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FROM COLUMBIA.
>0 Change— Camping iu the State
House— Count for Governor To-mor
r.>w.
(Special to Constitutionalist.)
Columbia, December I.—The situa
tba here is unchanged. Both parties
are still in the House, where they slept
las: night. Huger did not interfere, as
anticipated. The day has been spent
entirely in speech making by negroes.
The count for Governor takes place to
morrow.
[By the Associated Pres9.j
• Let There Be Light!’'—Condition of
Affairs in Columbia.
Washington, December I.—Specials
from Columbia up to 10 last night
reptesent the colored members of the
combined Houses as iu a yelling state
As night approached, they brought
candles in their bottles. The Gas
Company, however, upon security by
the Democrats for their bills, turned
on the gas, and for the first time in
two years, the great chandeliers of the
House were ablaze. The very latest
advices this morning show little pro
gress towaid a solution. What Gen.
Huger will do, or has been ordered to
do, is unknown. His soldierly com
rades here say if obedience to orders
impugns on his personal honor he will
surrender his sword.
Columbia, December l.—The situa
tion is unchanged. Both bodies have
occupied the House of Representatives
siDce twelve o’clock yesterday. Nu
merous piop< sitions for a compromise
have availed nothing. Now, at half
past one, the United States troops have
not interfered. The Democratic ’’Re
presentatives from Edgefield and Lau- I
reus are still in their seats. The Demo
crats ate cheerful, and claim that the
United States authorities cannot ignore
the decision of the Supreme Court.
It is now likely a sufficient number of
Hepubiicans will uuite with the Demo
crats. in which event the entire matter
will be settled.
(ren Makes a Statement.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 1.
Gnu 11. T. Sherman, or the Secretary of
War, Washington, D. C.:
J have caret inly abstained from in
terference with me organization of the
House from the first. On the applica
tion of the Governor, auci my own
belief for the necessity therefor, for
the preservation of the peace, I placed
troops in the State House, but not in
the rooms of the Assembly, or either
of the Houses, on the day of
the meeting. It came about
that at the time the soldiers were
placed on either side of the door
of entrauce to the Hall of Representa
tives, under the following circum
stances, a person at the door of the
House, and who claimed authority to
examine the certificates of thosß
claiming to be members prior to their
admission to the hall, but who, I think,
had no legal authority for so doing,
applied to tne officer in command of
the troops placed in the corridor for
the preservation of peace for assistance,
on the ground that he was being
pressed upon, and could not perform
his duty. The soldiers were placed
as stated. As soon as I was
fully informed of the circumstances
I ordered the soldiers withdrawn,
as 1 had previously informed Governor
Chamberlain that I should coniine my
action to the preservation of the peace,
and should do nothing with reference
to keeping the doors of the rooms of
meeting of the Houses, or the rooms
themselves, unless it became necessary
because of a breach of the peace which
the civil officers of the Houses should
be unable to restore. No act was done
by the soldiers except that of their
presence, as stated, but whilst they
were so present persons claiming the
right of entrance under the certificate
of the cieik of the Supreme Court were
refused admission.
(Signed) Thos. H. Huger.
Com manning Department.
All Might Session— Republicans Aban
doning the Mackey Ruction.
Charleston, December 1. —A propo
sition was signed by both Speakers to
adjourn to 12 to morrow, and meet
with the status unchangc I, provided
Geu. Huger woul I agree. Gen. Ruger
refused, on the ground t hat he must
obey orders from Washington. The
Houses, therefore, are not likely to ad
journ.
Hamilton, colored Republican, mem
ber from Rcaufort, made a strong
speech. He said he was a Republican,
and voted fir Charabe.lain, Hayes and
Wheeler, but he could not stand nud
sec? all law stricken down in the
effort to preserve the party.
Every member knew that this
body, to which he belonged, was
not legal, and had no quorum when
organized; that laws made by it would
be void, and there would be no protec
tion to property or life if we override
the law; that we must bow to the judg
ment of the Supreme Court. Several
Republicans have signified their inten
tion to abandon the M tckey organiza
tion.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
News and Gossip From the Capital
Washington, December I.—The debt
statement, issued to-day, shows an in
crease during the last month of £457,-
662.64.
The Cabinet had a full sessloD, and
was unusually long.
No developments of particular
strength by aDy one for the Speaker
ship; more important matters crowd
the contest out of conversation.
v’he Illinois Leaislature consists of
101 Republicans, 98 Democrats ami 5
Independents. This indicates that Gen.
Rigan wti'J not be bis own successor.
The debt statement shows iu the
Treasury —coin, nearly £80,000,000, cur
rency, S'l 1 ,750,000. „ r ,
Washington, December 1. Members
of the Cabinet decline to give informa
tion. It is known, however, that addi
tional instructions have been sent to
Gen. Ruger. Fish is reported refrac
tory, and Lis resignation is expected.
Cuban Affairs.
Madrid, December I.—A motion has
been submitted in the Senate calculated
to develop a full discussion of the state
of affairs in Cuba and tho best menus
of pacification.
There is much excitement among
shippers over rumors of two Cuban
privateers on the high seas.
Surrender of the New’ Orleans Mili
tary.
New Orleans December I.—The city
Volunteer military organizations turne
ovee iheir arms borrowed from tne
State to Col. Loan, Chief of the Metro
politan P0.&2& at the request of gov.
Ketlogg.
-Chester; Marietta, fa dead.
'Tile -Uinuetn Consiihdiomiltsi.
- - A
the situation.
The Louisiana Returning Board.
