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WEDNESDAY.SEPTEMBER 23, 1871.
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ULNOIi TOPICS.
Tho London Munirnl Worbl calls Bubinsten’s j
dance music the •* most elephantine, rhino- !
ceroman. hippopotamunian, mammothian, |
krakonian ever heard.”
Laron Kothclulde writes to the papere that |
ho takes no notice of letters from peofdo who j
threaten to kill him if lie doetm’t givo them
money. His mind is occupied with plans to
iucreane hie fortune, and on cheap practical
projectm f>r rebuilding Jerusalem.
r Jhe New York Time* remark* that the clo
yation of women is a very excellent aspiration,
but let the work begin where it is most needed
the great body of hard working women who !
are barely able to obtain ttUstonance from the :
means that arc within their reach.
Char es Perkin*, on trial in Laris for obtain- ;
ing money on false pretenses, lias” be on ad!
judged guilty, sentenced to one year’s im- j
prisonment an Ia line of 100 francs, ami or- i
dered to refund ail moneys fraudulently ob- j
taiued. ilis wife, who is a niece of ex-Qaeen ;
Isabella, was acquitted.
A Jiretou named l.tienno Vallon has just
been condemned at Uennes to forty years’ bard
labor for beating bis wife ho bard a* to occa
sion her death. ll*- was in the habit of inflict
ing corporeal punishment on his wife with a
walking-stick, and contended, in defending
himself, that ho did not overstep a natural
right.
A woman who, the other day. attempted to
oominit suicide bv jumping from a bridge into
the Regent's canal. London, was rescued by a
dog. A genii*man who was on the bank at tlio :
time had a large retriever with him, and scut
the dog into the water. The animal swam to
the woman, and seizing hold of her, dragged
her safely to the bank.
In 1870 mosquitoes made their appearance
in England, imported, as it is alleged there,
from the United States, ami they have now so
much increased as to have become a general
nuisance. A correspondent of the Timex says
that they can be kept away at night by placing
a few pieces of Ihe •* pale green-leaved pyre
thrum" about the room.
The Massachusetts Democratic State Conven
tion met at Worcester and was largely attend
©d. Leveret t Halt oust all was alioson Presi
dent. and delivered a brief address. After or
ganization and preliminary proceedings, the
Convention nominated Win. Gaston, of Boston,
for Governor, and Wm. H. Smith, of Spring-
Held. for Lieutenant-Governor
The Ist of November has been fixed on as
the data for running the first train through tho
lloosao tunnel. Steel rails ate to bo laid
through the tunnel instead of iron ones. It is
possible tho regular running of trains through
the tunnel may be delayed until tho Ist of De
cember in consequence of several bridges not.
yet being completed.
Malo protector (leaning over the banisters’
with a lamp in his hand) —“ If there are any
persons down there who wish to rob tho
house, they will find all tho silverware ami
valuables in the dining room closet ; tho key
is under tho clock on tho mantel. Please shut
tho door when you go out.” Malo protector re
tires and locks himself in his bod room, with
tho calm sense of having done liis duty.
That we are still somewhat backward in our
attempts to imitate tho methods of Chinese
oulturo in our seats of learning may be inferred
from au anecdote lately received from an emi
nent philologist. Shortly before leaving tho
Celestial empire ho canto across an old nativo
gentleman of the mature ago of 1015, who was
Just about to go in for his last examination.—
When will our university authorities succeed
in attaining a perfection of the examination
statute which oan l?o compared with this ?
Bishop Lee said in a recent address that of
the 104 t'piscopal Bishops consecrated since
the Revolutionary war. 53 have pansod away,
85 having died since tho consecration of Bishop
Whitehouse in November, 1851, and four hav
ing died within tho last 12 months. The list of
Bishops is made in the order of their consecra
tion. so 11iat the survivors are rapidly pushed
toward the head of the list. Beginning at the
foot of the list at lus own concecration in Octo
ber. 1854. Bishop Lee Haul he had been crowd
ed upward by the death of so many of his
peers, and by tho succession of others, that
not more than ten Bishops were now his seni
ors in office while about 40 were his juniors.
A correspondent in tho Chicago Tima, writ
ing from Milwaukee on the position of tho
wheat market, says: “The boars have had
things very nearly their own way tlio past
week, and have disposed of at least live mil
lion bushels of wheat, to be delivered l>y Sep
tember 30. One old bear and his co-operative
cubs are understood to have sold short not less
than three million bushels. They are confi
dent of a complete victory. It is even asserted
that Mr. Young has pledged himself to force
wheat down to 70 cents a bushel before he lifts
a paw from the struggling hulls. Yet tho least
attempt made to cover, so far, has resulted in
a slight advance, and they may find it difficult
to carry out their programme of breaking the
Milwaukee market.”
The Herall says : ‘ Tale? are
sometimes told in which the hero dies from an
excess of joy. but it has rarely occurred that
an instance has happened such as that just
recorded from Oossonay. near Berne, wherein
a man hung himself from being overwhelmed
with good luck. Tho man who is the subject
of the story, by immense efforts, in which he
was seconded by Ins wife, who was even more
avaricious than himself, succeeded in amassing
a considerable sum of money. Not long ago
he was inform- and that a legacy of 25,000 francs
had been left him. This piece of fortune gave
him the mortal blow; a profound melancholy
seized him. and th fear of death from hunger
haunted him day and night. To avoid this
fearful prospect ho stealthily left lus house
one of these latter nights, went into tlio neigh
boring forest, and hung himself to a pine
branch. Deleft 100,000 francs of his fortune."
One of Beu*tor Carpenter’* plans for eon
thi«ting his "viujicating" campaign in Wis
consin ha* met an early death. He proposed
to have the present Congressional delegation
from the State returned unbroken, for the pur- !
pose of showing that the party was satisfied
with the record of it* Representatives. If they
were all returned, it would be a good reason |
why Senator Carpenter should go back also,
lint, alas ! for the succeass of the plan, at one
of the very first Congressional Conventions,
XI r Carpenter was given to understand that;
he wa* not the Republican party of Wisconsin, j
In the lid District Mr. Hazelton. the present
incumbent, was defeated, and Mr. L. 11. t as
well. a man not noted for a fondness for Mr. j
Carpenter was nominated in h.« place. A*
the affair 100 k place unpleasantly near Mr. Car
peuter's home, it* significance is more note
worthy.
In hi* remarkable work, .Ifind <;>ui Body,
Dr. Maudaley gives many curious instances of
hereditary mani» exhibiting itself in various
ways, but we de not remember such a case of
hereditary mania for suicide as that lately
mentioned by the l'aris iftvftemenf. A few
weeks ago some boatmen on ihe Seine dis
covered in the water the body of a man, whose
jH>cket« were full of pebbles, and who appeared
to have been in the water several day*. He
proved to be a M. Jules Delmas. who was re
garded as very happy in Ins domestic and other
relations. A few evenings before, he and his
wife had gone out shopping on the Boulevard
Batignoller. and were on their way home when,
as though struck bv a sudden thought. Delmas
said : "Oh, look here, I have somewhere to go,
and it’s a long way, so there is no good in your
coming with me ; you can gj home and left
her. It grew late, still he did not return, and
she became extremely anxious. The following
morning a note arrived ftom him. She seized
it and read: "Forgive me, my poor Margaret.
I am gouig to cause you one more vexation,
but at all event* tt will be the last. Igo to re
join my lather and mother." The father was
killed by mowing himself from an omnibus ;
the rnotl by throwing herself from a window;
the sutei suffocated herself.
TIIK AMENDM KNT TO THE STATE
CONSTITUTION.
