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Newspaper Page Text. - fa JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. CLISBY & JONES, Proprietors. THE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS—POLITICS- LITERATURE—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC NEWS, Etc—PRICE $2.00 PER ANNUM. r GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING ESTABLISHED 1826. MACON, FRIDAY,. SEPTEMBER 17, 1880 VOLUME NO—LY THE SAINT-GABELLE INN. ( “It appears that this gentleman knows j the habits of ghosts, and that they have i told him that they do not like to get wet dren 1 m- Hirtv-” We were all trembling with fright, Translated from the French 1 l flirty. 1 You would have been very fortunate, j jj e jj a fl no ^ finished the sentence, when my children, if you had known my Uncle the Spaniard threw on him a terrible Bayle, because he alone knew more sto- look as he said: ries than you have ever read. My uncle 1 do not we^ ao ight- did not live in our city of Mirepoix; he , ly of things you know nothing about.” did not lodge in our large house with red I D ?J 0U think you can make me be- window shutters, which was the family , J* Bve .them are ghosts?” replied my neigh- residence. He was an advocate, and lived j , . c n „ n :. r ,i „ Tr at Foix. but almost every Saturday we ^ would see him coming on his horse, and y°“ llad the courage to look at them.” would see him coming on his horse, and our joyous cries hailed him at a distance. We were quite numerous around him, because my uncle was the oldest of a family of three children, and we others, the little children of this great family, part with their parents, and the rest—my sister and myself—with our Infirm mother; hut courageous and bright we would look forward to the coming of my uncle Bayle as one looks forward to a holiday. It seems as if I could see him now descending heavily from his horse. There were ten hands to receive his rid ing-whip, ten hands to bold bis bridle, and when he took off his coat six of us scrambled to carry it, so weak that we were crushed with the weight of it, so small that it always dragged a little in the dust; and then he mounted our oak stairway, the finest stairway in the coun try, I believe, and we, crying and laugh ing around him, mounted with great noise, following and preceding him, open ing the doors with a bang and announcing him at a distance by our joyous laughter. I will always remember the respectful re- reption which all our parents gave him, rising at his entrance in the salon, and the loving and superior bow with which lie replied to each one, at the same time going toward my mother, to whom he said affectionately: “Good day, my sister; still sick?” My mother grasped bis hand and an swered him with a smile. Then from this moment, after exchanging a few seri ous words with his brothers,'we little «]iildren, who yet knew nothing but to love him, took possession of our uncle Bayle. He belonged to us until supper which was the time for-talking overfamily affairs and we were then sent to bed, so wc seized upon him and availed ourselves of our uncle’s goodness, and sometimes wc abused it. He followed in then and we all went down to the kitchen. Not such a kitchen as you have at your moth er’s, but an immense kitchen with a fire-place more than six feet high, like a large alcove, and having at the side a bench of brown oak, under which slept the little dog that served as a turn-spit. The servant, my old Jeanette, came im mediately to salute our uncle Bayle, who carefully informed himself as to the sup per. Then, after having added or changed something in the bill of fare, lie seated himself in a large chair of carved wood, which he dragged up to the fire, and with out delay we all began to cry, “A story! a story!” On this evening the cry was less boisterous, because we had formed a little conspiracy, and no one dared to speak first. Finally my pietty cousin, Dorothee, the most talkative little girl of the house, and now the grave Superior of a convent of the Sisters of Charity ventured to cry: “A ghost story!” and we replied altogeth er: “Yes, a ghost story!” My uncle frowned and looked towards Jeanette, who was very much confused, and wished to appear absorbed in pepper ing her chickon pot-pie, and she really peppered it so well that we were not able to eat it. It was she, in fact, who had told us repeatedly the story of the “Spectre Leg” and the “Open Eye,” and who had urged us to make this demand. “There are only fools and rogues who believe, or pretend to believe, in ghosts,” said my uncle in a severe tone. We all waited in silence, so much authority was there in the wools, but a moment of re flection seemed to calm him. We saw him smile, as if to himself, and he added, in a tone of sweetness, “You want a ghost story, my children? All right, I will relate one to you which happened to me, so that it can not be doubted.” We gathered around him closer than usual, the lamp hung by a chaiu attached to the mantel piece, and thus our uncle told his story: One autumn evening, it must have been forty years ago, because I was scarcely twenty years old at the time, I was re turning from Toulouse. I bad made a good journey, because I had already passed Auterive, where some friends had urged me to pass the night, but I was very anxious to reach Swerdun, which, you know, is nine miles further, and I resumed my journey. I had ar rived almost in front of the Bolbonne Monastery, beyond the beautiful woods of Lecourien, where Father Yaniul (whose Latin works you will have to translate some day) composed his Frca- <7turn Rustlcum, when a sudden and fright ful storm, like those that come down from our mountains, unexpectedly broke forth. ' In less than no time the night became black and traveling impossible. I would certainly have asked shelter at the mon astery, but the moment I took that resolu tion my horse, frightened at the fashes of lightning and noise of thunder, ^darted into a little by-path aud carried me with him in spite of all my efiorts to the con trary. Notwithstanding his rapidity, I soon recognized that he bad taken the road to Saint-Gabelle, and that he was leadingTis there all right. Some day this summer we will visit Saint-Gabelle, where the church is built on the top of a bill, commanding a view of the entire city, the foot of which is higher than the roofs of the highest houses. I will take you to see the choir balcony built entire ly of oak, with beautiful carving, and we will ask M. Lanigue to play for "us on the organ, which is perhaps the best m ail France. In the meantime my horse gal loped on, until he stopped of his own ac cord as lie had started, and I perceived that I was at the door of an inn. I enter ed. The company was numerous, a mix ed crowd of Spanish merchants and young sportsmen of the vicinity, overtaken like myself by the storm. After drying our selves at the fire, composed of a dozen vine branches which had been thrown in the fire-place, supper was announced and we all sat down to the table. At first the conversation turned on the frightful weather. One had been