy for some of
his in pudence.
Ex-Governor Moses, of South Caro
lina, has made application to the Presi
dent for the position of Minis
ter Plenipotentiary to Liberia. I lerrn
that he is not likely to get
the appointment. Moses is one of a
party—mostly Northerners —who con
cocted a scheme for the construction of
a grand African continental railroad. It
is proposed to run this road from Liberia
east through Soudan and Abyssinia to
the mouth of the Red Sea. They wili
apply to Congress for an act of incorpo
ration this winter. Moses is to be a pre
cursor —hence his desire to be bolstered
up by a government appointment.
Should this African project succeed it
will present an opening for such char
acters as Turner, Belcher, Moses, Whit
temore, Chamberlain, Cardozo, and
others, who can easily be spared from
the States which they now afflict.
Congress should also look into the
printing department of the Treasury this
winter. This department is under the
individual control of one McOartee, who
holds his place from the fact that in 1805
he subscribed five hundred dollars toward
paying for the first decent house Grant
ever owned. He handles millions of
money, and the new notes all go through
his hands. He keeps fast horses and
faster , and wears a one hundred
dollar wig, which for beauty and comeli
ness, is only excelled by the glossy locks
of G. W. Childs, A. M., the obituary
poet of the Philadelphia Ledger. It is
significant that the Christian statesmen
are always flush with new notes, and it is
surmised that they come through little
McCartee, whose resources for raising
the “demnition cash” are as ample as
the fabled drinking horn of the god
Thor, of Scandinavian mythology, which
was inexhaustible because it communica
ted with the vast ocean. McCartee
prints all the Treasury notes.
At 3 p. m. the visitor may see the
Treasury girls as they file out of their re
spective rooms, on their way home.
They are gorgeously attired iu the finest
fabrics, many of them wearing shoes at
the modest cost of fifteen dollars per
pair. They use quantities of enamel and
other cosmetics, and cast curtive glances
at Senators and Congressmen as they
pass. How happily doth scripture de
scribe these butterflies : “ They toil not,
neither do they spin; yet Solomon, in all
his glory, was not arrayed like one of
these.”
Boss Sheppard is becoming alarmed at
the prospect of being overhauled by
Congress. He has already sold several of
his houses, and is only awaitiDg the return
of the President to close out their real
estate pool and other interests in Wash
ington. It is hinted that he intends sav
ing himself by flight. Cardozo, of South
Carolina, has written several letters to
the Attorney General, and importuned
him personally while here recently in be
half of Campbell, the insurrectionary
Georgia negro. Pierrepont refused to
interfere for want of jurisdiction, and
justly commends Campbell to the State
courts, which will afford him ample re
dre-s for his grievances, if they are real.
U Nearly every horse in Washington has
a kind of epizootic, caused by the rotten
pavements. Pine tar is said to be good
for them, and nearly every quadruped you
see has his nose well smeared. Lovers
of the horse are fulsome in their abuse of
Sheppard. Several of Grant’s horses and
three of his dogs have caught the infec
tion. Thus you perceive that curses,
like chickens, will come home to roost.
The weather is now delightful, with no
prospect of frost B.
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LETTER FROM FLORIDA.
The Montreal Bank Robber#—Their Wan
dering* and .VSanruverin*— The Re
markable l lianry of Law In Florida —
The Fugitive** In the Clutches of the
Carpet-Baggers.
St. Augustine, Fla., Oct. 11, 1875.
Editor Morning Neics:
In my list 1 informed you of the ar
rest here, on the 2hch ult., of the Nich
ols — jiere et Ji: —upon the charge of rob
bing the Montreal branch of the Cana
dian Bank of Cos amerce, on the 11th of
September last. The case has since, in
all its progressive stages, presented so
i many of the tricks and turns of the law,
that a brief r-*ume may not prove unin
i teresting to your readers.
The son, Then. W. Nichols, a mere youth
in appearance and worldly experience,
| entered the branch bank in Montreal four
years ago, and being of a quiet and modest
demeanor, yet showing great business
* capacity, rose through the successive
grades to the important and responsible
j position of receiving teller. Up to the
time of his absconding he enjoyed an
unimpeachable character, and would no
doubt have risen to a high position, both
in the bank and the community in which
he lived, if, in an evil hour, he had not
1 been led astray—by whom is the question.
Many accuse the father, who, like Pater
Anchises, accompanied his son in his
flight, of seducing him to betray his
trust, and judging character by the face,
in this particular instance, the accusation
seems well grounded. But, as he is pro
bably the principal in this remarkable
case, and certainly the cause of the
arrest, let me bn describe him, and I
cannot better do so than by giving the
remarkable pen and ink portrait, by the
Montreal police, viz.: “A man of fifty
five years of age, having a conspicuously
large, reddish, purple nose” (not from
the effects of benzine, however). Such
a nose is designated there as
a wine mark. To continue tho
description. “Slight grizzly grey
moustache, beard and whiskers, greenish
gray eyes—bloodshot—remarkably large
flat feet (what we vulgarly call down here
splaw-footed ); toes turning in when he
walks (pigeon- toed, in our vernacular),
and a very slovenly, striding gait,” etc.
