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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily—one year $lO oo " six months 500 “ three months 1 250 Tri-Weekly—one year 5 oo “ six months * 250 Weekly—one year ' 2 00 six months . 1 00 Single copies, 5 cts. To news dealers, 2*34 cts. Subscriptions must in all cases be paid in advance. The paper will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. JAS. G. BAILIE. ) FRANCIS COGIN. Proprietors GEO. T. JACKSON.) Address all Letters to H. C. STEVENSON, Manager. Thebe is but one newspaper in Nash ville, but the Radicals, it seems, have managed to elect their candidate for Mayor in that city. Read Dr. Worrall’s speech, reported for this paperj specially. It will be found extremely interesting and sug gestive. Stanley, who hunted up Dr. Living stone, has been heard from. Whether any real good has been accomplished by him, outside of a Herald sensation, let time and chance determine. The Atlanta Constitution is respect fully informed, by authority, that no pauper has been passed over the Geor gia Railroad, on the Mayor’s pass, since the twelfth of July. Paupers sent from Atlanta here are frequently sent back at their own special request. The Indian Council is panning-out rather badly. The savages distrust the whites, and well they may, and the whites distrust the red men, as they have cause to do. The fact is the Ad ministration deals with inferior races oa the old Abolition folly at times, and then pursues them with fraud aud atro city. Matters were not very lovely at Fall river yesterday, when an attempt to re sume work was made. The proceed ings were characterized with much vio lence and, as the Commissioner says of the Indians, showed a “bad heart.” The fact is capital and labor are about to meet in New England with hostility oa both sides. It is a “result of the war.” The South was the best friend of both parties; but when her institu tions were destroyed and her produc tion ruined, the devil was let loose and his pranks are only beginning in the East and West. Delano has gone. He wrote a long letter to the President, and the Presi dent responded with comparative brev ity. TLe reader can peruse these docu ments and draw what conclusions he thinks proper. One thing is certain, the fire of the press seems to have taken effect, whether Delano de served it or not. It is none of our fu neral. When Williams left the Cabi net Grant addressed him in pretty much the same terms as he did Delano the other day. It may mean some thing, or it may mean nothing; but the broadsides of the press must have told upon both the President and his officer, for they both noticed them, and one has “stepped down and out.” Carl Schurz has spoken. We have a fragment of his speech. He is neither Democrat nor Republican. In 1848 he was driven out of Germany for Radi calism. In 1875 he hob-nobbed with Bismarck & Cos. We have no doubt that he is cheek by jowl with New York and European bondholders. We Avould rather trust llie honor, glory and prosperity of the country to old Bill Allen, with his hard sense and honest desire for the common weal, than to a wilderness of Carl Schurzs, with their nice dialectics and love for the money ring here and abroad. In our judgment, Mr. Schurz, though a man of consummate ability, is, politi cally speaking, neither fish, flesh, fowl nor good red-herring. The people are tired of metaphj’sics. The situation in Turkey grows more and more alarming, if the dispatches we get are worthy of credit. The very best and most comprehensible account of the Eastern question is given in a late number of Punch. It is in the form of a drama entitled “His Own Master” and runs thus; Scene—The Sultan’s Palace. The Sul tan and his Grand Yizier discovered in consultation. Unpaid bills (right and left). A tottering throne (center). The Sultan—And so you say I must see them ? The Grand Yizier —It is fate, O mighty Father of the Faithful, and what is stronger than fate ? The Sultan —Yery well, tell the dogs to come in. The Grand Yizier—The meanest slave upon the earth hastens to the bidding if the all-powerful Master of the World. [Exit, and re-enter immediately, ush ering in the Ambassadors of Aus tria, Russia, Germany, France and England. The Ambassadors bow themselves down to the ground be * fore the Sultan. The Sultan—Well, gentlemen, and what do you want with me ? But first, with you permission, I will raise my right hand to my head, to arrange my turban, which (as you see) seems to be falling off. The Austrian Ambassador—With the greatest possible respect for your Majesty’s wishes—which are to all of us law —I most humbly but distinctly protest against your Majesty using your Majesty’s right hand. The Sultan —Well, then, gentlemen, I will raise my left. The Russian Ambassador—Your Maj esty, of course, can do absolutely what your Majesty pleases; but I, on behalf of my Government, respectfully but firmly insist that your Majesty shall not use your Majesty’s left hand. The Sultan —Well, then, gentlemen, you will notice that my footstool ap pears to be slipping away. With your permission, gentlemen, I will put it back again with my light leg, The German Ambassador—Of course we (without exception) are prepared to treat your Majesty’s slightest sugges tions *as po-itive commands. Still I have the honor to inform your Majesty that your Majesty cannot be permitted to move your Majesty's right leg. The Sultan —Well, geutlemen, my left leg vi’ill do equally well. The French Ambassador—We have only to know your Majesty’s ideas to carry them out instantly, in the most perfect integrity. Still, France will not consent to your Majesty advancing your Majesty’s left leg. The Sultan—Well, gentlemen, what can I do ? The English Ambassador—l am de sired by Her Majesty’s Government (who are prepared to give each and every one of your majesty’s plans the most unqualified moral support) to in form your majesty that your majesty will be respectfully permitted to do no thing. " [Scene closes in. ffltt Auguste Constitutionalist Established 1799. DIRECT TRADE. A MOVE FOR SOUTHERN INDE PENDENCE. Grange and Citizens’ Meeting at Thomson —Speecli of Dr. Worrall — Its Effect. ISpecial to the Constitutionalist 1 Thomson, Ga., Sept. 27, 1875. There was a large gathering here this morning to hear Doctor Thomas D. Worrall’s speech upon Direct Trade and Co-operative Union. Colonel M. C. Fulton presided. The meeting was at the Court House. The brass band of this place enlivened the occasion with its