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TE RMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Daily— one year $lO oo “ six months . 500 " three months ’ "... , 260 Tei-W eekly—one year "-6 00 “ six months ” 2so W eekly—one year . ® 200 six months 1 00 Single copies, 5 cts. To news dealers, 2% eta. Subscriptions must in all eases be paid in advance. The paper will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. JAS. G. BAILIE. ) FRANCIS COGIN. Proprietors GEO. T. JACKSON,) Addbess all Letters to H. C. STEVENSON, Manager. We publish a newsy and chatty letter from Elko, S. C., this morning, from anew correspondent, whom we hope to hear from again. Grant says he has only taken old Zack Ch andler on trust. The dispatch is mud dy about abolishing the office by merging it into the War D partment. If any enterprising bar-keeper in this city wan's to make a dividend, let him ad vertise “gin-twist.” We charge nothing for this hint. We received yesterday 1,785 bales of cot ton ; since Ist September, 32,801. The sales have amounted to 29,592. At S6O per bale this would foot up $1,775.52. We have two more heavy failures tele graphed this morning—one in New York and another in London—aggregating elev en hundred and fifty thousand liabilities. The dispatches this morning are exces sively dull and singularly stupid. Nothing happened yesterday in this country worth recollecting one hour. The Blue and the Gray met again yester day at Elizabeth, New York, in one long, loud, fraternal embrace. They were ad dresse I by such sanguinary heroes as Roger A. Pryor and Kilpatrick. The wine flowed and the fatted calf died. A CORRESPONDENT sends us an editorial from the Washington Chronicle, on Port Royal and liilton Head, with a request for publication. We published it several days ago, a fact which seems to have escaped the observation of our correspondent. Our special from Macon gives an outline of the speeches made in welcome of distin guished visitors and their responses. There seems to have been the greatest good feel ing between all hands and all around. We regret not getting a regular letter from our correspondent, but hope to give more details to-morrow. Thebe will be a notable hanging at New nan on Friday. Brinkley, who murdered his wife a year ago, will pay the penalty of his crime with his life. His brother, I. C. Brinkley, is one of the wealthiest and most prominent men In Memphis. He has done everything in his power to save him, without avail. The people of Jonesboro and Fayette, Ga., broke open the jail on Sunday morn ing, tied a rope around the neck of a negro prisoner, and took him to tho scaffold upon which his brother died three weeks ago, and hung him. They had each committed a nameless crime upon white women of that vicinity. The truce between Ames and his negroes and the white folks of Mississippi carries with it the disbanding of the militia and storage of their arms under guard of United States troops. The Democrats are making a hard fight to rescue their State, and ali good men hope they will be suc cessful. The election comes off in Novem ber, and is for members of the Legislature, county officers and Congress. In the Georgia news column can b 6 found the details of the burning of a country store and its contents, in Wilkinson county, by a party of disguised men. The article does not say so, but the inference is that the store was a receptacle for stolen cotton and other products of tho farm, as live bales wore destroyed, and that tho dis guised men were neighboring cotton plan ters. It was a severe remedy and effective. By an accident to the Augusta Water Works day before yesterday, our paper did not get to press until 6 o’clock yesterday morning, and hence some of the mails were missed. We run by water power. -In cutting the main pipe on Upper Ellis street the engineer lost temporary control of the water. It was not repaired uutil neftr day light. We hope our correspondents who who wrote last night about not getting the paper will accept this as an answer to their letters and postals. We give the conclusion of the report of the Commissioners sent out to investigate how subsidies voted by our Gvernment are given to the Indians. Tho Commission unearthed a mass of rascality which will compare favorably with any other list of given villainies committed under this Ad ministration. They found the men engaged in this work nothing short of a band of un blushing thieves. The Commission strip and lay them bare, ana a more sickening and disgusting sight is not to be seen out side of a chain gang. That the Indians are a worthless set is no excuse for them. Their rogueries are all the same as if taken from a church of orthodox Christians. The Creek nation has passed a law fining any Indian who employs a white man S3OO. This is for the purpose of expelling the cutthroats and desperadoes who take re fuge among them, and is, therefore a good law. If it could only be extended to gov ernment agents it would be still better.— The law might be supplemented with a re solution to put every man coming there bearing a commission from Washington under the surveilanee of the police, and that he be restricted to only certain grounds and privileges. The report of the Indian Investigation Commission shows that Grant has been sending the lowest down scoundrels which he could rake up in the Unite 1 States as representatives of himself and his governmet to the Indian nations on the western plains, and that his Secretary, Columbus Dalano, was a full partner of theirs, and chief among them was his brother, Orville Grant. But when the fountain is poisoned what may you expect of the stream? That drunken old whiskey tub, Zack Chandler, has accepted the office of Sec retary of the Interior. He is a blustering bar-room puliy who keeps his hide con- stantly saturated with liquor. With a small amount of brains and the manners of a sponge-holder for a prize ring, this regular clown goe& into the Cabinet after having been spewed forth by the people of Michi gan, and after having won the disgust of the people of the United States. There is only one class who will welcome him back to office—the denizens of newspaper row, in Washington. He was, when in Congress, the theme of their choicest-philippics.