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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 15 , 1876
TCEMDAY’W victory.
Saycm- J. Tildes has been elested
President of the United States, and the
great Democratic party of the Union
will hare control of the Government for
the next fonr years. After sustaining
defeat for sixteen years, they have at
last triumphed, and the Republican*
who have abused power for the same
long period have been hurled from the
position they have so foully disgraced.
When the combat commenced last
June the odds against us were so for
midable that the stoutest heart might
well have been daunted and the braves'
soul appalled. The party in power had
the power, indeed, and used it without
stint or scruple to compel success. They
had the prestige of administering affairs
when the “rebellion” was crushed.
They had the patronage of one hundred
thousand offices, which gave them at
least half a million of votes to start
with. By their system of assessments
upon public officers for political pur
poses, they were enabled to command
large sums of money for campaign
uses. With an unscrupulous and des
potic man at the head of the Govern
ment, they were permitted to flood the
doubtful States of the South with sol
diers, to inaugurate a reign of terror and
to AL* ballot with tha bayonet.
They were pursuing the policy, often
successful before, of denouncing
Southern men as traitors and proclaim
ing that the victory of Democracy would
be the triumph of treason.
The Democracy fought their battle
wisely and well. They chose as their
leader a man of the highest ability and
of spotless integrity, whose administra
tion of the affairs of New York had
caused his name to be regarded as
the synonym of Reform, "lheir plat
form was conservative, broad and patri
otic. They accepted the fruits of the war
and forever buried the issues of slavery
and secession and negro suffrage. They
came before the people and appealed for
the right of local self-government, for
honesty in the conduct of public affairs
and for a termination of the rule of the
soldier>and the sword. They appealed
for peace and good will, for the perpetu
ation of the flnion and the restoration
of fraternal feeling between the people
of the North and the South. They have
triumphed. The issues, fairly made,
have been sustained by the voice of the
people, which, speaking in such a cause,
is like unto the voice of God. Reason
triumphed over force, and we won with
the ballot—
A weapon surer yet,
And stronger than the bayonet;
A wtapon that comes down a“ still
As enow flakes fall upon the sod,
And executes a freeman’s will
As lightning does the will of God.
With the blessing of Divine Provi
dence, we have won a glorious victory.
We must take care that we use it wisely
and well. We must act in such a man
ner as to show that we have not only
won, but that we deserved to wiD.
Every promise must be performed.
Every pledge must be redeemed. We
must give to the country an honest Gov
ernment, a sound currency and whole
some legislation. The South must show
the North that the country is safe in the
hands of a Democratic Administration —
that we desire peace and fraternity—
that we accept the result of Tuesday’s
election as a token that we are once
more the united people of a common
country. The colored men shall be safer
with Tilden in the White House than
with Grant. We shall treat them kind
ly, justly, generously. We shall inter
est them in the prosperity of the coun
tro and win them to our side. We shall
protect them in the enjoyment of all the
rights which the law confers upon them,
and which white men eDjoy. We shall
so use the victory which has come to us
from God that the rule of Democracy
shall continue for many long years to
come, and the baleful shadow of Radi
calism be removed from this fair land
forever.
THE RESULT.
We are still conUdent of the election
of Samuel J. Tilden as President of
the United States. At last accounts he
had one huudred and eighty-four elec
toral votes certain, with South Carolina,
Florida and Louisiana to hear from.
Louisiana, in our opinion, has gone
Democratic by so large a majority that
even that synonym of infamy, the Re
turning Board, will not dare to falsify
the returns. Florida is assuredly Demo
cratic by a clear majority. Of South
Carolina we have no doubt. The fol
lowing special dispatch to the Chroni
cle and Sentinel shows that we do not
speak at all too confidently :
Charleston, November 10, 1876.
Charleston county, by the official
count, gives Chamberlain 6,214 majori
ty. General Hampton has surely about
1,700 majority in the State, and Tilden
1,200. .
We believe every word in the above
dispatch. We give to Tilden the fol
lowing electoral vote :
Alabama 10
Arkansas ®
Connecticut ®
Delaware 3
Florida *
Georgia H
Indiana 16
Kentucky 12
Louisiana 8
Maryland 8
Mississippi 8
Missouri 15
New Jersey 0
New York 35
North Carolina 10
South Carolina . 7
Tennessee 12
Texas 8
Virginia 11
West" Virginia 5
203
We consider Gov. Tilden fairly and
overwhelmingly elected President.
Georgia will again send a solid Dem
ocratic delegation to Congress. Mr.
Stephens in the Eighth and Mr. Hill in
the Ninth District had no opposition.
Messrs. Habtrtdge in the First, Smith
in the Second, Cook in the Third, Har
ris in the Fourth, Candler in the Fifth,
and Blount in the Sixth, were elected
■over Radicals and Independents by
large majorities. Mr. Felton being
•elected in the Seventh does not change
the political complexion of the delega
tion, as he claims to be a Democrat,
and always acts with the Democrats in
Congress.
Tbe indications are that Hon. Gao.
D. Tillman has been elected to Congress
from South Carolina. The counties
heard from give a sufficient majority to
overoome the heavy vote polled against
frim in Beaufort.
LIFE INSURANCE AND HEAL ESTATE
siPKCC CATION.
The New York Sun shows how real es
tate speculation has been fostered by
these companies add the consequent col
lapse. It states that seventeen life com
panies of that city hold mortgages on
real estate amounting to $121,000,000,
upon which only about three-fourths c in
be realized in cash. These mortgages
were, for the most part, effected in
1867-8, when property was held at a
high figure. Forced sales in default of
interest demonstrated the fact that the
property would not bring sufficient to
cover first mortgages, so a lenient policy
was adopted. The very lowest estimate
than can be given of the decline in the
value of the above securities is 30 per
cent., and cm this basis the assets as pre
sented by the companies would suffer a
rednetion of $40,590,000. A real estate
broker being interrogated on this sub
ject on Saturday said : “The decline in
real estate is greater, on an average,
than 30 per cent, all around. If the
oroperty on bond and mortgage were to
be sold to day it would n6t, on an aver
age, realize 50 per cent of the money
loaned upon it. I have tried it. I had
two houses in Thirty-second street to
sell for one oompanv, and at auction sale
the amount bid for them did not come
within SIO,OOO of the sum for which they
bad been mortgaged. The result was
that the company bid them in, and are
now holding them in the hope of better
prices prevailing.”
proscription.
If Hates be defeated, one of the most
gratifying features of the Democratic
victory will be the rebuke it administers
to the Know Nothing organization of
which he is a member —tbe American
Alliance. As the Anti-Catholio Society
seeks to proscribe every citizen who be
longs to the Catholic Church, so the
American Alliance seeks to proscribe
every foreign born citizen, no matter
what his religion. When it is recollected
that foreign born citizens constitute a
large proportion of the population of
tbe United States, that they have greatly
contributed to the wealth and material
prosperity of the country, and that we
are seeking to attract immigration, the
mischief contemplated by both these or
ganizations becomes at once apparent.
If the industrious people ®f Ireland and
Germany and Norway, who think to
better their condition by emigrating to
America, are told that after reaching
here they will be ostracised on account
of their nationality or because of their
religion, they will not come. We do
not blame them. No man courts pro
scription for himself, or for bis family.
In the South, especially, European im
migration is in the largest degree essen
tial to the prosperity of the country.
We mnst encourage it in every possible
way. We roust welcome with open arms
every honest and industrious foreigner
who comes here, whether he be Catho
lic, Jew or Protestant. We mnst frown
down the American Alliance which pro
scribes every foreigner, and the Anti-
Catholic Society which proscribes every
Catholic. This country and intolerance,
race or religious, cannot flourish togeth
er, and intolerance must go down be
fore the righteous indignation of an en
lightened people.
THE LAND AND SIWAOK.
Now that the fierce beat of the Presi
dential campaign is over, the editor of
the daily journal, instead of “ mounting
barbed steeds to fright the souls of fear
ful adversaries,” turns from polities to
less exciting themes, and treats of sub
jects of almost as much practical value
as politics. While we are waiting for
the votes of Florida and Lonisiana to
be counted, we may read with profit the
following excellent article on “Land and
Sewage,” taken from the last issue of
the Richmond Dispatch :
“A late English item, published by
us yesterday, stated that the Earl of
Derby bad offered to take the whole of
the sewage of tbe town of Dndly to his
farm free of expense to the town ; and
very wisely the 'fbwn Counoil accepted
the offer. It was further stated that
thus ‘therate-payers’ would save £50,000,
or $250,000. This item is interesting ;
it shows how valuable city sewage is
considered by R noblemen of experi
ence as a farmer in the business of till
age ; and it also shows the manifest
craving of the land for the offal result
ing from the produce the land had
yielded. The example pf the Earl
should have great weight with society.
