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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily—one year $lO 00 “ six months 6 00 “ three months 2 60 Tbi-Wbekly—one year 6 oo “ six months 2 60 Weekly—one year 2 oo " six months l oo Single copies, 5 ets. To news dealers, 2J4 cts. Subscriptions must in ail cases be paid in advance. The paper will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. JAS. G. BAILIE. ) FRANCIS COGIN, Proprietors GEO. T. JACKSON.) 4QT Address all Letters to the Constitu tionalist office. AUGUSTA, GA. THE WHISKEY FRAUDS. A TRUE BILL FOUND AGAINST BABCOCK. The Special Counsel Who Abused Grant Declines to Apologise, and is Discharged. St. Louis, Doeember 10. — The Grand Jury presented thirteen new indict ments, including one againt General Babcock, for whom the officers have gone to Chicago. Mr. Harrison, re plying to Pierrepont’s rebuke, says he stands by his speech, and has no apoli ges to make. New Yoke, December 10.—The Times' special from Saint Louis says the in dictments against General Babcock was found by a vote of eighteen to one in favor of a true bill. The charge contained in the indictment is conspi racy to defraud the Treasury of the United States. The Grand Jury, be fore adjourning, sent letters to ex-Mar shall Newcomb and District Attorney Patrick, saying that although the charges had been against them of con spiracy to defraud the Government, a full and exhaustive investigation had failed to convince the jury of their guilt. The following dispatch was received: Washington, December 10. Hon. D. P. Dyer , United States Attor ney, St. Louis: Sib : The sworn report of Mr. Hen derson’s speech, forwarded by Mr. Eaton, and referred to by both you and Mr. Henderson, in your dispatches of yesterday, as a correct report, was read in full Cabinet to-day, and was re garded by every member as an outrage upon professional propriety, thus to reflect, without a shadow of reason, upon the President, by whom his em ployment by this Department was sanctioned. And in order that no im pediment might be placed in the way of bringing to speedy punishment every defrauder of the revenue at St. Louis, you will advise Gen. Henderson of his diachaige from further service, and secure in his place the most able and efficient counsel you can find, without regard to his politics. (Signed) Edwards Piebrepont, Att’y General. The business of the Cabinet was con fined to the whiskey frauds, and a change of counsel at St. Louis was ordered. FOREIGN DISPATCHES. Turkish Reforms—Plundering the Deutschland—Spanish Comments on Grant’s Message. Constantinople, December 10.—The execution of the imperial decree, re forming and reorganizing the tribunals, was officially announced yesterday. London, December 10. —The Deutsch land is a hopeless wreck, and is being plundered. A Madrid dispatch to the Standard eays Thursday morning’s papers there express the opinion that, the position of President Grant’s message on Cuban affairs is no more alarming than his former utterances on the subject. The Conservative journals consider his lan guage serious. The general opinion in political circles is that the message is favorable. The Diario and the JEpoca Hspagnol think that intervention is not really intended, and believe that Eu rope would not allow it. Farther rein forcements are preparing for Cuba. Paris, December 10.—In the second failure of balloting for seventy-five Senators to hold for life, only two re ceived a majority. The Due D’Aude fret is negotiating with the leaders with a view of a compromise on a list of candidates. London, December 10.—A proclama tion convenes Parliament on the Bth of February for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs. Berlin, December 10.—It is stated the recent conference between Prince Bismarck and Prince Gortschakoff re sulted in an agreement for a peaceful solution of the Turkish difficulty. They will not raise the Eastern question nor are they in favor of an international conference on the Suez canal question. Minor Telegrams. Macon, December 10.—An engine on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad ex ploded this morning, killing the engi neer George Horning instantly. The baggage was wrecked. A number of Florida tourists were on the train but none were hurt. Richmond, December 10.—Five un successful ballots lost. Johnston, 41; •Goode, 45 ; Smith, 39. The first ballot stood : Hon. John W. Johnston, 32; Hon. John Goode, Jr., 31; ex-Govemor William Smith, 28 ; ex-Governor John Letcher, 22 ; Hon. Thomas Flournery, 22. Philadelphia, December 10. —A leo pard, shipped from New York by the Clyde barge Chesapeake and Cape, in a cage, holds undisputed possessiou of the hold of the vessel. Efforts to cap ture the beast are unavailing. Fall River, December 10.—The Bor der City Mills have an order for 25,000 pieces of printing clothes from Eng land. Louißville, December 10. —The State Grange passed a resolution in favor of Government aid for the Texas Pacific Railroad. FROM NEW YORK. New York, December 10.—Judge Donahue to-day rendered a decision continuing the injunction obtained against the Panama Railroad Company by the stockholders, restricting it from running lines of ocean steamers. New York, December 10.—The United States Cable Company announce their line is interrupted one hundred and thirty miles east of Nova Scotia. PENNSYLVANIA KU-KLUX. A Deed of Blood. Pottsville, Pa., December 10.—A party of masked men entered houses In the vicinity of Gilbertville and took Chas. O’Donnell and a man named McAllister from their houses and killed them. It is stated that McAllister’s sister was also murdered. This is at tributed to the ‘’Molly Maguires.” People living near know no reason for these deeds. FAILURES. JL Great Boston Firm Suspends— Two More New York Victims. Boston, December 10.—E. D. Peters & Cos., the oldest and most extensive commission firm in Boston, have sus pended. Loss from shrinkage in prices and depression in business were the causes. New York, December 10.