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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA,IGA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1878.
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ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER B 1W*.
last om of tliom h.o w:if??fl without
uniag a, eyraiHuu. ut-theVdi^-as*-. We
till'ref ore boldly claim thismomiwr. now
titat suspicion and rumor are dethroned,
that Atlanta a not only plague-proof, but
I Os November ,1th congressional elec-1"tiiat aa a sanitarium the is solid- f She
tiona will be held in the following states: I affords the I
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Dela-1 whatever,
ware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kanas
Kentuckv, Is.u.siana. Maryland, Massa-
ren-intruder no chance
The Decay at Satlaaallsaa-
The delusion that the Maine election
dmsetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missis-1 c rented has been utterly dispelled by the
sippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Ne
Jlamjsdiire, New Jersey, New York, I
October elections. At the end of much
id more l.rusting tlie national
The Prospect In the seventh. i
* from all parts of tl
Nortli Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode | infers of Ohio came out with only 38,-
Island, Sitith Carolina, Tennessee, Vir-1 (J do out ???f ??00,000 votes. Tlieir strength
ginia, Wisconsin. I j n Indiana docs not exceed 30,000 votes.
Not content Vith???the amount of gold f" Ohio not a single national was ele^d
that he has on hand, ,??232Ji39/H?? ??n the ??'??? ????<*??? " r ????? d,ima
1st of October) Secretary Sherman is ex- **5 aa ??'??;?? 1 in tl ??? e
hausting every device to produce a ??,??- *??' memhereofthe U??**???*. ??? d ????
traction of the currency. The onfer n- memts-r of congress. Theydo notcon-
,miring the national lianks to pay the ex- trol a state ??the un??. They have no
press charges on shipments of bank-notes present congress, and in
to the treasure for redemption, unissued the next they wdl not have much more,
for that pur,-???-. He expect* to with- It is ndktuhm. to call .uch an organ,xa-
draw fifteen I greenback* from thm a uatmnal party, and the folly of
circulation bv it. and the figures show I mamta.nmg even the semblance of an or
Ihst his exiwctttions will 1.- met. The | ganiation will 1st everywhere recogn.xed
law require* fl??e dejuinit of live |??er cent.
of the national lmnk circulation in jrreen-
lwk* at the treasury to meet the ex-
jiense* of the
of these not<
went in, greenlwirks are returned in ex
rhange. When the
could have afforded to pay fifty times the Or tlie fifty-four members elected to the
sum. Rathe didn???t pay it, and the con- forty-sixth congress twenty-eight will be 11VI1 |
elusion is irresistible that he refused, ???prentice hand, at legislation. Some of the mow chwitwsnd
through principle, the repeated offers leading committees will lose over one-half ,???j SSctSSS t????
made by the radical villains. of their most valuable members. At least
Aa to Florida, no sane man who was j ,our S* ** wa -? eluded thmthe^gwfflLnd-fallow,:
. T77 , , t . *w??t be returned, and it is thought tliat two . majorities:
conversant wtth the facts doubts that . j ^ wil| ukt ??? tri witU the ferry-' Counts L??er. Felton.
went legitimately for Tilden by a decided | mM] in Sovcmber . our Mr. Harris Is not whHSr ~ ??!
majority. Take Governor Brown, for in-
stance. He is familiar with every detail
of that campaign, raid he would, we are
sure, take the stand and be qualified that
to the best of bis judgment (which is in
fallible) Tilden had over 300 clear major
ity. There was, then, in Florida nothing
Sir. Tftlden'a Denial Conclusive.
Baltimore Gazette,'dem.
Mr. Tilden has broken silence at last The tele-
iHv-frire , .mm i i???uen nas o rosea suenceat last i ne uie-
a iSSSf LndUb- STaVk hdni!?? what purports to be ??? card In reply
to the cipher teleirram chareca of the Tribune.
the cipher telegram charges of the Tribune,
r. Tilden denies all knowledge of these tele-
* grams, denies the allegations of the Tribune all
1 found about a thousand obstacles, and so .
in the quadruples. 1 worked on both over
two years before 1 overcame them.???
Mr. Batchelor, tlie professor???s assistant. >
who here joined in the conversation, said.
???Many a time Mr. Edison sat down almost |
the point of giving up the telephone as
THE HOARY KING.
THE FROST MANTLING THE EARTH.
i of those who are booked to cross.
???OLD SI-????
tvs About Cipher Dis
patches.
Old Si came to the door yesterday and
remarked:
- ..I **I see* dat Marse Tildin hez writer letter ???bout
>r Tilden to buy. It belonged to him by d(xe he *h cypher despatches????
right. It was understood, however, by I -So he has."
everv one that the board would give it to 1 ???Well, I tho*t dat he???d rack up party soon wld
llmyes unless they were Imught up. I?? "
was an open secret that they were for sale. I .. Hit ^te* me> e f hit do de country, ???kaae why
It was simply a question of amount. I darwar???t none obdem despatches sent ter me, an???
privit ritizen, he
after the November elections.
Such a result is tlie most natural thing
the world. When men see that
prion and renewing I relief against tlie scbeu.es of the gold
the lank notes are!???'* <">>.'??? tie *?? ored through the
???ned in ex-1 democratic party that the existence of a
jount of the II??rty only w,rvcs to weaken
lsui'knotea is iii cimilai ion, a point whirl. ' >!??'???. <**?? ???* ca, ??? e of a * 1 ' 1
is now being rapidlr attained, the five ???riff reform-when they appreemte tl.e
,wr rent, fond, which amount* to fiftex-n value of unity .it the face of the condn-
milliona, is lyingat the ln-as??ry with- nation ol[banker* ra.im ad lan-Hreal.W
drawn from circulation. On the day, ?????* ???nff monopohsts Urnt now possess
October 1st, that this order went into 'l.e government, they w.ll put there votes
effect, there wash.Il.e account of this ??>???-rethey w.lldo the mr?? grxxf. Tl.e
fund five milling* in greenbacks, Md national i??riy lumno i??wcr many state
there are now nine millions, and this ??>??? m congress. IFhas no power, present
amount is la-ing daily increased, showing <???T pns.pert.ve. The, emocmric i??rty on
an increase in the legal tender reserve, or ?????'?? <*??><* ??? ''ontrols a majontv of the
That is actually a contraction of the cur- "???????????- ???" ,ro1 bo,1 ??? *?????? ???""j
renry, whirl, amounts to over four mil-1 ??????ongress. But for the great electoral
lionii in a little over two wool
??????Colonel Arnold ofireenbocker T
A eorreN]iondent desir**s to know the 1
fraud it would to-day control every branch
of tlie geneml govenunent. It stands
rea??ly to support and, to the extent of its
into effect every feasi
hie measure of relief that tlie
Arnold, the greenback candidate, a abort , e )mre d emanded???that tl.e
rime ago, dectoreil that gold and 8llver I nationals have demandc.1 in tlieir plat-
was the only constitutional and legal 1 form8 j, en( . e the uhl .i^ s neas and folly
money of tlie country. We shall reply I of th(J uationa ] organization. Hence its
to his questions, seriatim. I waning strength and approaching disso-
lle asks, ???Did Colonel Arnold say that I ] ut i on
greenbacks were not h-gal and consritn-1 Tlle d) . fralto ( u ul fe r i n Maasacl.usetts
tiona] money?" We reply, "he did.??? He I _ which is inevitable???and tlie loss of
iMirrowed $5,000 of tlie American life in-1 yutcg Ul8t wjl] i^-fen u.c nationals in tlie
snrance company. When he was sued I other ^ovemtier stat<-s will seal the fate
for jayment of this debt, he plead that I of their Ttiefolly of presenting
tlie money he borrowed was not in 'gold | t]lin , candidate for tlie- presidency wi:
and
lawful
in ???depreciated paper money, commonly I opponents of the Shennan scheme
known as greenback*.??? He therefore I fmant . e should rejoice over; for it will
In ggcd that the debt be scaled down to I a ( -onsolidati<>n of the people in
the real value of the money at the time it I conflict of 1880 against tlie
was borrowed. I national banks and allied moiu??]??olists.
He asks: ???Did ( olonel Arnold make I render a squabble in the house of
this statement under oath .??? answer I representatives over the presidency an
that he did. It was sworn to before G. H. 1
1'ullierson, notary public
J third candidate for the presidency will
I silver the only constitutional ami I ^j, en apparent, and such a scheme w
fill money of intrinsic! value???-hut was ^ abandoned. This is a result that th
that Mr. Haves was. Mr. Tilden's denial'
pted as conclusive. People who are prejudiced
against will decline to believe him, perhaps, but
in this controversy.
There was never, however, at any time ??hwr TUdm ??r- only er print dtiza.,
any discussion among reputable demo-1 ** he 11 ??? *
rats as to the jiossibility of accepting I -twyou we Into the cipher and underuana the
the villainous offers. Mr. Man-1 solution
ton Marble was tlie recognized 1 ???Hat don???t make no diffruncewid me. 1 don???t
urplo, of the campaign. Conreitexl, in- "~ck ??
