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We congratulate Mr. Salem Dutches, of
this city, upon his admission to practice
before the Supreme Court of the United
#
Oub Atlanta correspondent says a run
was made upon the City Bank of Macon,
of which C. A. Nutiing is President. The
bank was standing the pressure at last ac
counts. : 1 ‘ | C_2
The jolly joker of the Chronicle and Senti
nei says our caper on Tuesday was dated
Noi'ember 2d. Well, if Tuesday last was
not November 2d, what was it? The earth
quake seems to have caused the miscar- |
1 iage of a joke.
If there should be an occupation of
by the British, as the Pall Mall
(razelte intimates, in order to secure India
fijm Bussian aggression, times will grow
lively indeed. But what is to become of
Ismail Pacha, in such an event, and what
or his ex-Confederatea ?
Our ministers have an excellent theme,
in the earthquake, for their Sunday dis
courses. One eminent prelate in this
country thinks we are nearing the last
days of the world. If Moody and Sankey
could have such an accompaniment to
their revival, how powerfully they would
use it !
The New York Times is alarmed at the
recent successes of Its party. It thinks
Grant wiil take it all as meaning a third
term for him. It declares in advance it
will not support him. This is a frank ad
mission that Grant is squarely before the
party for nomination. He undoubtedly
takes it all as meaning that he is wanted
for President four more years. But never
wore a people more sick and tired of a
man, and never was a man so important to
a party.
We noted the presence in our city yester
day of General E P. Alexander, President
if the Central Railway of Alabama, and
ids Assistant Auditor, H. W. Crittenden,
Esq. Also Judge S. B. Hoyt, President of
the Atlanta Savings Bank of Georgia, and
Col. W. W. Clarke, one of its prominent
Directors and Stockholders. These gentle
men were at the head office of the Georgia
Railroad and Banking Company during
much of their temporary sojourn in our
town.
Mb. H. C. Stevenson, our Business Man
ager, was at tlie office last e vening for the
first time in ten days. He has been ex
tremely ill, and Is still very far from per
fect recovery. We trust, however, that his
recuperation from this time forth will be
rapid and decisive. On Friday of week be
fore last he met with a paint ul accident,
having severely injured one of his feet.
Very soon thereafter he was seized with a
species of pleuro-pneumonia, from which
he is slowly rallying.
It will be a glorious sight on the day the
Democratic delegation of Mississippi
walks up the floor of the House of Repre
sentatives to be sworn in. That State has
been represented, in great part, for ten
years by a lousy lot of negroes and carpet
baggers, heartily despised by every decent
man in Congress. Ignorant, knavish, they
neither had sense nor principle. They were
simply a disgrace to civilization. L. Q. C.
Lamar, Otho R. Singleton and C. E.
Hooker, are gentlemen of special talent
and will be true representatives of the gal
lant State,
An Atlanta merchant sends the subjoined
letter to a great Northern journal:
Atlanta, Ga., October 26, 1875.
To the Editor of the New York Daily Bulletin:
It may not be amiss to say that Georgia
votes almost solid fora national greenback
currency. We know that specie payments
cannot be resumed, and we do not think it
wise to attempt resumption. We love
- reenbacks, and we Insist, if the Govern
ment will receive them for all dues, that
the wild speculation in gold will be at an
end, and greenbacks will appreciate, and
soon the hoarded millions of gold will find
their way into the marts of trade,and every
industry, from Maine to California, wiil be
stimulated, and as a people we will go on
prospering and to prosper.
The contest of the will of Miss Mary
Telfair has commenced in earnest. The
.savannah News says: “A petition was filed
by Aug. P. Wetter to be appointed guar
dian ad libitum for his children, Edward
Josiah Thomas Alexander Tklfaib Wet
ter, Mary Martha Margaret Telfair
Wetter and Louisa Alberta Nina Tel
fair Wetter. The Ordinary, after consid
ering this petition, granted the order pray
ed for, and Capt. Wetter was duly ap
pointed guardian ad libitum. As guardian,
Capt. Wetter thereupon, in behalf of his
children as heirs-at-law, filed a caveat of
the will. The contest bids fair to be a
neavy one, and will, of course, only be final
ly settled in the Supreme Court. Messrs.
Jackson, Lawton & Basinger, and Hart
ridge ifc Chisholm, are attorneys for the
will; Hon. T. M. Norwood, Hen. Rufus E
Lester, Hon. W. W. Montgomery, and N.
C. Collier, Esq., tor the oaveators.
Among the recent deaths in South Caro
lina, we are pained to hear of that of Col.
A. H. Waring. He was the scion of an
e ninont family, whlcii, before the war,
lliu-tratcd the wealth, talents and high
toned civilization of the sea-island coast of
tho Palmetto State. In early manhood,
Col. Waring was an officer In the United
States navy. During the war, he was a
gallant soldier. To retrieve his shattered
fortunes, after the collapse of 1865, he en
gaged in planting and insurance. Ordi
narily, Col. Waring resided at Florence,
where he passed away. He was" a loving
father and husband, a staunch friend and a
most agroeable companion. The writer
will always hold his memory in the sanc
tuary of his heart, and all. who knew
“Archie” Waring will feel sincere regret to
learn that his days are ended, and breathe
a fervent prayer for the welfare of his
SOUI.
FROM NEW YORK.
Arrival of Doctors.
New York, November 3.—-Dr. E. C.
Harwood, of New York and Dr. J. A.
Adrain, of Logansport Indiana, con
stituting the delegation from tlie United
{States National Medical Association to
the lat.e International Medical Congress
held In Brussels Belgium were among
the passengers who arrived from
Europe to-day by the steamer Scythia.
The American delegates were made
honorary presidents of the Congress.
New York, October 3.—A motion has
been granted in the Supremo Court to
strike Tweed’s $6,000,000 suit from the
calendar from this term, on the ground
that an ajtnended answer had been
served within twenty days after the
case was noticed for trial.
