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third page.
A Catholic priest died in Boston yester
day who was born near Macon, Ga., in 1836.
Ten thousand people attended the State
Fair yesterday. Bayard made a great
speech.
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A great steal has been developed in
Pennsylvania, or rather a system of steal
ing for the last ten years.
For the week ending last night we re
ceived 6,050 bales of cotton and sold 5,061,
aggregating $33,066. The receipts tor the
year foot 35,495, and shipments 30,397.
They have a queer way of settling with
murderers in Arkansas. Yesterday, whilst
two of them were going from one county
to another upon a change of venue, they
were intercepted and shot.
In New York failures we have the regu
lar tune this morning which is now “Old
Hundred." Isaac T. Mayers & Cos., im
porters of dry goods, and B. G. Smith, Jr.,
stock broker, went up yesterday.
The telegraph brings the details of the
tragic death of Mr. Frederick Hudson,
for a long time the able managing editorof
the New York Herald. That paper was
never so great as when under his control.
We deeply regret his death, for he was a
power of strength to American journalism.
We have said a good many hard things
about the political vagaries of Bam Bard,
but we don’t approve of the rubs given him
by some of the Georgia press on account of
the stabbing affray of his son in Atlanta.
That was a misfortune to the old man, gen
tlemen, and you have no right to laugh in
such cases even at your “eenemee.”
We publish a call for a meeting on Sat
urday night next to take action in regard
to our municipal affairs. We have only to
add that we hope whatever action may be
taken will redound to the best interests
an l advancement of our city. We may
differ as citizens as to what is tho best
policy, and in arriving at a correct conclu
sion, it is necessary for the collective wis
dom of our people to be heard.
The papers have explained the matter so
much that they havo about got us con
vinced that old Bill Allen was elected.
We are something like the South Carolina
horse thief who was defended by Governor
Hammond. When acquitted and turned
loose, a chum accosted him : “Now, Bill,
honor bright, did you steal that horse ? ”
"Sam, for a long time I thought so, but
since I heard the Governor’s speech I don’t
believe I did.”
Tom Soott has had an interview with
Postmaster Jewell, with reference to
starting fast mail trains on Southern and
Southwestern lines, like they have running
from New York to St. Louis and Chicago.
We hopo they will be put into speedy op
eration. The experiment has proven a per
fect success, If the same rate of speed is
obtained, Washington mail matter will
reach Augusta the nlglit after the morning
it starts. _
In the line of Rag Baby the Turk lams
out the world. The Great Powers have
been trying to give it a change of linen.
They say it smells badly. The Sultan re
plies that he will do so to the extent oi the
nation’s dignity, meaning that he don’t
want this done too much in public. He
don’t object, provided the thing is taken to
tho kitchen and washed and dressed quietly.
The foreign nurses are deeply interested in
the saniiary condition of that Baby. It lias
a combined attack of croup, whooping
cough .measles, thrash and cutting of jaw
teeth. ' ___
Ground will be broken in a few days
upon the tunnel which is to be dug under
the British channel between France and
England. This is unquestionably the
greatest undertaking since the building of
the Pyramids of Egypt, the Chinese Wall
or Solomon’s Temple. The water distance
from Dover to Calais is twenty-one miles,
and we presume this tunnel will be some
thing like twenty-iive. We do not doubt
that within the next two of
cars will pass regularly under the ocean
between the two countries. And a tunnel
under the ocean between Ireland and
A meriea is only a greater undertaking of
the same sort.
The interview with old Bell Allen after
the election is rich reading. We are glad
to see the old man great in defeat, which is
more than could be said of Napoleon. He
came out of the light like Gen. Lee, with
more reputation than the man who con
quered him. Soon after the war, as has
before been said in this c dumn, he met the
democratic party in a room in Columbus.
It consisted of twenty-four men and a bot
tle of whiskey. On the 12th inst. it polled
nearly 300,000 votes, and was never so well
organized, never so resolute, never more
determined to fight Radicalism forever
than now. A few mistakes were made in
tho campaign which were fatal. One was
the loading of that political mountebank
on the ticket. Sam Cart. When will our
Conventions learn that in order to be suc
cessful they must nominate men who were
born Democrats and have not swerved from
the party from their cradle to that very
hour? They can always make a better
fight with such leaders than by picking up
vaeeilating creatures whom all the world
know have |no fixed principles, are nothing
but politicians. Such men excite the dis
gust of the great body of people. They are
taken up under the utterly false notion
that they will win votes from the enemy,
when the truth is they will loose more
from the party than they gain. If the Na
tional Convention nominates such a man
for President he will excite derision and
scorn.
We are sorry to near such bad reports
from the Gdorgia State Fair. The candid
newspaper correspondents say the exhibi
tion is a partial failure, in comparison with
other years, and the attendance much
smaller than usual. We know that the
Secretary, Malcolm Johnson, has worked
hard and most faithfully to make it a suc
cess. He has done all a man could, earn
estly appeal to the people of Georgia to
send forward stock and articles for exhibi
tion. If they have refused to do so the
fault has not been his. Failing to get
something to exhibit, of course he failed to
get many people to attend. We see but one
thing pronounced perfect, the grounds.
And that reminds us of a remark made
to Secretary Lewis live years ago: “ Give
the management of your State Fair to W.
A. Huff. Make him President, or Super
intendent, or give him some other office
with almost unlimited powers, and it will
be a success every time.” As Mayor of
Macon, two years ago, he had some power
and- assumed a great deal. The conse
quence was, such a show was never before
seen in the Southern States. No man can
conceive of the work and trouble of man
aging successfully a State Fair. It is al
most as hard as to organize a well disci
plined army out of raw militia. In many
respects it is worse, for in the one case
men have to be coaxed and persuaded, but
In military they can be commanded.
ffljc SLuuisto : Ccmstituliomt lid
Established 1799.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
The Turkish Rag Baby—Miscellane
ous European News-
Berlin, October 21.—The Turkish
Government will give the great powers
assurances of its willinguess to give
any guarantees compatible with the
nation’s dignity for the fulfillment of
the financial programme.