The town of Dudley belongs to the
county of Worcester, England, and is
ten miles from Birmingham. It has a
population of about 50.000, and is dis
tinguished for Us enterprise and public
charities.
“Theqaestion’of utilizing the aejyage
of cities- or, in other words, of return-1
ing to the land that whioh is taken
from it—must in this country grow in
importance and urgency with time. —
The skinning the land and the throw
ing of all the sewage and offal that
comes from the digestion or decay of
its productiveness into the running
waters of the country will, if continued,
surely lead to the impoverishment .of
the land. Where rich fields wave with
luxuriant crops time will change that
scene into a desert, nd when that
comes there will be neither mopey nor
energy to restore that surface to fer
tility and abundance. We see all
around us that where men live upon
lands that are by improper tillage be
coming less productive every year the
owner is less disposed to improve ft in
proportion as its improvement becomes
more difficult and costly.
“At one time it was thought that so
ciety had discovered the mesas by which
the land could be ever kept ia good
heart, and its productive energies never
allowed to diminish. Bat it is found
that these means—the concentrated fer
tilizers—are the certaii causes of has
tening the exhaustion of the land, unless
they have tha 00-operation of the pu
trescent manures. This is the way it is
generally stated ; bat we prefer to con
sider putrescent manures—viz: the offal
of the land itself—as the principal
source of tbo life and vigor of land, and
to look upon the concentrated fertilizers
as mere auxiliaries. These cannot be
used to advantage by themselves. Either
they .must be applied contemporaneously
with the offal; or they must he used in
a crop that ia aucceeded by a green crop,
which must be turned fOlJer the surface
to give proper life and kiuduaaa to the
soil. The farmer who uses the concen
trated stimulants without these combina
tions will soon find his error in the evi
dent waning of tbo productive powers
of his farm.
“Lord Derby is wise. His estate will
prove it, and prove—if proof were want
ing—that the offal of the land should be
returned to it as a sure means of main
taining the productive vigor of the soil.
There oan be no sobstitote for it. Any
attempt to dispense with that will end
in failure and agricultural impoverish
ment. It is not only in the advantages
to the land of this utilization of sewage
that the system is to he admired, bat it
is the relief of the ruMiißg water by
transferring this sewage from the gi*p r
to the land. Ah, what an inestimable
blessing that must be to all living upon
a river that is so relieved ! By way of
illustration, how delightful it would be
to this city to learn that enterprising
persons had utilized the sewage of
Lynchburg, and that it would be no
discharged into James river, to be borne
along to thia city! If sewage oould be
diverted from rivers and pat npon the
land the rivers would be saved from
thonsands of tons of pollution, the land
would be insured against exhaustion,
and society against want.”
Over in Fayette county Dave Hop
good, a negro who has always voted the
Democratic ticket, is about to get bis
mule and forty acres sore enongh. His
white friends have already bought him
the former, and he will be given the
land after the election.— Macon Tele
graph,
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
We pnblisli in fall this morning tl e
report recently made by President
Wad lev of the operations of the Cen
tral Railroad Company daring the past
year. The business of the road and its
branches is condensed as follows :
Net earnings $1,021,895
The business of the road has fallen
off, and Mr. Wadlkt attributes the de
crease to short crops and sharp compe
tition. The latter is the evil complain
ed of by most railway corporations of
the South. In this respect the Central
is peculiarly unfortunate. From Macon
to Savannah it has to contend with tbe
Macon and Brunswick Railroad, a bank
rupt corporation now in the bands of a
reoeiver. The trade of Southwestern
Georgia is divided with the Central by
the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad. From
Macon to Augusts it encounters the Ma
con and Angnsta Road. From Augusta
to Savannah it has to fight the Port Roy
al and Charleston and Savannah Roads.
None of these lines is expected to pay
a dividend, and all of them, with one
exception,are in the hands of a reoeiver.
They are operated to pay running
expenses and the interest on their
bonded indebtedness. The Central is ex
pected to pay regular dividends to its
stockholders. If it charges higher rates
than competing lines it loses business.
If it accepts the business at reduoed
rates it loses money. The future of
railways in this country furnishes an in
teresting subject to study. Mr. Wad
let’s report giyes a brief but clear his
tory of the operations of the great cor
poration of whioh he is President, and
it will be read with interest by the many
among na who own stock in the road.
COUNTING THE ELECTORAL TOTE.
The San Francisco Call says that on
this point the Federal constitution simply
directs that the lists of the persons
voted for in the several Eleotoral Col
leges shall be signed and certified by the
electors and transmitted, sealed, to the
sort of Government, directed to the
President of the Senate; and “the
President of the Senate shall, in the
presence of the Senate and House of
Representatives, open all the certificates,
and the votes shall then be counted.”
There is nothing said about throwing
out the vote of a State for any cause
whatever. The Twenty-Second Joint
Rale, concerning whioh so much has
recently been said, provides that, upon
the counting of the Eleotoral vote, if any.
question arises as to the counting of the
vote of any State, the Senate shall repair
to its chamber and vote upon the ques
tion without debate, and that the vote
of no State to which objection is made
shall be counted, except upon tbe con
current vote of both Houses. There is
a question whether or not this rule is
in existence at the present time. It has
not been re-adopted by the vote of both
branohes of the present Congress ; but
it is held in some quarters that the
Senate being in a certain sense a per
petual body, is bound by its own rule
until that rule is repealed by the House.
On this point the Cincinnati Enquirer
says, in auswer to a question by a cor
respondent: “It is a joint rule. It was
adopted by the concurrent vote of both
Houses. It cannot be repealed, save
by the cononrrent vote of both
Houses. Each .House, it is true, lives,
but two years, but the Senate never dies.
The Senate is irrevocably committed to
the joint rule until some House of Rep
resentatives choose to release it from
the contract.” On the other hand, it is
contended that though the Senate, as a
body, never dies, it does so far as
its relations with the House are con
cerned. Its perpetual existence is di-.
vided into periods of two years, during
which, with the House, it constitutes a
Congress. On the 22d of January last
the Senate transmitted to the House the
following message:
Bppolaed, By the Senate (the House of Rep
resentatives concurring), that the joint rules
of the Senate and Honse of Representatives in
force at the olose of the last session of Con
gress, except the twenty-second joint rule, be
and the same are hereby adopted as the joint
rules for the two Houses for the present ses
sion.
This exception to the twenty-second
rule was the amendment of Senator Mor
ton. If the Senate still favors the joint
rule there is time to pass it. It was
adopted two days before counting the
electoral vote in 1865, when Lincoln
was chosen for the second time. It was
in force in 1868 and in 18 75, and under
its operation the votes of oertain States
were rejected. At thpsp elections, how
ever, the two Houses were in political
harmony. There was no danger that a
Demooratio House would throw out a
Republican State to offset a Democratic
Stpte thrown out by a Republican Sen
ate. It waj? a rule which might work ill
or well, aocording to the virtue of the
body working under it. When a ques
tion arises as to the vote of a State the
two Houses seppfatp apd vote without
debate, an 3 ue Bt#tp pan be oounted to
which both Houses do not Sgrae. N,o
ic ember of either Honse is obliged tp
give a reason for his vote, but may vote
in ejillen silence, rejecting States accord
ing to his pojjtical caprice.
— mg,
THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN,
The Record asserts that detailed de
description® of the recent conferences
and battles between (tfeppyal Mil-s and
some of the hostile Indian chiefs, in
cluding Sitting Bull, fully .confirm the
general statement# forwarded by tele
graph and add some interesting particu
lars. It is part of the story that Gen
eral Miles approached the main village
of the hostile Indians, which contained
many of the same warriors that had been
attacked by General Custer, and that
the Indian ohiefs wade arrangements for
repeating the tactics which had proved
so fatal againat the Seventh Cavalry.
