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The Buell-Chandler libel suit was
ended yesterday at St. Louis by Judge
Treat throwing it out of court and dis
charging Buell. So we are rid of one bore.
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A decision was rendered yesterday that
the United States come in ahead of every
body else in the assets of Jay Cooke & Cos.,
to the amount of some live hundred thou
sand dollars.
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We came within one of getting twelve
hundred bales yesterday. Tho receipts, up
to last night, since the beginning of the
current cotton year footed up 17,144 bales.
It ruled yesterday at 12% cents for the best.
The work of unvoiling canal frauds in
New York still goes bravely on. The In
vestigating Committee declare that they
meet the most shameful corruption at every
step. What is our country coming to, when
the foremost State in it sets such an ex
ample as this? it would make John A.
Murrell blush.
The chief ticket holder in the Montpelier,
Virginia, Lottery, walked up yesterday
and demanded his money, but didn’t get it.
He afterwards declared he knew where
$30,000 of the bonds of the swindle were de
posited, and meant to attach them. That
fellow was a partner in the swindle. But
it’s no use saying any more. Haul out the
dead and go on with the show.
That was a fiendish outrage and murder
o’ a school girl near Concord yesterday.
The last act of the incarnate monster was
c itting off her head and carrying it one
hundred yards. In the South, all such
brutes are usually taken to the spot and
burned alive, which has undoubtedly acted
as a check up >n such crimes. Our North
ern friends had better try this remedy and
see how it works.
The second effoit to ship gr. en peaches
from America to Europe was successful.
The Canada took over a consignment
packed in ice and stored on deck, which ar
rived in Liverpool sound, and which was
sold immediately upon arrival. We raise
all of lifty per cent, more peaches than we
consume, and if we can fall upon a plan by
which they can be sent to Europe they will
greatly increase our revenue derived from
foreign exports.
Sheridan should at once be ordered to
look after Senator Alcurn. He went to
Friar’s Point, Ark., the other day and
planted the seed of a negro riot. He made
‘i speech, iu which he went for the Sheriff,
who is an image of his maker cut in ebony
and ground moil. That Cuff unanimously
voted the speech an insult to Sibil Bights,
went off to Memphis, bought a small arse
nal, shipped it to the grounds, and at last
accounts things around there were march
ing to a war tune. We hope the Senator
stayed long enough to gather his crop.
The news from Charleston is ominous of
bloodshed. The election for Mayor and
Councilmen comes off there to-day. The
sheriff, the notorious Bowen, threatens to
station one thousand deputies around the
polls, which the Cunningham party will re
sist as a violation of the law by arrest
ing them. Charleston politics are like fried
wool, so mixed that it is hard to tell
whether they are jute or iiax. The election
to-day will be determined by the Kanga
roos unless a shot or two is fired early, in
which event the tax payers will stand a fair
chance of electing their ticket.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad has
failed, and the first mortgage has been
foreclosed. All the other stockholders in it
will share the fate of that grand army of
men who have invested their money in
building railroads of late years—lost it.
The plan of building them now is to get all
the money possible, then execute first,
second and third mortgages, foreclose
these in course of time, an 1 leave the stock
holders, like Mohamet’s coffin, suspended
between earth and heaven. Not so bad as
standing on nothing looking up a rope, but
still not desirable.
Prince Milan has made a speech to his
Legislature, in which he declares that the
acts of his Ministers in their efforts to em
broil Servia in a war with Turkey almost
amount to conspiracy. We are afraid the
Prince is not the man for the occasion and
the opportunity, and his subjects had bet
tor either set him aside or give him a fur
lough. The St. Petersburg Journal thinks
the insurgents had better accept the pre
ferred provincial representation offered by
the Porte, and stop the war. But the war
will not sto p at the bidding of Turkish
bondholders.
New suits have been commenced upon
the old revenue frauds of H. B. Clafflin
& Cos. They are fat geese, and the revenue
officers delight to pluck them. But Claf
flin was a rantankerous Abolitionist be
fore the war. and has been a blatant Radi
cal since. When A. Ward was in Salt Lake
he called upon Brigham Young and asked
him how iuany tickets he wanted to take
his family to his show? ‘‘Well, to begin
with, I have ninety-six wives.” ‘* How do
you like being married, Mr. Young, as fur’s
you’ve got?” We wonder how Clafflin
likes his job “ as fur’s he’s got?”
The town elections came off in Connecti
cut yesterday, and like all municipal con
tests, hinged upon local questions—such
as cow and goat ordinances; whether whis
key should be drank from a counter out of
a glass or from a black bottle behind the
door (it will be taken somehow, you know);
whether John Grimsley, candidate for
Alderman, did or did not swindle the heirs
in settling up his grandmother’s estate;
whether Maj. Dbyest is in favor of an ap
propriation to build a sewer in front of my
house, and other pertinent questions. Only
one general matter was voted upon at
large: a constitutional amendment lixing
the term of the Governor at two years.
This seems to have been carried by a large
majority.
We publish this morning a most inter
esting and polished letter upon Maryland
polities, sum ming up the po iuts iu contro
versy between the regular Democratic
nominee, John Lee Carroll, and the In
dependent candidate, J. Morrison Harris.
The Democracy have held such omnipotent
and undisputed sway there so long, elect
ing their candidates without opposition,
that it is a relief to the monotony to have
two candidates in the field. It gives spirit
to the campaign, wakes up the sleepy,
makes people read and think about their
government and public men, and in all that
does a power of good. But we cannot for
get the great fact that it is of the first im
portauoe now for the Democratic party in
every Htate in the Union to stand united,
shoulder to shoulder, for it lias tho Repub
lican party at large to overthrow. Our
loeal victories will amount to naught unless
we elect our candidate for President. In
order to do that we must stand in solid
pb Manx, throw aside this humbug about
hard and paper money, and consider the
great fact whether we must defeat the par
ty which has brought the country so low,
and which will, in four more years of
reign, leave the people with no money of
any kind and property of not sufficient
-value to pay taxes. We hope, therefore,
with our intelligent correspondent, that
Mr. Carroll will be elected.
