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VOL. 2. T *. WTHNE, W. I. DK WOLF, JOHN M. MARTIN,’ ,fc'T i’" JOHN *. fTICWAJIT. Wynne, DeWolf & Cos. PukUiktn and Proprietor*. DAILY, (In *dT*aJ per annum *7 00 three mouth, 1 (W •• one month 7S WCKHLT, one ~ .iW KATES OF ADVERTISING. e-aaraS-^g::^*: One Squire, six months 28 00 Transient advertisements $1.()0 for first inser m. *n M cenw I r 0h,b.0, lf unt iua nlon. Flrty per cent, additional in Local column. Liberal rate, to larger advertisement*. Tor the Columbus Time*.J-Ovi. * 5 fitiil I.YCI.E ■ HAMMY'ft DItOO.It, , ,vji j •*'.'l *OO.I fc ti otal'i In Northern clime* and in the Wut, , Ou thi, bright Soiftfcwo plain, _ ilia Broom will swaep and hoar tlio test, And never leave s stain. 'vwrmmmm: w in ther*n~ Before soother moon* **♦-. Gst ready sr* I tell you all. f *jJ Pfir Uncle Sanimy Broom./ * Of IL In Houses White ’twill sweep clean out, • All filth and dirty trash, An 4 All the tears that fall from “ Bout” Witl uove? Sfe-p the slash. Get readp pfiit aud don't delay, Begin to look out soon. Begin to clear the track away. For Uncle Sammy’s Broom. Ljfnpc Old Adi*w sane to **y. No more the Chair to fill, Bnt now our Tilden leads the way With just ss strong a will. For another “Hickory” stick, sisH For Uncle Sammy’s Broom ! ir.a % P -JP The fourth of March is on the wing. When Bads must stir around, Throughout the nation let it ring! The 'rtottoua truinnet sound! 'Xhe Democrats are on the way. tßagin to look. out soon. . f Begin to clear the track away Tor Uncle Sammy’s Broom. WASHINGTON J^TTKH. Gove Elections. THE PUBLIC BUSINESS ’NEGLECTED TO ALMW GOVEfiNMENT EMPI.oVeES TO SCATTER OVER THE COUNTRY ELEC TIONEERING. Frcm Our Regular Correspondent.] Washington, Oct. 28,187 C. All government business is at a practical standstill just now. The male employees have gone home to vote and all are lookips |o?ward to the 7th of November, 4itlu fear, and trembling, and vfaniftgs'oi heart. Some of them have hope, but none have sonfl<jence. Tire political ba foiniter fbrthe fait week has indica ted a steady rise for Tilden. The heavy political strategy of the Re publican managers In sending the army to South Carolina has proved worse than abortive, lor it has re vealedand directed the eyes of the country to'the real condition as seen at Oainbey; and the stupkl canard about the depression of American securities abroad, from the probabil- Hjrfffl etectioft, has had no efreet‘s on the a? rtute, do iimpressible moneyed classes whom it was de signed to influence. On the other band, Qovej-qer ifildeg.’s opportupe letter in reference to Southern claims has completely scotched the bald misrepresentations of ten thou sand oratorical demagogues and nearly half as many newspapers. For tffo successive days astonished Washington lias seen the phenomenal absence from the administration or gan (the National Republican) of half a page of bloody carnage in Louis iana and South Carolina. It has been so long Che cask <m. at this paper to make the Mississippi river overflow with African blood, that these omis sions from its daily programme have created a vague fear among the Dem ocrats that the paper is preparing to come over to their side. I said that government clerks had gone,homadq vpte; many Kaye been granted leave of absence With pay for forty days, while others have been absent for weeks, and even months, actively engaged in campaign work 4TO* Havfs and Wheeler. - Meanwhile j business is neglected, and the Com mfseiouer of Padmis print* in red ink on ppnt to applicants for patents, the “falsehood that', “owing to the reduction of force made by the lait oases canhot be acted on as promptly as heretofore”! We could direct the attention of the Commissioner of Patents to another cause of delay in acting on applica tions for patents. It has been ob served that the employees in the Patent Office and the assistant examiners, anticipating a change in the administration, and their possible removal from office, are busy during office hours preparing digests of patents, and making lists of rejected cases, in order that they may establish themselves as patent attorneys, in cose they should bu re moved from office. xi if ~ j< > Ifl close States, like Ohio and Wis consin, the Government employees whd have gone home to vole’, will in all probability decide the Electoral vote. 'The vote of the Ohio office holders in the recent election, if sub- tracted frotn the Republican majori ty, would have elected the Demo cratic candidates. The uumber of Ohioans who have been domiciled in Washington through the patronage of Chase, Cox, Delano, the Sher mans and Grant, Is very large; larg er, I think, than from any other State. ■ We are sensitive, as wo stooukl be, on all subjects /elating to‘t,he right of suffrage; bnt there seems to be very l|ttle propriety iu permitting thbse who have made their homes here for years, to grfto distant States to vote. It would certainly bo* step in the direction of olvil service re form to disfranchise, during tenure of office, all Government employees. We can eksily see the absurdity of permitting the. workmen in a not ion fttotory to choose their 'own directoVd or T° vote, stamp, and contribute their money for these directors only who are iu fa vor of keeping them in place. It is plain that this systein,would be de moralizing to both directors and em ployees. that all considerations of the good of the concern would be ru inously sunk in the selfishness of of fice-getting and office-bolding, and that the directors would be disposed to retain inefficient and dishonest employees, to whom they have been indebted for support in the past, and from whom they expert siqqjort in the future. This is the odndßion and relation "of the Republican party and its 100,000 office-holders. It is what Senator Morton calls the best civil ser vice in the world. It is the civil ser vice that. Hayes gun no more reform, than he can effect the ‘purgation and regeneration of Chandler and Ben But ler, without the influence of the Ho ly Ghost and of Are. The only way to reform it, is to “reforin it altogeth er,” root it out, exterminate it. ' J ’ f. C. A. S. A Manganese Mine in Bartow that Beats Gold.