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anq gtmmu. money of th* tax payers are coo- i . lin special legislation. The Jour nal of Commerce states that of the of 1874 vhioh make a volume of one thousand pages, nine-tenths s under th£ead of special legisla tor. A Amendment will bo-voted <m neataaaonth for the purpose nge}l suepiai legislation—ex empt the chartering ■Of railways—to the 1 „ n j legislatures of 'eitiekand counties, and the indication*: are that it will be adopted by a large majority. There are other States besides New York which have much to* complain of in this re spect. The laws of Georgia for^!B72 remainder to private legislation. The laws of 1874 cover newly four hundred and fifty pages, and with the exception of one hundred and twelve pages the volume is devoted to private acts. Acts of incorporation and to allow peddling without licenee form the bulk of these private laws. A Constitutional Conven tion can save a great deal of money to the State annually if it does nothing more than break up special legislation. A CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS. Some tittle since the idea was broach *ed of a conference of the Governors of Southern Democratic States for the purpose of counteracting the effect of the Southern Republican Convention, which .will meet in Chattanooga on the • 13th instant. Governor Brown, of Ten nessee, rras geherafly looked to as the leader of the movement. After confer ing with the-other Democratic Govern ors •Governor B*own and Governor Leb- Ltb, of jLeu4ucjfy held a meeting in • jfashvilleVne lofhfer day, and decided that the proposition was not desirable or feasible, as the Governors of Virginia and Texas declined taking part in the movement. It was agreed, however, to have a conference of Governors of all of the Democratic States, North and South, together with representative Democratic citizens from States not Democratic, or* “possibly of the Gov ernors of all the States, irrespective of party, with a view to a calm, earnest and patriotic discussion of the broader questions of the conflict between State and Federal jurisdictions." A SPECIMEN BLANDER. The following appears in the last issue nt tfr* Union, a Radical organ published in Columbia, South Carolina: One cat cue Consequences. — 'Th e Street Railway in Augusta is not as prosperous a* it dSßras. Oars are run only every half hofir now, A few more lynehings, a bushel of two of threats against stran gers, who exercise the right to express their opinion* in proper terms, MMn or two of ttttilt into the Palmefrfb State, and some more proclamaticpfs by the Mayor te assure Northern hlfeinesH men and travelers of peffect safoty, and there will be no need to ruts street cars at all. The Union kuows vesf well that there is no city in the Sdutjr *more orderly or law-abiding than 4*yista ; that but one case of iyuoldog lfir occurred here sinoe 1861, and that one was for the punish ment-’ of a very atroeichw and brutal murder ; that the threats against Mr. E. M, Bratton were made by a few young mju who allowed their indignation to get the better of their judgment;, and that the “raids into rite Palmetto State’ have been made npon the invitation of South Carolinians and for the purpose of assisting the whites to put down threatened insurrection. The Union also knows very well that the failure of the street cars to run except at intervals of half an hoar has been occasioned not by any decline in the prosperity of the city bnt by the quarrels of the railway companies and the Street Railway Com pany. Both the Chronicle and Senti nel and Constitutionalist stated very plainly the reasons which the President of the Stfeet Railway Company gave for charging the schedule. Augusta Was never in a more flourishing condition than at present. She has increased greatly in size, population and wealth during the past fonr years, and to-day displays more evidence of solid pros perity than any city South of the Po tomac. It is only the idiotic malignity of the Columbia Union which caneouplo the lyneliing affair of last July with the change of schedule on the Augusta and Summerville Railroad. The Union need have no trouble ou our account. There is no danger of Augusta losing her Street Railway, or that the presout will prove a permanent arrangement. If the present owners should determine to abandon tho enterprise there will • be found others to take hold of it. * The Port Royal Commercial appre hends an invasion of South Carolina by Georgians next month, for the purpose of stulfing ballot boxes with fraudulent votes or of overawing Chamberlain vo ters. After speaking in this compli mentary manner of the intentions of the people of this State, the Commercial goes on to say that shonfd the Georgians come they will bo “welcomed with bloody hands to hospitablo graves.”— The South Carolina Radicals may con tain their souls in patience their heroics for a suitable occasion. Georgians have no idea of interfering with the political affairs of South Caro lina, though tvs a matter of course their warmest sympathies aro with the honest people of that State in their efforts to shake off tho rule of snch scamps as Chamberlain and Company. They will not go into Carolina unless they are sent for; unless the whites ask them to assist in protecting their homos and defending the lives of women aud children; but when they do come on such a mission they will not bedeterred by vaporings of “bloody hands” and “hospitable graves.” They are some on the blood harness themselves, and every wall regulated Georgian has a private grave yard of his own. - Tire Macon Star intimates that time will be a desperate fight over the pur chase of the Macon aud Brunswick Rail road at the sale of that property, which Governor Smith lias ordered to be held I on the first Tuesday in December. The j Star intimates that the road has been a ' thorn in the • side of the much abused ■ Central, and seems to think that the lat ter will be a bidder. It also suggests j that the Macon and Augnsta Railroad should become the purchaser, aud thus secure an unbroken linejrom Savannah to Atlanta via the Georgia Railroad. We are afraid that the Macon and Augusta is scarcely in a condition to • buy any railroads just at present, however desira ble such purchases may appear. New lines and fierce competition have very seriously affected the railway business of the country, and even those companies which are In s sound financial condition find it difficult to earn anything above expenses. One of the principal reasons given by the Radicals of Sooth Carolina for their appeal to the Administration for assis tance was the formation of Rifle Clubs throughout the State by the white citi zens. They pretended to discover all manner of Ku-Klux Klans and White Leagues in these organizations, and de clared that the Republicans were not safe as long as the existence of these formidable bodies was permitted. Yet in the face of these declarations we find that on last Tuesday night when the vio laace of the Nash and Minort factions threatened riot and bloodshed in the streets of Columbia—the capital of the State—Governor Moses, instead of look ing to his colored militia for the pre servation of order and the protection of life and property; appealed to one of these dreaded Rifle Clubs for assistance. The Club consented to obey his written ciders, and it was doubtless a knowl edge of this fact which prevented a col lision between the rival factions. TRS SOUTHERN QUESTION. Th* New York limes has at lwt be come satisfiedof.be worthiness of reconstruction. When the goetrum was first proposed by the Congressional quacks—Drs. Srarusa, Sherman and Shkllabargeb—it was everywhere hailed by the Republicans as a panacea for all the woes of the South. We were told that it would answer much better than a simple restoration of the Southern States to the Union with all their rights under the Constitution as it wrs; that the Southern people must have anew system of government given them by their Northern conquerors better than that under which they lived and flourish ed, and better than any they could frame for themselves. The method cf treat ment adopted was faithfully adhered to aud carried out to the letter. The re cently liberated slaves were given the ballot while a large per centage of the whites was disfranchised, and the coun try was flooded with carpeUbag emis saries who controlled the npgroes to their advantage, taught them to regard their former masters with feelings of hatred t nd‘ distrust and sowed the seeds of a bitter hatred between the two races. The Constitution stood in the way of this heroic treatment, was changed to suit the quacks, and the* changes ratified by govern ments which Stevens and Gherman had previously established without the slightest color of law or authority. For nearly eight years the South has been subject**! to this treatment, yet the patient still obstinately languishes and refuses ‘to recover, and the doctors themselves are fain to admit the worth lessness of their remedies and the in curable nature of the disease. The New York Times calls npon its party for a change and declares that unless one is made the most deplorable will result from this continued’ mal-' practice. The Times, in a noticeable article on this subject, says; Elections are turned into a burlesque. We see a Moses in South Carolina ami a Kellogg in Louisiana. From time to