Established 1799.
ELECTION IN CHARLESTON.
Bloodshed Apprehended—Bowen De
fying the Law—He Swears iu 1,000
Deputies—The Other Side *vill Re
sist Them.
Charleston, October s.—Consider
able excitement in the city growing out
of the election for Mayor and Aider
men, which takes place to-morrow.
Mayor Cunningham is supported for
re-election by a coalition of colored Re
publicans and a large majority of Con
servatives, while other Conservatives,
including ail the German citizens,
aided by the partisans of Sheriff Bowqii
and the Custom House influence, sup
port ex-Mayor Wagener. The law
makes the Commissioners of Election
the sole custodians of the peace of the
city on election day.
Sheriff Bowen, in defiance of the in
structions of the Commissioners, an
nounces his intention to appoint 1,000
deputies to attend the polls, and many
fear a conflict, as the Commissioners
have notified Bowen that they will ar
rest as disturbers of the public peace
any deputies who may attempt to in
terfere with the election. They have
ordered three white and three colored
military companies to hold themselves
iu readiness to enforce their authority.
The coalition, or Cunningham party, is
substantially composed of the same
elements which carried Charleston in
the State election last year, gaining for
the tax payers of the city the first rep
resentation they have had in the Leg
islature since reconstruction.
NEGRO RIOT IN ARKANSAS.
Senator Alcorn Stirs Up Insurrection.
Helena, October 5. — Negroes threaten
Friar’s Point to-day. Whites from there
reached here at 2 o’clock this morning.
A number of men have left for Friar’s
Point and more are ready. A gentle
man from Friar’s Point says Brown,
who is the colored Sheriff and candi
date for re-election, came to Memphis
last week and purchased considerable
ammunition, which he took to Friar’s
Point and distributed among his friends.
On Saturday night a Democratic Con
servative Convention was held there
and nominated a ticket in opposition to
that headed by Brown. Senator Alcorn
being present was called on for a
speech. He criticised Brown’s official
conduct in a severe manner. Brown,
who was present, became much excited
and demanded the privilege of reply
ing, but Mr. Rix, Chairman, fearing
bloodshed, adjourned the meeting.
Brown then announced he would call
a meeting Monday night. The supposed,
trouble grew out of the meeting last
night.
Memphis, October 5. —A telegram
from a prominent steamboat maa at
Helena, to parties here, asking for arms
and men to go to Friar’s Point. The
agent of the Associated Press hero tel
egraphed to a movement party at He
lena for a report of any collision or se
rious trouble apprehended. Failing to
get a report, he is of opinion the dan
ger in the first instance is exaggerated.
OUTRAGE AND MURDER OF A
SCHOOL GIRL.
The Murderer Captured and a Mot
After Him.
Concord, N. 11, October 5. —A young
school girl was found half a mile from
here with her throat cut. She had
been outraged and murdered.
Concord, N. H., October 5.—A man
named Drew has been arrested at
Pembroke for the outrage and murder
of a young girl. A mob is besieging
the station bouse where Drew is con
fined. Her head was discovered one
hundred yards from where the body
w T as found.
Search for the head of the Langtnade
girl at Pembroke was renewed this
a. m. f and resulted in i’s being found
100 rods from where the body was dis
covered. It w T as enveloped in a shawl
which the girl had worn. One ear was
gone, face black and bruised, and one
side of the skull broken in. Iu the
edge o! the woods was found a stake
broken in two places, with which
she had been struck, and afterwards
dragged into the woods, where her
head was severed from her body.
Officers at Sim Cook’s, a mile and a
half froth the scene of the tragedj’, to
day arrested a man named Bill Drew,
who lives half a mile from where the
murder was committed, and whose
movements were very suspicious. Most
intense excitement prevailed when his
arrest became known. A great crowd
gathered about the station where he
was confined, and but for the deter
mination of the officers he would have
been lynched.
THE MONTPELIER LOTTERY
STEAL.
The Holder of the Capital Prize
Ticket Makes a Dodge.
Alexandria Ya, October s.—The
holder of the ticket drawing the $50,000
prize presented it to-day. No money.
The holder claims to bo the owner of
silver lands iu Montana, and was in
New York to dispose of bis lauds when
he was induced to buy S2OO worth of
tickets.He says he knows where $50,000
worth of bonds belonging to the lot
tery is deposited, and has telegraphed
his agent to attach them.
The Buell-Chandler Libel Suit —Buell
Discharged and the Farce Ended.
St. Louis, October 5. —The Buell-
Chandler libel case came up on suffi
ciency of indictment. Judge Treat said
the gravest question was of jurisdic
tion. Either the Police Court of Wash
ington City had or had not jurisdiction.
If it had the Criminal Court has no
right to take cognizance of it ; if it had
not, then the act of 1871, giving the
Criminal Court a jurisdiction over it,
was retrospective as to this case and
inoperative. The prisoner was dis
charged.
Call for National Bank Statements.
Washington, October 5. —The Secre
tary of the Treasury has called for a
statement of the condition of National
Banks at the close of business, Friday,
October Ist.
The State Fair at Macon, beginning on
the 18th, will doubtless be the greatest ex
hibition ever seen in Georgia. The Direct
ors have invited many great men from
other States to be present, and they have
accepted, and will mako speeches during
the week. Among them are Senator Bay
ard, Fernando Wood, Gov. Hendricks
and Hon. Joseph R. Hawley, President of
the Philadelphia Centennial.
An additional dispatch about the burial
of tho body of Guiuobd. The funeral is
set down for Friday, we believe. The
Governor-General of Canada will send two
hundred picked men of his foot guard to at
tend.
AUGUSTA. GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1875.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
Shipping Green Peaches to Europe—
John Bull and Ah Siu.
