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NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOB PRESIDENT:
Samuel J. Tilden,
OF NEW YORK.
FOB TICE-PRESIDENT:
THOMAS A. HIFWEICIS,
OF INDIANA.
Stale DeaKratk Tkket.
FOR COM;BHW-MCHTH district,
ALEXANDER B. BTEPBENB.
PH EVIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Far the Stale at Large.f
A. B. LAWTON.
JOHN W. WOFFOBD.
alternates,
L. J. OABTRELL,
H. D. D. TWIGGS.
District Eire tern.
First District—A. M. Rogers, of
Burke. Alternate, T. E. DaTenport, of
°Second District—B. E. Kennon, of
Olay. Alternate, James L. Seward, of
Thomas.
Third District-J. M. DuPree, of Ms
eon. Alternate. W. H. Harrison, of
Stewart. _ . ,
Fourth District-W. O. Tuggle, of
Troup. Alternate, E. M. Butt, of Ma
r*°Fifth District—F. D. Dismuke, of
Spalding. Alternate, W. A. Shorter, of
Fnlton. , .
Sixth District—Frank Chambers, of
Wilkinson Alternate, M. V. McKib
ben, of Bntts.
Seventh District—L. N. Trammell, of
Whitfield. Alternate, Hamilton Yancey,
of Flo/d.
Eighth District —D. M. Dnßose, of
Wilkes. Alternate, F, E. Eve, of Co
lumbia. _
Ninth District-J. N. Dorsey, of Hall.
Alternate, F. L. Harrison, of White.
NonlomliDM*
First District —Julian Habtkidoe.
Second District— William E. Smith.
Third District— Philip Cook.
Fourth Distriot— Henbt B. Habbis.
Fifth District— Milton A. Candler.
Sixth District— James H. Blount.
Seventh District— William H. Dab
irrr.
Eighth District—Alexandbb H. Ste
phens.
Ninth District— Benjamin H. Hill.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 1. 1876.
According to the Colombia (S. C.)
correspondent of the New York Herald,
there are 40,000 stand of arms in the
bands of the negro mob of that State.
The number of men officially report
ed as intending to participate in the ap
. proaching Tilden and Hendbiois torch
light procession in New York oity al
ready appregates 38,250. Big thing.
lir the public school census of Chic*'
go, just completed, the census-takers
were instructed to make an enumera
tion of the whole population. The ag
gregate is returned at 407,661—50 me 50,-
000 below Chicago’s expectations.
The Democratic vote in Indiana has
increased 24,000 since October, 1872; the
Republican vote has increased 20,000.
The Democratic vote in Ohio has in
creased 60,000 since October, 1872; the
Repnblioan vote has increased 62,000.
J. J. Wright, the only colored Judge
in Soutit Carolina, said iu a reoent con
versation Columbia that he thought
ne of the beet things that oould happen
for his people won Id be the eleotion of
Waps Hampton, and assigned as a rea
son that he believed Gen. Hampton
would fulfill every promise be made.
The English middle classes are going
through a time of greet financial depres
sion, one which tends to eewJer the
times there almost as bad as in the
Eastern States. This has been caused
by the partial repudiation of Spain,Tur
key, Peru and Egypt to pay the interest
on their public debts, la addition to
this, many railroad securities have
Msed to pay dividends. It will re
quire time for Englaud to recuperate i
from the losses whioh her oitizena have
sustained ia the way suggested.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times, said to be a lawyer who has just
been eleoted a Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas ia Ohio, declares teat
(emissaries of the Republican National
Committee are traveling about in tke
North iu the character of “ unrepentant
rebels ** talking up the “ rebel olaims "
and the expectation and determination
ot the South to secure their payment if
Tildbn is eleoted. This is calculated
to arouse people in the North to .the
danger of a raid from the South on the!
National Treasury.
New Yob* city seems to be thorough
ly waked up on the subject of
tion snd there is little doubt that it
will be thoroughly registered to vote st
the coming eleotion. It is reported
that during the first two days the regis
tration was more than 20,000 over the
same days in 1872, 42,000 more
than during the same time in
1874 and 48,000 more than that
of last year. In Brooklyn the first two
davs this year show 68,179 against 38,-
60S in 1872, 44,566 in 1874 and 47,167
last year. In the two oities it was an
inorease of over 50,000 over the registra
tion of 1872 in the same space of time.
The Boston Post calls attention to the
taot that President Grant’s South Caro
lina proclamation is illegal. The rifle
clnbs that furnish the pretext and insti
gation for this action, exist by legisla
tive permission, and an attempt to sup
press by the Federal power is undeni
ably the invasion of local authority.
That fact alone exposes the haste with
which the the thing has been done, as
well as the determination to do it at any
rate. Chamberlain’s statement is shown
to be false and unconstitutional Be
sides, Chamberlain could oonvene the
Legislature instantly if he so desired,
and the President has no right to enter
a State with troops nntil that alternative
has been exhausted.
A correspondent of the JSation, who
says that a month ago he was certain he
would vote tor Hates, is startled by the
faot that he is now strongly inclined to
reverse that deoisiou, notwithstanding
he scarcely ever sees a paper that does
not favor Hates. The financial issue
seems to have dropped out of the cam
paign, and on the great question of re
form he finds the difference between
the two candidates just this: “Hates,
we are sure* desires reform—the ques
tion is, •fias he the power V Tildbn,
we know, has the power—the question
is, ‘Has he the will?’” Putting the
thing in this way, this conscientious
Republican confesses thflt he feels surer
of Tildbn’s "will” than of Hates’ “can.”
He sees Butler and Blaine leaders in
the Repnblioan party, with Scans* and
Bbistow on the back seats, and he can’t
help thinking as it is now, it will be.
The Pall Mall Gazette is alarmed by
the decline of the Sheffield trade with
America. It admits that the returns for
the quarter ending September 3 show
that the large reduction in exports whioh
has taken place during the last four
years Hill continues—the decease from
the previous year being £60,31 L This
foiling off is shared by three of the chief
branches of Sheffield industry—namely,
steel cutlery and files. In tools only is
there s alight increase. The decrease in
the value of steel is no lasS than £35,773.
The Juno quarter of the present year
shows a ; total decrease of £50,160 as
compared; with the oorrespondin g quar
ter of last year. This state ofaffairs is
attributed partly to the high protective
duties of the United States, and pertly
to the fact that the Americans are now
manufacturing their own steel, cutlers’
tools and all kinds of hardware.
ENGLAND* MATT.
An exchange justiy remarks that while
the press teems with the warlike news
from Europe, and what Russia intends
to do with her vast armies looms p in
large proportions, the tremendous na
val power of England appears to be lost
sight of. Yet England is now as com
pletely dominant on the sea sa ohe was
in the time of the First Napoleon. Id
the last eighteen years she has spent
8970,000,000 in gold on her navy snd
8110,000,000 is subsides on her ocean
mail steamers. She builds annnally
more than 20,000 tons of warships, has
more than 400 mail steamers subject to
her cell ia time of war, has constantly
at sea half her naval tonnage,manned by
60,000 seamen, and her 400 warships
have an aggregate of 317,000 tons, while
the fleets of all the rest of Europe do
not exceed 360,000. No Russian war
ahip could venture to aea m the face ef
snch a Power, and in case of a protract
ed war the commerce of Bnssis oould be
utterly destroyed. It is extremely im
probable that the Russian Government
would risX a naval conteat with England
in case of war, as the destruction of the
Russian navy would be inevitable. Those
who compare the two Powers are too
apt to overlook this enormous naval
strength, which would at onoe give
England oommand of the Black See and
the Baltic and compel Russia to remain
to a certain extent on the defensive.
CHEERING NEWS.
A New York paper says that the Na
tional Democratic Committee reoeived
nearly two thousand five hundred letters
snd dispatches last week. A letter from
Oregon says that Tildbn and Hbndricis
clubs have been orgsnixed in two hun
dred and one towns in that sparsely set
tled State. The Secretary of the State
Democratic Committee of Indiana
writes : “We are going to give Tilden
and Hendbices fifteen thousand majori
ty in the Presidential election.” From
California the tidings are very cheerful.
A prominent Democrat in Ohio says:
All the fellows who were on the fence
are jumping off upon the Democratic
side.” The Democrats of Connecticut
are very active, and the same may be
said of “Little Rhody.” A gentleman
who has travelled considerably in Penn
sylvania, and made speeches in many of
tbs towns snd villages, says the Demo
crats have a good ohance of carrying
that State, notwithstanding the frauds
in the registry and st the polls which
the Republicans will be sure to practice.
