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H. C. STEVENSON. Manager.
The Grand Vizier has become a veritable
“Sick Man of Europe.”
It is very much to be feared .hat the
Waco’s passengers have all perished.
Messrs. Walker and Henderson, of Bal
timore, well known in our commercial cir
oies, are in the city.
Whiskey frauds continue. New peniten
tiaries will have to be built if this thing
sweeps the whole Held of rogues.
Very bad weather, followed by rising
rivers, Is reported in England and France.
Floods are looked for.
The South Carolina State Fair is said to
be unsuccessful. Mr. W. M. Lawton de-
livered his admirable address to some fifty
or sixty persons.
The Edgefield Advertiser says: “Mayor
Estes has made a report, published in both
of the Augusta dailies, which—to an out
sider—seems thorough, complete and
manly.
The Columbus Times’ editor is after the
“ intelligent compositor ” who made him
say that Mrs. Westmoreland was “on the
night hook” when he wrote “on the
right track.” Editors should read their
own proof, and revise it, if necessary.
Another survivor from the wreck of the
Pacific has been picked up. He states dis
tinctly that the cause of disaster was col
lision with a ship under full sail. There
must have been some very bad night
watching on one or both vessels.
Referring to Moncure D. Conway’s
lecture on the Devil, the Courier-Journal
aays: “So graphically did he depict the
party with which Chicago is so familiar
that reiterated applause testified the
prompt recognition by the audience of their
old friend.”
Hopeful views are given of Vice-Presi
dent W’ilson’s case, but we somehow ap
prehend that he has not many days to live.
Ho has already had a stroke of paralysis,
ami is in a very unsatisfactory condition to
withstand a second grave blow to his
health. Still we trust our fears are un
founded.
O’ Maiiony, the former Head-Centre of
Fenianism, who is popularly supposed to
have had a gay and festive time out of the
cash subscribed by poor Irish men and
women, for an ostensibly patriotic pur
pose, has come to the surraoe again in a
law suit which iooks to the procurement of
certain funds said to be in the hands of
Belmont & Cos.
Defalcation has reached the Western
Union Telegraph Company, the cashier of
that corporation at New York having been
faithless to his trust. Like most men who
have committed theft, he endeavored to
right one wrong by perpetrating another.
It looks like the whole commercial fabric
was rotten, and developments of this char
acter will become very frequent this win
ter, if all signs do not fail.
The Griffin News puts on war-paint and
goes for “one Sawyer” thus: “We feel
called up m to say that ifjthe editor of the
Oimmonwealth or the author of the article,
be he who he may, had the least refereace
to the editor of this paper in said editorial,
he is an egregious slanderer. Now
let the “official” author of the article float
to the surface, and if we be not disappointed
in our man, we contract to ventilate his
past record so thoroughly that he will shine
and stink like a rotten mackerel in moon
light.”
The Macon Telegraph, talks sense In this
fashion: “Mr. Okton tells his directors
that the Western Union Telegraph never
was making so much money as now. Near
a million dollars profits in the quarter
ending October 1, and more business In Oc
tober than in the same month last year.
So it is a safe time to make those conces
sions in prices that have been suggestively
promised. One dollar, the highest rate for
a message of ten words to any part of the
United States—Why not ? And the news
papers—they are having rather a hard
time to make both ends meet. A conces
sion on their constantly increasing busi
ness is quite in order.”
FROM NEW YORK.
A Telegraph Company’s Cashier De
faults—He Bucks up Against Wall
Street Gamblers and Gets Smashed
—Another Failure—Elizabeth Roane.
New Yoke, November 11.—Leonard
Cox, Cashier of the Western Union
Telegraph Company here, defaulted to
the amount of 813,000 by misappropri
ation of the Company’s funds. Specu
lation in Wall street, with an expecta
tion of returning it when he won, is the
cause of his downfall. It is thought
his friends will make the defalcation
good.
C. W. Eliis & Cos., Bankers and Bro
kers, of Broad street, notified the Pro
duce Exchange yesterday they were
unable to meet their engangements.
It appears Ellis was the “Bull” in the
corner in October lard. The firm deals
both in securities and produce and also
does a banking business. The suspen
sion is caused by the refusal of a firm
to pay up the amounts due on their
shortage.
The young mistress of Thos. B. WThit
ney, who committed suicide on sth Av
enue Tuesday evening, is supposed to
have been named Elizabeth Roane. It
is said her friends reside in Richmond,
Virginia.
The Fenian Ex-Head Centre Wants
Cash from Belmont.
New York, November 11.—The old
case of John O’Mahoney, Fenian Head
Centre, against Belmont & Cos., bankers,
of New York, to recover 819,752 in gold,
with interest to date, was up to-day in
the Supreme Court of Brooklyn, on
motion of defendant’s counsel for an
order granting leave to file amended
answer, which he argued would be
only just to his client. The decision is
reserved.
The Stock Exchange, at a meeting
to-day, suspended two members for
cutting under regular commission
Another member was expelled
for frauds.
There is music in all things if men.
only had ears.
Louisa Alcott is dead “sot” against
striped stockings.
Anew English opera troupe has been
formed in Boston.
Large numbers of cattle are sent
from Iceland to England.
A bet won on Buchanan’s election
has just been paid In Alabama.
Russia has adopted anew principle
of equity, making railroads responsi
ble for damages to employes.
The street cars in Detroit go so slow
that the people wildly cry for sleeping
cars to be attached.
A venerable hen, eighteen years old,
owned in Madison county, Tenn., was
recently assassinated by hogs.
<xl)e 'Antinstn Constitutionalist,
Established 1799.
THE WRECKED STEAMERS.
Another Survivor of the Pacific Pick
ed Up—Cause of the Disaster —No
Tidings of the Waco’s Passengers.