—A. H. Garbutt & Cos., and Jas. W. Palmer & £on, grocers, have failed. CAngusto Constitutionalist. Established 1799. FROM WASHINGTON. Congressional Proceedings—Pierr pont Hears Officially of‘‘Bab’s ” In dictment-Appointments. Washington, December 10. — House— Gen. Gibson moved an addition of the regular committees of the House—a committee of eleven, to be known as the Mississippi Levee Commission. Adopted. Gen. Gibson will be Chair man when the committee is appointed. There was an ineffectual attempt to pass the bill reducing third class mat ter to one cent per two ounces. Adjourned to Tuesday. Babcock’s indictment at St. Louis has been officially communicated to Pierrepont. The ironclads lying at the Philadel phia breakwater sailed for Norfolk this morning. Speaker Kerr appointed Represent atives Harris, of Virginia, and Wheeler, of New York, Trustees of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. Mr. Adams, Clerk of the House, ap pointed Neil S. Brown, of Tennessee, Reading Clerk, and J. S. Cudder, of In diana, Clerk at the Speakei’s desk. BABCOCK ON THE RAGGED EDGE. Gen. Hancock Advises Adjournment- Request from the Accused. Chicago, December 10.—The Babcock court of inquiry will meet and adjourn from day to day, without transacting business, until instructed from Wash ington what course to pursue under Babcock’s changed circumstances. Chicago, December 10.—The Babcock court of inquiry met. Gen. Hancock read the following : “A sense of duty to the laws of the military service and the accused, compel me to ask a concurrence in the postponement of this inquiry for the present. We are all bound to believe in the entire innocence of Col. Babcock. The presumption cannot be repelled without clear evidence. It is due him to suppose that this court was asked in good faith for the reasons given. What were those reasons ? In the course of a legal trial iu St. Louis Col. Babcock was alleged guilty of a high criminal offence. He asked for a hearing in the same court, but was in formed he could not have it because the evidence was closed. These circumstances led him to a de mand for a court of inquiry as the only means of vindication left. Since then, he has been formally indicted, and it is now certain of getting a full and fair trial before an impartial jury, which the laws of the country guarantee to all its citizens. The supposed neces sity for convening a military court for the determination of his guilt or inno cence no longer exists. It is believed our action as a military tribunal can not oust the jurisdiction of the court while an indictment is pending. The President has said through the Attor ney General that such was not the in tention then. The trial at St. Louis and this inquiry must go on at the same time, unless we await the result, and then the difficulties are formidable. The accused must be preseut at the trial of the indictment. Shall we pro ceed and hear the cause behind his back, or shall we vex him with two trials at once ? The injustice of this is mani fest. I presume, from the nature of the case, that the evidence is very volumi nous, consisting of records, papers and oral testimony. Can we compel the production of these while they are wanted for purposes of the trial at St. Louis? Certainly not. If the military be, as the Constitution declares, subor dinate to the civil authorities, shall we proceed without the evidence aud give an opinion in ignorance of facts ? That cannot be the wish of anybody. I take it for granted, the trial at St. Louis will be fair as well as legal, and judgment be according to truth and justice. Of course it will without question be bind ing and conclusive upon us, upon the Government, upon the accused, and upon all the world, and if he should be convicted, no decision of ours could rescue him out of the hands of the law; if acquitted, our belief in his inno cence will be of no consequence. If we anticipate trial in the civil court, our judgment, whether for the accused or against him, will have and ought to have, no effect upon the ju rors. It cannot even be made known to them, and any attempt to influence them by it would justly be regarded as aa obstruction of public justice. On the other hand, his connection there would be conclusive evidence of his guilt, and bis acquittal will relieve him from the necessity of showing anything but the record. Ido not propose to postpone indefinitely, but simply adjourn from day to day, until the evidence upon the subject of our inquiry shall receive a definite and conclusive shape, which will be impressed upon it by a verdict of the jury, or until our action having been referred to the War Department with our opinion, that our proceedings should be stayed dur ing the proceedings of the court of law, shall have been confirmed. In case of acquittal by the civil court, the func tions of this court will not necessarily have terminated. The accused may be pronounced innocent of crime against the statute, and yet be guilty of some act which military law might punish by expulsion from the army. In case of acquittal, he may insist upon showing to us that he has done nothing incon sistent with the conduct of an officer and a gentleman, as the articles of war run; but the great and important ques tion is, Is he guilty or not, in the man ner and form as he stands indicted? And this can be legally answered only by a jury of his countrymen,” “The Judge Advocate then said in substance, that the court had been fully organized and he had received a com munication from Col. Babcock, which he submitted to the court. This com munication requested the court to ad journ for the present, in order to ad mit of his appearing in St. Louis to answer there charges made against him by the St. Louis grand jury. In view of this communication, the Judge Advocate suggested that the trial be postponed for the present and that the court commuuicate to President Grant the state of the case, with a view that the court might adjourn to meet again at the call of the President. The court room was cleared for consultation, and on re-opening the doors it was an nounced that the court would adjourn from day to day until its action had boejj communicated to the War De partment, and an adjournment was then announce 4 tjil noon to-morrow. FROM SAN FRANCISCO. An Effort to Curtail Chinese Cheap Labor. San Francisco, December 10. —Gov. Irwin was inaugurated. He urges legis lation to procure a modification of the treaty with China, with a view to the restriction of Chinese immigration. AUGUSTA. GA.