Hundreds of fence men in Pennsylvania,
also are jumping off on the Democratic
side. There will be large Democratic
gains iu Wisconsin and Michigan. So
far as New York State is oonoerned,
there is no doubt that she will go Demo
cratic by a very large majority. Among
betting men wagers on the result in the
Empire State are made three to one in
favor of the Democrats. Letters from
the South speak with great indignation
of the action of the Grant Administra
tion in sending soldiers South to sus
tain Republicanism there at the point of
the
THEVOTEOPOBRb
The Free Press says the official ma
jority for Barnes for Secretary of State
in Ohio, ovor Bell, the Pemocratie can
didate, is given as 6,692. The Cincin
nati papers of Wednesday morning pub
lish the fall vote of the State on all offi
cers, with the exception of five oounties,
and give the vote in four of these five
on Secretary of Btate, leaving only one
connty (root wfitob no complete vote bad
been received. Tekinff ifip Tote of lftst
year in Ibis poualf, snd the aggregate
this year in the loaf other (toßntjes re
ferred to on Secretary of §tale M very
nearly approximately the total voto
this year, we have taken the trouble to
make oa aggregate of the total vote of
the State—wtitob the Cincinnati pspers
omitted to do—and Rod that it reaohe<
630,704. The total Prohibition vote yaa
1,771. The vote of the State is nearly
40,4)09 larger than that oast at the elec
tion iu 1976, more than 100,000
larger than wsu cast Presidential
eleotion in 1872. Bell’s veto, 64,000
in round numbers, is 18,099 larg
er than Haves’ vote of last year,
10,000 larger than Allen’s vote of last
year, SO,OOO larger than Grant’s vote in
1972, and larger than the Demo
-oretie vote lor Secreted frf state at the
election immediately puwtipg to*
Presidential election of *B7B.
figures show what a tremendous effort
the Democracy of Ohio made at the re
cent fifation. The party was animated
by a detejmatefOff to do its best. It was
fighting against gras* a
party weti supplied with J&oD,ey apd pn?
scrupulous in its use —end to 6 msjjori'yj
by whioh it has been detested is not
half as large as that by whob it was Jft
feated in the corresponding eleotion of
four vtars ago. Under the circum
stances iho pemocraoy ot Ohio have
every reason to ted encouraged. Tbs
Republicans did their beet te toff fepent
election. They canno* 4 Z n •■** **
votes by whioh they eleotei
The Democrats will oome up in Novem
ber with unbroken ranks, and victory
for them ia not improbable.
THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT.
The Nashville Americm answers
some interesting queries as follows: A
correspondent propounds the following
queries, to whioh ws append the an
swers: The Constitution is very defec
tive upon this point of the settlement of
questions arising out ef the electoral
vote. It is not a ease where legislation
may provide appropriate means for car
rying out general directions. The Con
stitution undertakes to be explioit and
definitely settle the entire question. To
amend or supplement would be for the
legislative body to beoome a constituent
assembly, and do what oan alone be
done by the two Houses and three
fonrtha of the State governments, aoting
through their Legislatures. The article
under which the vote is oonnted is the
XII. Amendment passed in 1804. The
election is oomplete when the electors
cast their votes. Up to that time, al
though by e sort of oommon law and by
personal faith they are bound to vote
for the candidates for whom they ere
electors, they might legally vote for any
body else. Oar correspondent asks:
1. When both Hooves of Congress meet in
Convention to oonnt the electoral vote for
President and Vice-President, could the pre
siding officer of the Senate reject the vote of
s State, or would that power be vested in either
Honeo, or the Convention ?
The Constitution provides that the
Vice-President shall open all the votes in
the presence of the House end the Sen
ate, and that "the votes shell be count
ed.” The presiding offioer is not grant
ed power to reject any vote or to do any
act exoept to open the votes. Neither
House, nor both Houses, ere granted any
power to do anght save to oonnt the
votes received from the electors. There
is no means prescribed for determining
between contested electorships, nor for
deciding is oases where two votes ere
transmitted from the same Slate. One
of the joint rake of the House end Sen
ate, adopted in 1866, aaeSmed to do
what there was no constitutional author
ity for doing—to provide for the oaaeof
a'contest concerning the. vote of any
State, and 4his was dene in the case of
Louisiana in 1868, but the two Houses
of this Congress failed to adopt the
joint rules, and very properly, sinoe
there was no constitutional authority
for it.
ft, fthifslfl the election go to the House,
sach%taM has oos vote. Suppose * State had
nine smmbem—fivft Democratic and four Re
publican, how would the row of snob a State
be asst ? If the majority would control the
vote of soeha Stats, what would bo done with
soe R'UAfoy, say tan members; five Dsoauavtas
and five Republican l The tuecem 9* * P**tf
might depend on the vote of e Ms Hum
equally divided. * •** '
In the case of a State with nine m]£-
bera, the majority would oentool; the
case of an equ dly divided delegation is
not provided for, end the vote would
not be cast,
r ':r ■ JUJEWHW- _■ -
The Richmond Dispatch says moat
truly: “The establishment from which
issue the Harper's Weekly and Month
ly ia the ‘Devil’s den,’ if the ‘lather of
lies* has a den anywhere. John M.
p iwir. ntlM the Harpkbs ‘the Harpies.’
The name is excellent. It described
the men exactly. The men who profit
ed eo immensely by Southern support
snd whe have spared no device within
within the range of falsehoods and ma
licious misrepresentation that ooold dis
tress or injure the South. Nasi, a for
eigner and twati of genius, has been
ready at their oommand to give picto
rial to™ to their evil impulses. We
suppose Nast has no partisan feelings
at all; bat is merely the draftsman of
lies snd iniquities that ora conceived by
‘the Harpies’ and liberally paid for by
them. Nast, we imagine, is not men
tally or morally of snffioient elevation to
appreciate the dishonor ha involves bim
self in by becoming the medium of the
villainies of *the Harpies.’ His pencil
is prostituted indeed; but he
does not know it. As Mr. Toots says,
*it’s of no oonsequence.”
FIGHTING JOB HOOKER’* FLANK
MOVEMENT.
For the Veteran] Soldiers’ ConveatiGQ
of New York, called to meet in Albst y,
bat disbanded officially by Gen. Hook
eb, large preparations were being made
for a tremendous outpouring, and the
enthnsiaatio looal organizations of sol
diers sverywbers in New York leit no
donbt as to the veteran soldiers. Mr.
Jab. MoQuadr, however, wrote to Gen.
Hookbb, deprecating any party action
by soldiers as snob, and arguing that
the great convention at Indianapolis
had been a sufficient answer and a suffi
cient rebuke to the'RedioalJleader* who
were seeking to make a partisan]tool]of
the old soldier, he revoked the call in a
patriotic and manly letter. The reasons
given by both are [cogent and convinc
ing, The Nashville American Bays that
Mr. MoQuadb made one statement
whioh will be news to many readers.
He asserts that a large proportion of the
members of the Grand Army of the Re
public are for Tildbn snd Hendricks,
snd he asserts that, so far from being a
partisan organization, polities are not
allowed to be discussed at any of its
meetings.
THE CONGRESSIONAL VOTE IN OHIO
ANP INDIANA,
The offioisl returns from the various
Congressional Districts in Indiana and
Ohio have been reported by the Asso
ciated Press, bnt many errors bsveorept
in daring the transmission by telegraph.
The St. Louis Republican has taken
some pains to collect an accurate state
ment of the msjoritios in each distriot.
For the sake of comparison, the majori
ty in 1872 in also given. The returns
for each of the States during the two
years-axe ss follows i
Cenaressional Majorities la Indiana in IST3
and IST*.
Districts, Dem. I Hep. |Dem | Hep.
1 182 1,669
2 5,681 5,153
3 1,828 6 469
4 380 ...... 832
6.1 793 1,609
6 657 276
7 life 1,3113
I::::;:::;::::::::-*
10.. 2,1(65 1,148
11.. 986 1,448
12 6,336
13 2 022
Totals 7,165 8,137 18,627 10,643
Majorities 972 7,884
Congressional Majorities ia Okie in ill* and
I 1872. | 1876.
putpeta. Dem. 1 Hep. |Dem. | Rep.
i:.7 .f.V. 1 3,568...... 670 ......
2 MM 75
3 ....: 1,229.... 496
i....... 1,927 96 ....