London, October 5. —The experiment
of bringing peaches per steamer Can
ada from New York in a box on deck,
arranged on the Allegretti refrigerating
plan, was a success, the fruit being de
livered here in good condition and
eagerly purchased.
The Times has a special telegram
from Shanghai which says a decree ap
pears iu the Gazette at Pekin, conced
ing hereafter intercourse between chiefs
of Government Departments and for
eign Ministers.
The Journal of St. Petersburg ou the
War.
St. Petersburg, October 5. —The
Journal de St. Petersburg, with refer
ence to reforms proferred to insur
gents by the Porte, regards the conces
sion of provincial representation as the
least that could have beeu made to set
tle the present difficulty. It is certain
to meet general approval. The Journal
adds: “And not only ought the insur
gents to accept it, but the Great Powers
ought to see that it is carried out.”
Liverpool, October 5. — The Montana,
hence September 30th for New York,
returned. It is reported that her an
chor deck is broken.
The Burial of Guibord.
Ottawa, October s.—lt is reported a
squad of 200, picked from the Gover
nor General’s foot guard, have beeu
detailed to proceed to Montreal, to be
present at the burial of Guibord.
THE WAR IN TURKEY.
Prince Milan Accuses His Ministry of
Conspiracy.
Belgrade, October s.—Prince Milan
informed the Skuptsehina that the
Ministers had secretly pursued an in
dependent policy, almost amounting to
conspiracy against the Prince. The
Skuptsehina unanimously support the
Prince. Anew Ministry has not been
formed.
Vienna, October s.—The Tagespress
says because of the doubtful policy of
Servia the Great Powers have com
menced negotiations with a view of
giving notice to withdraw their guar
antee regarding the right of immuni
ties to Servia. Prince Milan informed
the Skuptsehina of the danger. A
change of ministry is to prove the gen
uineness of his pacific declarations.
NEW YORK MATTERS.
Reorganization of the Republican
Party—Unearthing Canal Frauds.
New York, October s.—At a Republi
can conference, held in this city to-day,
requests were made of various Repub
lican associations opposed to regular
organization for general reorganiza
tion of the party iu this city.
The fifth report of the Canal Investi
gating Committee states that the finan
cial result of Geo. D. Lord’s career as
Legislator and Contractor with the
State, so far as has been investigated,
gives an aggregate of over $185,000
fraudulently paid by, or charged
against, the State for work covered by
his repair contract of $41,400 a year.
It implicates in these frauds several
canal commissioners and inspectors,
and some members of both branches of
the State Legislature, and says in what
ever direction the inquiry is pushed
fraud and corruption is encountered at
every step.
Convention of Fire Engineers.
New York, October 5. —Iu the Con
vention of Fire Department Engineers
to-day, a committee of three was ap
pointed on by-laws. Verbal reports
were made by the Chiefs of the Phila
delphia, Boston, Chicago, New York
and other cities as to how far the in
structions of the last convention had
been carried out. Walter A. Adams,
Super nteudent of buildings, addressed
the convention, explaining the building
laws of the city and rules governing
his department. The convention ad
journed till to-morrow. Members, as
guests of the Fire Department of this
city, went on board the fire boat, Have
ineyer, to inspect her workings.
THE AMERICAN TURF.
Jerome Park Races.
Jerome Park, October s,—First race,
one mile, Leander winner, Josie B.
second, Lloyd’s Asteroid colt third.
Time, 1:47. Ten started. Second race,
miles, 3 year old fillies, Oiitipa won,
Mattie A. second, Gilliflower third.
Time, 3:14. Third race, 3 miles, Coun
tess winner, Madge second, Hooper
third. Time, Fourth race, \%
miles, St. Martin winner, Joe Ceru
second, Norton third. Time, 2:40.
Steeple chase, 2% miles, Deavols won,
Trouble second, Coronet third. Time,
4:ls>£.
Nashville Races.
Nashville, October 5. —Attendance
large and weather magnificent. . First
race, 2 mile heats, all ages, Tenbroeck
won, Bob Wooley second. Time, 3:36%,
3:46!L Second race, mile heats, Elemi
won, Brakemau second, Volligeur third.
Time,
miles, Novelty won, Millieudere second,
Rosebud third. Time, 2:l4J£.
The Cincinnati Course.
Cincinnati, October s.—The rain made
the track heavy. First trot, 3 minute
horses, Cadiz winner; best time, 2:43.
Second trot, 2:30 class, Weber winner;
best time, 2:34. Third race, Ada win
ner, Crown Prince second, Modoc third;
time, 1:56 1-2.
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Chesapeake and Ohio in Bankruptcy.
Richmond, October 5.—A bill of fore
closure on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad Company’s first mortgage was
filed yesterday in the United States
Circuit Court for this District. -An
identical bill has also been tiled at Par
kersburg, W. Va. An order preliminary
to a receivership, together with an in
junction restraining any interference
with mortgage property pending pro
ceedings, has been issued by Judge
Rood. Upon entry of tho decree of
sale, all parties interested in the road
will unite iu the purchase of tho line
and franchises, paying therefor with
the securities they now hold. The
judgment will clear off all_ existing
liens on the property and enable the
corporation to obtain additional capi
tal to complete connections with the
West. _
H. B. CLAFFLIN A CO.
New Suits for Frauds Against Them.
New York, October s.—New suits
have begun in the United States Dis
trict Court against H. B. Clafflin & Cos.
for a million a id a half of dollars, not
on new causes of action, but in the
civil branch of the court ou the same
alleged frauds ou the revenue for which
the firm was indicted last spring.
Chicago, October 5.—A barkeeper cut
his own and mistress’ throats.
LETTER FROM IMKiEFIELI).
