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The Bank of California has not yet re
sumed.
Ye John Chinaman has most humbly
apologized to John Bull for the outrage
upon his consul ; at which we are not in the
least surprised.
The Indians of Nevada and Western
Utah are in revolt, and troops have beeji
set in motion from San Francisco against
them.
The effort to ship green peaches from
Delaware to Europe, packed in Ice, has
failed. The ice gave out in mid ocean, and
the fruit arrived rotten. But if the ice had
held out, what then ? Try that over.
It looks like the Carli3ts are abput gone
up. We will be glad when the war is over.
The lighting all put together would not
amount to a clever battle with other na
tions.
The drouth continues. We have had no
rains in Georgia for ten or twelve days.
Grass is rapidly dying out, and our forests
are beginning to show evident signs of de
caying foliage.
We were requested yesterday afternoon
not to publish the Conyers rape case, but
as it was telegraphed everywhere in an
Associated Press dispatch we copy it in
th it form.
The Government has been in constant
communication with the Mississippi au
thorities about the Clinton riot, but for the
first time in years no troops have been
called for. The Radicals have evidently
weakened on that line.
The dispatches this morning officially
settle the California election. The Demo
crats elected the Mayor and a majority of
the municipal ticket of San Francisco, the
Governor and the rest of the State ticket,
and in the lino of Congressmen made a
clean sweep.
We publish in the Ueorgia news column
the straight of the late bloody light in Lau
rens county between the Sheriff and his
posse and four or live negroes they were
trying to arrest. The trouble was an inci
dent of the Joe Morris war. We regret
that it wasn’t Joe and his staff who fell
iuto the hands of that posse c omitatua.
We publish elsewhere a communication
relative to the Rome bonds question, which
assails an ’‘editorial” in this paper. A local
notice appeared in the Constitutionalist
on that subject, and C. H. S., who Is a gen
tleman of wit, ability and intelligence, has
lired his 10-inch Columbiad at that, under
the mistaken apprehension that it was a
“double leaded editorial.”
We are glad to note the very great Im
provement in trade. Augusta has already
received 766 bales of new cotton, 459 of
which came in since Saturday. The re
ceipts yesterday summed up 149 bales.
Trade in the city has greatly enlivened,
especially in bagging, ties and general
plantation supplies. Ten days hence it will
ft j many times greater t han now’.
<•-
The North Carolina Convention yester
day elected Edward Ransom President.
He was the regular nominee of the Demo
cratic delegates. We publish his brief ad
dress upon taking the chair, and if the
speakers will be ae short tho convention
need not be in session long. As we pre
dicted several days ago, there is not the
remotest chance of its adjourning without
action.
The rebels of Bosnig, Montenegro and
Herzegovina made a poor fight. All they
did was to murder prisoners taken with
out arms and roast Turkish children alive.
Of course this not only gained them no
ympathy from the outside, but excited
the disgust aud execrat'on of the civilized
world. They were worse than we ever
knew the Turks. We knew little of their
character at the beginning of the revolt,
?oid that character as now revealed is of
the lowest kind. We have no doubt of the
t ruth of the dispatches this morning, that
T urkey has put the rebellion nearly down.
After being given a grand barbecue at
Oxford, Miss., the home of Col. Lamar,
Senat >r Gordon received a great ovation
at Holly Springs yesterday. He made a
very conservative speech, in which he
drew a parallel between rich, prosperous,
happy, Democratic Georgia, and poor, de
spairing, unhappy, Radical Mississippi.
The one was governed by statesmen and
honest men, the other by rapscallions and
carpet-baggers. The brilliant Senator no
doubt drew the picture true to life, and pre
sented an appalling contrast. It was just
such a contrast as the Georgia of to-day
with tho Georgia under Bullock and his
band of confederated thieves. Wei Ido we
know what that means.
There was a heavy battle between the
Russians, under General Kauffman, and
the Khokund rebels, on the 4th, in which
the latter, thirty thousand strong and well
posted, were completely routed. So says
tiie St. Petersburg dispatch received last
night. These Kokund people are nothing
but Chinese of another and a little different
shade. They will not stand long before
the highly disciplined and enlightened
troops of the Czar. The steady march of
the Muscovite into the heart of Asia must
be looked upon with extreme anxiety and
jealousy by England. It will not be arrested
until it runs up to the British Dominion in
India. It is a swift race which will take
possession first of that remaining. In
either event we can congratulate the
present inhabitants and everybody else all
around. The British and Russian rifled
cannon and breech-loading muskets aie
the best “missionaries” we know of.
lyauffman is the biggest kind of Bishop,
and will do more good in a week than
Heber and all his disciples did during their
lives.
The collision between the white and
black people at Clinton, Miss., was most
bloody. At least forty negro* s were kill
ed and a great juany wounded. The whites
hold the town while the negroes have be
come completely demoralized and scatter
ed. Gov. Ames has callod upon Gen.
George Chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee, to help him restore or
der. Clinton is a small town on the Vicks
burg and Jackson Eailroad, in a densely
populated negro country. The colored
people thereabouts outnumber the whites
three or four to one, but it would seem at
these great odds they are no match for the
whites In a light. The Radical party has no
doubt been at the bottom of all this trouble.
Governor Ames got up the Vicksburg riot,
last year, for the purpose of sending for
ward many bloody shirts to help his party
carry Northern States. Mr. Da mar, in a
speech at Holly Springs, yesterday, directly
charges him with the murder of the colored
people who fell in the attack upon that city.
He has no doubt again driven them to
slaughter, for the double purpose of carry
ing Mississippi and Ohio. But it will only
have the effect of frightening the negroes
from the polls in Mississippi, and be receiv
ed as a stale old story in Ohio. Butler
taught his son-in-law, Ames, his politics.
