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The Situation.
Constitutionalist Office, 12:15 A. M.
There has been no change in the
political situation in the last twenty
four hours. The returns from the
heretofore doubtful States disclose
these facts.
In Florida, Tildkn and Drew have a
majority of the votes actually cast and
counted.
Io Louisiana, Tilden and Nicholls
have majorities—the former 8,107, the
latter over 9,000, of the votes actually
cist and counted.
In South Carolina, Hampton has a
majority from 1,100 to 1,200 of the
votes for Governor actually cast and
counted, but the holding baok of the
returns from Colleton, Darlington, Ker
shaw and Laurens, and the claim of
the Radicals that Hates’ majority is
1,200 and Chamberlain’s something
less, go to show tnat an attempt may
be made to disarrange the ballots in
the boxes from these counties. No such
attempt can be successful, as the Dem
ocrats have the official count from
every precinct in the State.
The case of the Vermont Postmaster,
who was ineligible as an elector on that
account, is considered of sufficient im
portance to warrant the transmission
to the Vermont Legislature, by the au
thorities at Washington, of all the law
and statutes bearing on the subject.
Meanwhile, the affrighted Radicals are
frantically attempting to pick some
flaws in the electoral tickets of the
Southern States.
It will not do. The end of all this is
near.
Let us have Peace !
ALABAMA.
The Legislature—Governor Houston's
Message.
Montgomery, November 15. l'he
Senate elected R. W. Cobb President of
the House and N. N. Clements Speaker.
Both have served two terms in the res
pective Houses.
Governor Houston’s message is de
vote! principally to State affairs. He
refers to the great economy instituted
in all the State departments, and calls
special attention to the fact that the
State obligations, which were sold at
sixty to seventy cents in the dollar
when he went into office in 1874 now
command 92 to 93.
This he attributes to the confidence
the people have in a government of
their own choice. The penitentiary,
which cost the State a large sum of
money under the previous administra
tion, is now a source of considerable
revenue to the State. The public
schools are prosperous and increasing
in usefulness. On Federal politics, he
says: “Allow me to congratulate you
and the entire country upon the sig
nal and brilliant success of the patri
otic people of the United States
in their great struggle against fraud
and corruption, as practised by the
party in the control of the Federal
Government, in the election, by an un
precedentedly large popular majority,
of Tilden and Hendricks for President
and Vice President of the United States.
They have achieved a victory unequal
led by any known to civilized govern
ments—a victory achieved through the
quiet and peaceful instrumentality of
the ballots, the mode provided by our
fathers for the protection and main
tenance of the government in its
atreugth and purity. There has been
no blood, no violence, no force. They
have covered themselves with never
fading and imperishable honor, and
have made a name of which their
children, to the latest generation, may
be justly proud.”
WASHINTON ITEMS.
News aud Gossip From the Capital.
Washington, Nov. 15.— The Cabinet
yesterday discussed the Vermont and
Oregon postmasters chosen as electors.
Southern matters were discussed.
The Cabinet appears to agree with the
President that the duty of the army
South is to preserve peace and to re
port through regular army channels
election frauds, and to prevent lawless
interference, and not to interfere them
selves with machinery for counting
votes.
A Republican elector in Oregon has
resigned his post-office. The depart
ment has placed the office In charge of
no agent. It is stated that several
Centennial Commissioners, who hold
commissions under the broad seal of
th* United States, have been chosen
electors.
Letters have been sent from the De
partment of Justice to the proper judi
cial authorities in Vermont. The ob
ject seems to be that every legislative
and judicial act bearing upon the case
of postmaster Sollace, * may be at
hand. Judge Taft at present declines
fo be quoted on the subject.
Washington, November 15.—The Re-
Pnblicans are scanning the lists of
Southern electors for someone labor
ing under political disabilities.
" Investigators” Wanted in Mississippi.
Jackson, Miss., November 15. —The
following telegram was sent to-day to
wo. Jas. a. Gar field ;
Orleans, November 15.—The
of Mississippi earnestly
invite you and your associates of both
Parties when you have completed your
investigations in Louisiana to visit
inu State to make a like investigation
nto the frauds and violence with which
' OM State has beon carried
Pgaed] H. E. Wake,
Chm’n. Eep. State Ex. Com.
Reinforcements for Crazy Horse.
Sew York, November 15.—A Sydney,
• ®b., dispatch says passengers on the
from Bed Cloud Agency say the
have left their camp on
Akiand Creek and gone north to join
razy Horse. These Indians are better
inters even than the Sioux, and this
'■Eodug will add great strength to the
‘ opposed to Gen. Crook.
Uetkoit, November 15. —The tug J.
• bennftt went ashore Monday night
“ear St. Helena Island, Straits of Mack
?aw - Five of the crew were scalded to
ath by escaping steam.
Stagnate Cnnatitetioiwliat
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Official Returns—Republicans still
claim the State.
Charleston, November 13. —The
Columbia correspondent of the News
aud Courier telegraphs that the official
returns have been received from all the
counties in the State except Laurens,
Kershaw, Colleton and Darlington. The
returns from Laurens should have
been in Columbia since Friday, but
nave not been dlivered yet to the Can
vas lug Board. The correspon
dent is informed by a Republ
ican whose name is not given
that the majority claimed for Hayes by
the Republicans upon the returns, as
they stand, is only 1,200, and for
Chamberlain something less. No
county is thrown out in this calcula
tion.
Chief Justice-Carter is in Columbia,
and visited Gov. Chamberlain. Carter
says, in conversation, there is not half
ao much excitement here as at the
North.
ELECTION DOTS.
Press Comments, Opinions, etc.
