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Four thousand troops embarked at Bar
celona, Spain, for Cuba, yesterday. The
Spanish Government is making an extra
effort to crush rebel don.
In the Atlanta Constitution the City Mar
shal publishes, in very fine type, six col
umns, embracing 345 city lots to be sold
under executions issued by the Council, for
municipal taxes due for the year 1875.
That’s progress.
The Mollie Mc'Juires, of Pennsylvania,
executed one of their choice jobs yester
day in kindling a fire in Graiber & Kim
ble’s collery, shooting at the watchman
when he tried to put it out, and guarding
the lire until it burned out the works.
In publishing Mr. Shecut’s communica
tion, which we do precisely as he wrote it,
we have simply to say that the report made
in the Constitutionalist was an abstract
of Council proceedings and this paper has
no responsibility for any reported “at
tacks” made upon him.
“Martha,” the regular Atlanta corre
spondent of the Augusta ( institutionalist,
writes splendid letters from the capital.
They are full of news, spice and wit, and
are always interesting. If she can’t be king
we vote her queen of newspaper corre
spondents.—[Sumter Republican.
We have a vague dispatch about the
resignat on of Gen. Lagrange, Superinten
dent of the San Francisco Mint, in conse
quence of his name being mixed up with
Navy Paymaster Finney's defalcation.
This Gen. Lagrange came to Georgia with
Wilson’s raid, and after the war married
Mrs. Lizzie Andrews, of Macon.
The world has six wars on hand at this
time. In Turkey, in China, Liberia, Spain,
Cuba, with Sheriff Brown and Senator
Alcorn closing the rear, or file closers, to
speak in military parlance. The war of the
Senator and Sheriff was fought out and
stopped before anybody got the hang of it
—even before Gov. Ames had time to tele
graph Grant for troops. It was about the
poorest excuse of them all.
The attention of the Rev. H. M. Turner
and his Convention are directed to the news
from Liberia this morning. Civil war has
broke out there between the American born
citizens and the natives. A fight took place
on the 17th of September in which fifty
were killed and wounded, and a great bat
tle is expected. It may be that Turner is
recruiting for the Liberian army. If he
will go himself a vote of thanks ought to
be given him.
As several honored citizens have been
mentioned as candidates for the Mayoralty,
we understand that the name of Mr. James
A. Gray has been prominently proposed
for that position. Wo have also heard the
name of Hon. John Davison extensively
canvassed as member of Council for the
Second Ward. Mr. Gray as Mayor and Mr.
Davison as Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee would make a strong team. Fur
ther nominations are still in order.
There was a wedding yesterday in our
royal houshold. The beautiful Josephine
Jewell, daughter of the Postmaster Gen
eral, stepped from pure unsullied maiden
hood into matrimony. Should this para
graph meet her eye we request her to use
her influence with her father in stopping
the removal of the Post Office from Jackson
street, Augusta, Richmond county, Ga., to
one block below. If she will do so we will
indite her twenty-seven .verses commenc
ing—
Beneath the blue New England skies,
Flooded with sunshine a valley lies,
But these skies aie not so blue
As Josephine’s eye’s of azure hue.
The ease of poisoning of a wedding party
at Dalton was a most singular as well as
lamentable affair. The physicians have
traced it to the peach kernels used in the
preparation of the wedding cake. We never
before heard of peach kernels being poi
sonous. As only brief telegraphic details
are at hand we presume there is a more
rational explanation to come. Several
deaths have occurred and sixty persons
are more or less dangerously sick. The
wedding was that of Miss Lilly Ander
son, which took place on the 30th of Sep
tember, from which it is seen that the
deadly ingredient of the cake is slow in the
performance of its terrible work.
In the local columns, on the fourth page,
will be found a full report of the Negro Im
migration Convention, which was ia ses
sion at the City Hall yesterday and last
night. It was not composed of farm la
borers, for whose benefit it was called, but
made up of such turbulent colored men as
Jeff Long and Turner, who have spent
their lives in town, and who have had much
to do with politics since the war. Turner
made a violent speech, during which he ad
vised the colored people to go to Africa.
We hope he will depart among the first.
Ex-Postmaster Belcher, who is a man of
very conservative ideas, threw cold water
upon the scheme, and told the assemblage
that Georgia was the best country his race
would likely ever get to. Jeff Long and
Turner hate the white people, and this
move is made, not for the purpose of bene
litting the colored, but injuring the white
race.
—
The Friar’s Point war may be declare 1
closed. Gen. Chalmers came across the
followers of Sheriff Brown and ordered his
men to fire a volley over their heads. This
had the desired effect, running them back.
The negroos again rallied and took posi
tion behind a bayou, where th y were
Hanked and “ well peppered,” as the dis
patch says. The doughty hero of the in
surrection, Sheriff Brown, “ got detached
from his friends early in the trouble,”
made his escape with a whole hide, and
“has no personal knowledge of the fight
ing.” It is no doubt regretted that he “got
detached ”so soon. We are fully prepared
to believe that he could not swear of his
own personal know edge that there was
any fighting at all. It is the old, old story
of ringleaders getting ignorant black peo
ple into trouble with the whites and then
deserting them.
The later dispatches tell of some blood
shed in Mississippi in suppressing the negro
outbreak. We had hoped tint the turbulent,
not to say demented, creatures, would dis
perse without the necessity of killing, but
it seems lives have been lost on both sides.
There the negroes had no more cause of
grievance than in Georgia , save that Sena
tor Alcorn, in a public speech, denounced
the black Sheriff, Brown, as a thief. The
country in which all this trouble is occur
ring was originally a dense canebrake with
forests of immense trees, impenetrable
to man, and inhibited by bear, deer
and reptiles. There were few white
people before the war in the counties
of Coahama, Tunica or Washington,
but large plantations and a great
many negroes. The relative strength of
the two races has not materially changed
since, nor has any visible progress been
made in enlightenment. As the colored
people outnumber the whites twenty to
one, their leaders naturally thought it safe
to try conclusions in a fight, with the result
*ve are receiving this morning.