dulcet strains. A large num ber of shares were taken to keep the good cause moving. DR. WORRALL’S ADDRESS. In coming to addrecs you on the sub ject of Direct Trade, I wish to be dis tinctly understood, at the outset, that I do not come to ask anything either for myself or the English branch of the company I represent. I simply wish to organize you for self help, and for the purpose of having you co-operate with the people of England in their ef forts to open up a direct trade with you. If you do this the dream of the best men of the State of Georgia for the past half century will soon be a verity, and your commercial fetters, that bind you to a grasping and un scrupulous section, will be broken. I have been to England, and spent most of my time of late pointing out to my native countrymen the lack of wisdom shown in their present commercial re lations with this country. It is folly to talk of trading through New York, Boston or Philadelphia, when they can trade direct with the Southern ports. He had spent three years in giviug these people informa tion on these subjects, information which was badly needed by the whole people of England; they were lamenta bly ignorant of the condition of affairs in the Gulf States and the South gen erally. When he told them that the South was the sole producer of the cotton crop, raising four million bales per annum; when he told them that the South raised all the sugar and the rice and most of the tobacco; w r hen he told them that the people of the Gulf aud West raised one billion three hundred thousand bushels of grain, they were astonished and amazed; when he point ed out to them that tnese goods and produce had to go over fifteen hundred miles before they were shipped to Eng land; when he told them that the peo ple of the South and West were their best customers, they lifted their hands with amazement and said, “cau these things be so?” He went further and presented for their consideration sta tistics showing the true condition of the South and North in a commercial view, and furnishing information en tirely new and of which they had here tofore been wofully ignorant. He de picted in forcible language the differ ence between the South and North, demonstrated by indisputable logic, the senseless folly of the South ern people working to enrich others —that is, employing others and paying them well to do the trade which they should do themselves. The question is what are we to do to reme dy the matter ? Go to the capitalists of Eugland and ask them to open up this direct trade in order that you may have immediate intercourse with their merchants. It is true, gentlemen of the South, and you have the means of confirming the truth that such a trade would be mutually beneficial. He would ask if there was any necessity of sending their goods over one thousand five hundred miles to be shipped to Eugland ? The facts prove no, and from Norfolk, Ya., to G tlveston, Texas, the roar of the waves invites the peo ple to commit their ships freighted with produce to their care. There was no necessity for the existing state of affairs. Then why continue it ? By this course the people of the South had become mere hewers of wood and drawers of water, and now the time had arrived when they should arouse themselves and assume the position to which they are entitled. The South and West were the great producers of the country, aud the others were mere livers upon their bounty. You depend upon drawing money from New York, Boston and Philadelphia. Whose money is it ? Does it belong to the people of New York, Boston, Philadel- New England, or any of the States east of the Alleghanies? No, gentlemen, you know it does not; the money comes from the Bank of England. The speaker then discussed ably the remedy proposed; the co-operative system, or “Rochdale plan,” the details of which were clearly set forth in a manner which could not fail to be un derstood. About the Co-oDerative Societies. You will desire to know all about the Co-operative Societies of England, who have inaugurated this movement and who are to be your partners iu the direct trade business. Attempts had frequently been made to establish some sort of Co-operative Societies pre viously to the one of which I shall now speak, but all had failed through some radical defect in the organization.— When started to purchase and sell at wholesale they failed, as any political economist would have predicted. No commercial enterprise can succeed where the profits are spent as fast as made, beside such a practice is sure to create antagonisms on the part of busi ness men. The civil service stores in London are I believe the only remnants of this system, and they are only kept up by Government employes, who having permanent and regular salaries, are kept together by the cohesive power arising out of their position. Stores started on the credit system have alike failed. The plan known as the Rochdale plan is the only one that has stood the test of experience. The fit st society on this plan was started in Rochdale, Lancashire in the year 1844 by twenty-eight poor weavers. The capital was but $140.00. Their first store was in an old coach house, and it is said that their first stock of goods was taken to the store in a wheelbarrow. The business was conducted by the members in turn, taking a night to sell goods, and the plan, iu regard to profits, was to let them accumulate. They reasoned thus; If we go on purchasing of the ordinary shop keepers we must pay full retail prices, aud as we do our own business aud save these profits, why not let them remain and be continally turned over, thus not only accumu lating at compound interest, but accu mulating the retail profits also? The plan proved successful, aud their capi tal grew with surprising rapidity, so that last year they had $964,070, and did a business of $1,534,440, with a profit of $203,395. The membership has increased to 7,639. The little store AUGUSTA. GA., iriTESDA.Y, SEPTEMBER SB. 1875. started in the coach house has been re placed by one of the most magnificeut business houses in England. It is four story and basement, and stores for the sale of groceries, dry goods, butcher shops, bakery tailoring, boots and shoes, clogs, coal and other supplies. It has its insurance and banking de partment, reading room and a splendid library, scientific instruments and an educational department. In addition to this the society has fifteen branch stores and a large corn mill, besides investments in numerous productive