Washington, November 15. — The
Herald has an elaborate Tallahassee
special. Official returns from nine
counties justify unofficial returns made
some days ago. It is settled that the
full returns of the county Canvassing
Boards will give the State to Drew by
over nine hundred, and to Tiiden by
over five hundred. These returns will
be attacked by the Republicans before
the State Canvassing Board. The De
mocrats are confident and can defend
every return. The contest before the
State Board will probably be long and
bitter. A dozen counties will be attack
ed by one party or the other. The tes
timony in each case is voluminous.
The Tribune's New Orleans special
says the Democrats claim that a count
of the votes actually cast will show
that Tilden has carried the State by
about 8,000 majority, and Nicholls by
about 9,000. The Republicans, I be
lieve, do not deny that a majority of
the votes polled are against them, but
they assert that,* under the law, they
will be able to prove that several par
ishes were carried by the Democrats
by intimidation aud violeuee, and that
when the votes from these parishes are
rejected, as they will be legally, Hayes
ami Packard will be found to have car
ried tho State.
New York, November 15.
H. 11. Leech, cure IK. JK Screws, Mont
gomery, Ala.:
Political victory still claimed by both
parties.
(Signed) D. T. Abosmena.
New York, November 15.—Win. H.
Robertson, Gen .Francis C. Bajlow and
assistant District Attorney Rollin start
ed for Tallahassee. Win. M. Evarts
declines to go South.
New Orleans, November 15. —Gar-
field, of Ohio, and Kelly, of Pennsyl
vania, arrive to-morrow, when the Re
publicans will answer the communica
tion of the Democrats. The city is
very quiet.
Havre, November 15.— The inquest
over the body of Mr. E. H. Walter,
white Democrat, who was killed during
the riot on the Bth inst., began to-day.
The jury is composed entirely of white
men. Six witnesses were examined,
w’hose statements concur in showing
that deceased was shot by a negro po
liceman, who fired with a Winchester
rifle, from near the guard house. No
proof has yet beeu adduced pointing
directly to the guilty party. Twenty
more witnesses remain to be exa mined
COTTON.
Report of the Department of Agricul
ture.
Washington, November 15.—Official
reports to the Department' of Agricul
ture indicate that the season has been
extremely favorable for gathering cot
ton, except in some portions of North
Carolina. Frost has injured the top
crop in the north belt, notably in Ar
kansas. The fibre is cleaner than usual
and of superior quality in the south
ern belt. Drought in the Gulf States,
rain storms in the Carolinas, the boll
worm in the Southwest, and the cater
pillar in certain locations near tSe Gulf
coast, are the chief causes of injury to
the crop. TTie harvest will be complete
at a much earlier date than usual. The
crop must be smaller than that of last
year, however favorable and long the
remaining season for gathering. In
the comparison with the last crop
the percentages of the Atlantic Coast
States are relatively larger by reason
of the poor returns of 1875, aud smaL
ler in the Southwest from comparison
with the remarkable yield of that re
gion. They are as follows;
North Carolina, 92 ; South Carolina,
99 : Georgia, 110 ; Florida, 100 ; Ala
bama 77; Mississippi,7B ; Louisiana,
83; Texas, 100; Arkansas, 74; Tennessee,
101. The averages, between 88 and 80,
indicates, without reference to the re
mainder of the picking season, nearly
nine-tenths of the crop of 1875.
Pubap Affairs.
Havana, November H, m ? Ei * West,
November 15.—Well grounded rumpfs
are current here of a fight, resulting
disastrously to the Spaniards, near
Puerto Principe, in which the newly
arrived Spanish troops are said to have
been engaged. Tfyo Spanish forces re
tired to Puerto Principe, ru- j
mor is that the Spanish authorities j
have captured a boat near Baracoa,
with four Insurgents on board, carry
ing correspondence from Cuban refu
gees in New ¥ork to the Insurgents
here, stating that an expedition with
arms, ammuition and money was on its
way to this Island under eommapd of
Gazette publishes a
sentence of a court marnal held at,
Holguin condemning a woman named
Salome Gomez to be shot and another,
Paula Gamboa, to be banished. It is
supposed the women WCfe implicated
in the Los Tunas affair.
While the steamer Montezuma, be- j
longing to the iiop of steamers running
between here pud Porto Rico, and
touching at yprious ports pf tffe f alapa,
and also at Puerto Platte, was at the
latter port, about eleven passengers j
embarked, who, when the steamer W&& j
on the high seas, killed the captam,,
first mate, first engineer and the ;
superintended; of the cargo, anc
took possession of the steamer. They }
then landed the rest of the passengers
on Romero, Cuba, and put out to sea
again. It is supposed these so-called
passengers were
abouts or the Montezuma being
unknown, &nd Puerto Platte
ing full of refugees from here.
Havana,November 15. —One thousand
troops have arrived from Spain.
Haves received only 4 votes iu Mc-
Duffie county; Tilden 660, and Mr. Ste
phens $47.
FOREIGN NEWS.
the latest from across the
WATER.
The Eastern Question.
London, November 15 —The Stand
ard’s. Constantinople special says Tur
key is preparing vigorously for war.
i lorpedoea are being placed at the
eastern end of the Bosphorus, and the
forts have been strengthened,
j The New Free Press of Vienna says
England possesses the clearest proofs
jof Russia's ulterior designs. She has
communicated these to Count Von
Beust, the Austrian Ambassador in
London, and a complete agreement is
established between England and Aus
tria.
London, November 15.—A Reuter tel
egram from Constantinople says: All
the powers are stated to be in accord
respecting the Conference, which is ex
pected to commence its sittings at the
end of November. The Porte has
made some objection, but his adhesion
appears certain, England having made
urgent representations to that end.
St. Petersburg, November 15.—An
Imperial order was promulgated to-day
prohibiting the export of horses from
Western and (Southern Russia.
Vienna, November 15.—The favora
ble reply of Austria to the English
Conference proposal has been dis
patched to London.