5 6,306 . 7.896
6 1,065 1,916
7 1,273 1,841
R 4,043 8,738
S 427 703
10' . 729 271
it 2,907 674
l|' v 4,677 6,087
18. . *.47 1 3,064
14 ..' 8,7*8 5,687
IB 091 ~,,... 604
16 8.278 2.262,
17 2,262 3 804
18' 4,864 4,134
tfi 10,935 6,660
20."..V..V....... 9.724 3.373
Totofr- . |B2J>4l| 86.841|28.715:28,014
MMoriSro.'.,/.'. i-‘ll4-woj ■'UW
“It is somewhat disturbing to Repub
lican nerves to compare this year’s re
turns with those of 1872, bnt it is im
pofgjble to refrain from noticing that
the had a net majority of
972 in October, ]#3g. iff Jpdiana, and
that the Democrat# had net majority
of 7,884 in October, 1870. It will also
strike everybody's attention that the Re
publicans’ net Congressional majority in
Qffjq J figs fallen from 14,300 in 1872 to
4,29? in Of pofffte it will be rep-
that these eytraopjUawy to? a® a
amount to OOUWS
is remembered that they hoye bpen the
invariable accompaniment of every State
election which has taken place this year,
snd were even witneesed in Maine and
it looks a little as if there was
sowptfiitfg iff
DON'T?**9o HASTV '
An Atlanta correspondent of the He? York
Herald ssye that Governor Siotr, of Georgia,
has signified his intentien ot submitting to the
Attorney General of the State the question ot
the constitutionality of Attorney'Gsnersl
Tavt’s order, eo far aa it authorizes Deputy
'Marshals ef the United States to oallontbe
volunteer militia or the citizens of the State to
aid them in enforeing the rights of voters, and
also AS te the constitutionality of the Enforce
ment act itself. It farther says that the State
Attorney-General is known to hold the opinion
that both the order and the sot are unconstitu
tional, and that the Governor, baoked by his
opinion, will instruct the Georgia militia to re
fuse to obey orders which do not come through
their commissioned officers. Whereupon the
Transcript, ot this city, talks about “Incipient
Secession," and says that the Attorney-General
of Georgia has been sum toned by the Gover
nor to “duties which no such official in a North
ern State would unde 1 take to perform,” nd
that he, “with all the gravity of the Supreme
Court of the United States, pronounces the or
der of the Attorney-General of the United
State* unconstitutional." In this it ditcovets
State sovereignty overriding “the will of the
nation aa expressed through its authorized
channels." The Journal also propounds the
query, “Is it Nullification ?” and wants to know
what ia to be expected in case the party with
whioh these State officials are in aeoordanoe
should get control of the Government of the
Union, “if, while a great political campaign is
pending, a State can boldly take measures to
tli wart and resist the requirements of the Na
tional authority.”—Boston CHobe.
The dispatch to the Herald seems to
have been a mistake. No contingency
has arisen for submitting the matter
to the Attorney-General, and there ia
little prospect that one will arise. Oar
Northern friends may possess their boolb
in petienoe. Aero is no “incipient ac
cession” in Georgia.
The Absurd rrr or It.—The Albany
Argus aays : “ The moot absurd feature
of the canvass is the Radical clamor
against tbs Democracy because the
Democratic House rejected the rebel
war wlaiwis, The Republican Forty
third Congress passed about 36,000,000
of these claims, and their committees
reported favorably on them to the ex
tent of over 18,000,000. The Demo
cratic oommittees reported for consid
eration only 3817,000; absolutely reject
ing all others. In other words, where
the Republicans awarded one hundred
dollars for war damages the Democrats
awarded fifty oenta, sad where the Be
pubtiean committees reported on am
hundred dollars tits Democratic com
mittees reported on three dollars. The
secret of Urn matter Hes in the faot that
these claims are all owned fty ti Radi
cal rings, who know that TilsUh'b elso
tioa means death to their swindles.
Tn Philadelphia Bulletin takes plea
sure in relieving the misery of those
who have feared the Centennial JExposi
fiteu would boa financial failure. All
debts paid. The current daily expenses
an paid. Aads big balance is piling
up in bank to pay the stockholders—
probably not leas than fifty or sixty per
cent, of their subscriptions.
■--- THE SENATORS!!!?, -
▲ CORRESPONDS?! P DROSS THE
ELECTION OP EX-GOVERNOR
HKRSCHKL V- JOHNSON.
A nether Richmond in the Field.
f Atlanta Constitution.]
Hon. Senators and Representatives of
the State of Georgia:
About the most important duty that
will devolve on you, when you shall have
met in general assembly in January
next, will be the eleotion of a United
States Senator. Yon will be called on
to determine whether the preaent in
cumbent shall be his own successor, or
the distinguished and highly respon
sible position shall be ooonpied for the
next six years by another. That this
question shonld be decided by yon
with strict impartiality as to all persons
named in connection with the office, and
with an eye single to the public welfare,
it would be offensive to good taste in ad
dressing gentlemen of yonr character
and intelligence for me to affirm. I may
be permitted, however, to say that the
political events transpiring around us
at this time seem likely to culminate
in the accession of the national
Democracy to power in the Federal Gov
ernment, and this fact, coupled with
the further fact that that remarkable
man of New York, who may be appro
priately styled the great apostle of po
litical reform, is to be at its head, as the
chosen ruler of the whole people, de
mand wise and discreet action on the
part of all those who, like yourselves,
occupy positions that enable them to do
immense good or immense harm. The
Democracy of the conntry will go into
power nnder solemn pledges of great
practical reforms, designed to relieve
against the gross frauds and frightfnl
maladministration of the Republican
party for the last sixteen years. It will
go in, not as a bnt as a re
storer of peace and all the kind frater
nities which shonld belong to and distin
guish a united people. It will go in
as the grand conservator of the Union
as it is, under the present Constitution,
and as the true friend, not only of the
Union, bnt of every State in it, and of
all their respective peoples of whatever
name, or birth, or color, or condition.
But yon must not and cannot lose sight
ol the fact that it will go into power
hampered by the faot that one branch of
the Federal Legislature will be in the
hands of the opposing party, which
will then be rendered sore and bitter
by defeat. Yon cannot forget that in
the senate, the now dominant but then
defeated party, will have its Mortons,
its Blaines, its Bout wells and others of
its wiliest and ablest men. These will
have to be met! But bow met ? Here
is the great question for you to solve:
Shall they be allowed to decoy us into
the arena of passion and error, or shall
we force them into the forum of reason
and truth ? Shall they be permitted to
begnile us into senseless and unavailing
wrangling over the dead issues of the
late war between the States, which c*m
have no earthly effect save to keep the
seotional oauldron boiling, and thus al
low hordes of small men to float into
oonspicuitv and do inconceivable mis
ohief while they accomplish for them
selves nothing but to ally their names
to prominent positions for which they
are wholly unfitted. You cannot be
ignorant of the fact, gentlemen, Sena
tors and Representatives, that seotional
bitterness and strife have furnished the
pabulum on whioh small politicians and
unpatriotic demagogues North, South,
East and West, fed for the
last forty years in this country, until
they had grown fat with the spoils of
plaoe, and insolent in their reckless, sel
fish grpefi fpr office. Nay, more, until
they had lashed the country into the
fury of war, with all its attendant hor
rors and deplorable, ruinous conse
quences. One of. the many sad results,
as intimated before, has been the dis
placement or ignoring of truly great
1 men to give place to others less suited
| to guide the ship of state through
| troubled waters. The question recurs:
1 sjiyleof man will you, ought you,
! return to the Senate ? ’ It is said you
| will hayo before you as candidates
1 Smith, Hill, Norwood. No Georgian
1 will gainsay the respective merits of
! these gentlemen. But the question is,
and you must decide it, who, in view of
all the surroundings and the vast im
t portance of having at this critical junc
ture our ablest, wisest, most experienced
and prudent statesmen occupying seats
in the Senate Chamber, shall be Senator
' for the ensuing six years. Pardon me
for suggesting for your consideration in
l this connection the name of one who is
a power ip the lijtid; who is loved fr the
( purity cjf fiis Jifp hppqred for fiiw
ardent patriotism; one who is as just
l as Aristides, eloquent as Cicero, and
1 the intellectual peer of any man. One
[ who has nobly won and worn both State
and National honors, and to-day enjoys
the profound respect and admiration of
all men and parties throughout the
! oountry —a man of whom old Geor
fl gift cad the 'whole South would be
[ proud,' and who yyould be recognized
I everywhere as a contribute;; to the wis
l dom of our national councils greatly de
[ manded in the present exigency, and
) that would largely tend to restore the
lustre"'affq ti)6 Shhato as it
• ws in >he hpi/er Pys <Jf the ftepflblic.
■ Ope whose profound thought, splendid
. rhetoric, burning oratory and unspr
. passed elegance and foree as a writer
' has won from such men as Stephens and
t Toombs the high encomium that Her
l schel V. Johnson stands among the
r foremost, in the front rank of our great
jjfafget&jin ’ Like the great Wm. H.
' Crawford;-Wfrosp- wyaair6 aufi powerful
' intellect gave him, in tpe barly'history
1 of the State, great fame, both looal and
) national, Johnson has ever been, sinoe
his first appearance at the bar and in
politios, esteemed one of Georgia’s moßt
1 gifted and able sons. It is such a man,
t Witjh" lii^ 1 large experpmpp, aat stores
1 of polftijeir TtoofiUedgu ' anq general
j learning, profound iptelfeht and" ac
knowledged statesmanship, ‘ that f pom
-1 mend to yoursufferages for Senator from
1 Georgia, Is it wise to let this intellect
-1 ua* rendered poor by the results
of the war, repose t” comparative ob
scurity in his country home; or shau
.hf jfP psllpd f rom bis present position,
which, Me eh pthpße he hP PR:pp4.
iiS honors and adorne, to on P °f togber
and BMM widely extended usefnlness,
where the whole goitofry @ au receive
the benefit of bis sage Counsels, apd
the Bouth have his matohless advooacy
iu defense of all her rights in the Union
XJnion he has ever regretfully
separated from, and noW again fttly
and patriotically dpfPßd?- It s for JfoU,
gentlemen, to g-newe? this ftavtigg to
your constituents, when you coip.e to fill
the chair in the United States Senate
for another six years. See to it, I be
seech your, that you answer it wisely
and wejl. Cato.
