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'■iki ngg. CONSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO. ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1878. VOL. XI., NO. 20. JT* 1. , ji" .. ; eoiuideratkm of which tl.e members of chaos was never before known. The Fruow-crmass, please ewort Anderson fprUP A \Tr\ fllSTTlT.TY t ViWt 0 11 .jl 111111 0 U. ■ the general aaaembtv cannot escape, nor Cameron issue, the greenback element to the front rank of perjurer*, ancient or ■ i—L i. , n j ,i.. .t ,1.. modem, and there let him stand uncovered r— ALL A HOAX. A CONTESTED FEE. ATLANTA. 0A-. NOVKMBER S, 1878 Ths outrage mill is again running in the department of justice. It ia not. however, the mill of 1874. j can they escape from the popular senti ment which demands that the old capitol | buildings be utilised for educational pur poses. Ths Perils of Monarchy. Absolute rule in Europe has been Tna advantages of our system of dis- ^ b tnbuting property after death are shown I f .^ n in the recent cum of the relate* of the 1 four richest men of the Pacific' elope. The deceaaed millionaire* were Mark A* thing* are going the amarein will certainly become no imjiortant ele ment in continental politic*. The <*m- ii v* nr hduVi Z P«w of Germany wa* ecarrely out of bed Ifopkina, W m. 8. <1 Bneti, Michael Eerse | j wforB , , ml ; ^ B peedmg toward the and David D. Colton. They left about fifty million* of dollar* that they could not take away, and the heir*, legatee* am! lawyer* are indu*triou*ly engaged in see ing that it ia well distributed. I young king of .Spain. In each case the I man at the butt of the pistol I avowed socialist. It ia not dear that in 1 the cane of King Alfonso there wan any I grievance except what everywhere exist* Ms. Grown M. Cmurrrr, who is Sens- between the friends «nd the enemies of tor Chaffee's probable successor, is the I thrones. Tliere has been, it is true, some blue-ribbon carpet-bagger of tbe period. I trouble with the intransigente party in A native of Pennsylvania, he has in turn | aoulh Spain, who desire a general elec- been a member of the legislatures of I tion. At present their representation Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska ar.d Colorado. I i n the chamber of deputies is barely He ia said to 1* an able lawyer, but | a dosen out of four hundred and whether lie is or not, he is certainly a I flfty members. A new selection might legislator of must varied experience. He I increase their strength, but whether it is of opinion that a scat in the United I would or not, the king has steadily op- State* senate would round out bis parlia-1 pooed a general appeal to the people. It inciitary career. ^ I does not appear, however, that this had Tna Oflieial figures from Ohio and In- anything to do with the attempted aiwas- diana show that the rontractionists are in I rination of the king in the streetaof Mad- a hojieleiM minority in lioth states. In rid. It is much more probable that the Indiana llie democrats cast 104,401 votes, «*ult was an outgrowth of a hatred that tbe republicans 180,755, and the nation-1 >» Is-coming gainfully prevalent in every als 30,448. Tbe democratic plurality was European country, except .Switzerland 13,730, while Shermanism stands con-1 and perhaps France. The enemies of detuned by an adverse majority of 53,181.1 kings anil emperors are organizing and The fulling off in the republican vote preparing for a conflict that is simply in- since 1870 amounts to 27,335 votes. In evitable in the long run. Repressive Ohio the republicans cast 274,120 votes, measures may be effectual for a short the democrats 270,006, the nationals I time, but in tlie end the question at 38,322, and the prohibitionists 5,674. Ity I "take must 1* settled by the sword ailding the prohibition to tlie republican I The socialists are, however, doing vote, ami the national to the democratic themselves more harm by resorting to vote, we have thereat decision on tbe mr- murder than all the police and all the rcncy issues. Tlie result is a minority of I force hills could possibly effect. Instead 39,484 against the imliey of the ailminis-1 "f relying ui«in public sentiment and tration. Ami yet the gold-hugs rlaim I revolutionary movements, they seem to Ohio! They slioukl, in order to be con-1 prefer; terrorizing, their chief oppres- sistent, also claim Indiana. | "Or*. This deprives them of public sym- ^ ~ , . | pathy while it jiopularizes the crowned Ttta Nashville _ Banner puts Judge tbat survive their bullets. Me Mark.' plnrahty lor governor of Tenni s- ||k# , Iofde , aril , Inan Moncaae never ^ see at 40,000. Dr. Wight, the repnl.liran l mc hMMa in the mindgol t __ nominee, will not poll the full vote of his w ^ (||r awon| of |he brave , not arty, nnd the grrcnlwck nominee will he a hail third in the rare. Judge Murkr and the indefinite nature of both of the modern, and there let him stand uncovered old-party platforms, have put matters in hro*d glare of the electric light of hia great BANK ROBBERY IN NEW YORK into such a sliape that a lottery wheel is SuproWd 0dl«i« ff Uw Jraitor with ti. Bar- VS! H southern eloquence riiould quote the fore- j “Jg** * of Ihll and Hoyt are alike «ngu.ne If J ^ ^ I At- Mason was out of the way Dill would be Z .T «. i 1 tempted—A Ksnae Elot elected by at least 40,000 majority, and that is about all that can be safely pre dicted. Tlie chief interest is centered in the legislature. Here the Cameron dynasty start out with a decided advantage. The upper house consista of fifty members, one-half of whom hold over. Of tlie twenty-five holding over twenty-one are republicans and four democrats. With a majority of seventeen to start with, with all the help that the adminis tration can render, with all the influence, money, skill and undue ail vantages of the reigning family, with hundreds of corpo rations in tbe field aa active allies, it will not be strange if Don Cameron ia his own successor. The Winnebago chief and the heir apparent will not despair if the greenbaekers hold the balance of power in the legislature. They never despair while there ia a vote that can be bought, and legislative votes have been consid- e ed marketable commodities in Penn sylvania ever since old Simon’s sway was established. profits by running a winter schedule, are a great country! Wa had begun to feel an interest in modern politics, but now that John W. Forney ia about to start a new pajier, dis gust has attacked us on four sides at once. It is a great pity that the government doesn't provide some sort of an asylum for such mental invalids. the Matter—A Card from Mr Morohy. The sutlers and Indian agenta on the! X*« Yoax, October 2&-Bvtwoen six and plain,'have heretofore been willing to wait nine o'clock Sunday morning several Imr- for the summer to come before reaping their *>■" 'O'*"* 1 the Manhattan Savings bank, annual crop of blood money, but the pros- corner Broadway and Bleecker street, and, pects are that thev aregoing to enlarge their *^ tcr haadenfling the janitor made him. We • un< k r threats of instant death, reveal the will have a clear majority of the entire vote. Casey Young will, it is thought, again carry the Memphis district, and if he d«s*s, the democrats will elect eight out of the ten congressmen, leaving the two Fast Tennessee districts in doubt. Hie leginlature will contain about twenty rrpnhlieans and alsiut ten greenbaekers, the latter coming from Nhelbyville ami Nashville. Tlie democratic majority will be very large, and a decided majority of tlie whole will be, nays the Danner, what are known in Teanemee as low-tax men that is, men who will not vote for a state levy sufficient to meet the annual interest- the bullet of the assassin, that conquers for freedom. Democrat le Doty. Tlie congressional campaign now pro gressing in Georgia is rapidly drawing to a close. It has been, and is now, the most hotly contested the state over of any since the war. Ik*fore the earpet-bag |»arty disbanded there were opjiosing candidates in each district, hut really no campaign; there was not even a contest. fpon one sale the whites were arrayed and upon the other the blacks. There no arguments between opposing candidates. Tlie politics of tlure dreary , . . . ...... I and dt'sperate days were too vital for the charge on account of the public debt, or I . . _ ... * I democrats to throw any part of It Add Y flie District Democratic Committee. We commend to the serious attention of the voters of the fifth district the admi rable address of tlie district executive ml, ‘7 1™*"' in TtraCOTWironoN I wbrd ^ thc ter^mnTol -strap ,.f yrotrnlay. It m one of the clearral an.i TO|nR „ w „ a ni „ tCT <>{ ^(.preoerva- m<*t ranrluRivv . P |H-«la for party lmr- tk)n OB th( , „ , )f white I>n)portv . rnony wr have yrt «on; it ia vigorou^ | ho| , |en| of ^ te to .uvreed-uxl