The portrait of the young man, with
this description of his paternal mentor,
was duly published in the New York
Daily Graphic, and the search for “ con
spicuously reddish-purple noses” was as
active in this State as that of the “cream
colored horse, or mare," a few weeks
ago. But a nos moulons. Leaving Mon
treal with over $50,000 of the funds of
the bank, on Saturday afternoon, this
precious pair were safely ensconced in
that paradise of rogues, New York city,
on Sunday night, and as the robbery, de
falcation, or by whatever name it may be
denominated, was not discovered till the
following Monday morning, they had
over forty hours start of the detectives,
who were immediately put upon their
trail. As iefl-j jting upon the boasted de
tective systems of the Northern States,
the route of this pair of greenhorns may
not be out of place; for old Nichols
is a man wh would be remarked in a
crowd of five thousand. From Jersey
City to Pittsburg, Steubenville, Ohio,
they doubled back to Philadelphia,
Washington, Richmond, Charleston, S.
C., Savannah, Ga., Jacksonville, Fla.,
Tocoi, and, after having escaped the
lynx-eyed officials of all the splendid de
tective systems of the aforementioned
places, to be gobbled up by the sole
policeman of this old “bailiwick,” is
galling, not only to the Nichols’,
but to the amor prop of tho said
organizations. But as there was no
attempt et disguise in either of them, all
this doubl.. g back availed them nothing,
and no particular credit is due for this
apprehension. Now come the interesting
features of and, as showing the
serpentine wrigglings of carpet-bag law
yers, they are remarkable. The police
authorities of Montreal were informed of
the arrest immediately, and the prisoners
at the same time allowed to telegraph for
counsel. In due time both the Marshal
and the Nichols’ received replies, and
from Montreal a race against time began
between the agents of the bank
and counsel for the prisoners. Our
friends in durance, fearing that the
former would reach the goal first and
snake them out, as the prize engaged two
cr three attorneys here of the carpet-bag
persuasion, who immediately sued out
a writ of habeas corpus. But, since the
days tf King John, I imagine, never was
the sacred writ used as an instrument of
deterition. I have always believed that it
was intended to show cause why the per
son or persons (necessarily alleged to be
illegally detained) should not be
discharged, and was certainly not
prepared for tho motion of prison
ers’ counsel to postpone the hearing
and remand the prisoners. This motion,
of course, was not opposed by ex-Judge
Baker, of Jacksonville, Florida, acting
for the bank, and thus the case stood till
the arrival of Mr. Simpson, the manager
of the bank, Mr. Rawlings, a Montreal
detective, and Mr. Devlin, from Montreal,
the latter representing the Nichols’.
Knowing or believing that the case was
not extraditable, the object of the bank
was to compromise. But the prospect of
handling $50,000 in gold presented too
many visions of fat fees for these birds to
let vanish so easily. By order of the
Court, Judge Archibald—not unknown
to fame “in cream-colored cases—ad
mission to the Nichols’ to other than
their own counsel, was prohibited, and
our Canadian cousins began to think that
they had not only the lawyers, but the
law in league against them. The ma
noeuvres of Davis, the New York detec
tive, inspired the Nichols’s with many
fears —among others, those of being kid
napped. So a change of lodging was
agreed upon, and we understand that one
of their counsel slept with them.
Whether this is a general rule in his prac
tice I know not, but if strictly adhered
to it must certainly place his knightship,
at times, in an awkward predicament.
Since then, the services of ex-Judge
Emmons (who figured lately in the Har
ney Rich- rd commitment, and who is
not altogether unknown to the quondam
Attorney General, under Harrison Reed’s
administration) have been secured by the
prisoners, aud, under his manipulations,
the writ has been discharged, the subse
quent arrest vacated, and now the Messrs.
Nichols enjoy the freedom of the city,
unattended by an agent of police. Messrs.
Simpson and Rawlings have gone North,
but Davis still keeps watch and ward over
these gei.tlemen, and the interests of the
bank.
I find that, to give your readers the
many ins and outs of this case, showing
the remarkable pliancy and malleability of
the law. so to speak, would take up too
much of your valuable space. I under
stand that several propositions for com
promise have been made by)the Nichols,”
but refused by the bank, and as there is
something in the wind in connection with
this case, I shall watch diligently, and, if
that something proves of importance, lay
it before your readers. Verbatim.
Letter from Sandersville.
Saxdeesville, Ga., October 14.
Editor Morning Mews :
I seldom see any epistolary communi
cations from this place in your paper.
This is singular, since the News is so
universally popular, and the business re
lations with your city and this section are
bound together with such close ties of
mutual interest.
The cotton crop in this county is seri
ously cut off by the drouth in July and
August last. Those best informed think
the county will make in the neighborhood
of five-eighths of a crop. The com crop
is nearly an average one. If planters will
sow largely of small grain the necessity
of buying from our Western friends will
be greatly reduced.
By-the-way, we are going to have an
agricultural fair here on the 28th, 2Dth
and 30th of the present month. I notice
you are -o much taken up with blowing
the Thomasville Fair that you don’t find
time to say much for us. However, we
give you a special invitation, with the
understanding that you tell everybody
else to come. It will be a good time for
old widowers and bachelors, as a large
number of young ladies —rich, fair and
plump—are booked for the •ccasion.
Subscriber.
LETTER FROM MAt'OX.