-lerant, whimsical, anil with a well-de- I llim tell Httyes come down soul! Den 1 gib up
fined vein of intrigue jiercolating his sys- I Tildin an' I hezn???t tuck much stock in'him
tern, he retailed all dccentjgentleinen and I ^nser
-Ian reasonable schemes. 1. was
linflerstooij also that he was jeopamizing I ous fer er man ter hab sech korresspondlnce in
the chanu'ter of his colleagues, by jiaying I yirkirla^hun, but <li* I know???s, dat hit???s de fust
repeated visits to Cow gill, and talking I ,ime 1 ebber kno???d Tilden
dim villainy to that worthy who repeated he w?? Ml right rnd hone.,
it at once to the republican caucus. I in ^ matter!
Mr. Woolley had more sagacity than I ** Daraint but two sides ter dequeschin: Tildin
Marble, and was minus Marble's offen- Uantldterhuy devotes er he didn't- Btt'.???nntr
, g??? w> I for me ter kno??? dat he didn???t git'em! Ter kin
s.ve habits. Governor Brown was the ^ Je syph ??? despatehes m ycr pIeac , ??? ut
master-spirit of them all. Had the cam- I cf yer don - t find der munney an??? yer do found de
|aign been placed in the hands of Brown, I votes on de odder side, den de sypher despatches
Woolley and .SaltonsUdl, and Marble | whoeb ^r got de mutton af de
had been smotiiemi in a barrel of po
made, Florida would hare voted for Tfl-
tlen, and not a dollar would have been
spent. Cowgill was not amenable to
principle, but he was subject to fear, and
somewhat careful of his threadbare
reputation. Had the case against him
lieen made absolute and rigid, he would
have voted right. As it was, Marble
Paulding???
Cobb
Gordon...
Bartow.
Cherokee ww
Polk... 250.
3,850 2,150
Lester's majority, 1,700.
The above calculations are made with due liber
ality. Advices from Floyd give Lester as high
as from 500 to 800 majority, while we only figure
350. From Cobb county we are advised that Les
ter???s majority will range from 500 to 700, while we
only figure for him 350. A letter from Marietta
says Gordon has chanced hundreds of voters, but
the fight was whipped before he uttered a word.
Felton will loae heavily in Bartow and Cherokee.
Polk is uncertain???both sides claiming it-^and
although we have given it to Felton by 250 we
honestly believe it will go for Lester by a hand
some majority. There is still three weeks of work
to do with the Qirrent strongly favoring Lester,
and gaining volume every day. The empty sleeve
is winning rapidly and success is assured far. be
yond our expectations.
Mr. Hayes Shanid Study It Dally.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Since the publication of Senator Hill s admira
ble letter on the present administration, the re
publican papers* nave changed their opinion of
nim. After Senator Hill indorsed the president
last year, and stated his intention of co-operating
with him to compose the spirit of secuonalism
through the country, he was highly commended
by several prominent republican organa These
organs have now no words with which to express
Oil u.c LKJ1III Ui tiivuiK up IUC ivtei'iioiir tv* .?? i v . . ??? _. . __ _ _ ???
lost job, but at the last moment lie would Poiata???The Surgeon-General s
see light.??? Weekly Death Statement???An Appeal for
the Chattanooga Sufferers ??? Em-
Onr State Bond*.
The following letters explain themselve
New York, October 8.1ST:
property she owned. If such be the fact, c. ???.-
thing near an approximate to such a statement, it
is justly due to the credit of the state to have such
fact officially announced ???so that the state
and the bondholders may equally share in
the benefit arising from suen publicity. It is my
opinion that, if such a sound condition of your
state was generally known in this market, your
I Kinds would appreciate materially: Georgia sixes
would sell miu-h higher, and what is called tlie
new 7 per cenf bond, having a collateral security
by a first mortgage on a first rate railroad, owned
ntirely by the state of Georgia, should sell in this
SIMPLEST or ALL.
???Of all the things that we have discovered
this is about the simplest,??? continued Mr.
Edison, ???and the public will say so when it
is explained. We have got it* pretty well
advanced now, but there are some few im
provements I liave in my mind. You see
it???s got to be so fixed that it can???t get out of
order. Suppose where one light only is em
ployed it got out of order once a year, where
two were used it would get out of order
twice a year, and where a thousand were
used you can see that it would lie much
trouble in looking after them. Therefore
hen the light leaves the laboratory 1 want
to be in such shape that it cannot get out
of order at all, except, of course, by some
accident.???
Leaving Mr. Edison to continue his work,
the reporter accepted the invitation of Mr.
Griffcn, his private secretary, to
generating machine.
Edison has just purchased a
. words with which .
their detestation of the distinguished Georgian,
who has more than once defended Mr. Hayes in
man dat de jale???s watin??? for!???
POSTSCRIPT.
They prefer Xicholls to greenbacks In the
first district.
A housing Hammond meeting was to liave
been held in Griffin last night
Smithy Clayton is still for Si>eer. Let
this be recorded in favor of his heroism.
. . Gen. Gordon will make one of his grand
showed weakness by sneaking into In* I flying speeches at Gainesville on Monday next
house, with doubtful gibberish, and Uow-I the radicals say that if Tilden didn???t
gill, strengthening as Marble weakened, I pelton did. That is not the question. Did
slipped through the gaps that divisions I Hayee?
and bickerings had left in the democratic A ???"????*"J ***????
| ter case is the next step forward that the country
argument. 1 WJints lo ***.
Marble spoiled the returning board I the Tilden letter was received with great
I'anipaign in Florida. It is hardly more I favor in this city yesterday. The stock of Uncle
than we expected that he has compro-1 sain, took an upward tendency.
mined Tilden I T,IE letter of Senator Hm *8* inst 1Ia >
??????r~m I is published with complimentary headlines by
1MK??. Who ? I the Detroit Free Press.
The popular will, although defeated in I ???No radical need apply!??? That
1876, can not well be in 1880; but let no I motto the democrats hangout in every district of
one think that the coming presidential 1 ,he * ute - . , . .
struggle is to be as one-sided as a jug *' ??*???????????? vuler '''L/c siT,
, ???7 -1 "UT.cn de TecUon nm ober. ttf. Speer???ll hsl.
liandie. Tl.e republican party is senons- , ubeKtam H .bend.??n 'll too-
ly threatened with dissolution; besides, I n,.: eighth disirict has no lmrbccues or
all that stands between the monopo- I < lection fights. Little Aleck has it all his
lists of all sorts and justice; and they I " a >*
alone are capable of making a fight of
frauds or irregularities. On the contrary, I
Fider him an honest, pure and upright man-
lybody attempts to Inaugurate a revolution, the
-rebels will put it down. ???We will not allow iL
Senator Hill meant this, lie has, however,
since the utterance of these views, had before
him abundant and overwhelming testimony that
lie wa?? deceifed. and he candidly and voluntarily
exiiim. Mpkonviction that Mr. Hayes is a pal-
I >anle and innimated deception. This being the
.pinion of Senator Koscoe Conkling, the organs
.if that gentleman in New York should be careful
how they criticise Senator Hill. They call Sena-
r Hill the ???instigator of revolution.??? aud point
his letter as fresh evidence of tlie organization
. _ ???new rebellion.??? and there is some talk of
Tinting It as * republican campaign document,
appropriate republican preface. Private
* y lingers was interviewed on the subject
the letter* and expressed tlie belief that it
???scriovto^vcc of business.??? Mr. Roger
Mr. Hayes sfiould make a daily study of S
Hill???s letter. It may do them good.
Bern mil's letter ft Warning.
Chicago Tribune, Rad.
Hill has overreached himself In his letter. He
has compared the election of Hayes to the eleva
tion of Andy Johnson to the Presidency by
saying that both men attained their pi
through crime, and charges that, while tn<
impotwibility. It will remove the only
known obstacle to the overthrow of rad
le links: ???\\n* not this pica made by I And the inauguration of
hi* lawyers? Me reply that it was not. I i n i n j 8 t ra tion that will usher out sectional
It was made by( olonel Arnold, and is in I pj^jadicea and olfieial corruption to
hi* own handwriting, and in his own | U8 j ier | n home mle and honest govern-
ll?? asks: ???Was it not made a longtime BrltM Bd>Mn , Tronb ,^
aB or We reply that .I was not. It was T|ie faiIureB of the last ten days in
madeon the 3A1 of last April, hanlly^x | EngIan( , , nd Und| i^i nning wit h tl.e
City of Glasgow hank and extending to
onths before he accepted the greenback
nomination.
We trust that our correspondent is sat-
isfied with our answers. They are direct,
plain, and in exact accordance with the
facts. With these answers before him.
he can make up his own mind as to
whether or not Colonel Arnold is a sin
cere greenbackor.
The Ci
the iron trade, to the east India mer
chants, to Manchester itself, growing
wider and deeper each day, are, we fear
the forerunners of a genuine financial
panic. As the failures multiply, distrust
increases, and it is already plain that
there is intense anxiety both in London
nnd Glasgow as to the future. The erisis
generally attributed to the unproduc-
pwlgn In lbe Fifth.