it was only after a long and severe struggle away time in arguing with an element as olwtinate and as prej udiced as it was ignorant. They simply made a strenuous ami happily suc cessful effort to solidify themselves against tlie mass of unreasoning voters led by the scalawags and carpet- earnest, eloquent and thoughtful; its arguments are unanswerable. No thoughtful man can read it and not Is* convinced that it will be utter folly to supj tort at this eon juncture an opponent of the democratic party. In a contest between democracy ami independent ism it is most irritating to lie roni|tcllcd to argue with a sane man as to where his duty lies. We fail to per ceive how the sophistry of Mr. Arnold, a struggle grimly embroidered with the dangers that stood threateningly be hind the bayonet* that upheld the op pressors. Ixjokinghack upon those dreadful times it is almost impossible to imagine a tingenoy which, at this moment, with the country yet to l»e saved, even as Georgia was saved, by the union ami harmony of the democrats in all the rdatoa—it After tbe Fever. The fever is receding rapidly, and in the course of twenty days the channels of trade will be restored, and people will be free to go when and where they please. No man will then be shunned and thrust out, but hospitality and neighborly feel ing will be resumed at the old stands. For weeks, and in some eases months, a man from an infected city has been feared a* much as a mad dog is in August or a leper in San Francisco. Railroad line's have been remorselessly cut and mail facilities abolished. Schools ami churches, and newspaiiers uml trade, and courts and even political gatherings, have been unknown. Throughout large sections all industry was checked, and in many instances entirely done away with. Tlie unity of our system was, in a word, leatroyed. A Georgian could not visit Texas, nor could a Texan visit Georgia; and if it had been possible for either “to run the guards,” he would have been a very unwelcome guest. All this is to be done away with. • Already trains ore being restored to rusty rails, and people are beginning to think that an innocent newHpai>cr is not a disseminator of dis ease. As the quarantine restrictions are removed, trade begins to flow back and forth as before, friends are reunited, and long before Christmas the suiierficial ob server will not detect any signs of the greatest internal calamity that lias lie- fallen the south since the war. But below the surface the sad effects of this epi domic will be seen for years and years to come. The Fair Next Year. With admirable foresight the North Georgia Fair and Stock association is already mapping out its schedule for tlie fair of next year. The directors have de termined upon giving a huger and a bet ter fair next year than has ever been pro jected in the south. They pro]>ose also to have a series of spring and fall meet ings that will bring to our track the best horses and turfmen in the country. By organizing these large schemes this far ahead ol time, and making mature and ample arrangements, nothing but unqual ified success can be looked for. The people of Atlanta and of Georgia will bid the association good speed in its work of development and building up. The Arnold men are making very boast ful statementa of die number of vote* their man is gaining, but we shall see when the day of election comes. It is too bad that they should be trying to bulldoze Ben. liutler in Massachusetts They ought to let Benny run his race with out throwing obstructions in his path. lie would make a good governor—for Ma-^a- chusetts. Ma. Eva»Ts made a sjieech in New York the other day, and, contrary to usage, his nentences were short, sharp and crisp. None of them were more than a (not and a half long. The first thing you know Uncle Billy will get pungent, and then the country will be in a dilemma. It is very easy to see why John Sherman has so little to say about Anderson's con fession of the forgery of the celebrated let ter. John doesn't believe it himself. In fact, he knows it isn't true. Tuic elements of bribery are so strong the average republican that he is inclined to believe everybody is equally susceptible. Why weaken tlie true greenback party by voting for Arnold? or U,c -hilly MKumcnt- of tbe pn-rn- ^ ^ b ;bb . wc ^ iuulgine lm.-k. ra, ran dmw any wn-ihh-1 wntinjwn( . y wbicbi at thia „„ inR . n , any person. The Arnold campaign in made on the avowed baata of opposition to the democracy, and opposition to the democ racy mean* republicanism in the end. It means republicanism, and il it i« ccssful now nothing can prevent that re stilt in the future. This is self-evident. It nereis no argument to prove it, and for that reason we see the republicans array ing themselves with the independents. This fact, taken alone with no argument t«> support it, ought to Ik' sufficient t< awaken every democrat to a keen of the dunger threatened by independent- ism. It represents no principle and h: no platform. It oppose* the organizrel democracy, and this is why we hav strenuously endeavored to arouse people to a sense of their duty. It is i them to say whether an oftening for tv pnblicanism shall be made in the ranks of the democratic party. Once more call attention to the address. would induce a democrat to deliberately cast his vote against the organiza tion which saved the state, and hicli bid* fair to save the government from the grasp of the thieves who now have it in charge ami who are misman aging its affairs, misdirecting its revenues aud subjecting the resources of the coun try to designs either maleficent or male olcnt. It is impossible to conceive of motive that would prompt a retire-ting democrat to go against the ln*st interests .1 himself, his state, his country and lii: (H'ople l»y supporting what by courtesy is independent ism in Georgia We shall have few more opportunities to warn democrat* against the insiduonsde signs of the independent party and allies, the bogus greenbaekers, but we have indicated heretofore that the ■ment will have for its result it «ioes not now hav its intent? the resurrection ami the The < Rniidin* *t Mlllrelireville I rehabilitation of the radical party in We trust the movement to render ihe I Georgia. There can lie no other result if capitol building at Millodgeville availa- I independent ism is successful. Depending ble for educational purposes is losing I for its success upon republican votes, nothing of it* force. The legislature is I cannot afford to ignore the element which shortly to convene, and it is to he hoped I gives it victory. We commend this to that our state contemporaries will unite I democrats as the only true and patriotic with us in an effort to call the attention I view to take of tbe case. The duty of of the members thereof to the necessity I every Georgian lies with the democratic of utilizing this property in a direction | party that will beat fit the interest* of the peo ple of all sections of Georgia. It has been suggested that a state military in stitute lie established in Milledgeville, It is a wonder some of the boys haven*: alluded to Schenck as an old Poker Flat. It is fortunate for the city and the state that a party of gentlemen combining so much of capital, experience ami sagac ity, have taken the fair in hand, and will push it to a bright destiny. We have little doubt that this will become in years the most important association of the south, ami will be to this section what the Izonisville jockey clubiato Kentucky, what the St. Louis fair association to the great northwest. The country i for Mrs. Jcnks. •news its clamorous calls REDUCTION OF PRICE OF WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. The Weekly Cosmrmox is mailed to every county in the state. It is the desire of the publishers of this paper to DOUBLE THE CIRCULATION OF THE WEEKLY, In view of this fact, ami togive every man i opportunity to have a )>aper as good as any published in the south, we have reduced the price of our Weekly, and from the 12th of November, 1878, will send to subscribers THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION AT THE FOLLOW I NO RATES: Single copies one year, post paid $1 fiO Single copies six mouhts, post paid 1 (T Clubs of ten for one year, post paid 12 :* Clubs of twenty for oue year, post paid 'JO O Any society, club, or organization of iieople at any place or poet-office in V'uitcd States on sending list with ni rer twenty subscribers, will receive » he Weekly Constitution for one year, postage paid, for one dollar per copy. The Weekly Constitution is issued on TUESDAY OF EACH WEEK AT AT LANTA, Georgia the capital of the state. It r< tains the news in full from all points irgia ami important items of news from Alabama. South Carolina, Tennessee Florida, and telegraphic news from all the world. It is a THIRTY-SIX COLUMN PAPER