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Sunday Morning, September 5, 1875.
There was a Woody collision between
whites and colored at Clinton, Miss., yes
terday, in which six were killed and many
wounded. The campaign in that State is
violent. The white people are tired of ne
gro rule, and have determined to make a
great effort to overthrow it.
Martha’s letter, from Atlanta, is rich
and racy. She has a fund of wit and fancy
as well as good sense, that seems unfailing.
Having passports to all kinds of influential
company, she manages to pick up every
thing worth knowing, and the public would
b 8 wanting in taste indeed if it found fault
with her sparkling powers of expression.
The reply of Judge Hkrschel V. John
son to the Grand Jury of Washington
county is all that it should be. It does
honor to that great and good man’s head
and he irt. He tells the people, black and
white, that they must obey the law or else
they will incur its vengeance. His advice to
the negroes is both sensible and timely.
Our foreign correspondence, this morn
ing. is highly entertaining. Avery graphic
account is given of Switzerland and its
wonders; and how charmingly “Wan
derer” introduces us to high life at Wies
baden. The writer of this letter from
Germany is, by means of cultivation, in
telligence and nobility of soul, woll calcu
lated to shine in any circle, no matter how
brilliant, in Europe and America.
Our paper this morning is original
throughout. It has a corps of correspond
ents unapproachable in the South or West.
Our readers will thank us for presenting
them with a solid wealth of reading instead
of envious little snarls. People who like
such pastime as that have our permission
to indulge in them until they are as tired
as are their readers. We prefer not doing
so.
Not one drop of rain h is fallen in this
end of Georgia for more than a week. The
weather is simply splendid for picking cot
ton. It will during the week roll into the
city at a lively rate. We are giad to note
that trade has already greatly revived;
that our merchants have bright hopes for
the immediate future, and that they all an
ticipate a fine business this Fall and Win
ter. However cramped for money we may
hare been during the long summer months
just past, it is a consolation, indeed, to
know that the future is much brighter be
fore our immediate community than usual.
We are less in debt, and have learned many
lessons of economy which we will not soon
forget.
We publish some additional news from
the California election last Wednesday.
The previous reports that the Democrat s
had elected their Governor and the entire
State ticket, and all but one of the Con
gressmen, art' fully confirmed, with the ad
ditional important news that the Legisla
ture is overwhelmingly Democratic.
“The Jeweled Daughter of the Pa
cific” has been lost to the Repub
lican party. It is now the worst
beaten party that ever had an existence.
Other extinct political organizations re
quired years to dissolve; but this immense
humbug coilapsed and went to nothing like
a balloon; and, like a balloon, it loaves
nothing but dirty rags and a bad smell of
released gas.
Ralston turns out the champion de
faulter of the world. He was be hind from
three to four millions in cash, and had
over-issued stock to an unknown,as yet,ex
tent. He did everything upon a huge scale,
including stealing. When he was dismissed
from the bank by the Board of Directors it
then flashed upon the wretched man’s m ild
that in a few hours his enormous pecula
tions would be known. He decided not to
meet the storm of indignation, the arrest,
trial, the felon’s cell! Death was prefera
ble. No doubt this man at the heighth of
his glory, sunounded by flatterers, with
his gilded palace, and millions of gold at
his command, was the envy of hundreds of
thousands, and hardly one in the vast
throng but would have exchanged places
with him. Yet, how far happier was the.
humble shoemaker on his bench, making
his living honestly, paying his debts, steal
ing from no one, going home to his unpre
tending cot at night with conscience at
peace with earth and heaven! And think,
too, how the two men will emerge from the
grave upon the shore of the eternal world!
The one a thief and a suicide, who robbed
his fellows to bestow money on fast wo
men and ‘.‘charity that he m'ght be known
of men;” and the other an honest man.
Our faithful Sandersvifie correspondent
sends the closing scenes of the trial of the
Insurrection ringleaders, together with a
letter from Ben.t. Conley and a letter
from ex-Congressman Speer to “Gen.
Joseph Morris and staff,” the special pre
sentments of the Washington County
Grand Jury and the reply of Judge
Herschel V. Johnson thereto. It is the
most remarkable chapter we have yet pub
lished in regard to the abortive efforts of a
few desperate negro leaders to bring about
a collision of the white and black races.
We have not yet recovered from our first
utter astonishment in regard to this af
fair. No one who has rea 1 the evidence
and the documentary testimony, and who
understands the relations of the white
man and the negro in Georgia, can help
being more or less bewildered at it
The negro conspirators have escaped
without being administered that salutary
lesson which many men think was neces
sary in order to teach them a chapter whi ch
they will not soon forget. But if the jury
jailed to hang Cobdy joARRrs, he and his
accomplices have been taught the ability
of the white people to quickly meet and
suppress a ueg. o insurrection. It has also
taught the urgent necessity of thoroughly
organized and drilled white military' com
panies in back counties, not for any ag
gressive purposes, but for the security and
repose of society'.
TfcEBE is quite a commotion in the world
at this time. In Spain the civil war drags
its slow length along; in San Domingo, the
negroes.are again on the point of cutting
each others throats; South America and
Mexico are always in eruption locally; a
“holy war” against Russia is being preach
ed in Kliokaud and Turkestan; the Sclavic
tribes aregirdlingTurkeyaboutwith many
dangers; Cuba is not yet suppressed; the
contemptible Tripolitans have virtually
kicked out an American consul, withcroco
dile apologies; and China has recently in
dulged in pranks which may', at any mo
ment, draw down upon her the vengeance
of Great Britain. Millions of armed men in
Europe are ready', at a moment’s warning,
to assail each other at the bidding of am
bitious princes; and, ail in all, the pros
pect of the millennium is not promising.
While all of these wonderful events are
transpiring, not to speak of the startling
progress of science, the political excite
ment in the United States, the flnanciai dis
turbance in many quarters of the globe,
and a thousand matters of interest, many
men In the South are as ignorant of current
events as if they dwelt in the Middle Ages,
instead of the 19th century with its electric
telegraph, rapid transit and cheap news
papers.
®ijc 2ittittste| Constitutionalist
Established 1799.
THE NIGHT SIDE OF NATURE.
Killed by Mistake—Hotels Burned-
Killed by a Tramp—A Murderer
Killed—Yacht Captain Drowned—
Disabled Schooner.
Potts ville, September 4.—Two young
men driving in a buggy were accosted
by two special police, whom they mis
took for outlaws, and one tired, wound
ing the policeman. The police return
ed the fire, killing one. The other es
caped in the woods. A vigilauce com
mittee is being 'organized to suppress
outlaws.
Charleston, W. Va., September 4.
The Gibsou and Henry Houses, the
two principal hotels, were burned.
Washington, Ohio, September 4.
Farmer Skinner was killed by a tramp,
whom he found in his barn.
