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WEDNESDAY . . .NOVEMBER IS.
ORBELEY IN GEORGIA.
Advices from every portion of the
State indicate that the Democratic ma
jority iu the State of Georgia has been
greatly reduced. In October we were
afraid that we would lose the Legislature
and the Governor, and the Democrats
turned out en masse, carrying the State
by sixty thousand majority. Last Tues
day the Democrats in every county were
sanguine of victory. They thought that
Greeley was certain of success, and that
the Radicals would not rally from their
crushing defeat of thirty days ago. This
over -confidence on the part of the
Democracy— together with the great
exertions made by the Grant office-hold
,.rß__has greatly reduced our majorities
and lost us some of the Congressional
Districts. Otrr triumph in October was
bo splendid and complete that it was al
most as demoralizing as a defeat.
THE DIFFERENCE.
Some of the Northern prints have
recently grown merry, at the expense of
some of onr Georgia youths, in their
haste to avenge real or imaginary insult
by the prescrilied rules of the code
duello. They have a code in New York
for the adjustment of personal griev
ances which completely overshadows
the comparative innocent practice of
our ardent young bloods, so far as ass ord
ing material for a sensation adequate to
arousing the lethargic blood of the most
phlegmatic temperament. The Scannell
murder, an account of which we publish
elsewhere, exhibits the difference in the
modes of settlement of quarrels in the
two sections. If a first class bloody
horror is any argument of delicacy and
refinement in squaring personal differ
ences, then the New York plan should
take precedence of the Southern mode.
NORTH CAROLINA.
It is said that a formal notice of the
contest for Governor in North Carolina
has not yet been given, and as the Leg
islature convenes on the 18th instant,
unless given before that time, Caldwell
(Republican) will take liis seat. The
Democratic majority in the Legislature
ou joint ballot is twenty-four. The ex
eitement of the next session centres on
the election of a United States Senator
to succeed the Hou. John Pool. The
prominent candidates arc ex-Governor
Zebulon Vance, Judge Merrimon, the
defeated candidate for Governor, ex-
Senator Olingman, General D. M. Bar
ringer, and others. The Republicans,
it is thought, will support General Bar
ringer. Should this surmise prove cor
rect, it will go far towards explaining
the singular lukewarmness with which
the Democrats in the “Old North
State” supported their Presidential
ticket against Grant. General Barringer
held the position of Chairman of the
State Democratic Committee, and made
a gallant fight in tho Gubernatorial con
test, but we have missed him in the
Presidential fight.
A STRAW FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
A correspondent of tho Philadelphia
Press makes a note of the facility with
which a Greel°y Democrat could change
to a Democrat who prefers Grant to
Greeley after the October election. The
correspondent says: Iu passing down
the Lehigh Valley Railroad yesterday,
more noticeable than even the magnifi
cent landscape that all along abounds,
was the political aspect of things. The
company has been hitherto notoriously
Democratic—unscrupulously so, it might
be said. Its President, Judge Packer,
has always maintained a rigid consis
tency as a Democrat. To-day ho op
poses Greeley’s election, and on the line
of his railroad the writer saw three en
gines decorated with Grant and Wilson
banners, and at one point a large one,
spanning the whole broadside of one of
the principal repair-shops. The com
pany is decidedly and wisely non-com
mittal, and is adopting the plan of the
Dutch Colonel, who, after a long march,
his men half starved and jaded out,
coining into n hamlet where provisions
were plenty, called them around him
Mid said: “Boys, I shuts mine eyes for
one hour.”
The fact is the Pennsylvania election
demoralized bulge Packer; demoralized
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company;
demoralized the whole country, and just
about this time the whole country is de
moralized. Grant’s empire is peace.
TIIE LEVER POWER.
In estimating the relative strength
of the contending political parties
in the late election, the New York
Hr raid enumerates as the cause of
weakness of the Liberal-Democratic
party, that those V?bo followed Mr.
Greeley from “the Republican camp
may be counted upon our tiug'orsthat
many of the old Line or Bourbon Demo
crats, to use their own terse expression,
“though sold would not be delivered."
On the other hand, in estimating the
strength of the Administration, the
!h raid says : “ Universal amnesty, and
the alleged abounding corruptions and
despotic acts of the Administration are
an feathers in the balance against the
weighty financial interests of the coun
try and the public services of General
Grant ; and against the prevailing con
viction that while there is no danger of
any violent financial convulsion or shock
with his re-election, our whole monetary
and business system, from the banks of
Wall street to the vineyards of Cali
fornia, may be thrown into chaos by a
too hasty change of the head of the Na
tional Governmaut. In short, a ma
jorityof the people *>f the United States,
and a heavy majority of those whose
interests, more or less, are in banks and
bonds and stocks, and a fixed, uniform
and universal currency, evidently be
lieve that tlieir interests are identified
with the established policy of the Ad
ministration, and opposed at this crisis
to the financial policy of the opposition,
unknown except as the policy of a'sweep
ing revolution."
PORK PACKING PROSPECTS.
It is generally conceded that in the
West there is an average increase of *2O
per cent, over last year in the number
of hogs to be fattened for market this i
season. This will make the number of j
hogs to be packed in the West this sea- ;
son about 5,800,000 head, estimated to '
be largely in excess of any possible home j
demand. It will thus be seen that the
foreign demand for the American hog I
product will necessarily control prices.
As < to the probabilities of the foreign
demand, it is reported that the number
of hogs raised this season iu England,
Ireland and Scotland is about the same
as last year, and it is fair to presume i
that they will not be better, if as good,
iu quality. Great Britain then will want
fully as much of our hog products this
vear as last. In Germany every thing is
on an inflated basis, and that country
will doubtless absqrb as much as last
-vear if it can be obtained at as low
prices. France has recuperated to some 1
extent from the ravages of war, and may
not require as much. The cattle dis- 1
oases which have prevailed to a greater
or less extent all over Europe have re
duced the supply of animal focal, and
Europe, as a whole, may be set down as
a customer that will take as much of our
provisions as last year at the eame
prices; but if she takes more it will be
at reduced figures, for the great body of
consumers eat the cheapest food.
This view of the hog question induces j
the belief that the prices of pork must t
aeces wily find a lower range than at j
present, if growers expect to get rid of j
the large surplus product of cheap com I
which they find on their hands at the I
opening of the season. This is at least J
a cheerful view of tif* situation to be in
dulged, not without gb reason, by
such of our farmers as keep i^' elr smoke
lion sea iu the West.
GRANT IN THE FUTURE.
The Grant organs are profuse in the
assertion that Grant s re-election means
only stability of the Government and
the perpetuity of Republican institu
tions. They claim that his re-election
places him above party power and party
influence, and awards him “supreme
power that means independence of
faction,” but that he is not “ the ad
ministrator upon the estates, or the
assignee of the revenges of other men.
Says one of our Republican exchanges—
a Grant organ :
“ He must live in history either in
shame or in triumph. He cannot cer
tainly live in peace if he permits those
who have attached themselves to his
victorious car only to help themselves,
to control him. The proved good men
who have voted for him have done so
because they believed in the safety of
the continuance of his administration,
and thousands and hundreds of thou
sands of these have done so while de
nouncing the corruptionists that have
employed the prestige of his character
to preserve their power.
“Ulysses S. Grant is himself a study.
His career is a marvel; his progress from
obscurity to renown almost a miracle;
his civic example is entirely unprece
dented in modern times; he almost re
fused the Presidency; he never begged
for promotion; he never asked to be
made Lieutenant-General or General; he
literally scorned political position, and
he had, as we happen to know, .to be
persuaded to accept the Republican
nomination; and when he took it finally
he was far more courteous than grateful,
for he felt that in accepting civic respon
sibilities he gave up perfect military in
dependence; and so it stands that, fear
less of censure iu all his actions while
President for the first term, he will Vie
infinitely more self-reliant in his second
term. That he will be a Republican in
the last, as lie was in the first, is as true
as that he was an obedient soldier—in
fact, he has accepted Republican ideas
and enforced Republican legislation
more as a military officer than as a po
litical chief. He has obeyed orders.
He has executed the law; and if he is
not the most independent. Executive we
have known from the days of Jackson,
our estimate of his character is a mis
take.”
There is a certain degree of distrust
attaching not to General Grant, but to
those who surround him and project hi#
policy. That General Grant will ex
hibit that fearless independence which
immortalized Old Hickory in the politi
cal history of the Union is simply pre
posterous. Has lie ever exhibited that
independence in his administration for
the first four years of his rule ? Will he
exhibit it in the next four ? Nou ver
ram.
DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF LAST
SUMMER’S STRIKES.
The New York Bulletin lias a sugges
tive article showing what the working
men in various parts of the country have
lost, and are still losing, by the inter
ference of Trades Unions with employer
and employed:
“The loss to this city in wages alone,
by trade driven elsewhere, amounts to
several millions of dollars. Nearly all
the ship building trade in New York,
which survived the injudicious legisla
tion of Congress, has been driven to
other places. Messrs. Roach & Cos. em
ploy over 1,000 men at Chester, on tho
Delaware, who would otherwise obtain
employment in this city. It is the same
to a greater or lesser extent with every
other ship building firm in our city.