SlttfusM Constitutionalist
Established 1799.
WAR NEWS.
THE WARM NOW GOING ON IN
THE WORLD.
The War in Cuba —Pour Thousand
Spanish Reinforcements.
Barcelona, October 7.—Nine hundred
troops sailed for Cuba, and three thou
sand more are embarking.
The War in Spain.
Madrid, October 7.—The Carlists have
apparently abandoned the cannonade
of San Sebastian. It is officially an
nounced the Carlist Gen. Seballs has
gone to France.
The War in Turkey.
Paris, October 7.— La Liberie says
the Turkish army has been instructed
to confine operations to the defensive.
Civil War in Liberia —A Battle Fought
on the 17th September—A Great Bat
tle Expected.
London, October 7.—The Times has
the following: War has commenced at
Cape Palmas between Liberia and the
aborigines under command of several
educated natives. There was some
fighting on the 17th of September, in
which fifty were killed and wounded.
The Liberian Government has dis
patched troops from Monrovia to the
scene of action, and a great battle is
daily expected.
Friar’s Point Insurrection—Gen. Chal
mers Routs the Negroes—Sheriff
Brown “Gets Detached Before the
Fight”—One Volley Closes the War,
Helena, October 7. —Sheriff Brown,
the instigator of the trouble in Coa
homa county, at Friar’s Point, says he
got detached from his friends early in
the trouble, and went afoot to Austin
to get the Sheriff of Tunica county, a
white man, to go to Friar’s Point and
peaceably settle matters. Brown don’t
talk warlike. Chalmers frightened the
negroes from their first position by
firing over their heads. They formed
again behind a bayou, which Chalmers
flanked, and this time peppered them.
They fled and disappeared. Brown has
no personal knowledge of the fighting.
Memphis, October 7.—Chalmers con
tinues the pursuit of the negroes under
Gen. Pease, (colored). Frank Scott,
(white) was ambushed and fatally
wounded by negroes. White Demo
crats and Republicans are a unit in op
posing the uegroes. The above is the
Memphis Appeal’s dispatch and is the
latest.
Friar’s Point, Miss., October 7.— On
Tuesday Col. Buck charged an ambush,
killing 8 and wounding one, who doubt
less is dead. He captured 3, who ate
in jail. Chalmers has 250 men not yet
returned. Fifty of his men remain at
Clarkes ville to watch negroes in that
section as several places are threatened.
About 100 armed citizens are here, who
picket the town. The white people
hardly know what to do. Their homes
in the country are unprotected. Should
negroes offer violence there would be a
fearful state of affairs. The whites
are determined to desperse all mobs,
but are prudent and act on the defen
sive.
\ HENRY CLEWS & CO.
Testimony of Benj. H. Clieever.
New York, October 7.—The examina
tion of Benj. H. Cheever, creditor of
Henry Clews & Cos., before the Regis
ter in Bankruptcy, developed the fol
io wing : Clews spoke to me repeatedly
of establishing a banking house in
Washington. He finally told me he
was endeavoring to obtain the United
States agency. He wanted my aid, and
promised to pay me liberally ; stated
the value of this agency ; promised to
give me one-quarter of the entire pro
fits, as my correspondence will show.
I was to render him all lawful services
in Washington and elsewhere, showing
his standing as a banker, &c., until the
agency was obtained, then to aid him
here and in London. I conferred re
peatedly with Secretary Delano, Sena
tors ConkliDg, Anthony, Sprague, Pome
roy, Morrill, Logan, of Maine, Sumner,
Vice-President Wilson, Speaker Blaine,
Generals Banks, Butler and others, in
cluding Senators Sherman, Chandler,
Windom and Ramsey. I was to aid as
much as possible getting disbursements
through this agency. I introduced Mr.
Clews to Cushing, and an arrangement
was proposed as to deposits for foreign
consulates. Fifteen million dollars was
mentioned in this conversation. Judge
Louis Dent, a lawyer, and related to
the President by marriage, was to
have one-eighth of the entire profits for
services as counsel, and after the con
sumation of the plan as counsel for the
agency in Washington. Mr. Clews of
fered Dent $25,000 to come to New
York as counsel to advance the inter
ests of Mr. Clews. Ido not know what
legal services he performed, and do not
know that he ever ceased to have an
interest in the business. Mr. Cheever
did not recollect writing to Clews, urg
ing payment for services, and mention
ing that he (Cheever) had partners to
share with him, but did recollect writ
ing he had partners sharing one-fourth
his profits, and supposed up to a cer
tain date that Dent was a partner. He
did not inform members of the admin
istration, Senators and Congressmen of
these agreements.
THE MEXICAN CLAIMS COMMIS
SION.
Awards of Sir Edward Thornton.
Wasbington, October 7. —In the
Mexican Claims Commission, Sir Ed
ward Thornton, Umpire, made the fol
lowing awards: To Francis Nolan, sl,-
000, with interest, damage to crops by
troops; Alexander R. Barrington, $12,-
000, with interest, claim similar to No
lan’s; S. K. Parsins, $5,000, without
interest, claim for killing claimant's
father by Mexican authorities; John
McMurty, for use of mules, $2,040, with
interest; Benjamin Weil, $285,000, with
interest, for seizure of a quantity of
cotton by Mexican military authorities;
Jacob Campbell, $12,267, value of for
age taken. The following claims against
Mexico were dismissed : Legardi, Hill,
Lacosti, Dines, Clavel, Blurbenkron,
schooner Anua or Swan, King & Ken
nedy, Cotter, Mackmauus, Mahone,
Pacheco, Crathers, McGorty, Wallace,
Phipps, Lisner, Welch, Palacio and
Chase.
The Montpelier Lottery was a wilful and
a deliberate steal The victims surely will
not let the matter rest with a profusion of
healthy denunciations. Every man con
nected with it should be arrested and sent
to the penitentiary. It is a little astonish
ing at this late day that State Legislatures
will grant charters to lotteries. They are
rarely ever anything else than cheats. But
the Montpelier concern stands alone for
filching every cent paid in. It is usual to
allow a few prizes to be drawn which are
paid.
