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Another large iron factory in England
has given up the ghost. ‘ Shrinkage of se
curities,” perhaps.
The storm at Galveston was very de
structive, but luckily not so serious as an
ticipated. Full particulars will be found in
our telegraphic columns.
The outlaw mortally wounded at Pine
Hill, Ky., died without making any sign of
his identity; but it appears certain that
he was Jesse James, one of the notorious
brothers of that name.
Mb. Wm. P. Reed, editor and proprietor
of the Rockdale Register, one of our best
country exchanges, honored us with a visit
yesterday. He is canvassing for his excel
lent paper and deserve j the encouragement
of our merchants.
According to our foreign dispatches,
the insurrection in the Bosnian provinces
of European Turkey does not seem to have
been suppressed. A general rising is ap
prehended and a battle has been fought,
ending victoriously for the Ottoman com
mander. The position of Servia is one of
hesitation and doubt. The Sultan has re
quired an explicit statement from Prince
Milan, and the Prince has “gone into
secret session” to consider about it.
We find in the Charleston News and
Courier, of the 18th inst, the following ad
vertisement :
FOR SALE.
410,000 City of Augusta Seven per Cent.
Bonds, due 1894.
WM. S. HASTIER SO V,
Stock Brokers,
42 Broad Street.
How many more brokers have got city
of Augusta Bonds for sale r
The murder of Joe Crews is still the
topic of discussion in South Carolina. The
white people of Laurens, where he lived,
had lost all respect for him, and are glad
he is gone. So we judge from their absence
at his funeral and the remarks made while
it was in motion, as detailed in a letter
published this morning. It is firmly be
lieved there that he caused the assassina
tion of Dr. Schell, if not actually e ngaged
in it. This has led to the arrest of a son of
Dr. Schell.
Ve ry' great astonishment was expressed
by Attorney General Pierrepont that Gov.
Ames took so longtoaaswer his telegrams.
It is our firm conviction that Ames is an
ass, and, not knowing exactly what to do,
put himself in direct communication with
his father-in-law, Ben Butler, and that
the full text of the response to the chief
law officer of the Government, which we
print this morning, emanated from the
wily Massachusetts politician. It is re
freshing to hear Ames talk about taking all
the odium upon himself and relieving
Grant and his party from blame. That
was an ingenious trick to make the Presi
dent unpopular with the howling idiots of
Radicalism, and Butler is just the man to
make such a suggestion.
A correspondent sends us, anent the
shooting match, the following reflection:
“Pigeon match, 3 o’clock.” Every street
car b ire this inscription on a fiag. Poor
birds! I think they are not considered
game, or worthy of the sportsman. May it
not occur to the admired and successful
marksman that, on bringing to death bird
after bird, a couple of unfledged, starving
vouug, in many a nest, were vainly await
ing a parent’s return. No return! The un
erring aim of the marksman brought them
to death. So, poor little unfledgelings,
starve in your nests! You need not await
a mother’s return. She has fallen under
the shot of the unerring gunner.
Nimrod.
By the way, as a mechanical pigeon has
been invented, which answers for practice
and is an admirable substitute for the real
bird, would it not be a good idea for our
young gentlemen who love sport to pur
chase one of these contrivances ?
The foreign holders of Alabama bonds
are inclined to settle with that State in an
equitable spirit. Reconstruction has cursed
Alabama with a terrible load of debt, and
the holders of her bonds created by robber
governments may be glad if they secure a
respectable moiety of their claims. The
Central Authority at Washington backed
up the rogues who trampled Alabama in
the dust and despoiled her. It would be
only fair that the prime author of this in
iquity should be made, if possible, to pay
the bill of consequential damages. After
having inaugurated a system whereby sev
eral of the Southern States have become
insolvent, it is a nice thing for Northern
Radicals to yell out, “ the debt of the
United States is inviolable, and must be
paid dollar for dollar in gold.” If they are
bo tender on that subject, let them pay the
debt of Alabama, which, but for them and
their accursed Reconstruction, would not
have been anything like what it is.
Gov. Ames, or Mississippi, has issued a
proclamation ordering the white military
companies to disband at once. But instead
of the old oues disbanding new organi
zations are forming, not for any purpose
of making war upon the colored, but for
protection of the white people against
black savages. The insolence of Beast
Butler’s son-in-law surpasses belief. In
the face of the clear and explicit delcara
tion of the Constitution of the United States
and of the Constitution of every State in
the Union that the right of the people to
bear arms shall be unquestioned, he orders
the white people to throw away their guns.
Only the tyrant and the coward in office
fears an armed militia. Ames has had the
white people of Mississippi under abject
control so long that he now consideis
them his humble servants, and their efforts
to throw him off arouses as much indigna
tion in him as does the revolt of Herzego
vina in the Sultan of Turkey. Grant has
abandoned him to his fate, which means
that, after a few frantic efforts, he will dis
appear from power and the South, like all
the rest of the carpet-baggers hoisted upon
it upon the points of Federal bayonets,
execrated by every honest man familiar
with his history. For six years he has been
the central figure of a jubilee of convicts
and ex-slaves, but yesterday released from
bondage, whose only marks of distinction
are ignorance and knavery. It Is preposter
ous to suppose that such men can keep
above the surface long. Thrown to the top
by the waves of Revolution, they have
never yet failed to sink into ignominious
graves! _
THE TURF.
Boston, September 20. —The meeting
at Mystic Park closed to-day with a
race for horses of the 2:23 class, won
by 'Thomas Jefferson; Comee 2d, Bella
3d and Moisey 4th. Time, 2:24>4. 2:23,
2:24>0> 2:24. Comee took the first heat.
