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The crazy Helmbold was again ar
rested last night and sent back to the
Bloomingdale Asylum.
When Allen was elected Governor of
Ohio, in 1873, he only had a majority of
1,817 votes.
To jump from a monument one hundred
and eighty feet high looks like a deter
mined suicide. Such was the fate of a man
in Baltimore yesterday.
Ax four previous elections Ohio polled
over 500,000 votes—to-wit, in 1868-’7l, and
twice in ’72 (for Secretary of State and then
for President).
We are glad to note that cotton is still
on the rise—having reached 13% for good
middling yesterday, and closing firm. The
receipts were 1,C92 bales, and sales 937. Re
ceipts since September Ist, 24,320.
The Georgia State Fair begins at Macon
next Monday. It promises to greatly excel
in stock, machinery and eminent speakers.
We print this morning the letter of accept
ance of Gen. Hawley, who will make a
speech during the exhibition.
It was well nigh cold enough last night
for frost, and perhaps quite so. Our Cana
dian dispatches state they have had a fall
of snow of over six inches there, and that
It was still falling. The Signal Office says
we will have cool weather to-day and frost
to-night.
The Savannan Every Evening says : Judge
W. W. Montgomery has entered a caveat
to the probate of the will of the late
Miss Mary Telfair, so far as its charita
ble bequests are concerned, has been filed
before the Ordinary in behalf of Geo. Noble
Jones, Alfp.ed Cuthbebt and Mary G.
Harrison. '1 ho matter will be heard at the
November term.
Under date of October Bth, the Financial
Chronicle says: “For the week ending this
evening, the total receipts have reached
102,402 bales against 88,268 bales last week,
47,064 bales the previous week, and 36,709
bales three weeks since, making the total
receipts since the Ist of September, 1875,
235,808 bales, against 251/65 bales for the
same period of 1874, showing and increase
since September 1,1875, of 34,243 bales.”
Grant has not yet appointed Col.
Joseph E. Brown Secretary of the In
terior. The last we heard of the Colonel
prior to the letter of Doctor Wills he was
“ hedging” around the Democratic camp
humming that particularly favorite air,
“If ever 1 cease to love.” We hardly think
he would accept. He is not in the habit of
stepping aboard of a sinking ship, but is
just about the most active man getting
ashore from such a vessel we ever saw.
The following table will show the results
of the grand political contests in Ohio since
the war. It is interesting reading just at
this time:
Rep. Dem. Total.
1864—President 264,918 295,956 470,874
1867 Governor 243,605 240,622 484,227
1868— President 280,222 239,032 519 254
1869 Governor 236,802 228,581 464.663
1871— Governor 237,273 218,105 456,378
1872 Sec’y of State. .265,960 251,730 517,710
1872- 281,832 214,321 526,173
1873- 213,837 214,654 428,431
1875 Sec’y of State. .221,204 238,406 459,610
We print on the third page a synopsis of
the new Constitution of Alabama, and have
the whole paper on file. We doubt if any
State in all the Union has a better. It evi
dently came from the brain of matured
statesmen, and under it that now prostrat
e i State is bound,to rapidly advance and to
quickly regain all its lost glory. It is the
work of virtuous old Alabama acknowledg
ing an accomplished revolution. It is the
work of men who have come forth fr om
their retreats, rescued their State from
impious hands, and now offer it a govern
ment of justice and honor.
The returns from the Ohio election are
meagre. The few scattering returns indi
cate Republican gains in many counties.
The only positive dispatch sent is from
Cincinnati,which city went for Gen. Hayes,
the Republican candidate. Had the elec
tion been favorable to the Democracy we
would doubtless have had fuller dis
patches. As ihe matter stands at this
hour (10 o’clock A. M.) it looks like
the Republicans have carried the day.
The main question which entered the cam
paign was the finances. If Allen is de
feated, inflation will be dropped from De
mocratic platforms, and the party will
take up the main business—the corruption
and misrule of the Radicals. We muit
await lurther details, however, before de
claring positively how the election has
gone.
The news from Europe this morning is
generally very dull. There is something
about the rotten candition of Turkish
liuauces; the seizure of Greek gunpowder,
which was going to Crete to stir up a revo
lution; the sailing of five Dutch frigates to
the Carribean Sea; news that the Arctic ex
pedition had reached Disco; a dispatch
xhat Cardinal McOloskey had left Rome
for home, and a telegram that five battles
had been fought between the Liberians and
the heathen round about, whipping them
every time. Cotton is strong and advanc
ing across the water, we aro glad to see,
and we hope will continue to go up until
it reaches a ligure which will enable every
planter to have a rousing old-fashioned
Christmas, as they used.to .have twenty
years ago.
The American negroes who have colon
ized Liberia, are making it lively for the
heathens near at hand. They are at regu
lar war with them, and, already have
fought five battles. Turner stated at the
Augusta Convention that the negro had
been sent to this country for the purpose
of first becoming civilized and then going
back and teaching the whole continent of
Africa civilization. There may be some
thing in this idea. The only effectual way
to do this is for Liberia to put the natives
gradually under subjection and wholesome
laws, and force upon them habits of
decency and industry. They are none
better than other wild animals in jungles,
and after all the miserable twaddle and
trash about the slave trade it was the
greatest boon Africa has received since the
foundation of the world.
From China.
San Francisco, October 12.—The
Colorado, from Hong Kong, reports
hostile feelings manifested by Chinese
in the North for some months, and
seems extending, venting itse’lf in
mobbing foreigners when the oppor
tunity offers.
The Peninsula and Oriental steamer
Gwalior, broke down 150 miles from
Hong Kong. She was unable to sail
and drifted down to Hainan, where she
anchored. A boat sent in charge the
second officer to Macao for assistance,
was overhauled and robbed by pirates
on the way, but allowed to proceed. It
eventually reached its destination.
A sharp earthquake shock was felt
4it Nagazki on the 25th instant.
@1)1 mpsta (Constitutionalist.
Established 1799.
OHIO AND IOWA ELECTIONS.
OHIO.