Yon Arnim’s appeal is refused. The
Count pays the costs.
Paris, October 21.—Wheatstone is
dead.
Munich, October 21.—The King re
fuses to accept the resignation of the
Ministry, and refuses to receive the
address recently passed by the Cham
ber of Deputies.
Havana, October 21. — The ship West
ern Empire is dismasted, water-logged
and abandoned. She lies nearly in the
track of steamers' 20 miles north of
J upiter.
Fire in an Arsenal—Breaking Ground
for the Channel Tunnel.
Paris, October 21.—A fire has oc
curred in the Arsenal at Brest, which
has caused damages to the extent of
$200,000.
The work of sinking a shaft to the
depth of 100 metres will begin next
week on the French coast, near Calais.
This will be the preliminary operation
upon the channel tunnel under the
ocean, between France and England.
Prince Frederick William.
Berlin, October 21.—Prince Frederick
William has not yet arrived at any de
cision in regard to his visit to the
Philadelphia exhibition next year.
Peruvian President,
Lima, October 21.—Returns from the
Presidential elections are generally fa
vorable to Senor Parde. Elections in
this city were attended with serious
riots. Several persons killed or wound
ed.
Bavarian Diet.
Mernica, October 21.—A royal decree
has been issued adjourning the Bava
rian diet until further notice.
FROM NEW YORK.
Failure of Isaac T. Mayers & Cos. and
B. Gr. Smith, Jr.
New York, October 21.—Isaac T.
Mayers & Cos., importers of dry goods,
have made an assignment for the ben
efit of their creditors.
B. G. Smith, Jr., stock broker, noti
fied tbe Stock Exchange of his inability
to meet his engagements.
A Trojan Failure.
Troy, October 21. — Rankin & Cos.,
wool dealers, have suspended. Lia
bilities, $140,000. Have cash assets to
pay sixty cents on the dollar. They
expect to resume.
Personal.
Farther Point, October 21.—The
Prussia, with the Governor General of
Canada and suite, has arrived.
Pulaski, N. Y., October 22.—Mrs.
Greenfield was found in bed with her
throat cut. Jealous husband sus
pected.
Catholic Benevolent Union.
Rochester, October 21. —The Irish
Catholic Benevolent Union resum
ed its session this morning.—
Within the past year sixty new
societies have been added. Three that
had gone out from the union have re
turned, and the union is about to bring
the Irish benevolent societies of Can
ada within its influence. “Within the
past year SIIB,OOO have been expended
by members of the union in the cause
of charity, and is only the work of
three-quarters of the association. The
Treasurer’s report for the past year
showed the receipts to be $2,856; ex
penditures, $1,428, and balance on
hand, $1,427. ‘
A GREAT STEAL IN' PENNSYL
VANIA.
The State Treasurer as a Champion
Rogue.
Philadelphia, October 21— A com
mittee was appointed by the House of
Representatives to investigate the af
fairs of the Treasury. The report of
the investigation has developed the
following facts: From 1864 to 1874
yearly overcharge on interest account
of public debt the different Treasurers
taking credit for paying more interest
than the State debt bore. The grand
aggregate thus unlawfully taken from
the State Treasury in eleven years
was $1,123,301.65. Second, from
1870 to 1874 there appears to
have been an excess of premiums
charged in purchases of gold to pay in
terest on gold-bearing bonds, amount
ing in all to $121,427.95. Many other
minor fraudulent transactions, but
those mentioned are the most import
ant. Referring to the action of the ex-
Treasurer in refusing to appear before
the commission, the report says: “Cer
tainly it is fair to assume that all
charges made are true, as the Treasu
rer does not appear when lawfully sub
poenaed and explain or deny them.”
Minor Telegrams.
St. Charles, Ark., October 21.—A
white and black man were taken from
the Sheriff by masked men, who tied
them together and shot them. The
negro was instantly killed. The prison
ers were going to Monroe connty for
trial for a capital offense under change
of venue.
Chicago, October 21.— Passenger rates
hither East have advanced about $2.
Rochester, October 21.—The Irish
Catholic Benevolent Union of the
United States convened for a two days’
sdHioD
San Francisco, October 21.-T-Returns
of the Superintendent of Public Educa
tion indicate the election of Carr, Re
publican.
Franklinton, Col., October 21. —Jno.
House and his son Manney were killed
in an altercation with a man named
Griffin.
London, October 21.—The steamer
Adriatic took £32,000 for New York.
Ottawa, October 21.—There is a great
abundance of cod and herring at the
Magdalen Islands. One hundred ves
sels are taking mackerel away from the
Islands.
Concord, October 21.—L. E. Page, a
Frenchman, was arrested on suspicion
of connection with the Pembroke affair.
He attempted to escape by digging a
hole in the wall with a brace from the
bed.
Haverhill, N. H., October 21.—A fire
broke out this afternoon in the attic of
the Grafton Poor House, consuming
two large houses and most of the sta
ble and contents. The overseer and
his family and 100 pauper inmates were
all saved. Loss, $30,000: insurance,
$20,000.
Death of a Catholic Priest.
Boston, October 21. — Rev. Alexander
Healy, pastor of St. James’ Catholic
Church, is dead. He was born near
Macon, Ga., in 1836.
THE GEORGIA STATE FAIR.
FOURTH DAY.
Ten Thousand People on the Ground
—Brilliant Military Parade —Great
Speech by Senator Bayard—The Py
rotecenie Display Last Night—And
Other Features of the Great Exhibi
tion.
[Special to the Constitutionalist.]