filled with choir*- reading matter. It is the best and cheapest |*a|»er published it south, and deserves the j»a troll age of « citizen of the south. We offer INDUCEMENTS TO RELIABLE AGENTS that will enable any energetic men, man or child to make splendid wages. Any one desiring to become an agent fo Weekly will receive table of rates o plication by mail addressed to Constitution Publishing comjiany, Atlanta. Ga Now is the chance to SUBSCRIBE, and the time for agents to commence work; th field will be covered before-Christmas. We will not send the |at|>er to any one without the money. We make nothing at the reduced rates, but from the advertisements, and cm not affortl to lose the money from a singl subscriber. Address Constitution Publihuixu Company, Atlanta, C» combination of the safe to them and deliver up the keys of the bank. They rifled the vault of presumably a large amount, as twenty tin boxes, known to have contained bills, were found on the floor empty. The building is a six-story one, the bank occu pying the ground floor, with an entrance on both Broadway and Bleecker street. Wendell Kehlmao keeps a barber shop in the basement under tbe bank and the janitor lives on the second floor. The barber opened bis shop, aud looking at the clock in the bank office safe- it was three minutes past six. He says there was noth ing unusual in the bank at that time. At twenty minutes past nine o’clock, he was startled by tbe appearance at the head of the basement stairs of lha janitor, Louis \Vertel, white with fright aud excitement, with his hands handcuffed^tightly and tlie key of the bank clutched between them. He was only half dressed, and gasped “thieves! robbers! come: and see!” The barber accompanied him into tbe bank and raw the door ofrthe great vault wide open, and the floor, littered with empty tin boxes. Burglars’ tools were scattered in every directing. Tlie barber •titled the police, who were soon on the scene. Tbe doors, windows and all means of access from without were found intact, and it was evident the thieves had entered by means of keys. Dan Kelly, tlie night atchnian, said he left his post at 6 o’clock ..i the morning, and aroused the janitor, as was his custom, and left tlie building, bak ing the hall door after him, certainly. He left the corner at 6:10 a m., and then c thing was right and quiet AN UNFAVORABLE IMPRESSION. Special dispatch to The Constitution. The janitor, Wertel, created an unfavont- le impression on the c?oss examina tion. lie said that at six, while he wa dressing himself, seven marked men sud denly rushed into his room, handcuff d himself and wife, and demanded the keys »f the bank. His motlier-in-law, an old lady who was present, screamed, when the burglars drew a pistol and threatened : * siant death to any one who made a noise. They then carried him into an adjoining room and forced him to deliver up tlie keys •f tlie street door. With these, four of the party went down the stairs, leaving three on guard in his room. - Three hours passed, and Wertel heard the clock strike nine, when one of tlie men from down stairs returned, and after a whispered consultation ail left. After lie regained his courage, he went to the barber-shop as described. Wer tel admitted to Superintendent Walling that he bad given the vombination,unlocking tbe doors of the vault to the robbers. He gave it tinder threats of instant death, but lie failed to state how he pot possession of the combination. His wife corroborates his i>f the attack, but said there were only jen in the party. Mr. Lent, a Broad way merchant, passed the hank noon after »even a. m., and saw a young man dusting the shelves and desks inside. He siipimsed of the burglars endeavoring to make things look as natural as possible. Officers Vannorton and Tully said they looked through the bank window between six and seven o’clock, and all was quiet. Inside tlie main doom of the safe vault the burglars found the shelves, pon which were tin boxes, filled with icw- Iry, silverware and available papers. These they emptied. They overlooked a box con taining $50,000 in valuables, the property of Mr. Klward Schell, president the bank, and a brother of Augustus Schell. The officers of the bank admit that the janitor pus.ses.-ed tlie combination. THE AMOUNT STOLEN. The bank officers formally state that the rohliery consists of securities to the amount of $2,757,700, of which $250,700 were reg istered in the name of the institution, and not negotiable, aud $168,000 ar payable to it. $73,000 are in coupo and $11,000 in cash. THE SENSATION Or THE DAY. New York, October 28.—The robbery of the Manhattan savings institute Haye* In Maryland. New York Sun. Lo. Haves’ foot Is on thy shore. Thv fields his circus tramples o’er. His platitude- ihy patience bore. Maryland, my Maryland. Penn* j I * an la. The contest in Pennsylvania doe* not m> mni'h Tvlate to lb* control of a net ol «n4 wo took oevuion to indorae tho *»»« officer*, of th. next l«si*l»tura o f ol suggestion most heartily. Since then it has been proposed that the bnild- a particular delegation in congress, as dew's to the continuance of the dynasty ing IK. UW.I as a state oolk-g,-1 that -Simon Cameron set “p ami nveatly lor the education of Georgia women. It hi " *"* ®°“- ^ i. urged in support of this proportion- «* “>is machine u widely known. It <s «.d the argument is a verr striking on.- Vs-sl upon corruption of the rankest that while the state is edocating her boys kmd-so rank that l'ennsylvama poht.es and young men. she is doing absolutely I have a reputation t izt is consptt uous nothing towards the education of her 1 <Ten 111 * n er * unsurpatwe. or ro girl* and young women. The pithiness I of this suggestion makes it food for rious thought. If tlie state is to make appropriations to educate her young men, why should not vqu*l provision be msde for the education of her women? Is it in To hare-faced bribery and shameless combinations with unscru pulous corporations was added a family feature not elsewhere found in politics*. The great question in Penn sylvania relates therefore far more to the any respect mote necessary that site I perpetuation ..f the rule of the Cameron should provide for the mental advance-1 Iam *ly , * ian to national po ltics. ment and elevation of the one and not I The nominees l<*r pivemorof the three for the other? We believejhat the «>-1 parties are all men of experience in pub- tabUahment of a woman's university or 1 lie affairs, p*"d stump speakers and of to the college at Dahlonega in point ».f I known integrity. Mr.IIoyt,therepubli- thoroughnes* aud economy,but larger and I can candidate, i* confessedly a spoke in completer as to it* curriculum, and more I the Cameron machine. Mr. Ihll, the extensive as to it* accommodations. The 1 democratic gubernatorial nominee, and Dahlooega college is one of the most con- \ Governor Curtin, who is running forcon- After the Terror. Of all the cities visited by the yellow plague this season, it* ravages appear to have been the most fatal in Memphis. Tlie scourge is over, and the peox»le of the ill-fated city are returning to their homes—home* over which desolation has shaken her black wings for weeks anti months past. The Appeal and the Ava lanche come to ns in their usual shapes, and business seem* to be reviving with some tlegn'e of briskness. The fever over, but the results are still there, and those who have been fighting through the leath and confusion oi the plague are now able to l«w>k around ami estimate the aw ful realities of the calamity through which they have passed. There is something pathetically awful in the summaries which the papers of that city are now priming. For weeks there was only one operator in the telegraph office, but he stood to his duty, and through the deso lation of the day and the sadly silent watches of the night, sent and received the messages which told tlie world of the horrors of the disease, or carried relief te the distressed. Of twenty-five operators in the telegraph office, eleveft diet!. Putnam wa* the only one of the old force who did not succumb to the disease. Tlie mortality among the employees and their tamilie* was something terrible. Of all those engaged in the production of the Evening Ledger only one escaped, of the Avalanche four escaped, and of the Ap peal only two. Of tlie Ledger employees 4 diet!, of the Avalanche 13. and of the Appeal 19. Of the Izedger employees convalesced to recovery, of the Avalanche 10, and of the Appeal 21. These figures are eloquent of the ravages of the pesti lence among the newspaper pecqde. but when our readers study the statistics ior themselves, they will see that when the wives and children who were dependent upon these employees and employers are taken into account, the story is intensi fied almost beyond belief. Take the Appeal office, for instance, where, out of 75 persons—men. women and children— :V| were buried, 39 convalesced, and only 2 escaped. Sad and sorrowful facts, they tell a story of endurance unparalled in modern times, and of which we trust the world will forever be spared a repetition. spicuou* educational successes in the country. It lias been managed so wisely and with such a degree of efficiency that all the various branches, including practi cal agriculture, have been taught at an ex pense of about four thousand dollars. The president ami the professor* have been more than economical—they have been self-sacrificing, for with that small amount they have contrived to give in struction to three hundred pupils. If this can be done in Dahlonega, what can grew in a central district, are the chain P 5 on* .