— ln Bartow county, near Cartersville, Mr. W. P. Ward, the son-in-iaw of Judge Erskine, of this city/ is running a ferro-mangaaesc mine, witich is the ouly one of the kind in the United States. On one side of his furnaee is the Iron ore; on the other a bed of manganese, the richest and longest and purest, us Dr. Little that oau be fouud on this continent. Were he to mine the ltfiu ore ah’riff, ft viould pay him S2O per ton. He adds sixty per cent, of the mangauese to it, aud sells all that he can make at SIOO a ton in gold. The combination of mangau ese with iron, gives the metal used in Bessemer steel, and is exceedingly valuable. It bns been made hereto fore almost exclusively In France, where it readily commanded S4OO per ton. Manganese is exceedingly rare, usually, -but in Bartow ■county it. is found in profuseness, and in- remarkable purity. Mr. Miles Dobbins, of this city, has an wiparantjy exhaust less bed of it, Thtre is ft- not profit of over SIOO peT tod on/tvery t of it that is made. Dr. Little informs us that there is enough manganese and iron iu Bar tow county to manufacture fifty tons per day of'thls preoious ferro-manga nese for fifty years. As it pays SIOO per ton profit, fifty tons per day would give $5,000 a day profit. This would be one million and a half dol iars of profit in one year, or over ninety millions in all that lies buried as clear profit In tho oue article of maDganese in Bartow county. Mr. Ward is making only about one ton per day at present, but he will en-. Targe his facilities soon,anil the man ufacture of this rare and precious metal may be expected to grow very rapidly us soon as its existence has bedtime widely known.— Atlanta Cod stitution. An accessory cause enhancing the distress to business is to be fouud in the systematic and insupportable misgovermuentitmwsed op the States of the South. Besides trie ordinary effects ot ignorant and dishonest ad ministration, it has inflicted upon them enorrqous issues ot fraudulent bonds, tbe scanty avails pf which were wasted or stolmi, andfohe exist ence of which is a public discredit, tending to bankruptcy or repudia tion. Taxes, generally oppressive, in some instances, have confiscated the entire income of property, and totally destroyed its marketable value. It is impossible that these evils should not reaet upon the pros perity of the whole country,— Sarnuel J. Tildetfs Letter of Acceptance. Governor Curtin I*eep Into Futurity. Reading, Pa., Eagle -- Question Who do you think will be the next Speaker pro tem. in place of Mr. Kerr, deceased? Answer—l think Mr. Clyraer, of Pennsylvania, is the man. He hits the tact, tbe ability and the know ledge to fill the position, as Henry Glay did of old. He is the most pop ular man in the House, and is per sonally liked by the Republicans. Q.t-Who will be the next Speaker. A.—ln case the Democrats have the miijority, Mr. Clymer will be the Speaker; but if the RepTibliCatis have the majorily, EMeueHale,of Maine, will be the Daah. Q.—What do you think of theGoop er vote? * A.—ln Miami, Muskrntfurh, Adams and Scioto, in Ohio, a large number of Votes will be polled for Mr. Coop er. He will get some votes fcom Fair field, Licking and Athens county. Iu Indiana county he will get at least 1,890 votes. In Vigo county and in Allen county his friends claim over 800 votes. In Davies county the greenback votes will go bodily for Hayes, but id Floyd, Harrison and the border eouoties along the Ohio river the Cooper vote will cast al most as a unit for Tilden. Q —Do I understand you to mean that Hayes will be elected? A.—No, sir, not at all. I t hink he will be beaten. Tilden will carry New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Indiana, and these States, added to the Southern Vote, will make him President. I regard Pennsylvania as a doubtful State, with the probabili ties in favor of tbe Democrats. Jpo. J- Norton, of Wallhalla, S. C., admitted to practice ia the Su-premo Court. ; un COLUMBUS, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1876. V(qw ilia ThuiJMv Uie Time*, 'Mtli.l 1 GEORGIA ISf FLORIDA. _ 1 Hen lflll—General linker of Ain.,—Slem* Mr Jouca •!' Fin., Gov. Drew un4 a Host of flrllllnnt Llghit In the Demo cratic Party Make the Welkin ICluir— rf'hoinam Cunufy on Hand. By sun rise on Thursday morning, tiie road leading from here to Moutl cello was lined with carriages, bug-, gies and hobhemen, B*u Hill and General Baker,in charge of the dele gation from -lloatioello, lead the way. Arriving at tire place of the rendezvous, four miles this side of Moutioello. three hundred Georgians were found drawn upon either side of the road. A short delay ensued la order to allow the Thotiittsville Cor net band to come up and take the lead. With uoddiug plumes and a hurst of music they worn engineered to tho froht by tot Stephens, when the line was put in motion aud moved briskly forward. When within a couple of miles of Montioello, an im mense throng of mounted men, head ed