Don’t be particular about addressing
your letters plainly, as every misdi
rected letter adds directly to the in
come of the Government. The waste
paper from the dead letter office yields
pa income of over $4,000 a year.
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®!je HtwtistojConstitutionalist.
Established 1799.
THE ELECTIONS.
TIDINGS AFTER THE BATTLE.
Further Returns from the Seat of
War—New York: in Doubt—The Dem
ocrats .Probably Elect Bigelow, but
Lose the Legislature—Comments of
the Press—Tilden a Dead Duck.
NEW YORK.
New York, November 3.—Kings coun
ty, five districts heard from, give Bige
low 6,922, aud Schroedor (Rep.), for
Mayor of Brooklyn, 1,000 majority.
The World says: “The State is very
close. We claim it by about 5,000. The
Legislature will be close. We claim
the Assembly. The Senate must be de
termined by fuller returns.” The
Times fixes Morrissey’s majority at
3,500. The Herald says: “The Demo
crats win by a majority of from 6,000 to
7,000.” The Tribune says: “New York
has gone Democratic by about 10,000.”
The Sun gives the State to the Repub
licans. The Times gives a congratulatory
article, but is silent on the result in
the State. The Times, editorially, con
gratulates the Republicans on the re
sult and says : “Tilden, as a Presiden
tial candidate, has destroyed himself,
and it is now beyond doubt that both
‘Republicans and Democrats will have
to place new candidates before the
people next year if they wish to suc
ceed. Gen. Grant has long been out of
the question as a Presidential candi
date, and now Gov, Tilden may safely
make up his mind to close his public
life with his present term of office. No
one need fear that the Republican suc
cesses will revive the “third term”
project. That is as dead as Julius
Caesar. We never should have sup
ported such a scheme under any cir
cumstances, and nothing whatever
would lead us to do so now.”
New York, November 3. —Otsego
county, 300 Democratic majority; Buf
falo, 2,826 Republican majority.
Albany, November 3.—Up to noon,
to-day, the returns iudicate the elec
tion of 20 Republicans, and 12 Demo
crats to the State Senate. The Republi
cans claim the election of Senators in
the Ist, sth, 9th, 11th, 12tb, 13th, 15th,
16fh, 17th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 24th
25th, 26th, 28th, 29th, 30th, aud 32d
Districts. The Democrats claim the
election of 70 members to the Assem
bly, to 58 Republicans. Albany county
complete—Bigelow, 583 majority. One
Republican Senator is elected, also two
Republican aud two Democratic Assem
blymen. Cortland county, complete,
385 Republican majority. In Chemung
county the Republican majority is 50.
Jeffereon county, 600 Republican ma
jority ; TompHus county, 50 Demo
cratic majority ; Alleghany county,
2,300 Republican majority; Clinton
county, 400 Republican majority ; Co
lumbia county, 324 Democratic ma
jority.
New York, November 3.— Latest re
turns at hand leave the State in doubt
with the chances rather in favor of
Bigelow. The majority is unlikely to
exceed 5,000 either way. Counties esti
mated this a. m. show where the Dem
ocrats, later returns increase the fig
ures and where the Republicans corre
spondingly decrease. The Albany
j Evening Journal concedes the State to
Bigelow by about 1,000; while tho
Commercial Advertiser still has hopes
for Seward by 2,000 or 3,000 majority.
The Republicans certainly have a fair
working majority in both Houses of
the Legislature. The Senate will stand
about 21 Republicaus to 11 Democrats;
the Assembly, 73 Republicans to 55
Democrats.
New York Still Doubtful.
New 7 York, October 3.— Oswego coun
ty, 300 Republican majority; Duchess
county, 446 Republican majority; Ulster
county, 2,500 Democratic majority;
Greene county, 800 Democratic ma
jority.
Albany, November 3.—The Evening
Journal says: The result on tlie State
ticket is close and still a matter of
doubt. Our table shows a small ap
parent Democratic majority.
MARYLAND.
Farther Returns From Maryland.
Baltimore, November 3. —Returns
from counties to-night are still incom
plete, but suffi iently full to decide the
result on the State ticket and the com
plexion of the Legislature. Of the 23
counties in the State, Mrj Carroll has
carried 10, viz: Anne, Arundel, Gar
ret, Harford, Howard, Kent, Mont
gomery, Prince Georges, Queen Anne’s,
Wicomico and Worcester, by reported
aggregate majority of 3,T00, and Mr.
Harris ten, viz : Alleghany, Baltimore,
Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Dor
chester, Frederick, Talbot aud Wash
ington, by reported aud estimated ma
jorities aggregating 3,400, the leaving
three counties of Calvert, Somer
set and St. Mary’s to be
heard from, which cannot effect the
general result, but will decided it out
side the city of Baltimore. St. Mary’s
will probably go for Carroll, and Cal
vert and Somerset for Harris. The
majorities will be very small either
way. The majority for Harris is based
on an estimate of 600 in Alleghany and
1,200 in Baltimore county. The latter
county has heretofore given from 1,000
to 1,500 Democratic majority, but has
been completely -revolutionized at the
recent primaries for tho nomination of
county officers. The Democrats
adopted the Crawford county (Pa)
system of nominating, dispensing
with a County Convention. In seve
ral counties carried by Mr. Harris,
by small majorities, the Democratic
legislative and county ticket is elected.
The Senate consists of 26 members, of
which ten Democrats and two Republi
cans hold over. Of the 14 to be re
turned the Democrats have elected
nine and the Republicans three, viz: re
electing Dr. Lewis H. Steiner In Freder
ick, and gaining one in Baltimore and
Washington county each, and leaving
Somerset and Calvert to be heard from.
Of the 84 members of the House tho
Democrats have elected 56 aud the Re
publicans 23, the remaining five being
from Somerset and Calvert, not heard
from.
Maryland, November 3.—Worcester
county, 350 Democratic majority; Car
roll county, Republican majority, 160;
Queen Anne county, 150 Democratic
majority.