Fort Smith, Ark., September 4.
Martin Haines, acquitted by the United
States Court of murder, which he sub
sequently confessed, was killed by Jim
Bailey in a house of ill-fame.
Fort Monroe, Va., September 4.
Captain E. Smith, sailing master of the
yacht Eva, of the New York Yacht
Club, was lost on Thursday, September
2, at 2:30 a. m., about forty miles south
of Cape Henlopon. There was a gale
of wiud at the time, with a heavy sea.
The yacht was running before the wind
and Captain Smith, sitting on the rail,
lost his balance and fell overboard.
The yacht was immediately hove to and
a boat lowered, but in the darkness and
heavy sea it was impossible to save
him.
Washington, September 4.—The Sig
nal Service observer at Norfolk fur
nishes the following : Unknown schoon
er anchored off York spit with head
gear entirely carried away. Injury sup
posed to be received in collision. As
sistance has been sent her.
Bridge. Hotel and State Normal
School Burned —Death on the Ocean.
Cincinnati, September 4.—The bridge
of the Lovisville, New Albany and Chi
cago Railroad, near Bedford, Indiana,
burned, preventing the passage of
trains.
Cuba, N. Y., September 4.—The Cuba
House, a man, six horses and three
barns burned.
Bloomsburg, Pa., September 4.—The
State Normal School Building, at this
place, was destroyed by lire this after
ueen. Loss, $60,000; insurance, $30,000.
San Francisco, September 4. —The
emigrant steamer Collingwood arrived
at Auckland, New Zealand, from Lon
don, with fever. Twenty died and fifty
were placed in hospital.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Transport of Gold to California.
Washington, September 4. —There
w T as no transfer of gold to San Fran
cisco made by the Treasury Depart
ment to-day, but it is probable tha" on
Monday additional transfers, amount
ing to $500,000, to be made from the
bullion fund of the mint, will be au
thorized. The aggregate amount of
gold transfers already made is $2,501,-
000. The transfer made yesterday in
favor of the National Gold Bank was
requested for the purpose of aiding
the institution iu a retirement cf a
portion of its circulation. Thus far, as
reports coming to the Treasury indi
cate, the demand for gold is principal
ly for commercial purposes.
Appointments.
E. Hollard Duell has been appointed
Commissioner of Patents, vice Thacher.
P. J. Kauffman has been appointed
Receiver of Public Moneys at Hunts
ville, Ala.
Lightning Mail Line.
Philadelxuiia, September 4.—The
Post Office Department has perfected
arrangements for a fast mail train from
New York, Philadelphia, Washington
and Baltimore, via Pittsburg, to Chica
go, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and all points
in the Southwest. This train will com
mence running on Monday, September
13th, over the Pennsylvania Railroad
and its conlieciing lines, making extra
ordinary fast time, so as to fully ac
commodate the immense postal busi
ness of the cities designated, as well as
a limited number of through passen
gers. The schedule of the train will be
arranged and announced in a few days.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
The War in Turkey—Failure of Nego
tiations.
London, September 4.—The Moscow
Gazette says the mediation of Consuls
at liegusa will likely fail. They caunot
guarantee Turkish concessions and the
insurgents have no common chief who
can pledge for them.
Madrid, September 4. —It is reported
that the Carl'.st general, Dorregaray,
has escaped into Navarre.
ULondon, September 4. — The Pall Mall
Gazette publishes a special telegram
from Berlin stating that Sclavonic
papers announce that leaders of the
insurrection against Turkey have
agreed upon a manifesto deman ling
the independence of Bosnia and Her
zegovina under a Christian prince to be
chosen from one of the European dy
nasties. They are willing to pay
tribute to Turkey and a proportion of
the national debt, but refuse to par
ticipate iu thej conference at M ostar,
fearing Turkish influences.
BURIAL OF GUIBORD.
A Call for Troops to Keep Order.
Montreal, September 4.—Mr. Joseph
Dontre, Q. C., has prepared an affidavit
declaring the public peace threatened.
This, with another affidavit of a simi
lar effect, has been submitted to a mag
istrate iu order to procure the presence
by force of volunteers at the burial of
Guibord, which is postponed until some
day next week. Further trouble is ap
prehended ; and with the ill feeling on
noth sides, it will be fortunate if no
more serious result follows the second
attempt,
RALSTON’S DEFALCATION.
He la Behind from Three to Four
Million !—A Bonanza Thief.
San Francisco, September 4. — D. O.
Mills authorizes the statement that the
defalcation of Ralston, the late Presi
dent of tlie Bank of California, will
amount to between three and four mil
lion dollars, and that an over issue of
stock has been discovered. It is not
supposed that this will in any way
prejudice the arrangements now being
made to rehabilitate the bank.
FROM SPAIN.
Car] late Fighting for Position,
Madbtd, September 4.—lt is officially
announced tnat the Carlist General,
Dorregaray, in attempting to force his
way into Arragon, was twice repulsed,
with a loss of four hundred.
THE INSURRECTION TRIALS.
Cordy Harris Saved by a Technicality
—Resume of the Arguments of Coun
sel—The Grand J ury on the Plot —
Judge Johnson’s Address upon Ad
journing the Special Term—Remark
able Letters Come to Light.
[Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.]
Sandeksville, Ga., September 3, 1875.
As stated in my last, Cordy Harris es
caped conviction by virtue of a legal tech
nicality. The State proved, though not
without a stubborn resistance by Mr. Aker
man, leading counsel for the defense, at
every step, the existence of a secret, oath
bound negro military organization in ail
this section of country; proved that Cordy
Harris was its “head man,” and known, re
spected and obeyed as such; that he got up
a mass meeting to elect a “military Gen
eral” at Sandorsville, July 21, i875, and or
dered the companies of his command to
anpear there “in the blue military summer
dressing,” leading to the inference that
there was also a winter uniform; that at
the appointed time and place, and in the
designated manner, the companies came
together, and that in martial array,
mounted, in uniform, with a drawn sword,
at the head of his command of some 1,200
to 1,500 men, all in uniform, divided off into
companies, and with flags, flies and drums,
Cordy Harris entered banders ville that
day; that he demanded the keys of the
Court House f om the Ordinary, and was
refused; and that the white military com
panies were then waiting orders from the
bhei iff to act as his posse in repressing any
violence that the negroes might attempt.