The campaign in this district is pro-1 liveness of the India trade, to the de
greasing as satisfactorily as the friends of I elinc in nearly all values, and to
democracy could wish. From Milton to I the sharp competition that English
Houston comes news that is cheering. I manufacturers in every leading line hav
There is but one danger to be appre- | had to encounter in the past three years,
bended in the future, namely, that the I Profits disappeared, the balance of trade
republicans, emboldened by an apjiarent I turned against the once prosperouscoun
liscord in the ranks of the democratic I try, and a crisis, more or less severe, lie-
party, will attempt to run a candidate. I ??-anie inevitable*. It is impossible, with
Wo believe that Hammond is strong I the information before us, to forecast the
enough to-day to defeat l*>th Arnold and I extent of the storm, bnt it is best to ns-
the republican candidate*. This will de-1 *umc that its effects will not be by any
I??nd upon whether Arnold would divide I means momentary. It concerns us,
the colored vote with a republican. If I therefore, to inquire how we will be af-
he did, of course the democratic eaneli-1 fecteel by it. That we can not be dan-
late would be elected. If he divided I gerously affected is plain, for our foreign
the democratic vote with Hammond I indebtedness has been reduced almost to
and the' republican candidate received I zero. No panic can grow out of it in this
the vote of his party seilidly, then the re-1 country, e*ven if the trouble
publican would 1h?? elwttil. I England shouhl extend to Ger-
The people see there is no hope save in I many, as is very likely, and
the unity of the democratic party. The I to France, which is very improbable,
countie** of Houston, Crawford, Monroe, I But because we are in an exceptionally
Pike and Upson will give increased major-1 strong position it by no means follows
itie??s for Hammond over the vote of 1876.1 that we will suffer no great loss if the
palding and Clayton will 1ms close, with j crisis is of long duration in Great Britain,
the? chances in favor of Hammond. In I We have an immense surplus of cotton,
this county Hammond???s majority will be I meats, breadstuff*, petroleum anil to-
Wtwe*en :>00and 1,500; in PeKalb, Fayette I baivo, that we need European markets
and Henry, Hammond will get less than I for. We expect to supply the defiden-
Candler???s majority, and in Milton about I ties more particularly of the English
the same. I harvest. Our exports are in fact our
The friends of Arnold claim that they I strength. They have turned the tide of
will carry this county with the assistance I gold towards us, or at least allow oil
f Colonel W. A. IIolcomlte and George j retain at home the products of our
Hansford. We don???t believe that I own mines. It is true that the
Colonel Holcombe will vote for Arnold, I people of Europe must continue
l*ecause be prefers Hammond. As to I to l??e fed and clothed, panic
Hansford, Arnold is welcome to nil the I no panic; but it is a well-known fact, that
strength be can get from bis support. I in periods of great distress, economy be-
Witliout a doubt Hammond will be I comes a necessity, and consumption is
the next congressman from this district. | oftentimes reduced one-half.
sumption is reduced even ten |??er cent..
Milledgrville wants her military and
i _a- -m ,. i , . | acricultunkl college, and there are manjr up here
dangerous proi??rt.ons. fl.e nulual lmt- ^ wouM tesklt< , h , TC b ???
tic-cry for 1880 will doubtless be a mix-1 H on. Ben Hill???s letter on the canvass
ture of war claims and war prejudices??? I the ninth is doing good service for Billups up that
twin appeals to the jsicket and to igno-1 way.
ranee???but behind all this will be ranks I Between now and election day there
on ranks of monopolists fighting for the I- ,rusU ??? but ^ wou ???* cool the
retention of innumerable privileges, and I the fanners throughout the country aj>-
???applying the sinews of war to maintain I ptur u> be more imeresied in geiUng .heir cotton
and Ktrongthen lltose w ho, under fais.: I to market thsu U?? helping candidates to office,
colors, arc at tlie front. I Coioxzn Bna-crs lias made tlie entire
It follows, as a matter of course, that I ninth, m.,1 feek that Us election
the money power will name the standard T^^reTalks of offering a reward for
bearer of the republican Jiarty. He will I the finding oflloltzelaw, redlesl candidate No.
be a hard-money man, a man whom the I in the seventh district,
eastern monopolists can control under any I The campaign in the fourth is not
and all circumstances. Grant is such a I vociferousa - sit 1??eaniesL Hot work is going
man, but he eotnes from Illinois, which is "T???*"~wctrr will add another
considered reliably republican. His war I gnind impetus to the Interests of harmony
record might promote the general plan of I and conciliation by his address to the Liberty
the republican campaign, hut his civil I ???? unt >" people.-
career would clearly be a drawback. He Howard Carroll, the great American
Kowa *i ^ | perambulator, after Daniel Pratt and Weston, has
has no especial strength in the great GeorgU , Ht wu here yerterd . y
pivotal states, and the party will hesitate I will be for several days.
before they shoulder the abominable I General Gordon has started upon an un-
hlunders of his eight presidential years. | interrupted tourof the seventh district, and will
The inflexible rule that a presidential ^democracy of that district from
* .... I until the election,
candidate must carry his own state in his I all the re,mrts from the firet district
Jiockot rale* Mr. Blaine out Mr. Wash- I u... Corker will be hesten by a maferity
burne???s availability is of a negative nature, I that will make him the least of all the beaten
lepending solely upon the fact that he I dependents.
in France daring tl.e corruptions of Au - Gcoigia should seek to stand equal
?????.*. _ v ... .J with the democrats of the second, third, sixth
the Grant administration. Neither ofl ldgMh di,,,,.-!., .nd elect the nominee,
these men will be nominated, nor will I overwhelming majorities. -
Garfield or any other man in the long I The legislature of this state tyis a grand
PliiC??c*PrMf Atlanta.
This bracing frosty Sunday morning is
doubtless the end of the severest test that
Atlanta w HI have to undergo in a gener
ation at least; and the vitv stands out
values will go down correspondingly.
Must we not then exj??ect to market at
least some of our enormous surplus at
lower prices? A general decline in values
this bright, beautiful day aWU ??? e , T ??H1 surely take pla.-c if the crisis is not
passed within a very short time. The
losses that we would thus incur would
not, it is true, be sufficient to turn the
balance of trade against us, or to serious
ly cripple us, but we may as well makeup
plague-proof. She ha* been tested year
after year, and has passed unharmed
through successive epidemic* of the
dreadful fever from the in .pies. No matter
how closely hemmed in she has been, no, . , ,
matter how manv refugees have accepted ou , r , m ??? ls . at ??" w ,h ?????? ??? a
her uuliniitetl hospitality, she has in no > W,U suff '' r neav >' ,0S9 * S ,f there ??? ??? ???
instance known an original csise. Augus
ta, Macon, Montgomery and Chattanooga, , ,
-.1! near-at-hand towns-huve at differ- * ho *- ls ?? ??? a ????
a severe
risis in the English markets. In those
market* we find our best customers???our
ont critical periods sent hundreils of
refugees to her gates with the same un
varying result. And yet what a tli*otl of
suspicion and of downright misstate
ment has been hariwred this v
against the city???s sanitary reputation
direct interest to us; and it is foolish to
pretend that, impregnable as we hav
become, we can look with indifferent*
their commercial disasters.
The Florida 4 mm*.
A more infamous attempt to shift the
Mur answer this morning is???it may not I burden ox fraud from guilty to innocent
be kind in us to present it but the truth shoulders was never made indecent jour-
??>i history demands it???that Atlanta is I nalism than is now being made by the
the only considerable city south of Mason I New York Tribune with its cipher dis-
and Dixon's line that is a!>solutely secure I patches. It is lamentable to see this
against the innadsof Yellow Jack. great paj^er, which under Horace Greely
And that is not all. Not only is it well I was steadfast, sincere and strong, hound-
establislunl by repeatol tests that the air I ing down an innocent man with the ci
of Atlanta is too pure to propagate the! of ???stop thief.??? while it shields the real
disease, but it is also well estab-1 culprit in its own sanctum. It is
lished in the minds of all srien-1 opinion, l??ased on a pretty accurate
tide observers who have given the I knowledge of the Florida case, having
matter thought, that it is so pure and I been in that state during the whole skir-
anti-malarious that it pulls the poison I mish, that the alleged cipher dispatches
out of any refugee who luckily reaches I in the Tribune are forgeries from begin-
the city before the fever has began its I ning to end. We believe that they were
deadly work. The city contains thi* I spun at s> much a dispatch from the
morning fully one thousand refugees. It I brain of some penny-a-liner in the Tri
safe to say that it has - sheltered I bane office,
this year three times that number. I These facts should be borne in mind
They came from Memphis, from I First, that the electoral vote of each state
New Orleans, from Vicksburg, I (by the Tribune's own dispatches) was
from Chattanooga, from Grenada, I offered to Mr. Tilden for a comparatively
from Canton and from a score of other I small sum of money. Second, that
badly infected points. Not a case of I neither of these electoral votes was cast
fever has arisen from the three thousand I Iot Tilden. Therefore, he did n6t buy
-not one. Our refugee cases came in I them. But why didn???t he? They were
every instance with the fever on them. I offered for sale, as the Tribune confeases.
It would be unreasonable to say that the I Tilden had plenty of money. The price
three thousand had none of the poison in I asked was contemptible in view of the
their systems when they came. Such a I immense stake at iasne. If he had made
position would be absurd; and yet the the presidency a matter of money, be agitator of Massachusetts differ widely.
sagging who made Johnson President ...