San Francisco, November 11.—
Another survivor from the Pacific has
been picked up from a raft. He says
the Pacific was struck by a ship under
full sail. Capt. Howell was drowned
from this raft.
Galveston, November 10.—The tug
Buckthorn has returned. She saw one
of the Waco’s boats considerably burn
ed, which floated off, and some pieces
of cabin furniture. There was no trace
of the passengers or crew.
Drowned Chinamen and Lost Treasure
San Francisco, November 11.—The
Pacific had thirty-five Chinamen in the
steerage and six in the cabin. The
treasure in private hands was SIOO,OOO.
Petroleum Supposed to Have Caused
the Waco Disaster.
New York, November 11.—Super
vising Inspector Low says the Waco
had no certificate to carry petroleum.
If it can be proved she carried it the
matter will be placed in the hands of
the United States District Attorney.
Sketch of Capt. Howell.
Cincinnati, November 11. —A Mem
phis special says Capt. Howell, the lost
commander of the Pacific, recently
wrecked off the Oregon coast, was the
youngest brother of Mrs. Jefferson Da
vis. He resided in New Orleans several
years, served as midshipman in the
Confederate navy, and was lately pro
moted to command of the Pacific for
gallantry in rescuing shipwrecked per
sons in distress during a gale. He
was nearly thirty-eight years of age.
Details of the Waco Disaster.
Galveston, November 11. —The mate
of the ship Caledonia, which was lying
immediately astern of the Waco, states
he was on deck of the Caledonia on the
lookout, when he heard au explosion
and felt a shock. Looking in the di
rection of the Waco, he saw she was
enveloped in flames. About half an
hour later he heard cries for assist
ance, and saw five or six per
sons in the water. A few minutes
later he saw two persons afloat on a
fender or piece of wood. The mate
made preparations for sending all as
sistance possible by getting out life
lines and life buoys. The sea was run
ning so high at the time it was impos
sible to launch a boat. After hearing
the explosion he watched the steamer
closely, and states, after the first few
minutes, the fire lost the force and
character at first noticed. Statements
of men on vessels nearest jthe burning
steamer all agree as to seeing five or
six persons in the water also hearing
frequent explosions on the Waco,
which was no doubt cases of oil. All
officers and experienced seamen are of
opinion it was impossible for a boat to
have been safely launched from the
Waco on account of the rapid spread
of fire and the terrible sea that was
running. There is nothing later from
the West. Capt. Sawyer, agent of the
line, has been out since yesterday morn
ing with a good crew. They will ro
main outside as long as there is any
hope of saving one of the passengers
or crew.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Illness of Vice-President Wilson—
His Condition Serious but not Ne
cessarily' Hopeless.
Washington, November 11. —There
are contradictory opinions regarding
Vice-President Wilson’s condition this
a. m. He was restless duiiug tiie night,
placing his hands on his heart and head
and, at intervals, had spasmodic ex
tensions of the arms. He had urinal
but no foetal action. Whiskey and
opiates have been injected under the
skin. He is now drowsy and indisposed
to conversation. Dr. Baxter said, at 11
o’clock, that he was resting more com
fortably and thinks he will recover.
Wilson himself said he felt more natu
ral.
Hon. Henry Wilson Gets Shaved and
Feels Better.
Washington, November 11.—At 1
o’clock Mr. Wilson was shaved and
dropped into a quiet sleep. He slept
until toward evening, and took some
nourishment. The treatment now will
be of a tonic character .commencing with
valerianate of quinine. Dr. Baxter ex
pects to have him out in a day or two.
Decision of a Great Land Claim —Ap-
pointment and Resignation—lnter
nal Revenue Statistics.
Attorney General Pierrepont has de
cided that the act of Congress of April
27, ISI6, confirmed to Hugh and John
Maxwell the grant of ninety-six thou
sand acres of land at the forks of Black
River, Missouri, made to President
Maxwell in 1799 by the Spanish Gover
nor. This large tract of land, situated
in Reynolds and Iron counties, Mis
souri, is therefore declared to belong to
the claimants, represented here by
Warwick Tunstell.
Wra. W. Civites, Chief Clerk of the
General Land Office, has resigned.
Wm. G. Riley, of Virginia, has been
appointed Consul to Zanzibar.
The President returned this morn
ing.
The report of the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue shows the actual
amounts received into the Treasury
from all sources, exclusive of loans and
treasury notes, from and after June 30.
1871, to June 40, 1874, inclusive, was
843,956,383.41. The report gives a full
history of taxation and details of its
collection.
The Roman Catholic Church Awarded
a Great Sum of Money.
Washington. November 11.—Sir Ed
ward Thornton, umpire of the Mexican
Claims Commission, has awarded in
the case of the Roman Catho
lic Church, represented by Thaddeus
Amat, Bishop of Monterey, and
Jos. S. Allemany, Archbishop of San
Francisco, vs. Mexico—properly known
as the Pious Fund case. The fund
dates back to 1735, and the original
donation was to the Society of Jesus. In
1842 Santa Anna decreed the fund into
the Treasury, engaging that the Gov
ernment should pay forever six per
cent, interest to beneficiaries. These
payments have been omitted. The
umpire decides that Mexico shall pay
the claimants 8904,700, gold.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
Jefferson Davis Accepts a Presidency.
New Orleans, November 11.—Jeffer
son Davis has accepted the Presidency
of the American Department of the'
Mississippi Valley Society, of London,
tendered him by the President of the
organization. The object of this move
ment is to direct attention to the de
velopment of commercial, agricultural
and mineral resources of the Valley of
the Mississippi. Mr. Davis will devote
his entire energies to the work in this
country and Europe.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
French Politics—Spain and Rome
Coming to Terms.
Paris, November 11.— Specie de
crease, 3,518,000 francs.