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1875. GRANT S BOMBSHELLS. DISGRACEFUL BID FOR A THIRD TERM. The Message a Compound of Wisdom and Folly- -A Centralist President Goes Outside the Constitution to Fire the Brands of Sectional Bigotry. [New York Herald.J The annual Message sent to Congress yesterday touches upon a great variety of important subjects, and on the grea ter part of them we are bound to say that it delivers sound, or, at least, de fensible views. But there is one capi tal exception; one subject on which the recommendations of the President are sheer folly. It unfortunately happens that the subject on which the President is utterly wrong is the one which he presses with the most vigor and zeal. He is sound on the Cuban question; sound in the main on the most impor tant of the financial questions; sound and admirable on the question of cable monopolies; discreet aud even wise on the Mexican question; plausible at least, if not right, on the naturalization question. But on the combined reli gious and school question, upon which he lays bis chief stress and emphasis, he is wild, Quixotic and utterly absurd. This attempt to introduce religion as a controlling element in our national politics, the zeal with which lie flings this firebrand and tries to kindle theo logical animosities for party effect, is the most mischievous and monstrous violation of fitness and propriety ever perpetrated by a President of the United States. The inflammatory question which he thus thrusts into the political arena is entirely outside of his constitutional duties, as he virtually confesses by urging his recommendations as amend ments of the Constitution. This is a plain acknowledgement that he is over stepping the limits of the Constitution as it stands at present. It is a well established principle that the President has no official connection with amend ments to the Constitution. The Presi dent ought to act within the Constitu tion, but not beyond it. When Con gress, by a two-thirds majority of each House, proposes amendments to the Constitution, their action does not re quire the approval of the President, as was judicially decided by the Su preme Court at an early period iu our history. Amendments of the Constitu tion are entirely beyond the sphere of Executive action. It is not denied that the President can recommend changes in the Constitution if he chooses, but he ought not to do it ex cept on some urgent and manifest ne cessity. But what is the urgency for such amendments as President Giant presses with all the fervency of bigoted zeal in this Message? There is none whatever. It is a bold and bald at tempt to influence religious animosities for party purposes, than which nothing could be more inexcusably mischiev ous, if the President thinks i hat Con gress will respect and endorse liis views. Slender as President Grant’s title may be to rank as a statesman, we must give him credit for common sense, and if he has common sense he must know perfectly well that such amend ments to the Constitution as he pro poses will not bo adopted by this Con gress. Such amendments could bo adopted only as a party measure, and nobody knows better than he that such a measure could not be carried through either House. It requires a two-thirds majority of both Houses to submit a constitutional amendment to the States for their ratification, and the Republi can party has not a two-thirds ma jority iu either branch of Congress. President Grant must know perfectly well that the Democrats of the Senate and the Democrats of the House will alike make a strenuous and succeseful opposition to such amend ments to the constitution as he recom mends. Even if they could be carried through Congress, which is quite im possible, they would be defeated in the States, since it requires three-fourths of the States to ratify a constitutional amendment, and a ‘majority of the State Legislatures are at present con trolled by the Democratic party. Presi dent Grant is proposing, aud he must know that he is proposing, an utterly impracticable measure. It is clear that he does not expect the success of his recommendations, aud that he is only aiming to stir up religious strife for mere party effect. He hopes to array the Protestant prejudice and Protes taut bigotry in a political crusade against the Catholic Church, and there by carry the Presldental election. This unexampled attempt to enlist religious rancor on the republican side as a make weight in the Presidential election is an act of political desperation which pub lic opinion will condemn. The taxing of Church property is a subject which may be safely left to the State governments, which has exclu sive jurisdiction over it as the federal constitution stands at present. If, in any State, the exemption of such prop erty, is oppressive, the people have a remedy in their State Legislatures. It is a question which has no relation to taxation for federal purposes. When Church property is taxed the proceeds go into the State treasury; if it is ex meted nobody suffers but the taxpay ers of the State in which the property is situated. There is no State in the Union iu which the Protestant population in not in a majority of six or seven to one, or in which they can not, through their local Legislatures, easily redress any injustice which tax payers may suffer by an exemption of Church property. With so complete a remedy in the hands of the citizens of every State, it would be a piece of in termeddling folly for the Federal Gov ernment to interfere to protect them against an evil which is perfectly with in their own control. At the end of the Message President Grant, with an affectation of renouncing his third term aspirations, but in language which does not bind him, says : “As this will be the last annual Message which I shall have the honor of trans mitting to Congress before my succes sor is chosen, I will recapitulate the questions which I deem of vital import ance which may be legislated upon and settled at this session.” He makes his re capitulation under five heads, three of the five relating to the school and church questions. The President can not be so lacking in political intelli gence as to believe that the religious issue he raises “ may be legislated up on and settled at this session.” He must know that there is not the re motest possibility that his proposed amendtjueqts fo the Constitution can be passed through Congress at this session, and he is trifling with Congress and the country when he puts forth such ao idea. He has broached this exciting question not with any expect i ation that Congress wjll take effectual i action on it, but solely as a means of dragging religious animosities into the Presidential canvass. It is the most discreditable appeal ever made by the Chief Magistrate of the country, or by any party chief in the history of