time there is an “insurrection,” or bloodshed under some other name; and then the people of the whole county realize how little progress they are making in the work of “reconstruction.” Ail this must come to an end, unless we are destined to hand down to our chil dren another “Southern question,” acsrcely less formidable than that which the framers of the Constitution left un touched, and which was settled at last by “blood and iron.” The sooner Con gress addresses itself to the 3ubject in a spirit of moderation and wisdom the better, for the Presidential election of 1876 will turn upon it. We say to tho limes that if it be sincere in the expression of a desire to bring about a better condition of affairs in the South the remedy which it pro poses is to the full as unwise and as dangerous as that which the Republican party has hitherto pursued. It is not more Congressional action which we peed, but less. Congressional action has been the source of all onr woes. The sooner Congress lets the South ajone the sooner will affairs adjust themselves in this section. Give to each State the same right to administer its own local affairs which is exercised by the States of the North and West. Let eaah Southern State exercise the right of local self-gov ernment. Let there bo no Enforcement or Civil Rights laws except such as may receive the sanction of local legislatures. Let tho Administration cease to bolster up corruption and usurpation with its influence and support. Let it cease to fill all tho Federal offices South with ac tive, bitter and unscrupulous partisans. In a word, let Congress let ns alone and there need be no. fears entertained of further troubles, of “insurrections, ” of “new rebellions,” or of “wars of races.” “HONEST JOHN ” REBUFFED. The President has given Senator Pat terson. of South Carolina, better known as “ Honest John,” what Mr. Billy Birch worth! term a “back cap.” It is known of all men that Patterson has been one of the principal getters-up of the Convention of Southern Republicans which is to assomble in Chattanooga on •the 13th instant. He has boasted often and loudly of the part which he has taken in tho good work, and of the things which ho means to accomplish in the J synagogue of scamps. He, of course, 1 is a third-termite, and he is to pnt for ward*Grant as tho choice of the South ern Republicans by means of the Chatta nooga convocation. But the President has discovered that he will lose a great deal more than he would gain by such an endorsement, and Honfst John has been notified to desist. The language of the notification is plain and emphatic, and is as little to bo misunderstood as a kicking down the stairs. The National Republican, which is the Washington organ of Geueral Grant, has published an article on this subject for the espe cial benefit of “Honest John.” It plain ly tells him that the Chattanooga Con vention must let the third term question alone and confine its deliberations to other topics. It intimates rather strong ly that some of the leaders in the move ment are not exactly the persons to give an endorsement which would be worth having, and that General Grant does not wish any such championship of his cause as that which has been offered. Notwithstanding all this, we shall be muoh mistaken in the man if “Honest John” foregoes his original intention. It is too good an opportunity to make capital for himself to bo thrown away. He wishes to appear to the negroes of South Carolina as the friend and trainer of the President, in order that he may increase his.own importance and prepare the way for a re-election to the United States Senate. When the Con vention meets ho will certainly be on hand with his third term resolution, and assisted by such coadjutors as Clatton and Farrow, and Maynard, and Moses aud Chamberlain, will “pat it through” without mpeh trouble. We shall not be surprised, however, if the North be comes disgusted with such backing and repudiates both Grant and “Honest J ohn. ” . The Radical organ irt Raleigh (N. C.), the New Era, regales its readers with such information as this: It is estimated that in tho Democratic State of Georgia alone one hundred ne groes are killed daily —the. Civil Rights bill, not yet a law, being the pretext for these murders. Even for campaign purposes we doubt if snch a lie could be beaten. But we don’t see why such slanders should be saddled on Georgia, where they will do no good. We have just elected an al most unanimous Democratic Legisla ture, and will elect nine Democratic Congressmen next month. The result in Alabama is a little doubtful; why does not the New Era say that the Democrats kill a negro these every two minutes ? Two Judges, Lowell, of Boston, and Blatchford, of New York, have render ed decisions relative to discharges under the amendatory bankrupt act. The New York Judge decided that discharges did not apply to cases in which adjudi cations had been made prior to its pass age. The Boston'Judge decided that “the relaxed rule which permits the dis charge of an involuntary bankrupt with out the payment of any proportion whatever of his debts, and in voluntary cases to reduce the proportion to thirty per cent., applies to all cases in which discharge is applied for; that a change in the bankrupt law is not retroactive; that it is a mere modification of the conditions on wjiieh a discharge is granted, and that this does not disturb vested ijjghts." The independent candidates seem to have had things pretty much their own way in the recent contest and nearly all of them have been elected. Most of them, fortunately, are Democrats, though they refused to submit to party government, who will vote right in Hie General As sembly. The chances are that in the eleeti >n next January there will be inde pendent tickets in the field in every county. . * - ** THE REPUBLIC. The present sensation in journalism is the appearance of the new Administra tion paper which has been started in New York. For some time past the Re publican party'has been without a paper in the metropolis upon which it could rely. The Tribune, which was never very tractable, began to show signs of insubordination in 1871, anfl in the fol lowing year openly followed its great editor into the camp of the indepen dents. At present it is more Demo jeratic than anything else, though pro fessing allegiance to Liberal Republican ism—the shadow king of American poli tics. The Times is ostensibly and really Republican. But the Times refuses to be a machine. It has ideas of its own, and announces them on some occasions with startling boldness. It even takes tße liberty of differing with recognized Republican leaders on public questions of importance, and sometimes berates corrnption without confining its strict ures to the ranks of the enemy.’ ! As one can readily see, suchapaper lacks all the essentials of an organ. Above all things thtf Times is supposed to be unsound ol the third term question, and as a matter of course is not a favorite with the. A dministration. Of the other two great morning papers in New York, the World is the leading journal of the Democracy while the Herald is a free lance, a sort of journalistic Dugald Dalgetty, whose prowess is universally conceded, but in whose fidelity no one is willing to trust. Besides the Herald has made so much money in mefeenary warfare that it can not be tempted to enlis’ in any regular .service. Though still fond of fighting, it prefers to do battle on its own ac count and to take a bend wherever it feels inclined—sometimes turning its sword against Republicans, some times against Democrats, and occasion ally against both. Under these circum stances the Republicans found an organ necessary, and after many threatenings and warnings the Republic has made its appearance. Some time since we pub lished the names of the editors and managers of the new paper. They are all men of ability and experience in their profession and have; won reputation as journalists. The Republic is a hand some eight-page p’aper, smaller than the Times and larger than the World. The typography, the paper and the press work is unexceptionable, and the ar rangement of the matter is good. Its salutatory is brief, pointed and modest. It will support die measures and admin istration of the Republican party, and give the latest financial, commercial, po- litical and general news. Its first polit ical editorials are confined to an endorse ment of the Utica'platform and nominees, and to an assault upon the tactics employ ed by the Liberal Republicans. Its tele graphic and news columns, however, fur nish the best idea of the character of the paper and the policy which it has deter mined to pursue. They teem with ac counts of Southern “outrages” aud “atro cities”—murders of Republicans and in timidation of the colored people. The Chicago Inter-Ocean -does not surpass it in the publication of these monstrous fic tions. It proclaims war against the South and the Southern white people—a war which is to be conducted by slander and misrepresentation. It is to fire the Northern heart; to incite anew crusade against the South for the purpose of destroying the small remnant of liberty which has survived constitutional amendments, reconstruction laws and six years of misgovernment; to endeavor to so shape the issues that the battle of 1876 will be fought upon the old Ku- Klux and raw-head aud bloodv-bones ground of 1868. All the grist