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Savannah Hews
WATL’HUAY, Ot TOIU.H M, 1X75.
<(mlon, of (jeoigii), on Gold and
, Greenbacks.
Senator Gordon, of Georgia, lias Been
invited by tbe Hoard of Trade of New
York, composed of tbe leading business
*teu of both political parties and repre
senting both sidos of the currency qnes
tion, to discuss that question in that city.
While some of the leading Democrats at
the North and East urge him to decline,
a number of Western Democrats as ur
gently insist upon his acceptance. The
Georgia Senator, in the course of an in
terview with an Atlanta IferalA re[>orter,
said he thought he could satisfy some of
the business men of New York, who are
not committed, that the so-called hard
money programme inaugurated in Con
gress last winter is an unmitigated de
ception and an attempted fraud upon
the people, and that the Ohio and Penn
sylvania Democrats stand upon the only
ground consistent with the true interests
of the producing sections, with the in
tegrity of the government, with the
broad equal-rights doctrines of the Demo
cratic party and the true spirit of Repub
lican institutions. He is satisfied tbe
occasion would furnish a fair opportunity
to gel the true issues before the country,
but there are strong reasons why he"
should resist the temptation to accept
the opportunity. Among these he has
already taken the position that the cur
rency question should not be permitted
to disturb the harmony of tbe Democratic
party—that the surest practical way to
correct tbe financial condition of the
country is by the expulsion from power
of the present Administration. That first
accomplished, confidence would in a
measure be restored to business interests.
(Senator Gordon would further decline
the invitation to speak in New York, be
cause of a disinclination to be prominent
in making an issue with the Democrats of
New York in their own Htate. He in
sists, however, that what the Ohio and
Pennsylvania Democrats demand, and
what the Southern Democrats demanded
by their votes in Congress, was not an
increase of the volume of the currency,
but a cessation of the contraction pol
icy, and a change in the character
of the present circulating medium, and
a modification at least of the na
tional hanking system. The leading,
the central idea in the movement by
the We stern and Southern Democrats,
is the substitution of United States
Treasury notes greenbacks- fornational
bank notes. 'The object is to save to the
tax-payers of the country the millions of
interest in gold which it costs to float the
national bank currency,giving to the coun
try greenbacks, to float which would cost
the tnx-payers nothing. The contest is
between greenback and natwnal hank
note. This is the issue; nnd upon this
issue, the real question indeed tlio only
question Tall others are collateral)—Mr.
Sohurz and other Republican advocates
in Oldo, uro silent. It is not a question
of inflation or the quantity of paper dol
lars, but as to the kind of paper dollars.
General Gordon maintains that the
greenback paper is as good as the bond
paper, and no more irredeemable than
the national bank paper. The one could
bo reclaimed in gold as easy as the other
easier, indeed, the Kenntor might have
added, for the former bear no accumu
lated nnd accumulating interest. He is
therefore opposed to fastening upon the
people, as the permanent policy of this
Republican government, a financial sys
tern which taxes forty-two millionsof citi
zens to grant to two thousand bondholders
the sole power and privilege of furnishing
a eurroney in no regard bettor than the
greenbacks, and vastly rnoro expensive.
But hero is the Democratic proposi
tion, according to the Senator from Geor
gia : “To redeem every dollar of green
backs by a low rate bond, and make this
bond interchangeable with greenbacks,
at the pleasure of the holder; and if a
specie basis is to be reached and main
tamed, it shall bo done, not by borrow
iuR gold, and increasing tlio tax's, ami
contracting the circulation, and uphold
ing a monopoly, but by stimulating pro
duction and increasing our exports.”—
Nashville American.
War in Liberia.
Every enterprise of man must undergo
a test, and where nations are concerned
tho tent is usually war. The Republic of
Liberiu, which was founded as u colony
of froe blacks by tho American Colonize
tiou Society in 1820, and in 1817 declared
a free Statu, tire territory having been
purchased from time to timo from tho
aboriginal owners, is now involved in a
war with the aborigines which promises
to be of no little importance. The cable
dispatches state that hostilities have
commenced at Gape Talmas, the abo
rigines being under the command of
several educated natives; that there was
some lighting on the 17th of September,
in which fifty were killed and wounded;
that the Liberian (iovernmont had
dispatched troops from Monrovia,
the soot of government, to tho Rceue
of action, and that a grent battle
was expected. Whether tho Liberians,
with an instinct for filibustering im
planted by early associations, Lave been
poaching upon tho manor of the abori
gines, or the latter, incited by tho in
trigues of European dip'omocy, Lave
determined to destroy Republicanism in
Africa, are questions as yet not solved by
the dispatches. But that war exists
seems to bo certain, and probably no
field could bo better ohoseu in which to
deuionaimte tho power and influence of
the intelligent negro in combating tho
ignorance and savagery of his own race.
There are, unfortunately, localities in this
country in which the influences of a wide
spread civilization are almost overmatched
by tho combined ignoranoe of tho blacks
and incendiary teachings of the unscrupu
lous whites, but there is no ground for
the presumption that “a color war” or
any other war growing out of the saino
causes is either necessary or probable.
The Liberians uro so situated thut war
iuay be a necessity for thoir self preser.
vation. Their territory is scarcely more
than twenty five thousand square miles
in extent, nud thoir population less than
half a million. They liavo for neighbors
Home of tho most savage tribes, us well
as some which have been brought under
the indifferent influence of communica
tion with European nations. Should the
war, as seems to be apprehended, prove
to be an important one in poiut of ag
gressiveness on tho part of the aborigines,
it is to bo hoped that the Liberians will
be able to vindicate the uses and the force,
moral and T ".altrial, of their superior in
telligence. ~ JtaUunnre Sun.
Contraction. —The New York Bulletin
shows the progress of contraction in
France thus:
Between July 111, 18715, and July 25),
1875, the circulation of the Bank of
France was reduced f>r>O,!X)O,(XX) fraues.
But during that period France imported
1,1575,4(H),000 fraues more of specie than
she exported; of this sum, 814,400,000
francs was added to the specie in the
Bank of France ; and consequently 5(51,-
000,000 francs of specie was added, within
these two years, to the active eirt-nation.
The facts, then, are that the paper circu
lation was contracted 550,000,000 francs,
aud fhat tho specie circulation was simul
taneously' augmented 7XSI, (MX),(XX) francs.
Instead, "therefore, of there being any re
duction of the circulating medium, tlur
iug the two years, there Was au increase
of 10,100,1XX> francs.
When the United States aAi able to ac
cumulate coin like France it All be time
uous\i to talk about resumption.
.i hack horse fell down onkjrratiot ave
flp and among the crowd which gathered
V K several negroes, one of whom sough:
the job of getting the horse up
was doing a good deal of talk-
Mf. a fri, ml i;;.d bretlu r w.,ik.-.i
who is you ?”
Baker, sah,’' was the
was vou in de war ?”
“War? war?”
“Yes, sar, was you in de war ?”
“No, sah.”
“Well, den, what business you got
Lossing around here? You jest stand
back and let somebody who was m de
war do de talking .’ Now den, folks, lift
up on dat hoss an - keep cl'ar of his hind
heels.”
The one who was not in the war meek
l- R at down on the curb stone.— Detroit
Free Press.
Brutal Wife Moiuier.—At Lawrence,
Mass., Saturday uigbt, Bernard Bradley
while drunk beat bis wife over the head
with a bottle end then poured boiling
water over ber. She cannot recover.
Bradley was arrested.
A MELANCHOLY KI’ICIDE.
<>n'lnlon of T. Heard -A New
Trial (.ranted Him —The Infortunmr
Mnn Takes Poi.on-HU Barlal.
[From the Augueta Constitutionalirt ]
The trial of James T. Heard at Con
yer’s, which had been before Rockdale
Superior Court, Judge John I. Hall, of
the Flint Circuit, for three days, came to
a conclusion about 6 o’clock on Saturday
night, and was given to the jury. There
was an opinion amoug a majority of those
who heard the evidence that it did not
er tirely sustain the charge as alleged in
the indictment, and that the prisoner was
simply guilty of an indiscretion, and was
not the brute that the heat of tbe first
accusation made him appear. This im
pression gamed strength as the hours
wrore wearily on, and the clock bands
steadily drew towards tbe midnight hour.
About 11 :'M) the jury sent a message
through the baihff attending them, that
they could not agree, and. on the delivery
of the message to Judge Hall, it is al
leged that he was somewhat incensed,
directing the jury to be brought before
him. His Honor then gave them some
very plain directions, which bore heavily
against the prisoner, and stated that the
court would remain in session twenty
five minutes to receive a verdict. The
jury, therefore, retired.
At a few minutes before midnight the
jury came into court with a verdict of
“guilty of assault,” accompanied with a
very strong recommendation to mercy.
The prisoner appeared to be much de
pressed at the verdict, and was thereupon
sentenced to pay a fine of SI,OOO and
be imprisoned for the term of six
months. Exceptions to the verdict and
notice of anew trial were at once made
by General Gartreli and Judge Hook, of
counsel for tbe unfortunate man, and
tho Court took them under adv:s_-ment.
