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qnjtomrte anft 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.”