Vienna, November 15.—The Political
Correspondence publishes a letter from
its tot. Petersburg correspondent which
summarises the reforms Russia intends
to demand of the Porte, as follows:
Disarmment the entire population
of Bosnia, Herzegovina and Bulgaria
without distinction as to creed; aboli
tion of irregular troops; the transfer
to Asia of Circassians settled in Eu
rope; the language of the country to
be introduced in the public offices and
tribunals; a native Christian to be ap
pointed Governor by the Porte in each
province, and a permanent commission
of supervisors composed of the Con
suls of the great powers. The letter
also mentions as reforms to be de
manded those specified in the dispatch
from Vienna published in this morn
ing’s Times, a summary of which was
telegraphed to the United States.
Foreign Miscellany.
London, November 15.—The Post to
day, in its financial column, says Lon
don underwriters are taking five shil
lings per hundred pounds for risk of
capture of steamers now loading in
Russian ports.
Akyab, November 15.—The British
steamer City of Manchester, from Liv
erpool for Calcutta, has sunk off here.
All hands except the Captain and stew
ard supposed to be lost.
Liverpool, November 15.—The cargo
in the mail hold of the American line
steamer, Lord Olive, which was to have
sailed from here to-day for Philadel
phia, was found to be on fire this morn
ing. The fire was extinguished by the
ship’s hose before any damage was
done to the steamer. The damaged
cargo is being relanded.
THE METHODISTS.
Annual Session of the Virginia Con
ference.
Richmond, November 15.—The eighty
second annual Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, of Virginia,
commenced its session here to-day,
Bishop A. H. Kavanaugh, of Kentucky,
presiding. The session was principally
occupied iu routine business. Resolu
tions were adopted providing for the
appointment of a committee of nine to
consider the subject of formal relations
between the general conferences of the
M. E. Church aud the M. E. Church
South, and to recommend such action
as they deem proper.
Hurricane in St. Thojuas.
Washington, November 15. The
State Department has details from St.
Thomas of a hurricane on the 13th
ult. The bark Idella Birney, of New
York, broke from her wharf, and went
on the rocks, when Capt. Turner, his
wife, and four of the crew were
drowned. The American brig, Veteran,
was broke in pieces,
Minor Telegrams.
New York, November 15.—John L.
Williams, of the firm of Williams &
Guion, is dead.
Clinton, lowa, November 15.—A fire
destroyed Lamb & Son’s large saw
mill, with its entire dry house. Loss
oyer SBO,OOO.
MoNTfrELfER, November 15.—The bill
to accord to women the same privileges
as men was defeated in the House to
day by 111 to 46.
New York, November 15. The
steamer Alexander, which arrived here
yesterday, has on board the statqa of
religious liberty which is to be prsaeotr
ed to the general goyerqment by the
Jewish order of the B’nai B’rith, Boa of
the Covenant, to commemorate the en
tire freedom which the Jewish race has
ever enjoyed under American institu
tions.
Butler’s Last Speech.
(From bis Speech jhj.Faneuil Hall, Election
Fellow Cititens— l have rougnfc the
fight. [Applause.] I have finished the
course; I have kept the faith. I must
gp farther and say, “After the manner
of men, I ha ye fought with beasts at
Ephesus.” [Laughter! 4B ( i f have
had so much to do with ministers of
the Gospel of late, that I have got used
to the good sook, the precept af which
these clergymen ought fp peffer un
derstand. One year ago, jn this hail,
was giyen the order to thp Republican
party, ejjumwora, to What
is a bummer? It is ops who follows
the camp, but is uever op to do
his duty in the raDks except when the
call is to roast beef. Now, the gentle
man who spoke that dictum in Faneuil
Hall, with 1,500 other bummers and
suiioi#, hag marched fully to the rear.
I rejoice in my owu election for the
reason that, on ihe great question
whief) interests !New England,' that of
protection, fh° peeds of this section
Will not be misrepresented, falje your
own city of Boston- f have 'no reason
to hay o a n y Y e TJ warm regard for many
of its oitieus; but it fs th a metropolis
[ of New England and in its welfare every
l New England man is interested. Now,
[ its future depends not on its commerce.
Its supremacy on the sea cannot be
regained. But it is a centre of manu
facturing industry, and on prosperity
here depends its future. If the tariff
is repealed, her beautiful stores, which
have risen like magic on the burnt dis
trict, will be without tenants, for the
merchants of Boston will h&’ye'no
1 I am interested in manufactures, and
I will say that, tp the extent of my
J ability, the interests of Boston wjll find
go more gallant defender.
AUGUSTA, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1876.
LINCOLN’S BONES.
Particulars of the Thwarted Attempt
to Steal Them —A Scheme Unparal
eled In the History of Crime.
j (Springfield (111.) Special to the Chicago
Tribune, Nov. Bth.
An attempt was made this evening
to perpetrate one of the most infamous
outrages which the mind of man can
conceive of—that of stealing the bones
and ashes of Abraham Lincoln. Un
fortunately the perpetrators escaped,
leaving, however, the evidences of taeir
crime behind them, and though the
clews are next to nothing, if human In
genuity can track them it will be done.
Somehow or other, no one exactly knows
how, J. O. Power, the custodian of
the Lincoln monument, beaune im
pressed with the idea that there were
designs upon th eremains, and he com
municated his suspicions to Leonard
Swett and Robert Lincoln. They
could hardly believe that any one, even
the meanest and lowest scoundrel in
the land, could conceive such a thing.
However, to prevent the horse from
getting out of the stable, they conclud
ed to lock the dour —to adopt precau
tions even shout dthere be nothing in the
feeling. Accordingly, Swett wrote Col.