Addenda about I.lberCy Hall—The Slate
Fair Attractions—More Cotton Going to
Savanuali—The Importance of the Cen
tral Railroad Extensions— Shall It be
Brunswick or tsavannnh—.tlaron's Eco
nomical Police System—The National
Hotel Enlarged—Death of a Most Ac
complished l.ndy at Bfrdsvillc.
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
National Hotel. October 15, 1875.
Iu my last letter, dated at Liberty Hall,
I was forced to omit several items of in
terest, as the mail train made its appear
ance before I had completed my epistle.
I should have stated that iu all probability
Mr. Stephens' neuralgic-rheumatic attack
was owing, in some measure, to the
changed condition of things at “Liberty
Hall. The old mansion was snug and
cozy, with small rooms, narrow passages,
low ceilings and old fashioned windows.
The new mansion is quite a different
affair, as the rooms are large, the halls
wide, the ceilings high, and the windows
of modern style. Of course, in such a
house there is plenty of air and good ven
tilation: but recently, and more particu
larly during the past month, the paint
ers and carpenters have been putting on
the “finishing touches,” and this has
made the rooms more airy and exposed
than usual.
This, coupled with the fact that Mr. S.
has lately had a large number of visitors,
especially during the session of the Cir
cuit Court, will, in part, account for his
sudden and severe illness. One of the
most unselfish of men in the dispensation
of hospitality, he seems never to regard
his own comfort and convenience above
that of his friends and guests _Thisii
trait of his character is ’displayed in a
thousand different ways, and so quietly
and unostentatiously that the world hears
nothing about it. As an example I may
notice the erection of Bird’s Chapel, a
Methodist Church edifice, which occupies
a very conspicuous place in front of
“Liberty Hall.” It is a plain, sub
stantial building, and the rear
part extends in the direction of
the avenue that leads from the front
gate to the grounds of the main entrance
of the mansion. If this church had been
erected in the corner of the lot, where
it would still destroy the symmetry and
beauty of the grounds, its appearance
would not be so ungainly; but it runs
back almost into the centre of the lawn,
and every visitor is compelled to notice
the “jog” which it makes in the other
wise symmetrical proportions of the
grounds. In the kindness of his heart,
and as a tribute to his deceased friend
and pastor, Mr. Stephens not only cheer
fully gave the lot upon which the edifice
is erected, but spent several hundred
dollars in aid of its erection. Other eyes
may notice the peculiarity of its location,
but to the master of “Liberty Hall” its
presence brings nobler and more sacred
reflections.
THE STATE FAIR AND ITS ATTRACTIONS.
I do not find the Central City remark
ably lively this week, as the people
throughout this section of country are
waiting for the State Fair to commence
before they come to town, as in that way
they can combine business and pleasure,
and ride on an excursion half-fare ticket.
Great preparations are being made by
the hotels and boarding houses to enter
tain a large crowd of visitors, and the
general impression is that the crowd will
probably be here. Already the attrac
tions of the week have become the topic
of public discussion and private conver
sation in all parts of the State. The
grand display of fireworks, to raise
money with which to build a monu
ment to the heroic dead of the
late Confederate armies; the baby show,
that most terrible of all ordeals for a
corps of jadges ; the rifle teams, whose
sharp-shooting promises to destroy so
many bull’s eyes; the trials of speed, a
substitute for betting races, in which
some of the fastest horses in the country
will participate ; the addresses of emi
nent men, who will come from every part
of the United States; the mechanical,
the agricultural, the floral, the domestic,
the poultry, tlie stock and the fine arts
departments—all these will be most de
lightfully and profitably interesting and
attractive —and ought to draw a large
concourse of people, although the times
are hard and money is scarce. I saw fully
twelve thousand people attend Howe’s
Groat London Circus in one day in At
lanta, the greater portion of whom, in
cluding childien, in side-show, concert
and circus tickets, made an average ex
penditure of one dollar. This, too, above
all railroad, street car and other expenses.
Will ten thousand people, on any one
day, spend that much at the State Fair?
We hear a great deal about hard times
and no money, but when a circus comes
along, all evidences of this state of things
disappear under a crowded canvass and
in a full treasury.
MORE COTTON GOING TO SAVANNAH.
While at Jonesboro, a few days ago, I
was surprised at the number of freight
trains which passed over the Macon and
Western branch of the Central Railroad.
Upon inquiry I learned that it was a daily
occurrence, and that an immense amount
of through freight is now carried over
this line to Savannah, from Atlanta to
points beyond. I also learned that cot
ton which last year was carried to At
lanta is this year going to your own city.
In order to make sure of this singular
fact, I called on the station agent, Mr. E
A. Newton, who very kindly gave me the
desired information. From him I learned
that he had already received five hundred
bales of cotton over the amount received
last year to same date. This cotton, he
said, nearly all goes to Savannah, al
though it was mostly shipped to
Atlanta last year. Jonesboro, has its
local cotton buyers and shippers, and last
season over six thousand bales were sent
off by rail from that station. The crop
was short then, and it will be short again
this season, so that the shipments will
hardly exceed those of last year. The
present increase over last season, to date,
is owing to unusually early sales by
planters, and the reserve stock will no
doubt fall short that amount iu the final
count.