The National Assembly will to-day
begin debate on the fourteenth clause
of the electoral law, which will decide
the method of voting. M. Dufaure is
expected to open for the ministerial
policy, Gambetta replying. Thiers,
Buffet and Ricard are also expected to
speak.
Rome, November 11.—The Vatican’s
reply to the Spanish note was sent to
Madrid yesterday. The Vatican ac
cepts the declaration of the Govern
ment that it is desirious to come to an
understanding and has given the Papal
Nuncio at Madrid instructions to nego
tiate.
Bad Weather in England and France
—The Grand Vizier 111—Recovery of
the Queen of Holland—Turf Notes.
London, November 11.—The weather
in England and France during the past
week, has been very stormy. Heavy
and almost incessant raius have fallen
in many parts of both countries and
flooded vast tracts which are threaten
ed by rising rivers.
The Liverpool autumn cup was won
by Activity, beating nineteen horses.
In the race for the Liverpool cup,
Peto was second and Genuine third.
Constantinople, November 11.—The
Grand Vizier is seriously iil.
The present political state of affairs
causes uneasiness in Bulgaria.
The Hague, November 11. The
Queen of the Netherlands is slowly im
proving.
The Ville de Paris’ Situation—Fatal
Explosion in Belgium—More Turkey.
Havre, November 11.—The Ville de
Paris remains in the same position.—
It is impossible to proceed to the ope
ration of docking owing to the continu
ance of tiie gale. Preparations are
making to discharge the cargo.
Seraing, Belgium, November 11.—An
explosion of fire damp occurred at the
Mariaboye colliery. Ten men were
killed and one hundred hurt.
St. Petersburg, November 11.—The
Golos newspaper says of a recent arti
cle in the Gazette that it confirms the
peaceful sentiments and the universal
agreement of the Great Powers on the
Turkish question.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Proceedings of the Episcopal Con
gress.
Philadelphia, November 11. —The at
tendance at to-day’s meeting of the
Church Congress of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the United States
was much larger than yesterday. The
morning session was occupied in the
discussion of the subject of the nature
and extent of Episcopal authority.
Elaborate and interesting papers on the
subject were read by Revs. A. M. Vinton,
of Boston, and John Fulton, of Indian
apolis. Addresses on the same subject
were delivered by Rev. -T F GnrHami,
oi uamden, N. J.; Rev. C. K. Nelson, of
Annapolis, Md.; Rev. D. K. Goodwin,
of this city, and others. At the open
ing of the evening session, Rt. Rev. F.
D. Huntington, D. D., Bishop of Cen
tral New York, read a paper on “Pa
rochial system of free preaching,”
claiming free preaching to be a feature
of a completely equipped national
church. Francis Wells also treated
on the same subject. The volunteer
speakers were Rev. Dr. Edward B.
Boggs, Rev. Julius H. Ward, Rev. J. E.
Grarnward, Rev. Dr. Langdon, and Rev.
Dr. Stephen H. Tyng. The latter con
sidered the Congress one hundred years
behind the time in beginning to discuss
free pleaching now. Rev. Dr. Boggs
advocated the general Convention pass
ing a law giving the Bishop power to
establish a mission in a parish where
the rector was unwilling to prosecute
the work successfully.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A Family Poisoned—More W'kiskey
Frauds—Storm on the Hudson —
Burning of a Sea-Side Hotel.
Louisville, November 11.—The fam
ily of Charles Massey, Jr., of Fords
ville, Ky., was taken suddenly ill. The
son, daughter and wife died. Strych
nine or arsenic was found in a well
used by the family. Other members of
the family are recovering.
Cincinnati, November 11. —How &
Hubbell, H. 11. Hamilton, Arnah & Cos.,
and W. T. Marshall, rectifiers, have
been indicted for whiskey frauds.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., November 11. —
A heavy wind prevailed along the Hud
son river last night. The steamer Drew
is ashore near Stockport. She lies high
and dry, with her wheels out of the wa
ter, but it is thought she is not serious
ly damaged. Another steamer, with a
large number of boats in tow, is ashore.
Portsmouth, N. H., November 11. —
The elegant Oceanic House at Star
Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, was
burned early this a. m., together with
most of the cottages on the island. As
seen from the Custom House here the
Atlantic House and Ancient Church
were savod. The cause of the fire is
unknown as it is impossible to reach
the island owing to a heavy gale and
rough sea prevailing. The hotel was
Insured for about 8143,000. The chim
ney is the only remant of the Oceanic
House left standing. A tug started for
the ShoalsHbut was obliged to put back.
The fire was distinctly seen from this
city.
Losses by the Oceanic nouse Fire.
Boston, November 11. —The loss by
the burning of the Oceanic House and
other buildings, at Star Island, is esti
mated at 8200,000. The hotel was in
sured for 850,000, and the furniture for
875,000. Among the insurance is the
Virginia, of Virginia ; Manyunk, of
Pennsylvania; Delaware, of Wilming
ton, Del., 815,000 each; Franklin, of
Philadelphia, 83.500; Pennsylvania, of
the State of Pennsylvania, and the Old
Dominion, of Richmond, 82,500 each.
Fatal Gas Accident—The New Eng
land Storm—Railway Accident.
Detroit, November 11.—Gas from
the flue of the Pullman Car Company’s
works injured nine workmen, two of
them fatally.
Boston, November 11. — The storm In
this yesterday and last night
did considerable damage, in addition
to the marine disasters already re
ported.
Middleboro, Mass., November 11.—
Edward Murphy and hia mother, both
under the influence of liquor, attempted
to cross the Fountain Railroad last
night in a wagon. The balked
and the young man was instantly killed
by an approaching train. The mother
escaped.
The Georgian says Professor Mont
gomery Cumming, the successor of
Prof. Broun in the Chair of Natural
Philosophy, arrived at Athens last
Saturday, and will immediately enter
upon his duties.