Mr. Anthony Pearson was killed at
Maj, F. L. Anderson’s, in Spartanburg
county, on the 9th inst. He was top
ping a tree, from which he fell, taock
iog out his brains, breaking arm
and mashing a shoulder. He was, of
course, killed instantly. Mr. Pearson
was about 60 years of age, and was a
good and reliable citizen.
Paris, September 16.—Republicans in
ession. The Permanent Committee re
frained from questioning or criticising
the Government, adjourned without de
bate.
fflje stp®to | Constitutionalist.
Established 1799.
THE EQUINOCTIAL GALE.
Particulars of the Disaster at Galves
veston—Eads’ Jetties Safe.
St. Louis, September 19.—The fol
lowing dispatch in regard to the condi
tion of affairs at Galveston was for
warded this evening:
Mr. Anson Stager, General Superinten
dent of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, Chicago:
I got to Houston about 5 p. m. over
the International Road; the wires are
down in all directions. From there at
half past 7 p. m. I got one wire working
to Galveston, and from all I can learn
the two mile railroad bridge over the
bay is badly broken in several places.
One break is estimated at 150 feet wide,
where two schooners had broken
through. A terrific storm prevailed
yesterday and for several days past.
Fifteen or sixteen men who were at
work on the breakwater are reported
lost; also, the healh officer of the city
is missing. No particulars, but the
damage in property is immense. We
have engines and men out in all direc
tions repairing the wires.
(Signed) R. C. Clowry,
Assistant-General Superintendent.
A Galveston special to the Globe-
Democrat, at a late hour last night,
says: The storm which commenced
Wednesday continued to rage with
great violence until late Friday night.
The water from the Gulf of Mexico
overflowed half of Galveston island,
knocking down some hundred small
tenements and unroofing several
churches, presses and residences,
knocking down signs, awnings and
other hangings. The water on the prin
cipal streets and in the market was
several times two feet deep. Three
large schooners lying in the harbor
were swamped. One steamboat and
two tugs sunk, one being completely
demolished. One large English bark
was forced from her moorings and
driven ashore; one schooner is forty
feet on land, and some ten men work
ing on the breakwater at the bar were
drowned. The health officer, Dr. G. W.
Peters, and his guards are drowned,
his horse was also carried off. One ne
gro woman was killed by the falling of
a house after having floated 50 feet.
The railroad track is torn up in 20
places on the island ; the bridge is par
tially destroyed, culverts on both roads
are washed out, and the damages are
variously estimated at from SIOO,OOO to
$200,000. The storm was a regular cy
clone, but the wind was not very heavy
—though the water was higher than
during the great etorm of 1867. At 11
o’clock last night, the wind got to the
northwest and began to leave both the
bay and street dry. To-day all is dry
and pleasant in appearance. A commit
tee has been organized for the relief of
the sufferers, who were principally res
idents on the gulf side and the bay
shore. The storm extended to Hemp
stead on the Texas Central, and to Wil
lis on the Great Northern Road, doing
damage along the entire route, in
cluding the city of Houston. No mails
have arrived for three days, and there
has been no telegraphic communica
tion till evening, when one wire began
to work. The loss by the storm will
not aggregate nearly so large a sum as
was anticipated, the wind having been
very steady. The shipping particular
ly has escaped damage far beyond ex
pectations.
New Orleans, September 19. —The
following dispatch was received at 1
o’clock last night, dated Galveston :
“The storm has lasted since the 15th.
The water is high, but very little dam
age has been done to property or ship
ping. Only two lives have been lost,
and these were at the extreme eastern
point of the island and exposed to the
full force of the storm. The railroads
are only slightly damaged, and it is
expected that the trains will be run
ning in a day or two.
St. Louis, September 20. — Captain
Eads has a dispatch from South West
Pass jetties. The storm continues.
No damage to the work. Everything
is ready for rapid work when the storm
abates.
Galveston, September 20th.—The
Steamship Australian loading cotton for
Liverpool, sailed 17th, and went ashore
on St. Barnard’s, sixty miles west of
here. The vessel is laying in seven
feet water. No lives lost. The bark
Edward McDowell was blown ashore
in the bay. Bayou steamer Beards
town was driven from the docks and
broken to pieces. A number of the
crew were lost. Tweuty-seveu men
were on the government works when
the buildings were swept. They
clung to the piling all night. All were
saved but two. Damage above on the
bay and bayous is reported very great.
Commodore Morgan’s Dredge Fleet is
reported ashore.
THE MYSTIC TIE.
Important Statistics Showing the Pro
gress of Odd-Fellowship.
Cincinnati, September 20.—The Grand
Lodge of Odd-Fellows of the United
States convened, Grand Sire Durham,
of Kentucky, presiding. The Grand
Sire’s report furnishes information of
the Order abroad, showing that lodges
are being instituted at ail important
points in Switzerland. A Grand Lodge
has been established, with five subor
dinate lodges under its jurisdiction, in
Peru and Chili. The Order is rapidly
increasing in the Sandwich Islands and
Australia, The Grand Sire has ap
pointed R. H. Morrison, of Michigan,
special deputy to establish the Order in
the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
Indianapolis, September 20.— The
following statistics are taken from the
Grand Secretary’s report, closing De
cember 31, 1875: Number of State
grand bodies including grand encamp
ments and grand lodges reporting, 84;
subordinate lodges, 5,987; subordinate
encampments, 1,630; lodge members,
438,701; encampment members, 83,445.
Report on the Erie Railway.