— When all else about the capital was dry, they could make up a good letter upon Zack Chandler. In selecting him Grant is consistent: when everybody else repudi ates an old political hack, Grant picks him up and gives him office. He is a man who eminently^illustrates the power of money. Without the remotest approach to that ability expected, and sometimes found in public men, a fellow t>l very limited educa tion and of a very low order of morals, he has by means of money kept afloat for many years and actually bought a seat in the Senate. The people of Michigan grew sick and weary of him. But he now has again managed to come to the surface. He is a most cordial hater of the South. As Grant communicates with the country through the Secretary of the Interior, leaving much to his discretion, Chandler is the right man in the right place, from his standpoint. iOlje Slugtistfl Consfitoticmcifet Established 1799. THE GEORGIA STATE FAIR. SECOND DAY- Speeches of the Great Men in Attend ance—A Fraternal Outpouring—Good Words All Around—The Rifle Shoot ing—Savannah Ahead—Richmond to Shoot To-Day. | Special to the Constitutionalist.! Macon, Ga, October 19—Many are still arriving at the State Fair. There is general regret at there being no racing, causing many to stay at home. Fine weather continues. Machinery, rifle shooting and speech making were the special features to day. General Gordon delivered an address of welcome, saying we must be indul gent to each others’ faults, and a know ledge of each other would bring mu tual respect and love. Senator Bayard said the glory of Georgia is the glory of the whole coun try—her joys and sorrows are shared by the whole Union. Gen. Hawley, the next speaker, com menced: “Gentlemen, friends and coun trymen —Brothers, [wild applause] my visit is not for curiosity but to ex change thoughts and sentiments, and to extend a cordial invita'ion to visit the nation’s great jubilee.” He spoke of the value of such gatherings. lu the words of Col. Lamar ou the death of Sumuer: \“My friends, know one another, that you may love one another.” The people of the North and South do not differ so much. All come to Philadelphia next year. The lord intended it to be a united country; make it so. To soldiers, he would say: “We won victory against brave men. Make up friends and win each oth er’s heart? Don’t argue old difficul ties, but be cordial in a manly way. Congressman Kelly : “In the name of the City of Brotherly Love, come under the shadow of Liberty Hall, where Georgia aided in making the Declaration of Independence, and see how utterly the people of the North have buried in oblivion the memories of the war.” He saw Atlanta stricken by the ravages of war in the spring of 1867, and see with joy her prosperity to-day. He disagreed with the idea of the late Mr. Sumner to obliterate the names of battles or flags. Keep them as specimens of American valor. Ex-Mayor Fox: “Prepare to take part in the Centennial. Georgia must spread specimens of hei* great resour ces before the world next year and show such men as Judge Kelly what you can give for capital in sugar cane, cotton, rice and corn.” Tho speeches were received with much applause. They were free from clap trap. The boys in grey and sur vivors association met. General Hawley attended, receiving a warmer reception even than at the fairgrounds. Rifle shooting not over. Savannah ahead. The Richmond Rifle Club shoot to-morrow, a. m., with prospects winning. Not many people from Au gusta here. [From the Macon Telegraph.] The State Fair cannot be said to be fairly opened. Everything is bustle and business in the park, and a vast amount of goods were taken there yes terday, but not one in ten of those who are exhibitors are ready. People are always slow in this matter, but they are slower than usual this year. In fact, we think almost the whole of to day will be consumed in getting goods, machinery, etc., in position ready for exhibition. While the fair will not be so exten sive as the one two years ago, we ate satisfiedthat it will be a creditable ex position‘of the productions and resour ces of the State. Some of the depart ments are unusually excellent, and the exhibition includes many interesting and novel features. A vast improve ment was made yesterday, and goods were still being hauled to the grounds up to the very hour of closing the gates. In addition to this we know of many goods now in the city which have not yet been taken to the grounds, but will be to-day and to-morrow. Machinery Hall is nearly filled with machinery and implements, and near to it are half a dozen engines and a large number of horse powers, presses, etc., that cannot be exhibited inside a hall. The poultry department will compare favorably with any exhibition ever given in the country. Floral Hall is rapidly assuming that aspect of beauty which has alwaj's made it a favorite resort of fair-goers. It is going to be very handsome. The first floor of Premium Hall is filling rapidly, and promises to be in teresting. The same may be said of Mechanics Hall. The stock department is not full, but a number of good horses are there, and some exceedingly line cattle and hogs. There was a very fair attendance upon the grounds yesterday, but it*vill be much larger to-day. Every train last evening came in crowded with peo ple, and every stranger who came was the avant courier of more cbming. We are satisfied that the attendance will be large. FROM WASHINGTON. Zack Chandler Accepts. Washington, October 19.