*{ the effort to relieve the state of the disgrace of Cjuneronisxn. Judge Mason, the national nominee for gov ernor, endeavored to shift the issue from Cameronisin to tlie currency; and the 75,000 votes, more or less, that he will yet render a doubtful contest still more doubtiul. There are Cameron and anti-Cameron republican candidates in the field. So there are democratic green backere and republican greenbaekers, The cheapest and best paper in the south. Special inducements to agents. Send for specimen copies. Any man. woman or child in the state of Georgia can make splendid wages by canvassing their neighborhood for „ . j _ -. subscribers. Don't jail to apply for rates not be accomplished in Milledgeville, the and even Sherman democrats are not un- j 0 f communion. Address center of the most fertile and populous known. Sherman republicans, of course. Constitution Pueluhixo Co meant. region of Georgia? This is a matter the are abundant. Such a degree of political I Atlanta, Ga Thou scent the brand upon his brow. it there thou know’st. and how. The crops thy thrifty fartnei AC Net of Sun. t set of sun I watched for you! The sheep-bell’* tinkling now I heard— •wujtht else!—the hnrvc ~ *- The g«te. with rustic j And still 1 watched, t At set of sun: How far it seemed, your rreat. fair town. Where sweeteiri-looks lure, ever new; Where raae-leai lips rain sweet speech down— Oh jealous heart! Oh love, be true! ider looks and kisses min From that dark cloud. it seL that April sun; ... . *t4»le away: bright:» Tbe Story or Uncle Sammy's Betrothal. Special dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer. St. Louis, October 23.—A decided sensa- THE NORTHEASTERN BONDS AGAIN. tion wss excited in the high social circles«d St. Louis this morning by the following an- Who is Entitled to the Mo ey ?—A Hice Question nouncement which api»eared in the Globe- fop the ConrU—The Latest Version of Democrat of this city this nfoniing: “It hn.-i ‘ been stated in the Globe-Democrat as a rumor more than once that Mr. Samuel J. _ Tilden, of New York, wa* engaged to be i . married to a St. Louis belle. We are now ! During the latter part of last week, an oo- authorized to rav that the wedding will currence happened that the pressure of the ta nf within three months, and that it f a j r a „j j ts multitudinous hapjtcnings kept will oe the good fortune of Mr. Tilden t«» , ... .. . ... make Miss Nellie Banltine the future mi-, fwm recc,v ‘ n 8 attention. As it .< « tress of his heart and home.” . {long story, it is l»est that we should begin a* A late edition of the Evening Post has the beginning and run it straight through— iubj«t!°-i n n : r ,,Wns our ~ e * h . h •■“r— this morning’s Globe-Democrat, authority-. ° W,II K to the thousand court:cimg ru- tively, that Miss Nellie Hazeltine was en- mors.it is iHtssible we may misplace some ■ to be married to Samuel J. Tilden. circumstauee. or mistake some fact. Tbe and the wedding was to take place within three months. An Evening Post reporter immediately waited upon Miss Hazeltine nt her father's fine mansion on Pine str«*et, and was shown into a reception-room ele gantly furnished with a brocatelle suit in green and gold, adorned with many hand some ornaments, and containing several fine pholoe of the belle of St. Louis. After a short delay Miss Hazeltine appeared. She entered the room gracefully, and - in a frank and pleas ant manner raid: ’I am sorry to detain you, but I was refreshing myself preparatory to to-night’s duties, when I personate the . . j bride ill Tbe Mistletoe Bough at the Mcr- I>«ssed repealing the sets granting state aid. With star-lit *tcp« Eve Nor came there ever id bn* Nor ever a ki«* *o sweet a* they; I saw it now in life's hut day— At act o! sun. —Willie Carpenter, in Sprinpfield Republican. A nooblfr In Maokactinwett*. Boston Globe. Butler organ. The Rev. Dr. De La M*t»r. the dJ*tfnEUi*hc<l ooncTewanun-elevt from Indiana. U doing excel lent work for the people'* candidate la this state. Everywhere ht >pe*k4 his rrmarks are received sensation in the banking circles. Notices have Veen posted in tlie bank saying, fo the purpose of preventing the loss to depos itors, it is ordered that no jiayment* will be made without sixty days’ notice. The plus of the bank is more than stiflicient to cover any probably loss that may be taiued by reason of the robbery. A great number of depositors have given necessary notice. Tlie directors were in se cret session to-dav. Every available detec live in town has been assigned to the case. It is fiossible that the amount taken may I* more than first stated. Since, the content! l»er of tin boxes which contained many valuables that the bank is not respon ' bW for, have disappeared. Nashville, October 29.—Miss Christiana Caplian, aged thirty, daughter of M. Kap- han, who resides on North Cherry street, came to her death by a frightful accident. A candle bad been placed on the Ho* her use at 6 o’clock yesterday morning. As she got out of bed her clothing was ignited by the candle. She sprang back into the bed with the hojie of smothering the flames. She was so badly frightened, however, that she did not succeed in quenching the tire, which ignited the bed clothing, and all were burning together when the men about the house saw smoke issuing from the room and rushed in to see what was the matter. In her extreme fright she did not even have the presence of mind to scream, Had she given the alarm she might hav« been saved. It is supposed she inhaled the flaiuc. She lived only four hours after the accident. She was much esteemed by all her neighbors and acquaintances. Baltimore. October 2H.—The refinery the Consolidated oil company. No. 2. Canton, was burned this evening. Robert Dinsmore, Win. Smith and Stephen Rrun, employees, were burned to death. The Weekly Constitution will be sent to dul* of twenty for twenty dollar*. That is one dollar per copy. * THE STATE FAIR. with" the greatest enthusiasm, and thousands of thinking men acknowletlge the force and consis tency of his strong arguments on the currency question. I»r. IV La Matyr sneaks like one hav ing authority, for he thoroughly understands hi-* subject. A loyal and patriotic citizen, he fought bravely in defense of the union, and closely fol- essential points, however, are about as wc give them. SOME UXSMNKD BONDS. Some years ago, the legislature pussed an act granting the state's indorsement to the bonds of the Northeastern railroad com pany. The managers of the road went to work and graded about 40 utiles of the track, being moved to this progress by the promise of the state. Shortly afterwards, an act was cmntilc library.’ Miss Hazeltine was dressed very neatly in a black polonaise, fitting her graceful form beautifully. She is a typical representative of beauty, and lias long re ceived the appellation of the belle of St. Louis. She is of medium height, slender and graceful in all her motions. Her hair was dressed high in puffs on the crown of her head, and the luxurious auburn locks were displayed to advantage. She has large, magnetic eyes, of a beautiful liquid brow*n color, fringed with lovely long, black, curling laches. Her face shows in liest pro file while the outline is statuesque in the ne; in a front view’it is rather full of positive beauty. In society her manners pleasant and agreeable, and she is a good conversationalist.” The Post reporter broached the object of of liis mission, when Miss Ha/cltine smil ingly and blushingly replied: “Oh, no,there t a particle of truth in it. It is the same old story that was told two years ago, which somebody seems to hqye renewed. Why, I have never even met Mr. Tihlen. I met Governor Hendricks at .Saratoga dur ing the presidential campaign, and he toll me that Mr. Tilden expressed a desire t- meet me. but he has never been intr< duced to me; besides 1 never would many i so much older than myself.” The rejKirter then ventured ujsm a delicate question: he gently intimated a desire know whether Miss* Hazeltine was still maiden fancy free. “I am not engaged to any one,” replied the