>troved, the ???greater criminals??? who made
llayes President have been rewarded. This is
very silly stuff, though intended to be very
wicked. Coming from a man like Hill, who lias
lately sought to represent the more conservative"
element of the South, it reveals a very serious de
feci in the sense of "honor??? among the Southern-
s who have so much to say on that subject
. hat is more imi*ortaiit, however, is that it re-
eals a disposition in the South to aid and abet
ie Northern Democratic schemers who
???ant to crowd Hayes out of office because
y cannot wait for a lawful onpor-
lity to seize the spoils. If Ben. Hill???s letter
. _ rid be extensively circulated at the North, and
its genuine significance were fully understood,
there would be little danger of the Democrats
electing a majority of the next Congress. Un
fortunately the American pr
memory in political affairs, *
(lark-horse list.
It is plain that the republican nominee I
will this time be taken from the east, and
from that part of the east included in the |
work before it, and the ambitious young statesman
who wants fame has in It a splendid chance
his crown.
Nearly every one of the democratic
papers in Georgia have compliments for Colonel
two great pivotal state** of New York and I Hammond, and look to the capital city to send
Pennsylvania. The only chance for re- I him 10 ????ngress.
publican success in 1880 depends upon T,,E of one of the V
| mont republicans is to be contested by
, crat, who claims to have the necessary evidence
capture of New Aork. Indiana and the to succeed.
solid south will be abandoned to I The Richmond Dispatch does riot think
the democrats. The hard fight-1 that Thurman is counted out of the presidential
ing will take place in the ~\ b ?' ???'l.'??????* 1 * i " < ' h !??' The question ???-
_ * ??? . I " hat does Thurman think?
two great eastern states. There the- lT to M the latel.-string of the white
money a ill he chiefly spent,and from ont* I house will not hang out for Senator Hill
orthe other will come tlie standard-bearer winter. F. s. Raudgiers will be on guard to keep
* tlie Georgia ingrate??? out! Jess so!
Let the news go forth to all the world.
One of the late private soldiers has been found
and made marshal of the day for the ceremonies
of unveiling the confederate monument in Au
gusta.
Buell, in a letter to the New Orleans
Democrat, discusxe* the question of whether
sjteaker is to be Ramlnl! or a southern man.
Buell appears to settle ou Joe Blackburn, of Ken
tucky.
Hon. Er. A. James, the chairman of the
Chattanooga relief committee, is the nominee
the legislature in Hamilton county. He is
good of an election as a gold dollar is for a hun
dred cents.
The Tribune attributes some cipher tele
grams to General Gordon. The only thing
sigh-for(cd) was the freedom of South Carolina,
and that he gained from the Tribune???s own pecu
liar president.
General Toombs is not only in favor
licking the radicals, but of |??aying the public debt
in Confederate money. But General Toombs
not a citizen of the United States, we should
forget.
A question we would ask the sages:
Will fiat money raise our wages?
Will fiat money bring relief?
Will it not cause the poor man grief?
Make money cheap, will not supplies,
Proportionate to its fall, all rise?
Will wages as they are remain.
Or, if they rise, where'll be our gain?
and the spirit of the republican canvass.
The coming elections will determine to
which the donbtfnl honor will fall. If to
Pennsylvania, the man is clearly Govern
or Hartranft, who has been keeping
remarkably quiet of late. It was
he who was Mr. Hayes* dangerous rival
for the dark-horse nomination of 1876.
But the more probable nominee, the man
on whom republican hojies are just now
centered, is none other than Senator
Conkling, of New York. If he carries
New York next month, he will beyond a
doubt lead the- forlorn hope of 1880.
Nothing is more certain than that in
American politics. And he would be the
first choice of Gen. Grant and of his pe-
uliar friends. Their stock-in-trade
would be turned over bodily. Tlie Conk
ling wave of enthusiasm would, in fact,
l??e created by the Grant republicans.
But if New York should continue stead
fast in the democratic faith, and
the third-party movement should trans
fer Pennsylvania to the democratic side???
then of course ???the man on horseback???
would become a republican necessity.
This big *???if??? will soon be disposed of;
but until it is, Conkling and Hartranft
should l??e considered foremost, with
Grant, as a big contingent, held back by
tlu* managers of the race. All the rest
are distanced.
Tlie probable nomination of either
Conkling or Hartranft has of course a
bearing on the democratic nomination.
The vigor with which the republican pa
pers are trying to count out Mr. Tilden
of itself shows that he is a very live man.
Tlie erytographie shadow may become a
source of enthusiasm that will carry all
before it, sweeping both the intended
victim and the uninaugurated vice-presi
dent-elect to the seats that a gigantic con
spiracy has thus far kept them out of.
But if the democrats should decide to
take tlie next president from Pe
sylvania, who else could it be than
General Hancock? The vote of the
keystone state next month will, however,
dec ide whether he is within the range of
the presidential lightning or not. Indeed,
it would doubtless be wise to put the
flood of speculations, including those now
before the reader, over the decisive elec
tions and events of another month,
which will, if they do not tell the whole
story, at least decide whether Messrs.
Hendricks and Conkling are entitled to
the respective places in the lead that
they now hold in the popular mind.
The jiairtful silence is broken. Kearney
is quietly stumping the rural districts of
Massachusetts for Bntler: but he is no longer
the Kearney that told thousands of people
???to go.??? He has dropped the vulgarity and
profanity that gave him all the reputation
he ever had, and his power over audiences
of ignorant men is ended. The sand-lot
orator of San Francisco and the labor-reform
These questions answer if you can:
They are asked you by a working E
Who wants his cheers and loud applause
To ring out for the poor man???s cause.
IN GENERAL.
.nd Atlantic railroad, worth 8S.OUO.OOO; the Macon
and Brunswick railroad, worth 82,000,000. The
uid . Atlantic railroad
. lat pays the state an an
nual rental oi 8300,000. It Ls the main trunk line
connecting Georgia with the west, and one oi the
main short lines lo the north. There i
iduabic railroad property in the south.
, al liable
railroads. Estimate the Western and Atlantic
railroad at six million, and the Macon and Bruns
wick railroad at one million, and the aggregate is
r three mil
e Is forever
??? ... . while she is
immudly paying off the existing indebtedness.
The income of the state not only pays tl
ses of the state government am! the iiiiei
,'Ublic debt, but liquidates from two to three hun
ired thousand dollars of the principal yearly. As
evidence of the improving financial condition
I may mention that for a number of
aim of the
alljrforgott??? p
movement and its design, and it should serve as
fort to oust Hayes without provocation and with-
ut authority of law. Such a precedent wcOlld be
standing menace to the stability of our govem-
The Klawlceye or Georgia.
Burlington Ilawkeye.
The Atlanta Constitution has donned
dress. The Atlanta Constitution is always
doing something enterprising. Nothing but??
- - ibarrassiiig^ modesty restrains
ise. K<
... ... ... e squan
dered to build up the Democratic party???espe
cially in Georgia. The Democratic party in that
State ought to lie able to take care of itself, and
journal that displays the candor and fairness
the position to wide ...
down to Atlanta and buy out The Constitution
" ??? " in polities as it Is in
, Until then we slut
changing with it, and
nine its bnghuutd newsy columus for some of
.imployed in the government Pri
several others ???
Could Not Get Office for Ilia Friends.
Washington Republican, rad.
The records of the several executive dej
ments of* the government show that Senator I
Hitt, of Georgia, has recommended, i. e., indorsed
~ sixty applicants for office under the present
" ... appointees Is uow
printing-office, and
to be found in the eivil service
in other branches of the government. But his
most notable effort in this direction, unsuccessful
though it was, resides in his earnest endeavor to
secure the office of U nited States marshal in Geor
gia for one of his democratic friends named Hi
Iu this effort he was opposed by Alexander
Stephens, who recommended Fitzsimons, the pres
ent incumbent. As we have Raid before, it was
Hill???s lack of success in securing patronage, and
especially the appointment of Huff, that has pro-
voiced his recent assault upon the administration.
C???rime is Crime.
Detroit Free Press, dem.
iay frankly that should it appear that there
Sector iu the
terest of Mr. Tilden, and if Mr. Tilden 1
knowledge of that effort and approved it, he is
unfit man for the presidency. We say further,
the effort to bribe an elector fit his interest
been made and proved successful, and if
Tilden had taken his seat, knowing that he
secured it through the bribery of an elector,
should be impeached and deposed from his office,
and he aud all those connected with the briber}'
should have been tried before the criminal courts
of the country and sent to the penitentiary. We
knowingly justify crime in a democrat
ian we will in a republican.
Kcw Faces In Congress.
Washington Star.
The forty-sixth congress will be conspicuous
was an effort made to bribe i
A. B. Burbank.
194 E*st Broadway.
treasurer renfrok's reply .
r Gs.ir gia, Treasury Department,
Atlanta, Ga., October llth, 187*.
,SK, No. liM E. Broadwa
Ur: I have just receive
sL, in which you wish tc
statements that have been made to you by citi-
of Georgia are true; that Georgia owns prop-
enough to liquidate her debt, and if this is
, it should be generally made known. an<f
would have the effect to increase the value of oui
Georgia bonds.