by the Chief Marshal, Dr. Palmer, was met. The hearty cheers whidh greeted "Georgia,” showed how fully the people of Florida appreob uted the turn out from tho Empire State. The procession moved through the principal streets, bringing up at tho stand near tho depot. R. H. M. Davidson led off, followed by Gen. Baker, of Ala. He in turn wus fol lowed by Ben Hill. Senator Jones closed the speaking. We should like to give an outline of the brilliant orations, but it is simply impossible. Davidson made a telling speech ; Gen. Baker fairly enchained the vast throng by his matchless eloquence. His effort was highly eulogized by Mr. Hill in his opening sentence, and universally conceded by all to have been one of the most eloquent appeals of the campaign. We can only say of Ben. Hill* effort that it was masterly and convincing beyond portrayal. It was a vote-making speech, and it made them by tho hundreds. Such was tho universal opinion of every one who listened to Mr. Hill ana watched the vast throng who hung with breathless suspense upon his impassioned and thundering sen tences.- Ben Hill is a whale, and if there nre anylahger llsh, he is that. The barbecue was well prepared-. An abundance of well cooked provi sions was spread out, and to which the hungry crowd applied themselves vigorously after tho shaking was over. The crowd was estimated all the way from four to six thousand. There were we think not less than four thousand persons, including hun dreds of colored men. We may men tion in this connection, thht there were a large number of colored Dem ocrats in the procession from Thomas. It was a grand day for our sister State. Radicalism received terrible aud telling blows. The rot ten carcass reeled and staggered un der the fearful shocks. The efforts of the day will be felt, and strongly felt, on tbe 7th day of November. An Entrlisli Keliw Irnm Hell Gate. Pall Mall Gazette. —The general (lisip po ntment felt at New York, owing to the absence of any sensational incidents on the occasion of the blowing up the other day ol the bottom of ileH Gate, hai been some wiat ielievetfby 'thif I'aCt that o'fle of the newspaper reporters who secreted himself within the lines has feltsymptons of nausea since the explosion, which are attributed to the of the shock on his system. Any how, the explosion has given material for much tine writing, not only at New York, but also in this canutry, where we are so accustomed to hear of houses and lives being destroyed in tbe wildest profusion by mere boiler explosions, and where dven the trial of anew guo nearly lays a village in ruins, that we ean hardly credit the fact of an ex plosion of 50,000 pounds of dynamite being so tondected that not a pane of glass was broken and not one human creature killed or injured. t ’ The two most influential colored men in Mississippi have publicly de clared in favor of the National Re form ticket headed by Samuel J. Til den. The Holly Springs Reporter no tices the fact that “Senator Bruce and Secretary of KtateHill have both left the Republican party and de elaredjpr tfle Dsmooratic nominees.” The bottoiftds falling out of t he Rad ical party ia Mississippi, evidently. ftlaJe, sentenced. London, Oct. 31.— 1 u Bow street Police Court, to-day, tho presiding magistrate, after a careful summing up in the c&se of Slade,, the Amerioan medium, prosecuted under the va grant act, sentenced the prisoner to tbe extreme penalty of the law, viz: a months’ confinement at. hard labor in the house of correotiofi. Counsel for defence have given notice of an appeal, pending which, Slade’s previ ous bond was accepted. The sentence of the court was received with miu flled applause and hisses by the spec tators. Prize Figrliters Indicted. Salem, N. J., Oct. 31.—Salem court comraened this morning and at 2. p m the State prosecutor moved indict ments against Jas. Walden, John Clark, Samuel Coliyer, Martin Neary and Rieh’d Goodwin, for the murder ot the youth, Walker, in a prizefight. They are all to be tried together. Much excitement prevails, aad a rumor thatindiettaedt will also be found against prominent Phila delphians for having ipeen present at tire affair. Den’t Like Emperor William * *pec H. London, Oet. 31.—The French and English papers are dissatisfied with the Emperor of Germany’sstatemen t about European affairs, in his speech at the opening of the Imperiat Par liament of Germany, at Berlin yes jterdayJFT'he French papers® accept it as a A scientific Wonder, this new antiseptic, remedy for Catarrh, Cold in the Head, Sores in the Nose ahd Throat, D. J. H. MOBean’s (Kfeirrti.Snuff, it goodies and heels sores. Trial Boxes, by mail; 60c. J. H. McLean’s 314, Chestnut St., Louis Mo. THE TURKISH SITUATION. ARM|RTICE AGREED UPON ! Turkey to be Admitted to the Co*, ference. REPORTED RUSSIAN ULTIMATUM ON THE ARMISTICE. - -D- i—. St. Petersburg, Oct. 31. -To-day’s Official Qatfdte states that General Ignatiffbas been Instructed to de mand the Porto’s acceptance, within forty-eight hours, of an armistice and suspension of hostilities; otherwise diplomatic relations between Russia and Turkey will bo broken off, and Gon. Ignatiff, with tho whole perso nel of tho Embassy, will leave Con stantinople. This ultimatum of Russia to Turkey was dispatched from Livadia, where tho Russian Court is sojourning, to Constantinople yesterday. Paris, October 31.—Advices from Constantinople state that the armis tice was not then signed, but its sig nature was regarded probable. The Yiemia Correspondent an nounces the completion of tho ar mistice. London, Oct. 31.