AUGUSTA. GA., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1875.
MISSISSIPPI’S VICTORY.
Native Rejoicings Over Tuesday’s
Work—A Good Legislature and
Peaceful Prospects Generally.
[Correspondence of the Cincinnati Com
mercial.]
Jackson, Miss., November 3.
As the election returns come, ths
magnitude of the white line victory be
comes apparent. At this writing it is a
question whether the Republicans have
carried a single count y in the State.
The official returns will doubtless give
them a few couuties, but they had aa
well have retired from the contest a
month before the election, so far as
substantial fruits from their cam
paigning is concerned.
I had not been in the State twenty
four hours until I saw how it was go
ing. In the first letter 1 wrote to the
Commercial, two weeks ago, I predict
ed a victory for the whites, and reiter
ated it nearly every letter since. Be
fore the impetuous determination of
the whites to carry the election at
every hazard, I knew that the
thirty thousand Republican major
ity would amount to nothing.
The whites carried the Legislature
by a majority of not less than thirty on
joint ballot, and have elected five out
of six Congressmen, to say nothing of
the clean sweep in county officers aDd
the election of their candidate for State
Treasurer.
The late Congressional delegation
stood five Republicans to one Demo
crat. The delegation now stands five
Democrats to one Republican, and even
this solitary Republican is not to a
certainty elected. The official returns
may leave him out.
The Legislature had a Republican
majority of about twenty on joint bal
lot. The Democrats have reversed it
and a little more, so that it will be
reliably Democratic on joint ballot by
thirty majority.
It is a clean sweep, a perfect revolu
tion. But the so-called revolution is
perfectly understood here. It was the
result of the frenzied determination of
the whites to carry the election at
every hazard, and they carried It.—
Their programme did not contemplate
ballot-box stuffing, or anything like
that, but simply to operate on the
minds of the negroes—convince them
that the property-holders were in re
bellion against negro rule, and would
stand it no longer, unless that rule was
set up again by Federal bayonets. The
negroes, no longer supported by the
Federal power, as they conceived,
gracefully accepted the inevitable and
in large numbers either voted the white
ticket or refrained from voting.
The Legislature.
From what I know of the candidates
nominated by the whites I have not the
least doubt but what the incoming
Legislature will be the best one that
has assembled in Mississippi since the
war. The whites really made an hon
est effort to bring out their best men,
discarding, in many instonnea, the old
line of politicians, and putting forward’
men or capacity, worth, intelligence
and property. Really, there was no
comparison between the nominees of
the two parties. The Republicans did
not show a capacity to improve by past
experiences. Indeed, it was not expec
ted that they could, for a stream can
not rise abeve its source. Au incompe
tent elites of voters will invariably se
lect an incompetent class of legislators.
That has been demonstrated times
without number. In the District of
Columbia, under t-lie very nose of
the Government, the negroes elected
such a worthless lot to office, and kept
at it so persistently, that the taxpayers
could find relief only in the abolish
ment of the Distriot government, as
then constituted, and a change in its
form. Yet the colored people in the
District are far more intelligent and
capable than their class in Mississippi.
Here wo have the densest, of dense ig
norance.
To suppose that the property holders
would rest quietly under this sort of
thing year after year was to suppose
that they had less of human nature
than we And in other parts of the world.
lam not approving of their manner of
getting rid of negro rule as they call
it. lam merely suggesting that we
make allowances to humim nature.
There were a few good men among
the Republican nominees for the Legis
lature, but the most of them were a
sorry lot, made up of plantation ne
groes, barbers imported from the
North, white carpet-baggers without a
dollar’s interest in the State, and na
tives who became Republicans one day
and candidates for office the next. It
was such a slate of candidates as would
be repudiated in Ohio by five hundred
and seventy-five thousand majority,
provided the vote was as full as at your
last election.
Understand me, there were some
good men among them, but the most
were a sorry lot. Had the Republican
party, so-called, carried the State, the
Legislature would not have been an
improvement on the last one, and
which was a very inferior body of law
makers. A well balanced man could
not go among them without a vague
feeling that something was wrong, that
such men were not calculated for law
makers. A full-blooded negro is not
an exceedingly intellectual person at
best, and when his uatural stupidity is
heightened by a want of all knowledge
except which he has learned between
cotton rows, when in fact he can not
read a sentence in the language or sign
his name, the question arises in the im
partial mind, how can this man be a
success as a law maker?
The incoming Legislature will eon
tain comparatively few negroes, not
above thirty in number, and the body
will be strikingly superior to anything
Mississippi has had in the way of law
makers since the war.
But wisdom does not always accom
pany intelligence. Whether the new
Legislature is wise or not, we. shall
know more in six months from to-day.
They can do much harm or much good.
Any attempt to curtail the rights of
the colored people will be looked upon
with suspicion. An attempt to re-enact
the Black Code of 1867, or anything
like it, would be fatal to the interests of
Mississippi. On the contrary, should
the Legislature take a wise, moderate
and conciliatory course, the verdict of
the world will be in their favor.
Of one thing you may be certain—
they will, immediately upon assem
bling, cut down expenses and taxation,
right and left. They will inaugurate
general reform, which is sadly needed.
The State government has been carried
on at an expense of at least forty per
cent, more than it needed to have
been, and this extravagance will be
checked,
Printing Swindle.
The new Legislature will put a stop
I to this, and not an hour too soon. By
means of “official advertising” and
“printing of the laws,” the tax payers
have been unmercifully swindled.
Indeed, we have positive assurances
that the new Legislature will Inaugu
rate reform in every department of the
Government. If they do this thoroughly
and without favor or affection, we
shall have another instance of the truth
of the oft-repeated proposition that a
State is best governed by those who
own it.
The New Senator.