Then the State proved that subsequent to
this meeting Morris and Harris were talking
about the failure of the meeting, “the
meeting of which they were disappointed,”
said the witness, and that Morris said “the
day they came here the white people took
the Court House and stacked up their arms
in it; the white people took it fora breast
work and were ready to fire out of the
windows. He said if he found it so again,
if Cordy Harris couldn’t find men in Lau
rens or Johnson counties to burn it, lie
would find two men who would, and that
Cordy Harris in reply immediately said
something about Equal Rights. The State
further proved that Cordy Harris had, on
ohe occasion, advised a number of negroes
not to obey the road laws, and at another
time had said this was Government land,
and if the white people wouldn't give it up
he would whip them iuto it. Thebtatolrad
thus proved that Cordy Harris had advised
resistance to the laws; that a secret negro
military organization existed, of which he
was the head man or geueralislmo; that he
had actually been seen at the head of it, and
receiving the implicit obedience of the com
panies making up a body of some 1,200 lo
1,500 men; that he had arranged for a
grand m litary mass meeting for his glo
rification and ths election of a military
general; that this programme was spoiled
by the action of the civil authorities, and
the meeting brought to naught; that he
was disappointed at the failure of ins plans,
that he listened with equally presumptive
approbation to Morris’ incendiary threat if
the authorities did so again; and having
thus proved the power of the prisoner and
the motive for using that power
to revenge his disappointment and
carry out his interrupted plans, the
btate proposed to go a step further
and fasten the last link in the chain of evi
dence by showing that lie h id, through the
“head man” next iu command to him, given
orders for the companies to arm and ration
themselves and carry out tiie project of a
military mass-meeting ty force. Here Ak
erman made a strenuous resistance, which
the Court sustained. The btate could only
prove these orders from Harris by testi
mony of Harris’ first lieutenant and right
hand man, Francis Murkesou. The (Joun
held that Murkeson and Harris had not
been sufficiently connected by the evidence
as having entered into an unlawful combi
nation to make the statements of the for
mer evidence against the latter. The btate
rejoined that it, had proven Morris, Murke
son and Harris present at a caucus—the
witness called it “corpus”—of the head men
in Burke, where Morris said if equal rights
were not conceded he would kill out the
whites, which Murkeson approved verbally
and Harris by silence; that it had also
proven Murkeson present with Harris, and
acting as an officer under his command iu
the procession and attempted meeting of
July 24, 1875; and that this sufficiently es
tablished their community of purpose, tiie
ruie being that it is not necessary to prove
the combination by hanging evidence, but
“to make out such a prima facie case of con
cert and joint action as to make it proper
to submit the whole to the jury,” 17 Ga.,
but the Court refused to admit the
proffered evidence. For two days counsel
for the btate sought to procure the
admission of the evidence making up
the last and fatal link, but tbe t ourt
was inflexible. On the flrst day Attorney
General Hammond was overruled; on the
second day balem Dutcher, Esq., of Au
gusta, renewed the attempt, urging that
the law only required a prima facie proof
of the combination to admit the statements.
of one conspirator against ids co-conspira
tor; pointing out that if the admission
were wrong as respects the prisoners legal
rights there was a Supreme C >urt t cor
rect that error, but if the error wai against
the btate it. was irreme liable, there being
in that case no appeal; and in conclusion
vehemently contending that this was not a
common ci iminal case in which the btate
was only nominally concerned but a real
crime against the State and people, that
every man, woman and child in Georgia
was personally interested, and their iives
and property involved. The. ruling was
adhered to, and of course that broke the
btate down. An acquittal then became a
necessary consequence and the state
ment that the Rev. Cordy Harris, the
proven generalissimo of the secret
bands in this section, owes his safety
to a legal technicality.
The case was elaborately argued on both
sides. Opening for the State, Mr. Dutcher in
sisted that tiie insurrection laws were not a
relic of the old siave regime, but an indispen
sable ingredientinthejurisprudenceof every
government, since insurrection was violent
combined resistance to lawful authority
and whenever there was such authority
there might bo such resistance; cited the
Presidential proclamation of 1873-4 in the
cases of Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisi
ana as showing that forcible, illegal occu
pancy of. public buildings, denial m arms
of the election of a Governor, lawfully de
clared elected, violent resistance to the
legal performance of official duties consti
tuted insurrection, it not being necessary
that blood should actually flow; stated
the law of Georgia as enacted in
1866 to be that any attempt by
any means to incite any combined
violent resistance to the lawful authority
of the State was an attempt to incite insur
rection and showed that while the old law
required an intent to the “permanent” de
nial of such authority, in the present law
“any” denial sufficed, for a week, a day or
even an hour; nor could the ignorance of
the negro race be any palliation for a color
ed insurgent or fomeuter of insurrection.
All men were equal under the fundamental
law, and the negro could not be treated as
a man as respects his rights and a child as
regards his duties; a colored insurgent
must be deilt with as ii ho were white.
Further, said Mr. D., insurrection is an in
creasing crime; murder is begun and ended
iu a moment, but violent resistance to the
laws, begun with no intent, perhaps,
to do more thau resist by arms
one law, draws in its train the vio
lation of all; it contains the seeds
of all other crimes, lights the heavens with
its arsons and desolates the earth with its
murders, robberies and rapes; hence the
enormous nature of the crime, and the
oyenylfetming necessity of the awful pun
ishment attached by law to an v attempt to
provoke its commission. Lastly,' the jury
wore reminded that whije technically’ the
State was a complainant in all crimes, the
idea being that a wrong done one member
of the community was ail injury to all, in a
crime of this nature the State was in p. opia
persona the injured party. The prosperity,
peace, welfare, and even existence of a
million innocent men, women and children
were assailed.
The Attorney General of Goorgia follow
ed for the State, reading and briefly com
menting upon tho evidence to show that it
had been fully proven thaf a secret oath
bound negro military organization exist
ed* in this section of the State, and while
the association constituted no crime, it
showed an instrumentality in existence of
an unusual nature, and one eminently ca
pable of t eing made use of to disturb the
peace and resist the lawful authority of the
State: further, that the prisoner had been
proven the leader, as each acknowledged
and obeyed, of that organization, and that
lawless and agrarian sentiments had been
shown to have been by him enunciated be
fore a public assemblage of those connected
with him in that organization; that while
burning a court house might not in itself
constitute an insurrection, still, as had
been shown by the counsel for the State
-AIJOrTTSTA., GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1875.
preceding him, it would in combination
with acts evincing an into: tion to violently
oppose the execution of he laws, make
that offience; that from it: heinous nature
an attempt to incite insimLction was pun
ishable with death, but thejt iu their discre
tion the jury could recon uend to mercy,
and in that event the t ctremo penalty
would not be impo od.
Mr. Akerman, iii ( losing for the dofence,
testified his sense of the inpartiality and
fairness which had markc 1 tho arguments
of counsel for the State. It was evident
that a fair trial on the I w and the evi
dence was meant. He the t noticed the ad
mission of the Attorney < eueral’s conces
sion that the mere bur ing of a court
house per se would not bei lsurrection, and
proceeded to reply at gn at length to the
many positions assumed >y Mr. Dutcher.