charming belle, witl naivete, anu a slight color mantled h<- fair cheeks. Miss Nellie Hazeltine is twen ty-one years of age. She graduated when sixteen, and made her debut in society in her seventeenth year, and this Is her fourth season. SL Louis is not to loose its belle, and Samuel J. Tilden will have to seek a bride elsewhere. Subsequently your correspondent met Mr. Otis Hall, the society editor of the Globc- Dcmocrat, who made the folloving state ment in justification of his formal announce ment of the engagement of Miss HazeUine and Mr. Tilden: “On Monday he received a note from Mias Hazeltine asking him to cull and sec her on business. In obedience thereto he called at her residence on Pine street, where lie had a short conference with the lady, during which Miss Hazeltine au thorized him to formally announce that she was engaged to Mr. Tilden. and that the riage ceremony would certainly take [ during January or February. Upon this authorization he made tlie announcement printed above. He was positive and phatic that tlie lady had fully authorized i to publish the statement, but to her motive or the real truth of the matter, be knew nothing. Thus tlie matter is left in entire mystery, and the knowing ones know no more now than they did since Miss Hazeltine filed her denial. It may be stated that Mi*« Hazeltine is, or at least has been for some time, the acknowledged belle of St. Louis, and her father is, or was, a leather merchant, who, about two months ago, failed for $200,000. Tlie general i pression of society is that Miss Hazelt would never wed as old a man as Mr. Til den. New York. October 23.—A member of ivemor Tilden’s family authorizes a direct denial of the story that lie is to wed a St. lxmis girl. On the 12th of November next, clubs of ten get the Weekly Constitution ut $12 5o per annum. BEACONSFIELD'S INCOME. Tbe Features of the Exhibition—The Race*. Special dispatch to The Constitution. Macon. October20.—The fair opened with a small attendance. The exhibition is not go good as former years, except horses and cattle, which are fine. l»r. Carver** ball shooting was the feature of the day. It is simply marvelous. The reports of his feats are not exaggerated. He will repeat his performance even.* day dur ing the week. t The races began in the ram. The last one i\a- trotted over a heavy track. The first running race for Georgia raised horses, two in three, purse $3U0. proved a walk-over for Whirlwind, beating Nellie Newton and Little Cassino in the order named. Time, I MX, 1:56X. The second wa* a trotting race for Georgia raised horse*, three in five, purse $139. won easily bv Griffin's favorite. Kimball Jackson; Snider second; Bob Adams third; Hell distanced. Time. 3:01 M. 2:56^,2:48. The third race was for the citizen s purse, «aic epistle transmitted by the Hon. Yewtceen $•>■), 2:45 class, three in five. A Man who Harried a Rich Wife. London Letter to the New York Tribune. A story is in circulation in America that Lord Beaconsfield gave $5,000 to the Princess Alice fund. Which of his American ad mirers invented that? His actual contri bution was just one-fiftietli of the sum re ported—$100. which is for him quite il liberal a gift as the hundreds set agaiiuv other names less known than his in the jmi- litical world, but better known in the city. Wliat is said in the same paragraph of Lord lleacoiistield’s large fortune and the generous use he has always made of it is { mrely imaginative. He never had a large ortuiic. The pecuniary embarrassments of his earlv years are notorious. He has him self said that it was only his marriage with the rich widow of Mr. Wyndham Lewis, in 1839, which enabled him to pursue his po litical career. This aid to his ambition was one chief source of the loyal gratitude which he showed throughout his life to this lady. But her fortune consisted in a liberal jointure, which died with her, and after her death her husband quitted the well-known house in Grosvenor Gate, which he might well enough have liked to keep, as a good house for the chief of a party, and for a man of still unsatisfied social ambitions—a thing which it sound* odd to say of a personage so distinguished as Mr. Disraeli then was, but which is true nevertheless. He kept his place at Hug- henden: that was the pedestal on which he loved, and still loves, to pose as the tine old English country gentleman. When out of office, he had his pension as ex-minister of $10,000 a year—a pension obtainable only by what is is equivalent to a declaration of poverty. A minister who applies for it must certify that he not only wants it. but needs it. Iti office he found 1: $25,000 salary as first lord so from adequate that, on the retirement of Lord Malmesbury, lie made himself Lord Privy Seal, and drew that salary, too, until a few months ago, when political reason* induced him to surrender hi* lucrative plu rality. Lord Beaconsfield’s private affaii are of course no man's business but his owi but if they are to be discussed they might as well be discussed accurately. As what is stated above, it has long been kn< has been rejieatedlv printed, and concern* rather his public than private life. At the request of the friends of the Northeastern rood, a clause was put in this act, excepting all roads that had any vested rights.” It was claimed thut this exception covered tbe Northeastern road. The friends of tlie road, to test their rights, went into the courts, and ufter a tedious aud hotly-contested legislation, the case went to the supreme court. This court de cided that it liad no jurisdiction in the matter, and referred the whole thing hack to the governor. Governor Colquitt was then in office, ami tlie case caine before him. He approached the question with great deliberation, and studied it thoroughly, Pending his deci sion, he was deluged with legal opinion’* U|m)!i the subject. General T«*»rabs. Gov ernor Brown and others decided that the law was clear uiniii the subject aud in favor of indorsement. Sja-aker Bacon. President Trammell and leading member* of both houses declared that it was the inteuti< the legislature at the time of the passage of the bill to except the Northeastern road from the oj»cmtion of the rcj»caliug act. It was proved that the question had been discussed, and at that time this jioint was thoroughly understood by the fnei * of the road before they would vote for its passaue. It was also discovered that a special i f tlauatory act had becu-)ta*wed by this muu»- egislature afterwards to cover this esjtccial and remove all j*ossible doubt. The was made out so thoroughly and m trungly that tlie presscea-ed its opposition almost entirely to the bonds, and iiovernoi ' ilquitt. amid an approbation that was al most universal, signed the Isu-ds. SENATOR MILL'S STORY. And now for our story. Senator Hill, i appears, had been employed by tlie Atlanta rolling mill, which held the most of these uusigned Kinds,! having advanced iron to the road upon this security) to plead their for them. He, says he, was promised $7,00u fee contingent upon the indorsement of the bonds. Mr. Hill was out of the city when the indorsement was made. When lie returned called upon Mr. Morrill, with whom he had made the contract alleged, and demanded his fee. Mr. Morrill stated that e could not pay it. Upon being asked liv, lie said tliat he iiad already paid out a large sum to another party on that account. Mr. Hill says he was very much astonished, and asked him who it had been paid Mr. Morrill replied that he had tiaid it to Mr. Wes Murphy. Mr. Hill asked him whv he had paid it, and how much. Mr. Morrill replied tliat he had paid him $8,000, and that he had paid it for certain services that Mr. Murphy had rendered in working up the case of the bonds. Mr. Hill agaiu de manded his fee, and upon Colonel Morrill again declining to pay it he withdrew. He then went to see Governor Colquitt. The governor was astonished at his state ment and said that he had no knowledge of tlie matter at all. Mr. Hill insisted that he should look into the matter and “discharge Mr. Murphy.” Governor Colquitt •lot do tins, as he had no power to discharge Ir. Murphy, as he held no position under him and was not under his control, aud he sides he hud no evidence at all that he ha< .ytiling that deserved an investign tion. GOING INTO THE COURTS. Mr. Hill then went into tlie courts f< his money. He entered suit against the rolling mill and garnisheed Mr. Murphy and the Citizens’ hank. Mr. Murphy plied through his lawyers, Hopkins A Glen that he did not owe tlie rolling mill an thing. Hr. Hill traversed this answer. On Thursday Mr. Hill was iust getting the street car when Mr. Murphy called him. He went across to Maddox & Rucker's store here Mr. Murphy was standing. Here the accounts differ. Mr. Murphy* leal him. be is well dcaerclnx the coMbd nereptL»o extended to him by the citizens of the Old Bay A Ge r constant woe. A CHANCY!TO H IKE HONEY EASILY The weekly per tingle copy for one year. commencing 12th November — 9 i.50 The same for six months — 1 CO en copies for one year, from 12th November. W5A 12 50 from Tewgeen*s Pea. Washington Port. The following gem wan embedded in a late pro- lie epistle transmitted by the Hon. Yewgeen — ~ . Hail «o the Hon. t». ratlin Gorom. Singularly Kj j j, Time, 2:36%. 