NEW JERSEY.
Trenton, N. J., November 3.—Com
plete returns show 39 Republicans and
23 Democrats elected to the Assembly;
majority on joint ballot, 17, being a Re
publican gain of 34.
MICHIGAN.
Benzine Triumphant.
Detroit, November 3.—Lewis, Demo
crat, for Mayor, 1,678 majority. The
Council is nearly a tie on the Sunday
liquor que*tion.
-A.XTGTTSTA. GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1875.
VIRGINIA,
Charges of Fraud in Richmond-
Further Returns.
Richmond, November 2.—James Mc-
Dougal, the Registrar, aud John Marx
hausen, the Judge at the first precinct
of Jefferson Ward, were arrested to-day
on the charge of fraud in returning the
vote of their precinct, whereby it is
claimed that Knight, the Independent
candidate for the Senate, was beaten
by Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, the Con
servative nominee. Jas. S. Morrison
was also arrested on a criminal charge
for misleading voters. They were
bailed in 5,000 each, until to-morrow.
If fraud at this precinct is established
and the vote thrown out, Johnson will
lose his election.
Full county returns are still light,
but enough has been received to show
that the complexion of the Legislature
will not be literally changed. Inde
pendent candidates were voted for in a
number of counties but only in few in
stances with a successful result Caro
line county elects Swann Conservative,
and S. J. White independent for the
House. Culpepper county elects Halle
indedependent over Strother Conserva
tive. Henrico county elects Talley Re
publican over Bryan Conservatives, a
Republican gain; a Conservative in the
same county has but one majority.
This is unofficial. In Augusta county
Hon. A. H. Stewart was run for the
House as an independent against his
wishes and is probably elected. The
official count is needed to decide. It is
said he will not serve if elected. The
foregoing changes, so far as the politi
cal status of candidates is concerned,
are all that are reported as yet.
PENNSYLVANIA,
Further Returns from Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, November 3. — Monroe
county, Democratic gain of 341; War
ren county, Democratic gain of 41 ;
Newton county, Demoeratie majority
of 321; Columbia county, 2,150 Demo
cratic majority; Armstrong, 600 Re
publican majority; Pike, 620 Demo
cratic majority ; Cambria, 992 Demo
cratic majority; Bucks county, 316
Democratic majority.
Philadelphia, November 3.—Mont
gomery county—Hartranft 35 ma
jority.
Erie, Penn., November 3.—Erie com
plete; Republican gain, 1,470.
WISCONSIN.
The Republicans Successful.
Milwaukee, Wis., November 3.—Re
turns received to-day make it certain
that the Republicans elect the State
ticket by a majority ranging from 2,000
to 5,000, The Republicaus carry the
Legislature by 30 majority on joint
ballot.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Freedman's Dividend—Rapid
Transit —Enter Chandler-
Washington, November 3. — The Com
missioners of the Freedman’s Bank say
they will continue to pay 20 per cent,
dividend until every depositor has re
ceived a proper portion, but cannot
possibly adjust more than 500 ac
counts per day, of which there are
60,000. From 1,000 to 15,000 books are
received per day from different parts
of the couutry.
The Post Office Department has to
day made arrangements for an addi
tional daily fast mail between New
York and the West. On and after the
Ist of December, the 4:55 p. m. train
for Cincinnati, over the Pennsylvania
Railroad, will be started an hour later,
aud include one or more railway postal
cars, which are to arrive as at present
in Pittsburg, at 7:30 a. ra., and Cincin
nati, at 5 p. m. the following day, and
iu St. Louis, between 5 and 6 o’clock
the next morning. The limited mail
train will still be dispatched from New
York daily at 4:30 a. m.
Chandler has returned.
Pow-wow Over the Indians.
Chandler, Belknap, Gens. Sheridan,
Crook and Mr. Cowan are at the White
House consulting with the President
over Indian affairs.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Earthquake in California—Murder
Caused by Benzine and Politics.
San Francisco, November 3.—Severe
earthquake at Fort Yuma.
Baltimore, November 3.—A special
from Annapolis says that during an
altercation, originating in a political
discussion this afternoon, George
Schmidt, proprietor of Marx’s Hotel,
was shot and killed by William Bar
ber, an employe in the Kallero Restau
rant. Barber was intoxicated.
Robbery of a Bank—Louisiana MurJ
derers to Hang.
Scranton, November 3. —The First
National Bank at Pittston was broken
into last night by burglars, who effect
eu an entrance to the vault, where they
blew open two spherical safes and ab
stracted $40,000 In bonds and money.
They entered and departed through
the roof. The bank was a one-story
brick structure, and had a flat tin roof.
The thieves cut a hole about eighteen
inches square, aud from this three of
the gang descended by a rope
ladder into the valt, leaving two
confederates on the outside to watch
and assist them in escaping. The vault
was guarded by a strong door sup
plied with a burglar alarm, but the
thieves entered through the top of the
vault. The thieves were surprised by
the neighbors just as they were escap
ing at morning. An alarm was raised,
but the burglars succeeded in escaping,
leaving behind them a complete set of
burglar’s tools.
New Orleans, November 3.—The
Governor has signed the death war
rants of six criminals convicted of mur
der, two lu Coushatta, w 7 ho will be exe
cuted November 19th; two in Monroe
and two in New Orleans to be executed
November 26th. Two of the condemn
ed are white and four colored.
Mr. Salem Dutcher Admitted to Prac
tice.
Washington, November 2. — On mo
tion of Wm. M. Evarts, alem Dutcher,
of Augusta, Ga., was admitted to prac
tice in the Supreme Court.
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Meeting of Conductors—Business and
Pleasure.
Atlanta, Ga., November 2.—The
Brotherhood of Conductors assembled
in grand convention. Delegations from
thirty-six subordinate divisions and all
grand officers are present. No busi
ness yet except preliminary. Regular
business to-morrow. The convention
will remain all the week. A banquet,
at the Kimball Hduse, will be given on
Friday night, and an excursion to
Florida follows.
