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£airatwah SltfeefeUj %ltm MATIIKDAV, NIIVKNBKK 27. IH7#. I , LETTER FROM EATOSTON. The Weather—Building I> ihr Tn - Tlir Cat ■ a a I rep—The Keren! rrdllf IMnnaters THr Iteaeen W hr. [Specie. OorrpßpomJpticc of tho Mom in I Nows] Eatonton, November 14, 187.'. BAIN : BAIN ! lIAIN ! The present Fall liaw not, up to a oertain date, been a very dry or a very wet one. It haa been “just about right.” ! An occasional rain kept the dust down, but there haa been no severe storm to j injure the cotton. Light frosts killed most of the leaves, some time ago, after which it turned warm, and it aeemed as if every boll would open. New leaves put out, new blooms came. But on Thursday night, the 4th November, it began to rain, and kept on, with intervals of cessation, for five or hii days. Part of the time it was very hard. Wednes day evening, the 1 Oth, it cleared up, and, till this morning, we had beautiful weather, with a white frost every night. Now, it is raining again, and I don’t see the end of it, though, as it is only nine o’clock, a. m., it may be fair before I drop this letter in the office, which I shall do about noon, having to go away for a day or two. The strange thing about the cotton plant, just now, is that the young, tender leaves of which I H]Mke alsjve have not been killed, in many places, by the very heavy frosts of the past week. BUILDINO HERE begins to grow monotonous, and a little troublesome, because of the rubbish on the side-walks. The houses commenced the latter part of the summer have been finished, except Hearn’s stores, and liflverett’a Hall over them. Work on this was almost suspended for a while, but now, again, it is going on rapidly, as it commenced. Spite of the fact that the bricks, etc., cuinberjthe ground in the neighborhood, we are ail proud of this building, which will be the largest of the kind in the place. The front is of a beautiful, hard-burnt, bluish-grey—say nearly granite-colored—brick, made by Captain Hearn on bis own land, right here in Putnam. The walls are thick and substantial from the foundation of the oellar rooms, up to tho top. Mr. J. (J. Denham, the builder and owner of Granite Hall on Mulberry street, in Macon—always a resident of Putnam, though—is to come after them all, with a building right next to Hearn’s. It re mains to be seen whether he will allow any of his predecessors to eclipse him. Mr. C. D. Ijeonard is to put another brick house, between McDade’s and Sparks’s. I believe ho has done more building than any man in Eatonton, since tho war, and maybe fairly called the champion in this lino. None of the gentlemen whose names I have mentioned are mechanics, or professional builders. I only mean that they are tho owners of tho houses spoken of. COTTON continuos to pour in. I think some cotnos from every county contiguous to Put nam, except, perhaps, one. Eatonton maintains her proud pre-eminence as the best market in Middle Georgia. A week or so ago Madison made a spasmodic effort to galvanize herself up to our ataudard, but slio cannot keep it up, simply because she cannot afford it, on account of tho difference in freight to tho seaboard, THE UEAKON WHY. It is none of my business, but I think the reason the Republicans prevailed in many of the late elections is simply that Northern people became frightened at the Democratic success lust year, believ iug, as they do, that Democratic rule means a reinauguratiou of the Southern supremacy in tho councils of the United {States—the restoration of the anrient. regime. This they dread worse than any thing that can happen. RuHrfr than, run tho risk, they will -uT . the chances off poverty and starvatio sell themselves body and soul to the levil that is/the bondholders. They say “take any y?shc.• Shape hut this and my firm new./* 1 shall i-eviirtxuwibjji*-’ sMoi't, they are wil VAUUg'lo suffer anything rather than give Honthern intellect fair play. Deputy K. “Arc There any Lands for Na’e in Southern Georgia V* (I>r. W. 11. Folks, In Valdosta Times. ] Tlio above question is asked by the Savannah Mousing N ews. This infor matiou is sought on Recount of the numerous inquiries daily received by the News from Northern people and persons from u distance who have formed a favor able opinion of this country, and who I wish to purchase lands and settle here. The question can be answered in the Thousands and millions oF acres of laud are now lying broad cast all over Southern Georgia, and particularly along the lines of the differ ent railroads, that are offered for sale cheap, almost at nominal prices, which are awaiting purchasers, to bo settled and developed. Lauds that are fertile, well watered and healthy; lunds that will pro duce oorn, cotton, oats, sugar caue, peas, potatoes, garden vegetables, fruits, flow era, and in fact everything that will grow or semi-tropical climate, and that'*’. 11 abundance, well paying the liusbandmfrtt f° r his labor. The tier of counties from Savannah to Thomasville, through which paasea Atlantic and Gulf Railroad,'"may’Tje men tioned as presenting unusual inducements to immigrants who wish to engage in farming, or tho manufacture of lumber or naval stores. These lauds are heavily timbered with ns tine pine timber as is to lie found in the world, and the lauds fully tested in an agricultural point of view, producing in many instances with good manuring and cultivation, from seventy flvo to one hundred bushels corn per acre, and the same iu oats and other field crops. This is not an overdrawn picture, but a veritable truth, as much of this produoe is now in the bams of some of the best farmers, who produced it. Tho recent fair of the South Georgia Agri cultural aud Mechanical Association de monstrated the fact that Southern Geor gia was not only equal, but iu advance, producing a greater variety aud a larger per acre of all kiuds of field aud ■ garden crops than any other portion of 9 the State -/'"' Yes, kjr’or-e is plenty o'. ’"nd for side in just like the lands we jjave desoribflri-A Colonel H. S. Haines, GeflPral Supt A. & G. It. 11., issued a pamphlet last year giving a description of u portion of these lauds near his road, lie now extends the invitation to publish free, iu another pamphlet soon to be is sued by him, all the lands for sale in Southern Georgia. Persons owning lauds aud aro williug to sell them for the benefit of themselves and tho benefit of this section of tho country, now have an opportunity to make it known through this medium. A New Poet—Mr. Beecher Aiteal in to the Postmaster General.— The Kov. Henry Ward Beecher is iu trouble. He received a postal card the other day, on the back of which was the following: lieory Warti Beecher of Brother Shear ' > A' Co.'s Plymouth Church,Brooklyn: ahaii not Iwar false witness against thy City of Chur -lies once sUkkl here. But Cod's moral law it did not fear; lie idol was Beecher, its ruler a ring. That virtue and vice together did thug; It flourished apace and greatly did grow. Then down in the dust descended toll low. Gone to join Sodom and Gomorrah. Mr. Beecher sent this to the Postmaster General, and asked whether he could not be protected from such things. An elaborate opinion has been sent out by the department to the effect that, while the law does not authorize postmasters to read postal cards, yet, in special eases, this may be doue. Hereafter, therefore, tbe postmasters of Brooklyn will prob ably supervise and suppress a part of Mr. Beecher's mail. — Bouton Herald. The New York Tunes, Tribune and Sun are dead opposed to a third term: so is the Springfield Republican. The Chicago Tribune repudiates it with scoru and the Cincinnati Vommercuil flees from it as from a spectre, but Grant marches steadily on toward the desired goal, and will keep marching on till he reaches the nomination. Then, says the Philadelphia Chronicle , the Democrats and Independ ents propose to move upon his works. And then, depend upon jt, the Democrats will find the ranks of the Independents I grow small by degrees and beautifully lees. THE LAND OF FLOWERS. NUMBER TWO. Indurruieala tm ImuiliirHnla —A HIM aad llphliHv < limittc —Qanlilr Bod Price *f Land*—Adtnntnge* lor llhrmilrd I'rniMi IHI prat ed Ylnrkrl h'urllllle*. Correspondence of the Morning New*.] St. Tames Hotel Jacksonville, £ November 10, 1875. ) A Ml ED AND HEALTHY CLIMATE. It cannot be itemed that the immigrant finds hi this Slate the moat delightful aa well an the healthiest climate in the entire country. This is siiowu by figure* that can not lie, and in corroborated by the positive testimony of eminent medical men. lam Biw writing in my shirt sleeve*, with doors and windows open, near midnight, and yet it is in the middle of November, a season "ben snow and ice and blazing tire* are to be found in various portions of the country. Yesterday the weather was as mild and beautiful as in a Northern mid-summer, and following an early morning shower we hare hail delightful weather again to-day. I presume this is about a fair sample of the days that compose our winter mouths. If 1 Dr. Byrne, late of the United States army, : and formerly stationed here for years, ttstt , ties correctiv, the winters are usually de- I lightful, “live days out of six being bright ; and cloudless and of the most agreeable j temperature." Dr. Lawson, Surgeon Geu -1 oral of the Army before the war, | says ‘-the climate of Florida is remarkably | equable and agreeable, being subject to j fewer atmospheric variations, and its ther ! ammeter ranging much less than in any ) other part of the United St tes, exeeut a ■ portion of the coast of California. As re l sp eta health, the climate of l iorida stands I pre-eminent.” That n peninsula climate | is “much more salubrious than that of any | other State in the Union is clearly citah -1 lished bv the medical statistics of the Mint." 1 might go on and quote frurn in* | numerable authorities ou this point, but I I do not deem it advisable, as I desire to sim ply state the facts in as tew words as possi ble. Dr. Byrne, however, explains why tin re is so little malaria here, and I will again quote from him. He says: “The soil of Florida is almost everywhere of so porous and absorbent a character that mois ture is seldom long retained on its surface : its atmosphere is in constant motion, and there Is more clear sunshine than in the more Northern