He denied that it was a fa r inference that
Cordy Harris was embitt wed and stung
into a thirst for revenge y the ignomin
ious failure of his meeting, and said the
evidence was that he advi od all his com
mand to go home peaceab |y and make no
disturbance, doing so froiJ gootl motives
and not as the learned cor lsel would have
the jury believe, because t le prisoner was
then under the guns anj 1 sabres of the
.State troops, and dare not jr nis life make
other than peaceable utter nces. Proceed
ing, lie said the negro mil tary organiza
tions were not illegal, and : volt upon the
improbability of even lo ignorant a
race as the blacks meditating an insur
rection wnen the telegrrjih would sum
mon and the railroads ll'ing at light
ning speed tho State troiips upon them
in overwhelming numbers# In conclusion
he urged that there was 'lo reason to for
bid the poac -able resistenciS side by side of
the two races and prayed jhe jury to con
ciliate and preserve the flood will of the
colored people by not straffing the law to
convict a representative imfi of their race.
The judge charged Briefly and upon mere
matters of law and then ctine the verdict,
and as a consequence the discharge of all
the remaining prisoners! except those
under indictmeut. Among jhe documents
seized by the authorities# at the house
of “general” Morris in BuS’ko county are
two, which will bo particularly interesting
to your readers, one of t*ein being from
Mr. Ben. Conley to Morris iltiortly after the
former was superseded in lie gubernator
ial chair by Gov. Smith,land the other
being from the Radical Congressman,
i’hos. J. Speer to Morri.J Botli letters
show a great anxiety to j ease this sable
potentate and give a curhkas insight into
Republican politics in Georgia. The letters
are as follows: e
Beuj. Conley to Gei. Morris.
Augusta, Ga., |larch 28,1872.
Mr. Joseph Morr a, Gordon.iGa. :
Dear Sir : Your letter, and I ed March 25th,
addressed to me at Atklnta, and sent
to mo at this place, <fimo to hand
this morning. lam not nciv the Governor
of the State; an election wjis held in De
cember, at which time Mr. g. M. Smith was
elected Governor, who waspiworn iu on the
12th day of January last, sjfice which time
I have been living at this; place, which I
presume is the reason whyfycmr other let
ters failed to roach me anj remain unan
swered. i
I cannot do anything for lou in regard to
having Mr. Thorps removes is Justice of
the Peace. You will have t|> write to Gov
ernor Smith, but I expect do no good
for you to write to him, as J do not tiiink
lie would pay any attention' to your com
plaint. You will have to depend upon the
Judge of tho Superior Court*to see that jus
tice is done in your case; a?d I would ad
vise you to go and see himlwhen the Court
meets iu your county, aril tell him all
about the case, and I havelno doubts but
what he will see your rigllts maintained.
If 1 could assist you in aijy way I would
gladly do it; but as I am mi longer in pow
er, can only give you my ailvice in tho mat
ter. If yi >u are acquainted Jvith Hon. Sam
uel Good, of Wilkinson e|untv, I would
suggest that you see him Jind look after
the matter, as I have no dolibt but what he
will do all he can for you. I
I am sorry that it is not ii my power to
render the assistance tha* you desire. If
l was the Governor I woull examine into
the charges which you mafee and see that
you was protected in yiljr person and
pr iperty. ihe colored people of the State
will nave a hard time of it ljj fear, but they
must bear with the best the}/ can; perhaps
there may lie a better d| / coming for
them soon. If you wish to fvrite me again
direct your letter to me at Jugusta instead
of Atlanta, as 1 shall bo in rSugusta most of
the time. Yours Respectfully,
Benjamin Conley,
Congressman Speer to* the General.
Fori y-Second Congbe |>s, U. S, i
House of Representatives, f
Washington, D. C., May Bth, ’72. )
Mr.. Morris— Dear Sir: Your favor of
tho 23d iust., has been ro< lived and con
tents carefully noted writ lg me clamor
ing for martial law to be proclaimed in
■ ones, Twiggs and Wilk ason counties.
You are the only person 1 eing—white or
colored that has made su h a demand or
request. I am inclin and to think
that you don’t know the effect of mar
tial law. If your roque : was granted
there would simply be a s< uad of Federal
soldiers stationed somewho e in one of the
three counties, and the L.'e nocracy would
immediately take control o them, by fe d
ing them and giving then whiskey; and
judging tho future by the i ast, you would
be worse off witli them in y >ur midst than
without them. Our friends here say that it
is about time that you colo; xl people were
able to take care of yourse res, if you ever
intend to do it. They say 1 hat you have
been free Beveu ( years, and tl it if youeann >t
get along without contini illy crying for
help, they don’t know what s to become of
you.
Yesterday we had up the vu-Klux Bill in
the House on its passage, md more than
twenty Republicans voted gainst it. Ev
ery vote that 1 cast is foi the interest of
your people. I never vof* against your
rights. I have voted re; atodly l'or the
Civil Rights and Ku-Klu* Bills. I give
your people offices in Gooi; Ha and in the
Departments here, ami si li you are not
satisfi and. What more do w nt? If you are
a sensible man—and I take it for granted
that you are—you know th .t I have doue
all that I can do.
Respectfully
Tholias J. Speer.
Special Presentments If the Wasli
ingtion County Grijud J ury.
We, tho grand jurors oj the County of
V\ ashington, elected, chosel and sworu for
this, a special term orderell by his Honor
Judge Hershal V. Johnson,Jfor the investi
gation and trial of suclf cases as are
charged with an attempt t<| incite au insur
rection, make tho followingjpresentment:
Through the idispensagion of* a kind
and merciful Providence Jo - eyes of our
people were opened in t jne to stay the
threatened demons’ bloiSty hand, and
thanks many and loud shoSild be raised to
high Heaven in praise of fiat good Lord
who lias saved us from so Ifloody a scene
as that so seriously appretjmded. Wo en
tered upon the discharge of the duties im
posed upon us with great clre with great
solemnity—knowing full \(ol! its weighty
responsibilities. Notwithstanding the atro
ciousness of the crime charred wo succeed
ed well, we think, and trust in dispelling
all selfishness, all prejudice, all bitterness
that such conduct is so will calculated to
incite iu our weak njiture. Know
ing well our actions : ould be se
verely criticised, uothwitlu tauding all the
precautions we could possess our
selves of, wo entered fea; less qf conse
quences upon tho disuhargefuf the impor
tant trusts and have the lia ipy oouscious
nessof having done our full duty. In the
presentments of the March term of this
Court wo congratulated oil’ people upon
tho improved morals, t. o prosperity,
peace and quiet that reigtsxl among us.