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A Rainy Day in the So|ith—Home Pic
tures—The Dam Across the Savan
nah-Harvesting the | .Tops—Neglect
of Education—The E|aek Common
wealth. I
[Correspondence of the Constitutionalist,]
Edgefield County, S. C., \
October 4,1875. [
Drizzle, drizzle, pattef*, patter—how
it rains! I lay aside o,n interesting
book (the greatest pleasure country
people have in rainy f weather) and
think of “Martha’s” refreshing letter,
and how she (?) says fhe gude wife
likes to spend such a flay. Step into
some of the farm houses with which
our fair Southern eoifitry is dotted,
and—-“look ou this picture, then on
that.” The gude wife J|its by the win
dow sewing; from thr frown on her
brow and the discontented expression
of her face, you would think all the
sentiment and romance had long since
departed from her heart; and life. The
work basket sits close at hand, piled
high with little garmtin‘s in varied
states of completion til at she is de
termined to “ finish s off this rainy
spell”—aud she sews faft. At each in
terruption of children or servants she
snaps the threads witji strong, ener
getic fingers, end an impatient excla
mation falls from her-J’.ps. An addi
tional frown is added teller brow when
she sees the whitenef|js of her well
scoured floors soiled l*y muddy foot
prints. Woe betide Dick or Har
ry, who, with a half doz|u other child
ren, have been sent to ti|o nursery with
the command to stay §there, and for
gracious sake not to j|ear the house
down with their noise ; \|oe betide the
unfortunate hopeful whj comes iu wet
and muddy from head t| heels, with a
pitiful tale of how lie w i s fishing in tin
big tub of water at the * ack door, and
Harry pushed him dow: the steps, and
he fell in the mud and si inned his face.
While a washing is beiu>J administered,
aud fresh clothes put <|u, happy is he
if he escapes without a Ipankiug, or at
all events a shake. If 4he remaining
boys have to go througf* the same ab
lutions and dressing, a spanking is the
unvarying doxology. 'bins good man
sets by his window reading the county
paper, which, from itjji well worn
appearance, tells how j often it has
been borrowed and lead by the
neighbors since it cam 4 out a week
since. He looks aeros-| tho fields of
cotton and growls fori V “That little
cotton the drouth left a|nan will all be
whipped out and ruinec* by the wind
aud rain, aud what is lift he will get
nothing for.” He receives no answer or
encouraging smile from# Ids wife, and
kicking the dog that liema-Ueep on the
rug (the only contented inmate of the
house), stretches himse'f aud goes to
the front door to see if tfbe prospect is
more encouraging frou| that outlook
for “clearing off,” cogit;|iing tho while
“what makes Mary sof-loss?” “I’m
sure twenty years ago, I'|lidn’t find her
scolding then and frowning so.” While
she, working at the bles;|-d sewing ma
chine, amid its clatter ar|l noise, scarce
hears his complaint, her|ewn thoughts
keeping time with her * busy fingers.
She wonders: “If evew| day’s work,
children and other care*J works every
woman up to tho state ttho is in ?”
The dam across the B|vannah is be
ing rapidly pushed forward. The con
tractors hope, with favorable weather,
to have it completed if 1 about three
months. We have a secret about this
dam. If you will come |p and see the
big gates, near the Sfuth Carolina
bank, we will let you gu|ts if they are
for the free passage of it <ii up the river
or for a ? *
Cotton is being rapid]! picked, ginn
ed and carried to market, and money
is more plentiful among#' the farmers.
The negroes are now fnjoying their
annual jubilee of whiskey drinking and
fighting. The majority! of Edgefield
darkies believe live dollars and a day
or two spent in vour siafer city, Ham
burg, as near heaven they desire.
Quite a “change has cfmie over the
spirit of his dream ” sin* > ante helium
days, when an old named Pete,
became much exercisedfton the subject
of religion, and offered hhnself for bap
tism. The old minister-to whom he
belonged listened to Lis experience,
but when Pete said he had been in hell
the minister was disposed to doubt,
but Pete insisted he had been there iu
the body ! After vainly explaining to
him that he only dreamed q* imagined
this, the minister, tired JjU.s obstina
cy, at last said: “ WepPete, what
sort, of a place was h --how did it
look?” Scratching his itffd aud look
ing profoundly meditated 1 , Fete re
plied : “ Wall, Mass Samify’, nigh unto
as I can ’scribe it, hell 1 • .ed just like
Hamburg ! ”
Schools in our county have been
much neglected “since tire war pov
erty, and sometimes indijfereuce ou the
part of parents, has made the estab
lishment of a first-class school almost
an impossibility. Wo i|ow have the
prospect of a fine school ,t o be located
at Currytown, ten miles |nin Augusta.
The services of an efficient; teacher have
been secured, and school I be
lieve, the first of November.
Gov. Chamberlain has- power to ap
point, in November, a sheriff for this
county, to fill the unexbired term of
the “ late lamented ” Hyrdy Nall. It
is hoped he. will give |s an honest,
capable* officer. But n<£ doubt some
honest (?) Republican, Licked by the
influence of his colored 1 Tends, has al
ready the promise of the important
office. Iu our State, only
throws her favors to t.i'•.-*e who have
black spokes (men) in heiSwheo'.
* Savannah.
A Rebuke to tlt .lews.
[Hebrew Leader.)
Our pride is that we Are Jews, and
yet we act as if we y.yro ashamed
of it. ;
Wo build the Temple:?,, and Syna
gogues, and we visit thei|i but once a
year. We strive for pewy, and do not
fill them. Wq struggle f<% organs, aud
do not listen to them. Wo pay high
salaries to our preacheq-, aud never
attend their ministration!. We advo
cato progress aud reform fend £0 back
wards. f
Y”es, tho Judaism of jthe average
modern Israelites is a me| ■ pretension,
a sham, a hollow mocker j and a delu
sion—from the sole of the foot even
unto the head, there is nclsoundness in
it,” aud wo know it. 1
There is but one way t(|reniedy this
great evil, but one way tc| redeem our
selves from bondage, tod restore unto
us our name, our repulsion and our
honor, and that is repentance:
“Return, O Israel, untoVhe Lord thy
God,” is the message of' thejinspired
prophet. j
Papa Spinner is ad vis# not to give
up his hired house iu Ijiorida. A re
tirement to the Land of I’iowers will be
very grateful to him afij-r the thorny
path of the campaign. \
THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN.