ZZ ?K X9 ’ Decembe r L-By adop
reW?fnn h ?^ 9rvißorß returQ the
crits ballot bOXQ8 ’ Demo '
rats lose 1,1% votes 1q East Baton
Tba B °"=l <J=Meslbe
same evidence applies to the State as
to the electoral ticket
w?a VVO r> W^ ite men ’ Peters, near whom
- us. Pinkston lived, show that her
misfortunes were the reßult of low negro
th W B n and tbeir general bad behavfor
WkhTSnr P n° P / e haVlQ 8 tO dO
with the preliminaries or the tragic re
sult One of these gentlemen furnlsh
db-rV and0 u tor ’ and buried her
th b l D u d ‘ Ch ld * when found iD
Th* R ke ’^ ha ? 00 marks of violence.
Ihe Board refused to hear other wit
nesses, saying if women had slandered
people they had their remedy in the
withTt M tbe Board bad nothing to do
Orleans, December 1, p. m.—ln
the Returning Board to-day there was
the usual attendance, except of the
Republican Committee, who were
absent. The two boxes of East Baton
Rouge parish were opened, showing
that the Tilden electors had 437 and
Hayes 19 votes. But little was done,
when the Board adjourned until to
morrow.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Over One Hundred Houses Destroyed
In Jfew Orleans.
New Orleans, December I.—A fire
broke out early this morning at the
corner of St. Bernard and Claiborne
streets. It has reached and crossed
Esplanade street, and was still burning
at noon. Three blocks thus far have
been destroyed.
later.
New Orleans, December I.—As far
as could be ascertained, the following
is tlie number of houses destroyed by
the fire here this morning : Twenty on
Columbia street, twenty-four on Rob
ertson street, thirty-two on Villere,
three on Maris street, and ten, and St’.
Anna Church, on Esplanade street.
The dwellings of Augusta and Amadee
Couterie Abrams, Roeca Clark and
Crozat, superb residences on Espla
nade street, were consumed. Most of
the buildings burned were small cot
tages, and hundreds of poor people
lost all their possessions.
Leon Detrieux, a member of the fire
department, had his leg broken in
three places. A negro, who was de
tected setting fire to one of the build
ings during the progress of the coufla-1
gratis, was shot and instantly killed. |
Another negro, also fouud iu the act off
committing the crime, was shot at, but;
was missed, and succeeded in making
his escape.
The fire destroyed one hundred and
twelve houses. The loss is estimated
at $300,000 to $400,000. Insurance
$200,000. About fifty houses were oc
cupied by one hundred families, who
lost nearly all their effects, and are
left destitute, many of them losing
their wearing apparel.
Minor Telegrams.
Cheyenne, December I. — McKenzie’s
victory is most complete. The entire
village, with the stores, was captured,
leaving the Indians wholly destitute.
The Indian loss is about twscty-flve,
with a large number of wounded. Mc-
Kenzie will combine with Crock, and
attack Crazy Horse on Rosebud river.
Philadelphia, December l.—The
main building was purchased by the
International Exhibition Company for
$250,000.
New York, December l.—The Parthia
brought £150,000.
Providence, R. 1., Deoember I.—A
special session of the General Assem
bly elected Hon. W. T. Slater to till the
place made vacant by Corliss’ Ineligibili
ty in th a Electoral College. Tbe Demo
crats received nineteen of one hun
dred.
New York, December I.—ln the case
of the United States vs. H. B. Clafltn&
Cos. for 8150,000, for smuggling, the
Supreme Court affirmed ths decree of
the lower court in favor of Claflin
& Cos.
Nf.w Y'ore. December I.—Tha bark
Asia, from Pacogoula, was abandoned
at sea, and the crew brought here.
Memphis, December 1. Oddest
weather of tho season. Maximum ther
mometer. 30 degrees; clear.
New Orleans, December I.—Coldest
weather of tho season. Mercury ranged
from 31 to 42.
Fire Record
Chicago, December I.—From Twenty
third to thirty-first South street was
burned. Loss, $200,000.
London, December 1. —A special dis
patch from Santander to ths Pall Mall
Gazette says a great fltre is now raging
in that city near the railway statlou
and ihe Cathedral Is threatened.
Yokohama, December I.—The fire at
Yeddo is the most destructive for many
years. The foreign settlement was
partially destroyed.
Cincinnati, December I.—The stook
in the tobacco warehouse of Newburg
Bios & Cos. was burned. Less, $25,000.
Shooting Affray.
Atlanta, December I.—An affray oc
curred at Social Clrole, in which two
men were killed, citizens of other coun
ties.
Misplaced Sympathy. —With the ap
proach of the railroad the San Antonio
boy Is becoming worse and worse.
This morning about hxlf-past ten
quite a large crowd gathered around a
boy in front or Jim Trainer’s saloon,
who was crying as if ids heart would
break, because he had lost a quarter.
His sobs were heart-rending, and could
be heard several yards distant Some
soft-hearted individual suggested that
orofcably the boy was in mortal fear of
the brutality of an enraged pareut at
the loss of the money. In less than a
minute the little fellow’s tears were
chased away by smiles as about a dol
lar’s worth of dimes were forced upon
k*“You were crying about your father.
Afraid of him, ain’t you?” inquired the
oiau who had first made the sugges
tion.
The boy nodded a mute assent.
"You were crying so hard because
he beats you, I suppose,” continued
the man. . . . T
“Taint that I so scared about, i
was afeard it would be a long time be
fore he would give me another such
chance to hook a quarter out of his
vest, and I’ve got to have a smoke.
There wasn’t a dry eye In the crowd
as the little fellow steered across the
street for Riche’s tobacco store.—San
Antonio Herald.
There is more cotton sold for cash In
Marion this season than ueaai.
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Eastern Question.
London, December 1. — A special dis
patch from Rome to the 'limes says
Signor Metegari, Italian Minister of
Foreign Affairs, during his interview
with the Marquis of Salisbury, used
very friendly language. He said Italy
was desirous of the co operation of
, England at the conference, and express
ed a decided opinion against any
foreign occupation of Turkish terrl
tory.