The Board of Health now graciously in
forms us that only one case of yellow fe
ver exists at Mobile. How many has been
there this fall is left to conjecture.
THE CHARLESTON ELECTION.
Fraud Triumphant—A Large Major
ity for Cunningham.
[Express. Wagener Organ.]
The election is over, and the result is
what might have beeu expected. The
polls at every precinct, from an early
hour, were in the hands of bold and
turbulent mobs of Cunningham’s hire
lings, many of them wearing a red
badge denoting that they were special
police. As we stated in yesterday’s issue,
these police were selected not for their
possible efficiency as peace-officers, but
for their strong partisanship in the in
terest of Cunningham. They crowded
close to the ballot boxes, and prevented
many Wagener men of their own color
from voting who didn’t care to get their
heads broken or be carried off under
some pretext to the guaidhouse.
The most disgraceful scenes that
ever were witnessed at an election in
any city were enacted at every precinct.
Drunken men, with badges designating
them as peace officers, exercised their
functions by crowding off peaceable
voters and battering the skulls of those
who had the manliness to resist with
their hickory bludgeons, and then tak
ing them, besmeared with blood and
limp as if they were lifeless, to the po
lice station, as tigers take their prey to
their den.
In almost every altercation which oc
curied the special police (appointed by
direction of the Election Commission
ers, and their appointment left to an
interested candidate !), with their pon
derous bludgeons, did more to intensi
fy the excitement than to preserve or
der. Aud it was intended so. Sheriff
Bowen’s deputies, who were present at
the polls were as sheep among a flock
of wolves.
In Ward One, voting proceeded with
comparative quiet until about 9 o’clock,
when the Cunningham roughs assem
bled en masse, and with the assistance
of the special police, took possession of
the passage ways and harried every
colored man whom they suspected of
bearing a Wagener vote, and this so
disgusted many that they refused to
vote at all.
In Ward Two, the Cunninghatnites
held possession of Union Star Engine
House precinct through the whole day,
forcibly driving away scores of voters
with their murderous clubs.
The polls in Ward Three were com
paratively orderly, but both at Palmet
to Engine House and Market Hall there
were occasional disturbances.
In Ward Four the three polling pre
cincts were scenes of rowdyism, bru
tality, bribery, repeating and bare
faced fraud. At StoDewall Engine
House Maj. Willis was arrested for
openly buying votes, holding the money
in his hands in full view of the special
police, and crying for bids with the
volubility of an expert auctioneer. Af
ter practicing this shameless business
for two or three hours, an order was
issued for his arrest, but backed by the
special constables and others he resist
ed the officers, and kept on with hi3
nefarious traffic until the Mayor, by re
quest of the commissioners, proceeded
to the precint, and aided by Deputy
Sheriff Ostendorff and a posse, suc
ceeded in arresting him. He was car
ried before Trial Justice Hutchinson
and promptly released on giving secu
rity for his appearance. We learn that
Justice Hutchinson, in releasing him,
acted in obedience to the verbal order
of Judge T. J. Mackey, who was con
veniently in the city in anticipation of
just such cases.
At Hope aud Comet Star engine
house precincts in this ward, repeating
was carried on to such an extent that
many Wagener men turned away from
the polls in disgust without voting. At
each of these precincts the special po
lice were the most active peace disturb
ers, aud blood flowed freely under their
repeated clubbing of opposing voters.
At the Hope engine house Mr. Cun
ningham’s special police acted as a ral
lying committee, and dragged men
away without waiting till the managers
of election decided their right to vote.
There were nothing but Hunkidories
there. They (the special police) grab
bed Mr. D. F. Gleason, and had him in
their power until a couple of regular
police rescued him, he having inter
ceded where some of the specials were
mobbing a Wagener man.
In the afternoon, from four to six
o’clock, there was nothing but repeat
ing, there being no showing for Wag
ener voters. They took and tore off
the badges from tho deputy sheriffs,
and threatened them bodily harm.
The friends of Gen. Wagener could
not have anybody arrested under any
circumstances; they had no protection
whatever. The Cunningham special
police took from one of the tables at
the polls the tickets in the possession
of the Rallying Committee, and tore off
the name of Gen. Wagener which was
around the table.
The precincts in Wards Five, Six,
Seven and Eight, had similar expe
riences, though on a smaller scale. The
special constables of Cunningham were
everywhere active, and helped on the
gigantic fraud which re-establishes the
power of the ring and makes Charles
ton the champion mob-controlled city.
The fraudulent vote cast yesterday
cannot have been less than two thou
sand, and we sincerely believe that
it was all cast for the Cunningham
ticket.
One of the Election Commissioners
made the remark that “he could say
for the supporters of Gen. Wagener
(including the special deputies of Sheriff
Bowen) that he did not see one of them
guilty of a disorderly or riotous act, or
acting in any other manner than as
peaceable citizens.”
On the other hand, an active worker
for the Cunningham ticket, remarked
publicly, at the close of the day, that
“he regretted having aided the victori
ous side, and would rather take his
place ten times over among the de
feated Wagenerites. He had seen such
damnable frauds, such open bribery,
such shameless repeating at the polls
he had visited that he was disgusted
and sick at heart.” He said “he could
have voted a thousand women with
bonnets, if he voted them for Cunning
ham.”
Such w T as the election of yesterday—
a stupendous fraud —an unprecedented
outrage on a free people—an expres
sion not of the popular will, but mainly
of the official viciousness with which
the worst elements of the community
are en rapport.
The Conduct of the Election.
[Nows and Courier, Cunningham Organ.]