Our Atlanta correspondent calls at
tention to an error which has crept into
the printed amendment to the State
Constitution forever prohibiting the
payment of the fraudulent bonds. If
the amendment as drawn up, and passed
by both Houses, meets the case, and a
comparison of the original with the
printed copy should establish the fact
that there has been a deviation from
the original, it will in no way invalidate
the proposed amendment. The Consti
tution prescribes the way in which it is
to be amended. An amendment has to
be passed by the votes of two-thirds
of the members of two successive
Legislatures, and afterwards has to
be submitted to and ratified by the
people before it becomes a law. If,
therefore, the original bill amending the
Constitution be properly drawn up
and correctly transcribed on the journals
of the House and Senate, the mere
fact of an error having occurred iu the
printed copy, whether by mistake or
design, does not in our opinion vitiate
the bill and render tho introduction of a
new one necessary. If, however, the
bill is defective in itself and fails in the
object sought to be accomplished—to
wit: to prevent for all time to come the
recognition of the fraudulent bonds—
then another bill will have to be intro
duccd-—this time so plain that all men
who read can understand.
THE COTTON CROP.
The New York World, of Friday, con
tains some three columns of matter de
voted to the views of prominent cotton
men in that city as to the prospect and
probable yield of the growing crop.
Messrs. T. T. Bbyck, E. J. Donnell and
others engaged in the cotton business
in New York contend that the crop will
be over 4,000,000 bales, while Messrs.
Richardson and May, Southerners so
journing in New York, maintain that the
crop will not exceed 3,500,000 bales. It
is proper to remark here that tho views
expressed were prior to the report of the
Department of Agriculture, which was
not published until Saturday morning.
We find in that paper the following edi
torial article on the cotton crop, which
confirms the views set forth iu our paper
of Sunday, that the yield cannot exceed
3,500,000 under tho most favorablo cir
cumstances:
Now, as far as facts are attainable, we
find that up to September, 1874, the
total receipts at the ports were 3,787,-
627 bales, and to this amount must bo
added the cotton that came overland to
New York and the Southern consump
tion of cotton. These two items cannot
be had for some days yet, but on the
Ist of September, 1873, they were as
follows :
Bales.
Cotton, per overland 141,500
Ootton consumed in the South. .137,662
Total 279,162
Now, if tho same amount of cotton is
allowed this year for these two items,
tho total crop lip to the Ist of Septem
ber, 1874, would be :
Hales.
Receipts at tho ports 3,787,627
Cotton, per overland 141,500
Cotton consumed iu the South. 137,662
Total crop 4,066,789
Which is actually some 83,000 bales
less than the World’s Fall trade report
took as a basis on which to estimate the
new crop. Thus, then, the basis of
4,150,000 bales is indeed in favor of a
new crop, and as a compromise 4,100,-
000 bales is admitted by the most promi
nent cotton dealers to be the true figure
for the old crop.
This fact being settled, tho next ques
tion is, Was there or was there not 10
per cent, less acreage put in cotton in
1874 than in 1873 ? The Bureau of Agri
culture is responsible for the statement
that the cotton acreage is this year 10
per cent, less than ic was last year, and
even Mr. Bryce admits that the acreage
is “considerably reduced.” But the
official reduction makes it between 10
and 11 per cent. Our Fall trade report
took 10 percent, as the reduction. These
two important facts being satisfactorily
established, a calculation can be made.
Last year, as is admitted by Mr.
Bryce, fertilizers were in extensive use.
But there was a drawback in the shape
of ravages by worms which could have
affected but a portion of the growing
cotton; for when a crop is seriously
ravaged, with the worm plague as with
the locust plague, pretty much all of it
is destroyed.
But even conceding that the admitted
drouth this year may bo taken as an off
set to the partial ravages of worms du
ring last year, and, further, even accept
ing the undoubtedly poor crop of the
uplands as an offset to the providential
overflow of the bottom lands this year
(and perhaps someone may tell us the
comparative acreage of the uplands and
the bottom lands) —admitting all this,
the yield per acre will hardly be more
than it was last year. And if the yield
per acre is the same this year as last
year, the 8,000,000 acres of cotton land j
planted this year cannot possibly yield
as much as 8,800,000 acres planted last
year. This is about the acreage planted
during the two seasons respectively.
Therefore, if 10 per cent, is deducted
from the 4,100,000 bales produced in
1873-74 there remains 3,690,000, and as
our Fall trade report estimated the crop,
under the most auspicious prospect, at
throe and a half millions, it seems im-I
possible that our estimate could have !
been materially wrong. It must, fur- [
thermore, he remembered that the ex- j
tout of damage done by drouth cannot j
be realized until later in the season, nor |
is the significant allusion to the disturb- !
auee of labor made by the Southern j
merchants and planters entirely to be j
overlooked. All these circumstances, I
not evety taking into account the proba
bility or an early frost, may, in a great
measure, cloud the glowing prospects of!
those who estimate the new crop so j
high. It is at once a remarkable fact!
and an evidence of the intricacy of all j
calculations not based ou statistical
facts and figures, that while the faction
of cotton dealers who estimate a very
large crop give as one ground of their
faith a heavy yield of early cotton, the
opposite faction maintaiu that if there
is one sure sign of a great destruction
by drouth it is heavy early receipts, in
asmuch as the hot weather prematurely
forces open the boll that is ripe and
destroys the tender bolls that depend
on the sap of the plant for nourishment.
Now, who is right ? If the new crop is
really to be over 4,000,000 bales, the
present Liverpool price of 7fd. for mid
dling is quite low enough. If, on the
other baud, the crop should be, as sta
tistics indicate it will be, but 3,500,000
bales, we are in a fair way of giving
England an early bonus of some $50,-
000,000 to secure our cotton crop.
There is no longer a reasonable doubt
as to the crop being a short one, and as
soon as the fact becomes recognized in
this country and Europe the price of our
great staple must appreciate. The New
York Ei\ ning Pont, an authority on cot
ton. puts tlie question : “ Has American
cotton any rival ?" It goes on to recog
nize the importance of cotton as the
chief article of export from the United
States, and the fact that the (trice which
it commands is a matter cf commanding
moment, not only to the actual produ
' cers themselves, but to every man,
woman and child in the country, whether
I living in Maine, Texas or elsewhere. In
these facts reasons are found for the
Fust's comments on the methods of
• transacting business in the New York
Cotton Exchange, which methods were
considered “ injurious to the country at
large and particularly to the persons di
rectly engaged in the production of cot
i ton."
As American cotton is now two and
three-quarters pence per pound drearer
than the best cotton raised in India ; a
difference in price for which there seems
to be no reason except the superior and
—so far as India cotton is concerned—
unrivalled quality of the American pro
duct, it is urged that American cotton
growers need not fear any extended
rivalry so far as India is concerned.
Egypt aQ d Brazil are the only countries
which produce cotton equal in quality
to ours, and they do not produce
enough to seriously affect the normal
value of the staple. The conclusion is,
that American cotton has no rival, and
that the price at present is abnormally
low, it having risen only fourteen per
cent, since 1869, when most of the
world’s cotton supply was produced by
slave labor, while the price of most
other articles of trade has advanced
from twenty-five to thirty per centum.
SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN CONVEN
TION.
The proposed Southern Republican
Convention, called to meet in Atlanta on
the 12th of October, but since changed
to meet at Chattanooga on the Ist of
October, is a snare. We hazard the
prediction that its main purpose is to
manufacture thunder out of alleged
Southern outrages for the coming elec
tions, a? well as to fire the Northern
heart in Congress in order to secure a
prolongation of the power of the Re
publican party. It is given out with a
great show and parade of magnanimity
that this Convention is to be composed
of leading Republicans iu the South
who are not office holders, and that its
main object will be to bring peace and
order to our unfortunate sister States.
But the New York Tribune takes a dif
ferent and wo believe a proper view of
the movement:
It has been agreed, it seems, between
Senator Chandler and certain eminent
and orthodox statesmen whose names
are withheld from au anxious world,
that a convention of Republicans of the
Southern States shall meet in Atlanta on
the 12tlx of October, to set forth to the
nation the true needs of the South,
and explain what has yet to be done to
that unhappy region before it is fully
reconstructed. A convention called un
der such distinguished auspices would
be almost certain in any event to em
brace only the elect, but to make assur
ance doubly sure it is arranged that,
“ owing to the short notice,” the dele
gates shall all be appointed by the State
Executive Committees. This will ob
viate the danger of any unpleasantness
resulting from the admission of disa
greeable persons not in sympathy with
the Republican policy in the Southern
States, and insure unanimous assent to
whatever measures may be proposed by
tlio leading spirits of the convention.