States.” Itain is not fre quent during the winter months, and when u does come it is in brief showers. The rainy season, as it is called, occurs in July and August, just when vegetation needs frequent and rchcalling raius. In Texas, and many other .Southern States, the rainy season is during the winter. Many persons suppose tha< the heat is very oppressive here during tho warm summer months, yet Dr. Byrne asserts that “contrary to what might be expected, the summer weather of East Florida is much more agreeable, and its heat baa oppressive than that which is expe rienced in the Middle States. This is owing to its being fanned by the breezes of the Atlantic on the east and those of the Gulf of Mexico on the west, both of whiuh eau he distinctly felt in the centre of the State. Besides this, tho northeast trade wimls play “over the whole peninsula. The summer nights are invariably cool, and even the hot test days are seldom oppressive in tlio shade. In ihe summer season the mercury rises higher in ever part of the United States than it does along the coast of Florida.” I have uo hesitation, therefore, in recom mending a permanent residence in this State to persons ol feeble health, provided they are able to do light work or to take proper exercise in the open air. Invalids who are ho/wlesidy broken down cannot he revived by ibe balmy breezes of the “Land of Flowers,” but thousands can come here and find a now lease of life for themselves, or renewed health for some feeble members of their families. Laud is plentiful for easy farming purposes, aud light employment ean in many eases bo obtained in the larger towns and cities. QUALITY AND PRICE OF LANDS. lii no Hutto in tlio Union cun the immi gntnt he more readily suitod in the quality and price of lauds. I make this assertion on the ground that there are government lands and .State lands of the riche-st quality, in ncaily all parts of Florid*, which can be had lor the taking, the actual expenses for Hindi entries being only about fifteen or twenty dollars for lot:, of ouo hundred and sixty acres. This puts theso lauds within reach ol all classes of immigrants, and as they are located m desirable sections of tho State, large amounts are daily being taken up for actual and lmineniate settlement. Dinnii/ hut two days, near the close of Oo tolw-, | am told that forty thousand acres of : ( i inment land were taken up at the 'suited States Land Oilioo at Gainesville. /, lo se lands are not off in undesirable places, but can bo found in almost every county, surrounded by good communities, and with the advantages of schools and churches, iiaclt some two or three miles Irmii ilie lit. John’s river, in tho orange grove section ot the State, these lands can he located, and will L>e found as fruitful as ■MJJ ill >Lat As to market facilities, iu connection with theso lands, the settler can readily arrange that matter by locating bis claim and homostead, or making bis pur chase, on the lino of some railroad or within reach of daily steamboat communication. Letters addressed to “United States Land Agent, Gainesville, Fla.,” enclosing stamp, will, no doubt, bo promptly and satisfactorily answered. As to State lands, tho same rule can be applied as to quality and location. Home steads can bo entered ou application to “lion. Dennis Kagan, Commissioner of Lands and Immigration, Tallahassee, Fla.,” or through the “Florida’ Laud Agency,” at Jacksonville, of which Messrs. Hobinsou & Whitney aie the managers. These enter prising gentlemen have published a pamphlet of one hundred pages, entitled "Florida: Soil, Climate, Health and Advan tage*,’’ which contains a very large amount ot valuable information on these points, copies of which they will mail to parties de siring to locate in tins section. I would suggest, however, that all applicants semi a dime for postage, as the expense of the pub lication has been considerable. The “Florida Land Ageucy” is making largo daily sales of State lands, tho prices being almost insig nificant, although tho lands are amongst the best, m the counties in which they are lo cated. These prices range from seventy cents to oue dollar an acre, according to the quantity purchased, which rises from tweuty to six hundred acres. For purchases less than two hundred acres the price is from one dollar to eighty cents an acre;, for over two hundred acres, and less than six him*, dred, seventy-five cents per acre; JtatHSeyoud six hundred iCSWIhe priCe'ls seventy cents. FA V.omriy every county in the State,'and in the immediate vicinity of towns and cities, improved lands cau be purchased at from three to ten dollars an acre, for good quali ty; aud for the best grades, having the ad vantages of location and high cultivation, the prices range from twouty-five to one hundred dollars per acre. Bearing, as well as new, orange groves are to be purchased on the St. John’s, aud hotels and residences are also offered for sale at various points iu the State. In fact, iu this section, there is an opportunity for almost any kind of an investment, from fifty dollars to fifty thousand. Tho lands to which I havo referred, owing to themilduess of thecliniate, are peculiarly fitted for diversified farming. Of tlieir un rivalled superiority for “truck farming” and fruit culture, there cau bo no question. And while the St. John’s river may appear to many as the great orange growing section of the State, I am prepared to believe that the culture of this fruit, iu suitable quanti ties for home consumption aud profitable sale, can he successfully carried on in almost every portion of Florida. The same can be said of the banana and other fruits. It is true that greater care will be required, aud more labor demanded iu the culture of these fruits iu the less favored sections of the State, but all who make the trial in a proper manner will find their efl'orts rewarded in a most gratifying display of delicious oranges and bananas.' These, with a full supply of fresh vegetables, will do much to bring health and happiness to the settler’s family. Free homesteads for oue thousand families cau be secured in Orange county, w here Geu. Sanford and other distinguished gentlemen of large means are making valuable improvements. Letters addressed to “Free Homestead Office, Lock Box llit, Jacksonville, Florida,” will obtain all the desired information in re gard to this county, which is noted fir its fine hammock aud pine lands, and for its successful culture of orauges aud sugar caue. The basis of Florida is pine lands (yellow) divided into first, second and third classes. There are also high aud low ham mock lands, swamp lands and savannahs. Much of the first-class pine land is far supe rior to any othor soil to be found in the country, being remarkably- fertile aud easy of cultivation. I cannot, iu letters of this character, go into a description of these lands, but 1 can settle the question of their desirability with a word. In no State in the Union can as little really poor land be found as in Florida, aud of good lauds thou sauds of acres are offered free to actual settlers. ADVANTAGES FOR DIVERSIFIED CROPS. I have already stated that the health of Florida aud its climate are superior to those of any other State, and also that the immi grant cannot le better suited in the price and quality of laud for permanent settle ment. To all this I can add, as a verv im portant inducement to come to Florida,' that in no portion of the country can diversified agricultural labor he made' as profitable as iu this State, where fertility of soil aud mildness of climate unite to aid the farmer in his efforts to win success. Ido not assert that every man who comes here to plant a large orauge grove, or to eugage extensively in “truck fanning” and fruit culture, as a s}M'culation, will he successful, for I do not approve of adopting that policy in auv part of the country. There is real safety aud assured success only in diversified agricultu ral labor. I would advise no mac, there fore, to use all his money or employ all his labor in the cultivation of or anges or any other special variety of fruit or vegetables. Joined to the usual branches of diversified farm labor, that are always profitable when properly managed, “truck farming” and fruit culture can be made per manently desirable and remunerative. From Thomasville, Ga., to Savannah, and on the entire line of the Atlantic and Golf Railroad in this State, suitable lands and a +,<xid climate can l* found for this braußh at industry. The same is true of the Jack sonville. Pensacola aud Mobile Railroad, with its numerous branches and connec tions. Along these hues of travel, or where there are steamboat connections, immi grants who desire to engage in “truck farm ing" arid fruit culture, and who wish gpeedv amt reliable communication with the mar kets of the North and West, can enter home steads or purchase lauds at low prices and on the most reasonable terms. Letters ad dressed to Mr. John Evans, General Ticket Ageut, Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, Savan nah, Ga., will be promptly attended to ih regard to lands in Booth Georgia or Florida. These lands, as I stated iu my former letter, are capable of yielding the greatest variety of agricultural products, and owing to the mildness of the climate and fertility of tbe soil, can be cultivated near v ttie entire year. Many families here have garden vegetable* all through the winter months, and in this way the expenses of living are greatly reduced. On the sea c last, as well as near the inland lakes and rivers, fi.h and oysters abound, aud with game of all kinds hear at hand, the cost of living during the first year's resideuce here is not a difficult problem to solve. I do nut mean to say, however, that Florida is a good place for lazy people and snoba. Much of tbe territory is ne.w land, and men of energy and experience are needed to put it UDder good cultivation, there are also, in some sections, the usual hardships of a pioueer life, and women and children going to such portions of tbe State must not expect to lie on “beds of roses” or be fanned by tbe fragrant breezes of the orange proves. Bananas do not grow wild ou pine trees, nor can orange* be pioked from live nak trees in tbe forest. Everything here in this beautiful semi-tropical “ Land of Flowers” is the product of labor— is the result of some kind of