which Southern slander mills can grind will be thankfully received at the office of the Republic. The most absurd yarns of carpet-baggers and renegades fearful of losing their hold upon office will find conspicuous place in its columns. The Republic promises to be an organ in the full sense of the word, and will doubtless earn all the pence flung to it from Washington and tho New York Custom House. ' The telegraph has brought very dis agreeable tidings from Newton. It is stated that the regular nominees of the Democratic party have been defeated in that county, and that a negro and an in dependent are returned to the Legisla ture by a considerable majority. This is simply shameful. Two years ago, when the Radical party was still a formidable power in the State, the Democracy carried the county by nearly two hundred majority. Now, when Georgia is almost unanimously Demo cratic, Newton falls into the possession of the enemy. There must have been bad management or great indifference, or perhaps both, to have brought about, such a mortifying result. One hardly knows how to admire enough the firmness with which Judge LocnRANE puts away the empty honors of office. Tho night before the election the Radicals of Atlanta nominated him for the Legislature. He „ writes the strongest of letters refusing to accept, and closes by saying that “not to put too fine a point upon- it, I’ll be d—d if I will serve.” A beggar never declined a counterfeit nickle with more of Roman resolution than the Judge displayed in rejecting this nomination. Good for Greene. —For the first time since the commencement of reconstruc tion have the Democrats of Greene been able to overcome the immense Radical majority in that county. Their pluck and perseverance have accomplished won ders, and they are justly entitled to the congratulationsof their brethren through out the State. Ohl Greene will never again be misrepresented in the Legisla ture by Republicans. It is to be hoped that the injuries sustained by Hon. J. H. Hunter, of Brooks, are not as dangerous as at first reported. Mr. Hunter has been the representative of Brooks in the General Assembly for the past four years and has made a faithful and efficient mem ber. We trust that the blow of the assassin will not prove fatal and that he may be spared to render his State still farther service. The American papers have had a good deal to say of the visit of the “Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of of Dublin” lo New York. Mayoress is good. Governor Smith and the Govern ess have left Atlanta. President Grant and the Presfdentes3 have returned to Washington. Mrs. General, Mrs. Judge, Mrs. Colonel and Mrs. Constable ! LOCHRANE. | A Characteristic Card in Which He Rejects Radical Nominations. Atlana, Ga., October 6, 1874. ; To the Editors of the Herald: I Gents —When in the transactions of life the question resolves itself into | whether we should laugh or get mad I I believe in giving the benefit of the doubt I to the side of good humor—getting mad costs emotions of pain,- while good hu mor has no such regrets. These senti ments are applicable to myself, in read ing this morning the action of our col ored constituents last night at the City Hall in nominating me for the Legisla ture. I admit, to a sensitive man, this is a cause of offense, but to exhibit temper, about it would only add to all its un pleasantness. Therefore, in all good humor, I decline the intended honor. My ambition is not so inordinate as to make me appear in the character of their Representative and carry their standard, and, not to pnt too fine a point on it. I’ll be d—d if Ido it. O. A. Ijochr&nk. The Savannah News, of Wednesday, says : “The steamer Rosa arrived from Augusta on Monday with a cargo of 417 bales of cotton and merchandise. She was unable to bring all the cotton offer ed at the landings along the river, so she immediately discharged her cargo and •'Vent up the river as far as Pera cfaucla, and returned yesterday with 110 bales of cotton, thus making an extra trip and getting back in time to leave Savannah at her regular hour. This looks like business, indeed, / TO THE PUBLIC. ‘G shun, Lincoln County, Ga., ( October sth, 1874. ) To the Editors of the Chronicle and ( In your weekly issue of the 30th nit. I see a communication addressed to the Democracy of the county, over the “sign manual” of three of her distin guished citizens, setting forth declara tions and assuming positions which the facts in the premises do not warrant. Upon this remarkable manifesto, by your kind indulgence, I propose to make a few comments. I am charged with duplicity, disorganization aud renuncia tion of Democratic principles ; suffer ing my name to become the tool of a disorganized and rebellions faction, intent npon the subversion and destruc tion of the Democratic party and its time-honored principles. I deny the charges. Now, what are the facts in the case ? Asa citizen, I was in the pre liminary meeting called for the purpose of appointing delegates to the Congress ional Convention held in Augusta. At the same time and place an Executive Committee was appointed to call a meet ing of the citizens to nominate a county Representative. My name was not be fore the,public at that time by my con sent; nor was it until one week before the nomination came off did I yield to frequent and urgent solicitations by nu merous friends to suffer my name to be used in connection with that position. The impression is sought to be made that I torced myself upon the public, irrespective of the wishes of the people, and that I stubbornly refused to yield, aud am not and cannot be a representa tive of the Democracy of Lincoln county if elected—hereby becoming a unit without an affinity unless I fused with the Republican party. What arroganc j ? What absurdity ? When I submitted my name and fortunes into the hands of the good citizens of Lincoln county it was their province, not mine, to yield or not to the clamor of the op position. They further believe and ex press the opinion that I cannot hope to receive the suffrage of the intelligent portion of the citizens of the county, but that I rely upon and invoke the powers that be for support. What pre sumption- ! If the element hinted at was not sought to be utilized by the op position I should not deign to notice it. But when on the day of the nomination one of the opposition boasted that the overwhelming majority of two hundred votes would be cast against me at a certain precinct, in which district there are less than thirty white votes, it would seem (to a man up a tree) that they expected a little help from that quarter themselves. It is claimed that Mr. Crawford was unanimously nomi nated; grant it. But the force of the word unanimously can be seen and felt better by comparing numbers. Then how stands the case ? Less than one fourth of the white voters of Lincoln county participated in that nomination. Now if majorities have weight and influ ence, and are recognized as Democratic, then I contend that I and those who actel with me (in the absence of any evidence to the contrary) have the in dubitable right, by force of numbers, to claim the honor of constituting the Democratic party proper of Lincoln county. I will state the case; N. A. Crawford was unanimously nominated by less than one-fourth of the white votes of the county. M. Hawes’ posi tion is sustained byth e factious majority of three-fourths of the same. Having been nurtured and reared under the time-honored folds of the Democratic Winner, I still'hold it aloft as a beacon of light and rallying point never to be lost sight*of. There, whencethelightning that evokes the thunder, that awakens the would be triumvirate to issue their edicts and fulminate their anathemas against the good citizens of Lincoln county, who knowing their rights dare maintain them. The wonder is, there had not been a collapse ere the concentrated wis dom and intelligence of the county, crowding their mental craniums, sur charged with egotism, had time to escape by the effusions of those modern Solo mons. Personally, I accord to Mr. Crawford all that his friends claim for him. I submit the question to an un biased public tribunal. M. Hawes. Report of an Army Officer on the Edgefield Troubles.