U.WLLJ!. '
MYSTERIOUS WPgfIER.
A Negro Man Found Killed Eight MM
From the City—No Clue to the Murder.
Thursday afternoon Justice Smythe
was notified that an old negro had been
found dead ip the woods about eight
miles from Augusts. Yesterday morn
ing he proceeded to the spot and held
an inquest over the deceased. The fol
lowing testimony was adduced:
Amelia Porter, colored, sworn: I live
.on place where deceased was found; his
name is Prince McKenzie, aged about
80 yeats; he bad been living in the
neighborhood about two years; had no
relations in the neighborhood; on Wed
nesday, about sundown, I heard three
or four reports of guns or pistols, about
three hundred yards from my house;
that night the old man didn’t come
home; next morning I went to look for
him, and found him about three hun
dred yards from the house, in the woods,
dead; an axe, his own, was lying by his
side; looked like he had one or two
sticks of wood that he was bringing
home; had no weapons of any sort on
his person.
Thomas F. Sharp sworn: Testifies to
the same effect as Amelia Porter. In
addition, says deceased was very qniet
and harmless; he never bad heard any
thing against him.
Deceased was found dead on land be
longing to a man named John Davis,
about eight miles from Augusta, on the
Murray Mill road, near Tabb’s Mill.
Dr M. J. Jones examined the body, and
testified that there was ome wound in
the temple, penetrating the brain, one
in the right lung, one in the right leg
near the knee. The wounds were made
by either large buckshot or pistol
jury, of whioh Mr. Thomas F.
Sharp was foreman, returned the follow
ing verdict: , ,
•‘We the jury, find that the deceased
oome to his death from two gnnshot
wounds, inflicted by a person or persons
unknown to us.”
There is no clue whatever to the per
petrators of the crime. As far aa any
one in the neighborhood knows, the old
zdad no
northern lntimibat^sn.
A Ckku* Jsrvi TkreM*-Tfc4 Partiwe
j,4(eBlMUX>rWi.
Chicago, October 27.—Sullivan was
bailed in *B,OOO. The Court vigorously
defended himself from the accusations
of Mr and affirmed his belief that
the prisoner was rather wronged than
wronging, snd that there was no murder
in the case. Berry, the juryman who
stood out for conviction, states that he
was by the jurymen, during
their deliberations, in the vilest manner,
that threats were made against bis life if
be should persist, and that he dared not
sleep in the jury room. Excitement
over the com is on the increase m the
mty. f
Blaine excorlated.
A SCATHING REVIEW OF THE RE
PUBLICAN “REFORMER'S” COR
RUPT RECORD.
Speech ef Hod. A. S. Hewitt, el Cooper
Institute, Last Friday Ni*ht.
[A'eic York World, October 21.]
The fifth of the series of grand mass
meetings, under the direction ot the
Tilden and Hendricks Central Campaign
Club, was held last evening at the Coop
er Institute, and was as fully attended
as the previous ones had been, not an
inch even of standing room being unoc
onpied.
Mr. Wheeler H. Peckham presided,
and introduced Mr. Abram S. Hewitt,
who spoke as follows :
Fellow-Citizens: The Republican
leaders seek to divert attention from the
extravagance and corruption of the Ad
ministration by interposing the “bloody
shirt” and a cloud of calumnies against
the Democratic candidates between the
public gaze and the monument of in
famy ■which the Republican party has
reared, inscribed all over with frauds.
Among the men most notorious in this
work of concealment, vituperation aud
misrepresentation is James G. Blaine.
“But those who live in glass houses
must not throw stones.” Mr. Blaine
has a record which will not bear exami
nation, and as I ventured to]dispute the
truth of one of his statements made in
Ohio, is regard to the loyalty of Bradish
Johnson, of this city, and of the official
integrity of Judge Clifford, of the United
States Supreme Court, I have been
taken to task in the last number of
Harper's Weekly and invited to make
statements good. This invitation I feel
that I have no right to decline, and I
bespeak yonr patient attention, and not
your applause, for it not a grateful task
to expose the weakness aud the lack of
honor of a man who has occupied for
many years a conspicuous position in
public life.
Blaine’a Net Speech.
Mr. Blaine, I find, delivers substanti
ally the same speech wherever he goes,
occasionally interjecting or omitting a
particular statement, according to the
latitude of his remarks. Thus, in Ohio,
he spoke ot Judge Clifford as “ giving
judgment to a rebel against Dow, per
sonally, for the sugar seized on his plan
tation by a foraging party from his regi
ment,” and of the Judge as “an ingrain,
hungry Democrat, double-dyed and
twisted, dyed in the wool, and ooarse
wool at that.” Harper’s Weekly says
that “such language, spoken jooosely to
a great crowd in the open air, although
not pleasant language to be applied to a
Judge, is not a very grave offense." . In
this I venture to differ from Harper’s
Weekly. It is a grave offense to apply
snch language to an honorable and
learned Judge of the Supreme Court,
aud it is a much graver offense if the al
legation be false. Now, the allegation is
absolutely and entirely false, and I ap
plied to it the good old Saxon word
“lie,” which it is, and whioh it deserves.
The peculiarity of Blaine is that he is
perfectly reckless in assertion when he
thinks the proof is not at hand to con
vict him of falsehood. I have carefully
watched his mode of dealing with the
House of Representatives, and I oan
produce many instances to prove the
justice of this criticism on his public
utterances.
HU Cannection with the Little Rack Scandal.
On the 2d day of May, 1876, the
House adopted the resolution submitted
by Mr. Tarbox, of Massachusetts, in
structing the Judiciary Committee to in
quire into the circumstances under
which the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany beoame the owner of *75,000 of
the land grant bonds of the Little Rock
and Fort Brith Railroad Company. Im
mediately after the passage of this reso
lution Mr. Blaine called upon General
Huuton, who was the Chairman of the
sub-committee to which the resolution
had been referred, and told him that
this investigation was aimed at him and
requested that it might not be under
taken until a later date, when he coaid
be present, la the course of the inves
tigation it appeared that My. Blaine had
been the owner of land grant bonds to
the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad
Company. Some witnesses testified
that they had heard that the bonds so
purchased were the property of Mr.
Blaine, but no positive testimony was
produced showing this to be the faot.
Nevertheless, Mr. Blaine attended the
meeting of the committee, cross-exam
ined the witnesses, and manifested as
much toterest in the proceedings and
the testimony as if |he bonces in ques
tion hacj bepn p’prehaspd fcojft hiffi for
the considerafiqp of sixty-foUf thousand
dollars, whipfi it WB6 aaipittefi the Union
Pacific Railroad Company had paid.
Great care was taken by Mr. Blaine aud
his immediate friends on the committee,
Mr. Frye and Judge Lawrenoo, to ex
clude any testimony which might by
any possibility afford any clue to the
real nature of the transaction, or open
up any other transaction of a question
able nature. In faot, Mr. Blaine seem
ed to regard himself as on trial, and
availed himself oi these strict legal
rights to winch fie woulfi have been en
titled torn a 1 court of justice, and did
not fijanifesf ' the slightest' willingness
Sffph gs a &an confident of fiis inno
cence in tho vaf-ioqs transactions in
which he had been engaged would have
shown when imputations were cast upon
his honor as a Representative iu Con
gress.
Alulllon’t Disclosures.
At length a witness appeared upon the
stand, Mr. James Mulligan, of Boston,
who fiad in htu pojjaesaion not merely too
information' ileotssafy 1 to tionneUt' Mr.
Blaine with the transaction,' but,' as it
turned out, a number of Blaine’s letters
relating to it, and certain memoranda
made by himself and Mr. Blaine, .iffiiph
werp qalqulgted to throw a very clear
ligfit ‘Upon I ‘tllfe toanrf&ftfioh. ’ "jp "Mr.
Blaine" Ayefe ffie jphpfienf gnfi high
minded man be claims to be, he ought
to have beeu only too glad to have as
much light as possible thrown upon the
investigation, aDd the production of
these letters onght to have been a great
reiiei to tue anxiely finder whioh he was
evidently laboring. But as soon as
areteifred to tfie uosseeatoa of
ers feyMentl’jf fl’ surprise
e whispered to "his friend on
the cominjttep, .fudge Lawrence, to
mpyp for an adtoufntgeuf itotji tfip next
day, and Judafi Lawrence, alleging that
he was too ill to proceed, accordingly
procured the adjournment.
Mr. Hewitt then detailed the oircum
“lances in which Blaine obtained posses
sion of the letter, reviewed Mulligan’s
carefully, and having nar
rated tbe
and BlaineV ConfiefiMAfi ijpn
oluded as follows :
Mr. Hewitt’s Summary at tke Scandal.
