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THE NEWS.
E. SCHAEFER, : : ; : Editor
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TOCCOA OTTY, GA.
SATtmjiAT NOV. 6 18B0.
#*!■!■$ Here Hop#,
Hpovial dispatch to thffConstituti n.
Cincinnati, November 3.—As the
returns from the disputed’states, the
Pacific slope particularly, continues
to arrive, the outlook'becomes deci¬
dedly more favorable for the demo¬
crats. At the Gazette office, in this
city, California, Nevada and Oregon
are conceded to the democrats by
small majorities. New ? Jersey is
democratic beyond question, though
the legislature ( will probably be re¬
publican on joint ballot. The repor¬
ted gain in both the ninth and tenth
Kentucky districts bv the republi-
cans is now acknowledged to have
been premature. The grand old
democratic stronghold will send an
unbroken delegation, as before, to
congress. There is a strong
ity that later returns from Colorado
will add that slate also to the demo-
cratic list. Thus one by one disap-
the republican boast of a solid
north. W'we it not for the treacheyv
of John Kollcy in New York, which
is now an open secret among well
informed policticians of both classes,
Hancock could easily have secured
the elecfoial rote of the empire stale.
As it is, the gallant soldier, unused
to intrigue and treachery, has been
slain ia the house of his friends, and
tl* democrats both north and south
are compelled four years longer to
wear the the yoke of republican bon¬
dage. P.
The >”m1h District.
THE HISTORY OF THE CANVASS.
There were many persons who
were convinced when Mr, Bell was
nominated against Speer that tho lat¬
ter would be beaten. Mr. Bell had
never been beaten in the ninth, and
it was thought he would reverse in
the mouMain*counfcies"|the .majorities
thatfelected Speer in 18/8. Wliile
Mr.JBeH may lessen Speer's majori-
tics'aboYeJhe river, Speer lifts.gain¬
ed so heavily injth# lower counties
that his election is assured by'a heavy
majority*. r-
The canvassmas been a purely per-
sonal. and^/somewhat bitter one.
There bhing no principle upon which
the candidates could divide, theyd.ad
nothing to do but pick flaws in each
other’s record. The principal’charge
against Mr. Bell, was that he had
ssked.that’a revenue man be reim-
beteed^r ^expenses .inVlefending a
»»r 4 *r trial—the ebargi against
Speer that he was absent from the
house onjone occasion when bispco-
pie were attackcd£and that he had
been applauded by the republican
members on another occasion.
in the counties quoted now’thc re-
suit in’the'last election wereOco-
nee <r a vc Billups 208,(majority.iOlarkc
gave Speer 453 majority. Habersham
508,-cGwinrctt crave Billups 158, Hall
18, and Jackson 164. From these
figures tho result can beffigured. Mr
Weldon Price bet on yesterday that
Speer had 2,500 majority. Ml
things considered. Speer’s race just
closed was a’more brill,ant one than
he'madc before, and confirms his po-
sition as a permanent power in Geor-
gia politics.
THE TOTES CAST.
Bnford, Noyember 3.—Sugar Hill
district, Gwinnett county. Speer, 145;
Bell, 79; Hancock, 192; Garfield
27.
H Norcross* November 3.—Speer's
majority in Gwinnett will not be less
than five-hundred. In'Forsyth Bell's
majority .was only'eighty nine.
Harmony Grove, November 3.—
The following'is (the vote at^IIarmo-
ny Grave, Jackson county: Hancock
133 : Garfield 54; Weaver]23 : Speer
118; Bell 87. Jackson comity has
undoubtedly gone for Speer by a
small majority, Will send full re-
turns to-morrow.
Athens, November 3 .—Full re¬
turns from Clarke give Speer a ma¬
jority uf 1,136, Hancock 39.
Toccoa, November 3.—The official
vote of Elbert county is, Hancock
727, Garfield 28, Stephens 793. No
excitement.
some ninth district majorities.