Fall River, November 3.—lnsurance
on the Mullupoissett Mill, machinery,
stock, &c., $140,500.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
Unfortunate Carlist Generals—Threa
tened Occupation of Esjypt by Eng
land-Central and Soupi American
News. t
Madrid, November 3. — balls, hav
ing returned to Spain, ifss been ar
rested by the Carlisle, |£|aballs and
Dorregaray will be tried! for the late
disasters to the Carlist cal‘:ie.
London, November 3. — 'fce Pall Mall
Gazette, in leading articles, says the
English occupation of Egypt is only a
question of time, as that tjtep is neces
sary for the preservation *f our Indian
empire. §
Cardinal McCloskey arrived in Lon
don to-day.
G. A. Witt & Cos. have •’ died. Lia
bilities, $500,000.
New York, November 8. —Panama
dates 21. St. Arosemana, eit-President
is still under arrest. Bandits attempt
ed to assassinate the Governor and
other officials at San Juan‘Del Norte.
The Governor was shotin tfieshoulder;
his wife and daughter were! wounded.
A policeman was killed du Pag the at
tack on the Governor’3 house. Bandits
released prisoners from the jail.—
Foreign residents and owners made
terms with the bandits. The Governor
resigning, the British Vice Consul is
taking charge of affairs Finally a
force of 85 soldiers came down aud re
stored order. ;
Panama, October 21.—TL-xee fourths
of Iquique, Peru, were burned. Twenty
four blocks of stores, bant:s aud offi
ces were destroyed. The foramen were
aided by crews from the viihips. The
loss is estimated at five millions.
There has been a rough- and-tumble
fight between partisans of Admiral
Montero and Gen. Padro, Presidential
canditates, and several persons were
killed.
Cardinal McCloskey's Progress.
London, November 2. —Cardinal Mc-
Closkey to-day received a number of
prominent Americans. He leaves Lon
don for Dublin on Friday. His early de
parture will prevent the presentation
of an address, which was proposed.
Alfonso to take Command—Pacifica
tion of ‘•Rebels^,"
Madrid, November 2.— iJSl Cronista
announces that the King wj.ll take com
mand of the Northern aiyny early in
December. \
An official dispatch fro jn Gen. Mar
tinez Campos is that
the last of the Carlist rebels in Cata
lonia, to the number of 685), including
six commanders, have as|ced for am
nesty. The pacification c|? the prov
ince is reported to be comi .ete.
Another London Fsf-lure.
London, November 3.— <*ohn James
Ronoldsou & Sons, West| India mer
chants, have failed for $350,000.
Cuban News.
Havana, November 3.—The authori
ties at Jamaica proposed t<- restore the
cargo of the steamer Ureguay, under
a bond of $5,000 stipulating that it
shall go direct to a port of; she United
States. Tho condition h&a not been
accepted. | •
The steamer Worcester, pom Aspin
wall, arrived at Kingston jOctober 30,
to sail to-day for Key Wes|. All well.
Probable Intervention of': Austria in
Turkish Aflairs—Bow lestfJros. to Re
sume. fj
London, November 3. —T*te Pall Mall
Gazette’s special from Berlin says the
northern powers have incited Austria
as one most interested to srame a pro
position for guarantees demand
ed and control to be exfe|cised to en
sure the performance of e Sultan’s
promises of reform to th*> insurgents
in his vassal States. Couvt Andrassy
is now elaborating such a
It is believed the Sublime j/orte will be
unable to suppress the rebellion, aud
that the Great Powers wilksanction the
intervention of Austria nesjt spring.
An application lias beensmade in the
Court of Bankruptcy for confirma
tion of a scheme of settlement arranged
among the creditors of Bowles Bros.,
the American bankers, Involving the
amalgamation of all the issets into a
common fund and the resumption of
business by Charles Bowleg, under the
style of Bowles Bros. & Co*,. he giving
bonds for the full paymijqt of debts,
and all opposing litigation to cease.
The Registrar made an Crider subject
to the production of a deed embodying
the terms of arrangement jund form of
the proposed bond. i
London, November 2.—’|he Faraday
has grappled and buoyed‘the Direot
cable.
A Liverpool Failure—American Cotton
—A Drowning Case.
Liverpool, November 2£--Dean Pa
lerlogo & Sons have suspended. Lia
bilities, $500,000.
The Parthia took £15,00P sterling.
The Post says that new §;exas cotton
is classed much better sian the old
quotations, and averages 1 1-16 higher.
It is thought that Texas ftad Orleans
quotations will shortly be identical.
At St. Familie, in the island of Or
leans, 17 persons, who were landing
from St. Montgomery in scow, were
drowned.
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FROM LO . ISVItLE.
Review of the Tobaccy Market.
Louisville, November jl.—The to
bacco year just closed wil be as me
morable as its immediate {predecessor,
though it will be remertbered with
very different feelings, if season of
shrinkage aud loss everywhere to
those engaged iu handlirL tlie staple.
It is In striking contraft with the
buoyancy In values and profits in trade
which distiugufshed last jfear. But if
we iuciude the vast majority of our
population and large preponderance of
capital invested in it, the results of the
year wiil far more than:' redeem its
character. The successful crops and
declining prices of 1875 ijfrord better
grounds for congratulation than the
ruined crops and buoyant markets of
1871 ' Jail"* I
A young lady who reached Portland,
Oregon, direct from Germany, two
weeks since, became hjmesick and
started for her mother’s h >me in Fath
erland again in thirty hou*.
San Francisco papers announce the
marriage of Miss Eloise jKelly, a girl
totally blind from birth, to one of the
mechanics with two gooif eyes in the
asylum where she has beey living.