— Ex-Senator Chandler has accepted the Secretary ship of the Interior. Chandler was sworn in. He partici pated in the Cabinet meeting. The President says he regards the appoint ment as temporary, as he shali again urge, he thinks successfully, that the •Indian Bureau be transferred to the War Department. Appointments. Horace Welch, Postmaster at Mar shal, Texas; Geo. Buck, Postmaster at Calvert, Texas. The next Legislature of Georgia will take due notice and govern itself accord ingly that it will be called upon to incorpo rate “The African Emigration Society,” with H. M. Turner as treasurer and with a capital of $3,000,000, to be loaned H. M. Turner. Thus heeled, H. M. Turner pro poses to take enough darkies to Africa to turn it from its wicked way to Christian life. No man who belongs to the Legislature, who desires the spread of the Gospel, will vote against giving him these three millions. MISSISSIPPI POLITICS. The Treaty of Peace Between Ames and the .White Folks. Memphis, October 19. —In the so called treaty of peace between Govern or Ames and the Democratic State Ex ecutive Committee, at Jackson, Miss., whereby the militia was disbanded, the committee assured the Governor that there was no other desire among whites than that peace should be preserved, the laws enforced and a fair election had, and that the leading whites would do all in their power to this end. The Governor responded that in view of this assurance he would meet tter views as far as possible, and would or der all the militia companies to dis perse and return to their homes. It was agreed that the arms of these com panies should be deposited in the de partments in the neighborhood in which the companies were raised, and b e guarded by United States troops, and be removed only by order of the Governor. The arms would not be de livered to the militia except in case of riot or insurrection which could not be suppressed by the civil authorities. THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. Reunion at Elizabeth, New York. Elizabeth, N. J., October 19.—The line was formed for a march to Wa verly. The Veteran Reunion to-day surpassed any thing ever seen in this city. At Waverly Gen. Kilpatrick, Prior, Halstead and Siegel. Captain Edwards “Confederate” and Captain Ropes De livered addresses. There were recita tions, music, etc. Returning from Waverly they were witnessed by ten thousand citizens; whole city ablaze with lime lights, torches fireworks and transparencies. The line marched through Broad street, countermarched to Sheridan house, where there was a large display of fireworks, addresses delivered from balcony by Captain Ed wards, Gen. Holstead, Captain Town send and Rev, Mr. Kieffer. Grand sup per and entertainment given waited guests at Sheridan House. MINOR TELEGRAMS. Salt Lake, October 19.—Brigham Young was ordered by court to show cause of failure to pay the $9,500 ali mony to Eliza Young. Paris, October 19.—Prof. Wheatstone is very ill of congestion of the lungs. Halifax, October 19.—The schooner Emeiiue, of Boston, for Port au Prince, encountered a huricane on the 10th. The crew were taken off. London, October 19.—A special from Vienna says Herzegovian Insurgents are preparing to attack Zubei. Turks concentrating there. It is believed a de cisive battle is pending. New York, October 19.—Exports gold from London since middle September, half, million. THE CREEK NATION. A Law to Expel White People. Okmulgee, I. TANARUS., October 19. —The Creek National Council passed an act to prevent citizens of tho CrSek Nation or those residing there by permission employing citizens of the United States under penalty of S3OO for each offence, the object being to rid the Nation of intruders from the States. THE TURF. Baltimore Races. Baltimore, October 19.— First race three-quarters of a mile dash for maid ens of all ages, Lizzie R. Ist, Spright 2d, O’Neil 3d—time, 1:20. Second race—Dixie stakes, two miles, Tom Ochiltree winner, Victor 2d, Joe Cerms 3d—time, 3:42 54- Third race—One mile, Cyrie Ist, Pa role 21, Davis’ c. h. F. 3d—time, 149. Fourth race—Two mile heats, Radi won—time, 3:50*4. 3:4654- FOREIGN NEWS. London, October 19.—Advices have been received here from Lisbon stating that the British bark Bachael Black wood, from Liverpool for Charleston, is there in a leaky condition. Heavy London Failures. J. and W. Dudgeon engineers, failed for half a million. Greenock, October 19. — The steamer Virginia arrived here Snnday, from New York for Glasgow. From Cuba. Havana, October 19.—More steamers have arrived from Spain with rein forcements. Marine News. Washington, October 19.—The Signal Service Observer at Sandy Hook re ports the schooner Ocean Pearl, re ported ashore on the 17th, off. Liverpool, October 19—The ship Ironsides, from Liverpool for South West Pass, which put back September 29th dismantled, has resumed her voy age after repairing. FROM NEW YORK. Failure of a Whiskey House. New York, October 19.—John H. Cuthbert & Cos., whiskey rectifiers, have made an assignment. Their liabilities are $150,000. _ Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad. Little Rock, October 19. — A contract has been entered into for the completion of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail road, a distance of forty-five miles be tween the present terminus and Fort Smith. Convention of Universalists. Lynn, Mass., October 19.—The gen eral Convention of Universalists in the United States will be held in this city for three days, beginning to-morrow. Delegates representing churches in nearly every State will be present. The English Earl of Dunraven lias bought a large piece of land in Estes Park, Colorado, and intends to preserve the game there for sporting purposes. The neighboring settlers do not ap prove of this, and his lordship will probably have to employ a large force of gamekeepers. “Miss Alcott, the authoress,” an ex change says, “refuses to wear zebra stockings, and makes her bustles out of a very small evening paper.” Then there is some use for a very small eve ning paper, after ail.—[Courier-Journal. Gov. Osborn says that the surplus grain raised in Kansas this year, if load ed in cars, would make a train 1,600 miles long. Mary Hackney, of Lyon county, Ky., is subject to fits. At least, by actual count, she has had 3,028 since the 10th of last J uly. Chicago is indignant at the Slawson box. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1875. INDIAN AGENCY COMMISSION. REPORT OF THE INDIAN INVEB TIGATION COMMISSION. Wholesale Condemnation of a Huge Baud of Knaves. Washington, October 19.—The In dian Commissioners report in conclu sion : We respectfully present the follow ing summary of recommendation, the most of which have already been dis cussed in their proper connection: 1. That agent service he removed. 