effort. Tbe sun's rays warm tbe earth and make it fruitful; tbe rains descend and moisten vegetation; tbe breezes from the oceau purify the atmosphere; the beautiful flow, is send out their ricn perfume; tho leafy trees spread their shady branches over the p*robed earth; the rivers go rolling to tbe ocean, cheerfully performing their daily mission. The winter tourist may spend a few months leisurely viewing tLe msuv at tractions of this 'wonderfully attractive region ot country, but to tbe actual settler idleness is not an inducement for perma nently locating even on tbe charming bauks of the St. John's river. Anv Northern or Western farmer who has had experience in raising diversified crops, and who ia not afraid to work, can find iu Florida a much wider and more profitable field for agri cultural pursuits. In addition to other products, he can soon learn to add a little cotton to bis crop and thereby bring under bis culture tbe greatest possible variety of farm productions. Work will be required to accomplish this object, but it will be performed under the most favorable con ditions; and for his le sure hours, which he will always have In due proportion, fishing, hunting and a hundred other enjoyable pleasures will be bountifully provided." IMPROVED MARKEA FACILITIES. To some extent, in certain sections, com plaint has heretofore been made in regard to the unreliable character of the facilities for reachiug Northern and Western markets with early vegetables and fruits from Flor ida. Iu the future, however, there will be little, if any, cause to complain of the facil ities which will be offered producers for putting their fruit and vegetables into the best markets, and in tho quickest possible timo. The growing importance of this traffic, uot to speak of its great influence in bringing new tides of immigration to the State, has aroused the managers of the rail road and steamboat lines to a full compre hension of their duty in regard to fostering and developing this branch of industry and commerce. From this about evory portion of Florida early vegetables c m be sent for ward to less favored sections of the country considerably in advance of consigiiinena from nearly all the other Southern States, except, perhaps, trora South Georgia. Irish potatoes are really for the market by tbe first of Audi, water melons, roasting ear corn, cucumbers and some other vegetables cultivated m the open air, are generally shipped before the first of May. Many persons have their fall, winter and spring' gardens, as they finiiit possible and profitable to diversify the pro ducts of the soil, as the climate may permit, under proper fertilization. Fresh “garden sais” is a common thing here even in win ter. The great, question is settled, there fore, in reg rd to what can be done here in the way of “truck farming." The only point now under discussion, and the one which is to seriously affect the prosperity aud growth of the State, lias to do chiefly with ample aud expeditious means for reaching the best >nd most reliable markets, North and West, with the early products of this highly fa vored region. There is no demand lor such products within immediate reach of the producers, except for a very limited and unprofitable quantity, and without the most reliable aud ample railroad aud steamboat facilities for reaching oti.er and larger mar kets, it would bo simply ruinous for nton to come here aud engage largely in the culture of fruit, aud vegetables. With these facili ties, and by properly diversifying tlio pro ducts of the soil, no competent farmer can fail to do well in the business of “truck farming.” i’rudeuce, economy and energy are the only qualities needed in addition to a knowledge of how to cultivate tho most marketable fruit and vegetables. But 1 am now writing of railroad aud steamboat lacilities, as inseparable from tbe prosperitvjof “truck fanning.” Heretofore these lacilities liavo not been amplo, nor iu all c.ises as reliable as could have been de sired. But now there is no way to osoape the demands which this branch of commerce is making for culaiged and better facilities. Bo great lias become the traffic, and so thor oughly satisfied are the people of both sec tions of the country as to its profitableness and importance, that every railroad and steamboat lino interested in tho. mat ter is just now alive to the conviction that its claims cannot longer be overlooked or Bet, aside. The Superintendent of the Atlantic am I Gulf Railroad, Colonel 11. S. Haines, with his accustomed promptness and euergy, has set tbe ball in motion, and addressed a circular to the “Vegetable aud Fruit Growers of Southern Georgia aud Florida,” in which he informs them of the character of his excel lent plan to facilitate their traffic. Much of the trouble in tbe past, in finding ready sale for vegetables and fruit, has arisen from an often over-stocked market. Tho burden of consignments being sent to one particular Northern or Western city, of course produced a decline in prices, and uot unfrequeutly made the supply %q m excess of the d“vri?cati that many of tho con signjErefits became a “dead loss” in the hands of the commission merchant or pro duce broker. Yet, at the same time,.by a proper division of these consignments auioug other cities, where there was such a demand that no ordinary supply could have overstocked the market, a ready sale and remunerative prices could have been promptly secured. The officers specially in charge of the fruit and vegetable business of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad have devised a plan by which they tliiok this evil can be remedied. In future, with the consent of the producers consignments of fruit and vegetables will be sent forward under the special supervision of the company, whose officers, guided by the latest special telegraphic market re ports, will send these consignments to such points as they are assured by telegraph can furnish a ready and profitable market. Sa vannah, now the headquarters of Mr. D. H. Elliott, Special Agent for this department, is to be the chief point of operations, and all orders directing the disposition and sale of consignments of fruit or vegetables will be made from that city. Statiou agents and other parties on the various lines of com munication with the Atlantic and Gulf Rail road, by telegraphing to the Savauuab office, will be instructed daily as to what point their shipments are to be made. 11 pro ducers and shippers become satisfiea of the desirableness of this plan, as securing prompt sales and good prices for their farm products, its feasibility will soon be fully tested. Should it be found successful, as many prophecy it will, anew impulse will be given to this already important branch of agricultural labor. Beyond the exercise of due caution in selecting “apparentlv reliable” commission merchants and produce brokers to make sales of consiguments, the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company assumes no respon sibility, although remittances, accompanied by account of sales, will be made through it's officials, who will reserve ten per cent, to cover the expenses of forwarding and sale, “including brokers’ commission.” In other words, the company will use every effort to ascertain by telegraph, at the latest possible moment, the best markets to which consignments can be shipped ; it will em ploy the most energetic and reliable pro duce brokers to make sales on arrival; it will act as a medium of communication in putting tbe proceeds of sales into the hands of the producers here at home ; but it will not promise infallibility of judgment in all cases, nor guarantee the sale of every con signment shipped undor its direction ; neither will it be responsible for the pay ments until tbev shall have been made to its officers by the produce brokers. Tue com pany will do all in its power to save its patrous from loss, but cannot promise them that deficiencies may uot, in unforeseen cases, be looked for, as all human transac tions are based upon a mutual confidence that is too frequently betrayed under tbe most favorable circumstances. As the At lantic and Gulf Railroad is the chief “all rail” outlet for fast freight from all parts of the State where “truck farming” and fruit culture are made a specialty, the importance and magnitude of this proposed new ar rangement can be readily understood. And in additiou, tbe company is constrnctiug the most approved pattern of ventilating fruit cars by which fruit and vegetables can be kept per'fecdy cool and fresh, and at the same time fully" protected from rain and dost during the time of transportation. A new era, therefore, may be said to have dawned upon this branch of business in the “Laud of Flowers,” aDd it is hard to prophesy to what proportions it may yet be developed. Time alone can solve the problem. Sidney Herbert. Some of the Detroit street-car lines have posted notices in their cars reading: “Counterfeit nickels not taken for fare.” When a corporation gets so particular as this, it is time that people save their counterfeit currency to patronize the circuses. TWO FLORIDA MURDERS. An Arraignment of Mnreellu* >trnrn<i— A Uiuli.nl Hypoi-rile Shown in Hi* True Color*— l.nn* nml .Itihnwou—A Parallel—A Peaceful Citizen Done to Death— And the Krnult. [Special Correspondence of the Morning N ewe. J South Florida. November 2. There is a moment of difficulty and danger, at whj’di flwttery a <1 lalseho “J ■ an no longer de ceive, soil rim ;>| city itself ran do longer be misled. Jcn irs. homebody lias said, that only attenuated and bilious persons start newspaper com munications with a text. I don’t know if these conditions belong to our worthy Secretary of Sc.ite, but I <lo know that it is a custom of his to head his adulatory articles in behalf of the Stearns adminis tration with all sorts of quaint quota tions from the Scriptures aud Shakes peare. And, at-all events, as it is some thing of this administration thxt I wish to write, though by a different iamp, I may follow the example of Mr. MeLin to the extent of using a preface, without falling under the ban of LEANNESS AND A BAD LIVER. Aside from this. I wish to indicate that the criminal carelessness and hypocrisy of the executive adventurer at Tallahas see is sometimes more deserving of such denunciation as Junius wielded against vilianv than of such condemnation