our politics. Savannah Crop Report. The following report has been sub mitted to the Savannah Cotton Ex change: Savannah, December 8,1875. Gentlemen : Your Committe on In formation and Statistics beg leave to submit the following report for No vember. The 28 counties iu charge of the Augusta Cotton Exchange of course do not form any part of the report. GEORGIA— 7I REPLIES ?ROM 47 COUNTIES. Question 1. Has the weather for gathering the crop been more or less favorable than last year since Novem ber Ist? Answer—2o reply that the weather since November Ist luuj been more fa vorable than last year; 28 reply that it has been less favorable; aud 23 that is has been about the same. The spring was cold and late. A severe drought affected the plant in July, and the weather for two weeks past has been the very opposite of what was necessary to develop the late crop. Question 2—What proportion of the crop has been picked, and when will all be gathered ? Answer—The crop has been pretty well gathered iu. licking will close about the 15th of December, but in some sections, where there is a top crop, it will be prolonged beyond that time. Question 3—Will the yield in your county be greater or less than last year ? State increase or decrease. Answer—The prospect has not chang ed since last report. The decrease from last year will be about 10 per cent. The bottom and middle crop was poor, and the expectations from the top crop have not been realized. Question 4—State ahy material facts regarding the yield nc t covered by the above questions. Answer—The weather the past two weeks has been cloudy, rainy and warm. In Middle and Southwest Geor gia, on the bottom and strong clay lands, the plant has a considerable amount of green bolls upon it, are large, aud seem to be matured, but do not open, and appear to be rotting. A frost is needed, and then warm clear weather after it, to open the bolls. It is still an open question whether much will be gained by this second growth induced by the August rains. FLORIDA. 30 replies from 16 counties.—l3 state that the weather since November Ist have been more favorable than last year; 10 state that it has been less fa vorable; and 7 that it has been about the same as last year. Picking will be finished about the middle of Decem ber. Until it is decide ! what the top crop will do it is difii alt to estimate the yield, it will probuiiy fall below last year about 7 per cent. The unseason able weather for the past three weeks has delayed the maturing of the green bolls of the top crop. Many experi enced farmers give it as their opinion, that but little will be realized from this late crop. I Complaint is quite general that there is less lint this year, as compared with last year, to a given quantity of seed cotton. J. H. Johnston, Chairman,and others, Committee on Information aud Statis tics. i The Camden- Races. Camden, December 10.—First race, mile heats, Ascot, 1,1; Mollie Darling, 2,2; Mother Carrie, 3, 3,3. Time, 58 and 53%. Second race, mile dash— W. Wyches first, Tibbott second and Johnnie B. third. Time, 1:54. Third race, one and a quarter mile dash— Jack Twigg first, Abdeikoree second and Prussian third. The first race of one and a quarter rnile dash was won by Abdeikoree, with Utah second and First Chance third. Time, 2:06%. Second race, mile heats, for three year olds—Spring let, 1,1; Natie Lee, 2, 2. Time, 1:50 % and Third race, two mile dash— Jack Trigg first, Mary Long second and Busy Bee third. Time, 3:04^4. ■ i Memphis Cotton Exchange. Memphis, December 10.—The crop report of the Memphis Cotton Ex change for November, gives the fol lowing summary for the district, com posed of West Tennessee, North Miss issippi, North Arkansas, and North Alabama : from 94 responses the com mittee report that cotton picking closed last year December 7th, while this year on December Ist. W 9 have reported yet in the field, 35 per ceat., and to this date weather is so unsettle 1 that there has been little of any picked during the past week; labor last year at this date was reported efficient, and by this report 50 per cent, is reported discour aged and indifferent to saving the out standing crop. Our September report is estimated at 21 per cent, increase over last year. Our October report re duced the increase to 16 per cent., aud this report brings the East down to 1 per cent, less than last year. Don’t Borrow Trouble. [Pittsburg Commercial.] December and Winter are here. The leaves have fallen from the trees, and have turned to dust and mire; the sweet smells have gone out of the woods and given place to decay and death ; the last fruits have shriveled In the early frosts, and the newspapers are telling people tc* beware of the golden glory of the Indian Summer, since it only ushers in the bitter days of Winter. But do not accept Jere miah as your prophet, or receive his Lamentations as the Gospel of the day. The world Is not on the wing beyond our clasp. Humanity, government, arts, faith, devotion are not fading out nor turning to destruction and empty si lence. The coming “ 'Winter of discon tent” holds in its hand the brightest buds of radiant promise. Even in the hectic flush and flicker of dying nature there is a prophecy of distant beauties aud of the time when the singing of the birds will come. The days to be will be broader and brighter than those which have passed. The future into which we are drifting is not one of desolation. “ Let not your hearts be troubled.” There Is very often a good deal of pretension about men reputed to be scholars. William Ewart Gladstone doubtless thinks himself one of the most learned of English statesman, and yet he is as ignorant of Bessie Turner’s novel as a baoe unborn. 