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OLD SERIES —VOL. XCI NEW SERIES—*Ot. XL TERMS. T IE D ULY CHRONICLE * SENTINEL, the oi<l*t uewepeper in the Booth, ia pnbliehed dulr. eioept Monday. Term*: Per year, *10'; aix months. *5; three month*. *3 50. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE ft SENTINEL U pubhahed every Wedneaday. Terma : One year, >2, aix montba, tl THE TRI-WEEKLY CHRONICLE ft SENTI NEL I* pubhahed every Tueeday, Tbnruday aid Saturday. Terma : One year, *5; aix ■ >ntba, $3 50. BDBBCRIPTIONB in all caaee in advance, and no paper continued after the expiration of the time paid for. RATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY.—AII tranaient advertinementa will be charged at the rate of $1 per square each insertion for the first week. Advertisements in Tri-Week ly, 1 per square; in Weekly. *1 per square. Marriage and Funeral Notices. N1 each. Special Notices, 1 par square. Special rates will be made for advertisement* running for one mouth or longer. ALL COMMUNICATIONS announcing candi dates for office—from County Constable to members of Congress—will be charged at the rate of twenty cent* per line. All annonnce mente must be paid for in advance. Address WALSH ft WRIGHT, raaoincu ft HasnaEL. Angushajja^ Ctjronicle anti .Sentinel. ■ ! 1 >NEBI)AY. NOVEMBER 22, 1879. TO OUR SUBSCRIBER*). We request our subscribers who owe us to pay their subscriptions. It is important to us that every man on ur books should pay at once. Let each subscriber bear in mind that while one or two dollars may appear to be a trifling amount, the aggregate amounts to a large sum. We hope onr friends will respond promptly. tf Tubbs is a rumor to the effect that Mr. Gladstone will contribute to Har per's Monthly tor December “a paper explaining his attitude towards the Unit ed States during the civil war.” The official vote in West Virginia, for Judges of the Supreme Court, shows a Democratic majority of 19,955. The of ficial returns for Governor will not be opened till the Legislature meets in Jan uary. Home idea of the magnitude of the grain trade of California and Oregon may be gained from the faet that there are now 143 cargoes of wheat afloat from San Francisco and 12 from Oregon, on their way to Enrope, and 74 vessels waiting cargoes in the bay of San Fran cisco. Tweed arrives too late to be of ser vice to the Republican party. If he had reached tbia country before the election there is little doubt that storiea would have been published, purporting to oorae from him, accusing Governor Tilden of active participation in all the franda committed by the “Boss” while the latter had power in New York. Radical repeaters did their work well in South Carolina last Tuesday. Ac cording to the census of Kershaw, taken liy Republican officials last year, there ure only thirty-fonr hundred voter*, white and colored, in the oonnty. Yet thirty-nine hundred votes were polled there, and more than three hundred ma jority given for Chamberlain. The Board of Canvassers will doubtless con sider this an eminently fair election. The Seventh District has given Dr. Felton, the independent candidate for Congress, a large majority over Mr. Dabney, the regular nominee of the Democratic party. This is the second defeat the party organization has sus tained in that district. Mr. Dabney is said to be a man of irreproachable char acter and was fairly nominated. Two years ago he was defeated by less than two hundred votes—this year by two thousand. There mnst be something wrong with the party in the Seventh. It is easy to understand why the Louisiana Radicals have invited Benja min F. Butler to be present at the oounting of the votes. It is well known that he is hated more intensely in New Orleans than in any other Southern city. It was there that he issued his in famous order that United States sol diers should treat the ladies of the city as “women of the town plying their vo cation.” The Radicals hope that his preseuoe there will occasion an outbreak from which they may gain some advan tage. The whisky thieves may congratulate themselves that the election is over, for now the time of their deliverance is at hand. The polls bad scarcely closed when the President signed the pardon of Avert, one of the head centres of the St. Louis conspiracy. MoKke, the editor of the Globe-Democrat, will also taste the sweets of executive clem ency. The Preaident waa afraid to par don these men while a political contest was pending, but now he sees no reason why he should not show his sympathy with swiudlers. Ruhor has it that the New York Tribune has beeu sold to Geoboe W. Childs, of Philadelphia, for $500,000, the real estate belonging to the paper being excepted. The correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer says this shows a shrinkage of nearly $500,000 in the value of the Tribune since Mr. Reid took charge of it. In that interval Mr. Sinclair, the publisher, has become a $1,200 clerk in the Custom House. Mr. Cleveland, the financial editor, died the other day intestate, and Mr. Reid has given up the experiment of revolu tionising New York ideas on the sub ject of journalism. The Cincinnati Enquirer of recta a popular misapprehension in regard to the great Cobliss engine at the Centen nial Exhibition. It is not, as is sup posed by many, the largest engine in the world. The Enquirer instances the high pressure engines of the Mississippi steamer Robert E. Lee, which are pre cisely as large as the famous Cobliss. The low pressure engines of the Grand Republic are much bigger. The engine of the Long Island Sound steamer Me tropolis waa twelve feet stroke and one hundred and eight inches in diameter. There are a dozen steamboats plying from New York whose engines are doable the sice of the Centennial Cob libs. Chicago is in s ferment Judge Mc- Allister, of the Criminal Court, is the cause of it He is accused of having disgraced the ermine bj his one-sided rulings and partial instructions to the jury in the trial of Alexander Sullivan for the mnrder of Hanford, a few months ago, A petition signed by over twelve hundred names has been present ed to him, requiring his resignation from the bench. On the 26th ult the the jury in the case was discharged,* after having been out two or three nights without being able to agree, and the prisoner admitted to bail, notwithstand ing the strong protest of the prosecut ing counsel It is understood that eleven of the jury were for acquittal and one man, named Bibbt, for oonviction. His refusal to side with his companions provoked their abuse, and at one time, during a hot discussion—according to his own account—he was in danger of his life. If Mr. MgAllistkr refuses to resign, fans impeachment is talked of. Two Putnam oounty negroes who made Democratic speeches in Eaton ton were shockingly treated by some of their Republican brethren. THE POPULAR VOTE. The electoral vote for President seems close. It will be exceedingly close if the Republican Returning Boards are permitted to throw oat the votes of Lou isiana and South Carolina. Bat be this as it may, there can be no donbt of the popular majority obtained by Mr. Tildes in the recent election. The fol ; lowing figures may be relied upon as ap proximating correctness: TILDE#. HAYEB. Alabama 30,000 California 8,000 Arkansas 40.000 Colorado ...... 2,000 Connecticut 3,000 Illinois 6.000 Delaware 2,500 lowa 40.000 Georgia 80,000 Kansas 10,000 Kentucky 75,000 Massachusetts. .40.000 Maryland 18,000 Michigan 15.000 Mississippi 20,000 Minnesota 10,000 | Missouri .SO 000 Nebraska 5.000 New Jersey 5,000 Nevada 2,000 Tennessee 30,000 Ohio 4,000 Texas 70.000 Oregon 1,000 Virginia 35.000 Pennsylvania ...15;000 West Virginia 17.000 Rhode Island... 6.000 New York 33.000 Wisconsin 3,000 Indiana 8,000 Maine 7.000 North Carolina... 16,0(0 Vermont ... 10,000 Louisiana 10,000 NewHampshire. 