A special dispatch from Berlin to the
Times says an order, which is in prepa
ration, for calling out all Russians
under fifty years of age, is regarded as
proof that the Government is prepar
ing for all contingencies, and has de
pressed the St. Petersburg Bourse.
The Russian semi official telegraphic
agency accuses Col. Kemball. Eogtish
military attache, who accompanied the j
Turkish army, of having acted us mili
tary adviser of Abdul Kerim Pasha.
Miscellaneous News.
London, December I.—l. P. Foster,
metal merchant, Birmingham, failed.
Liabilities. $47,000.
Right Hon. Edward Horsman, Lib
eral member of Parliament for Liske
ard, is dead.
The Standard to-day announces that
a telegram from the Admiralty has
been received at Portsmouth, ordering
that notices issuod yesterday for the
discharge of five hundred workmen be
withdrawn, ponding further considera
tion.
Versailles, December I.—ln the
Deputies, the repeal of grants for
scholarships was defeated, and all re
strictions recommended by the com
mittee adopted. All increases demand
ed by the Government were refused in
the Public Worship bill.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Liverpool, Dec-mber I—The circu
lar of the Liverpool Cotton Brokers’
Association, reviewing the trade for
the week ending last night, says cotton
has been in active demaud throughout
the week and although the market was
easier on Thursday, prices generally
have materially advanced. American
was inactive demand until Wednesday,
and prices advanced % to but is
now quiet and about 1-1 G of the ad
vance has been lost. In Sea Island the
sales have been only small but quota
tions are unchanged. In futures trans
actions have been unusually extensive,
with great fluctuations.
The Grain Market.
Liverpool, December I.—The lead
ing grain circular says the British grain
markets have continued very firm
during the week. A good business has
been done in wheat at an average ad
vauce of odo shilling per quarter.
The Federal Intervention in South
Carolina.
[New York Journal of Commerce.]
Of course nobody supposes that
Judge Bond posted from Baltimore to
Columbia for nothing, and in setting
the South Carolina canvassers virtu
ally at liberty, he has done just the
thing which it was given out he would
do. His action therefore can hardly
have taken anybody by surprise; but
it will be a genuine surprise if even
under the Fourteenth Amendment,
though that covers a good deal of
ground, there can be no warrant for
the intervention of a Federal Judge to
uphold State officers in disobeying and
mocking a State ia the matter of a
State law. If in this instance Judge
Bond shall be found to have rather
overdone the duty of magnifying his
office, it will not be the first time. The
immediate practical results of this ju
dicial iacursion are not very momen
tous.
What becomes of [the members of
the Board of Canvassers is not likely
to make or mar the fortunes of the
Union or of South Carolina. Their
release, however, may be but the feint
preliminary to some serious thrust at
the liberties of the State. The troops
that are to surround the State House
to-day may have only the highly com
mendable purpose of preventing politi
cal differences from going to the point
of fisticuffs, not to say “clubs and nak
ed swords,” but it is impossible to
avoid being struck with a resemblance
to the scenes at New Orleans in 1872.
The Federal Judge with at least one
judicial virtue—the disposition to make
the most of his jurisdiction; the sol
diery ready quo jure quave injuria to
make thorough work “and no ques
tions asked”—were not these a little
like what wo see at Columbia to-day.
So certainly seem to think the Dem
ocrats who vainly besought Chief Jus
tice Waite to come and preside in the
Court, and have protested to General
Grant against his delegating the chief
command of the army to Goveinor
Chamberlain. Be that as it may, the
situation is one which demands and en
courages calmness and patience. Presi
dent Grant and Judge Bond may tram
ple for a time on the special liberties
of South Carolina, but the time is past
when their operations there, be they
never so thorough, can have any effect
to protract the hold of the present
combination on the powers of the Fed
eral Government, And corruption and
oppression, once dislodged at Wash
ington, must abdicate in South Caro
lina as they have in other States.
A Political Misunderstanding.—
While the German-American has no
rival as an order-loving, industrious
tax-payer, in political matters he Is
generally not so well posted as his
American fellow citizens. This morn
ing, while the carpenters were fixing
up the polls for voting to-morrow, an
old German from the country, who had
been paying a great deal of silent at
tention, inquired of a bystander:
“Was Ist don dose?”
“The election comes off to-morrow,
and they are fixing up the polls,” re
plied the party addressed.
“So dot is it. Who was running dis
time?”
"Tilden and Hendricks are running
pretty well,” was the response.
“Tilton and Hentricks?” inquired the
astonished countryman. “Den I hopes
Hentricks beats him two to one. I
read about dot Tilton mit de Peecher
pisness. He is a uish man to run for a
Texas Legislature, don’t it? When he
is peat right pad l dreats the crowd ?’ ’
And he got into his wagon as if he was
right mad about it, and drove off.— San
Antonio Herald.
Judge Harris, at the recent term of
the Superior Court of Liberty county,
was “sorry to see that crime was in
creasing in old Liberty, and that the
criminal docket was heavier than In
tiny other county on the Brunswick
Circuit.” This was accounted for. how
ever, by the activity of the officers of
the law in hunting out criminals and
brlnglog them to justice.
AUGUSTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 187(5.
SHEPHERD’S FAILURE.
ITS CHARACTER ANI) CONSE
QUENCES.
A Friendly Sketch of the Washington
Plumber Who Grew to be Dictator
ot the District of Columbia—One of
the Last of the Bosses.
(Special Correspondence of the Philadel
phia Times.
New York, November 14.
Quietly passing out and away, under
the roar of the Presidential election,
Shepherd’s failure reminds me of the
suicide of the Brooklyn Bank officer.