Bat onr soldier* hei profited by expe
rience, and it ws a body of infantry,
this time, that born onr (lag, so that they
could not have rushed on their fate with
impetuous speed if they had been so
disposed. When a battle was rendered
inevitable by the failure of a conference
to agree upon terms of peaoe, this con
ference being atfiandqd Pj R* e principal
officers of the army aJ the JeadiDg
chiefs of the hostile Indians, and held
at a point about equidistant from tbe re
spectiyn lipes, the first step taken by
General Mile* was to guard his forces
against surprise, and the (Ludiaps seem
to have concluded that he intended to
act exclusively on the defensive. They
were soon pndeqeiivqfj, however, by a
gallant and successful advance, at all
points, executed in a manner that ren
dered the savage Btrategems futile. A
Rodman gan materially increased the
effectiveness of the opponents and the
completeness of the victory. The In
dians wees compelled to flee in such
haste that they left behind a large
amount of their camp equipage and
several b*ps of dried buffalo meat. A
still more important result was the sub
sequent surrender of several of the most
important bands that have hitherto fol
lowed Sitting Bull’s fortunes. They
bsve evidently become disheartened by
and their principal chiefs
have given n P “ h t °“^ e3
for the faithfri! Opmpti*Bea pf their
followers with the terms exacted tfe
Government. These results have been
achieved by an infantry force of only
398 men, while the Indian forces are
variously estimated at from 600 to 1,500
warriors, but ft is said that many of the
latter failed or declined to take an ac
tive pert in the late etruggle.
The flow of gold from England to this
country continues. On the 30th alt,
$750,000 were drawn from the Bask of
England for shipment to America. The
economy induced by tbe hard times has
greatly limited the importation of foreign
goods, consequently the balance of trade
is in favor of the United States, and
gold comes back to meet it.
THE COTTON CROP.
Report a> the Anguntn Exchange for October.
The Committee on Information and
Statistics, of the Angnsta Exchange,
have made the following report for Oc
tober:
The Augusta Exchange, )
Augusta, Ga., November 9,1876 (
To the President and Directors of the
Augusta Exchange:
Gentlemen —We respectfully submit
the following report for the month of
October, as to the prospects and condi
tion of the cotton crop in the district
allotted to this Exchange. Onr report
is based upon thirty-four (34) replies,
from nineteen (19) counties. Average
date of replies, 10th of October.
Ist Question: Wbat has been the char
acter of the weather since October Ist ?
Answer: Generally reported as very fa
vorable, both for opening the fruit and
for picking.
2d Question: Has the weather been
more or less favorable than same time
last year for gathering the crop ? Ans
wer: It is reported almost nnanimonsly
as more favorable than last year.
3d Question : -When did you have
killing frost in your section, and what
damage has it done to the crop ? An
swer : Slight frosts from the 2d to sth
of October ; killing frosts from the 16th
to 18th October, which caused some in
jury on low and bottom, lands to late
cotton, but owing to the advanced con
dition of the crops tbe damage was im
material.
4th Question : What proportion of the
crop has been picked, and by what time
do yon think picking will be finished in
yonr county ? Answer : On an average
75 per cent, of the crop is reported as
already gathered. The majority of our
correspondents expect picking to be com
pleted between the 15th and 30th of No
vember.
sth Questien : How will the yield in
yemr county compare with last year?
State probable increase or decrease.—
Answer : There is an nnnsual divergence
of opinion amongst our correspondents
as to the probable yield, estimates vary
ing from 20 per cent, under to 20 per
cent, over last year. The majority re
port a yield about equal to that of last
year.
6th Question : State any material fact
regarding the yield, not covered by the
above questions. Answer : The damage
caused by frost was insignificant, being
confined to some late cotton, and that
mainly on low and bottom lands, which
form but a very small portion of the
acreage of this section. September
storms wasted a small per centage of
the yield, and injured the quality as to
grade, there being a good deal of sandy
apd discolored cotton. Staple of all is
superior. The crop matured, aDd is
being gathered and marketed with a
rapidity seldom, if ever, equaled. Your
committee feel again called upon to state
their belief, as they did in their report
for September, that the loss in the “ex
pectations” of the planters is now caus
ing them to underestimate the probable
outiun of their crops. Our receipts to
date, the quantities now known to be at
shipping points, and the most thorough
inquiry as to the quantity on planta
tions, and the present condition of the
fields, all confirm the opinion, that this
section is Uarvesting more cotton than
last year by from 10 to 15 per cent.
Very respectfully, L. L. Zulavsky,
Chairman; J. J. Pearce, J. W. Echols,
R. W. Heard, C. A. Rowland, A. M.
Benson, W. M. Read, Committee.
THE COURSE OF COTTON.
Weekly Review of the New York Market.
lAeio Tork Daily Bulletin,]
The tendency toward greater strength
noted in our last review has run into a
very decided buoyancy, the market show
ing much activity, and at times consid
erable excitement. The stimulus was
to be found almost entirely in the tenor
of the foreign advices, which com
menced the work on the upward turn
and continued advancing throughout.
Indeed, the additions to value on the
“other side" were)unexpectedly large,the
sales of actual cotton for consumption
without precedent for many years, and
the reports sent over here became al
most sensational in character. Both
Liverpool and Manchester appeared to
have suddenly thrown off the lethargy so
long a dominant characteristic, and to
have gone over at .once to the other ex
treme, and a radical change of front of
this kind, of course, have solid founda
tion for an advance here, and especially
so as matters were just at the moment
ripe for an improvement. The addition
to cost has been general, immediate and
futures alike participating; but the
volume of business in actual cotton
rather slackened off as cost increased,
and the movement was left mainly to
the handling of contracts. To what ex
tent the “leading operators” may have
anticipated the change for the better
abroad, there is nothing in the way
of positive information to be obtained,
but it is very evident that the majority
of the trade were more or less taken by
surprise; and though without as yet
adopting any settled theory or policy
for the future, those so interested have
used every possible effort to “bull” the
market. Toward the close of the week,
however, evidences of some slackening
off could be observed, and the seller was
losing a portion of the advantage rather
than making further gains. Private ac
counts from abroad were more cautious
in tenor, and indicated free sellers at
the advance, with arrivals offered some
what easier, while on home account a
great many speculative dealers were
anxious to sell opt and realize a net
profit accrued ; and it was also under
stood that large orders to “sell’’ were
at hand from the South, with the limit
only a small fraptipn beyond the figures
already reached, Pnripg the entire
week also tbe receipts at the pv-rts had
been free, and though the Southern mar
kets developed a sympathetic buoyancy
with our own, the statistical position
was far from strengthening to values,
while the general crop accounts have
improved sufficiently to allay most fears
of any important shortage beiDg shown.
Any violent change jn the state of a mar
ket is sure tp start fresh theories, and
we haye heard of several “points” this
weph brpaotp4 wjtfl much confidence,
but under the feyerjsh condition of af
affairs prefer giving no extreme yiews on
either side.
Spots have sold fairly, but hardly so
readily or freely as last week, owing in
the main to the addition to cost which
has gone on from day to day, until a full
Jo. was added to quotations all around.
It is probable, howeyerythat a thorough
revision of figures will be made soon,
and the different grades, which are now
quoted somewhat out of their relative
position, will become properly adjusted.
Holders’have shown a somewhat uneven
tope regarding the market, though the
general tendency was to accept and fol
low the hp°y*nt influences, the result of
which was a careful offering of samples
and a virtual withdrawal of many par
cels. Yet in no case have buyers who
would take stock from the market been
refused a supply, and the accumulation,
growing larger, was toward the end of
the week outcropping a few lots od
which holders seemed a little anxions to
realise. The division of the movement
shows that about one-half the purchases
were made on home amount, and the
ape nearly equally‘divided between
ireign otiflpt and calls for specula
tive use. Our spihp/ersflp uot appear
to have become greatly alarmed, and
have refused po • perate fleyohd known
wants; and exporters, notwithstanding
the advance abroad, found little induce
ment for purchases here, though in
some cases they have been quite busy
at the Southern ports. The sales here
for export daring the week were mostly
from low uottQpn,
1 On tbe contract market the “room”
: has been greatly excited at times, with a
pretty liberal business transacted, and
I the “bull” element in a condition of
j glory and success quite foreign to their
j lot for some time past. Indeed, the
week has been the liveliest one for many
months, and the revival of business has
evidemly imparted a more cheerful tone
[to the trade. The foreign advices form
j ed the main basis of improvement, bnt
alter the advance commenced the confi
dence of many to indulge in purchases,
if only for a quick turn, and the grand
rush of the shorts to cover, aided ad
vancing tendencies very materially. At
the close large orders to sell were under
stood to be on the market, and the feel
ing was weak. On Monday the cable
. brought unexpected good news from
Liverpool, and prices went up l-16c.
but afterwards reached l-320. under tke
heavy receipts. On Tuesday a slightly
warlike tinge to the foreign accounts
caused irregularity, and a final decline
! of about 1-ifia. all around, and the
“room” largely short. Wednesday,
however, brought cables of a stimulat
. ing character regarding the Liverpool
and Manchester markets, and on a quick
demand rates went up 3-16 c. On Thurs
day another Jc. advance was made
■ through the ‘“*rr. Q cause, and the follow
ing d"y iaje. more obtained, according
ito delivery. Here culminated tb.e ad
vance, however, and on Saturday busi
ness ww slow, a great many wanted to
sell, and rate# went back Ja3-16c., clos
ing barely steady.