The loss to the printing trade alone
amounts to more than a million dollars
a year. Nearly all the commercial cir
culars are now sent to Europe in manu
script and put in type there owing to
the high prices which prevail here. Yet
this work was formerly executed entire
ly in New York. In book printing also
the loss is very great, a large amount of
trade having been driven to other cities
and to Canada.
The sewing machine trade, which is
now centred iu Bridgeport, Conn., was
lost to this city by the tyranny of
Trades’ Unions. Messrs. Singer & Cos.,
wno employ a total of three thousand
persons, are now building new factories
near Elizabeth, N. J., and will soon
transfer their entire manufactories to
that place. The manufacturing pros
pects of Newark has been chiefly built
up by energetic New York capitalists,
who desired to manage their own busi
ness in their own way. Os course,
trades’ unionism prevails more or less
everywhere,but its chief strength is in the
great cities, in which it seems to develop
its more obnoxious traits. Themachine
trade has also suffered severely from
this cause.
The piano forte trade still feels the ef
fect of the strike, and we know of one
firm that meditates the transfer of its
entire business either to New Jersey pr
Connecticut.”
Speaker of the House iu the Next
Legislature.
Editors Chronicle .£• Sentinel:
In looking over the list pf members
elect of the next Legislature, I am grati
fied *o see so many good and true men,
and feel that in their hands the interests
of the State are perfectly secure. The
public will feel confident that this Legis
lature will do nothing rasli, or without
careful deliberation, and at the same
time we feel equally assured that
the members composing the next Gen
eral Assembly will neither shrink from
nor shirk any responsibility which duty
may call upon them to assume.
The first duty of the Legislative As
sembly will be to make choice of their
presiding officer. This selection will, in
a great measure, determine charac
ter of the legislative proceedings—de
termining both the tone of the business
and the dispatch with which it will be
transacted.
The present able and efficient Presi
dent of the Hteu.ate, I presume, will be
re-elected without opposition.
. In the House, Major .1, K, Cum ruing,
the Speaker of the House of the pmwp.nt
Legislature, having declined re-election
as Representative, I beg to suggest the
name of tin 1 Hou. Joseph A. Shewmake,
of Burke, for Speaker of the House of
Representatives iu tin.' next General As
sembly, Judge ShewmaisO is perhaps
the oldest, or among the otTert mem
bers, possiss-sing largo legislative expe
rience. His style and manners are both
dignified and pleasing. No member will
preside with more fairness and impar
tiality, and, 1 venture to say, with more
ability.
Without consultation with any one,
act Rated solely by a desire for public
good, I tab,’ the liberty (without Judge
Shewtnoke’s knowledge, or the knowl
edge of any of his /rjends) of suggest
ing Judge Joseph A. bn«rmake for the
position of .'Speaker of the House of
Repivsentaiire:. its the next Genera* As
sembly. Columbia.
Pf.nsionixg Rbtibin-g Judges.— An ef
fort will be made to have a law passed
at the coming session of Congress em
powering the President to accept the
resignation of any United States Judge
mentally or physically incapacitated
for duty, ou a peijrion, withont regard
to age or length of service. The present
law provides that the pension may only
be given to Judges seventy years old and
upward, and who have sat on the bench
ten years. There are numbers of
Judges unfit to act, but who we not
disposed to relinquish their positions
while they have a right to remain on the
bench and draw salary.
State Taxes and Cubbevt Expenses.
—The Atlanta correspondent of the Sa
vannah News writes that the money
from tlie annual State taxes comes in
very slowly, and but for the punctual
payment of the monthly rental of the
Western and A; untie Railroad, it would
be difficult to meet the calls upon the
Treasury. The expenses of the I,UB»tic
Asylum and other State institutions and
eharities have grown quite heavy since
the war, while the expenses of the Leg
islature, resulting from its frequent and
protracted sessions, have become quite
appalling.
Buffalo, November 7.—The eaaal sta
bles here were burned, with fifty hocags,
LETTER FROM OUR TRAVELING
CORRESPONDENT.
Washington, Ga. , November 7, 1872.
Editor* Chronicle A Sentinel :
The Superior Court of this county met
on Monday, but adjourned over for the
election on Tuesday, and resumed its
duties this morning. The Pounds case
from Hancock county was first called,
and Judge Hook, of Augusta, aud F. L
Little, Esq., of Sparta, appeared for the
prosecution; but owing to the absence of
a material witness it was put off until
the second Monday in January. Some
of the citizens seem rather sore of the
trouble and annoyance of tliis ease, and
desire it disposed of by trial or removed
to some other Court. It certainly must
be a heavy tax to the county where the
homieide or murder was committed,
and these perplexing postponements
may rather increase than abate preju
dices against the accused.
The town has been quite lively for
the last day or two. A large number
of visitors are coming in from this anil
adjoining counties to attend the Ag
ricultural Fair, which commences to
day, to continue until Saturday. A
great deal of stock has passed through
to the Fair Ground, and if the weather
is favorable the officers of the Associa
tion promise the public a rare entertain
ment, and from their known worth and
merit, in all such enterprises, we are
sure the bill will be faithfully filled.
Traveler.
Same Old George, Again.
Editors Chronicle a- Sentinel :
It again falls to my lot to ask a short
space in your paper to notice a short
communication from Bethany, 12th ul
timo, over the signature of H. L. Battle.
He feels constrained to make explana
tions in equal justice to Major Staple- ;
ton and Col. Wilkins. This statement
would pre-suppose some conflict ordiffi
culty between Col. Wilkins and myself;
whereas there is not the slightest con
flict between us, at least as far as comes
under my knowledge; wherefore it seems
that Mr. Battle is inclined gratuitously to
make a case. He states from his knowl
edge of Major Stapleton he deems him
incapable of wantonly perverting facts
to the injury of any one. Consequently
we are left to infer, as there is a charge
of perversion of facts, I have the Doc
tor’s sympathies so far as having done
it through ignorance. He goes on to
state, after eulogizing Mr. Wilkins,
whom he has known from boyhood,
speaking of his mental culture and re
finements, &c., and of his being alto
gether too modest to have ever volun
teered to a convention of any kind.
Messrs. Editors, it is well for you to
know the facts. I am arraigned before
the country for saying that Mr. Wilkins
was a voluntary substitute. Mr. Battle
comes forward as a voluntary mediator.
I suppose he means to be understood;
but as he has not presented any beliger
ent parties, we are left to construe his .
proper intention. He being a kind heart- 1
ed kind of being, his voluntary media
tion must extend beyond two humble in- j
dividuals, between whom there is no :
difficulty. He now says as to the facts, j
by way of exordium; now to understand [
properly tho extent and meaning of his
mediatorial offering, the word exorcist |
will more fully explain one who, by |
abjurations, prayers or religions acts
drives away malignant spirits, Acts
19th; an enchanter, a conjuror, Sliaks
peare ; quite an equivocal position for
Mr. Battle to occupy. Now it seems that
this modern Demetrius , so very jealous
of the honor of his great Goddess Diana,
he cries great is Diana of the Ephe
sians, our craft must not be.eniLingered.
Here you will readily see that Mr. Battle
gives me the cudgel to break his own
head. He charges me with perverting
facts, by saying Mr. Wilkins was a vol
untary substitute. Here lam sustained
l>v Mr. Battle’s own declarations, that
Wilkins was his substitute, and as a
matter of course he voluntarily accepted
it. Now, as my assertion is fully sub
stantiated by Mr. Battle’s own declara
tion, it is useless to produce any other
proof; but here is a charge of perversion
of facts. Let us examine a little farth
er. lam credibly informed, Mr. Battle,
that Mr. Wilkins did solicit of you the
substitution as a delegate to the Con
vention. This Ido not assert as coming
under my own knowledge ■; yet not
doubting the truth of it. Now, Mr. Bat
tle, in the event that these statements
be true, does it not seem that there is
some semblance of a perversion of facts ?
Why, then, did you pervert the facts by
withholding the - truth ? Poor Wilkins !
I honestly think that if there ‘ is a man
that should pray to be delivered from
his very few pretended friends, Wilkins
is that man. lam frank to say that
in my honest opinion his name has
unnecessarily, if not unjustly, been
brought before tho public, ami the
whole drift of correspondence, from first,
to last, goes very clearly to show that
when 1 had occasion to advert to his
name. I was drawn to it by his pretend
ed friends. Now, my friend Battle, I
leave you to reflect upon your own vol
untary, uncalled for anil unjustifiable
reflections cast by you upon an innocent
man. You deserve heavy blows from
my fist, but I spare you, believing, as I
do, that you are perfectly ignorant of the
ridiculous position in which you have
placed yourself; but go and sin no more
of the same like character.
Same Old George,
This being his birth day—7B years.
November Ist, 1872.
Particulars of the Griffin Homi
cide. — At an early hour Wednesday
morning, the lifeless body of Captain
John 11. Grant,’of Griffin, was found on
the street in front of an unoccupied
house on Broadway, with a pistol shot
wound in the upper part of the right
thigh, the ball passing through the
femoral artery. The deceased, on the
night previous, had a difficulty with W.