He went to Coney Island amongst the
multitude, took of his clothes, quietly
swam into the breakers, merry as the
rest, and sank. They did not know it
was suicide until long afterward they
examined his aocouuts. Then the
directors said, “cool chap.” Ralston
died with more dramatic unity.
He defaulted, failed, dashed off
on horseback to the sea and swam
down—ali in the same measure of
Greek time. Jim Fisk was shot going
to see his latest mistress, bv a young
fellow from Philadelphia, at’ the betel
stairs. He was about to say “announce
me” when the pistol bounced him. You
can see his father, James Fisk, Hr.,
driving a sort of buck-board up Broad
way any afternoon, advertising a patent
pair of shafts, which are detached if
the horse runs off. Sam Colt, the pis
tol maker’s brother, killed himself after
conviction for murdering and burning
kiln-dried his creditor in Delmonico’s
old building on Broadway. Henry
Clews married Mrs. Bowers—Belknap’s
niece—and failed for two or three mil
lions with his bride on his arm. Horace
Clark cleaned out the Lake Hhore Rail
road and himself and mildly died of a
natural complaint before bis great
daddy-in-law suspected him or he him
self.
shepherd’s rise.
Aleck Shepherd has been given much
of his notoriety by political circum
stances. He was merely a plumbers
book-keeper, raised near Washington,
whose sagacity and enterprise were
above his condition of life. Cast in a
large mould, with broad shoulders and
back, and large appetites, and an ad
dress engaging or brow-beating, as the
ocoasion required, he happened also to
be a positive partisan on the Whig
side, and, like Henry Wintei Davis and
a few other Marylanders, was more of
an emancipator than the Radicals. Ha
had, therefore, good business oppor
tunities in the war to plumb for hos
pitals, camps, forts aud public build
ings, and iu that hard and gang-driv
ing school he formed his
principles. He overestimated force as
an efficient human quality, and
finally was nothing but that. The love
and practice of force broke down iris
guards of adroitness and even of judg
ment, and he almost ceased to be a
gentleman to be an engine. That pas
sion to be considered a stiong thing af
fected his patience aud his talk; he
dismissed those who served him best
with a biting sentence, such as “that*
little fellow,” applying it to General
Grant, or “the son of a dog,” as to any
Secretary or Senator he happened to
be out with. Timid and cautious tnen,
therefore, dropped off. Bold men
could not go far enough with him. A
gigantic bully replaced a kind husband
and an impulsive friend. He lost the
power to respect other men’s motives
or scruples. He grew more lonely and
his huge nature beat against the bars
of himself, a pitiable spectacle of power
and glory.
HIS XJREAT ENTERPRISES.
Before the evil spirit had thus en
tered and possessed the man he was a
useful citizen, and. indeed, a great one.
The money he made aud the credit he
obtained at tho close of the war he un
dauntedly turned into new blocks of
buildings on the Philadelphia plan, and
was the first in the Capital City to
plant his faith in her survival and re
vival. While men like Corcoran, the
banker, were waiting in Europe for the
fate of their country and city, this
young plumber, with a confidence too
proud to be altogether moral confi
dence, was raising blocks of he uses and
preparing to “run” the city. Iu 1870
he and a few others, the rest were
scrubs and parasites, were given au
thority to go ahead and make certain
permanent improvements in Washing
ton, among which were sewers, grades,
pavements, water pipes, bridges, etc.
By positive charader and political aud
business dispatch, Shepherd, although
in a secondary place, became the real
dictator cf the District, the mild aud
affable Henry D. Cooke conceding to
him. It was for awhile a distinction
that men envied Shepherd, but a dan
gerous one, for he was in the focus of
the whole country, apt to be criticised
by jealous outer constituencies and
their Congressmen and papers,
and made to appear the exponent of
the administration Itself. That seiies
of attack* began, and he foolishly un
dertook to silence the clamor, just or
unjust, of the United States. Had ho
been a man of broad mind he might
have known that notbining settles un
just accusation like silence. Grant has
carried everything and Shepherd, too,
but he has a superstition in his favor
like the Quaker gun: he points toward
his enemies and does not speak, and
they imagine him to be an impregna
ble citadel. Shepherd went out like
Goliath every day aud slung down a
row of little fellows, who got up by the
elasticity of their own unimportance
and chased him again. He wore him
self out with powerful combats with
straws and quill pens, and in time came
investigations aDd a storm of hate
from the whole country. I lived in
Washington and saw his behavior at
that time. It was bold, too bold. The
motto of the Moors was this: “Bo bold
and bold and ever bold, yet not too
bold.” His books and vouchers had
been kept with a very rare business
method. His manner on trial was that
of conscious innocence and fortitude.
At last a joint committee condemned
his government without particularizing
any dishonesty on his part, although
manifest departures from law. But
even that personal vindication lost its
effect through the Imbecile conspiracy
known as the safe-burgiary.
Shepherd’s foolish positiveness de
manded of the President a reappoint
ment in the new government. Grant,
unflinching, but too insensible to ap
pearances, obliged him. Senators rea
soned with Shepherd in vain to with
draw In time ; he had no policy but
combativeness, and he and his friends
rolled together in the dust of the arena
of a national repudiation. By this
time his operations in house building
and real estate were enormous. His
pride sustained with personal invest
ments and speculations oven the huge
public work on the city. It became a
| certain thing that he would be unable
to carry his Interest acoount after the
trade in houses fell off. Yet In that
fateful interval his courage was
straightforward and uncompromising.