Meantime Hhenff Whitehead, at the re
quest of the prisoner, permitted him to
go to his boarding house for the pur
pose of getting a pillow and bed
clothing to take to jail. They pro
ceeded to tbe board : ng home, a
distance of about seventy-five rods from
tho jail, and after they reached Heard’s
room he remarked carelessly : “I guess I
will take a drink,” and proceeded to the
washstand, turning his back to the
Sheriff, who was in the act of gathering
up the bed clothing. Heard then turned
to the Sheriff and expressed himself ready
to proceed to jail, where he was taken
and placed in a cell, lly this time Judge
Hood had gone to the train, which, if he
had missed, would have detained him
over Sunday in Conyers, and General
Gartreli had obtained an order from
Judge Hall granting the request that
Heard, upon renewing the bond under
which he had been up to his tria',
be set at liberty until the mo
t;oti for anew trial could be
dettrniincd. Abnut half an hour
had elapsed between the prison
er’s leaving the court room and the
granting of the order, when Gen. Gar
treli rapidly proceeded to the jail to ac
i] mint his client with the good result at
tained, and accompanied by the Sheriff,
proceeded to Heard’s cell, when, to their
horror, they discovert and he was in a sort
of stupor. It flashed across the mind of
the General, from some vague expres
sions of Heard made previous to the
verdict, that he had taken poison, and
he taxed him with it, but Heard per
sistently (lamed it. At once a messen
ger was dispatched for Dr. Stewart, and
a search revealed the fact from a paper
found near the wash stand in Heard’s
bedroom, that when Heard was drinking
he quickly poured into the cup from six
to eight grains of morphine.
Hy the time Dr. Stewart reached the
scene, the unfortunate man was low in
deed, the poison having permeated his
wholo system, and although every remedy
that science could suggest was tried, at
about four a. m. Kundny, “the silyor
thread was loosed,” and the spirit of
James T. Heard wiDged its flight to the
high court of Heaven to be judged by the
Judge of Judges.
lie left no written communication, or
at least none has been found, and in the
few moments that elapsed between the
discovery of Heard’s condition and his
loss of consciousness he gave forth no
words of explanation, but, to tho last,
denied having taken the poison.
Arrangements were made to transport
tho body to Augusta, and it arrived yes
terday morning in charge of Edward B.
Purcell, conductor of the Georgia Rail
road train, to the house of
Mis. Hoard, of tbe suicide,
who lives at a placo called “Phmizy’s,”
about four miles from the city. Be
foro the arrival of the body, a tele
gram was seut to Judge Hook giving the
outlines of the tragic eud of Mr. Heard,
nnd the Judge, with a heavy heart,
wont out to Mrs. Heard’s house early
Sunday morning to execute his un
welcome and melancholy task. In the
most delicate manner he communicated
the sad intelligence to the already almost
broken-hearted lady, and her screams of
anguish quickly revealed to the rest of
the household that something terrible
hail happened. The intelligence was
transmitted to young Mrs. Heard, now a
widow, and the grown sisters of the sui
cide. Judge Hook, in narrating the
affair, says he never wishes to look upon
a more harrowing scene than the grief
of thoso unfortunate ladies.
The suicide leaves behind him two in
fant sons, as well as a widow.
It is a curious circumstance that Heard's
mother had a premonition of his death at
the hour of its occurrence, for she awoke
at 1 o'clock in the morning, and ex
claimed: “Oh! my God, where is
James?” Her children quieted nnd eu
denvored to comfort her, but the moment
she saw Judge Hook enter the house,
she divined by the solemn expression of
his face that her poor son was dead !
It appears that just before the con
clusion of the trial, Heard asked his
counsel what they thought of the proba
ble result, and he was told that possibly
there might be a verdict rendered of
simple assault —which was actually the
verdict rendered-and the prisoner re
marked: “Well, this strain has been ter
rible, and I cannot stand up under it
much longer.” His counsel assured him
they could get anew trial, and by that
time he would bo iu a better shape to de
fend himself; but he reiterated his
former statement that he could not stand
up under it. They had no idea, how
ever, that he meant suicide.
About 1 p. m. yesterday the funeral
obsequies occurred at St. John’s M. E.
Church, Rev. Mr. Evans officiating. The
coffin, which was a handsomo oue, on
tho top of which rested a wreath of ever
greens and white roses, was brought into
the church, some of our most respect
ed citizens acting as bearers, and was
deposited iu front of the altar,
while the relatives of the deceased and
friends occupied the pews. Mr. Evans
read the burial service of the dead, sup
plemented by the reading of a portion
of the New Testament (St. Paul’s), corn--
uiencing: “Now is Christ risen from the
dead,’ &e. Then he addressed those
present in a few touching remarks, show
ing the necessity of leading a religious
life. The proceeding closed with prayer,
and the body was borne to the hearse,
and followed by the relatives and friends,
was taken to the cemetery. Well might
tho suicide’s last prayer be:
“Pity civ wot s, O God!
And touch my will w.th Thv warm breath ;
Put in my trembling hand Thy rod,
That quickens death :
Thu" my dead faith may feel Thr sun,
And say, ‘Thy will be done !’ ”
A Fight With a Burglar —About two
o’clock Fnilav morning, a burglar en -
tered the dwelling of O. B. JucUou. a
prominent ma-chaut of Galesburg, 111.
While ransacking a bureau the burglar
was disiovered by Mrs. Judson, who sup
posed him to be her husband, and asked
him if he was getting up. At this the
burglar star ed out of the room, and was
at once followed by Mr. Judson, who
awoke upon hearing his wife speak. As
the men came together, the burglar struck
Mr. Judson in the neck with some blunt
instrument, or a dull knife, which made
a ragged and perhaps fatal wound. Mr.
Judson also received ugly cuts on the
head and left shoulder by the same in
strument. Meanwhile, Mrs-. Judson
sprang from the bed, seized a chair, and
pelted the b rglar over the head until he
was compelled to desist his attack on her
husband, and made his escape through
the kitchen door. The only articles
missing are a gold watch and a purse con
taining a small amount of money. A
little daughter cf Mr. Judson. on being
awakened by the cries of her father, ran
li . e blocks to bring medical aid, bare
footed and iu her night-dress. No clue
to the burglar is yet known.
Charleston’s Population. —The cen
sus of Charleston, just completed, shows
56,540 souls, against 48.956 in 1870, an
increase of 7,584 in five years. The col
ored population is 32,012, and the white
24,528, the increase of the former having
been much the greatest.
A M MINIFICEXT FIGHT.
A .tliclalann Farmer Subdulnx a Vicious
Hull—Pluck \Vlu Ike Battle.
[From the HUM Jam Buxinese.]
Mr. Elijah Podd, of the township of
Adams, bad upon his farm a large, pow
erful and voidable bull, whose general
reputation for propriety was bad, but
had always acknowledged tbe mastery of
Mr. Pond. He had been a terror to the*
help upon the farm, and had often hur
ried out of his neighborhood those who
had occasion to pass through the fields
where he was grazing. Mr. Pond had
frequently urged his laborers to not run
from the &nimal % but to show no fear
and he would net dare attack them, but
they always took the part of discretion
and got out of his way.
One evening last week Mr. Pond fin
ished milking his cows in the barn
yard, and waa returning to his house i
with a full pail of milk, when he had to j
pass by this bull. He noticed that he
shook his head sullenly and looked
vicious. But he passed along thinking
nothing of it. He had not proceeded j
far before be beard the rapid step and !
low moaning bellowing of tbe animal j
close by him. He turned to catch the
bull’s horns with his hands so as to pre
vent his being gored, and was tossed
into the air. He came down, pail,
milk, and all upon the animal’s
head, and was again thrown into
the air, and as he fell he struck
upon the opposite side of the
fence. He was somewhat bruised and his
clothes torn by the rough handling and
the fall, but being a stout, muscular
man, his impulse was to chaatise the in
solent beast-. Accordingly he secured a
heavy club, which had been a sled stake,
and jumped over the fence into the yard..
He was met by the bull, which, with
horns poised, with head fixed and stiff -
ened neck, plunged at his unequal adver
sary as he approached. Mr. Pond struck
him a terrific blow across his head, splint
ering and breaking the cudgel, but mak
ing no other impression upon his bullship
except to infuriate him.
The combat was getting fearful. The
bull dashed upon Mr. PoDd, who, with
out any means of defense, was in immi
nent, deadly peril. He sprang aside,
caught the animal by one horn and one
ear, BDd endeavored to keep away from
him, but was shaken about like a bundle
of hay. lie lost his hold, and a second
time was tossed high into the air, and fell
beyond the fence into the adjoining field.
The maddened animal rushed at the fence,
roared and bellowed, but Mr. Pond,
undismayed, determined to master the
field. He started to the house for
his axe, and would have split open
the bull s head rather than be conquer
ed. But on his way he came across
a heavy three tintd pitchfork. Seizing
this he started again across the yard.