London September 20. —Sir Edward
William Watkin, who has just returned
from a personal inspection of the Erie
Railway, has just published his report,
in which he describes the permanent
way of the Erie Railway as quite equal
to the standard in the United States,
but the rolling stock he says is defect
ive. The net revenue of the line is
only 21 per cent, of the gross re
ceipts, and the outstanding debts of
the Company are equal to about 14
months’ profits. Sir Edward would
not raise capital in the present state of
the company’s credit, but advises the
bondholders to devote the earning of
the line towards paying off the debts
and to issue certificates for the mort
gage interest. President Jewett is
highly spoken of and the bondholders
are advised to support him to the
utmost. A memorandum has beeu
signed securing to English interest a
substantial influence in the manage
ment of the company, promising to
place the whole business on an intelli
ble footing.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
Papal News —Defeat of Bosnian In
surgents—Servia’s Doubtful Atti
tude.
Rome, September 19. — The Pope has
appointed Cardinal McCloskey a mem
ber of the congregations on the index,
sacred rites and Bishops and regulars.
Another consistory is to be held on the
23d instant, when twelve additional
Bishops will be appointed.
Vienna, September 19.—An insurrec
tion has broken out at Tiskovac, near
Grachowo. The insurgents have burned
a Turkish guard house, the garrison of
which fled. The insurrection is said to
be spreading in western Bosnia, and it
is rumored that preparations have
been made for a general rising in Bos
nia.
Constantinople, September 19.—The
Minister of War has received a dis
patch from Aii Pasha, dated Mostar,
September 13, stating that the insur
gents were attacked September Bth,
near Vispigrod, Bosnia, defeated and
put to flight. On the battle field were
found passports and other documents,
which leave no longer any doubt that
the Servians ’utend to declare against
Turkey. The Sublime Porte publishes
the foregoing, and calls attention to
the fact that the insurgents who take
refuge in Austria are not disarmed,
notwithstanding Turkish representa
tions.
Krgujewatz, September 20.—1n com
pliance with the earnest desire of Prince
Milan, deliberations of the committee
appointed to consider an address in re
ply to his speech will be submitted to
the Chamber of Deputies in secret ses
sion. Debates in the Chamber will,
also, at the request of the Prince, be
kept secret. It is not yet known what
will be the tone of the address. Tbe
Servian newspapers say the Govern
ment has received a note from the Sub
lime Porte asking if Turkey may rely
on the maintainance of Servian neu
trality. The Servian Government has
not yet replied.
An English Failure.
London, September 20.—The Rich
mond Iron Works, at Stockton-upon-
Tees, comprising twenty six furnaces
and rolling mills and employing 300
hands, have suspended. Insolvent.
Affairs in Holland—The Servian Legis
lature in Secret Session—Some Car
list News—The Corpse Still Lively.
The Hague, September 20. — The ses
sions of the States General were open
ed to-day by the King, who said the
Acheen war had not been brought to a
satisfactory result, but he had every
thing to hope touching a speedy and
favorablo end.
The constant disturbed condition of
Venezuela had exercised unfavorable
influence at Curacoa, but it is hoped
that negotiations which are now pend
ing will remove this difficulty.
Kragujewatz, September 20.—A de
bate in the Skuptschina on an address
in reply to Prince Milan’s speech,
commenced with closed doors.
London, September 20.—The Carlist
Committee in this city have promul
gated the following : Gen. Dorregaray
has been appointed Commander-in-
Chief of the Carlist army. Gen. Trist
auy nas been appointed Carlist Captain
General of Catalonia. The headquar
ters of the Carlists are near San Mar
cios, in the province of Guipuzcoa. Gen.
Sabalis is expected there.
Defeat of a Turkish Brigade—An
swer to Prince Milan’s Speech—
The Khokand Affair.
Kragujuwatz, September 20. —Ad-
vices from Bosnia report an engage
ment yesterday between 2,500 insur
gents and a Turkish brigade which re
sulted iu the retreat of the Turks.
The insurrection continues to spread.
In the Skuptschina to-day the address
in reply to Prince Milan as reported by
the committee was adopted by a vote
of 71 yeas to 44 nays. The
document simply paraphrases the
Prince’s speech regarding the Turkish
troubles, and contains no warlike
declaration. It will ba presented to
the Prince to-morrow.
Berlin, September 20.—A report has
been received from Central Asia that
Khan Sadi, eldest son of the deposed
Khan, of Khokand, had an interview
with General Kauffmann. The latter
is satisfied that Sadi is not
responsible for the recent hostili
ties against Russia. It is
expected that Russia will recognize
Sadi as successor of his father iu the
Khanate, but whether the recoguitiou
will be accompanied by the armed oc
cupation of Khokand is uncertain. At
last advices all was quiet there.
Roman Catholic Synod.
Dublin, September 20. — The Synod
of the Romau Catholic Archbishops and
Bishops at Maynooth was concluded to
day. Cardinal Cullen, in his closing
address, said the decrees passed were
designed to counteract increasing in
fidelity and lukewarmness in religion
and revolutions in politics. He hoped
for good results.
European Produce Markets.
London, September 20. — The Mark
Lane Express has the following review
of the corn market for the week : Last
gatherings of the harvest in the south
of England were well secured. The
usual consequence has ensued, and a
reduction in the price of wheat has
been universal, say from one to two
shillings per quarter. As our averages,
however, are only one shilling and six
pence above those of last year,
there seems to bo little room on
a scanty and poor crop for further
depression, and as money goes begging
it may find profitable vent in the corn
trade. The French claim that the
growth has exceeded their wants by
about three million quarters; but the
fact that French farmers aro more re
luctant than ourselves to give way
confirms the impression that the esti
mate is erroneous. Tbe Paris market
has been steady for flour and fine
wheat, though about a shilling easier
for inferior new in the provinces.
There has been very little change on
the Continent generally, and but little
movement, the markets in some places
in Germany being firmer and in others
easier. In Holland prices have only
decliued a shilling ; in Belgium hardly
that, but in Hungary with better sup
plies there has been a decline of two
shillings per quarter, and the same is
true of Denmark. Holders at Odessa
still demand higher prices.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
Subscription to the Bank of California
—Pull Election Returns.