—The Telegraph’s Belegradedispatch says Prince Milan will take command of the array. Seven hundred of 1,000 Russians were killed at D’junis. Minister Ristics, in charge of the Government at Belgrade, is empow ered to treat for peace or an armis tice if opportunity offers. It is thought he will seize the opportunity to make peace and free the Govern ment from Russian influence. Tho Standard’s Vienna telegrams say, according to an official telegram, the terms of-the armistice are agreed upon, and its publication is hourly expected. London, Oct. 31.—The Fast gives prominence to an article in an offi cial form, indicating the terms of the armistice completed, and a confer ence of the powers will be shortly held. Russia has failed in her ob jection to Turkey’s participation in the conferenoe. Deliberations re specting reforms will be conducted by six powers, and the result will be submitteoto Turkey. All the great powers except Austria have assented to this plan. The Times’ correspondent at Bel grade telegraphs there is up longer any delusion. Servtu. is now at the feet of Russia, or the mercy of- Tur key. St. Peteiisßerg, Oct. 31.—Intelli gence received here from Belgrade state* that Prince Milan’s departure thenee fer the army ifus given rise to a conflict betiveen the Servian’s civil and military authorities. The Turks are marching upon Knisehevatz, and General Tchernay ■eff is operating with the object of covering that place. London, Oct. 31. —A dispatch to Router from Constantinople say3 it is officially stated there that Turkish troops have entered Alexlnatz, after several days lighting. The London Times says editorial ly ; "It is important to observe that wo have notice that Germany abides and will abide by its alliance with Russia,., and though it will sturggle to keejloir good terms with the Gov ern hiCht of the Emperor's nephew and friefrd'will remain most closely kq.it with the Government of,Berlin.” The Gale* on the We*t Indie*. New Yobk, Oct. 31.—Mail advices from Kingston, Jamaica, say that on the islands of St. Martin, St. Barts and Auguilla, much damage was done by tho gales. At the former place several vessels were stranded. One schooner, the Matt Bedell, sunk at her moorings, the crew escaping on shore. Great havoc is reported, especially in the Freneh quarter. As many as 215 houses have been de stroyed in that part alone. At St. Barts (ftnd Auguilla the destruction of property is also -great, and much distress prevails among the poor of these islands. At Bt. Barts 40 houses were blown down and destroyed, and ICO injured. A Squadron for Cuba. Barcelona, Oot. 31.—Admiral Fran cisco Flano, commander of the port of Barcelona, has been appointed to command a squadron to co-operate with the troops in Cuba. The frig ates Nora, Villa, dcMadeira and con ception have sailed fir Cuba, with four battallions of infantry. I’unlc In a Claiursc Theatre. San Francisco, Oot. 3L—A false alarm of fire created a panic in a Chinese theatre on Jaxou street lust night, The building was crowded. In the rush made by the audience to eecape by the single means of exit, a number of persons were thrown down and trappled upon. The pqiice drag : ged out the bodies of twenty dead persons an<J*kout tfhJ same number wounded. The Chinese refused to .reader auy assistance, aud the, actors oontlnued (die performance until they were stppped by the poUce. ,' 1 .it r * Hnlllnn fur Cotton. n Qgt. at.— The Times’finan cial article says, of the bullion with drawn from bank yesterday, *158,000 was for shipment to the United States fpr eotton. , n [Cut none of it will find its way to the section that raised the cotton.— Ed.] TKLUCUAPIUC KITUUSY, Attorney General Taft has returned to Washington. The polioe yesterday raided a num ber of lottery places throughout tho city of New York, going under tho name of Kentucky Lottery, arrested the parties in charge, and carried their stock to tho station-houses. •Charles Williamson, alias Charles Stevens, alias Herrin, convicted of forging bonds on tho Now York Cen tral and Buffalo, Now York & Erie Railroad Companies, was sentenced to tho State’s prison. for 15 years yes terday. Tho Printers’ Union of Albany, N. Y., has reduced rates n dollar per week on all work. John Strathers and Samuel Wilson, both colored, of St. Louis, got into a quarrel, during which Wilson drew a large pocktt-knife and plunged it into Strathers’ left breast, killing him almost instantly. Wilson, it is said, killed a man in Chicago about a year ago. WASHINGTON NEWS. Washington, D. C., Oct. 31—The President has discontinued the recep tion of Centennial pilgrims. The State Department has advices that the crow of tho wrecked Ameri can brig, Faustina, will be forwarded from Finohbal, by the ship Margui ta for Hampton roads. Grunt, Cameron, Sherman and Sheridan, had a two hours’ confer ence this morning before the Cabinet. Subsequenty Sherman and Sheridan had a lenghtv conference at army headquarters. Robeson, Tyner and Chandler are absent from the Cabinet. The nature of Cabinet delibera tions unknown. STATE Agricultural & Mechanical College OF ALABAMA, 1876. LOCATION—BUILD XG. The College is situated in,the towu of Atibtirii sixty mtlds from Mdflt gowerf, dirfeiiy on the line tiie Wcstpru llaijroutl. Tho region is aud healthful, B*o loot u hove tide water, being more e’evatoa tliuu Montgomery bv *OO feet, or than t’aliatlefeA, or Birmingham by so&iilot* The building 5s iaygo ami commodious, and is well liirm&ned with rooms lof College use. cornsE?. The College ofl'uTs Uvo courses, ullO viug a spe cific degyee to fie alUiued in each: 1, Course in , Agriculture, Three yrars. 