The following counties give major¬
ities for Speer: Morgan 412, Oconee
185. Jackson 310, Banks 91, //all
116, Clarke 1,186, Gwinnett 424,
Franklin 322, 7/ahCrsham 627.
White gives Bell 59 majority and
Forsyth gives him 89 , Lumpkin
gives Speer 300 majority', and Daw¬
son is largely for him. In Rabun
three districts give Speer 53 majori
ty.
The Eighth District,
THK TOTES CAST.
Sparta, November 3.—Hancock's
majority in Hancock Is 200.
Thomson, McDuffie county, No¬
vember 2 .— 7’he election passed off
very 1, quietly here, with the following
result at Thompson precinct : 7/an-
cocd 224. Garfield 46 ; Stephens 273.
Lexington, November 3,— Tho of¬
ficial democratic majority in Ogle¬
thorpe county is 444. Tne negroes
voted solidly for G arfield,
Greenesboro, TVovember 3.— 7’he
official ballot ot this county is as tol-
l°' vs •’ Hancock and English electors
755 5 O arfield and Arthur electors
057. majority for G at field 202. 7 he
negroes voted almost solid for Gar-
field il, id Arthur. A. 11. Stephens
Y0 ^ e *° r congresa 724 ; A. S. Shan-
nOH 8 vote *°r congress 2 ; K
Coombs vote lor congress l.
The Seventh District,
THE CAUSE OF THE SURPRISE.
Mr. Scab. Wright, the brilliant
young member from F’loyd, and ore
of Dr Felton's most trusted friends,
said to a Constitjftjyn man :
‘‘There were several causes that
brought about the defeat of Dr 'Fel¬
ton. The colored people were dis¬
satisfied with Id’s course in Congress,
and especially 7 wLh his vote in cer¬
tain contested election eases. They
voted against him heavily The Gar¬
field elector for the district was
against hun, and canvassed against
bun. Then there was apathy 7 among
his friends, and too much confidence
in his strength. There were man ' 7
too, who thought he had hold it long
enough a- d were in favor of some
man liav’ng’a chance.”
“How will Dv, ? Fe’lon take his de¬
feat ?’’
“I presume lie will be disappointed,
'Out Ido not think he oared to stay in
public life much longer.”
The “organized’ members from the
seventh a*-c iu raptures over them
victory, While the fesult is better
than they- hoped foy it is
1 >ec t e d. Those who heaatl snyh^t
spea ? v - j n the campaign it was
u yote-wianiug speech forcible.' always—prac-
ti cal, sensible^and Comae!
Trammell told the writer a month
tbatX'loment’s speech at Dallou was
the most effective speech lie luv-.l ever
heard.
a sketch or Clements.
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M "; Clements who has won this
surprising victory, is a young man-
not being over do years of age. lie
is a stnrfl v - s T UiU '° built > ( l« iet feI!ow
-
—a fine type of the best country
Gcor S ian - Hc is well-informed on
S eneral subjects-,s a good talker
an l bas a peculiarly pleasant lacc.
Pcrsons «’ho visited the last senate
will remember him as a thoughtful
^king, self-posssessed senate, who
was always in Ins seat, observed at*
tentively the drift of business, and
was f, e( l l,R!ltl v consnlted b v his co1 "
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lca g ,,es ’ He spoke seldom, but when
he did speak, commanded perfect at-
teiltio »' briefly and forcibly,
aml ahva vs <lult talking when he got
-
through.
His advancement in politics has
been gradual and steady. From the
house he went to the senate—from
the senate he goes to congress. He
lias character enough to keep from
spoiling—sense enough to command
reBpecI in liis new position,
shrewdness enough to Keep it. He
comes of a strong and sturdy family,
that has always had position. He
has four brothers, each of whom
represented his county 7 , and
have been a Clement or so in t lie
house and senate for the past six
years—usually more than one —
These brothers arc all in the seventh
district, and each lives in a different
county 7 .