Macon, October 21.
Clouds of dust interfered with the
pleasure, but there must have been ten
thousand people in attendance to-day.
Mr. Rooks, of Augusta, won the SIOO
prize in shooting at 100 yards, making
the best score during the fair. A bril
liant military display of the Second
Georgia Battalion. The ploughing
match was fine. In the exhibition of
farming implements a man was hurt
badly in a cotton gin. His arm and leg
were nearly torn from his body.
Senator Bayard, wearing a badge of
gray on his coat, made a most eloquent
address lasting nearly two hours. He
was listened to by 5,000 people. He
said local self-government was God’s
great work. It was a right, not a
privilege, and was a sacred legacy from
our forefathers. We are as bound to
obey the laws restraining us as those
sustaining us. In 1871 a great outrage
was inflicted on the State of Georgia
by the Federal Government. It raked
gutters to find historians to find al
leged facts about the people. Investi
gation proved them false. The people
were found law abiding and the majesty
of the law always sustained. The peo
ple of the rural districts were better
than city people, and the Republic
looks to them to keep the fountains of
virtue clear. He ridiculed female suf
frage and asked what more do women
want than men to make laws. Woman
moulds man. The history of the past fif
teen years proves that the safety of the
Republic is in the agricultural classes.
Universal suffrage proves to be a failure
as regards property and morals. The
functions of government are to be re
strained. We are too much governed.
He gave a compilation of the debts of
the different cities, which must be paid
by the sons of toil. He who creates
debt heedlessly is an enemy to republi
can institutions. He cited the morals
of the Brooklyn city churches as a fear
ful example of running in debt. Eulo
gized Fitz John Porter as an honest
man.
The Pyrotechnical display as a speci
men of fire painting was unexcelled by
any exhibition in this part of the coun
try and will net quite a handsome sum
to the Memorial Association.
Gov. Smith, Judge Gibson and other
notable persons are here.
Merits aud Defects—A Moral Commu
nity-Even “Gin-Twist” at a Discount
—Bridifin# tb.e Chasm—Augusta Visi
tors and Exhibitors —Some Notable
Articles —Synopsis of Gen. Hawley’s
Speech—Rifle Shooting, Etc.
[Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.]
Brown’s Hotel, 1
Macon, October 20, 1875. j
The magnificent weather still con
tinues, and as yet no rain has fallen
during Fair time, and a few slight
showers would be a blessing to lay the
dust, the air being filled with it, caused
by the crowds of vehicles of all kinds
pressed into service to convey the vast
crowds of visitors to and from the
Fair Grounds. Some little disappoint
ment is expressed by some at the
paucity of the display in some of the
departments, especially in the import
ant ones of ground products. It was
hoped there would be a very creditable
show of cotton, vegetables, wheat, corn,
peas, tobacco, pumpkins, etc.
To-day there was a very marked im
provement in the attendance, and there
must have been at least six thousand
people on the ground at noon. Ap
pearances indicate that all the articles
to be exhibited are now in their places,
and very damaging comparisons are
made between the display at Atlanta
and the present one. It is to be said to
the oredit of this one, as a moral affair,
it is a grand success—no rows of any
kind have occurred, no drunken men
are seen on the streets, for respectabil
ity reigns supreme; even the thimble
rigger, with his sls prize lockets, has
gone away to try anew location, and
the wheels- of fortune are only patron
ized by a class of low down whites and
negroes, all having the appearance of
depravity; even in the saloon of
this celebrated hotel I noticed
that the two bar-keepers were
sitting down in the middle of the day,
at a time when one would naturally
suppose their services would be in de
mand. Such a respectable condition
of tilings cannot fail to make a lasting
impression upon the visitors, many of
whom come from the North, and a very
large delegation from Alabama. It
points a moral, and shows the advan
tages of a Southern State run by a sys
tem of laws and in the hands of offi
cials fit representatives of a race of
men actuated by a desire to raise their
State to a high standard in the bright
galaxy of the Union. Men from the
North are loud in their praises of onr
State and people, and this Fair, set
ting aside the mere routiue idea
of the usual collection of articles
for exhibition, will have the effect
to change the current of public senti
ment among people who did not know
us before, and attract attention, incite
emigration and bring to our aid capital
in developing the vast resources which
lie dormant waiting for the touch
of the magic wand of progress i. e.
money. Among the visitors from
abroad, it was unanimously voted that
they had never before seen sueh a col
lection of refined beautiful ladies
as flocked to this Fair, aud it was not
undeserved, for it does seem as though
some of the most beautiful ladies in the
State had honored this exhibition with
their charming presence. God grant
such a refinement of appearance and
beauty of form may raise up for us a
race in the future that will be the pride
of the South and the bulwark of the
nation. Our city of Augusta did not
send many of her citizens, so far, but it
is understood there will be quite a de
legation to morrow.
Among tin se registered at the hotels
was noticed the names of Dr. R. C. Car
roll, C. H. Prince, J. A. Bitting, i. S.
Faunin, W. S. Mayfield, J. W. Wallace,
J. W. Crawford, W. B. Jackman, G. H.
McCabe, W. T. Davidson, John A. Boh
ler, W. M. Toe, J. P. Toagrham, J. W.
Thayer, A. P. Woodward, P. J. Berck-
AUGUSTA.. GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1875.
mans, W. K. Nelson, J. W Taliaferro,
R. J. Bo we, Evans Heggie, 11. W. Maher,
L. H. McTyre, George Cooper, Josiah
Sibley. Many others are quartered at
private houses, whose names could
not be obtained. Among those who
assisted your correspondent are to be
noted the courteous proprietors of
Brown’s Hotel, Col. H. H. Jones, Macon
Telegraph, Col. Alston, of the Atlanta
Herald, Saxon A. Arjderson, paper man
ufacturer of Marietta, and Mr. Durban,
of the Richmond Rifle Association, Mal
cora Johnson, the Secretary of the State
Agricultural Association, 001. Greer,
Gen. Hawley, Judge Kelley, General
Colquitt, and several other gentlemen.