—A dispatch dated Washington, October 5, says: A report received by Attorney-General Williams, through the War Department, from the army officer commanding in the Edgefield District, South Carolina, dated September 21, in regard to the recent troubles on the Glover plantation there, says: When I reached the scene of trouble bands of armed white and colored men were assembling from every direction. The former numbered at least 300. Of the latter I saw only about 75 or 80, but I am satisfied that a much larg;. Lum ber were concealed in the woods, judg ing from the bold front they presented. I at once proceeded to find the leader of the colored peopie, one Ned Tenant, but was unable to see him that night. I then proceeded to Mr. Gover’s house, wbere a part of the white force were bi vouaeed. In conjunction with some of the best citizens of this party I talked the matter over, and I am happy to say that their wise counsels prevailed with their men. This morning, about day break, the white forces united, and the subject was again talked over. I then proposed to have one or two of the whites accompany me, and have a talk with the blacks, so as to prevent blood shed and arrive at a proper understand ing. This was accepted at once. Ac companied by three of the whites I met this man, Tenant, and after aprotracted private interview, in which he stated his version of the difficulty, it was finally agreed to disband both parties, which 1 was done, but, I must say, reluctantly on the part of the whites. Both parties are well armed; in fact the whole coun try is perfectly organized and ready to take the field at any time. The.blacks (militia) are armed by the State. The officer, in conclusion, says: After a careful investigation of the difficulty, I am satisfied the facts are as foliows : Ned Tenant, a captain of the militia, and a delegate to the late Re publican Convention at Columbia, S. C., a very prominent negro and living on the Glover plantation, had an attack maeffe ou his cabin on Saturday night, the 19th instant, by a party of five white men, who discharged three pistol shots into the door and then made off. He suspected Glover and one Adams to have been of the party, and at once beat his drum as a signal for the negroes to as semble at ltas place, this being the sig nal previously agreed upon to meet emergencies of this sort, or, as Tenant states, to save his life. He assembled his men and sent runners out threaten ing vengeance against Glover and his family. Glover was not slow to learn the condition of affairs, and in turn sig nalled his. people. In a few hours the whole country was in the wildest state of excitement. During all this time nobody seemed to know the whereabouts of the county sheriff. The general im pression is that he has fled the country. I will endeavor, as heretofore, to recon cile the parties aud preserve the peace to the best of my ability. Tournament.— The tournament given by the Edgefield Sabre Club at Sweet water Church, Edgefield county, S. C., was largely attended. It was a very in teresting affair. The largest score, 46 points, was made by Mr. Win. Roper, who won the first prize, a handsome saddle and white plume. The second prize, a gold harp, was won by Lieut. J, A. Butler; the third, an elegant bridle, by T. M. Glov er; the fourth, a silver cup presented by A. Prontant & Son, of Augusta, by Or derly Sergeant Geo. Walker; and the fifth, a pair of spurs presented by Mr. Goodrich, of Auguste, by Lieut. H. W. Shaw. There was also a hat presented by Walker G. Matheny & Cos., of Augus ta, for horsemanship, bnt the average was so excellent that it was impossible for the judges to make any decision in the matter. It was then left to the Club, who concluded to give it for exercise, audit was accordingly awarded to Lieut. Shaw. The last prize, a tin cup, for the member making the smallest number of points, was won by J. A. Crawford. The Philadelphia Centennial. Philadelphia, October 9. —At the United States Centennial Rooms to-day was received, the official announcement of the acceptance by France of an invi tation by the National Government to participate in the Centennial. To-day the finishing touches were given at the Franklin Institute to the machinery pre viously incomplete. To-morrow a wil derness of wheels, belting, shafting, &c., will be in motion. A force of sailors I from the receiving 6hip decorated the interior of the building with flags from the Navy Yard. Bishop Gross. —The Catholic World says : At vespers, on Sunday, Septem ber 21, in the South Fifth Avenue Re demptorist Church, Dr. Gross, Bishop of Savannah, delivered an appeal for pecu niary aid in one of the he has undertaken for the spread of religion. The Bishop stated that he has five hun dred thousand colored people within his diocese, to say nothing of the million and a half of Americans, Irish and Ger mans. The colored people he described as good-natured, docile,-bnt very igno rant, and he says they are ripe for con version. The Benedietine Fathers, whom he brought from England a few months ago to labor among the colored people, have baptized many ainlts already and are preparing others. OCR ATLANTA LETTER. - 4 —- A Walk O eriu Falton—-The Triumph in Greene 'ihe Result ot Hard , Work—The Troubles ol Lochrane— Something He Uapnot Shake—Mr. Hilliard to Go Abroad. ISpeeial Correspondence Chronicle and Sen!inti.] Atlanta, ..October 8, 1874. The Election in Fulton. The Democratic candidates for the Legislature encountered no opposition in this county yesterday, and were con sequently elected by less than a half vote. The Radicals made several abor tive efforts to organize an opposition. On two successive occasions they nomi nated candidates for the Legislature— Senator and Representatives—but all except two declined the nomination, and these two received only four votes—one, John L. Conley, receiving none at all. The other one, Josiah Sherman, is a Yankee recently moved into this section, and is engaged in vegetable farming near ihe city. He is, I believe, a friend and neighbor of that great moral hero, Bishop Haven, the miscegenation Methodist (Northern) preacher. The polls were opened in the city at an early hour, and four or five hundred white people had cast their votes before a negro made his appearance. Towards noon a squad of ten or twelve appeared in *ight, held aloof for a time, discussing, as it seemed, the political situation, and finally departed one by one without casting a vote. About noon two or three negroes came to the polls and voted the regular Demo cratic ticket. Among these Was Howard Horton, a coal black negro who has during the early part of the year de livered several incendiary speeches on the Civil Rights bill. What his motive was in voting the Democratic ticket is not understood, unless it was to obtain favor with the white people who have been incensed at .his conduct as a Civil Rights agitaTor. The county polled a very light vote, only about 1,400 votes out of “ 6,000 being cast. Of these only four or five were for Radicals, the remainder being for the regular Democratic nominees, E. P. Howell, for the Senate, representing Fulton, Clayton and Cobb counties, and E. F. Hoge, W. Art Wilson and W. L. Calhoun for the House of Representatives. - The Election in Greene. . Intelligence has reached the city that Greene county has elected Democratic Representatives by a majority of from 300 to 500. This is a subject of much rejoicing, as this the first time Greene has gone Democratic since the war. The result ■is attributed to a piece of good luck combined with a uni versal determination on the part of the white citizens of that county to employ every honorable means to secure the election of white men and Democrats. A large number of negroes, it is said, were persuaded to remain home on election day by promises of extra wages and on pretext of impor tant work. It is further said that about 500 negroeslost an opportunity to vote by their own short-sightedness and recklessness. The polls, it is said, were somewhat crowded at Greenesboro, and a large number posted off to Union Point, about seven miles distant; but greatly to their consternation when they arrived there they found that the polls were not opened. It was then- too late to return to Greenesboro and vote be fore the hour for closing the polls, so they had to subside. The white people of that county have for some time been apprehensive of a disturbance on the part of the negroes. They have about 800 majority in Greene, and it is said they had many weeks ago purchased every pound of ammunition in the coun ty. Apprehensive that these prepara tions would culminate in a conflict on election day, the white people had pre pared themselves for the emergency, but unless it has been provoked to-day by the announcement of the result of the electio*, fortunately no disturbance has occurred, and old Greene is peace fully redeemed ! • The Rosy Lochrane. Judge O/A. Lochrane, the great lead er of the cremation hosts of Georgia, is at present passing through a fiery cruci ble, and it-is hoped he will come out purified and strengthed for the coming contest for constitutional liberty and the noble cause of cremation. Within the last six or seven weeks he has been sub jected to an array of seductive tempta tions that none save the great crema tionist could have resisted. Immediate-, ly subsequent to the withdrawal of Free man from the Congressional race in this District every eye was turned to Loch rane, with ail interrogating wink, as it was thought to be the golden opportu nity for the great man; but he heroically rejected an opportunity of illustrating his pet cremation art by “ cremating” himself in a hopeless race, and subsided. Last week fourteen able-bodied negroes and three “ loil” . whites in “ sovereign convention assembled” pr oceeded to nouiinate'the Judge for the Legislature. Grateful for the distinction and mark of confidence from his former political par tisans, he magnanimously declined to rout the Democracy by entering the field, and again subsided, /gain, on Monday night sixteen “ truly loil” negroes held a mass meeting .and ■a second time nominated the ver satile Democrat, Republican and Cre mationist. This persistent endeavor to send a private citizen to the Legislature in’violation of ~ his expressed wishes somewhat exasperated the Judge, and he expressed himself more emphatically than piously. The truth of the matter is the Judge is trying to “shake” the Radical party, but it won’t shake “worth a cent.” It clings to him with a tenacity that is