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WEDNESDAY .JUNE 7, 1876.
Morton and Conkling are weeping
lor Blaine. t _
Bum has fallen as fell ScKUTLER
Colfax, not because he had stolen any
thing but because he has been found
out.
Dom Pedro has gone through Atlanta.
This is well. Atlanta has gone through
a good many strangers, and now a
stranger has gone through Atlanta,
Tire new Saltan of Turkey has a
sixty thousand dollar wife. At least
that's the sum he paid for her before
the war. She’s a Georgian at that.
Thx gold-seekers who rushed into the
Black Hills country without waiting for
the consent of the Indians find that the
atmosphere causes a miner to lose his
hair Boon after arriving.
A wbitib in thfi Columbus Times as
aerts that the Gubernat rial “brown
horse” is now browsing in North Geor
gia, and that his name is John W. Wof
ford, W. H. Dabney or E. F. Hogr.
A Lincoln oounty writer in the Mc-
Duffie Journal says Hrbschel V. John
son will carry that county by a hand
some majority. He also says that Dr.
John Sms ii spoken of in connection
with legislative honors.
Th* editor of the Madison Home
Journal denies that his paper is sup
porting Mr. John H. James for Gov
ernor. A correspondent of the paper
took sides for James in a letter, but the
editor of the paper is uncommitted.
That noble animal, the horse, still
presents himself at the Parisian banquet.
Daring the first quarter of the current
year 1,000,000 pounds of him was eaten
by the inhabitants-a marked increase
over the corresponding period of last
J*"-
The Augusta Constitutionalist thinks
H. V. Johnson too old tp be Governor.
Well, we can only reply by saying that
be is too honest to pay for “quoted read
ing mattter.” What in the devil is the
matter with the CoMtU-Garter smile
Express.
The Cartersville Express hopes that
the Executive Committee will not call
theßtate Convention earlier than the
latter part of August. Wo prefer to
have the agony over before that tide.
And then there’a the candidates tjavel
ing expenses.
The Atlanta Constitution thinks nine
of the Georgia delegation at St. Louis
will go for Tilden. We don't believe
they will represent their constituents if
they do. — Neuman Herald. And we
don't believe that nine of the Georgia
delegation will go for Tildes, it it be
possible to nominate a better man—
Bnchn editorials and “quoted reading
matter” to the contrary notwithstand
ing. t
The Sun oharges the editor of the
Herald with having mixed hi* edi
torial aa well as his drinks the other
day, and taking Mr. Bennett by the ear
advises him, in italics, when he has an
important leading article to write in the
veniDg to take very little wine at din
gier. If Mr. Bennett is a well regulated
editor be will write his important lead
jpg article before dinner.
An open field race for the Democratic
nomination is the order. This is right
—let the Democracy decide by a pri
mary election the man it wisnaa to hon
or.— Home Courier. The Courier is
behind the times. The game proposed
now is to let four ringsters hold a “dis
trict meeting” and elect five delegates
(themselves and some satellite) to the
County Convention.
The Connecticut Legislature has tak
en a step in the direction of one practi
cal reform, in providing for the submis
sion to the people of a constitutional
amendment fixing the pay of State Rep
resentatives at *‘s3oo a session and one
mileage each way.” The practical effect
of such an amendment could hardly fail
to be the perfect protection of the peo
ple from unreasonably long sessions.
Disraeli seems disposed to evade the
performance of his pledge given to the
Irish members of Parliament that, if
they would support the “Titlee” bill,
tha Fenians now imprisoned should be
released. When his attention was called
to the pledge he said that, considering
the oiroumstances, he oould not now
reoommend the grant of amnesty. Which
justifies the suggestion onoe made by a
oritio of his works that he was “lo here
and lo there,” instead of Lothair merely.
Cannot Bullock and Blodgett be in
duced to open their boxes and let us know
who are the prominent Democrats who
shared in their plunder in Georgia ?
They have asserted they did so. Let us
have names and proof. —Columbus En
quirer. When the box is opened its
power will be destroyed, good brother.
So long as good Demoorats rush to the
relief of Bullock and Blodgett the
box pays better shut than open.
A Washington dispatch says Mr. Til
dsn’s friends are going to make a move
in the St. Louis Convention to repeal
the two-thirds rule. This will be their
first move. Two weeks ago they felt that
Tilden oould be nominated under the
two thirds rule, but they have become
alarmed at his decline in strength du
ring the last ten days, but they feel as
sured of a majority in the Convention,
and with the rule repealed they consider
Mr. Tildbn’s nomination a foregone
conclusion.
Bullock and Blodgett are urged to
open those tin boxes. We want them to
do so, if for nothing else, just to see how
many “prominent Democrats” in Savan
nah, Augusta, Columbus and elsewhere
outside of Atlanta will crawl under feath
er-beds to avoid the lightning !— Atlanta
Constitution. This is sweet talk, but
the sentence rings a trifle hollow. We
join in the wish. If there are any prom
inent Democrats in Augusta or else
where who helped the usurper plunder
the State or who sought office under a
promise to support his administration
we shall be pleased to see them have a
foot race with the lightning.
Some days since we had occasion to
speak a little severely of seme passages
in a memorial speech made at Charlotte,
North Carolina, by Captain S. Tatlor
Martin aa they appeared in a special
dispatch to the New York Times. Cap
eaiM Martin has since written a letter,
emphatically denying that ho used the
language attributed to him by the
Titnes' correspondent. We regret that
misled by this false report we did
him injustice. Like the Philadelphia
Times, however, we waited for several
days and, seeing no contradiction pub
lished, came to the conclusion that he
had been rightly reported. We hope
tfc.i HI papers which published the
original statement will make the proper
correction.
The Macon Telegraph, defending Col.
dem as for not having called the Ex
ecutive* Committee together sooner, says:
“He has taken the middle coarse, the
juste mileu and named a day which
will allow amp. 1 ® time for an effective
campaign, and ye‘ not trench too great
ly upon the patience •* bome “duß
-of a busy and impo < “ r * B ked people.
Why then attach any blame a? even
by implication, in the promisee? Jf ev W
a man has seared his party and countE*
faithfully, meeting her enimies in the
imminent deadly breach, and then as
sailing the no leas dangerous Badical
and carpet-bagger foe in every nook and
oorner of the State, and helping to drive
from power the corrupt and bayonet-im
posed government which afflicted ata,
that man is Thomas Hardeman, Jr.”
HERSCHEL V. JOBJiSW.
The Atlanta Constitution, of yesit-i
--day, aays:
"We are in receipt of aoommuuicstion from
in able and distinguished citizen of Bartow
county, hi which several interesting political
points are are touched upon in a caustic and
indignant style. T
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Here is what our correspondent writes of the
"dark lantern” doings of those who seem to he
foremost in the work of decrying the present
p\rty organization and declaration for ‘emt-i
--eipation of the people from ring ru e and cau
cus cliques‘A secret circular emina'cd
from August* and copies of it have been -gut
to a few prominent men in each county of
the State, in which these few promi
nent men agree to hand over the coun
ties to Johnson at the State Convention
when it assembles to nominate a candidate for
Governor. The circular is too sacred for the
vulgar eye of the pnblic. the people must not
see it, but from four to six leading men in each
countv sign it and that does the work. Of
course the people have nothing to do with it;
just so a few leading men decree it, that set
tles it. This contract has been signed for the
deliverance of Richmond, Greene, Clarks,
Morgan. Bibb, Fulton, Monroe, Bartow, Cobb,
Floyd. Gordon, Jefferson, Glascock, Whitfield,
and no doubt every other county in the State,
but it is not known to the writer further than
what is here stated.”
We do not know who the correspon
dent of the Constitution is nor do we
care. We do know that he has either
not seen the letter of which he writes or
else that he grossly misrepresents its
contents. We have seen the letter which
has called forth the extraordinary com
ments of the Constitution, and there is
n<)t a word in it to justify either the
statements of the correspondent or the
remarks of the editor. The letter to
Governor Johnson has been signed by a
few personal and political friends, and
simply asks him to state over his own
signature 'whether or not he will ac
cept a nomination for Governor- in
the event he should be the cboioe of the
Democratic Convention. All the asser
tions about prominent men in each
county “agreeing to hand over the coun
ties to Johnson at the State Convention”
are simply the products of an over
wrought imagination; and the “dark
lantern” comments of the Atlanta Con
stitution are as unnecessary as they are
uncalled for and unjust. A few of the
personal and political friends of Gov.
Johnson simply desire to know if he
will accept a nomination because the
friends of candidates have been in
dustriously and without authority cir
culating the report that he would not.
If he says yes, we believe he will find
warm friends and active supporters in
every county of the State. If he says
no, there is an end of the matter, and his
friends will advocate the nomination of
whoever they may see fit to support.
We hope the Atlanta Constitution: and
every paper that copies its editorial will
be just enough to re-publish this article.
HANGEROI HI.V WOUNDED.
Mr. Blaine, of Maine, is in a very
bad way. We should call him a dead
man if we did not know what an enor
mous dose of official corruption it takes
to kill a man with the Republican party.