S. Brown, in which three or four shots
were fired. Two of the most material
witnesses at the coroner’s inquest tes
tified as follows:
J. J. Hunt sworn, says: Saw J. H.
Grant anil W. S. Brown in a difficulty
about 12 o’clock last night at the meat
house of J. W. Adams, iu the city of
Grifliu; there was a party in the liou.se,
say six or more; Mr. Grant and Mr.
Little camp in; Mr. Grant remarked that
now the election was over, he was for
Grant; Mr. Brown asked what Grant ?
Mr. J. 11. Grant then answered U. S.
Grant; Mr. Brown became offended,
saying in substance that no Grant man
could insult that party, and seemed to
be insulted by tbe presence of Mr. J. H.
Grant as a Grant man; some words then
followed between them, but before any
difficulty occurrPil walked out of the
house with a friend; he then came back
in the house where Grant was; angry
words passed between them when Brown
struck Grant with his fist, and thereupon
Grant struck Brown with a stick, and as
he was about to strike with the stick
agai; r they were separated by G. A. Cmi
niughsm ami myself; after they were
separated the &&£ .cppjmenced, and
about three or four shots *e*p fjm|, but
by whom I do not kuow; Mr. Giant,
with a friend, then went out of the door;
and shortly afterwards Mr. Brown went
out of the same door, and Mr. Brown in
a fey minutes returned; there were pres
ent in Uiy isin at the time G. A. Cun
ningham, Q. M- Anderson, Geo. Pitts
aud Robert Smith; ¥, r - have
a pistol-; looked like a Coil’s pistol;
when deponent first saw ifie pistol in
the hands of Mr. Brown, deceased was
going out of the door; Mr. Brown did
not fire, as I had hold of his pistol at
that time; never heard any more shoot
ing after the difficulty between Brown
and Grant.
SNOW NUNNALLY SWORN.
Saw difficulty between Brown and
Grant as witness miz coming from tele
graph office ; 1 stopped m Adams’ beef
Kirket. aiid just as I stopped A&. Brown
ran up urn? struck Mr. Grant iu the face;
Mr. Grant then struck Mr. Brown with
a stick ; Mr. Brown caught it and
twisted it out of his hand ; then Mr.
Hunt and Mr. Brown got about (.10) ten
feet from Mr. Grant; Mr. Hunt was
t r viu<T to get the stick from Mr. Brown :
Mr. Brown then drew his pistol and
drnd four or five times at Mr. Grant:
then I t>3,J Mr. Grant fall or stagger
backwards ; then Mr. Brown came out
and I left; Mr. Brown wsu nearest the
door; Mr. Brown was the oniy one I
saw fire—saw no pistol in the hands of
Mr. Grant ; think Mr. Hunt and Mr.
Cunningham were trying to keep Messrs.
Brown and Grant from fighting.
The jury, after hearing tjie evidence,
rendered a verdict in substance that the
deceased came to his death from a pistol
wound reueiyed at the hands of some
unknown party ojr parties.
Resoluhos of Thanks.— At the recent
meeting of the Trustees of the Universi
ty of Georgia, the following resolution
was adopted nem. con.:
Resolved, That the thanks of the
Trustees of the University of Georgia
are due and tendered Dr. Jas. P. Hamil
ton, Rev. U. H. Henderson, Messrs, n.
L. Bloomfield, i. A- Hanmcut, John
White, John Kittle, John W: Nmhelson,
J M. McCalla, Cobb, Erwin A Cobb,
and Cuter A Reves, for Ihe substantial
improvements made to -he University,
through .their liberality in building the
around
TERRIBLE VENGEANCE,
Mu rder of Thomas Donohue by John
B,'.annell—Bloody Scene in Johnson’s
P.Aol Rooms— The Brother of the
Mu'.rdered Florence Scannell Takes
Re tenge At Last—The Assassin Be
him I the Bars—Last Act of an Old
and Deadly Feud. &c., &c,, Ac.
Three years’ diekering with justice
over a murder, hate engendered by poli
tics s*nd fostered by the loss of a
brother, and an unsuccessful attempt at
revenge brought forth fruit last evening
in the brutal and deliberate murder in
Johnson’s saloon under Apollo Hail,
and in the presence of over 500 politi
cians ani gamblers, of Thomas Dono
hue, the reputed murderer of Florence
Scannell, who at the time of his death
last night was under bonds to answer
for tho tragedy which occurred at the
comer of Twenty-third street and Second
avenue, on the 3d of December, 1869, by
John Scannell, Florence's brother, who
is now'under bonds to answer an at
tempt on Donohue’s life at the corner of
Sixteenth street pud Second avenue, on
the 19tli of September, 1870.
BEFORE THE MURDER.
That the murder was pre-arranged and '
every chance of its non-success guarded
against, aud that the assassin was aided
and countenanced by three or four men
hired for the occasion, or volunteers in a
I cause which they believed sacred, there
is hardly a doubt. Johnson’s saloon
was a source of attraction last night on
account of the sale of pools on the elec
tion, the main feature of interest being
the Mayoralty. The pool-buyers began
| to assemble at a little after seven o'clock
and whiled away the time which inter
| vened by talking sport and politics.
1 John Scannell was observed by several
: persons to be prowling about the saloon
; as early as half-past seven o’clock, but
lie had worn the interest felt iu his
movements a year ago to a thread by Iris
inactivity in the course he had openly
declared to have espoused—namely, to re-
venge the death of Florence by killing
Donohue. It is not know n that he spoke
to any one at the time, probably not, for
he had but few friends in the crowd, al
though there were many who were struck
with a feeling of pity when they gazed
at his once handsome and now eager,
excited, pallid features. About a quar
ter to eight o’clock Scannell went out.
It is not known whether he went to his
residence, No. 188 East Eighteenth
street, or up Fifth avenue, but many
surmise that he just went home and then
walked to the Blossom Club and gazed
up at the windows. This supposition is
based on the statement of a gentleman
who positively declares that about eight
o’clock he saw Scannell looking at the
Club from the opposite side of Fifth
avenue. When Scannell returned to
Johnson’s he had three or four men with
him. This was about half-past eight.
One of his companions only was noticed
for his height and demeanor. He was
about six feet high, very broad-shoul
dered, wore what appeared to be a dark,
thick, and rather short beard, and had
ou a slouch hat* which he kept per
tinaciously pulled over his face as if to
conceal the upper part of his features.
The individual seemed to have a strong
attachment to the corner of the bar
! nearest the door, over which ho kept an
‘ unswerving watch.
THE ASSASSIN’S DELIBERATION,
Scannell on his second arrival ap
peared more nervous, eager and excited
than ever. He kept taking oil’ a felt hat
he wore as if to allow the air which cir
culated in the saloon to cool his fore
head, on which heavy beads of perspira
tion stood, aud now and then would pass
his right hand mechanically under a
heavy overcoat he wore as if to assure
himself of the presence of something he
carried with him or to ease his shoulders
of a burden. His restlessness was ex
treme, and lie vacillated from the north
end of the bjjr to close to where the auc
tioneer stood, all the while
KEEPING A LOOKOUT ON THE DOOR.
While this was going on several per
sons noticed his actions, and knowing of
the vendetta, asked, “Is Tom Donohue
here?” but failing to seeScaimell’s arch
enemy, shook their heads suggestively.
Scannell only spoke twice, as far as can
bo ascertained, while thus prowling
around. His conversation was with two
men who had come in with him, and was
brief and hurried.
About a quarter to nine o’clock Tom
Donohue came down stairs, and, amid
the confusion anil noise of the pool
selling, glanced quietly but firmly
around as if seeking someone. A pecu
liar instinct, common to hunted men,
caused him to single out Scannell, who
was then standing almost concealed by
a knot of men at the northeast corner of
the crowd. A friend of Donohue, who
did not guess the reason till after the
murder, was surprised to see Donohue
pale and his features assume a scared
look. He appeared fascinated, and al
though bent on purchasing some pool
tickets, remained as if rooted to the spot
near tiie loft side of the staircase and
just on the edge of the noisy crowd.
Here he spoke to several friends, but
mechanically. His emotion was such as
to cause considerable comment, one of
the gentlemen who spoke to him, Capt.
Jones, remarking to himself that he
could not, when lie spoke to Tom, im
agine
WHAT MADE HIM LOOK SO SCARED.