We in terms earnest and a;l strong as we
had language to command! complimented
his Honor for the improvedjstatus of our
county brought about by hiS rigid admin
istration of tho law, not ini tlm lean an
ticipaLing such a diabolical fmcragem our
midst os has called this spe lal ses -flon of
the court. Some of us bu a few courts
past nerved upon a Gran Jury of this
court congratulating our p. >ple upon the
good feeling that prevailed between the
races and cautioned our i -olored people
against those seeking to sti up strife and
arraign the races in antag .uisin to each
other. How sad to-day, tho seeming
charges, how unfortunate il.r botli races,
The colored people have seemingly allowed
\Vicke(| and designing men tl inflame their
gasme ns to such an extent tiat Some have
een inspired by the wlckedjme to take the
lives of not only our men bit poor, inno
cent and unsuspecting wolieu and chil
dren, sad indeed to contemplate if true.
In o jr investigations we flund the major
portion of the cases chargijd with ah at
tempt to incite an insurrei? ion, where the
testimony was most decidfd as to their
gpflt, irom the counties of Laurens and
Johnson. Tho larger portion arrested ill
this county we are of opin|>n we're duped
into these nefarious plots tiz a few wicked
demons, such as the so-ifailed General
Rivers, of South Carolina, i General” Mor-
ris, of Burke county, and a few others in
this and adjoining counties. Believing
this, we recommended the discharge of
those that were so deceived and misguided,
believing the severe lesson taught would
be regarded as a warning, and in fnture
would give a deaf ear to such abominable
wickedness and co-operate with all good
citizens in suppressing crime, for, without
peace and prosperity among us, no happi
ness can exist. Cannot we cherish tne
hope, believing the larger portion of our
colored people knew nothing of the plot,
that in the future our relaiions will be un
derstood ? Let this be the earnest desire
and effort yf every good citizen, not only
of Washington county, but of all this sec
tion of country.
Tiie indiscriminate arrest by our officials,
though actuated by the best of motives, is
exceedingly unfortunate, and to bo regret
ted. for so large a debt saddled upon Wash
ington county, at times so trying linancial
ly, is indeed burthensorne upon our peo
ple, uow all oppressed in nuances. The
liberal policy pursued in holding those
charged with an attempt to incite an in
surrection from other counties, Laurens
and Johnson was suicidal and hasty, as
they were not within the jurisdiction of
this court, and should have been imprison
ed and tried in the counties where the
crimes wore committed, and we commend
his Honor Judge Johnson for giving such
direction, as no doubt they will be dealt
with as such gross offenders of the law so
richly deserve.
Wo cannot too highly commend our peo
ple for the wisdom and discretion display
ed by them under sucli circumstances. Not
a gun fired or a drop of blood spilt. Whilst
we were so much exasperated,, we have
wisely submitted our grievance to the
proper tribunal, believing justice would be
meted out to all. We cannot but repeat
our congratulations at our people with
holding violent hands and allowed wisdom
moderation, and justice to prevail.
We were deeply impressed with tho charge
of his Honor, Judge Johnson, for the whole
some advice given us and the expounding
of the laws to us; also for the wisdom dis
played iu having this charge made in such
shape as not to be misconstrued, for, as
stated, the responsibility involved in the
trials are momentous in importance, not
only to the county, but to the whole coun
try. The legal abilities, as well as the
weight of character so riciily possessed by
his Honor, makes it indeed grateful to us
that such trials are under his charge, for
no one will dare impugn the motives and
acts of so great, so good and so wise a man.
We offer, as a proof of our appreciation
of his Honor’s charge, the result of our la
bors in laying hands on the leaders of such
nefarious: and wicked plots, and recom
mend the discharge of the following par
ties : Mack Dorch, George Usher, Coving
ton Kol ey, Jesse Dem is, Tom Kelys, Jas.
Sessions, Win. Smith, Erwin Shepherd, Jesse
Kittrell, Calvin Shepherd, Simon Harnel,
Richard Edwards, Fred. Snel l , Virgil Walk
er, Mitchell Harris, John Harris. John Ro
berts, Dan Smith, Alexander Taylor, March
Fitzpatrick, Ed. Jackson, Mase Peacock,
Howard Dillard, Jack Hall, Robert Robi
son, Ned Peacock, Adam Speriks, Aster
Hunter, Willis Duggan, believing they were
misguided, deceived and duped into these
mischievous and wicked plans by the par
ties named, and that the general good will
bo subserved by such action.
In taking leave of Judge Herschel V.
Johnson we .would be doing violence to our
feelings and great injustice to his Honor’s
merits were we not to tender our heartfelt
thanks for his courtesies to this body, and
for his wise administration of the laws,
making crime odious to evil-doers. To the
Attorney General, Col. N. J. Hammond,
wo also tender our sincere and earnest
thanks for his presence with us in so se
vere and trying an occasion; also for the
courtesies extended v.s and the impartiality’
and ability displayed in the management
of the prosecution of the cases put upon
trial; also to the Solicitor General, John
W. Robison,f not only for the many courte
sies extended this body, but also for the
facilities offered ui in dispatching the bus
iness befo erf us.
TBeophilus J. Smith,
Foreman,
Reply ot'kjon. llersehel V. Johnson
Tudge Presiding.
Mb. Foreman and Gen icemen of the
Grand Jury: With groat interest 1 have
listened to tho communication you have
just presented. I desire to say a few words
in response to matters suggested iu it, and
I address myself to the citizens present,
generally, as well as to yourselves.
You have passed through a trying or
deal. Whether justly or unjustly, the
white people of this county believed that
■n the part of the black people there lias
been an intention to commit acts of vio
lence and to deprive the white citizens, in
discriminately, of their lives—that whole
sale assassination was contemplated. That
belief was well calculated to excite in
dignation and arouse feelings of re
venge in tho minds of the white
citizens. It is highly < reditable to
the white people of this and other
counties involved that no acts of vi
olence were committed, but that the deter
mination pervaded generally that it would
be better to appeal to the forms and prin
ciples of the law. That has been done.—
One case has been tried and all tbe facts
connected— connected under the rules of
law—have been brought before the country.
Many of you h tve heard the testimony.
The jury who tried the case hoard the tes
timony; they heard the argument of coun
sel for th State and for the accused. The
Judge presented the law in his charge as
he understood it. The jury have returned
a verdict of not guilty as to the one against
whom most evidence was supposed to
exist.
Now, gentlemen—fellow citizens —it is
very probable that there may be some per
sons In the c >unty who are impatient; who
are disposed to feel that ir, is necessary that
somebody should be punished; who are not
satisfied with the termination of the case
that has been tried. To all such let me say,
as the result of years of experi nee and ol'
a profound study of the relations of man
kind to each other, and the duties they owe
to tho law—let mo say, as your triend and
fellow citizen; as a true-hearted Georgian,
who never had an impulse disloyal to her
interests—a son of your State, whose an
cestors sleep iu Georgian earth; in whose
bosom lie expects before many days to
sleep; let me say, whatever may be
your feelings of discontent, arising
from the result of this investigation, what
ever may have been your apprehensions
as to what is past, or are your apprehen
sions as to what is yet to come, let me ad
monish you not to violate the laws of the
land, that law Is your protection whilst
you are in tlm peace of the State and in the
fear of Uoi*< that law is the protection of
every man of every class whilst confirmed,
submitted to, but is armed w.th veng
auceagainst those who violate Its man
dates. Whilst I sit on this bench, the man
who violates that law and is convicted,
shall feel its vengance. 1, therefore, im
plore all my fellow citizens, after this
calm investigation has been made, to coin
cide in the result and to endeavor to es
tablidiand maintain relations of flarmony
and good will witfl all, of every color, race
and condition. Be sure you do not cherish
the spirit ot enmity and revenge against
those of the opposite race.