1 am pleased to get your letter and hasten t??
reply, and I think you will agree with me that the
i v i nts. I\ T. Scroggs, judge of the crim
he said, ???whiefi gives much morepow-1 inal court of Shelby county, died this
, and in a few days we will have a fifty- I morning at Goodlet Station, eight miles
horse power engine to work it, as we don???t cast , MempllU . V4 , McElroy, serg
get power enough with the present one. As I 1
regards the generators,??? continued Mr. | l*??lice, also died this morning five miles
riffen, ???Mr. Edison has as yet given but I east of the city. Mrs. John Hollywood died
little attention to them. The cost can, by 1 ni ??? ht a t * camp Father Matthew. Dr.
raproved generator,lie reduced to a much | nf a . rann . h <*> n t relief to the
The History of it* Inception and Pro
gress. . .
ruiiEZ, Miss., October 15.???The Natchez | lua . v have gone abroad, the following has
the highest price for her bonds.
he state o\
-teasing in value. "The state has been offered
?????? * * " for it, bnt it
But let us supiKisc
iiillion
dollars
???valued th??
it has been necessary during the summer
* ??? In, aud
interest
months before the taxes begin to
n a heavy instalment
.... the public debt becomes due
make a temporary loan to bridge the deficiency
This temporary loan has been steadily decreased
until this year, none at all had to be made, thus
saving iuterest to the state.
To recapitulate: with a debt of 810,444,500,
, .... * ??????thirdof the taxable prop
i assets sufficient, if sol<
debt yearly, it will be
securitle!
.liau 1'
respectfully.
invite the investment of the
id bonds of Georgia. Ve
J. W. Kenfroe, Treasurer.
Chattanooga
peror William???s
Donation.
Mobile, October 10.???To noon yesterday
there were 14 new ease* and 3 deaths. Fa
ther Morley died al Whistler last night of
fever. There has been frost all along the
Mobile and Ohio railroad as Vow down
Manvilla, twelve miles from here. There
are good prospects of a killing frost to-night.
In the j<ist twenty-four hours there were l:
new eases and 1 death. Indications of i
slight frost by morning.
Memphis, October 10.???There was a heavy
black frost last night. This morning ice
one-sixtcentli of an inch funned on pools
beyond the city limits. From six o'clock
last evening until noon there were ten
loving son???known by all of his friends as
genial, good-hearted, clever young gentle
man. His death adds to the dark roll of
the many of the Chickasaws who have al
ready fallen. The sympathies of the com-
??? ! *??? *??? extended to his bereaved
Memphis Appeal.
the illness of their only son, were induced
not to come to his bedside by Major Wal
thall, who has long been an intimate friend
of the family, who assured them that he
would return and render all the assistance
possible, even more than they could accom-
plish. This assurance, in connection with
the advice of General Joscnh Davis, the
president???s brother, prevent cut hem from re
turning to Memphis, which would almost
surely have resulted in the death of both.
Major Walthall returned to the city in all
haste, arriving here yesterday, but too late
to save the young man from dying.
mailer figure.???
THE WATERPROOF RIOT.
Slieftall, of Savannah, has sent relief to the
tick at Hernando.
October 19.???Two deaths since last
night; no new cases. Frost this morning.
To correct any erroneous impression which
Democrat published the following to-day,
latcd Vidalia, La, October 14: Having just
returned from the scene of the unfortunate I
occurrence, in tlie parish of Tensas, which 1
resulted in the death of John Peek atul the
tiding of three colored men, I beg u
been published: Cairo, October 19.???There
cases of destitution here except such
i be relieved by our own people,
hould any necessity for outside aid exist it
will be made known through us. Signed.
W. H. Morris, president; W. M. William:
-ommunicate to you a statement of the I secretary of city relief committee,
facts: Mr. Francis 81.icl.ls and mvsclf I . X*w Oulkaxs, October U> ; ???T??ra teljow
???f the executive committee ????f the dem-1 seriously ill. Babbitt
icratic party of the parish of Tensas, at the | live through the night,
???f Mr. Goldman, about two mile
the condition of the telegraphers
1 Hunt are
:pectcd to
West, Fisher and
aleseent. Miller and Lq1oui>
, . ... , . , , ??tv at work. West and Cottrell will resume
above the town of Waterproof. On reach-1 thc j r duties in a few days,
mg W aterproof we were advised that there 1 Weather clear and cool; 55 new cases; 25
tnct quarantine against Concordia I t i eal | lSi
Chattanooga, October 19.???Four deaths
and thirteen new cases for the past twenty
hours. Among the
parish, and that we would not Ik* allowed to
nter the town, but were very considerately
dir,union ,,U tvL?fcZi???e <hc I hours. Among .ho now cases is IT.
a and neighboiZld vorv 2l, edited >V. >'??? Wwkford A ??Ughv host tins morn-
account of the course pursued by '"f,i cl ??? r .?"^hIt???Waight
Alfred Fairfax, the radical nominee .,,. l " Toy
congress, an.l his followers, who had I There was* light frost thu. moraiug.
drawn the color line and were stirring
October 19.???There
mi iuu litimi line unu were surmiu ??? , . .
np the passions of tlie negroes and threat-1
ned to conic with five hundred armed m
erride the quarantine in 8t. Joseph,
-Four death*,
a heav
threatened to be done hv John Young,
the negro sheriff, in the case of the town
of Vidalia. The democrats of the parish
had a few days before nominated their
Baton Rouge, October 19.???Forty new*
cases.
October 19.???Minister Noyes has
??? thousand dollars to Secretary
Kvarts for thi fever sufferers.
Washington, October 19.???The German
ticket, cuntjsistVl of two ntemhera
.legislature and a sheriff who had alw
???A corresj-ondent of the New York Sun
favors an export duty on cotton in tl
terest of manufacturers*.
???The entire number comprising the
Memphis ???Sisterhood of Mercy,??? seven
all, liave died of yellow fever. Died c~ *
field of battle.
???Should Lord Beaconsfield retire from
public life before his party is relieved from
the control of tlie government, which is not
likely. Sir Stafford Northcote will probably
succeed him as premier.
???A wealthy lady worshipper at the Con
gregational cfmrcli in Newport, where the
Rev. Charles T. Brooks, the poet preacher,
mini-ters. dropped her check for $1,000 into
the contribution box on a recent Sunday.
???Bill Longlev, the Texan desperado, who
was hanged in Texas on Friday, in the course
of his brief career, perpetrated thirty-two
murders. He walked on the scaffold with a
cigar in his mouth, and made a speech, in
which he acknowledged the justice of his
sentence.
???General Ben Harrison, of Indiana, does
not believe that the recent Democratic vic
tory in his State will give Hendricks the
nomination in 1880. He thinks that McDon
ald is the strongest Democrat in Indiana???
McDonald, the old foe of Morton and one of
the best speakers for Tilden before the Elec
toral Commission. Senators Voorhees, he
thinks, will be reelected, because his party
is pledged to him.
???It is announced that Richard Grarf
White will revise Webster???s dictionary. It
is hoped Richard will weave a little'more
romance and poetry into that dry old tome.
We can assure Mr. White that many more
people would read that work if the plot
l Eugene .
friend Carter Harrison, Governor Hendee, llart-
ridge, Judge Durham, Bev Douglass, Savli
South, Martin I. Townsend and Governor Walk' .
of Virginia, will be missing, and in the nomina
tions yet to be made and elections to intervene
many more of prominence will be left out iu the
cold. The forty-sixth congress will comparatively
be one of new men.
Mr. Hendricks a Rival of Judge Tbi
. be a formidable rival
of Mr. Thurman???s, and will go into a national c
vention with an immense following, unless
deed, as we do not anticipate, the democratic i
ty should be foolish enough to take to inti*lion
doctrines, aud drop both Hendricks aud Thurman
to take up a gteenbocker. In that case the demo
cratic nomination would not be worth much to
anybody. It is settled that no fiat-money lunatic
will ever be president of the United States.
(???an*! Get Out.
Middle Georgia Argus.
Ding dong bell.
??? Kubie??? Arnold???s in the well;
Who put him in?
Little Nat. Hammond;
Who took him out?
Well, now, hel* not out yet. This is the indepen
dent???s political well; once in, it???s a hard matter to
get out.
Yanag W omen aud Young Men.
Oil City Derrick.
The woman who knows nothing about how
housework should be done, no matter how many
servants she may have, succeeds in housekeeping
poses than to display dry goods advantageously is
as fallacious us the belief entertained by some
young men. who seem to think the world owes
them a living and all they have to do is to contract
bills, drive fast horses and drink wine.
The Hurt of States In Which It Plays
Edison's Sew Idglit.
New York Herald.