We think, however, we can say with
safety that Mr. Bhine, of Maine, is se
riously wounded, and that fee will have
to convalesoe with miraculous rapidity
in order to be able to show at the Cin
cinnati Convention. If Mr. Blaine was
already tha npmineee of the Republican
party, and the best and purest Demo
crat iu the country was i the field
against him, we do not know that recent
revelations would detract anything from
the strength of Mr. Blaine, or give a
single additional vote to his opponent.
But, unfortunately f o r the Man from
Maine, he is not the Republican nomi
nee. He lacks two weeks of it, and two
weeks count almost as a lifetime in
politics. He has able and aotive adver
saries in the ranks of his own party who
are contesting the Presidency with him,
and they wilt nut fail to use the weapons
which Chance has placed ip their hands.
Messrs. Morton b<l
combine against the common enemy,
though knowing that after he Is effect
ually disposed of they will have to turn
their swords upon each other, A few days
ago Mr. Blaine was deoidedly the
strongest man in the Republican party.
A large number of States had declared
for him, and he could count safely almost
enough votes to secure bis nomination.
The first attack upon him, which oa®e
from jfndiana, the home of his rival,
Mobtgn, seyeral weeks ago, lie was able
to repel. Ss made two most solemn
statements to the House, statements
made with all the solemnity *nd haying
the same force as if under o*tb, denying
all and any connection with the transac
tions in Arkansas Railway bonds charged
upon him. For a while he rested in
peace. But Democratic member of
Congress, anxious to probe the matter
to the bottom, moved for *.committee of
investigation, and the committee .was gp
pointed. From that time Mr- Blaine
has been in the toils. The chief witness
against him, Mr. Caldwell, was spirit
ed off to Europe, but others rose up in
his stead. An independent newspaper,
the New York mu, followed his track
with the skill and the pertinacity of a
detective. The friends of MofflW and
Conkling slyly assisted these attacks ;
upon a dangerous competitor for the
Presidential prize. After awhile came
the Aquila Adams charge, showing
Mr. Blaine’s connection with Jat
Cooke's Northern Pacific Railway
swindle—giving names, dates and
amounts, and a copy of Mr. Blaink'e
letter offering to dispose of an
interest in the scheme. Warren Fish
er, one of the witnesses, was summoned
to Washington, and scarcely had he
reached his hotel before Blaine was in
his room. Fisheb was made “ all
right,” but an unlooked and unwished
for party came on the soene in the per
son of Mulligan, Fisher’s book-keeper.;
His testimony on the first day was dam
aging, and he hinted #f something worse
to come—evidence that would be sus
tained by letters from Mr. Blaine, in
his possession. The day following, Mr.
Blaine called at Mulligan's room and
asked to see the letters. When he read ’
them he realized the danger of allowing
them to appear in print. A short time
afterwards he used an artifice to get
them in his hands again, and then bold
ly declared he would act give them up
as, in his opinion, they had no connec
tion with the charges made against him. |
Before the investigating committee
Wednesday he confessed what he had
done, admitted that he would ha great
ly injured by the publication of the let
ters, aud declined to give them up until,
after consultation with his lawyers,
he should be satisfied their con
tents came within the scope of the
resolution ordering the investigation.
Whether Mr. Blaine shall now surren
der the letters or not makes very little
difference so far as he is concerned. In
any event he is seriously injured. It is
evident that they will not bear the light.
It is equally evident that he resorted to
desperate means to keep the proofs of
his corruption from the world. It looks
as if Mr. Blaine will not recover. It
looks as if he will die the political
death and go to meet Schttlhb Col
fax. In the meantime Conkling and
Morton are chief mourners.
Judge ifn.raa, of the Supreme Court,
rnins the sensational atory about the re
buke which he was said to have inten
tionally administered to Pom Pepbo for
talking too loudly while Court was in
session. The Justice says: “Jt may be
true, bat I was aofc aware at Don
Pedeo’s preseaee when I spoke. I did
not know be had been in the Court
room until after he went oat, and I
doubt very much if he wae talking aloud.
I was reading an opinion mad was much
annoyed by conversation in the room,
and after the marshal had rapped for
si lea 06 several times I said that but one
nersett VS* allow?* te speak at a time
hi that roost. J scarcely J Pro
bable that DoM titjpßP was one of aee
who made the distnrbMKk
Anew ffagetaff has been mounted on
thM sew CuatQSP House at Charlegtq^.
THE EIGHTH DISTRICJ*. -
Below we pnhiiab a letter wMeh wiif
be read witlr interest by the people of
the Einhih Congressional District. It
is from Judge William Gibson, and an
nounces bis intention not t be a candi
date for £ongres8 v ,Judge Gjbsoh baa
many in the District, atd
had he remained in the field wonid
doubtless have made a stroDg race. We
are glad to see that he declines to do
anything which might divide the Demo
cratic party at a time when so much de
pends upon organization, discipline and
harmonious action:
AuotwiA, Japp 2,1876.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel:
I see by the proceedngs of a party of highly
esteemed gentlemen, at the City Hall yester
day, that my esteemed friend, Hon. C. 8. Du
bose, seemed to apprehend an independent
candidacy in this District. As my name has
been tints mentioned, and perhaps with suffi
cient authority, as I am often imprudent in
speech, and have been desirous of relief from
the character of dnties now being performed,
I desire to-reliove the pressure that seems to
control tha action of some, and probably the
fears of others, by now saying to you and the
many persons who seem to tear so much dan
ger to the country and my native Georgia (for
whom I ventured to imperil the comforts of
home, family, friends, fortune and life itself),
that I am not note nor likely to be a candidate
for Congress. In no event can I ever consent
to be a candidate kt opposition to the interests
and icishes of that people with whom I feel
fully identified in interest and fortune. My
views may be too liberal and conservative, and
any extreme measure calculated to invoke per
petually the fires of .strife from the ashes of
the dead past, not founded in the strictest jus
tioe, I have felt it my duty to condemn; hence
I am not in full accord with the action of any
party, and beg to say that I am not and will not
be a candidate for Congress.
I am, very respectfully, Ac.,
William Gibson.
gen. GRANT STICKS TO HIS FRIENDS.
Free Press says the
President does not propose to be of any
assistance to the committee of the House
of Representatives which is now investi
gating the New Orleans Custom H6nse
and other Louisiana matters. Brother
in-law Cas&t, like Babcock, is too dear
to him for that. One of the witnesses
(Seelye) examined by the committee,
after giving some testimony, declined
to give further evidence on the ground
that if he does he must criminate him
self. Seelte is now an employee in the
New York Custom House; was for
several years a speoial agent of the Poßt
Office Department in Louisiana and a
Deputy United States Marshal in the
State. The questions he declines to
answer without immunity relate to
fraudulent pay rolls in the New Orleans
Custom House, to the robbery of United
States mails and the cutting of telegraph
wires. Seelye is the only witness from
whom the testimony can be got and he
has declared, under oath, that he has
been offered bribes not to appear as a
witness and that he has also been
threatened with prosecution in the event
that he should do so. Under the in
structions from the committee Repre
sentative Gibson, the Chairman, laid the
case before the Attorney-General, with a
request that the witness be granted im
munity. The Attorney-General has re
plied to the effect that the request was
before the President and Cabinet Tues
day; that the President had been noti
fied that seypral members of the commit
tee were not in favor of immunity, and
that it was not deemed best to grant it.
Caset must feel that there is nothing
like being a friend of the family at the
White Bouse. That is all that is neces
sary to seonre the discouragement of
witnesses.
GEORGIA’S SCHOOL SYSTEM.
The Georgia. Republicans were in some
quarters su pected of exaggeration when they
imputed to the Democrats of that state hos
tility tp the common school system. The ac
cusation, however, was not in advance of the
facts. The refusals of the Legislature to levy
a tax or to allow the people to tax themselves
in their respective districts, for school pur
poses, have been aggravated by repeated ef
forts to alienate the scant provision that was
ujfdp during the brief existence of Republican
authority. Tljat the action of the Georgia
Demoorats indicates fp,ore thahloeal opposition
to the means | royided for difusing education
among the colored people, the temper of t(io
same party in other Southern States seems to
prove.
The above is token from the New
yovlf Times. The Times is a Republi
can) paper, ljiffc ye have always found it
a fair and honorable enepfjr. We shall
therefore consider tfieaboye statement a
mistake rather than a studied slan.der,
and give the Times the facts of the case.