A Congress of representatives of the
Southern people could not fail to utter
some unwelcome truths, and even a
strictly Republican assemblage, consti
tuted in the usual fashion, might show
a critical and complaining disposition
greatly to be deprecated on such an oc
casion as this. Upon the whole it is no
more than prudent to have the delegates
appointed by the State Committees.
It ought not to be difficult to select a
few score of eminent Southern Repub
licans who will fairly represent the men
“inside politics,” in whose interest they
are to be assembled. South Carolina of
c.ourso will send honest John Patter
son, formerly of Pennsylvania,.who can
tell the people of tho Union how the
South has been affronted with carpet
baggers, buying seats in the Senate
from her dusky legislators. The Hon.
Franklin J. Moses can explain the pro
cesses of vulgar peculation, and ex-Sen
ator Sawyer and ex-Congressmau Bowen
can testify as to tho practice of shipping
field hands from Sea Islands to vote in
the city of Charleston. Alabama will
have an accomplished spokesman in the
person of the Hon. George E. Spencer,
formerly of lowa, who knows more per
haps than any other statesman in Ala
bama about those demoralizing bargains
with the President which have
made Southern politics so un
speakably corrupt. From Arkansas
might come the Hon. Powell Clayton,
formerly of New York, and what he can
not tell about fraud is not worth know
ing. Texas might add to the list of
delegates already appointed tho name of
Senator Flanagan, who is one of the
best living authorities on the defects of
the Southern education system, and she
lias also a fine assortment of pictures
que politicians like the ex-postmaster of
Galveston, who would ornament any
select circle happy enough to secure
their company. Louisiana breeds Re
publican statesmen as lier bayous breed
alligators. Kellogg, Pinchback, Casey,
Packard, Durell, Warmoth, Herwig
what stories they could tell if the Con
vention would only resolve itself into an
experience meeting 1 What schemes of
rascality they could describe, what
prodigies of registration, what miracles
of counting, what astounding operations
of the Courts, what novel political uses
for revenue cutters, what ingenious de
vices for fleecing commerce, squeezing
tax payers, and emptying the treasury
into the pockets of the faithful ! All the
ills that have cursed the South since
reconstruction, all the dangers that
threaten her future, might be illustrated
iu such a Convention as this.
The assemblage would also be a spec
tacle full of suggestion for the North.
There at once glance we should see
every variety of political parasite that
feeds upon the prostrate States, every
species of rogue, vagabond and insolent
pretender that has made Republican
government at the South a reproach to
all the civilized world. With such a
gathering before us we should not have
to search far for the causes of the pres
ent distress, nor should we be puzzled
to suggest a remedy. To take all these
men, and a few more like them, by the
collar, and lead tliem out, would sug
gest itself to all of us as the one great
“reform necessary to secure the perfect
reconstruction of the South.”
There seems to be but one opinion as
to the object of the meeting of the
Southern Radicals iu Convention, and
that is to manufacture a strong outrage
report for the purpose of inflaming pub
lic opinion at tho North against the
South. The Baltimore Gazette saps :
Senator Chandler proposes that the
public shall get a just opinion of the
situation of the South through a Con
vention composed of delegates named
by the Chairmen of the Republican Ex
ecutive Committees in the several South
ern States. This suggestion has more
of cool, calculating impudence than
novelty. It is not the first time that the
South has suffered from just such mis
representations as these partisans will
send forth over their signatures. Al
ready, it is said, an address has been
prepared for them to adopt, asking the
President to send troops to the South to
suppress free elections, and giving such
false accounts of the recent outrages as
were made use of in the past to fire the
Northern heart. No intelligent man
ought to permit himself to be deceived
bv such misstatements at this day.
The Richmond 1 Vhig characterizes I
the movement as an “Outrage Couven- j
lion.” It says :
What a scheme that is for calling a
Convention of Southern Republicans to
consider and report upon the condition
of the South ! Everybody knows before
hand what will be said and done by a
Convention of carpet-baggers, adven
turers, and negroes. Os course they
will go to Atlanta, or wherever they are
to meet, with their carpet-bags full of
affidavits and their months full of
rumors about outrages. Men who can
not be trusted with ten dollars of public
money, and who, where they are known,
would not be believed on oath, will be
the men whose testimony against the
Southern people is to go abroad as the
truth, and to be accepted as the proper
basis of actiou against the Southern
States!
Notwitlistandingour knowledge of the
corruption of Northern politics, and the
depravity of Radical managers; notwith
standing our knowledge of the readiness
of the Northern masses to believe al
most anything against the Southern peo
ple, we are not prepared to believe that
the honest portion of the Northern peo
ple will be willing to accept the testi
mony of a Convention of carpet-baggers
and adventurers who have become in
famous throughout the whole country.
An outrage convention, gotten up bv
Clayton, oi Arkansas, cannot, we* be
lieve.be palmed off upon the country by
Mokton and his set. It is an imposture
so gross that a fool even will see through
it.
Jesse Wimberly makes a bid for the
negro vote by announcing himself
unequivocally in favor of the Civil
Rights bill.
A yonth killed thirteen rattlesnakes
in one day, in Madison county, recently.
It wasn’t a good day for rattlesnakes
i either.
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1874.
JUDGE A. M. SPEER.
We are gratified to know that the
Democracy of Spaulding county have
nominated Judge A. M. Speer for the
Legislature. There is no danger of the
State when such men as Judge Speer
are willing to serve the people in the
Legislature. Distinguished for his
purity of character uo less than for his
pre-eminent ability, the example set by
the people of Spaulding in calling upon
such a man as Judge Speer to serve
them should be followed by 'the people
of other counties. The wisest and best
men should be called upon to serve the
State iu these perilous times.
THE REVOLUTION IN LOUISIANA.
Since the surrender at Appomatox
there has been no event in our history
of such importance as the recent coup
d’etat iu Louisiana. In a single day
the uprising of a people united by out
rage and oppression has hurled from
power a usurpation foisted upon them
by tyranny, and erected iu its stead the
government of their choice. The victo
ry seems to be as complete as the out
break was unexpected. The revolution
sprang into life full growu, like Minerva
from the brow of Joye, and the first
blow was also its last. ’ The Kellogg
government crumbled like saml before
the sea, and to-day the State of Louisi
ana is in tlio peaceful and undisturb
ed possession of her people. The usur
pation erected by the soldiers of Gener
al Grant has toppled to the' dust, and
we do not believe that it can ever be
pinned together again, even by bayo
nets.
We do not see how the action of the
people of Louisiana can be censured by
any right thinking man North or South.
We do not believe that the Kellogg
government had any right to their alle
giance, or had any claims to obedience
or support which they were bound to
acknowledge or respect. It was not
their government. Its creatures were
not their rulers. Ou the contrary, in a
legal and fairly conducted election that
government was defeated and repudiated
by au overwhelming majority in nearly
every parish in the State. It was not a
government created by Congress and
placed in authority by the Legislative
power of the natiou. Congress had
nothing to do with its creation, and has
never formally recognized or admitted
its legality. Ou the contrary, so far as
Congress has spoken iu the malter,
its voice lias been adverse to the
pretensions of the infamy. It has
been branded a usurpation and a fraud
by the people of every section. It de
rived domiuion neither from the con
sent nor acquiescence of the governed
nor from the power of the Congress of
the United States. It was pnrely and
simply the creature of the Executive
branch of our Government—the creature
of the Federal administration—the crea
ture of General Grant. It was set up
by soldiers and sustained by bayonets
until it was thought strong enough to
stand without extraneous support.—
When the bayonets were withdrawn it
tumbled, and there are few who wish it
resurrected from the dust into which it
has fallen.