The alarm among the English gas compa-
ies and the panic in their stocks on account
f Edison's last invention in electric lights,
_ narrated in yesterday???s cable dispatches,
are not without good cause. America???s
great inventor lias iu truth solved the prob
lem which for years has puzzled the ablest
electricians of the age. He has successfully
divided the electric light, and made it, for
iHumiliating purposes, as far superior to gas
as gas is to the tallow candle of the l*ast.
llis marvellous invention gives a mild, soft,
yet brilliant light, pleasing to the eye, clear,
steady and without blemish, and at acost less
than one-third of that required for gas. Those
who have seen the invention pronounce it
wonderful. Already a company has been
formed, composed of a number of wealthy
capitalists, and Mr. Edisou???s lawyers are en
gaged in completing the final arrangements
for tlie legal transfer. Before long, there
fore, the work of introduction will begin.
The patents for the United .States have only
just been granted, while those for the va
rious countries of Euro|??e have not yet been
obtained. To-day the professor???s solictors
send by steamer the necessary documents to
tlieir London agents for the procurement of
tlie British letters patent. The French' and
other patents will be applied for simulta
neously with tlie English one. When
is cabled Mr. Edison that the patents liave
been granted, he will throw his invention
ojien to the public gaze, but until then lie
declines to make known its details, his re
cent controversy with Professor Hughes
over the alleged stealing of micrcplioue
having made him cautious.
THE SECRET WELL GUARDED.
When the other great ill vent ions of Mr.
Edison were in progress the laboratory
free to all visitor*. The telephone was
by hundreds. The same was the case with
the phonograph, the tasimeter, the mega
phone, the quadruplex telegraph, and many
other of his inventions. When urged, as he
often was by bis associates of the laboratory ,
to be more circumspect in exhibiting them
more prematurely to strangers, he in
variably laughed off their fears and
renewed his orders to show the
ventions to all #who desired to see
them. The case with the electric light is far
different. Its place in the laboratory is one
sacred to the favored few. If the hosts of
isitors who daily swarm to the laboratory
of the great inventor see it, they see it only
in detached form. The essence of the dis
covery is missing. Mr. Edison himself
speaks but little on the subject, but he
almost constantly at work on it. Early
morning sees him in the laboratory, and it is
after midnight when he leaves. On Tliurs-
day last he worked continuously from sun
rise until sunrise the following day, and
ceased then only after the earnest imjmr-
tunities of his assistants. All his energie:
seem. wrapi??ed up in the new invention.
His megaphone and phonograph lie idle,
save the work done on them by some of the
professor???s numerous assistants.
THE PROPOSED SYSTEM.
???A Herald reporter learned yesterday tlie
system promised to be adopted after the
patents are all granted. First, the professor
will light up all tlie houses ??? *
l In
SSi with the republican ^and in fact to-day handed it to Secretary EvarU
supported Hayes and Packard* in 187??, but I Special dispatch to The Constitution,
were good men and enjoy the confidence of I Vicksburg, Oct. 19.???There was frost here
the people. This course seemed to give um-1 this morning, with prospects of another
hrage to Fairfax and a few of the worst of I night. Deaths in the city, 4; in the couti
the leaders, and they called a conven-1 try, 5??? Two new* eases at Delta to-day, and
tion to meet in the town of St. Joseph to I three at Yazoo City. No death* there in
nominate a straight out black ticket. On I four days. There was a heavy frost there
account of fear of yellow fever, the town I this morning.
strictly quarantined against ail persons 1 Holly Sviungk, October 20.???The last two
ithout, and the authorities notified them I nights we have had good frosts. Ten new
hat they would not be permitted to enter I cases and 2 deaths in town and 1
the corporate limits. To this they replied I country,
that they would come with five* hundred I Louisville, October 20.???The ground yes-
armed men and ride down the quarantine I terday morning was covered with such a
guards. As the negroes of that parish out-1 heavy frost as to cause the belief that a
inhered the white* ten to one, the people I light* snow had fallen. The temperature
re naturally alarmed; and as Captain I fell enough to allow ice % of an inch to
John Peck, of* Sicily island, in Catahoula I form on the ponds in and around tlie city
parish, coiumauded tlie nearest company I Memphis, October 20.???The board of health
>f stale troops, they applied to him to come I rejnirt 7 death* in the past 24 hours, ending
.nto the jiarish and visit Fairfax in person, 1 at 6 p. m. The undertakers report 13 addi-
aml remonstrate with him and notify him I tional burials of jieraons who died outside
that the state troops were prepared to sus-1 ????f the city limits. Sixteen Howard pliysi-
tain the authorities of Tensas parish. To I clans report 40 new cases, of which 10 were
this Captain Peck readily assented, and I in the city. No more money needed at
touched Waternroof with a few men about | present,
dark on Saturday evening. He proceeded
Death or Lieut. Benner.
Yesterday at noon a dispatch was received
r tins city from Vicksburg, announcing
he death, from yellow fever, of Lieutenant
II. H. Benner, of company C, of the 18tli
United States infantry, now stationed at
McPherson liarracks in our city. The dis-
}*atch stated that he had died at 2<>???clock in
the morning, after an illness of only a few
lays.
This sail news, brought to our city by the
ires, caused much sorrow among his many
friend* here. Three weeks ago a call wa??
made for volunteers to go to 8t. Louis for
the puq*oscof taking charge of provisions
and supplies and distributing them to the
distressed people of the indicted section on
the line of the Mississippi river. Lieut.
Benner, of company C, 18tli infantry, and
Lieut. Hall, of the 13tli infantry, rescinded
to the call, and at once left for tlieir desti
nation, which was St. I-ouis. U|*on arriv
ing there they boarded the steamer Cham
bers, which was loaded with provisions and
applies to be distributed to suffering peo
ple in the fever districts.
Lieutenant Benner assumed control of the
entire outfit . The steamer had been char
tered by Boss Shepherd, and was loaded
with goods donated by the citizens of St.
lxiuis, and those of other cities. The steam
er plied down the river as far as Grand Gulf,
distributing quantities of provisions and
supplies not only to the resuients of towns
on the line of tlie stream, but to thoscof
many towns located miles away front the
river. Grand Gulf being the destination of
the steamer, it turned on its way back.
When near Vicksburg Lieutenant Benner
was taken with the yellow fever, and he
was carried ashore for treatment. Sunday
night last the condition of Lieutenant Ben
ner was rather encouraging, and hojies were
entertained of his recovery, l-ater, how
ever, it appears that his illness increased
and continued to do so until he died yester
day morning at the hour above mentioned.
Ills remains were interred in the uational
cemetery at Vicksburg yesterday aftcr-
Lieutenant Benner was born in the state
of Illinois, and was at the time of his death
a)tout 30 years of age. He served with much
gallantry in* the late war between the state*
as a captain in the federal army. He was
captured by the confederates during the war
and held as a prisoner for five or ???
were not so disconnected. We have _
doubt that if a vote of the people???from the
age of ten years???could be had ou the ques
tion, there would be a large majority in w
favor of having the dictionary converted '* ther arising from teething <
the financial i*??ue. We never believed he would.
It is only in -rates Lke Maine, where close party
domination Las stilled the political atmosphere,
that the voters seize the greenback issue with
which to smash out the windows.
Chicago Journal, rep.
The democratic papers throughout the country
are .-lajniing the elected fusionists. De La Matyr.
of Indiana, and Weaver and Gillette, of Iowa, as
democrats. How do the national ???green trackers???
like this? But, then, it doesn???t make much dif
ference: every man who is elected to congress in
opposition to a republican candidate is sure to
t>nng up in the democratic ranks when test ques
tions come up. This is always the case.
Atlanta's Conduct.
New Orleans Democrat.
Atlanta has not only thrown her door open
to fever refugees???she has done more. ?ince the
fever appeared at Chattanooga, she has sent three
phv'icun* to that sorely afflicted city, and has es
tablished there a hospital, which will be main
tained at her expense until the disease is con
quered. Such conduct is deserving of all praise.
One ef the Mmmt Desirable.
Detroit Free Pie*.
The Atlanta Constitution comes ont in a
new dress, a fall suit, as it were, for the benefit of
its Constitution. The Sunday paper is accompa
nied by a supplement, which, with the main
sheet, make up one of the most desirable journals
in the country.
F.r upward .I OUrty jrrmr. Mu.
Winslow s Soothing Syrup has been used
for children. It corrects acidity of the
stomach, relieves wind colic, regulates the
bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhoea, whe-
j ther arising from teething or other cau^e
into an ???Injun* ora ???pirate??? story.???Norr. An old and well-tried remedy. 25 cents a
Herald. bottle. 466 feb26 d&wly
w Menlo park
gratis, and from his laboratory watch the
light???s progress from night to night. When
all is in readiness for general introduction,
central stations will probably be established
throughout New York city, each station
controlling a territory of, perhaps, a radius
of half a mile. In the central stations wilT
lie the magneto-electric generating machine:
run by engine*. Wires will then be run in
iron pipes under ground, after the manner
of gas-pipes, connecting with dwellings,
stores, theaters, and othei places to be light
ed. The gas-fixtures at present used, in
stead of being removed, will be used toen
ease the wire. Iu the place of the burner
will be the invention, and meters will be
used to register the quantity of electricity
consumed. Tlieir form is not yet determined
umm. The light is to be of the bat-wing,
tmeeu-candle character. To light it a little
spring is touched, and instantly the elec
tricity does its work. The amount of light
can be regulated in the same way as that
from ips. To turn off the light the spring
is again touched, and instantly all is dark
ness. No matches being used, and there
being no flame, all the dangers incident t
the use of gas are obviated. The light giv<
out no heat. It is simply a pure white light,
made dim or brilliant at the fancy of the
person using it.
a glance at the invention.