Worthy or Commendati jn.— By way
of oorwnendation, we chronicle the fact
that on Taeeday last, William Kershaw,
a colored painter, residing in the First
Ward, voted the straight Democratic
ticket. This wae done cheerfully and
of his own accord. The same is true of :
a number of other colored men. Neither
Kershaw nor those of his oolor who
voted with him will have cause to re
, gret their action.
THE TYRANTS HA ME.
EFFORTS TO S PIFLE THE VOICE
OF THE PEOPLE.
Great Hope* el Ore*oe te Swell the Victory
—Desperate Policy of tfcc Republican Re
tnroing Beards—Plan to Throw Oat Dem
ocratic Counties in Carolina, Florida and
Louisiana—A Supervising Council Advised
—The Solid South Presents a Serried Front
—Chandler’s Bayonets and Gold to Force the
Returns —Great Indignation All Over the
Country—Vox Popoli, Vox Dei.
Senth Carolina.
New York, November 10.—The Asso
ciated Press has received the following
from a source other than its regular
agent:
Charleston, November 10. This
county gives the Republicans 6,214 ma
jority. Nearly all the counties heard
from, officially or unofficially, give
Hampton, Democrat, for Governor,
1,218 majority. The Democratic Presi
dential ticket is not oat as much as was
at first supposed, and it is not believed
that Tilden will fall more than 400 or
500 behind Hampton. It does not ap
pear possible for the Republicans to
overcome the figures above given frnm
the connties not officially beard from.
Charleston, November 10.—The
latest revi ion of the returns by the
News and Courier give Sonth Carolina,
beyond all donht, to Tilden and Hamp
ton by over 1,200 majority.
Charleston, S. C., November 10.—
Leading Republicans concede the a ate
to the Democrats by the returns, bnt
say they will throw out enongh Demo
cratic connties to reverse the result.
[Special Dispatch to the Chronicle anti Sentinel ]
Columbia, November 10. —The Demo
cratic Committee declare General Hamp
ton elected Governor by a majority of
between thirteen and fourteen hundred.
Tilden carries the State by about seven
or eight hundred. The people were
wild with enthusiasm when the an
nouncement was made, and assembled,
with a band, in front of the Executive
Committee rooms and called loudly for
General HamptoD, who addressed them
briefly, counseling peace and forbearance
towards the defeated. The enthusiastic
crowd, composed of both races, lifted
him up and would have borne him away
upon their shoulders had they been per
mitted. The baaner of the Democratic
Working Men’s Club, colored, was con
spicuously exhibited by some of t.he
members of the Club while General
Hampton was speaking. C.
Charleston,November 10.— The-ZVews
and Courier has just received an official
advice from the last of the counties,
hitherto reported unofficially, making
Hampton’s majority for Governor 1,434.
Tilden’s majority ay fall two or three
hundred behind Hampton’s, but it is
certainly over 1,000. The Republicans
here do not dispute the correctness of
these returns but say that the State
Canvassers will throw out several of the
counties giving large Democratic ma
jorities, and that this will give the State
to Hayes and Charberlain.
The Democrats do not seem to heed
this threat but are firing salutes and
otherwise celebrating their viotory.
. Florida.
New York, November 10.—Secretary
Chandler, to-day, received the following
dispatches : Talahasse, Eta., November
10, 1876.—Returns from twenty-three
counties give the Republicans 4,500 ma
jority. The thirteen counties to hear
from cannot reduce this majority below
100 [Signed] M. Martin, Chairman Re
publican Committee.
The following dispatch was also re
ceived : Tallahassee, Fla., November
10.—All quiet in the State, as near as we
know, since last night. The county
canvass ii completed in two or three
counties. Jefferson, Madison, Leon,
Gadsden and Duval give 6,000 Republi
can majority—a large gain. [Signed] M.
Martin, Chairman.
Savannah, November 10.—Trans
portation has been ordered for troops to
pass through this city to-night for Flori
da. Advices from Florida say that the
State has undoubtedly gone Democratic
majority. There has been no
disturbance as far as heard from.
New York, November 10. —The Her
ald's bulletin says full returns from 23
counties give Florida to Hayes by near
ly 5,000 majority. The Republicans
claim that Hayes will carry the State by
over 1,200.
New York, November 10.—The follow
ing bulletin is posted at the Herald of
fice : A private dispatch just received at
the Democratic headquarters says that
Florida has gone Democratic. The
Evening Post bulletins the following :
The revenue collector at Jacksonville
telegraphs that he is sure the State is
Republican
The Times and Tribune still claim
Hayes’ election. Tbe Herald is in doubt.
The World and Sun claim Tilden posi
tively.
A Western Union bulletin dated Lake
City, November 9th, midnighq says:
The Jacksonville press will issue a lead
er to-morrow giving Florida a Demo
cratic majority of 1,638, prepared by ex
perienced men, and based on reliable
returns and carefully computed esti
mates.
Washington, November 10.—Western
Union bulletin, from Lake City, Novem
ber 10, 11:30: The steamboat referred
to reached Palatka at 11, p. m., with re
turns from St. John’s river, showing in
creased Democratic majorities. It is
concede3 by the best informed that the
State will give at least 1,700 majority.
At anta, Ga., November 10. One
company of infantry has been ordered
from this place to Tallahassee; also sev
eral from Sonth Carolina.
Augusta, November IQ. —A dispatch
from Lake City, 11:30, p. m., says the
corrected returns of g 8 counties place
the Democratic majority at seven hun
dred. Hillsboro county, according to
information from reliable souroe, gives
614 Democratic majority, which gives
the State to Democrats by over 1,500
majority.
Savannah, November 10. Advices
to-night from reliable sources say that
Tilden, Drew, Congressman and a Dem
ocratic Legislature are elected in Flor
ida. The eight counties of Duval, Alac
pua, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Madi
son and Nassua give an aggregate Re
publican majority of Cj,534. The other
counties of the State certainly give the
Democrats a majqrity. Returns from
thirteen counties. Raker, Bradford, Co
lumbia, Clay, Hamilton, Jackson, }jeoy,
Munroe, Orange, Elk, Putnam, Pawnee
and St. John’s give an aggregate Demo
cratic majority of 3,620. The remaining
eighteen in 1874 gave Democratic majo
rities aggregating 3,206. This without
any increase would give a total aggre
gate vote of 6,534 and elect the Demo
cratic ticket by a majority of 292.
The eighteen coqnfiies to hear from,
however, will increase the majority
of 1874 from 1,200 to 1,500, and the en
tire ticket will be elected by a majority
ranging from f.,20Q to 1,500. The State
has most certainly gone ifoj: Tilden and
Hendricks. The Radicals will endeavor
to change the result by State canvass of
the returns. Prominent officials have
declared that the State shall go Radical
if it is necessary to count a 1,000 major
jority at every poll in Jefferson county,
but the outrages contemplated will not
be submitted to. The people are aroused
and the indignation is difficult to con
trol. The Democratic State Executive
Gommitte are vigilant to prevent fraud.
Another dispatch says both parties still
claim the State' Great excitement pre
vails. Drew is certainly ’elected by at
least 1,200, bat with Chandler’s $1,000,-
000 and the army to back them, it is
feared the Rads will cqunt him out.
The flopest people of the State may not
submit to it, and trouble is expected.
Arkansas.
Little Rock, November 10. — The
election of Congressman in this (the 3d)
district is still in donbt, between Cra
vens and ofoCJqre. Republicans. Only
the official count can dwrii+p-
Company G, 14th United States in
fantry, stationed here, were to-day or
dered to New Orleans.
Niprtji Carolina.
Raleigh, N. G., November IQ, —A
negro named Rnfus Ferrell, who has in
variably voted the Democratic ticket,
from his home in this coun
ty on Monday before the election, and
on Wednesday was found hanging dead
in the neighborhood. The general im
pression is that he was killed for opin
ion’s sake.
Additional returns continue to in
crease the Democratic majority in this
State. It may reach 17,0u0. A fearful
anxiety in regard to the Presidential
election is manifest in this city to-night
among those of both parties.
Oregffa.
San Francisco, November 10.—Full
returns from twenty connties in Oregon
show a Republican majority pf 1,202.