or manufacturing establishments, ali springing, be it remembered, from the small investment of £2B, or a little less than $140.00. The plan of doing business is this : After subscribing for stock a committe is appointed who have the sole charge of the business ; they do all the buying and handle the cash. The manager is a salaried ser vant. When ho or his clerks sell goods a slip of paper is given to the pur chaser, on the payment of the money, on which the amount is marked. This slip is taken by the party receiving it to the cashier, who exchanges it for a tin check on which the amount is stamped. When these checks amount to £l, or $5, they are exchanged for a copper check stamped with that amount. These are kept until the end of the quarter, when they are all taken to the Secretary of the company, and the amount marked in a book similar to a bank book, ana when a dividend is declared these indicate how much each member is entitled to, all receiv ing dividends according to the amount of their purchases. The profits of trade among all the directors is be tween an average of 30 and 40 per cent, per annum. The plan inaugurated in Rochdale has spread over Eugland, There are now over 1,000 stores, some of which are much large than the original store. Hali fax has 8,180 members and sells over $1,500,000. One store in Manchester, the co-operative wholesale, did a business last year of $10,000,000, and will do as much more this year. The aggregate membership is now over 500,000, and the money has accumulated so rapidly that the societies have gone largely into productive industry. They are interested either as societies or indi viduals in some 50 or 60 cotton spin ning mills, mostly in Oldham and Ba cup, they have cotton weaving mills, several cloth mills, two or three silk manufactories, a linen manufactory in Jurgan Island, manufactories in and near Paisley for plaids, shawls, scarfs, blankets, etc.; a large carpet, rug aud blanket manufactory in Hecktnond, Wike, Yorkshire, cutlery in Sheffield, guns aud hardware in Birmingham, tin plate in Wales, chains, tools, etc., in Warwickshire, boot and shoe factories and elastic web factories in Leicester, sewing machines and other machinery in Nottingham, a furniture factory, etc., a large marine engine and ship build ing yard in Newcastle-on-Tyne, soap works in Durham, between 20 and 30 flouring mills, and indeed works of almost every description, including collieries and other mines. They have their own newspaper and printing so cieties, banks, insurance companies, and an agricultural and horticultural society. Among the list of members of which I counted over forty of the no blemen of England, Earls, Lords, Hon orables, Knights, etc., etc. In spite of the numerous manufactories they own, it Is yet found impossible to find suitable investments for their cap ital. The Leeds society then had, while I was in England, no more nor less than SBO,OOO lying in the bank drawing only 2>£ per cent, per annum, while they were paying their members 5 per cent., so that they were 1% per cent, worse off than nothing. Other societies are in the same position. Ex cept some outlet is found for their sur plus manufactures and surplus cash, they will be compelled to force their members to reduce the share capital of the societies. Other persons beside members deal with them on account of the honesty of their transactions. They will not sell an adulterated article, if they know it, and chemists are em ployed to detect fraud. Shoddy is not in their line. If any person purchases from them they know that they will be honestly dealt with. Hence, with their own members aud outsiders they have to feed and clothe over 3,000,000 of peo ple. This will necessitate large pur chases of breadstuffs, corn, meat, cheese, butter and other products from the United States besides cotton for their mills, tallow for their soap factory and hides and leather for their boot and shoe factories. They have among their leaders some of the best thinkers of England. Thos. Hughes, Queen’s counsel; Walton Morrison, Lloyd Jones, George Jacob Holyoke, J. 11. Ruther ford, E. Vansettart Neale, J. C. Green ing, Joseph Smith, Abraham Green wood, J. Crabtree and hosts of others with whom I did not become personally acquainted. They are governed by a congress which meets once a year aud in the interval by six congressional boards. No great movement can be started among them until it has received the sanction of these boards and the con gress. The Mississippi Yalley Trading Company was discussed and endorsed by these boards, and finally acted upon in the Congress. The following resolu tion was moved by Mr. Hughes and seconded by Mr. Crabtree ; “ Resolved, That this Congress is of opinion that the time has come for the inauguration of a system of international exchauge between the co-operatives of Eugland and the Mississippi Valley ; and re commends the plan proposed to be car ried out by the Mississippi Valley Trading Company to the support of this Union.” This resolution was thoroughly discussed and carried with out a single dissenting vote, thus com mitting every loyal member of the body to the movement. Most of the great London journals endorsed the scheme. Perhaps the most significant fact was the following from the great financial journal, the Monetary and Mining Ga zette : . “ There is much in the scheme which shows a nice discrimination of the laws that regulate commerce, a just appreciation of the vast resources of the Valley of the Mis sissippi, and a sound practical view of the value of close relations with this fertile rerion. There is bold enterprise in it, and great wisdom shown in the choice of the sphere for its operation. We shall watch with interest the pro gress of the company,” The company has not, however, been organized without some opposition, but it has been very slight, and the parties will be heartily ashamed of their con duct before many days. The capital Of the company is $25,- 000,000, and the business is to be con ducted by two boards of equal authori ty ; one to be called the English and one the American board, The funds to be used in England will be under the exclusive control of the English board, and that now being raised in America by the American board, yet both will act in perfect union while carrying out the objects of the < qlinization. The ocean ships will be tlvned and con trolled by the Engli hi branch of the company, but it is nfw quite clear that smaller ships f|*r coast trade must be built