The campaign just closed has not
been so much of a “still hunt,’ as is
gen rally 7 supposed. Each candidate
has been speaking constantly, and
the contest has been warm and exci¬
ting. Mr. Clements is non 7 a distin¬
guished figure in Georgia politics,
and there is considerable anxiety to
sec him. lie will be in Atlanta soon,
as /Ion. Arthur Cray said ycstcr-
day:
“We are going to bring our young
mountain colt down to Atlanta and
put him on exhibition, as soon as we
can comb the cockle-burrs Out-ef his
mane and curry him up a lit^leT
THE VOTE CAST,
Cartersville, November 3. — Fel¬
ton's majority in Polk (two precincts
to hear from), 314,
Marietta, November 3.—Democrat¬
ic electors 1,980 ; republicans, 559.
W. H. Felton, 1,168 ; J . C. Clements,
1,404.
Cartersville, Nevembcr 3.—Fel¬
ton’s majority in Polk county 's 314,
with two precincts to hear from
Marietta, November J’l-j.-FydFdn's
official majority in Cheiokee is 417.
His majority in 1878 over Lester was
788.
Ringgold, November 3—Clements
carries Walker by 511 maj<y*!y,i.Tliis
is official. Gain;-for Felton 52i
.
Dalton,) November 3—The official
majority for Clements in Murray j s
255. A hard fight, but we -wpbled
the parson.
Rome, November 8 —Clemen .s, the
nominee of what Dr, Felton d.ibbecL
the “tarrapm tail
Rome, official has carried Floyd whi?his'a cemjFy bv
an majority of 443 ,
gain of 471 over Lester’s vote,
The next House.
Let us without unnecessary preface
see how the popular branch of "eon
gress will probably stand after the
fourth day of next March.
The house consists.of 2tf3vs§]
In T the ,, present , congress, ,, tuts number- t,
eonsists of 147 democrats, 130 repub- ,
beans and 16 greenbackers ; but as
there is . practically .-ii no third „ . , party m
‘
congress, the ... house , be said .,
may now
to stand lo4 democrats aid 139 re-
publicans, ... showing , . clear , democrat ,
a ,
ic majority, . at , least , , on gemral ,
■
tions, ,. of 15. The rcpublicansgamcd . ..
7 members in Ohio, 2 in Indiana, and
1 in Oregon. This brought the stand¬
ing of the two parties on Tuesday 7 of
this week to these figures—denosrats
146, republicans 147.
The returns that have come o hand
at this writing T show that the . demo-
, . , , , ,,
the Albany districts —two ii|P fis d-
vania, the thirteenth and tu^tieth,
and probably.-one in Michigas- 11
liaye ganyi „ T 1 on:
ulIf >wa. where Kasson is electe.; : 1 wo
m Kont,,ck .V ! one m Minnssota.iUio
the third or Washbiume district; two
m Missouri, the thinbuni cigiahiune
in ^ irginia, the second ; one in M is-
<--onsin, the srxtli: one in Luincssce,
the tenth, and probably one in
the thirteenth—-total 10.
ges would make the next house stand,
democrat* 142, republicans 152-ora
republican majority of 9.
Some of the districts are, of course,
still in doubt. In California, for ex-
ami ,l c , the democrats may have gam¬
e d a seat, The present delegation
stands three republicans and one
democrat, and we,believe we would
be justified in claiming; again’of one
in that state. In New York W. W.
Hstor, who was the rcpublican^can-
didate in the seventh distriotTmayJbe
defeated. The republican plurality
in this district two years ago was only
455. Taking all things in considera¬
tion the democrats can safely claim a
gain of tlueo seats in New York.
4 hey may get one or two more. In
Pennsylvania r we have unexpectedly
canied a rural district. These gains
wi/1 undoubtedly hold good.when full-
er retui ns cotnc in. The republicans
have gained a member in (each of
these state : Iwa, Kentucky, Minne-
sota^Missouri and Wisconsin. They
claim an additional seat in Missouri,
besides one in Illinois and one in
Virginia. Itis not y-J cb ar that Mr.