Already speculation is rife as to who
shall bo Alcorn’s successor. Assuredly
it will not be Alcorn himself. He
is about played out in the estimation of
both parties, and after the expiration
of his present term in the Senate will
have an opportunity to give his undi
vided attention to the growing of cot
ton on his magnificent plantations in
Coahama. Alcorn is rich. Before the
war he owned nearly a thousand ne
groes, and still has very large lauded
possessions. Although a valiant South
erner during the war—and his interests
in the South were suoh that we are not
surprised at this—he took the Repub
lican chute after the struggle, and was
elected Governor by the colored peo
ple. Then he went to the Senate, his
term expiring one year from next
March.
He and Ames are enemies. Taking
advantage of this, the Democrats ran
Alcorn as a sort of an independent can
didate for Governor against Ames two
years ago, hoping thus to catch the col
ored vote ; but the device was a mis
erable failure, Ames being elected by
20,000 majority.
Just now Lamar is the favorite for
Senator—L. Q. 0. Lamar. He was
chosen to Congress from his district
yesterday without opposition, and is
to-day, perhaps, the foremost man in
Mississippi.
The new Senator, whoever he may
be, will be elected in January.
Temper of the Whites.
The whites are in jolly temper. You
will not soon again hear of “ race con
fiicts” in Mississippi. The whites,
having now everything their own way,
will lay aside their horse pistols and
Winchester rifles, and return to the
flowery paths of peace. I could see
this even before the polls were closed.
As dispatch after dispatch came in
from different voting places, showing
that large numbers of colored people
were voting the Democratic ticket, the
prospects of bloodshed diminished. In
the morning there were the gravest ap
prehensions of a riot. At noon this ap
prehension had nearly worn away, and
by 3 o’clock quite so. I could feel a
change in the very air.
I cannot convey to you the intense
gratification of the white people at the
result. This jollification exceeds the
descriptive power of language. One
white man. meeting an acquaintance,
grasps his hand and says about this :
“Glory, don’t we feel good, though ?
Now no more riots and lighting ; thank
God, we will have peace. Business
will revive ; confidence is restored. I
feel now that my property is worth
something.”
All have something to say about the
advance in the price of property.
13ycij man thluko ho io worth at lount
twenty-five per cent, more than before
the election. So many said to me last
week: “Why, if the Radicals carry
this election I can’t sell my plantation
for a dollar and a half an acre.” Now
they don’t want to sell.
Liberal Contributions.
The liberality with which the proper
ty-holders have come down with the
cash to aid in carrying the election ex
ceeds auything I ever knew in a State
campaign. Every man seemed to take
the personal interest in it that he
would if it was his private affair. One
man in this city planked down a check
for $2,500 to begin with, and nearly
doubted the amount before the close
of the polls. Yet he is no politician,
never ran for an office, and cares little
for politics in the general way. But
lie is a large property-holder ; taxation
was eating up his profits, and a change
became a positive necessity. In six
years, in Mississippi, taxation has in
creased 500 per cent., and property has
depreciated 200 per cent.; therefore,
the rebellion of property, and the re
solution to carry the election at all
hazards. Thousand dollar contribu
,ions from the planters and tax-payers
io accomplish this result were fre
quent. Oue old man, in the southern
.D irt of the State, sold his cotton crop,
ind remitted a check for one-half the
proceeds, to be used in the “ rescue ”
of the State.
The aggregate county contributions
vere very large—that is, contributions
to be expended in the counties. The
vord usually accompanying the gifts
rnn about this way : “Take this, use it
SB you please, but carry the election.”
Jhat was the keynote—carry the elec
ton. If votes fiad to be bought out
right, why, buy them.
The total amount given for campaign
expenses in this campaign would ag
gregate an immense sum.
On the other hand the Republicans
had no funds except the contributions
from the office holders. The great
pirtv at large—that is, in the North—
did not come to their aid to the extent
o’ a dollar, regarding it, perhaps, as a
lopeless case-from the first. The rank
aid file of the party in this State hav
irg nothing to give, so the expenses of
tke campaign had all to be borne by
tie State office-holders. I really be
lbve the Democrats had one hundred
dollars at their command where the
Republicans had five.
Next.
Now that the election is over let us
hope that the people, white and black,
wll give their attention to the savjug
oi the magnificent cotton crop which
wiitens the landscape. Not half the’
cdton is picked. The people have run
wld with politics, letting their cotton
lo>k out for itself. This has not been
udversally true, for some old planters,
Ina fit of desperation, got out their old
slut-guns and swore they would kill
thi first cotton-picker, white or black,
wlo attempted to leave his work to go
to a political meeting of any descrip
tion.
Fhe crop is very fine, much larger,
perhaps, than can be gathered. There
isa great, an unceasing demand for
laiorers. Pickers are paid one dollar
per hundred for picking, and a steady
hand can make from a dollar and a
baf to three dollars a day.
Iverybody can get work here that
wants it—that is if he has a mind to go
intp the field and pick cotton. I have
noi seen a tramp or a beggar in Missis
sippi. Put that down to the credit of
the State against a good deal on the
otiier side of the page. H. Y. R.
Oranges are cheap in Columbus. The
Erquirer says: “Mr. Chas. E. Hoch
stnsser sold 20,000 to an Atlanta firm
at i cent and a half each. The town is
wel stocked with them. By retail
ther bring about two to three cents,
acording to quality.”
The splendid new steamship City of
Atlmta, which takes the place of the
Maihattan on the New York and
Chefleston Steamship Line, arrived at
Charleston Tuesday.
THE DEVIL.
HIS BIOGRAPHY AS SKETCHED
BY MONCURE D. CONWAY.
He Seems to Have Originated in a Per
sian Fable—Notes of His Traits —He
Appears to be Always Lean and Hun
gry.
[Chicago Tribune, Bth.]
Mr. Moncure D. Conway lectured be
fore a large audience in MoCormick
Hall, yesterday, on “The Devil.”