The Democrats of Georgia are not hostile
to the common school system. The Leg-'
islatqie bps ppt refused to levy a tax for
school purposes, uoy Jms it refused to
allay the people to tax themselves iu
their respective districts, nor has it at
tempted to alienate the “scant pro
vision” made during “the brief exist
ence of Republican authority.” By
reference to the last report of the Com
missioner oji EJqoation the Times will
learn that during the toft yp?r the State
authorities paid out m<>re than pne hun
dred aud fifty thousand dollars to the
different Bounties up account of school
purposes. The entire Btate school fund
for the year was two hundred and ninety
one thousand dollars. Instead of the
people being “denied the right to tax
themseiyes in their respective districts,”
there was collected fiist year under local
laws for school pUfPP 09 the si)!# pf one
hundred and forty-four thousand dol
lars. The entire fund expended during
the year for the support of public
sobools amounted to four hundred and
thirty-five thousand dollars. The num
ber of persons iu the State betweeri the
ages of sis and eighteen is as follows:
White, males
White, females - .1ff?,135
Total /.* 218,783
Colored, males 90,517
Cpjored, females 84,787
T0ta1.,... 175,304
Total, 1)0th rates ....... 1?H,037
In nearly all the principal .counties
there is a local school law in operation,
under the provisions of which the Coun
ty Board of Education assesses and
leyiae a tax for the support of the
schools. jgojthState and local fund are
equally and impartially distributed
among white and eolored achoola. It is
true that the fund raised is not as large'
as that applied by many Western and
Northern States of smaller population,
but it should be remembered that the
coir men school system ill the South is
in its inception. Witi-pjch succeeding
year it becomes more perfect nnd nse
ful, and will be more liberally support
ed. As we have said before, we do not
believe the '/hne£ would do the State
intentional injustice, tye trust that
it will oorreot the error into which it
has fallen concerning the educational in
terests of.Georgia.
THE PRESfDEXCy.
New York, June 2.—The ffergld, dis
cussing the Presidential question, says
as the canvass now stands, Conkling
leads. No prudent party will wish
Blaine as the candidate, in view of his
transactions in the Pacific bonds. The
only power Blaine can have at Cincin
nati is to name the Great Unknown, and
the Herald thinks his voiae will go for
Washburn, of Illinois, in which event
Washburn will probably be the suooess
fnl candidate- The 7 imes in discussing
the political situation, under the cap
tion, “The Two Caadidvtae,” says :
Blaine’s chances as a Presidential candi
date, can be disposed of before the Con
vention. The extraordinary proceed
isgH yesterday before the Honse Com
mittee, gpyeals Blaine in a light which
is fatal to his variability as a Presiden
tial candidate. As £9 Conkling, the
Times contends that he Is not ifcp second
choice of Blaine’s friends. It argues
against Jus nomination, and protests
against his .candidacy being sustained
under the pratcues that his name is
necessary to carry Jfew Jfoyfc gtete. The
Tribune reviews the work at the Re
publican Conventions, which have all;
gov been held, and presents a table'
■bow) |g tbc strength of the .Presidential
candidates. jgjioie.vote of the. Co
nvention ia7ss>n4 bqfcejaftyy.to a choice
379. Of this number if niedite
with 302 votes; Morton, 130 v.9tea;
Bristow, 126; Conkling, W; Harfranft,
58; Kayes, 46; Jewell, 10; Washburn',
1; the unknown, beingthe votes of North
Carolina and Florida, lfi.
WHO SHALL BEPRESIDEiT?
▲ DEMOCRATIC REVOLT against
TILDEN IN NEW YORK.
The Sale of the Wert A—A Sadden Movement
-Tamaaii Hell—Schell and Kelly for
Hendricks— Captnrtaa a Journal.
( Correspondence Metes and Courier {Tilden )] j
‘ New York, May 27. The sudden do-!
"Velopmeut of apparently increased
strength, accompanied with increased
virulence, in the movement within the
party lines "in this State in opposition to
the nomination ,ol Governor Ttklen at
St. Louis, has had the effect of disturb
ing, and, indue;.!, almost of bewildering
the minds of* men, who Lad settled to
the. conclusion that the Governor was
having everything his own way here and
elsewhere. The change in the aspect of
affairs has happened inside of a week,
and if looks as if it were the result of a
prearranged plan, on the part of the
Governor’s enemies, to burst upon him
without warning on all sides and over
whelm him with the fierceness and per
sistence of their attack. That opposi
tion to the Governor’s nomination ex
isted was well known. It was displayed
some time prior to the assembling of the
State Convention; at Utica, and had its
origin in Tammany Hall. Mr. Tildes
had been unable to satisfy all the long
ings of sundry gentlemen who ran that,
part of the Democratic organization in
this eity. He had exhibited an inde
pendence whioh had sorely tried the pa
tience of the dictatorial Mr. John Kelly.
He was met at Utica, therefore, with an
antagonism which at first threatened to
accomplish the suppression of his name
in the platform. But his friends, by
good management, triumphed. They
carried through a resolution requiring
the delegation to St. Louis to vote as a
unit, and if they did not succeed in in
structing it to vote for Mr. Tilden they
did sneoeed in securing a flattering re
commendation of his nomination for the
Presidency. Of the delegation chosen
an undoubted majority was and is for
Mr. Tilden. He will therefore receive
the thirty-five votes of the State as long
as this'majority is disposed to cling to
him. It may be mentioned in passing
that Mr.
TDden’s .Strength
In the delegation lies among the mem
bers from the country and Long Island
counties. Of the New York city dele
gates but two are known to favor him—
Mr. Manton Marble, late of the World,
and Mr. Edward Cooper (son of Peter).
Mr. Belmont has openly declared his
preference for Senator Bayard, and Mr.
Schell and John Kelly are equally de
cided for Gov. Hendricks. From the
time of the adjournment of the Utica
Convention to the beginning of last
week the opposition to the Governor’s
nomination had apparently gone almost
to sleep. The World was vigorously
hammering away daily in his behalf,
and striving to convince the party in
the South and West that New York was
the battle ground and that only Tilden
was positively sure of carrying it. The
Tammany managers, it is true, had pur
chased a controlling interest in the Eve
ning Express, or rather in its proprie
tor, Mr. Erastus Brookß, and had put it
on the track in opposition to Tilden;
but the Express is of very little account,
its circulation is small and its influence
next to nothing. But when from an al
most cloudless sky,last week, there came
a thunder clap in the shape of an an
announcement of
Tlio Captnre of the “World”
By the opponents of Governor Tilden,
then people became at once convinced
that a storm of no little maguit.ude was
about to break upon his fortunes. Surely
enough there t has been heavy pelting of
hailstones, and they have driven some
of the brethren into the throes of doubt
as to the Governor’s success at St. Louis
and his availability if nominated there.
Probably the most damage to him has
come from a conference of leading Dem
ocrats, held at Albany on Wednesday
night, iu which some of them, in the
most emphatic terms, declared that Mr.
Tilden would be unable to carry the
State of New York if he should become
the Democratic candidate for President.
Among the persons present at this con
ferenoe who indulged in these forebod
ings, or acquiesced in them, were ex-
Governor Hoffmap, Jndge Anqasa j.
Parker, Erastus Corning, Chancellor
John V. L. Prnyn, ex-Lieutenant
Governor Allen C. Beach, Judge Allen
of the Court of Appeals, Judges
Millar and Danforth of the Supreme
Court, and ex-Speaker Dewitt C. Little
john, one of the recent converts from
the Republican party. None of these
were New York city men, aud all are
recognized leaders among the Democ
racy of the btate. Almost as injurious
as these expressions of opposition to the
Tilden cause were the reports of inter
views with Chief Judge Sandford E.
Church and Erastus Corning, published
in the World. Judge Church declared
that the “candidate belonged elsewhere
than in N ew Y or k,” and sppke pointedly
of the availability of Governor Hen
dricks and Senator Bayard. Mr. Corn
ing was of the opinion that Tilden was
“not strong with the Democracy of the
States;” that “he would not be able to
carry this State,” and that “hto nomina
tion would endanger the whole ticket in
the Union.” All this matter the Ex
press repripted with flaming head lines,
and it was followed nejt day with com
ments ijnfaypralfie f>s top prospects of
Governor Tilden, in the Hfrqlt}, S;m
and other journals, some of whioh had
been disposed hitherto to regard him
not unkindly. In the whole range of
city journalism it cannot be said that
tjj@ governor has a straight-out, uncon
ditional Ofgtf i) fifiji.
The World’s Chance of Front.
The details of the transaction by
which the World passed from the con
trol of Mr. Marble into ftf the op
ponents of Gov. Tilden are, as yet, un
known in newspaper circles. I am told
that the editorial announcement in Mon
day’? paper of the sale of the stock by
Mr. to Mr. Hqrlbert was as great
a surprise tp the attaches of the pap® r
as to tjie public outside th.® What
course theijaw management will pursue
is algo a pjatter pf speculation. The op
position to (Joy. Tilden is jpaififest
enough, but whether any 'paftipiffaF in
dividual is ultimately to receive the sup
port of the World is an open question.
A high official in the office says that the
paper will present the claims of all the
(Candidates in correct terms; but
will fie itself 4.PY.U to go ogp, So far
SengLor Bayard, Gen. Hancock, and ®x-
Govprnor ParJieK of New Jersey, baye
had flrst-elass Bofjgeg m Burlbert’s hap
piest style. It is suggested by Qhe
shrewd observer, however, that alter
tjjuoh beating bush, the World
will reach f he conclusion that Gov. Hen
dricks ought to be t. h ® man. Certainly,
if Jofip IfelJy and Augustus-s"" e *l ar ®
the new owners pf t’;e paper, to that
complexion it wifi cpme atjagt. But the
actual proprietorship is alsp among the
problems. Mr. Hurlbert, though on ® °f
the most genial and accomplished of men,
and by long odds the most brilliant writer
on the American press, is notoriously not
a millionaire, and therefore is not to Be
suspected of purchasing the valuable
property with his own ducats. Doubt
less he bears tl)® sarpe business relation
to some “great unknown" that Mr.