thrown from his horse; another had been detained an hour in getting himself and cart out of a pool Of mud; finally some one exclaimed, “It is an infernal night, just the time for a meeting of witches.” This remark, which was very simple, gave place to a singular observation, made in a tone still more singular, “Sorcerers and gliosis prefer for their meeting a beautiful moonlight, to a night so unpleasant as this.” We all gazed at the man who said this, and saw that it was on6 of the Spanish merchants. You-have often seen them, my children, with their leggings and short breeches open at the knee, and showing their naked, hairy legs. You know what a mingled air of pride and misery they have with their espadrilles attached to their feet by narrow bands of leather, their red cloak, which they wear so grace fully, their brown faces crowned with black hair and their large, gold ear-rings. He who had spoken had, more than any you have seen, that savage bearing which The young man jumped up, red with anger, but calmed himself, and sat down again quietly, saying: “You would have paid dearly for that remark, if it were not that of a fool.” “That of a fool,” cried the Spaniard I jumping up in his turn. “Well, then,” ' added he, slapping his fist on the table and throwing down a big leather purse. “Here are thirty quadruples (about $216) which I oiler to lose if within an hour I dc not make you see, you who are so posi tive, the face of one of your friends that you will name, let him be dead for ten years, and if, after having recognized him, you dare to permit his mouth to at tach a kiss to yours.” The Spaniard bad an air so terrible in saying these words that we all started. My neighbor alone preserved his laughing, mocking manner, and replied: “Yon will do this, you ? ” “Yes,” replied the Spaniard, “and I will lose thirty quadruples if I do not do it, on condition that you will lose an equal amount if I keep my promise and you acknowledge it.” The young man was silent a moment, then he said gaily: “Thirty quadruples! My worthy sor cerer, that is more than a student of Tou louse ever possessed; hut if you will keep your word for the five quadruples which are here, I am your man.” The Spaniard silently took his purse again and said scornfully: “Ah, you back out, my little gentle man ? ” “I back out 1 ” cried the young man. “Ah ! in had the thirty quadruples yon would see if I hacked out.-’ “Here are four,” cried I, “which I add to your stake.” I had no sooner made this proposition than five or six persons, attracted like my self by the singularity of this challenge, offered to take part in it, and in less than no time the Spaniard’s amount was cov ered. This man seemed so sure of liis work that he confided the stake to the young student, and we got ready for the demonstration. To that end we selected a small pavil ion perfectly isolated in the garden, so that there conld be no deception. We searched it minutely; we assured ourselves there were no other openings than a win dow securely fastened and a door which was closed in the same manner, and at which we all stood after we had left the young man alone in tlic pavilion. We had placed writing materials on the table and took away all the lights. We were eager ly interested in the issue of this scene, and were all keeping a profound silence,when the Spaniard, who had remained among us, commenced to sing in a sweet and sad voice a song which may be rendered as follows: “Noiselessly cracking, the coffin has bro ken in the half opened tomb, And the white phantom’s black - foot is resting on the grass, cold and green.” After this first verse be raised his voice solemnly aud said: “You' have asked to see your friend, Francois Violot, who was drowned three years a<;o in crossing the Fensagnoies ferry. What do you see?” “I see,” replied the young man, “a pale light which has risen near the window, but it has no form and is only an indis tinct mist” Wc all stood stapefied. “Are you afraid?” said the Spaniard in a strong voice. “I am not afraid,” replied the student in a voice no less confident. We scarcely breathed. The Spaniard was silent for a moment, then he stamped on the ground with his foot three different times, and began all at once to sing again, but in a higher and more sombre voice: “And the white phantom, whose face has been withered by the surges of the waves, wipes with his shroud the water from liis garments and hair.” The song finished, the Spaniard turns again towards the door, and, giving his voice an accent more and more solemn, he cries: “Yon, who wished to pry into the mysteries of the tomb, what do you see ?” We listened with anxiety. The student replied in a calm voice, but like a man who is describing a thing as it happens: “I see this vapor which grows larger and takes the form of a phantom; tnis phantom has the head covered with a long veil. It remains in the same place where it rose.” “Are you afraid?” asked the Spaniard in an insulting voice. The proud aud brave voice of the young man replied, “I am not afraid!” We dared not look at each other so great was our surprise, so occupied were we in following the singular movements of the Spaniard, who began to raise his head, invoking three times a name horrible to pronounce, after which he chanted the third verse of his infernal song, but in a voice singularly triumphant. “And the phantom said in leaving the tomb, in order that he may recognize me I will go toward my friend, proud, smiling and beautiful as in my youth." The Spaniard finished his verse, and re peated his terrible question: “What do you see ?” “I see,” replied the student, “ the phan tom advance—it raises its vail—it is Fran cois Violot—he approaches the table—he writes—he has written; it is his signa ture!” “Are you afraid?” cried the Spaniard furiously. There was a moment of inexpressible silence, and the student replied with more strength than assurance, “No, I am not afraid!” Immediately, as if seized with a fit of madness, the Spaniard commenced to sing with a strange bowl this last horrible verse: “And the phantom said to the mocking man, come, then, that 1 may touch you, put your hand in my hand, press your heart to my heart, your mouth to my mouth.” “What do you see ?” cried the Spaniard lu a voice of thunder. “It comes—it approaches—it pursues me—it extends its arms—it will seize me. Help! Help!” “Are you afraid?” cried the Spaniard with a ferocious joy. A piercing cry, then a smothered groan was the only answer to this terrible ques tion. i “Help that imprudent youDg man ! ” said the Spaniard to us in a cruel voice.' “I have, I think, won the wager, hat it is enough for me to have given him a les son. Let him keep the money and be more prudent in the future.” He went away rapidly after these words. We were utterly dumbfounded. We opened the door and found the stu dent in horrible convulsions. The paper, signed with the name of Francois Violot, and darted off like a madman in pursuit of him. And that is the story, my chil- huddling closely about our uncle Bayle, not daring to look aronnd us. Jeannette herself had forgotten her roast which had fallen into the fire aDd smelled very strongly as it horned. No one had the courage to speak; then I gathered strength, enough to ask my uncle. “And how is it, after this, you do not believe in ghosts?” “Because,” said my uncle “neither the young man nor the sorcerer were ever seen afterwards, nor the beautiful quad ruples which the other travelers and my self had furnished to cover the wager proposed by the pretended Spaniard; and because these two rogues carried them away, tjter having played under our eyes a comedy which we believed in like pack of Simpletons, 'and which I found very expensive, hut which will not have cost too much if it enables me to fully persuade you that none but imbeciles or rogues believe or pretend to believe in ghosts. A Hint to Fence-Board Adverti sers.