Stewart, of the city, about two weeks
ago, requesting him to station a guard
at the monument. This was done, but
no one came to disturb the corpse. De
tective Tyrrel, of the United States Se
cret Service, whose headquarters are in
Chicago, having business here, was re
quested by Swett and Lincoln to see
Mr. Power, and to look around town
aud watch for suspicious characters.
Ho arrived here three or four days ago,
and at once commenced a vigorous
shadowing of several of the small
hotels, but he saw no one whom he re
cognized. This afternoon Mr. Power
came into town in a hurry, aud hunted
up Tyrrell, and informed him that two
very hard-looking cases had beeu out
to the cemetery looking around, and
he felt sure that they were there
for no good purpose. One registered
as trom Racine, and the other
from Kenosha, Wisconsin. Theif
names are suppressed, since they have
had nothing to do with what, occurred
later. An effort will of course be made
to find out who they are, aud should
they prove to be lunocent, Injustice
would be done them by telling now
who they are. Mr. Power, not being
used to detective work, could give but
meagre descriptions of them. The re
sult of the interview with Tyrrell is
unknown, but he must have concluded i
that election night was an excellent one '
in which to rob the tomb.
This evening’s train brought from
Chicago ex-Chief of the Secret Service
Elmer Washburn, who, it seems, had
been requested by Swett and Lincoln
to come here and aid Tyrrell. About
half-past 6 Washburn, Tyrrell and
three other men went out to Oakwood
and coucealed themselves in Memorial
Hall inside the monument to await de
velopments. One man was posted iu
the labyrinth in the rear, so called be
cause of the walls running in different
directions and making numerous pas ;
sage ways, these walls supporting the
terrace. His object was to hear the
noise made in the vault if any
were made. After patiently waiting for
nearly three hours, and when about
tired out from standing still, the
utmost silence being inoperative, he
heard a grating noise which lasted
perhaps five minutes. Then, in a little
while, came several successive thuds,
as if someone was hammering. The
time having arrivod for action, Washr
burn aud his men slipped out of the
door, with cocked revolvers iu their
hands, determined to shoot to kill if
any resistance was made. Just as they
were turning the corner to the left one
of the men accidentally exploded his
revolver. The noise was very loud,
so still were the surroundings, and un
fortunately it was too loud, for, though
there were but about one hundred
and twenty feet to go over, when tfoe
officers got to the door of the yaujt,
the dastardly villains were gone. They
must have had some watching to give
them the signal of danger, or else had
come outside for a breath of fresh air,
and heard the snapping of the cap,
and ran into the woods which sur
rounded the monument. It is but a
short distance, and a man could get
within shelter, and be unobserved jn a
quarter of a mtafite. The o]en at once
scattered, and went in the direction tl)e
thieves had gone, ami while dodging
behind the trees two of them ex
changed shots, each mistaking the
other for one of the fugitives. After
shooting at each other, they pried,
“Wash,” “Wash,” indicative of a friend
in such an emergency, and then they
found out their mistake. The bullets
whizzed close to both, and it was mirac
ulous that they escaped injury.
SJo traces of the thieves being dis
covered, the party returned to the
catacomb, and' there beheld a sight
which made them sad. The body, as
is Jpown,perhaps, is inclosed in a lead
casket. Tftis js sgjroupded by a c.edar
case, and the receptacle pf these a
garble sarcophagus. The latter has a
double lid, the upper one not being as
large as the other. Both had bepu
pried off with a chisel or an a*e, and
somewhat chipped in the operation.
The under lid was laid crosswise
on the casket, the head piece on
the floor, and the upper lid standing
S'upt the wall. The casket itself was
id out &hQRf> % fbof fro® tbd body
or the sarcophagus, and 1 a suiafi piece
had been taken off on the floor, where
were an ax, with the edge full of mar
ble-dust, an ordinary chisel, and a pair
of nippers. The other tools had evi
dently been away, since the lock
pn the iron-grated door'pad been sawed
off.
ft should perhaps be stated tpat the
sarcophagus was ig tpe catapomb, aucj
not id tpe crypt, bejng thus placed in
prder that yi§itors might see it. The
damage done js gomparutiyeiy little.
The officers 0 f course, were disap
pointed at pot patching the vandals,
but they think it is only a question of
a little time when they will be appre
hended.
Only one motive can be attributed to
these despoilers of the grave, and that
is the hope of a reward for the restora
tion of the remains. If they had suc
ceeded in carrying them off, it certain
ly could not have been their intention
to take away the casket, for it must
weigh from five hundred to six hun
dred pounds, and halt a dozen m eu
coujd pot baye carried it to the fence
for transfer to a wagon jn the road. It
is more than likely that they intended
to cut open the casket and gather up
the bones and dust of the martyr
President and put them in a bag.
What would have been the indignation
of the country had this been done?
The scheme concocted by theee men is
certainly unparalleled In the history of
crime.
Rev. J. W. Eilffigtdtrhas accepted a
call to continue’ pastot of Thomson
Baptist Chprch for another year.
SENSATION IN A CHURCH.
j Outrage on a Colored Minister—Rev.
R. P. Robinson Driven from His Pul
pit for Voting the Democratic Ticket
—Police Protection Necessary.
[Baltimore Gazette 13th.]
The Rev. R. P. Robinson, pastor of
Orchard street M. E. Church (colored),
whose name is familiar to readers of
the Gazette, as being on a previous oc
casion persecuted by his congregation
on account of his political opinions,
yesterday went into his pulpit at the
customary hour, for the purpose of de
livering his regular Suuday morning
sermon. A preconcerted plan for his
ejectment had, however, evidently been
arranged, and his arrival was the oc
casion of great excitement. Many of
his congregation rose to their feet at
his entranco, and others abruptly left
the church. The building will accomo
date about five hundred persons, and
was crowded to its utmost capacity.