San Francisco, September 20.—Sub
scription to the guaranteed fund of the
Bank of California is $7,500,000.
Full returns of the Governor’s elec
tion are as follows : Irwin, (Denocrat),
61,525; Phelps, (Republican), 30,922;
Bidwell, (Independent), 29,360.
Grapes will not be as abundant as
last year.
AUGUBTA, GA., TIjESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1875.
FRENCH’S SUI( IDE.
WHY HE LEAPED IN r J HE DARK.
A Woman in the Case—A 1 Extraordi
nary Letter—Reportorh L Inquisition
of a New Magdalen.
[Atlanta Constitution, Sunday.]
Saturday at au early ho ir a startling
rumor was spread abroacf throughout
the Union Passenger Deliot and sur
rounding streets, to the Iffect that a
well known Internal Reienue officer
had killed himself. The| excited citi
zens soon gathered in groups discuss
ing the news, and while s une express
ed their disbelief, company
with the police officers on lluty in that
beat made an investign ion of the
building wherein the bod’ was said to
be, and found that the nets was only
too true.
The Deceased and His History.
The name of the deceast and is Hiram
L. French, He was born i*i New York,
but came to Georgia whenfpiite young.
Asa business man Mr. French was
very successful, and during; his life he
made perhaps some hal dozen for
tunes, but lost them again through an
incapacity to’say “no,”anuhis general
trusting, confiding nature He would
credit everybody who tsked him.
When he came South, Mr. ’rench made
Georgia his home, and hr first ven
ture was at Woodville, Gr< sne county,
where he engaged iu bijiiuess as a
clerk for Mr. Nathan Beeiian. Subse
quently, and about the yijir 1845, he
engaged in the merchandise business
himself at Bairdstown, J Oglethorpe
county, Georgia, where 2ie remained
doing a very successful business until
1848. He then for about*four years,
was in copartnership with !Rev. David
E. Butler, in the wholestdo grocery
business at Augusta, for many
years since has resided i| Americus,
Ga. Mr. French, while iu’Bairdstown
married the eldest daughter of Mr.
Joel Hunt, of Oglethorpe (bounty. His
wife died about ten ago. His
sou Henry was a gallant officer in the
Confederate army, andwas killed
during the war. He has li | iug one re
maining child, a daughter 1 lamed Ida,
who married a gentlemai l of south
western Georgia, named Ijison, and is
now residing iu Americus.
The political career of j Mr. French
was an eventful and prominent one.
Ho was a member of the Legislature
from Oglethorpe county before the
war, was also a member of}the famous
Secession Convention, vlhich took
Georgia out of the Union, |nd has sev
eral times been elected Mayor of Ameri
cus. I
He expoused warmly,; the “Lost
Cause,” and entering the Confederate
army, was made a captain f*>r gallantry.
Mr. French was liked by all who knew
him. He possessed maly sterling
honorable qualities of heall and heart,
and it is universally to be dlplored that
the unfortunate circumstances explain
ed in his letter should havt|caused him
to seek death rather than v,hat he con
ceived to be dishonor. C ;pt. French,
like all Confederates, lost* heavily by
the war. He was an old Line friend of
Col. Jack Brown, and whe* l the latter
was made Internal Reven ae Collector
for this District he teudt *ed Captain
French a clerkship iu his c Bee, which
he accepted. He came to Atlanta about
the first of September, anil entered at
ouce upon his official dutie . He board
ed with Mrs. Whitaker at p. 65 Peach
tree street, over A. O. M. G ty’s store.
During the war French v as the cap
tain of a company from Sc dey county
iu the sth Georgia regimen|.
His Appearanc*^.
Captain French was a of rather
fine personal He was at
the time of his death abGjit fifty-two
years of age, weighed, perhaps, one
hundred and forty-five {fmnds, had
rather a light grayish haiil His com
plexion is fair. |
The Suicide. £
In his boarding house, lit his office
and elsewhere, Captain French never
gave the slightest indication of any in
tention to make away wllth himself.
On the contrary he was ctfirteous and
pleasant to all who approached, and
was rapidly extending h|s circle of
acquaintances.
He took supper last Wed lesday night
at his boarding house, an J did not re
turn thole again. Some .Jurprise was
felt at his absence, but nothing serious
was thought of it. Yestt j'day he was
at his office, and transacted his usual
business during the dayj appealing
cheerful and pleasant. Shortly before
dusk Col. Browu left the office, French
was then writing, but as i-'rowu spoke
to him he turned over his paper, as if
anxious to conceal its contents. He de
clined an invitation to tako'-a walk, and
Col. Brown left. About 7* o’clock, as
Mr. Flesh, one of the and Mr.
Messaw were coming frojn Meister’s
saloon, ho noticed the office windows
were still open. He went ui stairs and
found French still writing, f After a few
words of conversation, J.lr|French left
him. This was the last |eeu of Mr.
French alive. \
Discovery of the Bf4Jy.
Yesterday morning Col. 3|rown went
to the office about six o’clock. He found
the door to the general o-ilce locked'
on the inside. He pushed fit it, as also
did the negro man Jack Stanton, who
cleans up the room, and livho joined
him at the door, but they Received no
response. Col. Brown passed on aud
unlocked the door of his private office,
to which he possessed the 1 ’ey. As soor
as he got into the room;he looked
through the aperture abov<t described
iuto the next office, and thpre a sight
met his eyes which *
Filled Him with Horror.