The writer last night saw the invention
in operation in Mr. Edison???s laboratory
The inventor was deep in experimental re
searches when he called. The apparatus
consisted of a small metal stand placed on
a table. Surrouuding the light was a small
glass globe. Near by was a gas jet burning
low*. The professor looked up from his work
to greet the reporter, and in reply to a re
quest to view tne invention, waved hi* hand
toward the light with the explanation,
???There she is.??? The illumination was such
as would come from a brilliant gas j<
rounded with ground glass,ouly that the light
was clearer and more brilliant. ???Now
will extinguish it and light tliegas, and y<
can see the difference,??? said Mr. Edison,
and touched the spring. Instantly all was
darkness. Then he turned on the gas. The
difference in the light was quite perceptible,
the light from the gas appearing iu compari
son tinted with yellow. In a moment,
however, the eye had become accustomed to
it, and the yellowish tint disapjieared. Then
the professor turned on the electric light,
giving the writer the opportunity of seeing
both side by side. The electric light seemed
much softer. A continuous view??? of it for
three minutes did not pain the eye, w hereas
looking at the gas for the same length of
time caused some little pain and contusion
of sight. The inventor next exhibited the
light turned down low. It gave a mild illu
mination.
One of the noticeable features of the
light when fully turned on was that all
colors could be distinguished as readil,
by sunlight.
** When do you expect to have the inven
tion completed, Mr. Edison???? asked the
porter.
???The substance of it is all right now,??? he
answered, putting the apparatus away and
turning on the gas; ???Dut there are the
usual little details that must be attended to
before it goes to the public. For instance,
we have got to devise some arrangement for
registering???a sort of meter; and again there
are several different forms that we are ex
perimenting ou now in order to select the
???Are the lights to be all of the same de
gree of brilliancy????
???All the same.???
???Have you run across any serious diffi
culties in???it as yet r??? . . ~ ,
???Well, no,??? replied the inventor, ???and The ex-president spent all flay
that???s what worries me, for in the telephone back witnessing the maneuvers.
- ... month*
Andersonvillc prison. Since tlie close of
the war he has been in the regular army.
He leaves a wife and two small children,
who are at McPherson barracks in this city.
Yesterday the flag at the garrison was flying
at half mast as a tribute to the memory of
the deceased. In a day or two suitable ac-
tion will be taken by tne commander of the
garrison relative to paying n lasting tribute
to the memory of this gallant young officer.
Lieutenant Benner was not only finite pop
ular with his fellow' soldiers, but had hosts
of friends among our citizens who tender
their sincerest sympathies to the distressed
family of tlie deceased.
The Noble Dead.
at once to the house of Fairfax, alsmt
nile above the town, and dismounting
his liorse, and sus{??ectuig no evil
walked up on the gallery for the purpose
of knocking at the door. As he enter ???
u]h>ii the gallery two shots were fired frti
the house, and lie fell dead. The fe
itli him were naturally infuriated, and
nming the shots, unfortunately wottnde
three negroes in the hou
repented atul spared the
THE RELIEF FUND.
An Tryrent Appeal Tor Uhattansogn-
The demands on the relief committee of
Atlanta for funds necessary to meet the
of the Atlanta hospital in Chatta
nooga far exceed the receipts, and the
_ mem tiers composing that committee have
immediately I only been able to supply the money, blank-
Tliey then I ets,*comforts um! wines by individual ap-
luniediately returned with the body ofljiealto the merchants and those who are
Captain Peck to his home in Catahoula* I generally ready to respond, until now they
On reaching the scene of the disturbance I feel that there'are many who w???ould give if
ext morning with Judge C. C. Cordell, the I directly amicaled to. The treasury is now
irish judge, we found Fairfax and his fol-1 empty, and more money is needed, ami it
wers bold and defiant ami refusing to sub-1 is to be hoped that those who have not
mit to arrest. Judge Cordell issued a war-1 given will call and leave their contributions
the arrest of Fairfax and placed it in I at the office of Tiie Constitution, at the
the hands of the sheriff, but having mi I store of Phillips <fc Crew, or with Amos Fox,
uflicietit to overcome resistance, I secretary. No. II East Alabama street,
and fearing to provoke a conflict, I the sum* required to sustain our charity hos-
deemed unsafe to at-1 pital in Chattanooga will greatly increase
tempt to execute the warrant until aid | during the next ten days,
could lie obtained. The negroes are congre
gating about the town of Waterproof, from . _ p .
this parish and Tensas, with arms and threats I Ilummer
to sack the town. The state troops have I i??. ii.'s???noo??I"
been summoned from other and neighbor-1 It. R. Thomason, Madison, Ga 5 00
ing i??arishes, and it is hoped that a sufficient | U. 8. grand jury fine*.
Preambles and resolutions adopt oil by
mcmliersof company C, 18tli infantry, at a
meeting held October 17, 1878:
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God,
in his infinite wisdom, to remove from our
midst our brother in arms, first Lieutenant
Hiram H. Benner, IHtli U. 8. infantry,
while engaged in the noble work of admin
istering to the want* of the yellow fever
offerers between Memphis, Tenn., and
Vicksburg, Miss., a work to which he
-omptly volunteered his services when aid
r that duty was required; and.
Whereas, In his decease this company has
lost a true friend, his family a good hus
band and a kind father, and the service a
brave officer who knew not fear: therefore,
Ik* it
Resolved, That while 1 lowing to the de
co of divine providence, we humbly
mourn his loss, ami tender to his liereaved
family our heartfelt symivathy in this tlieir
mr of affliction. And lie it further
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu
tions he furnished the family of Lieutenant
Benner, and lie sent to the Army and Navy
Journal, the Sterling 2(111.) Gazette, and
Tue Atlanta Constitution for publication.
constitution office receipt* yesterday.
force will be assembled to overcome the ne
groes and disjierse them without further |
bloodshed.
Previously acknowledged
ToUL $2,313 72
Contributions left with Amos Fox, secre
tary, and B. B. Crew, treasurer, since last
report:
Cash $ 1 00
Cash ......
A HORRIBLE SIGHT.
A Drunken Man Throw a llimaeir t???n<
der n Train.
New York, October 15.???About 3 o???clock I cash
yesterday afternoon an unknown man, said I F. J. Kicklighter
have been somewhat under the influence I Woodlawn entertainment per Wm. H.
of liquor, ran up the steps of the Franklin I mIssr*????
square station, of the New York elevated I Atlanta and* Charlotte Air-Line Railway
railroad, and bought a ticket just as a train I fund
stopped at the platform. lie stood talking I Hon. t>. A. Lochmne..
ith the ticket agent until the train begun f A * c ???- * f - Wyly
fi??? and then rushed through the
gate ami attempted to board the cars. I previously reported
The gates of the latter had been closed, and 1
lie fell between the car and the platform,
???i- 1 V I ANOTHER DONATION.
*1,083 59
aught under the wheels and instantly ???
killwt. Ilis Wy was hurribl. mangl??! I Atlanta. 11a., October IS.???B. It. Crew,
carried hall a block before the I Treasurer Citizens??? Relief Committee???In-
pped. Hi* head was I c | ose ,i please find seventy-five dollars of
longitudinally, and one part I Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line relief fund
fell to the street while the body
muined under the wheels. The breast and
abdomen were cut open and the heart
liver thrown to the sidewalk at the feet of
passers-by. The gate man. Henry Davis, of
Jersey City, tried to catch hold of the po<
fellow before lie reached the cars. He says
rush in just after the
s of Atlanta hospital in Chattanooga.
W. IL Riggers, I*. M.
THE WEEK???S LIST.
Down In tbf Valley of Death.