b; *the American branch, and wit h the atve shall be able to enter every South' r [ port, and thus control the whole coa t rade from Nor folk to Galvestou, an onvey in these ships our goods am Toducts to and from the ocean vesse i It is also quite clear that central v olesale depots must be established i 1 every State of the Gulf and the 3|ii fissippi Valley proper, in which man, f cturesand sup plies of every kind w J be sold both to the members of the i iciety aud the business community lerally. These stores will be managt 1. by picked men in each State, who w 1! be responsible to the general board, 1 and manage the business under the : general super vision. By thus divi. i; g labor and re sponsibility the whol jusiness can be conducted much bet'. ;; than from one centre. The profits vii be divided be tween capital and t ale, on the true Rochdale plan. Mutual B; uj (fits. It will thus be seen 1; it both nations will be greatly benefi: . The English will find a market : their surplus manufactures, and saj 3 nvestments for* their redundant capit, 1 They will also be able to purchase ti e r cotton, grain, pork, cheese ami of 1 r products at first hand, an t thus,! € icape gamblers and speculators. 3 Americans will be able to purchase 1 .anufactures at much reduced prices, K thout reducing, the profits of the mat j acturer, and at the same time they ws l lave a constant demand for staples ,1 and products for which they will ree ;i *e fair prices, and not be longer ,t the mercy of Wall street money s |iarks. Beside, they will keep in the ! .< uth and West some $50,000,000, whir if now go to feed and enrich men in tl MSastern States who produce nothing 1 1 The Mercham ;|uiass. I am frequently ask 3* what the mer chants of the South md West say about this scheme? -very little re flection satisfies then that their in terests lay iu the direr Li on of encourag ing the movement ti the utmost of their ability and meat; 3 . We shall literally hi] rig Liverpool t > their own doors and 74 ve at least 25 per cent in the cost oft British goods. By so doing they wiliijl e in a position to more than compet| vith their Eas tern rivals. Moreoveigl y having goods constantly at hand, til* ■ will be able to do three times their rar'i sent business, with the same capital|>t keeping capi tal in the South andf fYest that now goes to the East. All vv|l|feel the benefit and none more than t| *meichauts. The Merchants audit,be Grangers. Another question troubles some people is that of the rib iposed conflict between the merchant liud the Patrons of Husbandry. Thereji; no necessary conflict between the lie lest merchant and the Patrons. This > are not the middle men they are complaining of, but the commercials ana money and cotton spi dilators, the men ' who deal iu futures an j fit round a desk in Wall street, New s ; |>§c and decide, without asking; thefai jjiArs’ leave, what shall be the price of cdtfcn or grain or pork next week, next fnpnth or next year. The Grauge ulol’ement is well adapted to elevate the ifanter and in crease the products fjthe soil. The merchant class shouh getnember that they may handle go hb from youth to hoary age and * r et leave the world none the rich r| because they have lived on it. N >tl so with th<* planter. He takes 01I51L coat, roils up his sleeves, places hiuss<|f between the plow handles, turns ||vir the furrow, smooths down the e&jstl with his har row, deposits iu it tljjiji tirecious seed, watches over the ten® rjjshoot, keeps it from being choked t j weeds, culti vates the plant until )ii • fields charm the eye with the beaut e I of the cotton flower, and finally g • h *rs the staple and sends it to give t J p ioyment to the millions of busy work . h ;>ple in his own or other lands. Thestf a ethe men who produce something ous < t nothing, and the world is the ricldn because they have lived iu it. TheV a e the creators of the world’s wealth. They are co workers with God. Wilh >ut them com- merce would die aud the lerchant class perish. They should^ b cheered and encouraged by every <fifcb r class. Even the manufacturer ail the mechanic would starve but fui; 1 jiem. Next in importance to the farscie< is the miner, and then the meehan* , md all should create as much as Ipsjjible, and the now producing class Uhiuld be willing that the producer sh |;i! | be “the first partakers of the fru*;,’| The banker, too, should not chargfjtl 9 producer 20 per cent, for the use|oi: money, or he will soon kill the gc|&e| that lays the the golden egg. Cli .q money is as necessary to promot® tl a public well being as any other ecfm odity, and to supply this will be bn of the great aims of the Mississippi 1 alley Trading Company. : How About the British M mufactnrers? The interests of tbe'Br tish manufac turer and the planter are per fectly identical. Theyt a;; |) as much in terested in breaking pm u all rings of speculators as you caf hi. It is a mat ter of very little imp-jt ta ce how much they pay for cotton, wiSetl er it be 15c. or 20c., provided they ca|i 1 now what the price will be uniformi fc a number of years. If we can unitp a l the planters of the South in this llov mient I think there will be very 1 th difficulty in getting the manufoci ur*rs to make a definite contract for t n l-oars. They! of course, will take ill frisks cf the market in goods,and * jciOanters must take like risks of >ccy,sional short crops. The fluctuate is I. the market are not caused by ti e lianufacturer, nor the planter, but b sjlcculatorsvmd gamblers. Think of > ae*happy condi tion of the planter, if ae :an be sure of a fixed, definite aud fail price for his staples. With wha 1 mtldence he would engage iu the > ul vation of his crop. He would kno' j (st how much he could pay for lab( r, , row much for fertilizers, how much !of every thing, just so with the m niAacturer. He .vould have the same Ci mjSrtable assur ances and be able to |uas;e a standard price list aud standing Why can not this be done? Ilf every planter in ihe South will joiif o r Mississippi Yalley Trading Com. :ai \ if all will agree to stand togetln; i* aid co-operate, but a few months wil suffice to bring about this change. V [hj should men who produce uotbing ’ ial|e more out of the handling of cropsf hi! 1 you do who raise them? I ! What are the |’r< ipects? I am everywhere rf.ee ing with suc cess, especially amonplth planters and farmers. They freeU , n d willingly subscribe the imount pf i took we wish them to take. We d< hoiask for large subscriptions, from ten