In one of the public schools of Fort
Wayne, Ind., there are thioe pairs of
twins, all girls, and nearlyfe f the same
age. Each one resembles *ier sister so
much that the teacher is puzzled to call
them by their right name/
Mrs. Maria Denman, th;i driver of a
cab at Kingston-on-ThaGes, recently
had a male rival arrested j,nd fined for
preventing her from getting a fare by
repjesenting that she oontd not drive.
Mrs. Denman drives in the attire of
her sex.
LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
The Earthquake—Shaking Up the
City—The Twelfth Night Revelers—
Acquittal of Hughes and Hollifleld
—Run on the City Bank of Macon
—The Brotherhood of Conductors.
[From our Regular Correspondent.]
Atlanta, November 2.
We’ve had an earthquake—a regu
lar, robust, rollicking earthquake—und
the topmost pinnacle of our vaulting
ambition has been reached. No pent
up Utica contracts our powers now,
no South American disasters can crow
over us now, for we are even with the
world. The brightest diadem iu At
lanta’s progressive crown glitteringly
took its place last night, and fabled
Juno ne’er strode with more pompous
pride or queen-like majesty than
strutted the enterprising little city to
day. We are proud, smiling aud happy.
We have coveted the terrible rumbles
that recently growled in far-off Cali
fornia, and have envied Missouri of
her famous earth-grumbling of 1811;
but we covet no more. The mantle of
earthquake glory has fallen on our
Atalantian shoulders and we bear the
honor with becoming grace.
This greatest leaf in the enterprising
laureled chaplet on fair Atlanta’s clas
sic brow, came last night about teu
o’clock, when our youugsters had
scampered off to bed and the stillness
of night was just setting in. For a few
seconds only—hardly a minute—the
entire city rocked to and fro with an
easy yet powerful sway. In some lo
calities the shock was great enough to
jar windows, while in others It was
scarcely perceptible. At the building
called Good Templars’ Hall, In which a
lodge was in meeting, the shock was
great, and created considerable alarm.
In another large building, where sev
eral persons were at work, the jar was
sufficient to put out the gaslights.
A gentleman who felt It very sensibly
told me that the sensation was as if
some leviathan ground-mole was plow
ing through the earth beneath his feet.
No noise, save that of rattling of win
dows, accompanied the quake. It was
simply a quiet, uu-Shermanlike march
to the sea—an Okeefeenoltee explora
tion underground of an embowelled
rumble. No damage was done, and as
the country is safe yet, thanks are due.
Many people will stay up to-night
with smoked glasses—some smoking
hot—telescopes, &c., watching for it.
Noise positively prohibited. Fractious
engines and loathsome bells will re
main quiet, in order that the slightest
sound may readily fall upon the quick
ened tympanums of anxious ears.
The Twelfth Night Revelers.
Preparations have been Inaugurated
for holding another grand carnival on
Oltl Christmas Day. The engraving
will be done in the highest style, and
the proclamations will be equal in
colors aud effect to a red-hot circus
bill. It has been a puzzle to me why
Augusta, Savannah, Macon and Colum
bus failed, each year, to get up this
grand, nonsensical yet enjoyable car
nival. Here we have a small number
of Intelligent young men who meet in
secret, work in secret, and guard their
secrets well. They elect some good
maa as Rex for each year,
and he is known only to this
famous and secret few until the affair
is over. Each member Is assessed a
certain amount, and the revenue is in
creased by the sale of privileges, such
as grocer to the king, butcher to the
king, &c. A grand ball iu grand cos
tume is given in which it is quite an
honor to engage. The young men thus
enjoy themselves quite regally at a
small cost. The feature of the thing
is tae procession which is engaged in
by every business firm in the city.—
Adrertising In this way generally tells.
The representations of some depart
ments of business are gorgeous and
not lost on the vast crowd that is al
ways on hand.
The coming carnival promises to be
the most magnificent of previous ef
forts, as a subject will be chosen to be
represented. The subject is announced,
aurl those who participate will repre
sent portions of it as their varied fan
cies may suggest.
Acquitted.
As foreshadowed in previous letters,
Huges and Hollifleld were found “not
guity” of the murder of John Wilmoth.
The jury was out a long time, but say
their delay in making a verdict was
because they needed information bear
ing on fhe case. The two men may
congratulate each other.
The Troubadours.
Some people imagine that if John T.
Ford is connected with the manage
ment, of a show, that show Is good.
This is a mistake. Ford would as soon
send a poor troupe as a good one if It
woild make him money. The Salis
buiy Troubadours performed here last
night and to-night to poor houses.
Th-3y are under Ford’s management
and are decidedly on the average.
They are mere clever performers, but
nothing more. Ford thinks we of the
Soith "cannot distinguish the good
from the bad, and sends along any
thing, trusting to his high reputation
as & manager for drawing crowds. He
must send along something better than
the so-called Troubadours.
The Macon Failures.
The city was somewhat startled on
Monday at the reported failures of
several leading business houses of Ma
cn. Rumor made it out that old Ma
con had gone by the board, and her
people in bankruptcy. Further advices
remove the rumor, and explain that
the report grew out of the fact that
reports got afloat damaging the City
Bank, causing a run. This run, how
ever, was promptly met, and the bank
is ible to meet all claims. The rumors
concerning the bank were unfounded.
The Conductors.
The Brotherhood of Conductors of
the United States are in session here.
Nearly every part of the Union is rep
resented. This is their annual meet
ing, and they will no doubt exchange
opnions on the best ways of “knocking
dovn.” This class of men—usually
the best humored and accommodating
men—are the most unfortunate you
can strike. Whether they steal or not,
they are eternally accused of it, and
thay deserve our sympathy. Honesty
goes as long a way with them as with
us but you never hear one spoken of
as a man who wouldn’t “knock down.”
The Brotherhood are being enter
tained In good style here. A banquet
and ball will be given them at the Kim
ball House Friday night, and Joe
BraWn has offered them a train of cars
free for an excursion to Florida. They
will probably leave on this trip Sunday
night. Martha.