This morning, at 10 o’clock, the pro
ceedings opened by a cavalcade in the
Hippodrome of ail the horses, mules
and jacks, followed by the cattle and
saddle horses. The display, though
small, was a very handsome one. Every
one awarded the palm to< Mr. Maher’s
colt from Augusta. Evans Heggie ex
hibited several specimens of horse
flesh, and his beautiful driving and
superior skill in tiie management of
horseflesh were the theme of praise.
There were several side-shows,
prominent among which was the giant
and giantess, measuring nearly eight
feet, with placards that represented
them about eighteen feet high. The
liquor stands did not appear to be very
well patronized, aud the man who car
ried ou that department aud paid about
$2,700 for the privilege, says he will
lose money.
Floral Hall.
Crowds of ladies have filled this hall all
day, and it was pretty hard to navigate
among them. Wheeler & Wilson,
Singer, Howe and Remington compa- j
nies made usual elegant display j
of sewing machines. Tin' display of j
flowers, particularly dahlias, were i
beautiful, and so numerous that you j
could not spare the space tjo enumerate j
them. There was also the? usual num- j
ber of pianos, organs, muyical instru- i
ments, pictures, embroideries, etc.
Mechanic’s Hail.
This department was brail odds one
of tbe best of the Fair, and was ex
ceedingly well managed. Among the
many useful articles were plows, steam
engines, gins, distributors, etc. Seat
tergood’s needle cotton pin with con
denser, manufactured by the Reming
ton Company, at Ilion, N. Y., attracted
considerable attention. It is simple in
construction and effective in dperation.
Some care must be taken to keep the
bearings of the condenser free from
lint. When this is done and the belt
kept tight and free from oil there will
be no difficulty in workdig the con
denser. It does not increase the size
of the gin, still] the gin 'can be used
without the condenser if desired. By
the use of the condenser gin the neces
sity for a lint room is avoided, and the
lint may be packed in the press as fast
as it comes from the gin. There is no
dust and dirt to interfere with the men
at work in the gin-house. The sample
is universally even, securing to the
planter a uniform price, as well as a
higher grade.
In this department was also noticed
a very simple and important invention
of a Georgia man. It was a farming
implement of great utility, and manu
factured by a man at Cart.ersville.
This machine is attached to the fore
parts of an ordinary two-horse wagon,
and the plows are three common farm
plows. The plows are so arranged they
open the furrows, scatter the manure
or guano, plants the seed, covers the
bed up two furrows, and scrapes off
the bed all at once. This machine, in
scattering stable manure and planting
cotton will save eight men’s labor every
day it is in use. In scattering guano
and planting cotton, will save the labor
of six men. It drills in wheat or small
grain, putting the fertilizers in with the
grain.
These plows can be taken from the
machine, handles put to them and used
for farm plows. The two outside plows
are one-horse, the middle plow is a two
horse or subsoil plow.
There were nearly a dozen steam
engines, half a dozen gins, one beauti
ful miniature engine, built by one of
the apprentices of Scofield’s machine
shop of Macon, and named “W. A.
Huff,” in compliment to the Mayor.
Other Departments.
Home Industry was wed represented
in quilts, rugs and other comforts of a
domestic nature; Horticulture was well
represented, and manufacturers of
stores, saddlery and ckhhs. John D.
Harn, a Georgia man, exhibits a patent
wheel, which is so valuable that a com
pany has just been formed in Macon
for its manufacture on a largo scale.
Want of space will prevent a more ex
tended notice of the mane novel, inter
esting features that were presented in
the different departments.
To-Day’s Speeciies.
At about 2 o’clock p. ra„ the Execu
tive Committee escorted the Centennial
Committee to the stand in the centre
of the Grounds, and Gen. Hawley, Pres
ident of the Centennial Commission,
spoke in substance as follows : Some
of those who listened to him might
have heard little or thought little about
this very important subject, and it was
his duty to explain it, so that all the
people might understand its objects.
Few nations can, like the United
States, specifically point to the day and
hour properly to be designated the
birth of the nation. Most countries
even the smaller principalities of Eu
rope, count their history through en
tire centuries. We cun point to
the fourth day of July, 1776, as the
exact date when these Urited States
appeared as a component part, o? the
Family of Nations. Many men have of
late claimed to have suggested the
Centennial Celebration, but history
really suggested it; oven John Adams
the elder, years ago, prophetically ut
tered words which proved his sagacity,
and he was really better t<* be entitled to
the claim of having suggested it. It will
bring all the country together, and we
will get a full description of the coun
try, its soil, trees, products and re
sources, aud can make th-e comparison
with that of 100 years ago, and observe
what an enormous stride the nation
has made in one hundiud years. It
was thought right to fhave an In
ternational Exhibition, aqd to compare
our country and its peopi with that of
other people. On March} and, 1871, Con
gress passed an act making it an In
ternational Exhibition aud he read the
preamble of the act to sh ' w its objects.
Each State has a Commissioner and an
Alternate, the entire control being in
the hands of the Commission num
bering ninety-four. TheN is no ground
for saying it is a local matter or a
Philadelphia matter, it concerns the en
tire country, and the intgres. Pennsyl
vania has in it is, a million of dol
lars, she gave to entry out its
objects. Philadelphia su inscribed two
millions of dollars, and a large fund
has been contributed by other States,
but some are still behm.d, even the
speaker’s own State of Connecticut.
The exhibition will entail *f. cost of over
eight and a half millions of dollars,
mostly subscribed in gifts. The stock
of the Centennial Association will be
about three or four millions of dollars.