There remain but three more counties
to be heard from, two of which will on
set each other, and the third will give 50
Republican majority.
Washington, November 10.—Senator
Kelly telegraphs to-day to his wife in
this city denying that he has conceded
the State to the Republicans. He says
the result rn Qregoa is
chances in favor of SSiaU Democratic
i majority. ,
; Ban Francisco, November IQ. —Re-
i tarns from southern districts do not yet
! certainly show whether Pacheco, Repub
lican, or Wigginton, Democrat, is
eleeted. The chances favor the former.
Luttrell, Democrat, is elected jn the
3d District. .
Nothing additional received from Qre
gon or Nevada.
Obio.
Columbus, November 10. —General
Wickoff, Chairman of tbe Republican
[State Committee,furnishes the following
information: The t 9 counties of Ohio
heard from, up to noon to-day, show a
Republican loss of 162 on Barnes’ ma
jority at the October election. The In
dications are that Hayes' majority will
be abot 6,000.
Columbus, 0., November 10. The
Repuolican State Committee now have
semi-official returns from 86 out of 88
counties of Ohio, which show a net
Republican gain of 623 over Barnes’ ma
jority in October, which was 663. If
the two counties still out should cast
exactly the same vote as they did in Oc
tober, Hayes’ majority will be 7,259.
Indiana.
Indianapolis, November 10. -Seventy
two counties in full show a Democratic
gain of 263 over the October election.
The counties to be heard from gave a
net Democratic majority of 5,349, to
which is to be added 114, the number
of votes Tilden is now ahead, making
his probable majority 5,463.
Indianapolis, November 10.—Re
turns from all but thrie counties give
Tilden 3,887 majority—a Democratic
gain of 251. Three oounties to hear
from, Adams, Crawford and Pike, gave
1,563 Democratic majority last month,
indicating a majority for Tilden of 5,-
450 in the whole State.
Lwtaiua.
Nbw York, November 10.—The West
ern Union Telegraph Company have
received the following dispatch: New
Orleans, November 10, 3:45, p. m.—Re
ports circulated North of rioting here
are untrue. The city and this State are
perfectly quiet, and business is proceed
ing as usual.
Washington,' November 10.—Western
Union bulletin has the following: New
Orleans, November 10.—With returns
from all but six parishes, Democrats
claim 4,000 majority. Six not heard
from, in 1874 gave a Democratic ma
jority of over 4,000.
New York, November 10.—A dis
patch from New Orleans received at
Democratic headquarters here, says
Louisiana has gone for Tilden by 5,000
to 10,000 majority.
Nbw Oblbans, November 10, mid
night.—Official, unofficial and reported
returns from 51 parishes, including Or
leans, give a Democratic majority of
9,471—a Democratic gain of 6,505.
The six parishes to be heard from
gave, in 1874, Democratic majorities of
2,094. The Democrats claim the State
as absolutely certain by not less than
6,000, after making liberal allowance for
contingencies.
Colorado.
Denver, November 10.—In a caucus
of the Republican members of the Leg
islature, Hon. Jerome B. Chaffee was
unanimously nominated United States
Senator.
Massachusetts.
Boston, November 10.—Dean, Demo
crat, is ejected to Congress by au official
count.
General Election News.
Augusta, Ga., November 10.—United
States troops have been ordered from
South Carolina to Florida. Two compa
nies stationed at Aiken leave this after
noon for Tallahassee.
New York, November 10.—The mem
bers of the National Republican Com
mittee expressed entire confidence that
Hayes has been elected.
At the Democratic headquarters, in
the Everett House, the Secretary of the
National Gommitteo said that the dis
patches received to-day confirmed the
victory for Tilden.
Barnwell Rhett, of South Carolina,
telegraphed to the committee this morn
ing that over and above a liberal esti
mate for Republican frauds the Demo
cratic electoral ticket and Hampton
were elected by some 1,200 to 2,500 ma
jority. He also said that a dispatch
from W. Stokes Boyd, a prominent poli
tician in Florida, decided that the State
had gone for Tilden by a majority of
1,700. D. Magone, Jr., Chairman of
the Democratic State Committee, de
clared his full confidence that Louisiana
aDd Florida had given Democratic ma
jorities, but was not possitive, though
hopeful, in regard to South Carolina.
Washington, November 10.—General
Sherman last night received telegrams
from the Secretary of War, who is 1 in
Philadelphia, to order General Ruger to
send as many companies of troops to
Tallahassee, Florida, as could be spared,
and to go himself in person. General
Rtiger answered that he had ordered
nine companies, would order five more,
and would go in person as ordered.
General Sherman to-day received the
following dispatch from the President:
Philadelphia, November 10.— Oen
W. T. Sherman, Washington, D. C. :
Instruct General Augur, in Louisiana,
and General Ruger, in Florida, to be
vigilant with the force at their command
to preserve peace and good order, and
to see the proper and legal Boards of
Canvassers are unmolested in the per
formance of their duties. Should there
be any grounds of suspicion of a fraudu
lent count on either side, it should be
reported and denounced at once.
No man worthy of the office of Presi
dent should be willing to hold it when
counted in or placed there by fraud.
Either party can afford to be disap
pointed in the result; the country can
not afford to have the result tainted by
the suspicion of illegal or false returns.
[Signed] U. S. Grant.
Fhilacelphia, November 10 .—Oen.
Sherman, Washington, D. O.: Send all
the troops to Gen. Augur he may deem
necessary to insure an entire, quiet and
peaceable count of the ballots actually
cast. They may be taken from South
Carolina, unless there is reason to sus
pect an outbreak there. The presence
of citizens from other States, I under
stand, is requested in Louisiana to see
that the Board of Canvassers make a fair
connt of the vote actually cast. It is to
be hoped that representative and fair
men of both parties will go.
[Signed [ U. S. Grant.
Washington, November 10.—All de
monstrations on the street have ceased.
A feeling of sullen dissatisfaction seems
to prevail among all parties.
The Times figures Congress : Repub
licans, 143; Democrats, 147; to be
elected, 3. The Ilerald figures the
Democratic majority at 25.
Wilmington, N. 0., November 10.—
The excitement here to-day over the
present aspect of the Presidential elec
tiqn is intepsp. At no time since the
day of the election has there been any
thing to approximate the deep feeling
manifested this p. m- The Democrats
claim that Tilden fias been honestly
elected, and if there is to be any trouble
over the matter, tho people of the North
must decide the question. Republicans
generally sustain the action of the
President.
Philadelphia, November 10.—In ac
cordance with the request of Governor
Kellogg, of Louisiana, that prominent
men should go from the Rorth to in
spect the counting of the votes in that
State, the President has invited the fol
lowing gentlemen io proceed to New Or
leans for suph purpose: Efon. W. D.
Relley, of Pennsylvania; General Q. A.
Garfield, of Ohio, - Hon. J. A. Reason, of
Iowa; John Schonberg, of Pennsylvania}
General J. A. Logan, of Illinois. It is
understood that most of these gentle
men have accepted, and will reach New
Orleans within a few days.
Washington, - November 10. —The
New York Tribune and Herald to-day
have strong articles demanding that
there be an honest connt of the vote in
Louisiana. The Herald says there
must be no frauds in making the re
turns, buf it raqst satisfy' tfrfe finest,
fair-rhin ed men of both parties.
New Yobk, November 10. —The fol
lowing dispatch has been sent to Gov
ernors Jngeraoll, Hubbard, Robinson,
Bedle, Curtin, Palmer, McCreary, Car
roll, and others; also Senators Thur
man, Bayard, Randolph, MoDouald,
Kernan, and other Senators, and to lead
ing public men in Northern States, Re
publican land Democrat. The accept
ances warrant a full representation at
New Orleans: “Citizens of New Or
leans urgently request that a delegation
of pronuunut gentlemCß come there at
once to counsel peace and a fair and
honest return. You are earnestly re
quired to be one Of ten or fifteen gentle
men, all widely Jfnown, to nfeet atfjouis
ville Galt Houfre, Saturday evening,
proceeding directly south; or, if more
oonvenient, meeting at St. Charles Ho
tel, New Orleans, Monday morning.
Your prompt acceptance by telegraph is
requested. This emergency appeals to
your patriotism.
Abrams S. Hewitt. Chm’n.”
Louisville, Nevember IQ.— The re
port that Senator Beck, Henry Watter
son and others have gone to New Or
leans, is premature. Mr. Watterson
has not left the oity, and in reply to in
quiries said that if the parties men
tioned should go to New Orleans, they
would go in the interest of peace and
order, proposing to exert their influence
as far as possible over the excited
masses now collected in that city. Th e y
could do hq more, ip any event, than to
inform themselves. Mr. Watterson ex
pressed the opinion that it would be
eminently proper for Governor Hayes
and Governor Tilden, jointly and by
agreement, to send parties of friends to
New Orleans, headed respectively by
Charles Francis Adams and Wm. M.