4,000 Florida 1,000 —— 552,51X1 We have.not included Month Carolina in the list because the majority there will be so small, either one way or the other, as not to have any effect npon the general result. According to these fig ures, Governor Tilden’s popular major ity is over 364,000. The people have proclaimed for him unmistakably and overwhelmingly. If he is cheated the people of the United States will also be cheated. THE FORTUNE OF WAR. It is brought to mind by the London limes that General W. W. Losing, who had a command in the second Egyptian expedition against the Abyssinians, has never been heard of since the terrible disaster that befel his troops. General Losing at one time held a commission in the Federal army, but when the civil war broke out joined the Confederates and became a Major-General in our* service. At the close of the war he went to Egypt and was appointed by the Khedive to the position in which he is supposed to have lost his life. In the disastrous surprise which the Egyptians suffered, General Lobino and several other American .officers were on the staff of Prince Hassan. The fate of these men remains a mystery which it is hoped may at some future period be explained. In the first Egyptian expedition but one man was known to have survived the ambush of the Abyssinians, and that was Count dk Liohy, who was left for dead but came to, and lived for a fort night in the midst of indescribable suf fering, orawling from place to plaoe, supporting himself on herbs and roots, drinking the water remaining in the flasks of his dead companions. He was subsequently carried off as a prisoner. DON'T BELIEVE. IT. The following appears in the South Carolina correspondent of the New York Herald : A bit of secret history ia going around among the gossips to-day, which, if trae, dis closes Governor Chamberlain's true inward ness and furnishes an explanation of his ex traordinary course in the canvass. For sev eral days after the adjournment of the Repub lican Convention it was a matter of donbt and uncertainty whether he would accept the nom ination on a tioket on which were several of the most corrupt men in his party, and with whom he had sworn never to affiliate or com promise. While he wavered a proposition wae made to him by the Democrats, to the effeot that if he repudiated the ticket they would support him for the Upited States Senate to succeed Senator Robertson. This was Cham berlain's highest ambition and the proposal was flattering, but he still hesitated and held it under consideration. He doubted the ability of Democrats to elect a Legislature which could send him to the Senate, but he wished, if possible, to retain his reputation as a re former by abandoning the oorrupt Republicans by whom be was supported. While in this doubtful frame of mind the Governor left for the North, ostensiblyto meet his family, but really in response to a sum mons to consult with Zach Chandler and the party leaders. It was there that he was de cided in his present course. The electoral vote of South Carolina was Required for Hayes, and the bloody shirt campaign had to be push ed to the extreme. Chamberlain was the only Republican in the State who could cany out the programme, and he came back with the plan of campaign matured, including the proc lamations and call for troops, which were freely promised. Flooding a State with troops was a dangerous experiment, but it was hoped that Chamberlain's documents and the bloody shirt arguments ,of Morton, Blaine and In oersoll would justify it in the Northern mind, or at least allow it to be received with uncon cern. The whole plan of the campaign was chan ed. lie publican meetings were called to discuss the claims of eleotors and Congress men, State politics being ignored and military interference justifled on that acoonnt. It is further stated that in the event of a defeat for the Senate to succeed Robertson Chamber lain was promised the Attorney-Generalship in the event of the election of Gov. Hayes to the Presidency as a reward for the hazardous and dangerous campaign he was engaged in. We don’t believe it. Chamberlain would have jumped at each an offer. It was only because of the refusal of the Demoorats to take him up that the devil’s hoof of the “Reformer” showed itself so unmistakably. CONGRESSIONAL CONTROL OF CITIES. The Galveston Netas says that people who think State and municipal govern ments should be nnder the entire con trol of Congress, like the Territories and the District of Columbia, should make themselves acquainted with the manner in which the aflairs of the District of Columbia have been managed since the war. The amount of money squandered at the expense of the General Govern ment has been fabulous, while in many oases the property of the citizens has aotually been confiscated and sold to pay taxes and assessments, leaving the owners still in arrears on aooount of the burdens imposed upon them. A Con gressional committee is now engaged in devising “anew form of government for the District of Columbia,” but between the rings which infest the city of Wash ington and gobble up everything in the Way of Government patronage, and the swarms of negroes and others who have orowded there without anything to be taxed, and who vote mainly with a view to seouring some immediate personal advantage, the committee is embarrass ed in saying whether the power should all emanate from the General Govern ment or be mainly given to the people. The Constitution gives Congress the control of the government of the District, but does not prescribe the manner in which it shall be exer cised. The experiment of an elective territorial government has been tried, and proved disastrous to the property owners and good order of the District. Qualified suffrage is now advocated by many, confining the vote to people of intelligence who have an actual stake in the District, and proposing a mixed gov ernment for it, which shall be partly elective and partly non-elective, partly of executive appointment and partly of popular choioe. But whether this would be an improvement depends a good deal upon the details, and the character of those entrusted with carrying them out. Asa Northern contemporary re marks, “the functions of municipal government are less political in their character than administrative; that is to say, they call for very much the same business qualities as are needed in the administration of any large private cor poration, a university, a railroad, or any great corporate enterprise. To se cure these qualities in administration ought to be the {Rime object in view, whether in devising anew form of mu nicipal government, as is proposed to be done for the District of Columbia, or in keeping such a government in health ful operation, like any of the cities of the country.” THE LATE DR. JURJAH HARRIS*. We publish from the Macon Telegraph a tribute to the late Dr. J Uriah Habbiss, of Savannah. Dr. Habbiss fell a victim to the prevailing epidemic in our sister city while in the discharge of his duty. He was at the head of bis profession, and was universally esteemed and re spected by the community in whose be half he sacrificed his life. Dr. Habbiss was the youngest son of the Rev. Ju biah Habbiss, of Colombia county, and the brother of General Habbiss, Mrs. Wm. M. D’Antionao and Mrs. Db. L. A. Dugas. He studied medicine in this city under Dr. L. A. Dugas, and was a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia. After graduating here, Dr. Habbiss spent several years in Paris in the pursuit of his profession. On re tmrning home he located in Augnsta and practiced in this city for a few years, and afterwards moved to Savan nah, in which city he devoted himself to the practice of his profession for twenty years. The void in the family circle cannot be filled, and it will "be difficult for the people of Savannah to supply his place. He stood high in his pro fession, and his death at this time is a great calamity to the afflicted citizens of Savannah. ROTTEN SHIPS. The Troy Times says that from tables recently published it is seen what an immense mercantile fleet is required to carry on the trade of the world on the seas, but, notwithstanding, it is anything but pleasant to look at the long list of annnal disasters to shipping, and it sug gests the inquiry whether a large propor tion of them is not wholly needless. Last year 1,052 American vessels suffer ed disaster, also a number of foreign vessels in onr waters. Of this number 477 collided; 313, with a tonnage of 102,512 tons and cargoes valned at $lO,- 000,000, were wrecked, imperiling 20,- 215 lives and causing the death of 888 persons. In 1873-4 150 vessels were re ported to the British board of trade that were not heard from after they had sail ed. They carried 2,381 persons. Be sides these 6,084 vessels were reported to the same authority as having suffered various disaster?, with au aggregate loss of 6,817 lives. For the 10 years ending June 30, 1874, there were 22,098 wrecks, collisions and other casualties in the vicinity of the British islands alone. The property thereby lost amounted to over $700,000,000. Nine hundred and twenty-three of the vessels were over fifty years old, and twelve over a hun dred. There are casualties on the