Thirty-eight nations, with their prov
inces and dependencies, will be repre
sented there, including Japan, Russia
aud Italy, the latter having just con
cluded to come. We cannot afford to
have it a failure. An American is
never afraid of anything. [Applause. [
And it must prove a success. Did not
come as a man from Connecticut but as
President of the Board of Centen
nial Commissioners. Philadelphia was
selected by history as the proper place
for the celebration, and he was sur
prised that there had been an idea of
holding it in any other place. The
founder of the bell in Liberty (or Car
penters’) Hall had used prophetic
words when ho inscribed on the bell:
“Proclaim Liberty throughout the
land and to all the people thereof.” He
referred to the many noble old man
sions still existing that were revolution
ary relics, and among them was that of
Judge Peters, whose grandson a native
of Atlanta, was one of the Centennial
board. [Applause.] He then describ
ed the buildings and grounds. No na
tion had accepted the invitation to
come more heartily than Great Britain
who will make a fine display, in pain
tings alone of the value of over half a
million of dollars. Many patriotic ladies
were taking part in forwarding the ob
jects of the celebration, and among
them was tho great grand-daughter
of Benjamin Franklin. He referred
to the victories gained in Europe by
American ingenuity, referring parti
cularly to Hobbs locks, the Corliss
steam engine, the yacht America which
in 1851 caused Great Britain to open
her eyes aud change the models of her
yaehts, the Colts and Remington arms
and McCormick reapers. Even in art,
Powers’ Greek Slave bore off the palm
at the London Exhibition. At "Vienna
and Paris American mechanics bore off
the palm. Georgia ought to have a
population of 3,000,000, and with her
great resources is bound to take a
leading rank in products and manu
facture. It will be a great national
camp-meeting in Philadelphia next
year. Let the people of the North and
South shake hands across the bloody
chasm and be friends.
Judge Kelley spoke on the currency
subject. I send you the speech at
length, but you may find it too long
for insertion here. It will do to keep,
however, for another occasion.
Riile Shooting.
The following are the scores:
Floyd Rifles.. 189 points.
Cos. B, Macon
Macon Guards 131 “
Washington Rifles, of San
dersville 146 “
Richmond Rifle Club 153 “
Quitman Guards 118 “
F.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Paying 5-20’s Interest Fast Mail
Trains South —Chandler —Bristow.
Washington, Octoffer 21.—Payment
of iuterestou the 5-20’s due November
Ist, commences Monday without re
bate.
Postmaster General and Col. Scott
who came here at Jewel’s request, had
a long conference to arrange for giving
the Department all possible facilities on
railroads controlled by Scott in the
South and Southwest with a view to
still greater dispatch in distributions
and connections of mails in those sec
tions. Scott acquiesced in Jewell’s sug
gestions and promised to give all the
aid desired.
Secretary Chandler will be absent ten
days. There will be no changes in his
Department until his return.
The Supreme Court will be occupied
the balance of the week with the Leav
enworth, Lawrence and Galveston Rail
road vs. the United States, involving
the validity of the Osage land patents.
The Secretary of the Treasury is
sick.
Heavy Wliiskey Frauds in St. Louis-
Cincinnati, October 20.—The Gazette's
St. Louis special says quite a sensation
in whiskey frauds developed itself to
day, in tke fact of every distiller and
rectifier, except the distillery of Jonitt
& Cos., pleading guilty of a number of
counts in each indictment, and permit
ting default to be entered in the sum of
several hundred thousand dollars, in
cluding one lot of 1,200 barrels of
whiskey, belonging to Ulrica & Cos.,
and another of 600 barrels, owned
by Quinlan & Cos. Evidence against
Jonett was said to be conclusive, but
his confession of guilt is held back be
cause he claims that officials dare not
proceed against him, as his partners
are relatives of The President Casey
in particular, of New Orleans, is a party
alluded to. There are probably no less
than thirty different parties who now
stand convicted and whose terms of
punishm?nt is in no case less than two
years aui SIO,OOO fine. Some of them
may be sentenced for six years and
$20,000 fine.
A Bloody Arkansas Murder.
Mempiis, October 21— Dr. Ballard,
formerlj 1 of Texas, residing near Ma
rion, Ark., while riding with a lady yes
terday afternoon, was waylaid and shot
by a man named Andrews, who fired
one barrel of a shot-gun at the Doctor,
the charge taking effect in his neck
and face, and knocking him off his
horse. After falling, Ballard asked
Andrews to raise him up, which he did,
in a sitting posture, and then, placing
the guc near his head, discharged the
other barrel, literally blowing Ballard’s
head off. Andrews then went to Ma
rion aid surrendered himself to the
authorities. Andrews had been em
ployed by Ballard a few days before.
Ballard has knocked him down twioe.
Ballard is represented as having been
a violent man, and had on Sunday
last waylaid and shot his wife’s nephew,
Andrew Frazer.
A Credit Mobilier Suit.
New York, October 21.—1n the suit
of Chas. H. Neilson vs. Wm. Tracy,
Executor of the late Congressman
Brooks, a motion was made in the Su
preme Court chambers to-day, by Mr.
Tracy, for stay and commission, in or
der to take evidence of the wife and
daughter of the deceased, now in Eu
rope. The suit arose out of Credit
Mobilier dividends on stock. The
matter was once under investigation by
Congress. _
Memphis Failures,
Memphis, October 21—A petition in
bankruptcy was filed this afternoon in
the United States District Court by at
torneys representing New York credit
ors against J. J. Wiggins & Cos., hatters
and furriers, Main street. Liabilities
about $40,000. A similar petition was
also filed against J. D. Williams, cloth
ier, Main street, by New York credit
ors. Lialilities heavy.
They now have music during dinner
hours at some of the New York ho
tels.
THE NOBLEST ROMAN.