WbiteWw' Beid, of the Tribune ', does to
somebody very yell known. Mr. Hul
bert, perhaps it is hardly necessary to
say to Charleston readers, id former
fellow-townsman of ours. Though he
went away to college at Cambridge when
a vouth; and did not retnrn to his native
place to live, his family will be well re
membered. has had nearly thirty
years’ experience ip journalism, has
traveled the world over is its representa
tive, and come back the best informed
man in J)h® craft, and with his manifold
advantages of talent and culture can
make his paper the most valuable in the
metropolis. Mr. Marble’s retirement
from journalism is to be regretted. His
success in elevating the character of
newspaper literature his Bean as great
if not greater than that of ' any at his
living contemporaries. He took the
lfforld out of the dust in which it was
gasping fourteen years ago, and made
it what it is to-d*y—the most influential
Democratic paper in ihe cenntry. But
it cannot be said that he made it a busi
ness success, and that undoubtedly was
the reason why he was forced, in the
end, to part pith it. •
Judge Bond Disgusted Wng A Jub?.
—ln the trial of a civil rights shit in the
United States .Circuit Court at Rich
mond, Ya., last week, Judge Bond de
livered his charge, and the jury, com
posed of nine whifes and three colored,
deliberated oyer the case a whole day.
When they jafyjrggd to the .pourt room
the foHowing seens pnsued.: Judge
Bond : “Gentlemen, have yon agreed
upon a verdict ?” Foreman : “No, air.
Judge Bond : “Why, what’s the’ mat
ter; what’s tiy- trouble ?” Foreman :
“We don’t understand that term ‘deny
ing.’ ” Judge Bond ; “ Why, *i4o’t I
instruct you to is morning fully on that
point ? Gentlemen, I despair of a ver
dict from a jury that cannot understand
snob jhgtrnctions as I gave you. You
are discharged- Go on; I don’t want
you to say anything gbout it.” It
is probable that the jury would itfJS
less trouble in coming to a ’conclusion
had the marshal exercised more judg
ment anvL lots partisanship in suniihon
ing it. '
The post office box at Covington yas,
robbed by two negroes, who carried the
mgjl pag off and opehed the larger pack-
j
arrested. They are escaped cpnvicts
from the chain gang.
BLAINE BAGGED.
THE MAN FROM MAINE IN THE
TRAP.
Mulligan’s Story Blaine’s Visit— Letter
Suaiching—Saicide and a Foreign Consul
ship—Blaine Admits and Denies—Appalling
Effect on the Committee.
Washington, June I.— Mulligan said
to-day he desired to make a statement
to the committee. When he arrived here
a note came fmm Blaine requesting the
witness and Mr. Fisher to call at Blaine’s
house. The witness declined, but Fisher
went. Blaine called at Mulligan’s hotel
last night. Biaiue called ou the witness
again, with Fisher aud Atkins present.
'Blaine asked regarding private letters
which Mulligan Lafi and promised to
hand them back, which he did. Blaine
afterwards came to witness’ room, where
they were alone, plead for the letters,
talked of min, his family and suicide.
He asked to read letters again. Witness
handed them to him, when B’.aine gave
him back one and retained and has yet
some seventeen letters. After this Blaine
spoke of other matters, asking witness
how he would like to ran a committee,
or how a foreign consulate would suit
him. Blaine made a statement. He has
the letters, but the conversation about
suicide and the consulship is ail imagi
nation. ‘Blaine says he consulted two
friends, and to-day will consult two of
the best lawyers whether anything in
the letters refer to the matter under in
vestigation, namely : the $64,000 of
bonds whioh Scott sold to the Union
Pacific Railroad. The effect iu the
committtee room was appalling. Mr.-
Blaine employed himself in folding an
envelope vary squarely and tearing it.
Mulligan testified that Blaine got $130,-
000 in land bonds and $325,000 in first
mortgage bonds. The Maine men who
bought the bends paid their money to
the witness. The bonds were sent by
express to Maine to the parties. Wit
ness gave $40,000 in bonds to Blaine
and paid the rest, mostly to the Maine
parties, who pud five thousand cash and
got fifteen thousand in bonds. The
details of Mulligan’s statements authen
ticate the report telegraphed at noon.
The following is an extract from Blaine’s
statement: “I called on the three gen
tlemen, Mr. Atkins, Mr. Fisher and Mr.
Mulligan, at the Riggs House, and in the
parlor of Mr. Atkins I had some con
versation with Mulligan about these let
ters, and asked lam to show them to
me. He did show them, with some ap
parent reluctance. I said to him, ‘Why,
you are not afraid of my keeping them,
are you?’ and he said ‘no,’ and handed
them to me. I boked them all over,
and discovered tht there was only one
letter in the list that at. all bore
upon the question before the com
mittee, and even that _ only by a
forced construction and not in reality.
I handed them back to him. The
conversation than became somewhat
general between the four gentlemen, in
cluding myself, in the room. After a
little while’Mr. Nulkgan went up stairs
to Mr. Fisher’s room, right over
head. I was talking with Mr. Atkins
and Mr. Fisher for a few moments, and
then I started up to Fisher’s room aud
knocked at the door, and was admitted,
and there I talked with Mr. Mulligan
for some time. I may have been there,
I think, the better part of an hour, but
the form that he gives the interview
about my offering him a consulship, and
about my beiog rained, and all that sort
of thing, is mere fancy. Nothing of the
kind occurred. I talked as calmly as I
am talking this Horning. Very soon I
said to him “I would like to see one 1 t
ter among those,’ I wanted to see the
letter on which le based his testimony.
He handed me the package. I looked
them all over andi I said to him as I said
afterwards in thepreseuce of Mr. Fisher
and Mr. Atkins, ‘Now you keep that
letter which you think bears on this
matter (that is tho letter that he has tes
tified to this morning). I am perfectly
willing you should k,-.ep that, but here
is a mass of my private correspondence,
covering many years and detailing mut
ters that have nothing to do with the
subject of the investigation, which it
would probably be embarrassing to me
to have published, as any man’s private
correspondence would bfi, and I
don't want it published. Ybu
ought to givei me those letters;
you have no right to them. There
are only two perions in the world that
have a right to them. One is the writer
and the other is; the person to whom
they were written. Now if you give
those letters to Mr. Fisher I will be
abundantly satisfied. They will then
be in their rightful ownership; they will
be in safe hands. ’ Mr. Fisher had be
fore, himself, in my presence, requested
that they should be given to him in the
first conversation in the lower room.
Mulligan refused. He said he didn’t
know what might transpire in his ex
amination to-day, and he said with a
good many * by God’s ’ that he was go
ing to hold those letters for his protec
tion, his vindication. I said, ‘ When
you get through the examination will
yog give them to me then.’ He
said ' No; if anybody imputes my
motives (he pronounced it in that way),
or in any way questions my veracity in
the papers I shall publish these letters.’
I said, ‘You do not think I would attack
you in the papers ? There is nothing to
make me attack you in the papers. ’ He
said, ‘Well, if anybody did he should
publish them.’ I had been running over
the letters for some time. The first time
whep he handed them to up® h® showed
Eeluctanee, and, as J baye stated, I re
marked, ‘You are not afraid of my keep
ing them, are you ?’ and he answered
‘Oh, no !” and handed them to me, but
he gave them to me the second time
without any assurance at all, and with
out anything fieing said afioqt it, hut J
had no idea ol doing anything else than
handing them back to him until he
announoed his purpose and determina
tion that no matter who should question
his testimony, or impeach or ‘impun’
his yeracity he would publish the let
ters, I saifi ttfiesp are private letters,
these are lefteys thqt relate to matters
that have no more connection or re
lationship with the examination now go
ing on before the Judici try Committee
than the man in the moon and it would
be grossly unfair that you should treat
my private correspondence in that way. ’
I then sa}4 to hijg. ‘wifi ypp ring to®
fiefi tor a geryau* tod toll him to send
Mr. .Fisher up from the lower room. ’
He did, and very soon Mr. fisher came
up and we had a little conversation, in
which I repeated before Mr. Fisher what
Mulligan had said, his declaration
or rather fiis menaces, and I said :
This Is very grossly uutoif. Mr.