2:35K, 2:3s. Billy ; Kin*»cond ; K«ic X. .hlrf; Buffalo Bill “U»v» po.P-" «>jr 0».y ?! . j d Ti'na'rp"«\,‘rac'e* will be the U-t of tlie week. A large attendance is expected. I The military contest will come off on j Thursday, when everybody in southwest F b£S2 *” P - i G TKw«ltel»ri«ri»£ .It turned ju. It hss been s long time-iruv we nwd anything enough to put the groun * m I 1 * •*■**" j* 1 more plaintive and unaffected than this. ditlon. * * By Associated Pree"- The »\t iionse I Macon. October 29.—The rain lessened ^ the attendance at the state fair to-day. The Washington Fo-L j, heavy and in the first race.runntng. ■Hu figure* of the next house, as generally con- ^ in 'three. Whirlwind won two redecLwitt >und as follows: ' ^ ,, heats with y ellie Morton second. SSSnC::::Z:::ZZZ::::: l® Time: The second race trotting Gxvmherkcm. Nationals, esc 1« be>t three in five. Kimball Jackson t'"*E three heats and the race; Spider, second; HS&S—-.* g braTtime, 2:43. The thirdWjrotti^. From tbeTerv best data available at hesidquar- Grade D., first; BUlv King. J * lets, it is confidently calculated that thmr figures F.. third; Buffalo Bilk distanced, best time, will not be changed to the extent of more than 2 35^ GO TO WORK AT OSCE AXD SOD IX CLU1 Great Redaction in Use Price of The Weekly Constitution. rate canvass of the Boston Herald been published. ^ after the 12th of November next the How the Figures Would Have Rend. Boston Globe. Botler organ. Had the expensive, thorough and complete pri- THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. New York Graphic. Here is an end of all romance about hid den ocean depths. We can qpeculate longer about perils, in chambers of jieari. mermaids, or heai>od treasures and dead »n's bones whitening in coral caves. The whole ocean floor is now mapped out f« The report of the expedition sent out from London in her majesty’s ship Challenger has recently been published. Nearly tour t ears were given to the exam ination ofthe currents and floors of the four great oceans of the world. The Atlan tic. we are told, if drained would !»e a t plain, with a mountain ridge in the mid. running parallel with our coast. J other range crosses it from New Foundlam to Ireland, on top of which lies a subma rine cable. The ocean Is thus divit.ed int. three great basin*, no longer “unfathomable depths.” The to|»s of these seamountains are two miles below a sailing ship, and the basins according to Reeiu-.. are fifteen mile* which is deep enough for drowning, if not for mystery. The mountains are whitened for thousands of miles by a tiny, creamy shell. The depths are red in color, heaped with volcanic masses. Through the black, motionless water of these abysses move gigantic abnormal creatures which never nse to upper cur- reuLs. There b an old legend, coming down to us from the first ages of tbe world, on which these scientific deej>-sea soundings throw a curious light. Plato and Solon re cord the tradition, ancient in their days, of a country in the western seas, where flourished the first civilization of mankind, which, by volcanic action, was submerged and lost. The same story ia told by tbe Central Americans, who still cele- THE FIFTH DISTRICT An Appeal to the Democratic Voters of the District. • Atlanta, October 2d. 1STS. To the democratic voters of the fifth con gressional district—On thi- day week the voters of this district will decide by their ballots who shall represent them in the next congress. You have it in your power to say who that representative slutll be. Two gen tlemen aspire to the |xwition. One has been long known for his sterling character, great ability, and faithful discharge of the duties incumbent u|*on him in tlie various rela tions of ijfe which an active professional and {tolitical career have imposed. He lias been regularly nominated by your repre sentatives in convention assembled as your standard-bearer. Various gentlemen ospir- ihts post of honor, submitted their laitns to vour representatives, uml have i-elully acquiesced in the result of tlieir deliberations. Mr. Hammond was nomi nated by acclamation. To elect him is your triumph; his defeat is victory to your politi- * enemies. At the time that Mr. Hayes was inducted into tlie presidential office, it was prophe sied that his proclaimed policy would divide the great democratic party ip the south, and build up that destroyer of vim liberties f our country, the radical party. This . rediction was not then regarded as of much force, but wbeu we see four congres sional districts in ourown beloved state the scenes ol hot political contests between tlie regularly nominated standard-bearers and independent candidates, we perceive that it had more weight than was at first supposed. Georgia has been recognized as tlie very heart of southern democracy, and to destroy democracy, of course the i>oi.soned v would be directed at that heart, t winged the shaft that has been dis charged, it is useless now to discuss; but the venom which is upon the barb derives power, if any it has, from the fact that was aimed by those who have heretofore claimed, and still claim, to be democrats. The other aspirant, until brought into . rominence by the )Militical necessities of the minority in this district, was compara tively unknown. Hi* canvass has demon strated thut he and lii.s friend* calculate for success ujrtm the entire republican vote, 'itpled with every discordant clement in lctuocratic ranks. It is urged that he relies U)»on a majority of your votes. Is there a sane man within tlie ranks of tlie democratic party, white or black, who ily believes it? What claims has he , vour votes? Thut he was a gallant infederate soldier? Why, old Georgia is filled witli thousands as gallant as lie, and lioui the memories of the t from now dismembtrr- „ party which represents the principles of government to which they recognize allegiance. Is his character as *a l )*ot!ess that it should be held before the public gaze a.-* an emblem of the purity, and as worthy of imitation throughout the length and bredth of this great land? There arc thousand* of our fellow-citizens w ho chi present records as bright, and yet who d< nt reek to disrupt that organization which . ... sought to bring virtue into prominence. Are hi* abilities so great flint they alone can save the country? lias he demonstrated in the past that he belongs t. the class of men with whom the mind as sociale* Uulhouu, Clay, Webster. Crawford, Berrien, Forsyth and Toombs, whose names are amongst “the few, the immortal names hich were not born to die?” If he d. then we have thousand* of such men in state, whose vast talent* teach them that the safety of our jioliticul institutions require that the democratic party .should exist organization, and that to disrupt it is unbt^ coming the patriot who claims serve his country by advocating tlie principles which it espoused under Jef ferson, and which it proudly guards to the present moment. Is tliere any reason why you should not sup)>ort Mr. Hammond? I* he corrupt? Is he intellectually too weak for the |»osition which he aspires? Is he in any particu lar unworthy of bearing tlie standard of party? His bitterest political enemy awards to him masterly ability coupled with great purity of character. Are the princi ples of government which he *upi*orts dis tasteful to you? You made the platform through your chosen representatives upon which he is planted; he enunciated the same doctrines beforo ths convention and has advocated them since. He thorough accord, and always has l>een, with the democracy which, if you are true to yourselves, will again give you, nt an early uay, a land of liberty, peace ami prosperity. Will you assist in the defeat of such a mat . ourown standard-bearer, to put in office gentleman whom thedemoeraLsof this coup would not send to the Rarnesville tion, even as a delegate, and who. in the most leiun manner, agreed to abide by the A FAMOUS DUEL. DEATH OF THE SURVIVING PRINCIPAL TheAfiiirBetween Ratcliffe and Tilly—Bateliffe'a Death in California—Hie Life ia Augus ta and His^Wandering* Abroad —A Tragic Story. The San Francisco Chronicle of the 10th con tains tlie announcement of the death of Mr. Geo. E. Ratcliffe. at San Gabriel Mission, Los Angeles county, California, on October8th. Mr. Ratcliffe was formerly in the cotton business in Augusta, aud was one of the principals in the celebrated Ratcliffe-Tilly duel, fought at San Bar Ferry, near * ta, in December, 187."