He is a thoroughly unprincipled fellow,
saturated with scoundrelism, with love for
the negro to the extent he cap use him for
pid purposes.
SOlje Stnonstoi Constitutionalist
Established 1799.
THE CLINTON RIOT.
Forty Negroes Killed and a Great
Many Wounded—The Whites Hold
the Tow n—The Blacks Scattered.
Clinton, Miss., September 7.—About
forty negroes have been killed and
many wounded. The whites hold
possession of the town and the negroes
have scattered in all directions. The
leaders are said to be in Jackson.
The Governor has called on General
George, Chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee, to assist in re
storing order. All quiet at present,
10 p. in.
The News at Washington—No Troops
Called For.
Washington, September 7. Tele
grams have been received by the At
torney General from the United States
District Attorney and theUpited States
Marshal at Jackson, Mississippi, with
reference to the recent disturbances
there between white and colored citi
zens. The information these telegrams
convey is substantially to the effect
that at a political meeting held at Clin
ton, in Mississippi, on Saturday last, a
row originated, during which three
whites and four colored persons were
killed and many were wounded. There
does not seem to be any attack or vio
lation of laws so far as United States
authorities are concerned, and up to a
late hour this afternoon there have
been no suggestions in any way from
Federal officials which should lead to
the interference of the General
Government, though Jackson was re
presented as being in a very high state
of excitement, and the officials send
ing the telegrams were of the opinion
that the State authorities were power
less to prevent the continuation of the
disorder. The Attorney General has
telegraphed to the District Attorney
and the United States Marshal at Jack
son to do all in their power to preserve
order, but as there has been no call
from the United States authorities for
assistance no further directions have
been given. Should application be
made from officers of the General Gov
ernment, stationed in the disturbed
places, for aid in preserving the laws
or supporting their official authority,
it is probable that the Attorney Gen
eral would ask for the assistance of
the military, but up to this time there
have been no such demands or sugges
tions.
THE NORTH CAROLINA CONVEN
TION.
Dr. Edward Ransom Elected Presi
dent —His Address.
Raleigh, SeptembU 7.— Dr. Edward
Ransom, the Democratic nominee for
President of the Constitutional Con
vention, was elected to-day on the 14th
ballot, thus securing a Democratic
organization of that body. Dr. Ransom
on taking the chair said : “Gentlemen
of the Convention : I regret exceed
ingly the lack of language to express
my gratitude. I did not desire this
position, I deprecated it. I doubted
my ability to properly discharge its
duties, iut I understood ilie object of
the Convention to be to consider such
amendments to the Constitution as
shall meet the approbation of the peo
ple, and as the presiding officer of this
body my earnest aim shall be to dis
charge my duties with that im
partiality and fairness that will not
only be acceptable to my fellow mem
bers but redown to the interests of our
good old commonwealth. I now de
clare this Convention duly organized
and ready for the transaction of
business.”
The election in Orange county to
supply the vacancy occasioned by the
death of ex-Gov. Graham takes place
on the 16th, after which the Democrats
claim an easy working majority in the
Convention.
The Affairs of the California National
Gold Bank.
San Francisco, September 7.—The
President of the Natioual Gold Bank
and Trust Company stated that ar
rangements had been made for the re
demption of their gold notes to the
amount of 8300,000 at the United States
Treasury. The bank is gradually pro
gressing towards redemption. It has
already liquidated over half its de
posits, and is collecting, paying out aud
settling with customers as rapidly as
possible. It is in constant receipt of
lemittances from country correspon
dents. and is paying its drafts and re
ceiving deposits from city customers,
and paying checks against some, in
tending thus gradually to resume and
retain their business. The President
states that they are supported in this
plan of action by their creditors, al
most without exception, as being better
for the general interest than to hoard
coin for a formai resumption.
INDIAN OUTBREAK IN NEVADA.
Mormon Influences at Work—The
Bank of California.
San Francisco, September 7.—An ex
tensive Indian outbreak is reported in
Eastern Nevada and Western Utah. A
number of settlers and miners have
been killed, women and children being
removed to places of safety. Troops
of volunteers are going to the scene.
The military commander in this city
has been asked for arms and ammuni
tion. Orders have been issued for in
fantry and cavalry to proceed a: once
from this city and Benicia to Eastern
Nevada. The rising is attributed to
Mormon influences.
Nothing new concerning the Bank of
California. Arrangements are proceed
ing quietly aud prosperously towards a
settlement.
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THE TURF.
Prospect Park Races.
New York, September 7.— The Pros
pect Park Fair Grounds were fairly at
tended. The first race, two miles, over
eight hurdles, was won by Coronet;
Moonstone second, Cariboo third . Time,
3:5G. Moonstone was the favorite. The
second race, three-quarters of a mile,
for two-year olds, was won by Free
booter ; Mollio Carew second, Wood
land third. Time, 1:19. The third race,
mile heats, for all ages, was won by
Countess, b. f.; Carver second, Wynd
ham third. Time, 1:46,1:46. The meet
ing will be continued Thursday and
Saturday.
An Editorial Excursion.
Richmond, Va, September 7.— Twenty
members of the Press Association of
Y r irginia left to-night on an excursion
to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York. Some ten or twelve more will
meet them in Baltimore, the place of
rendezvous, where they will be enter
tained by the Maryland Press Associa
tion to-morrow night. In Philadelphia
the excursionists will be taken in charge
by General C. B. Norton, of the Centen
nial Bureau.
AUGUSTA. GA„ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1875.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES
China Apologizes to England.
London, September 7.—A Shanghai
special to the Times says the difficulty
between England and China, growing
out of the Yunnam outrage, is settled.
China sends a special ambassador to
London to apologize and indemnify the
Margaris family and will punish guilty
parties.
The Revolt in Turkey.
Constantinople, September 7.—Order
bas again been completely established
in Bosnia and almost restored in Her
zegovina.