The news of the difficulty had evidently
been anticipated by the colored people
who live in the neighborhood, and the
street in front of the church was throng
ed with a dusky crowd eager to testify
by any lawless act their devotion to
their defeated party. Many of them
hurled imprecations unfit for publica
tion against the pastor and others call
ed upon the police to eject him from
the church.
Officer Flaunery, who was present,
did his utmost to quell the tumult,
which did not subside until Mr. Robin
sou withdrew in the interest of peace,
and was subsequently escorted home
by the officer above mentioned. He af
terward secured the keys of the church
and retained them iu his possession
with the intention of admitting no one
to the edifice until he hears from his
presiding elder. The police state that
the difficulty originated with a white
man living in the neighborhood, who is
a well-known Republican,and who has,
by his inflammatory remarks, incited
the negroes to this outrage. Some
weeks ago a colored preacher who
filled the pulpit for Mr. Robinson made
use, in his sermon, of the expression,
“If any member of this congregation
intends voting the democratic ticket,
lie ought to be hanged.” At the close
of his remarks Mr. Robinson arose and
said he did not think such an expres
sion of opinion a suitable one to erna
naie from the pulpit,, aud he did not
desire a repetition of it. The congre
gation, which is largely composed of
an ignorant class of negroes, became
very much incensed at this very proper
suggestion of their pastor, uud re
quested him to resign the charge. He
refused to do so, and hence the trouble
yesterday.
Mr. liobiuson is a man of intelligence
and education, and is remarkably pop
ular as a preacher, and has since tekiug
charge of Orchard street built up the
church so that it now has a congrega
tion outnumbering any colored church
io the city. Ho numbers among his
friends many of the most respectable
find well known citizens of Baltimore,
aud has never used one word of politi
cal argument in his pulpit. He has
two sons who have labored for the
organization of colored democratic
clubs during the late campaign, but
has himself never expressed au opinion
politically, uncalled for,
BOSS SHEPHERD’S FRAUDS.
His Liabilities and Assets—The Ranks}
Which Lent Him Assistance.
[Special Dispatch to the Gazette.]
Washington, November 12. The
smoke and din cloaking the failure of
Boss Shepherd is but slowly clearing
up since the minutes of the packed
meeting of bis retinue and weak-kneed
! creditors have been done brown for
publication. Shepherd showed an ex
hibit in which he estimated his tangible
i assets at $1,900,000, and his liabilities
|at $],300,00t! Abe debts are probably
Rot very far from the mark, bqt the
assets ’ are quite disproportionately
overvalued, independent of the present
dullness io the real estate market, and
will not leave any margin. The sche
duled real estate has been bought
largely, not as an investment, but for
speculation, is heavily mortgaged, and
lias been kept up by the proceeds oi
shayed accommodation notes for some
tiiqe. Xu the famous meeting of inter
ested friends five banks were represents
pd, among which wqe one savings
bank by its pashief and secretary, and
another by onp of its managers. These
five institutions are also represented in
the committee appoiqtpd to exfimiue
and devise rnpans of relief to this
Hayes-ed Boss, The real estate firm of
| Kilbouru & Latta was represented by
the three partners. Heavy notes of
: theirs as trustees of the mysterious
real estate pool have lately gone to
| protest. All signs presage" a crasli
among the ring men, consequent upon
the stoppage of the profjig ite jobbery
in the district by the Democratic'House.
While sympathy is' organized by the
fiqgmen for the tfoqbjpd Brsp, tj}e cjie
tript commissioners* publication of the
apportionment of thp revouue derived
ftom taxation for the present flepa)
year states tnat seventy-five per oep
tum of the whole proceeds are ab
sorbed by the payment of tbe Interest
| on the debt, illegally contracted for the
j wood, block aiid coal tar nuisances on
1 the streets by the Boss and his
RFg. \
Madison Journal'. The irrepressible
Smith family : J. M. Smith, No. 1, is
Governor of Georgia ; J. M. Smith, No.
3, is liepresentative elect from Ogle
thorpe county ; J. M. Smith, No. 3, is a
candidate for Ordinary of HearcJ coun
ty ; J. M. Smith, Ho. 4, is a candidate
for Tax Collector of Talbot county ; J.
M. Smith, No. 5. is one of the most
popular J. P’s. in Harris county ; Jf. M.
Smith, No. G, is a brother of John
Smith, and J. M. Smith, No. 7, has just
stepped out to take a drink, and air.
Smyth is the commander-iq-phief of
ail the Deputy Marshals in the State of
Georgia, and of the United States army
at the polls last Tuesday.
Monroe Advertiser : The so-called
United States Marshals who attempt
ed to run our election for us last Tues
day, demoted thpmselves to arranging
the negroes into line. They attempted
“to arrange’' George Hanks and Chas.
Trippe, two negroes who have been
staquoh Democrats for teg yeqre
George ppd Charley got only refused
to arrange, bgt told tire intruders that
they considered themselves urade of
better stuff than they were. This
brought forth a hearty laugh from the
bystanders and gave the deputies the
dry grins. George and Charles are
much more respectable than those
creatures are, and are so regarded by
our community.
The proprietor of the Valdosta Tmes.
has purchased anew prfesa and mate
rial to supplant that which was de
stroyed by fire, and intends to make
his paper better than ever.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Tiiden’s majority in Monroe county
is 864, Candler’s 863.
Mrs. Juiia Sandford, aged 62 years,
(lied in Forsyth on the 7th.
Henry Brockman, of Atlanta, died
Sunday night, of consumption.
Mr. Jared B. McWilliams and Miss
j Mattie L. Dozier were married iu Ran
dolph county last week.
A little Miss exhibits at the Sanders
[ vllle fair a quilt containing 1,264 pieces,
being 105 pieces for every year of her
existence.