The Contest Between John Lee Car
roll and J. Morrison Harris for Gov
ernor—The Issues Involved—Re
forms Promised—Election of Mr.
Carroll a Foregone Conclusion —S.
Teackle Wallis— : The Future of Balti
more.
Ci>rresDondence of tho Constitutionalist ]
Baltimore, October 2, 1875.
Tho present political campaign in
Maryland, is one of the most exciting
tfcat has ever taken place within her
borders. A cry 4'or reform lias been
raised by the Radical party, in the hope
of strengthening their hopeless cause,
aad by creating dissensions in the
Democratic ranks, lay the foundation
of a successful opposition in the Presi
dential campaign. Two parties are
now in the field, and each has nomi
nated candidates for Governor and the
minor State and city offices. John Lee
Carroll, the regular nominee of the
Democratic party, heads one ticket,
J.,Morrison Harris, who, iu 1559, was.
tho Congressional candidate of tin 1
Enow-Nothing party; represents the
qfcher. Each party has drawn up a
platform of its principles. Promises
are made, abuses denounced and re
forms pledged in so wholesale a man
ner that it is hoped that whatever be
the result of the coming elections the
political agitation now going on will
bring to the surface hidden abuses (im
aginary or real) that are complained of,
aad an effectual remedy be provided
for their suppression.
That there are abuses to be correct
hi cannot be gainsaid. That they
nay be directly traced to the absence
of a strong oppositional element in our
legislative bodies is evident. Candi
dates for local offices are, iu many in
stances, elected on pure political
grounds without any special regard to
their fitness for the position. To be
nominated is equivalent to being elect
ed. Hence the efforts of political
tricksters to control the primary elec
tions, so as to insure the election of
their candidates. Thus, at the last
Democratic Convention to nominate a
candidate for the Mayoralty, there was
but one name balloted, but one aspi
rant for the Chief Magistracy of a
great commercial city, a position
worthy of any citizen’s efforts to ob
tain.
Reform, however, must be the work
of the people, and if they will persist
in staying away from the polls and
give to political indifferent,ism a broad
aud liberal margin, allow it to color
and tone their actions, they must bear
the responsibility of whatever abuses
exist in their political affairs.
It is very probablo that if Mr. Carroii
had not been nominated the cry for re
form would have amounted to nothing.
If we may judge from the actions of
the opposition, they have had a diffi
cult tune iu arranging their ticket. As
it stands, it has a representative of
whatever dissatisfied factions exist iu
the State—Democrats, Know Nothings,
lladieals, disappointed office seekers,
and a mongrel breed known as “Po
tato Rugs.” What strength they will
show iu the coming elections is difficult
to foretell. That, they will leave no
stone unturned to carry their point is
evidenced in the constant and undis
guised insinuations that are made, to
stir up the bigotry and religious preju
dices of tho people, aud, here, it may
not be out of place to say, how sur
prising it is, that in a State whose his
tory is made illustrious by the names
of Carroll and Taney, both Catholics,
and models of patriotism, that the
tenets of the old Know Nothing party
should again be revived and practically
applied. A blast from the pulpit,
(“such evil hath religious power to put
into the heart of man”) and a harangue
from the platform ou tho arrogance
and encroachments of Popery seem to
he the order of tho day. Add to this
the agitation by some of the press of
the city’s contributions to sectarian in
stitutions, the insinuation that Dem
ocratic success means Catholic supre
macy—that the public school system is
threatened—aud you may perceive the
causes of some of the evil effects that
cannot but flow from this malicious in
troduction of religion into politics.
Against Mr. Carroll, Individually,
there is not the slightest objection. He
has dabbled but little in politics, and
bears the reputation of being politically
clean. (Would that Mr. vllarris could
say the same.) Ilis ability to repre
sent the State as Governor is assured,
that he will give diguity to the position
and reflect honor upon the State is un
questioned. But ability, honesty, and
the kindred virtues, that go to make
up the model statesman, are lost
sight of in the fact that he is a
Catholic, and, hence, should not
be elected. It is surprising that an
objection of this kind should anywhere
be made, and particularly iu this coun
try, with all its boasted rights. It
would have beeu treated with scorn
had it been made to the elder Carroll
when he was affixing his signature to
the Declaration of Independence; aud
now, after the lapse of a hundred years,
when we are reaping the blessings of a
free country, obtained through the in
strumentality cf that great find fear
less man, shall we condemn in the sou
what was respected iu the sire? We
feel assured that after Mr. Carroii has
canvassed the State, such a majority
will be rolled up for him as will effectu
ally put to shame the prejudice that
would measure a man’s eligibility for
office by bis religious belief.
Perhaps the strongest man on the
opposition ticket is S.’ Teackle Vallis,
candidate for Attorney General. That
he will give character and tone and
strength to the party he has adopted
is certain. He has been selected by
the reformers with a view of making
their ticket general in its character,
aud lending to it the dignity and weight
that is associated with the honorable
career of a pure and able man. It is a
matter of amazement to people gene
rally, no matter from what angle of
politics Mr. Wallis may survey the situ
ation, that he should not see through
the thin disguise of reform advocated
by the Radicals in the hope of sp:itting
the Democratic party, and, that iu a a
old and honored age, when he has the
esteem of all good men for the love of
principle that has characterized his
useful life, he should affiliate himself
with a party whose chief representa
tive, in 1859, was the active spirit of
the Know-Nothing party in its mobs
and riots and scenes of bloodshed and
violence that sullied the reputation of
our city and made it a and a
reproach throughout the land.
Meanwhile the workingmen are agi
tating the vexed question of an aboli
tion of the
Contract System of Convict Labor,
and are making arrangements for a
trades procession on the 18th of Octo
ber, and a mass meeting at night. Emi
nent speakers from various parts of
the country have been invited to ad
dress the meeting, and jedding manu-
facturers and business men generally ]
will act as Yice Presidents. Politics
have been rigidly excluded, and it is
presumed that the meeting will be one
of the largest ever held in Baltimore.