—The New York Evening Post says that the commonest and handiest thing in the American family is the news paper, and a3 nearly all shopping pro ceeds from the family, from its needs, in telligence, its tastes, its fashions, it fol lows that the thoughtful and successful advertiser approaches the family by this means. He does not waste his money and his time in loading his advertising gun and shooting it off skyward in the streets at all creation, on the chance that some willing customers may be going that way*and may be brought down, on the contrary, he takes account of the ad vertising ammunition which he has on hand and loads and points his gun through the columns of some reputable newspa per at the game be wants to hit. —At Exeter, England, a young fanner has been sent to jail for a month for shooting a rabbit on a farm of his own oc cupation, while a man brought before the same bench for brutally ill-treating his wife was fined five shillings. —The worthy President of the Lime Kiln Club gives some advice to his con stituents which may be of use to the girls. He says: “Befo’ you put faith in a man, watch if he am willin’ to crowd ’long in a street kyar— if he’ll sheer his umbrella in a rainy day—if he kin wait twominits at the pos’-office winder wid’out sw’arin’—if he wants all the clothes in de fam’Jy on his own back—if he kin li’ar de cry of a lone chile as quick as de voice of a man axin him to drink.” —A darky came to a Galveston justice of the peace and asked for a warrant for the arrest of Jim Webster. “What’s he done?” “He stole my chickens; dar’s de fedders in his yard.” “How do you know those feathers be- onged to your chickens?” “I kin prove it by Colonel Jones, but I dosen’t like to have him brung inter court, case he is so modest like.” “What’s the matter with Colonel Jones?” “Nothing, boss, but to tell de troof, eber since I stole liis chickens I loses all confidence in de man as soon as he looks me squar in de face.” —One of Ole Bull’s tricks was, when he had diminished his tone to a nearly in audible pianissimo, to continue the atti tude. as if he was playing, but actually having drawn off the bow entirely from the violin, holding it in the air, and pro ducing no tone whatever; while his audi ence, in raptures at the softness of his really inaudible sighs, made ear-trumpets of their hands and bent forward, eager to catch the sound which did not exist. Then the violinist, as if suddenly awak ening from a trance, bowed to the enrap tured audience. “As the American,” says the Bev. Da vid Swing of Chicago, “can out-chew and out-spit and out talkthe rest of the world, so he can out swear the residue of hu manity. Sitting behind two gentlemen for a day, as our train glided along from St. Paul toward Chicago, the words ‘by God’ came back to me 700 times when bedtime made me quit counting.” Hope for Consumptives at Liut From official record we learn that over sixty ^thousand persons die annually in the United States from pulmonary con sumption. In each of these cases there was a first or incipient stage of the dis ease, when all the life-forces and organic structures were yet unimpaired by its en croachments. If at this time an agent haq been fonnd which could give to the system a higher degree of vitality, and so enable it to resist the deadly assault this perilous crisis would have been safely passed. And not this one only. In everv subsequent assault of the enemy, especial ly where there existed some hereditary taint, a prompt resort to the same revital izing agent would have given a like relief and immunity. Now it is confidently claimed, and the claim is substantiated by the results of over twelve years’ experi ence of its use, that just such an agent lias been discovered in Compound Oxvgen, the use of which is rapidly extending. If you wish to learn all about this new treatment, address Drs. StarItey & Pa irs', Philadelphia, Pa., and they will promptly mail yon their Treatise on Com pound Oxygen. “Tee heathen Chinee” is becoming quite as obnoxious to the people of Aus tralia as to those of our Pacific coast. In Melbourne there is considerable excite ment on the subject of Chinamen compet ing for and underbidding white labor, so that several public meetings have been held to consider the matter and devise re pressive measures. Victoria already has colonial law restricting Chinese Immi gration, and popular prejudice secures its rigid enforcement. The opposition to Mongol competition with white labor is nearly as old throughout Australia as it is in California, and the result has already been a considerable restriction of the classes ot industry in which Chinamen may engage, and a diminution also of the Chinese population. Recently, when pro posals were advertised for the construction of 5,000 chairs for the Melbourne interna tional exhibition of 1881, the committee in charge awarded the contract with the explicit condition annexed that only white persons should be employed in their manufacture. Two Old Pnends. Messrs. Editors: '(lie consolidation of the Albany News and Advertiser, has awakened memories of the past. When in 1866 I went to Albany, and resurrected the old “Po4yio£” that had died, and re-christened it the News, Al bany was not what it is now. Then the country was in the throes of reconstruc- ition so-called, and newspaper life was very different from the difficulties which environ it now. Frecdmen’s Bureaus reigned supreme, mod a negro’s notched stick was preferred to an accountant’s book as testimony Before the authorities. Ex parte evidence was allowed, provided it came from one claiming to be a Re publican, and every man’s liberty and personal welfare was at the mercy of the meanest miscreant. The “boys in blue,” on more occasions than one hunted the office with bayonets, and one of my employees, Mr. James Freeman, suffered fearfully at their hands, because we criticised certain transactions on the public street. Maul fold were the difficulties of newspaper publishers then. But in it all, and. through it all, the News was born and reared to no mean stature. In my strug gle I was assisted one whose hand is cold in death, but iu whose breast as no ble a heart beat as in any that live to day—John F. Cargill, Esq. And by an other, who I see is still connected with the Neics, Mr. Thomas P. Cody. To their