Evarts, and composed of conservative
men who have the confidence of the
ennhtry, He thought sq?h ph arrange
ment would bo BRlo to secure a fair
count of the votes and satisfy the whole
people, averting a B>°*t dangerons isspe
and perhaps prevent an outburst of pas-
PHttADELPHiA, November 10.—It is
stated on good authority that the Presi
dent has also requested the following
gentlemen to visit the Sooth in order to
secure a fair count of the Presidential
vote, in addition to tnose already named:
Thos. Beaver, Esq., of Pennsylvania,
and Hon. Henry L. Stebbins, of New
York. Judge Kelley has already left for
the South.
Washington, November 10.—The
District Republican headquarters closed
with a speech from Simon Wolf, in
whioh he told the audience to go home
and return in three days.
New York, November 10. —The streets
have been filled all day with excited
crowds, much more irritable and less
generous thau heretofore. Several street
fights have occurred. The Democratic
State Committee still asserts their per
fect confidence in Tilden’s election. The
Republican committee, a majority of
whom have heretofore had doubts as to
the result, are now perfectly confident
of Hayes’ election and have so notified
their correspondents. I uuderstaud
that Governor Hayes himself no longer
donbts his election, and is confident
that an honest canvass of the votes in
the States that have been set down as
doubtful will fully prove this fact to the
perfect satisfaction of all fair minded
men.
New York, November 11. The fol
lowing have telegraphed their intention
to start immediately for New Orleans,
in response to tbe call of the National
Democratic Committee : Hon. Lyman
Trumbull, of Illinois; Ex-United States
Senator Hon. J. M. Palmer, of Illinois;
Ex-Governor A. G. Curtin, of Pennsyl
vania; Ex-Governor Hamilton, of Mary
land; Hon. S. P. Doolittle, of Wiscon
sin Ex-Senator; Ex-Lieutenant-Govern
or Colbaugb, of Illinois; Judge J. B.
Stalls, of Ohio; Hon. Oswald Ottendorf
er, of New York; Hou. Henry Watter
son, of Kentucky; Hon. Theodore F.
Randolph, of New Jersey; Hon. G. B.
Smith, of Wisconsin; Governor C. Car
roll, of Maryland; Ex-Governor Bigler,
of Pennsylvania; Hon. G. Y. Fox, Ex-
Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Hon.
S. J. Randolph, of Pennsylvania; Prof.
Sumner, of Ya'e College; Hon. H. D.
McHenry, of Kentucky.
Washington, November 11.—The New
York Herald stilj considers the result
doubtful. Partisau papers continue
equally confident in asserting the tri
umph of their party.
Louisville, Ky., November 11.—Hon.
Henry Watterson and Henry D. Mc-
Henry left for New Orleans last night.
Senator McDonald and General Love,
of Indiana, Governor McCreery, ex-
Governor Palmer, of Illinois, and others
are now here in answer to the oall of
Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, of New York.
They leave for the South to-night.
Washington, November 11. Gov.
Randolph passed to-day en route for
New Orleans.
Boston, November 11.—Tho Traveller
says that Charles Franois Adams has
started South.
The Herald says of Grant’s order :
“ He uses words which are most hon
orable to him, and which accurately ex
press the thoughts of all patriotic men.
General Grant has done many wise acts,
but this is the wisest act of his life. It
will do much to reassure the publio of
both sides, and the nation will thank
him for his timely and patriotic words.”
Washington, November 11.—Presi
dent Grant returned this afternoon. He
has requested the following prominent
gentlemen to prooeed to New Orleans to
inspect the counting of votes in Lou
isiana : Hon.iWm. M. Evarts, Judge E.
W. Staughton, General John A. Dix and
General James H. Yan Allen, of New
York; Senators Sherman and Stanley;
Matthews, of Ohio; Hon, Courlandt Par
ker, of New Jersey; Senator Edmunds,
of Vermont; General Ben Harrison, of
ludiana; Senator Logan, of Illinois;
Hod. Wm. D. Kelly and Hon. John
Schoonberg, of Pennsylvania, and Hon.
John A. Kasson, of lowa. These and a
few others have been invited. Nearly
all of them have been heard from and
have accepted.
San Francisco, November 11.—Sena
tor Morton states to-day that he will not
return to the East until the conclusion
of the investigation of-the Chinese ques
tion, in which he is engaged here. He
endorses the wisdom of the proposition
to obtain the presence of prominent and
trusted men of both parties to assist in
allaying the present excited feeling in
the South, but expresses the belief that
no serious complications will ensue, al
though the situation calls for prudent
action. , ~ ,
St. Louis, November 11.—In com
pliance with au invitatiou and urgent
request by the Executive Committee of
Democratic State Central Committee,
Senator Bogy, James O. Broadhead,
Erastus Wells and Charles Gibson, of
this city, will start to-night for New Or
eans to be present at the counting of
Ihe vote of Louisiana.
New York, November 11.—The fol
lowing dispatches have just been re
ceived at Democratic headquarters :
Jacksonville, Fla., November 11.—
The returns coming in from the Demo
cratic counties show an increased ma
jority over former leports. Walton
county gives 600 majority—an increase
of over 100. It is certain that the pre
cinct retuns show a .majority of between
1,000 and 2,000 for Tilden.
Tallahassee, November 11.—Nearly
all the counties have been heard from,
and the State is unquestionably Demo
cratic by at least 1,000.
Lake City, Fla., November 11.—Dis
patches received last night change Madi
son oounty majority 432; Nassau coun
ty, Republican majority 135, and Wal
ton county, Democratic majority 600 ;
Orange county, except one preoinct,
Democratic majority 850; Manatee
county, except one precinct, Democra
tic majority 285 ; Hernando county, ex
cept one precinct, Democratic majority
480.
A CHINESE CALAMITY.
Terrible Result of a Panic iu a Celestial
Theatre —Twenty-one Men Killed and Fif
teen or Twenty Wounded.
[San Francisco Call.]
At five minutes to twelve last night a
panic occurred in the Royal Chinese
Theatre, on the north side of Jackson
sheet, between Kearny and Dupont; a
stampede followed, which resulted in
the immediate death of twenty-one Chi
nameu, and the wounding of fifteen or
twenty more. 'J he entranoe to the thea
tre is through a long, narrow corridor,
at the end of which are five or six steps,
leading to the door through which the
audience has to pass A few feet back
of, and parallel with this door, was a
partition, built of one-inch boards and
reaohing half way to the ceiling. While
the performance was going on someone
in the audience raised the orv of fire.
The alarm was groundless, but it created
a panic, and a great portion of those in
the auditorium and iu the gallery, which
has a stairway running down to the front
door, started for the only means of exit.
Some of the foremost fell or were pushed
down to the front door, started for the
only means of exit. Some of the fore
most fell or were pushed down the sev
eral steps leading to the oorridor, and
tbpse who came after them fell pell-mell
on then). The surging crowd pushed on
these, carrying the partition with them,
and in a few minutes hundreds of China
men were piled on top of eaoh other,
some crying, others moaniDg, and others
orying in Chinese and English. A few
minutes after the accident occurred a
few officers rushed bo the scene and at
tempted to render assistance, but their
efforts were in vain for a while, as those
Chinamen who were uninjured refused
to render any assistance or stand back.
A reinforcement of police, under Cap
tain Douglass came up, in a short time
and cleared the spot around which lay
the fallen mep. The Queers worked
with a will, removed the debris, and in
a little while commenced taking out the
unfortunates who had been crushed by
those who fell on them. 4s soon as
taken out they were carried to the street
and laid on the sidewalk. The fresh air
revived a few, but the majority were
dead. After they had been taken out it
was discovered that about twenty-one
were dead and about fifteen wounded.
Some of the wounded were taken away
by friends, and others were taken to tbe
Receiving Hospital. The dead were
taken tp tb e morgue. fVhile the dead
and wounded were being removed the
police endeavored to. press Chinamen
into the service of removing the wound
ed and those whose life had fled, but
they refused to help. The aotors, fully
aware of what had occurred, continued
playing on the stage as if nothing had
happened, and it was not until Captain
Douglass ordered them to cease playing
that they put a stop to the performance.
GOVERNOR *Q THE PEOPLE.
A Temperate and Cbaracteriatlc Addres* of
Congratulation on the Victory.