1 mother of the Princess Hobenzol
lein supports a hospital at New Wied
by selling the famous Wied dogs, the
purest breed of the St. Bernards. The
favorite color is facon, with white mark
ing. They are sold at SSO each and
find a ready market.
LETTER FROM CHARLESTON.
The New Democratic Paper—s2s,ooo
Subscribed—Judge Reed—Plenty of
Amusements.
[Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.]
Charleston, S. C., November 2, 1875.
Some of the far-seeing business men
of our city, having concluded that
Charleston would be benefited by the
appearance of two daily morning pa
peis, have gone to work with com
mendable vigor to effect the perma
nent establishment of another journal.
Rumor states that $25,000 have already
been subscribed by gentlemen, whose
names are a guarantee for any amount
that they pledge themselves for; and
that as soon as the sum ($50,000) de
sired by the projectors of the scheme
is realized, that we will have two daily
papers established upon a firm basis.
Whether the additional amount will be
contributed it remains for the future
to develop—present indications point
to the successful termination of the
project. The stockholders are already
speaking of the forthcoming editor,
and iu this connection I may mention
that the name of a gentleman of your
city is brought prominently forward.
Judge Reed.
Judge Reed, than whom no fairer,
more independent, or impartial judge
sits upon any bench, opened the Court
of General Sessions on Monday last.
Mr. Reed, one year ago, was compara
tiuely unknown in Charleston. To-day, I
be commands and obtains the respect
and veneration of the bar of our city,
as well also of our entire community—
if I except thelaw-breakeis over whose
heads he has held the sword of Damo
cles.
The Circus and Theatre.
During the past and present [weeks
we have been entertained in every pos
sible way. First there was a concert
introduced for the benefit of the Unita- i
rian Church. The hail was crowded 1
with the beauty aud intelligence of our i
city. Anticipation was high, but there
was no disappointment, for the
tastes of the most fastidious aud
discriminating were gratified by the
excellence of the music and the
perfection of the singing. Then
came Howe’s circus which set all young
Charleston crazy with a delight, which
was but enhanced by the magnificent
show made in the parade through our
streets. Quickly following, was Sheri
dan & Mack’s Troupe whose perfor
mances were not as well attended as
they deserved; and lastly, but not least
“Buffalo Bill” and “Texas Jack,” to
gether with their company, made their
appearance last night to a crowded
house. To say that the audience was
pleased would be but faintly to express
fheir opinion, which they manifested by
frequent encores. Both the dangers
and pleasures of frontier life were
graphically depicted, while nothing was
said that could offend the most fasti
dious lady. Emanuel.
Facts About the German Army.
[Dresden Chronicle. 18th.
As everything connected with the
organization of the German armj 7 pos
sesses great interest for all the world,
we hasten to communicate to our
readers the important fact that the
number of remounts for the armies of
Germany, exclusive of Bavaria, Sax- j
ony and Wuateraburg, has been fixed
for the present year at 6,549. Each
regiment of cavalry receives 63 and 1
each regiment of artillery 53. In Sax
any and Wurtemburg the horses re
quired for the armies are, out of mo
tives of economy, privately purchased
by the contractors. The same system
is adopted in Bavaria, the young
horses being sent to the remount de
pots until they are thoroughly fit for
the service. At the end of last year the
province of Prussia contained 531,831 j
horses; Silesia, 256,467; Braudenburg, j
235,987; Posen, 194,000; Pomerania, 172,-
181, the Rhine provinces, 131,256; I
Westphalia, 115,674; Hanover, 186,712; !
Sleswick-Holstein, 134,144; and Hesse j
Nassau, 65,255. There were 78,538 j
horses in use for the army. Prussia j
alone contained 2,280,606 horses, while !
the total for the whole of the German
empire was 3,362,231. A. study equally
interesting, and far more significant
than equine statistics is tho increasing
desertion from the German army, de- |
sertion that is, in the legal term, for j
every German liable to military duty i
who does not appear when he is called :
upon, is counted a deserter. Last year, !
9 per cent, of the young men liable to
serve omitted to present themselves
when called upon, iu other words the
deserters from the armies of the 1
Fatherland aggregated 82,418 men— j
almost as many as the entire rank and '
file of the British army. It is un
doubtedly true that 16,072 of these
recusants to military duty belonged
to Alsace and Lorraine, a still
greater number—l6,B3o —were na
tives of Prussia. Most of these
men, just arrived at an age when their
labor ought to be most beneficial to
the community, are supposed to have
left the country. Unless this exodus
can be stopped Germany will have to
submit every year to a loss of men
greater than the entire losses in killed
during the war with France. Well
may German papers complain of the
terrible burden of the military system ;
but so long as the present military
regime endures, that is, so long as the
Emperor and Count Yon Moltke are to
the fore there is but scant hope of the
burden being perceptibly lightened.
Meanwhile, what is one nation’s loss is
another’s gain. The United States and
the South American Republics are the
richer by all that Germany loses in this
migration.
Fatal Duel Between Polish Jews—A
Negro Desperado and Murderer.
New York, November 2.—A duel oc
curred this p. m. on the top floor of
No. 106 Delaney street between two
Polish Jews named Joseph Goldman
and Moses Piskall. Goldman was shot
over the right temple and right cheek
and instantly killed. Piskall was shot
over the right ej T e and mortally wound
ed. The men were partners as jewel
lers, and the tragedy is supposed to
have arisen out of a business quarrel.
Memphis, November 2.— Ed Johnson,
a desperate negro, stabbed two white
men and two negroes on the steamer
Phil Alien yesterday about twelve
miles below here, killing one negro in
stantly. The other one was put ashore
in a dying condition. The crew of the
Allen arrested Johnson and sent him
back here for trial. It is reported that
he recently escaped from Larion, Ar
kansas, jail, where he was confined for
the murder of another negro.
Cuban News.
Havana, November 2.— Transports,
with |2,000 more troops, arrived to-day
from Spain.