The question now arises how shall, or
rather how will the Administration act iu
the premises ? It is true that General
Grant sympathizes with the Kellogg
conspirators—all of whom are his person
al and political friends, one of whom is
his near kinsman. It is also irue that he
lias issued a proclamation pronouncing
the supporters of the McEnery govern
ment turbulent and seditious persons
and commanding their dispersal within
five days under penalty of an attack
from the army of the United States.
But events have happened since the
issuance of that proclamation which
will render its enforcement a very grave
and difficult undertaking—one which wo
think even General Grant will hesitate
to commence. We have little doubt
that it was published under the belief
or upon the assumption that the troubles
in Louisiana were mere local disorders
—riots—confined to the city of New
Orleans, and which could be easily sup
pressed. Subsequent events have shown
how fallacious is this theory. The out
break is not a riot, it is revolution. It has
Mot been tlie work of a few men nor has
it been restricted to any particular locali
ty. It is a movement of the whole people of
a whole State to break the flimsy fetters
of fraud and usurpation. The people
have taken their property, the State.—
After waiting patiently during two years
in the hope that tlie Government would
give them redress they have at last
righted their wrongs. They have in
stalled their legally elected government.
They have control of the finances, of the
police, of the public property and they
stand ready to defend themselves. When
the five days shall have expired Gen.
Grant will find himself confronted not
by a band of rioters, but by tlie majesty
of State government. He cannot treat a
people as a seditious mob to be dis
persed by a file of soldiers and a Gat
ling gun. The McEnery government is
in power. It presents its claims for
recognition and these claims will have
to be passed upon by some competent
tribunal. We cannot believe Gen. Grant
will attempt to settle this question by
violence and bloodshed. Such a state
of affairs requires different treatment
from that which lie has foreshadowed in
his proclamation. We do not believe
that he can crush this government with
the rude hand of power. Os course
Louisiana is not strong enough to make
war upon the United States, nor has she
any desire to provoke a contest. But
the people of the United States will not
sympathize with such a war nor will
they permit their Government to engage
in such a couflic*. We must have some
other and more peaceful solutiou of this
' important question than that afforded
i by war and coerciou.
It is, after all, questionable whether
the decrease in the value of Southern
lauded property has been greater than
in real estate in New York. At the
present time lands and houses in that
city are almost unsaleable, and it is
probably not too much to say that im
proved real estate is now worth twenty
five per cent, less than it was on Sep
tember 1, 1873, and unimproved lots
from 33* to 40 per eent. less.
Mr. R. L. Mott, of Columbus, has
announced himself as an independent
candidate for Congress in the Fourth
District. Mr. Mon, in his card, takes
great pains to tell what his politics were
before the war ; but he says nothing of
what they hav.- been since. We hope,
as we believe, that he will be able to of
fer but little serious opposition to the
Democratic nominee.
The Democrats of Baldwin county
have nominated CoL William McKin
ley for the Legislature. A better selec
tion could not have been made. Col.
McKinley is a gentleman of command
ing ability, a fine lawyer and a sterling
Democrat. With such men to control
her councils Georgia has nothing to fear
for the future.
Dyeing the past.ten days, a large num
ber of mills and manufactories, not only
throughout New England but in the
Middle, Western and Southwestern
States, have resumed operations after
various periods of suspension since the
panic of 73.
OGLETHORPE COUNTY.
Meeting of the Democratic Party.
Lexington, G a., October 8, 1874.
Jo the Editors of the Chronicle <fc Sen
tinel :
The Democratic party of Oglethorpe
county assembled at the Court House and
was called to order by Hon. G. F. Platt,
President, J. T. Olive acting as Secre
tary.
The President, in a few remarks, then
stated the object of the meeting to be the
adoption of a suitable time and mode of
nominating candidates for county offi
cers, to be elected in January next.
It was then resolved* and unanimously
carried that the members of the party of
each militia district hold a pritnary elec
tion, under the supervision of the Ex
ecutive Committee of each district, for
the nomination of all candidates of the
party, and that the result of the elections
be forwarded as soon as possible to the
Executive Committee of the county, at
this place, and that the returns of the
elections from all the districts be by
them consolidated, and that tlie person
having tlie largest number of votes for
any office be by them declared the nomi
nee, and that this be the mode of nomi
nation by the party until otherwise or
dered.
It was then made tlie duty of the Ex
ecutive Committee of tlie county to ap
point the day upon wliwh the primary
elections for county offidtrs at the ap
p’-onching election shall be held.
The Executive Committee then ap
pointed the third Friday in November
next, and the first Tuesday in December
to consolidate the vote of the county.
The Convention to nominate candi
dates for the Legislature tliou reported,
through Captain Pope Barrow, the
unanimous nomination of Dr. T. D.
Hutchinson and Rev. D. W. Patman,
and also the minutes of their meeting,
which report was received and adopted
with great enthusiasm, especially the
resolutions regarding the fraudulent
bonds.
The minutes of the Convention sub
mitted to the meeting were as follows:
Lexington, Ga., August 8, 1874.
Convention assembled for the purpose
of nominating candidates for the Legis
lature. James Young elected Chairman,
and Messrs. John F. Smith and \V. C.
Burchmore as Secretaries..
The following delegates were present :
Bowling Green—A. J. Watson, C. W.
Callaway, Juo. F. Smith.
Beaverdam—J. T. Thomas, E. B.
Carter, T. H. Dozier.
Pleasant Hill—J. M. Smith, J. W.
Collier, J. M. Chandler.
Lexington—H. Kinnebrew, A. Little,
J. S. Baugliu.
Wolfskin—Pope Barrow, J. M. Harris,
E. G. Johnson.
Woodstock—C. 0. Oliver, P. Dalton,
C. T. Boggs.
Falling Creek- James Young, B. P.
Taylor, W. C. Burchmore.
Glade—A. Witcher, T. R. Tiller, J. A.
Broach.
Simpson—M. L. Rains, B. B. Waller,
W. B. P. Hayuie.
Bairdstown—P. M. Stevens, Joe Arm
strong, J. Kinnebrew.
Goose Pond—T. G. Jennings, A. G.
Power, N. M. Mattox.
Grove Creek—J. J. Green, H. W.
Johnson, E. A. Stevens.
The “ two-thirds rule” and the par
liamentary rules of the State Legisla
ture were adopted by the Convention
■for the transaction of business.
Oapt. Pope Barrow then offered the
following resolutions relative to the
fraudulent and repudiated bonds of the
State, which were adopted :
Whereas, Certain bonds, purporting
to be bonds of the State of Georgia,
were issued by Bullock during his con
tinnence in office in violation of law,
and the last Legislature passed an
amendment to the Constitution forever
prohibiting the payment of the same,
they, after careful investigation having
been proved to be fraudulent and void
and not binding upou the State of Geor
gia, therefore be it
Resolved, That we request the repre
sentatives to be chosen from this coun
ty to cast their votes and use tlieir in
fluence iu favor of the amendment now
pending which denies the validity and
prohibits tlie payment of these bonds.
Capt. Smith then moved a united
support of the party in favor of the
nominees of this Convention and a dis
continuance of all independent candi
dates, which motion was adopted.
The names of Dr. T. D. Hutchinson
and Obediah Stevens were then put in
nomination by J. J. Greene; W. M.
Willingham nominated by T. H. Do
zier; J. J. Daniel nominated by C. T.
Boggs; D. W. Patman and Dr. Hutchin
son nominated by Capt. P. Barrow; J.
W. Martin nominated by A. Witcher; A.
J. Watson nominated by G. W. Galla
way.
The Convention then proceeded to
ballot for candidates, with varying re
sults, until the sixth ballot, when Dr. T.
D. Hutchinson was declared nominated,
he having received twenty-four votes.
His nomination was then made unani
mous. Then proceeded with the voting
until the fifteenth ballot, when Rev. D.
W. Patman received twenty-four votes
and was declared nominated. Tlie nomi
nation was then made unanimous.
A committee, consisting of Capt. Pope
Barrow, T. H. Dozier, C. T. Boggs, J.