Probable Defeat of Allen—soo,ooo
Votes Polled—The Republicans Carry
Cincinnati and Make Heavy Gains
in the Counties.
Cincinnati, October 12—7:30 P. M.—
In this city over 20,000 votes were poll
ed before 11 o’clock this morning. No
complete returns from any ward have
yet been received.
New York, October 12.—A private
dispatch from Cincinnati, dated 8:30,
to-night says its estimated that the vate
of the State will reach five hundred
thousand. As faras heard from, the Re
publicans gain, in every county except
Mahoning and possibly Frankling.
Cayuhtiga county is said to have given
3,000 Republican majority. Later re
turns from a number of the northeas
tern counties, mostly mining districts,
give Democratic gains.
Cincinnati, October 12.—The election
passed off quietly. The Republicans
claim the county for Hayes and the en
tire county ticket. It is certain that
the Bepublicans have made large gains.
The result in the city will not be known
until late.
Washington, Octoberl2.—The Losses
and gains will be computed upon the
election of 1873, when Allen’s majority
was 817.
Toledo, October 12.—Quite election
to-day. Full vote with considerable
scratching on both sides. Returns
from the city coming in slow. Noth
ing expected before midnight and
some wards will not be counted before
noon to-morrow.
Columbus, 0., October 12. —Scattering
returns only have been received from
nearly every county in the State, but
none are more than fragmentary. 125
townships, precincts and wards show a
total majority for Hayes thus far of
over 3,000. There is every indication
of Hayes’ election.
Columbus, 0., October 12.—Adams
County (two township)—Hayes, 281; Al
len, 213; Democratic gain, 9.
Allen County (five wards in Cleveland)
—Republican gain, 1,500.
Darke County (three townships)—
Hayes, 273; Allen, 399; Democratic
gain, 29.
Delaware County (one township)—
Hayes, 52; Allen, 37; Republican gain, 6.
Erie County (one township)—Hayes,
139; Allen, 139; Democratic gain, 19.
Fairfield County (four townships and
Lancaster City)—gain 61.
Fayette County (two townships)
Hayes, 180; Allen, 186; Democratic
gain, 17.
Franklin County (three towhships
and three wards in Columbus) —Hayes,
1,888; Allen, 1,124; Republican gain,
610.
Fulton County (one township)—
Hayes, 133; Allen, 146; Bepublican
gain, 10.
Gallia County (first ward)—Hayes,
68; Allen, 144; Democratic gain, 38.
Geauga County—(two townships)—
Hayes, 350; Allen, 114; Republican
gain, 98.
Greene County—(one township) —
Hayes, 92; Allen, 144; Democratic gain,
41.
Honcock County—(one township—
Hayes, 131; Allen, 85; Republican gain,
12.
Henry County—(one thwnship)—
Hayes, 95; Allen, 128; Democratic gain,
8.
Hocking County—(one township)—
Hayes, 72; Allen, 183; no change.
Huron County (five townships)—
Hayes, 947; Allen, 392; Republican gain.
76.
Jefferson County (three townships
and four wards in Steubenville) —Hayes,
1,015; Allen, 829; Democratic gain, 228.
Kuox County (two townships)—Hayes,
185; Allen, 185; Republican gain, 19.
Lake County (three townships)—
Hayes, 1,125; Allen, 541; Republican
gain, 18.
Lawrence County (1 township)-Hayes,
110; Allen, 103; Democratic gain, 19.
Licking County, (5 township)—
Hayes, 505; Allen, 683; Bepublican gain,
66.
Logan County (5 townships)—Hayes,
171; Allen, 278; Republican gain, 81.
Lorden County (7 townships)—Hayes,
I, Allen, 649; Republican gain, 93.
Lucas County (2 township)—Hayes,
156; Allen, 153; Republican gain, 48.
Madison County (4 townships)—
Hayes, 404; Allen, 396; Republican gain,
34.
Mahoning County (Youngstown city
complete)—Hayes, 1,066; Allen, 1,281;
Democratic gain, 311.
Marion County (three townships)—
Hayes, 228; Allen, 276; Democratic
gain, 3.
Medina County; Republicans gain in
7 townships, 153.
Meigs County, Pomeroy City (one
ward) —Hayes, 87; Allen, 155; Demo
cratic gain, 154.
Miami County (two townships)—
Hayes, 449; Allen, 407; Democratic
gain, 48.
Muskingum County (two townships)
—Hayes, 296; Allen, 271; Democratic
gain, 37.
Noble County (one township)—Hayes,
106; Allen, 97; Republican gain, 9.
Ottowa County (three townships)
Hayes, 138; Allen, 556; Democratic
gain, 79.
Paulding County (one township)—
Hayes, 102; Allen, 119; Democratic
gain, 5.
Pickaway County (four townships
and two wards in Circleville)—Hayes,
627; Allen, 894; Democratic gain, 22.
Richland County (two townships
and one ward in Mansfield) —Hayes,
710; Allen, 667; Republican gain, 24.
Ross County (four townships and
one ward in Chiilecothe)— Hays, 304;
Allen, 489; Republican gain, 68.
Sandusky county (two townships)—
Hayes, 171; Allen, 322; Republican
gain, 31.
Shelby County (one township)
Hayes, 98; Allen, 110; Democratic gain,
11.
Stark County (four townships and
four wards in Massillon)—Hayes, 1,384;
Alien, 1,346; Democratic gain, 85.
Summit Couuty (fivo townships and
five wards in Akron)— Hayes, 2,303;
Allen, 1,649; Republican gain, 172.
Trumbull County (eight townships
and .vards)—Hayes, 3,460; Allen, 1,227;
Republican gain, 286.
Tuscarowas County (two townships)—
Hayes, 223; Allen, 253; Republican gain,
22.
Union County (1 township)—Hayes,
192; Allen, 92; Democratic gain, 9.
Warren County (2 townships)—Hayes,
701; Allen, 554; Democratic gain, 53.
Washington County (8 townships)—
Hays, 1,043; Allen, 964; Democratic
gain, 55.
Wayno County (8 to vnships)—Hayes.
1,135; Allen, 1,271; Democratic gain,
139.