To my colored friends let me say that I
do not believe that there is any hostility on
the part of the white people towards you.
I do believe that it is possible for you to
live iu harmony with the white people. The
very trial wind; has just taken place here
shows that Whatever prejudices may have
been in existence a colored man in this
country may liaye, and has had, a fair and
impartial tfiq.l and should satisfy you that
no enmity exists against you as a people.
When you feel convinced that any law
of the land. is 3 oppressive, is wrong, try
to get a rectification through the bal
lot box and a change by lawful means of
such laws as are not to your satisfaction.
Never, never, never band yourselves to
gether to subvert the law or attempt to in
cite any one tq j in In' afly combined resis
tance te thb lawful authority of the State.
Never, never, cohceive any such hor
rid and demoniac purpose as to
murder at night those who are
sleeping in their beds. Never, never at
tempt such a crime. There may be some
white people who have done harm to you
or to some of you, but you cannot say that
all white people are guilty of injustice or
oppression to all colored people. That is
as unjust as it ia to say that, because h few
black people are bad. all are bad. Try to do
rignt. Try to entertaia feeliugs of peace, of
love*, towards all mankind. The man who
has just been tried is a proaoher of tiie
Gospel. I would admonish him that that
Gospel teaches us all to love one another—
to love our enemies. “Love your ene
mies,’ 1 it says, “ bless them that curse you,
do good to the* that hate you.” That is
the Gospel it is his province to preach. -If
he has been a participator in this Alleged
sphqme ot
professions he makes ip the pulpit apd has
disgraced'the clothes lie wears ms a min
ister of the Gospel of Love and Peace!
My friends and fellow citizens, we are as
Copnsel has said in the trial, all in the
same boat. Both colors are hpre. It is our
interest to live together in harmony. On
the one hand you, my colored friends, can
furnish the labor. You are compelled to
labor for a living, as well as the white peo
ple are. The white people need your labor
and have means to pay you for it. Capital
and labor should work together in har
mony, parallel with each other, and make
the best of their condition. We should all
be controlled by these principles and be
guided in our conduct by these considera
tions. Let all men, white and black feel
that we are under tho law and under
government. Out of that our liberties are
secured. If that law is not enforced
1 berty is a myth; and it is tho duty of the
government to enforce the law.
Fellow-citizens, let us feel our responsi
bility as citizens, and look not for present
good only, but for the benelit also of those
who are to come after us; for if there is
anything which should be most dear to us
all it is that we may leave to our children
the heritage of.wise law's and a wholesome
government.
LETTER FROM GERMANY.
Leaving England—Brussels Modern
ized—The Stenches of Cologne—A
Day on the Rhine—The Great Spa
audits Visitors—The Countess Neu
renburg and Her Two Husbands—
How Emperor William Treated the
Duke of Nassau—Sir Frederick Ham
ilton and llis Works—“ Aux Italiens”
—German Thrift and Power.
[European Correspondence of tho Constitu
tionalist.]
Wiesbaden, August 10th, 1855.
With tho stream of deserters we
found ourselves turning our backs on
Old England on the 4th inst., facing
the horrors of the channel, though,
with sinking hearts. Of course, every
one was ill—how could it be otherwise
when that ill-tempered element, the
sea, is exerting itself to tho utmost for
the discomfiture of man. It generally
triumphs. Taking the train from Calais
we awoke the next morning in
Brussels,
a most interesting place to me on ac
count, of its many historical as
sociations. Unfortunately a spirit
of progression, we will call it,
has seized the inhabitants and
a great many of the quaint old
streets are being torn down to give
place to handsome stone houses and
shops, no doubt more habitable but not
so picturesque. Tiie market place is
left as it was in old times —the scene of
the execution of the unfortunate Horn
and Egmont. From Brussels on to
Cologne,
the name suggestive of sweet odors,
but alas! a delusion, and I imagine a
judicious expenditure of time employed
in scrubbing tho streets with (sweet
scented) cologne water would be most
gratifying to the senses of the tourist.
As we arrived in a pouring thunder
storm, I had no chance of revisiting
tiie Cathedral, which I had only a hur
ried glimpse of during a former visit.
The next morning we took the boat,
and, after a most charming day on the
Rhine, we landed at Biberich and drove
over from there to this pretty
Spa,
embedded iu trees. Tho place is very
full, and, as all over Germany, there is
a feast of music. A capital band plays
three times a day—iu the evening in
the pretty gardens of tho Kursalle,
which are always crowded. There is
not much display of beauty this year,
or handsome toilettes, as, since the
gambling tables have been done away
with, an entirely different set of people
come iiere, mostly of the higher class
of Euglish.
The Countess Neurenburg,
wife of Prince Nicolas of Nassau (mor
ganatic marriage), is a very handsome
woman, and has a sad and romantic
history. Her former husband, a Rus
sian, ill-treated her to such a degree
that on her return to Russia, after an
absence of ten years, she returned to
her parents and procured a divorce.
Owing to some absurd law iu Russia,
she would not have been able to pro
cure the divorce had she left him iu a
foreigu country. She was, therefore,
obliged to bide her time, and submit to
his brutal treatment during all that
time. Shortly after the divorce Prince
Nicolas fell in love with her and mar
ried her. As he is not rich, they live
very quietly in the town.
The Duke of Nassau,
his eldest brother, has been dispossess
ed by the Emperor Wilhelm, aud has
deserted his beautiful chateau at Bibe
rich, leaving it to fall into ruin. The
Emperor actually took possession of
his house linen. He was paid a large
sum of money in compensation, but
tlit scarcely alters the injustice of the
proceeding. IJe has retired in disgust
aud indignation to Vienna, where he
has fixed his abode. A shooting box
of his, about four miles from this,
is also deserted. The house is ou a
hill, and from the outsido presents a
very interesting appearance, beiug a
square, white building. Inside, how
ever, the walls are lined with deers’
heads and antlers, aud iu the Duke’s
own apartments the furniture, with no
single exception, is made of deers’
horns—tables, ohairs, writing tables,
bed, etc. —even to the clocks and tiie
chandeliers are ornamented with boars’
tusks. It does not give one an idea of
“ blessed repose,” and a night spent
in the house would most assuredly
give one a nightmare. The woods
about, which used to be Ailed with
deer aud wild boars, are very dense
and romantic and a nice place for a
pic-nic. The house is, however, desert
ed by the Duke,
The Cause of the Quarrel
was that the Duke wished to live quiet
ly at liis chateau at Biberich, the
grounds of which had long been open
to the public, and when he announced
his intention of having theiq for his
private use, the public claimed that
they had a right from long possession.