The election, yesterday, we are glad
to say, passed off very quietly, and for
this we have to thank tho Commis
sioners of Election. There were some
fights, as usual, but the chief danger
which threatened tho city passed away,
when it was made evident that no in
terference with the Managers or elec
tors would be allowed, and that the
Commissioners had at their command
a force sufficient to ensure the execution
| of their orders. What was intended aud
AUGUSTA. GAI FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1875.
expected was patent||.o every one when
Sheriff Bowen senA his first letter to
the Commissioners, Lid only the knowl
edge that the Commissioners would not
recede an inch frothe position they
had taken, coupled itb. the resolve of
the citizens that the .voters should not
be bullied by machv '-made tipstaves,
caused the Bowen ,etion to restrain
their deputies and cave the city in
comparative peace. L'his, in itself, is a
moral victory. Agy oat step has beeu
taken when usurpations of authority
by Radical officials ire promptly re
buked and summarih made abortive.
We believe that joth parties are
entirely satisfied will the conduct of
the Commissioners >§.' Elections, from
first to last, and no <jLmmissioners, in
our judgment, could! have been more
vigilant, vigorous an<:| impartial. It is
a blessed thing to l J able to say that
in two successive elections, in Charles
ton, the commissioners have been
everything that the public could desire.
m* •
Tließome, Ga., FairilTlie Water Con
vention
Atlanta, October .I— The Agricultu
ral and Mechanical Exhibition at Rome,
Ga., this week, has b ln largely attend
ed. Exhibitors and iisitors are pres
ent from several Nor-leru States. Hon.
H. G. Eastman, of Nil; York, delivered
the annual address. ;
Rome, Ga., Octobo, 7. —The Mobile
and Tennessee Watei Route Conven
tion adjourned to-day! after adopting a
resolution recommem| ;ag to Congress
aud the Legislator;if of Tennessee,
Georgia and to aid
in the connection of Efe Alabama and
Tennessee rivers. Alfo endorsing the
four great water routes proposed by
the Windom CommiMee, and calling
upon the Government to select this
city as the site of tini 3 proposed south
western arsenal. fi
The Yellow FeAflr at Mobile.
Mobile, October a meeting
of the Board of Health last evening,
the following publication was ordered
to be made in the ci*y papers: That
the Board have no ij qowledge of the
existence at present of any case of yel
low fever in the city The last case
they have any repo p of originated
September 27th. Tin few cases that
occurred were confines to one locality.
No disposition to s] read has been
manifested. The Boai- l have taken all
precaution deemed ne<issary to disin
fect the locality in question.
(Signed) Geo. Akd |hum, M. D.,
President B Jird of Health.
—■— - •■<*. I
Poisoning at lalton.
[Special to the C< jUtitution.]
Dalton, October 6, M. — Two of
the persons who fell eitgc after attend
ing the wedding sup|f?r following the
marriage of Miss Li 11/ Anderson on
the 30th ult., died to-d-fy.
Others who were pifsent and poi
soned at the same tint ire now lying
dangerously ill, and i£ay die at any
time. All, Including the physicians,
now concede that the%oisoniug was
produced by the extract of peach
leaves, or kernels, usedijn flavoring the
custard at the supper.
Over sixty persons inf'dl were affec
ted with the dangerolli illness. This
has been the greatest wholesale poison
ing over known in this l Action. H.
tll ji ;
THE TUB
Nashville R ees.
Nashville, October —Track fine.
Ia the first race, mile 1 eats, Asterlite
won, Brakeman secom > and Marshal
third. Marshal took th j; first heat and
Brakeman the second j Time, 1:45,
1:46%, 1:46%, 1:47%. h the second
race, two mile dash, N( /jbern was the
winner, Vottigeur sect iji and Fanny
Malone third. Time, ;|34%. In the
third race, gentleman’s, i.% mile dash,
Col. Alex. Donaldson w ia, Maj. J. W.
Alexander second and Squire J. S.
Owen third. Time, 2:20
The Great Lottery Swindle.
Alexandria, October 7 —The Gazette
of this evening says th f, the Examin
ing Committee of tho M ihtpelier Asso
ciation Lottery have Amoved what
some of them considere ?an injunction
of secrecy, and the res lit is that the
correctness of what tl ej Gazette has
said about the swindle Has been sub
stantiated in every partic liar. The same
paper says it turns out bhat the plate
upon which the tickets, i signatures and
all, were printed, was all wed to remain
in New York, and that all the prize
numbers except two wei > held in New
York.
Peabody Fu and.
New York, October 6. Ifcuart, oi Vir
ginia and Riggs, of D. C. irrived. Ses
sion private. Ship Ma 'j Flower, of
Greenoak, for Boston, lc ided with pig
iron foundered. Crew si ved.
Burmali and I; iia.
Simla, India, October ! .—lt is offi
cially announced Burn ih uncondi
tionally allows an esco t of British
troops to pass through 1 irmeze Terri
tory.
ANOTHER PRECINCT HEARD
FROM. *
Gen. Lagrange, of the nt, and the
Pinney Defalcation.
San Francisco, Octobef 6.—General
Lagrange, Superintendent of the Mint,
resigned in consequence c% tho connec
tion of his name with Pi uey, the de
faulting paymaster’s cleri
Turkish Public i ebt.
Constantinople, Octoj er 7. —The
Porte has decreed that a and after
January next interest on ind redemp
tions of the public debt e paid half
cash and half five per cep . bonds.
Marriage of Postmast i Jewell’s
/ Daughter.
Hartford, Conn., Octol ;r 7.— Three
members of the National Cabinet as
sisted at the wedding c Postmaster
General Jewell’s daught r, Josephine,
to Auther M. Dodge.
A Glasgow Faillce,
Glasgow, October 7.—Cfliwn, Steven
son and Williamsons, sijrar refiners,
failed. Liabilities heajy. Several
Greenock houses are inves* ed.
i—■ *
Hard Money Coifing,
London, October 7.—Thf Maine took
£50,000 of specie for NewgVork.
“ Aunty, did God mak- that man ?”
whispered a little four-yc A old to his
companion, in the Jamaicj Plain horse
car, as he looked askance at Mr. Wall
Lee, one of the new launc :ymen from
the flowery kingdom, who s it opposite.
“ Certainly, my dear,” wa : tne reply ;
“and why do you ask uch a ques
tion ?” “ Because, auntgy he didn’t
make the hinges to lb eyes on
straight.” |
The only man not spo|od by being
lionized was the Prophet niel.