Cardinal McCloskey.
Rome, September 7.— Cardinal Mc-
Closkey left Florence for this city to
day. The consistory which was ap
pointed for the 27th of this month will
be held instead on the 17th or 20th in
stant.
The Holy Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Paris, September 7. —The pilgrimage
from Germany to Lourdes has been
abandoned.
Mons, Belgium, September 7.—About
sixty of the German pilgrims to the
shrine of Lourdes arrived here last
night.
Mons, September 7. —The train bear
ing the German Pilgrims to Lourdes
reached here last night, and started
from the station at noon to-day. A
great crowd at the station. The Burgo
master, with a large force of police,
was present. No disturbance, shouting
or demonstration.
A Battle in Asia—General Kauffman
Defeats 30,000 Rebels.
St. Petersburg, September 7. —A tel
egram has been received from General
Kauffman, commanding the Russian
expedition against the Khokand rebels,
announcing a battle fought on the 4th.
The Prussians completely defeated the
rebels, numbering 30,000, who occupied
a fortiiled position, which General Golo
vatchoff stormed. The enemy were
pursued fifteen versts and many killed
and drowned in the Araer Daria river.
Several guns and a quantity of war ma
teiial were captured. Losses of Rus
sians inconsiderable. General Kauff
man will continue to advance against
the rebels.
GORDON IN MISSISSIPPI.
Speeches of Senator Gordon and Mr.
Lamar at Holly Springs.
Louisville, September 7.—A special
dispatch to the Courier-Journal from
Holly Springs, Miss., says the largest
political meeting ever held in the State
occurred yesterday. Senator Gordon,
of Georgia, aud Congressman Lamar,
of Mississippi, spoke. A large number
of colored men were present. Senator
Gordon’s speech was conservative,
breathing a spirit of reconciliation and
good feeling, and eulogizing Federal
soldiers. Ho appealed to the colored
people to unite with the white people
and drive out tho carpet-baggers. He
contrasted the condition of his State
with Mississippi—declared that peace
reigned in Georgia and misrule in Mis
sissippi. Congressman Lamar followed,
soeondiogr Gnrrlnn’a effort Tie
reviewed the politics of the State since
the war, held up the acts of the Re
publican party in Mississippi, and fixed
on Gov. Ames the blood of the colored
men killed in the Vicksburg riots.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Injunctions Against Cotton Money.
Washington, September 7.—Ltfrge
numbers of injunctions have recently
been issued by the courts of this Dis
trict upon the Secretary of the Treas
ury, forbidding him to make payments
from the Treasury in cases where
favorable judgments have been ren
dered by the Court of Claims, and to
day Secretary Bristow had an interview
with the Attorney General regarding
this subject and presented the ques
tion as to whether the Supreme Court
of the District had authority to stop
these payments. The Attorney Gen
eral will give the matter his attention
and will prepare an official opinion
thereon. The Eiger cotton money is
withheld under one of these injunc
tions.
Minor Telegrams.
Memphis, September 7.—air. Davis
has left to attend the agricultural fair
at Desoto, Missouri.
A train on the Little Rock Road was
detached by a misplaced rail. Near
the spot a note was found, saying:
“This will occur frequently, unless
your hands are paid.”
New York, September 7.—The routes
selected by the rapid transit commis
sion and approved by the Aldermen,
provide for roads on the east and west
sides of the city. They will connect
with ferries and depots.
The coroner’s verdict in the case of
Connelly alleged he died from brutal
treatment in the Penitentiary: “De
ceased came to his death by softening
of the brain, accelerated by brutal treat
ment at the bauds of his keepers.”
New York, September 7. —Three suits
have been instituted in the Supreme
Court against Alexander Collie & Cos.,
to recover on alleged drafts and bills
of exchange paid on their account by
the Bank of Scotlaud, Harwood, Knight
& Allen, and London and Westminister
Bank.
London, September 7. — Fifteen thou
sand animals are affected by the foot
and mouth disease in Dorsettshire.
Liverpool, September 7. Peaches
per steamer Ohio wero rotten on ar
rival. They were in perfect order until
Septmber 2. The Ice gave out on the
29 th ult.
Boston, September 7. — There is a
shoemaker’s strike at Cochituate. A
meeting of employees at several vil
lages decided to make no compromise
with manufacturers, and establish a
protective union.
THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION.
A Clean Democratic Congressional
Delegation—Victory in San Francisco.
San Francisco, September 7. — Full
city returns give the following results
of the election: The Independents elect
ed the Assessor, District Attorney, City
and County Attorney, Chief of Police,
Coroner, Public Administrator, Super
intendent of Schools and four Super
visors. Otherwise the Democrats have
made a clean sweep, electing Bryant
Mayor and eight Supervisors, with the
entire State, congressional and legisla
tive ticket.
Reported Outrage at Conyers, Ga.
[Associated P ess Dispatch ]
Augusta, Ga., September 7.—-A dis
patch from Conyers, Ga., reports that
James T. Heard attempted rape on two
daughters of Mr. Chamberlain, aged
nine and eleven. The girls escaped
from the room and reported the out
rage. Heard was beaten severely by
Chamberlain and afterwards confined
in jail. Heard denies the charge.
THE ROME 1 ON OS.
A Letter From One Wl§:> Favors Pay
ing the Debt—Rome Pfoperty Depre
ciating—'Tliree-Fourtlis of the Tax-
Payers in Favor of Pitying the Debt
“Educate the C’rediigrr to a Proper
Sense of His Hon liable Obliga
tions?” ■
[Correspondence of the cfnstitutionalist.]
Rome, GA..|Bept. 3,1875.