Fisher.’ I then said that I would be
glad if ftfri Fisher woulfi charge of
the lpt|;sF3> Wt rightfully in
his possesaiop or rightfully to totoe, but
not in any third person. MuUigap re
peated again in Mr. Fisher’s presence
this declaration that he would feel him
self at liberty to publish these letters at
any Fe 68IV fit if anybody should
provoke him into wrath by any com
ments on his testimony, and owing to
the B.on) e what enlarged facilities in the
American" press tor making criticisms
upon everybody, I fount? thus my
private correspondence hung by the
thread of his ’ taking offense at
any of the thousand an! one
paragraphs that might be see
afloat in the papers, and I said
to him, ‘under these circumstanoes
l will not give these letters up,’
and ln order jma,t he ‘firigW not be pfis
taken as to the ground of my action, I
cafiefi Mf. Afikins from the lower WOm,
for I wanted to toy % the ground on
whioh I stood. { ‘t Wili cpt re
turn these letters because you threaten
to make a use of them whioh is illegiti
mate, which is unfair, which is entirely
unjust, and I have no idea that any man
shall take my private correspondence i
and hold it as a menace over my head,
to be used at bis beck or option for hia ;
own purposes or under snnjnbody’s di
rection.’ We went down stairs and he
repeated and reaffirmed his statement
with' very great emphasis; and I said,
‘Very good, I will retain the letters.’ ’’
The .Chairmansaid, “I ask at your bauds
the production oj those letters' for the
perusal Of the Vsoinuiittee and ‘n6t for
publication, that the committee may
see for themselves whether they bear
upon the question. ” Mr. Blaine; “In
private?” The Chairman: “No, sir,
with no privacy, but I certainly will not
make them pnblic unless they bear upon
the question,” Mr. Blaine: “I will take
occasion to consult my counsel in re
gard to it:” The Chairman: “You de
cline, then, to produce them?” Mr.
Blaine; “For the present I decline.”
Mr. Blaise, in concluding his testi
mony said : W I would add that Mr. Mul
ligan is a man of intelligence ana a man
of marked character in many respects,
but he is a man of tremendous preju
dices and most intense political convio
tions. He believes that the Republican
party ns the very gate of hell and the de
struction of the world.” The Chairman,
interrupting : “There has been no in
quiry'made a* (o political matters and
feelings. In fact that been stu
diously avoided.” Blaine/: “ Then J
withdraw that. I. was only going to
throw some light on the Conversation
about which Judge Bawye&ce inquired
of me,"
The following from the memorandum
book in Blaine’s handwriting shows
where Blaine placed the Little Bock
and Fort Smith bonds: Cash subscribed,
A. and p. Coburn, Skowhegan, Maine,
80,000; Peter T. Sauborne, Augusta,
aine; S. X. Hazeltfne, C. B. Hasejtine,
N. B. Monroe, A. W. Jobnsoto, H. H.
Johnson, P. Hnsey, kll of
Maine; Lot M. Morrill, Augnsta, Maine;
jtjTTkrwell and Q- M. Barley, Win
throD each i5.‘<390: Mid 1 X- O- Johnson,
a Ansorl, C.’Morrßj, eh MfcOOQ.
These amounts Blaine says after tetatoti
ing not more than forty-eight hours in
his hands, were paid to Fisher. Blaine's
commissions were $32,500 worth of first
mortgage bonds.
THE ATONEMENT.
THE EDGEFIELD TRAGEDY.
The Lynching of Six of the Harmon Murder
ers— hieasous for Lynching—The Negroes
Neglect the Bodies of Their Kelntives—
Fifty-two Flours After Death Before Buriul.
f Abbeville Press ami Banner.}
When the jury uf inquest upon the
bodies of .Mr. John L. Harmon rand
Mrs. Catharine A. Harmon reassembled
Tuesday morning, 23d instant, the fore
man of the jury asked the coroner that
Stephen Luke, who had been committed
to jail subject to the farther order of
the inquest, be produced to give further
evidence. The sheriff of the county
was then in attendance nntil the close
of the Inquest. A demand was made
.upon him for the production of Stephen
—he immediately dispatched his consta
bles for him, Winter Seat is twenty
two miles from Edgefield C. H., aiid
hence it was in the night of Tuesday be
fore they returned. Stephen was on
hand Wednesday morning when the
Court met, at 9 o’clock, and announced
his readiness to confess. As soon, as the
Court was convened Stephen was recall
ed to testify. His testimony and con
fession corroborated in the main the
confession of Austin Davis, given the
day before. It is proper to add that
Stephen made his confession without
having been apprised that Austin had
confessed. Stephen acknowledged that
he struck Mr. Harmon the first blow
with the dogwood club, and implicated
as present Austin Davis, Larkin Hollo
way, Jeff Settles, his cousin, Marshall
Perrin, and his brother, Jessie Lake. He
did not see the women. After recording
his confession the other four prisoners
were brought forward and in their pres
ence he reiterated it. An opportunity
was then offered them to make state
ments. They made none.
This was about 12 o’clock, and the
inquest took a recess for one honr, and
the jury retired to deliberate, and
when they re-convened; at 1 o’clook, the
verdict was ready for the signatures of
the coroner and jury. The crowd
awaited with breathless attention the
announcement of the vetdiot and during
the time necessary for the coroner and
eaoh member of the jury to sign his
name, the silence was literally painful
—when signed, the verdict was then
read by the clerk, as follows :
State of South Carolina—Edgefield
County.
An inquisition indented taken at Win
ter Seat, in the county of Edgefield, the
19th day of May, A. D. 1876, before
John A. Barker, Trial Justice, acting as
Coroner for said county, upon view of
the bodies of John L. Harmon and
Catharine A. Harmon, of Edgefield
county, then and there being dead, by
the oaths of James Callison, John T.
Cheathem, A. L. Bushnell, William
Fliun, A. G. Spearman, George W.
Truitt, B. B. Harvely, Wiley Hancock,
Ephraim A. Rogers, C. C. Fuller, Lewis
H. Kemp and Luther Sheppard, being
a lawful jury of inquest, who being
charged and sworn to inqaire for the
State of South Carolina, where and by
what means the said John L. Harmon
and Catharine A. Harmon came to their
death, npon their oaths do say, that the
said John L. Harmon and Catharine A.
Harmon were murdered in their own
house, at Winter Seat, in paid couuty,
on the night of Wednesday, the 17th
May, A. D. 1876, between the hours of
9 and 11 o’clock. ; the instruments used
in the murder being a large dogwood
club, a knife or knives, and a pine stick.
Said dogwood club, knife or knives
and pine stick being used by Stephen
Lake, Larkin Holloway, Austin Davis
and Marshall Perrin. And so the jurors
aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid,
do say that said Stephen Lake, Larkin
Holloway, Austin Davis and Marshall
Perrin were principles in the murder of
the said John L. Harmon and Catharine
A. Harmon.
And the jurors aforesaid upon their
oaths aforesaid do further say that Jeff
Settles, Jesse Lake, Tilda Holloway
and Betty Perrin are accessories in said
murder.
Immediately upon the conclusion of
the reading of this paper, the coroner
rose from his seat and handed to the
sheriff, who was standing near, the com
mitmens. Just as the sheriff received it.
two men in mask threw over his head a
sheet, completely covering up his head
and gathering him on each si.ie dragged
him away and into the dwelling house
near by. Whilst this was being done
not a word was uttered except the ex
pression by Larkin Holloway: “My
God ! they have got the sheriff. ” At
the same moment the six prisoners—Aus-
tin Davis, Stephen Lake, Larkin Hol
loway, Jeff Settles, Marshall Perrin and
Jesse Lake—who were present to hear
the verdict, were led off, not a word be
ing spoken, no order or command being
heard. When they had been gone per
haps five minutes a volley of fire-arms
was heard, apparently* about a quarter
of a mile off, and it required not an ac
tual presence to know that the six had
paid with their lives the forfeit for the
bloody crime they had committed just a
week previous to that very day.
The SliQotin#.
It is said that when the crowd arrived
at the place of execution, near a pine
field, the prisoners were immediately
arranged in line fronting the guard, and
wesp told if they wished to do so they
oould pray, when they immediately
knelt and all except Lark Holloway com
menced praying aloud, and he wanted
to assert his ignorance of the where
abouts of the Winchester rifle which it
was alleged he had taken from the Har
mons’ home after the murder. He was
notified that it was “too late for such
talk now; if he wanted to pray to do so
—to be quick it. ” }n q few min
utes afto? fhia fhoy were told to rise,
which they did, and instantly the firing
commenced. At the first volley all fell
except Stephen Lake, who remained
standing a few seconds longer than his
comrades. In less than half a minute,
however, from the time the flrjng com
menced, alljwerp p.p the ground. The
triqg was kept up at intervals for some
fteen or twenty minutes, when the
crowd left the bodies to be taken care
of by others. Soon a number of ne
groes went to see the bodies of the dead
and returned in a little, while reporting
that one of them, Austin Davis, was not
dead. Afterwards some three or four
shots were heard in that direction, and
when the place Wf\s yisited late in the
evepipg it was observed th&t Austin Da
vis’ head was shot to pieces. At this
early hour, owing to the warm weather,
the flies had begun to about the
corpses. Qn during the day
•sorjlvi few negvoea visited the place and
guarded the bodies until night, when
they were afraid to remain longer. Fri
day the decaying bodies were so offen
sive that no one remained with them,
but in the afternoon five negroes came,
dug a pit and buried them,
AH ?“ <?“!> Wit h 9Hl Puffin*
The grave was some eight feet long
and near the spot where they paid the
forfeit of their crime, and was wide
enough for three to lie in the bottom
sidebysid. Their feet were put to
gether and the heads of the other three
were put in the opposite end of the grave
—their lcg s and foot being op top of the
first three’put in. ‘ The dirt Was thrown
fipon tlieni, and a mound now stands
where those beneath So lately stoqd in
life, T)lg tFfeqle bfopepdrdl wqs Con_
ducted ip a most a nipt way. The crowd
returning from the shooting ©ade no
effort of concealment—retumud in a
body and slaked their thirst at the
weli, and in an hour after the shooting
had quietly dispersed No exulta
tion, no boasts, no threats being
heard. Only one loud expression
was board, One ©an, with musket in
bis hand, said to a crowd of negroes
standing some distance off, “You pig
gers can go and bury them damn nig
gers.' 1 ' The two womeh, Betty Perrin
and Tilda Holloway Who were implicat
ed by the verdict as accessories were
then'tnrned' fooap without as much as'a
word of warning—showing, we think, a
wonderful leniency on the part of the
outraged community. It was the gen
eral feeling too of the crowd assembled
that the verdict of the jury indicated a
determination on their part to give oth
ers who had been implicated by the evi
dence the benefit of every doubt. And
thus ended the Harmon tragedy. The
friends of the deceased were advised by
bad designing people nof fp touch them,
and it wfij hot until the time stated that
they were moved by better, counsels to
bury them. The feeling of the negroes
in the immediate neighborhood, as ex
pressed, is that the evidence was conclu
sive, and that the guilty deserved death.