as I am able to write against it. The com plaint. Mr. Editor, that I am troubling you to publish against Marcellus Stearns is not without its kindred. Recently a similar one has been urged by the editor of the Jacksonville Proa, and others of less prominence have been suffered to pass without public comment It is in the matter of offering rewards for the apprehension of murderers. To make what I charge plain, I desire to place in juxtaposition the particulars of two murders committed iu this State, and Steams’ actiou iu connection therewith. Iu Feb ruary, 1874. there lived on the St. Lucie river, in Brevard county, a citizen of German birth named L ing. He was a man of scientific attainments. Mr, Lang lived alone with his wife, aud he was known as a man who devoted himself to his own home, his fruit trees and his fl >wers. He went once a week to the post office for his paper, the Savannah MoßNitfti News, aud never engaged in excitable discussion with those he met. He was iu daily expectation of the advent of a little being that would add new charms to his life, when one day two men—Paget and Drawdy—tbe first an acquaintance, the other unknown to him, stopped at his house aud asked him to put them across the river in his boat, as their horses had escaped from them. Lang assured them of his readiness to do so, aud alter they had eaten at his board and rested them selves, while he read to them from his paper, all three proceeded to the river, some three hundred yards distant. Paget aud Drawdy carried guns, but the German in his innocence was free from suspicion. The boat had hardly touched the bank on the opposite side of the stream, when these two DEVILS IN HUMAN FORM, leap, and out upon the shore, aud turning upou the defenceless man who had given them food, shelter and service—without pity for a wife in the most delicate stage of her existence, or mercy for their weaponless victim —riddled him with buckshot. Afterward they cut his body to pieces aud hid it away iu a hole in the river bank. Mrs. Lang hearing the guns and finding that her husband did not re turn, fled in terror to the woods, and tier home was plundered. Robbery was, be yond all question, the object of this mur der. Of its commission and the diabolical circumstances connected with it, Governor Stearns was properly in formed, and urged to offer a reward for the apprehension of the perpetrators, hut he declined on the ground that the State had no money. Since then these miscreants, and their equally guilty con .federates, have lived in armed defiauee of the law, and have menaced the lives of citizens who asserted its supremacy. It' cently one of them -was caught aud is serving a puny term in the tiary, but this has only served to aug ment the insolence of the others. This state of things has all along been repre sented to Governor Stearns, but he would neither see to it that the law was exe cuted or offer rewards because of the alleged “emptiness of the treasury.” The enthusiasm of McLin himself will hardly be able to defend the conduct of his master in this case. Now for the others. Some two months or so ago, Senator Johnson was shot at Hart’s road, near Fernandina, and Gov. Stearns, for getting the poverty of the State and suddenly aroused in the interest of law, offers by proclamation one thousand dollars for the arrest of the man who killed him, almost before the rumor of the tragedy is confirmed. Thus, ex pense in pursuit of Johnson’s slayer shall be of small account, while justice was poor and weak in the case of Lang. I have said that Mr. Lang was an honest and accomplished man, and a worthy citizen. Who was E. G. Johnson that he should stand so much higher in his Ex cellency’s mind, where a matter of com mon justice is concerned '( l)e, m&rtuisnil 'nisi borium, is a time-honored apothegm, but justice should be done, and it is but just to say that this Johnson was the author of mischief that it will take Co lumbia county and the State a long time to get well of. He kept his place in the Senate by disgraceful frauds, aud he was a pillar on whom Stearns relied for sup port. He hated his own countrymen with an unnatural malignity that knew no bounds, and he persecuted the chivalrous sons of Columbia county till he openly boasted of having broken their spirit. He was a refugee from the vengeance of men whom he had driven by injuries to des peration, and he was THE WORKER OUT OF HIS OWN DOOM. Lang, to end the comparison, lived a godly life, while Johnson violated both tbe laws of God and man, iu that he brought a woman to death in an attempt to do abortion, and brought the families of his own kith to distress iu attempts to ruin their protectors. Now, what does this indifference on the part of Governor Stearns and his counsellors in the case of Lang, a private citizen, and this eager ness, even to the violation of the liberty of an innocent citizen, in the case of Johnson, a corrupt coadjutor, indicate? It betokens that the Stearns adminis tration, in all ’its ramifications, from the paltering Executive at Talla hassee to the ermined cartiff in Jackson ville, who gave his judicial countenance to the exasperating tyranny of his master, is reeking with rottenness. Stearns has professed a love for Floridians, and in doing so he has wrought A LIE THAT HELL WOULD BLUSH AT. By seemiDg to forward the election of Senator Jones he flattered their simplicity almost to the extent of a bestowal of con fidence upon him, but they know him now as an Iscariot, ready to betray them for the pieces of silver. The people at large were on the verge of believing he took a citizen’s interest in the State; now they kuow him as aj vile, cajoling hypocrite too false to be honest with his own kit. The turn of events Junius describes is at hand, and the issue is opportune, for the throng of good people who have come among us since 1872 will give a strength to the true men of Florida that should enable them to stay the evil tide which foists such promisers and pretenders as Steams upon them. Seminole. Row in a Negro Church. —A special to the Louisville Courier-Journal from Lex ington, Ky., says a serious affray oc curred Sunday night at Pleasant Green colored church, which is noted for rows. The fight was among the negroes. Offi cers Hall and Dillon went there and ar rested the ringleader, hand-cuffed him and started to the watch house. A crowd of negroes attacked them, shot Officer Hall in the head and showered brick-bats on to him. Dillon empted a revolver into the crowd, rapidly dispersing them. He rescued Hall and carried off the prisoner. Hall was dangerously wounded. It is not known if any negroes are wounded. In England they are going to give a married woman her own property, and. as an offset, make her responsible for her own debts. The whites in South Africa cry for a Civil rights bilk SUICIDE OF A COURTEZAN. Lewd Mf* in Mew York—Funeral Honor* nud .Modern Sentfmentnll*in. The New Y’ork papers a few days since gave the particulars of a suicide of a young woman, the mistress of a “fast” young mau oft Lat city, by the name of Thomas Whitney. From the evidence before the coroner’s jury, it seems that the girl, apprehending desertion by Whitney, shot herself with a pistol in her room, while he lay asleep in the same apartment. Whitney, who was wealthy, nod kept her in great luxury, and she was devotedly attached to him. She was of a very excitable nature, and had often declared that she could not survive the negiect of her lover. Having some reason to doubt his fidelity, she sought ou the even ing of the suicide to draw from him as surances of his continued devotion. He repulsed her and giving her uo satisfac tion, showed his indifference by going to sleep. In her despair she took from her wardrobe put on a silk wrapper which Whitney had brought from Tur key. and attired in which, he had often informed her, she appeared to most ad vantage. She then dressed her hair in a fashion most admired by her lover, aud lying down on the lounge shot herself through the waist. A Richmond paper gives the following history of the suicide : “The proper name of the unfortunate girl who com mitted suicide at No. ISO Fifth avenue. New Y'ork, was Minnie Roane: She was a native of King William county, in this State, aud belonged to one of tbe most noted F. F. Y.’s. Her parents were re lated closely to the family of Hon. Wil liam Roane, a former Governor of Vir ginia, and her grand uncle was a Judge of the State Court of Appeals, and at one time a United States Senator. Her mother died while herself and sister named Bell were yet quite young, to which may probably be at tributed the cause of their misfortunes and terrible fates. About six years ago these tw,o girls, Minnie and Bell, ran away from their home in King Wil liam county, with the avowed purpose of beginning a life of shame and misery. They were pursued, however, and, with the aid of some distant relatives, living in this city, were captured and returned to their home, where, for a time, they were kept under the strictest surveil lance. As soon as this was relaxed they escaped again, and bent upon leading a life of sin they entered houses of ill fame in this city. Minnie left here nearly three years ago aud went to St. Louis, and from thence to New York, where her history since is well known; her sister went to Baltimore aud threw herselt from the window of a hospital in that city aud was instantly killed. The New Y'ork Times of Thursday says ; The funeral services over the remains of Elizabeth G. Roane, the unfortunate young woman committed suicide ou Tuesday night by shooting herself with her lover’s revolver, in their rooms at No. 180 Fifth avenue, were conducted at an undertaker’s establishment in Sixth ave - nue yesterday afternoon. The object of choosing the place was undoubtedly to secure as strict privacy as possible, for tho rooms in which she had lived were in a very public place, and there were hosts of her friends who were as anxious to attend her funeral as Mr. Whitney was to avoid their presence. Early iu the day the intelligence of the locality had spread, and great numbers of anxious inquirers, mostly women, questioned the undertaker about the time of the services. He, however, acting under strict orders, gave definite infor mation to no one, and only Mr. Whit ney’s friends were admitted to the room where the corpse lay. Iu the afternoon