Wyandotte County (1 township)—
Hayes, 51; Allen, 65; Republican gain 2.
Columbus, October 12.—Midnight—
Democratic State Central Committee
concede Hayes election; Republicans
claim |Hamilton County by 2,500 ma
jority.
AUGUSTA.. GA„ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1875.
Omaha, October 12.—Hall County en
tire Republican State ticket is elected
by an overwhelming majority.
Cass county gives the Republican
State ticket a good majority.
In Clay county the Republican State,
county and judicial tickets were elected
by 88 majority.
Ashtabula County (eight townships)—
Hayes, 1,902; Allen, 561; Republican
gain, 628.
Butler County (one township) —Hayes,
56; Allen, 162; Republican gain, 5.
Carroll County (one township)—
Hayes, 93; Allen, 56; Democratic gaio,
13.
Champaign County (one township)—
Hayes, 161; Allen, 29; Republican gain,
20.
Clark county (two townships and
four wards in Springfield City)—Hayes
2,206; Allen, 1,974; Democratic gain
155.
Clinton county (one township)—
Hayes, 177; Allen, 96; Republican
gain, 82.
Cochocton county (one township)—
Hayes, 93; Allen, 107; Republican gain,
86.
IOWA.
The Republicans Carry the State.
Desmoines, lowa, October 12.—N0
Constitutional amendments were sub
mitted in this city this year. The re
turns received up to this hour—ll:3o
p. in.—indicate a Republican gain of
about 15 per cent, over the majority of
that party in 1874, when it was 28,743,
and of 20 per cent, of the Republican
majority for Governor in 1873.
There are very large Republican
gains in some counties, and Democrat
ic gains in one or two.
Some of the best informed Republi
cans estimate the majority for Kirk
wood, the Republican candidate, for
Governor at 35,000.
The Republicans will have 40 major
ity on joint ballot. The Democrats
concede 25,000 majority.
Columbus, 0., October 13—1 A. M.—
No returns received except on the vote
for Governor, and those are still scat
tering. Returns from °OO townships
and wards give Republican gains of
nearly 6,000. Democrats concede Hayes’
election by 5,000, and have about de
serted their headquarters here. Re
publicans claim his election by 10,000.
Council Bluffs, lowa, October 12.
Fremont county gives 25 majority for
the Democratic State ticket.
Pottowatomie couuty gives a Repub
lican majority of from one to two hun
dred.
Nevado, lowa, October 12.—Story
couuty gives Kirkwood, Republican for
Governor, 800 majority. Tho county
will go Republican by a good majority.
Clinton, lowa, October 12.—A very
heavy vote has been polled and
the Republicans have been victorious.
Kirkwood’s majority will be about 100.
Indications are the whole Republican
county ticket is elected by majorities
ranging from 150 to 300. Large Re
publican gains here.
New Jefferson, lowa, October 12.
This county probably gives 450 Repub
lican majority.
lowa City, lowa, October 12. —John-
son county gives a majority of 150
against Kirkwood (Llep.) lor Governor,
and probably a small majority for the
Democratic county ticket.
Indianola, lowa, October 12.—The
estimated majority in this county for
Kirkwood is 800.
Corning, lowa, October 12. Kirk
wood’s majority in this couuty is 550.
NEW JERSEY.
Newark Municipal Election.
Newark, N. J., October 12.—The city
election has resulted in immense Re
publican majorities. Henry J. Yates is
elected Mayor by 3,390 majority over
Andrew Smalley, Democrat, who car
ried only two wards out of fifteen. The
Republicans also elect thirteen of the
fifteen Aldermen. The next Council
will stand 19 Republicans to 11 Demo
crats. The Republican gain over the
last Mayor’s election, in 1873, is over
3,500.
THE TURF.
The Czarwitch Stakes.
London, October 12. Thirty-six
horses started for the Czarwitch stakes.
The Duke of Parma, the favorite, won;
Pageant second; Perplex third.
Jerome Park Races.
Jerome Park, October 12. —The first
race, 1% mile dash, dead heat, was be
tween Lizzie R. and Big Sandy; In
voice third—time, 2:19%. The dead
heat will be decided to-morrow. In
the second race, % mile dash, for two
year olds, Dauntless was the winner;
Ambush second, Mollie Carew third—
time, 1:21. In the third race, 2 miles,
for all ages, Mate was the winner; Mil
ner second, Acrobat third—time, 3:43.
In the fourth race, one mile dash, Joe
Cerus was the winner; Tattoo second,
Evelin Carter third—time, 1:49%. In
the fifth rac£, steeple chase, Troublo
won; Diavola second, Dead Head third.
Big Saudy wen the dead heat of the
first race—time, 2:18%.
A Negro Riot in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, October 12.—Geo. Moore,
a colored saloon keeper, who shot and
severely wounded a man Sunday, was
released on bail to-day. He returned
to his saloon to-night, when he was at
tacked by a crowd of colored people,
who broke into his saloon and de
stroyed the furniture. During the me
lee Moore shot and mortally wounded
Frank Warts, one of the attac dug
party.
There was a prize fight in this city
to-day between Frank Farrel and Jack
Leonard, two young roughs. Leonard
received injuries which will probably
prove fatal.
From St. Thomas and San Domingo.
Havana, October 12.— Advices from
St. Thomas to the 7th have been re
ceived, and'quiet prevailed.
The San Domingo foreign loan proved
a failure.
President Gonzales has prohibited
the circulation of newspapers which de
fame the Spauish government of Cuba.
The hurricane last month did no
damage to the coffee crop in Hayti.
The British brig, Six Freeres, of
Quebec, from Newfoundland for Porto
Rico, went ashore on Dregada Reefs
and became a total loss. The crew were
saved and landed at St. Thomas.
A Frightful Suicide-
Baltimore, October 12. —An unknown
man thirty years old, threw himself
from Washington Monument, 180 feet
high. He was crushed shapelessly. He
wan genteely clad. A note was found
in his pocket which read: “Now, Miss
Cobb, I leave thee in these words,
hoping to hear from you: Fare thee
well; still forever, fare thee well; even
though unforgiven, never against thee
shall my heart rebel.”