Douoliue waited in the position above
described about five minutes, apparently
unwilling to advance further or to re
treat. About a minute later Scannell
was missed and Donohue, evidently un
der the impression that he had sat down
or gone away to another part of the
saloon, made up his mind to go, and
half turned towards the stairs. Just as
he got his left foot on the first step there
was a half murmur along the edge of
the crowd and a sort of rush, and Scan
nell, with his right hand under liis coat,
stole swiftly towards the door. Fol
lowing him were two of the individuals
who had come in witli him; the tall man
kept at his post. One of Donohue’s
friends must have made some exclama
tion at seeing Scannell stealing along
towards Donohue, for Tom wheeled
t partly round and confronted the muzzle
) of one of the largest sized navy revolv
| ers that are made, wdiieli Scannell, his
faee pale and his eyes riveted on the
human target he wab pointing at, was
holding up to his face. Another second
and an explosion was heard, and Dono
hue, shot through the left eye,
FELL ON HIS FACE STONE DEAD
Amid the lusty shouts of Johnson of
“how m llc h for the next choice.” A
momentary silencp ensued, and under
the gaze of 500 spell-bound men Scan
nell drew himself up to his full height
and deliberately emptied four more
chambers of his weapon at the corpse,
three of which took effect, two balls
crushing into the inanimate brain, and
the other completely smashing the left
arm aboye the elbow, By this time the
fascination of the soeiie had fled, and
amid a roar of imprecations, cries of
horror, the smashing of bar glasses
caused by curs rushing to a place of
safety, and the overturning of tables and
chairs, Scanned, as if relieved of a heavy
burden, sprang up the stairs as nimbly
as a clievreuil and dashed away in the
direction of Fifth avenue, accompanied
by tfle men who were with him.
"Captain MeElwain, of the police force,
was standing near a cigar'store gt, the
southwest corner of Broadway and
Twenty-eighth street when the firing
commenced, and was trying to ascertain
from where the sounds came, when lie
saw Scanned rush past him. One of
SCipin.ed's companions evidently recog
nized tn« Cftpf&ih, for he endeavored to
hustle him, and sang' but, ‘’Stop tflief!
Stop thief! There he goes!” pointing up
Broadway. MeElwain, however, was not
to he taken in by any such shallow
dodge, and swiftly "following the fugi
tive, tracked him to Fifth avenue up to
Twenty-ninth street and came upon him
just a*, he was turning to Broadway.
Scanned w<is wounded, and feeling him
self unable to distance Id's pursuer, turn
ed and said, “Whatthe h.-4% up; what’s
tile matter r‘ and then recognizing his
captor, added, “Ah, it's you, Sergeant.
I beg your pardon, Captain; well, I’ll go
with you.” MeElwain waited for an
officer, and whispering to him to have
his pistol ready in case of any attempt
to lynch his prisoner, marched Scanned ;
back to Johnson's, but before he got to
the head of the saloon stairs was told
that Donohue was dead. He was re
quested to hurryScanneil to tlie Twenty
ninth Preainet Station House, as the j
crowd, which was rapidly increasing, j
was getting excited and demonstrative.
After considerable trouble and no small i
anxiety. Scanned was locked up and a ,
stretcher was sent to bring in the body !
of his victim.
As soon as the truth was known in
Johnson’s saloon the excitement was
terrible, and an immense crowd surged
into the place, some horror-loving indi
viduals actually stumbling over the ;
body, from which a stream of blood be- (
gan to crawl, like a snake, over the floor, j
The arrival of the police put a stop to .
this indecency, and tid the corpse was (
borne away no one was adowed to leave
or enter. A crowd of several thousand
persons gathered in ten minutes, and j
when the stretcher was borne away with j
its ghastly, quivering load, order began
to be re-established and the echo of the j
brogans or the polecemen .-,-ho were j
bearing away Tcm VtoaoLne-i clay.
chimed in with cheery tones of the auc
tioneer’s voice beginning anew deal and
with the bids of the political gamblers j
clamoring “§l5O for O’Brien, §9O for
Lawrence,” Ac., Ac., as if the tragedy
just enacted had lent anew zest to the
procee’dings. !
As usual in murders of this sort, the j
station house was besieged by a crowd.
On Donohue’s elothes being searched it,
was fottnd that he was armed with a
weapon but little inferior in calibre to
the one Scannell carried. He had in
his possession a large sum of money
and very valuable jewelry. . Deputy
Coroner Marsh gave a permit to remove
the body, which at an early hour this
morning was taken home to the bereaved
wife. The Blossom Club, of which
Jdouohue was a member, will hold a
special meeting to-morrow to make ar
rangements for the funeral.
Mr. Brady, the artist, who is detain
ed as a witness, makes the following
statement : “ X was standing to the
left of the foot of the stairs at Johnson’s
to-night, when I heard a report and saw
a flash close to my face, and a man I
did not know fell down flat. Another
man stooped over him, aud then tired
slowly four times at the man who was
down' while I was getting away, not un
derstanding the disturbance.”
The pistol used by Scannell was found
in the area of No. 260 Fifth avenue,
where it had been thrown by the as
sassin iu his flight. Five chambers
were discharged. It xvas ascertained
from a paper iu a leather bolster which
was found suspended by a strap around
Scaunell’s shoulders that it was pur
chased at No. 177 Broadway, where it is j
supposed Stokes procured the weapon
with which he killed Fisk.
HISTORY OF THE MURDER OF FLOEENCE
SCANNELL.
The shooting affray in which Florence
‘icannell received his death wound oc-J
ourred on the afternoon of December 3, !
1869, at the liquor store of Thomas
Donohue, corner Twenty-third street and
Second avenue. There had been a long
lend between Scannell and Donohue,
growing out of politics. Scannell, who |
Lad been an Assistant Alderman from
the Eighteenth Ward, was much disap
pointed at not receiving from Tammany
a renomination for that office. John
Nesbit, who received the nomination,
and liis political friends, frequent
ly met at Donohue’s place, which fact
seemed to enrage Scannell, who, it was
said, threatened to take Donohue’s life.
Shortly after one o’clock of the day
named Florence Scannell and his broth
er John, accompanied by about twenty
of their friends, entered Donohue’s
place. Florence addressed Donohue,
who, with his bar-tender, was behind
the bar, and then proceeded to a door
which opened into a room where a num
ber of Nesbit’s and Donohue’s friends
were assembled. He kicked the door,
which was immediately opened from the
inside. Donohue, fearing that the Scan
nells and their adherents designed to
attack Nesbit and liis friends, cried out
;to those inside, “Shut the door,” at the
same time warning Florence Scannell
and liis followers not to enter the room.
This, however, did not deter Scannell,
for he, followed by his gang, rushed in
to the room and attacked the parties in
side. The Scannell insurgents were
armed with clubs, and so rapidly did
they make use of them that the persons
in the room, seeingthat resistance would
be useless, tied in all directions, some of
them escaping through the windows.
Then there were some pistol shots fired,
and Florence Scannell at once sank to
the floor, exclaiming., with an oath, “I
am shot.” Another man named George
Johnson rushed into the street, crying
that he too was shot. After this there
was more pistol firing, when Donolme
received a ball in the fleshy part of his
right arm. Johnson gave the alarm,
anil Officer Kellahan, of the Eighteenth
Precinct, who was on duty in the neigh
borhood, ran to the scone of the affray
and arrested John Scannell, who was
pointed out by Johnson as the man who
had shot him. Scannell was taken to
the station house and locked up.
In the meantime the news of the riot
spread throughout the ward, and an im
mense crowd gathered about the place.
Sergeant Banfield, accompanied by a
squad of officers, was soon at the place,
and found Florence Scannell lying ou
the bar room floor, and apparently in a
dying condition. Scannell was taken to
Bellevue Hospital, and the surgeon who
attended him pronounced his wounds
fatal. The bullet entered the back near
the right shoulder, and took a downward
course, and, it was thought, struck the
spinal column, owing to his limbs hav
ing become paralysed. Donohue, in the
meantime, went to the station house and
sought protection in the custody of the
police, saying that lie believed his life
was in danger. An examination of his
wound showed that the bones of tbe
arm had been shattered, and that the
wound was of a serious but not necessa
rily of a fatal character. Another man,
named Joseph Martin, was terribly
beaten during the assault. William
Timmins, one of the Scannell gang, was
arrested and locked up.
The rooms in which tho murderous
attack was made were searched by the
police. Two pistols, which had been
recently discharged, were found, as were
also several large dirk knives and about
a dozen of the clubs which the Scannell
gang had brought there. On the person
of John Scannell the officer who arrested
him found a seven-shooter, with six of
its chambers discharged, and also a
large bowie knife. Scannell was very
boisterous when taken to the station
house, but when he was told that his
brother was dying he calmed down
and cast off liis defiant tone. On the
same afternoon the prisoners, John
Scannell, Thomas Donolme, Joseph
Martin and William Timmins were ar
raigned before Alderman Ward at Jeffer
son Market. Timmins entered a com
plaint against Donohue, charging him
with having shot Florence Scannell.
Officer Ivellalian charged John Scannell
with shooting George Johnson. The
Alderman discharged Timmins and Mar
tin, but Donohue and Scannell were
committed to await the result of the in
juries to the persons whom they were
charged with having shot and mortally
wounded.
Donohue made the following state
ment to a World reporter in regard to
tho affair: “At about a quarter after one
this afternoon as I was standing behind
my bar with my bar keeper, Florence
Scannell and his brother John, with
some twenty others, entered the place.
Florence nodded to me, and said, sneer
ingly, ‘How are you to-day ?’ and, fol
lowed by his friends, proceeded to the
door of the back room. There is no
knob on the outside, and Florence kicked
at the door until it was opened. I called
out, ‘Shut the door,’ aud told Scannell
not to go in there, but he pushed the
door open. Seannell’s followers then
drew clubs from beneath their coats and
made an attack on those in the back
room, who made their escape as best
they could. I saw John Scannell lire
twice at Johnson as lie was lying on the
floor. I don’t know whether lie was shot
before lie fell, or knocked down with a
club. Johu Scannell then shot me in
arm. I don’t know who shot Florence
Scannell. I did not use or have any
pistol. After I was shot, I ran to the
stationlioij.se and asked for protection.”