The lecturer, who is a gentleman of
middle age, tall, spare, full-bearded,
and dignified, with a pleasant manner
and easy delivery, was greeted heartily
when he came forward to the desk. He
did not know of any reason why child
ren should not bow their heads respect
fully when the name of the devil was
mentioned. Probing beneath the sur
face of philology, they would discover
that demon and deity were originally
synonymous. The Latiu word Deus
was corrupted in the English deuoe,
and the Egyptian devil was regarded
as a God. In some copies of the old
Bible they found the curious injunc
tion, “Thou shalt not be afraid of any
bugs by -night.” This was simply a
contraction of the word bugaboo, with
which all children were familiar. Beel
zebub related to Baal, and, in short, all
such words and names, when investi
gated, showed a regular affinity.
In the early ages the alleged fall of
angels from heaven was taken in a lit
eral sense. Jupiter, it was held, took
nine days in falling, and was, naturally,
rather hurt by the fall. Lucifer com
ing down, fell upon his feel, which, no
doubt, was the cause of his cloven hoof.
[Laughter.]
Primitive man found himself encoun
tering in Nature a will antogonistic to
his own. He thought himself sur
rounded by strange influences, which
he classed as spirits. Man had lived
to learn better. The crowd of gods
and goddesses of the Pagan ages were
now regarded as the mythology of Na
ture. They had outlived their day,
and were now but the records by which
philosophers studied the history of the
progressive mind of man.
In none of the earlier sacred books
could they find/i devil—a being speci
ally and solely malignant—a creature
of unalloyed wickedness. Everything
then in religion was figurative. Clouds
were described as flocks of swine, and
the lightning was classed as a fiery
serpent. Those shapes were conceived
of simply as powers and forces. Each
was half good, and the other half the
reverse sometimes afflicting and
sometimes benefltting man.
The reason why there was no devil
in the early books was because none
was needed then. The gods considered
themselves as being quite equal to any
emergency that might arise in the way
of wickedness. [Laughter.]
But when the happy family of gods
and goddesses was broken up, they
split into two factions—the deities and
tho demons —both being then regarded
as forces of alternate good and evil. It
was held that the demons—fallen an
gels—were not wicked in their natures,
but were impelled to do evil from an
unappeasable hunger, even as the shark
follows its prey to satisfy what natu
ralists call an insatiable appetite, not
from any natural cruelty of disposi
tion. Any harm done by the demons
was considered as accidental upon their
appetite. The superstitious, to appease
them, offered gifts, which led to the
early sacrifices, such as whole burnt
offerings and matters of that descrip
tion. To the ancients the deities ex
pressed all that was pleasant, the de
mons all that was unpleasant. The
former represented sunshine, the latter
sunstroke. The first mentioned repre
sented serene skies, the demons repre
sented the thunder and the lightning,
the sirocco and the tornado. Primitive
man foune himself begirt by the obsta
cles of Nature, and it was only when his
mind became more developed, and
when he armed himself to cope with
such difficulties, that his mind became
clearer on the subject of the super
natural. Finally, after many ages, he
succeeded in reducing all those obsta
cles which crowded on his infancy into
one grand whole of unpleasantness,
namely, the devil. This was the sum
and substance of man’s early idea of
natural obstacles.
For generations man won a preca
rious livelihood from the hard bosom
of Nature. He looked around and saw
all creation about him hungry. There
seemed to be a spirit of hunger abroad.
The birds and fishes appeared to be
so scauty, man came to the conclusion
that there were invisible and voracious
beings abroad, who wanted everything
within their reach. Thus the dxagonand
the ghoul—the earliest painted forms
of the demons—had both immensely
developed mouths, showing the idea of
intense voracity. The vampire was
chiefly a Slavonic superstition, but it
extended into Germany, and in some
districts of Prussia a corpse is never
buried without plenty of food in the
coffin so that it may not arise to prey
upon the living. This idea had even
reached the enlightened shores of
America. Not long ago a Mr. Wil
liam Rose, living in Rhode Island,
had the body of his daughter dug
up and her heart cut out, so that she
might drink the blood of the living
members of the family! This was
considered a specific in family con
sumption. In fact, the homely name
hobgoblin—of British origin—simply
signified a ghost that gobbled. [Laugh
ter.] When the British officers went
to India to view the solar eclipse, the
natives kindled immense fires for the
purpose of blotting out the sun, so
that the foreigners might not steal it.
The officers, however, trampled out the
fire and renewed their work. So might
enlightenment ever trample upon error
and superstition in every land, so that
science might prosper. [Loud ap
plause.] The natives also threw out
into the street every particle of food in
their houses, in order to bribe the devil
not to steal their sun ! [Laughter.]
A strange thing about the whole
matter was that devils were always de
scribed as lean. Whoever heard of a
fat devil? Shakspeare puts into the
mouth of Caesar his comment on “lean
Cassius,” and added, “Such men are
dangerous.” Marc Antony attempted
to defend Cassius, but the great con
queror replied : “Would he were fat
ter 1” [Great laughter.] Argan fables
made devils out as being fair to look
at in the front, but hollow in the back.
Some of them were so thin and so hol
low that they cast no shadow.
The lecturer went on to enumerate
the diverse superstitions of many coun
tries, and said that in the East the
plague was considered a demon. So
terrible was the fear created by it that
the natives lay down to die in abject
cowardice. An Eastern fable tells how
a traveler met a woman on the wayside
en route to Damascus. He asked her
whence she came, and she replied:
“From yonder city. lam the plague.
Ten thousand people lie dead in the
New Series —Vol. 28, No. 84.
streets of Damascus. Of these I have
slain 1,009, and fear killed all the
rest.”
The idea of the present devil first
originated in Persia, where the philoso
phers considered that the universo was
divided into two hostile camps by a
great wall, one camp held by a god and
the other by a devil.