M. Smith and A. Witcher, was then ap
pointed by the Chair to wait upon and
notify the candidates of their nomina
tion and request their acceptance of the
same.
The nominees were then presented to
the Convention by Capt. J. M. Smith,
and each in a few appropriate remarks
accepted the nomination.
The Convention then requested that
the proceedings of this meeting be pub
lished in the Augusta Chronicle and
Sentinel and the. Oglethorpe Echo, and
adjourned sine die.
James Young, President,
J. F. Smith, { „ , .
W. C. Burchmore, j Secretaries.
The following resolution was then of
fered and unanimously adopted :
dissolved, That it is the sense of the
Democratic party of this county that
the policy of our State in granting State
aid to railroad companies is injurious in
practice and wrong in principle, and
that we therefore request our Repre
sentatives iu tlie next Legislature to
discountenance it and vote against any
measure looking to the granting of such
aid to any railroad company.
The meeting then requested that these
proceedings be published in tlie Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel and the Ogle
thorpe Echo.
The meeting then adjourned, subject
to the call of the President.
Geo. F. Platt, President.
J. T. Olive, Secretary.
DON. ALEX. H. STEPHENS,
An Affecting Incident.
7b the Editors of the Chronicle and Sen
tinel :
After the adjournment of County Line
Grange on yesterday, a political meet
ing, composed of some fifty gentlemen,
was held, when one of the speakers, in
urging the voters to select the purest
and best men to represent us in the next
Legislature, took occasion to advert to
the beautiful example set the country
by that pure patriot and “child of
genius,” Alexander H. Stephens, in not
thrusting himself upon the people, but
who was sought and urged by the p o
ple of the Eighth Congressional District
to represent them in the next Congress,
whereupon a citizen arose and said :
“Fellow-citizens, I am a firm believer
in prayer, especially when offered in be
half of a scourged people, and when
intended for the good of men. I believe
God will hear and answersuch petitions;
and I believe it the duty of every Chris
tian and believing heart in the land
that we should earnestly invoke the
Lord of Hosts to spare the life, and, if
it be His will, to prolong the days of
our beloved fellow-citizen, Alexander H.
Stephens.”
A loud amen went up from that little
gathering, and I trust that the sugges
tion of ray neighbor and friend, Deacon
Henry White, will meet with a warm re
sponse in every Christian breast in this
broad land.
I have not the pleasure of a personal
acquaintance with Mr. Stephens, but his
record is so bright and his character so
pure that I have learned to love him
next only to my idolized brother Vir
ginian, the great and good Lee.
S. Wyatt.
Allington, Burke county.
Burke county has an abnormal curio
sity in the shape of a.hog, with face,
nose and mouth very much like a negro,
and which makes a gutteral noise simi
lar to the jabber of an African.
A company is working a rich gold
mine in Hall* county.
The Radicals of Meriwether county
have nominated two negroes for the
Legislature.
SOUTH LAROLLYA POLITIC S.
CHAMBERLAIN NOMINATED FOR
GOVERNOR.
An Independent Republican Conven
tion to be Held to Make Other Nomi
nations.
Columbia, S. C., September 13.—The
Republican Convention nominated D.
H. Chamberlain for Governor, R. h!
Gleaves, present incumbent, for Lieu
tenant Governor, and R. B. Elliott for
Chairman of the Executive Committee.
An independent Bepublican Convention
will be called, as many delegates are
dissatisfied, and other nominations will
be made.
The Republican Nominating Conven
tion adopted the following platform to
day :
First, It reaffirms adhesion to the
principles of the National Republican
Convention at Philadelphia, 1872, as
embodying the true ideas of American
progress; and second, maintains the au
thority of the General Government to
interfere for the preservation of do
mestic tranquility in the several States,
and acknowledges witli gratitude the in
terposition in this State. Third, Dep
recates lawlessness in any form ; con
demns turbulent agitations in any place;
deplores violence, intimidation or ob
struction of personal or political rights
by any party; demands an universal re
spect and conservation of the elective
franchise iu the hands of tlie weakest,
and declares it shall hold all men ene
mies to equality of rights who inter
fere with or deny free and lawful
exercise of their use to auy citizen
of whatever party or creed. Fourth,
Pledges to continue scrupulously
to enact and enforce the financial re
forms promised two years ago and in a
large measure fulfilled, iu proof of
which they point to the following laws,
viz : A law to levy a specific tax, a law
to reduce the volume of the public
debt, a law to regulate the number of
attaches, a law to regulate the public
printing, a law to regulate disbursement
of public funds and a law to regulate
assessments. Fifth, Pledges itself to
reduce the public expenses within the
public revenue and to secure the enact
ment of a law requiring officers who
disburse moneys to give to the public
monthly statements of all receipts and
expenditures derivable from a moderate
assessment and tax rate. Sixth, Earnest
ly entreats Congress to pass the Civil
Rights bill, which is absolutely essen
tial to enforce the constitutional guar
anty of equal rights for all American
citizens. Seventh, Pledges itself to main
tain the settlement of the public debts
as made last Winter, and reject all
claims a aiust which there is suspicion.
Eighth, Holds that all franchises granted
by the State should be subservient to
the public good, that charges for travel
and freight should be equitable and
uniform aud no unjust discriminations
be made between through and local travel
and freights. Ninth, Advocates a modifi
cation of the present system of taxation,
as will prove of the largest advantage to
agricultural interests; will lend its earn
est endeavors to the enactmeut of such
laws and to encourage such means as
will most speedily develop the resources
and build up the manufacturing aud in
dustrial prosperity of South Carolina
and tho construction of such now rail
roads as will give the largest and cheap
est facilities to all citizens. Tenth,
Pledges protection in the truest
sense to the property of the State, and
such wise, just aud humane laws as
will perfect tlie education and elevation
of the laboring classes. Eleventh, That
with full faith in the justice of these
principles, acknoweldging errors iu the
past, but feeling confident of its ability
and determination to correct them, they
appeal to all true Republicans to
unite in bearing the candidate to vic
tory, and pledges to carry out in the
practical administration of the govern
ment every principle inscribed upon the
standard in the interest of tlie whole
people of the State. The Convention
adjourped this p. m. after six days’ ses
sion. A resolution endorsing Grant for
a third term was unanimously adopted.
Saturday evening, after a speech by
Mackey, Swails, of Williamsburg, moved
to close the debate and proceed to bal
lot. This was accomplished with much
difficulty, and tlie result was announced
as follows :"
Chamberlain 72
Greene 40
Wiunsmitli 10
Whole number of votes cast 122
The delegations from Aiken, Barn
well, _ Chester, Chesterfield, Colleton,
Fairfield, Lancaster, Laurens, Lexing
ton, Newberry, Oconee, Orangeburg,
Pickens,Union, Williamsburg and York,
voted solidly for Chamberlaim. The
delegation from Charleston, Kershaw,
Spartanburg, with the exception of Ed
ward Petty, of the first named delega
tion, voted for Winnsmith, but before
the announcement of tlie vote, changed
their votes to Greene. The Sumter dele
gation, including Gov. Moses, voted
solidly for Greene. Gov. Moses re
ceived one vote, cast by J. H. Mc-
Devitt, a white man from Edgefield,
who, however, subsequently changed
his vote to Chamberlain.
When the vote was announced there
was a wild yell of victory from the
Chamberlain clique, and the rank and
file shouted with glee at the prospect of
the promised prices of tlieir votes, and
were only restrained from joining in a
general shakedown by the gavel of the
Chairman, who announced that nomina
tions would now be received for the
office of
Lieutenant-Governor.
R. IT. Gleaves and Martin R. Delany,
both colored, were nominated, and the
balloting proceeded without excitement.
One hundred aud eight votes were cast,
of which Gleaves received niuety-seven
and Delany eleven, and the first named
was accordingly declared the nominee of
the party.
During the call of the roll Mr. TANARUS, C.
Dunn, of Horry, upou his name being
call and, stated that as he did not intend
to support the nomination of Mr.
Chamberlain,ho could not in honor take
any further part in the proceedings, and
would, therefore, decline to vote. Mr.