sea against whioh “ribs of oak” and the best skill of man frequently contend in vain. But suoh figures as we have quoted show gross violations of the laws of safety. It is probably that carelessness, if not ignorance, and the use of time-worn ves ■ ils bring about most of the marine dis asters. The large number required to express the extent of Ameriean losses at sea suggest the propriety of having a Pbimsoll this side of the ocean. There is, indeed, an excellent ohanoe for ben evolence to try its hand at devising a system of some kind, which shall, by appropriate legislation or otherwise, compel greater precautions on the part of ship owners and sailors. AN IMPORTANT MATTER. that the election is over, so far, at least, as the people are concern ed, we have time ‘to think of other things. There is one subject in which our citizens are vitally interested. We allude to the construction of the Augus ta and Hartwell Railroad. We repeat now what we have so often said before concerning the necessity of and the ad vantages to be derived from the con struction of this line through the valley of the Savannah to Rabun Gap, and a direct connection with the great railway system of the West and the Northwest. We have lost, by the completion of the Air Ltoe Railway, a great deal of the trade of the upper Savannah country which formerly came to Augusta. Efforts are now being made, and with some prospect of success, to take away no small share of the remainder. Unless something is speedily done these efforts will be successful. If we set supinely by whilst others work against us, we may expect to lose much of that busi ness naturally tributary to Augusta, and which has hitherto been fonnd so profit able. Apart from saving that which otherwise will be lost, there is * much to be gained 'by the construction of this line. It will afford a short and com peting route to Knoxville, Cincinnati and Chicago. Beyond Babun Gap is the Great West, from whioh we obtain an nually so large an amount of bacon, corn and other supplies. The Western producer and shipper will naturally pat ronize the shortest route to the sea, and the grain depot for this portion of the South. Let us look at a few figures. The distance from Augusta to Cincin nati, by the present route is 769 miles, divided as follows: From Augusta to Atlanta, 171 miles; from Atlanta to Chat tanooga, 138 miles; from Chattanooga to Nashville, 151 miles; from Nashville to Louisville, 189 miles; from Louisvile to Cincinnati, 110. Via the Angusta and Hartwell Railroad, it is 507 miles, di vided as follows ; From Angusta to Ra bun Gap, 150 miles ; Rabun Gap to Knoxville, 85 miles; Knoxville to Junc tion, 130 miles; Junction to Nicholas ville, 30 miles; Nicholasville to Cincin nati, 113 miles. This gives us a differ ence of 252 miles in favor of the route via the Angusta and Hartwell Road, and a saving in time of nearly twenty four hours in the transportation of freight The road can be built despite the hard times. The people all along the line are thoroughly aroused as to the importance of the scheme, and will heartily co-operate in any movement which may be inaugurated. They will subscribe liberally to the stock, and pay for it in either money or labor. The counties through which it passes will also subscribe largely in their corporate capacity. When Rabun Gap is reached all difficulty disappears. The people of the section between Maryville, Tennes see, and the Georgia State line have already given assurances that they will build that portion of the line, provided that from Walhalla to the line is con structed by their neighbors. From Maryville to Junction there is a contin uous line already built. From Junctibn to Nicholasville there is another gap of thirty miles, ten of which are graded. From this point there is a continuous line to Cincinnati So then there are in all one hundred and ninety-two miles of road to be built to complete the Air Line route between Augusta and Cincinnati. The first objective point in this gap is the Augusta and Hartwell Railroad. Work once commenced on that, the other seventy-two miles will quickly be constructed. The citizens of Augusta can easily raise enough money by individual tub scriptions to oommenoe the work, and onoe commenced its completion is as sured. State aid to a moderate amount might also be obtained from the Legisla AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 22, 1876. tare which would greatly assist the enter prise. All this is preliminary to reminding onr readers that the Convention to con sider the construction of a connection between Angusta and Knoxville has been called to meet in this city on the 29th instant. It is held in Au gusta upon the invitation of a large number of onr leading busi ness firms. The deliberations of this body can not fail to be beneficial. It should be attended by onr best citi ze s. The counties of Colombia, Lin coln, Wilkes, Elbert, Hart, Franklin, Habersham and Rabnn, in Georgia, and Abbeville, Anderson, Oconee and Pick ens, in Sonth Carolina, should all send full delegations to the Convention. The matter should be attended to at once, as the Convention will be held in about two weeks. We hope the merchants of Angusta will take early action and see to it that this city is represented by active and energetic men. SOUTH CAROLINA. The intelligence from Sonth Carolina is of the most gratifying character. The State Board of Canvassers which was relied upon by the Republicans to falsi fy the returns and coant Chamberlain in has qnailed before pnblic indig nation, and decided that it has no juris diction over the election returns for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor.— There is no longer any donbt as to the election of General Hampton and the entire State ticket. Sonth Carolina has at last been delivered from the hands of the spoiler. Ignorance and corruption shall no longer insult and oppress in telligence and virtue, and South Caro lina takes a place among her sisters of the Union as a free and independent State. Since the real character of Chamberlain has been exposed, since the strength of the Democracy and the weakness of the Republicans have been revealed, it is a matter of great rejoicing that the suicidal policy of compromise and coalition was rejected. The straight out policy has won. The straightout policy was the only policy that oould win. The movement inaugurated in Edgefield and Anderson has borne good fruit. The originators of that movement placed Wade Hampion at its head and the straightout ticket aroused an en thusiasm among the people to which the State has been a stranger since the war. We opposed as earnestly and as ably as we could the policy of coalescing with the infamous Chakberlan and one wing of the Republican party, because we knew that it was fraught with cer tain danger to the best Interests of the State. We knew that whioh ever side might win the result would be most dis astrous to the people. We felt assured that if the good men of South Carolina ehose a worthy leader and made a square fight against corrnption they would win a glorious victory. The event had proven that we were right. The “Edge field policy,” as it has been sneeringly termed, has won the day and the last Southern State has been emanicipated from the bondage of Radicalism. THE SAVANNAH EPIDEMIC. The announcement of the Medical So ciety of Savannah that it is safe for refugees to return to the eity will bring joy to the hearts of thonsands who have been wearily waiting the abatement of the pestilence. Our sister, city has in deed been sorely tried, and we thank the great Giver of all Good that her trou bles are at last at an end. We protest that we heve witnessed no more melan choly spectacle than that of a fair eity blighted in a day as by the stroke of a foul magician’s wand. The day before the breaking ont of the fever everything looked bright and beautiful in Savannah. Merchants were confidently expecting a large business, and all the indications pointed to a Fall and Winter trade which would go far towards recompens ing the people for previous “hard times.” In an instant the scene changed. Men, women and children fled for their lives; all was confusion and fright and panic, and pestilence walked the beautiful streets at mid-day. Disease and death invaded nearly every home and carried away the best and dearest of the honse h old. Trade was paralyzed, except a ghastly commerce in drags and coffins, and every industry came to a stand still, save the labor of doctors and nurses. For two months and a half the eity