Columbia, November 10, p. m.—The
following address has just been issoed :
To the People of the State:
In offering to onr people my heartfelt
congratulations and gratitude tot the
grand yiptqry tb e l f>*T e won, I venture
tq beg them to' prove themselves worthy
of it by a continued observance qf good
order and a rigid preservation of peace.
Hat us ahow that we seek auly the resto
ration of good government, the return
of prosperity) and the establishment of
harmony to the whole people of onr State.
In the "hour of victory we should be
magnanimous, and we should strive to
forget the animosities of the contest by
recalling the grand results of our success.
Proscribing none for diffejegqe p| opin
ion, regarding noqe was enemies save
snob as are inimical to law and Order,
let us all unite in the patriotic work of
redeeming the State. By su<th conduct
we oannot only bring about good feeling
among all classes, but can tnost surely
reap the best fruits of viators.
Wade Hampton.
Cotton continues to roll into Abbe
ville.
THE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
President Wailley’s Report—The Financial
Condition of tho Road.
Office 0. R. R. & B’k’g 00. of Ga., (
Savannah, Ist September, ’76. j
2b the Stockholders:
The operations of your company for
the past twelve months, ending on the
31et of Augnst, show earnings us fall i we:
Central Railroad, Sava inch Divi
sion $1,384,891 13
Central Railroad, Atlanta Division 560,112 82
Central Railroad 8ant....... . 55.551 87
Southwestern Railroad 648,056 07
Upson County Railroad 8,482 02
Total for roads and bank $2,657 096 97
The expanses for the same period-have
been for
Central Railroad. Sa
vannah Division. .$792,T08 05
Central Railroad, At
lanta Division 337,501 86
Central Railroad B’k 17 130 23
Southwestern Railr’d 478.684 79
Upsou County Bail’d 9,106 17—51,635,131 10
Leaving net. $1,021,895 87
For particulars in reference to the
earnings of the roads operated you are
respectfully referred to the General Su
perintendent’s report, as it would be
only repetition to go over the matter
again. He refers particularly to the
oauses whioh have resulted in the very
cousiderable falling off in the earnings
of the road for the past year. Those
that are the natural sequence of short
crops are unavoidable, and should be
borue with due resignation; but for
sensible men, capable of being entrust
ed with large invested interests, to be
engaged in a suicidal war, is passing
strange. vhile such a coarse is most
earnestly condemned by the board, with
the assurance that this Company will do
all in its power to rectify the evil, it can
not stand idly by and see its business
taken by competing lines without an ef
fort to retain it, even at a loss. With
the rednotion of earnings it will be seen
that tbe expenses have be?n somewhat
lessened, but at the date of tbe last re
port it was not anticipated that much
more could be aooomplished iu this di
rection, yet every effort has been and
will continue to be made to work the
roads with the utmost economy, having
in view the effioient conduct of its busi
ness.
The Southern Railway and Steamship
Association having selected Virgil Pow
ers, Esq., as Chief Commissioner, this
board, being anxious for the success of
the association, aocepted the resigna
tion of Mr. Powers as Engineer and Su
perintendent of the Southwestern Rail
road, conditioned that shontd the posi
tion of General Commissioner not be
permanent, or become distasteful, he
should return to the position be resigned.
Captain W. G. Raoul was appointed Su
perintendent of the Southwestern Rail
road, ad interim, at the same time con
tinning to act as Boad Master on tbe
Central Railroad. This expedient was
adopted in order to render it possible to
accept Mr. Powers’ resignation, and
thereby enable him to take the position
of General Commissioner, and it is be
lieved that no detriment has resulted
from this course. While Mr. Powers
has not, as far as the board are
advised, accomplished all that could
be wished, it is believed that he
has, to the fullest extent, the confidence
of all interested, and it is to be hoped
that the good sense of railroad officials
will so far strengthen the association of
which he is now the chief, as to enable
it., under a permanent organization, to
protect fully the interests of all parties.
That some such organization is necessa
ry all admit, and this board will snstain
it so long as good faith is kept by the
companies forming the association.
The Western Railroad of Alabama,
whioh is owned jointly by your company
and the Georgia Railroad Company, as
stated in the last report, has been man
aged by Gen. E. P. Alexander, under a
provisional organization. By a resolu
tion of its board, the termination of its
fiscal year is fixed for the 31st of August,
and its report will be made out as of that
date. We, therefore, cannot now give
the result of its operations ; but it is
presumed the report will be published in
time to be distributed with this, and
that method will be adopted for giviug
the desired information iu regard to it.
Owing to various causes, tbe partition
of the two branches of that road has not
been made, bnt it has not been lost sight
of by the board, and- a committee has
been appointed to confer with the au
thorities of the Georgia Road relative
thereto. For information respecting tbe
operations of the Ocean Steamship Com
pany, of whioh your company are the
virtual owners, you are respectfully re
ferred to the report of that company,
published herewith as an appeudix.
The accounts of the company have
been very carefully examined by a com
mitteee from tbe board, and by its di
rection, every item has been charged off
that has not a tangible and real value.
The committee, of which two are among
our most experienced merchants, were
unanimous in adopting the same rule
with regard to our accounts that they
do in their own private affairs. It is
therefore believed that there is now
nothing remaining with a fictitious
value. Tbe maturity of the one million
of bonds that were issued for rebuild
ing the road, and certain other securities
of the .’-onthwestern, Muscogee and Mo
bile and Girard Railroads, were refer
red to in the last report. The entire
one million of our own bonds have been
taken up and the mortgage eanoelled.
In addition to the payment of those
bonds, we have taken up the following
obligations,for which the company were
direotly and indireotly responsible:
Steamship bonds referred to ill pre
vious reports $300,000
Macon and Western Railroad bonds.., 33,000
Southwestern Railroad bonds.,’ 55,000
Mu-cogee Railroad bonds 168,500
Mohilo and Girard Railroad
bonds, endorsed 205,000
Mobile and Girard Railroad
bonds, not endorsed....,,. . Gi,500-269 500
By a resolution of the board, it has
been determined not to sell exceeding
83,500,000 of onr tripartite bonds. It
will be seen by the statement of tbe
book-keeper and cashier that there have
been sold and exchanged $3,222,000 of
these bonds, leaving yet to be disposed
of, under the resolution referred to, the
sum of $278,000. Tlib indebtedness of
the company beyond this, it is expected,
will be paid from the earnings of the
road.
The bonds maturing up to and includ
ing the year 1890, for which the com
pany Is liable, is as follows:
Year. Description. Amount.
1874 Southwestern Rail
road $-•’ 4,000
1878 Southwestern Rail
road $ 21,000
1878 Montgomery and
Point Rail
road 175,000 196,000
1879 Southwestern Rai1r0ad..,,..,.,.,,.,
r0ad..,,..,.,.,,., 49,000
1880 Southwestern Rail
road 122,000
1880 Macon and Western
Railroad 117,000 239,000
1881 Southwestern Rail
road 26,000
1881 Mnntgome r y and
West Point Rail
road 200,000 226,000
1882 ■ Southwestern Rail
road 72 000
1883]
1884
1886 [-Nothing due.
1886 |
1887 J
186$ Montgomery and
West Point Bail- 22,500
1888 Western Railroad,
first mortgage 360,000 322,500
1889 Mobile and Girard
Railroad, second
mortgage 800,000
1890 Western Railroad,
second mortgage.. 579,000
$1,987,600
An analysis of the operations of the
company tor the past year will show
that, after paying all interest and rents,
with expenditures of all kinds, a surplus
of $437,235 83 remained, which has been
absorbed in the payment of liabilities of
the company, thereby rendering the
stock that much more valuable,, and it
will readily be seen that this is equal to
5 83 per cent, on the whole capital stock.
The company’s interest in the steam
boats on the Chattahoochee river con
tinues in a reasonably prosperous condi
tion. The boat that was put on the
Tombigbee river, in which the citizens
of Columbus, Mississippi, are interest
ed, has not done an well as was expect
ed. Immediately upon entering the
river it encountered strong end deter
mined competition from the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, and there has thus far
been no oonuaetioß between it and the
railroad at Demopolis, as was expeeied.
By an act of the Legislature, passed
in 1874, the railroads of the State were
taxed as other property, notwithstand
ing a provision in their charters to
the contrary. This act, however, pro
vided that its validity, or constitution
ality, might be tested ip the Courts, It
was so tested by this company, and be
ing decided against ns in the State
Courts, it was carried to tba Supreme
Court of the United Stales, and by that
tribunal th® decision of the State Court
waa so far reversed as to exempt the
Central and Southwestern Railroads
from taxation beyond that provided to
be paid by their charters, The Maoon
and Western Railroad having been built
under 'a sep '.me charter, without ex
emption from liability to be taxed, it
was decided oould not now come under
the provision of this company’s charter,
notwithstanding it now forma a part of
your road.