assistance I owe much of the suc cess that I attained. Therefore, you can excuse the attachment that I still feel for my old friend the Albany News. have watched it with eagerness through all the changes which thirteen years have brought. I have rejoiced in its prosperity and sympathized with it in every depres sion that has come over it. My connection with it was but one short year. It lias fallen into other and better hands, and I rejoice at it. My at tachment for the people of Albany has never wavered, and the friends who stood by me in those dap of trial and toil are not and never can be forgotten. I rejoice that two old friends have met, and have linked destines one with the other—I mean the Albany Neics and Henry M.McIntosh, In 1872 I went to Quitman, Ga., and there I met Mr. McIn tosh, and our friendship began. The pe culiar relations that 1 sustained to the community and the family of which he is an honored member, begat a stronger friendship that would have otherwise ex isted, perhaps. These relations were only increased when shadows tell across the tlireshhold of liis home, and I was admitted into the most intimate sorrows that clnster around the departure of a loved one. Again, when worth and manliness had won af fection and loveliness, .1 stood in the midst and pronounced the word that made the twain one. All of these asso ciations have produced a friendship that time cannot cfiace, and this occasion has awakened them again to fresh life. I have watched with no small amount of solicitude Mr. McIntosh’s editorial career, and have rejoiced in his trlamplis. ’ While differing with him on many questions, I still admire his bold and vigorous .style and predict for him * bright -future in his chosen field. Hence I rejoice that two of my cld friends have joined hands, and shall watch with eagerness their course through the com ing years. Mr. F. V. Evans is a man of ability and of large newspaper experience, lie having succeeded the writer on the Neics in 1867, and has remained with the craft ever since. To the News and Advertiser can but wish the most abundaut success. Jack Prank. is characteristic of them all. None of us was on the table. Scarcely had the stu- liad thought of replying to his observa- dent recovered when he demanded to tion, made in a grave and severe voice, 1 know where was the infamous sorcerer when ray neighbor, a young man with a who had subjected him to this horrible frank and open manner, burst out laugh- profanation; he wished to kill him. ing as he said: He searched for him all through the inn, penscs The terms of peace from which the basis of negotiations are now going on between Chill and Peru bear much harder upon Bolivia, the ally of Peru, than they do upon the latter power. In fact they an nihilate Bolivia as an independent state and restore it to its former position as a part of Pern. During Spanish ascendency Bolivia was called Upper Peru, and was a section of that province. It was elected into an independent province in 1825 by Simon Bolivar,from whom it got is name. From 1829 to 1839 it was under the presi dency of Santa Cruz, who was at the same time President of Peru, and enjoyed the title of Protector of the Bolirio-Peru- vian Confederation. This confederation is to be practically re-established, if the settlement should be effected as proposed. Chili takes for her share ail the narrow coast line of Bolivia on the Pacific, in cluding the ports of Cobija and Majillones, the rest of Bolivia being annexed to Peru. Peru will have to pay Chili’s war ex- Buying Votes in Maine. Portland, Sept. 6.—While the pur chase of prominent men like Osgood and Gove, and I don’t know how many more, are matters of general comment, the buy ing and selling of ordinary voters, like sheep in the market, is rather a subject of jest. I asked ex-Govemor Chamberlain whether there was anything in these sto ries, and he said simply that he was afraid there was. He would be the last man in the State, however, to know anything about it, for he is the soul of honor and honesty. A Democratic editor of this town, with whom I talked to-day, sadly, admitted that Maine was full of purchasa ble votes. There is many a place, he re ported, where men can be bought up at so much a head, and the price is not high, either. A dollar often fetches them, hut frequently a pair of trousers, a, coat, a pair of boots, or a hat does the business. Another well informed politician told of a case in which the Democratic candidate for the legislature gave a man a pair of pantaloons a few days before the election. Approaching the polls in his new clothes the voter was questioned as to his choice by a suspicious Democrat. “l’m going Republican this time,” was the dogged reply. “What, with those Democratic trousers on?” rejoined the Democratic so licitor, thinking that a hint that he was in the secret would be enough. “Yes,” said the free citizen of Maine; “mebbe you don’t know the coat is Republican, and it’s the best part of the suit.” I am told of a precinct not many miles from here where forty votes of factory opear’.ives are sold to the highest bidder every year.— Philadelphia limes. Quqer Notes on Elephants. Twice around an elephant’s forefoot gives his hcigut to within an inch or two. As regards age, looking to their peculiar dentition' anil other circumstances, Mr. Sanderson thinks it by no means improb able that elephants live to 150 to 200 years. No one bas ever, apparently, sceu the remains of a dead elepliaut, and this circumstance is so marked as to have given rise to the belief amo- g some wild tribes that wild elephants never die; whilst others believe that there is a place unseen by human eye to which they re tire to end their days. In Mr. Sanderson’s wanderings for years through elephant jungles, he has not orAf never seen the remains of an elephant that had (lied a natural death, but lie ha3 never met any oue among the jungle tribes or profes sional hunters who had. The Cin galese have a superstition that on feeling the approach of dissolution the ilephant retires to a solitary valley and here resigns himself to death. There is similar belief in India, but Mr. Sander son shows that it is untenable. One would not expect to hear that elephants are expert swimmers, though they can no more jump a,trench eight feet yide than they can dance a hornpipe. Such, how ever, seems to he the case from the fact that large numbers of them are annually sent across the tideway of the Ganges between Dacca and Barraekporc, and are sometimes six consecutive hours without touching the bottom. Mr. San derson has seen an elephant swim a river 300 yards wide with his hind legs tied together. They are sometimes drown ed, apparently by being attacked with cramps or with a fit. The belief that wild elephants have de creased in India is shown by Mr. Sander son to be incorrect. The records of the past fifty years attest that there is no di minution in the numbers now obtainable in Bengal, whilst in southern India ele phants have become so numerous of late years that they are annually appearing in places where they have never been heard