More savage and more desperate than
before, the beast met him, hut Mr. Pond
stood his ground, and as tbe bull ap
proached he did not turn aside, but
struck him full in the face with the sharp
tines of the fork, expecting to turn him
back by the acute puin. Hut he was
mistaken. Tho animal rushed Qt him
and was bearing him against the fence,
when he would have crushed him like a
dry weed. Mr. Pond saw his peril and
threw himself forward upon the neck and
horns of the bull, and, clinging to his
neck, threw up his feet so as to avoid tbe
fence.
In this predicament he was tossed and
flung about, and the fork was thrown
from his grasp, and finally he, too, was
unseated aud fell over beside the animal.
Fortunately, iu his fall his hand came
upon the fork, which ho caught, and
with a full sense of the importance of
using his power, he thrust the strong
fork again and again into the side, flank,
and neck of the bull with a'l the force of
his powerful arms. The combat now
waxed hot. The heavy thrusts were
quick and e ifective, and as the tempered
tines twanged from the tough hide of the
bull, the blood spurted from the deep in
cisions. Nerved by desperation aud
pain, Mr. Pond kept up his terrible war
fare. The animal failed in every at
tempt to get him on his horns. Into his
broad sides rained lightuing shots of
pointed steel, thicker, faster, deeper.
The contest grew unequal. The strong
beast bellowed now with pain. He held
his head down for a moment, roared in
utter discomfiture, and whirling upon
his feet, ran bellowing down the yard.
Mr. Pond made his way to the house.
He was met at the door by his wife; he
was wet with perspiration, bespattered
with blood, lame, and almost naked, but
so nerved by his spirit that after washing
and resting a little time he went again to
the yard. He had determined that there
should be but one master on the premises,
and notwithstanding the entreaties of his
wife, he did not hesitate to go on the
battle ground unaided. He found his
victory complete. The conquered, cowed,
humbled animal ran from him like a
whipped spunicl. The victory complete,
the victor found himself more fearfully
injured than he supposed, and it was
several days before ho again left the
room.
Mr. Warner Tries It.
[From the Detroit Free Press.]
Mr. Warner, a respectable and law
abiding citizen of Baker street, rode
home in an express wagon the other day,
having a hand fire extinguisher and *tho
driver for company.
“What’s that thing ?” asked his wife in
contemptuous tones as she opened the
hall door.
“What’s that? Why that’s a fire ex
tinguisher—best thing you ever saw—
meant to have got one a year ago.”
“Jacob, you are always making a fool
of yourself,” she continued as she shut
the door. “Every patent right man gets
around you as a cat lays for a mouse.”
“Does, eh? If you know anything at
all you’d know that every store and office
in Detroit has one o’ these. They’ve
saved lots of buildings, and may save
ours. ”
“You throw it at the lire, don’t you ?”
she asked in sarcastic tones.
He carried it up stairs into a closet with
out replying, and she followed on and
asked:
“Don’t it shoot a fire out?”
“If you don’t know anything, I’ll learn
you something ! It is full of chemicals;
you strike on this knob on top and she’s
all ready to open this faucet and play on
the fire.”
She grinned as she walked around it,
and finally asked:
“Do you get a horse to draw it
around ?”
“No, I don’t get a horse to draw it
around. You see these straps? Well, I
back up, put my arms tkrougbjtkein, and
here it is on my back.”
“I see it is,” she sneered.
“And can’t I run to any part of the
house with it?” he demanded. “See
see ?’’
And he cantered along he hall, into the
bedrooms and out, and was turning the
head of the stairs when his foot caught
iu the carpet. He threw up his arms
aud she grabbed at him, and both rolled
down stairs. He yelled and she jelled.
Sometimes he was ahead, and then she
took the lead, aud neither of them had
passed under the “string” when the ex
tinguisher, bumping and jamming, began
to shoot off its charge of chemicals.
“You old !” she started to say,
when a stream from the hose struck her
between the eyes, and she didn’t finish.
“What in—o-u-c-h!"roared Mr. Warner,
as he got a dose in the ear.
They brought up in a heap at the bot
tom of the stairs, the stream playing
into the parlor, against the hall door, and
up stairs by turns, and she gasped:
"I'll have you sent to a fool asylum.”
“Who’s a fool?” he roared, dancing
around with his eyes full of chemicals.
“I’m fainting !” she squeaked.
a' And I’ve broken my back.' ” he
shouted.
It was a sad house when those two
highly respectable old people got so that
they could use their eyes and discuss mat
ters calmly. And she doubled up her
fist and hoarsely said :
‘ • Take that investigator, or distin
guishes or whatever you call it, back
down town, and tell everybody that you
are a lunatic. ”
And he said:
“Dummit, I know more than all your
family put together. ”
Rare and dainty stockings are worn to
correspond to other costly details of the
toilet. Black silk stockings are worn
which are covered with flowers embroid
ered in the brightest of silks. Cream
colored stockings have soles and side
pointed gores of crimson : pale blue with
rose color black with scarlet. This latter
style has small polka spots embroidered
with flowers following the pattern. Pale
blue silk stockings have the feet and ex
tending above the ankle covered with a
deep blue. Similar styles are worn hav
ing a flesh color and faint bine, pink and
white, amber and white, all exquisitely
embroidered with floss.—jV, Y. Tribunt .
Alabama’s New Constitution.
The Alabama Constitutional Conven
tion, after sitting twenty-seven days, has
adopted a constitution which will be sub
mitted to popular vote November 16. The
convention was called by an act of tbe
last Legislature. There can be no doubt
that the old constitution stood much in
need of revision. The convention which
adopted that instrument was called by
Gen. John Pope, commander of the Mili
tary District of Georgia, Alabama, and
Florida, iu 1867. under the Reconstruction
acts of Congress. It was submitted to
the people in February, 1868, and de
feated, a majority of the registered voters
of the State failing to vote in its favor.
By an act of Congress, passed March 20
of the same year, however, the constitu
tion was declared adopted, and Alabama
was admitted to Cpngressional represen
tation. The disturbed and chaotic con
dition of affairs in the State at the time
of the drafting of that constitution was
not favorable to a work requiring so
much wisdom and discrimination as con
stitution-making, and it has never been
regarded with feelings of satisfaction or
admiration. We proceed to give a care
ful abstract of the new constitution.
The bill of rights of the new instru
ment is, in its general provisions, the
counterpart of our own in this State. All
men are declared “equally free and inde
pendent. ’ Section 2 declares that “all
persons resident in this State, born in
the United States, or naturalized, or who
have legally declared their intention to
become citizens of the United States, are
hereby declared citizens of the State of
Alabama, possessing equal civil and po
litical rights.” The right to change their
form of government as may be deem
ed expedient is declared to be an in
alienable right of a free people, in whom
political power is inherent. Indictment
by grand jury is dispensed with only “in
cases of petit larceny, assault, assault
and battery, affray, unlawful assemblies,
vagrancy, and other misdemeanors.” Sec
tion 15 provides that “the State of Ala
bama shall never be made defendant in
any court of law or equity.” The General
Assembly has heretofore had the power
to cause suits to be brought against the
State in her own courts, a practice which
has proved vexatious and expensive.
The suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus is put out of the power of the
State authorities. Personal and property
rights are amply guarded. Section 27
gives to every citizen “the right to bear
arms in defense of himself and the State.”
Immigration is encouraged, and “no
form of slavery shall exist in the State
otherwise than for the punishment of
crime.” Section 8.1 reads as follows : “The
people of this State accept as final the es
tablished fact that from the Federal
Union there can be no secession of any
State.” There was an animated discus
sion over this section, and it was regarded
by many delegates as an unnecessary
acknowledgment of past indiscretions.
Legislation imposing “educational or
property qualification for suffrage or of
fice, or any restraint upon the same on
account of race, color or previous condi
tion of servitude” is prohibited.
Some important changes have been
made in the provisions relating to legisla
tion. The Senators and Representatives
are elected as before, the former for four,
the latter for two years, one-half the
former and all the latter being chosen at
each election, but the elections p.re made
biennial, occurring upon the first Monday
in August. They were formerly annual,
and occurred on the Tuesday after the
first Monday in November. We are told
by a Montgomery Democratic paper
that this separation of the times of
holding the State and Federal elections
deprives the “Federal bayonet” of any
possible influence upon the choosing of
the local government. Sessions were
formerly annual, and not exceeding
thirty days; they are now to be biennia!,
not exceeding fifty days, except that that
of 1876 is given sixty days. There can
be but thirty-three Senators and one
hundred Representatives, and the mem
bers of both branches are to be paid four
dollars per day and ten cents mileage.
No person guilty of any infamous
crime can ever be eligible to the General
Assembly, or to any office of trust or
profit in the State; and any transaction
that has the flavor of bribery between a
member of the General Assembly and any
other person subjects both to fine and
imprisonment, or such punishment as
may be provided by law. There are
careful safe-guards against improper
special and local legislation, and the
State is prohibited from engaging in
works of internal improvement, or lend
ing its credit in aid of such; nor can the
Gene: al Assembly authorize cities or towns
to lend their credit or grant money to pri
vate corporations, or to become stock
holders therein. The State has lately suf
fered severely by the unwise use of this
form of subsidy. Church, charitable,
and school property is exempted from
taxation, and th 9 State tax levy is
limited to three-fourths of one per cent.