The editorial in you! issue of the
‘29tli of August, upon tie Rome Bond
question, is before us.l We do not
think it comes up to thlit standard of
fairness and dignity Ivhich usually
characterizes your cGumns. Your
caustic strictures may <>e as comfort
ing to irritated bondh dders as they
are exasperating to c srtain of our
tax-payers. But to hose of us
who have not yet despaired of
adjusting this trouble* >me business,
your anathemas are n< t. only unwel
come, but mortifying. ' ’hey provoke a
reaction in favor of the larty we have
been trying to conciliat . If a debtor
be dishonest, public denunciation will
not make him less so. If he thinks he
has some excuse for sot paying, he
will hug it the closer wlfin accused of
villainy. In any event, <our bitter sar
casm can do no possible!good. We do
not think it a sufficien t reply to say
“the argument is exhausted,” and
therefore it is legitunat(| to pile on as
much wholesale abuse ;jts long-smoth
ered indignation can gc| up. Indeed,
your article savors of tllat kind of sat
isfaction whicn one feelslvheu “cussin’ ”
is the last resort *
Now, we believe that |,ome ean boast
of as good citizens as Augusta or any
other city, and hence fve cannot but
feel that your double-le.ided epithets of
“suppliant beggars,” “usjequaled impu
dence,” “craving charity.,” &c., &c., are
as unjust as they are unbecoming. We
cannot realize that Rc|ne has begged
for anthing, either fromryour people or
from anybody else, or Ithat she ever
went to Augusta as at “abject and
suppliant beggar.” Thfs ’acts, which
our people remembef, are simply
that our water work*?, were built
by contract with Noblt‘; Bros. & Cos.,
and they voluntarily t<fok our bonds
in payment. We are no* apprised that
many of these-bonds their way
to your cLy. The Mlniphis Branch
Railroad bonds were dejvered as soon
as issued to the railroai} companj-, and
that company sold theju through the
usual channel of brokerage. The North
and South Railroad binds wero de
livered to certain citizen* of Columbus,
officers of the N. & S. R* R. and whose
confidential brokers wifre citizens of
Augusta. Our people jjelieve that ali
of these bonds wereissuijii in good faith
and with full intent og their part to
pay them. They had rt|tsou to believe
that the stock in these Railroads would
be worth something, oil at least that
the road would be blilt. But our
“great expectations” h.lve been griev
ously disappointed, <snd we find
ourselves in a conditionldmilar to that
which lias befallen nearly ali the in
vestments aud industrial enterprises of
the country. We failedlto secure the
building of either of tlLse roads, and
um piupeny Jiusj lioru various
causes, depreciated notiess than fifty j
per cent, within the lalt three years.
We made just such a mistake in invol
ving ourselves, as manylif your best cit
izens did, in sinking their money in iron
enterprises. We find ojirse’ves loaded
down with debt, aud jis tne interest
increases our taxable! property di
minishes. Therefore maliy of our peo
ple thought it would b|i best for both
debtor and creditor to Gave an abate
ment. Some of them jvere intemper
ate and unreasonable. iSome of them
indulged largely in slanliering our own
people as well as tho e who trusted
us. Some of them seized upon every
pretext to get up a fight—an “un
pleasantness”—and wo lament that
they succeeded. Had the questions in
volved been submitted to a majority of
those representing the property which
is to pay these debts, if paid at all,
we believe an arrangement, hon
orable aud satisfactory, would long
since have been Hnjje. You labor
under a delusion about? the last vote.
Nearly every citizen voted who had a
right to vote. The misfortune was
that only 260 out of 600 bad •,registered
last October, and therefore only that
number were allowed! to vote. The
facts are that with thialsmall vote, and
42 negroes against tlfe compromise,
those white citizens wi\o voted for it
pay three fourths of the taxes repre
sented by the vote. Since that time a
petition of property owners favoring
the sentiment has nnmerously
signed, and represents nore than three
fourths of all the taxable property of
the city. We have reason to believe
that many of those who voted against
it have changed their convictions,
having been misled upon material
points.
You know, Mr. Editor, that it takes a
little longer process of reasoning for a
tax-payer to bring home to himself his
prorata part of the obligation to pay a
municipal debt. He does not feel ex
actly as if he were a voluntary party to
it. Perhaps he did not vote for the
mayor and council. Perhaps he voted
against subscription, or did not vote at
all, or was absent from the city, and even
though he did if he now has
reason to believe thftt Columbus or
some other city or people tricked us
out of the money, he jfeels justified in
“filing a plea.” * I
The standard of “ Clevalier Bayard”
will not be set up by fi[ay people under
such circumstances. Vjhile they appre
ciate ali that can belaid about doing
justice to innocent Bondholders who
trusted us in good faifb.they neverthe
less insist that the io:|s ought to be di
vided. They cannot be* made to feel the
obligation as strongl# as if the debt
was of their own seeltiug and of their
own individual contracting. All corpo
rations, whether municipal, religious or
benevolent, find the t ame embarrass
ment in inducing their members to pay
up their pro rata part of the dues nec
essary to meet the expenditures.
We think, therefore, that all these
surroundings should; be weighed and
considered before ouriwhole people are
condemned. Let us reason together,
and on the one hand Educate the cred
itor to tenderness, aUi the debtor to a
proper sense of his honorable obliga
tions, and doubtless tye can yet adjust
our differences. Our lapprehension is
that the spirit of jjbur article will
drive those of our litizens who are
working for an adjustment to a sym
pathy with the “ a*h(l: side,” and then
eomes a war disastroifr and ruinous to
both you and ourselviis.
I C. H. S.
There’3 an old antio-lianaa who has
been traveling about"! the country for
twenty years looking ’or a rock from
which, according to sc ue story, an In
dian maiden and her liver didn’t throw
themselves when purified by a venge
ful tribe. He hasn't flund such a rock
yet, and is getting v<ry old and very
hopeless. S
COLONEL BAKER.