For a State so backward in manufae
turing as is Maryland, it is surprising
that she should become accessory to
her own ruin in legislating to cramp
her own industries by the employment
of convict labor. Petitions for its abo
lition have been sent to the Legislature
and received with indifference. What
effect tho mass meeting will have in
shaping future legislation c>n this sub
ject, is a matter of speculation.
The Fature
Commercial excellence of Baltimore is
certainly big with promise, aud if a poi -
tion of the energy of her citizens could
only be communicated to the farmer.-,
and land-owners throughout the coun
ties, the State’s progress in wealth,
population and importance might com
pare favorably with that of her me
tropolis. But tho insane belief that
the fewer there are to enjoy, the bet
ter, has practically made for itself a
stronghold in the rural districts, and is
clung to with as much tenacity as
though it were an article of faith.
Large farms, in choice localities, that
might be made to blossom as a rose
and yield a fair profit to the tiller, are,
iu many instances, scarcely producing
a living to their owners. They are too
large, and the price of labor to'o small
for a man of small capital to properly
work them ; their, price too steep (if a
section of them could be purchased)
for a small farmer to purchase and set
tie. Hence, with the best of markets
in close proximity, they are allowed to
remain idle and unproductive, in tic
hope that their value, like wine, will
improve with age. Thus, it is, that
this short-sighted policy allows oui\
city to remain overcrowded, and per
mits hundreds of hardy immigrants b>
pais through our State to find homes
and build vast inland towns in the
West. Surely, our Board of Immigra- !
tion (if it lias not suspended for want of
patronage) might find it more proil
table to circulate their pamphlet
among the farmers and landowners of
the State, setting forth the advantages
resulting from liberal inducements to
settlers, rather than employing agents
to drum up immigrants in Europe, who,
on reaching our shores, refuse to settle
on account of the high prices of laud.
M ;c.
A PHILOSOPHIC HUSBAND.
The Absolute Sale of a Wife ami the
Reasons that Prompted the Bargain.
About four years ago a family named
Wymans, consisting of the husband,
wife and three children, took up a
homestead near Baldwin, Lake county,
Michigan, and up to some four weeks
ago pursued t lie even tenor of their
way, in no manner doing aught to at
tract public attention. They conducted
themselves in all things as good citi
zens. It was known, of course, in their
neighborhood that they were in re
duced circumstances, but as they were
doing apparently as well as the general
run of nevy settlers, no one thought tin
worse of thefh for this.
A short time ago they moved to
Baldwin, and Wymans, tho husband,
went to work for James Tinney, cut
ting logs, etc., while the industrious
wife gave her best assistance toward
supporting the family by taking in
washing and doing such other work a
came to hand. Not long after taking
up their residence at Baldwin, Tinney
came to board aud took up his quar
ters with the Wymans family. Then
it became apparent to tho husband,
and the idea grew more and more ob
trusive, that the demeanor of his wife
and of Tinney was not consistent with
propriety, to say nothing of virtue.
Finally Wymans mustered courage to
free his mind, and spoke to his wife
about her conduct in the fiiondlies:
manner iu the world. Not to be
outdone in civility, she frankly
replmd that her affections were
firmly and irrevocably centered on Tin
ney, and that she greatly preferred liv
ing with him. Wymans is a philoso
pher; he realized that the discarded
man who suffered himself to be deluded
with the hope that he can revive the
affections oi a false or fickle woman is
a fool. Once let conjugal life become
contaminated with infidelity and there
is not in the whole chemistry of love
an agent power enough to eliminate de
basing suspicions of criminality, or re
store confidence in that purity which
of all tilings else goes to make up a
perfect domestic union. Wymans had
thought of all this, and immediately,
without showing a feeling or passion,
proposed a separation, saving if sin
loved Tinney best and wanted him be
would sign over all right, title aad in
terest which he had in her to Tinney,
provided the latter would covenant to
take good care of tho children
and allow him to vist them as
often and stay as long as he desired.
The alienated wife, with a flushed
precipitancy, undertook to procur -
Tinney’s signature to a contract of tba *
nature. That very forenoon she ac
complished her desire and the contract
was signed and delivered. The three
parties concerned —leaving out the
children —being then disposed t >
amicably arrange matters between
them. Tinney suggested that it would
be the proper tiling to record the trans
action by a bill of sale, an instrument
whose undisputed validity would pre
vent any after-claps, should either side
repent of the bargain. There was som<
higgling as •'to the terms, none what
ever to the proposition per se. The
conversation ended in a document
being drawn up and signed, which
specified that for and in consideration
of fifty dollars, iu hand paid, Wyman
conveyed to Tinney the woman, hi.,
wife, his three children, and also a cow
and one calf. The woman was des
cribed by name and age, with almost
as much particularity as the cow and
calf. This bill of sale is recorded in
the Township of Pleasant Plains, Lake
county. Tinney aud Mrs. Wymans arc
now living together.
JAY COOKE A CO.
A Decision that the United States isa
Preferred Creditor.
Philadelphia, October s.— lu the
United States Circuit Court, the opin
ion of Justice Strong, in the case of the
United States vs. Lewis, trustee of Jay
Cooke & Cos., was read. The claim of
tho Government is that Jay Cooke,
McCulloch & Cos. were, at the time of
bankruptcy, indebted to the Govern
ment £132,610; that the Government
had priority over other creditors, and
that assets in the hands of the trustee
should first'bo applied to the discharge
of this indebtedness. Justice Strong
sustains the claims of the Government
and the chances in its favor. The de
cision is based upon the fact that Jay
Cooke & 00. were partners of Jay
Cooke, McCulloch & Cos.
New Series —Vol. 28, No. 54.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
The average Georgia darkey will go
great lengths for a dog. One of them
in Taylor county gave fifty bushels of
corn the other day for two hounds.