What is true of Jonesboro, in the
main, is true of nearly all the important
towns on the Central Railroad and
its branches, and shows that while
this company is not a sensa
tional one, and does not make as
great a display as some other similar cor
porations, it is nevertheless doing a great
work for the State of Georgia and t,he
city of Savannah. A single glance at its
long lines of communication, with
branches in all directions tapping nearly
every important section of the State be
low Atlanta, will convince any person of
its vital importance to the prosperity and
growth of the country through which
these lines pass. Savannah is Georgia’s
great seaport, and even New Orleans is
to-day sending cotton over the Central
Railroad, via Columbus, to the “Forest
City” for Northern or European ship
ment. The same is true of Mobile, Sel
ma, Memphis and other large cotton
centres. The increase of cotton from
inland Georgia towns is also quite large
this year, and clearly proves that Savan
nah must become the most important
shipping point on the Sotith Atlantic
coast.
SHALL IT BE BRUNSWICK OR SAVANNAH ?
The managers of the direct trade
movement, as I learn from officials con.
nected with the enterprise, propose to
have three ports of entry on the South,
ern coast for their ships. Norfolk and
New. Orleans have been decided upon for
the upper and lower sections, but the
central port still remains unselected. The
choice is finally to be made between
Brunswick and Savannah. Of the claims
of these two ports to public attention I
do not propose to write, as you are bet
ter able to discuss that point in your edi
torial columns. But I h*ve a few facts to
present and call attention to. CoL T. J.
Smith, the energetic and efficient Masetr
of the State Grange, has recently returned
from a meeting of the Directors of the
Mississippi Valley Trading Company, and
from him I learn that there will be quite
a contest between Brunswick and Savan
nah for the port of entry for the central
section of the South. As Atlanta is to
be the inland distributing point, and the
Central Railroad has a direct through
connection of its own with the Capital
City and Savannah, I do not see why
your people cannot readily secure the
prize, if prize it may be called. Col. S.
informs me that $125,000 are to be at
once raised by twenty-one States, and the
entire amount expended here in Georgia to
promote the direct trade movement. CoL
S. and three other reliable and competent
men will have charge of this expenditure.
Would it not be well for Savannah to
look into this matter, as Brunswick is
already looking out for “number one.”
A FEW SCATTERED ITEMS.
Having a letter to deliver to the chief
of police, and not wishing to huDt him
up, I thought I would hand it to a police
man at the depot as I got off the- cars,
and ask him to forward it to headquar
ters. Imagine my surprise at not finding
a policeman until I had made the circuit
of the entire business part of the city.
On my way back to the depot I met one,
and was then informed that the city was
running au economical schedule, there
being but four policemen on duty. One
of these I saw half uniformed, and at a
later period I met another in citizen’s
clothe"?, his star and club being the sole
insignia of his authority.
Iu a previous letter I alluded to the re
opening and renovation of the National
Hotel. To-day I have looked through
the establishment and can truly say that
the improvements are surprisingly ex
tensive and costly. The house has been
made double its former size, the kitchen
and dining room have been removed to
the new addition, and are now on the
second floor. The dining room is ele
gantly frescoed, and is one of the hand
somest in the State. New and expensive
carpets and furniture have been put in
all the rooms, and the proprietor, J. C.
Mcßumey, Esq., is sparing no expense
to make the new National Hotel equal to
any in the “Central City.” This is no
puff, but a simple statement of facts,
due the liberality and enterprise of that
gentleman, and worthy of being made a
matter of public notice.
The deepest grief is being felt in Mid
dle Georgia on account of the death of
Mrs. Dr. W. B. Jones, of Birdsville,
Burke county, which a telegram states
occurred on Wednesday last. The de
ceased was formerly of Griffin, and was
one of the most elegant and accom
plished ladies I ever met, and one whose
many excellent aud amiable qualities of
head and heart endeared her to a wide
JhEJsfe' of relatives and frieqds. Dr. Jones
is well known in your city, he being the
proprietor of the entire village of Birds
ville, from which point he ships large
quantities of cotton to Savannah. Few
gentlemen have a pleasanter home or a
more interesting family circle than Dr.
Jones had, and I know that he is to-day,
in the midst of his deep sorrow, the ob
ject of a general and tender sympathy
on the part of all who share his acquaint
ance. Sidney Herbert.
Revelry in Lake City.
Lake City, Fla., October 15,1875.
Editor Morning Meics :
Two events of more than mere local
importance have occurred in this beauti
city during the week, of which it will
doubtless be gratifying to a large number
of your readers to learn something. The
writer, it will be perceived, studiously
endeavors to make details as meagre as
the magnitude of the affairs will admit
cf, aud if some inconsiderate wight
should, after a perusal, imagine this brief
account interesting, your correspondent
is desirous of having it understood in
the outset, that it is not his fault. He
candidly attempts to provide against such
a contingency.
But, frivolity aside, the occasions of
which we are about to write were of such
a character as to excuse our citizens from
a charge of vanity for feeling flattered
at the tremendous success attending
their efforts in the direction of amuse
ments, besides being a significant augury
of the rapid strides Lake City is destined
to make towards permanent prosperity.
Now, perhaps, some inquisitorial reader
is beginning to wonder what this digres
sion means, and although we invariably
grow cheerful over any individual’s im
patience, we will so far depart from an
over-weemng predilection to annoy some
one who is guiltless of any intentional
injury to us, as to discard this tantalizing
verbosity and bluster, straightway to the
-ist of this communication.