*. and which resulted death of Mr. t’has. D. Tilly, who waa well friend* say tliat lie denounced Mr. Hill unmeasured terms; that Mr. Hill drew hack twice to strike him, and that Mr. Murphy said ‘Just come ahead!” and rejieated hi* de nunciation. WliereujHin Mr. Hill with drew. Mr. Murphy’s friend* say that the, ivitnesses to tub mi. Hill’s friend* u>. ..... after asking Mr. Hill if he had made the*e charges ana had told Mr. Glenn that he should be turned out of oflice, Mr. Hill said “yes.” Mr. Murphy then said, “you d—dscoundrel!” Mr. Hill thereupon to strike him, wheu Mr. Murphy drew back hastily, and put his hand behinil him Mr. Hill then said, “I see that you i armed, and I do not propose to allow > to assassinate me—I publicly denounce y« 'r. as a coward and a ruffian.” They say that he then stopped a gentle tan who was passing (we believe Mr. Joe Simms, of Covington), and n^ked hitn to hear what he had to sav to Mr. Murphy, and that he then repeated what he had said. These, we believe, are the account*, given by the friend* of the two parties as to the altercation. Nothing has corne of tbe mat ter, and we suppose that as the trouble has been relegated to the courts, it will be set tied there. We sincerely hope so. WHAT MIL MURPHY SAYS. Mr. Murphy says he does not see the cessity of making any statement. .Since, however, his action in the matter has bee uisrepresented, he promises to have it estigated. He says that he made a coni t>perform certain*services for the <'itiz« hank. (Mr. W. C. Morrill being the < trading pariy,) for a certain sum of mot lie performed these service* to the satisfac tion of tlie j»artie* contracting with him and received the tuouey in accordance with the t* of the contract. It is hardly necessary y tliat Mr. Murphy declares* IN THE MOST SOLEMN .MANNER that the governor did not know anvt! this contract, had nothing wliatcvei itli it. and that his name was not mention ed directly or indirectly in any way, aud that he was not approached in any way, directly or indirectly on the subject. While we are not authorized to give the detail* of the service that Mr. Murphy re: dered. it may lie proper to say that he the gentleman that collected all the oj ions u|»on the subject in favor of the dorse ment. He went over the state gather ing the views of leading lawyer*, member* f the legislature and j»arrie* who were con- ersant with the facts. He spent time and money in this pursuit, aud claim* that * justly earned his fee. We believe that the above is a true ver- im of the whole matter. A* the ca*e w .me up for investigation in the courts, public will then get the full detail* *.f whole occurrence. death tion of that ‘e are usaued that your devotion to lib- ', to truth, to justice will prevent such a: unfortunate catastrophe. Whatever ma have lieen Mr. Arnold's services in tlie pas a soldier, a- a democrat, or a* a citizer they cannot authorize or warrant his present, course. It would be better for you to vote avowed republican, for then you would recognize the fact thut you were placing in position an acknowledged politi- cal enemy; but to sup|»ort a gentlemen claiming to be u democrat, and who yet spurns every democratic precedent and usage —a gentleman w ho assumes to himself bom for work done in the interest of our party i the past, and who yet now seek* to divide i is simply to he all accessory to yotirow destruction. Remember, at the j»olls o next Tuesday, that your district is j*;rha|i the most prominent in Georgia, j»oliticallv, that Georgia carries the utaudard of south- democracy; tlint the eye* of the world .... upon her, and do your duty! Remem ber what democratic division in 1860 brought , member what radical union im- )»osed ujK.n us in 186^-60-67-68 and ‘69; re member what democratic unity gave to us in 1870, and then consider wliat may be our taiutuph in 1880. Fellow-citizens, will you endanger the safety of our institutions? Will you trifle with the holies of the future? Will you consign the *outli, by your division, to second state of degradation and captivity We confidently await your response. Henry Jackson John. D. Alexander, J. F. H. Hodues, the District Executive Committee. DO YOU WASiT WORK? If you are out of employment and have energy enough to wish to make money, ap ply to Constitution 1‘ublishiiiL' company for reduced rates to Weekly Constituti We offer the best rates to agents of t _ paper in the south, ami will take any reliable man. woman or child in tbe state, an low them to make a handsome profit on work. Our terms to agents will not tinue Winger than l*t January, 1789. unless by sqiecial contract in writing. Write Mice, a* our reduced rates go into ojicruti> un 12th Novcndier, and the whole state be soon covered. e will renew contracts with reli agents on 1st of Jan., 1879. if wc find them competent. Address CoXHTlTUTIoN rt'BLISHINO UOi l Since the above ha* been written i been handed the following card frotnGaji- taiti Murphy, w hich we publish with pleas- Special to the Evening New*. ••Atlanta. October26.—In a few days the nuK lie will probably become iu-quiii»ite*l with the facts Murphy and others will figure. There are rumor* on the street iu which the governor and Murphy appear to disadvantage in connection with the signature* of the bonds." The matters to which the above ru mors refers are involved in litigation between Hon. B. H. Hill and myself in Fulton superior court, and will undergo thorough judicial invert!gat' : r *v>oi t lead- In that investigation I shall vindicate my* If morally and legally. I have no fear of tlie result. It is not proper to state my case the public prints before a trial. I am l _ _ the governor’s secretary. I do not hold my position under him now, and never have. The business transaction referred to ior Bome **”* *** **“ ***** price of The weekly Constitution will be Butler 121.000 duced from *2 per annum to one dollar and a halL Talbo* **L ... , I 104.000 T. b will place it in the reach of alL Abbott 27-55? Subscribe for this great metropololitan weekly, Miner.. wmfining all the news and printed with t cataclysm which destroyed this land wii it* stately cities. De Bourbourg and other archeologists assert that this lost land ex- I tended from Mexico beyond the West In dies. The shape of the plateau discovered br the Challenger corresponds with this theory. What it some keen Yankee should and publish the figures. •lately false that Governor Colqnitt had any connection with it openly o: secretly, directly or indirectlv. John \V. Murphy. Atlanta, Ga., October 28, 1878. _ , . „ Time is money; emphatically so when Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup frequently cures XUS} tree G« tout irirtibor » ui. U>ii p»P«. vet drrfm oo, "from iu anlMbomed slime the price of ilia wcckly Cosunraw to fhey will be sold, mod the proceeds mpplied, »lds, oouehs etc., in l«ath»a»d»y. Pri«, ** SbtahedMtheairtS. norswtf the IctAtUntist? euteeriben to tl soperunum. nort wtl with the remumng eucceseion ol Courbet, 25 cent, ahottle. bold etexy where. 213 —The descendants of Jacob Full ■migrated from Wurtemburg 150years og« md settled in Berks county, Pennsylvania, recently h**l a grand reunion at the fanii William Folliner, near Milton, and 500 in women and children were present. They came from divers parts of Pennsylvania, and from other states, ami 500 more are reported to be scattered throughout the country* The German immigrant purchased from the government u vast tract of land lving in * valley extending from Milton to Utueitu ville. thenan unbroken wilderness, but n one of the richest aud most populous * turns of the state. A record of all those chiming kinship with original Jacob, either by Mood or marriage, was take on the occasion, and measures 1 been adopted to bring the other into the family fold. The Follmers represented as n very prolific race, some them having had a- many a* 8. 