has been a vast hospital and the grave yard has swallowed up its hundreds and tens of hundreds. But at last the night ended and the day dawned. Heaven sent the kindly Frost, and at his touch the scourger fled. The refu gees return to a sad eity, many of them to desolated homes. Vacant chairs will be found in many once happy fam ily oiroles, signs of death will be fonnd on every hand, emblems of monrning will meet every eye. But they must not lose heart, or hope, or courage. On the contrary, they should feel inspired to labor with renewed energy to build up Savannah and eradicate all traces of the disaster, so far, at least, as the material interests of their eity are concerned. Those deeper wonnds which the hand of Providence inflicted, the band of Providence alone can heal. There is yet time in which much can be accom plished. The season is not over; on the contrary, it has jnst commenced. There mnst be no despondency, no croaking. Every man must go bravely and resolntely to work compel suc cess by deserving it. Savannah is justly the pride of Georgia and of Georgians, and we shall watch with interest the res toration of her prosperity. Too much cannot be said in praise of the noble men—physicians and laymen —who remained npon the scene of dan ger and daily risked their own lives to save the lives of others. The valor that sends men with banners waving, trumpets sonnding, thonsands looking on, and fired with the fieroe thrill of bat tle, to meet death at the cannon’s month is as cowardice compared to tkat nobler and trner courage that impels men, able to fly and encouraged to do so by the flight of others, to remain in a city of pestilenee and death; to work Bilently, steadily and faithfully, by day and by night, amid all the gloom, the despon dency, the horrors whioh pestilence brings in its train, to tend upon the sick and the dying, to alleviate human suf fering and make smooth the bed of death. Many, alas, fell at their posts and died for them they songht to save. These fell like martyr’s in a holy cause, and the pearly gates of Heaven swung wide to let them in, and the chosen angels of the Lord welcomed them to the abode of the blessed. Some there are who were spared, and. to them all honor should be paid. Living and dead are richly entitled to the lasting grati tude of the city which they served so heroically and at such a fearful cost. Hobbors on horrors head aocutnlate. Another perplexity is added to the polit ical situation. It has been discovered that unless some remedy be devised the country will be without a President for twenty-four hours. Mr. Firry, Presi dent of the Senate, cannot act in that capacity because his Senatorial term expires at mid-day on the fourth of March. How this interregnum shall be avoided is now a prettey question for the politicians to discuss. CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY. What Waa Done ia Consrem Whea Graat Was Declared Re-Elected. At the hour of 1 o’clock, after due no tice that the Honse was ready, the Sen ate proceeded in a body to the House. Then Mr. Sherman acted as teller for the Senate, and Mr. Dawes, Mr. Beck and others as tellers for the House, the Vice-President presiding and the Speaker of the Hoase seated at his left band. The counting and recording of the vote proceeded regularly until the certificate of the vote of the electors of Georgia had been read by the tellers, whsn Mr. Hoar put the following written objeetion: “Mr. Hoar objects that the votes re ported by the tellers as having been cast by the electors of the State of Geor gia for Horace Greeley, of New York, cannot lawfully be counted, because said Horace Greeley, for whom they ap pear to have been cast, was dead at the time said electors assembled to cast their votes, and was not a ‘person’ within the meaning of the Constitution, this being an historic fact of which the two houses may properly take notice.” Some objections also having been stated to the vote of Mississippi, the Senate, under the twenty-second joint rule, withdrew. In the Senate the part of the joint rule bearing upon the determination of the question waa raised as folltws : If upon the reading o! any such cer tificate by the tellers any question shall arise in regard to oounting the votes therein certified, the same having been stated by the presiding officer, the Sen ate shall thereupon withdraw, and said question shall be submitted to that body for its decision; and the Speaker of the Honse of Representatives shall in like manner submit said question to the House of Representatives for its decis ion; and no question shall be decided affirmatively, and no vote objected to shall be counted, except by the concur rent votes of the two Houses, which be ing obtained, the two Houses shall im mediately reassemble, and the presiding officer shall then announce the decision of the question submitted, and upon any such question there shall be no de bate in either House; and other ques tious pertinent to the object for which the two houses are assembled may be submitted and determined in like man ner. After some amendments offered by Mr. Conkling, giving reasons for action, and striking out the word “not,”, on motion of Mr. Sherman a resolution of Mr. Edmunds was passed in these words: Resolved , That the electoral vote of Georgia, cast for Horace Greeley, be counted. The House retained the word “not” in its resolution; so the two houses dis agreed as to whether electoral votes cast for a candidate who died after a popular election should be counted, or more properly, perhaps, they disagreed as to whether the houses had the power to de termine the question. But the result of the disagreement under the rule was that the three votes east for Mr. Greeley were not counted. The Vice-President stated that by a precedent four years ago it was not necessary that the resolu tion should be concurrent, but the decisions must accord. Mr. Trumbull objects to counting the votes cast for President and Vice- President by the eleotors in the State of Mississippi, for the reason that it does not appear from the certificate of said eleotors that they voted by ballot. This objection was not urged by Mr. Trumbull, and the votes of Mississippi were oonnted. The vote of Arkansas was not counted, because the certificate was not under the seal of the State but the seal of the Secretary of State. The two Houses failing to consent, the vote of this State was not counted. From Louisiana there were two sets of returns ; one signed by the Governer and regular upon its face, the other by a returning board,. But there had been a report from a commit tee of the Senate showing that the Grant board certified without returns, and the other without a legal count. Both Houses resolved against counting Lou isiana. So it resulted that three votes of Georgia were not couuted, and all the votes of Arkansas and Louisiana were not counted! The precedents are: 1. That under the joint rule the two Houses may judge as to the existence of the person voted for, which goes to the qualifications. 2. They may reject votes for irregularity of the proceedings and certificates from the States. The result was, of the 366 eleotoral votes, Grant and Wilson got 286 and all the others 63. The Vice-President de clared Grant and Wilson elected Presi dent and Vice-President. Henry M. Stanley Denounced. [From the Fall Mall Gazette ] It is satisfactory to learn that tha at tention of the Government has been called to Mr. Stanley’s proceedings in Central Africa, and that steps will be ta ken to repudiate the apparent responsi bility which that “pioneer of civiliza tion” has in a wholly unauthorized man ner contrived to fix upon this country. A memorial has been addressed to Lord Derby on this subject by the committees of the aborigines’ protection and anti slavery societies, and the official answer to it has just been published. It states that “his lordship has read with great regret reports of the circumstances which seem to have taken place in con nection with Mr. Stanley’s explorations, and which have created suoh a painful impression in the oountry.” Mr. Stan ley not being a British subject, Her Ma jesty’s Government have no authority over him; but “his Lordship cannot but hope, looking to the character which Mr. Stanley has won in this country by his expedition in search of Dr. Living stone, that he may eventually be able to afford some explanation or justification of his proceedings whioh is not apparent from the reports whioh have been as yet received.” As regards -this charitable hope of the Foreign