On the night of the 12th instant took
place the formal dedication of Cleve
land’s magnificent new hall. The affair
came off with considerable eclat and
amidst great enthusiasm. The ball was
graced by the presence of the most beau
tiful Of our daughters, who generously
vied with each other in manifesting their
delight. The festivities were prolonged
until near daybreak, and the refinement,
chivalry and gfnee assembled within the
walls of this perfect bijou of a theatre
were especially worthy of remark. The
hall was adorned in a superb manner, and
the entire population have every reason
to feel proud of such a creditable edifice
and of the enterprise of its public-spirited
owner.
Of secondary interest, but not less
noteworthy, was the grand vocal and
instrumental concert given by Pro
fessor Ochus, of Jacksonville, and
the ladies of Lake City, ou the
night of the 14th, for the benefit
of the Episcopal Church now in course
of erection here. The concert developed
a marvelous wealth of talent, and was
numerously attended by the citizens.
It was indubitably a brilliant success, and
we opine could not be surpassed any
where.
The denizens of this hospitable, active
aud enterprising city should certainly
feel flattered at their absolute good for
tune in the possession of not a few of the
fairest and brightest “of heaven’s last
best gift to man.”
We have eked out our paper and you
are tired. Rambler.
The Defeat of the People.
[From the Cincinnati Enquirer of Wednesday.]
The news which we carry to our friends
this morning is, we confess, decidedly
dispiriting. The brave Democratic party
of Ohio, maligned, falsified and betr .yed,
has gone down in defeat before the or
ganized money power of the land. When
the Democratic party of Ohio for a third
time took its stand upon the side of the
people, and against the banks and the
money rings, a howl went up from one
end of the country to the other. The
schemes of the contractionists, bullion
ists and resumptionists bad been inter
fered with. They charged that an issue
had been forced upon the country, un
mindful of the fact that for nearly
ten years they had been en
gaged in forcing their issues
upon the people. For three months the
organized press of the money power has
trained its batteries upon the Ohio
Democratic columns. The Eastern bank
ing and bondholding rings have poured
out their money, and the Republicans of
the State, through this aid, were enabled
to perfect such an organization as they
never possessed before. Ry persistent
lying, misrepresentation and the intro
duction of false issues they have suc
ceeded in poisoning the minds
of the people and turning
them away from their true in
terests. The victory which they have
won they have purchased dearly. It is a
victory which determines that the money
power is still able in this country to
throttle the people. Money is ever wary
cautious and watchful. The men with
selfish interests were prompt to array
themselves oil the side of capital, but the
poor, blind, deluded masses fell easy
victims to prejudice. Thousands of poor
men yesterday cast their votes for Hayes
who will feel the cold hand of want be
fore spring. When the crushing hard
times come they will remember the lost
opportunity.
We are disappointed, but we are not
discouraged. The cause which we have
advocated is the cause of the people of
the great West and South. It is a cause
which cannot be suppressed nor denied a
hearing. It found advocacy in us, and
we propose to keep up the good fight.
When the Democratic party ceases to be
a party of the people, capable of securing
the greatest good to the greatest number,
then the time for its burial has come. But
that time can not come. The Democratic
party will be true to itself and true to the
great interests which it has undertaken
to conserve. The defeat of yesterday
will have much to do with shaping the
future of the party. The men who
seek to drag the organization upon the
platform of the Republican party will
take fresh hope. They will now proclaim
their intention to mould the party to the
uses of the bankers and bondholders in
1876. They may possibly steal the party
machinery, but they never can steal the
votes of the masses. The Eastern gen
tlemen who call themselves Democrats,
and who deserted the Democracy of Ohio
in their great struggle, will not be for
gotten. They have built up an account
which will be settled in good time.
In the meantime, we beg our friends
to be of good cheer. Great reforms are
not wrought in a day. This is a revo
lution, and it cannot go backward. It
will never stop until the end winch it
seeks is accomplished.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Summarr of the Week’* Dispatches
THE STATE JFAIK.
[Special Telegram to the Morning News.]
Macon, October 18.
The weather is lovely and the city is alive
with people. The Georgia State Fair has
opened uuder tho most favorablo auspices
Crowds ot people throng the grounds and
there is a liberal display of articles in all tho
departments. Additional
ARTICLES ARE ARRIVING
and the several halls present tho scene of
confusion usually observable on the opening
day.
INFLUX OF VISITORS.
All the trains coming in to-night are
crowded, aud a spirit of enthusiasm per
vades all circles. Senator Bayard, General
Hawley, Judge Kelley and others from
Philadelphia, arrived to-night from Atlanta.
The distinguished party were met at the
dopotby Mayor Huff, General Colquitt and
a committee, and escorted to tho Lanier
House iu carriages. The Brunswick Silver
Cornet Band, which arrived in the morning,
headed the csoortiug procession.
RECEPTION STEECU.
General John B. Gordon will mako the
reception speech at the Park to-morrow, at
noon.
NOT COMING.
Governor Hendricks and Hon. George S.
Pendleton are not coming. General Joseph
E. Johnston telegraphs his regrets at being
unable to leave Savannah at this time, and
tenders his best wishes for the success of
the exposition.
CONFEDERATE SURVIVORS.
General A. R. Lawton, of Savannah, Is
expected to preside at the meeting of the
Association of the Survivors of theJJoofede
rate Army and Navy.'*'—
ARRIVAL OF RIFLE TEAMS.