FOREIGN DISPATCHES
The Financial Situation—Policy of
Turkey.
Vienna, October 12.—Tho European
powers, except France, have exchanged
ideas regarding the financial situation
and policy of Turkey. They see no
grounds for remonstrance.
Greek G unpowder.
Berlin, October V2.—The Turks have
seized gunpowder sent to Crete by tho
Greek Revolutionary Committee.
The Liberian War—Five Battles
Fought.
London, October 12. —The Liberian
Consul here gives accounts of war with
neighboring savages. Five engage
ments were fought. The Liberians were
victorious.
The Arctic Expedition —The Pandora
at Disco.
New York, October 12.—A special to
the Herald from London says : “ Let
ters have been received here from
Capt. Allen Young and one of the offi
cers of the Pandora, dated Disco, Aug.
6th, and Vaygart Straits, Aug. 9th.
The letters describe the voyage as hav
ing been pleasant. The Pandora called
at Disco. They had some collisions
with icebergs in coarse of the voyage,
but the vessel was not injured. Tho
officer’s letter describes the work as
working well. Capt. Young is greatly
praised for his kindness and strict
maintenance of discipline. In Ivigtut
bay they saw the Fox.
Two Americans Fight A Duel Near
Paris.
New York, October 12.—A Paris
Herald special says: A duel was
fought with swords at Vesinet, near
Paris, yesterday, between two young
Americans named respectively, Riggs
and Paine. The cause was an old
family vendetta which was renewed
last Thursday night in Renaissanco
Theatre. Blows were exchanged before
the audience and the police interfered.
The result of the duel was that Paine
was wounded slightly in tho arm.
Movement of Dutch Frigates.
London, October 12. —The Morning
Post to-day asserts that Holland has
sent five men-of-war to tho Carribean
Sea.
London, October 12.—Reuters tele
grams deny that Holland has sent five
men-of-war to the Carribean Sea.
Central American Affairs.
Panama, October 1. —A compact has
been drawn up between Nicaragua.
Guatemala, and Salvador to uuite
and form one national government. It
is not yet known whetner Honduras
and Costa Rica would join the move
ment.
News from Bogota and the Atlantic
States of the Union show peace estab
lished.
The steamers Omaha and Richmond
are in the harbor. The Shawmut ar
rived at Aspinwall on the 17th.
Cardinal McCloskey Leaves Rome.
Rome, October 12.—Cardinal McClos
key lias loft Rome. Cardinal Frauchi
and others accompanied him to tho
railway station. Moasignor Roneetti
accompanies him as far as Civita
Vecchia.
The U. S. Frigate Congress.
Naples, October 12.—The United
States frigate Congress has arrived
here. j
Six Inches of Snow in Canada.
Collingwood, Canada, October 12. —
Over six inches of snow fell here last
night. Considerable damage was done
to fruit and ornamental trees by the
heavy weight of snow, breaking apd
bending them to the ground. Snow
still falling this morning.
Snow in Canada.
Montreal, October 12. —The first i
snow fell to-day. It is a month earlier
than last year. Messrs. St. Pierrie,
Thebault and Alderman Roy were in
dicted for implication in the vaccina- j
tion riot.
Seizure of the Uraguay.
Kingston, October 12, via Havana. —
The Jamaican Government seized the
steamer Uraguay and her cargo of
arms and ammunition to-day.
FROM NEW YORK.
The Noe Murder—The Insane Helm
hold—Crooked Cigars.
New York, October 12.—A cane with
a monkey head, precisely like John
Dolon’s, now under arrest, was found
near Noe’s store.
Dr. Helmbold, who escaped from the
Bloomington Lunatic Asylum, was ar
rested coming out of the Metropolitan
Theatre and sent back to the Asylum.
Complaints come from various parts
of tiie State of the seizure of cigars
branded with other than branding iron.
Manufacturers have been using a hard
er metal, heated by a spirit lamp, and
making a neater brand.
WASHINGTON.
Whiskey Figures— No Appointment to
the Interior Yet.
Washington, October 12. —The offi
cial statement of distilleries in opera
tion the Ist of October, 174; capacity
per day, 189,883 gallons. Increase over
September Ist, distilleries, 18,874 gal
lons.
The Secretary of War has returned.
It has transpired certainly that the
President has not yet selected his
Secretary of the Interior.
Alabama Grangers Fair.
Selma, Ala., October 12.—The first
annual fair of the State Grange of Ala
bama commence. 4 at Selma, October
26th and continues five days. The
seven hundred and fifty granges In
Alabama will be fully represented and
people in every section are moving to
make it a success. Prominent speakers
from the northeast, south and west are
expected, and the fair promises to be
the grandest affair ever in the State.
The people of Seima have made ample
preparations for guests. Railroads
issue half rate ijbkets.
THE GEORGIA STATE FAIR.
The Exhibition cf Live Stock and Ma
chinery.
Macon, October 12.—The exhibition
of live stock and machinery at the State
Fair on the 18th will be unusually large
and fine. Entries rapidly coming. Gen.
Hawley, President of the Centennial
Commission, and Senator Bayard, of
Delaware, speak on the Fair Grounds,
Tuesday, the 19th.
The Pacific Railroads.
New York, October 12.—At a confer
ence of the committee of the Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad and the Missouri
and Pacific Railroad Companies to-day,
it was decided that the latter company
could not pay a dividend, the earnings
of the Missouri and Pacific Road hav
ing fallen off between three and four
millions of dollars during the past year.
GOV. CHAMBERLAIN.
A PLEA IN HIS DEFENSE-
The Yale College Speech—What It May
Indicate—Comparison with Henry V.
[Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.]
Barnwell, C. H„ S. C.. Oct. 11, 1875.