The State debt must not be increased,
save for purposes of defense or to pro
vide for public safety, but temporary
loans may be negotiated to meet defi
ciencies. County, city, and town tax
levies are limited to one-half of ona per
cent, after the payment pf existing in
debtedness, to which the excess allowed
must be exclusively applied until it is
extinguished.
The workings of the Executive Depart
ment are not materially altered. The
office of Lieutenant Governor is abol
ished. The practice of “absenteeism” is
discountenanced by prohibition or de
duction of salary, and it is provided that
if the Governor be absent from the Stare
over twenty days, the President of the
Senate shall enter upon and discharge his
duties till his return. The Judicial De
partment remains practically the same.
The Judges are elected as before; but
there are eight judicial circuits instead of
twelve, the former number, and three
chancery districts instead of five.
The board of education is abolished,
and the provisions relating to education
are somewhat carefully drawn, and legis
lative in their character. The General
Assembly must establish free schools for
all children between the ages of seven
and twenty-one years, “but separate
schools shall be provided for the children
of citizens of African descent.” The
supervision of the schools of the State is
vested in a superintendent of education.
The abuse of corporate power is pretty
fully provided against. Stockholders in
private corporations are individually liable
only for the amount of their unpaid
stock. A curious, but perhaps useful,
piece of special prohibition is that of
forbidding any telegraph company to con
solidate with, or own a controlling inter
est in the stock of any competing line,
or to purchase or in any way acquire
such lines. Banks must always be estab
lished upon a specie basis, and all their
notes must be redeemable in gold and sil
ver, and their suspension of specie pay
ments, directly or indirectly,is forbidden,
and banks and banking companies must
close their business in twenty years from
the time of organization, unless the time
is extended by the General Assembly.
Transportation companies are forbidden
to grant free passes to members of the
General Assembly, or to sell them tickets
at a discount. Extortionate rates are to be
provided against by legislation. A married
woman’s property, real and personal, is
exempt from liability for her husband’s
debts, and is to be in all respects enjoyed
by her as if she were a femme sole . The I
Bureau of Industrial Resources is abol
ished, and the laws requiring a decennial
census in the year 1875 are annulled.
The increase of salaries during the term !
of office is forbidden. “Gerrymander
ing” is prevented by a provision that the i
apportionment of representation to be
made as directed, in 1880, shall not be ;
altered until after the next decennial j
United States census. — N. Y. Times.
Vulcanized Fibre. —This compara
tively new substance, as yet but little
known, promises to give some very re
markable results. It is a product formed
by paper pulp, treated chemically in such
a manner that it differs totally from the
original substance, and is incapable of
being reduced to its former state. It can
be manufactured either hard or soft: in
the former state its qualities are insolu
bility in water, non-conductivity of elec
tricity, heat and cold, great toughness,
strengthened electricity and the property
of resisting the effects of most acids; in
the latter or soft form it somewhat resem
bles felt. It is evident that a substance
containing all these qualities, and pro
duced at a cost for less than that of
materials having only some of them,
ought to deserve attention.
A Chicago organist returned from a
joraney the other day and found an ex
quisite lyre suspended above the key
board of his instrument —Boston Globe.
So the editor of the Inter -Ocean has
committed suicide, eh ? — N. 0. Tiroes.
The number of illegitimate children
bom in Scotland yearly is over ten per
cent of all the birth. "
CITY AFFAIRS.
■—
SAVANNAH THE BEST COTTON
PORT.
An Interesting Comparison.
(Vtaniead to the particular attention
of our leaders at home and abroad the fol
lowing communication, with (he compari
son of the press fates of New Orleans, Gal
veston and Sav&nuab. By this comparison
it is demonstrated that Savannah is the
cheapest cott .n port in the country :
iiiifor Mornimj Xeics ■
You hear so much in regard to the ex
penses of Savannah as a cotton port, would
it not be a matter of information to some to
print the following press rates of New Or
leans and Galveston, then compare with Sa
vannah rates ?
NEW ORLEANS.
The following tariff of charges is adopted
by the undersigned, to take effect from Oc
tober Ist, 1875, and continue until August
31st, 1876:
Compressing.—For foreign ports, direct
or coastw:se, whether by steam, sail or rail
road, per bale, 75c. ; lor coastwise ports,
steam, sail aw railroad, per bale, 60c.
Charges to Shippers.—Drayage to ship
and labor, per bale, 25c.; labor oa all cotton
hauled by shippers, per bale, 10c.; covering
sample holes, covers furnished by press,
per bale, 15c ; covering sample holes, with
shippers’ patches, per bale 5c.; extra bands,
each 121 e.; on cottou ship-marked, not or
dered the day it is weighed, storage and la
bor per ba e, with the privilege of remain
ing three days, 10c.; after three days, stor
age for first month, including the three
days, 30c.
Small Numbers—On small numbers the
charge for labor and storage for any period
from Ist October, 1875, to 31st August, 1876,
per bale 30 cents; extra drayage on cottou
returned from ship, steamer or railroad,
each way 124 cents, to be paid by shipper,
together per bale 25 cents; labor’on same,
10 cents; for forwarding cottou, 25 cents.
On all cotton ship marked or small num
bered, removed from one press to another
for the purpose of storage or compressing,
or shipped without being compressed, per
bale 25 cents, to be paid by the purchaser
upon the delivery of the cotton.
Cottou taken by original printers mark
will, if removed upon the day it is received
and weighed, be deliverable tree of charge.
Signed by Superintendents of Seventeen
Presses.
GALVESTON. *
Compressing of cotton in Galveston,
Texas, is on a sliding scale according to the
rates of freight, viz : of 3. and under 7-16.,
55c. per bale; of 7-16. and under Cue.
per bale, aud 10c. extra for every 1-16. to
1 ; over 1., sc. for every 1-IG., gold.
SAVANNAH.
Rates of Charges for Compressing—For
foreign ports, steam or sail direct, GOc.; for
foreign ports, steamship, coastwise, 50c.; for
coastwise-perts, steam or sail, per contract,
—c.; for extra band to ships, 12Jc.
Charges to Shippers—O i all cotton taken
from press uncompressed for month or less
than a mouth, 25c.
AVI 1,1.A1 NO L’S AFFAIR.
A Woman Placed in Confinement by Her
Husband nnd Daughter** as nu Alleged
I.nnatic.
Charleston has just furnished an outrage
which has no parallel in this section, and
which merits for the perpetrators the se
verest punishment. Tho News and Courier
relates the pirticulars, hut omits the names
of the parties concerned, for what reason is
not stated :
On Monday afternoon a woman arrived in
Charleston by the steamship Sea Gull from
New York, where she had been visiting some
relatives. She went home expecting to be
cordially received as a wife and mother,
there being a husband and two grown
daughters from whom she expected a warm
reception. She had not been home long
before a carriage was procured aud she was
hurriedly carried to the Roper Hospital and
lodged as a violently insane person.
Information of tho affair was given
to Solicitor Bnttz by two ladies, neigh
bors of trio woman, who stated that
she was perfectly sane. They mani
fested deep interest in the poor cap
tive’s case, and wanted steps taken to have
her set • t liberty. Solicitor Buttz, with
trial justice Hutchinson, proceeded to the
hospital for the purpose of investigating the
matter. They met Dr. Somers Buist, who is
in charge of the hospital, and made known
their mission. Dr. 'Buist stated that the
woman had been brought there on Monday
night, and was represented to be very vio
lent, but he did not believe she was insane,
and that ho simply had her under restraint.
Solicitor Buttz intimated his intention to
sue out a writ of habeas corpus, when Dr.
Buist readily offered to release her.
Solicitor Buttz and Justice Hutchinson
saw tho alleged insane patient. They formed
the opinion, by conversing wdth her, that
she was not f t ali insane, and had her dis
charged. She spoke with deep emotion of
the disposition that had been made of her
by those to whom she had every right to
look for love a id attention, and said that as
soon as released she would immediately re
turn to the North, aud would never come
here again. This was really an affecting
case, and if true in ail its phases, was cer
tainly an act of inhumanity that will yet
cause a pang in the hearts' of those who
were the authors of it. It was stated that
legal action would be taken against the per
petrators of the deed.
About Sugar aud Sugar fanes.
The sugar crop of the Sandwich
Islands is very promising. The largest
yield known to sugar planters is pro
duced there. The cane grown is what is
here called Otaheite, or white cane,
which grows very luxuriantly in this
State, but is tender and does not rattoon
well.
As illustrating what this species of
sugar cane vill do under the most favor
able auspices, we learn from a reliable
source that on the island of Maui, two
hundred aers of cane has produced 800
tons of sugar, and on Hawaii the yield is
even greater.
Last season from about two hundred
and ten acres of canes, nine hundred tons
of good sugar was made on a plantation
on the last named island. The best
sugar lands in Guba sometimes give
seven thousand pounds to the acre; but
this is only on very good new lan ', and
from tho species of cane known there as
e-ana blanca Whether it is the same as
that referred to above, which was found
on the Sandwich Islands, or not, we can
not tell.