The Columbus Guards rille team arrived by
the train this evening, and were met at the
depot by the Floyd Rifles and escorted to
their armory. The team from Sandersville
also reached the city to-night. Savannah’s
teams are expected on the train this morn
ing, aud due preparation has been made to
insure them a good time.
ADDRESSES.
Addresses will be delivered by Senator
Bayard, General Hawley, and other dis
tinguished gentlemen, on Wednesday next.
Sidney Herbert.
[By Associated Press.]
Macon, October 18.—The State Fair open
ed at Central City Paik to-day and promises
to be a success. There are many exhibitors
with goods on the ground. There is a fair
attendance of visitors. The day was spent
in preparation. General Hawley and party
arrived to-night, aud will speak Wednesday.
The Fair continues one week.
agricultural retorts. ’
Washington, October 15.—Tho Agricul
tural Department reports hat an improve
ment iu tho condition of cotton during the
past month is indicated in Alabama, Louisi
ana and Arkansas. The depreciation iu
Mississippi is slight—from ninety-eight to
ninety-six —occasioned by storms. Tho de
structive equinoctial storms wasted aud
stained much fibre in Southern Texas, re
ducing the State per ceutage condition from
uino y-livo to eighty-eight. Iu North Caro
lina and Tennessee September was cold aud
harvest late, with less favorablo pros
pects of a top crop. A reduction
of the per eputago of Georgia from
7G to 71, increased by storms and in
creasing prevalence of rust. South Carolina
is tLree per cent, lower from similar condi
tions. In several counties of Florida the
caterpillar has been injurious. Taking a
survey of the who e field, tho reduction in
the condition since the September returns
is an undoubted fact, though the deprecia
tion is slight as compared with tho October
returns of last year. Tlie crop prospects
are worse iu South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, but decidedly hotter in all tho
States from Alabama westward. The per
ceutage of condition is as follows:
North Carolina 85
South Carolina 77
Florida 70
Georgia 71
Alabama 04
Mississippi V. 06
Louisiana 00
Texas \ 88
Aikansas 103
Tennessee 90
THE OHIO ELECTION. .
Columbus, October 15.—Neither Reptfc'i-
CUn Dor Dcuiouiatii; Ouniu.iHuoi] intYw i’o
ceived any additional returns this morning.
The Senate is still iu doubt. The result
cannot be determined until the full returns
are received from Wood county, where it is
reported counting is delayed by fraudulent
votes polled.
Later. —The news just received from Wood
county claims that heavy frauds wore prac
ticed in Perrysburg, which will probably
necessitate the throwing out of the votes
polled there. If this vote is counted Ilayes’
majority in the county will be 469, and it
elects one Republican Senator. If thrown
out, Hayes’ majority in that county will bo
732, and both Republican Senators elected.
In either case, a Republican Representative
is elected, which gives the Senate to the
Republicans by|2 majority and the House by
12 majority. Ilayes’ majority wiil probably
now be over 4,000.
Toledo, October 15.—A special to the
Elude says Wood county gives Hayes 409
majority; also, that both Republican candi
dates for Senator are elected.
Columbus, October 15.—Returns have
been received from all the counties, which
are considered as correct as can bo obtained
until the official returns are received by the
Secretary of State. These show that Hayes
has a majority of 4,753. Tlie official returns
may vary this count 300 either way. The
Republicans have a majority of seventeen
in the House of Representatives, and three
majority certainly, and possibly four, in the
Senate. The balance of the Republican
State ticket is probably elected. Official
returns must decide the respective majori
ties. The interest in the election reinaiued
at fever heat until returns from Wood
county settled the political complection of
the Senate.
THE BLACK HILLS.
Cheyenne, Wyoming, October 16.—Prof.
Walter P. Jancey, chief of the geologist ex
pedition of the Black Hills, and assistants
returned to-day, having spent five months
in the bills, and made quue a thorough ex
amination of the whole country, and mapp
ed it from Bello Fourche to tho south fork
of the Cheyenne river. Ho reports the gold
fields extending forty miles north from Har
ney’s Peak and twenty miles west. They
contain gold iu quantities that will pay from
three to five dollars per day to a man,
aud that there are bars on numbers
of streams that will pay much more
than that. The water supplies are am
ple for the working purposes, and fully suf
ficient to carry water from the top of most
of the bars and allow the tailing to be read
ily disposed of. The gold is coarse, the
scale good, and easily separated from gravel
and sand.
The Professor lias with him an ounce of
coarse gold that two men obtained on Spring
Creek with ten hours labor.
Professor Janney corrobates General Cus
tar’s report of the Hills, and says that they
will support thousands of miners when the
government opens them to settlement. The
valleys are all adapted to agriculture, and
the hills and canous to stock-raising. The
rain-fall is plentiful and timber abundant.
His official report will be made from New
York, probably before Congress meets.
THE POSTAL SEItVICE.
Washington, October 16.— The Postmas
ter General has directed, in compliance with
a request of Postmaster Pillev, of St. Louis,
that a rearrangement of schemes for the
fast mail service between New York and St.
I.ouis and the Southwest be made prior to
the Ist prox. for all such matter as naturally
belongs to the Pennsylvania Railroad anil
can ha advanced thereby, and orders it to
bo sent by that line instead of the New
York Central and Lako Shore route. This
new arrangement will save to the depart
ment the expense of an unnecessarily long
travel, and insure quicker delivery of the
ma 1 between the Bast and the Southwest,
aud points on or near the line between St.