How Gov. Allen Takes His Defeat.
[Columbus (Ohio) Correspondence of tho
Cincinnati Commercial.
After it was all over, aud Governor
Hayes surely elected, I felt it my duty,
as a true friend, to call on his Excel
lency, and, if necessary, express my
sympathy for his defeat. Arrived at
the mansion, I was met at the door by
his son-in-law, Dr. Scott, who at once
ushered me into the presence of the
Governor who received me with that
same genuine old Virginia courtesy for
which he is famed. I opened with
“Well, Governor, by the way you look
I guess you’re all right—you are not
crying over spilt milk, I should judge.”
“Well, my friend, lam not. I never
felt more jolly in my life. Now, I am
going to make an observation straight
from my heart, and I want you news
paper men to believe me. I give you
my word as an honest and honorable
man, personally I did notcaroabaubee
for the office. Of course I feel for my
party.”
This the Governor said with a cheery
air, and without the least shadow of re
gret or wailing.
“Governor, to what do you attribute
your defeat?”
“Oh, I don’t know—God only knows
that. I had a d—l of a load to carry,
there’s no doubt of that. I’d rather
not say say what it was just now.”
“Don’t you think, Governor, that
General Cary had something to do
with it?”
“Now, look here, don’t you lead me
Into saying anything against Sam.
Your editor has about flayed Sam al
ready, and what’s the use of getting
after the poor d—l any more.”
“Well, I don’t know, Governor, but
Sam is such a terrible cuss that it’s
hard to keep one’s hands off of him.”
“Well, well—let him go. Cover him
with the mantle of charity.”
“But, you see, Governor, that can’t
be done—there’s no mantle large
enough to cover the fellow —he’d slip
out, somehow, and join the party he
thought had the most votes.”
“Well, Governor, I don’t want to bore
you. Have you any objection to dis
cuss your defeat any further?”
“Well, I don’t care to say any more
on the subject. You can just say that
lam fully satisfied with the verdict of
the people, and congratulate the Re
publican party on its luck in electing
so good a man as Gen. Hayes. Come,
take a glass of wine with me.”
With that the interview ceased, and
the old Governor settled himself down
in his chair, seemingly content to re
sume his intercourse with the litera
ture of the past and present ages of the
world.
The Presidency was casually men
tioned, but the Governor didn’t seem
inclined to tackle the subject, so it was
not pressed. On taking our leave the
old Governor insisted on following us
out to the buggy, and, seeing us off, ho
halloed after us, “See here, tell Hal
stead to come up here and take a glass
of wine with me.”
How Gov. Allen Expressed Himself to
Another Correspondent.
[Special Correspondence of the Cincinnati
Enquirer.]
Fruit Hill, Ross County, Ohio, Octo
ber 17, 1875.—As soon as the vexed
question as to the result of the election
iu Ohio had been definitely settled —
which, by the way, was not until yes
terday morning—l concluded to visit
Gov. Allen at his home, to see how the
venerable chieftain took the reverse
that had overtaken him. The incidents
which followed the defeat of Mr.
Greeley being still fresh in the public
mind, had inclined a great many peo
ple to the belief that possibly Gover
nor Allen might not long survive the
overthrow of last Tuesday. A great
many people feared such a result, and
few hoped it—the few who hate the old
man because they fear his power as a
leader of the people. But a great many
of Governor Allen’s friends feared that
the shock of the unexpected reverse,
coming on the heels the protracted
and wearing labors of the canvass,
would prove too much for a frame
upon which the storms of sixty-eight
winters had already beaten, and there
was much anxiety to know exactly
how he was getting along. Accord
ingly, last evening about ‘half
past eight o’clock, I knocked at the
broad front door of the Allen mansion
at Fruit Hill, near Chillicothe. I
found the old chieftain as hearty as his
welcome was, and visibly improved in
spirits and appearance since I had last
seen him in the heat and turmoil of
the campaign. Ho had been out all
the afternoon superintending some
fence repairs upon a portion of his
farm, a mile and a half from his home,
and had been on his feet nearly all tho
afternoon. He was, in consequence, a
little tired; but beyond the mere phy
sical fatigue of his five miles or more
of walking, was as well as ho had been
for thirty years. The conversation, of
course, turned on the incidents of the
late canvass, and gradually drifted into
a discussion of the result and its mean
ing. At the outset the Governor said
he did not desire to go into print upon
this subject just now. Not that his
views were not fixed and definite, nor
that he bent to any dictates of person
al policy or expediency with, regard to
the future; but because his views, if he
were to utter them at this time, would
not be fairly treated by his adversa
ries, and because anything he might
say would be taken up by the enemy
and treated, not upon its merits, but in
a spirit of exultant ridicule and with
sneers at his position as a defeated
candidate, instead of respect to and
for his position as a public man and as
a representative of popular ideas.
“If I were to rush forward with my
interpretation of the result now,” said
Gov. Allen, “the enemy would not
fairly view and criticise what I might
say; but they would blackguard me as
a defeated politician whining over a re
verse of fortune; while, if I were to
utter my views as to the policy of the
future, and the outlook for the party,
they would leave my utterances out of
sight and deride me for making them.
Let the smoke clear away and the dust
settle down. There is not a man who
voted for me—nor one who voted
against me, either, for that matter —
who will not, in the course of a few
months, find out the meaning of this
result from his own reading and ob
servation or from his own experience.