. Washington, October 19.???Reports to the
ductor had stepped aUiard and the gates I surgeon general of the Marine hospital
had been closed. Hie train was under way. I vice show: New Orleans, La.-???During
??? I guessed what he would do I sprang I week ended yesterday 976 cases; 235deaths;
hands to seize I 89 cases and*3t?? deaths occurred in the last
I could not reacli | 24 hours; totals 12,182, 3,035. No cases
lie grabbed the railing on each I port Eads or Southwest Pass during the past
and had his right foot on the I week. Morgan City???1C deaths; number
edge of one car platform, while t he I of cases were incorrectly given in lost report;
other remained on the dciiot plat-1 total cases to date about 432;
form. In some way the fatter ap-1 deaths 87. Mobile???56 cases, 12 deaths; totals
jieared to get caught or to slip, and lie went I s?? cases, 32 deaths. Decatur???73 cases, 12
down. I heard no cry from him, but a I deaths; totals 155 cases, 27 deaths. Ocean
young woman who was waiting fora train | Springs???25 cases, 1 death; totals 128 cases,
uttered a scream of horror. I expected that I 29deaths. Pass Christian???32cases, 4 deaths;
Id shriek, and I put my hands to my I totals 12G cases, 13 deaths. Bay tit. Louis???
hut I could not shut out the sight, i I 52 cases, 12 deaths; totals 338 cases, 68
have been at railroad disasters, but I have I deaths. The fever is on the decrease for
never seen anything so frightful as this. I want of material. Cases now more malignant
After he was crushed and rolled over and] Friar???s Point???8 cases and 2 deaths; totals
doubled up ami cut and torn he was dragged I 21 cases, G deaths. Baton Rouge???301 cases
by the wheels of the last car about five or I and 16deaths; totals 2.170 cases, 129 deaths,
six yards.??? There were streaks and daubs I Vicksburg???32 deaths in city and 61 deaths
and pools of stiffened blood on the rails I iu county of Warren outside the city; total
and neighboring timbers and guides I deaths in the city and county, 1,074. Holly
for a considerable distance. Near the | Springs???cases 1,117 and deaths 285; about
track lay two or three small chunks 12u0 cases under treatment; the fever is
of flesh or intestinal membranes, ami close I spreading into the surrounding coun-
by was a gray splash of brains. The police I trv; slight frost occurred on the
gathered up what they could of the remains, I ni*ght of the 16th. Grenada???1 cases
which were taken to Oak street station-1 and 3 deaths; spreading into
house. Ne one could look uimhi them with-1 country; in fourteen families, containing
out a shuddering feeling of faintness. None I 97 unacclimated persons, there were 41 cases
hail ever seen an object of such sickening I and 2 deaths; during the past week
horror. It was found that it could not be | the total deaths in Grenada and adjacent
lifted, so it was rolled upon the stretcher, a I country, 327. Hernando???50 cases and 23
coarse piece of canvas was thrown over it, I deaths. Several are from one to three miles
and it was borne down to the street and I in the country; total cases, 133; deaths, 56.
taken to the morgue; but the identification, I A light frost was observed this morning,
it is believed, will not take place, if ever I Chattanooga???101 cases and 30 deaths. Paris,
until some time after the victim has been I Tenn.???no cases or deaths for the week,
missed from his accustomed haunts. | Frost has occurred and no further trouble
is expected. At tit Louis there have been
??? tt orv I four deaths at quarantine the past week. At
TILDEN???S CARD. I p^u^ville there have been 15 cases and 5
He Den lea all Knowledge or the Cipher deaths ; among these 14 cases and 5 deaths
niipmifhr. I among the inhabitants of the locality before
rv . i*i- t I described; total cases, 127; deaths, 54 of
, Octobe^rL p^muel J. Ti| which there were 89 cases and 34 deaths
publishes a card in which, referring Jo the | among refugees . A t Key West there have
been no new cases during the past week; 1
the 12th inst.; total cases, 37;
Ifolton???total cases, 117; deaths,
e August 12. Pascagoula???total
October 12,5; death
October 12,
-rings???fever confined
principally to the country around Dry
a, evident that I &rove and Lebanon church. No case has
l.i?? i.??rt lor kine I >' et occmred within the limits of the vil-
ariv k n.l 1 W <,f CrysUl Springs. Kuring the past
p OI ^ ???"J . , . * I ??? *l.n??. ,rnm SI r-)OM and ft
been inconsistent with hr
plans, and the fact ffiat he had i:
r>f reform which he could
. unless he was untranmieled 1:
ment ii
dlKcial* trusts of government,
recent cipher telegram publications, hes .
he has no .knowledge of the existence of I J??*-"
these telegrams, nor any information about I * '
them except what had been derived from or I ,
alleged attempt* to negotiate for the elect*, ^^n'ton-udai c*?? to
ral votes in Florida and South Caroluia he ~ ??? ^ , l * rin
denies all knowledge of the existence < -
denies all knowledge of the
purport of any telegram relatin
subject. He cit
anv action on
to* a bargain of any
would havi
week there were *31 rases and 8 deaths;
totals, 112cases; 44 deaths. Memphis???for
the week ending on the 17th there were 106
death*; total deaths. 2,892. Milan???first
a~e. a refugee. August 26; first rase among
of my resources or not at all. | Bi ,^; Clnton ' ???Brownsville: Tenn., Grand
Junction, Hickman and Gallipolis.
THE MAN ON HORSEBACK I Dr. Thornton, in charge of the marine
Entertained by the Kins of Spain. | hospital service at Memphis, has the fever.
The Silver Spring** Tragedy.
The superior court met at 8:30 yesterday
morning, when the case of the titatc vs.
Bud Smith, charged with the murder of
James J. Skinner, was resumed. This rase
was taken up for trial Wednesday last, and
was not concluded until yesterday after
noon, at which time the jury returned a
verdict finding the defendant guilty of
murder, with a recommendation for mercy.
The greater portion of the evidence was cir
cumstantial. During the trial there were
about fifty witnesses introduced. As a brief
review of the case may not be uninteresting
to our readers, we give it below;
On the night of July 4th a dance took
place on a platform under a (mvilion at
Silver Springs nark, which resort is situates!
near the line oi the street railroad going out
to Ponce de Leon, and almut two miles from
the city. The crowd who were in attend
ance at the dance was very disorderly, ns
many of them were considerably under the
intlucnc of liquor. There were a???fcw women
in the party, all of whom are
credited with being had characters,
and a large nu in her of men.
About 11 o???clock tlie crowd became very
uiiBianagalile by reason of a liountiful in
dulgence of liquor. Bud Smilh and several
others were there, among whom was
James J. Skinner. While the excitement
was going on a quarrel arose between Smith
and Skinner, and the former was heard to
make
threats against skinner???s life.
The platform was dimly lighted with two
kerosene lamps that threw a gloomv glare
over the assembly. After die quarrel above
referred to, Skinner walked away from
Smith and was followed by the latter, who
evidently wanted to create a disturbance.
A few moments after this the lights were
put out by some ot the |tartiesand the plat
form was shrouded in darkness. Before the
lamps were relighted Skinner was heard to
cry out that
HE WAS CUT.
When tlie truth of this statement first
came to light, Skinner wa* walking from
the platform going towards a saloon
a few steps distant holding hi* hand against
a wound in the side from which was flour
ing a large stream of blood. He was inet
by some of his friends and assisted to the
saloon where he remained only a short
while, and was then removed to the city in
a street car. Afterthe cutting, Smith was
not seen on the grounds. When the
wounded man arrived in the city a physi
cian was summoned to attend to hi* inju
ries. Skinner having
LOOT CONSIDERABLE BLOOD
was so weak that he could say nothing fur
ther than that a man had cut him, and that
the man whom he referred to was the one
with whom he had had the quarrel. A
week or two after this Bud Smith was ar
rested upon a bench warrant issued by a
grand jury and placed in the hand* of Offi
cer Monoglian, which charged Smith with
the murder.
Nannie Franklin, a white girl, was also ar
rested a* the jiarty who had done the cut
ting. A preliminary trial was had in this
rase and she was sent to jail to await trial.
Efforts were at once made to secure her re
lease upon a good bond for her apjie&r&nce
at the tall term of the sujierior court. A
bond was tilled out, and she was admitted
to hail. Skinner died three days after he
received the wound in the side, leaving no
statement relative to the guilty party fur
ther than that given alxive. In a prelimin
ary???rial, held a few days after his arrest,
SiuLh v as sent to jail to await trial in the
sujierior court upon the charge of having
committed the murder. He remained in jail
until Wednesday last, as above stated, at
which time he was brought up for trial.
The prisoner was represented by Colonel
George T. Fry and Judge W. F. Wright,
and the state by Solicitor General Ben. II.
Hill jr., and Colonel Samuel B. Spencer. Af
ter hearing
A LARGE VOLUME C
EVIDENCE,
the testimony was concluded on Thursday
last at noon, and argument was opened by
Colonel S. It. Spencer for the prosecution.
V;*,n Id* conclusion Judge W. F. Wright
made an argument in lichalf of tlie defend
ant, closing at the adjournment of court.
Yesterday morning, when the court assem
bled, Colonel George T. Fry addressed the
jury in behalf of tne defense. He was fol
lowed by Solicitor General Hill, for the
state. Judge Hillyer delivered an able
charge to the jury, sworn to decide the fate
of the defendant, which was listened to at
tentively.
The rase was given to the jury at 4:30, and
after beingout about an hour they returned
a verdict as above stated.
This morning at 8:30 court will assemble.
Judge Hillyer will pa&s sentence* on Smitb,
Alford and a number of others. The former
will be sentenced to imprisonment for life,
j.. and the latter will be sentenced to death
horse- and genius of his illustrious father. He was upon the gallows. In all jirobability th??
the pride of the family??? ??? 1 ?????? J *?????? * * *'???* ??? ??? :11 **-
the Kren jl ??n,r,S?? | WGB* ?????. r S
rthera district of Mississippi, vice Thomas
shown by King Alphonso to General Grant I deceased,
at Viltoria A grand military display took | alton ??? deceased,
place on the famous field of Viltoria and I death of jefferson da vis son.
the king and General Grant rode side by I Memphis Avalanche,
side at the head of the column, the king I Jefferson Davis, jr., died last evening at
entertaining his distinguished visitor by I 5 o'clock, at Buntyn station, near this city,
explaining all of interest in the vicinity. I He was a noble boy, inheriting the talents
i cherished brother, court-room at tliat hour will be crowded.