Goods is defeated in the secoad dis¬
trict of Virginia, or that Mr - Moore
republican, has carried the tenth dis-
t ict of Tennessee ; but as the demo¬
crats may suffer other losses'in this
tidal wave, we are inclined to admit
that the republicans will probably
have a clear majority of ten in the
n xt house.— Constitution ,
nveutors and Paten tees,
should send for instructions, terms,
references, &c , to Edson Brothers,
■ olieitors of Patents, Washington, 1).
C., who furnishes the same without
charge. Edson Brothers is a well-
known and successful firm of large
experience, having been established
in 1866. tf
The 'Charlotte Observer gives the
following account of the fatal esca¬
pade of one of Robinson’* elephants
in that city on Monday night:
“The car on which this elephant,
the largest of the three, called “Chief
had been brought from Concord, was
standing just above the Trade street
crossing, and a large crowd had gath¬
ered around to watch the process of
unloading. Immediately after giving
tliis warning to the bystanders, John
King, a powerfully built man, step¬
ped around to “Chiefs” head and was
in the act of tuVning him - around
when the crowd heard him call the
by name in a frightened
tone, and the next moment they saw
the enraged animal turn upon his
keeper and crush him against the car.
King sank to the ground without a
and the men who we re wltnhim
fled precipitately.
The elephant surveyed the scene
for an instant, gave a short snort and
Waited at a brisk pace up the vai'”o..d
track, A s soon as he Svrs out’ o e
veaeii King was picked up, apparent¬
ly Ii"bless, and conveyed across the
to Ferry Moreherd s barber
several doctors were sum-
moned. I
In the meantime, the elephant
ke Pt on «P the* track, and the report
getting abroad that he was loose in
the streets, the excitement increased.
The crowd which first collected about
the crossing and the door of the shop
into which King had been carried,
scattered up the street, but before any
could be formed, it was learned
that the circus men were after him,
and : would ,„ doubt , , auceeed
no m cap-
t,,rin . , . , ,
S |' ln - ° ' c) “ ll 8 ’ ' a( °
take with them “Mary, ’ the female
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elephant , 1 , and , “the .. _ Boy 7 . ‘-Chief , . „, , had ,
7
turned , up Fifth ... street . at
on arriving
77
the , crossing, . and , the , other , elephants , ,
77
were driven , . rapidly . „ au,er ... him. On
. . at , _ Pryon street, , , he , stopped .
*
for a moment, and then went directly
across :o Church street, where ho was
with some difficulty secured, bvjbeing
chained to the other two etephants.
They were then taken ’ down Tyvon
street towards the point where they
started.
_, lue.animals . . moved .. along , quietly .
1 U1 ® r !' was a united movement
, An attempt
was
uc by .n on. but they re-
aud the cxncdient of al-
fow.mg them to drink was r/iso^t ed
■ to. In the movements about the
^ , - ns l)0camc C nta-vded
. the U;re began-to
f e move around
drawing tliem gradually
“t hief’s'’ temper was
; i(1 aro „ se( ] njl ,-i began to bel-
^ Einaily, by the vigorous' use of
dg an fl pitchforks, the three cie-
l)an; . s wcre made to take the’r re-
,.- towid vo p]accs an d the slow move-
meR the tents was continued
At last they were gotten there and
were securely fastened, but the ex-
e’tement continued for hours after -
terwards.
A half hour after the accident to
Kink a reporte r gained admittance to
the barber shop where lie found’ the
keeper stretched upon a door, wh h
Drs. Me A den, O’Donoghue and
Gatchell, around him, dressing a
wound in his head. lie was braa h-
ing with difficulty and his fate was
swo/lcn ane blackened. Hc had all
the appearance of a dead man, but
for the je' k'og movement of his body
caused by bis painful efforts to breathe
His skull was crushed and although
tbe'-e was apparently no possible hope
for his recovery, the physicians were
resorting to every 7 expedint to save
h'm.
