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,’iavamtah Wttfely Jims NATt'HIMV.OITOIIKII a.l, IN?.'*. ... . ii Hip Nfat** |{>mllh Beard. 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. —— Amusement and Instruction Combined. The greatest writers in the English language have written plays from which most quotations are made, ho person can be considered con-, versant with literature who is not familiar with the standard dram -s. The best means of obtain ing a knowledge of dramatic literature is getting up Private Theatrteals. 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 interesting profes sions. Good actors and actrtßses are always in demand. Plays, Gramas, and all needful"sup p ies can be obtained frqpu Samuel Fbexch & Sox, 122 Nassau street, Y. A complete catalogue at ail plays pub iehed sent free; also, a catalogue especially adapted for ama teurs, * octß-weow6t 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.”