Much was expected from the canes
brought to this State by Mr. Lapice,
from Java, but, thus far, they, have not
proved of much value. They are very
slender and long-pointed, resembling sor
ghum so closely that planters have de
clared them to be sorghum, at first sight.
Wet hav'c heard nothing as to the value
of the Cuban canes imported and planted
last fall by P. S. Wiltz, Esq., on his plan
tation in the parish of St. Charles. Much
is expected from the Diffusion Process
Company, which begins its operations
to-day on the Louisa plantation in St.
Charles. If it accomplishes what its
friends confidently expect, and sugar
planters generally hope, the sugar culture
will be developed in this State upon a
larger and more profitable basis than ever
before.
Sugar lauds are very cheap at present
in Louisiana. Excellent places can be
bought at a cost of twentv-five dollars
per acre, including buildings, seed cane
enough to begin with, and. in some in
stances, mules, etc., enough to work the
plantation. The largest yield of sugar
last season was from the Hermitage, the
property of L. A. Bringier, Esq., in the
parish of Ascension. From one field,
Mr. Bring->r made an average of 4,014
pounds of white sugar, and 214 gallons
of molasses to the acre. No fertilizers
were used, the yield being due entirely
to the thorough culture of the crop.—
New Orleans Times.
How Humbug Thrives —$2,500 Per
Month for “ Colored Water.” —The
Ne w York Assembly Committee on Crime
continues its investigation. The evidence
goes to show that nothing is more com
mon than that notorious characters are
permitted to slip through the “meshes
of the law ” by paying money. Then
occasionally there are such developments
as this extract from the testimony of a
so-called “medical” witness:
“ Were-you a partner of ‘ Dr.’ Frank
lin?”
“I was his assistant for six years.”
“ What was his business ?”
“Making medicine to produce abor
tions.”
“What was that medicine made of ?”
“Colored water.”
“Would it produce the effect which it
claimed to produce ?”
“ Certainly not; it would produce no
effect at aIL”
“ How many persons do you suppose
there are in the city carrying on this
business ?”
“ Oh, I don’t know ; there are a good
many who don’t advertise.”
“Is all the medicine made by them as
efficacious as that you and Dr. Franklin
usetl to make ?”
“Just the same.”
“ Do these people make much money ?”
“I know that Dr. Franklin used to take
in $2,500 a month, all profits.”
Not all the compounds sold are so harm
less as this colored water which yields a
profit of $2,500 per month, but murdered
women tell no tales in or out of court.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS..
Summary of tUe Week’s Dispatches.
THE OHIO ELECTION.
' [Special Telegrams to the Morning News.]
Cincinnati, October 12, 7:30 p. in.—ln
this city oTer 20,000 votes were polled be
fore 11 o clock this morning. No complete
returns from any ward have yet beeu re
ceived.
New York, October 12.— -A private dis
j patch from Cincinnati, dated 8:30 to-night,
: says it is estimated that the vote of the
| State will reach 500,000. As far as heard
from the Republicans gain in every county
except Mahoning and possibly Franklin.
Cincinnati, October 12.—Caynhoga coun
ty is said to have given 3,000 Republican
majority. Later returns from a number of
northeastern counties, mostly mining dis
tricts, give Democratic gains.
The election here passed off quietly. The
Republicans claim the county for Hayes and
, the entire county ticket. It is certain that
j the Republicans have made large gains,
j The result in the city will not be known till
| late.
Washington, October 12. — The losses and
| gains will be computed upon the election
of 1873, when Allen’s majority was 817.
Toledo, October 12.—There was a quiet
j election to-day and a full vote, with con
; siderable scratching ou both sides. Returns
| from the city are slow. Nothing is ex
pected before midnight, and some wards
will not be counted before noon to-morrow.
Columbus, October 12. — Scattering re_
turns only have beeu received from nearly
every county in the Sta’e, but none are
more than fragmentary. One hundred and
twenty-five townships, precincts and wards
show that there is a majority for Hayes
thus far of over 3,000. There is every indi
cation of Hayes’s election.
Columbus, Ohio, October 12.—Adams
county, two townships, give Ilayes 281, irilen
213, a Democratic gaiu of 9. Allen county,
three townships, and Lina city entire, give
Hayes 804, Allen 1,010, a Democratic gaiu of
150. Ashtabula county, eight townships,
give Hayes 1,902, Allen 561, a Republican
gain of 628. Butler count y, one township,
gives Hayes 56 and Allen 162, a Republican
gain of 5. Carroll county, one township,
gives Hayes 93 and Allen 56, a Democratic
gain of 13. Champaign county, one town
ship, gives Hayes 161 and Allen 29, a Repub
lican gain of 20. Ciark county, two town
ships, and four wards in Springfield city,
give Hayes 2,286, and Allen 1,974, a Demo
cratic gain of 155. Clinton county, one
township, Hayes 177, Allen 96, a Rapubli
can gain of 52. Cochoctou county, ono
township, gives Hayes 93, Allen 107, a Re
publican gain of 86. Cuyahoga county,
one township, five wards in Cleveland, a
Republican gam of 1,500. Darke county,
three townships, Hayes 273. Allen 399, a
Democratic gaiu of 29. Delaware conntv,
one township, Hayes 52, Allen 37,
a Republican gain of 6. Erie
county, one township, Hayes 139,
Allen 139, a Democratic gain of 19.
Fairfield county, four townships, and
Lancaster City, gain 61. Fayette county,
two townships, Hays 180, Allen 186, a De
mocratic gain of 17. Franklin county, three
townships and three wards in Columbus,
Hayes 1,888, Allen 1,124, a Republican gaiu
of CIO. Fulton county, ono township, Hayes
133, Allen 140, a Republican gain of 10.
Gallia county, first ward of Galliapolis,
Hayes 68, Allen 144, a Democratic gaiu of
38. Geaguga county, two townships, Hayes
350, Allen 114, a Republican gain of 98.
Greene county, one township, Hayes 92 and
Allen 144, a Democratic gaiu of 41.
Hancock county, one township, Hayes
131, Allen 85, a Republican gain of 12.
Henry county, one township, Hayes
95, Allen 128, a Democratic gain of 8.
Hocking county, one township, Hayes 72,
Allen 183, no change. Huron county, five
townships, Ilayes 947, Allen 392, a Repub
lican gain, of 76. Jefferson conntv, three
townships Und four wards in Steubenville,
Hayes, 1,015, Allen 829, a Democratic gain
of 228. Kuox county, two townships,
Hayes 185, Allen 185, a Republican
gain of 19. Lake county. three
townships, Hayes 1,125, Allen 541,
a Republican gain of 180. Lawrence county,
one township, Hayes 110, Allen 103, a
Democratic gain of 19. Licking county, five
townships. HayeE 565, Allen 683, a Republi
can gain of 66. Logan county, five townships,
Hayes 171, Allen 278, a Republican gain of
81. Loreliu county, seven townships, Hayes
1,173, Allen 649, a Republican gain of 93.
Lucus county, tw-o townships, Hayes 156,
Allen 153, a Republican gain of 48. Madi
son couuty, four townships, Hayes 444, Allen
396, a Republican gain of 34. Mahoning
county, Youngstown City, complete, Ilayes
I, Allen 1,281, a Democratic gain of 311.
Marion county, three townships, Hays 228,
Allen 270, a Democratic gain of 3. Medina
county, the Republican gains in seven town
ships are 153. Meigs county, Pomeroy City,
one ward, Hayes 89, Allen 155, a Democratic
gaiu of 154. Miami county, two townships,
Hayes 449, Allen 409, a Democratic gain
of 48. Muskingum county, two townships,
Hayes 29G, Allen 271, a Democratic gain of 37.
Noble county, one township, Hayes 106, Al
len 97, a Republican gain of 9. Ottowa
county, three townships, Hayes 138, Allen
556, a Democratic gain of 79. Paulding,
one township, Hayes 102, Allen 119, a Demo
cratic gaiu of 5. Pickaway, four townships
and two wards, in Circleville, Hayes 627,
Allen 994, a Democratic gain of 22.
Reichlaud couuty, two townships and
one ward in Mansfield, Hayes 710,
Allen 607, a Republican gain of 24. Ileass
county, four townships, one ward in Cliilli
cothe, Hayes 304, Allan 489, a Republican
gain of 68. Sandusky county, two town
ships, Hayes 171, Allen 322, a Republican
gain of 31. Shelby county, one township,
Hayes 98, Allen 110, a Democratic gain of
11. Stark couuty, four townships and four
wards in Ma sillon, Hayes 1,384, Allen
1,346, a Democratic gaiu of 85. Summit
county, five townships and five wards in
Akron, Hayes 2,303, Allen 1,649, a Republican
gain of 172. Trumbull county, eight town
ships and wards, Hays 3,460, Allen; 1,227,
Republican gain of 286. Tuscarora county,
two townships, Ilayes 223, Allen- 253, a
Republican gain of 22. Union county, one
township, Ilayes 192, Allen| 93, a Demo
cratic gain of 9. Warn n couuty, three
townships, Hayes 704, Allen 554, a Demo
cratic gain of 53. Washington county,
e gbt townships, Hayes! 1,043, Allen '961, a
Democratic gain of 55. Wayne county,
eight townships, Ilayes 1,135, Allen 1,271,
a Democratic gain of 139. Wynandotte
county, one township, Ilayes, 51, Allen 65,
a Republican gain of 2.