truly beautiful. He ad ministers rebuffs and it applauds. He smites'it on one elieek, and it, with ex emplary Christian piety, turns the other, ' which he has the hardihood I<s smite also. Radical politicians are very scarce. The supply is not equal to the demand and if the market continues in this condition its negro customers will quit trafficing in politics. The Kimball House. The impression seems to prevail that ultimately tho $8.0,000 rportgage against the Kimball House will have to be paid, less the. usury, which amounts to about $50,000. This mortgage is held by Jno. H. Rice, formerly president of the Georgia National Bank of this city, the assets of which were some time ago seized by the State. The rents derived from.the house now amount, it is said, to about $48,000 per annum, and it is believed that the inconje from this source alone will pay for the build ing and discharge all claims against it in five years. It seems to be generally understood that Kimball wiy come here in order to live upon the income from his half interest. There is no conjec ture made as to his future action in mat ters of business, except that it is sup posed he will endeavor soon to embark in some wild enterprise, if ho can obtain the means and encouragement. Collector of Revenue. The successor of Holtzelaw, the Col lector of Internal Revenue at this’place, who was dismissed for appointing in competent officials, has not yet been named. It is hoped that Dr. Samuel H. Stout, of this city, may receive the appQintment.' He is highly recom mended by distinguished gentlemen from Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky, is a man of learning and unquestioned integrity. Minor Notes. The canvass for Council members and Mayor is waxing warm. The race is now between Dr. N. L. Angier and Judge C. C. Hammock, with an uncertain result. The prospect is fair for a good Board of Aldermen, with our ordinary Board of Councilmen. The nomination occurs on Saturday, 10th instant. * * It is said that the friends of Hon. Henry W. Hilliard are urging his claims for a foreign mission of the United States Government. * * . The public have been repeatedly pained in the last few months by tjie announcement of deaths at houses'of ill fame, both violent and natural.' A young student cf one of the business universities here droned dead the other night at a notorious house of ill fame, and the next moment the intel ligence was flashed along the wires to his grief stricken and mortified parents, who doubtless supposed that their boy, though but of their sight and far away in a distant city, was sleeping a virtuous sleep. Halifax. G. B. LAMAR'S WILL. SIOO,OOO to Infirm Negroes. Washington, October 9.—Gazzaway B. Lamar, who died recently in New York, bequeathed one hundred thousand dollars for the erection at Savannah of a home for aged and infirm negroes. Political Rebellion. Boston, October 9.—A disaffected branch of the State Labor Reform party met in convention to-day. Sixty-five delegates were present. A State ticket was nominated and a State Central Com mittee appointed. The movement attracts but slight attention. Pilgrims to the Chattanooga Conven tion. Little Rock, October 9. —Senators Clayton and Dorsey, J udge McClure anda large number of other leading Republi cans of the State, leave here to-morrow to attend the Chattanooga Convention. They will be joined by a delegation from Texas. < * A little boy about eight years Did, named Jackson, while trying to jump on a locomotive, in fehaad his fag. was cut off by the wnljeis. LETTER FROM WARREN. [Sjpecial Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel ] Wahrenton, October 8, 1874. This has been a lively -week in War renton. Monday morning the requisite jurors appeared and were qualified with that high-toned pnolic spirited citizen, Dr. W. H. Pilcher, as foreman ‘of the grand jury. When a spirited and able charge was clelivered by his Honor Judge Pottle, who presides over this Conrt with great dignity, giving full and entire satisfaction to both bar and people. At about one o’clock Hancock’s du>ky orator, W. H. Harrison, enthused his deluded followers with his usual war of words on the white race. What a pitty this stirrer up of strife belonged to the lamented Judge Thoma3, whose influence with Judge Stephens saved his neck from the halter in 1863 for in cendiarism then. We hear here he is to run for Congress against the great and gifted Stephens. Let him run and can vass the District too that this bad man may be exposed in all his in famy and made odious in defeat. He is a, representative man of his .order and needs taming. On Friday before, the Reverend Mr. Boddie, the Senatorial candidate, harrangued his race on the same line. So you see if the colored man and brother could have been array ed against the white man by incendiary speakers it would have been done. On Tuesday Gen. Toombs addressed a large audience in the Court as no other man can. He has lost none of the fire of his youth by gray hairs and to-day his great intellect seems to be towering, vigorous and growing. On Tuesday the brass baud serenaded many places and drew forth an eloquent and able speech from Col. Mathews, full of historical knowledge and practi cal suggestions. It seemed to be a gala night for the boys and citizens generally. Early Wednesday morning the polls were opened and black and white voters pressed to the box, presided over by Judge M. H. Williams, W. A. Ricket son and W. G. Scruggs. It has never been my lot to witness so orderly an election, even in the good old days of the Republic. Perfect fairness and en tire freedom seemed to prevail. There were no threats, no intimidation, not even the usual pulling and convassing or even persuading was used. Four years ago the Democrats of the county entirely abandoned all idea of force, and under the leadership of two of the most conservative men in the State Barksdale and Qloud— went to work in good earnest anfl conquered. Two years ago, with Dußose and Pool on the same line, they succeeded by over a hun dred, and so complete was the victory that but for a reverend emissary, who came from vour Theological Seminary, located on Telfair street, no opposition would have been made in Warren to the eminently conservative and able gentle men then in the field and now elected by five hundred majority—Hon. C. S. Dußose and Dr. M. R. Hall. By the way, has it ever occurred to you what great politicians and intemeddlers in politics a large portion of these clerical gentry are, and that some very pious and great professors of a Divine calling seemingly are called by God to minister in holy things and the devil to minister in unholy things ? It is hard to serve two masters, and I fear above all char acters the brawling hypocrite. It would be well for the reverend clergy who are attempting to take charge of the colored people to confine their labors to their education and the salvation of their souls. On Wednesday night bonfires and music, with speaking, evidenced the great success of Conservatism in War ren and the Nineteenth Senatorial Dis trict. Carpet-baggers have played out and the effort to align the colored man, with his color, against the whites is also played out in Georgia, for be it said to the honor of the colored men hundreds of them marched 6peuly and boldly to the polls and with open tickets support ed Dußose and Hall, notwitstanding the appeals of your reverend emissary, the appeals iu person of the I av. Mr. Boddie and Hancock’s great incendiary. Our interests are mutual; why should wo not be at peace among ourselves? I know of but one intelligent white man in the county who favors this strife, and 1 attribute it to his surroundings and place of raising, for he is truly an educated gentleman. On this (Thursday) morning, after the smoke and dust had cleared away the' sun dawned brightly upon as quiet a village as I ever saw, with nobody hurt or any disturbed. This town has twelve or fourteen fine brick stores and four or five wooden ones. A business o£ many hundred thousand dollars is done here, and the merchants all seem to be thrif ty, wide-awake business men. Judge Pottle is enlarging his house to give, his whole-souled, generous and hospit able wife a chance. The hotel now in the hands of the Cody boys is most ex cellently kept. The plauters look cheer ful, for they know their barns are full, and both food for man and beast is plenti ful. Cotton is short, but if they can get a fair price all debts will be dis charged and something laid up. All have and are determined to plant full grain crops and try to keep out of the; hands of merciless usurers another year.- Fearing I have worried you, I will close with wishing you much prosperity, as the sentiments of the Chronicle for a quarter of a century or more have al ways: been in accord with the masses here. Warren, RELIGIOUS. New York Episcopal Convention. New York, October 9.