Mr. John Sykeu, of Oconee county,
has gathered two thousand bushels oi '
apples from his orchard this fall. They 1
were the Shockly variety.
Mr. A. C. Smith, of Clayton county, a
very deserving man, is a candidate be
fore the next House of Representatives
of the State for messenger.
Rev. W. W. Hardy, formerly an old
citizen of Monroe county, aged 77 years,
was married to Miss N. A. Foster, aged
44 years, on the 7th ult., in Henry
county.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lamkio, of Columbia
county, received a severe fall last week,
breaking both bones of one arm. The
hurt, though not serious, was extreme
ly painful.
In consequence of the suffering con
dition of the people of Brunswick, Gov
ernor Smith has ordered the Tax Col
lector to suspend the collection of the
State tax for 1876.
Constitution : Can Texas show a ma
jority for Tilden of eighty thousand ?
Otherwise we want that banner. Ship
by express, care of J. Milton Smith.
The charges will be paid at this end of
the line.
Such an atmosphere of odium linpere
about aud around the person of Da
vid S. Johnston, the routed, repudiated
ana rejected Radical rooster, wno
crowed so loud before the October
election, that peoples’ Doses involunta
rily go up whenever he comes about.—
Madison Journal
Constitution : During the absence of
Congressman Candler, his wife intro
duced practical reform on the farm.
.Since his return he went out into the
horse lot and found a mule missing.
He began to look for the stolen mule,
aud found him in his field, where he
was being plowed by one of tho hands.
Monroe Advertiser : Rev. Sidney H.
Babcock, whom our citizens will" re
member as a Forsyth boy, h<o been a
member of the Arkansas Conference of
the M. E. Church South for several
years past. He has beeu recently made
Presiding Elder of tho Fort Smith
(Ark) district, which is quite a distinc
tion for one so young. He is a preacher
of power and a man of fervent piety.
The Cuthbert Appeal says that Tom
King, a colored Democrat, was se
riously stabbed on Tuesday Djght of
last week by Columbus Barnes, a ne
gro of the Whiteley stripe. Barnes was
arrested and lodged in jail, and will
probably have a hearing the present
term of court. The difference in politi
cal notions was the oause of the diffi
culty. King is considered out of dan
ger.
The Griffin News says that George
Andrews, a worthy colored man living
a few miles from that city, was met on
his way home Saturday night by a
mob of negroes and badly used up.
He came back to town aud had his
wounds dressed by Dr. Taylor Johnson.
No cause is suggested for the devilish
act, except that he is a Democrat and
voted for Tilden last Tuesday.
The Monroe Advertiser say's after the
excitement of the election shall have
passed away, we hope to see the thous
ands of the Northern men, who have
so long been looking southward for
pleasant homes and fair paying invest
ments, prospeotjng arfioqg qs If the
resujt qf tjie elpctiop shall be wl?at yto
think it will from present judiuatiop3.
our action will no? pe plow to yeipdVP
from fhp desolation ip which the war
left us.
The Thomasville Times says that un
der Whiteley’s appeals, a large number
of negro women and uon-votpys were
preparing to gather about the polls on
Tuesday, but the Mayor, with the re
sponsibility of preserving the peace
resting upon him, very wisely issued a
proclamation fqrhiddiug any such gath
ering. it had the effect desired, and
the result was that the election waa
one of the most quiet and orderly eyer
seen in Thomasville. The Mayor acted
promptly and judiciously, and no doubt
by his action prevented a disturbance.
Madispn Journal: The election pass
ed off quietly Tuesday, the vote being
1,163; for Tilden, 822; for Hayes, 341,
and 822 for Hill, for Congress. The
Republicans had no candidate in tbe
field for Congress. No distqfbanpp oc
curred neaf the polls. A crowd or ne
groes gathered 6n the streets aud be
came boisterous, in the afternoon, and
it became uecessary to arrpatapd lodge
two of tpep) in jai|. Tne dpeffied and
resolute firmpess of Mayo? Dye, Mar
shal Saffold aud posse, dispensed the
crowd and restored quiet, and prevent
ed the collision that was at one lime
imminent.
How the Democrats can get the Votg qj
Florida, &c u Counted.
phi ted States Senator Whyte, of
Maryland, in an interview with a Ngg
reporter, said;
He is confident tpat Mr. Tilden has
carried Louisiana and Florida, and
probably Soutb Caroiiga, and that in
spite of the returning boards the votes
for IVfr. Tilden ig those States wifi be
counted for him. The of such
electors will be certifled to the presi
dent of the Begate, and copies will also
he sent to Senators. When the Senate
and House sit together to count the
votes in February one teller will b£>
appointed by the Senate and two by
1 the House, Who will count and declare
1 the votes as they are handed to
them by the YiueT’iXsident. Should
the Vice-President decline to pro
duce the certificates fn favor of
Mr. Tilden, a Senator may produce
! copies of them and move that the votes
bo Oouuted. The Vice-President may
also decline to put this motion tfSNthe
joint convention *>f the f ' in
! which case the tellers will be asked to
put the ygotjop to a vote. 4a two of
I the tellers will be Democrats and one a
1 Republican, a majority of thorn can de-
I elde as to the propriety of putting the
i motion, and as the Democratic majori
j ty in the Housp is large enough to eon
i trol tfie- joint convention it is prain that
the votes of all the States that are re
: ally cast for Mr. Tilden, may thus ne
couuted. Should beaate witbdrqw
anddeelipp'.o count thgse votes Hie
! flatter will go to tfie House of Repre
sentatives foy decision, as In thq case,
of a failure to elect by the people. In
that event of course Mr. Tilden would
fie elected President of the Unite*
States.
RETRIBUTION.
' THE VOICE OF LOUIHIANA.
