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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily—one year $lO 00 “ six months 5 00 " three months 2 60 Tbi-Weekly—one year 6 00 “ six months 2 50 Weekly—one year 2 oo “ six months l 00 Single copies, 6 cts. To news dealers, i'A cts. Subscriptions must in all cases be paid in advance. The paper will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. JAB. G. BALLIE. ) FRANCIS COGIN. ! Proprietors GEO. T. JACKSON.) Aldef.ss all Letters to H. C. STEVENSON. Manager. 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 To Advertisers and Subscribers. On AND after this date (April 21, 1875.) all editions of the Constitutionalist will be rant free of postage. Advertisements must be paid for when han ded in, unless otherwise stipulated. Announcing or suggesting Candidates for office, 20 cents per line each insertion. Money may be remitted at our risk by Express or Postal Order. CoBBESPONDENCE invited from all sources, and valuable special news paid for if used. Rejected Communications will not be're turned, and no notice taken of anonymous letters, or articles written on both sides. 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,