An Interview—What He Says About
His Conviction—His Opinion of Miss
Dickinson.
]New York Star London Letter, August 19.]
In accordance with your request I
took the opportunity with my slight
acquaintance with Colonel Valentine
Baker to call upon him to-day in his
prison and “interview” him. It was a
rainy morning when I drove out to the
prison and I sent in my card to the
Colonel.
He has two rooms in the prison—
both small but furnished in good taste
—his own. They allow him to remain
here, and read the papers and the
books the Governor approves of, to
send out for his meals and to receive
what company he pleases. He can only
have one pint of wine or one quart of
beer per diem, however. But, I sup
pose, this rule will not be strictly en
forced. The friends who have not
abandoned him will have influence
enough for that. Some people are al
ready howling because of the com
forts allowed the prisoner, but, as no
hard labor was included in the sentence
it is generally thought his punishment
is hard enough without bringing him
down to the level of every day thieves
and malefactors. There is no doubt
his future is entirely ruined here.
Colonel Baker received me courte
ously, coming to the door of his room
and extending his hand, which I shook
warmly in mine.
Tire Colonel’s Future.
“I am glad to see you,” he said, smil
ing, as he threw himself in his robe de
chambre on a sofa near the barred win
dow. “You are an American, and do
you know I have been thinking when
my sentence is over of visiting your
country, perhaps to remain there. I
do not deceive myself* as to the con
sequence of my sentence. I know I
cannot live in England with any com
fort. This wretched affair will pursue
me, even should I wish to enter any
other army. I have understood that
the Khedive would give me my posi
tion in one of his native l’egiments.
But I want no prominence. A quiet
nook on tho continent or America are
the only two things open to me.”
The Colonel topped talking. He
spoke like a thoroughly despairing
man. I was surprised at the open
manner in which he spoke of his mis
fortunes.
Wliat He Thinks of the Sentence.
I asked him what he thought of his
sentence.
“It i3 a severe one,® lie answered,
“more perhaps by its effects than in
itself. I have believed all along that
the clamor made about my case would
prejudice it in the minds of a common
jury. lam still of that opinion. Had
it not been rumored that the Prince of
Wales and others were exerting influ
ences to save me, I believe that more
codsideration would have been taken
of my services, and that simply a fine
would have been inflicted. But Mr. Jus
tice Brett, who evidently wished to spare
me degradation when he said by bril
liant deeds I might rehabilitate myself,
ctrvl lt?clllZ0 that llilpi lottllliicuu iiiakj
fatal to me. Many indecent assaults
are not punished by imprisonment. He
obeyed the popular clamor, and no
doubt thought he would be accused of
partiality did he not condemn me to
tho extreme penalty of the offense. In
this way I was made a sacrifice to the
cry of ‘one law for the aud poor
alike.’ Ido not accuse my judge, and
I foresaw this. It is the reason why I
wanted a special jury and a higher
court. I should, no doubt, have been
found guilty, but the disgrace of im
prisonment might have been spared
me.”
“Have you received any marks of
sympathy since the sentence ?”
His Opinion of Miss Dickinson.
“Yes, a great many. My former
brother officers have again and again
assured me of their good will, and I
have received many letters from friends
condoling with my misfortune. To my
self I do not attempt to condone it, and
I shall never cast a word of blame on
the lady who has brought it all on me.
I am man enough to know, even though
I suffer for it, that, under all circum
stances, she could not do otherwise
than she did. I only think it hard that
one moment of forgetfulness should
destroy the honorable record of a whole
life. Had Miss Dickinson not been
pushed to it, I feel confident she wished
to spare, and I feel thankful for her
generous impulse. But with the noise
that was made over it all, she was
forced to sacrifice me to her own repu
tation. She is a pure, good girl, aud,
as you saw, I never attempted to con
trovert a word she said.”
“Could you have denied any part of
her story?”
“ Don’t ask me that. I have no more
memory of what happened that day
than an unborn babe. Certainly I shall
never be able to explain my own con
duct to myself.”
I felt my heart bleed for the man.—
His Roman courage and simplicity took
any thought of blame I might have had
completely away.
After some further conversation I
rose to go. He said he was well treat
ed in prison. He thought it was cruel
to take the price of his commission
away, for he would need it. He said a
number of jonrnalists had called on
him, amongst them several representa
tives of New York papers, but lie had
refused to see them.
“I have seen you,” ho added, “be
cause I knew you would not misrepre
sent me.”
We shook hands once more, and I
left the once brilliant man to his lone
liness.
TIIE CARLIST WAR.
Desperate Situation of the Insurgents.
Madrid, September 7. — The Carlist
General Dorregaray, pursued by Royal
forces, has passed through Roncal witii
1,500 men. He had lost his war mate
rial. Subsequently he reached Bur
guete. The Biscayans are renewing
manifestations in behalf of peace, and
refuse to pay taxes levied by Carlists.
Rumors of negotiations for peace gain
credence. It is said there has been a
mutiny among Carlists in Tolosa, and
many killed and wounded.
Rone, September 7. —The date fixed
for the papal consistory is September
9th. The Pope will then nominate oc
cupants for vacant sees in Spain, in
cluding three in the district occupied
by the Carlists.
Grasshoppers have appeared in Af
rica in great numbers, and the natives
are making dried beef of them for win
ter use.
The New Bedford Mercury says there
is alcohol in buckwheat cakes. It is
probably introduced in a syruptitious
manner then.
An Illinois father is determined that
his children shall all learn the printer’s
trade, so that they can have free tick
ets to circuses.
MISSISSIPPI.
The War of the Radical Factious.—A
Negro Calls His White Brothers
Liar—Result: Two Dead Rads and
Several Wounded.
[Memphis Appeal, Sept. 4.]