He fell like a gladiator, if an undell
eate one. In many great respects he
is the greatest mercantile spirit Wash
ington has ever had, and, knowing him
well, I affirm my belief to be that,
while unscrupulous about means aod
in quarrels, he was not a dishonest
man. He belongs to the list of unfor
tuuate spirits who tried to make too
much of the Capital City, and among
these were Robert Morris, Thomas
Law—a secretary of Warren Hastings,
who suggests Shepherd—Greenleaf,
l’Enfant, Daniel Carroll and many
others. Shepherd has built from a
thousand to two thousand houses in
Washington. He was a borrower from
banks and executors, of fine address,
aud his creditors generally admired
him. His fate proves that there are
cAily two good professions in Washing
ton—milking the Treasury and shav
ing notes. The latter Is the only safe
business there. Gath.
The Exploded “Boss.’’
(From the Boston Post)
The Washington correspondents lave
a precious morsel of gossip in Boss
Shepherd’s failure. He has suspended
as he lived, royally! and proves that he
is worthy even In his dethronement of
being called an extraordinary man, for
couid an ordinary man have failed
owiug nine hundred thousand dollars ?
He claims that over and above this he
has six hundred thousand dollars in
real estate, but people think he values
his property at four times what it would
briug. His town residence Is simply
magnificent; there is no house In New
York except the Stewart mansion that
surpasses if it equals it. The carpets
were made to order, and even in the
play room are of the most expensive
kind. The drawing room is furnished
with white and gold furniture, Inlaid
with bronze and upholstered in scarlet
satin in one room and blue In the other.
The curtains are of Brussels and point
lace. There are mirrors everywhere,
and one servant spends his time in
polishing their surface. On the Con
necticut avenue side of the house is a
tower, in the third story of which is
the play room—very large. Around it,
close to the wall, runs a low bench,
upholstered with crimson silk rep.
There are toys In endless variety.
Into this room open five others the
sleeping apartments of the children.
Each room is frescoed In colors and
draped with cretonne in shade to suit
the complexion of the child to whom It
was assigned.
GRANTIBM.
Hon. Gideon Welles’ View of the Polit
ical Situation—Prolongation of tbe
Presidency.
Special Dispatch to the Gazotte.
Hartford, Conn., November 27.
The Hon. Gideon Welles, whose politi
cal expet ience entitles his opinion to
weight, told your correspondent to-day
that he couid not conceive of such a
complication as rendered a settlement
inadmissible or unattainable. The old
ex-secretary of the Navy (under Lin
coln and Johason administration) can
not reconcile such a condition of affairs
compatible with ths spirit of our in
stitutions as would justify the in
auguration of either candidate through
the agency of a fraudulent miscount
or nullity of votes. Mr. Welles claims
that a proper interpretation of the
constitution leaves no question of the
right of the House of Representatives
to ad just the matter.
In no event could General Grant
hold over, although in the interim of a
non selection or settlement the Presi
dent of the Senate might, ex-officio,
take the reins of government tempora
rily. Mr. Welles has great faith In the
prophecy of Frank Blair, uttered some
eight years or more ago, to the effect
that Grant would never leave the White
House as long as ho oould possibly
avoid if. He would not be surprised If
Grant were essaying a coup, by which,
against all constitutional restraints and
inhibitions, he would prolong his Presi
dency. A man of strong self-will and
natural stubbornness, he is quite capa
ble of any act of personal aggrandize
ment. It is not so much ambition in
him as love of authority.
The ex secretary dwelt with much
fervor and emphatis on Gen. Grant’s
faithlessness, and reverted, in substan
tiation of his argument, to the occasion
when Grant broke faith with President
Johnson in the matter of the removal
of Mr. Stanton, the then Secretary of
War. Mr. Welles insists that no action
of a determinate or final character can
be taken on tbe count save by the con
current jurisdiction of both houses of
Congress; that any member can object
to the vote of a State, or rather its ac
ceptance, and on the basis of that ob
jection a dissolution of both houses in
committee of the whole would result,
and the point discussed by each repre
sentative body in their respective cham
beis.
No solution of the difficulty being
attained, and no compromise ultlmat
ing, a Gordian knot would be pre
sented in the absence of any preoedent
or rule of settlement. To sever this
tie would require an undiscovered or
newly-wrought Alexandrian sword.
But he is unwilling to concede such an
imbroglio. There must have been a
result as the inevitable sequence of an
election, and if there is no issue, it as
serts the existence of fraud. Nor can
this fraud be surreptitiously consum
mated. Against whomsoever it oper
ates must necessarily lose that much of
the electoral vote. He does not think
there is daring enough In either party
to foist a President Into plaoe by ille
gitimate means.
The whole country would revolt at
any attempt at Mexlcanlsm, not by
possibly a physical rebellion, but by
the unbearable pressure of public sen
timent and opinion. The long, unend
ing train of disaster, such as stagna
tion in business, bankruptcy, and that
want of coufidencs In our republican
government which is synonymoas with
utter ruin, repugnant to our natures,
the traditions of the past and the
teachings of the present, would consti
tute the elements of a revolution, more
destructive than war, more direful
than the sword, and crying aloud for
rehabilitation, reconstruction and re
lief, in such thunder tones as to move
the people to vindicate their freedom
and their rights.
Hon. W. H. McAfee, of Dahlonega,
has practicaily demonstrated the ease
and economy with which every man In
town as well as country, can make his
own bacon. He has four fine, large
porkers, ready to kill, that will go nine
hundred pounds easy, and they have
cost him just exactly 822,50, In food
bought; and aside from this they have
only had the slop from a small family.
It will be readily seen that his meat
will have cost him within a fraction of
2% cents per pound.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Mr. Claudius P. Steinmeyer died in
Sumter on Monday morning last.
Mr. Warren T. Fort, of Sumer, was
badly wounded by a cotton gin last.
Dr. Thomas Roach, a highly respect
ed citizen of Columbia, died on Tuesday
last. He was 75 years old.
The Langley Factory company have
sold all the goods manufactured at
their factory of late, and now have or
ders two weeks ahead.