HOUGHTON INSTITUTE.
The Reply of Mr. Shecut to the At
tacks Made Upon Him.
Houghton Institute, Augusta, Ga., )
October 26,1875. )
To the Editors of the Constitutionalist :
Dear Sirs: In your report of the
proceedings of the City Council in your
issue of the sth iust., you state that “a
letter was read from a lady teacher,
preferring in a grievous tone, grave
charges” against myself as Principal of
the Houghton Institute. While, iu
your issue of that date, you do not
mention the name of the lady teacher.
I am aware that you refer to Miss
Jane S. McDonald, who, before the re
cent election of teachers, held the po
sition of First Assistant in the Female
Department of the Institute. In my
card which appears iu your issue of
to-day, I stated that I had requested a
copy of the letter read before the
Council, from Hon. T. W. Carwile, and
would reply to it in your next issue.
Knowing that great iu justice had
been done to me by the publication of
tho letter, and that I had a perfect
right to ask a copy, I renewed my re
quest to the gentleman, who refused to
comply on the grounds that the same
lady requested a copy of a letter writ
ten by myself to Dr. Ford which was
declined, and that “my course lay
through the City Council, and not
through tho public press.” The letter
to which Mr. Carwile refers was an offi
cial one written to Dr. Ford as Chair
man of the H. I. Committee, whom I
authorized to furnish Miss McDonald
with a copy. As I have been attacked
through the public press, in reporting
Council proceedings, I certainly feel
called upon to defend myself through
the same channel. Is it just, I ask to
to prefer charges against one reportori
ally through the public press without
specifying them, and then refuse him a
copy of the same? I am compelled,
therefore to depend upon the extracts
of that letter, as published iu your paper,
for my reply. After mentioning that
Miss McDonald had given “the greatest
possible satisfaction,” the report goes
on to say “Some time since certain text
books were introduced into the Hough
ton Institute, which, upon examination,
she found repugnant to her feelings,
and she did not desire to teach them.
She communicated her wishes to Mr.
Shecut, and he said the books must be
used; and certain passages which she
wanted to pass unnoticed, he said
should not be passed over. From
thence forward Mr. Shecut very openlv
showed a dislike to the lady, and in
some instances, as the letter goes on to
say, actually acted in an ungentlemanly
manner. He wanted her removed from
her position, and to effect this end has
been using all the means in his power.”
I presume that Miss McDonald refers
to the introduction of Goodrich’s His
tory of England into the Grammer De
partments of the Institute. The case is
as follows: Some time last winter, I ex
pressed the opinion to Mr. Hillyer,
then Chairman of the Committee, that
the interest of these departments re
quired the introduction of a history of
England to be used in connection with
that of our own country. He coincided
with me, aud authorized the introduc
tion of the same. After having ex
amined several authors, I concluded to
introduce “Goodrieh’s History of Eng
land” as best adapted to the advance
ment of the pupils. The book was ac
cordingly introduced, and my action
endorsed by Mr. Hillyer. Before the
introduction of the work, however, I
made known my intention to Miss Mc-
Donald, who did not object. Sometime
after, having used the book, she ap
proached me and desired to know if I
would not exchange the history then in
use for some other, stating at the same
time that its teachings were false aud
contrary to her religion. I informed her
that it was beyond my power to set aside
the action of tho chairman of the com
mittee, and that as a large number *of
the boys and girls had bought their
books a change would be too expensive
for them. I requested her to point out
the offensive passages, when she re
ferred me to an amusing anecdote about
St. Dustan, related simply to interest
the pupil. She then told me emphati
cally that she would not teach the book.
I informed her that, as Principal of the
Institute, it was my duty to require
that all the text books were used, un
less otherwise ordered by the commit
tee, and requested her to consider the
question well before acting. I left her
with tho hope that nothing unpleasant
would arise from her refusal, and
waited a considerable length of time
before taking action. She informed
me that if she was forced to teach the
history she would instruct her pupils
according to her own view of the sub
ject. In the meantime I received several
messages from the patrons desiring to
know why the history was not taught
their children. I then stated to Miss
McDonald that as she still refused to
teach the work I would be compelled
to refer the case to the committee for
their action. I then learned that Miss
McDonald had informed her class that
I was endeavoring to force her to teach
falsehoods. Furthermore, that she had
on several occasions introduced her re
ligion into her teachings, stating to her
pupils that the Roman Catholic Church
was the only true church, and even ad
vising her pupils to attend and see for
themselves. These facts I have from
those under her tutalage. It was then
that I reported the whole case to the
committee, who, after consultation, as
I have been informed by the chairman,
censured her course, and decided that
the history should contiuue to be
taught in the Departments, but that
Miss D. should be relieved of the
teaching. This decision was rendered
in the first part of the present
year, and the case so rested until the
close of the session. There are several
other instances that I could give, were
it necessary, of Miss McD.’s introducing
her religion into her teaching. After,
and before the above mentioned un
pleasantness occurred, I conducted my
self in the most gentlemanly manner to
wards Miss McDonald. I here call up
on her, or any one else, to mention one
instance in which I acted otherwise.
On the other hand, Miss McDonald
showed great disrespect to me as Prin
cipal, by setting aside my authority
and countermanding my directions to
the pupils. I call upon her to state
how I showed a dislike to her. She
has openly expressed her dislike to me
before her pupils. You state in your
report, further, that Miss McDonald
“ conclusively proved by letters of
recommendation ” that she had “ giv
en tho greatest possible satisfac
tion,” &c. I have been Principal
of tho Institute for a number of
years, and I have never considered her
competent to fill the position she held.
In my reports to Council I have inti
mated frequently that the teachers
were not graded according to their
merits. At the last election of teachers
an ordinance was passed assigning the
grading of teachers to the committee.
I was requested to present my views as
to their proper assignment. This I did.