I feel at liberty, however, to say this
much on the situation for publication;
The Republicans have gained a victo
ry which, without asking account of
the means by whioh they gained it, or
the narrow margin upon which their
success rests, entails upon them an
enormous responsibility. The battle
was fought over an idea. The great
desideratum of the people is a revival
of prosperity. The Republicans
promised that such a realization
would very soon "ensue upon a Repub
lican victory, by reason of the confi-
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dence with which the triumph of their
ideas would inspire the capital of the
country. They promised that the de
feat of the inflationists, as they called
us, would immediately let loose all
their capital that has been locked up
in the money centers, and that this
capital would be iufused iuto the busi
ness and through the industries of the
country, inspiring them with new life
and vigor. They have in this manner
taken a contract—or at least the peo
ple so understand it—to revive the
prosperity of the nation and dispel
the lethargy that has settled down
upon our enterprise. They have come
into power upon an exceedingly nar
row margin of majority, and by a pre
carious slender tenure of moral in
dorsement. But the contract they have
taken remains as large and as binding
in the eyes of the people as if they had
counted their majority by thousands
instead of hundreds, and as if they had
succeeded by the purest means in a
contest of the fairest nature, iustead of
the way they have succeeded.”
‘•Do you think, Uncle William, that
the banks and the moneyed classes
generally will make an effort to set
things in motion again, in order to give
their victory moral force to tide them
over 1876, and to prevent the popular
reaction against themselves which
would inevitably follow a failure of
their triumph to bring about results in
fulfillment of their promises ?’
“As to that,” replied the Governor,
“it belongs to those departments of the
subject which I think 1 had better
avoid discussing just now. The main
point is to hold the Republicans to
their general contract. The contest, so
far as it involved the financial issue,
was waged by them upou the strength
of promises that the defeat of the idea
embodied in our platform would rein
spire capital with confidence, and thus
impel new investments which would
give rise to new enterprises, and thus
revive the prosperity of the country.
It is their business now to carry out
their promises, and it does not become
us to declare in advance that they can
not or will not fulfill their contract.
Such a course on our part would have
the appearance of croaking, which I
never indulged in. even at the expense of
an adversary. I would say that we ought
to give our antagonists a fair chance
to make their promises good. The
only thing we must insist on is that
they shall not be permitted to dodge
the contract. Whatever may be done
by the next Congress in regard to the
resumption law ; whatever may be done
by the Secretary of the Treasury under
that law, or whatever may be the state
of the country between this time and
the holding of the national conventions
next year, the Republican party, ac
cording to the tenets on which it waged
its canvass in Ohio, will be held by the
people responsible for it. We can
afford to let the case rest there and
wait for the outcome. The grand de
sideratum is the restoration of pros
perity to the country. If the Republi
cans can accomplish that, they are
benefactors, and every statesman in
the country, of whatever party, will
give them credit for it. If they fail to
carry out their contract, the people
may be depended on to find them out
and settle with them according to their
deserts.”
After some further conversation .on
this and kindred topics, iu which the
old Governor displayed the loftiest
philosophy and the keenest insight into
the situation, I remarked that there
seemed to be some feeling in Demo
cratic circles against the Germans, on
account of their desertion of us in this
contest, and asked his opinion relative
to the recent action of the Democratic
Council at Chillicothe on the Sunday
question.
“That matter,” replied Governor
Allen, “requires attention. No matter
what may be the alleged cause for such
action, it is not Democratic, and the
Democratic party will sternly repu
diate it. The Democracy is essentially
the party of liberal ideas and generous
in the hour of victory, and it
certainly can not become the party of
small revenges or narrow retributions
in the hour of reverse. The Germans
did not vote with us. Very well. They
had a perfect right to vote against us,
and the fact that they exercised that
right does not invalidate the right we
have always conceded to them to drink
beer and otherwise amuse and enjoy
themselves on Sunday. They voted
against us and voted with the party
which has frequently sought to abridge
the right to amuse themselves as they
see fit on Sunday. But that does not
change the fixed policy of the Demo
cracy with regard to affairs of that
kind. Democracy means personal
liberty, and can not meau any thing
else, and the Germans and all other
classes of citizens are entitled to per
sonal liberty as contemplated by the
Democratic party without a particle of
reference to the way they cast their
votes. I shall use all my personal in
fluence with the City Council of Chili
cothe to prevent any further action
being taken on that ridiculous Sunday
ordinance. That sort of thing at the
hands of a Democratic body is all non
sense—all nonsense, sir, no matter in
what spirit it may be undertaken.”
“Suppose, Governor,” I asked, “the
Republican crusaders, Puritans and fa
natics generally, should use the power
they have just’acquired to revive their
Sunday-law policy? Then the Demo
cratic party would again be the refuge
of the Germans for the protection of
their personal privileges, as it has been
in the past. Is the mission of the Dem
ocratic party to be simply that of a
power for the protection of our Ger
man fellow-citizens in their right to in
dulge in Sunday beer, but to be tossed
out of power whenever the Germans
see fit to run off after some other
idea?”
At this suggestion, our Uucle William
laughed heartily.
“ The Democratic party,” he said, “is
a permanent power for the constant
protection of all our fellow-citizens,
German or otherwise, in the enjoyment
of all their rights, Sunday beer or oth
erwise. And for that reason, if for no
other, it could not afford to change its
fixed policy to wreak any revenge un
der the momentary sting of defeat. If
any class of citizens, having once fled
to the Democratic party for protection
against outrage of any kind, subse
quently desert it, their ingratitude
should not sting the party into forget
fulness of its dignity or abandonment
of its magnanimity. The question
with the Democratic party is not the
gain or loss of a few votes, even though
those few votes may serve to turn the
tide temporarily against It. The ques
tion with the Democratic party is
whether, in the fixedness of its princi
ples, the consistency of its policies and
the inflexibility of its devotion to the
interests of the people it shall pass
through temporary reverses unshaken,
and grow constantly in the public con
fidence until it becomes irresistible and
regains that control of the nation which
will enable it to oarry out its designs
for the public weal. If the Democracy
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were to abandon its character for great
principles nad permanent policies, and
descend to become the instrument of
its own or anybody else’s whims and
revenges, then it would cease to be the
Democracy. I hope none of our friends
will cherish any small revenges. Such
a spirit is unworthy the name of De
mocracy.”