of before. In fact, Mr. Sanderson thinks that unless something be done, the rifle will have to be used to protect the ryots of tracts bordering upon elephant jungles To give an idea of the number of wild ele phants in some parts of India, the lectur er stated that during the past three years 503 clepbahts have been captured by the Dacca Kheddah establishment in a tract of country forty miles - long by twenty broad in the Garo Hills, whilst not less than 1,000 were met with during the hunting operations. The lecturer gave a graphic description of the difierent modes of capturing and train ing the elephant. Here is an extract: “When an elephant chases the men they betake themselves to the shelter of tree trunks, bamboo clumps, or longgrass,and it is astonishing to see how they frequent ly escape uninjured. I hive known many cases of men standing against a tree, or hiding in tufts of long grass within a couple of yards of elephants that were pausing in indecision, without being discovered, though tho elephants were evidently aware of their close prox imity, as they kicked up the ground in auger aud. then made oil'. In such cases the slightest movement would have led to the hunters being iustantly trampled to death. Men are frequently killed, of course, hut they are almost always young hands who are learning, I saw ono such make a narrow escape a few montlis ago. He ran from an elephant aud climbed a tree; the elephant butted the trunk and the man fell down, but his pursuer wa3 so astonished at tlic sight that she fled at once. Sometimes drives aro conducted by torchlight, and these seldom fail, ow ing to the elephants’ fear of fire. The scenes on these occasions are exciting be yond description.”—London Globe. The Obelisk and its Pedestal. All that now hinders the work of trans- jiorting the obelisk from Staten Island to New York, says the World, is the uncer tain weather. As soon as the prevalent easterly winds subside and finer weather sets in the pontoons will be taken down to the island and sunk under the platform on which the obelisk now lies. Cross beams will then be laid from the decks of the pontoons up to the obelisk, which, as soon as it is supported by them, will be lowered gradually by tho withdrawal of the timbers until it comes within eight feet of the decks. As soon as this is ac complished the pontoons will be floated and towed to the foot of West Ninety- sixth street, where preparations for its reception are being pushed rapidly. From Ninety-sixth street it will be taken ov»r the route already announced in the World by means of the channel irons and cannon-balls used in moving it from the steamer. From Fifth avenue at the entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art it will be transported to its site by- means of an elevated trestle bridge. The foundation stone was carted from Fifty-first street up Fifth avenue yester day. The swinging truck was drawn by twenty-six horses. Everything went smoothly until Fifcy-eiglitlv street was reached. Here the sewer gave way and delay of about 15 minutes was necessary while the track was jacked out of the de pression. The made ground which consti tutes the plaza at the junction of Fifth avenue and Fifty-eight and Fifty-ninth streets- was next reached. Immediately north of Fifty-eighth street the front wheels of the truck sank into the road bed. The strong pulling of the horses overcame this difficulty, but after advan cing about twenty yards further the wheels on the left side sank almost to the hubs. This was about 4 o’clock in the afternoon and the work was discontinued for the day. Messrs. W. B. Smith & Sons, the contractors, will skid the stone on the track over the made ground and up the hill on Fifth avenue, and will use the horses and track only when they aro sure of the road bed. A Railroad Under Broadway, New York.—The proposed underground railroad in New York, from the battery to Central Park, is attracting attention in that city, and it is said that the Hudson River Tunnel Company and the Erie rail way are taking an interest iu the project. The plans for the new road include tun nels and double tracks directly under Broadway and just below tho water pipes; and reaching nearly to the curb on each side. Tlio main line will be run straight up Broadway to Madison Square, thence up Madison Square to the Grand Central depot. Branch roads are to be run to Fifty-ninth street and Eighth avenue, and to other points. The air in the tunnels, much of which is to he introduced by shafts and other artificial means, is to he kept sweet and clean, tho engineer says. The cars are to move very smoothly, and to be drawn by huge 60-ton locomotives, which will burn coke and consume their own smoke, like those on the London un derground lines. It is hinted,, however, that the enterprise is nothing more nor less than a shrewd attempt to forestall Mr. Vanderbilt in securing this route, and thus either inducing him to come into tlic enterprise or buy it out at a large ad vance. A Grief-Stricken Bear.—Tho San Diego Union says that one of Till Burns’ young hears died yesterday, having shown symptoms of sickness a day or two. As soon as the little fellow died the grief of the surviving mate became little less than human. Seizing its dead compan ion in its arms, or fore paws, the little fellow hugged it and caressed it even as tenderly as a mother would her dead babe,, while the crie3 aud mournings of the grief-stricken little cub were so touch ing as to draw tears from all who beheld him. Fearing the little fellow would himself die of grief, its dead mate was taken from him. “Many cases offerer and ague, duinb- ague, and congestive chills were prompt ly arrested and entirely banished by the use of your Simmons’ Liver Regulator. You don’t say half enough in regard to the efficacy of your valuable medicine, iu cases of ague, intermittent fevers, etc. Every case has been arrested immediately. Believe me, when I say, I was a sufferer for years with the liver disease, and only found relief by using your medicine. When your medicine is taken, it seems to send a thrill through the nervous system. “Koheut J. Weeks, lw “Batavia, Kane county, Ill.” Dr. Buchanan Captured.—A De troit dispatch says that the notorious Dr. Buchanan, of bogus diploma fame at Philadelphia, was arrested at St. Ciair, sixty miles above this city, at an early hour this morning. He had just crossed over the river from the Canadian side, where he had been skulking about. He was accompanied by liis brother-in-law, named Chapman. 'Buchanan will be ta ken back to Philadelphia on a requisition, which has been procured. Ho was de coyed over the line from Courtright, Can ada, to St. Clair, last night, and there ar rested at the instance of John Norris, city editor of tiie Philadelphia Record. —Harry Josephs, who died lately in Boston, was a comical comedian on the stage, but when about to die, from a sud den attack of heart disease, he tragically cried: “Pray for me. O God receive my spirit.” Mr. Josephs was a half-brother of the Rev. Dr. Lorimer of Chicago, and brother of Fanny Josephs, the famous London actress. •An early winter is anticipated in Germany, because the migratory birds , 7 _ there have this year started southward I 8:30 o'clock this evening the returns of sooner than usual. 