10 and children, and this fertility has been trans ferred. it is said, to the remotest branches. The extraordinary statement is made that, *o tar a- known, not one of the members The immense family has ever been arraigned for any crime; lias ever become a drunkard; or been disloyal to his or her marriage vows. They have so many virtues that they ought to lie most desirable citizens. Money-making nti|*ean* to lie one of their talent*, score* of them being rich, and not one of them de pendent. The breed deserves to lie j>er- petuated. It evidently thinks so itself. —A romantic story is told concerning the I iroperty left by the painter Courbet. After laving been judicially condemned to pay fur the restoration of the Vendomc column, he very quietly hired an apartment at Resancon, where he dejiosiied several very large boxes. He attached great value to their contents, because he offered to pay forty thousand francs to a carrier if he would undertake secretly to remove them across the frontier to Switzerland. Courbet and the carrier both in question died before the plan of saving the mysterious boxes could be realized, and perhaps nothing more would have been heard of them if the carrier, previous to bis death, liad not com municated the fact to his nearest relatives. The latter being recently in Paris, revealed the deposit of the boxes to the minister of tbe interior and the prefect of police. Tbe judicial seals liave since been affixed tt> them. It is reported that they contain paintings and works of art of great value. th is given in the Chronicle, one of the 1 „ iwiper* of tlio Pacific coast. Mr. Ratcliflb about thirty-five years old at the time of his death, was a native ol Baltimore city. The above paragraph brings back to pub- attention one of the most notable and interesting figures of our jost-bellum Gcor- society. Mr. Ratcliffe, rs is stated above, lived for eral years in Augusta. He was a band- some. dashing fellow, a great favorite with the ladies, and a leader in society. He was very well off, having nt one time an unusu ally heavy business. He was audacious in loves as in his hates, and soon made bit- partisans. Generous, brave and talent- he held his friends firm and command- the respect of his enemies, had numerous little “difficulties,” and t a firm believer in the code. He was, indeed, accepted a* a sort of authority on the subject of “aflairs." He at length be came involved in a difficulty with Mr. C. D. Tilly, WHICH RESULTED IN A DUEL. this duel Mr, Tilly was killed. Rat cliffe expressed grout sorrow at having killed Tilly, ami never afterward seemed to lake the same zest in life that liad char acterized him before the fatal occurrence. His business declined and his income was lessened. At length, moved by what seemed to be an uncontrollable desire to get away from the scenes of his old life, he left Au gusta for California It is understood that he was doinj; very well in the golden state, and was rapidly making money. Nothing definite has been heard of him, however, until the Post of this morning brings the sad tidings of his death. The duel in which he was engaged is a . remarkable one. The coolness displayed by the two principals was wonderful. Tho provocation was an unusual one, and the corres|»ondcncc*short and vivid. It cannot fail to interest oUr readers, the reproduction ' the main points of the tragedy. THE STORY OK THE DUEL. In the city of Augusta, in almost daily con tact with Mr. Rat cl i lie was Mr. C. D. Tilly. He wa* a remarkably hand*ome man, be ing pronounced the finest sjtccimen of phys ical manhood iu the state. His strength •mething wonderful. Having btttn trained in tlie best of gymnasiums, he wan the superior of many professional athletes. He was skilled in all social accomplish ments and was a great favorite. George E. Ratcliffe was a young Mary lander. who w as ulso a popular aud con siderable figure in society. Both these young men were young brokers. It is said that there was for u long time ill feeling between the gentlemen. A rumor prevails that Ratclifle was engaged in a game of bil liards with a party of friends one day, hen Tilly entered amt was asked to tako part in the game. A* he consented, Ratcliffe threw his cuo down, remarking that he proposed to play only with gentlemen. Nothing came of thisaffair, however, even it be true that such a thing took place, day or two after this reported occurrence, Tilley was approached by a friend, who in formed him that a hideous rumor affecting his position as a decent person was being circulated about the city. Tilly at once set out to find the author of tlie rumor. It wo* soon traced to Ratcliffe. Tilly at once opened correspondence with him. Their mites are worthy of publication full. Mr. Tilly wrot«: “George E. ItatclIffe^ICsq—Rumors, detri mental to my character, coming to my ears as having been rejieated by you, makes it obligatory ujion me todemandyourauthor- What these charge* are it is useless e to mention, as 1 am sure you must be aware of their nature. I pronounco them base, false and malicious, and will hold any man rfsjMinsilile for the further repeating of the slanders. C. D. Tilly.” To which Ratcliffe replied as follows: “Mr. C. It. Tillv—Your note of yesterday’s date was received. The rumors that you refer to came to my cars in the shape of a common rejiort. and a* such were repeated by me. The difficulty that would attend effort of the kind *coni|iels me todeclino to attempt to cite you any special authori ty. The last paragraph of your note is so general in it* character,and based so entirely ujxni contingencies, that may arise in tho future, I do not feel called ujion to answer Geouue E. Ratcliffe.” Tilly replied, saying that Ratcliffe, in his note, liatl added insult to injury, and de manded satisfaction “ for tlie wrong vou have done me.” Ratcliffe answered: “The atisfaction you demund for the effront you think I have put upon you shall be duly ac corded.” At the meeting, which was speedily ar ranges!, about thirty jiersons were present. The men were dressed in black suits, and stood facing east and west. The distance was ten jiaces—the weapons pistols. Both men were cool. As he was walking to his position, TILLY ROLLED A CIGARETTE with great precision and carelessness and, lighting it, took a whiff or two. In settling himself on his stand Ratcliffe, in a tranquil way, kicked a clump of grass out of his way, and utaiujied two or three times that no ight get a firm and square stand. The en looked straight at each other and sa luted slightly. The tiring was unusually quick, both pistol* exploding simultaneous ly at the word “One. The men stood like statues after the firing, and for an instant it was supposed that neither had been hit. Neither of them spoke single word. Their seconds walked slowly up to where they were standing. Sud denly some one called to Mr. Hasns (Til ly’s second)-— “Look to your man there; he’s hit!” Harris hurried forward, and as he reached him, Tilly put out his right hand, still grasping his pistol, and dropped his head on his shoulder. It was then known that be had been severely struck. His splendid vitality, however, lei! him to hope that he was strong enough to stand and deliver an other shot. He raised himself erect, shook his head liack a* if summoning strength for the trial, but as soon as he had straightened himself, he gave way suddenly and sunk helplessly to tlie ground—mortally wounded. Ratclitl'e was very piuch hocked when he learned that the wound vos fatal, uud all hi* anger seemed to have gone with the lla*li of his pistol. With that same flash, however, went the mission of death. The particulars of Mr. Tilly’s death'are said to have been affecting in the last de gree. He was reconciled to the thought of dying, as far as hi* -jii ritual future was con cerned, but seemed agonized at the thought of hi* superb body perishing. It is said that ' ’ e died f just before he died he raised his splendid arm. its muscles standing out like whipcord, with infinite strength and liealthfulness throbbing through its length and with a groan said: “Oh! it is hard that so much strength and vitality should die’.” But the fatal bullet had brought death to the fame of the young giant, and almost without a struggle went to hi* rest. Every possible kindness was lavished on the young Irish man, and his people in the old country were notified of his death. or RATtLIKFE’a DEATH we can get no particulars. 1 he sad fact is ail that the mail* have brought. With all his faults, he was a fine fellow, an oj>eri-hcarted, brave gentleman. Beneath his ap|.arent severity towards Tilly, ' -aid there lay a deep and bitter s< sense of in- just, was driving him i may, there are thou- jury that, just • ahead, lie this . sands of hearts of men and of women tliat will lie saddened at the death of this debon- naire gentleman, *o gallant, so winning, and A Mexican World** Fair. City ok Mexico, via New Orleans, Oc tober 29.—i he minister of public works an nounces that the government, at the sug gestion of Zamacona, is about to nominate a commission to organize a special exposition to lake place at a conveniently early date, for exhibitors exclusively of American and Mexican productions, the same to be held in.this city under the direct auspices of the government. There is no reason why housekeepers should fail in their efforts to have delicious ly light, wholesome bread, biscuits, rolls, cake and all articles prepared from flour. To have perfectly latistactory results every time in all your baking, always use a strict ly pure baking powder—such as Dooley’s Yeast Powder. This powder costs only about tbe price of the adulterated kinds, and in buying it you get full net weight. 16 ounces to the pound. It is never sold in bulk or loose.