Reports of a bloody and fatal riot
among negro politicians at Yazoo City,
reached here last night. Thursday
the Radicals of Yazoo county had a
public speaking at Yazoo City, where a
large number of negroes assembled to
hear what was said, and to engage in
the pow-wow. One of the speakers, a
notorious white Radical named Morgan,
in the course of his remarks, alluded to
the present state of taxes in Mississippi.
He stated that the Democrats charged
that the high taxation had been caused
by the Republican administration in
that State. He denied that such was
the case, and asserted that the present
rate of taxation was no higher than
when the State was under Democratic
rule, which he denouueed in bitter
terms,
At this juncture a negro, who was
doubless under the influence of whis
key, called Morgan a “liar.” There
upon Morgan took personal notice of
the remark, and made use of rough
language which induced the negro to
shout out: “l’ou are a damned liar.”
By this time the crowd had become
very much excited, aud a negro Radi
cal fired a pistol at the negro who
called Morgan “a damned liar.” A gen
eral exchange of shots then took place,
and the meeting broke up in a big row.
A notorious white Radical, whose Dame
we have been unable to ascertain, and
a negro were killed during the fight,
which also resulted in the wounding of
several other persons who were pres
ent. This, in substance, is the report
of the row which reached us last night,
but so far we have not learned any
particulars except those above given,
and the fact that the disturbance was at
a Radical meeting. No persons except
white Radicals and negroes were present
at the meeting, or engaged in the row
which resulted in the killing of two and
the wounding of several men. Mor
gan, the speaker, whose angry words
and incendiary language actuated the
negroes to the disturbance and fatal
row, is a white man of infamous noto
riety, and has for a long while been the
willing tool of Ames and the Radical
party in Mississippi. It v/ill be remem
bered that Morgan is the Radical Sen
ator frorfl the Yazoo District, who mar
ried, and now has as his wife, a mulatto
woman named Highgate. Such a man
seems a proper character in the politi
cal rolo he assumes and enacts with
such disreputable fidelity, for he has
long been one of the many persons to
take the servile part of a lowly instru
ment in the hands of his party. Surely
Mississippi Radicals are rivaling the
Winnebagoes and imitating Illinois in
Ku-Kluxism of the most lawless and
hideous nature.
A Young Man Wlio Wants Advice.
| From the Detroit Free Press ]
It was the second time he had ac
nrun nu niptl iVwa vmi nnr .1 wl ir hqma
one of those little social parties which
are gotten up to bring fond hearts a
step nearer to each other.
When they reached tiie gate she asked
him if he wouldn’t come in. He said
he and he followed her into the
house. “It was a calm, still night,” and
the hour was so late that he had uo
fear of seeing the old folks. Sarah took
his hat, told him to sit down, and she
left the room to lay off her things. She.
was hardly gone before her mother
came in, smiled sweetly, and, dropping
down beside the young man, she said :
“I always did say that if a poor but
respectable young man fell in love with
Sarah he should have my consent.
Some mothers would sacrifice their
daughter’s happiness for riches, but I.
am not one of that class.”
The young man gave a start of alarm.
He didn’t know whether he liked Sarah
or not, and he hadn’t dreamed of such
a thing as marriage.
“She has acknowledged to me that
she loves you,” continued the mother,
“and whatever is for her happiness is
for mine.”
The young man gave two starts of
alarm this time, and he felt his cheeks
grow pale.
“I—l haven't—” he stammered, when
she said :
“Oh, never mind. I know you haven’t |
much money, but of course you’ll live j
with me. We’ll take in boardeis, and j
I’ll risk but that we’ll get along all
right.”
It was a bad situation. He hadn’t
even looked love at Sarah, and he felt
that he ought to undeceive the matter.
“I hadn’t no idea of—of—” he stam
mered, when she held up her hands
and said:
“I know you hadn’t, bdt it’s all right.
With your wages and what the board
ers bring in we shall get along as snug
as bugs in a rug.”
“But, madam, but—but—”
“All I ask is that you be good to
her,” interrupted the mother. “Sarah
has a tender heart and a loving nature,
aud if you should be cross aud ugly it
would break her down within a week.”
The young man’s eyes stood out like
cocoanuts in a show-window, and he
rose up and tried to say something.
He said :
“Great heavens! madam, I can’t
permit—”
“Never mind about tho thanks,” she,
interrupted. “I don’t believe in long
courtships myself, and let me suggest
an early day for the marriage. The
11th of September is my birth-day, and
it would be nice for you to be married
on that day.”
“But —but —but—” he gasped.
“There, there, I don’t expect any
speech in reply,” she laughed. “You
and Sarah fix it up to-night, and I’ll
advertise for twelve boarders right
away. I’ll try and be a model mother
in-law. I believe lam good-tempered
and kind-hearted, though I did once
follow a young man two hundred miles
and shoot the top of his head off for
agreeing to marry Sarah aud then
jumping the county !”
She patted him on the head and
sailed out, and now the young man
wants advice. He wants to know
whether he had better get in the way
of a locomotive or slide off the wharf.
Governor Allen gets mad every time
he mentions that rumor about with
drawing from the field in Ohio. A reck
less correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial asked him about it recent
ly, aud was informed that the whole
story was a profane lie. “Withdraw !”
roared the Governor. “Why, sir, if I
was in the last stages of consumption,
and it could be calculated to a certainty
that I would die within two days after
the election, I would not withdraw. J
would remain on the track for the good
of the party. A withdrawal means de
feat. Suoh a thought never entered
my head. I intend to fight the battle
right through and be elected.”
New Series—Vol. 28, No. 30.
! A FIGHT WITH GREENBACKS.
-
[New York World.)
Prior to tlie bank Ralston led the
| memorable tight with Government cur
j reney on Although a North
j ern Union man, he apprehended the
! ruin that would result from meeting
obligations contracted in gold on a gold
coast in a declining arbitrary currency.