Stretched out upon the dong desk,
with a few letter books und jr his head,
lay the unhappy suicide. I.je was then
gasping convulsively iu the fast agonies
of death, and a strong odoriof chloro
form prevaded the room. J
Colonel Brown called Joudly £for
assistance, and Mr. J. H. Anderson, who
has a store on the opposite side of
Lloyd street, rushed ove*. Colonel
Brcfwn climbed through ti:|a aperture
to the room where the bocij was, and
opening the door admitted Jvlr. Ander
son. It was then too late fsjnd French
was a corpse. A few molnents later
Dr. John G. Westmoreland 4was called
in, but of course arrived to' late to be
of any service. The features of the
corpse were somewhat coi vulsed but
not much discolored. Oij the table
near him lay his letter, addressed to
Colonel Brown, which we Publish be
low: ]
United States Internal {Revenue, 1
Collector’s Office, 4th Di|t., Ga., I
Atlanta, September, £7th, 1875, j
At Office, 5)4 O’Clovk P. M. J
Col. Jack Brown : 1 if
s;
My Dear Friend—You will doubtless
be astonished on finding fie a dead
man ! But I have caltnlj considered
the matter, and I am satisfied I have
outlived my day. Far btgter had it
been for me had I diod *ast winter
when I was so low. It is said that a
person never commits suicide only
when demented. This is a mistake. I
am this moment as rational as at any
period of my life. I must die to pre
vent disgrace. You can imagine my
condition. lam in love, and the dear
creature is now in this city, at the
house of a woman on Thompson street,
near the Ice House. I do not know
her name, (the landlady’s.) I caused
her to oome here, to leave her parents,
promising to marry her, but to do this
I must forever give up my dear chil
dren. This I cannot do. I, therefore,
have determined to commit what you
may consider a rash act.
Now, my friend, I want to give my
dying statement. Anna J. McNeely is
a virtuous woman. She has confided
to me under a most solemn promise of
marriage. She is not to be blamed—l
alone am the guilty party, and I atone
for it by bidding adieu to all on earth.
I particularly desire that immediately
after you find my body that you will
go to her—tell her all—pay her board,
furnish her with money to go home,
and see her on the train.
There will be no necessity of au in
quest over me, as I take 8 grains of
morphine, which I this p. m. purchased
for this purpose. I have no directions
to give as to what disposition to make
of my remains. I care nothing about
this. I do not desire auy expenses
that can be avoided. Whatever money
you may be required to expend will be
refunded you, as I have enough prop
erty to satisfy you.
Break the sad news to my daughter,
whom I love dearer than life. lam
ashamed of myself. I could have been
respected, had I not been so very im
prudent. You know my foibles—please
nuke allowances.
I must now bid you adieu. It is so
dark I cannot write more.
Aud may a merciful God pardon me!
Truly your friend,
French.
This letter was written in a bold,
steady hand, evidently with calmness
and deliberation, and not scarred by a
single erasure. It was folded neatly,
placed in an envelope, addressed: “Col
onel Jack Brown. Personal.”
The Inquest.
The jury made up their verdict that
the deceased came to his death from
taking eight grains of morphine, and
were discharged.
The Unfortunate Cause—Statement of
the Young Girl Concerned in the
Affair.
As soon as the unfortunate occur
rence became known a Constitution re
porter called to see the young girl,
whose name is written in the deceased
man’s letter. We found her boarding
in the cottage house on Thomson
street, the first one after passing
around to the left of the ice house. As
we entered the door and called her
name as that of the person we desired
to see, she came to the door of her
room and began
Weeping Violently.
Entering a very neatly furnished
room, she sat down upon tho edge of
the bed and asked us to be seated in a
chair near by. The lady of the house
stood at the door aud asked:
•‘ls it true that he is dead?”
The girl looked up at us with stream
ing eyes, eager to catch the reply which
was given aud which caused her to be
come convulsed hysterically with grief.
Before our visit they had only heard
the street rumors of the suicide, and
knew nothing of the fact or its details.
She held her face in her hands and
rocked her body backward and forward.
The intensity of her emotions was pain
ful to witness, and would have excited
sympathy in the breast of the most
rigid moralist. Her statements to the
Constitution reporter were given be
tween her violent fits of weeping, but
with a directness and all the evidences
of modesty and truthfulness.
Her Appearance
is that of a lithe, active country girl,
unused to the ways of the world. She
is rattier tall, about tweuty-tvvo years
of age, has black, straight hair, failing
only to the shoulders, and a frank but
not handsome face. She was neatly
dressed in a well-fitting gray or drab
dress aud white linen collar. There
was nothing either gross or remarka
ble in her appearauce.
What She Said.
Miss McNeely said that she had
known Capt. French all her life, but
that he had been paying his addresses
to her for the past two years. They
had been engaged, or he had been un
der a soletnu promise of marriage to
her, for a year past, aud the matter
would have beeu accomplished long
since, as she states, but for the violent
and determined opposition of Capt.
French’s daughter. For a portiou of
the time they had been meeting to
gether at intervals, and all the rela
tions of man and wife sustained, she
yielding to him, as he himself states,
under the faith she had in his express
ed intention to wed her. From this
particular intimacy the usually ex
pected result has not appeared and
possibly may not follow. She said that
Capt. French was the
Only Man She Ever Loved,
or from whom received attentions. “I
loved him with all my heart,” she said,
“and I know he loved me and would
have married me, but now I am ruined
forever ! Oh! I would rather be dead
than the wretched person I am !
I Am a Lost Woman
and will never know another
rest in this world !”
Slie spoke of the opposition to their
marriage made by Capt. French’s
daughter, and claimed that all their
trouble and the death of the unfortu
nate man were due to this. She said
that Captain French wrote for her to
come here, and that they would be
married in this city, and out of the
reach of his daughter’s influence.