2. That J. W. L. Slavens, of Kansas City, Mo., be excluded from ali partici pation in further contracts under any department of the Government; that E. R. Threlkel, of the same place, be excluded from all future employment as inspector; that no bids for supplies be hereafter received from J. H. Mar tin; that D. J. McCann be excluded from future contracts with the Govern ment. 6. That the papers relating to the account presented by D. J. McCann for transportation of the property, stores, &c., of the Red Cloud agency from the old to the newdocation be re - ferred to the Department of Justice for examination and action. ; 7. That the distance .'rom Cheyenne and from Sidney to the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies be accurate ly ascertained by measurement with out unnecessary delay. 8. That anew and careful enumera tion of the Sioux around the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies be made, and that the agents be required to make an enumeration of the Northern Indians as they may come in for their supplies, and to keep a record of all issues made to them. 9. That bids for flour land other pro duce be received at some suitable point in the West, instead of New York. 10. That bids for wagon transporta tion from the railroads to the agencies be also received at suitable points in the West. 11. That the office of Superintendent of Indian Agencies be abolished, and the duties connected therewith be transferred to inspectors! 12. Tbat the feasibility of dispens ing with the services of a freight con tractor between Eastern cities and terminal points of railroad transporta tion in the West be considered. 13. That in accordance with the pro visions of the treaty of 1868, army offi cers be detailed to inspect all issues of annuity goods, and that All inspections of Indian supplies and ; beef be made under the direction of the Commis missary General of the Army. 11. That a carefully devised system of accounts, uniform for all agencies, be established with the mode of issu ing and accounting for al! articles defi nitely prescribed. 15. That the agencies differing great ly, as they do in the amount of intelli gence and capacity required to con duct them, be so graded as to estab lish for the important ones salaries sufficient to secure the services of thoroughly trained and competent men. 16. That the Red Cloud and Spotted. Tail Agencies, which art) now off the Sioux Reservation, be removed to some suitable point nearer the Missouri river. 17. That a Commission of army offi cers be appointed to consider the prac ticability of organizing an Indian sol diery for police and similar duty. 18. The establishment of a United States territorial government over the Indian Territory. 19. That suitable persons possessed of the necessary legal qualifications be appointed to prosecute for all wrongs against Indians, and to defend their rights and interests as far as they may become the subjects of adjudication before the Courts. 20. That all future legislation for the Indians, and all dealing with them, be bassed upon the policy of bringing them as rapidly as possible under the same law that governs; all other in habitants of the United States. 21. The consideration of such addi tional legislation as will develop and apply the general system of dealing with the Indians suggested under the previous head of general observances. (Signed.) Thos. C, Fletcher, Benj. W. Harris, Chas. 3. Faulkner, Geo. W- Otherton. A faro bank never “busts.” King Alfonso plays croquet. All Hans will welcome Von Bulow. Lydia Thompson is sick in Edin burgh. A raffle in Boston is for a 116 pound squash. The Marquis of Lorno has written a poem. Republican music—torn song of the shirt. A. T. Stewart is not o? a sociable dis position. Patti mixes her drinks—claret and champagne. Joaquin Miller dresses like a gentle man now. The population o" China cannot be approximated. The Dodge-Jewefi wedding presents are set at SIO,OOO. Gabriel Conroy is tho title of Bret Harte’s new play. The best way to keep house—Don’t put a mortgage on it. A Connecticuter married the third day after burying his wile. Cars having the SlaW/son box are known as bob-tail cars cjut West. The barrel oigans M London play Moody and Sankey hymL tunes. There is only one athf Ist in Ireland, according to recent returns. A brakeman on a Nev: York railroad has been fined five dollars for replying “Yes, sir” to a common looking pas senger. Russia is going to indulge in street railways, bell punches, and all that sort of thing. A Yankee, of course, has the contract. Baraurn will build an immense struc ture near Fairmount, including circus, menagerie, restaurant and first-class hotel. Boston has a fellow who has become so nervous from coloring his hair that he can’t keep still long enough to pay his debts. ! * The Deposit (N. Y.) fyuorier relates that a man who had a leg amputated recently, subsequently Veit a peculiar twitching around the toes of his re maining foot—a eensaiion as if a cord was tightly tied around them. Last Monday his friends dug up the box in which the amputated - eg had been buried, and, on opening 1 it, they found a long blade of grass Intertwining the toes. It was removed, and, strange to say, since then he ha i been entirely free from the uncomfortable feeling. mm , m , m ,, Moody and Sankey; is the latest tioket for ’76. SOUTH CAROLINA. LETTER FROM CHARLESTON. Coming Elections-—Bowen and His Complications—Business Notes —The- atrical. (From Our Regular Correspondent.] Charleston, S. C. October 18,1875 Speculation is already rife in our midst as to whether in the State elec tion next Fall, Bowen will be the suc cessful candidate for Sheriff of our couDty. In the late city contest many contended that Gen. Wagener was seri ously injured by tbe support which Bowen gave his ticket, and among those very persons there are some who now openly aver that the notorious Bowen will be triumphantly re-elected Sheriff. Their assertions are based upon the presumption that the Germans, who were united in their support of Gen. Wagener, will lend their aid and influence to Mr. Bowen in his candi dacy, and thus secure him a fair city vote which, if obtained, together with the immense county vote that he can poll, will insure his election beyond a doubt. Your correspondent does not agree with these gentlemen, as far as the German vote and influence are concerned, for he believes the Germans are too patriotic and too deep-thinking to allow the disappointment conse quent upon the defeat