Secretary, the only comment whioh suggests itself is that Mr. Stanley has np to the present been the reporter of his own proceedings; and if he is to be judged ont of his own mouth, the appearance of any subse quent explanation or justification of his proceedings is in the last degree im probable, and that for the simple reason that he obviously sees nothing in them which requires to be explained or jus tified. Considering, however, the man ner in which his doings are regarded in this country, it is as well that Mr. Stan ley’s andacions assumption of an Eng lish mission should be at once put a stop to, and we are glad to learn that “Lord Derby will cause Her Majesty's consuls on the east coast of Africa to be instruct ed to intimate to him, if any means of communicating with him should be open to them, that he has no authority to lioist the English flag.” Great Battle* ef the Werld. [From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.] At Durham, 1846, there fell 15,000; at Halidonhill and Aginoourt, 20,000 each; Bauzen and Lepante, 25,000 each; at Austerlits, -Jeon and LutzeD, 30,000 each; at Elyan, 60,000; at Watedoo and Quatre Bras, one engagement, 70,000; at Doredino, 80 000; at Fontenoy, 100,- 000; at Tarmonth, 150,000; at Chalon, no less than 300,000 of Attilla’s army alone. The Moors in Spaio, about the year 800, lost in one battle 70,000; in another, four oenturies later, 180,000, besides 50,000 prisoners; and in a third, even 200,000. Still greater was the carnage in ancient times. At Canneee, 70,000 fell. The Romans alone, in an engagement with the Cimbri and Tentones, lost 80,- 000. The Oarthagenians attacked Hy mera in Sicily with an army of 300,000 men, and a fleet of 2,000 ships and 3,000 transports; but not a schooner or trans port escaped destruction, and of the troops only a few in a small boat reach ed Carthage with the melancholy tid ings. Marius slew, in one battle, 140,- 000 Gauls, and another 290,000. In the battle of Issus, between Alexander and Darius, 110,000 were slain; in that of Arbela, 300,000. Julius Csssar onoe an nihilated an army of 362,000 Helvetians; in a battle with the TJ si petes he slew 400,000; and on another occasion he massacred 430,000 Germans, who “had crossed the Rhine with their herds and flocks and little ones in quest of new settlements.” STATUE OF LIBERTY. The Jewish Ogerinc in Sew York—Con ■eatoratire of Religions Liberty. New Yobs, November 15. —The steam er Alexandria, which arrived here yes terday, has on board the statue of re ligious liberty, which is to be presented to the General Government by the Jew ish Order of the B’nia Brith, Son ef the Covenant, to commemorate the entire freedom which the Jewish race has ever enjoyed under American institutions. THE STRIKE. DEAD LOCK ON THE GEORGIA RAILROAD. Fifteen Trains Stepped en the Line—What Both Sides Say—Negotiation* Lookinß to a Settlessent Gains On. At half-past ten o’olock last night, the locomotive engineers of the Georgia Railroad informed Mr. Henry Edmond ston, acting Superintendent in the place of Mr. Johnsonpwho ia absent, that at 1 o’clock this morning they would stop all trains, at whatever point they may be, at that hoar. The alleged cause of this strike, we learn, is the redaction of wages some weeks ago, and the move ment doubtless arises from an under standing in the Brotherhood of Engin eers. These troubles will be of great inconvenienoe to Augusta and all points along the line of the Georgia Road, and we hope that the matter may be speedi ly remedied. Everything was praotically at a stand still on the Georgia Railroad yesterday. At the freight depot and abont the cot ton yard a sort of Sabbath stillness pre vailed instead of the usual busy scene. The way freight train left early in the morning, the locomotive being in eharge of Mr. John Lard, who is not a member of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers. The morning pas senger train left on schedule time, Mr. John Stolb, a veteran engineer, man aging the engine. The down passenger train also left Atlanta on time, the mas ter machinist at the oompany’s shops in Atlanta running the loeomotive. Six freight trains left Angusta Tues day, and seven left Atlanta. Thus thir teen freight and two passenger trains were at a Stud Still On the line yesterday, all having stop ped when the hour of 1, a. m., arrived, Monday night. The up passenger halt ed at Greenesboro and the down pas senger at Aloovy. The freight trains are at different points on the road. The practical blockade necessarily compelled the two passenger trains which left Augusta and Atlanta yester day to make slow progress. Each of the halted trains bad to be moved from the main line before those moving up and down oould pass. At 12:30 the down train had reached Rutledge. At fi o'clock i the afternoon it was expeoted that it would reach Au gusta about 9:30 last evening. No train left Angnsta last night. The accommo dation train Did Not Come In Yesterday morning, but an extra train was made up and sent out in its plaoe in the afternoon. Mr. S. Ji. Johnson, Superintendent of the road, ia in Atlanta. A reporter of the Chconiolb and Sen tinel learned from Mr. Gook, foreman of the machine shop, yesterday, that on the Bth of last September the wages of about twenty-four of the engineers on the road were reduced from three dol lars and a half to two dollars and a half per day. Nineteen or twenty were kepti at the full rate, according to train. Reporter: Did t)ie authorities have any idea of patting all back at old rates ? Mr. Gook : It was the intention of the oompany to have raised eight of the twenty-four to fall rates, dating from November Ist. The same thing was promised to abont eight more, to com mence on the Ist of January nest. About seven are new men, who oowe un der the head of Apprentice Runners At $2 50 per day.” Mr. Gook said the road would oon tinne to run its passenger trains, bat conld do nothing with regard to the freight trains for the present. A reporter of the Chronicle and Sen tinel call don Judge King, President of the road, and spoke to him in ref erence to the troubles. Reporter : Will you yield to the en gineers, Judge Ring ? Judge King ; As far as lam concern ed. I will not. I will see the road sunk first. If we have to reoeive instructions from Cleveland, Ohio, how to rnn onr road, we had better stop running it. If the engineers wanted to quit work why didn’t they do it in the ut-ual way. By leaving with the trains and then stop ping them on the road they have com mitted a misdemeanor, and an be pros eouted under the law. Every passenger who was on the trains, and every party who had goods on any of the freight trains, can proseente these men for a misdemeanor. I shall leave the matter in the hands of Mr. Johnson, the Super intendent. ft The engineers of the road, who were in tne oity, were very Qniel But Determined During the day. They had bat little to say abont the matter, but informed the Chronicle and Sentinel reporter that they would make a full statement of their aide of the ease at the proper time. They had, they said, made every attempt for some time past to oome to a settlement with the road, bat had re ceived no satisfaction. Division No. 131, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, was in session last evening. This is the Angusta Division, of which Mr. Henry Gibson iB the Chief Engi neer. The dead-look causes great anxiety in Angusta, as a large quantity of freight is now on the road. Negotiations were pending between officers of the road and a deputation of the engineers yesterday afternoDn, with, as we are informed, some prospect of a settlement. What the Enatneer* Say. Last evening a Chbonicls and Senti nel reporter interviewed several of tbe engineers. They made a statement aboot as follows: “Eighteen months ago the engineers on the Georgia Railroad were receiving four dollars and a quarter per day and board. The wages were first reduced to four dollars a day with board cat off. Soon afterwards to three dollars and a half, with the distinct understanding that when the business of tbe road ad mitted the full pay, four dollars, should be re-established, if we would accept the three dollars and a half cheerfully, which we did. Instead of this it was re duced to two dollars and a half for all through freight engineers butene. Lately the road has done a very large business, bnt our wages were not raised. We declare that we did use every effort to come to terms with Col. Johnson. Last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday our Grand Chief Engineer, P. M. Arthur, of Cleveland, was in Angnsta for the pur pose of trying to arrange matters with tbe Georgia Railroad authorities. In concert with a committee of Division 131 he had several interviews with Col. Johnson and Judge King, bnt conld ob tain no. satisfaction. The basis of a settlement was the restoring of the wages to three dollars and a half per day. Finding that nothing could be done Mr. Arthur returned home. Col. Johnson knew that the matter was not satisfactorily adjusted to ns. We pro posed to-day to settle for three dollars and a half, all round. We have no idea of yielding. We have to work on an nverage sixteen honrs a day, and two dollars and a half is not a proper com pensation. It is less than any other road is paying. Arrival of the Train. The passenger train which left Atlanta yesterday morning arrived at the Union Depot last night at ten o’clock, bringing with it the train that left Atlanta Tues day night. Mr. Wm. Rushton, master mechanic, was in charge of the engine. A number of delegates to the Presbyte rian Synod were on tbe train. The day passenger train will leave Augusta this morning on ached nle time. HOSTILE INDIANS. The Cheyenne. on the War Path—Crook's Most FomldaUs Adversaries. New Yobk, November 15.