The case was tried, and given most un
justly against the Puke, He has a
slight revenge however, as the chateau
is sadly out of repair, aud the gardens
have to bo kept up by the govern
ment.
In September the Emperor is to re
view
’J’Lh Troops at Berlin,
and it is to be a grand affair. Lieut,
Pen. Sir Frederick Hamilton, K. C. 8.,
who is here at present, is to represent
England. He is the author of the
“History of the Greuadier Guards,”
and has kindly lent me the reviews on
his work, which was flip-bed last year.
He brings in the revolutionary war of
America, iu his book, with many in
teresting incidents.
The Opera
is going on, but it is so much more en
joyable to sit in the open air aud listen
to the band that I have not yet been
tempted. On Saturday Madame Tye
belli Bettiui will prove qtrqng attrac
tion, with her splendid contralto voice.
The Germans certainly understand the
art of making pleasure of pieqauye,
and not the hard \york Americans
and English mqke of our enjoyments.
Tfoa opeya begins at half-past six and
is all over before ten. The balls begin
at eight and finish at eleven ! No won
der.
New Series —Voi. 28, No. 28.
LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
The Gate City Trying to Get Up an
“ Insurrection”—Fizzing of the Beer
Barrel—A First Class Sensation Lu
dicrously Spoiled—Water Works on
a Perpetual Burst—How an Enter
prising City is Bedeviled by Colored
Communists—Political and Meteoro
logical.
i From Our Regular Correspondent.]
Atlanta, September 3, 1875.
Alas!
Before the gold had tinted the East
ern hills and the day put his working
clothes on last Saturday morning, all
Atlanta was in fever heat, and kept the
calorie up to that degree until this
morning. The chances wore absolutely
splendid for a big sensation—some
thing that the progressive citizen of
Atlanta could stand knee-deep in gory
glory, and, floating the bright banner
of victory, sing paeans to Energy, and
then, with the old flag wrapped around
his enterprising body and a copy of the
glorious Constitution in his hand, kick
the bucket, in full hope of having a
cenotaph perched majestically above
his clay ! The people were excited, and
the cork in the usual bottle started and
creaked as it impatient to pop out and
let flz the eager sensation. And this is
what brought all the fuss about. The
colored citizen here has a hall, known
as King’s Hall, where he meets with his
club, his millingtary and benevolent
s’cieties. A merchant doing business
near this hall, which is situated on
Peachtree street, had occasion to go
into his store rather late last Friday
night, and hearing voices in the ne
gro’s hall, lent an ear and listened.
What he heard sent the cold chills
through his back-bone, froze his blood,
aud seduced from their pomaded lairs
the hair on his head, which assumed a
position of erection, and otherwise de
moralized him. He had discovered a
meeting of insurrectionists—of red
hot fanatics—concocting diabolical
plans whereby they would exterminate
the white trash and run this Govern
ment according to the provisions of the
Civil Rights bill. I quote from a city
paper the substance of the remarks
overheard by this peeping Tom :
The gentleman says: “I heard the
speaker say, *we are strong as the
white people, and we must not let them
treat us any way they want to. We
must hold out for ourselves and stick
together. This here little fuss down
yonder is nothing. Our people were
not whipped, they were overpowered.
That is not the beginning of the war.
Ws will show them in 76 how the thing
works, aud that they can’t treat us any
way. We will have our rights. This
is a free country, an’d we are entitled
to our rights. See how they treated
us in the last election up here at the
City Hall. We sent out to the gar
rison and got a company of soldiers,
but when they got there they would
not come inside the yard. Here the
speaker got rather severe on the sol
diers and the Federals aud Republicans
generally for not taking more interest
and assist in carrying that election,
when he was called to ordtff- by some
brother. Remarks were made by seve
ral, when the speaker proceeded and
said, I know what I am talking about;
you don’t know anything about it, and
I was sent here to tell you.
Ho then spoke at some length on
politics anti political questions in gen
eral, when finally everything became
still. The chair—for there seemed to
be a presiding officer—appointed a
committee to decide the question. Then
he could hear soft whispering. Finally
someone announced, “Mr. Speaker,
the committee decides that they had no
right to give us citizenship ”
The eaves-d Topping merchant quaked
in his boots. The progressive people
of Atlanta wero on the brink or war,
and ho alone of the people possessed
the fatal secret! Goodness gracious !
As I said before, the lazy sun had not
shaken off the drowsy god ere the se
cret went wliisperingly around, ft was
borne along on every soft zephyr that
could waft through back alleys to every
Atlantese. Old men shrugged their
drooping shoulders and shook their
frosted heads in a knowing way, theq,
went home and buckled on their fusees.
Young men, in whose manly bosoms
volcauoed the hot, gushy blood of the
chivalrous Southron, bravely strapped
on their revolvers; Young America
put keen edges on their Barlows and
put new rubbers ou their Alabama
slings ; timid women hustled in their
childron and locked all the doors ; and
the young ladies unbuckled their tie
backs and put their understandings in
good running order. Then came a
gloom of painful silence over the hith
erto bustling town. The rolling mill
stopped work, the watevworks quietly
burst a few pipes and the excavation
for the new post office sank a foot or
two, as if getting out of the way oi the
coming carnage. The people'quietly
congregated in silent ’squads and
eyed each passing freed man
with charming frenzy. The metro
politan press with a fear-abounding
editorial, cautiously transfused the
irritated blood of the hero--merohaut
into the soul-stirring interview between
a rampant reporter and the fortunate
uippor-imthe-bud of the forth-coming
disaster, Spooial police were ready to
be sworn in, and the Governor was
about to telegraph for one of your com
panies, aud the telegraph operators
were in breathless readiness to flash
the news to the foqr quarters or the
Earth, when the bubble burst!
Alas ! The meeting which was over
heard by the trembling merohant
turned out to be only a temperance
meeting, and were disoussing the ques
tion in debate, “Did the North act
wisely in restoring the South to citizen
ship so soon ?”
The armed citizenry went home this
morning and deposited their howitzers
in their usual plaoes, and then went to
business as if nothing had happened,
but the coy smile that hovered around
the pinky noses told too plainly that,
next tQ being cut out of a custom
house, scare did more toward bring
ing labor down to less than eighty-ftve
cents a day than anything that has oc
curred since Bullock was Governor.