Louis and Pittsburgh, to which closed
pouches will be sent. It will also, in a
measure, alleviate inconveniences and de
lays now canged by the lack of the railwav
postal car service' between Pittsburgh and
St. Louis. The Postmaster General says he
views this matter in a business light, and
desires justice done to all.
THE MISSISSIPPI TBOCBLES.
Washington, October 15.—The following
was received here to-day :
ACKSox, October IL To Hon. IT. li.
Pease, Washington: Military operations
have been suspended by Governor
Ames, based upon the most full,
ample and minute assurances of lead
ing citizens of the State that there shall be
peace and a fair and free election. They
would not undertake to answer for lawless
ness, but they guarante e to aid the civil
officers in the execution of the laws. The
Governor expresses himself as wholly sat
isfied with the assurances given, and be
lieves that they are made in good faith and
will be carried out to the letter. An im
proved ieeling especially among
the whites, and a general desire for peace
prevails among all classes. Good citizens
are greatly encouraged.
(Signed) S. L. Lake, Jb.,
U. S. Marshal.
JUDGE LYNCH.
Baton Rouge, October 15.— Gov. Antoine,
A'eia Orleans: John Gair, arrested here
yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Woodward,
charged as being accessory to the poisoning
of Dr. J. W. Sanders, was taken by a deputy
sheriff and i)os-e towards Clinton. Reports
here say thaPhe was shot to death on the
road aud his bung iu the court
house square 4 ere. Mrs. Gair is here, and
13 not disturbetS
(Signed) Schoeteb, Mayor,
A MASSACRE. *
New York, October IC.-An evening
paper of this city publishes the follow
ing : Through a gentleman who arrived
here to-day from St. Pierre, the French
colony in British North America mtelli*
gence has been received of a most ter
rible series of assassinations in a single
night, for the purpose of robbery, a whole
family, consisting of an aged man a ml
- named Francois De L’Esc’ale his
gon-in-law, Mons. Cartier, and his ’wife
and two sous and daughter, and one Fo]
quet, the keeper of their villa, were
roullv murdered on the morning of tne sth
or late in the night of the 4th instant at
Mr. Pe L’Escale’s mansion, situated about
a hair a milo outsidi the town of St. Pierre
Mr. De L’Escale never deposited his mooov
in banks, and it is therefore certain that
the burglars aud assassins nave secured an
enormous booty.”
senator bayard.
Raleigh, October IG.—Senator lhomas F
Bayard was serenaded to-night at the Yar
borough House. He was introduced by Mavor
Maulv to a large and enthusiastic crowd
He dul not outer into partizan politics but
asked the people of North Carolina, in 1870
to act upon principles ; that party trickery
was not politics, but that duty to country
was next to devotion to God; bo wanted tho
men of the South united, not for Southern
preponderance or Southern centralization
but to secure, first, the great principle of a
happv Union aud the equalitv of Stales He
urged the people of Nortli Carolina to cul
tivate good will betyveen the sections, and
hoped the people of all the States would do
likewise. He concluded amid great cheer
ing. He was escorted to the depot by music
sud the two military companies of the city
the route being illuminated with bonfires. ’
CRIME IN THE WEST.
St. Loris, October 18—Two men namod
Dave Sullivan and Neil Davis got into a
quarrel ou Collius street this afternoon
The former gave the latter three terrible
wounds with a knife, one in tho back and
two iu the breast, from yybich he died in a
few minutes. Sullivan yvas arrested.
A special from St. Geueveive, Missouri
says that Joseph Grimes, a yvbite man’
went into the bouse of a negro
woman known as Bad Auno list evening,
aud being somewhat intoxicated, went to
sleep in one of her beds. The woman was
absent at the time, and ou her return at
tempted to arouse Grimes, but failing, she
got into a terrible rage, and procured a
heavy hoe, with which she struck the sleep
mg man a blow on the head aud split
his skull wide open, killing him iustautly.
THE MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS
Washington, October 16.—Ex-Senator
Feaso had a long intirview to-day yvith the
President on the subject of Mississippi in
cluding the causes of the difficulties there at
present, condition of affairs aud remedies.
The President talked freely, and said ho was
much gratified that two political parties had
effected an amicable adjustment bv which a
fair election would bo held and peace main
tained in the State. Efforts have heretofore
been made by Senator Bruce and friends for
the removal of four Federal officers in Mis
sissippi, but Mr. Feaso has assurances that
no removals would bo made in that State
for more partisan reasons. Attorney Gen
eral rierrepont assured him that nouo com
ing under his department would be dis
turbed.
COL. j. FROST.
New Orleans, October 16.—Thero w: s a
frost last night as far south as Pascagoula
and yellow fever there is reported as dying
out.
Memphis, October 16.—There was a kill
ing frost last night, which probably did
some damage to lato cottm in the bot
toms.
New Orleans, October 16 Thero was
frost on tho Jackson Railroad last night
within fifty miles of this city. The weather
is quite cool here.
the guibord case.