Once invented, the devil made rapid
strides. [Laughter. | He could not be
laid. It relieved the Deity of all that
was bad in nature, and it gave man an
excuse for his misdeeds. |Laughter.]
In the latter point of view, the devil
might be considered a remarkable suc
cess. [Laughter.]
In the Book of Job there was not one
word of evil against the moral charac
ter of the devil. [Laughter.] He is
always mentioned with great respect,
and if any lawyers that were present
would excuse him, he might say that
the devil figured in the Old Testament
as a kind of prosecuting attorney.
[Roars of laughter.]
The lecturer, at this point, showed
many sketches of the devil, which were
very interesting. He described all about
the supposed habits of those demons,
and created great merriment. Mephis
topheles had been made to say, in
“Faust,” when the people were calling
for money, a cry not unfamiliar at this
day, “111 get my printing-press and
give them plenty of paper money.”
[Laughter and cheers.]
The residue of the lecture went to
convey the idea that there was no per
sonal devil, and that all good men who
labored faithfully to serve their kind,
would meet their reward, no matter
how many demons stood between tbem
and eternity. [Long-continued ap
plause.]
BRIGHAM’S PREDICAMENT.
Why He Resists Ann Eliza’s Claim
for Alimony.
[New York World.]
The position of Brighatn Young at
the present time is by no means an en
viable one. So ill that to move him
would be to kill him, he is under guard
at his own house, and the supervision
exercised over him is so rigid that his
clerk was fully justified in the re
mark that the Government was “ run
ning things now.” He is cut off from
the society of his apostles and sub
jected to hourly visits of inspection
from the officers, who exclude from his
room every one but his doctor and
nurse. A sick-bed where the patient
13 uncheered by the presence of his
faithful wife is sufficiently distressing—
a fortiori that sick-bed which is un
cheered by the presence of several
faithful wives. In the Prophet’s case
there is lack of sixteen women’s nursing,
there is dearth of sixteen women’s tears.
Yet the Prophet is by no means despon
dent—by no means inclined to comply
with the decree of the court and pay
alimony to Ann Eliza, his better seven
teenth; he manifests rather his inten
tion of taking up his bed and walking
mtu tho pouiientiary as soon as his
health permits. This is possibly the
part of principle; it is certainly that of
prudence. If he yields now and pays
alimony to one wife and counsel fees to
two lawyers, sixteen other wives and
thirty-two other lawyers may descend
upon him. In Ann Eliza’s plea it was
contended that about one-fifth of the
husband’s income was the amount
usually granted as the wife’s allowance.
If this plea should be sustained the
connubiid prophet would find himself
compelled to pay seventeen-fifths of his
income, and so be reduced to financial
perplexity scarcely less than that in
which is involved that other head of a
polygamous religion and State, the Sul
tan. Small wonder, therefore, that he
holds out.
The “Zeb Vance Whiskey.”
The Friend of Temperance, with the
fanaticism which characterizes too
many of the temperance people and
papers, is up on its ear about the brand
of whiskey mentioned above. It wants
Gov. Vance to “denounce this scanda
lous use of his name,” and hints that if
he does not the temperance people
won’t support him for Governor. The
Statesville Landmark takes the ques
tion up, and while Hussey’s caustic pen
rips the hide from the Friend, it shows
how utterly preposterous its proposi
tion is. The truth about the matter is,
that some of the temperance folks—
well meaning people, too, —are any
thing but temperate. They have plenty
of zeal but no judgment; such do
their cause more harm than good.
They should remember the scriptural
injunctions, “Be not righteous over
much,” and “Be moderate in all things.”
—Charlotte Observer.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Proceedings of the Medical Associa
tion-
Baltimore, November 11.—The Med
ical Association elected the following
officers : E. M. Snow, of Rhode Island,
President; N, A. Walker, Yale College,
J. Foster Jenkins, Vice Presidents ;
Secretary, Elisha Harris, of New York.
Baltimore, November 14.—1n the
Medical Association meeting a letter
was read from the of the
Centennial Medical Commission, at
Philadelphia, in behalf of the committee
of arrangements of the Commission, re
questing this Associarion to appoint 10
delegates to represent it at the session
of the International Medical Congress,
to be held in Philadelphia, Septem
ber the 4th to September the 9th, 1876.
The request was acceded to, and the
following appointed as such represent
atives: Dr. Joseph M. Toner, of Wash
ington, D. C.; Dr. C. F. Folsom, of
Massachusetts; Dr. J. S. Billings, of
United States Army; Prof. Stephen
Smith, M. D., of New York; Dr. C. D.
White, of New Orleans, La.; Hon. F. G.
Thomas, M. D., of Savannah; Dr. J. R.
Kedzie, of Lansing, Mich., Dr. Jas. A.
Stewart, of Baltimore; Dr. John Logan,
of Sacramento; Dr. H. A. Johnson, of
Chicago.
The Columbus Enquirer, in speaking
of hard times, says: “They are harder
by so much talk about them. It is just
as easy to speak brightly aqd hopeful
ly Instead of being forever in the dumps
and inflicting yoqr harrowing tale on
unsympathetic ears. Good humor be
gets the like. No one is made happier
or better by indulging in the sulks.
Battle against the hard times. It is of
no avail to cry that things are at
a stand still, and then fall back su
pinely waiting for an advance. Every
man by pleasant, inspiring words and
actions can aid in producing a revival.
It will come quicker for the exertion
made to create it. The more of hope
and action the people have, the sooner
it will come. It can never be expected
to come for those who are forever
weeping and dismally croaking. Al
ways find something to do and there
will be no time to crave dark and
dreary hours, or inflict them on others.
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GLEANINGS.
Fashionable this year to have boy
babies.
To be beautiful it is only necessary
to be healthy.