of Gen. Wag enener, to induce them to lend their aid to a man so infamous and so un scrupulous as Sheriff Bowen. But the question may be asked : Why is it that this notorious Radical, Bowen, sup ported the Conservative candidate? The answer, from all the information I can gather, is this : The Mayor, be cause of his opposition, as County Commissioner, to the passages of Bow en’s claims, incurred his dislike, and Mackey, (an old enemy), the Independ ent Republican leader, being hand in hand with the Mayor, the wily Sheriff determined to kill two birds with one stone ; to knock off the political head of tbe Mayor and to indulge the grati fication of personal feeling in the de feat of Mackey. For these reasons is the belief current that he sided with the Conservatives. But as almost a year must elapse before the State elec tion takes place it would be useless to indulge, at present, in any surmises concerning that event. Your corre spondent only mentions that the coun ty election is already talked of, in or der to show that our people are divest ing themselves of the political cloak of apathy in which they have hitherto shrouded themselves. Our wharves are crowded with ship ping and business of every kind seems to have received a wonderful impetus. The wholesale merchants of East Bay and Meeting street are jubilant in the encouraging prospect of a splendid Winter trade, while the retailers of King street are kept constantly busy in feupplying the demands of tneir fair lady customers. The hotels are well filled with country merchants, who not having any epidemic or sickness of any kind to fear, have flocked to our city to see the sights and to make their pur chases. Th© theatrical season will be Inaugu rated to-night by the appearance of Duprez & Benedict’s Minstrel Troupe on the stage of our beautiful Academy of Music. Emanuel. A NEWSY AND CHATTY LETTER FROM OF ELKO. [Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.] Elko, S. C., October 19, 1875. The low prices for cotton, to which planters are necessarily obliged to sub mit, are casting a despondent and somewhat sombre appearance over the faces of a great many of the planters. The recent reaction in the market has, to some extent, added a stimulus to business in general; and now that there has been a killing frost in this section, we look for still more animation in business circles. Planters around here variously esti mate their crops from one-half to three fourths of an average Labor (freed man’s labor) iu its present state is a great drawback to the planters now, and in fact to the whole country at all times. What we want in this country, together with a sound financial basis, is complete utilization of our national resources, especially our labor. This country (I speak of South Caro lina) is carrying along with it a dead weight. Labor when rendered useless by iuertia not only retards our onward and upward progress, but sinks us deeper and deeper into an abyss from which we are powerless to rise, save through the removal of the cause. With cotton at twelve cents per po\md, and only two thirds we may say of our immense labor brought into action, how is it possible for us to make the raising of the staple even remunera tive? Yet what are we to do without this cotton ? It is the chief production of our land, and one of the chief produc tions of the world. We cannot do without it. the world can’t get along without it ; such being the case then why is it, we cannot make it remunera tive even at ten ceifls per pound for middling? We want and sorely need reformation in our labor. How many negroes have we living among us with nothing but a poor old “lien” mule and a few acres of rented land, who eke out a miseable existence from one year’s end to the other ? In numerable quantities of them. Ali these have to live; who ever heard of one perishing ? It would actually be a God-send to the country if the non workers were to. But they are not going to do any thing so creditable to themselves; so we may as well throw up the sponge and be content the best we can. But while we remain content with the pres ent lamentable status of affairs, let us not be idle. If we have not the “Simon pure” remedy in our power for such a draw back, we certainly have the treatment for temporary and then to permanent alleviation. Our Town is a small and, some would say, quite a pre-historic one ; though of late it has put on anew garb, and for its age may well rank with others that have labored, under Jike existing circum stances. We have seven stores doing business here, and enjoy as fine and as fertile surrounding country as any other town cu the South Carolina Railroad ; though we are loth to say that from some pretext the company has not yet built us a depot, notwithstanding the fact that we ship from here annually large quantities of cotton. Business is exceedingly quiet for the time of year. Very little money aflor.t, and tanglefoot in abundance, yes “lots o’t” Sigma. If his line had’nt broke, Capta* a Church, of Yarmouth, would hav Q caught that sea serpent. LETTER FROM NEW YORK. REFLECTIONS AND OPINIONS ON THE OHIO ELECTION. Some Clever Figuring' —A Peep Be hind the Scenes from a Hard-Money Cupola—The Germaus as Bill Allen Slaughterers—“ Rag Money” as a Democratic Scarecrow. [From a Special Correspondent.] New York, October 16, 1865. Arriving in this city last Wednesday morning, the day after the Ohio elec tion, I have improved the opportunity thus afforded me by learning the opin ions of all sorts of men, of every shade of political belief ; and, having made the proper comparisons and carefully examined the returns, am able, I think, to make a diagnosis of the disease which has resulted so fatally to Uncle William Allen, and consigned him, forever probably, to private life in his county of Ross (which, by the way, gives him a majority 421 less than in 1873.) All parties here agree that had the Ohio Democracy made a vigorous, straight forward and manly assault upon the Republican party, its actings and do ings, or rather misdoings, for the last ten years, Allen would have been elect ed by a good majority—moderate the Republicans admit, overwhelming the Democrats assert. But no such issue has been made. The Democrats forced the fight on the currency