John Scanned said, “I don’t know
who shot Florence, it was a ‘put-up
job’ on ns.”
Win. Simmons, of the Compton House,
where the Scannells both resided, said:
“Tlie whole party went in to drink;
Donohue didn’t open his d—d trap, lmt
drew a pistol and shot Florence; that’s
all I know about it.”
The affair created intense excitement
among tlie politicians of the city, to
whom Donohue and the Scannells were
well known. This was heightened by a
card published by Florence Scanned on
the following day, announcing that he
was still a candidate for Alderman of
the Eighteenth Ward, and asking his
friends to stand by and vote for him on
the day of election.
THE PBEYIOUS ATTEMPT ON DONOHUE’S
LIFE.
On dm night of the jflth September,
1870, Tom Donohue was shot on the
corner of Third avenue and Seventeenth
street by a man in disguise, who was
afterwards recognized as Scanned. At
about half-past eleven o’clock Donohue
was walking along Third avenue between
two cousins, Thomas and Dennis Dono
hue. When near the corner of Seven
teenth street a man wearing a slouched
hat appiqaeiied tfleigi and when near
I them quickly drew a revolver and shot
Donohue in the left breast. The wotind-
I ed man dropped, and the assassin fled
■ across the street and towards Irving
1 place, followed by a crowd. In his des
| perate attempt to escape the assassin
threw away his overcoat, hat, aiid a
brown wig, in which he had been dis- j
! guised. Although tlie police were in i
: the immediate yicinitv, they failed to
get on the track of Scanned,'who es- •
| eaped. Meantime Donohue was carried j
home, and the surgeons pronounced his j
wound fatal. Next day the police made j
i a great effort to find Scanned, he having [
l been fully identified by Donohue when i
the shot was fired. On calling at his 1
house his aged mother told the police
that John had not been home since Flor- j
ence Scannell’s funeral, and that she did
not know where he was. Scannell had
made hio escape good, and the most dil- j
igent search availed nothing. On the 1
morning after the attempted murder a
police sergeant picked up a revolver in .
Seventeenth street, undoubtedly the one ;
fired by the assassin. This attempt on ;
the life of Donohue revived the old j
feuds, and for some tiige the excitement
among political circles was great, the !
general belief being that Donohue was i
going to die of his wound.
John Scannell, it seems, has not for- j
gotten the terrible vow he made goon j
after his brother was shot and killed by I
Donohue’s brother. At that time, hap"- ;
pening one day in the police station and |
talking over the murder, he knelt, and !
raising his hands, exclaimed, “If my!
brother dies I promise Almighty God I
will shoot every— of a —in that house. ”
It transpired after the shooting of Dono
hue in Third avenue that Scannell had
made a previous attempt on the life of
his enemy at Chamberlain Bradley’s
stables, corner of Fourth avenue and
Eighth street; anti while the Coroner’s
inquest was going on over the body of
Florence, his brother John had to be
surrounded by the police to prevent and
wrench a pistol from his hand with
which he threatened to -moot Dono
hue.
In spite of liis ugly wound Donohue
slowly recovered and was at length able
to go forth anti expose himself agaiu to
the vengeance of the assassin. Scan
nell was not heard of any more for near
ly nine months, after which he turned
up in the charge of a police captain,
having been taken- at Bull Head's Hotel
iu Third avenue It was alleged after
wards that Scanned had been in the
city all the time, that he had been seen
by the police, and that he was in the
habit of making trips to his lawyer’s
office. He was subsequently brought
before a court, and on giving bail to
keep the-peace with Donohue he was re
leased.
A DEFERRED EXECUTION.
Escape of a Murderer in His Wife’s
Clothing'.
On Friday of last week Martin Bay
nard, a desperate character, was to have
been hung at Hendersonville, N. C., for
complicity in the the murder of Silas
Weston and his three children, for which
crime George Baynard and Goven Adair,
who were the lirst convicted, had already
been executed. Five thousand persons
were assembled at Hendersonville to
witness the third act in the tragedy, but
it failed to take place. A correspondent
of the New York Herald gives the fol
lowing explanation of the matter :
During his imprisonment the wife of
the condenuied man whs faithful, con
stant and devoted in her attendance
upon him. A day did not pass that she
was not in his cell for several hours, and,
at the last minute, with a heroism worthy
of a more noble cause, she saved him
from lyi ignominious death upon the
scaffold. The night that was to have
been the last of Baynard’s earthly ex
istence had arrived, and upon the earn
est, tearful and sorrowful entreaty of
his wife, the jailer compassionately
allowed her to pass the few remaining
hours of his life with him in the cell.
Morning broke clear and bright, and al
ready the assembled multitude were
astir, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the
hour when the executioner and the scaf
fold should do their terrible work.
About six o’clock, a, in., the woman
came to the jail door to be let out, with
her bonnet drawn down over her face
and a liankerchief pressed over her
mouth, through which her heart-broken
sobs burst as the jailer passed her
through the outer door of the prison.
She walked slowly off with a feeble gait,
bowed figure, and wailing pitifully, giv
ing vent to her great grief, and she was
soon lost to the sight.of the Raping
guards and morbidly curious spectators.
Breakfast time came at S o’clock, and the
confident and compassionate jailer, with
a meal—the last the doomed man was to
have citen—comprised entirely of tempt
ing delicacies, repaired to the cell. Tlie
bars were removed aud the heavy iron
door was swung back, and the jailer en
tered, when a sight that made him
shake like an aspen leaf met his aston
ished g'aze. In the further end of the
cell, instead of the condemned man,
crouched up in a corner, was a woman
in her night clothes. The plates and
dishes with the breakfast fell from the
jailer’s hands to the floor, and were bro
ken into fragments. He tried to speak,
but could find no words for utterance;
and as he stood in actual despair, the
crouching figure arose and, in the tones
of a woman who thinks she has done a
praiseworty action, said: “Well, as
Martin is gone, I reckon I had better
eat the breakfast,” and she forthwith
began picking up the scattered portions
of the meal.
Baynard had escaped in his wife’s
clothes, and was doubtless by this time
far beyond the reach of the county of
ficers. The sheriff, as soon as apprised
of the circumstances, set out in pursuit
of the criminal with a posse, but in vain;
for, after scouring the country for miles,
they returned without their prisoner.
The assembled crowd gave expression to
their chagrin in various ways, none the
least of which was an anxious desire on
their part to see the woman hanged in
the place of her husbalid, and indeed
many of them w'ere firm in the impres
sion that such would be the case. Hav
ing come to see “a hanging,” they were
not particular as to who the victim was,
whether guilty or innocent, as long as
their morbid curiosity was gratified. It
is believed now that Baynard will never
be recaptured.
MRS. FAIR’S INGRATITUDE.
Judge Quint Brings a Suit Against Her
for $8 075 for His Services in Her
Two Trials—She Repudiates Her
Agreement.
[San Francisco Morning Call, October 26.]
Another phase in the affairs of Laura
D. Fair. Judge Quint, to whom more
than all others she owes her life, or at
any rate her freedom, lias felt himself
compelled to bring suit against his
former client to obtain from her tlie
sums due to him for his services. The
suit was filed yesterday, and Judge
Quint gives the following statement of
the causes which have led to its institu
tion: The original agreement in the
case of Mrs. Fair, previous to her first
trial, was that Judge Quint was to re
ceive $5,000 for liis services, viz: $2,500
cash, which he did receive, and $2,500
which lie was to be paid after the trial,
and which lie lias not received. This
agreement was made with Mrs. Lane, on
behalf of Mrs. Fair. The verdict being
“Murder in the first degree,” Judge
Quint did not feel that it would be right
for him to claim the second $2,500, and
therefore he went on with tlie case with
out further reception of cash. He drew
up the brief upon which the Supreme
Court granted anew trial, and did tlie
heavy work in connection with the pre
parations for her second trial. The re
sult of it all was that she was acquitted
as all the world knows. Last week
Judge Quint went to her, and asked for
the balance of the $2,500, and for $575
expenses which he incurred in going to
Truckee to look into the matter of the
juror Beach, in preparing the brief for
the Supreme Court, in printing of docu
ments, and in various other necessary
work. To Judge Quint’s amazement,
MRS. FAIR REPUDIATED TIIE AGREEMENT.
She told Mr. Quint —the man who had
saved her life—that she had paid liim
all that his services had been worth—
which in one sense is more than true.
She said that slie had not authorized
Mrs. Lane to make any agreement on
her behalf, and as to the extra expenses,
she had not asked Mr. Quint to incur
them, and, therefore, did not consider
herself responsible for them. Judge
Quint lias therefore brought suit against
her, not only for the balances due on
the first trial, but also for liis services in
the second trial. He sues for $8,075,
made up as follows :
Due on the first trial $2,500
Extra expenses 575
Services at last trial 5,000
Total $8,075
ATTACHED HER MONEY.