1 The appearance of a monster owl on the eaves of a Wall street bank, the other day, occasioned Hio little excite ment in the great financial thorough fare. What a chanco 'or an augury such an occurrence wculd have fur nished the old Roman soothsayers 1 THE TREASURY REPORT. A Long Document Admirably Con densed. [New York World.] The report of the Secretary of the Treasury shows that the total net re ceipts of the year were $288,000,051.10, which, added to the balance in the Treasury June 30, 1874, of $150,731,- 694.63, made the available cash $438,- 731,745.73. The disbursements of the year amounted to $294,029,329.32, leav ing a balance iu the Treasury of $144,- 702,416.41. The receipts exceeded the estimate of the Secretary, and the ex penditures fell below it. For the first quarter of the year ending June 30, 1875, the receipts have been $81,156,- 145.14 and the expenditures $84,047,- 543.76. During the remaining three quarters of the year the revenues, after deducting what is required for the Sinking Fund, will fall short $3,285,- 090.94. For the succeeding year the Secretary estimates a revenue of $304,- 000,000 and an expenditure of $269,- 265,000. The reduction of the public debt during the year amounted to $14,399,514.84, and the debt itself foots up to the total of $2,128,688,726.82. During the year there has been an ap parent deficit iu the amount applied to the Sinking Fund. National bonds to the amount of $500,000,000, bearing interest at six per cent., have been re funded at five per cent., and the Secre tary suggests the possibility of refund ing the remainder of the six per cents. Mr. Bristow makes a long argument in favor of the resumption of Specie Pay ments, showing that, according to the terms of the Legal-Tender act and its construction by the Supreme Court, redemption ip coin is contemplated. Resumption without further legislation he considers difficult, and therefore suggests the retirement of a number of legal-tender notes by the issue of four per cent, bonds. Up to November 1, 1875, two thousand three hundred and seven national banks had been organ ized, of which two thousand and eighty-seven were doing business in October last. The aggregate capital of these banks was $501,829,769; circu lation, $318,350,379; deposits, $664,- 579,619, and loans, $980,222,951. The amount of accommodation pa per out October 1 was loss than usual. The rate of interest in New York for the six months ending Octo ber 31, 1875, was 2.6 per cent, on call loans and 5.1 per cent, on commercial paper. The issue of silver coinage to take the place of fractional currency the Secretary regards as useless so long as the premium on gold remains at its present figure. The effect of the increase in duties made last March it is difficult to determine. Thus far the result has been a decrease in revenue, especially iu such as is derived from iron aud wool. The Secretary suggests a consolidation of customs districts as a measure of reform, and a simplifica tion of the tariff. He also asks for the re-imposition of the duty on sugar and coffee. Alluding to the Whiskey Ring, Mr. Bristow declares that hon esty and capacity in the Custom House and revenue officers would be great sources of income. The imports of the last fiscal year were valued at $513,- 442,711; the imports at $533,005,436. Tiie excess of the export of gold over the amount imported was $71,231,425. After treating the various matters con nected with his department at great length, the Secretary closes with some valuable suggestions concerning claims against the Government, recommend ing a limit beyond which they shall cease to be voted, and proposing a trial of each case in the neighborhood of the claimant rather than at Washing ton. Discussing the Currency Question. [Chicago Tribune.] They were both sitting in the gro cery about 9;30 p. in. and talking over the currency question. Said a tall, thin man, with a game eye, a red nose, and a suspicious glassiness about the knees of his pantaloons and the under part of his coat sleeves; “You see all this talk about inflating the currency by the issue of more national bank notes is humbug, andl’il ’splain it to you. Now, suppose I’m going to start a national bank, what do I do? Well, I goto Washington, to the Secretary of the Treasury, aud I give him SIOO,OOO in United States bonds and he —” “But,” sai l the other disputant, an old man with a severe countenance and a mouth like the slip iu a post office letter-box, “you hain’t got no SIOO,OOO in United States bonds.” “Well,” said the first speaker, rather hastily and testily, “but suppose, for the sake of argu ment, that I have SIOO,OOO iu bonds. I take them to the Treasurer, and—” “But,” growled the old man, “what ’n thunder’s the use of your supposin’ you had SIOO,OOO in bonds ? You know ’s well’s I do that you hain’t; you never had.” “Don’t make a sanguinary fool of yourself,” retorted the tall, thin man ; haven’t you got sense enough to understand what I am saying ? Sup pose,” ho said, beginning anew for the third time, with his face very red, “suppose, then, that I take my SIOO,OOO in bonds to the Treasurer and—” “But,” replied the severe old man, with a resounding thump of his cane on the floor, “you know you haven’t got SIOO,- 000 in bonds, nor SIO,OOO, nor SI,OOO, nor SIOO. Your father hadn’t enough money in his life to pay the tax on a yellow dog, and you’ll never have any while you go on drinking poor whis key, and have got a shiftless wife like that of yourn. A hundred thousand dollars in bonds! . Yes, in a horn.” “Well,” said the tall, thin man, “if you’ve got any bonds they’d belong to your creditors if you were honest.” Then they clinched. What hurts a fashionable young man most is to be obliged by the accumula tion of tailor bills to quit a community where he has just achieved the glory of having invented anew dance. The attorneys of Mr. and Mrs. Lan dis, of Vineland, N. J., notoriety, are still quarreling in the courts over which of the parents shall have posses sion of their two children—the parties being separated. The man who Is curious to see how the world oould get along without him, can find out by sticking a cambric needle in a mill pond, and then with drawing it and looking at t be hole. The latest striking character in fic tion is that of Harold Leigh, in Mrs. Eiloart’s “Kate Randall’s Bargain.” He is a litterateur, possessing the uncom mon combination of a successful critic and an unsuccessful writer, and having beneath his vanity a strength of pur pose and intellect and within his world liness a kind and gentle heart. The father of eleven u nmarried girls, who hadn’t a male visitor for three moqths, was so deeply moved one day last week by the spectacle of a young man’s coming up the frout steps that he could do nothing but lean on the window and gasp. A WICKED WOMAN. A Governess Patronized hy a Queen— A Disappointed Woman’s Vengeance —lnhumanities Practiced on the Marsden Children. In 1852, James Loftus Marsden was a doctor, having a fine practice iu Great Malvern* England. He was a handsome and an agreeable man, still in the prime of life, when he was left a widower with five daughters, the eldest of whom was not thirteen years of age. He determined to give his daughters