shares being all we desire tkiyfma person to take and most feel tl; k tley can safely take that amount. B j t v |s plan all can be brought in, and we|st|vll soon have as many members on this side of the Atlantic as on the other side. My march through Georgia has been a perfect ovation. In two cases, special trains have been placed at my dis posal, aud in one a steamboat was sent for fifty miles to escort me. Merchants, mechanics professional men all ap prove and come in, and soon the whole stock necessary for a start will he taken up, and when I telegraph to England that the first installment has been raised, out will come a ship, laden with goods and ready to take back cotton and produce, and when the work is once commenced and proved to be successful, there will be no lack of either ships or money, and that will be a happy day, both for England and the South and West. This move ment is spreading all over the country, and the demand upon my time and strength is positively overwhelming. I have received assurances of support from every State and Territory in the South and" West, especially from lead ing members and officers of the State and subordinate granges. I feel that the ball is rolling, and that success is certain. Another hopeful sign is iu the opposition of interested parties. Their attacks are various and savage, but I find men ready to defend me, and no doubt the more virulent the attacks tbe more rapidly shall I succeed, since no pretence will suffice to hide the mo tives of my tnaliguers. In conclusion, let every man in the South and West eome up to the work, and redemption from commercial slavery is at hand. “Who would be free himself must strike the blow.” I am not unmindful of the fact that dif ficulties have to be overcome, but “The wise and prudent conquer difficulties, While sloth and lolly, daring to attempt them, Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and dan ger, And make the impossibilities they fear.” a >ii> CARL SCHURZ. His Opening Speech.—Statement of His Position —What He Thinks of “Inflation.” Cincinnati, September 27.—Schurz’s speech makes ten thousand words. In opening he said; “But before proceed ing to discuss the issues of this contest, I owe you a preliminary statement of a personal nature. I am told that my appearance in this campaign has been represented as a part of a concerted plan to lead the Independent voters of the country iuto the ranks of the Re publican party and commit them to support its candidates in the Presiden tial election of 1876. That story is an idle invention. I know of no such plan. If it existed I would not be a party to it. Independent voters have minds of their own, aud I respect them too much to believe that they cau be transferred to this or that side by any individual or combination of in dividuals. Besides I not only do not seek to commit any body else as to the Presidential election of 1876, but I do no mean to commit myself. I reserve to myself entire freedom of judgement in that matter to be exercised when the exigencies will arise, and I advise everybody else to do the same. My re lations to the Republican party are no secret. I have deemed it my duty as a senator and a citizen to combat the errors and the transgressions of the set of politicians that controlled it aud to attack the abuses grown up under its rule. I was in earnest. I thought I was right when I did so, and it is no mere stubbornness of opinion to say I think so now. Whether the Republican party will put itself in a position to deserve support in the Presidential election in 1876 remains to be seen. Whether the Democrats will do so remains to be seen also. My opinion has long been, and I have not conceal ed it, that the patriotic men of the Republic might do better thau depend upon either. A proclamation has been made by the Democratic leaders of Ohio that this State campaign is to be of decisive effect as to the issues of the Presidential election of 1876, and in the very front of these issues they have placed one which involves not only the national interests, but the character, good name and the whole moral being of the American people. An attempt is being made to secure the endoisement by the people by the greatest State of the West and one of the greatest in the Union, of a financial policy which, if followed by the National Government, would discredit our Republican in stitutions the world over, expose the American people to the ridicule and contempt of civilized mankind, make our political as well as business life more than ever the hot-bed of gam bling and corruption, aud plunge the country into all those depths of moral and national bankruptcy and ruin, which, as all history demonstrates, never fail to follow a course so utterly demented in its wickedness.” He says the success of the inflation party in Ohio will be the signal for the general charge along the whole line to sub merge the best principles, and. leave helpless iu the rear the best leaders of the Democratic party, and to capture the national power by a tumultuous rush. This is no matter of mere local concern. It is a national danger, which all good citizens should unite to avert, and which cau surely be averted only by the defeat of inflation here. FROM NEW YORK. Stanley Heard From—He Observes a New Country Under Great Difficul ties. New York, September 27.—The Herald has advices from Henry M. Stanley, dated at the village of Kage hiji, District of Mehambri, March 1 and May 15. He had reached Victoria Nyanza Lake, having accomplished a remarkable march of 720 miles in 103 days. During the journey he passed through a totally new country of much forest and jungle, where he suffered from hunger and the natives. Several days’ fighting resulted, with a loss of 21 of his followers. His two white com panions, Edward Poccock and Fred erick Barker, succumbed to fever. With diminished force Stanley made a close survey of the great lake Victoria Nyanza. Minor Telegrams. Terre Haute, September 26.—Rev. Father P. Bade O’Connor, Vicar Gen eral of the diocese of Vincennes, Is dead. Nashville, September 26.—Thomas A. Kercheval, Republican, is elected Mayor by 182 majority. Manchester, N. H., September 27. A number of scientists from Washing ton are here to observe the eclipse oh Wednesday. They will have a tele graph circuit over the Western Union lines, with an observatory at Washing ton to observe the time. “He strained at a gnat and swallow ed a calomel,” was little Johnny’s ver sion of the text yesterday.