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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. D4ILT —one year $lO 00 " six months 500 “ three mouths 250 Tei-Weekly—one year 5 00 “ six months 250 Weekly—one year 2 00 ' six months 100 Single copies. 5 ets. To news dealers. 2 X A cts. Subscriptions must, in all cases 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,; Address all Letters to H. C. STEVENSON, Manager. The letter of “Martha” appears on our 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. •> 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- New Series—Vol. |2B, No. 66 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 To Advertisers and Subscribers. On AND atteb this date (April 21. 1875,) all editions of me Constitutionalist will be sent free of postage. Advebtisements must be paid for when han ded in, unless otherwise stipulated. ’Announcing or suggesting Candidates for office, 20 cents per line each insertion. Monet may be remitted at our risk by Express or Postal Order. Cobuespondenoe 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. 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)£. a 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,