Columbus, Midnight, October 12. The
Democratic State Central Committee con
cede Hayes’election. The Republicans claim
Hamilton county by 2,500 majority.
Columbus, October 13, 1 a. m. — No re
turns received except on the vote for Gov
ernor,- and these are still scattering. Re
turns from three hundred townships and
wards give Republican gains of nearly 6,000.
The Democrats concede Hayes’s election by
5,000 and have about deserted their head
quarters here. The Republicans claim his
election by 10,000.
Columbus, October 13. — The Democrats
concede the State to the Republicans by 15,-
000 majority, and a fair majority in both
branches of the General Assembly.
Cincinnati, October 13.—Returns from
five hundred and sixty-five precints (nearly
one-tbird of the State) show a Republican
gain of 54,000. Seven hundred and ten of
the eight hundred and eighty-one precincts
in Hamilton county give Hayes 918 ma
jority. Sixty-one precincts give Young, the
Republican candidate for Lieutenant-Gov
ernor, 2,800 majority over Carey. The Re
publicans elect their Legislators by an aver
age majority of 7,000. Hayes’s majority in
Hamilton county will reach 1,500.
Columbus, Ohio, October 13.—Re
turns come in very slowly. It
is yet impossible to give accurate fig
ures, but both Republican and Democratic
State Committees agree that the State has
not gone Republican by over 10,000 majority.
The most significant news to-day is an offi
cial dispatch from Boss county, showing
that Allen has carried the county by only
242, giving a Republican gain of 405,
which elects a Republican Senator,
Representative, Treasurer and Judge.
The absence of all figures on tho
Lieutenant Governor and the Legislature,
makes a definite statement in regard to
them impossible, while it is not certain.
Both committees agree that it is quite prob
able that the Republicans have a working
majority in both branches of the General
Assembly.
Toledo, October 13. — Lucas county, with
one township to hear from, givts Hayes
5,773, Allen 4,433.
Datton, October 13.—Montgomery county
complete gives Allen 822 majority and Carey
579.
Columbus, Ohio, OctobeT 13.—A most re
markable change iu the political feeling has
occurred here this evening. At noon the
Democrats conceded the State to the Repub
licans by from ten to fifteen thousand ma
jority, but this afternoon they received pri
vate advices which considerably changed
their figures—steadily cutting down Hayes’s
prospective majority. This evening the
Democratic Committee closed their head
quarters to outsiders, and have since been
figuring on the result, and now claim that
Hayes, if elected at all, will not have over
two thousand majority. This result, the
committee claims is reached from figures
received from their private correspondents
in fifty-three counties, aud thirty-five coun
ties to hear from. Thompson, the Demo
cratic Chairman, says they yet hope to
prove Allen’s election by a small majority.
This news has spread like wild fire, and
men who were confident to-day and jubilant
over having won considerable sums of money
on Hayes’s election, now fill the Republican
committee rooms anxiously inquiring for
news. A. T. Wikoff, Chairman- of the Re
publican Committee, admits that his nows
this afternoon has cut down Hayes’s pros
pective majority, but claims that he has
no news at all iu keeping with the news at
the Democratic rooms. He declares he
cannot see how it is possible to overcome
Hayes's majority. Republican figures give
the Republicans 9 majority in the House,
not counting 4 considered doubtful, and 3
majority in the Senate, with 4 members yet
in doubt.
Latek.—A revision of the Republican fig
ures gives Hayes a net gain of 8,431 in fifty
six counties. On the other hand, the Demo
cratic figures claim that Hayes will not have
over 2,000 majority.
Cincinnati, October 14.—The Times Co
lumbus special says: All the returns aro in
except from two counties. If these two
poll the same vote as in 1873, Hayos will
have 6,390 majority. The Chairman of
the Democratic Committee says that if
Hayes is not elected by over 4 000 majority
aud the Democrats get oither branch of the
General Assembly, he proposes to contest
Hayes’s election on the ground of frauds in
Cuyahoga county.
The following is bulletined at the Gazette
office : Returns from seventy-five counties
give net Republican gains of 2,000. The
thirteen counties yet to bo heard from are
such as to inspire more doubt than hope.
Columbus, October 14.—After very care
fully figuring, A. Wickoff, Chairman of the
Republican State Committee, states that
sixty-eight counties are now reported to
give 10,607 majority for Hayes. Twenty
counties not heard from give a Democratic
majority of 527. In 1873 the Democrats
here claim a gain of 1,402 iu sixteen of
these counties, and the Republicans a
gain of 1,000 iu four of them. This would
leave a net majority of 4,934
for Hayes. The Democrats concede that
the State is Republican.
Columbus, October 14.—There is still in
tense excitement here over tho election nows,
and much figuring is being done. Tho Demo
crats do not expect to dissipate the majority
entirely, but claim that it will be very small.
The Republicans figure very close, but still
rely on several thousand majority.
Washington, October 14.—Private dis
patches from Cincinnati say returns from
the river counties leave Hays 2,000 behind.
Cleveland, October 14.—1n Cuyahoga
county full returns give Hayos a majority
of 6,364— a gain of 3,763.
Columbus, October 13. To Hon. Hendrick
l>. Wright, Chairman of the State Demo
cratic Committee, Philadelphia.— The State
has gone for Hayes by a small majority.
The returns indicate that the Democracy
polled a vote thiitv thousand larger than
was ever cast lor any mm electod Governor
of Ohio. Oui defeat was tho result of the
most lavish expenditure of money which
ever characterized a political contest. Tho
colonization of fraudulent votes and tho in
troduction of the false issue ou tfio public
schools, which excited the prejudice and
bigotry and religious hate.
(Signed) John G. Thompson,
For the Democratic Executive Committee.
Columbus, Ohio, October 13 .—Chairman
Republican State Central Committee, Thila
delphia: The dispatch of John G. Thomp
son, Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Com
mittee, of this date, to the Chairman of the
Pennsylvania Democratic Committee, so far
as it relates to frauds perpetrated and a
lavish expenditure of money by the Repub
licans of this Stato, is a falsehood, and ho
knew it when ho signed it.
(Signed) A. T. Wikeoff, Chairman.
Columbus, October 14. —Returns consider
ed reliable, from eighty-five counties, re
ceived by the Republican State Committee,
show a majority of 3,46£ for Hayes, llie
counties of Wood, Carroll and Delaware, yet
to be heard from, are ordinarily considered
Republican counties, but Wood has gone
Democratic this year, and it is thought the
Democratic gains there will neutralize the
Republican gains in Delaware and Carroll
counties, so as to make the majority for
Hayes substantially as above. Tfie Demo
crats concede the House of Representatives
to the Republicans by a good majority, but
claim tho election of ono Senator in the
Toledo District, which gives them the Sen
ate; by one majoriiy.
IION. ALEX. 11. STEPHENS.
[Special Telegram to the Morning News.]
Liberty Hall, Crawfordville, }
October 13. j
Dr. Steiner has relieved Mr. Stephens of
his intense sufferings, caused by neuralgic
affection of the muscles near the kidneys,
and not a stone in the bladder. Morphine
was injected beneath the skia and the pa
tient also put under its influence, and only
sleep is now needed. For this purpose, all
visitors are rigidly excluded. Generals
Toombs and Dußose left yesterday. Colonel
John A. Stephens, of Atlanta, is in charge,
with other nephews of Mr. Stephens. Tho
lectures iu Chicago have been abandoned
for the present.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
[Special Telegram to the Morning News.]
Athens, October 13.
General Lawton and Colonel Screven aro
in Athens.
The trustees of the University meet to
morrow. It is doubtful if a quorum is
present.
THE IOWA ELECTION.
Council Bluff, lowa, October 12.—Fre
mont county giveß twenty-five majority for
the Democratic State ticket. Ottowattomie
county gives a Republican majority of one
to two hundred.
Nevada, lowa, October 12. — Storry county
gives {firkwood, Republican candidate for
Governor, 800 majority. The county will go
Republican by a good majority.
Clinton, lowa, October 12.— Avery heavy
vote has been polled, and the Republican’s
have been victorious. Kirkwood’s majority
will be about 100. The indications are that
the whole Republican county ticket is elect
ed by majorities ranging from 150 to 300.
There are large Republican gains here.
New Jefferson, la., October 12. — This
county probably gives 450 Republican ma
jority.
lowa City, la., October 12. — Johnson
oounty gives a majority of 150 against Kirk
wood (Republican) for Governor, and proba
bly a small majority for the Democratic
county ticket.
Indianola, la., October 12.—The esti
mated majority in the county for Kirkwood
is 800.
Corning, Ia , October 12.—Kirkwood’s
majority in the county is 550.
THE IOWA ELECTION.