2. Oonrae in Lftteia i lure. Four years. 4. Course iu Civil' Engineering, Four ycuTH. 5. Course lu Suv*eyJngr, Two yearn Fifth , ot I’Tcnarotory CUtss. — Tiie imperfect preparation iu the rudiments which rnntfy of the applicants lor admission exhibit, leaders it necessary to establish a class, lower than the fourth class of the regular dour -e. lyivHtyed,.filyttenU— -The fens of Ministers of the gosppTin active service, ana young men pre parVng for tho ministry, are admitted to all the privileges of the (Jobegc free of tuition feci; Two Cadets lrom each 'county of the Stale of Alabama, recomuiefided by the Connty Superin tendent, will be received by the faculty, and their appointments approved by tbe Board of Direr tore. They will not be required to pay tui tion Tees. - EXPEHSES. Tuition for Academic year S4O, (S2O in advance, last Wednesday iu September, and S2O second Wednesday iu Fcbrtmvy.) All Cadets p.iyaa in cidental fee qt $lO on entrance. All Cadets pay on entrance. Surgeon's fee of $5. For 'doth!ug (iu advance,) $4). Hoard sls to $lB per.month. Regular expenses of a student, including tui tion and other fees, and board should not and in mpsfc cases do not, expect! S2OO per ran mu. If a Stato Cadet $1(50. A cheap aud substantial uni form is worn by all Cadets. Military discipline is eiiinrcod, and drill required, pf all not physi cally disabled. ACADEMIC YEAR. First term begins last Wednesday in Septem ber, The secouu term begimson Secpnd Wed a ea rl ay in February, and i end* at Commencement last Wednesday in June. '<• jtyiF'lW Catalogues apply fo 1. T. TICJIENCm, President, or E, TV GLENN, Treasqrer. Septlv wU Auburn, Ala. NOTICE. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. CARD PHOTO GRAPHS WILL BE MADE at $2.50 PER DOZEN AT THE PHEMX GALLERY over Wittich A KldsoTb Jewelry Store. LARGE PICTURES of Every Kind taken at Re duced Prices. Bept29-ttfn&w3ni Georgia, Chattahoochee Cos: WHEREAS, J. H. Wooldridge, administrator ol J. N. Johnson, deceased, makes applica tion for leX.ei*of djsttiigs'ou ifom said adminis tration: Thcrio rje therefore to cite all persons interested to show cause, if hay they have, on the Ist MopcUy iu January, 1817, why said letters .should not be grant#!. Wtf, si-pt, 2* 1876. W. A. FARLEY, Octh-wlaUnj'77 Ordinary. Georgia, C'haltahooochee County, YTnrEITEAS; W. W, puipp, artmlnlsU-alor of TV WHUanl llefldlesnm'gM-fl, dc.ea.ed, in.he. appUeallenfittt’ .tatter* 'dismissing from sa : d ad ministration: These are therefore to cite all per sona concerned to show.cause, 11 any they nave, on the Ist Monday in January, 1877, Why said let ters shoold>hot bo granted. Ttiis, Sept. 29, 1876, W. A. FARLEY, Qct3-Wtd : ” Ordinary, Georgia, Chatiahoophce county, IYTDEUEAB, W. ,T. Mcßride, administrator of VV John B. Darden, deceased, makes application for lettord'H#uissiug irorp said administration : These are thei’cfore to cite all persons interested ' toj show cause, ii’imy tfofcy'have; tm the Ist Mon day in January, 1877, why said letters should not ranted. Thin, Sept. 29, 1876. W. A‘ FARLEY, uct3-wtd Ordthirv. rv ———— Georgia, Gliatlahoocheo comity, WHtxiEAS, N. N. Howard, administrator de boni4,npn ,ou .the cs ate ei Peterson Baun dcrS, debeaddfl, makes application for letters Alt therefore to cile all persons to nfio w cause, if any they have/ on the Ist Mbndav iti J inuiry, 1877, why said letters should not be granted. S!)LSO, 1078. W. A.FAKLEY, OotH-Wtd • ( Ordinirv. * — * —i — Chattahoochee Sheriff's Sale. WILL be eo’d before tjie fccmrt-hbuse door ih C.U@eeta,Civd4^UoocheQcounty, on the first Tuesday* in ..November nest* the legal hdnru of sale, the following pmpertyf fo-wit: lots of land-Nos. 178 and! 174 iri the aid District oi otogifiM.YChat*tahocKshee county; also one bay horse ana one buggy. .Levied ou by'vir tue of ,a fi. fa from Cnattah'ooche'i Superior Court as the property of Myles Green. Fi. fa. in favor of F. 0,l Jobitaon & Cos., Myles Green, notified Jofyn GrcWb whoelahois possession, JOHN M. SAPP, Sheriff. sept. 26, mo; t de THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Wo, the delegate of tUo Democratic party of tho Uhltvd Htatco iu National Convention assem bled, do hereby declare tho administration of the Federal Government to bo in urgent need o t immediate lltlorm; do hereby enjoin upon the nomineea of thin Convention, and of tho Demo cratic pfirty iu each State, a zealous effort aud co-operation to this end; and do hereby appeal to our fellow-citizena of every former political connection, to undertake with ue this first aud iuoat pressing prtriotloduty. For the Democracy of tho whole country, wo do here reaffirm our ftlth in the permaneuce of tho Federal Unlpu, our devotion to the Constitu tion of the United Stutee with its amendments universally accepted as a final bo moment of the controversies timt engendered civil wur, and do here record our ateadihat confidence in the per petuity of Uepublicau Helf-Government. In absolute acquiescencelu tbe will of the ma jority—ilio vitil principle of the republic; in Hie supremacy of the civil over the military authority; in the lot l Heooralion of Church end State, lor the sale alike of civil and religious Ireedorii; in the equa’lty of at! citizens before just luws of tae\* owa enrolment;in the liberty of individ ual conduct, unvexed by sumptuary laws; lu Ike l. itb lu edUcatlon of the rising generation, tbi t ihey may prenerve, eojoy, aud transmit those best conditions of ham*a happiness aud hope, we behold tho noblest pt‘odrcls of a hundred years of chauseful history; but while upholding the bond of our Uu’ba aud great Charter ol these oarrlghls. it behooves a iree people to practise also that eternal vgllam-e which is the price of Liberty. Kkfokm is necessary to rebuild and establish in the hearts of the whole people, tbe Union, eleven year* ago happily rescu and from the danger of a Secession ot btutes; but now to be saved from a corrupt Centralism wnteh, ai'icr inflicting upon ton Slates the i.