the street was lined with curious lookers on, among whom were many evidently mourners, who had drawn up in elegaut coaches, and whose dress indicated luxury and extravagance. About three o’clock the services Yvere be gun. The body lay in an elegant and costly casket, heavily trimmed with sil ver, and bearing a silver plate with the inscription: “Minnie Roane, died Nov. It, 1875, aged twenty-one years." Around the room were arranged so many floral tributes, columns, crosses, cushions, an chors, etc., that when they were takeu away they filled three carriages. The coffin wee also covered, and the face of the dead auriv>u.mled with flowers. The cards accomjmuying the flowers sent in bore many female names, and many of the names of Mr. Thos. Whit ney’s friends. Mr. Whitney, his father, and perhaps a dozen frieuds made up the party of mourners. Rev. Dr. N. VV. Oonkliug, Fastor of the Rutgers Presby terian Church, conducted the services. After reading the Scriptures he made a brief address, dwelling chiefly on the terrible lesson conveyed by death and the warning that should be conveyed by so sudden a death to those who survived. A touching prayer concluded the brief ceremonies, and the funeral cortege slowly wended its way to Greenwood Cemetery. A dispatch announcing her sad fate was sent to her relatives imme diately after her death, but up to last eight no answer had been received. HIGH LIFE WAYS. \ Miort Heiuanee of a SniiiKßler’s Dana li ter—How Nir I le<l worth VVilliaAimon, Bart., Has Involved Himself. r Around the whole Tfick bound coast of England tberif- is no more romantic spot than iviuis&sn ltock. It is a marine re sort that attracts thousands of picnicers during the summer, while in winter it is the scene of. the wildest storms. There is no house at the place—when the word “house” is used in the ordinary human acceptation. But there is a mansion cav erned out of the solid limestone cliff, with its drawing rooms, ball rooms, re tiring rooms, and sleeping rooms, which for half a century has won the admira tion of ail beholders. Peter Allen, a bold and daring smuggler, sought sanc tuary here in the early part of the century. With the assistance of some of his human tools he caverned his mansion in the rocks, and when the work was half completed, he brought home a bride. No one knew whence she came or who she was. But everybody saw that she was a singularly handsome woman. When the smuggling business ceased to be safe or profitable, Peter Allen devoted bis energies to tbe establishment of bis sea cavern as a summer hotel. Everything he touched became gold. He educated a pig aud two ravens, and when he went to market the pig followed him through the streets, and the ravens perched on his shoulders at his back or went thieving at the fruiterers’ stalls. The man knew the secret of advertising, and his summer hotel became renowned all over the land. In the process of time he had two daughters. Lizzie was a renowned rifle shot, and at one hundred yards could knock the bottom out of a bottle through the neck. A gun manufacturer of Man chester saw her perform the feat, and he presented her with a gold-mounted rifle, which she retains up to the present hour. Lizzie was a brunette of tbe magnificent order, and in some respects resembled her father. From the time she was sixteen she had • scores of lovers, and more than one aristocrat offered his hand and fortune. Like many women with dazzling opportuni ties,she married beneath her and has since figured in the London divorce courts. Polly was a beautiful blonde, proud and pretty as a picture. Local poets of Newcastle, Sunderland and Shields drifted into doggerel over her, and Sir Hedworth Williamson, bart., of Cieadon hall, felt it impossible to keep his son at Cambridge University on ac count of the magnetism of Polly’s beauty. The young nobleman spent days and nights at Marsden unknown to his parents ; and in the summer of 1805 Polly and he were missing six weeks. Soon after his father died, and the young man inherited the baronetage and became a member of Parliament for North Dur ham. He married a daughter of the Duke of Newcastle, and at the present time has two daughters. Miss Polly Al len never married, but sbe likewise has two daughters. The daughters are said to be Sir Hep worth Williamson’s Mother aud children have lived in com parative luxury until a month since, when Lady Williamson met Polly and her daughters at Marsden. There was an instantaneons recognition by the two women of each other's children. Words and explanations followed; with the se quel that Poll" claims to be Sir Hep worth’s wife .nd now there promises to be a scandalous case of bigamy in high life. 1 I S 4 '' —‘ A Duluth girl married a young man be cause he lifted his hat so beautifully as he passed her. She got a divorce because he lifted the table so beautifully when the dinner didn’t suit him. THINGS ARE WORKING. A- lmprtuv to the Third Term Morr inrm— Si*nificnt Grinding from a Grunt Ornao. [Washington Special (Not. 14) to the Cincinnati Commercial.] The sudden impetus that the third term movement has received since the fall elections has been commented upon. There re ten open and avowed advocates of the project to be met with now, where there was one prior to the elections. Man\ Republicans apparently accept the result as indisputably establishing the fact that the party cannot be successful next year if Grant is not their candidate for President, and among those who are most positive in this belief is General Grant himself. There is solid founda tion for the statement. In the Sunday Gazette of to day it is asserted that For ney s SuneUiy ( hronide has been bought by Secretary Chandler, to be used as°au official third-term organ. As if confirming the truth of this state ment, a long article in Forney's Chroni cle to-day is devoted to advertising Grant’s renomiuation. The following extracts show the drift of the argument: "If the Democracy deem it no wrong to history, no injustice to the govern ment, to elect unrepentant traitors to high places in official life, what, we ask, eau or dare be said of the Republican party if it concludes to accept Gen. Grant as a candidate for a third term ? Would that be more impolite than sending the rebel Vice President to Congress, or elect ing a number of ex-rebel Generals to the same body ? The calm view of this ques tion, w hen put in this light, divests it of much of the repugnance with which the sensation press has surrounded it; and now that it is evident that the old issues of the late war, and the new issues about to be forced upon us by an oligarchy as intolerant as that of slavery, command popular attention, we are compelled can didly to admit that we can not see how the Republican party can secure victory next year without Grant as a candidate for re election.” In speaking of Grant’s cnd|fecy in 1868 and 1872, the Chronicle “That if he had not been the candidate of the Republican party it would have been defeated,” and continues : “He saved it on two occasions, and what is most singular is, that the men from whose base machinations he rescued it are now the most blatant opponents of his third nomination. Look over the first eight years for the corroboration of what we assert. We are now inditing history—not a puff of the President. Here we are again in precisely a condition similar to that in which the Republican party was placed eight and four years ago. It needs to be saved. It can only win a great victory on the personal mer its of its candidate for President. It could not win with Gen eral • Sherman, because his Ro man Catholic identities are against him. It cannot nominate Sheridan because his foreign birth excludes him. It has not got a civilian who could carry Pennsylvania, Ohio or New York. Charles Francis Adams is the only civilian who has anything like a clear record and a personal or historical prestige to help in case he were nominated. Rut he couid arouse no enthusiasm, and would be as dead a weight to carry as was Judge Pershing, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. There is no escape from this view of the question of electing a President, aDd the masses of the Republican party, no longer affrighted with the absurd cry of Cmsarism, are now lookiug to Grant as confidently as they ever regarded him. Indeed the Democracy in Ohio and Pennsylvania actually made a third term an issue against the Republi cans, but it failed to excite the repug nance it was calculated it would arouse, while without a doubt the position of Grant on the educational question aided the Republican party in securing victory. Gov. Hayes, after the campaign was over iu Ohio, stated in the Executive Mansion in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, while a guest of Gov. Ilartranft, that the educa tional question had given the Republi cans the victory in the Buckeye State. It was Grant who made that question a Republican issue, in a speech delivered a few weeks previous to the Ohio election.” The last two sentences are printed in italics and capital letters. It is known that the article in question was inspired by a promiuent Republican politician, whose home is in the vicinity of Harris burg. It is noticeable, in this connec tion, that John S. Mosby has recenty moved here from Virginia, and appears to be at the head of a number of' third termers from the South, who are busily engaged in pulliug wires to secure the consummation they so ardently dfisire. Mosby is known as the original /third termer. r. Are We Safe in the Streets ? Great and well-founded aiixje'fy is felt in very respectable circles in/this city as to the fate of Mr. George/Griswold, a gentleman of mature year*', of easy for tune and of an excellent social position, who has been missuSg ever since 10 o’clock on Saturday/evening of last week, at which time he y-'as left standing at the corner of Washington square and Uni versity Place by some friends who had driven up to that point with him from a dinner- down town. At this place he >:4s within two or three doors of the resi dence of a member of his family where he proposed to pass the night. No cause whatever is known which could account for his voluntary disappearance. lie had about his person one or two personal ornaments of great value, and a con siderable sum of money drawn by him that day for expenses to be incurred be fore sailing on Wednesday last for Europe. He was in good spirits when his friends parted with him, and had agreed to meet one of them early the next morning. It is well known that the .vicinity of Washington square south is infested with haunts of vice of a deplorable and dangerous character. But there is a police station and court in the immediate neighborhood, and the north ern side of the square is well lighted, more than commonly well protected by the police, and frequented till late in the night by an excellent class of citizens, many of whom reside in the square it self and in the streets adjoining it. A more painful and mysterious case, or one provoking more searching and unpleasant questions as to the condition of our thoroughfares and the prospect before us during the severe season now just begin ning, can hardly be imagined. It is to be hoped that some relatively satisfactory solution of the mystery may soon be reached; but if this does not come to pass the so-called guardians of the public peace ought to find ' themselves confronted with a storm of public in dignation the like of which has not yet been aroused in this long suffering city. ¥. 