question; the Republicans cheerfully joined issue. The result is as we see. I have examined returns from 85 out of 88 counties, which, with estimates from the other counties, give Hayes, Republican, 4,700 majority, a gain of 5.500 over 1873, when Allen had 817 ma jority, and of about 22,000 over ’74, when Bell, Democrat, for Secretary of State, led his Republican competitor 17.000 votes. Of the 85 counties, Hayes car ried 40 and Allen 45. Out of the 40 Republican counties 16 show gains for Allen over the vote of 1873, and out of the 45 Democratic counties 8 show gains for Hayes over same vote, show ing that, as a general thing, each party increased its majorities in its own coun ties, there being a heavier vote polled; the exceptions being that in a few Dem ocratic counties some hard-money Democrats voted for Hayes, and in some of the mining Republican coun ties, men out of employment voted for Allen, but in only 3 counties did the Democrats gain over 500 in a county, their highest gain being 800, while the Republicans make larger gains in 9 counties, and in 4 gain over 1,000 each, and in 1 over 3,400, their gains over topping those of the Democrats enough to change a minority of 800 to a ma jority of 4,700. Four counties in the State produced this result, or rather the German vote in those counties.— * The Western German has generally been a Republican; he was for Fremont and Freedom in 1856, made a good, wide-awake Lincoln man in 1860, cor dially supported the war, as cordially voted for Grant in 1868 against the greenback platform of the Democracy, and never had his eyes opened until the asteuudiug rascalities of the Grant administration came to light through the Credit Mobilier frauds and kindred developments. In 1872 a few turned their backs on the Republican party. In 1873 they marched in squads, and ia 1874 they came over to the Democracy almost in a body. But while the Germans are not Administrative Re publicans, they are to a man bitterly opposed to a further inflation of the currency and are, in fact, hard money men. So this year they retraced their steps and voted for Hayes. I have said four counties decided this election; here they are: Ashtabula. Cuyahoga, Franklin and Hamilton. The first is the Republican stronghold in the west ern reserve with a large German popu lation; the second contains the city of Cleveland and has always been a Re publican county, until last year when it gave the Democratic State ticket 707 majority and elected a Democratic hard money Congressman, by- over 2.500 votes; now the Germans go over in a body and Hayes has over 6,000 majority; the third is the Democratic stronghold of the State, in which is the capital city, Columbus, but the German vote tells ahd Allen’s majority of 2,297 in 1873 is cut in half, the Republicans gaining 1,188 votes; the last comprises the city of Cincinnati, Republican generally till 1872, Democratic since with two Congressmen in this as well as the last Congress. Now Republi cans carry the county by over 800 again, of nearly 1,600 over 1873 and 5.500 over 1874. The telegraphic dispatches significantly say : “The Germans generally voting for Hayes.” In these four counties the Republican gain over 1873 is over 8,300, and over last year over 14,000. Is there anything more to be said? But the school question hurt the Democracy, it is asserted. If so, why is it that Al len carried, as he did, three more coun ties this year than in 1873. If the pre judices of the people are to be appealed to ..on the ground that a triumph of the Democracy would prove a death blow to the common school system, to whom is such an appeal made if not to the country people generally throughout the State ? And if in spite 9f such ap peals Allen not only holds his own but gains three counties, it seems idle to suppose that like appeals to people in the cities were more effectual. Again, it is said that Eastern money bought the voters, and to this is due the elec tion of Hayes. Of course the beaten party makes this charge. It is easy to make, but very difficult if it is true, why didn’t they use their money iu the mining districts, where a dollar was a godsend to a man out of employment for weeks and months ; yet these same districts invariably showed gains for Allen. The currency ques tion, and nothing but the currency question, beat us. In the first place, it is contrary to all Democratic tradition that a Democrat should favor as a cur rency anything but notes redeemable iu gold and silver. In the next place, the fight was not between contraction and inflation, but the Democrats de clared themselves in favor of a further issue of greenbacks, and the Republi cans merely took the negative on that proposition. Again, it is a matter ol’ record that the Administration took no hand in this fight. No Administration politician of any note appeared on the field except {Senator Morton, who re tired at an early day. The Washing ton people feared that if they said any thing the peo{.e of Ohio might take into consideration some of their short comings. How glad they were that the Democrats raised a side issue, which let them alone, and from which now they hope to realize a complete viotory next year. The Ohio election teaches us a good lesson. I trust we may profit by it. Argent. A Cecil, Md., oarsman got a thump on the spine from a leaping sturgeon. New Series —Vol. 28, No. 64, JEREMIAH S. BLACK. A Great Jurist’s Opinion of the Money Question—Debasement of the Cur rency a Radical Crime—The Legal Tender Act Unconstitutional —Total Ruin of the People to Follow Re sumption. [Extracts from World’s Correspondence.] Reporter—What of the Pennsylva nia platform and the money question ? Judge Black—One of the worst and basest things ever done by the anti constitutional party since it first came into power, in 1861, was the debase ment of the currency, which was then the best in the world —solid gold and silver. I say one of the worst, for I admit that the destruction of jury trial and habeas corpus— kidnapping, rob bing and killing men and women for their political opinions—handing over whole States by fraud and force into the hands of unconvicted thieves and unflogged negroes may be just as bad. But how could anything be worse than the measures which expanded ail nom inal values and actually compelled creditors, public and private, to ac cept one-third of their debts as a satis faction for the whole? R.