-apecity ol carpet bag tyrannies, has honeycombed the offices of tbe Federal Government itself with incapacity, waste ami fraud; infected SUtes und municipal ities with the contagion of misrule, and locked fast the prosperity of an industrious people iu tue paralysis of‘Hard Times.’ Reform is necessary to establish a sound cur rency, restore the public credit, and maintain the national honor. We denounce the failure for all these eleven years of peace to make good the promise of tbe legal-tender notes, which are a changing stand ard of value in tho hands of the people, and the non-payment of which is a disregard of the plighted faith of the nui .on. We denounce the improvidence which iu eleven years of peace has taken lrom tbe people in Federal taxes thirteen times the whole amount of the legal-tender notes and squandered four times their sum in useless expeuse without ac cumulating any reserve for their redemption. We denounce the flujneial imbecility and im morality of that party which, during eleven years of peace, has made no advance toward resumption, no preparation lor resumption, but instead has obatructed resumption, by wasting our resources aud exhausting all our surplus income;aud, while annually protessing to in tend a speedy return to specie payments, has annually enacted fresh hindrances thereto. As such a hindrance we denounce the ResumpH.oc day clause of the act of 1876 aud demand its re peal. We demand a judicious system of preparation by public economies, by official retrenchments, and by wise finance, which shall enable ifie nation soon to assure the whole World of iis perfect ability aud its perfect readiness to meet any of its promises at tho call of the creditor en titled to payment. We believe such a system, well devised, and, above all, entrutsed to competent hands foi execution, croating at no time an artificial scar city of currency and at no time alarming the public mind into a withdrawal of that / asi,e> machinery of credit by which 95 per cent, of all business transactions are performed --a sv*;em open, public, aud inspiring general confidence, would from the day of fts adoption bring healing on its wings to all our horrassed industries, set in motion the wheels of commerce, manufac tures, and the mechanic arts, restore employ ment to labor, and renew iu all its natural sources the prosperity of the people. Kefoum is necessary in tbe sum and modes of Federal Taxation, to the end that capital may bo set free from distrust, and labor lightly bur dened. We denounce the present Tariff, levied upon nearly 4,000 articles, as a masterpiece of injus tice, in equality, aud false pretense. It yields a dwindling, not a yearly rising revenue. It has impoverished many industries to subsidize a few. It prohibits imports that might purchase th products of Americao labor. It has degraded American commerce from the first to an inferior rank on the high seas. It has cut down the sales of American manufactures at home aud abroad, aud depleted the returns of American agriculture—an industry followed by half our people. It costs the people five times more thau it produces to the treasury, obstructs the S recesses ol production, and wastes the fruits of ibor. It promotes fraud, fosters smuggling, enricUcs dishonest officials, andbanrnpts honest merchants. We demand that all the Custom- House taxation shall be only for Revenue. Kefobm is necessary, iu the scale of Public Expense—Federal, Btato and Municipal. Our Federal taxatiou has swohm from 60 millions gold, in 1860, to 450 millions currency, in IS7O, our aggregate taxation from 154 millions gold in 1860, to 730 millions currency In 1870; or in one de cade, from less than $5 per head to more than $lB per head. Since the peace, the people have paid to their tax gatherers more than thrice the sum of the national debt, and mjre than twice that sum for the Federal Government alone. We demand 4 religious frugality in every depart ment, and from every officer of the Government. IiKFonM is necessary to put a stop to the profligate wasto of publiq lands and their diver sion from actual settlors by the party in power, which has squandered 200 millions of acres upon railroads alone, and out of more than thrice f bet aggregate lias disposed of less than a sixth direct ly to tillers of tbe soil. Reform is necessary to corfWt tbe omissions of a Republican Congress and tho errors of our treaties and our diplomacy which have stripped our feliow-cltizenH of foreign birth aud kindred race recrossing tho Atlantic, of the shield of American citizenship, and have exposed our brethren of the Pacific coast to the inkmralons of a race not sprung from the same great parent stock, and in fact now by law denied citizenship through naturalization.as being neither accus tomed to the traditions of a progressive civiliza tion nor exercised in liberty under equal laws. We denounce the policy which thus discards Ihe liberty-loving German aud tolerates the revival of the coolie trade in Mongolian women Import ed for immoral purposes, and Mongolian men hired to perform servile labor contracts. Reform Is necessary and cah never be effected but by making