Des Moines, lowa, October 13.—Returns
received by the State Register indicate a
Republican majority of at least 30,000.
Chicago, October 13.— Returns from lowa
up to this hour show that the Republicans
are victorious in nearly every county and in
most cases there are very considerable Re
publican gains. A large *vote has been
polled, and the local tickets are badly
scratched. Tn a number of places Governor
Kirkwood is elected by a large majority,
and the Legislature will* have an increased
number of Republican members.
THE COTTON CUOl’.
New Orleans, October It.—The Comm’t
tee on Information and Statistics of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange, to whom
was entrusted the duty of compiling the
national cotton crop report, submit the fol
lowing for September, tho New Orleans de
partment covering that part of Mississippi
not apportioned to the Memphis aDd Mobile
Cotton Exchanges, the entire State of
Louisiana, and tho State of Arkansas,
south of the Arkansas river :
Louisiana—Sixty-two reports from thirty
one parishes (the average dato October
Ist) report the character of the weather as
universally unfavorable. Heavy storms of
wind and rain have materially damaged the
prospect (say twenty-five per cent.) by beat
ing out open cotton and interfering with
picking, which bad not fully commenced
through tho State on September Ist. Not
withstanding the serious damage already
done, causiug considerable discouragement,
and an unprecedented amount of sickness
among the laborers, with favorable weather
henceforth the yield as reported will be but
little less than last season.
Arkansas—We have received thirty-one
answers from twenty-two counties. The
weather is reported by some as windy and
rainy, while others siate that it has been
quiet and dry. Ou tho whole it has been
moderately lavorablo. Complaints reach
us of damage done bv rot and rust, princi
pally the latter, the extent of which is diffi
cult to correctly estimate; but the aggre
gate loss does not exceed eight or t n per
cent. About September Sth picking had be
come general, but was not progressing as
rapidly as was desired, owing to sickness in
certain counties and heavv rains in others.
Nearly al correspondents agree that, wifi
frost at the same time as last vear, the yield
will be much greater.
Mississippi—Seventy-three replies have
been received from this State, the average
date the Ist iustaut. The weather is almost
universally reported cold, wet and stormy,
causing serious damage to tho crop. The
damage is estimated at twenty per cent,
which was mostly by rot and’ rust, tho
storms having injured the quality, while not
materially lessening the quantity. Ticking
was geuer&l in the first week iu September,
but is progressing slowly, owing to wet
weather and an unusual presence of sick
ness among laborers. The yield, as com
pared with last year, with frost and time, ac
cording to our correspondents, will barely
reach that of last year.
The Nashville Cotton Exchange, covering
middle Tennessee, the.Totnesseo river and
the following counties oe-aTNama : Lauder
dale, Frauklm, Colbert, Lawrence, Morgan,
Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Jackson,
DeKalb aud Cherokee. In middle Tennes
see generally the weather has been favora
ble, but rather cool aud not much rain. Iu
Alabama there aas too much rain, which,
however, was not very damaging until tho
great storm of the 16th, wlieu the country
was drowned by a fail of rain which sub
merged the low' grounds aud beat out tho
open cotton. Since then there has beon too
many rains and much cool weather. In
Tennessee the damage has been slight. In
a lew cases damage by rain is reported,
staining and dirtying the cotton. Iu Ala
bama much dauiage has beeu dono by
storms and rust. Our correspondents do
not give us ruauy figures ou the subjeot, but
we estimate from what wo liavo that the
crop has beeu damagod at least ten per
cent, by the weather since August, and par
ticularly by the great storm. The damago
was greatest in the low lauds, which wore
submerged by the rainfall. In Tennessee
picking commenced about September 20,
and iu Alabama about September 18,
although in neither Slate did it begin
before September *2O. It is pro
gressing slowly everywhere, owing
mainly to wet weather, with frost at same
time as last year. Tho yield in Tennessee
will be about tho same. The acroago is
somewhat reduced, but the yield per acre
has increased this year. In Alabama tho
acreage is about ton per cent. loss. The
crop in both States iu this department is
greatly dependent upon the weather for the
next five or six weeks. If there is a fair
season and a late freshet, the crop will bo
above the average. With an early killing
frost it will fall twenty-five per cent, below.
Tho crop is about two weeks later than
usual, and picking has progressed very
slowly up to this date, owing to tho wet
weather, while the amount iu labor in the
l iver counties of Alabama has been curtailed
by tho great amount of sickness prevailing
at this time.
The C’hiirlcston Cotton Exchange, cover
ing the State of South Carolina, has 75
answers from 26 counties, generally dated
on or about the Ist instant. The weather is
reported by nearly one-half the correspond
ents as being dry and favorable, while the
remainder ol the report was dry, followed
by wet weather, heavy rains, cool tempera
ture, and in ono case light frost. Thirteen
report no damago to the crop from rust, rot
or storms, while all tho rest report injury,
chiefly from blight or rust, amounting in
many instances from one-quarter to ono
tliird of the crop. Picking began generally
from the 24th of August to the 10th of Sep
tember, and is commonly reported as pro
gressing very rapidly—even more so than
last year. Many report the crop as being
already gathered to the extent of one-lialf
to three-quarters, aud as being as freely sent
to market.
Augusta—A statement covering that por
tion of Goorgia not included in tfio Savan
nah department says that the weather is
generally reported as having been very dry,
and that up to about September 5, aud
thereafter to October 1, cool, cloudy aud
rainy, with an excessive rainfall in a few
localities, and iu many localities serious
damage is reported by rust, very little by
rot, and three to five per cent, by storms.
Rains, prevalent during the last few days
of September, are reported to have impared
the quality of tho crop, both in
grade and staple. Picking commenced in a
few counties as early as August 20, but did
not become general till about September
sth. The hot weather of the preceding
three weeks having forced open much cot
ton rapid progress was made until the
middle of September, since which time
rainy weather has interfered materially with
picking. The tenor of a majority of the
replies indicate that a killing frost at same
time as last year cannot materially affect the
yield now, in view of which it is almost
unanimously estimated atloss than last year.
It possibly may be reduced about five
per cent. The majority of correspondents
express a conviction that tho yield of this
territory will not reach that of last year by
from fifteen to twenty per cent., while many
speak of from twenty’-iivo to thirty per cent’.
The largest portion of the crop is now open
and ready for picking, and in some few
counties from a half to two-thirds of tho
crop is already picked. The movement to
market is generally reported as having been
prompt thus far.
The Mobile Cotton Exchange, covering
the State of Alabama as far north as the
summit of Sand Mountain, and the follow
ing counties in Mississippi : Wayne, Clark,
Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton, Kemper, Ne
shoba, Noxubee, Winston, Lowndes, Colfax,
Monroe, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Pen
teree, Prentiss, Alcorn and Tyhomingo.
In Alabama, fifty-five letters from thirty
five counties have been received. In eight
counties the weather is reported as having
been favorable, iu eleven not favorable, in
three dry, in nine wet and rainy. Very con
siderable damage generally resulted
throughout tho Stato from rust, and in
some sections recent severe rains and storms
have done serious injury by scattering cot
ton on the ground, greatly damaging
quality and to some extont interfering
with picking. The damage to the crops
by rust and storms is estimated at
from five to fifty per cent. As an
average for the Stato wo would say
about twenty-five per cent, damage. Cotton
picking commenced about tho 15th of Au
gust, but did not become general before the
Ist of September. In five counties it is pro
gressing slowiv. and in the romainder favor
ably and rapidly. Thirteen counties report
that the yield will be less, eight about the
same, and in prairie and lowlands ton coun
ties stato that it will be greater than last
year.
Mississippi—ln forty-one letters from
eighteen connties the weather is reported as
having been very wet and generally .u„
favorable. The damage to tho crop by
rust, rot and rain and storm is reported to
be from ten to thirty-three and a half per
cent., an average of about twenty per cent.
In eighteen counties cotton picking com
menced from the Ist to the 10th of Septem
ber, but is progressing vry slowly
and unsatisfactory on account of un
usual sickness "among the laboreis,
rainy weather and political disturbances.
With frost at the samo time as
last year the yield will bo from the same to
thirty per cent greater, three counties re
porting that it will be less. Slight frosts
have occurred in Alcorn and Chickasaw
counties, but no damage has resulted ex
cept to prevent the opening of the bills to
some extent. The recent heavy rains have
greatly injured the quality of the opening.
Memphis Department—West Tennessee—
Thirty-eight responses report tiie weather
warm and dry; twenty-one clear, dry and
cold, with occasional showers; nine wet and
cold, and damaged by rust, rot and storms
three per cent. Picking commenced at the
average date cf September 10, and is gen
erally progressing slowly, owing to sick
ness and the slo v opening. With a killing
frost as late as last year, the yield will aver
age twenty-one per cent, better. Labor is
well disposed. Twenty-two counties report
frost from the 19th to"2Cth September, but
no damage resulted.
North Mississippi—Forty-six responses
have been received. They report the
weather warm and dry ; three clear, dry
and cold, with occasional showers, and fif
teen wet and cool. The crop was damaged
by rot, rust and storms fourteen per cent.