She Told Her Parents
fully of the whole affair; concealing
nothing, and explaining to them how
necessary it was that this request
should be complied with. They con
sented aud she came away from home,
meeting Capt. French at Macon on Sun
day last. They came to Atlanta to
gether and she was placed to board in
the house where she now was. He vis
ited her and spent much of his leisure
time with her. She said:
“When he returned back from a trip
on the Georgia Road on Monday night,
I told him I was not satisfied with the
place and my condition, and asked him
to try and do some better. I cried
about him and begged him to let us get
mavried and live right, and he promis
ed, saying: ‘I had a good wife once, I
know that she was good and is in
Heaven, and I will have another before
Sunday night.’ He said he knew I
was a good woman and deserved to be
happy.”
Their Last Interview.
She said : “Capt. French stayed with
me Thursday night, and while here we
both wrote a letter to my parents. He
said, when he got up yesterday morn
ing, that I must try to be happy, now
that we were so soon to be married.
He said not to send th© letter off
until he returned at one o’clock. He
then, calling me his ‘darling’ went
away, and I have not seen him since.”
She said that she had given her
money to Capt. French, and did * it
know a soul in the city except him.
We told her that she need have no
fears upon this score, as Col. Brown
would attend to her necessities in pur
suance of Capt. F.’s request. She took
from her trunk a plain black bible,
and from between the leaves removed
The Letter
which Capt. F. had written to her pa
rents. It was written upon broad let
ter paper, with a pencil, and was as
follows :
Atlanta, September 16,1875.
Mr. and Mrs. McNeely : I met Anna
at Macon Sunday night, and she came
on here with me. I have been with her
most of the time except Monday, when
I went down the Georgia Road on a
short trip.
She is at a boarding house and Is
well, and if we both live until Sunday
morning we will be united in marriage,
and I hope our future may be happy.
I havo determined to join my lot with
hers, come weal or woe.
I have only one thing to ask of you,
and that is not to say anything about
this until I have time to write to my
friends, as they know nothing of my
plans.
We will write soon again.
Your obedient servant,
H. L. French.
Upon the back of this she had also
pencilled some messages of love and
expressions of religious faith.
A violent fit of grief again overcom
ing her we ceased to question her and
took our leave, but as we thought of
the passionate love which she had
given the man and the weakness which
had led her to barter the jewel of life
on the faith of his promise, we wonder
ed how many there would be on this
Sabbath morning who would read her
story and remember the words of the
Saviour to those who denounced the
Magdalen to Him ?
Col. Jack Brown left for Americus
last night having the remains of Capt.
French in charge. The young woman,
Miss McNeely, also returned by the
same train.
LITTLE AMES.
He Hears from Ben. Butler, and Is
sues a Spread-Eagle Reply to Pierre
pont.
Washington, September 20.—The fol
lowing text of the telegram from Gov
ernor Ames to the Attorney General,
relating to affairs in Mississippi, was
to-day made public:
“Jackson, Miss., Sept. 11, 1875.
“Attorney General Pierrepont, Washing
loti, D. C.:
“The necessity which called forth my
despatch of the Bth inst. to the Presi
dent still exists. Your question of
yesterday, repeated to-day, asks for
information which I gladty give. The
violence is incident to the political con
test preceding the pending election.
Unfortunately, the question of race,
which has been prominent in
the South since the war, has
assumed magnified importance at this
time in certain localities. In fact, the
race feeling is so intense that protec
tion for the colored by white organiza
tions is despaired of. A political con
test made on the “white line” forbids
it. The history of the colored people
since Reconstruction and its bearing on
the situation at this time and a detail
ed statement of the troubles here can
not be condensed in a telegram. This
State has been opposed to organizing a
militia of colored men. It has been be
lieved by them that it would develop a
war of races which would extend be
yond this State. The organization of
whites alone, where the issue is one of
race, would be equally ineffectual. The
most complete protection would be
found in the strict non-interference of
the whites. Contradictions will be
numerous. So they were last Decem
ber. But tho report of the Congres
sional Committee proved the correct
ness of my assertions. lam aware of
the reluctance of the people of the
country to national interference in
State affairs, though if there be no
violation of the law there can be no in
terference. Permit me to express the
hope that the odium of such inter
ference shall not attach to President
Grant or the Republican party. As the
Governor of the State, I made a de
mand which cannot well be refused.
Let the odium iu all its magnitude
descend upon me. I cannot escape the
conscious discharge of my duty toward
a class of Americau citizens whose only
offense consists in their labor. lam
powerless to protect.
[Signed] “Adelbert Ames.”
Attorney General Pierrepont says
that the letter to Governor Ames was
intended to show that Federal troops
would not be called out except in strict
accordance with the Constitution and
the laws, after the State had used its
own resources ; but that if the neces
sity was forced, the Government would
indulge in no leniency towards lawless
disturoers of public peace or murder
ers of innocent men.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Postal News—A Man-of-War Going
to Hayti.
Washington, D. C., September 20. —
Wm. J. Alexander has been appointed
Post Master at Jacksonville, Alabama,
vice John A. Dearmon suspended. The
U. S. Steamer Powhatan, now at New
York, will sail from there this week
for Port Au Prince, Hayti, in accor
dance with a request from the State
Department that a vessel of war be
sent to that place. During some
troubles on the Island a short time ago
the American minister there gave
shelter to some of the Parties, in con
sequence of which their adversaries
threatened the minister and the De
partment deems it expedient to send a
vessel there for his protection if
necessary.
—i © ii ——
Minor Telegrams.
Geo. R. Gaithers, 90 years old, a re
tired merchant of Baltimore, died Sun
day.
Carl Schurz expects to make nine
speeches in Ohio this campaign in favor
of hard money.
Wheeling, September 20. —The cor
ner stone of the new capitol was laid
with Masonic ceremonies. Business
was suspended.
Philadelphia, September 20.—The
verdict iu the Westervelt case was
guilty on the last three counts of the
indictment.