He personally assailed one Hebrew who
attempted to pay a note at his counter
in currency, and set the boys after him
down the street. He persistently pre
sented the notes of the gold banks for
redemption in coin the same day he re
ceived them. Mr. Chase sent out a
confidential man to persuade or in
timidate the Pacific coast bank
ers into accepting the national
currency. They explained that,
while they meant to be loyal and
liberal, their isolation from the rest of
the country, no railroad then existing,
nor telegraph, compelled them to keep
a separate financial autonomy. Hugh
McCulloch defended their action after
ward, and said they preserved an ini
tial point for resumption. It is worthy
of remark that in the failure of Jay
Cooke was presented the man Mr.
Chase employed to reduce the Pacific
Coast to rag currency. He made his
fortune by the success of the green
backs, and Ralston his on exchange in
coin. Each man took his own
poison: the disease was the same,
inequality and expansion of cur
rency for gold has grown on the Pacific
Coast commensurate with the growth
of greenbacks in the East The reason
Chicago anticipated San Francisco with
her monumental hotels and residences,
v. as that greenbacks in the East be
came plentiful ten years before coin in
California began to be mined at the
rate of $5,000,000 a month. What is
said about Ralston’s ostentation is ex
aggerated. He had the animal pas
sions of Fisk, but the public was not
regaled with the disclosure. He had
no love of uniforms, militia or the ap
pearance of his name in print.—
The San Francisco Chronicle sent
a reporter down to Belmont
to describe one of his dinner
parties, and was set outside the house.
He had an abhorrence of newspaper
publicity, and particularly cautioned
me, and sent my friends to entreat me,
not to make my enjoyment at his place
a matter of newspaper report. He said
to me:
“This is a banking concern, and there
are gentlemen in it older and abler
than I am, who are entitled to the re
spect of being mentioned. I don’t want
jealousies to arise in the bank.” At the
same time he stayed in the city after
banking hours to explain to me how
tlfe bank originated and what its pro
vince was.
Pinned Back by an Elephant.
[Kansas City Times.]
She wore one of those pockets be
hind, in which, besides her handker
chief, she had deposited an apple, a
handful of peanuts, a quarter of a
pound of gumdrops, a little bottle of
ammonia, and some other trifles. She
and her swain, after admiring the com-
B] ctvirvn r\ t* flip htinrn Kooat Turn or) thair
acks upon him to watch the monkeys
and the live kangaroo, and gazed into
each other’s eyes ; to do this the bet
ter they leaned back against the rope
which enclosed the stately monarch of
the South, who saw the apple protrud
ing from the pocket of the unconscious
1 air one. He hesitated a moment, and was
lost to all sense of honor or self-respect,
for with shuffling movements he emu
lated the example of our common
mother, plucked and ate the fruit, but
instead of clothing himself in a fig leaf
returned to the pocket, and scooped
out the gumdrops and peanuts with a
sly wink at his nephew, who was look
ing with anxiety* at the proceedings.
But in the last mouthful the majestic
beast took in this ammonia bottle by
mistake, the cork came out, and about
an ounce of hartshorn ran down the
throat of the greedy beast. This
beverage is said to have a reviving and
stimulating influence, and in this case
it proved its power, for a more revived
elephant was never seen on earth, and
it is doubtful if ever the kingdom of
heaven contained so stimulated an ani
mal. With a wild yell he grasped the pro
tuberance behind the lady which had
been the cause of his disaster ; she was
“pulled back” some before, but as the
exasperated trunk yanked at the bus
tle and accessories, all former attemp s
at that style of wearing gear seemed
pale and sickly: everything was “pull
ed back” until tire young woman look
ed like the statue of Niobe in 61ue cali
co. The young man, with great pres
ence of mind, shouted “shoo,” and the
gentlemanly clerk of the elephant, with
a good prod persuaded the beast to let
up. But the fun was over for the day;
cake had no charms, and soda had no
balm for these two souls, who walked
home with but a single thought about
wild animals. The big elephant has
learned a lesson in morals which will
probably induce him to let other peo
ple’s pockets alone, though nobody
dares to carry a bottle within range of
his proboscis.
—i •
A Religious View of It.
[Vicksburg Herald.]
, “You see, when you does shuffle off
dis mortuary coil, and de sperrit pre
sents itself at de golden gates,” argued
a colored revivalist on the levee yester
day, “Gabr’el gwine to ask you what
church you ’longed to in de flesh.”
“Yaas, I speck so,” said the listener.
“Et‘ you ’longed to de Missumary
Baptist, he gwine tole you walk right
in and set by de foot-stool.
“Ef you ’longed to de Methomdist
Church, he say stay on de outside whar
your shoutin, won’t ’sturb de angels.
“Ef you’s Tiscumpalion ”
“ Hole on, Mr. Middleton. Dey ain’t
no niggers ’Piscuinpalions. Deni’s all
white folks,” interrupted the listener.
“ Dat don’t make no difference,” con
tinued the expounder of religion, “de
principle’s de same, ain’t it? Rf you’re
a Tiscumpalion de augej say to you,
‘go ober dar ’along de white folks.’
Ef youse Catholic, de angel pint you to
de Virgin Mary, and tell you ’’
“ But look heah, Mister Middleton,
sposen he didn’t ’long to no church in
de flesh ?” queried the listener.
“ Weil, what he he doin’ dar den ?-”
asked the colored divine, scornfully.
“ Well,” replied the unoouverted sin
ner, “ I thought in dat oase he could
do’s he dam please.”
A Mutual Misunderstanding.—Two
colored citizens Saturday had a little
trouble on the Post Office corner ;
“Sir, I stigmatize you as a false
hoodfler!” exclaimed the first,
“And you, sir, are a oantering hipel
crite!” replied the seoond,
"Ah! talk away 1” growled the first,
but ray character is above disproach.”