To sum up the whole matter, then, the
testimony of Mulligan and the produc
tion of Blaine's letter?, ao fap as they
have been produced, left Bisine in the
following position: He had stated on the
25th April, and be had subsequently
sworn to the truth of thwt statement,
that the rumor which charged him with
having been the owner of $150,000 to
$250,000 of Fort Smith and Little Bock
Railroad bonds was “gratuitously and
utterly fafse wheyeas the testimony of
his own letters ana ooateaotg shpw that
he was the owner of $157,500 of these
bonds. He had stated that “in common
with others” be had “bought some of
these bonds—not a very large amount
paying for them at precisely the same
rat,e as others paid; “whereas the proof
shows that bp never purchased any of
these bonds but received them, and a
very large amount at that, as compensa
tion for selling bonds to other parties at
a different rate from the price at whioh
they were sold to those who were upon
the ‘bed rock’ in the transaction. He
had stated that he had ‘never heard’ ai>\
did 'not * bclieyp’ fifit any bonds hod
ever been sold to any persen ‘exoept at
the regular price fixed for their s*le”
whereas the proof shows that be himself
had sold these bonds at different prices
to different people, and had been paid a
commission for so doing. He had sta
ted that fie Bad lost a considerable sum
of money—over &OJ)O0— by this invest
ment; whereas, the proof ahoy? that he
had never invested a dollar to the bonds,
but had received what he got originally
as compensation for his services in sell
ing the bonds to other people. He had
stated tfiat all the bonds he had ever
purchased he continued to hold; where
as, the proof gbpws ibgt fi e baa sold at
least a portion ot the frtipb, it is
true, he never purchased but had re
oeived aa g commission. Lastly, he had
stated that he bad never reoeived any
bonds as a “gratuity/’ or at other than
the regular market price, wbeyeas, the
proof shows that he never got iny
bonds from the company for money, or
a t soy regular market price, but only as
a payment for services, which were s
“gratuity" in the sense whioh he uses
the term when the at#teoto n t WAM made.
Blaise's BlaSfiMBF.
And yet this man appeals to the
searcher of hearts for the rectitude of
his intentions and the integrity of his
conscience, and, so far as the statement
of the 25th is he took occa
sion when before the committee, while
under oath, to make the following asser
tion: “While I am here I desire to re
peat, nnder oath, in rotation to this
000 charge, the statement mode hf mtr
on the floor of the House, in ail ttnMMf
and parcel*, without mental reeervititer
of or purpose of evasion, as
clad oath says.” Is it
human assurance can be carrSUrHEiM
greater height than this ? BduHrnl j
these palpable misstatements, subse
quently sanctioned by his oath, mode 1
voluntarily before lie knew that the Mul
ligan letters were in existence, he had
openly seized and appropriated these let
ters for the direct purpose of suppres
sing or destroying the only written evi
dence in a case where he was under in
vestigation on the most serious charge
that oan affect the character of a publio
man—the prostitution of his offioial
power and influence to his own private
gain. Moreover, he, or his friends, had
caused a telegram to be prepared in this
country and had it forwarded to Lon
con, under a fictitious name, to Josiah
Caldwell, requesting him to repeat it
back without delay, relieving Blaine
from the charge of having sold his bonds
directly to Col. Scott. He must have
been in hourly dread of the discovery of
this trick, which had been carefully con
cealed by sending tho telegram by one
line and getting it back by the other.
Snch was the dreadful situation in which
Blaine found himself at the close of the
week which preceded the assembling of
the Republican Presidential Convention
in Cincinnati.
Blaine’s Exposure and Disgrace.
The Republican leviathan was oanght,
and floundering in the very coils which
he himself had constructed. Turn
whichever way he might there was no
escape from the exposure and disgrace
which awaited him. It was known in
the house that the statement which I
make here reluctantly to-night was
ready to be made on the renewal of the
debate. The great object of bis ambi
tion—the Presidency—was at stake.—
Exposure meant absolute and utter de
feat. Moreover, if thd Presidential
prize was not to come to him, as he and
his friends had hoped, then there was at
stake the lesser prize of the Senatorship
for Maine, which was surely within his
grasp. To lose all was worse than death,
and yet nothing short of a miracle could
save him, jost as the great prize of his
life were withiD his peach. Bat to the
bold all things are possible. The mira
cle was wrought. Man could not help
him, but “ the hand of God” came to
his relief on that memorable Sabbath
day in the sacred house of prayer. All
investigation ceased; all commentary
on what had been investigated was sus
pended. He revived only sufficiently to
make it possible for bis friends to assure
the convention assembled at-Oincinnati
that his recovery was certain, provided
he was not subject! and to immediate ex
citement, and he drove out with Secre
tary Fish before the Anal vote was taken.
He was not nominated for President,
but he was promptly consoled by the
appointment as Senator for the State of
Maine.
He Escapes Lunacy to Take the Stump.
When, however, it was proposed to
renew the investigation of the Fort
-mith matter, the committee were as
sured that any renewal of the exciting
cause of his attack would lead to a re
lapse; and finally, when Mr. Mulligan
came back to testify in regard to certain
missing facts—and, possibly, missing
letters—the committee were assured
thet the probable effeot would be to
send Mr. Blaine to a worse place thun
the Senate, to-wit: to a lunatic asylum ;
and for this statement the physicians
were given as authority. The commit
tee, therefore, postponed the investiga
tion till the next session of Congress
Within a week, however, after the ad
journment, another miracle was wrought
—second only to the resurrection of
Lazarus. Mr. Blaine took the stump iu
Maine, perfectly restored to health in
body and mind, and has since been
traveling the length and breadth of the
land, rehearsing that one speech, filled
with venom, misrepresentation, and
slander, which on Monday last he de
livered, and which I heard in this hall.
This speech was marked by the same
reckless assertion which obaraoterize
most of Mr. Blaine’s efforts, and was
filled with misstatements which could
easily be refuted iu detail, but the only
refutation which my limits will permit,
and it is the best possible refutation for
such a man, because it goes to the root
of the matter, is to show, as I have
shown, that he has proved himself to be
unworthy of credit by making state
ments before the House of Representa
tives apd country—statements veri
fied hy the solemnity of Blaine's subse
quent oath—whioh are oontradioted in
every important particular by the evi
dence of his own letters and his memo
randum-books.
OUR LINCOLN COUNTY LETTER.
{From an Occasional Correspondent ]
The Superior Court of Lincoln county
convened on Monday, 23d instant, his
Honor Judge Pottjp nrpsjcjing, The
very ablo and qjgqi(jea charge of h' B
Honer to the grand jury elicited the
merited encomiums of the bar. juries
and large conpqqrse of citizens \yho had
the goqd fqrtqne to hear if. Thp official
administration af this distinguished
jurist during his term of five years has
given unqualified satisfaction to all
lovers of good order and peace in onr
midst, whilst his decisions rendered in
cases on the civil side of the Court have
evoked the commendation and approval
of all interested in the due administra
tion of lights and remedies guaranteed
by the laws of the land. The grand ju
ry in their ©losing labors presentee} the
Judge such high af}
ments, I q ave deeded it ft matter of
sufficient and paramount public interest
to procure a copy for insertion in your
valuable journal, believing in the old
maxim, “Honor to whom honoris due,”
and that merited tributes of meed and
praise offered to offioial worth should be
widely circulated through the medium
of the press. The presentments are as
follows ;
“Wo, the grand jury. having learned
that tfie official' term'oi his Honor E. H.
Pottle,' Judge of the Superior Court,
will cease at the expiration of thp pre
sent year, we'desire tq'make the follow
ing presentments; 1 The official relation
of ouf honored apd distinguished Jf u 4s e
with'qs'ancf oflr been
so haTmaffiftvm and pleasant we eannot re
frain expressing our heartfelt regret that
this oonueotion may so soon terminate.
We trust, however, that this pleasant re
lation may be renewed, and that in view
of the eminent qualifications possessed
by him as a high judicial officer uf this
State, the great a tut efficiency
of his adwiniattatfotf,'which has tended
sO much TO lessen Crime in our midst
and made the prompt execution of the
law, under his administration, a terror
to evil doers. thfs QM (fawWWfl&t.
as aqop qg inaugurated, m,ay sen ® his
name to the Senate for confirmation as
Judge for another term- And we here
by cordially recommend him to our
Governor elect for reappointment to the
said office, which he now so honorably,
ably and efficiently fills. We request
that the Clerk of this Court furnish to
the Governor, as soon as he is inauger
ated, a pouy of ttyese presentments, cer
tified jfndef his hapej apd fqe fffial of
this Court.’