Santa Fe, September 20.—Nearly full
returns show that S. B. Elkin has been
elected delegate to Congress by 1,500
majority. ,
New Series —Vol. 28, No. 41
GEORGIA.
Political Condition of the State—The
Republican Party Moribuud—Demo
cratic Party Leaders and Policy—The
Independents.
Alpine, N. J., Sept.•’l6th, 1875.
To the Editor of the Herald :
I conclude my account of Georgia
with a few remarks about the political
condition of the State :
In the first place there is no Republi
can party worthy of the name in the
State. There is but one Republican
newspaper, and that is a weekly. One
of the most zealous Republicans in the
State said to me : “ The Republican
party, so far as its white members are
concerned, consists mainly of Federal
office-holders and men seeking office—
mostly natives of the State.” Ho added:
“ There are not more than a hundred
active white Republicans iu Georgia
who are honest and out of office.”
Another zealous Republican said to me:
“ The white Republicans of Georgia
are made up almost entirely of
Federal office-holders whose aim is to
keep their places, and of men who are
trying to get these places. There is
substantially nobody else, white, in the
party,” Another said, “White men
put themselves forward for Congress
on the Republican ticket, knowing
they will be beaten, with the sole ob
ject of rushing to Washington as soon
as the election is over to set up a claim
for a federal office on the ground of
their defeat.” “The Civil Rights bill
killed the Republican party iu this
State,” said a Federal officer to me—
“it put us back to 1867. Less than
5,000 whites voted the Republican
ticket at the election of 1874. In 1872,
a Republican told me, at least 10,000
blacks voted the Greeley ticket, and
“more and more negroes vote Demo
cratic all the time.” I notice that
among the grievances of the blacks
mentioned in discussions of the so
called insurrection is one that they are
disfranchised if they do not pay their
poll aud road taxes. This is perfectly
true, and, I think, perfectly just. Poll
and road tax is all that the greater
part of them pay toward the support
of the government, and if they evade
this they do not deserve to vote. The
same law applies to the whites.
In the Georgia Congressional delega
tion there is not now a single Republi
can. One reason for this is that, in
some cases, the party nominates men
who cannot get the support of honest
Republicans. One such man I was told
of, who was no sooner beaten than he
proceeded to Washington a’nd set up a
claim to all the Federal patronage of
the district in which he had been cut by
every honorable Republican. Nor are
claims of this kind always disallowed
at Washington. For instance, not long
ago, a mm was appointed Collector of
Internal Revenue in a Georgia district
who, according to general Republican
testimony, had been a Ku Klux in Ku
Klux times, and who actually could not
take the office because he then stood
charged with offering a bribe.
One of the most prominent Federal
Officers in the State, a native and a
zealous Republican and bitter opponent
of the Democratic party, said to me,
“I don’t knew that there is any Re
publican party in the State. The ne
groes will not vote in general because
they have no white vote back of them.
The blacks are almost totally disfran
chised by their neglect to pay their
taxes. At least two-thirds of the col
ored voters are thus disfranchised.—
Then, again, in some counties where
there are large negro majorities half a
a dozen black demagogues insist on
running for the same office, and then
Democrats run in between them.—
Wherever independent tickets have
been put up in counties the supporters
of these strove for the negro vote, and
in such cases the election was always
peaceable aud full, because there two
parties were anxious for this vote. I
do not think that for a year or two past
there has been much cheating in wages;
the people have learned to do better.”
Democratic Rule iu Georgia.
Georgia has been longer and more
continuously than any other cotton
State since the war under the rule of
the Democratic party. Bullock, the
Republican Governor, chosen at the
adoption of the Constitution iu 1868
for a term of four years, abandoned
his office and the State in October, 1871;
Smith, Democrat, was elected to fill his
unexpired term; was re-elected in 1872,
and is Governor. The Legislature,
which is elected every two years, was
Republican by a small majority in 18GS;
but the body which assembled in No
vember, 1871, was strongly Democratic,
and both Houses and all the Executive
officers have been Democratic ever
since. It follows that, since the winter
of 1871, the State government has been
entirely in Democratic hands, and
the county governments have also,
with but few exceptions, fallen
under the same control. The
Legislature has been overwhelm
ingly Democratic in both branches.
It would be strange, considering the
circumstances and the party strength,
if the ruling party had been always
wise ; but it must be said that they
have done very few wicked or very
foolish things. They have been for
tunate in the possession of a few wise
and conservative men, with courage
enough to make their sentiments
known. For instance, in the last Leg
islature a stupid old Bourbon intro
duced a bill to make a breach of con
tract by a negro a penal offense: But
Mr. Furlow, a strong Democrat, but a
sensible man, rose at once and declared
that he would oppose such a measure
as long as he lived ; that in his experi
ence, if you pay a negro and treat him
honestly he will work fairly and stick
to his contract. Furlow is a popular
man, and has the courage of his opin
ions, and the result was that in a
House of 130 members only twelve
votes were cast for the bill. In like
manner the Toombs men, who are the
Bourbons in Georgia, have tried on dif
ferent occasions to get a constitutional
convention, but have always failed, the
Constitution being a sufficiently good
instrument. So, too, in his last mes
sage, Governor Smith, who has con
ducted himself so well in this “insur
rection” business, urged the Legisla
ture to stop the appropriation of SB,OOO
per annum for the colored university,
and the Superintendent of Public In
struction supported him, believing, as
he told me, that a normal school for
colored teachers was more necessary
than a university. But, in spite of a
foolish prejudice against the teachers
in the University, the Legislature re
fused to do the Governor’s bidding. It
is but just to add that if the dread
of “social equality” was likely to die
out, this would be skilfully prevented
by some leading Republicans, ohief of
whom is the Northern Methodist Bishop
Haven who has on several occasions
openly declared himself in favor of
“social equality,” and who appears to
me to have quite a genius for keeping
alive a subject which naturally stirs up
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rancorous feelings, and which is best
left to settle itself.