The residence of Mrs. Carrie C. Mc-
Cown, near Ebenezer, Darlington
county, was broken into and robbed by
a crowd of negro burglars.
The Sumter Township Democratic
club has reorganized, with the follow
ing officers: Joseph H. Earle, Presi
dent ; Robert Ross, colored, First Vice
President; G. E. Hainsworth, Second
Vice President; W. R. Delgar, Secre
tary ; and D. J. Winn, Jr., Treasurer.
The bayonet House claim that they
can transact business with 59 mem
bers, because only 116 members are de
clared elected, and 59 is a majority of
‘ll6. The statement that only 11G
members were elected came from
the Board of Canvassers, wno, setting
aside the election of eight mem
bers in Edgefield and Laurens, reported
to the Secretary of State the names
of only 116 persons as elected to the
House of Representatives. If the !
Board of Canvassers have the power to j
disregard an election for members of
the Legislature in two counties, they
have same power in twenty counties.
If a majority of the members from
thirty counties constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business, because in
only thirty of the thirty-t wo counties
members of the House are reported as
elected, then a majority of tho mem
bers from two counties constitutes!
a quorum, if the Board of State j
Canvassers should, for any reason, re- i
port no candidates as elected except in i
those counties, Abbeville county has j
five members of the Jlqusc of Repre
sentatives and Aiken a<as four, making i
nine in the two couu Md. if only these
nine members bad[’ reported by
the Board of Canvaf * * (as only the
one hundred and sixs wore), then five
members.a majority nine, would
have been a quorum yu Tuesday, in the
Bayonet House, capable of transacting
any business that could be transacted
by a full house of 124 members. What
is true of two counties, or of thirty,
counties, is true of one. If the decla
ration of the Board, whatever it may
be, is, through the certificates of the
Secretary of State, to determine who
constitute the House, theu a-i majority
of the five members from Abbevilk\,if
they alone reoeived certificates, would
form a quorum, and could elect a I
Speaker, declare the election of Gov- I
ernor, and perform every other func- j
tion of a full House.— Shuts ami
Courier. i
Dispute Over the Corpse of a Nun.
The Wheeiing, West Va., Intelligencer
says:
"Sister Mary Louise having died in
the Cathedral Convent on Wednesday,
Capt. Henry M. Brent, her brother,
arrived in the city yesterday and cal
led upon Bishop Rain, who desired to
take the remains of his sister to their
home in Winchester, Va. for burial.
Bat the Bishop refused to let him have
the body, saying that the dead sister
should be interrel in consecrated
ground, according to the rites of the
Catholio Church, and that it was
against the rules of the church to per
mit the body of a sister to be buried
under any other circumstances.
The bishop being obdurate, Capt.
Brent called at the law office of H. M.
Russell, Esq., and was told that to ob
tain possession of hit sister’s remains
he should qualify as lies administra
tor. Acting upon this suggestion, he
went to the court-house and, the Cir
cuit Court being in session, was with
out delay qualified as administrator
of Caroline M. Brent, which was the
name of his sister before sue became a
aun.
Mr. Russell accompanied his client
to the rooms of Bishop Rain in the
cathedral, aud told him of the action
he had taken. Bishop Rain answered
that he also had consulted an attorney
and was prepared to resist any attempt
that might be made to carry off the re
mains of the sister. Mr. Russell then
threatened to procure a habeas corpus
and have the body taken into open
court.
"The bishop thereupon suggested
a conference with a view of affecting a
compromise and thus avoiding publici
ty. Mr. Russell consented, and the
bishop, Father Sullivan, vicar-general
of the diocese, and their attorneys,
Messrs. Daniel Lamb and James Rogers
shortly afterward met at his office for
consultation. The clergymen and their
attorneys retired to a private room,
and after a few minutes consultation
returned and informed Mr. Russell that
they had decided to offer no further re
sistance to the wishes, of the brother
of the deceased nun. The bishop, in
making known his decision to the
brother, said that he had opposed the
wishes of the latter as long as he had
the law on his side, because he thought
he was doing right, and obeying the
rules of the Catholic Church. Capt.
Brent took the 5,20 trail for home with
the remains of his sister, and was ac
companied by Bishop Rain and sister
and Mother Magdalene,
Caroline M. Brent was a native of
Winchester, Va. and of most excellent
family. Her father was for many years
cashier of a leading bank iu that city.
Caroline was a bright, intelligent girl,
and possessed great personal charms.
Some two years ago, while Bishop
Rain was a priest at Winchester, Miss
Brent, then a girl of 19, was converted
to the Catholic faith, and about seven
months ago she came to this city and
became a member of the Order of St.
Joseph, and was from that time known
as Sister Mary Louise.”
A Good-b y at the Gate.
(From the Miffliutown, Pa, Sentinel.)
On election day William Chestuut,
of Lewiston, in company with two sons,
went to the mountain to hunt. About
noon the boys left for home. On their
departure the father requested them
to state to their mother that ho might
be expected home by 5 o’clock that
evening. Not arriving as home on
Wednesday morning, 200 mefi went to
the mountain to look for him, and in
the afternoon he was found dead, with
a bullet hole in his left side. The fol
lowing note in his own handwriting
was found by his side;
"I fell, and my gun flew back and
shot me. My dear wife and children,
meet me in heaven.”
How that message from the boundary
land of the world to come will be
cherished.
A Fort Valley cow gives seven gal
lons of milk a day, and even the
returns are not all in.
A RUINED LIFE.
I i
A Sad Story of a Broken Engagement
and Dethroned Reason—A Lover’s
Devotion—His Discovery of the Ter
rible Inheritance of His Sweetheart.
[New York Herald, 2Cth.]