—l Rochester Express. DELANO GONE AT LAST. A RICH ROGUE’S EULOGY ON HIS OWN OFFICIAL CAREER. His Letter Resigning tbe Position of Secretary of the Interior —President Grant’s Reply—An Insult to the Pub lic Opinion of the Country. Washington, September 26. —The fol lowing is the letter of the Hon. Colum bus Delano, resigning the office of Secretary of the Interior, with the President’s letter of acceptance. It may be stated that on the 22d instant, the date of the President’s letter, Mr. Delano, in company with a friend, called on President Grant at Elizabeth, N. J., to urge the President’s acceptance of his resignation. It is probable from present indications that the appoint ment of a successor will be made from Pennsjdvania, and that his name will be announced to-morrow : Washington, D. C., July 5,1875. Mr. President : I have the honor to transmit with this note my resignation of the office of Secretary of the Inte rior. You have been aware for some time of my earnest desire to retire from public life, and you have under stood the reasons, connected with my private business and domestic afflic tions, which have produced and intensi fied this desire. Last fall, in Novem ber, I requested you to accept my resig nation. You asked me not to insist, upon it, and expressed a desire that I should remain in your Cabinet until tin* end of your administration, or as long as I found it agreeable to do so. At your request and solicitation I declined then to insist upon your acceptance of my resignation, assuring you, however, that I must resign during the early part of the ensuing spring. When that period arrived, and during the months of April and May, you advised me again not to resign, which advice agreed with my own judgment. The reasons for this conclusion need not be stated here. Since you were called by your fellow-citizens to per form the duties of Chief Magistrate, you have invited me, without the solic itation of myself or friends, so far as I know and believe, to take charge of tvro important and responsible public trusts —the Internal Revenue Bureau and the Interior Department. I was Commissioner of the Internal Revenue from March, 1869, to November, 1870, a period of one year and eight months. Tlhe results of my administration you know, aud they are not, I trust, entire ly unknown to my fellow-citizens. The difficulties of this position aud tbe diligence, care and labor required of me in discharging its duties, you als - understand, and of these I trust the pub lic has some correct appreciation. I as sumed the duties of the Interior De partment in November, 1870, and have discharged them to the best of my ability for a period of four years and eight mouths. They have been labori ous, difficult and delicate. They have embraced the supervision of the super visors of the General Land Office, In dian Bureau, Pension and Patent Offi ces, the Bureau of Education, and a mass of miscellaneous business un known to any except those connected with the public service. The business of the Laud Office is very extensive, and involves the adjudication and set tlement of legal questions, growing out of railroad grants, liberally and pro fusely made a few years since, a!bd Mexican and Spanish grants made be fore we acquired California and New Mexico, aud also those growing out of our mineral laws and large mining interests, to say nothing of those that arise under our homestead arid pre-emption systems. These cause the head of the department a vast amount of judicial labor aud responsi bility, which is not generally under stood. The Indian Bureau, as you know, is full of intricate, delicate and vexatious questions, growing out of numerous Indian treaties aud the im perfectly defined relations existing be tween the Government and the Indian races. The execution of this service is also greatly embarrassed by the re moteness of the localities where much of it lias to be performed, thus pre venting contact and personal super vision over the persons employed, as well as by the want of salaries large enough to command talent, char acter and the capacity equal to the duties and responsibilities of the positions. Many of the important du ties of the head of the department are connected with the material and pecu niary interests of individuals. These interests are often large in amount. The secretary, in deciding, must neces sarily reject the claim of one of the parties, and thereby not unfrequently finds himself assailed by the misrepre sentations of claimants. I feel confi dent that a thorough and impartial ex animation into the present condition of the public service connected with each and all the bureaus attached to the In terior Department will show to all can did and fair-minded men that it has never been in amore prosperous or bet ter condition thau it now is ; aud I feel sure that the most scrutinizing exami nation will sustain the opinion here ex pressed, and that it will also lead to the conviction that great improvements have been made under your policy in the service connected with the In dian Bureau. I allude to these mat ters briefly to remind you of the exhausting labor which fidelity to my duties during the last six years and four months has demanded of me, and to show you in part that one of my age requires rest aud recu peration. During all these years of tuii I have bad your support, your sympathy and, as I believe, your entire confidence. Had it been otherwise, 1 should have long since retired. As i have said, your political favors have come unsolicited and, therefore, have been highly appreciated, You have al ways lightened my burdens by cheer ful, prompt and cordial co-operation, When our official relations are severed I shall always continue to cherish for you the highest regard, founded, as it, is, upon my unqualified confidence iu your unselfih patriotism, iu the accura cy aud solidity of your judgment, and in the high sense of justice which has always characterized you, aud from which, iu my opinion, nothing can tempt you intentionally to deviate. I have the honor to be, with great sincerity, your friend aud obedient servant, C. Delano. The following is the President’s re ply : Long Branch, September 22,1875. Dear Sir : Your letter of the sth of July, tendering your resignation of the office of Secretary of the Interior, was duly received, and has been held by me until this time without notion, because of the continued persecution which I believed aud believe was being heaped upon you through the public press. X only now