When the Governor had concluded
this exposition of the fundamental
principles and grand objects of the De
mocracy, I did not think it necessary
to inquire particularly after his health,
bodily or mental, or to ask if his recent
defeat had conspired with other causes
to shake his constitution, for it occur
red to me that a man of sixty-eight,
who, after having passed through nine
weeks of the most arduous campaign
ing in our political history and theu
sustaining a defeat on the heels of it,
could calmly dispense philosophy in
that manner was in no danger of im
mediate dissolution. William Alien is
the noblest old Roman of them all,
and, whether victorious or defeated,
eulogized or maligned, he stands out in
bold relief a3 one of the loftiest and
grandest characters of the time. To
say that his defeat has not shaken him,
either physically or mentally, a parti
cle; that it has not sapped his vigor or
shortened the span of his days an iota,
is the plainest, simplest truth, and it is
a conclusion which no one can avoid
after seeing and conversing with him
live minutes. He is as calm and mag
nanimous to-day as if ho were receiv
ing congratulations over a sweeping
victory instead of looking back upon a
mighty struggle ending in defeat. I
was particularly struck with his gentle
ness in alluding to the abuse that had
been heaped upon him in this cam
paign.
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
“ Gin Twist ” has been put upon the
docket of the Atlanta Police Court.
Mr. Wm. Terrill, of Greene county, is
dead.
There is not a single loafer or drunk
ard iu the town of Crawfordville, Ga.
By “adding” the surrounding villages
Columbus figures up a population of
13,500.
’•A correspondent of the Greensboro
Herald suggests the name of Gen. Col
quitt for Governor.” We think we have
heard something of that sort before.
Col. J. 0. Hariis and baby are at the
Macon Fair. The baby will be entered
for the sewing machine and cooking
stove prizes. Its name is Jedediah
Cleisbottom Hariis.
Sumter Republican: On the currency
question our devil occupies a “middle”
position, so that ho can convenient! y
“take in” greenbacks on one side and
the hard stuff on the other. He is in
favor of both sides as long as he gets
the money.
Mr. P. Fox gives the Atlanta Herald
the following remedy for the epizooty,
now prevalent in a mild form in Atlanta.
A simple and effectual remedy for the
cough that gives the principal trouble
in this disease: Take brown or black
mustard, grind hr, and give a teaspoon
ful scattered oVer the horse’s bran
mash or chopped food. Give this much
to each feed. It serves to cut the
phlegm, aud gives quick relief.
Columbus Enquirer: La3t afternoon
about 4 o’clock a most distressing af
fair occurred, at the residence of Mr.
John Appleyard, in the upper part of
the city. Miss Sallie Appleyard, daugh
ter of Mr. John Appleyard, while at
tending to some domestic affairs,
caught fire and was burned so severely
that death ensued iu a few hours. A
physicien was sent for and did all in
his power to relieve her sufferings,
which were intense. Everything that
could be done in the way of medi
cal atteniton was attended to. * *
Mr. John Feagan, a policeman of this
city, died yesterday morning about 3
o’clock at his residence, in the lower
part of the town. Mr. Feagan was
about 45 years of age, and was perhaps
one of the best police offioers Columbus
has ever had. He has been very low for
some weeks from consumption, which
has been gradually wearing him away.
* * * We have reliable information
that arrangements are being made by
a number of Western railroads, in con
nection with the Montgomery and Eu
faula Road, to immediately build and
put on the Chattahoochee river three
first-class steamboats, to run from Co
lumbus to Apalachigola..
Tragic Death of Mr. Hudson, Manag
ing Editor of the Herald,
Boston, October 22—Frederick Hud
son, formerly managing editor of the
New York Herald died from injuries at
Coucord. He was riding in a covered
buggy with Judge John Key and when
the flagman waved them back for a
train stopped to let the engine pass,
but a flying switch started the cars.
As soon as the engine passed the cars
struck the hind wheels throwing Keyes
into the street but rolling Hudson in
the buggy twenty feet down a slight
embankment. His age was 56. Ho
leaves a widow and son.
Maktinsburo, Va., October 22. CJal
lision on the Baltimore and Ohio Road.
Both engines wrecked. Five cars
burned.
THE TURF.
Baltimore Races.
Baltimore, October 21.--First race,
1 mile, two year olds, Virginius won;
time, 1:47. Second race, 1% miles, sel
ling race, Madge first, Donnebrook
second, Josie B. third; time, 2:43
Third race, 4 mile heats, Nettie Norton
distanced Aaron Pennington and Shy
lock in the first heat; time, 7;37)£.
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The American Antiquarian Society.
Worcester, Mass., October 21.—At
the semi-annual meetiug of the Ameri
can Antiquarian Society to-day, the re
port of the Counoil was read by Dr.
Samuel A. Green, of Boston. Hon.
Stephen Salesbury, the President and
other officers were re-elected. The
fund of the Society now amounts to
over SBO,OOO, aud the library is in a
flourishing condition.
Death of a Son of Garrett Davis.
Louisville, Ootober 21. —A dispatch
from Paris, Ky., says Hon. R. T. Davis,
eldest son of the late Senator Garrett
Davis, was found dead in bed this
morning. His death is supposed to
have been caused by an overdose of
chloral, which he had been in the habit
of using as an anodyne for pain. Mr.
Davis was President of the Northern
Bank of Kentucky.
A California Election.
San Francisco, October 21.—The elec
tion in this city yesterday was devoid
of party significance, but was a victory
for the friends of good government.—
Their opponents made their fight on
the Church and the Democratic candi
date for J udge of the Police Court, and
were beaten by 2,000 in a vote of 18,0G0i
The vote on other judicial candidates
showed an entire disregard of polities,