“And your influence don’t detach
irom my reputation one lowa s&rowl
ed the othei\
And thus they parted*.
[Detroit Free Press.
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Rejected Communications will not be re
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letters, or articles written on both sides,
HOW THEY FIGHT IN FRANCE.
[Punch.]
LETTER I.
St, Petersburg, January 1.
Monsieur: I have discovered that,
twelve years ago, you were good enough
to accuse me of telling an infamous
falsehood. I have taken ten years to
obtain a copy of the wretched print in
which the libel appeared. That mis
erable periodical you edited twelve
years ago, and, if it still exists, you
edit it still. You must edit it still, I
repeat, because it is too barbarous to
be edited by any one less mean, less
despicable, less dishonorable than your
self ! You hear me ! The never-to-be
sufiioientiy-hated journal is, or was,
called Le Gamin de Detuc Mondes.
I courteously invite you to explain
to me what is the meaning you attach
to the words “ infamous ” and “ false
hood.”
I may add, for your information, that
recently I strolled into the cemetery in
which is situated the grave of your
grandmother. I (the writer of this let
ter —you understand) danced upon that
grave!
Accept, Monsieur, my considerations
the most distinguished.
Hector de Vin Ordinaire.
LETTER 11.
Bureau of Le Gamin de )
Deux Mondes, >
March 1. )
Monsieur: You will see that I have
hastened to reply to your base and
mercenary communication! You ask
me for the meaning of the words “in
famous” and “falsehood.” I am not
surprised. You are a man of no edu
cation. “Man” is a courtesy title I
confer upon you. However, search the
Dictionary—the source of your literary
inspiration! If that work affords you
unsufflcient information, you will find
a full explanation of the two words in
the history of your own life!
I have nothing more to say to you,
but I denounce to the world your late
father and your mother’s uncle as
poverty-stricken pick-pockets and low
salaried spies !
Accept, Monsieur, my considerations
the most distinguished
Agamemnon de Pommes de Terre.
LETTER 111.
Leicester Square, May 1.
Monsieur: I hurry to answer your
miserable and pretentious communica
tion. As an explanation it is unsatis
factory ; as a contribution to periodi
cal literature it is beneath contempt?
If you are not in the hands of the
police for having committed petty
larceny, I invite you to meet me—to
meet me to fight a duel to the death !
You hear what I say—to the death 1
First let me inform you, however,
that you are a villain, a ruffian and a
vagabond!
My friends M. Comte de Foie de
Veau and M. le Chevalier de Vingt
cinqt, Centimes will represent me.
Accept, Monsieur, my considerations
the most distinguished.
Hector de Vin Ordinaire.
letter iv.
'Rrrpii'irT ru? T.tf C : >
De duex Mondes, v
July 1. )
Monsieur: You will see that your
weak-minded challenge is accepted at
once. I rejoice that spoon-stealing is
not punishable with death, for the law
lias thus saved you from the guillotine
to fall a victim to my vengeance.
It will be no news to you to hear that
you are a bully, a card-sharper and a
coward!
My friends, M. le Vincomte Piffpaff-
Pouff and M. le General Bourn, will
represent me.
Accept, Monsieur, my considerations
the most distinguished.
Agamemnon de Pommes de Terre.
letter v.
Paris, September 1.
Messieurs : We have the honor to
declare that we are acting on behalf of
our principal, M. Hector de Vin Ordin
aire. Our principal (claiming his rights
as the insulted party) demands to
choose weapons, distance and condi
tions. He proposes pistols as the wea
pons ; for the distance, three paces ;
for the conditions, that the pistols be
loaded with powder, paper and bullets.
We await with impatience the reply
of your principal.
Accept, Messieurs, our considerations
the most distinguished.
Le Comte de Foie de Veau.
Le Chevalier de Vingt-cinq Centimes.
letter VI.
Paris, October I—2 P. M.
Messieurs : We have the honor to
anuounee that we have hastily submit
ted your proposal to our principal, M.
Agamemnon de Pommes de Terre hur
riedly accepts the weapons, the distance
and a part of the conditions. He will
meet your principal, pistol in hand, at
three paces distance. However, al
though the pistols may be loaded with
powder and paper, they must not bo
loaded with bullets. His honor (which
is far dearer to him than life) demands
this sacrifice!
The incident must therefore be con
sidered at an end, unless your princi
pal accepts our principal’s proposition,
which is as follows :
The weapons to be rapiers, the dis
tance four feet, and the conditions to
be that the rapiers shall have blades at
least three feet long.
We await your reply with anxiety.
Acoept, Messieurs, our considerations
the most distinguished.
Le Vicomte Pifepafe-Pouf,
Le General Boum.
LETTER VII.
Paris, October I—3 p. m.
Messieurs : We have the honor to
announce that we have tardily and re
gretfully submitted the proposal of
your prinoipal to our principal. After
much and long consideration our prin
cipal finds that he can only agree to
rapiers and the distance. He objects to
the conditions. He feels that his cour
age, his reputation as a brave man, de
mand that the rapiers, instead of hav
ing blades three feet long, should have
no blades at all!
Under these circumstances the inci
dent must be considered at an end.
Acoept, Messieurs, our considerations
the most distinguished.
Le Comte de Roie de Veau.
Le Chevalier de Vingt-Cinq Cen
times,
* * * * * *
And, strange to say, the incident wan
at an end.
The ladies have discovered that it is
impossible for six of them to fill a
street car, now-a-days, and have ac
cordingly made up their sweet minds
to do away with pull-back dresses.
Jan*t Mrs. Harriet Beeoher Stowe a
little over-officious in advising Mrs.
Tilton not to read “sentimental poe
try.” lest its Influence might induce her
to “kiss and make it up with her hus
band,”