the best care and the best education within his reach, and therefore engaged as governess a French lady, who bore a recommendation from her Majesty the Queen. It was worded thus: “This is to certify that Mile. Celestine Doudet is an excellent person, with a good character and sweet disposition, but her education is too good for the situation of wardrobe woman, and I think as a governess she would be bet ter suited. I believe her to be perfect ly honest and worthy of confidence. “Victoria. “Buckingham Palace, Bth March, 1842.” After being wardrobe-keeper to the Queen, she became governess iu many distinguished families, notably in that of the Marquis of Hastings and Lady ! Grey’s, and finally, armed with the highest testimonials, she entered the family of Dr. Marsden. After three months’ sojourn with him, in which time it is supposed she became deeply enamored of him, that she informed him that she intended opening a young girl’s j boarding school in Paris, and proposed to take his daughters with her. He immediately consented, delighted with the opportunity of getting rid of them, as he was about to marry a young girl. Mile. Doudet opened her school, as-1 sociating with her her sister Zephriuo, and for a while all went well. The father and his bride visited the children, and were so satisfied with their treatment that they concluded to j allow them to stay with the French ; governess another six months. The | girls appeared to be fond of her and desired to remain. There was only one thing disquieted the doctor, and that was they looked so thin, and yet their appetite was voracious. Shortly after the opening of the school, Zephyrine left her sister and took a governess’ place elsewhere. This was commented upon by the neighbors, who had already begun to make very serious charges against Mile. Doudet. They said she starved and otherwise ill-treated the little Eng lish girls, beating them and shutting them up iu the cellar. These rumors, in fact, had their origin in what Zephy rine had said before her departure, to the effect that she and her sister dis agreed about the manner of treating the Marsden children, Celestine being for manual correction and scant food, which Zephyrine could not brook to see given, and left in consequence. * The neighbors began to watch the governess, and were convinced that their suspicions were correct. The police were informed, and a visit of in spection was made to Mile. Doudet. The children, being interrogated, de clared themselves well treated. The police were satisfied, seeing no reason why the woman should abuse the girls who brought her in so handsome a revenue. A friend of Dr. Marsden now wrote to him, from Paris, informing him of the charges against the woman, and begging him to look into them. Mars den’s brother-in-law, Mr. Rashdall, came to Paris immediately, to deter mine for himself if there was any truth in the reports. The children adhered to their story of being satisfied and well taken care of, and he departed satisfied. Still letters continued to be sent to Dr. Marsden, and the aunt of the girls, Fanny Rashdall, next ceme to see about it. She found the little girls fearfully emaciated and haggard. She accused the governess of ill-treating them, and a quarrel ensued. Miss Rashdall re mained in Paris some time, and visited the boarding-school frequently, when not expected, but could never surprise any scene of violence, aud had, per force, to appear content. She left at last, abandoning the poor children to the mercy of the most well-bred, edu cated, artful fiend that the entire cata logue of female devils can name. Mary Ann, one of the childred, fell sick, and Mile, Doudet reported to the father that it was with whooping cough; in a short time it died. Overwhelmed with anonymous let ters, and horrified at the death of his daughter, Dr. Marsden hastened to Paris. Determined to surprise the woman, if possible, he rushed up, on entering the sciiool, to the sleeping floor. Celestine heard someone com ing, and, stepping outside of the bed room door, planted herself before it, to prevent the doctor’s going in; but he flung her aside, and forced his way in. Three of his children lay upon the bed—one was the corpse of Mary Ann; on either side of the dead body was a living child. He ordered them to rise, but they could not. He seized the bed clothes and pulled them off. The two little girls were tied to the bedposts so tightly that they could not even change their positions. He released them with difficulty, bade his four re maining daughters get ready, and he took them to a restaurant, where they ate with the avidity of starvation. He next removed them to his home in England. With good living, three of the sisters regained their flesh and spirits within five weeks, but Lucy, the fourth, did not rally from the vile treatment she had received, and, in six weeks after being taken away from Doudet’s, died a mo3t horrible death. Even when dying, surrounded by friends, so great were still her fears of that infamous woman, that she insist ed on holding someone by the hand as she revealed the horrible atory. — She said Mile. Doudet had threatened to pursue her while alive, and haunt her when dead, if she ever told her wrongs. She, in common with the other sis ters, had never been given a sufficiency of food—they insisted that all they ever got was orusts of bread and water; that they had been kept without even that for thirty-six hours at a time; that they had been shut up naked in a cellar, night after night; that they had been beaten, kioked, and kdocked down stairs ; that they had been imprisoned for hours in the filthiest holes in the house ; in short, every cruelty under the guise of punishment had been in flicted upon them, from being kept running up and down stairs all day loaded with books, to tying them to a contrivance resembling a cross, and beating them insensible, All the chil dren confirmed this statement, and worse. They declared that they had been brought into the parlor by Mile. Doudet; that Mary Ann had been seized with a fit of coughing, upon which the woman beat her over the New Series —Vol. 28, No. 109 head, thumped her in the breast, and finally knocked her over a chair. She fell senseless, was carried to bed, and died in a few days. Mile. Doudetgave out that the child’s death was caused by convulsions, brought on by whooping cough. At the inquest it was decided that she died of apoplexy. For some time be fore her death the poor