The picking commenced on an average
September 13th, and is generally progress
ing very slowly,owing to excessive sicltDegs,
political disturbance and slow opening.
With a killing frost as late as last year the
yield will be fourteen per cent, better.
Labor is very inefficient with report of great
sickness and laborers troublod with politics.
Arkansas—North of the Arkansas river
there are forty responses. Five report the
weather dry and warm, nineteen clear, dry
and cool, and sixteen wet and cool. The
damage by rot, rust and storms is severe,
I he picking commenced on an average Sep
tember 11. Twenty-four report it progress
ing well, and seventeen slowly, owing to
sickness. With a killing frost as late as last
year, the crop will be thirty-one per cent,
better. Labor is reported well disposed,
with few exceptions. Twenty-two report
frost about September 20, but without dam
age.
No reports have been received from the
depa%ments or Wilmington, Norfolk amfl
Galveston. The Secretary of the
Exchange telegraphs that storms have
interrupted the mails that tho Beptemb e
report for his department will not bo read*
before the 18th inst. The New OrWr*
National Cotton Exchange’s „mL J|
stood to point to a crop or 3,850,000
THE ABCriC EXPEDITION. >
Herald from London fays: Letters have
been received lieie from Captain AlloiCl
Young, and one of the officers of the Pan
dora dated Disco, August 6th, aud Wave-art
Straits, August 9th. The letters describe
the voyage as having been pleasant. The
Tandora coaled at Disco. They bad some
collisions with icohergs in tho course of tb
voyage, but tho vessel was not injured Tfi
officer’s letter describes the work as Kr ,i °
wril Captain Young is greatly praised fo?
his kindness and strict maintenance of
ciplinc.
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO.
New Yoek, October 13.—Between twd®
o'clock on Monday and three o’clock yester
day afternoon, 1h holders of $23,000 000 of
the bonds and stock certificates of iudebt
edness of the Chesapeake and Ohio Kail*
road, had called at Fisk and Hatch’s office
and stipulated to assist in an effort to mist
the R ceiver appointed by Judge Bond „f
-Virginia. Of the $12,000,000 indebtedness
of the road, nearly $40,000,000 aro held m
this vicinity.
AMERICAN ASSES.
New York, Octobor 12 —A Paris Herald
spooial says a duel was fought witli swords
at t esaiuet, near Paris, yesterday, between
two young Americans, named respectively
Riggs and Paine. The cause wag an old
family vendetta, which was ronowed l&st -
Thursday night in the Renaissance Theatre
Blows were exchanged before the audionce'
and the police interfered. The result of
.- 6 i?i Ue - I\’ ss that I>aiuo was wounded
slightly in the arm.
a colored fuss. {
Cincinnati, October 12.—George Moore
a colored saloon keeper, who shot and so- J
verely wounded a man on Sunday, was re- I
leased ou bail to-dav. He returned to his
saloon to-night, when he was attacked by a
crowd of colored people, who broke into his
saloon and destroyed tho furniture. During
the melee, Moore was shot and mortally
wounded. Frank Warts was one of tho at
tacking party.
TIIE MISSISSIPPI RIOTS.
Washington, October 14.—A telegram has
been received here from an official source in
Mississippi giving promise of a
miso of tho difficulties in that IStato be
tween tho Republicans and Democrats, hav
ing rogard, it is supposed, to the approach
ing election and tosecuro peace at the polls.
SNOW.
Colling wood, Canada, Octobor 12. Over
six iuchcs of snow fell here last nigbt.
Considerable damage was done to fruit and
ornamontal trees by tho heavv weight of
tho snow breaking and bending them to tho
ground. Snow is still falling this morn
ing.
FROM MURRAY COUNTY.
Chattanooga, October 14.—Tbo negro
who killed Sam Oiraerin Murray county
Ga., a few days ago, was taken 'from the
guard at Spring Place by a party of dis
guised men last uignt and hanged.
ANOTHER FAILURE.
New York, October 13.—The liabilities of
Win. 15. Hunter & Cos., tea importers and ’
Canadian commission merchants, are SSO -
000. The meeting of creditors took place
to-day.
ADAMS.
Boston, October 13.—'The Democratic
Central Committee have placed Juo. Quincy ►
Adams on the ticket for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, vice Bartlett.
frost.
Memphis, October 12.—A heavy frost and
thin ice formed in exposed places this
morning. It is not believed that any
serious damage has been done to the cotton
crops.
cuffee’s country.
London, October 12.—The Liberian con
sul here gives accounts of the war with
neighboring savages. In live engagements
the Liberians were victorious.
ANOTHER.
New York, October 14 —-Straus, Lehman
A Cos., dry goods dealers, liavo failed. They
make a general assignment. Their liabili
ties amount to half a million.
ALEX. STEPHENS.
Augusta, Ociober 12.—Alex. 11. Stephens
lias boon relieved, and is considered out of
danger.
THE WRATH TO COME.
Sore Discontent Among ilie Agricultural
('lasses of Kuglninl.
[London Spectator.]
Wo have received certain placards and
handbills announcing a series of mass
meetings on behalf of farm laborers,
which are to be held in tbo west of Eng
land. The placards aro headed by a
rough wood cut representing various in
cidents of agricultural life. There is an
uubeautiful Oeros presenting a quartern
loaf to a very stout farmer and a very
thin laborer, with the injunction to “share
fairly.” There are a long array of fat cat
tle, bearing prizes expressed in guineas,
and an equally long array of lean men,
women and children, bearing prizes ex
pressed in shillings. There is the police
man arresting a husband who has taken
a rabbit for his sick wife, and a distant
view of the county jail, with the inscrip
tion, “10,000 criminals made annually
through rabbits.” There is the long as
cent to the work-house and the pauper’s
grave, and the only means of escaping
from this fate, in the shape of an emi
grant steamer bound for Canada, with
the exhortation, “Best men get ready.”
The hand-bills are similarly adorned,
some with a cut of n skeleton plowing,
while a farmer, who is not rt all a
skeleton, looks on approvingly; and
others with a more obscure presentation
of the farmer in the shape of an ass
ridden by the laborer, the tax collector,
and the landlord all at once, and
kicking viciously at the agitator who is
apparently trying to lift the laborer off
his back. The literary matter is identical
in tho placards and the handbills. The
meetings are for “the underpaid and half
starved land-drudges of Wilts and Som
erset, who have had to keep their wives
and bring up their families on six shillings
to ten shillings per week, and live in
hovels worse than stables.” The “work
ing folks of the West,” the “Dissenters
of the West,” the “Liberals of
the West,” are reminded that their
interests and those of the laborers aro
identical, and are asked to consider
“who are the greatest thieves, those
who steal the commons from tho peo
ple, or those who take the rabbits from
the commons ?” And then, by way of
conclusion, comes the laborer’s curso
and tho laborer’s prayer. “To the
State, church, Ichabod ! To the unpaid
magistrates, Tekel! Woe to the unfaith
ful charity trustees! Woe to the men
who cause the heart of the widow to
mourn, and the fatherless children to
starve in tho streets! Wanted, for the
farm laborers and other toilers, the
franchise, school board, peaco and
plenty.”
Opinion of Henry Ward Beechc.r mtlie
Antipodes.
[From the Melbourne Herald-1
ID wever much the Beecher trial is to
bo regretted, beyond doubt it will bavo
the effect of purging American society
of many imposters who have so long
been at work sapping morality and
destroying the national life. Standing
out prominent among these is Henry
Ward Beecher. The rude mauner in
which the veil has been drawn off the
life of this Mokanna has dispelled many
illusions. He stands out as a man de
ceiving and deceived, a huge imposture; \
the teacher and example of America,
himself disfigured with the leprous touch
of lust. Lust, too, not excusable, for
the exidence given by the witnesses for
the prosecution—and Mrs. Moulton’s andt
Mr. Richard’s evidence bears the imprint
of truth—proves that this aged man
committed crimes of an unpardonable
kind. Had he been young there would
have been an excuse. As Hamlet say £:
To flaming youth let virtue be as wax.
And melt in her own fire, proclaim no shame
When the compulsive ardor gives the charge..
You cannot call it love, for at yonr age
The heyday in the blood is tame;
It’s humble, and waits upon the judgment.
When we find, therefore, that this man,
who was looked upon as the bright
example, not only of America, but of tie
world, is, after all, a poor, weak, erring
mortal, the mist is dispelled, and the
hideous truth is revealed. But the trial
has shown many extraordinary things b( -
sides this. It has shown to us that the
great religious newspaper of America
was conducted by a man who did not be
lieve in religion at all, or by a man who
was an apostle of free love and an abettor
of Victoria Woodbull. It has shown to
us that the religious public of Plymouth
Church did more kissing than praying.
But why dwell upon tho sickening details.
Let us hope that this trial will teach not
only Americans but others to rely less in
the future on mere men. The name of
Henry' Ward Beecher was world-famous,
and he has been looked upon as a teacher
by all religious people. Now behold your
image of clay.
The “army of the Cu-cumber land,”'
was the name given it by a stuttering,
man,