—A Sydney, Nebraska, dispatch says the passengers on the stage from the Red Cloud Agen cy say the Cheyennes have left their camp on Oakland creek, and gone north to join Crasy Horse. These Indians are better fighters than the Sioux, and the exodus will add great strength to the foroe opposed to Gen. Crook. THE VERMONT ELECTOR. Drwnunln# Da Law Potato—Taft to Tadtara Upoa the Satinet. Washington, November 15.—Letters have been sent from the Department of Justice to the proper judicial authorities in Vermont. The object seems to be that every legislative and judicial act bearing upon tbe case of Postmaster Sollaoe may be at hand. Judge Taft at present declines to be quoted on the subject. THE POLITICAL DRAMA. THE PLOT THICKENS AND THE PLAY ROLLS ON. The Maltltade af Caaasellan Gather Asa Afar—The Contest In Louisiana and Florida to he Lobr and Bitter—Dramming Vp Law for the Vermont Elector—H9sooderstaodla la Wisconsin - Scanning the Lists ef the Solid Sooth Mississippi Republicse Clamor for a Revisory Connell Cheerio* New* from the DoahtfM States Still Con tinue—The North Greatly Bxoited—Pros, poets of a Victory la the Sweet By and By. Washington, November lfi.—The Herald has an elaborate Tallahassee special. Official returns from nine ooun tifls justify the unofficial returns made some days ago. It is settled that full returns of the County Canvassing Boards will give the State to Drew by over nine hundred and to Tilden by over five hundred. These returns will be at tacked by the Republicans before the State Canvassing Board. The Demo orats are confident that they can defend every return. The oontest before, the State Board will probably be long and bitter. A dozen counties will be -at tacked by one party or the other. The testimony in each case is voluminous. The Tribune's New Orleans special says the Democrats claim that a count of the votes aotually oast will show Til Jen has oarried the State by about 8,000 ma jority, and Nieholls by about 9,000. The Republicans, I believe, do not deny that a majority of the votes aotually polled are against them, but they assert that under the law they will be able to prove that several parishes were oarried by the Demoorats by intimidation and violence, and that when the votes from these parishes are rejected, as they will be legally, Hayes and Paokard will be found to have oarried the State. New Yobk, November, 15.—Wm. H. Robertson, Gen. Francis 0. Barlow, and Assistant District Attorney-General Rol lins have started for Tallahassee. Wm.* M, Evarts declines to go South. Jfhn S. Williams, of the firm of Wil liams ft Guion, is dead. Washington, November 15.—The Cab inet yesterday disensaed the Vermont and Oregon postmasters, chosen elec tors. Southern matters were also dis cussed. The Cabinet appears to agree pith the President that the duty of the army South is to preserve peace, aud tg report through regular snay channels election frauds and to prevent iawleas interference, and not to inter ere themselves with the maohinery for counting the votes. A Republican elec tor in Oregon has resigned his post office. The Department has plaoed the Office in charge of an agent. It is stated that several Centennial Commissioners who hold commissions under the broad seal of the United States have been ohosen electors. New Orleans, November 14.—Gar field, of Ohio, and Kelly, of Pennsylva nia, will arrive to-morrow, when the Re publicans will answer the communica tion of the Democrats. The eity ia very quiet. Milwaukee, November 15.—Several weeks before the election onoof the Re publican candidates was discovered to be ineligible. The change made in the tickets did not reach all points, but the faulty ballots are sufficient to raise a doubt of the election of tne eligible can didates. New Yobs, November 15. If. H. Leeph, Pftre of W. IP. Screws, Mont gomery, 4iq. f The political victory is still olaimed by both parties, [Signed] D, T. Abosmbha. Charleston, November 15. —The Co lumbia correspondent of the News mnd Courier telegraphs that official returns have been received from all the eonn ties of the State exoept Laurens, Ker shaw, Colleton and Darlington. The retnrns for Laurens county have been in Columbia since Friday, but have not been delivered yet to the Canvassing Board. The correspondent is informed by a Republican, whose name is not given, that the majority olaimed for Hayes by the Republicans, npon the re turns as they stand, ia only 1,290, and for Chamberlain something Wy No county is thrown out in this om&nation. Chief Jnstice Carter is in Columbia and visited Governor Chamberlain. Car ter says in conversation that there is not half so muoh excitement here as at the North. Scanning the Seathera Lists. Washington, November lg.—Repub licans are scanning lists of Southern eleotors for someone laboring under po litical disabilities. A Howl Areni Mlssisslßßl. Jackson, Miss., November 15.—The following telegram was sent to-day to General James A. Garfield, at New Or leans: The Republicans of Mississippi earnestly invite you and your associates of both parties, when you have com pleted yonr investigations in Louisiana, to visit this Stale to make a like inves tigation into the frauds and violenoe with whioh the State has been carried, [Signed] H. R. Ware, 1 Chairman Republican State Executive Committee. THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE. Election af President and Speaker—Govern or'* Menace— State Matters Financial Caaßdenee—Penitentiary and PnhUc *ahoala —National Consratalation—A Proud Vic tory. Montgomery, November 15. Tha Senate eieoted R. W. Lobb President, and the House eieoted B. N. Clements Speaker. Both have served two terms in the respective Houses. Governor Houston’s message ia de voted principally to State affairs. He refers to the great economy in all State departments, and calls special attention to the faot that State obligations whioh were sold at sixty to seventy cents on the dollar, when he went into offioe in 1874, now command ninety-two to nine ty-three. This he attributes to the confidence the people have in the Government of their own ohoioe. The penitentiary, whioh coat the State a large sum of money nnder previons administrations,' is notr a sonree of considerable revenue to the State. Immigration is also tending the fact on whioh be congratulates theStste. Public schools are prosperous and in creasing in usefulness. In Federal politics, he says: Allow me to oongratnlate you and the entire ooun try upon the signal and brilliant snooess of the patriotic people of the United States in their great struggle against fraud and corruption as practiced by the party in the oontrol of the Federal Government in the election by an unprecedentedly large popular ma jority of Tilden and Hendricks for Presi dent and Vice-President of the United States. They have achieved a victory unequaled by any known to civilized governments; a victory achieved through the quiet and peaceful instrumentality of the baUots—the mode provided fay our fathers for the protection and maintenance of the Government in its strength and party. No blood, no vio lence, no force; they have covered them selves with never fading and imperish able honor, and made a name of whioh their children to the latest generation may be justly proud. WAS IT A “SQUARE DEAL W {Pall