Pave you read Gov. Chamberlain’s
Yale law school speech ? If you have
not and are within reach of a copy, I
recommend a careful perusal of it. You
will be richly repaid, for, whatever be
the guile in the heart of the man, there
is nothing in this master-piece of schol
arly eloquence to shake the nerves or
mantle the cheek of the most devoted
patriot. The speech is closed in these
memorable words: “ Wherever, in
the future, patriotism shall labor and
pray for the glory of America, wher
ever a jealous love of freedom shall re
sist the encroachments of contralizing
power; wherever corruption and vio
lence shall stand abashed before the
awful majesty of public virtue and or
der, there will be found those immor
tal influences on which our past great
ness has grown—on which our future
greatness must rest.”
• There has been a most decided ob
jection to Mr. Chamberlain held and
expressed by the best men of our
State—men, the lachets of whose
shoes I am not worthy to loose—but
yet I am constrained to require some
thing more definite of wrong against
him before I can either subscribe to
these objections or believe Mr. Cham
berlain other than an honest, upright
and conscientious man. I admit that
for years after Mr. Chamberlain’s ad
vent into South Carolina, and partici
pation in the politics of the State, he
was associated with a very disreputa
ble crew—a class of men against
whom the finger of scorn and con
tempt may be, and is, justly pointed
men who have done deeds of darkness
and villiany and all manner of evil.
And it has seemed somewhat curious
to my finite mind that all the
malignity of Mr. Chamberlain’s erst
while allies coupled with the
distrust and prejudice of that honest
element in the Conservative ranks
against him has failed to elicit anything
of a character to render him amenable
to legal punishment; nor indeed have
they succeeded in establishing anything
against him of a sufficiently grave na
ture upon which to base a prosecution
—on which he could be arraigned before
a court of justice. Every charge that
has been brought against Mr. Cham
berlain (so far as I am advised) is made
in the most general and unsatisfactory
way; and the worst of those, when they
come to be sifted, seem to be but sins
of omission.
It is proper to take a charitable view
of your fellows’ acts; and if you aro re
garding the conduct of an enemy, po
litical or personal, there is bravery as
well as propriety in the administration
of Gentle Charity in all your views. Let
us suppose—and it is a fair supposi
tion —that Chamberlain’s great ambi
tion was to reclaim a noble State from
the condition into which he saw it was
fate that the curpet-bag-scalawag-Rad
ical element would plunge her. Let us
suppose that he possessed the pre
science to see thus far into the future
political inevitability, and that, seeing
the great tidal wave of corruption
bearing down all opposition and over
whelming everything in its ruinous
embrace, he followed along (the State’s
salvation ever uppermost in his mind)
like a wise mariner, leaving the Ship of
State to take its chances for life, and
watching for the opportunity when he
could leap forward, seize the helm and
carry her into safe harborage? If this
was his object was he to blame? If
men are willing to believe that Cham
berlain was ever honest —if they are
willing to believe that he ever held the
patriotic design of rescuing Carolina
from the political vultures that fed and
fattened on her vitals—if they believe
that he is not only a wise and scholarly
man but a shrewed and fearless politi
cian, I ask, in all fairness, has he not
done all that he could? Was there any
other way open to him, or any Northern
man—whatever was open to our own
men, Carolina’s sons?
In a recent letter from “Bourbon,”
the Barnwell correspondent of the
Chronicle and Sentinel, the question is
asked your Carolinian if he would be
bold enough to undertake a compari
son between Chamberlain and Henry Y
of England—intimating in the manner
of the question that he (“ Bourbon ”)
thinks Chamberlain would not profit
by it. It seems to me that the allusion
to Henry Y was unfortunate, for, ad
mitting all the anti-Chamberlain men
say, it strikes me there is a wonderful
similarity between the two, and, all
things considered, the difference, if a
difference is admitted, not a little in fa
vor of our Governor.
“ Bourbon,” I know, is sincere in
what he says, and I shall feel under no
small obligation to him and sush others
as disagree with me for light on this
subject, if, as they believe, I am tread
ing the ways of darkness. I seek for
the truth concerning this and all
things, as I believe in all cases the
“truth” alone “will make us free.”
Fritz.
Innocence in a Picture Gallery.—
Everett’s Art Gallery is graced with a
fine oil painting of Shakspeare, which
hangs prominently from a centre
column at the back of the store. The
other day a lady from the country came
in, glanced about, and inquired of Mr.
Everett, pointing to Shakspeare’s phiz,
“What minister is that?”
“That is Shakspeare,” replied the
urbaneJEverett, with a playful smile on
his lips.
“Oh, it is, hey! Where does he
preach now ? ”
“He wasn’t a minister, madam. He
was a poet.”
“Oh! Ah! Yes. Seems to me I’ve
heerd on him somewhere. Did he write
any pieces for the Free Will Baptists’
Hymn Book ? ”
Mr. Everett politely sought to divert
the lady’s attention by showing her a
picture of Jacob kissing Rachel, when
the old lady innocently inquired, after
studying the engraving curiously.—
“What be they wrastling about ?”
After asking when there was to be a
circus in Troy again, she left the art
gallery highly pleased. —Troy Times.
Heavy Frost at Memphis.
Memphis, October 12.—Heavy frost
and thin ice formed in exposed places.
It is not believed any serious damage
has been done to the cotton crop.
Centennial Building Blown Down.
Philadelphia, October 12.—An un
finished agricultural hall on Centen
nial grounds was blown down. Eight
laborers injured.
Minor Telegrams.
Washington, October 12.—President
Grant leaves Chicago to-day direct for
Washington.
London, October 12.—The race for
the Czarowitch stakes was run to-day.
The Duke of Parma was the winner.
COMMERCIAL MORA LIT A.
SOME WISE REFLECTIONS ON AN
UGLY SUBJECT.
[N T ew York Shipping List.]
A good deal has been said and writ
ten about the decline in the standard
of morality of late years, attributed
quite generally to the demoralizing in
fluence of the civil war. While it can
not be doubted that dishonesty and
also sharp practices, between which
and honesty but a thin partition ex
ists, have become much more frequent
than in earlier times, we are inclined t >
beiieve that it is due, not so much to
men becoming wilfully dishonest, as to
the broader fields for money getting,
and the increased opportunities for
crooked practices. The wrongs, too,
we suspect, have arisen largely from
the vice which lies at the basis of our
modern social system—the luxury, os
tentation and extravagance iu living
which has been mainly the outgrowth
of the last ten or fifteen years. Tho
parental injunction of “make money,
my son ; honestly if you can, but—
make money,” may never have been
made iu this form, but by example, if
not by precept, such counsel has been
given, and has too often been heeded.