Montreal, October 18 Yesterday a
pastoral letter from Bishop Bourgot was
read in all the Catholic Churches, again
warning the people not to interfere with
the burial of Guibord’s remains, aud ad
vising them to keep aloof from the cere
mony. Tho letter states that tho ground
wiil be cursed from the moment Guibord’s
remains are deposited there. The decree
of the Privy Council was acquiesced in, and
is to be obeyed.
sentenced.
Toronto, Out., October 16 Tlie trial of
Arthur Davis and his wife, for the murder
of Miss Gilmouro, was brought to a clo e
to-day. The jury, after an absence of one
hour and lorty minutes, returned a verdict
ot guilty against both tlie prisoners, who
were then sentenced to ho hanged on Wed
nesday, Btli of December. The court in
passing sentence, held out no hopes’ of
mercy.
SPAIN AND THE POPE.
Madrid, October 15.—The Epoca , of this
city, has an editorial article explanatory of
the note recently sent to tlie Vatieah. The
note, 'he Epoca says, points to tho religious
condition of Europe, and makes the deduc
tion that Spain cannot be exceptional. It
oxprossod a wish to negotiate for tlie modi
fi'A-Ujicn of some of the articles of tlie con
cordat of lo.ji, wnich can never uu executed.
JUST PUNISHMENT FOR A VILLAIN.
Selma, Ala., October 18.—Isaac McAffoo,
colored, ou trial hero for causing a terrible
railroad accident ou tho Selma, Romo aud
Dalton Railroad, about a year ago, by plac
ing obstructions on the track, was to-day
convicted and sentenced to twenty years in
the penitentiary. Two whites are to bo
tried for the same offense.
just retribution.
Atlanta, October 18.—Clarke Emondson,
the negro that was charged with the raping
of a white woman iu Fayette county, wa
taken out of jail by some two hundred or
three hundred people early on Sunday morn
ing and hung on the gallows that liis broth
er was hung on a week before.
a tornado.
Milford, I’a., October 10.—A terrific tor
nado, with heavy bursts of rain, passed over
this village and immediate vicinity between
6 and 7 o clock this ovening. Trees were
uprooted, fences blown down, outbuildings
upturned, windows broken in, otc. The
storm lasted thirty minutes.
THE LEE SHORE.
Halifax], October 16.—1n a storm at Mag
daline Islands on tho 10th, tho schr. Martha
T. Pike was lost.
The brig Pierre Nolosquo was wrecked on
Morth Beach ou the 28th, and tho crow lost.
Tlie bodies of the captain and cook have
been recovered.
MURDER.
Augusta, Octobor 16.—Morris M. Tinley
was shot aud instantly killed this afternoon
near Mcßean station, ou the Central Rail
road, by Alpheus Tilley, who fled. John
Tinley, the father of the deceased, offers a
reward for the arrest of Tilley.
SUSPENDED.
Pittsburg, October 18.—The firm of Rog
ers & Burchfield, prominent iron manufac
turers of this city, have suspended. They
have been operating two mills, one at Leecli
burg, and another at Appalo, Pa. Their as
sets and liabilities are not known.
A ROW.
Sinabodin, Miss., October 17.—Colonel J.
H. Cooke and B. McHenry exchanged seve
ral shots, and Cook was seriously, probably
fatally, shot. McHenry was killed with a
knife. The trouble was political.
GOING BACK ON THEMSELVES.
Philadelphia, October 17 Tho Union
League, by a vote of 644 to 450, sustained
tho report of the committee refusing to en
dorse four Republican candidates lor city
officers.
SUICIDE OF A WOMAN.
Baltimore, October 18.—Lucy Sterling
committed suicide last night by taking mor
phine. Sho was from Fredericksburg, Vir
ginia.
SNOW.
Susquehanna, I’enn., October 18.— Five
inches of snow fi II here to-day.
Port Jervis, N. J., October 18.— Thero
was snow and a severe gale in this section
to-day.
a tragedy.
Hackettstown, N. J., October 18.—Jos.
Ricker killed his two sons, aged six and ten,
missod his wife aud shot himself seriously
in the head.
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton —A
Reminiscence.- In the year 1826, after
all save one of the band of patriots whose
signatures are borne on the Declaration
of Independence had descended to the
tomb, and the venerable Carroll alone re
mained among tbe living, the govern
ment of the city of New York deputed a
committee to wait on the illustrious sur
vivor aud obtain from him, for deposit in
the public hall of the city, a copy of the
Declaration of 1770, graced and authenti
cated anew with his sign manual. The
aged patriot yielded to the request, and
affixed with his own hand to the copy of
that instrument the grateful, solemn and
pious supplemental declaration which
follows:
“Grateful to Almighty God for the
blessings which, through Jesus Christ
our Lord, He has conferred on my be
loved country in her emancipation, and
on myself in permitting me, under cir
cumstances of mercy, to live to the age
of eighty-nine years, and to survive the
fiftieth year of American independence,
and certify by my present signature my
approbation of the Declaration of Inde
pendence adopted by Congress on the
4th of July, 1776, which I originally subaj
scribed on the 2d day of August of thfl
same year, and of which I am now thw
last surviving signer, I do hereby recom
mend to the present and future genera
tions the principles of that important
document as the best earthly inheritance
their ancestors could bequeath to them,
and pray that the civil and religious
liberties they have secured to my country
may be perpetuated to remotest posterity,
and extended to the whole family of man.
“Chaeles Cabboli,, of Carrollton.
“August 2, 1826.”