The committee assigned Miss Coffin to
the position of First Assistant F. D.,
and Miss McDonald to the Primary
grade. Results will show whether or
not this change was beneficial. During
the greater part of last session Miss
McDonald’s department numbered only
about eight or ten pupils. There pro
gress was very slow. Often have I
received complaints from patrons.
Under Miss Coffin the department now
numbers seventy-four, and the pupils
are progressing rapidly. This change
the committee made. They were all
' present except one. In conclusion, I can
not understand why Miss McDonald has
attacked me. Any unprejudiced mind
is bound to acknowledge that I did
only my duty. I can substantiate all
that I have here written. Mr. Hard as
often stated to myself and others that
he did not consider Miss McD. a com
petent teacher. It is with great reluc
tance that I give publicity to these
facts, but feel that I am called upon to
defend myself against the charges as
reported in your paper.
I thank you, Messrs. Editors, for this
privilege allowed me, aud regret that I
am compelled to occupy so much of
your valuable space.
Very respectfully,
J. Cuthbert Shecut,
Principal H. I.
Big Eaters.
[From tho Mobile Register.
Two young men—regular famine
breeders—met last night, at 10:30
o’clock, in Hammerson’s restaurant, for
the purpose of testing their gastronomic
powers. L. has been known to swallow
74 raw oysters at a clip, and it was he
who made the wager that he could eat
more raw oysters than any man in
Mobile. S., who has a stomach of stu
pendous capacity took the wager, and
they went to the counter and told Ham
merson to open all the raw oysters he
had in his saloon, as they were going to
eat on a wager, and didn’t intend to
stop short of six dozen each. Hammer
son said he had none raw, but could
supply them with all the fried they
wanted; so they seated themselves at a
table with the judges and called for six
dozen fried. In ten or fifteen minutes
the first instalment of two dozen was
brought iu and the battle began. S.
took the lead, and iu two minutes one
half dozen had entered the valley of
the shadow of death ; another half
dozen was given him, and they, too,
vanished, and still another, until he
had actually swallowed three dozen and
eight, while L. had only got away with
eleven. L. saw it was no use, and
threw up the sponge. He says his bill
amounted to only a few dollars, while
S.’s doctor’s bill will not fall short of
SSO. Only think of it, three dozen and
eight Bon Secour oysters stowed away
in a man’s bread basket, besides the
condiments, bread, water, etc. Such a
dose is enough to give an alligator dys
pepsia, and how S. can navigate with
such a cargo is a question the future
will have to decide. Boarding-house
keepers had better beware of these
famine breeders.
A Little Episode in the Street—A
Joseph and His Wife.
There was an interesting scene on
Sixth street, San Francisco, recently,
which collected a large crowd, and
which from appearances seemed to
have resulted from some domestic de
rangement. A well-dressed gentleman
accompanied by a gorgeously-plumaged
lady was driving along that thorough
fare, when a second lady suddenly
bounded from the sidewalk and seized
the horse by the bridle. The gentle
man commenced lashing the animal
and manifested a determination to
drive on and escape at all hazards
while the lady, with wonderful
pluck, retained her hold and effectu
ally interrupted the progress of
the vehicle. At the height of the ex -
citement the lady iu the carriage
jumped out and disappeared around
the nearest corner with as much agiiity
as a fashionable pin-back would admit
of. Then the gentleman seemed to
take a calmer view of the situation,
and was visibly cowed as the lady who
had intercepted his drive clambered
into the carriage and remarked: “Now,
Joseph, you drive straight home.” The
crowd wondered what it was all about,
but neither the lady nor the gentle
man deigned to afford them the slight
est explanation.
Minor Telegrams.
Louisville, October 7.—At a meeting
of stockholders of the Louisville and
Nashville Road, Martin, the President,
and Fink, Superintendent, resigned.
E. D. Standiford succeeds Martin.
Pottersville, October 7.—The watch
man of Graiber & Kimble’s colliery
was shot at by incendiaries while try
ing to extinguish a small fire they
had made in the mine. The fire got
beyond his control. Loss, SIOO,OOO.
Three hundred men aud boys ousted.
Attributed to Mollie MacGuires.
Columbus, October 7.—An obscure
disease killed 1,000 hogs in this vicinity
within a month.
Detroit, Mich., October 7.—Severe
northeaster on Lake Huron. Several
vessels ashore.
Hartford, October 7. —Rev. Mr. En
glish, a Baptist Minister, traveling for
his health, was found dead in bed at
the house of Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe.
Montreal, October 7.—The charge of
rape against Abbe Chabort, was with
drawn. He will be tried simply on a
charge of assault.
Cobourg, Ont., October 7. — A unioD
of British and American Templars was
consummated here to-day. Title of
new society, “ United Temperance So
ciety.”
Lowell, October 7.—John Maher, a
tramp, arrested as the possible mur
derer of Miss Langmau, was discharg
ed. He could not have beeu at the
scene of the outrage.
Clearfield, Pa., October 7.—The jury
acquitted Siney but convicted Park of
riot and conspiracy in connection with
the coal miner’s strike.
Berlin, October 7.—The Ecciesiasti
cal Court has deposed the Bishop of
Breslau.
San Francisco, October 7.—Penney,
the defaulting Paymaster’s Clerk,
threatens revelations that he says will
make a fluttering among the politicians
as regards the influences which retain
ed Penney in his position, if the inquiry
is pressed too hard upon him.
Salem, Va., October 7.—Alfred Penn,
an old and respected citizen of Now Or
leans, and for many years President of
the Union Bank of that citv, died here
to-day. He was the father of Lieut.
Gov. D. B. Penn.
Norfolk, October 7.—A negro man
was shot and killed to-day at Kemp
viile, Princess, Anne county by a young
; man named Herreck. The negro in
sulted Herrick’s mother.
New York, October 7.—John Gorham,
President of tho Gorham Silverware
Factory, of Providence, has failed.
His liabilities are $600,000.
New Series—Vol. 28, No. 65
DELENDA EST CARTHAGO.
A DECAYING METROPOLIS.
Wliat New York Has Lost by the War
—Some of the Results of Radical Re
construction-Tremendous Shrink
age of Values—The Wrath to Come—
Ichabod! Thy Glory Has Departed!