There are men so lazy they will not
even build castles in the air.
Men are geese, women are ducks,
and birds of a feather flock together.
A Lehigh quarryman dreamt his
wife was a boulder, and hurled her
from bed.
This is the season when, instead of
telling a bore to “ dry up,” we simply
say, “ Eat a persimmon.”
Non-explosive kerosene has scored
its first Chinaman at San Francisco.
He tried to light a fire Melican way.
Nothing takes such firm hold of
man as the habit of tobacco chewing,
unless It is the claw of an angry wo
man.
For obvious reasons, corporal pun
ishment has been abolished at Vassal'
College since the pin-back dress eamo
in fashion.—[ Chicago Tribune.
The Grand Central Hotel is the first
of the great Broadway houses to re
duce day rates to $2.50. They must all
come down.—[AT. Y. Graphic.
A fair one says she knows what she’s
talking about, and that it just doubles
the value of a kiss to have to borrow it
from under a big mustache.
She gets out her furs and winter
adornments now, and though she’s a
member of the church and doats on tho
clergymen, her remarks on moths are
frequent, and painful and free.
A Scranton thief, detected in steal
ing a revolver, fled Into a Catholic
church, and was arrested in front of
the altar, pretending to be praying.
The stolen pistol was found under a
p ent near where he knelt.
Douglas Jemdd says. In his “Hedge
hog Letters,” that “respectability is all
very well for folks who can have it for
ready money; but to bo obliged to run
in debt for it is enough to break the
heart of an angel.”
There Is some talk about the Ameri
can Jockey Club giving a grand Cen
tennial purse of $20,000 for a race of
four-mile heats. There is no reason
why such a project should not be car
ried. It would undoubtedly prove a
great success,
A Boston butcher sent a piece of
meat to an old maid’s cat regularly
every day for four years, and now she
leaves him a legacy of SIB,OOO. If a
butcher is any way tender-hearted and
kind, ho can have legacies thrown at
him by the dozen every year.
If you are introduced to the Sultan
of Turkey, don’t yawn. One of five
delegates who had an audience with
him the other day forgot whero he
was, opened his mouth, and said; “He
lium,” and he was sitting on the curb
stone twenty-five seconds afterward.
The mind reels in contemplating the
narrow escapo which tho Prince uf
Wales had In sailing for India. Only
ten minutes before the Serapis was to
leave her dock it was discovered that
there were no pint bottles of champagne
among the stores!” Goodness gracious!
A Vicksburg merchant, having been
annoyed for many evenings by negroes
loafing around his store, poured a
quantity of nitric acid on their accus
tomed “roost” the other evening and
stood back to await results. The loafer
who first arrived sat calmly down, but
soon moved uneasily, and rose up and
went away In a hurry. The second
didn’t sit so long, and the third one
passed down the street saying: “I kin
stan’ most anything; but when it comes
to carpet-tacks I have to riz’ on ’em !”
At the Georgia State Fair the pret
tiest baby was awarded a cooking
stove. The real danger of giving a
stove to a baby is that some day when
his mother is out he may put it in his
mouth, and then he would have to
swallow a tea-kettle before she could
get supper.— New York Herald.
Corn cobs are extensively used in
Europe for fire-lighters. They are first
steeped in liot water containing two
per cent, of saltpeter, and after being
dried at a high temperature, are satu
rated with fifty per cent, of resinous
matter. These lighters, which are sold
at from three to four dollars the thou
sand, are employed with advantage
and economy in private houses and for
lighting furnaces.
A Vicksburg negro applied to a citi
zen the other day for a little advice,
asking: “ Mr. Thompson, would you
lend Cuff Jones S4O if you was me?”
“ Well, what security can ho offer ?”
“ A mortgidge.” A mortgage ? Why,
what ha,s he got to mortgage?” “Dal’s
what bodders me. Mr. Thompson. I
knows he don’t own nuffin but de duds
on his back.” “ Well then, how can he
give y®u a mortgage ?” “ Dat’s de
queshun, Mr. Thompson. No, he can’t
do it, and I’se made up my mind dat
he can’t have de money unless he gives
me his note of hand!” — [Vick burg
Herald.
A Black Eye for the Cincinnati
Southern.
[Cincinnati Commercial, Nov. 7.)
The municipal Code provides that In
a city olt the first class (Cincinnati), the
levy of taxation for municipal purposes
shall not exceed sixteen mills. The
Southern Railroad law provides that
four mills shall be levied to pay the in
terest on the ten millions of bonds,
which, we may add, are already sold
and the money invested. The City
Council, which represents the bum
ming and plundering element, has
struggled to procure a levy of the
maximum tax permitted by the Code,
and, in addition to four mills for the
Southern Railroad. The County Au
ditor, with the advice of the Coun
ty Solicitor, resisted the urgency
of the City Council, the persuasiveness
of the City Solicitor, the blandish
ments of the Trustees of the Southern
road, and the arguments of influential
citizens and able lawyers. The Su
preme Court of the State has sustained
the Auditor, reaffirming the opinion of
the County Solicitor. The levy of six
teen mills, all that is permitted by law,
will be made, and the interest on the
bonds of the Southern road must be
paid out of this levy. It comes to this,
that the city government, in order to
run along smoothly on a taxation of
twelve mills in addition to the road
tax, must be managed economically. If
we will spend our millions in a great
railroad enterprise, we must cut down
our ordinary expenses that we may be
able to do so. Thus far the Southern
road expenditures have served to in
crease rather than repress public ex
travagance. The time for repression
has come.
The gentlemen appointed to attend
the convention relative to the Southern
Pacific Railroad, to be held at St. Louis
on the !23d inst., have signified their ac
ceptance of the appointments.
Last week the general complaint was
“too much dust;” it is reversed this
wee*' 'nto "too much mud,”