The Government has issued a deoree,
which is dated October 29th, and is to
take effect January Ist, 1876, requiring
the invoices of all goods imported into
the island to be certified by the Span
ish Consul at the port of shipment.
New Series—Vol. 28, No. 77
GETTYSBURG.
THE MORAL OF A GREAT BATTLE.
i A Deed of Valor the South Should Not
be Ashamed of—Gen. Lee’s Sublime
Self-Sacrifice—The Dawn of Better
Days.
In a magnificent oration at Rich
mond, Va., recently, Major John W.
Daniel recounted the dramatic story
of Gettysburg, and concluded his ad
dress as follows:
“My chief object has been to state
facts which will stand as landmarks of
Confederate history, rather than to
attempt mellifluous phrases which
would roll away like rippling waters.
And these—selected from a mass—are
related only in the hope of stimulating
further researches and expositions, and
not in the vain belief that they com
prehend even the half of these sad but
brilliant annals.
“For many reasons it is important to
you and to our people that the truth
respecting this great action should
be studiously explored and fully re
counted. Fought at the furthermost
northern point to which our armies
penetrated at any time, it is projected
into a conspicuousness which belongs
to no other field. Its result increased
in the North the prominence imparted
to it by its geographical location, and
Northern painters, sculptors, essayists,
orators and historians have exhausted
the resources of art and language in
picturing its actors and its scenes, and
in celebratiug the real, and too fre
quently the fictitious, exploits which
the Union troops performed.
“Above all, it marked a decisive turn
in the fortunes of the war. ‘lt was/
as Mr. Swiuton styles it, ‘the high
water mark of the rebellion.’ It was,
| indeed, what the historian Hallam so
finely says of the victory won by Chas.
Martel over the invading Saracens be
tween Tours and Poictlers, ‘one of those
few battles of which the contrary event
| would have essentially varied the
drama of the world in all its subse
quent scenes.’ For had the grand as
sault on Cemetery Ridge been compen
sated by results proportioned to the
genius which directed, and the courage
which made it, Baltimore and Wash
ington would have been its prizes, for
eign recognition its reward, and the
establishment of the Confederate States
as an independent nation its final
fruitage. Throughout the North, on the
4th day of July, 1863, the telegraphic
wires were flashing with the news
bonfires and joyous bells were welcom
ing the tidings—that Pemberton had
stacked arms before Grant and Vicks
burg, and that Lee had been repulsed
by Meade at Gettysburg. At once de
spondent hearts were elated; elamor
our peace men were silenced; distract
ed counsels were harmonized, and a di
vided people were united. The rich,
populous, world-assisted North stood
in phalanx against the thin, impover
ished and beleaguered people of the
South. The policy of attrition was in
augurated, and henceforth the strug
gle—though radiant with all the vir
tues thatjheroism, skill and self-sacri
fice could put forth—was only a con
test between the sands of the hour
glass and time.
“While these causes have conspired
to direct the eyes of the world to the
field of Gettysburg, they made it to us
a sore subject, reviving sorrow for the
‘unreturuing brave’ who fell there, in
creasing the poignancy of defeat by
the contrast between the bright prom
ise of the first day’s battle and the dis
astrous realizations of the third, and
bringing to mind the sad refrain:
‘Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these—it might have been.’
“Therefore, its glorious annals have
been neglected on our side; criticisms
and censures upon gallant and worthy
officers have gone unchallenged, and
as yet no hand has unfolded the
graphic scroll that shall tell to time the
deeds which are worthy of eternity.
Let no Confederate shrink before the
name of Gettysburg because it was
dark with disaster and bitter with dis
appointment. The gallant Frenchman
blushas for Sedan and Metz the blush
of shame, but with us the cheek may
well glow with honest pride as we re
call the past, that on the day of our
misfortune the flame of liberty was fed
with the richest libation ever poured
upon her altar, and glory opened to
the Confederate brotherhood who
gathered around them the doors of im
mortality. The open fields over which
the unsheltered heroes moved tell
more eloquently than the emblazoned
page of history the tale of their devo
tion, and all Seminary Ridge is their
everlasting monument. And now we
may apply to them the words of
Pericles, pronounced in memory of the
Athenians who fell in the Persian war:
“They are become immortal like the
gods, for the gods themselves are not
visible; but from the honors they re
ceive and the happiness they enjay we
conclude they are immortal, and such
should die for their country.”
“ Nor let the Confederate shrink be
fore that critic who, from the serene
atmosphere of his sanctum, steps forth
to pluck a laurel from the reputation of
that great commander, who so boldly
attempted what others would pale to
think of. With the fall of Vicksburg
imminent, Gen. Lee felt that the hour
demanded this Herculean effort. With
the spirit of a Ceasar or a Napoleon he
braveiy cast and bravely stood the
hazard of the die. By the very audac
ity of his well-aimed stroke, he de
served—by the steady heroism of Pick
ett’s men—he well nigh won, and only
by a series of those curious accidents
which, in the game of war, oonfound
the wisdom of the wise, did he lose
that crowning triumph which his su
preme endeavor was so well devised to
win.
“ ‘lt was all my fault,’ said Gen. Lee,
but not such will be the verdict of the
just historian, who shall traoe through
the sanguinary and tumultuous inci
dents of that hard fought field the
course of him, who, after exposing his
person with unconscious course to all
the dangers of the fray, in the grandeur
of his soul would crucify his own
illustrious name, and make that repu
tation, more precious than life itself,
vicarious sacrifice for his lieutenants
and his men. And when the moralist,
peeking the brightest example of what
is heroic and grand in action and
martyr-like In spirit, that he may
erect a model before human kind to
warm its finest fancies and excite its
highest aspirations, he shall find it in
the person of Robert Lee upon the
summit of Seminary Ridge, the mount
of bis configuration, where sublima
ting all earthy instincts, the divinity
In his bosom was transoendent through
the man, and his spirit rose up into the
god-like 1
“And the day shall dawn when here
on the Capitol Square we look again
upon the warrior’s form and face
moulded in perennial bronze; shall see
him once more mounted on his battle
steed, the seeming image of majesty
To Advertisers and Subscribers.