We find in the New York Stockholder ,
a journal that is supposed to be pecu
liarly well informed concerning such
matters, some facts and figures that
illustrate in a very startliug manner
the decline of New York as the great
commercial metropolis of the country.
It is estimated that the 13,000 acres of
land on Manhattan Island are mort
gaged at the average rate of 8160,000
per acre, or SIO,OOO per plot of 25 by
100 feet—all mortgaged with the excep
tion of some few estates like the As
tqrs' and others, computed to embrace
less than one-tenth of the total area.
Deducting liberally for the property
not under mortgage, it may be said
that 10,000 acres of the island are under
mortgage at the rate of $160,000 per
acre, making an average of mortgage
debt of sl,6oo,ooo,ooo—within one-ninth
as much as the entire interest-bearing
debt of the United States Government,
and paying, with interest proper, taxes
and incidental expenses, a rate of inter
est nearly double that of the United
States debt. The general rate of inter
est on mortgages in New York is 7 per
cent. The land is taxed over 2)4 per
cent,, and the lawyers and brokers get
perhaps as much as 1 per cent, in the
changes of securities or in expenses of
foreclosures. The city has thus to con
front an annual burden of 10)4 P er cen
tum, or $165,000,000, with respect to
its engagements to pay money secured
by mortgage upon its lauds.
In. ilush times such as prevailed a
few years ago this burden was borne
lightly. The city handled a foreign
commerce, equal at its highest to about
$1,000,000,000 annually. A profit of 10
per centum on this paid $100,000,000
per year, providing for considerably
more than half of the mortgage inter
est payable upon city lauds. Manu
factures in the city amounted to $342,-
000,000 per annum, upon which, after
paying for the raw products, the pop
ulation earned through its labor and
profits at least $150,000,000 per annum.
Thus all the mortgage debt was more
than provided for without recourse to
the profits of the commerce in domestic
products—of which New York is the
chief distributing point for all the At
lantic border—to meet the cost of what
she draws from the country for daily
food, etc.
The cost of what the country sup
plies New York for food may be ap
proximately estimated at $200,000 per
day, at 20 cents the ration for 1,000,000
people, amounting to $103,000,000 a year.
Thus, with brisk foreign and domestic
commerce, and their city industries in
full play, her people stood stoutly up
and thrived under a burden for food
and interest of $268,000,000 per an
num, or of $260 per head for each man,
woman and child, of their population.
No other community in the world ever
earned anything like this amount of
money.
The aggregate annual product of the
above specified industries in New York
a few years ago was $292,000,000. All
of than have meantime shrunk one
half, some of them three-fourths, while
others have almost entirely ceased.
It may be safely estimated that at
the present rate of produc t of these in
dustries their annual yield would not
be over $120,000,000. There is a shrink
age of $172,000,000 on $292,000,000 in
the products of one city—abridging the
disbursements for wages and the trade
in materials to that extent.
But affairs have sadly changed with
New York. Her foreign commerce is
lessened somewhat in volume, but that
diminution is nothing to the shrinkage
in profits. Importers who made 10 per
centum on their business in flush times
are now glad to get 5 per cent, or even
2)4 per cent., and as to the exports
handled there is no 10 per cent, of legi
mate profit in business as factors, and
the producing interest of the country,
these hard times, will no longer con
sent to have undue charges piled up
against tho merchandise consigned to
the seaboard for export. They will
prefer to send it to cheaper ports.
As to manufactures, they have dwin
dled to less than one-half of their for
mer volume, and some trade may be
said to have almost utterly died out.
Let us look at a few examples among
the trades which made up the annual
production of $342,000,000 four years
ago, as given by the stockholder:
We were then earning a quarter of a mil
lion dollars by making awnings and tents,
a million in belting and hose, a half million
in billiard tables, four millions in book
binding, a half million in boats, ten mil
lions in ship-building and repairs of ships,
a million and a half in paper boxes and two
millions in wood packing boxes, three mil
lions in brass work, twenty-two millions in
building and as much more in building
materials, nine millions in carpentering,
seven millions in carriages and sleds, a
half million in chromos and lithographs,
forty millions in clothing, four millions in
confectionery, four millions in cooperage,
four million’s in drugs and chemicals, a
million and a half in engraving, three mil
lions in tire-arms, twenty-one millions in
furniture, seven millions in furs, a million
in glassware, two millions in gloves, two
millions in hoop skirts, seven millions in
jewelry, six millions in marble and stone
work, two millions in millinery, a quarter
of a million in gold pens and pencils, a
million in perfumery and cosmetics, two
millions in plumbing and gas-litting, fifteen
millions in books and job printing two
millions in saddlery and harness, three
millions in sashes and blinds, a million in
silverware, a million in straw goods, five
millions in tin, copper and sheet-iron ware,
a million and a half in umbrellas, two mil
lions in upholstering, seventy-five millions
in articles of war, a half million in orna
mental wood brackets.
Yet New Yorkers could still live and
pay to the country the $103,000,000 per
annum for the daily food consumed in
their city. But what shall be said of
the appalling burden for interest and
taxes on mortgaged land, $165,000,000
per year? It is enough to state that
its proportions are gigantic and that it
has been piled up by kiting specula
tions in real estate, the parties to which,
taken altogether, never were worth in
solid capital one-tenth of the amount
of the annual interest they have im
posed upon the people who dwell in the
city, the lands of which these persons
have been speculating in. No 13,000
acres of land in one body in the world
is worth one-quarter of the amount for
which that area in New York is mort
gaged. There may be a mile square
about the Royal Exchange in London
which worth $160,000 per acre, but even
this statement is doubtful,
Our New York contemporary sees no
remedy but an immediate and thor
ough resettlement of values of city
lands, and the adjustment of mort
gages accordingly. It will grind up,
to be sure, speculators in real estate,
but better that this class be abolished
entirely than that every honestly toil
ing man in the city be kept under this
tremendous burden—for this interest
has to be paid, if it be paid, through
productive labor of some sort. Better
To Advertisers and Subscribers.