it the controlling issue of the elections, and lilting it above the two false issues with which the office-holding class and the party in power seek to smother it— 1. The false iastfe with which thfiy would en kindle sectarian strife in respect to the public schools, of which the establishment and support belong exclusively to the several States, and which the Democratic party has cherished lrom their foundation, and is resolved to maintain without prejudice or prelerence for any class, sect or creed, and without largesses from the Treasury to any. 2. The false issue by which they seek tb light anew the dying embers of sectional hate between kindred people once estranged, but now re united iu ouo indivisible republic and a common destiny. Reform is necessary In the Civil Hervice. Ex perience proves that efficient, economical con duct of the governmental business is possible if its civil service be subject to change a. every election, be a prize fought for at the ballot-box, be a brief reward of party zeal, Instead of posts of honor assigned for proved competency, and held for fidelity in the public employ; that the dis pensing ofpatronage should neither be a tax up on the time of our public men, nor the instru ment of their ambition. Here again promises falsified in the peffomnanoe attest that tbe party in. power can work out no practical or salutary ra foftn. IiKFOBM is necessary even more in the higher grades of tho public service. Presto* ut, Vice- President, Judges, Senators, Representatives. Cabinet officers, these and all others in authority are the people’s servants. Their offices are not a private perquisite; they are a public trust. When the annals of this Republic show the dis grace and censure of a Vice-Presideat; a Isle Speaker of tho House of Representatives market ing his rulings as a presiding officer; three Sen ators profiting secretly by their votes 03 law-ma kers; five chairmen oi the leading committees of the House of Representatives exposed in jobbery; a late Hecretary of the Treasury forcing buhmeos tn the public accounts: a late Attortiey-Geneial ' misaooropriating public funds; a Secretary ot , the Navy enriched or enriching friends, by per I c ntugos levied off the profits of contractors with his department; au Embassador to Luglau t *en sured in a dishonorable speculation; tbe PxVsi deut’s Private Secretary bar ly fcai iug convic tion upon trial tor guilty complicity in tratios upon tho revcnue?a Secretary of War impeached tor high crimes and misdemeanors—-the demon stration is complete, that the first step iu Re form must bo the peoplh'e: choice of honest from another party, Ustj the ’disouse of one po- infeet tho bVhly politic, *O4 lest by uiakiug no change pf men or parties ye get no dfeffgu "f measure;! and no real R- form. All these ttbuaes. wrongs aud crirn s, the pra-i duct of.sixteen years’ ascendancy#! tfie Republi can party, create a necessity for Refojm cotiiess ed by Republican* themselves; but theirs .reform ers are voted down in convention and dispjacki from the Oaoinet The party’s mass'df honest voters is powerless to resist the 80,000 pffic*- holders, its leaders and guides. Reform can only be had by, a peaoeml Civil Revolution. We demand a chabge of system a change of administration, a change of parties, that we may have a chango of measure *> and of men. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. BY TELEGRAPH TR THE DAILY TIMES. MONK V A XJO NTOi KS. NEW YORK, Oct. 81.-Noon—Gold opened 10. LONDON, Oct. 31.—Noou—Consols 95)tf. To morrow is settling day, and the bank will be closed. . NEW YORK, Oct. 31. Nonn—Stocks activo and heavy; gold exchange, long, 4.82)6; short, 4.84)6; Governments active; State bonds quiet, bnt strong. NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—Evening—Money more active at 2 per cent, Sterling quiet at 2)6. Gold Governments active ami steady; news’s 14*6. States quiet and nominal. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 81.—Noon—Cotton firm; middling uplands 6 l-16d.; Orleans 6)4d; Sales 15,000; speculation and exports 3,000; receipts 7,000; American 4,600. B'utures easier; sellors offering at a decline of 1-32(1 from yesterday’s highest prices; uplands, October delivery 6 l-32d; uplands, low middling clause, November deliv ery fid, December 6 l-82d; February and March 6 1-32(1, shipped January and February, per sail, C 5-32d; new crop, shipped January February, per sail, 6 B*l6d; November fcnd December de livery 0 1-32 U. 2 p. m.—Uplands, November delivery C 1-3 P, Sales 8,600. 3 p. m.—-Upland b. low middling clause, new crop, shipped October aud November, per sail, C 1-lfid. 4:30 I*. M.—Futures firm and tending up; Up lauds, low middling clause, new crop, shipped October and November, per sail, 6 l-32d; Novem ber aud December, fi l-32d; January and Febru ary, 6)6d. 5 p. m.—Futures flat; uplands, low middling clause, new crop, January aud Febcuary deliv ery, 6 l-32d; March aud April, 6>6d. NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—Noon—4)ottou dull; uplands 11)6i Orleans 11 1-16; sales 279. Futures weak; free sellers November 11 15-32a7-32; De cember 11 15-16; January 11 9-32, February 11 25-32; March 11 1-82. NEW YORK, Oct. 81.—.Evenlug.—Cotton dull; sales 883; middling 11),a5-16; consolidated net receipts 104,485; exports Great Britain 32,- 031; Frauco 3,485; Continent 12,050; Channel 1,100. Net receipts 1,113; gross 7,608. Futures closed barely steady, sales 22,000; November 11 5-32&3-16; December 11 5-16a11>32; January 11 9-16; February 11)4a25-32; March 11 81-33*12; April 12 5-32a316; May 12 11-32*K; June 12 27-32; July 12 11-16; August 12 25-32a3-16. GALVESTON, Oct. 31.