The misfortune, or fault, is that when
questionable or dishonest practices
have proved successful, people have
hesitated about properly stigmatizing
them. Knavery, trickery and deceit
are too often hidden under the colossal
sums they sometimes bring. A rogue
who obtains a few dollars upon false
pretences is pretty certain to be over
taken and punished ; but when an in
dividual, a firm or a corporation, in
previous good standing, have appro
priated large sums to their own use,
without au equivalent, it has not un
freqnently happened that honest, well
meaning men have pronounced it a fair
business transaction. At intervals, for
tunately, public virtue asserts itself,
provoked thereto by some startling
development of fraud or crime, ami
the tide of evil is checked for a time;
but, as dishonesty has been practiced
iu the ranks of business men from time
immemorial, it is not probable that they
will ever cease, at least until the Mil -
lennium is reached.
[N. O. Price Current.]
Our New York contemporary writes
from its stand-point, and its strictures
are no less forcible than just. When a
New Orleans merchant visits that city
lie sees the very men who glibly talk
about the wastefulness and extrava
gance of Southern planters, paying a
rent of $5,000 to SIO,OOO a year, or even
much more, for a dwelling-house, and
fabulous sums for stores. On entering
the palatial “four-story brown fronts
with high stoops,” he finds the simple,
yet correct taste of the occupant’s pro
genitors, who themselves hung their
few choice paintings and arranged their
commodious furniture, succeeded by
the grand designs of the fashionable
upholsterer and undertaker, distrib
uting, with princely liberality, the most
costly objects of art and furniture with
regal maguificence. In this it is true,
the Gothamite is only imitating the
class in London condemned by the Fi
nancier. The head of one of the re
cently bankrupted firms in that me
tropolis had not only his palatial city
residence, where troops of servants
served the most costly wines and vi
ands, in rooms furnished with dazzling
splendor, but his hunting seat in som ■
distant shire, where he entertained a
host of fashionable friends in the shoot
ing season. Twenty thousand pounds
a year would have beeu a low estimate
for the private expenses of this lordly
merchant. A caunie Scotchman, who
kept a large and remunerative account
with his house, beiug invited to dine
with him, was astonished at the mag
nificent establishment of his munificent
host. He was more than astonished,
he was terrified. He wrote at once to
his eo-partuer : “It will never do. No
house can stand such a drain. If, like
the Prince, he could call upon the
Queen, or upon Parliament, to pay his
debts, I might see a way out of it. At
present I can see none. We must trans
fer our account to some house of less
preteusions and more solidity.”—
“ Wisely and slow ; they stumble that
run fast,” sagely says good Friar Law
rence, and it is this tunning fast that
bears away the merchant’s honor and
precipitates commercial ruin.
THAT WEDDING SUPPER.
An interesting Tale of a Sensible Mur
ray County Girl.
Dalton, Ga., October 8, 1875.
To the Editor of the Herald:
A good deal is now being said about
a certain wedding supper in this city,
and some lamentable consequences re
sulting from the eating thereof. The
whole affair is wrapped iu mystery
still.
As we pass along in this life there is,
almost daily, some occurrence which,
if taken advantage of, we could profit
by the information. I drop these few
lines for the purpose of your readers
drawing a moral, by contrasting the
Dalton wedding supper with one which
was spread in Murray county, Ga.
There is a citizen of Murray county,
by the name of George Edmonston. He
has a good farm; makes plenty, and
owes no one anything. He has a
daughter; she is a plain, sensible, good
looking girl; and one that not only is
industrious, but is not ashamed of
labor. There happened to be a young
man in Murray county, who had been
noticing Miss Edmondson. He ad
dressed her, and asked her to share his
joys, his sorrows, and his triumphs.
She agreed to take him for better or for
worse. The parents’consent was asked
and given. A short time before the
time fixed, Edmondson approached his
daughter and said: “Daughter, you
are going to marry; I will give you a
two or three hundred dollar wedding
supper, or I will give you the money
to begin house keeping; which will you
take?” Like a sensible girl, she said:
“Father, I thank you, and if you have
no preference, I will take the money.”
The marriage was celebrated quietly
and happily.
No poison—no deaths. And the
beauty of the whole is, she has fur
nished herself a comfortable home, and
nobody hurt.
From this simple contrast, you and
your readers can draw your own con
clusions, and if it teaches a lesson
worthy of notice, then profit by it.
Yours, respectfully,
“ Whitfield.”
Instead of hanging any more crimi
nals let’s send them to some of the
New York State poor houses. They’ll
club ’em to death there in a very short
time, and with neatness and dispatch.—
[Detroit Free PressJ
Forney expects to arrive home early
in December, so that he can hang up
his stocking with the other boys. Since
his wife went over to join him he
doesn’t write anything more about the
handsome girls of Paris.
New Series —Vol. 28, No. 69
EDGAR A. POE.
Honors to His Memory—His Weird
Existence —The Poet and His Im
mortal Song.