take action because the time is rapidly approaching when the Secre tary of the Interior will have to com- N6w Series—Vol. 28, No. 46. mence his labors preparatory to ren dering his annual report to accompany the Executive message to Congress. I therefore accept your resignation, to take effect on the first day of October, leaving little more than two months from the induction of your successor until the assembling of Congress. In ac cepting your resignation, 1 am not un mindful of the fact that about the time of the meeting of Congress, one year ago, you stated to me that you felt the ne cessity of retiring from the Cabinet, and and asked whether I would prefer your resignation, so as to have your success or comfirmed by the Senate, during the last session, or whether I would prefer it in vacation. My answer was that I preferred not having it at all. That was my feeling at the time; and I now believe that you have filled every pub lic trust confided to you with ability and integrity. I sincerely trust that the future will place you right in the estimation of the public, and that you will continue to enjoy its confidence as you have done through so many years of public and official life. With continued respect and friend ship, I subscribe myself, very truly, your obedient servant. U. S. Grant, Hon. C. Delano, Secretary of the In terior. TIIE INDIAN COUNCIL. Gathering of the lied Tribes —Pic- turesque and Warlike Scenes —The Indian’s Heart Very Bad—No Break ing of the Color Line There. Red Cloud Agency, September 26. Some of the Sioux are breaking camp and preparing for the sun dance. In the opinion of many the danger of an outbreak in the council to-day was great. After the commissioners reached Rig Cottonwood Tree, on the river bot tom, the Indians began coming in in battle form, all armed with breech loading guns. The scene was impres sive. The Indians formed in a dense mass, their guns in their right hand, but resting on the thigh, ready for ac tion. No less than 2,000 were in the circle. The Cheyennes and some young men of resident bands have formed a scheme to break up the council, and are making trouble. Two huudred of them were massed outside the circle. The gathering of bands consumed hours. A crier loudly announced the opening of the council. After shaking hands with the commissioners the principal chiefs had half an hour’s pow wow. Meantime, some young men crossed the ford and slipped into the bushes in rear of the council. Some remained mouuted and others lay on the ground. The troops were or dered to stand to horse. All the white men were completely surrouuded. Officers consulted with the commission ers. Meanwhile a hundred friendly Ogallallas were quietly marshalled iu rear of the troops by order of “ Young- Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses.” In driv ing off the young bucks herded there au outbreak was momentarily expected. Red Dog made a harangue, accusing the commissioners of being in a hurry to make a treaty, and asked for time. He said it did not look good for both whites and Indians to come to council armed. White Bull favored making a treaty immediately, as his people would start home after two suns. Council dispersed with the understanding that it would meet again on Saturday. As an evidence of an outbreak, the Indians have warned the half breeds to look out for their safety and all left the council to-day. The feeling is not so much against the whites as between the different bands, on account of jeal ousy. The commissioners are some what apprehensive. Senator Allison says there probably will be no treaty. Three runners came in from the camps to-night and report the heart of the In dians as very bad. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Fatal Railway Accident—A Roman Catholic Procession Attacked by a Mob—Marine Disasters. Philadelphia, September 27. —An ex cursion train from New York ran into a dummy car filled with men, women and children, cutting it in two. Three were killed and sixteen wounded, of whom four subsequently died. Toronto, September 27.—The Provin cial Council commenced at St. Michael’s Cathedral. A jubilee pilgrimage took place from church to church. The pro cession was attacked, and stones and pistols used. Forty to fifty were wound ed and, it is reported, that one person was killed. Two thousand persons were in the procession. The closing pilgrimage will be held next Sunday. London, September 27.—The atmos phere is tempestuous and some dam age is reported to shipping. The Mary Reynolds was wrecked at Carnarvon.Of the crew 6 were drowned. The steamer Adler collided with the Swedish steamer King Oscar II near Grimsley. The Oscar wa3 sunk and fourteen persons aboard were drowned. A Defaulting Teller—Conspiracy Trial —Conflagration. Montreal, September 27.—Paxton, absconding teller of the Mechanics’ Bank of Montreal, embezzled over SIOO,OOO. Clearfield, Pa., September 27.—The trial of John Siney, President of the Miners’ National Association, for con spiracy, is progressing. New Haven, Conn., September 27. The New Haven Web Company, at Centreville, was burned, with the nee dle and spear works adjoining. Loss, SIOO,OOO. Fall River Troubles—Riotous Proceed ings—“ Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marching!” Fall River, September 27.—Gongs, whistles and bells sounded at six this morning. '1 hose who signed were pass ed in; those refusing were ordered to disperse. Several mills did not get hands enough to make it an object to start. The Richard Borden Mills start ed nearly full. Someone thousand operatives attempted to enter the yard. They stoned the Superintendent in the weaving room, who approached them, but were kept at bay. Stones were thrown at the Montauk Mills, and thirty or forty squares of glass smash ed. The strikers make threats. They applied to the Mayor for assistance, who replied that, having failed to go to work, he had nothing for them from the city treasury. They propose ap plying to Gov. Gaston. Police dis persed the orowd by an exhibition of revolvers,. The Mayor called out the Third Regiment. The operatives have lost sympathy by to-day’s operations, The New Epizootic. Poughkeepsie, September 26.— The horse disease is rapidly spreading in this city and county. It not only af fects the head and throat, but seems also to affeot tbe heart. All of the horses in the city railway stables are affected, and to-morrow cars will be run on half hour time only. To Advertisers and Subscribers. On and after this date (April 21. 