—Cotton firm, mid dling net receipts 3,494, sales 4.091, ex ports Groat Britain 4,198, coastwise 437. NORFOLK, Oct. 31.—Evening—Cotton quiet; middling 10)4; net receipts 5,436; gross 3,603; exports coastwise 1,000; sales 1,200. BALTIMORE, Oct. 31.—Evening—Cotton firm; middling 11; net receipts 51; gross 867, sales 854; exports coastwise 300; spinners 215. BOSTON, Oct. 31.—Evening—Cotton steady; middling 11; net receipts 037; gross 4,363; exports to Great Britain 1,362. WILMINGTON. Oct. 81—Evening Cotton firm and nominal; middling 10)*; net receipts 89. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 31—Evening -Cotton quiet; middling 11)*j gross receipts 97. SAVANNAH, Oct. 31. Evening Cotton quiet and firm: middling 10 9-16; net receipts 9,470; gross 3,644; sales 2.101); exports to Great Britain 2,827; Channel 1,100. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 81.—Evening Cotton firm; middling 11; low middling 10)4, good ordinary 9)4; net receipts *10,815. gross 11,708; sales 6,000; exports to Great Britain 4,716; Con tinent 3,400; coastwise 1,173. MOBILE, Oct. 31.—Evening Cotton Ex change closed on account of death, MEMPHIS, Oct. 81.—Cotton firm; middling 10)4; receipts 3.120; shipments 2,278; sales 8,400. AUGUSTA, Oct. I.—Cotton shade eagier; mid dling 10)4; receipts 2,691; sales 2,344. CHARLESTON, Oct. 31. Eveulug Cotton firm; middling 10&; net receipts 8,877; sales 2,060. PKO VISIONS.' <fcC. NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—Noon—Flour quiet. Wheat quiet and steady. Corn a shade firmer. Pork unsettled. Lard quiet. Freights quiet. BALTIMORE, Oct. 31.—Evening—Oats dull and heavy, Southern prime 38. Rye dull and steady. Provisions dull. Pork $17*4a17)4. Bnlk shoulders 7)*, clear iib 8)4- Bacon shoulders 8) dear 10. Lard—refined 11)4 all)*. O* ffee firm, demand good; jabs 16)*a*0>4, Whiskey small s&lesU. Sugar active and firm il>4a)4. BT. LOUIS, Oct. 31. i- Evening Flour weak, little doing. Wheat. No. 2 red tail $1.22a I. No. 3 do. $1.13. Corn No. 2. mixed, 40)4. a4i for November. Oats dull, No. 2 30*4. Bye quiet and steady, 58 bid. Barley dull, all grades below choice rejected. Whiskey steady at 9. Pork dull and unchanged. Lard easier 9%a9%. Bulk meats inactive, 6)4, 8)4 and B% for shoul ders, clear rib add clear sides, loose packed lots )4 higher. Bacon inactive 7)4*)4, B)4aJ4 and 9*4a*4 for shoulders, clear rib and clear sides. LOUISVILLE, Oct. 31.—Flour firm, extra $4.50a#4.75; iainily $5,00u55.50, Wheat firm, red J. 15; amber 1.15a1.20; white 1'.1&ai.23 Corn inactive; white 48, mixed 46. liy6 68. Oats dull, white 36. mixed 34 Pork nominal. Bulk meats Bcarco, firm and nominal; clear rib sides B>4a)4, clear sides 9. Bacon quiet and steady, shoulders 7#, clear rib sides 9a)4; clear sides 9) Sugar-cured hams 16. Lard m fair de mand and lower, tierce 10*4a)4. Whiskey steady and unchanged. Bagging dull and nominal 12)4. CINCINNATI, Oct, 3L—Evening— Flour firm and qnotably higher; family $5.65a90. Wheat higher red $1.16a27. Com iu good demand 47a 48;n0w34a36. Oats dull, 30a37. Bye quiet and steady 68. Barley dull and nominal, 95&1.05. Pork quiet and steady $16,50. Lapd in good demand; steam rendered 9.50; kettle do, 10.25. Bulk meats !n light demand; holders firm shoul ders 6)4, clear rib, sides 7%, clear sides 8)4; boxed meats In fair demand; sales in salt mnats ten. to fifteen days, shoulders 6)4a)4, rbort rib middles 8)4. short clear middles 8‘,4. Bacon stetdyand iu fa.r demand; shoulders 7*4 clear rib sides clear sides -*)4a)4 Whiskey dull and lower 7. Butter dull and b.wer, choice Western reserve 20; Central Ohio 17ai8. NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—Flour dull, prices gen erally without (jecided change, closing with but ter feeling for shipping grade; Southern steady; common to fair extra $5 25a6 60, good to choice do. $6 6ftaß 75. Wheat la2 better, with active demand, mainly for spring; $1 26)*aM0 fur winter red wesiern choice. Corn firmer and in fair ex pbrt and borne trade demand; 63)4*5* f r un graded western mixed; 68)4 for red w* Bt. ru mixed; 69)4 b’r white. Oats dull and unchnnfied. coffee, Rio, Aral. Sugar quiet and firm; refined firm. Molasses, foreign grades dull, new crop New Orleans sold 1 2a68 for good t 6 choice. Rice unchanged, moderate demand. Pork unsettled $17.00. Lard firmer, prrn'e steam 9.90at0.00. Whiskey a shade firmer lda)4- Freights easier for grai 11. Ir. •- ■ * Ntilrfdc in AiißiiKta. Augusta,' Ga., Oct Sl.—Jrm. W. Lee, a native of Indianapolis, 'but for ninuy years aresident of Angnsta, committed snicido at the Central hotel thismorning, by shooting him self in the head; mental depression cause. ' Winter travel has set in for Florida. Passengers by Augusta and Tennes see are not Quarantined on arrival in Florida. AX'S vtt —— - ■*-’ : The Wtnlhcr Tu-nity. Opt. 31, For South Atlantic States, slight changes ia pressure in temperature, easterly to southerly winds, and clear weather, are probable, _ . T , I.arruf frflin Ihr Indian*. Fort Lahamje, O'-r. 31 A ■!*!•1 says over I(t) Sioux Indian- ~M' : listed under Crook and will go'I: his exundiliOn: He found a train but no Indians. • * * “f t *; Fatal Riillriinil r>ltt*|in (JJAbDSBOSO’. Pa.. O 't 3T— \Set"in- Tdn piissdhfr'etahd a coal ffr will'd 1 . killing five and wounding thirteen persons. New York,Ot. 31.—One. flftpat-b received here reports that seven j rr sons were killed bv the, aVciderd tin the Delaware. Laeknwana and West ern Railroad at Giildsboru’. Another says nine. NO. 198