Within the past year you have lost
two valuable directors by death, viz:
Mr. 4. ft. Hartridge and Mr. Charles F.
Mills. Their places have been filled
under the provision of the charter by ths
appointment of Captain W. W. Gordon
ana J. Hauers, Esq,
The bank has continued its operations
as heretofore, aud without about the
same results. The cashier will make a
statement of its business for the current
year. The balance sheet, signed by the
book-keeper and cashier, will embrace
the assets and liabilities of both road
and bank. Within the past few days
prior to this report, there has been con
siderable alarm in consequence of the
occurrence of a few cases of yellow
fever in the oity. Should the disease
develop so as to become a serious epi
demic, it must affect very considerably
the earnings of the road for the ensuing
year. The city has for so long a time
been exempt from this terrible disease,
that its general prevalence now would be
more serious in consequence of the
many unacclimated persons doing busi
ness here. , I-
With the belief that all necessary in
formation has been given respecting the
management of your property for the
past year, this report is respectfully sub
mitted. Wm. M. Wadley,
President.
COTT UN EXCHANGE REPORT.
Advices from Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkan
sas, North Carolina and Virginia—Danner
by Frost lnjuries from Drouth Picking
Actively Progressing -Decided Falling OR
from Last Year.
New Orleans, November 10. The
New Orleans Cotton Exchange crop re
port for Ootober: Lonisiana—We have
fifty-seven replies from twenty-niue par
ishes of average date October 80. The
weather has been generally dry
and more favorable for harvesting than
last year. Killing frost is reported from
the Ist to the 10th instant. A few ex
ceptions report no killing frost as yet.
The damage from this cause to the top
orop and young cotton is from 2 to 20
per cent., but we find 4 per cent, on the
whole a fair deduction. It appears that
80 per cent, of the cotton crop has been
picked, and while some have finished al
ready, picking generally will not be
completed until the latter part of No
vember. The yield is estimated at 20
per cent, less than last year. A few of
our correspondents remote from each
other note the fact that the yield of
lint in proportion to the seed is much
less than last year. They attribute this
to the long diy season.
Mississippi —We have received sixty
nine reports from twenty-nine counties,
dated October 30th to November 2d.
The weather since October has been dry
and favorable for tbe crop, more so than
last year. A severe frost took place Oc
tober Ist and 2d, killing the top orop
in nearly every county under review,
only one report, from Yazoo county,
stating no damage by frost. The ag
gregate damage by frost is reported to
be 14 per cent. Picking has progressed
rapidly; 75 percent, of the crop ia re
ported as out of the field, and the rest
will be picked, according to thirty re
ports, by the 15th of November; accord
ing to thirty reports, by Ist December;
according to seveu roports, by the 16th
December, and according to twenty-one
reports, by the 31st Deoember. The
yield, as compared with last year, is re
ported to fall short 25 per cent, on an
average, owing to overflows in some
counties, and drouth and early frost in
all of them.
Arkansas—Our report is oompiled
from 39 answers received from 19 coun
ties; average date Ootober 31. The
weather has been generally warm and
dry, and decidedly more favorable for
picking than during tho same time last
year. Killing frosts are reported in
every county; in some as early as Ooto
ber Ist, and in others not before the
16th. The damage by this cause is esti
mated at-25 per cent. Picking has pro
gressed very rapidly, 60 per cent, of the
crop being reported picked at tbe date
of our answers, and the remainder will
be gathered by the Ist of December.
The yiild in comparison with last year
shows a heavy falling off, the average
decrease being fully 38 per cent., owing
to prolonged drouth and killing frost.
Norfolk—Report by Cotton Exchange
of the condition of the cotton orop:
From 33 replies from 17 counties in
North Carolina and replies from Vir
ginia, this report is compiled. Thirteen
report weather good and more favorable
fir picking than last year. Ten replies
report about same and twelve not so fa
vorable. All report frost about the 15th
of Ootober; sixteen report not muoh
damage done by froßt, while nineteen
say muoh injury done to orop. Twenty
report three-quarters of a orop as pick
ed and will finish picking about the last
of November, while eleven say about
two-thirds of the crop picked, and will
finish picking about the last of Deoem
ber. Ten replies report yield better
than last year; six about the same, and
twenty-four report it from 10 to 20 per
cent, less ; not much top cotton this
year.
ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC COM
MITTEE OF EDGEFIELD COUNTY TO
THE PEOPLE OF EDGEFIELD COUNTY.
Fellow-Citizens —The moßt moment
ous and important political struggle that
has ever engaged the attention of the
people of Edgefield oounty has just
been terminated. A splendid victory
has been won by tho Democracy of this
grand old county. Tbe robber band
that has so long fattened and thrived
upon the spoils, which they have wrung
from the toiling masses under the form
of law, has been routed, discomfitted
and ntterly demolished. The foes of
good government have been overwhelm
ed and defeated by the advocates of re
form. The day of our deliverance from
the rod of the oppressor has at last
come. The Radical party in Edgefield
is dead; and it will know no resurrec
tion. Oar lost liberties have been found
—our dead oounty is risen again.—
Thanks be to Almighty God who hath
given ns the great aud glorious victory.
Let ns rejoice in this magnificent tri
umph, whioh is the beginning of anew
era in our midst; but let us temper
our rejoicings with moderation, pru
dence, aud forbearance. Let us at onoe
inaugurate an era of good government,
under which the law shall be supreme,
binding alike upon every offioer and
every citizen of the State; and extend
iug its protecting stgis over every indi
vidual, from the highest to the hum
blest, without regard to raoe or party.
This great triumph has been accom
plished by the persistent effort of the
white men of our county, united by one
single impulse of self-preservation and
political redemption, marching on in one
solid phalanx, braving every danger and
overcoming every obstaole. The old men
and tbe young aud the middle aged
were all in the ranks. And the noble
women, too, cheered us on with their
prayers and theii encouraging words.
The effort has been grand iu proportion
as the triumph has been great. As we
announced at tbe outset that we would,
we have gained the victory without spill
ing one drop of blood.
Our triumph has been dne also in a
large degree to the votes of hundreds of
our colored fellow-citizens, who refused
longer to wear the party shackles and
determined at last to be freemen indeed
as well as in name. To these we return
oar heartfelt thanks; and we gladly ten
der to them the assurance of oar cordial
good will and of our earnest eudeavors
in the future to promote their happiness
and prosperity.
To the shattered remnant of the Radi
oai party in Edgefield we reiterate the
pledges so otten made during the late
canvass, that in the administration of
the law, and of the public affairs of the
oonnty, we will deal out impartial jus
tice to all. We earnestly desire peace
and reconciliation between the races;
and being invested with the political
power in our county, we shall oonsider
it onr duty to do all we oan to promote
the welfare of the colored people as citi
zens, and their moral and educational
advancement.
We trust that the election pure
patriot and virtuous citizeD, Wade
Hampton, will orowu the work of the
redemption of the whole State, and that
henceforth the race issne may never ba
known again in South Carolina.
M. W. Gab*,
Chairman County Executive Committee.
ENGLISH COTTON TROUBLES.
Arrangements Perfecting —The Lockout
ProbaUv Prevented.
rrfrr
London, November 10. The Post
says an agreement has keen reaohed be
tween master and operative cottou spin
ners of Blackburn, by which the threat
ened great lookout may be averted.
Other papers on the same information
do not consider the matter finally ar
ranged, but regard an agreement highly
probable.
THE CENTENNIAL SLANDER.
Tfa'American Minister Satiiled.
Vkbsailles, November 10.—The Min
ister of Commerce announced iu Cham
bers a dispatoh received this p. m.,
that M. Washburne, American Minister,
declares himself satisfied with Du Som
merard’s disclaimer of authorship of the
late slandering of the people of the
United States.
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
Prenab Delegate—Tbe Porte Silent.
Paris, November 10. —The Oennt of
Ohandory has been appointed Frenoh
delegate to the conference of the Pow
ers on the Eastern question. It is ex
pected that tbe oonferenoe will begin its
session in about a fortnight.
Con stantinople, November 10.—The
Porte has not yet replied to England’s
conference proposal.
A fashionable young lady was heard
to remark the other day that she hadn’t
got anything new this Winter, and did
not expect to get mnoh “until after fa
ther fails.”