Detective Zundt, of Brooklyn, who
was made famous by his arrest of
Rubensteio, the murderer of Sara
Alexander, in East New York about a
year ago, called upon Superintendent
Walling at tho Central Office yesterday
in seaich of George Ketcbum, of No.
169 Dean street, Brooklyn, a highly re
spectable young man, employed by one
of the largest oil houses in Maiden
lane, who has been mysteriously miss
ing since the 17th inst.
A sad and peculiar story ia connect
ed with the object of his’ search. He
was engaged to a young lady of high
social standing in Brooklyn, and the
nuptials were to take place on the 13th
inst. Everything went happily until
two days before the appointed time,
when the expectant bridegroom made
the startling and shocking discovery
that his affianced was subject to peri-,
odieal fits, which the best scientific
skill had failed to cure. When in that
condition she was truly a pitiable ob
ject. Mad and violent to the highest
degree, it required strong men to hold
her, and at the end of the paroxysm
great physical prostration always fol
lowed.
This sad affliction caused her and
her family many anxious hours, but
they were not without hope that as
she grew older the fits would, under
skilful treatment constantly adminis
tered, grow leas frequent and less vio
lent.
Mr. Ketcbum made the discovery on
the day mentioned while paying her a
visit, when her affliction came upon
her and laid her writhing at his feet.
Horrified, he questioned her family,
and then the terrible story came out.
He was mostly devotedly attached to
her, and tho discovery hook his reason.
The next day he left home with his 1
mind wandering.
On the night of the 15th inst.
Plahn, a deck hand of the Hoboken
ferry boat Weehawken, noticed a young
man pacing excitedly up and down the
boat. He watched him, and when he
made a dash to throw hirnselT over
board seized him and saved his life.
He| begged piteousVto be released,
saying that life \yas ns longer of value
to him, aud offered \hose whd held
him #25 to let him edmrnit suicide. He
was turned over to the police and the
next day released by Recorder Bobn
stedt, or Hoboken,
On his person were found #25, a
loaded revolver and a pint of brandy,
which he reduesteU tho police to keep
to save him from temptation. He gave
his name as John Smith. He was next
seen the following afternoon, at the
corner of Fourteenth street aud Ninth
avenue, by a member of the firm of
his employers. This was the last trace
of him, and Detective Zundt has
searched Bellevue Hospital, the re
cords of tho Coroners and police, both
in Brooklyn and New York, and the
Morgues of both cities, but without
success, "i*
The family offer a reward of S3jGQP
for information that will lead to his
discovery, dead or alive.
Railroad circles are now agitated on
the "pool” question. All would like
their dividends and a fair count.
Prof. A. H. Flewellen, for several
years President of Andrew Female
College, at Cuthbert, has accepted the
Presidency of Furlow Masonic Female
College, of Americus, Ga.
Hon. Tbodore J. Perry, of Calhoun
county, is a candidate for Secretary of
State. Mr. Perry, we believe, is the
present Senator for the district in
which he lives, is an able man, and will
be a popular candidate for the position
he aspires to.
David Ayres, of Camilla, has three
thousand five hundred sheep, which
cost him annually, per head, fourteen
cents. From each sheep he clips three
pounds of wool, which he sells at thirty
cents a pound, giving him a good profit
on the money invested in sheep.
They have very naughty boys in
Irwinton or the neighborhood there
abouts, as the following, which we clip
from the Southerner, will indicate: "A
few nights ago a young man came into
Irwinton after Sheriff Hatfield to ar
rest his brother, whom he stated had
severely whipped his father. He stated
that they had succeeded in overpower
ing him and tying him, and that they
wanted him incarcerated in jail.”
The Atlanta Constitution has a well
written, timely and pointed article on
the subject of "Executive Appoint
ments,” in which it reminds the many
aspirants for position from the hands
of Gov. Colquitt that all cannot be
supplied, and thus warns the horde
against disappointment. We congratu
late our new Governor upon the fact
that he has not entangled his official
functions by promises ; aDd that he
takes the Executive chair free and un
trammeled, to serve the best interests
of the State.
We fiud in the Savannah News Bry
ant’s version of his custom-house mill
with Atkins. Had it proved a Killken
ny cat affair, the country would be that
much better off. Nobody complains
when dog eat3 dog. He says: “The
Secretary of the Treasury gave me a
leave of absence during the prevalence
of the yellow fever in Savannah, as he
did other customs officers. The fever
having abated, I reported for duty at
the custom-house yesterday morning.
The Collector declined to recognise me
as Deputy Collector, and directed me
to leave the building, J presented to
him an official letter from the Treasury
Department, written on the 14th, vrhioh
recognizes me as the Deputy Collector
of Customs at this port. Colleotor
Atkins, after roadiug the letter, again
directed me to leave the building, re
peating that he did not recognize me
as Deputy Collector. I replied that I
was an officer of customs, and had
the same right in the building that he
had, as ray appointment came from the
Secretary of the Treasury, the same
as his. I was then at mV desk. He
seized a chair and approached me, at
tempting to strike me. I defended
myself, and to prevent a more serious
difficulty, left the building. I acted
entirely on the defensive, and treated
Collector Atkins with the respect due
the position whioh he holds. I did not
go to the custom-house to fight, but to
report for duty. When I was assault
ed I defended myself, without making
any assault upon the Collector. The
interference of the clerks, it is behead
neither hastened or delayed my tiepar’
ture I performed my dnty by report
ing to the Colleotor. The resnonsibili
ty for the assault is upon him.’ I desire
to gala no glory by engaging li* perso
nal) encounter ala Hoenaij,” •
SIX DOLLARS A YEAR
6EOKUIA NEWS.
Lawrencevllle expects to connect
with the Air Line Railroad at no dis
tant day.
Journal: From what we can see,
Cobb county has some as fine horses
as can be found in the State.