Severtil of the showmen were itithe
shop, and among them a rough
ing fellow with a kindly face seemed
to be more affected than any of the
rest, and to whom the reporter applied
for information about the keeper.
“Yes,” said he, “I have known
John King for years. He was the
keeper of the animals and nobody
ain’t sa ! d he was ever afraid of
“Chief” was liis pet and he could
more with him than any 7 one
He was a brave fe'low, but reckless,
lie wouldn’t be dying now if
had been there. She’d a
“Chief” down. You wasn’t there
see her take after him when
knowed he’d killed Mr. King,
ry” is as gentle as a lamb, and so is
“Boy,”but “Chief” is always vicious.
They don’t take him around on the
parade.”
King lingered until about 11 o’clock
when hc died.
In February, 1848, there were
three Chinese in California. One
year later there Were fifty-four Chi¬
namen and one Chinese woman in
that State. January 1, 1850, there
were 780 Chinamen and two Chinese
women in that State One year la¬
ter this number had grown to 4,018
men and seven women. One y r ear
more and the number was 7528 In
Pay of that year (1852), the number
was 11,954 In 1868 the number was
estimated at 80,000. And some time
ago the number belonging to the Six
Chinese Companies was 161,200!
And tho Chinaman is in all of our
cities He is no longer a curiosity
Even' man knows ..hat a very few
yea.s ago if a Chinaman passed on
the street everybody turned to look
at him. In what city of the country
does he now excite curiosity or at¬
tention? He is common everywhere.
There arc thiityfiVe thousand of them
l’v’mgand doing business in the ( hi-
nese Quarter in Sun Francisco 1 and
there is a small Chinese Quarter in
Cincinnati. What can the Chinaman
do? Everything. lie originates
nothing; he imitates everything. He
makes shirts, overalls, cigars, boots
and shoes, slippers,v matches, works
in tanneries and all kinds of shops
and mills. He is laundrvman, house-
servant, peddler, waiter.
A heartless fraud, perpetrated by
Berne merchant, has resulted i u his
sentence to imprisonment feu three
years and a half, Engaged to be
married to a young lady, he took her
to London in order to marry he’*,
and wk'le there possessed himself of
her fortune of tlivee thousand dollars
and all the jewelry she bad, and left
her at an inn, without a penny, The
jury found him gu’lty without any
extenuating circumstances.
The new steamship “City of An-
gusia’ arrived at Savannah from the
city of New York oil Friday the 30th
ult, and was received with a salute
of artillery She is of 6,000 bates
capac'fcy, and is the largest and
hands unest steamship in the coast-
ing Hade.
Mrs. Lincoln, Widow of Presid-ent
Lincoln arrived in New York, front
Enropfi on the 27th nit, an. 1 is now
Nf fccill at the dares ion Hotel
Where K four colored-men
are now
on the -Clia!t ooga poli cc force,
“A Bad Cold or Distressing Ccugh ’
Dry, parched, sore throat, pneu¬
monia, bronchial and asthmatic
attacks, weakened and debilitated
state of the system, all these danger-
our symptoms are cured by “Dn.
Swa-ynb*.s Compound Syrup of wild
Cherry.” The first dose gives re¬
lief, and the worst cough and sore
lungs An yield to its healing properties.
occasional dose of “Swaynk’s
Bii.ls’ should be taken to keep to
bowels free. They are excellent for
torpid liver and bilious complaints.
A Fuakfort [Ky.] Physician
Whites •
Some months ago the daughter
one of our prominent citizens was pro¬
nounced a hopeless consumptive.—
She was very much reduced in flesh ,
terrible cough, her life gradually
wasting away. 1 recomended her to
use “D 11 . Swaynk’s Compound Syr¬
up of Wild Cherry,” which she did.
I 11 a short time she was free from all
cough and other symptoms, and is
now rosy and heathy. Brice 25
cents and $1.00 a bottle, or six boi-
tics $5. The large size is the most
economical. Brepared only by Dr.