1 Lincoln county indicated a Fusion ma- The Maine Election. Portland, Me., 2 p. m., Sept. 13 The tally-sheets at Portland give the Re publican ticket 3,011, Fusion 2,722—being a Republican majority of 2S9. Beddeford at 1 o’clock gave 47 Bepublican majority; Rockland at 1:30 o’clock 200 Republican majority; Saco at 1 o’clock a Republican majority of 200 majority; Deering at noon a Fusion majority of 60. Beddeford, Sept. 13.—The voting to day has so far been quiet, but each side is endeavoring to get out its full strength. At 12 o’clock only a light vote had been thrown, and the Republicans had a small majority. They also lead in Kenncbunk and Saco. In Kennebunk and Kenne- bunk Park the Democrats are casting a much larger vote than last year, and it is possible that the representatives may be gained by the Democrats in the close towns of Kennebunk and Lyman. The county itself will be close. Tho temper ance vote is small. Boston, Sept. 13.—A special dispatch to the Traveller from Augusta says the morning opened with perfect weather, which reports from other States show to be general, and the result of which is that a heavy vote is being cast. While the polling is going on, the shouters on both sides maintain an equally confident front. Senator Blaine cast his vote early. He declines to give any estimate in figures, but feels assured of a complete Republi can triumph that will make the Congres sional delegation solid. Per contra, can didate Piaisted says lw fools certain lie will be the next Governor. Congressmen Ladd and Murcli are equally positive in their claims. Captain Bantelle believes he will have from 800 to 1,000 majority over Ladd. Representative Frye avows his confidence. The Republican commit tee received dispatches this morning from Belfast saying Plaistcd and Murch were certainly running hlieind the Fusion vote of last year and 1878. A special to tho Boston, Herald from Bangor says election day has opened ileasant, and political excitement runs ligh. Voters are coming out in full num bers and those who are well informed say they never knew when the people mani fested the same interest and went to the polls so early. It is now too early to give auy idea of the relative vote thrown. A special to the Journal from Lewis tou, Me., dated at noon, says: ‘.‘The election in Lewiston and Auburn is pro gressing quietly, both sides bringing out their voters to the last inaD, and th9 inde pendent prohibition ticket is receiving almost no vote. The Republicans will carry Auburn by as large a majority as they have estimated. Lowiston is closer but the Republicans will carry it by a good majority. There are more foreign votes than usual for the Republicans, and the Grcenbackets are cutting the fusion ticket somewhat. Fagg, candidate for Congress, runs behind. Most of the voting here is done in the afternoon.” Eastpobt, Me., Sept. 13.—The elec tion is progressing quietly in Eastport. So far both parties in town have polled about an equal number of votes. Boston, September 13.—A special from Portland to tho Herald says the polls opened with indications that a very heavy vote would bo- cast, with a good deal scattering. The Fusionists in most of the wards are voting solidly. The Fusion vote will be in early. All is quiet. Later.—Indications are that the Nye men aro voting for Plaisted. There is an a> tonishiBg crowd at the polls. Mr. Berry, secretary of the Greenbackers’ committee, claims that the Bepublican candidate for sheriff has been scratched enough to de feat liim. The Democrats challenge ev ery Irish Bepublican vote in ward num ber four, as reported. Biddefobd, Me., September 13.—The election is proceeding quietly but earnest ly, wi'h the promise of a full vote. The Democrats are more confident this morn ing than at any previous time, although the politicians on both sides are hopeful. The majority for the Republicans In this city may fall below .one hundred. At 11 o’clock the Republicans led in six out of seven wards, having abont sixty majority. Damariscotta, Maine, September 13.—The Republicans are making heavy gains here, and the Fusion candidate for Senator is said to be running behind in the country, which in many portions will go Republican. At Waldoboro the indi cations are that Lincoln county will go Re publican, but it is impossible to tell yet. Portland, Maine, September 13.— Somerset county indicates a strong Re- mblican majority. Lewiston gives 147 iepublican majority. Auburn is strong ly Republican. At 3 o’clock the tallies in Portland give the Republicans 3,300 and the Democrats 2,967—Republican majori ty of333. Boston, September 13.—The vote of Ellsworth, just received, is as follows: Davis, 630; Plaisted, 592. James F. Cushman, Republican, is elected repre sentative. This is a gain of 84 for Davis and 75 for Plaisted. Augusta, Me., Sept. 13.—The Repub licans are gaining oh last year’s majority. At-one o’clock the Republicans were 150 ahead in five wards. The other two were not heard from. • Belfast, Me., Sept. 13.—The Fusion- isls are leading. Boston, Sept. 13.—An Augusta dispatch says the few returns received there indi cate a close and doubtful election in Maine. A Bangor telegram says the' Re publicans have carried the city by a small majority. Nye received 5 votes. Eastport gives Davis 431 and Plaisted 339, a net Republican gain of 15. At the close of the polls in Portland they had 251 majority. Last year the Republican majority over all in Portland was 602. Portland, September 13.—Official re turns for Portland, lacking the island vote, are as follows: Davis (Republican) 3,481, Plaisted (Fusion) 3,251, Nye (Pro hibitionist) 27, scattering 19. Total, 6,- 778. Republican plurality 280; Republi can majority 184- Last year the Repub lican vote was 3,406 Greenback 1,331, Democrats 1,504, scattering 291; Republi can majority 602. Lewiston gives Davis 1,504; Plaisted 1,397; Joy 13; Nye 2—net Republican gain 120. Auburn gives Davis 1,272; Plaisted 970; Joy 8; Nye 8; Badburyl. Republican majority in Belfast is 17— last year 141. Biddeford give3 Da vis 1,111; Plaisted 1,057; scattering 15. Last year Davis had 1,009; Smith, Green back, 779; Gacelon] Democrat, 327. Portland, Me., Sept. 13.—Thirty towns give Davis 18,686; Plaisted 16,322; scattering 120—total 35,120. Davis’ ma jority 2,244.. The same'towns last year gave Davis 17,981; Smith 9,524; Garcelon 5,842; scattering 108—total 33,455; Davis’ majority 2,507; Fusion gain 203.. The above towns include Lewiston, Augusta, Portland, Rockland, Biddeford, Auburn and Skowhegan. Portland, Me., Sept. 13.—Fifty-one towns give Davis 21,889, Plaisted 19,794, scattering 130. The same towns last year gave Davis 21,039, Smith 11,648, Garcelon 7,000, scattering 112; aggregate 41,808 against 39,800. Davis’ majority 1,960, against 2,278 last year, a Fusion gain of "18. Boston, Sept. 13.—A special to„ the Boston Herald says Waldo county has gone heavily for the Fusionists. Haulton, Me., Sept. 13.