“[Signed] Caleb E. Rirsay,
“foreman, &o. ”
I noticed in ©ttendqnce the following
member© pf thp local bar; ff. J. Lang,
C. R. Strother, and J. ss. Strother, JSsqs.
The visiting members were Col. Samuel
Lumpkin, Solioitor-General, of Lexing
ton; Gen. D. M. Dubose, M. P. Beese
and F. H. Colley, Esqs., of Washington;
W. D. Tuttand P. C. Hudson, Esqs.,
of Thomson. Several cases on the civil
and criminal docket were disposed of;
in consequence, however, of the absence
of Ron. yf. Reese, wijQ tyej crayepted
from attending by reason of Indisposi
tion, several important oases were con
tinned. An interesting proceeding in
the week’s proceedings was the campaign
address, delivered on Tuesday, during
the recess of Court, by Gen. D. M. Du-
Bose, Elector for this District. The
audience who greeted our worthy stan
dard bearer yas yery large, filling pvery
nook and corner of the kpaeioua court
room. The delivery of this excellent
address occupied quite two hours, and
the greatest satisfaction, as testi
fied by the frequent applause of the as
sembly. We have never before had the
pleasnre of hearing the General on the
hustings; anfj 3 re we 'l pleased to record
the fact tfiat tue Geneva} p fhffi Occa
sion established an enyiable reputation
as a thorough statesman and skillful
political leader. Golden opinions are
the reward of his eloquent exposition
of the political situation. Long may he
live to wear the laurel wreath with
which he was crowned at the hands of
the apprepiajiisp Rpffiocrapy of Lincoln
county. I can’t dose this nqrrjpd pom
munication without rebukiog the apathy
end indifference manifested by the
Georgia Democrats at the late election.
Gen. Colquitt’s majority should have
been 100,000. Let them atone on the
7th of nest month for their error, and
relT up an overwhelming majority for
our Tilden and Hendricks electors. Let
os all do our duty apd leave the resnlts
with the Great Arbiter of governments.
Occasional.
CHAMBERLAIN J?L£ORED.
Northern Men Contradict His Proclamation
—Tho Chart oaton State aunt Endorsed.
Charleston, October 27. Sixty
Northern merchants, residents and do
ing btuinea© bare, held a meeting to
night and adopted ap address to the
people of the United State*, declaring
that Governor Chamberlain's proclama
tion is unwarranted by the real condi
tion of the State, and fully endorsing
-Rtp recent statement issued by the
TfifUDYiinii and bankers of Charleston.
Seth Green: f No. J mackerel is
iifiStter temperance lecturer than John
B. Hough ever was. At least it will
iffiske a person dnpk more water-
E* It has been discovered that a hen held
up by one leg will not squeak half as
much as when ■ both legs are grasped.
The American mind is ever mayohiag on.
FREESPEECH IN BEAUFORT.
HAMPTON’S RECEPTION - RADI
CAL TOLERATION AND DBCENOT.
The Whole Disgraceful Scene Wltnooood hr
Several United States Naval Officers la
Citizens’ Dress General Hampton GHves
the Moh an UapleosantSnrprlse.
[Special Dispatch to the News and Courier.]
Beaufort, Thursday, October 26.
General Hampton and his party arrived
here last night, at 10 o’clock. This morn
ing Hampton delivered an address to
about five hundred people, two-thirds of
whom were negroes, in front of the Club
Honse. He was listened to in silence
by the negroes, who seemed, with some
exceptions, to be willing to give him a
hearing.
He was followed by Col. Yonmans in
a speech of some length, in whioh be
quoted Chamberlain, Elliott, Dnnn,
Patterson and Cardozo’s testimony as to
the bad characters of each other. The
negroeß resented this, and, incited in
word and deed by Langley and others,
became so noisy and demonstrative that
Yonmans, after countless interruptions
and ineffeotnal efforts to make himself
heard or to prevail on Langley to speak
from the stand, was finally compelled to
oease in the middle of his speeoh.
Judge Cooke was next introduced as a
Republican Judge, who desired to ad
dress Republicans. His presence only
served to excite tbe mob to more offen
sive and disorderly conduct, which the
town authorities could not or would not
restrain. Langley moved rapidly about,
telling the negroes that Cooke was a
traitor and a Democrat. He was pub
lioly charged by Cooke with this false
hood and with endeavoring to cause a
riot. Judge Cooke was unable to make
himself heard for even a momant, and
finally retired. Col. Qibbes had little
better success, but managed to arnnse
tbe mob for a space.
At the close of Col. Gibbee’s speeoh,
General Hampton oame to the front of
the stand aud informed the mob of a
factof which they were,till then,ignorant,
namely, that a party of eighth or ten
officers of the United States fleet at Port
Royal had come to town to attend tha
meeting and satisfy themselves as to
the conduct of affairs. They were in
citizen’s dress, and from the windows of
the Club House had witnessed unob
served the whole disgraceful scene, a
notable instance of intimidation and
suppression of free speech, and this in
the Radical stronghold of the State, and
un er the eyes of Lieutenant-Governor
Gleaves, who was present on the street,
and of Sammy Green and other leaders
who were present at the meeting, but
who made no effert to stop the violence.
The offioers had denounced the outrage
in the strongest terms, and would see to
it that it should be represented as they
bad seen it. He closed by assuring
them that Beaufort had done more to
day to elect him than any other county
in the State, and bade them farewell,
leaving the cowards thoroughly fright
ened at tbe trap they bad themselves
laid and fallen into. In consequence
of this affair General Hampton tele
graphed to General Huger this evening
for troops to be sent to this oounty for
the protection of the Democratic ne
groes, many of whom crowded to shake
hands with him after he had left the
meeting.
I have just learned that threats had
been made early in tbe day that Cooke
should not speak, and that one of the
negroes who took a prominent part in
interrupting the speakers was recently
appointed United States Deputy Mar
shal. Langley, the leader of the mob,
was convicted some time since of stuf
fing a ballot box, but after one year’s
imprisonment was pardoned by Presi
dent Grant. He is now auditor of tbe
oounty. The meeting was adjourned,
as it was found impossible to proceed,
though two speakers remained to be
heard. Gleaves was active on the
streets to-day, driving about dissuading
tbe negroes from attending the meeting.
Whitelaw Reid, editor of the New
York Tribv,ne, telegraphed General
Hampton to-day a request to telegraph
him, for the Tribune, one thousand
words on the situation here. C. MoK.
THE PEACEFUL RETOLUTION.
Tho Cause of Reform U Marching On, Con
quering and to Conquer.
Washington, Oct. 22.— fh© gloom
and despondenoy \yfci©h settled on the
Republican managers after the full re
turns from Ohio and Indiana, still con
tinue, and the desperate efforts to throw
off this feeling and to replace it with hope
have signally failed, Instead of im
proving it has become more and more
confirmed. Chandler finds himself in
the condition of a commander who
staked a whole campaign on the fate of
a single battle, and oame out of it with
brokeu uni! demoralized army, mnoh in
clined to revolt, without discipline, and
nearly without ammunition.
Nothing reveals weakness like defeat.
Then it is that discontent, jealousy,
envy, malice, and disappointed ambition
speak out. This is the sort of refresh
ment with which Cfianfilef’e committee
has bepn fielqgefi for fen days. No word
of QOffifqrt has come, but oomplaint
from every quarter of the issues of the
campaign; the waving of the “bloody
shirt” as a national banner; the putting
forward of Blaine and other corrupt
leaders as the representatives of reform
inside; the fabricated charges agffinst
Mr. Tilden’s personal anathe
false figures Ri the 1 Treasury to de
ceive the country.
There has been no rally of the party
in the sense of recovery from, ft fttooning
blow, or as illustrating confidence
in success, tfye (?p r ft. there is a
pauijO.here now which is far yjap
that firsf’witnessed,' Recuse fepovts
received, Rom WRogftain leave hardly
any fiojjbt (hat Tilden will carry that
State largely, while Miohigau is threat
ened in a way to give Chandler the most
serious concern and alarm fo? the re
sult,
In fact, the reaction, since and
Indiana virtually (he Presidency
for Tilden, woffid be amazing if the no
ble army "of neutrals, numbering per
-1 haps half a million of voters, and scat
tered chiefly over twenty States, did not
proverbially rush over to vh© HtffWg
side, and thus explain tfiia wonderful
change in th? aspect of the campaign in
less fhan a fortnight. All over the
Northwest the Republicans are throw
ing off the yoke of party rule, so that Il
linois has beoome nearly a doubtful
State, and there is a rebellion in Mingß
sota and parts of lowa. W
This revolution has spread into Penn
sylvania, and the awakening there is
causing Cameron and his crew an anxie
ty they have never beforo felt. But
what troubles tfop managers most here
is the intelligence from the city and
State of New York. The large acces
sions to the reform ranks from among
solid men who have neyer before cast
any but a Recublffiqu yo(e, and Vfho, are
now dptermffipfi l P fieposit tfiffir ballots
for 'tfi'e Democratic candidates, aro fully
reported to and bis confede
rates, and make them very blue indeed.
But this is not the worst by any
means, Chandler has found in his fre
quent journeys to New York, and espe
cially the last, that the merchants
bankers who used tq thou
sands will flflf gifs Wdblfer to help the
Republican ticket. TfhPJ * now that the
effect of thp calumnies of Rffiine, Mor
ton, Jngersoil, Routwull, ana the out
rages of the Administration against the
South, has been to react on their mate
rial interests. While this warfare is
kept up there can be no real peace; and
without petyse prosperity is praotiqajly
impossible.
If a Jtefmbjiaan Administration, head
ed by Hayes, should come into power,
Grantism would not only be continued,
but at the end of four years this section
al strife would be again renewed, as it
was in 1864, 1868; 1872 and 1876, per
haps even more intensely than now, and
with the most disturbing effects on
trade and the relations of the two sec
tions. The agitation in the of
politician* aiqqp caunqt gq ° without
serious derangement of business, to be
felt more directly and severely in New
York than in any part of the Union.