Dunn is a Northern man and a Republi
can, and was elected to the State Senate
by the Conservatives from Horry county
in 1870.
Democratic Meeting in Jefferson
County.
Four delegates from each district in
the county met at the Court House in
Louisville, and the Convention was or
ganized by calling W. 8. Alexander,
Esq., to the Chair. After adopting the
two-thirds rule the balloting com
menced, when, upon the seventeenth
ballot, R. T. Little and Dr. H. L. Battle
were chosen as candidates to represent
Jefferson county in the Legislature.
The following resolutions, offered by
Dr. H. L. Battle, were adopted :
Whereas, It is generally understood
that there is to be a tremendous monied
effort made, during the next Legislature,
to defeat the passage of the resolutions
of the last General Assembly, amenda
tory of the Constitution, forbidding the
payment of bonds already declared ille
gal; therefore,
Resolved, That the Democracy of Jef
ferson county will support no man for
the Legislature who does not fairly and
squarely pledge himself to vote for the
amendment to the Constitution, and use
his best endeavors to prevent, for all
time to come, the payment of the bogus
Bullock bonds.
Resolved, That the Democratic party
of Jefferson county hail with more than
ordinary pleasure and satisfaction the
nomination of Hon. Alex. H. Stephens
as our candidate for Congress from the
Eighth Congressional District, and we
pledge to him the hearty support of the
Democratic partv of this county.
* E. J. P.
Xo Five Bale Crops. —The Madison
Home Journal says : “By permission,
we make the following extract from a
letter from T. J. Smith, Esq., Master
State Grange, to Col. D. S. Johnston,
relative to the premium crops in Wash
ington county. The letter was written
August 2Gtb, the day before the rains,
inviting Col. Johnston to the Agricultu
ral Festival in Saundersville, on the 3d
of September :
“Our crop of cotton is severely
damaged; our prize crops cut off one
half. Warthen’s crop had a wind storm
on it, followed by heat and dry, and
says he caunot make more than a bale
and a half. My friend Yicker’s crop is
greatly damaged; says he may make two
and a half bales. Several other crops
all cut off. Xo five bale crops this year,
It is claimed over seventy bushels of
corn are made on uplands "er acre.”
Lotta commences an engagement at
the Walnut, Philadelphia, on the 14th,
for four weeks.
COTTON.
THE PRESENT CROP PROSPECTS.
The Yield Cut Ofl - to a Large Extent
by the Drouth.
The recent report of the Agricultural
Bureau, at Washington, while received
with some degree of scepticism in New
York, :s known by planters and mer
chants in the cotton producing region to
be in the main correct. The long drouth
damaged the crop to such au extent that
it virtually ended it. Very nearly all
has been made for the season, and ex
cept in a few localities the plant will
produce no more. This is not a mere
surmise, but gathered from reliable data
from all quarters,
A reporter of the Chronicle and Sen
tinel interviewed a number of geutle
ment, among them several of our most
prominent cotton factors, on the subject
yesterday afternoon. The first party
spoken to in regard to the matter was a
well known planter who has plantations
on the river and among the highlands of
the county. He stated that he had
just returned from his river place and
had passed through several large planta
tions. The cotton fields oil all these
were perfectly black. The stalks had
finished bearing and it was evident that
a late or early frost could not affect
them one way or the other. The crop,
said he,
Is Made,
And it will show a large falling off from
that of last year. The same rule will
apply equally as well to the upland
plantations. The drouth has settled the
crop question for this year.
she reporter next conversed with one
of the members of a well known cotton
firm. This gentleman was about of the
same opinion as the planter referred to
above. The crop would be much shorter
than was anticipated a month ago. Ho
thought, however, that some persons
made the falling off too great. He had
seen a letter from Texas, which stated
that the yield would be from
Tliree-Fourths to a Half
Less than the planters in that State ex
pected a few weeks ago. He had no
idea that the prospect was as bad as
that. His estimate was that the falling
off would be from fifteen to twenty per
cent. He placed the crop at about
3,750,000 bales. It would not, he thought,
be more than that, though it might be
less.
Another prominent cotton factor, who
receives a large number of bales each
year from Georgia and South Carolina,
was equally convinced that the high
estimates of a few weeks since would
nave to be abandoned. Ho had seen
quite a number of fields of cotton lately
and in the majority of them the weed
had stopped bearing. A few fields were
still doing something, and with a late
Fall might yield more cotton. His
opinion, however, was that the crop was
about made. The New York men were
estimating the crop entirely too high,
hence the keeping down of prices. He
thought their estimates were fully a hall'
million bales too high.
Reporter : What do you estimate the
crop at ?
Merchant : Not more than three mil
lions and three-quarters. Possibly it
will not be over three millions and a
hall’ bales. New Orleans will receive
three hundred thousand bales less than
she did last year and Memphis one hun
dred and fifty thousand less. This
makes four hundred and fifty thousand.
Mobile will receive fifty thousand more
than last year. Some weeks since she
expected to get at least one hundred
and fifty thousand more. Deducting
the fifty thousand from the four hun
dred and fifty thousand, leaves four
hundred thousand bales less for those
three cities, together, than last year.
The crop of Georgia and South Caro
lina will be at least one hundred thou
sand bales less than last year. Adding
this to the total given before, makes
A Half Million
Bales less than the crop of last year.
Ibis would give us between three mil
lion six hundred thousand and three
million seven hundred thousand bales
as the total crop of American cotton for
the present year. This, I think, is about
the highest estimate that can now be
made.
Reporter: Do you think there will be
an advance in prices?
Merchant: Ok, yes. Prices will cer
tainly advance, in my opinion, at an
early date.
He then showed the reporter a letter
from a prominent cotton factor of Mo
bile, stating that that port would get an
increase this season out of the river bot
toms, where the crop last year was a to
tal failure. He estimated the receipts
this year at three hundred and fifty
thousand bales, fifty thousand bales
more than last year.
The merchant said this estimate was a
hundred thousand bales less than the
same gentleman expected a short time
ago.
Reporter: Has any other cause in ad
dition to the drouth operated against
the crop?
Merchant: Yes. The rust and a
Sort ot Wight
Have damaged it considerably in some
localities.
Auother of the largest cotton buyers
in the city said he had written to parties
iu England some time since that the crop
would not be anything like as large as
they expected. They would not believe
him, however, and said his reports were
sensational. The crop was a late one, in
the first instance, and the drouth had
cut it off to a great extent. It would
not be, at the highest calculation, more
than three and three-quarter millions
bales. Some parties in Liverpool and
New York bad placed it as high as four
and a quarter million bales. It
was needless to say that such a yield was
out of the question.
A cotton factor of large experience be
lieved that if it was not for the dullness
of trade and the fact that it was so diffi
cult to sell mauufacturei's’ goods, cotton
would be fully eighteen cents per pound
in Augusta at the present time. New
York still professed to believe that the
crop would be a very large one, but that
the report of the Agricultural Bureau
had been felt in Liverpool was evident
in the sudden advance of a farthing per
pound in the price of cotton, and the
taking of over six thousand bales that
day by speculators. He had written to
parties in New York that the report of
the Agricultural Bureau in reference to
new crop was perfectly correct with re
gard to the section tributary to Augusta
and letters from other parts of the State
showed that it applied equally as well in
those sections. The crop would not cer
tainly he more than three millions, seven
hundred and fifty thousand bales. Brices
are bound to advance.
We ascertained during our walk in the
cotton quarter that but little new cotton
is now coming into the city, but it is ex
pected that the receipts will be very
large in a short time.
•‘The World's” Estimate Correct.
To the Editor of the World :
Sib —Referring to your article of the
7th inst., I beg to say that your figures
in regard to the cotton crop are confirm
ed not only by the reports of the South
ern Exchanges for August, but by the
private correspondence of the receivers
of cotton in this market who have taken
pains to ascertain the present condition
of the cotton crop—and I give it to you
as my candid opinion that this crop
cannot possibly be as much as 3,500,000,
and I am certain that I have taken as
much pains and spent as much money as
any merchant in the trade to obtain ac
curate aud reliable information regard
ing the condition and probable out-turn
of the crop. J. J. Pierce.