Things are uow quiet, and peace and or
der are again supreme.
The First Burial Party
Who went to the place of the tragedy on
Thursday morning removed the bodies
some twenty steps to the Bfiafie of some
trees and commenced to (jiff the very
crave in which they were finally buried,
but while digging a messenger who had
been to Triad Justice jvellar returned,
stating that if they buried these men
without first having held an inquest,
they would become liable to the severest
penalties of the law. The work was
stopped at once and the place abandon
ed. The friends and relatives ef the
dead seem to care very little about
them. Usov of whom never went near
the bodies of the deceased, and to all
appearances feel as little concern about
their dead as’they could do for dead In
dians on the Black Hills. Before they
were buried the birds of prey had begun
their WOfk of despolfatiofi, and had
eaten the flesh from the faces, necks and
craniums of the brothers Stephen Lake
and Jesse Lake, and when the burying
party came the de-poilers on wing, who
were the only witnesses of this burial,
sought refuge in the tops of the trees
near by, and stood in their elevated po
sitions quietly looking at the work of in
terment, which was not completed uutil
dark. They mourned not for the dead,
except that they were, ns tney thought,
depriv’d of the rich feast they expected
on the morrow.
A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK.
Bettor Tiniest Coming Fast Agaiu.
J A-gM? York'Sun
• The stagnation in every branch of in
dustry and in every department of trade
which closely followed the panic of 1873,
resulted in a gradual and geueraldecline
in value, and the consequent bankruptcy
of three-quarters of those who were do
ing business on borrowed capital, and
carrying large lines of goods only par
tially paid for. It must not be thought,
as has sometimes been assumed, that
during this period the business of the
country really stood still. While a sys
tem of rigid and enforced economy has
prevailed iQ almost every household
throughout the land, the ueccssarv wants
of forty-five millions of people had to be
provided for. These people had to be
fed, clothed, housed and warmed, per
haps not so lavishly as in former days,
but still sufficiently so to keep the
wheels of trade in movement during all
this period of depression. Immediately
after the panic trade came to a dead halt.
Presently it began to revive, although
with falling values. Those who had
stocks of goods on hand transacted busi
ness at a constantly increasing loss.
There was a general distrust of the fu
ture and the spirit of speculation was
entirely crushed out. There was no
fixed standard of prices by which the
merchant, the trader, the manufacturer
or the real estate owner oould form a
correct estimate of his exact financial
condition. Capitalists with money to in
vest hesitated about making any pur
chase, however low the price. Extreme
caution has been the order of the day.
Meantime, with declining values, the
volume of business has actually increas
ed, as is abundantly shown by the gen
eral records of the transportation lines;
and, though this statement may seem
paradoxical in view of the Clearing
House returns, which, roughly estimat
ed, show comparatively little change
since the panic, it must not be forgotten
that the last three years have establish
ed a decline of from thirty to forty per
cent, in general values, any conse
quently one million of dollars of
exchanges now represent an increase of
30 or 40 per cent, in quantities exchanged.
In a word, the condition of the coun
try is healthy. We have most indubit
ably reached bottom prices, and recent
events would seem to indicate returning
confidence and steady progress toward a
general revival in all departments of
trade. Tne country stores from Maine
to Florida have, during all this period
of depression, been buying sparingly
and in small quantities. The country
aside is bare of goods. There is scarce
ly a farmer throughout the land but
stands to-day in need of clothes, store
goods, agricultural implements, and
what not, to repair and make whole the
wear and tear of the last two years.
Moreover, the farmer has the where
withal to gratify all his reasonable wants.
The agricultural interest was never in a
sounder condition. The crops have
been abundant, and our great staples
find abroad ready markets at remunera
tive prices. Since 1869 American wheat
has been gradually driving Russian
wheat out of the markets of the United
Kingdom. In 1869 the total imports of
wheat and flour—one owt. of flour being
reckoned as equal to lj cwt. of wheat in
grain—into tbe United Kingdom from
north and south Russia was 9,287,236
cwt., against 5,798,976 cwt. in 1874, a
decrease of nearly fifty per cent, in five
years. Meanwhile the imports of wheat
and flour from the United States into
the United Kingdom increased from
15,320,257 cwt. in 1869 to 27,206,025
cwt. in 1874. In short, while the Rus
sians sent in 1869 nearly two-thirds as
much wheat and flour to the United
Kingdom as was sent from the United
States, in 1874 they sent but a little
over one-fifth as much. These statis
tics have caused much alarm in
Russia, and the commerce of
Odessa .has . suffered accordingly.—
The signs of the times are abundantly
encouraging. They seem to indicate
that the great commercial and indus
trial classes of the country have adjust
ed their business on an unprecedented
ly low scale of value. They justify the
hope that industry is learning to pro
duce with living profit at present rates.
One of the most cheering evidences of
this is the marked success which at
tended the two great auction sales of
domestic dry goods during the last
week. These sales had been widely ad
vertised, it being announced that about
6,000 packages, the products of mills
representing a very considerable portion
of the mill interest of the Eastern States,
would be positively sold to the highest
bidder. This announcement brought
together the largest assemblage of buy
ers evt-r seen in an auction room in this
city. They fairly represented the
wholesale and dry goods interest of the
country at large. The bidding was
spirited from the start. At the Tues
day's sale, so great was the demand that
nearly twioe the number of packages
advertised were sold. It had been
thought that Thursday’s sale might not
be successful, coming so soon after the
first. If anything, it went off with even
more success.
The receipts from both salos, were
over two million five hundred thousand
dollars. The bidding was brisk and
lively up tft fh@ close, and apparently
the auctioneers could have sold double
the number of packages had they had
them at their disposal. As regards the
prices obtained, while they leave hut
slender profits, it is enough to know
that they were satisfactory to the manu
facturers. B,ftt the whole transaction
has fo qa a wider and deeper signifi
cance. This vast assemblage, gathered
from every corner of the country—New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Chicago, New Orleans, St. Louis and
San being largely predomi
nant —represents the best thought, in
telligence and energy of our people in
connection with the dry goods trade.
The active competition between shrewd
merchants and heavy capitalists beto-.
kens a firm conviction that, in spite of
the embarrassments and still
witnessed, the general oopdition of the
people is such as, to permit a steady in
crease olj consumption. It a flow a that
those best qualified to judge believe the
era of stagnation aqd depression is past.
THE BROKEN GAMBLER.
What Daniel Drew Carried in His Head.
New Yobk, June 2. —The
of Daniel Drew, in bqqk r hploy, began
yesterday, ffe stated under oath he
had not'' transacted any business for a
year prior to filing the petition. He
did business previously in the offices of
Boyd, Vincent, Johnson, Chase & C 0.,,
Dickerson & Cos. and Whiteley * Nel
son. He always did own business.
He had no in his employ. Ho had
statements of accounts from those
brokers, but never looked them over.
He trusted to their honesty. Be had
collaterals th°S.e brokers, but they
did pqf surrender them. They used
1 them up to a mere nothing. was
well ' enough off a yearaja He never
kept any check hook. He had a small
account with the Manhattan Bank, but
■ t was settled up long ago. He never
had much of a bank account. In reply
to a question as to how be made pay
ments, Mr. Drew Baid: “These men
would charge me in these travisittAiJiS|
and if anything wept a&aiast me, they
Would charge it, and X alw'ays trusted to
their honesty.” • He was notfn the habit
of giving notes. He gave some, and
might have paid them fcy giving checks
on some of the brokers, but on no bank
except the Manhattan; He did not keep
any record of notes, and when asked
how he knew when they were due he
replied that he generally carried those
things in his head. He once had a great
deal of property, and coaid tell when he
lost it all. He had several millions at
one time, and could tell of what it con
sisted by making out a statement. He
would not be assisted by papers or
memorandum. He “canned those things
in his head,’’
The Cobs Tbabe at Chattanooga.—
There are few persons who understand
the importance of the graip trade at
this place. We had & conversation to
day with one of the dealers, and was
surprised when he informed ns that he
had shipped over seven hundred car
loads South since 15th of November
last, and this party is not the heaviest
grain dealers that we have in onr city.