The grist mill and gin of Mr. H. P.
Richards, near Conyers, was burned by
an incendiary last Thursday night. The
Couiugton Enterprise puts the loss at
§O,OOO, and says there was no insurance.
The Houston Hume Journal notes the
death of Mrs. D. W. Parr, Mrs. Louisa
C. King, a descendant of Gen. Francis
Marion, and Mr. John Bryant—all of
that county—last week. Mrs. Parr’s
husband died oniy a month or two
since.
Atlanta Herald: The Attorney Gen
eral yesterday delivered his opinion,
declaring that Howe’s Great London
Circus was not liable, under the act of
the last Legislature, to county and cor
poration tax further than the usual li
cense upon such exhibitions.
The Athens Georgian, of Saturday,
has the following: “It was rumored
on the street yesterday that Dr. Tuck
er had resigned the Chancellorship of
the University, but as it lacked cor
roboration, no credence was given to
it. We hardly think that it is true, but
will inform our readers of further de
velopments.
Harris : “ The Atlanta Herald is now
published in long metre. A Jonesboro
man who attempted to read three lines
without catching his breath is dead.”
In all seriousness, it is the worst taste
we ever saw in a daily paper. It would
take the eyes of an owl to read it
without blinking. We hate t.o copy it,
because the copy stretches all over the
upper cases.
The Atlanta Herald quotes Judge
Lochrane as having gone into the
the business of predicting Presidential
candidates next year as follows: “Some
of ‘the knowing ones’ offer to bet that
the next President will attend the Ma
con Fair. I will go farther, and back
my judgment on Hendricks, of Indi
ana, being the nominee of the Demo
cratic party.” On being asked who
would be the next Vice-President, he
said: “I think that Herschel V. John
son's chances are good for the nomina
tion, but I don’t feel certain enough of
it to make a prediction, aud will risk
my reputation as a prophet on “calling
the turn” on the Republican Conven
tion by nominating Bristow and Pierre
pont as the Republican ticket.” Incase
B. and P. are elected we hope Judge
Lochfttne will be sent Minister to St.
James.
Samuel W. Small in Atlanta Consti
tution : “Marse John, gimme four bits,
please sir; you ain’t treated dis nigger
sence de war,” said Si to the son of his
old owner yesterday. “What do you
want with it, Si?” queried the young
man. “Want ter go to de circus, Marse
John. You knows how a nigger is !”
“But, Si, fifty cents wouldn’t take you in
now. The civil rights bill made you as
good as a white man at the shows, and
you’ll have to pay a dollar as I do.” “Is
dat de truf, Marse John?” “Just as
true as preaching.” Si scratched his
head for. a full minute, then looked up
with mournful eyes and said : “Dar it
is again ! I tole dem niggers dey was
spilen de-horn when dey wanted dem
sibil rights, and liyar’s de truf of it
p’int blank ! I alluz wuz a mighty up
spoken nigger, ez you knows, Marse
John, and ’tvvixt us say dam de sibil
rights, speshilly when de circus is
around.” Si got his four bits, but lie’s
mad yet.
“BREAKING THE COLOR LINE.”
llow they Africanize People in
llapides.
IX. O. Picayune.]
Some of the wicked young men of
Rapides parish have been playing a
cruel joke on one of Mad. Wells’ edit
ors in the county sea’. Said editor, it
appears, is afflicted with a weakness
which generally attaches itself to
genius. He loves to float his powerful
mind on tne vapory exhalations of
mountain dew, but his prudence fre
quently succumbs to the master pas
sion, and from the editorial tripod he
descends to a line parallel witn the
street.
Recently this brother knight of the
pencil went on what the good people of
Rapides irreverently call a “tear.” It
was in the broad glare of day, and to
the great scandal of tho quiet burg.
Having exhausted the coal distillery,
he made a circuitous detour towards
the levee, aud in the sight of the bright
waters of Red river, laid him down on
the hard ground to sleep—perchance
to dream.
Some godless youths dropped casu
ally along, and seeing him profoundly
wrapped in slumber, adjourned to a
painter’s shop and brought back with
them to the levee the implements of
their diabolical mischief. They painted
his face a deep Ethiopian black, and
varnishing it over so as to make it as
near nature as tiiey could “for the
money,” departed, having thoroughly
effected their diablerie.
Hours after the sleeper arose and
wended his way homeward. Feeling
an unaccountable sensation about the
face, aud apprehending that he might
have been in a “ mill ” during the
eccentricities of his debauch, he looked
in a glass, and there saw 7 a full-fledged
negro reflected before him—one of
those fellows who vote early and of
ten.
Wondering whom he could be, and
doubting his own individuality, he
rubbed his face excitedly; but still he
was a true-blooded negro. Finally he
took to soap and water, and after irn
meuse labor his own proper face began
to reveal itself slowly, but he passed
through the intermediate stages of mu
latto, quadroon and octoroon, before
his own Caucasian color stood con
fessed.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA.
v.
Meeting of Stockholders.
San Francisco, October s.—The stock
holders of the Bank of California met
to hear the report of the directors and
elect new trustees. Thirty thousand
shares were represented, of which
Sharon, as President of the Syndicate,
voted 28,000. D. O. Mills, head of the
ticket, was elected. The trustees meet
to-morrow for organization. It is un
derstood Mills will be President. A
vote of thanks to the Syndicate aud
trustees was passed, aud adjourned.
Both stock boards opened. Seats full.
Trausanctions large and prices weli
maintained,
Iho corn crop of this year is, per
haps, the greatest ever raised in the
country. And yet the chiropodists are
not happy.
St, Louis Republican: Tonses do not
always alter cases. The rose of Sharon
was an excellent thing in Bible times,
and the rise of Sharon seems a good
t thing for tho Bank of California now.
To Advertisers and Subi eribers.
On AND AFTER this date (April 21. 1875,) all
editions of 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 cents per line each insertion.
Monet may be remitted at our risk by Express
or Postal Order.