—Aristooke eounty has probably gone Fusion by 800 majority, which is about the same as last year, electing all county officers. Damariscotta, Me., Sept. 13.—M jority of 150 to 200. The Fusion majori ty last year was 97. Belfast, Me., September 13.—The Republican majority in Belfast is seven teen. Last year it was fourteen. Bath, Me., September 13.—The elec tion passed off quietly, both parties poll ing a full vote. Republican county offi cers were elected by reduced majorities Representatives are as before. This city gives Davis 1,089, Plaisted 621, Joy 43 Portland, Me., Sept. 13.—One hun dred and four towns give Davis 30,712, Plaisted 29,145, scattering 157; total 00,014, The same towns last year gave Davis 29,- 250, Smith 18,093, Garcelon 9,475, scatter ing 137; total 50,001—Davis’ majority, 1,410 against 1,551 last year; a Fusion gain of 141.: Boston, Sept. 13.—A dispatch to the Boston Herald from Augusta says: “ The Republicans generally concede Plaisted’s election and the defeat of Reed for Con gress in the first district. Blaine thinks there is still hope for Davis, but says it is a great defeat, nevertheless. Fifty-three towns show a net Fusion gain of257. The Legislature is pretty sure for the Repub licans. Portland, September 13.—One hun dred and fortv-eight towns give Davis 35,- 992, Plaisted 34,879, scattering 170; .total 71,041. The same towns last year gave Davis 34,292,. Smith 22,359, Garcelon 10,- 728, scattering 137; total 67,516. Davis J majority is 943 against 1,068 last year. This is a Fusion gain of 125. The Democrats claim the First Con gressional district, and are rejoicing over Anderson’s election. Cumberland county is very close, and ha3. probably gone Fu sion. Six towns remain to be heard from. Calais, September 13.—Twenty-three towns in Washington county give Davis 3,4S6, Plaisted 2,745. In the same towns last year Davis had 718 majority only. Full returns will show little difference from last year. The Republicans elect six, perhaps seven Representatives out of ten in the county. Augusta, September 13.—Augusta gives a Republican majority of 193. Da vis had 1,105, Plaisted S99, Nye 10, scat tering 3. Lewiston, September 13.—Androscog gin county complete gives‘Davis 4,817, PH is ted 4,500, scattering 31. Last year Davis had 4,569, and the combined Dem ocrats anu Greenbackers 4,454. Portland, September 13, 11 p. m.— One hundred and eighty-two towns give Davis 40,992, Plaisted 39,172, scattering 22, total S0,3S5. The same towns last year gave Davi3 39,063, Smith. 24,971, Garcelon 12,050. Scattering 143; total 76,- 227. Davis’ majority is 1,599 against 1,- 809 last year. The Fusiongain is 300. . Augusta, September 13.—The im mense crowds who were around the head quarters of both parties in the earlier part of the evening are beginning to disperse. The vote has'been very close, and the in dications now are that the back towns will offset the Republican loss in the cities. At the Republican headquarters Davis’ election is claimed, as arc also the House and Senate. Republican defeats on the representative tickets in the 4tli and 5th districts is conceded. So far 118 towns' have been heard from, and these give a net loss of about 200 over last year. At the Fusion headquarters Plaisted is claim ed by 2,000 majority, as are also three out of five Congressmen. Lewiston, Me., September 13. —Con gressman Frye was re-elected in the sec ond district by about 1,500 majority. Portland", Me., September 13.—The towns to hear from at 11 o’clock gave last year Davis 30,150, Smith 23,073, Garce lon 9,720; 200 scattering. The Republi can minority is 834. This indicates about 150 Fusion majority. Boston, Sept. 14.—The following was received at a late hour last night from Ellsworth: Eighteen towns in Hancock county give 692 Bepublican majority against 352 Republican majority last year. Tho eleven remainin'’ towns last year gave 45 Republican majority. It is prob able that the total Republican majority will be S00. Eight Republican represent atives are elected to the Legislature and one Democrat. In the fifth district Milliken, Republi can, has 800 majority in Hancock county. Dover, Me., Sept. 14.—Returns thus far received from Piscattaqua indicate that the Republicans elected their entire county ticket, giving Davis a majority of about 400. Biddeford, Me., Sept. 14.—In Yorke county, twenty-four towns give a Repub lican majority on the county ticket of from 125 to 150, with the exception of Folsom, the Republican candidate for sheriff, who has run behind his ticket, and whose elec tion is doubtful. Two towns have not been heard from, which gave a Republi can majority last year of 19. The Dem ocrats will probably lose ono representa tive in this county. Augusta, Sept. 14.—InKennebec coun ty there is a Republican gain of about 200. There is a gain of one Republican representative in tho county. The sena tors and county officers areRepublicans, with the exception of the Judge of Pro bate, to which office probably the Demo cratic candidate is elected. The proba bility is that Lindsey (Republican) is elected to Congress by a small majority. There are no returns to show how the vote on the constitutional amendments has gone. The vote for governor is very close in the State, and it is impossible to tell what is the result. It is thought the Fusionists have carried the fourth and fifth Congressional districts. Frye is elected in the second, and Reid in the first. Damariscotta, Me., Sept. 14.—Com plete returns from Lincoln county re ceived-at the office of the Damariscotta Herald, give Plaisted 343 majority—a gain of 243. The entire Fusion county ticket is elected, gaining a Senator there by. Of six representatives this county is entitled to, the Republicans elected three, and the Fusionists three—making the representatives in this county stand the same as last year. .. Belfast, September 14.—Waldo coun ty is all in but six small towns, and gives Plaisted about 1,400 majority. The. Fu sion Senators and all. the county, officers have probably 1,400 majority. Of eight Rep resentatives six are Fusion and two are Republican. The estimated majority lor Murch in the whole district is from 1,000 to 1,200. Skowhxpam, Sept'. 14.—Returns from 14 towns in Somerset county give a Fu sion majority. The estimate of the re maining towns from last year’s vole will give the county to the Fusionists by about 300 msjority. Portland, Sept. 14.—The temperance vote in the State is trifling. Two hun dred and seven towns give Davis 43,477 and.Plaisted 41,837, scattering 220; total 85,534. The same towns last year gave Davis .41,394, Smith 26,890, Garcelon 12,- 803, scattering 161; total 81,248. Davis’ majority is 1,420, against 1,540 in the same towns last year. -The towns to hear from gave Davis 27,719 and Smith and Garcelon 30,121—being a Fusion ma jority of2,402. The aggregate vote received has increas ed abont 5 per cent., which indicates an aggregate of 146,500. As each vote bas increased about the same, the Republicans should have 72,500; the Fusionists, 73,500; Prohibition and scattering 500—a Fusion pluralily of 1,000 and a majority of 500. The amendment making a plurality chooso is uncertain; also that providing ior biennial elections, i The fourth and fifth Congressional dis tricts are Fusion, and the first, second and third, Republican as before. The Repub licans claim the first district by 125, and the Democrats concede it by 95. Cumberland county is divided. The Fusion sheriff has been elected, and two Republican and two Fusion Senators are elected. The vote was very close, and it will require an official count. The Legislature will be very evenly di vided in both branches.. Rockland, September 14.