, A Grand Article from that Grand
State. •
INew Orleans Democrat, Nov. 11th]
i Yesterday afternoon the editor of
I the Cincinnati Enquirer telegraphed
! the Democrat that the election of Til
. Jen depended upon Louisiana. The
dispatch concluded as follows : “The
Northern Democracy pray that you will
; uot permit us to be eouuted out.”
Later dispatches show that it is uni
| versally believed iu the North that
this State is to determine the great is
sue, and that the eyes of the whole
American people are fixed with the !
most intense interests upon the little i
spot or ground which has for eight j
years been plundered under the shadow
of the American flag by the Kellogg’s
aud Packards, and the bosom of whose
Helds lias been trampled into sterility j
by the armed heel of tho soldiers of the :
Republic, marching from parish to par
ish to arrest and dragounade our free
citizens iu the interests of the plun
erers.
Tiie position of Louisiana to-day is
grandly dramatic. Her situation pre
sents a theme for the noblest epic that
has yet been written. With the shackles
of eight years of cruel slavery just
dropping from her limbs; with the rags
of her poverty still clinging about her,
cite fate of the republic hangs upon her
utterance in this crisis, and the great
Democratic party, the millions of men
who long for reform and the preserva
cion of free institutions, with clasped
hands pray to her to save the country.
Few peoples have before in the history
of the world occupied a position so
trying aud yet eo sublime 1 We doubt
if in the history of the world there had
even been so striking and so splendid
an example of poetic retribution.
In 1872 the Democratic aud Conser
vative people of Louisiana, trusting in
the guarantee of the Constitution and
in the good faith of the American peo
ple, went into tho national cauvass and
carried their State election and elected
a full State Government by over 5,000
majority. The presidential election
was determined by the great majority
of the other States, and the result iu
Louisiana affected only the property,
commercial aod industrial interests of
her own people, The party in power
stepped iu, nullified tire will of the peo
ple, and with the power of the army
and navy installed over us a usurpa
tion the most lawless aud infamous
that ever cursed tba earth. The coun
try was startled at the audacity and
magnitude of the crime. Louisianians
were indignant, but trusting in the gen
erosity of their countrymen and the
love of the American peopiu for consti
tutional liberty they struck uu blow,
but made their appeal to the peo
ple and to the Congress for redress.
How was their appeal answered ?
How was their protest against
this great national crime met ?
Literally with derision and con
tempt. Helpless before the armed
power of the Government, powerless
before the hate of the North and West,
they submitted a§ best they could to
the oqtrage. Under the law of the
State another election was held in 1*74
for State officers. After ten y*ars of
peace; after they had so patiently
borne pontqmely, robbery, and oppres
sion at the hands of wretches protected
here hy the General Government, the
people of Louisiana Telt that the ven
geance of the North was appeased, and
that they would be protected in their
constitutionai rights and against a
crime similar to that of j 874. They
went into th® election hopefully resolv\
ed tQ do their best to emancipate their
State through the peaceful and consti
tutional medium of the ballot-box.
Agafn they carried the State by over
dve thousand majority. What was the
result? The crime of 1872, with ag
gravated insult, was repeated. It is
needless to recite that dark, shameful,
infamous story, iu which the Dames of
Grant, Sheridan, Kellogg, and Packard
figure so disgracefully, and iq which
the American flag and the American
arms were wrapped in a cloud of dis
honor and cowardice.
From one end of the republio to the
other a cry of indignation wens up. In
New York, Boston and Philadelphia
monster mass-meetings were held to
denounce the outrage upon the Con
stitutional rights of Louisiana by the
President. But eaoh speaker wound
up his eloquent arraignment of the il
lustrious criminals, and each journal
ist wound up his editorial with tho ad--
monition to the people of Louisiana
that, if in the borders of that State a
hostile were lifted to strike at the
perpetrators of the outrages, the whole
North aud West, to a man, would rise
up to join the criminals and crush the
State forever under the heel of Grant.
Silently, patiently, and moururully
We submitted, Almost hopelessly we
saw that the reign of lawlessness aud
plunder was to go on under the protec
tion of the American flag, and that all
that was left us was the spirit aqd the
heart to curse with bjtWr, burning
curses, the scoundrels whose heels
were op our necks and in our halls.
Again the election for Pi esytantcame
on. Strange to say, tho peoplo of Lou
isiana rallied for the struggle. Iu every
neighborhood within her borders her
chiefs rallied her people, aud her peo
ple came forth fco make one more effort
for the preservation of their constPu
| tioual existence. Twice had they won
the victory, and twice in the presence
lof the whole republio had it been
wyested from them at the point of the
( bayonet, and their State given over to
their bitterest enemies and most ruth
less plunderers. But reared in a love
of liberty, and realising that every vital
interest of the Commonwealth was at
, stake, they went into the oampaigu,
and have again carried the State by at
least six thousand majority.
Aud now it seems that tho northern
people feel that the determination of
the presidential election depends upon
the protection of tho people of Louis
-1 iana in the exercise of their constitu
tional rights as well as the people of
New York or Indiana. Tho northoru
Democracy now appeal to the people of
' Louisiana almost prayerfully to main
tain what they have’ constitutionally
gained at the ballot-box at any and
every hazard. Had they made this ap
peal to us and stood by us in 1872 and
1874 there would be no danger to the
republic now; had they stood by Louis
iana in 1872 agd jS?A, when only the
of poor, down-trodden, ©rush
, cq, ruined Louisiana were threatened
’ their own liberties would not now hang
j ou the weak arm of one little crusher!
hut, thank Gpd, heroic State,
Thp awfiß hut sublime idea of inex
-1 orable fate controlling the actions of
men, and even of the gods, which per
j ’’adea the whole Greek tragedy, ah nest
seems to have governed tho’reauit of
this Sput contest* and in its fearful
SIX DOLLARS A YEAR
' spirit of poetic justice to have rested
the destiny of the republic upon this
, wronged people, and to have brought
the revilere, the oppressors of Louisi
ana—those who shackeled her limbs
! and scourged her in public, who tore
away her rich robes and clad her limbs
in filth aud rags—pleading at her feet
to save them.