child had been paralyzed on the entire right side of her body by the inhuman treatment of Mile. D. The indignant and outraged father brought suit against her in Paris. The famous Monsieur Berryer defended her—the same who so elo quently pleaded the case of our own Madame Patterson vs. Bonaparte, when she sued for her rights after the death of Jerome Bonaparte. A number of gentlemen and ladles of the highest standing testified to the umblemished reputation of Mile. Dou det, and that they had never seen any acts of unkindness on her part toward the Marsden girls. On the other hand, the affirmative testimony was strong against her. Although letters to her from the little girls, of the most affec tionate character, were produced in evidence, the children declared that they had been written at the diqtation of the vile wretch herself, and if they had always spoken of her in the high est terms, it was because she had threatened to kill them if they did not do so, or if they revealed the cruel treatment they had received at her hands. Ail the girls bore terrible scars, never-fading witnesses of her cruelty. On the trial it was asked what mo tive could she have had to treat the children so, and it was pretty plainly shown that revenge had led her to it. When she entered the house of Dr. Marsden she was a woman of thirty five years of age, and he a man of thirty-six. Her position as a penniless governess made matrimony very im probable for her, while his five children rendered a second marriage for him very difficult. Here, then, was a simi larity of condition which, in her opin ion, placed them on an equality, and constituted her the woman of all others suited to be the mistress of his house, his wife, and the mother of his child ren. Thus had she settled it all in her own mind when another woman appear ed upon the scene and bore away the prize. Mile. Doudet determined upon a cruel revenge—she would ruin and kill Marsden’s children, for in this summary of this remarkable case we have omitted the disgraceful charges brought by her against the English girls. The accused was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and five hundred francs fine and costs. She was visited in prison by a number of high-bred noblewomen, who persisted in be lieving in her innocence, and she was pardoned out before the expiration of her term. On her return to the world she had the audacity to open another school, and there were not wanting ladies of the highest respectability to intrust their helpless children to her care—or rather to the merciless fangs of this “baby farmer,” already proven an en sanguined murderess. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. The Camden races began on Thurs day. There were full entries from several stables. The Lexington Dispatch nominates Hon. H. A. Meetze as Judge of the fifth circuit. The Mercantile Association of Marion has prepared a black list of delinquent debtors. The public meeting of citizens in Lexington county has been postponed until Saturday. The Press and Banner says that un less the State tax be reduced, Abbeville county will pay over twenty mills next next year. Beaufort Township will be compelled to pay a tax of twenty mills, and the town an additional tax of fifteen mills this year. The last issue of the Clarendon Press publishes the salutatory of Maj. W. T. Lesesne, who has again assumed edito rial charge of that paper. Mr. F. Stoll Toomer, a son of Dr. Toomer, of Charleston, who has been engaged in teaching in the lower part of Lexington county, died last Thurs day night. At a recent meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University, Chief Just ice F. J. Moses was unanimously elect ed Professor of the Law School of that instisution, made vacant by the death of Maj. C. D. Melton. Mr. Jonas Harris, who lives in Thick ety, Spartanburg county, lost his three oldest of four children, who died from diphtheria, in about ten days. The oldest was not more than eight years of age. The fourth, an infant, has been stricken with the same disease. Of the thirty-seven convicts recently brought from the penitentiary of North Carolina to work on the Spartauburg and Asheville Railroad, and who made their escape from the guard a few nights ago, about twenty have been ar rested and sent baok to their work on the road. A protest should be raised against the importation of North Caro lina convicts into our State. There are thieves enough now in South Carolina. A meeting of the taxpayers of the town of Sumter has been held to con sider the municipal debt and the rate of taxation. The charter authorizes a levy of two mills on real ©state, which tax would amount to $923.25. It is proposed to levy four mills additional on the real estate, and four mills on .personal property, making the total tax $3,280.69. The meeting petitioned for an abatement of the extra tax, and providing for testing the matter in the courts if the demand be not acceded to, Here is a characteristic little incident of President Grant’s career: When he was General of the Army, immediately after the war, he visited Canada. At that time Lord Monck was Governor General, with his residence at Spencer Wood, some three miles distant from Quebec. It was announced to General Grant, at his hotel in Quebec, that the Governor General would call upon him at a certain hour the next day. Lord Monck desired to observe the usual ceremony, and therefore, at the appointed hour, sent two aids-de-camp in advance to announce his approach. A few minutes later he entered Grant’s room, preceded by two other officers, himself olad in full uniform. At this moment Grant was seated in earnest conversation with a horse-dealer of fame in Quebec. The horse-dealer was entertaining him with a disquisition on the off-hind fetlock of a favorite mare. As the Governor General approached and saluted him, Grant, just lifting his eyelids, but not rising, put out his right hand and said, “Hoy dy do?” And then he went on talking about th 9 mar^ To Advertisers and Subscribers. On AND aftek this date (April 21, 1875.) all editions of the Constitutionalist will be sent free of postage. Adveettsemknts must be paid for when han ded in, unless otherwise stipulated. Announcing or suggesting Candidates fot office, 20 cents per line Bh insertion. Money may be remitted at our risk by Express or Postal Order. Cobbesfondence Invited from all sources, and valuable special news paid for if used. Rejected Communications will not be re