[ New Fork World ]
In intervals of which this seems one
the world is tardily stirred to do honor
to the neglected ashes of her heroes
aud poets. Arminius has just been set
up in bronze on a hill of the Schwartz
wold, near where the legions of Varus
went down before his might almost two
thousand years ago. Great Britain is
preparing a memorial image of her il
lustrious poet, Byron, to be placed on
the Thames Embankment. In interior
Russia a statue of Pushkin, the nation
al poet, has just risen; and obeying the
influence of so many good examples
some pious hands are even now build
ing up a monument over the hitherto
unmarked grave of Poe—a shaft which
shall henceforward point the resting
place of the poor earth which once en
snrined that restless and much-suffer
ing spirit. Sooner or later the world
ashamed of its neglect, comes to the
unregarded graves in which the ashes
of her deathless ones abide and lays
on them sometimes her pompous
trophy of commemoration and some
times but her sorrowing tokeu of re
membrance and love. Poe has been
dead but twenty-six years, about half
as long as Byron, and in this
period his verses have sounded around
the world and fouud their way into al
most all the languages capable of bear
ing their burden of imagination and
music. They are read by the Bendeemer
in the language of Haliz, by the Indus
in tongues older than that in which
Moses spake the law to Israel, by the
borders of the Yellow Sea, and under
the shadow of Fusiyarna. Of course
they are chanted in storiqful voices,
with lips passion-pale, by youths whose
hearts burn within them at his words,
at the great schools of all the nations
—at Cambridge and Heidelburg aud
the Sorbonne—atLeipsic and Salaman
ca, no less than at Harvard and Yale,
Columbia and William and Mary. They
have a winged quality which carries
them far. Not one of the world’s mas
ter-singers, not even reaching the sta
ture of the great bards of the second
rank, he seemed, like Coleridge, to
stand apart from the choir singing a
weird chant of his own in accents not
earth-born, and carrying to the listen
ing ears and hearts of men a wizard
thrill. Louder songs, by greater min
strels, have less stirred the slumbering
spirits of men.
His was a piteous life, and his music
is piteous. He seemed torn with de
mons like the Gaderene wandering
amid the tombs, cutting himself with
stones and calling aloud on Aschmedai,
the angel of the pit—the only angel, as
lie seemed to think, which would heed
his invocation. He saw the night side
of nature and human life. The pro
blem of destiny was to him no problem
—it was the certainty of the Acherontic
abyss which gaped for him in full sight.
But against the midnight of his imagi
nation, along with images dark even
against that triple blackness, floated
shapes of strange loveliness, and out
of the tumult of his agony rose strains
of unearthly melody which never de
clined into the wail of supplication, but
were set to cadences of solemn despair.
He was the thunder-blasted tree which
should bloom no more. He was the
stricken eagle which should soar no
more. Such desolate and hope-forbid
ding language as the sea holds to its
sands, iron and immovable fate held
to him. The future held no hope for
him; the present was but a continuing
pang. His wasted days must have held
some image to terror aud remorse for
he cries out that.
“O’er the past—dim gulf—
My spirit hovering lies
Mute, motionless, aghast.”
Like Byron, he seemed to feel, while
yet in the flesh, that he was already ac
cursed. Perhaps he was—perhaps his
weak, fleshly investiture was his curse,
and that it was lifted when his soaring
spirit no longer bore the fetters, was
no louger pierced with the iron of tor
ture withiu its unhappy prison-house
of clay.
The moralist who ponders him and
his work would perhaps say that he
had no useful message to convey to
mankind—that his verses indicate no
improving truths aud embody no edi
fying lessons. We will not enter the
lists of argument with the moralist on
this point. Art is apart from morality,
and whatsoever good comes to man
kind from the shapes of beauty which
its poets, painters and sculptors give to
it, comes by subtle ways aud not over
visible thoroughfares, didactic or other.
The forms of grace and majesty, of
softness and splendor—the Venus of
Milo, the Moses of Angelo, the sonnets
of Shakspeare, the Oornus of Milton,
the cherubim aud the angelic hosts of
Raphael and Murillo, the symphonies
of Beethoven aud the odes of Pales
trina, do not bellow forth their inculca
tions or with rude directness enforce
their lessons. But they do, neverthe
less, bear them, aud they do good to
mankind. “Beauty i3 truth, truth
beauty.” That is enough for the poet
to know to. make his message welcome,
though some of the mighty ones know
more than that. None the less he who
adds an imperishable form of loveliness
in whatsoever art to the world’s stock
of such serves well the Master; his
work in the vineyard is blessed. Per
haps Wordsworth’s Ode on*the Intima
tions of Immortality in Childhood in
the long run may do England and the
world as much good as Napier’s dis
covery of logarithms, aud who knows
but Tennyson’s “Idylls of the King”
may have subtle and enduring utilities
which w ill outlast the utilities of all the
loud-roaring looms of Britain, kind
ling the souls long after they have
oeased to clothe the bodies of men. It
is of course idle to try to measure and
contrast the utilities of art and other
forms of work and worth, but there is
on this earth even yet a good deal of
dull, swag-bellied prosperity which
would deny the poet his bread in life
and his meed of praise In death, and
which will perhaps wonder why we
should pause for a moment by the way
side in these stormy, anxious times, to
lay some words of eulogy and venera
tion on the coffin of a poet who lived
and wrought aud died in penury and
sorrow, and who has lain a quarter of
a century under the tangled grasses
and weeds of an unmarked and deso
late grave in an obscure Southern bury
ing-ground. But wo have thought it
well to take occasion from the erection
of his tardy monument to forget his
errors and remember his genius, and to
fling a leaf upon his grave.
—' 9 m
Franklin used to urge business men
to advertise, but if a merchant prefers
playing checkers and sitting with his
feet on the counter it’s his own busi
ness,
Mrs. Croft attended a Troy funeral
and wept so loudly and so bitterly
that a policeman searohed her and
found five stolen tidies in her pockets.
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GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
Belton Courier: Mr. M. Cape, aged 83 years,
died very suddenly this morning (29th.) at
his residence in this place, from t the effects
of an over dose of Laudanum.
The bond of John Bard has been declared
forfeited. But the rule has not been made
absolute, so his bondsmen have a few days
to have him brought from Montgomery to
Atlanta if they can catch him.
Atlanta Herald . Superintendent Johnson,
of the Georgia Railroad, has postponed
running the fast train from Augusta to
this city to-day on account of the illness of
one of the officers of the road, and ho de
sires that they shall all be present and take
a ride together.
We have received the first and fourth
numbers of the Belton Courier, a beautifully
printed little paper, it is indeed a model of
tynrographical taste. With this single
word of advice: make people pay you
cash in advance, we wish the editor, Mr. J.
R. Goode, prosperity for himself and his
journal.