Judge Quint has attached her money
in two banks, viz : In the Savings anil
Loan Society, $6,375 ; and in the Odd
Fellows’ Bank whatever she may have
there, the officers of the hank refusing
to disclose the amount standing in their
hooks to her credit. So the matter
stands at present. We have heard hut
one opinion expressed in regard to it,
and that is a fervent hope that Mr.
Quint may get every cent that he lias
claimed.
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
Florida lias seven Radical candidates
for U. 8. Senator.
Major A. B. Venable lias become the
j proprietor of the Petersburg Progrewt.
Gen. W. H. F. Lee has been elected
. President of the Yirginiq Agricultural
Society,
■ Gen. Wade Hampton -will deliver a
| lecture in Alexandria, Va., within the
nest fortnight, on the life and character
of Gen. Lee.
Mr. G. Sykes, the proprietor of the
Petersburg !ndf:x, and a veteran jour
| nalist, died of consumption in that city
i the other day, after a protracted illness.
Fi'ancaio Rives, Esq., of New lork,
eldest son of the late Hon. Wm. C.
Rives, has given one thousand dollars
towards building a vestry and Sunday
school room for Walker’s Church in Al
bemarle county, Va.
The Fredericksburg (Va.) Ledger
says the Isaac Norton (colored), post
master at Port Royal, Caroline county,
was killed at that place on Tuesday last,
by a man named Dels. Slack, 311 attache
of Rleckner k Coi’s circus. The diffi
culty is said to have arisen from a poli
tical quarrel.
M-Toe Hardin, a desperado less than
twenty-one years of age, but who has
the bloodiest history of any man of his
age in Texas, has been arrested by the
Sheriff of Cherokee county. He is re- j
ported to have killed twenty-four men j
in Texas and four in Kansas, making
twenty-eight, since he was fifteen years
old. His father is said to be a Metho
dist preacher.
Mrs. Charles Wallace, the wife of a
merchant of Richmond, Va., has become
editor of the Old Dominion Magazine,
which professes the intention, if properly
sustained, of giving employment to old
gentlemen and old ladies who are now
starving because they have no employ
ment for their pens, which could alone
yield them a support, and of opening a
way of independence to the gifted youth
of’our land, who otherwise must become
“ hewers of wood and drawers of water.”
CURIOUS ACCIDENT.
Cnffee Not to Be Killed by Dropping
Hlin on His Head.
The Memphis (Tehn.) Ledger says:
“A curious accident occurred on the
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad last
Saturday, near the State line, ten miles
south of the city. The up-train, Con
ductor Harry Childress, carrying a large
number Os visitors to the Exposition,
was rushing along a straight piece of
track, near Joiner’s crossing, when tlie
engineer saw one hundred yards ahead
him an apparation calculated to startle
the coolest man into excitement. From
out of the woods, a private crossing, a
double mule team, pulling a wagon
loaded with cotton, on the top of which
a negro lay asleep, appeared on the
track. The mules lazily dragged the load
up on the road bed and stopped to rest
for a few seconds. A pull of the bell
and a wild shriek of the whistle gave
warning of the danger to the brakes
men, who rushed to tlie brakes as the
engine was reversed. Conductor Chil
dress rushed out and looked ahead only
to see the cow catcher drive under the
wagon —the mules, by a sudden leap,
having cleared tlie ouside rail. A shock
took place, the cotton bales and the
negro were hurled high in the air, the
mules were thrown half a dozen yards
from the track, and the train passed on
some distance, when it stopped. The
conductor rushed back to pick up the
dead “nigger,” but on arriving at tlie
scene of the collision lie found the cot
ton bales out in the woods and the
wagon torn into a thousand pieces.
Rushing up the bank, he discovered the
mules flying through an open field, and
saw the now awakened driver running at
full speed up tlie road, minus coat and
hat. The negro was thrown up about
ten feet, and fell head foremost into a
ditch ; and as the train passed raised his
head, liis countenance expressing the
greatest terror. The conductor seeing
that no damage was done—except to the
wagon —returned to the train, firmly
convinced that it is impossible to kill a
darkey by droopping him on liis head
from any heighth. That colored person
will never go to sleep near a railroad
track again.”
Shooting of Deputy Sheriff A. H.
Burch by Dr. J. C. Cook.— We are in
deed glad to learn that Captain A. 11.
Burch, the Deputy Sheriff and brother
of the Sheriff of Russell county, Ala., is
not dead, as reported late Saturday
night, and lias a fair chance of recov
ery. He was shot four times, two pistol
balls entering the hip from behind, one
in tlie arm and one in the thigh—all
serious flesh wounds. It was thought
yesterday morning he would recover
slowly from his wounds. The follow
ing, we hear from listeners, is his state
ment:
A warrant was placed in his hands for
tlie arrest of Dr. J. Carter Cook, son of
Mr. James Cook, one of the most pros
perous and respectable citizens in Co
lumbus. The doctor is a young man,
and is running a farm in Russell county,
Alabama. The affidavit charged him
with an assault with attempt to kill, and
the burning of a negro’s house on his
(Cook’s) premises. Captain Burcli is a
quiet, cool, determined man, but likes
to do everything in a gentlemanly man
lier. He rode to Cook’s place in his
buggy, reaching there Saturday at 1, p.
m. He inquired if the doctor’s wife
was at home, not wishing to disturb
her, and received a negative answer. He
tii. n met the doctor, showed him the.
warrant, and told him it was liis duty to
arrest him, but allowed him perfect lib
erty. The doctor invited him to dinner.
Burch accepted, and, unbuckling his
pistol, laid it on the table. The doctor
possessed himself of the weapon and
told Burch if he did not leave he would
kill him in five minutes. Burch left,
saying he was only fulfilling liis duty;
Cook then had the advantage, but he
would return with a posse.
Burcli had proceeded some three
miles from Cook’s house, on his way to
Seale, when lie was overtaken by Cook,
who shot him in the manner described
with Burch’s own pistol.
We understand Cook was in the city
early Sunday. His friends say he has
bean advised to tell nothing of the cir
cumstances. We give what we deem the
best information.
Capt. Burch is a brother of Mrs. Mns
grove and Mrs. Malone, of this city.
The affair is greatly regretted by all.—
Columbus Sun,
Education and the Sexes.— The plan
of educating boys and girls together is
growing in favor. For a long time the
great authority in support of the system
was Horace Mann, the most eminent of
American educators. Originally he liad
grave doubts with regard to the desira
bitity of the system, but in 1853 he was
made President of Antioch College, and
after five years’ experience he came to
the conclusion that these doubts were
without foundation. In a letter to a
friend, which is frequently quoted, lie
says: “We have really one of the most
orderly, sober, diligent aud exemplary
institutions in the country. We passed
through the last term, are more than
half through this, and I have not had
occasion to make a single entry of any
misdemeanor in our record book.”—
Gradually the system which thus re
ceived the sanction of Mr. Mann has
been adopted in a great many of the
States. In 1870 it ivas introduced into
tlie University of Michigan, one of the
largest and most flourishing in the
Union, and although the period since
elapsed is too short, one would think,
to test such an experiment, tlie result is
spoken of in tlie most enthusiastic man
ner. President White, of Cornell Uni
versits, lias also satisfied himself of the
superior advantages of the co-education
of the sexes. And now a movement has
been set on foot to admit them to Har
vard also. This has not yet been done,
but in a published report one of tlie
overseers of the college states that he
believes “the system is good in itself ;
that it is in accordace with the ideas of
modern society; that in practice it has
worked very well whenever tried; and
that the sooner it can be introduced at
Cambridge the better it wfill be for that
university. ”
The Last Days op Dan Rice’s Cele
brated Horse, Excelsior. —During the
performances of Dan Rich’s Circus at
Cincinnati, Ohio, during the week end
itig October 19th, it was observed that
the old horse did not seem in his usual
spirits, and in attempting to go through
Jii.s performances would sink down ex
hausted. On the night of the 19th lie
was brought in the ring for the last
time. He went through a part of Ids
performances, but before it was Half
over had to be led out, trembling and
scarcely able to walk. Mr. Rice then,
in a little speech, which was full of
pathos, told the crowd that Excelsior,
who had traveled with him for the past
eighteen years, and who was almost a
child to him, could not live much
longer. He had been his constant com
panion, and had helped him to make
most of the money lie had had during
that time. He loved him not for this so
much as for the almost human traits and
human intelligence that lie possessed,
and now that lie was about to die lie felt
a pang in his heart as if he was indeed
human. The old horse, he said, would
lie taken to Mr, Connelly's stable, on
Raymiller street, where everything that
was possible would be done to make
him comfortable, and when lie died he
would have an honorable interment. The
father of this horse, “Old Excelsior,”
when he died at Baltimore many years
ago, was buried with great pomp. At
the conclusion of his speech, the show
man’s eyes filled with tears, and not a
few of his auditors joined with him.