New York, September 9.
Skeleton Leaves.— Leaves to be skel
etonized should be gathered only iu dry
weather, and should also be perfectly
matured, July and August being the
best months to gather them. Among
choicest varieties are vine, poplar, beech
and ivy leaves. Dissolve four ounces of
washing soda in one ounce of boiling
water; add two ounces of quick lime,
and boil fifteen minutes; allow this to
cool; then pour off the clear liquor into
a clean saucepan, and when at the boil
ing point place the leaves carefully and
boil one hour; boiling water should be
added occasionally to supply that lost
by evaporation. If after boiling one
hour the cellular tissues does not rub off'
between the thumb and finger, boil them
till it will, always placing the leaves in
cold water to separate the fleshy matter
from the skeleton. Bleach the skeletons
by putting them into a solution of one
quart of water, one large tablespoonful
of chloride of lime and a few drops of
vinegar; let them remain in twenty min
utes and then remove, and dry between
sheets of white blotting paper beneath a
gentle pressure,
LOUISIANA REDEEMED!!
THE PEOPLE IN FULL POSSESSION
OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Peace and Good Order Prevail—Large
Meeting in St. Louis Endorses tlie
Action of the People Dispatches
from Governor Penn and Kellogg
Cabinet Meeting This Afternoon.
What Grant Says About the Revolu
tion.
Washington, September 15. Tlio
President this afternoon, iu conversa
tion with the agent of the American
Press Association, expressed great sur
prise that tlie people of New Orleans
aud of the State of Lottsiana should
have allowed themselves to be so influ
enced by their political leaders as to
commit acts of violence against the con
stituted authorities of the State, which
led to bloodshed and called for the in
terference of the Federal power. He
stated that great consideration had been
shown to these people, on account of
which their action was, therefore, sur
prising. He said he had issued two
orders—one to Gen. McDowell, com
manding the division of the South, and
one to Gen. Emory, commanding the de
partment of the Gulf—instructing them
to take such measures ns in tlieir judg
ment necessary to preserve life and
property, and to restore peace and quiet
ness to the city of New Orleans aud tlio
State at large, and lie felt confident that
tlie steps would result in a restoration
of harmony. He hoped his proclama
tion would have tlio desired effect aud
that the Federal troops would not bo re
quired to act.
The President spoke in the highest
terms of tho people of Louisiana, and in
tlie same terms, incidentally, of the
whole South, and expressed deep regret
that any circumstances should arise re
quiring the interference of tlio Federal
power in any section of tlie country, but
as Chief Magistrate of the whole coun
try, charged with the execution of the
laws which were enacted in the interest
of peace and unity between every sec
tion of the country, his duty was' plain
and lie would not shrink from its per
formance. 1
Penn and Kellogg on the Situation.
A dispatch from D. B. Penn, to the
Herald, says : “The North can form no
idea of the robbery and spoliation to
which we have been subjected. My
movement was necessitated by the atti
tude ot the people. They demanded it.
I am now in full possession of the gov
ernment of the State.
“The colored people are satisfied and
contented. A strong brigade of colored
troops, fully organized and armed and
in the service of the usurpation, refused
to fire a shot iu its defense. The most
perfect peace and good order prevail.
We are thoroughly loyal to the Federal
Government and iu the operations of
the past two days there have been no
excesses or violations of law. This
government is the only one now in ex
istence iu Louisiana.”
Kellogg, iu a dispatch, says : “Amid
all the troubles which have beset the State
I have reduced the State and parish
taxation each fully one-third, and meas
ures have been passed providing for the
reduction of the State debt aud the con
stitutional limitation of debts, both
on the State and city ; also an
amendment limiting taxation.
“TheMbnoxious features of tlie election
aud registration laws used by the ftision
ists in tiie last election Lave been repeal
ed, and in the appointment of officers of
registration I have voluntarily tendered
to the opposition a representation which
they entirely denied to the Republican
party at the last election.
“Those and other measures have de
prived the opponents of the Republican
party of any just cause of complaint
against the State government. They
have by a long prepared plan violently
overthrown the government even be
fore the election to prevent the
election being had, and prevent
the evidence that they had not a ma
jority before upon the shallow pretexts
of violence, and by incendiary state
ments and appeals they have got togeth
er their clans, which they have organized
in secret and drilled iu their club rooms
and in the city. They have taken pos
session of public offices by violence and
bloodshed.
Personally I have no desire to discharge
the very onerous and vexatious duties
of Governor, but I feel it a duty I owe
to the State and to the party to hold on
until relieved by competent authority.”
From Shreveport.
Shreveport, La., September 16. —The
rightful officers elected in 1872 have
been peaceably installed in all the par
ishes so far as heard from iu North Lou
isiana. There has not been, nor will
there be, a single drop of blood shed.
The movement has been conducted by
the leading property holders, business
and conservative men in this and ad
joining parishes. The dispatch con
cludes : But the Kellogg infamy is dead
beyond resurrection troops or no
troops. Signed, W. B. Eagan, J. 0.
Moncure and A. H. Leonard, committee.
Sympathy from Bt. Louis.
S-r. Louis, September 15.—There
was a mass meeting held to-night to
sympathise with the people of Louisiana
in their efforts to rid themselves of op
pression. It was largely attended. Gen.
William Shields presided, and a large
number of preminent citizens, of both
political parties,wore elected Vice-Presi
deuts and Secretaries.
Continued Quiet.
New Orleans, September 16, evening.
—The city continues quiet. The police
duty through the city last night was
performed by volunteers. This morning
there is a very general resumption of
business. There are no gatherings of
people or evidences of excitement in any
quarter.
Result of the Cabinet Mooting.
Washington, September 16. — The re
sult of the Cabinet meeting this after
noon was an agreement that the follow
ing dispatch should be sent immediately
by the Adjutant-General of the Army to
General Emory, commanding tliu Fede
ral forces in Louisiana:
Wais Department, \
Washington, D. C., Sept. 16, 1874. (
Under no circumstances recognize the
insurgent government of Louisiana.
Within five days from the date of the
proclamation to the insurgents such
action will be taken as the emergency
may require. By order of the President.
(Signed) E. D. Townsend,
Ad j utaut-General.
McEnery Officers Installed.
Delhi, La., September 16. — A mass
meeting of citizens of Richland parish
was held at Reayvilleyesterday evening,
and there was great rejoicing at the
news from New Orleans. G. M. N.
Brumley, Governor McEnery's appoin
tee to the office of tax collector, was in
stalled into office by the citizens, who
gave three cheers to the outgoing Kel
logg appointee, Mr. Jones, for the cour
teous manner in which lie surrendered
the office, which was followed by loud
aud enthusiastic cheers for the now col
lector and redeemed Louisiana. All
the officers of the parish now are .McEn
ery men. A largo number of colored
men attended the gathering and partici
pated in the rejoicing. There was can
non firing at Delhi last evening, and
general rejoicing all over the parish,
among all classes of citizens.
Franklin parish will install her Mc-
Encry officers to-day.
Grant Angry.
Washington, September 16.—The
Louisiana revolution has staggered the
Administration. They will do nothing
within five days. There can be no doubt
that their present intentions is to re
store Kellogg. It is said that Grant is
very angry. The tone of the Northern
papers is perplexing, many of the most
ultra Republitan papers arguing that
Louisiana has exercised the divine and
conceded#right of revolution. During
the five days it is both hoped and feared
that the white people of Louisiana will
not dull device by coldness or delay.
Terry or Sheridan.
It is in consideration whether Louisi
ana shall be added to Gen. Sheridan’s
department or whether Gen. Terry shall
be sent to New Orleans. Gen. Terry
ranks Gen. Emory.
What Williams Says.