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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.
for those who are interested by way of
solid investment In New York real es
tate that this frightful cloud upon
their property be dispelled, for it is
only a matter of time when commerce
will desert a city where it must be
taxed to pay 10)4 P er centum per an
num on 13,000 acres of land at $160,000
per acre.
RUSSELL’S REVENGE.
A Double Wedding and a Double Fu
neral in Pennsylvania.
[Roseville Correspondence of the Philadel
phia Telegraph.]
About five years ago William Rus
sell, a farmer, living a few miles from
this village, was left a widower, with
one child. The care of the farmer’s
house then devolved upon his daughter
Harriet, aged sixteen years. A girl
named Mary Stokes, about the same
age, was employed to aid in the house
bo’d work. Miss Russell discovered
that her father was paying the atten
tion of a lover to the girl.
The farmer’s daughter dismissed the
Stokes girl from her situation in the
family. When Russell learned of this
proceeding he immediately brought the
girl back, and told his daughter that
she was to remain there as long as she
chose. The daughter thereupon left
the house, and went to work at sewing
iu the neighborhood. Mary Stokes
finally left Russell’s and a few days
afterwards Miss Russell resumed her
old position in her father’s house.
Living in this village was a highly
respected young carpenter named Hor
ton Hurst. His father owned# farm
adjoining that of the Russells. Some
years ago a difficulty arose between
the two farmers about the proper loca
tion of a line fence. A long, bitter and
expensive lawsuit followed. Farmer
Hurst was finally successful in the suit,
and died two years ago. Russell hated
the name of Hurst, and when, some
three years since, he made the discov
ery that his daughter and the son of
his old enemy had formed an attach
ment for each other, and were actually
engaged to be married, he threatened
to disown Harriet if she did not at once
renounce the idea of wedding young
Hurst. She made the sacrifice in obe
dience to her parent.
About three months ago Russell as
tounded his daughter by telling her
that he intended to soon mary the girl
Mary Stokes, and bring her back to
the farm-house. Harriet assured him
that when he brought his wife home
he would find his daughter gone.
Friday morning the old farmer, tell
ing Harriet that he would return with
his wife in the afternoon, drove away
toward the home of Mary Stokes. Tho
daughter placed the house in readiness
for the return of her father, and about
uoon started for Roseville. She left
behind her, on the bureau in her room,
the following letter addressed to her
father:
Dear Father: I have always tried to
be a dutiful daugther to you, but the
act you intend to do to-day is more
than can I submit to,as I have more than
once told you. You choose a compan
ion above me. I hope she will be as
true to you as I have been, and that
you both will be very happy. Do not
think I am writing this with a light
heart, although in leaving the home of
my childhood I go to find a home with
one I have long loved and whose wife
I expect to be iu a few hours. God
bless you, father, and good-by. Your
once-loved daughter,
Hattie.
Upon reaching this village Miss Rus
sell was met by Horton Hurst.. They
proceeded to the house of Mrs. William
Filley, a sister of Hurst’s, and about 8
o’clock in the afternoon were married
by the Rev. Mr. Young, of the Metho
dist church. Afterward they went in
company with Mrs. Filley and a young
gentleman, a friend of Hurst’s, to the
village tavern, where it had been ar
ranged to take dinner. They were
nearly through the repast, which had
been very like a wedding feast, when
the door of the dining room was burst
in, and farmer Russell, pale with rage,
and a singular glitter in his eye, sprang
into the apartment. His daughter
arose hastily and ran toward him with
outstretched arms, but he threw her
aside and sprang upon her husband.
“You scoundrel 1” he exclaimed, “You
set my daughter up to leave her home!”
He grasped Hurst by the throat, but
the young man threw him off and com
menced backing toward the door. Rus
sell seized a knife fiom the table, and
getting between Hurst and the door,
attempted to stab the young man.
Hurst received the thrust in his arm,
and seeing that the old man was bent
on murder, drew a revolver and warned
him to stand back. Russell did not
heed the warning, and continued to
make deadly lunges with tho knife.
Hurst received many of these in tho
arm and shoulder. Hurst’s sister es
caped from the room during the me
lee, and the young men present seemed
to be paralyzed with terror. At last
Hurst pushed his assailant back from
him and leveled the pistol at him. His
wife at this instant sprang between the
men just as her husband’s pistol was
discharged. The ball entered her brain,
and she fell to the floor and expired
without saying a word. The report of
the pistol brought a number of persons
into the room. Hurst had fallen on his
knees beside his wife’s body, and after
several times frantically appealing to
her by name to look up and speak to
him, he rose to his feet, and beforo a
hand could be extended to prevent him,
shot himself through the head, and ho
fell dead beside his wife. Russell
seemed stricken dumb by the fearful
soene, and was led from the room like
a child.
As soon as the excitement that fol
lowed the news of the tragedy could be
somewhat allayed, the bodies of the
young married couple were removed to
the residence of Mr. Filley, followed by
hundreds of people. In the evening an
inquest was held by James Powell,
Justice of the Peace. Russell was
arrested and held iu $2,000 to await
the action of the grand jury. A verdict
that Mrs. Harriet R. Hurst met her
death by the accidental discharge of a
pistol, and that Horton Hurst came to
his death by his own hand while tem
porarily insane, was rendered.
In Lafayette, Ind., last Wednesday,
a little girl was bitten by a dog, and
when an officer came to kill the animal
the mother flew into a rage and told
him to keep his hands off as the child
and dog were both hers.
“ Father, Bring Home Your Money
To-night,” is the name of anew tem
perance song. The New York Commer
cial Advertiser suggests that somebody
ought to write a sequel entitled, “ Or,
If You Can’t Come Yourself, Send it,
Father.”—[Boston Advertiser.
Four wild pigeons and seventy-five
men, with guns, passed North, Satur
day afternoon,— [Danbury News.
Josh Riflings says: “Give the devil
his due reads well enough in a proverb;
hut what will become of me and you if
this arrangement is carried out,”