Protest and Be-—Blessed.— The Sa
vannah News relates the following inci
dent, among others, occurring in that
city on Tuesday:
About 9 o’clock in the morning, we
are informed, Col. A. W. Stone, United
States Commissioner, attempted to pass
through the lines of stacked guns of the
police force in the square, when the per
suasiveness of a musket with a glisten
ing bayonet, in the hands of sentinel,
stopped liis onward career. The Com
missioner indignantly demanded ap in
terview with Gen. 11 qomt<n. the Gen
eral was called, when the following col
loquy, so reported to us, occurred:
Commissioner Stone —General Ander
son, by what authority do you obstruct
the public highways with armec. men in
this manner ?
Gen. Anderson—l am here, sir, by
order of the Mayor, to preserve (he
peace.
Commissioner Stone —Well, sir, I pro
test against this, and —
Gen. Anderson—Well, sir, you can
protest and be—blessed.
Disappearance of the Commissioner
by another route.
The Supreme Court —The Securities
op Blodgett and Hoyt Required to
Come to Taw.— Yesterday this Court re
fused to grant the injunction prayed for
i by the securities of Foster Blodgett and
H. O, Hovt—thus KTRtajning the pre
vious decision of the same Court, and
of Judge Hopkins, when it was before
him. This decision was unanimous by
Judge Warner and the two Superior
Court Judges called to preside especially
in the case. The Supreme Court yes
terday met for the last time, and deliv
ered opinions in all cases not previously
decided, adjourned till the meeting of
the Court in January next .—Atlanta
Sun,. stlo |
The safe of the clerk of the Superior
Coart of Randolph county, N. C., has
been robbed of 815,000 in money.
SUBTERRANEOUS FIRE.
A Smouldering Voloano in Elbert, Near
the Former Residence of Nancy
Hart.
[From the Elberton Gazette.]
On Friday last, Aaron Cobh, a tenant
of Mr. Monoo, while ducking hunting,
discovered smoke arising from a small
hole in the sand near Broad river, just
above the mouth of Wahatchie creek.
Notwithstanding the ground was exceed
ingly hot around the place, Aaron’s cu
riosity prompted him to approacli the
hole and explore its depths with a reed.
Finding no bottom, lie let it go and in
stantly there was an explosive noise
heard, accompanied by such a volume
of sulphurous smoke aud ashes that
Aaron thought he had found that lake
of fire for which he had lived in con
tinual dread all his life, and he ran as
only a frightened darkie under such cir
cumstances can run, and reported the
above in all its details. Several white
gentlemen have visited the vicinity of
the place. They affirm the ground is
hot and the smoke ascending, and they
take Aaron’s word concerning the devil’s
chimney, being prompted by overcaution
not to approach too close for fear of
sharing the fate of the reed.
To say that the fact of the existence
in Elbert of a smouldering volcano, a
Vesuvius or -Etna, has caused intense
excitement, is only reasonable. Who
can tell at what moment streams of
molten lava will break forth and whelm
the whole community, burying another
Pompeii for future generations to dig
up and bring to light? This is no sen
sation to be put down or intimidated by
Grant’s hireling soldiery, or to be ban
ished from existence by a “ general or
der from these headquarters,” but is a
fact verified by actual witnesses of re
liability. Some think it may be fumes
from Nancy Hart’s abode, as a warning
to those who would sell their country’s
liberty, for which she, forgetful of her
sex, performed almost superhuman feats
to accomplish.
A NEGRO FOR GRANT’S NEXT
CABINET.
Grant Desires to Make Friends with
the Boutli.
[Special Dispatch to the Savannah Advertiser.]
Washington, D. C., November 7.
There is a determined effort to have the
colored element recognized in the forma
tion of the next Cabinet. For that pur
pose tlie claims of John W. Langston, a
negro lawyer in Washington, and former
ly a Radical political missionary in tlie
South, for Attorney General are put
forth in a strong editorial in the Wash
ington Chronicle of this morning. Tlie
article was written by ex-Senntor Ilar
lan, the intimate friend and counselor of
Grant, was evidently inspired at the
White House, and is considered a feeler.
It w r ell known that Grant is disposed to
acknowledge the value of the colored
vote by bestowing upon some member
of that race the highest political prefer
ments, and if the recommendation is
made strong enough, there is no doubt
but that Langston will be made a
Cabinet officer. It is certain that
Langston is the most active and
energetic of liis race, and stands in
a position where any recognition of
him would be considered a recognition
of his people. His claims are being
urged by Fred Douglass and all the
prominent colored men in the country,
especially from the South, aud by a
large number of white Republicans,
both from the North and South.
The President this morning, in con
versation with your correspondent, ex
pressed a desire for peace throughout the
country, and said he wtjuld labor for
that object; that he was a friend of the
South, and was anxious that the people
of that section should look upon him ns
sucli. Now that tlie excitement of the
political contest was over, and all vexed
questions were settled for the next four
years, he hoped tlie people of the South
would devote themselves to the develop
ing of the vast resources of their section
and kind relations between the two
races, etc., in aid of which they would
find no more kind friend than himself.
Seminole.
A Judicial Smashing of Crockery.—
In New Orleans, a few days ago, a Chi
nese firm of that city, Fon-Loy <fe Cos.,
accused a citizen of a ridiculous charge
of theft of several thousand dollars.
The matter was brought before the
Court, and, after a due hearing of Chi
nese witnesses, was dismissed. Hut
what was curious in the affair was to
hear and see the Chinese giving their
testimony. The Celestials were on hand
an masse, and as they all jabbered at
once the din was deafening. One pecu
liarity of tlie trial was that at the end of
each Chinaman’s testimony the witness
would hurl a China plate which he had
with him to the floor, breaking it or
not, ns the ease may happen to be. In
deed, the plates were the chief feature
of the trial. This process of plate
breaking seems to be a special incident
in Chinese law oases. It is the method
adopted in China to decide upon the
justice of a cause. When two parties
present themselves before the Judge,
they take the precaution to bring with
them a dozen or two China plates, ac
cording to tlie importance of the trial.
An exchange is then made before the
magistrate, and each of the interested
parties takes tlie plates of his adver
sary. He whose plates stand the test
the best is adjudged to have tlie right,on
his side. The Chinese reasoning, justi
fying this process of plates, is about as
follows: Confucius is everything; when
lie permits the plates to break, it is be
cause their owner is wrong, and vice
versa. With the plates you have no
corrupt juries, no partial judges, and no
lawyers who make the truth appear
false. The plates break or they do not;
they resist or they do not—all depends
upon them. And this is why the Chi
nese believe that their judicial system in
the best of all tlie world.
A Romance op the War.— A curious
law suit is how in progress at St. Louis,
growing out of a series of events that
might in skillful hands form the basis
of a thrilling romance. On the 2!hl of
September, 1863, the steamboat Robert
J. Campbell, bound from St. Louis to
New Orleans, was attacked by guerillas
at Miliken’s Bond and burned. Among
the passengers was Mrs. Cooley, a
widow lady, and her two children, a boy
of 8 and a girl of 6. A Mrs. Hanson was
also on board, who had . a daughter
about the same age as Mrs. Cooley’s
and the same name. When the boat
burned nil the passengers were soon
struggling in the water, and .Tames
O’Brien, the mate, saw Ids captain try
ing to save a woman and little girl,
though the burden was evidently too
much for him. O’Brien took the girl
and delivered her upon lnndingto Major
Robinson, of the Federal army, stating
Unit the mother had been drowned.
Mrs. Cooley was saved, but after care
ful search for many days oould find no
traco of her children. Major Robinson !
retained the child in camp for some J
weeks and then entrusted her to his j
parents in Ohio. Soon after, llev. ,T.
B. Finley, of Palmyra, Mo., visited the
Robinsons, and becoming interesting in
the child, asked permission to adopt her,
which was granted, fu 1897 a history
of her case was published, which Mrs.
Cooley, who had become Mr. . Ferry, 1
reading, concluded the child was her’s.
She failed upon inspection to recognize
her, however, and returned home. Last j
month .Tames O’Brien, of whom noth- i
ing had been heard in the meantime, |
met and recognized Mru. Ferry as the I
woman whqui ho had seen in the water :
with the giit and told her that the child !
was her’s. Mr. Finley refused to sur- J
render her on such evidence. A court, j
of arbitration was called, which decided i
against Mrs. Ferry. She appealed, apd |
her case is now pending before the Sq- j
prerne Court of Missouri,
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A Xear’s Imprisonment for Stealing
Three Oysters.— People who are in the
habit of sending large quantities of
freight by railroad in this country know
that the loss in the course of transit
amounts to a pretty large item. Particu
larly is this the case in regard to graiq,
fruit and such other articles sty wm be
easily stolen in small ruvtqtißou, and Uie
theft of which it js'd'i&oult to traee.out
so qs tq bring tue culprits to conviction
and punishment.
The head of a barrel of apples will be
stove in, and a peck or two taken out,
half a dozen bags of grain will be foiyij
untied, and several quarts of grain, ab
stracted from every one. Os 'course,
some of the agents or hands or the road
have coruupiteJ the depravation; but
who is ever going to take the time and
trouble to follow it up, and undertake !
the next to impossible task of sending j
the guilty party to jail ! So the rob,
bery is submitted to, although 9 i« con
stantly felt to be not enjy a kiss, but an
annoyance.