7. World. _ How a Woman Made a Fortune. [From the Laramie Sentinel.] Six years ago Mrs. Mary Ahart was liv ing in a little tent on the edge of town. Her whole worldly possessions consisted of this tent, a straw bed, two or three boxes which served?as chairs and table, a little seven or eight-year-old girl, and two cows and calves. She sold the spare milk of these two cows, carrying it around town with a tin pail, and with the product, and from work which she did for her neighbors, supported her self and child. When she could get $3 or $5 ahead she would buy another calf or yearling. It is not our pur pose, adds the Sentinel , to trace her pro gress up to the present time minutely, but the result is she now, in less than seven years, has several hundred head of cattle, a fine farm with nice buildings and improvements, a comfortable, even luxuriant home —and, instead of carrying milk around by hand, rides in her own carriage. Her daughter is a young lady, educated and accomplished. To-day Mrs. Ahart’s property is valued at from $40,000 to $.50,000. And she has made it all by honest industry and good man agement. She has had no outside help. She never had a government contract or fell heir to any property. In the celebrated cases now pending before the United States Supreme Court, involving the question of tfie constitu tionality of the laws passed in many of the Western States, fixing the rates of tariff for freight and passengers on rail roads, the court will not decide the ques tion until after the Ist of January, there being a case pending from the State of lowa, involving the same questions, and upon which the attorneys have asked to be heard before the final adjudication. The decision is looked for with great anxiety by both the public and the cor porations interested. It is estimated that the amount of money paid for fruit in Niagara county, New York, during the present season will be about $1,000,000, THE CHIEF OF THE SMUGGLERS. A Prison Looming I p Before Oncol Gen. Banks's Stall Otticors. [New York Sun.] The trial of Col. Robert Dos Auges was concluded Thursday with a verdict"of guilty on all the counts of the indict ment. A motion for anew trial was made, ami Des Anges was remanded for sentence. The extreme penalty for com plicity in smuggling is a fine of *IO,OOO or imprisonment for two years on each count, or both. Col. Des Anges, when he was an officer in the custom house was esteemed by his fellow officers as a soldier of fortune. He wore several medals that he was supposed to have re ceived for meritorious conduct in the Crimean ami the Algerian campaigns, and iu the Italian war of independence. De tectives who have inquired into his his tory say that his full name is Robert Bruce Des Anges. Des Anges is an Englishman of Hugue not descent. His father is an English baro net, and his uncle is a wealthy land owner. They say that Des Auges has not done service in auy European war. He was discarded by his relatives for youth ful follies and a commission ns Assistant Paymaster was purchased for him in the British army. He defaulted with i’2.(X)O aud tied to America at the outbreak of the rebellion, leaving his wife in London. He obtained a co/nmission in the United States Army in 1862, and commanded colored troops iu the Department of the Gulf for a short time, and was nftt rward appointed on Gen. Banks's staff with the rank of Colonel. After the war Gen. Banks got a position for him in the Bos ton Custom House, aud he was made nil inspector of customs iu this city in 1870 through the same influence. He was made chief clerk iu the Third Division in 1871, and was pronounced to be Deputy- Collector iu 187;'> to succeed Postmaster James. Mrs. Moulton’s Appeal. Mrs. Emma C. Moulton last evening paused to be delivered to Mr. Thomas G. Shearman, clerk of the Plymouth Church, the following letter, in which she asks the church to joiu with her in requesting a Congregational Council to review the recent action of the church in dropping her name from the roll of members : Brooklyn, November, 12, 1875. To the Members of Plymouth Church ■ Brethren —Having been summoned by the examining committee to meet the church on the evening of November 4, at which meeting the committee notified me that they should present a recommenda tion to the church to drop my name from the roll of members ou account of absence from the services of the church, I appeared accordingly and presented my protest against any such action. In this I declared what I now repeat, that “I am not an absentee in auy proper sense of that word, nor does the rule of the church in regard to absentees contemplate auy such case as mine. My absence is an enforced one, and is caused by the crime of adultery committed by Henry Ward Beecher, pas tor of this church, with one of his par ishioners, which I know to be a fact through Mr. Beecher’s confessions to me, and through the confessions of Mrs. Til ton, and through conclusive evidence of the crime from other sources. I appeared before the church in loyal obedience to the summons which I have received, and I hereby declare my disposition and desire to discharge all the duties devolv ing ou me as a member that are consist ent with my knowledge of the adultery of the pastor aud his false swearing with regard to it.” Notwithstanding this pro test and after it had been read, the mem bers of the church present adopted the recommendation of the committee and dropped my name from the church roll without considering the sufficiency of my reasons for being absent from the sacraments, without arraigning me for any unjust accusations against the pastor and without giving me a dismission to any other church. I am, therefore, so far as your action can do it, deprived of a standing in the Church of Christ, ns it seems to me, without fault on rny part, and certainly without any proper trial by you. 1 cannot feel that this is right, and I ask you to join with me in calling a couucil of churches, before which you may state. your re||.flOll for yon r notion vowl r mny state mine, and which shall impartially judge between us. I am one, and you fire many. But I believe in God and His justice, in Christ aud His kingdom. I am quite ready to be properly rebuked by such a council, if I ought to be, for not attending your services and sacra ments ; while. I certainly desire that my Christian character and standing in the church should be vindi cated and restored, if that is right. If you do not notify me of your consent to join with me in calling such a council within four weeks, I shall understand that you decline to do so, and that I must proceed to ask a council myself to consider these matters, which are of such great importance to iue and to those to whom my good name is dear. But it would be far more agreeable to me to have you join me as one who has anxiously tried to do her duty as well as she could amid great difficulties iu refer ing the whole case between us to a com mon tribunal. Respectfully yours, Emma 0. Moulton. lotion Figures* The New York financial Chronicle of the 13th inst., has information by telegraphic dispatches to the effect that the receipts for the week ending Friday night, the 12t.h inst., have reached 149,474 bales, against 175,244 bales last week, 170,045 bales tbe previous week, a’nd 147,345 bales three weeks since, making the total receipts since the Ist of September, 1375, 1,005,218 bales, against 900,238 hales for the same period of 1874, showiug an increase since September 1, 1875, of 104,980 bales. The exports for the week ending the same date roach a total of 80,319 bales, of which 50,084 were to Great Britain, 15,809 to France, and 13,820 to rest of the Continent, while the stocks as made up to Friday evening are now 520,447 bales. [The Chronicle's telegram from New Or- f loans on Friday shows that, besides the above exports the amount of cotton on ship board, and engaged for shipment at that port, is as follows : For Liverpool, 25,000 bales; for Havre, 25,000 bales; for Continent, 10.000 bales; for coastwise ports, 3,000 bales; total, 09,000 bales; which, if deducted from the stock, would leave 73,000 bales repre senting the quantity at the landing and in presses unsold or awaiting orders.] From this statennaut it win no seen that, compared with the corresponding week of last season, there is a decrease in the ex ports the past week of 20,457 bales, while the stocks Friday night arc 60,004 halesmore than they were at this time a year ago. The visible supply of cotton as made np by cable and telegraph indicates an increase of cotton in sight of 7,414 bales as compared with the same date of 1874; an increase of 223,711 hales as compared with the corre sponding date of 1873, and an increase of 100,217 hales as compared with 18 2. The totals show that the old interior stocks have increased during the week 6,324 bales, and were on Friday night 2,940 hales less than at the same period last year. The receipts have been 3,227 bales more than at the same period last year. The market for cotton on the spot has ruled quiet tbe past week. There has been but a limited demand alike for export and consumption, and the speculative movement has also been quite unimportant. Quotations remained