MaXL Gazette ] A curious story oomes from Paris. It is not so very long siuoe a young man, well dressed snd apparently rioh, enter ed a clandestine gaining house. He waa playing at trente-et-guarante, and bad already won a little pile of gbld. “Red wins, presently said the banker, and proceeded to hand over a hundred Ns poleons to the unknown one, for tbe stakes were high. Bat the stranger made no attempt to take the gold, And returned no answer to the three or four questions put to him in reference to the game. His eyes remained fixed on the red, while his features assumed s ghast ly paleness. A player touched his arm —he was dead. Then the banker coldly withdrew tbe 100 Napoleons, observing that play was in the nature of a recipro cal contract, which could only be enter ed into between parties both of Whom were capable of contracting, and there fore never between a live asan and a dead one. The cause of death waa heart disease, snd the official report was soon drawn np in proper form. It con tained, as may be imagined, no sort of reference to a gaming house. A beautiful female lobbyist says that one tear, if it can be so shed as to re fieet the light of s bright setting sun, will have more power over the average Congressman than all the rgnypr.t that, oonld be compressed into" two hoars conversation. Little or no trimmings are worn on dreee skirts. Fur bands on dreaees should be nsr nw; those on mantles will he wide. $2 A TEAR—POSTAGE PAID. THE STATE. TGB people and the papers, Tuesday’s Items. Republican roosters have the pip. Tho State Oapitol isin need of repairs. Mrs. J. H. Werner, of Newton ooanty, is dead. Felton’s official majority in the Sev enth is 2,545. Miss Anna Thompson, of Greene oonnty, is dead. The Atlanta Sunday Herald grows brighter with each issue. Gassimeres, superior in quality, are manufactured in Cobb county. Mr. John T. Morton, an old and high ly resMoted oitiaen of Sparta, ia dead. J. F. Mnrphey, Esq., is now proprie tor of a first olass boot shop in Lexing ton. Mechanic, No. 2, of Atlanta, has a new steamer, christened Samnel J. Tilden. Mr. Harris’ majority over Mr. Hil liard’s in the Fourth District is fully five thousand. Several water packed bales of ootton hive been sold in Greenesboro during the season. Jefferson oounty has raised enough sorghum syrup to liquidate the oounty indebtedness. Crawfordville needs more girls, says the Echo, Look out for a Sabine raid npon Athens. The Atlanta Times thinks that this is the dullest dramatic season we have had ittfour years. Haftpton received several hundred complimentary votes in Georgia pre cincts last Tuesday. Willie Markham, Rad. oandidate for Congress in the Fifth Distriot, won a ping hat on his own defeat. The Georgia Railroad is doing a better business now than it ever has; so aays the Atlanta Commonwealth. An Atlanta girl wouldn’t write to her fellow because she couldn’t get any car dinal red stamps to match her paper. The considerate matrons of the La- Grange Methodist Church enveloped their pastor iu anew overcoat last week. Municipal candidates in Albany give candy-pullings Instead of barbecues. This is to make their supporters stick, of course, The Sparta Times and Planter gives an iutereatingdesoription of Jewell’s cot ton millß, and of the model village in whioh they stand. The Emory College students are go ing to have a torchlight procession over Tilden’s election. How do the Uni versity hoys take it ? After tne excitement iu Florida is Over, Henry Qrady, who is now in that State, will have excellent opportunities for extending his sheep granges. After all, what’s fatal in a name. A Mr. Noroross waa elected to the Legis lature from Massachusetts. Jonathan should be proud of his kinsman. The good work goes on. Sinoe the introduction of celery into their market, Atlanta girls aristocratically tarn np their noses at oardinal red parasols. While we are still confident, we would rsspeotfully suggest to some of the State villages to ’flat up” on the torohlight jollifications nntil the vietory is assured. Mr. R. F. Holmes, express messen ger of the Yemassee road, died of yellow fever Friday, making the third victim to that scourge among the employees of the company. In oonsequenoe of the suffering con dition of the people of Brnnswiok, Gov ernor Smith has ordered the Tax Col lector to suspend the collection of the State tax for Glynn oounty. The Washington Gazette rises to an nounce that in the person of Miss Ellen Smith, Washington has one of the most charming and accomplished telegraph operators in the United States, The Afcto learns that Mr. D. 0. Bar row, Jr., will move to Lexington next year to engage in the praotioe of law. Mr. Barrow ia one of the soundest and moat promising young men in the State. | The Greenesboro Herald gives us the following bit of gossip: Mr. Fernando Irbv ana Miss Laura Monorief eloped on Tuesday night, Bnd were “joined in the holy bonds of matrimony” on Wed nesday, in Augnata, The Atlanta Constitution suggests that after the torohlight jubilee they get tip an old fashioned barbecue, and in vite the colored men. Thia oonvivium will afford fair opportunities to test the popularity of the recent celery introduc tion, ‘ The Conyers Courier throws the fol lowing direful missile at the Oriental Order of Humility : A set of jolly boys in Augusta had some big fool doings around a bonfire, the other night, and the papers wrote it up as a cremation affair. The Albany Hews notes that our Gov ernor elect, General Colquitt, was pres ent at a reception given by the Manhat tan Olnb to Governor Tilden in New York a few days ago. These two distin- S nished gentlemen met, and were evi ently pleased one with the other. The Courier-Journal sends ns the fol lowing bit of home news : Hon. Alex ander H. Stephens visited his old friend, Bob Toombs, at Washington, Ga., last week. Soon after the election he will proceed to the National oapital, going early that he may have abundant oppor tunity for rest before the opening of the next session of Congress. Mr. Stephens takes a walk daily, when the weather is fair, of about three mi!es. Wednesday’s Items. Matrimony sharp in Eatonton. 'J he Eatonton brass band prospers. Ootton yard fires are qnito common. The bonded debt of Rome is $475,000. Wild cats abonnd in Jefferson conntv. Tilden oarried Clarke oonnty by 50 majority. Cotton receipts falling off during the political agitation. 209 miles of bagging have been sold in Oolambus this year. Diphtheria continues its ravages in different parts of the State. Farmers are digging potatoes and wondering over the election. The Courier reports a short crop of wheat sown in North Georgia. Emigration to the West is reported from several Georgia counties. Dahlonega realizes that her municipal election is rapidly approaching. A West Point scholarship vacancy is reported in the Fourth Distriot. A Griffin man *ia drumming np a crowd to accompany him to Texas. The shrill clarion of the Tilden shang hai still resounds through the State. Got. Smith’s Tfaomasville speech is highly spoken of by the Enterprise. Gantt, of the Oglethorpe Echo, thinks that the frost killed his oyster beds. The Conyers Courier terms Georgia the ooraer atone in the Solid Sonth. Jackson oounty, says tbe Forest News, is suffering from s matrimonial panic. The Conyers Courier has withdrawn Hon. John H. James from tbe Senatori al race. Major Pierce Horne, of Whitefield county, will be a candidate for Comp troller-General. A colored Demoorat in Cuthbert was badly cut by a Radical negro on the day of the election. The lavender kids didn’t oome within 350 of their opponent in any county in the Fifth Distnot. Anew jail in Jefferson, Jackson oonn ty, is going np. The old one is report ed about gone np. A oolored man near Big Shanty sur rendered several of bis fingers to a cot ton gin mw last week. Gen. Speer, of the Griffin News, is said to have the inside track for the Clerkship of the Honse. The Griffin News states that Foster Blodgett, in Atlanta, voted for Tilden, Hendricks and Markham. The Eatonton Messenger warmly ad vocates Hon. Herschel V. Johnson for the United States Senate. Tom Swann, living in Wheeling, one of the snbnrbs of Carrol ton, has raised a gourd that weighs 47 pounds. Atlanta expects to get ten thonsand more bales of ootton this year than she has reeeived any previous year. • The Atlanta Constitution seems to be decidedly ohioken-hearted upon the re sult; as indicated by its head lines. A Democratic negro was mobbed by a crowd of oolored demons near Griffin Saturday night and badly used