—The General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church continued its session this morn ing. The religious services were cele brated shortly after'lo o’clock, the Rev. Horace Stringfellow, of Alabama; Rev. J. H. H. Brown, of Albany; Rev. R. W. Trimble, of Arkansas, and Right Rev. Wm. Rollnison Wittiugham, Bishop of Maryland, officiating. Chicago, October 9. — The Iribune states that a movement is on foot to pre vent the confirmation by the Episcopal Convention now in session in New York of the recent election by this Diocese of Dr. Geo, F. Seymour as Bishop of Illi nois, on the ground that since his elec tion it has been ascertained that the charge made against him of his being an extreme high churchman has some foun dation, and that if the facts now known had been understood by the Convention at the time he could not have been elected. After recess guests from England and Canada were ushered into the chapel and took seats on the platform, the dele gates rising on their entrance. They were introduced separately by President Craike and each delivered brief ad dresses. The first person present ed was the Bishop of Lichfield, who read three addresses from Arch Deacon ales of his diocese. The Bishop of Montreal was next presented. In the Episcopal Congress 41 dioceses are represented. The business is still preliminary. The division of New Jersey into two dioces is proposed. INDIAN WAR. Kansas Reports Eleven More Victims —Georgia Emigrants Killed and Scalped. Topeka, October 6.—A scouting party from Fort Lewis, operatiugon the north fork of Smoky Hill river, in Western Kansas, discovered on Saturday last the bodies of three men and a woman, mur dered lK r the Indians. The parties kill ed were from Blue Ridge, Georgia.— They were emigrants seeking a location. The woman’s skull was crushed, and all the bodies more or less mutilated.— Within the last two weeks eleven per sons have been killed by Indians in Western and Southwestern Kansas, and several others are missing, supposed to have met the same fate. Advices to the 2fith ult. have been re ceived here from Gen. Mills’ Indian ex pedition. Heavy rains and a lack of sufficient transportation are reported as retarding operations. Trains are kept constantly going to and from. Fort Dodge, an advance of over 200 miles, from whence all supplies have to be furnished by wagon over rough and difficult roads. No Indians had been encountered since the attack of Calla han’s - train. There are now three columns within supporting distance of each other, operating against the In dians. They are commanded by Gen. Mills, Gen. Davidson and Col. Price - Nothing has been heard from McKenzie, who is advancing from the south, nor from Buell,, who is coming across from New Mexico. THE T1IIRT) TERM. Grant's Objection to rts Discussion at • Chattanooga. Washington, October B. —The Na lional Republican to-day follows up its admonitions to the unlucky carpet-bag gers, who have of late been endeavoring to take the lead in the third term move ment. It says the Chattanooga Con vention is not called for the purpose of. considering the next Presidency. Its nearly two years in advance of the time -when* it is* neither proper or expedient for the party to even discuss it. Con sidering that the third term policy has been most elaborately discussed by the National Republican itself, this hint to the carpet-baggers to keep silent revives the memory of the old proverb that “while one man may steal a horse, an other dare not look over the fence.” One trouble in the way of the Chatta nooga Convention declaring for Grant is, that it would put a pressure on him to say now whether he will or will not be a candidate, which he does not want to do just yet. THE PALMETTO STATE. CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION. No Nominations MTfde -The Indepen dent Republican Nominees To Be Supported. Columbia, S. G., October B. —The Conservative State Convention met in the State House this morning, every county in the State except three being represented. No speeches were made, and the Convention adopted unanimous ly the following preamble and resolu tions: Whereas, The Republican party being in the majority in this State, is responsi ble for its government, and the Conser vative citizens of the State having de clared that if the Republicans would nominate for Governor and Lieuten ant-Governor men of. their own party of honesty and character, intellect and confidence the Conserva tives would refrain from opposition to them; and whereas the regular uomi : nating Convention of the Republican party have nominated for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor men whose antece dents show them to be unworthy of con fidence, and whose success will insure the continuance of the corruption, dis honesty and party tyranny which have prostrated the State; and whereas the independent wiug of tkft Republican party has declared its intention to reform the government of the State, and in pursuance of this intention have made nominations of men whose antece dents t ntitle them to confidence in their integrity and honesty, for which nomina tions they have asked for the support of the Conservative voters of tile State; and whereas, we recognize that in the present condition of the State the ne cessity of checking corruption and pro curing honest officials is paramount to all questions, party politics or affilia tions, and believing the opportunity af forded us of securing such reform will be in the success of the nominees of the Independent Republican party; Resolved, That it is the sense of] this Convention, called to con sider the necessity of making nomina tions for State officers in the approach ing election, that no nomination for Governor or Lieutenant-Governor in the approaching election be made by the conservative citizens of the State. Resolved, That in the opinion of this Convention the conservative citizens will best promote their interests and the welfare of the State by giving their sup port to the candidate for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor nominated by the Independent Republican party. Resolved, That we adopt as the plat form of the Conservative party of South Carolina honesty and economy in the administration of the State government. Brief addresses were then made by Gen. Kershaw, ex-Governor Manning and others, supporting those views, and declaring tlieit belief that an era of good feeling and good government is about to commence in South Carolina. The delegates present assert that the Independent Republicans are gaining ground everywhere, and the general be lief is that with the full and active co operation of Conservatives they will elect their candidates for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, and will elect Gen. Kershaw to Congress. LOUISIANA. Four* Hundred White Leaguers in Arms on the Teehe, Under General Deßlanc—The Compromise Likely to Fall Through—Secret Session of Dem ocratic State Committee. New Orleans, October s.—Congress man Darrall arrived here to-night, and informed your correspondent that four hundred White Leaguers, with three small artillery pieces, were..encamped at Breauxliridge, on the Teche, in St. Mar fin’s parish. The bridge is eighteen miles from St. Martinsville, which is nine miles from New tberia and sixty miles by water from Brashear, that is eighty miles by railroad from New Or leans. The force is commanded by General Deßlhnc, the same officer who headed the resistance to Kellogg’s mili tia last year. Darrall says the country is quiet, save in the northern part of the parish, and believes the only object is to sustain the threat that if would re quire a force of Federal troops in every parish to maintain the Kelhigg officials in power. The troops arrived at St. Martinsville, as telegraphed you last week; but the White Leaguers’ parish officials evacuated the town, most of the houses of which are draped in black. The Nachitoches Vindicator, of the 26th ult., received here to-night, declares, editorially, that it will require 3,000 Federal troops to maintain the Kellogg officials in power. Upon the ofher Land, the Ouachita Telegraph, the leading Conservative paper of North Louisiana, accepts the situation and urges general registration and participation iu the election. Opposition to the Compromise. 1 The city White League meets to-mor row night to act on the compromise. The'feeling in the city is bitterly against compromise, especially among colored Republicans, a majority of whom openly denounce it. W. G. Brown, State Superintendent of Education, is the only colored State official favoring it. The Supervisory Board had two ses sions of five hours each, discussing the time of commencing the revisiou of the registration, but were unable to agree. Since then Bonzano, who is the umpire, has been announced too sick to act, which places the Board at a dead lock. The general impression is that the com promise will fall through. Governor Kellogg told your correspondent to night that he didn’t know when he could procure two vacancies in the re turning board, and evinced disbelief that the terms of thq compromise could be executed by the Conservatives. Democi’atic State Comniitl.ee. The Democratic State Committee met .to-night to take action on the com promise, but would not disclose the ‘proceedings. Tii9 report telegraphed you that the compromise was endorsed by either the Committee of Seventy or the Democratic State Committee was erroneous, in that the former body never acted at all on the matter. The latter accepted‘the terms before the adoption of the same, but have never since the ratification. O’Conor Answers Johnson. New York, October B. —Chas. O’Conor, in a letter to-day reviewing the argu ment of Reverdy Johnson on Louisiana, says: “The single point in issue between Mr. Johnson and myself is whether *u Executive error, such as he says the President committed in stifling ths voice of Louisiana, and placipg a usurper in the chair of State, binds the President himself and makes a sort of lisgeman, so that willy nilly he must thenceforth be ever ready to come at the call of the usurper and with the whole Executive power of the Union crush all local opposition. The illegitimacy of Kellogg's original claim is asserted by Mr. Johnson with the concurrence of nearly every intelligent and disinterest ed person having any knowledge of the subject. This should be kept in view since much is always gained in discus sion by confiding the issue to its own precise limits. On* advantage h*r# is that it will enable those learned jurits who may think Kellogg was duly elected to examine, and without the excitement of passion or partiality to form an inde pendent opinion concerning Johnson’s dogma, that Executive resolutions in such a case are immovable.” Mr. O’Con or then proceeds to combat Mr. John son's argument, and to show that the President can and should reconsider his decision. RADICAL LIES. The New York Tribune’s Corres pondent Ascertains That Radical Journals and Politicians Have Grossly Slandered the People of Alabama. New Yoek, October B.