turned. and no notice taken of anonymous letters, or articles written on both sides. GEORGIA GENERAL NEWS. Maj. Wiley Petty, of Cherokee coun ty, claims to have raised the premium turnip, weighing seven pounds. A small frame dwelling occupied by colored people, situated near the Bap tist Mission Chapel, Macon, cn the ex tension of Troupe street, was totally destroyed by fire on Thursday. It is currently reported that Prof. Asbury, President of Forsyth College, has been tendered the position of Prin cipal of Dalton High School, in place of Rev. W. C. Wilkes. The ladies of Columbus are making fine progress in the matter of the monument for the Confederate dead. The location has not yet been selected. A serious difficulty occurred at Woodville recently, between Calvin Culbreath, of Oglethorpe county, and Alec King, a negro living in the neigh borhood, in which the latter was se riously, if not fatally shot. The receipts of cotton at Union Point for this season, up to this date, are 2,280 bales, against 1,100 bales for the same time last year, showing an increase of 130 bales for this year. At the regular meeting of Zaradatha Lodge, No. 83, held at Crawford on the 7th inst., the following officers were chosen for the ensuing Masonic year: W. Master, Joe S. Baughn; S. W., R. J. Willingham; J. W., Geo. W. Smith; Sec retary, Geo. H. Lester; Treasurer, R. C. Latimer; Tyler, J. L. Rowe. North Georgia Citizen: “A one-legged Confederate soldier, was shot and in stantly killed, in the lower part of Murray county, on Saturday evening last. The name of the person killed, or the party who did the killing, we did not learn —nor did we learn the cause of the difficulty, or whether any arrest was made.” Burglars are still depredating in Sa vannah. John Wolber, about three o’clock Thursday morning, being “called up,” opened fire on a gang who were attempting to enter his dwelling, and the burglars fired several shots at him. The News significantly adds : “They succeeded in getting off, and, strange to say, no policeman was at tracted by the reports.” Mr. Hebst, the ex-Librariau of the Young Men’s Library in Atlanta, has published a card In defence of his con duct, but it don’t seem to shed auy more light on the subject. Narrowed down, it would appear he was an em ploye who failed to “fill the bill,” and was very properly dismissed. Judge Heyward Brookins, Ordinary of Washington county, and the only Ordinary the county ever had, died on Tuesday. He was the oldest Ordinary in the State, and has held office in that county for forty years. His funeral took place on Wednesday, and was largely attended. He was buried with Masonic honors. Dr. W. J. Fogle, of Columbus, had presented to him recently the two false teeth which were found after the cremation of Parkman by Prof. Web ster, in Boston, Mass., many years since. Many remember the great ex citement which that most extraordina ry murder created. Prof. Marengo, of Baltimore, Md., who two years ago of fered this valuable prize to the best artistic dentist in the United States, with the Board of Advisers, awarded the same to Dr. W. S. Fogle by a unan imous vote. Columbus Times: We met a young planter yesterday who is out of debt. The result is that he made this year two thousand bushels of oats on one hundred and fifty acres, corn and meat enough, and twelve bales of cotton. He only employed two regular hands, hiring others when necessary by the day. He has made money, and has been annoyed very little. He says if he had hired eighteen hands and plant ed his plantation in cotton the place would have been very heaviJy involved in debt. At the annual convocation of Romo Royal Arch Chapter, No. 26, held on Tuesday night last, the following of ficers were elected for the ensuing Ma sonic year : Thcs. J. Perry, H. P; R. V. Mitchell, K; R. W. Roebuck, S.; Phil lip Cohen, C. H.; R. T. Wilkerson, P. S, J.; Geo. M. Battey, R. A. C.; Thos. J. Williamson, M. 1. V.; J, A. Penny, M. 2 V.; William J. Langston, M. 3. V.; M. Dwinnell, Treasurer ; R. H. West, Sec retary; B. G. Neal, Sentinel. Atlanta’s real “sensation” has caused the papers of that city to be filled with matters connected with it. Judgo Hop kins issued the following order on Thurs day: “It is ordered that the sheriff take the defendants A. J. West and Benjamin W. Briscoe into his custody, and commit them to the common jail of Fulton oounty and there detain them, without bail or mainpraise, until they deliver to M. Castleman, l-eceiver, the commercial books of West, I’dwards & Cos.” A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held the same day about the failure, and after considerable spouting, the meeting ad journed without taking any action. Columbus Enquirer-Sun: From the report of the committee to examine into the affairs and management of the Central Railroad and Bank, we learn that the amount absorbed by the Southwestern, Western Alabama and Mobile and Girard Railroad, has been 51,721,696.26; and if to this be added to the payments for the Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama Road, these four railroads have had from the Central $2,206,616.97 —nearly all in the brief space of four years. This has been produced by the poverty of the South, which has resulted in depressed business, and are the causes of the failure of the Central to declare its usual dividends. Many people in Georgia invested in the Central to ob tain a support, and many are really suffering because they can get no in terest on their property. If they do it must be at a great sacrifice. Col Carey Styles, of the Albany News, in editorial correspondence from Atlanta to his paper, thus refers to General Colquitt, his candidate for Governor: “Three men out of every four who mentioned the subject in our presence, expressed decided preference for Gen. Colquitt, and unhesitatingly assured us that he was the choice of Atlanta. He is there, as everywhere else, regarded as a capable, worthy and reliable gentleman; as having served the State faithfully, and as deserving in an eminent degree the suffrages of the people. Nobody is afraid of Col quitt. All are willing to trust him, and none urge objections. Yes! there is one who would grieve to see him Gov ernor—one who projects little 'dirty missiles, and annoints them on the rebound with approving sweetness from the desk of a private Secretary ship.” When a Texa™ militia company all got drunk the other evening, couldn’t it be called a genuine case of a spree dtj corps ?