—Returns from all the towns in Knox county, ex cept North Haven and Macliias, give Da vis 4,816 and Plaisted 4,124. The Repub licans elect Mortland senator, Wood judge of probate, Spauldin sheriff, and Vinal county commissioner. The Greenbackers elect Keloch register of probate, Robinson count)- attorney, and Spear treasurer. Starrett, clerk of court, is elected by a di vision of the Republicans. New York, Sept. 14—The following has been recei ved by the National Demo cratic Committee from Maine this morn ing: Portland Sept. 14.—Plaisted is elected by probably 3,000 majority. The fourth and fifth Congressional districts surely and probably the first and third districts are carried by us, and also the legisla ture. [Signed.] K. Edmund Wilson, Member of the National Democratic Committee from Maine. Portland, September 14.— Complete returns from the first district confirm the report that Thomas B. Reed, Republican, has been elected to Congress by about 100 majority. In Cumberland county four Republican Senators appear to be elected, and this will give the State Senate strong ly to the Republicans. Returns from twelve additional towns give Davis 1,134, Plaisted 879, and scattering one. Boston, September 14—A special from Augusta, Me., says returns come in slowly this morning, and do not change the out look as presented last night. "Two hun dred and forty-five towns show a net Re publican loss of about 300 on last year’s vote. The whole number of towns and plantations is over sixty thousand, but those heard from cover about two-thirds of the vote of the State. At present Plaisted’s election is not doubted, and his majority is variously es timated at from 1,000 to 2,500. Blaine concedes him a small plurality. The vote is the largest ever cast. The Prohibition ists, under advice from Nye, their candi date, did not generally vote for him, but directly for Plaisted, as the surest means of defeating Davis. JFor Congress, Frye is the only Repub lican whose election is conceded by the Fusionists, but Lindsey has a minority beyond doubt. Reed's election is claimed by the Republicans, but his majority is placed as low as 117, and the Fusionists claim that the returns are being doctor ed. Ladd and Murcli, the Fusion sitting members, have a majority and to spare. It looks as though both of the consti tutional amendments would have a large majority, and particularly that making a plurality elect the Governor, which, if adopted, will be operative as to this elec tion. Another special from Augusta says Plaisted’s majority will he a littje over 1,000. In the first district, Reed’s plural ity is now put at 25. Portland, Sept 14 Two hundred and twenty-nine towns give Davis 48,173, Plaisted 45,776, scattering 245. Total, 94,20S. The same towns last year gave Davis 45,Si6, Smith 29,377, Garcelon 18- S53, scattering 208. Total, 89,260. Da vis’majority is 2,166, against 2,372 last year, a Fusion gain oi 200, which does not change the result. Damariscotta, Me., Sept. 14—Three Republican and three Fusion representa tives have been returned. Farmington, Sept. 14 Tho probabil ity is that the Republicans have eleated three representatives. The senatorial and county tickets are in doubt. Bath, Sept. 14.—Four representatives and one Senator in this county are Repub lican, as before. Skowheoan, Sept. 14—The Somerset county’vote is not all in. The vote for Governor in the towns to he heard from was last year about even. The county ticket is still in doubt. The Republicans claim the Clerk of the Court, one Senator aud Register of Probate, and claim to have carried two out of eight representatives. Portland, September 14.—Two hun dred and sixty-nine towns give Davis 57,- 222, Plaisted 53,997, scattering 800; total, 111,519. The same towns last year gave Davis 54,343, Smith 34,920, Garcelon 16,- 217, scattering 250; total, 105,730. Davis’ majority is 2,925, against last year’s 2,956. The towns to. be heard from gave last year for the Republicans 14,770; Fusion, 1S,940—Fusion majority of 4,170. De ducting Davis’ majority heard from, leaves a majority against Davis of 1,245, and a. Fusion majority of COO. Lewiston, Me., September 14.—Full returns of Androscoggin county give Con gressman Frye 599 majority. His major ity in the district is estimated at nearly 1,800. Fogg, Fusion candidate for Con gress, was cut by about three hundred vo ters iu Androscoggin county. Portland, September 14 The latest returns from the counties thus far, show that the Legislature stands as follows: Senate—Republicans, 18; Fusion, 13. House—Republicans, 69; Fusion, 02. [Note.—For later news see fifth page.] Gen. Walker Prenounces the Census in the South about Pei feet New York, September 9.—General Francis A. Walker, superintendent of the United States census, is in the city, and, referring to the statements of an exag gerated census iu the South, says: “The Republican papers are devoting a great portion of their space to what they are pleased to designate a fraudulent census the South, based on discrepancies ex isting between a report of 1870 and tho preseut one, in certain couuties iu South Carolina and Mississippi. I can see noth* ing tangible in such allegations, but shall Investigate them, thoroughly. The marked increase in those districts can readily be accounted for. Since 1870 thousands have emigrated to those sections, and the natural increase in population has been considerable. ‘The census of 1870 in the South was inaccurate. ThenI did not have t-he ap pointing of the enumerators. In the main, the enumerators were United States mar shals, Northern' men unacquainted with the country, and ignoraut, incompetent, colored men. “They were entirely independent of me, and I had no control of their work. This census has been entirely different, and is just about perfect. If it is not it 'll be made so at the earliest possible moment. I shall make an investigation means of cards of the three last cen suses, and families can be traced without any considerable effort. The census of 1870 was incorrect, as the investigation will show.” Thurman on the Situation—The Washington correspondent of the Balti more Sun says: A very close personal friend of Senator Thurman received a letter from him to-day in which some at tention is devoted to Ohio politics. He speaks enthusiastically of Democratic prospects, and says that he has no doubt Ohio wil! give a 'Democratic majority at the State election next month. The Princess Louise is expected to sail from Liverpool for Canada on the 11th of November next.