Swayne & Son, Philadelphia. Sold
by druggists. Aug21-ly.
NiH8S 110 II 11 ms.
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JANUARY 1st., 1881, ANY DEALER SOUTH OR NORTH. ' \
1 ALWAYS ON HAND
FROM IO TO 12 j FROM 20 TO 30
PIANOS. ORGANS,
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MATH USHER, TELOTBEV & CO.
GUILD & CO. STERLING.
HALLET & DAVIS, and others.
AND OTHERS.
BUY DIRECT AND WE Wi JL SAVE YOU TEN PER CENT. AND
FREIGHT.
Catalogue Free. Address. Mrs. II. McSMITH
Greenville, S. £.,
i exas has a cash balance of nearly
in her .State Treasury, and
is given out that Governor Roberta
advise the next Legisturc to spend
and millions more in establish*
a state University and building
aud a State House at
Austin The Governor hopes to
the disposition to split the
in twain by tins means, but the
will be opposed by those de- >
to male two states out of
anyhow.
Says an exchange; We cannot
smile wheu a man tells us he can
take his local paper because he
a New York paper He might
well say that he cannot afford
because he intends having
sponge ca 1 e, Meanwhile he has to
ask liis neighbor about the local news
and notices, and tiie local paper goes
building up his place and busi
uess and serving his conveniences
without his support.
Xho wrought iron tube for. the tun¬
nel between New York and Jersey'
City 7 , under the Hudson river, will
require a shipment of three carload*
a week for three years. It is being
made at Erie, Pa., and will cost about
$700,000.
New Orleans is threatened with a
Celestial invasion. Ten thousand
Chinamen are said to be planning a
descent upon tbe city from Cuba.
An agent recently 7 has received orders
from twenty planters for laborers of
this class.
Ilenry Van Nortwick, ot Toledo,
Ohio, says:—A friend prevailed np-
mo to try ail “Only Lung Pad,”
aud I obtained immediate relief from
rac jf? cough. J know the l’ad
helped rac.—Sec Adv.
j p Benjamin, of New York city,
ro( t e on horseback from Fort Worth,
'Uexns, to his home, a distance of
1400 , in 110 days. His object was
to see the country
AT AW A & CHAR LOTT E "
A1H UMl low.
(.'SAN* E OP SCHEUI’J.K. '
On and aft.r July lilst. V8S0 11#CULE
DAILY TRAINS will run lliis IC..a«l
as lollows :
Day Passi-ngi-r Train
‘GOING EAST.
Arrive Tot'coa....... . ____ 8.44 a. 1
Leave Tiaa~~. ----- 8.45 a. r»
GOING V\ iwr
Arrive Toecoa.___ ...8;19 p, at
Leave Toccna.___ .. * p. HI
.
Niglit Mail and Passenger Train.
GOING EAST.
Arrive '1 oecoa.. ..7.3 *
Leave Toecoa.. . ..7.53
GOING WEST.
Arrive Tcccoa___ . — 7.21 a. it;
Leave Toccoa,___ 7 3t> a. ni
—
Local Freight and Accommodation Train.
GOING EAST.
Arrive- Toccoa.. . ...2 32 p. m
Leave Toecoa___ ...3 15
GOING WEST
Arrive Toccoa___ ...8.30 a. m
Leave Toccoa___ ,... 9.10 a. nr
Through Freight Train.
GOING EAST.
Arrive Toccoa... i.. ........6.05 p. m
Leave Toccoa..____ ........6.20 p. ru
GOING WEST.
Arrive Toccoa,. 3.45 a. m
Leave . —
Toccoa,.. ....3.45 a.»
C' ose commotion at Atlanta for all pomU
acd at ^'ariottr for.all points East.
SMl cca"ci!y Greenville on sale and at Spartanb^ Gainesville
to all points East and West. .u -1
w. J HOUSTON. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Ag.t
G. J. FOIiEACRE. General Manager.