On AND after this date (April 21, 1875.) all
editions ef the Constitutionalist will be sent
free of postage.
Adverti sements must be paid for when han
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Monet may be remitted atour risk by Express
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Correspondence invited from all sources,
and valuable special news paid for if used.
Rejected Communications will not be re
turned, and no notice taken of anonymous
letters,, or articles written on both sides.
and victory; and the eye of the way
farer, the patriot and the pilgrim shall
grow brighter here as it contemplates
with one glance three illustrious and
congenial spirits, born in Virginia,
given to humanity, world-renowned—
George Washington, Stonewall Jackson
and Robert Lee.”
GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS.
Griffin News: Wm. Copeland, one of
the oldest and best citizens of Henry
county, died last week at the advanced
age of eighty-nine years. He was
born in Lawrence District, South Caro
lina, in 1786, and married in Henry
county, Ga., when quite a young man,
where he resided up to the time of his
death. He raised a family of twelve
children, has eighty odd grandchildren
and a goodly number of great grand
children, and a host of friends left be
hind to mourn his loss.
Columbus Enguirer : A telegram re
ceived here yesterday announced that
■ that morning Mr. D. D. Johnson, spe
cial agent of the Georgia Home Insu
rance Company, was found dead in his
bed in Perry, Houston county, Geor
gia. He was a native of Illinois, and
28 or 30 years of age. He had been
employed in Atlanta, and was after
wards retained by the Georgia Home,
in whose service he has been for some
months. A wife and child have been
awaiting his coming, but alas ! it will
never be, except as a corpse. They are
boarding with Mis# Lila Howard. The
deceased is thought to have destroyed
his own life, because of financial
troubles. The remaius will probably
arrive here to-day.
Covington Star: A most shocking
accident occurred last Thursday week
near Walnut Grove, in Walton county,
which resulted in the instant death of
Mr. James Brand, a highly respected
citizen of that county. Mr. Brand was
engaged in making sorghum syrup at
the time, and in raising up suddenly
from a stooping position his head was
caught between the lever to which the
horses were attached and the end of
one of the upright posts over which
the lever passed, and was instantly
crushed to a jelly, and almost torn
from his boby. Mr. Brand was about
twenty-seven years of age, and leaves
a wife and one child, and a large circle
of friends, to mourn his untimely
death.
THE SECOND OF THE KIND.
An Extraordinary Surgical Operation
Upon the Carotid Artery.
[Detroit News.]
The public have not forgotten the
terrible powder explosion which occur
red at Ann Arbor abeut the middle of
August. All of the wounded are about
their business save Henry Ortman, the
step-son of Mr. Herz, in whose store
the explosion occurred. It will be re
collected that his right eye was sup
posed to be destroyed, and that the
right side of his neck was badly lace
rated. His eye, it is now thought, will
be saved if ho recovers from his other
Injuries, which, however, are of a na
ture that renders his case still extreme
ly doubtful.
It geems that a scale of glass or
some other foreign substance had made
quite an inciuion into the common car
otid artery. For a time this foreign
substance was held upon the wound so
tightly by the facra. of the neck that
the outward flow of blood to any great
extent was prevented until a sac had
formed about the arterial wound. This
sac grow in size rapidly, the blood lat
terly spurted Into it from the artery at
every beating of the heart, until, when
the operation was performed on Thurs
day afternoon, it had reached the size
of a man’s fist, with a possibility to
burst at any moment.
The nature of the case was such that
the artery could not be ligated below
the sac, as has been done in some in
stances, as the sac came within a
quarter of an inch of the collar bone.
Therefore after a sufficient dissection
to enable the proper pressure to bo
brought to bear upon the artory the
sac was opened and the ligation suc
cessfully secured. Some dozen arteries
beside the carotid had to bo ligated
during the operation.
The operation was performed by
Prof. Geo. E. Frothingham, of tho
medical department of the Miohlgan
University, who had charge of the case
from the first, assisted by Prof. Mc-
Lean, Prof. Cheever, Dr. Knapp, and
several medical students.
It is the second operation of the
kind upon the carotid artery on record.
The other case was performed by the
late Prof. Syme, of Edinburgh, Scot
land, some twenty years ago.
The loss of blood was so small that
transfusion, which had been in con
templation, was not resorted to.
The patient was doing as well as
could possibly be expected twenty-four
hours after the operation, with about
an equal chance between life and
death,
A. H. Stephens and Education.
The eloquent Congressman from
Georgia is writing to the Christian at
Work on the subject of education. Of
Jefferson’s example, he says :
The father died when the son was
but fourteen. The thorough education
or this son lay nearer his heart than all
the wealth he had to bestow upon him.
His dying injunction was that Thomas
should receive such an education above
every other consideration. This wise
parent looked well to physical develop
ment, and deeply impressed upon his
youthful mind many pertinent maxims
and principles. Among these was
proper respect to superiors, with
due courtesy to inferiors. Of the
whole retinue of servants that
thronged the paternal mansion, Thomas
was taught never to call upon one for
any personal service that he could ren
der himself. The maxim was, “Never
ask another to do for you what you
can do for yourself.” Long in after
life, when Mr. Jefferson had attained
the highest distinction, he often said
he more highly prized the education
secured by the dying injunction of his
father than all the estates he had left
him. So will it be with parents, if they
can but succeed in securing for their
children that education which should
be their chief object. If your means be
ever so limited you cannot dispose of
them to their utmost extent in a better
way.
Let us appropriate to ourselves every
flower of culture that comes in our way
and let us not be slow to give to those
dependent upon us every facility for
ennobling the moral character and
quickening the intellectual faculties,
assured that such bread cast upon the
water shall return to us after many
days,, _
Civilization follows the path of the
white man. A number of map posts
have been put up at Cheyenne, and
the Indians stand round them seeing
whioh can spit the highest,