Correspondence invited from all sources,
aud 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.
UNDER THE HAMMER.
Jay Cooke’s Palatial Estate Sold in
Detachments—Visiting Vandals and
Sordid Skoddyites—Result of the
Sale.
The sale at Ogontz was continued
yesterday, aud, as usual, attracted a
very large attendance, though the vis
itors were not as a general rule buyers,
but were curiosity seekers who come
to see the wreck of ancient grandeur.
The female Marius, in a pin-back aud
Leghorn hat, sat upon the ruins of Jay
Cooke’s Carthage aud wondered why
she was not able to as effectually ruin
a man as stocks aud bonds, rashly in
vested in, were. It was pitiable to wit
ness the vandalism, the Goth-liko
rudeness of the buyers of the gaudy
hangings, the rich tapestry, the furni
ture iulaid with buhl, ormolu, ivory
and gold. A long-nosed “ dealer ”
would paw over a choice mosaic or
linger with indelicate hands a dainty
satin coverlet with all the zeal of a
Lombard street pawnbroker, while the
frowsy dame of some shoddy million
aire would elevate her gold-rimmed
glasses and criticise a painting with
her mouth full of peanuts, the shells of
which she scattered on the beautiful
Brussels carpets, tho smooth walnut
stairways aud boudoir floors. The
echo of the inane merriment of a
crew of hoydenish girls fell upon the’
ear of the art connoisseur “liko a
man's laughter heard in hell,” as
he strolled through galleries whoso
walls were adorned with paintings that
betokened the taste and refinement of
the collector. Here wa3 to be found a
grand seascape by De Haas, full of
crimson and gold, the lurid tints of the
setting sun; there one of Craig’s quiet
little rustic water colors, that drew the
mind of the dilettante back to the nooks
and corners of the mother country. In
the main entrance hall, upon a Scotch
granite pedestal, was a bronze figure
of Landseer’s dying stag. Upon one
of his horns was a lady’s white kid
glove, torn and discolored, a sad relic
of the prosperity cf the old time pro
prietor of tho magnificent man
sion. In the hot houses a garrulous
auctioneer was rapidly disposing of
lemou, orange and othei trees, orchids,
cacti and cryptogramic plants. The
few flowers in bloom seemed to percep
tibly wilt whenever the hammer fell,
and they were sold for a price that was
derisive by reason of its pitiableness.
Down an avenue bordered on either
side by glossy turf-encircling beds,
where cissus flashed in the sunlight,
and verbena, heliotrope, geraniums
and other fragrant flowers made odor
ous the air. The Times reporter pro
ceeded until he came to the bath house,
which is fashioned very much after the
style of those which excavations lead to
the belief were popular in Pompeii.
Clambering up a most peculiarly-con
structed ladder in the interior of this
edifice he reached a sort of loft,
through the embrasures of which
twined belladonna and Virginia creep
ers, while at his feet was a large square
tank, once a bath, now containing only
a few gailous of stagnant water. The
whole place was a modern ruin. Pass
ing back into the gorgeous palaco and
ascending the massive black walnut
staircase to the uppermost turret, a
landscape was revealed that was
worthy of Constable’s brush. Far as
the eye could reach rich, undula
ting meadows, fertile fields and
glaucous woods were visible, the
lowing of cattle and the plaintive song
of tho thrush ascending in curious con
trast to the rude hum of the multitude
below. It was literally sad to pass
through the corridors, the boudoirs
aud ante-chambers of this grand resi
dence, and consider that every article
of virtu in it was soon to be scattered,
as the fortune of the collector was
shattered, recklessly. Even the tune a
pretty child strummed upon tho
piano in the theatre sounded like a
requiem, aud not a visitor who was
the possessor of good taste left
the estate without a feeling of
sorrow at heart that so much that
was beautiful and grand was being
ruthlessly distributed. The sale, taken
as a whole, has not proved a pecuniary
success. All the most valuable furni
ture, the finest plants and flowers have
not nearly realized a tithe of their pri
mal cost or real value, while a very
large portion of the effects of the es
tate still remain unsold. The total
amount which the property disposed of
brought is not yet known, nor will it
be until the autioneers fix up their ao
counts.
CONNECTICUT ELECTION.
The Town Contests There Yesterday—
The Constitutional Amendments
Carried.
Hartford, October s. —ln the town
elections local questions entered large
ly. No very marked changes from last
year were noticed. The Republicans of
this city elect the Town Clerk and First
Selectman. The Democrats have tho
balance. The constitutional amend
ments, making the gubernatorial term
two years and changing the State
elections from spring to fall, were car
ried largely. The larger towns gener
ally voted for license. The smaller
ones aref about equally divided.
THE NAVY.
The Flagship Pensacola.
Washington, October s.—The State
Department has encouraging advices
from Mexico in reference to contribu
tions of that country to the Centen
nial.
The Navy Department has advices
from Admiral Olrny, commanding the
North Pacific squadron’s flagship Pen
sacola, that he would sail from Hono
lulu September 25th for the west coast
of Mexico, as affairs there seemed dis
turbed. Health good. Out of the com
plement of 400 persons of the Pensa
cola, she had only two deaths in two
years.
Minor Telegrams.
Philadelphia, October s,—Tennyson’s
Queen Mary was successfully played
at the Arch Street Theatre.
C ape May, October s.—The schooner
Chime, from Bangor, Maine, for Charles
ton, with hay, brick and potatoes,
ashore at Townsend’s Inlet, will proba
bly be saved.
Halifax, October s. — The brig Fleet
wood, from Savannah, is a total wreck.
Crew saved.
New York, October and
Arabella Goddard had crowded and en
thusiastic houses last night.
Cincinnati, October s.— Two thou
sand horses are suffering more or less
with cough and swelled glands.
Elizabeth, N. J., October s.—David
S. Perry, aged 75 years, has been sen
tenced to fourteen years’imprisonment
for abortion.
One of the victims of tho Texas floo<J
was Useless,