The heaviest part of the trade, how
ever, is done from December to Mai i
after this time buyers generally have to
take to the Northwestern markets for
supplies. We note light receipts and
orders greatly in excess of supplies,
consequently prices have advanced, and
will continue to advance as the season
advanoes. The planters Sonth have had
cheap corn up to the present time,
bnt from this time forward we predict
high prices. What corn there is now in
the hssds of the producers will be held
to supply the contractors for the grad
ing of 'the Cincinnati Southern Bail
road.—Chattanooga Times.
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, has. placed
the liquor license at five million dollars
per yelir, and several Saloon keepers talg
of going out of basin ess.
THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Meeting of tbe Democratic Executive Com
mlttce*
iffie members of the Democratic Exe
cutive Committee of the Eighth Con
gressional District met in the grand jury
room at the City Hall yesterday, at 12
o’clock.
On motiou of Mr. H. G. Wright, Dr.
H JR. Casey was called to the Chair.
Ou motion of Mr. Davidson, Mr. J.
T. lurt was requested to uct, us Secre
tary.
The following resolution was offered
by Mr. J. Davidson:
Whereas, The Congressional District
is Composed of sixteen counties, with a
luMd representation of forty-eialat votes,
ami as a majority of the comities is un
represented, but inasmuch as a large
majority of the representative vote of
said district is represented in this
meeting, the delegates present, to-wit:
Twenty-eight of the forty-eight votes;
and, whereas, four of the counties are
unn ‘presented in this committee, only
twelve having acting members, and eight
of the represented counties beiug pres
ent; it is, therefore,
Resolved, That a quorum is present
and that the committee proceed to busi
ness. Adopted.
The roll was called and the following
counties found to be represented:
Jefferson, J. H. Polhill; Richmond, R.
H. May, represented by H. G. Wright,
proxy; Columbia, Dr. H. R. Casey;-War
ren, C. S. Dubose; McDuffie, J. H. Ca
sey; Oglethrope, J. T. Hurt; Hancock,
G. F. Pierce, by 0. 3. Dubose, proxy;
Greene, James Davidson.
On motion of J. H. Casey, Esq., the
meeting aocepted the proxies and declar
ed a quorum present.
Mr. Dubose moved that the commit
tee proceed to effect a permanent organ
ization. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Davidson, Dr. H.
R. Casey was elected permanent Chair
man.
On motion of Mr. Hurt, Mr. David
son was elected permanent Secretary.
Dr. Casey returned his thanks for the
honor conferred. It was a matter of no
little pride to him to be Chairman of the
committee of a district whioh could
boast of so many illustrious men, living
and dead. He now pronounced the com
mittee organized and ready for busi
ness. •
Mr. H. G. Wright offered the follow
ing resolutions :
Resolved, That the Chairman of the
committee be requested and instructed
to issub a call, giving not less than one
month’s notice, for a Convention of the
Democratic party of the Eighth Con
gressional District, to be held in the
town of Thomson, on Wednesday, the
13th day of September, for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for Con
gress and for the transaction of such
other business as such Convention may
deem necessary.
Resolved, That in this Convention
each couuty in the District shall be en
titled to two votes for each representa
tive which it has in the Lower House of
the General Assembly, and that dele
gates shall be chosen by a mass meet
ing of the Democratic citizens of each
county.
Mr. Dubose moved as au amendment
that the Convention be held on the 6th
of September. There was a probability
that there would be an independent
candidate for Congress in the field and
it behooved the Democratic party, there
fore, to put forward its nominee as soon
as possible.
Mr. Wright accepted the amendment
and the resolution thus amended was
adopted.
Mr. Dubose moved that the unrepre
sented counties of Glascock, Hart,
Johnson and Lincoln be requested to
elect representatives and send their
names to the Secretary. Adopted.
On motion, the committee adjourned
subject to the call of the Chairman.
THE COURSE OF COTTON.
Weekly Review of the New York Market.
[tVeie York Daily Bulletin.]
With the exception of a few natural
checks of very short duration, the turn
of the market has been decidedly down
ward throughout the entire period un
der review, with the weakness at times
verging closely upon a panicky feeling.
Last week we referred to an apparent
tendency toward greater confidence,
based ou the supposition that deliveries
on June contracts would be taken out as
fast as made, but whether this idea was
ever seriously entertained or merely pro
mulgated for speculative purposes, it
has since been abandoned and a directly
opposite view of tbe situation taken.
Indeed, the very limited and uncertain
outlet for cotton, as compared with the
supplies iD Bight, and the endeavor to
get cost down to a point at which de
mand from consumptive sources can be
stimulated, has been the main difficulty
with the market, hath here and abroad.
Liverpool has afforded no encourage
ment whatever, but simply gave way to
th© demoralization of I the time and
shrunk on values, while Manchester
sends word of a reduction of time at the
mills and threatened stoppage alto
gether in some cases; and finally the po
litical and financial aspect of affairs were
of suoh a nature as to create no little un
easiness. On home influences the spin
ning demand has shown an entire absence
of strength, present or prospective, the
supplies and assortments have suffered
in positive reduction, and th© condition
of the weather aud general state of
affairs throughout the growing section
have proven of th© most encouraging
nature as regards the incoming crop,
with supplementary evidence ou this
soojpu to, mi found in free orders from
the South to sell short along pretty near
the entire line of contracts. The “bulls”
have scarcely made a show of resistance,
in tbe absence of ability to present a
positively counteracting influence, but
in a great many cases have ehanged
front entirely, and the one general idea
au the market has been to sell cotton.
That this may be overdone on paper and
result in some serious trouble to reck
less speculators before the close of the
season is quite probable, but as yet
PriWH, though lower than for a great
many years, have failed to increase the
demand for actual stock, which is ap
parently the only bona fide relief the
market can obtain. Tho large gales of
co.ttoa goods under the hammer during
the week have proven so successful as to
afford some hope, and, indeed, did no
doubt prevent a more serious break;
bqt the value of material is still olaimed
to be relatively greater than the pro
duct, and this is another matter to be
adjusted before hard-pan oan be reach
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Spots have sold. with less freedom
than during the preceding week, and the
market throughout has been in an un
settled condition, though op a steady,
downward turn, under increasing tim
idity about carrying slocks and a desire
to sell out. Some sales were.made on
foreign account, as the reduction of
I cost brought the market withiu the scope
of shippers’ limits, but the orders at
hand were by no means plentiful, and
the amount sent abroad is not calculated
to afford any material aid in reducing
our stock. Spinners have bought mode
rately and carefully, as their wants com
pelled, but not beyond, and the ante
war rates ruling did not appear to pos
sess many attractions. Both buyers and
however, have beeuia a nervous,
, uncertain condition of mind, and the
impossibility of deciding upon some
positive ppfipy has added still further to
the prostration of the market. The de
cline on values is {O. per lb., with the
close showing possibly a more uniform
tone, tbongh no decided indications of
recovery. The offerings of cottpa on
Jnne notices on Saturday less than
anticipated, and bad a tendency to
steady up both tee'spot and future mar
ket,
fn futures an unusually large business
has been done, with, a to s of
all the encouraging features of last
week, pod a decided break on values
. along the entire list. At times there was
’ a perfect flood, of contracts forcing
themselves upon sale and the tone de
cidedly “blue,” with about the only in
fluences serving to act as check to be
found in the comparatively favorable
result of the cotton goods sales and the
occasional pauses to cover by tk\Q. small
er operators as they cpqld discover a
good margin. The months were at
first the best sustained, ana subsequent
ly bsaame the weakest, under the manip
ulation of the leading operators. A great
amount of “long” cotton has been up
loaded, and new “shorts” !ja *e come
into existence, the having been a
free seller. On Monday the offerings
were lihpr&k sellers crowding hard and
values fell off 3.-16® Jo. per Ik On Tues
l day there was another decline of }c. un
der oontinubd pressure, but about Jc.
i was afterward recovered, as the “shorts”
in many cases came in to take earn of
their contracts, bnt the cloaa again
showed weakness. Wednesday was
somewhat irregular, h.ut closed with on
ly about 1-a So. tost, and this confined to
the early months. Thursday was very
heavy throughout, and *bo decline
reached Jo. on nearby, and Jo. on late
months. Friday opened £c. lower, but
this afterward recovered, and busi
ness left off about steady. On Saturday
the feeling was generally better, and af
ter some fluctuations the market closed
pretty firm at a fraction above the low,
est point of the week.
“Class in the middle of geography,
stand up,” said a schoolmaster. “What
is a pyramid fc” he asked. “A pile of
men in a circus, one op top of the other.”