The Great Eastern Railway Company,
in England, have undertaken tq pat a
stop to this species of crime on their
line. A sergeant of police, in the em
ploy of the company, noticed one of its
porters leave a truck loaded with oysters,
about three o’clock in the morning. He
arrested the man, and an searohing his
person found two oysters, while a third
had been dropped near tiie track. The
thief was convicted and sentenced to
twelve months’ imprisonment with hard
labor.— N. Y. ledger.
It took exactly three flays aftd six
hours to weigh the 600,(K)0,0rtt francs
recently sent by the French Government
to Emperor William of Germany.
Barker Bump, a. compositor employed
on the iishkul Gazette, was found dead
in his bed on Sunday morning. Mr.
Bump was well known along the Hud
son river as the “ lightning coup,
positor.”
(From the Louisville Courier-Journal, Nov. 3.]
SKIPPED OUT.
A Rich Hotel Proprietor Gambles
Away His Fortune, Turns Steward,
and Runs Away with Considerable
Borrowed Money.
Herman Asher, a man well known in
hotel circles here and elsewhere, came
to this city last Dee inber from Nash
ville, wlirtre lie had been employed at
the Battle House, and engaged himself
to Messrs. Burton A Htoekton as stew
ard of the United States Hotel. Ho
served a few months there and was then
transferred to the same service at Paro
quet Springs, and when that hotel closed
for the season lie was returned to liis
old place in the hotel here. Soon after
Asher’s arrival in t his city it was learned
by the proprietors of the United States
that lie was no less a personage than the
Herman" Asher who was, in the year
1861, proprietor of the McClure House,
in Wheeling, Va., and in 1866 the owner
of the Gibson House, in Cincinnati.
Asher is said to have once been a man of
considerable wealth and importance,’his
property and money at one period of his
life amounting to about SSOO,(MX); but
while in the midst of plenty and luxury
he yielded to liis passion for gaming,
and in a few years reduced himself to
penury. While in the employ of the
United States Hotel lie was often heard
to speak of his past circumstances,
and boast of his intention to recover
his lost fortune. Those who were
most with him say that he had not
lost the pride of liis former position,
although its pecuniary hacking hud
gone glimmering into the “tiger’s”
jaws, and lie addressed liiniHelf to men
of means with the boldness of one who
had a fortune at liis buck, pushing in
now and then an application for a loan,
and becoming quite indignant at refusal,
taking it as a sort of doubt of liis honor.
Besides, he was cool, calculating, and
confident, aud represented everything so
fairly that many felt unwilling to insult
him with a doubt, ft appears from the
developments that lie did not eon
tine himself to men of means, but plun
dered everybody lie could, from tlie
colored waiter to the milkman who
furnished the means of diluting the
coffee of the guests. He mysteriously
disappeared yesterday morning, and the
story of liis absence, from the best in
formation wo coaid gather, is as follows:
He latterly practiced a system of swin
dling on a large scale, by borrowing
money from all he could in sums of from
$2 to SSO, besides buying goods on
credit in various houses. During the
past two days he borrowed several sums
of money from persons in the hotel, and
yesterday morning he suddenly and se
cretly left the city for parts unknown,
leaving his friends and creditors in the
lurch. Asher was a widower when lie
came to the city, but was married about
six weeks ago to a lady from a distant
State, who is almost an entire stranger
in the city, and who has, during the
few weeks of her married life, been
boarding at a private boarding-lnmse in
the central portion of the city. She
says her husband left without her
knowledge, and that she has no idea of
his whereabouts. She attributes liis
conduct to his inveterate passion for
play, and seems very much distressed
at tlie course lie has pursued, which, of
course, she had no power to prevent.
WOODHULL & OLAFLIN’B FLASH
SHEET,
Its Outrageous Charges Against If
Ward Beecher Wnodlinli Rev v
Congenial Dirt, j s j,,
New I ork , October 30.—A second
prodigious edition of Woodliull’s paper,
containing Mrs. Woodlmll's alleged
revelations, involving the reputation of
two families whose names are known
throughout the country, was marketed
to-day. ’The telegram says this even
ing: “Mr. Beecher is too strong, too
self-centred, too well anchored on moral
ground—lie lias too secure a lodgment
iu the public heart—not to rise superior
over all this mountain of nastiness.
But what of the future action of society
in dealing with the Woodhulls? The
first, suggestion, of course, will be the
suppression of that journal as an inde
cent publication. She charges point
blank, and gives what slie would call
proofs, that Henry Ward Beecher, while
pastor of the largest and best known
church in America: w Idle preachingevan
gelieal doctrines; while standing upon
the New Testament, not as lie may un
derstand it, but us tlie world under
stands it, has been on terms of the
closest intimacy with the wife of Theo
dore Tilton ten years past, and that
somewhere in those years that intimacy
ripened or rottoneii into criminality";
that Mrs. Tilton is heart-broken, that.
Mr. Tilton has been almost crazed, and
so forth, down to the end of the most,
saddening charges ever preferred against
a great and eminent man. Mr. Beech
er’s downfall would be a calamity to
society which would be incaloahle in its
consequences. If he falls before the at
tacks of such a creature as Victoria
Woodhull, who, then is safe ? There is
a devil in human nature which some
how develops in listening to soandal
abobt a clergyman, hut, the world, not
understanding this, will still believe in
Henry Ward Beecher with the old loyal
ty.— Special, dispatch St. Louis '/,*<•-
publican.
The Village Bah Room ah it Was.—
One of the best things in an address de
livered before the Pioneers’ Central As
sociation of Central New York, last
week, by Gov. Seymour, was the exalta
tion of the educational value of an in
stitute 11 which lias become nearly ex
tinct in these days of railroads," viz:
the village barroom, or rather, the com
pany that used to assemble nightly at
that place of universal resort. Herein
the picture which Mr. Seymour drew of
that old style training school: Ordinari
ly he who kept a house of public enter
tainment was a man of larger means
and generally of more consideration than
most, of his neighbors. And whan
they gathered around that lire, the
clergyman, the lawyer, the doctor, the
mechanio, to discuss things, thoy heard
both sides of questions. They were not
the men of one newspaper, the men
that we are so much anlioted with to
day, that sec so clearly because they
see but 011 c side of the question, and
therefore never have any problems to
settle in their own minds. Matters
were then discussed in the hearing of all
by your brightest minds. There wan a
collision of mirnl and sentiment; there
was an argument upon both sides. A
man could not in those days indulge in
that kind of declamation and loose state
ment of which we hear so, much to-day,
for lie had a wary and sharp opponent to
hold him cloao to the truth. Then,
too, in regard to business matters, the,
host men of business gathered togther,
and all the transactions of tlu* country
were substantially done in public. The
young men stood near the large fire
place and listened to those words. The
poor man, the unfriended youth who
had no other means of education, used
to listen to these discussions, and per
haps there learned the truths of good
conduct, of skill, of business affairs,
that in after life made him a successful
man. To make clear what 1 mean, I re
member when, in the days of Philo Bust,
there used to gather iu the public room
of the Syracuse House men of more
shrewdness and more capacity than, any
similar body of men that I can call to
mind. A man who could maw tain for
one year a high standing iw that room
for his good sense and ability was sure
to boa pretty marked man. It required
a great deal more aense than to be a mem
ber of Congr*"** then or now.
j Melting op Gold at the Miot.—Sat
urday morning the United States Mint
j commenced melting the first, installment
(81,000,000) of twenty millions 81 gold
j pieces, which, during the ensuing month,
I are to bo recoined into larger denomina
tions. Those pieces were of inconve
-1 nieut size, and the Government has ex
perienced trouble in issuing them in
! large quunfdiwt,. This induced the Gov
! ernmmd to take them from the Sub-
Treasury iu New York, where they have
| been idle the past few years, and piano
I the metal in a more desirable shape.
From 1849, when the first one dollar
gold pieces were coined at the Mint in
this city, tq *BO7, when the coinage was
stopped, there has been817,7(19,442 made
iq tue Philadelphia. Mint alone,. It j H
presumed that the whole issue <jf £(,]()
pieces will amount to over d'nrty mil
lions.
One million of gold •UdkG's, when first
issued by the Mint, wiVi weigh 3,686
pounds avoirdupois, or u fraction over
one ton (twenty ewt.l and four-fifths.
In t.Wettty millions <4 dollars we have
nearly thirty-three tons. The loss by
abrasion in one million dollars is
84,408 37, In Other words, 820,000,000,
used an years, loses 868,167 40. If the
twenty million pieces to be melted were
piled in a perpendicular line, they would
reach eleven and five-sixth miles. Wera
the pieces laid flat on a level plain they
would extend one hundred and fifty
eight miles. —Ph iladetphia North A mer
ioan, 4th.
The Chief Engineer of the London
Fire Department testifies that he has
never known a solid wooden post to be
so burned through as to lose its bearing
before a fire could bo put out; and be
lieves that timber is better for building
than either iron or stone, as now used.
In view of the great rise in tho price
of the necessaries of life, several of the
banks in Edinburgh have presented
gratuities to their employes. The
Bank has given 15 per cent, on their
salaries to their staff;'ami the Clydes
dale Batik aud the Bank of Scotland
have also given bonuses to a. considera
ble amount.