1875,) all editions ol the Constitutionalist will be sent free of postage. Advertisements must be paid for when han ded in, unless otherwise stipulated. Announcing or suggesting Candidates for office, 20 ceDts per line each insertion. Money may be remitted at our risk by Express or Postal Order. Correspondence invited from all sources, and valuable special news paid for if used. Rejected Communications will not be re turned, and no notice taken of anonymous letters, or articles written on both sides. FOREIGN DISPATCHES. THE TERRIBLE EASTERN QUES TION. Mobilization of the Servian Army— Roumania Neutral—Turkey Ram pant, but in Check—Scenes of Ter ror and Desolation. Berlin, September 27.—1 t is stated that the mobilization of the whole Ser-* vian army has been ordered. Roumania has refused to co-operato with Servia in case Servia went to war with Turkey, but promised to place an array of observation on th frontier. Belgrade, September 27.—Some Turk ish soldiers shot two Servian officers who were making a round of inspection on Servian territory. The Cabinet meets to-day to consid er what measures are necessary. There is great excitement. News has been received here that if the Bosnian insurrection was fomented by Servian volunteers, Turkey will send an ultimatum threateuiug to oc cupy Servia. It is stated, however, that the European powers will not per mit this. London, September 27. - The Standard has a special dispatch from Vienna containing the following: A Ilelgrado paper reports that a bureau has beou established there for forwarding false and warlike news. Only 6,000 men are under arms and the militia assembles only twice a week. The Skuptschina will soon adjourn. The Times to-day has a special telegram from Vienna, in which it is said that the portion of the Consular Commissioners which re turned to Mostar says they are con vinced that with a few exceptions, the Insurgents are ready to lay their grie vances before the Turkish Commis sioners and negotiate, but they desire a suspension of hostilities meanwhile and think it indispensible that the Great Powers guarantee certain re forms without which pacification will be illusory. The Consuls says the dis tricts they traversed have been fright fully devastated, the population has been decimated by disease and suffer ing and unless speedily helped the country will be ruiued for many years to come. Berlin, September 27.—A special says the Porte has seut a note to the Powers disavowing any intention to at tack the vassal States. Northern Am bassadors have recommended the Porte not tu pursue the Insurgents into Ser via or Montenegro. Papal News- I Tlie United States Cable A French Demand Upon Spain. Rome, September 26.—Cardinal Si meoni has telegraphed to the Pope that the Spanish Government is taking time to consider his circular, and will ao its utmost to arrive at au understanding. Roman News—A Railway Celebration —Spanish Affairs —Destructive Storm in England. Rome, September 27.—Yesterday a copy of the note received from Conovos del Castillo, during liis Premiership, wa9 dispatched to Cardinal Siineoni, the Papal Nuncio at Madrid from the Vaticau. This note promises the re establishment of the Concordat. . Cardinal MeCloskey had a long con ference with Cardinal Antonelli yester day. New York, September 26.—A special dispatch to the Herald, dated Darling ton, England, September 26, says: “The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the railways commenced here to-day. Among the distinguished persons present were the Lord Mayor of Londou, and the Pro vosts of Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Railroad Companies subscribed £20,000 toward the expenses of the celebration. The programme for the occasion was as follows; At noon there was a grand procession winding up by the inaugura tion of a bronze statue to Joseph Pease by the sculptor Lawson costing £3,000. The ceremony unveiling the statue was performed by the Duke of Cleveland, in the afternoon there was a grand banquet at which 700 guests sat down. * At the banquet a fine portrait of Jas Pease, by the artist Macbeth, was un veiled. Congratulatory telegrams were sent during the progress of the ban quet to Railroad Kings on the Euro pean Continent and iu America, Egypt and India. London, September 27.—The land lines of the United States direct cable which were temporarily interrupted yesterday, are again in good working order. Paris, September 27.—M. Chaudour dy has beeu instructed to make ener getic representations to Spain urging that the guerillas who murdered M. Regandon, a French resident in Cuba, be brought to justice. Madrid, September 27.—The Diario Espanol states that the Government has determined to hold elections for members of the Cortes shortly. The King of Spain will deliver the Cardinal’s hat to Monsignor Simeoni at the ceremony of investiture. It is reported that the Carlists have fired several times at a British man-of war near Martrico, London, September 27. Accounts from the north show great damage. At Manchester the Largal mill was pros trated and the walls crashed into an adjoining building causing great loss of property but no lives were lost. Many vessels are adrift. The damage to Liverpool is immense. Nearly every building in the city suffered some dam age. There were several fatal casual ties. The British ship Ida is at Plym outh leaking. The American bark Ar cadia suffered from a collision. Constantinople, September 27.—The Powers have most earnestly exhorted the Porte and Servia to avoid any pre cipitate act. The Business Troubles. Fall River, Mass., September 26. All the mills were opened to give the hands an opportunity to sign. A few only signed, but it is believed that the mills will start on Monday. Pittsburg, September 26.—Glass, Neely & Cos., proprietors of the Key stone Iron Works, have failed; liabili ties, $310,000. The cause is the general stagnation of tbe iron business and the difficulty of realizing outstanding debts. Three hundred hands were ousted. Chicago, September 26.—The Fourth National Bank has gone into liquida tion. Sportiug News. New York, September 26 In the rifle match the Canadians, in 800, 900 and 1,000 yards range, scored 472, 439 473; the Americans 475, 467 and 469. New York, September 26.—James Gordon Bennett, in a card, reiterates the acceptance of Commodore Gather’s challenge, and names October 26 for the race between the yachts Mohawk and Dauntless, the distance to be twenty miles to the windward of Sandy lightship and return.