We recite these historical facts In no
spirit of bitterness now. If it be true,
i indeed, that the issue of this contest
depends upon Louisiana the people bf
Louisiana will do their whole duty. Let
hut that portion of the American peo
ple who are willing and ready, to de
fend the Constitutioual institutions si
the country even, if ueod be. with their
blood, tell us they will staud by us, and
the hour that the cowardly and in
famous minions of the Washington des
poilers dare to lay their polluting hands
upon the sacred repositories of the peo
ple’s will, Louisiana will raise the ban
ner of the Constitution and the Union
of our fathers, and her single arm will
smite the traitors in their tracks.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Snow and sleet in Anderson onThurs
j day night.
The potato crop of Pickens is pro
j nounced to be a success.
The fences iu Oraugebuig county are
nearly all down.
The chesnut crop in the mountain re
gions .of South Carolina is not very
good.
There was a slight fall of snow in
Greenville county on Thursday night
last.
The notorious Bill Sartor and Kay
Booker broke the Union jail last Mon
day night.
Mr. Gabriel Ahrens, an old and re
spected citizeu of Georgetown, died in
that city last week.
The corn crib and smoke house of
Mr. R. H. Earle, in Greenville, were
destroyed by fire on Thursday last.
Loss 81.000,
The Rev. Ellison Capers and family
have returned to Greenville. Mr. Ca
pers resumes the position of rector ot
Christ Church iu that city.
The body of a colored man named
Charles Rivers, who had been missing
for several weeks, was found iu tho
bushes near Beaulort last week.
The Union Fair was very sucoeemid,
in spite of political excitement an i
hard times. The exhibition of stock,
farm products, ladies’ work, etc., woo
very creditable.
Tho cotton and gin house belonging
to Israel Sullivan, colored, at Pokey
Woods, near Pine House, South Caro
lina, was burned about one o’clock ou
Satm day morning. It was the work
of an incendiary.
The people of Georgetown lire in
quiring anxiously when tho public
schools will be reopened ? The answer
is, not as long as ignorant and vicious
men are elected to the offices of school
commissioners and trustees.
The cotton gin aud mill of Mr. Wm.
Holcombe, near Westminster, Oconee
county, was burned on the 3d inst. Tho
burning was the result of accident.
From fifteen to twenty bales of cotton,
In the seed, was burned.
Ou the night of the Ist inst,, between
tho hours of 11 and 12 o’clock, the jail
at Chesterfield Courthouse was broken
open by an armed mob composed of 16
or 18 men, and one of the prisoners,
Hampton Freeman, was released.
About 10 o’clock Saturday forenoon
the gin house belonging to Mr. Mark
Crouch, one mile from Pine House, wife
totally consumed, together with eleven
bales of cotton. It was accidental, a
match having been run through the
gin. Loss $1,500.
At Anderson a colored man voted the
Democratic ticket, and when fie went
home bis wife refused to give him any
supper. A Democrat, however, fur
nished him a good, square meal. This
was intimidation.
At Belton a colored man voted the
Democratic ticket, and as soon as he
returned home his wife attacked him
and attempted to give him a severe
beating. The Democrats had to come
to his rescue. This was a clear case of
iutimidation.
When tbe dispatches began ooming
in ou Wednesday, the town of Ander
son became wild over the announce
ment of the election of Tilden and Hen
dricks, and the probability of General
Hampton’s success iu this State. As
soon as the news spread, the merchants
of the town closed their stores and
every one joined in the loudest shouts
of victory and rejoicing. Men were
picked up and carried upon the shoul
ders of others across the square amidst
the most unbounded enthusiasm.
The election in Anderson Oounty on
last Tuesday passed off nol only quiet
iy but with good feeling. There were
at the Courthouse from 1,600 to 2 000
persons, and, the Intelligencer says, we
neter saw a more quiet and peaceable
assembly. A large number of the col
ored people voted for Hampton and'
lieforru, and those will be especially
remembered by every Democrat in the
county. No disturbance occurred at
any one of the twenty-two precincts,
aud the large Democratic majority is
an expression on the part of the people
of Andi rsoD, white and colored, of their
condemnation of the official dishonesty
of the Federal and State officers.
Diptheria is prevailing to an alarm
ing degree in several of the upper
counties.
The Dahlonega Sentinel prints the
programme for the week of prayer of
the Y. M. C. A., and winds up the an
nouncement with this startling propo
sition : “Let ail drink the Itoast of Til
den and Hampton !’’
This, from the Constitution, sounds
enthusiastic, but rather undignified:
“Let us come together, and iu the
homely, but expressive language of a
wool-hat Democrat, ‘Let us real up on
our hind legs and howL’ ”
Wednesday afternoon some gentle
men carried the huge flag which was
donated by the citizens of Cincinnati to
the people of Atlanta ou top of the
capitol, and unfurled it to the breeze,
iu honor ot lildoti a election.
Blakely News: One of our saddest
reflections on the day of the election
was caused by seeing a man so respect
ably connected as Dr. Harrell taking so
decided a stand and making himself so
officious in behalf of a cause so dis
tasteful to every right-thiukiug mau of
intelligence in the entire South. Could
he realize the mortification which his
course brings upon those who bavo
heretofore so highly respected him and
who still cannot but wish him well wo
doubt not he would repent in sackcloth
aod ashes. We hope he m f>YSK>p be
brought to see his error, amObat he
may again return to that paxtyln which
he can at least enjoy self-rSpect,