nominally unchanged at 1351Gc. for Middling Uplands utitii yesterday, when they were advanced to 13*c. No very active influences have been at ivork. Liverpool was until yesterday reported dull, and on Wednesday the quotation for Middling Up lands was reduced to Old. Receipts at the ports, however, have been smaller than last week, and some days smaller even than the corresponding days of last year. A severe storm has also passed over a portion of the South, which is believed to have done more or less injury. On the other hand gold has declined, and there has not been the im provement in exchange which has hereto fore compensated lor the lower premium. Friday the market continued quiet and prices weak. For future delivery the week opened with a hardening tendency, predicat ed mainly on the reported bad weather at the South and the expectation of smaller receipts at the ports, and feat this, with the clear ance of large quantities of cotton on ship board, would check ttpq accumulation of stocks on hand. Some relation was caused by the large receipts for Monday, but on the whole there had been established last even ing an advance of tg.s 32c. fVmthern par ties, consigning cottou to this libtrket, have made an effort to protect therifcelves, by Bupjorting prices, but at no tuna has the demand been active. There is a fcoticeable absence of speculative tone among opera tors. Friday at the opening prices were steady, but weakness followed, and tfce close was l-16c. lower, for the early months, and jc. for the later months. After ’Change sales were made at 13 7-32 c. for January, 13 15-32 c. for March, and 13 21-32 c. for April. The total sales tor the forward delivery fflr the week are 126,700 bales. For irnmi?diate delivery the total sales foot up this week 7,552 bales, including 3,019 for export, 4,186 for consumption, 347 for speculation.) Of the above, 600 bales were to arrive. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Summitry of ike Week’s Dispatches A GHOST LAID. Montheu,, November 16.—The military program me was carried out. By half-past 8 o clock the streets were crowded with spec tators The grave was prepared at the Catholic Cemetery in the presence of a couple of boys, the police aud sextons. At 10 o clock the soldiers and members of the Institute approached to the Protestant Cemetery, the soldiers forming a hollow square and. the Inends of the de ceased entering. The coffin containing the remains was brought out. The troops shouldered arms aud the fuueral j procession started, which at that tinie cou : sisted of two carriages. The police were tLie sole guard. The military was far behind, but the streets was crowded with people of all clas-es, and cabs aud carts. Great quiet prevailed. W hen iho procession entered the Catholic cemetery, a crowd 1 dame from all directions, and ran up all the avenues to the grave. The soldiers did not enter the yard. The police formed a-large square around the grave anil kept the crowd back, while the eoliiu was Luought from the hoarse, looking somewhat dilapi dated. It was bourne by four men ad placed in a bed of c> m nt, aud the grave filled up. Some remarks were made by the friends of the deceased, which were hooted by some roughs. Nothing was said on tho side of the Canadi in Institute. Threats to dig the body out of the grave, if occasion offered, were so freely made that the l'r-sideut of the Institute asked a guard over the grave for twenty-four Hours, until the ceiueut hardened. A cold ram hurried the crowd away. THE WHISKY FRAUDS. ! St. Louis, November 17.—1 u the McDon ald trial, L. B. I razor, of the firm of Bevisf A Frazer, testified that the distillers were raising money for the revenue officers. They ! gave Joyce $5,000, which Joyce said must be raised. In 1875 five thousaud dollars was paid at the suggestion of Fitzroy, chief clerk of the revenue office, to prevent the seizure of whisky subsequently seized. Fitz roy refused to refund, aud never paid the money to McDonald, but I did. Joyce raised the money for Revenue Agent Hague, who was here in 1874. Joyce repeatedly told witness that everything was all right and to go ahead, that ho would have ad vices from Washington if •there was any trouble aln*ad. McDonald told witness that Fitzroy should not he blamed tor the $5,000, ns it had given the diuullors time to get rid of their surplus. Andrew McGrue, cousin of C. S. Me- Grue, testified that McDonald came to tlie distillery two or three times, and asked how we were getting along, and said : “Damn it, man, tins thing ain't paying ; we must make more.” Randolph \V. Ulric, one of the most promi nent distillers, testified that he iml several talks with Joyce in 1871 about making crooked whisky, but declined to enter into any arrangement. He subsequently went in and stayed in till October, 1872. He reported the crooked whisky to Fitzroy. He did not know nor care where the monev went. THE WHISKY FRAUDS. St. Louis, November IS.—The McDonald trial is stall progressing and there is great excitement. The first witness, 11. H. Eti gelke, rectifier, testified tliat lie was urged by Joyce to purchase crooked whisky and always received advance notice of the agents coming from Washington, and that Avery used to soud the ring information of any danger. Wit ness testified to paviug money for what was called the campaign fund from 1872 to 1875. The ring was composed of McDonahl, Joyce, Fitzroy, McKee, Maguire, Patrick, Newcomb and (irosrenor, of the Democrat; the latter got SI,OOO to let up on Maguire when the lat ter was seeking the nomination for Mayor of the city. Joyce once said to witness: “My friend llabcock writes mo there is hell to pay. We are are in a scrape and must get out of it. -Witness admitted to being a party to several indictments here and lnd pleaded guilty to some of them, but had not con sidered and did not know what effect his testimony to-day would have upon the in dictments still pending. Another witness testiiied to Joyce’s industry in collecting money for the ring. OKOCKED WHISKY. St. Louis, November 18.—James Fitzroy, chief clerk in the Assessor’s office, testified that he know of the coming of Agents Brooks, Brasher, Gargati and Ja vitt some days before their ar rival. Ho informed the distilers; told them to strengthen up under* orders from Joyce. Witness had a conversation ■with McDonald at the Planters’ House, in which McDonald said he wanted $5,000 to remunerate some parti s in Wash ington for information received from thorn. Witness raised the monev and threw it over the transom of the door of McDonald’s room, aH agreed upon with him. Witness was present when SI,BOO was given by Joyce to McKee at the Globe office. McKee said to witness: “Fitz roy, this js a sacred tiling. You must keep it. secret.” Witness replied that no woiiiH do oothirig to injure himself. THE KAILWAY ACCIDdmo* Augusta, November 18. — ’There was out one death from the railroad accident. Mrs. Hegesheimor, who was in the hack part of the ladies’ car at the time the engine ran into it, found herself after the accident sit ting on the cow-catcher midway in the wrecked car. Her infant son was found under one of the seats, close to the engine, badly burned, but not danger ously injured. The engineer and conductor of tbe extra train, who are responsible for the collision, have not reported to the offi cials of the road. The passengers report that they were alarmed several times before the aceideut by the extra train running up close to the regular passenger train. the letter of don caiilos. Madrid, November 17.— The C'ronlsla, ministerial organ, states, in reference to the reported letter of Don Carlos to King Al fonso : “Wo believe Don Carlos is more un compromising than any of his partisans.” The Oronisla also says : “We are at the be ginning of the end. The war will be speed ily terminated either by the submission or the overwhelming of the Carlists.” The Correspondencia -says the pretensions of Don Carlos are exaggerated and inadmissi ble. The royal army in the field will be 300,000 strong by tlie Ist of December. The Temps hails the action of Don Carlos as the harbinger of peace. The present Minister of Justice will be appointed am bassador to the Vatican, A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY. Nashville, November 18. — A special from Chattanooga announces tbe election of Mr. Fort, Dem., for Mayor, over Mr. James, Rep., the pres-nt incumbent. Tbe Demo crats also elected the city marshal and half the aldermen. The contest was very excit ing, and there is great enthusiasm and burning of bonfires, while the Mayer elect is being hauled over the city on a hose car riage by the enthusiastic firemen. THE ALABAMA CONSTITUTION. Montgomery, November 16. — Enough nows has been received here to warrant the statement that the new constitution is rati fied by a large majority. Ferry county, a large negro county and Republican gene rally by 3,00# mojoritv, gives 1,000 majority for ratification. The constitution was gene rally acceptable to both parties, and tlie Custom House and Federal officials generally failed in their efforts. AN OUTRAGE. St. Albans, November 18. — Mis-- ®iizi beth Story, a highly respecta)* 1 - young lady of" Fairf. x waa i, i -. 1 . i.. n. s.e >.u i ted this lere .—„,i while walking to tee railroad station, by a negro tramp, who nad very nea .ie complished his purpose, when ir'f. j. '-hor came up ami tlie negro lied/ Mi Lory is not seriously injured. The Citizens are pursuing. from fall^iveb. Fall River, Novcmbttlfi. — Owing to the falling off in tho of print cloths, nearly seven cents since Septem ber 5, the maiuifaotuMWiave appointed a committee to visit Expand to arrange for the exportation of fabrics. Another reduc tion of ten per cent, in wages was voted. GERMANY AND THE POPE. London, November 18. — A special to the Dali Malt Gazette from Beilin, slates that the Brussian Government is preparing pro ceedings before the Ecclesiastical Court against tho Archbishop of Cologne and the Bishop of Treves. The object is to depose them. THE WISCONSIN ELECTION. Milwaukee, Wis., November 18. — The official count shows that Haddington, liep., for Governor, lias a majority of 811; Barker, Lieutenant Governor, Dem., 1,201. i’he Democrats elect the balance of the State ticket. FATAL FIRE. Cuaigvale, Ont., November 18.—Dennis Cunningham's house was burned last, niglit, and four children perished in the Aimes. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham narrowly es caped. FOR LIVERPOOL. Philadelphia, November 18. — The steam er Illinois took a quantiiy of dressed beeves, sheep, poultry and oysters, which she pro poses to deliver fresh in Liverpool by means of the refrigerating apparatus. TWEED. Alb ary, N. Y., November 16.—The Court of A peals dismissed Tweed’s appeals. He gets neither a reduction ot bail nor a bill of particulars. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Providence, R. 1., November 16.—Joint Powers, a printer, arrested f <r shooting at bis wife, attempted suicide by cutting his throat. FOUND DEAD. Boston, November 16 —Orrin Marshall, who shot his wife on Saturday, was found dead. He left a letter alluding bitterly to his wife’s frailty. BURNED TO DEATH. Tuov, N. Y., November 16.—Jane Castello died from her burns. Her drunken husband threw a kerosene lamp at her. BUELL. Washington, November 17—A. C. Buell, indicted long ago for alleged criminal libel on Chandler, has been bailed in 42,000, A FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Augusta, Ga., November 18.—A frightful accident occurred last night on tho Cbar lotte. Cdumbia and Augusta Railroad, real Fine House about twenty two miles from i i*' . • • r f 16 r,! K ul >tr passenger train left Columbia yesterday afternoon for Au gusta it was followed by a train of empty car:* lor Augusta. Tiio two train# roiie<l along at tbe rate of twenty miles au hour, one following closely on the other The passenger train h.ul just reached a sideling, ami was about to stop, when the second tiain came rushing along, and ti•!. engine telescoped the ladies'passon-er ear throwing it and tbe smoking car iron, the track. A terrible scene followed. The : . dies’ car was filled with passengers, ami men, women and children were js7um. il * getlur, wounded, crushed and h eeding. Al ter a tew minutes of confusion, tin* wiudon - and doors were broken open to aid tln> * ' sengers to emerge from the wreck. It discovered that while main wer, brut seriously, but one life was'lost—that of t Charlie Nightingale, a bright aud loveable child, about six years old, a soil of William Nightingale, of Brunswick, Georgia. The chlid had but a slight wound on' the head aud seemed to have been steamed to and, a:,. The son of M. llegeslieimer, <*f the U. s’ Coast Survey, who was m the smoking Jar" was seriously injured, and will probably lose an eye. Mr. Diekcuan, of Baltimore.’;, commercial traveler, was cut in the aim ;t ti,l bled a gloat deal, and se me 1 badly iv.*une ed. As soon as possible tiio in, sengers were rescued from wreck. At last every passenger was brought, from tbe train i vvpt the noor bov wliose untimely death is above recorded! A tew hours later the outward train reached tho spot, and being unable to puss brough; the passengers of the wrecked train to Au gusta, reaching the city about half-past"h a o’clock. The following i„ a dst. of pas- ■ - gel's: .Mrs. F. T. Weston, of New Yo:l>; \ii-- Kosa Walfolk and Miss Annie Watson of Rahway, -X. J.; Miss Coyle, ol Thoiuasvi’ii,. Ga.; Mr. llattie, of Baltimore; J. Margen toff, of Aiken, S. I'.; /. Jacobus ol N. w Yolk; E. H. Engel, of Macon, Ga.; It, 11,, jv,. of Washington, D. C.; J. L. Atkins and w’ H. Douglas, of Now York; Walter l’ow, 11, „i Augusta; Dishiqau, of Baltimore; Mrs i\ M. Mebaue, of Ga.; T. Bell, of Darlington’ 8. C.; Mrs. and tho Misses Nightingale, <,i Brunswick, Ga.; Miss Fowler, ot Riclinm id- Hills, of Long Island; Mr. and .Mrs. li ; J heinier, United tstaies Coast Survey ti e Jordan, of Aiken. 8. O.; T. N. Pushkin! Hardy Crouch, of Johnston county; (| )v ! Chamberlin, of Columbia, South' t aro! liua; A. lv. Groover, of New Vuh- Dr. Deboit, of Philadelphia; and W. T.’ Sprinkle, conductor. The passenger train is not to bis mo, but there is gnat feciing against the men on the other train for criminal carelessness. The passengers re-| port that tho engineer and conductor cmildl not be found after the accident. Tliol passengers arrived at eleven o’clocJ last night, and every attention was given the wounded. The body of little Chamßj Nightingale was carried to Brunswick t flii# morning. Mr. Dishman, of Baltimore.* is doing well, and so is tile sou of Mr. llegeslieimer. All the other passengers escaped, some without a scratch and olners with slight bruises. It is almost a miracle, under the circumstances, how any of them escaped, as the engine telescoped right into tho passenger cars. THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. Louisville, Novomb t 18.— The report of the Executive Committee was discussed iu regard to the business of tho dit ereut agencies. The report says some cities are doing a very large business, and have in the aggregate millions of dollars, while iu other respects they are unsatisfactory and fall short of the benefits which ought to be read zed. The commission system of tho Order is said to be false iu theory and unjust to members aud therefore in the minds of the commit tee another method ol selling is deemed necessary for the good ot the Order. Nucli a system, tho committee beg leave to sub mit the plans of at a future day, and is satis fied will meet with general approval. In conclusion, the committee recommends tho employment of lecturers to canvass the country and make known the true aim and objects of tho Order, thereby correcting the wrong impressions which now ex st in the minds of rnauy worthy people concerning tho Patrons of Husbandry. II DIDN’T WORK. How Mrs. Siiilllt-H Tried |o Solo i Lye ii r tins. [Brunswick (Maine) News.] Mrs. Sniffles Ims lmd more trouble with Lycurgus, end has been strengthened in the belief that he is totally unlike other men; in fact, teetotally unlike many of them. He had been on a long sober strelch up to a couple of weeks ago. About that time he learned that his only aunt, a rich old lady in St. Louis, had died and left him an inum ■ n fortune—to get, if he could. This was a sore disappointment to our fia. mi , r he had expected to be made a rich imnt by the death of Ibis (nucc reaper* ,! relative. Never was the nows of an aunt’s death read with more poignant grief by surviving kin. A postscript to the letter conveying the sad intelligence stated that the good olrt otil hi<i fie queathed her eutiro wealth to a i,. V( ,_ lent institution. This was the rusty rod of iron that pierced his soul, and made murky the fountain of hope, lie tore the letter to pieces, and bent his falter ing steps to the nearest saloon. He drank—he fell. * * * * | I’hoso stars represent drinks foriv drinks to the star | Mrs. S. was iu despair. She hail thought liis reformation was complete, and now “the old man was drunk again,” with no.sign of ever letting up. Finally she bethought her of the system lii vogue at certain inebriate asylums that of mixing liquor wilh every article of food until tho patient acquires a lasting distaste for alcohol. She determined to try that plan on Lycurgus. She procured a gallon of the worst whiskey to lie had, and put some of it in the old man’s coffee, to begin with, it has been his unvarying custom to drink but one cup at a meal. That night, he passed his cup back to be refilled, s tying as lie smacked his lips: “Better coffe ’n usual, ole gal.” Next morning she increased the dose. He drank three cups, and fell from his chair as- lie was reaching for a fourth. He slept until noon, and went out to dinner. There was beef soup and whisky—half and half. Snifflesate it all,/ and said, as he wiped his mouth: “You’re git’u to be a better cook’n nfi body, ru’dear. But yer didn’t make s/‘B nulf.” | At supper everything was satj/ated | with wbisky, and Sniffles ate untipuc be- \ came helpless, and his wife liaoKto drag him to bed. The gallon of whisky was /non gone, and tbe only change that M/>- S. notice; 1 in her husband was tied * Inle it IftkV-d he came to his meals w iji r< a ter ,'egu larily than usual. She is not the woman to .'gve P'any thing without a fsii trial. She got an .jotier gallon, and came near Moving her self to death while she <• and ■ o Snillh sin everything that he ate mu drank. His appetite increased nt a fearful rate, and he complimented her -cry -day on Ler newly acquired skill in nuking. Tee second gallon son went the wav • A the first, and ait* fWTWor three m< ,i]‘!l had passed without th seasoning of which * Sniffles Lad become so fond, m said n tones which wouldLuv*. **>••• o n 11. ”, of a tax collectoi : “Mirander, dear; the. victuals don’t taste as good as they used ter. Seems to bo somethin’ or Luther missing.” Is it any wonder that the poor woman gave up in despair? The Southern I’acilic Again. The session of Congress being close at hand, it appears that “Colonel” ’Torn Scott is becoming more active in iiis as saults upon the virtue or intelligence of Southern members of Congress, and will also use his influence upon such State Legislatures as may be in session. Our own Legislature not being in session he has nothing to work upon iu that way. But we would remind our members of Congress, who will no doubt be ap proached, of t’ne cold favor extended to the scheme by the Legislature last win ter, and warn them that any countenance given to Scott’s scheme is against the voice of the representatives of the people and hostile to the best interests of the whole South. The Petersburg Index and Appeal has a long, lucid and forcible article re viewing the whole scheme, and exposing all its fallacies as a Southern enterprise, which we have not yet had room for in our columns. It ought to be republished in every journal in the South, for though intended for the warning and guidance of Virginia, its reasoning is applicable to every other Southern State, all of whom must make common cause in the matter. The Richmond Whig, in its comments upon the consummation referred to, says : “It is a snare that had better be avoided. It is worse than a wolf in sheep’s cloth ing. It is an adder coiled in the hand that is held out to us—a serpent we are asked to warm in our bosom a deadly serpent under the roses that strew the feast to which we r invited.’ Beware of it I— Raleigh (N. O.) News. Capt, E. W. Kennedy, a prominent merchant of Louisville, Ky., and well known throughout the South and West, was found dead in bed at the Galt House on Monday. Verdict of the coroner’** jury: died of heart disease.