np. Markham declines to stake his laven der kids upon the Presidential issue. Markham is a man of some aforesight. Mr. Johnson Freeman, an old eitizen of Jackson oounty, was robbed of sll by two negroes last week, while on his way home from Jefferson. The work of reform continues. A Oolumbos cow, the day after Tilden’a election,gave four gallons of milk,or one gallon more than ever before. So soon m it waa rumored in Atlanta that EL I. Kimball had voted for Til dee, they talked of electing him a di metor of the Library Association. The negro women ef tbe oounty all assembled at Thomasville, election day, to urge the oolored chivalry- on to the polls. The ohivalry however were badly beaten. Mr. John Street, of Bartow county, two of whose children were drowned some months since, lost three more from the accidental burning of his house, last Thursday. Mr. J. D. Anderson, of Coweta coun ty, a candidate for Secretary of State, proposes to take the office for the salary and the perquisites, dispensing with the expense of a clerk by the State. The Commonwealth says that Stone Mountain resembled a live volcano Sat urday. A huge bonfire was kindled on its summit by the citizens, which could befidainly seen for miles around. After publishing the Young Men’s Christian Association appointments for the week of prayer, the Dahlonega Siy nal sacreligeously adds : “Let all drink the toast of Tilden and Hampton.” A rough, earnest looking fellow in At lanta, when informed the other that Til den lacked one vote, exclaimed: “Wish to the Lord I had known that Tuesday. Dam me if I hadn’t walked fifty miles to put it in 1” The insinuation that Atlanta girls wear cardinal fringed gaiters is probablv a oanard. This matter deserves to bo thoroughly canvassed by a board of connoisseurs. Until then we with hold ull comment. Early News thus expatiates : The Centennial orop of girl babies seems to be somewhat providential, for it is a notorious fact that the women %f this oountry have proven much better mana gers than the men since the war. The Macon Telegraph assumes the bold position that the Democracy will be cheated out of the States of South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida, and that Hayes will retire, and his electoral vote he transferred to the soldier Grant. Smith’s saw mill, in Jackson county, seems to be a fated place. Two men have been killed there, three have been badly hurt in different ways, and last week Mr. Erwiu was knocked in the head by a cotton press lever and serious ly injured. The Detroit Free Press, in its Wednes day morning’s issue brings out a rooster for every Tilden State in the Union. Oar Georgia representative is described as a regular game bird, that feels at home on any dunghill, and looks like lie was the “cook of the walk.” Thus the Sunday Herald consoles it self J Mrs. Felton and her husband are returned to Congress from the Seventh District. If there is anything in the fact to reconcile us with the situation, it is our regard for the good lady and a perfeot willingness to see her gratified. The following pleasant bit of gossip is wafted from Northeast Georgia : Mr. Robert Stewart, of Jackson county, stole Miss Anna Cheek, Sunday night, the 28th ult., and left for parts un known. Robert, who is about 30 years bid, leaves a wife and two children, and appears to have more than a sufficiency of cheek at “these present.” The Dalton Citizen narrates this: One of the most oheering of the many inci dents connected with the election in our city on Tuesday, was the gathering of the college girls in front of. that Btately institution, and joining in a lively song, in whioh the name of Dabney was used to suit the occasion, closing with a loud three oheers for that gentleman. Thursday’s Items, Mrs.T. J. Morrison, of Bainbridgo, is dead. Tilden's majority in Georgia will be 80,000. Savannah begins to wear a more cheer ful aspect. Bryant has not been seen since the eleotion in Savannah. Our torch is soaking in turpentine, but we wont ignite it yet. Markham has thrown down the laven der gauntlet in total despair. Bainbridge now looks with tender in terest upon her county contest. Colonel Hartridge’s majority will be nearly 6,000 in the First District. The Atlanta Constitution recklessly prints it: “Animis Opebusque Parati.” Ten thousand people attended tho Sandersville Fair during the four days. Matt O’Brien’s sketches of election returns attracted great attention in At lanta. It is now thought that Mr. Markham’s coat tails had great effect in spiking his guns in the Fifth. Twenty-five reports from five wire grass counties leave no doubt that the Thomasville Fair was a success. Four Catholic priests died of yellow fever in Savannah, contracted while nursing the sick during the terrible scourge. Mr. Thomas Carbine was married in Atlanta last week. His.bride at present is very particular with him for fear he might go off. There is no use concealing the truth any longer. The Georgia delegation to Congress is not an unbroken one, if re turns from the Seventh District be true. Speaking of the move to unseat Mr. Wadley, the Atlanta Times thinks that it will fail, as Mr. Wadley usually oasts the vote of two-thirds of the stook of the company. The Bainbridge Democrat states that the most prominent canvassers at the polls were the colored women, who, like maniacs, made day hideous with their ravings and bellowings for Hayes, Whee ler and Whiteley. A Griffin lawyer got through an ugly oase by telling the jury that Tilden was elected; that “all of us ” felt good; that his client did not have a fair chance un der Radical rule, and therefore be should be turned loose to go and sin no more. The jury agreed with him. The Atlanta Constitution thus finds sweet relief : Ex-Gov. Joseph E. Brown has gone to Florida to see how the Rad icals count returns, and they will have to be very premature risers if they pull the wool over Joseph’s eyes. When we spoke of Grady extending his sheep granges in Florida, we didu’t mean that he would pull wool over the eyes of the Returning Board. We hope that our sensitive opponents in Florida will rightly construe our language. Two hundred and twenty mounted men presented the handsome Guberna torial prize banner to the citizens of Colquitt, Miller county, last week. Bpeeohes were made and a big barbecue was enjoyed by the crowds in attend ance. The End of a Diamond Wedding. [Now York letter.] Some years ago there was a diamond wedding in a brown stone mansion close to Fifth avenue. It was in all respects a recherche affair—the gifts were mag nificent and costly, and the young cou ple started prosperously on the voyage of life. After a couple of seasons in Europe the young wife was taken sick, and died in her mother’s house in this city. Among the original presents was a costly array of solid silver, duly mark ed with the bride’s initials. This silver was valued at over $5,000. It was hand somely encased, and for convenience sake, after the woman’s death, wai plac ed in a common packing trunk and stor ed in the vaults of a safe deposit com pany. The sequal to this story happened on Monday last, when the husband, now bankrupt, pledged tbe whole of the sil ver to a professional money lender for a paltry SSOO. Those who know him free ly predict that he will let the whole of it go when his obligation matures, and that he will be unable to pay the amount of the loan. A similar sequel was re ported last year to a stylish wedding in Grace Church only twenty months be fore. The presents and jewels of the wedding day were sold for a mere pit tance to buy bread and butter, and to day the parties are penniless. In the other case, first mentioned, there is not a shadow of a doubt that the silver thus pledged will be sacrificed in a like man ner. RELIGIOCM CONVENTIONS. * The Methodist Conference of Virginia—.’Met h od Ist Missionary Committee. Richmond, Va., November 15. — The Eighty-second Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Yirgiuia, commenced session here to day. New Yobk, November 15.—The An nual Convention of the Methodist Mis sionary Committee assembled to-day, Bishop Colt presiding. There were present Bishops Simpson, Ames, Bore man, Harris, Foster, Wiley and Merrill. Five hundred thousand dollars was de cided as a limit to be spent on mission work for the coming year. Only waiting for a husband With a pocket fall of cash ; Only waiting to be married In a satin robe and saab. For I know that youth is fading With the light of closing day, And ths star of hope is passing “ihro’ the twilight soft and gray.’