Atlanta Constitution: We learn from par
ties from Dalton yestei day, that the par
ties who were poisoned at the late wed
ding, are slowly recovering. But three have
died, viz: the negro cook woman, a negro
boy, and Mrs. Boring, a white woman. The
physicians of Dalton have done a noble
work in protecting the lives of the suffer
ers. We are assured that if those who died
had followel the direc ion of the physi
cians, they probably would have been
alive now. Several of the newspapers of the
State are leporting the poisoning from ice
cream, flavored with peach leaves. It was
custarfl, and the flavoring supposed to
have poisoned the guests was the oil of bit
ter almonds.
Eufaula Times: Hon. Ben 11. Hill of
Georgia was in Albany last week, and in
response to a serenade, he made a pleasant
little speech of about five minute’s dura
tion. The News says he made ihe single
point, tiiat the Republican party is res
ponsible l'or all the evils that afflict the
country, and the only cure for all those
evils is to turn that party out of power, re
gardless of all other disturbing issues.
1 his was the one great overshadowing
issue, and all others should be subordina
ted or kept in the back ground altogether.
That is the whole Presidential campaign in
a nutshell. It matters not what side issue
is won or lost—the party in power must be
ousted, or the country will be hopelessly
ruined in another four years.
Joseph E. Br \vn has been interviewed
upou llie matter of tiie Southern Paciiie
Railroad. We quote:
Reporter—Well, it seems from this state
ment, that the road is one of national im
portance. But what peculiar claims has it
upon the South? Is there any greater rea
son why we should support it, than why the
Northern states shold?
Gov. Brown-Yes. While the road is oue
of natural importance, it is peculiarly a
Southern road. As I have already stated,
it runs upon the parallel of Savannah,
through Texas to the Pacific ocean, where
there would never bo any snow blockade,
and the business would be uninterrupted
during the entire year. As you will see by
the map, it would pass around through the
territories of New Mexico and Arizona
within a very short distance of the line of
Mexico; and as soon as it is completed a
very heavy from the Northern States
of Mexico, would pour in over this road to
Texas, New Orleans and the Southern
States. And in the winter, when the snow
blockade takes place upon the Union and
CentraL Pacific, now in operation, he
business and travel and traffic between the
two places would be done mainly over this
Southern line, that is never interrupted.
First, because it is the shortest line, and
second, because it is a safe line, free from
blockade by snow. If you were in Califor
nia in the winter, and desired to return to
Georgia, you would not hesitate a moment
in the selection of your route, you would
take the one that is located entire.y below
1110 OIIKJXV blookfl.rlft.
Senator Cht istiancy has written a letter
expressing regret at not being able to at
tend the State Fair. Gen. Joseph R. Haw
ley, President of the Philadelphia Centen
nial, replies as follows:
U. S. Centennial Con-mission, 1876.)
President’s Office, >
Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 1876. J
Dear Sir : I have this day, for the first
time, seen your invitation to me to attend
the Georgia State Fair, to open October
18th. Yourletter was directed to Hartford,
Connecticut, my usual place of residence;
and though my letters are usually sent
dowji.to me promptly, I suppose the delay
occurred through some exceptional neg
lect. This city will probable be my ad
dress until the close oi the exhibition.
I had signified to Mr. Johnston, the Sec
retary of your association, my grateful ac
ceptance of the verbal invitation he tender
ed to me, and so I hope you have me on
your list, but I greatly regret that circum
stances have made me appear to neglect a
prompt answer to your more formal but
most generous and hearty communication.
I most unreservedly and warmly respond
to the fraternal sentiments you express.
The happy phraso of Col. Lamar, of Mis
sissippi, used in Congress, has dwelt in the
memories of many of us: “My brethren,
know one another, that you may love one
another.”
May I bog you to send me as soon as it is
possible the schedule of the week’s exer
cises, and tell me on what day you wish me
to speak, and how much time will be allot
ted to each speaker. I shall naturally
choose for my subject topics suggested by
our Centennial celebration and exhibition.
Respectfully yours,
Joseph R. Hawley.
Hon. A. H. Colquitt, President Georgia
State Agricultural Society.
The Thrilling Fix of a Submarine
Diver.
A few days since there died in a
small house near the foot of Fourth
street, San Francisco, a man named
Wm. Cortigan. He was a diver, better
known along the wharves as “On
Deck,” a title given him from a fashion
he had of using this expression when
“up in the wind,” a condition unhap
pily too frequent for his own good.
“On Deck” had led an eventful life.
A sailor in youth, a diver in manhood,
and a “ never-do-well ” in old age, he
saw more than falls to the lot of most
men. He came to California in early
times, and was the hero of a shark
story, remarkable as the only one hav
ing truth for foundation native to the
harbor born. In 1851, James Garten, a
stevedore, while warping the ship Gen
essee to a berth off Market street
wharf lost an anchor. “On Deck” was
the only diver except Bill Matthews
then known in the city, and was sent
for to recover the anchor.
“On Deck ” complied, and while so
engaged noticed a shark hovering a
few feet above him, evidently observ
ing his movements. The flsh was at
least eighteen feet long, and was known
as the “ bottle-nose,” one of the most
voracious of the shark kind. This dis
covery naturally alarmed the diver.
He had found the anchor, made a cable
fast to it, and was about ascending
when the appearance of the shark made
him pause.
He had heard that sharks did not
molest men in armor. He doubted
this, and did not feel now like risking
the experiment. He moved a few
paces from the anchor ; the shark
moved too. He returned to his former
place the shark followed. He was evi
dently, to use his own words, “spotted
by the bottle nose for a supper,” and,
unless signally favored, would fall a
victim to his voracity. He hardly
knew how to act when he thought of
the cuttle-fish; how that singular
creature often escapes its enemies by
darkening the waters with an inky
liquor ejected from its body.
He accordingly stirred up the mud at
the bottom until the water was darken
ed around him, cast off his weights and
signalled the men to haul him up. He
was hauled up immediately, but did
not entirely escape. The shark snap
ped him as he ascended, and three of
his toes were taken off. A little more
and his foot would have gone, a stout
boot only saving it. The happy thought
of muddying the water saved his life.
“Titiens sjpiks vary well ze Ingliss.’*