Washington, September 16.—Attor
ney-General Williams to-night, in a
lengthy interview with a representative
of the New York Associated Press, said:
“The so-called Kellogg government lias
been established aud in full operatiou
for about two years. It lias been re
peatedly declared by all the Courts
of Louisiana to bo the only legal
government of the State. It lias
been repeatedly recognized by the
President and impliedly by Con
gress. The President, in a special mess
age, called the attention of Congress to
the subject aud stated that if they took
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no action lie should feel bound to regard
the Kellogg organization as the lawful
government of the State. Congress de
clined to legislate about the matter. The
question is not now whether Kellogg or
McEnery ought to bo Governor or
whether or not there were frauds nr
irregularities about the election,
but the question is whether a
State government that has been fully
organized for nearly two years, a nil
recognized as such by all the Depart
ments of the Government, State and Na
tional, can bo properly overthrown by
the armed populace of a city iu which
the seat of government is' located by
means of violence and bloodshed. Ad
mitting all the wrongs charged upon the
Kellogg government, can those proceed
ings bo permitted to stand ns a prece
dent? Arc the governments of the
States of this Union to be determined
by pronunciamentos and violent and
bloody outbreaks, as they are in Mexico
and South America ? 1 do not see how
this caso differs in principle from the
Arkansas case. Brooks claimed that ho
received a majority of the votes at the
election, and I have always believed
that ho did. Baxter, however, was the
duly installed Governor of the State of
Arkansas. Brooks, relying upon the
claim that he was elected, displaced
Baxter by a map d'etat, but the Presi
dent refused to recognize his right to hold
the office obtained in that way. That
was a decision against the Republicans
and in favor of the Democrats.—-
Following this precedent, I do not seo
how the President can recognize Penn.
To do so would be to hold that a politi
cal party defeated or claiming to bo de
feated by fraud at an election for State
officers might, if the opportunity offer
ed, take possession of the State govern
ment, aud so substitute violence and
anarchy lor law aud order. I believe it
is the duty of the General Government
to put down this lawlessness, whether
committed by Republicans or Dem
ocrats. The President lias not been
governed by party considerations in
these matters and has oftener de
cided for the Dt mocrats than the lie
publicans in respect to Southern diffi
culties. Whatever may be said of men
ami things in Louisiana, the proceedings
of the President in respect to that State
have been from the beginning iu strict
conformity to law. llis course, iu my
opinion, will not now be changed.—
There is -not a sensible man in the
United States who does not know that
the seizure of the State government of
Louisiana by Penn and his adherents is
in utter violation and disregard of
all law. Can any reasonable man
expect the President to become a party
to such a transaction ? With respect to
the election, it, is impossible to deter
mine who was chosen. The returns
have never been cunvassod and they
were made up in perjury, forgery aud
fraud. I have never believed that, the
McEnery ticket was elected. It. is ab
surd to suppose that when Virginia and
North Carolina and nearly all the South
ern States, including those that are
generally Democratic, went for the
Grant, ticket, that, Louisiana, the strong
est Republican State in the South,
went for the Greeley ticket, as is
protended, especially when the candi
date for Governor on that ticket was an
unreconstructed rebel Colonel. But it is
too late now to go back to t hat, question.
The issue now is between law and order
on the one hand and violence and disor
der on the other, and upon that issno
the position of the President, is not a
doubtful one.
New Orleans, September 16.- The
following document, signed by the Presi
dents of the Chamber of Commerce,
Clearing House, Cotton Exchange and
Merchants’ Exchange, was telegraphed
to President Grant to-day: “tVc the
undersigned beg leave to inform your
Excellency that this city is perfectly
quiet, ami free from all disturbing ele
ments, and business bits been resumed
as usual, no further trouble being anti
cipated.”
Custom House, New Orleans, Sep
tember 16.—1 have been asked to sign
tlic above statement. That, the city is
quiet is true and business is proceeding
as usual. Property aud persons are
safe from insults or injuries, except
from some rowdy or drunken man.
(Signed) James F. Casey.
The Executive Committee of the Mer
chants’ Exchange to-day telegraphed to
the Board of Trade of Chicago, and the
Merchants Exchanges of St. Louis and
Cincinnati, as follows: “The now gov
ernment is composed of the legitimate
and duly elected State officers, and is in
full and peaceable possession. It, means
peace, law, .order and honest govern
ment. All is quiet, business entirely
resumed, perfect o dor maintained, and
the public confidence restored.”
Smith, Gordon aud Colquitt.
[Atlanta Herald.]
Governor Smith, wlrilo taking that
morning promenade that invigorates and
strengthens his official body, was stopped
by a crowd on Bed wine & Fox’s corner,
and asked to give his views on tho situa
tion :
“Well,” says lie quietly, “I think tho
citizens will tie blotted out. It is im
possible for them to oppose by arms tho
United States Government. Such a
thing is simple suicide, and they will
find it so. I trust it is not as bad ns we
fear, and that tho movement is not so
desperate and ho wide-spread as is re
ported.”
“Will you allow our Georgia troops to
go there if the White League was to
issue an address asking for help ?” asked
Mr. B. H. Hill, Jr. “Not as organiza
tions, ol'course. I could not do so if I
wanted to, and I would not if 1 could.
I am inclined to think that I will need
every soldier that 1 have under my com
mand to keep Georgia under control. I
very much fear that bad men and incau
tious editors will get up trouble in our
own State during the present campaign.
I shall esteem myself fortunate if I can
protect my own State during the crisis.
I sympathise with Louisiana, of course,
as much as lam able. As Governor of
Georgia, my first duty is to her.” “You
cannot prevent volunteers from going to
Louisiana, though,” suggested Alder
man Young, who had already announced
himself ready to go “on the first call.”
“Oh, of course not,” replied the Gov
ernor, “and I should not try to. If any
of the boys wanted to take their gnus
and go hunting, “why,” and here the
Governor smiled, “I, of course, could
not say anything to prevent.”
“How many do you think would go
from Georgia to Louisiana as volunteers
in case an appeal was made from New
Orleans for help,” asked a Herald re
porter. “I think probly fifty or one
hundred from the whole State,” replied
the Governor. “Fifty,” responded
Capt. Newman hotly, “I can raise a
company of two hundred to leave here
to night. Tliere’d be nearer five thous
and from the State.” “All, well,” says
tho Governor, “when I said ‘fifty’ I
meant to say tliat very few would go—
not more than a hundred or so—very
few men over twenty-five years of age
would go. Tho men who stood four years
of fighting in the last war ain’t anxious
to try it again—not soon. Ex-Mayor
Hammock—“l wits fool enough to try it
once. I reckon I would again.” Gov.
Smith—“l think the only tiling we can
do is to keep cool, and keep down dis
turbances. 'I ho only result of all this
strife will bo to give the Radicals anew
lease of power. It is very unfortunate,
I think, that there should bo rash and
inconsiderate people to advise or en
courage any resistance to what it is
simply impossible for us to resist with
any chance of success.” And the Gover
nor walked off leisurely, with Judge
Collier.
Gens. Gordon and Colquitt.
We found those honorable Georgians
closely engaged on Insurance and Direct
Trade business. They both replied to
tho reporter’s questions with such
promptness and such harmony of senti
ment that we append what is the opin
ion of both. Tiny regarded the Louis
iana trouble as a premature and dan
gerous outbreak; but just such au out
break as oppression will always meet
some time or other, when it persistently
grinds and degrades any people, no
matter how patent they may lie. Tho
uprising is pardonable, and we sympa
thize with the brave spirit that prompt
ed it. But we fear it is premature,with
out plan or substance, and we Georgians
should not commit ourselves to any vio
lence or rashness in regard to it. if the
movement in New Orleans succeeds it
must succeed by some strategy and not
by open fight. Hence wo cannot help
them. Wo believe it is part of the Rad
ical programme to force just such out
breaks as this and theu make capital off
of them.
Captain A. C. Thompson and Judge
W. J. Colquitt were nominated for the
Legislature, last Friday, by the Jackson
Democracy. ThesamedayG.lt. Duke,
late representative, and Captain J. M.
Potts declared themselves independent
candidates.