Lumps of gold, nearly as large as
the first joint of a man’s thumb, have
been found in a mine in Lumpkin coun
ty.
If the Legislature don’t exempt the
Atlanta military from street tax, there
will ge a general disbanding, so it is
said, at least.
Grifflin girls say a boy is awfully
“poky” when he walks with them on a
cold night and lets their poor little
hands almost freeze.
Those who bragged on General Ru
ger when he first came here have now
concluded that he is a humbug of the
first water.
General W. Phillips is prominently
spoken of for the Speakership of the
next House of Representatives.—At
lanta Times.
Liberty oounty does not owe one dol
lar, and is consequently happy in tha
knowledge that it is adopting the in
junction of the apostle: “Owe no man
anything.”
Ten colored recruits left Atlanta oa
Saturday to join a regiment to help
fignt tho Indians. Altogether about
sixty Atlanta negroes have taken the
same kink into their heads.
A farmer in the northern portion of
Cobb county ha3 Adopted a dcw Aod
economical mode of taking care of his
sweet potatoes. He lets them remain
m the hiils and digs them as he desires
to use.
C jI. J. E. O wens, of the Markham
House, with his usual liberaiity and
courtesy, has tendered the use of fife
splendid hall, free of cost, for the ap
proaching session of the State Grange
in Atlanta.
On last Monday week, Messrs. John
and Pickens Tate, of Cobb county kill
ed two pigs ten months old each’ one
weighing 268 and tho other 291, ’mak
ing an aggregate amount of 550i
pounds.
Gov. Smith has issued commissions
to the Democratic Presidential electom
and to the members of Congress elect,
and they are now happy in the enjoy
ment of those several officers of honor
and trust without the fear of returning
boards before their eyes.
Mr. Alf Holly, son of Mr. W. P. Holly
of this ciQt, was killed iast week, bv in
party of men, in Marion county, Fia,, a
few hours after lie had shot through,
the head a young man who was tu*
partner in business. We can not learn
full particulars. —Albany News.
Six out of thirteen who escaped from
the Columbia jail recently have beour
recaptured. The iast one was Frank
Madden, neer •, who was the originator
of the plot. HewasoapturedinMontgo
men i Ala., aud will be brought back
to Georgia by requisition.
Home Journal: The Superior Court of
Greene was hard at tvork last week
and we believe cleared the jail and
made some little impression on the
civil docket. Owing to the indisposi
tion of Judge Bartlett, it adjourned on
Saturday morning to the regular March
term.
The Columbus Enquirer says; Rev.
A. B. Campbell has telegraphed to tho
Baptist Church Committee of this city
that his church in Americus has releas
ed him to accept the call at this place.
He will be here December sth and will
preach on the following Sunday.
Some persons a few nights ago fired
the gin house and crib of Mr. W. E.
Carswell, in Wilkinson county. Mr.
Carswell fortunately woke up before
the fire had gained much headway,
and with the assistance of persons up
on his place sueceeded in extinguish
ed it before much damage was done.
Columbus Enquirer: Col. W. W. Bat
tle, aged about 60 years, died Sunday
morning quite suddenly at his resi
dence in Ridgley, Alabama. He is the
father of Prof. H. W. Battle, of
city. He was a high-toned Christen
gentleman and has been an earnest h n q
consistent member of the baptist
church for years. ■
They do things up lively Valdosta.
A negro named Scott Freeman enter
ed the store house belonging to Mr. A.
S. Pendleton, on last Saturday night
and took therefrom about fifteen dol*
lare. Ho was arrested, tried before ths
Superior Court on Wednesday, foun 1
guilty, and sentenced for a term of
five years in tho penitentiary.
The two suits in favor of the State
against ex-Treasurer Jones and tho se
cunties on his bond, says the ComUtu
tum of Tuesday, were up for a brief
space in the Superior Court yesterday
The matter was called up for tho pur
pose of taking a consent order givW
Hon. James M. Pace, the auditor fur
ther time in which to make his report
e^° rd l r * a £ poiDtiug h,m required
that report to be returned to court on
the first day of the present term.
Mr. Paco has made an effort, to do
this, but the evidence proved mere
voluminous than was anticipated, and
necessitated his visiting distant oittcj
The order taken yesterday extends -be
Auditor s time for making this re<* r r
until the first day of next term, it is
signed by his Honor Judge Me' }.itokL f
whet is folding court r
Judge Peeples. In £e
counsel for the defense werTearefnl tn
!“'i<Hi 5
the objections „aey had originally urged
to the appointment of an Auditor Wo
[?“ rQ . 'ft' th , e , Auditor has adjourned
tCBUmO ‘ IJ ' uuU
The Atlanta Times says: The varie
u?a bf rascality are* innumerable, and
something new is found in this depart
ment almost every day. The newest
development of local depravity comes
from the action ol some AtSsteTe.
gToes who claim to be washerwomen
They dress very neatly, and early on
Monday morning start their rounds to
"find work.’ They usually select
strange ramifies for their game aS
offer to take their washing at unusu&i
ly low figures. This bait nearly
patches the unwary, and
baskets full of linen go out—never l, r,>
return. When Saturday nigM
no trace of the cheap washerwoman is
to be found, and the family wardrobS
isinanunusuaHy depressed condition
A few days since we heard of i ctrone.
family in the city who gave rSffcO
worth of clothing to be washed. Two
young negro wamea took the pkckaee
and agreed to return i a *da V
the t&toe tune giving the ptoee of Mr
residence and bcldl?
of our best citiae**. The game
TOmeGowo,, aDd it is very hard to
catch the- guilty pantos. Truly the
darkey is sometimes almost
as. peculiar aa the hearten Chinee W
wNwdrtmJ ttkkfiC ire