“Where’s Egypt!” “Where it always
was.” “Where's Wales ¥’ “All over
the sea. ’* “Very well, ’’said the school
master ; “stay there till I show you a
species of birch that grows all over the
land.”
THE STARVING JURORS.
Judge Maher’s Explanation—His Remarks
Not Made ou the Bench, Bnt Out ot Court.
Barnwell C. H , May 30.
To the Editor of The News and Cou
rier :
Your correspondent “Mx,” in his let
ter published in yesterday’s issue, rep
resents me as having addressed the col
ored jurors, on Ji > occasion of dis-}
charging them, ie the terms stated ill
the letter, in '.m;stance imputing to
them the blame ol the present pecuni
ary oindition of tiic .conijiy. “Maxi’
was not in 0 ei>t when 1 auuonnusl #)
the bar that 1 Hud c included to duf -
ehargo the jurors,lbecause some of tiiora
wore without the Wans of subsisteuaj*,
and others were jsolicitoufi about their
business at horns, while the slow pro
gress of the cases on trial gave little en
couragement to that the calendar
could be cleared; during the week. I
made no address Whatever to the jurors,
white or aud am unwilling to
appear, near the close of my term, in
the role of a political Judge, using his
official position tt> advauce ends, how
ever desirable in themselves, which have
no immediate connection with the ad
ministration of justice. Several jirrors
applied to me, om of Court, during the
term, to be excused from further atfc< ind
ance, ou the grdmd that their ra t ions
were exhausted aid that they were v ith
out means of obtaining provisions, and
on the day the tirors were disehu rgod
two of them iufo|ned me that they had
had nothing to ejff that day. I dill say
to these jurors tlkt the time had come
when the coloredpeople should beg in to
think for therua-lves, that taxes were
gathered to pay jurors as well as for
other purposes, and that the present
condition of copity affairs was largely
owing to the iucanpetency aDd corrup
tion of men elevged to office by their
suffrages. But to suoh views were ex
pressed from tho Pencil, and I think the
matter of sufficifflfc importance to trou
ble you with this communication. I
mentioned to “J[ax” and others my re
marks to the oolired jurors who applied!
to be excused, aril it is not improbable
that ho understod tho observation as
having been mad> at the time the jurors
were discharged, and when he was not
present, as ahead stated.
Very respectfuiy, John J. Maher.
A IIORRIBkE MATRICIDE.
An Old Lady Killd and Her Body Fright
fully Mutilated—ler Daughter Arrested
for the Crime.
[. From the Ptsburq Telegraph .]
The story of a lost horrible murder
oomes from the torn of Little Beavor,
Lawrence oouuty.iboutfour miles from
Enon, on the Pitsburg, Fort Wayu'j
and Chicago Raitoad, 40 miles frr, m
this city. The vbtim was Mrs. P, ft n y
Faddis, a lady spout 60 years o\ aK e
The deceased livd on a farm c'. a hout
80 acres, and thqonly other t nmate of
the house at the ti® 9 was her . daughler
Rachel, who has peeu de’ „ n „ pd ftnd
W iu Bixmont hos
pital. Mrs. Faddis was last seea alive
a week ago last Satird'ay. Her absence
from the house was. afterwards noticed
by the neighbor whose suspicions
were thus Wheu they visited
a u*? Use m Search, the daughter
told them tbp,t Mr. Ware, a son-in-law,
had come co tho house and taken her
away. I his story was not credited, and
so a search of tho house was inaugurat
ed. After every pairt of the house had
been searched in vain, one of the neigh
bors said ho had seiisn a seoret closet iu
one of the rooms, 'when he was at the
house previously, und suggested that
that be searched. The sides of the
room in whioii this secret closet was
supposed to be were of the old-fashion
ed paneling, and no break oould be seen
where there could Vie a door. Someone
of the party called attention to the way
the bea was fixed, wl tioh was set on four
bricks, one under eac h post. By remov
ing these and lowering the bed the door
to the closet wns discovered, the height
of the bed when raised by the bricks
having hid the fastcinings from sight.
When they first eute ted nothing out of
the way was to be se?n, but one, more
venturesome than the rest, felt around
tho oloßet in the dark, when suddenly
he was horrified by his hand coming in
contaot with ad :'ad bipdy, which proved
to bo that of M rs. F uddis. The body
had been thrown iu behind an old
trunk, which was lying in the
closet. On bringing the corpse out into
the light of the room a terrible butohery
was discovered t,o have been committed.
The face was ba rely recognizable, hav
ing been cut aud slashed horribly, prob
ably by an axe. The throat was cut in
one or two places, the windpipe, how
ever, not having been severed. There
was a deep gosh in one of the shoulders,
the form of vihich showed almost con
clusively that the instrument of death
had been an ax. The legs, also, were
ont. and chopped in the same way. But
the strangest part of all waif the fact
that the body was perfectly free from
blood, which must have been all washed
away before the corpse was put in the
closet. The daughter, Rachel, was found
a short distance from the house, and was
immediately brought iu and shown the
body. She said it was not that of her
mother at first, but finally said that
Ward, the aforementioned son-in-law,
had taken her mother away Sunday, and
that that was the way he had brought
her back. This was all she had to say
about the matter. She was arrested and
taken to the New Castle jail, where she
remains at present.
THE SULTANS.
The Old and tlie New—Abdul Aziz usd Hi*
Successor.
The dethroned Sultan, Abdul Aziz
Khan, was the second son of the Sultan
Mahmoud 11., who died in 1830. He
was born in February, 1830: was educat
ed in the manner common to persons of
his rank in Turkey, and on the 25th of
June, 1861, was called to the throne, at
the age of 31, on the death of his elder
brother, Abdul Medjid. The Turkish
throne is not inherited by the eldest son
of the reigning sovereign, but by the
eldest male of the family in which is the
legitimate succession. Under that law
Abdul Aziz mounted to imperial power,
and the same law places his nephew in
the seat from which he has just been
driven by popular indignation. At the
outset of his administration, Abdul Aziz
proclaimed a liberal programme and de
clared his intention of bringing the laws
and ordinances of his oountry in nearer
accord with tho&i of Europe. In 1867
he visited various portions of the Conti
nent and carried back with him ideas of.
reform, some of which he attempted to
put in practice. One of them was to re
place the # old Divan with a Council of
State composed of young, active men,
who would introduce life, vigor and re
form into the management of public af
fairs. But before this plan could be
oarried out the Sultan yielded to the en
treaties of the old Turkish party, aban
doned all ideas of reform und became
like his predecessors, idle, luxurious and
despotic. The cost of the royal estab
lishment was of the most extraor-
dinary character. The stables cost
at least $200,000 and the ha
rem $800,000; while the pensions to.
the members of the Imperial fami
ly amounted $9,108,000, and re
pairs to the palaces and kiosquea
$400,000, not to speak of the
Sultan’s passion for building, which
has swallowed up at least $2,800,000.
His nominal oivil list being only $6,700,-
000, the remainder of the $10,000,000
necessarily figured in tbe.annual budget
Unfler other and deceptive heads. At
the same time he would not tolerate the
least dissaent from his will or caprices,
and Grand Viziers and other officers were
deposed on the slightest murmnr at the
royal programme. While dissolnto and
weak at home, he was trifling und irreso
lute in his dealings with foreign nations,
until Turkey became seriously involved
with almost all the nations of Europe.
Russia, Austria and Germany at length,
combined to put the affairs of the pro
vinces in such a condition as to insure
the peace of Europe in the future. They
agreed upon the Berlin memorandum*
and while that was under consideration
the Sultan was swept from power by a
revolution. Abdul Aziz wa3 not without
ability as a ruler, bnt he buried all his
talents under a load, of sensual appetites
and became a curse rather than a bless
ing to hfg aative land.
Mohammed .Unrad Efleudi.
Mohammed Murad Effe/adi, the new
Saltan of Turkey, who the title of
Murad V, is the eldest son of the late
Saltan, Abdul Modiid, and was born in
September, RUft Be is thus in the
very prime of life. The reign of his
was noted for the grand reform
of the monarchy, prepared by Redschiad
i Pasha and other Ministers. This was a
scheme of reconstruction, putting ail
classes and ereeds on an equality before
the law, and abolishing a swarm of
abases in every branch of administra
tion. In 1861, after a quiet, reforming
reign of twenty-two years, Abdul Medjid
died, aged thirty-nine, leaving seven
sons and two daughters, and making
way for his brother, Abdul Aziz Khan,
who has just been dethroned after an
eventful reign of fifteen years. His son,
who has now grasped the sceptre •of
command in Turkey, is the thirty-fourth
Sultan of the royal line of Othman and
the twenty-seventh ruler of the country
since the eaptnre of Constantinople.
The new Sultan haß been classed with
the party of New Turkey, or the reform
party, and that is the secret of his being
selected to fill the throne vacated by
Abdul Aziz. To be sure he was the
“heir presumptive,” bnt that fact would
not have floated him into power if ha
had not been surrounded by other rec
ommendations of a popular oharacter,