The Water Works
are a success, so far as having the en
gine and reservoir all right, but the
constant hursting of pipes is sad. Up
to to-day, this marvellous gurgle has
ooat the city the sum of .$256,102.53,
The Council yesterday decided to issue
$60,000 iu 7 per cent, bonda,. which they
think can be easily and advantageous
ly disposed of. The final and great
test will take place on the 11th, when
the railroads will reduce the fare in
order that the people living in the
country towns of Macon, Augusta, Sa
vannah, Romo and Sawdust can come
and gaze upon Atlanta’s magnificence
and grandeur. The metropolitan ureas 1
unblushingly herald the announcement
that “the city will be flooded with
strangers op that day, as if it was on
the 4th of Juiy.” It is not stated
To Advertisers and Subscribers.
On and after this date (April 21, 1875,) all
editions of the Constitutionalist will be sent
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Advertisements must be paid for when han
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Announcing or suggesting Candidates for
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Monet may be remitted at our risk by Express
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Correspondence invited from all sources,
and valuable special news paid for if used.
Rejected Communications will not be re
turned. and no notice taken of anonymous
letters, or articles written on both sides,
whether Mr. Stephens will deliver an
address. Brother Hicockalorum Kim
ball will no doubt be on hand.
Addition, Division and Silence
seems to be the order of the night with
the insurrectionists in this struggling
hamlet. You have only to leave a back
window open, and the gontle savage
takes it as a broad invitation, and if he.
does’nt come that night aud harrow
your soul, he’ll send his brother. The me
tropolitan police are too busy lighting
lamps and performing other extra labor
to keep vigilant eyes upon these noc
turnal smoke-house interviewers, hene#
ascot freedom is allowed —an allow
ance duly and eagerly appreciated.—
The genuine grief of an average Atlan
ta progressive at the loss of a few hams
and a sack of flour by one of these af
ternight soirees, is calculated to wrench
red hot tears from Greok statuary. He
evidently regrets such a loss with more
damnable vehemence than tho man of
any other town beneath the moon. It
hurts him all over, and it takes years—
decades of years—to purge his system
of that frenzied regret.
The nigger is at a loss for a living,
and during the day he deliberates
whether it is nobler in tho stomach to
suffer the slings and arrows of out
rageous hunger or to go out at night
and hook it. When night comes with
her sable train, the sable deliberator
has concluded his considerations and
is ready to encounter the hardships of
getting into and out of tho back
windows. Of late these depredations
are of nightly occurrence, and it is
often the case that three aud four hap
pen tho same night.
Tlie Attorneyship.
Expectancy still sits perched upon
the ragged cliffs of luck, and awaits
with ill-concealed patience. Brother
John A. Wimpey, the outrageous
ourang, is now mentioned in connec
tion with the coveted office. Johnnie
is a peculiar cuss, and its a hard mat
ter to place him. You can’t gauge his
chances. ' He has a way of keeping the
points of his luck or ill-luck so effec
tually covered by the flowing-skirts of
his long tailed coat that he is his own
magazine of secrets aud invariably his
self-adviser. The chances for the dozen
other county-loving aspirants are yet
in statu quo. The tickle telegraph has
not as yet flashed the fiat, and in tho
meant ime everything is quiet along tho
main pipe of the water works.
Weather,
The past day or so reminds one of
the sun-clad days of July. The air
has been oppressively hot aud verv
little breeze stirring. The mosquito
whines his roundelay, evidently un
mindful of the fact that the summer
has gone off on an excursion. The
dust covers the shoe-fcops and just
about reaches tho embroidered edges
of our panta—loons. Martha.
WAR OF RACES.
Fight Between Mississippi Whites and
Blacks—Battle Between Whites and
Indians.
Vicksburg, Miss., September 4.—A
difficulty occurred at a Republican
meeting at Clinton, Miss., to-day.
Three whites—Charles Chilton, of Clin
ton ; Martin SlVfily and Mr. Thompson,
of Raymond, are reported killed. Three
negroes killed and several whites and
negroes wounded. No positive infor
mation received regarding the origin of
the conflict. About 150 armed whites
from this place and 50 from Edwards
and Bolton arrived at Clinton this eve
ning to protect the town. Tho negroes
are repoited arming aud threatening
another fight.
Denver, Col., September 4.—Par
ticulars have been received of an en
gagement on the 15th of August be
tween the Gardner and Genjnett party
of Hayden’s survey and a baud of
Sierra Lasal Utes near the line be
tween Colorado and Utah, aud near
tho lino of New Mexico. Tho light
lasted twenty-one hours, and resulted
in a loss to tho Gardner and Geunett
party of all their baggage and nearly
all their provisions. They all escaped
without injury.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
Restoration of Confidence—The Elec
tion—The Legislature Strongly Dem
ocratic.
San Francisco, September 4.—There
is nothing new to report in financial or
commercial circles this morning. Quiet
and confidence prevail, and business is
moving along in the usual manner.
No further election returns, calcu
lated to modify the last report, have
been received. Tho Legislature is un
doubtedly strongly Democratic, but re
turns are as yet very meagre.
The ship Isabella struck on tho Bel
lona reef on the night of July 4th.
Seventeen Chinese passengers were
left on board with a boat. Officers and
crew left in a boat Six raon remained
on the island. The captain, mate and
eighteen oT the crew pulled for tho
Australian coast until picked up by a
schooner and taken to Bowen.
San Francisco, September 4.—lt has
been reported t-hat the Bank of Cali
fornia was largely indebted to the
United States mint here. The bank
has been refining for tho mint, and it
was supposed the indebtedness was
incurred through that channel. The
Superintendent of the mint states to
day that on the contrary tho mint
owes the bank §125,000, payable on de
mand.
FTNERAL OF THE SUICIDE.
Catholic Priests Refuse to Officiate
New York, September 4.— Pietra
Vflini was buried yesterday at City
Island,‘where he committed suicide
Tuesday last. Deceased having been
Roman Catholic, it was desired to have
the funeral services performed by
the clergyman of that church, but, al
though several of the Catholic priests
were applied to, none could be induced
to officiate at the grave of a suicide,
aud Rev Mr. Monuelli, a Protestant
Episcopal Minister, performed that
duty.
Minor Telegrams.
New 7 York, September 4.—The pre
siding Bishop of the Protestant Epis
copal Church called a special meeting
of the House of Bishops at Grace
Churob, New York, October 28th, to
elect Missionary Bishops for Africa and
China, and receive the report of the
Mexican Commission.
Suspension of a Norfolk Bank.
Norfolk, Va., September 4.—The
Mercantile Bunk of this city suspended
this aftefuaoa. It is claimed assets
will poy-er liabilities.
Now, young man, listen while we tel
you how to pop the question. Get your
junebug well eornered where no one
can overhear you, and then poke thisa
couvmdrum at her;