—Was the Legal-Tender act un constitutional ? Judge B.—Of course, it was and is, and will be as long as it lasts. The decision of the Supreme Court compels us to submit to it. But no court on earth can make any one who lias read the Constitution believe that the Gen eral Government has power to come between two citizens of a State and determine how their contracts with one another shall be executed. Congress had no jurisdiction iu such matters. It belonged to the Slates, and the States have bound themselves not to exercise it in such a manner as to make any thing but gold and silver coin a legal tender. A promise to pay dollars can not in the nature of things be per formed by offering pieces of paper. If a man agree to deliver a certain quan tity of pine boards can Congress say that the promise shall be fulfilled by the tender of buckwheat straw ? R.—But Congress has said that a cer tain kind of paper shall be lawful money of the United States, and does not that make it money. Judge B.—No. That which is not money at all cannot be lawful money. If Congress declares that straw shall be lawful boards of the United States, that will not make it so, for that is trifling with the common sense and reason of the thing. If this kind of transubstantiation can be effected by mere legislation, don’t you see where it will lead? The States as well as the United States may evade the constitu tional interdict by saying that paper which they desire to make a legal ten der shall be gold and silver coin. The whole dealing of our opponents with the currency is full of shams and delu sions. Like all violations of a great fundamental truth, it must be atoned for. It has doubled the national debt, increased the debts of the States and all municipal corporations, tempted in •dividuals to engage in wild enterprises, depressed agricultural industry by the most enormous taxes ever imposed, robbed labor of the bread it has earn ed, demoralized the publ'c service and lent corruption wings to fiy. It has in deed brought us to hard times. Those who suffer these exfils do not find much consolation in the fact that the salaries of officers have been doubled, that speculators have got rich, and that the colossal fortunes of great capitalists have been swelled to ten times their former bulk. R—Are we to infer from this that you favor immediate resumption ? Judge B.—No; that does not follow from anything I have said. The main evil of expansion is that it must, in the course of time, be followed by contrac tion, and contraction is oppressive in proportion as it is rapid. The Erie Convention is not to blame for its natu ral unwillingness to pluck down imme diate and total ruin upon the heads of the people. The abolition Procrustes has stretched us out until all our joints are dislocated. Shall we not protest against the proposal to shorten us by amputation? The injury already done us must not be aggravated by a con traction for which we are unprepared. Our enemies have put the financial lo comotive on the wrong track, tied us in the rear against our will, and dragged us behind it over a very rough road, and we are badly bruised; must we now let them reverse the engine, go back upon us and crush out of us the little life we have? R.—But would a forced resumption, however early, be followed by conse quences so fearful? Judge B.—l do not know the com mercial situation of the country*Well enough to answer that question, but I am sure the best men iu the Common wealth sincerely believe that the pres ent distress would be greatly increased. Jefferson Davis—The Confederate Lea der Caned at the Place of His Birth. On Monday Hon. Jefferson Davis, escorted by a large number of the citi zens of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, visited Fairview, where a grand reception was given him. The whole population of the surrounding country had gathered there, and as the procession moved into the village it was met by a band, which greeted Mr. Davis with “My Old Ken tucky Home.” He was escorted to the residence of Mr. Andrew J. Kenner, who now lives in the old Davis home stead, and was taken into the room where he first saw the light. After a few moments he came out and mounted a stand erected for the purpose, and thanked the people for their reception. He said he had stood in the room where Shakspeare was born and felt the impress that his matchless genius had left; he had visited the homes of the greatest men of history and of our time, but had never felt as he then felt, after an absence of sixty-six years. Mr. James Wiles then mounted the stand and presented Mr. Davis with a handsome gold-headed cane, in the fol lowing language: “In behalf the citi zens of Fairview allow me to present you this cane, made from a locust tree that grew in this yard, planted by your father. Please accept it as a suitable memento and reminder of the place of your birth.” Mr. Davis returned a three-fold “thank you,” and added that he had no other language to express his feelings. After partaking of a bountiful feast, supplied by the citizens, Mr. Davis left in a carriage for Clarksville, whence he will go to Memphis. During the day a negro rushed up and shook Mr. Davis’ hand, and told him be fought under him for four years. "When Walker, one of the negroes committed to jail, charged with as ' sault on the negro man at Bassford’s brick-yard, Saturday night, when asked what he was brought to jail for, he replied: “Ise brought here on ex’biticn sar,” meaning suspicion. To Advertisers and Subscribers. On AND after this date (April 21. 