Hence it is that the Republican mer
chants and bankers will not aid in keep
ing np a system which is at war with
all their best interests, and threaten new
danger© to tfie tranquility of (he Union.
They see that the only way of removing
the Southern question from politiots is
by the election of Samuel J. Tilden.
Politically, they may not perfer him to
others on their own side, bat he can do
in this great matter what he did in re
gard to Tweed’s ring; end the evil and
provide a remedy.
Letters from inside the Republican
organization in New York represent its
condition as hopeless, oonfused and dis
mayed. It is stated that Mr. Morgan
has emphatically refused to answer the
demands for more money, that his peon
liar friends regard tbe prospect as cheer
less, and that tfie probable falling off in
the Republican vote, by conversions to
Tilden ©nd by refusal to go to the polls
at all, reaches to every part of the State,
and will swell np to very many thou
sands.
The Administration has lqst all head,
if it ever had any. There a 00 direc
tion, no steady hand at the helm, and no
sound sense of any kind. The last ex
periment of sending tfie arg]/ tp Sooth
Carolina under false pretepsee has re
enacted to the injury of the very fluae
it was Intended to promote. Thd splen.
did submission at the Carolinians to tbe
daring outrage was exactly what theoon
spirators did not expect or desirC, They
incited resistance to their own troops,
bnt the scheme did not succeed. In
spite of this infamous proceeding, whioh
will yet bring its authors to gnef, if the
House of Representatives does half its
dnty next Winter, Wade Hampton will
prooably be elected Governor, and the
vote of the State be east'for Tilden. So
much for publio rasedity and its ap
proaching downfall and punishment.
MISSISSIPPI.
Nome Details of Saturdays Ulot at Port Hib
son—The United (States Marshal at the
Head of Armed Nesroes—Wliltis Fired
Upon by Blacks In Ambukh—A Partisan Re
publican Account of the Aflair. '
Memphis, Ootober 25. —The Jackson
(Mississippi) Clarion, of Monday, con
tains the following in reference to a riot,
Satnrday, at Port Gibson :
Port Gibson, Miss., October 21, 1876.
ToJ. Z. George; It is Lynch’s day
here, and mnoh excitement exists.—
Spratt, saying that be was Depnty Mar
shal, started towards town with an arm
ed body of negroes. Our Sheriff met
them with a posse and ordered their dis
persion, claiming the right to keep the
peace in his county. The Marshal’s
crowd disbanded after a parley. Nobody
among our people was armed.
[Signed] Vhrtnhr.
Second Dispatch.
Port Gibson, Ootober 21, 1876.— T0
J. Z. George : The Spratt negroes fired
from ambush on a few of the Sheriff’s
posse, two miles from town, doing no
damage except to the horses. The
whites returned the fire, wounding one
and capturing several negroes. The bal
ance of the blaoks escaped into a swamp.
After reinforcement, we followed, but
have not caught np as yet.
[Signed] J. D. Vrrtner,
Tbe Republican Side.
The Memphis Avalanche, this morn
ing, says that the following was re
ceived from Republican sources last
night, and it is printed for what it is
worth. The partisan bias is manifest:
Jackson, Miss., Ootober 24.—Repre
sentations that the negroes are the ag
gressors in the Olayborne oounty riot
are utterly without foundation. United
States Depnty Marshal Pratt, who ar
rived here last night, reports that prior
to the day Lynoh was gazetted to speak
at Port Gibson, the indications were
that he would not be permitted. Death’s
heads and cross bones, with the date of
meeting on each side, were placarded
over the oounty.
The Meetina.
The Democratic olnbs assembled arm
ed under tbe pretense of preserving the
peaoe. One hundred white-liners acted
as the sheriff’s posse and police. The
colored posse were not permitted to
oarry arms to the meeting, having been
promised protection by the Bherifi.—
They left their arms two miles from
town. At the commencement of the
meeting Lynoh was grossly insulted by
the Democrats and declined speaking
under the restrictions imposed by them.
A notorious Demoorat under a number
of indictments was put forward by the
Democrats, when the oolored people be
gan to disperse. They were pursued bv
the Democratic mob with arms and ef
fectually stampeded. They were hunt
ed like partridges, but the objeot was
apparently not to murder, but to intimi
date, so tbat they would abandon the
determination to register and vote.
Thq Negroes Open Fire.
They were pursued two miles, when
reaching their guns they fired on the
whites, wounding two horses and doing
no other damage. One negro was
wounded and several arrested and lodg
ed in Port Gibson jail. This is the first
Republican meeting attempted to be
held in Olaiborne oounty. Deputy Mar
shal Spratt reports terrorism through
out the county and says that Republi
cans cannot vote unless protected by
United States tr6ops. A company of
troops is now stationed at Port Gibson,
but the commanding officer did nothing
to preserve peftoa.
THE PARK BANE’S TFLLER.
Thirty-Si* Tbaaaaud Dollar. Lost By tbe
BsataTlie Di.corery That Astonished
President Worth Yesterday Morning—Not
Even the Teller’s Wife Knowing His
Whereabouts.
W- r. Sun.}
Thomas EHis, the first or paying tel
ler of the Parfi National Bank, did not
appear ftt Ms desk on the opening of the
bank at 9 o’clock yesterday morning.
His absenoe gave no uneasiness when
first noted, as it was supposed by his as
sociate clerks that the fog had delayed
him in crossing the river from his home
in Williamsburg. The President, Mr.
J. L. Worth, waited until IQ o'olook for
him, aud then ordered the two assistant
paying tellers to oouut his cash accounts
and attend to his duties. Mr. Merrill,
one of the assistants, reported that the
aooonnts were short $36,000. Mr.
Wright, the oashier, thought there must
be u mistake, aud he recounted the
money with the same result.
“I was dumbfounded,” said President
Worth, “when I was informed of the
deficiency, and I sat down to write a
message to h© telegraphed to Ellis, tell
ing him to report to the bank imme
diatelyj but while I was writing his
father-in-law, Mr. Lord, came into my
office and anxiously inquired for UUi*-
I said, 'He isn’t here; isn’t h© ©t home V
He replied that his vtjfe had not seen
him sinoe Saturday morning 1 Then I
said : ‘Your son-in-law has robbed this
bank of thirty-six thousand and
i has run away.’ ”
The announcement ©f Bjlis 1 defalca
tion created q stir i$ banking circles, in
which fiv Neil and favorably known.
H© one o| the oldest and most
trusted officers of ffi© bank. He be
oame ojt,© qf its, employees eighteen
yOftik Ugw, when in his eighteenth year,
aud was advanced to positions of re
sponsibility. He was note teller for
several years, and in the latter part V<J
last month, after the death o| ’,h*> oid
President, William £. Kitokon, tbe di
rectors promoted to fee paying tell
er, and inqxsa*ed his salary to $4,000 a
yCSU After taking his new position he
became quiet and reserved toward bis
former clerks. This change of manner,
the President thinks, have arisen
from fear of the discovery of deficits in
his aoooqqta as note teller.
'RU\B was last seen in the bank at half
past 3, o’clock on Saturday afternnon, at
whioh time he closed bis aooonnts and
saw his assistants look up bis money in
the bank's vault. It is supposed that
he quietly slipped one of tbe packages
of money from the pigeon hole in which
he kept it into bis coat pocket wfiile his
assistants were not watching. The miss
ing package consisted of United States
bank notes of SSOQ and fl,oo|o each. He
left a memOtetUdum of the amount with
the other money. The Other bank notes
were of small denominations, in bulky
packages that oonld not be slipped into
his pocket,
The bank officers have no explanation
to give of Ellis’ motive in stealing the
money. He was seemingly temperate
and without any vioes. President Worth
suspoots that he may have gambled in
Wall street or at faro, and that he met
with losses and took the $36,000 in the
hope of recovering. If he had waited
until yesterday, when the payments
at the bank light, ho could have
takeq eeoqt $1,000,000, iu large bank
notes.
Tne full amount of Ellis’s thefts are
not ascertained. An examination of his
accounts as note teller may reveal fur
ther defalcations, bnt they cannot be
known until tbe accounts current have
been rendered, many of (he depositors
living out of the city. He had oppor
tunities far drawing on the acoounts and
concealing bis embezzlements by false
entries.
Tbe directors of tbe bank met yester
day afterno.on and authorized a reward
of $5,000.
Savannah Census.— We find the fol
lowing in the Savannah News, of yes
terday ; „ _
1 Office Chief of Police, 1
Savannah, GU-. Ootober 25, 1876. j
Han. Rdward C. 4nd?rtan, Mayor, Sa
vannah, Ga,;
Dear Sib— ln compliance with your
instructions, tbe census of the city has
been taken by tbe members of the po
lice force nnder my direction, and was
to-day completed. The work has been
performed with great care, and I believe
with much accuracy, and has consumed
six days, awing ta the weak condition of
the force, seventy per cent, of whom
have anocumed to the fearful epidemic
with which our city has been scourged.