—The Tribune has sent a correspondent to Alabama to investigate reports of outrages on Re publicans in that State. His first letter, dated Montgomery, October 3d, is pub lished this morning and contains the following: “I know nothing personally of the condition of the disturbed coun ties. I shall go to them in a day or two; but as far as I have been able to investi gate I have found that the Administra tion journals and Administration politi cians have grossly slandered the people of this State. The party-press on both sides is very bitter in political contro versy, but the Republican papers are just as denunciatory of their opponents as those published in the interest of the Democratic party, and it is not true that the latter have advised, or do now advise, their friends to resort to in timidation or violence. The authors of some of these slanders that are destroy ing the credit of the State and driving away immigrants live in this city and I don’t wonder they are treated with con tempt. They say they are ‘ostracised,’ bat they pass through the streets with out molestation or insult, and I have the word of high Republican officials here that socially and in business rela tions honorable men, no matter what their politics, are treated alike, except by a few worthless fellows whose society no body desires.” The negroes in Sandersville, during the election Wednesday, used threats of the most terrible nature to prevent any of their number from voting the Demo cratic ticket. A shooting affray occurred in Macon Wednesday night, between Mr. William Clark, a baggage master, and a crowd of negroes, resulting in the wounding of three of the latter. - -T‘ ' .... THE ELECTION. FULLER DETAILS OF WEDNES DAY’S TRIUMPH. The Old Eighth All Right—Greene County Redeemed—Not a Radical Vote in Wilkes—Burke Safe-Tho Independent Candidates. The telegraph and mnils bring us fuller details of the great victory gained by the Democracy last Wednesday. [Specials to the Chronicle and Sentinel.] Burke County. Waynesboro, October 8. ihe Democrats are victorious in this •county. - Geo. R. Black, their candidate for Senator, has 314 majority. Messrs. Shewmake, Jones and Glisson, nominees for the House, have 309 majority. R. Steiner. No Radical Votes in Wilkes. Barnett, October 8. The Democrats carry Wilkes county by a majority of 1,044 votes. Not a single Radical vote was cast iu the county. M. P. Reese. Hancock County. Sparta, October 8. The Democrats carry old Hancock by a majority of 720. No disturbance oc curred during the election. W. H. Burnet. Later. —Democratic majority, 723. J T. J. Greene County Redeemed. Woodville, October 8. The vote at this precinct was as fol lows : Senate—C. S. Dußose, D 139 M. Body, col., R 1 House—L. B. Willis, D 139 L. D. Carlton, D 139 Jack Heard, col., R 1 J. W. Sullivan, R 1 Woodville is within one of being all right, Joe Davidson. Geeenesboro, October 8. Election for Representatives resulted in the triumph of the entire Democratic ticket by over 400 majority. No more negro Representatives for Old Greene. C. C. Norton. Greenesbobo, October 8. The election passed off quietly—no disorder nor drunkenness. The Demo cratic ticket was elected—majority at the Court House, 242. J. W. G. Morgan County Democratic—Wild Ex citement—Bonfires, Speeches, &c. Madison, October Bth, 1874. The Democrats, by hard work" and with the assistance of some “rousing good colored workers,” who will always be remembered by their white friends, carried the county. Majority not defi nitely known, as one of the county pre cincts is not heard from, but it is esti mated at from 150 to 175-. Many of the blacks stood shoulder to shoulder with the whites, fighting for what they now believe to be their common interest. Hereafter it is believed they will vote as they please, and be free sure enough instead of belonging to the Radical party, and being intimidated by Radical threats. The white men are determined to stand by them squarely. After the election a large bonfire was kindled, and a large and excited proces sion, accompanied by the brass band, visited the houses of many prqmineut citizens and called them out. Among those who responded were Judge A. Reese, Judge T. J. Bnrney, Colonels McHenry Billups, S. Reese, T. H. Brob ston,..J. McHenry, Jr., P. H. Burney, Sergeant C. B. .Barrow and “Commo dore” Dexter, of the Third Georgia Regiment, Dr. Godfrey and Captain W. Bearden. Austin Reid and Henry jjordon, two of the colored men, were also called out and made capital speech es. The shouts of the crowd showed that many good things were said and appreciated. The procession, headed by the band, kept up their march until after midnight, when they quietly dis persed. Not a single disturbance marred this eventful day. Hurrah for Morgan ! She is free ! Democrat. Taliaferro County. Cbawfordville, October 8. • Raytown precinct has given a Demo cratic majority of 122. Iu the county Dußose’s majority will be about 250. Alexander H. Stephens. McDuffie County. There were over 1,400 votes polled in McDuffie county, and the contest was very exciting. Both of the candidates— Messrs. John Scott and A. H. Sturgis— were Democrats. The latter carried Thomson, Dearing and Republican pre cincts; the former carried Wrightsboro by a very large majority, afld' the coun ty by about 250 votes. Glascock County. In Glascock there, was no Convention held, and there were three candidates in the field, all Democratic. W. J. Wil cher was elected. The vote stood as follows: W. J. Wilcher, 200; W. J. Usry, 175; W. Towner, 05. Oglethorpe County. The Democrats have carried this county by between two and three hun dred majority. RETURNS BY MAIL. Tho following counties have gone Democratic by the following estimated majorities: Chatham, 1,479; Spalding, 100; Troup, 1,500; Monroe, 700; Bald win, 157; Muscogee, 1,165; Pike, 100; Macon, 400; Clarke, 400; Thomas, 518; (this county has heretofore been largely Republican); Mitchell, 300; Wilkinson, —; Houston, 164; Taylor, 300; Fulton, 1,500; Catoosa, 50; Washington, 500. The following counties are reported car ried by the Republicans: Dougherty, Glynn, Liberty, Decatur, Newton. In dependents are reported elected in Rockdale, Clayton, Randolph, Bartow. THE ELECTION IN BROOKS. Captain James H. Hunter Murdered by a Negro—The Fiend in Jail—’Re sult of Wade and Whitley’s Teach ings. [Special Telegram to the Morning News.] Quitman, October 7.—Much interest has been manifested in the election on both sides to-day. Up to this 6, p. m., about 1,025 votes have been polled at this precinct. We are confi dent of a Democratic majority iu the county of from 300 to 400. Captain J. H. Hunter, our tried and true ex-Repressntative to the Legisla ture, was seriously stabbed in the breast by a negro to-day, and is now in a dying condition. There is little or no hope Si his recovery. We came very near hav ing a riot; but’the negro who committed the malicious and murderous deed is now in jail, and every thing is quiet. Quitman, October 7.—Capt. Hunter was seriously stabbed to-day by a negro named Nick Thomas, and also struck with a stick a negro named Ben Jor dan. They are both in jail. Strong threats of a rescue were made, and there was an attempt to take Nick from the officers, but the officers were promptly sustained by the citizens. The negroes were muttering and threatening to fire all the evening. A house filled with fodder and corn, on the north side of the town, was fired by some negro about five o’clock. This was at once discover ed to be a stratagem to draw the people to the fire and then rescue the prisoners. The rush was to the jail, and no effort was made. The plan was a white rf an’s, and not a negro's. The town is well guarded, and all is quiet. There is scarcely a hope for Captain Hunter’s re covery. Oaletborpe County. Lexington Ga., October 8, 1874. Editorfs Chronicle and Sentinel : Below I give yon the vote of the elec tion that took place in Oglethorpe coun ty on yesterday. The Radical candidate, Brown, told me this morning he would certify that a fairer election could’nt have taken place in Georgia than the one here. Every Radical vote that was cast in the county did it here, and that’s why the fight was so closely contested in town. Honse—David W. Patman, D 1,032 Thos. D. Hutcheson, D 1,035 A. Li. Brown, col., R ‘414 J. S. Hurt, col., R 390 Treasurer —Paris Pace, D 933 Jona Sanders, D 509 I have never witnessed such a cool determination on the part of any people than was manifested by the Democracy on yesterday. Many, very many who have not voted since 1865 were here. J. T. M. H; Emanuel County. Emanuel Go., October 9. Kenady, the regular Democratic nomi nee for the Legislature, beats Dawson, the independent candidate, nearly 200 votes. There was no Republican can didate in the field. The people had nothing against Dawson except that he was an independent. He is exceedingly popular and has a fine war record. J. So fai the only counties eported as having been carried by the Radicals are Newton, Glynn and Liberty. In Dough erty there is a tie vote. The Radicals have lost Greene, Thomas'and Decatur. Taliaferro County. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens furnishes ns with the full vote of Taliaferro coun ty, as follows : Senate—C. S. Dnßose, D. 491 Body, col. R....' 228 Dußose’s majority. 263 House—J. W. Asbury, D n482 Hqnry Turner, col. R 228 Asbnry’s majority. ~254. THE ELECTION. [Correspondence Chronicle and Sentinel.] Jasper County. Monticello, October 8. The election passed off quietly, with the following result: L. A. Lane, Democrat 753 J. W. Burney, Independent 447 Harry Baynes (colored), Radical 223 Acre, Radical fj Laurens County. Dublin, October 8. The following is the result of the eleo tion in Laurens: Dr. J. T. Chappell, Democrat 596 J. B. Coursey, Independent 71 Geo. M. Rome (colored), Radical 271 County. Senate—W. M. Reese, Democrat,... 852 House—N. A. Crawford, Democrat. .483 M. Hawes, lud. D 368 Crawford’s majority .115 Jefferson County. R. P. Little, Democrat, ' 1,064 H. L. Battle, Democrat, 910 R. Stokes (colored), Radical 319 Alex. Stone (colored), Radical 81 J. W. Brinson (no candidate) 91 The Radical Convention nominated only one candidate (Stokes) and endorsed Col. Little. OGLETHORPE. MEETING IN THE COURT HOUSE. Able Addresses—Resolutions Denounc ing the Civil Rights Bill. Lexington, Ga., Sept. 28, 1874. Pursuant to call by the President, the Democratic party of Oglethorpe county assembled at the Court House, Hon. G. F. Platt presiding. The President then stated the object of the meeting to be the more thorough organization of the party, and to devise a plan of action to be pursued in the election to be held on the 7th of October next, and announced the meeting ready for the transaction of business. By order of the President, the Secretary then rend the names of the Executive Committee of the county • at large and of the Executive Committee of each militia district. ‘lt was then moved and carried that a committee of one from each militia district be ap pointed by the President to retire and prepare business for tho meeting. Pend ing the appointment of the above com mittee, Col. J. D. Mathews was called for ami addressed the party in a feeling and eloquent speech of about an hour’s length upon the political situation. At the conclusion of the above speech, it was moved ano carried that the Ex ecutive Committee of the county and of each militia district compose the com mittee and suggest business for the meeting, and that they retire and be em powered to invite any number of the party to a participation in their pro ceedings. The committee then invited all members of the party to attend their meeting, and retired to their rooms. After an absence of some two or three hours the committee returned, but from prudential reasons made no formal re port. It was then moved and unani mously carried that we instruct our Representatives in the next Legislature to vote for a call of a Constitutional Convention. In response to frequent calls, Capt. Pope Barrow then addressed the meeting in a forcible and stirring appeal of about half an hour’s length, upon the termination of which he offered the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : Whereas, In our judgment, the Civil Rights bill, now pending before Con gress, if it should become a law and be carried into effect, would destroy some of the best institutions .of our State, paralyze our industry, and blight our growing prosperity, and would, in all human probability, in the end, plunge the South into the horrors of a war of races, and being convinced that its en forcement by arms would eventuate in the hopeless degradation of the white race, without any corresponding benefit to auy other; therefore, be it Resolved, That being firm believers in the moral, intellectual and physical superiority of the white race over all others, we, as white men and fttemen, will never yield our assent to the doc trine which tends to the. degradation of ourselves and onr children to the level of an inferior race. Resolved, 2d, That we appeal to the white men of the North to put ftem selves in our place, to pause and con sider before they put upon us this atro cious measure, the wretaked fate that mnt certainly befall the weaker race in our midst as well as the untold suffer ings of the white men and white women of the South. Resolved, 3 d, That in our judgment the Constitution and laws of the United States, and of this State, as they now stand, furnish equal protection to the rights, of every description, of all the citizens thereof, and acquiescing in the present status, we willingly accord to all, without regard to race or color, the same impartial participation in the bene fits flowing therefrom that we claim for ourselves. It was then moved and carried that the proceedings of this meeting be pub lished in the Oglethorpe Echo, the Au gusta Chronicle and Sentinel and the Augusta Constitutionalist. The meet ing then adjourned, subject to the call of the President. G. F. Platt, President. J. T. Olive, Secretary. FOREIGN NEWS. The Oireot Cable. London, October 10. —A circular has been seDt to the shareholders of the Di rect Cable Company informing them that the management have decided to abandon about 30 miles of a cable which is uow lying on a rockly bottom, and ef fect a splice at a more suitable point. The circular says that in all about 1,100 miles of cable have been laid, and satis factory tests are obtained daily by elec tricians. The miners of the West Riding of Yorkshire having refused to consent to a reduction of 50 per cent, in their wages have been locked out to the number of ■6,009. The Carlists. Malrid, October 10.- The Republican army, under Gen. Lazerna, has crossed the Ebra and taken Lazitardia. The •success has made an excellent impres sion here. Carlos, with the bulk of his followers, is at Larioja di Navarra. A thousand marines will embark for Cuba, November 19th. The Carlists have shot nineteen natives of Navarre who were serving in the in surgent army for insubordination. An explosion occurred ill a building at Aspeitia used for the manufacture of • cartridges for the. Carlists, causing the instant death of eighteen persons. The American Squadron. Pibaues, October 10.—The American Squadron li as arrived in this harbor. ALABAMA NEWS. All Quiet iu Sumter County—The Crops. Montgomery, Ala., October 10.—Con gressman Hays and Abrams, the Pro bate Judge of Sumter, who have been absent at Washington for some time, are now in the city. Reports from Snmter are that all is quiet. Sheriff William son and Coleman—the latter a negro— who were arrested, charged with "the murder of Ivey, have been released by the United States Commissioner. Capt. • Mills, of the United States troojw at" Livingston, has n ceived orders to put no more in jail, but to try persona ar rested at once, as the howl about the , treatment of prisoners was getting tool hot. The drouth in this portion of the Ala bama still continues. It has cut off the cotton crop about one-third, and ruined peas, sweet potatoes and turnip crops. No good rains in nearly three months. CAPITAL NOTES. S3 Washington, October 10.—The new Secret Service Corps report several im portant arrests of counterfeiters. The United States Marshal of Texas reports that he arrested and brought thither thirteen citizens of Montague. In a dispatch dated Dennison, Texas; Postmaster-General Jewell telegraphs to the original owners of an important claim thus : “It is my desire that no. agent shall stand between this Depart ment and any party with whom it "has business. * * * I cannot and' vjiU not tolerate claim agents.” A letter addressed to the President by a prominent Conservitive politician in Mississippi argues that the only true way to restore peace and prosperity to the South is for Congress to pass an act to pay for quartermaster’s and commis sary stores taken by the Union arjpy in the South during the war, and to refund the cotton tax. It has been referred to the Attorney-General by the President. New Orleans, October 10.— Registra tion is progressing quietly. It will close October 23d, as prescribed by law. E. Howard McCaleb has succeeded E. A. Burke on the Advisory Board. Colonel Packard’s successor has not yet been named. Joe Ravages, a negro preacher, was shot and killed near Franklin, Tenn., while attempting to enter the residence of an old man named Shy with the in tention of murdering him and wife and burning the place. A negro detective sent from Nashville to investigate a for mer attempt to burn Shy’s house sus pected Ravages and induced him to enter into the above arrangement, and then apprised Shy,