1875,) all editions of the Constitutionalist will be sent free of postage. Advertisements must be paid for when han ded in, unless otherwise stipulated. Announcing or suggesting Candidates for office, 20 cents per line each insertion. Money may be remitted at our risk by Express or Postal Order. Correspondence invited from all sources, and valuable special news paid for if used. Rejected Communications will not be re turned, and no notice taken of anonymous letters, or articles written on both sides. GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS. Jonesborough (Oct. 18th) dispatch to the Atlanta Constitution : Clarke Ed mondsou, the negro charged with rape, was taken by several hundred men on Saturday night and hung upon the same gallows from which his brother lately swung for the same crime. Irwinton Southi'o7i: Mr. Wm. Solo mon, of Gordon, who was run over by a passenger engine on the Central Rail road about a month ago, and had his right leg so badly crushed as to require amputation, died on last Friday from his injuries. For a long time hopes were entertained of his recovery, but his nervous system was so severely shocked by the accident that he died on the day above mentioned. He was buried on Saturday with Masonic honors. Atlanta Herald: Dr. Thomp son, so well known to the people of Georgia, has a pocket knife which he has carried every day since 1821. And it is a good one still. * * * The down train on the State Road Sunday night brought a giant and giantess. Their aggregate weight was nine h\yi dred and forty pounds. The woman was nearly eight feet high, and the man over seven. She is as tall sitting down as an ordinary man standing. Conductor Moore had a mind to charge them double fare, but was afraid to bother around them much. They went to Macon to exhibit themselves in a side show. The Savannah Hews publishes the following bankrupt roll for last week : Petitions in voluntary bankruptcy, as follows: Jacob Champion, Lumpkin, Stewart county; Simon M. Mabry, For syth, Monroe country; Joseph F. In gram, Forsyth, Monroe county; Pe titions for final discharge, as follows : Monroe Glower and William McCom rnon, Forsyth, Monroe county. Final discharge granted in chambers to the folio wing parties : John Deason, Lumpkin, Stewart county; MaxKemp ner, Augusta, Richmond county. Oa the petition of John J. Cohen & Sons, bankrupts, of Augusta, praying for a meeting of their creditors to consider a propositionjfor compromise, the same is ordered to be held before Mr. Regis ter Foster, at the Central Hotel, Au gusta, Ga., on the 27th day of October, 1875, at 10 a. m. Atlanta Constitution: Ve were shown yesterday, by Justice MeConneli, a most interesting relic in the shape of an old towel made in 1814. This towet was once the property of Caroline Bon aparte, Queen of Naples, and sister to the first Napoleon. She married Mar shall Murat, xifter his tragic death, his son was, it will be remembered, ex patriated from France, and came to America. He finally married a Ken tucky lady, and settled in Florida, where he lived for many years, in much style. He died before the war, but hia wife, Madame Murat, survived until a few years ago. They had no children. This towel was one of the few relies of the past glory of his family which he brought from Enrope with him. After the death of Madame Murat, it passed into the hands of Mr. Gadsden, the ex ecutor upon her estate. He sent it, a few days ago. to J udge McConnell, who has forwarded it to the State Fair. It has the Napoleon coat-of-arms upon it, and is of very fine material, em broidered in silk. It cannot fail to at tract much attention. Irwinton Southron: We learn from reliable parties who visited the spot, that on Saturday night last a band of disguised men went to the storehouse of Mr. Robert J. Smith, at Cool Springs, iu this county, and awakening Mr. Wil lie Smith, the clerk, ordered him to re move the books and papers of his em ployer, and his own personal effects, as they intended to fire the house. They then inquired for the barrel of kero sene, and after assisting him to remove his trunk and the books of the store, they saturated the building with oil and applied the torch, and the house and all it contained was soon a pile of ashes. The house was the property of the estate of the late Willis Alleu. Mr. Smith was con structing a two-story building across the road from the one he occupied, which was fired by the disguised men, and was also consumed. There was also five bales of cotton outside the storehouse, which the clerk begged permission to remove, but was sternly refused, and it shared the fate of the storehouses. A scrupulous regard for the property of persons not conuected with the store was observable. They carefully removed to a place of safety the tool-che3t of Mr. O. G. McCoy, and a cage and bird belonging to the clerk. The loss is estimated al*abouts6,ooo ; no insurance. An Apostolic Blast Against the Tie backs. 1 Lexington, Ky., Apostolic Times.] The pain we feel makes us hesitate to*illude to some things in this connec tion, especially as those for whose benefit we speak are supposed to be in capable of defending themselves. At the risk of bordering on indelicacy, we declare our conviction that the way in which some women now dress to ap pear on the street, and even t 9 enter the house of God, is immodest, and that, too, in the strongest meaning of the word; it has long been unbecom ing, but now it is no exaggeration to say it is immodest. Is it any won der that lascivious men and boys crowd the corners of the streets, leering and making sport, and uttering obscene jests, when those who ought to be ex amples of modesty are passing by? Even in the public prints we read the half-jeering, half-lewd exhortation, “pin ’em back! pin ’em back.” That Christian mothers will allow their daughters to so appear—and even themselves so appear—is a mournful testimony to the degeneracy of the times. Do we speak plainly? Not more than the evil demands. But we speak kindly and in sorrow. We won der that the sisters who reflect upon the outrageous fashion a single mo ment don’t go home and make a bon fire of the abomination, larger and more needed than that which con sumed the wicked books of Ephesian exorcists. A letter containing money, which was mailed at Ravenna, Ohio, in 1861, has just reached Cobb, Andrews & Cos., at Cleveland, forty miles distant. Mark Antrim, a deaf mute, dying re cently at Antrim, N. H., his funeral was attended by fifteen deaf mutes, to v whom the sermon was interpreted by signs. The Hon. George Bancroft, if his health permits, will live during the win ter in Washington ; otherwise he will spend the months of January and Feb ruary in Florida. The Japanese Government has quite a number of iron-clads in its navy, but they are tied up for fear that they wfi| sink if put to auy practical use,