Democratic Politics.
The prostration of the Republican
party has given the Democrats such
great power that they are now on the
verge of a quarrel among themselves.
In two Congressional Districts, iu 1874,
Democrats ran against Democrats ; in
many counties independent candidates
were put forward, and where the Re
publicans were wise enough to support
them were elected. There are at this
time eight or ten candidates for Gover
nor, aud I hear that Mr. Stephens is
not unlikely to run as an independent.
By the way, Gov. Smith is a candidate
for re-election, and in view of this fact
his firm and just course during the “in
surrection ” excitement shows that he
at least believes that the white people
whose votes he would like to get are in
favor of justice to the negroes.
Georgia has some able and many in
fluential public men. Unfortunately
for the Republicans, they are all in the
Democratic party. Governor Brown,
who is reputed the ablest and most
popular man in the State, was a Re
publican in 1868; but he is one no long
er. He is a man of moderate views, a
lover of justice, and, if the Republicans
in Washington had been wise, one
would think they would have tried to
keep him iu the party. Of Mr. Ste
phens I need not speak. He is deeply
respected by all Georgians, who forgive
him all his vagaries and will support
him for whatever place he desires, con
scious that he will serve them honest
ly. General Toombs is a man of but
little influence. He has but a small
and decreasing following, composed of
a few extremists. Mr. Ben. Hill, who
is a member of the next Congress, is
spoken of in Georgia as a prodigy, and
as certain to make a career in Con
gress. He is a ready speaker, and has
spoken, in his time, on both sides of
several important questions. There
are other notable men, but those I
have named are the leaders of opinion.
“When the Democrats are so likoly
to split, especially on the nomination
for Governor, I suppose the Republi
cans will stand ready to support an
independent Democrat,” I said to a
leading Republican. He replied, “That
is not so certain. It is more probable
that some Republican will be selfish
enough to demand a nomination for
himself, will get it with the help of the
negro, and will of course be beaten.
The fact is,” he added, “you can see
that there Is no room here for a Repub
lican party such as exists, composed of
a few ambitious leaders and a mass of
ignorant blacks; it is a nuisance.” He
was right; such a party is a danger to
the eommunity; aud I cannot help but
admire the self-control of the Demo
crats, who, with such overwhelming
majorities in the Legislature, have
committed so few follies. Their man
agement has not always been wise, and
in the parts of the State remote
frpm railroads there has been mal
treatment of blacks, which was
scandalous, and which the press did
not properly report. Such things are
getting rare, as I was assured by Re
publicans who were well informed. But
it seemed to me that both the press
and many of the public men of the
State are foolishly timid in rebuking
both folly and wrong. They have not
sufficient confidence in the people. It
was laughable to mo to see how timidly
a part of the press and some of the
prominent public men supported a
movement in Atlanta to celebrate last
Fourth of July ; and to see, neverthe
less, in what crowds the people turned
out in the city and came in from the
country to join in the celebration when
it was finally determined on. I ought
to add, on the authority of several
Federal office-holders, all earnest Re
publicans, that the Bar of the State, in
matters where “justice to the colored
people” is concerned, is not chargeable
with neglect or cowardice. They told
me positively that lawyers all over the
State, from the highest to the least,
were always ready to defend a negro
in a court of justice if called on. The
conduct of the recent conspiracy trials
shows this to be true.
The difficulty in Georgia is that
black and white Republican and Dem
ocratic demagogues unite in maintain
ing the color line in politics. The bad
Democrat does not object, for it enables
him to control the State. The bad Re
publican likes it, for it makes him a
martyr and gives him what he longs
for—a Federal office—or at least the
excuse for demanding one. Gov. Smith
spoke wisely when he said to me that
only when the color line was broken
could the politics of the State be set
tled, aud this would bring absolute se
curity to the negro. There is no doubt,
too, that the Civil Rights bill and the
Force bill and all the other efforts
made to maintain in the South a spu
rious Republican party, such as giving
many of the Federal offices to men
who have no real hold or influence in
their State—all these things have only
tended to baud the white voters togeth
er in a more and more inflexible oppo
sition to the Federal administration,
and to band the ignorant blacks to
gether and subject them to the rule of
demagogues, leaving the moderate men
of both sides without their just voice
or influence, Charles Nordkoff.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Death of One of the James Outlaws—
A Methodist Minister Murdered—
Destructive Snow Storm—Conflagra
tion.
Louisville, September 20. — The out
law, Jesse James, wounded at Pine Hill,
is dead.
Santa Fe, September 20.—F. J. Tol
ley, a Methodist minister, was shot
through the heart. His horse waa
found tied to an adjacent tree. No
clue.
There have been tremendous storms
during the past ten days. Los Cruces
was nearly destroyed by a water spout.
Quebec, September 20. — Twelve inches
of snow. Fruit and ornamental trees
have been damaged.
Quincy, Ills., September 20.—D. D.
Merriam & Sons’ lumber yard and half
a block of buildings were burned last
night. Merriam’s loss. $40,000; other
losses, $20,000.
Marine Disasters.
Charleston, September 20.— Off this
port the schooner Harry C. Shephard,
from Brunswick for New York, was
partially dismasted. The Captain and
crev* of the British brig Amelia, of
Shelburn, N. S., arrived here in a boat
to-day. The Amelia was lumber-laden,
from Brunswick for Rio de Janerio,
and foundered at sea off this port on
Saturday last in a heavy southwest
gale. Officers and men were all saved
Boston, September 20.— Jordan,
Marsh & Co.’s loss was adjusted at
SIOO,OOO,
Cincinnati, September 20. —The Pork
Packers will exhibit at the Centennial.
Omaha, September 20.— First froslj,
last night,