The report embraces the entire popu
lation residing at the present time with
in the corporate limits as defined by
ordinance 4713.
Milas. Female*. Total.
White 3,605 3.748 7,863
Colored 5,058 6,556 11,614
Aggregate ... .8,663 10,804 18,967
White children under twelve years
included above..., ••••-• 1,654
Colored children under twelve years
included above— 2,942
Aggregate;ehildren. -4,486
I think it may be safely estimated
that one thousand of the above have for
Hie past two months been residing in
the city only daring the day, and that
at least eight thousand of tbe white
population, independent of tbe above,
are now absent from tbe city.
Yery respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, [Signed] R. H. Andbiwon,
Chief of Poltee.
How many thoughts we waste—bow
much oare aud anxiety we expend, in
forming plans to meet emergencies that
never ocoar.
If self-denial cost ns nothing, it would
teach us little. A eautie writer says:
“The power of aelJ-delaaion in Heaven’s
blessing to fools,” j
SOUTH CAROLINA.
PALMETTO NEWS LEAVES.
Six more days.
' Wade in for Reform !
Make way for Liberty t
Barnwell Rads have split.
Newberry Democrats are cool.
Sow oats and vote for Hampton.
Newberry lias bad a long drontb.
Union Fair begins November Ist.
The health of Charleston is good.
Cotton ooming in slowly at Chester.
Allendale has a company of soldiers.
Mr. Benson M. Jones, of Newberry, ia
dead.
The “riff-raff” don’t take well among
the Rads.
Negro intimidators are very violent iu
Newberry.
Apples are plentiful. So are Hamp
ton voters.
The Charleston epienre “pheasts on
pheasants.”
Forty colored men in the Marion Dem
ocratic club.
Ward meetings in Charleston are very
euthnsiastio.
The,Marion Star twinkles brilliantly
in the oampaign.
The proclamations have solidified
Hampton’s men.
It failed in Louisiana, and it will fail
in South Carolina.
R. E. Savage, of Charleston, has a
ooin 153 years old.
Four thousand bales of cotton sold in
Charleston, Tuesday.
Politics is the only business followed
in the State at present.
Chinquapins and chestnuts, abundant
in tbe Charleston market.
The “riff-raff” of the Democracy are
great favorites in the State.
A revival is going on in the Spartan
burg Presbyterian Church.
The Republican supervisor at New
berry, is a candidate for office.
Colored Republicans were very order
ly in Chester, at their meeting.
Several saddles were stolen during
the Hampton meeting at Winnsboro.
W. H. Wallaoe, Esq., becomes assis
tant editor of tho Newberry Herald.
Five negroes are nnder arrest in
Edgefield for the murder of Mr. Gilmer.
The Winnsboro News and Herald is
an excellent paper, and is doing good
work.
The colored people in Abbeville coun
ty are joining the Democratic doba by
fifties.
Mr. Jesse Radcliffe was found dead
in his bed in Columbia on Wednesday
morning.
Gov. Chamberlain has greatly pro
voked the Fairfield Radioals by not ad
dressing them.
The Rev. Dr. Marshall, of Charleston,
Reotor of St. John’s Episoopal Church,
is still very ill.
Several oar loads of granite have been
shipped from Newberry to Charleston
for building purposes.
“ Mutual Protection Association ”is
what they oall themselves in Marion,
sinoe the proclamation.
The eitizens who were wounded dur
ing the Cainhoy massaore, on tbe 16th
inst., are all doing well.
An incendiary attempted, on hist Fri
day Dight, to fire the rcsidenoe of Dr.
W. E. Aiken in Newberry.
Marion Republicans don’t enthuse
worth a copper. Callout the “riff-raff,”
Daniel, and make ’em enthuse.
A oolored Democratic blacksmith, in
Marian has a Hampton hammer for the
head of any Radical intimidator.
An old gentleman in Charleston, nam
ed Finnegan, shot down an insolent ne
gro boy who assaulted him with a knife.
Three companies of the First United
States Artillery, commanded by Captains
Hassen and Olossen, have gone to Edge
field,
The Edgefield Lutheran Evangelical
Conference will convene at St. Peters,
near Leesville, ou Saturday morning
next. ,. %i
The Register remarks that all of the
army is in the field, aod the boys are
wondering where in the devil the insur
gents are ?
One hundred and sixty-two bales of
ootton were received, loaded and ship
ped from the depot at Blaokville on Sat
urday last.
Colored Democrats in Columbia beg
for more troops, as thej are encouraged
and protected by the soldiers. Send
them along.
The RadioaU have a torchlight pro
oession in Columbia, to-night. Negroes
iu the country oontent themselves with
illuminating gin houses.
Dunn said that Chamberlain was a thief;
Chamberlain returned the compliment;
and now they both admire each other
for having told the truth.
The poor United States troops are so
badly intimidated that just as soon as
they get into Carolina , they commence
oheering for Tilden and Hampton.
Gordon, of the New York World, wa*'
so badly intimidated that he went over
tbe Columbia Road with a rose in hie
button hole to show that he was not m
military man.
The Cainhoy massaore inqnest is said
to have been more painful than the
massacre itself. A crazy solicitor and
deaf stenographer were among ths
dramatis personae.
The New York Herald correspondent
predicts that Carolina will give Tilden
from 2.5QQ to 10,000 majority without
any disturbances, and Hamptop a ma
jority greater by one-half.
The Newberry Herald says tbat the
“terrorism’* in South arolioa is only
threatening to suoh men as Chamber
lain aud the “ring” which has so long;
misruled South Carolina.
When a Charlestonian suddenly pnlle
off his hat and runs his hand anxiously
through his hair, be is only hunting for
for a stray buek shot whioh gaUopz.
around through the air every now and
then.
Eight hundred Federal soldiers passed 1 ,
through here last Sunday en route tD
Columbia. Their cheers for Tilden din
gusted tho Rads who bad gathered at.
the depot to greet them.— Chester Jte~
putter.
The sight of a patriotic negro wenob
at a Carolina Republican meeting, with
her ebony fingers encircling a rolling
pin, two or three piokanniea riding npon
her heaving bosom and adorning
her immaculate tie-baok is a picture to
make Theodore Nast thrill witn joy.
Sweet Land of Liberty, of thee we
sing.
The Register thus retorts: “While
Deacon Smith is sorry Hampton wasn’t
hung, the good feeling we entertain for
40,000,000 of people makes us wish the
deaoon had never been born.” Now, this
is treasonable talk, aud we advise the
truly good Beadle, of the Cincinnati Ga
setts, who is now in Columbia, to dis
perse this Register wag promptly.
Making Rook.— Term was over, the
coach was full of young Oxonians re
turning to their respective oolleges; the
morning was cold, wet and miserable,
when a well-appointed “dreg” drove up
to the “White Horse Cellar,” Pieadilly.
“Have you room for one inside ?” asked
a pretty girl as you wonld wish to seeoo.
a Summer’s day. “What a beauty *” ex
claimed one. “Quite lovely?” said, an
other. “Perfect!” lisped a third.—
“Quite full, inside and out,” replied the
coachman. “Surely, yon can make room
for one,” persevered the fa.ir one. “Quite
impossible, without ttie young gentle
men’s oouseat." “Lots of room,” cried
the insides; “we are not very large; we
oan manage to take one more.” “If the
gentlemen consent,” replied the driver,
“ I can have no objection.” "We agree,”
said the inside quartet. “All right,”re
sponded the ooachman. The tare was
paid, and the gnard proceeded to open
the door and let down the steps. “Now,
miss, if yon please; we are behind our
time.” “Come along, grandfather,”
cried the damsel, addressing a most re
spectable-looking, portly elderly man;
“the money is paid, get in, and be sure
you thank the young gentlemen;” at the
time, soiling tbe aotion to tbe
word, and, with a smile, assisting her re
spected grandfather into the coach.
“Here’s some mistake; yon’ll squeeze as
to death,” cried the astonished party.
“Sorry to incommode you,” replied the
intruder; “I hope you won’t objeet to
have both windows np, I’m eadly
troubled with a cough. At this mo
ment. “All right, sit fast 1” was heard,
and the “Defiance” iattled away, beet
pace, drowning the voiees of the aston
ished Oxonians.— Punch.
ALABAMA URANUE FAIR.
A Nueiem— Twenty States Represented—. Tie
Shooting Matches—Agricultural Products.
Montgomery, October 28.-The Alabama
State Grange Fair, which closed to-day,
was a success in every particular. The
largest display of field and garden pro
ducts ever seen in the State are here.
One Grange exhibited three hundred
and fifteen different garden and field
products. The prizes offered by the
Montgomery Shooting Club, amounting
to $2,500, were hotly oonteated. The
silver tea service was won by XL T. Me
clung, sooting 33 successive birds—tbe
entire number. The diamond badge
ohampioDsbip of tbe-United States was
won by W. E. Delong, of Chattanooga,
scoring 19 out of a possible 20.1
Exhibitors were present from twenty
different States.